Marvel's Avengers Assemble (2013) s05e09 Episode Script

Mask of the Panther

[RATTLING THUD.]
Secure that harness.
We don't want that cannon sliding around in here.
If there's one scratch on it, the boss will Huh? [THUD.]
Ugh! Black Panther! Taskmaster, the hyper-cannon does not belong to you.
Don't just stand there! Get him! [MEN GRUNTING.]
- [BEEPING.]
- [WHIMPERS.]
[STRAINING.]
[YELLS.]
[GROANS.]
What am I paying you for? Take him down! [MEN GRUNTING.]
[YELLS.]
[GRUNTING.]
[YELLS.]
[BEEPING.]
- [GRUNTS, YELLS.]
- [GRUNTS.]
Looks like it's just you and me, Your Majesty.
But in a second, it's just gonna be me.
If you shoot the hyper-cannon, you will take the ship down with us inside it.
Get off my plane, or I ventilate you.
Either way, you ain't taking the cannon! - I never said I was taking the cannon.
- [GRUNTING.]
- I only need to keep you from having it.
- [ASCENDING WHIRRING.]
[TASKMASTER YELLING.]
[DEVICE BEEPING.]
[GRUNTS.]
I'm gonna Aaahhh! T'Challa, was it absolutely necessary to blow up the plane? No, I suppose it was not.
But it was fun.
I am allowed to have fun.
[SQUAWKING.]
Black Panther to Palace.
I require a progress report, Shuri.
Please respond.
[SIGHS.]
We're making less progress than we would if you'd stop interrupting.
It is imperative you finish decrypting Baron Zemo's files.
Before you return from Antarctica.
Yes, I heard you the first five times you told me.
- You will need to cross-reference - I know, T'Challa.
with the secure royal archive.
I know, T'Challa.
You're being rude to our guest.
I'm fine, Princess.
I'm used to your brother's brusqueness? It is "focus.
" If what S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
has found in Antarctica is what we think We might be able to knock the Shadow Council out before the fight really starts.
Hey, Cap! And the guy who quit the Avengers.
Hawkeye.
Glad to see you're on board with this.
I'm not on board.
This is S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
business, Cap.
Avengers business.
Last time I checked, we weren't good enough for King Panther.
It is also Wakandan business, Hawkeye.
No one could've kept me from coming here.
And I, for one, am very glad to have you both.
Whitney.
You shouldn't be outside.
There's a storm coming.
It's two minutes out.
Don't fuss.
Captain America, nice to see you again.
Dr.
Frost.
I'm glad to see you're putting your time here to good use.
And this must be the famous Black Panther.
Welcome to Zebra Base, Your Majesty.
I can't wait for you to see Whoa! [WIND WHOOSHING.]
Clint may be right.
Let's get under cover.
How far down is this facility? Whatever S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
found down here must be old.
[GRUNTS.]
Ugh.
I do hate this thing.
[BEEPS.]
It's not like there's anywhere for me to go if I did try to escape.
S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
has given control of this base to a criminal? Whitney's on the side of the angels now.
That's why I convinced S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
to let her head up this remote project.
People can change, Panther.
You did.
Well, first of all, I think we're describing me as an ex-criminal these days.
And this isn't Station Zebra, Your Majesty.
This is just the front door.
You study climate change here? Yes.
We pull ice from thousands of years ago to test its chemical composition.
Whitney is a genius.
I told the S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
brass it was a waste to keep her in a cell.
So, you're out here alone? Just me and the robots.
For another six months.
And then? And then you'll have paid your debt to society, and you're gonna stick with S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
Change the world or break it, right? Hmm.
We are here now because you believe your excavations have turned up a piece of old Wakandan technology.
Yes, King T'Challa.
You could say that.
Lights, please.
Yemandi's cutter! No.
Pretty sure that's a ship.
[BLACK PANTHER.]
It is a Wakandan ship.
Yemandi's cutter.
It was lost centuries ago.
And Whitney found it for you.
Where I come from, we say "thanks" for something like that.
You have my thanks indeed, Dr.
Frost.
My grandfather searched for this ship for years, he claimed, without success.
This is an amazing find.
I agree.
Even more amazing because our scans indicate there's something hot in there.
What do you mean, "hot"? Something inside that ship is generating energy.
I wanted to investigate right away, but S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
's treaty with Wakanda requires a royal be present at any find of our ancient technology.
[WHITNEY.]
Technology that old still functioning after so many centuries in the ice.
Do you know how amazing that is? [CHUCKLES.]
Guess these Wakandans build to last, huh? We have to save this ship.
Indeed we do.
Captain, a word, please.
You think the final key segment is in there, don't you? My grandfather had many secrets, and he hid the key pieces in places he thought no one would think to look for them.
I believe this ship qualifies.
If it is in there and we can get it, we'll definitely be a step ahead of the Shadow Council.
Hey, kids, you got something you wanna share with the rest of the class? No? Okay, well, since the gang's all here, maybe it's a good time to take a look inside that thing.
Yes, it is.
Follow me.
Oh, I like him.
He's decisive.
[IMITATING BLACK PANTHER.]
"Yes, it is.
Follow me.
" [NORMAL VOICE.]
Sure thing, Your Kingliness.
Clint, give it a rest.
Okay, I'm just gonna ask.
This boat's been in the ice for a really long time, right? Correct.
Well, not to be gross, but where's the crew? Doesn't look like anyone alive was ever on this thing.
This ship did not require a human crew.
The captain used a control mask to command the ship from the bridge.
I guess we're going to the bridge.
[BLACK PANTHER.]
Use caution.
We do not know which systems are active.
Looks like the control mask is missing.
We do not need it to reboot the ship's gyroforge.
And we're doing that why? [ASCENDING WHIRRING.]
A controlled reboot of the ship's systems will make it safer for us to explore.
You had gyroforge technology that long ago? It is rudimentary by modern standards.
Will you assist me? I'd be honored.
Sequence activation begins.
Primaries.
Oh, I see.
And these are secondaries.
This controls the ballast, this is navigation, and this must be Dr.
Frost! Not that one! [CLANKING, ALARM BLARING.]
T'Challa, what's happening? We have activated the internal defense system.
The ship will regard us as intruders.
This crate's one giant fossil.
[CREAKS.]
What's the worst it could throw at us? Uh Oh, great.
Now we meet the crew.
[BOTH GRUNT.]
[GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTING.]
What are these things made of? [GRUNTS.]
Genetically engineered mahogany and Vibranium alloy.
Of course they are! [GRUNTING.]
Dr.
Frost, you must initiate the shutdown sequence.
- I'd love to do that.
How do I do that? - [GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
The first two levers on the console.
Then the fifth! Then the keys on the Oh, yes.
I see the sequence.
[GRUNTS.]
[CRIES OUT.]
[GRUNTS.]
Oh! Oh.
[STRAINS, GRUNTS.]
Nice work, Doc.
Thank you, but we're not out of the woods yet.
Of course not.
That would be too easy.
What's the problem, Dr.
Frost? The wiring, power conductors.
The casings are corroded after so long underwater.
[BLACK PANTHER.]
They are heating the hull.
Great.
Really old ship sinking into the ocean.
- Time to evacuate.
- No.
Not yet.
If we can shut down the gyroforge, the hull will cool down, the ice will refreeze.
That, uh, sounds like it's gonna take time.
Time we do not have.
You must leave.
All of you.
But what about all this technology? It is not worth your lives.
You must go, now.
It's Black Panther's call, people.
Move out.
Well, finally, everybody's on the same page.
[GROANS.]
Wait.
Before I go, there is another matter on this ship to which I must attend I will join you after that is done.
I'll stay.
You might need help.
And now we're off the page again.
What is going on with you two? I do not have time for this.
Cap, it's obvious you and T'Challa are up to something.
Tell me.
I can help! You can help by getting Dr.
Frost to safety.
Now, Clint, go.
Fine.
But you and me are gonna have a long talk when all this is over.
[SIGHS.]
Okay, Whitney, let's Oh, come on! Does everybody on this tub have an agenda but me? The key segment was not on the bridge.
It is likely my grandfather hid it in the captain's quarters for enhanced security.
What do you mean by "enhanced security"? The quartermaster.
It is on a separate system from the rest.
Tough customer? I'm taking that as a "yes.
" The blades are pure Vibranium.
The skeleton is only alloy.
What happens if we sever the limbs from the alloy? Let us find out.
[GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTS.]
One down! [GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
All yours.
[DESCENDING WHIRRING.]
After you, Your Majesty.
Yemandi.
How do we find the key segment in all of this? If it's even here.
We do not.
The search will take time.
You must go now, Captain, before the ship sinks.
No, not happening.
I signed on for this secret Avengers thing to help you.
I'll see it through.
Our secrets are hurting your relationships with the Avengers.
With Hawkeye, certainly.
We're wasting time, T'Challa.
We came for the key segment.
Where do we start looking? The ship is centuries old, but Grandfather would have found it only decades ago.
So, we're looking for something that's out of place.
Precisely.
Something like that.
We have it, Captain.
The final piece! [THUNDEROUS RATTLING.]
[BOTH GRUNT.]
Dr.
Frost! Whitney! I'm here, Hawkeye! Over here! Take the secondary station.
If we can work together, we can Doc, boat's sinking.
Time to go.
I can save it.
I have to save it.
I'm saving you.
This thing is just a tub of old junk.
It's Is that what you see? Wakandan technology is centuries ahead of the rest of the world, but they don't share, Clint.
If we save this ship, if we can study it, even for an hour, we can learn so much about every [GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTING.]
Doc, next time I say it's time to go, it's time to go! [BLACK PANTHER.]
Hawkeye, it is T'Challa.
Hawkeye, respond! Doc, look out! [GRUNTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
No! The forge! It's in the forge! [CAPTAIN AMERICA.]
Hawkeye, if you can hear us, respond.
Nothing.
I don't know if that means they got out, or [GROANS.]
We must get to the bridge.
If Dr.
Frost and Hawkeye are still aboard, we cannot leave.
We must try and save the entire ship.
I just hope Hawkeye and Frost got out.
We're not gonna make it.
We're not going to make it.
Stop saying that.
I've been in worse spots.
Can't say when, exactly, but they happened.
[YELLS.]
Hawkeye! [GASPS.]
We need to get to the bridge.
I think I can stop the flooding from there.
[BOTH GRUNT.]
Hawkeye, why are you still here? Yeah.
About that.
There was this whole "ship sinking into the ocean with us in it" thing, so we thought we'd stay.
Oh! And, hey, you guys wrap up that extracurricular business? 'Cause I'd sure love to know more about that.
Dr.
Frost, what are you doing? I'm trying to get control of the ship, - but the systems are too damaged for - Let me try.
Useless.
My armor's technology is too advanced.
There is no way for us to get control of the ship.
There might be one way.
The control mask! Where did you find it? Does it matter? I can use it to save us.
The mask is too unpredictable to be used safely.
You cannot do this.
Give it to me, right now! No! We'll drown if we wait, but I can save us all now.
Frost, no! [SCREAMING.]
- Whitney! - No! - [GRUNTS.]
- Keep back! I said, "Keep back!" [BOTH GRUNT.]
What's happening to her? The control mask it is interfacing, connecting her brain directly to the ship's systems.
We've got to get it off her.
No.
It's mine! It's helping me, showing me how to be in control.
I'm in control! T'Challa, what's going on? Her brain is directly interfacing with the ship.
They are becoming one.
Dr.
Frost, are you all right? [GRUNTING.]
[SIGHS.]
I I am.
[BEEPS.]
I am now.
I see everything.
I am connected to everything.
I can I can I can fix it all.
The gyroforge, powering down to normal.
[DESCENDING WHIRRING.]
Fixed.
Hull breaches, sealed.
Fixed.
The ship is back on the surface.
Fixed.
All of that is good, Dr.
Frost.
It is very good.
Now, remove the mask.
[CHUCKLING.]
You're so funny, King T'Challa.
You know I can't do that.
You didn't ask nicely.
I am not asking at all! Mm.
The mask was not meant for you.
The longer you wear it, the more harm it will do.
What harm? I can see every circuit in this ship.
I can talk to every machine any machine and they can talk to me.
Okay, Doc, seriously, take the mask off.
Why? Because you say so? Because S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
says so? Don't you understand? I am in control now.
Me! I don't have to listen to anyone ever again.
[CAPTAIN AMERICA.]
Move, now! [GRUNTS.]
[HAWKEYE.]
Doc! Whitney! Stop this! It's not too late! I'm sorry, Hawkeye, but it is.
Go! Whitney, don't do this! Good-bye, Hawkeye.
[GRUNTS.]
- I have you.
- [GRUNTS.]
Off! Ugh! [GRUNTS.]
Hawkeye! Clint! What are you doing? This is your fault.
You and your secret whatever it is! You've got Cap's head all messed up, and now and now Whitney's gone! You don't understand.
Then tell me! What are you two doing? What's the big secret? Clint, I No.
[GROWLS.]
Hawkeye, I wish to Save it.
I'm calling in a team to take over Whitney's climate work.
This is a S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
site, Your Highness.
You got no business here anymore.
Did you manage to hold on to the key segment? I did.
But I wonder at the price of our success.
Hawkeye is right.
The loss of Dr.
Frost is on my shoulders.
S.
H.
I.
E.
L.
D.
's got sat-trackers.
We can find that sub.
We'll get her back.
Hmm.
Unlikely.
Wakandan stealth technology has always been superior.
By this time, Dr.
Frost could be anywhere in the world.
Killmonger.
Dr.
Frost.
So pleased you accepted my invitation.
Thank you.
But, please, call me Madame Masque.

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