01x04 - Drop-Zone

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[ALARM BLARING]

MAN [IN SPANISH]:

[MEN GRUNTING]

BANE [IN SPANISH]:

[LOCK BUZZES]

[CLATTERING]

[CLICKS THEN WHIRS]

[GRUNTING]

[PANTING]

[CRACKING]

[GRUNTING AND GROANING]

[YELLING]

[PANTING]

[MAMMOTH GROWLING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[THUD]

[GROANS]

Hail Kobra.

Hail Kobra.

ALL [IN UNISON]: Hail Kobra.

Hail Kobra.

Hail Kobra.

Hail Kobra.

Hail Kobra.

Hail Kobra. Hail Kobra. Hail Kobra.

We're approaching Santa Prisca.

BATMAN: Isla Santa Prisca.

This island nation is the primary source of a dangerous and illegal neo-steroid.

A strength-enhancing drug, sold under the street name Venom.

Infrared heat signatures indicate their factory is still operating at full capacity...

...but all shipments of Venom have been inexplicably cut off.

That's where this team comes in.

This is a covert, recon mission only.

Observe and report.

If the Justice League needs to intervene, it will.

The plan requires two drop zones.

So who's in charge?

Work that out between you.

MISS MARTIAN: Drop Zone A in 30.

Ready. Putting Bio-Ship in camouflage mode.

[BEEPING]

[BEEPS]

Heat and motion sensors are patched.

Data's now on a continuous loop. Move in.

MISS MARTIAN: Drop Zone B.

How cool is this?

Very impressive.

Uh, that works too.

Hey, Supey. Not too late to put on the new Stealth-Tech.

No capes. No tights. No offense.

MISS MARTIAN: It totally works for you.

In that you can totally do good work in those clothes.

[ALL GRUNT]

Knew I didn't need a line.

And yet creating a seismic event may not have helped us much with the covert.

Aqualad. Drop B is go.

Head for the factory. I'll track your GPS and rendezvous ASAP.

Roger that.

[TWIGS SNAPPING]

Did you hear that? Uh, no.

Wait, is this a super-hearing thing?

You do have great ears.

Okay, Rob, now what?

Man, I hate it when he does that.

Superboy, Kid. Switch to Infrared. See if you're being tracked.

KID FLASH: Got a squad of armed bozos incoming.

SUPERBOY: Two squads.

But they'll meet each other before they find us.

[g*nf*re]

No super-hearing required now.

AQUALAD [OVER RADIO]: Swing wide. Steer clear.

Yeah, yeah. As soon as I find Rob.

[GRUNTING]

[KID FLASH YELLS]

[KID FLASH GRUNTING]

So much for the stealthy.

[g*nf*re]

[KID FLASH YELLING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

What is wrong with you guys? Remember covert?

Why didn't you follow my lead? Vanish into the jungle?

That's what you were doing? Unh. Way to fill us in.

We're not mind readers, you know.

[MISS MARTIAN & CULTIST GRUNTING]

Or I'm not, anyway.

You told me I could only read the bad guys' minds.

[YELLS]

I recognize those uniforms. They belong to the Cult of the Kobra.

I'm certain Batman would've mentioned...

...if he knew a dangerous extremist was running Santa Prisca's Venom operation.

Agreed. And since there's clearly no love lost between the cultists and those g*ons...

...I'm betting Kobra came in and tossed them out.

That's why normal supply lines have been cut off.

We get it. Kobra wanted super-cultists. Mystery solved.

Radio and we'll be home in time for... These cultists aren't on Venom.

Kobra's hording the stuff. We don't leave.

Not until I know why.

Until you know why? This team needs a leader.

And it's you?

Dude, you're a 13-year-old kid who ducked out on us without a word.

Heh, heh. And you're a mature 15?

You blew our cover first chance you got.

Don't you wanna lead?

Heh. You? After the Mister Twister fiasco?

You did all right.

[TRAFFICKERS WHISPERING]

TRAFFICKER 1 [IN SPANISH]:

[IN SPANISH]

[IN SPANISH]

KID FLASH: Yeah, you don't even have superpowers.

Neither does Batman.

Tscha. You're not Batman.

Tscha. Closest thing we've got.

[BANE LAUGHING]

[IN ENGLISH] Such clever ni�os.

But you only know half the story.

Let me show you the rest.

Get you into the factory via my secret entrance.

There is a secret entrance.

But he's also hiding something.

Ah, ah, ah, chica.

Bane is not that easy.

[SIGHS]

He's mentally reciting football scores. En espa�ol.

This could take a while. BANE: It's not complicated.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Sublime Master. He approaches.

Activate the radio-jamming net.

Nothing must interfere.

Look at all that product. A buy is going down.

But if Kobra's not selling to the usual suspects, then...

We need to identify that buyer.

Just what I was thinking.

Yeah, you're the thinker.

Sarcasm? Dude.

A real leader would focus on getting answers.

[GRUNTS]

Answers are this way.

So now El Luchador is our leader.

[KID FLASH GRUNTS]

[BUZZES]

ROBIN: All clear.

Has that little fool already been caught? No. He just does that.

I'll get our intel and be back before the Boy Wonder.

Wait, Kid...

Great chain of command.

[COUGHING]

[GROANS]

It's a massive shipment.

SUPERBOY: Yeah, but they're only taking new product off the line.

They're not touching this Venom.

Maybe freshness counts?

Helicopter's coming.

KID FLASH: What you got? Chemical formulas.

I'm guessing it involves Venom, but... KID FLASH: This one's Venom.

And that one's... Whoa.

The Blockbuster formula from Cadmus.

Mixed correctly, Kobra's new juice is three times stronger than Venom.

And permanent.

But how did Kobra get access to Project Blockbuster?

Our mystery buyer must also be Kobra's supplier...

...using the cult to create a Blockbuster/Venom super-formula.

Robin to Aqualad. We've got...

[STATIC CRACKLING OVER RADIO]

Static.

SPORTSMASTER: Lord Kobra. Sportsmaster.

The shipment is ready.

The new Kobra-Venom?

A complete success.

Our friends will not be disappointed.

SPORTSMASTER: This is a game-changer.

Finally, we can go mano a mano with the Justice League.

MISS MARTIAN: Aqualad, sending you a telepathic image of the buyer now.

Sportsmaster. He is the buyer.

Aqualad to Red Tornado, do you read?

[STATIC CRACKLING OVER RADIO]

Ugh. Can't reach the League, Robin or Kid.

Comm's jammed.

We need a plan, now.

I have a suggestion.

[ALL GRUNTING]

What is he...? MAMMOTH: Grr. Unh.

[ROARING]

Destroy them.

[MAMMOTH GROWLING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[CHUCKLING]

[GROANS THEN YELLS]

Miss Martian, radio is jammed. Link us up.

MISS MARTIAN: Everyone online? SUPERBOY: Yeah.

KID FLASH: You know it, beautiful. AQUALAD: Good. We need to regroup.

ROBIN: Busy now.

KOBRA: Batman must be desperate if he sends his whelp to task me.

ROBIN: What's wrong, Kobie? You look disconcerted.

This is beneath me.

Shimmer, take him.

AQUALAD: Robin, now.

[SHIMMER COUGHING]

AQUALAD: Strategic retreat. Kid, clear a path.

[GROWLS]

[BUZZES]

Superboy, the support beams.

How could my first mission as leader go so wrong?

You do have the most experience.

But perhaps that is exactly what has left you unprepared.

Fighting alongside Batman, your roles are defined.

You two do not need to talk. But this team is new.

And a leader must be clear, explicit.

He cannot vanish and expect others to play parts in an unknown plan.

Oh, so I'm supposed to hold everyone's hands.

[SIGHS]

Who am I kidding?

You should lead us, Kaldur. You're the only one who can.

Please, I can run circles... ROBIN: Wally, Come on.

You know he's the one. We all do.

Hello, Megan. It's so obvious. Could have told you.

Okay.

Then I accept the burden...

...until you are ready to lift it from my shoulders.

You were born to lead this team.

Maybe not now. But soon.

Our first priority is preventing that shipment from leaving this island.

Funny, I had the same thought.

SPORTSMASTER: Sabotage.

Robin?

Undoubtedly.

Find the problem. Fix it.

Master, shall we send search parties after the intruders?

Don't be absurd. They'll come to us.

ROBIN: Sportsmaster's the supplier-slash-buyer.

But it doesn't track. He doesn't have the juice...

...to acquire the Blockbuster formula or to get Kobra to do his dirty work.

And neither of them have the chops to bond Blockbuster with Venom.

That took some major nerdage.

I believe the expression is "tip of the iceberg."

Halt, ni�os.

I'm feeling expl*sive.

[BEEPING]

You betrayed us. Why? BANE: I want my factory back.

AQUALAD: Kid, you'll need a running start.

BANE: I forced you into a situation...

...where you would either take down my enemies or die trying.

If the latter, the Justice League would certainly have come...

...to avenge their sidekicks.

And when the smoke cleared, Santa Prisca would be mine once more.

Blowing the tunnel with you inside should have the same effect.

KID FLASH: With what?

This trigger thingy?

[YELLS THEN GASPS]

Finally. Drop him.

[BANE YELLS]

The helicopter is operational, Exalted One.

Take the shipment.

[ALL GRUNTING]

Go again? MAMMOTH: Grr.

Sorry. Not the plan.

Souvenir.

I know you hate getting your hands dirty. True.

But sometimes even a god must stoop to conquer.

What's wrong, boy? You look disconcerted.

[ROARS]

SPORTSMASTER: Thanks for the workout, but I gotta fly.

[BEEPING]

[BOMBS EXPLODING]

[ALARM BLARING]

I am plagued by mosquitoes.

Good. Because this mosquito's mighty concerted over your pain.

Another time, then.

We picked the right guy to lead.

Automatically making you the right guy to explain this mess to Batman.

[ROBIN LAUGHING]

A simple recon mission. Observe and report.

You'll each receive a written evaluation detailing your many mistakes.

Until then, good job.

No battle plan survives first contact with the enemy.

How you adjust to the unforeseen is what determines success.

And how you choose who leads determines character.

All I recovered is a single ampoule of Kobra-Venom.

BRAIN: Peut-�tre, the drug can be reverse-engineered.

Mais what of our young heroes?

First Cadmus, then Monsieur Twister.

Now Santa Prisca.

VANDAL SAVAGE: Once is happenstance.

Twice is coincidence.

But three times is enemy action.

And enemies of the light must not stand.