05x08 - The Night Has Wings

[bunniefuu]

[TONY STARK] What do you
mean you just left?

We deliver our keynote
in ten minutes.

Something has come up.

You're the Black Panther.

What could you possibly... Never mind.
I don't wanna know.

Calm yourself, Stark.
I will be there.

But this presentation
is unnecessary.

Everyone is aware of Wakanda's
technological superiority.

[TONY] Yeah, yeah. We all know
about you and your superior tech.

Someday you should use it
to build a superior wristwatch.

I am not late... yet.

Oh, great. Let me explain that
to the prime minister of...

We have the resources
to fund this project ourselves.

I do not see the need
for this showboating.

"Showboating"? It's a little late for me
to send foreign dignitaries packing.

And besides, it'll be fun.

They've got these great snacks.

You have a strange definition
of fun, Stark.

I don't think you appreciate all
the hard work I've put into this.

- [ALARM BLARING]
- Hmm.

Look, I sent you the menu.

If you wanted mini corn dogs,
you should have said so.

Huh?

- [GRUNTS]
- Aah!

[GRUNTING]

- Aah!
- Great.

Are you Avengers everywhere?

An interesting question, Crossbones.
[GRUNTS]

[THUD] Wait here
while I ponder it.

[GRUNTS]

[SOLDIERS CRY OUT]

[PANTING]

I do not have time for this.

- Get out of my way! [GRUNTS]
- Aah!

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS, GRUNTS]

[CHEERING]

I thank you, my friends.

The authorities are en route.

Whew. What do you know?
Right on time.

[WOMAN] Where is he? What's going on?
[MAN] Where is he?

Uh.. Just a minute longer, folks.

Where the heck are you?

And why are they reporting that
you're breaking up a bank heist?

If you do this, T'Challa,
you're never going to get...

Here. On time.

Ha. Yeah.

And he calls me the showboat.

The emergency beacon
was activated last night.

Whoever att*cked the village
was long gone by morning.

What about
the security system, Shuri?

They don't have one.

This is farm country, T'Challa,
not the capital.

This village strikes a different
balance between nature and technology.

Understood.

Our people may keep the balance
in their own way.

- [GIGGLES]
- [GASPS]

My king, it is an honor
to welcome you to our village.

I only wish it were
under better circumstances.

Until now, we've had
an excellent year.

Our crop yield has been
the best in decades.

The sonic netting
the palace provided?

Yes, they are perfect protection to
keep the insects away from the fields.

We thank you, of course,
Your Highness.

Our trouble is not insects now.

It's...
[SIGHS]

They came on a moonless night,
when most of us were asleep.

We woke to the chaos...

the village being destroyed,
the awful howling...

Howling?

You were not told this was
the work of Kawulo?

- I was not.
- [BEEPS]

It must have slipped
someone's mind.

If I said the village was att*cked
by monsters from old stories,

you wouldn't have
taken it seriously.

[CHUCKLES]
Of course not.

Kawulo are creatures
of superstition.

T'Challa. Respect.

My friend, these are unusual
matters, you will admit.

Indeed, Your Highness.

Can you be certain this destruction
was not caused by something else?

I saw one myself.
So did many others.

You... saw them?

Yes, Your Highness.

There were many witnesses.

It was a horrible beast.

A Kawulo.

Howl? I'd say
more of a roar.

And it had these wings.

Wings? No.
They were claws!

With this thick fur.

Fangs. Huge fangs.

I'm positive I saw a tusk.

A Kawulo!

If you will excuse me.

I would like
to inspect the damage.

Yes. Right this way,
Your Highness.

Alone. Please.

It will be easier

for me to investigate
without distraction.

Yes, Your Highness.
Of course.

[SHURI]
That was painful.

You need practice
talking to normal people.

A traditional protection bell.

They think to ward
the creatures off this way?

When was the last time you were
out in the rural provinces?

I have been... occupied,
as you well know.

Dashing around the world, saving
the planet with the Avengers.

It's a good thing,
brother, of course.

But sometimes you must remind
yourself who you're saving it for.

Why did you send me here, Shuri?

Something att*cked that village.

Someone with experience
needed to investigate.

This village is too remote to make
an effective m*llitary target.

Hundreds of miles from the
border, too few resources...

Here's a thought.
Maybe it was Kawulo.

[GROANS]

Maybe the villagers
saw what they saw.

Those beasts are the stuff
of fables, sister.

Old tales often hold
a spark of truth.

Perhaps our ancestors mistook something
natural for something supernatural.

Perhaps. Unless...

These are not animal tracks.

As I suspected. This is
the work of human beings.

Six or seven men.
All medium-to-heavy build.

[GASPS]
Do you need backup?

No, I do not.

Did you know Father designated this
whole area a wildlife preserve?

Yes, Shuri.

But did you know the region
was once home

to Wakanda's most productive
Vibranium mine?

Father had it decommissioned.
He even deleted its coordinates

from the archive
so no one could find it.

I seem to have located it.

[GROWLS SOFTLY]

So not only are these people in violation
of eight international treaties,

they're going against
Father's wishes.

Whoever is behind this att*ck
has no regard for Wakandan law

or the wishes of its king.

[MAN]
You joking me?

No way Black Panther
wins a fight with Thor.

But that Vibranium suit. Nah.

I got a cousin, still has
bruises from that hammer.

Thor would be lenient.
I will not.

[GRUNTS, YELLS]

Aah!

- [GRUNTS]
- Aah!

[WHIMPERING SOFTLY] Would it help
if I told you I'm a big fan?

- [BLOW LANDS]
- [GROANS]

- No.
- [ENGINE REVS]

- [WHIMPERING]
- [ENGINE REVS]

[BEEPING]

[CLICKS]

Huh?

[GRUNTS, GASPS]

[GRUNTS]

Aah...

[YELLS, GROANS]

Shuri, I am sending you
a scan of a w*apon.

I need your analysis.

Whatever it is, it's not a
projectile or a laser w*apon.

The barrel is more
like an amplifier.

A sonic cannon?

Maybe.

That would explain the strange
sounds the villagers heard.

It is clear to me now
who is behind this incursion...

Ulysses Klaue.

- [SHURI] Well, were you right?
- Yes.

Klaue is in Wakanda,
along with several mercenaries.

Fine. You win. There are no
mystical beasts. Now what?

Now, Shuri, I hunt.

Huh?

[GASPS]

[MUFFLED GRUNTING]

- [BLOW LANDS]
- [GRUNTS]

[CRIES OUT]

[GASPS]

Oh, man! Why does this
always happen to me?

[WHIMPERING]

[GRUNTS]
Ugh! What's taking so long?

- [BLACK PANTHER] That would be me, Klaue.
- [MECHANICAL HUMMING]

You know the penalty for smuggling
Vibranium out of Wakanda.

How could I forget?

Your father gave me this
to make certain I remember.

But who said this
is about Vibranium, eh?

This is about my business.

Always.

You never understood that.

[BEEPS]

[LOUD THUDDING]

[GROWLING]

- [HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]
- [GROANS]

[GROANING]

The secret of running
a successful business

is volume, volume, volume!

[LAUGHING]

[SHRIEKING]

[GRUNTS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [ROARS]

[HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

[SHRIEKING]

What have you done to them?

[KLAUE]
Me? Nothing.

My guess is that centuries
nesting in those Vibranium caves

made them giant size.

Heh. I'm a techie,
not a zookeeper.

I stumbled on these things,
saw a chance for profit,

and quick as you like, whipped up
some shiny new collars for them.

Pretty good, I'd say.

[GRUNTS]

You admit you are responsible
for the att*ck on my village.

- My little test run got your attention, eh?
- [BEEPS]

[SHRIEKING]

[GRUNTS]

- [HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]
- [GROANING]

[SHRIEKING]

[GRUNTS]

[GROWLING]

You have disturbed the natural order
of Wakanda for the last time, Klaue.

I will see
that you pay for this.

I expect the black market
will pay rather handsomely

for weaponized sonic bats.
[LAUGHING]

Ah, you're a fool for refusing to
profit from the riches around you.

Hamstrung by the same
silly traditions as your father.

- [GROWLS]
- [HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

[CRIES OUT, GRUNTS]

Oh-ho-ho-ho!
Touched a nerve, did I?

- [HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]
- [GROANING]

Well, the truth hurts.

Welcome to Wakanda,

the most advanced kingdom
in the world!

Except for its backward king.

Be a sweetheart, eh?
Yell out once you hit bottom.

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

Shuri... Shuri, do you hear me?

[GROWLING]

T'Challa, are you there?

[STATIC, SHURI BREAKING UP]

[LOUD FEEDBACK]

[HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARES]

[GRUNTS]

[GROWLING]

[HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

[CRYING OUT]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

Get her!
Now's our chance!

[GROWLING]

Oh-oh-oh!

She'll make a fine trophy.

Easy, girl.

[MECHANICAL HUMMING]

You used me as bait.

Yeah, yeah.
What's your point?

- [HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]
- Aah!

[GRUNTS]

[GROWLING]

Aah!

She's even more powerful
than I imagined.

[SHRIEKING]

[GRUNTS]

[GROWLING]

- [STRAINING]
- Still won't hurt her, will you?

Your stupid Wakandan traditions

have gotten the better of
you again, Black Panther.

[GRUNTS]
You are wrong.

Without tradition, we are lost.
Even you.

Is that so?

Well, then, let me tell you
about my tradition.

It's the one where man's destiny is
to rule nature, - [MECHANICAL HUMMING]

not appease it.

[SHRIEKS]

[BLACK PANTHER GRUNTS, GROANS]

See? Look at that.

Even a brute like her
knows who's master.

If only your people could see you
like this, on the verge of defeat.

I've already destroyed
one village.

How many will it take before you
bend your knee to me, eh?

Or better yet, maybe I'll cut to the
chase, head straight to the capital.

[GASPS]

- [YELLS]
- [GRUNTS]

[YELLS]

[SOLDIERS GRUNT]

You can run,
but you cannot hide!

[BAT SHRIEKING]

Good-bye, Black Panther.

Say hello to your father.

[WHIRRING]

[ROARS]

[HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

Aah!

Where are you, Black Panther?

Come out and play
with my new toy.

[SCREECHES]

[GROWLING]

Klaue! Where...

- [BELLS CLANG]
- [VILLAGE ELDER] The Kawulo still hunts you, my king.

These will protect you.

Klaue is not a Kawulo.

Never mind. You should not be here.
It is not safe.

You fight for Wakanda.

Wakanda will be your shield.

[BELLS CLANG]

More protection bells.

[CLANGING]

[BELLS CHIMING LOUDLY]

[SCREECHING]

[VILLAGE ELDER] It is said that chimes
can defeat the strongest Kawulo.

[BLACK PANTHER]
Indeed.

Perhaps these bells will not,
but you have given me an idea.

I thank you for your assistance.
All of you.

But you must go.
It is not safe for you here.

We can help you, my king.

You already have.

Go.

I will defeat the Kawulo.

Come out, Black Panther!

When you run and hide,
it's much less fun!

Who is running?

Aah!

[ROARS]

[HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

- [YELLS]
- [HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

[GROWLING]

[SCREECHING]

- You're not getting away that easy.
- [MECHANICAL HUMMING]

[LAUGHING]

[SCREECHES]

[GRUNTING]

[GROWLING]

Looks like you don't know Wakanda
as well as you thought, Panther.

[MECHANICAL HUMMING]

Is that so?

[SHRIEKING]

I've got you now.

- [HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]
- Ha.

[YELLING]

[SCREECHING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

Be free.

[CAWING]

[GASPS, GRUNTS]

[SQUAWKS]

[HIGH-PITCHED SOUND BLARING]

[CRYING OUT]

[GRUNTS]
Wait! I'm your master!

[BLACK PANTHER] There are no
masters in nature, Klaue.

Only predators and prey.

You!

Me.

What now? Another brand?

More prison time?

I think not.

Everything in Wakanda
exists in balance, Klaue.

Our land, our technology,
our people.

All of these things
are part of Wakanda.

All of these things
are under my protection,

except for you.

Do your worst, Panther.

Your crime was against nature.

You upset the balance.

I believe she wants a word
with you about that.

[BATS SQUEAKING]

[GRUNTING]

[SONIC BELLOWING]

[GROANING]

[CRIES OUT]

[YELLS]

[GROWLING]

[GROANS]

[KIDS LAUGHING]

[BELLS CLANG]

- Huh?
- After all you've done for us,

- would you allow me one final request?
- Indeed.

[BEEPS]

Selfie!

[KIDS LAUGHING]

[GRUNTS]

[CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS]

The other villages will be
so jealous once I post this.

The Black Panther saved us
from the Kawulo.

You know it was only a man...
Ulysses Klaue.

An evil man corrupting the natural
balance with his evil schemes.

Yes, my king.

As I said, Kawulo.

[LAUGHS]
Kawulo.

Fair enough.

Mm, giant bats, huh?

So is now the right time
to say, "I told you so"?

Agree to disagree, sister.

[GASPING]

[GRUNTS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

Huh?

[GRUNTS]

Killmonger.

Drink up.
You've earned it.

[PANTING]

Come to gloat over my failure?

Hardly, my friend.

The Shadow Council
thanks you for your service.

Service?
What are you on about?

The Panther ruined everything.

- And those bats! They almost...
- None of that matters now.

Did you find the information
hidden in the caves?

Yes. But what about
my losses?

This operation cost me
a lot of...

That should cover your expenses.

[CHUCKLING]

Now... we have work to do.