05x09 - Mask of the Panther

[bunniefuu]

[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 sh**t 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 g*ng'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.