05x21 - Widowmaker

[bunniefuu]

[CAPTAIN AMERICA] Black Panther,
what's our status?

I am still having difficulty locating
the Shadow Council's hidden base.

The problem
isn't the coordinates.

This section of ocean
is a magnetic dead zone.

Nearly invisible.
Communications dark.

Even if we find it, we have no
idea what's waiting for us there

or what Black Widow's been
contending with all this time.

I do not believe a trap has been
constructed that can hold Black Widow.

- We will find her soon.
- T'Challa, do you read me?

Boost your signal, Shuri.
You are breaking up.

I know. I'm calling to
tell you we're... [STATIC]

...trouble keeping you
on our trackers.

This was anticipated.
I suspect Killmonger

does not wish us to have contact
if the mission goes awry.

You... [STATIC] wanted to be
updated on Bask's condition.

I did.
Is there a problem?

- No. Bask is still just sleeping, basically.
- [MONITOR BEEPING]

I'm keeping close watch on her.

But I'm worried
about Captain America.

I'm still not sure we should
have let him out of my lab.

I appreciate the concern,
Princess,

but I'm A-OK and ready for duty.

Thanks to Wakandan science,
I even got my shield back.

Cap's alive. Black Panther's
back on the team.

Once we get Natasha,
it'll be full Avengers Assemble.

We are not a team, Iron Man.

I am helping you to recover
Black Widow, that is all.

Once we have done that,
I will return to Wakanda.

Look, T'Challa, I know
we've had our differences,

and some of that
is totally on me.

You have no understanding
what this has cost me

and what I have sacrificed.

I'm just trying
to square things here.

Unnecessary.
In any case,

we have a more important
issue at the moment...

finding Black Widow.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

I believe we have
found the base.

Killmonger called it
La Isla Sombra...

Island of Shadow.

The name is apt.

We'll monitor
your progress from...

- ...soon as you find her, we...
- Shuri!

- [DESCENDING WHIRRING]
- Shuri, come in!

- [ALARM BEEPING]
- The jet's systems are going offline!

What is this?
What is happening?

[IRON MAN] I don't know, but
it's happening to me too.

My armor's shut down!

[CAPTAIN AMERICA] Crash positions!
We're going down!

[BLACK PANTHER]
Brace for impact!

[CRASH]

[WRECKAGE HISSING]

What do they say? "Any landing
you can walk away from"...

And, for the record, that's about
all I'm doing right now... walking.

Well, you two are the tech heads.
Any ideas what hit us?

As both our armors
and the jet were affected,

I assume it was some sort of
technology-scrambling force field.

Yep. Definitely explains why I can't
get the arc reactor above one percent.

I can walk and my heart's still
b*ating, so thanks for that.

But that's about it.

So, we're in enemy territory,

at reduced capacity,
and no means of escape.

Finding Black Widow
is our first priority.

Uh, yeah, wrong.

We need to get
my armor back online.

I do one sensor sweep and we've got her.
Then we fix the jet.

I do not need my armor
to track her.

Yeah, I'm with T'Challa.

We have no idea what's
causing the tech scrambling.

And Black Widow's
been here long enough.

Guess we're going
for a little walk in the jungle.

And with me wearing
a useless tin can.

This base looks abandoned.

We must assume everything on the
island is a potential trap.

You know, if I had
my infrared sensors,

we could've cleared the
whole building from here.

[BLACK PANTHER]
There is something up ahead.

[IRON MAN] Weird giant vines,
weird broken machines.

Old HYDRA robots.

Like a science experiment
gone very ugly.

There was a battle here.

Whatever they were fighting,
they clearly lost.

The size of this print
matches Black Widow's.

These are the only marks, but
there is nothing to tell us...

[CREATURE GROWLING]

That's... not Black Widow.

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

Three guesses on what crunched
all these robots.

[ROARING]

First two don't count!

- [GROANS]
- [GROANS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [GRUNTS]

[BOTH STRAINING]

[GRUNTING]

[CRYING OUT]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[SOFT GROWL]

Very ugly indeed.

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS] Don't suppose either
of you brought any weed k*ller?

[w*apon BLASTS]

[BLACK PANTHER]
Black Widow!

We need to stop running
into each other like this.

Natasha, you're alive! We gotta get
outta here. This whole island is...

Not the coziest vacation spot?

- You noticed that, huh?
- [CLATTERS]

I'm glad to see you, too, but
you've actually made things worse.

You know, when I get captured, tossed
onto a hidden-island deathtrap,

and replaced
by an evil doppelg nger,

I like to say "thanks"
when my friends come to save me.

I was in the process
of saving myself.

But you showing up just triggered
the welcoming committee.

[BLACK PANTHER]
You mean the plant creature?

There are a lot more
where that one came from.

The Shadow Council
was using the base

to create an army
of monster soldiers.

At some point, they lost control
and abandoned the island.

The tech-scrambling field?

Before they left,
they installed the scrambler,

so no one they dumped here
could call for help.

Which is why Killmonger left you
here and directed us to you.

The Shadow Council
must use this place

to dispose of anyone they do
not wish to see ever again.

What can you tell us
about the plant creatures?

From what I've been able to tell,
they're like junkyard dogs.

Attracted to any form of energy.

Movement, light, heat, sound.

Agh! Come on!
I almost had it.

Stark, your armor is inoperable.

The logical course of action
will be to leave it behind.

Or... Or figure out a way
to reroute the system

so I don't have to get down
to my skivvies.

Your vanity is misplaced.

If the armor is a hindrance,
just let it go.

It's... not vanity.
There. See?

- [WHIRRS]
- I've got it up to five percent.

Now I've got a repulsor blast.

Looks like you don't know everything
about everything after all.

[GROWLS]

Be great if we had a way
to shut down the scrambler.

Tony, we don't even know
where it is.

Funny you should mention that.

Found it the first day.

Can't escape a prison
if you don't map it first.

[IRON MAN] Okay. So, the
field projector's in there.

[CREATURES GROWLING]

- How are we getting in?
- Uh, some kind of diversion.

Black Widow said that they're
drawn to energy and movement.

Nothing hotter
than my arc reactor.

If I reroute my systems,
I can fly for a little while.

They'll be like moths
chasing a candle.

- Your plan is flawed, Stark.
- Why? Because you don't like it?

He's right, Tony. If you lose power
out there, you'll be a sitting duck.

I'm the duck.
I choose to be the duck.

It is not your choice.

You must consider
your value to the group.

I did. Like I said,
I'm the duck.

Quack, quack.

You have tied your identity
to your suit,

and without it you are adrift.

Your plan soothes your ego,
and that is all.

Spare me your psych eval,
Your Highness.

We wouldn't have been
in this mess

if you hadn't kept so many
secrets from the Avengers.

I am not an Avenger!

That's feeling like the best
decision you ever made.

Hey, what is going on
with you two?

- I tried to throw him in jail.
- You did throw me in jail!

Everybody just settle down.
None of this is anybody's fault.

Going after each other
only helps the Shadow Council.

Tony, you of all people
should know

sometimes it's necessary
to keep secrets.

All due respect, Natasha, you've
been on this island this whole time.

You have no idea what Black
Panther put us through.

Whatever issue
you have with him,

you need to put a pin in it.

If we don't pull together now,
none of us is getting out of this.

If you hadn't taken his side in the
first place, we wouldn't even be here.

No one is taking sides, Tony.

Uh... Uh... Uh? Ughh!

Let him go. He just needs
a minute to cool off.

And I can say the same
for you, T'Challa.

Very well. We must decide on
a workable strategy for us

to draw the creatures
away from the machine.

- He got the suit working!
- Stark, do not be foolish!

[CREATURES GROWLING]

- [BLACK WIDOW] No!
- [CRASH]

Tony!

Tony! They got Tony!

[CREATURES GROWLING]

Um, yeah. Hi. Nobody got me.
I'm right here.

I told you
I could send the suit.

Oh, wait. You thought
I was going to be in it?

We kind of got that idea, yes.

Did you guys think...
Oh-ho! That's hilarious.

I'm not seeing the humor.

Oh, come on!
This is me.

I just whipped up
a portable interface,

left the suit some
reserve power, and zap!

I guess I'd have
made myself clearer

if I hadn't been
royally interrupted.

I have had enough of your
complaints, Stark! You have no i...

Once we're out of this, you two can
go at each other all you want.

But right now,
Tony's given us a window

to get to the scrambler
and shut it down.

And I am really sick
of island life.

So, can we do this?

[BOTH STRAINING]

[ALL PANTING]

[CREATURES GROWLING]

Tell me that is not
what I think it is.

Your armor is no longer
providing a distraction.

Okay, I'm officially never
putting that armor on again.

- [TONY YELLS]
- [GRUNTS]

[ALL GRUNTING]

Uhhh, a little help!
I'm about to become plant food!

[GRUNTING CONTINUES]

The only way
we're getting out of this

is if you and T'Challa shut down
that scrambling device.

Cap and I will buy you
the time you need.

- [STRAINING]
- [GROWLING]

We must shut down
the scrambler, now!

I don't see a power source.
Not even an on-off switch.

I can't tell what's
fueling this thing.

How are we supposed
to turn it off?

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Together, you and I should
be able to accomplish this.

Under normal circumstances I'd
agree, but we're well past normal.

And working together hasn't exactly
been something we've done well lately.

But, hey, what do
we have to lose?

Our lives.

Well, then we
should get started.

The scrambling field
blankets the island.

It is created
by multiple smaller beams,

combining here
at these projectors.

So, if we can reflect two of
the beams back at the source,

it might be enough to overload
the machine, and kaboom.

[YELLS]

[ALL GRUNTING]

Captain America,
I require your shield.

Black Widow, I need my gauntlet!

[GRUNTS]

- [BOTH GRUNTING]
- [CREATURES GROWLING]

- [WHIRRING]
- It's working.

The scrambler is overheating.

- [DESCENDING WHIRRING]
- [BLACK PANTHER] The field is down.

Yeah! My glove's even got some
juice to spare. How's your armor?

Fully functional.

But the device is overheating
more quickly than expected.

You're right.
Not long till kaboom.

Everyone, back to the jet,
quickly!

This way! Come on!
[GRUNTS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[ROARING]

- [BEEPING]
- Flight controls are operational,

but the main battery
is still offline.

Core access panel?

There.

[ASCENDING WHIRRING]

- And voilà. Power up.
- [GROWLING]

In case you didn't notice,
T'Challa,

those things
are about to get in here,

and the scrambler's
about to blow.

- Then by all means, let us go.
- [ASCENDING WHIRRING]

You okay?

I was in a jungle,
running from plant monsters,

and you still somehow
look worse than me.

This was all the result of my
conflict with the Shadow Council.

Yeah, well, maybe
none of this would've happened

if you hadn't kept secrets.

Stand down, Hawkeye.
We've been over this.

- The hatchet's buried.
- Oh, is it?

I must've missed that memo.

He'll come around.

Shawarma.
I'll order some shawarma,

we'll screen some movies,
everything will be fine.

Perhaps it will.
But not today.

I have matters at home
that require my attention.

Okay. For now.
We're not done with this.

No. I suspect
we are not.

Where is Princess Shuri?

She was supposed to meet me.

[KILLMONGER] Your sister
will be along soon enough.

Killmonger!
The Shadow Council!

Welcome home, T'Challa.

A shame your stay
is to be so brief.

I do not know how you escaped,

but I assure you, your
freedom will be short-lived!

Killmonger is just where
he should be, false king.

He is with me.

Bask!

Ahh, this is where it all ends.

Every mystery you unraveled,

every victory
you thought you won...

all of it was part of my plan.

To destroy Wakanda.
Why?

I mean to save Wakanda.
From you.

You could have led us
to greater glory,

but instead,
you settled for peace.

You are the disease that has infected
our nation for far too long,

and now, at last,
you will be cut out.

Dora Milaje, arrest Killmonger.
I will deal with Bask.

[KILLMONGER LAUGHING]

You see? Your precious Dora
Milaje know what is happening

even if you do not.

And what is that?

Bask is about to become
Queen of Wakanda.

No! Stop!
The Crown is too dangerous!

[KILLMONGER]
Wrong again, T'Challa.

The Crown is in
Wakanda now, safe.

There will be no more surprises.

There will be no more pain.

You know nothing of its powers.

You have never been
more than a pawn to me,

and now your usefulness is over.

Bask, whatever he has told you,
they are lies.

He has told me that the world
has grown large during my sleep

and that Wakanda
does not rule it.

The world has many nations,
many rulers.

And you, false king,

leave your throne and your people
to consort with outsiders.

Wakanda is one nation
among many.

And to live with one another, we must
build bridges, we must work together.

Enough!

The time for talk is over.

You are not fit
to rule this nation.

T'Challa!

As usual,

I've arrived just in time.

I am pleased to see you, Shuri.
I was growing concerned.

Killmonger ambushed me
and awakened Bask.

It took me some time
to get free.

Bask, I am T'Challa.

I am your nephew
of many generations.

I know who you are.

I challenge you, T'Challa,

to trial by combat
for the throne of Wakanda.

What? No! She can't!

Our law is clear, Princess.

Bask is of royal blood.

Her challenge must be accepted
by whoever holds the throne.

Nothing can change
what comes next.

[QUIETLY] You can't do this.
I don't care about the law.

- Bask is wearing the Crown.
- [BASK] Stop whispering.

The challenge has been made.

Now we fight.

[LAUGHING]

How weak you are,

hiding behind these warriors.

You are no king.

I am not hiding.

They await my response
to your challenge.

I will follow the law.

[GRUNTS]

All right. I think I can
catch her in an energy net.

Then we can sort
all this out calmly,

after we deal
with the Shadow Council.

Bask has followed the law.
Her challenge is legitimate.

If I do not fight her,
there will be chaos.

I know you do not
believe in luck.

You choose your own fate.
But...

good luck.

Who is it who
challenges T'Challa,

son of T'Chaka, son of T'Chanda,
for Wakanda's throne?

I do.

Bask, founder of Wakanda,

sister of Bashenga,
the first king.

King T'Challa,
Black Panther of Wakanda,

do you accept this challenge?

I accept.

[BOTH YELL]

Killmonger told me everything.

You and your father
made Wakanda weak.

It is not weakness to embrace
new cultures, new ways!

[YELLS]

Does Atlantis still stand?
Yes.

Does Wakanda
rule the world? No.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

- Killmonger is a liar, a traitor!
- [YELLS]

He would doom us all!
[YELLS]

Wakanda must rule.
Atlantis must fall.

You are too weak to use
the Crown, but I am not.

It is too dangerous
to be used by anyone!

It already cost you
your family, your brother!

Bashenga...

No!
[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

Bashenga was weak.

I am Bask!

Do you hear? Bask!

[GRUNTING]

My brother and I
founded this nation.

[STRAINING]

[GROANING]

I am your queen!

[GROANS]

- [YELLS]
- [CRYING OUT]

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

There will be no weakness
in my Wakanda!

Execute him.