01x01 - And the Sea Shall Give Up Its Dead

[bunniefuu]

That area's off limits.
It's got to be a Russian sub.

The readings aren't typical
of their nuclear vessels, sir.

Something weird is going on.

ADMIRAL: Hmm.

Try to make contact!
They might be in trouble.

KARKOV: Intruder aboard.
Dead ahead. Inside.

Open the hatch.

What's that? A woman?

Get them up, honey.

Mighty-night.

[LAUGHS SINISTERLY]

HYPNOTIA: One year from now,
you will become an army of living dead

to serve The Mandarin.

Haste fa vista, Boris.
Sorry to hypnotize and run.

I'm out of here.

Stop fighting it, Tony. Come on,
work into the pain. Push, Tony! Harder!

Boy, is that all you've got?

[EXHALES]

Didn't anyone ever tell you
you're hard to resist?

Never try to snow
your physical therapist.

Now, good, lean on me,
point your toes and kick like crazy!

- Come on, Tony, faster!
-JIM: Whoa, man!

My job description didn't say anything
about getting spritzed by the boss.

March 11th, 3:00 P.M.
Hyper Tech seminar, remember?

TONY: I should give you a raise

for getting me out
of this t*rture chamber, Jim.

[ALARM WAILING]

What is that?

TONY: It's a Code Ten alarm!

Hang on!

[SCREAMS]

WHIRLWIND: Come to papa.

Your hand, Whirlwind! Up, Knightwing!

Whirlwind and Dreadknight!

Veronica!

TONY: All right,
but she could have been k*lled.

They tried to break into the Armory
but they tripped all the alarms.

A direct as*ault on the Armory
in broad daylight?

That isn't The Mandarin's usual style.

Secure the area and clean up.
We don't want this leaking to the press.

- SPIDER WOMAN: I'm on it.
-Double Armory security.

If The Mandarin gets the secret
for my armor for his army,

no one will be able to stop him.

They come!

Quickly.

WHIRLWIND:
They'll never miss one microchip

when so many
were destroyed in the fire.

Yes.

[LAUGHS]

This enables me to synchronize

with the device
Hypnotia planted on the submarine.

The fools think your raid was a failure,

but in exactly one year,

I shall have the means
to destroy Iron Man.

That's a long time to wait
for vengeance, Mandarin.

I'd wait for eternity
to crush the only one who stands

between me and world domination!

JIM: It's been nearly a year
since The Mandarin bombed out

trying to get in here.
Think he's lost interest?

No way. It's not like him
to give up after one attempt.

Admiral Harold Younger, Tone.
He's got a job for Stark Enterprises.

Mr. Stark. The White House wants you
in on Operation Prometheus.

[OVER RADIO] On March 11 last year,
the Prometheus, a Russian nuclear sub,

vanished off the coast of Norway.

Our task force just pinpointed an area
off the coast of Scotland

where we think the tides took her.

Mr. Stark, whatever is in that sub

may have the power
to destroy life on Earth.

A crewman on a British frigate
was taping his shipmates

just as this tanker passed
somewhere over the Prometheus.

It's as you feared. They know.

I fear nothing, Hypnotia,

but Tony Stark shall not ruin
our master plan.

I must inform The Mandarin at once.

What about my ride,
you horrible little troll?

THE MANDARIN:
You did well to inform me, Modok.

Almost time.

Now nothing will interfere
with our rendezvous with destiny!

Tell that to Iron Man! Tony Stark
is sure to send him to investigate.

Then we must be sure
he has company.

Dreadknight! Blacklash!

Grey Gargoyle! Whirlwind!

Blizzard!

I have a mission for you. But first,

come forward, Blizzard.

What's the problem? I've been loyal!

Loyal, yes.

Intelligent, no!

[BLIZZARD YELLS]

When you carelessly created
a Fast Freeze to cool your drink,

you k*lled my begonias!

Unforgivable!

But I shall spare you,
because I am merciful.

Now go to the garden
and start fertilizing!

[SHUDDERING]

As you command.

On to the submarine Prometheus!

You shall provide a suitable welcome
for our iron-domed friend!

Nothing can stop The Mandarin!

The Prometheus vanished March 11,

the same day
The Mandarin hit the Armory.

You need to change to Undersea Armor
when you get there.

Now how are you
gonna handle that alone?

IRON MAN: I won't be alone.
Meet IRVING!

JIM: Irving? Irving who?

My new invention. IRVING stands for

In-flight Refit Vehicle with Interactive
Neuromimetic Gear. I-R-V-I-N-G.

Powering UP!

- I still don't like it, Tone.
-Thrusters on. Lift-off!

Onboard navigation
locked on destination,

and I'm avoiding civilian
and military air corridors.

Activating video.

JIM ON RADIO:
You're coming in loud and clear.

IRON MAN: Piece of cake, Jimbo.

This is Reginald Dimpton at the
British end of the new Hammer Tunnel

which will link England to Belgium.

And now, the man who built
this engineering marvel...

- Where's Iron Man?
-Put Iron Man back on!

- Who's messing with the remote?
-SCARLET WITCH: Where is he?

Take it easy.
I was just looking for a ball game.

-...Justin Hammer.
- Thank you, Reg.

I'M cut the ribbon,
officially opening my tunnel,

when Big Ben strikes high noon.

We now return you
to our regular programming.

What's the story, l.M.?

IRON MAN: I'm off the Scottish coast.

Readings indicate the Prometheus
is 81.3 fathoms below target scan.

Changing to Undersea Armor.

Now, IRVING.

Now let's find Prometheus!

After you, IRVING.

[BEEPING]

Coordinates established. Looks
like lRVING's picked up the scent.

I'm getting unusually strong energy
readings, but they aren't nuclear.

In fact, they seem to be
some new form of energy.

Looks peaceful enough.
No sensor warnings. And yet...

It's probably just this ghoulish setting
that's making me jumpy.

[BEEPING]

THE MANDARIN: Closer.
Just a little closer.

Good-bye, Rust Bucket!

Ambush! Armor up!

w*r Machine!

Iron Man needs us. Now, Century!

By the power of my battle staff,
I bend time and space.

Fan out and find him!

I have anticipated everything, as usual.

I have summoned the alien dragon
Fin Fang Foom!

[LAUGHING]

Satisfactory.

w*r MACHINE: My echo scanner says
Iron Man just took a laser hit

and the cyber feedback
reached his brain!

If we don't find him fast,
his mind will incinerate.

Fin Fang Foom!

Iron Man!

Century! Secure the perimeter
and prepare for an enemy attack!

We've got to get him
back to the Armory.

- How you feeling?
-[GRUNTS] Lousy.

I think I've almost figured
something out.

It was no problem until Fin Fang Foom

played Fangs for the Memory
on my cranium.

JIM: But none of the bad guys
were around when we showed up.

TONY: The Mandarin only brings
the dragon in on big deals.

Why would he do that
and then call him off?

JIM: Like,
first they wanted to bust

your chops for checking out the sub,

and later they could careless.

Jim! "First" and "later."

"First" and "later" define time!

Something had to be happening
aboard the Prometheus.

When its time was up, The Mandarin
no longer had a reason to defend it!

March 11. There has to be a link
to this date. But what?

IRVING! I wondered
what happened to you.

That's it! Way to go, IRVING!

Now I know what this is all about!

If I'm right,
we haven't a minute to spare!

- But you need rest...
-Later, Jim!

Now is the time for Iron Man!

And it's high noon here in London

as the world waits eagerly
for the opening of Hammer Tunnel.

The sequence is complete.
The world shall be mine!

This activates the sleeping crew
of the submarine.

Awake, my children. Awake!

The time has come
to serve your master. Now!

MODOK: It took a year
to transform the Russian sailors

into unstoppable radioactive zombies.

[MODOK LAUGHING]

- Serve master.
-ZOMBIES: Serve master.

- Serve master.
-Serve master.

- Serve master.
-Serve master.

IRON MAN: The Mandarin
arranged for the sinking

of the Prometheus a year ago

and planted some sort of
bio-conversion device.

It extracted radical iodine ions
from sea water

and radioactively bonded them
to the normal body cells of the sailors.

It took twelve months
to transform them into zombie warriors.

- Shouldn't you cut the ribbon?
-Yes.

That would be a very good idea.

IRON MAN:
If The Mandarin's zombies get loose,

their radioactivity
will contaminate millions,

and give The Mandarin
a vast sl*ve army of the undead.

But that's not going to happen.

HAMMER: No! It's not possible!

Iron Man is here!

- Serve master.
-ZOMBIES: Serve master.

- Serve master.
-Serve master.

- Serve master.
-Serve master.

- Serve master.
-Serve master.

- Serve master.
-Serve master.

This is no way to treat a lady,
my pumpkin.

Especially your friend.

Here, that's too heavy for you.

IRON MAN: I've got an idea!
Life support,

adapt for short-term
underwater capability!

THE MANDARIN:
A year of planning destroyed!

- You'll pay for your bungling!
-I haven't failed yet!

I've called in the most powerful
and destructive cyber-organism

in the universe. Once unleashed, his
ferocity and strength are unstoppable!

[STUTTERS] You don't mean...

[LAUGHING]

- Not...
-MODOK: Yes!

IRON MAN: Titanium Man! I thought
we finished him off at Magnitogorsk!

w*r MACHINE: If we don't stop him...
IRON MAN: We must stop him!

It's time to iron things out!

Quick!
Before his servo-stabilizers reset!

[IRON MAN GRUNTS]

Nothing like asphalt for gift-wrapping.

I think we better mark this package
"Do not open until Christmas

"in the year 3000."

NOW!

- Well, I guess that wraps things up.
-One thing more.

The Russian sailors were innocent
victims of The Mandarin's scheme.

They must be redeemed.
Let their lives be as they were

before they served
aboard the Prometheus,

so justice is satisfied.

No.

No!

No!

THE MANDARIN: I'M be back.

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