01x04 - Hawk and Dove

[bunniefuu]

[♪♪♪]

You said come back Tuesday.

It's Tuesday. I want my suit.

Patience, brother.

You know how much I
care about the details.

It doesn't have to be
pretty, Hephaestus.

Where it's going, things
aren't supposed to be pretty.

Present company
excluded, of course.

Just hurry up.

My finishing touch.

The Annihilator.

Heartless, indestructible

and ready to feed on
mankind's misery and rage.

Per your specifications.

Go ahead, Ares. Give it life.

[GRUNTS]

Enough.

Wrap it up.

I'll take it.

[♪♪♪]

[g*nf*re]

Impressive.

Isn't it?

I knew about advances
in unmanned weaponry,

but this is incredible.

Who built it?

Ever heard the expression,

"Don't look a gift
horse in the mouth"?

Ah. Classified.

Now, I've already
taken the liberty

of imprinting it to
your voice commands.

So, Mr. Nardoc,

the only question is,

are you interested?

Of course.

Anything to protect us
from those dogs in the South.

But, Mr. Sera, you know
how little money we have.

We can worry about that later.

You're joking, right?

[CHUCKLES]

No, I trust you.

It's not like you're
going anywhere, is it?

With this w*apon's help?

No. We are certainly
staying right here.

Follow.

[ALARM RINGING]

MAN: Come on, go, go, go!

[HORNS HONKING]

[MEN GRUNTING]

I try to take a day off,

try to have a semblance
of a normal life,

but you had to pick
today to rob a bank.

[GRUNTS]

[g*n CLICKS]

Oh, yeah.

Like that's going to work.

Wait. Please.

I've learned my
lesson. I promise.

No, you haven't.

[YELLING]

Your kind never learns.

And it's really starting
to get on my nerves.

J'ONN J'ONZZ: Diana.

In a minute.

Diana!

I'm not finished here.

I'd say you are.

[GROANING] [SIRENS WAILING]

Fine.

J'ONN J'ONZZ: Queen Adria of
Kaznia has asked the League for help.

Her nation is being torn apart
by warring paramilitary groups.

Each faction has ties
with neighboring countries.

If this escalates, it could
easily ignite the region.

What's wrong with people, J'onn?

Hostility's their
answer to everything.

You're not one to talk, of late.

What's that supposed to mean?

Diana, you and I have
both been affected

by our time among humans.

It's important that we
keep ourselves in check.

First of all, those
thugs back there

got exactly what
they had coming.

As did that band of
mercenaries last week.

And those creatures
from the Decorin Nebula.

They weren't misunderstood.
They thought we were food!

You're right, Diana.

None of it has
anything to do with you.

Before heading to Kaznia,

you're going to
have to make a stop.

Fine mess here, Don.

Talk to them. You
speak Neanderthal.

I think they're done talking.

This is ridiculous.

Just because I disagree with
you doesn't make me unpatriotic.

No.

You bein' a bleedin'-heart
punk makes you unpatriotic.

Actually, I gotta agree
with him on that one.

Too late tryi" to side with us.

You're both takin' a b*ating.

[BOTH GRUNT]

Look, we got off
on the wrong foot.

But don't you think we
could find plenty of things

we all have in
common if we just tried?

No.

Hank, say something.

[GRUNTS]

Preemptive strike.

[GROWLING]

Hawk.

Dove.

[♪♪♪]

Boo.

[GROWLS]

[GRUNTING]

Oh, you so wanted to do this.

Don't blame me.

You're the one who
couldn't keep your trap shut.

[MEN GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS] [BEEPING]

[GROWLING]

Aaahh!

Now, how about you calm
down, and I'll let you go?

How about you kiss my...?

Aaahh!

[GROWLING]

[WHIMPERS]

You didn't answer your summons.

Look around, princess.

Had our hands full.

Enough to go around
if you want a piece.

Out. Now.

Aaaahh! [CRASH]

The Northern tribes have
infested our motherland

for too many generations.

Kaznia is ours

by the blood of our fathers
and our fathers' fathers.

[MEN CHATTERING]

Right now, they're
preparing a new w*apon,

a w*apon with fearsome power.

We've got to att*ck now

to protect your farms
and your families

from their vicious hands.

[MEN CHEERING]

Move out, and may
fortune be with you!

[♪♪♪]

Why not just let them
obliterate each other?

If people can't control
their own country,

they don't deserve to have one.

DOVE: Way to oversimplify.

These folks live in poverty.

And when you have so little,

it's easy to be swayed
into blaming your neighbor.

Almost all aggression can
be cured with education.

Yeah? Then how come

some of the best-educated
guys in the world

work at the Pentagon?

Down there.

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[MEN SHOUTING]

Who is that?

DOVE: These people don't
stand a chance against it.

Hawk, you're with me. Dove...

I'm on it.

[MEN GRUNTING]

[g*n COCKS]

Both of you, scram.

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

There's no one
inside that thing.

How do you fight that?

You hit it till it breaks.

[BOTH GRUNT]

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DOVE: Hey!

What are you doing?

You pulled us
right out of battle.

She just saved our lives, Hank.

Two yards would've done that.

This is what's called a retreat.

There was no point continuing.

We were having no
effect on that thing.

If anything, it was
getting stronger.

There's gotta be a
way to stop this w*r.

If we could just get the two
leaders to sit down together.

Oh, 'cause that happens all
the time in these situations.

Unless you wanna just
kidnap 'em and make 'em talk.

I wish.

Then go for it.

At least it'll buy me some time.

Why? What are you doing?

I've gotta see a man
about a suit of armor.

ARES: You let them go.

Why didn't you push
ahead and take their camp?

They have enough arsenal there

to launch an as*ault
against the capital.

I have no designs
on the capital.

We won, Mr. Sera.

The animals att*cked,
and we ran them out of town.

I didn't give you
The Annihilator

so you could run your
enemies out of town.

I gave you The Annihilator
so you could annihilate them!

Forgive the insult, sir,

but you think like
a South Kaznian.

They want to destroy us all,

but my brothers and I
only wish to keep our land.

Perhaps I could take their camp,

but the price
would be too great.

Shall I win a country
but m*ssacre my people?

Yes, you idiot!

I think like a South Kaznian?

Has it even entered your skull

that they think like
South Kaznians?

And you better start
thinking that way too

if you want there to
be a Northerner left

in this rat-infested dirt
heap you call a country.

All any of you
mortals are good for

is to slaughter one another.

To fight and fight,

until the bones of your enemies

are strewn across
the b*ttlefield,

only to rise again

in the next generation,
like a well-tended crop.

That's what The
Annihilator is for.

But no,

you're using it to play tag.

You know what? You're crazy,

and I wash my hands of you.

I'll thank you to get out of
my rat-infested dirt heap now.

And you can take
your robot with you.

Better idea:

I stay. You go.

I made that armor
for your mother.

Did she ever thank me?

No.

I love your mom, but
she didn't have your build.

I didn't come here to
talk about my armor.

There's an armored
suit fighting in Kaznia

that needs no wearer
and bears your mark.

The Annihilator.

Then you did make it.

Who else does such fine work?

Ares liked it.

Ares. Of course.

How do you stop it?

Ah. You knew to ask.

I do leave a small weakness
in each of my creations.

An Achilles' heel, if you will.

It's so no one ever
gets too powerful.

You know what they say,

"Only Zeus is perfect."

And what's The
Annihilator's weakness?

Diana, you wouldn't
want me to go around

telling people the weakness
in your armor, would you?

[GRUNTS]

With that attitude,
you'll never figure it out.

Come back when
you have more time.

I'll let that suit out a little.

Hey. Oof!

[MUFFLED SPEECH]

Sorry, kid. You'll
have a headache later.

But on the bright
side, if this works,

you'll live to see 20.

Don't be afraid.

My name is Dove.
I'm not here to hurt you.

I'd like you to come with me.

It's time to try a new path.

And what path is that?

Peace.

[ARES' VOICE] Hm.
Not really my thing.

But if you're into it,

I can arrange for you
to have eternal peace.

After I'm done
with you, that is.

[MAN SNORING]

[GASPS]

Ever run away from home?

It's fun. You'll love it.

Brother and me used
to do it all the time.

Except he'd always wuss
out and run home to Mama.

[expl*si*n]

[MEN SHOUTING]

General, the
Northern forces are...

[MUFFLED SPEECH]

[expl*si*n]

[MEN GRUNTING]

I see Don's social skills
had their usual effect.

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[♪♪♪]

[HAWK GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

Lay down your arms.

You're being used.

What...?

Have a nice day.

[BOTH YELP]

[HAWK GRUNTS]

[BOTH GASP]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[GASPS]

Don't let them take the camp.

Our arsenal.

You must stop this.

I must do nothing.

I don't take orders from women.

The Annihilator.

It's fueled by our rage.

[g*ns COCK]

Lower your weapons!

You don't have
a chance like that,

so try it my way.

Lower your weapons.

HAWK: Don!

Let go of me. He's weak.

He'll get himself k*lled.

Don!

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[♪♪♪]

[SIGHS]

Anybody wanna give me
a clue what just happened?

Sometimes it takes
more strength not to fight.

What's the matter
with you people?

Keep fighting!

This is your chance
to finish them.

Give it up, Ares. It's over.

You lose.

All right.

This time.

But I'll be back, and
sooner than you think.

Wherever there's prejudice,
ignorance, inequality,

I'll be there.

And I'll be waiting.

You see?

Doesn't this prove exactly

what I've been saying for years?

Couldn't tell you.

I do my best not to listen.

What?

HAWK: And another thing:

Don't go all Gandhi on me

thinking you can
pull this every time.

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