05x04 - The Panther and the Wolf

[bunniefuu]

I know you're there.
Come out.

Your life as a criminal has
improved your skills, Hunter.

"Criminal"? [LAUGHS] Since when?

Since you stole Mother's pendant
and ran away, White Wolf.

Mother gave me that pendant, but you'd
never believe that, would you, Whiskers?

First, do not call me that.

Second, I have something
I want you to see.

Join me, Hunter. We will
destroy the royals together.

You, me, and your
Ministry of Darkness?

"Shadow Council."

I won't say I'm not tempted, N'Jadaka.

All your life, you've hated being
in the Black Panther's shadow.

I'm offering you a chance to end him.

Join us.

In addition to being
a thief and a liar,

have you now become
a traitor as well?

[CHUCKLES] You know
me so well, Whiskers.

Everyone knows me so well.

Do not call me... [GROWLS]

This is no time for games.
Just tell me the truth.

You'll have to catch me first,
big brother. Game on.

I have no patience for... Hunter!

[GRUNTS]

You will not escape me.

You always say that!

[GRUNTS]

[GROWLS]

[GRUNTING]

- [LAUGHS]
- Stop this foolishness!

You always say that too.

[PANTING]

You're just so predictable, brother.
[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[MUTTERS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]
Come on!

You almost had me that time.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS, YELLS]

[GRUNTING]

[BOTH PANTING]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

This game is over.

[WHITE WOLF CHUCKLING]
Not bad, Whiskers.

I thought I had you this time.

Tell me everything you know
about the Shadow Council.

I know N'Jadaka
really doesn't like you.

Our old teacher wants your
throne in the worst way.

The Shadow Council, Hunter.

That growly look used to
scare me when Father did it.

[GROWLS]

This is not about us.
This is about Wakanda.

You always say that. Do you ever
think sometimes it is about us?

If you could've just
seen N'Jadaka's eyes.

- He really is...
- I do not care about N'Jadaka's reasons,

or the hurts you imagine
I have done you.

I want his plans, his people!

That is all.

I don't know their plans.

But would you be interested
in a list

of every Shadow Council
operative inside Wakanda?

Are you there, Shuri?

Do you hear this?

I'm still searching
N'Jadaka's office.

And, yes, I heard.

I can't believe Hunter
actually has a list.

He has always been
a competent thief.

No. I'm an exceptional thief.

How is he? Give him a hug from
me, would you? Tell him...

He is my prisoner.
We do not hug prisoners.

Fine. He's a prisoner, but he
also saved us a lot of trouble,

and he is family.

No, he is not.

Not since he left.
There will be no hugging.

You can see
I'm standing here, right?

I can actually hear you.

Father and Mother
took Hunter in and raised him.

We spent our whole
childhood together.

- [LOUDLY] He's basically our brother,
- [FEEDBACK]

- [GROANS]
- whether you agree or not.

Tell Shuri I said hi.

[SIGHS]
White Wolf says hi.

Why are we doing
this search ourselves?

We could recover information quickly
if we brought it to the Dora Milaje.

Because we do not know
who has been compromised.

Anyone in Wakanda
could be Shadow Council.

No one else can be trusted
until we resolve this.

With N'Jadaka's list, you'd know
exactly who'll watch your back

and who'll plunge
a blade into it.

I could help, but...

[YELLS]

[GROANS]

[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING]

[LAUGHS]
Give it up, T'Challa.

You'll never catch me.
[GRUNTS]

[LAUGHS]

Hunter, you have to stop this!

Ah-ah-ah!

- [YELLS]
- [GRUNTS]

You didn't say the magic word.

[GROWLS]

It is time to come in.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Enough, Hunter. Enough!

[CHUCKLES]
Tired already?

You must really
be slipping. Bye.

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

Pardon me, my friend.

I need to stop that man before he escapes.
Do you mind?

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[BRAKES SCREECH]

[YELLS]

No more games.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

Well, hello, gentlemen.
We'll be right with you.

Family squabble first.

What are you babbling about now?

[GRUNTS]

[GROANING]

Away! Get out of my way!

This?

This bag of sticks is the
famous Black Panther? [LAUGHS]

M'Baku.

Good. You remember me.

For years you have left a path of
destruction and chaos wherever you go.

All of that, and more.

Stand aside, little man.

The Shadow Council has
business with the White Wolf.

The only business you have in my
country is inside a jail cell.

[LAUGHTER]

I go where I please.
I take what I want.

Right now, I want that
pathetic excuse for a thief.

Why do people keep saying that?
I am a fantastic thief.

But it seems you two have
some chest-thumping to do, so...

Hunter!

Let him run.
We'll catch him later.

Right now, the cat king needs a
lesson in who rules this jungle.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[YELLS]

- [CHUCKLING]
- [CRIES OUT]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

You see, Cat King?

Cross the Shadow Council,
and you'll meet your doom.

k*ll him!

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

Ten bars in Nigandan gold for the
one who brings me his head! [YELLS]

- [CRIES OUT]
- [BODY THUDS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[BODY THUDS]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[MAN GRUNTS]

[YELLING]

[GRUNTS]

[YELLS]

Aahh!

[GRUNTING]

[LAUGHING]

That gold is as good as mine.

A great man once said,

"It is not over
until it is over."

- [AUTOMATED SIGNAL BLARES]
- Huh?

[GRUNTS]

Aahh!

[GRUNTS, YELLS]

Now it is over.

[LAUGHING]

I'm disappointed, Whiskers.

That should've taken
a lot less time.

You sat and watched?

Did you not think
to step in to help?

You've made it very clear
you don't want my help.

In anything.

Perhaps you should not
have left us for your...

What is it you called it?
Your "life of adventure"?

I'd rather be an outlaw than
just another palace servant.

You are not fit
to be a palace servant.

At least they are loyal.

[MECHANICAL HUMMING]

[GRUNTS]

Are you two quite finished?

Shuri.

Everything going on around us, and you're
squabbling about old family grudges?

[TOGETHER]
He started it.

Your stupid feelings aren't important
right now. What's important is that list.

Very good to see you, Hunter.

[MOCK CHUCKLE]

[GROWLS]

[WHITE WOLF] The world
is changing constantly.

Things come and go, but...
Wakanda is always breathtaking.

It's your home.
It always will be.

And you can help it
if you tell us what you know.

The Shadow Council
wanted my help.

N'Jadaka was convinced I would join
them, but I strung them along.

Thinking they could trust me, they
gave me access to their network.

I took N'Jadaka's list.
They got a little angry.

Who is on the list?

The Shadow Council's
reach runs deep.

They have moles and traitors embedded
in every level of Wakandan society.

From the bottom, all the way
to the top of the government.

Why did you not
warn us about them?

How would I do that, Whiskers?

Just walk in
and announce myself?

You said I was a criminal,
remember?

[GROWLS]
Stop calling me "Whiskers"!

Hunter, stop
calling him "Whiskers."

But he... [GROANS] Fine.

T'Challa, Hunter says he isn't
helping the Shadow Council.

You have to give him a chance
to help us.

Fine. Then help.

I'll take you
to where I hid the list.

I am going to regret this.

You hid the list
in a jungle sanctuary?

It's the perfect spot.

This land is part of
Grandfather T'Chanda's estate.

You remember?

Of course we do, Hunter.

We spent so much time
playing there as kids.

We used to know
every inch of this place.

This is magnificent.

[SHURI]
The tree house!

We used to spend hours
playing here.

It is bigger than I remember.

What?

Nothing.

Something.

It is...

We three have not
been together in...

Never mind. Let us
just get on with this.

- Fine.
- Fine.

I needed somewhere to hide the
hard drive with N'Jadaka's list.

This seemed safe.

Safe?

We nearly d*ed every time
we played in the branches.

The thin ones
were sturdy and strong.

The thick ones were hollow
and fell apart under us.

[LAUGHS]
Forget the branches.

What about the time you two put
together that awful homemade zip line?

Hey, it wasn't awful.

True.
The design was sound.

The zip line would have worked if
Father and Mother had not caught us.

[LAUGHTER]

Exactly.

Good times here.

Not so many since.

You could have asked us
for help, Hunter.

Anytime.

You could have come home.

[M'BAKU LAUGHING]
Home?

This isn't his home.

Not yours either.

This land is for the strong.

You weaklings don't deserve
to breathe the air.

It was a mistake
to follow us here, M'Baku.

You should have run away.

Really! Didn't the Shadow
Council teach you to count?

"Count"? Count what?

[WHITE WOLF] You're outnumbered,
you idiot, and outmatched.

Outnumbered, yes.
Outmatched?

[GRUNTS]

M'Baku is never outmatched!

[ROARS]

[BOTH EXCLAIM]

A force enhancer? Is that
meant to frighten us?

It is meant to destroy you!

- [GRUNTS]
- [ROARS]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[SHURI] It's like trying
to fight the Hulk.

[BLACK PANTHER] Good, because I
have fought the Hulk, and won.

[WHITE WOLF]
You b*at the Hulk?

Split decision.
[YELLS]

[GRUNTING]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

Hunter, come on!

[GRUNTS]

[M'BAKU]
You can run all you like!

It doesn't matter!

[M'BAKU GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

Oh, careful, Princess.

You're slipping.
[LAUGHING]

T'Challa, what's the play here?

[SHURI GRUNTS]

- [GRUNTING]
- I am thinking.

[GROANS]

Yeah? Well, think faster,
because he's not stopping!

I am aware.

[GRUNTS]

Now move!

[BOTH GRUNT]

M'Baku is coming for you!

For all of you!

[LAUGHTER]

I thought you were
a great warrior.

You are so clumsy.
[LAUGHS]

All you do is boast
like a child.

Do not laugh at me!

But, M'Baku,
you really are so funny.

He's not a fighter, he's a clown!
[LAUGHS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [GASPS]

- Did I say "clown"? What I meant was...
- [YELLS]

Oh, no!

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH]
Hunter!

[GRUNTS]

[STRAINING]

Who's laughing now?

Not you. Mm-mm.

[CRIES OUT]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

You can't hurt me!
[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]
You can't stop me!

[GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[ROARS]

[GRUNTS]

Let go of me!

I just saved your life.

And did I ask you to?

For once, can you stop
being the big, perfect hero?

I didn't like it when we were
kids, and I truly hate it now.

You have to stop this, Hunter.

If you don't let go of the past,
you won't have a future with us.

We can discuss this later.

The immediate problem is M'Baku.

[YELLS, ROARS]

Hide all you want.

Your games won't keep me
from crushing you.

Games! Yes.

Follow me,
like when we were children.

Come here! Cowards!
[GRUNTS]

No, [LAUGHS] thank you.

If you wish to battle, you will
need to come here. [LAUGHS]

Fight me!
[GRUNTS]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS, GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[YELLS, GRUNTS]

Now!

[ALL GRUNTING]

You think you're so smart?

I've figured out the thin
branches are sturdier.

I've neutralized your advantage.

Have you now?

[YELLS, GRUNTS]

[BOTH LAUGH]

[GROANING] [WHITE
WOLF] Hey, M'Baku!

Was that painful?

'Cause it looked really painful.

That wasn't pain. I will show
you the meaning of pain.

[BEEPING]

[BEEPING CONTINUES]

[BOTH GRUNT]

We have one chance.

You have no chances!

This is my country, my jungle!

You are nothing!
The Shadow Council will...

Eh?

[ALL YELL]

[SCREAMING]

- [KICK BLOW LANDS]
- [M'BUKU GRUNTS]

My jungle, my country.

[BODY THUDS]

I can't believe
your zip line didn't k*ll me.

[TOGETHER]
We told you it would work.

N'Jadaka's list.

Every Shadow Council agent
in Wakanda.

Anyone who's not on this list,
you can trust.

[BEEPING]

Interesting.

Your name is not here.

"Interesting"?
That's all you have to say?

I say the palace
is your home, Hunter.

From now on, treat it as such.

Really?

As long as you behave yourself.

No promises.

[GRUNTING]

I'm amazed that you did that.

Happy also, but amazed.

It was a sweet thing to do.

It is as you said, Shuri.

Family squabbles
are not important right now.

Once we protect our future, then we
can bury the ghosts of the past.

[LAUGHTER]