1 00:00:42,168 --> 00:00:43,876 WATCHER: Time. 2 00:00:46,584 --> 00:00:47,918 Space. 3 00:00:49,376 --> 00:00:50,584 Reality. 4 00:00:53,334 --> 00:00:55,584 It's more than a linear path. 5 00:00:59,876 --> 00:01:04,584 It's a prism of endless possibility, 6 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:10,668 where a single choice can branch out into infinite realities, 7 00:01:13,209 --> 00:01:16,251 creating alternate worlds from the ones you know. 8 00:01:20,043 --> 00:01:21,793 I am the Watcher. 9 00:01:23,543 --> 00:01:26,709 I am your guide through these vast new realities. 10 00:01:28,334 --> 00:01:32,001 Follow me and ponder the question... 11 00:01:34,500 --> 00:01:41,500 {\an8}Improved Captions by Sailor420 !!! Hope you enjoy the Series !!! 12 00:01:35,418 --> 00:01:37,209 "What if?" 13 00:01:46,168 --> 00:01:49,418 There was an idea to bring together a group of-- 14 00:01:49,501 --> 00:01:50,543 ROMANOFF: Remarkable people? 15 00:01:50,626 --> 00:01:52,543 To see if they could become something more? 16 00:01:52,626 --> 00:01:54,084 I know. I've heard the speech. 17 00:01:54,168 --> 00:01:55,626 Then you realize what's at stake. 18 00:01:55,709 --> 00:01:57,751 Which is why I'm surprised you'd wanna bet 19 00:01:57,834 --> 00:02:00,876 the future of the Avengers Initiative on that. 20 00:02:04,084 --> 00:02:06,959 Stark may be eccentric, but he's got potential. 21 00:02:07,043 --> 00:02:08,459 What he's got is a hangover. 22 00:02:08,543 --> 00:02:10,959 Did I ever tell you about this one time 23 00:02:11,043 --> 00:02:15,209 I actually recruited a Russian assassin to join my American covert ops team? 24 00:02:15,293 --> 00:02:16,584 Vaguely rings a bell. 25 00:02:16,668 --> 00:02:19,376 Then you should know, I'm not afraid of a big swing. 26 00:02:20,543 --> 00:02:24,626 Sir, I'm going to have to ask you to exit the donut. 27 00:02:24,709 --> 00:02:27,418 I told you I don't wanna join your super-secret boyband. 28 00:02:27,501 --> 00:02:31,334 No, no, no. See, I remember, you do everything yourself. 29 00:02:31,418 --> 00:02:33,959 -How's that working out for you? -I've been worse. 30 00:02:34,043 --> 00:02:37,418 You've become a problem, a problem I have to deal with. 31 00:02:37,501 --> 00:02:41,251 Contrary to your belief, you are not the center of my universe. 32 00:02:41,334 --> 00:02:43,126 -STARK: I get it. -Hit him. 33 00:02:43,209 --> 00:02:44,668 (screams) God. What'd she just do to me? 34 00:02:44,751 --> 00:02:46,876 What did we just do for you? 35 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:49,668 That's lithium dioxide. It's gonna take the edge off. 36 00:02:49,751 --> 00:02:54,001 It's not a cure, it just abates the symptoms? 37 00:02:54,084 --> 00:02:55,459 Stark! You okay? 38 00:02:55,543 --> 00:02:56,668 (coughs, groans) 39 00:02:57,959 --> 00:02:59,876 -FURY: Stark! -ROMANOFF: Tony. Tony! 40 00:03:04,793 --> 00:03:06,001 He's dead. 41 00:03:08,293 --> 00:03:12,459 WATCHER: Humanity, so eager, so willing to face the impossible, 42 00:03:12,543 --> 00:03:14,876 yet blind to the bigger picture. 43 00:03:14,959 --> 00:03:19,293 Inside one week, three strange and separate stories unfolded. 44 00:03:19,376 --> 00:03:23,584 A genius battled his demons both inside and out, 45 00:03:24,626 --> 00:03:28,084 while the world met the monster hiding in the man. 46 00:03:29,376 --> 00:03:32,084 And a godly prince fell to Earth. 47 00:03:33,209 --> 00:03:34,668 I am the Watcher. 48 00:03:34,751 --> 00:03:36,668 And where humans see chaos, 49 00:03:36,751 --> 00:03:39,084 I see the crucible that would transform 50 00:03:39,168 --> 00:03:43,043 this collection of individuals into a team of heroes. 51 00:03:44,418 --> 00:03:47,376 At least, that's how things played out in one universe. 52 00:03:48,168 --> 00:03:49,584 But in this one... 53 00:03:59,459 --> 00:04:01,251 Sir, we found it. 54 00:04:01,334 --> 00:04:03,543 Kind of in the middle of something here, Coulson. 55 00:04:03,626 --> 00:04:07,001 COULSON: Not sure it can wait, sir. Locals are getting curious. 56 00:04:07,084 --> 00:04:09,543 Set up a perimeter and tell the team I'm en route. 57 00:04:10,709 --> 00:04:13,751 I may not have been a fan of Tony Stark, but I didn't kill him. 58 00:04:13,834 --> 00:04:15,376 Save your spin for Pierce. 59 00:04:15,459 --> 00:04:17,959 He wants you in New York first thing for questioning. 60 00:04:18,543 --> 00:04:19,668 Wanna give us a minute? 61 00:04:21,209 --> 00:04:22,376 This wasn't me. 62 00:04:22,459 --> 00:04:25,334 I know that, but S.H.I.E.L.D. has protocols, 63 00:04:25,418 --> 00:04:27,834 so my hands, like yours, are tied. 64 00:04:27,918 --> 00:04:30,751 -You know these won't hold me. -Oh, I'm counting on it. 65 00:04:30,834 --> 00:04:34,001 Someone inside S.H.I.E.L.D. compromised Stark's antidote. 66 00:04:34,084 --> 00:04:37,126 I need someone on the outside to find out who. 67 00:04:37,209 --> 00:04:39,376 Sure you wanna take another big swing on me, boss? 68 00:04:39,459 --> 00:04:41,168 Safest bet I'll ever make. 69 00:04:58,209 --> 00:05:00,376 Wow. So serious. 70 00:05:02,376 --> 00:05:04,668 Maybe we should get some tunes going. 71 00:05:06,168 --> 00:05:07,751 Lighten the mood. 72 00:05:08,876 --> 00:05:09,876 (scoffs) 73 00:05:09,959 --> 00:05:12,668 You guys are no fun. Here. Mind holding these for me? 74 00:05:12,751 --> 00:05:14,209 Of course. Uh... What? 75 00:05:14,293 --> 00:05:15,293 (all groaning) 76 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:19,918 I never did get what he sees in her. 77 00:05:20,001 --> 00:05:23,334 Sure, she can land a punch, but only 'cause people don't expect it. 78 00:05:23,418 --> 00:05:24,584 (all groaning) 79 00:05:31,793 --> 00:05:34,334 What? Stop! Stop the truck! 80 00:05:34,418 --> 00:05:35,418 (tires screeching) 81 00:05:39,043 --> 00:05:40,334 No, no, no, no, no, no, no. 82 00:05:43,459 --> 00:05:45,876 Oh! Come on! 83 00:05:49,334 --> 00:05:51,334 (thunder rumbling) 84 00:05:52,959 --> 00:05:54,876 (metal detector whirring) 85 00:05:54,959 --> 00:05:59,126 BARTON: Best we can tell, it's extremely powerful and not from around here. 86 00:05:59,709 --> 00:06:03,168 Electromagnetic, neutron, vita radiations, all off the charts. 87 00:06:05,501 --> 00:06:06,501 -(guard groans) -(thuds) 88 00:06:07,126 --> 00:06:08,126 (thunder rumbling) 89 00:06:09,251 --> 00:06:11,084 Well, that doesn't sound ominous at all. 90 00:06:11,168 --> 00:06:12,959 It's been happening all night. 91 00:06:13,043 --> 00:06:15,084 The artifact has a bit of an attitude. 92 00:06:15,168 --> 00:06:17,168 Also, no one can lift it. 93 00:06:17,251 --> 00:06:19,334 Not even Jackson and he does CrossFit. 94 00:06:19,418 --> 00:06:23,334 Something that powerful goes missing, someone always comes looking. 95 00:06:25,876 --> 00:06:29,418 We just have to cross our fingers that someone is an ally. 96 00:06:36,918 --> 00:06:38,084 So, what's the move? 97 00:06:38,168 --> 00:06:42,084 Same as always. Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. 98 00:06:44,751 --> 00:06:46,709 We got a man down. Sound the alarms. 99 00:06:46,793 --> 00:06:47,918 -(alarm blaring) -(men shouting) 100 00:06:49,001 --> 00:06:50,918 I think the worst just got here. 101 00:06:52,209 --> 00:06:53,751 FURY: Coulson, talk to me. 102 00:06:53,834 --> 00:06:56,793 We got a perimeter breach. Multiple agents down and... 103 00:06:57,584 --> 00:06:58,834 (guard 1 groaning) 104 00:06:58,918 --> 00:07:00,209 Whoa. 105 00:07:00,293 --> 00:07:02,459 I got visual on the intruder. 106 00:07:03,501 --> 00:07:06,543 He's a Caucasian male, mid-twenties with... 107 00:07:08,126 --> 00:07:09,793 really great hair. 108 00:07:10,626 --> 00:07:11,709 Excuse me? 109 00:07:11,793 --> 00:07:14,876 COULSON: It's an accurate description. Sir, he's gorgeous. 110 00:07:14,959 --> 00:07:17,876 -I need eyes in the sky. Barton. -BARTON: Already on it. 111 00:07:19,959 --> 00:07:21,668 He's making a move on the hammer. 112 00:07:21,751 --> 00:07:24,168 One shot, one kill, sir. Just say the word. 113 00:07:25,376 --> 00:07:27,668 FURY: Hold your fire. I wanna see this. 114 00:07:31,376 --> 00:07:32,501 (sighs) 115 00:07:32,584 --> 00:07:36,418 Whoa. Coulson wasn't lying about the hair. That's nice. 116 00:07:38,876 --> 00:07:40,209 Fury, now or never. 117 00:07:40,334 --> 00:07:42,251 -(Thor grunts) -FURY: Hold your-- 118 00:07:47,418 --> 00:07:50,084 Damn it, Barton. I told you to stand down. 119 00:07:50,168 --> 00:07:52,543 I did! Wasn't me! I didn't shoot! 120 00:07:53,959 --> 00:07:55,209 GUARD 2: Drop your weapon! 121 00:07:55,293 --> 00:07:57,001 I swear, I didn't shoot. 122 00:07:58,876 --> 00:08:01,418 Your arrow would indicate otherwise. 123 00:08:05,543 --> 00:08:10,418 This doesn't make any sense. I don't slip. I don't misfire. 124 00:08:11,084 --> 00:08:13,543 -What's the word on our intruder? -Dead. 125 00:08:13,626 --> 00:08:15,584 And if his blood samples are to be believed, 126 00:08:15,668 --> 00:08:19,418 he's almost a thousand years old and not of this world. 127 00:08:19,501 --> 00:08:21,709 First Stark, now Muscle Beach. 128 00:08:21,793 --> 00:08:25,876 That's two high value S.H.I.E.L.D. targets killed by our own agents inside 24 hours. 129 00:08:25,959 --> 00:08:29,084 -Barton's sticking to his story? -He's pretty bent out of shape. 130 00:08:29,168 --> 00:08:31,251 -Won't talk to anyone. -He'll talk to me. 131 00:08:31,334 --> 00:08:32,418 (trilling) 132 00:08:35,959 --> 00:08:37,959 Wake up, Sleeping Beauty. 133 00:08:39,126 --> 00:08:40,293 Barton. 134 00:08:41,793 --> 00:08:43,001 (Fury grunts) 135 00:08:43,084 --> 00:08:45,584 Barton. Coulson, get a medic. 136 00:08:45,668 --> 00:08:48,126 How could this... Who did you let in here? 137 00:08:48,209 --> 00:08:49,376 -No one. -COULSON: No one. 138 00:08:49,459 --> 00:08:52,126 Stay with me. Stay with me. 139 00:08:54,668 --> 00:08:57,793 We're running a tox screen to see if it was a cyanide capsule. 140 00:08:57,876 --> 00:08:59,376 Barton had a wife and kids. 141 00:08:59,459 --> 00:09:01,751 If he was gonna go, it wouldn't be willingly. 142 00:09:01,834 --> 00:09:03,001 You think he was murdered. 143 00:09:03,084 --> 00:09:07,209 If I had to guess, my money is on the same someone who killed Stark. 144 00:09:07,293 --> 00:09:09,418 But Barton was in a locked cell under observation. 145 00:09:09,501 --> 00:09:11,793 There was no sign of struggle, no entry wounds. 146 00:09:11,876 --> 00:09:14,668 It's weird, but I also have a space corpse 147 00:09:14,751 --> 00:09:18,001 that looks like a Chippendales dancer rotting on the next table over. 148 00:09:19,626 --> 00:09:21,001 (sniffs) 149 00:09:21,084 --> 00:09:22,709 Oh, wow. 150 00:09:22,793 --> 00:09:25,459 Even while rotting, he smells like lavender. 151 00:09:25,543 --> 00:09:27,376 Really? (sniffing) 152 00:09:28,334 --> 00:09:29,334 Mmm. 153 00:09:29,418 --> 00:09:31,959 Still, there's not a lot connecting a billionaire playboy 154 00:09:32,043 --> 00:09:35,084 and a S.H.I.E.L.D. assassin, unless you have any ideas. 155 00:09:36,001 --> 00:09:38,168 There was an idea. 156 00:09:43,584 --> 00:09:45,168 (sniffing) 157 00:09:52,251 --> 00:09:55,001 Dr. Ross. Not sure if you remember me, but-- 158 00:09:55,084 --> 00:09:57,251 (sighs) Oh, I remember. 159 00:09:57,334 --> 00:09:59,168 And I'll tell you the same thing I told you 160 00:09:59,251 --> 00:10:01,584 the last time S.H.I.E.L.D. came poking around. 161 00:10:01,668 --> 00:10:02,876 I haven't seen him. 162 00:10:02,959 --> 00:10:05,709 I'm not here about the green guy. 163 00:10:05,793 --> 00:10:10,626 His name is Dr. Bruce Banner. And I'm in a rush, Agent Romanoff. 164 00:10:10,709 --> 00:10:13,418 I'm here about Tony Stark. I believe he was murdered. 165 00:10:14,543 --> 00:10:16,543 What? By whom? 166 00:10:16,626 --> 00:10:21,293 Me. Or at least someone's trying to make it look that way, using this. 167 00:10:23,209 --> 00:10:25,668 So, why did you come to me? 168 00:10:25,751 --> 00:10:29,626 You're an expert in the tactical applications of cellular biology. 169 00:10:29,709 --> 00:10:33,084 There are plenty of others. Why did you really come here? 170 00:10:33,793 --> 00:10:35,959 I need to keep this off S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar 171 00:10:36,501 --> 00:10:39,626 and you seem to have some experience in that department. 172 00:10:41,543 --> 00:10:45,043 Mmm. Well, your injector's clean 173 00:10:45,126 --> 00:10:48,834 and there's no traces of lethal pathogens of any kind. 174 00:10:48,918 --> 00:10:49,918 Then what killed him? 175 00:10:50,001 --> 00:10:52,834 BETTY: Whatever it was, it wasn't biological. 176 00:10:52,918 --> 00:10:55,543 Your antidote didn't even make it out of the syringe. 177 00:10:55,626 --> 00:11:00,043 It looks to me like a tiny projectile of some kind was fired from the needle. 178 00:11:00,126 --> 00:11:02,043 You're thinking nanotech? 179 00:11:02,126 --> 00:11:05,168 I'm a biologist, not a ballistics expert. 180 00:11:05,251 --> 00:11:06,959 And I believe we're done here. 181 00:11:12,251 --> 00:11:14,584 Huh. You got a side job, Dr. Ross? 182 00:11:14,668 --> 00:11:16,459 What? I don't know. I... 183 00:11:16,543 --> 00:11:18,126 A student must have left it there. 184 00:11:18,834 --> 00:11:20,709 -(chuckles) -(cell phone ringing) 185 00:11:22,293 --> 00:11:24,834 FURY: I got bad news and worse news. 186 00:11:24,918 --> 00:11:27,501 -You in a secure location? -Not currently. 187 00:11:28,751 --> 00:11:29,959 FURY: Barton's dead. 188 00:11:30,043 --> 00:11:31,293 (inhales deeply) 189 00:11:33,334 --> 00:11:35,001 FURY: I know what he meant to you. 190 00:11:37,126 --> 00:11:38,126 (sighs) 191 00:11:41,876 --> 00:11:44,043 Who do I kill? 192 00:11:44,709 --> 00:11:47,334 FURY: Looks like his and Stark's murders are connected. 193 00:11:48,001 --> 00:11:50,834 -ROMANOFF: By what? -FURY: The Avengers Initiative. 194 00:11:50,918 --> 00:11:53,501 Seems our killer is going after the candidates. 195 00:11:53,584 --> 00:11:55,418 ROMANOFF: If someone wanted to kneecap S.H.I.E.L.D., 196 00:11:55,501 --> 00:11:56,709 that's a good place to start. 197 00:11:57,376 --> 00:11:58,668 Who else is on the list? 198 00:11:58,751 --> 00:12:02,584 FURY: That's the thing. Bruce Banner and you. 199 00:12:02,668 --> 00:12:06,543 ROMANOFF: Under different circumstances, I'd be flattered. So would Clint. 200 00:12:06,626 --> 00:12:10,293 FURY: You need to get yourself to ground. But first, find Banner. 201 00:12:10,376 --> 00:12:13,459 Funny thing, boss. Think I already have. 202 00:12:15,418 --> 00:12:17,876 I... I'm sorry, but I can't let you in there. 203 00:12:17,959 --> 00:12:20,251 Move, or I'll make you move. 204 00:12:21,293 --> 00:12:23,793 No need for violence, Agent Romanoff. 205 00:12:23,876 --> 00:12:26,918 That's probably not gonna work out. For anyone. 206 00:12:33,793 --> 00:12:35,543 What? What is it? 207 00:12:37,293 --> 00:12:39,126 We need to go. Now. 208 00:12:39,209 --> 00:12:40,501 (helicopter blades hovering) 209 00:12:41,418 --> 00:12:43,418 (music playing over car stereo) 210 00:12:45,501 --> 00:12:46,918 (cell phone ringing) 211 00:12:50,084 --> 00:12:51,584 FURY: What's your 20, Coulson? 212 00:12:51,668 --> 00:12:53,709 Coffee run. Needed a breather. 213 00:12:53,793 --> 00:12:56,501 Got you a double macchiato. Just how you like it. 214 00:12:57,626 --> 00:12:58,626 (rumbling) 215 00:13:00,084 --> 00:13:01,168 What the... 216 00:13:06,584 --> 00:13:10,126 Director, sensors are reporting a massive energy surge. 217 00:13:10,209 --> 00:13:13,626 -Seems like it came out of nowhere. -What are you seeing, Coulson? 218 00:13:13,709 --> 00:13:16,459 A meteorological phenomenon of some kind. 219 00:13:19,918 --> 00:13:23,293 Oh, boy. Whatever it is, it came with bogeys. 220 00:13:23,376 --> 00:13:25,959 -They look like they're from Earth? -COULSON: Maybe Middle-earth? 221 00:13:33,793 --> 00:13:35,126 Go get 'em, boss. 222 00:13:46,126 --> 00:13:49,751 Looking for directions, sir? Because you seem to have lost your way. 223 00:13:49,834 --> 00:13:54,084 (chuckles) You would do best to kneel before a god. 224 00:13:54,168 --> 00:13:58,876 We don't really do that here. No matter who or what you are. 225 00:13:58,959 --> 00:14:03,084 -I am Loki, Crown Prince of Asgard. -(cell phone ringing) 226 00:14:03,168 --> 00:14:04,584 The rightful king of Jotun-- 227 00:14:06,418 --> 00:14:10,334 -(clears throat) Jotunheim. And God of M-- -(cell phone continues ringing) 228 00:14:11,501 --> 00:14:14,418 Mischief. Are you gonna take that? I'm in the middle of something. 229 00:14:14,501 --> 00:14:15,793 Damn it, Fury! Pick up. 230 00:14:15,876 --> 00:14:19,459 Hey, I'm telling you, it's safer for everyone if I fend for myself. 231 00:14:20,043 --> 00:14:23,043 -I sort of can't die. -Then I guess you're in luck. 232 00:14:33,709 --> 00:14:35,084 Look alive, people. 233 00:14:35,168 --> 00:14:38,709 I want strike teams locked, loaded, and ready to move in on my mark. 234 00:14:38,793 --> 00:14:40,376 (cell phone ringing) 235 00:14:40,459 --> 00:14:42,001 I'm a little busy here, Widow. 236 00:14:42,084 --> 00:14:43,876 ROMANOFF: Oh, good. We'll start a support group. 237 00:14:43,959 --> 00:14:47,376 I've got General Ross, a dozen snipers and a few tanks. 238 00:14:47,459 --> 00:14:49,459 -What are you dealing with? -FURY: Space Vikings. 239 00:14:49,543 --> 00:14:52,043 -Show-off. -FURY: Handle it, then get to ground. 240 00:14:52,126 --> 00:14:53,293 -(cell phone beeps) -(groans) 241 00:14:53,376 --> 00:14:54,418 Lady trouble? 242 00:14:54,501 --> 00:14:57,626 Well, what exactly is it that brought you here, Mr. Loki? 243 00:14:57,709 --> 00:14:59,043 Vengeance. 244 00:14:59,126 --> 00:15:04,459 An agent of this planet murdered Thor Odinson, the Crown Prince of Asgard. 245 00:15:05,043 --> 00:15:07,334 Natasha Romanoff, agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. 246 00:15:07,418 --> 00:15:11,043 I have Bruce Banner in my custody. You need to stand down. 247 00:15:11,668 --> 00:15:13,043 (groans) 248 00:15:13,126 --> 00:15:15,918 -Hey, hey! Don't shoot! -Who the hell opened fire? 249 00:15:16,001 --> 00:15:17,168 SOLDIER 3: Not us, sir. 250 00:15:17,251 --> 00:15:19,584 Bruce! It's okay. We're okay, right? 251 00:15:19,668 --> 00:15:21,751 I'll get you out of this. I swear on my life. 252 00:15:21,834 --> 00:15:25,918 Director Fury, you fail to comprehend the enormity of the situation. 253 00:15:26,001 --> 00:15:28,001 Oh, I'm comprehending, all right. 254 00:15:30,084 --> 00:15:34,751 Agent Romanoff, I think you might be better off getting out of here. 255 00:15:34,834 --> 00:15:37,793 Which is why I have to ask, what's in the box? 256 00:15:37,876 --> 00:15:39,168 Ooh. 257 00:15:39,251 --> 00:15:41,501 Such insolence will not be tolerated. 258 00:15:41,584 --> 00:15:45,001 And your planet will be taken as retribution. 259 00:15:45,084 --> 00:15:47,001 (Banner groaning) 260 00:15:55,418 --> 00:15:56,959 (roars) 261 00:15:57,043 --> 00:15:58,709 -Take it down! -(guns firing) 262 00:16:07,459 --> 00:16:08,501 (Hulk roaring) 263 00:16:10,543 --> 00:16:12,501 (all screaming) 264 00:16:16,584 --> 00:16:17,584 (Hulk grunting) 265 00:16:21,793 --> 00:16:22,793 (all screaming) 266 00:16:26,126 --> 00:16:27,126 (roars) 267 00:16:31,543 --> 00:16:32,543 (roars) 268 00:16:32,626 --> 00:16:34,751 Oh, you want some of this? Come on! 269 00:16:34,834 --> 00:16:38,084 Father! No! Stop! Stop, please! 270 00:16:39,084 --> 00:16:41,668 -(man screaming) -(sobbing) Stop! 271 00:16:42,751 --> 00:16:46,084 -There's nothing you can do. -That's my father. He'll listen to me. 272 00:16:46,168 --> 00:16:48,126 The General isn't the one who started this. 273 00:16:48,209 --> 00:16:49,668 (gasping) 274 00:16:49,751 --> 00:16:50,876 Then who did? 275 00:16:53,626 --> 00:16:54,626 (grunting) 276 00:16:57,376 --> 00:16:58,543 Bruce! 277 00:17:00,876 --> 00:17:02,126 Bruce! 278 00:17:11,001 --> 00:17:13,751 (sobbing) No. No, no, no. Bruce. 279 00:17:13,834 --> 00:17:18,168 But he can't die. He can't die. 280 00:17:19,834 --> 00:17:21,209 He can't. 281 00:17:26,876 --> 00:17:32,126 Declaring war on this planet will not bring your prince back! 282 00:17:32,209 --> 00:17:33,334 SIF: Wait. 283 00:17:33,418 --> 00:17:37,209 He's not wrong. The All-Father would want us to listen. 284 00:17:40,293 --> 00:17:42,126 We have the same enemy here. 285 00:17:42,209 --> 00:17:45,251 The person who killed your brother also killed two of my people. 286 00:17:45,334 --> 00:17:48,334 Good people. We should be working together. 287 00:17:48,418 --> 00:17:50,543 We are not allies. 288 00:17:50,626 --> 00:17:52,501 Then let me help you. 289 00:17:52,584 --> 00:17:55,126 I promise, when I find your brother's killer, 290 00:17:55,209 --> 00:17:57,876 you will have your pound of flesh. 291 00:17:57,959 --> 00:18:00,209 What a fascinating choice of words. 292 00:18:01,209 --> 00:18:04,293 But I shall require the entire corpse. 293 00:18:05,126 --> 00:18:06,376 You need to give me time. 294 00:18:10,501 --> 00:18:11,543 Very well. 295 00:18:11,626 --> 00:18:16,793 You have until the next rise of Midgard's sun to deliver my brother's assassin, 296 00:18:16,876 --> 00:18:21,043 or I will reduce this planet to ash and ice. 297 00:18:33,334 --> 00:18:35,376 COULSON: (over phone) Why do you need my password? 298 00:18:35,501 --> 00:18:38,293 ROMANOFF: (sighs) I need to get into the Avengers Initiative files, 299 00:18:38,376 --> 00:18:42,084 but I'm locked out of the system and wanted for murder. 300 00:18:42,168 --> 00:18:44,043 COULSON: I'm not telling you my password, Romanoff. 301 00:18:44,126 --> 00:18:46,001 -ROMANOFF: Why not? -COULSON: Because I'm not. 302 00:18:46,084 --> 00:18:48,918 ROMANOFF: Coulson. Clint was your friend, too. 303 00:18:50,709 --> 00:18:56,334 (sighs) Hashtag-Steve-Steve-Steve- I-heart-Steve-0-7-0-4. 304 00:18:56,418 --> 00:18:57,459 Wow. 305 00:18:57,543 --> 00:18:59,168 -Good one, Coulson. -What? 306 00:18:59,251 --> 00:19:01,418 No, nothing. That's great. Thank you. 307 00:19:04,501 --> 00:19:05,501 (inhales deeply) 308 00:19:28,709 --> 00:19:31,418 Huh. How did a woman who died two years ago 309 00:19:31,501 --> 00:19:33,168 access the database yesterday? 310 00:19:39,376 --> 00:19:44,584 You won't win. Not against me. Not against S.H.I.E.L.D. 311 00:19:45,584 --> 00:19:46,834 (groaning) 312 00:19:53,001 --> 00:19:55,251 FURY: You found me. You know what to do. 313 00:19:55,334 --> 00:19:57,251 (all groaning) 314 00:20:03,793 --> 00:20:06,376 Fury, it's Hope! It's all about Hope! 315 00:20:06,459 --> 00:20:07,668 (screams) 316 00:20:22,668 --> 00:20:25,168 ROMANOFF: (over phone) It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 317 00:20:30,668 --> 00:20:32,918 It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 318 00:20:35,126 --> 00:20:37,709 It's Hope! It's all about Hope! 319 00:20:38,418 --> 00:20:39,959 COULSON: Four hours to sunup, sir. 320 00:20:40,876 --> 00:20:42,668 I haven't forgotten. 321 00:20:42,751 --> 00:20:46,293 Sir, I understand that this Prince Loki situation is the very reason 322 00:20:46,376 --> 00:20:48,334 you proposed the Avengers Initiative 323 00:20:48,418 --> 00:20:51,626 for a group of remarkable individuals to fight the battles we can't. 324 00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:52,793 I wrote the speech. 325 00:20:53,918 --> 00:20:55,626 There's still one name left, sir. 326 00:20:57,209 --> 00:20:58,251 Yours. 327 00:21:03,668 --> 00:21:05,459 I'm not the only Avenger left. 328 00:21:08,793 --> 00:21:10,168 What? 329 00:21:19,751 --> 00:21:22,126 COULSON: Is that a beeper from the '90s? 330 00:21:23,043 --> 00:21:24,626 Also our last hope. 331 00:21:25,918 --> 00:21:30,709 "Hope. It's all about Hope." 332 00:21:31,626 --> 00:21:33,459 (chuckles) Widow. 333 00:21:37,084 --> 00:21:38,834 COULSON: Boss? 334 00:21:40,001 --> 00:21:42,584 -Where are you going? -Not sure. 335 00:21:42,668 --> 00:21:46,293 Either make a pact with a god or deal with a devil. 336 00:22:08,543 --> 00:22:09,876 You got a name, soldier? 337 00:22:13,834 --> 00:22:15,376 I'm here to see your boss. 338 00:22:35,376 --> 00:22:37,793 If it isn't Hank Pym. 339 00:22:37,876 --> 00:22:43,668 HANK: The balls you have to come here and stand over her grave. 340 00:22:43,751 --> 00:22:45,001 Oh, don't worry about her. 341 00:22:45,084 --> 00:22:47,668 I doubt she'd mind, considering she's dead. 342 00:22:47,751 --> 00:22:51,209 She died because S.H.I.E.L.D. killed her. 343 00:22:51,959 --> 00:22:53,418 She died because of you. 344 00:22:53,501 --> 00:22:59,001 Agent Hope Van Dyne was killed on a mission outside Odessa, Ukraine. 345 00:22:59,084 --> 00:23:00,334 Agent? 346 00:23:00,418 --> 00:23:03,418 She was my daughter! My little girl. 347 00:23:04,001 --> 00:23:06,793 She missed her mother and you exploited that! 348 00:23:06,876 --> 00:23:08,793 Her mother was an agent? 349 00:23:08,876 --> 00:23:11,626 Don't play the fool with me, Fury. 350 00:23:11,709 --> 00:23:17,543 You filled her head with nonsense about protecting humanity and saving the world. 351 00:23:17,626 --> 00:23:21,668 You just left out how she died the same way her mother did, 352 00:23:21,751 --> 00:23:23,709 doing S.H.I.E.L.D.'s dirty work! 353 00:23:23,793 --> 00:23:28,668 And that gave you permission to murder them? 354 00:23:28,751 --> 00:23:33,043 Anthony Stark? Clint Barton? Bruce Banner? Natasha Romanoff? 355 00:23:33,126 --> 00:23:36,126 You took everything from me. 356 00:23:39,126 --> 00:23:41,209 I wanted you to hurt. 357 00:23:42,918 --> 00:23:46,876 To witness everything you've ever worked for... 358 00:23:48,876 --> 00:23:50,459 fought for... 359 00:23:53,251 --> 00:23:54,709 hoped for... 360 00:23:57,751 --> 00:23:59,126 die. 361 00:23:59,709 --> 00:24:02,209 And what of Thor, Prince of Asgard? 362 00:24:02,293 --> 00:24:05,876 Goldilocks? You would have recruited him in a heartbeat. 363 00:24:05,959 --> 00:24:09,293 Sold him some malarkey about being a hero. 364 00:24:09,376 --> 00:24:12,751 That's what you do. What S.H.I.E.L.D. has always done. 365 00:24:12,834 --> 00:24:14,668 Find others to fight your battles. 366 00:24:14,751 --> 00:24:17,459 That's it? You murdered him because you could? 367 00:24:17,543 --> 00:24:21,168 His death was a favor. Yours will be a triumph. 368 00:24:34,834 --> 00:24:36,293 What the... 369 00:24:36,376 --> 00:24:39,918 You're still pretty spry for a guy with a corner office. 370 00:24:49,001 --> 00:24:50,793 You never cared about Hope. 371 00:24:50,876 --> 00:24:52,793 I don't give a damn about any of them. 372 00:24:52,876 --> 00:24:54,376 -(Fury laughs) -(grunts) 373 00:25:01,543 --> 00:25:03,751 Fury! Come on. 374 00:25:03,834 --> 00:25:07,668 You're supposed to be a killer? Well, come on, then. Kill me. 375 00:25:10,418 --> 00:25:11,876 -(gasps) -Ooh. 376 00:25:14,334 --> 00:25:16,418 HANK: How are you... 377 00:25:16,501 --> 00:25:19,084 -(Fury laughing) -Stop moving, Fury. 378 00:25:19,168 --> 00:25:21,168 What are you doing? Let's go-- 379 00:25:21,251 --> 00:25:23,918 It's like you're everywhere. Aah! 380 00:25:26,001 --> 00:25:27,251 (grunts) 381 00:25:37,626 --> 00:25:39,209 (all laughing) 382 00:25:51,251 --> 00:25:53,959 Uh, what's with the goth kid? 383 00:25:54,043 --> 00:25:56,459 Hello. Trickster God. Hi. 384 00:25:56,543 --> 00:25:58,834 S.H.I.E.L.D. is people, 385 00:25:58,918 --> 00:26:02,584 people willing to give their lives for something greater than themselves 386 00:26:02,668 --> 00:26:06,501 to save the world from men like you. 387 00:26:09,543 --> 00:26:14,418 Agent Hope Van Dyne understood that and she will never be forgotten. 388 00:26:15,001 --> 00:26:17,501 Then you honor her. 389 00:26:19,751 --> 00:26:21,293 Then honor her. 390 00:26:22,251 --> 00:26:25,418 Well, this was an absolute pleasure, Director Fury. 391 00:26:25,501 --> 00:26:28,209 Good. Now take your hammer and get off my planet. 392 00:26:28,293 --> 00:26:31,543 (chuckles) About that, we should be allies. 393 00:26:31,626 --> 00:26:33,543 You know, I've just had an idea. 394 00:26:33,626 --> 00:26:36,876 I was thinking I might extend my stay here on Midgard. 395 00:26:37,543 --> 00:26:39,043 For how long? 396 00:26:46,043 --> 00:26:48,043 (camera shutters clicking) 397 00:26:52,168 --> 00:26:54,793 Good evening, my loyal subjects. 398 00:26:55,376 --> 00:26:58,793 It is with great pride that I stand before you today 399 00:26:58,876 --> 00:27:01,459 to announce that in just one day's time, 400 00:27:01,543 --> 00:27:05,126 the nations of Earth have put aside their differences 401 00:27:05,209 --> 00:27:08,459 and united under my command. 402 00:27:08,543 --> 00:27:12,459 It's the unspoken truth of humanity that you crave subjugation. 403 00:27:12,543 --> 00:27:17,043 The bright lure of freedom hobbles you, diminishes your life's joy. 404 00:27:17,126 --> 00:27:20,334 You were made to be ruled. 405 00:27:20,918 --> 00:27:27,168 So I have come to help you fulfill your destiny. 406 00:27:33,459 --> 00:27:36,501 The Avengers fell before they had a chance to rise. 407 00:27:36,584 --> 00:27:38,043 May they rest in peace. 408 00:27:38,126 --> 00:27:40,126 They can, but we won't. 409 00:27:41,251 --> 00:27:44,709 The Avengers were always meant to be more than a team. 410 00:27:44,793 --> 00:27:46,334 They were an idea, 411 00:27:46,418 --> 00:27:52,376 the affirmation of humanity's need to believe that in our darkest hour, 412 00:27:52,959 --> 00:27:55,626 we will find our heroes. 413 00:27:59,584 --> 00:28:03,709 I believe that in this universe, as in every other, hope never dies. 414 00:28:05,876 --> 00:28:09,876 As long as someone keeps their good eye on the bigger picture. 415 00:28:11,668 --> 00:28:12,876 Welcome back, Captain. 416 00:28:15,918 --> 00:28:17,584 So where's the fight? 417 00:28:18,709 --> 00:28:20,709 (theme music playing)