Avengers: United They Stand (1999–2000): Season 1, Episode 12 - Earth and Fire: Part One - full transcript
Something is dangerouly affecting the magnetic fields of the Earth.
♪ AVENGERS ♪
♪ AVENGERS ♪
♪ AVENGERS ♪
♪ AVENGERS ♪
Wonder Man: COME ON, HANK!
I'M TELLING YOU -- I FEEL FINE.
Ant-Man:
ONLY A FEW MORE TESTS.
BEHAVE, SIMON.
LISTEN TO YOUR DOCTOR.
YOU SEEM
IN PERFECT HEALTH.
[ WHIRRING ]
WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
SIMON, LET ME FINISH
THE TEST TO BE SURE.
Hawkeye: HEY!
HOW WAS
YOUR BEAUTY SLEEP?
CLINT!
UGH!
UGLY AS EVER.
BETTER GET
ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS.
MONTHS?
HAS -- HAS IT REALLY BEEN
THAT LONG?
THE LAST THING
I REMEMBER WAS...
HANK, LOOK OUT!
WHERE?
[ SCREAMS ]
[ BEEP ]
...HIM!
Scarlet Witch:
SIMON, NO!
[ GRUNTING ]
[ Groaning ]
TAKE IT EASY, BUDDY.
HE'S ONE OF US NOW.
IS THAT RIGHT,
BRIGHT EYES?
WHEN YOU WERE INJURED,
YOUR BRAIN ENGRAMS
WERE TRANSFERRED
INTO MY SYNTHEZOID NEUROGRID.
MY -- MY WHAT?!
IT'S A LONG STORY,
SIMON.
[ REDWING SCREECHES ]
[ Chuckling ]
HEY. HELLO, FRIEND.
[ Laughing ]
HE LIKES YOU, WONDER MAN.
FALCON, ISN'T IT?
I SEE YOU'RE
AN AVENGER NOW, TOO.
[ Laughing ] WHAT?
WAS THERE A MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT
WHILE I WAS GONE?
[ DOOR OPENS ]
GOOD MORNING,
MR. WILLIAMS!
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND,
BUT I'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY
OF PREPARING
YOUR FAVORITE BREAKFAST.
JARVIS!
YOU'RE THE BEST!
OHH!
[ BUZZING ]
WHAT IS IT, SIMON?
IT'S NOTHING.
SO, WHAT DID I MISS
WHILE I WAS SLEEPING ON THE JOB?
Ant-Man:
MORE THAN YOU KNOW, PARTNER.
WAS THE DAY SUCCESSFUL?
YES, LORD TAURUS.
THE MACHINES ARE IN PLACE.
WE HAVE ACHIEVED
MAGNETOLITHIC LOCK.
EXCELLENT, SCORPIO.
SOON I WILL HAVE THE NEXT PIECE
OF THE UNIVERSAL PUZZLE.
THEN THE GREAT ZODIAC KEY
WILL SHIFT,
AND I WILL BE
ONE STEP CLOSER
TO THE TRANSGALACTIC
CONVERGENCE
THAT WILL RESTORE
BALANCE TO THE UNIVERSE
WITH ME AT ITS CENTER.
THE NEXT PHASE
IN MY ASCENDANCY CAN BEGIN.
INCREASE POWER BY TWO-THIRDS
AND FIRE THE FIRST DRIVERS!
[ BUZZING ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
IF HE'S GOT MY BRAIN PATTERNS,
DOES THAT MAKE HIM...ME?
SIMON, TRANSFERRING YOUR BRAIN
ENGRAMS INTO THE VISION
WAS THE ONLY WAY
WE COULD THINK OF TO SAVE YOU.
UH...
IT MAKES THINGS,
UH...COMPLICATED.
WHOA, WHOA.
WANDA, DOES THAT MEAN
YOU TWO ARE...
[ GROANS ]
OHH, I THINK SOMETHING'S...
NOOOOO!
SIMON?
SIMON, SPEAK TO ME!
SIMON, NO!
WANDA, WHAT HAPPENED?
HE JUST COLLAPSED!
HENRY,
I CAN'T GET A READING.
THERE'S SOME KIND
OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE.
IT SEEMS TO BE COMING
FROM SIMON.
IMPOSSIBLE!
THERE'S NO KNOWN
BIOLOGICAL DISORDER
THAT CAN AFFECT
A PERSON'S E.M. FIELD.
[ MOANS ]
OH, THANK GOODNESS.
WHAT...
WHAT WAS THAT?
I'M...NOT SURE YET.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
[ BUZZING ]
[ GROANING ]
JUST A LITTLE DIZZY,
BUT BEFORE...IT FELT LIKE
I WAS BEING...PULLED APART.
PERHAPS ULTRON TAMPERED
WITH YOUR PHYSIOLOGY
WHILE YOU WERE
HIS CAPTIVE.
DR. PYM, MR. SIKORSKY
IS ON THE LINE.
PUT HIM THROUGH,
PLEASE, JARVIS.
DID YOUR INSTRUMENTS RECORD
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!
WE'VE HAD OUR HANDS FULL HERE
THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
OUR PLANETARY SENSORS DETECTED
A WORLDWIDE SPIKE
IN TECTONIC ACTIVITY --
EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES,
WHOLE MOUNTAINS ERUPTING
UP OUT OF THE GROUND.
OUR BEST SCIENTISTS
DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
IT SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE,
BUT IT'S AS IF THE FORCES
HOLDING THE EARTH TOGETHER
JUST GOT TUGGED
IN THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS!
HOLDING
THE EARTH TOGETHER?
YANKED APART --
JUST LIKE ME.
WE'RE ON IT.
ANT-MAN OUT.
AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE!
Wasp: OKAY -- WE'VE ISOLATED
THREE MAJOR CRISIS POINTS
WHERE THE TECTONIC ACTIVITY
APPEARS TO BE CENTERED.
WHAT'S CAUSING IT?
Vision: IT IS NOT
A NATURAL PHENOMENON.
RECORDED DATA INDICATED
STERILE MANIPULATION
OF THE EARTH'S ASTHENOSPHERE
BY POWERFUL MAGNETIC FIELDS.
Falcon:
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
EARTH'S MOLTEN MANTLE
HAS A HIGH METALLIC CONTENT
THAT COULD, IN THEORY,
BE AFFECTED BY MAGNETISM.
LOOKS LIKE IT
AIN'T A THEORY ANYMORE!
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMEONE I
MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE ABOUT THIS.
CORNELIUS VAN LUNDT.
WHAT, YOUR FATHER'S
FORMER PARTNER?
YES.
THEY DEVELOPED
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY,
BUT IT NEVER WENT
INTO PRODUCTION.
[ SCOFFS ]
THERE'S A FIRST!
SOME RICH GUY BUILDING A WEAPON
AND THEN NOT USING IT.
IT WASN'T A WEAPON!
HAWKEYE!
JAN, IT'S OKAY.
WE'LL SPLIT UP
INTO THREE TEAMS,
ONE FOR EACH CRISIS POINT.
IF JAN DIGS UP ANYTHING USEFUL,
I'LL RELAY IT TO YOU.
SIMON, YOU STAY HERE WITH ME
UNTIL WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE OKAY.
BUT, HANK...
THAT'S IT!
NOW LET'S GO, AVENGERS!
Female voice:
QUINJETS PREPPED FOR PREFLIGHT.
BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA,
AND DON'T HOLD THE HORSES.
[ BEEPING ]
SIMON!
COME ON, GUYS!
YOU DIDN'T THINK
I'D LET PAPA PYM
KEEP ME OUT OF THIS,
DID YOU?
SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT
OUT OF FIRST GEAR THIS TIME.
JUST WATCH ME.
[ ENGINES WHIRRING ]
THE AVENGERS BELIEVE
THEY CAN STOP ME?
FOOLS!
VIRGO, FINISH THE PESTS!
NOW FOR A MORE
TRADITIONAL APPEARANCE
TO WELCOME A FAMILY FRIEND.
[ CHUCKLES EVILLY ]
JAN, WHAT'S WRONG?
NOTHING.
IT'S JUST --
OH, NOTHING, HENRY.
YOU NEVER MENTIONED
YOUR FATHER'S MAGNETIC-FIELD
RESEARCH BEFORE.
IT...WASN'T IMPORTANT.
[ SMOOCHES ]
WISH ME LUCK.
HAWKEYE TO BASE.
I'VE REACHED THE COORDINATES.
I DON'T READ
ANY MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES.
Tigra: NO MAGNETIC-FIELD
ACTIVITY IN TANZANIA EITHER.
BUT WE'RE GOING FORWARD
TO ASSIST-AND-RESCUE OPERATIONS.
Wonder Man:
SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED HERE.
I'M GONNA SET DOWN
BY THE WEATHER STATION
AND CHECK IT OUT.
Scarlet Witch:
WE MUST EVACUATE THE AREA!
[ BEEPING ]
ONE MORE JOLT, AND THIS
ENTIRE MOUNTAIN COULD EXPLODE.
Cornelius: [ German accent ]
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
LITTLE JANET
ALL GROWN UP!
AND SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
YOUNG LADY.
THANK YOU, CORNELIUS.
AHH!
YOU USED TO CALL ME
"UNCLE CORNELIUS."
YES, WELL,
I'M ALL GROWN-UP NOW.
SO YOU ARE.
SO YOU ARE.
ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE
MY ASSOCIATE, JACOB FURY.
A PLEASURE.
I TAKE IT
THIS IS NOT A SOCIAL CALL.
SO, YOU NOTICED
I LEFT MY PEARLS AT HOME.
NO.
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS SOME WORK
YOU DID WITH DADDY.
OF COURSE!
I WAS JUST ON MY WAY
TO THE LAB.
WE CAN TALK THERE.
YES, YES, I REMEMBER
THOSE MAGNETOLITHIC EXPERIMENTS.
THE DREAM WAS TO PROVIDE
CLEAN POWER FOR TRANSPORTATION,
BUT THE PROCESS
PROVED IMPRACTICAL.
Wasp: AND DEADLY.
I REMEMBER DADDY SAYING
IF SUCH ELEMENTAL POWER
FELL INTO THE WRONG HANDS,
IT COULD BE USED
AS A TERRIBLE WEAPON.
AND THE AVENGERS
THINK IT HAS FALLEN
INTO THE WRONG HANDS.
DON'T THEY?
OTHERWISE,
YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE.
THE TECHNOLOGY WAS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED.
BUT, CORNELIUS, WITH THESE
RECENT CATASTROPHES...
THE PROTOYPES
WERE DISMANTLED, JANET.
BUT W-WE COULDN'T
JUST UNLEARN
THE SCIENCE
THAT CREATED THEM.
COULD IT BE THAT NOW SOMEONE'S
STOLEN MY FATHER'S IDEAS
AND USED THEM
TO BUILD A WEAPON?
NO, NO, NO, NO.
IMPOSSIBLE.
OUR SECURITY IS TOO TIGHT.
JANET,
I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE
IS USING YOUR FATHER'S WORK
TO ENDANGER MILLIONS OF LIVES.
DON'T WORRY, JANET.
I'LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING WE HAVE
ON MAGNETIC-FIELD TECHNOLOGY.
FURY, PUT YOUR BEST PEOPLE
ON THIS RIGHT AWAY.
WHY, THANK YOU.
SHE KNOWS.
Taurus: [ Normal voice ]
SHE KNOWS NOTHING.
THEN I AM SURE
SHE SUSPECTS.
GIVE ME SOME CREDIT,
SCORPIO.
OUR PLAN IS IN MOTION.
WE CAN NOW TEAR
THIS MISERABLE PLANET OPEN
AND DESTROY THE AVENGERS
AT THE SAME TIME.
[ ROARS ]
START THE NEXT BURST.
FULL POWER!
[ BUZZING ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
[ REDWING SCREECHES ]
Wonder Man: WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THE DISTURBANCE?
IT STARTED
WITH THIS STRANGE SOUND.
[ BUZZING ]
JUST LIKE THAT.
[ BEEPING ]
MAGNETIC SURGE...
OFF THE SCALE!
[ BUZZING ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
AAH!
AAAAH!
SIMON!
SIMON, I'M COMING!
WANDA!
WE'RE PICKING UP
MASSIVE TECTONIC DISTURBANCES
ALL OVER THE PLANET!
MAGNETIC SPIKES ALONG
THREE CRUSTAL-PLATE BOUNDARIES.
THERE IS INCREASED MOVEMENT
ALONG THE BERING, NAZCA,
AND SOMALI.
WE HAVE TEAMS IN EACH
PRIMARY LOCATION, SIKORSKY.
WE'LL REPORT AS SOON
AS WE HAVE SOMETHING SOLID.
AVENGERS OUT.
HENRY,
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]
U- UH, INCOMING TRANSMISSIONS
FROM THE FIELD.
WE HAVE A FIX
ON THE MAGNETIC SURGE.
IT'S CENTERED 9 MILES
FROM OUR PRESENT LOCATION.
I- I READ YOU, FALCON.
WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL SPECS
ON THE MACHINES
THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING IT.
WE'LL DOWNLOAD THEM
TO ALL AVENGER AIRCRAFT.
ROGER.
FALCON OUT.
HENRY,
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
THE SURGE -- IT STOPPED.
Vision:
DR. PYM, DO YOU READ ME?
YES, VISION.
GO AHEAD.
THE MAGNETIC SURGES APPEAR
TO BE AFFECTING WONDER MAN
AT THE SUBATOMIC LEVEL.
IT IS GETTING WORSE.
I TOLD HIM
NOT TO GO THERE!
GET HIM OUT, BUT STOP
THOSE MACHINES FIRST.
THE WHOLE PLANET'S
GOING NUTS!
WE'RE SENDING YOU
OUR DATA NOW.
ANT-MAN OUT.
YOU FOLLOWED ME,
DIDN'T YOU?
THAT'S HOW YOU KNEW.
I'M SORRY, JAN.
I- I JUST...
DON'T YOU TRUST ME?
I'M AN AVENGER.
HENRY,
I'M ALSO YOUR WIFE.
TRUST YOU?
DID YOU TELL ME
EVERYTHING YOU KNEW
ABOUT VAN LUNDT
AND YOUR FATHER?
I UNDERSTAND THE GUILT YOU FEEL
OVER YOUR FATHER'S PAST.
DO YOU?
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR ME
TO GROW UP KNOWING
THAT FOR EVERY TOY I HAD,
EVERY DRESS I WORE,
EVERY BITE OF FOOD I ATE,
SOMEONE HAD TO SUFFER?!
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, JAN.
WAR IS A DIRTY BUSINESS.
WHEN MY FATHER DIED,
I SOLD THE MUNITIONS COMPANY.
WHEN I BECAME AN AVENGER,
I THOUGHT I COULD GIVE
SOMETHING BACK TO THE WORLD,
SOMETHING GOOD.
YOU'VE DONE GREAT THINGS.
YOU'VE HELPED SAVE
MILLIONS OF LIVES, JAN.
NEVER FORGET THAT.
[ Voice breaking ]
YOU KNOW,
THIS MACHINE WAS
THE ONE THING HE DESIGNED
THAT WASN'T MEANT
TO BE A WEAPON.
JAN, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT HIS LEGACY.
BUT I'M HERE
TO HELP YOU FACE IT.
[ BEEPING ]
WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE PAY ANOTHER VISIT
TO UNCLE CORNELIUS' LAB?
[ GRUNTING ]
COME ON,
OLD-TIMER.
OUT YOU GO.
[ BEEPING ]
SCANNER GOT A LOCK ON
WHATEVER CAUSED THE SHAKER --
5 MILES DUE NORTH.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA
GET THERE? WALK?
COMPUTER,
EXTRACT QUINJET.
CAN -- CAN I GET A LIFT?
Falcon: TIGRA,
I'VE REACHED THE COORDINATES.
Tigra:
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?
A STRANGE PATCH OF GROUND
ON THE WEST SIDE, NO VEGETATION.
LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING WAS
BURIED HERE AND COVERED UP --
SOMETHING BIG.
TIGRA?
[ GROWLS ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
[ GROWLING ]
KITTY, KITTY,
KITTY...
[ GROWLS ]
LET'S SAY
YOU AND OLD LEO TUSSLE.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ ROARS ]
HMM.
A CATFIGHT?
I LIKE THAT!
COME ON!
WANT TO JOIN THE PARTY!
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT CURIOSITY AND THE CAT...
[ GROWLS ]
SWEET THING.
[ GROWLS ]
SIMON, SWEETHEART,
DO NOT TRY TO MOVE.
VISION,
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?
THERE IS A LARGE MACHINE
BURIED IN THE MOUNTAIN.
ITS DESIGN APPEARS TO --
AAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING,
DID YOU, VISION?
WHAT'S WRONG?
DID SAGITTARIUS CATCH YOU
ON YOUR BLIND SIDE?
VISION!
AAAH!
WANDA!
LET'S SEE WHAT'S BURIED
UNDER ALL THAT ICE.
[ CHUCKLES ] ARIES' ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION IS...
YOU.
LORD TAURUS, THE AVENGERS
HAVE FOUND ALL THREE MACHINES!
PREPARE MY CRAFT.
IT IS TIME FOR THE FINAL SURGE
THAT WILL SPLIT OPEN THE EARTH
AND BRING FORTH MY PRIZE!
JANET VAN DYNE'S FATHER WAS
A FOOL TO THROW AWAY SUCH POWER.
AND NOW HIS CREATION SHALL PROVE
TO BE THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER.
[ LAUGHS EVILLY ]
BEGIN MAXIMUM POWER.
[ BUZZING ]
OKAY, JAN.
CAN YOU GET PAST
THE SECURITY PROTOCOLS?
HENRY, PLEASE.
FOUND IT.
LYING!
HE'S DEVELOPED FULL-SCALE
MACHINES -- HUGE ONES.
BUT FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
THE MACHINES WERE PLACED
AT THESE POINTS
TO PUT PRESSURE
ON ONE SPECIFIC AREA --
HERE IN THE KURIL ISLANDS
ABOVE JAPAN.
HE'S USING THEM
TO SQUEEZE THE PLANET
AND TO RUPTURE THE EARTH'S CRUST
AT THAT PRECISE LOCATION.
BUT WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT
ABOUT THOSE ISLANDS?
SECURITY BREACH!
HALT OR BE DESTROYED!
JAN, FOLLOW ME!
HENRY!
TALK TO ME!
SECURITY BREACH!
HALT OR BE DESTROYED!
HENRY!
♪ AVENGERS ♪
♪ AVENGERS ♪
♪ AVENGERS ♪
Wonder Man: COME ON, HANK!
I'M TELLING YOU -- I FEEL FINE.
Ant-Man:
ONLY A FEW MORE TESTS.
BEHAVE, SIMON.
LISTEN TO YOUR DOCTOR.
YOU SEEM
IN PERFECT HEALTH.
[ WHIRRING ]
WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
SIMON, LET ME FINISH
THE TEST TO BE SURE.
Hawkeye: HEY!
HOW WAS
YOUR BEAUTY SLEEP?
CLINT!
UGH!
UGLY AS EVER.
BETTER GET
ANOTHER COUPLE OF MONTHS.
MONTHS?
HAS -- HAS IT REALLY BEEN
THAT LONG?
THE LAST THING
I REMEMBER WAS...
HANK, LOOK OUT!
WHERE?
[ SCREAMS ]
[ BEEP ]
...HIM!
Scarlet Witch:
SIMON, NO!
[ GRUNTING ]
[ Groaning ]
TAKE IT EASY, BUDDY.
HE'S ONE OF US NOW.
IS THAT RIGHT,
BRIGHT EYES?
WHEN YOU WERE INJURED,
YOUR BRAIN ENGRAMS
WERE TRANSFERRED
INTO MY SYNTHEZOID NEUROGRID.
MY -- MY WHAT?!
IT'S A LONG STORY,
SIMON.
[ REDWING SCREECHES ]
[ Chuckling ]
HEY. HELLO, FRIEND.
[ Laughing ]
HE LIKES YOU, WONDER MAN.
FALCON, ISN'T IT?
I SEE YOU'RE
AN AVENGER NOW, TOO.
[ Laughing ] WHAT?
WAS THERE A MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNT
WHILE I WAS GONE?
[ DOOR OPENS ]
GOOD MORNING,
MR. WILLIAMS!
I HOPE YOU DON'T MIND,
BUT I'VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY
OF PREPARING
YOUR FAVORITE BREAKFAST.
JARVIS!
YOU'RE THE BEST!
OHH!
[ BUZZING ]
WHAT IS IT, SIMON?
IT'S NOTHING.
SO, WHAT DID I MISS
WHILE I WAS SLEEPING ON THE JOB?
Ant-Man:
MORE THAN YOU KNOW, PARTNER.
WAS THE DAY SUCCESSFUL?
YES, LORD TAURUS.
THE MACHINES ARE IN PLACE.
WE HAVE ACHIEVED
MAGNETOLITHIC LOCK.
EXCELLENT, SCORPIO.
SOON I WILL HAVE THE NEXT PIECE
OF THE UNIVERSAL PUZZLE.
THEN THE GREAT ZODIAC KEY
WILL SHIFT,
AND I WILL BE
ONE STEP CLOSER
TO THE TRANSGALACTIC
CONVERGENCE
THAT WILL RESTORE
BALANCE TO THE UNIVERSE
WITH ME AT ITS CENTER.
THE NEXT PHASE
IN MY ASCENDANCY CAN BEGIN.
INCREASE POWER BY TWO-THIRDS
AND FIRE THE FIRST DRIVERS!
[ BUZZING ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
IF HE'S GOT MY BRAIN PATTERNS,
DOES THAT MAKE HIM...ME?
SIMON, TRANSFERRING YOUR BRAIN
ENGRAMS INTO THE VISION
WAS THE ONLY WAY
WE COULD THINK OF TO SAVE YOU.
UH...
IT MAKES THINGS,
UH...COMPLICATED.
WHOA, WHOA.
WANDA, DOES THAT MEAN
YOU TWO ARE...
[ GROANS ]
OHH, I THINK SOMETHING'S...
NOOOOO!
SIMON?
SIMON, SPEAK TO ME!
SIMON, NO!
WANDA, WHAT HAPPENED?
HE JUST COLLAPSED!
HENRY,
I CAN'T GET A READING.
THERE'S SOME KIND
OF ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERFERENCE.
IT SEEMS TO BE COMING
FROM SIMON.
IMPOSSIBLE!
THERE'S NO KNOWN
BIOLOGICAL DISORDER
THAT CAN AFFECT
A PERSON'S E.M. FIELD.
[ MOANS ]
OH, THANK GOODNESS.
WHAT...
WHAT WAS THAT?
I'M...NOT SURE YET.
HOW DO YOU FEEL?
[ BUZZING ]
[ GROANING ]
JUST A LITTLE DIZZY,
BUT BEFORE...IT FELT LIKE
I WAS BEING...PULLED APART.
PERHAPS ULTRON TAMPERED
WITH YOUR PHYSIOLOGY
WHILE YOU WERE
HIS CAPTIVE.
DR. PYM, MR. SIKORSKY
IS ON THE LINE.
PUT HIM THROUGH,
PLEASE, JARVIS.
DID YOUR INSTRUMENTS RECORD
WHAT JUST HAPPENED?!
WE'VE HAD OUR HANDS FULL HERE
THE LAST FEW MINUTES.
OUR PLANETARY SENSORS DETECTED
A WORLDWIDE SPIKE
IN TECTONIC ACTIVITY --
EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES,
WHOLE MOUNTAINS ERUPTING
UP OUT OF THE GROUND.
OUR BEST SCIENTISTS
DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
IT SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE,
BUT IT'S AS IF THE FORCES
HOLDING THE EARTH TOGETHER
JUST GOT TUGGED
IN THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS!
HOLDING
THE EARTH TOGETHER?
YANKED APART --
JUST LIKE ME.
WE'RE ON IT.
ANT-MAN OUT.
AVENGERS, ASSEMBLE!
Wasp: OKAY -- WE'VE ISOLATED
THREE MAJOR CRISIS POINTS
WHERE THE TECTONIC ACTIVITY
APPEARS TO BE CENTERED.
WHAT'S CAUSING IT?
Vision: IT IS NOT
A NATURAL PHENOMENON.
RECORDED DATA INDICATED
STERILE MANIPULATION
OF THE EARTH'S ASTHENOSPHERE
BY POWERFUL MAGNETIC FIELDS.
Falcon:
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
EARTH'S MOLTEN MANTLE
HAS A HIGH METALLIC CONTENT
THAT COULD, IN THEORY,
BE AFFECTED BY MAGNETISM.
LOOKS LIKE IT
AIN'T A THEORY ANYMORE!
YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMEONE I
MIGHT BE ABLE TO SEE ABOUT THIS.
CORNELIUS VAN LUNDT.
WHAT, YOUR FATHER'S
FORMER PARTNER?
YES.
THEY DEVELOPED
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGY,
BUT IT NEVER WENT
INTO PRODUCTION.
[ SCOFFS ]
THERE'S A FIRST!
SOME RICH GUY BUILDING A WEAPON
AND THEN NOT USING IT.
IT WASN'T A WEAPON!
HAWKEYE!
JAN, IT'S OKAY.
WE'LL SPLIT UP
INTO THREE TEAMS,
ONE FOR EACH CRISIS POINT.
IF JAN DIGS UP ANYTHING USEFUL,
I'LL RELAY IT TO YOU.
SIMON, YOU STAY HERE WITH ME
UNTIL WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE OKAY.
BUT, HANK...
THAT'S IT!
NOW LET'S GO, AVENGERS!
Female voice:
QUINJETS PREPPED FOR PREFLIGHT.
BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA,
AND DON'T HOLD THE HORSES.
[ BEEPING ]
SIMON!
COME ON, GUYS!
YOU DIDN'T THINK
I'D LET PAPA PYM
KEEP ME OUT OF THIS,
DID YOU?
SEE IF YOU CAN GET IT
OUT OF FIRST GEAR THIS TIME.
JUST WATCH ME.
[ ENGINES WHIRRING ]
THE AVENGERS BELIEVE
THEY CAN STOP ME?
FOOLS!
VIRGO, FINISH THE PESTS!
NOW FOR A MORE
TRADITIONAL APPEARANCE
TO WELCOME A FAMILY FRIEND.
[ CHUCKLES EVILLY ]
JAN, WHAT'S WRONG?
NOTHING.
IT'S JUST --
OH, NOTHING, HENRY.
YOU NEVER MENTIONED
YOUR FATHER'S MAGNETIC-FIELD
RESEARCH BEFORE.
IT...WASN'T IMPORTANT.
[ SMOOCHES ]
WISH ME LUCK.
HAWKEYE TO BASE.
I'VE REACHED THE COORDINATES.
I DON'T READ
ANY MAGNETIC DISTURBANCES.
Tigra: NO MAGNETIC-FIELD
ACTIVITY IN TANZANIA EITHER.
BUT WE'RE GOING FORWARD
TO ASSIST-AND-RESCUE OPERATIONS.
Wonder Man:
SOMETHING BIG HAPPENED HERE.
I'M GONNA SET DOWN
BY THE WEATHER STATION
AND CHECK IT OUT.
Scarlet Witch:
WE MUST EVACUATE THE AREA!
[ BEEPING ]
ONE MORE JOLT, AND THIS
ENTIRE MOUNTAIN COULD EXPLODE.
Cornelius: [ German accent ]
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
LITTLE JANET
ALL GROWN UP!
AND SUCH A BEAUTIFUL
YOUNG LADY.
THANK YOU, CORNELIUS.
AHH!
YOU USED TO CALL ME
"UNCLE CORNELIUS."
YES, WELL,
I'M ALL GROWN-UP NOW.
SO YOU ARE.
SO YOU ARE.
ALLOW ME TO INTRODUCE
MY ASSOCIATE, JACOB FURY.
A PLEASURE.
I TAKE IT
THIS IS NOT A SOCIAL CALL.
SO, YOU NOTICED
I LEFT MY PEARLS AT HOME.
NO.
I'M HERE TO DISCUSS SOME WORK
YOU DID WITH DADDY.
OF COURSE!
I WAS JUST ON MY WAY
TO THE LAB.
WE CAN TALK THERE.
YES, YES, I REMEMBER
THOSE MAGNETOLITHIC EXPERIMENTS.
THE DREAM WAS TO PROVIDE
CLEAN POWER FOR TRANSPORTATION,
BUT THE PROCESS
PROVED IMPRACTICAL.
Wasp: AND DEADLY.
I REMEMBER DADDY SAYING
IF SUCH ELEMENTAL POWER
FELL INTO THE WRONG HANDS,
IT COULD BE USED
AS A TERRIBLE WEAPON.
AND THE AVENGERS
THINK IT HAS FALLEN
INTO THE WRONG HANDS.
DON'T THEY?
OTHERWISE,
YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE.
THE TECHNOLOGY WAS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN ABANDONED.
BUT, CORNELIUS, WITH THESE
RECENT CATASTROPHES...
THE PROTOYPES
WERE DISMANTLED, JANET.
BUT W-WE COULDN'T
JUST UNLEARN
THE SCIENCE
THAT CREATED THEM.
COULD IT BE THAT NOW SOMEONE'S
STOLEN MY FATHER'S IDEAS
AND USED THEM
TO BUILD A WEAPON?
NO, NO, NO, NO.
IMPOSSIBLE.
OUR SECURITY IS TOO TIGHT.
JANET,
I CAN'T BELIEVE SOMEONE
IS USING YOUR FATHER'S WORK
TO ENDANGER MILLIONS OF LIVES.
DON'T WORRY, JANET.
I'LL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING WE HAVE
ON MAGNETIC-FIELD TECHNOLOGY.
FURY, PUT YOUR BEST PEOPLE
ON THIS RIGHT AWAY.
WHY, THANK YOU.
SHE KNOWS.
Taurus: [ Normal voice ]
SHE KNOWS NOTHING.
THEN I AM SURE
SHE SUSPECTS.
GIVE ME SOME CREDIT,
SCORPIO.
OUR PLAN IS IN MOTION.
WE CAN NOW TEAR
THIS MISERABLE PLANET OPEN
AND DESTROY THE AVENGERS
AT THE SAME TIME.
[ ROARS ]
START THE NEXT BURST.
FULL POWER!
[ BUZZING ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
[ REDWING SCREECHES ]
Wonder Man: WHAT CAN YOU TELL ME
ABOUT THE DISTURBANCE?
IT STARTED
WITH THIS STRANGE SOUND.
[ BUZZING ]
JUST LIKE THAT.
[ BEEPING ]
MAGNETIC SURGE...
OFF THE SCALE!
[ BUZZING ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
[ GRUNTING ]
AAH!
AAAAH!
SIMON!
SIMON, I'M COMING!
WANDA!
WE'RE PICKING UP
MASSIVE TECTONIC DISTURBANCES
ALL OVER THE PLANET!
MAGNETIC SPIKES ALONG
THREE CRUSTAL-PLATE BOUNDARIES.
THERE IS INCREASED MOVEMENT
ALONG THE BERING, NAZCA,
AND SOMALI.
WE HAVE TEAMS IN EACH
PRIMARY LOCATION, SIKORSKY.
WE'LL REPORT AS SOON
AS WE HAVE SOMETHING SOLID.
AVENGERS OUT.
HENRY,
WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?
[ COMPUTER BEEPS ]
U- UH, INCOMING TRANSMISSIONS
FROM THE FIELD.
WE HAVE A FIX
ON THE MAGNETIC SURGE.
IT'S CENTERED 9 MILES
FROM OUR PRESENT LOCATION.
I- I READ YOU, FALCON.
WE HAVE SOME TECHNICAL SPECS
ON THE MACHINES
THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING IT.
WE'LL DOWNLOAD THEM
TO ALL AVENGER AIRCRAFT.
ROGER.
FALCON OUT.
HENRY,
HOW DID YOU KNOW?
THE SURGE -- IT STOPPED.
Vision:
DR. PYM, DO YOU READ ME?
YES, VISION.
GO AHEAD.
THE MAGNETIC SURGES APPEAR
TO BE AFFECTING WONDER MAN
AT THE SUBATOMIC LEVEL.
IT IS GETTING WORSE.
I TOLD HIM
NOT TO GO THERE!
GET HIM OUT, BUT STOP
THOSE MACHINES FIRST.
THE WHOLE PLANET'S
GOING NUTS!
WE'RE SENDING YOU
OUR DATA NOW.
ANT-MAN OUT.
YOU FOLLOWED ME,
DIDN'T YOU?
THAT'S HOW YOU KNEW.
I'M SORRY, JAN.
I- I JUST...
DON'T YOU TRUST ME?
I'M AN AVENGER.
HENRY,
I'M ALSO YOUR WIFE.
TRUST YOU?
DID YOU TELL ME
EVERYTHING YOU KNEW
ABOUT VAN LUNDT
AND YOUR FATHER?
I UNDERSTAND THE GUILT YOU FEEL
OVER YOUR FATHER'S PAST.
DO YOU?
DO YOU KNOW
WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR ME
TO GROW UP KNOWING
THAT FOR EVERY TOY I HAD,
EVERY DRESS I WORE,
EVERY BITE OF FOOD I ATE,
SOMEONE HAD TO SUFFER?!
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, JAN.
WAR IS A DIRTY BUSINESS.
WHEN MY FATHER DIED,
I SOLD THE MUNITIONS COMPANY.
WHEN I BECAME AN AVENGER,
I THOUGHT I COULD GIVE
SOMETHING BACK TO THE WORLD,
SOMETHING GOOD.
YOU'VE DONE GREAT THINGS.
YOU'VE HELPED SAVE
MILLIONS OF LIVES, JAN.
NEVER FORGET THAT.
[ Voice breaking ]
YOU KNOW,
THIS MACHINE WAS
THE ONE THING HE DESIGNED
THAT WASN'T MEANT
TO BE A WEAPON.
JAN, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO
ABOUT HIS LEGACY.
BUT I'M HERE
TO HELP YOU FACE IT.
[ BEEPING ]
WHAT DO YOU SAY
WE PAY ANOTHER VISIT
TO UNCLE CORNELIUS' LAB?
[ GRUNTING ]
COME ON,
OLD-TIMER.
OUT YOU GO.
[ BEEPING ]
SCANNER GOT A LOCK ON
WHATEVER CAUSED THE SHAKER --
5 MILES DUE NORTH.
HOW ARE YOU GONNA
GET THERE? WALK?
COMPUTER,
EXTRACT QUINJET.
CAN -- CAN I GET A LIFT?
Falcon: TIGRA,
I'VE REACHED THE COORDINATES.
Tigra:
DO YOU SEE ANYTHING?
A STRANGE PATCH OF GROUND
ON THE WEST SIDE, NO VEGETATION.
LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING WAS
BURIED HERE AND COVERED UP --
SOMETHING BIG.
TIGRA?
[ GROWLS ]
[ CROWD SCREAMING ]
[ GROWLING ]
KITTY, KITTY,
KITTY...
[ GROWLS ]
LET'S SAY
YOU AND OLD LEO TUSSLE.
[ LAUGHS ]
[ GROWLS ]
[ ROARS ]
HMM.
A CATFIGHT?
I LIKE THAT!
COME ON!
WANT TO JOIN THE PARTY!
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT CURIOSITY AND THE CAT...
[ GROWLS ]
SWEET THING.
[ GROWLS ]
SIMON, SWEETHEART,
DO NOT TRY TO MOVE.
VISION,
WHAT HAVE YOU FOUND?
THERE IS A LARGE MACHINE
BURIED IN THE MOUNTAIN.
ITS DESIGN APPEARS TO --
AAH!
[ LAUGHS ]
DIDN'T SEE THAT ONE COMING,
DID YOU, VISION?
WHAT'S WRONG?
DID SAGITTARIUS CATCH YOU
ON YOUR BLIND SIDE?
VISION!
AAAH!
WANDA!
LET'S SEE WHAT'S BURIED
UNDER ALL THAT ICE.
[ CHUCKLES ] ARIES' ANSWER
TO THAT QUESTION IS...
YOU.
LORD TAURUS, THE AVENGERS
HAVE FOUND ALL THREE MACHINES!
PREPARE MY CRAFT.
IT IS TIME FOR THE FINAL SURGE
THAT WILL SPLIT OPEN THE EARTH
AND BRING FORTH MY PRIZE!
JANET VAN DYNE'S FATHER WAS
A FOOL TO THROW AWAY SUCH POWER.
AND NOW HIS CREATION SHALL PROVE
TO BE THE DEATH OF HIS DAUGHTER.
[ LAUGHS EVILLY ]
BEGIN MAXIMUM POWER.
[ BUZZING ]
OKAY, JAN.
CAN YOU GET PAST
THE SECURITY PROTOCOLS?
HENRY, PLEASE.
FOUND IT.
LYING!
HE'S DEVELOPED FULL-SCALE
MACHINES -- HUGE ONES.
BUT FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
THE MACHINES WERE PLACED
AT THESE POINTS
TO PUT PRESSURE
ON ONE SPECIFIC AREA --
HERE IN THE KURIL ISLANDS
ABOVE JAPAN.
HE'S USING THEM
TO SQUEEZE THE PLANET
AND TO RUPTURE THE EARTH'S CRUST
AT THAT PRECISE LOCATION.
BUT WHAT'S SO IMPORTANT
ABOUT THOSE ISLANDS?
SECURITY BREACH!
HALT OR BE DESTROYED!
JAN, FOLLOW ME!
HENRY!
TALK TO ME!
SECURITY BREACH!
HALT OR BE DESTROYED!
HENRY!