Avengers: United They Stand (1999–2000): Season 1, Episode 6 - Command Decision - full transcript

The Avengers must stop the Masters of Evil, who are trying to steal a shipment of highly dangerous government weapons. Meanwhile, Ant-Man feels threatened by the arrival of Captain America, a founding Avenger.

AVENGERS.

[ REDWING SCREECHES ]

[ TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWS ]

EVERYTHING'S OKAY.
IT'S ALL CLEAR.

ROGER THAT.
CLEAR ON THIS END.

[ ALARM SOUNDS ]

Wasp:
WE HAVE A SECURITY BREACH

ON A LEVEL-FIVE TRANSPORT TRAIN.

Ant-Man:
CLOSING ON TARGET.

GOOD, WHIRLWIND.

NOW, BOOMERANG, ABSORBING MAN,
HURRY WITH THOSE CRATES.



MIND IF WE
PLAY THROUGH?

THE AVENGERS?

BARON ZEMO
AND THE MASTERS EVIL?

WHAT'S WRONG, ZEMO?
HARD TO FIND GOOD HELP?

Tigra:
MOONSTONE. CARDINAL.

Moonstone:
WHO'S YOUR FUNKY FRIEND, TIGRA?

NOW YOU'RE GONNA FIND OUT

WHY THEY CALL CRUSHER CREEL
THE ABSORBING MAN.

WHAT?

CAPTAIN AMERICA!

Falcon:
LOOK OUT!

CAPTAIN AMERICA.

WHAT ARE YOU
DOING HERE?

TRACKING ZEMO.



HE'S AFTER
SOMETHING BIG --

SOMETHING I DON'T PLAN
TO LET HIM GET.

LOOKS LIKE YOUR FUNKY FRIEND
COULD USE A HAND.

NO!

Cardinal:
WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY?

THAT TRESTLE WILL NEVER
HOLD THIS TRAIN NOW!

IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
YOU SAW IT.

I- I DIDN'T MEAN TO...

IT'S ALL HIS FAULT.

OH, NO!

ANT-MAN, EVERYONE,
THE BRIDGE IS OUT.

EVACUATE NOW!

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!

NOT WITHOUT
WHAT WE CAME FOR!

ALL RIGHT, ALREADY!

JUST LET'S GO!

HUH? UH-OH.

THE ENEMY VEHICLE
IS PREPARING TO LIFT OFF.

QUINJET WILL INTERCEPT.

Captain America:
FORGET ABOUT THEM, JAN.

WE HAVE INJURED SOLDIERS
DOWN HERE.

WE HAVE TO GET THE INJURED
TO THE QUINJET.

CAP, IS THAT YOU?

YES, JAN, BUT RIGHT NOW
WE HAVE A TRAIN TO SAVE --

IF I CAN FIX THE TRESTLE.

[ GRUNTING ]

ANT-MAN!

EASY, FEARLESS LEADER.

YOU'VE DONE YOUR PART.

Wasp: THIS IS QUINJET
TO BASE THREE.

E.T.A. TWO MINUTES.

WE HAVE
APPROXIMATELY EIGHT WOUNDED

WITH PLASMA-BLASTER INJURIES.

REQUESTING IMMEDIATE
MEDICAL BACKUP UPON ARRIVAL.

Hawkeye: AND, HEY, SIKORSKY,
HAVE SOME COFFEE READY,

WILL YOU?

OKAY, PEOPLE,
SNAP TO IT.

I WANT WHAT'S LEFT
OF THAT CARGO

UNLOADED AND SECURED
YESTERDAY.

AND I WANT SOME ANSWERS.

WAIT, SIKORSKY,
WE HAVE --

WE HAVE INJURED PERSONNEL
WHO NEED HELP FIRST.

THEN WE'LL TALK.

HEY, WHERE'S THE JAVA?

[ BEEPS ]

SO, EVEN WITH ALL OF YOU HEROES
ON THE ALERT,

BARON ZEMO STILL GOT AWAY
WITH ONE OF THE CRATES.

THE TRESTLE WAS BLOWN.

EIGHT MEN WERE DOWN.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR ANT-MAN,
WE'D HAVE LOST THE WHOLE TRAIN.

ISN'T THIS MY LUCKY DAY?

WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US
YOU WERE CALLING CAP IN?

TO BE HONEST, HANK,
HE DIDN'T.

I'M MIGHTY GLAD TO HAVE YOU
ON BOARD, CAPTAIN AMERICA.

MAYBE NOW THIS THING
WILL GET RESOLVED.

BE CAREFUL
WITH THAT CRATE!

IT'S WORTH MORE
THAN THE LOT OF YOU.

HANG IN THERE,
OLD FRIEND.

DON'T LET SIKORSKY
GET YOU DOWN, HENRY.

YOU SAW HOW EAGER HE WAS
TO KEEP CAPTAIN AMERICA AROUND.

IT SURE LOOKS LIKE SIKORSKY
DOESN'T TRUST ME

TO LEAD THE TEAM.

TO HIM, I'M JUST
A RESEARCH SCIENTIST.

BUT CAP --

HE'S A NATURAL-BORN
LEADER.

NATIONAL SECURITY'S
AT STAKE.

I ASSUME YOU'LL STAY
ON TOP OF THIS

UNTIL THAT STOLEN WEAPON
IS RETURNED.

THE AVENGERS NEVER QUIT,
SIKORS--

DON'T WORRY.
YOU CAN COUNT ON US.

WELCOME HOME, CAP.
WE MISSED YOU.

Absorbing Man: ABSORBING MAN
IS NOBODY'S FOOL, ZEMO.

YOU SAID THERE'D BE MONEY --
LOTS OF MONEY.

I WOULD HAVE EMPTIED
THAT TRAIN

IF THOSE RETCHED AVENGERS
HADN'T INTERFERED.

[ GROWLS ]

TIGER SHARK, I DID NOT ASK
FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE!

HMM.

HMM.
SMALLER THAN I HAD IMAGINED.

YET ELEGANT.

BARON,
WE HAVE REACHED THE TARGET.

GOOD WORK, DRAGONFLY.

WHAT THE HECK IS IT?

Moonstone;
AN E.M.P. GENERATOR

CREATES
AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE

THAT CAN SHUT DOWN
ALL ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT

IN A DESIGNATED AREA
FOR A LIMITED TIME.

DOES MOONSTONE MEAN, LIKE,
SECURITY SYSTEMS?

[ CHUCKLES ]

AND WEAPONS?

WHOA!

MY THOUGHTS EXACTLY.

[ PEOPLE SCREAMING ]

WE'RE GOING BACK FOR THE REST
OF THE WEAPONS, RIGHT?

NATURALLY.

AND THIS SHALL BE THE KEY
TO RETRIEVING THEM.

AND AT LAST,
I SHALL WREAK MY VENGEANCE

UPON THE MAN WHO MURDERED
MY BELOVED FATHER.

I WILL BREAK HIM,
AS HE BROKE MY FATHER.

I WILL DESTROY
THE CURSED CAPTAIN AMERICA.

THIS TIME
VICTORY MUST BE MINE!

SOMEONE JUST SHOW ME
A COFFEEPOT!

OR I'LL MAKE IT MYSELF.

HERE YOU GO, HAWK.

THANKS, CAP.

MAN, IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE YOU AND I

WERE NEW YORK'S NUMBER-ONE
CRIME-CLEANUP TEAM.

CAP, IT'S GOOD
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

YOU TOO, SAM.

SO THAT'S THE BIG DEAL?

SOME OVERGROWN TOASTER?

A PORTABLE
E.M.P. GENERATOR

DESIGNED TO DISABLE
AN ENTIRE ARMY'S ELECTRONICS.

WHAT'S WITH THE BOMB?

AERIAL DETONATION --

ONCE THE ONLY WAY TO DELIVER
AN E.M.P. PULSE.

THE NEW GENERATOR IS, FRANKLY,
MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE.

I UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE THE MIND
OF WONDER MAN.

SIMON MEANT A LOT
TO THE TEAM.

HE MEANT A LOT TO ME.

I HAVE SIMON WILLIAMS'
BRAIN ENGRAMS, ACTUALLY,

SO ANT-MAN TELLS ME,
NOT HIS MEMORY.

OR I WOULD HAVE REMEMBERED
A FORMER LEADER OF THE AVENGERS.

AH, CAPTAIN AMERICA'S
MORE THAN THAT.

HE PRACTICALLY FOUNDED
THE AVENGERS.

WELL, YES, ALONG WITH IRON MAN,
THOR, ANT-MAN, AND WASP.

I WAS PROUD TO BE COUNTED
IN THAT COMPANY.

I FOUND SOMETHING,
PEOPLE.

HENRY, YOU FOUND
THE STOLEN E.M.P. GENERATOR?

I THINK SO.

THE TRAIN THEFT
OCCURRED THERE.

AND SEE THIS AREA HERE?

THERE'S BEEN A MASSIVE BLACKOUT
IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES.

HMM. SOUNDS LIKE BARON ZEMO'S
TRYING OUT HIS NEW TOY.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE
HE'S HEADING BACK HERE

TO ADD TO HIS COLLECTION.

HANK,
THAT E.M.P. GENERATOR

COULD SHUT DOWN
THE AVENGERS' COMBAT ARMOR.

I AM A SCIENTIST, STEVE!

WHAT'S THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

JUST THAT I'VE ALREADY
THOUGHT OF THAT!

THERE'S
A JAMMING FREQUENCY

PROGRAMMED INTO THIS NEW
ULTRA-ARMOR I'VE DEVELOPED.

BESIDES,
WE'RE MORE THAN JUST ARMOR.

WE'RE THE AVENGERS.

I'VE FACED ZEMO BEFORE,
HANK.

IT WOULD BE A BIG MISTAKE
IF YOU UNDERESTIMATE HIM.

[ Sarcastically ] OH, THANKS.
I'LL KEEP THAT IN MIND.

[ BEEPING ]

Man:
WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!

ENEMIES ON THE WALL!

[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]

YOU KNOW,
THIS IS ALMOST TOO EASY.

YOU HAD TO OPEN
YOUR BIG MOUTH!

AVENGERS,
CONCENTRATE ON --

CHOOSE YOUR FOES
AND TAKE THEM DOWN.

THE CURSED
CAPTAIN AMERICA!

Ant-Man:
THERE'S A JAMMING FREQUENCY

PROGRAMMED INTO THIS NEW
ULTRA-ARMOR I'VE DEVELOPED.

GUESS YOU FORGOT TO SHIELD
YOUR OWN ENGINES.

TOO BAD,
'CAUSE WE SHIELDED OURS.

LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN I SHIFT FREQUENCIES.

OHH!

OHH! UGH!

THIS IS GONNA BE FUN.

WINDS OF DESTINY, CHANGE!

HEY, LOOK OUT!

HELP!
I FEEL DIZZY.

I DON'T BELIEVE IT.

HE ABSORBED MY POWERS!

NO! NO!

THIS TIME,
VICTORY MUST BE MINE!

THEN YOU'RE GONNA
HAVE TO EARN IT!

OHH!

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!

EVEN WITH THAT GADGET
OUT OF COMMISSION,

OUR ARMOR'S STILL FRIED.

WHAT WAS IT YOU SAID BEFORE,
HAWKEYE?

WE'RE MORE
THAN JUST ARMOR?

WE'RE AVENGERS.

Male voice:
ATTENTION.

SECURITY SYSTEMS REBOOT
COMPLETE.

LET'S GRAB WHAT WE CAME FOR
AND GET OUT OF HERE.

NO!

NOT UNTIL CAPTAIN AMERICA
IS DESTROYED!

AND AT LAST,
I SHALL WREAK MY VENGEANCE.

AFTER THEM, AVENGERS.

WE'VE GOT TO SAVE
THOSE E.M.P. GENERATORS.

COME ON!
WE'VE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!

OPPOSE ME

AND FACE YOUR DOOM.

DEFENSE SYSTEMS ACTIVATED.

WHAT'S OUR GAME PLAN,
HANK?

DIDN'T CAP
GIVE YOU YOUR ORDERS?

Hawkeye: LAST TIME I LOOKED,
BOSS MAN, YOU WERE THE LEADER.

SCARLET WITCH,
GET TO THE QUINJET WITH WASP.

WHATEVER IT TAKES,
GET IT ONLINE.

TIGRA, YOU AND CAPTAIN AMERICA
HANDLE THE GROUND FIGHT.

I WANT FALCON IN THE AIR
WITH HAWKEYE COVERING HIM.

SIKORSKY,
SHUT DOWN THE LASERS.

WE'VE GOT THE AVENGERS DOWN HERE
IN THE LINE OF FIRE.

THE E.M.P. PULSE KNOCKED OUT
THE CONTROL OVERRIDE SYSTEM.

IT'LL TAKE
AT LEAST 15 MINUTES

BEFORE WE CAN SHUT DOWN
THE LASERS.

MY PEOPLE DON'T HAVE 15 MINUTES,
SIKORSKY!

TAKE COVER!

LET'S GO!

THEIR CHOPPER
CAN'T FLY ANYMORE.

WHERE DOES ZEMO
THINK HE'S GOING?

I THOUGHT THE QUINJET

WAS SHIELDED AGAINST
THE E.M.P. PULSE.

IT WAS --
FROM THE FIRST FREQUENCY.

Wasp:
WHERE'S THE BACKUP POWER?

BE PATIENT.

THE RESTART SYSTEM IS PROCESSING
THE SECURITY CODES NOW.

THIS HAD BETTER WORK.

AT LAST,
THE LASERS ARE OFF.

[ ELECTRONIC BEEPING ]

HENRY,
WE'RE NOT GETTING ANYWHERE.

THEY'RE MATCHING US
MOVE FOR MOVE.

EVERYONE,
CHANGE OPPONENTS.

NOW.

GOT IT, BOSS MAN.

MOONSTONE, ABSORBING MAN,
ATTACK FROM THE LEFT!

ARE YOU KIDDING?

AFTER YOU TRIED
TO LEAVE US?

CAN IT, LOSER!
WE'RE THROUGH LISTENING TO YOU!

AAH!

WINDS OF DESTINY,
CHANGE!

Zemo: NO, THIS TIME,
VICTORY MUST BE MINE!

BARON ZEMO --
HE'S GETTING AWAY.

DON'T BOTHER,
SCARLET WITCH.

HE'S MINE.

THIS IS NOT OVER,
CAPTAIN AMERICA!

NOT UNTIL I WIN!

THIS WILL NEVER BE OVER!

WRONG, ZEMO!

IT'S OVER, ZEMO,
AS OF NOW.

YOU PROMISED US
A FORTUNE, ZEMO!

YOU OWE US, BARON!

BIG TIME!

YOU PATHETIC FOOLS.

I WOULD HAVE
PROMISED YOU ANYTHING

TO HELP ME DESTROY
CAPTAIN AMERICA.

YOU WON'T THINK
YOU'RE SO SMART, PAL,

WHEN WE'RE ALL
LOCKED UP...TOGETHER.

[ CHUCKLES ]

WE MIGHT NEVER
HAVE SURVIVED THIS

IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU,
OLD FRIEND.

JUST DOING MY JOB, CAP.

WHICH ONLY PROVES
WHAT A WISE CHOICE WE MADE

WHEN WE NAMED YOU LEADER
OF THE AVENGERS.

FIRST, A MILITARY TRAIN
IS ATTACKED.

THEN A CITY'S POWER
IS INTERRUPTED

BY AN ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE.

THE AVENGERS MUST HAVE
THEIR HANDS FULL.

HMM.

PERHAPS IT IS TIME
I PAID THEM A VISIT.

[ LAUGHS EVILLY ]