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[clears throat]

you want to keep your voice down?

what, are you sneaking out or something?

yeah or something.

so what, are you sneaking over to the girls' school

over on the other side of the town?

maybe.

yeah.

maybe not.

whatever.

just be careful.

black skulls come out at night. you just don't want to.

oh shut up. no way.

do me a favor, alright. you shut up.

or i'll shut you up.

they're letting you in to the black skulls.

yeah.

seriously?

of course. you didn't see anything.

i was in my bed the whole time.

and most important of all, you don't know where i went.

got that?

do you have any idea how much trouble you're going to get in

when you get caught, charlie?

do you have any idea how much trouble you're going to get in

if i get caught?

whatever. good luck, man.

you're going to need it.

where do you think you're going, cadet?

you don't scare me.

no, you don't seem scared at all.

not at all.

what are you going to do to me?

don't worry. we won't kill you, charlie.

that's not our job.

victor?

lighten up, okay?

and to think, you'll become one of the elite.

where are we going?

listen.

well, here we are.

you're not nervous, are you, cadet?

i don't think so.

no. he's not nervous.

why would he be?

hey, we're all kind of nervous when we did this.

right?

yeah, but it changed our lives.

so what do you want me to do?

to go down.

take off your sweats.

what is this? some sort of hazing thing?

that's not what i.

you don't have to do this, charlie.

we invited you here today to become a part of the

black skulls because we thought, we thought you had potential.

you don't have to live up to your potential.

it's okay if you don't.

most people don't.

just turn around and go back up to your bunk, cadet.

someone else will take your place, that's all.

it's okay, it's fine.

just tell me what i have to do.

first, we have to mark you.

know that these words were written in the blood of men,

in the year of our lord 1778.

we, the undersigned, make this pledge,

that the valor of our actions and the solidarity of our

brotherhood

set us above all others. we pledge our lives and

our souls to the black skulls for this time,

for all future time, that our legacy may live on

and our creed continue for all those who come here

after to our brotherhood.

do you, cadet charles collan, accept the burden,

the responsibility and the rite of brotherhood into

the black skulls?

yes.

do you, cadet charles collan, swear upon your life and your

after life to keep secret all you've seen and learned

or will see and learn with your induction into the

black skulls' fountain of death?

yes.

do you, cadet charles collan, pledge not only your servitude,

but your very existence to the brotherhood of the black skulls?

yes.

well then, cadet charles collan, as master and commander,

i grant you membership and privilege into the society

of the black skulls.

welcome, brother.

get him in.

you must now take this candle through that entrance and

place it on the altar at the other end without letting

its flame burn out.

when you emerge,

you shall take your place as one of us.

[shouting]

you're going to be okay?

my opinion counts now?

lee, this is not a punishment, okay?

this is a great opportunity for you. this is port nathan,

the complex.

you know, you never even asked me if i wanted this.

i won't.

you don't have to do this if you don't want to.

you're here because you're going to have a brilliant

career and achieve all the things in life that you can,

more than i could.

i'm not like you, dad.

i don't want you to be like me.

i want you to be better than me.

look, i'm probably not going to see you for a few months,

can we try and end this on a high note?

[sighs]

yeah. okay, i know what you want.

it's going to work out, i promise you.

you're a good man.

new cadet.

i can't tell anything yet. let's uh, let's give this

guy a couple of minutes.

yeah.

i want transcripts, i want aptitude scores,

give me dental records, everything we can get our

hands on this guy.

i'm on it.

good.

what about the other candidates?

no.

this one's mine.

hi.

can i help you?

this is g7, right?

yeah, so?

so, i'm your new roommate.

lee hanlon.

where's your uniform?

i just got here. they haven't issued me my gear yet.

where are you from?

mid west.

well, nathan put me in on a special scholarship.

i was in the naval rotc program in college.

sorry, it's been kind of weird around here.

i'm robert severen.

hi. do i call you bob or?

severen.

okay then.

if i had grown up in prison, i guess this would be almost

kind of home.

prison has better food.

so uh, how does a new transfer qualify for a dorm room instead

of the barracks?

i don't know.

try dialing some aptitude test, i guess.

which test?

military strategy. i was accepted in annapolis,

but the navy put me here at the complex.

really?

so uh, you're cool of saying, your new roommate wants to

cheat off of you.

knock yourself out.

you said it's been kind of weird around here, huh?

yeah, i guess so.

some second-year cadet went missing last week.

really? you mean like he went awol or something?

you ever heard of the black skulls?

that sounds like pirates.

no, come on, the black skulls.

it's like the skull and crossbones

at yale or the masons.

this is like the navy version.

it's a secret brotherhood here at the complex.

hey, who said being a navy cadet is boring?

if it's such a secret society or whatever,

how do you know about it?

i'm on the list to pledge.

really?

if you get in with the black skulls,

you are set for life.

do you know how many navy top brass are black skulls?

senators? business elite?

you are set.

so what does it have to do with some missing cadet?

well, i guess he was on the list of pledge too

when he washed out.

they think he might have told people or something.

you're not supposed to tell anybody about what goes on

with the black skulls.

was he killed or what?

come on,

it's not like that.

anyways, nobody thinks he's dead or anything,

especially not the cops.

his stuff's gone, he probably just got embarrassed

when he got skulled.

but now, i mean the school is getting all paranoid.

they had some top navy guys here last week,

investigating with the cops.

so what happens if you get to pledge and you don't get in?

i'll get in.

who knows?

we may be the last few to join.

not me, man.

i don't even want to be in the navy let alone some

secret society thing.

i'm not a joiner.

we'll get along just fine then.

sir.

at ease, captain.

this is an informal affair.

have a seat.

we have a serious problem at the complex, as you know.

couple of problems.

one of them happens to be a cadet in your

naval tactics class,

victor thanos.

sir?

i've been spending the last week speaking with the

port nathan sheriff's department and the navy,

concerning the charlie collan incident.

it's a given that collan was somehow

tangled up with thanos and his black skulls.

thanos is a suspect?

well, yes and no.

the police have six cadets who are willing

to testify in court

that collan was telling everyone he was

going to some initiation ritual or something the same night

he disappeared.

so, why hasn't thanos been arrested?

that's the problem part.

are you familiar with the black skulls?

only by rumor and innuendo.

they are somewhere between a college frat

and the illuminati.

they have members in every naval academy

and base in the country

and it all started here,

they've been around since i wasn't.

anyway, they go deep.

when i get an e-mail from the secretary of the navy's office

politely asking me to lay off,

i take notice.

i wouldn't deal with them unless i thought it was absolutely

necessary.

so how can i help you?

thanos is in your class, and i need you, and his other

instructors, to keep an eye on him.

anything suspicious,

anything you hear or observe,

i need you to report directly to me about it.

thanos is graduating this year. if things are as problematic

as you say, perhaps it's best just to wait it out.

i wish i could afford to do that.

it seems the complex will get to train on the new ax48

long-range missile.

they're shipping us the lab prototypes in a couple of days.

developed to be built, capable of cracking

a bunker buried half a mile underground after being

launched from a ship up to a hundred miles away.

sir, you think?

what i think, captain, is that i have an organization of

extremely well-connected young men who are getting

away with murder.

i have ordinance on complex grounds.

it's only slightly less powerful than a nuclear bomb.

you see how all this is coming together?

actually sir, no, i don't.

well i do.

short of nothing else, keep an eye on victor thanos.

oh, another thing, captain.

we have a new cadet, lee hanlon.

his father was an enlisted man. he's going to take the entrance

and aptitude exams. he'll be in your naval tactics class.

do you always introduce new cadets personally?

this one, yes. lee hanlon, has the highest test scores

in navy history.

hmm, impressive, sir.

however, i won't be treating him any differently than my

other students.

i'm not expecting you to. i just need you to keep

an eye on him.

and keep him away from victor thanos.

that's an order.

okay cadets, we're going to continue with our analysis

of 18th century naval warfare.

today of course, the british admiral thomas pershing and

his engagement with the spanish fleet in 1747.

now before i begin, who can tell me why this is such an

important naval battle and why we are studying it today?

yes, mr. johnson?

ahh, my friends call me spider.

i see, and so i repeat, yes, mr. johnson?

well sir, i was going to say that we're talking about

this today so we can be bored for an hour and to admire

your beautiful legs.

well mr. johnson, i can correct your remark on several points.

fire away, baby.

first and foremost since you are in my classroom i will

assume you're intelligent enough to recognize that you're a

cadet of the complex not some semi literate jock

in public college.

put that in mind.

i will also assume that you are familiar in maps of

military protocol and rank insignia to recognize that

the pretty shapes on my uniform

identify me as captain morrissey.

yeah.

yes, captain morrissey!

yes, captain morrissey.

adequate. now from this point forward,

i expect to see your eyes on my eyes

lesson until the moment you are dismissed from this room.

the second i notice your attention on anything

other than the words i'm speaking or the

information i'm imparting to you, you will be gone.

the closest you will ever get to the united states navy

or any other branch of our military will be when

you're forced to sell off your gi joe figures on ebay to help

pay your rent.

do you understand?

yes, captain morrissey.

now, does anyone else care to comment on my legs?

what was it with that guy?

these guys are a bunch of jocks who want to be navy pilots.

i wouldn't trust them to run a [unintelligible].

wow.

you've been here for three hours and you already have a date.

what does he mean, we're going to fight or something?

mr. hanlon,

your first day in my classroom

and already you're on my bad side.

mr. hanlon, since you seem to be such a talkative fellow

i'm sure you'll have no problem at all facing your

fellow cadets and answering the question i posed at

the beginning of the lesson.

why pershing's battle with the spanish fleet

is being tackled today?

yes, captain morrissey.

then by all means.

we are learning pershing's battle tactics because

of the innovation involved. traditional war ship cannons

were side mounted and unable to turn.

so, in an engagement between fleets, it was standard to face

the enemies side by side and engage in enemy vessels

sideways for cannons to be effective.

pershing had his fleet form a straight line right into the

spanish armada, only his frontmost ship bearing damage,

as well as presenting a small target impossible to hit.

when pershing's fleet broke the line of the spanish fleet they

were able to fire on an entire fleet at once.

mr. hanlon, i was informed about you.

i'm happy to say you haven't disappointed me.

that was perfect.

he's wrong.

mr. thanos, my memory may be in question here because

i distinctly heard you speak. and for the life of me i can't

remember asking you a question.

capt. morrissey, he's wrong.

we're not learning about this battle because it was such a

great victory, or because it made someone,

what was that invented? the gun turret?

we're learning about this battle because pershing created a

new battle tactic.

we're learning about this battle because naval tactics

is purely about creating new ways to defeat your enemy.

just thought i'd point that out.

and i appreciate it mr. thanos, since your answer was

intelligent and well put, i'll graciously remind you

not to make an outburst in my classroom again,

rather than turn this to a disciplinary matter.

my apologies, captain.

mind telling me what happened in there?

who's that guy in the back?

that guy was victor thanos.

wow, not the victor thanos.

seriously, victor thanos is the head of the black skulls.

even instructors are afraid of him.

great, are you going to try to get in with these guys?

i thought he's pretty cool, they all are.

maybe you're kind of afraid of him.

hey boys, how is it going?

anything smart to say now?

what's the deal spider?

why don't you take a hike severen?

yeah, we're on a little talk with the new kid.

what's your name again?

jumba?

spider, this is g force and nosedive.

great names, really. you guys are flying

right into the danger zone.

wow, that was really funny, new kid.

what if we carve our names into your forehead

as a warning to others.

what are you guys? eight years old?

i'm 18.

18? eventually your brain may catch up.

that's it. i'm going to kill him!

ahem!

i believe you cadets have classes to attend.

ahhh, yes ma'am.

hey cadet, i'll catch up with you later on.

at the right moment, all right?

you bet.

thanks, captain morrissey.

go to class, mr. hanlon.

big date?

very funny.

well i'm asking because i just heard taps.

sounds like lights out is happening soon.

they wouldn't let you go out jogging or anything

after that, right?

you know i'm not going jogging.

okay, then you're totally off.

what's going on?

i'm pledging the black skulls.

they're letting you into that secret society thing?

now?

yeah.

and what about the kid?

the one that went missing?

look, i already told you, victor and those guys are

great guys.

they had nothing to do with it.

so out of the blue they all of a sudden said,

hey severen, come meet us in our secret club house tonight.

pretty much.

and you're totally cool about the whole thing?

nervous as hell, actually.

yeah?

yeah.

i'm sure you'll be fine. just don't yell out or

anything when they whack you with a paddle.

look, its not supposed to take that long

but if the monitor comes poking around

i'm in the bathroom or something,

okay?

you bet. break a leg.

oh yeah, i've got to see this.

hey victor.

it's nice to see you made it, cadet.

you look a little nervous.

are you ready for the most important night of your life?

you bet.

then follow us.

you know why we're here, severen?

no.

no. we're here because this is the birth place of the

black skulls.

you didn't know that, did you?

this is where it all began.

you see, back in 1778, america wins the revolutionary war.

how did they do that, miles?

guerilla tactics on land, beating the british army's

traditional battle tactics and troop formations.

exactly, exactly.

but america had no significant navy,

no way to ward off the invading british fleet.

how do we get around that?

well?

by hiring pirates.

pirates, by hiring pirates.

a temporary navy of pirate vessels,

this was buried deep in american history.

we considered making a deal with the devil.

so, after the war was over and america began to build

a legitimate navy, the first order of business was to

sweep this deal under the carpet.

they joined europe in hunting down and executing the very

same men who helped them win the war.

so, all the pirates that had worked for america got

together and searched for a secret meeting place.

they saw a strange light coming from this cave and

took it as a sign, so they formed a secret brotherhood,

the black skulls.

a true navy combined with pirate heritage,

and they claimed this sacred spot as their original

sanctuary.

so, what happened to the cave?

what happened to the cave? this is constructed as a bunker,

it's fortified with walls 10 feet deep.

it's able to withstand just about anything.

it's a complex within a complex.

we're the ones that keep it alive now, severen.

all over the country, all over the world.

the measure of true heroes, true men of war,

and all the doors open to us, they're going to be opened

to you.

now take off your clothes.

these were the first marks the pirates made,

marking themselves for all time as brothers.

know that these words were written in the blood of men

in the year of our lord, 1778, we the undersigned,

make this pledge that the valor of our actions and the

solidarity of our brotherhood shall set us above all others.

we pledge our lives and our souls to the black skulls,

for this time and for all future time,

that our legacy may live on and our creed continue for

all who come here after to our brotherhood.

do you, cadet robert severen, accept the burden,

the responsibility, and the rite of passage

into the brotherhood of the black skulls?

yes.

do you cadet robert severen swear upon your life and

your after life to keep secret all you have seen and learned

or will see and learn with your induction into the black skulls,

on pain of death?

yes.

and do you cadet robert severen,

pledge not only your servitude,

but your very existence

to the brotherhood of the black skulls?

yes.

then, cadet robert severen, as master and commander,

i grant you membership and privilege into the society

of the black skulls.

welcome brother.

take the candle.

you must now take that candle

through that entrance,

and place it on the altar at the other end,

and hope that its flame won't burn out.

when you emerge, you will take your place as one of us.

don't fear, severen. she can smell your fear.

just let it happen.

well it seems we had an audience tonight.

we'll have to deal with this.

so,

what's with the baseball bat?

what?

so it was just some kind of induction ceremony?

they didn't make you eat a human artery?

look man, i can't tell you anything about last night

or anything about the black skulls. i made an oath.

you can't say anything?

why are you so curious? i mean last night you

didn't even seem to care.

you seem a little different somehow.

well, you barely know me, so how do you know how i am?

okay, okay, fine, i won't ask.

what's the deal?

that's the ax-48 scout bus. it's the biggest weapon

ever used for training in military complex.

what kind of weapons?

its missile, a big one.

my dad used to oversee this in the navy.

he talked about it non-stop. i can program one of those

missiles in my sleep.

really?

giving away our secrets already, severen?

ah no, victor, i was just uhm.

if you're gonna be in the black skulls, severen,

you're gonna have to know i'll mess with your buddy, okay?

yeah.

oh yeah. i recognize you from

tactics class.

lee hanlon, isn't it?

uh, yeah, and you're victor thanos.

our reputations precede us.

i guess so.

no hard feelings about me speaking up in class yesterday.

absolutely none.

you were right.

and so were you.

all right boys, time to hit the old dusty trail.

lee, i could be seeing a lot more of you.

severen.

[whistle]

good match cadets.

next match, mr. hanlon and mr. johnson.

here on the floor, front and center.

spider!

spider!

let's go spider.

i'm going to make you wish you were dead.

ooh, you're a scary guy spider.

[whistle]

[whistle]

you crossed the line with me.

it's going to cost you.

whatever.

well?

i don't like that.

but hanlon won.

i'm not talking about hanlon, miles. i'm talking about spider.

that kid is messing with our property.

i want mr. johnson and his little buddies over there

out of my way.

won't the commodore do anything?

gee brandon. you don't worry about

the commodore, okay?

worry about making this kid happy, can you do that?

can you do it?

go and take care of him.

actually, you know what?

don't, don't touch spider, he might be of some use to us.

[laughs]

that was real cute back there, cadet.

you trying to make me look bad, is that what it is?

what?

you don't have anything to say?

go to hell.

i might have to after what i plan on doing to your

pretty face.

spider, spider, spider.

what am i supposed to do, victor?

i'm not scared of you.

you're even stupider than i thought, friend.

this is between me and the new kid.

he's not even one of you guys.

right now he's a friend of a friend,

but that's actually, that's neither here nor there, spider.

because if i didn't know any better i'd swear you're

thinking of using that stick on me.

oh lets find out.

oh lets do it.

let it come spider, i don't even think you can hit me from here.

no more big stick spider. now, what are we going to do?

i don't need a stick.

no. so, say it spider, say it.

what?

no cops, no complex security force,

no commodore stockwell, nobody is going to do

a damn thing about it.

[crying]

so, good boy spider, good boy, just for that you get to

keep on living.

let's get you up here, before you go i just have one little

reminder for you, okay?

if me or any of my brothers catch you within a hundred yards

of lee hanlon for whatever reason,

they will find your body hanging from the flag pole.

well, they'll find most of it, anyway.

do i make myself clear?

bye, bye spider. good luck.

come here, buddy come on.

[groans]

thanks man.

no worries, like i said you're a friend of a friend.

you'll be okay for the next class?

yeah, spider's not much of a swinger.

wouldn't think he would. what are you uh,

what are you up to later?

i don't know.

the black skulls are having a party and

severen's gonna be there.

having a bash, drinking binge, that kind of thing,

to blow off some steam.

wondering if, maybe you wanted to come?

yeah, why not.

good, good.

[unintelligible] all about.

oh and ah, and lee,

don't tell anybody, okay?

oh man this is all i need.

we're gonna be late for programming.

hey man, that's what you get for making the instructor angry.

you're a lot of help.

i'll tell lt. jones you're in the infirmary.

you're not going to wait for me?

they won't take you away.

besides somebody has to come clear.

have fun buddy.

hello?

hello?

hello?

[electric shock sounds]

hey.

so make sure you go off to stanford and he'll help you out.

and then uh, when i get back, i'll take over.

you got it boss.

okay.

[door closing]

all the pirates that had worked for america got together,

and searched for a secret meeting place.

they saw a strange light coming from this cave and took it

as a sign.

and they claimed this sacred spot as their original sanctuary,

what did those pirates find?

what?

are you alright mr. hanlon?

yes ma'am, i think i just pulled a muscle or two today during

wrestling practice. that's all.

i'm just on my way to my room to grade some papers.

that's not your dorm, isn't it?

i was just going over.

i know why you went in there.

victor thanos. you went looking for him, didn't you?

look, captain morrissey, if i told you,

you'd think i was crazy.

you might be surprised.

probably not ma'am.

look i know more about the situation than you think.

and i also know the mind of a new cadet.

god knows i've had enough of them,

so i am not going to waste your time

or mine with a lecture,

all i'm asking you to do, is to stay away from

anything to do with the black skulls.

it's not going to be as easy as you think.

no probably not, but it'll be easier on you in the long run.

mr. hanlon you have one of the most promising

minds at the complex. don't take the easy way out.

more importantly, don't throw away your talent. we need it.

now i have 70 papers to grade, and you have

two hours before lights out.

you're dismissed. careful.

[knocking]

who is it?

[knocking]

hey i give up man, who the hell is it? nosedive?

nosedive, why are you knocking? you got a key.

you can sleep outside.

[electric shock sounds]

why don't you enjoy yourself?

i don't dance.

i guess you ah, you don't drink either?

i guess not.

i thought the locals usually hated the nathan guys.

i don't know about the other nathan boys but they ah,

i guess they have a soft spot for the black skulls.

try to understand, a lot of people are here for the skulls.

aren't you afraid of getting busted?

yeah we tend to get a lot of special consideration.

even if you get busted.

you're not afraid are you?

well i'm not talking to an idiot.

no, of course not.

must be nice.

it definitely has its advantages.

it's nice, isn't it?

is that an offer?

possibly.

i'm not much of a joiner. you should know that, though.

i know. you don't even want to be here, do you?

important night for me.

my dad thinks i'm a little on the extreme.

i'm legally an adult, and i'm realistic.

after this, i'll find my place in the world.

and yet you're on a special scholarship here,

because you're one of the highest rated naval complex

applicants in history. i don't know, it seems like,

that it's a waste, doesn't it?

how did you know?

how do you think i know, man? i've seen your records.

terrific, i'm really thrilled you go around poking around

my life.

i just wanted to see if you're one of us, that's all.

well i don't like it. and why don't you ask me.

i usually don't have to ask.

well i still don't like it.

that's fair enough, that's fair. i did do it for the best of

reasons, though.

i want you in the black skulls, lee.

i'll pass.

why? coz you heard things?

you had a talk with morrissey, lee?

she flew an f-16 in the gulf war,

she got a purple heart when she was shot down,

and she's still afraid of us lee, she's afraid of us.

they all are.

maybe you had a heart-to-heart with stockwell?

is that the case? not only is stockwell frightened, lee,

he's old. he's washed up.

i make my own decisions, not them.

decisions like being forced to come here?

those kind of decisions lee?

wake up man, take a good look at your father, lee.

turn your head up, man.

what are you gonna do about it?

wave your magic black skull at me and then make it all better?

i don't have to wave my magic ring, lee.

once you join the black skulls you'll have carte blanche for

the rest of your life.

we're everywhere man. ceo's, lawyers, politicians,

diplomats, military, we're everywhere you look.

everytime you drive your car, everytime you pop on a cd,

everytime you boot up your computer.

you think this is about the navy, lee?

i'm talking about the world.

i'll think it over.

of course you have to think it over, lee.

of course, of course, you do. i do, have something to show

you that might help sway your opinion, though.

as long as it's not the dead body of the last guy who joined,

i guess i'm up for it.

i don't have to intimidate anybody.

i just make then kneel [unintelligible]. shall we?

aren't you afraid somebody will find out about this place?

actually, this place is a, private property,

black skulls own it.

besides lee, nobody does anything here we don't want

them to do.

we run the whole complex.

so now what?

now,

we take a little tour.

ohh, i get it, you send me in there

and i get locked up for the night.

come on. i'm gonna go in there with you. okay?

nothing's gonna happen, man.

i suppose you brought a flashlight.

hold on.

isn't it obvious?

we're having a dream.

take the ring lee, and the whole world will open up for you.

i want to be with you.

[knocking]

okay cadet, we got an understanding,

you're under and i'm standing.

now before i knock your teeth to various parts of this room

you're gonna tell me what your buddy victor did to my friends.

don't try to get up, spider.

now, what's your problem?

g-force and nosedive are missing,

the cops are looking for them.

i haven't seen them since wrestling practice.

your friends did something to them.

what friends?

the black skulls? they're not my friends!

you seemed pretty chummy with victor yesterday.

hey, i didn't ask for his help.

what about your roommate?

yeah you're new here. you don't know how these guys work.

when charlie collan went missing the cops were here for a week.

nobody did anything.

fine, you want to go to commodore stockwell?

[laughs sarcastically]

he's not gonna do anything either.

he might, if i tell them what i know.

he might have the black skulls shut down.

come on, i'm not going to hit you.

why the hell would you help me, nosedive and g-force out?

because there's a lot of worse things out there than you.

is he in?

hmm, he's been expecting you.

you should probably take the rest of the day off.

we'll call you.

you should try knocking sometime.

not every door is wide open for you.

you called me in here to talk about etiquette?

have a seat, mister and wipe that smile off your face.

you're not here to accept an award for cadet of the month.

i seem to be invited in here a lot, sir.

you must like me.

that's where you're dead wrong, mr. thanos.

i'm about as far from liking you as it is.

but i like you, commodore.

the port nathan p.d. are on their way over here as i speak.

you went a little too far this time.

did i?

henry "nosedive" riddick?

jack "g-force" halberty?

they went missing yesterday.

that sounds like a personal problem, sir.

it most definitely is a personal problem, mr. thanos.

funny thing is, neither one of those boys were

pledging your little social club.

now, i wonder how i would wind up

picking you all as the culprits.

you could plant some evidence, i suppose.

probably stick a brick of cocaine in my locker.

you can do whatever the hell you want.

i'm sure that if you have the police on their way

here you've got your reasons.

i don't think that they'll arrest me, though.

do you, sir?

you were sloppy victor.

this time, one of the janitors found blood

all over the shower stalls.

last place anybody saw one of those boys.

the police are bringing in a forensic specialist.

they will have a search warrant to do a once over your rooms,

your clothes and whatever they feel they have to.

and, maybe even your fraternal brother at the white house

will wind up disowning you before this is over.

you can't do that.

oh, i've got it, past tense.

the black skulls are officially over at this complex.

you are all expedited.

and you, mr. thanos, will no longer be protected.

you and your thugs are gonna be treated by the police

like common everyday murder suspects.

you just, you couldn't leave well enough alone,

could you commodore?

you just weren't gonna be happy until you went and dug a hole

for yourself, ah, commodore.

gentlemen.

what is this?

we're uh, we are going to need a few more minutes

of your time, commodore.

please, be my guest and have a seat.

son, do you realize how much trouble you are getting

yourself into here?

let me just run something by you, commodore,

and you can tell me what you think.

what we're going to do is, we're going to have the

complex shut down for a few days.

when we're ready to reopen, you're gonna have a whole

new outlook.

hell, you're gonna love the black skulls when

we're done with you.

you can't intimidate me.

i don't plan to intimidate you, sir.

what i plan to do, is change your mind from the inside.

[electric shock sounds]

well.

this is awkward.

don't go, lee. you already know too much.

barely at all.

no? you saw that shrine in my dorm room, right?

wasn't i supposed to know about that?

i know, i'm sure a man of your intelligence

can figure things out.

a succubus, female sex demon, siren, whatever we want

to call it, has a lair in an underground cave.

bunch of drunken pirates stumble upon it and

faster than you can say, ahoy matey.

well, they're suddenly vessels for the demon's acolytes.

[electric shock sounds]

let him go, victor.

you're not really in a position to give orders, friend.

did we forget who we're talking to?

who watches the watchmen, lee?

who runs the show?

you see, the military training its own enemies,

well that's nothing new as i'm sure you know.

but we are the military. tomorrow, we take over.

we turn our guns back on you.

lee, spider was a drone.

his friends, drones.

i mean, if this was your normal everyday waking life,

those three could die tomorrow, lee, and it wouldn't change

a damn thing.

so why don't you take over then, victor?

what do you need me for?

we need you because we need the best and the

brightest minds the military can offer.

we need them now before they grow up.

tacticians, lee.

technicians, warriors.

you see back in the cave the succubus came up

with a game plan.

i just need men's souls, just bring them out, lee.

she wants to control everything.

we need you.

the last piece of the puzzle, lee.

once we have you in place, we can start planning

our hostile takeover.

[electric shock sounds]

he's dead.

what do you want us to do?

if the dead stop being an asset,

it's now a liability.

i want him to strike.

shh, shhh, shh. unless you want those two mps to come over

and detain both of us, i suggest you keep it down.

sorry.

i told you, i know more about the situation than you think.

i followed you from the other side of the campus.

spider's dead. the commodore's dead.

victor did it.

and that is not even half of it.

what are you doing here?

that missile, the one they brought in.

i can take the detonator off of it and use it to blow up

the bunker.

it all has to do with the bunker.

anyway, the detonator alone has enough explosives on it

to blow up a two-storey building.

what are you talking about?

look, there's no easy way to say this.

they're demons.

the main one lives in an old underground bunker

in the woods.

it used to be a cave.

i saw them.

demons?

succubus.

a sex demon. that's what victor said.

whatever it is, it wants to take over the military,

the government, you name it. it's using the black skulls

to help it, somehow.

oh, great. i'm here investigating victor,

and you're telling me this is the exorcist.

investigating?

you're like undercover.

you can say that.

look, we just need to get somewhere safe,

contact my security.

no, let's do it.

no good. they're everywhere.

this is the only way.

you think blowing up this bunker is really going

to stop victor thanos?

definitely, it will ruin his day.

okay, let's do that.

i'm afraid you're not allowed beyond this point.

and i'm afraid you're going to have your eyesight

checked out as soon as possible, mister.

the insignia on my shoulder denotes me as a captain

and your superior officer.

ma'am, captain.

my student and i are here to check out the schematics

of the ax-48.

in order to do that, you will have to let us pass.

um, the commodore fully denies.

the commodore?

you can clear it with the commodore on your own time.

did anybody ever tell you that you are a bit bitty?

what are you doing?

checking this out.

relax, i've been around stuff like this since i was five.

okay, just do me a favor.

don't check it out anymore until we're a safe distance away

from it, okay?

i think it's deserted.

are you sure this is it?

blow it up and it's done.

actually.

yeah, yeah.

you're extremely predictable, lee.

it ends here, victor.

everything.

and how is that?

he's got a missile detonator on that backpack.

why, did you think i was some undercover spy?

nope, just a sex demon.

a succubus.

welcome to my home, the complex.

what have i been teaching you in class, mr. hanlon?

the elements of surprise.

that's the way to beat one's enemies.

i need you, lee.

you will be my greatest warrior.

for hundreds of years,

they've been bringing me host bodies here.

you are by far the finest i've come across,

it won't hurt, i promise.

just close your eyes.

mommy will make it all better,

you know you cannot win, lee.

[electric shock sounds]

the element of surprise.

this bus goes to dc, right?

that's right, non-stop service.

good.

the ultimate complex.