All language subtitles for 01 Avengers Assemble - Action 2012 English

01 Avengers Assemble - Action 2012 English

[THE OTHER] The Tesseract has awakened.

It is on a little world, a human world.

They would wield its power,

but our ally knows its
workings as they never will.

He is ready to lead...

and our force, our Chitauri, will follow.

A world will be his.

The universe, yours.

And the humans, what can they do but burn?

[AGENT ON PA] All personnel,

the evacuation order has been confirmed.

[CONTINUES GMNG INSTRUCTIONS]

[DIRECTING AGENTS]

[FURY] How bad is it?

[COULSON] That's the
problem, sir. We don't know.

Dr. Selvig read an energy surge
from the Tesseract four hours ago.

[FURY] NASA didn't authorize
Selvig to go to test phase.

[COULSON] He wasn't testing
it. He wasn't even in the room.

Spontaneous event.

[HILL] It just turned itself on?

[FURY] Where are the energy levels now?

[COULSON] Climbing. When Selvig
couldn't shut it down, we ordered evac.

[FURY] How long to get everyone out?

[COULSON] Campus should
be clear in the next half-hour.

Do better.

[HILL] Sir, evacuation may be futile.

[FURY] We should tell
them to go back to sleep?

[HILL] If we can't control
the Tesseract's energy,

there may not be a minimum safe distance.

[FURY] I need you to make sure...

the Phase 2 prototypes are shipped out.

[HILL] Sir, is that really
a priority right now?

Until such time as the world ends,

we will act as though
it intends to spin on.

Clear out the tech below.

Every piece of Phase 2 on a truck and gone.

Yes, sir.

With me.

Talk to me, Doctor.

Director.

[FURY] Is there anything
we know for certain?

[SELVIG] The Tesseract is misbehaving.

- Is that supposed to be funny?
- No, it's not funny at all.

The Tesseract is not
only active, she's behaving.

[FURY] I assume you pulled the plug.

[SELVIG] She's an energy source.

We turn off the power,
she turns it back on.

If she reaches peak level...

[FURY] We prepared for this,
Doctor. Harnessing energy from space.

But we don't have the harness.

My calculations are far from complete.

And she's throwing off
interference, radiation.

Nothing harmful, low
levels of gamma radiation.

That can be harmful.

[FURY] Where's Agent Barton?

[SCOFFS] The Hawk?

Up in his nest, as usual.

[FURY ON RADIO] Agent Barton, report.

I gave you this detail...

so you could keep a close eye on things.

[BARTON] Well, I see
better from a distance.

Have you seen anything
that might set this thing off?

Doctor, it's spiking again.

[BARTON] No one's come or gone.

And Selvig's clean.

No contacts, no IMs.

If there was any tampering,
sir, it wasn't at this end.

At this end?

Yeah, the Cube is a doorway
to the other end of space, right?

Doors open from both sides.

Not yet.

[ENERGY CRACKLING]

[RUMBLING]

Sir, please put down the spear.

[ALL GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

[GROANING]

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

[LOKI] You have heart.

[GROANING]

[LOKI] Please don't.

I still need that.

This doesn't have to get any messier.

[LOKI] Of course it does.

I've come too far for anything else.

I am Loki, of Asgard...

and I am burdened with glorious purpose.

[SELVIG] Loki,

brother of Thor.

[FURY] We have no quarrel with your people.

[LOKI] An ant has no quarrel with a boot.

Are you planning to step on us?

[LOKI] I come with glad tidings...

of a world made free.

[FURY] Free from what?

[LOKI] Freedom.

Freedom is life's great lie.

Once you accept that, in your heart,

[GASPS]

You will know peace.

Yeah, you say peace,

I kind of think you mean the other thing.

[BARTON] Sir, Director Fury is stalling.

This place is about to blow...

and drop a hundred feet of rock on us.

He means to bury us.

Like the pharaohs of old.

[SELVIG] He's right. The
portal is collapsing in on itself.

We've got maybe two
minutes before this goes critical.

[LOKI] Well, then.

[GUNSHOT GROANS]

[BARTON] I need these vehicles.

- Who's that?
- [BARTON] They didn't tell me.

[FURY ON RADIO] Hill!

Do you copy?

Barton has turned.

[GUNSHOT GRUNTS]

[FURY] They have the
Tesseract! Shut them down!

[ALL GROANING]

Okay, let's go. No, leave it. Go!

We're clear upstairs, sir. You need to go.

[ALL GRUNT]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTS]

[COULSON ON RADIO] Director?

Director Fury, do you copy?

The Tesseract is with a hostile force.

I have men down. Hill?

[HILL] A lot of men still under.

I don't know how many survivors.

[FURY] Sound a general call.

I want every living soul
not working rescue...

looking for that briefcase.

Roger that.

Coulson, get back to
base. This is a Level Seven.

As of right now,

we are at war.

[COULSON] What do we do?

[GROANS]

[SPEAKING RUSSIAN]

This is not how I
wanted this evening to go.

[REPLYING IN RUSSIAN]

I know how you wanted this evening to go.

Believe me.

This is better.

Who are you working for?

Lermentov, yes?

Does he think...

we have to go through him...

to move our cargo?

I thought General Solohob is
in charge of the export business.

Solohob,

a bag man, a front.

Your outdated information betrays you.

The famous Black Widow...

and she turns out to be
simply another pretty face.

[ROMANOFF] You really think I'm pretty?

Tell Lermentov we don't need him...

to move the tanks.

Tell him he is out.

Well,

you may have to write it down.

[GROANS]

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

[ANSWERS IN RUSSIAN]

It's for her.

You listen carefully.

[COULSON] You're at 1-14
Silensky Plaza, 3rd floor.

We have an F-22 exactly eight miles out.

Put the woman on the phone,
or I will blow up the block...

before you can make the lobby.

- We need you to come in.
- Are you kidding? I'm working.

This takes precedence.

[ROMANOFF] I'm in the
middle of an interrogation.

This moron is giving me everything.

I don't give everything.

Look, you can't pull
me out of this right now.

[COULSON] Natasha,

Barton's been compromised.

[ROMANOFF] Let me put you on hold.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GROANING]

[SOUNDS OF GROANING ON PHONE]

[SCREAMS IN PAIN]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[CRIES OUT IN PAIN]

[ROMANOFF] Where is Barton now?

- We don't know.
- But he's alive?

We think so. I'll brief you on
everything when you get back.

But first, we need you
to talk to the big guy.

[ROMANOFF] Coulson, you know that Stark
trusts me about as far as he can throw me.

[COULSON] Oh, I've got
Stark. You get the big guy.

[EXCLAIMS IN RUSSIAN]

[PEOPLE SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[MAN EXCLAIMS IN HINDI]

[SPEAKING HINDI]

Who are you?

Get out!

There is sickness here!

You're a doctor.

[CONTINUES IN HINDI]

[GIRL] My father's not waking up!

He has a fever and he's moaning...

but his eyes won't open.

[BANNER] Slow down.

My father...

Like them?

[SICK CHILD COUGHING]

Please.

[MEN SPEAKING HINDI]

[BANNER] You should've
got paid up front, Banner.

[ROMANOFF] You know, for a man...

who's supposed to be avoiding stress,

you picked a hell of a place to settle.

[BANNER] Avoiding stress isn't the secret.

Then what is it? Yoga?

[BANNER] You brought me
to the edge of the city. Smart.

I assume the whole place is surrounded.

[ROMANOFF] Just you and me.

And your actress buddy?

Is she a spy, too? They start that young?

I did.

[BANNER] Who are you?

Natasha Romanoff.

Are you here to kill me, Ms. Romanoff?

Because that's not going
to work out for everyone.

No, of course not. I'm here
on behalf of S.H.I.E.L.D.

S.H.I.E.L.D.

[BANNER] How did they find me?

[ROMANOFF] We never lost you, Doctor.

We've kept our distance.

Even helped keep some
other interested parties...

off your scent.

Why?

Nick Fury seems to trust you.

But now we need you to come in.

[BANNER] What if I say no?

I'll persuade you.

And what if the other guy says no?

[ROMANOFF] You've been more
than a year without an incident.

I don't think you want
to break that streak.

Well, I don't every time get what I want.

Doctor, we're facing a
potential global catastrophe.

[CHUCKLES]
Well, those I actively try to avoid.

This...

is the Tesseract.

It has the potential energy
to wipe out the planet.

[BANNER] What does Fury
want me to do, swallow it?

[ROMANOFF] He wants
you to find it. It's been taken.

It emits a gamma signature
that's too weak for us to trace.

There's no one that knows
gamma radiation like you do.

If there was, that's where I'd be.

[BANNER] So, Fury isn't after the monster?

[ROMANOFF] Not that he's told me.

And he tells you everything?

Talk to Fury. He needs you on this.

He needs me in a cage?

No one's going to put you in a...

[BANNER ON MONSTROUS
VOICE] Stop lying to me!

[COCKS GUN]

[BANNER] I'm sorry. That was mean.

I just wanted to see what you'd do.

Why don't we do this the easy way...

where you don't use that...

and the other guy doesn't make a mess?

Okay?

Natasha?

[ROMANOFF] Stand down.

We're good here.

[BANNER] Just you and me.

COUNCILMAN: This is out of line, Director.

You're dealing with
forces you can't control.

You ever been in a war,
Councilman? In a firefight?

Did you feel an overabundance of control?

You're saying that this Asgard
is declaring war on our planet?

Not Asgard. Loki.

He can't be working alone.
What about the other one?

His brother.

Our intelligence says
Thor is not a hostile...

but he's worlds away.

We can't depend on him to help, either.

It's up to us.

Which is why you should
be focusing on Phase 2.

It was designed for exactly this...

Phase 2 isn't ready. Our enemy is.

We need a response team.

The Avengers Initiative was shut down.

[FURY] This isn't about the Avengers.

We've seen the list.

You're running the world's
greatest covert security network...

and you're going to leave
the fate of the human race...

to a handful of freaks.

[FURY] I'm not leaving anything to anyone.

We need a response team.

These people may be
isolated, unbalanced even...

but I believe with the right push
they can be exactly what we need.

You believe?

War isn't won by sentiment, Director.

No, it's won by soldiers.

[GRUNTING]

[ROGERS] There's not enough time.

I got to put her in the water!

[PEGGY] You won't be alone.

[DOCTOR] Oh, my God.

This guy is still alive!

[PANTING]

[FURY] Trouble sleeping?

[ROGERS] I slept for 70
years, sir. I think I've had my fill.

Then you should be out,
celebrating, seeing the world.

[ROGERS] When I went
under, the world was at war.

I wake up, they say we won.

They didn't say what we lost.

We've made some mistakes along the way.

Some, very recently.

[ROGERS] Are you here with a mission, sir?

[FURY] I am.

Trying to get me back in the world?

Trying to save it.

[ROGERS] HYDRA'S secret weapon.

[FURY] Howard Stark
fished that out of the ocean...

when he was looking for you.

He thought what we think.

The Tesseract could be the key
to unlimited sustainable energy.

That's something the world sorely needs.

Who took it from you?

He's called Loki.

He's not from around here.

There's a lot we'll have to
bring you up to speed on...

if you're in.

The world has gotten even stranger...

than you already know.

[ROGERS] At this point, I doubt
anything would surprise me.

[FURY] Ten bucks says you're wrong.

There's a debriefing packet...

waiting for you back at your apartment.

Is there anything you can
tell us about the Tesseract...

that we ought to know now?

[ROGERS] You should
have left it in the ocean.

[BUBBLING]

[MECHANICAL BREATHING]

[STARK] Good to go on this
end. The rest is up to you.

[PEPPER] You disconnected
the transmission lines?

Are we off the grid?

[STARK] Stark Tower is
about to become a beacon...

of self-sustaining clean energy.

[PEPPER] Well, assuming
the arc reactor takes over...

and it actually works.

[STARK] I assume.

Light her up.

[PEPPER] How does it look?

[STARK] Like Christmas, but with more me.

We've got to go wider on the
public awareness campaign.

You need to do some press.

I'm in DC tomorrow,

I'm working on the zoning
for the next three buildings.

[STARK] Pepper, you're killing
me. The moment, remember?

Enjoy the moment.

[PEPPER] Get in here and I will.

[JARVIS] Sir, Agent Coulson
of S.H.I.E.L.D. is on the line.

[STARK] I'm not in.

I'm actually out.

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

[JARVIS] Sir, I'm afraid he's insisting.

[STARK] Grow a spine, Jarvis. I got a date.

[PEPPER] Levels are
holding steady, I think.

[STARK] Of course they
are. I was directly involved.

Which brings me to my next question.

How does it feel to be a genius?

[PEPPER] Well, I really
wouldn't know, now would I?

[STARK] What do you
mean? All this came from you.

No, all this came from that.

Give yourself some credit. Please.

Stark Tower is your baby.

Give yourself 12% of the credit.

12%?

An argument can be made for 15.

12%? My baby?

Well, I did do all the heavy lifting.

Literally, I lifted the heavy things.

And, sorry, but the security snafu?

- That was on you.
- Oh.

- My private elevator,
- You mean our elevator?

It was teeming with sweaty workmen.

I'm going to pay for that
comment about percentages...

in some subtle way later, aren't I?

[PEPPER] It's not going to be that subtle.

I'll tell you what.

[STARK] The next building is
gonna say Potts on the tower.

On the lease.

Call your mom. Can you bunk over?

[JARVIS] Sir, the telephone.

I'm afraid my protocols
are being overridden.

[COULSON] Mr. Stark, we need to talk.

You have reached the life
model decoy of Tony Stark.

- Please leave a message.
- This is urgent.

[STARK] Then leave it urgently.

Security breach. It's on you.

- Mr. Stark.
- Phil! Come in.

Phil?

I can't stay.

His first name is Agent.

[PEPPER] Come on in. We're celebrating.

Which is why he can't stay.

We need you to look this
over as soon as possible.

I don't like being handed things.

That's fine, because I
love to be handed things.

So, let's trade.

Thank you.

Official consulting hours
are between 8 and 5...

every other Thursday.

This isn't a consultation.

[PEPPER] Is this about the Avengers?

Which I know nothing about.

[STARK] The Avengers
Initiative was scrapped, I thought.

And I didn't even qualify.

[PEPPER] I didn't know that either.

[STARK] Apparently I'm
volatile, self-obsessed,

don't play well with others.

That I did know.

This isn't about
personality profiles any more.

Whatever. Ms. Potts, got a second?

Half a mo.

You know, I thought we
were having a moment.

I was having 12% of a moment.

This seems serious. Phil's pretty shaken.

How would you know
if it's... Why is he Phil?

[PEPPER] What is all this?

[STARK] This is...

this.

[OVERLAPPING AUDIO FROM FILES]

[PEPPER] I'm going to
take the jet to DC tonight.

Tomorrow.

You have homework. You
have a lot of homework.

[STARK] Well, what if I didn't?

- If you didn't?
- Yeah.

You mean when you've finished?

Well, then...

[STARK] Square deal. Fly safe.

Work hard.

So, any chance you're driving by LaGuardia?

- [COULSON] I can drop you.
- Fantastic.

I want to hear...

about the cellist. Is that still a thing?

[COULSON] She moved back to Portland.

[PEPPER] What? Boo!

[PILOT] We're about 40
minutes out from home base, sir.

[ROGERS] So, this Dr. Banner was trying
to replicate the serum they used on me?

A lot of people were.

[COULSON] You were
the world's first superhero.

Banner thought gamma radiation
might hold the key to unlocking...

Erskine's original formula.

[ROGERS] Didn't really go his way, did it?

Not so much.

[COULSON] When he's not that thing,
though, the guy's like a Stephen Hawking.

He's like a smart person.

I gotta say,

it's an honour to meet you officially.

I've sort of met you. I mean,

I watched you while you were sleeping.

I mean, I was present...

while you were unconscious from the ice.

You know, it's really just a huge honour...

to have you on board this...

[ROGERS] I hope I'm the man for the job.

Oh, you are. Absolutely.

[COULSON] We made some
modifications to the uniform.

I had a little design input.

The uniform?

Aren't the stars and stripes a little...

old-fashioned?

With everything that's happening...

and the things that are
about to come to light,

people might just need
a little old-fashioned.

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

The Chitauri grow restless.

[LOKI] Let them gird themselves.

I will lead them in the glorious battle.

Battle?

Against the meagre might of Earth?

Glorious, not lengthy.

If your force is as
formidable as you claim.

You question us?

You question him,

he who put the sceptre in your hand?

Who gave you ancient
knowledge and new purpose...

when you were cast out, defeated?

[LOKI] I was a king!

The rightful king of Asgard,

betrayed.

Your ambition is little...

and born of childish need.

We look beyond the Earth...

to the greater worlds
the Tesseract will unveil.

You don't have the Tesseract yet.

I don't threaten.

But until I open the doors,

until your force is mine to command,

you are but words.

You will have your war, Asgardian.

If you fail,

if the Tesseract is kept from us,

there will be no realm, no barren moon,

no crevice where he cannot find you.

You think you know pain?

He will make you long for
something sweet as pain.

[GROANS]

[COULSON] Stow the captain's gear.

[CREWMAN] Yes, sir.

Agent Romanoff, Captain Rogers.

- Ma'am.
- Hi.

They need you on the bridge.

They're starting the face-trace.

See you there.

It was quite the buzz around
here, finding you in the ice.

I thought Coulson was gonna swoon.

Did he ask you to sign his
Captain America trading cards yet?

Trading cards?

They're vintage. He's very proud.

[ROGERS] Dr. Banner.

Yeah, hi.

They told me you would be coming.

Word is, you can find the Cube.

Is that the only word on me?

Only word I care about.

[BANNER] It must be
strange for you, all of this.

Well, this is actually kind of familiar.

Gentlemen, you might want
to step inside in a minute.

It's going to get a little hard to breathe.

[AGENT ON PA] Flight
crew, secure the deck.

Is this a submarine?

Really?

They want me in a submerged,
pressurized, metal container?

[TURBINES POWERING UP]

[BANNER] No, no, this is much worse.

[AGENTS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

Hover power check
complete. Position cyclic.

Increase collective to 8.0%.

[AGENT] Preparing for
maximum performance take off.

Increase output to capacity.

Power plant performing at capacity.

We are clear.

[HILL] All engines operating.

S.H.I.E.L.D. Emergency
Protocol 193.6 in effect.

- We are at level, sir.
- Good.

[FURY] Let's vanish.

[HILL] Engage retro-reflection panels.

[BRIDGE TECH] Reflection panels engaged.

[FURY] Gentlemen.

Doctor, thank you for coming.

[BANNER] Thanks for asking nicely.

So, how long am I staying?

[FURY] Once we get our
hands on the Tesseract,

you're in the wind.

Where are you with that?

[COULSON] We're sweeping
every wirelessly accessible...

camera on the planet.

Cell phones, laptops,

if it's connected to a satellite,
it's eyes and ears for us.

That's still not gonna find them in time.

[BANNER] You have to narrow your field.

How many spectrometers
do you have access to?

- How many are there?
- Call every lab you know.

Tell them to put the
spectrometers on the roof...

and calibrate them for gamma rays.

I'll rough out a tracking
algorithm, basic cluster recognition.

At least we could rule out a few places.

Do you have somewhere for me to work?

Agent Romanoff,

could you show Dr. Banner
to his laboratory, please?

[ROMANOFF] You're gonna
love it, Doc. We got all the toys.

[SELVIG] Put it over there.

[SCIENTISTS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

Where did you find all these people?

[BARTON] S.H.I.E.L.D. has
no shortage of enemies, Doctor.

Is this the stuff you need?

[SELVIG] Yeah, iridium.

It's found in meteorites.
It forms anti-protons.

It's very hard to get hold of.

Especially if S.H.I.E.L.D.
knows you need it.

Well, I didn't know.

Hey!

The Tesseract has shown me so much.

It's more than knowledge. It's truth.

[LOKI] I know.

What did it show you, Agent Barton?

[BARTON] My next target.

[LOKI] Tell me what you need.

I need a distraction.

And an eyeball.

[COULSON] I mean, if
it's not too much trouble.

[ROGERS] No, no. It's fine.

It's a vintage set.

It took me a couple of
years to collect them all.

Near mint.

Slight foxing around the edges, but...

[AGENT] We got a hit. A 67% match.

Wait. Cross match, 79%.

[COULSON] Location?

[AGENT] Stuttgart,
Germany. 28 Königstrasse.

He's not exactly hiding.

[FURY] Captain,

you're up.

[VIOLIN MUSIC PLAYING]

[PATRONS CHATTING INDISTINCTLY]

[ARROW STRIKING]

[CURATOR SPEAKING GERMAN]

[CONTINUES IN GERMAN]

[ALL GASPING]

[WHIRRING]

[ALL CLAMOURING]

[PANICKED SCREAMING]

[PANICKED SCREAMING AND SHOUTING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[CROWD CRIES OUT]

[LOKI] Kneel before me.

I said...

[CROWD SCREAMS]

Kneel.

Is not this simpler?

Is this not your natural state?

It's the unspoken truth of humanity,

that you crave subjugation.

The bright lure of freedom
diminishes your life's joy...

in a mad scramble for power,

for identity.

You were made to be ruled.

In the end,

you will always kneel.

[OLD MAN] Not to men like you.

[LOKI] There are no men like me.

[OLD MAN] There are always men like you.

[LOKI] Look to your elder, people.

Let him be an example.

[GROANS]

[ROGERS] You know, the
last time I was in Germany,

and saw a man standing
above everybody else,

we ended up disagreeing.

[LOKI] The soldier.

The man out of time.

I'm not the one who's out of time.

[ROMANOFF ON PA] Loki,
drop the weapon and stand down.

[GRUNTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

Kneel.

Not today! [GROANS]

The guy's all over the place.

[GROANING]

[STARK] Agent Romanoff. You miss me?

[PA SYSTEM PLAYING ROCK MUSIC]

I got my gun at the ready, gonna fire at will
'cause I shoot to thrill, and I'm ready to kill.

And I can't get enough, and
I can't get my thrill 'cause I...

[GROANS]

Shoot to thrill.

Play to kill...

[STARK] Make your move, Reindeer Games.

Good move.

[ROGERS] Mr. Stark.

[STARK] Captain.

[FURY ON RADIO] Is he saying anything?

[ROMANOFF] Not a word.

Just get him here. We're low on time.

[ROGERS] I don't like it.

[STARK] What, Rock of
Ages giving up so easily?

[ROGERS] I don't
remember it being that easy.

This guy packs a wallop.

[STARK] Still, you are
pretty spry for an older fellow.

What's your thing, Pilates?

What?

It's like callisthenics.

You might have missed a couple of things...

doing time as a Capsicle.

[ROGERS] Fury didn't tell
me he was calling you in.

Yeah, there's a lot of
things Fury doesn't tell you.

[THUNDER RUMBLING]
Where's this coming from?

[ROGERS] What's the matter?
Are you scared of a little lightning?

[LOKI] I'm not overly fond of what follows.

[REAR HATCH OPENING]

[ROGERS] What are you doing?

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

And now there's that guy.

[ROMANOFF] Another Asgardian?

- [ROGERS] That guy's a friendly?
- [STARK] Doesn't matter.

If he frees Loki or kills
him, the Tesseract's lost.

Stark, we need a plan of attack!

I have a plan. Attack.

[ROMANOFF] I'd sit this one out, Cap.

I don't see how I can.

These guys come from
legend. They're basically gods.

[ROGERS] There's only one God, ma'am.

And I'm pretty sure he
doesn't dress like that.

[GROANING]

[LAUGHING]

[THOR] Where is the Tesseract?

[LOKI] I missed you, too.

[THOR] Do I look to be in a gaming mood?

[LOKI] You should thank me.

With the Bifrost gone,
how much dark energy...

did the Allfather have to
muster to conjure you here...

to your precious Earth?

[GROWLS]

[THOR] I thought you dead.

[LOKI] Did you mourn?

[THOR] We all did. Our father...

[LOKI] Your father.

He did tell you my true
parentage, did he not?

[THOR] We were raised together.

We played together, we fought together.

Do you remember none of that?

[LOKI] I remember a shadow.

Living in the shade of your greatness.

I remember you tossing me into an abyss.

I, who was, and should be, king!

[THOR] So you take the
world I love as a recompense...

for your imagined slights?

No. The Earth is under my protection, Loki.

[LOKI LAUGHING]

[LOKI] And you're doing
a marvellous job with that.

The humans slaughter
each other in droves...

while you idly fret.

I mean to rule them, as why should I not?

[THOR] You think yourself above them?

Well, yes.

[THOR] Then you miss
the truth of ruling, brother.

A throne would suit you ill.

[LOKI] I've seen worlds
you've never known about!

I have grown, Odinson, in my exile.

I have seen the true
power of the Tesseract,

and when I wield it...

[THOR] Who showed you this power?

Who controls the would-be king?

- I am a king!
- Not here!

You give up the Tesseract!

You give up this poisonous dream!

You come home.

[LOKI] I don't have it.

You need the Cube to bring me home.

But I've sent it off, I know not where.

[THOR] You listen well, brother.

[GRUNTS]

I'm listening.

[GROANS]

[THOR] Do not touch me again.

[STARK] Then don't take my stuff.

[THOR] You have no idea
what you're dealing with.

[STARK] Shakespeare in the Park?

Doth Mother know you wear-eth her drapes?

[THOR] This is beyond you, metal man.

Loki will face Asgardian justice.

He gives up the Cube,
he's all yours. Until then,

stay out of the way.

Tourist. [GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

Okay.

[GRUNTS]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[JARVIS] Power at 400% capacity.

[STARK] How about that?

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[METAL CRUNCHING]
[SENSORS BEEPING]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

[ROGERS] Hey!

That's enough.

Now, I don't know what
you plan on doing here.

I've come here to put
an end to Loki's schemes.

Then prove it. Put that hammer down.

[STARK] Yeah... No.

Bad call. He loves his hammer.

[GROANS]

[THOR] You want me to put the hammer down?

[GROANS]

[GROANS]

[ROGERS] Are we done, here?

[LOCK ENGAGING]
[COMPARTMENT PRESSURIZING]

[FURY] In case it's unclear,

if you try to escape,

if you so much as scratch that glass,

[AIR WHOOSHING]

It's 30,000 feet straight
down in a steel trap.

You get how that works?

Ant, boot.

[LOKI CHUCKLING]

[LOKI] It's an impressive cage.

Not built, I think, for me.

[FURY] Built for something
a lot stronger than you.

Oh, I've heard.

A mindless beast.

Makes play he's still a man.

How desperate are you,

that you call on such lost
creatures to defend you?

[FURY] How desperate am I?

You threaten my world with war.

You steal a force you
can't hope to control.

You talk about peace,
and you kill because it's fun.

You have made me very desperate.

You might not be glad that you did.

Ooh.

[LOKI] It burns you to have come so close.

To have the Tesseract, to have power,

unlimited power.

And for what?

A warm light for all mankind to share.

And then to be reminded what real power is.

Well, let me know if real power
wants a magazine or something.

[BANNER] He really
grows on you, doesn't he?

[ROGERS] Loki's gonna drag this out.

So, Thor, what's his play?

[THOR] He has an army called the Chitauri.

They're not of Asgard, nor any world known.

He means to lead them against your people.

They will win him the Earth,

in return, I suspect, for the Tesseract.

[ROGERS] An army...

from outer space.

[BANNER] So, he's building another portal.

That's what he needs Erik Selvig for.

Selvig?

- He's an astrophysicist.
- He's a friend.

[ROMANOFF] Loki has
him under some kind of spell,

along with one of ours.

[ROGERS] I want to know
why Loki let us take him.

He's not leading an army from here.

[BANNER] I don't think we
should be focusing on Loki.

That guy's brain is a bag full of cats.

You could smell crazy on him.

[THOR] Have care how you speak.

Loki is beyond reason, but he is of Asgard.

And he is my brother.

[ROMANOFF] He killed 80 people in two days.

He's adopted.

[BANNER] I think it's about the mechanics.

Iridium... What do they
need the iridium for?

It's a stabilizing agent.

[STARK] I'm just saying, pick a weekend.

I'll fly you to Portland.

Keep love alive.

It means the portal
won't collapse on itself...

like it did at S.H.I.E.L.D.

No hard feelings, Point Break.
You've got a mean swing.

Also, it means the
portal can open as wide...

and stay open as long, as Loki wants.

Raise the mizzenmast. Jib the topsails.

That man is playing Galaga.

He thought we wouldn't notice, but we did.

How does Fury even see these?

[HILL] He turns.

Sounds exhausting.

[STARK] The rest of the raw materials,

Agent Barton can get
his hands on pretty easily.

The only major component he still needs...

is a power source of high-energy density.

Something to kick-start the Cube.

[HILL] When did you become an
expert in thermonuclear astrophysics?

Last night.

The packet, Selvig's notes,
the extraction theory papers.

Am I the only one who did the reading?

[ROGERS] Does Loki need any
particular kind of power source?

[BANNER] He would have to heat
the Cube to 120-million Kelvin...

just to break through the Coulomb barrier.

[STARK] Unless Selvig has
figured out how to stabilize...

the quantum tunnelling effect.

[BANNER] Well, if he could do that,

he could achieve heavy ion
fusion at any reactor on the planet.

Finally, someone who speaks English.

[ROGERS] Is that what just happened?

[STARK] It's good to meet you, Dr. Banner.

Your work on antielectron
collisions is unparalleled.

And I'm a huge fan of
the way you lose control...

and turn into an enormous
green rage-monster.

Thanks.

[FURY] Dr. Banner is
only here to track the Cube.

I was hoping you might join him.

[ROGERS] I would
start with that stick of his.

It may be magical,

but it works an awful lot
like a HYDRA weapon.

I don't know about that, but
it is powered by the Cube.

And I would like to
know how Loki used it...

to turn two of the sharpest men I know...

into his personal flying monkeys.

Monkeys? I do not understand.

I do.

I understood that reference.

Shall we play, Doctor?

This way, sir.

[BANNER] The gamma
readings are definitely consistent...

with Selvig's reports of the Tesseract.

But it's going to take weeks to process.

[STARK] If we bypass their mainframe...

and direct route to the Homer cluster,

we can clock this at around 600 teraflops.

[BANNER] All I packed was a toothbrush.

[STARK] You know, you should
come by Stark Tower sometime.

Top ten floors, all R&D.

You'd love it. It's Candy Land.

Thanks, but the last
time I was in New York,

I kind of broke Harlem.

Well, I promise a stress-free environment.

No tension, no surprises.

[ELECTRIC DISCHARGE] Ow!

- [ROGERS] Hey!
- Nothing?

Are you nuts?

Jury's out.

You really have got a
lid on it, haven't you?

What's your secret?

Mellow jazz, bongo drums, huge bag of weed?

[ROGERS] Is everything a joke to you?

Funny things are.

Threatening the safety
of everyone on this ship...

isn't funny.

No offence, Doc.

[ROGERS] It's all right, I
wouldn't have come aboard...

if I couldn't handle pointy things.

You're tip-toeing, big
man. You need to strut.

And you need to focus
on the problem, Mr. Stark.

[STARK] Do you think I'm not?

Why did Fury call us in?
Why now? Why not before?

What isn't he telling us?

I can't do the equation
unless I have all the variables.

[ROGERS] You think Fury's hiding something?

He's a spy. Captain, he's the spy.

His secrets have secrets.

It's bugging him, too. Isn't it?

Uh...

[BANNER] I just want to
finish my work here, and...

Doctor?

A warm light for all mankind.

Loki's jab at Fury about the Cube.

I heard it.

Well, I think that was meant for you.

Even if Barton didn't
tell Loki about the tower,

it was still all over the news.

[ROGERS] The Stark Tower? That big, ugly...

building in New York?

It's powered by an arc reactor,
a self-sustaining energy source.

That building will run
itself for, what, a year?

It's just the prototype.

[STARK] I'm kind of the only
name in clean energy right now.

That's what he's getting at.

So, why didn't S.H.I.E.L.D. bring
him in on the Tesseract project?

What are they doing
in the energy business...

in the first place?

I should probably look into that
once my decryption program...

finishes breaking into all
of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s secure files.

[ROGERS] I'm sorry. Did you say...

[STARK] Jarvis has been
running it since I hit the bridge.

In a few hours, I'll
know every dirty secret.

S.H.I.E.L.D. has ever tried to hide.

Blueberry?

Yet you're confused about
why they didn't want you around.

An intelligence organization
that fears intelligence?

Historically, not awesome.

[ROGERS] I think Loki's
trying to wind us up.

This is a man who means to start a war...

and if we don't stay
focused, he'll succeed.

We have orders. We should follow them.

[STARK] Followings not really my style.

[ROGERS] And you're
all about style, aren't you?

Of the people in this room,

which one is, A, wearing a spangly outfit,

and, B, not of use?

[BANNER] Steve, tell me none
of this smells a little funky to you.

[ROGERS] Just find the Cube.

[AGENTS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[STARK] That's the guy my
dad never shut up about?

I'm wondering if they
shouldn't have kept him on ice.

Huh.

[BANNER] The guy's not wrong about Loki.

He does have the jump on us.

[STARK] What he's got
is an Acme dynamite kit.

It's going to blow up in his face.

And I'm going to be there when it does.

Yeah. I'll read all about it.

Uh-huh. Or you'll be
suiting up with the rest of us.

[CHUCKLES]

[BANNER] You see, I
don't get a suit of armour.

I'm exposed. Like a nerve.

It's a nightmare.

You know, I've got a cluster of
shrapnel trying every second...

to crawl its way into my heart.

This stops it.

This little circle of
light, it's part of me now,

not just armour.

It's a terrible privilege.

- But you can control it.
- Because I learned how.

It's different.

Hey, I read all about your accident.

That much gamma exposure
should have killed you.

[BANNER] So you're saying that the Hulk...

The other guy saved my life?

That's nice.

It's a nice sentiment. Saved it for what?

[STARK] I guess we'll find out.

You may not enjoy that.

And you just might.

[METAL STRAINING]

[METAL BREAKING]

[AGENTS TALKING INDISTINCTLY]

[COULSON] As soon as Loki took the doctor,

we moved Jane Foster.

They've got an excellent
observatory in Tromsø.

She was asked to consult
there very suddenly yesterday.

Handsome fee, private plane, very remote.

She'll be safe.

[THOR] Thank you.

It's no accident, Loki taking Erik Selvig.

I dread what he plans
for him once he's done.

Erik is a good man.

[COULSON] He talks about you a lot.

You changed his life.

You changed everything around here.

[THOR] They were better as they were.

We pretend on Asgard
that we're more advanced...

but we come here,
battling like bilge snipe.

- Like what?
- Bilge snipe.

You know, huge, scaly, big antlers.

- You don't have those?
- I don't think so.

[THOR] Well, they are repulsive.

And they trample everything in their path.

When I first came to Earth,
Loki's rage followed me here,

and your people paid the price.

And now, again.

In my youth, I courted war.

[FURY] War hasn't started yet.

You think you could make Loki tell us...

where the Tesseract is?

[THOR] I do not know.
Loki's mind is far afield.

It's not just power he craves,
it's vengeance, upon me.

There's no pain would
prise his need from him.

A lot of guys think that...

until the pain starts.

[THOR] What are you asking me to do?

[FURY] I'm asking, what
are you prepared to do?

Loki is a prisoner.

Then why do I feel like he's
the only person on this boat...

that wants to be here?

[LOKI] There's not many
people who can sneak up on me.

[ROMANOFF] But you figured I'd come.

[LOKI] After.

After whatever tortures Fury can concoct,

you would appear as a friend, as a balm.

And I would cooperate.

[ROMANOFF] I want to know
what you've done to Agent Barton.

I would say I've expanded his mind.

And once you've won,

once you're king of the mountain,

what happens to his mind?

Oh...

[LOKI] Is this love, Agent Romanoff?

Love is for children. I owe him a debt.

Tell me.

[ROMANOFF] Before I
worked for S.H.I.E.L.D, I, uh...

Well, I made a name for myself.

I have a very specific skill set.

I didn't care who I used it for, or on.

I got on S.H.I.E.L.D.'s radar in a bad way.

Agent Barton was sent to kill me.

He made a different call.

[LOKI] And what will you
do if I vow to spare him?

Not let you out.

No, but I like this.

Your world in the balance,
and you bargain for one man.

[ROMANOFF] Regimes fall every day.

I tend not to weep over that. I'm Russian.

Or I was.

And what are you now?

It's really not that complicated.

I got red in my ledger,
I'd like to wipe it out.

[LOKI] Can you?

Can you wipe out that much red?

Dreykov's daughter,

São Paulo,

the hospital fire?

Barton told me everything.

Your ledger is dripping.
It's gushing red...

and you think saving a man
no more virtuous than yourself...

will change anything?

This is the basest sentimentality.

This is a child at prayer.

Pathetic!

You lie and kill...

in the service of liars and killers.

You pretend to be separate,
to have your own code,

something that makes up for the horrors.

But they are part of you.

And they will never go away.

I won't touch Barton, not
until I make him kill you.

Slowly, intimately,

in every way he knows you fear.

And then he'll wake just long
enough to see his good work...

and when he screams, I'll split his skull.

This is my bargain, you mewling quim.

[SNIFFLING]

[ROMANOFF] You're a monster.

[CHUCKLING]

[LOKI] Oh, no.

You brought the monster.

[ROMANOFF] So, Banner.

That's your play.

What?

Loki means to unleash the Hulk.

Keep Banner in the lab. I'm on my way.

Send Thor as well.

Thank you...

for your cooperation.

[FURY] What are you doing, Mr. Stark?

Uh, kind of been wondering
the same thing about you.

You're supposed to be
locating the Tesseract.

[BANNER] We are. The model's locked...

and we're sweeping for the signature now.

When we get a hit,

we'll have the location within half a mile.

Yeah, then you get your
Cube back. No muss, no fuss.

[STARK] What is Phase 2?

[ROGERS] Phase 2 is S.H.I.E.L.D.
uses the Cube to make weapons.

Sorry, computer was
moving a little slow for me.

[FURY] Rogers, we gathered
everything related to the Tesseract.

This does not mean that we're making...

[STARK] I'm sorry, Nick.

What were you lying?

[ROGERS] I was wrong, Director.

The world hasn't changed a bit.

[BANNER] Did you know about this?

You want to think about
removing yourself...

from this environment, Doctor?

I was in Calcutta. I
was pretty well removed.

Loki is manipulating you.

And you've been doing what, exactly?

You didn't come here because
I bat my eyelashes at you.

Yes, and I'm not leaving...

because suddenly you get a little twitchy.

I'd like to know why S.H.I.E.L.D...

is using the Tesseract to build
weapons of mass destruction.

[FURY] Because of him.

Me?

Last year, Earth had a
visitor from another planet...

who had a grudge match
that levelled a small town.

We learned that not
only are we not alone...

but we are hopelessly,
hilariously, outgunned.

[THOR] My people want nothing
but peace with your planet.

But you're not the only
people out there, are you?

And you're not the only threat.

The world's filling up with
people who can't be matched,

that can't be controlled.

[ROGERS] Like you controlled the Cube?

[THOR] Your work with the Tesseract...

is what drew Loki to it, and his allies.

It is a signal to all the realms...

that the Earth is ready
for a higher form of war.

A higher form?

You forced our hand.

We had to come up with something.

[STARK] A nuclear deterrent.

Because that always
calms everything right down.

Remind me again how you
made your fortune, Stark.

[ROGERS] I'm sure if he still made
weapons, Stark would be neck-deep...

[STARK] Hold on. How is this now about me?

I'm sorry, isn't everything?

[THOR] I thought humans
were more evolved than this.

[FURY] Excuse me, did we come
to your planet and blow stuff up?

You treat your champions
with such mistrust.

[ROMANOFF] Are you boys really that naive?

S.H.I.E.L.D. monitors potential threats.

[BANNER] Captain America's on threat watch?

[ROMANOFF] We all are.

[STARK] Wait, you're on that list?

Are you above or below angry bees?

[ROGERS] Stark, so help me God,
if you make one more wisecrack...

[STARK] Threat! Verbal
threat. I feel threatened.

- [ROGERS] Show some respect.
- [STARK] Respect what?

[ALL ARGUING INDISTINCTLY]

FEMALE AGENT [ON
RADIO]: Transport Six-Six-Bravo,

please relay confirm codes.

I've got you on the computer,
but not on the day log.

What is your haul? Over.

[PILOT] Arms and ammunition. Over.

[THOR] You speak of
control, yet you court chaos.

[BANNER] That's his M.O, isn't it?

No, I mean, what are we, a team?

No, we're a chemical
mixture that makes chaos.

We're a time bomb.

[FURY] You need to step away.

[STARK] Why shouldn't
the guy let off a little steam?

[ROGERS] You know damn well why. Back off!

I'm starting to want you to make me.

Yeah. Big man in a suit of armour.

Take that off, what are you?

[STARK] Genius, billionaire,
playboy, philanthropist.

[ROGERS] I know guys with
none of that worth ten of you.

I've seen the footage.

The only thing you
really fight for is yourself.

You're not the guy to
make the sacrifice play,

to lay down on a wire and let
the other guy crawl over you.

[STARK] I think I would just cut the wire.

[ROGERS] Always a way out.

You know, you may not be a threat...

but you better stop
pretending to be a hero.

[STARK] A hero? Like you?

You're a laboratory experiment, Rogers.

Everything special about
you came out of a bottle.

[BEEPING]

[ROGERS] Put on the
suit. Let's go a few rounds.

[THOR LAUGHING]

[THOR] You people are so petty and tiny.

[BANNER] Yeah, this is a team.

[FURY] Agent Romanoff, would you escort...

Dr. Banner back to his...

[BANNER] Where? You rented my room.

The cell was just in case...

In case you needed to kill me.

But you can't. I know, I tried.

I got low. I didn't see an end.

So, I put a bullet in my mouth,
and the other guy spit it out.

So I moved on.

I focused on helping
other people. I was good.

Until you dragged me
back into this freak show...

and put everyone here at risk.

You want to know my secret, Agent Romanoff?

You want to know how I stay calm?

[ROGERS] Dr. Banner,

put down the sceptre.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

Got it.

Sorry, kids,

you don't get to see
my party trick after all.

You located the Tesseract?

[STARK] I could get there fastest.

[THOR] The Tesseract belongs on
Asgard. No human is a match for it.

- You're not going alone.
- You're gonna stop me?

[ROGERS] Put on the suit, let's find out.

I'm not afraid to hit an old man.

Put on the suit.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

Oh, my God.

[BOTH GRUNT]

Put on the suit.

Yeah.

[ALL CLAMOURING]

[AGENT ON PA] All hands to stations.

[PANTING]

- Hill!
- [HILL] External detonation.

Number three engine is down.

[AGENT] We've been hit.

- Can they get it running?
- [AGENT] Fire in engine three!

Talk to me.

Turbine looks mostly intact...

but it's impossible to get
out there to make repairs...

while we're in the air.

[HILL] If we lose one
more engine, we won't be.

Somebody's got to get
outside and patch that engine.

- Stark, you copy that?
- [STARK] I'm on it.

Coulson, initiate defensive
lockdown in the detention section...

then get to the armoury.

Romanoff?

[GRUNTING]

We're okay.

[STRAINED PANTING]

We're okay, right?

- Keep that engine down!
- Yes, sir.

Detention, wait for cameras to go dark.

- Got it.
- Stay close.

[AGENT] Let's go, Level 4.

- Engine three.
- I'll meet you there.

[POWERING UP]

[BANNER GROANING]

[ROMANOFF] Doctor?

[BANNER GROANS LOUDLY]

Bruce?

You got to fight it. This
is just what Loki wants.

We're going to be okay. Listen to me.

Are you hurt?

We're going to be okay. All right?

I swear on my life, I
will get you out of this.

You will walk away and never ever...

[IN MONSTROUS VOICE] Your life?

[PANTING AND GROANING]

[GROANING LOUDLY]

Bruce.

[INHUMAN GROANING]

[ROARING]

[GRUNTING]

[SNARLS]

[GRUNTS ROARS]

[HULK ROARING]

Bring the carrier about
to a 1-8-0, heading south!

- Take us to the water!
- We're flying blind.

Navigation's recalibrating
after the engine failure.

[FURY] Is the sun coming up?

- Yes, sir.
- Then put it on the left.

Get us over water.

One more turbine goes down, and we drop.

[AGENTS YELLING]

[GRUNTS] Thanks.

[ROGERS] Stark!

Stark, I'm here!

[STARK] Good.

Let's see what we've got.

I got to get this
superconducting coolant system...

back online...

before I can access the rotors,

work on dislodging the debris.

I need you to get to that
engine control panel...

and tell me which relays
are in overload position.

[GRUNTING]

What does it look like in there?

It seems to run on
some form of electricity.

Well, you're not wrong.

[HEAVY FOOTSTEPS THUDDING]

[ROARING]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

[SNORTING]

[ROARING]

[SNARLS]

[THOR] We are not your enemies, Banner.

Try to think! [SCOFFS]

[REPULSOR RAYS FIRING]

[ROGERS] Okay, the relays are intact.

What's our next move?

[STARK] Even if I clear the rotors,

this thing won't re-engage without a jump.

I'm going to have to get in there and push.

If that thing gets up to
speed, you'll get shredded.

That stator control unit
can reverse the polarity...

long enough to disengage
Maglev and that could...

[ROGERS] Speak English!

You see that red lever?

It will slow the rotors down
long enough for me to get out.

Stand by it. Wait for my word.

[GRUNTING]

[HULK ROARING]

[GROWLS]

[GRUNTS]

[STRAINING]

[YELLS]

We need full evac on the lower hangar bay.

Grenade!

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

[AGENT ON PA] We've
got a perimeter breach!

Hostiles are in S.H.I.E.L.D. gear.

Call-outs at every junction.

[HULK SNARLS]

We have the Hulk and
Thor on Research Level 4.

Levels 2 and 3 are dark.

[HILL] Sir, the Hulk
will tear this place apart!

Get his attention.

Escort 6-0, proceed to
Wishbone and engage hostile.

Don't get too close.

[PILOT] Copy.

Target acquired.

[HULK SNARLING THOR GROANING]

Target engaged.

[ROARING]

Target angry, target angry!

[HULK GROANING]

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[MACHINE GUN FIRING]

[GROANS]

They're not getting through
here, so what the hell...

[SCREAMING]

[AGENTS CLAMOURING]

[POWERING DOWN]

[AGENT ON PA] Engine
one is now in shut-down.

[AGENTS CLAMOURING]

AGENT 1: We are in an uncontrolled descent.

AGENT 2: Sir, we've lost
all power in engine one.

[FURY] It's Barton. He
took out our systems.

He's headed for the detention level.

Does anybody copy?

This is Agent Romanoff.

I copy.

[FURY] Stark, we're losing altitude.

Yeah, I noticed.

[GRUNTS]

No!

[LOKI] Are you ever
not going to fall for that?

[AGENTS CLAMOURING IN DISTANCE]

[GRUNTS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS GROANS]

[YELLS]

[LOKI] The humans think us immortal.

Should we test that?

[GUARD GRUNTING]

[COULSON] Move away, please.

You like this?

We started working on the
prototype after you sent the Destroyer.

Even I don't know what it does.

[POWERING UP]
Do you want to find out?

[GROANS]

No!

[AIR WHOOSHING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[GROANS IN PAIN]

[BOTH STRAINING]

[YELLING]

[GROANING]

Natasha?

[GROANING]

[YELLS]

[GROANING]

[COULSON] You're going to lose.

Am I?

- It's in your nature.
- Hmm.

[LOKI] Your heroes are scattered.

Your floating fortress falls from the sky.

Where is my disadvantage?

You lack conviction.

I don't think I'm...

[CRIES OUT]

So, that's what it does.

[AGENTS CLAMOURING]

[AGENT ON PA] All hands
to crash stations immediately.

[YELLING]

Cap, hit the lever.

[ROGERS] I need a minute here!

Lever.

Now!

Uh-oh.

Help!

[GROANS]

[YELLS]

[GROANS]

[SIGHS]

[COULSON] Sorry, boss.

The god rabbited.

[FURY] Just stay awake.

Eyes on me.

No, I'm clocking out here.

Not an option.

It's okay, boss.

This was never gonna work...

if they didn't have something...

to...

[FURY] Agent Coulson is down.

[AGENT] A medical team is
on its way to your location.

[FURY] They're here.

They called it.

These were in Phil Coulson's jacket.

I guess he never did get you to sign them.

We're dead in the air up here.

Our communications,
the location of the Cube,

Banner, Thor,

I got nothing for you.

I lost my one good eye.

Maybe I had that coming.

Yes,

we were going to build an
arsenal with the Tesseract.

I never put all my chips
on that number, though...

because I was playing
something even riskier.

There was an idea. Stark knows this,

called the Avengers Initiative.

The idea was to bring together a group...

of remarkable people...

to see if they could become something more.

To see if they could work
together when we needed them to,

to fight the battles that we never could.

Phil Coulson died still
believing in that idea.

In heroes.

Well,

it's an old-fashioned notion.

SECURITY GUARD: You fell out of the sky.

[GROANS]

[BANNER] Did I hurt anybody?

There's nobody around here to get hurt.

You did scare the hell out
of some pigeons, though.

Lucky.

Or just good aim.

You were awake when you fell.

- You saw?
- The whole thing.

Right through the ceiling.

Big and green and buck-ass nude.

Here.

Didn't think those would fit
you until you shrunk down...

to a regular-size, feller.

Thank you.

Are you an alien?

What?

From outer space, an alien.

No.

Well, then, son, you've got a condition.

[GROANS]

Clint. You're going to be all right.

You know that?

[CHUCKLES]

Is that what you know?

I've got no window.

I have to flush him out.

[ROMANOFF] You got to
level out. It's going to take time.

You don't understand.

Have you ever had someone
take your brain and play?

Pull you out and stuff something else in?

Do you know what it's like to be unmade?

You know that I do.

Why am I back?

How did you get him out?

Cognitive recalibration.

I hit you really hard on the head.

Thanks.

Natasha...

How many agents did I...

Don't.

Don't do that to yourself, Clint.

This is Loki.

This is monsters and magic,

and nothing we were ever trained for.

Loki, did he get away?

Yeah.

I don't suppose you know where.

I didn't need to know.

I didn't ask.

He's going to make his play soon, though.

Today.

We got to stop him.

Yeah? Who's we?

I don't know. Whoever's left.

[BARTON] Well,

if I put an arrow through
Loki's eye socket,

I would sleep better, I suppose.

[ROMANOFF] Now you sound like you.

[BARTON] But you don't.

You're a spy, not a soldier.

Now you want to wade into a war. Why?

What did Loki do to you?

He didn't. I just...

Natasha.

I've been compromised.

I got red in my ledger.

I would like to wipe it out.

Was he married?

No.

There was a cellist, I think.

I'm sorry.

He seemed like a good man.

[STARK] He was an idiot.

Why? For believing?

For taking on Loki alone.

He was doing his job.

[SCOFFS] He was out of his
league. He should have waited.

He should have...

[ROGERS] Sometimes
there isn't a way out, Tony.

Right, I've heard that before.

Is this the first time you lost a soldier?

[STARK] We are not soldiers.

I'm not marching to Fury's fife.

Neither am I.

He's got the same blood
on his hands that Loki does.

But right now, we got
to put that behind us...

and get this done.

[ROGERS] Loki needs a power source.

If we can put together a list...

[STARK] He made it personal.

That's not the point.

[STARK] That is the
point. That's Loki's point.

He hit us all right where we live. Why?

To tear us apart.

[STARK] Yeah, divide
and conquer is great...

but he knows he has to
take us out to win, right?

That's what he wants.

He wants to beat us, he
wants to be seen doing it.

He wants an audience.

Right. I caught his act in Stuttgart.

Yeah, that was just
previews. This is opening night.

And Loki, he's a full-tilt diva, right?

He wants flowers, he wants parades.

He wants a monument built to
the skies with his name plastered...

Son of a bitch.

[ROGERS] Time to go.

- Go where?
- I'll tell you on the way.

Can you fly one of those jets?

[BARTON] I can.

You got a suit?

Yeah.

Then suit up.

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[POWERING UP]

Hey, you guys aren't
authorized to be in here.

Son, just don't.

Sir.

Agent Hill.

[HILL] Those cards,

they were in Coulson's
locker, not in his jacket.

They needed the push.

[AGENT ON PA] We have an
unauthorized departure from Bay 6.

[FURY] They found him.

Get our communications back
up, whatever you have to do.

- I want eyes on everything.
- Yes, sir.

[ENERGY CRACKLING]

[JARVIS] Sir, I've turned
off the arc reactor...

but the device is already self-sustaining.

[STARK] Shut it down, Dr. Selvig.

[SELVIG] It's too late!

She can't stop now.

She wants to show us something!

A new universe.

Okay.

[CROWD GASPING]

[JARVIS] The barrier is pure energy.

It's unbreachable.

[STARK] Yeah, I got that.

Plan B.

[JARVIS] Sir, the Mark 7
is not ready for deployment.

[STARK] Then skip the
spinning rims. We're on the clock.

[LOKI] Please tell me you're
going to appeal to my humanity.

[STARK] Actually, I'm
planning to threaten you.

You should have left
your armour on for that.

Yeah.

It's seen a bit of mileage,

and you've got the glow stick of destiny.

Would you like a drink?

[LOKI] Stalling me won't change anything.

No, no. Threatening.

No drink? Are you sure?

I'm having one.

[LOKI] The Chitauri are
coming. Nothing will change that.

What have I to fear?

[STARK] The Avengers.

That's what we call ourselves.
We're sort of like a team.

Earth's mightiest heroes type thing.

Yes, I've met them.

Yeah.

[STARK] It takes us a
while to get any traction,

I'll give you that one.

But let's do a head count, here.

Your brother, the demigod,

a super soldier, a living legend
who kind of lives up to the legend.

A man with breathtaking
anger-management issues,

a couple of master
assassins, and you, big fella,

you've managed to piss
off every single one of them.

[LOKI] That was the plan.

Not a great plan.

When they come,

and they will,

they'll come for you.

[LOKI] I have an army.

[STARK] We have a Hulk.

[LOKI] I thought the
beast had wandered off.

[STARK] You're missing
the point. There is no throne.

There is no version of this
where you come out on top.

Maybe your army comes
and maybe it's too much for us,

but it's all on you.

Because if we can't protect the Earth,

you can be damn well sure we'll avenge it.

[LOKI] How will your
friends have time for me...

when they are so busy fighting you?

This usually works.

[STARK] Well, performance
issues, it's not uncommon.

One out of five... [GRUNTS]

Jarvis, anytime now.

[LOKI] You will all fall before me.

Deploy!

Deploy!

[SCREAMS]

[THRUSTERS FIRING]
[CROWD GASPING]

[STARK] And there's one
other person you pissed off.

His name was Phil.

[GROANING]

Right.

Army.

[SCREECHING]

[CROWD GASPING IN ASTONISHMENT]

[CROWD CLAMOURING]

[PANICKED SCREAMING]

[LASERS FIRING]

[PANTING]

[THOR] Loki!

Turn off the Tesseract, or I'll destroy it.

[LOKI] You can't.

There is no stopping it.

There is only...

the war.

[THOR] So be it.

[YELLING GRUNTING]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMING]

[SIRENS WAILING]

[ROMANOFF] Stark, we're on
your three, headed Northeast.

What? Did you stop for drive-through?

Swing up Park. I'm going
to lay them out for you.

[GRUNTS]

[RAIL GUN FIRING]

[JARVIS] Sir, we have more incoming.

Fine. Let's keep them occupied.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

- Nat?
- I see him.

[GRUNTS GROANS]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

[GROANING]

[CLAMOURING]

[ROGERS] We got to get back up there.

[LOUD MECHANICAL GROWL]

[ROARING]

[WORKERS CLAMOURING]

Stark, are you seeing this?

[STARK] Seeing. Still working on believing.

Where's Banner? Has he shown up yet?

[ROGERS] Banner?

Just keep me posted.

Jarvis, find me a soft spot.

[THOR] Look at this!

Look around you!

You think this madness
will end with your rule?

[LOKI] It's too late.

It's too late to stop it.

No. We can, together.

[GROANS]

Sentiment.

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

We've got civilians still trapped up here.

[ROGERS] Loki.

[SCREAMING]

They're fish in a barrel down there.

We got this. It's good. Go.

Do you think you can hold them off?

[BARTON] Captain,

it would be my genuine pleasure.

[CIVILIANS CLAMOURING]

[PANICKED SCREAMING]

[ROMANOFF] Just like
Budapest all over again.

[BARTON] You and I remember
Budapest very differently.

[POLICEMAN 1] It's going to be an hour...

before they can scramble
the National Guard.

National Guard?

[POLICEMAN 2] Does the army
know what's happening here?

Do we?

[ROGERS] You need men in these buildings.

There are people inside and
they're going to be running...

right into the line of fire.

You take them to the
basements or through the subway.

You keep them off the streets.

I need a perimeter as far back as 39th.

Why the hell should I take orders from you?

I need men in those buildings.

Lead the people down
and away from the streets.

We're going to set up a perimeter
all the way down to 39th Street.

[CLAMOURING]

Well, we got its attention.

What the hell was step two?

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

[SNARLING GROANS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[ROGERS] What's the story upstairs?

[THOR] The power surrounding
the Cube is impenetrable.

[STARK] Thor's right. We
got to deal with these guys.

- How do we do this?
- As a team.

I have unfinished business with Loki.

Yeah? Well, get in line.

[ROGERS] Save it.

Loki's going to keep
this fight focused on us,

and that's what we need.

Without him, these things could run wild.

We got Stark up top.
He's going to need us to...

[MOTORCYCLE APPROACHING]

[BANNER] So, this all seems horrible.

[ROMANOFF] I've seen worse.

[BANNER] Sorry.

[ROMANOFF] No, we could use a little worse.

- Stark, we got him.
- [STARK] Banner?

Just like you said.

Then tell him to suit up.
I'm bringing the party to you.

[SNARLS]

[ROMANOFF] I don't see how that's a party.

[ROGERS] Dr. Banner.

Now might be a really good
time for you to get angry.

[BANNER] That's my secret, Cap.

I'm always angry.

[STARK] Hold on!

[SCREECHING]

[SNARLING]

[ROARS]

[LOKI] Send the rest.

[ROMANOFF] Guys.

[STARK] Call it, Captain.

[ROGERS] All right, listen up.

Until we can close that portal,
our priority is containment.

Barton, I want you on that roof.

Eyes on everything. Call
out patterns and strays.

Stark, you got the perimeter.

Anything gets more than three blocks out,

you turn it back or you turn it to ash.

- Can you give me a lift?
- Right.

Better clench up, Legolas.

Thor, you got to try and
bottleneck that portal.

Slow them down.

You got the lightning.
Light the bastards up.

You and me, we stay here on the ground.

We keep the fighting here.

And Hulk...

[SNARLS]

Smash.

[ROARS]

[THUNDER RUMBLING]
[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[YELLS]

[CHATTER FROM NEWS REPORTS OVERLAPPING]

Sir.

[HILL] The Council is on.

[BARTON] Stark, you got a
lot of strays sniffing your tail.

I'm just trying to keep
them off the streets.

Well, they can't bank worth a damn.

So find a tight corner.

I will roger that.

Oh, boy.

Nice call.

What else you got?

[BARTON] Thor is taking
on a squadron down on Sixth.

And he didn't invite me.

[WORKERS GASPING]

[SCREAMING]

[WORKERS SCREAMING]

[GRUNTING]

[ROMANOFF] Captain, none of
this is going to mean a damn thing...

if we don't close that portal.

[ROGERS] Our biggest
guns couldn't touch it.

Well, maybe it's not about guns.

If you want to get up there,
you're going to need a ride.

[ROMANOFF] I got a ride.

I could use a boost, though.

Are you sure about this?

Yeah. It's gonna be fun.

[GRUNTING]

Okay, turn, turn.

Less! Less!

[THOR GRUNTING]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

[GASPING]

[CIVILIANS SCREAMING]

[SOLDIERS DIRECTING CIVILIANS]

[GRUNTING]

[BARTON] Captain, the
bank on 42nd past Madison.

They've cornered a
lot of civilians in there.

I'm on it.

[PANICKED WHISPERING]

[ACTIVATES]

[BEEPING]

[ALL GASP]

Everyone! Clear out!

[STRAINING]

[BEEPING INCREASES TEMPO]

[COUNCIL WOMAN] Director Fury,

the Council has made a decision.

[FURY] I recognize the
Council has made a decision.

But given that it's a stupid-ass decision,

I have elected to ignore it.

Director, you're closer
than any of our subs.

You scramble that jet...

That is the island of
Manhattan, Councilman.

Until I'm certain my team can't hold it,

I will not order a nuclear strike...

against a civilian population.

If we don't hold them
here, we lose everything.

If I send that bird out, we already have.

Oh, you.

Hawkeye!

[BARTON] Nat, what are you doing?

A little help?

I got him.

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[ROARS]

[GROANS]

[LOKI] Enough!

You are, all of you, beneath me!

I am a god, you dull creature.

And I will not be bullied by...

[HULK] Puny god.

[WHIMPERS]

[SELVIG] The sceptre...

Doctor.

Loki's sceptre. The energy.

The Tesseract can't fight,

but you can't protect against yourself.

It's not your fault.

You didn't know what you were doing.

Actually, I think I did.

I built in a safety to
cut their power source.

Loki's sceptre.

It may be able to close the portal.

And I'm looking right at it.

[GRUNTING]

[JARVIS] Sir, we will lose power
before we penetrate that shell.

[STARK] Jarvis, you ever
hear the tale of Jonah?

[JARVIS] I wouldn't
consider him a role model.

[YELLS]

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

[CRIES OUT IN PAIN]

[GROWLS]

[ROARING]

[COUNCIL WOMAN] Director
Fury is no longer in command.

Override order 7-Alpha-1-1.

[PILOT] 7-Alpha-1-1,
confirmed. We're go for take off.

[HILL] Sir, we have a bird in motion!

Anyone on the deck, we have a rogue bird.

We need to shut it down!

Repeat, take off is not authorized.

Stark, do you hear me?

You have a missile
headed straight for the city.

[STARK] How long?

[FURY] Three minutes, max.

The payload will wipe out Midtown.

[STARK] Jarvis, put everything
we got into the thrusters.

[JARVIS] I just did.

[PILOT] Package is sent.

Detonation in 2 minutes, 30 seconds, mark.

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING HAMMER CLANGING]

Are you ready for another bout?

What, are you getting sleepy?

Right at the crown!

[ROMANOFF] I can close it.

Can anybody copy?

I can shut the portal down.

- Do it!
- [STARK] No, wait.

Stark, these things are still coming.

[STARK] I got a nuke coming in.

It's gonna blow in less than a minute.

And I know just where to put it.

[ROGERS] Stark, you
know that's a one-way trip.

[STARK] Save the rest for the turn, J.

[JARVIS] Sir, shall I try Miss Potts?

[STARK] Might as well.

[REPORTER] The streets of New York City...

have become a battleground.

The Army is here trying
to contain the violence...

but clearly, it is outmatched.
[PHONE VIBRATING]

And I have to say, in
all my years of reporting,

I have never seen anything like this.

We have limited information on the team...

but we do know that billionaire
Tony Stark's Iron Man...

[EXERTIVE GRUNT]

[ALL CHEERING]

[JARVIS POWERING DOWN]

[CHITAURI POWERING DOWN]

Come on, Stark.

[MUFFLED EXPLOSION]

[ROGERS] Close it.

Son of a gun.

[THOR] He's not slowing down.

Is he breathing?

[ROARS GASPS]

[ROARS]

[STARK] What the hell?

What just happened?

Please tell me nobody kissed me.

[ROGERS] We won.

[SIGHS]

All right, yay!

Hurray. Good job, guys.

Let's just not come in
tomorrow. Let's just take a day.

Have you ever tried shawarma?

There's a shawarma joint
about two blocks from here.

I don't know what it
is, but I want to try it.

[THOR] We're not finished yet.

[STARK] And then shawarma after.

[GROANING]

[LOKI] If it's all the same to you,

I'll have that drink now.

Despite the devastation of
what has been confirmed...

as an extraterrestrial attack,

the extraordinary heroics...

of the group known as the Avengers...

has been to many a
cause not only for comfort,

but for celebration.

It's just really great
knowing they're out there.

That someone is watching over us.

I love you, Thor!

And then these guys were like...
[MIMICS LASERS]

And then the air goes...
[MIMICS EXPLOSION]

And this green guy walks up and he goes...
[ROARS]

I don't know.

I don't exactly feel safer
with those things out there.

It just seems that there's
a lot they're not telling us.

STAN-LEE: Superheroes in
New York? Give me a break.

These so-called heroes...

have to be held responsible...

for the destruction done to this city.

This was their fight. Where are they now?

[REPORTER] Tough
questions are being asked...

about the Avengers themselves.

Their sudden appearance...

and equally sudden disappearance...

WOMAN: What, this is
all somehow their fault?

Captain America saved my life.

Wherever he is, and
wherever any of them are,

I would just...

I would want to say thank you.

Where are the Avengers?

I'm not currently tracking
their whereabouts.

I'd say they've earned a leave of absence.

[COUNCIL WOMAN] And the Tesseract?

[FURY] The Tesseract is where it belongs.

Out of our reach.

[COUNCIL MAN 1] That's not your call.

I didn't make it.

I just didn't argue with the god that did.

[COUNCIL MAN 1] So, you let him take it...

and the war criminal, Loki,

who should be answering for his crime.

[FURY] Oh, I think he will be.

[COUNCIL WOMAN] I don't think
you understand what you've started,

letting the Avengers loose on this world.

They're dangerous.

[FURY] They surely are,
and the whole world knows it.

Every world knows it.

Was that the point of all this?

A statement?

[FURY] A promise.

[HILL] Sir, how does it work now?

They've gone their separate ways.

Some, pretty extremely far.

If we get into a situation like this again,

what happens then?

They'll come back.

[HILL] Are you really sure about that?

[FURY] I am.

Why?

Because we'll need them to.

[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC PLAYING]

[THE OTHER] Humans.

They are not the cowering
wretches we were promised.

They stand.

They are unruly, and
therefore cannot be ruled.

To challenge them...

is to court death.