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That area's off limits. It's got to be a Russian sub.

The readings aren't typical of their nuclear vessels, sir.

Something weird is going on.

ADMIRAL: Hmm.

Try to make contact! They might be in trouble.

KARKOV: Intruder aboard. Dead ahead. Inside.

Open the hatch.

What's that? A woman?

Get them up, honey.

Nighty-night.

(LAUGHS SINISTERLY)

HYPNOTIA: One year from now, you will become an army of living dead

to serve The Mandarin.

Hasta la vista, Boris. Sorry to hypnotize and run.

I'm out of here.

Stop fighting it, Tony. Come on, work into the pain. Push, Tony! Harder!

Boy, is that all you've got?

(EXHALES)

Didn't anyone ever tell you you're hard to resist?

Never try to snow your physical therapist.

Now, good, lean on me, point your toes and kick like crazy!

- Come on, Tony, faster! - JIM: Whoa, man!

My job description didn't say anything about getting spritzed by the boss.

March 11 th, 3:00 P.M. Hyper Tech seminar, remember?

TONY: I should give you a raise

for getting me out of this torture chamber, Jim.

(ALARM WAILING)

What is that?

TONY: It's a Code Ten alarm!

Hang on!

(SCREAMS)

WHIRLWIND: Come to papa.

Your hand, Whirlwind! Up, Knightwing!

Whirlwind and Dreadknight!

Veronica!

TONY: All right, but she could have been killed.

They tried to break into the Armory but they tripped all the alarms.

A direct assault on the Armory in broad daylight?

That isn't The Mandarin's usual style.

Secure the area and clean up. We don't want this leaking to the press.

- SPIDER WOMAN: I'm on it. - Double Armory security.

If The Mandarin gets the secret for my armor for his army,

no one will be able to stop him.

They come!

Quickly.

WHIRLWIND: They'll never miss one microchip

when so many were destroyed in the fire.

Yes.

(LAUGHS)

This enables me to synchronize

with the device Hypnotia planted on the submarine.

The fools think your raid was a failure,

but in exactly one year,

I shall have the means to destroy Iron Man.

That's a long time to wait for vengeance, Mandarin.

I'd wait for eternity to crush the only one who stands

between me and world domination!

JIM: It's been nearly a year since The Mandarin bombed out

trying to get in here. Think he's lost interest?

No way. It's not like him to give up after one attempt.

Admiral Harold Younger, Tone. He's got a job for Stark Enterprises.

Mr. Stark. The White House wants you in on Operation Prometheus.

(O VER RADIO) On March 11 last year, the Prometheus, a Russian nuclear sub,

vanished off the coast of Norway.

Our task force just pinpointed an area off the coast of Scotland

where we think the tides took her.

Mr. Stark, whatever is in that sub

may have the power to destroy life on Earth.

A crewman on a British frigate was taping his shipmates

just as this tanker passed somewhere over the Prometheus.

It's as you feared. They know.

I fear nothing, Hypnotia,

but Tony Stark shall not ruin our master plan.

I must inform The Mandarin at once.

What about my ride, you horrible little troll?

THE MANDARIN: You did well to inform me, Modok.

Almost time.

Now nothing will interfere with our rendezvous with destiny!

Tell that to Iron Man! Tony Stark is sure to send him to investigate.

Then we must be sure he has company.

Dreadknight! Blacklash!

Grey Gargoyle! Whirlwind!

Blizzard!

I have a mission for you. But first,

come forward, Blizzard.

What's the problem? I've been loyal!

Loyal, yes.

Intelligent, no!

(BLIZZARD YELLS)

When you carelessly created a Fast Freeze to cool your drink,

you killed my begonias!

Unforgivable!

But I shall spare you, because I am merciful.

Now go to the garden and start fertilizing!

(SHUDDERING)

As you command.

On to the submarine Prometheus!

You shall provide a suitable welcome for our iron-domed friend!

Nothing can stop The Mandarin!

The Prometheus vanished March 11,

the same day The Mandarin hit the Armory.

You need to change to Undersea Armor when you get there.

Now how are you gonna handle that alone?

IRON MAN: I won't be alone. Meet IRVING!

JIM: Irving? Irving who?

My new invention. IRVING stands for

In-flight Refit Vehicle with Interactive Neuromimetic Gear. L-R-V-l-N-G.

Powering up!

- I still don't like it, Tone. - Thrusters on. Lift-off!

Onboard navigation locked on destination,

and I'm avoiding civilian and military air corridors.

Activating video.

JIM ON RADIO: You're coming in loud and clear.

IRON MAN: Piece of cake, Jimbo.

This is Reginald Dimpton at the British end of the new Hammer Tunnel

which will link England to Belgium.

And now, the man who built this engineering marvel...

- Where's Iron Man? - Put Iron Man back on!

- Who's messing with the remote? - SCARLET WITCH: Where is he?

Take it easy. I was just looking for a ball game.

- ... Justin Hammer. - Thank you, Reg.

I'll cut the ribbon, officially opening my tunnel,

when Big Ben strikes high noon.

We now return you to our regular programming.

What's the story, I. M?

IRON MAN: I'm off the Scottish coast.

Readings indicate the Prometheus is 81.3 fathoms below target scan.

Changing to Undersea Armor.

Now, IRVING.

Now let's find Prometheus!

After you, IRVING.

(BEEPING)

Coordinates established. Looks like IRVING's picked up the scent.

I'm getting unusually strong energy readings, but they aren't nuclear.

In fact, they seem to be some new form of energy.

Looks peaceful enough. No sensor warnings. And yet...

It's probably just this ghoulish setting that's making me jumpy.

(BEEPING)

THE MANDARIN: Closer. Just a little closer.

Good-bye, Rust Bucket!

Ambush! Armor up!

War Machine!

Iron Man needs us. Now, Century!

By the power of my battle staff, I bend time and space.

Fan out and find him!

I have anticipated everything, as usual.

I have summoned the alien dragon Fin Fang Foom!

(LAUGHING)

Satisfactory.

WAR MACHINE: My echo scanner says Iron Man just took a laser hit

and the cyber feedback reached his brain!

If we don't find him fast, his mind will incinerate.

Fin Fang Foom!

Iron Man!

Century! Secure the perimeter and prepare for an enemy attack!

We've got to get him back to the Armory.

- How you feeling? - (GRUNTS) Lousy.

I think I've almost figured something out.

It was no problem until Fin Fang Foom

played Fangs for the Memory on my cranium.

JIM: But none of the bad guys were around when we showed up.

TON Y: The Mandarin only brings the dragon in on big deals.

Why would he do that and then call him off?

JIM: Like, first they wanted to bust

your chops for checking out the sub,

and later they could care less.

Jim! "First" and "later."

"First" and "later" define time!

Something had to be happening aboard the Prometheus.

When its time was up, The Mandarin no longer had a reason to defend it!

March 11. There has to be a link to this date. But what?

IRVING! I wondered what happened to you.

That's it! Way to go, IRVING!

Now I know what this is all about!

If I'm right, we haven't a minute to spare!

- But you need rest... - Later, Jim!

Now is the time for Iron Man!

And it's high noon here in London

as the world waits eagerly for the opening of Hammer Tunnel.

The sequence is complete. The world shall be mine!

This activates the sleeping crew of the submarine.

Awake, my children. Awake!

The time has come to serve your master. Now!

MODOK: It took a year to transform the Russian sailors

into unstoppable radioactive zombies.

(MODOK LAUGHIN G)

- Serve master. - ZOMBIES: Serve master.

- Serve master. - Serve master.

- Serve master. - Serve master.

IRON MAN: The Mandarin arranged for the sinking

of the Prometheus a year ago

and planted some sort of bio-conversion device.

It extracted radical iodine ions from sea water

and radioactively bonded them to the normal body cells of the sailors.

It took twelve months to transform them into zombie warriors.

- Shouldn't you cut the ribbon? - Yes.

That would be a very good idea.

IRON MAN: If The Mandarin's zombies get loose,

their radioactivity will contaminate millions,

and give The Mandarin a vast slave army of the undead.

But that's not going to happen.

HAMMER: No! It's not possible!

Iron Man is here!

- Serve master. - ZOMBIES: Serve master.

- Serve master. - Serve master.

- Serve master. - Serve master.

- Serve master. - Serve master.

- Serve master. - Serve master.

This is no way to treat a lady, my pumpkin.

Especially your friend.

Here, that's too heavy for you.

IRON MAN: I've got an idea! Life support,

adapt for short-term underwater capability!

THE MANDARIN: A year of planning destroyed!

- You'll pay for your bungling! - I haven't failed yet!

I've called in the most powerful and destructive cyber-organism

in the universe. Once unleashed, his ferocity and strength are unstoppable!

(STUTTERS) You don't mean...

(LAUGHING)

- Not... - MODOK: Yes!

IRON MAN: Titanium Man! I thought we finished him off at Magnitogorsk!

WAR MACHINE: If we don't stop him... IRON MAN: We must stop him!

It's time to iron things out!

Quick! Before his servo-stabilizers reset!

(IRON MAN GRUNTS)

Nothing like asphalt for gift-wrapping.

I think we better mark this package "Do not open until Christmas

"in the year 3000."

Now!

- Well, I guess that wraps things up. - One thing more.

The Russian sailors were innocent victims of The Mandarin's scheme.

They must be redeemed. Let their lives be as they were

before they served aboard the Prometheus,

so justice is satisfied.

No.

No!

No!

THE MANDARIN: I'll be back.