Building the Dream: Assembling the Avengers Page #3

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- The Chitauri grow restless.

- Let them grow restless.

- I will lead them in the glorious battle.

- Battle? Against a meagre might of earth?

- Glorious, not lengthy.

If your force is as formidable as you claim.

You question us?

Question him?

He who put the scepter in your hand?

Who gave you ancient knowledge and new purpose?

When you were cast out, defeated!

I was a king! The rightful king of Asgard. Betrayed.

Your ambition is little and full of childish need.

We look beyond the earth to great worlds

The Tesseract will avail.

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 the wars.

- You will have your war as guardian.

If you fail, -

if the Tesseract is kept from us,

there will be no realm, no barren moon,

no crevasse where I can't find you.

You think you know pain?

You will receive something sweet as pain.

- Get your captain equipment.

- All right.

Agent Romanoff , he's Captain Rogers.

- They need you on the bridge.

- See you there.

There 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.

Dr. Banner.

Oh, yeah. Hi.

- They told me you'd be coming.

- Word is you can find the cube.

- Is that the only word on me?

- Only word I care about.

Must be strange for you, all of this.

- Well, this is actually kind of familiar.

- Gentlemen, you may wanna step inside in a minute.

It's gonna get a little hard to breath.

Is this is a submarine?

Really? They wanted me in a submerged pressurized metal container?

Oh, no. This is much worse.

- All engine operating.SHEILD

emergency protocol,1 9 3.6 in effect. We're in, sir.

- Good.

- Lets vanish.

- Engage retro reflection panels.

- Reflection panels engaged.

- Gentlemen.

- Doctor, thank you for coming.

- Thanks for asking nicely.

- So, uh...how long am I staying?

- Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the clear.

Where are you with that?

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.

You have to narrow the 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 based on cluster recognition.

At least we could rule out a few places.

- Do you have somewhere for me to work?

- Agent Romanoff,

would you show Dr. Banner to his laboratory, please.

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

- Put over there.

- Is this the stuff you need?

- Yeah, Iridium.

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

- It's very hard to get hold of

- Specially if SHIELD knows you need it.

Well, I didn't know!

The Tesseract is showing me so much.

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

I know. What did it show you, Agent Barton?

- My next target.

- Tell me what you need.

I need a distraction.

And an eyeball.

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

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...

We got a hit. Sixty seven percent match.

Weight, cross match, seventy nine percent.

- Location?

- Stuttgart, Germany. 28, Canning Strasse.

- He's not exactly hiding.

- Captain,

you're up.

Kneel before me.

I said.

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,

and identity.

You were made to be ruled.

In the end, you will always kneel.

Not to men like you.

- There are no men like me.

- There are always men like you.

Look to your elder, people.

Let him be an example.

You know, the last time I was in Germany

and saw a man standing above everybody else,

we ended up disagreeing.

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

Loki, drop the weapon and stand down.

Kneel.

Not today!

The guy's all over the place.

Agent Romanoff, did you miss me?

Make your move, Reindeer names.

Good move.

- Mr Stark.

- Captain.

- Didn't he say anything?

- Not a word.

Just get in here.

We're low on time.

- I don't like it.

- What? Rock of Ages giving up so easily?

I don't remember it being that easy.

This guy packs a wallop.

Still, you were pretty spry, for an older fellow.

- What's your thing? Pilates?

- What?

It's like calisthenics.

You might have missed a couple things,

you know, doing time as a Capsicle.

- Fury didn't tell me he was calling you in.

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

Where's this coming from?

What's the matter? Scared of a little lightning?

I'm not overly fond of what follows.

- Now there's that guy.

- Another Asgardian?

- Think the guy's a friendly?

- 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.

- I'd sit this one out, Cap.

- I don't see how I can.

These guys come from legends, they're basically Gods.

There's only one God, ma'am.

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

- Where's the Tesseract?

- I missed you too.

- Do I look to be in a gaming mood?

- Oh, you should thank me.

With the Bifrost gone, how much dark energy did the

All-Father have to muster to conjure you here?

Your precious earth.

I thought you dead.

Did you mourn?

- We all did.

Our father...

- Your father.

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

We were raised together.

We played together, we fought together.

- Do you remember none of that?

- I remember a shadows.

living in the shade of your greatness.

I remember you tossing me into an abyss.

- I who was and should be king!

- So you take the world I love as recompense for

your imagined slights?

No, the earth is under my protection, Loki.

And you're doing a marvelous job with that.

The humans slaughter each other in droves, while you ideally threat.

- I mean to rule them. That's why should I not...

- Think yourself above them.

- Well, yes.

- Then you miss the truth of ruling, brother.

A throne would suit you ill.

I've seen worlds you've never known about.

I have grown, Odin's son, in my exile.

I have seen the true power of the Tesseract. And when I wield it...

Who showed you this power?

Who controls the would be king?

- I am the king!

- Not here!

You give up the Tesseract!

You give up this poisonous dream!

You come home.

I do not have it.

You need the cube to bring me home,

but I've sent it off. I know not where.

You listen well, brother.

I'm listening.

- Do not touch me again.

- Then don't take my stuff.

You have no idea what you're dealing with.

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