Iron Man 3 Page #3

What's going on? Fill me in.

- For real?

- Yeah.

All right.

So, she's meeting up with this scientist.

- Rich guy. Handsome.

- Rig ht.

I couldn't make his face, at first. Right?

You know I'm good with faces.

- Oh, yeah, you're the best.

- Yeah.

Well, so I run his credentials.

I make him.

Aldrich Killian.

We actually met the guy back in...

Where were we in '99?

- The science conference?

-Um...

- Switzerland.

- Right, right, exactly.

Killian. No...

I don't remember that guy.

Of course you don't remember.

He's not a blond with a big rack.

At first, it was fine.

They were talking business.

But now it's, like, getting weird.

He's showing her his big brain.

- His what?

- Big brain.

And she likes it.

Here, let me show you.

Hold on. See?

Look at what? You, watching them?

Flip the screen,

and then we can get started.

I'm not a tech genius like you.

Just trust me. Get down here.

Flip the screen.

Then I can see what they're doing.

I can't!

I don't know how to flip the screen!

Don't talk to me like that any more.

You're not my boss.

All right?

I don't work for you.

And I don't trust this guy.

He's got another guy with him.

He's shifty.

- Relax.

- Seriously?

I'm just asking you

to secure the perimeter.

Tell them to go out

for a drink or something.

You know what? You should take more

of an interest in what's going on here.

This woman's the best thing

that ever happened to you

and you're just ignoring her.

- A giant brain?

- Yeah.

There's a giant brain.

There's a shifty character.

I'm gonna follow this guy. I'm gonna

run his plates and I'm gonna...

You know,

if it gets rough, so be it.

I miss you, Happy-

Yeah, I miss you, too.

But the way it used to be.

Now you're off with the super-friends.

I don't know

what's going on with you any more.

- The world's getting weird.

- Hey!

(STAMMERING)

I hate to cut you off.

- Do you have your Taser on you?

- Why?

I think there's a gal in H.R.

who's trying to steal some printer ink.

You should probably go over there

and zap her.

Yeah, nice.

Imagine if you could hack into

the hard drive of any living organism

and recode its DNA.

- That would be incredible.

- Hmm.

Unfortunately, to my ears,

it also sounds highly weaponisable.

As in, enhanced soldiers,

private armies, and Tony is...

Tony, TOW-

You know, I invited Tony to join AIM

13 years ago.

He turned me down.

But something tells me

now there's a new genius on the throne

who doesn't have to

answer to Tony any more

and who has slightly less of an ego.

It's gonna be a no, Aldrich.

As much as I'd like to help you.

Well, I can't say that

I'm not disappointed.

But then,

as my father used to say,

"Failure is the fog

through which we glimpse triumph."

- That's very deep.

- Hmm.

And I have no idea

what it means.

No, me neither.

He was kind of an idiot, my old man.

(CHUCKLES)

I'm sure I'll see you again, Pepper.

(INHALES SHARPLY) Happy.

Car's ready, if you're ready to go.

Yes, I just, um...

God, I forgot my other things, so...

I'm just gonna...

(CAMERA CLICKS)

(SIGHS)

I'm sorry I'm late. I was...

What the...

What is that?

You're wearing this in the house now?

What is that, like, Mark 15?

TONY:
Uh, yeah.

Something like that.

You know, everybody needs a hobby.

Oh, and you have to wear your hobby

in the living room?

TONY:

Just breaking it in.

You know, it's always a little pinchy

in the gooey bag

-at first, so...

-(CHUCKLES)

Well, hey, did you see

your Christmas present?

Yes, I did. I...

I don't know how I could've

missed that Christmas present.

Is it gonna fit through the door?

TONY:
Well, actually,

it's a good question.

I got a team of guys coming tomorrow.

They're gonna blow out that wall.

- Okay.

- So, uh...

Tense? Good day? Huh?

Ooh, shoulders, a little knotty.

Naughty girl.

I don't want to harp on this,

but did you like the custom rabbit?

Did I like it?

- Nailed it, right?

- Wow.

I appreciate the thought very much.

So, why don't you lift up that face mask

and give me a kiss?

(IMITATING COMPUTER BEEPING)

Huh...

Yep. Damn it, no can do.

You want to just kiss it on the...

- The facial slit?

- Uh-huh.

Well, why don't I

run down to the garage

and see if I can't find a crowbar

to jimmy that thing open?

Crowbar, yeah.

Oh! Except there's been

(STAMMERING) a radiation leak.

- PEPPER:
I'll take my chances.

- That's risky.

(STRAINED)

At least, let me get you

like, a hazmat suit

you can... (GRUNTS)

- A Geiger counter or something like that.

-(STRAINING)

Busted.

- This is a new level of lame.

- Sorry.

You ate without me already?

On date night?

- He was just...

- You mean you.

Well, yeah, I just mean

we were just hosting you...

(SCOFFS IN DISBELIEF)

-...while I finished up a little work.

- Uh-huh.

And yes, I had a quick bite.

I didn't know if you were coming home

or you were having drinks

with Aldrich Killian.

- What?

- What?

Aldrich Killian?

What, are you checking up on me?

Happy was concerned.

- No, you're spying on me.

- I wasn't.

- I'm going to bed.

- Hold on.

Come on. Pep?

Hey, I admit it.

My fault. Sorry.

I'm a piping hot mess.

It's been going on for a while.

I haven't said anything.

Nothing's been the same

since New York.

Oh, really?

I didn't notice that at all.

You experience things

and then they're over,

and you still can't explain them.

Gods, aliens, other dimensions.

I'm just a man in a can.

The only reason I haven't cracked up

is probably because you moved in.

Which is great.

I love you. I'm lucky.

But honey, I can't sleep.

You go to bed, I come down here.

I do what I know.

I tinker. I... (SIGHS)

Threat is imminent.

And I have to protect the one thing

that I can't live without.

That's you.

And my suits, they're, uh...

Machines.

They're part of me.

A distraction.

Maybe.

I'm gonna take a shower.

Okay.

And you're gonna join me.

Better.

(GASPS SOFTLY)

(GASPS LOUDLY)

(GROANS)

(SHUDDERS)

- Tony.

-(G ROANS)

- Tony. Tony.

-(WHIMPERING)

To... (GASPS)

(PEPPER WHIMPERS)

Power down!

(POWERS DOWN)

(METAL CLANGING)

(PEPPER PANTING)

TONY:
I must have called it in my sleep.

That's not supposed to happen.

I'll recalibrate the sensors.

Can we just... Just let me...

Just let me catch my breath. Hey,

don't... Don't go. All right? Pepper...

I'm going to sleep downstairs.

Tinker with that.

(PEOPLE SPEAKING

INDISTINCTLY)

Can you regulate?

Yes, I can regulate.

- You sure about that?

- Yes.

- It's a decent batch.

-(CHUCKLES)

- Don't say I never did nothing for you.

- Thank you.

I mean, for understanding.

HAPPY:
I'm sorry, buddy.

(GRUNTS)

What are you doing, buddy?

You out by yourself?

A little date night?

Seeing your favourite chick flick,

maybe?

Yeah, a little movie

called The Party's Over,

starring you and your junkie girlfriend.

Here's the ticket.

No kidding. That doesn't belong to you.

-(GRUNTS)

-(PEOPLE GASP)

(GRUNTS)

-(GROANS)

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