EXT. HELICARRIER DECK - DAY
[Barton leads his men into the air ducts of the ship. They rappel down into a corridor.]
BARTON: Get that engine down! Detention! Get him through the dark! Come with me.
[Two of his men follow him. They head towards the bridge.]
EXT. ND HALLWAY, CARRIER - MORNING
[Tony and Cap run through a dim, debris filled hall.]
TONY: Find engine three. I'll meet you there.
[Cap peels off as Tony approaches a tech room. Inside, Tony's IRON MAN suit stands waiting, lit above in all its glory.]
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER
[FOCUS ON BANNER'S FACE in the dim light as he struggles to suppress the rage, but his face is growing, changing slowly. Kata is pulling herself painfully free, talking to Banner.]
KATA: Doctor... Bruce, you gotta fight it. This is just what Loki wants. We're gonna be okay. Listen to me.
[Two approaching SHIELD soldiers arrive to check on her. She furiously WAVES them away. They bolt out of there.]
KATA: We're gonna be okay. Right? I swear on my life I will get you out of this, you will walk away, and never...
BANNER: Your life?
[His voice has the change in it -- the bitter amusement is morphing to a growled threat. Another explosion rocks the carrier -- and he turns to look at her, transforming just as the lights go out.]
Kata: (PLEADING) Bruce.
[Banner suddenly starts transforming into the HULK and gives Kata one last knowing look. Kata STRUGGLES FREE of the rubble. She stops. The HULK, sensing her, turns his head and puts on a face of a disturbing monster. Kata JOLTS up the stairs with the HULK chasing after her. Kata maneuvers like a black widow should. She rolls under a turbine, starts to crawl within the maze of pipes. The HULK pulls them out from above the catwalk. Kata falls through under the catwalks and quickly and stealthily escapes. The HULK lets out a ROAR OF RAGE unlike anything. PRIMAL. Not human.]
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION - DAY
[Loki looks up, smiling mischievously.]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Fury RUNS in and sees the chaos has increased even more than before. The HELMSMAN is in complete disarray.]
NICK FURY: Bring the carrier inwards and head south. Take us to the water.
HELMSMAN: Why water? Navigations recalibrated after the engine failure.
NICK FURY: Is the sun coming up?!
HELMSMAN: Yes, sir.
NICK FURY: Then put it on the left! Get us over water! One more turbine goes down and we drop. Agent Barton?
[Tessa Turned]
NICK FURY: I have a job for you, find loki's henchmen and kill them slowly and painfully except agent barton
[Tessa nodded her face stone, she grabbed her sword out of its sheeth and walked off the bridge]
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[CAPTAIN AMERICA, pushing with all his strength the door to portside, sees SHIELD tech in full oxygen masks shoot fire extinguishers and cover from sparks -- largely unable to do anything. Engine 3 is totally dead. A LARGE CHUNK of the port side in TORN OFF.]
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Stark, I'm here!
TONY: Good. See what we got.
[Tony flies in his IRON MAN suit and gets close to the damaged engine.]
INSIDE THE SUIT
[Tony observes within his viewscreen at the damaged engine and its layouts.]
TONY: I gotta get this super conducting cooling system back online before I can access the rotors and work on dislodging the debris.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[IRON MAN begins PULLING on the stuck rotors. Looks over at Steve.]
IRON MAN: I need you to get to that engine control panel and tell me which relays are in overload position.
[IRON MAN flies into giant cooling conductors. CAPTAIN AMERICA JUMPS over to the other side of the broken railing. CAPTAIN AMERICA gets himself to the control panel and opens it up. For a man who grew up as a YANK, what the fuck is this!]
IRON MAN: What's it look like in there?
CAPTAIN AMERICA: It seems to run on some form of electricity.
IRON MAN: Well, you're not wrong.
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER - DAY
[Kata continuously crawls under the catwalk. She stops. Then...BOOM. BOOM. BOOM. The room vibrates. Rhythmically. Kata pulls out her gun and slowly walks out onto the catwalk and spins. ...and then a ROAR. THE HULK. Kata FIRES a grey telekenesis shot into a vat of liquid nitrogen pipe that hits the hulk in face. The HULK SMASHES THE SHIT OUT OF IT. Kata begins to run through the maze of corridors. The sound the monster is coming. Finally, she reaches and a long corridor. As she runs, behind her, the HULK TEARS up the hallway, coming at her. Kata turns to see, but the HULK SLAPS her into the wall, SMASHING INTO THE GROUND. The HULK marks his territory. Kata looks up. A fear she has never felt begins to seep out. her hands and eyes are golden The HULK raises his hand and IS KNOCKED OFF HIS FEET BY KATA'S TELEKENESIS AND THEN THOR GRABS HIM AND TACKLES HIM INTO the next room.]
INT. HELICARRIER AIRCRAFT PORT - CONTINUOUS
[Both Thor and HULK roll across the floor. Every person runs the hell out. Thor looks up at this magnificent beast. The HULK stands up and moving like a boxer, wants Thor to make his move. The HULK makes his move. SWING AND A MISS. Thor swings his massive hand and almost knocks HULK off his feet. HULK keeps swinging and missing, pissing him off. Finally, he brings down his arm, but Thor grabs it and wraps around it.]
THOR: We are not your enemies, Banner! Try to think!
[HULK lifts his arm up, to Thor's surprise, and he SENDS HIM FLYING AS HE PUNCHES THOR'S FACE WITH HIS FIST.]
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[IRON MAN continuously BLASTS broken debris off the turbine engine. It's bad, but still fixable.]
CAPTAIN AMERICA (V.O.): The relays are intact. What's our next move?
TONY: Even if I clear the rotors, this thing won't re-engage without a jump. I'm gonna have to get in there and push.
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Well if that thing gets up to speed, you'll get shredded!
TONY: Then stay in the control unit and reverse polarity long enough to disengage mag...
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Speak English!
TONY: See that red lever? It'll slow the rotors down long enough for me to get out. Stand by it, wait for my word.
[CAPTAIN AMERICA looks over at the other side where he was. He sees the red lever and JUMPS towards it.]
ON THE HELICARRIER
[Tessa is following agents her brother sent and sneaks up behind them and stabs one his partner turns and she slices him in half like darth maul from star wars, she removes her hood]
RONIN: thats for my brother and his best friend
[she walked away stepping one the one she sliced in half]
INT. HELICARRIER AIRCRAFT PORT - DAY
[Thor CRASHES into another stack of crates. As he raises his head, he feels something on his lips. BLOOD. As he swipes it off, the ROAR of the HULK is not too far. Thor extends his hand out. The ROAR gets LOUDER and CLOSER. Thor focuses. His hand strains toward mid-air. His eyes tight in concentration. The HULK runs right at him. At the last second, MJÖLNIR flies into his hand and Thor UPPERCUTS HULK, WHO CRASHES INTO A FIGHTER JET. HULK stands up, shaking his head like 'what the fuck just happened.' He SHAKES it off and ANGRILY rips off the TAIL of the jet, TORQUES HIS BODY LIKE A GREEK DISCUS THROWER AND... HURLS THE MASSIVE PLATE AT THOR. Thor SLIDES and DUCKS under the tail. Jumping up, he throws Mjölnir with all his strength, knocking the HULK head over heels. HULK falls down, hammer in hand. HE tries to lift it, but can't. Mjölnir rests atop his hand. Struggle as he may, HULK wraps his hand around the hammer. The hammer doesn't move. To no avail -- he strains with all his might, SCREAMS from the effort, BELLOWING. Thor jumps up again, KNEEING HULK in the face. Thor grabs his hammer, jumps on him, using the hammer as a lock for his CHOKEHOLD. Hulk tries to pull him off.]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Fury and Agent Hill look over their monitors.]
NICK FURY: We need a full evac on the lower hangar bay.
[Agent Hill nods. She leaves to exit out, but a SLIDING GRENADE appears.]
AGENT MARIA HILL: GRENADE!
[The grenade goes off, sending her down the steps. Fury FIRES a shot at the open entrance. He moves over behind the side of the entrance. A handful of Barton's men enter. Watchful, ready, waiting... Fury steps out, his GUN drawn. A SHOOT OUT and HAND-TO-HAND ensues, but Fury is unable to stop one of them, which is why he is shot in the head by Agent Hill.]
INT. HELICARRIER ARMORY SECTION - DAY
[Agent Coulson walks up the armory door. He places his head into a FACIAL RECOGNITION SCANNER. Walks into the room.]
AGENT JASPER SITWELL (V.O.): We got perimeter breach! Hostiles are in SHIELD gear. Hold on to every junction.
INT. HELICARRIER AIRCRAFT PORT - DAY
[HULK CRASHES from under the floor, sending Thor on his ass. HULK grabs him by the neck.]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[A gunfight opens up. AGENTS exchange fire with brutally efficient tactical soldiers.]
AGENT JASPER SITWELL (V.O.): We have the HULK and Thor on research level 4. Levels 2 and 3 are dark.
AGENT MARIA HILL: Sir, the Hulk will tear this place apart!
NICK FURY: Get his attention. Ronin how are things
RONIN: (V.O) Excellent you have one sliced in half and one stabbed heading to more now
AGENT MARIA HILL: (on her EARPIECE) Escort 0-6, proceed to Wishbone and engage hostile. Don't get too close.
ESCORT 0-6 PILOT (V.O.): Copy.
EXT. SKY - DAY
[ESCORT 0-6'S jet BANKS to the right, heading towards the shuttle.]
EXT. OUTSIDE SHUTTLE
[ESCORT 606 PILOT slowly makes his way in. sees the action going between Thor and the HULK.]
ESCORT 606 PILOT: Target acquired. Target engaged. (pulls the trigger; fires guns at HULK)
[A SHOWER OF BULLETS SPRAY THE HULK EVERYWHERE. Thor ducks for cover. The HULK turns around, letting out his PRIMAL ROAR. He jumps up, TAKES A RUNNING START AND LEAPS... ESCORT 606 PILOT LOOKS LIKE HE TOOK A SHIT.]
ESCORT 606 PILOT: TARGET ANGRY! TARGET ANGRY!
[HULK LANDS ON THE JET'S NOSE. THE JET SPINS WILDLY. As the HULK tears it apart, ESCORT 606 PILOT pulls his ejection seat, but HOLD THE FUCKIN' DOOR! THE HULK CATCHES HIM, WAVES HIM AROUND AND THEN THROWS HIM AWAY. ESCORT 606 PILOT pulls his parachute. THE JET EXPLODES. THE HULK PLUMMETS TO EARTH, ROARING HIS SWAN SONG.]
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[IRON MAN laser cuts a big piece of broken metal. He then JUMPS on it, relieving the rotors. On the other side, BARTON'S men enter the port side. CAPTAIN AMERICA looks down, pondering if they are help. Evidently not as they begin SHOOTING at him and throwing grenades. CAPTAIN AMERICA jumps to the other railing and down with Barton's men. He begins to TAKE THEM DOWN, even goes as far as throwing one off. A few more enter, FIRING. CAPTAIN AMERICA grabs a big fuckin' gun and jumps back up to his position, firing down at them. RONIN walks by and stabs another one as per usual her hood up]
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[The gunfight has gone down, but more of Barton's men enter and are taken by Fury, who is confused as to why they keep coming.]
NICK FURY: They are not getting through here, so what the hell...
[Suddenly, Barton LOSES an arrow down to the bridge and EXPLODES critical spots. Barton releases a multi-tipped arrow towards Fury, but instead hits his command desk, right above a USB OUTLETS. Fury FIRES at Barton, but is already gone. The arrow then self- activates and inserts itself into the outlets, hacking every single monitor and main frame. The hacking causes Engine 1 to shut off. Suddenly, the HELICARRIER begins to DANGEROUSLY TILT to one side.]
AGENT JASPER SITWELL (O.S.): Sir, we've lost all power in Engine 1.
NICK FURY: It's Barton. He took out our systems. He's headed for the detention level. Does anybody copy?
[Tessa removed her hood and placed her hand on her ear piece but said nothing knowing Kata would respond first and sure enough she did]
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER - DAY
[Still shaken by the HULK ordeal, Kata sits there, rocking back and forth, after crying for a while. Summoning back all her coolness, she touches her EARPIECE.]
Kata: This is Agent Petrova. I copy.
[Kata SPRINGS up and runs for Barton. Tessa smirked and pulled her hood up and left]
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[IRON MAN begins to push the rotor using BOOSTERS from his boots.]
NICK FURY (V.O.): Stark, we're losing altitude.
IRON MAN: Yeah. Noticed.
[The rotors start propelling faster and faster as IRON MAN'S BOOSTERS get more and more bright. On the other side, CAPTAIN AMERICA continuously shoots at Barton's men. Blinking at the wrong moment, CAPTAIN AMERICA loses the upper hand and SLIDES off the railing, but grabs onto a LOOSE CABLE.]
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION - DAY
[Thor runs into the detention section where he finds Loki, escaping.]
THOR: NO!
[Thor CHARGES at his brother. Loki walks up to him and CROUCHES down to attack. THOR ONLY GOES THROUGH HIM. The false Loki dissipates into nothingness. THE REAL LOKI comes out from behind the cell door, which closes on THOR, locking him up. Loki smiles.]
LOKI: Are you ever not going to fall for that?
everyone was too infestied in the movie to say anything
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER - DAY
[Barton walks alone down the catwalk. In a lightning fast move, Barton nocks an arrow, and points it at KATA. A hand-to-hand fight ensues. Kata CRAWLS her way around Barton, making Barton to drop his bow, but pulls out a KNIFE on her.]
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION - DAY
[Thor, in a fit of anger, SLAMS MJÖLNIR onto the glass cell. To his surprise, the cell door only CRACKS, but violently SHAKES the ship. Loki stands there in caution, as does his GUARDING SOLDIER.]
LOKI: (smiles; walks over to the CONTROL PANEL) The humans think us immortal. Should we test that?
[Suddenly, GUARDING SOLDIER falls down like a tree. AGENT COULSON stands there, holding PHASE 2 WEAPON PROTOTYPE.]
AGENT PHIL COULSON: Move away, please.
[Loki moves away from the switch.]
AGENT PHIL COULSON: You like this? We started working on the prototype after you sent THE DESTROYER. Even I don't know what it does. Do you wanna find out?
[A LOUD GASP. AGENT COULSON IS IMPALED THROUGH THE HEART. THE REAL LOKI STANDS BEHIND COULSON.]
THOR: Nooo!
[Loki sends Agent Coulson against the wall. Agent Coulson slumps down, breathing fast. Loki makes his way to the control switch. He gives his brother one last look. Thor looks at him, hopeful. Loki opens the HATCH. Thor still hopes. LOKI HITS THE BUTTON AND DROPS THOR OUT OF THE SHIP.]
INT. LOWER EQUIPMENT ROOM, CARRIER - DAY
[Barton and Kata continue attacking each other. Kata KICKBOXES Barton's face. Feeling that, Barton takes a SWING at her, but she grabs his arm, TWISTING it. BARTON WRITHES IN PAIN. Using his other arm, he tosses the knife over and begins to SLASH at Kata. She dodges every move, but finds herself in a LOCK HOLD with him. As he forces the knife down, she BITES his wrist. Barton lets go of the knife. Kata WRAPS her legs around his neck, FLIPS him over and arm LOCKS him. She SLAMS his head into a pipes rail. Barton goes down, hard. He looks up her, almost coming to his real senses.]
BARTON: Kata...
[Kata COLDCOCKS him. Barton is out.]
"that hurt you know" "so did pulling my hair" retored kata jokingly
EXT. SKY
[Thor, trapped in the glass cage, BOUNCES off the JUMBLING cell pod. As it draws closer to land, Thor tries to swing at glass, but misses. Land draws closer. In a final attempt before crashing, Thor positions himself onto the glass door and LEAPFROGS just as the cage is about to hit the ground. The cell CRASHES into the shore as Thor crashes out into the meadow.]
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION - DAY
[Loki has no remorse as he looks down. He closes the hatch and proceeds to leave. A WEAK VOICE.]
AGENT PHIL COULSON: You're gonna lose.
LOKI: (TURNING) Am I?
AGENT PHIL COULSON: It's in your nature.
LOKI: Your heroes are scattered, your floating fortress falls from the sky...where is my disadvantage?
AGENT PHIL COULSON: You lack conviction.
LOKI: I don't think I...
[AGENT COULSON SHOOTS LOKI WITH HIS PHASE 2 WEAPON PROTOTYPE, CAUSING LOKI TO BE BLOWN THROUGH THE WALL BEHIND HIM.]
AGENT PHIL COULSON: So that's what it does.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Back in the bridge, Fury sees on his VIEWSCREEN that the hatch has been open. Knowing Agent Coulson was sent there, he goes to.]
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[IRON MAN continuously SPINS Engine 3, giving it all he has. THE ROTORS ARE PROPELLING PROPERLY AND FAST. The HELICARRIER LEVELS itself.]
INSIDE THE SUIT
TONY: Cap, I need the lever!
STEVE (V.O.): I need a minute here!
TONY: Lever. Now!
[Tony lets go of the rotors. They spin by themselves. Tony is then caught in one. He is now fucked. IRON MAN slips into the rotors, getting chewed up.]
EXT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[CAPTAIN AMERICA CLIMBS up the loose cable and reaches the railing. BARTON'S MAN opens fire once more. CAPTAIN AMERICA pulls himself up and finally PULLS the lever. A VENT opens up from Engine 3. IRON MAN falls out, but the suit heavily damaged, hardly keeping him up. IRON MAN heads for Cap. BARTON'S MAN turns his AIM to IRON MAN, who TACKLES him into the wall. IRON MAN rolls over, tired. Cap lets out a sigh of relief.]
OUTSIDE THE HELICARRIER
[The carrier that brought Barton and his team now leaves, taking Loki and his scepter. The carrier flies into the distance.]
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION - DAY
[Fury runs in finding Agent Coulson still alive, barely.]
AGENT PHIL COULSON: Sorry, boss. They got rabbeted.
NICK FURY: Just stay awake. EYES ON ME!
AGENT PHIL COULSON: No. I'm clocked out here.
NICK FURY: Not an option.
AGENT PHIL COULSON: It's okay, boss. This was never going to work... if they didn't have something... to...
[Agent Coulson looks away. Sighs his last breath. Nick Fury looks on grimly at Coulson. The medical team arrives.]
everyone looks sad as do the avengers but they know he is alive and married to melinda, Kata and clint went balistic at fury when they found out {they will at the end of captain america the winter soldier in my version because fan fiction}
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
NICK FURY (V.O.): Agent Coulson is down.
[Agent Hill is being treated for a gash on her head, listens on her headset, standing up.]
SHIELD AGENT (V.O.): Paramedics are on their way.
NICK FURY (V.O.): They're here.
INT. HELICARRIER PORT SIDE - DAY
[Steve and Tony listen in as well.]
NICK FURY (V.O.): They called it.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - LATER
[Fury gathers Tony and Steve back into the briefing room, everyone there has a look as if in a daze. A look of numb shock is shown on their devastated faces.]
NICK FURY: These were in Phil Coulson's jacket. Guess he never did get you to sign them.
[Fury throws Coulson's CAPTAIN AMERICA TRADING CARDS on the table towards Steve. Steve picks them up, STAINED WITH BLOOD.]
NICK FURY: We're dead in the air up here. Our communications, location of the cube, Banner, Thor. I got nothing for you. Lost my one good eye. Maybe I had that coming. (A BEAT) 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, see if they could become something more. 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.
[Tony gets up and walks off, not wanting to hear it anymore.]
NICK FURY: Well, it's an old fashioned notion.
EXT. MEADOW - DAY
[Thor walks out far into the meadow. He looks down. MJÖLNIR.]
INT. ABANDONED BUILDING - DAY
[Banner wakes up, in human form. He looks around and sees he is IN A PILE OF RUBBLE and looks up at the OPEN CEILING HE CRASHED IN. AND IS COMPLETELY NAKED. A SECURITY GUARD stands there, amazed.]
SECURITY GUARD: You fell out of the sky.
BANNER (COMING TO): Did I hurt anybody?
SECURITY GUARD: There's nobody around here to get hurt. You did scare the hell out of some pigeons though.
BANNER: Lucky.
SECURITY GUARD: Or just good aim. You were awake when you fell.
BANNER: You saw?
SECURITY GUARD: The whole thing, right through the ceiling. Big and green and buck ass nude. Here...
[He throws Banner a pair of big pants. Banner pulls on his pants.]
SECURITY GUARD: I didn't think those would fit you until you shrunk down to a regular size fella.
BANNER: Thank you.
SECURITY GUARD: Are you an alien?
BANNER: What?
SECURITY GUARD: From outer space, an alien?
BANNER: No.
SECURITY GUARD: Well then, son, you've got a condition.
INT. HELICARRIER MEDICAL ROOM - DAY
[Barton is strapped down. Kata watches over him as Barton tries to shake off Loki's mind control.]
KATA: Clint, you're gonna be alright.
CLINT BARTON: You know that? Is that what you know? I got...I gotta go in though. I gotta flush him out.
KATA: We don't have that long, it's gonna take time.
CLINT BARTON: I don't understand. Have you ever had someone take your brain and play? Pull you out and send something else in? Do you know what it's like to be unmade?
TESSA: You know that she does.
CLINT BARTON: Tessa why are you here and why am I back? How did you get him out?
KATA: Cognitive recalibration. I hit you really hard in the head.
TESSA: fury called me in, correction he got Maria to call me in
CLINT BARTON:(clint nodded at his sisters statement) Thanks. (Kata unfastens the RESTRAINTS) Kat, how many agents?
KATA: Don't. Don't do that to yourself, Clint. This is Loki. This is monsters and magic and nothing we were ever trained for.
CLINT BARTON: Loki, he got away?
TESSA: Yeah. I don't suppose you know where?
CLINT BARTON: I didn't need to know. I didn't ask. He's gonna make his play soon though. Today.
KATA: We gotta stop him.
CLINT BARTON: Yeah? Who's we?
KATA: I don't know. Whoever's left.
CLINT BARTON: Well, if I put an arrow in Loki's eyesocket, I'd sleep better I suppose.
TESSA: Now you sound like you.
[Kata sits next to her partner and friend and secret husband.]
CLINT 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?
KATA: He didn't, I just... (SHE PAUSES)
CLINT BARTON: Kata.
KATA: I've been compromised. I got red in my ledger. I'd like to wipe it out.
INT. HELICARRIER DETENTION SECTION - DAY
[Tony look at the empty cell container. He stands not saying a word. Steve walks in.]
STEVE: Was he married?
TONY: No. There was a uh...cellist, I think.
STEVE: I'm sorry. He seemed like a good man.
TONY: He was an idiot.
STEVE: Why? For believing?
TONY: For taking on Loki alone.
STEVE: He was doing his job.
TONY: He was out of his league. He should have waited. He should have...
STEVE: Sometimes there isn't a way out, Tony.
TONY: (WALKS AWAY) Right. How did that work for him?
STEVE: Is this the first time you've lost a soldier?
TONY: (turns around sharply) WE ARE NOT SOLDIERS! I am not marching to Fury's fife!
STEVE: Neither am I! He's got the same blood on his hands as Loki does. Right now we've got to put that aside and get this done. Now Loki needs a power source, if we can put together a list...
TONY: (looking at the blood stained wall) He made it personal.
STEVE: That's not the point.
TONY: That is the point. That's Loki's point. He hit us all right where we live. Why?
STEVE: To tear us apart.
TONY: He had to conquer his greed, but he knows he has to take us out to win, right? That's what he wants. He wants to beat us and he wants to be seen doing it. He wants an audience.
STEVE: Right, I caught his act at Stuttgart.
TONY: Yeah. That's just a preview, this is opening night. Loki's a full-tilt diva. He wants flowers, he wants parades, he wants a monument built in the skies with his name plastered... (PAUSE) Sonofabitch!
EXT. STARK TOWER - DAY
[Selvig works around the CMS device that has already been set- upon the rooftop of Tony's tower.]
INT. HELICARRIER MEDICAL ROOM - DAY
[Steve walks in full uniform. Kata looks at him, unprepared.]
STEVE: Time to go.
KATA: Go where?
STEVE: I'll tell you on the way. Can you fly one of those jets?
[Barton walks out of the bathroom. Looks at Cap.]
CLINT BARTON: I can.
[Steve looks at Kata and she nods her head to confirm Barton's on their side.]
STEVE: You got a suit?
CLINT BARTON: Yeah.
STEVE: Then suit up.
MONTAGE
[KRAKAKABOOM! A blinding BOLT OF LIGHTNING strikes down from above, colliding on MJÖLNIR. The explosion is massive. THE MIGHTY THOR.]
[CAPTAIN AMERICA pulls on his HELMET and SHIELD.]
[Tony WELDS his IRON MAN helmet. LIGHT slips down over IRON MAN's eye holes.]
[BLACK WIDOW attaches a GLOVE GAUNTLET with her rounds on her wrist. A BLUE LIGHT CHARGES. HER POWERS ARE SWITCHING BETWEEN RED AND BLACK]
[HAWKEYE slips on his QUIVER of arrows.]
[RONIN CLEANS HER SWORD AND PLACES IT INTO ITS SHEETH]
EXT/INT. QUINJET - DAY
[Cap, Widow and Hawkeye and Ronin walk towards and into the QUINJET. A YOUNG SHIELD PILOT looks and stands in their way.]
YOUNG SHIELD PILOT: You are not authorized to be here...
CAPTAIN AMERICA: Son... just don't.
INT. HELICARRIER BRIDGE - DAY
[Fury looks the window of the ship, contemplating. Agent Hill walks up to him, knowing.]
AGENT MARIA HILL: Sir.
NICK FURY: Agent Hill?
AGENT MARIA HILL: Those cards, they were in Coulson's locker, not in his jacket.
NICK FURY: They needed the push. (holding Coulson's cards)
[A LOUD NOISE SCREECHES. Fury looks out to see IRON MAN flying off as well as the QUINJET.]
NICK FURY: They found it. Get our communications back up, whatever you have to do. I want eyes on everything.
AGENT MARIA HILL: Yes, sir.
EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE - STARK TOWER - DAY
[IRON MAN arrives at STARK TOWER where Selvig, ACTIVATES the CMS device, holding the Tesseract.]
JARVIS: Sir, I took off the arc reactor. The device is already self-sustained.
TONY: Shut it down, Dr. Selvig.
SELVIG: It's too late! It can't stop now. He wants to show us something! A new universe.
IRON MAN: Okay.
[IRON MAN aims his hands toward the CMS and FIRES. The energy from his boosters SHATTERS with a deafening CRACK! Selvig falls backwards. DOWN BELOW, CITIZENS OF NEW YORK look up at STARK TOWER. IRON MAN stares in disbelief at the CMS ... unharmed.]
JARVIS: The barrier is pure energy. It's unbreachable. The Mark VII is not ready to be deployed.
TONY: Skip the spinning rims. We're on the clock.
[TONY lands his SUIT and goes through the gauntlet and unsuits him. LOKI looks up at him, smiling. They proceed to walk into the penthouse.]
INT. STARK PENTHOUSE - DAY
[Loki walks in, holding the scepter. Tony casually walks down the steps, towards the bar.]
LOKI: Please tell me you're going to appeal to my humanity.
TONY: Uh...actually, I'm planning to threaten you.
LOKI: You should have left your armor on for that.
TONY: Yeah, it's seen a bit of mileage. You've got the blue stick of destiny. Would you like a drink?
LOKI: Stalling me won't change anything.
TONY: No, no, no! Threatening. No drink? You sure? I'm having one.
LOKI: The CHITAURI are coming, nothing will change that. What have I to fear?
TONY: THE AVENGERS. (Loki looks at him, confused) It's what we call ourselves, sort of like a team. 'EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES' type of thing.
LOKI: Yes, I've met them.
TONY: (SMILING) Yeah, 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 breath-taking anger management issues; a couple of master assassins, A swordswomen and you, big fella, you've managed to piss off every single one of them.
LOKI: That was the plan.
TONY: Not a great plan. When they come, and they will, they'll come for you.
[From underneath the bar table, Tony pulls on COLANTOTTE BRACELETS, a honing device.]
LOKI: I have an army.
TONY: We have a HULK.
LOKI: I thought the beast had wandered off.
TONY: You're missing the point. There's 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 damned well sure we'll avenge it.
LOKI: (slowly walks up to him; raising the scepter) How will your friends have time for me,when they're so busy fighting you?
[Loki TAPS Tony on the chest with his scepter. PING! Nothing. Confused, Loki tires again. PING! NOTHING.]
LOKI: It should work.
TONY: Well, performance issues. You know? Not uncommon. One out of five...
[In anger, Loki GRABS Tony by the throat and FLINGS him across the room.]
TONY: Jarvis. Anytime now.
[Loki grabs Tony by the throat again.]
LOKI: You will all fall before me.
[LOKI THROWS TONY OUT THE WINDOW. Tony FREEFALLS down the tower. From behind Loki, an elevator opens and a RED POD SHOOTS out. The pod LASER SIGNALS the COLANTOTTE BRACELETS on Tony. The POD begins to TRANSFORM into the MARK VII suit. It LATCHES onto Tony. IRON MAN. The suit FLIES up before he hits the ground or the gazing people. Loki looks up, angry.]
IRON MAN: And there's one other person you pissed off! His name was Phil.
[Loki raises the scepter. IRON MAN FIRES at Loki, sending him on his ass.]