I thought you said this thing had a targeting system, Tony. I
can't get a read on that ship. It's starting to get airy up here.
Showtime.
And now they've got their hooks into us. I don't know who's
crazy enough to attack us, but it's time to end this, Iron Man.
What's up, Crossbones? Want to just give up and save yourself
the embarrassment? They always choose embarrassment.
Hold on! Our stabilizers are shot.
So, Flippy, what would you find on the outside of a tree?
Stay back. We have this under control!
B-Level move, Crossbones. Attacking us by yourself?
Myself? Didn't you hear, Stark? It's Bring a Pal to Work day.
Anyone hurt?
You should have installed rearview mirrors on that thing, Stark.
Grim Reaper? What, is there a pirate theme
going on here that I didn't get the memo for?
DBC Exclusive. Iron Man and Captain America Under Attack!
Iron Man!
No!
This the location?
Unless the onboard on my ship was lying. Why so jumpy, Crossbones?
Yo aren't gonna blow this, are ya? I thought all things Hydra was your deal.
It's not me I'm worried about. Just stick to the plan. Keep
the surprises to a minimum and we might just make this work.
Surprises? Moi?
You're the muscle on this team. He ain't just getting up and walkin' in.
Open up.
This good enough to get us into your little villain club, Red Skull?
Launch the sub.
Sub? Did you know this thing was a sub?
Volcano base. Space station. Sub. What's the diff? We're here. Smile.
MODOK. Shall I destroy them for wasting our time?
What?
No. It's definitely Stark's armor. Let's see what's inside.
Already tried. The tech is awesome. It's not gonna be easy to crack.
Don't insult me by assuming you possess anything close to my scientific expertise!
You're positive that it's on lock down?
Why are you asking me? Do I look like Tony Stark to you?
He's embedded neuro-inhibitors into this armor! Undoubtedly
to protect himself from my technopathic abilities!
Does your scientific expertise-ness need a wrench?
Quiet! As the saying goes, there's more than one way to crack an... egg!
These chuckleheads got lucky and locked my armor.
But that doesn't mean I'm out of the game.
What? I warned him.
Bring this iron carcass to my lab! I will rip that armor apart piece by piece!
It appears you are competent after all. There might be room for you in our Cabal.
Score!
It is said that together, the Avengers can face threats no single hero can.
Then, it is only fitting that we, their greatest
foes, work together... in order to destroy them.
This is bigger than we could have ever imagined.
Yeah. And I can imagine pretty big.
Breathtaking, is it not? We are building an army unlike any the world has ever seen.
How many troops you have?
More importantly, what are you paying them?
What's the date and location of our next target?
What kind of power source does this sub use?
These are sophisticated questions for mere foot soldiers.
Foot soldiers?
We took down Iron Man, which when we last checked, you failed to do.
Skull. Who are these blood sacks? We don't like their smell.
Vampires? You have vampires on board?
Step off, green teeth.
Reaper! What are you doing?
We don't like vampires, Bones. Remember? They can
take over anyone they bite. Not good for us.
How the...
MODOK's security protocols dampen all tech aboard
this sub. It keeps everyone on their best behavior.
Further hostilities between members will be dealt with severely.
Dracula will hear of this outrage.
Dracula? Part of the Cabal?
You have no idea of the power we've amassed. Our guest has arrived!
Guest? We've gotta be two thousand feet down by now. Who can...
All stations, Attuma is here.
Attuma?
Skull. Attuma, Warlord of Atlantis, has done as he has promised!
He has the weapon. Now, let us see if you can do as you claimed.
Come, Warlord. You will see that everything we agreed to is going as planned.
See to his soldiers. The weapon does what Lord Attuma
promises. Our war against the Avengers ends today.
There's no technology that you can build that I cannot undo. I'm
coming for you, Stark. No! An empty shell! We were tricked!
We are hungry! Bring us food!
You didn't just tell a guy who calls himself
the Grim Reaper to bring you food, did you?
What'd you fellas like? A knuckle-sandwich?
You've seen enough, then?
Oh, yeah. I've seen enough.
Reaper and Crossbones betrayed us! Bring them to my lab immediately!
Hey! Stark tricked us, too, MODOK!
Yeah. How were we supposed to know that Stark wasn't in his armor?
Oh. Because I am Stark.
Security breach! Tony Stark and Steve Rogers have
infiltrated our ranks! All hands to the aqua port!
Great. Couldn't you have done that before they pulled off our masks?
Me? You practically did everything but surrender! What
was that shocked stunt you pulled on MODOK earlier?
It's called establishing credibility. Tony Stark would never let MODOK
touch his armor without giving him a twenty-thousand volt iron slap!
I know you're enjoying the role-playing thing,
Tony. But we've got to put an end to this game.
Targets identified. Lock onto these coordinates. Avengers Assemble!
Hold up. My line. Avengers Assemble!
Something's blocking the card's transmission.
Okay, I'll just summon my armor. Then it'll be Iron Man
to the... MODOK's dampeners. He's targeted our tech.
What's the location on the hostiles?
Twelve-O-Clock. Nine-O-Clock. Five-O-Clock.
Okay. Option one. We escape through the aqua port, into the water.
Option two. Fight our way through to the Skull's
communication center and call the Avengers from there.
Or, Option Awesome. I hack into MODOK's tracking
systems, sneak into his lab, and get my armor back.
No, Tony, we don't have time!
There's always time when you're Tony Stark. Uh-oh.
MODOK! Where are they?
I can't trace them. Stark must have hacked my systems!
Pathetic! Search the sub! You Atlanteans, check outside the ship!
My warriors only take orders from me, Skull.
Then tell them, Attuma.
I would watch your tongue, skeleton! This tin box of yours is floating in my ocean.
Your ocean has Avengers in it!
Warriors! Search the waters. I will not risk the Avengers stealing our prize!
Looks like their little Cabal ain't the well-oiled machine Skull made it out to be.
Yeah, sounds familiar.
What? What are you saying?
I barely got you inside this air shaft in time. You put us in...
What are you ta... I blinded MODOK! You want him to go down swimming or swinging?
As far as I can tell, those are still our only two options.
I knew this plan was a load of hooey. Skull must have put the
knuckle down on Rogers. People, we got trouble with a capital T.
Worst Cap impression ever, Hawkeye.
What? Cap totally talks like that. Falcon, what's the status
on their... Uh, what's the old timey lingo for location?
Their signal went on the move. Some kind of
underwater transport. I can't find it anywhere!
You should have sent me! I'm the professional spy, remember?
Uh, Reaper's and Crossbones' costumes wouldn't fit ya.
I'm gonna hook up with S.H.I.E.L.D. to try and track them another way.
Or we could just ask them. Hulk-style.
I like that idea.
MODOK's power dampener is most likely activated by the black box
on his forehead. We shut it down and I can re-activate my armor.
Ugh. Not that again! We got Skull, MODOK, and Attuma out looking for us.
We need to get a signal back to the rest of the team and even up
these... Hold on, what is that? That's the thing Attuma brought on board!
Skull said something about ending the war today. From the
looks of those power signatures, he may be on to something.
No time for flight, moving to the fight option.
You know, this would be a lot easier if I had my
armor and you had your shield! And we had the Hulk!
You're not looking at this in the right way, Tony! Step one. Ask yourself, What would
a science whiz do? Step two. I distract the target and let the whiz do his biz.
It's not me! It's Stark! He's doing it!
Step three. We enjoy the view.
That actually worked.
Because that, my friend, was a...
Never thought I'd be happy to see vampires, but
they're saving me from one of your lectures.
Steve! Hold your breath!
No! That's not a plan!
They must have escaped!
What kind of a technopath can't find two humans
on a submarine that he has complete control over?
They will be captured soon enough, Skull. They cannot escape me forever!
Besides, Stark is powerless without his armor... just like you.
Do not push me, MODOK. No one's place in this Cabal is secure.
Sir. The trident is free!
At last!
Oh, I don't like the sound of that.
We have to stop them. And this time we're not marching in and making it up as we go.
Look, I admit it. If you hadn't come up with this plan to infiltrate
the Cabal, we never would have learned how serious this was getting.
Thanks. But?
But with my armor gone, all I can do is improvise. Steve, even without
your shield, you're still Captain America. Without my armor, I'm just...
Tony Stark. The Tony Stark. Billionaire. Genius. You're
probably one of the three smartest men in the entire world.
You're as tough as they come. You invented hardcore.
The Avengers are lucky you're on our side.
Really? You know two people smarter than me?
Can't you just take a compliment?
Neptune's trident! A weapon of the gods! The power of the ocean itself! The.
Avengers shall fall and all the nations of the world shall tremble before us!
Okay, I've got a plan.
You do? What is it?
Get caught.
Wait!
Hey! Anyone know where I can get a giant salad fork?
Do you even know what a plan is?
So, Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. I should have guessed that Stark would
do something as impulsive as this, but you, Captain, surprise me.
Here, without shields or armor to protect you? Now you will both pay for it.
Not sure I'm seeing the brilliance of this plan yet, Tony.
You just aren't looking close enough, Steve.
Time to find out if the Trident of Neptune lives up to its legend.
What are you doing? You'll rupture the hull.
It's true! The power to command the sea!
Wow, you'll really kill them in Vegas.
You mock us, Stark? With this trident we have just weaponized
water! Three-quarters of the Earth is now the Cabal's to control!
You can have the Hudson river.
Put a sock in it!
Huh?
Seriously, is there an off-switch on that mouth? Skull just told you that
he's going to hold the entire world hostage and you're cracking jokes!
You're the only joke here, Rogers! You super soldiers
are all alike! Living off the work of smarter men!
Case in point: MODOK. He took my armor, all Skull did
was put it on. And now look who's holding the trident!
Skull? You don't plan on keeping the trident for only yourself?
Only one can wield it at a time.
That was not our agreement! You released it for Attuma! Its
power is derived from the ocean. I am its rightful lord!
No! I caught these two. They're mine to destroy!
You dare? I am a king! You are nothing but the Skull's lapdog!
King? Ha! You're a fish monger! I am MODOK, master of science!
Enough! Don't you see, they seek to divide us? They're playing you for fools!
I have had enough of your insults, Iron Skull!
Hey, Modork, you got something on your forehead.
We all good now?
We will be. In about ten seconds.
Stall him!
Consider him stalled!
Huh?
Not this time, Avengers! What?
What can I say? I dress to impress.
You're too late to stop me, Stark! Not even your armor can save you from this!
Tony!
Skull!
You think too small, Skull! Attuma shall show you the true power of the seven seas!
No!
Tony! Do your thing!
Done!
No! You fools! Do you realize what you've done?
Yeah, stopped you from ruling the world.
You've unleashed the power of Neptune! You have angered the ocean itself!
Steve, Hold on!
The force of the whirlpool is dragging us down.
Steve! I'm sorry! My armor... it's not enough!
Don't worry!
Why not? Seems like a good time!
When MODOK"s power dampener was destroyed, I called them!
Thanks for the lift, Hawkeye.
No problem, bucko!
I'll explain later. Where's the Cabal?
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea. Re-evaluating their partnership.
I'm surprised you guys survived each other, much less the Cabal.
I recently learned it doesn't hurt to have a plan sometimes.
Oh, now, isn't that ironic, 'cause I learned
that sometimes you should just follow your gut.
So, like, are you pals gonna hug now or what?
Why are you still wearing my uniform?