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[lasers zapping]
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{\an8}[announcer] Go-Avenger!
Heroes of the Gamma War!
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{\an8}[♪ heroic music playing]
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Long ago, there was an age of heroes,
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when the Avengers
kept the forces of darkness at bay.
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Until, consumed by his fury,
the Hulk unleashed terrors
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the likes of which
the world had never known.
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Their sole purpose?
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- To destroy!
- [roaring]
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In humanity's darkest hour,
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the Iron Man found inspiration in an idea.
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- [static]
- [girl gasps] No!
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Oh, come on, Avengers, don't fail me now.
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Mom! The Internet's not working!
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Didn't you reboot the modem?
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- I'm trying to watch that old show.
- [rumbling]
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[♪ suspenseful music playing]
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What? Mom, what's going on?
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[screaming]
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- [♪ dramatic music playing]
- [people screaming]
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[gasps]
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[Gamma Beast roars]
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{\an8}[♪ heroic music playing]
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{\an8}[The Watcher] Time.
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{\an8}Space.
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{\an8}Reality.
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{\an8}It's more than a linear path.
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{\an8}It's a prism of endless possibility,
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where a single choice
can branch out into infinite realities,
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{\an8}creating alternate worlds
from the ones you know.
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{\an8}I am the Watcher.
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{\an8}I am your guide
through these vast new realities.
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{\an8}Follow me and ponder the question...
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{\an8}"What if?"
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Big things have small beginnings.
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So let me take you back
to the dawn of the Gamma War,
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- which all began with a friendship.
- [Banner pants] Oh, God.
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Who likes doing this?
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- [panting]
- On your left.
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Yep, you're good, buddy. Okay.
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[panting]
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Hey, you're doin' all right?
'Cause you're looking a little...
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Oh, wait, let me guess.
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- Green?
- [laughs]
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- Sam Wilson.
- Dr. Bruce Banner. [grunts]
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- Yeah, I kinda put that together.
- Uh-huh?
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Looked like you were
really pushin' it out there.
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[inhales sharply] I mean, yeah.
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I--I read somewhere that cardio
is a good stress reliever.
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I've been trying everything lately.
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- Yoga, knitting...
- [chuckles]
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[Banner] ...cooking shows. But I mean--
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[Sam] You ever just try
talkin' to someone?
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[Banner] Huh?
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[The Watcher] Sam Wilson sought to help
the brilliant doctor
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with a field of science
far different from his own.
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The rage isn't even the worst part
when he takes over.
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[The Watcher] Therapy.
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It's the fear.
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The fear I see in everyone else's eyes.
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And how does that make you feel?
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[inhales sharply] Lonely.
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Because if I'm being honest,
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I'm just as scared of myself
as they are of me.
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Well, look around you.
Ain't no one's afraid of you here, Bruce.
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[The Watcher] Sam Wilson knew
he had a responsibility
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to Banner as his counselor.
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But in that moment,
he saw a man struggling
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and felt he could do more to help him
as a friend.
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[birds squawking]
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- I like this. This is a great boat, man.
- [Sam laughs]
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- Throw me another brew, would ya?
- [thunder rumbling]
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[waves splashing]
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[The Watcher] But there are some forces
of nature that cannot be controlled.
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[Sarah] Sam, come on!
Gotta secure the lines!
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[Sam grunts softly]
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- [Sarah] Tie that--
- Look out!
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- [grunts]
- [screams]
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[groans]
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[grunting]
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[deep growling]
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Bruce.
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[♪ tense music playing]
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[growling loudly]
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[Sarah screams]
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- Bruce, no!
- [Sarah whimpers]
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- [growls]
- Bruce, come on, man.
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It's me. It's Sam.
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[The Watcher] It turns out
there was still one side of Banner...
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- [Sam] No, no, no, Bruce!
- [grunts]
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[The Watcher] ...he didn't want
his friend to see.
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So he took matters into his own hands.
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Gamma put this monster in me,
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I've gotta believe it could take it out.
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[grunts, screams]
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[♪ dramatic music playing]
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[deep growling]
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[The Watcher] Unfortunately,
things didn't pan out
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the way Dr. Banner had planned.
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And in trying to expel the beast within,
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Bruce Banner created
a whole new monster...
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[growling]
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[♪ sinister music playing]
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[groans]
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[The Watcher] ...and set it free.
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[growling]
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[people screaming]
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Forged in Gamma
and unrestrained by Banner's conscience,
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the threat grew in size and number
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as this Apex and his legions
rampaged across the globe.
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- [pilot 1] Look out!
- [pilot 2] Pull up! Pull up!
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[pilot 2 screams]
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[roars]
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[The Watcher] With everything at stake,
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the Avengers realized
that to fight these bigger, meaner Hulks,
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they would need bigger,
meaner Hulk-Busters.
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[♪ heroic music playing]
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[Avengers shouting indistinctly]
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[The Watcher] And so,
Earth's mightiest heroes fought...
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and fell.
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[♪ somber music playing]
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And in their sacrifice,
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inspired the surviving heroes
to finish the fight.
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[zapping]
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They chased the last of the monsters
to the end of the world.
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Until there was nothing left of them.
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Or so it was believed.
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Of course, issues left unresolved
rarely stay buried for long.
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{\an8}[♪ dramatic music playing]
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{\an8}[thrusters whooshing]
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[Sam] This is
the worst-case scenario, folks.
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At 1100 hours,
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Chicago and a dozen other major cities
were attacked by Gamma Beasts.
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And more are emerging every hour.
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Captain Rambeau?
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This could be a wave triple the size
of the one we faced in the old Gamma War.
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Yeah. And that one took out
all the Avengers.
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So, if anyone ordered a death wish--
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Argh! These Gamma grunts try to set foot
in Mother Russia,
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but one face-off with the Red Guardian--
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Can you really call it a face-off
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when you just ran away?
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I was luring the beasts
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- away from civilians.
- Mmm-hmm.
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- Like hero!
- [Shang-Chi] Okay.
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The point is,
there's more of them this time, okay?
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But where are these beasts
even coming from?
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Our satellites are picking up
a Gamma signature in the Arctic
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with the same isotopic fingerprint
as the original Apex beast.
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We need to get Bruce Banner on this.
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No.
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Sore subject. Noted.
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- Sam--
- We know how to win this war.
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We've done it before.
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Monica and I will head to the Arctic
and cut this thing off at the knees.
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- Small note. I would go for head.
- [Melina sighs]
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Much more final.
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Now, the rest of you,
focus on holding your territories.
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Barnes, you have the conn.
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Start prepping your mech, Rambeau.
We're wheels-up within the hour.
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[sighs] Bucky, we won the last war
by the skin of our teeth.
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You do not get that lucky twice.
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You really think Banner's a better bet?
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I mean, this all started with him.
Maybe he can finish it.
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See what you can find.
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I saw on some cartoon
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he lives in a lair
in the center of an active volcano.
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Get to it.
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The show's pretty great.
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[Monica] Cap, confirming the Gamma
signature. It's massive.
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[Sam] Then I guess we're here.
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[Monica grunts]
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[suits clanking, thudding]
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[Sam] This place is a ghost town.
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The sensors say
the Gamma spike is right here.
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[program running]
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[alarm blaring]
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- [Monica yells]
- [Sam] Monica, look out!
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- [Sam grunts]
- [growls]
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I guess we just found the spike.
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[Monica grunts] Oh, yeah, you want some?
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[Monica grunting]
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- [growling]
- [both grunt]
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[both groan]
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[growling]
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I'm thinkin' big guns.
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Oh, yeah. I'm thinking very big guns.
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- [suits clanking]
- [growls softly]
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[rapid firing]
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[growling]
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[firing continues]
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[♪ dramatic music playing]
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Whoa! What'd you just fire? A nuke?
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Well, that's not me.
Something else is happening.
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[both yelling]
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[Sam] Monica, you seein' what I'm seein'?
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[Monica] It's worse than we thought.
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There's thousands of them.
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[♪ tense music playing]
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- [suits whirring]
- [Sam grunts softly]
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- [both pant]
- [rumbling]
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[♪ ominous music playing]
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[growling softly]
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[Sam] The Apex.
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[growling loudly]
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- [Monica] They're listening to him.
- [Sam] And awaiting orders.
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This isn't an infestation.
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It's an invasion.
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[roaring]
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- [grunts]
- [alarm beeping]
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- [alarm beeping]
- [grunts]
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[growling]
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[growls]
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[♪ ominous music playing]
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[ice cracking]
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[beacon ringing]
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Bucky, you got news for me?
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Officially,
Banner's location doesn't even exist.
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But I found it anyway.
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- A black site?
- Abandoned,
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but something there
must have caught his interest.
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Mmm.
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[waves lapping]
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Then, I guess I'm on deck.
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Sam?
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We gotta get ourselves back in the sky.
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So we can just get our asses handed to us
all over again?
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- Stop playing.
- You know who we need.
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- Again with this.
- [sighs]
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Look, he's the one
who got us into this mess.
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What I don't understand is why you seem
more scared of Bruce Banner
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than you are of those Gamma Beasts.
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There was a time
when he was your friend, Sam.
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And look how that turned out.
For everybody.
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You tried to help him. It didn't take.
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But now, like it or not,
the two of you talking
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is the only thing standing
between us and the end of the world.
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- I don't even know where he is.
- Hmm.
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Then it's a good thing I had Barnes
go behind your back to find out.
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[Sam scoffs] You didn't.
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[Monica] Oh, I did.
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[Monica over comms] Coordinates
will be loaded to your onboard AI.
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Just make sure
you don't come back without a souvenir.
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[Sam] Yeah, no promises.
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[♪ heroic music playing]
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[whooshing]
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[♪ heroic music continues]
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[insects chirping]
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[birds chirping]
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[leaves rustling]
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Bruce?
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Who were you expecting, Sam?
253
00:12:27,541 --> 00:12:28,916
A monster?
254
00:12:29,500 --> 00:12:31,625
[♪ intriguing music playing]
255
00:12:33,500 --> 00:12:35,166
[Banner] Well, here we are.
256
00:12:35,250 --> 00:12:38,750
Bit of a fixer-upper, but I call it home.
257
00:12:38,833 --> 00:12:41,458
A nuclear combat bomber? Really?
258
00:12:41,541 --> 00:12:43,166
[Banner] Yeah. I don't know.
259
00:12:43,250 --> 00:12:47,416
An abandoned government pet project
somehow felt like the right fit.
260
00:12:47,500 --> 00:12:48,583
[Sam] Hmm.
261
00:12:48,666 --> 00:12:51,458
And the leftovers
made for a half-decent lab.
262
00:12:51,541 --> 00:12:52,708
Right.
263
00:12:54,041 --> 00:12:55,541
Uh, is that a nuke?
264
00:12:55,625 --> 00:12:58,041
[Banner] Sam, it's inactive. Don't worry.
265
00:12:58,125 --> 00:13:00,791
Banner. Nukes. I love it.
266
00:13:02,375 --> 00:13:05,958
I'm gonna guess you didn't come
all this way for my little science fair.
267
00:13:06,041 --> 00:13:07,333
Yeah, I'm afraid not.
268
00:13:07,416 --> 00:13:11,500
[Banner] What is it this time?
Aliens? Spooky wizards? Evil gods?
269
00:13:11,583 --> 00:13:14,083
- [Sam] A new Apex has risen.
- What?
270
00:13:14,166 --> 00:13:15,666
[Sam] Now, just hear me out--
271
00:13:15,750 --> 00:13:17,416
No, no, no.
272
00:13:17,500 --> 00:13:18,541
What do you mean, "No"?
273
00:13:18,625 --> 00:13:20,708
It's been years
since I've had an incident.
274
00:13:20,791 --> 00:13:22,458
I can't throw all that work away.
275
00:13:22,541 --> 00:13:25,250
The Apex's legions are thousands-strong.
276
00:13:25,333 --> 00:13:27,458
I don't know if we can take this guy down,
277
00:13:27,541 --> 00:13:31,125
not without a Gamma Beast of our own
in the fight.
278
00:13:31,666 --> 00:13:32,708
[sighs heavily]
279
00:13:33,541 --> 00:13:35,625
I--I can't do it, Sam.
280
00:13:35,708 --> 00:13:37,041
- Not like that.
- [chair skids]
281
00:13:37,125 --> 00:13:40,666
Bruce, come on, man. We're talking
about the end of the world here.
282
00:13:40,750 --> 00:13:43,291
- We need you.
- [sighs]
283
00:13:43,375 --> 00:13:44,583
[Banner] No, Sam.
284
00:13:44,666 --> 00:13:46,500
What you need is this.
285
00:13:47,083 --> 00:13:48,416
And what is this?
286
00:13:48,500 --> 00:13:51,125
It's a plug-in I wrote
for the mech's interface.
287
00:13:51,208 --> 00:13:52,625
What?
288
00:13:52,708 --> 00:13:54,666
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
289
00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,125
[program running]
290
00:13:58,791 --> 00:14:01,083
I call it the Mighty Avenger Protocol.
291
00:14:01,166 --> 00:14:02,916
- Whoa.
- Yeah.
292
00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:05,916
Use it against the Apex
and you should have a fighting chance.
293
00:14:09,708 --> 00:14:11,000
So that's it, huh?
294
00:14:11,083 --> 00:14:13,250
The rest of the world gets to fight
your monsters
295
00:14:13,333 --> 00:14:15,500
while you just hide in fear?
296
00:14:15,583 --> 00:14:16,958
Fear?
297
00:14:17,041 --> 00:14:19,125
What do you know about fear, Sam?
298
00:14:19,208 --> 00:14:21,125
About being a threat.
299
00:14:21,208 --> 00:14:23,458
A living force of destruction.
300
00:14:23,541 --> 00:14:25,708
I know you can't get past the things
that scare you
301
00:14:25,791 --> 00:14:27,458
if you don't face them.
302
00:14:27,541 --> 00:14:28,708
[sighs]
303
00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:31,666
Why do you think I built this protocol?
304
00:14:31,750 --> 00:14:34,416
[♪ somber music playing]
305
00:14:34,500 --> 00:14:37,208
You built it to use against yourself?
306
00:14:37,291 --> 00:14:42,500
I built it to protect everyone
from a monster no one can control.
307
00:14:49,916 --> 00:14:53,625
Look, I've never seen a monster
when I look at you, Bruce.
308
00:14:53,708 --> 00:14:55,416
I've only ever seen my friend.
309
00:14:56,375 --> 00:15:01,166
I guess I hoped if you faced this thing,
then maybe you'd see what I see, too.
310
00:15:05,416 --> 00:15:06,791
[thrusters roaring]
311
00:15:16,083 --> 00:15:17,333
[Monica over comms]
Talk to me, Cap.
312
00:15:17,416 --> 00:15:20,208
I think I've done enough talkin'
for one day. Thank you.
313
00:15:20,291 --> 00:15:22,500
Then I take it Bruce isn't coming?
314
00:15:22,583 --> 00:15:24,750
No. We're on our own.
315
00:15:24,833 --> 00:15:26,083
Not entirely.
316
00:15:26,166 --> 00:15:29,416
The team and I are tracking the Apex
and his herd to New York.
317
00:15:29,500 --> 00:15:31,500
They're gonna make landfall any minute.
318
00:15:31,583 --> 00:15:33,708
[Sam] Banner did give me
something to work with.
319
00:15:34,375 --> 00:15:37,791
- [beep]
- [program running]
320
00:15:37,875 --> 00:15:41,000
- "The Mighty Avenger Protocol"?
- Banner built this?
321
00:15:41,083 --> 00:15:42,833
Great, 'cause none
of his science experiments
322
00:15:42,916 --> 00:15:44,375
have ever gone sideways.
323
00:15:44,458 --> 00:15:47,041
A weapon this complex
has never been field-tested.
324
00:15:47,125 --> 00:15:50,500
How do we know he hasn't gone
full Colonel Kurtz in his volcano?
325
00:15:50,583 --> 00:15:53,583
Yeah, even if he hasn't,
if we run this op and we all go down,
326
00:15:53,666 --> 00:15:55,416
the world will be left defenseless.
327
00:15:55,500 --> 00:15:58,541
But this is the shot we have.
We may not get another one.
328
00:15:58,625 --> 00:16:00,291
Well, then we better take it soon.
329
00:16:00,375 --> 00:16:02,125
Because the invasion has already begun.
330
00:16:02,208 --> 00:16:04,208
[♪ foreboding music playing]
331
00:16:06,833 --> 00:16:07,875
[growls]
332
00:16:07,958 --> 00:16:09,125
[girl] Wait for me!
333
00:16:09,208 --> 00:16:10,583
[people panicking]
334
00:16:10,666 --> 00:16:12,125
[Apex growling]
335
00:16:12,208 --> 00:16:14,708
We're out of time. We've gotta go.
We've got to go.
336
00:16:14,791 --> 00:16:16,791
[Monica] Roger that, Agent.
We'll take it from here.
337
00:16:17,333 --> 00:16:20,166
- [Nakia] So many.
- [Monica] Everyone, spread out.
338
00:16:20,250 --> 00:16:23,083
We need to hold them at the harbor
until Sam gets here.
339
00:16:23,166 --> 00:16:25,416
[Gamma Beasts growling]
340
00:16:26,833 --> 00:16:28,625
[Shang-Chi grunting] Take that!
341
00:16:28,708 --> 00:16:30,500
[Shang-Chi and Monica grunt]
342
00:16:30,583 --> 00:16:32,833
- [Shang-Chi] There's too many of them.
- [Monica grunts]
343
00:16:33,750 --> 00:16:36,458
[Monica] Sam? We could sure use
that Hail Mary right about now.
344
00:16:37,125 --> 00:16:40,083
Actually, Rambeau,
this play is more of a blitz.
345
00:16:40,166 --> 00:16:41,666
[Shang-Chi] Whoo-hoo!
346
00:16:41,750 --> 00:16:43,125
Yeah! [laughs]
347
00:16:43,208 --> 00:16:45,291
[♪ heroic music playing]
348
00:16:50,666 --> 00:16:52,416
On my mark.
349
00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:55,416
Avenger, assemble.
350
00:16:56,583 --> 00:16:58,166
[whirring]
351
00:17:00,708 --> 00:17:05,916
[laughs] Avengers!
If Colonel Dreykov could see us now.
352
00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:07,208
[Melina] Mmm-hmm.
353
00:17:07,291 --> 00:17:08,666
[laughing continues]
354
00:17:08,750 --> 00:17:11,041
Okay, Mr. Banner.
355
00:17:11,125 --> 00:17:13,250
Engines clocking at 1000%.
356
00:17:13,333 --> 00:17:14,666
Let's go.
357
00:17:15,916 --> 00:17:17,500
[Shang-Chi] Incredible.
358
00:17:17,583 --> 00:17:20,041
All our operating systems are integrated.
This is great.
359
00:17:20,125 --> 00:17:22,458
All systems green, Cap.
Oh, we're good to go.
360
00:17:23,416 --> 00:17:25,333
[Bucky] Whoo-hoo!
361
00:17:25,416 --> 00:17:27,000
Not bad for a bucket of bolts.
362
00:17:27,666 --> 00:17:30,166
[Sam] The whole world is watching, people.
363
00:17:30,250 --> 00:17:31,750
Let's finish it this time.
364
00:17:32,333 --> 00:17:34,333
[♪ heroic music playing]
365
00:17:36,125 --> 00:17:37,166
[powering up]
366
00:17:39,250 --> 00:17:41,250
[mechanical whirring]
367
00:17:43,041 --> 00:17:45,458
[suit clanking]
368
00:17:46,458 --> 00:17:48,666
- [growling]
- [Sam] Here they come.
369
00:17:48,750 --> 00:17:49,875
Fire at will.
370
00:17:50,375 --> 00:17:51,875
[Monica grunts] Take that!
371
00:17:52,458 --> 00:17:53,875
Oh, yeah, you want some?
372
00:17:53,958 --> 00:17:55,833
- [Spector] Yeah! [laughs]
- [growling]
373
00:17:56,875 --> 00:18:00,000
[laughs] Okay, Mighty Avenger!
374
00:18:00,083 --> 00:18:02,291
[chuckles] Yeah. Teamwork. Who knew?
375
00:18:05,875 --> 00:18:09,291
Oh. Banner made the interface
pretty user-friendly.
376
00:18:09,375 --> 00:18:10,416
I'll give him that.
377
00:18:10,500 --> 00:18:11,875
[growling]
378
00:18:12,958 --> 00:18:13,958
[Sam] Second wave's comin'.
379
00:18:14,041 --> 00:18:16,166
Let's open up a six pack of whoop-ass.
380
00:18:16,250 --> 00:18:17,875
[metal clanging]
381
00:18:18,750 --> 00:18:20,666
- [Nakia] Let's do this!
- [Monica] Whoo!
382
00:18:20,750 --> 00:18:22,875
[Spector] Oh, Banner, I love you, man!
383
00:18:22,958 --> 00:18:24,458
[♪ dramatic music playing]
384
00:18:24,541 --> 00:18:26,958
- [groans]
- [Spector grunts]
385
00:18:27,041 --> 00:18:29,125
[rumbling]
386
00:18:32,333 --> 00:18:34,083
[Sam] Anyone have eyes on the Apex?
387
00:18:34,625 --> 00:18:36,416
- [Bucky] On our six.
- [growls]
388
00:18:36,500 --> 00:18:38,875
[Sam] Don't give him time to think.
Let's take him out.
389
00:18:38,958 --> 00:18:40,625
[laser zapping]
390
00:18:40,708 --> 00:18:42,541
- [Nakia] Hit him harder!
- [Spector] Don't let up!
391
00:18:42,625 --> 00:18:44,458
- [Sam] Give it everything you got!
- [Spector grunts]
392
00:18:44,541 --> 00:18:47,000
[Shang-Chi] Yeah, we're trying, Cap,
but it's not closing the deal.
393
00:18:47,083 --> 00:18:49,250
[Monica] No, no, no!
His Gamma readings are spiking.
394
00:18:50,291 --> 00:18:51,833
[Sam grunting]
395
00:18:54,916 --> 00:18:56,500
[powering down]
396
00:18:57,916 --> 00:19:00,000
[Gamma Beasts roaring]
397
00:19:01,916 --> 00:19:06,916
[grunts] Come on, people. We gotta get up.
We didn't come here to lose today.
398
00:19:07,000 --> 00:19:10,458
[Nakia] Yeah, not gonna happen.
All systems critical.
399
00:19:10,541 --> 00:19:13,041
Uh, Cap?
There's something in the sky.
400
00:19:13,125 --> 00:19:15,500
How's that possible?
We don't have any mechs left.
401
00:19:15,583 --> 00:19:18,833
- No, it's not a mech. It's a...
- [engine whirring]
402
00:19:18,916 --> 00:19:20,375
- It's a...
- [growls]
403
00:19:20,458 --> 00:19:22,208
[Banner] On your left, Cap.
404
00:19:22,291 --> 00:19:23,541
- Bruce?
- [Banner] Hah!
405
00:19:23,625 --> 00:19:24,625
Yeah.
406
00:19:24,708 --> 00:19:27,541
Thought you might need something
that packed a bigger punch.
407
00:19:27,625 --> 00:19:29,750
So I gave the bomb an upgrade,
408
00:19:29,833 --> 00:19:31,958
- a fresh Gamma core.
- [Bucky] What?
409
00:19:32,041 --> 00:19:34,625
No. He can't release
all that energy over the city.
410
00:19:34,708 --> 00:19:37,541
He's not. He's going to take it all in.
411
00:19:37,625 --> 00:19:39,250
He's going Gamma critical.
412
00:19:39,333 --> 00:19:41,125
Whoa, whoa, that--that's too much power.
413
00:19:41,208 --> 00:19:42,791
He may never come back from it.
414
00:19:42,875 --> 00:19:45,083
Bruce, there are other ways.
You don't wanna do this.
415
00:19:45,166 --> 00:19:47,375
You know what's funny? I do.
416
00:19:50,833 --> 00:19:52,125
Bruce!
417
00:19:52,875 --> 00:19:54,500
[Banner] It's okay, Sam.
418
00:19:54,583 --> 00:19:57,166
For the first time in a long time,
419
00:19:57,875 --> 00:20:00,125
- I'm not afraid.
- [electricity crackling]
420
00:20:00,208 --> 00:20:01,708
[grunts]
421
00:20:02,041 --> 00:20:04,375
[♪ dramatic music playing]
422
00:20:04,458 --> 00:20:07,125
[growling]
423
00:20:09,125 --> 00:20:10,166
Bruce! Oh, sh--
424
00:20:10,250 --> 00:20:11,750
[explosion]
425
00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:14,708
[groans]
426
00:20:21,833 --> 00:20:22,958
[hatch door clanks]
427
00:20:23,041 --> 00:20:25,000
[♪ menacing music playing]
428
00:20:25,083 --> 00:20:26,291
- [rumbling]
- [soft growling]
429
00:20:33,458 --> 00:20:34,791
[grunts]
430
00:20:36,750 --> 00:20:38,125
[thunder rumbling]
431
00:20:42,625 --> 00:20:44,625
[grunting softly]
432
00:20:47,375 --> 00:20:49,375
[♪ menacing music continues]
433
00:20:59,666 --> 00:21:00,791
[roaring]
434
00:21:06,875 --> 00:21:08,083
[grunts loudly]
435
00:21:08,166 --> 00:21:09,625
[roaring]
436
00:21:12,958 --> 00:21:14,083
[growls]
437
00:21:17,833 --> 00:21:19,875
[♪ menacing music intensifies]
438
00:21:22,541 --> 00:21:23,958
[both grunt]
439
00:21:24,041 --> 00:21:25,250
[♪ tense music playing]
440
00:21:27,625 --> 00:21:30,958
It appears the smaller ones
are watching the fight.
441
00:21:31,041 --> 00:21:32,375
To see who comes out on top.
442
00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:34,000
That's why he nuked himself.
443
00:21:34,083 --> 00:21:36,916
Not just to kill the Apex, to replace him.
444
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:39,041
[grunting]
445
00:21:45,541 --> 00:21:46,791
[grunts]
446
00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:51,125
[both grunting]
447
00:21:54,875 --> 00:21:55,875
[groans]
448
00:21:58,208 --> 00:22:00,416
[roars]
449
00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:01,791
We gotta give him a hand.
450
00:22:04,291 --> 00:22:05,291
[grunts]
451
00:22:05,375 --> 00:22:07,166
- [powering up]
- [straining]
452
00:22:08,125 --> 00:22:09,375
[whirring]
453
00:22:11,250 --> 00:22:12,833
[Apex growling]
454
00:22:12,916 --> 00:22:14,583
Big guns, right?
455
00:22:21,041 --> 00:22:23,041
[♪ dramatic music playing]
456
00:22:23,125 --> 00:22:24,708
[grunts]
457
00:22:24,791 --> 00:22:27,291
[growls]
458
00:22:30,208 --> 00:22:32,333
[roaring]
459
00:22:35,333 --> 00:22:37,666
[groaning]
460
00:22:37,750 --> 00:22:39,750
[♪ dramatic music playing]
461
00:22:40,458 --> 00:22:42,125
[growling]
462
00:22:49,750 --> 00:22:51,041
[groaning]
463
00:22:55,125 --> 00:22:57,208
[inhales deeply]
464
00:23:02,875 --> 00:23:05,083
[roar echoes]
465
00:23:07,250 --> 00:23:10,791
[gasps] It looks like we have a new Apex.
466
00:23:10,875 --> 00:23:12,416
[grunts]
467
00:23:14,583 --> 00:23:16,416
[roars]
468
00:23:16,500 --> 00:23:17,708
Mega-Hulk.
469
00:23:17,791 --> 00:23:19,166
Nope. No, thank you.
470
00:23:20,833 --> 00:23:22,750
Khonshu says light him up!
471
00:23:22,833 --> 00:23:25,916
Avenger Team, stand down! Stand down!
472
00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,250
Are you kidding me?
We've got a giant Mega-Hulk inbound.
473
00:23:30,333 --> 00:23:33,208
- I said, stand down.
- [footsteps thudding]
474
00:23:34,583 --> 00:23:38,125
- [Shang-Chi] Cap, what are you doing?
- [Bucky] It's not Bruce in there.
475
00:23:38,208 --> 00:23:40,416
Sam! He's off his rocker.
476
00:23:40,500 --> 00:23:43,541
The man wants to have tea with Lenin.
477
00:23:43,625 --> 00:23:45,875
Sam, are you sure about this?
478
00:23:46,875 --> 00:23:49,375
It's like you said, Monica.
He and I talking
479
00:23:49,458 --> 00:23:52,625
is all that stands between us
and the end of the world.
480
00:23:52,708 --> 00:23:54,000
[breathing heavily]
481
00:23:58,083 --> 00:23:59,208
Hey!
482
00:24:00,333 --> 00:24:01,625
Hey!
483
00:24:02,416 --> 00:24:04,791
Over here! Bruce, come on!
484
00:24:08,416 --> 00:24:09,833
What do you say, Bruce?
485
00:24:10,875 --> 00:24:12,000
It's me, Sam.
486
00:24:12,541 --> 00:24:14,583
[♪ dramatic music playing]
487
00:24:24,166 --> 00:24:26,208
Oh, Bruce, come on, man.
488
00:24:27,958 --> 00:24:29,458
[Mega-Hulk grunts softly]
489
00:24:30,375 --> 00:24:32,625
Hey, it's just us. Take it easy.
490
00:24:43,291 --> 00:24:46,958
I know you've always been scared
that everyone just sees you as a monster.
491
00:24:47,750 --> 00:24:52,000
But from where I'm standin',
all I see now is a friend.
492
00:24:52,666 --> 00:24:56,333
And I'd bet my life
that you still see one, too.
493
00:24:58,416 --> 00:25:00,041
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
494
00:25:08,416 --> 00:25:09,458
[Mega-Hulk grunts]
495
00:25:25,791 --> 00:25:27,833
[♪ somber choral music playing]
496
00:25:43,875 --> 00:25:45,750
- [Melina sighs]
- [Shang-Chi] Banner.
497
00:25:46,583 --> 00:25:50,083
I'm sorry, Sam. I know he was your friend.
498
00:25:51,166 --> 00:25:52,333
He still is.
499
00:25:52,875 --> 00:25:54,875
[♪ stirring music playing]
500
00:25:58,208 --> 00:26:00,791
Big things have small beginnings.
501
00:26:04,291 --> 00:26:08,541
Even the way a person sees themselves
can change their lives
502
00:26:09,500 --> 00:26:12,333
and the fate of the entire world.
503
00:26:13,583 --> 00:26:16,166
But in humanity's darkest hour,
504
00:26:16,250 --> 00:26:18,833
sometimes the greatest heroes
505
00:26:18,916 --> 00:26:22,541
are the friends who accept us
for who we really are.
506
00:26:22,625 --> 00:26:25,208
[roars]
507
00:26:29,875 --> 00:26:31,875
{\an8}[♪ theme music playing]