Puppet Master: Axis Termination

Danny, Beth.

Captain Brooks?

Yes.

Thank God.

We thought you'd never get here.

Do you have the others?

Where are you taking us?

No.

Danny.

Ah!

Danny.

I'm sorry, he's gone.

Take care of them.

Them?

Yes, General?

Send in Brooks.

Captain Brooks, you can go in now.

Well, a day late and a dollar short

up until now, wouldn't you say?

Sir?

Your performance on this assignment?

Yes, sir.

Says here you've been in trouble before.

Combat fatigue?

Yes, sir.

Well, I guess that's none of my business,

and I'm stuck with you now.

Yes, sir.

You looked in that trunk, didn't you?

Yes, sir.

Some sort of uh, fancy backroom boy stuff.

No, Captain, that's no fancy backroom boy stuff.

Well then, sir, I have no idea

what the hell's going on here.

Frankly Captain, neither do I, but lucky

for the both of us, that's what orders are for.

Yes, sir.

Send in Ivanov.

Yes, General.

You may go in now.

Ma'am.

What is this, sir?

We startin' a sideshow or something?

Captain Brooks, Dr. Ivan Ivanov.

Doctor of what exactly?

Theology.

God knows that'll come in handy.

He does.

Is that a German accent, Doc?

Russian.

Definitely not German.

You know, they keep tellin' us

that the Russians are our pals, now.

Well, at least that's what they keep tellin' us.

I supposed trust is hard to come by, Captain,

even here in America.

Alright, alright, enough.

Have a seat.

Listen up.

Here's the lowdown.

Now, we have it on good intelligence

that the Axis has a special unit investigating,

okay, magic.

I'm sorry.

Did you say magic?

You heard me.

Mindreading, voodoo, call it what you like.

Like these damn puppets,

and they've been getting results.

So get that look off your face, Captain.

Sorry, sir.

Now, Captain, Dr. Ivanov here has been put in charge

of our own Allied Special Projects Unit

by men with a lot more stars than I got,

and the first job is to find out how these puppets work.

Well yes, sir, if you so say.

Oh, I say so.

Yes, sir, I do say so Captain.

Take a look.

Now the Nazis have their own puppets

and these are American citizens

that these things have killed

along with one of our own generals.

They're probably planning more fifth column

stuff as we speak, so I don't want

any more "Yes, sirs" outta you.

I got my orders and now you got yours,

and by the way, from here on in,

you're taking orders from the dwarf.

Dismissed.

Let's go Captain.

Herr Freuhoffer.

Is this your doing, Frau Doktor?

My doing?

Sturmbanfuhrer Krabke.

I told you we needed him alive.

What happened to him?

Nothing to do with me.

Simply

died of old age.

Natural causes.

It does sometimes happen, even in wartime.

What about the Chinatown facility?

It's nuts.

Destroyed,

but all is not lost.

We have

this,

and we have

these.

It seems Herr Freuhoffer was making

some much needed repairs when he um,

met his maker.

You can control them?

Of course.

This green liquid gives them life,

but they need more than life.

They need a master.

Like men.

They shall.

Frau Doktor?

He's here.

Who is?

A very dangerous woman,

one I've met before.

Come.

We must hurry.

So, my little friend.

We will finish our business.

We must work quickly.

They have found an old master.

Very well, Frau Doktor.

Show me what they can do.

What you can do.

I'm telling ya, George, I think I heard something.

You're always hearing something.

Will you come over here and give me a hand?

No, I'm sure this time.

You're always sure, Bobby.

I'll be back in a sec.

Come on, Bobby.

I think I see something over here.

Yeah, yeah.

Bobby, you okay?

Bobby?

Ah!

Very good.

Now, attach the bombs where I told you,

and come back to your master.

Father.

Don't be afraid, Elisa.

He's a friend.

A friend?

He's alive.

A living puppet.

Father, I dreamed about others like him.

Later, my dear.

Hurry now.

Get dressed.

Something's happened.

Half the city's gone dark.

I've called a meeting.

We'll have to work on you, my friend.

Captain, Miss Georgina Vale.

Ma'am.

My, my.

An officer and a gentleman.

My daughter, Elisa.

Your, I'm sorry, your daughter?

Good evening, miss.

Good evening.

Yes, Captain.

We can have children of conventional size.

May we proceed?

You're the boss, Doc.

Thank you.

Elisa, Miss Vale.

Captain Brooks will be serving as a liaison

to the war department.

All three of us, Miss Vale, my daughter and I

have certain special abilities

that have made us suitable for membership

in this organization.

Yes, sir.

Miss Vale is our resident expert in the occult

and an accomplished witch.

Right.

She specializes in sexual magic.

Do tell.

Don't we all?

My daughter, Elisa, is a psychic and clairvoyant.

That means...

I know what it means.

It means she can tell the future,

like a fortune teller or a fortune cookie.

Something like that, but only in her dreams.

How 'bout you, Doc?

What's your trick?

Can you tell me what I'm thinking right about now?

I'm afraid I can't read minds, Captain,