Promises

I'm Nick Fury.

Been riding a desk for the past six years

trying to figure out where our future enemies are coming from.

Official S.H.I.E.L.D. activity.

Never occurred to me they would be coming from above.

You say this thing looked like Coulson?

Mmm. Talked like him, too.

Shapeshifters.

We can't trust anyone.

Not even our own men.

Now I stand before you as my true self.

Without deception.

I just wanna talk.

My people lived as refugees, homeless.

Talos! - Soren.

And the handful of us that are left will be slaughtered next.

There are thousands of us separated from each other.

This is just the beginning.

They won't be safe here.

They need their own home.

Varra. Welcome.

Thank you, Fury.

I'd like you to meet someone.

This is Gravik.

Gravik.

His parents were killed in the last stand against the Kree.

He escaped from behind enemy lines, piloted a ship all on his own.

He is smart, Fury. Knows how to survive.

We could use someone like him.

He's a child.

Only to human eyes.

Just talk to him.

Gravik. Sorry to hear about your parents.

They died a brilliant death.

I'm sure they did.

This work here...

you know it's very dangerous.

I'm not afraid.

I can see you're not.

I wanna thank you all for... For joining me.

I know it's been a... It's been a rough journey.

We went looking for a home, found nothing but violence.

And hate.

All of us have lost someone.

Or everyone.

And our entire species is scattered across the galaxy,

but for those of you who braved the journey here to Earth,

you did so for one reason.

This man.

This man that I trust.

You know I don't use that word lightly.

Thank you, Talos.

My friends, ever since...

Let me rephrase that.

Almost ever since I met Talos,

I believed that humans and Skrulls can help each other.

The world is facing a serious threat.

And I could use your help.

It would mean putting on a new face

and keeping it.

This is the promise.

While you work to keep my home safe,

Carol Danvers and I will find you a new one.

Who'll be first to take the pledge?

Thank you, Soren.

You have a courageous mother, G'iah.

You keep your word...

I'll keep mine.

What are you doing?

Let go of me.

I'm an American! I'm an American! I'm an American!

I'm an American!

They've gone.

You hear anything from G'iah yet?

No, nothing. Not yet.

When me and my mama used to take these long train rides to Detroit...

You know, train travel back then wasn't nowhere near this elegant.

Comin' out of Alabama, we always had to ride in the colored car.

It was hot, sweaty. Bathroom didn't work half the time.

And we couldn't go in the dining car.

So, we brought fried chicken, white bread, deviled eggs, and pound cake in a shoebox.

Mmm. Half hour after the train pulled out, that chicken be gone!

Smelt way too good to wait.

On these long rides,

me and my mother would make up games, pass the time.

"Tell Me Somethin' I Don't Know."

That was one of her favorites.

One time she said, "Tell me somethin' I don't know about you and Suzie."

Me and Suzie had a standing game of doctor we'd been playin'

behind Old Man Jackson's barn.

Suffice it to say, I wasn't about to tell her about that.

So, I made up something crazy like,

"Me and Suzie saw a bullfrog with polka dots."

My mama just smiled.

Even though I'd lied through my teeth,

the mere fact that I did that,

told her everything she needed to know about me and Suzie.

Mmm.

Well, you wanna go a few rounds?

Sure.

Tell me something I don't know about the destruction of Skrullos.

You know everything there is to know about it, Fury.

Name of the game is Tell Me Something I Don't Know.

We were overpowered by the Kree. We held 'em off for as long as we could.

When we couldn't hold 'em off any longer,

the million of us that were left, we fled.

Interesting.

Tell me something I don't know about the Skrulls that fled.

Um...

They're here.

Who's here?

All of us.

Wait. Whoa, whoa, whoa!

You're tellin' me there's a million Skrulls walking amongst us right now?

Have you lost your reptilian-ass mind?

I sent out the call

and every Skrull that isn't in Emperor Drogge's colony, they answered.

You lied to me!

Hey, we were being hunted across the universe.

I had two choices,

I could let my people be annihilated or summon 'em here to Earth.

- What would you have done? - This ain't about me!

Oh, right. But you're fine using us as your spies and your errand boys,

long as it's on your terms.

The host gets to set the terms of the visitation.

What happens when the host disappears, huh?

'Cause you were gone!

And I didn't think you were coming back, I really didn't.

And even when you did come back,

there was no talking to you about anything real.

Your boots barely hit Earth.

And, "Oh, it's too heavy here, man. I gotta go up to my space station."

You've been up there for years!

You knew how to get in touch with me, Talos,

and you didn't because you didn't want me to know.

My hope... My hope is that with your help...

Skrulls and humans can coexist, here on Earth.

Human can't coexist with each other! You've been here long enough to know that!

We've been at war with each other since we could walk upright!

There is not enough room or tolerance on this planet for another species!

Matter of fact, neither is this train compartment.

I think this is your stop.

Oh, my God.

Elizabeth.

Were you there?

Yeah.

How did it happen?

It happened quickly.

Don't you be one of those bastards who gives me a platitude

when I'm looking for the truth!

That one, over there. You know what he told me?

He told me that my nation owes me a debt of gratitude.

But he won't even tell me where on Planet Earth my daughter was killed.

So apparently, facts are not included in the debt I'm owed.

She died in Moscow.

We were there trying to stop the attack.

Someone set a trap.

- For her? - No, for me.

Someone wanted to hurt me...

so they hurt her.

Oh.

So, you're the reason I'm taking my daughter back home in a box.

I'm sorry I couldn't protect her, Elizabeth.

You're Nick Fury.

Maria believed in you.

She would've followed you to the gates of hell and back.

Look, I don't know what Maria died for out there.

But whatever it was, don't let it be for nothing.

Developing Story at this hour.

Several bombs exploded today at an annual celebration in Moscow,

killing at least 2,000 civilians.

One suspect is currently in custody,

identified as a leading member of the online fringe group,

Americans Against Russia.

The UK Prime Minister was quick to denounce the attack,

while the NATO Secretary-General says...

Despite the outpouring of condemnation, all signs point towards

imminent retaliation from Russia

for what the Kremlin regards

as an all-out declaration of war by the Americans.

They're all saying we had something to do with Moscow.

Well, I call bull on that.

There's no way that Moscow attack was committed by Americans.

This has got false flag written all over it.

How did you know Fury would be there?

I didn't.

Well, not to a certainty. But I hoped.

I wanted to see how much of him was left.

And?

He's just vapors. Old.

You know, I could've killed him if I wanted to.

You don't punish a man by givin' him what he wants.

You just get me to the Council meeting.

I wanna see their faces while Moscow is still burnin'.

You, wait.

Uh, yeah, that's not happening.

Gravik.

If I'm not out in an hour,

shoot him in the head.

Members of the Council.