Marvel's Avengers Assemble

Hey! What do you think you're doing?

I was just about to ask you the same question.

I'm not gonna ask you again.

I would prefer to avoid

unnecessary bloodshed in my palace garden.

Yeah. Still working out if it's unnecessary.

Captain, this is White Wolf.

He is a trusted member of the royal family.

I have recently tasked him with helping Wakandan security.

Hunter, this is Captain-- I know who he is.

I want to know why he's here.

I arranged a meeting of Secret Avengers.

Captain America was invited.

But I wasn't.

What's wrong with this picture?

Brother, please.

Fine. I'll just go make sure everything is secure.

I'll say this for your brother, he takes the job seriously.

Indeed.

The palace has never been more secure.

While we await my sister's arrival,

allow me to present the final member of our group.

"Final member"? What do you mean?

He means me, Captain.

Zemo!

Hello. No doubt you're surprised to see me.

Wait. Stop!

Steve, wait!

Stand down, Captain.

Baron Zemo is with us.

He is on our side. What?

Your reaction is understandable, but what he says is true.

Tsk, tsk, Captain.

Is this any way to treat your new teammate?

Now, then, if you've finished

with your heroic display, please take a seat.

You may learn something.

There are three pieces that form the Panther Key.

Decades ago, the previous Shadow Council

tried to weaponize a powerful Wakandan artifact

but were thwarted by the Captain here and your grandfather.

Your grandfather hid that artifact in a place

that could only be accessed via the so-called Panther's Key.

Your grandfather then broke the key into three sections and hid them as well,

forcing Black Panther to scour the world to retrieve the sections

ahead of the modern Shadow Council.

In that, he has been victorious.

We now have the key here,

safe in Wakanda, reassembled.

The Shadow Council has nothing.

But there is yet another problem.

We still don't know what the key is supposed to open.

Indeed, Princess Shuri.

I have automated systems searching my father's records.

Perhaps they will find the answer there.

In the meantime, the key will be kept here, in the palace.

My presentation is complete.

Are there any... questions?

T'Challa, can I have a word, in private?

You're comfortable with Zemo having access to the key?

Zemo has been a strong asset, Captain.

He is under my protection.

Do you know how many evil plots and schemes he's hatched?

How many times he's pretended to be a hero just long enough

until he can stab us in the back?

We are in my palace,

in the country where I am king.

My back is well guarded.

Zemo is a manipulator.

If there's a way he can double-cross an ally, he'll find it.

I have made my judgment, Captain.

This discussion is--

Does Wakanda have blackouts?

We do not. But emergency systems should activate.

Hmm. Odd.

It's Zemo. He did this. I warned you.

Zemo could not have done this. His access does not extend--

It's Zemo. We have to get outta here

before he can finish whatever it is he's planning.

The palace doors require a slight charge to pull them open.

Without it, the doors become an indestructible wall.

It is a security feature.

Okay, so we need to get the doors powered up again.

We do. The door control mechanism is located inside this wall.

Got it.

Shuri, are you all right? I'm fine.

I was in the east wing when everything went into lockdown.

But I did have to cut through the wall to get out.

We must find out how far the blackout extends.

I'm rerouting emergency power to the conference room.

What are you people doing in there?

The whole palace is blacked out.

Hunter, where are you? West wing,

helping some Dora Milaje open the doors. Do you have eyes on Zemo?

I thought the good Baron was keeping company

with the rest of your little club.

Contact me when you have rallied the palace guards.

T'Challa, what's happening?

We are attempting to determine that now, Hunter. Go.

Hmm? Shuri, please display the palace security schematic.

Looks like the palace staff are locked in separate wings and floors.

Nearly all the palace doors are powered off or sealed shut.

Most but not all.

These doors are still active and open.

Does anyone else think that looks like a path?

It does. And it's leading to...

T'Challa's bedroom?

Why would anyone want to go in there?

The key is there! Zemo!

Both of you, with me! Wait!

If it was Zemo, he also depowered the prison level.

No, not the entire level.

Only one cell is open. How could he do that?

Which cell? Which prisoner is loose?

No!

M'Baku.

Did you miss me?

I've come to pay respect, Your Highness.

I can escape and bring payback

to the little cats who locked me away?

This must be my lucky day.

Kaboom!

Do you have to laugh at everything?

Not everything.

Only when I get to hurt people.

Like now!

Don't think I've forgotten

about you.

So quiet.

You're going to suffer in silence?

We prefer our actions to speak for us.

Well, this has been fun,

but I just can't stay.

Shuri! He's getting away!

Every second we waste gives Zemo a chance to get to the key.

M'Baku will rampage through the streets of the city.

T'Challa, our people are in danger. We need to act.

And we will.

Is there no way out of this maze?

You could always be smart and go back to your cell.

I'm giving you one chance, M'Baku. Go back.

You're giving me a chance?

Are you mad, Princess? Stand aside.

You're in my way. You're not leaving here.

You're going right back into the cell where we put you.

Oh, I am leaving, but now I will crush you first

and leave you broken for your brother to find.

Mm, I think they may have a problem with that.

"They"?

They.

Dora Milaje?

More little dolls for me to break.

Aah!

Bah! I'm not afraid of you.

You both are nothing.

I'm sorry. You were saying?

What in the world? Zemo!

I knew it. Good job, White Wolf.

Hunter, what is the meaning of this? What are you doing here?

I had a hunch this criminal would use the confusion to make a grab for the key.

A hunch? I think he's responsible for the blackout.

He probably opened the prison, too, to keep us all busy with M'Baku.

Hate to say I told you so, but that's a classic Zemo move.

Captain America...

Give it up, Zemo. We've got you dead to rights.