00:00At Avenger headquarters, an ominous lull has set in, dulling senses, slowing reflexes.
00:13I crave action, Wanda. Action!
00:18You were always impatient, Pietro, my brother.
00:21The alarm signal.
00:23An intruder.
00:24I'll handle this.
00:27Halt! In the name of the Avengers.
00:30It's time someone showed up.
00:32You were ordered to halt.
00:34Now I'll...
00:36Back! Nobody orders the swordsman.
00:39Hold your tongue.
00:43You speak to an Avenger.
00:46My blade will slow you down, Quicksilver.
00:49His weapon spins like a propeller.
00:52My hex power will cause his sword to slip through his fingers.
00:56What happened?
01:00With my sword stuck in that panel, I'm no match for his speed.
01:04Hold it! Stop!
01:06And now, it's time to talk.
01:09No need to fight anymore. I was just testing you.
01:13You lie.
01:15Wait! Hear him out!
01:17I want to join your group.
01:19But first, I had to be certain you were as good as they say.
01:22Before joining, I owe you these back views.
01:25You'll pay for this!
01:28Relax.
01:29I just let him have the blood on my blade.
01:32It'll teach him not to be so trusting.
01:34The swordsman always has the last word.
01:37You'll never be an Avenger.
01:39You lack honor.
01:41The last word is a woman's prerogative.
01:43Don't force me to defend myself.
01:46There is no defense against my hex power.
01:48What's going on down here?
01:55It's Captain America.
01:56Who's this slumbering stranger?
01:58He calls himself the swordsman.
02:01The swordsman?
02:02Let's check him out in our microtape identity file.
02:05If he has a record, we'll find out now.
02:08He's one of Europe's most dangerous adventurers.
02:12The swordsman cut the electric wires.
02:15Hit the emergency switch.
02:17He's gone.
02:19You could use some action.
02:20Try to find him.
02:21I'll stay and mind the stores.
02:23They're gone.
02:24Now I can return to my training routine.
02:28Washington, D.C., where Captain America's opened letter
02:31attracts the attention of a hoodlum
02:33who realizes that the swordsman
02:35would be most interested in any letter
02:38from the Avengers.
02:41I figured this letter would be worth
02:42a thousand claims to you, swordsman.
02:45Give it to me.
02:45Wait a minute.
02:48So, Captain America wants to join the C.I.U.
02:52This could be what I want.
02:54Then I'll get my dough.
02:56Sure.
02:57After I've trapped him.
02:58I got my answer.
03:00The C.I.U. wants me.
03:02What about your duties here with the Avengers?
03:05I'll still be on call.
03:07What gives you the right to be a part-time Avenger?
03:10My entire life gives me the right, mister.
03:12Look at my record.
03:14Now I know why you wear a mask.
03:16It's to hide your swelled head.
03:18I'm not leaving the Avengers.
03:19I'm just picking up the threads of another life.
03:21This could be the best thing for all.
03:25Indeed, it could.
03:27They're thinking if Captain America leaves,
03:29each hopes to become leader.
03:33Step on it.
03:34We ain't got all night.
03:36Good.
03:37You did it.
03:38Now let's hightail.
03:39Listen.
03:40I hear something.
03:42A flare.
03:44It's Hawkeye.
03:50That'll hold you till the cops come.
03:52Honest, Hawkeye.
03:53I didn't mean to help the swordsman trap Captain America.
03:56So, that letter cap got was a phony.
04:00I've got to find Cap.
04:01He's walking right into a trap.
04:04This warehouse can't be the office of the C.I.U.
04:08So, Captain America snapped at my bait.
04:10Then the note wasn't from the C.I.U.
04:13I used it to make you my hostage.
04:16So, the Avengers will have to accept me.
04:19Nobody makes a hostage of Captain America.
04:25Ha!
04:26Your shield is mine.
04:29Come back, you fool.
04:30You can't escape me that way.
04:32Ha, ha, ha.
04:33Kicking those cartons at me isn't going to save you.
04:36It'll keep you off balance long enough for me to do this.
04:40Your sword can't stop me now.
04:48You're not fighting a beginner, mister.
04:54He's cutting the rope to release a pile of metal.
05:02Lady Luck was in my corner.
05:04What a pity your Avengers will be too late to save you.
05:11I've raced around and he's nowhere inside.
05:14Look, he's up there.
05:16One prod of my blade and Captain America plunges to his doom.
05:21You have ten seconds to make me leader of the Avengers.
05:26Don't do it.
05:27We can't let you die.
05:29They won't have to make a decision now.
05:34As the masked adventurer plummets toward his doom,
05:37the Avengers watch in horror.
05:39How can even Captain America survive such a fall?
05:43Have auent hmm.
05:44Bye.
05:46Bye.
05:46Bye.
05:47Bye.
05:59Bye.
