[♪ dramatic chanting fanfare playing]
[♪ mysterious music playing]
[in Mandarin]
[guards speaking indistinctly]
[in Mandarin]
[guard 1 remarks in Mandarin]
[in English] Damn it!
[in Mandarin]
[horn blowing]
-[in English] That's my cue. -[guard yells]
[guard 1 in Mandarin]
-[guard speaks indistinctly] -Oop, the other way.
[grunts]
[yelling] Oh, oh, oh!
[grunts]
-Ow! -[men yelling]
[yells]
[grunting]
[laughs]
[♪ suspenseful music playing]
[metal clattering]
[sighs] Home free.
Greetings from China.
This is War Dog Nine-Nine, requesting docking access.
[Ebo] Agent Basha!
You are alive?
You've been radio silent for weeks.
We assumed the worst.
Captain Ebo!
I was trapped by a blizzard that cut off all communications, so I had to improvise.
I am on course home with the artifact now.
[Ebo] Recon indicated
the village was protected by some great power.
We assumed you were lost to the locals' Dragon Curse.
[chuckles] I am sorry to report,
I encountered no actual dragons, just a local superstition.
There is no curse on me.
I got in, got what I needed and got out.
Whatever it takes for... Wakanda.
[♪ opening theme song playing]
[people yell]
[explosion]
[engine roaring]
[explosions]
[aircraft whooshing]
[woman 1] It's Basha. He's back!
-[woman 2] Yes! -[man 1] Welcome back.
-[man 2] You made it! -It is good to be home.
[woman 2] Welcome back.
[chuckles] Okay, okay, appreciate it.
Captain Ebo,
I am almost insulted you would think some curse could take me down.
Have I ever disappointed you?
Yes... but that is probably not relevant for the mission report.
[clears throat]
Our intel does still feel like it is missing something.
Are you certain you followed our parameters
and got out without any disturbances?
You know me. Precise as always.
The whole thing went down without a hitch.
Mind driving to the artifact gallery? Long flight.
[Ebo] You were only supposed to take what was inside the statue.
There were... complications.
We have procedures to ensure our missions go unnoticed.
Following the manual may work great behind a desk, my friend,
but in the outside world,
we field agents have to learn to think for ourselves.
I have seen some amazing things in the outside world,
but I never tire of this view.
[Ebo] Hmm.
Well, you will be seeing a lot more of it
if High Councilor Rakim is not satisfied with your mission debrief.
He does not have the same patience for your methods as your... admirers do.
[Basha] I do what I must.
The local legend was not the only thing protecting this,
but I managed to gain the trust of the temple's caretaker,
waited for my moment, and got the job done.
[man] It sounds simple enough,
but nothing ever is simple with you, now,
is it, Agent Basha?
[clears throat] High Councilor Rakim, I come bearing gifts.
We are pleased you have returned safely,
but this is not what you were sent for.
I know, I know.
The vibranium was deeply imbedded as decoration in this sacred statue.
Sadly, it will have to be demolished.
Captain Ebo, if you would excuse us.
As the coordinating officer of Basha's mission, I should--
See to your reports.
Yes, High Councilor.
To us, these are all just relics.
But in the wrong hands, they could spell the doom of Wakanda.
Or of the outside world.
You do not need to remind me.
I just spent weeks marooned in a blizzard to recover one.
Yes.
A fate that would shake any agent, and yet...
not you, it seems.
Feelings are a distraction in the field.
The mission is what matters here, High Councilor.
But at what cost, Agent?
[device beeps]
[beeps]
Hmm.
This isn't right.
[creaking]
-[clattering] -[gasps]
[exclaims]
You were missing in action for weeks, Basha.
Tell me, did something happen on your mission?
Yes. I succeeded.
Do not let your hubris deny the ordeal you have been through.
This is not some contest you need to win.
It is people's lives.
[device beeping]
Yes?
[woman over comms] Ah, Basha.
The tech team inspecting your airship
has not submitted your flight records for some reason.
On my airship?
[woman] The hangar is not responding.
Basha, do you know what is going on?
[beep]
I should go investigate.
Thank you, High Councilor. You have given me a lot to think about.
[clears throat]
This is Captain Ebo.
Do not process Basha's airship just yet.
I want to read the logs myself.
Anyone there? Hello? Report-- Ah!
[both grunt]
[crash]
How did you get in here? [yells]
[in Mandarin]
[in English] Did you say Basha?
Basha.
[coughs, straining] He is... How you got in here?
Easy. Easy now. Everything is okay.
Basha.
Okay, okay. You want Basha?
Come. Follow me.
Let me introduce you to some of our best warriors.
Intruder! Attack! [grunts]
No! No, no, no, no!
[coughs]
[in Mandarin]
[metal clangs]
-[man grunts] -[woman grunts]
[guards yelling and grunting]
[woman] No, no, no! He's coming behind--
-[muffled objects clattering] -[muffled grunting]
[grunts]
[glass shatters]
[female guard] Oh, no! Get him! He's getting away!
[panting]
-[gasps] -[both grunt]
You! You did this!
What? You ran into me.
You should really be more careful.
Says the first person to bring a curse to Wakanda.
What? Me? No.
They said your name, Basha.
I warned you something was off about our intel.
You did not listen.
[Rakim] What is all this?
What happened?
[hesitates] It was all a blur.
Never seen anyone move so fast.
And then they were gone.
The intruder was wearing a mask, sir, and foreign clothing.
But how could someone from the outside world have gotten in here?
They... they could not. Unless...
Unless they followed someone in.
And there was only one incoming transport today.
Basha's.
[female administrator] Agent Basha, sir?
[Rakim] He let something into Wakanda.
He and Captain Ebo will both have to answer for this.
We have to go to him. Confess to what has happened.
Come on, Ebo, we can still win this.
Things go sideways all of the time.
In the field!
This is headquarters!
[stutters] And now... it is the field.
And no one knows this place better than you do.
The intruder must have followed me to retrieve the statue.
We need to keep them away from the artifact gallery.
And the High Councilor's forces?
You know every service tunnel and secret passageway in here.
Take them to the arsenal
and create a diversion to draw Rakim's focus.
This intruder took on the entire War Dog cafeteria single-handedly.
You really think you can face them alone?
If I cannot stop him before he gets to the artifact gallery,
then we will have to stop him there.
Together.
Okay. Diversion, diversion, diversion.
-Ah! Arsenal alarm system. -[device beeping]
-[exhales] That should do it. -[alarm blaring]
We have an alarm triggered in the Red Sector, High Councilor.
They're going for the arsenal.
Send all available units! Now!
[panting]
[intruder gasps]
[intruder grunts]
[in Mandarin]
[both grunting]
[yells]
Jorani?
[♪ mysterious music playing]
[♪ romantic music plays]
[aircraft door shuts]
[in English] I took you in, against my every instinct.
To see what you were up to.
I guess this was it.
You should not have followed me here, Jorani.
So, this is where you're from?
I have never seen anything like it.
Amazing.
Hmm. And to think, all this time, I thought you actually cared about me.
The sad thing is, I actually started to.
Although, honestly, I'm a little offended
you thought I would believe you were some... lost traveler.
Well, the truth hurts.
Oh, it will.
Unless I get what you stole from us.
Stole? No, it was stolen from us!
We've never stolen anything.
I pulled you out of the snow, I took you in!
I was on a mission!
And now, so am I.
Jorani, please.
My people will not let you leave here alive.
I'm good.
Reinforcements are no doubt already converging on the Orange Sector,
so if you wish to get your hands on the statue,
you are sorely mistaken.
[scoffs]
Orange, you say?
Thanks.
-[Jorani grunts] -[train rumbling]
Damn it!
-Ugh! -[both grunt]
[grunts and gasps]
[grunts]
-[sighs] Who are you? -I'm the fool who seduced a thief.
Wait, no, no, no. I seduced you.
That's adorable.
[grunts]
[metal clinking]
I did not want it to be this way, Jorani, but my mission had to come first.
[shouts]
[grunting] Don't do it.
-Like you said, the mission comes first. -Jorani, no!
[screams]
[pants]
[explosion]
[Jorani] So, this is what you do.
Steal from other cultures.
Was all this just another conquest for you?
Was I?
It's not like that.
You were never my mission.
And yet you still lied to me.
Jorani, the metal in that statue is Wakandan property
that was stolen from us a thousand years ago.
And in that thousand years,
that statue has become more important to my people than it ever was to you.
I'm sorry, Jorani. You cannot have it.
For the last time. Please!
I like you, Basha.
I've tried really hard not to hurt you, but I am out of patience.
Step aside.
[scoffs] No.
[Jorani yelling and grunting loudly]
[yells]
[grunting]
[grunts in pain]
You really are very good.
This has been my whole life.
Mine too.
[metal clangs]
[both grunting]
[Basha grunts] Bright.
[Jorani groaning]
[Jorani gasps and grunts]
[glass shatters]
[grunts]
-[both grunting] -[punches landing]
[Basha] Whoo!
[chuckles victoriously]
[sighs, coughs]
How are you doing this?
I am Jorani. Guardian of the mountains.
I defeated the immortal dragon Shou-Lao
and drew power from his molten heart.
-What? -[warbling]
I am the Iron Fist.
[yells]
[Basha] Jorani, stop.
Stop right there!
Ebo.
Ebo, please stand down.
What? Why?
You completely ignored my concerns about the mission,
and now, here we are.
Please. You do not understand.
No, you do not understand.
And now everyone else is left to clean up your mess.
Ebo, this woman is too powerful.
If we want to get out of this, we have to find some way...
to come to an understanding.
And whether you like it or not, everything I have done today,
I have done to keep that statue out of her hands.
-Wait, wait, wait! -No, no, no!
[electricity crackling]
I'm guessing this is yours.
If you had just told me from the start, I would've helped you.
What? That is all you needed to do?
And we could have avoided all this?
I just...
[sighs]
...never imagined I could trust her...
or... anyone.
I'm sorry, Ebo. You have always had my back.
I should have listened to you. And...
[in Mandarin]
[in English] You both have taken care of me,
and I have been too focused on the trophies I was chasing to see it,
or to show you the care you have shown me in return.
If I had, maybe we would not be in this mess.
[Rakim] What is this mess?
[grunts]
[groaning]
Why are you like this?
Just trust me and follow my lead.
What in Bast's name happened here?
Well, High Councilor,
it was a... training exercise...
devised by our Captain Ebo here
to test the readiness of the men and women of this facility for a foreign intruder.
Now, when Captain Ebo left us earlier,
he radioed in the fake distress signal from the Hangarmaster.
I made it sound very convincing.
You did.
Then, he put on his mask and pretended to be a hostile agent.
He took on some of the people in the cafeteria,
they acquitted themselves okay, but not okay enough,
because, well... [chuckles]
our man Ebo? He is a beast, sir.
-Really? A beast? -Clearly.
And by the time I made my way here,
Ebo stood his ground like Bashenga reborn and fought me to the ground.
We made a bit of a mess, High Councilor, but we know where we need to improve.
Ah, and this whole affair was your idea, Captain?
Yes, sir. It was.
[scoffs] Then it seems maybe you are being wasted in Artifact Security, Ebo.
We should talk about getting you in the field.
Yes, sir.
[chuckles] And, Basha, see that this all gets cleaned up.
This is a place of honor and respect.
Make it so once more.
Yes, sir.
[growls angrily]
And this is mine. I think you've taken enough already.
You and I will never speak of this again, Basha.
See to it that she does not either.
Way ahead of you!
If you want to get her to the hangar, follow me.
I can get you to your airship undetected.
Whatever you say, Agent Ebo.
[mirthfully] "Agent Ebo." I like it.
[♪ closing theme song playing]