[Shuri] Bashenga? The first king?
The first Black Panther?
You think he has something to do with the Crown?
I do, Shuri. Prior to Queen Yemandi's time, there was no Crown,
only a lump of exotic material she called "Bashenga's Core."
She searched the entire world to find it and to return it to Wakanda.
Uh, "exotic material," Black Panther?
You mean like, uh, Vibranium-exotic?
Hmm? Perhaps, Klaue.
We have seen the Crown's destructive power with our own eyes.
Even inert, it is the focus of all Killmonger's schemes.
Well, if Bashenga can give you the secret
that will allow us to stop him once and for all,
you have to go.
Huh? T'Challa?
It is not working.
Something is different!
Perhaps I-- [yelling]
[grunts] Bashenga, where are you, brother? [leaves rustling]
[grunting] Huh?
Bask, I told you to run!
[grunts]
I've had enough running from Atlanteans.
Listen to the boy.
You run, you live.
[grunts]
[both grunting]
[groans]
Bask! [grunts]
[both grunting]
Shield or spear?
Shield.
[both yell]
[all grunting]
Run! Go!
[panting]
[both panting, grunting]
Nowhere to go, little pests.
Surrender and we'll make it quick.
Surrender? You're joking.
We could do this all day!
[quietly] Get ready to run.
I was just going to tell you the same thing.
[yells] Sister!
No! [all grunting]
[yells] [grunts]
[yells] [grunting]
[yelling] [both cry out]
[both grunt]
[both yelling]
[grunts]
[groans]
Hmm?
Bask, get out of the light!
[grunts]
Huh?
You're finished, pests. No more fighting.
No more lucky escapes.
You will die in that pit.
[laughing]
Bashenga, what is that thing?
I have no idea.
But there is a lot more.
[Bask] Look. It's breathtaking.
I've never seen anything like it.
It's almost as if the metal was alive.
I wonder, how is this even possible?
This was beneath us the whole time.
But we don't know what it is.
Only that it is some kind of metal.
It shattered Atlantean steel.
That's supposed to be impossible.
And it's so cold and light.
See? [grunting]
If we could forge weapons out of this,
we'd have a chance against the Atlantean raiders.
Maybe.
Armor first, I think.
Shields. You saw what it did to that trident.
No, Bashenga. I've grown tired of this.
If our people could fight back, the raiders would leave us alone.
There are too many of them, Bask.
We need to find somewhere to dig in and protect ourselves.
That's only half of it.
With this metal, we can really fight them. [grunts]
Beat them.
Bashenga, we could win.
It won't work. They still outnumber us.
They have a fortress. Even with all this metal...
Well, we'll never do any of it if we don't find a way out of--
Hmm? I still cannot believe it.
How could something so light be so-- Hmm?
Bask, wait!
We have to stay together!
Wait for me! Bask!
Where are you?
I'm here, Bashenga. Relax. I'm right here.
Look at it. Isn't it beautiful?
It's warm.
It's singing. Don't you hear it?
It's singing to me.
Let's go, Bask. This place-- there's something wrong with it.
No. You saw how special that other metal is.
This has to be special too.
Maybe more special.
Or it is something deadly. We cannot risk it. Let's go.
Let's take it with us.
We can see what it does later, when it's safe.
What is this? What's happening?
[yells, grunts] T'Challa!
[grunting softly]
[groaning]
[grunting] [yells] No!
No! Don't!
[grunts] [yells]
I said, "No!"
[yells] Aahh!
[groans] Bask, are you all right?
I'm fine. I'm wonderful.
I feel like I could fight a thousand raiders and win.
That thing is dangerous.
No, it's not.
It's-- It's dangerous.
No one must ever touch it again.
You understand?
Sister, do you understand?
Yes. Fine.
I understand.
Good.
Now let's get out of here.
[Shuri] T'Challa, wake up! Please!
[groans] What was that? What happened?
I do not know. As soon as Bask touched the Core--
Bask? I thought you were tracking Bashenga's memories.
She is Bashenga's sister.
His twin sister we never knew existed.
That's a pretty big secret to keep from the whole world.
[exhales] There is more.
They found it inside the Vibranium asteroid that had crashed into Wakanda.
Good. You've learned what you needed.
Now we can get out of here and-- No.
I must go back. There is still more to learn.
I need to learn it all.
[panting]
[laughs] Run, Wakandans!
Now all your lands belong to Atlantis! [grunts]
[panting continues]
[yells]
[groans]
[growls, chuckles] [grunts]
No! These lands belong to Wakanda!
[grunts]
[yells] [grunts]
[grunting]
[yells] [groans]
[grunts]
No, sister.
[panting]
Bashenga, they're getting away.
We can finish them.
These people are injured.
We have to get them to safety. The raiders can wait.
Yes, brother. You're right.
Of course.
You will be safe here, my friends. Safe and protected.
Welcome to Wakanda.
You see, Bask? Everything is...
[panting]
We have been over this.
You cannot use the Core. It is too dangerous.
I have only safeguarded it here until I can find a way to destroy it.
You are wrong. You never touched it.
You do not know the power it can give us.
I know what it did to you.
I won't have that happen again.
I'll show you. You'll see.
I'll show you what it can do. [grunts] [grunts]
Huh?
[chuckling]
[grunting] [grunts]
Bask, you cannot do this! Let it go!
No, Bashenga.
This time, you'll see.
What? No! Stop! [strains]
[grunts, groans]
Sister, please, no! Stop this!
Princess, no! Don't touch him!
[grunts] How dare you! Look at him.
[groaning] Whatever's happening, it's because of that Crown.
Do you want it to spread to you as well?
But I have to help him.
Can you find a way to do it without touching him?
[yells]
Stop fighting.
Don't you feel it? Don't you hear it singing?
Enough power for us to destroy all of our enemies!
No! This is not you!
And it is definitely not me!
[yells]
Aaahhh!
[groans]
[insects chirping]
[groans]
[gasps] Welcome back, sister.
What happened?
You went for the Core. Again.
After everything we said, everything you promised me.
I just want to protect our people.
As do I.
Bashenga, Atlantis has plagued our land for years.
We created the Panther Clan to protect the people.
If we use the Core-- No!
We cannot. No one can.
That thing-- it's just... anger.
It is like a fire that wants to burn down the world.
You must see that.
I see that doing things your way is too slow.
We'll never stop them if we just crawl along,
always worrying about making some mistake.
It is not just us anymore.
We have a tribe now.
We have to think of-- [bell clanging]
The Atlanteans. They've returned! We must--
I know.
[yells]
This is the Atlanteans getting revenge on us
for stopping the last raid.
We should have ended them when we had the chance.
That fight could have cost lives.
Saving the innocent is more important than-- No!
You always say that and the raiders keep coming.
You should have let me use the Core when I wanted to the first time.
This would have never happened!
Bashenga, there are survivors in the brush.
Gather them. Take them to Wakanda.
You see? This is what matters. The peop--
Bask!
[blow lands] [groans]
Do not do this, sister. We agreed--
You agreed. I did not.
If you destroy the Atlanteans-- Our people will be safe.
Everyone will be safe forever.
This is not our way.
We promised these people Wakanda would be a shield for them.
I will not let you do this.
Let me?
I don't think you understand.
[grunts]
You're right, Bashenga.
The people do need a shield,
and you can be that for them.
I will be their sword.
Bask, no...
[groaning] Bask...
Sister-- No!
[Shuri] These sonic pacifiers should ease your pain, brother. [beeps]
I hope.
[muttering]
[groans]
[muttering]
All right, T'Challa. I've done what I can.
It's up to you to come back to us.
You did it. I cannot believe you did it.
The Atlanteans are our enemies, yes.
But their city, their home...
It's a stronghold.
Was a stronghold. Not anymore.
Oh, sister. What have you done?
I drove them into the sea.
They're gone... forever.
Were there innocents there? Children?
Did you even look?
I had to do it.
They would have just kept coming and coming.
Now we can build Wakanda into the nation it was meant to be.
By destroying all your enemies?
What enemies? Don't you see?
With this, everyone will be able to stand behind your shield.
All of the tribes will--
What if they refuse?
I won't let them.
The Core is unstable outside the chamber.
It is making you the same.
Please, put it down and return with me to Wakanda.
No! No, I won't!
It's mine! You're just jealous! And weak!
You want to take it, so I'll be weak like you!
[both grunt]
[groans]
Put it down. I won't ask you again.
No!
[grunts]
Never! It's mine! It's mine!
[straining]
Bask, stop!
Don't you see what the Core is doing to you?
I see-- I see--
I see you, little king.
I see you, T'Challa!
Aahhh! What's happening to him?
[yelling]
I don't know!
[roaring] [screaming]
[both grunt]
[growling]
[roars]
Aahh!
[groaning]
[grunts]
What is this?
This is not Bashenga's memory.
[Bask] Bashenga is a liar.
All of you are liars.
You forgot me.
[grunts]
You buried me.
You even buried my name.
Aahh! [groans]
T'Challa, this way! Follow me!
Father? Is that you?
Hurry, son!
[panting]
[Shuri] I told you that stupid zip line wouldn't work.
[Hunter] If I had done it, it would've worked.
Shuri? Hunter? What is going on?
[Shuri] You hit your head testing that dumb zip line.
And what's that Crown?
You'd better give it to me before Father sees it.
[T'Chaka] T'Challa! Hunter! Shuri!
It is time to come in. Hurry! Hurry, children!
Father, what is going on?
Don't be so silly, T'Challa. Just give me the Crown.
Father, wait! [pants]
Father, it is T'Challa! [panting]
Why do you run from me? Father!
You know, you could probably catch up to him if you weren't carrying that.
What are you talking about?
Give me... [Bask] the Crown, T'Challa!
[grunts] [evil laughter]
[hissing] [T'Chaka] T'Challa, my son, follow me!
[grunting]
Father! Father, wait!
Father! Why do you run from me?
I have so many questions.
Is it really you?
Steve! But how?
There's no time for that. You have to get out of here.
Where is "here"? Everything keeps changing.
We're inside the Crown, T'Challa.
Inside it? How is that possible?
Listen, however you got in here, you have got to get out before it's--
[Bask] Too late. You are far too late.
[evil laughter]
Aah!
[evil laughter continues]
Cap! Steve! What is happening?
T'Challa, we can't let her...
Steve!
[Bask] Ten thousand years.
Forgotten. Bask!
Buried. Lost!
Is this your doing?
Stop this madness!
Stop? No.
I have only just begun.
Baaaask!
T'Challa! T'Challa, are you all right? [Black Panther groaning]
Well, at least he's not glowing anymore.
That's a good sign, yeah?
Yes. I'd say it's a very good sign.
[groans] Shuri, Klaue...
Is it over?
You tell us, mate.
[groans]
The journey was strange and even painful at times,
but I believe the quest was successful.
T'Challa...
I learned so much, Shuri. About the Crown, about our family.
So much was kept from us. From all of us.
T'Challa, listen--
Killmonger knows all this.
He knows the Crown is more than a power source.
He wanted it back in Wakanda.
And Bask. Does he know about Bask?
T'Challa! Stop talking. What troubles you?
I think what the princess is trying to tell you is,
you might have started your little journey empty-handed,
but you didn't come back that way.
[footsteps approaching]
[gasps]
Steve!
You're alive!
[exhales] Yeah.
Captain Steve Rogers, reporting for...
[groans] Don't worry.
I already have a medical team en route.
The transport should hold two easily enough.
Two? I am fine, Shuri. I promise I--
Uh, not you, mate.
[Black Panther] Bask?!
[moans]