Contest of Champions: Part 2

A contest of champions. The Collector's heroes against the Grandmaster's villains, and your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man caught in the middle. If the bad guys win, they win New York. If the good guys win, the millions of people in New York will be free, including everyone I know and care for. So I have no choice. I have to win Grandmaster's game. At least till I can figure out how to stop it. I hope you're ready to play, little brother, unless you're too frightened. Yes, I'm ready to play. Let's get on with it. I'm changing the rules a little bit. Not changing so much as adding to the game. These pods will modify the game board conditions at my discretion to make for a more interesting contest. I don't think "interesting" means what you think it means. And remember, the winner takes the loser's players, so don't get too used to your heroes. Soon they'll be mine. Get used to disappointment, brother. We shall see. It's Spider-Man, isn't it? You always lead with Spider-Man. Spider-Man is my favorite and my most tenacious. The next contest "capture the flag. " Whoever finds and controls the flag will win the game. I'll be back with your flag. Gotta find the flag. Gotta beat the villains. Gotta win this game, assuming it isn't stacked against me, which it probably is. [Male voice] Don't stress out. Hey, I'm cool. Wait, who said that? It'll all be over soon. [Growls] Sandman. Whoa! You're not a villain. You were trying to turn your life around. The Grandmaster's gonna set me free. All you and S. H. I. E. L. D. ever did was keep me locked up. [Growls] [Yells] Can we talk about this? [Coughing] I can't go out like this. Stuck in a sand swirly. [Yells] Never did thank you for trying to help me. And this is how you show it? By coming on nastier than soggy kitty litter? How disappointing. I was looking forward to a challenge, but this game is already over. Not if I play more cards from my deck. Ow. Iron Fist, Red Hulk, give Spider-Man some breathing room. Wow, thanks, Cap. Am I glad to see you guys. [Punching, kicking] Having a team back me up always makes me smile ear to ear. I'll bury you all! Spider-Man, have you got any strategies to fight sandman? The best strategies always involve using All right, litter box, now you've gone and made me mad. - Heat. Red, you need to get madder. - Don't tell me what to do. Hey. You wall-crawlin' Oh, I getcha. [Growls] Aw, Sandy's got a glass jaw. [Collector] Sandman has been removed from the game. [Sighs] Don't look so pleased with yourself. The game has barely begun. [Spider-Man] We're looking for a flag. We can't let anything get in our who are these guys? [Red hulk] Blastaar and Ymir. [Spider-Man] Ah, so you've met before. - Okay, so what's the plan with these? - I melted you once, snowflake, and I can do it again. [Grunts] You are mine, weakling. Weakling? Could a weakling do this? [Spider-Man] Let's go, Iron Fist. Everything you got, plus tips. [Iron Fist] Patience. We may break the creature's exterior. [Spider-Man] Yeah, like maybe by next summer? Move! That flag's got to be close. I can sense it. Wait. There it is! [Spider-Man] Get to the docks. We gotta grab the flag and keep the bad guys from getting it. [Ymir growls] You heard the man, Red. Disengage. [Chuckles] I think it's time to add a new variable and make the game more unpredictable. [All] Whoa! [Iron Fist] The gravity is gone. It's like being on the moon. The Grandmaster. He's changing the game environment. Pathetic humans. Are you that unused to fighting in space? [Grunting] Whoa! Talk about frost bite. Stay calm and use a swimming motion. [Grunts] Okay. Keep moving for the docks. [Captain America] Move soldiers. What is it with you and ice? [Grandmaster] Captain America has been removed from the game. Guys, follow my lead, grasshopper style. I feel like adding another variable. Again? You keep doing that. It's as if you're trying to cheat. It's not cheating if it's in the rules, and the rules are clear, little brother. We can modify the environment any way I want. You're simply not as creative at it as I am. [Angry grunt] [Grunt] [Spider-Man] Good news, gravity's back. Bad news, lava. [Spider-Man] I don't know what game these creeps are playing. I voted for tic-tac-toe. [Red Hulk chuckles] My kind of party. Get fried by lava, or get fried by bad guys? What kind of parties do you go to? Blastaar and Ymir Or deadly lava? [Spider-Man] Into the lava, or, err, over the lava. Let's see them try to follow us now. The Grandmaster said we have to "control" the flag. Now we gotta keep them from taking it. Get the flag away from here. Hey, frosty, get ready for the hotfoot of your life. Red Hulk has been removed from the game. [Blastaar] He let himself get distracted, made it simple to attack him. [Spider-Man] Yeah, you don't wanna leave that blind spot open. Nice work, Iron Fist. [Collector] Blastaar has been removed from the game. [Spider-Man] The snow cone's angry. Move! [Grandmaster] Iron Fist has been removed from the game. Well, brother, looks as if your favorite hero will be your final hero. One-on-one. This calls for a new strategy. Um, bye. Suddenly Flashing back to high school science and what electricity does to water, or, in this case, ice. Gonna guess they don't have electrical wires in Asgard, 'cause if they did, you'd know electricity could do this. [Growls] [Collector] Ymir has been removed from the game. Spider-Man wins! Yes! Score a "W" for the sweet science of science. I beat you again. I could get used to this. Your luck will run out. Start the next game. Don't we get a break or something? - I barely made it through the last - Hurry up and choose your deck. Let me guess, Spider-Man again. It will only make it all the sweeter when I win and take him from you. The object of this game is simple last team standing wins. I don't get a break, but at least I get a team. Black Widow, Power Man, and Skaar. What's the op? What she said. What's the game, Spidey? Melee. Last team standing wins. Skaar smell trouble. Trouble named Absorbing Man, Doctor Octopus, and Zzzax. [Growls] Get Spider-Man! Spider-Man, my old friend. Uhh, we are not friends. Skaar slash. No! This is too simple. - No offense, Skaar. - Huh? Waiting for the other shoe to drop. So far there's always been another shoe. Mmm, clever boy. I have a special new variable for this game. I call it "King of the castle. " High ground. Now! What are we supposed to do? Isn't it obvious, Absorbing Man? We attack! Finish them off and New York will be ours. [Grunts] [Grunting] [Screams] Zap hurt. [Shriek] Those pods. They must be Grandmaster's game changers. Now what's Grandmaster up to? Aunt May? Black Widow, Power Man, Skaar, we gotta get those civilians, and quick. The water's still rising. Going somewhere, wall-crawler? [Evil laugh] Haw-haw. I bet you wish I'd absorbed something soft. [Black Widow] Actually, I wish you'd stop talking. [Grunting] C'mon Skaar, grab these civilians. You're up, Power Man. Don't panic, you're in good hands. I spent two summers as a lifeguard. Aunt May. [Grunts] Risking everything to save a stranger? How disgustingly noble. Wait, wait, wait, wait. I'm the disgusting one? Enough! I can change the game environment, too, with something from my personal collection. [Chuckles] Giant sharks! Oh, now sharks? This game is dangerous enough without all the insane changes. [Laughing] You're really quite bad at this, brother. Your variable may have just doomed your own team. Get off of me! Gotta reach her before she [screams] [Growls] Lights out, Spider-Man. I'm gonna need a bigger web! [Screams] [Grunting] I think it's safe to breathe again. No of course not! That not bad Zzzax! But you're not the only light show in town. [Screams] [Screams] [Collector] Zzzax has been removed from the game. Little fishy-fishies. We're getting somewhere. That's almost all the hostages. And Skaar just got a bath. Agents of S. M. A. S. H. haven't been able to do that for months. Oh, no. Hold on! I'm on my way! Ah, the last hostage. All mine. Not another step, Otto. Keep your distance, Spider-Man. I'd hate to accidentally hurt any of the pretty little hairs on her head. Let her go, Ock. Now. [Gasps] Don't talk to him, Spider-Man. He'll let me go after you smack him senseless. You stay out of this. And you, back away. Just don't hurt her. Don't be afraid. I'm not so bad, am I? Here. I learned this move when I was backpacking through Asia. [Grunts] [Aunt May screams] No! Are you hurt? Do I need to get you to a hospital or a doctor or? Go. But be careful, Spider-Man. Always. All-righty, team. Hostages are safe. Now, let's put these two to bed. You really think you can win? I play the game better than you. I know the rules better than you. When this is over, your cards will be mine and your toys will be broken. My latest game changer. Meteors! [Black Widow] Power Man, look out! [Screams] Skaar help. [Grandmaster] Power Man and Skaar have been removed from the game. Let go, or we're both gonna get taken out by a meteor. Like I care. If this doesn't get you, it'll be something else. You can't win, Spider-Man. Don't you see? It's hopeless. We're not friends, Ock, but I want you to have this. [Collector] Doctor Octopus has been removed from the game. Yeah, but even when things look hopeless, there's a way. I can always find something. Like a way to take control of the game. No more meteors. No more hostages. And no more game changers. Hey, Black Widow, wanna know what it feels like to get hit by a ton of bricks? No, not really. [Grunts] [Screams] [Collector] Absorbing Man has been removed from the game. Spider-Man and Black Widow win! You dare attack the game pod? In a just universe you would be disqualified. Such un-sporting behavior, brother, from someone who fancies himself the Grandmaster. I warn you, little brother, this is far from over. And when it is, both you and Spider-Man will regret that you ever tried to defeat me. Whew. Somehow we pulled out a win. For all the good that does us. The Grandmaster is too powerful. We're just pawns to him. We'll go down fighting, but make no mistake, we're being set up to fail. We still have hope. And sometimes that's enough. I promise we're gonna turn the tables on him. Somehow, we're gonna win.