The Guardians of Justice (2022) s01e05 Episode Script

1 [Knight Hawk.]
Who's next on the list of Guardians to interrogate? [electro music playing.]
[machine beeps.]
- Who are you gonna see? - I'm headed to see a god.
[Golden Goddess.]
Who dares enter our portal? I'm Knight Hawk, bitch.
[whooshing.]
[Golden Goddess.]
Welcome to my dominion, Atticus Payne.
[laughs.]
I had no idea that you had a [laughs.]
Had a sense of humor? - Yeah.
I didn't wanna be rude.
[chuckles.]
- [laughs.]
Oh no.
I have my moments.
Oh yeah.
Yeah.
Just, when we're working together, you're so serious.
Well, I mean, there's a time and a place for everything.
Right? True.
So when we're working, I mean, we're out there and people are literally putting their lives in our hands.
I take that very seriously.
I don't think that's that's not the time for jokes.
You know, I do I do the exact same thing.
So I'm, like, right with you.
But when we're not out there, and I'm just me, you know, I just try to have fun, like anyone else.
[chuckles.]
- I like that.
- Have a good time.
[Knight Hawk.]
What can you tell me about Marvelous Man's emotional state? I know you two were intimate.
[Golden Goddess.]
When it came down to that, well, not every part of him was made of steel.
[electro music playing.]
Are you curious what it feels like to lay with a god, Atticus? - [exhales.]
- [chuckles.]
[Knight Hawk.]
On the days leading into his death [breathing heavily.]
did he say anything to you? Was he acting odd in any way? [Golden Goddess.]
We took down one of his kind together two days before his death.
A "Commander Zedd.
" While Zedd caused the deaths of thousands of innocents, Cal held back, constantly trying to reason with him.
[inaudible.]
[Knight Hawk.]
How did it end? [Golden Godess.]
With me putting a sword through Zedd's chest.
[announcer.]
Finish him! [screaming.]
[squelching.]
[announcer.]
Fatality.
It was the only way.
[Knight Hawk.]
How did Cal react to that? I don't know.
I couldn't hear anything from the crying.
[exhales.]
You know what? I've got some dessert in the fridge.
- Okay.
- [The Speed.]
Cheesecake.
- That sounds great.
- [The Speed.]
Or apple pie.
Oh my God.
Apple pie.
I love apple pie! - [The Speed.]
I knew you would! - Oh, my God [watch beeping.]
I-I-I'm so sorry.
I-I gotta go.
I - I'm sorry.
- Wait.
[zooms away.]
[thunder rumbles.]
[Knight Hawk.]
Your cheap sorcery won't work on me, babe.
Watch how you address me, Atticus.
I am a god.
[Knight Hawk.]
Killing Zedd doesn't make you the equal of Marvelous Man.
[Golden Goddess.]
Marvelous Man was weak and pathetic.
He never had the heart or courage of a warrior.
He was a boy with too much power.
A puppy dog tricking wolves into thinking him a lion.
He made me sick.
You're not a queen.
You're a mere figurehead.
All you ever cared about is glory.
A true god acts for the greater good.
How dare you? [high-pitched whirring.]
[electro music playing.]
[Knight Hawk groans.]
[Knight Hawk choking.]
[groaning.]
[choking.]
[groaning.]
[announcer.]
Finish him! [announcer.]
The Guardians of Justice will save you.
[theme music playing.]
[tense music playing.]
[electro music playing.]
- [announcer.]
Fight! - [bell rings.]
- [bell rings.]
- [inaudible.]
[screaming.]
Send them in Send them in the corner of the night Send them in The less you know [announcer.]
Winner! [groans.]
[grunts, groans.]
Look, I don't know what's going on here, but it's over.
How dare you touch me? Calm down.
I [electricity crackling.]
have better things to do.
[thunder rumbling.]
[electric guitar music playing.]
[Knight Hawk coughing.]
[door closing.]
Pills.
[Awsome Man.]
Uh Top-right right drawer.
[Knight Hawk coughing.]
[Knight Hawk coughing.]
[Knight Hawk coughing.]
- [pills rattling.]
- Are you okay, Knight Hawk? Yeah.
Yeah.
I'm all right.
[pills rattling.]
[Knight Hawk grunts.]
What happened? [bones cracking.]
The interview went as expected.
[bones cracking.]
You expected that she'd strangle you? I thought it would escalate to a physical encounter.
Yes.
[exhales.]
That's why I had you show up right on time.
[Awsome Man.]
But but what if I was late? You're never late.
S-so does does that mean that she did it? Did she kill Marvelous Man? - Should I be going after her? - No.
No.
If that bitch wanted me dead, I'd be dead.
Okay.
Well, I'm ready for my interview.
[Knight Hawk.]
No need.
I know where you were the night Marvelous Man died.
But I do have an updated mission for you.
[ominous music playing.]
[exhales.]
I don't know, Knight Hawk.
I I I don't feel right about this mission.
It's for the greater good.
You know I'd do it myself if I could, but [coughing.]
[breathing heavily.]
But I'm not exactly 100% right now.
So I need you.
I need you.
Cal needs you to do this.
It's up to us to protect his name, to protect his legacy, no matter what.
Do you understand that? Good.
Good soldier.
Make me proud, son.
[door opens.]
What happened? Knight Hawk clicks his heels together and you just come running.
Is that it? I'm sorry, but but Knight Hawk needed me.
[breathes deeply.]
[Awsome Man.]
And when someone needs me, I'm I'm there.
Just who I am.
[The Speed exhales.]
I know.
[emotional music playing.]
In all the years that we've been working together, you've never let anybody down.
You're a good man.
[both chuckle.]
What are they for? They're flowers, silly, and they're for you.
[electro pop music playing.]
Whoa.
[music crescendos.]
[thunder rumbling.]
[tense music playing.]
[Knight Hawk.]
I'd like to tell you a bedtime story, Little Wing, about why Guardians shouldn't fall in love.
[cat growls.]
[Knight Hawk.]
Once upon a time, The Meow was the Guardians's tracker.
She could smell a criminal's sweat from a mile away.
She fell in love with someone special.
Someone kind and beautiful.
[cat meows.]
Their love was deeper, more pure, than most people will ever know.
[cat meows, growls.]
But her beloved was stolen away from her.
[somber music playing.]
[cats meowing.]
- [laughing.]
- [girl screaming.]
- [knife piercing.]
- [girl screaming.]
[eerie exhale.]
- [police chatter on radio.]
- [siren wailing.]
[laughing.]
[cackling.]
[laughing.]
- [The Meow inaudible.]
- [man laughing.]
[inaudible.]
[Knight Hawk.]
So The Meow did what she had to do.
She got revenge.
And, Little Wing, it was fucking beautiful.
[intense electro music playing.]
[guns click.]
[gun cocks.]
[man whimpers.]
[announcer.]
Finish him! [squelching.]
[Knight Hawk.]
Marvelous Man couldn't allow a cop killer to stay in the Guardians.
He let the authorities throw The Meow in Bedlam Asylum, that pit of a hell.
[ominous music playing.]
[Marvelous Man.]
These men are dead.
[The Meow.]
Cal? You don't deserve to be a Guardian.
You were born a god, Cal.
Life has saved you the humiliation of spending every single waking moment of your life hiding who you are.
[Marvelous Man.]
We have a code.
Did you forget that? Those dirty cops laid a trap out for her and they killed her.
Because she loved me.
I didn't kill anyone who didn't deserve to be put down.
Doesn't matter.
[mouthing.]
I love you.
[Knight Hawk.]
When she got out, she reinvented herself as a beguiling businesswoman by day and a crime boss by night.
[siren wailing.]
[Knight Hawk.]
I invested in her security firm, and she thanks me by being my informant in the underworld.
What can you tell me about this Mellow Devil shit? - [Mellow Devil pulsating.]
- Oh.
Ooh.
It's like, uh caviar for the mind.
[laughing.]
Very expensive.
[Knight Hawk.]
Can you find out who's distributing it? I got a guy.
Atticus, you look tired.
You're too old to be jumping from rooftop to rooftop anymore.
You should retire.
[Knight Hawk.]
That would be nice.
Truly nice, Melina.
[thunder rumbling.]
But you know I always finish what I start.
[crowd cheering.]
Whoa, uh [screaming.]
[grunts, screams.]
Thank you.
And now, our second guest.
The fastest woman in the world.
Hello, Speed.
So, Speed, I know this is hard for you, but it's also what everybody wants to hear, what they need to hear.
How are you dealing with the death of such a close friend and icon as Marvelous Man? Well, uh, Marvelous Man was my teammate, and, by anyone's definition, he was a hero.
But he and I were never friends.
He was always distant and boring.
[crowd gasps.]
Boring? - [blows raspberry.]
- [crowd laughing.]
I find it hard that anybody could think of Marvelous Man as someone who's boring.
Well, that's because you didn't know him.
- [crowd gasps.]
- Oh None of you really did.
I mean, you know what he did, but not who he was.
And at the end of the day, boring is good.
Marvelous Man was boring because he was benevolent.
It isn't punching that will save us.
It's the boring stuff.
Peace is boring.
[show music playing.]
[crowd applauding, cheering.]
Next up, Piñata Smash! [exclaims rhythmically.]
[hawk screeching.]
[electro music playing.]
[scoffs.]
So it's my turn, huh? How would I have killed Marvelous Man? Your speed eclipses his ten to one.
It would have been easy for you to steal the bullet from Logan's lab, pull the trigger and be a continent away before anyone was the wiser.
I could easily do all of that, but why would I? You wouldn't.
That's why I saved you for last.
I know you didn't do it.
That's nice.
[exhales.]
But here's the thing.
I don't know that you didn't do it.
If anyone has the skills to pull this off, make his death look like a suicide, it would be you.
Hmm.
Maybe having someone as powerful as Marvelous Man around was too big a potential risk, and you decided the only way to survive was to kill him.
- Speed - So if we're through here? [Knight Hawk.]
Rebecca.
[sighs heavily.]
I don't trust people.
You're right.
But I trusted you.
Look, I know I can be a little paranoid and stubborn at times, but I'm no fool.
I trust you to keep me honest, the same way I trusted Marvelous Man to keep me in line.
That's nice, Atticus.
[narrator.]
As our faithful viewers may have surmised, Speed left that interview trusting Knight Hawk even less than she had before.
Thus, she decided to spy on her cowled compatriot with a hidden recording device.
When she arrived back home, Speed discovered a message that would be imperceptible to anyone without the gift of the Fast Force.
[phone ringing.]
[Motion Blur.]
Rebecca, it was me.
I stole the caltronite bullet.
I'm being set up.
[The Speed.]
Use your powers.
I'll sense where you are and find you.
[ominous music playing.]
[Motion Blur.]
They manipulated me into stealing the bullet.
[The Speed.]
Who's "they"? [Motion Blur.]
I don't know.
I only remember glimpses.
They messed around inside my head.
[The Speed.]
I can feel you losing control.
I have to take you in.
[Motion Blur.]
Take me in? Speed, I'm going to kill you.
I came to you for help, and your solution is to put me in chains? [The Speed.]
My arch-nemesis Motion Blur is connected to the same Fast Force as I am.
Motion Blur is slower than me, but the vibrations of his brain allow him to see small glimpses of the future.
However, a man cannot withstand bearing witness to fate for long without going insane.
[Motion Blur.]
Rebecca, your moral purity will not save you.
I have seen the endgame.
You're helping set in motion a crisis you cannot yet comprehend.
- [gasps.]
- [squelching.]
[announcer.]
Fight! [electro music playing.]
[The Speed grunts.]
[bones cracking.]
- [announcer.]
KO! - [bell ringing.]
[crowd cheering.]
[exhales.]
[inhales, groans.]
[groans.]
Tell me what you know.
Marvelous Man was a liar and a coward.
The fool was crushed by the weight of his secrets Did he kill himself? Yeah.
He ended himself.
He didn't trust you with the fate of this world.
He trusted the Hawk.
What does that even matter? [chuckles.]
Because you'll fail.
Your unwillingness to see the bigger picture is what gets you killed.
[scoffs.]
[electro pop music playing.]
Hush Hush little wolf Don't bother howling at the moon Because the moon can't hear you Hush, hush Hush, hush I'm the prey Hanging on every word you say I left your moon right through me Hush, hush Oh Oh, oh The moon can't hear you Oh, hush, hush Hush little wolf Don't bother howling at the moon Because the moon can't hear you Hush, the moon can't hear you Sucker for a secret Hit the button reset Put me on a plane back home Home, home, home, home I guess I couldn't take it I think I'm getting seasick Oh Just another secret Hit the button reset Oh Put me on a plane back home Hush Hush little wolf Don't bother howling at the moon Because the moon can't hear you Hush, hush Hush, hush Hush little wolf Don't bother haunting on your food You know that I still fear you Hush, I still fear you [song fades.]