01x02 - Realm of Darkness

[bunniefuu]

MAN: Look, up on the building!
It's Spider-Woman!

NARRATOR:
And this is Jessica Drew

who, as a child while visiting
her father's laboratory,

was bitten by a poisonous spider.
[GLASS BREAKING]

Forced to try an untested spider serum,

Dr. Drew not only saved
his daughter's life,

but unknowingly gave her
incredible spider-like powers.

Dedicated to fighting evil
while weaving her web of justice,

it's Spider-Woman!

[THUNDER CLAPPING]

[ROARING]

[ZAPPING]

[CHANTING]
Dormammu, master of the night.

Dormammu, enemy of light.

Dormammu, on Earth will leave his mark.

Dormammu, ruler of the dark.

Listen carefully.

I, Dormammu, for uncountable ages

have been ruler of the realm of darkness,

but very soon I shall expand my realm.

In two days' time, there will
be a total eclipse of the sun.

And with my infinite power of evil,

I shall cause the moon
to stop in its orbit,

blocking out the sun and creating on Earth

a permanent realm of darkness.

Then I shall come from my dim netherworld

DORMAMMU:
and conquer the planet with evil!

[CACKLING]

JEFF: Just another few seconds
under the enlarger, Jessica.

Now two minutes in the developer,

and you'll see the greatest cover photo
in Justice Magazine's history.

JESSICA:
Sounds great, Jeff.

No wonder you insisted I come in
the darkroom with you.

Well, now that you mention it, Jessica,

with all this free time and you and I
alone in the dark,

I thought maybe we might...

Hi, Aunt Jessica!

Hope I'm not disturbing anything.

Of course not, Billy.

You've only exposed the greatest cover
photo of my life.

And that's not all he's exposed.
[GIGGLES]

Sorry, Jeff. I thought I'd better
remind Aunt Jessica

about the launching of the new satellite
telescope from Grand Cayman Island.

They're going to fire it into orbit

so the solar eclipse
can be seen around the world.

It could be a great story.

Forget it, Billy.

Satellite launchings are old hat.

Better leave the magazine biz to us pros.

JESSICA:
Uh-oh! My spider-sense is picking up

something potentially disastrous.

Go, my sl*ves of the night,

and conquer for me the launch site
at Grand Cayman.

Soon the Earth shall be
drowned in eternal darkness.

[CACKLING]

BILLY:
Well, I think it'd make a super story.

Satellite telescope, huh?
Not a bad idea, Billy.

With the Justice jet-copter,

we can get to Grand Cayman
Island in a few hours.

-But...?
-BILLY: Come on, Jeff,

us pros have got a hot assignment.

[SIREN BLARING]

MAN ON P.A.:
All personnel, clear the launch area.

We are 60 seconds to blast off
and counting.

BILLY: Wow! I told you this
would be an exciting story.

What's wrong, Jessica?

You look about as nervous as a spider
at a frog convention.

Huh? [STUTTERING]

I was just looking over the area
to get an angle on how to do the story.

Secondary systems are A-Okay.

We are 10 seconds to blast off
and counting.

MAN ON P.A.:
Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three, two...

One, zero, ignition.

MAN:
We have lift-off.

T-plus 10 seconds, and all systems are go.

Yeah, we did it!

They're not going to Mars, Billy.

It's just a routine satellite launch.

An excellent launch.

But now I, the dread Dormammu,

will control the rest of the flight.

Aunt Jessica, what's going on?

I don't know.

JESSICA:
But I think I'd better figure out a way

to change into Spider-Woman, and fast!

[NERVOUSLY]
This will make a great cover shot.

[CAMERA CLICKING]

Enough! You cannot resist me.

[ZAPPING NOISE, LOUD CRASH]

Stop! This area's restricted to...

[COUGHING]

[MACHINES BEEPING]

Excellent!

Now, that I control your minds,

you will guide your rocket
toward the moon.

The expl*sive impact

will stop the moon in its orbit.
[MONITOR BUZZING]

[COUGHING]

My shallow spider-breath is all that
saved me from that strange smoke.

Now's my chance to spider-change.

[THUNDER CLAPPING]

Now to stop that Dormammu's evil plans
before they get started.

I think it's time
I cleared the air around here.

[ZAPPING NOISE]

[ZAPPING NOISE]

[SLAMS, GRUNTS]

I hope you don't mind
hanging around for a while.

She is interfering with my plans.
Stop her!

[ZAPS, LOUD CRASH]

[THUDS]

[CHUCKLES] Just thought
I'd drop in and say hello.

DORMAMMU:
Destroy her!

A venom blast is my only chance.

[ZAPPING NOISE]

Looks like I'm still the
fastest spider in the west.

DORMAMMU:
You will be sorry, Spider-Woman!

No one defies the dread Dormammu
and survives.

[PULSING BLAST]

[PULSING BLAST]

You have beaten me this time,
but I shall return.

[CACKLING]

What happened?

[QUIETLY] Looks like it's time
for Spider-Woman to split.

Oh!

-What's going on?
-[BILLY GROANS]

-You okay, little buddy?
-Yeah, I guess so.

But I can't remember a thing.

Aunt Jessica.

JEFF:
Jessica?

Jessica. Jessica, are you all right?

I guess so. I must have passed out.

What happened to the satellite telescope?

It looks like they've got
everything under control.

[ALARM BEEPING]

You look like you could
use some rest, Jessica.

We'd better get back to the hotel.

Whatever the trouble was
it looks like it's okay now.

I hope so, Billy. I hope so.

[GONG BEATS] The one called Spider-Woman
shall pay for her interference.

Through my infinite wisdom of darkness,
I have learnt her weakness.

Bring me her young male friend,
the one with the camera.

We shall not fail this time.

[CACKLING]

You're probably right, Jeff.
There's probably no story here at all.

Story or no story, at least
I'll get to see the eclipse

on mission control's giant
TV screen tomorrow morning.

Not unless you go
straight to sleep, young man.

It's way past your bedtime.

Okay, Aunt Jessica.

I'll meet you at the mission control
at 11:00 a.m. Good night!

-BILLY AND JESSICA: Good night, Jeff.
-Good night.

Hey! What...?

DORMAMMU:
Spider-Woman.

Spider-Woman, look.

Your friend is now a guest
in my realm of darkness,

a deathly land from which
no one ever escapes.

[CACKLES]

Jeff?

Jeff?

So it wasn't a dream. There's little time.
I've got to get to Jeff.

That looks exactly like the spot I saw
in my spider-vision.

What's happening?

I'm being sucked into a fog bank.

Somehow, I've stumbled into Dormammu's
realm of darkness.

I hope I can find Jeff
before something finds me.

[RUMBLING]

Looks like Dormammu has
sent me a welcoming committee.

I just hope my spider line can hold them.

Something tells me those rock creatures
don't like spiders.

There, I should be safe now.

DORMAMMU: Now that Spider-Woman
is out of the way for good,

nothing can stop my takeover of the Earth.

You will return to the launch site
and regain control of the rocket.

Once the world is plunged in darkness,

I shall be ruler of both worlds.

[LAUGHING MANIACALLY]

[PANTING]
I'd better figure a way out of here,

before these stone-faced g*ons make me
part of their rock garden.

Great tarantulas!
He's turning me to solid rock!

My ultra-high frequency
spider-shriek is my only hope.

[SHRIEKS]

It's time for a little rock and roll.

There's no more time for games.
I've got to find Jeff.

This realm of darkness is endless,

and I don't see a sign of Jeff anywhere.

[WHISTLING]

What on earth is that?

[WHISTLING SOUND GROWS LOUDER]

That strange golden ring is after me.

I can't outrun it.

I've been sucked into
some sort of weird dimension.

Spider-Woman, am I glad to see you!

With your spider abilities

you should have no problem
getting me out of this mess.

I really hate to tell you this,

but I'm just as stuck
in this web as you are.

We're more than stuck, Spider-Woman.
We're finished. Look!

[GROWLING]

Oh, no! A giant glass spider!

If I can get my hands free, I may be able
to stop it with a venom blast.

[GROWLING CONTINUES]

[ZAPPING]

[ZAPPING]

[SHRIEKING]

It seems the glass spider's
got a venom punch of his own.

If I can just muster up enough strength
for another blast,

I think I can trick that spider
into cutting us loose.

[SHRIEKING]

Nice work, Spider-Woman!
We're free of that transparent menace.

Yes, and the spider's light blast

must have also freed us
from the realm of darkness.

I've got to regain my strength
and stop Dormammu.

And my spider-sense
tells me there's little time.

I'd better hurry.

BILLY: Gosh, it's already 11:30.

The eclipse is due to start
in a half an hour!

Where could Jeff
and Aunt Jessica possibly be?

I'd better find them before
they miss all the excitement.

[DOOR OPENS]

Hmm, maybe they're in here.

Oh, no!

Orbital propulsion rockets
are ready to fire.

[COUGHING]
All systems are go.

[COUGHING]
Oh, no!

DORMAMMU:
Oh, yes! [CACKLING]

This time you shall all follow
my instructions without resistance.

Change the satellite's course
and head it directly for the moon.

[IN A ROBOTIC VOICE]
Satellite locked on to lunar approach.

Excellent. Now accelerate to full power!

In a few minutes, the Earth shall see
its last ray of sunlight.

The eclipse has begun.

It will soon be too late
for anyone to stop me.

MAN:
Rocket is on course, Dormammu.

Time to lunar impact is 10 seconds.

Nine, eight, seven, six, five,

four, three, two, one, zero.

At last, I've succeeded!

The world is mine!

With the Earth in eternal darkness,

I can come forth from my own domain
and conquer this one.

Not if I can help it, Dormammu!

Spider-Woman!

You may have survived
my deadly realm of darkness,

but now I shall destroy you!

I've got to try to avoid
his awesome powers.

You cannot escape me.

In my weakened state,
I'm no match for Dormammu's power.

Correct, Spider-Woman! It seems you have
finally seen the light.

[CHUCKLING]

That's it!

I should have realized before.

Dormammu's weakness is light.

If I can just move the moon
away from the sun,

Dormammu's finished.

On second thought,

I don't think you could
stop a garden spider,

you overgrown hot-head.

No one mocks the dread Dormammu!

You're doomed!

No!

I can't stand the light!

Curse you, Spider-Woman!

Curse you!

That's the last we'll be seeing
of Dormammu.

And I think it's the last we'll be seeing
of Spider-Woman for a while.

Look, the eclipse is over! We missed it.

-What's the matter?
-What happened here?

Where?

What happened?

Billy, are you okay?

Uh, I think so.

Wait a minute, where's Jessica?

BILLY:
Aunt Jessica?

Jessica, speak to me.

What...? Oh!

Oh, I must have passed out again.

Did I miss the eclipse?

Some news pro you are.

You just missed
the biggest story of the year.

Why, Spider-Woman
and I nearly lost our lives

saving the world
from that deadly Dormammu.

Wow!

DORMAMMU:
No one mocks the dread Dormammu!

You're doomed!

[STAMMERING] I was just kidding, Dormammu.
No offense, really...

Huh?

Okay, Pete, we got the news footage
we need. Let's wrap it up.

Some hero you are. [LAUGHING]

[LAUGHING]