Thread:Phineas Flash/@comment-25692211-20151206005139

Hey Phineas Flash, I thought I'd share another idea about a SW/QS-centered movie, without any X-Men characters this time.

The film would be a bit like Civil War, where even though it's a movie where SW and QS are the protagonists, the other heroes would still be there.

I imagine in Phase Four, before the film takes place, there would be a Secret Avengers movie, where Barton assembles the team as follows:

Clint Barton/Hawkeye(Jeremy Renner)

Pietro Maximoff/Quicksilver(Aaron Taylor Johnson)

Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch(Elizabeth Olsen)

Matt Murdock/Daredevil(Charlie Cox)

Ava Ayala/White Tiger(Lupita Nyong'o)

Marc Spector/Moon Knight(Toby Kebbell)

Scott Lang/Ant-Man(Paul Rudd)

In this SA movie, the Secret Avengers would fight against Taskmaster(Mark Strong) and the Hand. For weapons, Pietro would be given a pair of batons that would have retractable ninjato blades, and Wanda would be given a pair of double-bladed knives by Electra.

During their first training exercise, Wanda sees an old man being mugged. Pietro refuses to let her help, saying she is not ready for the streets. Unknown to Pietro, Wanda befriends the man who is revealed to be an aged Chris Powell(Robert De Niro). He tells her that he was once a vigilante, but Wanda doesn't believe him. Throughout the film, Hawkeye serves as the leader of the team before Pietro briefly takes command when Barton and Wanda are captured. After Taskmaster's death, the Hand gang escape and the Secret Avengers establish their base underground beneath Stark Tower. Wanda goes to visit Chris at his apartment, before finding out that he had died of a heart attack the night before. Barton is impressed with Pietro's leadership skills and believes that he can become a great leader if given the right training. Therefore, he decides to send him to Wakanda to recieve training from T'Challa for three months. In the final scene, Ava bumps into one of their tech helpers, a medical student named Nathaniel Richards(Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and some attraction blossoms between them. In a post-credit scene, after Pietro leaves, Wanda finds a note from Chris which reveals that he had left her his armor and weapons.

And now, the QS/SW movie takes place a year after this.

We open with a flashback that shows the twins being brutally experimented on by Strucker. As Strucker talks to List about a "life-model decoy" that Stark designed, the Scepter's effects take hold and the twins both supposedly die. When Strucker says "another failure", both the heart signals start beeping, and Strucker says "perhaps those armors may be useful after all". And then the logo shows.

We fast forward to present day, where we see a Wakandan village being ravaged by friends of Ulysses Klaue. They drive off into the forests, before something too fast to see stops the truck and returns it(empty) to the village.

Later, Ava arrives in the village, where a boy reveals that he saw the mysterious figure in the forests. She goes deeper into the forest and finds Pietro, who feels that he has failed to become a better leader and has been hiding out for the past 15 months.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Ava reveals to him that the team has grown distant from each other. Moon Knight now performs as an independant entertainer for bingo clubs. Matt has moved in with Electra and occasionally teams up with the Defenders, while Scott has convinced Luis to move into the base and reminisces about the time before Pietro left. Barton tries to keep the Secret Avengers together despite the strained relationships, and Ava has moved in with Nathaniel, who is revealed to be a fan of Pietro and Wanda, while she has now gotten a job as an exporter for a local shipping company.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Wanda, while under the cover of acting like a miserable sit-around all day, secretly wears Chris' armor to patrol the streets of the city at night, earning the public nickname Darkhawk. Her identity as Darkhawk is unknown to the other Avengers, who debate on whether the vigilante's brutal methods are good for their intentions, or bad for their overly-violent actions.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Ava returns to America without Pietro(much to Nathaniel's disappointment) as they deliver an ancient Vibranium armor to Business man Norman Osborn(Hugh Bonneville), who has secretly hired the Hand to smuggle Vibranium from other areas of Wakanda, as well as the fact that his company Oscorp is building weapons for HYDRA. He is contacted by a mysterious person on another line, who mentions the designing of the "Claw" and cuts the line.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">One night, Wanda is dressed as Nighthawk again and is about to beat up a mugger, before Marc confronts her and reveals that he knows it is Wanda. The two then decide to team-up and relive their glory days again. After getting hot dogs, Wanda reveals her frustrations with Pietro's absence, saying that she no longer cares if he returns at all. Marc tells her that she has to come to terms with her anger, or it could have consequences.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Meanwhile, Pietro finally returns to America and reunites with Barton, who reveals that he intends to make Pietro his successor as the leader of the team. With his promotion, Pietro decides to abandon his usual batons and instead decides to use a pair of Sokovian ninjato that had belonged to his grandfather.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Wanda hears this and, feeling abandoned by Pietro leaving, storms off back to bed, while the other Avengers wake up and greet Pietro.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">The next night, Pietro promises Barton that the team will be back to normal soon, but Barton forbids them to engage in any crime-fighting until they learn to act as a team again. Pietro brings the Avengers(except Barton) to an alley at midtown, where he reveals that Barton sent them there for training. An brief argument breaks out between the twins(with the other Avengers putting in some of their opinions) when Pietro calls Darkhawk(not knowing it is Wanda) a "senseless vigilante", wheras Wanda says that Darkhawk wasn't just going to sit around while Pietro was on his "vacation".

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Their quarrel is interrupted when Scott sees lights on an abandoned factory. Despite Pietro's insistence in listening to Barton, Wanda talks the Avengers into going to check out the building. It is revealed that the Hand are pillaging Vibranium supplies in the building, and Wanda and the other Avengers fight the Hand. Pietro fights the Hand leader and questions their allegiance since Taskmaster's death.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">The Hand escape with the Vibranium and HYDRA try to detain the twins, but the police arrive and both teams escape.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">As the Avengers eat breakfast the next morning, Ava thinks about the type of armor the HYDRA members were wearing, recognizing it as the Vibranium she delivered to Oscorp, while Pietro chastises Wanda for involving them in the fight. Their argument is cut short when Barton enters(not knowing about their actions) and bids the team good morning. After he has gotten food, Barton goes into his bedroom with Laura(she and the kids have also moved in) as they turn on the TV, seeing a news report about the damage done to the building.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">He brings the team into the room and confronts them about their actions, citing his disappointment in Pietro for failing to interfere with the fighting, saying that they cannot fight crime if they continue to fight each other. Pietro tries to explain Wanda's attitude and mutiny before Barton tells him about there being no excuses when he is in charge. Wanda notes that they need to find who the Hand and HYDRA are working for, but Pietro tells her to save it for Darkhawk. Wanda hears this and angrily storms off.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Meanwhile, Pietro searches the streets at night for Darkhawk, wanting to confront the vigilante. He is eventually offered help in his search by another street vigilante known as "Iron Lad", who earns Pietro's trust by revealing that he is actually Nathaniel dressed in an Iron Man halloween mask. He cites Pietro and his sister as his idols, saying "no Quicksilver, no Iron Lad"(this would be a reference to another movie where Christopher Mintz-Plasse said this to Aaron Taylor Johnson). Pietro and Nathaniel take Nathaniel's car around the city to investigate Darkhawk's actions(while enjoying their common preference of music genres). Pietro calls Darkhawk an "immature vigilante showboat", while Nathaniel warns him not to underestimate his enemies, as it could lead to his downfall. Nathaniel also notices Pietro's ninjato blades and asks him why he abandoned the batons, because they looked "kickass"(ha ha ha), but Pietro explains that the imprints on the blades were Sokovian for "United we Stand".

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Meanwhile Wanda(not wearing her Darkhawk costume) and Marc try to track down HYDRA agents, eventually coming across a team of the Hand and HYDRA. Wanda suddenly sees their leader, and Osborn's contact from earlier: Baron Strucker. He reveals that he plans to extract the twin's powers to use on Vibranium armors created by Oscorp. Wanda knocks down some rubble and gives away their position, being shot in the neck with a tranquiliser dart and falling unconscious. Marc fights off the agents and carries Wanda to safety, bringing her to Ava's apartment.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">As Pietro and Nathaniel continue their search for Darkhawk, Nathaniel gets a call from Ava who tells him about Wanda's injuries.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Nathaniel and Pietro join Ava, Marc, Matt and Scott at Ava's apartment, where Nathaniel uses his medical training to revive Wanda and bandage her injuries. He expresses his pride at being able to help both Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver on the same day, and Pietro says "no problem."

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Ava notes that the darts used to knock out Wanda were created by Oscorp, and Wanda(who has now woken up) declares that they attack, but Pietro refuses to fight without Barton's approval, and Wanda is angered by Pietro's "cowardice", storming angrily out of the apartment.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Wanda dons her Darkhawk costume and searches the city alone. Meanwhile, at the Secret Avengers lair, the remaining members try to figure out Strucker's plan, with Marc mentioning that Strucker was after the twins. Pietro storms out angrily, and Barton tells him that the team cannot fight as one without all an incomplete team. Pietro nods and goes to find Wanda.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">That night, Darkhawk fights HYDRA agents near to a diner, causing extensive damage to the restaurant. She offers the broken cash register back to the diner chef(Clark Duke), but she is mistaken for a robber and told to go away. After storming out of the diner, Darkhawk is confronted by Pietro, with the ensuing chase leading them to the roof of a building as heavy rainfall starts.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Pietro offers Darkhawk the chance to give up the vigilantism and go home, but Darkhawk pulls out weapons and attempts to attack Pietro, who's speed and training result in not a single hit being landed. Darkhawk drops the weapons and silently offers to fight with fists. Pietro has the upper hand for the entirety of their brief fight, with Darkhawk only landing one lucky punch. The fight ends with an uppercut from Pietro that knocks Darkhawk's helmet off. Pietro offers to help up his beaten opponent, being shocked when he discovers that it was Wanda the entire time.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">A heated argument breaks out between the two, with Pietro declaring Wanda immature and saying that he is "better than her."

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Wanda laughs at this and tears off her gloves, pulling out her double bladed knives as she prepares to fight using her powers and weapons. Pietro begs her not to do this, but Wanda refuses to back down. Pietro, knowing that there would be no talking Wanda out of this, pulls out their grandfather's ninjato to fight with.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">A second fight breaks out, with their blades clashing as Wanda's anger is fueled with each passing moment. Pietro initially uses his speed to his advantage, but begins to hold back with each chance he has of dispatching his sibling. Eventually, their blades are locked together, with each of Pietro's ninjato blades being caught between one of Wanda's double blades. With pressure being applied to their weapons as the two stare off, Wanda's eyes begin to glow red as her temper increases. Finally, Wanda applies enough pressure to her blades to shatter Pietro's blades, pinning him to the ground with her blade inches away from his face.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Pietro looks in shock, and the red glow leaves Wanda's eyes as she realizes what she nearly did. Ashamed and confused of her actions, Wanda runs away across the buildings as the rain continues to fall. As she leaves, Pietro is ambushed by HYDRA and tranquilized.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Wanda hears his screams and runs to help him, but is unable to catch the truck that he is taken away in due to exhaustion from her fight with Pietro.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">She returns to the base, angrily throwing things around. Barton sees her and tells her to stop, before Wanda breaks down in tears, angrily criticizing herself for hating Pietro, and for finally realizing why Pietro was a better leader than her. Barton says that Wanda has passion, courage, and the need to care for others: all the merits of a great leader, and like Pietro before her, she only needs a reminder of her potential.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Wanda then shows Pietro's broken blades and reveals that HYDRA took Pietro, and the team rallies to save their team-mate.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Strucker prepares to extract Pietro's powers, revealing that he used an Oscorp life model decoy of himself to escape Ultron's attack, and plans to use the salvaged remnants of the Ultron program to create an army of high tech HYDRA suits, powered with Pietro's superspeed and Wanda's telekinesis.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Meanwhile, Barton and Wanda lead the Secret Avengers and Iron Lad(now with more protective armor and an actual Iron Man helmet) into Central Park, and a massive battle takes place between them and the Hand and HYDRA, which ends with the team infiltrating Oscorp tower to find Pietro and stop Strucker.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Nathaniel finds Pietro's cell and he and Wanda make amends. As the Hand and HYDRA arrives, Nathaniel gives Pietro his old batons, which Pietro uses in the fight. Suddenly, Strucker arrives with his prototype weapon: the Satan Claw, which he uses to overpower the other Avengers using electric shocks. He switches a button on the claw that activates a syringe which he plans to use to extract the twin's powers.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">He stabs Wanda with the syringe and begins to take her powers into the suit he is wearing. Pietro attempts to intervene but it knocked aside. This angers Wanda enough for her to grab Strucker by the shoulders, the syringe still being in her chest as she pushes Strucker towards a hole created in the floor by the battle. She absorbs her powers back as she blasts Strucker away, before Pietro gets up and kicks Strucker into the hole, causing him to land hard on the ground.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">After the battle is won and the Secret Avengers escape, Strucker is arrested and Norman Osborn bribes his way out of apprehension. The Secret Avengers are finally united, Nathaniel successfully proposes to Ava and she says yes, while Wanda leaves behind the Darkhawk persona and builds a small shrine in her room out of memory for Chris, leaving his mask on the wall as a tribute.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Pietro says "room for anything else?" as he places the repaired ninjato blades on the shelf next to the helmet. Suddenly, a voice says "can I leave this behind too?" as Nathaniel offers to put his old halloween mask on the shelf as well. Wanda and Pietro laugh at this, before Marc comes in and mentions that the Hand are on the loose again.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Pietro looks to Wanda, who says to him "are you leading the dance tonight?"

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Pietro smiles in return and says "only if you're there with me."

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Wanda and Pietro join the team as they free-run over the rooftops in the night, with Iron Lad(now with rocket boots) joining them as the film ends.

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">In the post credits scene, Osborn sits in his home, before a voice says "the team has won again, I see?"

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">Osborn turns around to greet the Taskmaster, before saying "well, they don't know you're still alive... yet."

<p style="font-family:verdana,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12px;">What do you think? <ac_metadata title="Scarlet Witch/Quicksilver movie"> </ac_metadata>