Hun on the Run (episode)/Transcript

This is a transcript for Hun on the Run, the eighteenth episode of season three of TMNT (2003 series).

	VOICE-OVER INTRO
Hun	I have served the Shredder most of my life. I have been his most loyal soldier, but lately, I have failed him. Too many things have gone wrong on my watch. But tonight, my master has given me one last chance to redeem myself. He knows I would gladly give my life for him. Well, maybe not gladly.

{Opening sequence; title song}

	The episode begins in New York City, at night. A lone, shadowy figure leaps from a bridge onto the top of a building, then creeps over to an air duct. The figure, Karai, removes the vent cover  to reveal laser security beams blocking access. She drops a device between the beams and it clears the way for her to enter. Karai proceeds to crawl across air ducts until she is above a group of armed men standing guard in front of a huge, metal door. Pulling a disc from her vest, she throws it onto the floor in front of the men and there is an instant eruption of gas. The men cough and then all collapse. Karai drops to the ground and approaches the door. She places another disc shaped device on the door, and the device disengages the lock. Karai pulls the door open and enters a cylindrically shaped vault. The only object inside sits atop a pedestal high above the ground, to which a number of security features are attached. Karai climbs the stairs up to the pedestal. Using a small laser on her ring, Karai cuts through the glass globe which protects an object which resembles a computer chip. Smiling, Karai reaches for the object, when suddenly a metal shield slides over the chip and alarms sound.
Computer	Alert! Level one security breach detected. Commencing lock down procedure immediately.
	Karai turns and runs, leaping through the doorway just before spiked steel shafts snap shut. She reaches the outer room and freezes at the sound of weapons being cocked. Karai looks up to see Agent John Bishop and a bevy of armed guards.
Karai	Interesting trap.
Agent Bishop	Actually... [Two round metal coils rise up, one at her feet, the other lifting above her head. A force field forms between them.]  This is the trap.
	Karai attempts to cut the force field with her katana, but the tip of the sword is sliced off.
Bishop	Yet another piece of advanced technology salvaged from our alien visitors. Cuts through anything. [He presses the sword tip against the force field and it’s disintegrated.] Makes your katana look like a butter knife.
	Bishop presses a button on a control panel and the huge monitor before him comes to life with an image of Oroku Saki (the Shredder) seated at his desk in his throne room.
Shredder	What is this? Whoever you are, this is a secure channel.
Bishop	Mr. Oroku Saki, my name is Bishop, and I believe you know my guest.
Shredder	Karai!
Bishop	In exchange for the life of your operative here, I want all the alien technology you’ve been collecting.
Shredder	I have no idea what you’re—
Bishop	Please, knowledge is my business, Mr. Saki, and I know all about you.
Shredder	Believe me, Mr. Bishop, you know nothing about me.
Bishop	I know that you are a crime lord of some ancient Japanese tradition. I know that you’ve been using your vast ill-gained fortune to finance restoration operations in New York City as a cover to obtain dangerous alien technology. I know that you have send this lovely warrior princess--  your adopted daughter, correct? –to steal an alien microchip from the United States government. And I know that if you do not turn over your entire stockpile of alien hardware to me within the next forty-five minutes, your feisty family member here is going to be neatly slice into a supersized pile of julienne fries. Forty-four minutes and counting.
	The monitor goes dark and Shredder glares at it. Cut to furnaces, far below the Foot headquarters. Hun and Baxter Stockman shovel coal into a gigantic furnace. Stockman is shackled to the floor with an electronic harnesses, while Hun’s harness is strapped to his back. Stockman stops shoveling in order to taunt Hun.
Baxter Stockman	Look at you, you poor pathetic dog, laboring away like a dutiful prisoner. You’ll do anything to please the Shredder. It’s disgusting, pathetic. [Stockman notices a shadow has fallen behind him and turns to see the Shredder.] Sir, uh, I-I-I was just saying how therapeutic the work is, truly cathartic.
Shredder	I will speak with Hun.
	He presses the button on a remote and delivers a severe shock to Stockman.
Stockman	Ah! Ah! [He drops to his knees and then props himself up on the coal bin.] Uh, right. I’ll-I’ll just get back to work.
Hun	Master, I—
Shredder	Silence, Hun. I have not come to hear you plead. You have failed me one time too many, and yet you have also been loyal beyond reproach. I have decided to give you one last chance to redeem yourself.
Hun	Master, I will not fail, I swear it.
Shredder	Karai has been captured. You must find her and bring her back alive. [Hun looks shocked.] Is there a problem?
Hun	No. No, Master.
	Shredder presses the remote and the straps on Hun’s harness retract into the backpack.
Shredder	We have data indicating Karai’s last recorded location. Dr. Chaplin will provide you with special ordinance. Remember, Hun, your life now depends on her life.
	They both leave and Stockman begins plotting.
Stockman	Hmm, it would be such a shame if something went wrong and Hun couldn’t save Karai. They think they can contain me with this idiotic harness. [His body suit pulls up a diagram of the harness and screens showing communication grids. The harness snaps off and falls to the ground, freeing Stockman.] Now, establish a com link and find the last location of the Shredder’s little pet, Karai. Hmm, an abandoned warehouse in Brooklyn. Now, to broadcast on the most probable frequencies so that some old friends will be able to meet Hun there.
	Cut to the turtles’ Battle Shell. Hip-hop music is playing as the turtles drive through the city. Michelangelo, in the passenger seat, bobs to the music but sudden static breaks in. Donatello, behind the wheel, reaches over to adjust the sound and they all hear Hun’s voice.
Hun	This is Hun. I am on my way to recover the device.
Donatello	What the heck?
Hun	Once I obtain the technology I’m after, and we give it to the brilliant Dr. Baxter Stockman, we’ll be able to hunt down the Turtles and their rat master. [A split screen shows Stockman imitating Hun’s voice.] There’s nowhere they’ll be able to hide. I’m on my way to Warehouse 51 in Brooklyn to make the pickup. Hun out.
Donatello	Probably a trap.
Leonardo	Probably, but we have to check it out. If it’s for real, we have to stop him.
	Donatello spins the Battle Shell around and as the Turtles drive off, Stockman speaks again.
Stockman	Right about now, the Turtles should be heading off to investigate. They’re so pathetically predictable, and I am a genius.
	He laughs maniacally. Hun arrives at Bishop's base inside an armored assault vehicle.
Hun	According to the master, this should be the place. No front door, no back door, no problem.
	He activates a switch and two metal plates mounted to the front of the vehicle click together to form a battering ram. Hun stomps on the gas pedal and races towards the warehouse.
Hun	Knock knock...
	Hun crashes through an outer wall, sending men scrambling. He ram through several vehicle and drives into a hallway, where he is met by two security vehicles, which begin firing on him. Hun rams them both and keeps driving. Meanwhile, the Turtles arrive at the scene and find the hole in the wall.
Donatello	Something tells me this is it, guys.
	He brings the Battle Shell to a stop. Inside, Bishop hears a loud thumping sound and looks up to see Hun’s vehicle crash into his control room and slide to a stop.
Bishop	Huh, I didn’t expect an answer so soon. [Hun accelerates directly at Bishop and two of his men.] Gentlemen, we have a train to catch.
	He presses a button and the section of the floor he’s on descends. Hun’s vehicle jumps the opening in the floor. A panel closes, sealing the opening behind Bishop. Hun crashes into the wall and then leaps out of the stopped vehicle. He grabs an edge of the floor panel and strains to lift it. As the smoke clears, the Turtles appear and leap into the room.
Leonardo	All right, Hun. You wanted technology to track us? Well, we’re right here.
Hun	I don’t have time for this.
Raphael	Make time.
	Hun breaks a long, metal cylinder off the wall and throws it at them. He then peels back an edge of the floor panel and jumps down to the floor below. The panel snaps shut behind him.
Michelangelo	How rude!
	Hun slides down a ramp that leads to an underground railway. The train containing Bishop, his men, and Karai begins to move.
Bishop	Move it out.
Soldier	Yes, sir.
	Hun lands on the tracks and watches the train pull away.
Hun	No!
	Two canons mounted atop the train turn and fire lasers at Hun. He ducks and rolls, and then tosses a magnetic tracking device, which attaches to the train. A compartment atop the train opens to reveal a missile.
Hun	Aw, crud.
	Hun races back up the ramp as the missile fires. The explosion rips open the floor panel, destroys the warehouse, and throws the Turtles back. As the smoke clears, the Turtles sit up amongst the debris, coughing and moaning. A battered Hun pushes his way up through a pile of rocks. He spots his assault vehicle, which has been totaled.
Hun	Huh? Oh, no, not my ride. [He reaches inside to grab a duffel bag and takes out a tracking device wristband.] Ah. You won’t get away so easily, Bishop. [He takes the duffel bag and approaches the Battle Shell. Throwing open the back doors, he spots Raphael’s Shell Cycle.] Looks like those turtles ain’t so useless after all.
	The Turtles gather together.
Michelangelo	Man, I think my concussion’s got a concussion.
	They hear the revving of an engine and spot Hun taking off on the motorcycle.
Raphael	No! No! He’s stealing my bike!
Leonardo	Let’s go!
	They race to the Battle Shell.
Raphael	Hun stole my bike!
Michelangelo	And he’s wearing your helmet, Raph. Nasty!
	Cut to Foot headquarters.
Dr. Chaplin	Excuse me, Master Saki. I set up the communication security system as you requested, and I found one unauthorized anomaly.
Shredder	Anomaly? Replay for me this anomaly.
	Dr. Chaplin pulls a recording device from his jacket and hits play.
Stockman	This is Hun. I am on my way to recover the device.
Shredder	Stockman.
	Meanwhile, Hun is driving Raphael’s motorcycle in a reckless manner, speeding and weaving through traffic. He watches the red blip on his wrist tracking device, which tells him where Bishop’s train is located. The train stops at a secret underground station and Bishop steps out to issue orders to the men waiting there.
Bishop	Captain, we have an incursion at Base Gamma. I want full security coverage. Get the bird in the air.
Captain	Sir, yes, sir.
	Hun comes to a screeching stop in the middle of the street, then spins around to face a warehouse building on the corner. He checks his tracker and then revs the engine before driving straight at the building. Suddenly, a helicopter appears in front of him.
Hun	Ah, crud.
	The helicopter opens fire. Hun dives off of the motorcycle just before it is hit and it explodes. Lying on the street, Hun reaches into his duffel bag and extracts a rocket launcher, which he fires at the helicopter. It is a direct hit, and the helicopter explodes into pieces, which fall to the street. Hun laughs.
Hun	Sometimes it’s fun being me.
	Inside the warehouse, soldiers take up positions facing the entrance. Hun fires a mini-gun at the door, outlining it with holes before kicking it open. He fires the mini-gun as he stalks into the building. Outside, the remains of the motorcycle are still burning as the Turtle Van arrives. Raphael leaps out and runs to his bike.
Raphael	Oh, no! Oh, no! The shell cycle! It’s... it’s... Aaaah!
	Raphael runs towards the building.
Leonardo	Slow down, Raphael, we’ll go in... together. Ugh.
	Inside, small fires burn everywhere and the building is littered with holes.
Hun	Bishop! I know you’re here, Bishop. [He yanks on the remains of a door, rips it loose, and then turns as something draws his attention.] What the...?
	Raphael leaps at him, feet first, and kicks Hun against the wall.
Raphael	That’s for stealing my bike!
Hun	Get lost, Turtle! This ain’t about you.
	Raphael kicks him again, sending Hun slamming against a crumpled metal door. Hun rips it loose as he falls and flips onto his back. Raphael lands on top of the door.
Raphael	That’s for trashing it.
	Hun throws him off.
Hun	I said stay out of my way, freak!
	He attempts to slam the metal door down on Raphael, but the turtle bounces out of the way. Hun throws the door at him and Raphael manages to put his hands up to stop it as his brothers join him.
Hun	I have no time for this.
	He throws an explosive at the turtles and it hits the metal door they’ve taken cover behind. Hun turns and runs down a corridor. Raphael shoves the remains of the door aside.
Michelangelo	You know, for someone working so hard to find us, he sure is doing a good job ignoring us.
Donatello	Hun does seem to be focused on something else.
Leonardo	Maybe, but what?
	Hun races past collapsed soldiers and down a set of stairs to the underground train. He looks all around and then enters the train. He immediately spots Karai, standing inside the alien prison coil.
Hun	Karai, I can’t tell you how many times I wished to see you exterminated, but now my life depends on saving yours.
	Hun is suddenly hit in the face by a metal floor grate, kicked at him by Bishop, who has been lying in wait.
Hun	Ah!
Bishop	I’ll hand it to you, you’re persistent, [He leaps up and kicks Hun out of the doorway.] but not exactly bright. Say goodbye.
	He closes the door and the train starts moving.
Hun	No!
	To Bishop’s surprise, Hun chases the train, keeping up with it. Before the train can make it past the terminal platform, Hun rips a thick pipe from the wall and jams it into the trains wheels, causing the train to slow and then stop. As Hun strains to hold the pipe in place, the turtles run down the stairs to the platform and see him.
Leonardo	Now what’s he up to?
Raphael	Don’t matter, he’s going down.
	The turtles hop on top of the train and then peer through upper windows to see inside.
Leonardo	Karai?
Michelangelo	Bishop?
	Bishop grabs a minigun and leans out of a doorway to look at Hun.
Bishop	Didn’t I tell you to get lost? Let me make my point a little clearer.
	He prepares to fire and Hun yanks the pipe loose, causing the train to jolt forward. Bishop’s shots go into the ground and Hun hops into the train through another door. Bishop backs up and Hun leaps at him. As the both grapple for the gun, it fires into the ceiling and when Michelangelo rolls to dodge the bullets, he goes over the side of the train. Leonardo grabs his wrist just in time and hauls him back on top just as bullets hit the window he was looking through. While they are still fighting for the gun, it hits the force field surrounding Karai and half of the minigun is sheared off. Hun grabs Bishop from behind, forcing him into a half-Nelson hold. Bishop turns his head and slings it back, causing his dark glasses to fly off and hit Hun in the eyes. Hun loses his hold and stumbles back while Bishop catches his glasses in mid-air and puts them on. Hun catches Bishop again and slams him into the walls, but Bishop seems unhurt.
Bishop	All right, meathead, you wanna play? [He gets Hun in an armlock.] Now we play for real.
	He spins Hun and kicks him at a door. Hun’s upper body crashes through the door glass.
Michelangelo	So what do we do?
Raphael	We let ‘em take each other out.
	The battle continues, with Bishop’s quick moves proving putting Hun on the defensive.
Bishop	You’re finished, and the lovely Karai is next.
	He tosses the air vent he’s yanked down against the force field, making it tip enough so that Karai’s shoulder touches the rings, and she is injured.
Karai	Ah!
Leonardo	Karai’s in trouble. At the very least, we have to get her out of there.
	Raphael grabs his arm as Leonardo begins to draw a sword.
Raphael	Leo!
Leonardo	Raph, she’s done the same for us. We’re getting her out.
	Bishop grabs Hun’s ponytail and swings him around before slamming him to the floor right up against the force field’s platform. Little by little, Bishop pushes Hun’s face towards the cutting coils. Hun strains against him.
Hun	I’ve got to save Karai.
	Raphael leaps down through the broken window and slams feet first into Bishop, knocking him back away from Hun. As Bishop rolls to his feet, the other turtles jump down as well.
Raphael	You know, Bishop, you gotta be about the only guy I hate more than Hun.
Michelangelo	And that’s saying a lot!
	Hun stands up and Raphael grabs his arm, tossing the big guy over his shoulder and onto the floor.
Raphael	And you owe me a new bike, fatso!
	Raphael and Michelangelo begin attacking Bishop and he proves his quickness by avoiding most of their blows. Hun throws several punches at the man, but Bishop catches his arm and throws him against Michelangelo. Meanwhile, Leonardo stands into front of Karai while Donatello examines the train’s equipment.
Donatello	This train car’s amazing.
Leonardo	Let’s stay focused, Donny.
	Michelangelo hits the floor next to Leonardo’s feet. Leonardo attacks Bishop with a katana, but the man catches his wrist and twists the sword out of his grip. Bishop slices at Leonardo, who rolls out of the way. While he’s still squatting, Bishop swings the katana down at him, but Leonardo catches the blade between his palms. Donatello is still studying the force field.
Donatello	Fascinating. I’ve never seen anything so—
Karai	Time is of the essence, Donatello.
Donatello	Uh, right. Sorry. Leo, I could us a hand!
	Leonardo rolls backwards onto his carapace and kicks the sword out of Bishop’s hands. Michelangelo reaches up and catches the sword by its handle. Leonardo kicks Bishop away, turns, and springs off of Hun’s back.
Leonardo	Your turn!
	Michelangelo darts forward and bounces off of Hun’s back just as the guy is trying to push off of the floor.
Hun	Ah!
	Leonardo lands next to Donatello.
Donatello	I need you to slice the upper ring... [he watches the force field] Now!
	Leonardo leaps up and slices through the upper ring, which brings the force field down. Karai jumps off the platform and joins the attack on Bishop. She slices at him with her sword, but he catches her arms and pulls them behind her back.
Bishop	I see you’ve decided to stretch your legs, my dear. Perhaps I will, too.
	Raphael attacks but Bishop uses Karai as a shield, pulled her arm holding the sword up to catch the turtles’ sai. Using Karai’s arm, Bishop swings the sword around and Leonardo blocks the strike with his own sword. Leonardo forces the blade out of Bishop’s grip and then slices up at him, only to stop when he realizes Karai is a human shield. Bishop senses Raphael coming up behind him and reaches into Karai’s shirt to grab her tanto, which he uses to block the sai attack. Bishop shoves Raphael back and then throws Karai at Leonardo. He catches her and they fall to the floor. Bishop throws the tanto at them, but Leonardo holds onto Karai and rolls them both out of the way. The other three turtles take turns attacking Bishop, and while dodging them, he removes his neck tie. When Hun takes a swing at him, Bishop wraps the tie around his wrist. Bishop swings Hun’s body around, slamming him against attacking turtles, and then head first into a steel post. Bishop manages to pull free, but the momentum sends him tumbling into Michelangelo and Donatello, knocking them over. Raphael strikes down at Bishop from behind, but the agent lifts the tie and catches the sai on it. Bishop spins around and wraps Raphael’s wrists together, but Leonardo slices the tie. As Leonardo and Bishop face off, Karai pulls her manriki-gusari and tries to strike the agent with it. He ducks two attempts and then Leonardo lifts a sword so that the chain wraps around the blade. The pair, working in tandem, bring the chain down behind Bishop’s back and both Michelangelo and Raphael bounce off of Donatello’s lowered bō staff in order to plow feet first into Bishop. He hits the ground and then looks up to see Donatello and Leonardo coming down at him with their weapons. He rolls away just in time.
Bishop	I see the odds have changed, but I never play the odds.
	He charges at the group, leaping over and past the turtles and Karai, and then sliding between Hun’s legs. Bishop opens a compartment and retrieves a briefcase, using it to strike Hun, who slams into the others as they attempt to pursue Bishop. He runs onto the control platform.
Bishop	Oh, before I go, allow me to thank you turtles. Your DNA samples from the last time we met have put my research ahead fifty years overnight. Ciao.
	He grabs a control lever and pushes it forward. Smoke rises up to block the turtles as they move towards him and then the engine part of the train detaches from the rest. Bishop rolls off down the tracks.
Hun	Now that Karai is safe, I can finish you freaks as a little bonus for the Shredder.
	He moves towards the turtles, but when he nears the open train door, Karai kicks him off the train.
Hun	Ah!
	Leonardo walks towards Karai, who nods her head.
Karai	Thank you.
	She then leaps off of the train.
Leonardo	Well, at least she said thanks.
	The trains finally slows and comes to a stop.
Raphael	Oh, I can’t believe I lost my bike!
Michelangelo	Look on the bright side, Raph. You may have lost the shell cycle, but Donny here gained a shiny new train car.
Donatello	Can I keep it, Leo?
Leonardo	If you can figure out a way to get it home.
	Cut to Foot headquarters.
Karai	My lord, thank you for sending Hun. He saved my life.
	Hun drops to one knee before Shredder.
Hun	I live to serve you, Master.
Shredder	Good. You live as long as you succeed. Did you retrieve the microchip, Karai?
Karai	No, my lord, but I did manage to get a detailed scan. [She removes her ring.] We should be able to construct a prototype of our own.
Stockman	Which is obviously why I am here. You’ve finally seen the error of your ways and are going to let me do what I do best.
Shredder	No! Dr. Chaplin will create the prototype for the microchip. That is why he is here.
	Two Foot ninja grab Stockman’s arms and force him to his knees.
Stockman	Huh?
Shredder	I want to speak with you about an unauthorized communication you made earlier today.
Stockman	But I--  I can explain everything. No! No~o!

{Roll end credits}