A/N: Sorry for the delay...life got in the way.

Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel, Disney, Fox, Glee, or any of these people or ideas.

(A jet flies over the sea at high-speed. Inside, we see a pilot and co-pilot with Kurt standing behind them. "Wake Me Up When September Ends" is playing on the radio. Seated next to Kurt is Finn, watching a video of Sam as The Hulk.)

Finn: So, this Sam guy was trying to replicate the serum they used on me?

Kurt: A lot of people were. You were the world's first superhero. He thought Gamma radiation might hold the key to unlocking Tanaka's original formula.

Finn: (as on the video, The Hulk attacks the army) Didn't really go his way, did it?

Kurt: Not so much. (after a pause) I gotta say - it's an honor to meet you, officially. (Finn smiles at him) I sort of met you, I mean, I watched you while you were sleeping. (Finn's smile falters a little) I mean, I was, I was present, while you were unconscious from, uh, the ice.

(Finn just gets up and moves over to the cockpit and Kurt follows, looking embarrassed.)

Kurt: You know it's really - it's just, a, just a huge honor to have you on board.

Finn: (sighing) Well, I hope I'm the man for the job.

Kurt: Oh you are, absolutely. We made some modifications to the uniform. I had a little design input. (He says this with a satisfied grin)

Finn: The uniform? Aren't the stars and stripes a little...old-fashioned?

Kurt: Everything that's happening, the things that are about to come to light...people might just need a little old-fashioned.

(Cut to Lauren's lair. We see two soldiers run down a tunnel. They run into the lab where dozens of men are working, including Mercedes. Lauren sits and watches, spear in hand. She closes her eyes and concentrates. The tip of the spear glows and she is transported to another world. Terri approaches her.)

Terri: The Adrenali grow restless.

Lauren: Let them gird themselves. I will lead them in a glorious battle.

Terri: (laughing) Battle? Against the meager might of Earth?

Lauren: Glorious, not lengthy - if your force is as formidable as you claim.

Terri: You question us? (shocked) You question her? She who put the scepter in your hand, who gave you ancient knowledge and new purpose? When you were cast out- defeated!

Lauren: I was a queen! The rightful queen of Asgard, betrayed.

Terri: Your ambition is little, full of childish need. We look beyond the Earth to greater worlds the Tesseract will unveil.

Lauren: You don't have the Tesseract yet.

(Terri lunges at Lauren, hissing. But she stops short.)

Lauren: I don't threaten. But until I open the doors, until your force is mine to command, you are but words.

Terri: You will have your war, Asgardian. (She starts to circle behind Lauren) If you fail, if the Tesseract is kept from us, there will be no realm, no barren moon, no crevice, where she cannot find you. (approaching) You think you know pain? She will make you long for something as sweet as pain.

(She puts her hand to Lauren's face. With a shout of pain, Lauren is instantly back on Earth. She stares ahead, mad.)

(We cut a a jet flying to a giant carrier in the water, it's the TITANS Helicarrier in all its glory. Personnel are walking all over, some are strapping down jets and containers.

The jet lands. Kurt and Finn step out of it. Brittany walks toward them.)

Kurt: (introducing them) Agent Pierce - Captain Hudson.

Finn: Ma'am.

Brittany: Hi. (to Kurt) They need you on the bridge; they're starting the face trace.

Kurt: See you there.

(He leaves as Brittany and Finn start walking.)

Brittany: It was quite the buzz around here, finding you in the ice. I thought Kurt was gonna swoon. Especially cause he's...

Finn: What?

Brittany: (dismissing) Nothing. Did he ask you to sign his Captain America trading cards yet?

Finn: Trading cards?

Brittany: They're vintage. He's very proud.

(They see Sam, who is shyly making his way over.)

Finn: You must be Sam.

Sam: Oh, yeah, they told me you'd be coming. (He shakes Finn's hand)

Finn: Word is you can find the Cube.

Sam: (embarrassed) Is that the only word on me?

Finn: Only word I care about.

Sam: (relaxing just a little) It must be strange for you, all of this.

(They watch a bunch of soldiers march by into the ship.)

Finn: Well, this is actually kind of familiar.

Brittany: (after listening on her radio) Gentlemen, you might wanna step inside in a minute. It's gonna get a little had to breathe.

INTERCOM: Flight Mode. Secure the deck.

(There is a loud whirring and clunking sound as Sam and Finn make their way to the edge of the helicarrier.)

Finn: Is this a submarine?

Sam: (disbelieving) Really? They want me in a submerged pressurized metal container?

(They watch as propellers come up out of the water. They begin to spin and the carrier begins to lift into the air.

Sam: (laughing) Oh no, this is much worse.

(The helicarrier begins ascending higher and higher.)

Finn's singing voiceover: Run and tell all of the angels
This could take all night
Think I need a devil to help me get things right
Hook me up a new revolution
Cause this one is a lie
We sat around laughing and watched the last one die

Finn and Sam: I'm looking to the sky to save me
Looking for a sign of life
Looking for something to help me burn out bright
I'm looking for a complication
Looking cause I'm tired of lying
Make my way back home when I learn to fly

(We cut inside the bridge as the guitar continues. Finn and Sam follow Brittany inside. She peels away from them as they stare and observe in awe. It's very busy, with TITANS personnel working at stations, and communicating over earpieces. A larger guy with glasses speaks into his headset.)

Roderick: Maximum performance take off, increase output to capacity. Power plant performing at capacity. We are clear.

Emma: (from the top platform) All engines operating. TITANS emergency protocol one nine three point six in effect. (to Will, next to her) We're at level, sir.

Will: Good! Let's vanish.

Emma: Engage retro reflection panels.

(Outside, we see that the underside of the ship appears to become coated with mirrors so it blends in with the sky.

Then we're back inside.)

Roderick: Reflection panels engaged.

Kurt's singing voiceover: If I was invisible
Then I could just watch you in your room
If I was invincible
I'd make you mine tonight
If hearts were unbreakable
Then I could just tell you where I stand
I would be the smartest man
If I was invisible
Wait..I already am

Will: (to Finn and Sam) Gentlemen.

(As they come over, Finn slips Will the ten dollars he bet earlier, in regards to nothing being able to surprise him.)

Will: (to Sam) Sam, thank you for coming. (He shakes his hand.)

Sam: Thanks for asking nicely. So, um, how long am I staying?

Will: Once we get our hands on the Tesseract, you're in the wind.

Sam: Well where are you with that?

Kurt: (from nearby) We're sweeping every wirelessly accessible camera on the planet. Cell phones...

(Finn stands in the background confused of what's being said. While Kurt is talking, Brittany moves over to a computer screen where we see Santana's face trace in progress. She checks the stats.)

Kurt: ...laptops, if it's connected to a satellite, it's eyes and ears for us.

Brittany: It's still not gonna find them in time.

Sam: We have to narrow it down. (thinking) How many spectrometers do you have access to?

Will: How many are there?

Sam: Call every lab you know. Tell them to put the spectrometers on the roof and calibrate them for Gamma rays. I'll come up with some kind of tracking algorithm from what I remember. At least we could rule out a few places. Do you have somewhere for me to work?

Will: Agent Pierce, would you show Sam to the laboratory, please?

(Brittany walks over to Sam and they begin walking out of the bridge area.)

Brittany: You're gonna love it, Sam. We've got all kinds of toys.

(As they leave, Will walks up to Emma.)

Will: Emma, did you tell Figgins that Santana had been compromised?

Emma: Wasn't that procedure?

(Will, annoyed, walks off the bridge and onto the air deck, where he looks out.)

Emma: (throwing it back) Did you tell them who exactly is on your response team?

(Will looks over his shoulder.)

Will: Doesn't appear that I have to.

(We cut back to Lauren's lair. Mercedes is working on a machine in Lauren's hidden base.)

Mercedes: (to a soldier) Put it over there. (to Santana) Where did you find all these people?

Santana: TITANS has no shortage of enemies, Doctor. (holding up a tablet with a picture of a rock on it) This the stuff you need?

Mercedes: Yeah. Iridium. It's found in meteorites, it forms anti-protons. It's very hard to get hold of.

Santana : Especially if TITANS knows you need it.

Mercedes: Well, I didn't know.

(Lauren walks up. Mercedes turns to greet her.)

Mercedes: Hey! This is wonderful. The Tesseract has shown me so much. It's- it's more than knowledge, it's truth.

Lauren: I know. It, ah- it touches everyone differently. (to Santana) What did it show you, Agent Lopez?

Santana: My next target.

Mercedes: (laughing) Cold bitch. She's got no soul. No wonder you chose this, this tomb to work in.

Santana: (snapping) Well, the Radisson doesn't have three levels of lead lined flooring between TITANS and that cube.

(Mercedes walks back to the machine she was working on.)

Mercedes' singing voiceover: It's poetry in motion
She turned her tender eyes to me
As deep as any ocean
As sweet as any harmony
Mmm - but she blinded me with science

Santana: She blinded me with science!

Mercedes: And failed me in biology
When I'm dancing close to her
Blinding me with science - science!
I can smell the chemicals
Blinding me with science - science!
Science!
Science!

Lauren: I see why Schuester chose you to guard it.

Santana: You're going to have to contend with him, you know. As long as he's in the air, I can't pin him down. And he'll be putting together a team.

Lauren: Are they a threat?

Santana: To each other more than likely. But if Schuester can get 'em on track, and he might, they could throw some noise our way.

Lauren: You admire Schuester.

Santana: He's got a clear line of sight.

Lauren: Is that why you failed to kill him?

Santana: It might be. I was disoriented, and I'm not at my best with a gun.

Mercedes (spoken, to Santana): Good heavens Miss Sakamoto - you're beautiful!
I - I don't believe it!
There she goes again!
She's tidied up, and I can't find anything!
All my tubes and wires
And careful notes
And antiquated notions

Mercedes (resuming singing): But! - it's poetry in motion
And when she turned her eyes to me
As deep as any ocean
As sweet as any harmony
Mmm - but she blinded me with science

Mercedes and Santana: She blinded me with - with science!

Lauren: I want to know everything you can tell me about this team of his. I would- test their mettle. (Santana nods.) I am weary of scuttling in shadow. I mean to rule this world, not burrow in it.

Santana: That's a risk.

Lauren: Oh yes.

Santana: If you're set on making yourself known, I could be useful.

Lauren: Tell me what you need.

(Santana walks over to a small case, opens it, then takes out her bow. She flicks it open.)

Santana: I need a distraction...And an eyeball.

A/N: So no, Sam is not really a scientist. I hope that actually makes it a little more tense - how on earth is a normal guy going to find the Tesseract?

Gleevengers Playlist:
Wake Me Up When September Ends by Green Day (background)
Learn to Fly by Foo Fighters / Invisible by Clay Aiken, sung by Finn and Sam / Kurt
She Blinded Me With Science by Thomas Dolby, sung by Mercedes and Santana

Obvious song choice is obvious.