01x19 - Misplaced

[bunniefuu]

How about here?

[MEOWS]

Finally.

Time to get the old band together.

Wotan.

Blackbriar Thorn.

Felix Faust.

Wizard.

Now, heh, let's put on a show.

[CHANTING IN GERMAN]

[ALL CHANTING IN GERMAN]

Did you get everything? Everything on your list, Batman.

Plus groceries.

Cookie fixings? Snickerdoodles.

Babe, you rock my world.

Glad you're back, Zatanna.

Does this mean you're officially joining the team?

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

I don't know. Zatara's so over-protective.

Just getting him to let me visit takes a full day's wheedling.

I wish he'd just give me a little space.

Dad!

[BOTH GASP]

[SORCERERS CHANTING IN GERMAN]

[ALL CHANTING IN GERMAN]

[CHILDREN GIGGLING]

WOMAN 1: Not in the street, please.

WOMAN 2 [ON TV]: Today in Fawcett City...

...Captain Marvel defeated an att*ck by the creatures known as Ibac and Sabbac.

Uncle Dudley.

Don't know which of my enemies is behind this.

But I know a job for Captain Marvel when I see one.

Shaz... Whoa.

Looks like Uncle D isn't the only one gone missing.

BOY: Look out!

[CAR CRASHES]

BOY: Are you okay? Forget me. Where's Mommy?

All the grown-ups are gone. And Cap's a grown-up.

If I change, I could disappear too.

WALLY [OVER RADIO]: We've set up a refugee center at the high school gym.

- Any luck with...? No.

Can't raise the Batcave, the Hall of Justice or the Watch...

Or any adult hero. Even Red Arrow.

WALLY [OVER RADIO]: Guess we're on our own. Kid Flash, out.

Traditional media's off-line.

But kids worldwide are all posting the same thing.

Every adult 18 or older has disappeared.

The sorcery necessary to pull this off, scary big.

And we need you to find its source.

How am I...? I pulled this footage.

It's your dad helping us locate Wotan and the Injustice League last month.

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

ZATARA [ON COMPUTER]: There.

But the words, I mean, that's only part of it.

The rest takes training and, Robin, I'm just not on Zatara's level.

I know it's hard, but try to stay whelmed.

We'll find your dad, Batman, all of them.

That's what we do.

[TODDLER CRYING]

[GRUNTS]

[BOTH GASP]

[BOTH GRUNT]

[GATE CLANKING]

ARTEMIS [SINGING]: Twinkle, twinkle, little star Um... Yes, sir, yes, sir Three bags full

[ALL GIGGLING]

GIRL: That's not "Twinkle, Twinkle." That's "Baa Baa Black Sheep." Ha, ha.

Um... Oh.

[SINGING] Q, R, S, T, U, V

[ALL GIGGLING]

GIRL: That's "ABCs."

Oh, for me? Thank you. Ha, ha.

Did you call home? No answer.

You could Zeta there.

I've been collecting kids all day. I don't need to see another empty house.

[DOOR OPENS]

Got three more.

[CHILDREN GIGGLING]

Okay, Batson. Make sure the coast is clear and go.

Captain Marvel-One-Five.

Captain Marvel-One-Five.

Override H-O-J/Watchtower, priority red. Captain Marvel-One-Five.

COMPUTER: Not recognized. Access denied.

[GROANS]

Attention, children and teenagers of Earth. I am Aqualad.

These are my friends, Robin and Kid Flash.

We are using Justice League tech...

...to cast and stream to every TV, radio, computer...

...and smartphone on the planet.

We know you must be scared and angry.

We know with your parents missing, there's a temptation to run wild.

But, please, stay calm.

AQUALAD [ON TV]: We will find a way to bring the adults back.

But for now the oldest among you must step up.

ROBIN [ON TV]: Take care of your younger siblings.

Take care of kids who have no one.

KID FLASH: Protect them.

[KID FLASH SPEAKING IN FRENCH THEN MANDARIN ON TV]

AQUALAD: It is up to you.

It's up to Billy Batson to find a way to the Cave...

...no matter the risk.

AQUALAD: Please, help in any way you can.

Which is how, exactly? BILLY: That depends.

Do you have a pilot's license?

I finally got through to Atlantis. No adults there, either.

KID FLASH: So just how desperate are we?

I mean, this thing could definitely come in handy.

Yes, but we both know anyone who dons the helmet...

...and allows Nabu to possess him...

...may never be released from being Doctor Fate.

So not that desperate. Not yet.

ZATANNA: Guys.

Uh, I'm ready to try my father's locator spell.

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

Coordinates locked. Roanoke Island.

You did it.

AMBER: I cannot believe I let you talk me into this.

You did the right thing, Amber. I know I don't look like much.

But I have to get to Happy Harbor to help. We're almost there.

Should arrive just after midnight. On my birthday.

Wait. Are you telling me you turn 18 at midnight?

I'll take that as a yes.

[ALL CHANTING IN GERMAN]

WALLY: Cookie fixings? MEGAN: Snickerdoodles.

Babe, you rock my world.

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

Does this mean you're officially joining the team?

I'm glad you brought Zatanna, old friend.

Does this mean you'll allow her to join the team?

I do not know. Zatanna's so...

[SIGHS]

...my only child.

I wish I could get used to the idea that she's, ugh, growing up.

[ZATARA GASPS]

Zatanna!

[HORN HONKING]

Dude, who taught you how to...? My son! My son's gone!

Worldwide reports are all the same.

Every child under the age of 18 has disappeared.

Parents are desperate for answers.

[ON TV] From secular and religious leaders. From the heroes of the Justice League.

And from scientists at facilities like S.T.A.R. Labs.

CRUSHER: Those eggheads in there know what happened to our kids.

For all we know, they're responsible.

Make them tell us the truth!

[CROWD CHEERING]

OFFICER 1: Stand down! Stand down!

OFFICER 2: I order you to stand down!

Citizens of Gotham, please return to your homes.

Rest assured, the best minds here and throughout the world...

...are working on this and only this.

Everything possible is being done to recover your... Our children.

v*olence will not get them back.

So all you're creating is a dangerous distraction...

...from what really matters here tonight.

So how desperate are we?

I informed the Watchtower you located the focal point at Roanoke.

But the rest of the league has deployed to avert the chaos.

Tornado, you and I are on our own.

I would do anything to get my daughter back.

Yes, but we both know there are many ways for you to lose her.

So not that desperate.

Not yet.

The entire league is unavailable?

Except, perhaps, for Captain Marvel.

He's missing.

I can't. If I say it, I'll be an adult. And maybe disappear forever.

Captain Marvel may have the courage of Achilles.

But Billy Batson has the courage of Billy Batson.

Shazam!

Whoa!

Hey, I didn't disappear.

[AMBER SCREAMING]

Amber.

Gotcha.

COMPUTER: Recognized, Captain Marvel-One-Five.

All right, guys, I'm here to...

You're back. Is it over? Where's the team?

Haven't you heard? Every child in the world has...

Zatara, wait. Captain, where have you been?

On a world without grown-ups.

Holy moly. There are two worlds.

Two dimensions. One for adults.

And one for kids. And you can travel between them?

I think I can. I know I can.

Shazam!

It works.

Where did you come from? Who are you?

Quick, read my mind.

[GASPS]

He's Captain Marvel.

Yeah, and I'm Speedy Gonzales. Look, just because he believes he's Cap...

Gee, Wally, do I really have to bring you nachos and pineapple juice...

...to get on your good side?

BATMAN: There will be threats in both dimensions...

...and we may not be familiar with our opponents.

But the key to this mission is a coordinated simultaneous att*ck.

Agreed. Our best chance against sorcery is to strike fast, disrupt their efforts.

And hope the two dimensions merge naturally back into one.

[MEOWS]

That's the best you can do?

[ARTEMIS & ROBIN GRUNT]

[AQUALAD YELLS]

[AQUABOY & SUPERBOY GRUNT]

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

Heh, baby magic.

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

[SCREAMS THEN GRUNTS]

Listen, when Fate possessed my body, he defeated Klarion by attacking the cat.

[SNARLS]

Good. Not the big cat fan, anyway.

[CHUCKLES]

Show them what the familiar to a Lord of Chaos can do, Teekl.

[ROARS]

[GRUNTING]

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

[ALL GROANING]

Ah, so you teamed up with the grumps.

Teamwork is so overrated.

[ALL GRUNTING]

ZATANNA: Artemis. Robin.

[AQUALAD GROANS]

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

ZATARA: Captain, wait.

That mystic gem, Ambre Jeune Perdu, is the conduit of this sorcery.

Without it, nothing may keep apart two worlds meant to be one.

I'll tell the team.

Shazam!

[AQUALAD SCREAMS]

- It's the gem! MISS MARTIAN: Don't shout, Billy.

- I've linked you telepathically to the others. BILLY: That's so cool.

I mean, it's the gem at the center of the pentagram.

Destroy it and we win.

ZATANNA: That's all I needed to know.

Zatanna! Stop!

FATE: Klarion, this ends now.

MISS MARTIAN: Billy. Tell Zatara. Right, yeah.

Shazam!

[GRUNTS]

ZATARA: She did what? Go back there right now and...

No. The sooner we end this, the sooner you can help your daughter.

Keep the bad guys distracted. I have an idea.

Speed of Mercury. Power of Zeus.

[GRUNTING]

Go, Kid.

[GASPS]

Ha! There. See?

When the worlds divided, the helmet split too.

You're not all here, Nabu.

And you're losing hold on that poor, soon-to-be-dead girl.

Hmm. She gave up herself for nothing.

FATE: No, Witch-Boy.

Fate decrees her sacrifice will not be in vain.

No, no, no!

No!

[GRUNTING]

Now, Kid.

Doc, catch.

Zatara, catch.

[BOTH SPEAKING INCANTATION IN UNISON]

[ALL GROAN]

Boy, they sure don't make evil immortal sorcerers like they used to. Oh, well.

[SNAP]

Fun while it lasted. Teekl.

[KLARION CLAPPING]

[ROARING]

[MEOWING]

See you later, armadillos.

Unless I see you first.

[CACKLING]

Aren't you gonna stop him? FATE: To what end?

Klarion is chaos personified.

He cannot be contained.

[ROBIN GROANS]

Did we win? At a cost.

Fate!

Great Nabu, release my daughter.

FATE: No.

Witness the havoc wrought in these hours.

The world needs Doctor Fate.

And the girl's natural affinity for the mystic arts...

...makes her the perfect candidate.

You can't do that. She has her own life to live.

Kent would never allow you... FATE: Kent Nelson did object strenuously.

So I released his spirit to the afterlife. He is gone.

Take me instead.

My skills are already at their peak.

My body is physically stronger, better able to withstand the strain of your power.

FATE: All true.

But if I remove the helmet, what guarantee have I you will don it?

My word.

[SPEAKING INCANTATION]

Dad. Zatanna.

Remember, I love you.

Take care of my girl.

You have my word.

No, please. This was my fault.

Dad, don't. Dad!

FATE: Leave these to Fate.

Mom? Dad?

CAPTAIN MARVEL: Shazam!

And my room's right next door if you need anything.

Thanks. I, uh, could use a little alone time, okay?

Of course.

[CRYING]

[LAUGHS]

Happy?

[BRAIN SPEAKING IN FRENCH]

BRAIN: Your distraction, though peut-�tre extreme, was tr�s effective.

Amid your trademarked chaos, no one will notice the absence of our prize.

And in time, we will bring it into the light.