04x11 - Project Starfire

[bunniefuu]

[COMPUTER WHIRRING]

- [KORY] Hey.
- You find anything?

[SIGHS AND WHISPERS] No.

Sebastian's gone underground.

Any word on Conner?

They must be together.

We're running a bridge and toll search.

If one of them shows their
faces, we'll find both of them.

Okay.

All those people down there.

They don't know about Horns
or Trigons or magical powers.

They'll go to bed, wake
up, make their coffee

and go to work like any other day.

Or not.

If you could be anywhere else

[CHUCKLES] on Earth right now,

where would you be?

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I don't know. Here is pretty nice.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

Yeah, here's pretty nice.

[CELL PHONE BEEPING]

- Gotta get back.
- Yeah.

How's Bernard?

No change.

Theta waves with
intermittent hypsarrhythmia.

He's in status. Continuous seizures.

But we're gonna try
upping the phenobarb,

see if we can interrupt the cycle.

Can I see him?

Not now. We're still running scans.

I'll keep you posted. Okay?

Yeah. Thank you.

- [TIM] Going somewhere?
- Nope.

You are.

I need you back in Gotham.

You're sending me home?

Kinda.

There's a guy who used to
work for the organization.

He has information on Mother Mayhem,

and we need it.

I don't know, d*ck. Bernard's
not looking good, man.

You're not doing him
any good by being here.

The guy's name is Venta.
He lives down on Harbor.

I told him you were coming.

[SIGHS] That's it?

Just get the information
and report back?

That's it.

[EXHALES]

Keep your eyes open.
Gotham's still Gotham.

Need you back in one piece.

If anything changes with
Bernard, I'll call you.

Well, what about the suitcase?

I don't know.

Open it.

[REPORTER ON TV] Sebastian
Sanger's fans worldwide

are demanding answers on why
his game's been shut down.

This amid concerns that
the global sensation

could be causing mysterious
medical side effects.

But the biggest mystery of all,

where is Sebastian Sanger?

[SCREAMS]

Patience.

[SCOFFS]

You know, your friends
destroyed my game.

And they took my powers.

So don't tell me to have patience.

I want them back now!

The Titans aren't my friends.

And they didn't take your powers.

It was your mother.

What are you talking about?

Retribution.

For you refusing to call your daddy.

Don't worry.

It's okay.

We k*ll her,

powers will be restored.

Then we're back on
track to run the world,

however the f*ck we want.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

[PEOPLE CHANTING]
Azarath Metrion Zinthos.

[SIGHS]

I told you we would be back
here when the time was right.

The Titans destroyed
Sebastian's beloved game.

Finally, they're proving useful.

After what he's done to you,

it will take more than that.

You asked to see me, Mother?

Leave us.

[PEOPLE MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]

[JULIE] Has Brother Blood
returned with the Horn?

I hear the time is near.

[MOTHER MAYHEM] It is.

But are you ready to serve him?

You doubt my devotion?

[CHUCKLES]

Perhaps.

I would do anything for your son.

I've always known that he was special.

Since we first met, I could see it.

I could feel it.

- [CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]
- [MOTHER MAYHEM LAUGHS]

Your devotion is pure.

So, I would like to ask for your help.

Those with great power cannot sense
without the sacrifice of others.

It may sound forward of me
as a mother to suggest this,

but to complete his journey,

my son needs someone
to give of themselves.

Give?

Yes.

I'm speaking very bluntly of your body.

[EXHALES]

For this intimate task,

I need a heart with unwavering devotion.

But you're free to say no.

As with anything in my son's journey,

it must be by choice.

I'm honored that you chose me.

It may please you to know that I've

never been with any other.

My heart has belonged to your son

since the day we first met.

Oh.

And so it shall remain.

- [SQUELCHING]
- [GASPS]

- [GRUNTS]
- [GROANS]

[THUDS]

[GRUNTS]

[SIREN WAILING]

[MAN ] Come on. Let's go.

[BOTH PANTING]

[MAN ] Put this in the bag.

Evening, boys.

Who the f*ck are you?

I'm looking for Venta.

[MAN ] Who's asking?

A friend of d*ck Grayson.

[MAN ] The Flying Grayson?

That's the one.

[MAN ] Any friend of d*ck Grayson

[SCREAMS] is a f*cking dead man!

Get a load of this, Gotham. [GRUNTS]

[ALL GRUNTING]

- [g*n FIRES]
- [GRUNTS]

[PANTING]

- [SHOUTS]
- [THUDS AND GROANS]

- [g*n COCKING]
- [MAN ] Bye-bye, little birdie.

[BOTH MEN SHOUT]

[g*n f*ring]

[GRUNTING]

[CHOKES AND THUDS]

- [g*n FIRES]
- Argh! [GROANS]

[CHUCKLES]

Who the f*ck are you supposed to be?

I'm Robin.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

- [POLICEWOMAN] Ms. Anders?
- [KORY] Yes.

There's something I
think you should see.

[TABLET BEEPING]

[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]

Morning. Are these vegan?

- [RACHEL] Hey, Gar.
- Morning to you, too.

Morning. Have you seen Tim?

No, d*ck sent him to
Gotham on assignment.

Gotham?

Do you think Tim's ready for that?

d*ck thinks he is.

[MUTTERS] Oh, d*ck thinks he is.

Guess it's a trend now.

People disappearing without telling me.

Sorry, I know I've been
kind of scarce lately.

It's okay.

You've been spending time in The Red?

Yeah.

And the more I do, the less I'm
sure where I'm supposed to be.

Here or there.

I think it's there.

- Wow.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

- Nice knowing you too.
- [CHUCKLES] No.

No, that's not what I meant.

It's just...

I've been feeling a
similar way, you know, like,

I just want a change,
something different.

Like what?

I don't know.

I just feel like I'm standing on
the edge of a cliff and I just...

I wanna jump. I wanna, I wanna see.

Maybe you should, too.

Maybe I wanna know what's at
the bottom of the cliff first.

I don't think it works like that.

I think we just got to do it.

Hey, you guys seen Kory?

[BOTH] No.

All right, check around,
find out who saw her last.

- [GAR] On it.
- [RACHEL] Okay.

[MUTTERS] Oh.

- [RACHEL] Gar.
- I'm coming.

[RACHEL] Jesus.

[SEBASTIAN] Conner, where are you?

What's the plan?

Call me back, okay?

We hurt the ones we love the most.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I have to say, really f*cking hurt.

I'm sorry.

You took my powers.

I did no such thing.

Your powers are yours,

if you use them wisely.

You want me to bring back my father.

I need something for myself.

I know what you crave.

You've tasted it now.

The power, the adulation.

I know.

If you bring back your father,

you'll get everything you ever wanted.

[SEBASTIAN BREATHES HEAVILY]

[GRUNTING IN PAIN] What is this?

[GASPS]

[GRUNTING]

Meet me at the Temple tonight.

[SEBASTIAN BREATHING HEAVILY]

Somebody said they
saw Kory come in here.

Anybody seen Starfire?

[PEOPLE MUTTERING INDISTINCTLY]

She's got something.

So you spoke to Ms. Anders?

I have no idea what
you're talking about.

Yeah, you do.

I don't consent to them using
their powers to analyze me.

I didn't use my powers.

She's just a bad liar.

Fine.

Ms. Anders asked me to
try and track Superboy

using our Satcom Heat Tracker.

Normally, we just use it
to detect thermal activity.

But since Superboy's laser vision
has a heat signature, I got a hit.

Why didn't you tell us?

Ms. Anders preferred that I
keep that information to myself.

- [JASON] Venta?
- [TIM] Yeah.

He lives down on Harbor.

[JASON] Never heard of him.

d*ck says he's got information
on the Organization.

Maybe we could team up on this.

[JASON] I don't team anymore.

[AUTOMATED VOICE] Security deactivated.

[TIM] You don't understand.

Brother Blood put my
boyfriend in a coma.

[JASON] How long you been
doing this Robin thing?

[TIM] Uh...

Not long.

[JASON] A couple weeks?

Not quite.

A week?

Last night was my first night.

Oh, the suit did look
fresh off the rack.

If I were you, I'd get out of Gotham.

Take some reps in, like,
Tucson or some sh*t.

d*ck sent me here to find Venta.

Your funeral.

You can crash here if
you don't have plans.

I mean, there's eggs, beer, cheese.

Thanks.

You working on something?

No. I'm paying the f*cking cable bill.

You need some help?

Since you're being nosy,

Shimmer's been pulling off
high-end heists all over Gotham,

sending ciphers as clues.

Hey, what the f*ck you doing?

You got your A right,
but your coding's off.

f*ck you.

It's a Fibonacci sequence.

Each number is the sum of
two numbers that precede it.

K.

L.

[SOFTLY] E-I-D-O-S-C-O-P-E.

[JASON] "Kaleidoscope."

Oh, sh*t.

I just had fresh eyes.

Hey, Babs. Uh,
Kaleidoscope Auction House.

That's the target for
Shimmer's next hit.

And I'll take my usual percentage.

[SEBASTIAN] Where have you been?

[CONNER] We're all good.

I've got a plan.

[SEBASTIAN] So have I.

My mother was here.

It's all clear now.

When I summon my father,

I'm gonna get my powers back.

Don't worry.

I'm not gonna cut you out.

No.

I'm gonna make sure we
both get what we deserve.

[CONNER EXHALES]

- Sebastian.
- [CLEARS THROAT]

She's lying to you.

No... No no, no.

- No.
- [GLASS CLINKS]

See...

I used to think that my game
was the answer, but it's not.

Family is.

Your mother's using you.

Maybe you're using me, hmm?

To get what you want.

Hmm?

Vengeance for your father.

- She's trying to k*ll you.
- [SCREAMING] No!

My mother loves me.

Fine.

If you won't believe me...

[THE CONFESSOR GRUNTS]

Believe him.

[THE CONFESSOR GROANS]

[THE CONFESSOR BREATHING HEAVILY]

I asked everybody down on
Harbor about this guy, Venta.

And nobody's heard of him.

[METAL CLINKING]

Must be in deep cover.

Or dead.

You like that thing?

Can you actually use it?

Why don't we go a few
rounds and I'll show you?

One round.

[TIM EXHALES]

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Maybe two rounds.

[METAL CREAKING]

[DOOR OPENS]

[MERCY GRUNTS]

Got a minute?

Okay, give me what you got.

[TIM GROANING]

You rely too much on your toys.

["SCARED TOGETHER" PLAYING]

Okay.

On three, I'm gonna att*ck. You ready?

Ready.

- One.
- [TIM GROANING]

♪ The clock froze around midnight ♪

[TIM] What the f*ck? You said three!

Yeah, the Riddler's not gonna count.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ It's gonna be that kind of moon ♪

♪ New moon ♪

[JASON CHUCKLES]

Get up.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ You wanna swing with the instigator ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ Is it a year or a minute later? ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ We're so much better
when we're scared together ♪

[TIM GROANS]

[JASON GROANS]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Now that you're warmed up,

suit up and meet me downstairs.

"Suit up"?

[CHUCKLES]

You need me to help find Superboy.

[CHUCKLES] If only Lex
were here to enjoy this.

Lex is dead.

And unless you'd like to join him,

I suggest you tell me where Conner is.

Whatever mission you sent him
on, he hasn't k*lled Sebastian.

But I will.

If you can get to him.

Conner broke off communication with me.

His mission was to k*ll
Sebastian and his mother,

but it seems he switched sides.

That's impossible.

Two powerful young men

who've never been fully appreciated
for their extraordinary abilities.

I've seen it before with Lex.

All that anger at the world can
drive one to the heights of greatness,

or to the depths of depravity.

So if you're ready
to k*ll Brother Blood,

you need to ask yourself first.

Are you ready to k*ll Conner too?

[d*ck] No one's k*lling Conner.

Making new friends?

[EXHALES]

[GRUNTS AND GROANS]

[MOANING IN PAIN]

[BREATHING HEAVILY] The truth.

[THE CONFESSOR YELPS]

- [SEBASTIAN] Conner, wait, please.
- [THE CONFESSOR GROANS]

What happens to him when
Trigon comes to Earth?

[STRAINED] He will be nothing.

Louder.

[THE CONFESSOR GRUNTS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

You will be nothing.

Just like the rest of you.

You will be reduced to ash
as Trigon cleanses Earth

of all filth unfit
to share in his glory.

[RETCHES AND SCREAMS]

- [LAUGHS]
- [METAL CLINKS]

[THE CONFESSOR LAUGHING MANIACALLY]

Sebastian.

I'm not nothing!

[SEBASTIAN GROWLS]

[THE CONFESSOR LAUGHING MANIACALLY]

[SOFTLY] Stop.

[SEBASTIAN BREATHING HEAVILY]

There's a more useful way to k*ll him.

[LAUGHING MANIACALLY]

[KORY SIGHS]

I thought we were doing this together.

Well... [SIGHS]

We can't.

I need to do this and you keep
trying to stop me from that.

How would you feel if I did that to you?

I'd be grateful that someone
showed me another way.

Come on, Kory. We can do this.

We've tried.

And people are paying the price.

- [SIGHS]
- This is just the beginning.

I've seen it in my dreams.

This ends with me.

Maybe not.

You guys should see this.

Our old friend here was deleting
files to cover her tracks.

Lookie what I found in the trash.

[d*ck] LMD.

Lex's Weapons Development Division.

Yeah, wait till you see this.

[d*ck] Project Starfire.

Creep named a w*apon after me?

Well, the creep took
more than just your name.

From what I read, this w*apon is
designed to replicate your blue light.

Talk.

Lex knew you had the power
to stop Brother Blood.

He wanted that power for himself,

so he attempted to replicate it.

Replicate powers,

is that even possible?

If anybody could, it's Lex.

You'd be surprised what jealousy
and a sh*t ton of money can do.

[MERCY] It wasn't jealousy.

He was determined to
leave an enduring legacy.

Show the world he was
as beneficent as Kal-El.

Sounds like jealousy to me.

[MERCY] Through a
secret branch of LexCorp,

he spent millions developing
a blue light w*apon.

Project Starfire.

Are you saying he actually completed it?

Looks like it, yeah.

Lex had a lab

where he conducted his weapons'
development and testing.

I believe its location
and the access codes

are somewhere in those encrypted files.

Which...

is now ours.

You really need to take all the files?

No. but we're gonna.

You should know, uh,

I gave a copy of those files to Conner.

Before he went rogue.

So if he unencrypts them before us...

He can destroy it
before we even get there.

What if he already has?

One step at a time.

Come on, let's go.

What are... What are
we gonna do with her?

If this doesn't work, we all die anyway.

She'll stay out of our way.

Consider me on team self-preservation.

[MERCY] Starfire,

good luck.

[TIM] Jason?

- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
- [AUTOMATED VOICE] Security alert.

Perimeter intrusion.

- [COMPUTER BEEPING]
- [METAL CREAKING]

[MAN ] There's the assh*le. Get him.

[MEN PANTING]

[TIM GRUNTS]

[MAN GRUNTS]

Shimmer sends her regards.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[ALL GRUNTING]

[TIM GROANING]

[TIM STRUGGLING]

- [BONE CRACKING]
- [WOMAN GROANING]

[MAN GRUNTING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

- [BONE CRACKING]
- [SCREAMS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[JASON] Hey.

You owe me a new laptop.

The dustbuster, I'll forget about
'cause it was broken anyways.

You were watching and didn't help?

Actually, I'm surprised it took
Shimmer's g*ng this long to get here

after I let them
triangulate my location.

Let them?

You learn by doing,

not being coddled.

- [SHAKES HAND]
- You're welcome.

[JASON] Nicely done.

Thanks.

You said he would be useful to us.

How?

The blood running through his veins

is infused with your mother's magic.

We need to transfer that power to you.

When he comes,

it will rain heavenly succor

on those who believed,

those who endured.

[EXHALES]

Take my corporeal form! Please.

Let me pour it in your cup.

Grant me the power
to crush your enemies.

[GRUNTS]

I am your servant. [GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

[MOANS IN PAIN]

Drink.

[THE CONFESSOR] No.

[THE CONFESSOR SOBBING]

[THE CONFESSOR SCREAMING]

Argh! No, no, no, no, no.

[SOBS] Please, please.

Make him stop. Make him stop.

[PANTING]

I can feel her power rise in me.

[GRUNTS]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

[JASON] Sorry, I gotta kick you out.

I have a rule about fish
and new Robins, hours max.

[TIM] It's all good.

I gotta get back anyway.

Check on my boyfriend.

[JASON] If I hear about your
guy, Venta, I'll hit you.

Sorry, it was a bust.

[TIM] I'm glad I came.

I got to meet the great Red Hood.

[CHUCKLES] Was I on
your f*cking bucket list?

- [TIM] Kind of, yeah.
- [BOTH LAUGH]

Well, good luck in Metropolis.

And if sh*t hits the fan, just
hide behind Raven and Starfire.

[TIM] Got it.

- Enjoy the ride home.
- [KEYS JANGLING]

[d*ck ON PHONE] Jason.

How'd it go?

[JASON ON PHONE] Sending
him back to you in one piece.

[d*ck] Hope you didn't
go too easy on him.

[JASON] Don't worry, I didn't.

[JASON] And, d*ck...

He'll be a better Robin than me.

[CELL PHONE CLICKS]

[d*ck] Gar?

[d*ck ON SPEAKER] We're in the
north tunnel. Which way next?

About yards ahead is a storage room.

Follow the steps up into the facility.

I'll turn off the motion detectors.

Once inside, there's a
security code for the lab.

We're working on cracking that.

We might have a bigger problem.

[CONNER] It's okay.

I'm on your side.

Let me talk to him.

You want to take a swing
at me, I wouldn't blame you.

I would, but I'd probably
break my hand. [CHUCKLES]

[CHUCKLES]

I thought I could do it myself.

Stop Sebastian.

Stop them both.

Could've asked for help.

I needed to do it alone.

I had to prove it.

To who?

Lex.

Superman.

You.

I made things worse.

I did things...

Things Titans don't do.

People like us,

we're close to the darkness.

We seek it out.

Sometimes, it has its way.

We're supposed to be better.

[d*ck] Sometimes we're not.

That's why we have each other.

I tried, I... I tried
to keep Sebastian close.

Use his game as a distraction.

When I found out it was hurting people,

I created a vulnerability in the
code to try to help you bring it down.

Yeah, I figured that was you.

[CONNER] It wasn't enough.

[BREATHES DEEPLY] I'm sorry, d*ck.

We can fix this.

Together.

You'd trust me again?

The truth is, we need you.

How do the others feel about that?

[KORY] d*ck...

Gar cracked the security
code into Lex's lab.

So is he in or out?

He's in.

[MACHINE BUZZES]

[d*ck ON SPEAKER] Security code?

You're gonna love this.

[KORY] Charming.

Construction of the shell is nested,

perfectly aligned, to the nanometer.

Kinetic shielding,

but the surface of each plate has
a micro array of energy absorption

to house the energy
across the sphere itself.

The internal mechanics are
flawless and fully intact.

Whoa.

Maybe don't touch anything until
we understand how it fully works.

Well, actually, uh,

it doesn't.

- What?
- [GAR ON SPEAKER] Conner's right.

According to Lex's files,
the engineering is complete,

but it's lacking an energy
source to activate it.

My blue light.

[CHUCKLES] So, Lex
wasn't keeping tabs on you

to learn about your powers.

He needed you.

Honestly, who doesn't?

[RACHEL ON SPEAKER] So how
do we activate this thing?

The orb's like a nuclear grenade,

meant only to be
launched at a metahuman.

If the math is right,

the meta human absorbs all of the blast.

Otherwise, it'll blow
a hole in the planet.

If the math is right.

Activation is fairly straightforward.

Kory infuses the orb with her power,

and it's designed to initiate
a fission chain reaction.

And then the orb holds the
energy until we pull the pin.

That's pretty much the idea.

So wait, has this
thing ever been tested?

Prototype.

So, if I set off the fission reaction,

there's no way to know if the w*apon
will destroy Brother Blood or...

k*ll us all.

All right. We all clear
on how this goes down?

I blast the orb with my energy.

[GAR ON SPEAKER]
I'll track the heat index.

I'll watch the pressure.

And when both indexes
are at percent,

that means the fission
reaction is complete.

That's when you take over.

Kory will exit while
you stabilize the orb.

And then we all do some deep breathing.

When she's out of here,
I'll activate the vault's

nuclear containment shield,

in case something goes wrong.

You ready?

Ready.

[METAL THUDDING]

Index climbing, %.

Pressure's at .

- [KORY SIGHS]
- [GAR ON SPEAKER] Heat's at %.

[GAR ON SPEAKER] Forty.

Pressure is at , %.

[AUTOMATED VOICE] Device
instability detected.

Hey, guys, stand down.
Something's wrong.

Hey, what's happening over there?

[AUTOMATED VOICE] Increased
instability detected.

Begin nuclear containment
shield activation.

sh*t.

- I don't know if it's gonna hold!
- We're not at %.

- Heat's at .
- [RACHEL] Pressure, .

Kory, get out of there.

No, this is our only chance.

[AUTOMATED VOICE]
Secure levels exceeded.

Activate nuclear containment shield.

[GAR] Heat's at .

Pressure is at %. d*ck, you
need to get her out of there.

- Go!
- No, it's not at full power.

[AUTOMATED VOICE] Self-activating
nuclear containment shield.

Stand clear.

I'm shutting it down.

[MACHINE BEEPS]

[AUTOMATED VOICE] System error.

[KORY] We're almost there.

[CONNER] It's not gonna hold.

[GAR ON SPEAKER] Cut
the power to the lab.

[KORY AND CONNER GRUNTING]

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

[CONNER GRUNTS]

You shouldn't have stopped me.

You could have been k*lled.

[KORY SIGHS IN EXASPERATION]

- How far did we get?
- [GAR ON SPEAKER] . %.

[KORY AND CONNER PANTING]

[RACHEL SIGHS]

I hope it was enough.

It's gonna have to be.

I really wish it was
somebody else doing it.

He's the only one that can get
the orb close enough to Sebastian.

They're meeting at the Temple soon.

However you wanna do this,

we don't have much time.

I won't let you down.

[KORY SIGHS]

[SIGHS]

[METAL CREAKING]

My beautiful boy.

Finally, the day has come.

You must move quickly.

The Titans and the
Tamaranean will never stop.

Neither will I.

What have you done?

[GRUNTS]

[GRUNTING]

- [BOTH GRUNTING]
- [MOTHER MAYHEM SCREAMING]

- [METAL CLANGING]
- [THUDS]

[GROANS]

[BREATHES DEEPLY] Mmm.

Don't make me destroy it.

What are you doing?

I'm taking what's mine.

Sebastian, no.

You must listen to me.

No, it's time for you to listen to me.

You never cared about me, did you?

You were just using me.

All I wanted was a family.

But guess what?

You underestimated me.

Just like everyone else.

I'm done with you.

My sweet child,

the Titans are done with you.

Don't you see?

They're filling your head with lies.

[BREATHES DEEPLY]

The world can be yours.

We're so close.

Don't let them take that away from you.

[EXHALES]

[WHISPERS] I won't let
anyone take that away from me.

[GASPS] Argh!

[GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[MOTHER MAYHEM GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

[SEBASTIAN SCREAMING]

[SHUDDERING]

[CONNER] Hey.

Catch.

[SEBASTIAN GRUNTS]

[SEBASTIAN SCREAMING]

[SEBASTIAN GRUNTS]

[EXHALES]

My turn.

[SCREAMS]

[CONNER GRUNTS]

What happened?

The orb never reached its heat apex.

It's like it was subsumed before
it could deal the k*lling blow.

Subsumed by what?

Wild guess?

It wasn't strong enough.

I shut it off too soon.

[RACHEL] What about Conner?

[BLOWING]

There's only one way to end this.

My way.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]