02x08 - ISSUE #208: Who You Are

[bunniefuu]

♪ Hold my hand ♪

♪ Ooh, baby, it's a long way down
To the bottom of the river ♪

♪ Hold my hand ♪

♪ Ooh, baby, it's a long way down
A long way down ♪

♪ If you get sleep or if you get none ♪

♪ His hair's on fire
And his heart is burning ♪

♪ So go to the river
Where the water runs ♪

♪ Wash him deep
Where the tides are turning ♪

♪ And if you fall ♪

♪ And if you fall ♪

♪ Hold my hand ♪

♪ Ooh, baby, it's a long way down
To the bottom of the river ♪

♪ The wolves will chase you
By the pale moonlight ♪

♪ Drunk and driven by a devil's hunger ♪

♪ Drive your son like a railroad spike ♪

♪ Into the water, let it pull him under ♪

♪ Don't you lift him
Let him drown alive ♪

♪ The good Lord speaks
Like a rolling thunder ♪

♪ Let that fever make the water rise ♪

♪ Let the river run dry ♪

♪ And I said hold my hand ♪

♪ Ooh, baby, it's a long way down
To the bottom of the river ♪

♪ Hold my hand ♪

♪ Ooh, baby, it's a long way down
A long way down ♪

♪ Hold my hand ♪

♪ Ooh, baby, it's a long way
A long, long, long way... ♪

[Nicole] Dion?

You ready?

It's showtime.

♪ A long way down ♪

I got you a surprise.

Auntie Kat told me
not to let you eat it before the show,

but I won't tell her if you won't.

You okay?

You nervous?

- Yeah.
- [Nicole] Yeah, that's all right.

It's a big night.
But you're gonna do great.

Is there anything I can do?

I have to do this by myself.

Okay, I get it.

I know you, and you can do
anything you put your mind to.

Hey, Di, look at me.

I know there's a lot going on right now,
but just remember,

you're doing this for your friends,

so think about them,
a-and you won't get scared.

Okay.

And I'll be right out there
cheering for you.

Can I get a hug before I go?

Or are you too cool to hug your own mom?

I get it, someone might see you.

But when we get home,
I'm giving you a big one, okay?

Hey, buddy, it's gonna be okay.

No, it's not! Brayden's outside.

Brayden? I thought he was gone.

He's back. He's right outside and he says
he's gonna destroy this place.

- Why would he...?
- The Crooked Man took his dad.

His mom died when he was little,
and he's mad that I have friends.

- Let's talk to him.
- You can't go, he'll hurt you!

Bug, I don't have much time left.

But I'm gonna go out of this world
fighting for you.

So where is he?

[Nicole] We have to get Kwame

and tell him we have to cancel the show
and get these kids to safety.

- No!
- [Nicole] Excuse me?

If anyone leaves this building,
he's gonna hurt them.

It's me he wants.

And I know I can take him.

- [Nicole] Then let's go.
- You can't...

Hey, if you're steppin' on the bad side,
I'm coming with you.

And besides, you and me,

we have a great track record
on that football field, don't we?

[Dion] Okay, let's do it.

Oh, wait here.
There's something I gotta do first.

[machines beeping]

[Suarez] Hold his arm.

I'm gonna need a line for the benzos
in five, four, three, two, one.

[tense music plays]

[rapid beeping accelerates]

[Pat groans]

What the hell?

He's going into arrest!

No, I'm not gonna be
the one who kills this guy.

I need an epi, now! Here, hold this.

- Come on.
- [woman] Yes, sir.

- [David] This is incredible.
- [man] He's gonna bottom out.

Look at this.

Competing strands of Powered DNA are
fighting for dominance inside Pat's body.

This right here, this is telekinesis.
I think this one...

For God's sake, David, look at his vitals.

Whatever this is, it's k*lling him.

Irrelevant.

Irrelevant?

Let me revise that.

If he dies,
we can harvest the DNA from him,

put every one of his organs
under a microscope,

and figure out how to make
superpowers work on command.

Are you that big of a b*stard?

We're witnessing
a scientific breakthrough.

We're witnessing someone dying.

Someone who might hold the key
to saving my sister.

You're not gonna come up with
some miracle cure in the next few hours.

This man is literally
changing at the cellular level.

Then we need to stop him.
Reverse or neutralize the P-DNA.

There's no guarantee
that's not gonna k*ll him faster.

He's on a journey.
We have to see where he goes.

You are enjoying this.

I'm accepting his gift.

There's no way we could've gotten approval
for this, but he did it to himself.

- Now we can observe, gather information.
- Monetize it for personal wealth.

- Oh God, he's coding.
- [Suarez] Oxygen, now!

All brain and cellular activity
has stopped.

They need defib.
Why aren't they shocking him?

Not a great idea to shock a guy
who used to turn into an electrical storm.

You...

I am done with you.

[flatline tone]

- [man] Back up, try again.
- [Kat] Stand back, Doc. Somebody paste me.

Clear!

[tense music plays]

[Kat] Let's shock him again.

Powering up.

- It's over. He's gone. Call it.
- What are you doing?

CPR failed, epi failed, defib failed.

He's gone. You shock him again,
you might be destroying my samples.

Your samples? We need him alive.

[David] He's dead.

Kat, Kat, Kat, Kat, it's no use.

- He's gone.
- No.

I'm sorry.

I want samples taken and analyzed
while he's still warm.

[Esperanza sings scales]

[sings scales]

[Dion] Hey.

Hey. Have you seen Mr. Gary?

I sent him his ticket,
but I'm not sure that he got it.

Wait, where's your costume?

That's what I came to tell you.
I'm not doing the revue.

[sighs] Seriously? Five minutes
before the show?

- Brayden's outside.
- What?

He says he's gonna hurt everybody.

I'll go get Jonathan.

- The TOJ will fight together.
- No!

He's got help this time.

It's too dangerous out there
for anyone who doesn't have powers.

Your job is to say here
and make sure no one leaves this theater.

How?

Entertain them.

[sighs]

The show must go on.

That's right. The show must go on,
and it has to be great so no one leaves.

I got this.

[Dion] Of course you do.

Now, I'm gonna try real hard
to be back in time to hear you sing,

but if I'm not, you knock 'em dead.

- And if I don't make it back at all...
- Don't say that.

If I don't make it back at all,

you've got to go on with your life,
and be awesome.

All right?

[Jonathan] Places, everyone,
for the opening number! Come on!

- What's happening?
- I'll fill you in later. Come here.

[all] Three become one.
We're stronger together.

Triangle of Justice.

[echoing] Justice, justice, justice.

[upbeat music plays]

[Tevin] Where are you, Nicole?

[Announcer] And now, sit back
and enjoy McKoy on Broadway.

Where's Dion? He's gonna miss his solo.

He-He's outside having
a superfight with Brayden.

He wants us to keep the audience inside
so they don't get m*rder*d. Got it?

- Got it, but who's gonna do Dion's solo?
- [Esperanza] I don't know.

Why is Dion not on stage?

- He's not here. What should we do?
- Well, somebody's gotta on in his place.

- Copy that.
- Uh, not you.

- [indistinct chatter]
- [Kwame] Sh, sh.

[piano introduction plays]

♪ Steppin' to the bad side ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Gonna take a mean ride ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

[Kwame] ♪ The smile I had has gone away ♪

♪ Those that steal are gonna pay ♪

♪ Steppin' to the bad side ♪

♪ Today ♪

♪ Steppin' to the bad side ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Gonna take a mean ride ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

[Kwame] ♪ The smile I had has gone away
Those that steal are gonna pay ♪

♪ Steppin' to the bad side today ♪

♪ I had to step into the bad side ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ I had to take myself a mean ride ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Oh, you know the smile I had
Has gone away ♪

♪ Those that steal are gonna pay ♪

♪ Steppin' to the bad side... ♪

- He's k*lling it.
- He's amazing.

♪ Man just stole my woman from me ♪

♪ Took her down to Tennessee ♪

♪ She was the best girl I ever knew ♪

♪ If it wasn't for him
She'd still be true ♪

♪ I've always been a good man
It's been said ♪

♪ When I catch the man
He'll wish he were dead ♪

♪ Men like him make good men mad
Startin' today, I'm gonna be bad ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

[cheering and applause]

[monsters growling]

[suspenseful music plays]

He controls the monsters
with his mind now?

Yeah, he controls the monsters
with his mind now.

[Brayden and Crooked Energy] Hello, Dion.

I see you're not alone.

Neither am I.

[growling]

Okay, we need a plan
to fight these things.

Maybe we don't need to fight them at all.

[Dion] Brayden, I know
you can hear me in your mind.

You don't have to do this.
I thought we were friends.

[Crooked Energy] You and Brayden
were never friends.

Your friends are inside that building.

And I'm going to take them all.

So that didn't work.

[suspenseful music plays]

[monsters growl]

Mom. Mom, get ready. They're coming!

- [electric zapping[
- [Nicole] Dion, go!

[Dion] Come on, we have to lead them
away from the school.

- [Dion yells]
- [monster groans]

- [Nicole grunting]
- [monster groans]

- [Dion yells]
- [monster groans]

You want this? [grunts]

[Nicole grunts]

[Dion yells]

Mom, they're heading for the school!

[monsters growl]

[dramatic music plays]

[monsters groan]

[force field warbling]

[Dion] Tevin!

[growling]

I am the Mind Mover!

[Dion yells]

[monsters growl and groan]

[Dion yells]

[monsters groan]

[Nicole grunts]

[yells]

[monster groans]

[monsters snarl]

[Nicole grunts]

[Dion panting]

[monsters snarl]

There's too many of them!

[menacing laughter]

[monsters snarl]

[breathing heavily]

[Dion yells]

[Tevin] Where did that come from?

[monsters groaning]

What just happened?

[Nicole] What is that?

[supernatural jingling]

[dramatic music plays]

- Janelle?
- [Dion] Dude, that was awesome!

That was incredible.

So what's the plan here?

We need to remember
those are innocent people.

They're infected just like I am.

And that kid Brayden's
mind controlling them.

We need to figure out
how to stop them without hurting them.

I can grab Brayden, and teleport him
far away so he can't control them anymore.

Have you ever teleported
with someone else before?

- No.
- [Nicole] How do you know you can do it?

- Because you said I can do anything.
- Of course you can, Bug.

- I just want to keep you safe.
- No one's safe!

- [Tevin] Incoming.
- [monsters growl]

[dramatic music crescendos]

[Suzanne] Come on, Kat, it's time to go.

[machine beeps]

[machines beeping]

[Pat gasps for air]

- He's alive.
- God. Help me stabilize him.

I'm okay. I'm okay.

[Pat grunts]

- What? H-H-How?
- [Pat] I'm okay.

This isn't possible.

[Pat] I feel fine.

Actually, I feel great. Better than great.

But y-you... You died.

I did?

Well, I didn't realize.

- [electricity crackles]
- Oh.

That's new.

Pat, you need to stand down.

Okay? We need to figure out
what happened to you.

Let me examine you.

We don't know what you injected
and what it's doing to your body.

Ah, well, I know... I know one thing.

I know Suzanne wanted to lock me away
for the rest of my life.

And I know that right now,
I don't have to listen to anything

either one of you says.

Not now, and not, uh, ever again.

- [guard] Hey, back up.
- [weapon whirs]

[sighs] Suzanne, could you
tell these jokers to move?

[sighs]

You know, I-I came here to help you.

I did... I didn't have to come.
I was fine where I was.

I was... trying to be a good person

and you wouldn't...

[scoffs] You wouldn't let me do that.

You wanted to put me in a cage.

- [supernatural whooshing]
- [guards straining]

I'm pretty sure I have telekinesis now.

[eerie whooshing]

[Suzanne] Pat, don't.

[guards straining]

[guards straining]

[supernatural whooshing]

[Suzanne and Kat scream]

[panting] I can't let you pass.

"You shall not pass!"

[Pat chuckles]

Didn't work out so well
for Gandalf either.

- [foreboding music plays]
- [crackling]

[screaming]

[glass shards clinking]

[monsters growling]

[grunting]

[Dion grunts]

[Dion yells]

- [Nicole grunts]
- [Dion] Get them away!

[Nicole grunts]

[dramatic music plays]

[Nicole yells]

Dion, go! Teleport!

Where? I... [grunts] I can't see Brayden!

- [Dion grunts]
- [Nicole groans]

Are you okay?

[breathing heavily]

[breathing heavily]

[high-pitched ringing]

[Dion grunts]

[Brayden] Your friends are powerful.

But not all of your friends have powers.

[Dion grunts]

[Dion] Mom!

Leave her alone!

Dion, wait!

Dion! [groans]

[Janelle] Tevin!

[Janelle screams]

[Crooked Energy] I can read your thoughts.

- I know where you're going.
- [Dion] Mom! No.

Let go of me. Get off me!

[Crooked Energy] This time,

I win.

That's not Brayden's voice.

[Crooked Energy] No.
It's another old friend.

The Crooked Man.

But Brayden... Brayden's still in there.
I know he is.

[Nicole] No, hey. Hey, hey, Brayden!

Hey, Brayden, listen to me.
Brayden, y-you're my son's friend.

I don't have friends. I don't have anyone.

I'm so sorry.

The Crooked Man took Dion's dad too.

But to lose your mom and your dad,
that must hurt so much.

You don't know how I feel.

You're right.

But I think I know how your mother felt.

That she loved you so much.

And that she wanted to keep you safe,

and watch you grow up
to be whatever you wanted to be.

She lies. Don't listen.

I think she always hoped to be there
to catch you when you fell.

And she wanted to tell you how amazing
you were when you didn't remember,

because, sometimes,

life is hard.

She left you,

without knowing what would happen to you

without her.

But I'm sure she saw a future for you
where you were creative, and happy,

and curious, and-and you had friends.

And purpose.

[tranquil music plays]

And in that future,
you would know that you were always,

always loved.

And that she loved you.

[crying] It's too late.

I'm bad now.

No.

It's not too late.

You may have done bad things,
but that's not who you are.

What you do now,

that shows us who you are.

[tense music plays]

[monsters growling]

[Janelle groans]

[tense music crescendos]

[Dion grunts]

[Crooked Energy] No!

Oh, it's okay, sweetie.

[Crooked Energy groans]

The Crooked Energy. We gotta stop it!

It went into the sinkhole.

It's making more flowers
to infect everyone.

The flowers cause the infection.

Yeah. Yeah.

Suzanne said that the serum
would make the infection destroy itself.

- If I can inject it into the sinkhole...
- Give it to me. I'll teleport down there.

- I can't let you do that.
- You have to trust me.

- I'm the Mind Mover, I...
- Move things with your mind.

But I'm your mother.

[Dion] It's underground.
You can't get down there, but I can.

You have to trust me. Please.

[eerie moaning]

[electricity crackling]

[eerie moaning]

[eerie screeching]

[roaring]

- [eerie fluttering]
- [Dion gasps]

- [weapon whirs]
- [David] Stop.

Dude, are you seriously
threatening me with that thing?

I've got metal manipulation in here.

I can turn that g*n into a bracelet
before you can pull the trigger.

I want to ask a favor.

Oh, I didn't realize
we were on favor-asking terms.

Guys like us, we need to stick together.

Let me help you
catalog and master your powers.

Hm. My very own Moira MacTaggert.

I don't know what that means.

Just, uh, keep going, I'm listening.

I want to monitor and track

how the DNA transfer
worked inside your body.

To chronicle the science.

And to try to replicate it
so you can sell it to regular folks?

- We could make a fortune.
- [scoffs]

And why do I need money,
with all this power?

Maybe someday you'll want
to build yourself an army.

Hmm.

[rumbling, whooshing]

Hello, old friend.

It's time.

I have a few new tricks to show you.

What the hell?

Oh, I'll introduce you later.

[sighs]

[Pat] I tried to be good.
I really did, but,

you know what? It's hard.

I'm ready when you are.

[electricity crackling]

[foreboding music plays]

[chuckles]

[tense dramatic music plays]

[Dion] The roots.

[Dion yelps]

[Dion grunts]

[Dion] No! [yells]

Dion!

[grunts] No!

[strains]

[Dion] Get off me! [grunts]

[tense dramatic music continues]

[grunts]

[yells]

[Dion yells]

[eerie screeching]

[expl*si*n]

[Nicole] Dion!

[breathing heavily]

[deep pulsing rumbles]

[eerie jingling]

[Nicole gasps]

[Nicole] Dion.

Dion. Where's Dion?

[grunting]

[grunts]

- [Nicole] Dion!
- [Dion grunts]

- Mom!
- [Nicole chuckles] Oh my God. Oh!

- Are... Are you better?
- Yes.

- I thought I lost you.
- I thought I lost you.

[Nicole laughs] I love you.

[Nicole laughs]

Okay, okay, that's enough!

[Nicole chuckles]

[Simone breathing heavily]

Janelle? [panting]

Janelle! [panting]

[Janelle] Mom?

[Simone] Oh my. [panting]

- I'm sorry.
- I'm sorry too, baby. Come here.

Oh, I'm so glad you're safe.

So, about the village, I was...

[soft emotional music plays]

[indistinct chatter]

I should go talk to Brayden.
He just went through a lot.

[Dion] Mr. Gary!

Hey, Dion.

- What's going on here, man?
- Well, we just defeated some monsters.

And you were a monster,
but it seems like you're okay now.

What? Is Esperanza okay?

Esperanza. The show!

[distant applause]

[Jonathan] Time to go on.

Any sign of Dion?

- No.
- [sighs]

- Are you okay?
- No.

Time to take it home, Effie.

You go and make 'em forget
about Jennifer Hudson.

Let's make 'em
forget about Jennifer Holliday!

Oh, I'm sorry.
Th-That was too far. I went too far.

If it's okay with you,
I'm just gonna show them my heart.

Well, your heart
better reach the back row.

[upbeat music plays]

[applause]

If I don't make it back at all,
you've got to go on with your life,

and be awesome.

[piano introduction plays]

♪ And I am telling you ♪

♪ I'm not going ♪

♪ You're the best friend I'll ever know ♪

♪ There's no way I can ever go ♪

♪ No, no, there's no way ♪

♪ No, no, no, no way
I'm living without you ♪

♪ I'm not living without you ♪

♪ I don't wanna be free ♪

♪ I'm staying, I'm staying ♪

♪ And you, and you ♪

♪ You're gonna love me ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ You're gonna love me ♪

♪ And I am telling you ♪

♪ I'm not going ♪

♪ Even though
The rough times are showing ♪

♪ There's just no way, there's no way ♪

♪ We're part of the same place ♪

♪ We're part of the same time ♪

♪ We both share the same blood ♪

♪ We both have the same mind ♪

♪ And time and time
We've had so much to share ♪

♪ No, no, no ♪

♪ No, no, no! ♪

♪ I'm not waking up tomorrow morning ♪

♪ And finding that there's nobody there ♪

♪ No, no, there's no way ♪

♪ No, no, no, no way
I'm living without you ♪

♪ I'm not living without you
I'm not living without you ♪

♪ I don't wanna be free ♪

♪ I'm staying ♪

♪ I'm staying ♪

♪ And you, and you, and you ♪

♪ You're gonna love me ♪

- That was good.
- [cheering and applause]

Triangle power! Yeah!

[Dion] Yeah!

Yeah! Triangle power! You did it! Woo-hoo!

I'll have it ready for you by Tuesday.
I promise. You're gonna love it.

[door opens]

[Nicole] Uh, yup,
I'll call you when it's ready.

Hi.

[Nicole] Uh-huh. Bye.

Oh, you are a lifesaver.

No, life-saving is your department.
[chuckles] How's Suzanne?

A little banged up,
but she'll be all right.

- Mad as hell, though.
- "Mad" is not gonna stop Pat.

No. Science is.

We need to figure out how to counteract
the powers he gave himself.

And you think
there's a "command+Z" button?

With gene therapy,
yeah, I think there might be.

Not to mention we haven't seen
the last of these supernatural diseases,

as long as that dark energy is out there.

And you're gonna
do all of that from my living room?

Actually,

Suzanne offered to set me up
with my own lab at BIONA.

Girl, I think I have
finally found my calling.

My amazing sister.

You're the one with the Powered kid, baby.
[chuckles]

Speaking of...

[upbeat music plays]

[knocking]

If you're gonna ride your bike to school,
you need to leave in 30 minutes.

Thirty minutes. Start the clock.

♪ We on the move now ♪

♪ We on the move now ♪

♪ We on the move ♪

♪ I ain't never had a limit ♪

♪ I don't see the competition ♪

♪ Everybody wanna ball ♪

♪ Nobody playing they position ♪

♪ Oh, you thought it was a game ♪

♪ Okay, okay, here come the pain ♪

♪ Probably buckle under pressure ♪

♪ Flexing like I'm CT Fletcher ♪

♪ I put in the work, I get the check ♪

♪ I play with the dough
I make it stretch ♪

♪ If that was your best
I'm not impressed ♪

♪ Been at it all night
Like I'm possessed ♪

♪ F1 with the drive
Who are you if you deny? ♪

♪ I got hunger in my eyes
Every order supersized ♪

♪ It's a jungle outside ♪

♪ You think you can survive ♪

♪ It's a jungle outside ♪

♪ You better look alive, come on ♪

♪ Gimme the chance and I'mma damage ya ♪

♪ I don't think you got the stamina ♪

♪ Gimme the chance and I'mma damage ya ♪

♪ I don't think you got the stamina ♪

♪ We on the move now ♪

♪ We on the move now ♪

♪ We on the move now ♪

♪ We on the move ♪

♪ We on the move ♪

[tense music plays]

[inhales, exhales deeply]

Let's finish this!

[electric pulsing]

[Pat] Atlanta is history.

[air rushing]

Who the hell are you?

I'm the Mind Mover.
I move things with my mind.

[yelling]

♪ Hey ♪

♪ How big is your army?
A hundred thousand? ♪

♪ Hey ♪

♪ If you want the rain
Then we comin' down ♪