Supergirl (TV Series)

Hope for Tomorrow (2021)

Peta Sergeant: Nxylgsptinz

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• Nxylgsptinz : "The Truth Behind Chaos." Huh. What a curious world this is, that this journalist William Dey would spin a narrative that Supergirl and her colleagues are trying to protect people... from me. If they would just leave me alone, I'd be free to collect all the totems, and I'd get out of their hair.

  [tinkering, Mitch isn't really listening] 

  Nxylgsptinz : But that's what people in power, like Supergirl, do. They tell tales to make themselves look like the hero. That's what my father did. Mitch.

  Mitch : [starting]  Oh, sorry. I didn't mean to be rude. I-I was just trying to help.

  [showing her a metallic wristband] 

  Mitch : Naxim stole it from an Almeraci he once imprisoned. It's designed to absorb and repel energy. I-I refashioned it to hold the Courage totem and affixed to the cuff Mxyzptlk put on you.

  Nxylgsptinz : To what end?

  Mitch : Well, I hate seeing your powers diminished by these superheroes. And I thought with this, maybe it'll give you some of your magic back and allow you to use the one totem you have the way it was meant to be used, to get the rest of the totems, starting with the Hope totem.

  [as he puts it on her wrist, she manages to conjure a ball of energy] 

  Nxylgsptinz : It works. You just gave me Courage. So now I think I should go and take Hope.

• Secretary Brown : Remove this energy field and stand down or these soldiers will fire.

  Nxylgsptinz : You know, I hate to be rude, I really don't like things being pointed at me.

  [as she knocks the soldiers backward with a blast of energy, Supergirl and J'onn whoosh in to catch them] 

  Nxylgsptinz : [freezing them]  Ooh, look at that. Frozen in fear. Seems I'm a match for you once again. And with the totem's power I can give courage and... I can take it away.

  Supergirl : I guess that depends who you hit it with.

  J'onn J'onnz : [Kara uses her freeze breath]  Keep her distracted. I'm going over the force field.

• Mitch : It's beautiful, watching you control the totem's magic that way.

  Nxylgsptinz : Yes, but it's not quite enough, is it, to pass the Hope totem's gauntlet?

  [snapping to conjure a ball of energy] 

  Nxylgsptinz : If only I had access to all of my magic, I can pass this gauntlet with the snap of my fingers.

  Mitch : You know, when I was locked up, I always found myself most hopeful on Monday nights. Because... Tuesdays meant tacos.

  Nxylgsptinz : Right. The point is, I'm never going to complete the Hope gauntlet before Supergirl does. Hope is her expertise. It's not mine.

  [a thought strikes her] 

  Nxylgsptinz : I should let Supergirl pass the gauntlet for me.

  Mitch : I'm not following.

  Nxylgsptinz : If I let her obtain the Hope totem, I can barter it and the Humanity totem from her. I just need... leverage.

  [glancing at William's article] 

  Nxylgsptinz : Oh. William Dey.

• William Dey : Supergirl won't give you those totems. She'll find another way.

  Nxylgsptinz : I've never seen a planet so driven by naivete. And, you know, you're quite the worst of them, with your devotion to the free press.

  William Dey : You don't believe in free press?

  Nxylgsptinz : Mm-mm.

  William Dey : Journalism shines a light on people in power. It ensures no authoritarian impulse goes unchecked. Much like yourself.

  Nxylgsptinz : If you think your little newspaper has any impact on those with real power, you're more delusional than I thought. No, the powerful will always believe their way is righteous. I would know. My father was the most powerful being in my dimension. The more power he gained, the more corrupt he became. I tried to show him the error of his ways... and he decimated me. But soon... I will reunite the AllStone... and I will finally set things right.

  William Dey : After everything you've done... all of the chaos you've wrought... you really think you're delivering justice?

  Nxylgsptinz : Yeah.

• Nxylgsptinz : William Dey. Hmm. It's so good to finally meet you. You know, I'm a big fan of your work.

  Andrea Rojas : [she freezes him in place]  Can someone get a camera on this?

  Kara Danvers : Andrea!

  Nxylgsptinz : Filming this? That's a good idea. Because I need to get a message out to Supergirl. I will kill this man unless she brings me the Hope totem and the Humanity totem right here by sunset.

  Don : [holding a stapler open like a gun]  Don't you hurt him.

  [laughing, she knocks him backward with a blast of energy; as a distraction, Kara subtly flicks a paperclip to break a glass display and sneaks away, whooshing in through another window] 

  Nxylgsptinz : [freezing her]  I'm not going to play this game with you, Supergirl. Bring me the totems by sunset or he dies. And after that, I will use the totem to make swathes of people feel fear until there's no hope left. Kind of like this.

  [she knocks Andrea backward with a blast of energy] 

• Nxylgsptinz : Supergirl just destroyed the Hope totem. Now the AllStone will never be whole.

  [a portal opens and a wrapped present drops through] 

  Mitch : W-What is it?

  Nxylgsptinz : [inside is a watch with a note reading "Don't lose hope. Devotedly, your secret admirer"]  Secret admirer?

  [she touches a dial on the side and a LexoSuit forms around her] 

• Supergirl : I have what you want, Nxyly. Let him go.

  Nxylgsptinz : Give me what I want first.

  Supergirl : Suit yourself.

  [she tosses the crystal over] 

  Nxylgsptinz : [reacting in pain to Lena's spell]  Ah!

  Supergirl : Run!

  Nxylgsptinz : [catching William as he tries to escape]  You tried to use magic against me.

  Supergirl : Don't hurt him.

  Nxylgsptinz : I'm not hurting him. You are.

  William Dey : [choking]  You talk about me like I don't... get a say.

  [he trips Nxyly and removes the Courage totem from her gauntlet] 

  William Dey : But I do.

  Nxylgsptinz : [realizing their connection is broken]  You're not in my head anymore.

  Supergirl : I guess hope does trump fear.

  Nxylgsptinz : No. I won't be undone.