Supergirl (TV Series)

Hope for Tomorrow (2021)

Jesse Rath: Brainiac-5, Querl Dox

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• Alex Danvers : Esme, these are my co-workers. This is Lena, and this is William, and this is Brainy. Everyone, meet Esme.

  Lena Luthor : Hello, Esme. It's very good to meet you.

  Esme : You're very pretty.

  Lena Luthor : Thank you. So are you.

  Alex Danvers : Hey, uh, I was wondering, Brainy, if you could spare a little bit of time to help me out. Um, Esme is a Dyralian, and Kelly and I are looking to get her to feel a little more comfortable with her mimic powers. Um, off the record.

  William Dey : Of course.

  Brainiac-5 : Well, lucky for you, I used to be old friends with a Dyralian. This one time, the Dyralian and I were socializing with a Winathian friend of ours, and the Dyralian unknowingly taps into the Winathian's ability to de-power the gravity in the room. It took us three hours to get down from the ceiling.

  Esme : He's funny.

  Brainiac-5 : [leading her and Alex onto the elevator]  Tell me, how familiar are you with Coluan quantum mechanics? Hmm? Have you been trained in hand-to-hand combat?

• Supergirl : Any luck finding Nxyly or the next totem?

  Brainiac-5 : Still scanning. Nia hasn't had any luck in Parthas finding the Dream totem, either.

  Lena Luthor : [Brainy gets an alert on his computer]  Well, it looks like you just got lucky.

  Brainiac-5 : Indeed. It appears that three days ago, Nxyly broke into the Hague while we were dealing with the chaos caused by the Humanity totem. Although, she barely entered and walked away with nothing.

  William Dey : Why are you only getting the match now?

  Brainiac-5 : The system scans every available public camera worldwide. That's billions of bits of data, and unfortunately, I'm beholden to 21st-century upload speeds. I'm accessing the Hague's security system now for more information.

  Supergirl : Still, it's surprising there was no news report.

  Lena Luthor : Well, with things escalating between Kaznia and Corto Maltese and the setting up of the peace talks, a non-robbery at the Hague was probably the least newsworthy item.

  Supergirl : Hmm.

  Brainiac-5 : Well, a totem must be there. According to their security feed, Nxyly just returned.

• Lena Luthor : Do I smell chocolate chip cookies?

  William Dey : Actually, chocolate roulade, Jaffa cakes, and hobnobs, my Aunt Millicent's specialty. And they're not for you. They're for Alex to give to Esme.

  Brainiac-5 : Oh, yes, the young liege. Tell me, do either of you have any sense what her preference for building block sets might be? Castle, theme park, or train?

  Lena Luthor , Supergirl : [Kara flies in at just the right moment]  Train.

  Supergirl : Sorry. Super-hearing.

  Brainiac-5 : Was the answer really that obvious?

  Lena Luthor : Well, the castle and the theme park are great, Brainy, but once she builds the train, she can take it on any adventure she likes.

  Supergirl : The words right out of my mouth.

• J'onn J'onnz : Humanity, Hope, and Courage.

  Lena Luthor : We now have three of the seven totems in our possession, and Nxyly has none.

  Supergirl : We keep doing the same thing over and over again. Going from totem to totem, trying to beat Nxyly at her own game. Maybe that's a mistake. Today, we were able to keep the totems safe from Nxyly, but we might not be so lucky next time. And she's never gonna give up. As long as we hold on to these totems, we run the risk of her eventually being able to assemble the AllStone.

  Brainiac-5 : Certainly it's a risk, but what alternative do we have?

  J'onn J'onnz : Destroy the totems, just like we did the nukes.

  Lena Luthor : The totems possess an ancient, deeply ingrained magic that we don't really understand. But what we do know is that each totem is related to an element. It's Courage, Hope, Humanity. If we destroy the totems, that could affect the elements in the real world.

  Brainiac-5 : That may be true, but we don't have to destroy all three totems. So long as we destroy one, the AllStone will never be complete. But how do we decide which to risk, courage, humanity, or hope?

  Lena Luthor : We've seen what happens when humanity's compromised. That is not an option.

  J'onn J'onnz : And watching those diplomats today, with their courage stripped away. I don't want to see what that looks like on a global scale.

  Supergirl : It has to be hope. We proved that... even when the world has lost all hope, we can be the example to bring it back. Even if there are consequences to destroying the Hope totem, we can do it again.

• Supergirl : [stopping nuclear missiles from detonating]  Nice.

  Brainiac-5 : I'll hold them while you disarm the arsenals.

  Supergirl : [to J'onn]  You take Corto Maltese. I've got a soft spot for Kaznia.

• Brainiac-5 : [Lena tries to create a protective spell for the humanity totem]  The charm is very short-term. Am I correct in assuming that wasn't your intention?

  Supergirl : [flying in]  I tried the articles. I couldn't get the totem. I saved cats from trees and people from crime. I flew over Kaznia and Corto Maltese, telling the people I wouldn't let them down. Couldn't get the totem. I have no idea if trying and failing is making things worse for Secretary Brown. The situation at the Hague is devolving. We need to find Nxyly, or come up with some way to save William without giving her either totem. Please tell me you two have some good news.

  Brainiac-5 : I'm sorry, Kara. I wish I did, but... I haven't been able to locate Nxyly, William, or Naxim's ship anywhere.

  Lena Luthor : And my protective charm is more of a practice zap at the moment. It's not gonna be enough to protect either the Humanity of the Hope totem from Nxyly.

• J'onn J'onnz : The talks broke down completely. The Corto Maltesian prime minister said he felt threatened.

  Supergirl : [looking at the news on TV]  This morning, I was so hopeful. Thinking about Esme, about... a future that was so much brighter than yesterday, and now this. This is what lies ahead of us. I can't have it. I won't have it.

  J'onn J'onnz : If they launch those missiles, we will stop them.

  Supergirl : We have to do more than that, J'onn.

  Lena Luthor : Didn't you say you weren't supposed to interfere?

  Supergirl : I did, but someone is interfering with human history who doesn't care about humanity or hope. And I will do whatever it takes to protect this planet, including disarming those countries, so that the people don't have to fear tomorrow or the next day or the next.

  J'onn J'onnz : You'll inspire a hope that burns longer and brighter than the sun. And get that totem.

  Brainiac-5 : I'm accessing Kaznian and Corto Maltese military data and downloading the location of their missile silos, so Lena can direct you to them over comms. I calculate you should have all the missiles removed and the Hope totem in your hands with several minutes to spare before Nxyly's clock runs out.

  Lena Luthor : And then you can use the totems against Nxyly.

  J'onn J'onnz : No. No, absolutely not. Even if Supergirl can wield the totems' power, it's too risky. Every time a totem's been used, we've had untold consequences.

  Lena Luthor : But trading the totems for William... my protective charm isn't enough to stop Nxyly from using it for herself.

  Supergirl : Your charm may be weak, but it could be what we need to turn the tide.

  Brainiac-5 : Unfortunately, the tide did just turn. Corto Maltese just fired the first missile.