Supergirl (TV Series)

Nightmare in National City (2021)

David Harewood: J'onn J'onnz, Martian Manhunter

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• Alex Danvers : Okay, I come bearing gifts.

  [handing out children's drawings] 

  Alex Danvers : This is for you. This is for you. And of course, last but not least, Supergirl.

  Supergirl : Oh, my gosh. My niece is one heck of an artist.

  J'onn J'onnz : I think you mean my granddaughter.

• Alex Danvers : Like I said, Governor, we didn't have a choice in this.

  Governor Peña : And like I said, if you won't take your dome down, the National Guard will.

  Alex Danvers : This situation is above the National Guard, okay? This creature is from the dream realm. Bullets can't harm it. And from what we can tell, dream energy is very similar to nuclear energy. So if you take that dome down, it's gonna go straight back for the plant, making matters even worse.

  Governor Peña : Worse? Than trapping thousands of citizens in a bubble with some other-dimensional terror? My phone is ringing off the hook with people locked indoors, sheltering in place, not knowing when they're going to see their family again.

  J'onn J'onnz : Governor, I assure you, we're working on a device that will allow us to transport the creature back to where it came from.

  Governor Peña : And when will that be ready?

  Alex Danvers : [glancing at Brainy and Lena at work]  24 hours.

  Governor Peña : You have 12.

  Brainiac-5 : [the call ends]  Alex, we are not 12 hours away from completing this.

  Alex Danvers : How long, then?

  Brainiac-5 : Uncertain. Restructuring Dream tech requires massive concentration.

  Lena Luthor : Brainy's just distracted because there's no word from Nia yet.

  Brainiac-5 : I'm not distracted. I'm appropriately concerned.

• J'onn J'onnz : Is that the creature?

  Alex Danvers : No, that is a mob trying to escape the dome.

  [calling on her comms] 

  Alex Danvers : Supergirl, we have a situation.

  Kara Danvers : [at CatCo]  Where?

• Supergirl : No rest for the wicked, Nxyly.

  Nxylgsptinz : [AI]  Use the gauntlet.

  [Nxyly blasts her, Brainy, and J'onn backward with a blast of energy] 

  Nxylgsptinz : [AI]  Now use your dream energy hand to create the portal.

  [she does so] 

  Nxylgsptinz : Get into the dream portal. Hear that? Sounds like something's coming.

  J'onn J'onnz : [she jumps through the portal]  Nxyly's gone.

• Supergirl : I crisscrossed the dome a dozen times and couldn't find that thing anywhere. Please tell me you had better luck.

  J'onn J'onnz : Unfortunately not. It appears that when the creature goes invisible, its energy signature does, too. My sense is it's either scared or hiding.

  Supergirl : Well, better that than terrorizing the locals. And people seem to be staying inside, but who knows how long that'll last? We need to fix this now.

  J'onn J'onnz : Right.

  Supergirl : How's it going over here?

  Lena Luthor : Very slowly. When Brainy took Dr. Pavoni from the sleep lab to the hospital, he discovered that his device actually allows you to look into people's dream spaces.

  J'onn J'onnz : So Nxyly was able to piggyback on that to get back in the dream realm.

  Lena Luthor : I'm hoping if we combine the doctor's device with our portal technology, we can create what Nxyly did so we can go in after her.

  Supergirl : Nxyly tricked Nia to get out of the dream realm. Why would she want to go back in?

  Brainiac-5 : Because that's where the Dream totem is. Nia had a dream flash that led to her sister Maeve, who told her the Dream totem is in there. She texted saying that they're entering the realm now to go look for it.

  J'onn J'onnz : If Nxyly gets her hand on that Dream totem, she could access dream powers even without the other totems. That could make her unstoppable.

  Supergirl : We need to get that portal up and running fast.

  [her phone buzzes, and she sees it's William calling] 

  Supergirl : Uh, hey, William. Yeah, of-of course we're still on for the mock interview.

  J'onn J'onnz : Go. Go. Lena and Brainy can handle the portal. Alex and I will handle the creature. We'll call when we have something.

• Alex Danvers : Brainy just updated us. You're chasing a nightmare monster?

  Supergirl : Yes, and it's headed toward a nuclear plant.

  Lena Luthor : Bringing up the coordinates now. If it attacks the plant and the core is compromised, that entire area will be exposed to radiation.

  Alex Danvers : J'onn, can you calm the creature?

  J'onn J'onnz : [trying, it swats him away]  Nothing I can do is stopping it. It's almost at the power plant.

  Supergirl : Lena, what about something from your mother's book of spells?

  Lena Luthor : Magic doesn't work that way. It's a process and I'm still learning. I could try something old-school. When Lex was at the DEO, he developed a satellite-based force field that could wall off an entire city. I could bypass the satellite's security and re-route Dreamer's adaptors to the feed, and I could put up a dome that not even that creature could get through.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, but that'll trap that thing in with half the city.

  Lena Luthor : Do we have a choice?

  Alex Danvers : Supergirl?

  Supergirl : Do it!

  [the force field activates, and the creature tries to get through] 

  Supergirl : We did it. We trapped it.

  J'onn J'onnz : [it disappears]  Now it's invisible.

• Lena Luthor : When do Esme and Kelly get back from Calvintown?

  Alex Danvers : After the weekend. Kelly wants to give Esme the full Olsen family experience. So, catching fireflies, climbing trees, the enormous chili bowls. So if things stay as calm as they have been, I think I'm just gonna go back and join 'em.

  Supergirl : Yeah, I guess destroying the Hope totem and having Brainy hide the rest was the right move. And now I even have time for my interview.

  Lena Luthor : What interview?

  Supergirl : Well, you know Kaznia and Corto Maltese agreed to a truce last week. Well, now Prime Minister Perez and President Zakharov are in town negotiating the official treaty. And my sources have told me that things are getting tense. But then I remembered this interview Larry King did years ago with three Middle Eastern leaders.

  Lena Luthor : Yeah, that was Arafat, Rabin, and King Hussein of Jordan.

  J'onn J'onnz : They called it "World Diplomacy Live." I remember that. Were you on Earth back then?

  Supergirl : No, I-I was actually in my pod, but I saw it. I just remember being so moved that a reporter could be a part of something so momentous. So I went out on a limb and asked Cat if she'd be willing to introduce me to the president and prime minister and she said yes.

  [cut to her in Andrea's office] 

  Kara Danvers : And now CatCo has the chance to do something just like that. A once-in-a-generation interview that will show that even in these contentious times, two enemies were able to cross the divide and come together and help the Super Friends, by eliminating both countries' threats and, most importantly, how when people really set their minds to it, real peace is possible.

  Andrea Rojas : Wow. That is inspiring. But not really interesting, is it?

  Kara Danvers : What?

  [stammering] 

  Kara Danvers : This could be historic.

  Andrea Rojas : Oh, I know. We'll hype it as our version of Oprah and the Royals. "Kara Danvers and the heads of state." We'll put it on all the platforms. Our foreign markets will boom.

  Kara Danvers : Okay, but I-I really think you're not getting this.

  Andrea Rojas : Oh, but I am. Tomorrow at the Civic Center, we will have a full crew to support your broadcast. Anything you need before then, you let me know.

• J'onn J'onnz : Governor, you're making a big mistake. If you breach the dome, the creature might run. And then we may never find it until it does who knows what sort of damage. We are on the verge of being able to send it back. Governor?

  Alex Danvers : [he hangs up]  What's up?

  J'onn J'onnz : Apparently, the governor has been liaising with the Air Force. In one hour, the LuthorCorp satellites that have been sustaining the dome will be shut down. A division of National Guardsmen will charge in.

  Alex Danvers : Okay, well, one hour is within the time frame that Lena said she and Brainy would be done.

  Supergirl : So we can still do this?

  J'onn J'onnz : Yeah.

  William Dey : [coming in]  But first, I think you need to do something.

  Supergirl : William, what are you doing here?

  William Dey : My contact at the Capitol told me about the governor's plan, so I thought I'd come here to get a statement that might help bring down the heat. The governor is scared. The people are scared. In the past few weeks, this city has seen buildings explode, giant cats, mass riots, and now a dome, with Nxyly and a nightmare monster. What everyone needs is to hear a calm and clear voice.

  Alex Danvers : William, J'onn and I are more than happy to make a statement...

  William Dey : Supergirl was there when the dome went up. The people need to hear from the Girl of Steel herself.

  Supergirl : [hesitant]  I don't have time to make comments. I'm sorry.

• Lena Luthor : Brainy and I refortified the hiding place of the Courage and Humanity totem using Coluan science and Earth magic. So even with the Dream totem, she won't be able to create the AllStone.

  Alex Danvers : Well, that's good. That helps on one battlefront. Now if we could just do something about the negative press.

  J'onn J'onnz : People just disagree with us sometimes.

  Alex Danvers : Well, this is true, but if we're gonna take on a threat as powerful as Nxyly, we're gonna need the public on our side.

  Lena Luthor : [seeing Kara on the news]  Speaking of.

  Supergirl : Citizens of National City, I come to you tonight with an apology. I know you have always placed your hope and trust in me. But now, as we face the alien you know as Nxyly, I fear I haven't always been able to deliver. And for that, I am sorry. But I give you my word... Nxyly will be stopped. No matter the cost. Because for me and my friends, failure is not an option.

• Brainiac-5 : Now that the portal's up, the monster should be drawn here.

  Sentinel : Do you see anything up there, J'onn?

  J'onn J'onnz : [in the sky, searching]  No trace of the monster, but the National Guard is on its way.

  Supergirl : [landing nearby]  Any sign?

  Brainiac-5 : [hearing thundering footfall]  I believe that is the creature.

  J'onn J'onnz : [as the creature turns visible, it heads towards the portal]  It's working!

  Supergirl : [seeing attack helicopters begin firing their weapons]  No!

  J'onn J'onnz : Stop this now! You're drawing him away from where he needs to go.

  Lena Luthor : [the helicopters' gunfire strafes the portal supports]  The columns.

  Sentinel : Yeah, I've got it.

  Lena Luthor : [Alex and Brainy try to keep the columns from falling]  Supergirl, I'm getting the portal back online. It's now or never.

  Supergirl : Now!

  [as the portal opens, she pushes the monster into it, and as it closes, Alex and Brainy let the supports collapse] 

  Lena Luthor : You did it.

  J'onn J'onnz : I'll talk to the National Guard.

  Supergirl : [seeing the clock on Lena's tablet]  Oh, no. I gotta go.

  Brainiac-5 : The interview.

  Sentinel : We'll talk to the governor.