- Alex Danvers: Mmm, I really need those. Do you have any, um...
- Kara Danvers: Rhubarb? Yeah, three. What do you think this is, amateur hour?
- Alex Danvers: The queen of pies.
- Alex Danvers: Well, she's alive. It's only a matter of time before she's conscious.
- J'onn J'onzz: She's strong.
- Querl Dox: Emotionally, maybe. But her pulse is erratic. She's sick.
- Lena Luthor: The suit is still filtering the Kryptonite out of her system.
- Alex Danvers: Well, then we do what we can while we wait. Starting with the atmosphere. Lena, I want you and Brainy to work on getting the air clean. It's the only way we're gonna get her out of that thing.
- Lena Luthor: Will do.
- Querl Dox: [to Kara] If you're in your mind palace, tell Streaky I said "Hi".
- James Olsen: I have my shield on me. I can help you find Mercy and Otis.
- Lena Luthor: No. If you go out as Guardian, you'll be arrested.
- Alex Danvers: She's right. We already have enough boots on the ground.
- J'onn J'onzz: You know, before I caught Supergirl, I was downtown at a rally. An anti-alien group. Full of extremists. It was awful. I almost...
- [calming down]
- Alex Danvers: A friend of mine, Fiona, she's missing, too. Another alien. Missing. Just because I chose to lay down arms. And I left you here to pick up the pieces at the DEO. How are you managing?
- Alex Danvers: I'm good now. Look, if you really wanna help, you can search for them telepathically.
- Supergirl: What's... what's happening? Why am I in here? Get me out!
- Alex Danvers: Hey, it's okay. Just breathe. I'm here. Mercy fired kryptonite into the air.
- Supergirl: God, I can't breathe. I can't breathe.
- Alex Danvers: No, no. Hey, look at me. You're fine. This suit is keeping you alive. Okay, so just breathe.
- Supergirl: [calming down] I'm okay. Tell me everything.
- Lena Luthor: Where are we with filtering the Kryptonite out of the air?
- Querl Dox: Nowhere. We're wasting our time, because I've got nothing.
- [knocking the dispersal device off the table in frustration]
- Querl Dox: We're sprocked! The best case scenario is that Supergirl spends the rest of her life confined in a life support suit. Unless, of course, you've been hiding some sort of giant vacuum that can suck every particle of Kryptonite out of the atmosphere.
- Lena Luthor: Okay. Wha...
- [noticing something]
- Lena Luthor: Wait, are you crying?
- Querl Dox: No.
- [wiping a tear away]
- Querl Dox: That's unanticipated.
- [seeing her expression]
- Querl Dox: What? I'm not a robot. I'm techno organic. I have feelings. You should be crying, too. These are tears of logic.
- Alex Danvers: You followed your instincts. And I followed mine, so there's no apologies. Being a leader means doing what needs to get done and taking the consequences. So, we did the right thing.
- Kara Danvers: Well, hell or high water, I've got your back.
- Alex Danvers: Mm. Hell or high water.
- Kara Danvers: [twisting around] Oh, speaking of, can you please scratch this one spot...
- Alex Danvers: Oh, absolutely not.
- Kara Danvers: I was in a full body cast.
- Alex Danvers: I know.
- Kara Danvers: [trying to scratch the itch] I can't... it's really bothering me.
- Alex Danvers: No.
- Kara Danvers: It's... ow!
- J'onn J'onzz: Man, you picked the wrong house.
- Manchester Black: Don't think so. Man your age lives alone. No personal history to be found. A bit dodgy, that. Red flags. So, tell me, J'onn J'onzz, how do you know Fiona?
- J'onn J'onzz: You're her fiancé.
- Manchester Black: That I am. Luckiest man in the world. Only Fiona dropped off the radar. Not like her. And you seemed to have spent some time following her about.
- J'onn J'onzz: Fiona is just a friend.
- Manchester Black: Well, friend, I'll ask you once more. Where is she?
- J'onn J'onzz: [his eyes glowing red as Black grabs him] Today is not the day to push me.
- Manchester Black: Not from around here, are we? Relax, man. Weren't going to hurt you.
- J'onn J'onzz: We're on the same side.
- Manchester Black: This is Fi's handwriting.
- J'onn J'onzz: Yeah, it's a badge number. And this is the cop it belongs to. Fiona was looking into him. And I tried to follow up, but I got derailed. Family emergency.
- Manchester Black: Officer Petrocelli. What, thorns in his garden?
- J'onn J'onzz: I think so.
- Manchester Black: Then I am just buzzing to meet him.
- J'onn J'onzz: He's got tricks. I'd be careful if I were you.
- Manchester Black: Ah, don't worry. You've got tricks, I've got tricks, too.
- J'onn J'onzz: You got a name to go with those tricks?
- Manchester Black: Right. How rude of me.
- [bowing]
- Manchester Black: I'm Manchester Black.
- J'onn J'onzz: Did you get anything from him?
- Manchester Black: Just kept whispering "Mercy". It mean something to you?
- J'onn J'onzz: Mercy Graves hurt somebody I care about. I looked for her and... I heard Fiona's voice. I think Mercy may be holding her captive.
- Manchester Black: Heard her? How?
- J'onn J'onzz: I'm a telepath.
- Manchester Black: Let's lead with that next time.
- Manchester Black: Is that Supergirl? Or one of the blokes from Daft Punk?
- Alex Danvers: Supergirl, unfortunately.
- Lena Luthor: Listen, I've been where you are now, and believe you me, I have feelings. Right now, I'm feeling intense rage. I created this device for good. To save Earth. And once again, my technologies have been stolen and abused. I could murder someone right now.
- Querl Dox: Do humans feel like this all the time? It's intense and-and... disruptive. How do you get anything done?
- Lena Luthor: My solution? Boxes.
- Querl Dox: Boxes. Yes. What variety? Cardboard? Wooden? Lucite?
- Lena Luthor: Imaginary. I want you to imagine that you're full of tiny, itty-bitty boxes. And then I want you to take your feelings and I want you to shove them into those itty-bitty boxes. And then I want you to take those and shove them way deep down 'till you forget you even had feelings in the first place. Then you and I are gonna do science and get this air cleaned, understand?
- Querl Dox: [taking a moment to compose himself] Okay. I've done it. I feel much better. Excellent.
- Alex Danvers: You've been drafted.
- Supergirl: Wait, what? Isn't there still kryptonite in the air? I thought you were doing things by the book.
- Alex Danvers: I was. But I really need you out there with me. I was scared. Of failing, of letting everybody down; I mean, the president, the country. So I thought the rules would protect me from screwing everything up.
- Supergirl: Mm, well, Danvers sisters have never really been big on rules.
- Alex Danvers: I know, and I forgot that for a minute. I'm sorry. The only way that we're gonna win this thing is if I trust my instincts and I trust yours. And you're right. The air isn't fully clear. So this is a risk. Do you think you can do it?
- Supergirl: I know I can.
- Alex Danvers: Then suit up.
- Supergirl: [indicating she already is] No choice.
- Kara Danvers: Hey, you okay?
- Alex Danvers: Oh, I've dealt with much worse than G.I. Jane coming to babysit me.
- Kara Danvers: Yeah, but she wouldn't be here if I had followed your orders.
- Alex Danvers: I'm sorry, where was this attitude six hours ago?
- Alex Danvers: Are you all right?
- J'onn J'onzz: No, I'm not.
- Alex Danvers: Look, you saved her, J'onn.
- J'onn J'onzz: She came to me to help her fight this, Alex. I turned her down. It was more important for me to keep my vow of non-violence than to fight by Kara's side.
- Alex Danvers: You chose to honor a new path.
- J'onn J'onzz: What if I'm just making a big mistake? My father was a great spiritual leader. Maybe I never will be. Maybe I've just spent too many years steeped in rage to really change.
- Agent Taylor: [freeing two aliens from custody] Okay. Make it look convincing.
- Mercy Graves: It's gonna look real convincing.
- Jensen: [she shoots Taylor] I thought we didn't kill humans.
- Otis Graves: He wasn't human. He was loose ends.
- Supergirl: When can I take this off?
- Alex Danvers: When the air is 100% kryptonite-free.
- Supergirl: But I can't just sit here.
- Alex Danvers: This armor has the exact amount of energy to filter out the kryptonite from your system. If you use this to fight...
- Supergirl: But...
- Alex Danvers: But nothing. I know what I'm doing.
- Supergirl: And I don't?
- Mercy Graves: Good morning, Kopy and Hellgrammite.
- Jensen: Careful. You-you so much as touch that thing...
- Kopy: What is that?
- Agent Liberty: It's a parasite. Like you.
- Kopy: Scary talk from a coward in a mask.
- Ben Lockwood: [removing his mask] "Coward in a mask." This mask signifies that it doesn't matter who I am. Who am I? I'm just a small piece of something much bigger, something necessary. Something that will restore this planet to its rightful inhabitants. Just a moment.
- [he disappears behind a van and inserts the parasite into an elaborate contraption]
- Ben Lockwood: [returning] Now you're a part of it, too.
- Alex Danvers: All right, team, listen up. As you may have heard by now, two of our agents have turned against us, against the very thing that this agency stands for, and that is to protect this planet from all threats. And that's from humans and aliens alike. So if, at any point, you find yourself wavering, I want you to take a moment and look around and remember why you signed up. We'll lean on each other, like we always have. I believe in the DEO, because I believe in every one of you.
- Manchester Black: Lost my job to one of those roaches today. Sorry. I get a few in me...
- Officer Petrocelli: No, no, no. I've been hearing that a lot lately. It's disgusting.
- Manchester Black: It is.
- [refilling Petrocelli's drink]
- Manchester Black: To us, then.
- J'onn J'onzz: I'm trying, Father. Just like you taught me. But every time I reach out, all I feel is anger. That scares me because the anger is all mine. You said you'd be with me. So prove it. Show me.
- Fiona Byrne: J'onn.
- J'onn J'onzz: Fiona.
- Manchester Black: The next rally, when might that be?
- Officer Petrocelli: Who cares? The real show is happening tonight. Columbia and Fourth, that's where everyone is gonna go.
- Manchester Black: What's happening tonight?
- Officer Petrocelli: [woozy] Can't tell you. She... she'd...
- Manchester Black: She?
- Officer Petrocelli: [passing out drunk] Mercy. Mercy...
- Manchester Black: Americans, man. No idea how to drink.
- J'onn J'onzz: I think Fiona is trying to make contact with me.
- Manchester Black: He said his mates had something nasty planned for tonight. Maybe that's where we can meet this Mercy of yours. Columbia and Fourth.
- [noticing J'onn react]
- Manchester Black: What's over there?
- Alex Danvers: They're going for the precinct on Fourth Street. Echo Team, I want you on me. Kilo Team, you're behind us on overwatch. Let's go.
- Supergirl: I'm coming with you.
- Alex Danvers: The hell you are.
- Supergirl: I'm literally wearing armor.
- Alex Danvers: And I told you that that amor is using everything it's got to keep you safe. If you do anything else in it...
- Supergirl: I've fought at half capacity before. I can do this.
- Alex Danvers: There is a chain of command here.
- Supergirl: I know what I'm capable of, and you need my help.
- Alex Danvers: What I need is for you to do exactly what I say.
- Querl Dox: She's fine. Thirty more seconds and her suit would've stopped filtering K-radiation.
- Alex Danvers: And she would be dead.
- Querl Dox: Horribly so.
- President Baker: Director Danvers, I have tolerated you while a proprietary device was stolen on your watch, while a rogue agent you recruited set enemies of the state free.
- Alex Danvers: And I've done everything possible to lock down the situation.
- President Baker: And on top of that terrible sundae of incompetence, Supergirl goes on a fun suicide mission.
- Alex Danvers: Supergirl is alive, and we are taking her back to the DEO.
- President Baker: Supergirl does not leave the DEO unless I give the order. Is that clear?
- Alex Danvers: Yes, sir.
- President Baker: The country is already nervous. They think an alien in the White House has undermined our democracy. It's created a powder keg. Your job is to make the public feel safe, not more at risk. So handle this. Or so help me, I will have you...
- [an aide behind him leans over and whispers in his ear]
- President Baker: [calmly] That will be all, Director.
- Querl Dox: L-Corp owns a nano-tech subdivision, yes? Formerly Spheerical Industries.
- Lena Luthor: We just have to reprogram the nanites so that they can detect and filter the kryptonite out of the atmosphere. We don't need a giant vacuum cleaner.
- Querl Dox: Just trillions of small ones.
- Alex Danvers: I told you not to leave the premises.
- Supergirl: I saved someone's life.
- Alex Danvers: By jeopardizing your own.
- Supergirl: I'm a hero, Alex. I take risks.
- Alex Danvers: You are also an employee of the DEO.
- Supergirl: We've been working together for years. Why are you all of a sudden acting like this?
- Alex Danvers: Because I am the director now! Okay? So if someone gets hurt, that's on me. And if someone escapes and fills the air with kryptonite, that's on me! And if you had died...
- Supergirl: But I didn't die. A-A-And if it were you, you would've done the exact same thing. I'm not gonna stop using my own judgment.
- Alex Danvers: We have rules for a reason. Otherwise, this place would fall apart. So if you want to continue working with me, then you will obey orders. And as your commanding officer, this is your final warning.
- Ben Lockwood: I seem to recall you telling me that Supergirl was dead.
- Otis Graves: We never said it was official.
- Mercy Graves: We'll make her dead. The plan still stands.
- Ben Lockwood: Well, your plan is small.
- Mercy Graves: Excuse me?
- Ben Lockwood: You want to show people that aliens are monsters. That's good, but you don't do that by attacking their protectors, the police, the DEO. Yeah, that will make them afraid. That'll make them feel fear, up here, in their mind. What you need to do is make them feel it in their bones.
- Mercy Graves: And how do you plan on doing that, exactly?
- Ben Lockwood: You show them that they need to be afraid for their children.
- Alex Danvers: All right, forget the aliens. We're looking for this woman, Fiona Byrne. We find her, we find them all.
- Querl Dox: Lena and I have found a way to clear the atmosphere of Kryptonite. We've reconfigured L-Corp nanites...
- Alex Danvers: Okay, how long?
- Querl Dox: Uncertain. None of the nanites have eaten Kryptonite before and they're understandably very nervous.
- [as Alex leaves]
- Querl Dox: I don't wanna ask too much of them. They're just nanites.
- J'onn J'onzz: That word, ahimsa, it's Hindu?
- Manchester Black: It means non-violence. Just something Fi used to say.
- J'onn J'onzz: Tell me about her.
- Manchester Black: When I met Fi, I was... well, I guess you'd call it "ganged up".
- J'onn J'onzz: Mm.
- Manchester Black: It was football hooligans. Sorry, soccer hooligans. Any excuse to break a window. We worked for me dad. He taught me how to win a fight. It's easy, once you know the trick.
- [pointing to his temple, indicating his brain]
- Manchester Black: There's a switch in here. Keeps you from hurting another person. You can turn it on...
- [snapping his fingers]
- Manchester Black: ...and off.
- J'onn J'onzz: So, why did you stop?
- Manchester Black: I met Fi. She kept the books for the gang. Didn't hurt no one. No one but me, because one look from her, I was dead, man. Gone, hers. And she showed me... showed me other ways. Non-violent ways. Ahimsa. Then the boys found out she was an alien. Mm. Wasn't safe there anymore. So I told her... I told her to go to the States so she'd be safe.
- J'onn J'onzz: That ring... I saw something like this. Just a fragment, right before I heard Fiona's voice.
- Manchester Black: Yeah, she has a matching one.
- J'onn J'onzz: This is what I need. A talisman. Something on her person with emotional weight. I can use it like a cell tower to amplify my link with her.
- Nia Nal: I just wanted to mention how thankful I am. 'Cause, uh, I've been reading about Ms. Grant, and CatCo, and you. You know what we do up here is important, right? I-I've also been reading about matters of the law. Did you know someone could be prosecuted for continued instances of the same crime?
- James Olsen: Yeah. I have a lawyer.
- Nia Nal: Of course. I'm not even saying you're thinking of taking up the shield again. But, if you were, especially with Supergirl down, don't.
- James Olsen: Is this the same Nia Nal I'm talking to, the cub reporter who convincingly and rightfully convinced her boss to act? And to speak out when the innocent are being attacked?
- Nia Nal: I know. I don't sound like myself. But that's because this is different. If you go out there again, I have a feeling something bad will happen.
- James Olsen: Heroes go out there, even when they know something bad's gonna happen. That's what makes them heroes.
- J'onn J'onzz: I tried, Alex. I tried to use prayer, the power of my mind to find Fiona, but... every time I think I'm getting somewhere, my mind is just hijacked with anger. Violence, how I failed Kara. It's no use, I'm not the man my father hoped I'd be. Only thing I've done right is put you in charge of the DEO.
- Alex Danvers: No, that's... that's the only thing that you've done wrong.
- J'onn J'onzz: What?
- Alex Danvers: Everything is my fault. I mean, all of this, it's... it's on me, okay?
- J'onn J'onzz: A lot of bad things happened here under my watch. But I prevailed because I trusted my gut, and my people. Alex, you have to trust your gut. You do that, and you will soar.
- Alex Danvers: You realize that, um, wisdom literally emanates from you? You are exactly who your father saw you would be.
- J'onn J'onzz: How do we reconcile who we are with who we wanna be, Alex?
- Alex Danvers: We forgive ourselves. Pacifism doesn't mean inaction. It just means that you have to learn how to fight without raising the sword.
- J'onn J'onzz: I was right to put you in charge.
- Alex Danvers: Oh, that was too soon.
- Querl Dox: I'm scanning for anything that draws a crowd within a hundred miles of National City. Cross-referencing those events with every item of food sold at a pick'n'mix and every known psychic energy signature.
- Alex Danvers: So, have you found them?
- Querl Dox: Yes, of course. They're at the National City Fair.
- Alex Danvers: Hypothetically, what are the odds of us winning without Supergirl?
- Querl Dox: Aliens being mind-controlled, with no instinct to protect themselves. Only harm others. The odds are not great.
- Alex Danvers: And with her?
- Querl Dox: If she can handle the fight, you will win. But the atmosphere isn't clear of Kryptonite.
- Alex Danvers: Then finish getting it clear.
- 10 Year Old Boy: Hey, you smashed my Beebo!
- Otis Graves: That's a metaphor for life.
- Mercy Graves: Will you stop drawing attention to yourself? We have a job to do.
- Lena Luthor: [seeing Guardian enter the fight at the fair] I can't believe he went.
- Querl Dox: [echoing her "feelings" exercise] Little boxes.
- Supergirl: What's happening?
- Lena Luthor: The suit's taking too much damage, so power's being diverted to life support.
- Alex Danvers: I'll give you a jump. You're gonna wanna hold still.
- Supergirl: [Alex shoots the suit, which increases its power] Thanks for the charge.
- Otis Graves: We should leave, sis.
- Mercy Graves: Not 'till we finish what we started.
- Otis Graves: [seeing Supergirl] Make her dead, got it.
- Otis Graves: [holding a gun to Supergirl's head] I call this move "the can opener".
- [Alex steps forward, raising her gun]
- Otis Graves: Ah, ah. There's still kryptonite in the air, right? So, uh, what happens if I pull the trigger?
- Alex Danvers: No, stop!
- Supergirl: Air check.
- Querl Dox: The atmosphere is 99% clear.
- Mercy Graves: Why are you protecting her? Why are you protecting any of them? Look at what they do.
- Alex Danvers: They aren't doing this. You are.
- Mercy Graves: People need to be afraid. Even if it means we have to sell it to them.
- Alex Danvers: What's going on?
- Querl Dox: [the gathered DEO agents applaud] Congratulations, Director Danvers.
- Alex Danvers: All right, we put one in the "win" column. And that's... that's because of you. You all should be so proud of yourselves.
- Alex Danvers: May I help you?
- Lauren Haley: Hi. I'm Colonel Lauren Haley.
- Alex Danvers: [shaking hands] Hi.
- Lauren Haley: POTUS sent me. Given how you disobeyed direct orders, he thought you might need some oversight.
- Alex Danvers: And how long will you be with us, Colonel?
- Lauren Haley: As long as it takes.
- Lena Luthor: It just should've been a discussion.
- James Olsen: What did you expect me to do, just sit here?
- Lena Luthor: What if you'd have been sent to prison?
- James Olsen: Yeah, about that. I talked to my lawyer. It's weird. I... no new charges. No indictment. The cops might even deputize Guardian.
- [snickering at her expression]
- James Olsen: I know, it's, uh... it-it worked out better than I could have imagined.
- James Olsen: Hey, kid, what's up?
- Nia Nal: [handing him a tablet] You are trending.
- James Olsen: Yeah?
- Nia Nal: In a bad way.
- James Olsen: [scrolling through the headlines] "Roaches crushed by Guardian's boot." What? "Humans strike back strong". "Guardian of Liberty."