Episode Three: Gene and Jean Tiba-Donât
Nauseous and amped up in power, everyone argues about who gave them their powers back. The Thibodeau's plan for a date night.
CW: Mentions of death (and actual death), harsh language (cursing), alcohol/drugs, angst, blood
Authorâs notes: My rewrite of TUA season 4! Iâve added my OCâs for fun but the main focus is the siblings. Iâve also brought Fei back becauseâŚI like her. Sheâs my favorite character.
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February 19th, 2028. 6:54 am
The day for the siblings starts like any other.
Luther and Mallie wake up, prepare breakfast for their kids. They eat and send the kids off to school. Luther kisses Mallieâs cheek and heads off to work.
Diego is patrolling the streets in his cop car, keeping an eye for any criminals that could be lurking around. Lila and the kids stayed at her parents house. Sheâs still sleeping soundly.
Allison is putting on makeup while Claire is making her lunch for school.
Klaus walks upstairs with Beatriz with Heidi, their young daughter. He says good morning to Claire.
Five is sitting in his office at the CIA. Heâs typing away on his computer. His mind isnât focused on his work, though. Heâs wondering what to do with the marigold. He never took the container out of the original bag, yesterday was too tiring.
Jackson decided to let the kids stay home from school. The oldest is sleeping in while the younger two are playing with dolls in front of Jackson.Â
Ben is lying in bed, smiling to himself. He felt warm last night. Heâs getting his power backâŚhe just doesnât know when.
Viktor and Bella are in the room next door, packing their bags. They talk about plans for the bar, what to do next.
Theon lies in bed with Oscar, sleeping soundly. Emme is sitting in her room, scrolling through her phone. Fei is at the gym, working out.
The families go through their day as normal.Â
But one by oneâŚthey start to feelâŚoff.
Luther rubs the back of his neck. He turns to his coworker.
Luther: Hey, MikeâŚmy muscles are feeling really...tight. For some reason. Like theyâre all contracting.
Mike: Weird. Maybe it was the anti-grav training the other day?Â
Luther: MaybeâŚI had a long car ride yesterday, could be thatâŚ
He picks up a pencil and goes to write something down. The pencil immediately snapped in half.
Luther: What the?
He picks up another. The same thing happens.
Mike: Luther, quit breaking pencils!Â
Luther: UhâŚyeah. YâknowâŚIâll be right back.
He stands up and opens the door, ripping the door handle off. He stares at it in confusion. His coworker stares at him. Luther looks back at him and chuckles awkwardly.
Luther: This doorâŚI-Itâs really old.
He quickly walks off. He goes out to his car and opens the door, ripping the door off of its handle. He looks back at it and drops it. He gets into the car, weighing it down. He drives off.
Bicycle Race by Queen begins to playÂ
Diego is driving in his cop car. He sees a young man in a mask run past an older woman and rip the purse out of her hand, running off with it. He turns on the sirens and gets out of his car. He begins running after the criminal. As heâs running, he begins to slow down a bitâŚbut he then picks up a second wind. He runs even faster. He weaves in and out of the crowd. He picks up a banana off of a market shelf outside, quickly turning onto the street to avoid the car. He starts running on top of the cars and when he gets to the end of the street, he backflips off and throws the banana perfectly under the criminal's feet. The criminal slips and drops everything. Diego looks at him in amazement. He goes over to the criminal and puts him in handcuffs. He places him into the cop car and closes the door. He pumps his fist and starts celebrating. Can he get any cooler?
Allison is at the recording studio for a new commercial. The director keeps yelling âcut!â, which is annoying Allison. Eventually she glares at him, her eyes turning yellow. She looks into his eyes and says:
Allison: Goddamnit, I got it right on the first take!
The director stares blankly at her and sets down his megaphone. He nods slowly.
Director: Yes, Ms. ChesnutâŚyou got it on the first take.
Allison looks confused. She looks around and notices everyone staring at her. She quickly grabs her things and leaves.
Klaus and Beatriz are taking a walk, Klaus pushing Heidiâs stroller. Beatriz trips onto the concrete. Klaus helps her up.Â
Klaus: A-Are you okay? Nasty spill, youâre bleeding! Oh god, and the floor is so dirty, itâll..get all infected and stuff.
Beatriz:âŚWhat? IâŚI canât feel anything..
Klaus: Youâre..moving, though..
Beatriz: No, I canât..I didnât feel any pain.Â
Klaus:âŚOh. UmâŚmaybe we should turn backâŚcause thatâs not good.
They immediately turn around and start walking home.
Five is sitting in his bossâ office, getting reprimanded for his constant investigation of The Keepers. Someone calls for his boss and Five watches him leave. He sighs and goes to get upâŚbut he instead blinks away. He quickly spins around and notices heâs in a train station. He looks down at his hands and focuses on them. They started to glow blue. Heâs taken aback and stumbles, teleporting back into the chair he was sitting in, back in his bossâ office.
Ben is in his room still. Heâs drawing a familiar portrait. He feels something come out of his back and hears it flop onto the floor. He turns around and looks down, noticing a limp tentacle. He smiles and stands up. He takes off his shirt and summons more tentacles. They arenât as controllable as they wereâŚbut thatâll change with training. He dances out of celebrationâŚbut then he vomits on the ground. Maybe it wasnât such a great idea.
Viktor and Bella are in the car, driving back to Canada. Someone suddenly swerves in front of them, causing Viktor to slam on the brakes and swerve, slamming into the guardrail. Viktor checks on Bella, whoâs Fine. He gets out of the car and walks up to the car who swerved in front him, now pulled over onto the shoulder. He bangs on the window.
Viktor: HEY! Roll down the window, asshole!
The lady rolls down the window.
Lady: Youâre gonna pay for all of this! You wouldnât let me pass!Â
Viktor: I was going the speed limit, Iâm not obligated to let you in! You canât swerve in front of someone like that! Damnit, Iâm hours away from home! I canât drive with this, my cars totaled! What the fuck is your problem?!
Viktorâs eyes glowed a bright white and his chest glowed blue. The light poles near them began to bend down, the bulbs inside popping. Bella gets out of the car.
Bella: Viktor, stop! Look!
Viktor looks around and notices. This happened before, when he first discovered his powersâŚhe looks back at the lady in the car, who looks terrified. He quickly gets back into his car and turns it on. Bella gets in next to him. He drives off.
Bella: What the hell are you doing? Wh-What happened out there?
Viktor: I donât know! IâŚI need to talk to my siblings before IâŚI dunno, end the world again??
Bella: Viktor, you were glowing.Â
Viktor: I know!
The radio blew up.
Viktor:âŚIâm sorry. I didnâtâŚweâll figure out whatâs going on andâŚweâll deal with it. Okay? Itâs gonna be okay.
Bella: O-Okay. JustâŚtake some deep breaths, yeah?
Viktor grabs her hand and squeezes it tightly.
The camera cuts to Jackson unpacking some groceries in the kitchen. He takes out a can but stares at it for a second. His hands are sweaty. He feels hot, really hot. He sets the can down and leans against the counter. He wipes away the sweat from his forehead and begins to breathe heavily.
He was too hot. He began to take his jacket, sweater and shirt off. Heâs beginning to panic. Severe hot flash? Heatstroke? Couldnât be, itâs winter.
His middle child, Delores, walks in.
Delores: Daddy? Are you okay?
Jackson turns around.
Jackson: I-Iâm okay, just go back to the living room. Donât worryâŚ
Jackson tries to go over to his phone on the counter but before he can reach it, his entire body engulfs in flames. He screams and attempts to put it out. Delores screams and begins crying as her elder brother, Ji-Ho, ran in to see what was happening. He pulls Deleores behind him.
Ji: Dad?!Â
Jackson: C-Call your father! NOW!
Ji: Shouldnât I call the fire department?!
Jackson: NO!
Jackson hurriedly makes his way to the bathroom, throwing himself into the shower and turning it on to the coldest setting. The fire is somewhat extinguishing.
Ji quickly grabs his phone and calls Five. He holds Delores close and tries to get her to stop crying. Five picks up.
Five: Hey, JackâŚSomething weird happened toâ
Ji: DAD! DADâS ON FIRE! H-He told me to call you!
Fiveâs heart drops. His fear quickly turns into anger.
Five: FUCK!
He kicks a hole into the wall. He grabs his bag and runs out to his car, trying to tell Ji to keep calm, heâll be there soon.
Five: Where is he now?!
ji: I think he ran into the bathroom! I hear water!
Five: Okay, justâŚkeep your sisters out of there! Go take them and stay in your room!
Ji: Why am I not calling 911?!
Five: Itâs notââŚjust, donât! Iâll be there!
A few minutes pass with Five driving like a madman. He turns into his driveway and gets out, leaving the car on and the door open. He quickly rushes into the house and to the bathroom.
Five: Jack! Are you okay?!
Jackson is sitting down in the tub with freezing water filling the tub, leaving the shower running. Heâs no longer on fire but steam is coming off of him. The water seems close to boiling.
Jackson: I-Iâm fine, I thinkâŚI just felt really hot. I went to go call you but thenâŚI just burst into flames.Â
Five: IâŚJack, I teleported earlier. I was in my bossâ office then..I was in a subway station. Then I came back.
Jackson slowly looks at him and he realizes something.
Jackson: The marigold. Itâs in our room. Go!
Five gets up and runs into their bedroom. He opens the closet door and takes a bag out. He rips it open and takes out the jar that had the marigold before. It was empty. Five looks at it in utter horror and frustration. He goes back into the bathroom and shows Jackson.
Five: Itâs empty. Itâs fucking empty!
Jackson: I didnât open it! And the kids havenât been in our room!Â
He turns off the shower and stands up. He bursts into flames again.
Jackson: Goddamnit! Go get a fire extinguisher!
Five leaves and comes back with one. He sprays Jackson with it, extinguishing the flames. Jackson takes a deep breath.
Jackson: Cold thoughtsâŚcold thoughtsâŚOkay. Iâm goodâŚ
He looks at the jar. He picks it up and examines it.
Jackson: Thereâs still a little leftâŚso someone didnât get it. Thatâs good..It couldnât have justâŚcome out on its own. Someone did this. And if both of us have our powersâŚthen the others probably do too.
Five: Fuck, youâre rightâŚI wonder if theyâve figured it out yet. Weâve gotta meet up, find out who did this. My bet is on that Cy guyâŚhe wanted us to have our powers and we said no.Â
Jackson: We wouldâve heard someone come into our room, especially you. You wake up when someone flicks a light switch.
Five: Weirder things have happened. Canât rule anyone out. PlusâŚwe had a few drinks last night. Puts me into a deeper sleep. Come on, call your mom and have her pick up the kids. We canât tell them.
Jackson: They just saw their dad burst into flames in front of them. Thatâs a little hard to make an excuse. Especially when I donât have burn marks.
Five: Weâll figure something out! For now, we need them out of the way and out of our concerns. We need to figure out this power thing first.
Jackson sighs.
Jackson: Fine, Iâll call my mom. You call one of your siblingsâŚ
Five leaves and closes the door behind him. He goes into his bedroom and closes the door. He takes out his phone, scrolling through his contacts list. Which one does he even call?
Five: Luther and Diego are stupid, Klaus is a no go, Allison hardly talks to me, Ben isâŚnot good Ben. Fuck it, Vik.
Five calls Viktor. Viktor picks up.
Bella: Five? UhâŚVik canât really talk right nowâŚ
Five: I donât care, put him on. Itâs an emergency.Â
Bella:âŚIs theâŚâour powers are backâ sort of emergency?
Five:âŚâŚYes. I was a bit afraid of that being the answer. Damnit. Where are you two?
Bella: On the interstate. Weâre driving back to the city. Though, I dunno how long our car will last. We got into a pretty bad accident. The carâs totaled.
Five: Did Vik crash it?
Viktor takes the phone from Bella.
Vik: No! Some crazy lady just pulled in front of me! IâŚI got a little heated and the light posts bent. Bella said my eyes went white. Obviously they did cause even the lady looked terrified.
Five: hm. I teleported earlierâŚand Jackson burst into flames. The marigold, itâs gone. Thereâs only a little bit left.
Viktor: So someone didnât take it. OrâŚmaybe they didnât have time to get it all.
Five: JustâŚget to Lutherâs house. Okay? Best place for all of us to meet upâŚ
Viktor: O-Okay. I can do that. Iâll see you thereâŚ
Five hangs up the phone and rubs his face. Heâs tired.
Time passes and the camera cuts to the old Hargreeves mansion. The family is sitting in the living room. Klaus is standing in the corner, far away from everyone. Everyone else looks sick.
Five: Good, everyone is here..looking horrible, though.
Allison: Five, get on with itâŚ
Five: I think itâs a fair assumption to say weâve all got our powers back. Teleportation, sound wave control, strengthâŚall of it.
Diego: Yeah. I felt amazing when I first got themâŚbut now I feel like shit.Â
Ben: Feel hungoverâŚ
Diego: Best way to describe it.
Five: Could be a side effect. When we first had them, we were born with it. It could grow with us.
Theon is holding a towel to his nose, with clots of blood pouring out. In his other hand, heâs holding a flashlight. Emme is holding onto his arm, trying to remain calm.
Theon: Makes sense. What doesn't make sense is how we got them back in the first place. Five had âem last. But he and Jackie were against itâŚso it couldn't have been them. Did someone break into your house or something?
Jackson: No, they couldn't have. We have alerts on everything, we wouldâve noticed.Â
Theon: ThenâŚit had to have been at the bar last night. Someone spiked the drinks.
Lila: What, the bartender?
Theon: No, he was behind the bar the entire time. Five kept the marigold next to him. It was one of us.
Viktor:...Well, there was only a handful who wanted it back.
Allison: And who wanted it most? Ben.
Ben: What? Youâre blaming me? For what? I didnât do anything! Maybe it was you. Wanted your powers back cause you suck at acting.
Allison: Excuse me? Wanna say that again?
Allison stands up and goes over to Ben.
Allison: I heard a rumorâŚyou stood up and didn't move.
Benâs eyes roll into the back of his head. He stands up and becomes stiff. He tries to move, but canât.
Five: AllisonâŚ
Allison: I heard a rumorâŚyou could only tell the truth.
Allisonâs eyes turned gold.
Allison: Did you mess with the marigold, asshole?
Ben tries to hold back his tongue by biting down. He canât.
Ben: YES!...I did.Â
Allison is taken aback. Everyone in the room gasps and whispers to each other.
Allison: What the hell did you do!?
Ben: IâŚI poured the marigold into the shots. All of you drank it.
Five: Fuck meâŚ
Luther: BenâŚWhy? They didn't want it!
Ben: I just thoughtâŚwe had powers for a reason. Cy had us meet for a reason. We canât just sit around! We were meant for this!
Viktor: So you drugged us?
Ben:...Yes.
Allison: I⌠I canât. I just canât with this goddamn family!
Allison storms off outside. Benâs irises come back and he rubs his neck.
Fei: Tough crowd, Ben. Maybe you shouldâve just shared with the ones who wanted it.
Ben: Shut up, FeiâŚ
Jackson suddenly bursts into flames again. Luther panics and tries to put out the fire on his couch. Jackson stands up and Five sprays the couch with a fire extinguisher. He then aims it at Jackson and sprays him.
The flames didnât go out.
Jackson: You donât even care just how much youâve fucked us. Youâre just thinking about yourself! I should incinerate you for what you did!
Five: Jack, take a breath. Youâre gonna burn the whole place down.
Jackson: Does it matter? The powers, they ruin everything! You should know! Because this asshole only thought of himself, we all have to suffer!
Five: Yeah, I know, fuck him! But getting angry and burning everything down wonât fix it!
Jackson takes a deep breath. The flames subside and he sits back down, still glaring at Ben.
Ben: WellâŚweâve got our powers. Maybe we should go try and save that girl Cy talked about. His daughter.
Fei laughs.
Fei: Oooh, I see what this is about nowâŚLittle Benny, relieving his glory days of being a superhero and leading the team, despite failing miserably last time.
Ben: âFailing miserably?â I led us toâ
Fei: To Alphonso and Jaymeâs death. Thereâs a reason Marcus never gave you the important jobs, youâre too immature. You donât think before you act. And when you do think, itâs purely on anger and overconfidence.
Ben: If I was so terrible and you were so great, why were you number 3? Huh?
Fei: Um, hello? Limited vision? Not a people person? I have my flaws, but I know them. You think you have none. Fine, take us all to save this girlâŚyouâll see it was a waste of time. You rescue her, then what? You make the Academy again? You try to be your own Batman?Â
Ben: Exactly! We rescue her, we can rescue more! The police donât do shit!
Diego is baffled.
Diego: DudeâŚwe do everything. Youâre just mad cause you were in jail! All criminals spew that âpolice are badâ bullshit cause theyâre mad they were caught.
Ben: With the Sparrowâs, our city was perfect! Bad guys feared us! We have actual powers!Â
Fei: God, so pretentiousâŚ
Ben: Letâs just try. Afterwards, you all can go back to whatever. I donât care!
Viktor sighs but then gets an idea.
Viktor: IfâŚI have some timeâŚI might be able to manipulate the marigold. Like I did with HarlanâŚIf I gave it to him, surely, I couldâŚtake it back?
Luther: What would that do to you, though?
Viktor: I dunnoâŚmaybe I could put it back into the jar?
Five: Not a bad theoryâŚwe just donât want to overload you. Last time your power remained dormantâ
Viktor: I blew up the moon, I know.
Five: And an FBI headquarters.
Viktor: I didn't do thatâŚ
Five: In another timeline, you did.Â
Viktor: Then that doesn't count!
Lila: God, can we just get this over with? Thereâs a PTA meeting next week, I canât miss it or else Sharon gets control of the bake sale. Then she wonât shut up about it.
Theon:...Perhaps I do miss the commission days. My sister was cooler.
Lila takes a knife out of Diegoâs pocket and stabs him in the chest.
Theon: AH! Fuck! Donât stab a bleeding man!
Lila: I did miss that.
Five rolls his eyes. Howâd he get stuck with these morons again?
Everyone leaves the house, with Diego going upstairs to get Allison. Everyone then piles into the two cars. The umbrellaâs plus Ben and Lila into Diegoâs car. Everyone else got into Jacksonâs car.
Ben is ecstatic. The adrenaline of going on a mission, finally. He sits up and shouts:
Ben: Letâs kill this bitch!
Everyone turns around to look at him, confused and slightly worried.
Allison: This is a rescue missionâŚ
Ben:...Yeah, rightâŚit is.
He sits back down and looks out the window awkwardly.
Diego turns the car on and immediately âBaby Sharkâ starts blaring on the radio. Everyone jumps and Diego panics to turn the volume down.
Viktor: What the hell was that?
Diego: The uhâŚkids really like that song. Itâs also stuck in the CD playerâŚ
Five: So glad my kids donât listen to that crapâŚ
Diego rolls his eyes and starts driving.
The camera cuts to older people, a man and woman. They're sitting in separate chairs. The woman is crocheting something, and the man is reading a newspaper.
Man: Hon, have you heard? A nice little town meeting is taking place tomorrow.
Woman: Oh, lovely. What's it about?
Man: The priest's niece is getting baptized.
Woman: Oh, good. I can't wait. We should definitely go. I'll make cookies for them!
Man: Sounds like a plan, darlin. Let's call it a date.
The woman stands up and holds up the crocheted blanket, revealing an upside-down umbrella pattern
Hours pass and itâs dark. Almost everyone is asleep, except for Diego and Five.
Diego is staring out into the road. He turns to Five and whispers:
Diego: DudeâŚI think Lila is cheating on meâŚ
Five is a little taken aback. He whispers:
Five: A little heavy, donât you think?
Diego: SorryâŚI just canât get it out of my head. Sheâs been going out at nightâŚso I followed her. She was eating at this cafe with this guyâŚshe was laughing, having funâŚcouldn't be a friend.
Five: Youâre a fucking idiot.
Diego: What?
Five: Sheâs not cheating on youâŚat the cafe, that was me. I was at a Keepers meetingâŚand she was there.
Diego: WhyâŚwhat?
Five: I was investigating. Apparently, she was tooâŚI talked to Jack about it. He says she might just miss the life beforeâŚeverything.Â
Diego: I try to make things excitingâŚ
Five: She was an agent, Diego. Itâs all she knew. Itâs hard to adjust. To just stop being something. HuhâŚI guess I see where Ben was going with this whole thing.
Diego: MiĂŠrcolesâŚIâm sorry. I just thoughtâŚI dunno. How do I make her happy?
Five: WellâŚyouâre a cop. Let her in on some investigations. Or hell, get her a job there. She could pass the school easily.
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Diego: YeahâŚI think sheâd like that.
He looks back at Lila in the rearview mirror, sleeping soundly and leaning against Allison.
The camera slowly pans over to Ben, leaning his head back and sleeping. Heâs twitching a bit. Flashes ofâŚherâŚappear in his mind. A girl. Sheâs haunted him his entire life. The girl appears again, this time with tentacles slowly creeping up her body. Black liquid pours from her eyes and mouth, echoes of a baby crying loop in his mind. He jolts awake and looks aroundâŚnothing. He takes a deep breath and closes his eyes again, attempting to go back to sleep.
More hours pass and they finally arrive in a town called âNew Grumpson.â Something feels off about it, though. The streets are clean, and the buildings are in perfect shapeâŚthough, they seem to have been built a long time ago.
There are signs everywhere depicting squids, like itâs the town's mascot.
Everyone steps out of the cars and takes a look around.
Klaus: Fuuuun, looks like a festivalâŚHopefully itâs not too crowded, y'know how people can be in large groups.
Ben: Large groups like this one?
Klaus: I preparedâŚ
Luther takes a deep breath and smiles.Â
Luther: Guys, this is likeâŚour first vacation as a family! BasicallyâŚever. We should enjoy this!
Five: Oh godâŚ
Allison: What happened to ârescue mission?â
Luther: It can be both, yeah? Come on, family picture!
He pulls out a disposable camera and aims it at everyone, smiling happily while everyone else either stares blankly, covers their face or gives a half smile.
Five:...Okay, now that Luther is done being weird, letâs split up. Itâs gonna be easier to find who weâre looking for.
Diego: Good idea. Klaus, Bea, stay with the cars.
Klaus: What? Why do we have to stay back?
Diego: WellâŚwe need a watchman. Very important job. We also canât have the watchman be alone and bored, huh?
Beatriz and Klaus look at each other.
Beatriz: I guessâŚI prefer to stay back either way. Iâm not reallyâŚinto this hero stuff.
They get back into the car as everyone walks into the town and splits into different directions.Â
Diego and Lila go into the town square and engage in simple games around, with Diego showing off his skills in throwing axes. Lila smirks and throws her axes straight down the center of Diegoâs. He and the game runner stare at her, surprised. Diego starts laughing and they pick out three stuffed animals for their kids.
Viktor, Allison, Luther and Mallie walk through the shops, asking the people around if they know a âZoe Grossman.â They notice the shopkeeper's demeanors change, becoming more wary and suspicious after they ask.Â
Five, Jackson, Theon and Emme wander around, not doing too much to help the mission. Five is lost in his own thoughts, Jackson is working on keeping himself calm, Theon is watching Emme closely with a flashlight in hand and Emme is listening to music.
Ben and Fei are walking down a sidewalk. Ben suddenly takes a turn as he notices a Bus stop. Fei follows.
Fei: And whatâre you doing, Exactly?
Ben: Getting out of here. Without the hairy ape watching, I can leave and do some good.
Fei: So the wholeâŚâWe gotta save this girl!â thing was just you finding an escape?
Ben: Obviously.Â
She bursts out laughing. She canât believe it.
Fei: You ruined lives just to get out of prison? Oh my god, Ben!
She laughs harder.
Ben: Whatâs so funny?
Fei: You gave us all our powersâŚyou forced all of us here, just to escape? God, you're so stupid! If they find out, theyâre gonna kill you!
Ben: Shut up, Fei. Iâm leaving and you canât do anything about it.
Fei: Oh, Iâm not going to stop you. But I will tell you to look behind you.
Ben: What?
He turns around just to be met with a sign saying âBus out of service.â
Ben: You didn't want to say something earlier?
Fei: MmmâŚI wasn't gonna say anything. But then I felt bad.
Ben groans and starts walking again.
Fei: Now where are you going?
Ben: Iâll find a car or something.
She follows.
Fei: And then?
Ben: Iâll leave! Get to a big city where I can disappear!
He stops and looks at a church with a strange symbolâŚa sparrow holding an umbrella that was inside out.
Ben: You see this?
Fei: I guess thatâs weird.
Ben: Yeah, weird coincidence. Come on.
He walks in as Fei follows.
Fei: Now he caresâŚ
Ben: I guess we know why the town was so empty before. Everyoneâs here.
He grabs Feiâs arm and pushes past a crowd of people, making his way to a room full of pews. Thereâs a stage with a podium and something covered with a large tarp. One of Feiâs crows flew up onto a rafter on the ceiling. Ben leaned over to an older lady and asked:
Ben: HeyâŚweâre tourists. Whatâs this about?
Lady: Oooh, this is the priest's daughter's baptism!
Ben:...A lot of people here for a baptism.
Lady: itâs not just any ordinary baptism, son. It marks the beginning of âThe Cleanse.â
Ben: Theâ?
Heâs shushed before he can ask more questions. A priest walks onto the stage, wearing a cthulhu-esque mask. He goes up to the podium.
Priest: Today is a special dayâŚa day we have awaited for decades. We embark on the journey to The Cleanse. To return to where we once came. My daughterâŚshe was chosen for this, by god himself! On her 30th birthday, we bathe her in the very liquid she was brought from, so that she may feel her motherâs warm embrace!
Fei whispers to Ben.
Fei: EwâŚunder that tarp better not be what I think it is.
Ben: DudeâŚwhat the fuck.
Two nuns, also wearing Cthulhu-esque masks walk out with a girl wearing a white robe. She had long, black hair and pale skin. Ben recognizes her instantlyâŚthe girl from his dreams. He pushes past the crowd to get to the front, leaving Fei behind. He stares at the girl, in complete disbelief that sheâs real.
The priest rips the tarp off to reveal a giant vat of black liquid. The nuns pick up a glass and have the girl drink all of it.
Priest: Let The CleanseâŚBEGIN!
PAINT IT BLACK, COVER BY HIDDEN CITIZENS BEGIN PLAYING.
The nuns walk the girl over to the stairs leading into the vat. They begin to walk her down, the black liquid absorbing into her dress and skin. The girl has a blank stare and is looking downâŚbut she looks up for a second and makes eye contact with Ben.
He can tell by the look in her eyes she wants help. Without thinking, his tentacles protrude from his back, one of them wrapping itself around the girl and pulling her towards him. The townspeople stare at him.
Priest: HERETIC!! KILL HIM! HE MEANS TO DEFY GOD'S WORD!
More people in masks run out with guns aiming at Ben. The townspeople try to grab him, but he knocks them away with his free tentacles.
Fei summons more crows to attack the armed men, forcing them to drop their weapons. She runs over to Ben.
Fei: What the hell are you doing?!Â
Ben: She needed help!
He looks down at the girl.
Ben: Are you Zoe Grossman?!
Girl:âŚM-My nameâŚitâs ZoeâŚ
Ben: Fei, câmon! We gotta get her outta here!
Fei: JesusâŚ
The camera cuts to outside of the church, with sounds of people screaming and silhouettes of Ben with his tentacles, people being thrown and Feiâs crows.
Another cut shows Five walking. He turns to the church.
Five: What the hell is happening in there?
A man is suddenly thrown through the window and lands at his feet. He makes a face and crouches down, noticing a maskâŚand tentacle marks with scratches all over.
Theon: He donât look too good, huh?
Five: YeahâŚyou could say that.
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Fei and Ben run out of the church with Zoe, almost stumbling down the steps.
Five: Okay, what did you two idiots do now?
Fei: Ben started it.
Ben: I completed the mission!
Zoe: mission�
Theon: and the mission required fuckin up a church?
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Ben: Can we just go and talk about this later?
Emme:âŚWhy is half of her black?
Ben: Shut up!
He starts moving with Zoe. Fei shrugs and follows behind. Just as the others turn to run, a person with a gun comes out of the church and goes to shoot Five. Five teleports away and Theon forces the man to stiffen up, draining all the blood from his body.
Jackson: Five?! Whereâd he go?
Theon: Who cares? Heâll catch up! Câmon!
Theon grabs him and Emme and begins running. Meanwhile, Five is back at the subwayâŚ
Five takes a look around. Itâs not a coincidence that the second time heâs used his power he ended up here. He begins walking and notices a subway map. As heâs looking at it, a train appears and the doors open.
He slowly steps in and the doors close behind him. He notices a digital sign above him. He attempts to read it but itâs just a bunch of nonsense. The letters are all jumbled up.
The train makes its way to the next stop and the doors open again. He gets off but notices things look the exact same. He goes over to some stairs leading up and follows them, bringing him up to the surface. Heâs back in the town butâŚitâs normal. No decorations for a festival. He sees a newspaper stand and grabs one, reading off the date. The same. A clock in the park, same time. AlthoughâŚhe looks up to see the moonâŚbut shattered. He quickly runs back down into the subway, disappearing onto the next train.
Back with Klaus and Beatriz, theyâre sitting in the car, singing along to the radio. A woman runs up and begins banging on the window. Beatriz grabs onto Klaus as he opens the door.
Klaus: Woah, woah, calm downâŚwhatâs going on?
Woman: I-I need help! My name is Zoe!
Klaus: WoahâŚhey, that was easy finding you! Weâve been looking for you!
He turns around as he hears someone yelling his name. Itâs Diego, running with his siblings as a giant mob chases after them.
Diego: KLAUS!! START THE FUCKING CAR!!!
Klaus startles a bit.
Klaus: I found her! I found Zoe!
Diego catches up with the other siblings.
Ben: Thatâs not Zoe! Sheâs right here!
Klaus:...Then whoâs this?
The woman looks at Klaus and Klaus stares back in confusion. She whispers âThe cleanseâ and stabs him through the stomach. She starts running off but Theon grabs her with his power and twists her neck. Allison rushes over to Klaus and catches him.
Allison: I-Itâs okay! IâŚShit! I heard a rumorâŚyou didn't feel any pain.
He stops writhing as she pulls him into Diegoâs van.
Allison: How do we stop the bleeding!?
Diego takes off his jacket and hands it to her. She puts it over Klausâ wound but the bleeding isn't stopping.
Diego: Why isn't he healing already? Are his powers fucked up?
Klaus: IâŚI diâŚdidn't take the marigoldâŚ
Everyone: WHAT!?
Beatriz: He poured out the alcohol at the bar! I saw him! Heâs finally sober and said he didn't want any! You guys made him feel like he had to!
Allison: Heâs gonna die if we donât give him his powers!
Viktor: He didn't want them, though! We canât just force him!
Allison: Do you want him to die!?
She takes the marigold out of Fiveâs bag. Thereâs enough left to help him. She pours it into Klausâ wound. He takes a gasp of air as his wound heals over. He sits up and stares at her.
Klaus: WhâŚWhat did you doâŚ?
Diego: Great, everyoneâs here, letâsâ
Luther: Whereâs Five!?
Diego: Damnit! Heâll catch up!
Diego starts driving as soon as Five suddenly appears outside of the van. He gets hit and Diego stops.
Diego:...Heâll be okay.
Five gets up and gets into the van, glaring at Diego.
Five: You were gonna leave me?...Then you hit me with your car?
Diego: Dude, you just appeared! How could I anticipate that?!
Five: JesusâJust get us out of here!
Diego steps on the gas, the other car following them. As they drive out of the city, Ben checks over Zoe to ensure sheâs okay.
Ben: Okay, you seem...okay...weâre gonna get you to your dad and youâre gonna be okayâŚ
Zoe: MyâŚmy dad? I donâtâŚI donât have oneâŚ
Before Ben could ask anything, another car slammed into the side of them, forcing the car to roll over. Everyone tries to hold on and cover their faces from the glass shards flying everywhere.Â
Jackson, driving the car behind them, turns the car to avoid the rolling carâŚas he does so, he hears a loud popping sound. The car who had t-boned Diego shot out his tires. The car loses control and crashes into a nearby ditch.
When the chaos subsides, two people, a man and a woman, exit from the still intact car. They walk over to Diegoâs car. The man drags Zoe out of the vehicle and the woman examines Lila. She tsks.
Woman: Nancy, Nancy...whatever are we gonna do with you, hm?
The couple go back to their car and put Zoe inside, driving away. Diego tries to get out but he canât.
He passes outâŚ
