ADMINISTRATOR ANDREA ANDREAS ANDY ART BLINK CAITLIN CHILDREN DETECTIVE ECLIPSE ERG ESME EVANGELINE GLOW HEATHER JACE KID KIDS LAUREN MADELINE MAX OFFICER OFFICER_2 OFFICER_ON_RADIO PAULA PEOPLE PHOEBE POLARIS POLICE_RADIO PURIFIER RAHUL REED REEVA RYAN SHOPKEEPER SOPHIE THUNDERBIRD WILSON WOMAN POLARIS REEVA We're disabling every collar at every prison. Today, the uprising truly begins. THUNDERBIRD Evangeline, you got to give me something. EVANGELINE There is a mutant. Goes by Erg. Lives in the tunnels under D.C. ERG You are welcome to stay here. But you must take the mark. ECLIPSE Clarice and Erg. I saw something between them. BLINK Come on, you really think I'm cheating on you? THUNDERBIRD I don't know what I think anymore. ECLIPSE John. The Purifiers took him. THUNDERBIRD JACE We are gonna start a citizen militia. To take our safety into our own hands. THUNDERBIRD PURIFIER They're inside! BLINK You ready to go home? LAUREN Think of everything Andrea and Andreas Von Strucker did as Fenris CAITLIN The Von Strucker twins are murderers. That has nothing to do with you. LAUREN I really hope so. MADELINE This belonged to Andrea Von Strucker. I think you should have it. ANDREAS Picking up a custom order. Andreas Von Strucker. SHOPKEEPER Mr. Von Strucker. Of course. I was able to do the restoration and perform the modification you requested, but I'm wondering if I might be able to tempt you into selling the instrument? ANDREAS This belonged to someone who was very close to me, who I recently lost. It was like losing a piece of my soul. All our dreams, everything we wanted for our people, are in that box. SHOPKEEPER Mr. Von Strucker- ANDREAS It's not for sale. SHOPKEEPER Well, I had to try. ANDREAS The modification. It's completed? SHOPKEEPER Yes, it's quite remarkable. And I can assure you, the secret is safe with me. ANDREAS Indeed. CAITLIN What's wrong? REED Ever since we got back from rescuing John, she's been like this. She's training and studying. CAITLIN Okay. Isn't that a good thing? REED She just seems different. I'm concerned that fighting alongside Andy has affected her somehow. CAITLIN Of course it did. She saw him try to kill somebody. REED It's not just that. She's obsessed with that music box. With Fenris. CAITLIN She'll be okay. Look, if we're really gonna bring down the Inner Circle, she needs to be ready. Come on. Clarice and Marcos are waiting. ECLIPSE We can't attack Reeva right now. CAITLIN You all saw what the Inner Circle is doing to our son. We have to stop them before it's too late. BLINK You really think fighting them is gonna bring him back? John's still sedated after taking a pound of buckshot to the chest. And you want to start a war? Like, with the four of us? ECLIPSE No, Clarice is right. Security is insane. And the Frosts can see us coming. And Reeva's powers alone will- CAITLIN Okay, so we call for help. REED That might be hard to come by. The Inner Circle just freed thousands of violent mutant criminals. People are scared. CAITLIN All the more reason to act now. Rally the Underground before it's gone. ECLIPSE Well, a lot of the stations have gone dark. We haven't had contact in days. CAITLIN If they won't answer their phones, we bang down their doors. Make them understand. ECLIPSE Okay. I'll drive out to a couple of stations tomorrow, see what I can turn up. None of us want to give up. We just need to be smart. ANDY Hey. You got to check it out. Reeva's got some new people down in the training room. POLARIS New people? What, what new people? ANDY I guess they were in prison, and they escaped when we turned the collars off, but they're badass. Come on, they're about to start. REEVA You're not in prison anymore. We are offering you an opportunity. To join us. To leave your past behind and become a part of something much larger than yourselves. This is your opportunity to be the founders of a nation, to help to create— MAX You know, there's nothing I like more than a good civics lesson, but word is we're gonna be getting our hands dirty. REEVA Close your eyes. Think of every human who has ever done you wrong. MAX I'm liking this so far. REEVA Now imagine the world without them. HEATHER Sounds good to me, Max. When do we start? REEVA After your training. MAX Training? Who needs training? REEVA I am sorry. Let me be clear. This is my house. These are my rules. And what we're planning requires far more than just blowing up chairs. I need discipline. I need commitment. PHOEBE Unless you have other plans. SOPHIE Maybe you'd rather go back to wearing a collar? ESME Because that can be arranged. MAX Beats prison. We're in. ANDY Did you see that? That was awesome. POLARIS I saw it. RYAN REEVA Lorna. How are you? POLARIS I need to talk to you. About these new recruits. Did you think I wouldn't recognize them? This is the crew that took down the Ignavus cruise ship. Thousands of people died, they're mass murderers. REEVA How do you think nations are founded? You took down that Trask plane, you should understand. POLARIS No, I I understand collateral damage. But the thousands of people on that ship, they were- REEVA Innocent? RYAN These animals, and let's be honest, folks, that's exactly what they are, animals, they're stalking our neighborhoods, our streets. REEVA Membership in the Purifiers is up over 70%. Every single person without an X-Gene is a potential soldier in their army, and that is why these new recruits are here. To hit the humans with such force, so hard, that they will be too scared to fight. POLARIS And in the meantime, I'm out? REEVA You are royalty. Their job is to destroy. Yours is to build from the ashes. You will see. Your time will come. RYAN I would never advocate violence. But I will stand for the rights of anyone who feels the need to defend their lives or their family's lives from a mutant attack. Until next time, friends, stay vigilant. Stay safe. RYAN Mr. Turner, thank you for coming to see me so quickly. JACE Absolutely. Listen, we need to talk about what happened- RYAN In my office. JACE The mutants that supposedly died in Atlanta are alive. They're the ones that attacked the Purifier compound, we need to get it out there. RYAN This is our moment. We can't get distracted by personal vendettas. JACE No, it's. I just signed divorce papers with my wife, she thought I was crazy for thinking they were alive. RYAN I know you've sacrificed, Turner. I want your sacrifice to matter. Americans are worried about the 6,000 mutant criminals loose in their backyards. I'm offering you a chance to be a hero. Make America safe. Isn't that what you want? JACE Of course it is. RYAN Good. 'Cause we need to keep the citizen militias out there, showing the people that the Purifiers are part of the solution. Showing people they can stand up to the mutant menace. Once we win over America's hearts, then we can talk about Atlanta. LAUREN PEOPLE ANDREAS Andrea! ANDREA Andreas. CAITLIN Lauren? LAUREN ANDREAS LAUREN CAITLIN Oh, God. It's all right. You're safe now. Just breathe. LAUREN CAITLIN Your heart rate's down. You sure you're not hurt? LAUREN I'm fine, I promise. REED Never seen your powers behave that way before. What you did to the dresser and the lamp. CAITLIN In the dream, was Andy? LAUREN It wasn't with Andy. REED Well, if it wasn't with Andy, what was it? LAUREN I don't remember. REED You guys stay here, I'll get that. Hey, Mr. Rael. Everything okay? ART You tell me. I got calls from your neighbors about noise. REED Right. My, my daughter, she had a seizure. She's doing better now, but we'll try and keep the noise down, okay, thanks. ART Could I get a word, privately? REED Of course. ART This isn't the first time we've had issues. I see the news and they are cracking down on landlords renting to. REED My daughter is sick, Art. That's all. ART I just I need to be sure. REED I know. It's a scary time. ART You have a nice day. REED All right. ART And tell, uh, Lila, right? REED My daughter? Lila, yeah. ART Well, tell Lila I hope she feels better. REED Thanks. Thanks, Art. JACE All right, a couple sightings reported in Columbia Heights. You guys head over there. PURIFIER Where do you want us to hit first? WILSON Jace. JACE Check the churches and the shelters, all right? Keep your eyes and ears open. Hey. PURIFIER All right, you heard him, let's load it up. JACE What's up, man? WILSON What the hell is going on? JACE I had a little, uh, little chat with our friend. He wants us to hit the streets right away. WILSON I introduced you to that friend. I built this chapter, and all I get is a text? JACE Hold on, hold on, Ted. I'm not trying to shut you out, man. And, you know, I know you got hit pretty hard at the compound. WILSON Not just me. Jace, men died at that compound. Kyle may never walk again a-and you just want to rush right back out there. JACE I know it's quick. It was made very clear to me this is a top priority, I had to move fast. I got a group ready to go to Anacostia. There's some escaped mutants out there. It would mean a lot to me if you'd come. Come on. BLINK How's he doing? CAITLIN I'm not exactly sure how he heals, only that it's faster than normal. I hoped he'd be better by now. BLINK CAITLIN Hey, it's just taking some time. He'll be out there where we need him soon. BLINK Back out there so he can get shot again. Great. CAITLIN When Reed first started out as a prosecutor, he was put on an organized crime case. And during the trial, one day his car wouldn't start. So, we called AAA. And they found a bomb. Basically, he lived because he bought a lousy car battery. Afterwards, I begged him to go into private practice, or just transfer divisions, but he said he had to go back. Look, I-I've been married for 20 years. People bend, they adapt, but they don't change. This is who John is. And who the world needs him to be. BLINK Yeah, but what about what I need him to be? CAITLIN You love each other. It's gonna be okay. Marcos? How's it going? ECLIPSE Well, not great. The leaders from Dover station fled for Canada. There's a couple of mutants left, but they got no combat powers and even less interest in fighting. It's not good, but it's not over. I've still got a few more stops. CAITLIN All right. Be careful. ECLIPSE Yeah, you got to be kidding. Lorna, what is this? POLARIS I need your help. ECLIPSE So you carjack me? POLARIS Okay. Will you just listen? ECLIPSE No, no. It's time that you listen. You decided to leave me for the Inner Circle. And you decided that I didn't get to be there when Dawn was born. And then you decided to give her away. And then, you decided to kiss me out of nowhere, and then leave again. Enough. Lorna, Enough. POLARIS Look, I'm not here about us, Marcos. I'm here because I need your help. Please. I know how you feel. I know you hate me right now. It's Reeva, okay? She's planning something. Something terrible. ECLIPSE Seriously? What, your, uh, your race war isn't turning out like you hoped? POLARIS Marcos, she has the team from the Ignavus cruise ship massacre. They murdered thousands. I knew that a mutant homeland would mean sacrifice, but I was willing to kill or die for that dream. But there are lines. There have to be. Marcos, these mutants, they killed families. Children. Reeva looked me in the eye and told me that's why she needed them, because she wants to do something so monstrous that it changes the world forever. I need to stop her. I I can't do that by myself. I'm sorry. Okay? I'm sorry. How I treated you was wrong. And if you don't want to forgive me, fine, don't. But you help me. You help me, Marcos Diaz. You help me because you are too good of a man to let people die just 'cause I suck at love. BLINK Wow! My mind is completely blown. Lorna's actually turning on the Inner Circle? ECLIPSE Yeah. I know. It was a leap for me, too. BLINK Do you want the understatement of the year award sent to your house? ECLIPSE You know what scares me? Whatever Reeva's doing is bad enough to change Lorna's mind. BLINK So what are we gonna do? ECLIPSE I was thinking we could go to the Morlocks. BLINK This is just keeps getting better and better. You want to go to the Morlocks? Last I checked, you called me a traitor for even talking to them. ECLIPSE We need to figure out what's happening in the Inner Circle, and they have eyes all over the city. They're the only ones. BLINK You're unbelievable. REED You saw what I saw. She's obsessed with that music box. Her powers are changing. She's becoming more violent, more powerful. CAITLIN Maybe that's not entirely bad. If Lauren's stronger- REED Andy went down this same path. He was obsessed with my family history, the power. CAITLIN Andy was brainwashed. REED The song that's playing on the music box is called "The Erlking." It's about an evil force that steals children, and the parents who ignore it. CAITLIN WILSON What is this place? JACE The youth shelter. Got some reports about escaped criminals posing as homeless. I'll be damned if they're gonna endanger kids. WILSON We got any hard intel? If this is all just fishing- JACE Hey, who doesn't love fishing? ADMINISTRATOR This is a safe space for homeless youth. You-you cannot just barge in here. JACE People saw some fugitives around here. We just need to take a look. ADMINISTRATOR Yeah. A bunch of guys with guns? I-If you were cops with a warrant, maybe, but. WILSON Hey. Slow down. I'm an off duty officer. This is a public place. The guns are licensed. We have every right to be here. JACE Hey. Hey! KIDS Whoa whoa whoa. ADMINISTRATOR You can't go up there. WOMAN What's going on? ADMINISTRATOR Those kids haven't done anything wrong! KID Get my stuff man, quick! RAHUL This way! Quick! JACE No, no! You better hope your power's faster than a bullet 'cause I will shoot you. WILSON Don't do anything stupid. We just have a few questions. JACE There you go. There you go. BLINK Any sense of when I get to hear you admit you're the world's biggest hypocrite? ECLIPSE Look, what do you want me to say? BLINK Feel free to make it your own, but I'm thinking some version of “I was wrong, Clarice. I'm a total jerk” would be great. ECLIPSE We're trying to stop a terror attack here, okay? BLINK So you can't even apologize? I mean, you love to point out everybody else's flaws. When you went behind my back to John to talk about me and this place, damn, you hurt me. And him. ECLIPSE I'm sorry, Clarice. You know, I-I've got my own issues. This thing with Lorna- I'm-I'm really struggling to make sense of it. I am sorry. BLINK Apology accepted. Now suck it up. It's game time. ERG I got the message you were coming down, Blink. What's going on? ECLIPSE Uh, Blink? You're Blink now? BLINK Yeah, I am, Eclipse. Relax. ERG You brought him? BLINK I'm regretting it. I need to talk to you. I wouldn't come down here unless it was important. Please just hear me out. ERG Come. GLOW Nice to see you again. You never call, you never text. ECLIPSE I'm sorry. The service down here's terrible. MAX Cheers, man. Mm. POLARIS Great work at training today. MAX Oh, that? Come on, that was nothing. You should have seen the boom when I was busting out of the joint. I'm still, uh, I'm still working the kinks out. POLARIS You took down the Ignavus cruise ship. That's legendary. MAX You're Lorna Dane, right? Yeah, your pops was, like, my hero when I was a kid. Now that dude, that dude was an O.G. POLARIS Yeah. You probably knew him better than I did, but thanks. So, what's Reeva got you doing? MAX Well, Sentinel Services had us in three separate hellholes. We haven't even seen each other in years. We're getting back in the groove. POLARIS I mean, I'm just curious when I get to see the legend in action. You must have some idea of what you're hitting. MAX Do you want to know the secret to my long and illustrious career? As long as I get paid, I don't ask questions. LAUREN CAITLIN Somebody steal our bottle opener? LAUREN Oh. Sorry, I know I shouldn't be using my powers inside. CAITLIN It's probably not the best idea, but you're working on getting better. It's pretty cool. Your father is concerned about you. LAUREN I know. I like getting stronger and learning about my family, but it's overwhelming sometimes. CAITLIN Lauren, if we're gonna win this fight, we can't take anything off the table. LAUREN What is it? It's the police. REED Cait, how many were there? CAITLIN Two came inside our building. REED You go in the bedroom, I'll handle it. CAITLIN No, Reed, if they see the destruction in Lauren's room. OFFICER Police! Open the door! REED Go. I'll take care of it. CAITLIN Okay. REED Good afternoon, officer. OFFICER Palms and eyes to the floor. REED You can't just come- OFFICER Palms and eyes to the floor now! We got a report of mutant activity in the area. Slowly and carefully reach into your pocket and hand us your ID. REED You can't just come into my home without a search warrant. OFFICER I can if I've got probable cause. I just heard a crash. CAITLIN Get ready. LAUREN There's nowhere to escape. CAITLIN Lauren, if it comes to it, I need you to do whatever you can to get us out of here. We are not leaving in cuffs. LAUREN Okay, I got an idea. Go out there and tell them that you saw mutants in the street and you think they're going to attack. OFFICER Reach into your pocket and show me your ID. REED It's right there on the table. I won't. OFFICER Dispatch, I need you to run an ID check for me. CAITLIN What are you doing? OFFICER Hands and eyes to the ground! REED Honey, do what he says! CAITLIN No! He's in here harassing you while these muties terrorize our neighborhood. OFFICER What are you talking about? CAITLIN Are you blind? There are mutants out on the street right now, and you're in here pointing your guns at innocent citizens? OFFICER 2 Look out! Did you see where that came from? OFFICER ON RADIO 10-80-M, I repeat 10-80-M, requesting immediate assistance. CAITLIN There! What did I tell you? OFFICER 10-4. 20 on suspect? OFFICER ON RADIO Negative and looking. OFFICER 2 Over there! POLICE RADIO Suspect believed heading east down west alley. 11-99. OFFICER 10-4. En route. Let's go. ECLIPSE So, you're actually enjoying this? GLOW Yeah. Been teaching some of the kids. Feels good to be needed again. I'm getting used to it, the mark. ECLIPSE I'm sorry. No, I just feel bad for bringing you down here when you can- GLOW Hey. You did so much. The sacrifices you make to help mutants in trouble- ECLIPSE Can I, uh? GLOW Yeah. ECLIPSE I'm sorry. I. GLOW It's your ex, isn't it? The one you told me about. You still have feelings for her. ECLIPSE Uh, it's a lot more complicated than that. No, I. She treated me like garbage, and she tore the world to pieces, and now wants me to help her put it back together. You know, when I think about her, I just I feel sad and and angry. I wish I was stronger. GLOW You can only be that angry at someone you love. It doesn't take strength to hate someone. It takes strength to forgive them. CHILDREN BLINK The Inner Circle's up to something big. We need to know what. ERG Now what you're asking, it's no small thing. BLINK I know, I get that you don't care about the people up there, but- ERG Is that what you think? That I don't care? BLINK Well, yeah. I mean, you're always talking about "the people above." ERG I wasn't born in a tunnel. But when I came here, I made a commitment to this place. My first priority is to protect them. As I would protect you if you chose to join us. BLINK I-I can't. They need me up there. I won't let people die because I did nothing. ERG I can't fight your war, Blink. But there is something I can give you. JACE So what, you haven't seen anything? RAHUL Yes! I don't know anything about no escaped mutants. JACE All right. Then why'd you run? You know who runs? People with something to hide. RAHUL You're not the cops. You can't tell me- JACE Just just tell us what we want to know. We can both move on. RAHUL I swear. I don't know anything. JACE Then why did you run? RAHUL Because you're purifiers. Y'all are like the Klan. My granddaddy didn't need a reason to run from the Klan, neither did yours. JACE Look, kid this isn't about hate. I don't have a problem with mutants if they’re following the law. I don't. I just- What happened? Tell me what the hell happened? WILSON He was using his powers. He-he-he lifted his hands. JACE Oh, my God. Oh, my God. We need an ambulance here now! Somebody call an ambulance! JACE What did you do? WILSON I don't know. It just happened. JACE You shot a kid in the chest. That doesn't just happen. WILSON I was afraid for my life. He came at me, and I-I. JACE There's blood all over the back of his chair, Ted. Like he was sitting down. WILSON Jace, I don't-I don’t know what to say. JACE How'd he come at you if he was sitting down. WILSON I didn't even want to be here! I'm gonna be a cop in prison. Do you know what that means? JACE We had info that some escaped fugitives came through here, so. DETECTIVE I know why you were here. I'm asking what happened. I got a dead kid, a shooter who isn't talking. I need anything you can give me. Did you see anything or not? JACE I heard a commotion. I came into the room, I saw the kid looking like he was ready to attack, and Officer Wilson stood his ground. DETECTIVE All right, then. LAUREN Why were they here? Do you think the building manager said something? REED We'll get back to that. What matters right now is that you used your powers and you could've been seen, you could've been heard. CAITLIN I told her to do it, Reed. And it worked. REED So this was your idea? CAITLIN If they searched the apartment, we would all be in jail. REED We talked about this. We talked about the music box, we talked about all of it. I thought we were on the same page here, Cait. CAITLIN No. You decided we needed to be on your page. We are not holding Lauren back. Not now. There's too much at stake. LAUREN I can handle this. POLARIS I can only stay for a second. They'll notice I'm gone soon. ECLIPSE Did you find out what Reeva's planning? POLARIS Not yet. Either no one knows what the attack plan is, or no one's saying. What about you? ECLIPSE I'm not sure. POLARIS Well, what is it? Did you find something? ECLIPSE Clarice and I got a tip about something at a train yard. The Morlocks say someone swept all the security. It's probably nothing. I'll check it out. I'll let you know. POLARIS Wait, if there's something, I should go. ECLIPSE Lorna, it's not- POLARIS Look, we are in this situation because of me. It's my fault. I treated you terribly. ECLIPSE Uh. I've been waiting so long to hear those words. I've been so angry for so long. About losing you, about losing our family. And I keep wondering when I'll crack, when I'll when I'll give up. And then I don't. Why can't I? I just wanted you to be safe. POLARIS Look, all I ever wanted was a little place for us. You, me, and Dawn. And I know, I know you think I gave up on you, I understand why, but you have to know, you have to know that I never never did. RYAN We're talking about an incident today where our citizen militia had to stop a dangerous mutant by force. Folks, this wasn't even one of the escaped prisoners. This animal was in a homeless shelter for children. What would've happened if Jace Turner and Ted Wil- JACE Paula? PAULA Hey, Jace. Can you talk? JACE Yeah. Yeah. PAULA Well, um, I just felt I-I had to call. I've been watching The Ryan Hour. JACE Really? I thought-I thought you hated that show. PAULA What you did, saving those kids, Grace would be proud of you. JACE Yeah, I don't know about that, baby. I I don't know PAULA I know it's hard. Maybe if we saw each other. JACE Paula, I love you. I love you, but I got to go. PAULA Jace. THUNDERBIRD Wow, Was I out long enough for you to learn how to cook? BLINK Long enough for me to learn how to open a can. I don't know why they don't just have lids like all the other containers. Be normal, cans. THUNDERBIRD Hey, um. When I was in that room, with the Purifiers, I kept thinking about you. What I said about you and Erg. BLINK John, we don't have to talk about this right now. THUNDERBIRD No, no. Yeah. It's important. Okay? I-I lost Pulse, and I lost Dreamer. And it's hard for me to be this close with someone. I get scared, so lose someone else that I love. BLINK I, uh John, I don't want to lose you, too. I'm scared. THUNDERBIRD Hello? EVANGELINE John. It's Evangeline. I'm gathering the regional leaders of the Underground for a meeting. THUNDERBIRD Wh-When? EVANGELINE We're working out the details. John, I should have listened to you in Philadelphia. You were right. The Underground is collapsing. We can't let that happen. I'm calling to tell you Gather your people. Be ready. BLINK What? THUNDERBIRD It was Evangeline. She's gathering the Underground. To fight. ANDREAS ART Lila? Nice to see you're feeling better. What can I do for you? LAUREN The police stopped by today. ART They've just been performing random spot checks because of the prison breaks. LAUREN They only came to our apartment. ART Maybe one of the neighbors because of the noise. LAUREN The neighbors who heard the noise called you. ART I just wanted to make sure there weren't mutants. LAUREN Well, there are mutants, Mr. Rael. Like me. And if you ever come after my family again. ART Oh, my God. LAUREN there will be consequences. And if you talk to anyone. ART I-I won't say anything, I swear! God! LAUREN I know you won't, because in this world anyone could be a mutant. You don't know who they are. You're never safe. POLARIS We've been waiting out here for hours. You think Erg made a mistake? ECLIPSE He told Clarice that someone swept all of the security in the area. This has got to be Reeva. POLARIS I still don't get it. I mean, the Inner Circle is the most secure place I've ever seen. There's no reason to come here. ECLIPSE Unless Reeva's doing something she doesn't want anyone else to know. Who is that? POLARIS That's Benedict Ryan. From Hawk News, an anti-mutant crusader. ECLIPSE What is Reeva doing with Benedict Ryan? POLARIS I don't know.