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KARA: When I was a child,
my planet Krypton was dying.

I was sent to Earth to protect my cousin.

But my pod got knocked off-course

and by the time I got here,

my cousin had already grown
up and become Superman.

I hid who I really was

until one day, when an accident forced
me to reveal myself to the world.

To most people,
I'm a reporter at CatCo Worldwide Media.

But in secret, I work with my
adoptive sister for the DEO

to protect my city from alien life

and anyone else
that means to cause it harm.

I am Supergirl.

KARA: Previously on Supergirl...

I want to do something
good for the world.

You can make me a suit.

I will help you.

- I didn't know you were into girls.
- I'm not.

There's some truth to what you said.

KARA: You were fired.

So, does this mean
I don't need to get a job?

- You still need to get a job.
- Right.

I'm a member
of an organization called Cadmus.

Dr. Jones,
there's something you need to see.

Has the permafrost thawing accelerated?

It's already melting at a rate that'll put
Helsinki underwater in the next decade.

Sir, we don't know what this is.

- A frozen wolf?
- We found a stone spearhead in the body.

It dates to around 3000 B.C.

So, Bronze Age Vikings visited Svalbard.

I mean...

We're studying climate change,
not archeology, Doctor.

Touch it.

This wolf has been trapped in the ice
for over 5,000 years.

Okay.

It's not possible. It's still warm.

One hour out of the ice,

the tissue is soft,

and at a normal body temperature.

WOMAN: What the hell survives
5,000 years under ice?

You mean besides a disease?

Hey!

- Help me! (SCREAMS)
- (FLESH RIPPING)

Aldebaran rum. Deadly to humans,

but a refreshing cocktail
for the two of you.

Did you order this thing?

- Did I order this thing?
- No, it's from Giggles.

Oh!

- She's blue.
- Hi!

This is unbelievable.

That's the fourth round of drinks
some girl has sent over.

Your friends are nice.

Yeah, yeah.
I'm lucky to have them in my life.

Makes being here on Earth
a little less lonely.

Working here does that for me.

I'm glad we found this place.

I am, too.

KARA: Hey, hello?

Can you stop flirt-drinking
for one second?

- Okay.
- You have been dodging me for days.

You promised me we would talk about a job.

- (GROANS)
- Even if it's not CatCo, you have to work.

- I've found work. Mmm-hmm.
- That's great!

- What is it?
- Uh...

Various things, and odds...

- Odds and ends.
- At least, let me train you.

You have all these powers and you're
not learning how to control them.

- I can control things.
- That's dangerous.

- You have to know how to--
- (GLASS SHATTERS)

This was not the prime example of that.

- (SIGHS)
- I'll make a trade with you.

You drink this drink,
and I will train with you.

I don't think so.

You scared?

(SCOFFS) Oh, my God.

That was very quick.

How do you feel?

Floaty.

- But I'm not floating.
- No, you're sitting.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

- Yes.
- And, ha! Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!

You have to train with me now!

(GROANS)

- Tomorrow.
- Anything you say.

Whoa. That hits you fast.
(GASPS)

- I'm gonna get us two more drinks.
- I'm gonna clean up while you're gone.

Hey. Hey.

Hey!

(SLURRING) Hey, you look like my sister.

Are you slurring your words?

Am I?

(SLOWLY) Chocolate.

- Chocolate.
- Wow!

Kara Danvers drunk.

That's a first.

- (SNICKERING)
- Hey, have... Wow!

Well, hey, have you seen...

You know what... I'm driving you home.

I'm not flying. That's for sure.
(CHUCKLES)

Danvers. You're alive.

Yeah. Uh... Sorry.

For what?

Well, for coming in here
and dropping a bomb on you.

That's not the first bomb
that's ever been dropped on me.

- How you doing with all that?
- (SIGHS)

I just...

I don't know what to do now.

You know, I mean, I'm almost 30.
(GIGGLES)

And I feel like a kid again.

Well, everyone's experience is different.
I can only tell you what I did.

- Which was what?
- I came out to my family.

- How did they take it?
- Well, uh...

My dad isn't exactly known
for his open-mindedness,

but he was pretty good.

And, so was my mom.

Maybe it's just a phase.

You know, maybe it isn't real.

No, it's real. You're real.

And you deserve to have
a real, full, happy life.

Okay? Tell your family.

This is the biggest thing
that's ever happened to you,

and you shouldn't have to do it alone.

- I have you.
- Yeah, you do.

And I'm good for a drink
when you come out.

- You promise?
- Cross my heart.

(CELL PHONE CHIMES)

I have to go.

- I'm fine, I'm fine.
- Yes, I'm sure you are.

- Everything is fine.
- Let's just take a seat.

- Come on, there you go.
- Okay, okay. Where do...

- Hey, you're really tall.
- Mmm-hmm.

Where did you go? Oh!

- Hi.
- What's the emergency, Mr. Schott?

- Is she drunk?
- Mon-El took me to happy hour.

- Of course he did.
- He knows how to drink drinks.

Of course he does.

- Come on, let's move it along.
- Yeah, okay.

Thorul Arctic Research Station in Norway.

(CRYING) Please! Please!

It's not human!

So, after this SOS went out, nobody has
been able to get in touch with them.

The government put the whole place
under quarantine

until the DEO could investigate.

(SIGHS) All right.
Supergirl and I will fly up there.

Alex and I will take the jet. Let's go.

Have you ever seen anything like it?

- No.
- It's like something sucked him dry.

(METAL CLATTERING)

- Who's there?
- Come on out!

DR. JONES: Cold...

(WEAKLY) Cold. Cold.

He's gone into shock.

We better get him back to the DEO.

They're all dead, aren't they?

I'm sorry.

You've been through a lot
in the last 24 hours.

I would like to keep you for observation.

Global warming isn't taking a break.

Our planet is being destroyed.

And not by any invader or army, by us.

Just taking it for granted.

My colleagues gave their lives
to stop climate change.

I'm still here.

I have to carry on in their name.

We may need to ask you further questions.

You can find me
at National City University.

All right.

(RETCHING)

(COUGHS)

(STRAINING)

(GROANING) Okay.

I slipped.

Better. Again.

(GROANING) Yeah, okay.

Less better. Again.

(SUPERGIRL CLEARS THROAT)

(CHUCKLING) Come on.

- Too hard?
- No, I'm fine.

- (EXHALES HEAVILY)
- Again.

(GRUNTS) Okay...

Is this because I got you drunk?

Let's never discuss that again.

- You need a break?
- (SNIFFS)

- Okay, I accept your surrender.
- Ha, ha.

This is serious.

You have to learn how to defend yourself.

How often do you plan on attacking me?

I'm training you. So that, one day,

if you are so inclined,
you can make a difference.

- And what if that's not me?
- Sure it is.

(DOOR OPENS)

Kara, hey, can I talk to you? Alone?

So, what's going on? Is something wrong?

No, no. I, um... (CLEARS THROAT)

Just, uh...

I wanted to talk to you about something.

Something about me.

Alex, whatever it is, you can tell me.

It's about Maggie.

Your cop friend.

She and I started working
on a couple of cases together.

And, you know, we started
hanging out after work.

(STUTTERING)
And, you know, I started, um,

thinking about her.

I don't know what that means.

I mean... Um... (CLEARS THROAT)

I started to

develop

feelings for her.

Feelings? Like...

Yeah.

Those... Those... Those feelings.

Oh.

So, Maggie thought that I should

tell you, and so I did.

I just... I just did.

So...

So, she's gay?

Yeah.

And are you saying you're gay, too?

(SIGHS) I don't know.
I'm just trying to make sense of it all.

It's so complicated.

Alex, it kind of sounds like
you're coming out to me.

Have you felt like this before?

Not like this.

- Have you ever been with a girl?
- No.

- Never.
- Okay, what's different?

I know you haven't
been dating much lately--

This isn't because
I haven't found the right guy.

I never said it was. I'm just...

I'm just trying to understand, okay?

You know, I'm up all night

just thinking about it.

And if I'm being honest,
you know, I realize that

maybe I've had thoughts like this before.

Do you remember my best friend
in high school?

- Vicki Donahue?
- Yeah, I remember Vicki.

You guys had a really bad
falling out, right?

I used to love sleeping over at her house.

In her room.

In her bed.

And I think, uh...

I think I felt something then,

and it scared me.

You know, because the next thing I knew

I'm fighting with her
over something so stupid.

And we just...

We just drifted apart.

I...

I shoved that memory down
so deep inside that

it's like it never happened.

I'm remembering stuff like that now.

So, are you and Maggie like, um...

- I mean, do you know if she likes you?
- I don't know. I...

I don't really want
to talk about it anymore.

- Alex.
- (SIGHS)

DR. JONES: The organism seems to be
absorbing my red blood cells,

rewriting my DNA into something new.

We're not two distinct beings any longer.

We've become one.

One greater than the sum of its parts.

Jones! You should be at home, resting.

After what you have been through.

What I've been through is extraordinary.

It has energized me
to continue my work with a new fervor.

The world's not going to end overnight.

Not today.

But one day soon.

I'm right about this.

The world is changing,
and not for the better.

(SCOFFS) Perhaps you better take
more than a day off, Dr. Jones.

Your erroneous obsession
with climate catastrophes

might be better indulged
at a different institution.

- You're firing me?
- It's not the first time I've had cause.

No.

No, we don't accept that.

"We"?

- You and who else?
- We.

So, I analyzed the laptops
of the dead scientists up at Thorul.

I found some kind of video
of an autopsy on a Dr. Bailey's computer.

Here we go.

WOMAN: What the hell survives
5,000 years in ice?

DR. JONES: You mean besides a disease?

(SCREAMING)

WOMAN: Are you all right?
WINN: Oh.

(WOMAN GASPING)

- WOMAN: Please!
- Dr. Jones.

- It's not human!
- He's infected.

Oh, God!

- Dr. Jones?
- Alex.

It's just like the other bodies
we found up in the Arctic.

I guess we know why Rudy Jones
was the only survivor.

- He killed them all.
- DR. JONES: You can't stop us.

You can't stop what we're changing into.

This planet is being destroyed
by the human race,

which lives only to suck the life from it.

Like parasites.

- Only we can save it.
- Sorry, pal.

Saving the world's my job.

- (GRUNTS)
- (ENERGY BUZZING)

Such power.

We like it.

(SUPERGIRL GROANS)

What just happened?

Whatever was under the ice
is inside Dr. Jones.

But it's not killing him.
It needs him to feed.

And I figured out which alien!

Parasitus alienus,

if we're going by
the Wile E. Coyote classification system.

(CHUCKLES)

It's an alien parasite, guys. Come on.

It's probably from the Angon system.

Most likely got stuck here
during the ice age.

So, it finds a host, feeds off whatever
energy the host comes into contact with,

turning them into those husks we found.

(STUTTERS) It's more than just food.

The second he touched me,
he got more powerful.

The more he absorbs,
the more dangerous he is.

Kara, you all right?

I'm fine. (GASPS)

Agent Schott,
start looking into the other victims

Dr. Jones might be targeting.

Supergirl, go home and rest.

You'll need your strength
for the next fight.

- I want to help.
- James, we got this.

I should come with you
just to make sure you're okay.

No, no. I'm okay. Don't worry.

How did you even hear about what happened?

Oh, you know, reporters,
they have their anonymous sources.

You know, I'm going to show you out,
photojournalist James Olsen.

God.

So, what, are you out of your mind?

- Like, what's--
- Are you?

Kara almost died, Winn!

You think that I don't know that?

I... Get out of here.

Look, I'm sorry, okay?

I know I don't hold the copyright
on caring for Kara.

But we're out of time, man.
I need that suit now.

- When it's ready, I'll will let you know.
- No. Now, Winn!

Are you serious?

No, no. I'm not taking orders from you.

Dude, I'm not your assistant.

- I'm not the IT guy.
- I know.

I'm the guy who knows
what he's talking about.

- I know.
- In fact...

I am better at this kind of stuff
than anyone else you will ever meet!

Until I finish making it all fancy,

it's just going to be
a glorified Halloween costume.

So, when I tell you the suit is not ready,

that means, if you go out there right now,
you're going to die!

You will die.

(SIGHS)

And then what?
You're not going to be helping anyone.

(SOFTLY) Okay.

- James--
- Okay.

Okay.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER ON TV)

I said I was fine.
You didn't need to check on me.

I'm not checking on you.

You've been weird ever since I told you.

- I don't mean to be.
- Kara, I know when you're sad.

Or when you're disappointed.

I don't know what I would do
if you were disappointed in me.

I would never be disappointed in you,

but you said you
didn't want to talk about it anymore.

- Well, I do if you're not okay with it.
- I am so okay with it.

(EXHALES)

Sit down.

Alex...

Come and talk with me.

(SIGHS)

I...

I think I owe you an apology.

For what?

For not

creating an environment where you felt
like you could talk about this with me.

All those years
we spent together growing up,

the endless nights talking and sharing...

Now I realize that they were
all about me and my secret.

There's never been room for you,
and that's my fault.

And I'm so sorry.

- You didn't do anything wrong.
- And I know...

I know that this is not the same at all,

but I do know how it feels

to keep a part of yourself shut off,

to keep it inside.

And I know how lonely
that can make you feel.

But, Alex, you are not alone.

(SIGHS)

- I can't do this without you.
- You don't have to.

So what about Maggie? What's she like?

(SNIFFLES)

I, um...

I just like her so much.

You know she's so...

She's smart, and she's tough,
and she's just

beautiful.

- She's so beautiful.
- So are you.

(SIGHS)

(SIGHS)

(CELL PHONE CHIMES)

(CHUCKLES)

Oh, DEO's reporting an alien attacking
civilians in an alleyway downtown.

I'll go get the alien.

You get the girl.

(CHUCKLES)

(SIGHS)

MAN: Stand back, okay?

- Hold it!
- (MAN GROANING)

Hey!

- Mon-El?
- Uh...

Okay, before you say anything,
you should know that

this gentleman here...

Stand up, Brian.

Hi, there.

Brian here has a bad habit
of not paying back his debts promptly.

BRIAN: I do.

And, if his bookie wants to pay me
to help him improve his habits,

I mean, who am I to say no, right?

(CHUCKLES) I mean,
who's the victim here, really?

- Run along, Brian.
- Yes, ma'am.

Are you kidding me?

This is how you're using your powers?

As muscle for hire?

It's a living.

- A temporary living.
- You're supposed to help people.

You cannot use your powers for money.

- Why? Don't you?
- Absolutely not!

Well, that's a missed
opportunity, 'cause--

This goes against everything we stand for.

Um, everything you stand for.

Look, I never said
I wanted to save the world.

Things in this world cost money,

and if I can make a few bucks
using my powers, why shouldn't I?

- Okay, I get it.
- What?

- No, don't. You are so selfish.
- Oh, okay.

I don't know what else
I should have expected from a...

From what?

- From a Daxamite?
- I didn't say that.

Yeah, but you were going to, Kara.

Okay, and I may have your powers,
but I don't have this...

This innate desire
to go leaping into trouble.

But that doesn't make me
a bad person, all right?

- It kind of does.
- No, it doesn't.

- (STUTTERS) You're no saint, Kara Zor-El!
- Excuse me?

You fly around, rescuing people,

like you're just pure of heart,
but that is crap.

Because you love that attention,
you love people loving you.

You are not selfless.

And you are no hero.

I thought you could be, but I was wrong.

- Kara...
- (AIR WHOOSHING)

I need to punch somebody.

- Your timing's perfect.
- Your IT prophet has a lead.

ALEX: Rand O'Reilly. He's a lobbyist
for climate-change deniers.

He's also on the board of
National City University.

He's been working behind the scenes
to oust Rudy Jones for a long time.

Where is he now?

- (CAR ALARM CHIRPS)
- DR. JONES: Mr. O'Reilly.

We've never had the pleasure
of meeting in person.

Dr. Rudy Jones.

You had me fired.

If you're looking to get your job back,
that's not gonna happen.

No. I'm looking to stop you
before you harm our world

anymore than you already have.

(AIR WHOOSHING)

You're sick, Rudy.

- You need to come with me.
- Not before we drain him.

Well, I'm afraid Mr. O'Reilly
isn't on the menu tonight.

This planet doesn't take too kindly
to parasites.

This planet is dying,
and we've been chosen to save it.

(GRUNTING)

- (ENERGY BUZZING)
- (CHOKES)

(GROWLING)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

Agents down!

Something changed when Dr. Jones
drained Kara and J'onn at the same time.

I don't know. It might be one too
many alien DNAs in his system,

but he's mutated.

Okay, well, that's something
the DEO can handle, right?

Any updates?

Sorry, I have to go.

Are they going to be all right?

ALEX: Kara will be, eventually, yeah.

The yellow sun lamps
are bringing her back very slowly.

Way too slowly,
if this thing attacks again.

- And J'onn?
- He's lost a lot of blood.

Yeah, and hard to get a transfusion
when you're the last son of Mars.

He's the last son,

but he's not the last.

Stay here. Monitor them.
You let me know if anything changes.

Hey, you.

We can't wait any longer.

The real Rand O'Reilly is due to speak

at a climate-change deniers
conference this evening.

Just lots of evildoers in expensive shoes.

And since Dr. Jones seems to be
targeting environmental enemies...

- He's not going to be able to resist.
- Come on. (GRUNTS)

- I better suit up.
- Hey, hey.

(EXHALES)

Before you open it,

I need you to make sure you are sure.

All right, this will be
the end of James Olsen.

Full stop.
You do this, you are someone else.

There's a cost.

- Are you sure?
- I've been ready to do this

since the day I found out
the truth about Clark Kent.

This is who I am.

I can't hide behind my camera anymore.

If there's a cost,

I'll pay it.

That's a pretty good answer.

(CHUCKLES)

M'gann, thank God you're here.

- What's wrong?
- J'onn needs your help.

- Is he okay?
- No, he's in really bad shape.

Yeah, uh, just let me get my stuff.

Okay.

- Thirsty?
- Not particularly.

I've just found that drinking
is the fastest way to get drunk, so...

This city could really use
a hero right about now.

Fighting rampaging creatures
isn't on my resume.

Oh, that's right. Kara told me.

Uh, beating people up
for money is though, right?

Hey, here's an idea. Why don't you go
believe in somebody else, Alex?

Thanks.

I don't believe in you, Mon-El.

I suspect you're a coward,

and that you would run
at the first sign of danger.

My sister, she's the one
who believes in you.

That's why she's so upset
with you all the time.

She thinks you have potential.

To make a difference, like she does.

To be a hero.

- I don't know how.
- You can start by standing up.

Like the rest of us.

What happened to him?

He was attacked by a parasitic organism.

His vitals are getting worse.

We don't have much time.

(STUTTERS)
What can I do? I'm not a doctor.

He needs a blood transfusion from you.

- My blood?
- The blood of a Green Martian.

I can't do that.

I don't have time for squeamishness.

You have to help me save him.

You don't understand.
If J'onn knew, he would not want this.

We're not on Mars.

Hey, so, whether you're saying
no because of custom,

or history, or your own personal reasons,

none of that matters right now.

He is dying.

He will die if you do not help him.

Please.

You're his only chance.

Thank you.

(SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE)

"Gentlemen, the Earth is in peril.

"Not from climate change,

"but from misguided scientists,
the liberal news media

"with its Chicken Little
pronouncements of the end of the world."

(CRASHING)

Want to watch where you're going?

- (GROWLING)
- (PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(GROWLING)

Stop!

- (ROARS)
- I regret this already.

We are Parasite.

(BEEPING)

(PANTING)

Please tell me you're on my side.

Who are you?

Guardian.

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Man in the van, you there?

WINN: I'm here baby, I'm here.

Your 7 o'clock in the DEO speed wagon.

Yeah, he's coming back for more.

Hey, hey. You know what to do.
You got this.

- Are you sure?
- Quit whining and trust me, okay?

- What now?
- Now! Now!

Oh, my God. It worked.

(BOTH LAUGH)

Hell, yes! Take that, Grimace!

(GASPS)

Hey. Easy, easy. It's okay.

Where's Rudy?

He attacked a big climate conference.

- Mon-El is there doing what he can.
- Alone?

Where's the conference?

Hey, you can't fight him again.
He'll drain you for everything you've got.

Then I'll have to get some power
he can't handle.

(ROARING)

Get her out of here, now!

ALEX: I do not support this plan.

It's going to work.

This is how Chernobyl happened.

This won't be Chernobyl. Trust me.

Let's see him drain this.

- A little help?
- Crap! Crap!

Oh! There she is! That's my girl.

SUPERGIRL: You want to change the world,

then change is good

when you finally become
what you were meant to be.

But you were never meant to become this.

Last chance.

Let me help you.

(SCREECHING)

There is such a thing as too much power.

Plutonium 239.

(SHRIEKING)

I'm sorry.

(GROWLS)

Whoa! Whoa.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Is he...

You showed up.

Nobody's more surprised than me.

Thank you.

Both of you.

(MOTORCYCLE STARTING)

- Lead?
- Couldn't make it too easy on you.

- Who are you?
- A friend.

Supergirl managed to destroy the creature,

but it was this new masked hero
who has all of National City talking.

Who is the mysterious Guardian?

NEWSCASTER:
Thank you for that report, Steven.

"Guardian," huh? (CHUCKLES)

Not bad, could have been better.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

Look, I want to help people,
and what better says that than "Guardian"?

Hmm.

You did pretty good out there last night.

Taking down the Purple People Eater.

(SCOFFS)

Not too bad, yourself, man in the van.

Huh.

You want to keep on doing this, don't you?

Yeah.

- So do you.
- Yeah, I do.

- What's wrong with us?
- Nothing. We're heroes, man.

Just like Kara.

We have no choice in the matter.
It's who we are.

Hmm.

(STAMMERS) Do you really think we should
keep this a secret from Kara?

Just feels kind of weird lying to her.

Yeah, I know what you mean,
but I think we should.

- At least until we get a handle on it.
- (SIGHS)

Otherwise, all she's going to do
is try to stop us.

And she could. (CHUCKLES)

Long live the Super Friends, then.

To the Super Friends.

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

- (GROANS)
- How are you feeling?

(SCOFFS)

Like someone tried
to suck the life out of me.

(GROANING)

(WEAKLY) Yours?

Alex said you needed me.

And you came.

(CHUCKLES)

(SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE)

(SPEAKING IN ALIEN LANGUAGE)

- I should let you get some rest.
- No, stay.

Stay.

Until you fall asleep.

- Hey, Maggie.
- Danvers!

Hey, I was hoping you'd turn up.

Any interest in a game?

Well, actually, I was wondering

if you were still good
for that drink you promised me.

You told Kara?

Yeah, you did! I am so happy for you.

I'm buying, all night.
What are you having?

Wow. (CHUCKLES)

I've been wanting to do that.

Yeah, I can tell.

Was that not okay?

You didn't do anything wrong.

- But something's wrong.
- Well...

We're at really different places.

And everything is changing for you.

And everything is going to feel
really heightened and shiny.

And, um...

You should experience that for yourself.

Not just to be with me.

And I shouldn't get involved with someone
who's just fresh off the boat.

Those relationships never really work out.

- Hmm.
- (SIGHS)

I'm here for you, but as a friend.

Mmm-hmm.

- Are we cool?
- Yeah.

- Yeah?
- Yeah. No, no, we're cool.

- Alex, don't go.
- I'll see you.

- (KNOCKING)
- KARA: Alex.

Alex, ugh, I can see you in there.
Let me in please.

Go away, Kara.

(AIR WHOOSHING)

What's going on?

Nothing. Nothing is going on.
You shouldn't have come over here.

Well, you didn't show up
for work, and that's not like you,

- so I got worried.
- You're right.

- I should... I should go in.
- Wait, wait.

- Something is clearly wrong.
- Everything is fine.

- Is this about you coming out?
- No.

And just forget I said anything about it.
Okay, forget it.

Why? (SCOFFS) What does that mean?

It means that I made a mistake.

Okay, I was wrong.

And I shouldn't have said anything.
I should have just kept my mouth shut.

- What happened?
- (SIGHS)

She doesn't like me.

Like that.

(SIGHS)

(ALEX SOBBING)

Come here.

- (SOBBING) It's so humiliating.
- No, no.

(CRYING)

I'm proud of you.

(SOBBING)

(MAN COUGHING)

Hey, can I help you?

I'm trying to be better,
so I'd love to help out.

- (ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
- (GASPS)

(TIRES SQUEALING)

(MIKE PANTING)

Welcome to Cadmus.