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Hartley, I told you not to sneak up on me like that. If my sonic scream slips

out, you'll be going to fifth period without a face.

Sorry. I'm just so excited. I was researching my ancestry project in the

library, and guess what I found out? Oh, that the art teacher lives behind the

magazine rack?

No. That my great -great -great -great -grandmother was royalty.

Look.

Well, that explains why Celia never leaves home without a Warhammer.

What about your villain ancestors?

Any evil princes or a distant duchess of death?

No idea.

The only villains I know are on my mom's side.

Most of them are back in Centropolis running a crooked plumbing business.

Which is not much different from a regular plumbing business.

Well, what about your dad's side?

His genius had to come from somewhere.

Yeah, according to him, all of his relatives plummeted to their demise

escape a bank heist and a homemade hot air balloon, so...

No, the genius well did not run too deep.

Okay, but still, don't you want to know more about him?

Well, I do have lots of questions.

Like, how dumb can you be to try and escape a bank heist in a homemade hot

balloon?

But my dad doesn't like to talk about his family.

Right, because that would take time away from him talking about himself.

You know, now that you mention it, I guess I am a little bit curious.

Maybe I will ask him again.

Good. You may even find a few surprises like I did.

Not only did I come from royalty, my great -great -great -uncle invented the

turtleneck.

Yeah, I don't think anything is going to surprise me as much as that.

Then we agree.

Wholeheartedly.

Agree on what?

Oh, your mother and I were just discussing which one of you kids we'd

packing if we need the space.

Well, you didn't say me, did you?

No.

Have you even opened that parenting book I bought you?

No, but it was great kindling for my backyard barrel fire.

Well, speaking of horrible relatives, Dad, I want to know more about your

family. My family?

Yeah. Your family.

Well, you've never wanted to know about them before. Why are you asking now?

Well, because Harley's finding out all sorts of cool stuff about her family,

I realized I don't know anything about ours.

Isn't that weird?

It's no weirder than a bunch of supervillains living in the middle of

Dad, come on. Just tell me something. What was your mom like?

Long hair.

And your dad?

Short hair.

Any brothers or sisters?

They had hair, too.

Gotta be honest, this was not as juicy as I expected.

Dad, why aren't you telling me anything?

Look, I just don't want to talk about it.

Mom, what's going on?

I don't know what you're talking about.

Then why is your voice five octaves higher than it usually is?

I don't know what you're talking about.

I think I just know my place to talk about your father's business.

It's about our family. I'm pretty sure that's all of our business.

Amy, please, let it go.

Well, that was weird.

It was, right?

I can never tell with your family.

Jake, I need your help. So, you know how I'm the chosen one and I randomly get

new powers, like, all the time?

Of course. Every time you say it, I load you a little bit more.

Well, I just got one, but it's not like the others.

It feels weird and I can't control it.

Oh, Colby, that's not a power.

You see, as we blossom into man... No, no, no.

Usually, I get the hang of my new powers right away, but for some reason, this

one's got a mind of its own.

Look.

You have levitation?

If that's a fancy word for floating, then yes.

It just kicks in randomly. I mean, I'm like an elevator and someone else is

pushing the buttons.

Going up, going up, going up!

If someone sees you, you're going to blow our cover.

School's over. Can't you just turn invisible?

I tried, but none of my other powers are working.

I think I have to get control of this one first.

Just help me get home.

Now? No, Principal Tennyson's about to present me with the Student of the Month

Award. I've got a whole speech prepared.

Want to hear it?

What do you think?

Look, I've worked hard for this award, and you're not about to ruin it for me.

Just sneak out and call Mom.

I'm going.

Not going!

And where are you racing off to, Colby? Your brother is about to receive our

school's highest honor.

Where's the rest of your family?

Oh, I didn't invite them. They're kind of a whole thing.

You don't have to tell me.

But I'm here, ready to accept my award for student of the month. All right,

don't get too excited.

It's only good for 30 days.

After that, you're back to slumming it with the rest of the mouth breathers.

You know, I'd love to stick around, but I have tons of homework, and that

calculus assignment is not going to calc itself.

Oh, no.

You are not going anywhere. Since the rest of your family didn't show up,

going to stay and support your brother.

He's going to get a great big fancy pin.

Aren't you excited?

Uh, yeah, yeah.

Walking on air.

Hey, Amy.

What's she up to?

I am searching the villain database for more info on my dad's mysterious family.

The villain database?

Yeah. It's like a wiki for supervillains. It lists all of our

powers, birthdays, and favorite hobbies.

Wow. Who knew Giganta was into couples?

Figure skating.

Yeah, she gets dropped a lot.

Once I look up my dad's origin story, it should tell me everything he isn't

telling me about his family.

Huh.

That's weird.

According to this, he doesn't have an origin story. It just says C. Surge.

Well, she does wear the pants in the relationship.

Hold up. It says he doesn't have an origin story because he didn't become a

villain until after he married my mom.

If my dad wasn't born a supervillain, then who wasn't?

I don't get it. How can there be no information about my dad before he

my mom? It's like he didn't even exist.

Some people like to fly under the radar.

My grandma spent all of 2020 scrubbing her identity from the internet.

When I asked her why, she just stared at me and said, Celia, who?

Oh,

yay, you're here.

Oh, well, there goes my me time.

Mom, I've been digging into Dad's past and everything I've found says that his

life didn't even start until after he married you. Well, amen to that.

Wait, you hacked into the villain's database?

Mom, that is such a strong word.

And yes, yes, I did.

You shouldn't be doing that.

If your father finds out, he'll flip.

Wait, I just want to know what the big deal is.

Come on, Mom, I know you know something. Just tell me. Amy, please, let it go.

You're not going to let it go, are you? I am not.

Couldn't you have one student of the month next month? Or not at all? I mean,

this family has enough to be embarrassed about.

This is the human equivalent of a birthday balloon.

Almost time for the big award.

I even had an ice sculpture carved in your likeness.

That's a horse head.

So it is.

That explains the giant discount.

What are we going to do? I can't anchor you while I'm giving my speech. One

hand's for waving to the crowd, the other is for blowing kisses. I've got it

rehearsed.

Jake, your super strength is the only thing holding me down. Anything else

float up with me.

Wait, the ice sculpture. That should be heavy enough to anchor you for 24

minutes.

Your speech is 24 minutes?

Well, more like 32 with all the applause breaks.

Hold on tight.

Cold, cold, cold.

Nice horsey.

Okay, I think we're ready to begin.

Rise and shine, Edna!

Everyone, please welcome our student of the month, Jake Madden!

30 days.

Thank you, Principal Tennyson, my role model.

My mentor.

My friend.

I have no idea what he's talking about.

Then what'd you wake me up for?

First off, I am extremely honored to accept this award.

It's so slippery.

How am I supposed to do this for 24 minutes?

I'd like to begin with a question.

What is Student of the Month?

You know, as a boy... Nothing could prepare me for

this.

Sorry,

the food looked so good, I just had to dive in.

What's that?

Oh, a bunch of my dad's personal stuff he hid in a footlocker so we wouldn't

touch it.

Then why are you touching it?

It's kind of like your secret journal.

The more you tell me not to touch it, the more I'm going to touch it.

You didn't.

I did.

Please tell me you didn't read page 55.

No, I was asleep at page 3.

Wait, what's on page 55?

Back to the locker.

How are you going to get in there if it's locked?

Typical question.

Amy, wait.

I want to find out what your dad's been hiding, too, but is it really worth

crossing this line?

Yeah, maybe you're right. I guess I shouldn't go behind his back.

Too late for digging in!

Hartley!

What? You know, I come from a long line of nosy people.

It's just a bunch of old clothes and a fake ID with my dad's face on it.

Who's this?

The Thomas boys, Jack and Ty.

Wait, it's all starting to make sense now.

My dad wasn't in the villain database because he was just a regular guy, Jack

Thomas. He only became a villain after he married my mom.

This other guy, Ty, must be his brother.

Well, how would he keep this secret from you?

Because he's embarrassed.

Which is hard to believe, considering he does his hair like that on purpose.

Great job, Colby. Now my seven -layer dip has lost layers two and four.

Well, aside from that, I'd say this was a rousing success.

Let's go.

Oh, no.

Clearly, Colby is jealous because you won a big award, so he's desperately

trying to get his own attention.

Me?

Jealous? Of him?

Principal Tennyson?

That's right.

Really? Then I guess you won't mind getting up in front of everyone and

something nice about your brother.

I'm sorry, come again?

You heard me.

Now who's whack?

I think your dad knows he broke into his personal stuff yet.

Probably not.

Amy! He does now.

Did you break into my private locker?

Look, I'm sorry, but you dodged all of my questions. That was the only way I

could get answers.

You, you're a good person. You couldn't try to stop her?

The girl's like a windstorm.

All you can do is brace for impact and deal with the aftermath.

I have taught her well.

Eva! Dad, it's okay. I don't think less of you because you used to be a regular

person. Wait, that's what you think?

Look, I know Mom sucked you into being a villain because she's a total hottie.

Well, she got that part right.

No, Amy, you don't understand.

I know you thought I would be mad, but I'm fine with it.

You didn't have to hide your family from us.

Which is why I used the old cell phone I found in your locker to message your

brother, Ty.

You didn't! Oh, I did, and he is coming to Valley View so we can straighten this

whole thing out.

Classic one -storm.

That family makes us who we are.

Let's just stop this nonsense and let the healing begin.

It's Supergirl! They found us! Let's get out of here!

I'm not the only one panicking.

Because he's not just any superhero.

He's my brother.

Your brother

is blue granite?

I'm sorry. I just have to... Don't touch the hammer.

Wait, so if he's a superhero, that means...

You were a superhero, too.

Which means you were half superhero.

Oh, that's going in my secret journal.

Wait, my head's spinning. How is this even possible?

You wanted the truth, now you have it. I wasn't a regular guy.

I was a superhero.

I was Silver Flame.

But for the record, I'm still the hottie that flipped into the dark side.

Hello, Serge.

Eva, now.

Aw.

Good for you.

Anyway, long time, bro. How you been? Better than I am right now, and don't

me bro. Sorry, bro. You did it again.

My bad, bro.

Will someone please make it stop?

What a day.

I had a meeting with the producer who wants to make a movie about my life.

They're thinking Mark Wahlberg, but I said we should go bigger.

Mark Wahlberg is pretty big.

Oh, no. I mean bigger in size.

I'm 6 '5". That dude's like 5 '8 on an Apple box.

Movie about your life, huh?

Well, you'll be sure you include the part where you didn't stand up for your

older brother when everyone kicked him out of the family. Are you still stuck

that? This guy.

So sensitive.

Yeah, I'm sensitive. You took my power away.

Wait, what?

Oh, that's definitely going in my secret journal.

Dad, you have a power. You're super smart.

I only told you that so you wouldn't ask questions. The truth is, my genius is

all me.

That actually explains a lot.

So you had, like, a power power.

Yep. A silver flame. I could conjure fire.

That is, until my flame was stripped away.

Well, what happened?

20 years ago, my brother and I were battling some villains when I spotted

beautiful vision.

Oh, Mrs.

Madden? No, a sunset.

While I was distracted...

A young Surge zapped the heck out of me.

First time I heard a grown man cry.

Stick around, it won't be your last.

Anyway, during our next battle, we got to talking, and before we knew it, we

were falling in love.

When my parents found out I'd fallen for a villain, they gave me an ultimatum,

stop seeing her, or have my power stripped away.

So I chose Surge over being a superhero.

Hey, can someone give me a sparkling water? Seems like this is gonna take a

while.

I can't imagine why you trust my mom over you.

That is so sweet.

He gave up everything for you.

Yeah, we've been over this.

Hurry.

Come on, man.

It's been forever.

Aren't you happy to see me?

Not really.

Ouch. That stings.

Why can't we just let bygones be bygones?

I missed you, big bro.

Well, if you missed me, why didn't you defend me instead of taking Mom and

side? It's not that simple.

It should have been that simple.

All the times I had your back rowing up, it's too bad you couldn't have mine.

Amy, you shouldn't have called him here. I don't want to see him or any of my

superhero family ever again.

Still waiting on that water.

Jake, I don't want to hold your hand.

Fine. Then let go and we can all watch you lose a fight with the power lines.

What is taking so long?

And why are you two holding hands?

You look like the figurines on my Bulgarian cuckoo clock.

It's just that my brother gets super nervous speaking in public.

Oh, well, normally I'd say picture everyone in their underwear.

But not with this group.

Hurry up and say nice things about me.

What can I say about my brother, Jake? I mean, he is, he's older and smarter and

he likes cheese.

Ah, you cheddar believe it.

Jake, Jake, Jake. Oh, okay, call me. I think your time is up.

I know what's going on here. You two are hiding something.

Principal Tennyson, I know it looks weird. Oh, it's definitely weird. And

going to tell everyone about this.

No, please don't. Why not?

You two put on an amazing show.

Wait, show?

Yeah, clearly you're one of those weird brother acts that use each other's

strength to balance off each other. Yes, yes we are.

Ta -da!

You two are fantastic.

It's just like Cirque du Soleil.

Only with boring people instead of those fun French clowns.

Bravo!

Thank you. Thank you.

You okay,

Dad? No.

I've been trying for 20 minutes. I still can't beat this level on candy spree.

I'm sorry I messaged your brother.

You were right. I should have just left it alone.

It's my fault for not being honest from the start.

I just thought you'd think less of me if you knew I was a superhero.

Oh, I do.

But you also sacrificed everything for Mom, so that kind of cancels out the

of your atrocities.

Do you ever miss him?

Your family?

All the time.

But I didn't choose for things to go like this.

They did.

Well, for what it's worth, I'll always have your back.

And I'll always have yours.

Unless you betray me, then backs will be stabbed.

Wait, how did you get into our secret lair?

Got hungry, grabbed a banana, fridge split open, here I am.

And here I go.

So, this must be where you play with all your little toys.

At least I'm not overcompensating with a giant hammer.

These little toys can still take you down.

You wouldn't.

Oh, I would.

Cool gizmo.

You always were the smart one.

Wait, did I just slam myself?

Why are you in Texas?

The barbecue.

This is our home. This is where I'm happy.

This is where my family's happy.

Aren't I part of your family, too?

I mean, don't get me wrong. This place is nice, but I think we both know that

this will never truly be home.

Especially when you're capable of so much more.

Okay, what are you getting at?

I kept the vessel that contains your superpower.

Because I knew that one day you would want it back.

You have my Silver Flame?

Yep. And I'll give it to you.

One condition.

Come back to being a superhero.

You would not believe the crazy day we just had.

Really? Try me.

Are you two holding hands?

Nobody says anything when you two do it.

Ah! A superhero.

Sup, little dudes?

Oh, don't worry. It's not as bad as you think. It's worth. He's our uncle.

What? I still think you had a crazy day.