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[choir vocalizes]

[orchestral music builds]

[projector whirs, clatters]

[intense music builds]

[Miles] How many times a day \h\h\h\h\hdo you flip a switch

\h\hto power up one of your magical devices?

Television, video games, \h\h\h\hyour smartphone.

\h\h\h\h\hThis is test 84 of the atom particle liberator.

[Miles] None of it would be \h\hpossible without this guy.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[Tesla] Three, six, nine...

[Miles] Well, sort of.

[device turning on]

He changed the way we harness energy.

\h\hHis name was Nikola Tesla, and he was one of the greats.

\h\h-[electricity crackling] -[exclaiming in excitement]

[electricity crackling]

[Miles] But he never achieved \h\h\h\h\h\h\hhis ultimate goal,

capturing lightning.

\hIf only I could harness it into a consistent beam,

we would have perpetual, \h\h\h\hlimitless power.

[electricity crackling]

[Miles] A lot has changed since then.

You and I aren’t the only ones \h\h\hpowering up our devices,

and it takes a lot of energy \h\hto keep the magic going,

energy that we’re \hrunning out of.

\h\hThere just isn’t enough to go around.

The whole world is on low-power mode,

but fear not, I have a plan.

\h\h\h\hI just need a few key components and a little faith.

I’m gonna finish Tesla’s work

\h\h\h\h\h\hand harness the power of lightning.

[upbeat electronic music]

[upbeat electronic \hmusic continues]

[upbeat electronic \hmusic continues]

My mom saw this crisis coming.

That’s why she worked so hard

to complete Tesla’s design \h\h\hall those years ago.

She went missing before \h\hshe could solve it.

Now, I have to finish \h\hwhat she couldn’t,

and when I do finish it, I’ll finally be the hero

she thought I could be.

One of the greats.

[gentle orchestral music]

[electronic beeping]

[Newt] Hello, home. \h\h\hHello, Miles.

Hello, mouse poop.

\h\hShall I play upbeat music to encourage a productive workday?

I’m not really in the mood for music right now, bud.

[rubber squeaking]

Jamie? How did you get in here?

-I’m small and sneaky. \h\h-[Newt] Squeakers.

\h\h\h[Miles] We need a better alarm system.

[Newt] We don’t have \h\han alarm system.

[Miles] Well, then research one,

\h\h\h\hpreferably with an electric shock wire.

[Newt] I must first \hresearch legality.

-I’m kidding. -What’s this?

[Miles] Expensive, no touchy.

Jamie, I don’t have time \h\hto play today, okay?

I don’t wanna play, I wanna \hhelp you with the machine.

\h\h\h-It’s not exactly safe. -[Piper] Does it exactly work?

\h\h\h\hYou’ve been working on this mystery machine forever.

How? Piper, what are you, \h\h\h\h\h\hlike Catwoman?

Batwoman, actually.

[Newt] Batwoman, a super-heroine

known for stealth and intelligence,

was Batman’s primary \h\h\hlove interest.

Sure would be a shame if someone were to complain

\habout you illegally siphoning power to a foreclosed building.

Sure would be a shame \hif someone found out

you’ve been hacking government websites

and shutting down \hemployee logins.

-[Jamie] For real? \h-How did you...?

Thanks a lot, Newt.

\h\h\h\h\h[Newt] I am not programmed for discretion.

It was payback for the administration

shutting down student protests. It’s called hacktivism.

\h\hYou say, "Tomato," I say, "Cyber-felony."

Fine. You’ve got dirt on me, \h\h\hI’ve got dirt on you.

So spill the tea. How does it work?

[Jamie] And what is it?

It’s a sustainable \h\henergy machine

based off of Tesla’s concepts \h\h\h\h\hand my mom’s design.

It uses a small amount of energy to excite the atoms in the air,

and then, uses induction to pull that extra energy into the \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hmachine

with frequency multiples of three, six, and nine.

Kinda like a wireless charger.

\hYou are blowing my mind right now.

Tesla’s design pulled the energy from all over, like this.

Mine will pull it in, like this.

But does it work?

Not consistently, not yet.

My mom ran into the same problem before she went missing.

Right now, it just holds energy for a few seconds,

and then, outputs to the nearest battery.

\hJust need funding, but Luxos won’t even take a meeting with \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hme.

So just go show it to them.

I can’t just go drop it \h\h\hon their doorstep.

[ethereal orchestral music]

I can just go drop it \h\hon their doorstep.

[ethereal orchestral music]

[Piper] Who could \hyou show it to?

[ethereal orchestral music]

[ethereal orchestral \h\hmusic continues]

[Kennedy] Thanks, Mike.

Luxos Energy stock prices \h\h\hcontinue to plummet

as investors lose confidence \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin the

conglomerate’s renewable \h\h\h\henergy programs.

- There seems to be no end in \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hsight \h\h\h\h\h\h-[phone chimes]

\h\h\h\hto the worldwide supply-chain bottlenecks

\hand raw material shortages, which are further exacerbating

-Luxos Energy’s struggle \h\h\h\h\h\h\hto find...

-Kennedy Blake.

[man] Kennedy, we’re rerouting your flight

and relocating you \hto headquarters.

For how long?

[tense electronic music]

[tense electronic \hmusic continues]

Tesla’s designs for the atom

particle liberator \hwere incomplete,

\h\hso we’re still struggling for a consistent power source.

Your time is running out.

Threats are not solutions, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hViggo.

We will execute on schedule.

\h\hI want this just as badly as you do.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI hope so. I make promises, not threats.

[tense electronic music]

[tense electronic \hmusic continues]

Think he means it?

\hI think my daughter has her work cut out for her.

Kennedy.

[tense electronic music]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWere those the Project Daybreak backers?

Is it still on schedule?

Not at all, but that is why you are here.

I want you to take over as head of technological development

and lead the energy efforts \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hof Daybreak.

I won’t let you down.

\h\h\h\hGood, because everything that we are

rides on the success \h\hof this project.

Now, Neil has your credentials

and will handle your relocation.

And this whole pantsuit thing, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hno more.

\h\hI’d like to see you in pencil skirts from now on.

Pencil skirts.

[Kennedy] Good to see you too, Mom.

You have a lunch meeting \h\hwith the engineers.

This will catch you up.

[inspiring orchestral music]

[woman on PA] Good morning, \hand welcome to Luxos Energy,

leading the world in creating \hsustainable energy for all.

[inspiring orchestral music]

[sighs]

Miles Fletcher. Here to see \hyour head of development.

One moment.

Real cliffhanger, huh?

Yes, actually.

[electronic beeping]

\h\h\hYou’re not on Ms. Blake’s agenda.

Oh, I know, but I’m sure \h\hshe’ll wanna see me.

That’s not how this works.

Call her and schedule \h\h\han appointment,

\h\h\h\h\hand grab yourself a juice box on the way out.

[device clattering]

[gentle orchestral music]

[device clattering]

[switches clicking]

[gentle orchestral music]

[Miles clearing throat]

\hLadies and gentlemen, I give you the Alkonost.

[device turning on]

[electricity crackling]

The Alkonost is a revolutionary sustainable-energy device.

[electricity crackling]

If you’ll check your phones,

\h\h\hyou’ll see they’re powering up from energy

my machine is pulling from atoms in the air.

If Luxos will fund this project,

\h\htogether, we can take free energy to the world.

\h\h\h-[electricity crackling] -[person exclaiming in shock]

\h\h\h\h-Sorry, it... -[phones shorting out]

-What the...? \h\h\h-Sorry.

-[electricity crackling] \h\h-It’s still in beta.

[Miles exclaiming in concern]

-Please don’t tase me. \h\h\h-[alarm blaring]

[guard] Let’s go. Come on.

[Miles] Wait, come on, guys. If I could just talk to Ms. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBlake...

[guard] You can make her \hyour one phone call...

\h-from prison. -[alarm blaring]

[Miles] Prison?

[computer] Access granted \h\h\h\h\hto Kennedy Blake.

[Kennedy] That’s enough.

What is going on here?

I was hoping to work \hfor you, actually.

So you thought you would just \h\hfry our lobby with an EMP?

Okay, it’s not an EMP.

It’s a perpetual energy machine.

Right. Well, if that’s true \h\h\h\hand it’s not a bomb,

\h\hthen the feds will have no reason to hold you. Call this \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hin.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

[indistinct radio chatter]

\hI just wanted to show you my work.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I saw. -Come on, I had to cobble \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\htogether

the atom particle liberator \h\h\hfrom third-hand parts.

All I need are better parts \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hand funding,

the principles of atmospheric \h\h\h\hconduction are solid.

If not, then how did this happen?

[gentle orchestral music]

If you had better funding,

who’s to say you wouldn’t blow up

the entire block next time?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMy mom. She knew this would work.

\hLuxos believed her. She used to work here.

Yeah, I know, I saw her \h\hwhen I ran your ID,

but that was ages ago, okay?

And we need real solutions now, not junkyard thermal coils.

This is proof of concept for a sustainable energy machine

that needs further development.

[gentle orchestral music]

Just let me show you \h\h\hthis can work.

\h\h\h\hShow me more than five seconds of induction

without blowing anything up,

then maybe we can talk about a deal.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThank you. You won’t be disappointed.

\hI look forward to seeing some updates,

and we sent the wonder machine \h\h\h\h\hback to your house.

My house?

[tense electronic music]

You owe me a phone.

You owe me a juice box.

[dramatic music]

[bike whooshing]

[door thudding]

[Miles] Dad, I can explain.

What is this, Miles?

\h\h\h\hIt’s a machine I’ve been working on.

Which does?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hRight now, it’s a pyrotechnic mechanism

used for blowing up cell phones.

Cut the crap, Miles.

This your mom’s work?

There are a thousand things that you can make, why this?

\h-This was her whole life. -And look where it got her.

\h\h-Luxos killed her. -That makes no sense,

she was their best engineer.

So, what, she just disappeared?

\h\h\h\h\hShe just up and walked out on us?

They are an energy company, Dad.

There’s no big plot.

-Oil spills, price fixes. \h\h\h-This is different.

She was just trying \hto solve a crisis

that Tesla trusted us to fix.

Oh, this again.

Aren’t you sick of living like this?

Gas rations, blackouts.

If I could just fix what Mom--

\hYou put yourself in danger, Miles.

This work, it cost her \h\h\h\h\h\hher life.

\h\h-You don’t know that. -[light suspenseful music]

-She could still be out there. \h\h\h\h\h-She’s gone, Miles!

It’s been 13 years.

Grow up.

[light suspenseful \hmusic continues]

I’m sorry.

\h\h\h\hBut I’m not gonna let the same thing happen to you.

No, wait, wait, stop, wait!

Hold on, no, no, no!

-[object rattling] \h-[Miles yelling]

One day you’ll thank me.

[dog barking]

[clothes rustling]

[chain clinking]

[dog barking]

[papers rustling]

[door thudding]

Miles.

Miles. Miles! \h\h\h\hJus--

[bike whooshing]

[dog barking]

[bike whooshing]

[crickets chirping]

[door rattling]

[light somber music]

[phone ringing]

\h\h\h\h\h[electronic voice] Incoming phone call from Dad.

[Newt beeping]

[Newt] Miles?

[Newt beeping]

[light somber music continues]

I almost had it, Newt.

It was almost there.

[Newt] Care to elaborate?

The Alkonost worked today.

\h\h\h\hFor a second, Luxos was interested.

[Newt] What happened?

Dad messed it up.

He just doesn’t get it.

He destroyed the Alkonost.

[Newt] My condolences.

All that work just up in smoke.

[Newt] Just like the phoenix in your mom’s Greek mythology \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hbooks,

the mythological bird \h\h\h\h\hthat burns,

\hbut from the ashes rises again in time.

[chain clinking]

[light somber music continues]

[Newt creaking]

\h\h\h\h[Tesla] This is the beauty of simplicity,

the patterns of the universe,

but we need the keys \h\hto unlock them.

Without three, six, nine, \h\h\h\h\hwe have no keys.

[light somber music continues]

That better be a hologram \h\h\hof Miles I’m seeing,

because the real Miles \h\h\h\his in his bed.

\h\h\hYou know the rule, bedtime before blackout.

I was worried about Newt.

Did you finish him?

[mother] Almost.

Come here.

[light somber music continues]

\h\h\h\h\hOoh. So, you see, the power runs through here,

but there’s not enough room \hfor the higher amp fuses.

Any solutions?

We can get some more fuses,

or we can run smaller wires \h\h\hthrough here instead.

[mother] Beauty in simplicity.

I’ll get those wires tomorrow.

[Miles] Is it broken?

[mother] Yeah, it’s very old.

\h\hIt was passed down to us from Nikola Tesla’s family.

\hIt helps inspire me to finish his energy work.

\h\h\hTesla was a hard worker, never gave up, just like you.

Say goodnight to Newt.

Night, Newt.

One more story, please?

Those big eyes aren’t always \h\hgonna work on me, kiddo.

[light upbeat music]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThe one with Zeus and the evil giant, Porphyrion.

[light upbeat music continues]

There’s beauty in simplicity,

patterns of the universe,

but you need the keys \h\h\hto unlock them.

Three-six-nine.

[Newt beeping]

Three-six-nine.

[clock creaking]

[clock creaking]

[clock creaking]

[clock whirring]

[Newt beeping]

[light upbeat music continues]

Newt, look this up.

[Newt] Discovered.

\hMicrofiche, film used to store printed information.

\h\hTo see them, one must use an extra special old-timey machine.

Where do we find one?

[footsteps thudding]

[Newt] Wow, anyone getting \h\h\h\hGhostbusters vibes?

Shh.

[Newt] I’m whispering!

[microfiche reader creaking]

[microfiche reader whirring]

[light upbeat music]

[microfiche reader creaking]

[light upbeat music continues]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hThese are the missing schematics.

It’s Tesla’s plan for processing high amounts of energy.

[Newt] Shouldn’t those be donated

\h\hto the Institute’s Museum of Technology?

Are you kidding?

Look, this is what I need to make the Alkonost work.

I’m not giving ’em away.

[Newt] Or I could contact \h\hthe museum’s curator.

Newt.

Mute.

[Newt whirring]

[microfiche reader creaking]

Let’s get these printed.

\h\h\hNewt, pull up Mom’s archival footage of Tesla.

[Newt beeping]

Our biggest challenge

is getting this free energy to last more than a few seconds.

We can draw it from \h\hthe ionosphere,

-but we have no way to control \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hit. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Pause.

How high up is the ionosphere?

[Newt beeping]

Sorry, un-mute.

-[Newt] 150,000 feet. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Resume.

\h\h\h[Tesla] To contain it, now I’m working on a solution

\h\h\hto create consistency called cascading ionization.

Theoretically, we should be \hable to control the energy

versus the erratic quality \h\h\hyou are seeing now.

This...

This is it, this is what \h\hhe is talking about,

\hgetting the process up to the ionosphere.

Of course.

[upbeat music]

\h\h\h\hTesla couldn’t stabilize the energy.

\hMom’s design could, at least temporarily.

If I’m right about these schematics,

I can figure out how to get \hthe process up that high.

This might actually work.

We might actually harness lightning.

[light upbeat music]

[Newt beeping]

Mine could never have worked.

\h\hIt couldn’t handle the energy throughput.

[Newt] Well, perhaps then \hburning it to the ground

was what it needed \h\hto rise again.

We’re gonna rebuild her, Newt.

\h\h\h\hWith Mom’s design and my inductors combined,

we can make Tesla’s plan work.

\h[Newt] Ooh, what shall we call it?

[light upbeat music continues]

The Phoenix.

[Newt] I foresee a problem.

You lack sufficient funds

to purchase the capacitors \h\h\h\h\hfor this build.

-Perhaps you should be \hsearching for a job.

-The Institute.

[Newt] Searching their website \h\h\h\h\h\hfor job openings.

All black, interesting choice \h\h\h\h\hfor a job interview.

\hPull up the blueprints for the Institute, check public records,

and pay the 20 bucks to access the files.

And figure out what the 10:00 PM

blackout vulnerability \h\h\h\h\h\hwindow is.

\h[Newt] This is feeling less and less reputable.

Mute.

[Newt beeping]

[light dramatic music]

[bike whirring]

[indistinct radio chatter]

[watch beeping]

[electronic whirring]

[light dramatic music continues]

[door creaking]

[light dramatic music continues]

[shoes squeaking]

Jamie, how did you get in here?

I can help.

[door creaking]

Go, go!

[shoes squeaking]

[door creaking]

[radio chattering]

[security guard] Hello? \h\h\h\h\hSomeone there?

[radio chattering]

[shoes squeaking]

[door whirring]

[shoes squeaking]

\h-[Miles] It’s locked. -Oh, I can do this part.

[tool creaking]

I don’t even wanna know how \h\hyou know how to do that.

Hello, ladies.

No wonder you have \h\hgirl problems.

You’re just gonna take them?

Borrow them.

[Jamie sighing]

[door thudding]

[shoes squeaking]

-[phone ringing] -No, no, no, no!

[security guard] Hey!

[Miles] Go!

[suspenseful music]

Uh, nope.

Let’s go, come on!

[security guard] Get back here! Stop right there!

[suspenseful music continues]

[shoes squeaking]

[Jamie gasping]

I’ll tase you!

[Miles] Come on!

[security guard] I’ll tase you!

Grab on.

[security guard] Get over here!

[bike whirring]

[security guard sighing]

[phone beeping]

[shoes squeaking]

\h\h\h\hWhen I’m back in cash, I’m taking you shoe shopping.

[shoes squeaking]

[door creaking]

Again, how?

Your keypad has a skeleton key.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHow’s that shock wire coming, Newt?

\h\h[Newt] You may need to adjust my humor settings.

Where were you guys?

Could ask you the same question.

Strike out with Jack McDummy?

\h-McDonough. -McDon’t-Care.

\h\h\hStop stalling, where were you guys?

\h\hJust borrowed a few specialty parts from II.

You took my kid brother

\h\hand stole parts from the Institute?

Miles, they have cameras \h\hall over that place.

I waited until the blackout.

\h-I’m not stupid. -Sure about that?

Cameras have backup batteries.

But we were dressed \h\hin dark clothes.

Well, kind of.

-He came on his own. \h\h\h\h\h-I helped.

\h\hAccomplice to a felony, not something to brag about.

Look who’s talking, \h\h\h\hMs. Malware.

Okay, look, I know you’re upset,

\hbut once Luxos sees what this thing is capable of,

\hI mean, come on, it’s gonna make all of our lives better.

It’ll change the world.

The next time you take Jamie \h\halong to commit a crime,

you’ll see just how Batwoman I can get.

Got it?

Mm-hmm.

Hey, come back in a couple days.

\h\h\h\hI’ll show you what those capacitors are for.

Really?

Spoils of war.

Come on, little accomplice.

[shoes squeaking]

[Newt beeping]

[bag unzipping]

-[object thudding] \h-[Newt beeping]

Newt, play upbeat music.

[Newt beeping]

[Newt] Playing upbeat music.

\h\h\h\h-Hey, Phoenix? -[upbeat music plays]

Let’s rise.

[doors creaking]

\h\h♪ Think you can stop what we do, I doubt it ♪

\h\h\h\h\h♪ We got the energy, we’ll tell you all about it ♪

♪ I searched for my spark \h\h\h\h\hand I found it ♪

\hNewt, hit record. Okay, so Ms. Blake,

you wanted me to keep you \hupdated on the progress,

\hand I’ve made a huge breakthrough with the \h\h\h\h\htechnology.

\h\hAnd I’m beginning to build the larger version

of the machine, so stay tuned.

\h♪ My pen setting fire to the page ♪

♪ I will show you how \hto rock that stage ♪

\h♪ Listen to this in the car, you’ll be getting road rage ♪

\h\h♪ Listen up, ’cause what we do every day is decent ♪

\h\h♪ Kabin Crew non-stop, on top of every playlist ♪

The coils that pull energy \h\h\hfrom the ionosphere

are going in.

It’s really starting \h\h\hto take shape.

Using the capacitors,

the machine should be able to power itself.

\h\h\h\h\h♪ Any obstacle, we find a way around it ♪

\h♪ If you’re proud of who you are and what you do ♪

♪ Shout it ♪

[Miles] Test number one \h\h\h\hof the Phoenix.

\h\h\h♪ We’ve got the energy, we’ll tell you all about it ♪

♪ I searched for my spark \h\h\h\h\hand I found it ♪

[device whirring, crackling]

Newt, I think it’s working!

\h\h♪ Think you can stop what we do, I doubt it ♪

\h\h\h\h\h♪ We got the energy, we’ll tell you all about it ♪

-[device whooshing] \h-[Miles grunting]

\hSo the tests are going really well.

\h\h\h-[Newt beeping] -[car alarms blaring]

[Newt] It did not work.

\hSo it needs some minor adjustments.

[Newt] Purchasing fire extinguisher.

[rock music]

Good call.

[tool creaking]

[rock music continues]

[Newt beeping]

[device whirring]

[device crackling]

[device whooshing]

[sparks fizzling]

[Newt] Perhaps the name \hPhoenix was premature.

[Miles] Newt, mute.

[Newt beeping]

[rock music continues]

\h\h\h\h[Miles] If I can get the capacitors to last longer,

the inductor cells I’m building will have enough time

to contain the energy.

[rod thuds]

-[footsteps crunching] \h\h-[birds chirping]

[device whirs]

[device beeps]

[Newt] Shall we run \h\hone final test?

No, trim five seconds \h\hoff that last clip

and send it to Kennedy.

\h\h\h\h\h\hShe can see our last shot in person.

You finished it?

And it’s not gonna like, \h\h\h\h\h\hblow us up?

I mean, it doesn’t look like it’s gonna explode.

Then again, it didn’t look like it was gonna explode

last night either.

Well, then let’s hope you have \ha fire extinguisher on hand.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[Newt] Not to worry. Fire safety is our top priority.

Tell that to our receptionist. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWhat are you?

-[Newt] I am Newt. \h\h\h\h\h\h-Cute.

\h\h\h\h\h\h-No. Newt. -Kennedy... Ms. Blake.

These are my assistants. \h\h\h\hPiper and Jamie.

-This is your lab? \h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah.

\h\h\hAll the greats started in places like this. Right?

\h\h\hAnd you think you’re one of them?

I know I am. So is my mom.

Well, if this works,

then I’m sure she’d be \hreally proud of you.

She was always proud of me.

Well, let’s see it.

Oh, could you turn off the generator, please?

\h\hAnd can you help me with the inductor cells?

This one goes there.

[uplifting music]

[wrenches clatter]

Okay.

\h\h\h\h\hYou might wanna take a few steps back just in case.

[Newt] Each step back significantly reduces

the probability of death.

\h\h\h\h\h\h-[device whirs] -[uplifting music continues]

[light electronic beeping]

[beeping intensifies]

[electricity crackles]

[uplifting music continues]

[electricity crackles]

[uplifting music continues]

[electronic beeping intensifies]

[device powers down]

\h\h\hOkay, I know it only worked for a few seconds,

\h\h\hbut... the problem is just the capacitors.

If you had a custom shield to \h\hprotect them from the high \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hthroughput,

you could scale it up \hand then you could--

\hYou could power entire countries.

The world.

Exactly.

\hYou would need a lot of resources for that build,

a huge team.

That’s why I came to you.

You in?

Okay, I know it only worked \h\h\h\h\hfor a few seconds,

\h\h\h\hbut the problem is just the capacitors.

-If you were able to-- \h\h\h-[clicks off]

\h\h[Kennedy] He’s building the atom particle liberator.

What does he want?

A payout for the design

And credit for the invention \h\h\halong with his mother.

-Who’s his mother? -Regina Fletcher.

Regina?

[Kennedy] She was head \hof development here.

She was a thief, actually.

She was stealing our technology and sabotaging our designs.

\h\h\hShe had to be fired. Then she just disappeared.

Her husband became obsessed.

He was slandering us \hwith conspiracies.

\hBut he’s just a blue collar demolition guy. He’s a nobody.

Is there something \h\hI should know?

Of course not.

He was just a widower \h\hprocessing grief.

For 13 years?

We’ll get right on this.

I’m very proud of you, Kennedy.

Oh, leave it.

And pencil skirts, dear.

Pencil skirts.

[door beeps, whirs]

How did he do this alone?

Our people confiscated \h\h\h\hall her work.

\h\hWell, Regina must have hidden something.

[sighs]

Tell Viggo that we now have \ha consistent power source.

And take this to them personally.

Shall we draft a deal \h\h\h\h\hfor the kid?

No. Just pull his address.

\hAnd if he tries to make a public stir?

\h\h[Catherine] Then we bury him in legal fees.

\h\hIt’s a shame your mom wasn’t around long enough

\h\h\h\hto teach you the art of subtlety.

[keys clacking]

[somber music]

[people arguing in the distance]

[dog barks]

In the days of old, there was \h\h\h\ha Greek god named Zeus

\h\h\h\h\hwho harnessed the power of lightning.

But a giant named Porphyrion sought

to steal the lightning from him

and use it as a weapon for evil.

Regina.

Hey, I’ll finish this story \h\h\h\h\h\htomorrow, okay?

-Okay. -Okay.

-Night, Mom. -Good night.

Here, hop in.

[kiss smacks]

[power whirs down]

\h\h\h\h\hI’ve gotta go in. Catherine says it’s urgent.

-Don’t. \h-Bill.

Just say that you were asleep.

\h\h\h\h\hBetter yet, don’t go back at all.

I can’t. But leaving now \h\h\h\hwould be like...

handing over Zeus’s lightning \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hto Porphyrion.

\hOkay. Geek mythology is not my forte here.

\h\h\h\hJust trust me. That’s all I’m asking.

\h\h\h\hThey have been following us all week.

\hJust tell me what it is you found out. Please let me help.

I have a plan. Don’t worry.

[kiss smacks]

[Miles] Why hasn’t she \h\h\h\h\hcalled yet?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[Newt whirs] -What I showed her was insane.

\h[Piper] You’re wearing a path in the concrete.

She’s going to call.

-She’s gonna call. \h\h-[Newt beeps]

\h\hWhat’s your plan when she does call?

\hHelp them build a bigger version.

We’ll release it to the world. \hSustainable energy for all.

You really think they’ll do that?

It’s literally their \hmission statement.

It’s the whole reason their company exists.

[Piper chuckles]

For a genius, you sure are dumb.

That’s just on their website

so they can feel good \h\habout themselves.

\h\h\h\hNo company gets that big by giving things away for free.

[sighs]

You need to do some laundry.

Get right on that.

First... here.

Call it Orby... so you don’t \h\hhave to keep bugging me

about playing with Newt.

[Orby beeps]

You got me a present \hon your birthday?

\h\h\h\h\h-What? -Isn’t it today?

Oh.

I guess I kind of forgot.

Piper didn’t.

\h\h\h\h\hHow about we leave the Batcave for some nachos?

[Newt whirs, beeps]

I-- I really can’t leave \h\h\hthe Phoenix alone.

\h\h-Please. -Seriously,

what if something actually happened?

One round of nachos.

Remember the melted cheese?

I do love the melted cheese.

This is... a very bossy family.

[police siren blares]

[Piper] What’s your dad \h\h\h\h\hdoing tonight?

No birthday plans?

[clicks tongue]

[Newt beeps]

\h\hJamie, can you get me some water?

But you still have some.

[Newt beeps approvingly]

There. I’m very thirsty.

Now shoo.

Miles, what happened?

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Nothing. -You’re so bad at lying.

We had a fight.

[Newt beeps dejectedly]

He broke the first version of my machine on purpose.

What? Why?

He’s crazy.

Thinks Luxos killed my mom \h\hand is out to get me.

But still, you must miss him.

-How would you know? -Because I miss mine

and...

[sighs] he didn’t even \h\h\h\hcare about me.

All I miss is being able to do laundry for free.

[Newt] Whew. Indeed.

The smell is unbearable.

Newt... you don’t have \h\h\hsmell receptors.

[Newt] I’ve calculated \h\h\hrelative stench.

[somber music]

[indistinct chattering]

He’s here.

\h\h\h\h\h-No. -[Piper] Wait!

-No, no. -No way.

-You stay in this car. \h\h\h\h\h\h-Come on.

[Miles grunts]

What are you doing?

\h-That’s my stuff. -Actually, it’s not.

See, we bought the property and we own everything on it.

-No, you can’t just-- -It’s all quite legal.

You could just hire a team

and take it up in court \h\h\h\h\h\hif you want.

Kennedy... you’re not like this. You’re not like her. Right?

This is exactly who she is.

Your mom could not \hcomplete the job

and now you’ve done it for us.

Regina would be so proud of you.

Miles, don’t.

You’re trespassing \hon my property,

\h\h\hbut don’t worry, I won’t press charges.

I’m not a monster.

-Let’s go, Kennedy. \h-[guard] Roll out.

-[truck engine turns] \h\h-[guards chatter]

[Newt whirs dejectedly]

They took everything...

my work, Tesla’s blueprints.

\hThere must still be something, we could--

There’s nothing.

She never called and this is why.

-I’m such an idiot! \h\h\h-[bangs table]

[Newt whirs dejectedly]

\hWe can fix this. We could sue or--

And pay for it with what, Piper?

I’m trying to help you.

Your help is the last thing \h\h\h\h\hI need right now.

-What?

\h-You’re the one who dragged me out for a birthday dinner.

\h\h\hI told you I can’t leave the Phoenix alone.

Now I have nothing left.

Huh. Well, forgive me

\h\h\hfor making sure you celebrated your birthday.

I don’t know why I bothered

\h\hsince we’re clearly worth so little to you.

You have no idea what it’s like

to actually build something.

You’re a hacker.

All you do is tear down \h\hother people’s work.

-That’s not what I do. \h\h\h\h\h-Yes, it is.

\h\h\h\h\hAnd you leave Jamie with me for hours.

Do you ever stop to think

\hthat he might be getting in my way?

How could...

He loves you.

\h\h\hHe looks up to you... and some role model you are,

lying to your dad, stealing so \h\hyou can change the world.

\hYou don’t wanna change the world.

You want the world to tell you \h\h\h\hthat you’re brilliant.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Get out! -[Newt whirs dejectedly]

-Come on, Jamie. -[somber music]

[whirs dejectedly]

-[somber music continues] \h\h\h\h\h\h-[Newt whirs]

[chair clatters]

[News beeps rapidly]

[Newt] This is what I believe \h\h\h\h\h\hEastern religions

-refer to as... karma. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Newt.

[Newt whirs down]

[Catherine] Well done, Kennedy.

\h\h\hYou’re already better at this job than Regina ever was.

That’s not very reassuring,

considering her job security.

Don’t be absurd.

You’re a Blake.

\hThis is going to be your company one day.

-[phone buzzing] -[somber music]

[phone beeps]

[sighs]

[somber music continues]

[doorbell buzzes faintly]

Dad, I--

[uplifting music]

Luxos took everything.

The schematics...

\h-my new machine. -"My new machine"?

It worked this time, Dad.

Kennedy said I’d get a deal.

I guess the plan was just \h\hto steal it all along.

I should have listened to you.

I...

I just wanted to prove that I was smarter than everyone.

That I wasn’t a nobody.

You could be the dumbest kid \h\h\h\h\h\h\hon the planet

and you are still worth loving.

I get it, Miles, you’re...

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[sighs] God, you’re a rare breed.

But you’re still gonna have to \hpay your dues in this world.

\h\h\hI was just trying to help you understand that,

\h\h\hI was not trying to break your spirit.

Or my machine?

That was wrong of me.

I just got so scared, you know,

that it was happening again \h\h\h\h\h\h\hand your mom--

Dad, come on.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNo, no, no, no. Look, your mom, she was scared.

She just wouldn’t admit it.

\hShe knew that there was something going on

other than energy work,

but she wanted to handle it herself.

Keep us outta danger.

And now here you are.

You’re working on \hthe same thing.

I guess I just thought,

\hif I could just finish her work...

[scoffs]

...she’d come back.

She didn’t leave you, Miles.

She was taken from you.

Taken.

She would never leave you.

[somber music]

She would fight every demon in Olympus to stay with you.

It’s Hades, actually.

Olympus was for the good guys.

Right, sorry, I don’t, \hI don’t speak geek.

\hI haven’t thought of that book in a while.

I have.

\h\h\h\hAfter her memorial, I gathered a bunch of stuff

that reminded me of her.

Call it a birthday present.

[inhales deeply]

[somber music]

[tense music]

[computer] Welcome, \h\h\h\hKennedy Blake.

Pull up the last footage tagged Regina Fletcher.

[computer] Retrieving \h\h\h\hsecurity footage

from Luxos employee \h\hvehicle storage,

tagged Regina Fletcher, \h\hhead of development.

This is the last footage \htagged Regina Fletcher

on Luxos campus.

[tense music continues]

\h[Kennedy] Confirm that this is the entire file.

[computer] Confirmed, this \h\his the final clip in its \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hentirety

tagged Regina Fletcher, \h\hhead of development.

Mom, what did you do?

[Bill] What’s all this?

\h\h[Miles] I think Mom left something in here.

[slow tense music]

[computer] Good evening, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCatherine.

[slow tense music continues]

Gibberish.

No, no, nothing your mom ever did was pointless.

[Miles] Didn’t you say that \h\hMom found something out

the day before she disappeared?

\h[Bill] Yeah, she said that leaving would be like giving

Porphyrion lightning.

God knows what that meant.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Miles] Porphyrion was an evil giant,

waged war against Olympus.

Lightning.

[slow tense music]

Lightning was Zeus’s weapon.

So giving it to Porphyrion--

\h\h\h\h\h[Miles] Right, he would never do that.

So?

So if Mom’s Zeus,

Luxos is Porphyrion.

\hIt was never about sustainable energy.

[slow tense music]

\hShe found out she was making a weapon.

[music intensifies]

[Bill] A weapon?

I thought this was all based on Tesla’s work.

-Wasn’t he a good guy? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-He was,

\h\h\h\h\hbut he got bitter towards the end of his life.

Started designing weapons.

\h\h\h\h\h\hHis most famous was a teleforce beam, or death ray.

[tense music continues]

I think the Phoenix could be \h\h\hmodified to power it.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t figure it out, she wouldn’t.

I undid her work.

I gave Luxos the lightning bolt.

I can’t go fighting \h\h\hgiants alone.

[door slams]

Jamie, come on, man.

I was a jerk, okay?

I shouldn’t have said \hany of that to you.

I was angry and I was taking it out on you.

You’re a better friend \h\h\hthan I deserve.

\h\h\hCome on, man, I gave you a robot.

That’s gotta count \h\hfor something.

Leave us alone, Miles.

Wait, please, I’m sorry.

Okay?

I lost everything that night.

I know you know what \h\hthat feels like.

I was a jerk.

Tell me something I don’t know.

Okay...

You’re the best person I know.

\h\h\h\hYou’re a hard worker and you gave Jamie a family.

Look, I know I can be \harrogant sometimes.

Hmm.

Most of the time.

But I care about you.

You’re the closest person \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI have.

Hey.

And you’re the best assistant \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hI have.

\h\h\h\h\hLook, I did something really bad.

I need your help to fix it.

\hThe teleforce beam could obliterate an entire city

from a continent way.

It has to be destroyed.

Now, I know my mom left \h\ha key in this book.

\hShe knew Luxos won’t even look twice at a kid’s book,

\hbut no idea what any of this means.

You’re sure it was on purpose?

Yeah.

[Newt] I’ve scanned the pages,

and it matches no known \hlanguage or equation.

-Did she make up her own code? \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Possible.

Yeah, but there’s no key in here to decipher it.

[Newt] An everyday phrase \h\h\h\h\hor lucky number

is typically used as the key in ciphers.

Three, six, nine.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTesla said there’s beauty in simplicity,

patterns of the universe,

but you need the keys \h\h\hto unlock them.

Three, six, nine, Tesla was obsessed with those numbers,

so was my mom.

If there’s beauty in simplicity,

maybe a cipher is too complex.

\h\h\hWhat if it was just every third, sixth, and ninth letter?

[rhythmic pop music]

N-I-N-E-

T-H-I-R-

T-E-E-N-

N-I-N-

N-I-Y.

[Newt beeps]

It’s not computer code... \h\h\h\h\hthat I know of.

Wait, the numbers don’t go past 26.

[Newt whirs]

Call those numbers out to me.

9, 13, 16,

15, 18.

[Piper] Got it.

[Miles] 20, 16, 9.

-[Newt] This is exciting. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-I know.

It’s like ping pong for computer nerds.

-[Miles] Nineteen. \h\h-[Piper] Yep.

[Miles] Sixteen.

[Piper] Got it.

Twenty.

-[chuckles] It’s Python. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-What?

\h\h[Piper] Python, basic computer code.

This is definitely malware.

\hI used a similar thing for that government website gag.

[Miles] Import Zeus Protocol, \h\h\h\h\hit’s a Trojan horse.

She hid the secret to destroying the machine inside itself.

\h\h\hThat’s why she kept working on it.

-[Jamie] What’s a Trojan horse? -[Newt] In ancient mythology,

\h\h\hthe Trojan horse hid Greek soldiers allowing them to sneak

into the city of Troy \h\h\hand win the war.

-Just like the Death Star. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Exactly.

What? No, it isn’t.

The exhaust port on the \hDeath Star was just a \h\h\h\h\hvulnerability.

Who’s the nerd now?

Can we focus?

We have to hack into the computer system,

run Mom’s Trojan program to shut that thing down

and make it useless.

[Newt] I foresee a problem.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWe do not know the location of the device.

\h\h[Kennedy] I think I can help with that.

[inquisitive orchestra music]

You screwed me.

It’s not that simple.

[Miles] It really is.

[Kennedy] Miles.

You led me on, you lied to me, \h\h\h\hand you stole my work.

Okay, well, my mother lied \hto me about everything.

You people are single-handedly

destroying my mom’s legacy. \h\hDo you understand that?

Well, your legacy is about to be

inventor of a weapon of mass destruction.

And you’ll be the woman \h\h\h\h\hwho stole it.

\h\hI had no idea Luxos was gonna steal your work, okay,

but I’ll own that.

You own all of it.

I’m trespassing, remember?

Miles, I’m sorry,

\h\h\h\h\hbut my mother is building a deadly weapon.

They’re gonna fire it tonight

\h\h\h\hfrom a warehouse on the outside of town.

The teleforce beam is

going to destroy the entire \h\h\hEast Coast power grid,

and then Luxos is \hgoing to step in

and have a worldwide monopoly on energy.

We have to stop it.

I think we found a code \hthat can shut it down,

but we have to get in first.

Well, then we have to work together.

[scoffs]

This is your ticket in.

This will get you inside.

This code, do you trust it?

I trust my mom.

She did everything for a reason.

\h\hOkay, then you just have to get to the main terminal

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-and run it. -Just get to the main terminal?

\h\h\hWhy am I the only one putting my neck on the line?

\h\h\hI’m putting my neck on the line with the feds.

\h\h\hMy mother has friends everywhere.

It’s going to take every favor, every threat that I have,

\hto be able to get them to move on her tonight,

\h\h\hand that’s assuming she doesn’t get wind of it first.

-This is a serious long shot. \h-[inspiring orchestra music]

\hSeems like a good night to make our own legacies.

[Newt] Building schematics \hshow several entrances,

\hbut we have no way of knowing guard positions.

Any live satellite feed \h\h\h\h\h\hwe can use?

\h\h[Newt] Negative, access unavailable.

I got it.

Newt, give me access \hto your interface.

Amazing.

\h\h[Newt] I formally request Piper make any future upgrades

to my software.

There we go.

[Newt] Whoa, weaponpalooza.

[Jamie] That’s some big guns.

Newt, watch this feed \h\h\h\h\hfor a while,

analyze their movements, and see if there’s a pattern we can use.

[Newt] Scanning for \hsecurity patterns.

\h\h\h[Miles] I think we might need some backup.

Kennedy can’t just get some thug to do this?

\h\h\h\hWe’re the only ones she can trust to destroy it.

Someone else might try and steal it.

\h[Newt] I have discovered a pattern to their patrol.

Our best point of entry is here,

\h\h\h\hbut it would require a diversion.

\h\h\h\h\hAn alternate access point is here,

\hwhich would require climbing through a second-story window,

but for 15 seconds every minute, it is unobserved.

-Small window. \h-I’m small.

-Not a chance you’re coming. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Why?

\h\h\h\hWell, I promised someone important to me

that I wouldn’t take you with me next time I commit a felony.

You know, I actually think \hhe may be able to help.

-Really? -Really?

[inquisitive electronic music]

A lookout, that’s it?

Lookouts are important.

Next time we have to save the world,

\hwe’ll bring you with us, promise.

[Jamie] Yeah, sure.

Newt, record any incriminating \h\h\h\hevidence you observe.

[Newt] Copy that, recording.

\h\h\h\h[Miles] Orby, keep your coms open with Newt.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[Orby beeps] -Those really are some big guns.

\h\h\h[Miles] Newt, give us a countdown.

[Newt] Your window will \harrive in ten seconds.

[Miles] And Jamie, let us know \h\h\h\h\hif you see anything.

[Newt] Five, four, three, two-- You left before one, okay.

[dramatic electronic music]

[radio garbles in the distance]

[Jamie] Okay, you guys \h\h\hare in the clear.

Catwoman.

[grunts]

\h\h[Jamie] Guys, you’ve got company.

Come on, Miles, jump.

[Miles groans]

[Jamie] Hurry, he’s coming \h\h\h\h\haround that wall.

Okay, he didn’t see you. \h\h\h\h\h\h\hStay low.

Why are you so sweaty?

I’m nervous.

Never held a girl’s hand before?

No, it’s kind of nice.

\h\h\h[Newt] I interrupt this pleasant moment to remind you

that the power plant \hwill be destroyed

-in less than one hour. \h\h\h\h\h\h-Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, let’s go.

-[Newt beeps] -Sorry, buddy.

[suspenseful orchestra music]

What are we gonna do?

Newt, no, wait, hold on.

-[Newt plays music] \h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Hmm?

\h\hIt’s Newt. He’ll be fine.

[guard] Tripwire alarm, \h\h\h\h\h\hsub-level two.

Investigate immediately.

\h[Jamie] Orby, tell them that they’ve got company.

[Orby beeps]

I thought this machine was huge.

Where is it?

[Miles] Newt, you found us.

\h\h\h[Newt] I’m receiving communication that we have \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hguests.

Company, you’ve got company. \h\h\h\h\h\hThat’s the line.

\h-[guard yells in foreign language]

-[gun fires]

[Newt] Attempted murder, \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hlogged.

[Miles grunts]

Come on, Orby.

They need our help.

[guard] We have a breach. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWeapons hot.

-[guard 2] Are they inside? \h\h\h-[guard 1] All hands.

Come on, guys, move, \h\h\h\hmove, move.

\h\h-[guard 3] On my way. -[guard 4] Sub-level two.

[door shuts]

[Piper] Well, that’s not \hholding him for long.

\h[guard speaks in foreign language]

[computer] ID required.

Hurry, he’s coming.

Any day now.

\h\hThat tone is not making me go faster.

[computer] Access granted.

[Miles] This is it.

[indistinct chattering]

[computer] Teleforce beam \h\h\h\h\h\htarget acquired,

commencing calibration.

[Viggo] If this works, \h\h\h\h\h\hCatherine,

it will be a new dawn \h\h\hfor both of us.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAll right, time for a distraction.

Hope this works.

[explosion in the distance]

[gasps] What was that?

Search the grounds.

\h\h\h\h\h[computer] Perimeter compromised.

Initiate evacuation protocol.

\h\h\h\hYou said this place wouldn’t draw any attention.

I have a hidden bunker. \h\h\h\h\hCome with me.

Newt, stay underneath \hin case we need you.

[Newt beeps]

This better work.

[shoes squeak]

Shh!

Any day now, Piper.

That tone isn’t making \h\hme go any faster.

Here we go.

[Catherine] I wouldn’t do that if I were you.

\h\h-Jamie! -I’m sorry!

Step away from the machine. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNow!

Your mother always \hdid have a knack

for getting in the way too.

[computer] Resuming \h\hDaybreak Protocol,

five minutes to launch.

\h[Catherine] But I guess I do owe this all to you,

\h\hbecause you ensured Tesla’s magnum opus was brought to life.

\h\h\hYeah, so much for your mission statement.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[Catherine] What are you talking about?

\hYour invention will solve the world’s biggest energy problem.

We’re just bypassing all the \h\h\h\hgovernment red tape

it would take to get us there.

\hThis is what you wanted, isn’t it?

Not like this.

Oh, sometimes reality hurts.

[punch thuds]

Yeah, it sure does.

[Piper] Jamie, you okay?

Yeah, I’m okay.

Back away from my son.

-Back away from my son. \h\h\h\h\h\h-[gun cocks]

\h[Miles] So how’d you pull that off?

\h\h\h\hI got some extra demo charges from work.

\h[Newt] Adding theft of \hexplosives to list of incriminating evidence.

-No, purge that last one. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-Let’s go.

\h\h\h\h\h\h-I’m not leaving. -This was your mom’s mistake.

You are not paying for it. \h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCome on.

\hHer mistake was not destroying it sooner.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[computer] Energy sequence initiated.

[machine rumbles]

Duck, duck, duck.

\h\h\h\h\h-[machine thrums] -[dramatic electronic music]

Wait.

Dad, I can do this.

Let me pay my dues.

[guard] All available \h\h\h\hto control room.

Intruders located.

I’ll hold them off.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[computer] Zeus Protocol accepted,

continuing arming procedures.

What?

No, no, no, it’s not stopping.

[Piper] Let me try.

I’m locked out of the system.

I can’t get into the terminal.

[monitor beeps]

Huh?

[beeping continues]

Guys, this building’s \h\h\h\h\hgonna blow.

It’s gonna shoot itself.

\h\h\h\h\h\h[computer] Maximum power achieved,

generating teleforce beam.

I thought you said that code \hwould shut this thing down

and make it useless.

I assumed that’s what it did.

-Jamie, get down! \h\h\h-[gun fires]

\h\h\h\h\h\h[computer] Zeus Protocol accepted.

Come on, we gotta go.

We gotta go, go, run, run.

There’s too many of them!

Miles, let’s go!

Come on!

-[Newt whines] \h\h\h\h-Newt!

[Bill] Miles, come on.

[suspenseful electronic music]

[Miles] I can stop it.

\h\h-I know I can. -It’s gonna blow!

Your mom’s code worked!

[computer] Teleforce beam \h\h\hgeneration complete.

Sixty seconds to launch.

Trust her!

\h\h\h[Bill] Come on, fast, guys, go, move.

[Miles] Come on, bud, move it.

This is as fast as I go.

[Miles] Move, go, go, go, go.

[computer] Ten, nine, eight,

seven, six, five, four,

three, two, one.

[beam blasts]

[Bill] Everybody get down!

You did good, bud.

You too, Miles.

[Piper] Great job, Bill.

I just wanted to be part of the moment.

Newt.

\h\h[Newt] My entire CPU flashed before my eyes.

[Miles] It’s all right, bud.

We’ll get you back to fighting shape.

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h-[fire crackles] -[sirens blare in the distance]

[soldier] Come on, boys!

Hands where I can see ’em!

[man groans]

\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h[stammering] Kennedy... you wouldn’t, you--

You were wrong about me, Mom.

I look great in suits.

Watch your head. \hGet in there.

[indistinct radio chatter]

Burnt to the ground, \h\h\has requested.

Nice work.

\h[Jamie] Here, it’s full of bad guys doing crimes.

\h\h\h\hThanks. I have something for you too.

You deserve to have this.

It’s all of your mother’s \h\h\h\h\henergy research.

Her legacy should live on.

So what now?

First, I think I have some federal cooperating to do,

but then Luxos will \h\hmake you a deal,

and we take perpetual energy \h\h\h\hall over the world.

I want the title to the land \h\h\h\h\hmy workshop is on,

and I retain the rights \h\h\h\hto the Phoenix.

\h\hAnd a guarantee it’ll never be used

in a military application.

A scholarship under \hmy Regina’s name.

Done, done, and done.

Anything else?

\h\h\hAn unlimited nacho gift card to Alfonso’s.

[chuckles] Okay.

You have a deal.

\h\h\h\hMr. Fletcher, come with me, please.

[calming orchestra music]

Mr. Fletcher, thank you so much for coming.

Right this way.

I read your thesis \hon Tesla’s work,

and I know you’ll love this exhibit.

\h\h[Tesla] Now I’m working on a solution

\h\h\hto create consistency called cascading ionization.

Theoretically, we should be \hable to control the energy

versus the erratic quality \h\h\hyou are seeing now.

If only I could harness it \hinto a consistent beam,

we would have perpetual, \h\h\h\hlimitless power.

This is the beauty \h\hof simplicity,

the patterns of the universe,

but we need the keys \h\hto unlock them.

Without three, six, nine, \h\h\h\h\hwe have no keys.

[orchestral music swells]

[Piper] Need a ride?

Oof, I don’t know.

\hI don’t think I’m supposed to get in cars with strange girls.

Ew.

\h\h\h\hNice kicks. How do you like ’em?

\h\h\h\h-Sneakers not squeakers. -[Miles] Newt, did they get it?

[Newt] Confirmed,

replacements for borrowed \h\hcapacitors delivered.

[Jamie] Let’s go.

\h\h\h\hI’ve got a gift card burning a hole in my pocket.

[Piper] Alfonso’s?

Newt, play upbeat music.

[upbeat rock music]

[Miles voice over] You know, \h\hI always thought I wanted

to be one of the greats,

\hbut I’ve learned it was never about that.

\hHolding the lightning doesn’t make you a hero.

It’s what you choose to do with it that matters.

[upbeat rock music continues]

[calm electronic music plays]