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- [Josie] Last time on Black Hole High.

[suspenseful music]

- The Josie Trent problem can no longer be ignored.

- Lucas, I need you to show me everything you learned

about the vortex so I can go back to October 4th, 1987,

get the ball back, prevent the accident from happening,

and everything goes back to the way it should be.

- Josie, that's crazy.

- No matter what insanity gets thrown at us next,

we face it together.

- Sorry, guys.

[feet thump]

It's over, Victor, once and for all.

[doors thumping]

[suspenseful music continues]

- [Josie] What happened?

- Josie, you should have listened to us.

Victor and Sarah were supposed to have that ball.

[suspenseful music continues]

Victor's the good guy.

You were meant to bring it to him.

It was your destiny.

[ominous music]

[light crackling]

[singer vocalizing]

[light whooshing]

[upbeat music]

- Does anyone have anything new to report

in our search for Josie?

- My gravity sensor hasn't picked up anything

since we met two days ago.

Big surprise.

- Well, Vaughn and I have been continuing our archives

and record search online

and we still haven't found any historical evidence.

- It's like Josie just vanished.

- Okay, but she didn't.

I mean, she has to be somewhere.

We just have to find out where that somewhere is.

- Well, that's brilliant, Lucas.

I wish I would've thought of that.

- Gentlemen, please.

- This is a complete waste of time, Professor Z.

We have spent hours examining the existence

of Darwinian multiverses and,

and analyzed Einstein's expanding universe,

and we've gone over the string theory, tachyons, gluons.

If we could just open up your office

and start using the wormhole to look for--

- Lucas, I know what you're about to say,

and you know what my answer is.

No, it's too risky.

[school bell ringing]

[footsteps thudding]

- He's never gonna let us near the wormhole.

- Then we're never gonna find Josie.

- Attention, everyone.

Professor Zachary, I have some important news

on the upcoming commencement ceremony.

I am pleased to announce that this year's valedictorian

for the graduation class is Corrine Baxter.

- [scoffs] This is outrageous.

- I know.

I was robbed.

- Nice work, Corrine.

- Hey, was there ever a doubt?

- Hey, congratulations, Corrine. It's a well deserved honor.

- You know what this means, of course,

you're gonna have to write a speech for graduation.

- Ah, Amanda, there you are.

I need your assistance immediately.

- Uh, of, of course, Mr. Avenir. What is it?

- We'll, uh, be making a very important announcement

to the students and faculty before graduation.

- Uh, what sort of announcement?

- Well, um, as head of the school's Board of Governors,

I've had to make a very difficult decision.

After graduation, the doors of Blake Holsey High

will be closing forever.

[melancholy music]

- [Josie] Okay, so my mom drops me at this boarding school,

and I'm thinking it's like all the other places I've gone.

[upbeat music]

Students,

[upbeat music continues]

teachers, principal, you know, like normal schools,

but it's not.

Weird stuff happens here, really weird stuff.

And what's this guy doing here?

Is his floating sphere the key to the mystery?

Something's going on and someone's behind it,

and we're gonna get to the bottom of it.

- There is nothing wrong at Blake Holsey High.

[upbeat music ends]

- You're shutting down Blake Holsey?

- Why?

- Well, I think that should be obvious.

Since Josie Trent's disappearance last year,

parents have been pulling students out right and left,

including your fellow science club member Marshall Wheeler.

Enrollment has dropped over 60%.

The school is in tremendous debt.

The building is falling apart

and the cost to repair it are astronomical.

- But Mr. Avenir, there must be some other way.

- Don't you think I've tried, Amanda?

My great-great-grandfather founded this institution.

When Victor Pearson resigned as head of the board,

I was honored to assume the post.

I've done everything I can to save it,

but I'm afraid we have no choice.

After graduation, the school will be closed,

the property sold,

and Blake Holsey High will be no more.

[students shouting faintly]

- But Mr. Avenir, won't you please reconsider?

- Uh, Professor Z, does this mean class is canceled?

- You can go, Stuart.

- I never liked this school anyway.

[footsteps thudding]

- Ever since he got here,

we've been trying to figure out what Avenir's up to,

and I guess this is it.

- We have to open up your office again, Professor Z.

- And I can't believe I'm actually saying this,

but, uh, well, I agree with Vaughn.

- Under no circumstances.

The wormhole is too unstable.

- But the wormhole is the only way we can find Josie.

- It might be if we knew where to look.

Every other time someone has gone back in time,

we have had some sort of clue as to where to find them.

However, this time, we have no idea as to where Josie went.

- Yeah, but we have to do something.

- I'm sorry, Lucas,

but until we have a new paradigm

for understanding that wormhole,

my office is to be strictly off limits.

I will not be responsible

for another one of you disappearing, like Josie.

- Well, I guess we know who we have to thank

for this latest happy turn of events,

none other than Vaughn's delightful

father Victor Pearson.

- Lucas, stop. - Why?

Everything that has happened here is thanks to him,

and you know it as well as I do.

- That's not true, Lucas,

and I think you owe Vaughn an apology.

- No, no, he's right.

[footsteps thudding]

- You happy Lucas?

For some reason you think you feel worse

about what happened to Josie than the rest of us.

Well, you know what? You don't.

[footsteps thudding]

Vaughn, wait!

[melancholy music]

[door thuds]

Wait up.

Don't listen to Lucas, okay?

He's just upset, and his way of dealing with it

is by blaming someone else.

- He only said what I was thinking anyways.

My mom's been gone almost my whole life,

and Josie disappeared, now the school's being shut down.

Lucas is right.

This is all my dad's fault.

- Maybe you can go back to your dad.

He could appeal to the board or buy the school.

Pay for the repairs, something.

- My dad's broke, Corrine.

He spent every penny he has,

driven Pearadyne into bankruptcy.

And those papers he was having me sign,

they were so he could draw funds

from my mother's half of the estate.

My trust is the only thing that was safe

because he couldn't get his hands on it.

Corrine, my dad's lost everything,

including his mind.

[ominous music]

[keyboard clicking]

[suspenseful music]

- [Computer Voice] Insufficient data.

[paper rustling]

[keyboard clacking]

[suspenseful music continues]

[paper rustling]

Calculating input data.

Critical function error.

[suspenseful music continues]

[laptop thumps]

[light screeching]

[light rumbling]

[feet shuffling]

[light exploding]

[suspenseful music continues]

[footsteps thudding]

[screen whooshes]

[paper rustling]

[device buzzing]

[suspenseful music continues]

[singer vocalizing]

[device thuds]

[light whooshing]

[gentle music]

- [Lucas] Sorry, Z, you said not to, but I have to.

[footsteps thudding]

[melancholy music]

[door thumps]

- Looking for something?

- Uh, me?

Oh, Professor Z's office. I mean, no.

What would I be looking for in Professor Z's,

of course not.

- It depends on what you're hoping to find.

- I'm afraid Josie's never coming back.

- Josie's been gone a long time,

but you never gave up hope until now.

Why?

- Because I'm leaving. We all are.

And in case you haven't heard,

they're tearing down the school.

- Do you still wanna find her?

- Of course I do, but I, I don't think I can do it alone.

- Well, if you give up hope, you never will.

That much is certain.

Those who think themselves powerless,

ultimately turn out to be right.

[footsteps thudding]

[light whooshing]

- Avenir is preparing to act.

- He is.

- And still you do nothing.

- We are bound not to interfere.

That's something you seem to have forgotten.

- How can you say that?

The science club has been dismantled. Josie is isolated.

Victor is in ruins and Vaughn is turning against him.

All Avenir needs now is for someone

to bring him the ball.

Am I right?

Then at least tell me this,

is Josie Trent the only one who can stop Avenir?

- Time will tell.

Remember, everything happens for a reason.

[footsteps thudding]

- Everything happens for a reason.

[light whooshing]

[feet shuffling]

[wrench rattling]

[door creaking]

[suspenseful music]

[door thumps]

[suspenseful music continues]

[footsteps thudding]

[wrench thuds]

- Okay, Lucas, you can do this, buddy.

You don't need Corrine or Vaughn, or, or Marshall or Z.

You theorized that, that power of thought

can control travel through the wormhole.

So I'm thinking

bring Josie back.

[gentle music]

Bring Josie back.

[ethereal music]

Bring Josie back.

[phone ringing]

- Hello? - [Marshall] Lucas, it's me.

- Marshall! Hey, did you hear the news?

- Yeah, I just picked up a message from Corrine.

And I knew my parents weren't the only ones who freaked

and pulled their kid out,

but I didn't know things have gotten that bad.

- It's beyond bad.

I mean, we've officially hit rock bottom.

- Corrine sounded, uh, sounded pretty upset. Is she okay?

- Corrine?

Yeah, she's fine.

- [Marshall] Did she ask about me?

- Yeah, she asked about you,

but she, she's got a lot on her mind lately.

- You know, I never would've gotten

through all this without you.

[gentle music]

- Same here.

You're a good friend.

- You too.

[birds chirping]

- There's gotta be something we can do.

Maybe we can go to Avenir.

- And then?

- And talk to him, make him see a reason.

You know, save the wormhole, save the school,

maybe even save Josie.

[birds chirping]

- Let me do it. I got an idea.

[suspenseful music]

[footsteps thudding]

- Well, of course Corrine misses you, man.

Why wouldn't she?

I miss you.

- Yeah, thanks buddy, but, uh,

I know she's been hanging out a lot with Vaughn.

It's cool, like, [device beeping]

it's just the way we left things.

I'm not sure if--

- Uh, Marshall, I, I gotta call you back, man.

- Lucas, what's happening?

- Dude, I, I gotta call you back.

- Lucas?

[devices buzzing]

[wormhole whooshing]

[suspenseful music continues]

- Josie!

See, I knew if I waited long enough

you'd showed up eventually.

- So how long has it been?

- For me, a night.

But I mean, you've been gone a year.

Where were you?

- I know it was lonely. I can't remember that much.

- Well, I mean, we have to go tell the others.

They are gonna be so happy.

- No, Lucas. Wait.

No one can know that I'm here.

- Why not? - You were all...

I mean, I was wrong about Victor.

We're not supposed to stop him. We have to help him.

I have to help him.

- Okay, well, we tried already.

Victor refused to see us.

- He'll see me, but Avenir must not know that I'm here.

- Wait, you know about Avenir?

- I know some.

- And did you know he's closing Blake Holsey?

- There's much more at stake,

but I don't have time to explain it all now.

I have to see Victor.

- Well, I'll go with you.

- No, I need you to keep an eye on Avenir.

We can't let him bring Vaughn to his side.

- Well, Vaughn's not so crazy about his dad right now,

but he likes Avenir even less.

- Trust me, Lucas, please.

- I always have.

- I'll meet you back here in two hours.

If I'm not here, look for me at Victor's.

[gentle music]

[light crackling]

[clocks ticking]

[gentle music continues]

[clocks ticking]

- Like an exquisitely played chess match,

all the moves have been carefully choreographed

and necessary pieces have been taken.

Your opponent rendered to a strictly defensive posture,

and a checkmate is nigh at hand.

[clocks ticking]

Come in.

[knocking]

Vaughn Pearson, just the person I wanted to see.

Come on. Come in.

- Mr. Avenir, sir, I can't let you shut this school down,

and I'm prepared to do whatever it takes to stop it.

I'll buy the property myself if I have to.

- Really?

I was under the impression

that your father's fortune had been squandered.

- Not all of it.

- Oh, your trust. Yes.

- How much will it take?

- Vaughn, let's dispense with all this nonsense

about the school, shall we?

I know why you're really here.

- Really?

- This is all about your parents, isn't it?

Your woefully misguided father,

poor, lost mother Sarah.

- What do you know about my mother?

- A great deal.

I know all about your father's research into time travel,

how it led to the accident

that took away your dear mother.

It pains me to be the one to tell you this,

but your father is a very dangerous man, Vaughn.

- How do you know all this?

- That's why I came here from the future,

to stop your father's rendezvous with yet another disaster.

But I can't do it alone, Vaughn.

I need your help.

[suspenseful music]

- Hello, Victor.

[suspenseful music continues]

- Miss Trent, how did I know

you'd return at the depths of my darkest hour?

Look around you, Miss Trent, I'm ruined.

Have you come to gloat?

- I've come to help you.

[suspenseful music]

- Help me?

Miss Trent, ever since your arrival at Blake Holsey

you have been nothing but trouble.

- What if I have the answer you've been searching for?

I know more about you than you know about yourself, Victor.

- Well, maybe you could enlighten me

'cause I don't seem to know very much right now.

- You've been cast as the villain

in a drama that's beyond your control,

but you're not a villain.

You're just a person desperate to accomplish a goal

that's eluded you all these years.

- What might that be?

- To find your wife,

to find Sarah Pearson and bring her home.

Right now, I'm the only friend you've got.

- Well if that's true, friend, you can start

by telling me what this is.

It crashed earlier today nearby the mansion.

I don't know what it is,

but I think it's from Sarah.

- I think you're right.

- When I touched it, it began that countdown.

- The device operates on biometrics.

- Biometrics.

- Recognizing fingerprints, retina scans, voice prints.

This type will only operate

if touched by the right individual.

Maybe that's why I'm here.

If I'm right...

[device whirring]

- [Victor] Laser light.

- [Josie] A focused beam containing a

holographic message.

- Yes, one of the many applications

for laser light, Miss Trent.

What do the numbers mean?

[device whooshing]

- It's a date,

the day you disappeared.

- Mr. Randall, don't we knock anymore?

- Where did you find it?

- [Josie] Victor found it. Do you know what it does?

- Of course. So do you.

I mean, now that you're back, we can do this together.

Come on. Punch the numbers into the keypad.

[suspenseful music]

[keys beeping]

A pendant belonging to Vaughn's mother Sarah

fits in that slot.

- Sarah's pendant, the one I gave to Vaughn.

- Exactly.

Wait, did he never tell you about that?

- No.

- I guess he kept a lot more from you

than I ever gave him credit for.

Sorry.

- So where is the pendant now?

- Where's the pendant?

That's a good question.

- It's gone. I mean, it's really gone.

And without the pendant, I mean, we'll never know

what the message is unless,

do you have another pendant?

- Perhaps we should ask Miss Trent that question.

Clearly this device was meant for you.

You seem surprisingly uninformed about the situation, however.

- I don't have the answers.

It seems the only one who does is Josie Trent.

[suspenseful music]

[light whooshing]

[suspenseful music continues]

[singer vocalizing]

[suspenseful music continues]

[choir vocalizing]

[suspenseful music continues]

[singer vocalizing]

[dramatic music]

[upbeat rock music]

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