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Have you guys found Ava yet?

I heard a crew was sent out.

Bo and the crew are bringing her in tonight.

But don't waste your time obsessing over her, Zero.

The real question is, can I trust you to finish what I've asked?

You can.

You can trust me to finish anything you ask.

Haven't I proven that?

Trust the math, Blackwell.

Don't doubt me.

Good. Because if you fail me, Zero...

You know the price.

And I'll make sure you pay it in ways you can't even begin to imagine.

Don't forget.

I made you. You belong to me.

Now finish what you started or I will end you.

Consider it finished.

Ava! Ava!

Ava, please, just stop.

Stop, Ava.

She's getting away.

That girl's gonna be pissed!

You don't have to do this!

Come

on,

Ava!

Don't do this, Ava!

Save us, please!

Get her! Get her!

You think you can run from us?

Hey? Hey, what are you doing here?

See?

I'm so sorry, Elle.

She's making me be here.

No.

I'm sorry. I know. I know it's scary. I know you're scared.

Don't be scared. I'm here. She chose me to be with you.

To show your power. You have something special inside you. Something most

people can never even dream of.

But she wants to see it and she's telling me it has to come out. No, I

can't. Please.

All you have to do is let it out. No, I can't. I tried. She's lying, Zero. Push

harder. I can.

I've seen it. I've seen the spark inside you. The power.

The power.

It's hiding in you. All you have to do... No, I can't. I tried.

You just need the right push.

Z. No, Z. You said you would protect me. This will never happen. I can't.

That was a long time ago before Ava left and messed everything up.

You did.

But you did.

When they locked me away and I was afraid you said you wouldn't let them

hurt me.

I thought I could stop them.

But I was wrong. I was wrong.

Time is running out, Zero.

You know what happens if you hesitate.

No, Z.

Z, Z, Z. I tried already.

You know I can't do it and I need more time, please.

I'm so sorry, Elle. She's giving you ten points. See? No, no, please.

See? Don't make me. I can't do it. I can't do it. See? Can't. Please.

Ten. I can't.

I can't.

Nine. See?

Yeah, I can't.

Eight.

I can't. I can't. See?

See?

I can't. Please.

I can't.

You're safe on. You're safe on. You're safe on.

You watch out for our phone.

I can't do it. I can't do it.

It's just a test. That's all.

You did good last time. You did good last time.

Three minutes. Three minutes. I can't do it. I can't do it. I can't do it. I'm

trying. I'm trying. I'm trying. I'm trying.

You can do it! You're doing it!

Push!

You're doing it!

Just the way Ava showed us.

I'm coming back for you.

I can't do it. I can't do it. I can't do it.

I can't do it.

I can't do it.

I can't do it. I can't do

it.

More than just letters.

They don't get to choose who you are.

You survived today.

Oh my god, Al. You're doing it. Come on, Al. You're doing it, Al.

Shoulders back. Shoulders back. Don't let them... You can do it. You're doing

it.

Push. You're doing it. Three.

I'm getting from back there. Come on, Al.

No. It's just information. It's information.

What are you doing?

Ava, I can't.

I'm scared Michael will kill us.

Someone knows you're planned. No!

You have to get out of here!

I'll come back for you, Lana.

I swear.

Don't do this.

Bo, Ava just took out two of our agents. This ends tonight.

You find her. Now.

She's nothing but a failed experiment.

A glitch.

Do you understand, Bo?

A mistake that has lingered far too long.

We clean this up.

Now. Oh.

You know what happens if you fail me, Bo.

You know it all too well.

You were supposed to be better than this.

You've always been better than this, haven't you, Bo?

I've given you everything.

This is your chance.

Don't waste it.

I trust you to do what's necessary.

Do not disappoint me again.

I will make sure you pay the price for failure.

You got it, Dr. Blackwell.

I will not fail you.

Shouldn't you be somewhere, I don't know, safer?

What's it matter?

There's nowhere for me.

Not really, anyways.

I used to think that way.

I thought I was trapped by what people wanted me to be.

What I was born into.

But we're not just what they make us, you know? We can break free.

We can choose.

Easy for you to say.

My family sucks.

I feel like my feelings don't even matter to them.

I've been running all my life from people trying to control me, to use me,

tell me who to be, who I am, trying to use me for what I can do.

I'm trying to be free. I'm fighting for a life where I'm not being used as a...

I'm fighting for a life where my feelings matter. And you deserve that

too, to be more than what anyone decides.

You need to fight it, just like me. So I understand it. I get it.

I get you.

I never really had a place.

Where's your family?

No family.

Not really.

Okay, but I'm not like you.

You're stronger than you think.

And you're not alone.

Hey. I hate to do this, but I really gotta go.

But why?

You just got here. I know, and I wish I could stay, but I got some stuff

pressing, and I gotta get out of here.

Just remember to stay strong, and you'll get through this. I promise.

Just keep fighting.

For both of us.

How's the newest family member?

Are they running test?

Yeah, they're running test on him now.

He's here.

You know, just so you know, they got rid of Lana's body.

Oh, zero, zero, zero.

You know the rules.

Bo, Ava, and you are the only ones to get full names around here.

Don't make me regret my decision.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Elle.

Al's body.

You know, he told us we were going to be special, that you would take care of us,

that we were going to be doing good.

You're getting rid of everyone.

And then you're bringing all these new patients in.

I don't understand what's going on. You need to explain to me so I could tell

them, the others.

I have no idea what- You know, the more I talk to you, the more I regret my

decision with you, Zero.

Just keep doing what you are told.

You have been doing the other task, right?

No more letting the patients have interactions, right?

Yeah, they've been separated, like you wanted.

Oh my god, since they've all been separated- I'll call you back.

You look like shit.

I hear Ava's killing everybody.

Morales was shot in the leg, Tate was shot in the foot, and I just happened to

be the one that walked away.

Street jammer.

She cooked it when she passed.

Looks like you taught her a lot.

She don't shoot for sport.

Blackwell's getting pissed.

She wants her back tonight.

You two have history.

Everybody knows.

Are you going to come clean on this or not?

Are you reporting or recruiting?

Actually, tonight both.

After a little chat, I'm going to go recruit some kids Blackwell and Edwards

wants.

But I'm asking if you can finish.

Because if you can't, Blitz teams rolls in.

They're not going to ask questions.

Stand down.

You're off this.

Go get family members for our big screwed up family.

You remember intake?

Those ice cold nights.

She watched your ass.

You taught her half the tricks we're paying with now.

That's not for nothing.

The past is the past, Noah.

Let it go.

She's tonight's target.

Still carry her gum for her headaches?

You call her target like it's armor.

You can see right through it.

You want to know what I see?

A city grid piggybacked with thrift store jammers and a runner who adapts.

And a family who promised us never to be alone in love.

We messed up.

That's on us.

So what is it then?

Bring her in or put her down?

Orders are bring her in, condition permitting.

She draws in a crowd, then we take her out. That's the job.

You're just repeating what Blackwell said.

What are you going to do?

It's like we've never had a runner before.

Not one that's been gone for weeks at a time.

You said if anything ever went bad, blue chalk, two lines, I remember.

I called the cops. After those guys were chasing you, I didn't know what else

to... Don't.

That'll ping their net. They'll find us.

Ping their net? They're cops.

Dispatch writes on Blackwell's payroll.

Flags mirror to her dashboards.

You call, she pulls a map, she tracks your phone.

Okay, so what do you want me to do?

Hard kill it.

All these two buttons.

Okay, turn it off.

This is actually, no, it flies us a minute. It's actually crazy.

Okay, start from the beginning. What actually happened?

The truth.

You always wanted to talk about childhood.

But I never did because the house was nothing but needles and shouting.

I was seven.

The fridge had ketchup and a beer.

It had a winter space heater kind of smell.

A woman in a clean coat shows up with a caseworker and some swords.

and papers, program, gifted, placement.

She told a judge I was exceptional.

She said I was lucky.

Lucky meant a bed with sheets and cereal with milk.

It meant tests.

There were rooms with numbers on the walls.

I had wires in my hair.

Hold still.

Again.

When I did what they wanted, but quiet.

The quiet felt like safety to me, so after that I learned fast.

Well, I'm sorry, Ava.

What did they want?

Starts like static.

The line's clean and I'm steady.

I can ride the church.

I can jump.

I can jump wherever I want.

Teleport? What in the back to the future shit is this?

Wait, did you guys have a car?

Did you mess with the past?

Or did you mess with my past?

Maya, please stop.

So you're serious?

Day one, she taught us no hesitations.

she'd salt the earth to prove a point if i'm there i can take the heat off the

citizens if i'm not they go loud is that what blockbell taught you

what to save what to sound like what did you get from eva what did she teach

you

Keep pressure, you're concussed.

Change your shirt.

If Blackwell saw you like that, it would be intake all over again, freezing your

ass all night long.

Ava and ZNL wouldn't be there to make us laugh our asses off all night like last

time.

You ever think about leaving?

I think about... I don't know.

No.

You were her first, right?

Blackwell prototype.

Is that true?

It was the pilot program.

She doesn't retire pilots. She repurposes them.

Yeah.

She calls them letters now.

L, M, Z, B.

Well, actually, Z got moved down to zero.

Damn plain on paper, but dirty in practice.

Letters are faster to file.

And easier to bury.

The elevator didn't work.

Sometimes the current goes flat, like the line needs an echo.

And I'm alone.

I don't know why.

My powers aren't working.

Did they build you?

Are you human?

Yes. Yes, Maya.

Of course I'm human.

They built a facility for kids and turned them into weapons.

How many?

They take your name, give you a letter.

Easier to file, easier to erase.

That's the point.

When they stacked our drills in the same hole, and we were all together, the air

felt louder.

Maybe it was the pressure.

Maybe I was braver when the others breathed next to me.

It just worked more.

So I don't understand.

Why didn't you go to the media? Why didn't you go to the cops?

Why didn't you go to an influencer?

I don't... Explain.

Dude, she buys headlines. She buys pensions.

If I go loud, she turns me into a warning.

She's done it before.

840,000 kids go missing every year.

A quarter of those are Blackwell at some level.

Missing kids.

care placement, research programs.

It's built to look legitimate.

It's a cover underground, though.

Underground government, sanitized.

Our government steals kids.

If I'm a headline, she buries the rest under me.

White girl goes missing in an alley.

No family.

It's too big.

And it's too simple.

Who is she sending after you? And there's always someone, right?

Is that why you're running now?

There's only one person that's high enough.

It's well.

You got body cam?

I didn't bring a camera tonight.

Upload your report with times.

No adjectives.

She reads adjectives like a towel.

Does she still call you by your first name?

Not in front of anyone.

What if Ava does?

She won't.

Because you're sure?

Or because you need her not to?

Log your report.

Clinic on 9th will stitch you, no questions asked. Just give them

Blackwell's rate.

And Noah?

Don't tell anyone you were here. You never saw me.

Could have sworn you used to smile back then.

Get stitched.

Don't call her a target around me again.

We're all family. I'm just bringing her in.

For what it's worth, she could have killed me back there.

She didn't.

She could have killed us all.

Then you're lucky.

Is she like you?

She was always there.

Same room, same drills.

I never saw her through a spark stone.

She didn't need to.

She was the best fighter in the building.

It's not just powers.

It's edges.

Pain thresholds.

Pattern memory.

Some kids bend electricity.

Some bend people.

You should have told me this. Any of this.

Right, Maya.

Hey, my name is Ava.

I was tortured every single day.

And now sometimes I shoot electricity.

Oh, and sometimes, if things get so intense while I'm doing that, I'll

teleport.

Also, though...

We were getting close, like super close.

And close makes people targets.

Yeah, but I felt close to you.

Our dinners, everything we did together, our walks, our girls' nights,

everything. Our out-of-pocket memes, our coffee dates.

So if it wasn't for all this, would we have worked?

It would have been easy.

Okay, what now?

Now you go a different way home.

No buses, no Uber.

Your phone goes dark for two days.

And if anybody asks you, don't know me, okay?

But I already do.

Tell me one thing that makes me feel less crazy.

Edwards.

Go ahead.

I still can't find Ava.

I got a new plan for Ava. Head back.

Got it.

Look, the river's missing here.

That's why I couldn't jump.

Not because I'm broken, but because the line is.

When it isn't broken and I can hold steady, I can move.

What does steady mean?

Look.

This is steady.

This is peace.

Who taught you that, Bo?

Bo taught me to be strong.

She taught me to survive.

How?

It's your head.

What?

It's your head on my chest that taught me peace.

Your head is what taught me to be steady.

So if I keep quiet, are they going to come for me anyways?

Not if I stay ahead.

And not if you stop being predictable.

Change your routes.

Switch grocery days.

Don't tag any locations.

Don't let anyone mirror your habits.

You really planned ahead, huh?

I planned on running.

So, why me?

Why come back for me?

Because you saw me as a person, not as a problem. You saw me.

Me.

If you ever stop running, what does that look like?

Quiet.

A room without mirrors.

And Bo.

Bo's the reason the room never stayed put.

Like a friend?

More like a mirror you can't break.

Well, I can help.

Not tonight.

Tomorrow?

If I need you.

Different alley.

Same marks.

No calls.

Nothing typed.

But what if I see something?

Walk away.

No witnesses.

Witnesses get managed.

I hate this.

I know.

Me too.

One more thing.

How do you stop somebody like her? Somebody who owns the map?

You break the map.

And you can do that?

I have to try.

All I want is to just live and be happy.

Are you always this calm?

I'm not calm.

I'm steady.

I'm just trying to find peace in a loud world.

Please please go go If there ever

comes a time when you find that empty room save me a chair

She's really gone.

She told me to fight for it.

That's easy to say when you can run.

Stop.

When she touched my shoulder earlier, my head got quiet, but only for like two

seconds. Like everything in my head just calmed down.

I'm not gonna open it.

No,

I'm not gonna open it, I'm mad.

You ever notice, like, how people just come and go without a care in the world?

Like, they don't think about what them leaving would do to you.

And they just sleep.

When I was eight, the lady from our office said resource placement.

I thought it meant that they'd place resources in our house.

It meant me. They placed me like a sugar.

Group apartment in Reed.

Four girls, two staff, a lock on the pantry because somebody stole Pop-Tarts.

I stole Pop-Tarts.

I didn't even like them. I just wanted to know if I could.

They told me I was seeking attention when I was just trying to seek

breakfast.

my mom's boyfriend called me too much school called me at risk and probation

called me defiant and spelled my name wrong on the paper nobody says kid

She writes how she talks, like the words are running from her or something.

I don't know, but it's unusual.

She said, trust your breaths.

I don't even know what mine sounds like when I'm not running.

This one time, I made a list on the back of a receipt, and it just had a list of

places to sleep if I had to leave for any reason.

and library vents, laundromat bench, under the stairs at the

church.

But then I lost the receipt, and then I felt stupid for thinking that I could

rely on a piece of paper.

I steal stupid stuff, like chapstick or hand sanitizer, like

ramen or something.

Half the time I put it back before I leave.

I just want to know if I could have done it.

I hate that about me.

I don't want to be a person who checks doors just to hear the click.

She looked at me like I wasn't a problem.

And I hate that she left right after she said that.

And I hate that she asked me to be brave.

I always tell myself that I don't cry when people can see.

And then...

I look at these rules that I made, and I think, why would I make something like

this? Like, why can't I just be normal?

I don't want to be a story people tell to feel better.

We knew this girl, she was tough.

I want to be...

boring. I want to skate and eat pizza and sleep without shoes like all the

normal boring kids.

Is it dumb that that's all that I want?

You're ridiculous.

You ever just look at the bus app?

And it's just lines.

Like, if you pick one, your whole life just goes in that direction.

And if you miss it, like, that's it.

Whoa, slow down.

Slow down. It's okay.

Evening.

Naya.

Um, my mom's asleep.

I can go get her if you need me to.

Actually, I'm here for you guys.

I work nights around here.

When I see kids on the steps this late, I check if they got what they need.

A ride, a safe bed, someone who actually listens.

I'm Noah.

We're fine.

Sometimes, fine can mean...

I know how to make that fire small.

It's an impressive skill, but it can be exhausting.

I know the girl who spoke to you on these stairs.

Ava.

She left.

She didn't leave you.

She just had to come back home.

Look, she's great.

She asked me to come talk to you, too.

That's the only reason why I'm here.

But we can go to her.

Tonight.

We can meet the people that sat up with her at 3 a.m., fed her her own schedule.

They taught her what quiet really felt like.

Call it a family.

Not perfect, but it's real.

And you can be a part of it.

What if it's just another place with rules?

Every room has rules.

Ours are plain.

Nobody touches you without the yes.

You don't hurt yourself or others.

You tell the truth about what you can handle.

And you can come and go if you please.

Okay, but why me?

Because she stopped for you.

Because you're sitting like someone deciding between brave and invisible.

Because families don't wait for perfect.

We make room.

Feels like a trick.

Then test it.

Walk with me.

In three minutes from now, if it feels wrong, turn around.

I won't follow you.

If you come, you come.

If you don't, you don't.

I think you already know what you want.

Sometimes the hard part is letting your feet guide you.

She told me to trust my breath.

If you two need a minute, I'll just wait by the curb.

I hate this.

And our fridge is empty. Maybe quit spending on me.

Well, at least mine don't come in a bottle.

Did I do it?

What? You're going to hit me now? In front of the kids?

Do that.

Your daughter took this house off.

No, that's you.

You come in stomping, talking big, and bring nothing.

Keep her out of my face.

Keep me out of your mouth and play the ring. Clean this mess.

Clean yourself.

Update? Nothing to update yet, Buckwell.

Wait.

Target on the move. West on 5th. Stay alert.

You think you can control me like this?

Pointing a weapon at me?

Look what they've done to you, Bo.

I never wanted this. But you think you're so above it all.

You think I didn't have a choice?

You think this is going to fix me?

This isn't about fixing you, Ava.

This is bigger than me and you and your little feelings.

You don't get it.

And you're going to save me?

By killing me?

After everything we've been through together?

This is what you think is going to make it better?

It's not about making it better, Ava.

It's about saving what's left.

You don't understand what they've turned us into.

Something great.

You're still not getting it, though.

You're still following them.

You're letting them use you like a tool.

Have a mind for yourself.

You don't think I thought about you every day that you've been gone?

We all have.

People are paying the price because you left us.

Because you ran away.

So you think I'm the problem?

You think that if I come back that everything's going to be fixed and

they're going to stop all the testing and killing?

I don't know anymore. I don't know.

I do know we can't keep running, Ava.

We can't keep hurting people.

But if you don't come back with me, I will do whatever it takes to make you

see reason.

I am not some damn project.

Well, they never saw me as a person.

Just a project. An object.

I remember all the things they did to me.

And the things you did to me.

Even the things you want me to forget.

I'm not going to be here, too.

I made mistakes.

I'm scared, too, Ava.

If you could just see... If you could just come back with me.

We could save so many.

We could stop this. We can fix it.

Ava, you don't understand.

I... I've tried...

To make this right. I've tried to make sense of it. But every day, every day,

since you left us, I have watched everything fall apart.

I've watched people die because we couldn't stop it.

Do you think I wanted this?

I was the first, Ava.

For success.

I was... We... Were meant to be together

as... As something more.

You're like me?

Then why are we pitted against each other, Bo?

Why?

Maybe... Just maybe we can redefine our purpose together.

Come with me.

Step away from her, Bo. Remember your duty. You're not just an agent. You're a

prototype. A pinnacle of what we've created.

Fail this mission, and I'll deactivate you. You know I can.

And I'll make sure she suffers every second before she joins you

in oblivion.

You're not human, Bo.

You're a tool.

Nothing more.

Do what you're made for.

Finish the job.

And don't forget.

Failure means you become obsolete.

You're not irreplaceable.

Come with me, Bo. Let's find our answers together. You don't have to do this

anymore.

You can break free just like I did.

You don't have to stay trapped in this.

Be free, Bo.

What's our plan now?

We're gonna go find Ava.

You're probably wondering what you're doing here.

My name is Dr. Matt Edwards, and I'm here to offer you a choice.

Blackwell sees you as weapons.

I see you as the future.

And the future needs you to act before it's too late.

And thanks to Blackwell, it might be too late.

Ava and Bill are out there running, hiding. They threaten everything we've

built. Everything you could become.

Their very existence is a defiance of the order we've created.

They don't just challenge our progress.

They undermine it. Everything we've worked to perfect.

Everything you've been training for.

If they continue, the future we've envisioned will collapse before it even

begins. Ava tried to help me. She said you guys could be free.

Ava and Bo jeopardized all of us.

I know your life has been hard, but you're our newest family member.

Freedom comes at a price.

Help me bring her back, and I promise you'll have the life you've always

dreamed of.

You won't be alone.

We'll have our greatest soldier yet leading you.

We are the future.

Look around you.

you've been told that you are experiments but that's their lie

they call you weapons i call you destiny

nothing and i mean nothing can stop us

I got holes inside my shoes tonight.

Bus runs late and the moon hangs white.

Everybody says you'll be all right, but they all leave. before

the morning light

she

sat down like she knew my name like she carried around the very same

pain said happiness ain't something handed down you got

to fight for it in this town and I laughed like I didn't understand

but her voice shook when she grabbed my hand now the hallway feels

colder than before and I keep staring at that damn front door

And he says breathe and let things pass.

But every good thing moves too fast. I keep acting tough like I

don't mind.

But I'm scared of getting left behind.

There's a note folded in my sleep.

Words too heavy for me to read.

Funny how one night can change your skin.

can sneak back