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[Lena] Previously on Supergirl...

I know that you're all trying to stop Nyxly,

but we're supposed to fight for everyone.

There's still time to make a big difference.

You have your mother's witchcraft, should you choose to embrace it.

[Brainy] Nyxly wants to capture you in her crystal,

which she can use to find the seven Totems

that will give her ultimate power.

You need to help me find the Totem of Courage.

Because when you control courage,

you control fear.

[sighs] I wish Mxy's song had given us just a little bit more info,

like, I don't know, where to even start looking for the Totems.

Lena, you're back!

How was Newfoundland?

Um...

Very quiet.

Did you find anything else about your mom?

Honestly, it was kind of a lot to process,

so I'd prefer it if we could just jump back into work

and maybe you could bring me up to speed?

We're in a race against a vengeful 5th Dimensional imp named Nyxly

to find seven Totems before she can use them to wipe us out of existence.

I assume it's this Nyxly that's responsible

for the giant cat I saw on the news?

She was, and we have to stop her.

I was just gonna go to the Fortress to see what info I could find.

- Do you wanna come? - Sure. Have portal, will travel.

Access all Kryptonian knowledge on the 5th Dimensional AllStone Totems.

Here we go.

Oh.

- You know her? - Yeah, she's a Kryptonian witch.

A witch?

Well, the living memory of one. Her name is Vita.

Well, what does a Kryptonian witch got to do with a 5th Dimensional Totem?

Well, 5th Dimensional energy is magic.

Is the term "magic" really accurate?

I mean, it's energy.

There must be a scientific logic to it. We just don't understand it yet.

[Vita] You seek the AllStone Totems?

I advise you to stay away from them.

Seeking them on Krypton led to the demise of many in my coven.

Well, we really don't have choice. So, how do we find them?

Oh, if you choose to seek the Totems,

there are a few rules you must know.

Rule one, there is a prescribed order to the Totems.

The Courage Totem is first.

- That must be the one Nyxly is after. - Rule two,

the Totems have been concealed as artifacts, hidden over time.

Three. You must activate the Totem before you can wield it.

To do so, you must speak the word "Cgyrzyx."

Four.

To fully control the Totem,

you must submit yourself to a test of character.

This trial will take a deep emotional toll.

It will not be pleasant.

Yeah, but we don't want to control the Totems.

We just want to protect them.

How did the witches in your coven start their search?

On Krypton, we discovered that over the eons,

these magical artifacts had an effect on the cultures that grew up around them.

An artifact? That could be anything.

Correct.

The Totems are formidable.

May you survive your quest.

[theme music playing]

Um, Dr. Lahr, this just came from the museum's Grants department.

They terminated my funding.

Oh! This is all Frank's fault.

Your ex-partner?

If Dr. Gale hadn't told the grant committee

that he was quitting Project Bolt

because he believed harnessing lightning was too dangerous,

then I'd still have plans for the laser with him.

Then we'd still have a project.

So why don't you get the plans back from him?

I don't know.

Maybe he's right.

You don't know if you don't try.

- Zoinks. - What took you so long?

The shipment was delayed. But it arrived.

It did?

The Courage Totem is in National City.

Everything is in place.

You'll enter the museum by this lab, undetected.

There's a gap in their security when the shift change happens.

That's your opening.

Your target time is 12:52 p.m. on the dot.

You'll have exactly eight minutes to steal it.

Eight minutes?

[sighs] Oh!

What an annoyingly small window.

Do the people of Earth have to go through these

ridiculously elaborate plans every time they want something?

- Hmm? - People.

[both chuckle]

You know, I could always use one of these bad boys and...

No!

I need to do it quietly.

The only chance Supergirl and her friends have of finding the Totems

is if I give the game away.

But thanks to my Mxy-powered Crystal Ball,

the Courage Totem is within my grasp.

And once I have it,

my revenge will be only a few Totems away.

How'd you sleep?

Good.

Better than the last few nights.

Yeah.

I know that I've been processing, well, everything the last few days.

I just...

I didn't realize how much I had to process.

You don't have to talk about it unless you want to.

I am starting to see things more clearly,

and define what it is that I want for myself.

So, thank you.

For the space.

And for the coffee.

Yes, coffee's good.

[cell phone chimes]

Uh...

Oh, it's the Tower.

Kara has a lead on the AllStone Totems that Nyxly's after, so...

Hey, do you want to come along?

I mean, we could really use your shield on this.

Oh, I can't.

I have my own mission today.

We may have neutralized Rankin, but the Ormfell building is still gone,

and a lot of people in the Heights lost their home.

But Orlando has a plan.

It is gonna take a lot of fighting the city,

and a lot of trust from the neighborhood.

So I promised him and Joey that Guardian would be there to see this through.

You know, they are very lucky to have you.

Do you need any help? 'Cause I can come.

No, you go to the Tower.

I got this.

- Okay. - [laughs]

Bye, babe.

[Andrea] I tasked you with covering the Super Friends.

You should have a sixth sense when they're on the move by now.

I'm getting there as fast as I can.

And what about your story on the Minetten crime syndicate's

latest move into the National City?

You said you had an in to go undercover?

I did.

I will.

What happened to the prize-winning journalist I hired?

The one who went undercover with drug lords in Colombia.

Embedded himself with rebels in Kaznia.

Hell, you were even undercover when you came here.

Where's that reporter?

I asked you to track the Super Friends and you have nothing to show for it.

Make it...

happen.

Nia.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

We think that even if the Courage Totem seemed like an innocuous object

before it was hidden...

Because it's a magical power source, it could have evolved

into a symbol of courage.

So, I have run searches on every known artifact

having anything to do with courage,

from early human history to present day.

And I've cross-referenced it with items that are still in existence.

Coming to you... now, Brainy.

We apply my algorithm and we get...

64,427 potential Totem locations.

[Alex] Great.

So even at Supergirl's speed, that would take us...

Thirty-two days, two hours and 38 minutes to check them all.

Unless, of course, we hit the jackpot early.

There's a partial facial recognition at the Museum of Science and Technology.

There's a potential artifact there.

A slingshot.

And not just any slingshot,

the one David allegedly used to kill Goliath.

Jackpot.

[cell phone chimes]

Hey.

I know Andrea has been hounding you about the Super Friends.

And I just got a hot tip you may want to chase down

at the Museum of Science and Technology.

[alarm blaring]

Mitch, you miscalculating moron.

[guard] Excuse me. Excuse me, miss!

- Right. Mitch? - Stay right there. Stay right there.

Mitch.

Nyxly, hand the Totem over.

[chuckles]

No.

This one's mine.

Better luck next time.

Cgyrzyx.

The rest of the troops are in the armory, sister.

[Nyxly] What have you done?

Mitch, now!

This is incredible.

Whatever the Totem is, it's radiating concentrated 5th Dimensional energy.

Man, that can't be good.

Well, maybe Vita can tell us more.

All right.

How does this work exactly?

- [electricity buzzing] - [gasps]

Brainy, are you okay?

Hush, child.

The Coluan...

is fine.

Vita, did you possess Brainy?

Hmm.

It's quite refreshing to be embodied.

[scoffs]

Don't fret.

I'll put him back the way I found him.

What are these?

His nipples?

We need to get that witch out of him now.

I'm on it.

Right. Hey, Vita?

- Hmm. Yes, child? - Vita, we need your help.

We accidentally broke the Courage Totem,

and now there's 5th Dimensional energy coming out of it.

Well, that wasn't wise.

Breaking the Totem unleashes its magic.

[chuckles]

Anyone within a close radius when it broke will be given

a boost of raw, unfiltered courage.

All those people at the museum have been affected.

We could see erratic, even violent behavior all over the city.

We were there, too. Why weren't we affected?

We'll monitor just to be safe.

Vita. Hey, Vita!

Hmm.

How do we reverse it?

By gaining control of your half of the Totem.

Mmm? You understand?

This will attract the other half.

You follow?

Unite them... and quell the magic.

And to gain control, I have to pass that gauntlet?

Someone's paying attention to what I've been saying.

Yeah, man. If you are successful, you'll gain full command of the Totem.

So I have to pass my gauntlet before Nyxly passes hers.

It will not be easy.

You'll pay a terrible emotional price.

And if you fail,

the Totem's erratic magic will surge in everyone

who was near the Totem when it broke.

Hey... We're gonna help you.

Ha! Yeah, right. Rubbish!

She who broke the Totem must run the gauntlet...

alone.

Oh, dear.

[chuckles]

[laughs obnoxiously]

Got it. I've got it!

- [device whirrs] - [roars]

- Brainy, are you okay? - What happened?

- Where am I? - You okay?

I did not like that.

I will go and make sure that Vita can't make any more unscheduled appearances.

[Supergirl] Nia,

go help Alex and J'onn try to find Nyxly. I'll go...

pay my emotional price.

Okay.

What was the word again?

Cgyrzyx.

[man] Face your past... Face yourself...

Face the moment you lacked true courage.

What does that mean?

Shortly after takeoff, National City Airlines flight 237

bound for Geneva is experiencing some loss of altitude.

The pilot seems to be circling the city after apparent engine failure.

This is the night I became Supergirl.

Alex was on that plane.

[grunts]

[man] Help! Please help!

I remember this.

I didn't go because I was afraid I'd be seen.

[hesitating] I don't have any cash.

You're safe now.

I'll call the police.

[man] You have failed.

[clears throat]

Dr. Lahr? What do you want?

I want you to give me the plans for finishing the plasma ionizer.

I know you've got them on your hard drive.

No. Project Bolt is too dangerous.

Now, if you can't see that, then you leave me no choice.

I'm going to wipe this hard drive clean, and then no one can access the plans.

[scoffs]

Then you leave me no choice.

Cgyrzyx.

[man] Face your past... Face yourself...

Face the moment you lacked true courage.

The rest of the troops are in the armory, sister.

It's the day of the coup.

They await our command.

[man] Are you so sure about that?

I don't think these traitors are in any condition to fight.

You... Thought you could pull off a coup?

You know what that makes me?

Proud, son.

You've got spine.

But you...

For a daughter to betray her father like this?

It's unforgivable.

Throw her in the dungeon.

Now, son.

Father!

[grunts]

I should have killed you when I had the chance.

[knife withdraws]

[man] You have failed.

No...

[Dr. Lahr] Give me the hard drive.

Now!

[William] Put that bottle down, now.

Not until I get what I want!

[roaring]

Sweet, another dragon!

Sweet?

Yeah.

This one's mine.

Alex, wait!

Go get him, Alex!

That dragon is gonna barbecue her unless we stop it.

Can you calm it psychically?

I admire your concern for your sister, Supergirl.

And can I just say how proud I am

to have watched you both grow into the strong women you are today?

Hang in there, Alex!

Don't! I told you, harnessing lightning is too dangerous.

Give it to me!

I didn't see that coming.

Good hit. Uh, Mr. Dragon, sir?

Two minutes of your time. Just two minutes. Two minutes.

So, look.

I know you've got a lot of rage going on inside of you,

but you don't really want to hurt these people.

Nice catch.

Gotta go.

Alex, come back! What's going on?

[dragon snarls]

J'onn.

That looks like fire.

J'onn, are you trying to reason with the dragon?

We need to save everyone.

So could you please just calm them down?

You're right, you're right. These people must be so scared.

- But they're being so brave... - J'onn!

Right. Right.

[dragon snarls]

[chuckles] She got it.

I'm gonna get a coffee.

Get a coff...

What happened here?

Okay, I've confirmed it.

There was 5th Dimensional energy present at the coffee shop.

Which is in the museum. The Totem.

Everyone there must have been affected, including some of you.

Us? How?

Well, Vita told us that anyone around the Totem when it split

could be impacted.

Well, so what if we were affected?

I mean, how bad can overly courageous superheroes really be?

Alex, you ran into the dragon's fire.

- Alex is such a courageous hero. - Aw!

Yeah, who's usually a class-A, glass-half-shattered realist.

- And look at her now. - Hey.

The Totem must've given her the courage to be dangerously optimistic.

And you encouraged her!

I'm just so impressed by her initiative.

Well...

I have to say, I'm impressed by all of you.

You're inspirations, each and every one of you.

How you handled yourselves, you make me feel...

Oh.

- I see. - [Supergirl] Yeah.

Having the courage to openly express your feelings

is hurting your ability to make quick decisions.

Well, at least you and Brainy seem to be okay.

I... [sighs] I can't wake Nia.

I think she's accessed a dream state deeper than she ever has before.

Because she has the courage too.

Vita told me if I failed my gauntlet, the effects would worsen.

Hey, go easy on yourself. You will pass your test.

And Lena and I can contain the Totem's energy until you do.

Alex, J'onn, you should monitor the city.

There might be more incidents like the coffee shop.

Brainy, he has turned into such a wonderful leader.

[chuckles]

See? Come on.

There's nothing to worry about.

- We got this. - These guys...

I don't understand.

I know what this test is asking of me.

In real life, I didn't have the courage

to kill my father when he betrayed me.

But this time I did.

So why didn't it work?

Why force me to go through this horrid moment if I can't even have control

of this bloody Totem!

Well, maybe you killed the wrong guy.

Maybe you should've killed your brother?

What? How dare you?

I'm sorry. I just thought... But didn't you say he betrayed you, too?

He did...

but I could never kill him.

Well, maybe that's the test.

Killing the thing you hate is hard, but not nearly as hard as

killing the thing you love the most.

[elevator door opens]

Hey.

Any luck with your trials?

[chuckles wryly]

No, not even a little.

How about you and Brainy?

Have you managed to contain the Totem's energy?

Not exactly.

I'm actually on my way to talk to our friend Vita.

[Supergirl] Hmm.

Well, at least you two haven't been affected by the Totem.

I wish we had an explanation for why I can't pass this gauntlet.

[sighs]

The test wants me to overcome a moment where my courage failed.

It's the night I made my first save as Supergirl, when I saved Alex's plane.

That doesn't sound like a moment where you lacked courage.

Right? I feel like I was the most courageous then.

There's gotta be something more.

What do I do?

If I try again and fail, people could get really hurt.

But then if I don't try...

The imp could get the Totem and all the magic it contains.

Do you really not believe in magic?

I believe in you.

And in all of us.

We'll defeat this, no matter what it's called.

Now, if you'll excuse me,

I have to go interrogate a Kryptonian witch.

Have fun.

[sighs]

Cgyrzyx.

The pilot seems to be circling the city after apparent engine failure.

Let's try this again.

[man] You have failed.

[electricity crackling]

I can't believe Dr. Gale was afraid this wouldn't work.

Shouldn't we run tests first?

Have a little courage.

If we know we can harness lightning...

[sighs]...why wait?

[device powering up]

Back to this, then.

Vita, we need your help containing

the 5th Dimensional energy from the broken Totem.

[Vita laughs]

You mean 5th Dimensional magic.

Whatever you want to call it.

It's coming from the Totem, and you have the knowledge to help me stop it.

I'm not the only one here with access to magic.

Relax, child.

Your secrets are safe with me.

But I'm afraid I can't help you.

I don't have command over 5th Dimensional magic.

However, there are powerful witches who do.

Even those oblivious to their abilities.

If a reluctant Earth witch was to accept her gift

and harness her magic,

her powers could be strong enough.

So, you mean, she could protect herself from the Courage Totem

and help defeat the 5th Dimensional imp?

Depends on how powerful the witch,

and how far she's willing to go.

Magic is unreliable. There are safer alternatives like science.

Magic tramples universal laws of science.

You saw it with your own eyes.

Now, where is that Coluan?

Oh, I'd love another trip into a body.

[thunder rumbling]

[thunder claps]

This storm came on fast.

It's not following any form of normal weather pattern, either.

There's been 13 ground lightning strikes in the past six minutes.

If this storm clusters, we could be looking at a single discharge

of over 1,000 megajoules.

It's 50 times the strength of an average strike.

It's enough to wipe out every power grid in the city.

Do you think the Totem has something to do with this?

Supergirl, I know you like to take things all on your own shoulders.

But this is not your fault.

Actually, it might be.

Hold that thought.

At the coffee shop, I overheard two scientists arguing about

something that could "harness lightning."

If they had such a device, it could trigger a mega-storm.

Find them. Cross-reference the security cam footage at the museum

with facial recognition.

If they started this, they can tell us how to stop it.

How do I pass you?

Throw her in the dungeon.

Come on.

Now, son.

I trusted you.

I trusted you.

And you betrayed me.

You were my baby brother.

There's nothing I wouldn't have done to protect you.

I raised you.

I wasn't just your sister.

I was your most loyal friend.

And this is how you repay me?

You're going to just turn away from me?

I would never have betrayed you.

I would never have hurt you.

I would never ever have turned my back on you. Especially for him.

I would've died for you.

I did die.

Right here.

You destroyed everything.

You destroyed me.

[groans]

What happened?

I broke down and told my brother

how his betrayal destroyed me.

I failed.

Must've been hard.

[device whirring]

[man] You have performed admirably.

That was it.

The test.

That was what they meant by courage.

The courage to be vulnerable.

[thunder rumbling]

Nyxly passed her test.

[grunting]

Do we have anything to contain this?

To keep it here?

This wasn't enough to hold its magic,

but it should be able to contain the Totem physically.

I found the scientist.

Dr. Beatrice Lahr.

She was working on Project Bolt, an attempt to harness lightning energy...

until she lost her funding this morning.

It has to be her.

I've also dialed in on the epicenter of the storm.

It's right above the Tower.

No, Brainy, it's not. It's not even close.

That's your fourth miscalculation today.

Brainy! You give us flawless calculations every day.

You're allowed to make mistakes from time to time.

No, he's not.

You've been affected by the Totem.

That's ridiculous.

What's the one thing a Coluan doesn't have the courage to do?

Be wrong in his calculations. Oh.

Have I just spent all day guesstimating?

I appreciate your newfound courage, but we need to have a plan.

Alex... Where's Alex?

She must have rushed out.

That is just like her.

Always thinking of others before herself.

I've located the epicenter of the storm. It's clustering over the waterfront.

Let's go.

Hopefully, we can find Dr. Lahr and Alex there.

[people screaming]

It's working.

Hey! It's not safe here.

Dr. Lahr!

You're going to electrocute this whole city.

You sound just like my ex-partner, and I will prove you both wrong.

[electricity crackling]

Tell us how to stop the storm.

You just ruined my life's work!

Bummer.

Look, I feel your frustration.

- Do you want to talk about it? - [grunts in frustration]

[Lena] Supergirl, that last strike was 800 megajoules.

At this rate, we're minutes away from a strike that could electrify

the whole harbor and anyone nearby.

[thunder rumbling]

Lena, release the Totem.

You can still pass the test.

But if I fail, it will get worse.

I need my team functional. I need Dr. Lahr helpful.

And none of that will happen unless the Totem was restored.

[thumping]

[whirring]

That can't be good.

Welcome back.

I am so sorry.

I just had to prove I could harness lightning.

But now that I've supercharged this storm, it'll just keep growing.

There's got to be some way we can stop it.

Um... If we had a negative ionizer,

that might prevent the storm from getting bigger.

Sentinel, the hand of the soldier can morph into that.

Be careful.

Don't worry, I've got her back.

Lena said you needed backup.

Glad you're here, Guardian.

Now for the remaining cloud cluster.

Brainy, if Supergirl circles it, what's the probability

of creating an inverse function to disperse it?

At Mach 4? 87.6%.

Well, what are the odds if you, me and J'onn do it together?

Excellent thinking, I'm on my way.

Okay, you'll be safer in the van.

- In the... - Yes.

- [thunder crashing] - Let's go.

Now that's what I call teamwork.

[monitor beeping steadily]

[grunts]

Hey.

It was Nyxly.

I don't know how, but I could feel her emotions.

She was triumphant, yet still vengeful.

Determined more than ever to get her hands on the next Totem.

I couldn't begin to explain it,

but it is possible that restoring the Totem

created a psychic connection between you and Nyxly.

I can't find anything wrong.

And your vitals are normal.

Really? She just fainted due to a psychic bond with a 5th Dimensional imp.

[Alex] Exactly.

So whatever's happening between you and Nyxly, our monitors can't detect it.

So do you think Nyxly senses you, too?

I think so.

And I think to fight her,

I'm going to need every bit of power I can find, and then some.

[Nia] What's with all the old stories?

This is actually the first time I've been able to read this article since...

Eve Tessmacher shot you.

Honestly, I almost didn't even remember how it happened,

I buried so much.

I, um... just wanted to push past it.

And then today for some reason, I had the courage to get out there again.

Well, I heard that the artifact that was stolen from the museum

came with a sort of curse.

It made everyone in the area more courageous.

Maybe it was a curse,

but it forced me to really face everything

I had gone through for the first time

and actually work through it.

That's great, Will.

Yeah. And it is time I get back on the horse.

I heard about your crime syndicate beat.

You going undercover?

- No, better. - Do tell.

I am going to ask the Super Friends if I could be embedded with them.

I know, but think of the access.

And I know the hardest part is getting them to agree to it...

but Kara knows Supergirl.

And you don't get anywhere if you don't ask.

Thank you for the idea.

Uh...

Here you go. You may have a scar. But, I mean, I'm into it.

I know you are.

[both chuckle]

- Yeah. - I am really, really grateful

that you showed up tonight, but you really didn't have to.

Just because you didn't call me for help doesn't mean I won't be there.

I just, you know...

I know how important today's work was for you

and I didn't want to take you from that.

And honestly, I really felt like I could take on a lightning storm all by myself.

Yes. Magic Totems, they are a bitch.

[chuckles]

You know how this morning I said that I was starting to define

what I wanted my life to look like?

I meant as Guardian and with you, as partners on both fronts.

Alex, I love you.

You are a part of my life.

And I am a part of yours, and that is never gonna change.

You are a part of my world and a part of my team.

[Kara] I don't get it.

I always try to be courageous.

I don't understand why I can't pass that trial.

I don't get it, either. You've sacrificed yourself for so many people.

You literally went to the Phantom Zone to save humanity.

And yet there was still something I was doing wrong.

Well, I may have a way to fight Nyxly,

without your needing to pass the gauntlet.

How?

So, you know I went to Newfoundland to learn more about my mother.

Yeah.

Well, it's complicated, but it turns out that...

That she's a witch, and apparently, so am I.

What? That's...

[sighs in disbelief]

Seriously?

Yeah. I mean, as you can imagine, this is hard for me.

I'm a scientist, but...

And I'm not sure I'm ready to talk about it yet.

But there are things beyond rational law.

And apparently my bloodline is one of them.

Science might not be able to defeat what we're up against,

but maybe a combination of science and magic can.

And I feel like I owe it to everyone to learn as much as I can.

And I thought I could start with seeing if I could untether you from Nyxly.

Well, I will take all of your help with magic...

but I want to stay connected to her.

It could be an asset.

If I can sense how Nyxly's feeling, maybe I can sense what she's planning.

I mean, it could be painful and dangerous.

Nyxly is unlike any villain we've ever faced,

and if it gives us an advantage, I'm willing to take that risk.

I don't know what that gauntlet was about,

'cause you are the epitome of courageous.

[chuckles]

- [gasps] - [metallic screeching]

Kara! Kara, are you all right? Is it happening again?

She's angry. Nyxly's angry.

Why does she not suffer?

My gauntlet brought me nothing but unfiltered pain.

Supergirl went through the same trials, and yet she's hopeful, happy.

Why?

Perhaps you suffer most because you passed your test.

She didn't.

You're right.

[chuckles]

I won.

My pain is the price of the power...

and with it, I will find the rest of the Totems.

[theme music playing]