- Young Alex: So, we found out the douche quarterback was smoking pot, caught a predator, and solved a murder. We're doing pretty great this week. And everybody hates us.
- Young Kara: You'll get used it it. Being on the outside.
- Young Alex: I only wish Kenny were here.
- Young Kara: Speaking of, um... Chloe found something else on the laptop. She deleted it from the rest of the files, but she sent me a copy.
- Young Alex: [the picture is of Kara flying through the air] He knew.
- Young Kara: And he didn't tell. The last time I saw him, he tried to kiss me. I panicked. But if he were here, I'd kiss him in front of everyone. He liked me. All of me.
- Eliza Danvers: You're still out here?
- Kara Danvers: Yep.
- Eliza Danvers: I made coffee in case this turns into a teary all-nighter.
- Kara Danvers: Oh, you don't have to stay up.
- Eliza Danvers: Well, this is the "mom" fine print. When your child's in agony, you show up regardless the hour.
- Mr. Bernard: Ms. Danvers.
- [distracted, Kara doesn't reply]
- Mr. Bernard: Earth to Ms. Danvers.
- [Alex surreptitiously kicks her chair]
- Young Kara: Uh, sorry, what did you say?
- Mr. Bernard: Who was the general of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
- Young Kara: [not quite sure] Washington? Isaiah Washington?
- Mr. Bernard: [the class snickers] Creative, I'll give you that. Josie, I wouldn't say your GPA justifies that level of confidence.
- [Alex raises her hand]
- Mr. Bernard: Ah. Ms. Danvers, the older.
- Young Alex: George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, which spanned from 1775 to 1783, despite the fact that we claimed independence from Great Britain in 1776.
- Mr. Bernard: Bravo, Ms. Danvers. Now...
- Young Alex: [whispering to Kara] Try and keep up.
- Kara Danvers: I figured it would be nice to get her away from everything for a couple days.
- Eliza Danvers: This is gonna be hard no matter what, but at least here she can...
- [sighs]
- Eliza Danvers: lean into it. Better than letting her pretend she's fine.
- Kara Danvers: [catches the hint] You're worried about me.
- Eliza Danvers: I think I worry about you more than Alex. Losing Maggie is going to be excruciating, but at least Alex doesn't close herself off.
- Kara Danvers: I'm not doing that.
- Eliza Danvers: You have the most wide-open heart in the world for other people. But when you feel weak, you punish yourself for it. You've had an awful year.
- Kara Danvers: And I'm feeling a lot better. I promise.
- Eliza Danvers: You don't have to be better. You're allowed to be a mess.
- Kara Danvers: Too many people depend on me.
- Eliza Danvers: That is a great excuse.
- Kara Danvers: I'm just accepting the fact that I'm not human. And if I'm gonna do the things I have to do, I have to walk away from... certain... vulnerabilities.
- Eliza Danvers: You've thought a lot about this.
- Kara Danvers: Yeah. It's been a long time coming. I'm happy about it.
- [nods pensively]
- Eliza Danvers: You don't seem happy.
- Alex Danvers: What's the point of all this?
- Kara Danvers: I dunno. We need to sleep. We always slept well here.
- Alex Danvers: So we'll stay for, like, three days. Mom will cook tons of food, and I'll gain, like, five pounds, and then walk back into an empty apartment.
- Kara Danvers: Do you wanna talk about it? It might help.
- Alex Danvers: You don't get to do that.
- Kara Danvers: What?
- Alex Danvers: You don't get to shut down, what, for six months after Mon-El goes, and then now sit here and you tell me to talk.
- Kara Danvers: It will get better.
- Alex Danvers: Yeah? Are you better?
- Kara Danvers: Okay. You are edging on mean drunk, and I only signed up for sad drunk.
- Alex Danvers: Oh, that's right.
- [snaps her fingers]
- Alex Danvers: I forgot. It's whatever Kara says that goes. Right? I mean, screw everybody else. Kara knows best.
- Kara Danvers: You know what? I'm sorry that I was trying to do something nice for you.
- Alex Danvers: No, I'm sorry that I broke the imaginary rules for a weekend that I didn't ask for.
- Kara Danvers: Then I'm not gonna try to help you anymore.
- Alex Danvers: Good.
- Kara Danvers: Great.
- [lies down, turning her back on her sister in that same dismissive way that had been done to her]
- Kara Danvers: So, J'onn says to head straight back to the DEO, and if we scratch his car, he'll put us in containment.
- Alex Danvers: Well, you'd better let me drive, then.
- Kara Danvers: Why? I'm a great driver.
- Alex Danvers: You almost killed us twice coming up here.
- Kara Danvers: That possum came from nowhere!
- Alex Danvers: [holding out her hand] Keys. Come on.
- Kara Danvers: [reluctantly handing the keys over] If you're so worried about my driving, why didn't you say anything yesterday?
- Alex Danvers: Because yesterday, getting into an accident didn't seem like a big deal. Today, I would like to avoid it.
- Kara Danvers: Progress.
- Young Alex: [Kara superspeeds into the bathroom] Open the freaking door!
- Eliza Danvers: Girls, for the love of god!
- Young Alex: Why did you ever adopt her? I'll never get over this!
- Young Kara: You're such a whiner.
- Young Alex: I hate you!
- Young Kara: I hate you, too!
- Eliza Danvers: Where's your sister?
- Young Alex: I don't have a sister.
- Eliza Danvers: Did you not finish your calculus last night?
- Young Alex: No, I'm just double-checking my work.
- Eliza Danvers: [Kara enters] Good morning, sweetheart.
- Young Kara: Good morning, Eliza.
- [to Alex]
- Young Kara: It's kind of ironically called "advanced placement". On Krypton, we did calculus from age four.
- Young Alex: Sorry we can't all be as sophisticated as Kryptonians.
- Eliza Danvers: Alex.
- [to Kara]
- Eliza Danvers: Math and science still fun?
- Young Kara: I don't know about "fun". They're easy.
- Young Kara: I don't understand why I have to endure these classes. It's not like I need to know who did what in 1743 to be a...
- Young Alex: A superhero?
- Young Kara: Shut up.
- Eliza Danvers: You need to go to school and be with kids your own age. It's giving you a chance at a normal childhood.
- Young Kara: Normal for humans. I'm literally bulletproof.
- Eliza Danvers: And you literally need to be educated. By the way, I'm working late at the lab tonight. Alex, I need you to babysit.
- Young Kara: [simultaneously] I don't need a babysitter.
- Young Alex: She doesn't need a babysitter.
- Eliza Danvers: Alex, I need you to go easy on her.
- Young Alex: Sure, let's make sure her life is easy.
- Student One: Did you hear Superman took down some guy named Lex Luthor?
- Studen Two: Lex Luthor? He's that bazillionaire, right?
- Student One: Yeah. Bald, digs computers.
- Young Kara: Uh, they're kind of like arch-nemesi. I hear there was this one time where Lex sold these things he called Lexosuits, and Superman was not pleased.
- Student One: Okay, stalker.
- Young Kara: I... I just think he's cool is all.
- Studen Two: Dude wears underwear over his tights.
- Kenny Li: Hey, Alex.
- Josie: You friends with him?
- Young Alex: What? Uh, no. No, he's, uh... he's Kara's friend.
- Josie: Ugh. Why did your mom adopt her?
- Voclo: Yeah, what's the return policy on annoying little brats?
- Young Alex: I know, right?
- Young Kara: I hate football players.
- Kenny Li: They're a bunch of chunky sadists. If they only knew the dirt I had on them, they'd be treating me like royalty.
- Young Kara: What do you mean?
- Kenny Li: It's amazing what people will say in front of you when they think you're invisible.
- Young Kara: Invisibility, huh? Is that your superpower, Kenny Li?
- Kenny Li: Yeah. But the asthma is what gets me the girls.
- Young Kara: [watching Alex in the cafeteria] I wish I could be invisible. I can't say or do anything without her blowing up at me.
- Kenny Li: She'll come around. She just misses her dad.
- Young Kara: I miss people, too. I'm not lashing out at the world.
- Kenny Li: That's because you're the strongest girl I've ever met.
- Young Alex: [catching Kara sneaking into the house in the middle of the night] Where were you?
- Young Kara: None of your business.
- Young Alex: It is if I'm the one who would get in trouble for whatever dumb thing you were doing.
- Young Kara: I am so sick and tired of you blaming me for every bad thing that's happened to you.
- Young Alex: Really? Because my mom wasn't constantly on my ass before you came along. I didn't have to act like some earthly ambassador to the teenage underworld before you came along, and I am pretty sure my dad wasn't gone before you came along.
- Young Kara: How is that my fault?
- Young Alex: Before you crashed in that pod, I had a great life, with two great parents. Now all I have is you. And you are not worth it.
- Young Kara: You know, you're the only person in Midvale who doesn't make me feel like I'm... like I shouldn't be here.
- Kenny Li: I'm glad you're my friend.
- Young Kara: You, too.
- Young Alex: [in the woods, Kara fires her heat vision] What the hell?
- Young Kara: Sorry. It happens sometimes when I get scared.
- Young Alex: Get it under control.
- Young Alex: I was failing calc. All right? You're not the only one with a secret. Kenny offered to tutor me. He knew I wouldn't want anyone to find out, so we would come out here. I just wanted to think about him. What are you doing here?
- Young Kara: I was here with Kenny last night. We were stargazing. Mrs. Li said that Kenny's telescope is missing, but this is the last place it could have been and it's not here. And neither is his laptop.
- Young Alex: Laptop?
- Young Kara: It was a part of some project he was working on. It took pictures of what the telescope saw.
- Young Alex: Maybe one night Kenny saw something he shouldn't have.
- Young Kara: Maybe he took a picture of it.
- Young Alex: We have to find that laptop.
- Young Kara: It's too dark.
- Young Alex: For me.
- [Kara x-rays the woods and finds the laptop]
- Young Kara: I... I got it.
- Young Alex: Well, if he hid it, there's gotta be something pretty important on it.
- Young Kara: We have to get this to Sheriff Collins.
- Young Alex: We will, eventually, but we need more information. We've tampered with evidence and you were the last person to see Kenny alive. Do the math. We've got to get this home.
- Young Kara: This thing looks water damaged.
- Young Alex: After being outside all night, I can't believe it's even on.
- Young Kara: Um, Clark has a friend named Chloe who might be able to help. She really loves weird tech stuff like this. Um, she even has this whole "Wall of Weird".
- Young Alex: Okay, I have no idea what any of that means, but send her a zip drive of everything we find.
- Young Alex: I need to talk to you.
- [she shows Josie the photo of her and Mr. Bernard; taking it, Josie rips it up]
- Young Alex: I have another one.
- Josie: This is none of your business.
- Young Alex: It is if Mr. Bernard killed Kenny.
- Josie: Is that freak who's living in your room rubbing off on you? Because you sound insane.
- Young Alex: Josie, we have been best friends since we were eight. But a kid is dead. We need to take this to the cops, together.
- Josie: Alex, please. Please don't tell my mom.
- Young Alex: I know Kenny tried to make Mr. Bernard stop.
- Josie: I told him to stay out of it.
- Young Alex: Was Mr. Bernard angry?
- Josie: His name is Samuel.
- Young Alex: What, do you think...
- Josie: I love him. And he loves me.
- Young Alex: You are delusional. Mr. Bernard is a grown-up sleeping with a minor. That is disgusting, and illegal.
- Josie: He's 27. I'm 17. In five years, nobody will even care about the age difference.
- Young Alex: In five years, he'll be halfway through a sentence for statutory rape.
- Eliza Danvers: Alex, do your homework. Kara, come with me.
- Young Kara: I... I had to do something. I couldn't let Mr. Bernard get away with it.
- Eliza Danvers: You could have been discovered. Alex could have died.
- Young Kara: I'm sorry.
- Eliza Danvers: I have been trying to tell you, it is not your job to protect people. You are just a kid. And since you won't listen to me, maybe you'll listen to her.
- [she leads Kara into another room; waiting is a woman who is the spitting image of Alura]
- Young Kara: Mom?
- Noel Neill: I'm Agent Noel Neill of the FBI.
- Young Kara: I'm sorry, you just look so much like my mother. For a second I thought...
- Noel Neill: I guess I just have one of those faces. It's an asset in my line of work.
- Noel Neill: I come here due to a recent uptick in activity. We are aware of you and your cousin. Now, I understand that you had a friend that passed recently, and now you and your sister have taken it upon yourselves to solve his case.
- Young Kara: His name was Kenny Li.
- Noel Neill: I'm very sorry, but you need to understand that under no circumstances are you to be utilizing your powers.
- Young Kara: But we solved the case.
- Noel Neill: I heard. Right before you and your sister were driven off the road.
- Young Kara: We're fine.
- Noel Neill: You're fine because you're invincible. Your sister is fine because she got lucky.
- Noel Neill: You are fifteen years old, and as long as you're living in this house, your powers are a danger to Alex and Eliza.
- Young Kara: Well, what good are these powers if I can't use them?
- Noel Neill: Ms. Danvers, I am sure that when your parents sent you here, they wanted you to be safe.
- Young Kara: Don't talk about my parents. You didn't even know them.
- Noel Neill: I'm sorry. You're right. You should probably be with your family right now.
- Young Kara: This isn't my family. I remember my parents. I remember Krypton. I... I remember being alone in that pod, and not knowing if I was gonna see anyone ever again. And then I landed here, and no one asked me if I wanted these powers. But I have them. And all I want to do is help people with what I've been given, and no one will let me.
- Noel Neill: I can't imagine what you've had to overcome. Kara, I know that your mother is very proud of you.
- Young Kara: This is never gonna be home. I hate it here. I hate school, I... I just wanna live with Clark and be super.
- Noel Neill: You have already lost so much. But you could lose more if you're not careful.
- Young Kara: [in Kryptonian] I love you, mom.
- Noel Neill: I'm sorry, sweetheart, I don't know what you're saying.
- Young Kara: Right. There's no reason you should.
- Noel Neill: So, no more powers? You promise?
- Young Kara: I promise.
- Young Alex: Josie was with Bernard this afternoon. She was there when he got arrested.
- Young Kara: So?
- Young Alex: This means that there's no way he could have run us off the road. Someone else did. Maybe Bernard didn't kill Kenny.
- Young Kara: It's not our problem.
- Young Alex: Well, it is now. We scared someone enough that they came after us. They're not gonna stop.
- Young Alex: What happened down there?
- Young Kara: No powers. No more trying to be a superhero.
- Young Alex: But we've come so far. If we stop now, what's the point?
- Young Kara: It's not a game. You almost died tonight. Kenny's dead. Nothing we do can change that. I'm human now.
- Young Alex: I thought we were doing something important together.
- Young Kara: Well, we're not anymore.
- [Alex stands to leave]
- Young Kara: Where are you going?
- Young Alex: To find someone who's gonna help me catch Kenny's killer.
- Sheriff Collins: You and Kara are quite the little detectives. You ever think about going into law enforcement?
- Young Alex: No, not really. Science is kind of my thing.
- Sheriff Collins: Well, if you ever want to trade in your microscope for a badge, you let me know.
- Young Alex: Kenny saw you.
- Sheriff Collins: He should have kept that telescope up in the sky. He was such a smart kid. Good kid.
- Young Alex: He was my friend.
- Sheriff Collins: I didn't want to hurt him.
- Young Alex: What did you want?
- Sheriff Collins: Little compensation, maybe. Get paid like a dog protecting spoiled rich folks. Drugs come over the border from Canada, hardly even hide it. Must think I'm a joke. And the government, they want me to burn it. Why not get a little something back for myself? That's all.
- Young Alex: Yeah. Real heartbreaking. You're a scumbag who kills kids to cover his own ass. You're pathetic.
- Sheriff Collins: You are real brave. Not even screaming. Not that anyone can hear you.
- Young Alex: Someone's listening right now. Someone who can hear every single word you say. Every time you breathe. Can you feel it? She's coming.
- Young Alex: Well, I guess I don't have plans tonight. Or ever. Wanna hang out?
- Young Kara: Yeah! Yeah, definitely.
- Young Alex: We could go flying. I won't tell mom.
- Young Kara: I don't think so.
- Young Alex: Why not?
- Young Kara: 'Cause you almost died, twice. I'd rather be human than risk losing you.
- Young Alex: I've never had a sister. I promise I'll get better at it.
- Kara Danvers: You slept in.
- Alex Danvers: Yeah.
- Kara Danvers: Good. Remember this thing?
- Alex Danvers: That was the best "thank you" gift we ever got for solving a case.
- Kara Danvers: Kenny was one of the first people I lost on Earth. Doesn't get any easier.
- Alex Danvers: Kenny Li.
- Kara Danvers: Keeper of secrets.
- Alex Danvers: You know, that's the first time I really understood what I had in you. What it could mean to have a sister. It's crazy to think that I ever thought that you were worst thing that could happen to me. I'd never get over it.
- Kara Danvers: Well, I did hog the bathroom.
- Alex Danvers: Yes.
- [they snicker]
- Alex Danvers: After Kenny, that's when I realized that you and I could get through anything together.
- Kara Danvers: That was the first time I really became Kara Danvers.
- Alex Danvers: It's a good thing, too. Got us through the next ten years.
- Kara Danvers: Think I remember thinking I would never feel at home on Earth. I still don't, in a way. But I feel at home with you.
- Alex Danvers: Always.
- Alex Danvers: It was a good idea, coming here. I don't think I could have slept in any other bed last night without Maggie. Sorry I punished you for trying to help.
- Kara Danvers: Oh, it was your turn.
- Alex Danvers: I never want to hurt you.
- Kara Danvers: I know. I am getting better. Sorry I haven't shown it. Maybe if I had, you'd have more hope right now.
- Alex Danvers: You're here. Right now, that's all I really need.