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[choir vocalizes]

[orchestral music builds]

[projector whirs, clatters]

[intense music builds]

[Miles] How many times a day do you flip a switch

to power up one of your magical devices?

Television, video games, your smartphone.

This is test 84 of the atom particle liberator.

[Miles] None of it would be possible without this guy.

[Tesla] Three, six, nine...

[Miles] Well, sort of.

[device turning on]

He changed the way we harness energy.

His name was Nikola Tesla, and he was one of the greats.

-[electricity crackling] -[exclaiming in excitement]

[electricity crackling]

[Miles] But he never achieved his ultimate goal,

capturing lightning.

If only I could harness it into a consistent beam,

we would have perpetual, limitless power.

[electricity crackling]

[Miles] A lot has changed since then.

You and I aren’t the only ones powering up our devices,

and it takes a lot of energy to keep the magic going,

energy that we’re running out of.

There just isn’t enough to go around.

The whole world is on low-power mode,

but fear not, I have a plan.

I just need a few key components and a little faith.

I’m gonna finish Tesla’s work

and harness the power of lightning.

[upbeat electronic music]

[upbeat electronic music continues]

[upbeat electronic music continues]

My mom saw this crisis coming.

That’s why she worked so hard

to complete Tesla’s design all those years ago.

She went missing before she could solve it.

Now, I have to finish what 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. Hello, Miles.

Hello, mouse poop.

Shall 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. -[Newt] Squeakers.

[Miles] We need a better alarm system.

[Newt] We don’t have an alarm system.

[Miles] Well, then research one,

preferably with an electric shock wire.

[Newt] I must first research legality.

-I’m kidding. -What’s this?

[Miles] Expensive, no touchy.

Jamie, I don’t have time to play today, okay?

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

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

You’ve been working on this mystery machine forever.

How? Piper, what are you, like Catwoman?

Batwoman, actually.

[Newt] Batwoman, a super-heroine

known for stealth and intelligence,

was Batman’s primary love interest.

Sure would be a shame if someone were to complain

about you illegally siphoning power to a foreclosed building.

Sure would be a shame if someone found out

you’ve been hacking government websites

and shutting down employee logins.

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

Thanks a lot, Newt.

[Newt] I am not programmed for discretion.

It was payback for the administration

shutting down student protests. It’s called hacktivism.

You say, "Tomato," I say, "Cyber-felony."

Fine. You’ve got dirt on me, I’ve got dirt on you.

So spill the tea. How does it work?

[Jamie] And what is it?

It’s a sustainable energy machine

based off of Tesla’s concepts and 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 machine

with frequency multiples of three, six, and nine.

Kinda like a wireless charger.

You 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.

Just need funding, but Luxos won’t even take a meeting with me.

So just go show it to them.

I can’t just go drop it on their doorstep.

[ethereal orchestral music]

I can just go drop it on their doorstep.

[ethereal orchestral music]

[Piper] Who could you show it to?

[ethereal orchestral music]

[ethereal orchestral music continues]

[Kennedy] Thanks, Mike.

Luxos Energy stock prices continue to plummet

as investors lose confidence in the

conglomerate’s renewable energy programs.

- There seems to be no end in sight -[phone chimes]

to the worldwide supply-chain bottlenecks

and raw material shortages, which are further exacerbating

-Luxos Energy’s struggle to find...

-Kennedy Blake.

[man] Kennedy, we’re rerouting your flight

and relocating you to headquarters.

For how long?

[tense electronic music]

[tense electronic music continues]

Tesla’s designs for the atom

particle liberator were incomplete,

so we’re still struggling for a consistent power source.

Your time is running out.

Threats are not solutions, Viggo.

We will execute on schedule.

I want this just as badly as you do.

I hope so. I make promises, not threats.

[tense electronic music]

[tense electronic music continues]

Think he means it?

I think my daughter has her work cut out for her.

Kennedy.

[tense electronic music]

Were 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 of Daybreak.

I won’t let you down.

Good, because everything that we are

rides on the success of this project.

Now, Neil has your credentials

and will handle your relocation.

And this whole pantsuit thing, no more.

I’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 with the engineers.

This will catch you up.

[inspiring orchestral music]

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

leading the world in creating sustainable energy for all.

[inspiring orchestral music]

[sighs]

Miles Fletcher. Here to see your head of development.

One moment.

Real cliffhanger, huh?

Yes, actually.

[electronic beeping]

You’re not on Ms. Blake’s agenda.

Oh, I know, but I’m sure she’ll wanna see me.

That’s not how this works.

Call her and schedule an appointment,

and grab yourself a juice box on the way out.

[device clattering]

[gentle orchestral music]

[device clattering]

[switches clicking]

[gentle orchestral music]

[Miles clearing throat]

Ladies 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,

you’ll see they’re powering up from energy

my machine is pulling from atoms in the air.

If Luxos will fund this project,

together, we can take free energy to the world.

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

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

-What the...? -Sorry.

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

[Miles exclaiming in concern]

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

[guard] Let’s go. Come on.

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

[guard] You can make her your one phone call...

-from prison. -[alarm blaring]

[Miles] Prison?

[computer] Access granted to Kennedy Blake.

[Kennedy] That’s enough.

What is going on here?

I was hoping to work for you, actually.

So you thought you would just fry our lobby with an EMP?

Okay, it’s not an EMP.

It’s a perpetual energy machine.

Right. Well, if that’s true and it’s not a bomb,

then the feds will have no reason to hold you. Call this in.

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

[indistinct radio chatter]

I just wanted to show you my work.

-I saw. -Come on, I had to cobble together

the atom particle liberator from third-hand parts.

All I need are better parts and funding,

the principles of atmospheric conduction 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?

My mom. She knew this would work.

Luxos believed her. She used to work here.

Yeah, I know, I saw her when 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 this can work.

Show me more than five seconds of induction

without blowing anything up,

then maybe we can talk about a deal.

Thank you. You won’t be disappointed.

I look forward to seeing some updates,

and we sent the wonder machine back 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?

It’s a machine I’ve been working on.

Which does?

Right 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?

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

-Luxos killed her. -That makes no sense,

she was their best engineer.

So, what, she just disappeared?

She just up and walked out on us?

They are an energy company, Dad.

There’s no big plot.

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

She was just trying to 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--

You put yourself in danger, Miles.

This work, it cost her her life.

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

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

It’s been 13 years.

Grow up.

[light suspenseful music continues]

I’m sorry.

But I’m not gonna let the same thing happen to you.

No, wait, wait, stop, wait!

Hold on, no, no, no!

-[object rattling] -[Miles yelling]

One day you’ll thank me.

[dog barking]

[clothes rustling]

[chain clinking]

[dog barking]

[papers rustling]

[door thudding]

Miles.

Miles. Miles! Jus--

[bike whooshing]

[dog barking]

[bike whooshing]

[crickets chirping]

[door rattling]

[light somber music]

[phone ringing]

[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.

For 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 books,

the mythological bird that burns,

but from the ashes rises again in time.

[chain clinking]

[light somber music continues]

[Newt creaking]

[Tesla] This is the beauty of simplicity,

the patterns of the universe,

but we need the keys to unlock them.

Without three, six, nine, we have no keys.

[light somber music continues]

That better be a hologram of Miles I’m seeing,

because the real Miles is in his bed.

You know the rule, bedtime before blackout.

I was worried about Newt.

Did you finish him?

[mother] Almost.

Come here.

[light somber music continues]

Ooh. So, you see, the power runs through here,

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

Any solutions?

We can get some more fuses,

or we can run smaller wires through here instead.

[mother] Beauty in simplicity.

I’ll get those wires tomorrow.

[Miles] Is it broken?

[mother] Yeah, it’s very old.

It was passed down to us from Nikola Tesla’s family.

It helps inspire me to finish his energy work.

Tesla 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 gonna work on me, kiddo.

[light upbeat music]

The 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 to 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.

Microfiche, film used to store printed information.

To see them, one must use an extra special old-timey machine.

Where do we find one?

[footsteps thudding]

[Newt] Wow, anyone getting Ghostbusters vibes?

Shh.

[Newt] I’m whispering!

[microfiche reader creaking]

[microfiche reader whirring]

[light upbeat music]

[microfiche reader creaking]

[light upbeat music continues]

These are the missing schematics.

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

[Newt] Shouldn’t those be donated

to 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 the museum’s curator.

Newt.

Mute.

[Newt whirring]

[microfiche reader creaking]

Let’s get these printed.

Newt, 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 the ionosphere,

-but we have no way to control it. -Pause.

How high up is the ionosphere?

[Newt beeping]

Sorry, un-mute.

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

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

to create consistency called cascading ionization.

Theoretically, we should be able to control the energy

versus the erratic quality you are seeing now.

This...

This is it, this is what he is talking about,

getting the process up to the ionosphere.

Of course.

[upbeat music]

Tesla couldn’t stabilize the energy.

Mom’s design could, at least temporarily.

If I’m right about these schematics,

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

This might actually work.

We might actually harness lightning.

[light upbeat music]

[Newt beeping]

Mine could never have worked.

It couldn’t handle the energy throughput.

[Newt] Well, perhaps then burning it to the ground

was what it needed to rise again.

We’re gonna rebuild her, Newt.

With Mom’s design and my inductors combined,

we can make Tesla’s plan work.

[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 for this build.

-Perhaps you should be searching for a job.

-The Institute.

[Newt] Searching their website for job openings.

All black, interesting choice for a job interview.

Pull 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 window is.

[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? Someone there?

[radio chattering]

[shoes squeaking]

[door whirring]

[shoes squeaking]

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

[tool creaking]

I don’t even wanna know how you know how to do that.

Hello, ladies.

No wonder you have girl 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]

When I’m back in cash, I’m taking you shoe shopping.

[shoes squeaking]

[door creaking]

Again, how?

Your keypad has a skeleton key.

How’s that shock wire coming, Newt?

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

Where were you guys?

Could ask you the same question.

Strike out with Jack McDummy?

-McDonough. -McDon’t-Care.

Stop stalling, where were you guys?

Just borrowed a few specialty parts from II.

You took my kid brother

and stole parts from the Institute?

Miles, they have cameras all over that place.

I waited until the blackout.

-I’m not stupid. -Sure about that?

Cameras have backup batteries.

But we were dressed in dark clothes.

Well, kind of.

-He came on his own. -I helped.

Accomplice to a felony, not something to brag about.

Look who’s talking, Ms. Malware.

Okay, look, I know you’re upset,

but once Luxos sees what this thing is capable of,

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

It’ll change the world.

The next time you take Jamie along to commit a crime,

you’ll see just how Batwoman I can get.

Got it?

Mm-hmm.

Hey, come back in a couple days.

I’ll show you what those capacitors are for.

Really?

Spoils of war.

Come on, little accomplice.

[shoes squeaking]

[Newt beeping]

[bag unzipping]

-[object thudding] -[Newt beeping]

Newt, play upbeat music.

[Newt beeping]

[Newt] Playing upbeat music.

-Hey, Phoenix? -[upbeat music plays]

Let’s rise.

[doors creaking]

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

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

♪ I searched for my spark and I found it ♪

Newt, hit record. Okay, so Ms. Blake,

you wanted me to keep you updated on the progress,

and I’ve made a huge breakthrough with the technology.

And I’m beginning to build the larger version

of the machine, so stay tuned.

♪ My pen setting fire to the page ♪

♪ I will show you how to rock that stage ♪

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

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

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

The coils that pull energy from the ionosphere

are going in.

It’s really starting to take shape.

Using the capacitors,

the machine should be able to power itself.

♪ Any obstacle, we find a way around it ♪

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

♪ Shout it ♪

[Miles] Test number one of the Phoenix.

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

♪ I searched for my spark and I found it ♪

[device whirring, crackling]

Newt, I think it’s working!

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

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

-[device whooshing] -[Miles grunting]

So the tests are going really well.

-[Newt beeping] -[car alarms blaring]

[Newt] It did not work.

So 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 Phoenix was premature.

[Miles] Newt, mute.

[Newt beeping]

[rock music continues]

[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] -[birds chirping]

[device whirs]

[device beeps]

[Newt] Shall we run one final test?

No, trim five seconds off that last clip

and send it to Kennedy.

She can see our last shot in person.

You finished it?

And it’s not gonna like, blow 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 a fire extinguisher on hand.

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

Tell that to our receptionist. What are you?

-[Newt] I am Newt. -Cute.

-No. Newt. -Kennedy... Ms. Blake.

These are my assistants. Piper and Jamie.

-This is your lab? -Yeah.

All the greats started in places like this. Right?

And 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 really proud of you.

She was always proud of me.

Well, let’s see it.

Oh, could you turn off the generator, please?

And can you help me with the inductor cells?

This one goes there.

[uplifting music]

[wrenches clatter]

Okay.

You might wanna take a few steps back just in case.

[Newt] Each step back significantly reduces

the probability of death.

-[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]

Okay, I know it only worked for a few seconds,

but... the problem is just the capacitors.

If you had a custom shield to protect them from the high throughput,

you could scale it up and then you could--

You could power entire countries.

The world.

Exactly.

You 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 for a few seconds,

but the problem is just the capacitors.

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

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

What does he want?

A payout for the design

And credit for the invention along with his mother.

-Who’s his mother? -Regina Fletcher.

Regina?

[Kennedy] She was head of development here.

She was a thief, actually.

She was stealing our technology and sabotaging our designs.

She had to be fired. Then she just disappeared.

Her husband became obsessed.

He was slandering us with conspiracies.

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

Is there something I should know?

Of course not.

He was just a widower processing 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 all her work.

Well, Regina must have hidden something.

[sighs]

Tell Viggo that we now have a consistent power source.

And take this to them personally.

Shall we draft a deal for the kid?

No. Just pull his address.

And if he tries to make a public stir?

[Catherine] Then we bury him in legal fees.

It’s a shame your mom wasn’t around long enough

to teach you the art of subtlety.

[keys clacking]

[somber music]

[people arguing in the distance]

[dog barks]

In the days of old, there was a Greek god named Zeus

who 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 tomorrow, okay?

-Okay. -Okay.

-Night, Mom. -Good night.

Here, hop in.

[kiss smacks]

[power whirs down]

I’ve gotta go in. Catherine says it’s urgent.

-Don’t. -Bill.

Just say that you were asleep.

Better yet, don’t go back at all.

I can’t. But leaving now would be like...

handing over Zeus’s lightning to Porphyrion.

Okay. Geek mythology is not my forte here.

Just trust me. That’s all I’m asking.

They have been following us all week.

Just 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 called yet?

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

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

She’s going to call.

-She’s gonna call. -[Newt beeps]

What’s your plan when she does call?

Help them build a bigger version.

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

You really think they’ll do that?

It’s literally their mission 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 about themselves.

No 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 have to keep bugging me

about playing with Newt.

[Orby beeps]

You got me a present on your birthday?

-What? -Isn’t it today?

Oh.

I guess I kind of forgot.

Piper didn’t.

How about we leave the Batcave for some nachos?

[Newt whirs, beeps]

I-- I really can’t leave the Phoenix alone.

-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 doing tonight?

No birthday plans?

[clicks tongue]

[Newt beeps]

Jamie, can you get me some water?

But you still have some.

[Newt beeps approvingly]

There. I’m very thirsty.

Now shoo.

Miles, what happened?

-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 and 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 care 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 smell receptors.

[Newt] I’ve calculated relative stench.

[somber music]

[indistinct chattering]

He’s here.

-No. -[Piper] Wait!

-No, no. -No way.

-You stay in this car. -Come on.

[Miles grunts]

What are you doing?

-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 if you want.

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

This is exactly who she is.

Your mom could not complete the job

and now you’ve done it for us.

Regina would be so proud of you.

Miles, don’t.

You’re trespassing on my property,

but don’t worry, I won’t press charges.

I’m not a monster.

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

-[truck engine turns] -[guards chatter]

[Newt whirs dejectedly]

They took everything...

my work, Tesla’s blueprints.

There must still be something, we could--

There’s nothing.

She never called and this is why.

-I’m such an idiot! -[bangs table]

[Newt whirs dejectedly]

We 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 I need right now.

-What?

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

I told you I can’t leave the Phoenix alone.

Now I have nothing left.

Huh. Well, forgive me

for making sure you celebrated your birthday.

I don’t know why I bothered

since 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 other people’s work.

-That’s not what I do. -Yes, it is.

And you leave Jamie with me for hours.

Do you ever stop to think

that he might be getting in my way?

How could...

He loves you.

He looks up to you... and some role model you are,

lying to your dad, stealing so you can change the world.

You don’t wanna change the world.

You want the world to tell you that you’re brilliant.

-Get out! -[Newt whirs dejectedly]

-Come on, Jamie. -[somber music]

[whirs dejectedly]

-[somber music continues] -[Newt whirs]

[chair clatters]

[News beeps rapidly]

[Newt] This is what I believe Eastern religions

-refer to as... karma. -Newt.

[Newt whirs down]

[Catherine] Well done, Kennedy.

You’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.

This 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...

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

It worked this time, Dad.

Kennedy said I’d get a deal.

I guess the plan was just to 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 on the planet

and you are still worth loving.

I get it, Miles, you’re...

[sighs] God, you’re a rare breed.

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

I was just trying to help you understand that,

I 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 and your mom--

Dad, come on.

No, no, no, no. Look, your mom, she was scared.

She just wouldn’t admit it.

She 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 the same thing.

I guess I just thought,

if 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, I don’t speak geek.

I haven’t thought of that book in a while.

I have.

After 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, Kennedy Blake.

Pull up the last footage tagged Regina Fletcher.

[computer] Retrieving security footage

from Luxos employee vehicle storage,

tagged Regina Fletcher, head of development.

This is the last footage tagged Regina Fletcher

on Luxos campus.

[tense music continues]

[Kennedy] Confirm that this is the entire file.

[computer] Confirmed, this is the final clip in its entirety

tagged Regina Fletcher, head of development.

Mom, what did you do?

[Bill] What’s all this?

[Miles] I think Mom left something in here.

[slow tense music]

[computer] Good evening, Catherine.

[slow tense music continues]

Gibberish.

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

[Miles] Didn’t you say that Mom found something out

the day before she disappeared?

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

Porphyrion lightning.

God knows what that meant.

[Miles] Porphyrion was an evil giant,

waged war against Olympus.

Lightning.

[slow tense music]

Lightning was Zeus’s weapon.

So giving it to Porphyrion--

[Miles] Right, he would never do that.

So?

So if Mom’s Zeus,

Luxos is Porphyrion.

It was never about sustainable energy.

[slow tense music]

She 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? -He was,

but he got bitter towards the end of his life.

Started designing weapons.

His most famous was a teleforce beam, or death ray.

[tense music continues]

I think the Phoenix could be modified 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 giants alone.

[door slams]

Jamie, come on, man.

I was a jerk, okay?

I shouldn’t have said any of that to you.

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

You’re a better friend than I deserve.

Come on, man, I gave you a robot.

That’s gotta count for something.

Leave us alone, Miles.

Wait, please, I’m sorry.

Okay?

I lost everything that night.

I know you know what that feels like.

I was a jerk.

Tell me something I don’t know.

Okay...

You’re the best person I know.

You’re a hard worker and you gave Jamie a family.

Look, I know I can be arrogant sometimes.

Hmm.

Most of the time.

But I care about you.

You’re the closest person I have.

Hey.

And you’re the best assistant I have.

Look, I did something really bad.

I need your help to fix it.

The teleforce beam could obliterate an entire city

from a continent way.

It has to be destroyed.

Now, I know my mom left a key in this book.

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

but 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 language or equation.

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

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

[Newt] An everyday phrase or lucky number

is typically used as the key in ciphers.

Three, six, nine.

Tesla said there’s beauty in simplicity,

patterns of the universe,

but you need the keys to 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.

What 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... that 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. -I know.

It’s like ping pong for computer nerds.

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

[Miles] Sixteen.

[Piper] Got it.

Twenty.

-[chuckles] It’s Python. -What?

[Piper] Python, basic computer code.

This is definitely malware.

I used a similar thing for that government website gag.

[Miles] Import Zeus Protocol, it’s a Trojan horse.

She hid the secret to destroying the machine inside itself.

That’s why she kept working on it.

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

the Trojan horse hid Greek soldiers allowing them to sneak

into the city of Troy and win the war.

-Just like the Death Star. -Exactly.

What? No, it isn’t.

The exhaust port on the Death Star was just a vulnerability.

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.

We do not know the location of the device.

[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, and you stole my work.

Okay, well, my mother lied to me about everything.

You people are single-handedly

destroying my mom’s legacy. Do you understand that?

Well, your legacy is about to be

inventor of a weapon of mass destruction.

And you’ll be the woman who stole it.

I 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,

but my mother is building a deadly weapon.

They’re gonna fire it tonight

from a warehouse on the outside of town.

The teleforce beam is

going to destroy the entire East Coast power grid,

and then Luxos is going to step in

and have a worldwide monopoly on energy.

We have to stop it.

I think we found a code that 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.

Okay, then you just have to get to the main terminal

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

Why am I the only one putting my neck on the line?

I’m putting my neck on the line with the feds.

My mother has friends everywhere.

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

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

and that’s assuming she doesn’t get wind of it first.

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

Seems like a good night to make our own legacies.

[Newt] Building schematics show several entrances,

but we have no way of knowing guard positions.

Any live satellite feed we can use?

[Newt] Negative, access unavailable.

I got it.

Newt, give me access to your interface.

Amazing.

[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 for a while,

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

[Newt] Scanning for security patterns.

[Miles] I think we might need some backup.

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

We’re the only ones she can trust to destroy it.

Someone else might try and steal it.

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

Our best point of entry is here,

but it would require a diversion.

An alternate access point is here,

which would require climbing through a second-story window,

but for 15 seconds every minute, it is unobserved.

-Small window. -I’m small.

-Not a chance you’re coming. -Why?

Well, 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 he 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,

we’ll bring you with us, promise.

[Jamie] Yeah, sure.

Newt, record any incriminating evidence you observe.

[Newt] Copy that, recording.

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

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

[Miles] Newt, give us a countdown.

[Newt] Your window will arrive in ten seconds.

[Miles] And Jamie, let us know if 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 are in the clear.

Catwoman.

[grunts]

[Jamie] Guys, you’ve got company.

Come on, Miles, jump.

[Miles groans]

[Jamie] Hurry, he’s coming around that wall.

Okay, he didn’t see you. Stay low.

Why are you so sweaty?

I’m nervous.

Never held a girl’s hand before?

No, it’s kind of nice.

[Newt] I interrupt this pleasant moment to remind you

that the power plant will be destroyed

-in less than one hour. -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] -Hmm?

It’s Newt. He’ll be fine.

[guard] Tripwire alarm, sub-level two.

Investigate immediately.

[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.

[Newt] I’m receiving communication that we have guests.

Company, you’ve got company. That’s the line.

-[guard yells in foreign language]

-[gun fires]

[Newt] Attempted murder, logged.

[Miles grunts]

Come on, Orby.

They need our help.

[guard] We have a breach. Weapons hot.

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

Come on, guys, move, move, move.

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

[door shuts]

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

[guard speaks in foreign language]

[computer] ID required.

Hurry, he’s coming.

Any day now.

That tone is not making me go faster.

[computer] Access granted.

[Miles] This is it.

[indistinct chattering]

[computer] Teleforce beam target acquired,

commencing calibration.

[Viggo] If this works, Catherine,

it will be a new dawn for both of us.

All right, time for a distraction.

Hope this works.

[explosion in the distance]

[gasps] What was that?

Search the grounds.

[computer] Perimeter compromised.

Initiate evacuation protocol.

You said this place wouldn’t draw any attention.

I have a hidden bunker. Come with me.

Newt, stay underneath in case we need you.

[Newt beeps]

This better work.

[shoes squeak]

Shh!

Any day now, Piper.

That tone isn’t making me go any faster.

Here we go.

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

-Jamie! -I’m sorry!

Step away from the machine. Now!

Your mother always did have a knack

for getting in the way too.

[computer] Resuming Daybreak Protocol,

five minutes to launch.

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

because you ensured Tesla’s magnum opus was brought to life.

Yeah, so much for your mission statement.

[Catherine] What are you talking about?

Your invention will solve the world’s biggest energy problem.

We’re just bypassing all the government red tape

it would take to get us there.

This 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. -[gun cocks]

[Miles] So how’d you pull that off?

I got some extra demo charges from work.

[Newt] Adding theft of explosives to list of incriminating evidence.

-No, purge that last one. -Let’s go.

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

You are not paying for it. Come on.

Her mistake was not destroying it sooner.

[computer] Energy sequence initiated.

[machine rumbles]

Duck, duck, duck.

-[machine thrums] -[dramatic electronic music]

Wait.

Dad, I can do this.

Let me pay my dues.

[guard] All available to control room.

Intruders located.

I’ll hold them off.

[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 gonna blow.

It’s gonna shoot itself.

[computer] Maximum power achieved,

generating teleforce beam.

I thought you said that code would shut this thing down

and make it useless.

I assumed that’s what it did.

-Jamie, get down! -[gun fires]

[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] -Newt!

[Bill] Miles, come on.

[suspenseful electronic music]

[Miles] I can stop it.

-I know I can. -It’s gonna blow!

Your mom’s code worked!

[computer] Teleforce beam generation complete.

Sixty seconds to launch.

Trust her!

[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.

[Newt] My entire CPU flashed before my eyes.

[Miles] It’s all right, bud.

We’ll get you back to fighting shape.

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

[soldier] Come on, boys!

Hands where I can see ’em!

[man groans]

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

You were wrong about me, Mom.

I look great in suits.

Watch your head. Get in there.

[indistinct radio chatter]

Burnt to the ground, as requested.

Nice work.

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

Thanks. I have something for you too.

You deserve to have this.

It’s all of your mother’s energy research.

Her legacy should live on.

So what now?

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

but then Luxos will make you a deal,

and we take perpetual energy all over the world.

I want the title to the land my workshop is on,

and I retain the rights to the Phoenix.

And a guarantee it’ll never be used

in a military application.

A scholarship under my Regina’s name.

Done, done, and done.

Anything else?

An unlimited nacho gift card to Alfonso’s.

[chuckles] Okay.

You have a deal.

Mr. Fletcher, come with me, please.

[calming orchestra music]

Mr. Fletcher, thank you so much for coming.

Right this way.

I read your thesis on Tesla’s work,

and I know you’ll love this exhibit.

[Tesla] Now I’m working on a solution

to create consistency called cascading ionization.

Theoretically, we should be able to control the energy

versus the erratic quality you are seeing now.

If only I could harness it into a consistent beam,

we would have perpetual, limitless power.

This is the beauty of simplicity,

the patterns of the universe,

but we need the keys to unlock them.

Without three, six, nine, we have no keys.

[orchestral music swells]

[Piper] Need a ride?

Oof, I don’t know.

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

Ew.

Nice kicks. How do you like ’em?

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

[Newt] Confirmed,

replacements for borrowed capacitors delivered.

[Jamie] Let’s go.

I’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, I always thought I wanted

to be one of the greats,

but I’ve learned it was never about that.

Holding 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]