[Kara] Previously onSupergirl...
Thousands of years ago, there was an evil imp who created an AllStone
to give him mastery over everything.
The other imps found out about it
and they blew up the AllStone,
scattering the pieces throughout the known universes
where they became Totems.
Nyxly needs the Totems to make a new AllStone.
[Lex] My only desire is to rule by your side
while destroying everyone who gets in our way.
And after we've rebuilt the AllStone, you're going to betray me.
Betraying you is inconceivable.
[Nyxly] The Love Totem disappeared.
The Totems' powers are so elemental in nature, they can't be destroyed.
They only reconstitute in a new form.
I'm an ex-con. I don't really have a place to live and I take care of Joey.
That's exactly why the Heights is gonna need a new council member.
CatCo reporter William Dey has leaked Lex's private journal.
This is my reputation.
You used my name to validate an unethical story.
[Lex] I had to prevent your friends from understanding
how important the little girl was until I got what I wanted.
-To Andrea Rojas. Here's your real story. -[gasps]
-Esme is gone. -Oh, my God!
[Lex] Well, this is awkward.
Lex.
I can only imagine emotions must be running high right now.
If you hurt my daughter, I will kill you.
-Do you hear me? -Alex.
No, it's just a recording.
He's too much of a coward to face us in person.
Now, there's no need to worry about the little alien.
She's safe and won't be harmed.
Baby Truth Seeker.
I cannot tell a lie.
Seven Totems.
Courage, Hope, Humanity, Dream, Truth, Destiny and Love.
You are in possession of five of them,
while Nyxly and I are in possession of just one.
The Love Totem has merged with the girl.
You bring me your five, plus the Totem still to be found,
the Destiny Totem, and I will trade you Esme.
Easy-peasy.
Now, before you go screaming "trap,"
let me assuage your fears.
There is one place on this planet where we can't harm one another.
A lovely bridge near the Fort Rozz crash site.
The Omegahedron explosion from, what? Six years ago?
Well, that explosion rendered all tech and super powers in that area inert.
It is indeed a dead zone.
I will bring the girl there noon tomorrow.
Enough time for Nyxly and I to have safely retrieved the Love Totem
and for you to have done the same
with the Destiny Totem.
You fail to show up or you turn this exchange into something unpleasant,
the girl will end up like your friend...
William Dey.
Be safe out there.
Would be a shame if something happened to you
before we get to see each other again.
Okay, we are going to find them and we are going to get Esme back.
I will fix this.
Brainy, start scanning every inch of this globe
for Lex, Nyxly, Mitch and Esme.
We need to find them.
I'll search every place that Lex has access to
and try to track him down
with one of my mother's spells.
I always knew Lex was dangerous,
but this is going too far.
We need to find that Destiny Totem.
Nia, can you dream their location?
I can try.
But it didn't work last time,
even with Lena's magic.
Now we have the Dream Totem.
I can build you an arm shield like I did for J'onn and Supergirl
and you could wield the Totem's power to find it.
[Alex] We don't need it.
Because Lena can conjure up
a decoy Destiny Totem
and I will take it
and rest of the Totems to the bridge,
and I will get Esme to safety.
And then I will kill Lex with my bare hands.
Nothing will work on the bridge, Alex.
And even if it did, Lex will figure out it's fake.
Then we give him what he wants.
No, Alex, we can't give Lex and Nyxly a Totem.
We can't give them more power.
They'll use it against us.
They'll destroy this world.
I don't care about anything
other than getting our daughter back.
And we will get her back.
By finding the Destiny Totem
and using it and the rest of the Totems
to power me up.
And then I will find them,
I will get Esme back,
and I will stop Lex and Nyxly once and for all.
-Kara-- -No, I know you're panicking.
We are all devastated right now.
But I am trying to keep a clear head
so that no one else gets hurt by them.
You just need to trust me, okay?
Just trust me. I will get your daughter back.
I put out snacks for the little one.
I do hope she likes canapes.
They're delicious.
She's already quite spooked
without having to look at you two ghouls.
Please leave.
I'll try not to be offended by that remark.
You see, Esme?
I told you there'd be a tea party waiting for us.
I'm never going to see my moms again, am I?
Of course you are.
This beautiful, kind woman will make sure that you do.
Nothing good has ever lasted long for me.
Maybe we should get on with this.
[Nyxly sighs]
Do you want to try and say a funny word to cheer yourself up?
Sometimes when you say a funny word, it can put a smile on your face.
No? All right.
Maybe I'll just try it for you.
Cgyrzyx.
[whooshing]
[Lex] The tattoo is losing its petals.
And you don't have to have seen Beauty and the Beast
to know that when it loses them all,
the Totem will find a new host and be lost to us.
We need to get it out now.
What is taking so long?
I don't know.
It won't show me the gauntlet.
I can't get the Totem out of her until it's revealed to me.
Maybe we should just cut it out of her while we--
I will not let you hurt that little girl.
If you know me as well as you claim,
you would know hurting an innocent child
is something I would never, ever agree to.
In the future,
our demise hinges
on how you come into possession of the Love Totem in this time.
You used magic to end-run the gauntlet
and as a result, you perished.
And I will not let that happen again, ever.
Maybe I need to get it out this time.
I can try to access the gauntlet.
You get it? [laughs]
Is this some sort of setup?
You want the Totem for yourself?
No. I just want what's best for you so that we can have the future we deserve.
What's best for me is no man doing something
I'm quite capable of doing myself.
The girl is scared.
Once I gain her trust,
the gauntlet will be revealed to me.
And then I will get the Love Totem.
I just need your word that you will not hurt her.
I would never betray the woman I love.
[whooshing]
[Lena] Don't move.
Lena.
What are you doing here?
How did you find us?
William sent me a video of him and Lex.
I followed William's trail.
I should have known I'd be too late.
William was already gone when Supergirl got here.
[inhales sharply] Instead of hedging,
you should've just told me the truth when I asked you.
I am a monster.
William said I stood for nothing, and he was right.
No, you're not a monster, Andrea.
Lex is. He did this, not you.
Whenever my back is to the wall,
I do whatever I have to do to get out from under,
no matter who I hurt.
Fine.
You're right.
So what are you going to do about it?
It's too late.
I can't fix this.
I can't bring William back. I...
I can't fix anything I've done.
No, there's still time for you to be a better person, Andrea.
I have stood where you are.
I have made worse mistakes.
Rationalized more.
You can still make amends...
to yourself and the people that you've wronged,
and live a meaningful life.
How?
Got to embrace the person you want to be and the choices you want to make.
And still stay mindful
when that darkness wants to take over.
So you can move forward,
never back.
This is my worst nightmare.
Someone I love, dying on my watch.
It never gets any easier.
But we have to stay focused.
I must have circled the globe a dozen times just listening, scanning.
There's no sign of Lex at any of his hideouts.
I knew. I knew I shouldn't have taken my eye off the ball, even for a second.
J'onn, it's my job to keep my family safe. [breathes shakily]
He died protecting Esme.
Yeah, I let my guard down too.
You know, I'm done. I'm done.
I am so tired of this fight.
Whatever I need to do,
whatever power I need to claim
to rescue Esme and stop Lex and Nyxly,
even if it means using the AllStone myself,
I will take it.
And I'll be right by your side.
You agreed to let Nyxly try to get the Love Totem out of Esme her way.
If she can gain the child's trust and access the gauntlet, great.
If not, she'll have to agree
that the only way to get the Totem is to kill the little brat.
I see you've forgotten the most basic rule of chess.
If you touch a piece--
You must make a move or capture that piece, if legal to do so.
Hello, Mother.
This is a surprise.
Oh.
Bobby Fischer made that exact mistake.
-Buenos Aires, 1960. -1960, yes.
Cost him the match with Unzicker.
Speaking of terrible moves,
there are reports
that you murdered a CatCo journalist and kidnapped a little girl.
What's the play this time?
There's no play.
I'm in love, Mother.
[laughing]
So that leaked journal
with those treacly love poems, it's actually yours?
And this Nyxly, she's--
Like no woman I've ever met.
We're halves of the same whole. Yin and yang, alpha and omega.
She's fierce, brilliant--
And an alien.
You don't understand.
[exhales] With Nyxly, I finally feel like I am the man I'm meant to be.
No one has ever had my back like her.
Certainly not you or my dear sister.
Time after time,
you and Lena have stabbed me in the back when I needed you the most.
I know it was a different Earth, but you did try to poison me.
What you should be concerned with is the present,
and the murder and kidnapping charges you'll be facing.
If I'm caught, which I won't.
Our lawyers say you can plead insanity.
And I agree.
My love for Nyxly is real.
Drop her.
Now.
[chuckles] I'm not taking orders from you.
Besides, I have been to the future where Nyxly and I rule together
as the most powerful couple in the universe.
It's destiny.
Your true destiny is with your family.
You, me, your sister.
We are powerful and can accomplish great things together.
The choice is easy.
Your family
or the imp.
You're absolutely right.
The choice is easy.
I choose Nyxly.
What's that you're drawing?
My moms.
I want to remember them.
Well, you will be with them again.
I will make sure of it.
You know,
when I was your age,
I loved nothing more than drawing.
I would sit by the lake for hours and hours and I would just draw.
[chuckles]
I had pencils in every color you could possibly imagine...
until one day they were gone.
What happened to them?
My father had them destroyed.
He thought art was useless.
And that as a princess,
I shouldn't be wasting my time with such nonsense.
And then he tried to slit my throat.
[gasps]
I don't like that story.
I don't blame you, little one.
My point is,
just because scary things happen to us sometimes,
it doesn't mean that we're always destined for only bad things.
You can be reunited with your family
if you believe it.
So, why don't we smile
and try and say that funny word again?
Cgyrzyx.
[wind whooshing]
[gasps]
[objects clattering]
Alex?
[Alex sighs]
I came in here, um...
[exhales]
...looking for weapons.
You know, just anything that I could take on that bridge.
I keep thinking how scared she must be.
You know, we promised her that she would never leave us.
What she must be thinking...
Powerless.
Kelly, powerless.
There is my Kryptonite.
I know.
I just, I have to believe that things are going to work out.
Because if I believe anything else...
I know. I'm going through all of the what ifs.
I mean, if I had listened to Kara,
if I had put on the power dampeners,
if I had kept her safer,
then maybe she wouldn't have turned into the Love Totem.
There are so many ifs.
Okay, we can't play this game.
Don't doubt what you did for her.
How much we love her.
It's because of that love.
That Totem seeks out love.
It's because of how much we love her.
Whatever it takes,
we're going to do it.
Whatever it takes.
[beeping]
See, it fits perfectly.
Like Cinderella...
without the gender inequality through patriarchy
-and sexual objectification. -[laughs]
Brainy, what if I dream something terrible?
About Esme. What if I dream that we never get her back or that Lex...
Ever since I saw William lying there... What if I see...
Then you'll see it.
Good or bad,
knowing the truth allows you to deal with it.
Like with us.
I would have been called to the future regardless,
but knowing allows us to deal with things.
In our case,
treasuring the time we have left together.
Whatever you do see in your dream,
I will be by your side.
Then come with me.
I can bring you into the Dream Realm just like I brought Maeve.
And we'll face it together.
Together.
-Hey. -So, did the tech work?
Did you find the Destiny Totem?
Not only that, but...
I was able to sense Esme too.
She's safe.
Thank God.
So where is she?
I don't know.
[Brainy] But we discovered the Destiny Totem
is at the ruins of St. Vassily's Cathedral in Prague.
Home of the Statue of the Three Fates.
Those three fates are Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos.
Clotho was a spinner. She spun the thread of life.
Thread of Destiny.
I'll go get the Totem and then we'll get Esme back.
Cgyrzyx.
[whooshing]
[man] In order to take the Totem,
you must face your destiny without it.
[gasps]
Alex?
What are you doing?
Whatever it takes to get my daughter back.
Alex.
Alex, give me the Totem.
I can save Esme.
Esme is gone.
And the only way to keep her safe
is by giving Lex what he wants, which is the Totems.
And then I'm gonna bring my daughter home.
Listen. Please, wait.
When I activated the Destiny Totem, it showed me my destiny.
It's...
Lex and Nyxly are all-powerful.
Governments waging war against them.
The world is in shambles.
And the only way to prevent that
is by using the combined power of the Totems against them.
She's my daughter, Kara, my daughter.
I would risk the world
rather than losing her
by paying his ransom.
If doing that puts my little girl back in my arms again,
then that is exactly what I'm going to do.
[sighs] Alex...
I won't be able to stop them.
Not once they're all-powerful.
Okay, so what if your plan fails
and something happens to Esme?
I would never forgive myself.
And I could never forgive you.
Are you 100% certain
that Lex will hold up his end of the bargain?
[exhales]
Are you 100% certain that you could save Esme?
I didn't think so.
I'm sorry, Kara.
Lillian.
Huh.
Lex didn't tell me you were going to drop in.
I came to see you.
[chuckles]
So, you're Nyxly.
Mmm-hmm.
I can see why you caught his eye. You're quite beautiful.
But you're an alien, and my son loathes aliens.
I'm a princess. And your son loves me.
Lex is incapable of loving anyone but himself.
Well, he can be charming, but he's a sociopath.
And they're very good liars.
[laughs]
I see what you're trying to do.
You know, if you're so compelled to meddle
in your son's life and love, you should just go talk to him.
He's using you.
I'm a 5th Dimensional imp with powers you can't possibly even begin to fathom.
I'm nobody's fool.
But you don't have any powers at the moment, do you, dear?
I've read all about your daddy issues and thirst for revenge.
Let me guess, Lex promised to help you in exchange for...
[laughs]
-Nothing. -Mmm.
Are you sure about that?
Mmm-hmm.
Don't say you weren't warned.
[whooshing]
[Dreamer] Did you get the Destiny Totem?
Yes, I did.
But then Alex took it, along with the rest of the Totems.
-What? -Alex and Kelly are gonna pay the ransom.
Give the Totems to Lex in return for Esme.
We have to go after them, stop them.
I know we should, but...
[sighs] I had to let her go.
And once Lex gets the Totems
and he and Nyxly create the AllStone, I won't have the power to stop them.
There has to be some way, with science or magic,
to stop the power of the AllStone.
There might be a way.
The US government has an experimental solar satellite
they use for enhancing crop growth.
If we could adjust its orbit and repurpose its output,
the satellite could filter a portion of the sun's energy directly into Supergirl.
Supercharging you.
And what would that do?
Your brain would process information quicker.
Your super hearing would increase fifty-fold.
More importantly, 5th Dimensional magic will have no effect on you.
You'd be invincible.
It'll take four minutes for the satellite to fully charge you.
Then you'll be able to find Esme, neutralize the threat of the AllStone,
and defeat Lex and Nyxly.
Brainy, that's great. Why didn't you think of this before?
There is one tiny drawback.
It'll take the sun six months to regenerate.
The sun is responsible for ocean currents, for climate, for plant life.
Any disruption would be devastating.
Not to mention that the sun's orbit could be altered.
So I'll put it back. I'll fix it.
Because if we don't act before that ransom exchange,
we'll have no hope of stopping them.
Kara... Kara, listen to me. You can't do this. You'll be playing God.
I went down that path with Non Nocere, and you saw what happened.
And I saw what will happen if they get the AllStone.
It's global destruction, Lena.
I hear what you're saying. I do, but I have to do something.
[Lena] I'm gonna go to the bridge to help Alex and Kelly get Esme back.
I'll go with you.
The satellite will be over National City in ten minutes.
J'onn will move the satellite into position,
and from the ground I'll calibrate the signal with a remote.
But this satellite is a joint project between the US government
and South America, which means it falls
under the jurisdiction of the Department of State.
The moment we take control of that satellite...
Secretary Brown will be all over us.
And with her, the entire US Army.
Let's go catch a satellite.
I know what I need to do, but...
Can I get you anything, sir?
If I do it, she won't like it.
I said I wouldn't.
Gave her my word.
She'll have to understand our future depends on it.
Philippe, I need you to keep Nyxly out of Esme's room
while I access the gauntlet for the Love Totem.
Very well, sir.
It's showtime.
[beeps]
[device humming]
No!
Lex, what have you done?
I know I promised, but I knew that Mxy's essence,
a burst of 5th Dimensional energy would grant access to the Love Totem's gauntlet.
I wanted to save you from yourself and what you did to get it in the future.
By sneaking behind my back?
You don't care about me at all.
You just want the Totems for yourself.
Huh.
Your mother was right.
My mother? Whatever she told you, don't believe it.
That woman would rather see me dead than happy.
You're scaring Esme.
I get that you don't want to hurt the kid, but we are out of time.
No. No!
[whimpers]
I won't let you harm this child.
[whooshing]
[man] Fill your heart with love. Only then will love be given to you.
The Love Totem.
See, I was right to break the crystal ball.
I got you the Totem, and it's perfect timing.
We have got to get to the bridge.
I told you there is no "we."
No more.
Come on, Esme. Esme?
Let's get you back to your family.
All right? Come on.
The plan worked!
That proves I didn't betray you. I couldn't. You...
You have to believe that!
From the moment I met you, I knew you shouldn't be trusted.
You're nothing but a foul little man
who lies and cheats and plays mind games to get what he wants.
You're just like my father.
I could say I hate you, but the truth is I pity you.
No one will ever love you.
Goodbye, Lex.
Hello, Lex. [clicks tongue]
I heard from Philippe that the imp broke up with you.
-Have you come to say I told you so? -Of course.
And to say you're lucky I'm your mother, because I forgive you.
I was sure you'd be busy packing an arsenal to kill her.
Timing is everything, Mother.
Do you like watching fireworks?
We're not crazy for doing this, right?
We're getting our daughter back.
Anyone care for some backup?
Is, uh, Kara...
She's preparing to fight Lex in her own way.
No matter whose plan works, we are going home with Esme tonight.
They're here.
They came!
[J'onn J'onzz] Satellite is in position.
I'm turning it on now.
[breathes heavily]
[gasps]
Supergirl, the clock to four minutes has begun.
[beeping]
Bring the Totems to the center of the bridge
and I'll let Esme come to you.
Where's Lex?
I'm done with him.
Are you ready?
Yep.
[thunder rumbling]
Give me the Totems.
Give us our daughter first.
[Nyxly] No, we do it at the same time.
All right, little lamb.
Off you go.
Come here, sweetie. Come here.
[Nyxly] The AllStone.
The bad man is here.
It's a trap!
[breathes heavily]
[Brainy] Your brain would process information quicker.
Your super hearing would increase fifty-fold.
-[man] What's up there? -[woman] It's her!
[tires screeching]
-[siren wailing] -[crowd clamoring]
Supergirl, two minutes and 41 seconds until the solar flare blast.
[man] Why is she doing this?
[tires screeching]
[man shouting indistinctly]
Madam Secretary.
I don't know what you people are planning,
but can't you see you're hurting the people you're trying to help?
If we don't do this, Lex Luthor will do much worse.
That's not a good enough answer.
Drop the remote.
I am not going to tell you again.
I'm sorry, Madam Secretary.
We can't.
[J'onn J'onzz] What's happening down there?
[Brainy] Nothing I can't handle.
One minute.
[distorted] Mr. President, we need to call in an air strike on Supergirl.
I thought Supergirl was our friend.
Supergirl, please stop.
[gasps]
Thirty seconds.
[girl] Supergirl, please stop.
[car alarms blaring]
J'onn, you can release the solar flare blast in six seconds.
[J'onn J'onzz] Just give me the go-ahead.
Five, four...
Brainy, J'onn...
This isn't right, shut it down.
You said this is the best way.
No, seizing power is what our enemies do.
We're defined by our choices, and this is the wrong one.
Turn it off. [inhales deeply]
[device beeps]
[breathes heavily]
I'm sorry. We were wrong.
What do we do now?
We help Alex get Esme back.
[shouts]
That was for Esme.
[grunting]
[groans]
[Alex] Guardian!
[grunting continues]
[grunts]
-[electricity crackling] -[groans]
Ah.
The Brat of Brawn.
I was wondering when you'd show.
Leave my family alone!
Esme, no!
[groans]
I deserve the AllStone.
I waited an eternity in the Phantom Zone for it.
Give me your piece.
Or I will destroy everything and everyone you ever loved.
Since you think I am incapable of loving anything or anyone,
I guess that doesn't apply to me.
[grunting]
[J'onn J'onzz] Lena, can you help?
[chanting]
[whooshing]
[groans]
Lex!
Mother!
[exhales]
[distorted voice] That's what happens
when you let your mommy do your fighting for you.
[shallow breathing]
[breathes heavily]
[sobbing]
Lillian is stable, but it's not looking good.
Lena's trying to find a spell that could maybe save her.
What's happening here?
Lex and Nyxly have taken their fight public,
and are using portals to parry and then retreat.
Makes it nearly impossible to get a lock on their positions
so we can launch a counteroffensive.
What's happening to them?
Whatever it is, I think it has something to do with this.
The more Lex and Nyxly use their pieces of the AllStone,
the more they'll drain the world of the very elements the Totems represent.
Soon those things will be lost forever.
You're talking truth and love...
Hope.
They're empowering themselves by disempowering everyone else.
We're looking at the worldwide loss of the very things
that make humans human in the next 72 hours.
Okay, so what if Nyxly goes back
to the 5th Dimension, would that at least spare ours?
They each only have a third of the AllStone,
which gives them power,
but not enough to tear open a new dimensional doorway.
Neither can win if the other fights on.
Which means they're going to need your piece of the AllStone, too.
You could fight them with it.
You could win.
No, no.
We tried fighting power with power
and we just ended up hurting the people we were trying to help.
I'm not making that mistake again.
Then what do we do?
I need to think.
Perhaps we should call in some measure of reinforcements.
We wait.
Give Supergirl a chance.
[siren wailing]
[people screaming]
[girl] Mama, why isn't anyone helping us?
[man 1] I have no power to fight this.
I give up.
[man 2] But you can't give up! We can never give up.
Like the world around you is crumbling,
and I know exactly what you're thinking.
How can I tell you it's not
when you see it all falling apart before your own eyes?
I am not telling you to deny your reality.
I'm only telling you to embrace your strength.
They cannot make you feel hopeless.
They cannot take your ability to love.
And they cannot convince you that the truth is a lie.
Not when you know it in your heart.
Your power is yours, and no one can take that from you.
So stay strong. Be strong.
And live on to fight another day.
[all cheering]
J'onn...
I know what we need to do.