I'm booking each one of you on The Phil Hart Show.
-[gasps] -[Awsome Man] Phil Hart?
Is that really the best use of our time?
[Phil Hart] Keep it tuned in to The Phil Hart Show.
We are gonna have every single Guardian from the Guardians of Justice
right here on my show, The Phil Hart Show.
-You just stay put. -[funky music playing]
You got to pee? Pee your pants.
You got to have a snack?
Make… make a helmet out of bread and just eat the shit.
How goes the investigation?
The problem is you're looking in the wrong place.
You need to look at the Guardians themselves.
[silenced gun fires]
[reporter] Knight Hawk is not only investigating select supervillains,
but also the Guardians of Justice themselves.
[reporter 2] The Guardians? That's a little concerning, isn't it?
-[crowd shouting] -[tense music playing]
[camera shutter clicking]
-[glass breaking] -[explosion]
[siren wailing]
Think about their very name.
"The Guardians of Justice."
Say it with me at home.
The Guardians of Justice.
Justice. Justice. Of Justice.
This is nothing more than a clever branding tool, a marketing gimmick.
[inhales] It's no different
than someone wanting you to buy their latest energy drink.
These men, women, and now children,
dress up like cartoon characters in a shameless attempt
to… to… to play and, really, prey
on our innocent childhood fantasies of good versus evil.
But what these terrorists are selling is not a product.
No, no, no, no.
It's an ideology.
And those who… who do not agree with their agenda are against justice.
Ladies and gentlemen, you cannot own the word "justice."
[flatulating]
That, my friends,
is fucking bullshit.
[people screaming]
[sirens wailing]
[announcer] The Guardians of Justice will save you.
[theme music playing]
[narrator] Murderous brigand Motion Blur,
the primary probable perpetrator of the bullet burglary,
and thus Marvelous Man's murder,
suffered in a sweaty stupor, weathering withdrawal.
He dared doom for his drug,
defied dangers of detection, and deployed his powers to pilfer poison.
[electro music playing]
Meanwhile, Speed made benefit of their Fast Force connection to track him down.
But Speed rescued the rapscallion, lessening his loathing,
and sparking a suspicion that this superhero could save his soul.
Him being gone doesn't make you automatically in charge.
You're not always right, Atticus. You're not always--
-[Little Wing] Knight Hawk? -[Knight Hawk] Mute.
Why are you here?
I gave you specific orders.
I haven't been able to sleep since Marvelous Man…
-[bullet ricocheting] -[squelching]
[screams]
[gun fires]
Since what happened,
I turn on the news and I'm scared.
[reporter] People on the streets are going crazy.
[men] No!
[Little Wing] It seems like this is it.
Like the world is ending.
[tense music playing]
What do we do?
We save it.
[Little Wing] How?
By being brave.
By fighting back.
By being stronger than the darkness.
By being true to ourselves and each other.
[exhales]
[hip hop music playing]
[phone ringing]
[screaming]
[Cecilia] Austin.
[whooshing]
Toronto.
-[bird screeching] -[Awsome Man grunting, panting]
[grunts]
[grunts, pants]
Come on!
You can do this.
[panting] All right. All right.
Let's do this.
[panting]
[exhales]
[dial tone]
[phone dialing]
[phone ringing]
[Awsome Man] Speed, what's up? Its me, Awsome Man. How are you?
I was wonder if you want to go out with me sometime and train?
-[clears throat] -Uh…
Oh, Uh… I-I'm sorry. I-I-I was trying to call Speed. I--
I'm gonna transfer you to Speed. Okay?
-Thank you very much. -[Cecilia] Hang on, sweetie.
Transferring.
[phones ringing]
[computer beeping]
[squeaking]
You got something in your teeth?
[clears throat, inhales]
H-h-hey, Speed. What's up?
Uh, I didn't know you were there.
Uh, it's me, Awsome Man, if you didn't recognize me from before.
Hey. Uh, how are you? Good? Okay. That's cool.
I was wondering. Do you want to get together maybe and train sometime?
Train together?
Mm-hmm.
Awsome Man, you have the power of six gods. I've just got fast feet, mate.
I don't think I'm gonna be able to help you.
Uh, I-I mean, th-that's… You know what? Totally understand. Th-that's cool.
I mean, a no is a no.
You're super busy.
I-I've got other stuff to do, too, that is super--
-Hey, hey, hey, hey. -[Awsome Man] So…
What's this really about?
[phone ringing]
It's just that I-I've been spending a lot of time, you know, by myself
and, you know, it's… it's…
I'm kind of lonely and I thought… [moans]
[emotional music playing]
Come on, big guy.
Talk to me.
Yeah. I'm, uh,
I'm… I'm lonely.
And to be honest, it r-really… really hasn't bothered me that much before
because I-I felt like we had all the time in the world, and…
and now, since Marvelous Man's death, a-and now Sepia Spider as well…
it just showed me that time is short, even for us gods.
Yeah. I know what you mean. [exhales]
Uh, I'm… I'm really sorry to bother you. [scoffs]
You know, I could use a friend, too, to be honest.
Do you wanna come over here tomorrow night and just hang out? [chuckles]
Could be fun.
O-okay. I mean… [chuckles]
…that… that sounds super cool.
I-I think I would really enjoy that.
It's a date.
Call it a date. [chuckles]
[exhales]
A date.
[exhales]
I have a date.
[upbeat electro music playing]
♪ I've got the power of seven gods ♪
♪ But I can't go One single day without you ♪
[growling]
♪ I'm moving at the speed of light ♪
♪ I've got all these emotions inside ♪
[growling]
♪ … for you ♪
♪ Yeah, we could take on the world ♪
♪ Together we take on the world ♪
[music fades]
[electro music playing]
[door opens]
[exhales]
[grunts loudly]
I fucking hate Atlantis.
[sighs]
Computer, what the hell just happened there?
Play back that interrogation of Tsunami again.
[computer trilling]
You were supposed to be on watch at the hall the night Marvelous Man died,
yet our log says you never showed.
What does it matter where I was?
He shot himself.
We all saw it.
[Knight Hawk] I get it, how someone like him could make you feel
inferior.
How the rage can build up inside you,
that it makes you insane,
and that's why you decided to take what you wanted.
I didn't take anything!
She gave herself to me willingly.
[echoing] "She"?
[tense music playing]
[whooshing]
[gun cocks]
[whirring]
Identify yourself.
Step forward, put your hands up, or I'll blow your fucking head off.
[exhales] Jesus, Atticus.
What the fuck? You could have called.
What are you doing here?
Did you find out who killed him?
It turns out you're a fucking idiot.
Excuse me?
How the hell did you think that you could keep your affair from him a secret?
It must have been torture for Cal,
coming home to bed with you reeking of calamari.
[King Tsunami] She wanted a real man.
That's what she wanted. She wanted a real man.
You don't know what you're talking about.
You have no idea what it's like to be married to the world's most perfect man.
It's…
[voice breaking] It's exhausting!
-[crowd cheering] -[Laura] At first, it was amazing.
There I was, the one girl that he chose.
The world's prince, and I was his princess.
But you want to know what we had in common?
[birds chirping]
[Laura] Nothing.
[crow cawing]
[Laura] We had nothing in common.
[Knight Hawk] So why the hell did you marry him then?
Because, Atticus, you are right.
I am a fucking idiot.
You know what I thought if I married him?
I'd be special.
I'd be important.
But I wasn't.
I drowned in his shadow.
[dramatic music playing]
But, hey, makes a great story, doesn't it?
[whooshing]
[Marvelous Man] Why are you doing this?
You understand what would happen if this got out there?
[breathing heavily] Do you?
You don't care what I've done for you.
Don't lie to me.
I can hear your heartbeat.
It's over now.
[news theme playing]
[reporter] Marvelous Man's widow says she has total faith in Knight Hawk.
[reporter 2] Knight Hawk receives high praise from Laura Louis,
who says it's time for the Guardians to be led in a new direction.
More at ten.
[upbeat music playing]
♪ Let's rewind our love ♪
[inaudible]
♪ Let's rewind our love ♪
♪ Facing my… ♪
[laughing]
[Phil Hart] You look a little nervous, Awsome Man. What's going on?
Uh… [clears throat]
T-technically, it's, uh, "Really Cool, uh, and Awsome Man."
[tape rewinds]
-[The Speed laughing] -"Really Cool, uh, and Awesome Man."
That was my favorite part.
-[Awsome Man moans] -Oh my God. You're so funny. [laughs]
But it's… it's so embarrassing. I have no…
No, it's not. It's really sweet.
-You're funny. -[Awsome Man scoffs]
-That's nice of you to say. Thank you. -I'm serious.
And, you know, I agree with what you said about Marvelous Man.
I mean,
he wasn't always my favorite person,
but he did make us feel more like a family.
Yeah. I miss family.
[tense music playing]
But we've still got each other.
And we have Knight Hawk.
Yep. Knight Hawk.
What's going on with Knight Hawk? You don't like Knight Hawk?
No.
Oh, I don't know.
[scoffs]
I mean, how can you trust the judgment of a man
who puts a little boy in costume and lets him fight crime?
I don't know. I mean,
Little Wing seems pretty badass.
I mean, did you see those guys he was taking out by himself?
I mean… [imitates fighting noises]
And those little, like… What are those nunchuck things that he has? Pow!
He's, like, 12 years old and he's taking out adults. Multiple adults.
I don't know.
[clears throat]
That's pretty cool to me.
Well, yeah, but, I mean… [scoffs]
…what does a childhood like that lead to a life of?
[news theme playing]
Children have been gaining access to the new street drug Mellow Devil,
and it has been running rampant through the streets of Carnegie City.
[video game music playing]
[pinging]
Kids! [laughs] Drugs!
No. Seriously, that's not actually… Don't laugh at that. Drugs are bad.
[man] Mellow Devil connects you to something higher.
When you realize that free will is an illusion, you find true happiness.
-[hawk screeching] -[thunder rumbling]
Cortex, open mission logs to Marvelous Man over the last month.
[Cortex] Processing.
[smacks lips, grunts]
Activate.
[computer trilling]
[Cortex] There are 377 missions logged in 30 days.
Jesus. In one month?
[Cortex] That's right.
What the hell was he trying to accomplish?
[Cortex] He never stopped, Atticus.
Bring up missions involving other Guardians.
[Cortex] Hmm. Four, total.
What was the most recent?
[Cortex] The last mission logged involved Black Bow and Blue-Scream.
[video game music playing]
[grunting]
[screams]
[Knight Hawk] Play file.
[computer trilling]
[man] Mellow Devil.
Car crashes have spiked 247%.
A wave of robberies by addicts trying to pay for the drug
have overwhelmed City PD.
[hip hop music playing]
[henchman shouts]
[whooshing]
[henchman screams]
[henchman 2 grunts]
[both grunting]
-[henchman 2 winces] -[henchman 3 grunts]
[henchman 3 growls, grunts]
[henchman 4 grunts, screams]
[Blue Scream screaming]
[Mellow Devil pulsating]
[Blue Scream screaming]
[henchman 3 grunts]
[heart beating]
[Marvelous Man] Black Bow.
[panting]
What are you doing?
-[heart beating] -[panting]
[Mellow Devil pulsating]
Some of these men are dead.
We have a code.
[Black Bow] I… [breath shuddering]
[Marvelous Man] All to just get high?
I'm sorry.
You're done.
You don't deserve to be Guardians.
[Cortex] There is an incomplete note on the file. "Banned from Guardians."
Banned from the Guardians?
Cortex.
Cortex, what's this shit made of?
[Cortex] The substance is composed of bio-organic cells.
Bio-organic cells?
Do they match any DNA in our database?
[Cortex] There is a match. But how can that be right?
Who?
[Cortex] It's Mind Master.
You're being controlled, and not by me.
But your free will is an illusion.
Mind Master?
[reporter] Public outrage has erupted over the murder of Mind Master.
Marvelous Man says Mind Master's actions have put millions of lives at risk.
[Knight Hawk] That's impossible.
Cal killed him after Mind Master turned him into a puppet.
Someone must have preserved a sample of his blood.
Knight Hawk out.
[groans]
[gurgles]
[Cortex] Danger. Danger. Danger.
Serious risk of brain damage.
[tires screeching]
[electro music playing]
-[tires screeching] -[car horn honking]
-[crowd shouting] -[woman gasps]
[Black Bow] Such a naughty little girl. [laughs seductively]
[woman] I've always wanted to fuck a superhero.
[chuckles]
[woman moaning]
[woman inhales, moans]
[Black Bow moaning, breathing heavily]
[both moaning]
[Knight Hawk] Leave.
-Oh, fuck! -Oh, fuck!
Fucking weirdos!
-[grunts] -[crowd clamoring]
[Knight Hawk] I have surveillance footage of you arguing with Marvelous Man.
I need to know what the three of you discussed.
I-I mean, it was the usual.
We kicked a criminal's ass and, you know, he had a little panic attack about it.
Yeah. It's, uh… it's the same speech he's given you 1,000 times, right?
[Knight Hawk] So you're telling me it had nothing to do with this?
[Black Bow whimpers, exhales]
[gun firing]
[gasps]
Oh, no.
[screaming]
[Phil Hart] Our next guests put the "X" back in "sexy."
Not only are they one of the hottest couples around,
but they are also superheroes.
Hey. Hey, Phil. Thanks for having us. It's awesome. It's a pleasure, man.
[crowd clamoring]
-[tires screeching] -[dischordant sounds]
-[gun firing] -[gurgling]
[breathing heavily]
[panting]
[shouts, grunts]
[Black Bow gasps, groans]
What… what are you doing?
[Black Bow panting, groans]
What… what are you doing?
What are you doing?
[computer beeping]
[Knight Hawk] Both of you, start talking.
Talk.
Marvelous Man, he found out about the drugs.
He was gonna revoke our membership to the Guardians and tell the media.
[Knight Hawk] Where were you the night Marvelous Man died?
Choose your words wisely.
We were on patrol.
Fuck it, Olivia.
He knows.
[dramatic music playing]
We figured we only had days before Marvelous Man outed us.
So we got high as fuck.
[man shouts, laughs]
[Blue-Scream] And when we came out of it, he was dead.
And I was happy.
We had nothing to do with his death.
We just wanted one more night.
Just one more night before he
told everyone.
You know what it's like.
The shit we see
day in and day out.
[crowd shouting]
It's too much.
[inhales deeply]
[exhales sharply]
[Knight Hawk] I know exactly how you feel.
[sirens wailing]
[Knight Hawk] Being unable to cope with the burden.
And it's because you know what rock-bottom looks like
that I have a new assignment for the both of you.
I want you to find hope again
by bringing hope to others.
I need you to find your fellow addicts,
the homeless, the suicidal,
anyone who feels lost in a world without Marvelous Man.
Bring them to the Citadel.
I will give them hope.
The only way to save society
is from the bottom up.
[electro music playing]
[crowd cheering]
♪ We do not need forever Honey, we've got now ♪
♪ Tell me God is dead ♪
♪ I say let's go to bed And feel something, somehow ♪
♪ Wake me when you're warm from sunlight ♪
♪ Wake me when you're cold and blue ♪
♪ I'm done with all the days We have spent saying that we're through ♪
♪ Make me shiver, make me weak ♪
♪ I want you kneeling at my feet ♪
♪ Dim the lights And we'll feel everything ♪
♪ Deep within the cloisters of the void ♪
♪ And I will make you beg ♪
♪ You will scream and shout ♪
♪ I will whisper in your ear ♪
♪ You make me cry out ♪
♪ I'm all out of muses ♪
♪ All the wrong men fall in love with me ♪
♪ The momentary bliss They feel will fade ♪
♪ And I am free again To feel the warmth from your skin ♪
♪ When all the day is through ♪
♪ I can't help but run into your arms ♪
♪ And say I have returned to you ♪
♪ Wake me when you're warm from sunlight ♪
♪ Wake me when you're cold and blue ♪
♪ I'm done with all the days We have spent saying that we're through ♪
♪ Make me shiver, make me weak ♪
♪ I want you kneeling at my feet ♪
♪ Dim the lights And we'll feel everything ♪
♪ Deep within the cloisters of the void ♪
♪ And I will make you beg ♪
♪ You will scream and shout ♪
♪ I will whisper in your ear ♪
♪ You make me cry out ♪
[song fades]