Episode 3| Power Play
In Mission Command.
Chase is working, Harper walks in.
"Hey Chase, what are you doing?" Harper ask "I'm trying to find a way to get Skylar's powers back" Chase says "oh that's really nice of you" Harper says
"it would be good for the team if Skylar got her powers back " Chasesays " I agree, and it will be good for her too, not having powers really bothers her" Harper says.
"Yeah, but she doesn't know that yet" Chase says "why not?" Harper ask.
"because I promised Oliver that as soon as I find the solution I'll give him the credit, he thinks Skylar will fall in love with him if he figures out how to get her powers back" Chase says.
"And you're gonna do it for him?" Harper smiles "yeah!" Chase says "aw you're so cute" Harper says, Chase smiles.
"Oh you know me!... always helping others with my genius" Chase brags in a shy tone, Harper rolls her eyes with a smile.
"yes I do, I know my Smarty Genius!" Harper smile hugging his neck "Oh i love when you say that" Chase smiles shyly, Harper kiss his cheek quickly.
"So you already know how to do it?" Harper ask looking at the table "almost, well all i know os that Skylar was born with superpowers..." Chase starts.
"Well, technically! In a certain point of view, she doesn't have superpowers" Harper says, Chase stops and bows his head.
"Since everyone on her planet has
these powers and abilities, her powers are just part of her biology and that of everyone on her planet, it's a normal thing there, so it's not superpowers but basic things like breathing and talking" Harper says.
"You are right, it means that the cells responsible for the powers are still in
her body, as they would be natural parts of the body, not a physical thing that can be removed and kept like a trophy!" Chase says with a frown.
"yeah, her powers weren't stolen, it's just a way of looking at the situation in a fun way to put it in the comics" Harper laughs.
"Exactly, they weren't stolen they were just....they're just dormant! That's It!" Chase says excited starting to work on something "that's it!?" Harper ask "yeah!" Chase says.
He holds her face "thanks you really are my brainy babydoll!!" Chase smiles, Harper blushes "yeah i am!" Harper wrinkle her nose, Chase smiles and kisses her quickly.
"How exactly is this going to work?" Harper ask "I already have an idea" Chase says "That's great!" Harper says sits down next to the central cyber desk.
Oliver walks in "How's it going down here?" Oliver says.
"I think I might be on to something. If Skylar was born with powers, then the cells that created them are still inside her body, they're just dormant. So if science applies, which who know if it will since we're dealing with... Well, let's just call her what she is: a freak" Chase says, Oliver glares at him.
"We might be able to stimulate those dormant cells. Does Skylar have any weaknesses?" Chase ask.
"No, she's perfect. Although she'll tell you that one of her knees is higher than the other, but...I know that's not true. I've measured them many, many times" Oliver says "This is so disturbing. and then I'm the one that scares you!?" Harper tells Oliver.
"I meant physical weaknesses. Doesn't every superhero have one?" Chase says "Well, there's a chemical compound in coal that's harmful to her, and I've seen it; it ain't pretty. I couldn't even look at her knees" Oliver says.
"Great! Then if I use coal to shock her immune system it should wake up the cells" Chase says.
"Oh let me get this straight your idea is basically to give kryptonite to Superman!?" Harper smirk "Give what? For who?" Chase says "oh god!" Harper rolls her eyes.
"No, Chase, you can't give Skylar coal, it's too dangerous" Oliver says "In abundance, yes, but a trace amount should safely stimulate the regeneration of her superpowers" Chase says.
"Oh. I wish I'd thought of that" Oliver says. Hyperlift comes down and Skylar walks in "Good news. You just did" Chase says he looks in Skylar's direction.
Oliver walks over to her "Hey, Skylar. Guess what?" Oliver says.
"Don't tell me, you just discovered a new power? What now, can you shoot torpedoes out of your nose?" Skylar says "No, I thought I could a few weeks ago, but turns out it was just a sinus infection" Oliver says.
"Oh he sucks at that" Harper says "I know, who knew I would become the guy with the most experience with the girls on the team huh!?" Chase smiles excitedly, Harper frowns.
"Who said you are!? Mr. "I hooked up with her twice"" Harper mock him "we hooked up more then twice....technically" Chase says irritated, Harper rolls her eyes.
Skylar sighs at Oliver "Anyway, I, Oliver, have been working with some of Chase's lab equipment and I, Oliver think I, Oliver, have found a way to restore your powers" Oliver says "You did!?" Skylar animated question.
"Yes. I, Oliver, did" Oliver says "He did?" Skylar says "yeah, He Oliver did" Harper says.
Chase Comes up to them "Yep. He, Oliver, really did. And I would know because, I, Chase, am the smartest guy in the world that comes up with the fixes for everything... Except for this. But you know, I could've. If I wanted to" Chase says.
"But he didn't" Oliver says "Right. But I could've" Chase sats "But he didn't" Oliver says "But..""But you, Chase, didn't!" Harper interrupts "Of course"
Chase hangs his head and Skylar looks confused.
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In Mission Command.
"I can't believe this is really happening, I've waited so long to get my powers back" Skylar says she Sits down in a chair "Well my dear, your wait is over" Oliver says.
He calls loudly to Chase "The serum!" Oliver says "It's not ready!" Chase says.
"I'm sorry, my assistant informs me there will be a slight delay. Can I make you more comfortable? Would you like to put your feet up?" Oliver Kneels down "So you can measure my knees again? No thanks" Skylar says, Oliver rises.
"How exactly is the serum gonna work?" Skylar ask "yeah Oliver How this gonna work?" Harper smirk, Oliver glares at her.
"Well, uh... you see the serum.." Oliver
gestures towards Chase, mixing and measuring chemicals "will be, um...""Injected" Chase complete the sentense.
"Injected! Into you, thus...""Activating" Chase completes Oliver's sentence again "Activating! The...""Cells" Chase completes.
"Cells! Which...""Are currently dormant but innately have superpowers" Chase says "Trust me Skylar, I know what I'm doing" Oliver says.
"Oh this is painful to watch" Harper says getting up and going to Oliver "do you want me to help you?" Harper ask "what can you do?" Oliver says.
"I can make you look cool to her you know, convince her that you are the right guy. that's what girls do!...I guess" Harper says "Can you do that?" Oliver says "i got this!" Harper goes to Skylar.
"Skylar!" Harper says "Hey!" Skylar smiles "aw isn't it nice that Oliver does this for you?" Harper says "oh I guess so" Skylar
says.
"I mean I think it's so sweet that he spends years researching and developing a way, you know using his precious time just to help you, it's admirable" Harper says "I don't know if he used that much of his time like that" Skylar says.
"Yes he did! And it's adorable, you loved it, come on girl wake up!!" Harper says firmly, Skylar frowns "uh..Harper" Oliver pulls her away with a akward smirk.
"I guess that's not how you make me look cool" Oliver says "what did I do
wrong?" Harper says.
"First of all, you're not convincing her... it's more like forcing her to like me" Oliver says "Might work too, are you sure you want me to stop I'm as good at pushing people as I am at convincing them" Harper smiles.
"The serum is ready" Chase says He Holds up syringe "Woah. It's a big needle. Do you have anything tubal form?" Oliver says.
"Unbelievable, How am I going to make you look cool if you're afraid of a syringe!" Harper says "He's not holding a syringe, that's more like a sword!" Oliver says.
"if you prefer, I can administer the injection" Chase says "No way Frankenstein, this is my beautiful monster!" Oliver says he gestures towards Skylar
He takes needle and then hesitates "Yeah, it's all you" Oliver gives needle to Chase, who injects the serum.
"Okay. There you go" Chase says, Skylar sighs "I don't feel anything" Skylar says.
"Oh, well, it'll take some time for the serum to kick in. Right, Oliver?" Chase says "Hey little girl he talked to you!" Harper says to Oliver "Sorry, I'm a
little woozy" Oliver says.
"Oh you don't even need me you do just fine looking cool on your own" Harper says sarcastically.
"Okay Skylar, sit back, relax, and the medical software will wirelessly monitor your vitals" Chase says he places monitors on her neck.
"Yes, and your powers will be back in a matter of minutes" Oliver says "Hours." Chase corrects "Hours!" Oliver says.
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In Mission Command, Oliver and Chase exit HyperLift.
"Look what your hero brought you. Flowers for your new superpowers" Oliver says Skylar turns in chair to face them and they scream, Skylar's face veins are dark.
"What's wrong?" Skylar ask "Uh, pfft... Nothing. You're just shockingly beautiful. Like so beautiful, I have to look away" Oliver says.
Chase goes to the intercom "Harp! Come here...quick!" Chase says.
"None of my powers have kicked in yet. I don't think the serum did anything" Skylar says "Ehh... It did something" Chase says.
Harper enters "what now? I was ...Aaahh!" Harper says "isn't she pretty! say she's pretty!" Oliver says "Love is blind right!?" Harper says to Oliver.
"This is bad" Chase says "Yeah! I mean, it'll be a little weird being the good-looking one in the relationship but I'll get used to it" Oliver says
"I'm serious. Her body is rejecting the serum. The coal must be deteriorating her organs from the inside out" Chase says "No! Are you sure?" Harper says, Chase nods "So are you telling me, we
just... killed her?" Oliver says Chase nods.
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"Something's wrong, Oliver. I don't feel good" Skylar says, Oliver Goes over to Chase, who's working
"Why haven't you found the antidote yet? You're supposed to perfect!" Oliver says "You know what really helps in a high pressure situation? You interrupting me every five seconds and asking why I haven't found the antidote yet!" Chase says.
"Calm down, What if this was just a passing process of adaptation of her organism?" Harper says "and if it isn't, you want to wait for her to move on from this to a better one, to be sure!" Chase says "I didn't mean that" Harper says.
"I knew we shouldn't have given her coal" Oliver says "You gave me coal?!" Skylar says "Coal? Is that what you heard? Coal? 'Cause that would be crazy. Why would I inject you with your one true very lethal weakness..." Oliver laughs nervously
"He did it" Oliver Points to Chase, Skylar looks at him"Okay, yes. I'm the one who suggested shocking your system with coal, but I've also said that you should never mix superpowers with science" Chase says.
"well, but If you look at it the way I look at it, the basis of all superpowers is science!" Harper says "babe!" Chase says irritated "uh?" Harper says "Not now!" Chase says "Okay!" Harper walks away.
Skylar coughs and black vapor comes out "I must have given her way too much. Her body's rejecting it and expelling it as a vapor" Chase says "You said you weren't going to give her plenty of coal" Harper says "I think the lethality level of coal for her is better than I thought" Chase says.
"Wha...Is it dangerous?" Oliver ask, Skylar coughs and flowers die from the vapor "Just to living things" Chase says "eh I give up on the whole making you look cool thing by the way" Harper tells
Oliver patting him on the back.
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In Mission Command, Skylar's sitting in a chair, contained with Chase's forcefield.
"Okay. Using my forcefield to seal in the vapor was a good idea. We still have enough time to figure out an antidote, did you get anything yet?" Chase says.
"No, but according to my research my theory that it's part of the healing process still hasn't been ruled out!" Harper says.
"We're not going to leave her like that!! You're crazy!" Oliver says "It's just a theory, we are not leave her like that relax, and speak without spitting please" Harper says rubbing her face "Okay, good" Oliver says.
Skylar coughs "Uh, Chase? What's happening?" Oliver ask, Skylar coughs again, cracking the forcefield.
"I thought you said your forcefield was impenetrable!" Oliver says "It is! It's built to withstand lasers, bullets, even atomic explosions! Not alien freak gas!" Chase says
"What are we going to do!?" Chase asks Harper "uh I don't know! The serum is not mine, smartest man in the world!!" Harper says.
"I told you that was going to happen!" Oliver says "What? When did you tell me that?" Chase ask "Just now! Keep up!" Oliver says.
"If that gas escapes and spreads into the vents it'll kill everyone in the building" Chase says "It's thousands of people" Oliver says.
"So? What are we going to do?" Harper says "I think you know what has to be done" Chase says he holds up thin metal rod.
"You're holding an electric toothbrush, I've got nothing" Oliver says "This is a sonic de-atomizer" Harper says "yes, It'll stop the vapor at its source by sending a lethal blast of energy through her body" Chase says.
"Lethal?" Oliver says "Yes. The only way to stop the vapor from spreading... Is to destroy Skylar" Chase says "Absolutely not! Give me that thing!" Oliver says they fight shortly over the de-atomizer.
Oliver wins "Mine!" Oliver says "Chase, I think you're pushing too hard! There must be another way, we just need to hold the gas a little longer" Harper says
"Yeah! I'm not letting you destroy her. The girl means everything to me, she's the reason I wake up in the morning" Oliver says "Aww!" Harper says "I'm so sorry Oliver" Chase says, Oliver shakes his head.
Chase tries to take the de-atomizer from Oliver's hands,"no I can't imagine a life without her" Oliver say, Harper stop Chase.
"Chase, come on, put yourself in his shoes, and tell me what would you do?" Harper tells Chase, he looks Harper in her eyes for a moment trying to imagine the situation, Chase sighs.
Skylar coughs again, the forcefield breaks "Skylar!" Harper says "The gas is coming out!" Chase says.
"I'm taking that space witch down!" Oliver says he moves forward, when Skylar blasts him with electric energy, sending him flying.
"What the hell was that!? I stand up for you and you do this?" Harper tells Oliver "If you don't mind I'll get back to you when I get over the blurred vision!" Oliver says on the floor.
Skylar collapses on the floor and draws a heavy breath, her veins heal "Skylar!" Chase says he helps her to her feet "You're okay " Chase says 'I'm not, but that's cool, focus on her" Oliver says
"Hey Skylar how you feeling?" Harper walks over "I feel a little better thanks" Skylar says "And you just used one of your superpowers" Chase says "I did? I did!" Skylar says excite.
"I guess all that vapor was just part of the healing process" Chase says "You don't say! Too bad we didn't have any geniuses around here who would've thought of that!" Harper says sarcastically.
"I said that was a valid theory!" Chase says "When did you say that!?" Harper ask "Just now! keep up!" Chase says
"Then the serum worked" Oliver says "Yeah, it totally did! And it's all because of..." Skylar says Oliver reaches his arms out "Chase!" Skylar says she hugs him, he makes a confused face.
"Chase? What about me?" Oliver says "Unfortunately she's not stupid to think you did something" Harper says quietly "I heard that!" Oliver says "i mean yey you intended to help her but you couldn't!" Harper says faking animation.
"You were about to destroy me" Skylar says "Whaaat? Pshhh. No, I wou- would never... this is a... I... um... I was..." Oliver runs and Skylar chases him.
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Kaz is facing a neighbor who is robbing the penthouse along with her pet pig, her name is Mrs. Ramsey, she fires and Kaz dodges the shot. He backs up as Chase, Harper, Skylar and Oliver come up the Hyperlift.
"What's going on here?" Harper says "Eh long story! Tell you later" Kaz says.
"Oh look, it's a pig. Kaz, you've always want a pig... Ahh she's got a gun!" Oliver says, Mrs. Ramsey point the gun at them "Look out!" Chase says.
They duck as Mrs. Ramsey fires, just to be frozen by Skylar "You guys okay?" Skylar ask "Yeah, I mean... I'm afraid the pig is a bit shaken. Wait. Skylar, did you just u..?" Kaz says "Yep. I got my powers back" Skylar says.
"Oh. Good job, man. You finally did it" Kaz tells Oliver "Nope he didn't!" Harper laughs "Actually, it was Chase" Skylar says.
"Woah, that's gotta sting" Kaz chuckles.
The police escort Mrs. Ramsey and the pig out of the house "I can't believe I was duped by a barnyard animal... again" Kaz says.
Harper frowns "Should I ask...?" "No!" Kaz interrupts Harper
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"The police officer said that Mrs. Ramsey's been using the pig for over a year to break in to dozens of high in apartments, but now they're in custody all thanks to Skylar" Chase says.
"Well, I mean, really we should be thanking you. I mean you're the guy that got Skylar's powers back" Kaz smiles.
"We get it. Chase is great, he's the best thing ever, everyone loves Chase!" Oliver angrily says "I'm glad that was clear for you!" Harper smiles.
"You know, I always thought I would be using my powers to like, stop an asteroid or something, but I guess stopping a pig from stealing video games is a close second" Skylar says "We should go out to celebrate" Oliver says.
"that's a great idea Oliver. Are you sure it wasn't Chase's?" Oliver says "Actually it was" Oliver says "Relax man, one day it'll be your glory day" Harper says.
"Thanks..btw you mean It when you said tou gave up to help me with Skylar?" Oliver says "why the question? Do you still want my help?" Harper ask "It's better than nothing, and you're pretty persuasive" Oliver says.
Harper thinks, she sighs "Fine! I'll see what i can do" Harper says.
"Great...starts by keeping Chase away from her!" Oliver grabs her shoulder, Harper shakes her head "I think this won't be a problem" Harper says.
They begin to leave, On the terrace Bree is locked out "Hey! Hey guys, what're you doing? I'm still out here!" Bree says she bangs on door "Guys!" Bree says,They don't hear her and keep walking.
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