Raising Dion

Mister, I've got your doll!

Dion!

I'm saying he has powers. Okay? Weird, scary powers.

What the hell?

Oh my God, no.

I saw something last night in the storm.

You have powers, I've always known that.

That's Dad's watch.

There inside it was a man made of lightning.

He had long arms and it was crooked-looking.

Look at this and tell me if this is what you saw outside your window.

I named him the Crooked Man.

Remember, whatever that thing was, it's still out there.

So I need you to be careful and I need you to be strong.

BIONA is tracking people who were up in Iceland during the Aurora.

These storms are happening all over the world.

Pat said you were asking about your dad.

My mom won't tell me what happened. Just says it was a storm.

What do you know about Charlotte Tuck?

Looks like she just went off the grid.

You're not craz y.

The farmer, Walter, he got his abilities at the same time as me and Mark.

His son, Brayden, he's second generation, like Dion.

Why are you helping Dion, but you won't help me?

Remember that arctic fox we saw at BIONA?

The one with the weird sores?

Not anymore. They healed.

I need us to be friends.

- Dion! - Mom!

What if you had Mark's data? In exchange, you let me take Dion home now.

You think Dion can heal you like he healed that fox?

- You made him try to heal you! - Hey!

I didn't do anything! He wanted to help me, because he loves me.

Pat is the storm. He turned into a cyclone right in front of me.

He is the Crooked Man!

Energy never dies.

It just takes a different form.

Good will always triumph over evil.

Yes.

Your evil is no match for my fists.

Good will always triumph over...

Yes!

You lose.

Done for the day?

- Are you here by yourself? - My parents are picking me up outside.

Okay, you have 20,000 tickets. What's it gonna be?

Sorry, you don't have enough for that one.

I have enough.

You have enough.

You didn't have to kill him.

Hi. Sweetie, are-are you okay? Are you lost?

I need a ride to Atlanta.

I'm sorry, we're not going to Atlanta, but we can drop you off somewhere else.

Somewhere safe.

You're going to Atlanta.

- We're going to Atlanta. - Hop on in.

Why are we going to Atlanta?

That's where Dion is.

Hey, wake up, Bug.

Hello, good morning.

I have a call with the BIONA board of directors in a few minutes,

so I'll be in the dining room.

Please be quiet.

You have 30 minutes to get ready for school, okay?

Hmm.

Mm-hmm.

Thirty minutes. Start the clock.

Giving you 25. Hold for logistics.

Go for maps.

Time to clean up the neighborhood.

Welcome to our special guest, Nicole Warren .

Nicole has allowed us to continue her late husband's researc h

into the Powered.

She is also the mother of our only second-generation subject, Dion Warren.

She is a great collaborator. A great friend.

Thank you, Suzanne.

I am so proud of Mark's legacy.

And the new research center is doing so much good.

I just wish I had something like that when I first realized Dion had powers.

I look forward to when it doesn't have to be secret.

But for now, we want to help the Powered stay under the radar and safe

while we figure out how to introduce them to the world.

And to speak more on that,

I'll turn it over to my boss, Ben Cutler, chairman of the board.

Well, first things first, Ms. Warren, your extraordinary son.

- How is our little star? - Ooh.

Don't call him that. I have to live with him.

I'm serious.

Trash cans are open again.

Some people never learn.

Da-da!

- Got 'em. - Good work, Mind Mover.

We need a new paperboy.

Yes!

Want something done right, you gotta do it yourself.

Did I lose you?

Oh, no!

Got it.

Are you there, Mind Mover?

- Dropped my phone. - Again?

Your mom's gonna kill you if you lose that phone.

- Let's start wrapping it up. - Already?

Who's the time keeper here? Let's get you back home.

Come on. Give it. Come on, give me my ball.

Come on, give it back.

- You can't get it. Ha! You can't get it. - Give it. Come on.

Our Powered subjects come to us voluntarily.

Their participation allows us to do valuable research,

so we want to make sure they feel safe here.

Nicole, we'd like to offer you a seat on BIONA's new community advisory board.

It will meet once a month to discuss and recommend policies for the company.

Wow, I... I don't know what to say.

We think you'll provide invaluable insight

into the concerns of the Powered community.

Oh, I can only speak from my own experiences. I'm not a Powered person.

But your son is.

See, you occupy a unique position between both worlds.

Ms. Warren?

Mind Mover, what's your 20?

- Mr. Govan's building. Bullies are back. - Two-minute warning!

- Bring it back! - They got his basketball.

They crossed onto Hawthorne Avenue.

That's out of your jurisdiction.

You can't teleport there. Somebody might see you.

We don't have time for this.

- I can't let them get away. - Thirty seconds, Di. Abort, abort!

I'm back.

Twenty seconds to spare.

You'll get 'em next time, Mind Mover. Signing off.

Enjoy your little adventure?

- How... - Tracked your phone.

You can do that?

Keep this up, I'm taking it away.

I'm taking care of the neighborhood, Mom. We've got bullies out there.

Your job is to go to school and be a good kid. Not fight crime.

I'm a superhero.

You're ten.

Now change out of that and let's have a quick breakfast.

And pack a gym bag because today's a BIONA day.

I'm a superhero.

When are you gonna let me ride my bike to school?

- We've had this conversation. - It's embarrassing.

Kids my age ride their bikes places.

And if you were like any other kid, I'd probably let you.

Nobody's gonna mess with me. If they tried, I'd zap them.

Exactly. You'd use your powers as a first resort, not your last.

You could hurt somebody. And you could possibly be found out.

- You're not letting me be awesome. - One step at a time, Bug.

That's why you're getting training at BIONA,

so you can learn how to control your powers.

Margaret just asks me questions and takes notes.

It's like she's babysitting me.

Dad said that thing was still out there. He said I'm gonna have to fight it.

- That's not exactly what he said. - He told me to be brave and ready.

He also told you to listen to me.

I fought the Crooked Man.

He exploded right out there on the football field.

We fought the Crooked Man.

With your dad's help.

I know you want to grow up and take on the world all by yourself,

but you have the rest of your life to do that.

Everything is

under control.

So just be a kid while you can still be a kid.

Hey.

If Dion's not here in two minutes, we're gonna have to reschedule.

- Okay. - It's not okay.

We need to have this meeting before school.

Mr. Gary. Mr. Gary.

Hey, Esperanza. What you got going on, little lady?

I want to show you something. I've been looking for you since last week.

Oh, well, they got me working on night shift now,

ever since that sinkhole opened up on the football field.

I'm heading home to get some rest.

Look. I planted the snowdrops and they came up already.

Let me see what you got here. Wow. This is great.

- It actually looks better than mine. - But your pansies were way better.

Nah. You just need some slug traps, that's it.

Did your father set those up for you?

Nah. He travels for work a lot. Doesn't have time for the garden.

I mean, you've done good on your own.

Tell you what.

How about I get some slug traps, help you set 'em up,

and your pansies will be blooming in no time.

That would be great.

All right. You got a deal.

- See you soon. - Bye.

All right, have a good one.

Sorry I'm late.

The Triangle of Justice is now in session.

- Role call. Mind Mover? - Here.

Invisible Girl. Here.

- Did you settle on a name yet? - Admiral Annihilation.

We'll work on that. Okay, time for daily reports. Mind Mover?

It was all good, until the bullies got away.

- Admiral Killing Guy? - Annihilation.

A car was stolen in my neighborhood.

Do you think the bullies were involved?

- Were they driving a Toyota Camry? - No.