Batwoman

DEAR KATE, TODAY'S THE DAY

I'M SUPPOSED TO DIE.

TRUTH IS I'M NOT SCARED OF DYING.

I'M SCARED I DIDN'T LIVE.

MY MAMA ALWAYS TOLD ME I WAS PUT ON THIS EARTH FOR A REASON,

AND NOW I FINALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS.

[FREYA RIDINGS' "ULTRAVIOLET" PLAYING"]

TODAY IS THE DAY I KILL YOU, KATE.

I SPENT 11 YEARS WAITING FOR YOU TO FIND ME,

BUT INSTEAD, I FOUND YOU.

THEN, I WAITED FOR YOU TO SAVE ME,

BUT INSTEAD, I SAVED YOU,

I TURNED YOU INTO A HERO.

YOU HELPED ME FIND MY INNER WARRIOR,

MY VOICE, MY POWER.

WHILE I PLAYED THE PART OF YOUR VILLAIN,

THE GIRL WHO REMINDED YOU HOW RIGHT AND NOBLE

AND COURAGEOUS YOU WERE.

YOU MADE ME FEEL BRAVE.

SO I TOLD YOU MY GREATEST FEAR

WAS BEING LOCKED AWAY AGAIN,

AND ON THAT VERY DAY, WHAT DID YOU DO?

YOU HELPED ME BREAK OUT OF THE SYSTEM

THAT WAS TRAPPING ME.

YOU LURED ME INTO A BOX,

AND YOU LOCKED THE DOOR.

I'VE COME SO FAR...

TO GET MY REVENGE.

TO INSPIRE OTHERS,

AND I'VE SURVIVED MUCH WORSE.

CARTWRIGHT, THE QUEEN OF HEARTS...

FOSTER CARE, THE CANDY LADY.

IF I COULD DO THAT...

I CAN DO ANYTHING.

I CAN PUSH OFF DEATH ANOTHER DAY

IF IT MEANS SAVING YOU.

I CAN EVEN KILL MY SISTER.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA! I'M THE ONE WHO PRACTICES

WITHOUT A MEDICAL LICENSE AROUND HERE.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

IT IS... A COMBINATION

OF ADRENALINE AND CORTISONE.

IT WILL GIVE ME A JOLT OF ENERGY,

AND IT WILL KILL SOME OF THIS PAIN.

-YEAH. -WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

HOW DID YOU EVEN LEARN HOW TO DO THIS?

YOUTUBE. WHAT?!

OH! DID THE YOUTUBE MEDICAL EXPERT

ALSO EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT THIS COMBINATION

WILL ACCELERATE THE SPEED OF CELL DECAY BY 300%?

WITHOUT THE SHOT, YOU HAVE DAYS,

AND WITH IT, YOU'RE LUCKY TO HAVE 24 HOURS.

24 HOURS IS ALL I NEED.

I PUT THE TRACKER ON ALICE,

SHE PROBABLY MADE IT TO CORYANA BY NOW.

I WILL FOLLOW HER ROUTE.

I WILL FIND KATE,

AND I WILL GET THE DESERT ROSE TO HEAL MYSELF.

AND IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG, YOU DIE.

MARY, LOOK AT ME.

I'M DEAD ALREADY.

-OH, MY GOD. -OH, GOD.

FINE. TEAM VOTE.

WHERE'S LUKE?

ACTUALLY...

MARY, WHERE'S LUKE?

I HAVE AN ACTIVE APB

AND 3 FIELD TEAMS LOOKING FOR ALICE,

YET YOU NOT ONLY MANAGED TO LOCATE HER

BUT TAGGED HER WITH A HIGH-POWERED TRACKING DEVICE?

HOW?

I'M SURE YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT

DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL.

THEN I WON'T ASK. I WILL STATE.

YOU'RE WORKING WITH BATWOMAN.

MM-HMM. SO WHY DOESN'T SHE TRACK ALICE?

-BECAUSE SHE'S SICK. -WHAT DO YOU MEAN SICK?

SHE'S DYING.

LONG STORY SHORT, TOMMY ELLIOT SHOT HER WITH A POISON BULLET,

AND THERE'S NO ANTIDOTE,

SO WE NEED YOU TO BRING BACK A STEM

OF THE DESERT ROSE TO HEAL HER.

SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

OUR APB FOR ALICE AND ALL KNOWN ASSOCIATES TURNED UP THIS.

HER FRIEND OCEAN BOARDED A FLIGHT TO ROME LAST NIGHT.

THANKS.

THE DEAL ALICE MADE WITH SAFIYAH

WAS THAT SHE HAD TO KILL OCEAN TO GET KATE BACK.

I DOUBT SHE SHOWED UP TO CORYANA WITHOUT HIM.

BUT SHE IS CRAZY ENOUGH TO SHOW UP WITH A FAKE HIM.

IT WOULDN'T BE THE FIRST TIME SHE SLAPPED A FACE

ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S BODY.

GOD KNOWS SHE FOOLED ME

WITH THE BRUCE WAYNE WANNABE.

IF THAT'S TRUE AND SAFIYAH BELIEVES THE IMPOSTER,

THEN SHE HANDS KATE OVER TO ALICE,

AND ALICE KILLS HER.

WHICH MEANS YOU NEED TO GET GOING NOW.

THE TRACKER SHOWS THAT ALICE LEFT

THE OLSSON AIRSTRIP AND FLEW EAST.

SOPHIE LOW-KEY SLIPPED ME THE FEED.

SO WE'RE GONNA GLOSS OVER YOU TELLING

A CROW YOU'RE WORKING WITH BATWOMAN?

IT WAS PREFERABLE TO LOSING BOTH BATWOMEN

IN ONE FELL SWOOP.

SOPHIE SAID SHE WOULD GET A FLOWER.

AND YOU BELIEVE HER?

CAN WE STAY POSITIVE, PLEASE?

WE LAND, FIND MY DAUGHTER,

GET OUT.

AND I AM SCREWED.

ONE MORE THING.

WE NEED TO GRAB A DESERT ROSE WHILE WE'RE THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

AND I REST MY CASE.

I'LL EXPLAIN EN ROUTE,

BUT WE'RE NOT LEAVING THAT ISLAND WITHOUT IT.

RAH!

NO! COMMANDER!

-WAIT. WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED? -THEY'RE SAFIYAH'S MEN.

THAT WOULD MEAN THAT SAFIYAH KNEW THEY WERE COMING.

OH, MY GOD. WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

THEY'RE TAKING THEM SOMEWHERE.

LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE HEADING TOWARD OLSSON AIRSTRIP.

IT'S THE SAME AIRFIELD THAT ALICE LEFT FROM.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO CORYANA?

I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

RYAN, NO!

YOU INJECT THAT, YOU DIE TODAY!

WE LITERALLY JUST WATCHED

OUR LAST HOPE FIZZLE BEFORE OUR EYES.

UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY MORE BRILLIANT IDEAS.

START THE CLOCK.

I AM GOING TO CORYANA,

I AM SAVING THEM, I AM SAVING KATE,

AND I'M SAVING MY DAMN SELF.

HUH! HUH! HA!

I FEEL GOOD. I'M SORRY.

I HAVEN'T FELT THIS GOOD IN MONTHS.

OK. EASY THERE, TIGER.

THE FASTER YOU WORK THE ADRENALINE THROUGH YOUR SYSTEM,

THE FASTER IT RETURNS TO SELF-DESTRUCT MODE.

24 HOURS WAS A GUESS, NOT A PROMISE.

OK.

ALICE'S TRANSPONDER DIED

OVER THIS TINY SECTION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN.

BUT I DON'T SEE AN ISLAND.

YEAH. THAT'S THE POINT. IT'S RIGGED TO AVOID

SATELLITE DETECTION,

SO IF I HAD THE ONLY SERUM ON THE PLANET

THAT COULD CURE CANCER AND WANTED TO CLOAK IT

SO NOBODY ELSE COULD HAVE IT,

I WOULD USE ANTI-RADAR ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES.

SO THE COWL'S LENSES CAN DETECT

THE ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD.

CONSIDER IT YOUR BULL'S-EYE.

-BULL'S-EYE FOR WHAT? -THESE ARE EMP GRENADES.

SO ACCORDING TO SOPHIE, THE ONLY ELECTRICITY

THAT SHE SAW ON THE ISLAND WAS USED

FOR ELECTRIC WRIST RESTRAINTS.

SO A FEW OF THESE WILL KNOCK OUT THE POWER FOR A FEW HOURS

AND FREE ANYONE WEARING THEM,

PRESUMABLY MARY'S DAD, SOPHIE, AND KATE.

OK. YOU DIDN'T ANSWER MY QUESTION ABOUT THE BULL'S-EYE.

I GOT TO FIND YOU A RIDE.

OK. UM, CAN I ADDRESS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM?

YOU ARE NOT GOING TO DIE.

ACTUALLY...THE ELEPHANT IS IF I LIVE.

SAY I FIND KATE AND I BRING HER BACK HERE.

THEN WHAT? SHE'S BATWOMAN, RIGHT?

WHAT DOES THAT MAKE ME?

THAT'S NOT GONNA--

KATE WOULD NEVER PUSH YOU OUT LIKE THAT.

SO THEN THERE'S TWO BATWOMEN?

BECAUSE THAT'S NOT CONFUSING.

LOOK. I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN KATE COMES BACK.

ALL I KNOW IS THAT I...

I REALLY, REALLY WANT HER BACK.

I KNOW.

BUT...

IF I DO DIE...

YOU'RE IN CHARGE OF MY BABY.

OH. NO, NO, NO. NOPE.

THAT'S NOT...ME.

YES.

ANGELIQUE GAVE HER TO ME,

AND I WAS GONNA GIVE HER TO MY MOM

WHEN WE MOVED INTO OUR PLACE.

SHE'S ALL I HAVE LEFT OF HER.

WELL, THEN IT'S OFFICIAL.

YOU DEFINITELY HAVE TO MAKE IT BACK

BECAUSE...I COULDN'T EVEN KEEP

MY TAMAGOTCHI ALIVE FOR 5 MINUTES,

SO...

I THINK I JUST FOUND YOU A RIDE.

OK. AND?

UH...LET'S JUST SAY I COULDN'T ORDER YOU THE VEGAN OPTION.

YOU COULDN'T EVEN AFFORD COACH?

WE'RE JUST LUCKY THIS MAIL CARRIER'S