Young Justice (2010–…): Season 4, Episode 6 - Episode #4.6 - full transcript

Training with Dad?

Yeah.

So...
nothing's changed since I left.

Why are you here, Jade?

Why am I here,
Artemis?

I know, I know.
Mom warned,

I shouldn't make contact
unless it was an emergency...

Life-threatening
emergency

for Lian!

And only because
Will's not a match

for her blood or tissue type.



I already told her Lian is safe
and asleep upstairs.

So you'd better have
a damn good reason for...

Will could be home any minute,

so unless you want to see him,

maybe we should take
this conversation elsewhere.

Or I could just leave,

which likewise
solves the problem.

Fine, fine.

I have two defectors
from the League of Shadows

seeking asylum.

Each one claims
the other is a plant, a mole.

I need your help
to sort it all out.

You know I left
the Shadows years ago.

Couldn't help if I wanted to.



And I don't want to.

The Shadows
tracked me here.

Here, the house
where your daughter lives.

What do you need?

Theme music playing...

*YOUNG JUSTICE*
Season 04 Episode 06

Episode Title:
"Artemis Through the Looking-Glass"

Recognized...
Robin-D-one-two...

Hurricane Amy
just doubled in size and keeps growing.

Flash flooding in Florida,
stranded citizens...

- We suspect Weather Wizard.
- Or global warming.

The Outsiders
are headed into the storm.

- You coming?
- You coming?

Uh, I'm still really
javelin-lagged

after the trip back from Mars.

I... I wouldn't be
much help right now.

Think I'm just gonna crash
for a few hours.

Crash?

Um... crash.

You can handle this, right?

Uh, sure.

We gotcha covered!

Thanks.

He's been sleeping a lot,
hasn't he?

Yeah.

Come on. Mission time.

I telepathically
read them.

They both seem sincere.

Is it possible
both are telling the truth

to the best of their knowledge?

Anything's possible.
That's the problem.

Orphan says
the Shadows are trained

to thwart psychic readings.

You think
that's happening here?

I'm no Miss Martian.

I can't be sure.

Is there anyone else
you can call?

Why are you here,
Jade?

It's been a while.

Thought I'd check up on you.

I've hit a rough patch.

Thought you could
raid the fridge for me.

No.
She can't.

You thought you could
make it on your own, little girl.

- I can.
- Then prove it.

Fine. If you're gonna
get all angry about it,

I'll just go.

You know, you're not
the only one who's angry.

We're all mad here...

Mad as hatters.

So, obviously,
the beast and I

are out for our nightly jog.

You, on the other hand,
are just sitting alone...

in the park... at night.

That's, uh... odd, right?

Not at all.

It's the ideal spot
for my meeting

with an international assassin.

Ooh, is he a handsome
international assassin?

What makes you think
it's a "he"?

Strangely,
I'm even more jealous now.

You have nothing
to be jealous of.

I hate to interrupt
this tender scene...

Aren't you going
to introduce us?

Uh, of course.

Holly, meet my sister, Jade.

I think she might have
meant me.

Sister Jade,
this is Jason Bard,

my uh... boyfriend.

Wow! I'm your boyfriend?

That's the first time
you've said that out loud.

Calm down
before I take it back.

The boyfriend, huh?

- Let's see... dog lover?
- Check.

- Ex-military?
- Check.

College professor?

Erm... W-Working on that.

I'm a private detective now.

Ooh, a private dick.

So, how'd you meet?

My, um, ex fixed us up

when she dumped me
for her ex,

and I moved to Star City
from Gotham to get my degree.

Artemis always got
my hand-me-downs, too.

Okay, that's enough.

She really is an assassin.

Escape while you can.

And your little dog,
too.

Bye, girlfriend. And girlfriend's sister.

- Run!
- Running!

I like him.

- I'm happy for you.
- Thanks.

I know it's been hard since...

It just goes to show...

second chances
are possible.

What did you learn?

My sources
all have the same intel.

The Savage kid's on the run
and being hunted.

Meanwhile, no one's
even heard of this Onyx.

In my business, that means
you're either a nobody or a ghost.

A nobody's never making it
off Santa Prisca alive.

And a ghost...

you don't want anything
to do with one of those.

Well, Looker read
both defectors psychically

and sensed no deception
from either of them.

But Orphan tells me
Shadows are trained

to thwart psychic reads.

Who's this Orphan?

She's on my team.

She's a kid,
but she escaped the Shadows

and has Batman's
seal of approval.

And if the Bat
says she's cool,

- you're just supposed to...
- Yes.

Well, she's right
about Shadow training.

Don't suppose you'd be willing
to just kill them both.

That would solve
your problem.

Fine. Fine.
Get me in with them.

I know what questions
to ask...

and what responses
to look for.

Closing in on target now.

Remember,
we want Cassandra alive.

Oh,
she'll be a special delivery!

Handled with care.

As for whatever other packages
might be on the porch...

Do whatever damage
is necessary.

But bring Cassandra back.

Roger that, boss.

Wasn't sure
you'd remember our little meet-up code.

"Mad as hatters"? Of course I remember!

Plus your weird love
of these freeze-dried Chicken Whizees.

Blech! I'm happy
to give you those

and whatever else
I could scrounge.

Thanks, sis.

It's called "Soh Dah"
in Vietnamese.

The English title's Dumb Luck.

Thought you might like it.

You stole this, didn't you?

Like you didn't steal this?

You're family.
It's not stealing.

Not sure
Crusher would agree.

When's he gonna be back?

He said 36 hours.

No worries.
I'll come back tomorrow night

with enough money
for you to restock.

- Promise?
- Of course.

We're all mad as hatters here.

Recognized...
Tigress-B-zero-seven.

Okay, Spoiler,
I'm here to relieve...

Yeah, I came for my shift
to relieve her,

but she wouldn't leave.

- Any problems?
- No.

They've been quiet.

Good. You're relieved.

You can go.
You can both go.

You coming?

Orphan, really,
I've got this covered.

Good luck.

Recognized...

- Spoiler-B-two-eight.
- Orphan, go.

Or I'll call Batman.

Fine.

Just don't tell anyone
what you see here tonight.

Bypass authorized.

Put the sword away.

I know you probably learned

all about Cheshire
from the Bats.

But she is my sister,

and another defector
from the Shadows.

It's like an epidemic.

She's here to help.
We can trust her.

- More or less.
- I need her...

for the mission.

As part of his ever-expanding
multimedia campaign,

King Brion of Markovia

released yet another
video statement

across social media today.

If you are
a meta-human...

feeling persecuted, unsafe,

unwanted...

then I welcome you here.

Markovia welcomes you here...

with open arms and sanctuary.

King Brion's open border
meta-human policies

have caused unrest
within his country.

Hundreds of frightened
non-meta citizens are fleeing Markovia.

Faced with the resulting
refugee crisis at her border,

Queen Perdita of Vlatava
had this to say...

- First question...
- You're Jade Nguyen!

Cheshire! The one who got away!

Yeah, yeah,
you've been trained to kill me on sight.

No!

I mean, yes, but...

you're the one
who gave me hope...

hope I could escape!

Screw hope.
Let's get to it.

I know who Savage is.

But who are you, Onyx Adams?

How'd you end up a Shadow?

Or let me guess...

broken parents,
broken home?

I think that's your story.

I was raised by
my maternal grandfather.

And he was a hero.

Will Everett, the Amazing Man.

I'm supposed to know
who that is?

Yeah, well...

I was recruited
into the Shadows

at age 11 by Sensei.

Sensei? Sensei himself?

He promised he could train me

to be the best version
of myself.

And for a while,
I believed him...

Why did you
leave the Shadows?

It's not just
the Shadows.

It's the Light.

It's everything
my father touches.

Because he killed
your sister?

Because he took your arm?

Because he's without anything

resembling human emotion
and feeling.

He took me from my mother
when I was four.

He told me
she was dead.

Then shortly after he killed
my sister Olympia, who raised me...

I learned my mother
was alive and well.

She had a husband,
and two more children,

my half-brother and sister...

Vandal cheated me
out of my childhood,

my family,

so he could turn me
into his puppet...

his one-armed puppet...

for his little
cult of personality.

It was good at first...

on Infinity Island.

We were like a family.

It was tough love...

Still, I felt like
I was part of something.

But when the Shadows
moved to Santa Prisca...

When the Great One and Sensei were
replaced by Deathstroke and Lady Shiva,

I realized
I was just being used

as little more than a weapon.

Why Tigress?
How did you find her?

Shiva sent Manta Troopers out
a few weeks ago.

That's how we knew
Tigress was leading

the Justice League's
covert unit.

That felt right.

Like she was the one
I should reach out to.

Besides,
she's Sportsmaster's daughter.

I thought
she'd understand.

How? Are you kidding?

She still goes
by Artemis Crock.

It took me
three minutes on the internet.

Wait. You've gotta believe...

The other one says
you're a plant, a mole.

Meanwhile, your body language underscores
all you say all too perfectly...

textbook counter
interrogation tradecraft.

You've used every Shadow trick
in the book to deceive me.

I don't trust you.

Look, I've been a Shadow
since I was 11.

I don't know how not to
manipulate my responses.

But I swear to you
I want to learn.

I just want to learn
how to be a human being again.

And I should trust you?

I came here
for protection.

I mean, I understand,
your sister called you in

because it takes a Shadow
to know a Shadow.

But, really,
why are you even here?

Are you
one of the heroes now?

They're either
telling the truth,

or they're both very good.

I still say our best bet
is to kill them both.

We're not killing anyone.

Then my job's done.

You need to get better
at covering your tracks

if you're going to live
in the same house as my daughter...

Or maybe Lian needs
both Crock sisters living in that house.

You know,
just to keep her safe.

If you're
not going to kill them,

you'll just have to
trust your gut.

I hate to admit it,

but no one's
got better instincts.

How the hell...

Aww,
now why'd ol' Rictus

have to break up
that tender scene?

I was so enjoying seein'
Cheshire's softer side.

This is as soft as I get.

Orphan, Cheshire!
Take down Black Spider!

Alive!

Ah!

Rictus.

Do you really believe
you have what it takes

to bring down
the daughter of Vandal Savage?

Shh.

No need for words.

Leave the banter to the Spider.

Don't ya just love my balls?

Hot, sticky web balls!
Comin' at you.

Someone's overcompensating.

Tigress, what are you doing?

Trusting my gut!

Come on out!

Grab your gear!

You need to help me
protect Cassandra!

Are you crazy?
She's the mole.

You want to prove yourself?

Back me up!

Freeze!

Ah!

Yoink!

I remember
when the only thing

more disarming than my webs...

was your
disarming smile, Chesh.

Now you just look sad.

Ah-ah-ah.

Hasn't anyone ever told you
not to play with guns?

Hasn't anyone told you?

Duh... Oh-oh.

Ah!

Ow!

Finally remember
why I was your boss?

What I remember
is how you betrayed us all.

For a guy. Cliche much?

Not recognized.
Access denied.

Well, crap.

The legendary Crock sisters
working together.

Quite the family reunion
we have here today.

Lady Shiva. Let Orphan go.

No.

Since you refuse
to surrender what's mine,

I'm taking what's yours.

If you want
this "hero" back alive,

you'll bring that...

to Santa Prisca.

Leave your metas, your team
and the various bats at home...

or this "Orphan" dies.

Uh-uh.

I mean it.

You have 24 hours.

Damn it!

Take me back to Santa Prisca.

- Look, you don't have to...
- I didn't come here

to trade
someone else's life for mine.

That's something
my father would do.

I still think
this is some kind of setup.

She can't be trusted.

So if she's going,
you'll need someone to watch your back.

Or you want to come along
to stab us in the backs.

Enough. You're both coming.

You can't be serious.

Don't take these two,
take your team!

You heard Shiva.

I can't risk Orphan's life.

Orphan? You mean
Lady Shiva's daughter?

What?

Oh, the Bat didn't tell you
that part, did he?

Listen, when I was a Shadow,

Shiva was raising
her own daughter

to be the ultimate assassin,
the ultimate weapon.

She wouldn't
teach her to read...

even had the girl's
vocal chords severed as an infant...

so that her only language
would be body language...

the language of Shadows,
of death.

I recognized those scars
on Orphan's throat.

She is Cassandra Wu-San,

Shiva's daughter.

No wonder Shiva and my father
get along so well.

All the more reason
to get Orphan back safely.

Please. Shiva was bluffing
to lure you to Santa Prisca.

She won't kill
her own daughter.

Can you be sure?

My father murdered my sister.

Those people
can justify anything.

Bad as Crusher was,

I never worried
he'd kill one of us...

Can you promise me
Shiva won't kill Orphan?

I never thought I'd go back.

But I'm still in.

So am I.

Then we're going.

And I could use your help.

Forget it.

You're all mad
as hatters, here.

Let me out. Now.

Bypass authorized.

- Promise?
- Of course.

We're all
mad as hatters here.

You gave Jade all our food.

Then you'll be training
on an empty stomach.

And training hard.

Follow me.

We'll work on
your boxing skills tonight.

One-armed boxing.

Artemis!

Recognized,
Halo. B-Three-One.

Good morning.

Ready for my
guard duty shift...

Santa Prisca,

here we come...

The unicorn
looked dreamily at Alice

and said,

"Talk child."

Alice could not help her lips
curling up into a smile as she began,

"Do you know,
I always thought

unicorns were
fabulous monsters, too!

I never saw one alive before!"

"Well, now that
we have seen each other,"

said the unicorn,

"if you'll believe in me,
I'll believe in you.

Is that a bargain?"

Lewis Carroll.

Through the Looking-Glass
and What Alice Found There.