[Mark and Nolan are playing catch while throwing a baseball around the world]
Mark GraysonI'm fine. Just got... a lot on my mind, I guess.
Oh, yeah? So, what is it?
Mark Grayson
You're just gonna keep prying if I'm evasive at all, so, um... I'm scared, Dad. What if I can't do this?
[hearing a whooshing] You hear it?
Mark Grayson
I do.
Get ready. [Mark grabs the baseball] Were you nervous?
Mark Grayson
A little.
Mark Grayson
I did.
Being a superhero is no different. This is the beginning of a long journey for you and me. Along the way, you're gonna need to do things you don't want to do, or might not think you can do. It's okay to be scared. It's natural to doubt yourself, but if you can push through that, and do what needs to be done, you'll do just fine. Do you think you can do that, Mark?
Mark Grayson
Yeah. [throws the baseball around the world, hitting and wrecking the top of a mountain, and Nolan grabs the baseball]
Son... kids your age think they're invincible, and it holds them back, makes them careless. The thing is... you're different. You actually are... [hands Mark the burnt baseball] .. invincible.
[feeling inspired, Mark smiles. Next scene, he is on Art Rosenbaum's lab]
Mark Grayson
Got it.
ARArt Rosenbaum
Okay, kid. Let's get to work.
[next scene, Mark is in his new suit, and flies around the city, with sequence followed by the song "Broken Boy" by Cage the Elephant. Then, he sees an explosion on the distance]
[Invincible flies off for the situation, which involves Killcannon having a shootout against the police]
KKillcannon
You guys think you might have bitten off more than you can chew? [points at a building he zapped] That building has a hole in it, look! [the policemen continue shooting his armor, until Killcannon prepares to shoot again]
PPoliceman
Shit! [avoids the shot, but is knocked unconscious]
[just as Killcannon is about to fire again, Invincible emerges and punches through several walls]
[checking the rooms, which are clear from citizens] Whoa... All clear? [continues pouncing Killcannon, and defeats him] You might as well give up. I'm-- [title card is presented]
[in a speech for the Guardians of the Globe's televised funeral] I've fought the unimaginable in defense of this world. I've battled alien tyrants, defeated nightmares from the deep. Gone toe to toe with ancient gods... but no matter what threat I faced, I knew I wasn't facing it alone. Darkwing. Aquarus. War Woman. Green Ghost. Red Rush. Martian Man. Immortal. The Guardians of the Globe. Today, we have lost titans, protectors, heroes, and we are left to wonder... who will save us now? I will, and so will others like me. New heroes answering the call. New champions ready to risk everything to keep this planet safe. All inspired by these great souls who came before us. You will have moments of doubt, of fear, of uncertainty, but in those moments, have faith... [lifts off] and look to the sky. [flies away]
[next scene, the Graysons attend to the Guardians' private burial along with Eve, and the Guardians' loved ones]
Mark Grayson
We seriously have to put everyone through this again?
SESamantha Eve Wilkins
The big one's for show, but the public can't know where the actual bodies are buried. Souvenir hunters.
Mark Grayson
Jesus.
I was never a Guardian of the Globe, but it was the Guardians who welcomed me when I first arrived on this planet. They were my mentors. My comrades. My friends. They knew the reality of this life. Martian Man was exiled from his own people. War Woman was from a different age. Darkwing... [chuckles ruefully and clears throat] Well, Darkwing made his own kind of solitude. It was a rare, lucky few of us who found someone who understood our path, even rarer if they accepted it. I hope they will rest in peace, but at least they will rest together.
[the coffins are buried in the holes, as Red Rush's widow Olga, still sobbing, tries to reach her husband's coffin, with Cecil and Ferguson trying to stop her]
OOlga
Get your hands off me! [screams in anguish as she falls off]
OOlga
You wouldn't even let me see him. Josef is finally standing still, and I still can't see him!
Mark Grayson
Yeah. [Debbie comforts Olga]
SESamantha Eve Wilkins
[to Mark] You okay?
Mark Grayson
Me? I... I dunno. It just doesn't seem real. [noticing Olga] That could have been my mom, putting my dad in one of those holes, or me. If this could happen to the Guardians of the Globe, it means that none of us are... [title card is presented with somber music]
(standing firm Mark's attacks) Stop! I've done nothing to your planet... yet. But if you continue to be irrational...
Mark
What do you want?!
(after a moment of silence) I was made Grant Regent of Viltrum to lead our people from darkness and ensure the future of our race. It has not been easy. There are 37 of us left. Barely a whisper of who we once were. But still more than enough to tear this planet in half. It would be fair repayment for the many offences you have given us. You took our home. So our home is now here. Let me explain your future to you: we will live among you, wear your clothes, walk your streets. We will disappear within your society. Your people will never know we are here. But they will save us nonetheless, as we use them to birth our salvation. Any attempt to find us, to remove us, to thwart us, by you or the Coalition of Planets, will result in the death of billions and a... less pleasant form of life for the survivors. Either way, we will rebuild our race. Your very existence proves this is possible. In return, I offer a truce. We will not influence, affect, aid or endanger Earth in any way, as long as we are undisturbed. You do not have a choice - and yet, you must still make one. Do you and your planet accept my terms? Or do you choose annihilation for both our people?
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