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Man, you picked the wrong house.
MBManchester Black
Don't think so. Man your age lives alone. No personal history to be found. A bit dodgy, that. Red flags. So, tell me, J'onn J'onzz, how do you know Fiona?
ManchesterThat I am. Luckiest man in the world. Only Fiona dropped off the radar. Not like her. And you seem to have spent some time following her about.
Manchester
Well, friend, I'll ask you once more. Where is she?
[his eyes glowing red as Black grabs him] Today is not the day to push me.
Manchester
Not from around here, are we? Relax, man. Weren't going to hurt you.
That word, ahimsa, it's Hindu?
Manchester
It means non-violence. Just something Fi used to say.
Manchester
When I met Fi, I was... well, I guess you'd call it "ganged up".
Manchester
It was football hooligans. Sorry, soccer hooligans. Any excuse to break a window. We worked for me dad. He taught me how to win a fight. It's easy, once you know the trick. [points to his temple, indicating his brain] There's a switch in here. Keeps you from hurting another person. You can turn it on... [snaps his fingers] ...and off.
Manchester
I met Fi. She kept the books for the gang. Didn't hurt no one. No one but me, because one look from her, and I was dead, man, gone, hers. And she showed me... showed me other ways. Non-violent ways. Ahimsa. Then the boys found out she was an alien. Mm. Wasn't safe there anymore. So I told her... I told her to go to the States so she'd be safe.
Manchester
If this is their home base, and they're planning something, Agent Liberty will be there.
Exactly. That's why we need backup.
Manchester
No, that's why we need to be smart. A guy like that can smell the D.E.O. a mile away. If we go in blazing, he'll hit the trigger or worse. We need to sneak in on the hush, no big guns. You know, your way.
You betrayed Supergirl tonight. You betrayed me and your promise to Fiona. No vengeance is worth your soul!
Manchester
What soul, old man?
I saw the love you had for Fiona, how you fought for her. I also know what you're gonna do, and I can't let you kill a man, even if that man is Agent Liberty. Once you cross that line, Manchester, there is no going back.
Manchester
You have no idea what lines I've already crossed. [points at J'onn's chest] See that there? That's your heart, beating. Mine is dead. And every time I close my eyes, I wait to hear Fi's voice. There's nothing, just silence. I'm empty, man.
Manchester
You want to know the truth? [places J'onn's hand on his head and attaches an item to J'onn's chest] Look.
[Sees flashbacks of the people Manchester tortured and killed recently] Why won't it stop?
Manchester
That's an empathy amplifier. It was created to use against empaths. Don't move around, keep everything in. If I can't escape this pain, neither can you. You shouldn't have believed in me.
Manchester
What's that?
LLLydia Lockwood
Oh, Ben's great-great-great-grandfather made those.
Yeah, he was a blacksmith. That bayonet, well it's one of the first things the Lockwoods ever forged. It's from the American Revolution.
Manchester
Is it really? Can I? [takes out the bayonet]
You know, it's from Bunker Hill, remember that one? It's the one where the Brits thought they had won, but the battle ended up so bloody that it cost them the war and it wasn't worth it.
Manchester
Bloody is right. I mean, can you imagine sticking this into a bloke and then twisting it in his guts?
Manchester
Graphic. It is. Lockwood, it's a fine piece. Do you ever wish your husband was a steel man, Lydia?
Manchester
Of course that's not really the family business anymore, is it? Now you lot just dress-up in your wicked, metal masks. Isn't that right, Agent Liberty?
Manchester
Why are you here? Both times you let me go on my merry, and both times I went on to do, well let's call it unspeakable things. So my theory is, part of you wanted me to get away. Part of you wanted me to do what you couldn't.
Manchester
Ah, 'cause you want to be a bloody saint. 'Cause you ain't gonna study war no more, yeah.
You think that's a weakness?
Manchester
I think it's a character defect.
A couple of weeks ago, you had that same defect. But maybe that's my curse, believing in people that don't deserve it.
Manchester
You think my soul's still up for grabs, old man?
Yes, I do. [turns to go and then turns back] And I think you do too.
Look, you lost someone. I know how that feels. Let me help you.
Manchester
You think I'm good deep down, eh? Well, it's a bad time to be a good man. Take you, for instance. If it weren't for your bloody promise, I believe you could solve all the world's problems. You just need... motivation.
Long time, no see. Who's Clockwork Orange?
Manchester
What's the line? "No man is a failure..."
HHat
"...who has friends."
Manchester
Every action has an opposite and equal, yeah? This "Earth first" Liberty crowd, they hurt aliens. And what, they don't think we'll hurt them in kind?
And it looks like they stole the Crown Jewels to make a bigger statement.
Manchester
Why? 'Cause Supergirl says that's not the way? Supergirl's like a folk tale. In theory, comforting, noble. In reality, oof, ill-equipped and clinging to ideals of a time long past. When they go low, she goes high. We put them six feet lower. We're through giving these devils the benefit of the law. Supergirl's done. This is the era of the Elite.
I won't let you keep killing people.
Manchester
Oh, like your government intends to kill people? You really don't know, do you? Next week, your beloved government is launching a satellite that will shoot down any alien spacecraft trying to enter our atmosphere.
HHat
I have it on good authority.
Manchester
Hat kidnaps secret agent types, learns what they're up to. That's why we formed this band of merry men. [Menagerie clears her throat] Sorry, merry people.
Why should I believe you?
Manchester
Talk to your mate, Baker. You know, the bloke who just pardoned the grand bloody wizard of the Children of Liberty. Ask him about Operation Claymore. And then ask yourself, what if it were your ship they were blowing up? You came here in a rocket. Child in a basket, you know? Real Moses stuff. Here's your chance to tell the bosses to let your people go. Or us plagues will do it for ya.
How are you capable of this?
Manchester
When you broke into my mind to stop me from killing the Lockwood brood, you opened up a motorway. It goes both ways. So whenever you poke around in my mind, I can poke around in yours. So I did. And looky what I found. Your people's most powerful weapon.
You don't know what you're toying with.
Manchester
Oh, but I do. I dug deep into your mind. And the ground. You call yourself a man of peace, Martian, but your god was one of wrath!
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