Lauren Strucker quotes from The Gifted

Andy Strucker

I snuck out. I thought I'd go with you.

Lauren Strucker

Didn't you tell Mom you were going to bed?

Andy

Yeah, that's why they call it sneaking.

Caitlin Strucker

I just can't believe there wasn't any warning.

Lauren

Mom, accept it. Andy is a mutant. That's how mutant abilities first appear - it's moments of stress or danger. Dad talks about this all the time.

Caitlin

Lauren, I... we-we all know about your father's work. I-I just don't see how that suddenly makes you an expert.

Lauren

Mom. I know because... How do you think we got out of that gym?

Caitlin

What are you saying?

Lauren

I got us out.

Caitlin

You, too?

Lauren

Remember when we were coming back from that concert at church? And the truck almost hit us? For weeks, you were saying it was a miracle we didn't die. Mom... it wasn't a miracle.

Caitlin

That was three years ago. Honey, why... why didn't you tell me?

Lauren

Don't you think I tried?

Caitlin

You can always talk to me. Always. Your-your dad, too. Whatever your issues.

Lauren

Are you serious? Dad puts people like us in jail.

Andy

Pick your piece.

Lauren

I'll be... nickel.

Andy

I think I'm gonna be the shoe.

Lauren

No, You can't be the shoe. Be the bottle cap.

Andy

What do you mean? I just called the shoe.

Lauren

I don't care! Put it back!

Andy

Hey, what's your problem, psycho?

Lauren

Dad's always the shoe, okay?

Marcos

There's seven deep out front. Anything out back?

John

Yeah, there's four of them and then more outside the kitchen door. We're surrounded. Look, I can get us through a wall, but if they start shooting while we run, there's gonna be a fight.

Andy

Run? Why should we have to run?

Lauren

Didn't you hear them? There's an army out there.

Andy

Yeah, so what? We can take those guys.

John

Yeah, of course we can take them, but we do that people are gonna die.

Andy

Well maybe it's time these people learned.

Caitlin

Andy, you don't mean that.

Andy

Yes, I do. Listen to them mom, they hate us!

Caitlin

No. Kids are not attacking a convoy.

John

We don't have a good alternative here, Caitlin. We're running out of time.

Caitlin

What, so you're gonna use child soldiers now?

Andy

We're not kids like that anymore mom.

Caitlin

I said no.

Lauren

Mom, please. I know you're scared. I'm scared too. But think about what you said last night, about how sometimes we have to take risks.

Caitlin

Really? You're gonna use my own words against me? Look, this isn't going to visit your uncle Daniel. This is about trained men, with guns.

Lauren

We want to fight for this. You've always said that there are things worth fighting for. Was that all just talk? You said it yourself, there are risks worth taking.

Lauren

Andy, go!

Andy

I... I can't do it.

Lauren

What do you mean you can't do it? You have to.

Andy

I... I don't know. It's moving, it's just different.

Caitlin

You can do this, we believe in you.

Andy

It's not what we practiced.

Caitlin

Okay, okay, just calm down.

Lauren

Mom, stop babying him.

Caitlin

Lauren!

Lauren

[to Andy] Hey! You're the reason we're in this mess, and now you can't even help us get out?

Caitlin

What are you doing?

Andy

Back off!

Lauren

Maybe those bullies were right. Maybe you are nothing. If they're wrong, then prove it!

Lauren

Sorry, you're better when you're angry.

Andy

Hey, I'm O negative. It's universal donor, right?

Caitlin

Andy!

Andy

Why? You surprised I actually remember something from biology?

Caitlin

No.

Lauren

I am.

Lauren

Thanks.

Andy

You're my sister. Nobody talks to you like that but me.

Reed

So, what happened in the vault?

Caitlin

What did you feel exactly?

Andy

Everything around us kind of disappeared. And it's like there wasn't two of us anymore. There was just one.

Lauren

It's like we're seeing out of the same eyes.

Reed

You said you could've destroyed a building. How did you know that?

Lauren

I could feel it. Andy pushes things apart, right? I do the opposite, I can pull them together.

Andy

Combined it was like we could do whatever we wanted. I mean, we were looking at the wall in front of us and we could of just vaporized it. Maybe if we practice–

Lauren

Practice?

Andy

What? We can do it. We might as well get better at it.

Reed

You've been given a gift, and a power like that can hurt people. You can't just go around using–

Andy

So we should just stuff it down and bury it, like your dad did? How'd that work out?

Caitlin

That's way out of balance, Andy.

Andy

Mom, it's who we are, okay? It's who I am.

Reed

Andy, sometimes you can't control your own powers.

Andy

I see, so I'm just some kind of monster. [gets up to leave the room]

Caitlin

That's not what he meant.

Andy

At least you have one kid you can actually trust. [leaves room]

Lauren

It's our fault.

Andy

She told us not to do it.

Lauren

And we did it anyway! She died for nothing! He just blew her away, like she wasn't even a real person.

Andy

Isn't it like you said? It's going to be okay, right? We just have to be strong–

Lauren

It doesn't matter anymore, Andy. Don't you get that? Whatever he wanted, we just gave it to him.

Reed

We understand this place is full of difficult memories now. It's one of the reasons that we've been thinking that maybe we should move on.

Lauren

What?

Andy

Move on? You mean "give up".

Caitlin

No one's giving up. We're gonna be part of this fight, no matter where we go. It's just with everything we've been through...

Andy

The worst of it is already over! Alright? That psycho doctor's already done with all his tests and–

Reed

Guys, we almost lost you a few days ago.

Caitlin

There is so much tension between everyone right now. We can't get caught in the middle.

Reed

And maybe that means that we go to Mexico, like we talked about.

Lauren

So that's it? You've made up your mind, right? We're just gonna run away?

Reed

Going to Mexico isn't running away. There are refugees that need help there too, maybe more than here.

Andy

Yeah, but here is where we can make a difference.

Lauren

He's right. I want to do something.

Reed

Right now I think we're gonna have to agree to disagree on this.

Lauren

I keep thinking... what if I'd have done something different? Maybe Sonya would still be–

Hey, hey. You can't take back what happened. But you can let it make you stronger.

Lauren

How do I do that?

I like to think a lot of bad stuff happened to me, but it had to happen because it led me here, to this.

Lauren

Stacking boxes?

Hell, yeah! If I didn't have this job stacking boxes, I would've never been here when you showed up.

Lauren

You know my family's supposed to be going to Mexico. I might not be here much longer.

Yeah, that's okay. Because even just a day, five minutes, I would've wanted to be here. Couldn't not see you again.

Caitlin

What happened in that parking lot? We came outside, you were both on the ground, and you haven't been speaking to each other.

Andy

Just a disagreement, right?

Lauren

A disagreement? You attacked those agents.

Andy

They were gonna shoot us, I stopped them, and we got away.

Lauren

You almost killed that guy.

Andy

Yeah, key word: "almost."

Caitlin

Guys, I don't know what's going on, but we need to stick together as a family right now.

Andy

Tell her that, not me.

Caitlin

What?

Andy

Last time I checked, I'm the one person in this family who's actually proud to be a Von Strucker.

Lauren

There are people to protect here. When the X-men founded this place, they didn't say "run off whenever you're pissed".

Andy

Our friends might not be coming back. Aren't you pissed?

Lauren

Of course I am, but we have a job here.

Reed

Guys, we can't keep fighting each other.

Caitlin

Your father's right. We have to be strong as a family.

Andy

I'm the one who wants us to be strong!

Lauren

You mean you want us to be the Von Struckers again. You sound like the Frost sisters.

Andy

What's wrong with that? They're willing to face reality. The humans are coming after us.

Reed

The humans, Andy? Am I coming after you? Is your mom?

Lauren

Look, I know you're going through a lot right now. What happened at that lab affected me too.

Andy

Affected you how? I mean you're acting like nothing's changed.

Lauren

That day changed everything for me. All those people dying, I can't get it out of my head. But we have to focus on making things better. We rescued Dad and Lorna, we helped save Trader when he was shot. Didn't that feel good?

Andy

Yeah, of course it did, but we're not little kids playing X-men anymore. This is real. There are people trying to hurt us, and we have the power to stop them.

Lauren

You mean the power to destroy them.

Andy

You're the one who denied your abilities and almost destroyed the whole family. Why would you want to do that again?