- Brainiac-5: Sprock! The nano-plating's too thin. This lock needs to be strong enough to withstand anything Nxyly might attempt.
- Nia Nal: I mean, I can try dream energy.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [popping up] And I can assist!
- Brainiac-5: Uh, in what manner, exactly?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Uh, b... I-I-I could, um... I could, um... try to stabilize some of the particle. Do I have permission to Patrick Swayze-in-"Ghost" you?
- Nia Nal: [a little grossed out] No!
- Brainiac-5: No. Look, Mxy, if you really want to help, maybe sort wire. Or...
- Nia Nal: Organize the science lab.
- Brainiac-5: Organize the science lab. I don't know. Just stay out of our way, okay?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Sort, organize, yes.
- J'onn J'onnz: [calling on the intercom] Brainy, Dreamer, Supergirl is at the Fortress, where her scanner has just picked up a spike in Fifth-Dimensional energy downtown.
- Nia Nal: On it.
- Brainiac-5: [Mxy moves to follow them] We've got this.
- Supergirl: Ever since you told us what happened to Nxyly... she is troubled, but she has also been wrongly persecuted.
- J'onn J'onnz: She is still dangerous.
- Supergirl: Only with magical powers. So if we take those away from her, I can try to get her to see that revenge is never the answer. We just need a way to power this device.
- Alex Danvers: Didn't Mon-El use something magical against you when he fought you for Kara's hand?
- Supergirl: Yes, that's right. That amulet. Except you destroyed it.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: I actually hid it in a place that nobody would ever find it. In a cave in the jungle in Corto Maltese. Although that cave was being used by a guerilla warlord as his base the last time I checked.
- Supergirl: That's where I'm going. We can save you and Nxyly. We can save everyone.
- Andrea Rojas: How's Newfoundland?
- Lena Luthor: Full of charming coastline. And an easy journey, thanks to the CatCo jet.
- Andrea Rojas: Oh, it was my pleasure. You know, I have to say, I think the last time you sounded this good was back in boarding school.
- Lena Luthor: For so many years, thoughts of my mother caused me so much pain. But... you know, to finally have moved past that, to be in the town where she grew up... frankly, it's a relief. Oh, by the way, did you get that picture I texted you?
- Andrea Rojas: I did. You are your mother's spitting image. But who are the others?
- Lena Luthor: Well, based on the letters I found in Maine, they're her childhood friends, Florence Abbott and Margaret Bishop. If my research is correct, Margaret still lives in Fortune Bay. There's so much I don't know about my mother. I'm hoping she can fill in the gaps.
- Andrea Rojas: Promise you'll let me know if there's anything else I can do.
- Lena Luthor: Actually, there is. The other woman in the photo on the right, Florence, I haven't been able to locate her.
- Andrea Rojas: If having a media empire is good for one thing, it's digging things up. I'll call you if I have something. Until then, happy hunting.
- J'onn J'onnz: We can still fix this.
- Supergirl: It's all my fault.
- Brainiac-5: That's not true. It's not like you consciously chose to bring an insane imp to terrorize the Earth.
- J'onn J'onnz: Still, if things are as you say with the Ormfell building bomb, Nxyly used Dr. Raab's plans to build a device that could transform Kryptonian powers into Fifth-Dimensional energy.
- Nia Nal: If that's how she powered herself, couldn't we reverse the plans to build something to depower her?
- J'onn J'onnz: We can still do this.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Wow. You would do all this just for me?
- J'onn J'onnz: That and to save the universe.
- Supergirl: Don't worry. Nobody puts Mxy in a crystal on our watch.
- Mitch: You're okay.
- Nxylgsptinz: Why wouldn't I be?
- Mitch: Well, I'm not. They threw me in jail. It was just pure luck I managed to slip away during a transfer. I sat in that cell all night, waiting.
- Nxylgsptinz: [chuckling] Why would I squander my hard-won power jailbreaking you?
- Mitch: We had a deal. I help you and you help me get my menagerie back.
- Nxylgsptinz: Let me help you with something far more valuable. A lesson. Those you think are close to you would just as soon betray you and leave you locked away. You gave me what I needed, and now you're nothing more to me than... a gnat. And I am the bright light that you're drawn to. That will incinerate you.
- Mitch: But we can still help each other.
- Nxylgsptinz: [firing an energy blast at the floor by his feet] I can't focus on drawing Mxyzptlk out with you... buzzing around. Now, go.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [singing to the melody of "I Will Survive"] You'll see that I'm afraid, I am petrified/For that imp, she has a crystal/She wants me inside/And Nxyly's not just any imp/But a princess, brave and strong/Who was wronged/And for payback has waited long!/Oh, she's the daughter of the imp king/Who was bad to every imp and every other thing/So she conspired with her brother/To unseat the evil lord/But they got caught and sent to trial before the horde/Go on/Walk out the door/Oh, the king, he disowned Nxyly for starting up that war/And Nxyly's brother, he got praised/For showing his ferocity/But Nxyly was sent away because, hey, patriarchy!/Oh, Nxylaai! She would survive/In the outer lands she found a quest/And that kept her alive/And the AllStone totem she would find/So much power she would mine/She would survive/She would survive!
- Supergirl: [turning the music off] Hold on, I'm confused. Because she told me that her brother was dead. That her father killed him.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: She was probably speaking metaphorically. I mean, since they both rebelled and she was banished and the golden son was rewarded, he's probably dead to her.
- Alex Danvers: Okay, fine. But what are these totems?
- Nia Nal: And what's this AllStone?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Thousands of years ago, there was an evil imp named Jyrryd, and he created an all-powerful AllStone to give him mastery over... everything.
- J'onn J'onnz: "Everything" as in...
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Everything. Energy, matter, magic, even life and death. The other imps found out about it. They banished Jyrryd and they blew up the AllStone, scattering the pieces throughout the known universes where they became the totems of truth, destiny, love, dreams, hope, humanity, and courage. Pretty much every planet has a set.
- Brainiac-5: I'm sorry, but what does any of this have to do with Nxyly showing up to put you in a crystal?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Nxyly needs the totems... to make a new AllStone, but the totems can be disguised as literally anything, so she needs a magical orb to find them. Jyrryd's crystal.
- Alex Danvers: So it's like a homing beacon?
- Supergirl: She had a crystal ball at the Ormfell and in the Phantom Zone.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: To give power to the crystal, the orb needs to have an imp with the blood of Jyrryd inside it. And guess who has two thumbs and is Jyrryd's last descendant?
- [pointing his thumbs at himself and clicking his tongue]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: It's also why I had to testify against Nxyly. King Brpxz made me, by the way.
- Brainiac-5: Nxyly wants to capture you in her crystal, which she can use to find the seven totems that will give her ultimate power.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Or we could say it...
- [turning his music back on]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: From the bridge, everybody.
- Alex Danvers: Seems like Supergirl had an easier time getting this amulet back from that warlord than I am just getting it out of its case.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [his enlarged face appears in her magnifying glass] Maybe I can help.
- Alex Danvers: Jeez! Mxy...
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Hmm?
- Alex Danvers: Uh, you know what? Oh, there we go. Sure. You can let me know if Kelly calls again. She's been dealing with all the fallout from the damage Nxyly did in the Heights.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: No, I-I meant help here with this.
- J'onn J'onnz: Without using your powers?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [chortling] Of course. I have... I have practical skills.
- Alex Danvers: Okay. Um, well, now that the stone is out...
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Hmm.
- Alex Danvers: ...any tips on how to get the magical current to connect to the component's electrical one?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Yes. Um... here's the thing. I mean, you know, because magic is just instinctive to us imps. So to explain it to a non-Fifth-Dimensional being, it would just be like trying to explain a spear to a stick figure. And it's, you know, it's...
- J'onn J'onnz: Why don't you, uh, try us?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Okay. Mmm. Hmm. Have you tried turning it on, turning it off, turning it on again?
- J'onn J'onnz: These are the plans that Nxyly had Dr. Raab build to jumpstart her magic with Supergirl's energy.
- Brainiac-5: Looks like it could be reverse-engineered.
- Nia Nal: The trick will be finding a way to keep the device locked on Nxyly.
- Alex Danvers: Well, I have a fix for that. We modify a DEO power-dampener into a cuff that Nxyly can't unlock.
- Supergirl: This is great. We could do this.
- Brainiac-5: Not yet. The re-engineered device will need a constant magical power source.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Or... we hit her with this.
- Supergirl: [he holds up the Phantom Zone projector] Ahh!
- Alex Danvers: [standing in front of her protectively] No!
- Brainiac-5: The Phantom Zone projector.
- J'onn J'onnz: [taking it away] Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa. No, no.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: From what I understand, one blast from that gal will render her powerless and send her back to from whence she came. All in favor, say aye.
- Supergirl: No.
- Alex Danvers: [Mxy is trying to be helpful without his powers] Poor guy.
- J'onn J'onnz: Yeah. An imp without magic is like a rocket ship without fuel. Impressive, but it won't get you very far.
- Brainiac-5: Nia, are you all right?
- [she wakes from a dream]
- Brainiac-5: Nia?
- Nia Nal: Huh? Uh, yeah. Just, uh, trying to track down where the police are keeping Mitch. He may know something, too, but their system is just so slow.
- Brainiac-5: We swore no more secrets.
- Nia Nal: All right. Follow me.
- [she leads him to the elevator; cut to them getting off on another floor]
- Brainiac-5: So you brought Nxyly out of the dream realm in exchange for seeing your mother?
- Nia Nal: I know. My mother made it perfectly clear what a bad decision it was. It's horrible. I'm horrible.
- Brainiac-5: No. Nia. Nxyly used you.
- Nia Nal: That doesn't matter. Now I'm dreaming of Mxy dead in some awful imp ice cage. I let Nxyly out with no way to stop her.
- Brainiac-5: Do you remember when Lex used me? When he did, I was certain we were all gonna have an awful future which I couldn't stop. And then you and the rest of our friends helped defeat him and changed the future for the better.
- Nia Nal: So what should I do?
- Brainiac-5: Focus on stopping this imp with the rest of us. And tell Kara.
- Nia Nal: No, I can't. No, I did the exact opposite of what a real hero would do. She would lose all respect for me.
- Brainiac-5: She'll understand that Nxyly manipulated you. She's on the same team as you are. As am I.
- Florence Abbott: This one's my favorite. It was rare to catch Elizabeth in front of the lens, so enchanted with the world around her, she often forgot herself.
- Lena Luthor: Have you shown this to Peggy? I mean, it could bring her some peace. She deserves that much.
- Florence Abbott: By the time I worked up the courage, she wouldn't hear it.
- Lena Luthor: But your... your stone could show her the truth. Got me to question my cynicism. I'm sure it can reach anyone.
- Florence Abbott: For Peggy, Elizabeth and I will always be the reason her parents are dead. Magic can do a great deal of good, but it cannot reach everyone. For you, it's different. You have your mother's gift.
- Lena Luthor: No, that's absurd. Look, I said I questioned my cynicism. I didn't say I dropped it. Florence, I believe what you showed me, but I also believe that there's a scientific explanation for it. I just need to find it.
- Florence Abbott: The laws of witchcraft work on a different plane than the laws of science. Like two parallel lines, you'll never find a point where they intersect. You would not have been able to use the stone if you didn't have the spark, Lena. You have the gift, should you choose to embrace it.
- J'onn J'onnz: I haven't been able to locate a signal from Mxy or Nxyly since they both disappeared.
- Supergirl: Mxy told me over and over again how far gone Nxyly was, and I refused to listen. He gave himself up so that I didn't have to use the Phantom Zone projector. Turns out using it was the right call all along.
- Alex Danvers: Well, you just held hope that you could appeal to the good in someone. It-it didn't work this time, but you were not wrong to try.
- Brainiac-5: Still... we lost Mxy.
- Nia Nal: That doesn't mean we can't save him. I dreamt that Mxy died, but if what he says is true, then he's still alive in that crystal. And thanks to him, Nxyly is depowered, and we know what she's after. We all make mistakes, right? So all we can do now is learn from them and try to move forward.
- Supergirl: Let's go get him.
- Brainiac-5: Was it a dream?
- Nia Nal: I saw Nxyly. She's with Mitch. She-she's depowered, but her crystal isn't. She's already looking for the totems.
- Supergirl: Then we need to find them first. And this time, no holding back.
- Nxylgsptinz: You saved me. Why?
- Mitch: I saw your powers. I thought you were the answer to getting my old life back. But what you did today, that cat was incredible. You brought Supergirl to her knees with a snap of your fingers. You could do things I never thought possible. And it made me realize you can do more than give me my old life back. You can give me a better one.
- Nxylgsptinz: Why would I agree to being your personal wishing well? Hmm?
- Mitch: I know what it's like to be shackled.
- [holding up her crystal ball]
- Mitch: And I can help you.
- [pulling it back as she grabs for it]
- Mitch: Uh-uh.
- Nxylgsptinz: Oh... I suppose two are better than one. All right. If you survive what's next, any life you desire is yours.
- [taking the orb]
- Nxylgsptinz: So be it. But first, you need to help me find the totem of courage, because when you control courage, you control fear.
- Nxylgsptinz: If you won't deliver Mxy, I'll make him come to me.
- [she snaps, and the Super Friends are tied to stone pillars]
- Nxylgsptinz: Do you remember that story I told you about the Khundian general?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [watching in the Tower] Oh, no. No, no.
- Nxylgsptinz: Mxy. Mxy. Summon him.
- Supergirl: Never.
- Nxylgsptinz: You really think that imp is worth dying for?
- Brainiac-5: Imps can't kill.
- Nxylgsptinz: I'm not going to kill you.
- [she whistles, and a kryptonite-breathing dragon appears]
- Nxylgsptinz: He is.
- Dreamer: My dream power's not working.
- Alex Danvers: Neither is my Hand of the Soldier. Can you reach her psychically?
- J'onn J'onnz: Not so far.
- Florence Abbott: Who are you?
- Lena Luthor: I mean you no harm.
- Florence Abbott: My God! You look just like...
- Lena Luthor: Elizabeth Walsh. I'm her daughter. I came here to...
- Florence Abbott: I know why you're here. I've been waitin' for this day a long time.
- Florence Abbott: Your mother visits me in my dreams, you know. She's told me all about you. Said you'd show up here one day looking for answers. Warned me to be precise. She says you're a scientist.
- Lena Luthor: Why, it doesn't take a ghost for you to know that. A simple Google search would suffice.
- Florence Abbott: Oh, I don't trust computers. I get my information from the source. Sit.
- [Lena sits down]
- Florence Abbott: I need a drop of your blood.
- Lena Luthor: [scoffing] Look, it's like you said, I'm a scientist and I don't want to waste your time, but I don't believe in magic.
- Florence Abbott: Let the truth persuade you.
- [as Lena pricks her finger, Florence squeezes a droplet of blood into her basin; working her magic, images from the past appear]
- Florence Abbott: I come from a long line of witches. Most people shunned me for it. But your mother and Margaret, they had the gift, too. They sought me out. Witchcraft requires a deep knowledge of the earth. Every leaf, seed, twig is as alive and unique as you or me. And learning the language of nature takes patience, rigor. And your mom committed herself to the work, like you with your science. Now, drawing power from nature, that part can't be taught. It takes a spark, and your mother's spark was powerful. We three worked quietly, content, until Margaret started showin' up with bruises on her face, a broken arm. Her husband Tommy was well-liked. No one believed he beat his wife. So... we took matters into our own hands. The truth is, we only meant to scare, but the magic got away from us. There's no denying that fire was unnatural. The town turned on us, threatened to stone us. They left Margaret to her shame. With my family history, they hunted me, wanted me dead. I had to hide.
- Lena Luthor: And my mother?
- Florence Abbott: She escaped to the States. And Lizzie called me once, said she'd taken up with Lionel Luthor. Said she was living under his control because she no longer trusted herself. Lena... your mother wants you to know she was only trying to protect Margaret. Her heart was pure. She didn't realize her own power.
- Lena Luthor: Thank you for telling me this.
- Florence Abbott: Believe me when I tell you, your mother sees you. And she's very proud of the woman you are.
- Brainiac-5: Our anti-magic cuff is complete.
- J'onn J'onnz: Now for a plan to get it onto Nxyly with less than an hour to go.
- Supergirl: [coming in with Nia] We've got that covered. Brainy, we're gonna need to borrow your image inducer.
- Nia Nal: Our new Mxy decoy is gonna be me. We'll go to Smidt Park...
- Supergirl: Alone, so we don't spook Nxyly.
- Nia Nal: And I'll get the cuff on her.
- Alex Danvers: Hmm. Looks like you were right on track with that whole copy idea, Mxy.
- Brainiac-5: [giving Nia his inducer] You sure about this?
- Nia Nal: We are. Don't worry. I won't do anything rash.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Ms. Nal, while I know it's going to be challenging, I have complete faith in your ability to replicate my... je ne sais quoi.
- J'onn J'onnz: Better her than me.
- [putting the inducer on, Nia becomes Mxy's double]
- Nia Nal, Mr. Mxyzptlk: What could go wrong?
- Nxylgsptinz: Let me tell you who you're protecting. 300 years ago, an imp I thought was my friend assured me he supported overthrowing my insane father. That imp was Mr. Mxyzptlk. I know you're watching. After our plot failed, I was certain my ally would come to my defense. But Mxy saw which way the wind was blowing and crawled back into the ranks of the patriarchy. Mxy has already proven he only cares about himself. He wouldn't do the same for you, suffer total annihilation.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [watching as the dragon fires its kryptonite breath] No!
- [snapping himself to their location and freeing them]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Show's over. Everything's back as it was.
- Supergirl: Mxy, you can't be here.
- Nxylgsptinz: Oh, but he is.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: And I deserve to be. You see, when you live a life of magical privilege, making everything happen with a snap, you don't really understand consequences. I could have stood up for Nxyly when I had the chance. Could have helped save her. I can still save you.
- Nxylgsptinz: Too little, too late.
- Supergirl: No, hang on, hang on. Nxyly... I know you have the power to destroy us, but you also haven't killed a single soul. No matter what you say, you are not a murderer.
- Nxylgsptinz: Mmm... did you not see the hell dragon?
- Supergirl: That was just you playing with magic. You're angry, and-and you have every right to be. I'm angry for you. But dedicating your life to destruction and revenge, that is not gonna make up for the things that happened to you. You don't need that crystal. We... we don't need these weapons. We can be stronger together.
- Nxylgsptinz: [thinking about it] Nah.
- [she zaps the Phantom Zone projector out of Alex's hands, then takes aim at Mxy]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [Kara picks the projector up] Supergirl, no! I've got this! Stronger together.
- [as he's pulled into Nxyly's crystal, he manages to get the cuff on her, and she's teleported away]
- Sentinel: How are we losing to a cat?
- Brainiac-5: A magic cat. Fifth-Dimensional beings possess unparalleled strength here.
- Dreamer: So, what if we bring it somewhere where it has less strength? I pulled Nxyly from the dream realm. Maybe I can pull this one the other way.
- Brainiac-5: You could create an energy vortex that'd pin you in the dream realm forever.
- Dreamer: I have to try.
- Nia Nal: Kara, I can't stand by and watch you blame yourself for this.
- Supergirl: How can I not? Nxyly escaped because of my rescue. Even if I hadn't made enemies with...
- Nia Nal: I'm the one who let Nxyly escape. When she left the Phantom Zone, she got trapped in the dream realm. I don't know how, but she found me and offered me a deal. I didn't know who she was, but she said that if I freed her, she would bring my mom back for one day. So I did. So, it's not your fault. It's mine. And I know it was so selfish and you can't forgive me, but Nxyly is...
- Supergirl: A master manipulator. She fooled me, too.
- Nia Nal: You... you don't hate me?
- Supergirl: Hate? Nia, you made a mistake. A big one, yeah. But so have I. We all have. What's important right now is that we learn from our mistakes and use it to stop her together.
- Nia Nal: I just wish there was some way I could fix this. It's too bad I can't dream up a better Mxy clone or something.
- Supergirl: [getting an idea] Or something... I have an idea.
- J'onn J'onnz: We have two hours to be ready to depower Nxyly and...
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Avoid... cat-tastrophe.
- Alex Danvers: Okay, why are you so chipper?
- Brainiac-5: We still don't have a working anti-magic cuff yet.
- Nia Nal: Nor a way to get it onto Nxyly.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Not a problem. I'll do it.
- [another Mxyzptlk enters]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: And so will I.
- Supergirl: Mxy, what did you do?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [holding up a small box with the LuthorCorp logo] While I was tidying up, I found this handy little copy machine. If we want to get Nxyly with her guard down, why not give the princess what she wants?
- [his clone]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Me.
- Alex Danvers: Okay, so you're thinking that we use the other you to act like a Trojan horse to get close to Nxyly? That... that's not bad, Mxy.
- J'onn J'onnz: We just have to get the copy close enough to put the cuff on Nxyly before she realizes it's a fake.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Ergo, I will engage her in conversation... until... until... until...
- [Mxy slaps the clone on the back; as it falls to the floor and convulses, he re-absorbs it]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Ah. Oh. That felt yucky.
- Brainiac-5: Fifth-Dimensional energy must destabilize the copying format, causing the duplicate to reintegrate with its progenitor.
- J'onn J'onnz: Okay, let's just get back to work on re-engineering that cuff.
- Supergirl: Yeah, it was a nice try, at least. Just sorry I got us into this mess.
- Supergirl: Mxy's giving himself up. The least you can do is let him get in the crystal himself.
- Nxylgsptinz: Really? That would be more compassion than any imp ever showed me.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: And for that, I am sorry.
- Nxylgsptinz: Fine. In you go.
- Brainiac-5: [watching in the Tower, the feed begins to fritz] Sprock! The crystal's magic is interrupting the image inducer's optic drive.
- Nxylgsptinz: [Nia regains her normal appearance] What is this?
- Supergirl: No.
- Alex Danvers: I'll get the projector.
- J'onn J'onnz: [to Mxy] Stay put.
- Brainiac-5: And please don't touch anything.
- Nxylgsptinz: I told you not to make me angry. And now you've gone and done it.
- Nxylgsptinz: A Khunidian general tried to capture me once. I summoned a kryptonite-breathing hell dragon that turned his army to ash before they could even think to grab their swords.
- [as Kara prepares to fire her heat vision, she snaps, and Kara begins to choke]
- Nxylgsptinz: I could demonstrate, or you could choose to not make me angry and just give me what I want. Mxyzptlk. Smidt Park, two hours.
- Brainiac-5: Nia, trying to pull that cat thing into the dream realm was rash.
- Nia Nal: I almost had it.
- Brainiac-5: We could have lost you.
- Nia Nal: Does it matter? I have to stop Nxyly. I have to fix this.
- Brainiac-5: You won't fix anything by dying. Your guilt is eating away at you. It's making you act irrationally. You have to tell Kara.
- Supergirl: [coming in with J'onn and Alex] Tell me what?
- Nia Nal: That I'm sorry I screwed up today.
- Supergirl: No, don't be sorry. It's not your fault. If anything, it's my fault.
- Lena Luthor: Andrea, I was just gonna call you.
- Andrea Rojas: Well, I hope it was to pencil some thank-you drinks when you get back, because I found the woman in your photo, Florence Abbott. It took some digging. She gives new meaning to "off the grid." But rumor is she disappeared because she was connected to a suspicious death, Margaret Bishop's husband.
- Lena Luthor: Listen, I appreciate the help, but I'm heading home.
- Andrea Rojas: What? So soon?
- Lena Luthor: This trip was a mistake. I'm done.
- Andrea Rojas: Lena, if you found some messy family history, you know that's nothing new.
- Lena Luthor: Yeah, well, I would have expected it from the Luthors, but I should have known my mother's side would have been just as awful.
- Andrea Rojas: But what did you find out?
- Lena Luthor: It's hearsay, but I've heard enough. I just don't wanna put myself through it.
- Andrea Rojas: This has been a gap in your life for so long, and this is your chance to fill in the blanks. The unknown is always scarier than the truth.
- Lena Luthor: Unless the truth really is bad.
- Andrea Rojas: You can't deal with the past until you face it. I e-mailed you the files on Florence. Just take a look at them. At least think about it. Information doesn't hurt people. Secrets do.
- Dreamer: [seeing the chaos in downtown National City] This is all my fault.
- Brainiac-5: It's not. It's... a kitty?
- [a gigantic housecat jumps off a roof and lands in the street]
- Lena Luthor: My mother killed her? No. I mean, that's absurd. She was gentle and kind.
- Peggy Bishop: She was conniving and opportunistic, enough to find herself a wealthy man to give her a new life, while my mother withered away.
- Lena Luthor: Okay, listen. Maybe... maybe you're right, okay? My mother died when I was very young, and there's so much I don't know about her. But I came here to find the truth, no matter what that is.
- [showing Peggy the picture of their mothers]
- Lena Luthor: And clearly, our mothers were friends. Perhaps that changed, but there's another woman in this picture, Florence Abbott. And if you could just tell me everything you know about them, I promise that you will never have to speak to me again.
- Peggy Bishop: They were in a coven.
- Lena Luthor: A coven? What, like cauldrons and spells?
- Peggy Bishop: I've seen you in the news running arm-in-arm with a bulletproof alien. But you don't believe in magic?
- Lena Luthor: I believe what I can see.
- Peggy Bishop: Right, well... 33 years ago, I saw your mother set fire to a shed without lightin' a single match. And my father was inside it. He died. Your mom fled. Florence vanished, leaving my mom to deal with the fallout.
- Lena Luthor: Listen, this has to be a mistake. My mother wasn't like that.
- Peggy Bishop: Oh, I see. You came here looking for a fairy tale that you dreamed up. Well, your mother wasn't the heroine. She was the villain. I get that your family is used to leaving a trail of bodies in their wake, but you could at least have the decency to leave them buried.
- Dee-Dee: I'm Dee-Dee, your innkeeper. And may I say we are honored to have you in our town. In our inn! Do you have bags?
- Lena Luthor: Yeah.
- Dee-Dee: David!
- David: [tipping his cap] Hello, ma'am.
- Dee-Dee: So, what brings you to our corner of the island? Luthor business?
- Lena Luthor: Oh, it's not business at all. It's personal. My mother grew up here.
- Dee-Dee: Your mother? How wonderful. Six degrees of separation and all. What was her name?
- Lena Luthor: Elizabeth Walsh.
- [a thud is heard; they turn and see David dropped Lena's suitcase]
- Dee-Dee: [going and whispering to him] She was just a dirty witch.
- Lena Luthor: Excuse me?
- Dee-Dee: We're sorry, Ms. Luthor, but it seems your room's double-booked.
- Lena Luthor: What?
- Dee-Dee: Sadly, we don't have a room for you after all. You need to go.
- J'onn J'onnz: Her name is Nxyly?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Officially, the Princess Nxylgsptinz.
- Supergirl: Whatever it is, she is the reason that my father and I almost stayed trapped in the Phantom Zone forever. And the reason I wouldn't be here if Mxy hadn't saved me. And before anyone says anything, I know I should have told you guys about her sooner, but I really didn't think I would ever see her again.
- Brainiac-5: She must have hitched a ride on the Tower ship when we portal-jumped back to Earth.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: The Coluan is right. But, she was going to escape the Phantom Zone sooner or later.
- Alex Danvers: What do you mean?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: What she'd learned from her father.
- [seeing their blank looks]
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: You're kidding? Wicked King Brpxz? Doesn't ring a bell? Wow, okay. I can explain everything.
- Brainiac-5: [the Super Friends stop him from snapping] You told Supergirl that you could sense each other's energies. That means that even with the Tower's cloaking shields, Nxyly can track your magic here.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Okay. I can explain everything with words. Unless this place has a decent sound system?
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Princess Nxylgsptinz? Supergirl?
- Supergirl: Mxy, get me out of here.
- Nxylgsptinz: Oh, no you don't. He's mine.
- Supergirl: [Mxy dodges an energy blast from her orb] What is she talking about? I summoned you.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: [conjuring a staff and deflecting another blast] Unfortunately, you both did. Although, it is lovely to see you again, Your Highness.
- Nxylgsptinz: Oh, really? Better than 300 years ago when you stood before a judge and called me... crazy.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: You were trying to destroy most of the Fifth Dimension.
- Nxylgsptinz: Only those that betrayed me. But not to worry. Now you'll get what you deserve.
- Supergirl: [Mxy deflects another blast] I thought you two were friends.
- Mr. Mxyzptlk: Long story. Just know imps can track each other when they use magic. So when I snap you out of there, be ready to fly us away like our lives depended on it.
- Peggy Bishop: What can I get you? Well, looks like you could use something strong.
- Lena Luthor: Yeah. Um... a whiskey. Neat, please. And some information, I hope. I already asked at the bed and breakfast, but they were decidedly unwelcoming.
- Peggy Bishop: What, Dee-Dee and David? That's odd. Never met two warmer people.
- Lena Luthor: Well, I was hoping that the owner of this pub could shed some light on why they got so upset. I mean, if she's around, Margaret Bishop.
- Peggy Bishop: Most folks call me Peggy. Better than Margaret, Jr.
- Lena Luthor: Well, in that case, I think our mothers were old friends.
- Peggy Bishop: Really? What's your mom's name?
- Lena Luthor: Elizabeth Walsh.
- Peggy Bishop: [turning just as cold] Elizabeth Walsh was no friend of my mother's. And if you got any decency at all, you'll get the hell out of Fortune Bay. Haven't you folks caused enough pain?
- Lena Luthor: I-I don't understand. I mean, maybe if I could just talk to your mother.
- Peggy Bishop: You can't, 'cause she's dead. And your mom's the one who killed her.