Supergirl (TV Series)

The Gauntlet (2021)

Nicole Maines: Nia Nal, Dreamer

Quotes 

• Supergirl : So I have to pass my gauntlet before Nxyly passes hers.

  Brainiac-5 : [possessed by Vita's consciousness]  It will not be easy. You'll pay a terrible emotional price. And if you fail, the totem's erratic magic will surge in everyone who was near the totem when it broke.

  Nia Nal : [trying to comfort Kara]  Hey... we're gonna help you.

  Brainiac-5 : Ha! Yeah, right. Rubbish! She who broke the totem must run the gauntlet... alone. Oh, dear.

  Lena Luthor : [he chortles and laughs]  Got it. I've got it!

  Nia Nal : [Vita's consciousness is removed]  Brainy, are you okay?

  Brainiac-5 : What... what happened? Where am I?

  Nia Nal : You okay?

  Brainiac-5 : That wa... I did not like that.

  Lena Luthor : I will go and make sure that Vita can't make any more unscheduled appearances.

  Supergirl : Nia, go help Alex and J'onn try to find Nxyly. I'll go... pay my emotional price.

• Supergirl : Vita, we need your help. We accidentally broke the courage totem, and now there's fifth-dimensional energy coming out of it.

  Brainiac-5 : [possessed by her consciousness]  Well, that wasn't wise. Breaking the totem unleashes its magic. Anyone within a close radius when it broke will be given a boost of raw, unfiltered courage.

  Supergirl : All those people at the museum have been affected. We could see erratic, even violent behavior all over the city.

  Nia Nal : We were there, too. Why weren't we affected?

  Supergirl : We'll monitor just to be safe. Vita. Hey, Vita!

  Brainiac-5 : Hmm.

  Supergirl : How do we reverse it?

  Brainiac-5 : By gaining control of your half of the totem. Mm-hmm. You understand? This will attract the other half. You follow? Unite them... and quell the magic.

  Supergirl : And to gain control, I have to pass that gauntlet?

  Brainiac-5 : Mm, someone's been paying attention to what I've been saying. Yeah, man. If you are successful, you'll gain full command of the totem.

• Lena Luthor : This is incredible. Whatever the totem is, it's radiating concentrated fifth-dimensional energy. I mean, that can't be good.

  Supergirl : Well, maybe Vita can tell us more.

  Brainiac-5 : [bringing over a metal contraption containing Vita's crystal]  All right. How does this work, exactly?

  Nia Nal : [as he touches the crystal, purple beams zap his eyes]  Brainy?

  Brainiac-5 : [in a different tone of voice]  Hush, child. The Coluan... is fine.

  Supergirl : Vita, did you possess Brainy?

  Brainiac-5 : Hmm. It's quite refreshing to be embodied. Don't fret. I-I'll put him back the way I found him.

  [touching the circular lights on Brainy's suit] 

  Brainiac-5 : What are these? His nipples?

  Nia Nal : We need to get that witch out of him now.

  Lena Luthor : Yeah, I'm on it.

• Nia Nal : What's with all the old stories?

  William Dey : This is actually the first time I've been able to read this article since...

  Nia Nal : Eve Teschmacher shot you.

  William Dey : Honestly, I almost didn't even remember how it happened, I buried so much. I, um... just wanted to push past it. And then today for some reason, I had the courage to get out there again.

  Nia Nal : Well, I heard that the, um, the artifact that was stolen from the museum came with a sort of curse. It made everybody in the area more courageous.

  William Dey : Maybe it was a curse, but it forced me to really face everything I had gone through for the first time and actually walk through it.

• Nia Nal : I heard about your crime syndicate beat. You going undercover?

  William Dey : No, better.

  Nia Nal : Do tell.

  William Dey : I am going to ask the Super Friends if I could be embedded with them.

  [Nia is slightly alarmed] 

  William Dey : I know, but think of the access. And I know the hardest part is getting them to agree to it... but Kara knows Supergirl. And you don't get anywhere if you don't ask.