The Adventures of Superboy (1988) s03e07 Episode Script

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[music ♪]
Rocketed from a distant
planet
to a bold new destiny on
earth
found by a Kansas family
and raised as Clark Kent
he learned he possessed the
strength of steel
the speed of light
and the desire to help all
mankind
He is Superboy.
[music ♪]
The Mysticism of Flying.
[office noise]
Mm hm. Mmhm
I got another one. Right over
Downtown.
[laughter]
There.
[talking and laughing]
I wonder if they're somehow
related to
I don't believe this.
Clark is the least curious
person I know.
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Who are you people?
I can step out into space
and I can fly.
[laughter]
Careful.
[screaming]
[whimpering]
Kee-ah
What?
Ah I amKatia.
As far as his family is
concerned, he was a normal guy.
How's it coming?
Slowly.
What are you doing?
Superboy told the police the
guy's last word.
Katia.
I thought I'd run it through
some of our linguistics
programs.
Anything come up?
Well, a couple of things.
In Gaelic it's a whiskey that's
served at wakes.
[laughs]
Wrong kind of flying.
And in Mongolian it means
[laughter]
I'd keep looking.
Matt
can I see you a minute?
What's up?
I just need you to make some
quick checks, file a few
reports, you know
make us look good
at the home office.
Basically sweep a few things
under the rug to meet our quota.
We're paid to be skeptical.
That's not why I took the job.
I thought we were supposed to
identify
and investigate
unexplained phenomena,
not make up rational
explanations for em
and file em away.
Just play ball with me this
once.
I'll get someone else next
month.
As I see it, we're responsible
for what happened to Malcolm.
If we hadn't started this, he
never would have died.
No my brothers. No.
What happened was tragic. But it
was not a sign or a warning.
It was an accident. Nothing
more.
Now. I have gathered all of you
here
so that we may celebrate
our birthright.
A gift
given to us by God himself to
put us above all other men.
All our lives we have scraped
and scratched
to survive in this
world.
They will call us Gods.
They'll look up at us in wonder.
Now I don't know about the rest
of you
but I just can't walk away
from that.
But, isn't this all irrelevant.
We need seven to summon up the
powers.
I have found another descendant
of our people
right here in Capitol City.
Who is he?
Matt Ritter?
Yeah.
Son of Delano Ritter, grandson
of Clement Ritter?
What can I do for you?
My name is Tio Valjean.
I have some information
that could very well
change your life.
Well, I have everything I need,
Mr. Valjean.
But thank you.
What if I told you
that your bloodline gave
you the opportunity
to be a God among men?
to do things other men only
dream about?
I'd say what I was gonna say
before.
Goodbye.
Well, whether you like it or
not, you are one of the Katia.
Still skeptical Mr. Ritter?
Well, I can understand
how a myth like this
could have been created by
slaves
longing for their
freedom
This goes way beyond slavery.
It's about our heritage. Faith
in our history.
Faith in yourself.
It's our destiny.
And I can assure you Mr. Ritter,
this is no myth.
This is Matt Ritter.
He's gonna give us our power
back.
Whoa, wait a minute. I can't
How can you be so sure?
What if we bring him in and he
isn't one of us?
Then the power will be taken
away.
Well Joseph
there's only one way to find
out.
[drumming]
Katia.
Katia.
Katia.
[chanting] Katia.
Katia.
Katia.
[chanting continues]
Katia. Katia.
Katia.
Katia.
Katia.
Katia.
[all chant and shout]
Katia.
Katia.
Katia.
Katia. Katia.
[shouting] Ah!
Katia. Katia. Katia.
Concentrate, Brother.
Katia. Katia.
[drumming]
Katia. Katia.
Katia.
Katia, Katia.
Katia. Katia.
Katia. Katia. Katia. Katia.
Katia.
[sizzling sound]
Katia. Katia. Katia.
Welcome, brother.
You resigned. Why?
I came here to explore all the
big mysteries of the world.
Now I'm finding that sometimes
the biggest mysteries
are bottled up inside yourself.
I don't know if you guys can
appreciate that.
What happened to you?
You play with fire, you get
burned.
Why can't you say you
grabbed a hot frying pan,
like a normal person?
I'm gonna miss you guys.
Look I gotta go to payroll.
I'll talk to you guys later.
[beeping]
I found it.
- What?
- Katia.
It's an ancient African dialect.
It's the name of a tribe.
It translates to "the flying
people."
Damn lawyer.
Bet he's never done an honest
day's work in his life.
How long have you known Teo?
About what?
About the fires.
What do you know?
That they only happen when we do
a ritual.
You knew about it, didn't you?
Look. That's just a natural
side affect.
That's not our fault nor
our concern.
We've been given a gift.
A power that gives us dignity.
Do you want to give that up
because of a few fires?
What happens when the others
find out?
The power is strong.
Matt and John are the only two
who haven't felt it.
After they've experienced it,
they won't care either.
Tio.
They came to the Lecroix
plantation
in the year before
the Civil War.
The cotton was in full bloom.
There were ten of em all men.
Had just been bought
fresh off the boat from
Africa.
They were sort of wild acting,
and not trained in the ways of
the Lecroix plantation folks.
Anyhows, my great-grandmamma who
was nothing but a young girl
and looking for a husband.
She could tell that there was
something else different
about these Africans.
One of them took a liking to
her.
And every time he got a chance,
he'd sneak up on her and
whisper, "Katia. Katia."
Then he'd point to the sky.
Anyhows, late that night,
she snuck over.
And there she saw the
Africans dancing and singing
around that fire.
But then just as she was
watching,
one by one, the Africans began
rising up in the sky.
She ran out just as her friend
was climbing up,
like he was climbing
a ladder into the sky.
And she screamed, "Take me
with you. Take me."
But he just looked at her.
Smiled.
Touched his chest
and said, "Katia!"
And flew off.
Before she knew it,
they were all gone.
Every single one just up and
flew away
as free as you please.
She told everybody.
She never got tired of telling
the story
of them Africans who
could fly.
She told it to all her children.
And she told them to tell it to
all there children.
Once there was a tribe of
Africans
who could reach up and
touch the sky.
So then the recent
sightings are descendants
from the original tribe?
Well after the Civil War,
my great-grandmamma learned that
the Katia had settled nearby
living as free men.
She began to keep track of all
the male descendants.
Because they carried the
power in their blood.
She passed it on to my mother.
And now I keep the record.
All the modern descendants are
on this chart?
If they're Katia, they're
there.
Matt's on here.
Is this a friend of yours?
Yeah.
There's more to the legend
that's not pleasant.
The legend has it that when a
man goes into the sky,
a fire creature is forced down
upon the earth
.trapped
drawn to whoever
is keeping him here
so that he can be
released.
How does that fit in with your
great grandmother's story?
The night the African's flew,
the Lecroix plantation
burned to the ground.
You can still see the ruins just
outside of town.
The power is best left
untouched.
I hope Matt gets home soon.
Look at this.
Malcolm Elliot died here right?
Mm hm.
And here are where
the fires are broken up.
All within the radius of the
Lecroix plantation ones.
We interrupt this broadcast for
another special report.
More fire have been set off
throughout the city
as a result of some
strange and unusual mass
that has taken
violently to the streets.
This time in the Northeastern
part of the city.
Oh, no.
The police advise that everyone
stay off the street
I was supposed to get the
viewer's reportto the fire chief
and I never did.
I better get down there
and hand deliver it.
I can drive you.
No, uh. Wait for Matt.
It'll be better. It'll be
faster if I take a cab.
I, I trust me.
Trust you?
The Northeastern section.
[drumming and chanting]
[shouting]
Katia.
Katia.
It's your time.
[drumming]
[chanting]
Matt!
You have to stop this.
What are you doing here?
You're endangering people
You have to stop.
What are you talking about?
You shouldn't be here.
Every time you fly, this thing
comes down and starts fires.
What?
Is that true?
No.
No, no. She's lying.
She's jealous.
It's on the radio
if you don't believe me.
Don't listen to her.
We have to stick together, Matt.
Or they will come and try to
turn us against each other.
How can this be wrong.
It's not wrong.
God gave this to us.
How can it be wrong?
Matt, it's your time.
I can't.
Not if it means putting other
people in danger.
We have been placed
above other people.
God gave us this right.
No. Nothing gives us that right.
No. No. No. No.
John. John. John, you're with
me.
John.
Stephen, Stephen. They're trying
to tear us apart, Stephen.
Joseph, Joseph, Joseph stay with
me.
Stay with me, Joseph.
We started. We were together at
the beginning, Joseph.
- No.
- OK. OK!
I don't need any of you.
I'll do it by myself.
I don't need you.
Katia. Katia.
Katia. Katia. Katia.
[laughter]
Look, look, look. I can do it by
myself. I don't need anybody.
I can do it by myself.
[screams]
Matt.
I just wanted people to
respect me.
They were always
looking down on me.
Just once. I wanted them
to have to
look up to see me,
You all right?
I came so close.
Matt.
Whoa.
Yeah.
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