1. - Candide, huh? She's hot.
- What'd you say?
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2. I mean, she sells
lots of records.
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3. More cash for us to grab,
you know.
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4. Wouldn't want to think you was
blowin' me off for some singer.
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5. Hey, don't talk dumb.
You're my homegirl.
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6. You think I'd blow that?
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7. Wouldn't wanna be here
if you did.
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8. Here you are, been waiting long?
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9. Yeah, only since last Thursday.
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10. Listen, thanks for holding
a spot in in for me.
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11. No big, how'd practice go?
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12. Oh, we did our best time ever
in the relay.
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13. You are coming to the swim meet
Friday, aren't you?
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14. Ha-ha, us miss a chance
to see 20 girls in swimsuits?
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15. Oh, will definitely be there.
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16. On second thought,
forget I mentioned it.
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17. What'd I tell you, Candide baby?
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18. You got a lots of fans here
in Dakota.
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19. - Bernie Rast?
- Bernie Rast?
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20. And apparently so do you.
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21. Hi Candide, look,
love your music and all
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22. but do you know who he is?
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23. Of course she knows who I am.
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24. I'm gonna produce her next CD.
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25. Oh, no.
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26. Hey, okay,
thanks for stopping by! Next.
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27. Uh, no offense,
just a suggestion here
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28. but you may not wanna be doing
business with Bernie Rast.
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29. - Why?
- Uh..
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30. Because the man
is a total sleaze.
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31. - Truth?
- I wouldn't say total.
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32. Attention,
Spire Record shoppers.
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33. We're having a fire sale.
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34. - Hotstreak!
- And Aqua Maria.
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35. - Double trouble.
- You're not listening.
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36. - Thanks.
- You're welcome.
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37. - What are those?
- Metahumans.
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38. We got a few of 'em
running around town
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39. tearing up things.
I-is that a problem?
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40. Not for me.
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41. Okay, hold your money up high.
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42. Hey, you got all the cash wet.
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43. Oh, don't worry.
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44. We're happy to dry it off
for you.
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45. It's Static and Gear!
Oh can you believe it?
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46. Guys.
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47. Okay, you take Sparky.
I'll get Brain boy.
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48. - Like we planned.
- Unh.
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49. Hey.
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50. Get soaked, Static.
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51. Yaah!
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52. Hey, Maria, chill.
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53. Unh.
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54. I am so out of here.
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55. Okay, okay,
I-I'll call you okay?
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56. Come on, w-w-we'll hook up,
we'll do it again.
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57. Can't... move.
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58. Don't worry. You'll thaw out.
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59. All clear on this end.
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60. Ah, all clear here, too. Ahh!
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61. Oh!
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62. - You okay?
- Yeah, little crispy.
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63. Looks like Hotstreak
took a hike.
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64. Mm-hmm. Like they say,
no honor among thieves.
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65. Thank you both for coming,
I'm Dr. Todd.
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66. Oh, yeah, you guys do some
serious cutting edge research.
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67. That's why the mayor called us
in, to see if we can clean up
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68. the Metahuman situation.
Follow me.
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69. Clean up the Metahuman
situation?
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70. As you know, the fumes inhaled
by the Metahumans
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71. 'during the big bang altered
their DNA.'
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72. We recently developed a new type
of mitochondrial resequencer.
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73. We believe that we can turn back
the clock for Maria.
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74. Make her the way she was,
before the big bang.
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75. - You're talking about a cure.
- Possibly.
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76. We're very close
to a breakthrough.
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77. For everyone?
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78. Not yet, it's still highly experimental.
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79. But Maria is an excellent candidate.
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80. You've dealt with her in the
past, we were hoping you could
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81. help us convince her
to co-operate.
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82. A cure, you think it's possible?
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83. I always thought it was
just a matter of time.
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84. Maria, can you hear me?
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85. Yeah, and this Gear. Sorry about
the liquid nitrogen thing.
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86. Can I handle this, please?
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87. You weren't always hardcore, Maria.
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88. It's the big bang that changed
you and it's always
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89. 'gonna be that way,
unless you let them help you.'
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90. Why should I trust them?
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91. Why should I trust any of you?
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92. Who else is there? Hotstreak?
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93. Don't you have a family?
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94. My mom and my little sister.
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95. If this goes well,
you can see them again.
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96. We'll have that special
Metahuman report momentarily.
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97. But first,
a look at the weather.
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98. Virgil, glad you here.
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99. You know now that you're sister
spend so much time on studies.
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100. It gets pretty lonely
for you old..
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101. Hey, pops, love the chat, but..
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102. Sitting is good.
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103. Have you heard the news today,
son?
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104. They say... Wait, here it is.
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105. 'It was announced today'
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106. 'by Dr. Donal Todd
of Genomatech.'
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107. 'If tonight's procedure
succeeds'
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108. we'll be on our way
to finding a cure
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109. for the Big Bang syndrome.
which has tragically affected
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110. so many of Dakota's
young people.
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111. Our action news team
as also learned
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112. that the Metahuman called
Aqua Maria
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113. has agreed to be
the first test subject.
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114. What?
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115. Y-y-you need something, mister?
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116. Argh!
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117. Yeah, a phone book.
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118. Gentlemen, let's begin.
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119. Now, Maria, we're gonna send
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120. a low electric current
through you.
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121. 'This will make your
natural defenses'
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122. 'less resistant to the cure.'
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123. There will be some discomfort,
but you must stay still.
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124. - Understand?
- Hmm-mm.
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125. What's that?
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126. Some kind of power surge.
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127. Shut everything down, now.
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128. Ah.. wait, it's working.
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129. Don't stop, I'm almost..
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130. Doctor, the vital signs
are dropping.
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131. We've lost molecular stability.
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132. No. we gotta get her
back in the tank.
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133. She's gone.
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134. So, instead of curing her.
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135. The power spike
had the opposite effect.
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136. Man, she was almost home.
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137. Even a few seconds more
would've been enough.
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138. Hey, where have you been?
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139. Pops wanted some quality time.
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140. I'm glad you could work that in.
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141. This conduit fed power to
the injection system controls.
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142. When the line fired,
everything went down the drain.
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143. Including Aqua Maria.
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144. You think Hotstreak did this?
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145. Donno. But if he did,
you gotta ask, why?
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146. Stupid doctors!
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147. 'Hotstreak! Hotstreak!'
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148. Aah! Maria, y-y-you're alive?
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149. Ca-can't separate
from the water.
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150. Can't get solid.
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151. Something wrong
with the experiment.
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152. Yeah? That's, uh, that's bad.
What're you gonna do?
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153. Gotta find those scientists.
Make them fix me.
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154. - You've to help me.
- Sure, I can do that.
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155. Huh?
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156. You're coming with me.
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157. Dr. Todd's gonna need
your assistance again.
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158. Help! No! Ah!
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159. Aah!
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160. - What're you doing here?
- Hey, pal!
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161. I'm the least of your problems.
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162. Ahh!
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163. I stole a truck, it's outside.
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164. Good, now grab the equipment's.
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165. Hey, who's in charge here?
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166. Gimme those.
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167. Hey, it's Dr. Todd.
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168. "Course. Tina Todd,
must be his daughter.'
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169. 'And there's Daisy.'
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170. 'Next event,
the 200 meter relay.'
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171. That is a problem.
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172. Look at what you did, doc.
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173. Aqua Maria, back off.
I don't want to hurt you.
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174. On the other hand. I don't want
you to hurt me, either.
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175. Yaah!
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176. Time for another dose
of liquid nitrogen..
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177. Aah!
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178. Now, you're gonna cure me.
Dr. Todd, whatever it takes.
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179. Daddy!
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180. This is a job for Aquaman.
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181. He'll have to get in line.
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182. - Welcome to your new digs, doc.
- Aah! Unh.
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183. Where you been, huh?
I haul all this stuff here!
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184. I'm waiting for hours,
babysitting these dweebs.
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185. - Don't question me.
- Calm down, will ya?
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186. Scared? Too bad,
I'm just getting started.
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187. You've gone crazy.
You know that.
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188. Maybe I have,
but if you want the old me back
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189. you're gonna do what I say,
you got that.
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190. I'm trying to analyze
Hotstreak's footprints.
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191. But all I can tell
is that he stepped in some gum.
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192. Stop depending on the Gizmos
and use your head.
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193. Wherever he took the scientist
has to have lot of electricity
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194. to run all that equipment.
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195. Sure like a hydroelectric dam
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196. or a ball park or the subway.
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197. Not the subway, but I think you
are on a right track. Come on.
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198. All systems go, doctor.
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199. It's not working, what's wrong?
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200. We don't know. All the computer
models say this should do it.
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201. Maybe it's another
power overload.
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202. How do you know
about the overload?
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203. I guess I heard it on the news.
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204. We never divulged that
to the public.
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205. You know, the power couplings
were burned from the outside.
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206. Yeah, so what?
I just heard about it, okay?
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207. From where?
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208. I don't know. Maybe you told me.
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209. No, I didn't.
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210. Alright, alright. I snuck into
the lab during experiment.
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211. I-I melted a cable,
it wasn't on purpose.
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212. How could you?
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213. I said it was an accident.
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214. Hey, you're the one
who tried to be normal.
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215. You were gonna bust up the team.
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216. Yeah, and I'm about to make you
wish I did.
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217. You lied to me.
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218. Everyone lied to me.
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219. Everyone's gonna pay.
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220. The old cable car depot.
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221. How'd you know they'd be here?
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222. This was the closest place
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223. with an industrial power supply.
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224. I could feel all the electricity
surging this way with my power.
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225. Out of my way!
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226. She's in the sewers.
I'll go after her.
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227. Wait, we gotta get
those guys out.
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228. Thank you, this is what's left
of the antidote
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229. not that it seems to be
all effective.
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230. No, it's fine.
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231. It's what you did with it
that was wrong.
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232. I'm not following.
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233. You kept zapping Aqua Maria
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234. with an electric charge.
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235. But what you need to is
electrify the antidote itself.
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236. Then it'll work.
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237. But for the antidote to hold
a charge for long enough.
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238. We'd need a huge jolt
of electricity.
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239. Correction, a static size jolt.
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240. Stand back.
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241. You have to find, Maria.
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242. The more water she absorbs
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243. the stronger she becomes.
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244. Bro, she was headed east.
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245. 'Straight for lake Dakota.'
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246. If she gets to the lake
she'll have enough water
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247. to swamp the entire state.
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248. - And if she reaches the ocean.
- The whole planet takes a bath.
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249. Wait, I know how
to slow her down.
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250. If I could tap into Dakota water
and power station..
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251. Huh?
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252. All the sewer lines are closing.
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253. There she goes.
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254. Get away from me.
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255. - Ah!
- Whoa!
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256. How you holding up?
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257. If I get any wetter I'm gonna..
Look out!
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258. Static, where are you?
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259. Here!
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260. Totally shorted out.
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261. You two are going under
for the last time
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262. and Dakota's going under
with you!
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263. Not necessarily!
Gear, I'm open.
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264. And Gear passes to Static.
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265. Static grabs it,
shoots from the top of the key.
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266. Surf's up!
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267. - Ohh!
- 'She's solid.'
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268. - For now.
- But we gotta get her back.
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269. Hey, Gear, know what I want
for my next birthday?
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270. No, what?
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271. A wet suit.
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272. 'Will this final dose
keep her solid permanently?'
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273. 'It should.'
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274. - Is she gonna be okay?
- Yes she's gonna be fine.
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275. The first of many I hope.
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276. Maybe some day everything
can get back to normal.
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277. - Right, bro? What's with you?
- Huh?
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278. Ever since we took that
dip in the lake
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279. I got water in my ears.
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280. Excuse me a minute. Huh!
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281. - Yeow!
- Ahh! That's better.
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