Alter Egos Page #6

[Zapping]

- Okay.

Okay.

It was a setup.

That's why we chose

this out-of-the-way place.

Supercorps needs

an active supervillain

so that people need us again.

Then we can get

our funding restored.

- For that you were going

to let me die?

- Brendan.

- He was supposed

to be your friend.

- You were supposed

to be my friend.

- That's right.

He betrayed you.

- He set you up

and left you here to die.

- Brendan, don't.

- He abandoned you, Brendan.

You've been carrying this pain

around with you

your entire life,

and he deserves to die.

- Don't listen to him.

- He deserves...

- No one.

- To die!

[Zapping]

[Ice crackling]

- He made me do it.

- He wanted to die.

- He confessed to everything.

This clears my dad's name.

We've got to tell the

supercorps.

- They know.

They were watching.

There's a camera.

- So it's all on tape.

They heard everything.

- There's no sound.

- There's no sound?

- We didn't need it.

- Okay, then you've got to call

captain amazingness.

Tell him what happened.

- Yeah, maybe...

Maybe there's still time.

- Still time for what?

- Maybe I can stop him.

[Phone ringing]

- What are you talking about?

- Hey, C-Thru, job well done.

- Thank you, sir.

- We got it all on tape.

- Sir, is it possible

that we can still--

- I just sent out the story

with the clip.

Get to a TV.

It's all over the news.

You should be proud, C-Thru.

You just saved the corps.

- What did he say?

What did he say?

- Even when you're not

fighting supervillians,

your teeth are fighting plaque.

- Bring you an emergency

news bulletin.

Refrigerator,

the superhero known as Fridge,

has turned to the dark side.

His whereabouts are unknown,

but in this exclusive

video clip,

you can see Fridge committing

the murderous act.

Experts are analyzing

the footage right now

to find out where exactly

it could be.

The supercorps are organizing

their efforts to find him,

and captain amazingness says

it's a shame they don't have

the funding they once had.

He asks for the cooperation

of all citizens.

If you see this villain...

- You son of a b*tch.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God,

I know what this is about.

- Yeah, it's about

the supercorps.

It's about our company

getting its funding back.

- Oh, come on,

you never once questioned

captain amazingness's motives?

- Yeah, of course I did.

That's why I came back.

- God damn it.

I slept with margo amazingness.

- What?

- Yeah, I slept with

captain amazingness's wife,

okay?

He must have found out.

- You're serious.

- Yeah, totally serious.

- When?

- Christmas party.

She had that miniskirt.

- No.

- Knee-highs.

Crazy red heels.

- No, it can't be about that.

- Then why me?

- No, captain amazingness--

- if they want a supervillain,

why not take one from jail?

There's got to be

over 400 of them there.

Why me?

I can't even talk to you.

I got to go.

I'm about to be hunted down

by the goddamn supercorps.

- I'm gonna make this up to you,

man.

I'll hide shrink's body.

That will slow their

investigation for a bit, and--

I don't know, give you some time

to get out of the country

or something.

- Don't act like you're doing me

any favors, okay, a**hole?

And listen to me very carefully.

As far as I'm concerned,

from now on,

you and me are strangers.

- Hey, Brendan.

- What?

- You know,

for whatever it's worth,

that girl claudel

really likes you.

I mean I just saw her down there

making cupcakes

with Dr. Seuss drawings on them.

- Well, that might

have been nice, C-Thru,

but I don't think

she really wants

to go on the run

with a supervillain, do you?

- Couldn't hurt to ask.

Hey.

Margo amazingness, really?

- Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

Oh, um, moon dog,

do you know where claudel is?

- She said it's okay

if I use her jewelry-making kit.

- Yeah, okay.

- I'm making this

for that superhero, Fridge.

Think he'll like it?

- [Chuckles bitterly]

I think he would have loved it.

But he's a supervillain now,

so you might want

to keep your distance.

- Eh, supervillain, superhero--

those are just labels, man.

- Yeah, right.

Look, have you seen claudel?

- Yeah, she's out back.

- Great.

- Hey, how did you know my name?

- You look like a moon dog.

Hey.

Before you say anything,

I just--

I want to tell you some stuff.

Um, I'm Fridge.

I was a superhero.

And not a very good one.

- That's why you were acting

so strange,

'cause you couldn't tell me

who you really were.

- No, who I really am

is Brendan--is this guy.

I just didn't want

to tell you about Fridge,

because, well, you seem to hate

superheroes so much, so...

- I don't hate superheroes.

It's just, um, complicated.

- Oh, no, I get it.

I just wanted to say

that before I met you,

my life was an emotional

nightmare, basically.

And you saved me from that.

You did,

because you seemed to like me

for the real me.

And that felt really nice.

And I just kind of wish that we

could start from scratch.

- Well, you know,

there's nothing stopping us

from doing that.

We just met.

- Well, actually,

there is one thing stopping us.

- What?

- There is a giant conspiracy

to use my alter ego

to get government funding back

for superheroes.

- Wow.

- Yeah.

- So that's it.

No dinner?

[Romantic music playing]

- you don't need

to leap over buildings

in a single bound

or run to me faster

than the speed of sound

you don't need X-ray vision

to look into my heart

you're my hero

just the way you are

just the way you are

you don't need to fly

around the world

to show a girl a good time

you don't need telepathy

you can already read my mind

and you don't need

super strength

to hold me in your arms

you're my hero

just the way you are

[dramatic music]

- Hey.

Who's that?

- I can explain.

- This is good.

- This doesn't involve the cops.

I suggest you put the gun away.

- You know, I always wanted

to be one of you guys--

colorful uniform, publicist,

alter ego.

By day,

And by night, doctor invisible.

Maybe...Captain unseeable.

- We can do that.

- That's where I belong.

- That can still happen.

Just put the gun away.

- You know, at least claudel

made me feel special.

But you had to try and rob me

of that as well, didn't you?

- Officer!

[Gunshots]

- No, no, no, hold on a second.

That could be dangerous.

- Well, aren't you used

to danger,

being a superhero?

- [Sighs]

Sh*t.

I don't even have my uniform.

- Brendan?

You don't need your uniform.

- Freeze.

- But I thought you said

you were Fridge.

- I was.

- You didn't get the joke, babe.

I said, "freeze,"

and I'm dressed as the freezer.

- Fridge.

It's short for refrigerator.

- Jimmy, what are you doing

in that outfit?

- I'm a superhero now.

All I have to do

is change this letter to a "g"

for gun power.

- He shot C-Thru.

- It's a bird.

It's a plane.

[Gunshot]

It's a stupid dead b*tch.

[Zapping]

[Ice crackling]

- [Panting]

Oh, God.

Oh, no.

- I'm gonna be fine.

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