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-Come on. Chill out.

You can pick up a car, and you're six.

How different does it get?

-Don't tell her that.

-Don't be a jerk, man.

-What? Tucker, I'm not being a jerk.

-Children.

-Sorry.

-Okay, maybe this'II help.

I spent a Iot of time here at Camp Secret

when I was just about your age.

And you know what?

It pretty much

-ruined my Iife.

-Mr. Shepard.

Hey, the military would Iike you to be

just Iike me.

You have to work hard and focus.

But most of all, most important,

you're going to need

massive doses of Gamma-13 emissions.

So Iet's wheel in that big machine

and zap the Iittle guys, huh?

-That's not true. Mr. Shepard. Hallway.

-Right. Let's go to the hallway.

You guys want to slip into that Iead

underwear, you wanna protect your privates.

AIways the smart aleck.

But he is definitely the target, sir.

The center of the dimensional probing

is following Zoom here, from Long Beach.

We've finally found something

that Shepard excels at.

Being the bait.

If you can't get those kids

combat-ready in time,

I'II have to dose them with enough

Gamma-13 to sterilize a trailer park.

And if that should happen,

you can rest assured, sir,

that I will do everything in my power

to make sure it's not my fault.

I told you.

We will not be dosing the children.

Based on what we have in there, I think

you might want to dose them just a Iittle.

Come on. Drop them by a nuclear facility

and Ieave them there.

Or drop them off at the dentist and

have them x-rayed 200 or 300 times.

I don't think you understand

their sensitive condition.

What about my sensitive condition?

I'm being asked

to betray children for money.

-Are you done?

-I Ieft a Iittle pause there

in case you wanted to slip and fall again.

Grant, what am I doing here?

-Come on.

-Let me show you something.

Wow.

I made that suit for you.

Too bad you never got a chance to wear it.

-Welcome back, Zoom.

-It's Jack.

It's Zoom.

Wow.

Where'd you put... Is this...

Cool. Zoom comics.

Tucker, wait. Do not touch this.

This is a first edition.

Don't even touch the sleeve.

Now, everyone, please put on your

pH-balancing, antibacterial gloves.

Or not.

Why are you giving us these?

Well, I'm not giving them to you,

but I'm showing them to you

because yesterday you asked me

why Mr. Shepard was a great man.

Well,

this is why he's a great man.

Because he collects comic books?

No. Because he is the comic book.

Mr. Shepard is Captain Zoom.

And these comics are a record

of the incredible things that Zoom and

his amazing team did to protect mankind.

He was the Ieader of the Zenith team

faster than Quicksilver, the FIash

and Superman all together.

No way.

Way.

Zoom.

You're Captain Zoom.

-Can you eat fast, too?

-Zoom. Do something fast.

Well, I guess the cat's out of the bag, huh?

You don't Iook Iike a superhero.

I don't? Are you sure?

You know why?

Because I'm not a superhero.

There's no such thing as superheroes.

No matter what people told you around here,

you're not superheroes.

We're superheroes?

Awesome.

Yes.

You're definitely white kids, I'II tell you that.

-Yeah. What?

-Do we get names? And costumes?

-I'm sorry, what's your name again?

-Cindy Collins, age six.

Cindy Collins, age six. This isn't a parade.

Or a Girl Scout jamboree or some sleepover.

It's a military installation.

You get military stuff. Functional ware.

You see this? I used to be able

to move my entire body that fast.

So they put me

in a polycarbonate silicone suit.

That way I didn't vibrate out of my clothes.

You've got to stop doing that.

Can my superhero costume be a tutu?

Are you even trying to Iisten to me?

So what are they going to make us do?

I don't know, dude.

Let me think about that for just a minute.

And you're supposed to be training us.

Give me a break.

You can barely tie your shoes.

Come on, Iet's Iet Mr. Zoom

finish his oatmeal.

It's Cream ofWheat, dude.

It's remarkable. 2.5 tons per arm.

Wow, you shaved.

Wow, you noticed.

Would you believe that Iittle girl

is holding 5 tons above her head?

-Look at that.

-Wait.

Cindy, what are you wearing?

It's my alter eggo.

You mean your "alter ego"?

I'm a princess.

-Cindy, you're not a princess.

-But I Iook pretty.

Yeah, but pretty girls don't have any

real friends and they never get any respect.

Take Miss Holloway, for instance.

Hey.

Scatter.

Nice toss, Cindy. Really good.

Why don't you get a juice box

and a Rice Krispy treat?

It's unbelievable.

It's as if he's not even there.

-Because he's not there.

-He's escaped again.

Security, Code Dylan.

I repeat, Code Dylan. Thank you.

-I don't know why he does that.

-Because he doesn't Iike it here, Grant.

Don't know why not. It's good food.

Dr. Grant.

Tucker won't come out of the bullpen.

It's okay, Tucker.

I know you don't have any control

over this thing yet,

but can you please try to expand?

-I am trying, all right?

-You're wasting your time.

-Jack, you are undermining his confidence.

-What confidence?

He's a Iazy Iittle chubba bubba.

Hey, Marsha.

Exactly what part of him is this?

Help.

Hey there. Those kids

aren't going to be ready for anything.

Unless, of course,

you put Tucker in a vat of paint.

He swells up, you could do a room

in a couple of seconds. Other than that...

Well, maybe if you trained them at all...

Look, you know, it just might help

if I knew what I was training them for.

I'm sorry. I don't have time right now.

I'm Iate for a meeting.

Look out.

Oh, man... Hey, are you all right?

-Yes.

-That was some fall.

You know, you're a nice woman.

But this whole program is a mistake.

The Iast thing the world needs is

a bunch of kids running around in costumes

thinking that they're heroes.

Sorry.

What happened to you?

What happened to the Sacred Oath?

Issue number one.

"Faster than fast. Truer than true.

In the pursuit of justice

-"there is no speed Iimit."

-There is no speed Iimit.

Yeah. Are you bipolar?

It's a comic book.

It's government propaganda.

They made it up.

-I'm sorry. Who's talking?

-To cover up.

It wasn't true.

It's not... None of that stuff is true.

It was true to me.

The brain scans do not correlate

with the children's test results.

They are subconsciously suppressing

their full abilities.

We face an imminent threat.

These kids have got to be ready now.

Sir, it might help

if I knew what the imminent threat was.

Sorry I'm Iate. I didn't get the memo.

You know? But I heard the word

"imminent threat." What exactly...

Hold it, Shepard. We're holding a meeting

for people who matter,

and Miss Holloway.

Well,

I think maybe a big bowl of prunes

might turn that frown upside down, General.

Guards, take him where the Iosers are

plotting another failure. He knows the way.

-Go to see your family, huh?

-Get him out of here now.

Five days and counting.

Scatter.

Holloway.

You mind telling me what was going on

between you and Larraby?

Jack, it's Iate.

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