Season One Episode 4: Nephila, Midas, Medusa

## Synopsis for "Nephila, Midas, Medusa"

### Damien's Crime Scene - May 24, 2018

On a Wednesday morning, the CSI is conducting an investigation about the gold statue that was once an actual man.

### Damien on the Run

Vincent is finishing a phone call with their friend's family. Damien asks as to whether he informed them of his murder, to which Vincent responds that he did not. Damien and Vincent wait for Damien's uncle / Vincent's father to recover, leaving Damien to ask Vincent "What now?" and Vincent responding that he doesn't know.

### Last Day of School 2018

In Joey's school class, the teacher is giving information about a school program. Joey is seated with Oscar, Ayo, and another friend, Adam, who raises his hand to indicate that he cannot see. Joey jokes about his lazy eyes, saying, "Well, if you open your eyes...!" Ayo, Oscar, and others laugh while Adam laughs sarcastically, and they are unable to suppress their laughter even when the teacher says something.

After class, Joey and several other students later apply for the scholarship. Joey then meets up with Scarlette and Ayo, and Joey asks about Scarlette's whereabouts "yesterday," as in why she left school early. Scarlette responds by moving to a safe location where no one can see them, informing and demonstrating her powers to him and Ayo, as she trusts them.

Later, Joey and Scarlette are in a History tutoring class, attempting to increase their History credits. Before they get their schoolwork to earn credit, they converse while are looking at a canvas of an astronaut on the ceiling along with other pictures in different areas of the ceiling. Scarlette asks why one of the paintings depicting an astronaut does not have space behind him like the rest of the pic. Joey states that he thinks it's "his Space Backpack Breather," but Scarlette corrects him sarcastically, stating that it is an oxygen tank. Joey replies "Oh, yeah" before they both laugh.

### Joey informing his parents of the scholarship

Later that afternoon, when Joey finishes his homework, he goes to the kitchen where his parents are eating and since they're there, he uses this opportunity to inform them about the school application he applied for, which they then engage into a conversation about.

### Erick meeting Damien

Erick is aware that Damien is the individual who transformed the man into gold earlier, as he is aware of Damien's abilities, so that night when Damien returns home, he finds Erick sitting in a chair in the dark.

Caliber, an assassin, is standing behind Erick in the kitchen, simply just looking around.

Damien asks as to who they are. Erick informs him of who he is, but claims he doesn't know Ivan. That he only knows what he does. Erick continues his conversation with Damien, claiming that Damien also stole something that belongs to him. Damien is nearly clueless, and when the situation becomes tense, he flees, prompting Erick to send Ivan after him, but Damien eventually loses him due to his superior speed.

### Joey's Field Trip

The next day, Joey and other students board a bus at 8:00 a.m. and on a two-hour and thirty-minute drive away.

### Protecting Damien

Meanwhile, Vincent meets Damien at a hotel, hiding from Erick. He plans to force Damien to stay there for a while. Vincent then attends to the household's needs as a means of protecting him from what he's been told about Erick.

### Erick looking at a Computer Screen, talking about Damien

Erick is sitting in a dark room, staring at a computer screen, talking on the phone with his boss Dr. Liam Stephenson, a famous scientist, being the founder and original CEO of G.I.L.T., who specialized in experimental science, military research and cybernetics, while also secretly both working with the military and maintaining his own militia, all of which are unknown to G.I.L.T. employees as well. They are discussing what Damien is capable of, claiming he is unique despite having touched the same substance, and concluding that it could be their distinct genes and DNA.

### Joey's Field Trip

On the field trip, Joey and the other students are all given the HC-C10 Serum during the trip. The same serum that was responsible for the "Global Tragedy" and for the emergence of the "Dysfunction Syndrome." They were linked and mingled with two other elements. Joey's serum appeared to be clear as water, fooling him into believing he is drinking water. Others drank green, red, blue, yellow and other randomly picked "juice's". They were subjected to testing upon their arrival at Syndicate Industries, already being sedated from the drinks they had. For a little under a day, Joey was experimented upon in the base. The Syndicate Industries wanted to see if his abilities could be triggered, but discovered that his water healing abilities could not be replicated. After experimentation and waking up, Joey remained aware of his surroundings, and noticed some of the abductees disappeared until later, when the workers decided to transport Joey and the other students back to Hughsworth, Texas, to keep suspicions to a minimum.

### Ayo Opening Up about White Shadow and Offering Help to Scarlette

After school, Joey returns and gets on a bus. At the same time, Ayo informs Scarlette that he is the White Blur. Scarlette doesn't believe him, but Ayo is serious. He asks if he, Kaliyah, Kimbrianna and Nick come talk to her about helping her in using her powers. Scarlette is unsure if her parents would allow it.

### Joey Returning Home

Joey, not knowing much about the field trip, returns home exhausted and falls asleep while listening to music on his Bluetooth speakers and relaxing halfway on the bed.

### Scarlette and Evangeline's Talk About Help

Later that evening, Ayo, Kimbrianna, Kaliyah and Nick are at Scarlette's front door. Scarlette yells for Evangeline as she answers the door, stating that she has some friends she'd like her to meet, despite the fact that this is also her first meeting with Kaliyah and Nick. Both parents express hesitation about Nick's offer to assist Scarlette during a conversation in the living room. Evangeline inquires as to why Scarlette informed them of her abilities and that they should remain secret, to which Scarlette responds that she trusts Ayo. Evangeline suggests that perhaps she does not trust Ayo enough since he informed Nick and the others of Scarlette's abilities, then turns to Ayo and questions who else he told and why she should trust them. Ayo, after some consideration, states that he is the White Blur. Evangeline insists that White Blur is a myth and that Ayo is incapable of being White Blur. Scarlette declares "It's true. With so many people possessing abilities, do you believe there is no possibility of the White Blur being real?" Kimbrianna interrupts stating that "it's actually White Shadow, but people know him as the Blur." After a great pause of awkward silence, Evangeline responds, claiming that even if White Blur is real, how will Ayo be able to prove it is him. Suddenly, Ayo appears on the other side of the room, demonstrating his speed. Both parents are baffled and Evangeline declares that she can no longer deal with this. Scarlette pleads to both parents to let them help her, and Evangeline looks at Alexander before she complies, saying "fine." Alex says she can go.

### Interrogated by Erick Sims

That same evening, Erick finds Vincent in a restaurant, where he is purchasing food for him and Damien. Erick attempts a normal conversation at first, but Vincent is aware of his identity and ignores him after informing him that he knows and he's not interested. Erick follows Vincent out the door. During a drive, Vincent, being cautious, simply drives around. Erick notices that Vincent is just driving, and turns around, driving in front of Vincent from the opposite direction, effectively stopping Vincent's car. Erick transforms his skin into gold and knocks Vincent out with a backhand, then takes Vincent.

Later, Vincent is tied to a chair inside, with Erick standing over him. Vincent constantly refuses to reveal Damien's location, but it appears that he eventually does, as Ivan is later that night watching Damien outside the window of his hotel room as Caliber.

Damien squares off against Caliber and loses.

Damien is then brought to Erick by Caliber. As Erick intends to extract Damien's DNA, Damien attempts to flee, but Caliber is unable to apprehend him. Erick transforms into gold and knocks Damien to the ground. Caliber doesn't like what's going on, and begins pursuing Erick, while Damien gets back up and flees. Erick and Ivan are engaged in combat. Ivan evades capture by detonating a smoke bomb.

Erick, in his capacity as a crime boss, orders the assassination of Caliber. Erick informs his constituents that  "Ivan Adebayo is the one underneath that helmet. If you are unable to locate the assassin, locate Ivan. They are the same person."

Erick is aware that Caliber is Ivan, but Ivan continues to believe his identity is concealed.

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