ISSUE 208: Who You Are

**ISSUE #208: Who You Are** is the eighth and final episode of *Season 2 of* Raising Dion*.*

## Plot

### Overview

It's Esperanza's big night, but Dion and Nicole soon find themselves in a dangerous showdown against a familiar villain and his army.

### Full Plot

Brayden has summoned all the people he turned in to plant monsters to McKoy Park Elementary for a final showdown with Dion. Nicole wants to cancel the musical and evacuate the people, but Dion insists the show must go on since Brayden and his army will kill anyone who leaves the school. He explains the situation to Esperanza and Jonathan, who agree to keep the audience busy while Nicole and Dion fights Brayden. This does mean however that Dion has to miss his solo, so Kwame is forced to step in and perform the song for him.

While the musical starts, Dion and Nicole had outside to confront Brayden. They are soon joined by Tevin, and even Janelle, who used her powers to transport herself to the school in a pure energy form. However, even with all their powers they find themselves overwhelmed by the army. Dion plans to teleport himself and Brayden to a far location, but is unable to get hold of Brayden since Brayden can read Dion's mind and thus knows his strategy. When Dion realizes the Crooked Man is now in full control of Brayden, he tries to make Brayden snap out of the Crooked Man's hold. Dion fails, but Nicole is able to reach Brayden by reminding him of his mother. Brayden incapacitates his army and repels the Crooked Energy, while he tearfully hugs Nicole.

The crooked Energy is not done yet however and retreats into the sinkhole to use the plant there to create more plant monsters. Nicole still has the last vial of Serum Biona gave her, and theorizes that, since the serum kills both the infection and the host, it might be able to kill the plant that caused the infection. Dion volunteers to teleport into the sinkhole and inject the serum into the plant, which Nicole reluctantly agrees to. The plant tries to fight back with spores and it's roots, but Dion manages to complete his task. A huge explosion follows as the plant dies, but Dion survives. The death of the plant reverses the infection and all plant monsters turn back into humans. Nicole is also cured. With the danger over, Tevin offers to take care of Brayden, while Simone arrives and reconciles with Janelle. Together, they go back into the school, just in time to see Esperanza sing her song.

While all of this is going on at the school, Pat is still in Biona's medbay, with Kate and Jorge try to keep him alive. Pat briefly dies, but then his heart starts up again and he awakens from his coma. His experiment has paid off and he now has superpowers, which he immediately uses to disarm the guards and break out of the lab. David follows him, and offers a partnership, which Pat accepts. The Crooked Energy also arrives at Biona, needing a new host now that Brayden has rejected it, and Pat takes it back, making him the Crooked Man once more. Without anyone able to stop them, Pat and David leave.

Two days later, Kat has been offered a job at Biona, where she hopes to find a way to take Pat's powers away again. Dion has gone back to superheroing in his neighborhood before school, and this time with Nicole's permission.

In a post-credit scene, set some time in the future, Pat attacks Atlanta with an army of robots, but finds himself confronted by the now adult Dion.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Alisha Wainwright as Nicole Warren
* Ja'Siah Young as Dion Warren
* Jazmyn Simon as Kat Neese
* Sammi Haney as Esperanza Jimenez
* Ali Ahn as Suzanne Wu
* Griffin Robert Faulkner as Brayden Mills
* Josh Ventura as David Marsh
* Jason Ritter as Pat Rollins

### Guest roles

* Aubriana Davis as Janelle Carr
* Tracey Bonner as Simone Carr
* Rome Flynn as Tevin Wakefield
* J Harrison Ghee as Kwame
* Gavin Munn as Jonathan King
* Christian Gonzales as Dr. Jorge Suarez
* Michael Anthony as Gary Stafford
* Cade Tropeano as Dubious Boy