ISSUE 207: World Without Mom

**ISSUE #207: World Without Mom** is the seventh episode of *Season 2 of* Raising Dion*.*

## Plot

### Overview

As Pat clings to life, Nicole resolves to share a special day with Dion. At BIONA, David gives a major presentation and Simone makes a move.

### Full Plot Summary

Pat has injected himself with all the P-DNA that Biona had managed to isolate, and falls into a deep coma, with Biona trying their best to keep him alive. Jorge Suarez is able to stabalize Pat, but what the powered DNA will do to him is anyone’s guess. And now that Pat used up all their samples, Biona has nothing left to further their research with.

At their home, Nicole tries to postpone taking the last of the serum to give herself some more time. To cheer up Dion, she allows him to finally ride his bike to school, but secretly follows him in the car to keep an eye on him, while she in turn is watched by Brayden.

After Dion is at school, Nicole has lunch with Simone to ask her to also keep an eye on Dion after she is gone. Simone initially agrees, but gets second thoughts when Nicole tells her about the Crooked Man and how it hunts powered people, Dion in particular. At Biona, Janelle making excellent progress during her training session with Tevin. She also finally gets to talk to Fernando, and the two agree to go out once, after they first go to Dion’s show tonight. Janelle expresses her desire to become a trainer at Biona herself, but her mom turns her down.

With Dion still at school, Nicole makes a video message for him for after she is gone. At Biona, David gives  a presentation to Biona’s board about the P-DNA and how it can be used to give people superpowers. Much to his dismay however, the board considers the idea insane, especially considering how much money BIONA already spend on covering up the aftermath of the Aurora Event, and how the first attempt at curing one of the plant creatures ended up killing it. They turn him down and even hint that he will get fired for this. As David angrily leaves the room, he comes across the med bay and sees the unconscious Pat.

That evening, Simone and Janelle are in the car, but rather than going to McKoy Park Elementary for the show, Simone announces they are heading back to Chicago. She justifies her decision by stating she wants to keep Janelle safe from the Crooked Man, but Janelle calls her out for abandoning Dion, who will soon be an orphan, and taking her away from the one place where she felt understood and at home. Janelle’s anger triggers another power in her and she vanishes in a flash of light.

At school, everybody is preparing for the musical, though Dion is understandably not in the mood due to Nicole’s sickness. Kwame reminds him that Nicole would always put on a good show, even if she felt down, because she did it for the audience.  Before the show starts, Kat gets a phone call from Suzanne, who asks her to come to Biona right away to see what P-DNA they can still salvage from Pat. Then Brayden reaches out to Dion, attackin him with a mental assault that gives Dion a huge headache. He orders Dion to meet him at the football field to settle this once and for all, while he summons the plant monsters to back him up.

## 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
* David Juan de la Barcena as Fernando Diaz
* Gavin Munn as Jonathan King
* J Harrison Ghee as Kwame
* Christian Gonzales as Dr. Jorge Suarez
* Irene Ziegler as Cora