"on "Killjoys"..." "Whatever Khlyen did to me gave me some kind of control over the plasma." " Delle Seyah." "Wasn't sure you'd actually show." " So you aren't coming back yet." " Back home soon." "Tap my heart." " You are now a black mark on every other RAC unit in the J colonies." "new head bitch in charge." " On what planet were you a warlord?" "like you don't have skeletons?" "meet old nerd." "that looks like something you'd call the Remnant." " Put your ego aside and figure out how to open this for the team." "Or we'll never find Aneela." " Welcome to my ship." "Tell me everything." "baby." "Come to Papa." " Don't touch it!" "The Remnant's core temperature is 50 degrees below its exterior." " I know." "See my pretty gloves?" " Which won't protect you from a super-pretty plague." "nerds." "Turin built us this super pretty Black Site so you two pocket protectors can play nice." "what's the problem?" "In normal people words. and possibly contagious." " And you were just gonna laser it in half?" " Do I tell you how to punch things?" " So we are no closer to opening it?" " Depends... unzip your shirt and show me your nipples." " Remember when we talked about "office appropriate"?" " It's not for anything weird." "I just want to attach these and get some readings." " Of what?" " You obviously have some kind of mojo over Hullen plasma and tech." "maybe you can open the Remnant like how you opened the Hullen ship." " You sign off on this?" "you wanted us to play nice. rub it on you? me and my nipples are off limits until you can do some more research." "let's go." " Where are you going?" " Killjoy stuff." "Johnny becomes a man." "wait." "I'm not ready." "five shots." " I was hoping for the alcohol kind." "Jaqobis?" "okay?" "yeah?" "Fold him in half!" " Let a girl tag in." " Be my guest." " Our newest Level V!" "Johnny Jaqobis!" "next round's on Turin." " Only one!" "Bunch of degenerates." "♪" " Big day for our boy." " I guess." "Just feels weird celebrating RAC ranks when we know it's been infiltrated by the Hullen." "General D." "Someone's got that urge to purge." "but I can't do it alone." "And we still have no pilots for our mystery fleet." "No heavy infantry." " We're on our last keg of Kyrellian Hokk." " Then be a peach and bring up a case of Yyzati instead." "I like when you lift heavy things." "okay." " Didn't I break his leg once?" " Gared?" "Maybe." " And then you stabbed him because he was trying to steal your bar. but we worked it out." "He's much better at feelings now." "are you blushing?" "I glow." "princess." "Everything on my side of the bar is my business." "Everything on your side of the bar... is my business." "♪" " Hey." "Thanks." "Getting a promotion when your bosses might be evil parasites but..." "I really wanted my Level V. so many Killjoys missing. but your sister-partner there shot me down every time I tried." "♪" " Dutch rank-blocked me?" "Why?" "Jaqobis." "You accept drinks from out-of-townies?" " I always accept drinks from the little people." "Thanks." "no bribes." "All:" "The Warrant is all." "♪" "Name's Flik." "You've been locked and served." "right." "like hells I am!" "For what?" " For the murder of Delle Seyah Kendry." "♪ ooh ooh ooh" " No one's taking Johnny anywhere." " Just doing my job." "Black Warrant came through Banyon." "whoa." "Cool your assholes." "I order you to lower your God damn weapons." "♪ ♪" " What about them?" " We never listen to him. and the Nine didn't say shit about Delle Seyah." "obviously." "Little Jaqobis would never kill a Niner." "He's the smart one." "tell them." "♪" " The Warrant's legit?" " Now that we all agree..." " No kill shots till we sort this out!" "♪ ♪" " Should I turn myself in?" " Shut up and shoot." "♪" " Aah!" "♪ ♪" " Shit!" "♪" "I thought you took no sides!" "I also take no shit!" " Black Warrants are open Warrants." "sugar cheeks." "Remote cams show more on the way." " Come on." "D'av'll have to catch up." "D'av." "♪" "Be a lamb and lock up?" "right?" "Right? and four registered Killjoy ships just entered Westerley's atmosphere." "I suggest we scooch." "Yesterday." " Scooching." " Who wants my brother?" "buddy." "Aah!" "Lucy's got too many admirers." "You need to hitch a ride with Turin." " Send me coordinates as soon as you've got them." "Drop your guns!" " Aah!" "Aah!" "Ugh!" "Jaqobis." "Killjoy to Killjoy." "You really gonna shoot a brother of the badge?" " I only have one brother." " Aah!" " Huh? I'm gonna peel their balls like grapes." "man." "hippie." " All their weapons were on "stun." " No one uses "stun" for a Black Warrant." " Stun." " Aah!" "Oh." "I'm okay!" "not kill him." "They want him alive." " Then things are looking up." "but up." " Up?" "We were completely blindsided." "How could you now know there was a Warrant on one of your own?" " How could you not know your brother killed Delle Seyah?" "it was in self-defense." "Johnny wouldn't murder anyone." "He doesn't have it in him." "find a way to fix this." "But her icing me out means she doesn't trust me and we still don't know whether she's playing for the Hullen." " What do we do with him?" " He a bleeder?" "Dump him somewhere." "Can't lock up a Killjoy on a legal warrant." "Draw too much attention." " But he'll go straight after Johnny." " Furry Jaqobis'll be fine." "He's got Dutch and a whole galaxy to hide in." "But it ain't gonna change the fact that he killed a God damn Niner." " Delle Seyah Kendry is a traitor and a murderer. he should get a God damn medal." "I'll head for Borian's Belt." "The asteroids should buy us some cover." " What is it with you and asteroids?" " They're hard and full of secrets." "Like you." " Secrets." "Like how you forgot to tell us you're wanted for murder?" "John." "she still has allies." " What is it?" " The green is a living repository for our collective Hullen memories." "all our knowledge into it." "What's the point of eternal life if you can't remember all you've lived?" " Sounds like a living data cloud." "Or a biocomputer." " Poor bunny." "Your mind is still so adorably human." "Don't worry." "That will fade." " Show me how it works." " Slowly." "It can be overwhelming." "♪" "Ah." "Whoa." "What was that?" " The beginning." " We've still got a tail loose." " The field's magnetic interference is masking our ionic signature." "We appear to have shaken them for now." " Speak up if you detect any ships coming into range." "John." "girl." "Just kicking myself for coming back." " Why didn't you tell us about Delle Seyah?" " The Nine go pretty hard for revenge porn." "I didn't want you or D'av playing a starring role." " But you should have come to us." "Before you killed her." " I didn't want you to stop me." "I wanted her dead." "Dutch." "but I'm not." "You can't protect me from every punch." "Even though you keep trying." " Magnetic storm's rolling in." "floaty rocks when she hits." " We're still safer in here as long as that Warrant is still active." " John needs a place to lay low." "You need recruits for our war." "What if I can work a little two-for-one special?" "You are so lucky I hopped this train." " I don't care what Turin says." "He's talking before he's walking." " Aah!" "buddy." "How you feeling?" " Upside-downy." " How about telling me where you were taking my brother?" " How about shoving a knuckle wrench up your butt?" "Aah!" "I apologize." " We'll try that again." "Where were you taking Johnny?" " I don't know..." "Aah!" "Ugh!" "orders are to get him in cryo and wait for extraction coordinates." " Why cryo?" " Because wherever they're it sure as hells ain't a day trip." "Johnny's way off the grid by now." "Good luck finding him." "♪" " So no pool where we're going?" " Ohron's more of an ice rink kind of moon." " Ohron?" "♪ baby." "what way are we talking about?" "the most badass outlaw mercenaries in the J." "How do you not know this?" " Because I grew up and you grew up reading comic books and building robot dogs." "but wait... wait a minute." "Only the Ferran know Ohron's location." "How in the hells did you get it?" " I may have kinda run with them for a bit." "But people get so shady when you say you're ex-Ferran." " Won't the old gang be a bit pissed that you've given up their secret base?" " Family forgives... right?" " I hope Pree didn't grow his hair out for nothing." " It's all about making an entrance." "♪ ♪" " Blond?" "Did not see that coming." "The man is a cave of wonders." " Flare shot." "♪" "The beacon is lit." " The Johnny is impressed." " How long do we wait for?" "honey bun." "They're already here." " Particle displacement shield." "Nice." "So great to meet you guys." "Huge fans." "Huge." " I come claiming sanctuary." " Who makes the claim?" " Prima Dezz." "Who you knew as Varrick." " Varrick?" "Both:" "Varrick?" " Does "Prima Dezz" sound like a warlord to you?" " Close family." "You haven't changed." "You raging meat stick." "Pree definitely has a type." "Varrick." " You used to like that about me." " You swore to lead us until death." " You led the Ferran?" " Teensy bit." "Varrick swore to lead you." "And Varrick died during the Jasper raids." "Prima Dezz hopped a freighter to Westerley." "you're dumber than I thought coming back here." "You know the price of betrayal." " I risked it to help save a good man." "Lachlan." "but we're not... together." " Johnny's being hunted." "Like you all once were." "Accuse me of whatever you want." "and you betray everything the Ferran believe." " What about her?" " We're a package deal." "We're prepared to pay our keep." " The finest weaponry money can't buy." " It's not enough." " What?" "Do you know what you can get for a double-cannon Nitrobarken?" "It's not even legal in half the J." "Lachlan?" " Your life for their safety will do just fine." " Drag a comb through that nest." "Do us all a favor." " I should have been told there was a Black Warrant on Jaqobis. and been right back up on that wall." "Magically slipped through our fingers again." " Internal Affairs isn't your damn job." " You couldn't do my job." "That's why I'm here." "and I read your files on "Team Awesome Force." "Sweetest hate letter ever written. none of it ever sticks." "or are we just talking dirty?" "Turin?" "I got their back." "Even the assholes get a fair shake." "That's the way I lead." " And that's why you'll fall." "Jaqobis killed Delle Seyah." "Here's your proof." " Where's the rest of the footage?" " That's all Turin sent from the old Company street cams." "not the head." " You think she survived?" " No state funeral." "No backstabbing to replace her." "It's a pretty quiet exit for a drama queen like Delle Seyah." "maybe there's something in the alley-cam archives." " Pree has alley-cams?" "bless his little voyeur heart." "♪" " Why would you bring us here if your ex was gonna kill you?" " Lachlan used to find me very charming." "So what happened to you guys? it's all sunsets and fireworks until it isn't." " How long since you ran out on him?" " Long enough to imagine all the ways to make me suffer for it." "Lachlan's a man of his word." "The Ferran will protect Johnny." "the two of you need to figure out a way to save my sweet tush. about the Ferran being hunted?" " The Ferran are all refugee soldiers from corrupt wars." " You mean deserters." "conscientious deserters." " The Ferran believe a true soldier risks his life for more than corporate or feudal interests." "saving an entire human race?" "make sure Lachlan eats first." "He's a real bear when his blood sugar crashes." "Do not poke the bear." " Cramming for exams?" " Standing contract on Muvallah." "I've already sent half my people." "How are you at running campaigns?" " I'm more of a "mission" girl." "right. but Varrick broke our laws." "I couldn't save him if I wanted to. how is what Pree did any different?" " The Ferran fight for two things:" "Just wars and each other." "Pree betrayed both when he hopped a freighter to Westerley." " Pree risked his life for Old Town when the Company bombed it to shit." "That is not a man who ran out on honor." " He abandoned his post." " He abandoned you." "Isn't that what this is really about?" " Careful." " I don't have time to be careful." "The war Pree and I are getting ready to fight will shake the entire J." "Free him." "Join us." "It will be the Ferran's most righteous fight yet." "everything you fight for dies." "honor." "what would a Killjoy know about honor?" " I know that you are killing a good man because of a broken heart." "Where's the honor in that?" "♪" " Sorry about shooting you before." "It's not cool." " Happens all the time." "I got that kind of face." " Pree seems to like it." "Are you and Pree..." " Hells if I know." "Man's locked up tighter than a Niner's asshole." "Johnny forgot to mention that he murdered the Queen of the Quad." "Both:" "Dudes... here we go." "♪" "Johnny." "at least now you got proof." "You gonna send it to Turin?" " No." "This calls for a personal delivery." "♪" " I've made my decision." "You'll be tried by proxy." "one for Pree's life..." " Dutch." "I choose Dutch." "Pumpkin." " Ah..." " The other for an alliance with the Ferran against the Hullen..." " Son of a bitch." " And on trial for the Ferran..." " Don't do it..." " Will be John Jaqobis." "Our friend's life or the lives of the entire J." "Let your honor decide which is the worthier fight." "♪ didn't you?" " Each champion must undergo three trials: and spirit." "May their honor lead them to victory." " My honor's feeling a bit drafty." " First to cut the sigil from their opponent without drawing blood takes the challenge." "Trial begins." " So how we doing this?" " Carefully." "I don't want to accidentally hurt you." "Make it look good when you lose." "hang on." "You think that I can't win?" "Uh-oh." "Got one." "we're fighting for Pree's life." " You don't have to win..." "All three." "Aah!" "This one's mine." "♪" " What the hells?" "What are you doing?" " I'm just putting on a good show." " First trial is over!" "did I... win?" "♪" " Not even close." "but I trained for VI." "♪" " But you have proof Delle Seyah is alive." "not sides." " The Warrant is bullshit." " Why?" "So he didn't kill her then." "Prove he didn't kill her later." "Or is this home movie all you've got?" " Delle Seyah is behind this." "John is being set up." "you could challenge the Warrant." " You want me to challenge this Warrant?" "Drag her highness in here by the hair." "Prove she's still alive." "get the hells out of my office." "♪" " First to shoot the target takes the challenge of the mind." " Pretty simple." "So where does the mind part come in?" "♪" " Oh." " Gotcha." "♪" " Begin." " 50 joy says I smoke your ass." " 100 says you eat that." "it is on." "♪" "Yes." "♪" "Jaqobis... eat what?" "Is the answer my dick?" "♪" " Khlyen's mystery box can wait." "Johnny killed Delle Seyah and now she's after him." " Not sure that makes sense." " Baroness von Batshit's gone full Hullen." "now that makes sense. ordered a Black Warrant on Johnny." "we've got a shot at shutting it down." "I used the green goo to connect to the Hullen's memory before." "Maybe I can do the same thing now that Delle Seyah's on the juice." "♪ remember?" " I read John's research. there is a surge of electrical activity in the hippocampus." "We'll try and match their brain's electrical activity by amping yours up." "Okay." "It's never just beer and fritters." " Ready?" " Mm-hmm." "Aah!" " Anything?" " A hemorrhage." " So not that." "Nerds." " Final challenges tests the spirit." "blindfolds." "Do we need your safe word?" " We're all chained by something." "This will help you see by what." "♪ ♪" "First one to free themselves..." "wins." "Johnny." "It's for Pree." "okay?" "boss." " Ooh." "Why are my eyes vomiting?" "♪" "The drink." "We must be tripping our balls off." "♪ ♪" "Uh-oh." "There's no more walls for you to hide behind." "What is up with you?" "I've been sensing this hot whiff of bitchery from you all day." " I know that you blocked Turin from giving me my Level V." "♪" "That should have stayed in my head." "shit." "I think we've been dosed with Truth Jakk." " Truth Jakk?" "Really? and your pottery's terrible." "okay." "The truth sets you free." "I get it." "blocking your Level V was a shitty thing to do." "But I did it to protect you." "You weren't ready." " I'm pretty sure that's not your choice." " Level Vs are cleared for Kill Warrants." "Johnny." " I put a bullet in Delle Seyah." "That was me." " And you couldn't handle it." "You ran away with Clara to play house." "Lucy sulked for months." " I took a little space because and you're inviting baby nerds onto our ship." "Zeph?" "We needed her help." "You were gone." " I was gonna come back." " I didn't want you to." "♪ you were Johnny Jaqobis." "sunshine optimist." "♪" "You weren't a murderer." "And I won't watch you turn into me." " Who I am... has nothing to do with you." "I am not the angel on your shoulder." "It is not my job to stop you from going full Khlyen and murdering everyone that gets in your way. and I know that now." "And I know that that's what this war is all about for you." "It's not about saving the J." "It's not about killing the Hullen." "You want to destroy Aneela to prove to dead Daddy K that you are better than her." "I am." "And I'm gonna win. and they can turn every one of us into one of them." "♪" "Dutch." " Then why did you come back?" " Uh... where's all this smoke coming from?" "♪" " Whoo!" "Smells like a sad drum circle in here." "♪" "Balls." "get one free." "We done?" "Did we win?" "Where in the hells are we?" "we're heavily restrained..." "I'd say." " Did we break up back there?" "Kind of felt like we broke up." "you wanted space." "I gave you space." " I was talking "actual space" space." "Not between us." "it's really hard when Mommy and Daddy fight." "What happened?" "Where are Dutch and John?" "You promised to protect them." " Trial is forfeit." "It's not our problem anymore." "I'm about to give your ass one." "lover boy." "Skipping out on you?" "Real dick move." "very sorry." " I don't care anymore." "But I did." "Varrick." " I know." "That's why I left." "You were born to lead the Ferran." "But the only way to take that place was for me to die." "One commander falls..." " Another rises." " Ferran law." "I left because you started risking your life to protect mine." "I wasn't gonna let you die." "Not for me. leaving you burned a hole in my heart." " Good." "♪" " So..." "You gonna forgive my gorgeous ass so we can save my friends?" "♪" " These puppies emit 300 volts if you step outside my drop pod." "No one wants to pass out in the middle of an icy moon." "Hypothermia and all." " How did you find us?" " Because I'm amazing." " You put a tracker in my shot glass." "Because I'm amazing." "Now say your good-byes while I prepare the cryo-pod for one Jaqobis popsicle." "Back in a jiff." "♪" " Hey." " Hmm?" " Do you know what?" "Maybe we're not even really here." "Maybe we're still trapped on that Ferran drugathon." "Aah." " You think so?" " Ow." "Brat." " You love it." "I do." "You're all grown up now." "Revenge killing like a big boy." "with just a hint of mad pirate." "Because that's what the ladies like." "I never wanted you gone." "I just wanted you to be safe." " When did we ever play it safe?" " Do you really think we're gonna lose this war?" "the numbers suck." "my bones tell me it's following you." "And that is why I came back." "I would have picked that lock in half the time." " Brat." " You love it." "♪" "Aah!" "don't look so grouchy." "I said "a jiff." "Time to put Jaqobis on ice." "Cocoa?" "That's how you apologize to me for nearly frying my brain?" " Steeped Makha root." "Natural opioid and mild hallucinogen." "you want me to get high." " Meditation and hallucinogens can access parts of the brain we normally can't. we'll try a gentler way in." "be specific when keying into Delle Seyah's memories." "Did she wear perfume?" "Smell is one of the most powerful memory triggers." " You want me to get high and sniff her panties?" " Do you have some?" " We really need to work on the whole joke thing." "Cheers." "♪" "Ugh... ♪" "♪" " Picture Delle Seyah in your mind." "Listen to the rhythm." "Close your eyes." " I can hear you mouth-breathing from here." "♪" " I'm almost used to your creepy little lurk." " Ah..." " How are you lessons coming?" "I hear the commander is teaching you the green." " I've always been a quick study." " Then you know there are no secrets from it." "she agreed to call off the Warrant for your Killjoy." "It risked exposing us." "We don't want a repeat of Arkyn." "didn't you?" " You're Hullen now." "Your old human vendettas are beneath you." " I thought you didn't think much was beneath me." " Hm." "I always forget how young you are." "It takes time to accept the change." "But... a word of caution:" "If you feel the commander's affections allow you to do as you please..." "Aneela always tires of her toys." "And then she breaks them." "♪" " I'll unjam your ship's comms as soon as I'm out of orbit." "Promise." "Anything else you need?" "We want your stay with us to be comfortable." " Awkward request then?" "I am free for drinks next week." " Itch I can't scratch." "Be a lad and help a girl out." "now it feels like that's gonna start with a back rub and end in a headlock." " Busted." "You really are amazing." "please." " That I can do." "♪" " Thanks." "♪" " Thirsty kitten." "♪" " Ah." "balls!" "Wha..." "Wha... what did you do to my eyes?" " Nerve gas implants." "Add water... then bite." "♪" "Johnny!" "♪ you're okay." " They all look like angels when they sleep." "Cavalry's here." " You're late." " Oh." "Oh." " Wake him when he's near a hot shower." "♪ and I'm not making smart choices." "or Pree?" " Lachlan's already onside." "the Ferran will answer." " No." "not if it means that Pree has to die on this cold sore of a moon." " Pree's free to go." "Varrick paid the Ferran price." " I had to put out." "A lot." "♪" "Thank you." "♪ uh... ♪" "right?" "♪" " Why did you let Gander call off the warrant?" "Her team is Dutch's one weakness." "I wanted Jaqobis brought here." " Who are you?" " Aneela?" "Are you all right?" " You see me?" " Aneela?" " What did Daddy do to you?" " You're the same." "You're exactly the same." " Tell her I'll see her soon." "♪" " Turin's confirmed it." "The warrant's off." " Praise the trees." "What's the ETA on Sleeping Beauty?" " Any minute." " That calls for a drink." "my bar." "Barstool privilege." "It's nice to see Lachlan and you made up." " We made out." "Not the same." " A kiss for an army." "Not a bad trade." "not war." "I say why choose?" "Thank you." "For saving my life." "♪ he was never gonna kill you." "So what do you think's next?" "Invite him home?" "Meet the parents?" "but Lachlan's happiest when he's bashing skulls for justice." "I do not come second." " I think you might come first in Gared's books." " We'll see if he survives basic training." " Ah... it stirs." " Ah..." " Hey." "Dutch..." " Did you sleep well?" " Ah..." " Good." "Welcome to Level V." "Ah..." " No more pulling punches." " Ah..." " Tap my heart." "♪" "♪" " ♪ Grow my wings like a butterfly ♪" "♪" " And she saw you?" " Just like Khlyen when I was in his memory." "I think." " What was she like?" " Powerful." "Possibly bonkers." "Dutch." " Good." "Solves the shit out of finding her." " Hmm." " She's not alone." "♪" "Delle Seyah's with her." "she's Hullen." "You didn't kill her." "♪" " I'm ready for round two if she is." " I've been on their ship." "It's a God damn city." "We are gonna need serious backup." " It's time we take what's ours back." "starting with our own." " You talking bug hunt?" " I'm talking God damn revolution." "Time to take back the RAC." "hallelujah ♪" "♪ I climb up through the trees ♪" "♪ I'm strong enough to bleed ♪" "♪ I grow my wings like a butterfly ♪" "I sing the hallelujah" "♪ Then I walk out on the water ♪" "♪ I'm not going under ♪"