"Previously on "Heroes Reborn"..." "Lately I have been plagued with dreams:" "fire raining down and the twins saving the world under a clock tower in Odessa." " What are you doing?" " Saying good-bye." "This is your important destiny, my son." "Your father used to say that you are capable of far more than he ever was." "Tommy, I have a solution, a way to start again after the H.E.L.E." "I call it Gateway." "Who are you?" "I was Katana Girl." "We were part of something special, weren't we?" "Things change, Luke." "[gunshots] [flame whooshing]" "I'll take care of Malina." "You need to get her to a hospital right now." "Now that we've imprisoned the Master of Time and Space, we are ready to put him online." "[grunts]" "Otomo-san!" "No!" "It's time." "[computer beeping] [echoing] Help!" "Help!" "Help!" "Please!" "[wind whooshing]" " Where is everyone?" " Evacuated." "Everyone's been moved to the shelters." "What are you gonna do?" "I did some medevac training in the army." "There's not even electricity." "[electricity zapping] [power whirring]" "There is now." "[dramatic music]" "I don't understand." "Where's Tommy?" "♪ ♪" "He's not here." "They trapped him in "Evernow."" "We need to find Miko more than ever." "She's the only one who can go into the game and free Tommy." "Hello!" "[banging]" "[lights click]" "[ominous music]" "♪ ♪" "Got to go back, save my sister, save the world." "[garbled echo]" "♪ ♪" "Where am I?" "♪ ♪" "We are ready to link into the processor." "Start the presentation." "[computer beeping]" "By now, you all know the dire circumstances our planet faces." "The first of two very powerful solar flares is set to arrive momentarily." "♪ ♪" "For those who fear this is the end," "I assure you it is anything but." "In fact, for those of us here in Gateway, this is just the beginning." "♪ ♪" "Each and every one of you has been handpicked." "As promised from the beginning, an invitation to Gateway is indeed an invitation to the future." "All of you are now pioneers... ♪ ♪" "The first generation of what will become a new and improved world." "[screams]" "Greetings, Tommy." "Power core active." "Quantum sync..." "The devices you are wearing on your wrists are now active, signifying the launch of what we are calling... [devices beeping]" ""Project Reborn."" "[machinery whirring]" "In less than 30 seconds, the real work begins." "♪ ♪" "For those among us who have made personal sacrifices, we extend our collective gratitude." "Transfer sequence commencing." "Your bravery, your skills, and your shared commitment are the commodities upon which we will build a lasting future for generations to come." "Gateway portal open." "Gateway portal is stable." "On behalf of everyone at Renautas..." "Gateway transfer in 10..." "I thank you for your sacrifice... 8, 7," "6, 5... [whimpering]" "4, 3, 2, 1." "Maximum portal tolerance exceeded." "[grunts]" "Containment system overloading." "And I'll welcome you to our brave new world." "[static screeching] [power whirs down] [groans] [gasping]" "Gateway portal deactivated." "[screaming]" "Safety protocols engaged." "Thank you, Tommy." "Proton sync generator offline." "Main spherical connector is offline." "Heat modules offline." "Did it work?" "Power conversions offline." "[dramatic music]" "♪ ♪" "There's only one way to find out." "♪ ♪" "Welcome to the future." "♪ ♪ [wind whooshing] [ominous music] ♪ Take back my life song ♪" "♪ ♪" "Welcome to the new Gateway." "This device acts not only as a timepiece but contains all personal information you will need to navigate Gateway safety and efficiently." "[door whooshes]" "All right, you got it?" "[suspenseful music]" "That must be where they took Otomo." "Past here." "♪ ♪" "Do you think Miko's in there too?" "♪ ♪ [door whooshing]" "The door!" "Safe!" "[crunching]" "♪ ♪" "Ah!" "Computer!" "Ren, let it go." "[computers blipping]" "Your key." "[computer beeping] [machinery whooshing]" "Warning:" "sedative aberrators disabled." "Evo regeneration grid offline." "Greenhouse A through Q interface disconnected." "Medical scan commencing." "Otomo-san?" "Otomo-san!" "I got him." "Go." "Evo cognitive functions at 30%." "[dramatic music] 40%." "♪ ♪ 50%." "_" "_" "You found her." "_" "_" "_" "_" "♪ ♪ [eerie music]" "♪ ♪" "Hey!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "No, wait!" "Wait!" "Come back!" "[grunts]" "♪ ♪" "I was kind of hoping Bennet would end up here too." "[wind whooshing]" "There's no one even guarding the place." "There's no one left to guard." "[faint whoosh]" "Hey, guys, guys." "Take a look at that." "[flare whooshing]" "It's the first solar flare." "We need to take cover." "There, come on." " Come on, come on." " Let's go!" "No, I didn't come all this way just to hide." "Let's have this discussion inside!" "I have to do something!" "If that solar flare hits, there won't be much of a world left when Tommy gets back." "The prophecy--your prophecy-- it is not time yet." "I have to do something." "This is not your fate." "It's mine." "I cannot be forgiven for the things that I've done, but you saved my life, and I have got to believe that there's a reason for that." "♪ ♪" "Luke, please... don't." "Quentin, no matter what happens, you keep her in here and make sure she gets to that clock tower." "What about you, man?" "What about you?" "What are you doing?" "Hey!" "No, no, no!" "You're being crazy, man!" "Luke!" "[flare whooshing]" "♪ ♪ [flare roaring]" "[dramatic music]" "♪ ♪" "Luke!" "♪ ♪ [no audible dialogue]" "♪ ♪ [crackling and sizzling]" "♪ ♪ [flames whoosh]" "♪ ♪" "[grunts]" "[screams] [flare whooshes]" "♪ ♪" "I got it, the bullet." "Nice trick." "Told you I could find it." "[Farah gasps] [dramatic music]" "There we go." "[laughs]" "There we go." "[panting]" "Malina?" "She's okay." "They headed to Gateway." "♪ ♪ [door clicks open]" "Hello?" "We need some help." "There was a pileup on I-20." "We've got more injured coming." "Where is everyone?" "They're all gone." "Please-- my daughter." "Looks like we're staying here." "♪ ♪" "Please, wait." "Come back, please." "You got to go back now." "You got to go back." "You need to remember." "Who are you?" "I'm you." "Me?" "What?" "How is that possible?" "We can be in two places at once." "How long have you-- we been in here?" "Time has no meaning here, only memories." "Memories?" "They trick us into perceiving time as a straight line, with a past and a future, but really, time-- time is a circle." "And memories are timeless." "Every moment of our life, it exists in this place-- every memory." "My memories were erased." "Not in here." "But you got to think deep, or you, our sister, everyone in the world is gonna die." "And we'll be stuck in this loop forever." "Focus on-- on a moment." "Our childhood, where we came from..." "I--I don't know." "I can't remember." "You already have." "[eerie music]" "Mom, what's wrong?" "Oh, Nathan, come here." "The world's about to change." "Tonight in New York's Central Park, the shocking moment caught on tape as a young woman jumps from a Ferris wheel and miraculously heals in front of rolling camera." "[crowd screaming]" "My name is Claire Bennet." "This is attempt number... [laughs]" "I guess I've kind of lost count." "Rapid cellular regeneration, with some experts calling this a leap forward in human evolution." "And she may not be alone." "Who is she?" "She's your mother." " I don't understand." " I know, baby." "It's time you knew the truth." "♪ ♪" "Do you ever get the feeling you were meant to do something extraordinary?" " The comic book you love.." " "9th Wonders!"?" "You have more in common with your favorite character than you think." "Hiro Nakamura?" "You are different, Tommy." "You'll always be different." "The boy is like his uncle and his great-grandfather." "He can absorb powers." "My name's Hiro Nakamura, former Master of Time and Space." "_" "_" "♪ ♪" "I love you." "Be brave." "You're the best son a dad could ever have." "I'm ready." "I'm ready to save the world." "♪ ♪ [rumbling]" "What is that?" "Satellite debris from the first flare." "We're running out of time." "We'd better get you to the clock tower." "[suspenseful music]" "♪ ♪ [door clicks open]" "My grandmother's vision was of me under the clock tower, not hiding inside it." "Malina, the debris will kill you." "We can wait it out in here." "It's a pretty solid structure." "[rumbling]" "[eerie whooshing]" "♪ ♪" "Phoebe?" "[grunting]" "Phoebe, no!" "Phoebe, no!" "Quentin?" "Quentin?" "No!" "No!" "Damn it!" "[whimpering] Quentin!" "Phoebe!" "♪ ♪ [yelling]" "Phoebe!" "Let go of me!" "[grunting]" "Phoebe!" "[grunting]" "♪ ♪" "Let me go!" "Phoebe!" "Stop it!" "Phoebe, it's over." "Why are you helping her?" "Erica's coming back." "No, she's not." "She was never taking us back with her." "Okay?" "She used us." "She used you to get what she wanted." "No." "No, that's not true." "[rumbling]" "Erica made you into a monster." "She made you into a monster, Phoebe." "And I let it happen." "And I'm sorry, but we were wrong." "[rumbling, glass shatters]" "You're lying!" "[glass shatters] [screams]" "This isn't you, Phoebe!" "Just come with me." "We can fix this." "There's only one thing left to fix." "[rumbling] [screams]" "Don't do this!" "[gunshots] [gun clicking]" "No!" "Phoebe!" "[screams]" "Malina, no!" "[somber music]" "♪ ♪" "I don't understand." "Why doesn't she know you?" "[devices blipping] [computer beeps]" "Evo regeneration grid online." "Power station is operational again." "I found the source of the problem." "[screams]" "_" "_ [grunts]" "[sword clatters]" "_" "[laughs]" "_" "_" "_" "_" "So... my boyfriend's stuck inside your video game." "Erica Kravid forced me to put him into a prison of my own design." "Now someone must enter the game and free him-- someone who knows "Evernow" as well as its maker." "I'm just a gamer." "You've spent hundreds of hours in "Evernow" -- the best player I've ever seen, and most importantly, you have the heart of a warrior." "That's why I chose you." "Now... _" "_" "_ [dramatic music] [shimmering tone]" "♪ ♪" "_" "_" "_" "_ [shouts] [blades clashing]" "_" "_" "_ [debris whooshing] [glass shattering] [dramatic music]" "♪ ♪ [flare whooshing] [glass shattering]" "It's time." "♪ ♪ [debris whooshing] [water splashes]" "♪ ♪ [explosion, glass shattering]" "♪ ♪ [yells]" "[explosion] [grunting] [screaming]" "[both shout] [dramatic music] [both yell] [warriors yelling and grunting] [blades clashing] [screams] [blades clashing] [groans] [yells and grunts] [grunts]" "_ [floor cracking] [yells]" "_ [groans] [shouting]" "_ [yells] [blades clashing] [both grunting]" "♪ ♪ [whooshing] [power whirring]" "When I was, like, seven, these people took me to this place because of my power." "I remember a room filled with toys and stuff." "[toy roaring]" "No windows." "It's kind of hazy." "No." "No, I don't want to see this one!" "[eerie music]" "Nathan?" "I'd like you to meet Malina... your sister." "♪ ♪" "Do you two ever get the feeling you were meant to do something extraordinary?" "♪ ♪" "I know, because I have dreamt about you since before you were born." "Now that your abilities have matured, we need to test the symbiotic bond you share." "Don't be frightened." "I promise you both you won't remember any of this." "Shouldn't Noah be here to see it?" "His plan depended on him not knowing any of this." "We stick to that." "Now take each other's hands." "♪ ♪ [electricity crackling] [both screaming] [whooshing]" "[gasping]" "Stop!" "This again?" "I know what to do!" "You've got to go back." "Who are you?" "I'm you." "Me?" "What?" "How is that possible?" "We can be in two places at once." "[Miko speaking Japanese] _" "_" "_" "No, wait." "I don't understand." "_" "_ [blades clashing] [banging] [rumbling] [blades clashing] [screams] [crackling]" "[shimmering tone] [whooshing]" "[crackling]" "Whoa." "[dramatic music]" "♪ ♪ [shimmering tone]" "[guns cocking] [eerie music]" "Hello, Tommy." "[grunting]" "Go--go back." "Go" "♪ ♪" "Did you really think you could escape without me knowing?" "It's over, Tommy." "My name is Nathan." "And you can't stop someone who can stop time." "Time travel-- it's a bitch." "[chuckles]" "The future we're standing in exists only because the H.E.L.E. happened." "The moment you go back and stop it, all of this-- all of us-- will cease to exist." "So which world are you going to choose?" "♪ ♪" "The one with your sister or the one with your girlfriend and your mother and the thousands of innocent people that you... brought here?" "[whimpers]" "Let me make it easier for you." "Time's running out, and one of these worlds has to die." "You can't save both." "You can't be in" " Two places at once." "Even Hiro Nakamura couldn't do that." "I can." "Hiro Nakamura prepared me my entire life for this." "And now I've had an eternity in "Evernow" to practice, thanks to you." "No." "That's impossible!" "[gunshot] [suspenseful music]" "♪ ♪ [screaming]" "♪ ♪" "[screaming]" "[screaming] [flare whooshing]" "♪ ♪" "[screaming]" "[grunting]" "It's about time!" "[grunts]" "It's too strong!" "[explosion]" "Come on." "You can share my power." "Come on." " [grunting]" " Come on!" "[both grunt]" "I don't understand." "It's not working." "[both groaning]" "What's happening to us?" "It wasn't supposed to be like this!" "[screaming]" "Something's wrong." "Let go!" " Let go!" " I can't!" "Let go!" "[wind whooshing] [yells]" "[screaming]" "I've got to go back." "[yells]" "Now... take each other's hands." "[dramatic music] [electricity crackling] [both screaming]" "They're going to die!" "Stop them!" "[screaming] [whooshing]" "It's okay." "You're safe ." "No!" "He's dead." "It didn't work." "They will die if they come together." "They need a conduit... someone between them willing to sacrifice themselves." "[wind whooshing]" "[eerie music]" "♪ ♪" "Now that your abilities have matured, we need to test the symbiotic bond you share." "Take each other's hands." "[electricity crackling] [both screaming]" "They are dying!" "Stop them!" "[screaming]" "It's okay." "You're safe now." "He's dead." "They will die if they come together." "They need a conduit... someone between them willing to sacrifice themselves." "It all makes sense now." "There was a third person in my dreams:" "a faceless figure." "Who?" "Who is that going to be?" "♪ ♪" "I think I know exactly who it was." "♪ ♪ [zap and pop]" "I tried everything." "I went back 1,000 times, but we always failed." "We--we needed you." " So I went back to" " You saved me." "I would have died in that storm." "Yes." "I'm sorry, but you had to see this." "I followed the tiniest thread, just like my dad taught me." "The smallest butterfly." "Save you, save the world." "What do we do?" "♪ ♪" "Take me back to Gateway-- to the end of the world." "♪ ♪ [dramatic music]" "♪ ♪" "Malina!" "Grandpa?" "It's okay." "I've got you." "[explosion]" "There's got to be another way." "You two have your destiny." "This is mine." "♪ ♪" "It's time to save the world." "♪ ♪ [yelling] [whooshing]" "♪ ♪" "[ominous music]" "♪ ♪" "[bullet ricochets]" "[gasps]" "♪ ♪ [machinery whirring]" "No!" "[yelling]" "♪ ♪ [whooshing]" "♪ ♪" "[grunts] [panting]" "No." "No, no, no, no." "Hey." "You're gonna be okay." "Gonna get you to the hospital." "So, so sorry." "[groans]" "I am... so proud of you... both." "[somber music]" "So proud." "♪ ♪" "No." "No, no, no, no." "No, no." " Hey, hey, hey." " No!" "No, please." "[sobbing]" "Please." "♪ ♪" "Can't keep me here forever." "I have rights." "Here's the thing, Quentin." "We know you were there." "You saw how it went down." "These Evos save the whole world and don't ask for a thing in return." "[scoffs]" "No one does that." "So the question is, who are they?" "[exotic vocalizing]" "You want to know who they are?" "♪ ♪" "They're somebody's sister, somebody's brother, daughter, son, grandchild." "♪ ♪" "See, you people-- you people want them to be extraordinary." "But they're not." "They couldn't be more ordinary." "[indistinct radio chatter]" "The only thing extraordinary is that they got a chance to be heroes." "A tad excessive, maybe?" "When are you guys gonna let me come fight crime with you?" "What kind of uncle would I be if I took you with me?" "I don't know-- best uncle ever?" "♪ ♪" "They didn't think about themselves." "They just did the right thing." "And now they just want to be left alone..." "Oh." "So they can scratch out some small purpose that can give their life some meaning, community, hope, like all the rest of us." "[indistinct chatter]" "And when that darkness rolls in-- and it will-- they'll be here, ready for the call, up for the task, without us even having to ask." "What is it?" "I don't know." "See, this is just the beginning, man-- an awakening." "And now my eyes are open- wide open." "They were here to save us." "So you want to know who they are?" "[locker slams]" "Look in the mirror." "They're you, they're me, on our best day." "So there you go." "That's who they are." "♪ ♪ [school bell rings]" "How was your first day?" "I found this." "On the card is twins." "When I touched it, I... got this feeling like someone was watching me." "You know what this is, don't you?" "It's a message from your father, Malina." "It means he's coming back for you and your brother." "And this time, no one will be able to protect you." "[dramatic music]"