We cut to the Twins' apartment. They've painted a big S-shield on one wall (they're never getting their deposit back now) and surrounded it with lava lamps and flowers. Zan stares mournfully at the Wall O' Worship and sighs, "I totally tanked this one." Jayna, coming into the room, says at least he didn't lose his phone. Zan thinks maybe they're not cut out to be heroes. A monkey starts laughing in his pants, as if to agree with him. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his own Gleek phone. He's upset to see Jayna's number on the caller ID. They panic, fearing that someone is on to them, and decide it's time to leave. "Powers activate," they say together and pull back their right arms to bump fists. Just then, Clark shows up in his Emo Blur outfit to jam his hand between their fists. There's an explosion of neon violet light that throws them both backward. They fly into opposite walls and then fall, unconscious, to the floor. Clark stands over them and looks serious, like, "Is this what fandom hath wrought?" [How the hell did he know to block the fist-bump? Or does he just disapprove of fist-bumps in general? - Z]
Watchtower. A computer monitor shows that the place is running on auxiliary power. Jayna and Zan, lying on the floor, are just coming to with a start. They stand up and look around at their new surroundings with wonder. Zan figures the Blur must have brought them there. "This is the Blur's lair," Zan says. Jayna insists the Blur doesn't have a lair, as if she or anyone would know. Zan is so excited that he reaches for his phone and gets to Tweeting. "That's not gonna happen," Chloe's voice says off-screen. The Twins look up and see her silhouetted against one of the Watchtower's circular stained glass windows. Techno-orchestra music plays. "Welcome to Watchtower," she says. She steps toward them and goes on: "If you chat one word about what you see in here, I will vaporize your Twitter accounts, Facebook pages, and every trace of your virtual existence will be obliterated." The Twins are impressed and a little scared, and agree to keep silent. The Twins argue a bit about whether Chloe is the Blur's sidekick. She tells them she's just keeping an eye on them for him. They gush about wanting to help the Blur and "fuel his legend." Chloe gently lectures them about having the right idea but going about it the wrong way. "You are singlehandedly destroying what the Blur stands for," she says. Jayna and Zan look chagrinned. Zan wants to know how to make up for their mistakes. Chloe tells them, "You just wait for the right moment. You'll know." "How do you always know the right thing to do?" Jayna asks. "You don't," Chloe says, "and neither does he." She tells them that if they stick around a hero long enough, they'll get their chance to save him. "Sometimes even from himself," she says. She doesn't add, "Because sometimes he is a doofus who cannot think his way out of a wet paper bag." So I'm adding it for her.













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