Subtitle By ankaym@yahoo.com.com
What did you say?
You look just like your mother.
My mother?
How do you know...
I've scoured all of Africa for the lost totems of Zambezi,
and in one evening,
I am presented with not just one,
but two of them.
Who the hell are you? And how do you know my mother?
MACALASTER: Within Zambezi, the Mchanga province remains an archeological gold mine
for ancient Zambezian artifacts.
Zambezi has long been a fertile land,
the envy of West Africa.
The Zambezi people long sought to protect themselves
not just from their neighbours...
... but from nature itself.
And so, the Zambezi people prayed
and legend has it that their prayers were answered
in the form of five totems.
One for each great Zambezi tribe,
allowing their bearers to wield the powers of nature.
One totem for each of the elemental forces.
Air,
earth,
water,
fire
and spirit.
For nearly a thousand years,
Zambezi existed in a rare state of harmony and prosperity.
But as their civilization succumbed to the forces of colonialism,
changing faith and war,
the totems were lost and forgotten.
Countless explorers and archeologists,
have spent their lives searching for the lost totems of Zambezi.
Ladies and gentlemen,
after thousands of years being lost to the sand of time
it is my great pleasure to present to you...
... one of the lost totems of Zambezi.
Based on the location of this discovery along the Mchanga River,
and its inscriptions,
we believe this piece to be one of the original five totems worn by Zambezian chiefs,
more than a thousand years ago.
Although, it is yet to grant me magical powers.
Nevertheless,
it stands as a testament to the ancient Zambezi civilization.
The lost totem of Zambezi
will be on display at the Detroit Museum's Hall of Gemstones.
A gift to this beautiful city
where it will remain indefinitely.
MACALASTER: Thank you, gentlemen.
- Great job. - Goodbye.
Mari?
You look surprised to see me, Professor.
What? Maybe you were expecting me to be dead?
I would have confronted you sooner,
but when I came back from being kidnapped,
I found out you had gone to Africa. Ironic.
I didn't know she was going to hurt you.
Right.
She was dangling enough money to fund my expedition.
She said she wasn't going to hurt you and the dollar signs I was seeing
blinded me to the fact that that was a lie.
But maybe there's a reason it all happened this way.
That necklace you wear is also one of the lost totems of Zambezi.
We both know the power within it is real,
and now that I've found one of its siblings, think of what we could learn.
I think I've learned enough, thanks.
And I haven't had much luck with siblings.
You're connected to this, Mari,
whether you want to be or not.
I've got to make a call.
Cisco?
Hey, thanks for getting back to me.
Why the 911?
Weather Wizard's tearing up Monument Point.
It's kind of an all-hands-on-deck-type situation.
Any suggestions? Tornadoes aren't really my thing.
STEIN: Super heating the air around the tornadoes
should theoretically destabilize them.
FLASH: I've got the tornadoes, Firestorm,
deal with the tsunami.
What, sushi's attacking Monument Point now?
STEIN: A tsunami is a catastrophic tidal wave.
You really thought I didn't know that?
Unwinding a tornado was the very first trick I learned.
Okay.
I'm here.
Oh, your timing is beyond awesome.
I'll help Jacks and Professor Stein,
you deal with Weather Wizard.
Why do you let Cisco name the bad guys?
I ask myself that question a lot.
(dolphin chirps)
Mari...
Mari!
CHUCK: Mari, sweetie, can you hear me?
Mari?
Oh, thank God.
There you are.
Dad?
So, have you thought about givin' fashion design a second chance?
Monument Point...
They're all fine, sweetie.
Thanks to you and your new friends.
They're not my new anything.
REPORTER ON TV: Thieves broke into the Detroit Museum of Natural History
late last night.
A spokesperson for the museum confirmed
that an unspecified number of gemstones were stolen,
including the museum's most recent addition,
the lost totem of Zambesi.
Such a shame.
Patty and I used to love taking you there when you were little.
Museum officials refuse to speculate on the totem's...
You need rest.
And I wasn't kiddin' about you going back to fashion design.
You know what I like about fashion design?
Nobody shoots you with bolts of lightning.
I tried to beg off, believe me.
But don't worry, I'm sticking to my street corners.
That a promise?
In this city, I've got more than my share of trouble.
The museum heist last night,
I want to know who was behind it.
I don't know about that job.
Don't insult me, Drake.
When things go missing in this town,
you always know about it.
Not this. Scout's honor.
You know what animal has the most acute sense of smell?
A bear.
I can actually smell the lie on you.
You don't look like a bear.
Give me a name and I'll harass him instead of you.
I really don't know.
DRAKE: I don't know who did the museum job.
But word on the street,
it was bankrolled by some foreigner,
from Africa.
I'm not packing.
And you're not taking.
Not until I get my money.
ESHU: I've traveled all the way from Zambesi, Mr. Jones.
I have no desire to waste time haggling.
I'm not haggling.
100,000.
Take it or leave it.
May I see the stones first?
I'd like to inspect what I'd be paying for.
Ah.
This is the one.
Hey.
This stuff's mine till I get paid, asshole.
Oh.
Your payment is forthcoming, Mr. Jones.
The hell?
Finally.
You look just like your mother.
What did you say?
You look just like your mother.
My mother?
How do you know my...
I've scoured all of Africa for the lost totems of Zambesi.
And in one evening,
I am presented with not just one,
but two of them.
Who the hell are you? And how do you know my mother?
MAN: Look out!
Get away!
I think we can still part on good terms.
Hand over your totem and I'll let you go peacefully.
Really? You promise?
So you actually witnessed him use the totem to control fire?
No, I just burned myself on a curling iron.
Incredible.
Each totem harnesses a different, but equal force for a reason.
To maintain a balance.
How am I supposed to balance that kind of power?
You didn't see what he was capable of.
Tell me something useful.
Something that will help me stop this monster
before he burns up half of Detroit.
I can only approach this as a historian.
What you need is someone who understands the magic.
Do you know someone like that?
I believe I do.
And you know her too.
What are you doing here?
Come to see what you did to me?
I don't think either of us has the kind of time it would take
to explain just how screwed up that statement is.
Instead, maybe let's stop pretending you're not the villain here.
You're the one who abandoned her ancestors.
No. I left a sister who tried to kill me.
Oh, is that how you justify what you did to me?
The poison you subjected me to did its work.
The magic I held at my disposal for so many years turned on me.
Now I'm just a hollow thing.
And you come here now to taunt me.
No, to ask about this man.
A Zambesian Ambassador who arrived at Detroit last week.
He said I looked like our mother.
Did she know him?
Do you?
I know this man.
Not as some government official,
as a murderer.
He led the raid that destroyed our village.
Killed our father.
Killed everyone.
Kuasa!
Kuasa! Where are you?
Ah, just what I was looking for.
There's nothing here for you, Eshu.
General Eshu.
And what I seek lies around your neck.
KUASA: Our mother tried to defend our village with the spirit totem.
In doing so, she nearly lost her life.
She had a choice.
To die fighting...
Or to save you.
It seems she only thought one daughter was worth living for.
This man calls himself Eshu.
And now he's come to Detroit.
For you. For the totem.
I think this totem's just an unexpected bonus.
He has the Zambesi Fire Totem.
Then Detroit will burn until both totems are in his hands.
He craves dominance over all beings.
He already has one totem.
And if gets ours...
You mean mine.
You tried a spell to sever my link with this totem.
Is there something similar we could try with his?
Our ancestors relied on spoken word and song
to pass on such vital information.
And much has been lost.
There is a collection of stories and poems
from this region in the University archives.
There may be a more direct option.
There are five totems.
Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Spirit.
Which one to best combat fire?
Water.
I spent six months in Zambesi,
the water totem wasn't here. I have no idea where to find it.
I do.
And if you want it, you'll let me join you in this fight.
You really expect me to believe that an ancient all-powerful water totem
is just collecting dust in some guy's house in Star City?
The water totem changed many hands
before finally finding its way to auction in your country.
Two months ago, it landed here.
Its current owner believes it to be a collectible.
You've been tracking it all this time?
In the hopes that one day I might have the strength
and the wealth to bring it back to Zambesi, where it belongs.
First thing's first.
Felicity, this is how I talk to you, right?
FELICITY: Loud and clear.
Speaking of clear, the house is empty.
We got to the big lion thing.
Where do we go next?
Around the back. Wow!
This place is big. Keep an eye out for...
Guard dogs.
How'd you know?
Good doggies.
This room must be worth a fortune.
Forget that. Look for the totem.
There!
What're you doing?
I'm sorry, little sister. But you have no idea
what it feels like to be this weak.
And now I'll never have to again.
Uh... Guys, everything okay out there?
Mmm. The spirit totem was always meant to be mine.
But I suppose I'll have to settle for this one.
- You lied to me! - I couldn't do this on my own.
And there goes the security system.
I'll let you handle them.
Sick 'em.
Hey there. I am The Atom. But you can call me "Plan B."
Turns out your sister doesn't trust you as much as you thought.
Better hold on tight, she's slippery.
Come on, all this bleeding edge tech
and you don't think they'd make it waterproof!
Sit down.
Stay awhile.
Looks like you've won again, little sister.
So now what?
Now you help us.
Like you promised.
Eshu killed our father and destroyed our home.
You want revenge? Well, I do too.
Even if I have to work with you.
You have the water totem, which means we need your help to stop it.
You will all fight him?
And we'll win, together.
FELICITY: Hey, guys.
I hate to break up the family reunion, but we've got a problem.
Run!
Your fire guy's in Detroit and he's kinda going like a rampage-y thing.
Avenge your village. Save mine.
Good evening, people of Detroit.
My name is Benatu Eshu.
As of this message, I am no longer a representative of the Zambesi government.
ESHU: Pain and destruction and fire
are about to rain down on your fair city.
For this, I apologize.
But one woman has it wither her power to stop this apocalypse.
She knows what she possesses
and she knows that I want it.
And when it is mine, the death will end.
I promise you all that.
(phone ringing)
Really not a good time.
I found a song in the archives.
It says each totem has a center, it's auri.
It's like a soul.
If you crush the soul, the totem will lose its power.
Okay, I'll just ask Eshu if I can borrow his totem for a minute.
If anyone can do this, it's you.
You are meant for this battle, Mari.
Equal forces, different elements.
Mari...
As you burn,
try to remember that I wanted to handle this
as human beings.
I think your firery buddy wants to get your attention.
He's got it.
(grunting)
(grunts)
- (bellows) - (grunts)
(grunts)
(roars)
(grunting)
(grunts) Is that all you are able to conjure?
There is not a single animal walking the earth
that can hurt fire.
Oh, I can think of one.
Please, enlighten me.
A canary.
Do you have a single friend who can defeat me?
Not a friend.
A sister.
For what you did to my village, my family,
I will see you drown.
Keep hitting him, Kuasa.
Kuasa, run!
No, I am not our mother.
I will not run from this fight.
No!
Water cannot defeat fire. Nor can your spirit.
And I will break your spirit, I promise.
And then I will do that which I should have done to your mother,
I will kill you.
You can't stop me.
You're weak, pathetic. Not worthy of the totem around your neck.
You know it in your bones that you're not fit to wield the totem.
You can fight... and fight... and fight...
but you know there is no hope.
You're right. But I don't need hope.
I don't need faith. I don't need magic.
I just need to beat you.
Not so tough in water, are you?
Please tell me you've got it.
You should be the one giving me the jewelry.
See? That's what you get for being funny.
Please tell me you've figured out how to sever his bond with the totem.
You have to smash it.
It took you reading that really old book to tell you that?
Every totem has a soul.
And the soul will go back to the gods when broken by someone
- of great akbarrah. - You're sure?
No exhibit for you then.
Smash the thing!
You need more.
More of what?
More help.
By the way...
What does "akbarrah" mean?
Is that a phrase from *Aladdin / Latin?
It means "strength."
This had to be done by someone with great strength.
We weren't sure you'd come.
He wasn't sure.
You owe me 20 bucks, BTW.
When did everyone start saying that? That was my thing!
Well, maybe it's catching up.
I thought you didn't like leaving Detroit.
Whether it's in my village or someone else's...
it's my calling to help people in need.
Look out!
You ready to prove that, Mari?
Actually...
call me Vixen.