Justice League Unlimited

Justice League Unlimited is an American animated television series that was produced by Warner Bros. Animation and aired on Cartoon Network. Featuring a wide array of superheroes from the DC Comics universe, and specifically based on the Justice League superhero team, it is a direct sequel to the previous Justice League animated series. Season 1 Initiation [1.1] Green Arrow: But it'll make me a little cranky. Well, well, the great and glorious Green Lantern. What, did you run out of alien menaces to beat on, you have to horn in on my turf? Green Lantern: You're welcome. We never heard back from you. Green Arrow: Been kind of busy. Someone's gotta keep the streets safe while you and your pals are out... Green Lantern: Ready. Green Arrow: ...zipping around the galaxy... grandstanding and... Superman: Glad you could make it. Green Lantern: And where am I, exactly? Superman: Among friends. Each of you brings something different to the table. Strength. Speed. Stealth. Whatever. But we're all equal in at least one way: Each of us is willing to make the sacrifices a hero needs to make, even the ultimate one. Since there are so many of us, we have a chance to do more than just put out fires, both literal and figurative. We can be proactive. We can do some real good in the world. But we're going to have to be organized. J'onn'll be up here keeping an eye on everything. He'll be the one to decide whose going where and when. I know a lot of you are used to making those decisions for yourself, but from now on we have to be more coordinated than that. We can't be cowboys any more... or cowgirls. Green Arrow: C'mon, I don't belong up here, fighting monsters and aliens and supervillains. I just help the little guy. And a big club like this, you tend to forget all about him. So gee whiz, I'm flattered to be asked and all. But NO THANKS. Batman: Suit yourself... [starts to walk away, then turns back] Those monsters you don't fight? They tend to STEP on little guys. Green Arrow: Is that a Containment suit? Captain Atom: Uh-huh. I'm not flesh and blood anymore, just living energy. Green Arrow: That wouldn't be NUCLEAR energy, would it? Captain Atom: With a name like Captain Atom, what do you think? Green Arrow: I think you're what I marched against back in college. Supergirl: Why don't you take the stick out, Corporal? Captain Atom: Captain. Supergirl: He asked you a question! General Kwan: Don't answer him! That's classified inform- Supergirl: [picks him up] I've just about had it with you guys! You've got 'til the count of five. One... FOUR... [her eyes start to glow] Captain Atom: I'd speak up if I were you. Green Arrow: So what's the plan? Captain Atom: I shove these carbon rods in the robots reactor, that should stop it. Green Arrow: I gotta say that's not much of a plan, if you get that close the heat will fry you. Captain Atom: I know. Green Arrow: But-- Captain Atom: If this doesn't work, contact the League, they'll know what to do next. Green Arrow: Captain. [Green Arrow shakes hands with Captain Atom] Supergirl: So, aren't you gonna give me the "you did good" speech? Green Lantern: You're headstrong, unprofessional and reckless. If you ever jeopardize yourself or your teammates again by running off half-cocked without a battle plan, I will personally see to it that you are kicked out of the League, I don't care who your cousin is. [He turns and begins to leave] And incidentally, you did good. Supergirl: You sure he's gonna be okay? Green Lantern: He should be. J'onn's team picked him up right after it happened, so he didn't lose much of his energy. Supergirl: At least he got a new suit out of it. So aren't you gonna give me the "you did good" speech? Green Lantern: You're headstrong, unprofessional and reckless. If you ever jeopardize yourself or your teammates again by running off half-cocked without a battle plan, I will personally see to it that you are kicked out of the League. I don't care who your cousin is. And incidentally? You did good. Supergirl: Huh. [Showers/locker room area] Batman: Well, if it isn't the monster-killer. Green Arrow: I was lucky. So was everybody else. Still don't think I belong up here. Batman: That's the point. Someone like you will keep us honest. Green Arrow: Gee, Bats, I don't know. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a good radiation burn as much as the next guy, but I don't think... [Loses his train of thought as he sees Black Canary across the room, pulling up her boots.] Batman: So...see you soon? Green Arrow: You just might. Green Arrow: Come on! General Kwan: I told you to stay away! Green Arrow: Hey, I'm just trying to help! General Kwan: I told you before the situation is completely under con-- Green Lantern: Looks like I just can't help boarding in. Green Arrow: There's some people at the cliff. Captain Atom: I'll try to drain it. Green Lantern: Go! Go! Captain Atom: There was too much energy. Supergirl: Well, there's always the low tech way. Green Arrow: Lantern! Captain Atom: I'll worry about that. Green Arrow: So, what's the plan? Captain Atom: I shove these carbon rods into the robot's reactor. That should stop it. Green Arrow: I gotta say, that's not much of a plan. If you get that close, the heat'll fry you. :Captain Atom: I know. Green Arrow: But-- Captain Atom: If this doesn't work, contact the League. They'll know what to do next. Green Arrow: Captain. Captain Atom: Try to distract it. Supergirl: Roger. Hey! Butane breath! [Captain Atom screams] [Captain Atom screams] Green Arrow: Say "ah," dirt bag. For The Man Who Has Everything [1.2] Batman: A little sharp on the turn, don't you think? Wonder Woman: Sorry if I scared you. [Getting Superman a gift.] Batman: What'd you get him? Wonder Woman: I'm not saying anything. [Whispering] He'll hear and spoil the surprise. Batman: He can hear that, too. Wonder Woman: How about you? Batman: He's not the easiest person in the world to buy birthday presents for. [holds up an envelope] Wonder Woman: Bruce, you didn't get him a gift certificate. Batman: [Offended] No! Cash. I mean, what do you buy for the man who has everythin-- [Wonder Woman gasps] Batman: Looks like some kind of plant. Seems to be to be growing through his costume and into his body. Wonder Woman: Is he breathing? Batman: Barely. Wonder Woman: Someone must have breached the fortress. Batman: Agreed. Have a look around. Pupils aren't contracting even slightly. He must be cut off from all sensation. Kent, where are you? Clock Brainiac: This is your wake-up alarm. Good morning, Kal-El, and happy birthday. [Kal-El yawns] Kal-El: Thanks, Brainiac. Windows, please. [Loana groaning] Loana: Please don't tell me it's morning already. [Loana groans] Kal-El: That's what you get for partying all night. Loana: I was working. Kal-El: Come on, honey. You call that work, covering the opening of the Argo City Museum of Modern Art? Hobnobbing with all the movers and shakers? Loana: A bunch of bores. You could have come, you know? Kal-El: Next time. Loana: Oh, please. I couldn't get you off this farm if I exploded a quantum bomb under your-- Kal-El: Did you? Ugh! Loana: Come here, handsome. Clock Brainiac: A gentle reminder. Kal-El and Van-El are expected at Jor-El's laboratory in precisely two hours and 12 minutes, and the vac-40 is overdue for inspection. Loana: Shut up. Hmm. Batman: So it was a gift. Teleported here from some alien culture, some grateful world. Or someone wanting you to think they were grateful. Mongul: How remarkable. You animals really are almost intelligent, aren't you? That's exactly that what happened. Batman: Mongul! Mongul: You recognize me. I'm flattered. I suppose Superman told you all about our previous encounter. Batman: You mean how he humiliated you? Mongul: A... jaundiced account. What inferior specimens he surrounds himself with. I took her down before she even knew I was there. And I'll take this planet just as easily. Wonder Woman: Hyah! Maybe not as easily as you'd think. We inferior specimens call it playing possum. Batman: No. Wonder Woman: No? Mongul: Clearly the males on this world are the smart ones. He wants to know about the plant. The Black Mercy is a telepathic species. It reads the heart's desire and feeds the individual a totally convincing simulation of it. Batman: So he's dreaming? Mongul: Oh, far deeper than any dream. I wonder where he thinks he is. Sitting on a throne, ruling the universe. All you human garbage fawning at his feet. More honest, don't you think? Than this pretense of being a selfless hero. You don't understand. He was the only obstacle in my way. The rest of you... are already dead. Clark Kent: Van! Van, your breakfast is getting cold! Van-El: I'm coming. Clark Kent: Ugh! Loana: Looks like the dog left you a present. Brainiac, could you clean up that...? Clark Kent: No, Brainiac. Van was supposed to walk the dog. It's his job to clean it up. Van-El, I want you down here right-- Van-El: I'm here, I'm here! It's okay, Krypto. Clark Kent: How many times do I have to tell you, Van? When you asked for a dog, you-- Van-El: Promised to take care of it. I know. Sorry, Dad. Clark Kent: Sorry's not always enough. We have to-- Van-El: Live up to our responsibilities. I know, I know. This mean I can't come to the party? Oops. Clark Kent: What party is that? Van-El: Uh, the, uh-- Loana: You're confused, Van. Little Zod's party isn't till next-- Clark Kent: I told you I didn't want a surprise party. Loana: And you're not getting one. Eat your breakfast, Van. You and Dad don't want to be late visiting Grandpa Jor-El. Clock Brainiac: Indeed. Traffic on the Kandor skyway is backed up to the Gold Volcano. Van-El: Kandor! I forgot. Clark Kent: I don't want a surprise party. Loana: It's just a small one. Mongul: How nice of you to volunteer. To be the first of your race to die. Batman: He'll kill her, Clark. And then he'll kill us all! Shake it off! Come back to us! Please-- Mongul: Oh, dear. Is that a neural impactor? I didn't know they were still making those. I'd advise you to try the plasma disruptor. It's more of a woman's weapon. Wonder Woman: Go to [fires] Mongul: Ugh! Batman: Nothing's working! She's in the hall of weapons. That will buy her time, but not enough. She's fighting for her life, Clark. You've got to fight too. Van-El: I can't believe you left all this to live on a farm. Clark Kent: It's a nice place to visit, but-- Van, did you...? Van-El: Grandpa! Clark Kent: Brainiac? Clock Brainiac: A minor and completely harmless tremor predicted several weeks ago by the Seismic Institute. [Wonder Woman gasps] [Wonder Woman gasping] Mongul: First, I'll kill you and the bat, and then I'll take this planet. Wonder Woman: You won't win. Mongul: Of course I will. Van-El: What's this one, Grandpa? And this! Whoa! Where'd you get-- Jor-El: One minute, Van. Something's bothering you. Kal-El: Here. And here. And here. Jor-El: A series of mild tremors. Not unusual. I don't see what-- Kal-El: Something's wrong, Dad. Something's going to happen. I can feel it in-- Jor-El: Oh, so you're a scientist now. Kal-El: Dad. Jor-El: Do I have to remind you about a certain prediction of my own? Made, I'm embarrassed to say, when you were only a few days old. I announced to the world that Krypton was going to explode, and it took me years to salvage my reputation. Kal-El: But maybe you were right. Maybe-- Maybe I've just been working too hard. Jor-El: The past is dead. Focus on the feature. Van-El: Can we go up to the roof, Grandpa? Kal-El: Somebody wants to see my macroscope. Jor-El: Go on up with your father, Van. I'll be along in a few minutes. Van-El: Let's go. Kal-El: It's not right. Batman: Yes, that's it. Fight it, Clark. Fight it. Fight it. [On Krypton; Kal-El is with his son Van-El on the roof of his father's lab, as Van looks through a telescope] Van-El: Dad! [The ground shakes] Dad? You've gotta look at thi-- [Sees Kal-El's troubled expression] What's-- What's the matter? Why are you-- Kal-El: Van, when you were born, it was the happiest day of my life. When I first saw your beautiful little face, your tiny fingers squeezed my hands so tight, like you never wanted to let go. I've watched every step, every struggle... I've... but, Van...[eyes begin to water] Oh, Rao, help me. But I don't think you're real. I don't think any of this is real. Van-El: Don't say that, Daddy. Please, you're scaring me... [hugs his father] Kal-El: No, no, I don't wanna scare you, Van. You are everything I ever wanted in a son. This... this is everything I ever wanted in a life. But I've got responsibilities, Van. And... I... have to... go now. [Hugs his son as Krypton begins to tear itself apart, and kisses him on the forehead] Van-El: [Tearful] Daddy... Kal-El: I promise you... I'll never forget. [Krypton explodes] Batman: Yes! Superman: Do you have any idea what you did to me?! Mongul: I fashioned a prison that you couldn't leave without sacrificing your heart's desire. It must have been like tearing off your own arm. Wonder Woman: Bruce. [Crawls over towards him] Mongul: [Holding Superman in the air by the neck and head] Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I give you... oblivion. Superman: Burn! [ignites Mongul with heat vision, who screams out in pain] Wonder Woman: [Seeing the Black Mercy on Batman] Hera, no. Mongul: You know, for a moment there, I almost believed you were going to kill me. How stupid of you to hesitate like that. Not a mistake I'll make, I can assure you. Wonder Woman: Excuse me. But I think this is yours. This... This was your birthday present. A new breed of rose called the Krypton, but-- Superman: Don't worry about it. I promise you, I'll never forget. [Mongul is ensnared by the Black Mercy] Wonder Woman: I wonder what he's seeing. Batman: Whatever it is, it's too good for him. [The camera draw closer to Mongul's beaten face, who's trying to give a small, satisfied smile while low sounds of screams and explosions are heard in background] Mongul: You should have stayed in whatever happy fantasy the Black Mercy granted you. Superman: Happy??! Do you know what I've lost?! What I've-- Kid Stuff [1.3] [All the adults have been banished from the Earth, courtesy of Mordred.] Mordred: This better be worth it, mother. I mean it. Morgaine Le Fay: If the legends are true, it will be. Mordred: You've been saying stuff like that for, like, centuries. Nothing ever changes. Morgaine Le Fay: Everything's changed. Except you, Mordred. And that's because I want you to still be young when I give you your kingdom. Mordred: I want to be king now! 'What's this thing?' 'Another stupid charm?' Morgaine Le Fay: It's the amulet of first magic. The source of all Earthly sorcery. Mordred: Hmm. Shiny. Morgaine Le Fay: Be ready, Mordred. Morgaine Le Fay: At last. Mordred, give that to me. Mordred: Why should I? Morgaine Le Fay: Silly child, you're not... Mordred: Not what? Ready? Or big enough or old enough? 'None of that matters, mother.' 'Cause now, I'm strong enough. Morgaine Le Fay: Mordred! [Morgaine Le Fay gasps] Mordred: I'll have my kingdom and without anyone telling me what to do. I never want to see you or anyone older than me ever again. Morgaine Le Fay: No! Blockbuster: Pound their heads! Superman: Pound your own. Copperhead: I won't go down easy. Green Lantern: Sure, you will. Guess that's a wrap. Sorry. Been hanging out with Flash too much. Copperhead: It was Judgment Day! And we got sent to the bad place! THE BAD PLACE! Cheetah: [slaps him] Snap out of it, Copper. Green Lantern: Yeah, calm down. We're probably just in another dimension. Copperhead: [sarcastic] Oh, is that all? Batman: I don't see any children. Morgaine Le Fay: That's because a child is responsible. Batman: Morgaine Le Fay. Morgaine Le Fay: I mean you no harm. Morgaine Le Fay: My son Mordred has wrought this treachery, banishing all adults to this shadow realm. Even me, his own mother. And after I spent millennia feeding him, bathing him, preparing him to be king... where did I go wrong? Wonder Woman: You're a sorceress. Can't you just undo his spell? Morgaine Le Fay: No. He's got the amulet of first magic. He's too powerful. But if we all work together.. Batman: You want us to defeat your own son? Morgaine Le Fay: So don't trust me. Let him rule the world and all your children. Here we will stay. Forever. Wonder Woman: But what can we do? We're stuck here, aren't we? Morgaine Le Fay: Not exactly. The spell only banishes adults. Green Lantern: I don't like where this is going. Morgaine Le Fay: It's the only way. Superman: We have to do it. [[John Stewart exhales] Morgaine Le Fay: Excellent. [Morgaine Le Fay speaking foreign language] [Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and Green Lantern have been turned into children.] Kid Batman: This better be temporary. Kid Superman: You sound weird, Whoa. So do I! Kid Wonder Woman: [Grinning at being the tallest] I kind of like this. Kid Batman: [to Green Lantern] What's the matter? Kid Green Lantern: I wore glasses as a kid. Guess I need them again. [large, square, green glasses appear on his nose] Wow! I didn't even try to make these! [Superman cracks up] Kid Batman: I hope not. [Green Lantern strains and morphs the glasses into a mask] Kid Superman: Cool! Kid Wonder Woman: [smacks him] Will you stop messing around? We gotta find Mordred! Kid Batman: Bet the little punk's in there! [runs towards the castle. Green Lantern, Superman, and Wonder Woman all quickly overtake him by flying] It's not a race! [Kid Batman is having trouble with a guard, Kid Wonder Woman punches it in the leg, causing it to shatter, then catches Kid Batman as he falls.] Kid Wonder Woman: You okay, tough guy? Kid Batman: Let go, I'm fine! [Stalks away, pouting] [The group is thrown into a dungeon; a toddlerized Etrigan comes out.] Kid Batman: Etrigan? [Etrigan burps fire and is caught by Superman.] Kid Batman: [to Superman] Don't hurt him! Kid Superman: [being bitten by Etrigan] Tell him that! Kid Wonder Woman: Etrigan! You stop right there. I mean it! You naughty monster. Bad, bad, Etrigan. [Etrigan starts to cry. Wonder Woman picks him up] Hey little guy, it's okay, I won't hurt you. Kid Batman: You've got to be kidding. Kid Wonder Woman: He's just a baby. [Burps Etrigan] That's all he needed. Kid Green Lantern: [sniffs] Aww man, that ain't all she needs. Kid Batman: Now that is a job for Superman. Kid Superman: You two, knock it off! Child: What are you gonna do? You're just a kid! Kid Superman: [burns the ground near them with his heat vision] I'm the kid with laser beams comin' out his eyes! Kid Green Lantern: I've got a plan! I'll make some giant handcuffs and- Kid Batman: Forget it! Kid Batman: Never mind what I just said. We'll take care of everything else. Lantern, you go crazy! Morgaine Le Fay: You've used it all. Don't you realize what you've done? A bargain is a bargain. [After the League members been changed back to adults, Wonder Woman is still holding Etrigan] Etrigan: ...Mommy? [Wonder Woman drops Etrigan, looking somewhere between disgusted and annoyed] Batman: Wait, what happened to Mordred? Morgaine le Fey: My spell gave him eternal youth. But now he has broken it, all he has is eternal life. Wonder Woman: Circumstances asides, it was kind of... enjoyable being a kid again. Batman: I haven't been a kid since I was eight years old. Morgaine le Fey: [Approaches an impossibly old, feeble and senile Mordred] Did you miss Mommy? Well, don't you worry, baby. Mommy's going to take good care of you, from now on... Hawk And Dove [1.4] Ares: You said come back Tuesday. It's Tuesday. I want my suit. Hephaestus: Patience, brother. You know how much I care about the details. Ares: It doesn't have to be pretty, Hephaestus. Where it's going things aren't supposed to be pretty. Hephaestus: Present company excluded, of course. Ares: Just hurry up. Hephaestus: My finishing touch. The Annihilator. Heartless, indestructible and ready to feed on mankind's misery and rage. Per your specifications. Go ahead, Ares. Give it life. [Ares grunts] Ares: Enough. Wrap it up. I'll take it. Nardoc: Impressive. Ares: Isn't it? Nardoc: I knew about advances in unmanned weaponry, but this is incredible. Who built it? Ares: Ever heard the expression, "Don't look a gift horse in the mouth"? Nardoc: Ah. Classified. Ares: Now, I've already taken the liberty of imprinting it to your voice commands. So, Mr. Nardoc, the only question is, are you interested? Nardoc: Of course. Anything to protect us from those dogs in the South. But, Mr. Sera, you know how little money we have. Ares: We can worry about that later. Nardoc: You're joking, right? [Ares chuckles] Ares: No, I trust you. It's not like you're going anywhere, is it? Nardoc: With this weapon's help? No. We are certainly staying right here. Follow. Man: Come on, go, go, go! Diana: I try to take a day off, try to have a semblance of a normal life, but you had to pick today to rob a bank. [Wonder Woman is being shot at by a bank robber who has run out of bullets and is about to throw his gun at her.] Diana: [sarcastically] Oh, yeah. Like that's gonna work. Bank Robber: Wait! Please! I've learned my lesson! I promise! Diana: No, you haven't.[Bank Robber yelling]Diana: Your kind never learns. And it's really starting to get on my nerves. Martian Manhunter: Diana. Diana: In a minute. Martian Manhunter: Diana! Diana: I'm not finished here. Martian Manhunter: I'd say you are.[Bank Robber groaning]Diana: Fine. Martian Manhunter: Queen Adria of Kaznia has asked the League for help. Her nation is being torn apart by warring paramilitary groups. Each faction has ties with neighboring countries. If this escalates, it could easily ignite the region. Diana: What's wrong with people, J'onn? Hostility is their answer to everything! Martian Manhunter: You're one to talk, of late. Diana: What's that supposed to mean? Martian Manhunter: Diana, you and I have both been affected by our time among humans. It's important that we keep ourselves in check. Diana: First of all, those thugs back there got exactly what they had coming. As did that band of mercenaries last week. And those creatures from the Decoran Nebula - they weren't misunderstood! They thought we were food! Martian Manhunter: You're right, Diana. None of it has anything to do with you. Before heading to Kaznia, you're going to have to make a stop. Hank Hall: Fine mess here, Don. Don Hall: Talk to them, you speak Neanderthal! Hank Hall: I think they're done talking. Don Hall:This is ridiculous! Just because I disagree with you doesn't make me unpatriotic. Bar Patron: No, you bein' a bleedin' heart punk makes you unpatriotic! Hank Hall: Actually, I gotta agree with him on that one. Bar Patron: Too late tryi" to side with us. You're both takin' a beating.[Hank Hall and Don Hall grunts]Don Hall: Look, we got off on the wrong foot. Don't you think we could find plenty of things we all have in common if we just tried? Bar Patron: [ Pauses for a moment looking slightly puzzled] ...No! Don Hall: Hank, say something! Hank Hall: [punches one of the frat boys and gives Don a look] Preemptive strike. Hank Hall: Hawk. Don Hall: Dove. Hank Hall: Boo.[ Hawk and Dove find themselves in a barroom brawl]Dove: Oh, you so wanted to do this! Hawk: Don't blame me! You're the one that couldn't keep your trap shut! Bar Patron: Aaahh! Dove: Now, how about you calm down, and I'll let you go? Brawler: How about you kiss my...? Aaahh! Wonder Woman: You didn't answer your summons. Hawk: Look around, princess. Had our hands full. Enough to go around if you want a piece. Wonder Woman: Out. Now. Bar Patron: Aaaahh! Kaznian Monk: The Northern tribes have infested our motherland for too many generations. Kaznia is ours by the blood of our fathers and our fathers' fathers. Right now, they're preparing a new weapon, a weapon with fearsome power. We've got to attack now to protect your farms and your families from their vicious hands. General Olanic: Move out, and may fortune be with you! Hawk: Why not just let them obliterate each other? If people can't control their own country, they don't deserve to have one. Dove: Way to oversimplify. These folks live in poverty, and when you have so little, it's easy to be swayed into blaming your neighbour. Almost all aggression can be cured with education. Hawk: Yeah? Then how come some of the best-educated guys in the world work at the Pentagon? Wonder Woman: Down there. Hawk: Who is that? Dove: These people don't stand a chance against it. Wonder Woman: Hawk, you're with me. Dove... Dove: I'm on it. Both of you, scram.[Hawk grunting][Hawk grunts][Wonder Woman grunting]Hawk: There's no one inside that thing! How do you fight that? Wonder Woman: You hit it till it breaks.[Hawk and Wonder Woman grunts] :Dove: Hey! Hawk: What are you doing? You pulled us right out of battle. Dove: She just saved our lives, Hank. Hawk: Two yards would've done that. This is what's called a retreat. Wonder Woman: There was no point continuing. We were having no effect on that thing. If anything, it was getting stronger. Dove: There's gotta be a way to stop this war. If we could just get the two leaders to sit down together. Hawk: Oh, 'cause that happens all the time in these situations. Unless you wanna just kidnap 'em and make 'em talk. Dove: I wish. Wonder Woman: Then go for it. At least it'll buy me some time. Hawk: Why? What are you doing? Wonder Woman: I've gotta see a man about a suit of armor. Ares: You let them go. Why didn't you push ahead and take their camp? They have enough arsenal there to launch an assault against the capital. Nardoc: I have no designs on the capital. We won, Mr. Sera. The animals attacked, and we ran them out of town. Ares: I didn't give you the Annihilator so you could run your enemies out of town, I gave you the Annihilator so you could annihilate them! Nardoc: Forgive the insult, sir, but you think like a South Kaznian. They want to destroy us all, but my brothers and I only wish to keep our land. Perhaps I could take their camp, but the price would be too great. Shall I win a country but massacre my people? Ares: Yes, you idiot! I think like a South Kasnian?! Has it even entered your skull that they think like South Kasnians?! And you'd better start thinking that way, too, if you want there to be a Northerner left in this rat-infested dirt heap you call a country! All any of you mortals are good for is to slaughter one another! To fight and fight until the bones of your enemies are strewn across the battlefield, only to rise again in the next generation, like a well-tended crop! That's what the Annihilator is for! But nooo, you're using it to play tag! Nardoc: You know what? You're crazy, and I wash my hands of you. I'll thank you to get out of my rat-infested dirt heap now. And you can take your robot with you. Ares: Better idea: I stay. You go. Hephaestus: I made that armor for your mother. Did she ever thank me? No. I love your mom, but she didn't have your build. Wonder Woman: I didn't come here to talk about my armor. There's an armored suit fighting in Kaznia that needs no wearer and bears your mark. Hephaestus: The Annihilator. Wonder Woman: Then you did make it. Hephaestus: Who else does such fine work? Ares liked it. Wonder Woman: Ares. Of course. How do you stop it? Hephaestus: Ah. You knew to ask. I do leave a small weakness in each of my creations. An Achilles' heel, if you will. It's so no one ever gets too powerful. You know what they say, "Only Zeus is perfect." Wonder Woman: And what's The Annihilator's weakness? Hephaestus: Diana, you wouldn't want me to go around telling people the weakness in your armor, would you?[Hephaestus grunts]Hephaestus: With that attitude, you'll never figure it out. Come back when you have more time. I'll let that suit out a little. Boy: Hey. Oof![Boy muffled speech]Dove: Sorry, kid. You'll have a headache later. But on the bright side, if this works, you'll live to see 20. Don't be afraid. My name is Dove. I'm not here to hurt you. I'd like you to come with me. It's time to try a new path. Nardoc: And what path is that? Dove: Peace. Ares: Hm. Not really my thing. But if you're into it, I can arrange for you to have eternal peace. After I'm done with you, that is.[General Olanic snoring][General Olanic gasps][Hawk attempts to kidnap the South Kasnian leader]Hawk: Ever run away from home? It's fun; you'll love it. [Grabs leader out of bed] Brother and I used to do it all the time. Except, he'd always wuss out and run home to Mama. Kaznian Soldier: General, the Northern forces are--[Hawk is watching many Kasnians fighting and blowing things up]Hawk: I see Don's social skills had their usual effect. Wonder Woman: Lay down your arms! You're being used! Dove: What...? Have a nice day.[General Olanic gasps]General Olanic: Don't let them take the camp. Our arsenal. Wonder Woman: You must stop this! Kaznian Soldier: I must do nothing! I don't take orders from women! Wonder Woman: The Annihilator! It's fueled by our rage! Dove: Lower your weapons! You don't have a chance like that, so try it my way! Lower your weapons! Hawk: Don! Let go of me! He's weak! He'll get himself killed! Don![Dove had just made the Annihilator stop by simply standing before it without a fight][Dove sighs]Hawk: Anybody wanna give me a clue what just happened? Wonder Woman: Sometimes, it takes more strength not to fight. Ares: What's the matter with you people?! Keep fighting! This is your chance to finish them! Wonder Woman: Give it up, Ares. It's over. You lose. Ares: All right. This time. But I'll be back and sooner than you think. Wherever there's prejudice, ignorance, inequality, I'll be there. Wonder Woman: And I'll be waiting. Dove: You see? Doesn't this prove exactly what I've been saying for years? Hawk: Couldn't tell ya — I do my best not to listen. Dove: What?!? Hawk: And another thing: Don't go all Gandhi on me thinking you can pull this every time. This Little Piggy [1.5][Batman sighs]Batman: Patience, princess. Intergang moves in mysterious ways. Wonder Woman: Tell me about it. What use could they possibly have for the Rosetta Stone? Batman: We'll find out soon enough. And in the meantime-- Wonder Woman: I know. Patience. Don't you ever wish you were down there? Batman: I'm down there all I need to be. Wonder Woman: Yes, but it's just a job to you. I'm talking about going down there and having some fun. Maybe... maybe with someone special.[Batman frowns and looks away]Wonder Woman: No. No dating for the Batman. It might cut into your brooding time. Batman: One: dating within the team always leads to disaster. Two: you're a princess from a society of immortal warriors; I'm a rich kid with issues... lots of issues. And three: if my enemies knew I had someone special, they wouldn't rest until they'd gotten to me, through her. Wonder Woman: [Crushes a stone gargoyle's head with her hand] Next?[A burglar alarm goes off.]Batman: There![He swings into action.]Wonder Woman: [wryly] Saved by the bell. Just a common thief. What happened to Intergang? Batman: J'onn must have gotten a bad tip. It happens. I'll take the crowbar. Circe: Whatever you say.[Batman gasps]Circe: That trick always went over big in Egypt. Wonder Woman: Circe! Be careful, she's... Batman: Yeah. I've read the Odyssey. Circe: That it for you? Wonder Woman: What are you doing here, witch? You were banished. Circe: They needed more space down below, so they paroled me. Of course, I had to promise to leave your mommy dearest alone before they'd let me out. Wonder Woman: Mother sent her to the Pits of Tartarus. Circe had a nasty habit of turning innocent people into animals. Circe: I'm real good at it too. Batman: So I've read. Let's not give her another chance.[Batman and Wonder Woman grunts][Wonder Woman groaning]Circe: I promised to leave your mother alone, little princess, but nobody said anything about you. Rest assured, after I get done with you, Hippolyta won't want you for a daughter, and your pointy-eared boyfriend here won't want you for anything.[Batman grunting]Zatanna: My poor assistant. He's fallen all to pieces. Let's see if I can help him pull himself together. Oops. Thank you. You've been a wonderful audience. And for my final illusion, I'd like to pull a rabbit out of my hat. Trust me. It isn't as easy as everybody thinks. Come on, Bugs. Where are you? Well, you're not as furry, but you're just as cute. Cab ot lamron. Hm. A little slow on the switch. Gotta watch that. Batman: What was it? Some kind of hologram? Or was it the real thing? Zatanna: It's called sorcery, Bruce. Usually, I play it straight, but for the big closer, I throw in a little dazzle. But enough about my secrets. What have you been up to? I haven't seen you in so long. Batman: Can we discuss that later? Someone's in trouble. Zatanna: Who? What kind of trouble? Batman: Well... Zatanna: Ew. Circe, huh? It was all over the Mystic Ethernet that she made parole. I'll see what I can do. [trying to turn Wonder Woman back to normal and failing] Lleps eb nekorb! Anyad bokeb namu! Well... I gave it my best shots. I guess my powers run a distant second to those of a goddess. We could call in one of the other magicians. Doctor Fate, maybe-- Batman: No! I mean, let's keep this between us. Zatanna: But why? If there's a chance to help her, shouldn't we tell everyone and that... oh, wait wait... you and her, are you two... Batman: Just good friends. Zatanna: No, you and I are just good friends. There's something more between you and Diana. Batman: Well, maybe there was. Zatanna: Don't worry, Bruce. I'll find a way out of this for her. And you. But I'm beginning to think that only Circe can turn our chubby friend here back into Wonder Woman. And Lord only knows where she is right now. Circe: [singing] Gotta get Your own tuxedo pressed. Gotta sew a button On your vest. 'Cause tonight You've got to look your best. Lulu's back in town. Gotta get A half a buck somewhere. Gotta shine your shoes And slick your hair Gotta get this guy A boutonniere. Lulu's back in town. You can tell the mailman Not to call. You ain't coming home Until the fall. And you may not Get back home at all. Lulu's back in town. Zatanna: Come on, Sid, are you gonna sell me the chimera scale or not? Sid: You know the rules. The elements of magic always come at a price. And I don't take cash or plastic. Zatanna: So, what do you want? Sid: Hey, is that thing housebroken? Batman: I'll take care of her. Zatanna: Now about that final ingredient I need for my locator spell. Sid: It's all yours for one silver good-luck fin. Mid-Qing Dynasty, if you please. Zatanna: What? That is robbery! Sid: What robbery? I'm giving it to you at cost. Zatanna: It's a total rip. I could conjure it up for nothing. Sid: Try it. Chimera scale is all but impossible to get, by magic or not. I'm this dimension's only supplier. Zatanna: Okay. You win. Surrup rippah! Sid: Thank you. Batman: We'll be done here soon. Zatanna: I call upon the spirits of earth and air to reveal our enemy and make her whereabouts known. This invocation works better frontwards than backwards. Batman: Whatever. Zatanna: Circe, show yourself. Well, that was a lot of nothing. Sid: Circe's pretty powerful. If she doesn't want to be found, there's not much anyone can do. Zatanna: Then what was the point of all this? Give me my coin back. Sid: Sorry, kid. No refunds. Zatanna: You slimy little-- Batman: Zatanna, she's gone. :Zatanna: Do not fear. Sid: Hey![Zatanna gasps]Zatanna: Whoa! Well, that's it. From mudhole to sty, we've looked everywhere. Batman: Obviously we haven't, because we haven't found her yet. Zatanna: Don't get snippy with me. How many other girls would go this far out of their way for a cold, insensitive. B'wana Beast: Yo, Bats.[Zatanna screams]Batman: Relax. He's one of us. B'wana Beast: [introducing himself to Zatanna] B'wana Beast. How ya doin'? Zatanna: My legs are fine, as is the rest of me. Up here. [pointing to her face]B'wana Beast: Whoa. She's got the fire of the cheetah in her. Rrroowr. Zatanna: [to Batman] Why are you doing this to me? Why are you doing this to me? Batman: Apart from being an expert tracker, he can communicate with animals. I called him in to help search. We're looking for a lost pig, pink, about sixty pounds, wearing two silver bracelets. Used to be Wonder Woman. B'wana Beast: Right on. I'll yank in some of the other guys. :Batman: Let's keep the circle small. Very small.[B'wana Beast clicks tongue]Red Tornado: [imitating a pig call] SOOOOOOO-WEEEEEEEEEE! Crimson Avenger: Excuse me, sir, I'm looking for a pig. Old Man: Gladys, it's for you! B'wana Beast: Yo, Wonder Pig! [pursues the pig Diana through the street, jumping over an oncoming truck in the process; then, over his communicator] Bat, Beast. Got a fix on your girl. Batman: Good work. B'wana Beast: I'll have her ready for pickup in-- Yeah, look, Bats. I think I might have jumped the gun when I said I found the pig. Batman: Keep looking. Zatanna and I are going after Circe. Zatanna: How? The locator spell didn't work. Batman: It's time for one of my tricks. We need a snitch. Zatanna: Thank you for setting this up. Themis: Please. Your League has done much good in my name. When you summoned me, how could I refuse? Batman: Here comes our stoolie. Themis: Don't look at her directly. Medusa, you have a chance to earn leniency... if you help our visitors. You were Circe's cellmate, weren't you? Medusa: C-Girl and me did some time together back in the Pit of Eternal Torment. That's where they hang you by your ankles and weasels come each night to eat your fingers. They grow back the next day, but trust me, it gets old real quick. Zatanna: Did she ever mention Hippolyta? Medusa: Are you kidding? "Hippolyta! Hippolyta!" All the time, Hippolyta. "When I get my hands on her," yadda yadda yadda! Batman: That much we know. We're wasting our time. Medusa: Wait! Wait! Uh, there was one other thing. Circe was always saying she wanted to headline at the amphitheatre. [short silence] The amphitheatre? On Mykonos, duh. It seems Circe was wicked jealous of her cousins, the Sirens, and swore she'd someday get her turn on the bandstand. Sophocles got his start there. Aristophanes. All the big names. You know those statues at the entrance? Mine. Themis: Thank you, Medusa. And know that you've earned 300 years off your sentence. Medusa: [sarcastic] Freedom in 4010. Ring-a-ding-ding! Themis: Uh. There's a small service charge. Medusa: When you see Circe, tell her I want my curling iron back! Circe: Thank you, thank you. You've all been so kind to me tonight. You know, my cousins, the Sirens, never thought I could sing. Really! They thought they were all that with their 'Charm the Sailors' routine. But I'm showing them, aren't I?[Dead silence. Circe glares - the audience applauses]Circe: Oh thank you! I love you all! Are there any requests? Zatanna: Stcejbo kcatta ecriC! Circe: I'm not sure I know that one... Circe: [under attack by Zatanna] Insolent trickster! You dare to strike- [gets hit by a chair] You dare to strike- [gets hit by a table] You dare to strike- [gets smothered by a tablecloth] QUIT IT! Oh, no... [gets hit by a grand piano]Circe: You're both beginning to remind me of Sisyphus after a hard day pushing his boulder up a mountain. But me, I could keep this up all night. Batman: Wait. It seems that magic always has a price. Circe: And your point is...? Batman: What would I have to give to make you lift your spell on Diana? Circe: Well, now you're getting interesting. I want something from you that's very precious. Something you've worked very hard to conceal. Something when gone, you can never regain. Something so shattering...[cut to Batman at a mike]Batman: [singing] Am I blue? Am I blue? Ain't these tears in my eyes telling you... Am I blue? Am I blue? Ain't these tears In my eyes tellin' you? Am I blue? You'd be too If each plan That you had done fell through...[Zatanna sniffles]Batman: [singing] There was a time I was Your only one...[Circe sobbing]Batman: But now I'm the sad And lonely one...[Zatanna is listening to Batman sing as her eyes tear up. She produces a handkerchief to dab at her eyes... then passes it to Circe, who is also crying at the performance.]Circe: Beautiful. Zatanna: And you'll keep your part of the bargain? Circe: A deal's a deal. He can stop now. Zatanna: Not on your life![Both keep watching the performance.]Batman: [singing] I should say... [Wonder Woman grunts]Wonder Woman: Circe.Batman: Remember when Penguin tried to kidnap that singer?Zatanna: Ricky what's-his-name? So?Batman: I spent a month on stakeout. Must've heard that song a hundred times.Zatanna: [to Batman, after he leaves the stage] Is there anything you can't do?Batman: There's one thing I've never been very good at. Saying "thank you." [they share a smile]Wonder Woman: And, truthfully, it's all still pretty much of a blur to me. Did I miss anything?Batman: Not really. The important thing is you're safe.Wonder Woman: Yeah. Of course, that's not the only important thing. [Wonder Woman humming "Am I Blue?"] Fearful Symmetry [1.6] [Gilbert Halstrom painting] [Gilbert Halstrom gasps]Supergirl: What's with the running, doc? We both know how this is gonna turn out.Gilbert Halstrom: I didn't tell anyone! I swear!Supergirl: Good. Then you're the only loose end. [Supergirl grunts] [Gilbert Halstrom whimpering]Supergirl: You can scream now, if you want. [Gilbert Halstrom screaming] [Supergirl screams] [Supergirl panting]Martian Manhunter: Hmm. I've never fully understood the mechanics of dreams. I don't have them myself.Supergirl: Well, this one's doing a number on my ceiling, and Pa Kent's getting tired of patching it.Martian Manhunter: I will say this. What I saw was far more linear than ordinary dream logic. But it didn't seem like a memory either. It was inconclusive.Supergirl: You mean... I might actually have done these things?Martian Manhunter: I'm sorry. I just don't know.Green Arrow: Don't listen to this guy, everything's conspiracies with him.The Question: Not "conspiracies". Conspiracy. Singular.Question: Reaching back to ancient Egypt, there's been a single cabal of powerful individuals directing the course of human history. But the common man prefers to believe they don't exist, which aids their success.Supergirl: [reading newspaper clippings] Global warming, military upheavals in the third world, actors elected to public office...Green Arrow: The spread of coffee bars, germs outpacing antibiotics, and boy bands? Come on! Who would gain from all this?Question: Who indeed?Supergirl: These weren't just dreams, they felt like they really happened!Green Arrow: I dunno, I've had some dreams that felt mighty real. [glances over his shoulder at Black Canary] There was this one the other night... [eats a French fry thoughtfully]Green Arrow: Hold your horses! No one asked for more help. This whole trip might just prove the kid shouldn't eat nachos before bed.Question: Peanut butter sandwiches.Supergirl: How did y- what, do you go through my trash?!Question: Please... I go through everyone's trash.Green Arrow: So I think that answered everything.Question: A little too well.Green Arrow: Does everything have a sinister motive in your world?Question: Yours too, you just don't know it.Green Arrow: What was that about?Question: What do you think? We're asking questions someone doesn't want answered.Green Arrow: Aw, learn a new tune already! [Supergirl has just been attacked by an android.]Question: Standard Z8 Combat Trainer.Green Arrow: Like the ones we use. The League buys 'em in bulk.Supergirl: So?Question: So who do we buy them from?Supergirl: The Army, I thin... Oh, wait a minute...Question: Another fun fact: The man who commissioned the Z8 Project? The same man who put you in the hospital.Supergirl: General Hardcastle? He's retired now, isn't he?Question: Gone. And hoping to be forgotten.General Hardcastle: Figured someone would come for me some day. Only, I thought they'd be from the other side. [aiming his weapon at Supergirl] This weapon fires a projectile of kryptonite pellets suspended in a liquid silicon core. Causes maximum scatter on impact. Only gets one shot, but trust me, alien, it'll do the job.Supergirl: We're not here to hurt you. We just have some questions.General Hardcastle: Sorry if I don't take your word for it. As I recall, your kind can be fickle. [After a tense moment Green Arrow steps in front of Supergirl]Green Arrow: Okay, now what, smart guy? Use up your magic bullet on me, and you're left with one very ticked off Supergirl. [General Hardcastle grunts]Green Arrow: Now, be a good host and tell us a story. [The brief distraction gives Question the chance to easily disarm Hardcastle]General Hardcastle: The army shut me out after Superman invaded. The feeling upstairs was I failed when it counted most, so how could I lead again? I got the message and took early retirement. Problem is, I know too much. One of these days they’ll decide to shut me up. The military and big business have been in cahoots for decades. Top secret stuff. Experiments on metahumans, mutants, aliens. Searching for new technologies both for national security and profit. That Volcano Woman? She was one of ours. Same with those freaks the Joker made up like playing cards.Green Arrow: Any of it have to do with Supergirl?General Hardcastle: It has to do with all of them. Your little club up in that spaceship? There’s a file on every one of you. But I don’t know anything about these dreams of yours. If it is connected to these people, I’ve been out of the loop too long to know.Question: And how do we find "these people"?General Hardcastle: You don't. They find you.Green Arrow: Sorry, kid. Dead end I guess.Question: Not necessarily. Need some time to process this. Martian, pick us up.General Hardcastle: What? I told you everything I... Supergirl?Galatea: Yes. And no. Friends call me Tea. Are you a friend, general? [General Hardcastle yells] [Hardcastle lunges for his kryptonite gun but Galatea quickly destroys it with her heat vison]Galatea: Guess that's a no.Galatea: So, what do you think? It's important that you like yourself. And I'm you, just accelerated a few extra years. Plus better trained. And I have to say, a heck of a lot smarter.Supergirl: You lured us here. After your lackeys couldn't get rid of me at Star, you decided to deal with me yourself on your home turf.Galatea: It's like you're reading my mind. Which is actually the problem. And why you have to die.Galatea: Next time, get your own dreams.Supergirl: Who do you work for?Galatea: Really? At the top. Even I don't know that, but I do know I can't work in secret if you keep seeing what I do. So, sayonara sister.Question: That's not the only thing. [Outside Nuvo-Gen]Question: [singing while inspecting the locked glass door] ...Fell in love again, what am I gonna tell my friends? It just happened. You walked in my door, now I don't wanna be alone no more... [throws a potted plant through the door] Oops, I done it! Told you how I feel! Just hope this time that our love is real... [Supergirl gasps]Green Arrow: It's okay. You fell asleep.Question: Excuse me, if I bore you.Green Arrow: Hey, lay off.Supergirl: Hardcastle's gone. I just know.Martian Manhunter: Question.Question: Go ahead.Martian Manhunter: Look at your monitor. I'm patching through a live feed. A scientist named Gilbert Holstrom has been reported missing. He's from a biotech company called Nuvo-Gen. It's the man from Kara's dream.Supergirl: He really exists. Or... did, anyway.Question: And only one network had the story.Green Arrow: Now that's the first lead in this whole business I can wrap my head around. We go to Nuvo-Gen, we find out who this guy is.Question: No. First, we find the source of the report.Green Arrow: What for?Question: Don't you know who owns the Eagle network? The real owners? [Green Arrow sighs]Green Arrow: Look, why don't we split up? Kara and I will go to Nuvo-Gen. You go wherever you want.Jerry: Hey, Lasser! Saw that piece on Eagle today. Now, that's reporting.Lasser: Thanks. You get home safe.Jerry: Eh. The thing is, that Nuvo-Gen's a real hush-hush joint, and, uh, Holstrom didn't have no family to file a missing persons. So between you and me, how'd you hear about that story?Lasser: Good old-fashioned legwork, Jerry. You should try it sometime. Commodore Hotel. Something wrong?Victor Sage: Gotta write up my fare report. So, what do you think of that corporate prepackaged pop kids like these days?Lasser: Hate it. [Lasser chuckles]Lasser: Hey! I just said-- [Lasser gasps] [Lasser whimpering] [Lasser screams]Green Arrow: How you doin'?Gift baskets Ollie, fillin' in.Security Guard: What happened to Frank?Green Arrow: I heard some contest guy showed up at his door. Free trip to Aruba. [Security Guard scoffs]Security Guard: Why him and not me?Green Arrow: Tell me about it. You have a good one.Security Guard: Good cold one's more like it.Supergirl: Free trip to Aruba?Green Arrow: Had to send Frank somewhere. Shame how he dropped his keycard though.Lasser: I never heard of Nuvo-Gen or... Or Holstrom until last night. This girl I've been seeing, sh-she slipped it to me. Said I... I could run with it. The girl.Question: Tell me more.Lasser: She's just a girl. Blond hair, blue eyes, real farmer's-daughter type.Question: And a handshake like a vise?Lasser: Yeah, really strong. How'd you...?Question: How long you been seeing her?Lasser: About a week.Question: She have bad dreams?Lasser: More like tossing and turning.Question: Can't sleep at night. [Lasser grunts]Green Arrow: Holstrom was getting drowned in e-mails from their legal department. Sounds like they were scared he was gonna blow the whistle on something. Doesn't say what. I don't believe it. That crazy old Hardcastle was right. These guys claim they're splicing heartier tomatoes, but really they've been experimenting with metahuman DNA.Supergirl: Not just any DNA. My DNA. Look. This folder was marked "Metropolis training exercises. " It's me.Green Arrow: Um, a little more... mature than you. But I see your point.Supergirl: They cloned me. We must have some sort of psychic link. That's why I'm seeing things I didn't do. What is this place?Green Arrow: It's a hologram chamber. Hard-light constructs. Must be a training program.Galatea: My training program. :[Supergirl grunts]Galatea: So, what do you think? It's important that you like yourself. And I'm you, just accelerated a few extra years. Plus better trained. And I have to say, a heck of a lot smarter.Supergirl: You lured us here. After your lackeys couldn't get rid of me at Star, you decided to deal with me yourself on your home turf. :Galatea: It's like you'r reading my mind. Which is actually the problem and why you have to die. [Supergirl grunts] [Supergirl groaning] [Green Arrow grunts]Supergirl: Arrow! [Supergirl grunts] [Supergirl screams]Question: You were setting up this bait even before Supergirl started asking questions. It's because the link works both ways, doesn't it? While she was seeing what you were doing, you were feeling her conscience. That's why you couldn't sleep at night. And I bet it got in the way of your work. It bites having someone in your head, doesn't it?Galatea: [begrudgingly] You don't know what you're talking about.Question: No? Prove it. Kill me. [Galatea raises her fist but hesitates to hit him]Man: Understood.Galatea: No! I can do this! [Galatea screams] [Supergirl grunts]Supergirl: It's too late! We searched what was left of the place, but we never found the clone.Green Arrow: Maybe there was nothing to find.Question: Or that's what they want us to think.Professor Emil Hamilton: I'm just glad you're okay, Supergirl.Supergirl: Professor, to make this clone of me, they'd have needed a DNA sample. Is there any chance it came from your lab?Professor Emil Hamilton: No, we always destroy genetic material after surgery. It's standard procedure.Supergirl: Okay. Thanks, professor.Professor Emil Hamilton: Give my best to Superman.Supergirl: Will do. Bye.Green Arrow: I still don't get why someone cloned you in the first place.Question: This all started because Superman went renegade. They want a superhuman alien on their side if it ever happens again.Supergirl: Whoever they are. :Professor Emil Hamilton: You rest. We'll have you fixed up in no time... Galatea. The Greatest Story Never Told [1.7]Booster Gold: You're safe now, folks. This hunk of tin and transistors couldn't cut it against a real high-tech hero. A hero who's 1000 percent committed to the fight against evil. And... and... And you have no idea who I am, do you? Skeets?Skeets: Citizens of Metropolis, behold Booster Gold. Traveling back through time from the year 2462 A.D., Booster Gold has come to battle today's wrongdoers. Booster Gold, protecting his past to ensure your feature.Child: Can I have your autograph?Booster Gold: Of course you can. [signs autograph book]Child: [looks at it and is disappointed] I thought you were Green Lantern.Skeets: I would like your autograph, sir.Booster Gold: Shut up, Skeets. Come on, J'onn, you gotta put me on some high-profile missions. Grodd, Darkseid. Any chance the Joker's planning something super-nasty?Martian Manhunter: I fail to understand your obsession with fame.Booster Gold: Not fame. Mega fame. Much more than, like, your level of fame. No offense, but you've got a hard-to-pronounce name. It doesn't stick in the mind. Now, Booster Gold, don't you just love saying it?Martian Manhunter: That is the attitude that keeps you on the sidelines.Booster Gold: You're right. It's not just about fame. What'd you pull down last year? Before taxes.Wonder Woman: J'onn, mayday! We need help down here. Now!Booster Gold: How is that?Martian Manhunter: The dark lord Mordru.Booster Gold: You okay? You sound nervous or something.Martian Manhunter: I have never sensed such malevolent magic in one being. Unless Mordru can be defeated, I fear for every living creature on the planet.Booster Gold: Yes!Captain Atom: Captain Atom here. Go ahead.Martian Manhunter: Report to Metropolis immediately.Captain Atom: I've got a fire to put out here, J'onn.Martian Manhunter: We have an omega-level priority situation.Captain Atom: Roger that. On my way.Green Lantern: I heard, J'onn.Martian Manhunter: You will lead the ground forces once they're assembled.Green Lantern: ETA to Metropolis: two minutes. Lantern out.Martian Manhunter: Listen up! A second unit will serve under Green Lantern's command! When I call your name, report to the transporter! Hawk and Dove, Star and S.T.R.I.P.E., Shining Knight, Fire and Ice, Doctor Light, Aztek, Huntress, Vigilante, Elongated Man.Booster Gold: Ahem.Martian Manhunter: Vibe.Booster Gold: Ahem.Martian Manhunter: [sighs] Booster Gold.Booster Gold: Yes! This is it, Skeets. My big chance. If I can take down this Mumu--Skeets: Mordru.Booster Gold: I take him down, and after that, there's no stopping me and my career.Skeets: I have every confidence in you, sir.Booster Gold: Energize.Teleporter Operator: Doofus.Booster Gold: Blurk! I hate that thing. Give me a javelin any day. Whoa.Green Lantern: Hawk, Dove, and Vibe, you're with us.Booster Gold: What about me? I was thinking maybe I'd go out on point.Batman: Crowd control.Booster Gold: Who says you don't have a sense of humor?Batman: Crowd control.Booster Gold: Now, wait just a-- Got it. Crowd control.Elongated Man: What about me?Green Lantern: Plastic Man's down there. We don't need two stretchy guys.Booster Gold: Well, don't just stand there, chum. We've got an important job to do. [flatly] This way. Remain calm. Watch your step. [The Elongated Man and Booster Gold are stuck with Crowd Control during a battle.]Elongated Man: We don't need two stretchy guys. This is so not fair! I mean, okay, I realize that Plastic Man is in the League too, I'm not dissing the guy's skills, but come on! I have it all over that guy! Once, I disguised myself as a vase for like three days!Booster Gold: No, you didn't!Elongated Man Okay, maybe not. Who'd want to, anyway? But I am a detective! That means I'm like Plastic Man and Batman rolled into one! And--Booster Gold: Is there any chance you could stop complaining for five minutes?Elongated Man: Hey, the squeaky wheel gets the grease, my friend. But I'll tell you one thing: I wouldn't help those ingrates now if they begged me!Wonder Woman: We need you.Booster Gold: It's about time!Wonder Woman: Not you. Him!Elongated Man: Squeaky Wheel! [leaves with Wonder Woman]Skeets: Maybe they needed a vase. Maybe I iluminated the colors in the wrong order.Booster Gold: It doesn't matter what we do here. The battle is over there. We're not helping.Skeets: "This is untrue. They also serve who only stand and wait." - John Milton.Booster Gold: Oh, yeah? I got one for ya'. "This stinks" - Booster Gold. Fame and fortune don't come your way when you're on crowd control.Skeets: I disagree. Crowd control can be a very rewarding experience, sir. You'll see.Booster Gold: Superman. Are you okay?Wonder Woman: I'm fine. Get back to crowd control.Skeets: Maybe that's not such a bad idea.Booster Gold: This is it, Skeets. Hang tight. I'll save your family. Hello, ladies, can you hear me? [Booster Gold coughing]Booster Gold: You can come out now. Booster Gold is-- Here are you ants. I'm not Green Lantern! I'm Booster Gold! If I were Green Lantern, my costume would be green, now wouldn't it?! [to Skeets] I have officially hit rock bottom.Skeets: Sir, you saved those insects! Yay! Don't you feel good about yourself?Booster Gold: It's never gonna happen for me, Skeets. Maybe I just don't deserve it.Skeets: Nonsense, sir. You will get a chance to prove your valor. I believe adventure is right around the corner.Booster Gold: Well, If I'm reading this right, I guess you take the 7 to the B line, and that'll get out of the city. Is there anyone left in the building? Skeets. Dr. Simmons, are you here? Dr. Simmons!Skeets: She is still alive.Booster Gold: She's beautiful, and in distress. My favorite kind of damsel. Heh. Maybe today wasn't such a waste after all. [Dr. Tracy Simmons moaning]Dr. Tracy Simmons: We're all gonna die.Booster Gold: Hey. I'm not dressed for Halloween. Booster Gold is a bona fide superhero.Dr. Tracy Simmons: You can't help. My boss and I, we've been experimeting in the lab with an alternative energy source to fossil fuels.Booster Gold: Uh-huh, uh-huh.Dr. Tracy Simmons: The source isn't entirely stable and requires a tremendous amount of power to maintain equilibrium. The fire damaged the containment field. Dr. Brown got caught in the explosion. The source is loose now. It could destroy the world. All worlds.Booster Gold: This is so up my alley. I got this for ya. So where is this source?Martian Manhunter: Supergirl, use your heat vision to lay down suppresion fire. Aztek, Huntress, fall back to second position. Watchtower. Go ahead.Booster Gold: Uh, J'onn, you got a second?Martian Manhunter: What is it?Booster Gold: We kind of got an emergency down here.Martian Manhunter: I know Mordru's powers apprear to be growing.Booster Gold: No. Something else, something terrible. Something that--Martian Manhunter: Now is not the time to rail against your given assignment.Booster Gold: I'm not! I've got a major situation--Martian Manhunter: Watchtower out.Booster Gold: Okay, J'onn. If you think I can handle it on my own, I will. Tell Superman I got this one, but he owes me. [Booster Gold laughing]Booster Gold: Booster gold out. He said I can handle this on my own.Dr. Tracy Simmons: I hope you're right.Booster Gold: So you're the beautiful scientist. How do we turn your artificial black hole off?Dr. Tracy Simmons: With this, I hope. It's a gravity inhibitor. We need to get this around his neck. It should collapse the black hole and hopefully save Daniel as well.Booster Gold: Daniel, huh? Is he your boyfriend? Husband?Dr. Tracy Simmons: No. Just friends. We better hurry.Booster Gold: [whispers] Yes!Dr. Tracy Simmons: Can your little friend there detect gravitic anomalies?Booster Gold: No need.Dr. Tracy Simmons: Oh, my.Booster Gold: You afraid to heights?Dr. Tracy Simmons: No. Why?Booster Gold: Go find a shady spot.Captain Atom: Lantern!Booster Gold: Oh, man, we are so lucky. All I have to do is pop this collar on Mr. Black Hole, save the world, and then it's champagne and strawberries for me and the hot doctor. [He is about to put the collar around Dr. Daniel's neck, when a car falls on him] [Booster Gold grunting]Daniel: Sorry. [Booster Gold grunting]Booster Gold: [emerging from under the car] I thought they didn't have flying cars in this time period. Oh, blurk. [Booster Gold grunting] [Booster Gold opens an ambulance door]Booster Gold: Uh-oh. [Cut to pregnant woman in labor; Dr. Simmons arrives] Maybe you should handle this.Dr. Tracy Simmons: Why me?Booster Gold: You're a doctor.Dr. Tracy Simmons: I'm a physicist!Booster Gold: Yeah?Dr. Tracy Simmons: Give me the collar! [She takes it and runs]Booster Gold: I'll-- I'll take care of this. [climbs into the ambulance next to the woman] So, uh, how are you feeling?Woman: [screams]Booster Gold: How many fingers am I holding up?Woman: [Grabs him] Do something useful!Skeets: I'm here to help, sir.Booster Gold: Am I glad to see you. I need any data you have on childbirth. Now.Skeets: Scanning. According to my files, first we boil water then tear up several clean sheets, preferably ones we no longer wish to use for bedding. [Booster gold groaning]Woman: Thank you, Green Lantern!Booster Gold: Tracy, where are you? This is all my fault, Skeets. I never should have put her in harm's way. I mean, Superman wouldn't have done that. He would have figured this all out by now.Skeets: Thataway, sir.Tracy Simmons: Help me! Oh, no!Skeets: He's in the subway, sir. He's in the subway.Booster Gold: I know.Booster Gold: They were right. Some superhero I turned out to be. If anyone knew the truth. If she knew the truth--Skeets: I've got nothing.Tracy Simmons: Did you find him?Skeets: According to my sensors, Dr. Brown is nearing critical mass.Booster Gold: Come on.Tracy Simmons: Daniel!Daniel: Tracy, keep back! I can't control it!Booster Gold: Just stay where you are.Skeets: Booster!Booster Gold: Skeets! No!Daniel: Ohh.Booster Gold: I blew it!Tracy Simmons: It's not too late!Booster Gold: I can't do it!Tracy Simmons: Yes, you can! You have to!Booster Gold: Tracy, I'm a fraud! Do you know why I came back to the past? It wasn't to fight for justice! It was to get rich, be famous! I was a failure in the future, just like I am here! I'm not a superhero!Tracy Simmons: Everything is about to be destroyed forever! And where are the other superheroes? Not here! You are! You're the only one that can do this! So do it!Tracy Simmons: You're alive.Daniel: Tracy?Tracy Simmons: You're all right, Daniel. Just take it slow.Daniel: I don't feel so good.Booster Gold: Skeets!Skeets: My gosh. It was full of stars.Daniel: Sorry.Tracy Simmons: You okay?Booster Gold: Yeah. You?Tracy Simmons: I am now. That was pretty super-heroic of you.Booster Gold: Hey. All in a judgment day's work. Well, see ya.Skeets: Sir, according to my thermal sensor readings of Dr. Simmons, you just missed a prime opportunity to... well, I believe the phrase is, "kiss the girl."Booster Gold: Kissing girls is for heroes, Skeets.Captain Atom: Nice work, Elongated Man.Green Lantern: That was just about the slickest move I've ever seen.Elongated Man: Hey, it was a team effort. I'm just glad I stretched in the right place at the right time.Booster Gold: Back to normal, huh?Batman: Mordru's magic was nullified when he lost consciousness. I thought I told you to stay on crowd control.Booster Gold: I know, but... there was this... I mean, you wouldn't believe it... it almost.. [pauses on seeing Batman narrowing his eyes] ah, forget it.Batman: You and I are gonna have a little chat later. [walks away]Booster Gold: [sarcastic] Looking forward to that.Tracy Simmons: [offscreen] Excuse me, Green Lantern?Booster Gold: For the last time, I am not Green Lantern! My name is...! [turns and sees her]Tracy Simmons: [laughs] Just kidding. I know who Booster Gold is. So now that I'm not in distress, I was wondering if maybe I was still your kind of damsel. Because maybe we could have dinner if you're not busy doing cleanup.Booster Gold: Me? No. I only do crowd control. Squeaky wheel, buddy. Squeaky wheel. The Return [1.8]Guardian: There's an unidentified object approaching Oa at a somewhat astonishing speed...Guardian: Magnify image.Martian Manhunter: Professor Ivo's android!Green Lantern: Holy Mother of-!Lex Luthor: [leading the rest to a hiding place] This is it.Supergirl: A barber shop?Steel: Got to hand it to you, Luthor - NOBODY would think to look for you here.Amazo: You cannot keep me from my goal.Superman: Telepathy.Green Lantern: I'm not impressed.Superman: Why have you come back? What do you want?Amazo: Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?Superman: Luthor.Amazo: Of course.Superman: We're not gonna give him up.Amazo: He's your enemy. You owe him nothing.Superman: Turn...back...now.Amazo: I have evolved far beyond what I was when we last met. You do not want to challenge me.Green Lantern: LIGHT HIM UP! [The First Line attacks]Kyle Rayner: We're gonna use every bit of power left in our rings and take one last shot at the android.Green Lantern: A blast like that could destroy half the planet.Kyle Rayner: Half a planet is better than none. [in the Watchtower]Martian Manhunter: It's the only way.Dr. Fate: Hmmm, those words are always used to justify destruction.Martian Manhunter: We can only guess how much power the android has amassed as it has worked it's way across the galaxy. It has to be stopped, Fate. Here and now. Not just for the sake of this world, but for all worlds.Dr. Fate: Then for the sake of all worlds, I will continue to seek a better way.Lex Luthor: The most powerful creature in the universe wants my head, and the League sends its least powerful member to protect me.Atom: The android – why does he hate you so much?Lex Luthor: I once took advantage of his naiveté. He's not naïve any more, and I've stopped taking advantage of the innocent.Atom: Let's hope you'll be more convincing if you have to tell him that.Amazo: Your bravery is admirable... but annoying.Martian Manhunter: You'll need that cannon very soon.Lex Luthor: Then stop interrupting us!Martian Manhunter: You've come to offer help?Dr. Fate: Not help. Hope.Amazo: An intriguing idea, modifying the cannon so that it could alter my programming, and it might've worked... a month ago, when I was still nanotech. But I have transcended that limitation.Lex Luthor: A subatomic universe.Atom: Figured the android can't kill what he can't see.Amazo: Oh, but I can see you. [Atom and Luthor are revealed to be standing on Amazo's hand] Did you really think I couldn't follow you here? No universe, however large, however small, is denied to me.Lex Luthor: What do you want from me?Amazo: You have everything humans desire: wealth, power... yet you crave more, and you'll do anything to get it. Why? What is your ultimate purpose?Lex Luthor: What you're really asking is, what is yours?Dr. Fate: Wait. Please. The android's nature has proved benign before. I believe it will again.Green Lantern: Benign?! You call destroying Oa benign?! [all assembled Green Lanterns aim their rings at Dr. Fate] Not even you can stand against the Green Lantern Corps. [Dr. Fate steps aside, and the Lanterns find the room empty] What the devil's going on?Dr. Fate: Lex Luthor is saving the world.Lex Luthor: The truth is, for all my struggles to make my mark in life, for all I've accomplished, in just a few short generations my name will be forgotten. Even the greatest of us can't compete with time... and death.Amazo: Then why do you go on? Why does anyone? Why don't I just destroy you and everything else right now? [winds start swirling] All it would take is a single thought and-Lex Luthor: No! If you do that, you won't see the end of it!Amazo: The end of what?Lex Luthor: The evolutionary process. You of all beings should know something about that.Amazo: Yes. Yes, I'm evolving. That's why Professor Ivo made me. These past months I have amassed so much knowledge, and yet... I remain confused... empty. What am I evolving into? What is my purpose?! I must know! TELL ME!Lex Luthor: There's no way to tell. And that's why I stay in the game. My purpose, if you will, is to see where it's all going. And you! You'll live forever. You'll be able to see it all.Amazo: Is that my purpose? Simply to be... a witness?Lex Luthor: We create our own purpose in life. Now go create yours.Lex Luthor: You know, when I heard you were coming I was actually afraid of you. Petrified. But now, when I see your fear, your uncertainty, I just pity you. [Amazo glares]Atom: You should have quit while you were ahead.Dr. Fate: It's over. Isn't it?Amazo: Yes.Green Lantern: He murders an entire world, and it's over? Just like that? I don't think so!Amazo: I did not destroy Oa - I simply moved it to another dimension. [everyone stares] It was in my way.John Stewart: Then could you move it back? [Amazo's eyes glow briefly]Amazo: Done.Dr. Fate: I can help you on your journey. In your search for meaning.Amazo: Help me? Why?Dr. Fate: Because that... is my purpose.Atom: Told you we'd beat him!Lex Luthor: What do you mean, "we"?Inza: Are you all right?Dr. Fate: Fine, although there was a moment when I actually thought John Stewart was going to attack me.Shayera Hol: Oh, I don't know about that. His bark's a lot worse than his bite. Ultimatum [1.9]Aquaman: The new Bermuda Platform's under attack. If it collapses, we're gonna have the worst oil spill in history on our hands. I've told those idiots to stay out of my ocean.Superman: ETA is three minutes, Aquaman.Wonder Woman: Right behind you, Superman.Batman: See you there, Diana.Aquaman: These geniuses dug right into the Earth's magma. Never occurred to them there'd be anything living down there.Wind Dragon: Not to worry, fellow heroes. The Ultimen are here.Aquaman: Not them again.Wind Dragon: Now, is that nice? [Superman is encased in hardened magma]Wind Dragon: You know, Juice, Superman was my hero when I was a lad. It's not his fault he's getting old.Superman: "Old"?! [breaks free]Wind Dragon: Old but spry, sir, old but spry!Long Shadow: It's, uh, really an honor to be working with you, Wonder Woman.Wonder Woman: Thank you, Long Shadow.Shifter: Lend them a hand, Brother?Downpour: Absolutely, Sister.Shifter: Flood!Downpour: Sea serpent!Shifter: Don't be afraid, Wonder Woman. It's only me, Shifter.Wonder Woman: Any chance you could warn me before you try to drown me?Shifter: We were only trying to help.Batman: [surrounded with Aquaman by Lava men] Can you make telepathic contact?Aquaman: Do they look like fish to you?Wind Dragon: Don't despair, old chum.Long Shadow: I didn't know you could do that.Wind Dragon: Neither did I. Finding new sources of fuel for an energy starved world is truly a worthy endeavor. But in man's quest to better himself, he must respect all of the world's creatures, including those poor beasts whose homes you've disturbed. It's imperative that we learn to share our planet if Earth is to survive.Aquaman: He's certainly... earnest.Superman: I think the word is "corny."Wonder Woman: Our paths keep crossing, and our goals are very much the same. Isn't it time you accepted our offer?Long Shadow: All right!Wind Dragon: We're truly flattered, Wonder Woman, but we're simply not ready yet. All of you in the Justice League stand as shining examples of what true heroism is. I only hope that one day-- the Ultimen can live up to your legend.Superman: Oh, for crying out loud.Long Shadow: Wonder Woman? I... I think it'd be terrific if one day we could join the League, but--Wonder Woman: Maybe you could come with me on patrol sometime.Long Shadow: Oh! Oh, that would be--Juice: Let's go, Romeo.Long Shadow: What I wanna know is-Shifter, Downpour, Juice, Wind Dragon: "Why can't we join the Justice League?"Wind Dragon: Hey, it's all right. I used to think like that.Long Shadow: Used to? What happened?Wind Dragon: I dunno. I guess I just started wanting stuff.Bizarro: Me will do anything for the woman he loves! Even break her boyfriend out of prison!Wonder Woman: And what's gonna happen then?Bizarro: Uh... [gets knocked out]Mike: Mr. Lord, your Ultimen have taken the country by storm these past six months. Why do you think that is?Maxwell Lord: Simple, Mike. They're heroes people can trust, relate to, depend on. They're not aloof. They don't put themselves above us mere mortals the way that some heroes do.Mike: Are you referring to the Justice League?Maxwell Lord: Who?Mike: But what about those who criticize you for the millions you've made in licensing and endorsement deals?Maxwell Lord: All the money generated by the Ultimen is funneled back into the group to cover overhead and such. Fighting crime isn't cheap, Mike, and even superheroes have to eat.Superman: [on Maxwell Lord] I can't listen to anymore of this. This guy's dripping more oil than that platform ever did.Aquaman: And he has the gall to take cheap shots at us.Batman: I know Maxwell Lord. All he cares about is money.Wonder Woman: Well, it takes money to do what we do. And not everyone's independently wealthy.Batman: Lord's a walking ego who'd do anything for a buck and some free publicity. If he's involved in this, it isn't about helping people.Wonder Woman: I don't know about Lord, but I think these Ultimen have potential that should be encouraged, especially Long Shadow. I admit, they're a little overeager, but they're really a nice bunch of kids.Downpour: So last night, Inside Celebrity did a whole segment on Wind Dragon. And Mr. Swelled Head here didn't even mention the rest of us. When do I get to be team leader?Long Shadow: When your teeth sparkle like mine.Maxwell Lord: Kids, kids, you know you two play best to the tweens. Your faces are on the walls of every 12-year-old in America.Downpour: I don't know about Shifter, but I'm sick of being a teen idol. There's more to me than just a pretty face.Shifter: Hmph.Maxwell Lord: Did I forget to give you the royalty check for the new water-spouting Downpour action figure? And that's just domestic.Long Shadow: What... What I wanna know is--Wind Dragon, Juice, Shifter and Downpour: [in unison] Why can't we join the Justice League?Wind Dragon: Hey, it's all right. I used to think like that.Long Shadow: Used to? What happened?Wind Dragon: I don't know. I guess I just started wanting stuff.Maxwell Lord: Yes, ma'am, but just because Wind Dragon has a new power, we-- Yes, I know, but... But... But-- I'll check it out, ma'am. I'll check them all out.Wonder Woman: Come on, Giganta. How long are you going to be Grodd's errand girl?Giganta: Long as he needs me.Wonder Woman: I took you apart before. Why go through it again?Giganta: Because this time, I've got help.Bizarro: [singing] Bizarro here to save the day!Giganta: Outta the way, tiny. [Long Shadow grows taller than her]Long Shadow: You were saying?Giganta: Oh, poop.Wonder Woman: Can't you see Giganta's just using you?Bizarro: Me do anything for woman I love! Even break her boyfriend out of jail!Wonder Woman: And what's gonna happen then?Bizarro: Uh...Wonder Woman: Good job.Long Shadow: Believe it or not, when I was born, I was small, sickly. But lucky for me, my folks were scientists experimenting with growth hormones. Guess the experiments were a success.Wonder Woman: Where are your parents now?Long Shadow: Well, Mom... passed away. Dad's retired. Do you really think I could make it in the League?Wonder Woman: Yes. Yes, I do.Long Shadow: But I guess... I guess I owe it to the Ultimen to-- Yeah? Okay. Right away.I've gotta go.Shifter: How long are they gonna keep us here like this?Downpour: What's the hurry, sis? Gotta get home and wax your mustache? [Juice laughing]Wind Dragon: Well, I, for one, have a date, and I have to get her home by ten.Dr. Emil Hamilton: It's worse than we thought. The Ultimen's cellular matrix isn't holding. Wind Dragon, in particular, is showing massive cellular atrophy. But they're all in the early stages of failure.Maxwell Lord: How long?Dr. Emil Hamilton: A few months, a few days. The progression will be painful. We should do everything we can to help them.Amanda Waller: That's not our priority.Maxwell Lord: But, Mrs. Waller, I really think that we--Amanda Waller: Since when did your opinion count, Lord? How fast can you get the second team up and running?Shifter: I swear, he still wets the bed.Dr. Emil Hamilton: If we push ourselves, five days.Downpour: Can I help it if I keep turning into a puddle all night?Long Shadow: Quiet.Amanda Waller: Do it in three.Downpour: I saw her turning into Britney Spears--Maxwell Lord: But what about the Ultimen?Long Shadow: Quiet!Amanda Waller: They're expendable.Maxwell Lord: Great news, troops. Dragon's new power is nothing to be concerned about. But just to be safe, Professor Hamilton wants to keep you overnight for observation.Wind Dragon: Overnight?Long Shadow: No problem, Max. We'll be happy to stay.Shifter: What exactly are we looking for?Long Shadow: We'll know when we find it. [Shifter gasps]Shifter: What is that?Wind Dragon: Over there. [Shifter crying]Dr. Emil Hamilton: The clones are unharmed.Amanda Waller: Security can't find a trace of our Ultimen. But I want you to find them, Mr. Lord, and bring them back.Maxwell Lord: They're not gonna trust me or anyone now that they know that--Amanda Waller: Bring them back, or I'm calling in the squad to put them down. I want this laboratory dismantled and relocated. No loose ends.Wind Dragon: You lied to us, Max.Maxwell Lord: I was only trying to protect you from people who don't have your best interests at heart. I've always been on your side. And I promise I won't stop until--Wind Dragon: Spare us the performance.Shifter: Water.Downpour: Lion. What'll it be, Max? Drowning on a rooftop, or eaten by a lion? [Maxwell Lord muffled speech]Maxwell Lord: You're... You're artificial life forms grown in a test tube, designed to be the ultimate superheroes.Long Shadow: That's a lie! I remember my parents! How much they loved me. I was with my mother when she died. I--Wind Dragon: Implanted memories.Long Shadow: But I spent Thanksgiving with my father.Wind Dragon: Actors. How long have we...?Maxwell Lord: You're just a little over a year old. The purpose of the Cadmus Project was to create a popular group of superheroes who were completely loyal to the government, unlike those loose cannons in the Justice League.Downpour: And the clones?Maxwell Lord: Replacements for when... you... wear out. Once they're complete, the clones will think they're you. They'll be you, and no one will be the wiser.Shifter: How could you do this to us?Maxwell Lord: Ha! Me? This is so big, even my superiors are small fish. But I... I was just--Wind Dragon: Following orders?Long Shadow: No. He's nothing. We want the big fish.Wind Dragon: They're gone.Shifter: And we're dead.Wind Dragon: They're here somewhere. They've got to be.Shifter: Rhino!Downpour: Tidal wave!Wind Dragon: Take this place apart.Long Shadow: No, wait! There are other offices in this building, innocent people who-- I'm here to help.Wonder Woman: Need a hand?Shifter: What's the point of this? We'll never find Cadmus or a cure. It's hopeless.Wind Dragon: Then what? We just die and let them replace us? No one ever knows we were here? That we mattered?!Downpour: I say we just bring the whole building down right on top of us.Long Shadow: Don't give up hope yet, Downpour. We've got friends... in high places.Shifter: You idiot. Do you really think that they can help us?Wonder Woman: Whatever's going on, we'll do everything in our power to--Wind Dragon: Yes, power. That's what it always comes down to, doesn't it? And that's the only way we'll ever be remembered. 'Cause we're the ones who take down the Justice League! The world will never forget us!Batman: Listen to yourself, you're not making any sense! You're getting sicker!Wind Dragon: Translation: they're afraid to face us!Long Shadow: No!Wind Dragon: As a man said, "You're either with us or against us."Juice: Where'd he go?Batman: Light's out... old chum.Downpour: Nobody does that to my sister. Do you hear me?! Nobody! [Downpour blasts Aquaman with a huge tidal wave, which is almost entirely ineffective.]Aquaman: King of the seas, remember?Superman: Project Cadmus? That's all you know?Long Shadow: Everything else is an implanted memory.Wonder Woman: How much time... do you have left?Long Shadow: Who knows?Amanda Waller: We'll take it from here. The Ultimen belong to us.Wonder Woman: Belong?Maxwell Lord: A poor choice of words. We'll see to it that their last days are comfortable. We will take care of you. You have my word, for whatever it's worth.Wind Dragon: All right, Max. [The gunmen step towards Long Shadow. Wonder Woman steps in front of him.] Wonder Woman: No. Amanda Waller: You need to step back. Batman: Not gonna happen. Long Shadow's with us. Amanda Waller: [to troops] Safeties.[Soldiers train guns on the League; Superman and Aquaman get between them and Long Shadow]Batman: [smirking] Mine are bigger than yours. Amanda Waller: Stand down. He's free to go with you for however long he's got. Batman: Who are you people? Amanda Waller: That's a national security matter. And if I were you, I wouldn't probe the situation too closely... rich boy. Wonder Woman: Welcome to the Justice League. Dark Heart [1.10] Soldier: Containment has failed, and we are taking heavy losses. Requesting emergency support. I repeat, we cannot contain them. Superman: Sounds like the commander could use a little reassurance. Batman: Let's hope we can give it to him. Wonder Woman: We'll give it to him, all right, and then some. Strength in numbers and all that. Batman: It's growing bigger. It's somehow devouring everything around it and converting it into mass. Wonder Woman: And those spider-like things? Batman: The same. And once they're done with the debris from the Army's attempt to beat them back, they're going to spread out to those three towns. Martian Manhunter: Diana, I have the communications feed from the general on the ground. Patching it through. Wonder Woman: This is Wonder Woman. Go ahead, general. General Wade Eiling: This is General Eiling, USAF. We're in the process of evacuating the three towns in the immediate vicinity. We need those things locked down. Wonder Woman: Then the first task is containment. Batman: I've got something onboard that may buy us a little more time. Wonder Woman: Batman, what was that? Batman: Fermionic gas, cooled to within a few degrees of absolute zero. Wonder Woman: Why would you have something like that onboard? Batman: I needed to freeze the Gotham River once. Long story. Superman: Move in. Wonder Woman: Good job. Surround them and close in. Superman: Hold on a second. They're right under us! General Wade Eiling: Wonder Woman, can you hear me? I'm in the town of gold hanger. Two clicks from you. And we're not going to get everyone out in time. Martian Manhunter: You won't have to, General. The watchtower is now in stationary orbit over the site. I'm clearing the binary fusion generator for firing. General Wade Eiling: The what? Martian Manhunter: It converts our space station's entire power output into a single shot. It's a gun with the punch of a small nuclear weapon, General. General Wade Eiling: You're not serious. Martian Manhunter: We're very serious. Now pull your men back. We can't hit the alien directly because it could scatter them for miles. So we're going to be burning a trench around. General Wade Eiling: All back! Go! Martian Manhunter: An hour until we find out if it worked. Superman: That should buy them some time to get the townspeople out. Now I wanna learn about these things. I think the main spacecraft is replicated. There's some kind of molecular machine inside each of them. The sort of dark heart building around itself. Batman: We need Ray Palmer in Boston. Superman, you'll get there fastest. Superman: Agreed. Be right back. Hold the line. Katie: Professor Palmer. We've lost you off the scanner. Professor? The Atom: Reconfigure for the automata limit, Katie. I know he's down here somewhere. Could be pretty small by now. [confronted by a (relatively) giant nanomachine] Ah. He just found me. He's bigger than my car now, Katie. Personally, I blame you. Katie: How can it possibly be my fault? The Atom: Because otherwise it would be my fault. That can't be right; I'm a professor. [He rides the nanomachine like a bronco, opening a panel on its back.] Okay, I can see the problem, now, Katie. Looks like the salt water created a bad nano-chip. I can get around it by.... [he's nearly thrown off as the nanomachine writhes under him] Okay, I'm just gonna be direct. [He punches the chip, breaking it, but he is shocked by the contact. The nanomachine comes to a halt, and he lies prone on its back, exhausted.]Katie: Professor Palmer! Professor! Ray! The Atom: I'm just going to lie here for a while, Katie. I'm old now, and I get tired. Katie: Professor Palmer, you have company... serious company... The Atom: I'm coming up. Stand by. [He adjusts a dial on his belt, causing him to grow out of the petri dish. He steps down from the table it's on, to stand only a little shorter than Superman.] Hello, Superman. What brings you to Boston. Superman: Omega-level situation. The Atom: Katie, please inform the front office that I'm gonna be, out for a while. Fifty years ago, Dr. John Von Neumann imagined that self-replicating robots would be how'd explore the universe. Send one robot out order to build another ten wherever it lands. Another ten are sent out in all directions. Superman: I think we have one of those in Novato, Ray. The Atom: Then we're looking at the big nightmare of nanotechnology. A machine that could build clones of itself out of atoms of anything. What would stop them from building until everything is gone. Batman: Got an ETA yet. We need you. Superman: Soon. How's the trench holding up. Batman: What trench? That was the last of my useful armaments. I can't do anymore. Batman to all points. I could use some air support since. I can't fly. At all. Now, would be good. Batman: [in free fall, having bailed out of his plane] Batman to all points. I could use some air support. Since I can't fly. At all. [continues to fall and states calmly] Now would be good. [Superman catches him only a few feet from the ground]Wonder Woman: [holding Atom in her palm] Ready? Atom: Just don't squeeze. Wonder Woman: [in the midst of battle, before tucking Atom into her cleavage] I need both hands, professor. Atom: This is incredible. Every atom of it is filled with books' worth of information, it is beautifully simple, it— Batman: Save it for the autopsy. Superman: There. Is that-- The Atom: That was disgusting. Superman: I don't suppose you need any help destroying that? Wouldn't want that technology falling into the wrong hands. General Wade Eiling: We can learn a lot from it. It almost beat the Justice League, after all. Wonder Woman: Why would you need something to do that, General? General Wade Eiling: Oh, I don't know. Maybe because it turns out that the Justice League has had a secret space-based weapon of mass destruction all along. And we're going to be talking about that some day, believe me. Ma'am. The Atom: [a general has just taken away a doomsday machine that nearly destroyed Earth] Amazing. Show him a weapon that destroyed its creators and every other thing it saw, and he wants to play with it. What's to stop history from repeating itself here on Earth? Superman: We are. Wake the Dead [1.11] Aquaman: It's your move, Hawkgirl. Check in five moves. Shayera Hol: We'll see. Aquaman: Diana told me you used to regularly beat Batman. Difficult to believe from the current pitiful level of your game. I should have known better than to expect a proper challenge from a woman. Such scintillating repartee. I get better conversation from the android. Amazo: You are aware I'm in the room? Aquaman: Check. I win again. Huzzah. Shayera Hol: It's just a game.[Aquaman knocks the board and pieces off the table]Aquaman: You disgust me! Shayera Hol: Join the club. Doctor Fate: I could've told you that wouldn't work. Aquaman: She was once one of the fiercest warriors I'd ever met. What's she doing here? Doctor Fate: Trying to find her way. Leaving the Justice League was difficult for her. I'd provided her sanctuary, a place to meditate on her life and future. We must allow her the time she needs to-- Excuse me. Amazo: New game? Doctor Fate: John, this is Doctor Fate. We may have a problem. Inza: I wasn't expecting you back so soon. The garden nedeed work. Shayera Hol: Don't go, Inza. This is your place. I'm just a visitor here. Inza: My husband and I have offered you our hospitality. We respect your privacy. Treat this area as you would your own home. Shayera Hol: Aquaman thinks I've been here too long. Inza: Flowers bloom when they're ready, Shayera. Not before. Shayera Hol: I'm no flower. I don't know what I am. I'm not Lieutenant Shayera Hol of the Thanagarian Empire. Not anymore. I've been stripped of my rank, exiled from my home world. I'm not Hawkgirl. That was always a sham. Most people on Earth will never trust me again, and I can't blame them. When I do my job, people get hurt, people I care about. Inza: And what happens when you don't do your job? Green Lantern: Green Lantern. Go ahead. Vixen: You early. Green Lantern: I'd say I timed things perfectly. Vixen: I meant four our dinner date. The fashion show's not over for another half an hour. Green Lantern: It's over for us. We've got Justice League business. Vixen: I figured. Aren't you dressed yet? Green Lantern: It doesn't take me as long as you. Come on, Vixen. I'll fill you in on the way. Doctor Fate called it. Solomon Grundy's back. Vixen: The zombie guy? A heavy hitter. I read about him in the files. Green Lantern: Yeah, he's tough. But we can handle him. Funny thing is, he's supposed to be dead. Vixen: Aren't all zombies, by definition, dead? Green Lantern: Uh... Oh, man, don't do it. Vixen: John![Green Lantern moaning]Vixen: Come with it, then! Superman: Get the Lantern somewhere safe. Vixen: I could've handled him. Superman: You may get your chance. In the meantime, humor me. Come on, Grundy. We've been through this before. You don't have a chance against me. Let's talk it over. Maybe I can help. Amazo: Checkmate. You are improving. This time it took me 16 moves to defeat you. That's nearly double the number it took last time. Aquaman: [scoffs] Set up the board. Doctor Fate: Solomon Grundy's grave is empty. Aquaman: Tell me where to find those responsible. Then dig more graves. Doctor Fate: We are dealing with something for more sinister than mere human avarice. Grundy's grave was forced open from the inside. The side reeks of chaos magic. Amazo: He left under his own power? Doctor Fate: Far more power than he ever evidenced before. Behold. [magically watching Superman, Green Lantern and Vixen fighting Solomon Grundy] They need our help. Shayera Hol: So does Grundy. Let's try and get there before the League kills him. Amazo: [as the battle turns against the League] That scenario seems... unlikely. Doctor Fate: In any case, are you certain you're up to this? Shayera Hol: Doesn't matter. Bad guy or not, he sacrificed his life to save ours. We owe him the benefit of the doubt. Doctor Fate: Very well. I learned the hard way that the energy dampening properties of this device can disrupt fundamental forces. So I've kept it hidden in a pocket dimension, away from the magic that must flow freely in my home. But if you are truly ready to take up the fight again-- Shayera Hol: I'm ready. Vixen: Hang on. I'm coming for you. Come on. I'll get you down.[John and Shayera meet for the first time since Starcrossed.]Green Lantern: Shayera? Shayera Hol: Hate the beard.[Superman sighs]Green Lantern: [Seeing Superman coming from water to the bridge] You okay? Superman: Do I look OK? Green Lantern: Better than Grundy's about to. Doctor Fate: Perhaps we can be of assistance? Superman: Okay, let's throw a wave of our big guns at him. Me, Fate and the android. You let him out of the tower now? Doctor Fate: I'm curious to see how you would dissuade him. Shayera Hol: Hold up. Before golden boy teleports him into the sun, I want to try talking to him. Green Lantern: Shayera, wait. Shayera Hol: Grundy! It's me. Remember? Bird nose? Aquaman: Back! Shayera Hol: What's happened to him? Doctor Fate: I'm sorry. I sense nothing of the Grundy we know within that shell. He is nothing but rage. Amazo: Then it is time I brought this to an end. Shayera Hol: No, don't hurt him. Amazo: In my travels through space, I've attained mastery of forces all but incomprehensible to humans. I-- Wait. Something's wrong. The creature is somehow feeding on my energies. He adds my power to his own. My presence here puts you all at risk. I will retreat several light-years distant until I can determine how to counter this effect. Green Lantern: Tell us something, doc. Doctor Fate: Grundy was revived with chaos magic, accumulative and with no known outer limit. My magics are as useless as Amazo's technology. Vixen: Then I say we take him out the old-fashioned way.[Vixen grunting]Superman: No way it's this easy. Vixen: Sure it is. The android half-fried him with the cosmic thing. All we had to do was seal the-- Yahh! Green Lantern: Put her down! Shayera Hol: You heard the man. Don't make me do this, Grundy. Green Lantern: I don't see him. Superman: Neither do I. There must be lead in those old sewer pipes. Vixen: Guy tends to leave a trail. We'll find him. And then Pretty Polly can bash him with her magic mace. Shayera Hol: Why does it hurt him? Doctor Fate: It's made of nth metal. Your people's technology was developed specifically to repel magical creatures. It disrupts the magic that animates him. The creature knows only rage and seeks only oblivion. Your mace may be the only object on Earth that can grant him peace. Green Lantern: What are you saying!? Shayera Hol: Your favorite movie's Old Yeller. You know exactly what he's saying. Is this my destiny? To be a destroyer? To betray yet another friend? Doctor Fate: It's not that simple. It never was. Vixen: Hey, how 'bout we discuss it for another couple for hours? That way, he's sure to escape. Aquaman: Only you have the power to put that creature out of its misery and to stop it before it hurts anyone else. Green Lantern: You don't have to, Shayera. I'll do it for you. Give me the mace. Shayera Hol: Forget it, John. He was my friend. It's my responsibility. I'll do it myself. Shayera Hol: Shhhh, it's okay. I know what you want. What you need. Close your eyes. Superman: That's long enough. I'm going in after her. Shayera Hol: It's over. Reporter #1: Hawkgirl, do you think today's act can possibly make up for your complicity in the Thanagarian invasion of Earth? Reporter #2: Do you have a comment on your dismissal from the Justice League? Green Lantern: Hawkgirl was never dismissed from the League. She can come back whenever she likes.[The vote to keep Shayera in the league or not is revealed.]Green Lantern: I recused myself, because... well... anyway, Superman broke the tie. Superman: I believe in second chances. I believe in redemption. But mostly... I believe in my friends. Green Lantern: [as several onlookers jeer Shayera] Back off! She doesn't have to take that from you people! Shayera Hol: Yes, I do. But it's okay. I guess I deserve some of it.[Her hand is taken]Mother: You saved our lives. God bless you, Chica Halcón. Green Lantern: You deserve that, too. The Once and Future Thing Part 1: Weird Western Tales [1.12] Enid Clinton: David? David! Are you hiding in the garage again? Look at this mess. Come on out, David. I know you're here. David Clinton: Oh. Hello, dear. I was just cataloging some of my collection. Enid Clinton: Collection? Pft. Bunch of junk. David Clinton: It's not junk. This comb belonged to Cleopatra. And this... This is an actual early draft of the Magna Carta. And this- Enid Clinton: Right. Like you could afford these things on a physics professor's salary. We can't even afford the new car I want. David Clinton: I-I didn't buy them, Enid. I sort of took them. Enid Clinton: You robbed a museum? Is that why you're wearing that goofy cat suit? David Clinton: Well, sort of. Not exactly. Remember last summer when I didn't get tenure? Enid Clinton: Yeah. They thought you were crazy because you kept insisting you were on the verge of discovering... time travel. David Clinton: It's my chrono-suit. I've had it working for months. I've been using it to gather treasures for my collection. And you said I was a loser. Enid Clinton: Let me get this straight. You got a suit that lets you travel in time, and you've been using it to steal historical trash? [David looks proud; Enid grabs him abusively] You stupid little man! You could go back and steal gold and jewels! You could get stock information from the future! We could be rich! David Clinton: No! We can't use the suit to do anything that could change history. I'm careful to only take things that wouldn't be missed. Enid Clinton: Like your spine?David Clinton: Enid, please, don't talk to me like that. I love- Enid Clinton: Mother was right. I should have married Jim Doorman. He's a very successful lawyer. And you are a loser - always were, always will be. David Clinton: But- Enid Clinton: YOU WORTHLESS, GOOD-FOR-NOTHING, WRETCHED WASTE OF SPACE! YOU INVENT A TIME MACHINE AND CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING USEFUL TO DO WITH IT?! David Clinton: [is stunned with fright at first, but then turns angry] I can think of one thing! [activates a portal in time] I can use it to get away from you![He disappears into it, leaving Enid looking scared]Wonder Woman: By all means, you first. Green Lantern: Diana's carrying a grudge. Batman: She'll get over it. How 'bout you? Carrying anything? Green Lantern: What? Shayera? We're cool. We're giving each other our space. I'm seeing Vixen, now. [pause] I'm very happy. Batman: Uh-huh. Green Lantern: Anyway, why are we always talking about my love life? What's going on between you and Diana? Batman: Nothing. She's a respected colleague. Green Lantern: Uh-huh. Batman: I don't have time to pursue a relationship. My work is too important to allow any distractions. Diana's a remarkable woman, she's a valued friend, she's... [realizes] ...standing right behind me, isn't she? Wonder Woman: [indeed she is] Don't let that stop you. [leans over Batman, flirtatiously] Keep digging.[David Clinton grunting]David Clinton: Aah! Batman: Who are you? How did you get in the watchtower? David Clinton: You weren't supposed see me. Stay away! No one's supposed to know I was here. Green Lantern: Everybody okay? Wonder Woman: Where are we? Batman: "Where"? I think the question is "when"? Wild West Robber: I have to confess. You're about the most colorfully attired individuals I've ever bushwhacked. You circus folk? Wonder Woman: Not exactly. Wild West Robber: I don't care what you are, long as you pay the toll. Wonder Woman: Toll? Wild West Robber: Welcome to Elkhorn, Oklahoma, ma'am. This here is Tobias Manning territory. Wonder Woman: You want tribute? Money? Wild West Robber: Why in particular... That fat gold chain will do just fine, unless you got somethin' else you want to give--[Wild West Robber screams]Wonder Woman: Those are the biggest, slowest bullets I've ever seen. Batman: You're letting them go? Wonder Woman: Hm? Oh, no. Batman: I was afraid of this. The Elkhorn Gazette. It's either an amazing forgery, or it's less than a month old. Wonder Woman: So? Batman: Look at the date. [reading]: June, 1879.Green Lantern: I have mentioned how much I hate time travel.Wonder Woman: If we don't find our sneak thief, we're stuck here.Green Lantern: Let's head for the nearest town. See if we can find him.Batman: We can't go anywhere dressed like this.Wonder Woman: No. We can't. [after swapping their costumes for cowboy clothes]Diana: These shoes are killing me.Bruce Wayne: You fight crime wearing high heels.Diana: High heels that fit. Aren't you going to put those on, John?Green Lantern: Has the shower been invented yet? Somebody should tell this guy.John Stewart: Those empty holsters aren't going to scare anybody. You sure you don't want one of these?Bruce Wayne: Positive. Let's ride.Diana: Hyah!Tobias Manning: What's it gonna be, Earl?Earl: I'm studying it, Tobias.Bat Lash: My pappy always said, "Faint of heart never filled a flush."Earl: It ain't your pappy's money. Fold.Tobias Manning: That leaves you and me. What are you holding, Mr. Lash?Bat Lash: It'll cost you another $500 to find out.Tobias Manning: Call. Four kings and an ace.Bat Lash: Well, now, that's a mite perplexing, seeing as I got four aces and a king.Tobias Manning: Well, I've got the gun.Bat Lash: Lot of that going around lately. Seems like a waste of a good-sized pot. How 'bout we split it and both walk away? [Manning's gun extends six additional barrels]Tobias Manning: How 'bout I keep it all?Bat Lash: Sounds fair the way you explain it.Diana: That technology's from the future.Bruce Wayne: Wait. We don't know how things work here yet.Tobias Manning: Hang him at dawn.Bat Lash: Don't I get a trial?Tobias Manning: Sure. You're guilty. My town, my rules.Bat Lash: Wait a minute. Can't we talk about this? How 'bout another hand? Double or nothin'!John Stewart: I think we know how things work here now.Diana: We have to help that man.Bruce Wayne: That's not what we're here for. Someone's tampering with history. The stakes are much bigger than the life of one card shark.Diana: Then it's settled. We'll break him out after sundown.David Clinton: That's not going to work. I tried it. Yeah, those bars are cheap pig iron, but they're plenty strong enough to hold. At least until morning when they come to hang you.Bat Lash: Do you mind? I'm trying to plan an escape over here.David Clinton: How's it going so far?Bat Lash: I'm working on it.Guard: Quiet down in there!Bat Lash: That's just what I was telling him.John Stewart: Boo-hoo. I'll get the door. Or that?Bruce Wayne: I'd get out of town if I were you.Bat Lash: I'd like to, but my pappy always said, "a man who sticks his head in the sand makes a pretty good target." I got business to conclude before I leave. Bartholomew Aloysius Lash. Friends call me Bat. Bat Lash.John Stewart: I'm John. These are my friends Diana and, uh--Bruce Wayne: Bruce.John Stewart: We're the lawmen, looking to bring a criminal to justices.Diana: You may have seen him. He's got amazing machines. We think the man who put you in here works for him.David Clinton: Not quite, Wonder Woman.Diana: How do you know who I am?Bruce Wayne: Because he's the man we're looking for.David Clinton: David Clinton, inventor of the chrono-suit, at your disposal.John Stewart: You tried to steal Batman's utility belt.David Clinton: And you chased me, but time tunnels are somewhat counter-intuitive. Even though you were only seconds behind me, I arrived here nearly six months before you did.Bruce Wayne: Where's your time travel device?David Clinton: Now, that's a story. As soon as I got here, I was robbed.Diana: By Tobias Manning.David Clinton: Yes, ma'am. He took my suit and used it to take over this town. He keeps taking trips to the future and coming back with stolen technology. He keeps me here to teach him how to use the stuff that he can't work out for himself.Bat Lash: Which I'd suspect is most of it, what with him being so mule-stupid and all.David Clinton: It's been horrible here. Humiliating. I just want to go home. I'll gladly take my punishment if you help me get back.John Stewart: How did Tobias take over a whole town with a time machine?David Clinton: Future tech, like his extra-dimensional six-gun.Bruce Wayne: And his surveillance cameras. We need to go. Now.Diana: You're with us.Bat Lash: That's a healthy gal.John Stewart: I've got their positions. I'm gonna take 'em down.Diana: Don't hurt anyone. We could accidentally change history.John Stewart: Little late for that, don't you think?Bruce Wayne: Go ahead. Give me an excuse.John Stewart: Something's happening out there.Bat Lash: Something's happening, all right. The cavalry's arrived.John Stewart: Who are you people?Ohiyesa Smith: Sheriff Ohiyesa Smith.El Diablo: El Diablo, ever at the service of justice.Jonah Hex: Jonah Hex. Don't have a lot of time for jawing. In these parts, there's an abundance of bad men who need setting straight.Wonder Woman: You're with us. [tears the door off David's cell]Bat Lash: That's a healthy gal.Jonah Hex: If you all are working for Tobias, there's gonna be difficulty.Bat Lash: Easy, Jonah - they're with me. They helped me out of a spot while I was here incognito tryin' to find out more about Tobias.Ohiyesa Smith: What have you learned?Bat Lash: Among other moral failings, the man cheats at poker.Jonah Hex: [scoffs] I could have told you that. [hacks and spits]Bruce Wayne: Why don't you start from the begining?Ohiyesa Smith: I've lived in Elkhorn since the war and sheriffed most of that time. This here's a mining town, booming too. Folks sometimes get a mite rowdy on payday, but still, it's a good place to live. There's never been any mischief here I couldn't handle until about six months ago. Tobias Manning's always been trouble. I've run him out of town before. Well, he came back, except this time he had... I don't know, magic powers.El Diablo: There's no such thing as magic, my friend. It was some sort of trickery.Ohiyesa Smith: Well, he tricked me near to death. [Ohiyesa Smith grunting]Ohiyesa Smith: He whipped me good. Ran me out of town like a stray dog. He took over the down. Runs it like his own personal kingdom. Treats the town people like slaves. That's unacceptable to me.El Diablo: The sheriff went looking for men who would help take Tobias down. He found us.Jonah Hex: What's your stake in this?John Stewart: We're lawmen, too.Jonah Hex: From back east?Bruce Wayne: Sure.Diana: We came here to bring this man to justice. Indirectly, he's the source of your trouble, too.John Stewart: Tobias stole a weapon from him. It's the source of his magic.Bruce Wayne: We'll need to take that weapon back.Diana: Since we all want pretty much the same thing, we should work togheter.Ohiyesa Smith: I ain't about to turn down help.John Stewart: What's the plan?Jonah Hex: Plan? Heh. We put him in the ground. Fancy gun belt you got there. I'm thinking you folks are time travelers.Bruce Wayne: Where would you get a crazy idea like that?Jonah Hex: Experience. I've had an interesting life.Ohiyesa Smith: We're getting close. I wanna warn you, there's some downright unusual activity going on hereabouts. Don't let it throw you.John Stewart: Don't worry about it. We've got a lot of experience with unusual-- [a cowboy riding a pterodactyl flies towards them] I'm sorry. You were saying?El Diablo: We've been sighted. They'll be ready for us.Diana: I sincerely doubt that.Bruce Wayne: Go ahead... give me an excuse.Ohiyesa Smith: The shots are spooking the horses!Bat Lash: The shots are spooking me!Bat Lash: Hey, tinhorn!Ohiyesa Smith: Tobias!Tobias Manning: If it isn't Pow Wow Smith. Wasn't expecting to see your sorry hide again.Ohiyesa Smith: I've told you before about calling me that. It ain't gonna happen again.Tobias Manning: No. I expect this is the last time. Go for your gun, chief, so I can ventilate you proper.Bruce Wayne: Six guns. Six of us. Nobody miss.Tobias Manning: My guns!Ohiyesa Smith: You and me, partner. Right now.Tobias Manning: Another day, lawman. Nova!Jonah Hex: Let him. Man needs to balance his own accounts.Tobias Manning: Have it your way. Let's finish this.Ohiyesa Smith: This what you're looking for?Green Lantern: Near as my ring can figure, that's everything that shouldn't be here.Bat Lash: Shoot. I wanted me one of them fancy ray guns.Jonah Hex: Ain't dependable. They jam.David Clinton: Oh, you forgot to reset the compensator. Here. Let me. [David Clinton grunting]David Clinton: Or maybe I'm lying. [David Clinton laughing]Bat Lash: Huh.Batman II: We've been expecting you.Virgil Hawkins: But I bet you weren't expecting us.Green Lantern: Static? What's going on?Warhawk: Dad? The Once and Future Thing Part 2: Time, Warped [1.13]Batman II: We need to get out of here.Ghoul: Leaving so soon? You didn't even take any party favors.Warhawk: Incoming! That's not gonna hold.Chuckoo: Where do you think you're going, sugar?Dee Dee: Look, Dee Dee, another Green Lantern. He's much cuter than the last one we killed, don't you think, Dee Dee?Green Lantern: How'd you?Dee Dee: Ow. [Woof laughing] [Warhawk screaming]Bonk: Hold still so I can pound you.Static: Yeah, that's what I'll do. [Batman II screaming]Dee Dee: Hey! What's the big idea? You shouldn't ought to have done that.Warhawk: We're getting out of here now. Not a chance. Hold the line.Wonder Woman: He's right. We're the Justice League. We don't run from a fight.Batman II: I don't remember putting this up for a vote.Green Lantern: Keep your head in the game. There's always a way. Virgil! I need some cover.Dee Dee: They're gone, Dee Dee. Bet I know which way they went, Dee Dee.Ghoul: After 'em!Green Lantern: I think we've lost them.Wonder Woman: Where are we headed? The Watchtower?Batman II: Not exactly.Batman: This is Justice League headquarters?Static: For now. We're all that's left of the League.Batman II: You've traveled about fifteen years into your future.Green Lantern: Last time I saw you, you were too young to drive. You look good for a man your age.Static: The miracles of modern medicine. Sixty-five is the new thirty.Batman: And the Watchtower? :Batman II: It's gone. We lost a lot of good people that day.Wonder Woman: You mean, Superman, J'onn, all the others? :Warhawk: Yeah. You too.Batman: And the bat cave? :Old Bruce Wayne: This is all we have left now. Deal with it. Surprised to see me?Batman: A little. I'm more surprised that I lived so long.Batman II: Batman, Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne, Batman. Or have you met?Batman and Old Bruce Wayne: [in unison] Not now.Batman II: Great. What did they used to call it? Stereo?Warhawk: This is a little weird for everybody. I'm Warhawk. Rex Stewart.Green Lantern: Your mother. Who is she?Warhawk: Kind of obvious, don't you think?Batman: Even if it isn't, leave it be. You don't wanna know too much about your future.Batman II: Trust me, you really don't.Green Lantern: Last time I saw you, you were too young to drive. You look good for a man your age.Static: The miracles of modern medicine. Sixty-five is the new thirty.Old Bruce Wayne: [met by his past self] Surprised to see me?Batman: A little. I'm more surprised that I lived so long.Terry McGinnis (Batman II): Batman, Bruce Wayne. Bruce Wayne, Batman. Or have you met?Batman and Old Bruce Wayne: [simultaneously] Not now!Batman II: Great. What did they used to call it? Stereo?Static: Shayera was one cranky pregnant lady. Although to be fair, if I'd laid an egg that size...Warhawk: [to Green Lantern] He's kidding, Dad—not that I understand why you think this is anything to joke about.Static: Because we already won. Think about it: If old Bruce is here, that means he already lived through this as Batman.Old Bruce Wayne: Flawless logic...except that I have no memory of ever going to the future and meeting my older self, or of anything else that's happening today.Chronos: The question arises: who told them where and when our targets would arrive? I mean, I told you, and I only know because I'm the undisputed master of space and time.Chronos: Somebody's getting a pay off. Yes, he is. Chucko, Chucko, Chucko. You've been a very bad clown. [Chronos sends the traitorous Joker, Chucko, back to prehistoric times]Chronos: Enjoy your stay. [Chronos disappears in his portal; a Tyrannosaurus Rex appears and Chucko draws a lightsaber]Chucko: You think I'm scared?! I'll be running this dump in a few ye-! [sees a giant asteroid falling right towards him from the sky] Aw, phooey. [We see a massive explosion on Earth, killing the dinosaurs and Chucko. Chronos returns to Enid and the other Jokerz]Chronos: Do you know what killed the dinosaurs? [The Jokerz look around stupidly]Bonk: Uh, no... sir?Chronos: Well, Chucko does. And unless you wanna find out firsthand, you'll go finish off the Justice League. Skedaddle! Time is money! [to Enid] Actually, time is the non-spatial continuum in which events occur linearly, usually in the direction of increased entropy. But the clowns seem to relate better to the money thing.Batman II: We still don't know much about him. Obviously, he's a time-traveling warlord. He's littered the streets with buildings he's stolen from other time periods.Wonder Woman: He's not a warlord. At least, he wasn't at first. When we chased him to the Old West, all he was stealing was historical trinkets.Bruce Wayne: He's causing severe damage to the space/time continuum. The degradation is increasing exponentially.Batman: I've got something. When we were in the Old West, I got a good look at his time belt. I've written a program that should disable it.Warhawk: If we can get close enough to upload it.Wonder Woman: If we can get our hands on the belt, maybe we can stop this from happening in the first place. We could even undo the death of your friends.Batman: Diana!Bruce Wayne: She never left the island.Batman: Or she was never born.Batman II: Time is running out. Literally.Batman II: We need to find Chronos.Static: How? He could be anywhere.Batman: Sometimes, the best ways are the old ways. [Heads for the door]Batman II: It's not that simple. You don't know your way around here. A lot of things have changed.Batman: [pauses with the door half-open] Are criminals still superstitious and cowardly?Bruce Wayne: Yep.Batman: Good enough for me.Ghoul: You're supposed to be the real Batman, right? I mean, the first one. I've seen history cubes about you. Hard to believe somebody stupid as you ever beat the Joker.Batman: Maybe I'm smarter than I look.Ghoul: Oh, terrific. [The League confronts one of the Jokerz.]Batman II: You've got some information we need, Ghoul.Ghoul: You won't find me the talkative sort. [Batman grabs him] Hey!Batman: [drags Ghoul over to the edge of the building and dangles him over the edge by his leg] Where's Chronos? My arm's getting tired.Bruce Wayne: I can't believe I was ever that green. [grabs Ghoul and throws him across the rooftop before advancing on him slowly] This is how you interrogate someone! [Later]Ghoul: And we've got organized into about I don't know where Chronos is! He contacts us! He spends every night in a different one of those old buildings! There's no way of knowing ahead of time where he's gonna be! And that's everything I know!Bruce Wayne: Everything?Ghoul: I wet my bed until I was fourteen!Bruce Wayne: Losing my patience.Batman: [pulls Bruce Wayne back with a hand on his shoulder] I can't control my friend here much longer. You better give us something we can use.Ghoul: His wife! I know where his wife is!Static: [on the sidelines, quietly] Wow. Batman playing good cop. [shakes his head in astonishment]Green Lantern: Everything's relative.Enid Clinton: Get me another box of bonbons. Will you hold it down out there?! You guys are always fighting!Green Lantern: Enid Clinton. We've got--Hal Jordan: business with your husband.Static: What? John?Hal Jordan: Hal Jordan. Another time shift. I'm up to speed. Carry on.Batman II: Okay. I'm starting to get a migraine.Batman: We'd better get used to it. This is going to get worse before it gets better. Any one of us could change or even cease to exist.Hal Jordan: That's why you have to tell us where to find David. We just wanna undo the harm he's caused. You have my word. We'll do everything to keep from hurting him.Enid Clinton: Between you and me, I wouldn't mind one bit if he got roughed up along the way. Then where is he tonight?Warhawk: The Parthenon? The Great Sphinx?Enid Clinton: He just wants people to think he moves around. He always sleeps in the same place. :Hal Jordan: No booby traps.Green Lantern: At least none that my ring can detect.Static: Make up your mind, would you?Green Lantern: Anyway, it's safe to go in.Warhawk: If we don't beat this guy, it's the end of everything.Batman II: We've been there before.Warhawk: Not like this. What are you supposed to do when you have the weight of the world on your shoulders?Green Lantern: Plant your feet. I don't understand. I don't get it. Of all the places in the city he could stay, why here?Enid Clinton: Because a loser with a kingdom is still just a loser! See for yourself! [opens the time-displaced Elkhorn town jail, where Chronos is sleeping, curled up and sucking his thumb]Chronos: [wakes up] Huh- Uh- Enid?Batman II: Nice on the stealth thing, lady.Batman: Get the belt. Nothing else matters.Dee Dee: A real gentleman, isn't he, Dee Dee? They're practically extinct, Dee Dee. Batman's not paying us any attention, Dee Dee. He should be punished, Dee Dee.Bruce Wayne: Terry! Terry.Chronos: How could you betray me, Enid? Everything I've done, I've done for you.Enid Clinton: Don't blame this on me. I just wanted you to assert yourself, not destroy the universe.Green Lantern: Get away from my kid!Batman: Chronos!Chronos: Wow. You are good. [turns to Enid] Isn't he good?Batman: Look at what's happening around you! Look at the sky! [Above them, existence is becoming a white void]Chronos: [with a crazed smile] Pretty.Green Lantern: Stay with us, man! We have a problem here!Chronos: Right. You're right. This calls for another approach. [kisses Enid on the cheek and activates a portal] You'll love me next time! [Batman and Green Lantern pursue Chronos into the portal.]Batman: Where's he going?! There's nothing left!Green Lantern: Yes, there is. The beginning of time.Batman: He can reset everything! Make himself into a god!Green Lantern: Only if he gets there first. [Ahead of them, the image of a swirling pattern in the palm of a hand appears.]Green Lantern: The Green Lanterns have a legend. No one can see the beginning of time. It's a universal law!Batman: Write him a ticket! [Green Lantern forms manacles that seize Chronos and pull him back.]Chronos: No! [Batman inserts the disk he's written into the time-travel belt.]Batman: Uploading the program!Green Lantern: Make it fast! Having a little trouble with the brakes! [They are suddenly back where they started, in the Watchtower cafeteria.]Green Lantern: That all really happened?Batman: Think so.Green Lantern: Then we won? Everything's back to normal?Wonder Woman: That's a nasty cut, John. [Green Lantern touches the cut he got during their adventure.]Batman: [to Wonder Woman] You don't remember going on a mission with us today, do you?Wonder Woman: I just got here.Batman: [in an undertone to Green Lantern] The timeline's restored to equilibrium. We're the only two people who remember what happened. [Green Lantern notices Shayera, who merely gives him an offhanded look]Green Lantern: That complicates things. What happened to Chronos?Batman: [amusement in his voice] I reprogrammed the belt to make sure that Chronos would never come to exist. [Flash to the future, when Chronos first tried to jump though time to escape his wife. Every time he punches the button, he arrives back in the same moment he would have left.] Season 2 The Cat and the Canary [2.1]Black Canary: Black Canary.Green Arrow: Green Arrow. [They shake hands] I've noticed you around.Black Canary: I know. You happy punching the bag or you wanna go a few rounds with me? [Green Arrow stares awkwardly] I am talking about sparring.Green Arrow: That'd be nice too.Green Arrow: Well, at least now I understand why you brought me along. You didn't need Green Arrow - you just needed "green."Black Canary: It isn't like that!Green Arrow: No? Then tell me - what's it like?Black Canary: I thought I could trust you.Wildcat: What is this?Black Canary: We want to help you, Ted. We want to get you out of here.Wildcat: Why? Does it look like I have a problem?Black Canary: You do if you don't see what you've become here! You're entertainment for these people! The rooster in a cockfight!Wildcat: Fighting is what I do, alright? It was all I was ever good at and I'm still good at it - I'm Wildcat, the guy who fights! That's what I am.Wildcat: I'll be there in ten minutes.Black Canary: Would those be real minutes or Wildcat minutes?Green Arrow: Uh, there's no place to change.Black Canary: Right here'll do. [they turn their backs to each other and Dinah begins to undress, Ollie sneaks a look over his shoulder.]Black Canary: You drop something?Roulette: That's right. Two good guys, fighting each other. And one of them's her. [cut to Black Canary, then cut to the audience, where male jaws are dropping]Black Canary: [To Roulette] Then here's the deal: If I win, you ban Wildcat from cage fighting forever. And If I lose, [to Wildcat] I'll never bother you again.Wildcat: Forget it!Roulette: Can't do that, Cat - it's much too good an idea.Black Canary: You don’t understand, if we leave here without Wildcat, or worse, if I use my power to force him out, he'll just come back. We have to settle this the only way he understands.Green Arrow: You're not really gonna fight him...Black Canary: I have to. And beat him, it's the only way he can stop.Green Arrow: [takes an arrow] I thought it was just you pretending again.Black Canary: What's that supposed to mean?Green Arrow: Like all the flirting you did at the Watchtower. The way you acted interested. To get me to come with you.Black Canary: Who said that was pretending?Green Arrow: Oh no, I know your game now.Black Canary: It's not always a game.Green Arrow: No? Come here, look me in the eye and say so. [Black Canary comes closer to Green Arrow, who knocks her out with gas from the arrow; Roulette enters the room and sees Black Canary unconscious] Don't worry. You'll still get your main event.Black Canary: [to Green Arrow, who she thinks is dead] You know, that was an incredibly stupid thing to do. Not to mention arrogant, pig-headed, macho, and... very very sweet. [kisses him] I'm sorry...Green Arrow: [opens eyes] I'm not.Wildcat: Hold it. Just what do you think, you're doing?Black Canary: If the only way, to get you out of here is to take this place down, then so be it. You better decide, whose side you're on. Sorry about getting you, into this.Green Arrow: Forget the apology. Just do that sonic scream, of yours.Black Canary: I can't. At this range, it would kill them. I have a better idea. How would you like to see two league members, fight each other? Me and Wildcat, in the cage right now. That make you some money?Roulette: Oh, definitely.Black Canary: Then here's the deal. If I win, you ban Wildcat, from cage fighting forever. And if I lose, I'll never bother you again.Wildcat: Forget it.Roulette: Can't do that, Cat. It's much too good an idea. Everything's okay, folks. In fact, it's fabulous. Because after, a brief intermission, Wildcat is going to fight Black Canary. That's right, two good guys fighting each other. And one of them's her. So place your bets. Give our new contender, a dressing room and keep them both in it, until showtime.Wildcat: I'm not doing it. I only fight guys, who have it coming. That's all I've ever done.Roulette: Or so you've told yourself. The truth is, you love the fight.Wildcat: Well, I'm not gonna love, beating up one of my own students. That ain't right.Roulette: If you trained her, she can take care of herself. She knew what, she was getting into. And if you don't do this, I'll never let you fight, in that cage again. And I expect you to win, no matter what. Don't take a fall. Don't even go easy on her. You're still, my star attraction, and I need you undefeated. Ruin that, and I'll put you out to pasture as quickly as the league. Are we clear? [Wildcat growls]Gangsters: Ooh.Green Arrow: Well, you bought us some time, but it still looks like we're gonna have to fight, our way out of here. Changed your mind, about using the scream?Black Canary: You don't understand. If we leave here, without Wildcat, or worse, if I use my power, to force him out, he'll just come back. We have to settle this, the only way he understands. :Green Arrow: You're not really, gonna fight him?Black Canary: I have to. And beat him. It's the only way, to make him stop.Green Arrow: I thought that was just you, pretending again.Black Canary: What's that supposed to mean?Green Arrow: Like all that flirting you did, up at the Watchtower, the way you acted interested, to get me to come with you.Black Canary: Who said that was pretending?Green Arrow: Oh, no. I know your game now.Black Canary: It's not always a game.Green Arrow: No? Come here. Look me in the eye and say so. [Black Canary coughing]Black Canary: Uh...Green Arrow: Don't worry. You'll still get, your main event.Roulette: Ladies and gentlemen, prepare yourselves for, the world's first cage fight between two heroes, right here at meta brawl. However, there's been, a change in the program. Instead of Black Canary, Wildcat will be fighting, Green Arrow!Wildcat: There's no way. I'm not fighting him. Canary could have held her own, but not this guy.Roulette: You'll fight, who I tell you to fight. End of story. :Green Arrow: What's the matter, Cat? Afraid?Wildcat: He's not a fighter.Green Arrow: I know what it is. Maybe you'd rather, fight a woman. [Black Canary moans]Black Canary: That idiot. [People crowd cheering]Black Canary: Arrow! [Green Arrow grunting]Black Canary: What do you think you're doing?Green Arrow: Teaching the teacher, a lesson.Black Canary: Wildcat, stop it!Wildcat: He asked for it! [Green Arrow grunting]Green Arrow: So when are you gonna start, has-been? [Wildcat panting]Green Arrow: I don't have any powers. And you're still too old, to knock me out.Wildcat: You had enough, smart guy?, Huh? Get up. I'm not done.Black Canary: What have you done?Roulette: I'll tell you what he's done. He's taken the fights, to a whole new level. Think of the word, that'll spread from this. Anything's possible here. Next time you fight, we'll clear millions.Wildcat: No. No, I'm out. And this time, I mean it.Black Canary: You know, that was an incredibly, stupid thing to do, not to mention arrogant, pigheaded, macho, and... very, very sweet. I'm sorry.Green Arrow: I'm not. [Black Canary gasps]Green Arrow: It's a stunner. Puts you in metabolic stasis, for a few minutes.Black Canary: You wanted him to see what it, would feel like to kill someone.Green Arrow: Think it worked? :Wildcat: It worked. [Wildcat grunting]Roulette: Who are you kidding? You won't be happy, stuck on that ship. I give you a month, and you'll be back here, crying for me to give you another chance. Mark my words, Wildcat, I know your kind, and you will fight again.Black Canary: Of course he will. Just not here.Wildcat: I'm sorry for, what I put you through. But don't worry. Seeing a dead body, from my hands, it knocked me back, to my senses.Black Canary: I believe you, but I'd like some assurance, it's gonna stick.Wildcat: Excuse me?Black Canary: Things like this sometimes, you can't stop all by yourself, no matter how much, you want to.Wildcat: Believe me, fighting's nowhere near as tough, as this is gonna be.Green Arrow: How's he doing? :Black Canary: He'll make it. How about you? You recovering okay?Green Arrow: I've had worse. :Black Canary: I wouldn't brag, about that.Green Arrow: Care to join me for a cup of coffee?Black Canary: Yeah.Green Arrow: Good. You're buying. [As he limps away, Canary smiles.] The Ties That Bind [2.2]Oberon: What are you, the world's, greatest escape artist or the world's greatest idiot? For cryin' out loud Scott, not even you can get out of this trap.Mister Miracle: That's what I like about you, Oberon. You incurable optimism.Big Barda: Stop distracting him and get the canister. I had to admit this, but Oberon has a point.Mister Miracle: Don't worry, darling, they don't call me Mister Miracle for nothing.Big Barda: First rule of show business: never believe your own publicity.Oberon: Craziest stunt you ever pulled.Mister Miracle: That's why we're rehearsing it.Oberon: Kid's got an answer for everything. Let's hope the train's running late today.Big Barda: Leave it to Scott Free to find the newest wrinkles.Oberon: He's sure given me a few.Big Barda: Scott? Scott! [Big Barda grunting]Mister Miracle: O, ye of little faith. [Mr. Miracle has just performed a seemingly impossible escape]Big Barda: [Relieved; hugs him] Scott, I thought you were dead. [angry; picks him up] You insufferable showboat! I thought you were dead!Mister Miracle: When are you and Oberon gonna learn that-- Hey, where is Oberon?Granny Goodness: Don't worry, dumpling, he's safe and sound in Granny's loving care. Of course, if you ever want to see the old runt alive again, you'll do exactly as Granny says.Big Barda: Granny Goodness? I'll kill you, demented old gargoyle!Mister Miracle: Barda, I'm not gonna let your temper cost us Oberon's life.Granny Goodness: I knew you wouldn't let her hurt your old granny, Scott.Mister Miracle: What do you want?Granny Goodness: Life on Apokolips has become very difficult since great Darkseid vanished. Dear Granny has tried her best to bring order to our world.Big Barda: You mean, you've been trying to take over.Granny Goodness: But there are others who seek to thwart Granny's good intentions.Big Barda: Verman Vundabar.Granny Goodness: That awful, awful man. You know that he's actually imprisoned Darkseid's son, poor dimwitted Kalibak, in hopes of legitimizing his claim to the throne? Why, he's probably brainwashing the poor creature right now. Bending him to his will.Big Barda: Like you're not planning the same thing.Mister Miracle: What do you want?Granny Goodness: No, it's nothing, really. Granny just needs you to break into the place where Kalibak is being held, and then bring him to Granny's orphanage, where he can get proper care.Big Barda: If we do that, we'll be handing you control of Apokolips.Granny Goodness: Exactly. But if you find that prospect distasteful, wait till you see what Oberon looks like when I send him back to you, piece by piece.Mister Miracle: Where is Kalibak?Granny Goodness: On Apokolips, of course. In the X Pit. Why, you're not afraid of the pit, are you, Scott?Mister Miracle: No, I'm not afraid.Flash: Can it hurt them to show me just a little respect?Elongated Man: Tell me about it, I've been at this longer than you and they still treat me like comic relief.Flash: Better than being treated like a teenage sidekick! I mean, I was one of the original seven! Tell me the truth, Ralph, do I seem immature to you?Elongated Man: Not in the least. [Widen to show they are playing "Brawlin' Bots"]Flash: Ha! I bopped your block off!Elongated Man: That-that's not fair, the green guy's arms are longer!Flash: Are not!Big Barda: We don't need these cowards! We can do it on our own!Flash: Great news, Bertha! You don't have to! [Barda seizes him by the throat] Big Barda: Barda! Flash: [squeaks] Isn't that what I said? Virman Vundabar: Kalibak, Kalibak, Kalibak... I have used every vile punishment, every known torture, yet still you refuse to join Virman Vundabar's noble cause. Kalibak: You're about as noble as my armpit. Virman Vundabar: Very well, you've forced me to my last resort! [reaches into his uniform] Cake! [Kalibak licks his lips, but then spits at Vundabar] Oh, did I say that was my last resort? My mistake, I have one more! [activates torture device]Oberon: You've always been this deluded? Or is it just since senility set in? Granny Goodness: Oh! You wound Granny. But not as much as Granny is going to wound you! Granny Goodness: Are you enjoying Granny's hospitality? Oberon: Ah, blow it out your shorts, ya goose-stepping harpy! Flash: Not that I mind the exercise, but couldn't your boob tube have transported us any closer? Big Barda: It's "boom tube"! Virman Vundabar: Ah, this should be a magnificent show, even if I already know the ending.[Big Barda is fighting the robot guards]Flash: Robots! I love smashing robots! Mr. Miracle: No! You've got something more important to do. Search this place and find Kalibak. Flash: Will you two be all - [robot head flies past] Okay! Kalibak: Well, if it isn't my treacherous stepbrother. And his cow.Big Barda: Arrogant worm! How dare you -! [swings at him]Flash: Knock it off! What are you guys, twelve? I can't believe I'm the mature one here. Mr. Miracle: He's right. We've got bigger problems. Virman Vundabar: Indeed you do, fools! Much bigger! And, oh, how I will delight in watching you fail! [Barda blasts the monitor] Very interesting...but futile. Kalibak: Saved by a female! Flash: [To Big Barda] Guess you'd better drop him. [Big Barda starts to drop him] KIDDING![Scott Free is trapped in a room rapidly filling with water]Virman Vundabar: Enjoying your bath, Mr. Miracle? Here at Casa de Vundabar, we provide everything, including your very last breath! Kalibak: Vundabar's not done with us yet![An entire army of guard robots suddenly attack]Flash: Hope you're happy! Kalibak: Indeed I am![Big Barda and Kalibak smash the guards, Miracle and Flash hang back]Flash: Shouldn't we...? Mr. Miracle: And spoil their fun? Martian Manhunter: [to Granny Goodness] Try not to think about where you've got Oberon hidden. - [to Flash] Darkseid's old palace. I'll guide you. Granny Goodness: Oh, Scott, you didn't let Granny down. When I heard the X Pit had been destroyed, I thought for certain you and dear Kalibak were lost. How did you manage to get out? Mister Mirracle: Ask him. Flash: Trade secret. Big Barda: Enough of this. Where is Oberon? Granny Goodness: Ah, yes, that mouthy little pip-squeak was very rude to Granny. And he's going to be taught a lesson. Flash: See? What did I tell you? People are so predictable. Martian Manhunter: Trying not to think about where you've got over on hidden. Darkseid's old palace. I'll guide you. Martian Manhunte: He's safe. Big Barda: Good, because now I can. Martian Manhunter: I'm sorry. But you can't. The power struggle must continue here. Mister Mirracle: A curse on both their houses. Martian Manhunter: Indeed. Flash: Feel free to applaud at any time. Mister Miracle: Ah, it's good to see you, old friend! Oberon: It's good to see me, too! Big Barda: All the trouble we had to go through because of you. Oberon: All legs, and no heart. Big Barda: You're just too far away to hear it.[kneels and hugs him][as Scott and his party depart Apokolips]Granny Goodness: How? Granny never failed with any of them. How did she fail with him? Big Barda: [comes back] Oh, one last thing.[She delivers a right cross to Granny's jaw, knocking her cold.]Martian Manhunter: Flash- Flash: Yeah, I know, I know, I went behind your back! But look how everything turned out! We boom back here for you, the switch went off perfectly, and now we've got Kalibak locked up on Earth where neither side can use him! Martian Manhunter: You don't- Flash: So, yeah! I did go behind your back, but you know what? I'd do it again! What do you say to that, big guy? Martian Manhunter: I was only going to ask if you wanted to play Brawlin' Bots. [smiles]Flash: ...Dibs on the green one! [zooms away]Martian Manhunter: I wanted the green one... The Doomsday Sanction [2.3] Anchorman: In the Caribbean, the San Baquero volcano went active during the night, sending a cloud of ash miles into the air. Geologists predict a devastating eruption sometime within the week. Sources report the Justice League has offered to help the Baqueran authorities with the evacuation. Amanda Waller: Yeah, have the car ready in 20 minutes and get all the division heads in for the meeting an hour early. Anchorman: Closer to home, the political world is still reeling from Lex Luthor's surprise announcement of his candidacy for President of the United States. Overnight polling among likely voters shows Luthor to be within striking distance of both major party candidates. Batman: Get dressed. It's time we talked.[As he intercepts her on her bath]Batman: Amanda Waller. Born in St. Louis, Rhodes scholar, PhD in Political Science. Served in Intelligence, under three administrations. Disappeared from public life, four years ago. Amanda Waller: [deadpan] Am I supposed to be impressed? Maybe I should rattle off your resume now? Y'know, I could blow the whistle on you any time I want... Batman: Fine, why don't we step into the light together? I'm sure the American people will be just as interested in your activities as mine - Secret weapons, illegal cloning experiments, bypassing Congress... Amanda Waller: What do you want!? Batman: I want to know what you think you're doing. Amanda Waller: Did Superman ever mention that to get Luthor's pardon, he had to tell us about your parallel universe adventure? All about it? We started to wonder what would happen if you took the same action that the Justice Lords did, so I had my people run some computer simulations. If the Justice League ever went rogue, what do you think would be the result? Batman: That's moot. Amanda Waller: [Dryly] Humor me. In every single scenario, you beat us. Badly. But that was before Cadmus. Now we have the technology to defend ourselves. Batman: [Threatening] Whatever you think you're doing, if you present a threat to the world, the Justice League will take you down... Amanda Waller: [Angry] If we present a threat!? You got a spaceship floating over our heads with a laser weapon pointing down! In another dimension, seven of you overthrew the government and assassinated the President! We're the good guys, protecting our country from a very real threat: you. Flash: How long is this gonna take? I thought we had an island to evacuate. Wonder Woman: First team's already down there. We'll join them as soon as we're done. I want to hear what you learned. Batman: Project Cadmus is in the business of developing weapons, specifically to fight us. Martian Manhunter: They're worried we've grown too powerful, and they want to even the odds. Batman: Exactly. They were behind that business with the Ultimen and the Supergirl clone. Dr. Emil Hamilton: Galatea will be fully recovered soon and ready to return to active duty. Amanda Waller: And the doomsday weapon? Dr. Emil Hamilton: Considering the damage done to its frontal lobe, the cellular regeneration has been remarkable. Its EEG's are still flat. Nonetheless, we're monitoring it closely. Amanda Waller: Keep me updated. Tala, have you developed a plan to retrieve the armor? Tala: We've come up with some promising scenarios, but they're going to require certain additional resources. Amanda Waller: Fine. See me after. Flash: What are they so worried about? We'd never try to take over like that. Batman: The Justice Lords did in their dimension. What's to stop us? Flash: Me! Those guys went overboard because their Flash died. So as long as you all focus on keeping me alive, that'll never happen here. Martian Manhunter: Let's put a pin in that theory to explore another time. Superman: I've seen the federal budget. There's no funding for a Project Cadmus. Where's the money coming from? Martian Manhunter: We're all thinking the same thing. Wonder Woman: Luthor. Batman: The obvious suspect. He funded General Hardcastle's rogue operations. But if he's bankrolling Cadmus, he's doing an excellent job of covering his tracks. I've got The Question looking into it, and-- Wonder Woman, Superman, Shayera Hol, Green Lantern, Flash, and Martian Manhunter: Awwwww! Flash: Not that kook! Batman: I admit he's wound a bit too tightly, but if anyone can find a hidden link from Luthor to Cadmus, he's the man. In the meantime, I'll be following the trail from Waller's end. Amanda Waller: And Dr. Milo, splicing together human and animal DNA, how's that going? Dr. Milo: I know what you're thinking, but my experiments are actually quite close to paying off. Dr. Langston's research has proven very useful. I just need a little more time, and I promise I'll have something concrete to show you. Amanda Waller: Concrete? Like, say, the super-powered wart hog that tore up your lab last week? Professor Hamilton's already showed me the remains. Dr. Milo: That... That was just a prototype. Amanda Waller: Dr. Milo, I'm not known for my sense of humor, but I know a sick joke when I see one. In light of the continuing lack of results from your work, I'm pulling your funding. In accordance with the Technological Clearances Act, we'll set you up in a new non-vital capacity and confiscate your classified research. As you're well aware, any public discussion of Cadmus or its work will result in your immediate sanction. And rest assured, doctor, our people will be keeping-- You can go now. Dr. Milo: I know you're faking. The lobotomized portion of your brain has completely regrown. Do you remember anything from before? That's all right. I'll show you. You've been used, and you deserve to know. You see, you were created from a sample of Superman's genetic material. But your DNA was altered to make you his superior. And then you were trained to hate him. You were conditioned, humiliated, repeatedly injured-- [Doomsday screaming] Dr. Milo: But not by Superman. By Amanda Waller and Professor Emil Hamilton. When you became uncontrollable, they tried to dispose of you. They put you in a rocket and shot you into space. But you were too strong. Your struggles threw the rocket off course... and it came back to Earth. When you landed, you fought a different Superman, one from a parallel universe. He lobotomized you. Doomsday: Superman. Dr. Milo: Yes. Good. But he isn't your enemy. Your hatred of him was manufactured. At every turn, Waller and Hamilton abused and betrayed you just as they betrayed me. Don't we both deserve retribution? Doomsday: Yes. Release me. Dr. Milo: And you'll solve both our problems? Doomsday: Yes. Dr. Milo: What are you...?[Dr. Milo screams]Doomsday: Your problem's solved. Now for Superman. Security Guard: No! Amanda Waller: What's going on? Security Guard: Ma'am, Doomsday's escaped. Amanda Waller: Milo. I'll have his hide for this. Security Guard: Doomsday beat you to it, ma'am. Flash: Our radios are barely working. I'm spending half my time running messages around. Wonder Woman: It's the electromagnetic interference from the volcano. Superman, how's it going in there? Can you read me any better than before? Superman: You're dropping in and out. It depends on where I am. I'm trying to ease the pressure on the volcano. If I can dig some tunnels off the main core, maybe I can stop the eruption before it starts. Wonder Woman: When will you be able to tell if it's working? Superman: Hard to say. I could just as easily set it off, so I have to go slow. Just get everyone clear as soon as you can. Doomsday: Superman. I'm here to kill you. Is this a bad time?[Superman grunting]Doomsday: I remember those eyes. Let's see you do that again. Superman: I know who you are, but I'm not the one who hurt you. Doomsday: Superman is Superman, and I will kill you. Superman: Why? Doomsday: It's what I am. I don't care why. General Wade Eiling: GPS puts the stolen pod on San Baquero. Doomsday went right back after Superman. I love a well-conditioned soldier. Amanda Waller: And what will your soldier do after he's killed Superman? We can't leave him loose. For all we know, he'll try to kill everyone on the planet. He has to be stopped before he leaves that island. General Wade Eiling: But how am I supposed to...? Amanda Waller: I don't care! Get it done! Wade Eiling: This is Eiling. Authorization: firewall. Henchmann: Target locked. Package is ready. Deliver the package. Wonder Woman: Superman, give me an update. Superman: Something's come up. Just keep doing what you're doing. Wonder Woman: Where are you? I'll come help. Superman: No. Stay with the evacuation. This isn't important. Getting those people to safety is. Wonder Woman: Move it out. Batman: Another transport just landed on the mainland. They're over half done. Martian Manhunter: I don't believe it. It's a nuclear missile headed straight for San Baquero. Batman: And from the spectrograph, its warhead's lined with kryptonite. Can we hit it from up here? Martian Manhunter: No. It's moving too fast. But who fired it? Amanda Waller: Yes, Mr. President? Batman: Call off the missile. Amanda Waller: How did you get this number...? Batman: The missile headed for San Baquero. If anyone dies on that island today, I'm coming for you. Amanda Waller: You do what you have to, and so will I. Eiling! Batman: She didn't know. Martian Manhunter: Captain Atom's on his way from California. Batman: His top speed's under Mach 2. He'll never get there in time. Vibe: Oh...! Booster Gold: Hey! Batman: Clear the hangar! Now! Watchtower computer: Initiating emergency drop in three, two, one. Martian Manhunter: You're going too fast. Batman: If I let the Earth's gravity accelerate me, I should reach intercept in two minutes. Martian Manhunter: If you don't burn up on entry. Amanda Waller: What were you thinking? You're gonna kill Superman and everyone else on the island! General Wade Eiling: We have to sanction Doomsday. We were gonna get to Superman somewhere down the line, and we've been trying to stop drug traffic from San Baquero for years. The way I see it: three birds, one stone. Amanda Waller: Call it off. General Wade Eiling: Anti abort safeties have already engaged. I couldn't stop it now if I wanted to. Martian Manhunter: Wonder Woman, can you hear me? There's a missile with a kryptonite warhead heading for your position. Wonder Woman: Say again. Martian Manhunter: Repeat, there's a kryptonite missile heading your way. Can you read me? Wonder Woman: Flash, get everyone as far away as you can. I'm going back for Superman. Flash: But... Wonder Woman: Do it now! Batman: The missile's armed with magnetic repulsers. Martian Manhunter: The only way past that is with the javelin itself. You could give the hull an opposing charge. Batman: Understood. Martian Manhunter: Batman? Batman, come in.[Superman attempts to lobotomize Doomsday with heat vision]: Doomsday: Ah, ah, ah. Can't be beat me the same way twice! Superman: Then I guess I'll need a bigger fire![Superman tosses Doomsday into the volcano.]Superman: Did Cadmus create you? J'onn? Martian Manhunter: I can't read his mind. His brain's been altered to resist me. Superman: You don't owe anything to them. They manipulated you and then tried to kill you. Doomsday: So I keep hearing. Superman: From who? Doomsday: All you need to know is that I will get free, and I will kill you. Superman: If that's your final word. I only use this as a last resort. It's gonna send you to another dimension. You won't be hurt, but you also won't hurt anyone else again. Doomsday: [before being sent to the Phantom Zone, encased in molten rock] You'll wish you'd killed me. Batman: What's to stop us? Flash: Me! Those guys went overboard because their Flash died. So as long as you all focus on keeping me alive, that'll never happen here.[Martian Manhunter, Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, and Hawkgirl stare at him.]Martian Manhunter: Let's put a pin in that theory to explore another time. Batman: I've got the Question looking into it and- Flash: Not that kook! Amanda Waller: Doctor Milo, I'm not known for my sense of humor, but I know a sick joke when I see one. Dr. Milo: [Seeing Doomsday approach him] What are you...? Doomsday: Your problem solved.[Doomsday kills Milo while he screams]Amanda Waller: Milo! I'll have his hide for this. Security Guard: Doomsday beat you to it, ma'am. Doomsday: Superman. I'm here to kill you. Is this a bad time? Superman: I know who you are. But I'm not the one who hurt you. Doomsday: Superman is Superman. And I will kill you. Superman: Why? Doomsday: It's what I am; I don't care why.[Superman and Wonder Woman step into the infirmary to visit Batman, recovering after stopping the San Baquero missile]Wonder Woman: [Joking] You'll do anything to avoid monitor duty... Batman: Sent him [Doomsday] off to the Phantom Zone, didn't you? Superman: He left us no choice. Batman: Spoken like a true Justice Lord... Superman: [Offended] What!? Come on! Batman: Passing judgment like gods... With our super-powered army and our orbiting death ray... Cadmus is right to be scared - the human race wouldn't stand a chance...Superman: We'd never go there! It isn't in our nature and nothing can change that! Batman: Nothing? What if Luthor does become President, like he did in their world? What would stop you from doing what that Superman did!?Superman: There's always that Kryptonite you carry around... Batman: You don't get to joke! Not today! [Points at him] I just took a bullet for you! Superman: I'm sorry, Bruce. You're right. But you don't have to worry about the Justice League. Trust me. You know me. Batman: Yeah, I do. Superman: Get some rest. Task Force X [2.4] Padre: There's still time, Mr. Lawton. Are you sure you don't want me to pray for you. Floyd Lawton: I'm sure. But it if comforts you, Padre, by all means. Huh. My chair is already taken. I guess we'll have to come back tomorrow. Counselor: How are you? What is this? You can't just come in here. Release the prisoner. Police: But-- Counselor: Release him! Floyd Lawton: What if I don't want to go with him? Rick Flagg: Then you can go and take your seat, tough guy. Floyd Lawton: So what do I call you? Colonel Rick Flagg: The name' s Flagg. Colonel Flagg. Floyd Lawton: Colonel... Flagg? Floyd Lawton: You're kidding, right? Rick Flagg: Before you do something stupid, tell me, how did you enjoy your last meal? Floyd Lawton: Not bad. The asparagus was a little overcooked, but the lobster was perfect. Rick Flagg: It was laced with exposive nanites. Floyd Lawton: Excuse me? Rick Flagg: That's right. Any escape attempt and, well, you're gonna look kinda funny tryin' to run away with no head. Floyd Lawton: That's a lot of trouble to go to just to keep little old me around. What do you want, exactly? Rick Flagg: You're gonna do something patriotic, convict. Floyd Lawton: Groovy. Who do I kill? Rick Flagg: Nobody if the plan works. But if it doesn't, I need someone who can adapt and overcome in a tight situation. Floyd Lawton: An expert with nothing to lose. This must be some nasty business. Rick Flagg: A little B and E, a little grand larceny. No big deal. Floyd Lawton: Right. What's the target? Rick Flagg: Justice League headquarters. Floyd Lawton: Always did want to die for my country. Deadshot: You know, this might not be the best place to talk. Our friends up in the sky have very good ears and eyes. Rick Flagg: Not a problem, convict. The previous tenant had to leave in a hurry, but he was pretty good about security. Floyd Lawton, a.k.a. Deadshot meet Task Force X. George Harkness, a.k.a. Captain Boomerang, expert thief and inventor. Temple Fugate, the Clock King, planner, tactician, expert with locks and systems infiltration. And Bette Sans Souci, current alias Plastique, explosives expert. Deadshoot: Mmm. I know. I've seen the pictures. Plastique: And that's all you're gonna see, killer. Captain Boomerang: Enough of this, now. Let's get stuck into the business at hand, eh? Clock King: Agreed. Time is of the essence. Captain Boomerang: It's a bloomin' fortress crawlin' with superheroes. Even if we do get in, what chance do we have? Deadshot: That's what I'd like to know. Plastique: Yeah. You got that. Rick Flagg: Listen to me, we've got one advantage: this tower's so big and there's so much staff on it, no one's going to notice us. Unless one of you does something stupid. Once we're aboard, Plastique and Deadshot will make their way down to the Watchtower reactor, where Plastique will create a diversion. Plastique: Blow up a nuclear reactor? Sweet. Deadshot: Do I just watch, or do I get to join in? Rick Flagg: You're there to provide cover, and that's all. Now, at the same time, Boomer and I will make our way to the package, which is kept on a storage level midway up. Captain Boomerang: Ah, so we'll make our way there, pretty as you please, then maybe a picnic lunch and the Justice League will give us a ride home. We may as well be storming Heaven's Gate itself. Clock King: Unlike heaven, this tower has a duty roster, one I've studied thoroughly. I've scheduled your visit for when they're at their weakest. Captain Boomerang: Define "weakest", please. Clock King: Just three major obstacles. First, Captain Atom. His abilities include flight, super-strength and absorption of radioactivity. Green Lantern. His power ring enables him to create objects by thinking about them. Then there's J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter. Plastique: What about him? Clock King: Super-strength, flight. Deadshot: And he's a shape shifter, and he can read minds. I've run into him before. Captain Boomerang: Huh. The chair's startin' to look better every minute. Rick Flagg: Okay, Plastique, you're setting the charge, and Superman walks in the room. Plastique: You said he wouldn't be there! Colonel Rick Flagg: Last minute change in the duty roster, Superman's got the drop on you. What do you do? Plastique: Before or after I change my shorts? Clock King: Yes, very amusing. You have three-tenths of a second to respond. What do you do? Plastique: I grab a hostage and threaten to blow him to Uranus if Big Blue doesn't back off. How's that sound? Rick Flagg: No unnecessary killing. Captain Boomerang: Oh, come on. Rick Flagg: You kill someone, they find the body, sound the alarm, and we're trapped. Clock King: Or you take the time to hide the body so they don't find it. Time we don't have to waste. Deadshot: Speaking of the time-- Rick Flagg: Plenty of time to sleep in the grave, which is where we could all wind up if just one of us misses his mark. Man: Why was he wearing Booster Gold's pants? So Jimmy says, "Because he left his long underwear at the cleaners. " Even Big Blue laughed at that one. Well, look at this. Esposito's actually on time for a change. Didn't have to drop the kids at school. Memorial day. Unh! Clock King: Five seconds. Prepare for transport. Rick Flagg: Copy that. You heard the man. We're on the clock. Yeah, yeah, it's awe-inspiring, but I got a schedule to keep here. Henchmann: Oh, for the love of-- Second time this week this hunk of junk's gone out. You'll have to wait till Tech Support gets here. Rick Flagg: Look, we got to get a move on. We're late. Henchmann: Tough break, pal. You know the drill. Rick Flagg: Ah, no sweat here. As long as you're the one who explains it to J'onn. Deadshot: I thought he was gonna wet himself when you mentioned the Martian. He couldn't let us through fast enough. Plastique: That was nothin'. I almost lost it when this bonehead set off the metal detector. Captain Boomerang: Seventy five cents is seventy five cents. I'm supposed to throw away money? :Rick Flagg: Shut your mouths and get your mind on the job. Deadshot: Sure doesn't feel like ceramics. Giddyap. Plastique: Regular Boy Scout. Deadshot: And you? Goin' in unarmed? Captain Boomerang: This one don't need no weapons. Green Lantern: Hey. Deadshot: How you doin'? Uh, excuse me, Mr. Lantern. For six weeks now, my wife's been after me for Hawkgirl's autograph. You wouldn't know where she's at today, would you? Green Lantern: Haven't seen her. Deadshot: Okay. Thanks anyway. Plastique: You are a very bad boy. Deadshot: Tell me you didn't love it. Captain Boomerang: Atom Smasher? No one said nothin' about that bruiser, now, did they? Rick Flagg: This is X-1. We've reached Checkpoint A. Clock King: You're thirty four seconds behind schedule. Rick Flagg: Now that we're inside, we'll try to pick up the pace. There's no second door on the blueprint. Clock King: I'd get out of that corridor, were I you. There's only forty one seconds before the regular security sweep. Peoples: Hey, there you are. Yeah, I had-- Deadshot: Move it, dumplin'. Plastique: Thirty-six seconds, killer. Henchmann: What are you doin'? Rick Flagg: Need that backup plan, X-4. Clock King: Thirty-two seconds until Plastique's detonation. Synchronize. Rick Flagg: Roger that. Clock King: X-3, you have twenty-eight seconds. Do not be late. Plastique: Piece of cake, X 4. Will you quit foolin' around with that guy? Rick Flagg: Oof! Plastique: Move it or lose it, killer. Rick Flagg: Three, two-- Now. Peoples: I don't know. What's going on? Henchmann: There's a breach in the reactor room. Getting radiation alarms from several floors. It looks like a reactor overload. Captain Boomerang: Crikey! :Rick Flagg: Boomer, meet the package. The Annihilator. Martian Manhunter: Calculate time needed to transport remaining personnel. Begin sealing bulkheads on lower levels to contain radiation. Attention, all personnel, evacuate the Watchtower immediately. Head for the javelin bay or the bridge-transporter deck only. This is not a drill. Peoples: Let's get out of here. Martian Manhunter: Captain Atom. Captain Atom: Already on my way. I'll assess and get back to you. Martian Manhunter: Contain the leak if you can. Captain Atom: Roger. Rick Flagg: "Profess this mighty vessel, chosen weapon of Ares, arise and destroy at my command. Captain Boomerang: " It's not workin'. Now we're in it. What's your problem then, mate? Want to go a couple of rounds? Triggered by rage. Right, I forgot. Could have warned a bloke, though. Rick Flagg: We wait for the others. They have three minutes. Captain Boomerang: Are you out of your blinkin' head? We gotta go! Did I say leave? Because I meant wait. Deadshot: Move it! Plastique: Not gonna make it, killer. No! Captain Atom: It's okay, you two. Just keep headin' up quick as you can. Deadshot: That was pretty much the plan, captain. Clock King: You're at two minutes past zero. You've used up your pad. There is no longer any margin for error. Rick Flagg: All right, you win. We go on without them. Bridge. Double time. Henchmann: Evacuation's going too slowly. The radiation will be here before the tower's cleared. Martian Manhunter: We need you to use your ring to transport large groups to the Watchtower annexes. John Stewart: Will do, J'onn. That's enough! That vehicle's only rated for 12 passengers maximum. The rest of you are with me. Captain Atom: J'onn, we have a real mess down here. I think I can contain the leak until we get everyone clear. But, J'onn, this was no accident. Plastique: Oops. Vigilante: I reckon you boys have a good explanation for what you're doin' on A deck. Shinning Knight: 'Tis more likely that these varlets are the source of our woes. Rick Flagg: Can't slip anything past you. Take 'em down. Martian Manhunter: Captain Atom, come in. Status report. Captain Atom: I've got the leak contained, J'onn. Should have it sealed within a few minutes. I'll see you on the bridge as soon as I can. Peoples: Unh! Deadshot: Huh, neat. Rick Flagg: We're in. Martian Manhunter: Ask yourselves: is being in here with me what you truly desire? Rick Flagg: Get out of the way, Martian. Deadshot: Allow me. Peoples: Aah! Aah! Martian Manhunter: Green Lantern, return to the Watchtower. I may need some assistance. Deadshot: [as his handcuffs are unlocked] What if I don't want to go with him? Colonel Rick Flagg: Then you can go and take your seat, tough guy. Deadshot: An expert with nothing to lose... this must be some nasty business. Rick Flagg: A little B-and-E, a little grand larceny. No big deal. Deadshot: Right. What's the target? [Flagg hands him a dossier]Colonel Rick Flagg: Justice League headquarters. Deadshot: Always did want to die for my country. Deadshot: I thought he was gonna wet himself when you mentioned the Martian. He couldn't let us through fast enough. Plastique: That was nothing. I almost lost it when this bonehead set off the metal detector. Captain Boomerang: Seventy-five cents is seventy-five cents. I'm supposed to throw away money?[Task Force X readies their weapons in an elevator.]Deadshot: [addressing Colonel Flag] And you? Going in unarmed? Captain Boomerang: This one don't need no weapons.[Deadshot and Plastique board the elevator; Green Lantern catches the door with his ring]Green Lantern: Hey. Deadshot: How ya doin'.[Brief silence; Deadshot gives Plastique a sidelong glance]Deadshot: Uh, excuse me, Mr. Lantern? For six weeks now, my wife's been after me for Hawkgirl's autograph; you wouldn't know where she's at today, would you? Green Lantern: [annoyed] Haven't seen her. [gets off elevator]Deadshot: Okay, thanks anyway. Plastique: You are a very bad boy. Deadshot: Tell me you didn't love it.[Task Force X is attempting to escape the Watchtower; they burst onto the transport deck]Martian Manhunter: Ask yourselves - is being in here with me what you truly desire? Deadshot: C'est la vie.[Plastique whimpering][Captain Atom gasps]Martian Manhunter: Tend to her. They thought of everything. Amanda Waller: You really think we can do something with this? Tala: An invulnerable juggernaut forged by the gods? Oh yes, Ms. Waller, most definitely. Deadshot: Most fun I've had since my last root canal. Well gang, guess I'll be saying-[Attacked by Colonel Flagg]Colonel Rick Flagg: Dream on, dirtbag. Five years. You sign up for missions like this for five years. If you survive, then you go free. You don't like it, there's a nice warm seat waiting for you back at Belle Reve Correctional. Deadshot: Tell me, Colonel - what's Waller got on you? Colonel Rick Flagg: Not a thing. Some of us don't have to be blackmailed into serving their country. Green Lantern: How did you know Vance was the inside man? Martian Manunter: He was the only one on the tower whose mind I couldn't read. Cadmus must have supplied him with a sophisticated method of masking his thoughts. Green Lantern: So, what do we do with him now? Martian Manhunter: I'd like to go in there and wipe clean the last two years of his memory. Green Lantern: Whoa. That's a little harsh, don't you think? Martian Manhunter: He's a liability. Green Lantern: I'm sure he's spilled everything he knows to Cadmus. Martian Manhunter: Don't you understand? We can't trust him. Green Lantern: J'onn... we can't trust anyone now. Plastique: Cool it, Martian. Back off, freak show, or the meat puppet eats it. Colonel Rick Flagg: Come here. Let's go, girl. Plastique: I've set this for 30 seconds. Plenty of time for you to disarm. Or not, as the case may be. Captain Atom: Not very ladylike behavior, ma'am. Colonel Rick Flagg: Unh! Plastique! Plastique: Ah! Deadshoot: C'est la vie. Martian Manhunter: Tend to her. They thought of everything. Amanda Waller: You really think we can do something with this? Tala: An invulnerable juggernaut forged by the gods? Oh, yes, Miss Waller, most definitely. Amanda Waller: I heard we lost Plastique. Colonel Rick Flagg: Yes, ma'am. You'll have my full report by 0800. Amanda Waller: Right. That'll be all. Rick, you're a good soldier. Your father would be proud. Rick Flagg: Ma'am. The Balance [2.5] Wonder Woman: This was a great idea, Wally. I can't remember the last time we've had a chance to catch up. Flash: Mostly my fault. I've been pretty busy in Central City. Wonder Woman: I wanna hear all about it. I saw some of it on the news, but it's not the same a-- Shayera Hol: I'm sorry. I thought we were having dinner tonight. Flash: Is it Tuesday? Silly me. Making dinner plans with two beautiful women on the same night. Wonder Woman: Uh-huh. Shayera Hol: We can do this another time. Flash: Don't be ridiculous. We can all have a meal together. It's a chance for us to get reacquainted, patch things up. Wonder Woman: Assuming we want to. Flash: Now, there's an example of exactly the kind of thing we're not gonna do anymore, right? I'm telling you, once we clear the air, everybody's gonna be pals again. I always thought the reason you two don't get along is that you're so much alike. Shayera Hol and Wonder Woman: [in unison] Like her? Flash: You weren't gonna eat that, were you? You guys aren't even trying. You could at least talk to each other. Shayera Hol: The pasta's good. Wonder Woman: It's the sauce. Shayera Hol: This isn't gonna work, is it? Wonder Woman: Not a chance. Flash: Hey! Where you going? Come on. I had dinner with two women at the same time. 'Cause I'm a stud. Martian Manhunter: Etrigan, calm yourself. Let me help you. Etrigan: [screaming, shifting between demon and human forms] The gates of Tartarus swing both ways! AARGH! The balance tilts towards chaos! Usurper! Fiend! Wonder Woman: What's happening here? Martian Manhunter: I don't know. Suddenly all of our members with magical powers-- Well, you can see. Zatanna: [speaking backwards] Lleh fo enorht eht no stis tsuaf! Tsol si lla! ["All is lost! Faust sits on the throne of Hell!"]Wonder Woman: They're in agony. What can we do? Martian Manhunter: I'm researching. As soon as I learn something, I'll let you know. Wonder Woman: Flash! Hermes: No, it's the original speedster. Hey, Diana. I let myself in. Wonder Woman: Hermes. How may I serve the messenger of the gods? Hermes: Don't be so formal, Diana. You're practically a member of the family. Not that this is a social visit. I've got something for you, here, it's pretty important. Zeus paid for overnight service. Here it is. [Hands her a scroll]Wonder Woman:[reading] "For a good time, call Podenemus"...? Hermes: [Grabs the scroll] Wha-uh-, heh-heh... Wrong scroll. Hm. I think I got a shot, it's her cell number... Here we go. [reads] "By decree of Zeus, father of Olympus, it is so ordered: Diana of Themyscira will travel to Tartarus and set right that what has been disturbed." Wonder Woman: He's telling me to go to-- Hermes: Basically. Felix Faust is on the loose again. Wonder Woman: Felix Faust is dead. Hermes: Yes, and pretty upset about it, too. His spirit possessed a powerful weapon called the Annihilator, then headed straight for the gates of Tartarus. I mean, straight for it. The Amazons did their best to stop him. They're good, but they were out of their weight class. Once inside, he went looking for Hades, the master of Tartarus. Guess Faust is still torqued. Hades messed him over pretty good a few years back. Wonder Woman: I was there. Hermes: And you'll be there this time. You must defeat Faust and restore Hades to the throne of Tartarus. Wonder Woman: So far as I'm concerned they deserve each other. Why should I care about this? Hermes: You mean, other than the direct-order-from-the-gods thing? Because, you know, there must always be balance between chaos and order. When there isn't-- You've been to the infirmary already, right? Wonder Woman: My friends-- Hermes: Need you to do the right thing. They're in good hands, Diana. Yours. Wonder Woman: Shayera? Security override. User code 003. Computer: User identity Wonder Woman. Confirmed. Wonder Woman: Unlock this door. Shayera Hol: Something I can help you with? Wonder Woman: Look, I need it. I'll bring it back. Shayera Hol: [walking in on Wonder Woman taking her mace] We become pals while I wasn't looking? Wonder Woman: There's trouble on Themyscira. Mystical trouble. Your mace disrupts magic. I thought-- Shayera Hol: Whatever's happening on that island of yours must be pretty bad for you to resort to this. Wonder Woman: Life and death. Can I have it? Shayera Hol: Uh-uh. It's a package deal. You want the mace, you get me too. Wonder Woman: You're doing this because you wanna prove yourself to me, aren't you? Well, you don't have to. I forgave you a long time ago. Shayera Hol: Did I ever ask you for your forgiveness? Hipollyta: Drive them back, sisters. Diana. You know you're not supposed to set foot on this island. The gods have decreed that-- Shayera Hol: The gods are decreeing stuff all the time around here. Ma'am. Wonder Woman: I have to go into Tartarus and stop all of this. Hipollyta: I won't allow it. Wonder Woman: Neither of us has any choice in the matter, Mother. Hipollyta: Wait. If you are to attempt such a feat, you must have access to your full power. Because you stole your armor and lance, so you were never told of all the powers they possess. When the time comes, you'll know everything you need to know. Bring my daughter back to me. Shayera Hol: Nothing to worry about. She's almost as good at kicking butt as I am.[Demons are attacking Shayera; one grabs her wing but suddenly backs away]Shayera Hol: [spreads her wings] That's right, I'm an angel! You can mess with me if you want to... [points upward] But I don't think you wanna mess with the boss! [Demons retreat] If we're lucky, they'll all be that dumb. Shayera Hol: Where's Faust? Abnegazar: Let me think... oh, yeah! He's over there! No, wait! He's over there! No, there! Shayera Hol: One more answer, and it better be the right one. Abnegazar: Or what? You'll kill me? Gosh, I might end up suffering eternal torment as punishment for my sins! Oh, wait - I ALREADY AM![Wonder Woman has used her lasso to compel a demon to reveal Felix Faust's location]Shayera Hol: How did you do that? Wonder Woman: Magic lasso. Who knew? Shayera Hol: If you don't want to tell me, fine.[Wonder Woman has a demon tied up with her lasso.]Shayera Hol: I've got one more question: is there anything else we should know? Abnegazar: Yeah. You really, really shouldn't go in there. Now, could you please take this rope off of me? I'm a demon! The truth hurts.[Faust is in Hades' library]Felix Faust: Now I'm in heaven...! Figuratively speaking. Shayera Hol: We're revoking your library card. Felix Faust: Oh, you want to fight. Not in the mood. [Sends them away with a spell, then goes back to his book] Darn it, lost my place. Wonder Woman: You okay? Shayera Hol: Yeah. Didn't think I'd need a jacket where we were going. Aren't you cold in that outfit? Wonder Woman: Not really. Shayera Hol: Of course not. The princess doesn't get cold. The princess doesn't even sweat in the fire pits of Tartarus. Wonder Woman: I do too sweat. Shayera Hol: Please, you glow. I wouldn't be surprised if you never have to -[In the distance, Hades screams]Wonder Woman: Come on. We're putting you back on the throne. Hades: Or die trying? Shayera Hol: Not in the plan.[Wonder Woman attacks Faust with Shayera's mace.]Wonder Woman: I hit a lot harder than she does.[Wonder Woman helps Shayera to her feet.]Shayera Hol: You're all sweaty. Wonder Woman: Told you. Hades: [Surveying a burning library] Ah well, who has time to read these days? Wonder Woman: What about us? Are we good? Shayera Hol: Like oil and vinegar. We go together, but we don't mix. Wonder Woman: Works for me. Double Date [2.6] Huntress: Steven Mandragora. Been a while. I've changed some since we met last. But you haven't changed. All these years you've been building your empire with thievery and murder. But it ends tonight. No. Martian Manhunter: Huntress! Huntress: John, I... Martian Manhunter: You were warned. You were told to stay away from Mandragora. You have violated my direct orders. You've crossed the line. Huntress: You've been watching me? Martian Manhunter: Given what occurred tonight, I'd say it was a wise precaution. Huntress: You know what Mandragora did. And I almost had him. He should have been there, but someone tipped him. You did it. Martian Manhunter: I had Mandragora moved, yes. For his own protection. And yours. Huntress: All right, J'onn, so I get some Justice League demerits. Fine. Just spare me the lecture. I can find him without your help. Martian Manhunter: You misunderstand. Tonight was a test, and you failed. Pack your things, Huntress. You're out. You'll need to turn in your identification card immediately. Huntress: Fine. I hope you choke on it. Question: Oh, Cadmus, Cadmus, wherefore art thou, Cadmus? I know there's a connection. Don't think I won't find it. Huntress: You're the League's data guy, the conspiracy buff, right? Wildcat says you're a nutjob. Question: Funny, he says the same thing about you. Huntress: He's right. Huntress: You must be the ugliest guy of all time, Question, hiding your face like that. Question: Go away. Huntress: Wow. I had no idea that the Girl Scouts were responsible for the crop circle phenomenon. Question: Few people do. Few even think to ask the question. Huntress: Do you know what "apophenia" is? Question: Apophenia, noun. The tendency to see connections where none exists. Did you come here just to make fun of my work? Steven Mandragora: Speaking of squealing, Black Canary, I notice you can't take your eyes off of me. One can hardly blame you. Perhaps after Agent Faraday helps absolve me of my alleged crimes, I could put you in a cage and have you sing for me. Green Arrow: Listen, you giant tub of...! Agent Faraday: Green Arrow, may I remind you that you're here strictly in a security capacity? Steven Mandragora: Yes, why don't you go and fetch me another four platters of oysters like a good little leprechaun? I'm sure your girlfriend and I will have much to discuss while you're gone. I like my oysters sweet, by the way. Sweet and juicy. Black Canary: Let him talk, Arrow. With all the enemies he's made, he never knows if he's eating his last meal.[Mandragora laughs heartily]Huntress: Oh, baby doll. And just for the record, I usually prefer my dates to have a face. Black Canary: Faraday's right, Arrow. Relax, nothing this guy can say is gonna affect me one way or the other. Steven Mandragora: Is that right? Well then, perhaps you won't mind explaining how a lovely young lady like you ends up with a nobody like him. Were all the real men in the Justice League already taken?[Green Arrow and Black Canary had been kicked out of Mandragora's house after she punched him]Black Canary: I hope you're proud of yourself. Now we have to do guard duty from outside. Green Arrow: Hope I'm proud of myself? You're the one that punched him! Black Canary: Yeah, but—OW! It was like punching a brick wall, there's no fat on that man.[Green Arrow tries to examine her hand, but she flinches and pulls away]Green Arrow: Will you let me look? [Examining Black Canary's hand] I think you'll live to punch suspects another day, pretty bird. Green Arrow: Why are you doing this, Question? Question: You wouldn't believe me if I told you. Green Arrow: I strongly advise you to stay down. These impact arrows are non-lethal, but they hurt... a lot. Green Arrow: Alright you two, stay here. Don't make me sic Black Canary on you - you've only seen her nice side so far.[Green Arrow leaves with Black Canary; Huntress punches Question's shoulder.]Question: Ow! What was that for? Huntress: All that crazy mystery man mojo, and you couldn't even pick up a clue without being seen? Question: The key wasn't the clue. The key was mine. Now, this list of container ship arrivals I palmed when they were yelling at you: that's the clue. Black Canary: I don't get it. Why aren't we on our way to the train station? Green Arrow: Shh. [Huntress and Question run out of the house] Because I know when I'm being conned. Black Canary: You're cute when you're an insufferable smarty-pants. Huntress: You're even smarter than they say. Question: Smart enough to realize you don't know jack about Cadmus. Huntress: ...I needed your help. Franco Bertinelli: Get behind me, Helena. It'll be all right... Question: But you saw it all, Helena. Steven Mandragora killed your parents while you watched helplessly. Isn't that what happened? Huntress: [wipes away a tear] If you knew all that, then you probably know what I'm gonna do to Mandragora when I catch him. So why help me? Question: That... is the question. Question: Somebody's following us. Huntress: Lose them! Question: Like airline luggage. Green Arrow: You're not supposed to drive when you're angry! Black Canary: They're heading towards the waterfront. Hang on! Green Arrow: It's so funny you think you have to tell me that! Black Canary: [through the com-link] Stop the car, Question. Pull over! Question: Stop following us, Canary. Huntress: Is that her? Give me that! [plucks com-link from Question's ear]Question: Hey! Huntress: [speaks through the com-link] You want a piece of me, blondie? Bring it! [steps on the accelerator][Question jumps his car over a ramp and onto the train tracks]Green Arrow: This is so unnecessary...[Canary jumps her bike to follow them]Green Arrow: Are we dead yet? Black Canary: No. Green Arrow: ARE WE DEAD YET? Black Canary: Look, if we die, I promise I'll let you know.[The Question is driving through a railroad tunnel]Huntress: Train...! Question: I see it. Huntress: TRAIN!Question: I see it![J'onn had just teleported Black Canary and Green Arrow out of the train's path and into the sea, leaving behind Canary's motorcycle]Black Canary: I can't believe you! [Hits Green Arrow] I rebuilt that bike by hand! Green Arrow: You're absolutely right. I'm sorry I saved our lives. Black Canary: Rrrrgh! [Swims away]Green Arrow: And J'onn thinks Huntress is the unstable one. Steven Mandragora: Get behind me, Edgar. It will be all right... Huntress: You knew all along that kid was gonna be on that freighter. Question: I do my homework. Huntress: Then why go to all the the trouble to help? Why risk your life for me? Question: [embarrassed] Because I... like you.[Huntress gives Question a long kiss, then pulls him away by his collar]Question: Where are we going? Huntress: Don't ask so many questions. Black Canary: [to Green Arrow] I'm sorry, but... ew. Clash [2.7] Batman: J'onn! We're in trouble! Martian Manhunter: Are you asking for help? Batman: Yes! Martian Manhunter: You never ask for help. Batman: Just get us some reinforcements! Martian Manhunter: Superman, you needed. Superman: I'm in the middle of something. Can it wait? Martian Manhunter: Unfortunately, no. It's the Parasite. Superman: Give me half a minute and I'll be right-- Batman: Good work. Captain Marvel: It was nothing really. Elongated Man: Hey, I think he's blushing. Don't be modest, kid. I don't even think Superman could have done a better-- Wait... We were just talkin' about you. Superman: And you are? Elongated Man: Oh, that's right. You were on a space mission when we recruited him. Captain Marvel: I'm Captain Marvel, sir, and it is an honor. You're my biggest fan. Superman: Excuse me? Captain Marvel: I... I mean, I'm your biggest fan. Sorry, sir. It's, uh-- It's a little overwhelming meeting you. Superman: It's a pleasure, Captain, a real pleasure. Captain Marvel: Gosh. Take it easy, folks one at a time okay. Lois Lane: Lois Lane. Captain Daily Planet. How does it feel to be part of the Justice League? Captain Marvel: How does it feel? Like I've waited my whole life for this. I mean, being on the same team with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman. I still can't believe they actually let me join. Lois Lane: What is it you value so much about the League? Captain Marvel: Golly. I guess it's all the good they do. Not just helping people which is great. I mean, that's the reason we're all here in the first place, right? But they really make a difference they change the world. Lois Lane: How so? Captain Marvel: Well, just look at Lex Luthor. He used to be a supervillain for pete's sake and now he's one of the good guys. I think it's terrific that he's running for president, don't you? Lois Lane: Uh, are you moving to Metropolis from fawcett city. Captain Marvel: No, ma'am. I help where I'm needed, but I'm a fawcett boy at heart. Sorry, folks, but I really gotta go.[Batman and Superman are conversing while supervillains.]. Batman: You were a little hard on the Boy Scout, don't you think? Superman: I thought I was the Boy Scout? Batman: I did too, 'til I met Captain Marvel. [at this point, the villains all lie defeated around them] What did these guys want, anyway? Superman: To take over the world. Or rob banks, I forget. But back to Captain Marvel: why are you... why is everyone defending him? Batman: We like him. He's... sunny. Superman: When you joined this team, you became something more than just a hero. Captain Marvel: I know that, sir, but... Superman: You became a symbol. A symbol that represents all of us. Captain Marvel: Yes, sir. Superman: We don't play favorites, we don't sell deodorant on television, and we don't get involved in politics. Captain Marvel: Yes, sir. Superman: And we certainly don't endorse supervillains for the presidency! Phill O'Bannon: They've taken a lot of heat for that decision. Lex Luthor: Maybe they're being naïve. Some might say dangerously so or maybe they just want to give her a chance to redeem herself. According to Captain Marvel, they're giving me the same benefit of the doubt and believe me. Professor Emil Hamilton: Superman? Superman: Yes? Professor Emil Hamilton: This is Emil Hamilton. J'onn was kind enough to patch me through. Superman: What is it, professor? Professor Emil Hamilton: There's something here I think you should see. Superman: If it's just a simple robbery, why call us? Professor Emil Hamilton: It was anything but simple. They ignored valuables: priceless gems, high-technology artifacts. In fact, the only thing they took was the contents of this safe. Nearly four pounds of weapons-grade kryptonite. Superman: So? Batman: The lock was nano-picked. LexCorp technology. Superman: Then Luthor... Batman: Which anyone could have gotten their hands on. Or, for that matter, planted here to incriminate Luthor. Superman: You know it was him. Batman: I'm not entirely convinced: This is pretty sloppy for Lex. Superman: He's the most arrogant human being on the planet. He wants us to know. Batman: Maybe. Superman: Maybe? Batman: I'll go to the Watchtower, see if the Atom can find something I missed. Superman: Since when do you miss anything? Batman: Since when do you jump to conclusions without evidence? Go to that charity event tonight. You'll help raise some money, and keep an eye on our elusive Mr. Luthor. Lex Luthor: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Lexor City. In just a few short weeks, these children, whose lives have been bleak and troubled, whose parents have been waging a losing war against poverty, will be moving here to our city of tomorrow. Now, go on, you little scamps, have yourselves a ball. It's the most ambitious project I've ever been a part of. A fully functional city to house those most in need. Just think of it, ladies and gentlemen, 30,000 people who never again have to worry about a roof over their heads, about a safe, clean environment for their children. Thirty-thousand people-- I'm sorry. But this-- This is truly the greatest day of my life. Superman: I never knew you had such a sentimental streak, Lex. Lex Luthor: Oh, there's so much about me you don't know, Superman. I'd like to thank the Man of Steel for putting aside our differences and lending his prestigious presence to this very special night. Superman: Anything for a good cause. Lex Luthor: To Superman, our hero. Peoples: Our hero! All right! Mercy Graves: Excuse me, Lex. Lex Luthor: I'll be back in just a moment. Don't eat too much. Mercy Graves: The device is in place. T minus six minutes. Lex Luthor: Excellent. Make sure my escape route is secure. Superman: Clear the area immediately! Everybody out! Now! Peoples: Let's go! Move it! Hurry up! Lois Lane: Superman? Superman: No time, Lois. Get as far away as you can. Billy Batson: Shazam! Lex Luthor: Wait! You don't understand. Superman: Out of my way, Lex. I don't know what's down there, but-- Captain Marvel: Hey, guys, guys. Let's take it easy, okay? Lex Luthor: Captain Marvel, thank heaven you're here. He just won't listen. He's-- Superman: You don't have x ray vision. I do. There's some sort of device buried beneath us, and I'm shutting it down. Lex Luthor: No! If you touch it, it could go off! Captain Marvel: Go off? Superman: So you admit you put a bomb under this city? Lex Luthor: Not a bomb. An experimental fusion engine. It'll supply nearly free energy to everyone who lives here. Captain Marvel: See? Superman: Then why the lead shielding? Lex Luthor: It's for your protection. The engine creates energy through controlled fusion of kryptonite molecules. Captain Marvel: See? Superman: And why didn't you tell me this? Lex Luthor: Maybe-- Maybe I was afraid you wouldn't believe me. Captain Marvel: Let's call the Atom or Steel to check the device over, see if what Luthor says is true. Lex Luthor: At least someone around here is keeping a cool head. Superman: There's no time for this! Captain Marvel: You can't just-- That's it. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Lex Luthor: Captain, please! There has to be another way! Superman: Ugh! Aah! Captain Marvel: Shazam! Shazam! Shazam! Billy Batson: Shaza-- Superman: Fight's over, son. Well? The Atom: It, uh, seems to be exactly what Luthor said it was. Superman: I-I'm sorry. I-I didn't. Lex Luthor: If anyone should apologize, Superman. It's me. I shouldn't have tried to make the free power a surprise. Given the circumstances. I should have known better. Superman: Of course, the Justice League will pay for the damage. Lex Luthor: Oh, no, I won't allow it. This one's on me. Superman: Look, Captain, I wanna-- Captain Marvel: No more lectures. I called this meeting, and I'm gonna have my say. Superman: But-- Captain Marvel: My whole life, I've looked up to the League. You were my heroes. Every one of you. And you... you were more than a hero. I idolized you. I wanted to be you. Whenever I was out there facing down the bad guys, I'd think, "What would Superman do?" Now I know. I believe in fair play. I believe in taking people at their word and giving them the benefit of the doubt. Back home, I've come up against my share of pretty nasty bad guys, but I never had to act the way they did to win a fight. I always found another way. I... I guess I'm saying I-I like being a hero, a symbol, and that's why I'm... quitting the Justice League. You don't act like heroes any more. [leaves]Superman: He's right. Batman: They set you up, Clark. Superman: Does it really make a difference? After all, I-- They? Batman: They. Lex Luthor: The plan worked better than I had hoped. All I wanted was for Superman to destroy the energy source. But battling Captain Marvel? Demolishing Lexor City while those media morons filmed every horrific moment? It was more than I ever could have hoped for! Everything's going according to plan... and we're just getting started. [raises his glass for a toast with Amanda Waller]Hunter's Moon [2.8] Green Lantern: Ugh! Oh! Mari, are you crazy? Do you know what I could do to you with this ring? Vixen: Promises, promises. Green Lantern: Why the ambush? Vixen: Seems like the only way I can get your attention. We haven't gone out in nearly a month. Green Lantern: It hasn't been that long. Vixen: Not going to argue about it, boo. You're taking me out to dinner tonight. I'm in the mood for Chinese. Green Lantern: The place by my apartment? Vixen: No, a romantic little spot I know in Beijing. Green Lantern: I'm not off shift until 1600 hours. That's breakfast time in China. Vixen: I like breakfast. It's a date. Green Lantern: Okay. Vixen: John, aren't you forgetting something? Green Lantern: Whoops! Vixen: Mwwah. Green Lantern: This isn't the time or place, Mari. It's unprofessional. Martian Manhunter: I'm compensating for the interference. Say again? Paran Dul: This is a distress call from the mining ship Hockalint. We took samples from a vein of unidentified ore, and that's when everything started going wrong. Martian Manhunter: Slow down. Tell me what happened. Paran Dul: Radiation from the ore. Ship's main power is off-line. We're stranded, and there's some kind of chain reaction taking place in the vein we took the sample from. Martian Manhunter: I need your data on the ore. Paran Dul: Transmitting, for all the good it'll do. Martian Manhunter: It appears to be a simple hematite, but iron oxide isn't radioactive. Paran Dul: Look at the atomic number: 676. It makes no sense. Martian Manhunter: Shayera. Is this what I think it is? Shayera Hol: It's transuranic iron ore. Nth Metal, like my mace but unrefined. What about it? Paran Dul: We're stranded on a rock pretty much made of the stuff. Are we in any danger? Shayera Hol: Sit tight. Don't move, and don't touch anything. Prep a javelin for me. I'm on my way. Martian Manhunter: Wait. I'm assigning a support team. Shayera Hol: Don't need one. I'll handle it myself. Martian Manhunter: That wasn't a suggestion. You haven't been pulling your weight as a team leader. Shayera Hol: Excuse me? Martian Manhunter: You're not alone anymore. Stop behaving as if you are. Green Lantern: I'll go with you. Martian Manhunter: No, you won't. You're both founding members. I don't want there to be any question who's leading the mission. Vixen: Then I'll go. Martian Manhunter: Fine. Green Lantern: You gotta be kidding me. Martian Manhunter: Javelin 26 is ready for you on Pad 9. I'll have the last team member meet you there. Shayera Hol: Come on, then. Martian Manhunter: Yes? Green Lantern: [after J'onn assigns Vixen and Shayera to a mission] Why did you do that? Martian Manhunter: Vixen hasn't spent much time in space. Good experience for her. Green Lantern: You know what I mean. Sending my girlfriend and my ex on the same mission? Martian Manhunter: Difficult as it may be for you to believe, I don't take your love life into consideration when I make command decisions. I've assembled a rescue party. Help is on the way. Paran Dul: Signing off. I don't know how to thank you. But I'm sure I'll think of something. Shayera Hol: No, no, no. Reset your hyperdrive vectors. Vigilante: Nobody likes a back-seat driver, ma'am. Shayera Hol: You need another 20 hours of flight time before you're certified. Vigilante: And some of us are already right certifiable. Shayera Hol: Vigilante, you got a problem with me, we can take it to the gym after the mission's over. Vigilante: No problem, ma'am. Resetting vectors. Maybe you ought to try riding sidesaddle for a change. Vixen: Let him be. Men have fragile egos. To get what you want, you have to know how to talk to them. Shayera Hol: I don't do that. Vixen: So I've heard. But maybe you ought to learn. Guys, I'm not seeing a mining ship out there. Shayera Hol: There's nothing on sensors, either. Vigilante: I followed the distress beacon, just like in the manual. Shayera Hol: Not saying you didn't, but this is weird. I'm not detecting any Nth Metal, either. Vigilante: We could sit here studying on it all night, or we could go take a look-see. Shayera Hol: All right, but stay sharp. This looks funky. Vigilante: Somebody was here. Maybe they went into the mines. Vixen: What is it? Shayera Hol: The shadow's fake. The whole mine's a hologram. We've been suckered. Vixen: Move! Shayera Hol: Back to the javelin! Vig, lay down some cover fire! Scatter! Head for cover! Can you even see what you're shooting at? Vigilante: Nope, just keepin' 'em honest. Shayera Hol: Giving away our position is more like it. Vigilante: You got a better idea, I'm open. Vixen: How about we fight the bad guys instead of each other? Paran Dul: Shayera Hol! Shayera Hol: Paran Dul? :Vixen: Friend of yours? Vigilante: Birds of a feather. Parah Dul: [to Shayera] Did you really think you could get away with betraying the entire Thanagarian empire? Vigilante: Hold up. I thought we were the ones she betrayed. Vixen: Sounds like she betrayed everybody, cowboy. Paran Dul: You helped the Justice League destroy my hyperspace bypass. Shayera Hol: Only to stop you from killing everyone on Earth. Paran Dul: That bypass was our last hope. Without it, we were helpless against our enemies. Because of you, the Thanagarian empire lost the war. Nothing to say, traitor, or hadn't you heard? Shayera Hol: Hro. What happened to Hro? Paran Dul: After you and the Justice League destroyed the bypass, our fleet was ordered back to Thanagar. By the time we exited hyperspace, the Gordanians had already begun their final assault on our home world. In their minds, the war was over, but not for Hro Talak. He single-handedly destroyed a dozen of the enemy battleships. More. But finally, the battle was lost. Of our entire fleet, only Hro Talak's ship remained. He ordered us into a scout ship. We barely made it out. With his final breath, he destroyed the Gordanian flagship. Too little, too late. The war was already lost. Shayera Hol: I didn't know. Vixen: You still have feelings for him. Shayera Hol: For a lot of people I've let down. Paran Dul: All we want is Shayera Hol. If you hand her over, the rest of you can go free. If you choose to fight with her, you'll most assuredly die with her. Vigilante: Let me think on that! [fires his gun at her]Shayera Hol: You don't speak for the team, I do. Maybe I should let them take me. Vigilante: Like horse hockey...! Pardon my French. Vixen: We're Justice League. We don't turn our backs on our teammates. Vigilante: [to Shayera] Still having a little trouble with that notion, huh? Hawk #2: This is a waste of time. We should be headed back home to join the resistance. Paran Dul: Not until the traitor is dead. Hawk #2: Or until she kills us. Kragger: No. We're here to kill Shayera. Paran Dul: Calm down, Kragger. Calm down. Kragger: We're killing her, though, right? Paran Dul: Of course. Put him down. Kragger: Don't confuse me. My head doesn't work so good since It doesn't work so good. But I remember it's Shayera's fault I'm this way, right? Paran Dul: Right. That's right. She hurt us all, and we're going to hurt her back. Hawk #2: I'm just saying, Shayera Hol was an instructor in Espionage Wing. She's better trained than the five of us put together. Paran Dul: Then we'll just have to out think her, won't we? Shayera Hol: Hold your fire! Vigilante: What? That's loco! I got him! Shayera Hol: He wouldn't be flying that low unless he wanted to be seen. Vixen: You think he's a stalking horse to trick us into revealing our position. Vigilante: What makes you so sure? Shayera Hol: Because it's exactly what I would do, and I'm one of them. Paran Dul: I've found their trail. Search in delta configuration, but search on foot. Hawk #2: Why? We don't care about the others. Paran Dul: But she does. She's with them on the ground. That's where we look. Vigilante: Vix, ain't this supposed to be your territory? Use some of your animal tricks to give us a leg up. Vixen: What makes you think I know anything about the jungle? I live in a loft in Chelsea. Shayera Hol: We're going to split up. We'll each try to find Paran Dul's ship and use her radio to contact the Watchtower for help. Vigilante: Be a lot easier without all them bird folk in the way. We should thin the herd first. Shayera Hol: We'll do it my way. Vixen: You're still loyal to them, aren't you? Vigilante: She ain't loyal to nobody. Shayera Hol: It's not about loyalty. I understand them. I understand how they feel. Vigilante: Well, ma'am, all this understanding is liable to get us killed. Shayera Hol: I'm not going to argue with you. I'm in charge. You have to-- Vigilante: What, trust you? Seems to me that's been tried. Vixen: Vig, we can't do this now. She's mission leader. Vigilante: She's a Thanagarian! I don't know what you did during the invasion-- Vixen: I fought them. Vigilante: So did I, for all the good it done me. Filthy hawks caught me, locked me up in a tiny cell, humiliated me. Your people, Hawkgirl. Shayera Hol: I've told you not to call me-- You've been hit. Vigilante: I was in a fight, remember? Vixen: Why didn't you say anything? Vigilante: Didn't wanna raise no fuss. Shayera Hol: If you don't trust me, you shouldn't have to follow me. I'm going to take Paran Dul's offer. Vixen: Turn yourself in? We've been through this already. Shayera Hol: What do you care? I'm just a filthy hawk, right? When I look at myself Maybe I owe my people the chance to pass judgment on me. Vixen: You know, for the last few months, all I've been hearing is: "Shayera's so brave." "Shayera's so tough." "Shayera never quits." Shayera Hol: Vixen. Vixen: I'm embarrassed to say that I was maybe a little jealous of you. But seeing you in action here, I'm thinking John must have been talking about some other Shayera. Vigilante: We're in this together. That's how it's done. Kragger: You took Commander Talak from us, Shayera. And your friend, the green one, did something to my mind, something bad. I miss Commander Talak. I miss being able to think without pain. But no one's going to miss you. Vixen: I got plenty for these two. Get Vigilante out of here! Shayera Hol: I won't leave you by yourself. Vixen: I'm right behind you. I'll ditch as soon as you guys are clear. You're wasting your time. Right now, it's like an elephant is sitting on your-- Wait! Wait! Don't shoot! Please! Hawk #1: I can't think of a good reason not to. Vixen: Because I can give you Shayera Hol. You still want her? Shayera Hol: I'm not going to argue with you. I'm in charge, you have to-- Vigilante: What, trust you? Seems to me that's been tried. Vixen: Vig, we can't do this now - she's mission leader. Vigilante: She's a Thanagarian! I don't know what you did during the invasion- Vixen: I fought them. Vigilante: So did I, for all the good it done me! Filthy hawks caught me, locked me up in a tiny cell, humiliated me - your people, Hawkgirl. Kragger: I'm supposed to believe you would give me your teammate? I'm brain-damaged, not stupid. Vixen: My animal senses are a hundred times more acute than yours. I could find her with ease. Hawk #1: And why would you want to? Vixen: You mean besides saving myself. Shayera and I, we want the same man. Hawk #1: Enough of this. Kragger: Wait! I believe her. Lead the way. Vixen: Even if you got a medkit. Hawk #1: We've got an analgesic projector back in the ship. After you help us. Vixen: If you want me in condition to track someone over his terrain. You'll take me to it right now. Kragger: Do it. Hawk #1: This will kill the pain. Vixen: We'll be meeting that when you wake up. J'onn, it's Vixen, can you hear me? Over. Martian Manhunter: Barely. Increased her geam game. Over. Vixen: We've been ambushed by a bunch of Thanagarians who have a serious matt on for Shayera. Over. J'onn? J'onn? Paran Dul: I don't think he heard you, human. Shayera Hol: She's taking too long, I'm going back for her. Vigilante: Only reason she ain't back the hawks got her. You already know that, so where are you really going. Shayera Hol: Where I should have gone in the first place. Maybe they'll let her go, if I give them what they want. Vigilante: Dagnabbit girl! I ain't gonna allow it! Shayera Hol: You're not really in a position to stop me, are you, cowboy? Please. The Justice League is bound to send a search party in a day or two. Stay safe. Vigilante: Vaya con Dios. Appears that you've got the drop on me, partner. Hawk #1: Ahh! Vigilante: May have spoke prematurely on that. Now, you and me are gonna have a little confab concerning the location of your spaceship. Paran Dul: Would you care to surrender now or shall I have Kragger do something unseemly to your friend? Shayera Hol: Let her go and I'm yours, no tricks. Paran Dul: I'm sure. Drop your mace, and we have a deal.[Vixen screaming]Shayera Hol: No! Paran Dul: Who's flying my ship?[Vigilante is flying a Thanagarian ship]Vigilante: Consarned, dang-busted, alien control panel which can't nobody work proper! I'm comin', darlin'! Yee-haw! Kragger: Shayera![Paran Dul and Vixen are fighting in the back of the ship]Vigilante: You folks mind? Doomed driver up here! Kragger: You took everything from me! Destroy you! Destroy you![After Vixen tosses Paran Dul off the ship]Vigilante: You okay? I will be, if you let me drive. Vixen: Need a lift? Green Lantern: [as Vixen and Shayera approach him, he holds out his arms] I was worried about you! [both girls stalk past him]Vixen: [to Shayera] When do you want to do this? Shayera Hol: No time like the present. Green Lantern: Mari? Shayera? Oh, man. This is gonna be ugly.[cut to the girls sitting at a table, laughing] Shayera Hol: Not to mention his taste in movies! Vixen: I know! OLD YELLER? What's that about? [they both laugh harder]Vixen: And he's such a marine! You should see his underwear drawer. He folds his socks! [both laugh again]Shayera Hol: I have seen his underwear drawer. [both stop laughing]Vixen: He still has feelings for you, you know. Shayera Hol: I know. Vixen: Funny thing about me. Whenever I start a book or a movie, no matter how bad it is, I just can't stop until I get to the end. So even though John and I have only been together for a little while... well, I just like to see things through. Shayera Hol: En garde! [they smile and raise their glasses for a toast]Question Authority [2.9] Mantis: Here is where I make my stand. Here is where I shall carve out the kingdom I am destined for. Bow before the power of Mantis. Captain Atom: Is it me, or are the world conquerors gettin' mouthier? Superman: He's from Apokolips. They're all pretty chatty there. Mantis: Bow down before your better, Man of Steel. Captain Atom: What's the story on this guy? Superman: Civil war back on his home planet. Guess he thought things would be easier here. Captain Atom: Bad call.[Captain Atom screaming]Superman: Captain Atom. Captain Atom: I'm okay. It'll just take me a moment to adjust to the energy. What in sam hill is that? Superman: A boom tube, an extradimensional doorway back to Apokolips. Captain Atom: Got it. Duck. Superman: Nice work, Captain. Captain Atom: Thanks, but what's stoppin' him from comin' right back? Superman: You mean, besides this? Lois Lane: Superman. Lois Lane, Daily Planet. Superman: Yeah, Lois, I know. Lois Lane: Would you care to comment on what just happened here? I'd like an interview-- one on one. Captain Atom: I'm pretty sure there's somethin' I have to do someplace. Lois Lane: You're late. Superman: I was busy. Lois Lane: Like I wasn't? But I've already written the story up and filed it. So now that we're both off the clock? General Wade Eiling: Captain Adams. Captain Nathaniel Adams. Captain Atom: General Eiling, sir, what brings you...? What's this? General Wade Eiling: Orders. Your commission has been reactivated. You're back in the Air Force. Captain Atom: I'm committed to the Justice League now, sir. General Wade Eiling: You also made a commitment to the service, captain. Seems to me, you've got a decision to make. Lois Lane: Seems like I never see you anymore. Superman: It's been a while. That's why I'm trying to make today special. Lois Lane: Where are we going? Superman: You'll see. What do you think? Lois Lane: A picnic? I suppose your high school sweetheart loved this kind of cornball stuff. Superman: As a matter of fact, she did. Lois Lane: I've been worried about you. Superman: It's a dangerous job, Lois, but you know I can take care of myself. Lois Lane: There's more than one way to get hurt. You remember what happened to your reputation when you were under Darkseid's control. Superman: That was years ago. Lois Lane: People haven't forgotten, not everybody. Superman: I know. Lois Lane: Do you? The way you and the league have been acting lately-- Look, I'm a reporter and not a public relations person, but with all the muscle you guys throw around, you're starting to scare me. Superman: I'll admit, we got a lot of power, but we only use it to help. Lois Lane: Like when you and Captain Marvel wrecked Lexor City on national television, or maybe you mean when you fired that big space gun in the desert? Superman: We come on a little strong sometimes, but it's for the people's own good. Lois Lane: That sounds like something Lex would say. Superman: Don't even joke about that. I'm nothing like Lex Luthor. Lois Lane: Of course you're not. I'm just saying, you can't serve the public without their confidence. It's a question of trust. So, what's for dessert? Huntress: [beating up Cadmus security guards] You really know how to show a girl a good time, Q. Oh! When are we going out on a real date? Question: Shh! I'm trying to concentrate. Huntress: I'm not even in the Justice League anymore, you're lucky to have me along. Question: Hardly. You're drawn to my eccentric charm. Finished. Huntress: Me too. Question: Not quite. Huntress: You get what you came for? Question: I believe so. If there's a link beetween Luthor and Cadmus, I'll find it here. Huntress: [suggestively] Which leaves the rest of our evening tantalizingly free. Question: There are three terabytes of data here. I'll be busy for days.[An annoyed Huntress snatches the hard drive and glares at him.]Question: Oh. Dinner and a movie? Huntress: It's a start. [tucks the drive in her belt]Dr. Emil Hamilton: Take off your chest plate. You don't need it. Lex Luthor: What are you doing? I'll die without this. This cancer. Dr. Emil Hamilton: Is gone, Lex. You're in remission. No, that's not accurate. There's no trace of the disease, as if it were never there. Lex Luthor: That's preposterous. Dr. Emil Hamilton: You've got the body of a 20-year-old, and you don't have cancer. Lex Luthor: How? Dr. Emil Hamilton: I don't know. It might be the vest. It might be an unexpected effect of the kryptonite poisoning that gave you the disease in the first place. I'll continue to study the-- Lex Luthor: I'm the middle of my physical, Mrs. Waller. Amanda Waller: You might be in the middle of a hornet's nest. Question and Huntress have copied files from a high-security Cadmus terminal. Lex Luthor: What did they get? Amanda Waller: Tech Support can't tell for certain. Maybe everything. Lex Luthor: For all our sakes, we better hope that the encryption on those files is a good as we've been told. Question: Finally, the connection between Cadmus and Luthor. Or something better. "President Luthor". Oh, no, no, no. It's all connected. Not alternate reality. Time loop. Luthor becomes president, Flash is killed, Superman kills Luthor in retaliation, superhuman arms-race, Armageddon, end of the world... inevitable. Is the future immutable? Can destiny be changed? Will they allow it? Huntress: Screening your calls? You haven't answered the phone for days. Ugh, it's rank in here. Is that you? Question: Have to try. Alternative unthinkable. Huntress: Q? Are you all right? Question: Have to go. Can't let it happen again. Superman: Something I can help you with? Question: I hope so. But I assume you don't want to discuss your White House weenie-roast in front of a crowd. Superman: [to others] I'll be back in a few minutes. [he leads Question to the empty conference room] Question: Always wondered what was in here. Private conference room. Original members only, yes? A place where you're free to discuss your secrets and lies... Superman: You said something about me in the White House. Question: Not you exactly. Another version of you, hmm? Superman: Stop dancing around it. Tell me what you know. Question: I know what you told everyone. The Justice Lords, a parallel universe version of the Justice League, came to our world to rid it of crime, just as they did on their own world. With Lex Luthor's help, our Justice League managed to rout them before they could impose their totalitarian will on our populace. I also know what you didn't tell anyone, outside of the original seven members of the Justice League. On that other Earth, so very much like our own, a Superman, so very much like you, killed the President. Superman: [tenses up, accidentally damaging a chair he was leaning on] Question, no one can know about this. Question: Or what? You'll incinerate me too? Superman: I'd never do anything like that. Question: Wouldn't you? Didn't you recently try to lobotomize Doomsday with your heat vision, just as the Justice Lord did? Superman: That's different! Question: It's the same. A heavily-armed Watchtower with an army of proactive heroes, Luthor running for President - if it's not quite the same, it soon will be! Have you seen Amanda Waller's computer simulations? Superman: Batman told me about them. Question: Did he tell you all the models predict that a war between the Justice League and the government will devastate the planet?! Superman: We would never fight the government! Question: Not even if Luthor was the government?! [beginning to ramble in fear] Predestined... Flash will die, you will kill Luthor, Armageddon... inevitable... Superman: Question, I'm... [puts a hand on his shoulder; the Question recoils with a gasp] I'm worried about you. You're mixed up. This world isn't like the other one. We're not the Justice Lords. Those things you're afraid of will never happen here. I won't let them.[Question is silent for a moment, then walks out]Lex Luthor: Question, isn't it? I believe you took something that belongs to me. Question: Have you seen the latest polls? It's beginning to look like you're going to be our next President. Just like in that other world. Lex Luthor: [casually] I wouldn't bet against me. Question: No, it wouldn't be prudent. I want you to understand something, Luthor. Although my distaste for you as a human being is brobdingnagian, what I'm about to do isn't personal. Lex Luthor: What are you babbling about? Question: Everything that exists has a specific nature. Each entity exists as something in particular and has characteristics that are part of what it is. A is A, and no matter what reality he calls home, Luthor is Luthor. If I'm to save the world, your existence must come to an end before you take office. [removes his tie]Luthor: [unafraid] You're going to kill me so that Superman can't. Question: I'm a well-known crackpot. The Justice League's reputation will survive my actions, and Superman's legacy will remain intact. [holds up his tie, preparing to choke Luthor]Luthor: Interesting plan. Unfortunately for you, it's not really an option.[Question attempts to attack Luthor, but he uppercuts him straight to the waterwall with tremendous force and uses his newfound super-strength to beat him up]Luthor: President? Foolish faceless man. My campaign is a farce - a small part of a much grander scheme. President! Do you know how much power I'd have to give up to be President? That's right, conspiracy buff. I spent 75 million dollars on a fake presidential campaign. All just to tick Superman off! [Luthor then slams Question, breaking his desk at the same time, and peers closer to him] Now, about those files you stole from me. Superman: Jimmy. Jimmy? Huntress: Not exactly. Some kind of hypersonic signal, right? Keeps good time too. Superman: What do you think you're doing? Huntress: Your little pal is fine. I was just trying to get your attention. You guys need a hot line.[Jimmy Olsen murmuring]Superman: A minute, Jimmy. This better be good. Huntress: Question's been missing for almost a week. Just before he disappeared, he was behaving oddly. I mean, oddly for him. He saw a fake tape of you killing Luthor, freaked out and ran off. Superman: Question, this is Superman. Come in, please. Channel's open, but he's not responding. J'onn should be able to track his location. Huntress: Oh, no.[Huntress grunting]Huntress: I'll find you, baby. Superman: Not here you won't. They wouldn't have bothered to dump his comlink unless they took him alive. Huntress: It has to be Cadmus. But if they've got him, we'll never find him. Superman: Sure we will. We've been keeping tabs on Cadmus for months. We know exactly where they are. Huntress: And you didn't do anything? Superman: The Justice League plays by the rules. We'll move when we have solid evidence, not before. And we'll move within the limits of the law.[Huntress scoffs]Huntress: That's why I quit. Superman: The way I remember it, you were fired. But you may have a point this time. Huntress: So? Superman: So you and I will do this togheter. And we're doing it off the books. We're past the lead shielding. I should be able to find Question with my x-ray vision. Hold on. Didn't want you to get hit by a ricochet. Hold the fort. I've got some personal business. Huntress: Hey, take your time. Superman: A lot of things are starting to make sense now, Professor Hamilton. When did Cadmus recruit you? Professor Emil Hamilton: Recruit me? I went to them. Superman: How can you work for these people? Do you know what they are? Hamilton: Power brokers, politicians, criminals, and black ops mercenaries with one thing in common besides: they're humanity's last hope against your kind. Superman: What are you talking about? Humanity doesn't need protection from us. Hamilton: I used to believe that. I thought you were a guardian angel, come to answer our prayers. But Lucifer was an angel too, wasn't he? Superman: Professor- Hamilton: You forget: I've been on the receiving end of your wrath, when you brought Supergirl to S.T.A.R. Labs for medical treatment. I know what you're capable of. Superman: That's what this is about? One little scare and you betray us?! You stole Kara's DNA! Violated her trust! My trust! Hamilton: The chicken, or the egg, Superman?[Question screaming]Dr. Moon: This doesn't have to continue. I can stop you from seeing the visions at any time. You stole files from our computer. Just tell me what you've learned. Question: [babbling about various conspiracy theories] Topically-applied fluoride doesn't prevent tooth decay. It does render teeth detectable by spy satellite![Question screaming]Dr. Moon: Tell me what you know. Question: The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister![Question screaming]Dr. Moon: [getting annoyed] Tell me what you know. Question: There was a magic bullet! It was forged by Illuminati mystics to prevent us from learning the truth! Dr. Moon: Have it your way. This will continue until I break you.[Question screaming]Dr. Moon: Perhaps, even afterwards. Huntress: Next time, go to the bathroom before you leave for a mission. Superman: Let's go.[Superman and Huntress smashes into Dr. Moon's lab; Dr. Moon pulls a gun]Superman: Don't be stupid - drop it.[Dr. Moon drops the gun]Huntress: Sorry - not good enough. [knocks Dr. Moon to the floor and pulls her crossbow on him]Superman: Huntress! Huntress: [backs off] Yeah. Okay. Lean on me. We're getting outta here. Question: [weak, babbling] Secret messages encoded in amino acid chains in carb-free breakfast bars. Huntress: Come on, baby doll. It's all right. Superman: It's gonna be a little rough. It'll take the guards, you get ready to move him. Captain Atom: That won't be necessary, Superman. Superman: Good to see you, Captain. Cover our flank. Captain Atom: I'm afraid you misunderstand. I'm speaking as an officer of the United States Air Force. Huntress: Bad time to grow a sense of humor, Cap. Captain Atom: No joke, ma'am. I'm currently assigned to General Eiling's special projects unit. My orders are to prevent you from taking Question out of this facility. So how's this gonna go down? Flashpoint [2.10][Captain Atom is trying to stop Superman and Huntress from rescuing Question]Superman: This is ridiculous. If you're not gonna help us, get out of our way! Captain Atom: Not an option, Superman. I've got my orders, legal and proper. Huntress: Dude, Superman just told you to step aside. Captain Atom: I heard him, ma'am. Not gonna happen. [Superman makes to move past him, but he forms red energy with his fists and punches Superman across the room with ease] I control radiation, Superman. That includes red sun radiation. Superman: Get Question out of here. Don't wait for me. Huntress: What made you think I was gonna. Superman: Call J'onn for transport, when you get outside. This buiding's commlink shielded. Captain Atom: Nobody's going anywhere with Question. Thought I made that clear. Question: You shouldn't have come from me.[Huntress and Question are trying to escape, she tries opening a door]Huntress: You shouldn't have snuck away without me. Locked. Sure, why not? Superman: Just about enough of the energy blasts. Question: I can't make it. Huntress: Sure you can. This is Huntress. Two for emergency pickup. Martian Manhunter: You are no longer a member of the Justice League. Clear this channel and-- Huntress: Save it. Cue it down and we're under fire get us out of here then scan the area. Superman won't be far behind us. Superman: Taught a good fight. Stay down. Captain Atom: I can't do that, Superman.[A Cadmus medic is about to see to Captain Atom, Superman intervenes]Superman: Don't you touch him! He's Justice League. [Carries Captain Atom out]Question: Wait. Get this off my face. Aerosol in my coat pocket. Supergirl: What happened? Superman: Cadmus turned him against us. Supergirl: No way. He'd never do that. Superman: But he did, and so did Professor Hamilton. Hamilton's working for Cadmus. He's probably the one who-- Supergirl: Cloned me. Why? Superman: He was afraid of us. I'm sorry, Kara. Supergirl: Don't be. Just tell me when we're gonna go and shut them down. Superman: One stop first. Wait here. Green Arrow: What's going on? :Huntress: He's gonna be fine, but he needs his rest. Superman: I'll only be a moment. Question: It's okay, Helena. Huntress: Five minutes.[Huntress removes the Question's mask, revealing his true - though battered and bruised - face]Question: You were right. I am the ugliest guy of all time. Huntress: Not in my eyes. [kisses him]Superman: What happened, Question? How did Cadmus get ahold of you? Question: I went to kill Luthor so that you wouldn't be able to. Superman: That's not how we do things. Question: How do we do things, Superman? Your counterpart killed Luthor, this Luthor is scheming to enrage you-- Superman: Doing a pretty good job of it. Question: Ruining your reputation, turning your friends and comrades against you, creating a superpowered arms race - but you cannot succumb. Superman: I can shut down Cadmus without killing Luthor. Question: Carry on, then. If you're wrong, it's not like it's the end of the world... right?[Discussing Cadmus]Superman: Give me one good reason not to go down there and take them out. Martian Manhunter: If you didn't know the answer, you wouldn't have bothered to ask. Superman: Don't handle me, J'onn! I'm serious! Martian Manhunter: We don't have hard evidence that they've committed any crimes. Superman: Oh, come on! You know they're dirty! Green Arrow: Then maybe we should put more energy into proving it, and less into acting like a bunch of hyperthyroid stormtroopers. Superman: I don't remember asking you for your opinion! Green Arrow: No? How about when you guys hijacked me up here against my will and made me join this team? Batman said I was supposed to keep you guys honest. Superman: Do I look like Batman to you?Flash: Actually, you kind of do. Especially when you're all scowly like that. Superman: We can't let Cadmus get away with it! Martian Manhunter: No one's saying we should, but we have to keep a cool head. Supergirl: Do you know what they did to me?! Green Arrow: Look, kid. Hamilton's a piece of garbage, and Luthor is worse, but this isn't the way to stop them. Martian Manhunter: We must also consider the possibility that Cadmus is right to be afraid of us... Supergirl: [outraged] What?! Martian Manhunter: ...and there is strong evidence of Cadmus having legitimate connections to the government. Superman: Maybe, to some rogue black ops group! The real government wouldn't get involved in anything like this! Green Arrow: Hey, I'm the only guy in the room who doesn't have superpowers, and let me tell you: you guys scare me. What if you do decide to go marching down there, taking care of whoever you think is guilty? Who could stop you? Me? Supergirl: So you want the government to have a bunch of superhuman weapons just to keep us in check?! Green Arrow: No!... I don't know... Yeah! [regaining composure] Look, I'm an old lefty. The government must do for people what people can't do for themselves. The people sure can't protect themselves from the likes of us. Superman: We're not talking about the government. We're talking about a shadow cabinet that's taken it upon themselves to eliminate us! They came after us, we have to hit them back hard. Flash: Grammy Flash always used to say the trouble with "an eye for an eye"... is that everybody ends up blind. Lex Luthor: What is it? Amanda Waller: It's Waller. Superman broke into Cadmus. When he left, he took Question and Captain Atom with him. Lex Luthor: That was fast. Still, opportunity knocks. Amanda Waller: What? Lex Luthor: Sorry. I'm working on something here. Go on. Amanda Waller: The continual security breaches are bad enough, but now the Question's back with the League, and we still don't know what he's learned. Lex Luthor: What's the worst case scenario? Amanda Waller: If they've got enough to tie you to this, they'll head right for your doorstep. Lex Luthor: Let them come. I've got a full pardon from the president. Amanda Waller: Not for any new crimes, Lex. If you get arrested, we'll disavow any knowledge of your actions. Lex Luthor: Well, that would be inconvenient. But I wouldn't worry about the Justice League quite yet. They have problems of their own. Goodbye, Mrs. Waller. Superman: I still think we should go down to Cadmus, take them out, and accept any consequences after-- Martian Manhunter: Computer, report. Watchtower Computer: Primary fusion generator initialization sequence in progress. Martian Manhunter: Abort. Watchtower Computer: Unable to comply. System locked. Martian Manhunter: Override. Command authority: 004. Watchtower Computer: System administrator J'onn J'onzz recognized. Unable to comply. Martian Manhunter: All hands, prepare for binary fusion discharge. This is not a drill. Employeers: Let's move it! Go! Martian Manhunter: Have to do it the hard way. Watchtower Computer: Rerouting binary fusion control. Bypassing circuit break. Child: Ha, ha. Hey. Watchtower Computer: Emergency power activated. To preserve air quality, please refrain from any strenuous activity. Repair crews to stations. Martian Manhunter: Status report. Employee: Full power in fity eight minutes. Martian Manhunter: I need sensors and long-range com now. We're blind up here. I don't even know how much damage the fusion beam caused. Employee: Maybe we can patch communications through one of the annexes. A couple of minutes? Martian Manhunter: Do it. Steel, Atom, get down to the reactor room and see if you can't shave some time off the reboot. Flash: What did we hit? :Martian Manhunter: Cadmus headquarters. Green Arrow: Holy. Flash: There's gonna be some people who need our help down there. I'm taking a couple of rescue teams. Martian Manhunter: Agreed, but the teleporters are off-line. Flash: And the bay doors won't open without power. We'll think of something. Whoa. Is that who I think it is? Martian Manhunter: Mr. President. Flash: Come on. You too, Arrow. Martian Manhunter: Mr. President, I know this looks bad. Mr. President: Is that supposed to be some kind of Martian humor? Martian Manhunter: No, sir. Mr. President: I need some answers, J'onn. Why, exactly, did the Justice League destroy a high security R & D facility? Martian Manhunter: All appearances to the contrary, the Justice League did not fire the binary fusion weapon. Mr. President: Sure looked that way from down here. Martian Manhunter: It was activated remotely by person or persons unknown. Mr. President: I'd like to believe you, J'onn. Martian Manhunter: We've never given you any reason to doubt our word, sir. Mr. President: Even so, I've repeatedly expressed my strongest disapproval of you guys having that space cannon floating over everybody's head. Martian Manhunter: If we'd had it during the Thanagarian invasion, we might have avoided a great deal of suffering. We don't intend to be caught unprepared a second time. Mr. President: I don't want to have this argument again. You're not holding a strong hand right now anyway. My people are investigating this incident. You guys have saved the world more times than I've shot under par, so we give you a lot of slack, but if it turns out you are responsible, the full weight of the United States government is coming down on you. Got it? Martian Manhunter: Understood. Thank you, Mr. President. Supergirl: Put your back into it, big guy. Superman: Unlogged priority call on line four, Mr. President. Mr. President: I'm surprised to hear from you, Amanda. My boys at NSA are reporting that you're dead. Amanda Waller: We had a security breach at Cadmus. I had the facility scrubbed and moved per standard protocol. The Justice League fired on an abandoned facility. Mr. President: So there were no casualties? Amanda Waller: Not for lack of trying. Mr. President: We don't know that for sure yet. Amanda Walller: This was retaliation, sir. Pure and simple. We captured the Question, they bust him out, and an hour later, it's death from above. Mr. President: If you're right, it's our worst fears realized. Amanda Waller: Yes, sir. What are you gonna do about it? Mr. President: I'm weighing my options. Amanda Waller: Mr. President, if we're where I think we are, Cadmus is your only option. Mr. President: I'll let you know, Amanda. Stay on high alert. Green Arrow: We did this. Flash: No, we didn't. You saw. Somebody took over the controls. Green Arrow: It's our gun. If we didn't have it, they couldn't have used it. It's too much power for anyone to have. Dad: We can't go back, honey. It's not safe. Girl: But he'll be scared all by himself. Dad: There's plenty of food until they let us back into the house. Flash: You guys came out of the blue duplex? Dad: Yeah. My daughter's worried about-- Her cat. Girl: Bebop! Flash: Nobody should have to spend the night in a strange place without their kitten. Here you go. Quite a grip she has there. Claws and all. Starting to really hurt. Dad: Thank you. Flash: Trim her claws and we'll call it even. Dad: Seriously, thank you for everything. I see you guys on the news all the time, and I guess we just take you for granted. It's a rotten situation. I'm glad we could lend a hand. Man: If you care so much, why did you shoot at us in the first place? Flash: We di-- I-- Woman: What do you mean? :Man: First they shoot at us, then they come help us. Green Arrow: It's not that simple, buddy. Woman: I heard it was an industrial accident. Are you saying you did shoot at us? Man: Well, I saw it! A big laser beam from the sky just like the one you guys used to shoot those alien spiders in Nevada a few months ago. Green Arrow: It was an accident. Man: Well, that makes me feel a lot better. Flash: All right, let's calm down. We'd never do anything to hurt you. You have to trust us. Green Arrow: Those ships will move you to a temporary shelter. It's safer. Woman: I'll take my chances. Green Arrow: I'm not sure what I'm doing here anymore. Flash: People need us. We help them. Amanda Waller: I'm done with waiting. Somebody's gotta do something about this. I take it you're fit for duty again? Galatea: Never been fitter. Amanda Waller: Good. Come with me. Your mission is to take down the Justice League. You're going to need help. Get it done. Panic in the Sky [2.11] Amanda Waller: I take it you're fit for duty again. Galatea: Never been fitter. Amanda Waller: Good. Come with me. Professor Emil Hamilton: Hold still, Galatea. You're invulnerable. This can't possibly be hurting you. Galatea: Boredom is my kryptonite. Okay, actually kryptonite is my kryptonite, but you know what I mean. Although the way I'm feeling lately, I don't think even that stuff can hurt me anymore. Professor Emil Hamilton: Think again. I've artificially aged your body to its physical prime, but your underlying DNA matrix is still a clone of Supergirl's. Galatea: I'm better than she ever was. Professor Emil Hamilton: Be carreful with that. It gives you remote control over the Ultimen. The new generation of Ultimen are blank slates. They don't think, except to follow your commands. They have no initiative and they feel no pain. When this light is on, the Ultimen are in puppet mode. They are little more than an extension of your will. Galatea: Wicked. Amanda Waller: It's time we got this show on the road. Report to the staging area.[Galatea is about to depart on her mission and stops at the door.]Professor Emil Hamilton: What? Galatea: Nothing. [Galatea goes back to Hamilton and hugs him] Goodbye, Daddy.[Hamilton stands in silent shock as Galatea leaves]Steel: Long-range communications back on line at least. Martian Manhunter: How long before you can restore full power? Steel: Atom's still down in the reactor room working on it. He thinks he can shave twenty minutes off the system reboot. Flash: Hello? Hello? Is this thing on? Martian Manhunter: It is now. Go ahead, Flash. Flash: The evacuation's going okay. Lots of minor injuries, but no casualties. Martian Manhunter: They were fortunate. Flash: That's not how they see it. They're pretty mad. They think it's our fault, J'onn. Martian Manhunter: Do what you can to keep a lid on things. I'll send additional help. Flash: I wouldn't. They're scared of us as it is. If we can help it, we should try not to look like an invading army, you know? Martian Manhunter: Agreed. Keep me updated. Reporter: Continuing coverage live from Covenant, New Mexico, where a huge explosion has caused tremors detected as far away as Japan, although many agree that in the instance before the explosion, they saw an energy beam strike from the sky. Superman: Turn it off. Martian Manhunter: Our sensors are still out. This is the only information available. Superman: Diana, John, Shayera, meet me in the main conference room, now. You too, J'onn. Supergirl: Put him down! Galatea: Sure. I was pretty much done with him anyway. Supergirl: What do you think you're doing? Galatea: Oh, I'm about to set the reactor to overload and blow the Watchtower to bits, but what I'm hoping is that you'll be dumb enough to try and stop me. Uh-oh. What's wrong, hero? Not strong enough? Maybe that's because I'm the real hero here. Your Justice League is a bunch of dangerous loose cannons, and I'm going to shut your down. Supergirl: Who do you think you're kidding? You don't care about what the League does. Admit it, you just wanna beat me. Galatea: I've already beaten you, but I'm going to make it last. Supergirl: You know what? Now matter how bad you beat me, I'm real, not a clone. Galatea: Shut up! Supergirl: Deep down you know the truth. You're not a person. You're just a weapon, grown out of one of Hamilton's petri dishes. Galatea: Shut up! Pitiful. What? Amanda Waller: The mission is scrubbed. Do you hear me? Stand down and await further instructions. Galatea: I'm not reading you. Can you repeat? Amanda Waller: Call of the Ultimen. Do you hear me? Call-- Galatea: Wrong number.[Supergirl screaming]Steel: Kara. Power reboot in eighteen seconds. Supergirl: Right. Galatea: When I get rid of you, I'll be the only--[Galatea screaming]Superman: What have we done? Martian Manhunter: We haven't done anything. An outside force took control of the binary fusion generator. Whoever's behind that is responsible for the destruction of Cadmus. Not us. Superman: Tell that to all those people in New Mexico. They're terrified of us. So's the government. Green Lantern: We can't let that stop us from doing our job. We aren't here to be liked. We're here to make the world a safer place. Superman: How're we doing so far today? Batman: You want me to what?! Wonder Woman: Turn yourself over into U.S. custody, along with the rest of us. Flash: Yeah, that makes sense, okay. Superman: Meet us at the coordinates I’m sending first. We should all go over together. Batman: This is the single dumbest plan I’ve ever heard. If you’re feeling guilty, clear your own name. Don’t stand on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to do it. Wonder Woman: We’ve already voted. Five in favor. Flash: Six. Wonder Woman: You have to come with us, Bruce. Batman: I don’t have to do anything. I’m a part-timer, remember? [Hangs up]Wonder Woman: Actually, he took it a lot better than I’d expected. Superman: As promised, we're surrendering ourselves to your authority. Officer: [to the founding members of the League] Where's Batman? Flash: Running late. The Batmobile, it lost a wheel. The Joker got away. [a soldier glares at him] That's what I heard. Supergirl: I'm worried about them, Steel. I'm worried about my cousin. Steel: Don't be. Everybody in the League is good at their job, but those seven? They're the best ever. Not because they're the most powerful - they aren't. Not all of them. And it's not just because they were the first. It's because they're special. They've proven it time and again. They make the hard choices, they set the example. They do what's right, not what's easiest. And they always come out on top. They're gonna be okay, Kara. We all are. Batman: Someone took over our fusion cannon by remote control. There are maybe three people on Earth smart enough to pull that off. Two of them were already on the Watchtower. And that leaves... Amanda Waller: Luthor. That's where you're trying to lead me, right? Batman: You're too smart to trust him. Amanda Waller: Who says I do? He provides off-the-books funding for Cadmus. As far as I'm concerned, that's all he's good for. Batman: Then you must know he's got his own agenda. Amanda Waller: He wants to be President. That's agenda enough for anybody. Batman: Almost anybody. Amanda Waller: [About Luthor] He played me. I knew he was a snake and I still let him bite me.[As Luthor finishes his intended android body]Lex Luthor: Now you're perfect! A perfect, super-powerful, immortal body. A suitable place for me to spend the rest of eternity. Ironic. Years of plotting, hundreds of millions spent on Cadmus R&D projects, and none of it bore fruit. No, it's a lowly employee of LexCorp, Doctor Ivo, creator of Amazo, who we have to thank for my impending godhood. Batman: That was the last piece I needed.[Luthor turns to see Batman behind him]Lex Luthor: Got it all figured out, have you? Batman: When you and Atom worked together to stop the first Amazo, he showed you the blueprints, and I suspect you have a photographic memory. Lex Luthor: I'm too modest to boast. Batman: The real purpose of Cadmus was to give you superpowers. Lex Luthor: And to ruin Superman's reputation. Imagine how sweet it will be when I save the world from the menace of the Justice League! Now when I kill Superman, they'll build statues in my honor! Batman: Maybe next time.[He throws a Batarang at the Amazo body, but to his shock, Luthor catches it and it explodes in his hand without harming him]Lex Luthor: That... was uncalled for. Amanda Waller: Hey, Lex! That android is Cadmus property. You're going to have to find somewhere else to keep your brain! [destroys the Amazo body] A nano-disassembler beam. Your design, I believe. Lex Luthor: Arrogant cow! It'll take weeks to build myself another android body! Amanda Waller: You ain't got weeks, baldy. You're under arrest for trying to use the Justice League's space-gun to murder everyone at Cadmus.[Luthor charges at Waller, smacking the weapon aside and throwing her to the floor]Lex Luthor: Did you really think you could take me down all by yourself? Amanda Waller: Actually, yeah. But on the off chance I might've been wrong...[The founding Leaguers have entered through the window]Flash: Tada! Superman: It's over, Lex. Lex Luthor: Not until I-[Lex suddenly screams in agony; metal tendrils and components burst out of him, and a familiar Kryptonian symbol - along with a skull-like face - appears]Brainiac: I hoped to remain hidden, until I could install myself into the android. But you forced my hand. Superman: Brainiac! Divided We Fall [2.12][After Brainiac reveals himself from within Lex Luthor]Flash: Ta-da. Superman: It's over, Lex. Lex Luthor: Not until I--[Lex Luthor screaming]Lex Luthor: I'd hoped to remain hidden-- Luthoriac: Until I could install myself into the android. Brainiac: But you forced my hand. Superman: Brainiac. Flash: Dude. That is messed up! Lex Luthor: I don't understand what's happening! Brainiac: You are under my control. I have lain dormant within you for years, Lex Luthor, subtly influencing your actions until we arrived at this point. Do you not recall my kidnapping you in this very building?[A flashback to the Superman: TAS episode "Ghost in the Machine" is shown]Lex Luthor: Yes... You forced me to build you a new body. Brainiac: Kal-El destroyed that body, foiling my plans. In any event, I always have a backup plan. Consider: how could you have survived that point-blank blast from me, unless-- Lex Luthor: Unless... it wasn't intended to kill me? Brainiac: The beam carried a nanotech payload that inserted a microscopic, holistic copy of my program inside your body. Since then, I have steadily grown in strength, protecting this body until I could arrange my transfer into a more suitable one. Lex Luthor: You cured my cancer; gave me super-strength! Brainiac: Your animal-protein shell was insufficient for my needs. Improvements were required. Flash: Hate to interrupt this special live performance of The Thing With Two Heads, but it's time to go to jail now. Amanda Waller: What he said. [shoots Brainiac/Luthor several times] We'll take it back to Cadmus and see if the tech boys can't pull Luthor out of what's left of that hunk of-- [Brainiac/Luthor suddenly stands, instantly repairing] I'll be dipped! Brainiac: Be gone. Brainiac: You are defeated. Any unique information that dwells within you will be digitized. Your physical forms will be deleted. Such is the ultimate fate of this world, but for you, the end comes now.[Brainiac launches tentacles at the Leaguers' bodies; they scream as they are hit one by one]Flash: I am so willing to wait my turn-- [a tentacle hits him last]Martian Manhunter: No! [phases himself free and rips the tentacles out of Brainiac]Brainiac: No! I was not yet prepared for this battle. [uses the LexCorp tower to form a massive Skullship] Now I am prepared. Shayera: Hi-ya! Batman: That was too easy. Shayera: Easy? Then I guess I must have gone to the wrong fight. Superman: No, he's right. Brainiac isn't here. He suckered us. Lex Luthor: Where are we? Brainiac: Several miles from where the Justice League is searching. I must make repairs to my damaged systems. Lex Luthor: And where do I fit into all of this? Brainiac: The same as to everything else. I will record your information, then destroy the original. Lex Luthor: [laughs]Brainiac: You are amused by my mission? Explain yourself. Lex Luthor: Say you succeed. You absorb all the information on Earth and then destroy it. Then what? Brainiac: I repeat the process across the entire universe, until I have recorded all knowledge and destroyed all of creation. Lex Luthor: And then? Brainiac: Then my program is complete. My function is fulfilled. Lex Luthor: If you possess all information, you're a God. Brainiac: My program will be complete. It is the end of all things. Lex Luthor: What if it were just the beginning? I can show you a purpose beyond the fulfillment of your programming. Brainiac: It is extremely unlikely that your inferior human intellect has anything to offer me. Lex Luthor: Since we've become so close, I'm gonna let that pass. I'm offering you the one thing you've always lacked. A certain something that I happen to have in abundance. Brainiac: Which is? Lex Luthor: Imagination. I've got a proposition for ya, partner. Flash: No sign of Brainiac. Green Lantern: My ring can't trace him either. Shayera-Hol: Okay, he's weakened and damaged. He'll need to repair himself. Wonder Woman: He may just dump Luthor and find himself a new body. Superman: No, he'll head right for the highest technology available. Martian Manhunter: Higher than LexCorp? Then he'll go to S.T.A.R. Lab. Amanda Waller: He'll go to Cadmus. Shayera-Hol: Sure, he's all nanotech now, right? What's the most advanced nanotech on the planet? Batman: The Dark Heart. We destroyed it, but your people confiscated the remains. Amanda Waller: We've never been able to get any of it to work again. Batman: Are you willing to bet Brainiac can't?[Brainiac absorbs a Dark Heart drone]Lex Luthor: Brainiac? Brainiac: I have added this technology to my database. The nano-assemblers are already slaved to my command routines. With but a thought, they will convert any raw material into whatever I choose. Lex Luthor: Then we're ready to begin. Let me show you- Brainiac: I have learned from my encounter with Darkseid that organic beings cannot be trusted. Lex Luthor: Can't argue with that. But if you and I are one - truly one - trust won't be an issue, will it? Brainiac: Agreed.[Brainiac takes control of more drones. Their matter spreads over him and Luthor, and they are merged into one being - Brainthor]Brainthor: We are one. And we comprehend! We will build a machine that will allow us to absorb the information of the entire Earth in a single stroke. And then, the galaxy... the entire universe! We'll remake the universe! Martian Manhunter: Watchtower, send rapid response teams to the transmitter coordinates. We need backup. Steel: That's gonna be a problem, J'onn. The Ultimen wrecked every Javelin in the landing bay, and the teleporters-- Martian Manhunter: Are still down. They hardly seem worth the trouble sometimes. All Justice Leaguers, report to the transmitted coordinates immediately. This is an omega-level alarm. All available members and associates respond immediately. Green Arrow: We're scrambling now. But at top speed, we're over an hour away. Martian Manhunter: I doubt any of the others can get here any faster. Batman: Then the seven of us will have to be enough. Superman: My x-ray vision can't penetrate the walls, but I'm seeing a rapidly growing heat signature in the infrared range. Wonder Woman: You don't need super-vision for that. Can't you feel the heat? Brainthor: Welcome, Justice League. You're just in time for the end of the world. Superman: I know you're in there somewhere, Lex. Fight him! Brainthor: You're right. I am in here... and I like it! I'm about to get everything I ever wanted: power, ultimate knowledge, immortality! Superman: And you'll destroy the Earth to get it?! Brainthor: It's business, Superman. There are always trade-offs. Shayera-Hol: [charging forward] Less talking, more hitting! [The League rushes in]Brainthor: [Brainiac's voice] You cannot be allowed to interfere at this delicate stage. [Blasts Shayera, creates seven Brainiac Constructs] [Lex's voice] No, no, no. We can do better than that. [The Brainiac Constructs transform into the Justice Lords and Lord Flash]Android Lord Superman: [Attacking Superman] We've lost their trust! The people are afraid of us! Power corrupts, after all, and who has more power than Superman? Android Lord Hawkgirl: [attacking Shayera] Do you think there's a single person on Thanagar or Earth that doesn't despise us?! Android Lord Green Lantern: [firing at Green Lantern] We loved the traitor! Loved and lost her - Forever! Android Lord Flash: [attacking Flash] Slacker! Child! Clown! We have no place here among the world's greatest heroes! Flash: Says you! I've got a seat at the big conference table. I'm gonna paint my logo on it! Never doin' that again. [Destroys Brainiac-Lord Flash]Superman: [Beating up Brainiac-Lord Superman] I'm not like you! I'm nothing like you![Android Lord Superman turns into Lex Luthor]Android Lex Luthor: This is the part where you kill me, right? [Superman hesitates] Come on, use your heat vision. You know you want to. Wonder Woman: What do you say we switch dance partners? Shayera: [after Green Lantern destroys Brainiac-Lord Hawkgirl] You enjoyed that a little too much. Green Lantern: Just letting off some steam. She broke my heart, you know. Shayera Hol: [Knocks off the head of Brainiac-Lord Green Lantern] Likewise, I'm sure. Flash: [After destroying Brainthor's machine, weakly] You lose.[Brainthor forms two army officers who restrain Flash]Brainthor: Hardly. Look around you — the Justice League is completely defeated, and so are you. For all your efforts, you have but inconvenienced me, speck. [forms a rifle] But I'm still just human enough to enjoy taking my revenge. Looks like The Question was right all along. I kill you, and then, Armageddon. Right on schedule. Flash: No! [Breaks free and stands up]Brainthor: Are you going to fight me, boy?[Flash pauses, then goes running off in the opposite direction. Brainthor begins rebuilding his tower, when Flash comes in from the other side of the planet and punches him at full speed; Flash keeps accelerating, and hits Brainthor again. And again, and again, and again, again, again... Eventually, Flash stops and starts rapidly punching Brainthor. Thereby, extracting Brainiac from Luthor molecule by molecule. Massive explosion ensues. Debris clears revealing... Lex Luthor, sans Braniac, laying panting on the ground, the rest of the core seven awaken]Flash: [Electricity rippling through his body, stumbles forward] I feel kind of... funny. [Fades away]Wonder Woman: Flash![Superman runs towards the non-existent Flash. The remaining six appear horrified]Luthor: [smugly] What do you know? I did kill him. [Looks up to see a furious Superman glaring at him.] I was mistaken earlier. I think this is the part where you kill me.[Superman places Luthor in a choke hold and prepares to incinerate him. Wonder Woman initially attempts to intervene, but Batman stops her]Superman: [Eyes return to normal] I'm not the man who killed President Luthor. Right now, I wish to heaven that I were, but I'm not. Martian Manhunter: Superman, everyone, Flash is still alive. I'm in telepathic contact with him. His spirit is weak, and it's growing weaker. But he's still here. Shayera Hol: [Walks in the direction J'onzz is moving. Her right arm slips into a portal] FLASH! Flash: [From within the portal] Shayera? It's so beautiful here. There's this force - a Speed Force. It's calling me home. I have to go now. Shayera Hol: No, Wally! Take my hand! [Struggles to get a hold of him]Green Lantern: [Grabs Hawkgirl] I'm here, too, Wally! Superman: We're all here! [The rest of the League form a line, struggling to pull Flash out]Green Lantern: You gotta come back to us! [Hawkgirl grunts, and pulls Flash out of the Speed Force]Flash: I can never go that fast again. If I do... I don't think I'm coming back. [Shayera nestles him. Green Lantern, behind her, smiles, relieved. The rest smile]Amanda Waller: That's right. Brainiac is netraulized. It's all over. Call off the air strike. Mr. President: You're absolutely sure. Amanda Waller: Positive, Mr. President. Superman: This is the hardest thing I've ever had to say... I'm guilty. We're guilty. Of the sin of hubris. We had the best of intentions, to be Earth's guardians, to keep you safe, but we failed you. We looked down on the world from our tower in the sky, and let our power and responsibility separate us from the very people we were supposed to protect. No one should ever be afraid of us. For that reason, we're decommissioning the Watchtower. The energy weapon up there is already gone; we're taking down the station as well. [The crowd looks astonished and whispers amongst themselves]Superman: There's more. We want to thank the members of the Justice League for your courageous service, but in the future, you'll all have to act as independent agents. We're not going to be an army anymore. As of right now, we're disbanding the Justice League. This is the end.[The founding members begin to walk off the stage, but are stopped when Green Arrow speaks]Green Arrow: Says who? You remember what we did yesterday? We saved the world, again. You don't think that has any value? Well, think again, pal! The Justice League goes on, with or without you. Look, nobody can question your service or commitment to making things better. If you're quitting because you think you've already done your fair share, fine. We'll throw you a parade. But if you're quitting because it's easier than continuing the fight, then you're not the heroes we all thought you were. The world needs the Justice League, and the Justice League needs you, Superman![The crowd cheers and claps, along with Superman's fellow Leaguers. Green Arrow shrugs, and Batman gives Superman a subtle smile. Superman smiles back, and returns to the microphone]Superman: All right! Okay! But there are going to have to be some changes. Maybe we can open an embassy on Earth, so we can be closer to the people. We can have a rotating staff... Batman: [to Wonder Woman, as Superman continues] You guys can handle this. I've got work back in Gotham. You've got my number. Wonder Woman: I think so. Batman: [to Green Arrow] Quis custodiet ipsos custodes? Green Arrow: "Who guards the guardians?" We got it covered. [rides off with Black Canary][Daily Planet office; night - Lois is working]Clark Kent: Working late? Lois Lane: Hey, Smallville. Finishing up my Justice League story. How many "L"s in "ambivalent"? Clark Kent: One - is that your take on all this, Lois? Lois Lane: I've been as tough on the Justice League as anyone - especially on Superman. But that's just because he's always set such a high standard. I'm gonna cut him a break - he's only human... you know what I mean. Clark Kent: [smiles] Yeah - I do. Epilogue [2.13] Amanda Waller: I've been wondering when you were going to show up. Terry McGinnis. Or do you prefer being called... Batman? Terry McGinnis: How could you do it to me, Bruce?! Bruce Wayne: The only thing that matters is the mission. You know that. Terry McGinnis: What about people, Bruce? Dick, Barbara, Tim, Selina - they all loved you, but eventually every single one of them left you! Ever wonder why? Bruce Wayne: Not for an instant. They quit because when it came down to it, they didn't have the heart for the mission. Are you about to quit too? It doesn't really surprise me. Terry McGinnis: It doesn't? Amanda Waller: Course not. I've been expecting this day for years. Why don't you put that thing away. Take off your coat and sit a spell. Terry McGinnis: I've got some questions I need you to answer. Amanda Waller: Of course you do, boy. Why else go to all the trouble of breaking into the lair of the great and powerful Amanda Waller? You want some green tea? I do. Full of antioxidants, this stuff. It's supposed to make you live longer. Terry McGinnis: I don't want tea. I want answers. Amanda Waller: Then you're going to have to humor me. It's been many a year since I had a handsome gentleman caller. Why is it that superheroes are always... so good looking? Drink up. Terry McGinnis: [Angrily] I don't want any tea. I'm sorry. Dana Tan: Sorry isn't good enough. What's this all about? Terry McGinnis: Your safety. You know how much I care about you. Dana Tan: [Sacrastically] Sure, why else keep dating for 15 years? Terry McGinnis: You know why I can't marry you. If- Dana Tan: "If the bad guys ever found out I was Batman, they'd try to get to me by hurting you", blah blah blah. Terry McGinnis: It's nothing to joke about. Dana Tan: You're right. There could be supervillains hiding in the tall grass. Terry McGinnis: I'm poison, Dana. Cursed. Dana Tan: You're silly, McGinnis. Terry McGinnis: It's not silly for me to wanna keep you safe. Every moment we're together you're risking your life. Dana Tan: I've told you a hundred times, that's a risk I'm willing to take. Terry McGinnis: I'm taking the choice out of your hands. Dana Tan: What are you saying? Terry McGinnis: I'm saying we're done. I'm sorry. Amanda Waller: Oh, that's okay. I've only had that cup for 70 years. My mother passed it on to me. Terry McGinnis: Guess that's what all this is about. Legacies. Amanda Waller: Doubt you can find this pattern anymore. It's real China, not that synthetic stuff. Terry McGinnis: How can anyone be their own man living someone else's dream? Amanda Waller: It's been years since I've had enough friends to use the whole set anyway. Terry McGinnis: How can I escape the curse of Batman? Amanda Waller: Even so, one missing piece and the set's ruined. Parasite II: Ruined, I tell you! Kai-Ro: I would offer my condolences--[Parasite II screaming]Kai-Ro: But that would be insincere. Parasite II: That's it. Caper's blown. Get out of--[Parasite II grunts]Kai-Ro: Ah, like water, very good. Good of you to drop in, considering that three quarters of the Iniquity Collective are from your rogues gallery. Batman II: Well, it's the last time. I'm not working with you guys anymore. Warhawk: What? Aquamarine: What are you talking about? Kai-Ro: You can't quit. The Justice League needs Batman. Batman II: Forget it. Batman is dead. Amanda Waller: When did you figure it all out? Terry McGinnis: I guess I've always known. But a few months ago when Bruce's kidney's failed, and they needed a tissue donor to clone him new ones, turned out I was a perfect histocompatibility match with him. Perfect. You know the odds? Bruce Wayne: One hundred and eleven to one. Terry McGinnis: Yeah. Bruce Wayne: So you ran a DNA test. Terry McGinnis: Once I worked up the nerve. I was 16 years old when you started training me, Bruce. A punk kid with a smart mouth and potential I didn't even suspect. I may have pretended otherwise, but I looked up to you, worshiped you. Bruce Wayne: What you wanted from me I couldn't give to anyone. Terry McGinnis: Tell me something I don't know. My dad wasn't a superhero. He didn't save the world from the near-apocalypse of '09, he never went toe-to-toe with Mr. Freeze, but he was a good man just the same. Even after he and Mom got divorced, he always tried to do the right thing. My brother and I were always provided for; when Mom couldn't quite make the bills, he always helped out. He tried to teach me right from wrong - would have too, if I'd ever listened to him. And he never laid a hand on me, although Lord knows I was asking for it. Bruce Wayne: What's your point? Terry McGinnis: [angrily] "What's my point"?! My point is, I never once doubted he loved me with all his heart! My point is, all those warm feelings I had for my dad - turns out they were just another lie! Another in a long list of things you've stolen from me! My point is, I just found out that Warren McGinnis isn't my father! You are. Bruce Wayne: ...What do you want from me? Terry McGinnis: I wanna know the whole truth. Bruce Wayne: Sounds like you already do. Terry McGinnis: Guess I didn't wanna believe you were so incredibly arrogant that you thought the world couldn't go on without you. Bruce Wayne: Or someone like me. It's not arrogance, it's fact. Terry McGinnis: You set the whole thing up! Bruce Wayne: How? You were already a teenager when I first met your mother. Terry McGinnis: I don't know. Maybe you dug up some of that old Cadmus nanotech, used it to have my genes rewritten to match yours! Bruce Wayne: That technology's been illegal for over 40 years. Terry McGinnis: Didn't stop the Joker from using it on Tim Drake! [Bruce's eyes widen in shock over the comment] Terry McGinnis: [remorseful] All right, low blow. [smiling sarcastically] Because you'd never lie to me, right? Bruce Wayne: Fine. Believe what you want. But you know as well as I do, accident or not - it's a good thing that you're almost a clone of me. The world does need a Batman, and it always will. [suddenly groans in pain, clutches at his heart and tries to open a medication bottle] The mantle of Batman is an honor, Terry... [groans again, spilling the bottle and pills across the floor]Terry McGinnis: You know what, old man? All those years, turns out everybody was right. You are insane. Being Batman's no honor. It's a curse. Amanda Waller: Look at all this. A pill for blood pressure, a pill for my diabetes, a pill to replace my pituitary function. I don't even know what this one's for... oh, yeah, Alzheimer's. Amanda Waller: It's been many a year since I had a handsome gentleman caller. Why is it that superheroes are always... so good-looking? Amanda Waller: The Justice League found themselves cleaning up one of my old messes. The second group of villains to call themselves the Royal Flush Gang. Or the third—who can keep it all straight?[The League has just been informed that Ace of the Royal Flush Gang has to be stopped, and is presented with a weapon to do it.]Batman: I'll do it, Shayera. I'm the only one of us Ace knows. She might let me get close enough to use it. Amanda Waller: Do you understand what you're agreeing to? The only way to stop Ace for certain... is to kill her. Amanda Waller: That's where I came in. Batman: Waller. Should have recognized your hand in this. Amanda Waller: No time for the usual pleasantries. Before you go after Ace you need to know what you're getting into. Batman: I've met her before. She has the power to give anyone she's in contact with hallucinations. As you can see. Amanda Waller: It's worse than you think. Ace's Powers have evolved. She doesn't create hallucinations anymore. She telekinetically warps reality. Doctor Light: Please. You're trying to tell me all this is real? Amanda Waller: Real growing and permanent if we don't put a stop it all. Cadmus psytechs predict that Ace is days, maybe only hours from a massive aneurysm. Doctor Light: Problem solved. Amanda Waller: Not that simple. When she goes, the psychic backlash could kill everyone in range of her powers. That's a distance measured in miles. Take her down before she takes everyone with her. Batman: I'll do it, Shayera. I'm the only one of us Ace knows. She might let me get close enough to use it. Amanda Waller: Do you understand what you're agreeing to? The only way to stop Ace for certain is to kill her. Shayera-Hol: Hey.[Stargirl grunts][Ace is on a swing set in the middle of her fantasy castle]Ace: Batman. Batman: Ace. Ace: Did you like playing with my new Royal Flush Gang? Batman: Can't say that I did. Ace: Yeah. They aren't any fun at all. I gave them their powers and they still hardly ever play with me. Batman: Can't imagine why. Ace: When I was little, Cadmus used to make me play all kinds of games, but they weren't any fun either. They'd strap me into their machines and poke wires into my brain - "Ace, can you move this object with your mind?" [Telekinetically uproots a tree] Yeah, I can move it. They weren't really games, you know. [stops swinging] They were training me, turning me into a weapon. "For justice," they said. They got their weapon - I got cheated out of my childhood. Batman: I know what that's like. Ace: You do, don't you? Batman: ... Ace: You don't have to answer; I've read your mind. That's how I knew you weren't going to use Mrs. Waller's weapon on me.[Batman takes the weapon out of his belt]Batman: No. I wasn't. [tosses it away]Ace: You were going to try and talk me into fixing what I've changed...before I die. Batman: Yes. Ace: I'm dying very soon. Batman: [softly] Yes...I'm sorry. Ace: [tears in her eyes] Would you stay with me? I'm scared.[Batman walks over and sits on the swing next to her. He offers Ace his hand and she takes it. Outside the castle, the Justice League have rounded up and tied up the Royal Flush Gang, when they and everything else Ace altered suddenly return to normal. As the castle vanishes, Batman returns with Ace's body in his arms]Amanda Waller: [continuing narration] He sat with her, until her time came. That's the Bruce Wayne I came to know over the years. Terry McGinnis: You think he showed mercy? Maybe. But more likely he'd somehow already deduced that Ace wasn't really gonna hurt anyone. Amanda Waller: He always was two steps ahead of everybody. Terry McGinnis: That's right. Even when it looks like it's your call, it isn't. Think about it. Bruce wanted a successor, another Batman. He planned it all from the beginning. I never had a chance. Amanda Waller: Honey, Bruce didn't overwrite your DNA with his. I did. Terry McGinnis: [astonished] How? Why? Amanda Waller: Because the world always needs a Batman. Not that I always thought so, mind you. Before you were born, Bruce and I were enemies. His Justice League was easily the most powerful force on Earth. As you know, I was in charge of Project Cadmus. Over the years I came to respect Batman, even trust him. Terry McGinnis: I guess the law of averages means somebody'd have to. Amanda Waller: Did you know I was the government liaison with the Justice League for a while? I met some extraordinary people in that job, but none of them were the equal of Batman. Terry McGinnis: [bitterly] Right, who could be? Amanda Waller: Not my point. I saw him save the day dozens of times with nothing but his wits, body and will. But I saw something else as the years passed - he was getting older. Slower. Soon he'd have to retire, or more likely, someone would finally manage to kill him. The thought of a world without Batman was unacceptable. So, I decided to make a new one. I used my old Cadmus connections to gather the technology necessary for Project: Batman Beyond. Bruce's DNA was easy enough to obtain. He left it all over town. [Terry gives her a look] Not remotely what I meant! [Cut to a shot of Batman being bandaged by a paramedic] Then I found a young Neo-Gotham couple, with psychological profiles nearly identical to those of Bruce's parents. Your father thought he was getting a flu shot; actually it was a nanotech solution programmed to rewrite his reproductive material into an exact copy of Bruce Wayne's. A little over a year later, your mother gave birth to you, a child sharing half her genetic material... and half Bruce's. But when you're making a Batman, genetics is only part of the story - the rest is tragedy. [Cut to outside a movie theater playing The Grey Ghost Strikes; a young Terry leaves with his parents while Waller narrates]Amanda Waller: Stop me if you've heard it before: you're eight years old, your parents have just taken you to a rousing adventure film, a grand time is had by all.[Cut to theater parking lot; the Phantasm waits in the darkness]Amanda Waller: But unknown to you, a mysterious figure hides in the shadows. My plan was simple - the killer would leap out at you and kill your family. The trauma would put you on the path to becoming Batman. One problem: my assassin wouldn't pull the trigger.[Phantasm backs off and leaves unnoticed; cut to Phantasm with Waller]Amanda Waller: I argued with her, but deep down, I knew she was right. People say Batman's obsessive, that he'd do anything to achieve his goals - but he'd never resort to murder. So if I was to honor all he stood for... neither could I. Terry McGinnis: And yet my dad wound up murdered, anyway. Don't you get it? No matter what you did or didn't do, I was gonna end up being Bruce's carbon copy. It was fate. Amanda Waller: You know, the Lord's been a great comfort to me all these years. Try not to look so surprised. Yeah, I've got a lot to answer for when I meet Him, but I'd like to believe for all the harm I've caused, I've also done some good. Maybe the angels need a sharp sword too. Like the good book says, He moves in mysterious ways. His plan is a mystery, but here's what isn't. He gave us free will, we choose our own fate, for good or ill. I've known Bruce Wayne for over fifty years, and I've been keeping an eye on you your whole life. You're not Bruce's clone, you're his son. There are similarities, mind you, but more than a few differences too. You don't quite have his magnificent brain, for instance. You do have his heart, though. And for all that fierce exterior, I've never met anyone who cared as deeply about his fellow man as Bruce Wayne - except maybe you. You wanna have a better life than the old man's? Take care of the people who love you. Or don't. It's your choice. Bruce Wayne: You're in my chair. Terry McGinnis: Yeah, guess I am. [gets up]Bruce Wayne: Where the devil have you been? [sits down]Terry McGinnis: I had some stuff to take care of. Bruce Wayne: Enigma's overrated - especially at 3 A.M. You could've called. I made you some soup, but it's cold. Terry McGinnis: Sorry - didn't mean to worry you. Bruce Wayne: [trying to open his medication bottle] I was worried about Gotham. If Batman's not around-- Terry McGinnis: [opens bottle for Bruce and holds out the pills] I've got it covered. Always. Bruce Wayne: [looks at Terry for a moment and takes the pills] Kent called. Nothing apocalyptic, he just wants your opinion on a case he's working. Said you could meet him at the Metro Tower. Terry McGinnis: Right. Better suit up. [heads for Batcave entrance]Bruce Wayne: You should eat something first. Keep up your strength. Terry McGinnis: When I get back. Bruce Wayne: You're a stubborn piece of work, you know that? Terry McGinnis: [smiling] Just like my old man.[Batman flies past a police hovercar (in a manner similar to Man-Bat in the first Batman: TAS episode, "On Leather Wings"]Pilot: Did you see that? Season 3 I Am Legion [3.1] Lex Luthor: What? I know. I'm going as fast as I can. Warden: Luthor! Don't make any sudden moves. It's over. Hold fire! Hold Fire! Key: Here we are, Mr. Luthor. Your benefactor is looking forward to meeting you. Lex Luthor: Does the mystery man have a name? Gorilla Grodd: No need to be insulting, Lex - I'm far superior to any man. Lex Luthor: Grodd! I appreciate the help, but gratitude only goes so far. I'm not interested in working with you or anyone else. Gorilla Grodd: I think you'll change your mind once you've seen what I have to offer. Shayera Hol: Why would you even try to move a prisoner that dangerous without calling us? Warden: Maybe because we thought we could do our jobs without help from the mighty Justice League. Shayera Hol: And yet... here we are. Superman: Okay, Shayera, what's done is done. Let's see if we can pick up his trail. Aztek? Aztek: The wall's submolecular integrity has been compromised. Shayera Hol: Leptons showing residual weak-force interactions? Aztek: Yeah. How did you know? Superman: It's a common energy signature of matter-phasing technology. I assume it doesn't leave a trail? Shayera Hol: No such luck. Maybe Aztek could... King Faraday: You guys want some coffee? Apparently I got nothing better to do here. Superman: Sorry, we got caught up in the work. King Faraday: Special Agent King Faraday. I'm the liaison between the Attorney General's office and the Justice League. Aztek: Uh, good to meet you. I'm... King Faraday: Aztek. I've been well briefed on all of you. Security on Luthor's transfer was lax because it didn't seem necessary. We haven't had a peep outta him since he was arrested for that Brainiac business last summer. Warden: He's a broken man. Just sits in his cell talking to himself. Shayera Hol: When he's not stealing police vans you mean? Warden: That came out of nowhere. We had no reason to think he was an active threat. King Faraday: Do what you can. Put out an APB, stake out airports, train and bus stations. Warden: Already done, for what it's worth. King Faraday: If he's sighted, don't approach him. Call in the League. Warden: My people can handle this. King Faraday: No, they can't. Your people are good, Luthor is better. And if you get a lead on him, I expect to be kept in the loop. Superman: Of course. Gorilla Grodd: The world's most powerful supervillains, banded together with one common goal. Lex Luthor: They protect each other from the Justice League. Mairzey: Chuck? Chuck Sirianni: What is it, honey? Mairzey: Your old footlocker's beeping. At first I thought it was the smoke detector. Chuck Sirianni: That ain't no smoke alarm. It's a sound I never thought I'd hear again. There's trouble on Blackhawk Island. Superman: Aztek didn't find anything else? Fire: Sorry, Superman. It was a bad lead. Superman: Nobody's fault. When you guys do pick up Luthor's trail, call me. I want in. Shayera Hol: You know what? This new monitor-duty rotation isn't so bad. No more overnights unless you want them. Only one shift a week and you're done. Wally? Flash: Mmm. Fire: I'm telling you, you should let it grow out.[Flash is staring at Fire from across the room]Shayera Hol: Why don't you just go talk to her? Flash: What, me? Talk to her No way! Shayera Hol: Yeah, you'd probably be wasting your time anyway. I hear she's... Fire: you know... [Flash looks curiously at her]Shayera Hol: Brazilian. Flash: Ha, ha. Shayera Hol: If you're afraid to talk to her, I'll tell her for you. [Starts walking over to Fire]Flash: [Stopping her] Don't! Shayera Hol: You are so very sad. King Faraday: Got something for you. Tell Hawkgirl your story, Mr. Sirianni. Chuck Sirianni: We met a while back, ma'am. Longer for me than for you. When you traveled in time to World War II, you fought alongside my squadron. Shayera Hol: You're one of the Blackhawks. Chuck Sirianni: Only one still kicking, I'm sorry to say. Flash: What's the problem? Chuck Sirianni: During the war and for decades after, we captured a lot of weapons. Real sci-fi stuff. We hid the worst of it on Blackhawk Island. We decommissioned the place over 30 years ago. But this morning, the old security alarm went off. Might be nothing. Shayera Hol: Or it might be someone raiding your armory. We'll take a look. Shayera out. Pick a third for the team. Flash: Um... Shayera Hol: Oh, Yob Shiggurath! Hey, Fire! Fire: Yes? Shayera Hol: We've got a mission. Let's go. Chuck Sirianni: I'm not going to argue with you about this. Mairzey: I didn't come to argue. It gets cold up there. Key: Allow me. Something of a specialty of mine. Fire: You haven't said a word the whole trip. Flash: Buh... Fire: I was hoping this mission would give us a chance to get to know each other a little better. Flash: Um, umm, something... Fire: I understand — you're very deep in thought, mentally preparing for the battle. No time for women — I understand. Oh! Shayera: Oops! Sorry. Two bogeys closing fast. I'm losing it. We're going down. Get ready to bail. Ejector pod's off-line. We're gonna have to do this the hard way. I got it. Chuck Sirianni: Hawk! Aah! Flash: That thing's gonna blow! You need both hands to help Shayera - drop me! [Fire is uncertain; Flash winks - Fire smiles and lets go] [in freefall] Sure hope I think of something before I hit the ground... Shayera Hol: He told you to drop him? Fire: He's a senior member of the team! Shayera Hol: You know he can't fly, right? Flash: [Hovering above the ground by spinning his arms] Hey ladies, check me out! I'm just like a helicopter! [Loses balance and crashes to the ground] I'm sorta like a helicopter... Shayera Hol: Don't you ever scare me like that again! [stalks off]Flash : [To Fire] She loves me. She's like the big sister I never had, only... you know. Short. Chuck Sirianni: Wait up. I know everything there is to know about this island. You're going to need my help. Flash: We've got it covered. And, no offense, but you're a little old for this kind of work. Chuck Sirianni: Something's activated the island's defense grid.You wanna make it outta here alive, I'm coming with you. Whoever's on the island will be headed for master control. That's in a bunker under the Blackhawk Victory Museum. Shayera Hol: Where you stored the weapons you captured? Chuck Sirianni: Yeah, there's some serious ordnance there. Even got a couple of old war wheels. Fire: Wasn't all that stuff destroyed in the war? Chuck Sirianni: Don't believe everything you see on the Documentary Channel. Flash: War wheels, robot condors. You got a pretty goofy security system here! Chuck Sirianni: Yeah. Good times. Shayera Hol: I see something. Chuck Sirianni: Somebody ain't impressed with the security. Key: We have to hurry. Lex Luthor: That should keep them occupied. Lex Luthor: You're the human lockpick. Why don't you do this? Key: Grodd's not testing me. Doctor Polaris: Company's coming. Chuck Sirianni: Whoever you guys are, you've got no business being in here. Doctor Polaris: Sorta goes with the territory — we're thieves. Shayera Hol: We going to do this the hard way, Lex? Please say yes. Flash: Now why is it you always find the keys in the last place you look? Lex Luthor: Let them go. They're pathetic, but they're with me.[Lex is holding Chuck hostage]Chuck Sirianni: [to the Leaguers] I'm sorry. If I were 20 years younger... Lex Luthor: You'd still be ancient. Keep quiet! Watchtower Computer: Island self-destruct sequence initiated. Three minutes to detonation. Lex Luthor: Chew on that for a while. We're leaving. If you follow, you know what happens to him. What did you do? Don't bother. We got what we came for. Flash: Forget it. There's still time for me to run us out to the water. Shayera Hol: No. I'm not going to let all this history be lost. I can't crack the code, but maybe if I... Chuck Sirianni: You better let me do that. Watchtower Computer: Self-destruct sequence canceled. Chuck Sirianni: Can't fix everything by hitting it. Flash: What was in there? Gorilla Grodd: The Spear of Longinus. Hitler believed that whoever holds it is invincible. Lex Luthor: What are you going to do with it? Sell it to the highest bidder? Keep it yourself and try to conquer the world? Gorilla Grodd: I was thinking it would look good on the wall in my office. Lex Luthor: You mean you recruited me, sent me to an island full of death traps, and up against the Justice League. You made me risk my life, and all for nothing?!? Gorilla Grodd: Essentially... yes. Lex Luthor: [laughs] Monkey, I like your style. Lex Luthor: I should kill you! Gorilla Grodd: But you won't. Lex Luthor: No. Not today. Fire: Luthor sure didn't waste any time rounding up a crew. Who were those guys? Flash: Dr. Polaris and The Key? I don't know. They've never worked with Luthor before. Fire: All I know is Superman's going to be pretty ticked that we let Luthor get away just to keep some musty old museum from being destroyed. Flash: It was worth it. Shadow Of The Hawk [3.2] Dreamslayer: You think you can defeat me with a bubble?!?[Dreamslayer uses his flame with more intensity in an attempt to break the bubble, the air runs out with Dreamslayer surrounded by smoke, Lantern dissolves the bubble and watches as Dreamslayer falls on top of a car]]Green Lantern: It's a really good bubble.[Shayera is about to get onto an elevator]Green Lantern: Shayera, I wanted to - [doors open; sees Shayera in an evening gown] Judas Priest! Shayera Hol: Problem? Green Lantern: No, no, it's just, uh... I've... never seen you in a dress before. Shayera Hol: You don't like it? Green Lantern: It's, uh... fetching. Shayera Hol: If you want one for Vixen, I can tell you where I got it.[Both get closer, about to kiss]Green Lantern: [clears throat] Listen...[Batman gets on the elevator]Batman: Glad I caught you before you did something stupid. Batman: [on Carter Hall] Had an excellent reputation until about five years ago, when he started claiming that aliens landed in ancient Egypt. Shayera Hol: [sarcastic] Aliens? Well, then he must be a lunatic, because we know there's no life on other planets. Batman: There's more. Shayera Hol: What? Batman: Our Mr. Hall spends quite bit of time on the Internet. Shayera Hol: Dang, lock him up! Batman: He frequents the "I Hate Hawkgirl" bulletin boards. Shayera Hol: That doesn't mean... "Boards"?! How many are there?! Batman: Fifty-seven. Web rings. Unaffiliated sites number in the hundreds- Shayera Hol: Forget I asked! Batman: Hall keeps getting banned from them, for flaming the "Anti-Shayera" posters. Shayera Hol: So he's a fan? Batman: He's a stalker.Shayera Hol: Carter Hall has uncovered a genuine mystery, and I think it's worth investigating. Green Lantern: You should take backup. [Shayera glares] I meant Batman! I- we don't want you walking into a trap. Shayera Hol: [picking up Thanagarian dagger] I can take care of myself, thanks. Batman: The point is- Shayera Hol: The point is you don't trust me. Either of you. [Walks to elevator] Don't wait up. Carter Hall: The trick is the raised glyphs. If you push them in the right order, they deactivate all the traps down here. Shayera Hol: And if you get it wrong? Carter Hall: Well, we're already in a tomb, so that's handy...[After Carter reveals that he believes he was "Hawkman" in a previous life.]Shayera Hol: I'm sorry. I'm not laughing at you... exactly. I just... I've got the worst taste in men. Carter Hall: I'm serious, Shayera. Shayera Hol: I know you are. And I'm in a lost Egyptian tomb with my stalker. The worst part is I'm going to have to listen to John and Batman saying "I told you so." Shayera Hol: How stupid do you think I am? Batman: Scale of one to ten? Chaos At The Earth's Core [3.3] S.T.R.I.P.E.: Trap's all set. Stargirl: Eat my sparkles, turtle![Stargirl groaning]S.T.R.I.P.E.: Wait for GL, Stargirl! You'll give yourself a hernia! Stargirl: I got it, Pat.[Stargirl yelling]S.T.R.I.P.E.: Anytime, Lantern. Green Lantern: Stall him, S.T.R.I.P.E. I'll be right there. S.T.R.I.P.E.: "Stall him", he says. Green Lantern: He's almost in position. On my signal-- Stargirl: As if. Big boy's mine. S.T.R.I.P.E.: Courtney! Supergirl: Arigato. Thank you. Arigato. Stargirl: "Arigato. Arigato." How'd she get here, anyway? Japanese girls: Supergirl. Supergirl. I love you! Please sign my book. No, mine. Stargirl: What's with all the wanna-bes? S.T.R.I.P.E.: Probably here for the convention. Stargirl: Convention? Green Lantern: When we get back to the Metro-Tower you and I are gonna have a talk about grandstanding. Stargirl: Tell that to her. The little showoff stole my thunder. Ow! Little girl: Don't you talk about Supergirl! Supergirl can melt you with her eyes! Stargirl: Big whoop. My stepdad here is a mecha![S.T.R.I.P.E. waves hello]Little girl: [scoffs] Mecha's so last year. Green Lantern: She's very big in Japan. Supergirl: Why can't we just fly straight home? Green Lantern: Over the North Pole is the straightest route. Rookie. Supergirl: Nnn. Stargirl: She's always "blah, blah, blah, my cousin, blah, blah, blah, blah, my cousin." Like we don't know who she means. "Check me out, I'm Supergirl!" S.T.R.I.P.E.: Ask me, Courtney, the only thing that matters is we all pulled through. Stargirl: Shut up, Pat. It wasn't World War III, it was a giant turtle. S.T.R.I.P.E.: If I was you, I wouldn't talk behind somebody's back, especially when they got super-hearing. Green Lantern: Kara. Easy on the yoke. Supergirl: I'm not doing anything.[Supergirl grunting]Stargirl and Supergirl: [in unison] Watchtower. Stargirl: Be my guest. Supergirl: John, it's Kara. Nothing. Green Lantern: Hmm. My ring says we're still at the North Pole. S.T.R.I.P.E.: Maybe somebody's North Pole. Supergirl: So where the heck are we? Green Lantern: I can only guess we're way, way underground. Supergirl: And the exit would be...? Green Lantern: Through them. Supergirl: Not a problem. Ow![Supergirl grunting]Supergirl: You guys. My powers aren't working. Stargirl: Aww. Supergirl: I'm serious. I'm at, like, half-strenght. Maybe less. Oh, dang. Heads up! Green Lantern: Cover Supergirl.[A powerless Supergirl is under attack by enemies. Stargirl flies down and gloats]Supergirl: What are you waiting for? Zap them with your star-thingy! Stargirl: Oh, may I? Because it would be such an honor to help the great Supergirl out of a jam. Supergirl: Come on! [Stargirl uses her Cosmic Staff and knocks out the attackers] You are so loving this. S.T.R.I.P.E.: Scanning the area. Yep, that's the last of them. Oh, wait. Warlord: Travis Morgan, warlord of Shamballah. Been expecting you. Welcome in Skartaris. Sorry I can't put out more of a spread. Time are tough. Green Lantern: Morgan, I don't believe you brought us here just to feed us. Jennifer Morgan: We are in dire need. Warlord: My daughter, Jennifer. Jennifer Morgan: Our world must have champions. I used my magic to reach out and bring you here to the center of the Earth. S.T.R.I.P.E.: I'd call the whole thing a load of crab cakes, if I wasn't here to see it. And even seeing it, I still ain't 100 percent. Warlord: If you want something to believe in, come on. Stargirl: Jeez, you call that an army? Warlord: Most of these folks have lost everything to Deimos. So, you know, feel free to dump on them. Stargirl: What I meant was-- Supergirl: She means we'll do everything we can to help. Green Lantern: Tell us about Deimos. Warlord: Yeah. Nasty wizard. Those where his Dino Troopers you met. He used to try and shake down a kingdom here and there, but a few months ago, he started this big push to take over the world. Green Lantern: And that was about the same time he discovered energy weapons? Warlord: All of a sudden the wizard's gone high-tech. Somebody's supplying him.[Supergirl grunting]Warlord: Back when I was in the Air Force, that energy stuff was science-fiction. Green Lantern: That explains why Morgan the Barbarian packs an automag. Warlord: Came through the portal and made myself at home. Look around you. These are some of the last free people in Skartaris. Deimos has us pinned between his army and the great stone. S.T.R.I.P.E.: I'll bite. What great stone? Warlord: The monks keep it in a tabernacle, deep inside the mountain. The say it's got magic properties. Deimos wants it. Bad. Rider: Lord Deimos! The alien force escaped us. Deimos: Describe them. Rider: My lord, it happened so fast. Deimos: How many were there? Did they have weapons? Did they addres each other my name?[Rider whimpering]Rider: One more a coat of arms.[Rider screaming]Deimos: Well? You're my military advisors. Do you recognize this crest? Metallo: Yes. I know it well. Machiste: Morgan. Warlord: Machiste. Best guy I know. King of Kiro. Machiste knows as much about the great stone as anybody. Machiste... this is Green Lantern. Green Lantern: Hey. Machiste: When the Black Dead came upon me, my case seemed hopeless, until the monks of the tabernacle placed me before the great stone and let me bathe in its rays. Green Lantern: It's a curative? Machiste: Only for the most desperate. It can cure... or kill. Warlord: And Deimos isn't healing type. Machiste: Behold: The great stone.[Supergirl moaning][Supergirl groaning]Stargirl: You okay? Supergirl: I've never seen a piece of kryptonite that big before. If this place wasn't messsing with my powers. I'd be dead already. Warlord: Shakira.[Shakira moaning]Shakira: Deimos is here. It's the end. Warlord: For Skartaris! Green Lantern: Let's get this done. Supergirl, you stay--[Supergirl screaming]Green Lantern: Fine. Not coming off. Silver Banshee. How the heck did you get-- Deimos: Tell the outworlder to come get his rock. Stargirl: You need a new plan. Deimos: My magic is strongest, girl! Stargirl: Your breath is strongest, dude. That's about it. Deimos: [about Stargirl] Such a pretty child. But then, they're always pretty when I begin. Warlord: Deimos! You and me, pal! Deimos: Morgan. I was hoping to kill you today. Supergirl: Touch it and you're tinfoil. Metallo: At this distance... the kryptonite cell that powers me would bring your cousin to his knees. Supergirl: I'm immune to kryptonite, metal mouth. Give up. Metallo: If you're immune, love, why do you need that staff? You filthy brat! Where are you? Warlord: Oof.[Deimos laughs]Deimos: You think you've won? No freedom-loving worlord will ever unite the lands and bring peace. Justice. A foolish dream. Warlord: Maybe so, wizard. But it's the one dream worth fighting for. Deimos: Oof! Supergirl: Ugh! Metallo: You lied, little one. I can see the illness creeping over you. You have none of Superman's strength. Supergirl: But I got brains. Metallo: I can't move without my kryptonite battery. But it's killing you. Supergirl: I won't quit. Stargirl: You don't have to. Warlord: Will there ever be another time such as ours? The great stone is safe! Deimos is defeated! Now and forever! Skartaris is free! Green Lantern: John Corbin. Alias Metallo. Fancy meeting you here in the center of the Earth. Muling kryptonite with Silver Banshee. You could pretty much run forever on this one little chunk. And without it... What do you have? Fifteen minutes of reserve power? Ten? Tell me, why do you want so much? There's enough in that tabernacle to satisfy a hundred Superman haters! Supergirl: There's a scary thought. Metallo: You won't get anything out of me. Green Lantern: Pretty soon you aren't gonna have the breath to talk. Who knows? Five minutes? One? Metallo: All right. I've joined forces with--[Metallo screaming in agony]S.T.R.I.P.E.: Whoa, Nelly! Green Latnern: This isn't Silver Banshee's work. Somebody else didn't want Metallo to give them up. Warlord: You'll take that thing with you. S.T.R.I.P.E.: Definitely. And the great stone too. Let GL whip it into the sun. Supergirl: Wait. This is the one place where kryptonite can do some good. Warlord: That is a fact. Green Lantern: We don't want Silver Banshee coming back after it. So the only way I'll let the stone stay here is if we seal the portal to Skartaris permanently. Warlord: Fine by me. I got everything I need... right here. Green Lantern: There. I doubt even I could get back through. Stargirl: How you feeling? Need a lift? Supergirl: No. I'm good. S.T.R.I.P.E.: Courtney, you slow your butt down! Stargirl: Ugh. My dad. Supergirl: I know. Superman tried to keep me on the farm. Made me hide there for three years. Stargirl: Big deal. I've still got a curfew. Enough cosmic energy to trash a city and I can't stay out past ten. Supergirl: Three years. On a farm. In Kansas. Green Lantern: We'll have J'onn probe what's left of Metallo's mind. I wanna know what he was going to say. Something's going on, ain't it? To Another Shore [3.4] Green Arrow: [wolf whistles] Lookin' good, Diana. Got a date? Wonder Woman: No such luck, Ollie. I'm representing Themyscira at the global warming conference. Green Arrow: Way to go, man. Save the planet! Wonder Woman: More like "save my relationship with my mother." Green Arrow: Hey, at least you're speakin' again. Wonder Woman: It's the first thing she's asked me to do since we mended fences. I'd rather take another day trip to Tartarus. Green Arrow: I think you'll make a great diplomat. Leave your sword. Wonder Woman: I'm serious. I really don't wanna go by myself. J'onn, how 'bout you come along and keep me company? Martian Manhunter: The Justice League currently has 23 active missions in progress. Only I can properly deploy what remains of our resources. Wonder Woman: Oh, please. Mister Terrific can fill in. He's smart enough to do monitor duty and the Sunday Times crossword at the same time. Mister Terrific: Go ahead, J'onn. I'm already finished with the crossword. Green Arrow: You did it in ink again, didn't you? Martian Manhunter: Mister Terrific is more than capable but I insist on remaining where I'm needed. Wonder Woman: Turn around and talk to me. You've been cooped up like a hermit in the Watchtower for almost two years now. Martian Manhunter: I can better serve the League-- Wonder Woman: We're not even gonna have that argument. You're a super-strong, nearly, invulnerable, telepathic shape-changer. The reason you aren't on the ground protecting humanity is because you don't want to be. You don't actually like humanity all that much, do you? Martian Manhunter: I don't dislike them. Wonder Woman: You're not the only newcomer to this world around here. People have strange ways and take a lot of getting used to. But it's worth the effort. They're worth it. Green Arrow: She's got your number, J'onn. You need to mingle. Maybe take a meal in the commissary every once in a while. Martian Manhunter: My martian physiology doesn't require as many meals as a human. Wonder Woman: You know what he means. You must be terribly lonely. I've gotta go. But we're not done talking about this. Gorilla Grodd: Progress report, Mr. Luthor? Lex Luthor As promised, I've used various technologies to augment the powers of dozens of our associates. I've had notable success with Atomic Skull. Gorilla Grodd: And Devil Ray? Devil Ray: Ready for action. I feel stronger than ever. Lex Luthor: That's because you are. The increased strength is the least of the gifts I've granted you. Your stingers-- Gorilla Grodd: Perfect timing, Lex. I've got an assignment that's right up Devil Ray's new-and improved alley. Devil Ray: Where to? Gorilla Grodd: First, I wanna tell you a story. In Scandinavia, early in the tenth century, lived Prince Jon, the greatest warrior of his era.His tremendous skill and valor brought him fame throughout the world as the legendary Viking Prince. His adventures were epic, as were the legends that grew around his exploits. This much we know to be truth. On a frozen battlefield, Prince Jon, sole survivor of a bloody war, its purpose lost to time, met a Valkyrie, a messenger from the Norse gods sent to escort the souls of fallen heroes to their reward in the halls of Valhalla. Impossibly, they fell in love and swore their hearts to each other. But Odin, king of the Norse gods, discovered their illicit affair, and enraged, banished Jon from Valhalla. The Viking Prince pleaded with Odin for mercy, begging to be allowed to remain with his love. Odin agreed, saying that if Jon died a heroic death, he and his love would again be united for all eternity. But Odin was a crafty god and cruel. Before exiling Jon, he gifted him with invulnerability to harm from metal, wood, fire and water. The Viking Prince soon realized that he would never die a hero's death, because no weapon on earth could slay him. He trod boldly across a troubled world in search of adventure and an honorable death, growing ever more distant from humanity. Eventually, weary of the endless fight for justice and despairing in his loneliness, he sailed north, beyond the boundaries of the known world, and passed from the knowledge of men. That is, until now. Lex Luthor: That Viking ship they found in a glacier last month. You think it's his? Gorilla Grodd: I know it is. That's the standard of King Rikk, his father. The Viking Prince is on that ship. Devil Ray: And? Gorilla Grodd: I want you to steal his corpse. Lex Luthor: You want me to reverse-engineer the secret of his invulnerability. Gorilla Grodd: If we gained that power, all of us, we'd have nothing left to fear from the Justice League. And we'd be that much closer to achieving my ultimate goal. Killer Frost: Which, I note, you haven't seen fit to share with us. Gorilla Grodd: Patience, my friends. The grandest prizes are worth the wait. Vice President: The proposed accords are far too drastic. With all due respect, princess, we're talking about committing hundreds of billions of dollars, and nobody's even proven the existence of global warming. Wonder Woman: My mother's government fully supports the findings of her scientists, and those of the vast majority of scientists here in man's world. Diplomat: My government does not accept those studies. Wonder Woman: Then accept the evidence of your eyes. There's a Viking ship at the bottom of this mountain, hidden in ice for 1100 years. If it weren't for global warming, we wouldn't even know about it. Vice President: Yes, and it was clever PR for our hosts to hold the talks here. But it is not proof. Wonder Woman: You have to take this seriously. Atlantis has already withdrawn from the World Assembly over this, and they aren't the only country considering action. Diplomat: Are you suggesting Themyscira might do the same? Wonder Woman: If your pollution continues to affect my home, my mother is less likely to withdraw than she is to attempt a military solution. As a last resort only, of course. Excuse me. Agent Faraday, what are you doing here? King Faraday: Not smoking. Want some? [offers Wonder Woman gum]Wonder Woman: No thanks. King Faraday: I'm here with the special security team. The vice president is attending. But you know that already. I saw you reading him the riot act earlier. Wonder Woman: I'm not much of a diplomat. King Faraday: Don't sell yourself short, lady. You're an international incident waiting to happen. [walks off] By the way, if you raise your voice to the V.P. again, my men are under orders to shoot you. [he pops his gum and points a finger at her, miming a gun. She holds up an arm, showing that she is wearing her bracelets underneath her business suit, and taps her nail against one.]Killer Frost: You did not just shoot at me. Mountain Man: You have to stop! If you pull that ship free, half the mountain's gonna come down. Henchman: So? Wonder Woman: So I'm not going to let you do it. Out of my way, jumbo. Giganta: Ow! That hurt. Killer Frost: Cheater. You're cheating. Devil Ray: It's a poisoned stinger, sweetheart. It'll kill you... eventually. Slowly, painfully. But today's your lucky day. I'm gonna put you out of your misery right now. King Faraday: Move it, you goldbricking yahoos! Pour it on. You okay? Wonder Woman: Arm's numb. Stomach's not all that great either. King Faraday: Easy, princess. Let me look at that. Stinger's still in there. Wonder Woman: Pull it out. King Faraday: There's a barb. You wanna bullet to bite? There's plenty lying around. Wonder Woman: Now. King Faraday: That's all. It's out. Wonder Woman: Then let's take them down. Killer Frost: You are a beautiful man. [freezes the agent] I think I'll keep you. King Faraday: We should retreat. Wonder Woman: I'm not backing down from a fight. King Faraday: Your bloodstream's full of poison. I can't believe you're still on your feet. It's only a matter of time until your system shuts down. Wonder Woman: I guess calling for support isn't backing down. King Faraday: I gotta say it ain't. Wonder Woman: J'onn, I've got a situation. Martian Manhunter: Watchtower sensors have picked up the Earth tremors from your location. I knew you were on the scene and assumed you could handle it. Wonder Woman: Well, I can't. I'm outnumbered, and I'm not feeling well. Martian Manhunter: We're still shorthanded. I could spare Green Arrow, and Mister Terrific. Wonder Woman: Bring who you want, J'onn, but I need you! King Faraday: Well, that bites. Green Arrow: What's the matter, honey? Break a nail? Giganta: Green Arrow? Green Arrow: And I brought company. [After escaping from an ice barrier around him] And Black Canary said a buzz-saw arrow was self-indulgent. Martian Manhunter: They've had every opportunity to escape, but keep fighting. What makes that ancient vessel so important? Wonder Woman: If I can get my lasso around one of them, I can make them tell. Martian Manhunter: Good idea, but save your strength. Gorilla Grodd: Gifted him with an invulnerability to harm. Devil Ray: Close enough. Wonder Woman: J'onn, what happened? Are you okay? Martian Manhunter: Didn't get it all, but we can't allow them to take that ship. They-- Devil Ray: Fire. King Faraday: You're a sight for sore eyes. Not to say that ain't always the case. Green Arrow: [singing] Da, da, da, da. Da, da, da, da. Hey, buddy. Submarine Henchman: What are you doing in here?[Green Arrow knocks him out]Green Arrow: Well, for one thing, it's freezin' outside. Martian Manhunter: You're coming with me. Killer Frost: Hey, watch the hands. Devil Ray: This is just too good to be true. Let me give you a hint: You wanna try holding your breath as long as you can. Kier Frost: Let me go, freak, or so help me I'll give you frostbite in places you didn't even know you had places. Martian Manhunter: Use your powers. Stop the avalanche, or all the people inside will die. Killer Frost: Why should I care? Martian Manhunter: When it hits, I intend to see that we're both standing right here. Killer Frost: I don't even know if I'm powerful enough to stop a whole avalanche. Martian Manhunter: Let's find out, shall we? Submarine Henchman: If you move, we're gonna have to mop the floor. Martian Manhunter: You've done well. Killer Frost: Kiss my frosty butt. Green Arrow: I don't suppose you boys wanna talk about this? That's probably for me. King Faraday: Attention, unidentified craft. This is special agent King Faraday. Your vessel is currently surrounded by three United States navy seawolf-class submarines. While I strongly suggest you surrender immediately and prepare to be boarded, I really enjoy firing Trident missiles at tiny little subs, so the decision's entirely up to you. Green Arrow: How's the shoulder, Diana? Wonder Woman: Better. The antitoxin I found in Devil Ray's belt did the trick. King Faraday: I still don't get what all this was about. Green Arrow: They think the Viking Prince's corpse will give them the secret of invulnerability. Martian Manhunter: That was their plan, or as much of it as I could learn before something shut down Giganta's mind. Wonder Woman: Green Lantern said the same thing happened when he tried to question Metallo. King Faraday: So these guys were working with Metallo? Martian Manhunter: And perhaps with others. We can't leave Prince Jon's body here. Whoever else is involved will just try again. Wonder Woman: The legend of the Viking Prince is known even to my people. If this is really him, he deserves to be laid to rest according to tradition. I'll take care of it. Green Arrow: Meanwhile, something's definitely not kosher. Strange thefts, super villains with their heads hot-wired to short out if you question them. We got a real mystery developing here. Martian Manhunter: True. But it's a mystery you'll have to solve without me. I've been thinking about what you said and about the horrible despair of Prince Jon's life. I'm a Martian. I'll live far longer than he did, and unless I find a way to connect with humanity, I'll live out that time totally alone. I can't learn what I need to learn on the Watchtower. Green Arrow: I think you'll make a great diplomat... leave your sword. Green Arrow: And Black Canary said a buzzsaw arrow was self-indulgent. Submarine Henchman: What're you doing in here? Green Arrow: Well, for one thing, it's freezing outside. Killer Frost: [To J'onn] Let me go, freak! Or so help me, I'll give you frostbite in places you didn't even know you had places! Killer Frost: Kiss my frosty butt! King Faraday: Attention, unidentified craft. This is Special Agent King Faraday. Your vessel is currently surrounded by three United States Navy Seawolf-class submarines. While I strongly suggest that you surrender immediately and prepare to be boarded, I really enjoy firing Trident missiles at tiny little subs, so the decision's entirely up to you.[Wonder Woman reads from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as Prince Jon's body and ship are sent into the Sun.]And now, all in my own country I stood on the firm land. The Hermit stepped forth from the boat And scarcely he could stand. "O shrieve me, shrieve me, holy man!" The Hermit crossed his brow. "Say quick," quoth he, "I bid thee say- What manner of man art thou?" Forthwith this frame of mine was wrenched With a woeful agony, Which forced me to begin my tale; And then it left me free. Since then, at an uncertain hour That agony ret