Not exactly. Some kind of hypersonic signal, right? Keeps good time too.
What do you think you're doing?
Your little pal is fine. I was just trying to get your attention. You guys need a hot line.
[Jimmy Olsen murmuring]
A minute, Jimmy. This better be good.
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.
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 grunting]
Not here you won't. They wouldn't have bothered to dump his comlink unless they took him alive.
It has to be Cadmus. But if they've got him, we'll never find him.
Sure we will. We've been keeping tabs on Cadmus for months. We know exactly where they are.
And you didn't do anything?
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]
The way I remember it, you were fired. But you may have a point this time.
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.
A lot of things are starting to make sense now, Professor Hamilton. When did Cadmus recruit you?
EHProfessor Emil Hamilton
Recruit me? I went to them.
How can you work for these people? Do you know what they are?
HHamilton
Power brokers, politicians, criminals, and black ops mercenaries with one thing in common besides: they're humanity's last hope against your kind.
What are you talking about? Humanity doesn't need protection from us.
HHamilton
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?
HHamilton
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.
That's what this is about? One little scare and you betray us?! You stole Kara's DNA! Violated her trust! My trust!
HHamilton
The chicken, or the egg, Superman?
[Question screaming]
MDr. 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.
[babbling about various conspiracy theories] Topically-applied fluoride doesn't prevent tooth decay. It does render teeth detectable by spy satellite!
[Question screaming]
MDr. Moon
Tell me what you know.
The plastic tips at the ends of shoelaces are called aglets. Their true purpose is sinister!
[Question screaming]
MDr. Moon
[getting annoyed] Tell me what you know.
There was a magic bullet! It was forged by Illuminati mystics to prevent us from learning the truth!
MDr. Moon
Have it your way. This will continue until I break you.
[Question screaming]
MDr. Moon
Perhaps, even afterwards.
Next time, go to the bathroom before you leave for a mission.
[Superman and Huntress smashes into Dr. Moon's lab; Dr. Moon pulls a gun]
Don't be stupid - drop it.
[Dr. Moon drops the gun]
Sorry - not good enough. [knocks Dr. Moon to the floor and pulls her crossbow on him]
[backs off] Yeah. Okay. Lean on me. We're getting outta here.
[weak, babbling] Secret messages encoded in amino acid chains in carb-free breakfast bars.
Come on, baby doll. It's all right.
It's gonna be a little rough. It'll take the guards, you get ready to move him.
That won't be necessary, Superman.
Good to see you, Captain. Cover our flank.
I'm afraid you misunderstand. I'm speaking as an officer of the United States Air Force.
Bad time to grow a sense of humor, Cap.
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?
[Captain Atom is trying to stop Superman and Huntress from rescuing Question]
This is ridiculous. If you're not gonna help us, get out of our way!
Not an option, Superman. I've got my orders, legal and proper.
Dude, Superman just told you to step aside.
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.
Get Question out of here. Don't wait for me.
What made you think I was gonna.
Call J'onn for transport, when you get outside. This buiding's commlink shielded.
Nobody's going anywhere with Question. Thought I made that clear.
You shouldn't have come from me.
[Huntress and Question are trying to escape, she tries opening a door]
You shouldn't have snuck away without me. Locked. Sure, why not?
Just about enough of the energy blasts.
Sure you can. This is Huntress. Two for emergency pickup.
You are no longer a member of the Justice League. Clear this channel and--
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.
Taught a good fight. Stay down.
I can't do that, Superman.
[A Cadmus medic is about to see to Captain Atom, Superman intervenes]
Don't you touch him! He's Justice League. [Carries Captain Atom out]
Wait. Get this off my face. Aerosol in my coat pocket.
Cadmus turned him against us.
No way. He'd never do that.
But he did, and so did Professor Hamilton. Hamilton's working for Cadmus. He's probably the one who--
He was afraid of us. I'm sorry, Kara.
Don't be. Just tell me when we're gonna go and shut them down.
One stop first. Wait here.
What's going on? :Huntress: He's gonna be fine, but he needs his rest.
[Huntress removes the Question's mask, revealing his true - though battered and bruised - face]
You were right. I am the ugliest guy of all time.
Not in my eyes. [kisses him]
What happened, Question? How did Cadmus get ahold of you?
I went to kill Luthor so that you wouldn't be able to.
That's not how we do things.
How do we do things, Superman? Your counterpart killed Luthor, this Luthor is scheming to enrage you--
Doing a pretty good job of it.
Ruining your reputation, turning your friends and comrades against you, creating a superpowered arms race - but you cannot succumb.
I can shut down Cadmus without killing Luthor.
Carry on, then. If you're wrong, it's not like it's the end of the world... right?
I take it you're fit for duty again.
EHProfessor Emil Hamilton
Hold still, Galatea. You're invulnerable. This can't possibly be hurting you.
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.
EHProfessor 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.
I'm better than she ever was.
EHProfessor 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.
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.]
EHProfessor Emil Hamilton
What?
Nothing. [Galatea goes back to Hamilton and hugs him] Goodbye, Daddy.
[Hamilton stands in silent shock as Galatea leaves]
Long-range communications back on line at least.
How long before you can restore full power?
Atom's still down in the reactor room working on it. He thinks he can shave twenty minutes off the system reboot.
Hello? Hello? Is this thing on?
It is now. Go ahead, Flash.
The evacuation's going okay. Lots of minor injuries, but no casualties.
That's not how they see it. They're pretty mad. They think it's our fault, J'onn.
Do what you can to keep a lid on things. I'll send additional help.
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?
RReporter
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.
Our sensors are still out. This is the only information available.
Diana, John, Shayera, meet me in the main conference room, now. You too, J'onn.
Sure. I was pretty much done with him anyway.
What do you think you're doing?
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.
Who do you think you're kidding? You don't care about what the League does. Admit it, you just wanna beat me.
I've already beaten you, but I'm going to make it last.
You know what? Now matter how bad you beat me, I'm real, not a clone.
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.
The mission is scrubbed. Do you hear me? Stand down and await further instructions.
I'm not reading you. Can you repeat?
Call of the Ultimen. Do you hear me? Call--
[Supergirl screaming]
Kara. Power reboot in eighteen seconds.
When I get rid of you, I'll be the only--
[Galatea screaming]
Turn yourself over into U.S. custody, along with the rest of us.
Yeah, that makes sense, okay.
Meet us at the coordinates I’m sending first. We should all go over together.
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.
We’ve already voted. Five in favor.
You have to come with us, Bruce.
I don’t have to do anything. I’m a part-timer, remember? [Hangs up]
Actually, he took it a lot better than I’d expected.
[As Luthor finishes his intended android body]
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.
That was the last piece I needed.
[Luthor turns to see Batman behind him]
Got it all figured out, have you?
When you and Atom worked together to stop the first Amazo, he showed you the blueprints, and I suspect you have a photographic memory.
The real purpose of Cadmus was to give you superpowers.
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!
[He throws a Batarang at the Amazo body, but to his shock, Luthor catches it and it explodes in his hand without harming him]
That... was uncalled for.
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.
Arrogant cow! It'll take weeks to build myself another android body!
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]
Did you really think you could take me down all by yourself?
Actually, yeah. But on the off chance I might've been wrong...
[The founding Leaguers have entered through the window]
[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]
I hoped to remain hidden, until I could install myself into the android. But you forced my hand.
