Question quotes from Justice League Unlimited

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

What's with the running, doc? We both know how this is gonna turn out.

I didn't tell anyone! I swear!

Supergirl

Good. Then you're the only loose end.

Supergirl

You can scream now, if you want.

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.

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?

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?

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!

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.

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.

Sorry if I don't take your word for it. As I recall, your kind can be fickle.

Green Arrow

Okay, now what, smart guy? Use up your magic bullet on me, and you're left with one very ticked off Supergirl.

Green Arrow

Now, be a good host and tell us a story.

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?

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"?

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.

What? I told you everything I... Supergirl?

Yes. And no. Friends call me Tea. Are you a friend, general?

Guess that's a no.

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.

It's like you're reading my mind. Which is actually the problem. And why you have to die.

Next time, get your own dreams.

Supergirl

Who do you work for?

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.

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.

Huntress!

Huntress

John, I...

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?

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.

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.

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?

Green Arrow

Why are you doing this, Question?

Question

You wouldn't believe me if I told you.

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.

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.

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.