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]
BBrainiac
I hoped to remain hidden, until I could install myself into the android. But you forced my hand.
[After Brainiac reveals himself from within Lex Luthor]
[Lex Luthor screaming]
I'd hoped to remain hidden--
LLuthoriac
Until I could install myself into the android.
BBrainiac
But you forced my hand.
I don't understand what's happening!
BBrainiac
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]
Yes... You forced me to build you a new body.
BBrainiac
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--
Unless... it wasn't intended to kill me?
BBrainiac
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.
You cured my cancer; gave me super-strength!
BBrainiac
Your animal-protein shell was insufficient for my needs. Improvements were required.
Hate to interrupt this special live performance of The Thing With Two Heads, but it's time to go to jail now.
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!
BBrainiac
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]
I am so willing to wait my turn-- [a tentacle hits him last]
No! [phases himself free and rips the tentacles out of Brainiac]
BBrainiac
No! I was not yet prepared for this battle. [uses the LexCorp tower to form a massive Skullship] Now I am prepared.
Easy? Then I guess I must have gone to the wrong fight.
No, he's right. Brainiac isn't here. He suckered us.
[Breaking into the Fatal Five's HQ]
I know. I was hoping they'd be out looking for us.
B5Brainiac 5
No, shoot! [Green Arrow shoots an arrow at the Fatal Five catches Brainiac 5 in mid-air]
Shoot. I know. I was hoping they'd be out looking for us.
EPEmerald Princess
Obliterate them.
Okay, big guy, that's as far as you go.
TTharok
You can't stop Validus with that toy.
Rusty, I got him right where I want him.
Kara. I knew what I was doing, but I couldn't stop.
PGPhantom Girl
Where are we?
BBBouncing Boy
Last thing I remember was... Oh, no.
Just so you know, the sharp part's on the other end, chief.
PPersuader
Believe me, that's coming.
EPEmerald Princess
Tear him to bits. Slowly.
PGPhantom Girl
We wanted to say thanks by making you honorary legionnaires.
It's very nice, but I already have a ring.
BBBouncing Boy
Don't worry about it, GL. You can't keep it anyway. If you took it home, the future technology could pollute the time stream.
I'm keeping mine. I'm not going back. Kara? History says Supergirl never returned from this mission because she decided to stay in the future.
Whatever abducted them didn't leave any energy signature. Maybe Dr. Fate or Zatanna? Where's Kara?
She asked us to give you this.
Tell Ma and Pa I love them. And I love you too, Clark. Don't take this the wrong way, but I've found a place where I can make a difference. Where I'm more than just Superman's kid cousin. I... I feel I belong here. Also, I met this boy.
You should have seen her. She was amazing.
She's a grown woman now, capable of choosing--
Kara's headstrong, but she's always made good decisions. I trust her judgment. But you were right, Ollie. I wish I had told her.
It's okay, Clark. She knows.
Now, this boy Kara likes so much, does he have a name?
[nervous looks from Green Lantern and Green Arrow]
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