Justice League Unlimited · Season 1
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.
[reading newspaper clippings] Global warming, military upheavals in the third world, actors elected to public office...
The spread of coffee bars, germs outpacing antibiotics, and boy bands? Come on! Who would gain from all this?
Who indeed?
These weren't just dreams, they felt like they really happened!
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]
Hold your horses! No one asked for more help. This whole trip might just prove the kid shouldn't eat nachos before bed.
Peanut butter sandwiches.
How did y- what, do you go through my trash?!
Please... I go through everyone's trash.
So I think that answered everything.
A little too well.
Does everything have a sinister motive in your world?
Yours too, you just don't know it.
What was that about?
What do you think? We're asking questions someone doesn't want answered.
Aw, learn a new tune already!
[Supergirl has just been attacked by an android.]
Standard Z8 Combat Trainer.
Like the ones we use. The League buys 'em in bulk.
So?
So who do we buy them from?
The Army, I thin... Oh, wait a minute...
Another fun fact: The man who commissioned the Z8 Project? The same man who put you in the hospital.
General Hardcastle? He's retired now, isn't he?
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.
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.
[After a tense moment Green Arrow steps in front of Supergirl]
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]
Now, be a good host and tell us a story.
[The brief distraction gives Question the chance to easily disarm 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.
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.
And how do we find "these people"?
You don't. They find you.
Sorry, kid. Dead end I guess.
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?
[General Hardcastle yells]
[Hardcastle lunges for his kryptonite gun but Galatea quickly destroys it with her heat vison]
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.
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.
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.
That's not the only thing.
[Outside Nuvo-Gen]
[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...
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."
Kissing girls is for heroes, Skeets.
Nice work, Elongated Man.
That was just about the slickest move I've ever seen.
Hey, it was a team effort. I'm just glad I stretched in the right place at the right time.
Back to normal, huh?
Mordru's magic was nullified when he lost consciousness. I thought I told you to stay on crowd control.
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.
You and I are gonna have a little chat later. [walks away]
[sarcastic] Looking forward to that.
[offscreen] Excuse me, Green Lantern?
For the last time, I am not Green Lantern! My name is...! [turns and sees her]
[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.
Me? No. I only do crowd control. Squeaky wheel, buddy. Squeaky wheel.
There's an unidentified object approaching Oa at a somewhat astonishing speed...
Magnify image.
Professor Ivo's android!
Holy Mother of-!
[leading the rest to a hiding place] This is it.
A barber shop?
Got to hand it to you, Luthor - NOBODY would think to look for you here.
You cannot keep me from my goal.
Telepathy.
I'm not impressed.
Why have you come back? What do you want?
Why do you ask questions you already know the answer to?
Luthor.
Of course.
We're not gonna give him up.
He's your enemy. You owe him nothing.
Turn...back...now.
I have evolved far beyond what I was when we last met. You do not want to challenge me.
LIGHT HIM UP!
[The First Line attacks]
We're gonna use every bit of power left in our rings and take one last shot at the android.
A blast like that could destroy half the planet.
Half a planet is better than none.
[in the Watchtower]
It's the only way.
Hmmm, those words are always used to justify destruction.
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.
Then for the sake of all worlds, I will continue to seek a better way.
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