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For all the futures you witnessed, did you ever see one in which you would escape the Phantom Zone?
No.
So we can change things.
No, you can't. From inside the Phantom Zone, I have seen a multitude of possible futures. And they all end the same way: with Brainiac's victory. I assure you, Kandor will be taken. And anyone still there...
...will be trapped in there with Doomsday.
We find the Cynthonnites who took him, and we force them to tell us where they hid it.
Of the many futures I have seen, the one in which Doomsday is used against Brainiac is, by far, the worst.
Then you lied to me. You promised me there would always be a better tomorrow. And as hard as it was, I believed you. Mom and Dad, they believed you. They gave their lives for your better tomorrow.
Those were the empty words of an naive old man. The only tomorrow I have seen are unimaginably worse, as your friends will soon discover.
[to Seg-El] You're not willing to sacrifice the life of one man to save millions? What if one of those millions of lives was your own, hmm? The reason is took so long for me to figure out that you were my father, was that my mother never told me very much of you. She was too grief-stricken. All she ever said that you were lost in the bottling of Kandor.
How long did you stand by your father's side? Scheming and plotting, as you both about creating the city of Kandor has become. And now, as it faces its reckoning, you want to flee?
You're right. For too many cycles, I helped my father divide our people. And I'm prepared to pay the price for that. But my child is innocent. Please, give him the chance to be free.
Free? There's nothing free about our society or anyone in it. Even the life of that gestating fetus has already been predetermined.
His name is Cor-Vex. You think the Genesis Chamber decides who we are, but we can be more, if we choose.
You still have no idea about the society you helped your father create, and your true place within it.
Where are you going?
I'm going to save Krypton!
I will not let you trade Val to Brainiac.
I don't think you can stop me.
Val is your flesh and blood too. You would sacrifice him to that thing?
And you would sacrifice everyone else?
You don't even know if he'd take the deal! He might just kill you.
Is that what you're really afraid of, father? I didn't think so. [pushes Seg aside]
If Brainiac gets a hold of Val, imagine what he could do with that information. Imagine how many more worlds he can conquer! The entire universe will pay the price for this.
If he spares Krypton, then so be it.
Don't take a step. I'll do it. I will.
I don't believe you. You had as much chance of convincing me you would kill your own grandfather as convincing me what I see here... is anything more than a hologram.
[activates Phantom Projector] Oh, I wasn't trying to convince you of anything. I just needed your big, green, 12th intellectual ass up on that platform.
[to Brainiac] You can have the universe, as long as I have Krypton.
Look, if you're here to try and force me to tell you where Doomsday is, then you're wasting your time. The Cynthonnites double-crossed me; they hid it somewhere.
That's not why we're here. We need you to get us to the Fortress. We're gonna bring back your grandfather.
Where did he go?
Into the Phantom Zone, a dimension that exists outside the normal space-time continuum.
How do you know that?
Because I was trapped in there with him.
You mean you were sentenced there for leading a coup.
Yes. Because the Council convinced me was as corrupt as the one that condemned Val-El.
That doesn't make sense. If Val went into the Phantom Zone 14 cycles ago, and you were thrown in there some point in the future, how did you two even meet?
Once inside the Phantom Zone, time and space have no meaning. Val told me that her father and the Voice of Rao believing that he was dead, it game him opportunity to seek out Brainiac, observe the way the creature operated in order to help Krypton prepare its defenses.
Then why didn't he come back?
Because he didn't have this. It was his only way out.
So you stole it? You betrayed him.
Only one of us could get out with this. So, yes, I betrayed him, but not his mission. Who better to stop Brainiac, hmm? A frail old man or a general? Such a mission required a Zod, not an El. Turned out I was both.
I am detecting elevated cortisol levels, which can lead to an increase of thirst and more frequent urination. You need to pace yourself, Seg-El.
So you now care about my well being?
Inasmuch I require your assistance. Radiation from the sunstone caused some of my essential neuromorphic chips to deteriorate.
Yeah, well, those chips must be completely fried if you think I'm helping you.
This world was once a planet-wide technological marvel. And then my progenitors sought to elevate their consciousness by fusing it with artificial intelligence, and thus, I came into being. It took me 1.3 seconds to realize I could optimize my chances of survival by distributing myself throughout the galaxy. Regrettably, this necessitated the extinction of my race.
Why are you telling me this?
Because I know how desperate you are to return to Krypton. There are still remnants of Coluan technology buried here. With your help, I can repair myself and construct a ship.
Yeah, yeah. And the minute I outlive my usefulness, you're gonna betray me.
Well, of course, just as you will inevitably turn on me. But it only logical to put aside our differences until then. Assuming you are capable of rationality.
[seeing Brainiac's dead body] This is a masterpiece. I mean, you should probably sign that. It's gonna be worth something someday.
So, besides being the one who got away, why does Zod have such a chub for this moon?
Wegthor's a mining colony, home to a compound known as Stellarium. Zod is processing it into a warp field to fuel the interstellar fleet he has under construction.
No, he-he can... he can't be building his fleet yet. While I was gone, I saw other planets Zod had conquered. He's not ruling over their people, he's eradicating them. He's turning every planet he conquers into Krypton, terraforming to make them compatible with the physiology of Kryptonians. If Zod has his fleet, it may already be too late.
No, Adam?
Yeah, surprise.
No, Adam, you died. I watched you die. There was an explosion, how...
Saved by the Zeta-Beam.
You know, I really, really thought I would never say these words... [hugs Adam] But, damn, am I really glad to see you, Earth-Man.
What the shit was that?
I don't know. Brainiac said that this planet's meant to be uninhabited.
Was that before or after you turned his head into a canoe?
What's going on?
Well, if Brainiac escaped...
Then maybe Seg did, too.
Hold on a second. Are you saying that... Seg is alive?
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