Adam, why'd you come back for me? [seeing his look] What happened? Adam, we fixed it, right? We fixed it. We won.
My entire planet's gone. Everyone I know, my family, my friends. And I believe that you're the only one that can make that right. I mean, it's kind of ironic, you know? I... first came to you to save your grandson, the Last Son of Krypton. God, I really fudged the bowl on that, didn't I? And now here I am, the last son of Earth.
Adam, I am so sorry, I truly am. But I'm glad you came.
I am, too. Would've been here sooner, but I had to stop by Kandor first. It's, uh... it's a shitshow, Seg. I mean, Zod's taken control of the planet, he's trying to conquer the galaxy. Val's leading a rebellion against him.
You were right. You were right about Dru-Zod. I should have listened to you.
Of course you should've. Everybody should've, but they... it's not all bad news, huh? Your other son seems kind of cool. You know, for a tiny, kind of boring infant.
You two little candy asses ain't felt nothing yet. Hi.
Hey, buddy. Just you back here, or is the rest of the Kiss Army over there behind the...
[shooting him with his plasma gun] Well, he's a talker, ain't he? [Seg moves to throw a punch] [popping him in the face, knocking him backwards] Stay. Good boy.
I can feel like you, like... I can really feel you. It feels just like real old man skin.
Because I am real, not the hologram you knew from the Fortress. I'm back from the Phantom Zone.
Oh. That explains the really leathery skin and the old man smell.
Where have you been the last six months?
I went back... to the future. Only the world I went back to wasn't the world I left. On account of the same jackass running your planet, conquered mine. Oh, it gets better. Sometime after that, Brainiac decided to bottle my hometown.
So you're telling me that there is an elevator that goes all the way from Krypton to Wegthor?
A Hypersonic Orbital Tether, yes. We've used it before to get our people up there, quite successful. Well, you will be joining us, won't you? After what you saw in the future, you should understand better than anyone. We have to stop Zod on Wegthor before it's too late. Well, you must understand...
God damn it, Val, of course I understand. I just happen to think that Seg is our best chance of defeating Zod.
I miss my grandson more than you will ever know, but there is simply no way of reaching him without my Phantom Projector.
What if I told you that I didn't need your Phantom Projector to find Seg?
I would ask you to explain yourself.
You do understand the Phantom Zone is outside space and time as we know it.
Exactly. Wait, you're saying that's bad?
I'm saying if you try and teleport into the Phantom Zone, your body would probably deconstructed at a molecular level and your atoms scattered throughout the galaxy. I'm sorry. It just won't work.
Well, not with an attitude like that, it won't. The meaning of this symbol that you wear change while I was away. You can't just give up on them.
I'm an El. We never give up.
And I'm a Strange, and we don't give up either. Not anymore, and you know why? Because of your grandson. Seg showed how powerful hope can be. Besides, you don't even know if he's still in the Phantom Zone, do you?
No. No, I don't. But the risk is...
My fellow Kryptonians, six months ago, we came together to face the dawn of a new era. I stood before you, a man from the future, with a vision for the future to rebuild a Krypton unrecognizable in its perfection. I knew only unity and equality would heal our divisions and secure our future. And now I offer my gratitude.
[landing in an alley] Ooh. Oh, god damn it, right in the johnson.
Because while I may have led our efforts, it is by your own strength that today, Krypton is indeed unrecognizable. And perfection lies within our grasp. We are now ready to claim our rightful place amongst the stars and fulfill our duty of promoting Kryptonian exceptionalism as rulers of the galaxy. To those anarchic separatists on Wegthor, know that through the toil, courage, and sacrifices of true Kryptonians, we will crush your treacherous rebellion. And there has been no more noble a sacrifice than that of my father, Seg-El, who gave his life so that we may all see a better tomorrow.
I don't understand. You built the projector thingy for the Phantom Zone, but you can't get Seg out?
Zod destroyed my Projector. I tried to rebuild it, but then Zod seized the Fortress.
Wow, things really went sideways while I was gone, huh? That's all right. I'm back now. And I have a plan. [seeing their looks] All right, I don't have a plan, but I could totally come up with one.
That won't be necessary. We already have a plan. Wegthor.
[sotto to Jax-Ur] Is that the safe word?
It's a moon. One of three orbiting Krypton, but the only one with a completely self-sufficient, fully sustainable colony; Krypton's only city-state not under Zod's rule, and the home of our resistance.
Surprised you guys have been able to pull a resistance together. From what I've seen, everybody seems to be digging the new Kandor.
Because Zod freed the Rankless to distract the people from what was really going on.
I already told you, I don't know where Doomsday is.
But your people must know something, must have seen something.
[sobbing] I have no more people! When the creature broke from the containment chamber, he slaughtered most of us. The rest were rounded up by your son. Those who weren't conscripted to fight in his war... they were never seen again. Please. Please, I swear to you, I have no idea where Doomsday is.
It's okay. I believe you. And I want this to be over for you, I do. But there's one more thing. Jayna-Zod was last seen in the catacombs badly hurt. Her injuries were thought to be fatal, but her body has yet to be found.
I don't know anything about that.
But you helped her and Seg-El once before, correct?
It's been six months, and we are still no closer to locating Doomsday. Yet we continue pouring our resources into the search, when we should be bringing the Wegthor conflict to a close.
GZGeneral Zod
We barely survived Brainiac, and we don't know what other planetary-scale disasters lay in our future. We must get off this planet, begin seeding others. It's the only way to ensure the survival of our people. With Doomsday under our control, should a world reject our offer of annexation, we simply deploy the creature. Our adversary would capitulate or face total annihilation. Either way, we secure our victory without the loss of a single Kryptonian life.
Then you prioritize Doomsday, and let me handle the resistance. Latest intel suggest Val-El, Jax-Ur, and Nyssa-Vex are done recruiting. Apparently, they're in Kandor as we speak.
GZGeneral Zod
[she activates a hologram] What's this?
My mission proposal to smoke them out from wherever they're hiding.
GZGeneral Zod
Are you really sure this is where you want your focus to be?
GZGeneral Zod
They were your allies once.
And that's how I know this will work.
You. It was never my grandfather in the Phantom Zone, was it? It was you.
A necessary subterfuge. While you were barely clinging to your sanity in there, I utilized the time to find a way out. I would have left you there, but I needed that Sunstone of yours. Assuming the form of someone you trust implicitly was the simplest way to ensure your cooperation.
Come now. You didn't really think it would be that easy, did you?
What about Lyta? What I saw with her and General Zod, was that you, too?
Your vision of the future, I'm afraid that had nothing to do with me. Although I am grateful you saw it. Your emotions clouded your rational thought, making it that much easier to manipulate you.
[clenches his fist, and Seg's throat is constricted] I suggest you abandon your urge to exact revenge. You are already severely dehydrated and malnourished. If you are to survive, you will need what precious energy you still possess. If I am to survive... you must be preserved, Seg-El.
Well, this has been fun, but you know, I figured if that's the way it's destined to end, we might as well just get to it. What do you say, Brainiac?
You... are being foolish.
Yeah. But we can't all have 12th-level intellects, now, can we?
