You see this? This is why I need to be in National City. There are people doing good there, who are trying to help. If I stay in Metropolis, I will always be the sister of the egomaniacal lunatic. But, if I go to National City, I can be the Luthor that shares her home with a Kryptonian, that helps her put the world back together instead of tearing it apart.
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I never needed them, any of them. That doesn't mean they can't be useful.
What would Rose Dawson do?
You jump, I jump, right?
Every time I look at you, I'm reminded of all the horrible things I've done.
Funny, every time I look at you all I remember is pain.
I know you feel you've gone too far to ever be Russell again, but you're wrong. It is never too late to make things right, or, at least, better.
GGamemnae
You and I both share the same goal, of wanting to put a stop to people who disrespect this planet. I'm here to offer my help.
RKRama Khan
How can you help?
GGamemnae
The world is shifting, evolving. Moving faster than it ever has. We have to remain ahead of the curve. The old ways aren't working.
RKRama Khan
Oh, the rising of oceans and the raging of rivers will always work.
GGamemnae
Give the brute force a rest, Rama Khan. Let's try my technology.
RKRama Khan
Our elder left the caretaking of this planet to me, for a reason. You want something done, you have to do it yourself.
Thank god for selfie culture. Because of this generation's constant need to live stream everything, we've got a clear image of your attacker. And I knew I had seen that face before. Do you recall Antioch, 526 AD?
It was an earthquake. It was the eighth-largest natural disaster in modern history.
Precisely. It's good to have you back, Lena. A myth was born that this man was the cause. Now, of course, scientists insisted that the natural disasters were natural, but in an ironic twist of history, they were wrong, and the fearmongers were right. Several reliable sources place this man at the scene of the crime throughout history. Pompeii, the Yellow River flood of 1887, the Bhola cyclone, even as far back as Noah's flood, this Earth-Bender has been spotted.
Excuse me, did you say "Earth-Bender"?
How else would you describe him? He... he literally manipulates the earth.
But wait. Pompeii, Noah's flood? I mean, what is he, thousands of years old?
Correct. Which means he's an alien with powers of longevity this civilization has never conceived of.
No wonder people thought he was a myth.
With all this destruction, his existence is still shrouded in mystery. He's managed to convince the world he doesn't exist.
When I came to this city, I promised myself that I would never trust anyone again, and... then I met you. And you chipped away at my armor with your warmth and your earnestness, and you convinced me to trust in people and friendship again, and against my better judgment, I did, all the while telling you about my Achilles heel, betrayal. I confided in you that everyone in my past had betrayed me. About how much it hurt to have someone you love lie to you and betray you. I spelled it out to you over and over again, essentially begging you not to violate my trust, begging you not to prove that, once again, that I was a fool. You reassured me ad nauseum that you would never lie to me, that you'd never hurt me. And all the while, there wasn't a single honest moment in our friendship.
Lena, you didn't kill Lex. I... that was me. I... I watched him... I saw him fall.
You saw him fall, but did you see him land? Did you see him die? I did, and let me tell you, it wasn't pretty.
That's impossible.
Anything's possible when you're a Luthor. Lex used his transmatter portal watch. I knew exactly where he'd go. The cabin we loved when we were children, so I was there waiting for him. I had the gun ready, loaded. I could feel the weight of it in my hands. Every fiber in my being rebelled, but I... I didn't want to do it, but I knew I had to because if Lex lived, the world wouldn't be safe, my friends wouldn't be safe. So I forced myself to pull the trigger. I shot my own brother in the chest. His final words to me were that I was a fool, that my best friend, that every friend I had was lying to me. With his dying breath, he told me that you were Supergirl.
Are you gonna try to kill me?
No. Supergirl, I'm not gonna kill you. I'm not a villain. You shouldn't have treated me like one.
Of course, you assumed the worst. I'm not the bad guy.
I know. You spent years trying to be open and trusting, even when everyone expected you to be like your family. Even when everyone in your life let you down. [crying] Even when I was weak and lied to you, knowing that all you ever asked for was the truth, you were always better. Lex took advantage of my weakness and he used it to manipulate you. He wanted my mistakes to change you. He wanted you to become him. But you are nothing like him. Nothing. Don't let my mistakes turn you into something you're not.
I am good. And I always was. Lex didn't change me, and you didn't change me, either. You just exposed me to the ugliness of humanity. You did me a favor, Kara. I learned what kind of deceitful person you are, and that's what inspired me to do this.
Lena...
Your words mean nothing to me anymore. Spare us both the drama. Leave me alone.
Supergirl caused you a great deal of pain. I can see it in your eyes.
After my family and after Andrea, I knew better than to trust in friendship anymore.
All of the anguish that you're going through, it doesn't seem worth it.
It inspired Non Nocere. It inspired you. Who needs friends when you can save the world?
Your choice to conceal your identity, it wasn't born out of a place of maliciousness. It was born out of love and compassion. You were just trying to protect your family. You were trying to protect Lena from people who could use that information to hurt us. And, look, I love Lena, too. I am deeply upset by what is going on. This is... this isn't just two friends that are in a fight. This is someone who has turned a corner.
No, but this is not her. This is not our Lena.
Well, who is our Lena? I mean... she knew that Lex was out of prison, and she said nothing. She kept Sam Arias locked in-in a subbasement at L-Corp, knowing that she was Reign, and she said nothing. She knows how to make kryptonite, and she kept that hidden from us. Lena is living her own double life.
You are making her sound like a Luthor.
Maybe that's because she is one. We can't put our faith in some distant hope that she's gonna do the right thing, and... when every single action that she has taken up until now points to the contrary. Okay, we have to stop her, Kara. The safety of the world depends on that.
No, she is not Lex. I will not treat her like a villain.
I know you won't. That's why I have to.
RKRama Khan
Don't you see? People never change.
No, Rama Khan. You're wrong. People can change. That is what is so beautiful about this world.
MMonitor
Well done, J'onn J'onzz. You passed the test.
Test? You released my brother from the Phantom Zone? You brought my brother here?
MMonitor
When I saw you fight in Elseworlds, I could see that you were a great warrior, but one plauged by his past, and that made you vulnerable. You believed it was because you had left Mars, but it was something far far greater, J'onn. Your brother. But now that you have faced those demons, you've come to learn your vulnerabilities are your strengths. And now you are ready.
Ready for what?
MMonitor
A crisis.
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