[Kaldur'ahm is exposed as a traitor] I had not believed Nightwing until this moment.
Kaldur'ahmYou did not want to believe!
None of us wanted to believe this! How could you betray us?
Kaldur'ahm
You dare question me? After all of you let Tula die!
Kaldur, that was a mission! Aquagirl knew the risks, no one wanted...
Neptune's beard! Don't coddle this traitor! He has joined forces with our king's greatest enemy!
Kaldur'ahm
Do you mean the king who hid from me the true identity of my father?
That was my error of judgement, Kaldur'ahm. No one else need suffer for it.
Kaldur'ahm
All will suffer if Black Manta demands it. Blood is thicker than seawater.
Congratulations, Kaldur'ahm. You had quite a day. Capturing the Atlantean, killing a former teammate, destroying the com-sat.
Kaldur'ahm
My crew did not destroy the com-sat, Father. It's rocket must have malfunctioned. Our victory was mere luck.
I don't believe in luck. Which is why I arranged to have a bomb with an altitude sensors smuggled onto the com-sat rocket days ago. This was your final test. To see if you would take credit for what you have not accomplished.
Kaldur'ahm
And what if I have succeeded?
Then another test would have awaited. For it is not in success where true character is revealed, but in failure. I'm quite proud of you, my boy. You're ready for the next level.
(Nightwing gives glamor charm to Artemis)
Uh, dude, why are you giving bling to my dead girlfriend?
Glamor charm. Courtesy of Zatanna. Visio morphic spell, I think. She said it backwards.
Wow, you look exactly the same.
To the four of us. And only us. But to anyone else, you're a totally different person.
The more impressive trick is how you got something so specific from Zatanna without revealing who or what it's for.
Kaldur'ahm
It is time.
(Wally kisses Artemis)
(Kaldur and Artemis as Tigress walk onto Black Manta's ship)
They're in. We're through the hard part.
Who are you kidding? It only gets more dangerous from here.
KAKaldur'ahm's Hologram
If you are watching this, then your summit is truly over. The Light and the Reach deserve each other. Both sides play at being partners. But the Reach believes the Light to be their naive tools of conquest, when in fact the Light has manipulated the Reach from day one.
KAKaldur'ahm's Hologram
It was the Light that brought Earth to the Reach's attention by sending the Justice League to Rimbor. The Light set their trap, and the Reach snapped at the bait, fulfilling the Light's desire to thrust our world into the galactic spotlight. Part of their perverse survival-of-the-fittest scheme for the planet, which they believe will transform the Earth and the Light into the eventual rulers of the Milky Way. Though the Light made a deal to help the Reach take Earth, They have also sabotaged the Reach's efforts. They kept the advanced meta-genes out of the Reach's hands. They added a neutralizing agent to the Reach's drink so Earth's population would not become servile. They turned public opinion against the Reach, and they intentionally allowed the Team access to the scarab temple to cleanse Blue and Green Beetle. So, you see, any agenda either side imagined they shared was nothing but a carefully crafted illusion. I trust I have shattered that illusion, as well as whatever remains of this sorry alliance. Good night. (shuts off)
Kaldur. Kaldur, what have you done?
He has in death done more to damage my plans than any living creature has wrought in 50,000 years. I'd be impressed if I wasn't so...
AAH! You earthlings are a pestilence and a plague! You dare sabotage us?! Dare betray US?! Have you forgotten who controls the WarWorld? The Light is fortunate that we do not carve up your planet as we speak!
That would indeed impress, as I have the WarWorld's crystal key!
Kaldur'ahm
That was all I needed to know.
Kaldur'ahm
Alive, yes.
(To Ra's Al Ghul to help her up) If you would? Uh. And I always heard how the "Great One" was such a gentleman.
Impossible. Deathstroke killed you both!
Just for a little while. After all, I wouldn't want to do any permanent damage... (Shifts into Miss Martian, and telekinitically holds a sword to Savage's throat.)
...To my best friends. Not when a little misdirection and Hollywood special effects will do instead.
Kaldur'ahm
For we value our true friends, and unlike you, we are not short on them.
(The rest of the Team arrive)
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