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Olympia, what is that--

2
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You've come of age, Cassandra.

3
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As the daughter
of Vandal Savage,

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these are the things
you should know.

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This is the story of man.

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<i>Of all mankind.
</i> <i>Of one man.</i>

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<i>The history of
</i> <i>human evolution,</i>

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traced with the light of truth
<i>through time immemorial,</i>

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<i>leads back to a time
</i> <i>of darkness.</i>

10
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<i>And to him. Man has known him
</i> <i>by many names.</i>

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<i>But the truths in these pages
</i> <i>will define him
</i> <i>as the savior called...</i>

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OLYMPIA:<i>Vandal Savage.</i>

13
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We have a problem, sir.
Incoming from space.

14
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A meteorite?

15
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What? No.

16
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An armada.

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(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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(ON RADIO)
<i>Hey, Stompin' Steve Lombard
</i> <i>coming at you.</i>

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<i>The Steve Lombard
</i> <i>Sports Show brought to you
</i> <i>by Good World Studios.</i>

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<i>Get happy, sports fans.
</i> <i>Football season is
</i> <i>once again upon us.</i>

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<i>And I've got the names of
</i> <i>some up-and-comers</i>

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<i>that are sure to be
</i> <i>future first round
</i> <i>draft picks.</i>

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<i>My picks for this year's
</i> <i>national high school
</i> <i>all-star squadron.</i>

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<i>Topping the list,
</i> <i>from Henry Heywood
</i> <i>high school in Detroit,</i>

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<i>Wide receiver, Victor Stone.</i>

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<i>Trust me, this kid is
</i> <i>a touchdown machine!</i>

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Gather up.

29
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Oh, someone's come
bearing gifts.

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I think I love gifts.

31
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Yes, I do love gifts.

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Super-suits!

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DICK: One for you, Violet.

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(GASPS)
Sorry, super-suit.
Sorry.

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And one for you, Brion.

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Thank you. As you have
clothing for action,
now I do, too.

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And of course,
it is form-fitting.

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As you super heroes
seem to prefer.

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CONNER: Some of us.

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Yours was specially designed
by Fire of the Justice Leaguek

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so it won't burn up
from your lava.

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DICK: Now you won't be
naked when traing.

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(CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY)
Thank you.

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Naked was, uh, not my style.

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What is wrong with naked?
Forager is naked now.

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(GASPS)

47
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Can I pretend
I don't know that?

48
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(SIGHS) Fine.

49
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Now Forager is not naked.

50
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(CLICKING)

51
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Wait. Did you say "traing"?

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CASSANDRA:
<i>The fire from the sky</i>

53
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<i>had touched the ground
</i> <i>not far away.</i>

54
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<i>It seemed to call to him,
</i> <i>and he was compelled
</i> <i>to follow that call.</i>

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<i>But an old nemesis
</i> <i>found him first.</i>

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(ROARING)

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<i>The cave bear
</i> <i>was twice his size.</i>

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<i>With claws and teeth evolved
</i> <i>to shred flesh and bone.</i>

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<i>And the bear set upon Vandal.</i>

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(SCREAMS)

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<i>To eat him alive.</i>

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(BEAR ROARING)

63
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Connection established.
Cycling encryption protocols

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and patching through
our private satellites.

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You learn fast. Good.

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<i>Hello, old friend.
</i> <i>To what do I owe
</i> <i>the pleasure of your call?</i>

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VANDAL: It appears we have
uninvited guests on the way.

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<i>Hmm. Anyone we know?</i>

69
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Unclear.

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An armada of warships
is currently beyond
the Kuiper Belt

71
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on a course toward here.

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(WHISPERING)
Cassandra. Have you read
the part about the bear yet?

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Uh, yes. Yes, Olympia.

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Ooh! That was
my favorite part
to write.

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Can you alert
the Justice League
to this threat?

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LEX:
Well, half the league resigned
thanks to the restrictions

77
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I persuaded member nations
to impose.

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And the other half
don't have the firepower
to stop an armada.

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What about the leaguers
deployed on their
galactic goodwill tour?

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<i>I'm keeping most of them
</i> <i>busy on Appellaxia.</i>

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LEX: The Green Lantern Corp?

82
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Half the corp is battling
the Reach thanks to us.

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The other half is occupied
fighting our partner.

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What about Klarion?

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-(GRUNTS) Project...
-LEX:<i>Rudapega.</i>

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(CHUCKLES)<i>Yes, I'd forgotten.</i>

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<i>Well, we've done too good
</i> <i>a job, old friend.</i>

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Fine.

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I'll protect our interests
myself.

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CASSANDRA:In the game of life and death,
<i>fear makes one weak.</i>

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<i>But when fueled
</i> <i>by purpose beyond survival,</i>

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<i>man can become powerful.</i>

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<i>Vandal's quest
</i> <i>for the Sky Fire gave him
</i> <i>the power to defeat the bear.</i>

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<i>And standing victorious over
</i> <i>the dead creature that once
</i> <i>haunted his dreams,</i>

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<i>Vandal felt...</i>

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(YELLING)

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<i>...like a God!</i>

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<i>Baptized by the blood
</i> <i>of his adversary,</i>

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<i>the spearhead
</i> <i>of human evolution
</i> <i>had been forged.</i>

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(SPRAYING)

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(PHONE CHIMES)

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(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)

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(GRUNTS)

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You're quick,
but mind the line.

105
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This will teach you to be
aware of your surroundings
in combat.

106
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Hmm. Forager understands.
Forager will try again.

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(YELPS)

108
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Dick Grayson is quick,
but mind the short arms.

109
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This will teach Dick Grayson
that Forager fights dirty.

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(GRUNTS)

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Nice.

112
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(STAMMERS) But I missed.
And I fell...

113
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Aim takes time to learn
and falling is part
of the game.

114
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But you just demonstrated
more control of your auras
than ever before.

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And I call that a win.

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(GRUNTING)

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Good lava control.

118
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Now you just have to hit me.

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(GASPS)

120
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Perhaps I only hit you
by accident.

121
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But at least I'm not
naked this time.

122
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You should get one of these.

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(CLEARS THROAT)
Got your covered, CK.
As usual.

124
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Guys, real improvement today.

125
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You're ready
for the next step.

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<i>I am Vandal Savage of Earth.</i>

127
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<i>And my home world is
</i> <i>off limits to all incursion
</i> <i>or invasion.</i>

128
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Leave now
or suffer the War World.

129
00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,980
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

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(BEEPING)

131
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(WHISPERS) Olympia.

132
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(BEEPING CONTINUES)

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(GASPS) Vandal,
the armada is--

134
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Accelerating.

135
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So strange.

136
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To risk attack
by the War World
is to quote certain death.

137
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Cassandra, have you read
the part about the bear yet?

138
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Wait, what?
Yes, Olympia. I have.

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(LASERS FIRING)

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CASSANDRA:
<i>Death was nothing new
</i> <i>to Vandal Savage.</i>

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<i>So, he could sense
</i> <i>when something was
</i> <i>different about it.</i>

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<i>The corpses lining
</i> <i>the path to the Sky Fire
</i> <i>warned him away.</i>

143
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<i>But his quest
</i> <i>urged him forward.</i>

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To the source of the Sky Fire.

145
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<i>A rock from
</i> <i>out of the darkness.</i>

146
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<i>Yet alive with light.</i>

147
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Heart racing,
he reached out to touch
this gift from the stars.

148
00:08:04,810 --> 00:08:06,940
<i>And was halted
</i> <i>by intense pain.</i>

149
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(SCREAMING)

150
00:08:09,540 --> 00:08:12,580
<i>And as blood and spirit
</i> <i>drained away,</i>

151
00:08:12,650 --> 00:08:16,420
<i>the last thing Vandal saw
</i> <i>before surrendering,</i>

152
00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:21,480
<i>was the shadowy
</i> <i>but unmistakable form of man.</i>

153
00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,560
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

154
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(POWERING UP)

155
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OLYMPIA: Mmm. Interesting.

156
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What is it?

157
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(BEEPING)

158
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Father, more armada ships
are heading toward Earth.

159
00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:03,760
From the other side
of the Solar System.

160
00:09:03,830 --> 00:09:07,670
Someone's making a move
on my planet.

161
00:09:07,740 --> 00:09:12,740
Someone who knows
War World can't be
in two places at once.

162
00:09:13,140 --> 00:09:14,780
I must rectify this,

163
00:09:14,840 --> 00:09:19,350
or many ignorant humans
will die.

164
00:09:19,410 --> 00:09:21,950
BRION:
It's hard to believe I'm here.

165
00:09:22,020 --> 00:09:23,750
Training with heroes.

166
00:09:23,820 --> 00:09:25,590
As children, my sister,
brother and I would
pretend to be

167
00:09:25,650 --> 00:09:29,020
Wonder Woman, Batman
and Superman in our play room.

168
00:09:29,090 --> 00:09:32,990
I used to say Superman
could beat anyone
because of his powers.

169
00:09:33,060 --> 00:09:37,160
Gregor argued Batman
could beat Superman
by outsmarting him.

170
00:09:37,230 --> 00:09:39,100
DICK: That's stupid.

171
00:09:39,170 --> 00:09:40,600
Why would they ever fight?

172
00:09:40,670 --> 00:09:43,500
Hmm, if they were being
controlled by bad guys.

173
00:09:43,570 --> 00:09:45,210
Nah, that could never happen.

174
00:09:45,270 --> 00:09:48,980
It was just fun
to think about.
Man versus Superman.

175
00:09:49,040 --> 00:09:50,440
Who would win?

176
00:09:50,510 --> 00:09:52,980
In Forager's hive,
there is a similar question.

177
00:09:53,050 --> 00:09:56,250
Bugs versus New Gods.
Who would win?

178
00:09:56,320 --> 00:09:58,620
DICK: Man and Superman.
Bugs and New Gods.

179
00:09:58,690 --> 00:10:02,090
Balance is key for
both species to co-exist.

180
00:10:02,160 --> 00:10:06,690
But when balance is lost,
when one species grows
stronger than another,

181
00:10:06,760 --> 00:10:11,270
it rarely works out well
for the weaker group.

182
00:10:11,330 --> 00:10:15,900
DICK:<i>50,000 years ago,
</i> <i>humans shared the world
</i> <i>with another species.</i>

183
00:10:15,970 --> 00:10:17,210
<i>The Neanderthal.</i>

184
00:10:17,270 --> 00:10:20,780
<i>Humans must've hada genetic advantage over them.</i>

185
00:10:20,840 --> 00:10:23,740
<i>They thrived and outgrew
</i> <i>Neanderthals in number.</i>

186
00:10:23,810 --> 00:10:25,750
(SCREAMING)

187
00:10:25,810 --> 00:10:30,810
While the details are unclear,
<i>Homo Neanderthalensis was
</i> <i>driven to extinction,</i>

188
00:10:31,250 --> 00:10:33,520
<i>while Homo Sapiens survived.</i>

189
00:10:33,590 --> 00:10:38,030
<i>Then, whether through
</i> <i>random mutation, evolution,
</i> <i>or something else entirely,</i>

190
00:10:38,090 --> 00:10:42,260
<i>a new species
</i> <i>of human emerged.</i>

191
00:10:42,330 --> 00:10:44,570
<i>The first Meta-human.</i>

192
00:10:44,630 --> 00:10:47,200
<i>Now humans share the world
</i> <i>with Metas.</i>

193
00:10:47,270 --> 00:10:50,670
<i>And we find ourselves
</i> <i>grappling with
</i> <i>the big question.</i>

194
00:10:50,740 --> 00:10:55,580
<i>Can we all achieve balance?</i>

195
00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:57,810
Greetings, Darkseid.

196
00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:01,180
<i>Greetings, Savage.
</i> <i>What news?</i>

197
00:11:01,250 --> 00:11:06,190
Our plan progresses.
But an outside player
threatens Earth.

198
00:11:06,250 --> 00:11:11,250
To protect our investment,
I require resources.

199
00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:19,100
<i>Our arrangement grants you
</i> <i>this privilege.</i>

200
00:11:19,170 --> 00:11:23,200
<i>The might of Apokolips
</i> <i>is yours to unleash.</i>

201
00:11:23,270 --> 00:11:25,540
<i>Send your request.</i>

202
00:11:25,610 --> 00:11:27,410
Our partnership
is strengthened

203
00:11:27,470 --> 00:11:30,340
by your benevolence
and wisdom, Darkseid.

204
00:11:30,410 --> 00:11:35,350
<i>Indeed, Savage. Indeed.</i>

205
00:11:35,420 --> 00:11:37,890
Sending the requisite details.

206
00:11:37,950 --> 00:11:40,050
CASSANDRA:
<i>In his 50,000 years,</i>

207
00:11:40,120 --> 00:11:44,320
<i>Vandal's ambitions
</i> <i>have touched
</i> <i>all of human civilization.</i>

208
00:11:44,390 --> 00:11:46,060
<i>But in a single day,</i>

209
00:11:46,130 --> 00:11:50,360
<i>the quest of another would
</i> <i>change his purpose forever.</i>

210
00:11:50,430 --> 00:11:52,270
<i>His name was Darkseid.</i>

211
00:11:52,330 --> 00:11:56,570
In our history's 13th century,
<i>he came from the planet
</i> <i>Apokolips,</i>

212
00:11:56,640 --> 00:11:59,740
<i>to claim the Earth
</i> <i>for his empire.</i>

213
00:11:59,810 --> 00:12:03,080
<i>But Vandal, known in this era
</i> <i>as Genghis Khan,</i>

214
00:12:03,140 --> 00:12:06,110
<i>ruler of the largest empire
</i> <i>in human history,</i>

215
00:12:06,180 --> 00:12:08,580
<i>had his own plans
</i> <i>for his world.</i>

216
00:12:08,650 --> 00:12:10,050
(HORSE NEIGHING)

217
00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,320
<i>Backed by two of
</i> <i>his gifted sons,</i>

218
00:12:12,390 --> 00:12:17,120
<i>the great Khan
</i> <i>waged war against
</i> <i>Darkseid's superior forces.</i>

219
00:12:17,190 --> 00:12:20,430
<i>And were easily defeated.</i>

220
00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:25,200
<i>But not before impressing
</i> <i>Darkseid with their unique
</i> <i>genetic gifts.</i>

221
00:12:25,270 --> 00:12:30,270
<i>DESAAD:
</i> <i>Sire. Sturdy stock
</i> <i>for the anti-life equation.</i>

222
00:12:30,470 --> 00:12:33,270
CASSANDRA:
<i>Eyes opened by
</i> <i>his opponent's power,</i>

223
00:12:33,340 --> 00:12:35,210
and the fact of his existence,

224
00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,380
<i>Vandal seized the moment
</i> <i>and made a proposition.</i>

225
00:12:39,450 --> 00:12:44,450
<i>Together, Savage and Darkseid
</i> <i>would conquer the galaxy.</i>

226
00:12:44,950 --> 00:12:47,020
<i>Intrigued by
</i> <i>this brazen human,</i>

227
00:12:47,090 --> 00:12:49,490
<i>and the gifted armies
</i> <i>he might raise,</i>

228
00:12:49,560 --> 00:12:51,390
<i>Darkseid agreed.</i>

229
00:12:51,460 --> 00:12:54,200
<i>Both men knowing
</i> <i>that when the galaxy fell,</i>

230
00:12:54,260 --> 00:12:58,300
<i>Earth and Apokolips
</i> <i>would wage a final battle.</i>

231
00:12:58,370 --> 00:13:02,400
<i>Winner take all.</i>

232
00:13:02,470 --> 00:13:04,170
JACE:
(LAUGHING) Then he said,

233
00:13:04,240 --> 00:13:07,280
"Your experience
in Markovia's
genetics program

234
00:13:07,340 --> 00:13:10,580
"casts a questionable light
on your resume, ma'am."

235
00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:12,380
(GIGGLING)

236
00:13:12,450 --> 00:13:13,810
(LAUGHS)

237
00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,520
I'm only 34. Is that when
you become a "ma'am"?

238
00:13:17,580 --> 00:13:20,050
Oh, I am not touching
that one.

239
00:13:20,120 --> 00:13:22,790
Kids today.

240
00:13:22,860 --> 00:13:24,460
How are they doing, Jeff?

241
00:13:24,530 --> 00:13:27,730
Getting more comfortable
with their abilities
every day.

242
00:13:27,800 --> 00:13:31,430
Helga, I'm sorry I haven't
been able to get you
more time with them.

243
00:13:31,500 --> 00:13:32,700
It's just--

244
00:13:32,770 --> 00:13:35,000
Jeff, please. It's all right.

245
00:13:35,070 --> 00:13:37,710
I understand your friend's
point of view.

246
00:13:37,770 --> 00:13:40,510
You people have
more experience training

247
00:13:40,570 --> 00:13:42,310
Meta-kinders than I do.

248
00:13:42,380 --> 00:13:46,110
You were kind to even try
to keep me and Brion
in Halo's lives.

249
00:13:46,180 --> 00:13:50,980
Hey. Who says
we're done trying?

250
00:13:54,420 --> 00:13:55,860
DICK:
The Art of War<i>says,</i>

251
00:13:55,920 --> 00:13:59,990
"Oh, divine art,
of subtlety and secrecy.

252
00:14:00,060 --> 00:14:02,800
"Through you we learn
to be invisible."

253
00:14:02,860 --> 00:14:07,860
Tonight, you'll choose a word
that will help you become
invisible to our enemies.

254
00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:12,670
Tonight, you choose
your cryptonym.

255
00:14:12,740 --> 00:14:15,180
Your<i>nom de guerre.</i>

256
00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,810
Yeah, those are Dick's fancy
words for "code name".

257
00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:23,450
(LAUGHS) Ah, yes.
Our superhero names.

258
00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:24,890
It sounds a little silly,

259
00:14:24,950 --> 00:14:26,820
but you need one for
our field comms to keep

260
00:14:26,890 --> 00:14:28,620
your identity secret
from the bad guys.

261
00:14:28,690 --> 00:14:31,560
I'm Halo. It was
the first name you gave me,
and I like it.

262
00:14:31,630 --> 00:14:34,330
I'm Violet at home.
I'm Halo during a mission.
Halo.

263
00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,830
Halo is a beautiful name
and describes
your powers well.

264
00:14:38,900 --> 00:14:41,740
I will take a name
that describes my powers, too.

265
00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,570
From now on, call me...

266
00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:46,370
Hot Lava.

267
00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:47,940
(ALL LAUGHING)

268
00:14:48,010 --> 00:14:50,540
What? In my new
form-fitting super-suit,

269
00:14:50,610 --> 00:14:53,510
I bring the hotness,
do I not? (LAUGHS)

270
00:14:53,580 --> 00:14:55,080
Hot Lava!

271
00:14:55,150 --> 00:14:56,920
(LAUGHING)

272
00:14:56,980 --> 00:14:58,590
I'm not calling you Hot Lava.

273
00:14:58,650 --> 00:14:59,820
Agreed.

274
00:14:59,890 --> 00:15:02,320
(CHUCKLING) All right.
All right.

275
00:15:02,390 --> 00:15:03,990
Seriously, then.

276
00:15:04,060 --> 00:15:06,990
Dr. Jace had a name
for the powers
in my bloodline.

277
00:15:07,060 --> 00:15:09,460
She called it, uh, Geo-Force.

278
00:15:09,530 --> 00:15:14,530
Huh. Geo-Force.
That's a bit less
of a stripper name.

279
00:15:14,770 --> 00:15:17,100
Says the girl named Tigress.

280
00:15:17,170 --> 00:15:18,410
(PLAYFULLY GROWLS)

281
00:15:18,470 --> 00:15:20,210
-Ow!
-(LAUGHS)

282
00:15:20,270 --> 00:15:22,940
Says the guy who took
his name from
an 80's mullet rock band.

283
00:15:23,010 --> 00:15:25,210
(LAUGHS SHEEPISHLY)
Not true.

284
00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:28,980
Okay. Forager,
what's your codename?

285
00:15:29,050 --> 00:15:33,150
Um. Forager is... Forager.

286
00:15:33,220 --> 00:15:34,320
If it ain't broke...

287
00:15:34,390 --> 00:15:37,420
Great. Names chosen.
Time for team maneuvers.

288
00:15:37,490 --> 00:15:38,960
Miss Halo.

289
00:15:39,030 --> 00:15:42,430
Thank you, Mr. Geo-Force.
(GIGGLES)

290
00:15:42,500 --> 00:15:46,550
Maneuver seven, people! Go!

291
00:15:48,700 --> 00:15:50,200
(GRUNTING)

292
00:15:57,310 --> 00:15:59,150
CASSANDRA:
<i>Vandal once wrote,</i>

293
00:15:59,210 --> 00:16:02,420
<i>"It is better to capture
</i> <i>an army than to destroy it."</i>

294
00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:06,550
<i>He had learned that more
</i> <i>can be gained controlling
</i> <i>men in peace</i>

295
00:16:06,620 --> 00:16:08,790
<i>than in the chaos of war.</i>

296
00:16:08,860 --> 00:16:12,630
<i>For war is death.
</i> <i>Death is waste.</i>

297
00:16:12,690 --> 00:16:16,930
<i>And life should not be
</i> <i>wasted while it may yet
</i> <i>be controlled</i>

298
00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,330
<i>to serve a greater purpose.</i>

299
00:16:19,400 --> 00:16:24,270
KALIBAK:
<i>So, your Eroson spears
</i> <i>don't work out here.</i>

300
00:16:24,340 --> 00:16:26,310
<i>Eh, Savage?</i>

301
00:16:26,370 --> 00:16:28,040
(LAUGHS)

302
00:16:28,110 --> 00:16:33,010
Kalibak. Darkseid honors us
by sending his favorite son.

303
00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:37,520
(SCOWLS)<i>Watch as I prove
</i> <i>I am the only son</i>

304
00:16:37,580 --> 00:16:41,390
<i>who should concern you.</i>

305
00:16:41,460 --> 00:16:45,210
Kalibak has daddy issues.

306
00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,310
(POWERING UP)

307
00:17:00,370 --> 00:17:02,020
(SCREAMING)

308
00:17:07,050 --> 00:17:08,850
OLYMPIA: Disgusting.

309
00:17:08,920 --> 00:17:11,550
Vandal would never waste
a life that might yet be--

310
00:17:11,620 --> 00:17:15,160
BOTH:
...controlled to serve
a greater purpose.

311
00:17:15,220 --> 00:17:17,960
Both armadas suffer
annihilation,

312
00:17:18,030 --> 00:17:21,500
and still do not respond
to our hails.

313
00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:22,160
Why?

314
00:17:27,970 --> 00:17:30,440
I know how to win this.

315
00:17:30,500 --> 00:17:34,140
Cassandra...

316
00:17:34,210 --> 00:17:37,180
The War World
is yours to command.

317
00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,410
Yes, Father.

318
00:17:40,480 --> 00:17:44,620
The control diadem will
make you one with War World.

319
00:17:44,690 --> 00:17:47,420
But your consciousness will
be no more than a drop

320
00:17:47,490 --> 00:17:49,990
in an ocean
of circuits and steel.

321
00:17:50,060 --> 00:17:52,530
Do not try to move the ocean.

322
00:17:52,590 --> 00:17:54,660
Focus on what must be done.

323
00:17:54,730 --> 00:17:57,760
And the ocean will
move for you.

324
00:17:57,830 --> 00:18:01,570
I understand.

325
00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:04,440
(GASPS)

326
00:18:04,510 --> 00:18:07,540
CASSANDRA:
<i>Vandal, then known as
</i> <i>the demigod hero, Marduk,</i>

327
00:18:07,610 --> 00:18:10,940
<i>led his children into battle
</i> <i>against the star creature.</i>

328
00:18:11,010 --> 00:18:12,610
<i>Its origin unknown.</i>

329
00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,750
<i>Its intent. To enslave
</i> <i>all of Babylonia.</i>

330
00:18:16,820 --> 00:18:19,120
<i>Marduk's Babylonia.</i>

331
00:18:19,190 --> 00:18:20,920
(YELLING)

332
00:18:20,990 --> 00:18:24,360
<i>Amidst the carnage,
</i> <i>Marduk's son Nabu
</i> <i>fell to the scourge.</i>

333
00:18:24,430 --> 00:18:25,960
-(SWORD PIERCING)
-(NABU SCREAMING)

334
00:18:26,030 --> 00:18:28,160
<i>But Marduk did not stop
</i> <i>to mourn him.</i>

335
00:18:28,230 --> 00:18:31,700
<i>Instead, he led his daughter
</i> <i>Ishtar forward.</i>

336
00:18:31,770 --> 00:18:35,300
VANDAL:
Daughter. Cassandra.

337
00:18:35,370 --> 00:18:37,370
I...

338
00:18:37,440 --> 00:18:38,970
I am the War World.

339
00:18:39,040 --> 00:18:42,410
As only a strong mind
could be.

340
00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:46,680
Check long-range sensors.

341
00:18:46,750 --> 00:18:49,550
Yes. There is another ship.

342
00:18:49,620 --> 00:18:52,990
In the darkness, holding
out of range of our weapons.

343
00:18:53,050 --> 00:18:55,760
That is where I must go.

344
00:18:55,820 --> 00:18:58,990
(LAUGHING)

345
00:18:59,060 --> 00:19:02,100
(BOTH HUSHING)

346
00:19:02,160 --> 00:19:03,600
(LAUGHING) Oh, God.

347
00:19:03,660 --> 00:19:06,400
Remind me never to take you
on a covert mission.

348
00:19:06,470 --> 00:19:07,570
Oh!

349
00:19:07,630 --> 00:19:10,470
(BOTH LAUGHING)

350
00:19:10,540 --> 00:19:13,640
-Ow!
-(LAUGHING)
You are bad at this.

351
00:19:13,710 --> 00:19:17,310
Here. Let me help.

352
00:19:17,380 --> 00:19:18,430
(BEEPS)

353
00:19:25,550 --> 00:19:29,150
(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

354
00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:34,670
(STAR CREATURES CHITTERING)

355
00:19:37,430 --> 00:19:39,230
(SCREECHING)

356
00:19:42,670 --> 00:19:47,580
(SCREECHING)

357
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:51,910
CASSANDRA:
<i>Marduk, the demigod,
</i> <i>and Ishtar, his daughter,</i>

358
00:19:51,980 --> 00:19:54,850
<i>raged against
</i> <i>the star creatures.</i>

359
00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:59,920
<i>In a battle for all mankind
</i> <i>that shook the walls
</i> <i>of Babylon.</i>

360
00:20:02,420 --> 00:20:04,220
(SCREECHING)

361
00:20:10,530 --> 00:20:12,330
(SCREECHING)

362
00:20:18,410 --> 00:20:20,210
(SCREECHING)

363
00:20:31,650 --> 00:20:34,320
CASSANDRA:<i>The alliance
</i> <i>between father and daughter</i>

364
00:20:34,390 --> 00:20:36,420
<i>defeated the star creatures.</i>

365
00:20:36,490 --> 00:20:38,430
<i>And in defending Babylonia,</i>

366
00:20:38,490 --> 00:20:41,930
<i>in leading its people through
</i> <i>the city's darkest hour,</i>

367
00:20:42,000 --> 00:20:47,000
<i>Marduk and Ishtar together
</i> <i>would become known
</i> <i>by all as...</i>

368
00:20:47,430 --> 00:20:49,700
<i>the Light.</i>

369
00:20:49,770 --> 00:20:51,940
DICK: All right, everyone.
Excellent work.

370
00:20:52,010 --> 00:20:53,810
You guys made
real progress today.

371
00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:56,610
Mastering your own abilities
and working in concert
with each other.

372
00:20:56,680 --> 00:20:59,410
Plus the fact that you've
chosen to stay together,

373
00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:03,050
train together,
fight the good fight
at each other's sides,

374
00:21:03,120 --> 00:21:04,890
and... Well, I... I, uh...

375
00:21:04,950 --> 00:21:08,060
(LAUGHS) Careful.
You almost sounded
like big blue.

376
00:21:08,120 --> 00:21:12,830
Now I think it's time
to celebrate
with some more s'mores!

377
00:21:12,890 --> 00:21:16,490
S'mores? I love s'mores!

378
00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:20,000
Holograms?

379
00:21:20,070 --> 00:21:21,800
Uh, that's new.

380
00:21:21,870 --> 00:21:24,500
All right, everyone, uh...

381
00:21:24,570 --> 00:21:27,570
We're starting over.

382
00:21:29,640 --> 00:21:31,580
CASSANDRA: Father,

383
00:21:31,650 --> 00:21:35,380
you will always be Earth's
first, last and greatest hero.

384
00:21:35,450 --> 00:21:39,290
To fight at your side,
to fight for humanity,

385
00:21:39,350 --> 00:21:41,620
this has been
the honor of my life.

386
00:21:41,690 --> 00:21:45,560
Cassandra. Have you read
the part about the bear yet?

387
00:21:45,630 --> 00:21:48,060
Olympia, for the third time,
yes.

388
00:21:48,130 --> 00:21:50,730
That was my favorite story.
Until today.

389
00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,900
(LAUGHS) I'll record
this new chapter immediately

390
00:21:54,970 --> 00:21:57,100
while it's still fresh
in my mind.

391
00:21:57,170 --> 00:22:00,140
VANDAL: Olympia.
We've been over this before.

392
00:22:00,210 --> 00:22:02,380
We... We have?

393
00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,780
My story must not
be recorded.

394
00:22:04,850 --> 00:22:08,520
I have long-term plans.
Some millennia long.

395
00:22:08,580 --> 00:22:13,580
They must never risk
being revealed.

396
00:22:13,850 --> 00:22:15,360
Tell me.

397
00:22:15,420 --> 00:22:18,090
Why do you like the story
of the bear so much?

398
00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:23,160
It's the only story
from before your encounter
with the meteorite.

399
00:22:24,430 --> 00:22:27,600
Before you became the savior,

400
00:22:27,670 --> 00:22:30,500
Vandal Savage. (CHUCKLES)

401
00:22:30,570 --> 00:22:31,810
It defines who--

402
00:22:31,870 --> 00:22:35,410
(NECK SNAPS)

403
00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:37,850
(STAMMERING)
It was a mercy, Father.

404
00:22:37,910 --> 00:22:41,250
Olympia's mind has been
deteriorating for some time.

405
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,420
But she died happily
in your arms.

406
00:22:44,490 --> 00:22:46,520
I'll bring you
her journal immediately.

407
00:22:46,590 --> 00:22:49,160
A... And I will make
the appropriate arrangements.

408
00:22:49,220 --> 00:22:51,060
VANDAL: Please...

409
00:22:51,130 --> 00:22:56,130
Any daughter of Vandal Savage
deserves a funeral worthy
of the Gods.

410
00:22:59,430 --> 00:23:01,270
Do right by your sister.

411
00:23:01,340 --> 00:23:03,040
Of course, Father.

412
00:23:03,100 --> 00:23:07,840
OLYMPIA:
<i>For war is death,
</i> <i>and death is waste.</i>

413
00:23:07,910 --> 00:23:11,580
<i>A life should not be
</i> <i>wasted while it may
</i> <i>yet be controlled</i>

414
00:23:11,650 --> 00:23:14,150
<i>to serve a greater purpose.</i>

415
00:23:14,210 --> 00:23:17,510
(SOMBER MUSIC PLAYING)

416
00:23:26,190 --> 00:23:27,860
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

417
00:23:27,930 --> 00:23:29,880
(DOG SNORING)

418
00:24:11,140 --> 00:24:13,770
(OWL HOOTING)