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On the<i>Engager,</i>

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if Clamulons capture
our crew mates,

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we move heaven and earth
to find them.

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But this year alone,

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over 16,000 child
and teen abductions

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have been reported worldwide

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due to the illegal trafficking
of meta-humans.

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Please, watch over
your children,

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and if you see something,
scream something.

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Welcome back.

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We return you live to
the United Nations
Meta-human Summit.

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Inside, Justice League liaison
Catherine Cobert is completing
her address

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to the General Assembly.

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And so, as a result
of increasing restrictions

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placed upon its United Nations
charter,

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the Justice League
regrets to announce

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the resignation, in protest

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of the following members.

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Batman,

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Batwoman,

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Black Lightning, Green Arrow,

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Hardware, Katana,

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and Plastic Man.

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(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

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Thank you, Miss Cobert.

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It goes without saying

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that the independent nations
of the world

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are deeply disappointed that
some Leaguers don't seem
to believe

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in the values their League
claims to represent.

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Blaming the Justice League
or its members is laughable.

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The ridiculous quantity
of conditions, exclusions,

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limitations and stipulations

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that this body has added
to the League's charter

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over Atlantean protest

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have made it impossible for
the League to do its job.

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Even humanitarian missions

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cannot begin without
the unanimous approval
of the Security Council.

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These policies
are costing lives.

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Of course,
the Atlantean ambassador
supports the League.

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It's led by an Atlantean
and a Themysciran.

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But why has no Bialyan hero
been invited to join?

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When Bialya produces a hero
who isn't a wanted criminal,

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perhaps the League will
consider her or his candidacy.

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(PEOPLE LAUGHING)

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-(BANGS TABLE)
-That statement is
an outrageous exaggeration.

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Meaning it is
largely accurate.

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Ladies and gentlemen,
the true heroes of this world

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will do what they must
to save lives,

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help people,
and capture criminals.

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Regulations or no.

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Then they are not heroes,
but vigilantes.

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(CLAMORING)

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Ambassadors, please.

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-Please, order.
-(CLAMORING DIES DOWN)

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The chair recognizes
Ambassador Baazovi
of Markovia.

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Allow me to make
this perfectly clear.

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Without prior written
permission from
the government,

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Markovia categorically forbids
<i>entry to any vigilantes</i>

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<i>or so-called heroes.</i>

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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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DICK:<i>Listen up.</i>

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<i>Bedlam is one of the most</i>

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<i>notorious meta-human
</i> <i>trafficking syndicates
</i> <i>on the planet.</i>

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We now have intel that
Bedlam's main base
of operations

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is in Markovia.

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<i>Artemis and I will fly
</i> <i>commercially from</i>

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<i>Vladiva to Markovia
</i> <i>under false passports.</i>

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<i>I suspect that whomever's
</i> <i>behind Bedlam</i>

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<i>was most likely behind
</i> <i>the assassination of
</i> <i>the king and queen,</i>

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<i>who had made it their mission
</i> <i>to end meta trafficking
</i> <i>in Markovia.</i>

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<i>Bedlam may even be connected
</i> <i>to the royal family,</i>

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<i>which would explain how
</i> <i>the assassins managed to
</i> <i>get past heavy security</i>

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<i>and into the palace.</i>

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<i>So, while Conner and Jeff
</i> <i>fly the supercycle</i>

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<i>under the radar and over
</i> <i>the border with all our gear,</i>

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<i>Artemis and I will scope out
</i> <i>the major players using
</i> <i>hacked invitations</i>

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<i>to Prince Gregor's
</i> <i>pre-coronation reception.</i>

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(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

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Not exactly a wild crowd.

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Hard to feel the aster when
both your parents have
just been murdered.

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Trust me.

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(TRILLING)

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ARTEMIS: Do you really think
the two princes

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could have had something
to do with their
own parents' deaths?

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I hope not.

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But we shouldn't
make assumptions.

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Honestly, though, there are
more promising suspects here.

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That's Dr. Simon Ecks,
a world-renowned geneticist,

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who, for some reason,
has taken a low-paying job

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at the Markovian
children's hospital.

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Maybe he just likes kids.

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DICK: Yeah,
you're probably right.

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Really? I was kinda joking.

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I mean... (SIGHS)

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Maybe he just likes to
abduct kids and turn them
into meta-humans.

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The fatality rate at
that hospital is way
above the norm.

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ARTEMIS: What about
the woman with him?

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DICK: Dr. Helga Jace.

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Personal physician
of the royal family.

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There's no indication she has
the training for meta work,

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but you never know.

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That's Baron Frederick Delamb,

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the late queen's brother.

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Tomorrow,
when Gregor's crowned king

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uncle Freddy becomes regent
until Gregor turns 18.

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(SCOFFS) There's motive,
for either of them.

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Or both.

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Good evening.

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Less than 24 hours ago,

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our own King Victor
and my beloved sister,
Queen Ilona,

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were ruthlessly assassinated.

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But tomorrow,
we crown their first-born,

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my nephew, Gregor,
as our new king.

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(SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

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(SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

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-(CROWD APPLAUDING)
-(AMBIENT MUSIC PLAYING)

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Heh. Prince Brion's clearly
not with the program.

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Noted, but Ecks is still
our lead suspect.

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SUPERBOY:<i>Nightwing,
</i> <i>we made the drop as planned.</i>

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Your gear's
in the northwest corner

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of the Markovian
National Cemetery.

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BLACK LIGHTNING:
We'll head over
to the children's hospital

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to check out its
anomalous power usage.

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NIGHTWING:
<i>Roger that, Lightning.
</i> <i>Good luck.</i>

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(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

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Prince Brion?

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Doctor, you recall
our last conversation?

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I do.

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But this path, this quest
to activate
your own metagene.

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Is it really wise, Brion?

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Perhaps your safest course
is to simply step aside

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and place your faith
in Gregor and your uncle.

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The safe course
has brought us
to this crossroads.

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Sister missing,
parents dead.

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Something daring must be done
if I am to save Markovia.

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(SIGHS)

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If you're truly certain,

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the man to speak to
is Dr. Simon Ecks.

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I've talked to him.
He's expecting your signal.

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Thank you, Doctor.

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That's exactly what I needed.

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(SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

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(SPEAKING IN OTHER LANGUAGE)

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Targets are scrambling.

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I'll follow Ecks
and the prince,
you get our gear.

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Right. I'll catch up ASAP.

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(MACHINE REVVING, TRILLING)

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-Wait here, girl.
-(MACHINE TRILLS)

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BLACK LIGHTNING:
It's wired to the alarm.

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(BEEPING, TRILLING)

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SUPERBOY: Bypassed.

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(WINDOW CREAKS, CLATTERS)

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SUPERBOY: Anything?

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BLACK LIGHTNING: Oh, yeah.
They're using a lot of juice.
This way.

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This is the morgue.

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SUPERBOY: You okay?

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BLACK LIGHTNING: Okay
walking into the morgue
of a children's hospital?

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No, I don't wanna see
anymore dead kids.

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(SIGHS) Come on.

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SUPERBOY:
No bodies, which is good.

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So, this is the place
using too much power?

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BLACK LIGHTNING:
No, whatever's behind
this secret door is.

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SUPERBOY:
Can you open it?

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BLACK LIGHTNING: Not sure.
Sensing power is one thing.

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Generating it,
that hasn't worked for me
since Rann.

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-Hmm.
-(CRACKLES)

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Huh.

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(TRILLING)

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(DOOR CLATTERING)

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SUPERBOY: Bedlam Central?

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BLACK LIGHTNING:
Odds are good.

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SUPERBOY: Camera bug's
in place.

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Nightwing, are you
getting a signal?

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Nightwing, come in.

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-Tigress, do you read?
-(RADIO STATIC)

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(DEVICE BEEPS)

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(SCOFFS) Place is shielded.

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(SUPERBOY GROWLS)

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Uh, did you just growl?

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This place reminds me
of Project Cadmus.

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And not in a fun way.

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Oh, no.

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This is--
Was the motherbox.

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A sentient living computer
from New Genesis.

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Whoever took this one
apart murdered it.

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Uh, I'm sorry.

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(EXCLAIMS)

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-(RHYTHMIC HEARTBEATS)
-I hear four heartbeats,

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so, at least, they're alive.

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I think we got all
the confirmation we need.

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Let's get these kids
out of here.

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VERTIGO:<i>Let's not.</i>

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(BOTH GRUNT, GROAN)

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Vertigo.

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That's Count Vertigo
to you, peasant.

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Plasmus, come.

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SUPERBOY:
Stun Vertigo or that creature.

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(SEARING)

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(GASPS)

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BLACK LIGHTNING:
<i>No, no. It cannot be dead.</i>

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SUPERBOY: Now!

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I... Can't.

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(PLASMUS GROWLS)

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(GROANS IN PAIN)

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-(GRUNTS)
-(PLASMUS GROANS)

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(ROARS)

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(SUPERBOY PANTS)

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(GRUNTS)

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(BOTH GRUNT)

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(SUPERBOY WINCES)

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A meta-human.

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Did not see that coming.

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Otto, fetch.

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Or, you know, just kill them.

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(GROWLS)

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(OWL HOOTING)

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Cover them up.

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(TRILLING)

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ARTEMIS: What was that?

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(GASPS)

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MAN: Holy...

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Shovel faster.

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(BREATHING HEAVILY)

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What are you doing?

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(GRUNTING)

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ARTEMIS: Whoa.

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Come on, let's get
you out of there.

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(TRILLING)

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(GRUNTS)

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Whoa.

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Okay. Not bad
for a dead girl.

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(GRUNTING) Get your weapons
out of the truck.

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We can't let them get away.

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Time to go.
And that is not
a bicycle built for two.

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What happened back there?

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What's your name?

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Why were they
burying you alive?

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Good, good talk.

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MAN: Keep after them!

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Seer, I need extraction.

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Track my signal.

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(TIRES SCREECHING)

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Why are you driving
like a mad man?

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Simply making sure
we're not being followed,
Your Highness.

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Don't call me that.

246
00:13:55,104 --> 00:13:58,007
In Markovia,
only the king
and the crowned prince

247
00:13:58,074 --> 00:14:00,108
are addressed
as "Your Highness".

248
00:14:00,175 --> 00:14:02,578
Apologies, Prince Brion.

249
00:14:02,645 --> 00:14:05,581
In any case, it appears,
as they say,

250
00:14:05,648 --> 00:14:09,248
that the coast is clear.

251
00:14:11,420 --> 00:14:13,356
(SCOFFS) Amateurs.

252
00:14:13,423 --> 00:14:16,392
Tigress, looks like
Ecks and Brion are headed
for the children's hospital.

253
00:14:16,458 --> 00:14:17,827
ETA?

254
00:14:17,894 --> 00:14:19,028
ARTEMIS: (OVER COMMS)
<i>Running a little late.</i>

255
00:14:19,095 --> 00:14:21,630
And I'm, uh,
bringing a friend.

256
00:14:21,697 --> 00:14:23,532
-NIGHTWING:<i>What?
-Long story.</i>

257
00:14:23,599 --> 00:14:25,534
-Hmm.
-(BEEPING)

258
00:14:25,601 --> 00:14:30,601
At least you two
are getting along.

259
00:14:35,178 --> 00:14:38,380
Lightning, SB,
you've got company incoming.

260
00:14:38,447 --> 00:14:40,816
Repeat, Nightwing
to Lightning.

261
00:14:40,883 --> 00:14:43,051
-NIGHTWING:
<i>Nightwing to...
-(RADIO STATIC)</i>

262
00:14:43,118 --> 00:14:44,353
<i>...read.</i>

263
00:14:44,420 --> 00:14:46,488
(GRUNTS)
Nightwing, come in.

264
00:14:46,555 --> 00:14:49,292
Signal is weak.
Do you read?

265
00:14:49,359 --> 00:14:51,560
BLACK LIGHTNING:
Okay, so at least we know

266
00:14:51,627 --> 00:14:53,128
Vertigo's running
Bedlam, right?

267
00:14:53,195 --> 00:14:54,631
SUPERBOY: Yeah, great.

268
00:14:54,698 --> 00:14:59,698
(GROANS) Now, all we have
to do is live to
tell someone.

269
00:15:03,940 --> 00:15:08,843
Go. I'll be
right behind you.

270
00:15:08,910 --> 00:15:11,580
(GRUNTS)

271
00:15:11,647 --> 00:15:12,882
Jeff!

272
00:15:12,949 --> 00:15:15,217
-(SUPERBOY GRUNTING)
-(HISSING)

273
00:15:15,284 --> 00:15:19,154
(SCREAMING)

274
00:15:19,221 --> 00:15:20,421
(GROANS)

275
00:15:29,498 --> 00:15:30,633
(COMMS BEEPING)

276
00:15:30,699 --> 00:15:34,749
SB, Lightning,
do you copy?

277
00:15:39,442 --> 00:15:41,543
Tigress, re-route
to Lightning's coordinates.

278
00:15:41,610 --> 00:15:45,660
ARTEMIS:<i>Roger that.</i>

279
00:15:58,861 --> 00:16:01,730
ARTEMIS: Can you speak?

280
00:16:01,797 --> 00:16:03,198
What's your name?

281
00:16:03,265 --> 00:16:04,600
Name?

282
00:16:04,667 --> 00:16:05,935
Name, yes.

283
00:16:06,002 --> 00:16:09,404
Do you understand?
Do you speak English?

284
00:16:09,471 --> 00:16:11,273
English, yes.

285
00:16:11,340 --> 00:16:14,242
I remember English.

286
00:16:14,309 --> 00:16:15,912
I understand.

287
00:16:15,979 --> 00:16:18,447
Do you rember anything,
anything at all,
from before I found you?

288
00:16:18,514 --> 00:16:20,616
No, nothing.

289
00:16:20,683 --> 00:16:22,685
I am sorry.

290
00:16:22,751 --> 00:16:25,253
Oh, it's okay.

291
00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,222
It will be okay.

292
00:16:27,289 --> 00:16:28,039
Okay.

293
00:16:35,297 --> 00:16:37,397
ARTEMIS: Jeff.

294
00:16:40,703 --> 00:16:43,973
Jeff. Jefferson.

295
00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:45,875
Nightwing, we found Lightning.

296
00:16:45,942 --> 00:16:48,878
He's breathing, but out of it.
No sign of SB.

297
00:16:48,945 --> 00:16:50,813
-(GROANS)
-Lightning.

298
00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,283
What happened?
Where's SB?

299
00:16:54,349 --> 00:16:57,519
It got him.

300
00:16:57,586 --> 00:17:00,923
(PLASMUS GROWLING)

301
00:17:00,990 --> 00:17:03,292
(SUPERBOY GROANING)

302
00:17:03,358 --> 00:17:05,895
Thank you, Otto.

303
00:17:05,962 --> 00:17:07,763
And he's still alive.

304
00:17:07,830 --> 00:17:09,699
That is impressive.

305
00:17:09,766 --> 00:17:14,766
I cannot recall anyone else
ever surving
the touch of Plasmus.

306
00:17:15,370 --> 00:17:16,639
I wonder.

307
00:17:16,705 --> 00:17:19,775
Ah, well, of course.

308
00:17:19,842 --> 00:17:21,812
The Superboy.

309
00:17:21,878 --> 00:17:26,616
I believe the United Nations
would find your presence here
quite interesting.

310
00:17:26,683 --> 00:17:31,386
But for now,
let's put him
in the subject room.

311
00:17:31,453 --> 00:17:32,855
I must say it's grand

312
00:17:32,922 --> 00:17:34,424
that a prince of the blood
is interested

313
00:17:34,491 --> 00:17:37,893
in exploring his
metagene potential.

314
00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:40,629
Why have you brought me
to a morgue, Doctor,

315
00:17:40,696 --> 00:17:42,965
in a children's hospital?

316
00:17:43,032 --> 00:17:45,334
Patience, young prince.

317
00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:46,769
As with the metagene,

318
00:17:46,836 --> 00:17:49,772
it's not what you see
on the surface.

319
00:17:49,839 --> 00:17:53,289
It's what lies beneath.

320
00:18:12,695 --> 00:18:15,031
What? What are those?

321
00:18:15,097 --> 00:18:17,867
Those are the
metamorphosis pods.

322
00:18:17,933 --> 00:18:20,203
I like to think of them
as cocoons,

323
00:18:20,269 --> 00:18:22,505
-where caterpillars go to...
-Die?

324
00:18:22,572 --> 00:18:27,510
(CHUCKLES) I was going to say
to become butterflies.

325
00:18:27,577 --> 00:18:32,048
But the process can be a bit
(CLEARS THROAT) hit-or-miss.

326
00:18:32,114 --> 00:18:34,984
You're traffickers.

327
00:18:35,051 --> 00:18:38,420
Stealing sick children
from a children's hospital.

328
00:18:38,487 --> 00:18:39,621
They're not all sick.

329
00:18:39,688 --> 00:18:41,224
How many children
have you taken?

330
00:18:41,290 --> 00:18:43,092
How many have you murdered?

331
00:18:43,159 --> 00:18:44,827
You're upset, I understand.

332
00:18:44,894 --> 00:18:46,562
-But allow me to explain...
-Enough!

333
00:18:46,628 --> 00:18:48,130
I want no part of this.

334
00:18:48,197 --> 00:18:49,899
I was a fool to come here.

335
00:18:49,965 --> 00:18:52,334
-Gregor and I will...
-(HUMMING)

336
00:18:52,401 --> 00:18:53,936
(GROANS)

337
00:18:54,003 --> 00:18:57,340
Do you really know how
your brother would react?

338
00:18:57,407 --> 00:19:01,911
More people are fine
with this sort of thing
than you'd imagine.

339
00:19:01,977 --> 00:19:03,079
Sedate him.

340
00:19:03,145 --> 00:19:06,595
Stop. I order you to...

341
00:19:08,851 --> 00:19:12,321
What have you done?

342
00:19:12,388 --> 00:19:14,357
-I thought...
-You thought?

343
00:19:14,424 --> 00:19:18,194
You'd expose our operation
to the royal family.

344
00:19:18,261 --> 00:19:21,697
(GROWLS) Drag him in here.

345
00:19:21,764 --> 00:19:23,700
I'm a doctor, not a pack mule.

346
00:19:23,767 --> 00:19:28,704
You're an idiot who put
our entire syndicate
in jeopardy.

347
00:19:28,771 --> 00:19:31,107
So first, you'll pod
the prince.

348
00:19:31,173 --> 00:19:36,173
and then, you may attempt
to talk me out of killing you.

349
00:19:38,380 --> 00:19:42,918
(STRAINING)

350
00:19:42,985 --> 00:19:44,353
BLACK LIGHTNING:
The meta-human.

351
00:19:44,420 --> 00:19:49,125
I mean, well, Vertigo
called it... him Plasmus.

352
00:19:49,191 --> 00:19:51,894
Just take it slow, please.

353
00:19:51,961 --> 00:19:54,529
What did this Plasmus do?

354
00:19:54,596 --> 00:19:56,031
Where is SB?

355
00:19:56,098 --> 00:19:59,235
(SIGHS) I think Plasmus
must've grabbed SB

356
00:19:59,302 --> 00:20:01,237
just as I jumped
on the spillway.

357
00:20:01,304 --> 00:20:02,905
Under orders from Vertigo?

358
00:20:02,972 --> 00:20:04,173
Yeah.

359
00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:06,175
So Count Vertigo runs Bedlam.

360
00:20:06,242 --> 00:20:07,977
NIGHTWING:<i>And Ecks
</i> <i>works for Vertigo.</i>

361
00:20:08,044 --> 00:20:10,246
Fine, we'll take 'em
both down.

362
00:20:10,313 --> 00:20:12,248
But our first
priority is SB.

363
00:20:12,315 --> 00:20:14,151
I'm going in
through the hospital.

364
00:20:14,218 --> 00:20:16,919
<i>Tigress, Lightning,
</i> <i>head back to Bedlam
</i> <i>via the source.</i>

365
00:20:16,986 --> 00:20:20,956
Roger that.

366
00:20:21,023 --> 00:20:23,092
I was following orders.

367
00:20:23,159 --> 00:20:25,961
I'll confirm that,
believe me.

368
00:20:26,028 --> 00:20:29,498
Meanwhile, do nothing
until I return.

369
00:20:29,565 --> 00:20:31,000
Understand?

370
00:20:31,067 --> 00:20:32,968
-Nothing.
-Nothing.

371
00:20:33,035 --> 00:20:36,505
Understood.

372
00:20:36,572 --> 00:20:37,706
(SIGHS)

373
00:20:37,773 --> 00:20:39,842
(DOOR OPENS)

374
00:20:39,909 --> 00:20:43,079
Dr. Jace,
how long were you in there?

375
00:20:43,145 --> 00:20:44,915
Did you hear?

376
00:20:44,981 --> 00:20:48,351
I think there may have been
some confusion about
our orders.

377
00:20:48,418 --> 00:20:50,786
Wait, no. What are you doing?

378
00:20:50,853 --> 00:20:53,256
(MACHINE WHIRRING)

379
00:20:53,322 --> 00:20:56,259
No, stop. Vertigo just said...

380
00:20:56,325 --> 00:20:58,928
Calm down, Simon.
I know what I'm doing.

381
00:20:58,994 --> 00:21:00,044
(BEEPS)

382
00:21:12,875 --> 00:21:14,777
MAN: Count Vertigo, sir.

383
00:21:14,843 --> 00:21:16,045
VERTIGO: And she?

384
00:21:16,112 --> 00:21:18,714
Problems with
the failed subjects.

385
00:21:18,781 --> 00:21:20,683
One of the girls, she...

386
00:21:20,750 --> 00:21:23,953
She kinda came back to life
as we were burying her.

387
00:21:24,019 --> 00:21:25,054
Full meta.

388
00:21:25,121 --> 00:21:27,123
And you let her get away.

389
00:21:27,189 --> 00:21:28,557
She had help.

390
00:21:28,624 --> 00:21:30,460
A woman in combat gear.

391
00:21:30,526 --> 00:21:34,029
And the dead girl,
she made some kind
of shield out of light.

392
00:21:34,096 --> 00:21:37,400
Another unwelcome development.

393
00:21:37,467 --> 00:21:40,570
First, the Superboy
and his escaped companion,

394
00:21:40,637 --> 00:21:43,639
then, Ecks and his
new subject.

395
00:21:43,705 --> 00:21:46,942
And now, these two women.

396
00:21:47,009 --> 00:21:51,747
Go, lock down the complex.

397
00:21:51,814 --> 00:21:52,864
(SIGHS)

398
00:21:57,253 --> 00:22:00,022
Excuse the interruption,
Your Highness,

399
00:22:00,089 --> 00:22:04,226
but we've had
an incident or three.

400
00:22:04,293 --> 00:22:07,930
I fear our operation
may have been...

401
00:22:07,997 --> 00:22:12,701
compromised.

402
00:22:12,768 --> 00:22:15,070
(GASPS)

403
00:22:15,137 --> 00:22:17,537
What's going on?

404
00:22:20,676 --> 00:22:22,111
Stop this.

405
00:22:22,178 --> 00:22:24,213
Let me out!

406
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,749
Dr. Jace, help me. Please!

407
00:22:27,816 --> 00:22:30,186
Don't worry, my child.

408
00:22:30,252 --> 00:22:33,702
It is all for the best.

409
00:22:37,259 --> 00:22:39,461
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)