1 00:00:24,524 --> 00:00:26,443 Unlike the Chaos Lords, 2 00:00:26,526 --> 00:00:30,321 the Lords of Order rarely descended to Earth... 3 00:00:30,405 --> 00:00:32,449 Instead, they would empower 4 00:00:32,532 --> 00:00:35,618 a human being to act as their agent. 5 00:00:35,702 --> 00:00:38,455 The theory was that a mortal's earthly ties 6 00:00:38,538 --> 00:00:40,415 would allow for a greater understanding 7 00:00:40,498 --> 00:00:44,169 of the problems that Chaos created among humankind. 8 00:00:47,714 --> 00:00:50,633 Though perhaps, in truth, the Lords of Order 9 00:00:50,717 --> 00:00:56,139 simply hesitated to dirty their hands on our chaotic world. 10 00:00:56,222 --> 00:00:58,475 Arion was the first such agent 11 00:00:58,558 --> 00:01:02,479 empowered by and for the Lords of Order on Earth. 12 00:01:05,231 --> 00:01:07,567 But Chaos's partnership with a mortal, 13 00:01:07,650 --> 00:01:10,236 not to mention their sinking of Atlantis, 14 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:14,157 represented a significant escalation of the conflict. 15 00:01:19,078 --> 00:01:24,209 And Arion's resulting death, forced Order to reassess. 16 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:31,966 Thus, they took a moment to observe the architect of all this chaos. 17 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:34,886 Varl'jat... 18 00:01:36,095 --> 00:01:39,682 Soon to be known as Marduk. 19 00:02:23,059 --> 00:02:26,646 We. Are. So. Moded. 20 00:02:26,729 --> 00:02:28,731 Fixing this would take a lot more than 21 00:02:28,815 --> 00:02:30,191 bending a branch back into shape. 22 00:02:32,652 --> 00:02:33,987 Teg aremac ydaer! 23 00:02:35,905 --> 00:02:37,574 You know who I'm going to see. 24 00:02:37,657 --> 00:02:40,243 So you and Blood should go on a recruiting tour, too. 25 00:02:40,326 --> 00:02:42,036 We're gonna need all the help we can get. 26 00:02:50,003 --> 00:02:54,632 Rehtaf, ediug ruo yenruoj hguorht S'etaf Yloh Hkna! 27 00:03:00,096 --> 00:03:01,931 Thanks, Doc. 28 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:03,600 I'm not a doctor yet. 29 00:03:03,683 --> 00:03:05,602 Nope. Not yet. 30 00:03:06,352 --> 00:03:07,395 Is she all right? 31 00:03:07,478 --> 00:03:09,647 There's a cost to magic. 32 00:03:09,731 --> 00:03:12,650 She's drained her vim vitae, her life force. 33 00:03:12,734 --> 00:03:15,111 Using the ankh always takes it out of me. 34 00:03:15,194 --> 00:03:16,779 Huh? 35 00:03:16,863 --> 00:03:19,782 That spell usually takes me to the stairs. 36 00:03:19,866 --> 00:03:21,784 I wonder why we wound up here? 37 00:03:21,868 --> 00:03:23,953 - Aunt Inza? - Oh, that's why. 38 00:03:24,037 --> 00:03:25,663 And where is here, exactly? 39 00:03:29,292 --> 00:03:30,627 - Whoa! 40 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:31,878 Nice entrance. 41 00:03:31,961 --> 00:03:33,630 Daughter of Zatara, 42 00:03:33,713 --> 00:03:37,634 you invoke our ankh and invade our tower. 43 00:03:37,717 --> 00:03:41,304 Take these children and get out. 44 00:03:53,566 --> 00:03:55,193 Yes! Mission time. 45 00:03:55,276 --> 00:03:57,987 - Beast Boy? 46 00:03:58,071 --> 00:03:59,989 - Garfield? 47 00:04:00,073 --> 00:04:01,866 Huh? What? 48 00:04:01,950 --> 00:04:03,242 The mission. 49 00:04:03,326 --> 00:04:04,786 Did you seriously not hear the Troub-Alert? 50 00:04:04,869 --> 00:04:07,664 Sure. Yeah, yeah, of course. 51 00:04:07,747 --> 00:04:10,333 So, are you coming or what? 52 00:04:10,416 --> 00:04:12,293 Nah. You got this covered. 53 00:04:13,336 --> 00:04:14,879 "You got this covered"? 54 00:04:16,047 --> 00:04:17,632 Is that our catchphrase now? 55 00:04:21,594 --> 00:04:27,225 7,586 years after the fall of Atlantis, 56 00:04:27,308 --> 00:04:29,894 came the rise of Babylonia. 57 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:34,649 But ruling this new kingdom came with its own challenges. 58 00:04:34,732 --> 00:04:36,567 Marduk found himself frustrated 59 00:04:36,651 --> 00:04:38,528 with his Babylonian generals 60 00:04:38,611 --> 00:04:41,614 and their pernicious independence of mind. 61 00:04:41,698 --> 00:04:43,366 Guess who? 62 00:04:43,449 --> 00:04:47,537 The Chaos Lord Klarion arrived, without invitation, 63 00:04:47,620 --> 00:04:49,414 but with an offer of help. 64 00:04:49,497 --> 00:04:52,375 Marduk's son, Nabu, argued fiercely 65 00:04:52,458 --> 00:04:55,753 against giving the Witch Boy free rein. 66 00:04:55,837 --> 00:04:58,548 But Marduk, ignoring his son's advice, 67 00:04:58,631 --> 00:05:01,509 was intrigued by Klarion's offer. 68 00:05:01,592 --> 00:05:03,219 The result... 69 00:05:03,302 --> 00:05:06,931 Klarion brought a Starro-Creature from Deep Space 70 00:05:07,807 --> 00:05:09,642 to Ancient Babylon. 71 00:05:14,147 --> 00:05:17,900 I can't leave. A new Chaos Lord threatens the Earth. 72 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:21,070 Yes. She calls herself Child. 73 00:05:21,154 --> 00:05:24,282 Do not waste time telling Fate what's already known. 74 00:05:24,365 --> 00:05:26,784 Then Fate knows we need his help. 75 00:05:26,868 --> 00:05:29,454 We are not inclined to intervene. 76 00:05:29,537 --> 00:05:31,456 I know exactly what you're thinking. 77 00:05:31,539 --> 00:05:32,832 We doubt that. 78 00:05:32,915 --> 00:05:35,752 I do, because I had the exact same thought. 79 00:05:35,835 --> 00:05:38,921 Two Chaos Lords at each other's throats sounded like a win. 80 00:05:39,005 --> 00:05:42,008 Right up until their conflict sank half of Roanoke Island. 81 00:05:42,091 --> 00:05:44,385 We can't wait for the final outcome. 82 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:46,637 We have to stop the fight itself. 83 00:05:46,721 --> 00:05:50,433 And you plan on doing that with these children? 84 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:52,810 Yes, while you confront Child and Klarion, 85 00:05:52,894 --> 00:05:55,605 my Sentinels can covertly strike from the shadows. 86 00:05:55,688 --> 00:05:59,525 Your "Sentinels" are not ready for this fight. 87 00:05:59,609 --> 00:06:01,486 - We so are. - We've been training really hard. 88 00:06:01,569 --> 00:06:03,738 - We're ready for anything... more or less. - Kind of. 89 00:06:03,821 --> 00:06:07,784 They'll do great, Nabu. You just watch. 90 00:06:07,867 --> 00:06:09,744 Let us test that premise. 91 00:06:16,250 --> 00:06:17,668 Observe. 92 00:06:20,588 --> 00:06:21,964 Ugh! Great. 93 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:24,300 Now, I guess I'm supposed to prove myself. 94 00:06:29,722 --> 00:06:32,517 You don't have to prove anything to me, Trace! 95 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:33,726 Who are you? 96 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:35,812 - I'm your boyfriend. - You're a puppet. 97 00:06:35,895 --> 00:06:39,107 - I'm your puppet boyfriend. - And I'm your puppet mentor. 98 00:06:39,190 --> 00:06:40,983 And I'm your puppet idol. 99 00:06:41,067 --> 00:06:44,529 Terrific. Who's controlling you? Why are you here? 100 00:06:44,612 --> 00:06:46,739 We're here to cheer you up. 101 00:06:46,823 --> 00:06:48,366 I don't need cheering up. 102 00:06:48,449 --> 00:06:50,159 Of course, you don't. 103 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:52,829 What would be the point, loser? 104 00:06:52,912 --> 00:06:54,956 - Who was that? - Ignore the whispers. 105 00:06:55,039 --> 00:06:59,335 - They're nothing. Nothing, like you. 106 00:07:02,004 --> 00:07:03,214 Noted. 107 00:07:03,297 --> 00:07:05,508 A mystic test to draw out my insecurities. 108 00:07:05,591 --> 00:07:08,678 What do you have to be insecure about? You're terrific! 109 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:10,680 All your friends think you're great. 110 00:07:10,763 --> 00:07:13,307 They just don't trust you to have their backs. 111 00:07:13,391 --> 00:07:15,560 You've got the coolest powers, too! 112 00:07:15,643 --> 00:07:17,436 Too bad you still haven't mastered them. 113 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,605 That's why I invited you to join the Outsiders! 114 00:07:19,689 --> 00:07:22,191 That's why he was relieved when you turned him down. 115 00:07:22,275 --> 00:07:24,360 That's why I wanted you as my protegee! 116 00:07:24,443 --> 00:07:27,947 That's why she pulled in Khalid and Mary to replace you. 117 00:07:28,030 --> 00:07:30,366 Stop it! It's not gonna work. 118 00:07:30,449 --> 00:07:32,285 Come out here and face me. 119 00:07:32,368 --> 00:07:35,079 Is it Fate? Is Nabu pulling your strings? 120 00:07:35,163 --> 00:07:36,414 We're hand puppets. 121 00:07:36,497 --> 00:07:38,040 We have no strings. 122 00:07:38,124 --> 00:07:40,501 Besides, there's no one back there. 123 00:07:40,585 --> 00:07:43,379 You're afraid to face the ugly truth. 124 00:07:43,462 --> 00:07:46,007 I'm not afraid to face ugly you! 125 00:07:50,178 --> 00:07:51,095 What the hell? 126 00:07:51,179 --> 00:07:53,848 Funny you should mention hell. 127 00:07:53,931 --> 00:07:56,058 Here's your ugly truth, Traci. 128 00:07:56,142 --> 00:07:58,811 You're a fraud. You don't belong here. 129 00:07:58,895 --> 00:08:00,980 You're not ready for this fight. 130 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:09,530 Marduk was not prepared for the gifts Starro brought. 131 00:08:10,823 --> 00:08:12,658 Instantly, it became clear 132 00:08:12,742 --> 00:08:16,871 Starro was no solution to Marduk's problems, 133 00:08:16,954 --> 00:08:19,582 as the alien creature put the Babylonian army 134 00:08:19,665 --> 00:08:23,002 under its own control, not Marduk's. 135 00:08:24,045 --> 00:08:26,589 As for Marduk's son Nabu, 136 00:08:26,672 --> 00:08:29,550 it was his fate to die, 137 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:33,679 fighting the enemy his father had unintentionally raised. 138 00:08:33,763 --> 00:08:37,683 And his death, under these circumstances, 139 00:08:37,767 --> 00:08:41,395 left the Lords of Order intrigued. 140 00:08:53,115 --> 00:08:54,575 Where am I? 141 00:08:56,911 --> 00:08:58,579 - What in the... - What are you doing? 142 00:08:58,663 --> 00:09:00,790 You should be making hospital rounds, diagnosing people, 143 00:09:00,873 --> 00:09:01,791 helping them. 144 00:09:01,874 --> 00:09:03,292 I am helping people. 145 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:05,586 I'm trying to become a doctor and a hero. 146 00:09:05,670 --> 00:09:07,964 It's the same thing, just different methods. 147 00:09:08,047 --> 00:09:10,132 Your methods are magic. 148 00:09:10,216 --> 00:09:12,301 I thought you were Muslim. 149 00:09:12,385 --> 00:09:16,138 Mom, I... I am Muslim. 150 00:09:16,222 --> 00:09:18,057 You're not behaving like one, Khalid. 151 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:20,017 You should rely on God alone. 152 00:09:20,101 --> 00:09:22,562 I gave up magic when I converted to Islam. 153 00:09:22,645 --> 00:09:25,398 Look, magic is a tool I'm using to do good. 154 00:09:25,481 --> 00:09:26,899 I mean, that's what our faith is all about. 155 00:09:26,983 --> 00:09:28,401 If you were a good Muslim, 156 00:09:28,484 --> 00:09:30,111 you would listen to your mother. 157 00:09:30,194 --> 00:09:31,904 That's... that's not fair. 158 00:09:31,988 --> 00:09:34,824 You're using religion to bully me into doing what you want. 159 00:09:34,907 --> 00:09:38,452 What I want is a better life for you. A safer life. 160 00:09:38,536 --> 00:09:42,123 He's following in the footsteps of your uncle, Jane. 161 00:09:42,206 --> 00:09:43,416 He's Homo Magi. 162 00:09:43,499 --> 00:09:45,793 He has to honor his genetic heritage, 163 00:09:45,876 --> 00:09:49,505 even if it means giving up the study of medicine. 164 00:09:49,588 --> 00:09:52,216 Dad, I'm not giving up medicine. 165 00:09:52,300 --> 00:09:55,052 I can do both, forge my own identity. 166 00:09:55,136 --> 00:09:57,513 We don't get to choose our destinies. 167 00:09:57,596 --> 00:09:59,682 You have a responsibility. 168 00:09:59,765 --> 00:10:01,517 And this is responsible? 169 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,602 He can't play at being a hero, Muhammed. 170 00:10:03,686 --> 00:10:06,355 I'm not playing. I'm training, studying. 171 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:09,650 Time taken away from training and studying to be a doctor. 172 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,027 I know, but... 173 00:10:11,110 --> 00:10:14,030 Your father and I didn't work hard our whole lives 174 00:10:14,113 --> 00:10:15,698 to put you through medical school... 175 00:10:15,781 --> 00:10:16,741 I know, but... 176 00:10:16,824 --> 00:10:18,034 only to have you run off. 177 00:10:18,117 --> 00:10:20,077 You cannot abandon your true calling. 178 00:10:20,161 --> 00:10:21,454 I know, but... 179 00:10:21,537 --> 00:10:24,040 Admit the truth. We are drowning in your doubts. 180 00:10:24,123 --> 00:10:27,418 You're killing us both, because you're not ready for this fight. 181 00:10:43,142 --> 00:10:46,270 We run an entire mission against the Headmaster, 182 00:10:46,354 --> 00:10:48,856 and he hasn't moved an inch? 183 00:10:48,939 --> 00:10:51,901 Hey, Beast Boss! Have you been sleeping this whole time? 184 00:10:51,984 --> 00:10:55,237 What? No. I'm awake. 185 00:10:55,321 --> 00:10:56,322 Kinda not! 186 00:10:57,656 --> 00:10:58,908 So what? 187 00:10:58,991 --> 00:11:01,077 First, you guys say I don't get enough sleep. 188 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:02,661 Now, too much? 189 00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:04,497 There's just no pleasing you. 190 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:19,762 It is on, Nabu. 191 00:11:19,845 --> 00:11:22,723 Say it. I want you to say it. 192 00:11:24,642 --> 00:11:29,814 - No. We don't say that anymore. We can't. -Help! 193 00:11:29,897 --> 00:11:32,358 - Say it and save me. 194 00:11:33,359 --> 00:11:34,985 Speed of Mercury! 195 00:11:36,654 --> 00:11:38,280 Not that way. 196 00:11:41,367 --> 00:11:43,786 -Help me! Save me! 197 00:11:43,869 --> 00:11:45,287 Say it, please! 198 00:11:45,371 --> 00:11:47,498 Strength of Hercules! 199 00:11:47,581 --> 00:11:50,626 - That's not the way. 200 00:11:50,709 --> 00:11:52,044 You're not doing it right. 201 00:11:52,128 --> 00:11:54,630 I know, but I can't. I promised. 202 00:11:54,713 --> 00:11:56,424 If you won't say it, I will. 203 00:11:56,507 --> 00:11:57,925 - Don't... - Shazam! 204 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,266 You don't have what it takes. 205 00:12:05,349 --> 00:12:07,309 Stamina of Atlas! 206 00:12:08,978 --> 00:12:10,563 - What are you doing? 207 00:12:10,646 --> 00:12:12,690 You're not a hero. You're not a sorceress. 208 00:12:12,773 --> 00:12:14,150 Courage of Achille... 209 00:12:14,233 --> 00:12:16,444 - You call that power? 210 00:12:16,527 --> 00:12:18,863 This is what real power looks like. 211 00:12:18,946 --> 00:12:20,698 Stop dabbling in half-measures! 212 00:12:23,534 --> 00:12:25,411 You're pathetic. 213 00:12:25,494 --> 00:12:27,121 Afraid to be your true self, 214 00:12:27,204 --> 00:12:30,082 and without enough imagination to become something new. 215 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:33,335 Without me, you're not ready for this fight. 216 00:12:45,222 --> 00:12:49,393 The Babylonians had believed Nabu to be a God of Wisdom. 217 00:12:49,477 --> 00:12:54,148 He was already, in his own way, a Champion of Order, 218 00:12:54,231 --> 00:12:57,234 willing to defy his father, Marduk, 219 00:12:57,318 --> 00:13:01,989 Chaos' immortal mortal ally upon the Earth. 220 00:13:02,072 --> 00:13:05,367 What better candidate for Order's purpose? 221 00:13:05,451 --> 00:13:09,163 So the Lords of Order recruited Nabu's soul, 222 00:13:09,246 --> 00:13:13,792 now free of the limitations of his fragile mortal form. 223 00:13:13,876 --> 00:13:16,212 Elevating it to a higher calling, 224 00:13:16,295 --> 00:13:20,674 they gave purpose to his once pointless death, 225 00:13:20,758 --> 00:13:24,136 and revealed the dangers resulting from the Chaos 226 00:13:24,220 --> 00:13:27,640 of the Klarion-Marduk alliance. 227 00:13:27,723 --> 00:13:30,976 Gaining an oath of Nabu's fealty to Order, 228 00:13:31,060 --> 00:13:34,813 the Lords forged something new. 229 00:13:34,897 --> 00:13:38,108 Not simply an agent of Order on Earth, 230 00:13:38,192 --> 00:13:40,152 but a Lord of Order, 231 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:43,572 created from the soul of mortal man 232 00:13:43,656 --> 00:13:45,491 and Nabu's own helmet. 233 00:13:45,574 --> 00:13:47,535 The Helmet of Fate 234 00:13:47,618 --> 00:13:50,287 would act as the anchor for his spirit 235 00:13:50,371 --> 00:13:52,915 on the mortal plane. 236 00:13:52,998 --> 00:13:56,210 The only thing required was a human host body, 237 00:13:56,293 --> 00:13:59,421 capable of channeling Nabu's mystic power. 238 00:14:01,423 --> 00:14:05,761 Such hosts were not always easy to come by. 239 00:14:08,764 --> 00:14:12,226 Yet, Nabu became the Lord of Order, 240 00:14:12,309 --> 00:14:15,062 known as Doctor Fate, 241 00:14:15,145 --> 00:14:17,314 who has for centuries 242 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:21,485 defended this world from Chaos. 243 00:14:24,446 --> 00:14:27,533 Bad luck magic. 244 00:14:27,616 --> 00:14:30,494 You're as likely to curse friends as enemies. 245 00:14:32,621 --> 00:14:35,165 Urban magic. What does that even mean? 246 00:14:35,249 --> 00:14:37,418 And what if the battle isn't in a city? 247 00:14:39,378 --> 00:14:42,506 You're just a kid playing out of your depth. 248 00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:44,717 You are not ready. 249 00:14:52,558 --> 00:14:55,019 Thanks, Leroy. You're right. 250 00:14:56,103 --> 00:14:58,939 The thing is, 251 00:14:59,023 --> 00:15:01,108 I live with these voices. 252 00:15:01,191 --> 00:15:05,487 I work through my insecurities every day, 253 00:15:05,571 --> 00:15:07,406 but I am not a quitter. 254 00:15:07,489 --> 00:15:09,783 I didn't have to join the Outsiders. 255 00:15:09,867 --> 00:15:11,619 I'm already on the Team. 256 00:15:13,746 --> 00:15:17,666 Yes, I'm afraid, but I get up anyway, 257 00:15:17,750 --> 00:15:20,794 and I'm brave enough to ask for help. 258 00:15:20,878 --> 00:15:25,299 I work, I train, I make myself better. 259 00:15:25,382 --> 00:15:28,636 And I don't fear failure, or let it stop me. 260 00:15:28,719 --> 00:15:32,014 Well, not for long anyway. 261 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,486 I am ready. 262 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:39,623 -As-Salaam-u 'A-lay'kum. - Wa-Alay'kum-us-Salam. 263 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:49,383 I am a man of faith, science and mysticism. 264 00:16:49,466 --> 00:16:52,678 A Muslim and Homo Magi. 265 00:16:52,761 --> 00:16:56,098 I am a first-generation American on my father's side 266 00:16:56,181 --> 00:17:00,269 and descended from Mayflower pilgrims on my mother's. 267 00:17:00,352 --> 00:17:02,271 I will forge a new way forward 268 00:17:02,354 --> 00:17:05,441 on a path built by those before me. 269 00:17:05,524 --> 00:17:11,113 I can and will be both a doctor and a sorcerer. 270 00:17:11,196 --> 00:17:15,325 That is my jihad, my inner struggle. 271 00:17:15,409 --> 00:17:19,121 In my world, magic is a science of its own. 272 00:17:19,204 --> 00:17:21,498 Another tool from our creator, 273 00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:24,126 to serve what's good. 274 00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:27,629 My faith will strengthen and guide me 275 00:17:27,713 --> 00:17:29,798 as I walk along this path. 276 00:17:35,929 --> 00:17:38,057 I am ready. 277 00:17:42,603 --> 00:17:45,147 - Look at me. 278 00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:48,317 I'm beautiful, I am powerful. 279 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,613 I am better and stronger than anyone and anything! 280 00:17:52,696 --> 00:17:55,365 Why wouldn't you want this? 281 00:17:55,449 --> 00:17:57,701 - No. Not you. 282 00:17:57,785 --> 00:18:00,370 Forgot why you gave it up, huh? 283 00:18:00,454 --> 00:18:03,123 Forgot how you traded everything for the power? 284 00:18:03,207 --> 00:18:07,544 Being Sergeant full-time and not living your life as Mary at all? 285 00:18:09,254 --> 00:18:13,008 When Freddy and I came to you, you agreed it wasn't right. 286 00:18:13,091 --> 00:18:17,387 Back then, you knew you had to stop using the power completely. 287 00:18:17,471 --> 00:18:18,972 Quit it. Quit her. 288 00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:22,100 Cold turkey. Or else you'd never give her up. 289 00:18:22,768 --> 00:18:24,645 No. No. 290 00:18:24,728 --> 00:18:27,272 No, you need me. You are nothing without me. 291 00:18:27,356 --> 00:18:30,692 Billy was right. I had to stop. 292 00:18:30,776 --> 00:18:33,570 But that doesn't mean I have to stop being a hero. 293 00:18:33,654 --> 00:18:36,573 I can use my connection to you to become a sorceress. 294 00:18:36,657 --> 00:18:40,911 To be just as important and powerful as you ever were, 295 00:18:40,994 --> 00:18:44,706 without abandoning who I am. 296 00:18:44,790 --> 00:18:47,292 No! 297 00:18:51,964 --> 00:18:54,216 Go get 'em, sis! 298 00:18:54,299 --> 00:18:56,343 I am ready for this fight. 299 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:04,268 Ha! See? There's a reason why I chose each one of them. 300 00:19:04,351 --> 00:19:06,103 They can handle what's coming. 301 00:19:06,186 --> 00:19:07,938 Is this true? 302 00:19:08,021 --> 00:19:10,190 Are you ready to enter a battle 303 00:19:10,274 --> 00:19:13,443 which could easily cost you your lives? 304 00:19:13,527 --> 00:19:14,945 - I am. - Ready. 305 00:19:15,028 --> 00:19:16,780 Been there, done that. 306 00:19:16,864 --> 00:19:18,782 Perhaps they are ready. 307 00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:24,079 Still, Fate has neither need nor use for them, or you, 308 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:27,124 as we have no intention of intervening 309 00:19:27,207 --> 00:19:30,544 so long as Chaos fights Chaos. 310 00:19:51,940 --> 00:19:56,361 And thus, a single champion was raised by Order 311 00:19:56,445 --> 00:20:00,073 to battle Chaos in all its forms. 312 00:20:00,157 --> 00:20:03,911 Nabu, why do you tell me what I already know? 313 00:20:03,994 --> 00:20:05,454 So that you may understand 314 00:20:05,537 --> 00:20:08,957 why there is, as yet, no need for us to act. 315 00:20:09,041 --> 00:20:11,627 Let the Chaos Lords fight, 316 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,796 until even the victor has been weakened by battle. 317 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,842 Fate will step forward to bring order in the end, 318 00:20:18,926 --> 00:20:22,429 as we have done for millennia. 319 00:20:22,512 --> 00:20:26,683 Nabu, how can you miss the point of your own story? 320 00:20:26,767 --> 00:20:29,394 You view Fate as a single champion, 321 00:20:29,478 --> 00:20:33,982 a lone warrior, capable of triumphing over any opposition. 322 00:20:34,066 --> 00:20:35,817 But this has never been true, 323 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:38,445 nor was it your masters' intent. 324 00:20:38,528 --> 00:20:41,740 The Lords of Order planned for Doctor Fate's formation 325 00:20:41,823 --> 00:20:44,201 to require two champions, 326 00:20:44,284 --> 00:20:47,329 Nabu and Fate's host. 327 00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:49,331 Both are equally important. 328 00:20:49,414 --> 00:20:52,960 For if the host fails, so falls Fate. 329 00:20:53,043 --> 00:20:55,003 And for Fate to succeed, 330 00:20:55,087 --> 00:20:58,548 Nabu must draw on his host's diverse strengths. 331 00:20:58,632 --> 00:21:01,051 Yet every host, every person, 332 00:21:01,134 --> 00:21:03,553 finds their strength in their own way. 333 00:21:03,637 --> 00:21:06,932 Look at these three children, whom you tested this day, 334 00:21:07,015 --> 00:21:12,187 finding strength through mentors, family and faith. 335 00:21:12,270 --> 00:21:17,192 Honestly, do you think I would have survived these ten years 336 00:21:17,275 --> 00:21:22,114 as your host and prisoner, without my faith in a higher power? 337 00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:28,745 Our Father, who art in Heaven, 338 00:21:28,829 --> 00:21:30,831 hallowed be thy name. 339 00:21:30,914 --> 00:21:34,459 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, 340 00:21:34,543 --> 00:21:37,295 on Earth as it is in Heaven. 341 00:21:37,379 --> 00:21:40,215 Give us this day our daily bread 342 00:21:40,298 --> 00:21:42,718 and forgive us our trespasses, 343 00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:46,221 as we forgive those who trespass against us. 344 00:21:46,304 --> 00:21:49,057 And lead us not into temptation, 345 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,934 but deliver us from evil. 346 00:21:52,019 --> 00:21:53,186 Amen. 347 00:21:54,604 --> 00:21:56,732 And the victories you so proudly cite, 348 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:59,860 would they have come without allies such as the League, 349 00:21:59,943 --> 00:22:02,738 or the Lords of Order themselves? 350 00:22:02,821 --> 00:22:05,365 You view cooperation as Chaos. 351 00:22:05,449 --> 00:22:09,745 But it is only in the combined strengths of all these individuals, 352 00:22:09,828 --> 00:22:11,997 in the unity of the disparate, 353 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:15,208 that Order may truly rise out of Chaos. 354 00:22:15,292 --> 00:22:17,461 You must know this on some level, 355 00:22:17,544 --> 00:22:20,088 Or why else would you have allowed Kent Nelson 356 00:22:20,172 --> 00:22:23,383 to push you into joining the Justice Society, 357 00:22:23,467 --> 00:22:26,970 Or allowed me to keep you in the Justice League? 358 00:22:27,054 --> 00:22:29,264 Great Nabu, step back 359 00:22:29,347 --> 00:22:31,641 from the precipice of your own arrogance, 360 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:35,604 and heed the words of those who seek only to aid your cause, 361 00:22:35,687 --> 00:22:37,439 lest you fall victim to Chaos, 362 00:22:37,522 --> 00:22:41,568 as you did in your natural life so many years ago. 363 00:22:41,651 --> 00:22:45,822 Start by listening to my daughter. 364 00:22:49,034 --> 00:22:50,786 We need you in this battle. 365 00:22:50,869 --> 00:22:52,829 What more can I say to convince you? 366 00:22:56,041 --> 00:22:57,209 Come on, Nabu, 367 00:22:57,292 --> 00:22:59,461 you cranky old fart, let me in! 368 00:22:59,544 --> 00:23:02,506 - I need help. You're beyond help. 369 00:23:05,717 --> 00:23:08,595 Flaw, please kill his anchor. 370 00:23:08,678 --> 00:23:09,971 Big talk! 371 00:23:10,055 --> 00:23:11,890 - Teekl is my familiar! 372 00:23:11,973 --> 00:23:13,517 She won't be that easy to kill. 373 00:23:20,440 --> 00:23:21,274 Teekl! 374 00:23:30,826 --> 00:23:33,745 Mm, not as hard as you made it sound. 375 00:23:36,164 --> 00:23:38,583 No!