Young Justice (2010–…): Season 4, Episode 20 - Episode #4.20 - full transcript
Any word of Metron?
Not today, no.
Orion, could we talk?
Yes?
I've been thinking
we got off to a poor start.
I know I reacted badly
to the Ruction Cell incident.
But Vykin
thinks very highly of you,
and I trust Vykin.
So I'd like a chance
to start over.
I would like that as well.
I have
what we need.
Theme music playing...
*YOUNG JUSTICE*
Season 04 Episode 20
Episode Title:
""Forbidden Secrets of Civilizations Past""
Aired on:
April 28, 2022.
Metron visited his
Infinity-Vault two days ago,
depositing something
called a "Ruction Cell."
How did you learn this?
The details were all on the
surface of the Earther Rocket's mind.
She approached me
in my guise as Orion,
hoping to make peace
with the New God,
despite the fact that
she thoroughly distrusts him.
She believes she's simply
making the best of a bad situation,
having to negotiate
with the Son of Darkseid.
Darkseid's son has allied
himself with the New Genesians?
How does the Lord of Apokolips
tolerate such disloyalty.
Here. This tracer is attuned
to the Kaizer-Thrall.
- Two days ago, you said?
- Yes, that's the when.
I will show you the where.
Bugs know not
of any Ruction Cell.
Ruction
cell? What is a ruction cell?
Can Bugs eat Ruction cell?
There's no point
in feigning ignorance.
We know one of this Hive's
Foragers stole our property.
But do not all
Foragers look alike to New Gods?
Now, we'll find out
what this thing can do.
Kaizer-Thrall, lock onto
the tracer's signal...
Hmm, right on time.
Yeah, well,
didn't have much choice.
Black Lightning's policy requiring
annual mental health check-ins
for members of the League, Team and
Outsiders basically forced me into this.
And you resent that?
Nah, it makes sense. For
all of us. Heh, me especially.
Why you especially?
Been a bad boy, right?
A total jerk
at M'gann's intervention.
I've given it
a lot of thought since then,
and the truth is
I needed that reality check.
And I need this, too,
'cause I'm ready
to rejoin the Outsiders.
Huh, that's great.
So I just need
to check off some boxes
to get you cleared
for active duty.
How are you sleeping?
It was a little rough at first,
but I'm doing fine now.
Well, that's good.
Now, what's this
about quitting Space Trek?
Just prioritizing.
I... I just don't
wanna be an actor when I grow up.
Totally reasonable.
And your relationships?
I've got
some apologizing to do.
But I've got
some great friends.
I think
they'll let me off the hook.
And how are you
handling Conner's death?
Still grieving.
But coping.
I'm honestly
feeling much better.
- All good.
- Yep. All good.
This is getting us nowhere.
After this morning, I was
hoping we could do better.
I don't know what about this
morning would make you think that.
And frankly, I wonder why
you are not more co-operative.
The Justice League hasn't given any
serious consideration of our request.
You mean your request
to hand over Cyborg and Halo?
Of course.
Both are hybrids
of New God technology
that must not be left in the
hands of you primitive humans.
Again, that's a non-starter.
Perhaps just Halo then.
As she embodies a portion of
Darksied's Anti-Life Equation,
you must see
it is in her best interest
to be safeguarded here
by the New Gods.
Halo will be safeguarded
by her family.
A family who loves her.
Rocket, see reason...
- The New Gods withdraw the request.
- We do?
We do.
- Sorry, sorry. Hate to interrupt...
- Somehow I doubt that.
But I just had to see my old
friends, Rocket and Forager.
- It's good to see you...
- Forager is most pleased to see...
C'mere!
Bear, this is Flash.
Greetings, new friend, Flash.
Nice to meet you, but I'll
pass on the bear-hug, uh, Bear.
As you wish.
I, um...
Oh, Raquel.
I wanted to offer
my condolences for Super boy.
I loved that kid.
I really did.
Thank you, Bear.
- We all mourn Conner Kent.
- You said it.
Forager
misses Conner Kent greatly.
I heard of Kon-El's death
from Hal Jordan.
It saddens me deeply that one of the few
remaining genetic Kryptonians has passed.
Particularly a Son of El.
Green Lantern Tomar-Re
knew the El Hive?
Krypton was in my Space-Sector.
And I was good friends with both
the El brothers, Jor-El and Zor-El.
My single greatest regret
was failing to save Krypton
and the House of El.
This way, son.
But stay close.
It doesn't pay
to wander in the Zone.
Is your mind any clearer?
Do you remember
where you are?
- No.
- All right.
Then let's spell it all out.
The Phantom Zone
is a huge void of nothing.
We have nothing here.
Nothing but each other.
It helps to stay together.
That's how you keep
the Zone-Sickness at bay.
Not to mention
the Devourers.
I see you
ran into one of those already.
And, by Rao,
there are worse things
than Devourers here.
That's why
there's safety in numbers.
Come on, my boy.
One more jump.
I'm back,
and I've brought company.
Let us set
a good example for our guest.
That journey was unpleasant.
Locked on the tracer's signal.
That must be the place.
There's Metron.
Shelving the Ruction Cell.
We don't need it anymore.
We're now in synch
with this time.
All we have to do is find
the Phantom Zone Projector.
Oh, that's all we have to do.
Metron's Vault is immense.
Searching will take days. Maybe weeks.
Then we'd better get started.
So, how are things
with Perdita?
Are you two reconciling?
No, I... I mean, yeah.
We hit a rough patch.
All my fault, really.
But I can fix it.
Call her. Tell her I'm sorry.
Give us a chance
to start over.
- Would you like to call her now?
- No! I-I mean...
I'd want some privacy, right?
Some of our make-up calls
get pretty hot.
Understood.
So, tell me
about the sleeping pills.
Nothing to tell now.
I'm not using anymore.
Don't need 'em anymore.
So, you wouldn't mind taking
a drug test as a formality?
Well, see, I only just stopped taking
them. Might still be in my system.
If they're still
in your system,
do you really feel ready
to return to the Outsiders?
Look, I know the drill.
I'm managing my symptoms.
- For the short-term or the long?
- What's the difference?
Short-term solutions,
like pills and distancing,
only postpone
dealing with your issues.
So, what's your
long-term solution?
To get back
with the Outsiders.
Why? You took yourself off
mission-rotation months ago, didn't you?
That was my choice.
Not yours.
So, you don't really
want to go back.
You just don't want someone
else taking it away from you.
Yes! No! I...
It doesn't matter.
You can't take away
the Outsiders.
I made that squad.
It's my squad!
I can't lose them.
The way you lost Conner?
Hey, Conner's hanging
with Wally now.
I'm sure they're doing great.
So, this isn't
only about Conner?
But Conner was like
a brother to you, wasn't he?
And his death
truly rocked you, didn't it?
Look, I get it.
I've accepted it.
I know I'm the reason
Conner died. It's all my fault.
What cannot be saved
cannot be saved.
We should return
to the business at hand.
One minute, Orion.
I wanna talk to friend Forager.
So!
I've heard you're spending time
with a Mountain
Hive Forager, huh,
huh?
Yes. In fact, Forager
must decide
whether to return
to Forager's Earth Hive
and Forager's Earth friends
or stay on New Genesis
with Forager.
What?
You've known her
for two days.
Yes. Forager admits Forager
has wasted considerable time.
Speaking of wasted time...
Understand, Raquel, that Bugs
practice accelerated courtships
relative to humans
or New Gods.
Too true.
Dreamer and I seem
to have been courting forever.
See, I don't get that.
I knew Joan was the one
the moment I laid eyes on her.
I made my move fast.
And that was before
I became the Flash.
I suppose short-lived species like
Bugs and humans must move fast.
Look, kid, I may not be
a New God,
but I'm not exactly
"short-lived."
I turned 102 yesterday.
- A hundred and two?
- Impressive.
Why? How old are you?
Well, not very old.
Just a couple decades
over 16,000.
Sixteen thousand... years?
Well, Earth years.
Bio-waste recycling initiated.
- Whoops!
- Thought I had that on mute.
- Uh, did he just...
- Sorry.
It's no less appalling than
the rest of this conversation.
Birthdays, love affairs.
All trivial, of no import.
Please, rise.
All of you.
This way.
We're slow-playing this one,
my love.
Super boy, allow me to introduce
my life-mate, Ursa Zod.
Welcome, um,
Super boy, is it?
And who is this?
I've never seen anyone
of this species.
I don't know her name
or species.
I call her Ghosty.
Where did she come from?
I found her
when I woke up here.
And she's been
unconscious ever since?
Yes.
Odd, I've never known anyone
to be unconscious in the Zone.
All we are is consciousness.
And it's curious
you don't know her.
Look at her burns and yours.
You two must be connected.
Of course, condition
doesn't change here.
We don't age,
we don't die, we don't heal.
So if she was sent here
unconscious,
she may never wake up.
Still, we can care for her.
That's what family does.
Family...
Could it be?
What is it?
Probably nothing.
We have to move.
Taking us
out of synch.
What is this red cloud?
I believe it is
a baby Sun-Eater.
Absorbs all heat and energy.
Probably placed in the vault
as security.
It only has
a rudimentary consciousness.
I could stun it with a
brain blast, but briefly.
Well, I can't punch a cloud.
And my heat vision would only
feed it the solar energy it craves.
There's nothing solid for
the Kaizer-Thrall to latch onto,
and Mantis sure as Rao
can't do anything.
But this changes nothing.
We must continue our search
for the Projector.
While dodging this creature.
You think you're responsible
for Conner's death?
- I know I am.
- Okay.
- Let's examine that.
- Review my 'Trauma Narrative?'
So, you know the drill. I wasn't
there, you were. Take me through it.
Tell me how you killed Conner.
I knew he was weakened.
Low oxygen.
Solar cells not charged.
And I left him there alone
to deal with the bomb.
But it was the Kryptonite
that killed him,
- did you know about that?
- No.
But if I make him leave,
he never gets hit
with the Kryptonite.
But if he's not there, what
happens to all the Martians?
Nothing if I disarm
the bomb first!
Did you know how to do that?
Could you have taken it into
the lava to destroy the virus?
And M'gann?
She let Conner
stay with the bomb, too.
Is she to blame
for his death?
What? No!
She loved Conner!
And you didn't?
Conner's not the first
loved one you've lost.
Last year, you and I
talked about losing Brion...
- Brion's not dead.
- No, but we've lost him.
Do you feel responsible
for that, too?
I was his squad leader.
I should've seen the signs.
You mentioned Wally earlier.
Are you to blame
for his death, too?
I could've gone with Miss
Martian to the North Pole.
- And Rita?
- I should've been with her
on that last
Doom Patrol mission.
- And your mother?
- I should've stopped Queen Bee!
Gar, you were eight years old.
The combined might of the
Team and the Justice League
still hasn't stopped
Queen Bee.
How is an eight-year-old child
supposed to do that?
I could've done something.
What?
What could you have done
differently to save any of them?
I don't know.
I just needed to be better.
They needed me to be better.
Don't you see?
Even when we do
everything right,
bad things
still sometimes happen.
There are some things
we have the power to control,
but the hardest thing to admit,
especially for people
in our line of work
is that sometimes, we're...
Powerless.
But I don't wanna be...
I should've...
They shouldn't have...
I should have stopped
it all, somehow.
- How?
- I don't know.
I don't know.
Dinah...
I need help.
Admitting that...
It's a start, Gar.
A real start.
I've lost all track of time.
Ma'alefa'ak, Lor-Zod and Mantis
have been here one full rotation.
Wonderful. And we've only had to
dodge the Sun-Eater three times.
Just keep looking.
I know the Projector is here.
There's our answer.
The master of this place.
What is this?
I will have those rings!
Hello, Metron.
Please understand.
We will keep you
in this condition indefinitely
unless you bring us to Krypton's
Phantom Zone Projector.
Come with me, Super boy.
I'll give you a tour
of our little kingdom.
And don't worry.
I'll watch over your "Ghosty."
Look.
Non and Faora
are guiding in that asteroid
using nothing
but sheer willpower.
That's how things work
in the Zone.
Touching anything, moving
anything, even simple communication
whether our lips
move or not
is all about willing it so.
That's how we survive here.
Our superior will.
♪ Think, is the Word of Zod ♪
♪ Work is the Word of Zod ♪
- ♪ Will ♪
- ♪ Is the Word of Zod ♪
♪ Heed, heed the Words of Zod ♪
- ♪ Live ♪
- ♪ For the House of Zod ♪
- ♪ Push ♪
- ♪ For the House of Zod ♪
- ♪ Brace ♪
- ♪ For the House of Zod ♪
♪ Build, build
the House of Zod ♪
♪ Guard for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Fight for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Win for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Save, save
the House of Zod ♪
♪ Guard for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Fight for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Win for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Save, save
the House of Zod ♪
You can
stay here, my boy.
Stay and be a part of what
the House of Zod builds.
Or you can continue on alone
into the Phantom Zone.
The choice is yours.
This doesn't have to continue,
New God.
All I want is the Projector.
Are you certain
he'll talk? He's immortal.
- He could wait you out.
- Then read him.
- Get me the location.
- I've been trying.
But even under torture
he shields his mind.
Then make yourself useful and
keep an eye out for the Sun-Eater.
As you wish, Kryptonian.
I relent.
I will give you...
what you've asked for.
Here.
The Seal of Krypton
marks your prize.
Open it, Metron. Slowly.
Kryptonite. Not the prize
you sought, perhaps.
But the prize you've earned.
You were warned, Metron.
What are
the warnings of mortals
to a New God?
You don't get to decide
what's of imp...
Come with me if you want
the entire galaxy to survive.
Brain blast...
the Sun-Eater.
Can't focus.
Mantis remembers how.
Yes, one day earlier.
Mantis sure as Rao
can do what Mantis must.
If this is where Metron
stored Kryptonite,
then...
Mantis has found the prize!
Mantis has found
the Phantom Zone Projector!
But soft, what light
through yonder window breaks?
The light is the East,
and Forager is the Sun!
Arise fair Sun
and kill the envious Moons,
Moons already sick
and pale with grief
that Forager,
the Moons' maid,
art far more fair
than the Moons.
Be not the Moons' maid,
since the Moons are envious.
The Moons' vestal livery
is but sick and green,
And none but fools
do wear the Moons'
and the fools' vestal livery.
Cast the Moons' and
the fools' vestal livery off.
Forager is Forager's lady.
Oh, Forager is Forager's love!
Oh, that Forager knew
Forager was!
Forager speaks, yet Forager
says nothing. What of that nothing?
Forager's eye discourses;
Forager will answer
Forager's eye.
Forager is too bold.
'Tis not to Forager,
Forager speaks.
Two of the fairest stars
in all the heaven,
Having some business,
do entreat Forager's eyes
To twinkle
in Forager's eye's spheres
till the stars return.
Not today, no.
Orion, could we talk?
Yes?
I've been thinking
we got off to a poor start.
I know I reacted badly
to the Ruction Cell incident.
But Vykin
thinks very highly of you,
and I trust Vykin.
So I'd like a chance
to start over.
I would like that as well.
I have
what we need.
Theme music playing...
*YOUNG JUSTICE*
Season 04 Episode 20
Episode Title:
""Forbidden Secrets of Civilizations Past""
Aired on:
April 28, 2022.
Metron visited his
Infinity-Vault two days ago,
depositing something
called a "Ruction Cell."
How did you learn this?
The details were all on the
surface of the Earther Rocket's mind.
She approached me
in my guise as Orion,
hoping to make peace
with the New God,
despite the fact that
she thoroughly distrusts him.
She believes she's simply
making the best of a bad situation,
having to negotiate
with the Son of Darkseid.
Darkseid's son has allied
himself with the New Genesians?
How does the Lord of Apokolips
tolerate such disloyalty.
Here. This tracer is attuned
to the Kaizer-Thrall.
- Two days ago, you said?
- Yes, that's the when.
I will show you the where.
Bugs know not
of any Ruction Cell.
Ruction
cell? What is a ruction cell?
Can Bugs eat Ruction cell?
There's no point
in feigning ignorance.
We know one of this Hive's
Foragers stole our property.
But do not all
Foragers look alike to New Gods?
Now, we'll find out
what this thing can do.
Kaizer-Thrall, lock onto
the tracer's signal...
Hmm, right on time.
Yeah, well,
didn't have much choice.
Black Lightning's policy requiring
annual mental health check-ins
for members of the League, Team and
Outsiders basically forced me into this.
And you resent that?
Nah, it makes sense. For
all of us. Heh, me especially.
Why you especially?
Been a bad boy, right?
A total jerk
at M'gann's intervention.
I've given it
a lot of thought since then,
and the truth is
I needed that reality check.
And I need this, too,
'cause I'm ready
to rejoin the Outsiders.
Huh, that's great.
So I just need
to check off some boxes
to get you cleared
for active duty.
How are you sleeping?
It was a little rough at first,
but I'm doing fine now.
Well, that's good.
Now, what's this
about quitting Space Trek?
Just prioritizing.
I... I just don't
wanna be an actor when I grow up.
Totally reasonable.
And your relationships?
I've got
some apologizing to do.
But I've got
some great friends.
I think
they'll let me off the hook.
And how are you
handling Conner's death?
Still grieving.
But coping.
I'm honestly
feeling much better.
- All good.
- Yep. All good.
This is getting us nowhere.
After this morning, I was
hoping we could do better.
I don't know what about this
morning would make you think that.
And frankly, I wonder why
you are not more co-operative.
The Justice League hasn't given any
serious consideration of our request.
You mean your request
to hand over Cyborg and Halo?
Of course.
Both are hybrids
of New God technology
that must not be left in the
hands of you primitive humans.
Again, that's a non-starter.
Perhaps just Halo then.
As she embodies a portion of
Darksied's Anti-Life Equation,
you must see
it is in her best interest
to be safeguarded here
by the New Gods.
Halo will be safeguarded
by her family.
A family who loves her.
Rocket, see reason...
- The New Gods withdraw the request.
- We do?
We do.
- Sorry, sorry. Hate to interrupt...
- Somehow I doubt that.
But I just had to see my old
friends, Rocket and Forager.
- It's good to see you...
- Forager is most pleased to see...
C'mere!
Bear, this is Flash.
Greetings, new friend, Flash.
Nice to meet you, but I'll
pass on the bear-hug, uh, Bear.
As you wish.
I, um...
Oh, Raquel.
I wanted to offer
my condolences for Super boy.
I loved that kid.
I really did.
Thank you, Bear.
- We all mourn Conner Kent.
- You said it.
Forager
misses Conner Kent greatly.
I heard of Kon-El's death
from Hal Jordan.
It saddens me deeply that one of the few
remaining genetic Kryptonians has passed.
Particularly a Son of El.
Green Lantern Tomar-Re
knew the El Hive?
Krypton was in my Space-Sector.
And I was good friends with both
the El brothers, Jor-El and Zor-El.
My single greatest regret
was failing to save Krypton
and the House of El.
This way, son.
But stay close.
It doesn't pay
to wander in the Zone.
Is your mind any clearer?
Do you remember
where you are?
- No.
- All right.
Then let's spell it all out.
The Phantom Zone
is a huge void of nothing.
We have nothing here.
Nothing but each other.
It helps to stay together.
That's how you keep
the Zone-Sickness at bay.
Not to mention
the Devourers.
I see you
ran into one of those already.
And, by Rao,
there are worse things
than Devourers here.
That's why
there's safety in numbers.
Come on, my boy.
One more jump.
I'm back,
and I've brought company.
Let us set
a good example for our guest.
That journey was unpleasant.
Locked on the tracer's signal.
That must be the place.
There's Metron.
Shelving the Ruction Cell.
We don't need it anymore.
We're now in synch
with this time.
All we have to do is find
the Phantom Zone Projector.
Oh, that's all we have to do.
Metron's Vault is immense.
Searching will take days. Maybe weeks.
Then we'd better get started.
So, how are things
with Perdita?
Are you two reconciling?
No, I... I mean, yeah.
We hit a rough patch.
All my fault, really.
But I can fix it.
Call her. Tell her I'm sorry.
Give us a chance
to start over.
- Would you like to call her now?
- No! I-I mean...
I'd want some privacy, right?
Some of our make-up calls
get pretty hot.
Understood.
So, tell me
about the sleeping pills.
Nothing to tell now.
I'm not using anymore.
Don't need 'em anymore.
So, you wouldn't mind taking
a drug test as a formality?
Well, see, I only just stopped taking
them. Might still be in my system.
If they're still
in your system,
do you really feel ready
to return to the Outsiders?
Look, I know the drill.
I'm managing my symptoms.
- For the short-term or the long?
- What's the difference?
Short-term solutions,
like pills and distancing,
only postpone
dealing with your issues.
So, what's your
long-term solution?
To get back
with the Outsiders.
Why? You took yourself off
mission-rotation months ago, didn't you?
That was my choice.
Not yours.
So, you don't really
want to go back.
You just don't want someone
else taking it away from you.
Yes! No! I...
It doesn't matter.
You can't take away
the Outsiders.
I made that squad.
It's my squad!
I can't lose them.
The way you lost Conner?
Hey, Conner's hanging
with Wally now.
I'm sure they're doing great.
So, this isn't
only about Conner?
But Conner was like
a brother to you, wasn't he?
And his death
truly rocked you, didn't it?
Look, I get it.
I've accepted it.
I know I'm the reason
Conner died. It's all my fault.
What cannot be saved
cannot be saved.
We should return
to the business at hand.
One minute, Orion.
I wanna talk to friend Forager.
So!
I've heard you're spending time
with a Mountain
Hive Forager, huh,
huh?
Yes. In fact, Forager
must decide
whether to return
to Forager's Earth Hive
and Forager's Earth friends
or stay on New Genesis
with Forager.
What?
You've known her
for two days.
Yes. Forager admits Forager
has wasted considerable time.
Speaking of wasted time...
Understand, Raquel, that Bugs
practice accelerated courtships
relative to humans
or New Gods.
Too true.
Dreamer and I seem
to have been courting forever.
See, I don't get that.
I knew Joan was the one
the moment I laid eyes on her.
I made my move fast.
And that was before
I became the Flash.
I suppose short-lived species like
Bugs and humans must move fast.
Look, kid, I may not be
a New God,
but I'm not exactly
"short-lived."
I turned 102 yesterday.
- A hundred and two?
- Impressive.
Why? How old are you?
Well, not very old.
Just a couple decades
over 16,000.
Sixteen thousand... years?
Well, Earth years.
Bio-waste recycling initiated.
- Whoops!
- Thought I had that on mute.
- Uh, did he just...
- Sorry.
It's no less appalling than
the rest of this conversation.
Birthdays, love affairs.
All trivial, of no import.
Please, rise.
All of you.
This way.
We're slow-playing this one,
my love.
Super boy, allow me to introduce
my life-mate, Ursa Zod.
Welcome, um,
Super boy, is it?
And who is this?
I've never seen anyone
of this species.
I don't know her name
or species.
I call her Ghosty.
Where did she come from?
I found her
when I woke up here.
And she's been
unconscious ever since?
Yes.
Odd, I've never known anyone
to be unconscious in the Zone.
All we are is consciousness.
And it's curious
you don't know her.
Look at her burns and yours.
You two must be connected.
Of course, condition
doesn't change here.
We don't age,
we don't die, we don't heal.
So if she was sent here
unconscious,
she may never wake up.
Still, we can care for her.
That's what family does.
Family...
Could it be?
What is it?
Probably nothing.
We have to move.
Taking us
out of synch.
What is this red cloud?
I believe it is
a baby Sun-Eater.
Absorbs all heat and energy.
Probably placed in the vault
as security.
It only has
a rudimentary consciousness.
I could stun it with a
brain blast, but briefly.
Well, I can't punch a cloud.
And my heat vision would only
feed it the solar energy it craves.
There's nothing solid for
the Kaizer-Thrall to latch onto,
and Mantis sure as Rao
can't do anything.
But this changes nothing.
We must continue our search
for the Projector.
While dodging this creature.
You think you're responsible
for Conner's death?
- I know I am.
- Okay.
- Let's examine that.
- Review my 'Trauma Narrative?'
So, you know the drill. I wasn't
there, you were. Take me through it.
Tell me how you killed Conner.
I knew he was weakened.
Low oxygen.
Solar cells not charged.
And I left him there alone
to deal with the bomb.
But it was the Kryptonite
that killed him,
- did you know about that?
- No.
But if I make him leave,
he never gets hit
with the Kryptonite.
But if he's not there, what
happens to all the Martians?
Nothing if I disarm
the bomb first!
Did you know how to do that?
Could you have taken it into
the lava to destroy the virus?
And M'gann?
She let Conner
stay with the bomb, too.
Is she to blame
for his death?
What? No!
She loved Conner!
And you didn't?
Conner's not the first
loved one you've lost.
Last year, you and I
talked about losing Brion...
- Brion's not dead.
- No, but we've lost him.
Do you feel responsible
for that, too?
I was his squad leader.
I should've seen the signs.
You mentioned Wally earlier.
Are you to blame
for his death, too?
I could've gone with Miss
Martian to the North Pole.
- And Rita?
- I should've been with her
on that last
Doom Patrol mission.
- And your mother?
- I should've stopped Queen Bee!
Gar, you were eight years old.
The combined might of the
Team and the Justice League
still hasn't stopped
Queen Bee.
How is an eight-year-old child
supposed to do that?
I could've done something.
What?
What could you have done
differently to save any of them?
I don't know.
I just needed to be better.
They needed me to be better.
Don't you see?
Even when we do
everything right,
bad things
still sometimes happen.
There are some things
we have the power to control,
but the hardest thing to admit,
especially for people
in our line of work
is that sometimes, we're...
Powerless.
But I don't wanna be...
I should've...
They shouldn't have...
I should have stopped
it all, somehow.
- How?
- I don't know.
I don't know.
Dinah...
I need help.
Admitting that...
It's a start, Gar.
A real start.
I've lost all track of time.
Ma'alefa'ak, Lor-Zod and Mantis
have been here one full rotation.
Wonderful. And we've only had to
dodge the Sun-Eater three times.
Just keep looking.
I know the Projector is here.
There's our answer.
The master of this place.
What is this?
I will have those rings!
Hello, Metron.
Please understand.
We will keep you
in this condition indefinitely
unless you bring us to Krypton's
Phantom Zone Projector.
Come with me, Super boy.
I'll give you a tour
of our little kingdom.
And don't worry.
I'll watch over your "Ghosty."
Look.
Non and Faora
are guiding in that asteroid
using nothing
but sheer willpower.
That's how things work
in the Zone.
Touching anything, moving
anything, even simple communication
whether our lips
move or not
is all about willing it so.
That's how we survive here.
Our superior will.
♪ Think, is the Word of Zod ♪
♪ Work is the Word of Zod ♪
- ♪ Will ♪
- ♪ Is the Word of Zod ♪
♪ Heed, heed the Words of Zod ♪
- ♪ Live ♪
- ♪ For the House of Zod ♪
- ♪ Push ♪
- ♪ For the House of Zod ♪
- ♪ Brace ♪
- ♪ For the House of Zod ♪
♪ Build, build
the House of Zod ♪
♪ Guard for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Fight for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Win for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Save, save
the House of Zod ♪
♪ Guard for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Fight for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Win for the House of Zod ♪
♪ Save, save
the House of Zod ♪
You can
stay here, my boy.
Stay and be a part of what
the House of Zod builds.
Or you can continue on alone
into the Phantom Zone.
The choice is yours.
This doesn't have to continue,
New God.
All I want is the Projector.
Are you certain
he'll talk? He's immortal.
- He could wait you out.
- Then read him.
- Get me the location.
- I've been trying.
But even under torture
he shields his mind.
Then make yourself useful and
keep an eye out for the Sun-Eater.
As you wish, Kryptonian.
I relent.
I will give you...
what you've asked for.
Here.
The Seal of Krypton
marks your prize.
Open it, Metron. Slowly.
Kryptonite. Not the prize
you sought, perhaps.
But the prize you've earned.
You were warned, Metron.
What are
the warnings of mortals
to a New God?
You don't get to decide
what's of imp...
Come with me if you want
the entire galaxy to survive.
Brain blast...
the Sun-Eater.
Can't focus.
Mantis remembers how.
Yes, one day earlier.
Mantis sure as Rao
can do what Mantis must.
If this is where Metron
stored Kryptonite,
then...
Mantis has found the prize!
Mantis has found
the Phantom Zone Projector!
But soft, what light
through yonder window breaks?
The light is the East,
and Forager is the Sun!
Arise fair Sun
and kill the envious Moons,
Moons already sick
and pale with grief
that Forager,
the Moons' maid,
art far more fair
than the Moons.
Be not the Moons' maid,
since the Moons are envious.
The Moons' vestal livery
is but sick and green,
And none but fools
do wear the Moons'
and the fools' vestal livery.
Cast the Moons' and
the fools' vestal livery off.
Forager is Forager's lady.
Oh, Forager is Forager's love!
Oh, that Forager knew
Forager was!
Forager speaks, yet Forager
says nothing. What of that nothing?
Forager's eye discourses;
Forager will answer
Forager's eye.
Forager is too bold.
'Tis not to Forager,
Forager speaks.
Two of the fairest stars
in all the heaven,
Having some business,
do entreat Forager's eyes
To twinkle
in Forager's eye's spheres
till the stars return.