Krypton (2018) s02e04 Episode Script
Danger Close
1 Zod's preparing to move most of his force's topside.
Entire unit's mobilizing for the Elevator Base Station.
Yes! We are off the frontline.
It's a perfect choke point.
We could use our existing oxygenators to attack them en route all the way to the Elevator Base Station.
Regain control of the Space Elevator.
Isolate Zod's remaining forces.
He wouldn't be able to keep sending up reinforcements and supplies the way he has been.
Dru-Zod sent me up here to be his spy.
He has Cor-Vex.
The intel Nyssa gave us was accurate.
They're still suspicious.
Then you need to regain their trust.
Nice to see you, Araame.
We've had some nice times.
I need you to find the codex and then bring it to me.
Help me, please.
- What's your name? - Raika.
Anything from our Cythonnite woman? When it's over, you'll be a different person.
You won't even remember this conversation.
[MACHINE WHIRRING.]
Ah! I have a plan to kill Dru-Zod to save Lyta.
She's Dru-Zod's right hand.
Everything I've believed in, it's all a lie.
I've chosen to live on in you.
While Brainiac has access to my mind, I also have access to his mind.
He's weak.
I know what we have to do.
I know how to beat Brainiac.
Ah! Activate the Zeta-Beam Device, we go back to Krypton.
[GASPS.]
Was I dead? Maybe just a little bit, but I un-deaded you.
- What the? - Hey, calm down.
Look, we're here.
It worked.
Whoo! [OMINOUS MUSIC.]
Everyone return to your homes.
Citizens found outside will be arrested.
Curfew is now in effect.
Everyone should [LAUGHS.]
And after a Rondor sheds its tusk, it eats it, Seg.
It eats it to sharpen its teeth.
Fascinating.
Easy there, easy there.
And how about you tell me more as we walk? Or I can tell you more as we walk.
- Sounds like a good deal.
- [BABBLING.]
Whoa.
- Over there.
Down there.
- No, I don't have Kem, you stay here, man.
I'll be right back.
All right, yeah.
Hey.
Can you just let her pack up her things and be on her way? She never causes any trouble.
Great, then our transaction will be quick.
Transaction? [CLEARS THROAT.]
You're you're a customer? Mm-hmm.
I like gifts that are made by hand.
These days you can only find that here in Rankless.
Huh.
So, thank you, but you can go now.
Yeah [CLEARS THROAT.]
.
Yeah, sorry, sorry, I I'm sorry.
Um, I can't leave.
Not if you genuinely plan on giving someone that hideous thing.
It's not It is hideous, isn't it? Only in every way.
Could I ask who it's for? Mm, my betrothed.
Our Binding date will be set soon and it's tradition to Yeah, oh, no, yeah.
Tradition.
Um, well, if after having met me you're still intent on Binding with this inconceivably lucky individual, um, perhaps you'll let me help you pick something else.
[CHUCKLES.]
Right, well, despite having met you for less than a minute, I'm still actually planning on going ahead with my Binding, but I'll take you up on your offer.
Of of help.
Of helping me choose a gift.
Not, you know [ROUSING MUSIC.]
I'm glad that's settled.
Well, if it were me, um, I'd, uh probably go with something like this.
I can't really picture it.
Can you show me? You want me to show you? Okay.
Um I think this is definitely the one.
The pilferer [GROANS.]
I fell.
Yes, I can see that.
Come on, sir, let me help you.
- There you go.
- [GROANS.]
Aren't you a little short to be a Sagitari? Seg, isn't she a little short to be? No, no, no, she's perfect.
I mean, you're perfect.
You you're height [STAMMERS.]
for a Sagitari is correct.
Um, I I've got him.
[CHUCKLES.]
Thank you.
You're welcome.
You know, you're the only Sagitari to ever help me.
Not all Sagitari are the same.
Yeah.
Yeah, I can see that.
Now.
So this is how you met her.
[SCREAMS, PANTS.]
Hey, good morning there, Sleepy-head.
You know, you look like three kinds of shit.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, well, at least I feel as good as I look.
You know, Kandor's not far.
If we don't stop, we can make it in the next few hours.
Ah, whoa, whoa, easy.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, all right? We don't have respirators.
And you know, you just about died a few hours ago.
I did die, because you killed me.
You know, and that's in the past, all right? Look, I'm what I'm saying is that we are planning on taking on a dictator that is so evil that people just let him wear a cape, and I don't want you to get hurt or dead again.
Adam, I'll be fine.
Whatever else he is, Dru-Zod is still my son.
[ALARM SOUNDING.]
[COUGHING.]
[GASPING.]
Warning, oxygen level near depletion.
Warning, oxygen now depleted.
Ah.
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
[GROANS, GRUNTS.]
[WEAPON WHIRS.]
Don't move, Sagitari.
I don't believe it.
This was my Rankless sector.
Yeah.
Welcome to General Zod's Kandor.
I don't recognize anything.
It's like he erased it all.
Yeah.
It's like It's like the Rankless It's like my home never existed.
Well, that's one version of it.
The other is that.
The savior of Krypton.
Now you see why it's hard for Val to recruit Rebels.
But we'll figure it out, right? What're you thinking? You think that we could, uh? That's your "I'm doing this alone face," isn't it? I don't have an "I'm doing it alone face.
" What're you talking about? You're doing it right now.
- No, I'm not.
- Right to my face.
You do.
Well, I'm sorry, Adam.
Look, I need you to go ahead of me.
Find Val, tell him I'm alive, and tell him I'll be with him soon.
And then we can end this.
You got a plan, smart guy? - Eh, I got the start of one.
- [SCOFFS.]
Lyta's a beloved and respected leader of Kandor from House Zod, right? If she's seen standing with me, with the Rebellion, that could turn some of Zod's followers against him.
Oh, that's your plan? 'Cause all right, that could work.
If I don't hear from you by tomorrow, I'm coming back here.
Fair enough.
Hey, um, I just wanna let you know I'm really grateful.
For everything.
You got me home, so thank you.
[GRUNTS.]
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
That's all right, it's just I don't get thanked often, so, uh, you know, I don't know what I should do here.
You don't have to do anything, you just [LAUGHS.]
Okay.
Okay.
All right.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
I'll see you in Wegthor, Adam.
Ow.
Thank you.
[GASPS WEAKLY.]
- Was he a friend? - No.
No, I hated his guts, actually.
He didn't think much of us conscripted.
Said we weren't loyal enough, which, you know, is accurate.
You outlasted 99% of the real Sagitari in your regiment.
You must be doing something right.
Didn't realize not dying was a skill.
Thought it was stupid luck.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
Ready my transport.
Yes, Primus.
Hi.
Cancel my transport.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.]
That's enough.
This war is not over.
But I will say this.
It feels damn good to win.
Well done, everybody.
Good job.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.]
We're even more pleased that such a victory cost us so few lives.
Val's right, so for the fallen we owe a great deal of gratitude to Nyssa Vex.
[APPLAUSE.]
And I'm sorry I doubted you.
Last night's victory has opened up a hole in Zod's defensive forces, but time is limited.
Sagitari reinforcements will be sent for.
Before they arrive, we have a chance to cut Zod off from Wegthor completely, if we act fast.
We used the last of our short-term oxygenator supply on last night's assault, but using these long-range ones we gained from Zod's supply convoy, our ground forces can finally make the trek to the Elevator Base Station.
We take that, we control the Space Elevator.
[CHEERING.]
We control Wegthor.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.]
This guy appeared from nowhere.
- Adam? - Hi, Val.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER.]
Uh, hi, other Rebels.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
Jax.
[LIPS SMACKING, GIGGLING.]
So strange being here with you, not worrying that we'll get caught.
It's pretty hard to get in trouble when you're sleeping with the Primus.
There are still plenty of ways we can get into trouble.
[LAUGHS.]
[EMOTIVE MUSIC.]
I love you, Lyta.
Seeing you.
Being with you.
Most days it was all that I could think of.
You helped bring me home.
Once again, you are still the only Sagitari to ever help me.
What? Lyta, you're bleeding.
- Oh.
- Are you okay? Yeah, I've been getting them lately, since the war started.
Um, it must be stress.
You and Dru have taken on a lot.
Well, someone had to lead the people.
What did Jayna think about it? I don't know.
No one's seen her.
Lyta, when I was in the Phantom Zone I had a vision of the future.
What do you mean? It told me that Dru, he's not who he says he is.
Dru, our son was the last piece of you I had left.
I chose to believe he'd unite us, and he did.
Adam Strange has seen a future where our son has conquered the galaxy against its collective will.
And you and I, we can stop that.
We can save him from his obsession.
We can create a new future.
Get dressed.
Come with me.
Seg's alive? [LAUGHS GLEEFULLY.]
I don't believe it.
And yet, somehow I always knew Seg would find a way out of the Phantom Zone.
Yeah, he's got some stones on him, that's for sure.
Thank you, Adam.
All along you kept hope alive.
You would've made a good El.
Ah.
Appreciate that.
But, um, I think you might be thanking me just a little bit too soon.
- What is it? - I don't know, Val.
You're the scientist here, but I think that somehow, somewhere along the way I I think I might have effed up and And broke the damn universe.
- Broke it? - Yeah.
What do you mean? Well, before I returned to Krypton I was using the Zeta-Beam and I I caught a glimpse of the future, but there was nothing.
It was like I hit a wall.
There was nowhere that I could go forward.
It was as if, uh, time had stopped.
Okay, now, what if what if everything that's happened with Brainiac and Zod, Krypton and Earth, what if everything that's changed since I gave Seg the Sunstone, what if all that rippled through time and space and has been building like a tsunami into this catastrophic universe-ending shitstorm and And what if it's all my fault? Adam, whatever you saw, I highly doubt that you were responsible.
Still, still, we got to fix it.
There's got to be a way, right? - I mean - If there is, we will find it.
But the best way to help the universe is to stop Zod now and win the war.
Right.
Okay.
Stop Zod here and now, that makes a certain amount of sense.
Tell me how I can help.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
[BABY MOANS.]
[BABY BABBLES.]
Cor, meet your father, Seg-El.
There we go.
[WHISPERING.]
Hi, you little guy.
His hair, it's It's so dark.
Luckily he takes after you.
Some nights I come in and look at him, think of you, see your face.
What happened with Nyssa? Why do you have him? Nyssa's working with us now.
Helping fight the Rebellion.
It's complicated, Seg, but I can explain it all.
Just stay here.
When I'm back, no one will keep us apart.
We'll be with our son.
We can be a family.
Our son? Lyta, Cor will always be mine and Nyssa's child.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
She doesn't mean Cor-Vex, Father.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
You told him I was here? Lyta, what're you doing? This isn't you.
It is.
And it will all make sense soon.
And I know you'll understand.
[CALM OVERLAPPING CHATTER.]
May I? [CHAIR SCREECHES.]
I'm sorry you had to see me like that last night.
You do not owe me an explanation, Dev.
But I'll listen to anything you want to say.
It's a long story.
I'm not going anywhere.
The Rebels have been picking us off.
They knew the tunnels.
Despite our numbers, we were at a significant disadvantage.
Our job was to never let them realize that.
[WHIRRING.]
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
Commander, I got a bio-reading.
With all this interference, I can't tell who or what it is.
Set it to thermal.
[DEVICE WHIRRING.]
It's okay, it's just civilians.
Families.
My scanner's picking up hundreds more beyond the chamber.
Leave them alone.
Let's keep it moving on.
- All right.
- That's it? Those miners could be harboring Rebels.
If they were, we'd be dead already.
What do I report? I already alerted Wegthor Command we stopped.
I didn't ask you to call him.
Wegthor Command, this is Faora One-Three Actual.
Ignore prior comm blast.
Hostiles not found.
Civilians only.
Over.
Negative, Faora One-Three.
Orders are to proceed and blow the tunnel.
Command, I repeat, civilians are danger close.
We'll need to clear them out and then blow the tunnel.
Over.
Negative.
You have your orders.
Command, I wish to consult Primus Lyta-Zod about modifying the order.
Over.
Faora One-Three, the order came from Primus Zod.
Over.
[SIGHS.]
Kem, Stak, let's open up a hole.
Let's get those people out.
That's not the order, Commander.
I'm not getting Reconditioned because you suddenly felt noble.
Move, Sergeant, or try to stop me.
[GRUNTS.]
[BONES CRACKING.]
[SCREAMS.]
Oh.
[GRUNTING.]
I knew before Kem even told me, all those people were dead.
Deemed a "calculated risk.
" The war, Lyta.
It was all messed up.
And there was no room for those of us trying to sort it out.
Kem had said once, "What choice do we have "but to fight?" So I chose that day to never fight again.
Take this.
Kem told me where to find this smuggler he'd been working with, bringing stuff up to Wegthor from Krypton in a skimmer modified for space flight.
Said the guy could get me back to Kandor, off the radar, so I left, alone.
I deserted the Sagitari.
But before I could disappear, I had to talk to her face to face.
I needed to look her in the eyes to know the truth.
Lyta? Dev.
What're you doing here? You've been reported AWOL.
If you're seen Report me if you must.
I I want to help you, but I'm in a very difficult position.
If you wanted to help me, you would've killed that order instead of innocent civilians.
We could've done the job and save them.
The Lyta I love would have.
Then why are you back here, Dev? To chastise me? Those months I waded through shit.
Stepped over death and its endless piles of lost potential.
I drank from nothing but puddles, filtered of blood.
I did all of it.
I endured it.
Because I believed in you, Lyta.
But now all I see is your son and his will.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
I want to thank you, Lyta, for the light you gave my life, but I want nothing to do with you anymore.
Should the Sagitari find you, even if I wanted to help, I can't.
I know.
[TREMBLING BREATH.]
I know.
After that I left Kandor and found New Lurvan.
I know it's all true.
But I can't give up on her.
I have to believe that Lyta can still be saved from Zod.
I've looked in Lyta's eyes.
The mercy and compassion she retained, it's eroded away.
If I'm to join you against Zod and Lyta gets in the way, I need to know what you're willing to do.
I I honestly don't know.
But I'll listen, to you, Dev.
You have followed me for a very long time.
From now on, we walk together.
To see you holding your child, my brother, in your arms, brings me more joy than you could know.
It's good to have you back.
Is it? Because when I heard that you destroyed my grandfather's Phantom Projector, thereby trapping me in the Phantom Zone, I really didn't know what to think.
Oh, I do apologize for that.
But I don't regret my decision.
You know it was necessary to stop Brainiac and protect Krypton.
And where is Brainiac now? Dead.
You killed Brainiac? [FOREBODING MUSIC.]
And I have never been more proud to be your son.
I always had confidence that you would escape Brainiac and the Phantom Zone.
Farfetched, I know, but I chose to believe in you and your love for Krypton.
It wasn't my love for Krypton that saved me.
It was Lyta.
I saw her in the Phantom Zone, you know.
Being strangled to death by you.
A vision.
One of the many mysterious treacheries o that horrific place.
Well, this one told me that Lyta won't be in lock-step with you forever.
Lyta knows what's best for Kandor, and she can see what you cannot.
This is my vision for Krypton.
The universe.
You and I waste time quarreling, when we could be building, like the Els and the Zods of the past.
When the houses of our family work together, we create greatness that sustains Krypton.
The Els and the Zods.
Our capacity to create is only rivaled by our ability to destroy, you know this is true.
Look, what I saw in the Phantom Zone, it might be real or it might now.
I just know there is a version of the future where you go too far, where all of this goes too far.
Please, my son, You have a chance to be the best of both houses.
No, Seg.
You do.
You can end this war.
Reunite Krypton.
Help Lyta broker peace with Val.
Convince him to embrace both houses of our family.
United we can build a tomorrow we all want.
But in the meantime, I will arrange for the Med Bay at Fort Rozz to see you and get you checked out and cleaned up.
The Phantom Zone can be wearing, I know.
Keep your eye on that Sagitari over there.
Kem? Kem.
Adam? I thought you were dead.
I mean, I close, I was in Detroit.
I mean, a bottled Detroit, but, you know, in the future.
Obviously.
Hey, about Ona, I'm really sorry, there was There was nothing that I could do.
Listen.
I made peace with it.
It took some time, but you saved mine and Seg's life.
Well, there's that.
Hey, Adam, um, there's something you need to know about Seg [GASPS.]
Seg? [CHUCKLES.]
Seg is alive.
I found him on Brainiac's home planet.
He's in Kandor as we speak.
Uh That that's amazing.
Hey, it's all right.
This war's gonna be over, bud.
Hey, if anyone can defeat Zod, it's Seg and me.
I'll do whatever I can to help.
Whatever I can.
You know what? There actually might be a way.
Val's got me on this top secret mission to take control of the Space Elevator.
We need a Sagitari bio-scanned access through a utility tunnel, and that could be you.
Huh? Are you in? Uh, I mean, I want to, but I just kind of plan to sit here in this filthy tunnel.
Yes! Yes, I am in.
Just get me out of here.
Okay, I'm gonna go talk to Val and Jax about folding you in, all right? Shit's gonna get dicey.
A lot of ways it could go sideways.
So we'll probably die.
Later today.
[CHUCKLES.]
Certain death wouldn't and didn't stop Seg.
And it is not gonna stop me, probably.
I think.
- Stay there.
- Yeah.
Good to see you.
[SHIPS WHIRRING.]
I can assure you, my head's completely fine.
Haven't had any weird nightmares lately.
Certainly haven't had my mind hijacked recently, I think so.
Oh, good, all clear? Well, that's a relief.
Not that I was worried or anything.
I'll be back.
[BEEPING, WHIRRING.]
Raika? Raika, what're you doing here? Raika, it's me, Seg.
You remember me, right? No.
I'm very busy.
I'm sorry.
Oh, no, Raika, from From the catacombs - Whoa.
- No, no.
- No, no.
- It's okay.
- No! No, no.
- Okay, okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Well, calm down.
- Raika? Raika.
- [SCREAMING.]
No, no.
Raika, be calm, be calm.
Calm down, Raika.
- [SCREAMING.]
No, no - Raika, what's happening? - What's happening to her? - Not sure.
No! No.
We'll get her over to the Somatic Division.
Calm her mind.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
She's a friend.
I'll take her.
- You're not authorized.
- Do you know who I am? I am Seg-El, father of the savior of Krypton, General Zod.
So I suggest you find someone to authorize it, and also I want the best tech you have to see her, is that clear? Or maybe you'd like me to tell my son.
- No, no, we'll set it up.
- Thank you.
Now, how do we get there from here? Val, I need to speak to you urgently.
It's about Jax.
I got this intel from an old friend, a commander working closely with Jax.
I brought it straight to you.
It's a smart weapon.
Linked to the Codex and its genetic index.
This bio-weapon can target and shut down specific DNA signatures on a massive scale.
If the wrong hands got hold of it It could mean genocide.
A single miscalculation could destroy everyone in Krypton.
That's why I came to you, Val.
Help me stop it before it's too late.
[MENACING MUSIC.]
[CLACKING, BEEPING.]
Genetic signatures primed.
Weapon is armed.
Detonate on my command only.
Understood? Who will be targeted? Every Sagitari in Wegthor, if necessary.
Tell no one about it.
[WHOOSHING.]
Word is you're the best tech in here.
You know, I've never sat in for one of these before.
Her memories just appear there? Correct.
And, uh, you can access the memory files of anyone you've reconditioned just right here on that display? Yes, but what's that have to do with her.
[CHUCKLES.]
No, nothing.
I was just wondering.
[GRUNTS.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Search for Lyta Zod.
[ELECTRONIC NOISES.]
At a certain point, you will feel like you're going to die.
[SHUSHES.]
But I promise you will survive.
Stop.
Um, search "reconditioning files, Lyta Zod.
" Not found.
Search again.
Search "Primus Zod, reconditioning files.
" Not found.
[HITS DEVICE.]
Boo.
You okay? Yeah, just, um, not a fan of being underground.
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
Move fast and don't die.
- That was an awful pep talk.
- Who was that? You know, I've used some blasters in my day.
If you need some tips, you can [WEAPON COCKS.]
Say, you know what? I think I'll manage.
Thank you.
When this is over, you'll be a different person.
You won't even remember this conversation.
[SCREAMING.]
Stop.
This is unfortunate, Seg, What have you done? I helped free her mind of conflict.
Relieved her of thoughts and memories that impeded her potential, so she could more clearly see my vision.
What have you done? [GRUNTS.]
I relished no part of it.
[GRUNTS, GROANS.]
I hoped you'd remain unblemished and come to understand me on your own.
In time, maybe even love me.
It's a shame that we'll never know.
I'm sorry, Father.
Full Recondition.
[GROANING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Move up, move up.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
All right, so what's this barrier look like? I think I found it.
Okay.
Shiny.
Huh.
[WHIRRING.]
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
Here we go.
Sorry if we die.
- Sorry if we die.
Just - Yeah.
- It's a joke.
- Yeah.
A bad joke.
See? I think that's fine.
So what we have to [ALARM BLARING.]
- Breach detected.
- Uh [CHUCKLES.]
.
Breach detected.
Kem, let's not embarrass me in front of our new friends here, yeah? Yeah, hold on.
- What is that thing? - It's a data scrambler.
- What does it do? - It scrambles data! And it confuses tech, and I'm hoping that if I click this button, it Access granted.
[LAUGHS.]
Let us through the barrier.
Well done.
Oh, Kem, you saved the day.
You should be commander.
[MACHINE WHIRRING.]
[GRUNTING, GROANING.]
Reconditioning complete.
He's done.
Take him to recovery.
I'll see what we deleted here.
[WHISPERING.]
Can you hear me, Seg-El? [FOREBODING MUSIC.]
What is this? [GRUNTS.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[WEAPON COCKS.]
[BOTH GRUNT.]
[PANTING.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES.]
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
There it is, the access terminal.
Get through that, we're into the Space Elevator base station.
[ELECTRONIC SOUNDS.]
All right, team, let's reach the base station.
Armed forces, move in.
[CHATTER.]
Strike team, ground support is within artillery range.
- What is your sit-rep? - Standby.
Verifying sequence.
Sequence failed.
It's a negative, Rebel Command.
The key is inoperable.
I repeat, the key does not work.
Oh.
No, there's something wrong out there.
Why are the bio-readouts showing depleted oxygen levels? [ALARMS SOUNDING.]
Oxygen level Oxygenator O2 levels ALL: [GASPING, GROANING.]
The oxygenators are failing.
They're suffocating out there.
Zod's tainted the supply.
He's been playing us.
Oxygenator O2 levels depleted.
- Depleted.
- Depleted.
Depleted.
Commander, detonate de Codex Weapon.
We have lost all ground support.
I repeat, ground support are dead.
Copy that.
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
What did she mean, "Detonate the Codex Weapon"? Is that what that thing is? There's no time to explain.
Make time.
[WEAPONS COCK.]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
One step further and I'll drop you.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
What is it? A genetic bio-weapon that's linked to the Codex, programmed to wipe out every last Sagitari on Wegthor.
Sorry, Kem.
What? No, no! Rebel Command, the detonator has failed.
I repeat, the detonator has failed.
No.
No! [OMINOUS MUSIC.]
You left me no choice.
Val? Where's the Codex? You should've told me what you were planning to do.
Val, what did you do? [YELLING.]
What did you do? What do you think you're gonna do? We've come this far, we need to finish this.
Ground support is dead.
We won't make it out.
I know.
[THUMP.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
What the hell is this? The end of the war.
Entire unit's mobilizing for the Elevator Base Station.
Yes! We are off the frontline.
It's a perfect choke point.
We could use our existing oxygenators to attack them en route all the way to the Elevator Base Station.
Regain control of the Space Elevator.
Isolate Zod's remaining forces.
He wouldn't be able to keep sending up reinforcements and supplies the way he has been.
Dru-Zod sent me up here to be his spy.
He has Cor-Vex.
The intel Nyssa gave us was accurate.
They're still suspicious.
Then you need to regain their trust.
Nice to see you, Araame.
We've had some nice times.
I need you to find the codex and then bring it to me.
Help me, please.
- What's your name? - Raika.
Anything from our Cythonnite woman? When it's over, you'll be a different person.
You won't even remember this conversation.
[MACHINE WHIRRING.]
Ah! I have a plan to kill Dru-Zod to save Lyta.
She's Dru-Zod's right hand.
Everything I've believed in, it's all a lie.
I've chosen to live on in you.
While Brainiac has access to my mind, I also have access to his mind.
He's weak.
I know what we have to do.
I know how to beat Brainiac.
Ah! Activate the Zeta-Beam Device, we go back to Krypton.
[GASPS.]
Was I dead? Maybe just a little bit, but I un-deaded you.
- What the? - Hey, calm down.
Look, we're here.
It worked.
Whoo! [OMINOUS MUSIC.]
Everyone return to your homes.
Citizens found outside will be arrested.
Curfew is now in effect.
Everyone should [LAUGHS.]
And after a Rondor sheds its tusk, it eats it, Seg.
It eats it to sharpen its teeth.
Fascinating.
Easy there, easy there.
And how about you tell me more as we walk? Or I can tell you more as we walk.
- Sounds like a good deal.
- [BABBLING.]
Whoa.
- Over there.
Down there.
- No, I don't have Kem, you stay here, man.
I'll be right back.
All right, yeah.
Hey.
Can you just let her pack up her things and be on her way? She never causes any trouble.
Great, then our transaction will be quick.
Transaction? [CLEARS THROAT.]
You're you're a customer? Mm-hmm.
I like gifts that are made by hand.
These days you can only find that here in Rankless.
Huh.
So, thank you, but you can go now.
Yeah [CLEARS THROAT.]
.
Yeah, sorry, sorry, I I'm sorry.
Um, I can't leave.
Not if you genuinely plan on giving someone that hideous thing.
It's not It is hideous, isn't it? Only in every way.
Could I ask who it's for? Mm, my betrothed.
Our Binding date will be set soon and it's tradition to Yeah, oh, no, yeah.
Tradition.
Um, well, if after having met me you're still intent on Binding with this inconceivably lucky individual, um, perhaps you'll let me help you pick something else.
[CHUCKLES.]
Right, well, despite having met you for less than a minute, I'm still actually planning on going ahead with my Binding, but I'll take you up on your offer.
Of of help.
Of helping me choose a gift.
Not, you know [ROUSING MUSIC.]
I'm glad that's settled.
Well, if it were me, um, I'd, uh probably go with something like this.
I can't really picture it.
Can you show me? You want me to show you? Okay.
Um I think this is definitely the one.
The pilferer [GROANS.]
I fell.
Yes, I can see that.
Come on, sir, let me help you.
- There you go.
- [GROANS.]
Aren't you a little short to be a Sagitari? Seg, isn't she a little short to be? No, no, no, she's perfect.
I mean, you're perfect.
You you're height [STAMMERS.]
for a Sagitari is correct.
Um, I I've got him.
[CHUCKLES.]
Thank you.
You're welcome.
You know, you're the only Sagitari to ever help me.
Not all Sagitari are the same.
Yeah.
Yeah, I can see that.
Now.
So this is how you met her.
[SCREAMS, PANTS.]
Hey, good morning there, Sleepy-head.
You know, you look like three kinds of shit.
[CHUCKLES.]
Yeah, well, at least I feel as good as I look.
You know, Kandor's not far.
If we don't stop, we can make it in the next few hours.
Ah, whoa, whoa, easy.
Let's not get ahead of ourselves, all right? We don't have respirators.
And you know, you just about died a few hours ago.
I did die, because you killed me.
You know, and that's in the past, all right? Look, I'm what I'm saying is that we are planning on taking on a dictator that is so evil that people just let him wear a cape, and I don't want you to get hurt or dead again.
Adam, I'll be fine.
Whatever else he is, Dru-Zod is still my son.
[ALARM SOUNDING.]
[COUGHING.]
[GASPING.]
Warning, oxygen level near depletion.
Warning, oxygen now depleted.
Ah.
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
[GROANS, GRUNTS.]
[WEAPON WHIRS.]
Don't move, Sagitari.
I don't believe it.
This was my Rankless sector.
Yeah.
Welcome to General Zod's Kandor.
I don't recognize anything.
It's like he erased it all.
Yeah.
It's like It's like the Rankless It's like my home never existed.
Well, that's one version of it.
The other is that.
The savior of Krypton.
Now you see why it's hard for Val to recruit Rebels.
But we'll figure it out, right? What're you thinking? You think that we could, uh? That's your "I'm doing this alone face," isn't it? I don't have an "I'm doing it alone face.
" What're you talking about? You're doing it right now.
- No, I'm not.
- Right to my face.
You do.
Well, I'm sorry, Adam.
Look, I need you to go ahead of me.
Find Val, tell him I'm alive, and tell him I'll be with him soon.
And then we can end this.
You got a plan, smart guy? - Eh, I got the start of one.
- [SCOFFS.]
Lyta's a beloved and respected leader of Kandor from House Zod, right? If she's seen standing with me, with the Rebellion, that could turn some of Zod's followers against him.
Oh, that's your plan? 'Cause all right, that could work.
If I don't hear from you by tomorrow, I'm coming back here.
Fair enough.
Hey, um, I just wanna let you know I'm really grateful.
For everything.
You got me home, so thank you.
[GRUNTS.]
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
That's all right, it's just I don't get thanked often, so, uh, you know, I don't know what I should do here.
You don't have to do anything, you just [LAUGHS.]
Okay.
Okay.
All right.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
I'll see you in Wegthor, Adam.
Ow.
Thank you.
[GASPS WEAKLY.]
- Was he a friend? - No.
No, I hated his guts, actually.
He didn't think much of us conscripted.
Said we weren't loyal enough, which, you know, is accurate.
You outlasted 99% of the real Sagitari in your regiment.
You must be doing something right.
Didn't realize not dying was a skill.
Thought it was stupid luck.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
Ready my transport.
Yes, Primus.
Hi.
Cancel my transport.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.]
That's enough.
This war is not over.
But I will say this.
It feels damn good to win.
Well done, everybody.
Good job.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.]
We're even more pleased that such a victory cost us so few lives.
Val's right, so for the fallen we owe a great deal of gratitude to Nyssa Vex.
[APPLAUSE.]
And I'm sorry I doubted you.
Last night's victory has opened up a hole in Zod's defensive forces, but time is limited.
Sagitari reinforcements will be sent for.
Before they arrive, we have a chance to cut Zod off from Wegthor completely, if we act fast.
We used the last of our short-term oxygenator supply on last night's assault, but using these long-range ones we gained from Zod's supply convoy, our ground forces can finally make the trek to the Elevator Base Station.
We take that, we control the Space Elevator.
[CHEERING.]
We control Wegthor.
[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE.]
This guy appeared from nowhere.
- Adam? - Hi, Val.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER.]
Uh, hi, other Rebels.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
Jax.
[LIPS SMACKING, GIGGLING.]
So strange being here with you, not worrying that we'll get caught.
It's pretty hard to get in trouble when you're sleeping with the Primus.
There are still plenty of ways we can get into trouble.
[LAUGHS.]
[EMOTIVE MUSIC.]
I love you, Lyta.
Seeing you.
Being with you.
Most days it was all that I could think of.
You helped bring me home.
Once again, you are still the only Sagitari to ever help me.
What? Lyta, you're bleeding.
- Oh.
- Are you okay? Yeah, I've been getting them lately, since the war started.
Um, it must be stress.
You and Dru have taken on a lot.
Well, someone had to lead the people.
What did Jayna think about it? I don't know.
No one's seen her.
Lyta, when I was in the Phantom Zone I had a vision of the future.
What do you mean? It told me that Dru, he's not who he says he is.
Dru, our son was the last piece of you I had left.
I chose to believe he'd unite us, and he did.
Adam Strange has seen a future where our son has conquered the galaxy against its collective will.
And you and I, we can stop that.
We can save him from his obsession.
We can create a new future.
Get dressed.
Come with me.
Seg's alive? [LAUGHS GLEEFULLY.]
I don't believe it.
And yet, somehow I always knew Seg would find a way out of the Phantom Zone.
Yeah, he's got some stones on him, that's for sure.
Thank you, Adam.
All along you kept hope alive.
You would've made a good El.
Ah.
Appreciate that.
But, um, I think you might be thanking me just a little bit too soon.
- What is it? - I don't know, Val.
You're the scientist here, but I think that somehow, somewhere along the way I I think I might have effed up and And broke the damn universe.
- Broke it? - Yeah.
What do you mean? Well, before I returned to Krypton I was using the Zeta-Beam and I I caught a glimpse of the future, but there was nothing.
It was like I hit a wall.
There was nowhere that I could go forward.
It was as if, uh, time had stopped.
Okay, now, what if what if everything that's happened with Brainiac and Zod, Krypton and Earth, what if everything that's changed since I gave Seg the Sunstone, what if all that rippled through time and space and has been building like a tsunami into this catastrophic universe-ending shitstorm and And what if it's all my fault? Adam, whatever you saw, I highly doubt that you were responsible.
Still, still, we got to fix it.
There's got to be a way, right? - I mean - If there is, we will find it.
But the best way to help the universe is to stop Zod now and win the war.
Right.
Okay.
Stop Zod here and now, that makes a certain amount of sense.
Tell me how I can help.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
[BABY MOANS.]
[BABY BABBLES.]
Cor, meet your father, Seg-El.
There we go.
[WHISPERING.]
Hi, you little guy.
His hair, it's It's so dark.
Luckily he takes after you.
Some nights I come in and look at him, think of you, see your face.
What happened with Nyssa? Why do you have him? Nyssa's working with us now.
Helping fight the Rebellion.
It's complicated, Seg, but I can explain it all.
Just stay here.
When I'm back, no one will keep us apart.
We'll be with our son.
We can be a family.
Our son? Lyta, Cor will always be mine and Nyssa's child.
[FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING.]
She doesn't mean Cor-Vex, Father.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
You told him I was here? Lyta, what're you doing? This isn't you.
It is.
And it will all make sense soon.
And I know you'll understand.
[CALM OVERLAPPING CHATTER.]
May I? [CHAIR SCREECHES.]
I'm sorry you had to see me like that last night.
You do not owe me an explanation, Dev.
But I'll listen to anything you want to say.
It's a long story.
I'm not going anywhere.
The Rebels have been picking us off.
They knew the tunnels.
Despite our numbers, we were at a significant disadvantage.
Our job was to never let them realize that.
[WHIRRING.]
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
Commander, I got a bio-reading.
With all this interference, I can't tell who or what it is.
Set it to thermal.
[DEVICE WHIRRING.]
It's okay, it's just civilians.
Families.
My scanner's picking up hundreds more beyond the chamber.
Leave them alone.
Let's keep it moving on.
- All right.
- That's it? Those miners could be harboring Rebels.
If they were, we'd be dead already.
What do I report? I already alerted Wegthor Command we stopped.
I didn't ask you to call him.
Wegthor Command, this is Faora One-Three Actual.
Ignore prior comm blast.
Hostiles not found.
Civilians only.
Over.
Negative, Faora One-Three.
Orders are to proceed and blow the tunnel.
Command, I repeat, civilians are danger close.
We'll need to clear them out and then blow the tunnel.
Over.
Negative.
You have your orders.
Command, I wish to consult Primus Lyta-Zod about modifying the order.
Over.
Faora One-Three, the order came from Primus Zod.
Over.
[SIGHS.]
Kem, Stak, let's open up a hole.
Let's get those people out.
That's not the order, Commander.
I'm not getting Reconditioned because you suddenly felt noble.
Move, Sergeant, or try to stop me.
[GRUNTS.]
[BONES CRACKING.]
[SCREAMS.]
Oh.
[GRUNTING.]
I knew before Kem even told me, all those people were dead.
Deemed a "calculated risk.
" The war, Lyta.
It was all messed up.
And there was no room for those of us trying to sort it out.
Kem had said once, "What choice do we have "but to fight?" So I chose that day to never fight again.
Take this.
Kem told me where to find this smuggler he'd been working with, bringing stuff up to Wegthor from Krypton in a skimmer modified for space flight.
Said the guy could get me back to Kandor, off the radar, so I left, alone.
I deserted the Sagitari.
But before I could disappear, I had to talk to her face to face.
I needed to look her in the eyes to know the truth.
Lyta? Dev.
What're you doing here? You've been reported AWOL.
If you're seen Report me if you must.
I I want to help you, but I'm in a very difficult position.
If you wanted to help me, you would've killed that order instead of innocent civilians.
We could've done the job and save them.
The Lyta I love would have.
Then why are you back here, Dev? To chastise me? Those months I waded through shit.
Stepped over death and its endless piles of lost potential.
I drank from nothing but puddles, filtered of blood.
I did all of it.
I endured it.
Because I believed in you, Lyta.
But now all I see is your son and his will.
[ROUSING MUSIC.]
I want to thank you, Lyta, for the light you gave my life, but I want nothing to do with you anymore.
Should the Sagitari find you, even if I wanted to help, I can't.
I know.
[TREMBLING BREATH.]
I know.
After that I left Kandor and found New Lurvan.
I know it's all true.
But I can't give up on her.
I have to believe that Lyta can still be saved from Zod.
I've looked in Lyta's eyes.
The mercy and compassion she retained, it's eroded away.
If I'm to join you against Zod and Lyta gets in the way, I need to know what you're willing to do.
I I honestly don't know.
But I'll listen, to you, Dev.
You have followed me for a very long time.
From now on, we walk together.
To see you holding your child, my brother, in your arms, brings me more joy than you could know.
It's good to have you back.
Is it? Because when I heard that you destroyed my grandfather's Phantom Projector, thereby trapping me in the Phantom Zone, I really didn't know what to think.
Oh, I do apologize for that.
But I don't regret my decision.
You know it was necessary to stop Brainiac and protect Krypton.
And where is Brainiac now? Dead.
You killed Brainiac? [FOREBODING MUSIC.]
And I have never been more proud to be your son.
I always had confidence that you would escape Brainiac and the Phantom Zone.
Farfetched, I know, but I chose to believe in you and your love for Krypton.
It wasn't my love for Krypton that saved me.
It was Lyta.
I saw her in the Phantom Zone, you know.
Being strangled to death by you.
A vision.
One of the many mysterious treacheries o that horrific place.
Well, this one told me that Lyta won't be in lock-step with you forever.
Lyta knows what's best for Kandor, and she can see what you cannot.
This is my vision for Krypton.
The universe.
You and I waste time quarreling, when we could be building, like the Els and the Zods of the past.
When the houses of our family work together, we create greatness that sustains Krypton.
The Els and the Zods.
Our capacity to create is only rivaled by our ability to destroy, you know this is true.
Look, what I saw in the Phantom Zone, it might be real or it might now.
I just know there is a version of the future where you go too far, where all of this goes too far.
Please, my son, You have a chance to be the best of both houses.
No, Seg.
You do.
You can end this war.
Reunite Krypton.
Help Lyta broker peace with Val.
Convince him to embrace both houses of our family.
United we can build a tomorrow we all want.
But in the meantime, I will arrange for the Med Bay at Fort Rozz to see you and get you checked out and cleaned up.
The Phantom Zone can be wearing, I know.
Keep your eye on that Sagitari over there.
Kem? Kem.
Adam? I thought you were dead.
I mean, I close, I was in Detroit.
I mean, a bottled Detroit, but, you know, in the future.
Obviously.
Hey, about Ona, I'm really sorry, there was There was nothing that I could do.
Listen.
I made peace with it.
It took some time, but you saved mine and Seg's life.
Well, there's that.
Hey, Adam, um, there's something you need to know about Seg [GASPS.]
Seg? [CHUCKLES.]
Seg is alive.
I found him on Brainiac's home planet.
He's in Kandor as we speak.
Uh That that's amazing.
Hey, it's all right.
This war's gonna be over, bud.
Hey, if anyone can defeat Zod, it's Seg and me.
I'll do whatever I can to help.
Whatever I can.
You know what? There actually might be a way.
Val's got me on this top secret mission to take control of the Space Elevator.
We need a Sagitari bio-scanned access through a utility tunnel, and that could be you.
Huh? Are you in? Uh, I mean, I want to, but I just kind of plan to sit here in this filthy tunnel.
Yes! Yes, I am in.
Just get me out of here.
Okay, I'm gonna go talk to Val and Jax about folding you in, all right? Shit's gonna get dicey.
A lot of ways it could go sideways.
So we'll probably die.
Later today.
[CHUCKLES.]
Certain death wouldn't and didn't stop Seg.
And it is not gonna stop me, probably.
I think.
- Stay there.
- Yeah.
Good to see you.
[SHIPS WHIRRING.]
I can assure you, my head's completely fine.
Haven't had any weird nightmares lately.
Certainly haven't had my mind hijacked recently, I think so.
Oh, good, all clear? Well, that's a relief.
Not that I was worried or anything.
I'll be back.
[BEEPING, WHIRRING.]
Raika? Raika, what're you doing here? Raika, it's me, Seg.
You remember me, right? No.
I'm very busy.
I'm sorry.
Oh, no, Raika, from From the catacombs - Whoa.
- No, no.
- No, no.
- It's okay.
- No! No, no.
- Okay, okay.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Well, calm down.
- Raika? Raika.
- [SCREAMING.]
No, no.
Raika, be calm, be calm.
Calm down, Raika.
- [SCREAMING.]
No, no - Raika, what's happening? - What's happening to her? - Not sure.
No! No.
We'll get her over to the Somatic Division.
Calm her mind.
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
She's a friend.
I'll take her.
- You're not authorized.
- Do you know who I am? I am Seg-El, father of the savior of Krypton, General Zod.
So I suggest you find someone to authorize it, and also I want the best tech you have to see her, is that clear? Or maybe you'd like me to tell my son.
- No, no, we'll set it up.
- Thank you.
Now, how do we get there from here? Val, I need to speak to you urgently.
It's about Jax.
I got this intel from an old friend, a commander working closely with Jax.
I brought it straight to you.
It's a smart weapon.
Linked to the Codex and its genetic index.
This bio-weapon can target and shut down specific DNA signatures on a massive scale.
If the wrong hands got hold of it It could mean genocide.
A single miscalculation could destroy everyone in Krypton.
That's why I came to you, Val.
Help me stop it before it's too late.
[MENACING MUSIC.]
[CLACKING, BEEPING.]
Genetic signatures primed.
Weapon is armed.
Detonate on my command only.
Understood? Who will be targeted? Every Sagitari in Wegthor, if necessary.
Tell no one about it.
[WHOOSHING.]
Word is you're the best tech in here.
You know, I've never sat in for one of these before.
Her memories just appear there? Correct.
And, uh, you can access the memory files of anyone you've reconditioned just right here on that display? Yes, but what's that have to do with her.
[CHUCKLES.]
No, nothing.
I was just wondering.
[GRUNTS.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Search for Lyta Zod.
[ELECTRONIC NOISES.]
At a certain point, you will feel like you're going to die.
[SHUSHES.]
But I promise you will survive.
Stop.
Um, search "reconditioning files, Lyta Zod.
" Not found.
Search again.
Search "Primus Zod, reconditioning files.
" Not found.
[HITS DEVICE.]
Boo.
You okay? Yeah, just, um, not a fan of being underground.
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
Move fast and don't die.
- That was an awful pep talk.
- Who was that? You know, I've used some blasters in my day.
If you need some tips, you can [WEAPON COCKS.]
Say, you know what? I think I'll manage.
Thank you.
When this is over, you'll be a different person.
You won't even remember this conversation.
[SCREAMING.]
Stop.
This is unfortunate, Seg, What have you done? I helped free her mind of conflict.
Relieved her of thoughts and memories that impeded her potential, so she could more clearly see my vision.
What have you done? [GRUNTS.]
I relished no part of it.
[GRUNTS, GROANS.]
I hoped you'd remain unblemished and come to understand me on your own.
In time, maybe even love me.
It's a shame that we'll never know.
I'm sorry, Father.
Full Recondition.
[GROANING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[WHISPERING.]
Move up, move up.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
All right, so what's this barrier look like? I think I found it.
Okay.
Shiny.
Huh.
[WHIRRING.]
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
Here we go.
Sorry if we die.
- Sorry if we die.
Just - Yeah.
- It's a joke.
- Yeah.
A bad joke.
See? I think that's fine.
So what we have to [ALARM BLARING.]
- Breach detected.
- Uh [CHUCKLES.]
.
Breach detected.
Kem, let's not embarrass me in front of our new friends here, yeah? Yeah, hold on.
- What is that thing? - It's a data scrambler.
- What does it do? - It scrambles data! And it confuses tech, and I'm hoping that if I click this button, it Access granted.
[LAUGHS.]
Let us through the barrier.
Well done.
Oh, Kem, you saved the day.
You should be commander.
[MACHINE WHIRRING.]
[GRUNTING, GROANING.]
Reconditioning complete.
He's done.
Take him to recovery.
I'll see what we deleted here.
[WHISPERING.]
Can you hear me, Seg-El? [FOREBODING MUSIC.]
What is this? [GRUNTS.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[WEAPON COCKS.]
[BOTH GRUNT.]
[PANTING.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[EXHALES DEEPLY.]
[MUSIC INTENSIFIES.]
[OMINOUS MUSIC.]
There it is, the access terminal.
Get through that, we're into the Space Elevator base station.
[ELECTRONIC SOUNDS.]
All right, team, let's reach the base station.
Armed forces, move in.
[CHATTER.]
Strike team, ground support is within artillery range.
- What is your sit-rep? - Standby.
Verifying sequence.
Sequence failed.
It's a negative, Rebel Command.
The key is inoperable.
I repeat, the key does not work.
Oh.
No, there's something wrong out there.
Why are the bio-readouts showing depleted oxygen levels? [ALARMS SOUNDING.]
Oxygen level Oxygenator O2 levels ALL: [GASPING, GROANING.]
The oxygenators are failing.
They're suffocating out there.
Zod's tainted the supply.
He's been playing us.
Oxygenator O2 levels depleted.
- Depleted.
- Depleted.
Depleted.
Commander, detonate de Codex Weapon.
We have lost all ground support.
I repeat, ground support are dead.
Copy that.
[FOREBODING MUSIC.]
What did she mean, "Detonate the Codex Weapon"? Is that what that thing is? There's no time to explain.
Make time.
[WEAPONS COCK.]
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
One step further and I'll drop you.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
What is it? A genetic bio-weapon that's linked to the Codex, programmed to wipe out every last Sagitari on Wegthor.
Sorry, Kem.
What? No, no! Rebel Command, the detonator has failed.
I repeat, the detonator has failed.
No.
No! [OMINOUS MUSIC.]
You left me no choice.
Val? Where's the Codex? You should've told me what you were planning to do.
Val, what did you do? [YELLING.]
What did you do? What do you think you're gonna do? We've come this far, we need to finish this.
Ground support is dead.
We won't make it out.
I know.
[THUMP.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
What the hell is this? The end of the war.