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[young man]Before Rome, before Babylon,

before the pyramids, there was Kahndaq.

The first self-governing people oP Earth,

Kahndaq was a center ofpower aPd enlightenment.

For cePturies, they thrived.

-But then... -[people screaming]

...came KiPg Ahk-ToP.

Using the army to seize power, Ahk-ToP became a tyraPt.

But he had even darker ambitions.

Obsessed with dark magic,

Ahk-Ton's real goal was to forge the CrowP of 3abbac.

If infused with the powers of the six demons

-of the ancient world. . . -[thunder crashing]

...it would make Ahk-Ton invincible.

To make the crown, he needed EterPium.

A rare mineral of magic properties,

-found only in Kahndaq. -[miners grunting]

3o he ePslaved his own people...

...and forced them to dig.

[grunting with efforf]

Eternium.

Eternium.

Eternium.

Eternium.

[minGrs yGlling in Kahndaqi]

[young man, in English] Kahndaq was teetering on the briPk.

[men shouting in Kahndaqi]

[young man] what they needed...

GGt off him!

GGt off him!

GGt off him!

[shouting subsidGs]

[young man]... was a hero.

Why arG we fighting each othGr?

RemGmhGr who our real enemy is!

ComG with me.

Look!

Eternium.

LGt me see that.

-[tools clattering] -[birds calling in distancG]

The King thanks you.

He's supposGd to reward him .

Is that right?

I want what l'm owed.

Hm .

You want a rGward?

-[miner grunts] -[boy gasps]

The King thanks you for your service.

[miner screaming]

[panting]

You want the King's reward too?

No, but my son accepts the King's mGrcy.

I won't always be here to protect you.

I don't need protection.

I want to hG freG.

If we fight together, wG could overfhrow the King.

LGt someone else be thG hero...

...the gravGyards are full of them.

Stop drGaming and go hack to work.

[minGrs grunting]

[young man]3omeone to hold the hopes of the people.

Even when all hope seems lost.

If we had more heroes...

...then mayhe our freedom wouldn't be a dream.

[soldier yells]

Freedom!

Freedom!

-[boy grunts] -[soldiers yell]

[minGrs yGlling, cheering]

[young man] King Ahk-Ton knew that this spark

could quickly igPite a fire.

And so, he ordered that it be snuffed out.

[crowd chanting]

They thought they were gettiPg a martyr.

Instead...

-[murmurs in Kahndaqi] -.. .they got a miracle.

[low voices chanting]

[young man] The Council of Wizards,

the magical guardians of the Earth.. .

You havG been chosen.

[young man] ...sought to restore the balance.

The stamina of Shu!

-They empowered him with the gifts -The swifiness of Heru!

-Of the ancient gods. -The strength of Amon!

And turned a boy...

The wisdom of Zehuti!

The power of Aten!

-The courage of Mehen! -.. .into a champion.

"Shazam!"

[thunder crashing]

Hurry.

Give it to me!

[young man] But the crown had already beeP completed.

Give it to me!

[pGople chattGring Gxcitedly]

[young man] And when the Champion arrived at the palace

to challenge him...

...King Ahk-Ton summoned its demonic power.

In the ensuing battle, the palace was destroyed,

but the Champion was victorious.

The wizards hid the Crown of 3abbac

so that it would never again fall into the hands of maP.

And the Champion was Pever heard from again.

["Bullet With Butterfly Wings" by Smashing Pumpkins playing]

Today, Kahndaq is occupied by interPatioPal mercenaries,

the Intergang, the latest in a series of foreign iPvaders.

But legend says, whenever Kahndaq needs him most,

the Champion will return to restore freedom to the people.

It has been a Iong, Iong wait.

[horn honks]

[soldiGr] HGy!

[vGndors shouting, indistinct]

Show me your papers.

[horn blaring]

[checkpoint soldier] Move it along!

[checkpoint leader] Have your documGntation ready.

[indistinct chattGr]

[driver] lt's all our threG documents, yeah?

Don't judge the picture,

it's after my girlfriend brokG up with me.

[soldier 2]Open the hack. NGed a look inside.

-[indistinct chatter] -[faint radio chatter]

Yeah, it's unlocked, man.

It's just a bunch of old TVs. l'm an Glectrician.

-Hey! -[young man grunting]

Watch whGre you're going.

You know the drill, back of thG line.

Come on, man, you see mG every day.

[checkpoint leader] And evGry day l tell ya,

if it's got wheels, it's a vGhicle.

Back of the line, mate.

You're not my mate.

L'm hearfbroken. Now, go on, piss off.

No, what you are is a neo-impGrialist enforcer,

from halfway around the world,

sent here to steal my country's natural rGsources,

strip-mine our sacred lands, pollute our water,

oppress our heritage,

and make us wait in lines all day.

-[bangs van door] -Hey, boss man. Can l go?

HGy!

Go on, get out of hGre.

-Yeah, yeah. -[thumps door twice]

[drivGr]Adrianna, we'rG clear.

Kahndaq isn't safe for us anymore.

Let's just move thG crown first,

and then we can worry about safG.

I got lntergang watching my housG.

I gave up my job at thG univGrsity

and moved four times.

It doesn't mean l'm gonna abandon my country.

L'm just saying, no one stays a step ahead of them forevGr.

We can't wait for things to cool down this time.

If l'm right, they're days away from finding it.

[thudding]

What are you doing?

I want to come with you.

You know it's too dangerous.

You shouldn't have gotten involved.

Come on, l want to help you hGat those hastards.

Adrianna, keep your head down, please.

-You want to be a hero, huh? -l do, yGah .

Go home, do your homGwork.

Your time will come one day, but not today, son.

Go!

Go, littlG man. You did good .

That would get you a forfune on thG black market.

Is that real Eternium?

Show us a little magic.

It doesn't work like that, it's unrGfined.

You guys should gGt some rest.

I thought lntergang seized all the old rGlics.

Hey, comG on. Stop it.

L'm just curious how she got it.

My grandmother gavG it to me.

How did she get it?

It's not a museum piecG.

It's a family heirloom, going all thG way back

to the days when Kahndaq was free.

You happy now?

Cool story.

And all l inherited was a swGater.

That's not true. Baba lefi you his van and his bald spot.

You know, some women likG a hald spot.

Curly on the outside, smooth on the inside. You know?

[man]Are you sure about this?

[Adrianna] The inscriptions we found are clGar.

And l'm positive about that translation.

There is something insidG that mountain.

-[wind blowing] -[birds calling]

[man] What if it really is the crown? Then what?

It's a source of great power. Who gets to keGp it?

No one. We hide it again somGplacG else.

Get it out of the country if we have to.

It is too dangerous for anyonG to have.

This is it?

Not yet.

-Are you coming? -Eh, bad knee. l'll keep watch.

["Bahy Come Back" by Player playing on car sterGo]

[slurping drink]

[rock crumhling]

This way. Almost there.

"Men were given the gift of magic,

hut their hearfs werG too Gasily corrupted."

[pGbbles, dirf clattGring]

KGep rGading.

"The ultimate power was banished from the Earth

and hidden .. . here."

Until now.

[man] This mountain has kept the Crown of Sabbac safe

for five thousand years.

We're 1 00 percent, totally, like, no takG-backs

certain that we want to move it?

We don't have a choice.

What happenGd to lshmael?

[dirt clattering]

Great. Don't worry, l'll find him.

["Bahy Come Back" continues playing]

[singing along] Baby come back

Oh, baby. .. on me

I was wrong

And Ijust can't Iive without you

Baby come back. . .

[man screaming]

Samir?

Samir, what happened?

-[choking, muttering] -What?

I can't hear you. What are you saying?

[gunshot]

Don't move! Unless you want to join your matG.

-[mercenary]Stay where you are! -[men shouting, indistinct]

Oh, hey. Oh, hey. Hey...

-[lshmael] "Turn back." -[gasps]

-[sighs in relie -That's what it says, no?

Yes.

Where is Samir?

Claustrophobic. Needed some air.

-Is this the way to the crown? -l think so.

[Adrianna] lt's a tomb.

"Speak not his power,

so he may suffer a drGamless sleGp

for all eternity." Teth Adam .

The slave who became champion and defGated the king.

The legGnd was true.

Kahndaq. . . really did havG a hGro once.

If he was such a hero, why'd they bury him down hGre?

The crown.

[panting]

[exhales]

[grunts loudly]

[panting]

[sighs]

[lshmael struggling]

[hGad mercenary] lt's over.

Now, give mG the crown.

Run, Addy! Run!

-[grunts] -[machine gun fire]

-[head mercenary] Hold fire! -[gunfirG ceases]

Don't hit the crown! GGt her!

[grunts]

-[mercenary] Go! Move. -[mercGnary 2] Circle around!

-Get down ! -[grunting]

-Say goodbye to your hrother. -[panting]

ln five...

-...four. . . -[gasping]

...three...

...two...

...onG...

[Adrianna] l'm ovGr herG.

One? You let them get to one?

[Adrianna panting loudly]

[struggling]

[grunts in pain]

Any last words?

PIGase tell my son...

"Mightiest of mortals...

...god of gods,

Six lmmorfal Elders by name.. ."

What?

-"Shazam !" -[loud rumbling]

[men screaming]

Who thG hell is that?

You wouldn't helieve me if l told you.

[men muttGring fearfully]

[rocks hissing]

[tensG muttering]

Check him out.

Boss say you go.

Chief say your turn.

[seething under breath]

Hey, amigo. LGt me see your hands.

[grunting, choking]

-[screaming] -[electricity crackling]

Open fire!

Your magic is wGak.

Go. Go.

[men screaming]

[screaming, grunts]

[men screaming]

[agonizGd scrGam]

[scrGaming]

We need immediate backup! SGnd everything you've got!

[body crashes]

[gunfire continues]

[man yelling, screams]

Ishmael!

[scrGaming]

Ishmael!

[gunfire echoing]

[mercenaries screaming]

[gasping]

[Adrianna] Let's go!

[hrother] This is as fast as l can go.

[helicopters whirring]

Samir! What happGned?

What didn't happen! [panting]

Samir fGll off of a cliff.

I had a gun to my head.

Ishmael is buried under a mountain.

And you summoned somG flying magic man.

All for what? Nothing!

-Oh. -Not for nothing.

Light him up.

Shit! Where the hell did he come from?

Rotor out! Go! Go!

-[engine whining] -l can't maintain altitudG!

[hoth screaming]

[men shouting]

[yGlling]

["Paint lt Black" by Rolling StonGs playing]

[bullGts whining]

[all scrGaming]

Oh, shit.

[Adrianna] Stop! Stop the van!

[window cranks creaking]

[panting nervously]

Behind you!

Did he just catch a rocket?

[gasping]

[dGbris whistling]

[panting softly]

God willing, wG won't see him again.

[gasps]

[Adrianna exhales]

Wait. Hey! Hey! What are you doing?

Don't touch him, he's made of lightning.

[Adrianna] Good point.

You get him, you're the elGctrician.

[flyhike pilot] Raptor team , come in.

What's your status?

[head mercenary coughing]

Help me. [panting]

I told you to make it look real, not punch mG in thG facG.

-[head mercenary gasping] -[gunshot]

[flyhike pilot, over radio] Raptor team, come iP.

What's your status?

Status is that everyone is dead.

Ishmael, is that you? What happenGd?

The crown wasn't the only thing waiting for us down herG.

-Do you have it? -No.

But l know who does.

Copy that. WG're en route to your location.

[lead mercenary, on recording] we need immediate backup.

3end everything you've got!

[TV reporfer] This rare, magical mineral

has beeP miPed for centuries...

[TV reporfer 2] ...reports of an Eternium blast.

It is unknown who or why.. .

[TV reporfer 3] . ..decimated a Pumber of troops.

[TV reporfer 4] . ..an unidePtified male.

This being is somehow able to harness...

What do you think?

I think this loose cannon needs to hG lockGd down

before innocent people starf getting hurt.

Oh, and good morning to you, too.

3hove it up your ass, Carter.

He's been asleep for 5, 00c years.

He'II be disoriented at first. The Ionger he has to adapt,

the harder it will be to take him down.

WheGls up in 30.

Who's on the team?

[bicycle rattling]

-[beeping] -[fGmalG voicG] welcome.

Please state your name for identification.

Uh, hi. l'm Maxine Hunkel. l'm here to seG Mr. Hall.

Confirmed. Welcome, Maxine.

Thanks!

[Carfer] Maxine Hunkel, aka Cyclone.

Wind manipulation powers, computer skills, smart as hell.

Basically a tornado with a 1 5/ IQ.

3ounds delightful.

But please tell me you found someone

who caP pack a puPch.

That's where Atom Smasher comGs in.

AI Rothstein, nephew to the original Atom 3masher.

-Inherited his uncle's powers. -[phone vibrating]

-How's my suit? Ooes it fit? -No, yeah. lt's perfect.

Thank you again for lGtting me horrow it.

You know, l used to watch you all thG timG as a kid?

This is literally the only thing that l'd ever wantGd in my--

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Oon't let anythiPg happen to it.

It's vintage.

And don't Iet anything happen to you, either.

Don't do anything crazy. You Iisten to Carter.

L'm gonna make you proud, Uncle Al. l promisG.

They seem green.

That's why l called in Kent.

Kent's been out of action for a Iittle while,

but I caP't do this without him.

Takes magic to fight magic aPd the man's got

nearly god-Ievel powers.

It might take a lot more than that.

Are you sure they can take him?

Waller, you find us a cell that can hold him ...

...we'll take care of the rest.

Good luck.

This is gonna be fun.

[grunting]

-[sharp scream] -[gasps]

[exhales]

-[chauffeur]We're here, sir. -[groans] Hm?

Oh, right.

Was l staring again?

Only half an hour or so, sir.

Maybe next timG, honk the horn.

Of course, sir.

[Cyclone]3o what's the op?

[Hawkman]We're headed to Kahndaq to apprGhend and contain

a Class-A rogue metahuman.

[Atom Smasher] l didn't hring a passporf.

We don't need passporfs. WG're thG Justice Society.

[Cyclone] ls this entirely made out of Nth mGtal?

[Hawkman] Everything down to the scrGws.

ComplGtely indestructihlG.

L'll be in the cockpit if you nGed me.

It's pretty cool. You got any snacks?

It takes a lot of energy to smash atoms.

[jet powering up]

HerG.

Oh! Thanks.

L'm Al, by the way.

Maxine.

[electronics humming]

[chewing] What do you do?

Wind. You?

I grow.

Cool.

[woman wailing]

[sobbing]

[young man] Whoa!

Don't worry about that. l can get another one.

Uh, my mom's not much of a doctor,

but you should probably leave th--

[laughing] Or do that.

I know you have a lot to catch up on.

But l was thinking wG could help each other.

-Move. -l'm Amon, by the way.

I didn't ask for your name.

You're Teth Adam, right?

Everyone in Kahndaq knows your story.

-I said move. -My mom said you took out

a bunch of lntergang soldiers in the dGsert.

Because they wouldn't move out of my way.

So you can really fly and stop bullGts,

'cause that's really crucial to my plan.

And is it really you stopping thG bullGts or is it the suit?

Wait, what's your top speGd?

L'm sure you're fast, but how fast?

Like Flash fast?

Wait, did you really not have mirrors back then?

Wow, l guess a lot does change in 5,000 years.

Five thousand years?

Yeah, that's how long you were in the tomb.

Until my mom woke you up.

So you've got stopping bullets, chGck; flying, check;

and lightning thing, that's a big check.

[traffic humming faintly]

I don't know this place.

This is your home.

Then my home is gone.

What happened to thG crown?

-Too much? -[sighs]

[Adrianna] You know it's cursed with demons, right?

[music from "The Good , The Bad, and The Ugly" playing on TV]

"Life is the. . . only path to dGath."

No shit.

"Teth Adam was a Bronze Age Kahndaqi demi-god."

"He defeated King Ahk-Ton in approximately 2,000 BC."

TherG. That's you. See?

That's the statue thGy built of you.

And now you're hack.

Our country's been oppressed hy one invadGr aftGr another

ever since you lGft.

My point is, Kahndaq still isn't free.

We could really use a superhero right ahout now.

L'm no hero.

[Amon] What? Superman, Batman, Aquaman...

You're way more stacked than any of thGm.

And they're not coming to Kahndaq to savG us.

But you could stop lntergang all hy yourself,

just like you did King Ahk-Ton.

You're our only hope.

-[Karim exclaims] -[gasps]

[dramatic music continues on TV]

[gasping]

-Wizards. -[chucklGs]

l can fix it. Don't worry.

L'm not a wizard. [tensG breathing]

[laughing]Hey, Mom. He's awake.

I told you not to go in your room.

It was you who spokG.

You woke me.

I didn't have a choice. l'd bG dead if it hadn't workGd .

The men in my tomh, they were your Gnemies?

Yes.

Then your enemies are vanquished,

condemned to the eternal sleep of the damned.

Actually, we still have a lot of enemies that neGd vanquishing.

Then dGstroy them.

Intergang have guns and flyhikes and Eternium rockets.

WG havG my mom.

ProvG your strength.

Destroy your enemy and all he carGs about.

Make him heg for mercy,

but deny it until his final brGath.

InterGsting, okay?

I appreciate what you did for me,

but l do not want you teaching my son violGnce.

I understand . You want his father

-to teach him violence. -[coughs]

-Gross, that's my hrother. -That's my sister.

-His father's dead. -l'm sorry.

Who do you want to teach him violence thGn?

Yeah, Mom. Who do you want to teach mG violGnce?

No one.

I want a champion to help frGe Kahndaq from lntergang.

Please, help us.

[panting]

[Amon] Wait! Wait.

-Where are you going? -l shouldn't be here.

You don't feel any loyalty to us at all?

Not really, no.

You're not seeing thG full possibilities here.

I don't know what it was like in ancient times,

hut having superpowers is kind of a big deal in our world.

Maybe clean up your outfit a littlG bit,

get a cape, change your name.

Teth Adam is a very strong namG.

It's a little outdated.

And you definitely nGGd a catchphrasG.

Something blackout bad-ass to say

right before you ahsolutely cook some dude.

I don't waste words on thG dead.

Well, yeah, kind of like that, hut morG catchy.

I was thinking, like,

"Tell them the Man in Black sent you."

-Them? -You know, gods, dGmons...

Whoever's waiting for us in thG afterlife.

And you wear a lot of hlack, so we should really lean into that.

My point is, you could be famous.

Magazines, lunch boxes, video gamGs.

And the superhero industrial complex is worfh a lot of money.

I don't neGd a box for my lunch.

Anyone you've ever known is dead.

What else arG you gonna do?

[people exclaiming]

Wait! Where are you going?

[pGople chattGring Gxcitedly]

Waller's file needs a hit to be desirGd .

Most of this was considered a myth

until yesterday aftGrnoon.

He's a bad man, Kent. What else do you neGd to know?

When you've seen as many differGnt futures as l have,

you cease to believe in ahsolutGs.

[wry chuckle]

What are you laughing at?

L'm not laughing. That was a smirk.

I know. That's how you laugh.

L've missGd having you around

to spout old cryptic shit likG that.

Almost as much as l've missed having you around

to ignore all my advice. CarfGr...

This is not a very good plan.

Yeah, well...

A bad plan is better than no plan at all.

If only there were a third option.

[sucking on mint]

[Cyclone] l wouldn't touch that if l was you.

Why not?

'Cause that helmet is from another planet.

It's millions of years old.

It choosGs who it lGts touch it.

-Like Kent? -Yeah.

Like, Kent is literally possGssed when he puts it on.

What happens if l touch it anyway?

Soul crushing terror? Or. . . something.

So we should prohably put a towel on it, right?

[Hawkman] Coming up on it.

RGady stations in five.

Hey, why is this Adam dude so pissGd off?

HG's not some dude.

He's a weapon of mass destruction.

You don't have to raise your hand .

Ouestion: if he's so powerful, how arG we supposed to stop him?

If we can get him to say the word, "Shazam,"

Teth Adam will losG his power.

And we'rG hoping since hG's had

a few thousand years to sleep it off,

we can peacefully negotiate thG terms of his existence.

From the footage you showed us, hG doesn't really seem likG

a "peacefully negotiate" kind of guy.

CorrGct.

Look alive.

WG're here.

[sighing]

-[entry bell chimes] -[townspeople chattering]

[sobbing]

[wailing]

Forgive mG.

[indistinct chattGr]

[Amon]This is a message

-for all lntergang soldiers. -Hey! Stop!

Kahndaq has its own official superhero now.

[grunting loudly]

Teth Adam !

[quietly]Please.

-There he is! Move! -[people exclaiming]

-Teth Adam! -[checkpoint lGader] Move!

-Teth Adam--! [grunting] -[grunts]

Get up! Who's gonna savG you now, mate?

The statuG?

[Adrianna] That's my son.

He's just a boy. He doesn't know what he's doing.

What are you doing?

Hang on. l recognize you.

Where is the crown?

-[grunting] -Let's go!

[Adrianna grunts]

[crowd murmuring]

[scrGaming]

You could've showed up a bit sooner.

But that was dope.

We need backup down herG.

[gun clicking]

[music from "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" playing]

[grunting]

[scrGaming]

[scrGams, grunts]

[Amon laughs]

Tell them thG Man in Black sGnt you.

Well, yes, but not to me. Say it to the bad guys.

But bGfore you zap thGm.

-Catchphrase, then kill. -YGs.

[machine guns firing]

[tower soldiers scrGaming]

[grunts]

He's hGre.

You sense his presence?

No.

I assume he's the only person in Kahndaq that can do that.

[Cyclone gasps]

[soldiGrs gasping, whimpering]

Fate and l'll take the lead. Listen...

Now, you two hang hack 'til we call you.

We're the anvil, you're the hammGr.

You're ready.

-[soldiers screaming] -Uh, he just droppGd thG, um...

-[soldiers screaming faintly] -Shit!

[wind whistling]

BG prepared.

[elGctronic alGrf beGping]

Um ...

[scrGaming]

[both yelling]

Behind you!

[soldiGrs yGlling]

[grunts]

[crowd jeering]

LGt us bG!

I don't know their crimes, hut whatever they are,

these men should face due process.

[crowd chGering]

Then let the gods make their judgmGnt.

-Yeah! -Yeah!

You don't look like an lntergang.

WG're thG Justice Society.

Our mission is to protect global stability.

We're here to restore peace to Kahndaq.

And we will use force if necessary.

ForcG is always necessary.

[Dr. FatG] Teth Adam .

We know who you are and what you are capahlG of.

There's no place for you in the world of man.

You have two choices:

Kneel or diG.

I was a slave until l died.

Then l was rGborn a god.

I kneel beforG no one.

[grunts]

Fate, give me a distraction.

[people screaming]

Just say, "Shazam." WG all go home.

[grunts]

I don't have a home.

[loud grunt]

[grunting with efforf]

[strained grunt]

[yGlling]

[shuddering grunt]

[both grunting]

Whoo!

Look at that suit. lt's cool.

-Thanks. You, too. -Thank you.

It was a hand-me-down. lt was from my uncle.

[Teth Adam & Hawkman grunting]

[Atom Smasher] Hawkman just does not give up, does he?

[Cyclone] Nope.

[Hawkman yelling]

[loud impact boom]

Amon, wherG are you going? Wait!

To hGlp him !

[grunts]

[chucklGs]

[Dr. Fate] Cyclone, Smasher, now is your time.

-[beeps] -Let's roll!

What are you doing? HGy! HGy, hey, hey!

[grunts]

[Adrianna criGs out]

[sharp yell]

[groaning]

No!

[both grunting]

L'll be right there!

[gasps]

[guttural roaring]

[thunder crashing]

You havG the Crown of Sabhac.

[loud impact]

[Dr. FatG grunts]

[roaring]

[grunting]

[all grunting]

[Dr. Fate] l can't hold him much longGr.

[yGlling]

Move!

[sharp grunt]

[crackling Gnergy builds]

L'm coming! l'm zeroing in on your location!

[booming Gxplosion]

[car alarms wailing]

[frustrated growl]

[grunting]

-[reverberating rumble] -[gasps]

[crying out]

I got him ! Guys, l got him .

It's, uh.. . it's me, Al. ln case you didn't recognize me.

There's something different about you.

Can't quitG put my finger on it.

You know, it's probably because l'm six storiGs tall now.

But you-- You're like a tornado.

I thought the two of you did great work.

First time out-- [clicks teeth] Bravo.

Thanks. l mean, l got a little turned around back therG,

but, uh, it all worked out, right?

You're damn right it did.

Let's hope Waller has that cell ready for him .

[powGrful rumhling]

[tGlevisions crackling]

[grunting] You want me to keep my hand hGre, right?

You'd bettGr not let him up.

[rumbling increases]

Uh. . . what do l-- what do l do? Guys?

[loud grunt]

Whoo-hoo!

[crowd , chanting] Long Iive the Champion!

Long Iive the Champion!

Long Iive the Champion!

Long Iive the Champion!

[chanting continues]

[hreath rumhling]

Yeah, he's definitely still breathing.

Long Iive the Champion! Long Iive the Champion!

[chanting continues]

[chanting subsidGs]

Where are you going? WG need to go after him.

We're not strong Gnough.

Oh, well, maybe next time usG your powers of prediction

to figure that out beforG we get our asses kicked.

L'm working on it.

Miss?

Excuse me, you mind if l look in your bag?

Yes, l do mind.

Where are you going with this, Kent?

She's got the Crown of Sabbac.

[Hawkman] One catastrophG at a time.

We can't give him a chancG to rGgroup.

He's been spotted entering thG palace.

It's safe to say he's not going thGre to surrGnder.

Why do you want Teth Adam to surrendGr?

He's the Champion of Kahndaq. Who arG you?

The Justice Society?

We have been living under military occupation

for 27 years, and nevGr seGn you before.

You didn't come when lntergang invaded our country,

when they stole our resources and killGd my hushand.

But now, we finally have our own hero

and you decide to fly down here and save us?

Thank you, but. . . we're covered.

Go and protect international stahility someplace else.

Oh, and second, l don't have the crown.

LGt me spell it out for you.

Teth Adam can't be Kahndaq's champion

hGcausG he is not a hero.

Tell that...

...to all the people he just lihGrated.

I know what this looks like. l . . . l do.

But l can assure you that my t--

-[loud crashing] -[gasps]

[all exclaiming]

I am so sorry. Was that Gxpensive?

Me and you. When we get back to thG ship...

-Yes, sir. -Me and you.

I ...

Can we please just see the crown?

I don't have it.

[indistinct chattGr]

[horns honking]

We don't have time for this.

Teth Adam first, thGn thG crown.

You don't have any authority here.

Teth Adam has done nothing--

Teth Adam is not who you think hG is.

And how would you know?

We have access to ancient texts

that have been kept secret for centuries.

And what exactly do these supposGd ancient tGxts say?

They say that his rage nGarly destroyed Kahndaq .

And we flew all the way over hGre

to stop it from happening again.

[Hawkman] You want to go in there alone?

ArG you sure?

You want to go in and fight Teth Adam again, be my guest.

But if you actually want to resolve things peacefully,

without destroying the rGst of my city,

l'm your only shot.

[Teth Adam] You hrought thG invaders with you.

They only want to talk.

They can talk. l won't listen.

When l was a little girl, my grandmother told me the story

of how the Champion came to this Gxact spot

to free the enslaved people of Kahndaq

by defeating King Ahk-Ton in battle.

But according to thG Justice Society,

that's not really what happenGd .

They say that you didn't come hGre to seek justice.

Hurry.

Give it to me!

[crowd exclaiming]

[Adrianna] That you came to exact revenge.

APd in your aPger...

[energy crackling]

Don't kill me. l can give you anything you want.

This is what l want.

[Adrianna]. . .your power grew until it became uncontrollable.

[people screaming]

And the Council of Wizards was forced to dGem you unworthy

of the gifts that you were granted.

We have chosen recklessly...

...and humanity has paid thG pricG.

And now, Teth Adam ...

...you must pay.

[energy huilding]

[yGlling]

It wasn't your tomh that l openGd , was it?

It was your prison.

And now therG's a statue of you.

Out of the hope that someday Kahndaq's champion would rGturn.

But it's built on a lie, isn't it.

[Teth Adam] l nevGr said l was a hGro.

I nGver claimGd to be anything.

You may not have beGn a hGro.

But that doesn't mean that you can't be one now.

I will hear them out.

But if they choose to fight, thGy choose to die.

[door unlocks, opens]

UnclG Karim !

I can't believe you're sitting around watching TV

when the most Gpic day evGr is--

-[lshmael]ln here, little man. -[gasps]

Ishmael! My mom said you got buried in the tomb.

Funny story, he didn't.

-[laughs] -WhGre's Adrianna?

She's back at the square--

We should go hail her out right now.

But she's the one who sent me home

to make sure thG crown's safe.

It is safe, okay? Somewhere Glse.

Definitely not here. LGt-- Okay--

-Put the bag down. -What are you doing?

Back away. Put the bag down, now.

Give him the bag. Give him the bag.

[crown clanking]

Very good. Back away.

Back away.

Okay, l'm--

[bag unzips]

[lshmael] lt's all going to be okay, little man.

Let me teach you some history that you'vG nevGr learned

in one of your mother's classes.

When we had a powerful king,

Kahndaq used to he something much hGtter than free.

It usGd to be grGat.

Run, Amon, run!

[hoth mGn grunting]

-[gunshot] -[Karim grunts loudly]

[panting]

[loud grunt]

Crash the building.

I lost the kid . HG has the crown.

[Atom Smasher chewing]

[Hawkman]We're here to negotiate the terms

of your peaceful surrGnder.

L'm not peaceful. Nor do l surrender.

[Dr. Fate] What have your powers evGr given to you?

Nothing but hGartache.

You have no idea.

Then why are you making this hard on us?

We both know you're not supposed to be here.

It is you who is not supposGd to be here.

I want you all to leave Kahndaq and nevGr return.

Gladly, with you as our prisoner.

How 'bout l rip your little wings off instead?

L'd like to see you try.

Okay, more fighting won't solve this.

-I disagree. -Me, too.

Looks like we found common ground.

This can only end onG way.

[cGll phone huzzing]

-[Amon]Mom ? -Amon.

I got home and lshmael was in the kitchGn.

Ishmael's dead.

No, he shot Uncle Karim, and he's aftGr the crown.

[tGrse chatter]

[fGmale soldiGr] Ground forces...

l'm hiding in our building, and lntergang's hGre.

They're coming!

Intergang are afier my son.

They don't want him , they want the Crown of Sabbac.

I know you'rG not a hero.

But you're not a monster, either.

I don't care what anyone says.

You saved me in that cave.

You didn't know me and your first instinct was to savG me.

L'm begging you. Please, save my son.

[soldier] Check the wholG placG clean.

[soldier 2] Cover all accGss points!

-Keep looking! -[indistinct radio chattGr]

[soldiGr 3]Area's clear.

There! Take him!

[soldier 4] Right thGre, right there!

[grunting loudly]

MovG, move!

Don't shoot him, l need him!

[men shouting indistinctly]

[yGlling]

[hoth shouting]

[grunts]

[soldier 5] He's going down, he's going down!

[Amon grunts]

[gun cocking]

[yells]

[flyhike pilot] End of the road , kid!

[soldiers shouting]

RGleasG the child.

-Whatever you say. -[Amon yGlling]

-[yelling] -[Teth Adam grunts]

Yes! Thank you!

But mayhe be more careful with your word choice nGxt time.

[men screaming]

Oh! And remember your catchphrase!

-[gunfire] -[men screaming]

TimG to go, Amon.

[gunfire continues]

-Where's the crown? -What crown?

-You want to be brave, eh? -l want you to go to hGll.

That's the plan, little man.

We're gonna go for a ride. Come on.

[pilot yelling in pain]

[pilot gasping, panting]

Put me down! Put me down!

You should he more careful with your word choice next time.

And tell them that thG Man in Black--

[horn blaring]

[car alarms wailing]

He's right hehind me. Where thG hell is everybody?

Mom?

[Adrianna] Amon, where are you? No, no, no. What?

L'm in onG of thGir hikes.

What bikes?

[grunts]

[pilot grunting, scrGaming]

[Adrianna exclaims]

Amon!

Can you hGar me?

Mom, I'm okay.

Shit!

ActivatG infrared.

[Hawkman grunts]

[Hawkman] What arG you doing?

SGarching for the child.

No, you're murdGring people.

How else do l find the child?

I can help you, but no more extrajudicial killings.

I don't need any hGlp.

-[pilot yells] -[Hawkman grunting]

[Hawkman, over radio] 3masher, Cyclone!

What are you waiting for?

-Come on, let's go! -Uh, okay.

Okay. l got this. l got this. On the count of thrGe.

One, two...

This feels a lot higher than last timG.

Whoa!

Ah! That was not cool!

-[tires squealing] -Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hey.

HGy, guys. Slow down.

-[bullets ricocheting] -l got you! l got you!

[powGrful GxhalG]

[loud grunt]

[alarm beGping]

[grunting]

Hey, careful, dude! l almost hit you.

[Hawkman grunts]

-[sharp grunt] -[people exclaiming]

[Atom Smasher] l am so sorry. l just--

I don't really have pGripheral vision in the mask.

It's my uncle's. l'll gGt it tailored.

Me and you.

RogGr that.

[yelps, whimpering]

[scrGaming]

[panting]

[Karim gasping, panting]

-Who are you? -Call mG Dr. Fate.

How had is it, Doc? Am l dying?

L'm not that kind of doctor.

But don't worry, l can sGG the futurG.

This isn't how you're going to die.

How do l die, then?

Just stay away from Glectricity.

Wait, what? l'm an Glectrician.

How the hell am l supposGd to do that?

[sighing]

[engines whining]

[pilot yelling]

[yGlling]

[pilot grunting]

[murmuring in Mandarin]

[grunting]

[grunts]

[whispering] Oh, God .

The Champion's coming for you. You know that, right?

L'm counting on it.

[gasping, panting]

[grunts]

PIGase don't. [screaming]

Teth Adam. Where are you?

You followGd mG?

My miPd and body can exist

in different places at the same time.

Did you fiPd the boy?

Caught one of the bikes, but hG didn't have the child.

Bring me the prisoner. I'II break his mind.

Uh...

You killed him, didnft you.

[pilot screaming in distancG]

[faint impact]

HG didn't makG it.

[CyclonG]ThG bullGt's extracted.

The tissue damage has been rGpairGd .

Blood pressure, 1 20 over 81 . Hearf rate's at ?4 bpm.

He'll he back on his feet in no time.

[exhales]

That is insane.

The nanobots did most of the work.

No, no, no. l'm not gonna let you downplay this.

I literally just witnessed a miracle.

Mm-mm . [chucklGs]

What? l say something stupid?

No, it's just you can transform your molecular structurG,

grow a hundred times your own size.

You're an impossibility and the world still amazes you.

-[chuckles] -l don't know, it's...

lt's cool.

Thank you.

But it's not as cool as nanobots.

That's how you do your wind thing.

Well, the "wind thing" is called aerokinesis.

And the nanobots were injected into my hloodstrGam

hy this really mGssed-up scientist

who kidnapped me when l was 1 5.

L'm . .. so sorry.

No, you'rG good.

It seems like you really turnGd it around.

Found your calling.

Hoping this is minG.

[crying sofily]

[Dr. Fate] There's no point in dwelling in thG past.

It's already moved on from you.

Why did you say that?

You were blaming yourself for trusting lshmael.

Your thoughts are better spent on thG things you can change,

not those you can't.

[whispering]You sGe the futurG?

Tell me how l gGt my son back.

By trusting us.

Karim will live. WG will save Amon.

It's what we do.

I suppose they didn't have doors in your day.

Well, of course we did. That's how we enterGd rooms.

What l did there is called sarcasm.

Where is Amon? Did you find him?

Not yet, but l will.

The men who took him will suffGr.

[soldiGrs grunting]

Maybe these guys can help.

There's an upside to keGping prisoners.

They can answGr our questions.

What did you do with my son?

[soldiGr grunting in pain]

-[blows landing] -[men grunting]

-Adrianna. Adrianna. -[panting]

l've learned that in this modern world ,

wG shouldn't hurt our prisoners.

We should treat them with dignity, rGspect.

[Adrianna] No.

Let's starf with just onG simple question.

-Can either of you fly? -[both gasp]

-[screaming] -Shit.

I think l'll sit this one out.

[soldiGrs screaming]

[thunder crashing]

Tell me what you did with Amon.

You'd better not drop thosG prisoners.

L'm not going to drop them.

L'm going to drop onG of thGm.

Whoever answers first lives. Where is he?

I don't know.

[scrGaming]

He's at our mine in the deserf.

I can show-- [screaming]

-[Hawkman grunts] -[gasping in fear]

[second soldier screaming in distancG]

Oh, you gotta hG kidding mG.

You said you wouldn't hurf the prisoners.

That was sarcasm.

No, technically, it was just a lie.

Intergang have a mine in the dGsert.

-Amon is there. -l know it.

It's near thG Al Hadidiyah Mountains.

Let's go.

[soldiers scrGaming, grunting]

I told you, stop killing people!

They look alive to me.

Because l saved them.

Well, that's why l waited until you wGre there.

I got the information l needed, no one died.

I did it your way.

He does have a point.

I know it got lost in all the confusion,

hut we still have some issues to settle hGre.

We know where Amon is. WG havG to go.

TherG is no "we" here.

There are only heroes and there are villains.

You think yoursGlf a hGro,

hut you would let these criminals go free,

knowing that many more will suffGr at their hands

unless we end them now.

HGroes don't kill people.

Well, l do.

HerG we go.

[both grunting]

[sharp grunt]

[yells]

[yGlling]

[Hawkman yells, grunts]

[yGlling]

[TGth Adam grunts in pain]

Is that what l think it is?

[Hawkman] 23 pounds ofpure Eternium,

much denser than typical artifacts of the pGriod.

King must have had a really strong neck.

No, it snapped when l killGd him.

What's that?

There's writing on the inside of the rim .

"Life is the only path to death."

That's what it says.

Life is the only path to death.

Well, that's surprisingly obvious.

Could it have another mGaning?

What if it means, like, um...

"LifG is short.

You gotta hold on to what you lovG."

Stop.

Deep.

It doGsn't matter what it means.

It should he buried under the ocGan for eternity.

That's not far from what we had in mind

for you when this is over.

Or l could bury you with it.

WG can't get rid of it now.

It's the one thing that lntGrgang wants.

Believe me, l know more than anyonG

what this crown is capable of.

But we have to keep it until my son is safe.

Adrianna...

Trust me, we will get your son back.

They don't care about him . They just want to defGat mG.

Hand it ovGr.

We can't risk letting the crown fall into the wrong hands.

WG'll find anothGr way.

No.

You like to split the world into good and bad,

but that's easy to do when you're the one drawing the line.

All l carG ahout is Amon.

And until he is safe, we're all on the same side.

And you. . . you will work together.

Set a course for the Al Hadidiyah Mountains.

WG'll go in at dawn.

I hopG you can be a tGam player.

I love tGams.

That was sarcasm again, yes?

VGry much so.

Good. Just checking.

A wise man once told me a bad plan

is better than no plan at all.

That was before we had a very bad plan.

LGt it go.

L'd rather he fighting with him than against him.

HG's a murderGr, KGnt.

If he turns on us, that kid is as good as dead .

You don't get to decide who lives or dies.

That's. .. up to Fate.

What's the helmet telling you?

Somehody's gonna die.

Who is it, Atom Smasher? lt's Atom SmashGr.

Surprisingly, no.

Is it me?

[intense scream]

When it's time for you and l to say goodhye, you'll know.

All l can tell you is...

There's still time to change thG futurG.

LGt's use it.

Hm .

Well, l guess we're sticking with thG very bad plan.

[Hawkman]The Al Hadidiyah Mine

is Intergang's most valued asset.

L'm gonna land us right here,

cut off their access to reinforcGments.

But the perimeter of the mine crGates a natural forfress.

There's only one way in, onG way out.

We'll be an easy target for their flyhike patrol.

Communication is key.

We keep in step or wG get outflanked.

We move through the mine, inch by inch,

until we find Amon.

This is where you come in. ArG you ready-- Damn it.

["PowGr" by KanyG West playing]

[soldiGr screams]

Or we could just do that.

[man yelling, screams]

[grunting]

[lshmaGl]Pure EtGrnium shield .

Unhreakable, evGn with your powers.

Amon!

You hurf him, l will kill all of you.

[chuckling] Nohody has to die. WG just want the crown.

We don't have it.

Believe me, nothing good will come from that crown.

No crown, no negotiation.

I havG it.

It's right herG.

Release my son, you can have it.

What do you think you're doing?

Intergang killed my husband.

L'm not letting them take my son, too.

[sharp grunt]

[Adrianna gasps]

Not your son. Not your country.

Not your decision to make.

Stop thGre!

It's okay. Nothing is gonna happen to you.

Hand it over, now.

L'm sorry, Mama.

No.

Now, let Amon go.

[lshmael] l thank you. And l thank your friends

for returning the crown to its rightful owner.

What kind of Champion of Kahndaq sides with foreign invaders?

You havG what you want.

Let him go.

Ishmael, what are you doing?

Taking back what's mine.

L'm the last living descendant of King Ahk-Ton thG Great.

And you have just given me everything I need

to become the next. . . king of Kahndaq .

My family passed thG knowledgG on, you know,

onG to the next.

The crown, crafted by our ancGstors,

stolen hy the wizards and hidden away.

But still a source of grGat power,

if only we can wield it.

[strained laughtGr]

[sniffles]

They say when Hurut died, you wept like a baby.

I wonder if you'll do thG same for them.

PIGase, lshmael.

Sorry, Amon.

Fate, get rGady.

DGath is the only path to life.

Amon!

[roaring]

[yGlling]

[scrGaming]

[yGlling]

[Teth Adam roaring]

[slow huilding growl]

[roar building in intensity]

[loud grunt]

[Adrianna's brGath shaking]

Amon!

[gasping]

HG's alivG.

But we need to get him to the medical bay.

-Where is he shot? -lt wasn't a bullet.

[TGth Adam] lt was me.

[breath shaking]

Come.

WG're going with you.

Just find the crown. GGt it on the cruisGr.

I found the crown. But, um. . . it's not alone.

How long we gonna keGp doing this?

There's no point in fighting. We both know no onG can stop me.

You're right.

Only you can.

Ishmael said you cried when Hurut died.

Who's Hurut?

Hurut was a true Champion of Kahndaq.

APd he was also... my son.

I won't always be here to protect you.

I don't need protection.

I want to hG freG.

Freedom is for the hirds.

LGt someone else be thG hero...

...the gravGyards are full of them.

[people yelling, shouting in distance]

[soldiGrs shouting, grunting]

[Teth Adam, in English] I tried to protect him.

[grunting fiercely]

[inhales softly]

ITeth Adam] But I wasn't strong ePough.

[wizards] Shazam!

[Teth Adam]The wizards decided that he would be their champion.

But after the Champion's many victories,

the king went after what Hurut Ioved the most.

[yGlling]

-[Teth Adam] Our family. -[scrGaming]

[woman screams]

[Teth Adam coughs]

Hold on, Father.

Stay with mG.

[Teth Adam grunts sofily]

[coughing weakly]

With my powers...

...you'll be safe.

I couldn't protect your mother.

RGpeat what l say.

-Shazam. -Shazam.

[thunder crashing]

[Teth Adam] Instead of battling the kiPg...

Instead of saving KahPdaq...

Hurut chose to save.. .

...me.

[arrows clattering]

[bow string creaking]

[Teth Adam] But he couldn't save himself

from the king's assassins.

[yGlling in Kahndaqi]

[Teth Adam, in English] The powers were not a gift

from the wizards.. .

[whispering in Kahndaqi]

[Teth Adam, in English] . ..but a curse.

[powerful yell]

Born... out of rage.

The statue of the Champion isn't you.

It's Hurut.

My son dreamt of a bettGr world.

That's why he saved mG.

But the world was only a better place with him in it.

Kahndaq needed a hero.

Instead, it got me.

All this power...

And the only thing l can do with it is hurf pGople.

I will speak the word my son gave me...

...and l will give up my power.

And when l do, you must ensure l nGver speak it again.

Shazam.

[thunder echoing]

SomG men are not mGant...

...to be heroes.

HGy!

[chuckling] So beautiful.

SurprisGd to see us?

Surprise is a dirfy word in this business.

Are you sure you can handle him?

You're the one who can see the future,

you'll tell me if we can't.

Just be careful with this one.

You know, thGy say the gods creatGd us,

hut we're the ones who always wind up burying them.

WallGr sends hGr regards.

[Dr. Fate] They'll know how to deal with him.

To keep him from regainiPg his powers,

they'II keep him in suspended animation.

As Iong as he's submerged, he won't be able to speak.

He'll never say aPother word agaiP.

Hey! TherG he is.

Not all heroes wear capes, hut l think you earned this.

-[laughs] -Well, statistically,

most heroes don't wear capes. But yeah, try it on.

Yeah, looks pretty good .

[light wind blowing]

That's a nicG touch.

[mimics wind]

[faint, distorted voices chanting]

[voicGs whispering, indistinct]

[distant rumble of thundGr]

[powGrful scream]

[pained GxhalG]

[pained GxhalG]

[Dr. FatG moans]

Kent.

-Kent! -[gasps]

Mission accomplished?

My vision hasn't changGd .

But Teth Adam's out of the Gquation.

Kent, if this isn't over, l nGed to know what's coming.

What is the hGlmet telling you?

My vision has always shown me a grGat calamity.

The world in flamGs.

We can stop it...

...but you die.

You should'vG told me sooner.

I havG no fGar of death.

That's precisely why l didn't tell you.

The world needs thG Justice Society.

The world neGds you.

But you can't choose who lives and diGs.

That's Fate, right?

[rueful chuckle]

That sounds familiar.

I rememher seeing my first airplanG.

It was an RAF deployment, hGaded to thG Western Front.

Everyone on my street came out to see thGm off.

Mm .

But l didn't cheGr.

Even though l was only a hoy.

I knew where they were headed, and what awaited them.

Thanks to this, l've livGd longer

than l could've ever have hoped for.

L've seen the world changG

in more ways than l could've imagined.

L'm still a sentimental fool.

And l don't want my friend to die.

[sighs]

[groaning]

Ishmael said , "Death is the only path to life."

But that's not what the inscription says.

Right. "Life is the only path to death."

Maybe he got it backwards,

like he read it in a mirror or something.

That's it.

In Kahndaqi mythology, thG souls of the damned

are sent to the Rock of Finality.

The underworld is a mirror to our own.

HGre, turn thG crown around.

Now mirror the letters.

See? That's what l missed.

"Death is the only path to life."

[gasping]

[Adrianna]He kidnapped Amon on purpose,

because he knew that Teth Adam would kill him.

And he believed the Champion's magic

would send him to the Rock of Finality.

As lifG is the path to dGath.

[demon] Now your death is a path to life.

[demon 2] The wizards have thGir champion,

now we have ours.

[demon 3] You will take thG throne of Kahndaq

and unleash hell on Earfh!

[demons]Speak our name.

"Sahhac."

[scrGaming]

[Dr. Fate] What the hloody hell is that?

[Hawkman] Readout says it's the demon, Sahhac.

Get me closer. Now, right now!

We're 1 00 miles out, give mG 20 sGconds!

The King has returned!

The thronG will be mine!

Brace yoursGlves!

[roaring]

[all yelling]

Hold on!

[alarm beGping]

[grunts]

[Sabbac grunting]

-[straining] -[peoplG shouting]

[Hawkman straining]

[people shouting, scrGaming]

[scattered shouts, yelling]

[Sabbac, in English] Now prGparG to diG.

[sharp grunt]

[both grunt]

Wait, wait, where's Uncle Karim?

[Atom Smasher coughing]

[yells]

[angry groan]

[grunts]

[Hawkman] No matter what happens, he does not sit on that throne.

-[Atom Smasher] Copy that. -[Cyclone] WG're on it!

HGads up!

[loud grunt]

[sharp growl]

[both grunting]

[sharp yell]

[aggressive grunt]

[Atom Smasher grunting loudly]

ActivatG infrared.

[Atom Smasher grunts]

[Cyclone cries out]

Sabbac, show yourself!

-[people yelling] -Adrianna! Amon!

[Sabbac yells]

That's for my cruiser.

-[grunts heavily] -[Sabbac screams]

[growling]

[grunts]

[growls]

[Sahbac grunts]

[gasping]

[groaning]

[Dr. FatG] This is it.

WG can't win, Carter.

Yeah, hut the world burns if we don't. Right?

Bad plan is hetter than no plan at all.

[panting]

[thudding]

[shield resonating]

No, no, no. What are you doing?

Giving us a third option.

It's supposed to be me.

I didn't tell you my whole vision, old friend.

I did seG your death.

But l also found a way to prGvent it.

It has been an extraordinary lifG,

hut always with one foot in the future.

Carfer, for the first time in 1 00 years,

when l look ahead...

... l sGe nothing.

No, Kent.

And ...

...it's...

...beautiful.

Wait, KGnt!

GoodhyG...

KGnt! [grunting loudly]

...my dGar friGnd.

Kent! [grunts]

[Hawkman]Hit it from Gvery side.

[yGlling] Kent!

[grunting]

No!

[growling]

I am Dr. Fate, sorcerer, agent of thG Lords of Order,

defender against darkness and chaos,

hut even my powers cannot defGat you.

[Sabbac grunting]

There's no one that can defeat me.

[grunting]

[Dr. Fate, echoing] TherG is one. .. There is onG...

Teth Adam .

I know you can hear me.

The battle your son was meant to fight is upon us.

Now you are the oPIy oPe

who can defeat the Demon Champion.

[all yelling]

-[blow thudding] -[soldier grunting]

[grunting]

[Dr. Fate]You have the power

to be the destroyer of this world.

But you can also be its savior.

[all grunting with effort]

[yells]

[Dr. Fate]You believe you are not a worthy champion

because the wizards did not choose you.

But Fate does not make mistakes. Neither did your son.

[growling]

[grunting]

[Dr. Fate] we were wrong about you.

The world doesn't always need a white knight.

3ometimes it needs something darker.

[hGavy grunt]

[soldier yells]

[gunshots]

[muffled grunt]

[Dr. Fate]Oon't you dare give up on us now.

The world neGds you.

[guns firing]

[sharp grunt]

[explosive grunting]

[muffled yell]

[growling]

[angry grunt]

[exhales]

Kent!

[explosive grunt]

[grunting]

[roaring]

[gasping]

No!

[exhales shakily]

[panting deeply]

[roaring]

[yGlling wildly]

Mom? What's happening?

[zombiGs moaning]

It's Sabhac.

He commands the LGgions of HGll.

WhatevGr happens...

...you stay hGhind me.

[growling]

["Bahy Come Back" playing on car sterGo]

[creatures grunting on impact]

Baby come back

[grunts]

Don't worry, l die by Glectricity!

[Karim laughs]

You want some Kahndaq? ComG and get it!

ComG and get it!

No, no. No.

-Don't send me home, l can help. -l know.

But you can do better than swinging a stick.

[grunting with efforf]

[zombies screeching]

-[Adrianna grunting] -[monsters snarling]

[weeping softly]

The Gods have brought us together again.

It's not your time, Father.

HGy!

What are you all standing around for?

This is our chance.

With these hands, wG built Kahndaq.

And with these hands, wG will set it free!

The people nGed a hero.

No, Father.

They need to he free.

What are we waiting for?

[grunting]

[yGlling]

[crowd chGering]

Say the word.

Shazam.

[Hawkman groaning in pain]

The people of Kahndaq rise up against you !

[roaring]

[people screaming]

[grunts]

[people exclaiming happily]

Yes!

[grunts, panting] l got this.

Go gGt him.

[scrGaming]

[hGavy grunt]

You know what l have to do.

Beat his ass!

Let the fate of Kahndaq hG decided

by a true battle of champions.

Let's end this.

[roaring]

[both grunting]

-[Sabhac groans] -[yelling]

[zombiGs growling]

It's a lot of them .

-It's a bit more than l thought. -Yeah.

Just a bit.

[grunting]

[dGep yGll]

Hey, Mom!

[pGople chattGring Gxcitedly]

These are our strGGts! Our city!

-Free Kahndaq ! -[all yelling]

[Sahbac grunts]

The wizards' powers werG wastGd on you.

You are not a hero.

No. l'm not.

-[pained grunt] -But he is.

[groaning in pain]

[sharp grunt]

[yelling in agony]

You cannot stand against me.

I am Kahndaq's true champion.

I learned this trick from an old friend.

[growling]

[howling]

[all yelling]

[zombiGs growling]

[grunting]

[Sabbac growling]

[hreath heaving]

You can control it!

[hoth screaming]

You havG to!

[roaring in pain]

[TGth Adam yGlling]

Tell them thG Man in Black sGnt you.

[Sabbac howling]

[Teth Adam roaring]

[powGrful grunt]

[cheGring wildly]

-Yes! -YGs!

[groaning]

I never thought l'd be happy to see you.

L'm only here hGcause of him.

That makes two of us.

[gasps]

[panting]

See you around, old friend.

Think you can keep him out of trouble?

As long as no one comGs looking for it.

[Hawkman] Fair enough.

Just be careful.

The kind of justice you dish out can darken your soul.

It's his darkness that lGts him do

what heroGs likG you cannot.

[dry chuckle]

I guess we'll find out, won't we?

I thought we made a prGtty good team hack thGre.

Just saying.

We made a great team .

[light chuckle]

[stammers]

-Maybe we could-- -Don't push it.

[CyclonG]Smasher, let's go.

[Kahndaqu people, chanting] Long Iive the Champion!

Long Iive the Champion! Long Iive the Champion!

You could lGad them.

[chanting continues faintly]

How does it feel?

Wrong.

[Amon] So.. . what now?

Does this mean you're finally gonna hG our hero?

Kahndaq has always had heroes.

And it still does.

What it needs now is a protector.

Thank you, Teth Adam.

[Teth Adam] PGrhaps that namG is a little...

...old-fashioned.

So what should wG call you?

Okay, "BIack Adam."

My Pame is Amanda Waller.

Congratulations, you have my attentioP.

This is gonna be your only warniPg.

You don't want to stay in my prison, that's fine.

Kahndaq is your prison now.

You step one foot outside of it, you will not Iive to regret it.

There's no one on this planet that can stop mG.

[Waller]I can call in a favor aPd send people

who aren't from this planet.

Send them all.

As you wish.

[thunder rumbling]

It's been a while since anyone's madG the world this nervous.

Black Adam.

We should talk.