1 00:01:06,484 --> 00:01:07,985 Previously on Batman Beyond... 2 00:01:08,194 --> 00:01:10,863 I think it's time your protege joined the Justice League. 3 00:01:11,197 --> 00:01:12,990 I've considered them heroes my Whole life. 4 00:01:13,532 --> 00:01:15,034 How can one of them be a traitor? 5 00:01:17,745 --> 00:01:18,745 Oh, no. 6 00:01:21,874 --> 00:01:23,167 Superman's the traitor. 7 00:01:24,710 --> 00:01:25,795 Kryptonite. 8 00:01:26,003 --> 00:01:27,505 Do whatever it takes, 9 00:01:27,713 --> 00:01:29,757 but make sure you stop him. 10 00:01:47,149 --> 00:01:48,401 I don't believe it. 11 00:01:48,484 --> 00:01:50,152 It is hard to accept, Barda, but... 12 00:01:50,236 --> 00:01:52,655 No, I mean, I don't believe this thing. 13 00:01:52,738 --> 00:01:54,740 It came straight off the Batmobile's recorder. 14 00:01:54,907 --> 00:01:56,575 And that's supposed to convince me? 15 00:01:56,659 --> 00:01:59,620 I know even less about your vehicle than I do about you. 16 00:01:59,829 --> 00:02:02,039 What reason would I have to make up any of this? 17 00:02:02,248 --> 00:02:04,917 What reason would Superman have to kill Warhawk? 18 00:02:05,126 --> 00:02:07,545 It's easier for me to believe you fabricated this. 19 00:02:07,628 --> 00:02:09,964 Listen, lady. I never asked to be part of this club. 20 00:02:10,089 --> 00:02:11,257 You people came to me. 21 00:02:11,507 --> 00:02:13,801 It was only Superman who came to you. 22 00:02:13,884 --> 00:02:15,803 And now you're accusing him of murder. 23 00:02:15,886 --> 00:02:16,886 It doesn't make sense. 24 00:02:17,013 --> 00:02:18,055 I know it doesn't. 25 00:02:18,222 --> 00:02:19,700 But we're never gonna get to the bottom of it 26 00:02:19,724 --> 00:02:22,226 unless you open your eyes and stop being so pigheaded. 27 00:02:22,310 --> 00:02:23,310 Pigheaded? 28 00:02:34,071 --> 00:02:35,406 Let go of me, Lantern! 29 00:02:35,573 --> 00:02:37,408 Not until you calm down. 30 00:02:38,034 --> 00:02:39,827 Yeah, Barda, calm down. 31 00:02:40,036 --> 00:02:41,120 The kid's right. 32 00:02:43,789 --> 00:02:44,789 Warhawk! 33 00:02:47,543 --> 00:02:48,544 How did you... 34 00:02:48,627 --> 00:02:49,879 I wasn't in the armor. 35 00:02:50,212 --> 00:02:51,881 I was operating it by remote. 36 00:02:51,964 --> 00:02:54,175 That's the only reason I'm not dust right now. 37 00:02:54,342 --> 00:02:55,426 Very shrewd. 38 00:02:55,634 --> 00:02:56,634 Not like you. 39 00:02:56,761 --> 00:02:57,762 Tell me something. 40 00:02:57,928 --> 00:02:59,805 What made you decide to get out of the armor? 41 00:02:59,889 --> 00:03:01,098 The emergency call. 42 00:03:01,182 --> 00:03:02,892 And me being the only one who got it. 43 00:03:03,142 --> 00:03:04,703 With everything that had been happening around here, 44 00:03:04,727 --> 00:03:05,811 I got suspicious. 45 00:03:05,895 --> 00:03:08,272 I told him not to tag along, but he disobeyed. 46 00:03:08,773 --> 00:03:09,774 I like that. 47 00:03:10,983 --> 00:03:13,277 We must talk to Superman immediately. 48 00:03:13,444 --> 00:03:16,155 You can talk. I got other plans for him. 49 00:03:16,238 --> 00:03:18,115 We have to give him a chance to explain. 50 00:03:18,199 --> 00:03:19,408 He deserves that much. 51 00:03:19,742 --> 00:03:21,452 Fine, let him explain. 52 00:03:21,619 --> 00:03:23,204 And then I'll rip his arms off. 53 00:03:43,641 --> 00:03:44,725 Superman! 54 00:03:47,186 --> 00:03:48,854 Warhawk. You're all right. 55 00:03:49,105 --> 00:03:51,148 No thanks to you. 56 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:52,525 Not yet. 57 00:03:53,234 --> 00:03:54,276 What's going on? 58 00:03:54,527 --> 00:03:56,237 We were hoping you could tell us, Kal. 59 00:03:56,487 --> 00:03:58,807 Starting with what you were doing just now when we came in. 60 00:03:58,989 --> 00:04:01,117 I was adjusting Micron's stasis field. 61 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,660 Sorry to be contentious, 62 00:04:02,743 --> 00:04:05,121 but that stasis field never needs adjustment. 63 00:04:05,204 --> 00:04:06,872 It runs on Micron's biofeedback. 64 00:04:07,206 --> 00:04:09,500 So what were you really trying to do, hero? 65 00:04:09,667 --> 00:04:11,210 Finish him off like you tried with me? 66 00:04:11,419 --> 00:04:12,979 I don't know what you're talking about. 67 00:04:13,087 --> 00:04:14,964 But I do know there's a traitor here, 68 00:04:15,047 --> 00:04:16,841 and I've been trying to find out who it is. 69 00:04:17,049 --> 00:04:18,217 That's why I brought him in. 70 00:04:18,467 --> 00:04:19,802 You did bring me in. 71 00:04:19,969 --> 00:04:21,369 But that doesn't make you innocent. 72 00:04:22,888 --> 00:04:24,390 Now I understand. 73 00:04:24,473 --> 00:04:26,076 It wasn't one of you that betrayed the League. 74 00:04:26,100 --> 00:04:27,143 It was all of you. 75 00:04:27,226 --> 00:04:28,686 You're all traitors. 76 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:30,563 Kal, you know I'd never betray you. 77 00:04:30,771 --> 00:04:32,898 Or anyone else who's ever fought at my side. 78 00:04:32,982 --> 00:04:33,982 But something's wrong. 79 00:04:34,275 --> 00:04:35,568 Nothing's wrong. 80 00:04:35,860 --> 00:04:37,570 Please, let us help. 81 00:04:38,696 --> 00:04:39,696 {933931 82 00:04:42,950 --> 00:04:43,950 Look out! 83 00:05:02,052 --> 00:05:03,137 Aah! 84 00:05:04,138 --> 00:05:05,138 No! 85 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:10,603 Get down! 86 00:05:16,942 --> 00:05:19,361 The one person I thought I could trust. 87 00:05:27,620 --> 00:05:28,620 Aah! 88 00:05:38,964 --> 00:05:39,965 Aah! 89 00:06:03,197 --> 00:06:05,074 I only made contact with him for a second, 90 00:06:05,157 --> 00:06:06,909 but I got such a weird feeling. 91 00:06:06,992 --> 00:06:08,702 It was that thing on his chest. 92 00:06:08,786 --> 00:06:09,954 It had to have been. 93 00:06:10,079 --> 00:06:12,122 If only I had another second or two. 94 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:15,668 The kryptonite was two inches from my hand, 95 00:06:15,793 --> 00:06:17,002 but I hesitated. 96 00:06:17,086 --> 00:06:17,920 Why? 97 00:06:18,003 --> 00:06:20,297 The guy's the greatest hero who ever lived. 98 00:06:20,548 --> 00:06:21,924 Uh, one of the greatest. 99 00:06:22,174 --> 00:06:23,694 I figured there had to be another way. 100 00:06:23,801 --> 00:06:25,052 But now you know better. 101 00:06:25,219 --> 00:06:26,804 There's nothing about him on the news. 102 00:06:26,887 --> 00:06:27,888 No sightings. 103 00:06:28,222 --> 00:06:29,807 Bet he's gone to that fortress of his. 104 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:31,183 That would be logical. 105 00:06:31,642 --> 00:06:32,935 But what good is that to us? 106 00:06:33,018 --> 00:06:35,580 How are we gonna fight him if we don't know where his fortress is? 107 00:06:35,604 --> 00:06:36,897 I think I can help. 108 00:06:37,439 --> 00:06:39,608 You know where the Fortress of Solitude is? 109 00:06:39,942 --> 00:06:40,859 No. 110 00:06:40,943 --> 00:06:42,111 But I know someone who does. 111 00:07:07,177 --> 00:07:08,929 So much for the element of surprise. 112 00:07:14,810 --> 00:07:16,020 Perhaps he is not here. 113 00:07:16,312 --> 00:07:18,022 Or maybe he's setting a trap for us. 114 00:07:18,230 --> 00:07:19,273 Right this minute. 115 00:07:19,481 --> 00:07:21,317 I say we find him first. 116 00:07:21,400 --> 00:07:22,400 I second that. 117 00:07:32,703 --> 00:07:33,871 Whoa. 118 00:07:37,374 --> 00:07:38,417 What's that, his pet? 119 00:07:38,500 --> 00:07:40,419 No, I think this is more like a zoo. 120 00:07:40,669 --> 00:07:41,879 He once told me about... 121 00:07:41,962 --> 00:07:43,172 Over here. 122 00:07:47,134 --> 00:07:48,385 Something got out. 123 00:07:48,636 --> 00:07:50,846 - What do you think it was? - No way to tell. 124 00:07:51,013 --> 00:07:53,182 Maybe there wasn't anything in here to begin with. 125 00:07:53,265 --> 00:07:54,892 There was something in here, all right. 126 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:56,226 You see those blue things? 127 00:07:57,770 --> 00:07:58,687 What is it, food? 128 00:07:58,771 --> 00:07:59,771 Used to be. 129 00:08:00,606 --> 00:08:01,606 Ugh! 130 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:03,984 Look! 131 00:08:16,955 --> 00:08:17,955 A robot. 132 00:08:29,009 --> 00:08:30,009 Behind you! 133 00:08:37,059 --> 00:08:38,727 You are green. 134 00:08:39,645 --> 00:08:40,688 Join the club. 135 00:08:54,785 --> 00:08:55,703 Good work, kid. 136 00:08:55,786 --> 00:08:56,954 Now finish him off. 137 00:08:57,037 --> 00:08:59,832 No. We need to see what that thing on his chest is. 138 00:09:07,548 --> 00:09:09,133 Lantern, Barda, 139 00:09:09,216 --> 00:09:11,176 you two have been around the galaxy once or twice, 140 00:09:11,260 --> 00:09:12,720 ever see anything like this? 141 00:09:12,803 --> 00:09:13,803 Never. 142 00:09:17,641 --> 00:09:18,726 Whatever it is, 143 00:09:19,017 --> 00:09:21,562 it appears to have somehow embedded itself in his skin. 144 00:09:21,895 --> 00:09:23,188 Any chance of getting it off? 145 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:24,648 I must remind you, 146 00:09:24,732 --> 00:09:28,068 this is not just one alien species before us, it's two, 147 00:09:28,152 --> 00:09:31,405 and I do not yet understand the subtleties of their interaction. 148 00:09:31,572 --> 00:09:33,490 I'll take that as an "I don't know." 149 00:09:38,829 --> 00:09:40,069 What do you think you're doing? 150 00:09:40,164 --> 00:09:43,500 I'm trying to see what's going on in the mind of this thing. 151 00:09:43,584 --> 00:09:45,252 I'm the only one who can do it. 152 00:09:52,217 --> 00:09:53,510 It's very old. 153 00:09:53,761 --> 00:09:54,761 Centuries. 154 00:09:55,179 --> 00:09:56,930 It came from a world of water. 155 00:09:57,014 --> 00:09:58,682 It didn't leave by choice. 156 00:10:22,873 --> 00:10:26,293 The creature had never seen anything like the traveler's vehicle. 157 00:10:26,668 --> 00:10:30,547 It never occurred to him to be afraid until it was too late. 158 00:10:39,431 --> 00:10:42,392 He soon realized that the traveler was a collector. 159 00:10:42,643 --> 00:10:46,146 A preserver of different species from all over the universe. 160 00:10:46,563 --> 00:10:48,482 The last of their kind. 161 00:10:51,735 --> 00:10:54,196 Time and again the creature tried to escape. 162 00:10:54,905 --> 00:10:56,025 But it wasn't strong enough. 163 00:11:01,578 --> 00:11:02,996 Years passed. 164 00:11:03,372 --> 00:11:05,582 The preserver grew overconfident. 165 00:11:05,666 --> 00:11:09,044 He took someone into his zoo who was too strong even for him. 166 00:11:09,503 --> 00:11:10,921 It was Superman. 167 00:11:31,108 --> 00:11:34,194 Superman had no way to return the creatures to their home planets, 168 00:11:34,278 --> 00:11:36,947 so he kept them here on Earth at his fortress. 169 00:11:39,867 --> 00:11:42,870 The creature was still a prisoner, but now he had a plan. 170 00:11:43,412 --> 00:11:45,455 He'd seen how strong Superman was, 171 00:11:45,539 --> 00:11:47,457 and he wanted that strength for himself. 172 00:12:05,350 --> 00:12:07,019 It took over Superman's mind. 173 00:12:07,436 --> 00:12:09,646 - It's been on him for years. - Years? 174 00:12:09,980 --> 00:12:11,899 Then Why'd it wait so long to try to kill us? 175 00:12:12,107 --> 00:12:14,026 Because it has bigger plans. 176 00:12:20,073 --> 00:12:22,492 Controlling Superman wasn't enough for the creature. 177 00:12:22,868 --> 00:12:24,661 It wanted the whole world. 178 00:12:24,995 --> 00:12:26,330 But it couldn't do it on its own. 179 00:12:35,339 --> 00:12:38,008 He was using Superman to help him cultivate these things. 180 00:12:38,091 --> 00:12:40,211 Looks like they were gonna be released into the ocean. 181 00:12:40,260 --> 00:12:41,261 And once they were out, 182 00:12:41,428 --> 00:12:43,388 it wouldn't be long before they'd take over. 183 00:12:43,889 --> 00:12:44,889 What do think, Barda? 184 00:12:45,140 --> 00:12:47,392 Poison? Heat? Electricity? 185 00:12:47,476 --> 00:12:49,353 Or do we stick with the old fashion ways? 186 00:12:49,561 --> 00:12:50,729 I have a better idea. 187 00:13:21,426 --> 00:13:22,678 Barda, give it to me. 188 00:13:44,491 --> 00:13:46,326 You gotta fight this thing, all of you! 189 00:13:46,702 --> 00:13:48,495 You can't let it control you. 190 00:13:48,996 --> 00:13:49,996 Aquagirl! 191 00:13:50,205 --> 00:13:51,206 Barda! 192 00:14:15,147 --> 00:14:16,189 Everything okay? 193 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:17,566 Not really. 194 00:14:17,649 --> 00:14:19,192 But thanks for sending my ride for me. 195 00:14:19,317 --> 00:14:21,028 I never did like those boom tubes. 196 00:14:23,447 --> 00:14:25,407 And now those starfish things are on all of them. 197 00:14:25,490 --> 00:14:26,490 Any ideas? 198 00:14:26,575 --> 00:14:28,994 All I can do is have Barbara contact the military. 199 00:14:29,161 --> 00:14:30,241 But they'll bomb the place. 200 00:14:30,579 --> 00:14:31,830 That's the“ sob. 201 00:14:35,375 --> 00:14:36,769 What's the top speed on this thing? 202 00:14:36,793 --> 00:14:37,793 Mach three. 203 00:14:37,836 --> 00:14:39,356 Is that faster than a speeding bullet? 204 00:15:30,514 --> 00:15:32,557 There's no way out of this for you, Batman. 205 00:15:40,023 --> 00:15:41,775 Come, be part of us. 206 00:15:42,359 --> 00:15:43,777 Soon it'll be our world. 207 00:15:46,363 --> 00:15:47,363 No, thanks. 208 00:16:19,020 --> 00:16:20,397 What's going on? 209 00:16:20,814 --> 00:16:22,107 You don't remember? 210 00:16:23,859 --> 00:16:24,693 No. 211 00:16:24,776 --> 00:16:26,420 I'll explain on the way back to the fortress. 212 00:16:26,444 --> 00:16:27,444 Think you can still fly? 213 00:16:28,572 --> 00:16:30,448 Yeah. But what's that doing here? 214 00:16:30,615 --> 00:16:31,700 Staying put for now. 215 00:16:39,457 --> 00:16:42,085 This pool feeds directly into the water below the ice cap. 216 00:16:42,544 --> 00:16:44,671 There's a steel door down there blocking the passage. 217 00:16:45,046 --> 00:16:46,423 Can you open it by yourself? 218 00:16:48,967 --> 00:16:50,051 Superman. 219 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:52,721 - Is he with us? - Not yet. 220 00:16:53,430 --> 00:16:54,514 We can fix that. 221 00:16:55,098 --> 00:16:56,098 Wait. 222 00:16:56,224 --> 00:16:57,475 Something's not right. 223 00:16:57,976 --> 00:16:59,394 - Put him down. - Of course. 224 00:17:04,024 --> 00:17:05,024 Aah! 225 00:17:55,325 --> 00:17:56,451 Kal, what are you doing? 226 00:17:56,534 --> 00:17:57,953 Aquagirl must've opened the gate. 227 00:17:58,578 --> 00:17:59,788 I've got to block it. 228 00:18:03,166 --> 00:18:04,584 But Batman's down there. 229 00:18:04,834 --> 00:18:06,169 He knew what he was getting into. 230 00:19:29,210 --> 00:19:30,462 Where should I boom them to? 231 00:19:30,628 --> 00:19:32,255 Some empty galaxy? 232 00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:34,174 Or maybe the surface of the sun? 233 00:19:34,466 --> 00:19:36,676 Barda, these creatures never asked to come here. 234 00:19:36,926 --> 00:19:38,136 We have no right to kill them. 235 00:19:38,219 --> 00:19:39,512 Back to his old self again. 236 00:19:40,263 --> 00:19:41,848 We should send them home. 237 00:19:41,931 --> 00:19:43,391 But how do we know where that is? 238 00:19:52,984 --> 00:19:54,944 Barda, let me see your Mother Box. 239 00:20:10,960 --> 00:20:13,254 Well, kid, I gotta admit, I was wrong about you. 240 00:20:13,505 --> 00:20:14,839 An understatement. 241 00:20:14,923 --> 00:20:16,091 He saved the world. 242 00:20:16,257 --> 00:20:17,759 Think you can get used to it? 243 00:20:18,009 --> 00:20:19,928 You're saying you want me with you full-time? 244 00:20:20,011 --> 00:20:21,471 We could really use you. 245 00:20:21,930 --> 00:20:23,056 I don't know. 246 00:20:23,139 --> 00:20:24,641 You guys play awfully rough. 247 00:20:24,724 --> 00:20:27,352 Come on, it'll put you one up on the old Batman. 248 00:20:27,435 --> 00:20:28,937 He never made it past part-timer. 249 00:20:29,312 --> 00:20:31,856 Yeah. He wasn't what you'd call a joiner. 250 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,651 Maybe he and I have something in common after all. 251 00:20:38,446 --> 00:20:40,156 More than you think, son. 252 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:41,574 More than you think.