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Every moment of your life is a test.

One that reveals who you are.

And if you truly are worthy of the name Zod,

you will follow in the footsteps of those who have come before you,

or you will die trying.

If you didn't know Brainiac had corrupted the Voice of Rao,

then why even attempt a coup?

Because Daron-Vex offered to spare your life in exchange for my help.

- Stop! - And I would do it again.

Hello, Father.

I came to tell you that I forgive you.

For what you tried to do to me.

Black Zero is in.

They want something in return.

There he is.

My old friend, Daron-Vex.

We have a lot of catching up to do.

Ona!

What's wrong?

- Rao. - Through fire, we are reborn.

I learnt of the pre-cataclysm instrument of violence so powerful,

it will give Brainiac pause.

That thing in there, they told me it's called Doomsday.

If you let that thing loose,

it will kill everything that it comes across.

It's true.

That's why we have given over our lives

to protecting the universe from Doomsday.

What does this alien want?

To rip this city right from the ground

and add it to his collection.

You didn't really think the Voice of Rao was of God, did you?

Why kill the chancellor and the others?

All I can say is there's gonna be a lot more bodies

if we don't find him.

Look, I can't risk being up here any longer.

Just have your Sagitari...

You mean what's left of the Sagitari.

They're already spread too thin.

It means that the Council are either dead or in hiding.

The Primus has turned traitor.

Black Zero is openly walking the streets.

I can't help you.

- Are you Black Zero? - All of you, out of here!

Everyone! Do us a favor and go back inside.

It's not safe out here. Go on! Move!

You all try to move out of here!

Get them out of here.

Oh, you got something for me, eh?

No! No!

We have to go back!

Whoa!

It's chaos out there.

I know. And it's getting worse.

Pretty soon people are gonna figure out that no one's in charge.

And the whole city is gonna descend into anarchy.

Making it even harder to find the Voice.

Three days of searching and nothing.

Nyssa said they found a trail of mangled bodies

leaning out of the Tower of Justice.

She's there now, she's trying to find out more.

Were you with her?

We need to find him, Lyta. We need to find him.

And stop him from bringing Brainiac here.

We will.

And we'll make him pay for what he's done.

How's Dev?

I... I managed to get him in med-bay.

He's recovering.

Itching to get back in the fight.

Good.

We're gonna need him.

And a whole lot more just like him.

Seg, I know losing Ona was hard for Kem.

They're sending him to Kryptonopolis...

was that to help him or to help you?

I'm worrying that you're starting to think this fight we're in,

that maybe we can't win it.

Is that what you think?

Everything that Adam said...

about my grandson, about the Els, about who we are...

who we're meant to be.

He believed that I could save the universe...

and I couldn't even save him.

I've lost too many people already, Lyta.

I can't lose anyone else.

You're not gonna lose me.

You cannot stop me.

I am coming for you and your world.

That's a lot of hardware.

The Voice of Rao is wounded.

And like all wounded animals, this is when they are most dangerous.

No one's seen him. He's in hiding.

It's not him we're going after.

The fall in the Genesis Chamber didn't kill the Voice.

The only way to fight something that cannot be killed

is with a weapon that is unkillable.

We're going to get Doomsday.

Look how far you've fallen, old friend.

The same could be said for you, Sela-Sonn.

How does one transition...

from one of the most respected

and highly regarded members of the Science Guild

protégé of the great Val-El, nonetheless,

to leader of an insurgency whose only currency is death and destruction.

It started with a betrayal.

From someone I trusted.

You think I didn't know?

That you'd cover your tracks so well, I wouldn't follow them back to you?

That's no excuse.

You dedicated your life to saving lives,

not destroying them.

That was a long time ago.

And all my work trying to ease people's suffering

gave me keen insight into how to inflict it.

I have a lot of questions for you, Daron.

And I intend to get answers.

And my name is Jax-Ur now.

- Move. - Zod.

Move! Get out of here!

Move it, you two. All of it!

Lyta has disappeared.

So is Zod.

With far more firepower than one man can handle.

And with one of Black Zero's skimmers.

They're going for Doomsday.

And to think you're all expecting me to screw you guys over.

I realized this wasn't easy for you going against Seg.

And I understand why you admire his idealism.

But ideals are no good to the dead.

It was sheer luck that he survived that blast in the tavern.

Get to the point.

It's up to us to save him and everyone else.

And the only way we can do that is by making the hard choices.

Even ones as extreme as unleashing Doomsday.

But how can we be sure?

You said Doomsday is a genetically engineered killing machine

that can't be controlled.

He functions like any apex predator,

focusing on the most formidable opponent first.

That's Brainiac.

Great. Now after that, he'll work his way down the food chain.

That's us.

Before that happens, we turn him to stasis.

We're risking a lot on being able to pull that off.

That's Seg talking.

Don't think of this as a betrayal.

You and I, we're Zods.

Duty bound to protect our people by any means necessary.

Seg's an El, he will never understand that.

But at least he'll be alive to forgive you.

So how are you planning on getting inside?

I'd like to know that too.

And all that firepower isn't gonna get you in there.

You need a Zod and an El.

And I won't do it.

I don't need you to.

Lyta, you once asked if I knew who my father was.

At the time, I didn't.

But I do now.

House of Zod.

House of El.

You're both.

You're my son.

Where is it?

Seg, if you know something...

Doomsday is already far beyond your reach.

I've made sure of that.

You knew.

It was your mother who convinced me.

She knew that Zod would come for it.

I just never thought that you'd help him do it.

You couldn't have moved it far.

I will find it.

We like to believe you're a few steps ahead, General.

But it turns out I know these tunnels better than you do.

How else do you think we beat you here?

When you snuck away in the middle of the night.

Then you have sealed Krypton's fate.

Careful.

Seg, come in.

Go ahead.

We have a problem.

Admit it, Daron.

Admit what you did and this pain will end.

I didn't do anything.

Exactly.

I trusted you.

I told you of my fears and you did nothing.

You were the one who restored the Codex technology.

What did you think was gonna happen?

Without my work on the Codex,

the Genesis Chamber would have become unsustainable,

and we would have lost our only means of reproduction.

Only if your intentions were so noble...

why is your work shrouded in such secrecy?

Because I knew that in the wrong hands,

it could be used to purify the Guilded bloodlines.

We doubt those viewed us weaker.

I just never could have imagined you would be the one to betray me.

Back then, the only people I trusted were you and Val-El.

And when you sentenced him to death...

I knew I was next.

But that's not the worst of it, is it, Daron?

You had to take it one step further.

Yes, I know about the Vara protocol.

And now you are going to tell me how to access it.

Why have we stopped?

What's happening?

Raika, what's going on?

The containment field.

It is failing.

What do you mean failing?

He thinks we damaged it when we moved it.

This is all that keeps the beast inside.

How long do we have?

It is ancient technology, it could be days or weeks.

Or maybe hours.

One thing is certain.

The beast will break free of his tomb.

Now I know why growing up, my mother never spoke of her mother.

The shame she must have felt.

Your willingness to betray everything the House of Zod stands for.

I'm fighting for a better Kandor.

You and I can restore order to Kandor.

I'll reclaim my role as Primus of the Sagitari,

and with you by my side, we can rebuild our city,

return it to what it once was.

Not the Kandor he wants to create, a place ruled by fear.

How can you say that?

All my life, all you have done is made me afraid.

Afraid that I wasn't good enough.

That I wasn't strong enough.

That I wasn't worthy of the Zod name.

I have failed you, in so many ways, Lyta.

I tried to mold you into a hardened warrior,

tried to drive out your love for Seg,

your refusal to follow orders you disagreed with.

I saw your constant questioning as a weakness.

And now I see it's your greatest strength.

Don't lose it now when you need it most.

Because you're gonna have to make a choice.

- Grandpa, come in, do you read me? - Yes.

What's wrong?

It's not, by any chance, programmed by real grandpa

with a working knowledge of ancient Kryptonian technology way, were you?

Like say you had to repair the containment field on a capsule design

to hold a genetic experiment gone horribly wrong.

No, but I'd be willing to try.

Well, that's confidence inspiring.

Would you like me to divert my efforts

from determining the proximity of Brainiac's ship?

Has it arrived in our system yet?

No, but it's only a matter of time.

Then let's concentrate on problems closer at home first.

Thank you, old friend.

You've been very helpful.

Wait!

There's one more secret...

I didn't divulge to your leader.

And what would that be?

One that could make you one of the richest man in Kandor.

The location of the Voice of Rao's cache of untraceable solars.

You can't buy me.

Perhaps, you just haven't been offered the right price.

Think of your family.

All you could do for them.

I have no family.

They died in the Xarxas outbreak.

All the medication was rationed to the Guilded.

It was not a quick death.

So, unless you can bring them back, you have nothing I could want.

Please, please, you have to help me.

Now, look at your heart, I'm begging you.

You can't let me die here.

No, please! I'll do anything. Anything!

Just please, please let me...

Please, please!

Please, you can't leave me in here!

Please!

Please, help me!

I can't die here in this place.

Let's ask Raika about the fastest way to the surface.

I'm gonna go with the skimmer.

Or we could not do that.

- What are you doing? - Hold it.

It is time for my people to rid themselves of this burden.

We will take the creature to your city.

And risk the lives of everyone in Kandor.

You can't be serious.

Look, you'll never get it through the outlands.

This catacombs contain many secrets, even the tunnel to your city.

And when the Collector of Worlds comes for Kandor,

he will take Doomsday along with it.

And my people will be free of their duty.

And Krypton will be free of the threat

from that foul creature.

That's not going to happen.

We're going to stop Brainiac.

You cannot even stop your own people from trying to take the beast.

How will you defeat an alien conqueror?

You will fail, Seg-El.

Listen to me.

If Brainiac is allowed to take Kandor,

then eventually all of Krypton will be destroyed as a result.

Eventually?

We're guaranteed destruction far sooner

if we do not rid ourselves of this scourge.

You saved my life once.

And for that I will allow both of you to leave this place alive.

But try to stop us, and you will die where you stand.

I'm done wasting time.

Are you really going to shoot me?

Take one step further and find out.

Then do it.

Better that than stand here doing nothing

with our a planet facing destruction.

Mother, stop. Please don't do this.

No.

Very well.

You say you intend to restore Kandor

and reclaim your position as Primus of the Sagitari.

Well, so do I.

Jayna-Zod,

I, Dru-Zod, hereby invoke the spirit of Jo-Mon,

and our ancient traditions in challenging you

to a Kandorian duel.

For the loser, no mercy will be shown.

I accept.

Mother.

You're being quiet because you're coming up with a plan.

The Voice of Rao is still helping Brainiac get here to take Kandor.

Which now has a genetically engineered killing machine

ready to break through of its cage somewhere underneath it.

You know, we can take a skimmer.

Make a break for Argo City.

If you're planning on joining

the rapidly swelling ranks of people screwing me over,

I'd appreciate it if you just got it over with.

I'm not Lyta.

I believe in you.

Maybe you shouldn't.

Mercy.

You sell skimmers, right?

I want the fastest one you have.

One that won't be picked up by any of the city's scanners.

One that I am prepared to pay you a great deal for.

In fact, it could make you one of the richest man in Kandor.

Adam should've given this to someone else.

He shouldn't have given his life for mine.

But he chose you.

Yeah, well, you met Adam.

Not to speak ill of the dead, but...

he wasn't exactly the brightest star in the sky.

I mean, he picked a guy...

whose only accomplishment is having his grandson,

who I'll never meet,

who does something great one day.

Becomes a hero.

Becomes this...

Superman.

Do you know the origins of the Els' sigil?

It comes from an ancient Kryptonian word

that means hope.

Our house wasn't just given that symbol.

Our ancestors chose it.

The generations to follow defined it.

Not through words...

but through action.

As long as there is an El on Krypton,

there will be hope.

And hope...

can be a powerful weapon.

Get away from me.

- How dare you? - What?

Intervening in a Kandorian duel.

I saved you.

You stole my honor.

How would you like to be buried with it?

You talk about making hard choices. Well, I have made one.

Forget her.

We have to go.

What is it?

Daron-Vex escaped.

Fled in a skimmer.

He could be halfway through the outlands by now.

Ever the survivor.

Still can't reach Jayna.

We need to get through to her.

She's the one best suited to tracking down the Cythonnites and Doomsday.

And the other problem?

I'm thinking about that too.

We never knew why the Voice was draining power

from the Genesis Chamber.

But I think I know now.

And if I'm right, Brainiac will be here sooner than we thought.

What if he needs it to power Brainiac's ship?

Bring it here?

He's probably looking for another source.

But where else would he get that kind of power?

Grandpa?

There's only one option.

The generator that powers the city's protective dome.

And then that's where we'll make our stand.

We're gonna need help.

This could be our last chance to save Kandor.

You want me to commit few remaining Sagitari.

We have left to work alongside terrorists.

Never.

They have hunted us, executed us, forced us underground,

and now you want us to turn to our oppressors for help?

At the very moment, when we've gained a foothold.

That foothold's about to be ripped from under you.

And it will happen.

Brainiac is coming and he will take Kandor.

Unless, we declare a truce.

And combine our forces to put an end to this threat to our world.

All right. But when this is over we will round up Black Zero,

and take back the city.

We will shatter the guilds.

Strip the rank of their power,

and we will return Kandor to its people.

Or maybe, instead of both sides killing each other,

we can use this as a chance to build a better tomorrow.

You sound like your grandfather.

But don't forget which side had him executed.

Jayna.

Jayna.

Daron-Vex, manual override.

Pass code.

Hantha, Flamebird, Rokan, Oregus.

Two, nine, seven, one, eight.

Pass code accepted.

Initiate Varo protocol.

What are they?

Clones...

of the most elite ranked houses.

For what?

For the people who have everything can hold onto it.

Forever.

With our combined forces we can defeat him.

But it will come at a cost.

I know that we all have our differences here.

But we only have one city...

and a common enemy who wants to take it from us.

So let's walk together.

Let's hit the Voice of Rao with everything that we've got.

I don't take orders from you.

I don't take orders from you either.

Or you.

It wasn't so much an order as a common sense suggestion.

Now you do what you have to do.

But I'm going.

Look, if this goes badly...

and there's every indication that it will...

I want you to take this.

You go to the Fortress, you tell Val to shut everything down,

and you take that skimmer to Argo City.

Are you sure you wouldn't rather me to take a blaster?

I need you to do this.

You're the only one that I can trust.

Unit one in position.

Unit two in position.

Unit three in position.

Let's go.

Fascinating.

Opposing forces with nothing in common

but their obsession with power.

One hoping to cling to it, the other to seize it.

Now united against me.

But tell me, does your fear of me

outweigh your fear of each other?

- What are you doing? - It's not me! I swear!

Guns down! Guns down!

Guns down!

Such weak minds.

Polluted by fear and hatred,

so easily manipulated.

Go on.

I know you want to.

You did what you had to do.

If we don't find Doomsday, this is all have been for nothing.

Maybe not.

Doomsday was the only way I could see to destroy Brainiac,

but then maybe someone who has another way.

Who?

Val-El.

Val-El died 14 cycles ago.

No, he didn't.

You think I'm responsible for this?

All I did was offer an opportunity for them to express their truth.

So easy when the desire is so strong.

Now, come closer.

Interesting.

That you, a being of no apparent significance,

are the cause of so much trouble.

A shame.

You would have been quite surprised.

If I'm being 100 percent honest,

I really didn't expect that to happen.

You all right?

Shouldn't you be on that skimmer to Argo City?

We have to go.

We have to go.

Krypton, your world is mine.