1 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:11,463 LAGOON BOY: How can you stand to look in the mirror? 2 00:00:11,621 --> 00:00:14,727 Atlantis, King Orin, the Team. 3 00:00:14,891 --> 00:00:16,700 You've betrayed us all. 4 00:00:16,860 --> 00:00:21,206 Neptune's beard! I can't believe I once idolized you. 5 00:00:21,531 --> 00:00:23,374 BLACK MANTA: Why is this prisoner still aboard? 6 00:00:23,633 --> 00:00:27,206 He should be delivered at once to our Partner. Prepare a pod. 7 00:00:27,370 --> 00:00:29,145 I will handle it personally, Father. 8 00:00:29,306 --> 00:00:32,048 BLACK MANTA: Negative. I have other duties for you, my son. 9 00:00:32,209 --> 00:00:35,053 You're not his son. You're his errand boy. 10 00:00:35,212 --> 00:00:39,183 I am aware of my role in the larger picture, La'gaan. Are you? 11 00:00:40,851 --> 00:00:45,493 I'm so getting you back for this, chum. 12 00:00:51,828 --> 00:00:55,640 Kaldur'ahm, you should know my faith in you is absolute. 13 00:00:55,799 --> 00:00:59,372 But others require further proof of loyalty. 14 00:00:59,870 --> 00:01:01,781 You have my word, Father. 15 00:01:01,938 --> 00:01:06,284 I will do whatever it takes to enter the Light. 16 00:01:26,730 --> 00:01:30,576 Brother Tommy, I think we're plum crazy to throw in with this feller. 17 00:01:30,734 --> 00:01:33,738 I mean, it wasn't two years ago Mr. Aqualad here... 18 00:01:33,904 --> 00:01:36,214 was trying to lock us back up in Belle Reve. 19 00:01:36,373 --> 00:01:37,784 Well, Sister Tuppence... 20 00:01:37,941 --> 00:01:41,787 folks say he had a change of heart since finding out who his pappy is. 21 00:01:41,945 --> 00:01:44,755 I hear he switched sides because of some girl... 22 00:01:44,915 --> 00:01:46,292 Which I totally get. 23 00:01:46,449 --> 00:01:49,225 You know, if it's the right girl. 24 00:01:49,386 --> 00:01:52,299 Ugh. Step back, Junior. You're giving me the chills. 25 00:01:52,455 --> 00:01:54,731 But in a good way, right, babe? 26 00:01:54,891 --> 00:01:58,065 Me, I'm more concerned about this Tigress. 27 00:01:58,328 --> 00:02:01,275 How come the Terror Twins ain't never heard of her before? 28 00:02:01,431 --> 00:02:03,240 You know we can hear you. 29 00:02:03,567 --> 00:02:05,137 That we do, missy. 30 00:02:05,302 --> 00:02:07,475 These are open questions, you see. 31 00:02:07,837 --> 00:02:13,310 So which one of you wants to ask your open questions of Black Manta? 32 00:02:14,244 --> 00:02:17,088 Which one of you wants to suggest to the big bad... 33 00:02:17,247 --> 00:02:22,663 that his son and his son's handpicked right hand can't be trusted? 34 00:02:26,156 --> 00:02:27,897 Don't look so defeated. 35 00:02:28,058 --> 00:02:30,470 - I'm here for you, babe. - Ugh. 36 00:02:30,627 --> 00:02:32,231 Will you cut that out? 37 00:02:32,395 --> 00:02:34,204 Can't help myself, babe. 38 00:02:34,364 --> 00:02:38,244 Been kind of obsessed since the first time I laid eyes on you. 39 00:02:38,501 --> 00:02:40,981 This is the first time you laid eyes on me. 40 00:02:41,137 --> 00:02:44,482 Technically. But see, five years ago in Belle Reve... 41 00:02:44,641 --> 00:02:46,643 this Martian girl was posing as you... 42 00:02:48,011 --> 00:02:49,490 So go give the skeevies to her. 43 00:02:51,248 --> 00:02:52,852 I'm wearing her down. 44 00:02:53,016 --> 00:02:55,826 Perhaps we could focus on the mission now. 45 00:02:55,986 --> 00:02:58,125 We are closing on our target. 46 00:03:03,126 --> 00:03:04,901 Dude, what are you doing? 47 00:03:04,932 --> 00:03:07,407 Here to hang, chill, spend a little downtime 48 00:03:07,433 --> 00:03:09,667 with my buddy Blue, BB, Beetle, Bee-tell. 49 00:03:09,699 --> 00:03:12,805 - You know, chillanging. - And put my secret ID at risk? 50 00:03:12,969 --> 00:03:15,882 SCARAB: The Impulse is trouble. Destroy him. 51 00:03:16,039 --> 00:03:17,848 Overreacting won't help. 52 00:03:17,872 --> 00:03:19,573 Don't beat yourself up. 53 00:03:19,596 --> 00:03:22,424 I'll never get used to this retro obsession with secret identities. 54 00:03:22,445 --> 00:03:24,447 What's the point in hiding how crash we are? 55 00:03:24,614 --> 00:03:26,616 If you don't know, I can't explain it. 56 00:03:26,783 --> 00:03:29,821 Let's just get out of here before someone spots us. 57 00:03:40,797 --> 00:03:43,801 Oh, excuse... Mal? What are you doing here? 58 00:03:43,967 --> 00:03:47,710 I thought I'd surprise you, beautiful. Hardly seen you lately. 59 00:03:47,971 --> 00:03:50,212 Mal, we saw each other last night. 60 00:03:50,740 --> 00:03:52,742 Mission briefings don't count. 61 00:03:52,909 --> 00:03:54,786 Look, Karen, I wanna take you out. 62 00:03:54,944 --> 00:03:59,256 Like back in high school. You know, dinner, movie, busted curfew. 63 00:03:59,416 --> 00:04:00,616 That sounds great, Mal. 64 00:04:00,717 --> 00:04:03,391 But I need to put in a couple hours at Dr. Palmer's lab. 65 00:04:03,553 --> 00:04:08,434 - I'll keep you company till you're done. - Okay, but you'll be bored. 66 00:04:18,001 --> 00:04:20,311 CAPTOR 1: 67 00:04:23,473 --> 00:04:25,714 CAPTOR 2: 68 00:04:34,084 --> 00:04:36,621 BLUE BEETLE: Here, watch this one. 69 00:04:39,356 --> 00:04:42,030 - Well? - Yawn. Really? 70 00:04:42,192 --> 00:04:43,762 - That's the best you can do? - No. 71 00:04:48,898 --> 00:04:50,343 Top that, hermano. 72 00:04:50,500 --> 00:04:52,275 Oh, not bad, not bad. 73 00:04:52,435 --> 00:04:54,437 Boulder's definitely feeling the mode... 74 00:04:54,604 --> 00:04:58,643 but one thing I learned in the future, amigo, is that it's easier to destroy... 75 00:04:59,709 --> 00:05:01,985 than to create. Ta-da! 76 00:05:02,212 --> 00:05:04,089 SCARAB: The Impulse has created nothing. 77 00:05:04,247 --> 00:05:05,487 And its premise is faulty. 78 00:05:05,648 --> 00:05:09,095 Tactical destruction is more effective than creation. 79 00:05:09,252 --> 00:05:10,890 Uh, "Ta-da" what, exactly? 80 00:05:11,054 --> 00:05:14,228 Curb the attitude, get a little altitude, hermano. 81 00:05:17,160 --> 00:05:18,360 Whoa. 82 00:05:18,428 --> 00:05:20,772 Impulse by Impulse. 83 00:05:20,930 --> 00:05:22,773 Is that crash or what? 84 00:05:22,932 --> 00:05:25,503 Crash. Totally crash. 85 00:05:26,636 --> 00:05:28,081 Blue! 86 00:05:29,639 --> 00:05:32,848 Oh, man, I spent 1.5 seconds on that self-portrait. 87 00:05:33,009 --> 00:05:34,283 It was my masterpiece. 88 00:05:45,221 --> 00:05:46,666 ICICLE JR.: Hold him steady. 89 00:05:48,591 --> 00:05:49,831 Now move. 90 00:05:53,596 --> 00:05:55,166 Blue! 91 00:06:13,783 --> 00:06:17,697 SCARAB: The advantage is ours. Recommended tactic: evisceration. 92 00:06:17,854 --> 00:06:20,027 Or since they outnumber us four to two... 93 00:06:20,190 --> 00:06:22,761 we could recommend tactic: strategic retreat. 94 00:06:22,926 --> 00:06:26,266 Totally. But first, how did they find us out here in the middle of…? 95 00:06:26,329 --> 00:06:27,529 Aha. 96 00:06:29,666 --> 00:06:32,146 So you're Aqualad. Working with the bad guys, I see. 97 00:06:32,239 --> 00:06:36,187 Taking their alien tech to track our friend Blue. Not crash, dude. Not crash at all. 98 00:06:38,041 --> 00:06:39,850 Zoink, moded. 99 00:06:41,244 --> 00:06:43,952 They can't follow us now. Let's book. 100 00:06:44,113 --> 00:06:45,615 BLUE BEETLE: Booking. 101 00:06:50,854 --> 00:06:52,333 Well, that's brilliant, chief. 102 00:06:52,489 --> 00:06:54,935 You let them get away, with the tracking device. 103 00:06:55,091 --> 00:06:56,866 Now how do we find Beetle? 104 00:06:57,026 --> 00:06:59,063 As it happens... 105 00:07:01,264 --> 00:07:05,337 COMPUTER: Recognized: Blue Beetle, 5-2-2. 106 00:07:05,502 --> 00:07:08,108 Impulse, 5-2-3. 107 00:07:08,271 --> 00:07:11,878 - Ha, ha! Left them in the dust. NIGHTWING: Left who in the dust? 108 00:07:12,675 --> 00:07:13,881 And what is that? 109 00:07:14,043 --> 00:07:16,546 - Souvenir. - Souvenirs are Beast Boy's thing, ése. 110 00:07:16,713 --> 00:07:19,193 - Really? Thought it was Kid Flash... - Can we get to it? 111 00:07:19,349 --> 00:07:22,421 Sorry. Aqualad attacked us with Icicle Jr... 112 00:07:22,585 --> 00:07:24,929 the Terror Twins and a ninja I didn't recognize. 113 00:07:25,088 --> 00:07:27,932 This is how they tracked Blue. I made sure they couldn't do it again. 114 00:07:28,091 --> 00:07:32,096 So you brought foreign, possibly alien tech into the Cave? 115 00:07:32,262 --> 00:07:34,208 Rookie mistake. 116 00:07:34,597 --> 00:07:36,873 All right, give it here. 117 00:07:39,836 --> 00:07:43,113 TOMMY: If you had another one of them gizmos, why not just say so'? 118 00:07:43,273 --> 00:07:45,014 It is not the same. 119 00:07:45,174 --> 00:07:48,519 This one confirms the first device acted as a Trojan horse. 120 00:07:48,678 --> 00:07:50,316 Impulse brought it into the Cave... 121 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,723 where it remotely hacked and bypassed all security. 122 00:07:56,819 --> 00:07:59,265 Mount Justice is ours. 123 00:09:03,579 --> 00:09:05,422 So, beautiful, when you're done... 124 00:09:05,581 --> 00:09:08,619 maybe we could hit the Happy Harbor Bowlarama. Like old times? 125 00:09:08,785 --> 00:09:10,560 The Bowlarama closed down months ago. 126 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:13,291 It did? Oh, man. 127 00:09:13,456 --> 00:09:15,197 We had some killer fun there. 128 00:09:15,358 --> 00:09:17,497 Yeah. In high school. 129 00:09:17,660 --> 00:09:19,162 RAY: Hey, guys. 130 00:09:20,596 --> 00:09:22,940 - Oh, Mal. Good to see you. - Thanks, doc, I... 131 00:09:23,099 --> 00:09:25,204 Oh, Dr. Palmer, you have to see this. 132 00:09:27,670 --> 00:09:29,149 Excellent work, Karen. 133 00:09:29,305 --> 00:09:32,252 Of course, we'll need to test this against the white dwarf fragment. 134 00:09:32,408 --> 00:09:35,480 Test is prepped and ready. Shouldn't take more than three hours. 135 00:09:35,645 --> 00:09:38,387 RAY: Beautiful. Let's do it. 136 00:10:01,437 --> 00:10:03,883 WOMAN: Hello, Megan. 137 00:10:23,259 --> 00:10:24,459 ICICLE JR.: Terror, move! 138 00:10:34,470 --> 00:10:38,782 Sorry, son, collar's done shut off your strength. 139 00:10:42,211 --> 00:10:44,657 And that's not all it can do. 140 00:10:48,618 --> 00:10:50,461 Don't know about you, Junior... 141 00:10:50,620 --> 00:10:54,124 but I'm harboring some old resentments against this boy. 142 00:10:54,290 --> 00:10:57,203 Oh, yeah. Let's finish him. 143 00:10:57,360 --> 00:10:58,560 AQUALAD: Belay that. 144 00:10:59,362 --> 00:11:02,673 When the time is right, you will have your revenge. 145 00:11:02,832 --> 00:11:06,507 For now, I need Superboy alive. 146 00:11:12,909 --> 00:11:14,752 Aw, I'm an idiot. 147 00:11:22,818 --> 00:11:27,198 Oh, this one's a classic. Ice over the floor, the Speedster can't get traction, right? 148 00:11:31,494 --> 00:11:32,837 Wrong. 149 00:11:34,997 --> 00:11:37,477 That worked so nice, I'll try it twice. 150 00:11:41,704 --> 00:11:45,151 Ah! My hands. What are you made of? 151 00:11:45,474 --> 00:11:49,149 Snips and snails and puppy dog tails. 152 00:11:51,147 --> 00:11:53,855 Ah, nice try, but I'll just vibrate right out of this... 153 00:11:54,016 --> 00:11:55,893 No speed. I'm moded, aren't I? 154 00:12:11,901 --> 00:12:14,905 Sorry. No super-powers for your collar to turn off. 155 00:12:22,945 --> 00:12:24,481 AQUALAD: Stand down! 156 00:12:27,650 --> 00:12:31,757 SCARAB: Switch to plasma cannon, wide dispersal. Incinerate them all. 157 00:12:31,921 --> 00:12:33,992 Good guys included? No, thanks. 158 00:12:34,156 --> 00:12:35,726 This battle is over. 159 00:12:35,891 --> 00:12:37,495 I don't think so, traitor. 160 00:12:37,660 --> 00:12:40,004 Then rethink, Beetle. 161 00:12:40,162 --> 00:12:43,336 This is the same type of bomb that obliterated Malina Island. 162 00:12:43,499 --> 00:12:45,877 I am holding down the dead man's switch. 163 00:12:46,035 --> 00:12:49,812 If my thumb comes off this button, for any reason... 164 00:12:49,972 --> 00:12:52,179 Mount Justice falls. 165 00:12:52,575 --> 00:12:54,077 SCARAB: The traitor bluffs. 166 00:12:54,243 --> 00:12:57,247 And if not, I calculate we can survive the blast. 167 00:12:57,413 --> 00:12:59,017 But my friends can't. 168 00:13:02,218 --> 00:13:03,925 We're standing down. 169 00:13:06,288 --> 00:13:08,461 Wise choice. 170 00:13:10,493 --> 00:13:12,131 I'm fine, by the way. 171 00:13:12,294 --> 00:13:15,241 Good. Escort Beetle, Impulse and Beast Boy to the Flyer. 172 00:13:15,531 --> 00:13:16,731 What about these two? 173 00:13:16,932 --> 00:13:18,969 As hostages here, they have value. 174 00:13:19,135 --> 00:13:21,046 But Nightwing is an ordinary human. 175 00:13:21,203 --> 00:13:24,377 Superboy, a human-Kryptonian hybrid clone. 176 00:13:24,540 --> 00:13:27,419 Neither category is of any interest to our Partner. 177 00:13:28,210 --> 00:13:30,656 Aqualad, you'll regret this. 178 00:13:36,886 --> 00:13:39,662 I believe I have outgrown the name Aqualad... 179 00:13:39,822 --> 00:13:43,167 …as well as anything resembling regret. 180 00:13:45,394 --> 00:13:48,273 I will leave the bomb with you, as a souvenir. 181 00:13:48,431 --> 00:13:51,776 Oh, and the dead man's switch has a five-mile range. 182 00:13:51,934 --> 00:13:54,141 Do not pursue. 183 00:14:08,818 --> 00:14:10,320 Move it, bug. 184 00:14:11,020 --> 00:14:14,160 SCARAB: No. We cannot allow ourselves to be taken prisoner. 185 00:14:14,323 --> 00:14:16,803 - Not much choice, is there'? - None at all. 186 00:14:16,959 --> 00:14:20,372 SCARAB: Inaccurate. I have accessed the functions of this inhibitor collar. 187 00:14:20,529 --> 00:14:22,236 I will disable it so you may attack. 188 00:14:22,398 --> 00:14:25,379 And risk Aqualad blowing up the Cave? I don't think so. 189 00:14:25,534 --> 00:14:28,447 SCARAB: Then, Jaime Reyes, you leave me no choice. 190 00:14:28,604 --> 00:14:30,675 I am taking control. 191 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,514 What? No. You can't. 192 00:14:44,987 --> 00:14:46,193 No! 193 00:14:49,525 --> 00:14:52,904 You were right. It was a bluff. Get him. 194 00:15:04,840 --> 00:15:06,683 AQUALAD: I was not certain that would work. 195 00:15:06,842 --> 00:15:10,255 But it seems Beetle is indeed vulnerable to mystic energy... 196 00:15:10,412 --> 00:15:11,612 and sedatives. 197 00:15:11,747 --> 00:15:13,158 Bring him aboard. 198 00:15:24,393 --> 00:15:27,567 Can't believe we didn't end Superboy when we had the chance. 199 00:15:27,730 --> 00:15:30,734 Boss Fish still has a soft spot for his old team. 200 00:15:32,835 --> 00:15:34,473 Do it. 201 00:15:35,504 --> 00:15:37,279 You sure? 202 00:15:37,706 --> 00:15:38,912 Do it. 203 00:16:04,390 --> 00:16:05,733 Oh, no! 204 00:16:22,501 --> 00:16:24,105 Duncan to Watchtower. 205 00:16:24,270 --> 00:16:26,841 Mount Justice is gone. 206 00:16:27,006 --> 00:16:29,486 I mean, there's been an explosion. 207 00:16:29,642 --> 00:16:30,842 A big explosion. 208 00:16:30,843 --> 00:16:32,481 Request immediate assistance. 209 00:16:32,645 --> 00:16:35,558 Get here. Fast. 210 00:16:49,295 --> 00:16:50,865 Sphere? 211 00:17:24,530 --> 00:17:29,070 - Conner. Superboy. Wake up. - What? 212 00:17:29,235 --> 00:17:32,580 Questions later, man. Grab Wolf. The S-Cycle's sinking. 213 00:17:32,738 --> 00:17:34,149 Right. Right. 214 00:17:37,476 --> 00:17:38,955 Will Sphere be okay? 215 00:17:39,111 --> 00:17:40,311 Uh, yeah, I think so. 216 00:17:40,880 --> 00:17:42,951 She folds up to heal. 217 00:17:43,649 --> 00:17:46,493 - Can you make it to shore with Nightwing? - Yeah. I got him. 218 00:17:56,195 --> 00:18:00,337 COMPUTER: Recognized: Kid Flash, 5-0-3. 219 00:18:00,499 --> 00:18:02,877 What happened? 220 00:18:03,669 --> 00:18:05,171 It was necessary. 221 00:18:05,471 --> 00:18:08,042 It better have been. Spill. 222 00:18:08,474 --> 00:18:12,513 Aqualad needed to find a way to help us rescue Lagoon Boy. 223 00:18:12,678 --> 00:18:16,057 He'd already injected a microscopic tag into La'gaan's bloodstream. 224 00:18:16,382 --> 00:18:19,829 And he used the raid on the Cave to pass essential Intel. 225 00:18:20,453 --> 00:18:24,833 A flash drive with, among other things, tracking software that can locate the tag. 226 00:18:24,990 --> 00:18:26,560 Like that's all he did. 227 00:18:26,725 --> 00:18:28,466 Wally, he had to make it look good. 228 00:18:28,627 --> 00:18:31,836 He put inhibitor collars on us, but he knew I'd get us out of them. 229 00:18:31,997 --> 00:18:35,308 He took three more hostages. Members of your Team. 230 00:18:35,468 --> 00:18:38,142 And we'll rescue them when we rescue Lagoon Boy. 231 00:18:38,304 --> 00:18:41,046 Dick, he blew up the Cave. You guys almost died. 232 00:18:41,207 --> 00:18:43,653 No. It's all on the flash drive. 233 00:18:43,809 --> 00:18:47,655 He knew I'd have to pursue to make it look legit and that's exactly what happened. 234 00:18:47,813 --> 00:18:50,794 He gave us time to get out. We just... 235 00:18:50,950 --> 00:18:53,328 We got caught in the debris field from the explosion. 236 00:18:53,652 --> 00:18:55,359 Do you even hear yourself? 237 00:18:55,521 --> 00:18:58,161 What if even one of you had been left behind, huh? 238 00:18:58,324 --> 00:18:59,701 Why take that risk? 239 00:18:59,859 --> 00:19:01,566 Why go to such extremes? 240 00:19:01,927 --> 00:19:04,168 The drive explains that too. 241 00:19:04,530 --> 00:19:06,874 He needed to cement his position with the Light... 242 00:19:07,032 --> 00:19:08,340 and the Light's Partner. 243 00:19:08,501 --> 00:19:10,845 Wasn't that why he "murdered" Artemis? 244 00:19:11,003 --> 00:19:13,711 - I guess it didn't convince everyone. - You guess? 245 00:19:13,873 --> 00:19:16,353 The Cave is... Was just a place. 246 00:19:16,509 --> 00:19:19,513 Worth sacrificing if it helps us stop the invasion. 247 00:19:19,678 --> 00:19:22,557 Look, I'm sorry you lost all your souvenirs. 248 00:19:22,715 --> 00:19:25,389 Are you serious? I don't care about that junk. 249 00:19:25,551 --> 00:19:28,760 I'm worried about Artemis, terrified for her. 250 00:19:28,921 --> 00:19:31,128 You've put her right into his hands. 251 00:19:31,290 --> 00:19:33,463 Wally, we're talking about Kaldur here. 252 00:19:33,859 --> 00:19:36,965 I know. Kaldur, our friend... 253 00:19:37,129 --> 00:19:41,271 who, in the space of a few months, lost the love of his life... 254 00:19:41,433 --> 00:19:44,937 and found out Black Manta was his father. 255 00:19:45,337 --> 00:19:49,285 Isn't it possible Aqualad might actually be a traitor? 256 00:19:49,441 --> 00:19:51,443 A triple agent? 257 00:19:51,810 --> 00:19:53,619 He's supposed to be playing them... 258 00:19:53,779 --> 00:19:57,886 but are you absolutely sure he isn't playing you? 259 00:20:24,009 --> 00:20:25,920 BLACK MANTA: Come with me. 260 00:20:31,050 --> 00:20:35,123 Please allow me to officially introduce Kaldur'ahm... 261 00:20:35,287 --> 00:20:36,766 My son. 262 00:20:36,922 --> 00:20:39,835 He has succeeded in every mission and then some. 263 00:20:39,992 --> 00:20:42,336 Not only did he capture Beetle as instructed... 264 00:20:42,494 --> 00:20:44,599 But he acquired two bonus Metas as well. 265 00:20:45,130 --> 00:20:48,304 As for the destruction of Mount Justice, well... 266 00:20:48,467 --> 00:20:49,667 RA'S AL GHUL: Indeed. 267 00:20:49,768 --> 00:20:52,681 We appreciate initiative, vision... 268 00:20:52,838 --> 00:20:55,785 and strong family ties. 269 00:20:56,275 --> 00:21:00,052 Welcome to the Light, Kaldur'ahm. 270 00:21:00,212 --> 00:21:03,853 It is time for you to meet our Partner.