Original subtitles

[Kara panti ng]

Hah . I'm sti l l wi n n i ng .

I'd g ive u p now because you are never goi ng to beat--

-You su re? -Hey!

-How's it feel to lose to you r daug hter? -[panel beeps]

It's not over yet.

Sorry, I can't hear you from fi rst place.

I said ...

Wait, what's that?

Cheati ng ! That's cheati ng .

[Al u ra] Can't hear you from fi rst place.

[g ru nti ng]

-Ha-ha ! -[panel beeps]

General Al u ra Zor El , H ig h Defender of Krypton , has lost!

[Al u ra] Park Com puter, activate bench .

-[g roans] -Yes !

Kara Zor El , beloved daug hter and crowd favorite has won !

Park Com puter, water.

Did n't anyone teach you not to g loat?

I mean , the woman i n charge of that lesson also cheats, so...

[ch uckles]

You r form has gotten better.

You've been practici ng .

Every morn i ng . You're welcome to tag along .

I'm a g racious wi n ner.

I cou ld g ive you poi nters.

[ch uckles]

Bel ieve me, if I cou ld joi n you i nstead of deal i ng with

the Science Cou nci l every morn i ng , I wou ld .

And the G u i ld and--

I know, I know. You've got al l of Argo City to oversee

and no ti me to do it i n .

It's j ust...

it'd be n ice to see you more, you know?

Hey.

If it's i m portant to you , then I'l l make ti me.

You come fi rst.

-Real ly? -Always, my Kara.

Always.

Besides, I'm not the on ly one about to be busy.

Please tel l me th is isn't a ploy

to get me to watch U ncle Jor El's new baby agai n .

I swear, that kid puts everyth i ng i n h is mouth .

I . . . Is th is...

Does th is mean my appl ication to the G u i ld's been ...

Accepted .

Kara Zor El , you have official ly been assig ned to the Mi l itary G u i ld .

Welcome to the ran ks, cadet.

You've more than earned th is.

[gasps]

[d istant ru m bl i ng]

What is that?

[Al u ra] No !

Not now.

[Kara gasps]

[ru m bl i ng approach i ng]

Come on !

Com puter, beg i n activation seq uence, code " I n-Ze. "

-What's goi ng on? -Jor El warned me th is was com i ng .

He told the Science Cou nci l that they had to act,

but they wou ld n't l isten . They never l isten !

It's too late for Krypton , but not for Argo City.

I've been bu i ld i ng hyper-sleep escape pods based off Jor El's prototype.

The Cou nci l was agai nst h i m , so I've had to do th is i n secret.

It's why I've been gone so m uch . I j ust...

I j ust thoug ht we'd have more ti me to fi n ish .

We can get everybody out? Wel l , that's g reat, rig ht?

[alarm buzzi ng]

[female electron ic voice] Activation failure.

Activation failure. Activation failure.

-Activation failure. -[Al u ra] No !

Work, dam n you , work !

[sig hs] I tried , Jory...

I j ust needed more ti me to fi n ish them .

Mom .

[sig hs] I tried .

[female electron ic voice] Activation success.

I am so proud of you .

Every day, I am i n awe of the strong , ki nd , wonderfu l person you've become.

And I am so l ucky to be you r mother.

-[ru m bl i ng] -[Kara gasps]

Fi nd you r cousi n and know that I wi l l always love you , Kara.

[gasps] What are you doi ng?

Mom ! No, please !

Mom , please don't do th is ! What are you doi ng? Mom !

[explosions boom i ng]

[big explosion]

[g ru nts]

[m usic playi ng]

[sig hs]

Okay. You can do th is, Kara.

Mal l Com puter, map.

Mal l Com puter, map.

Map ! Map !

[g roans]

How do you locate u n iforms i n the su pply depot?

[clears th roat] Oh .

G reat. Yes, than ks.

[sig hs] Mal l , bri ng u p--

[laug hs] What a wei rdo.

Can you bel ieve that?

Tal k about anger issues.

[both laug h]

[d istant ru m bl i ng]

-[people gaspi ng] -[man] What was that? Oh , no !

Solomon G ru ndy, born on a Monday!

[man screams]

Destroyed Metropol is on a Tuesday!

Ki l led Su perman rig ht now.

Where are you , Su perman?

G ru ndy wants to play!

You do know G ru ndy and Monday don't rhyme, rig ht?

Also, I'm goi ng to take you down .

[scoffs] You're not Su perman .

I'm Su perg i rl .

Remem ber the name, 'cause you're-- [yel ps]

[g ru nts]

[g ru nts]

[g ru nts]

[g ru nts]

[both g ru nti ng]

[pants]

[both g ru nti ng]

You're no Su perman .

You're not anyth i ng , g i rl ie !

[batarang beeps]

[yel ls]

[g roans]

[g rowl i ng u nder breath]

[G ru ndy g ru nti ng]

[Kara g roans]

[G ru ndy g roan i ng softly]

I'm fi ne, Kal .

We need to tal k.

[man] Hey!

No need to worry, citizen of Metropol is.

-Solomon G ru ndy has been-- -My apartment bu i ld i ng !

It-- You--

Look what you've done !

U h , I saved it. You're welcome.

You destroyed it!

J ust have you r robot servants bu i ld you a better place.

Or govern ment-issued robots.

Construction robots?

Reg u lar robots.

Any robots?

What ki nd of wei rd hel lscape are you from?

Krypton is...

Was g reat. Not l i ke you r backwards planet.

Backwards?

U h , you l ive i n homes made out of al u m i n u m and hot sand .

[man] Not anymore, than ks to you !

-You r cousi n is a problem . -[Kara] You shou ld be than ki ng me !

-I j ust saved you ! -You said we cou ld trust her.

We can .

She's on ly been here a cou ple of months.

She's doi ng her best.

It's not good enoug h .

What's that su pposed to mean?

You were so happy to meet someone al ive from Krypton ,

you d id n't stop to th i n k about the conseq uences

for the rest of us mere h u mans.

I n the short ti me she's been here, she's destroyed bu i ld i ngs

and fai led to control her powers.

Worse, she doesn't care.

With her abi l ities, that makes her a th reat.

I don't l i ke what you're i m plyi ng .

Kara...

[G ru ndy conti n ues g roan i ng softly]

Sorry, got held u p i n Star City

and d id n't get the cal l u nti l a second ago.

Hey, where's Su perman?

Taki ng care of a problem .

I'm more worried about th is.

G ru ndy was usi ng it i n h is ram page.

Wait, Solomon G ru ndy?

The g uy who th i n ks G ru ndy and Monday rhyme?

There's no way he cou ld bu i ld someth i ng th is com plex.

[G ru ndy g roan i ng softly]

You know, th is is where I used to go

whenever I had a bad day.

I'd sit here as a kid and look at the stars, and ...

l ittle by l ittle, my problems wou ld j ust seem less overwhel m i ng .

Were any of you r problems, " Batman is kicki ng me off the planet?"

Not exactly, but I'm pretty su re that's j ust because I d id n't know h i m then .

[scoffs]

Kara, I can't i mag i ne what you're goi ng th roug h .

Havi ng to adj ust to a new planet, new powers,

getti ng knocked off cou rse,

and arrivi ng decades after you were su pposed to.

Fi nd i ng out you r baby cousi n isn't so l ittle anymore.

Al l I'm aski ng is that you be more carefu l ,

and to g ive Earth a chance.

Kal , I'm tryi ng .

I swear.

It's j ust al l so pri m itive and wei rd and wrong and d ifferent here.

I know it's not Krypton .

But it cou ld be home, if you let it.

No, it can't!

Krypton is my home.

It doesn't matter that it's gone. It wi l l always be my home.

Kara, I know you're u pset.

You can't possi bly know how I feel !

[sig hs] Batman's rig ht. I don't belong here.

With Krypton gone, with mom gone...

I don't belong anywhere.

So, kick me out. I don't care.

Or we cou ld try someth i ng d ifferent.

Trust me?

[device d ron i ng]

[device boom i ng , echoi ng]

Come on !

Wait! Where are we goi ng?

[device d ron i ng]

[Kara] Whoa.

Where are we?

Earth , i n the 31 st centu ry.

Kara Zor El , welcome to the Leg ion of Su per-Heroes.

[man m u nch i ng]

Mm .

-[explosion] -[g ru nts]

[man gasps]

[g uards scream]

[man wh i m peri ng]

Please, take the badge. J ust...

You can get i n . J ust don't ki l l me.

-[tri l l i ng noise] -[explosion]

[sold ier g ru nts]

[electricity crackles]

No g u ns.

[sold iers g ru nti ng]

[sold iers g roan i ng softly]

[Batman] Why are you here?

Who are you?

[sold iers choki ng]

[strai n i ng] The Ci rcle remai ns u n broken .

[gags]

Batman to any J ustice Leag ue mem bers, there's been an attack at STAR Labs.

Do you copy?

No. I don't know what they were after.

[Kara] Okay, new q uestion .

U h , how are we i n the 31 st centu ry?

Also, why?

Also, what?

We came here with the Ti me Bu bble.

It's extremely rare tech nology that al lows travel between

two fixed poi nts i n ti me and on ly those poi nts i n ti me.

At least that's how Satu rn G i rl explai ned it to me.

She's one of the fou nders of the Leg ion of Su per Heroes.

Th i n k of them as the futu re's J ustice Leag ue.

They're a g rou p of heroes who banded together to fig ht cri me i nspi red by...

Wel l , me.

They contacted me th roug h the Ti me Bu bble

after we formed the Leag ue.

We've been i n sporad ic contact ever si nce.

Wh ich bri ngs us to why we're here.

They ru n a trai n i ng prog ram for potential new Leg ion nai res.

The Leg ion Academy.

I thoug ht, if you wanted , you cou ld trai n here.

It's not Krypton ,

but it's a l ittle closer than Earth of the 21 st centu ry.

[Kara] I don't know, Kal .

If you want to go back, it's you r decision .

I'l l su pport you either way.

[man] Su perman .

Kara?

Oh , wow. It is so g reat to meet you .

I'm Mon El , one of the other trai nees at Leg ion Academy.

Mon El?

Wait, you're Krypton ian?

Daxam ite, actual ly, from Planet Daxam .

But I hope you don't m i nd me sayi ng th is.

I love Krypton .

That's why I changed my name.

I've been a fan ever si nce I was a kid .

The scientific wonders, the em phasis on conform ity, order.

The robots.

The robots.

Maybe not so m uch the Krypton ite, but i n every other way,

Krypton was i ncred i ble.

I know we've j ust met, but I real ly hope you decide

to come trai n with us here at the Academy.

I wi l l .

-Real ly? -Yep.

-It seemed l i ke you weren't su re. -I am now.

We cou ld sti l l go back and trai n on the farm together.

Nope. I'm good .

Lift tractors?

Bye, Kal . Sorry, you can't stay.

[ch uckles]

[Ti me Bu bble d rones, booms]

Want the tou r?

Th is is the Leg ion Academy.

It's where ou r trai n i ng takes place.

The Cu be is the fig ht si m u lation room .

It's also con nected to the Leg ion's holog raph ic l i brary...

I'm su re you'l l be able to fi nd you r way arou nd .

And that's pretty m uch the tou r.

Except the dorms...

G i rls are there, boys are there.

And the wi ndow we use to sneak out after cu rfew is there.

Noted .

What's that one?

[Mon El] That's the vau lt.

It's where the Leg ion keeps al l the weapons

they've taken from thei r enem ies.

[device wh i rrs]

It's protected by an i nsane secu rity system ,

and it's never been broken i nto i n the enti re h istory of the Leg ion .

The system's on a hai r trigger,

and it's com pletely off-l i m its to us Academy mem bers.

So, i n other words, avoid the death lasers.

-Th is is Dawnstar. -You r room mate.

Oh !

I am so g lad to meet someone else who can fly.

We can pai r u p i n trai n i ng and practice cool power com bos.

Ooh , and team u p for m issions.

Sorry. I'm al l , " Blah , h i , Dawnstar. "

It's j ust n ice to meet a new friend .

Wel l , that's everyth i ng ,

except meeti ng the rest of the Academy trai nees and ...

Brai n iac?

He's got a weapon . Get back !

Wait!

I don't know how you su rvived the bu l let,

but I am not goi ng to let you h u rt anyone else.

I don't know what you're tal ki ng about.

But g iven you r u n h i nged actions, I'm regard i ng you as a th reat.

[Kara g ru nts]

U n h i nged?

You tried to ki l l Su perman , my cousi n .

[Kara g ru nts]

Bel ieve me, if I had tried to ki l l Su perman ,

I wou ld have succeeded .

I am the u n iverse's on ly 1 2th-level i ntel lect.

I i nvented th is force field usi ng ki netic-reactive photon ic energy.

[g rowls, g ru nts]

Wh ich means, the more you pu nch it, the more sol id it gets.

[Kara g ru nti ng]

G reat. Than ks for the ti p.

[g ru nts]

[g ru nts]

Okay. That's it.

[g ru nts]

[g ru nti ng , strai n i ng]

Fig ht, fig ht...

[al l] Fig ht, fig ht, fig ht,

fig ht, fig ht, fig ht, fig ht,

fig ht, fig ht, fig ht, fig ht.

[g ru nts]

[man] Stop !

What the ever-lovi ng hel l is goi ng on here?

Reckless endangerment and damage to a classroom .

What do you have to say for you rselves?

[Kara] He's Brai n iac.

Why are we al l j ust sitti ng here?

As I attem pted to tel l you ,

I am not Brai n iac.

You pu l led a weapon on us.

I was goi ng to make repai rs on the laser

for a project and you j u m p to concl usions.

Not su rprisi ng for a lesser m i nd .

How is th is not a vi l lai n?

Kara, he's not Brai n iac.

Th is is Brai n iac 5 .

Scientists on Planet Col u got thei r hands on the organ ic parts

of the orig i nal Brai n iac cyborg

and then used that to make h i m and h is fam i ly.

That is a g ross oversi m pl ification of the clon i ng process.

-Anyhow-- -RNA m utation alone has al lowed me

to su rpass my clone si bl i ngs.

Anyhow...

he's a brig ht you ng man ,

and he's en rol led i n Leg ion Academy, j ust l i ke you .

By "brig ht you ng man , "

she means I possess a 1 2th-level i ntel l igence

as measu red by the scientific m i nds of Col u .

Si nce we don't have ti me to sufficiently descri be me,

that wi l l have to do.

[scoffs] I've got some words to descri be you .

U n less those words are "gen i us, " they're probably i ncorrect.

Hey, kn uckleheads, you're i n trou ble.

The rest of the Leg ion are off on a m ission ,

leavi ng the th ree of us i n charge,

and you j ust made ou r jobs that m uch more d ifficu lt.

We are tru ly d isappoi nted .

Si nce th is is you r fi rst offense, we're letti ng you off with a warn i ng .

But i n the futu re, try to act more l i ke the heroes you wish to become.

Dism issed .

What is President Satu rn G i rl th i n ki ng , letti ng that kid i n?

Su perman vouched for Su perg i rl .

I'm tal ki ng about Brai n iac 5 .

Why is he here?

Every si ng le Brai n iac clone ever has gone evi l .

Brai n iac 2 was an i ntergalactic assassi n .

Brai n iac 3 tried to overth row the U n ited Planets with m i nd control .

Brai n iac 4 is j ust a straig ht u p serial ki l ler.

Th is is what they do.

The Brai n iacs show u p, attem pt some evi l plot, then d isappear.

[scoffs] It's on ly a matter of ti me before th is kid does the same.

Look, Ti m ber Wolf, we ag ree with you ,

but we were outvoted .

Were we?

I haven't spoken to a si ng le other Leg ion nai re who voted to let h i m i n .

I th i n k there's someth i ng fishy goi ng on here.

We've got bigger problems than you r conspi racy theories rig ht now.

We sti l l have no idea where the rest of the Leg ion is.

Last check-i n , Satu rn G i rl and the others were on thei r way

to deal with the terrorist attacks on Planet Du rla.

Then , sudden ly, boom , rad io si lence.

Oh . They're sti l l not answeri ng com ms?

They're not even showi ng u p on the map.

It's l i ke they d isappeared from the face of the u n iverse.

We've been havi ng com puter trou bles over the past 24 hou rs.

The issue cou ld be on ou r end .

We can't d iscou nt anyth i ng at th is poi nt.

Shadow Lass, Chem ical Ki ng , look i nto ou r system .

It cou ld j ust be Bou nci ng Boy

pu l l i ng pran ks with the com m arrays agai n .

But if not, we need to be prepared .

[Shadow Lass] And above al l , don't tel l the Academy kids.

The less who know, the better.

It has to be ton ig ht.

That was epic!

Did they kick you out?

[laug hs] U h , she wou ld n't be here if they d id .

Everyone, g ive her room .

Kara, th is is the rest of the Leg ion Academy.

Seriously, that fig ht was n uts.

I'm Bou nci ng Boy, Planet Earth .

Ta-da !

Now, if I said to you , I've got a bu nch of Naltorian frogs,

wou ld you be down to hel p me release them i n the science lab?

-No -Come on . It'd be g reat.

Enchanté.

I nvisi ble Kid , also from Planet Earth .

Whoa ! [ch uckles]

Can you tu rn other th i ngs i nvisi ble too?

[I nvisi ble Kid] Yes.

Wel l , actual ly, no, but I'm real ly close to fig u ri ng it out.

Okay. I love the hai r.

Oh , yeah , hate the cape.

We can work with the boots.

Tri pl icate G i rl . Planet Cargg .

Okay, so, th is is Phantom G i rl .

[gasps]

She's shy.

[object sq ueaki ng]

Proty, ou r class pet.

[Proty] Hel lo.

And Arms Fal l off Boy.

[strai ns]

And someti mes they even stay on .

Wow.

That's. . . real ly cool .

No. We suck.

Hey, that's not true.

I'l l have you know my psych ic pathfi nd i ng powers are u n iq ue.

Yes, so are m i ne.

That doesn't mean they're good .

There's on ly one open Leg ion spot.

And everyone knows Mon El is gon na get it.

We're never goi ng to make it i nto the Leg ion .

Face it. We're waiti ng-l ist material at best.

Not even the Leg ion of Su bstitute Heroes wou ld have us.

Hey, you don't know what's goi ng to happen .

I th i n k everyone has the potential to be heroes,

even people l i ke Brai n iac 5 .

But maybe, for the safety of the rest of the bu i ld i ngs,

you shou ld j ust avoid h i m .

[Chem ical Ki ng] The Leg ion does more than si m ply fig ht.

-We are the once cal led i n . . . -Or maybe you can't. [ch uckles]

...when there are d isasters, d i plomatic i ncidents

or when people are i n need of rescue.

To be considered for the Leg ion ,

you need to trai n you r m i nd .

So, who can solve th is hyperd rive eq uation?

Su perg i rl?

Su perg i rl !

[device tri l l i ng]

[scoffs]

That is clearly i ncorrect.

[Shadow Lass] The Leg ion does more than si m ply solve problems.

We are the front l i nes, stoppi ng terrorists,

ad m i n isteri ng j ustice, and preventi ng war.

To be considered for the Leg ion ,

you need to trai n you r body.

Trai n i ng Room , fig ht si m u lation Beta.

[female electron ic voice] Acknowledged.

Flight simulation Beta will commence now.

Got it!

[Kara] Oh , no.

Too slow.

[Brai n iac 5] No.

You need a stabi l izer so the AI system doesn't malfu nction .

No, you don't, because it's al ready i n the prog ram m i ng .

I am l iteral ly the descendant of a cyborg .

Log ical ly, you shou ld be l isten i ng to me.

I'm from Krypton . We i nvented robotics.

And I'm from Col u , we perfected them .

I'm rig ht!

You are objectively i n the wrong .

Okay. Maybe it d id need a stabi l izer.

We need to sh ut it down .

-If you damage the psion ic processor-- -Way ahead of you .

[clears th roat] J ust g ive me some space to move.

There. Engage the motion targeti ng system .

U nderstood . Everyone stay perfectly sti l l .

Got it.

I m pressive th i n ki ng .

I n truth , I al most forgot th is was al l you r fau lt.

[Kara] My fau lt?

Listen , you g reen ski n ned , overg rown , poor excuse for a cyborg .

-Where do you get off tel l i ng me-- -Nope, I'm done.

You're done. Trai n i ng over.

-You two are out. -But...

Disappoi ntment doesn't even beg i n to cover you r actions.

We wi l l deal with you i n the morn i ng .

U nti l then ...

Hey, don't beat you rself u p.

Honestly, you are not the fi rst person to get i nto a fig ht with Brai n iac 5 .

-Real ly? -Are you serious?

Mr. " I'm more log ical than thou?"

He's a jerk who th i n ks he's better than everyone.

No one wants h i m arou nd .

Not even Ti m ber Wolf and the other Leg ion nai res.

I mean , he j ust doesn't belong here.

What?

Su perg i rl . You com i ng?

Li ke I said , we've got to go before al l the good seats are taken .

Proty.

Where are you?

[ch uckles] Please come back before I have to tel l Dawnstar I lost you agai n .

Here, Proty, Proty, Proty. You good l ittle, u h , th i ng .

Ug h .

You know what? I'm cold and ti red .

Let's g ive ou rselves one more m i n ute,

then fig u re out a way to blame Bou nci ng Boy for th is.

[Proty sq ueaki ng]

[sig hs i n rel ief] There you are.

[conti n ues sq ueaki ng]

What the heck?

Hey!

[g ru nti ng]

[Kara] Hey, Brai n iac 5 . Look, I'm ...

I was ki nd of a jerk to you . I mean , you were a bigger jerk to me.

[sig hs]

Brai n iac 5 . I th i n k we got off on the wrong foot,

but I th i n k we're more al i ke than you know and ...

[g roans] Why is th is so hard?

Brai n iac 5 , I'm sorry.

Can we start over?

What are you doi ng?

Go away. Th is doesn't concern you .

U h-h u h .

Because it looks l i ke you're tryi ng to--

-I don't-- -[Proty sq ueaki ng]

[Kara] Proty?

What are you doi ng out?

Is she...

She. . . she can't be.

I'm too late.

[h issi ng noises]

[g ru nti ng]

[Brai n iac 5 shouts]

You won't be need i ng th is.

Stay back, Su perg i rl .

Brai n iac 5 is not who he pretends to be.

He planted a vi rus i n ou r com puter system .

It's why we haven't been able to reach the rest of the Leg ion .

And no one voted to let h i m joi n the Academy.

He hacked i n and changed the tal ly.

Al l for th is.

To break i nto the vau lt and steal the weapons i nside for some sick plot.

We moved as fast as we cou ld once we knew, but...

Poor Tri pl icate G i rl paid the price for ou r stu pid ity

i n trusti ng a Brai n iac.

Yes, I hacked you r com puters, but I d id not ki l l Tri pl icate G i rl .

Th is is the work of the Dark Ci rcle.

They've been plan n i ng to i nfi ltrate the Leg ion-- [g ru nts]

You expect us to bel ieve that?

You have to ! I wou ld never h u rt--

[g ru nts]

You're j ust another clone gone bad .

We'l l be at the hold i ng cel ls. Put H Q on lockdown .

We'l l break the news i n the morn i ng .

Wait. Th is doesn't make any sense.

Why wou ld Brai n iac 5 go to the vau lt, ki l l Tri pl icate G i rl and then wal k away,

on ly to come back j ust i n ti me to get caug ht?

She clearly su rprised h i m the fi rst ti me.

He stu pid ly pan icked , then came back to fi n ish the job.

Exactly. That's stu pid , and Brai n iac 5 isn't stu pid .

What if he wasn't lyi ng?

I feel l i ke I've heard the name Dark Ci rcle before. It's...

fam i l iar somehow.

Brai n iac 5 is evi l .

You were rig ht.

Go back to the dorms.

It's over now.

[Proty sq ueaki ng]

Trai n i ng Room , access l i brary databan ks.

Bri ng u p any i nformation you have on the Dark Ci rcle.

[female electron ic voice] Accessing files on the Dark Circle.

Searching. Searching.

Found.

[Kara gasps]

[female electron ic voice] The Dark Circle. A terrorist cult.

The Dark Circle has gone by many names over the centuries.

The Black Zero. The Ouroboros. The Beginning. The End.

But they are always identified by the same symbol.

Who are they?

[female electron ic voice] Fanatics, pursuing an unknown goal.

Over the centuries,

they emerge to wreak havoc, blowing up buildings,

providing weapons of advanced origin to other terrorist groups.

There are even reports of them appearing as observers.

Watching.

Waiting.

Then they vanish. No trace to be found.

Leader, unknown. Origins, unknown.

End of file.

Powering down.

[gasps, panti ng]

[sig hs]

-[door tri l ls] -H u h?

I've seen them , the Dark Ci rcle, i n the past and also here, now.

You said I'm too late. Too late for what?

What's goi ng on?

I'm not goi ng anywhere, so tal k.

[i n hales, sig hs]

You're relentless. You know that, rig ht?

Created by the god-l i ke Control lers of Oa,

the Mi racle Mach i ne al lows a user to bend real ity to thei r wi l l .

Its orig i nal pu rpose d isappeared with the Control lers.

Si nce then ,

it has been used as a weapon of mass destruction .

The Leg ion managed to get thei r hands on it,

and placed it i n the vau lt.

I overheard my fam i ly maki ng plans to break i nto the vau lt

and steal the Mach i ne for the Ci rcle's leader.

I cou ld n't let that happen .

So, log ical ly, there was on ly one th i ng to do.

En rol l myself i n the Academy and take the Mach i ne before they d id .

Wou ld n't the log ical th i ng have been to j ust tel l the Leg ion?

Ah , yes, let's try that.

" H i , I'm the g randson of one of Earth's g reatest vi l lai ns.

My fam i ly is psychotic,

and I need you to let me take a weapon of mass destruction . "

Why wou ld they bel ieve me?

No one ever does.

I'm su re you assu me I'm lyi ng too, so...

You know, j ust go.

Come on . If the Dark Ci rcle is here, we don't have very m uch ti me.

What are you doi ng?

I'm hel pi ng you break i nto the vau lt and get the Mach i ne.

If they had it, they'd have used it by now.

I th i n k we can sti l l beat them .

No, I mean , why?

Because I bel ieve you .

Ti m ber Wolf and the others wi l l be patrol l i ng .

How are we goi ng to get past them without my belt?

And th is is h u m i l iati ng .

Th is is fu n !

I had a n ig htmare l i ke th is once.

If you don't stop com plai n i ng , I'l l start flyi ng u pside down .

Al l rig ht, the coast is clear.

Wait...

Su perg i rl , I ...

Log ical ly, you have no reason to hel p me,

but you are.

So, for my previous actions,

-I'm sorry-- -[man] Sh h .

Are you tryi ng to get caug ht?

Keep it down .

Mon El?

I heard Ti m ber Wolf and the others tal ki ng

as I was head i ng back to the dorms.

I know everyth i ng and I want to hel p.

I trust Su perg i rl .

If she th i n ks you're i n nocent, then I do too.

That's g reat! We cou ld defi n itely use hel p.

Rig ht, Brai ny?

Yeah . G reat.

Of cou rse !

So, what are we doi ng?

Breaki ng the u n iverse's most u n breakable secu rity system .

[device wh i rrs]

-What is th is? -Th is is the secu rity code.

The vau lt has a two-step process.

Fi rst, the laser g rid , then th is.

Break the code and a door wi l l open i nto the exact cham ber we want.

But we on ly have a short wi ndow of ti me.

How short?

If I don't break th is i n the next 30 seconds, they ki l l us.

Can you do it?

I'm Brai n iac 5 .

The u n iverse's on ly 1 2th-level i ntel l igence.

I can do anyth i ng .

I ncred i ble.

The code is a holog raph ic neu ral overlay desig ned to cook the user's brai n ,

u n less they can decrypt wh i le keepi ng a mental lock on thei r objective.

Th is is. . . goi ng to take longer than I thoug ht.

How m uch longer?

More than 30 seconds.

Keep worki ng on the code. I'l l take out the robots.

No !

Whatever you do, don't destroy them .

The i nstant one breaks,

it'l l trigger a pu rge of the enti re room .

Brai ny, I'm not g reat at gently fig hti ng th i ngs.

[strai ns] J ust try!

[gasps]

Not to rush you , but h u rry it u p.

I'm tryi ng .

The code keeps resetti ng . [pants]

[g ru nts]

Got it!

That's it.

Whoo ! [laug hs]

We d id it!

We d id it.

[Mon El] We certai n ly d id .

Brai n iac 5 broke the code...

[Kara gasps]

And the Ci rcle remai ns u n broken .

[Kara g roan i ng]

Kara !

[g ru nts]

[strai ns] What are you doi ng?

For the u n iverse's on ly 1 2th-level i ntel lect,

you su re are d u m b, aren't you?

-[device tri l ls] -I'm i n the Dark Ci rcle.

[Ti m ber Wolf yel l i ng , g ru nti ng]

[Chem ical Ki ng g ru nts]

[g ru nts]

[g ru nti ng]

[Brai n iac 5 choki ng]

[g ru nts]

[g roan i ng]

I'd stop movi ng so m uch if I were you .

It spreads the Krypton ite from the dagger faster.

Why? [g roans]

[Mon El] Of al l people, you shou ld u nderstand .

You r cu ltu re was the g reatest the u n iverse had ever seen .

Orderly. U n iform . Pu re.

But th is world we l ive i n ,

th is world is rotten .

The Leg ion is the heart of the rot,

encou rag i ng losers l i ke Tri pl icate G i rl and Bou nci ng Boy.

They del ude m isfits i nto th i n ki ng they can be heroes,

when they're j ust freaks.

[Kara g ru nts]

[Mon El] Now, the Dark Ci rcle wi l l take over.

-[Kara g ru nts softly] -[Mon El] We, who are su perior,

-wi l l lead the way. . . -[Kara yel ls]

elevati ng the world to heig hts not seen si nce the Krypton ian em pi re.

The Leg ion has fal len .

The ti me of freaks has ended .

As for you two, ou r leader wou ld l i ke a word .

[Kara g roan i ng]

Ow!

Hold on , Kara.

J ust hold on .

Be si lent i n the presence of the Beg i n n i ng and the End .

Hel lo, g randson .

Brai n iac.

No, i m possi ble.

You're dead .

You d ied i n the 21 st centu ry!

The Krypton ite bu l let went th roug h my brai n , yes,

but there was enoug h left to rebu i ld arou nd the damage.

And a gen i us l i ke myself never goes without a backu p plan .

I created the Dark Ci rcle a 1 , 000 years past

to carry out my vision for a new world .

It was the Ci rcle who stole my brai n out of my old body.

It was they who reg rew it, tend i ng to me over the centu ries.

But al l wou ld be for naug ht if it weren't for you .

What do you mean?

Did you th i n k you j ust happened to overhear

ou r plans to take the Mi racle Mach i ne?

[laug hs]

The other clones were mere 1 0th-level i ntel l igences.

There was on ly one bei ng i n the u n iverse who cou ld break the secu rity code.

You .

We used you to get the Mach i ne.

Were...

You said my clone si bl i ngs were 1 0th-level .

Where are they?

H m m .

Rig ht here.

By the ti me my brai n fi n ished reg rowi ng , my old body was useless.

The Ci rcle cloned me,

and I picked the best parts from each to bu i ld a new one.

They weren't pleased when they fou nd out.

You l ied to us.

Stay away!

Stay away from me !

No ! No ! God , no !

But, log ical ly, what other pu rpose cou ld you serve?

The fools thoug ht they were bei ng g roomed

as the next leader of the Dark Ci rcle.

For h u bris alone, they deserve death .

I am the most advanced m i nd that has ever existed .

Th us, log ical ly, I m ust be the one

to pu rge the u n iverse of chaos and rot.

For those who are su perior wi l l lead the way

to a pu re and orderly futu re.

The on ly one strong enoug h to stop me was Su perg i rl .

So, we watched her and fou nd her weakness.

Krypton ite. [strai ns]

And you r d rive to hel p those more pathetic than you rself.

You're a monster.

I am a hero.

There are th reats on the horizon on ly I can cou nter.

When I bend real ity to my wi l l ,

al l wi l l laud me as thei r savior.

Once Su perg i rl is dead , I wi l l i ncorporate you i nto my body.

The son wi l l become the father,

and the Ci rcle wi l l remai n u n broken .

No.

Fi nd them .

I wi l l beg i n to attu ne myself to the Mach i ne.

[Kara g roan i ng]

H u rts.

It's goi ng to be okay.

I j ust need to get the Krypton ite out of you r wou nd , al l rig ht?

[g ru nts, g roan i ng]

No ! I'm worki ng on someth i ng , but you've got to stay awake.

Kara.

Kara?

Tryi ng to.

Keep tal ki ng .

[conti n ues g roan i ng]

Tal ki ng to people is not my strong su it.

Cou ld I l ist chem ical com positions i nstead?

[Kara breath i ng heavi ly]

-[yel ls] -No, no, no. Kara !

Stay with me.

[g roans]

I'm sorry.

I was wrong about everyth i ng .

I'm su pposed to be smart and log ical ,

but my plan to stop the Dark Ci rcle wasn't log ical .

It was me tryi ng to prove to everyone that I ...

I'm not my fam i ly.

I'm not j ust another evi l clone.

But I'm not. I messed it u p.

I'm not l i ke you .

You're so confident,

and bri l l iant,

and strong , and ...

And?

And beautifu l .

And?

And I can't th i n k straig ht when you sm i le at me.

[device beeps, tri l ls]

[door open i ng]

[Kara gasps]

-Wel l , there you two are. -Fi nal ly.

Good work, PG .

-Tri pl icate G i rl? -You're al ive.

Yeah , no than ks to Mon El !

You know that son of a bitch ki l led me?

You know, I saw h i m meeti ng u p with those people i n masks.

I peeled off an extra me rig ht before I got to the vau lt

and he ki l led my th i rd self.

So, I need you nerds to come u p with a plan

to save the day so I can ki l l h i m rig ht back.

Did I mention , I'm goi ng to ki l l h i m?

[I nvisi ble Kid] Yeah , on ly about, l i ke, a m i l l ion ti mes.

I nvisi ble Kid?

[I nvisi ble Kid] I n the flesh .

Phantom G i rl fou nd Tri pl icate G i rl rig ht before the attack.

I managed to tu rn i nvisi ble and escape.

And the th ree of us have been h id i ng ever si nce.

And you r clothes are...

On ! The clothes are on !

I tu rned al l of me i nvisi ble th is ti me.

See, I told you . I told you I al most had it.

So, the teachers are knocked out,

the rest of the Academy mem bers are trapped ,

and I am j ust itch i ng to g ive Mon El a l ittle--

Payback.

What happened to, "We're waiti ng-l ist material?"

[ch uckles] No. Screw that. I'm pissed .

Now, we're kicki ng-ass material .

[Phantom G i rl] The Leg ion is gone.

It's u p to us.

So, let's go be heroes.

You've got an idea, don't you?

I have the beg i n n i ngs of a plan , yes, but...

we'l l need al l the Academy mem bers to pu l l it off.

[Tri pl icate G i rl] Yeah . U h , excuse me.

Is the plan to fl i rt forever?

Because we're ki nd of i n a ti me cru nch here, lovebi rds.

Oh , that's not I . . . I mean ...

We. . . I ...

[Phantom G i rl] It's okay.

What do you need us to do?

[yel ps]

[g ru nts]

I can't fi nd a trace of the Leg ion anywhere.

Then let me.

Still nothing...

Quad rant Beta, orbiti ng the black star by Planet Wi nath .

Encrypti ng message, com pensati ng for cosm ic i nterference

from the black hole, and the SOS is...

sent.

-[gasps] Yes ! -Yeah ! Al l rig ht!

Now, the hard part.

[Mon El] Keep search i ng .

Brai n iac has al most fi n ished synci ng to the Mach i ne.

We can't let them ru i n th is now.

[Kara] You mean us?

Get them !

[Mon El g ru nti ng]

[Brai n iac 5 g ru nts]

N ice try.

[g ru nts]

[kn uckles cru nch]

Move away from the Mach i ne, Brai n iac.

It's over.

[Brai n iac] No.

It is j ust beg i n n i ng .

I see it.

The shape of al l th i ngs.

An end less ci rcle,

wh ich I break and form anew.

[both shouti ng , g roan i ng]

[Brai n iac] Those del uded enoug h to th i n k themselves my eq ual wi l l fal l .

[yel ls]

[yel ls]

[both g roan]

[strai n i ng]

[Brai n iac] As will those strong enough to ever pose a threat.

And any world that could ever disrupt the dominance of Brainiac!

I thoug ht I was bri l l iant before, but I was noth i ng .

Now, I am the Su preme Bei ng !

Hard ly.

You j ust happen to be the one

hold i ng the Mach i ne.

I always thoug ht us clones su rpassed you .

You were copies of g reatness.

I am the masterm i nd of real ity.

I am the leader of the Dark Ci rcle.

I am--

The g reatest m i nd the u n iverse has ever known !

I am g reater than what came before me.

I am a 1 0th-level i ntel lect and you are noth i ng .

No ! You serve me.

You r wi l ls are no match for m i ne !

You are obsolete.

As long as the Mi racle Mach i ne is i n th is real ity,

it wi l l obey the wi l l of its last user.

And that wi l l be me, not you .

No, it wi l l be me.

I am the hei r to the Dark Ci rcle !

I alone wi l l ru le th is new real ity.

No, I wi l l .

[Brai n iacs strai n i ng , g ru nti ng]

Stop !

You wi l l destroy us, you id iots !

[strai n i ng] There can on ly be...

one leader.

So...

who's it goi ng to be?

-Me ! -Me !

It's not stoppi ng .

Brai n iac 4 was rig ht.

The Mach i ne won't stop u nti l real ity u n ravels.

[g ru nti ng]

[explosion]

[g ru nti ng]

How is th is the on ly th i ng I'm not able to break?

Mom?

I . . . I cou ld bri ng her back.

I cou ld bri ng Krypton back.

But it won't stop real ity from breaki ng .

[Kara sig hs]

I m iss you ...

every si ng le day.

[sobbi ng] I wish th i ngs were d ifferent.

But Krypton is gone.

And I'm needed here.

I ...

I have to let you go now...

and save the world .

I j ust hope I've made you proud .

[voice echoi ng] Always, my Kara, always.

[ru m bl i ng]

The Mi racle Mach i ne wi l l conti n ue to destroy everyth i ng

as long as it's i n th is real ity.

-So. . . -Let's wi l l it i nto a d ifferent one.

[Kara g ru nts, sig hs]

[sn iffles] Than k you .

For what?

[g roan i ng]

[sold iers g ru nti ng]

[sold ier g ru nts, screams]

[g ru nti ng]

I got ya, Tri pl icate G i rl !

Than ks, Bou ncy.

[sold ier g ru nts]

It's Du pl icate G i rl now.

[sold iers g ru nti ng]

I l i ke the new name.

What about " Duo Damsel?" Ya know, al l iteration's ki nda cool .

Never m i nd .

Wait. We're picki ng new names?

Then from now on , I am Arms Fal l off Man !

Oh . Al l rig ht. I love it!

[sold ier] I thoug ht you said they were useless !

They. . . they were.

Retreat! Everyone, fal l back !

Oh , no, you don't. PG , here !

[Phantom G i rl g ru nts]

[sold ier g ru nts]

[Kara] Hey, g uys.

Save any for us?

[g rowls]

[explosion]

[g ru nts]

[explosions boom i ng]

[both g ru nti ng]

[explosion]

[pants]

[explosion]

[g ru nts]

There's sti l l ti me to change you r m i nd .

There wi l l always be a place

i n the Dark Ci rcle for those with true power.

You and I cou ld lead it.

And bri ng back the pride of Krypton .

Oh , Mon El , you're j ust wrong .

[yel ls]

[both g ru nti ng]

[g roan i ng]

[Tri pl icate G i rl] Hey there, Mon El .

Where are you goi ng?

Sh it.

[Kara] That's the last of them for the hold i ng cel ls.

Al l that's left to do is wait for--

Dam n .

I vote they al l get i n as fu l l Leg ion nai res.

[al l cheeri ng , laug h i ng]

[door beeps]

I'm sorry we cou ld n't bri ng Krypton back.

Or you r mother.

If you want,

I cou ld start research i ng a way to repl icate the Mach i ne.

I mean , log ical ly, it wou ld be a terri ble idea but--

It's okay.

Earth's not so bad . It's...

defi n itely got a cou ple of good poi nts.

I nteresti ng .

I n the name of research , we better add to those poi nts.

Gen i us idea.

[m usic playi ng]

And then Du pl icate G i rl shot h i m !

And then she shot h i m agai n .

I n retrospect, I th i n k it was a m istake to let her keep that g u n .

But Satu rn G i rl was sti l l th ri l led !

That's g reat, Kara.

Seems l i ke bei ng a Leg ion nai re real ly su its you .

Oh , and Brai ny's been maki ng tons of u pg rades on Leg ion H Q ,

i ncl ud i ng rigg i ng u p the Ti me Bu bbles so we can tal k more.

Here, hold on .

[Brai n iac 5] What are you . . . Kara.

Kal , I'd l i ke you to meet Brai n iac 5 ,

the u n iverse's on ly 1 2th-level i ntel lect and my boyfriend .

-[ch uckles] -[Brai n iac 5 ch uckles nervously]

It's. . . it's an honor to meet you .

I mean , tal k...

U h . . . [clears th roat]

Si r.

I'm happy to meet you , Brai n iac 5 .

U h , but if you two wi l l excuse me,

I've got to get back to bei ng . . . Su perman .

-Of cou rse. -Bye, Kal .

Tal k soon .

You d id n't tel l her?

No.

How am I su pposed to ask her to come back to the 21 st centu ry

when we sti l l don't know what's happen i ng?

[both yel l i ng]