02x09 - Blood Moon

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- Wegthor,
home of our resistance.

- Why does Zod have
such a chub for this moon?

- Wegthor's a mining colony

home to a compound
known as Stellarium.

Zod is processing it to fuel
the interstellar fleet.

- It is time for Krypton
to take its rightful place

in the universe as conquerors.

The colonization of
alien planets is our future,

and Doomsday is our path
toward it.

Amidst my travels
in the future

I encountered the Black Mercy.

- Administering
Black Mercy toxin.

The toxin's working.
- Mother, stop!

Please don't do this!

- You're gonna have
to make a choice.

- Kem.

Tagging along on another
mission, buddy?

- I'm leading the mission.
- Well done, Commander.

- Lyta-Zod d*ed on Wegthor.
- No.

I'm sorry, Mother,
but you left me no choice.

I crafted her replacement

from a Somatically
reconditioned clone.

Mother?
- Lyta?

- The real Lyta.

- I'm never letting go
of you again.

- Good.

- We're moving up the launch

and ending
this resistance now.

When this is over, there will
not be a soul left on Wegthor.

- Why would he do this?

- He couldn't have me
openly challenge his authority.

He created a mother
who was more receptive

to his ideology.

He said he was doing it
out of love,

for the person
he knew I could be.

- If this is what he does
to those he loves,

I can only imagine
what he has planned

for the rest of the galaxy.

- There's no need.

I know exactly
what he intends to do:

use Doomsday to destroy
any alien civilization

that refuses his rule.

And once he takes Wegthor and
gets the Stellarium he needs,

nothing will be able
to stand in his way.

- We have to get to Wegthor--
warn my grandfather that--

- That's not possible.

The space elevator base
has been destroyed

and all communication
with Wegthor is down.

There's no way to reach him.

- Actually, there might be.

A smuggler on Wegthor
who Kem introduced me to

modified a skimmer
for short-range space travel.

I took it when I deserted.

It's a death trap, but if
the Sagitari haven't found it,

it might still be there.

- Well, it's worth a sh*t.

- I'm coming with you.
- No.

You'll be safer here.
You're in no shape--

- You need--
- He's right.

You'll be of no use to him
up there.

There'll be
other battles, Lyta,

and we'll need you
at full strength to fight them.

- I'll go.
I know the tunnels.

You'll never be able to find
the Stronghold without me.

- All right.

Let's just hope we can get
there before Dru's warships.

- The att*ck on our fleet
has been thwarted.

The Rebels had hoped
to stall our mission--

to sow confusion and dissent--

but they have failed.

All their treachery has done
is strengthen our resolve

and seal their fate.

The w*r on Wegthor

ends today.

Soon, we will have control

of the Stellarium.

Soon, we will fulfill
our destiny.

And soon, the entire galaxy

will learn to fear us.

We launch today.

For Krypton!

all: For Krypton!

- What's wrong?

- While you were under
the control of the Black Mercy,

did it really give you
the life of your dreams?

It must have been hard
to give that up.

- It was.

But it gave me clarity

about what I truly want.

- What was that?

- You.

It showed me what's
possible between us...

And it is a life and a love...

worth fighting for.

- Seg, are you ready?

I'll just wait outside, yeah?
- Nyssa, wait.

Seg told me
what happened to Jor.

I'm so sorry.

I'll do everything I can
to bring him back.

- Thank you.

- How you holding up?

- Fine.

- No, you're not.

You've barely said a word
since we got back here.

- I'm sorry.

I'm happy for you, Seg.

I am.

You and Lyta
get another chance.

It's a miracle.

I didn't believe in them
till now.

- Me neither.

- She's the love of your life,
isn't she?

- Why are you asking me this?

- Because I'm terrified

that you might be
the love of mine.

Don't say anything.

It was selfish of me
to say it, but...

just seeing you and Lyta...

Old habits die hard.

- According to Dev, the skimmer
should be somewhere around...

here.

- What are you doing?

- Either I'm hallucinating
or this skimmer is cloaked.

We have a spaceship.

A really,
really shitty spaceship.

- Please don't do this.

There may not be enough
Black Mercy toxin in his system

to keep him under control.

- Then I suggest you pray to
whatever gods you believe in.

- Kneel.

- How's she doing?

- Running a fever.

That parasite must have left
some kind of residual virus

in her system.

- Is it serious?

- I don't think
she's in any danger,

but we need
to get her temperature down.

The nearest med bay
is in Kandor

and we're not exactly
welcome there.

- What about Hantha root?

We used it on Wegthor
to fight infection

when our medical supplies
went short.

- That could work.

- I'm pretty sure they have
a stash in the Public House.

I'll see if I can find it.

How can you look at me
like that after what I've done?

- Lyta, we don't have to talk--
- I failed you.

I dishonored myself
and our name.

- You did what you were taught.

I raised you to be a warrior,

ruthless and loyal
at any cost.

- No.

I won't let you blame yourself.

That day in the tunnels,

I had a choice:

his life or yours.

I made the wrong one,

and I have to live with that.

- What's done is done.

We've both made mistakes,

and fate has given us
a second chance.

If we can bury
the past together,

we can help rebuild Krypton

and forge a new legacy
for House Zod.

We can be remembered for more
than bloodshed and death.

- I'm sorry, Mother.

Can you forgive me?

- There is nothing to forgive.

You are my daughter.

I love you.

You are, and always will be,

the best part of me.

- If we can establish
a new position

on the other side
of the Leestan Crater,

then we might have a chance
of offering

some kind of resistance.

- Grandpa!

I knew you'd find your way
back home.

- Well, we have Adam Strange
to thank for that.

- I've missed you, my boy.

I'm sorry you had
to come back to this.

There's so much
I need to tell you!

So many things
you need to know.

- We don't have any time.

Grandpa, Zod's fleet...

it's on its way.

- Where did you get
this information?

- The last time we acted
on intel you provided,

a lot of good men and women
lost their lives.

- Zod...

he played me.

- Look, you don't have
to trust Nyssa.

Trust me.

Zod's fleet of warships
is coming,

and, if we don't act now,
we're all dead.

- We'd already begun making
preparations for an att*ck,

but, because of
the communications blackout,

we had no idea
it would come this soon.

We're still vulnerable.

- But now they've lost
the element of surprise.

Gives us a tactical advantage.

- They won't expect us
to be ready.

Take as many of our troops
as we can spare

and fortify our trench
positions on the surface.

I'll deal with securing
all points of entry.

- Dak, Ver, Kaz,

you'll reinforce
our defensive positions

in the upper tunnels
at Axes Five and Six.

The rest of you, same thing
Axes Two and Three.

Nobody gets in, you understand?
- Copy that.

- Force barriers
that Val ordered

at the choke points are active.

Had the team stay behind.

Offer a second line of support
just in case they're breached.

- Well, look at you

sounding like
a real soldier?

- You know, I'd be into it
if it wasn't for all the rules

and crappy food.

Long hours, k*lling.
- k*lling.

both: Blood.

- Mostly the k*lling
and the blood.

- Yeah, well,
you can't really escape--

Okay.

That really hurts.

Surprise.

By the light of Rao,

it is good
to see your ugly face.

- I missed you too, brother.
- Man.

Let's bring it in.

- Yep.
- Don't fight it.

- We're in.
- This feels good, doesn't it?

- Something's in.
- Three of us buddies just...

Getting close.

- Yeah.
- A little too close.

- Your hands were everywhere.
- Look at you.

Proper m*llitary man.

- I'm impressed.

- They even let me carry a g*n
and order people about.

It is crazy.

- You know what
my grandfather said?

He said that you and Adam
have been invaluable

to the Resistance.

- That's a true story.
You should have seen him.

Crushing ass.
- You've been crushing ass?

Well done.
- Val-El needs to see you all.

He said it's urgent.

- Now what was it
you said to me

after you k*lled me
in the Outlands?

Yeah.

"Heroes don't take days off."
- That's right.

Let's do it.

- Wait, when you said
"crushing ass," is--

do you mean--wait.

Adam?

- Why is there only one
of them?

- Because that's all he needs.

One ship is big enough

to fit five battalions
of Sagitari.

- Commander Lux, have we got
a visual on the craft?

- Affirmative.

But it's too far away for our
a*tillery to be effective

against its shielding.

We have to let them come
to us.

- Is anyone else seeing
what I'm seeing?

- Some strange
thermal signature.

- That doesn't make sense.
- We have movement.

Look alive, people!

- What is it?

- General,
Doomsday is in position.

We await your orders.

- k*ll them all.

- Hold your fire.

Wait until whatever
that thing is gets closer.

Now give it all you've got!

Fire!

Hold fire!

- Commander Lux, report!

- I think we got him.

We got him!

- Commander Lux,
are you reading me?

Commander?

What's happening out there?

Commander Lux?

All troops retreat!

- Hold your position, soldier.

- Are you reading me?
Retreat!

- Hold your positions, damn it!

- All troo--

- There will be
no falling back.

No retreat.
We stay and fight!

We cannot let that thing
get to our base!

Are we clear?
all: Yes.

- I said, are we clear?
all: Yes!

Then follow me!

- Come on!

- They're gone.

They're all gone.

- What was that?

- It's Doomsday.

He's in the tunnels.

- If he reaches us,
then everything we lived

and d*ed for will be lost.

- The force barriers
are slowing him down

but they can't
keep him out forever.

- There has to be something
we can do.

Maybe--
- There isn't.

No matter how hard we fight
or where we hide,

that thing will not stop
until it murders us

and everyone on
this g*dd*mn rock.

- I cannot accept that, Adam.
There has to be--

- You don't get it!
There is no other way!

What part of
"unstoppable k*lling machine"

do you not understand?

The only one person

who's ever stopped Doomsday
in the universe

doesn't exist anymore.

- Well, great, Adam.

What are we supposed
to do then?

Just sit around and wait
for him to k*ll us?

- No!
We run like we stole something!

That's what we do!

And we live
to fight another day.

We have to get off this moon.

- That is
a beautiful idea, Adam.

But you forget
that the space elevator

has had its ass crushed!

- And not all of us
have a Zeta-Beam.

- Maybe we don't need
a Zeta-Beam.

There is a perfectly good ship
sitting up there on the surface

and it is more than big enough

to fit the rest
of our fighting force

as well as every civilian
we can find on it.

- We'll never be able
to take it,

and it's full of Sagitari.

- Is it?

That heat signature
we saw earlier.

It was very faint.

Now, initially I thought that
maybe the sensors were being

blocked by the armor.

But if Doomsday really is
as unstoppable

as Adam says he is,
then Zod wouldn't need

to send more Sagitari.

Maybe a skeleton crew at best.
- And what if you're wrong?

- Well, then we're dead anyway.

But at least this way
we have a chance.

- Listen, if this is gonna work
we have to do it now.

We need someone
to lead a strike team

to take the ship.

- God damn it, I'll--
- I'll do it.

You can trust me, Val.

- All right.

Adam, I need you to oversee
evacuation procedures.

Get all of our troops
and every civilian available

to the surface
and onto that ship.

The three of us, we will try
to slow down this monster.

Buy them some time.

May Rao's light shine
on all of us.

- Right, let's get to it.

- Let me get this straight:
you want to collapse the mines.

- All except the mine
in Axis Three.

Once you and Seg get there,
all you have to do

is reposition the expl*sives
onto a vein of raw Stellarium.

Once that's done,
you'll head for the surface.

I'll detonate the bombs
remotely and meet you there.

- I think that sounds
incredibly dangerous.

Why--why are we doing this?

- It is incredibly dangerous,
but the chain reaction

should collapse
the entire tunnel system.

- Doomsday will be trapped,
and that will give us

all the time we need
to get everyone onto that ship

and off this moon.

Right.

This is where I leave you.

Contact me
if there's any trouble.

- Hey,
don't worry about us.

We'll be in and out in no time.

You just get everyone
on the ship, okay?

- Yeah.

See you soon, my boy.

- Okay, Val.

Your grandfather's insane.

Are we--
are we really doing this?

- No, yeah.
Be just like old times, mate:

you, me,

ripping off knuckle-headed
labor guildsmen

in the gaming pits
at the Rankless.

- It's nothing like that
at all.

- No, no.
- Even a little bit.

- But hey, could be fun, maybe.

- You had me at "maybe."

Come on, everyone, suit up.
We've got an ass to crush.

- Drink this.

Make you feel better.

- That tastes awful.

- Like the inside
of a Rondor's ass.

If I told you that before
you wouldn't have taken it.

- And how do you know

what the inside
of a Rondor's ass tastes like?

- I've been on many
exciting adventures

since leaving the Sagitari.

What was she like?

My clone.

What was she like?

- She was exactly the same
as you in every way.

The same memories.

The same light in her eyes
when she laughed.

The only difference
was her unwavering allegiance

to your son.

There was one other thing.

We became involved.

You needed some--

sheneeded someone
to fill the void Seg left

after he disappeared,
and I was more than willing.

Always thought we were destined
to be together, Lyta,

that being with you would fill
the empty places inside me.

Then it became a reality.

I finally got what I wanted.

Imagine my shock
when I realized

the emptiness still remained.

They found us.

Let's check over here.

- Follow some movement.

- On your knees.
On your knees!

- Lose the helmets.

- Now, does anyone else know
you're here?

- We're not telling
you traitors sh*t.

- Then this will be
a very short conversation.

- Stop.

- How is this possible?

We saw you k*lled.
- General Zod deceived you.

He created a clone,

somatically reconditioned her,
and allowed her to be ex*cuted

as a result
of his own treachery.

If he isn't stopped,

many more Kryptonians will die

for his twisted vision--

Kryptonians that you
as Sagitari

swore an oath to protect.

My son is a man with no honor.

He is not worthy
of your loyalty.

- Why should we believe you?

- Sagitari Thur, isn't it?

Your brother and I
were cadets together.

He saved many lives
at the Battle of Muri,

mine included.

As Primus,
I made it my business

to learn everything I could

about the brave men
and women serving Krypton.

- Primus Zod.

How may we serve?

- Now, listen very carefully...

and do exactly as I say.

We've lost signal.

Try rerouting power
through auxiliary systems.

- The couplings
aren't responding.

He must have damaged
the main grid.

We're bleeding power!

- Seg!

Seg, can you hear me?

Seg, report!

Listen, you should go.
- Val--

- Just get out of here.
Be safe, please.

- I'm--I'm not leaving
without you.

- Just go.
I'll be following shortly.

Please.
- You'd better.

Seg?

Seg?
- Fan out.

Can you hear me?

Please, respond!
- Grandpa?

- All right,
you three down there.

- Hear me?
- Grandpa?

- Seg?
- Grandpa, what is it?

What's wrong?
- Listen.

The power grid...
destroyed...

I can't detonate...
expl*sives!

You and Kem need to get
to the surface!

Seg, can you hear me?

- You need to get out
of there, Seg!

- Val! Val!
- Seg!

What are you still doing here?

- Seg and Kem are in the mine.

I need to get them out
of there.

- You're supposed
to get to the surface!

- I have to get them out
before I go!

- Val, we're out of time.
- He's my grandson!

- Val, hey.

There's nothing more
you can do.

We have to go.

- All right.

- Quickly, team.
We're on the clock here.

After you've set your charges,
I need you to clear the area.

Understood?
- Copy that.

- Hey.

What are you doing?

- What does it look like
I'm doing?

- It looks like you're
synching those bombs

to a short-range detonator,
but I know that's not possible

because that's not part
of the plan.

Plan's changed, Kem.

What are you talking about?

- Something's happened
to the power systems.

Val can no longer
remotely detonate.

- So...

Look, you need to
get your guys topside, okay?

I'm gonna wait for as long as
I can before I set these off.

It'll give you time
to clear the tunnels.

- What, I'm--I'm just supposed
to let you die?

Seg, that's not gonna happen.

I am not gonna--

- Adam?

Adam, where are you?

Adam!

Please, don't do that again.

I'm an old man.

All right, then.
Come on.

Naptime's over.

Come on.

- I can't.
- What is it?

- I-I...

I can't--I can't feel my legs.

Try again.

- I'm not letting you go, Adam.

Not now, not ever.

What happened?

- Doomsday happened.

- The squad?

sh*t.

- What?

- sh*t!

I lost the detonator.

sh*t, I must have dropped it
in the mine.

I gotta go get it.

- No, no, no.

I can't--I can't let you
do that.

- It's not your choice,
brother.

It's mine.

Listen...

If I don't do this...

the Resistance will fall

and countless people will die.

I can't let that happen.

You understand?

- Yeah, I do.

Kem.

- It's no use.

- Now why would you go and do
a stupid thing like that?

- I think it's pretty obvious,
isn't it?

I've got a death wish
and, you needed saving.

- No.

Kem, this is my responsibility.

It's my responsibility,
not yours.

- Why, because you're an El

and you want live up
to your name?

Or because Zod is your son

and you think this whole thing
is your fault?

But it's not.
Everyone has a responsibility.

You can't save everyone, Seg.

You can't.

Others have to step up.

It is the only way
to save Krypton.

And besides, there's a...

there's a lost child who...

who needs his father.

- Kem, don't do this.

- Hey...

Remember when we used to pull
those scams in the Rankless?

It was so stupid.

- But now it's my turn
to take the b*ating.

- No, you stay.
You stay with me, Kem.

Please stay.

- I-I love you.

- Kem?

Kem!

Kem!

- Adam, are you okay?
- Yeah.

- Val.

What happened?

The--the tunnel collapsed.

- What?
Where's Seg?

- I don't know.

What's happening?
- It's the Stellarium.

Seg and Kem must have managed
to detonate it.

I thought the reaction would be
localized but it's spreading!

- What are you saying?

The moon is ripping apart.

It's all my fault.

- No, we've gotta
get out of here.

- Seg?

Seg!
- Val, we've gotta go!

- Seg...

- Come on.

Come on.

Come on!