01x02 - Secret Origins: Part II

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Previously on justice league...

When I was an astronaut on mars,

I survived an experience

Which profoundly
changed my life.

I propose a bold new
solution for peace.

Carr: with more missiles
being dismantled every day,

Most of us will sleep better

Knowing that superman
is watching over us.

Batman: over the
past few months,

I've detected several
security breaches

In our global deep-space
monitoring network.

There's more to this
than meets the eye.

Unh!

Unh! Aah!

Carr: we're getting
reports that similar objects

Have landed all
around the world.

I am j'onn j'onzz.

Our orders are to
keep that freak here.

But the world's
security may be at stake.

That's why he'll
never leave here alive.

Mother, forgive me.

It's them.

Unh!

Unh...

Stay down.

Behind you!

Unh!

Unh!

J'onn, are you...

Hang on!

Get him to safety.
I'll cover you.

Unh!

That was close.

We're not safe yet. Look.

Aah!

What happened?

Help has arrived.

Unh! Unh!

Hawkgirl? What's she doing here?

Sorry I'm late. There was
an uprising near rigel ix.

Hah! Hah!

Aah!

Unh!

Allow me.

Who's the rookie in the tiara?

I'm not sure.

Unh!

Thanks.

Flash: hey, bats!

I think you dropped this.

Whoa. Where have
you been all my life?

Themyscira.

Huh?

Hawkgirl: the home
of the amazons.

I always thought it
was merely a legend.

I assure you, it's as real as
the ground on which we stand.

I am diana, princess
of the amazons.

Pinch me. I must be dreaming.

Ow!

Themyscira is
protected by the gods,

But I could not idly stand by while
the rest of the world was in danger.

It was lucky you
showed up when you did.

No, not luck. I telepathically
summoned them.

Look, I'm usually pretty
quick on the uptake,

But would someone please tell
me what the heck is going on here?

Diana: so, j'onn j'onzz, you
came from mars to warn us?

This is just too weird.

I've seen stranger things.

We first encountered them

A thousand of your
earth years ago.

It was a golden age.

Our martian civilization
was at the height

Of its peace and prosperity.

And then...

They arrived.

Where they came
from, no one knew,

But they were determined
to make our planet their own.

We martians were
peaceful people,

And the taking of any
life was abhorrent to us.

But we quickly learned
the ways of w*r.

For centuries, the
battles raged on.

Every trace of our
once-great civilization

Was obliterated.

We fought valiantly,

But the invaders were parasites
who fed on our psychic energy.

As we grew weaker,
they grew stronger.

They even absorbed our
shape-changing abilities.

Finally, a small group
of martian survivors

Planned one final
desperate att*ck.

Unh! Unh!

Aah!

Inside their
underground stronghold,

We unleashed a powerful
nerve gas which paralyzed them.

The att*ck was successful,

But the cost was dear.

I was the only survivor,

The last of my kind.

I sealed up their citadel

To keep them in a constant
state of suspended animation.

For over 500 years,

I stood guard over them,

But then, while I was
in a hibernation cycle,

Astronauts from earth
unsealed the stronghold

And accidentally
revived the invaders.

Flash: wait. Those astronauts

Never said anything
about finding life on mars.

Hmm. Some pencil
pusher in washington

Probably decided it should be

Classified information.

With all the martians gone,

The invaders had
nothing left to feed upon,

So they turned
their sights to earth.

I narrowly escaped and came
here to warn of the coming danger.

While I was being
held against my will,

The invaders sent advance
agents to disable earth's defenses.

That's why they sabotaged the
deep-space monitoring network...

So we couldn't
detect their activities.

We've got to stop them
before it's too late.

It may already be too late.

Carr: this is snapper
carr reporting live

From ground zero in metropolis,

Where the alien walkers continue to
clear the area around the impact site.

General wells,

Our m*llitary seems
unable to stop them. Why?

All our big missiles
have been disarmed,

And our self-proclaimed protector
superman has abandoned us.

Earlier,

Senator j. Allen
carter had this to say.

When I first proposed
my peace initiative,

No one ever imagined
we would face

An invasion like this.

Now we must stand together
and resist this aggression.

Uh, wait. We have a
breaking development.

Something's moving
inside the crater.

Oh, my lord.

What was that?

It's begun.

What are they doing?

The invaders are nocturnal.

They want to blot out the sun so
they can live in perpetual darkness.

Friends of yours?

It's no joke.

What's the big problem?

Can't you just whip up another
batch of that nerve gas?

Unfortunately, no.

The gas can only be made
from a rare martian plant.

I brought a sample with me, but it
was destroyed when I was captured.

Uh, what's plan "b"?

We'll have to take
out those factories.

Lady, this is no
job for amateurs.

We amazons are warriors born.

Want to test me?

Let's not fight among ourselves.

J'onn, we're going to need
all the help we can get.

Fine. Sorry... Your highness.

Tactically, we'll have
multiple objectives,

So we'll need to
split into teams.

Dibs on the amazon.

You are no fun.

This isn't supposed to be fun.

We've got a job to do,

And we will do it better without
distractions. Understood?

Yeah, yeah. I hear you.

That's our target. Now,
listen up. Here's the plan.

What plan? We kick
their butts, right?

Let's get this over with.

Hey! Over here!

Hah! Missed me!

Aah!

Oh!

Fool.

Green lantern: hang
tight, hotshot.

Huh. I'm sort of stuck here.

I hope the others are having
better luck than we are.

Hiding like cowards
is not the amazon way.

They must have a weakness.

When we find it, we'll strike.

I have scouted the outer
walls. There are no openings.

Then we'll make our own.

Wait. Let's see what she can do.

Hera, give me strength.

Unh!

There's your opening.

Not bad.

They run like cowards.
What are you waiting for?

Hah!

Unh!

Hawkgirl, follow me!

Keep a sharp eye out.

I always do.

Stay back! I'll...

Hah!

Unh! Unh!

Whoa.

What? There's a time for
words and a time for action.

J'onn: of all the
idiotic, boneheaded,

Glory-grabbing moves!

Haven't you ever
heard of teamwork?

Uh, maybe we'd better save the
motivational speeches till later.

Unh!

G.l.!

Uh-oh. Got to run.

They're close by. I
can almost smell them.

Are you always
so eager to fight?

My home thanagar
is a warlike world.

There, one must
strike first or die.

Hang on, hawkgirl! I'll...

Aah!

Unh!

They've blocked us off again.

It's almost as if they
know what we're thinking.

Any ideas, j'onn?

J'onn!

Superman and hawkgirl are down.

They have failed.

What? Are you sure?

I can sense it. This way. Hurry.

We lost them.

For the moment.

J'onn: look.

It's the central core.

How can we shut it down?

The ion matrix crystal.

If we can remove that, we'll
shut down the whole plant.

I'll need a diversion.

You've got it.

Unh!

Aah!

Unh!

J'onn!

Batman: get him out, now!

Unh!

Unh! Unh!

Batman!

No!

Wait. There's nothing
more we can do for him.

You don't mean he's...

Gone.

Hera, help us.