03x01 - I Am Legion

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Ugh!

What?

I know. I'm going
as fast as I can.

Luthor!

Don't make any
sudden moves. It's over.

Ugh!

Hold fire! Hold Fire!

Here we are, Mr. Luthor.

Your benefactor is looking
forward to meeting you.

Does the mystery
man have a name?

No reason to be insulting, Lex.

I'm far superior to any man.

Grodd. I appreciate the help,
but gratitude only goes so far.

I'm not interested in working
with you or anyone else.

I think you'll change your mind

once you've seen
what I have to offer.

Why would you even try to
move a prisoner that dangerous

without calling us?

Maybe because we thought
we could do our jobs without help

from the mighty Justice League.

And yet here we are.

Okay, Shayera,
what's done is done.

Let's see if we can
pick up his trail. Aztek?

The wall's
submolecular integrity

has been compromised.

Leptons showing residual
weak-force interactions?

Yeah. How did you know?

It's a common energy signature
of matter-phasing technology.

I assume it doesn't
leave a trail?

No such luck.
Maybe Aztek could...

You guys want some coffee?

Apparently I got
nothing better to do here.

Sorry, we got
caught up in the work.

Special Agent King Faraday.

I'm the liaison between
the Attorney General's office

and the Justice League.
Uh, good to meet you. I'm...

Aztek. I've been well
briefed on all of you.

Security on Luthor's
transfer was lax

because it didn't
seem necessary.

We haven't had a peep outta him

since he was arrested for that
Brainiac business last summer.

He's a broken man.

Just sits in his cell
talking to himself.

When he's not stealing
police vans you mean?

That came out of nowhere.

We had no reason to think
he was an active thr*at.

Do what you can. Put out an APB,

stake out airports,
train and bus stations.

Already done,
for what it's worth.

If he's sighted,
don't approach him.

Call in the league.

My people can handle this.

No, they can't.

Your people are
good. Luthor's better.

And if you get a lead on him,
I expect to be kept in the loop.

Of course.

What is this?

A home away from home

for members of
my... organization.

I'll admit we're putting
on something of a show

for your benefit.

We rarely have so many
members here at once.

Yes, it would take a huge scam

to pay for all these people.

Actually, it's the
other way around.

They pay me.

The world's most
powerful supervillains

banded together with
one common goal.

They protect each other
from the Justice League.

It's the only way to
survive in the modern world.

There are so many heroes
now. And under the Martian,

they're too organized for
freethinkers like ourselves,

to make a dishonest buck.

You're running a
protection racket.

A co-op. Everyone's free to
go about their own business

but if, say, Batman, Wonder
Woman and The Flash

show up to foil
your bank robbery,

you no longer have
to face them alone.

Right, he does it out of
the goodness of his heart.

Plus 25 percent of the gross.

So far, it's working perfectly.

The league doesn't
even know that we exist.

Have to hand it to you, this
is an impressive operation.

But we're still not interested.

See now, that's a problem.

You're much too
powerful a player

to be out there freelance.

Don't worry about
the competition.

I'm out of the business.

Really? Then why bother
to escape from prison?

Mmm.

You've still got
the spark, Luthor.

I see it in your eyes.

The spark of a man
who can't be bound

by society's petty restrictions.

Besides, nobody
who plays the game

at our level ever quits.

Oh, you got that right.

Completely missing the point.

Luthor?

You think you understand me?

That you actually
have anything to offer?

For a brief moment,

I attained absolute
knowledge, godhood.

Now it's all gone.

You melded with the
computer-being, Brainiac.

And at your moment of triumph,

the Justice League
destroyed him.

Tragic.

Now there isn't a
single piece of him

left anywhere on Earth.

Except, of course, for this one.

Give it to me.

Salvation comes at a price, Lex.

First you do something for me,
then you get your precious rock.

Do whatever he asks.

My entire program resides in
even the smallest part of me.

I could reconstitute you,
bring you back to life.

Yes. We could be together again.

All right, Grodd, I'm in.

Chuck.

What is it, honey?

Your old footlocker's beeping.

At first I thought it was
the smoke detector.

That ain't no smoke alarm.

It's a sound I never
thought I'd hear again.

There's trouble on
Blackhawk Island.

Aztek didn't find anything else?

Sorry, Superman.
It was a bad lead.

Nobody's fault.

When you guys do
pick up Luthor's trail,

call me. I want in.

You know what?

This new monitor-duty
rotation isn't so bad.

No more overnights
unless you want them.

Only one shift a
week and you're done.

Wally?

Mmm.

I'm telling you, you
should let it grow out.

Why don't you
just go talk to her?

Who, me? Talk to
her? Heh. No way.

Yeah, you'd probably be
wasting your time anyway.

I hear she's, you know...

Brazilian.

Ha, ha.

If you're afraid to talk
to her, I'll tell her for you.

Don't.

You are so very sad.

Got something for you.

Tell Hawkgirl your
story, Mr. Sirianni.

We met a while back, ma'am.

Longer for me than for you.

When you traveled
in time to World w*r II,

you fought alongside
my squadron.

You're one of the Blackhawks.

Only one still kicking,
I'm sorry to say.

What's the problem?

During the w*r and
for decades after,

we captured a lot of weapons.

Real sci-fi stuff.

We hid the worst of it
on Blackhawk Island.

We decommissioned the
place over 30 years ago.

But this morning, the old
security alarm went off.

Might be nothing.

Or it might be someone
raiding your armory.

We'll take a look. Shayera
out. Pick a third for the team.

Um...

Oh, Yob Shiggurath.

Hey, Fire.

Yes?

We've got a mission. Let's go.

I'm not going to argue
with you about this.

I didn't come to argue.
It gets cold up there.

Allow me.

Something of a
specialty of mine.

You haven't said a
word the whole trip.

Buh...

I was hoping this mission
would give us a chance

to get to know each
other a little better.

I understand. You're
very deep in thought

mentally preparing
for the battle.

No time for women. I understand.

Oh!

Oops! Sorry.

Two bogeys closing fast.

I'm losing it. We're going down.

Get ready to bail.

Ejector pod's off-line.

We're gonna have to
do this the hard way.

I got it.

Ha!

Ugh!

Uh! Ha!

That thing's gonna blow.

You need both hands to
help Shayera. Drop me.

Sure hope I think of something
before I hit the ground.

He told you to drop him?

He's a senior
member of the team.

You know he can't fly, right?

Hey, ladies!

Check me out. I'm
just like a helicopter.

Ahh! Oh.

I'm sorta like a helicopter.

Don't you ever scare
me like that again.

She loves me. She's like
the big sister I never had.

Only, you know, short.

Wait up.

I know everything there is
to know about this island.

You're going to need my help.

We've got it covered.
And, no offense,

but you're a little old
for this kind of work.

Something's activated
the island's defense grid.

You wanna make
it outta here alive,

I'm coming with you.

Whoever's on the island will
be headed for master control.

That's in a bunker under the
Blackhawk Victory Museum.

Where you stored the
weapons you captured?

Yeah, there's some
serious ordnance there.

Even got a couple
of old w*r wheels.

Wasn't all that stuff
destroyed in the w*r?

Don't believe everything you
see on the Documentary Channel.

w*r wheels, robot condors.

You got a pretty goofy
security system here.

Yeah, good times.

I see something.

Somebody ain't
impressed with the security.

We have to hurry.

That should keep them occupied.

Ah!

Ah!

Move it or lose it!

You're the human lockpick.
Why don't you do this?

Grodd's not testing me.

Company's coming.

Whoever you guys are,

you got no business
being in here.

Sorta goes with the
territory. We're thieves.

We going to do this
the hard way, Lex?

Please say yes.

You're threatening us
with a metal w*apon?

I'm a ferrokinetic.
Or hadn't you heard?

Uh! Shayera! Ah!

You've got problems of your own.

Ugh!

Ugh! Oh.

Ugh! Ah!

Ugh!

Magnets lose their
charge if you heat them.

You can't hurt me with...

What are you doing?
I can't control... Ugh!

Ha!

Uh! Uh.

Now, why is it you
always find the keys

in the last place you look?

Let them go. They're
pathetic, but they're with me.

I'm sorry. If I were
20 years younger...

You'd still be
ancient. Keep quiet.

Island self-destruct
sequence initiated.

Three minutes to detonation.

Chew on that for a
while. We're leaving.

If you follow, you know
what happens to him.

What did you do?

Don't bother. We
got what we came for.

Forget it. There's still time

for me to run us
out to the water.

No. I'm not going to
let all this history be lost.

I can't cr*ck the
code, but maybe if I...

You better let me do that.

Self-destruct sequence canceled.

Can't fix everything
by hitting it.

What was in there?

The Spear of Longinus.

h*tler believed that
whoever holds it is invincible.

What are you
going to do with it?

Sell it to the highest bidder?

Keep it yourself and
try to conquer the world?

I was thinking it
would look good

on the wall in my office.

You mean you recruited me

sent me to an island
full of deathtraps

and up against
the Justice League?

You made me risk my
life, and all for nothing?

Essentially, yes.

Monkey, I like your style.

Give me the piece of
Brainiac and we're even.

Not yet, Lex. Today
was just a test.

Your next mission is for real.

He still has something we need.

We have to put up
with him for the moment.

I should k*ll you.

But you won't.

No.

Not today.

Luthor sure didn't waste
any time rounding up a crew.

Who were those guys?

Dr. Polaris and The
Key? I don't know.

They've never worked
with Luthor before.

All I know is Superman's
going to be pretty ticked

that we let Luthor get away

just to keep some
musty old museum

from being destroyed.

It was worth it.