02x25 - Starcrossed: Part II

[bunniefuu]

Previously on
"justice league..."

5 Years ago, we secretly sent
an advanced agent to earth

To learn more about your people

And to study your defenses.

You mean she's a spy?

She was spying on us.

The greatest evil
in the universe,

The gordanians...

They are coming here.

This will be the fate of earth

Unless you accept our help.

Hro and I are
promised to each other.

It's like being engaged.

This generator...
When we're finished,

It's gonna be
the size of a city.

It has to be.

It's got to sustain
a force field

Strong enough to protect
earth from the gordanians.

Diana, I was right.

The gordanians are
nowhere near earth.

The thanagarians are...

Ugh!

- Unh!
- Aah!

Activate force field
projection... Now!

Unh!

Ooh!

Unh! Unh!

Don't fight us. We're
trying to help you.

Whose side are you really on?

Unh!

I'm sorry, john.

[Grunt]

All icbm commands are
reporting zero fire capability.

All triton subs
inoperative, sir.

General welles,

France is reporting

Total failure of

Its ballistic systems.

China's icbms are all
nonresponsive, sir.

Russia reports the same.

All long and intermediate-range
missiles are inoperative.

Patch me through
to nato command.

Gentlemen, we are faced with
an unprecedented situation.

There has been a simultaneous
catastrophic failure

Of defense systems
around the world.

In the face of the
thanagarian thr*at,

We need to form an
offensive strategy

If we have any chance of...

[Static]

Get that line back up!

Can't, sir. It's being jammed.

This is commander hro talak.

In the name of the
thanagarian authority,

We claim your
planet as a garrison

And have instituted martial law.

Your world faces a crisis from
which only we can protect you.

But to be effective,

We must be free to act and
move without interference.

Cooperate, and
our stay will be brief

And without incident.

Stand against us,

And our wrath
will be unforgiving.

[Murmuring]

Commander, we ask that
you release us immediately.

Ask? We demand it.

You have no right
to keep us here.

You are the ones without rights.

Your militaries are useless.

Your justice league is defeated.

Your only options are
cooperation or death.

Choose wisely.

Now... You are free to go.

You've lived among them.

Do you think they'll cooperate?

I think they got the message,

But what about
the justice league?

What are you going
to do with them?

For special guests,

I have made very
special arrangements.

Traitor!

[Grunts]

Look at them...

Weak...

Useless...

[Fl*sh groans]

Broken.

It would have been difficult
to storm their watchtower

Without the access
codes you provided.

Also, your analysis
of their weaknesses

Was most helpful.

That one will be the
least trouble of all.

He's nothing without his toy.

Don't underestimate them.

You're right.

Perhaps we should make
sure they are not a thr*at.

Better still,
perhaps you should.

The point of this
occupation is to keep peace

While we finish our mission.

If we k*ll earth's heroes,
the natives will revolt.

Our best plan is to
build the shield, then go.

Make sure they're
well taken care of.

[Beeping]

How am I supposed to feed myself

Tied up like this?

Not my problem.

It will be if hawkgirl finds out

You disobeyed her orders.

I know my duties.

Then I guess you'll
have to feed me.

Don't be afraid, little man.

I won't bite.

Mind your tongue, woman.

I fear nothing.

Eat.

Aah!

Ohh!

Hyuh!

Aah!

Ptui!

Security breach in cell block 7.

Diana! The force field!

Free the others.

Unh!

Aah!

Hmm. I feel like I just ran
a marathon on jupiter.

You can rest later.

Hyah!

Ohh!

The lights.

Lean on me.

Unh!

Here. Try this.

Took you long enough.

Behind you!

We're losing altitude fast.

We need to go now!

Commander, there's
been a security breach

Aboard the prison shuttle.

The justice league has escaped.

How did it happen?

They're the justice league,
that's how it happened.

Take a strike squad
back to the surface.

Search every
house, every building,

Look under every rock.

Find them!

By your command.

Go!

Onward.

We've got to move, people.

Everyone inside.

Could you give me
a hand with these?

Still not back to full strength.

Much better. Thanks.

Diana, cover our tracks.

That x-ray vision working yet?

Just enough to see hawksoldiers
still patrolling the skies.

They'll have the whole
city covered by now.

Who knows?

Maybe they'll get
tired and go home.

Yeah, I know,

But a little optimism at a
time like this couldn't hurt.

This is the voice of the
thanagarian occupational authority.

Your so-called justice league

Is in violation of
our martial law.

They are to be
considered an enemy

And dealt with on sight.

Any person found
aiding or harboring them

Will be summarily punished.

Ok. So much for optimism.

For the time being, we're
gonna have to go underground.

How exactly do we hide

When the entire
planet is looking for us?

They're looking for
the justice league.

Without our costumes, we
are merely ordinary citizens.

Hold on a second here.

What about the whole
secret identity thing?

I mean, I trust you guys,
but I'm not sure I'm ready to...

Wally west, clark kent...

Bruce wayne.

Show-off.

Red hair. It suits you.

You think?

Change. Now.

-We need to split up.

They'll be looking
for 6 of us, not pairs.

A rendezvous point?

We're about 30 miles
from gotham city.

We can regroup
at my house there.

But try and keep a low profile.

30 Miles through
hawk-infested territory.

No problem.

The construction
proceeds as scheduled.

We have added humans
to the workforce.

Are they of any use?

They have no technical
expertise to speak of,

But they can lift and
carry as well as any animal.

We should complete the
project by the target date.

Be aware that the
justice league has escaped.

Stand ready for an att*ck.

Let them come.

It would only be su1c1de.

Keep me informed
of your progress.

And, paran, let
nothing delay you.

By your command.

Humans working as slaves?

Unfortunate but necessary.

We are on an
unforgiving schedule,

And if we're going to finish
the hyperspace bypass in time...

Bypass?

I thought we were
building a force shield.

That was merely the cover story.

So when were you going
to tell me your real plans?

Or didn't you think
you could trust me?

Come.

For decades, the
gordanian homeworld

Has been protected behind
an impregnable defensive line,

But this chain of
hyperspace bypasses

Will allow our armadas to
jump behind their defenses

And make a direct as*ault
on the heart of their empire.

Earth is the last
link in that chain.

Once the chain is completed,

We can att*ck and wipe out
the gordanian thr*at forever.

But if we open a
hole in hyperspace,

It will destroy
this entire planet.

Sadly, yes.

For thanagar to
live, earth must die.

Lieutenant kragger, we
may have found something.

Maintain your position.

We found these,

And the lock on that
door was broken.

They were here.

The justice league has tried

To pass themselves
off as civilians.

Search door to door.
Question everyone.

Do not let them slip away.

We are here to serve
the people of earth.

We serve the people
by making certain

That you do what is
in your best interest.

What is in your best
interest is to do as we say.

Only by obeying us
can we serve you.

Your identification.

Oh!

Hey, leave her alone!

Unh!

Diana, no.

You would stand
here and do nothing?

We can't risk a
confrontation here.

Hey, birdheads,

Go back to where you came from!

Get off our planet!

Oh!

Unh!

Over there! It's
the justice league!

So much for blending in.

In here.

Please. Hurry.

We can't stay here.

If they find you helping us...

Here. Sit here.

We're looking for a
dark-haired man and woman.

If, perhaps, you could
be more specific...

Has anyone entered
here recently?

No.

What about those two?

Ah, the lovebirds.

Been here for hours.

Let's move on.

Sorry.

Don't be.

I can't believe bats is
really bruce wayne.

You'd think a
billionaire playboy

Could cr*ck a smile
every once in a while.

I can't believe how
easily they've taken over.

Look, g.l.

Hawkgirl fooled us all.

You... You can't blame
yourself for what's happened.

I don't.

I blame her for what's
happened to earth.

I only blame myself for
ever caring about her.

Be prepared to
show identification

Or be detained.

I think we wanted the
non-hawkpeople line.

If we run, they'll see us.

Well, staying here
is no good, either.

If you've got any
ideas, I'm open.

Uh-oh. Trouble.

Too many civilians.

If we try to help them,
someone could get hurt.

Keep moving.

Have your identification ready.

What are we gonna do?

Excuse me!

Excuse me!

Clark kent of
"the daily planet."

We understand the thanagarians
are doing construction

At a restricted location
in the gobi desert.

Can you confirm this?

Get that contraption away!

And just exactly how long

Do you plan on
enforcing martial law?

No more questions.

Go away immediately!

Can I quote you?

What are you looking at?

Nothing.

I have never seen anyone
stare at nothing so intently.

I know this must
be difficult for you.

Do you?

What is obligation can
sometimes feel like betrayal,

But our only true
obligation is to thanagar.

There must be another way.

Can't you reroute the bypass

Through some uninhabited
planet or moon?

-Any alteration would set
us back more than 5 years,

And every moment we delay is
equaled in the blood of our people.

That still doesn't
give us the right!

There are billions
of lives down there!

We are at w*r.

Have you forgotten why we fight?

Or what horrors the
gordanians are capable of?

Have you forgotten
my long years rotting

In their stinking prison camps?

I haven't!

I have forgotten nothing,

But this w*r is no excuse to...

I am your commander!

You will not question me!

I don't even know you anymore.

Ahem.

What is it?

We've lost track of
the justice league.

They've blended
with the populace.

It will be difficult
to find them,

Unless, of course,

You know where they are.

You're a long way from home.

If you ever want
to see it again,

Then I suggest
you tread lightly.

[Gasp]

Ohh.

She never really answered
the question, did she?

[Doorbell rings]

Uh, we're looking
for bruce wayne.

We're friends.

Of course. Master
bruce is expecting you.

This way, please.

So, jeeves, do you
come with the place,

Or does master bruce
rent you just for parties?

I've been in service here
since the master was in diapers.

Now, there's a picture.

Your guests have arrived, sir.

You're late.

Nice to see you, too.

Hey! That's a giant dinosaur.

And I thought batman
was the detective.

We were just speculating

Why the thanagarians
are really here.

Obviously not to protect us.

But if the gordanians aren't
actually anywhere near earth,

Why do they need to
build that force field?

If it is a force field.

Then what is it?

I can tell you.

You've got a lot of
nerve, showing up here.

We should thank you.

It saves us having
to hunt you down.

I didn't come to fight.

I came to help.

Hawkpeople all over the planet,

Martial law,

Us getting chased like dogs...

I don't think we can take
much more of your help.

The situation is
worse than you think.

They are building a
hyperspace bypass.

When it's activated,
it'll destroy the planet

And everything on it.

Here. This has all the
information on the project.

Believe me.

I didn't know the
magnitude of talak's plans.

We'll check it out.

There's the door.

Aren't you going to turn
your back on me, too?

Last time I let my guard
down, you sucker-punched me.

It wasn't personal.

Keep telling yourself that.

I did what I thought
was right then,

And that's what I'm doing now.

We're triangulating her position

From the tracking
device you planted on her.

I have a fix on the location.

Ready the strike squad.

This time, they will not escape.