02x13 - Dark Victory Pt. 2

[bunniefuu]

[male narrator]
Previously on
"Legion Of Superheroes.."

I can't escape my destiny.

Brainiac 1.0.

You enjoy controlling
the chaos.

Imposing order.
Your order.

[Brainiac 5]
Yes, very much so.

Aah!

[grunts]

[screaming]

[Superman]
You have to fight
the darkness, Brainy.

This is not who you are!

The Brainiac 5
you knew no longer exists.

I am the truth.

[grunts]

[screams]

You are no longer necessary.

[grunts]

[Imperiex screaming]

[Lightning Lad]
We couldn't save him.

Superman's gone.

[theme music]

[music continues]

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[dramatic music]

[Thanagarian leader]
You are violating
Thanagarian airspace.

State your intentions,
or face our terrible wrath.

My intentions?

My intentions are no less
than to undo the chaos

created by humanoid madmen.

To bring all living things
under my complete control.

And to start,
with your planet.

Then you have
grossly underestimated

Thanagarian might.

Destroy him!

[intense music]

[beam buzzing]

[Timber Wolf]
This video
is from a space station

just outside
the planet Thanagar.

Everything...everyone..

...gone,
in the blink of an eye.

Brainy's now headed
for his home planet, Colu.

We better warn them.

Bring the Coluans
up on the monitor.

Greetings, Legion.

To what do we owe
this disturbance?

Your people
are in grave danger.

- Brainiac 5...
- Yes.

We are aware
of Brainiac 5's transformation.

Indeed we warned him
when he left the safety

of the hive mind
all those years ago.

He would make himself
vulnerable to corruption.

The Legion is ready
to provide any assistance

you may need
against this thr*at.

And what kind of assistance

could your primitive kind
possibly provide us?

We are more than capable
of dealing with one of our own.

Listen, I don't think
you fully understand

just what we're
dealing with here.

We better try to intercept
Brainiac's ship ourselves.

Setting a course for Colu.
But we won't b*at him there.

Not unless this cruiser can
travel faster than Superman.

We should say
our goodbyes now.

With what's coming, we might not
have another chance.

[instrumental music]

[sniffles]

[music continues]

[intense music]

[beam zapping]

We've been expecting you,
Brainiac 5.

Until now we have tolerated
your...uniqueness.

But no more.

Your use of our
most guarded technology

matter transformation

is most unacceptable.

You must now surrender
yourself for reprogramming

and become
as all Coluans are.

One with the hive mind.

You missed the service.

I can't believe he's gone.

I just can't believe
he's actually gone.

Hey, we'll get
through this together.

We're all taking the loss
of Superman hard.

Superman?

I'm talking about Imperiex.

I don't expect you
to understand.

But my life's only purpose
was to destroy him.

And now that that's been
taken from me by someone else..

...I just feel so useless.

Well, then I guess
that's it, huh?

You might as well
just pack it in now.

Never mind that Brainiac 5
is out there and we've got to...

I've seen the future.
Brainy wins.

There's nothing
we can do to stop him.

You can try!

Or you gonna walk out
on the Legion? Like a coward.

How can I walk out on something
I was never a part of?

[beam zapping]

You may have Superman's DNA..

[grunts]

...but you sure
don't have his spirit.

[screaming]

Wanna bet?

He's alive.

- Who?
- Who's alive?

Superman.

I felt his presence
in my mind.

Kell, voices in your head..

...not a good thing.

I'm telling you
Superman's alive.

If he were,
wouldn't I have felt it?

Not if he went into a state
of suspended animation.

So he could slow
the Kryptonite poisoning.

He's barely holding on.

I couldn't sense
our link at first

but now I feel it strongly.

Yes.

Yes, I see him.

Brainiac 5, you are
resisting reprogramming.

Open yourself fully
to the hive mind

or we will simply delete you.

As you wish.

But it is the hive mind
that must be reprogrammed.

Reprogrammed to serve me.

[zapping]

[screams]

[instrumental music]

[grunts]

You will help me bring order

to this vast chaotic universe.

[Coluans in unison]
Yes, Lord Brainiac.

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[instrumental music]

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[grunts]

[Bouncing Boy]
Do you really think
this transfusion will work?

Kell's blood has a built-in
immunity to Kryptonite.

It should save Superman,
if we're not too late.

[monitor beeping]

[droning]

Digitization of the Legion
to commence..

...now.

[beams zapping]

[Cosmic Boy]
Sorry, that's not gonna work.

Computo, you know,
the mainframe you designed?

It showed us how to prevent
digitization of the ship.

And ourselves.

Think the look
will catch on, Cham?

It already has.

Everybody's wearin' 'em.

Don't do this, Brainy.
Don't make us fight you.

We know you're still
in there somewhere.

Superman thought the same thing.

I managed to dispel him
of that notion.

[beams zapping]

[screaming]

[dramatic music]

[growling]

[zapping]

It's only a matter of time
before I get past your defenses

and transform you all
into perfect streams of data.

[beeping]

[Saturn Girl]
He's coming out of it.

[coughs]

I guess I have you
to thank, don't I?

Ah, no big deal.

[expl*si*n]

Where's the battle?
Ugh!

Sorry, but it's gonna
be a while

before you two
can return to action.

[dramatic music]

As we function with one mind

we too, can function
as one body.

Okay, we are so gonna lose.

[intense music]

[grunting]

[beam zapping]

Aah!

[all gasping]

Colossal Boy's
just been digitized

and stored
in Brainy's programming.

And it looks like it won't
be long before we are, too.

[Superman]
Maybe that's the solution.

To get into his programming,
but on our terms.

Saturn Girl, can you project
me into Brainy's mind?

I suppose.
But why?

Because I'm not ready
to give up on Brainy yet.

Maybe there's a chance
we can still reach him.

Help him battle this
darkness from within.

We've already tried that.
He's gone, Superman.

Then we try again.

We'll both go.

Brainy.

[Brainiac 1.0]
Pathetic, isn't he?

I was expecting more
of a fight out of him.

But in the end
he was easily

overwhelmed by the darkness.

The original Brainiac,
I presume.

Yes. And you
I know well.

[both grunting]

[groaning]

[Brainiac 1.0]
If you came here
to save him

then you have made
a tragic mistake.

This is where I'm strongest.

[dramatic music]

[explosions]

[zapping]

[wave buzzing]

[grunting]

Soon you will be nothing
but one's and zero's.

[both grunting]

[groaning]

You're both too weak
to survive much longer.

But together..

Do it.

[instrumental music]

Aah!

[screams]

[expl*si*n]

[screams]

[grunting]

[explosions]

Fool! I created that canon.

I too, can control it.

Ah!

[grunting]

[screaming]

It's time to finish this.

Why do you continue to fight

when there is clearly no hope?

There's always hope.

Not when it's placed
in a weakling like Brainiac 5.

[screaming]

Ugh!

It's amusing.

He so wanted to be a hero.

And yet he couldn't
even save himself.

The Brainiac you knew is gone.

Reprogrammed to serve me.

He's still fighting.
I know it.

Not even you can reprogram
someone's humanity!

- Humanity?
- Aah!

[grunts]

He was a robot, Kryptonian.

Brainy may not
have been human

but he had the biggest heart
I've ever seen.

He was a hero.

My hero!

[screams]

But what good is hero
if he cannot save you?

[groaning]

[instrumental music]

What is this?

[groaning]

You didn't give up
on yourself.

How could I when I knew
you'd never give up on me.

Very well.

You will perish together.

[rumbling]

Now I'm going
to tell you one last time.

Get out

of my...head!

[screaming]

[expl*si*n]

[rumbling]

[instrumental music]

[dramatic music]

[gasps]

I wanted to make sure
you're doing okay.

You've been hiding out
in your room a lot.

I just don't know
how I can face the others

after everything I did.

What you did was heroic.

You battled your demons
and you won.

Then why does it feel
like I'm still fighting?

I've decided to leave
the Legion, Superman.

At least until I can sort out
all of these new feelings.

I was emotional as a robot.

Imagine me as a human.

Thank you, for helping me
restore the future.

And for making me realize

I'm more than my mission.

That's the point
of a team, isn't it?

Working together..

...knowing you're never alone.

Guess I'm more
a part of the Legion

than I ever realized.

[Superman]
Then before you go..

...we should make it official.

[instrumental music]

[clears throat]

To the Legion of Superheroes

I make this solemn pledge

to use my powers for good.

To fight for justice

and protect the innocent.

To aid my fellow Legionnaires

in times of peril.

And to keep their secret safe.

I am...Kell-El!

[all in unison]
Long live the Legion!

[crackling]

Evil does not die.

It evolves.

[theme music]

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