Transcripts - Forever Dreaming

This is only a casing,
used to contain a Sentry.

Once the Sentry is out of
the shell, it seeks a host.

Then uses that host
to gather information

about whatever planet it's on.

Once it's gathered all the
information required,

it uploads it to Brainiac,

and leaves the host body for dead.

My mom's not coming home, is she?

No, sweetheart, she's not.

Val, I'm headed your way...

Tell me what you know about Brainiac.

- Who are you?
- I didn't bring you here

to ask me questions.

I need you to tell me how
to get us out of here.

We go straight.

Whoa, hey, friends, friends.

This is a sacred place.
You do not belong here.

Commander Zod, it is by Rao's word

that you are hereby eby
chard with treason.

I have come to make you an offer

- that could save Lyta's life.
- For the cost of what?

Pledge your support for my father.

What makes you think Jayna
is ready to join us

and go against everything
House Zod stands for?

Our plans rest on Jayna's militarism...

Oh, you think I don't know that?

Tell us where you took
that Cythonnite woman.

She holds the key to stopping Brainiac.

Stay here.

- Who gave you that?
- You did.

I'm your son.

You made me work for this
when I was just a boy.

Then you put it on me, and said,

we kneel for no one.

This...

It can't be. It's impossible.

Don't listen to a g*dd*mn
word this assh*le says, Seg.

- You know him?
- I know who he is.

In my time, we all know who he is.

Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah.

General Zod.

This son of a b*tch is
Superman's greatest enemy.

So trust me on this, we
need to k*ll him now.

- Born from the void
of the universe,

before time began,

Almighty Rao, who kindled the
sun and created all life,

I submit to thee.

What makes you think
Rao created all life?

Because I have faith.

My mother told me faith's a journey

that begins in hope and ends in
belief of what you can't see,

but know to be true.

Or it could be considered a delusion.

The sign of a species not
given to clear thought.

Is this a test?

Yes.

Do you think my faith
isn't strong enough?

What are you testing?

Your worthiness.

Your city's, your world's.

Do you deserve eternal life?

What happens to those
who aren't worthy?

I think you know the opposite
of eternal life, Ona.

k*lling a man directly runs
the risk of witnesses.

A b*mb, though, that can
be attributed to anyone.

Tonight, the Voice of Rao
closes the Nova Cycle festival

with the Ascension Ceremony
at the Hall of Justice.

It's private, so there will
be minimal collateral damage

and we can rig the
expl*sive ahead of time.

I hope you've chosen your support

among the Guilded carefully.

Oh, we know who will back
us when the time comes.

- What about you?
- There's only one left

to complete the team. Commander Dev-Em.

He's used to working with the
Voice's security detail,

and the Voice is used to him.

How sure are you that he'll commit?

The Ems are a traditional house.

Dev goes through the motions of Raoism,

but it's not where his heart lies.

That's with my daughter.

As for his loyalty, that's with me.

- I hope you're right.
- And I hope you're ready.

Come now, you're obviously
not built for this.

You're only resting
that w*apon on my chest

to stop your hands from shaking.

Go on, say one more word.

And you'll see exactly
what I'm built for.

All right, all right.
Just take it easy.

- And start explaining.
- This sorry bastard

has travelled back through
time to get here.

I don't know how, but
it's not hard to see why.

He's obviously working with
Brainiac to destroy Krypton.

Why would I destroy our world?

I'm here to save Krypton.

Oh, so it's just a coincidence

you're here at the
same time as Brainiac?

Of course not. History tells us this

is when that creature
ripped Kandor City

away from the planet and made
it part of his collection.

I'm here to prevent that tragedy.

I'm confused, you're
saying that Brainiac

isn't from the future?

That's exactly what I'm saying.

Brainiac didn't travel through
time to launch this attack.

This is what he's always done.

No, that...

That can't be right.

It's elementary Kryptonian history.

The beginning of the end
for our civilization.

Brainiac takes Kandor City,

which destabilizes Krypton's core.

Causing the planet to
explode in 200 years.

The planet explodes in 200 years?

That, that, that's insane.

- That's insane.
- Wait.

Your friend here didn't mention that?

It's true, isn't it?

That's not the point.

This whole time, you knew
and you said noth...

Seg, you cannot trust this man.

Oh, so he's lying?

But you've confirmed he's a Zod,

- and he's from your time...
- And if he's really your son,

then I'm sorry, but
believing anything he says

is a mistake. You got
to trust me on this.

He's here to destroy Krypton,

and make sure Superman is never born.

No Zod would ever destroy Krypton.

It's our duty to defend
our city, and our world.

Our duty, and...

Our proud privilege.

Oh, this is some grade-A,
premium bullshit.

Seg.

You know you can trust me, don't you?

Well?

Hey, man.

Seg!

Cuff them both.

Come on.

Seg...

Oh, I think there's some
explaining to be done.

All right.

You first.

You said you're here to stop Brainiac,

that you've studied him.
Let's hear the plan.

Firstly, you have to understand

that Brainiac is virtually immortal.

Existing for thousands of years.

He possesses the intellectual plunder

of countless advanced civilizations.

He's far beyond us.

And as history has proven,
Krypton's current weapons

- are useless against him.
- Yet here you are.

And we still haven't heard
a plan yet, General.

That's because he doesn't have one.

On account of he's full of shit.

When Brainiac took Kandor,
both our families made it out.

They made their way to Kryptonopolis.

In that city's ancient archives,

I learned of the location
of a hidden w*apon.

A pre-cataclysm instrument
of v*olence so powerful,

it would give even Brainiac pause.

That's why your base is down here?

I've been searching these
catacombs for months.

With only one clue.

Inside pocket.

Don't come crying to me

if he's hiding some kind
of freaky ass space spider

in there that bites your hand off.

Just saying.

According to the archive,

we find that symbol,
we find the w*apon.

It looks like a house sigil.

It doesn't match any house
currently on Krypton.

You recognize it.

All you have to do is take me there.

- Seg, you can't...
- Shut up.

You'll have your turn.

The people who live down
here, the Cythonnites.

This w*apon is what they're
sworn to protect, isn't it?

Yes, and they will guard
it with their lives.

Because that is how powerful it is.

Which is why we need it.

I received a message.
You wanted to see me?

Commander Em, sit down.

What I need to say to you,

I say because I trust you, Dev.

Thank you, Primus. That means a lot.

The Rankless Initiative.
That was shit, wasn't it.

Complete shit.

It only made things worse,
and Lyta didn't deserve

to be made a scapegoat for
the Council's bad decisions.

Over your lifetime,
would you say things

have gotten better in Kandor?

No, I wouldn't.

But there is nothing
we can do about it.

We are Sagitari. We don't make policy.

What if I told you there are some

who would like to see a
change in who makes policy?

And the person they'd
want to change out?

The Voice of Rao.

You've committed to this?

Just by my being here,

being here and not turning you in,

I'm committed.

Are you?

You could still walk out and
call officers to arrest me.

Would you let me do that?

We could find out.

No need.

Everything I learned
about being a Sagitari

was by following your lead.

If you ask it of me, I'll back you.

All the way.

You guys can't seriously be considering

giving this wackjob a
w*apon of mass destruction.

Seg.

I'm sorry. Really, I am.

I know I should have told you before,

but what was I supposed to say?

Hey, man, let's go get a drink.

By the way, your world's
going to explode.

Why even lay that burden on you?

Wouldn't you want to know?

All right.

I didn't tell you because it was hard.

It's not a conversation
anyone wants to have.

Look, I don't, I don't know.

Maybe Zod's lying. Maybe...

Maybe I was wrong.

All I knew was Superman's
enemy was going back

to change the timeline,
which means that

your grandson would never be born.

So you're telling me
you didn't even hear

the full story, but you came
to me, so sure of yours...

I had to. I couldn't just stand around

and do nothing if it meant no Superman.

Regardless of what you got wrong,

Brainiac is still coming.
We can all agree on that.

We all want to stop him, so
why don't we work together?

Because, if the warning I received

wasn't about Brainiac, it
must have been about Zod.

And if we're to preserve the timeline,

maybe we have to step back, and let...

Let Brainiac take Kandor.

In honor of the Nova
Cycle, by Rao's mercy,

your wrongdoing is pardoned.

Go, meditate on your sins,
and perfect yourself.

In honor of the Nova
Cycle, by Rao's mercy,

your wrongdoing is pardoned.

Go, meditate on your sins,
and perfect yourself.

In honor of the Nova
Cycle, by Rao's mercy,

your wrongdoing is pardoned.

Go, meditate on your sins,
and perfect yourself.

In honor of the Nova
Cycle, by Rao's mercy,

your wrongdoing is pardoned.

There must be some mistake.

A late addition to the list of pardons.

- I see nothing wrong.
- But Commander.

It says he's Black Zero.
He's a b*mb maker.

- Is something wrong?
- Excuse me,

but there's been an error.
Zeroes are never pardoned.

Rao's mercy is infinite.

If His Eminence sees
something in this prisoner

that we do not, it is
not for us to question.

But shouldn't we follow this up?

- Make sure...
- Lieutenant.

You're aware that the
Rankless Initiative

created an ill feeling in the city.

There are those who
think the authorities

are obsessed with Black Zero.

This is a chance for us to show them

that Rao sees us all as his children.

Let it go, Lieutenant Ran.

The politics are above our pay grade.

Commander Em, there's
a lot of animosity

towards Black Zero, understandably.

Perhaps you could
accompany this prisoner

safely out of the building.

In honor of the Nova Cycle...

He's clearly insane, Seg.

Come on, don't waste another
moment thinking about him.

Seg, I know how this
sounds, but please.

This is a key moment in history.

Things need to unfold the way
that they originally did.

Okay, any changes could set off history

in some new and crazy
way, and something huge,

like stopping Brainiac,

that could ruin everything.

By everything, you mean my grandson.

Your obsession.

Tell me, how is it that
my world goes extinct,

but he ends up on yours?

He was sent off just before
this planet exploded.

That's why he's called
the Last Son of Krypton.

I don't have all the answers here.

I admit it.

I guess if...

If Brainiac doesn't take Kandor,

if Krypton doesn't explode,
then anything can happen.

And maybe Kal-El will exist.
Maybe he won't.

But what I do know is that is a
risk we cannot afford to take.

One might argue that
the millions of lives

on Krypton are more important

than one immature survivor on Earth.

And one might argue how many times

Superman saves the universe,
if you want to count numbers.

Forget the numbers!

I care about my world.

My friends.

What's the point of any of it?

Of making the world a better place?

Of having children? Of
protecting our loved ones?

If it all just ends

in fire and death?

Everything that we are.

Everything we've built.

You're asking me

to sacrifice all of it.

For an idea.

An abstraction.

A future if.

Seg...

Please.

This is the most important
moment in all of our lives.

I know that I've given
you reason to doubt me,

and I'm sorry.

But I'm asking you to put
that aside right now.

I'm asking you to trust me.

- Keep both eyes on him.
- He's not to be trusted.

Copy that.

When we met,

you said you knew my family.

I counted your son as
my closest friend.

It's true I disapproved
of your grandson.

Why?

There are immigrants
who turn their backs

on their history and their culture.

Passively accept the standards
their new world offers,

as though no others
could possibly exist.

He let himself be cut down to size.

He was proud of it. Proud
of burying his heritage.

I'm sorry, but your friend was
right about one thing at least.

We were enemies.

Though I take no pleasure
in that, and never have.

Why is faith important to you?

It means that everything has a purpose.

That the purpose is good.

That I'll see my mother again one day.

It's faith that leads us
to the Blessed Place.

Is that important to
you, Little Sundrop?

How did you know my
mother called me that?

A few of the worthy, the special ones,

I take into myself.

I take their memories, skills, dreams.

Everything that makes
them what they are.

Their template lives forever

in me.

A template, that's a soul?

Your mother is here in me.

You could join her.

Together forever. Would
you choose that?

Sevi, why are you afraid? What's wrong?

Sevi has nothing to be afraid of.

She's answered her questions well,

and been promised eternal life.

Sevi, that's wonderful, isn't it?

Yes, I'm so happy.

Your choice will determine
your fate for eternity.

Take time to consider it well.

He's been asking questions.

Wondering why the last minute pardon

for a Black Zero b*mb maker.

Noting that the prisoner hasn't
returned to his dwelling,

or been seen in the
city since his release.

Of course not, he's in
a Rankless safe house

under guard, waiting to
be found and arrested

for the Voice's death, and
k*lled while avoiding capture.

What good does that do us
when one of your officers

is encouraging people to
scrutinize the chain of events?

He's from a prominent family.
People might listen to him.

Couldn't you have replaced
him with one of our people?

I already slipped Dev in.

If you want to attract suspicion,

a good way to do it would be
to shift assignments around

just before an assassination.

Most officers wouldn't
have questioned the order.

- We were unlucky.
- You need to silence him,

quickly, before he draws attention.

Well, it's too late to
bring him on board now.

And any attempt to scare him

would only deepen his
suspicion further.

No, there is only one
way to handle this.

- I'll speak to him.
- No, don't...

I do not need to be schooled
on the danger here.

The lives of every Sagitari
I've recruited are in my hands,

and they've put them there
because they have faith in me.

If I'm committed, they're
willing to back me.

What are you committed
to, except yourself?

You've only ever been
out for number one.

Am I supposed to justify myself to you?

Two decades ago, you
came out of nowhere,

and married into House Vex, and
spent the rest of your life

trying to make the Vex
name seem important.

My honor, that's my own problem.

But what did I sacrifice it for?

And am I supposed to
k*ll a junior officer

to prop up your ego? My ego?

You take a good look at this city

that you are supposedly
protecting, Jayna.

Kandor is stagnating.

We are barely surviving on
our dwindling resources.

It is time to look to the future.

To look beyond, and start
to build new alliances

with the eight other cities.

To combine our expertise,
and develop new resources.

If the other, more illustrious houses

are too hidebound to do it, I am not.

This world will only improve
when our cities work together.

Under your leadership?

You know, you're right.

I do look out for number one.

But the people of
Kandor are number two.

Where do you suppose they feature

on the Voice or Rao's list?

He only cares about the
glorification of his god,

and he expects the people to
dedicate themselves to that.

At least from me, they get
a chance at a decent life.

I am a selfish bastard, Jayna.

But people do things for
more than one reason.

Everything all right, Lieutenant?

I don't know.

The b*mb maker who was freed.

Why pardon someone with
such lethal expertise?

I feel I should seek an
audience with the Voice.

- Ask what he meant by it.
- I'd advise against that.

You'd be implying the Voice
made a bad decision,

and that's never a good
idea, career-wise.

I get that, but...

Did you know the prisoner vanished?

The whole thing feels
wrong, don't you think?

You could be on to something.

Let's find somewhere to talk
it over, figure it out.

That's okay. You're right.

I probably should stay out of it.

It's no trouble.

- I've got the time.
- No.

Thank you, Commander Em.

It's really okay.

Oh, I hate to say this,
but I got to pee.

So unless you want to hold it for me,

you're going to have to
unlock me for a moment.

Real soon.

I'll take the third option,
which is ignoring you.

Hey, wait, wait, wait, I've
got something to tell you

about the w*apon that you're guarding.

The prisoner was only added to
the list at the last second.

And no one can tell me
where the order came from.

He was last seen with Commander Em.

Since then, he's
disappeared from the city.

You were right to come to me
with this, Lieutenant Ran.

I feel I should also tell you,

I've requested an audience
with the Voice of Rao.

You are a fine officer.

You have your commander's praise.

- I have a million questions.
- Yes?

Aren't you afraid revealing
things to your mother

might mess up your timeline?

A man who travels into the
past to change things

is in no position to be picky.

Very true.

It's amazing to see you like this.

- Young?
- Happy, open.

Smiling.

What I remember most
about you was how heavy

the loss of Kandor
weighed on your heart.

You didn't like to talk about it,

but I learned that you were in
one of the military vessels

attacking Brainiac's ship

when he ripped the
city from the ground.

You never forgot your
failure to defend the city.

It made you bitter.

I guess you're saying I'm
not a perfect mother.

Maybe, but you taught me

to put the defense of this
world above all else.

You fashioned me into a w*apon.

I take pride in that.

What was he telling you?

Apparently, one day, I wake up to find

I've turned into my mother.

Well, it seems I have a grandson

who's decisions are morally
dubious, so there's that.

Can't help but worry, though.

Our future?

I have a son who recognizes
me as his mother,

but only knows you as the
father of his best friend.

I suppose I thought...

Now that you're Guilded,
maybe there'd be a way.

I still want to believe
we have a future.

Let's stick with today.

We already know the
future is confusing.

Hold.

- What is it?
- I heard something.

Glad we're on the same side.

Not bad for a bitter old lady.

The prisoner's given up the location

of his b*mb-making equipment,

and I've put the finishing touches

on one of his creations.

Did you remove all remote detonators?

Yes, there's nothing that's
traceable back to us.

Once the timer's set,
nothing can stop it.

And no one can point a finger
at anyone else but Black Zero.

And the rogue officer
asking all the questions.

Has he been...

dealt with?

- Yes.
- Good.

Then please feel free
to conceal your b*mb

in the Tribunal, Commander.

Have you decided, Ona?

Are you ready to give
yourself over now,

and join your mother?

That's not what I've chosen.

I want to serve you here.

You are a surprising child.

I'm sorry.

One gets tired of always being right.

I think I like surprises.

Perhaps it's time you saw

who it is you've vowed to serve.

Your Eminence, we're here to
escort you to the ceremony.

There will be a slight delay.

In speaking with my prot?g?,

I've realized I need more contact

with the people of Kandor.

I have much to learn

and to judge.

I don't understand, Your Eminence.

The ceremony must be
open to the public.

I want the hall packed with citizens.

Young, old, Guilded, Rankless.

Turn no one away.

Your Eminence, I'm not sure we can

get the people there in time.

Then begin now.

Thank you, Seg.

If you hadn't guided me here,
I might never have found it.

Well, let's just hope this
ancient w*apon actually works.

Where did you get those?

They're military-grade expl*sives.

Perks of using Black Zero.

Here goes.

You're telling me there
will be collateral damage?

I'm telling you the
room will be stuffed

with collateral damage.

This is no longer a
controlled situation.

We have to abort.

Proceed as planned.

There comes a point in any
coup when it's more dangerous

to back out than to go forward.

Too many people are
involved to depend on

none of them betraying the secret.

- Even inadvertently...
- Let me be clear.

Your opinion means nothing to me.

Primus?

We can't withdraw now.

We've already paid too much, Dev.

People of Kandor City.

The time for holding
myself apart is over.

I look forward

to coming to know you intimately.

Soon, you will have

no secrets from me.

b*mb! b*mb! Clear the room!

There has to be a way in.

I know if we work
together, we can find it.

I think you might be more
right than you realize.

I can't believe I didn't see it before.

Doesn't that symbol
look familiar to you?

It's the El and Zod sigil
superimposed on each other.

I think our families
put this vault here.

Raika, Raika said that
because I'm an El,

I have the power to destroy everything.

And the power to open the vault.

Maybe this is a lock of some kind.

Blood of the house.

Blood of the house. Um,
do you have a knife?

Yeah.

Okay.

An El and a Zod.

I'm not used to being in this position.

No!

Don't do it.

That thing in there will k*ll
us, and everyone in Kandor.

Everyone in the universe,
if it can, okay?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.

- Whoa.
- He betrayed us.

Hey, just surrender.

Okay, they promised not to hurt you.

That thing in there, they
told me it's called Doomsday.

Okay, I know that name.

It's a soulless k*lling machine
that can't be destroyed.

Or controlled.

Seg, if you let that thing loose,

it will k*ll everything
that it comes across.

It's true.

That's why we have given over our lives

to protecting the
universe from Doomsday.

My people were here when
the w*apon arrived.

The Els and the Zods, they
thought that together,

they were creating something great.

But we've seen it.

We understand the unending
cloud of hatred they birthed.

You do not know the danger we are in.

It doesn't matter what may
have happened in the past.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
- Hey, hey, hey, whoa, whoa.

Our world.

No!

Shit!

Hey.

Cover me, I see a way out.

Seg!

Go, go, go.

Go!

Just have the skimmer ready.

This is going to be a hot extraction.

They'll be there, you can trust me.

- I believe you.
- You understand why

I had to do that, right?

The timeline is too important to risk.

We're still friends, Seg.

You can come with us back to Kandor.

Find your Zeta-Beam
gadget and ride it back

to wherever you came from
and never come back.

- Does this mean you're in?
- I'm with you.

But no Doomsday. We find another way.

I have His Eminence. We are
headed to his chambers.

- You do your job well.
- Thank you.

If this moment is to be my last,

I trust you'll allow me

to look upon it with my own eyes.

Most worthy Sagitari.