03x06 - Dead Reckoning

[bunniefuu]

I know you are
here, Boston Brand.

What's the point of
being a flipping ghost

if you can't even
sneak up on people?

For that matter, what's the
point of being a ghost, period?

It's been over a year since

I caught the man
who m*rder*d me.

So your work here is done.

You are ready to pass
on to the next level?

I don't know what "ready" means,

but I feel like I done my time.

And yet, here you are.

"Here you are"?

What kind of lousy
wisdom is "Here you are"?

If you seek knowledge,
you have but to ask.

I've avenged my own
death. Why am I still here?

Your destiny is not to
avenge your own death.

Your destiny is to avenge mine.

What?

Grodd never sends
us anyplace nice.

This humble one
begs your forgiveness,

but to enter this sacred
place, the right must be earned.

[GROANS]

Keep the change.

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[BANGING]

YOUNG MONK: This humble
one begs your forgiveness...

but no outsider is permitted
in the temple of Nanda Parbat.

That's cute, kid. Get out
of the way or I'll spank you.

This would also
not be permitted.

[GRUNTING]

[DEVIL RAY CHUCKLES]

Little Bruce Lee's
got your number.

Lucky thing you've
got us for backup.

This humble one would not
presume to fight you alone.

Now things are
getting interesting.

Take them down.

[GRUNTING]

Ah!

Bizarro? You despise me, right?

Uh-huh.

Bizarro hate Luthor.

Me do anything for him.

Good. I mean, bad.

Anyway, take care
of those monks.

Okay.

[GRUNTING]

[MEN SCREAMING]

Stand aside or you're dead.

In the fullness of
time, we are all dead.

This is not the
way to end my life.

Ah!

[GASPS]

Master!

Do not waste your
time, Boston Brand.

This portion of my journey

has come to an end.

But...

We will meet again.

I'm gonna make you pay!

[CRIES OUT]

[GROWLS]

[GRUNTING]

Rampage, what's wrong with you?

She has been possessed.

Out, undead spirit!

[SCREAMING]

What just happened?

This is it.

The heart of Nanda Parbat.

[GROANS]

We have what we came
for. It's time to leave.

[GROANS]

[SOBBING]

I have done as you
ask, Lord Grodd.

Get off your knees, woman.

Not until my master says so.

Excellent work, my dear.

You may rise.

You're pathetic.
Debasing yourself like that.

I owe Grodd everything.

I would still be trapped in
that mirror if he hadn't freed me.

When Giganta gets out of prison,

she ain't gonna appreciate you

hanging on to her
boyfriend like that.

That's her problem.

Giganta's not nearly
enough woman for Grodd.

True.

If you're quite
finished demonstrating

what an alpha male you are,

maybe you'd care to
explain what you intend

to do with that thing.

Already told you, but
you won't accept it.

You don't believe in magic.

It's not a matter of belief.

I'm just unaccustomed
to working with something

I don't fully understand.

As long as the amplifier
you built for me works...

It does.

Then consider this an
exotic power source.

You don't need to
understand anything more.

You can't produce a
carrier wave of the amplitude

you talk about
with this building's

cloaking field generator.

So you've convinced me.

I don't intend to use
our field generator.

You're planning to build one?

Luthor, Luthor, Luthor.

Why build when we
can take what we want?

Gentlemen, shall we go?

Rama Kushna.

Just like you to show
up too late to help.

Your impertinence is
refreshing as always.

But have a care. The
gods are capricious.

What do you want from me?

The master is dead.
They're all dead.

Do not presume to lecture
me on the nature of reality.

The monks have not yet
passed from this plane.

They're in some kind of coma?

That is as close to the truth

as you are capable
of comprehending.

You must retrieve the
heart of Nanda Parbat,

or they will remain in their
current state for all time.

I have spoken.

[BELLS CHIMING]

How the heck am I
supposed to do that?

SUPERMAN: Is
that really everything?

We're done. All reports filed.

Good.

What you guys say we
get something to eat?

We hardly spend time
together when we're not working.

Sounds good to me. But
I'm tired of commissary food.

I'd like to, Diana, but I've been
away from Gotham too long.

Come on, Bruce. I know a
burger place in Metropolis

that has the best
fries on the East Coast.

And the milkshakes
are so thick...

[AS DEADMAN] I need your help.

That's pretty thick.

I'm serious.

I need your help on a
mission of vengeance.

Now, don't be alarmed,
but I'm not Superman. I'm...

A ghost, inhabiting his body.

Is that you, Boston?

Hi, Bats. When I'm working,
people call me "Deadman."

You know this... ghost?

Yeah, Batman helped me solve
my own m*rder a while back.

Now I need your help again.

If you hurt Superman, I'll...

Relax. He doesn't
even know I'm in here.

We can't see or
hear him, otherwise.

Once he leaves,
Superman will be fine.

It's like he says.

Why are you still around?

I thought once your m*rder
was solved, your exile was ended.

You and me both.

You know how they say, "No
good deed goes unpunished"?

I guess I sh*t my mouth
off to the wrong deity.

What's this about?

A bunch of super villains
busted into Nanda Parbat

and stole a mystic
totem filled with the souls

of hundreds of monks.

And they k*lled the master.

Batman?

He knew the master
even before I did.

He was one of my
martial arts teachers.

With all the power in this body,

it'd be easy to punish
the men responsible.

If I could find them.

That's not the
master's way. Or yours.

We'll find them, and we'll
see that justice is done.

Not vengeance.

Yeah. Fun to
think about, though.

Let's go up to Ops
and see if you can't

pick the bad guys
out of a photo array.

WONDER WOMAN: You're sure
that's not the magician you saw?

Nope. All the rest of
them are right on, though.

BATMAN: First sign
of Luthor since Shayera

saw him on Blackhawk Island.

What's he up to?

WONDER WOMAN: This seems
like it might be bigger than Luthor.

Agent Faraday told me Devil
Ray escaped from prison.

And Bizarro showing up again...

And all the odd teams of

previously
unaffiliated villains...

Whose brains have
conveniently been shorting out

when we questioned them.

Do you guys remember
the one bit of information

J'onn was able to pull
out of Giganta's mind

before it shut down?

Grodd.

Think he's put together
a new secret society?

Except this time
he's doing a better job

of keeping the secret.

So how do we find them?

I wish I could help.

I can feel the psychic
screams of the souls they stole.

But I can't pinpoint a location.
All I get are images of Africa.

I know. A continent doesn't much

narrow things down,
but it's all I can...

Gorilla City. He's
gone back home.

Solovar, this is Batman.

SOLOVAR: What a coincidence.
I was just about to call you.

Wanted to give you a heads-up.
We've got reason to believe

that Grodd's headed your way.

You don't say.
That might explain

the armies of super
villains attacking the city.

How bad?

They've all but taken over.

They're holding the
central control building.

We could use some help if you
have any to spare. Can't chat.

Signing off.

Gorilla City?

A hidden city of super-
intelligent, talking gorillas

with technology far beyond
anything humans have created.

No, really.

You're the ghost
from the Himalayas

having trouble believing this?

Point.

You know, when they beam down
on a TV show, they never miss.

We didn't miss, either.

It's a force field, but it also
hides the city from prying eyes.

[AS DEADMAN] Looks
like a job for Superman.

[GRUNTING]

You're wasting time.
Go in as a ghost.

Find the central control
building and shut down

the shield generator.

We'll follow as soon as we can.

Yeah. Okay.

[AS SUPERMAN] You have
to eat them with a spoon.

What am I doing in Africa?

[GRUNTING]

[AS DEADMAN] You two, Devil
Ray wants you outside right now.

Go on. I'll take
care of things here.

You'd think the thing
would be a big red button,

or at least have a sign on it
or something. The heck with it.

[GRUNTS]

That's our cue.

Skull! What do you
think you're doing?!

I gotta say, I don't have
a good answer for you.

It's the ghost. He's here again.

But this time, I will take
care of him for good.

[SCREAMING]

[SCREAMING]

I cannot destroy him.

Can you at least get him
out of our hair for a bit?

Yes. I banish you from
this place, evil spirit.

[GRUNTING]

We lost shield
power for 41 seconds

before the backup kicked in.

We have to assume...

GRODD: That the
Justice League is here.

[GRUNTING]

They are headed this way.

We need more time
to complete our work.

Then it won't matter.

I'm on it. Bizarro.

Superman is your best friend.

Do you understand?

Bizarro understand.

Superman am friend.
Bizarro must k*ll him.

[GRUNTING]

[AS DEADMAN] You
k*lled my teacher. My friend.

You'll have to be
more specific, lady.

I've k*lled a lot of people.

The old monk.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANS]

What are you waiting for?

You want revenge? Take it.

No. That's not what
he would have wanted.

Next time, ask permission!

Tala, we're ready for the heart.

Good. Then all I have to do

is install this mind
control module,

and you'll be able to project
your will over the entire world.

Present company
excepted, of course.

Actually, that's just what
I wanted you to think.

My true plans are
far more grand. Tala?

Some sort of genetic
reconfiguration matrix?

You show impressive
intellect for a h*m* sapiens.

Using the massive carrier
wave that, thanks to you,

Gorilla City's shield
generator can now produce...

I'm about to send a signal
that will rewrite human DNA.

A devolution ray that
will turn every man,

woman, and child
on Earth into an ape!

[GROANS, GRUNTING]

You okay?

Yeah. Let's wrap this up.

Oh, come on!

Why am I not surprised?

[COCKS g*n]

Don't bother. It's too late.

Tell me how to stop it.

Get us out of here, Tala.

[GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING]

[GRUNTS]

[SCREAMS]

[GROANING]

Is everything okay?

Well, I'm sort of missing
Flash's obligatory joke about

how Grodd made
a monkey out of us.

Just couldn't let it go unsaid.

Obligatory.

That's it, guys. Yuk it
up. You saved the world,

but I failed. Everyone in
Nanda Parbat is gone...

forever.

We're in your debt
again, Justice League.

If only Luthor and
Grodd hadn't gotten away.

If it's any consolation, we've
picked up nearly a dozen

of his super-powered cronies...
with more to come, I'm sure.

[GROANS]

[SCREAMS]

No. I didn't mean...

[GRUNTS]

Bruce, Deadman
took over your body.

It wasn't your fault.

Let me explain. He
would have sh*t her.

I didn't have a choice.

Boston Brand, your actions have

led to the death of another.

I'm sorry. I... I
didn't mean to...

Intentions are immaterial.

You were gifted with
power to be used to balance

the scales of karma.

Because of your actions,
the scale now is unbalanced.

Unbalanced?

Thanks to Devil
Ray and his team,

the master and all the
other monks are dead.

Incorrect.

When the heart was shattered,

the essences of the
monks were set free.

Even now their souls

return to their rightful places.

[MEN GRUNTING]

No one dies in Nanda Parbat.

But the scales are unbalanced.

Your work in this
world is not yet done.

Since there's only one
monkey left around here,

I'm assuming that the
Justice League found a way

to stop the carrier wave.

There's more than one
way to peel a banana.

Next time...

I wasn't going to do this

for another few
weeks, but seriously...

turning all of
humanity into apes?

That was your master plan?

[GRUNTS]

[GROANS]

Listen up. From now on,

I'm in charge of this operation.

Anybody got a problem with that?

No problem at all, baby.

[PURRS]

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