04x24 - Zenith and Abyss

[bunniefuu]

[Tomar-Tu] Welcome to the Galactic
Science Prison of the Green Lantern Corps.

I'm probationary Lantern Tomar-Tu.

My Ring is now translating for us.

Please remain still
for a routine identity scan.

[Ring] Scanning subject.

Scanning...

Scanning...

[Tomar-Tu] I'm sorry.

It doesn't usually take this long.

- No hurry.
- [Ring] Subject unknown.

Species, Daxamite.

No criminal record.

Ah, there we go.

How may the Corps be of service?

I understand that the worst
of the worst are kept here?

Indeed, sir. That's very true.

I wanted to make an inquiry
about one of your inmates.

I believe he's known
as the "Kaizer-Thrall."

Ring, search, Kaizer-Thrall.

"Kaizer-Thrall" has been released

and is en route to
its planet of origin. Earth.

Ah! What else can you tell me?

Um, nothing. Sorry.

The Thrall's status here
is a matter of public record.

Anything else is confidential.

Privacy concerns and all that.

I understand.

I believe I knew your father.

Really?

He was a Green Lantern of
impressive skill and willpower.

May you follow in his footsteps.

Thank you!

[intense music playing]

[theme music playing]

[Nightwing] Anyone got eyes on S.B.?

[Kaldur'ahm] Nothing.

[Zatanna sighs] No sign.

[Tigress] You sure these
Kryptonians don't have superpowers?

[Nightwing] No yellow sun, no powers.

But don't get cocky.

They've been here a long time
and know the ropes.

If they spot us,
we'll all feel the mode.

Wait! There he is.

[Rocket] We see him.

- Do we move in?
- [Nightwing] Not yet.

Okay. He's alone in the open. Converge.

Conner.

Not bad. Sounding pretty Big Blue.

Like a leader.

We both know that's not my role.

[Superboy growls] Zone-Sickness.
Hallucinations. Ignore them.

Conner, it's us. We're real.

We're here to take you home.

[Dru-Zod] Oh, really.

Then you must have a way out of here.

Do tell!

[computer] Recognized
Miss Martian, B- - .

- You rang?
- Miss Martian, allow me to introduce...

Forager!

Forager's told me so much about
you. Does he know you're here?

He'll be so excited.

And Forager is excited
to see Forager as well.

But first, Forager has to attend to
Forager's Green Lantern Corps business.

This Kaizer-Thrall is known
as the Kaizer-Thrall.

On New Genesis, Kaizer-Thrall
was discovered to possess sentience.

Green Lantern Forager
and Green Lantern Kilowog

removed Kaizer-Thrall to Oa,
where Green Lantern Soranik Natu

discovered that Kaizer-Thrall's
Apokoliptan exo-shell

contains Kaizer-Thrall's
living human brain.

C'eridy'all...

We were hoping you could
establish communication.

Of course.

He's human, all right.

Meta-human.

His name is Danny Chase.

Age eleven.

He was a runaway.
Abducted, tested, activated,

trafficked... to Apokolips...

[Desaad laughs]

[Miss Martian] Where
he was given to Desaad...

who cut his brain out
and put it in this box.

[Forager clicks sadly] Barbaric.

Apokoliptans and their damn boxes.

Danny has telekinesis as well as
some multi-dimensional abilities,

which cause him extreme pain,

or not just pain...

I think they're...
I think they're k*lling him.

[Kaizer-Thrall beeps]

Oh, I'm sorry. He'd like
to talk to us face to face.

[Danny] Hey.

I'm Danny.

Danny Chase.

Forager is happy to meet Danny Chase.

We are so sorry this happened to you.

S' okay.

Or, you know, it's not your fault.

I'm so happy y'all can see me.

[sighs]

See who I really am.

We see you, Danny.

And I swear we will do
everything in our power to help you.

[computer] Incoming message
for Miss Martian.

Accept transmission.

Prince J'emm.

Hello, M'gann M'orzz.

I will come straight to the point.

Though I do not wish
to raise false hope,

I have reason to believe

Conner Kent may still be alive.

[Superboy] Then they're real.

You see them too?

Indeed.

[laughs wickedly]

Come on, guys.
One picture of the whole Team

before Roy joins the League
and gets too good for us.

Who exactly is supposed to take
this pic? We're the only ones here.

I can do it!

Yeah, you can.

We have nothing here,
nothing but each other.

[Superboy grunts]

I calculated using the
Superboy as bait would pay off.

I've been expecting another
attempt to retrieve him

ever since that Ghosty escaped
from the Zone.

Now you people will release us all.

No problem.

Any friend of Superboy
is a friend of ours.

Superboy, does this friend
of yours speak the truth?

No.

- Conner.
- They're trying to play us.

They must learn
the House of Zod does not play.

The House of Zod conquers.

Conner, these are criminals.

The worst of the worst placed
here by Kryptonians decades ago.

You cannot side with them
against your oldest friends.

Remember who you are.

What we've all meant each other.

- [Superboy] It's all broken.
- That can be fixed.

Trust me, I know.

M'gann can help you.

I know you can find your way back to me.

I believe in you, Conner.

[Superboy] No! I could never
go back to M'gann.

Why would you say that?

[Superboy] Because I might hurt her.

You would never do that.

I would.

I'm a w*apon,

a k*ller.

I k*lled Superman.

[computer] Recognized.

Superman - .

All right, I'm here. Let's do this.

Moving the Watchtower
above Earth's Zeta-Shield.

Good to go.

Prince J'emm, we're ready here.

[J'emm] Coming across now.

Recognized.

J'emm J'axx A- - .

Phantom Girl A- - .

Prince J'emm J'axx of M'arzz,
you've met Superman.

Allow me to introduce
Aquaman, Black Lightning,

Green Lantern, and Danny Chase.

I am most pleased
to make your acquaintances.

This young alien female,

who, in the style of your world,
calls herself "Phantom Girl,"

has an incredible story
that you need to hear.

Thank you, Prince J'emm.

To be clear, she has not fully
opened her mind to me.

But to the extent she has,
I believe she speaks the truth.

Or at the very least,
she believes she does.

Thank you, Prince J'emm.

Please allow me to create
a psychic link to her mind.

[Phantom Girl] I'll cut right to it.

When the b*mb went off
on Mars, I was there

and managed to save Superboy
using my ability to phase,

to make us both intangible.

But somehow, I also transported
us to a buffer dimension

called the Phantom Zone.

The journey left me unconscious.

And while I was out, Superboy
fell under the influence of a pair

of dangerous
Kryptonian criminals named Zod.

They have a hold over him
I don't understand.

He wouldn't leave.

So I asked Prince J'emm
to help me find you.

I think you're the only one
who can bring him back.

And you must bring him back.

Can...

Can this be true?

I have reason to believe it is.

[Ma'alefa'ak] What are you up to?

There was a third Legionnaire
with these two.

I don't like not knowing where
she is or what she's up to.

These rings act as
communication devices.

If we can hack them, we can locate her.

Perhaps even listen in
without her knowledge.

[Ma'alefa'ak] Or perhaps
there's a simpler solution.

No signal from Kid Flash D ,
Nightwing B ,

Zatanna .

Um, Phantom Girl, have you
been able to reach your two friends?

How do you know about them?

I can't answer that right now.

But please answer me.

No, I haven't been able to reach them,
which is extremely concerning.

And also the main reason why I
have come to you people for help.

Your turn. What aren't you telling us?

Not yet. I'm sorry, but I need you
to trust me until I know more.

So, Conner's alive, injured and so
troubled he wouldn't return with you?

- Yes.
- Please take me to him.

I'm sure I can convince him
to come home.

That's what I'm counting on.

But there's a problem.

I'm honestly not sure
if I can get back to the Zone.

I got there by accident, and I'm not
great at phasing other people anyway.

But it's okay.

There is a Phantom Zone
Projector on New Genesis.

No longer.

The New Genesis Phantom Zone
Projector was destroyed.

All right, we'll try.

You sure about this?

Am I sure about doing whatever
I must to get Conner back?

Do you really have to ask?

[thunder claps]

Is this the Phantom Zone?

No. It's Bgtzl. My homeworld.

Bgtzl in the st century.

In my time there's
a sparkling city here.

I must've... overshot the Zone.

Can we try again?

I'll link with you psychically, help
you focus on Conner and the Zone.

Let's do it

[thunder claps]

[both gasp]

M'gann.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

Conner.

You didn't k*ll Superman.

He's not dead.

The son of Jor-El lives?

Yes. We saw him just before
we came here.

This one told us Kal-El was dead.

He also told us Krypton was destroyed.

- Was that true?
- Yes, over years ago.

I am sorry.

Then our sentences in this
hellscape will last an eternity.

We can create a probationary court.

Consider each
of your cases, individually.

Yes, we can do that.

After we've been released from the Zone.

We've already served our full sentences.

So release us now
as a show of good faith.

I see.

You don't want to release us because you
fear our power under your yellow sun.

Not much has changed in years.

The House of El and the Kryptonian
High Council feared my power, too.

That's why we're here.

But if we can't leave, you won't either.

That's so not up to you.

Isn't it? Superboy, contain her.

Conner, stop!

We are trying to help you.

Take them, secure them all.

[groans]

Sredluob, llaf no ym seof!

Zatanna.

Use your magic directly upon them.

The rest of you, forget your gear.

Use your training,
focus on your opponent.

Hand to hand combat only.

Leehwtrac yawa morf em!

Whom do you serve, Superboy?

What?

Whom do you serve?

I serve the House of Zod.

Prove it.

Fools.

Given all our years in the
Zone, training for this moment,

how could you believe
you could best my forces?

Erif...

Now, I believe you were
showing us the way out.

This just can't be happening.

How can Conner be alive
and still out of reach?

[Kaizer-Thrall beeping]

Really?

I better link us again.

Danny says he knows the
location of the Phantom Zone.

Uh, yeah. See, when
the Zone opened on New Genesis,

I was able to lock on to its unique
trans-dimensional frequency.

I can't get you there,
but I can guide you there.

Maybe together?

Sorry, no. My powers are organic.

I don't "do" frequencies.

Even now, psychically linked to Danny,

his intel is meaningless to me.

- What about a Motherbox?
- That could work.

I've never linked with a Motherbox,
but I have linked with Fatherboxes,

and they're basically
the same thing, right?

Basically. Just less evil.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

This was the power that hurt you,

that was k*lling you.

I can't ask you...

I can manage it, one last time.

To help you and your friend,
the way y'all are helping me.

This does sound promising.

But where do we get a Motherbox?

[computer] Recognized. Orion A- - .

Thank you for coming
on such short notice.

Per our treaty, I could do no less.

But understand, if this works,

we'll be opening a Boomtube
not only for your friend,

but for every Kryptonian
criminal in the Zone.

[Motherbox pings]

So as a precaution, I had
Motherbox locate Trombus,

an uninhabited planet under
the red sun, Gamma Crucis.

The planet has an acceptable atmosphere.

If we Boomtube there,

we can safely open another
Boomtube to the Zone.

If any criminals emerge, they
won't gain yellow sun powers.

And we should be able
to handle them. Thank you.

Rocket's force bubbles
would be extremely useful.

We should summon her.

Actually, I tried to contact
Rocket and Nightwing.

Tigress, Zatanna and Kaldur
to tell them about Conner.

I couldn't reach any of them.

Aquaman, hold down the fort.

I know this isn't your fight.

But M'arzz is forever indebted
to Conner Kent.

And any friend of Forager
is a friend of Forager.

Thanks. We appreciate the help.

Phantom Girl, are you there?

Cham?! Oh thank Bgztlqwar...
you're alive.

Is Imra with you?

[Saturn Girl] I'm here.

Lor-Zod abducted us,

but we just managed
to escape in Bio-Ship.

Bio-Ship?

Excuse me. This is Superman.
Is Kid Flash there?

[Kid Flash] Right here, big guy.

Are Nightwing and Zatanna with you?

[Kid Flash] Uh, no.
Are they working this too?

Cham, Imra, I have so much
to tell you both.

But here's the short version.

Superboy is alive.

[Chameleon Boy chuckles] That's great.

We are going to the planet Trombus,

to open the Phantom Zone and rescue him.

[Chameleon Boy] Okay, good. We're close.

We'll meet you there.

[Nightwing] Didn't want to do this.

What is this?

It's called Kryptonite.

Deadly to any Kryptonian
or half-Kryptonian.

But it doesn't seem to work here.

[Dru-Zod] No.

It wouldn't.

[Nightwing] Z, that was my last trick.

Can you just zap S.B.
into the school bus?

[Zatanna sighs] Not if
he doesn't want to go.

His will is acting
as an anchor to the Zone.

[Nightwing] Well, we can't
save him and fight him.

We need to regroup. It's Glamour-Time...

Ruomalg, edih eht Maet!

[groans] I can feel my power
draining away.

If there's a fight,
I won't be of much use.

The other Kryptonians
won't have powers, either.

Meanwhile, we have two Martians,

a Green Lantern, a New God, and me.

I think we'll be fine.

You're sure you're okay with this?

You're certain
you're all right with this?

[Kaizer-Thrall beeps,
and Motherbox pings]

[pinging and beeping]

We need to stop. It's hurting Danny.

[Danny] No, keep going. I can take it.

Spread out. Find them.

No. You stay.

Searching for Conner now.

[Orion] The rest of you, stand ready.

I've seen this before.

It's of New Genesis.

Is that where it leads?

It's called a Boomtube.

It could lead anywhere.

It could be a trap.

Nevertheless, it's a way out.

Are you with me, my love?

Excellent.

Ursa, Faora, Kon-El, you're with me.

The rest of you wait here.

What of the other Kryptonians
in the other Forts?

We'll assemble our army
when we know it's safe.

For now, no one else enters
this Boomtube without instructions.

Understood.

Conner! I can feel your mind touch.

Can you hear me?

M'gann... No...

I can't go out there.

I can't risk it.

He's not coming out. So we go in.

[gasps] No, no... Not you.

[screams]

Fractalize.

[all screaming]

I will assume your risk.
I am your stability.

I am your constant.

Follow me. That's an order.

And where do we think that goes?

No idea.

We can't let any more of these
Kryptonian criminals go free.

Agreed.

One way or another,
we have to plug that hole.

[all groaning]

[screams]

[Lor-Zod] Ookir. Jeju.
Tiv Zhiutidh nim raopotiv...