Krypton

If you didn't know

Brainiac corrupted the Voice of Rao,

then why even attempt a coup?

Because Daron-Vex offered to spare your life

in exchange for my help.

- Stop. - My new guardians.

The Red Shard, loyal only to me.

Let me serve you.

Let's put your newfound loyalty to the test.

I didn't really think you would do it.

The Oracle foresees the product of your union.

The child will be male.

When I visited you in your cell

you said you loved me. Do you really mean it?

I feared I was the only one to escape.

You were. I serve a being

who has power over death.

The Voice is controlling you!

Then you will die here.

We got to stop her before she sends

- the signal to Brainiac. - It's too late.

She's been taken over by Brainiac's technology.

My mama's not coming home, is she?

I'm going to look after you.

For she will be given rank and serve as a novice.

Sevi, what's wrong?

- This creature is deceiving you! - Remove her!

I will lead you to a place of eternal life.

This son of a bitch is Superman's greatest enemy.

History tells us Brainiac takes Kandor City,

causing the planet to explode in 200 years.

This whole time you knew and you said nothing!

Seg, you cannot trust this man!

Find your Zeta-Beam gadget and never come back!

There's something here I still need to do.

And what's that?

Kill General Zod and prevent Seg from saving Kandor.

My name is Adam Strange, and I've come here to warn you.

Someone from the future is coming to destroy Krypton

because where I'm from, your grandson

becomes the greatest hero in the universe.

I'm running out of time.

Take this.

You have to save Superman.

Where did...

Oh, you assholes.

Oh, you tightwad assholes.

Assholes, seriously?

You steal our technology, disappear with it for years,

and we're the assholes?

First of all...

It's called a Zeta-Beam device now.

- Came up with that myself. - No, you didn't.

You're welcome.

And secondly...

I didn't steal it.

I borrowed it.

That device has the potential

to tear apart the fabric of space and time,

destroying everything that ever was and will be.

I was gonna bring it right back.

But that's the thing with time travel;

It's difficult to keep track of time.

That's your explanation?

The long and short of it is,

on account of being a superhero,

I caught wind of this shithead alien

trying to change history

and stop Superman from being born.

- Superman? - Yeah, him.

You know, and I was in the middle of warning his pop-pops

when you jackasses yanked me here.

So if we're done here,

I'd like to get back to work.

- Cool? - If what you say is true,

somebody better qualified will take care of the matter.

Really?

'Cause I didn't happen upon anyone else,

qualified or not,

traveling through space and time

to save the freaking universe.

So you like it or not, Sardath, I'm the best hope there is.

I was meant to have that Zeta-Beam device.

I was meant to be a hero.

I was meant to save Superman.

And I will not let anyone

stand in the way of my destiny.

Shh, shh!

What are you doing?

- You scared the life out of me. - I'm sorry, okay?

- Why are you still here? - You know why I'm here.

I have to preserve the timeline Superman...

Please stop, stop, all right, I'm not interested

in hearing all about that again.

Whatever you think your mission was, it is over.

If you only knew him...

Seg's grandson,

th... there's no one like him in the universe.

He could have been a god.

And he chose humanity.

Guy's the best of our worlds.

You've said that speech before, haven't you?

- No. - Mm-hmm.

Hey, what do you think...

Listen, Adam. Even you have to understand

that Seg is not going to sacrifice his world

any more than Superman would sacrifice yours.

I know. Relax.

I'm not after Seg.

Zod?

Have you met Zod?

He doesn't strike me as the kind of person

that scares easily.

Well, that's good...

'cause I'm not planning on scaring him.

Yeah, well, I got that, yeah. That was my polite way

of saying that if you go near the gigantic man,

he's gonna kill you to death.

I'm not gonna talk to you

if you're just gonna be negative.

You promise?

Fine.

Wait, wait, wait! Wait!

Wait.

All right, I'll do you a deal.

Okay, if you can control your killer instinct,

I will get Seg to come and meet with you, all right?

I can't promise that he's gonna change his mind,

but I'm pretty sure I can convince him

to at least hear you out.

How soon can you get him here?

How soon do a wrangled beast's testicles

go up into its cervix when she's...

- Kem. - Yeah.

We're running low on supplies.

We're going to have to make them stretch.

Kem says the streets are still crawling with Sagitari.

We may have to lie low for a while longer.

Hello?

Hello?

I'm not gonna hurt you. I'm not gonna hurt you.

Sevi? Isn't it?

It's me, Kem, remember?

I was the one who was looking after Ona.

Yes, I remember.

Where is she?

I know about the Voice.

I know that he is not the person he says he is,

but I need to know that Ona is safe.

She's safe. He likes her.

Well, then, what is going on? Why are you here?

Anda and I found out about the Voice's change.

He tried to make us believe he'd been reborn.

But then I saw what was happening

in the Genesis Chamber.

And now every night he plugs himself into it.

When he does...

It's like he's in some kind of deep trance.

I think... I think he's sucking its energy dry,

using the embryos as batteries,

getting stronger by draining the life from them.

What could Brainiac possibly want

with the Genesis Chamber?

Everything.

At our essence, we are all just pure energy.

All those cells, all those atoms

that make up our body...

When you break it all down,

it's just electricity.

And Brainiac's Sentry has now tapped into

the greatest source of electricity in Kandor,

the Genesis Chamber.

But they're not batteries, they're embryos.

What happens to them?

What happens to our child?

He'll be lost.

Along with the rest of our civilization.

The only way our species reproduces now

is via the Genesis Chamber.

Without it...

we have no future.

Your Eminence.

- You look... - Physical appearance...

is of no concern to me.

But, in the minds of your people,

I have been reborn.

Indeed.

And you look, um...

Magnificent.

Look at you.

Face to face with a true superior.

And you still lust for power.

And you shall have it.

When my work here is complete, I shall leave Kandor.

And you will again have the control

you so viciously desire.

Now, according to Sevi, every time he does

whatever it is that he does in the Chamber,

the Voice of Rao goes into some sort of a weird trance.

Well, that's how we stop him.