Krypton

This initiative is about targeting Black Zero.

Nobody fires unless I give the order.

Let him go.

What happened here?

Kol-Da, you are under arrest.

Lyta, thank you.

I need someone to take responsibility

for the Rankless initiative's failures.

Commander Zod, it's by Rao's word

that you are hereby charged with treason.

What's gonna happen to her?

She'll be executed just like your grandfather was.

Why do you want to save Lyta-Zod?

Because I love her. Will you help her?

She's innocent.

The moment Lyta dies, so does our chance

to overthrow the Voice of Rao.

I have come to make you an offer

that could save Lyta's life.

For the cost of what?

Pledge your support to my father.

Thanks for always having my back.

It's more than loyalty.

Val, I'm headed your way.

Do you read?

Tell me what you know about Brainiac.

Together we can protect the future of Krypton.

Seg-El is somewhere in the complex.

Find him.

You're my daughter, and Zods are not traitors.

I think you're here protecting Seg.

If you want to help me, then for once in your life

- trust me. - Trust runs both ways, Lyta.

What makes a Zod?

Is it blood?

Jayna.

Vidar.

You were born into a great House.

A House of Warriors.

Warriors whose courage, honor...

...and loyalty to the State are without equal.

And without question.

You hold back because she is your sister.

Your unwillingness to land the blow ensures

that she will remain vulnerable to such an attack

from a future opponent,

one not blinded by sentiment as you are.

Is that honorable?

To earn the name Zod, you must place honor above all.

Above love.

Above life.

Even above family.

There. Blood.

He won't last long out here.

Especially with the ice storm coming.

We better find him before it hits.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay, okay, okay.

Ah, come on, come on.

Hello.

Hello, ca...

Can any...

Shit.

Ah.

Help me.

Please. They'll be back soon.

I know a way to safety. Huh?

Far from these people.

Deactivate the barrier.

- Dev. - You're a Zod.

Wouldn't run even if I begged you.

Do it and go.

I'll be responsible.

I should've come sooner.

You shouldn't have come at all.

You really expect me to believe that all this time

you've been a Black Zero operative?

Clearly some do.

I was thinking about the first night we met.

The Nova Cycle First Night Dinner.

Was that really 18 cycles ago?

I couldn't believe my family got seated with House Zod.

When I saw the Fire of Rao,

I knew I'd never see anything as beautiful.

And then I saw you.

I paid that Rankless

to spread spark snow in the Fire.

Only you would try to improve the Ceremonial Fire.

I had no idea it would...

Set fire to the Surrus blossoms.

I didn't ask you to take the blame for me.

You didn't have to.

I was already in love with you.

Look, I know you don't feel the same way

I feel about you, but...

I do love you.

He's nowhere to be found and he's not picking up his comm.

I'm telling you, something is seriously wrong.

Yes, Lyta has been scheduled for execution.

It does not get more wrong for Seg.

He will show up eventually.

Great, so until then I'm just supposed to sit around

with my thumb up my ass?

Yeah, if... if you think that's gonna help.

Be my guest.

It'll probably be a lot more help than you've been.

Why would you put your thumb...

Uh.

You know yet, we getting close?

How much further?

Hey, come on, stay with me.

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

Straight, we go straight.

Straight?

You said that three straights ago.

How can you even tell? It looks all the same.

Co... come on, come on.

You gotta stay with me.

Come on, keep talking.

What's your name? Tell me your name.

- What's your name? - Raika.

- I am Raika. - Raika.

Great. I'm Seg.

Those people back there,

what do they want from you?

Why were they torturing you?

I could not let them find it.

Find what?

That which we protect.

Protect? What do you mean "protect"?

Whoa, whoa, whoa, hey, hey.

Come on, we gotta keep moving.

Whoa, hey, friends, friends, friend of Raika's.

She's hurt. I tried to help her.

Ha neh fra bor.

Jayta fesu henni Raika.

Yek un gas ka-ta meh hann.

Yeah, well, that... looks bad.

Um, that probably doesn't help,

but I used those to pry open Raika's shackles

when I rescued her.

Heroically.

El?

Yeah, El.

Seg-El. Yeah.

Very good.

Oh, shit.

Do you have any idea what you've done?

I'm trying to salvage this mess.

By going behind my back?

To the Primus of the Sagitari?

What makes you think Jayna is ready to join us

and go against everything House Zod stands for?

The fact that most parents love their children.

And if she does love her daughter that much,

what's to stop her going to the Voice of Rao himself

and bargaining for a better deal?

You have risked everything, Nyssa.

We need the Sagitari.

She's a Zod.

If we don't stop Lyta's execution,

we lose Jayna.

And then we lose the chance to make a better Kandor.

A better Kandor?

There's something else clouding your judgment.

Or someone else.

Seg, perhaps?

I did what I did so we can prevail against a tyrant.

A tyrant with power and a temper.

If Jayna agrees,

and joins us to spare her beloved daughter,

how do I explain to the Voice

that he won't get the blood he's asked for?

And if she refuses,

and tells the Voice of our plans

before we can put them in motion,

then the blood he asks for

will be ours.

How do you all survive down here?

Cythonna.

With her love and blessing,

all things are possible.

Cythonna? The Ice Goddess?

The true Mother of Krypton.

You're Cythonnites?

This is a sacred place.

You do not belong here.

Why have you come, El?

Raika brought me here after I rescued her

from some very bad people.

Your people.

If they were my people, would they have done this to me?

But hey,

you don't want me here, I don't particularly want to be here,

so point me in the direction of Kandor

and I'll gladly be on my way.

You have shown one of our own a kindness.

Allow us to return it by healing your wounds.

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