Krypton

Val of House El!

You are hereby sentenced to death.

Your family will now be considered Rankless,

without name, without honor.

No! Grandpa!

- He's got a bomb! - Death to the Voice of Rao!

You did a brave thing.

You are to be assigned a new surname.

My name. Vex.

We never ask for mercy.

Do you understand, Lyta-Zod?

Yes, mother.

What the hell were you thinking, Seg?

You gonna un-cuff me or what?

Nyssa here has yet to be paired with someone.

As my youngest daughter,

you will be Binding with her.

I'm happy for you.

- It's not like I want to be a Vex. - What's not to want?

You've got better food, better air.

- You're gonna be one of them again. - But not as an El.

- Mom? - It's time you learned the truth.

Your grandfather was no traitor. He was a hero.

My son didn't steal the skimmer. I did!

Who was your accomplice, Charys?

It was me!

No!

No!

My name is Adam Strange.

Someone from the future is coming to destroy Krypton.

This belongs to your grandson, Kal-El.

Once this cape is gone, our time's up.

This thing that's coming...

It's known as The Collector of Worlds,

but its true name is Brainiac,

and it seems your parents gave their lives

because they knew this threat needed to be stopped,

and they believed that you could stop it.

Does this really belong to my grandson?

Yeah.

Then why isn't he here?

Why you?

Uh, he sent me in his place.

Kind of a big deal where I'm from.

Lot of reasons, but mainly because

I can teleport across light-years

using a little something called a Zeta Beam.

I know. It's a cool name, huh?

Came up with it myself.

Only problem is, uh,

one passenger per ride, me,

and... it's a little temperamental.

You don't believe me.

How do you think that I got to this fortress?

Do you...

You think that I power-walked across the ice to get here?

Everything that I am telling you is true.

Trust me.

Even if I did, it wouldn't make a difference.

Can't help you.

What is the matter with you?

Look, I don't know what you expect of me,

but I don't understand a thing about all this.

My parents died before they could explain it to me.

Great, then we can figure this out together.

I don't have time to argue this.

I have to get back to Kandor.

Time?

We don't have any. Brainiac is coming,

and he ain't waiting for you to square away

whatever it is you think needs doing.

Now, I am talking about millions of lives,

so get your head out of your ass and into the game.

I don't care what a big deal you might be

on the planet Detroit.

This is Krypton.

I gave you my answer.

Guess I had the wrong guy.

And it's Earth.

Sorry?

I'm a big deal on Earth,

not planet Detroit.

Well, I suggest

you get on your beam and get back there.

There's someone I need to deal with.

Wait!

Do you think that I could just

get a ride back to the city?

So this guy you're so eager to see...

- Daron-Vex. - Yeah, him.

You say he's the chief what now?

- City's chief magistrate. - Chief magistrate, huh?

Guy like that probably has

a bunch of valuable information

right at his fingertips.

Strange, just don't.

I'm just saying, if you were curious,

you could probably use this guy,

gain access to the city's deep space sensors,

which I promise you, will show you

a big, ugly, organic life form

headed this way.

If you want to honor what your parents died for,

- at least... - Don't

talk to me about my parents.

I know exactly how I'm going to honor them.

I just need to get close to him,

and not get arrested the moment I set foot up there.

If you're thinking about revenge,

which you obviously are, don't.

At least look into what I'm saying first,

and if I'm wrong, hey, man, have at it.

Get your revenge on.

But if I'm right,

work with me.

When we're done putting the foot to alien ass,

I will help you murk this son of a bitch myself.

Deal?

You know, you really stand out, wearing this.

Go find Kem at the tavern. Tell him I sent you.

He'll, uh, hook you up with a change of clothes.

Seriously?

Hello, Seg.

We've been looking for you.

Yeah, what's new?

Rankless amateur.

Come on. March!

I hope you didn't break him.

No, just a little love-tap.

He'll be all right.

He better be.

You can leave now.

What's going on?

My father is waiting for you,

along with His Reverence.

I suggest you clean yourself up and get changed.

You really don't want to keep them waiting much longer.

Trust me.

You bear the sigil of House Vex from now on.

We have been expecting you...

For some time.

Apologies, Father.

Entirely my fault.

Now, Seg.

Oh.

You are interested in the mask?

Course, it would be the first time

you've seen the many faces up close.

A face to symbolize each of our old gods.

Cythonna,

Telle,

Lorra,

Mordo,

Yuda,

and finally, the one true god,

our supreme deity, Rao.

He who kindled the sun.

We used to worship all of the gods,

but now, only one.

Do you know why?

At the time of creation,

Rao looked out at the chaos

and saw wasted potential,

and so he formed the stars and planets,

the most perfect of which became Krypton.

You see,

our very planet is a symbol of

fully realized potential, Seg.

It is also harsh and inhospitable.

The only thing protecting us is the force dome,

and the only thing protecting the dome is...

Order.

Sadly, your parents chose chaos.

I need to know if you intend

to follow in their footsteps.

I don't.

The Investiture Ceremony will be held tomorrow night,

and then you officially become a Vex.

Don't be late.

You are dismissed.

Come on, guys. Line up.

Come and get your brand-new, state-of-the-art firepower.

All new blasters.

Blow your whole chest cavity out.

Feel the weight of it, much lighter

and much quicker.

You look after that.

Commander?

What is all this?

Mommy didn't tell you?

New offensive.

We're going down to the Rankless

to smoke out Black Zero.

This looks like we're going to war.

Well, shit yeah, we're going to war.

The Rankless are not our enemy.

Black Zero is.

Well, who can be bothered

sorting out your actual terrorists

from your regular, everyday,