1. It's working. Keep it up!
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2. It's growing a shell!
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3. Worse. Armor.
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4. It's adapting again.
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5. No.
What have I done?
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6. Now...
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7. Die...
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8. Anything?
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9. Not yet, Shayera.
But she's here somewhere.
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10. I'm still registering
no life signs, but ours.
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11. We've been at this for weeks.
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12. - I'm not giving up.
- Neither am I.
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13. I'm just saying that
sifting through
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14. 5.9 sextillion metric tons
of shattered planet is...
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15. - Wait!
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16. I've got her!
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17. On my way.
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18. Hawkgirl to Satellite,
I found her!
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19. Over here.
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20. - Diana!
- Is she...
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21. If she is, I've wasted
a lot of time out here.
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22. She's not dead. She can't be.
I don't think it's possible.
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23. Clark, your heat vision.
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24. I can't believe it.
We've been searching for you
for eight months.
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25. Diana, thank God
you're all right!
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26. Thank the gods?
For this "gift"?
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27. A billion people
have died all around me.
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28. No one should have
to endure this.
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29. - Diana, I'm sorry.
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30. What happened? Where are we?
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31. Buckle in. It's a long story.
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32. Diana,
welcome to The Bleed.
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33. It's an unstable dimension
that exists
outside the Multiverse.
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34. Truly, neither here nor there.
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35. The Fields of Asphodel.
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36. Yeah, it's kind of a limbo.
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37. It's a lifeboat. One that's
sprung a lot of leaks.
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38. Here. We found
this the second week.
Not a scratch on it.
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39. It gave us hope.
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40. And hope, well,
that's something
we desperately need these days.
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41. I don't understand.
What's happened here?
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42. The Bleed doesn't
obey the rules of physics,
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43. which allows it to exist
extra dimensionally,
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44. and thankfully, hidden
from the Anti-Monitor.
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45. The thing
that's trying to kill us.
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46. - Unfortunately, it also throws
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47. a ton of other laws
out the window as well.
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48. It's not exactly stable.
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49. Space and time collide here.
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50. Each Earth's past and present
are constantly in flux.
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51. There aren't really
enough resources to go around.
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52. Many Earths
are totally inaccessible.
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53. Natural disasters are so common
it's big news when
one's not happening.
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54. This seems unsustainable.
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55. What do we do next?
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56. That is the question.
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57. Good to have you back,
Wonder Woman.
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58. Welcome home, Diana.
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59. Aquaman?
Aquaman can you hear us?
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60. You'll have to excuse me.
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61. We're being overrun!
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62. We're providing water
to every Earth that needs it.
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63. - We don't have enough...
- You'll have to ration.
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64. Our world can only give so much
before ecological disaster.
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65. Look, there may come a time
when we can once again
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66. be able to supply you
with what you need.
But it is not this time.
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67. How are we supposed
to hold out? Millions will die.
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68. I understand
the issues at stake.
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69. Please be considerate.
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70. There are many people that
need this just as much as you.
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71. We missed you,
Diana.
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72. You were right, Michael.
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73. Again. This netherverse
of The Bleed saved us.
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74. I suppose it's
a perfect example
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75. of be careful
what you wish for.
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76. You said this would take
incalculable power.
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77. - How did you...?
- I didn't.
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78. The Monitor had billions
of years' worth of cosmic
energy stored inside his cells.
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79. - When he died, he released that
energy to the Towers and he...
- Died?
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80. How? I thought he was like me.
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81. Immortal?
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82. Well, turns out
"Can't die" isn't quite
the same as
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83. "Can't get totally obliterated
by Supergirl."
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84. Dr. Hoshi!
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85. Whoops. So who knew
she was here?
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86. She hardly says a thing.
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87. - Ah, Miss Lane.
- Come on, Clark.
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88. At this point, everybody knows.
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89. Welcome back, Diana.
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90. It's good to see you, Dinah.
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91. You're every bit
the Black Canary
your mother was.
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92. You're Dinah Drake's daughter?
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93. - Oliver Queen.
- I know.
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94. A good story. That's why
I followed these guys.
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95. It could be literally anything.
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96. "Dinosaurs Stampede
In Downtown Metropolis."
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97. This is Perry White's
ultimate dream headline.
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98. I'll take care
of the Pterodactyls.
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99. - Will you be all right?
- Pretty sure they're
Pteranodons. I'll be fine.
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100. I'm not totally sure
we should even save
these uptown fat cats.
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101. They've kind of
got this coming to them.
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102. Is "fat cats"
an Earth-1 expression?
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103. And aren't you a millionaire?
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104. Oh, no. I'm a billionaire.
Actually.
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105. Wow. Not bad.
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106. - Slow down, big fella. Let's...
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107. Run! Quickly!
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108. Here's a noseful of
Metropolis, just for you!
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109. Lois, no, I've got this!
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110. Really? 'Cause it sort of looks
like...
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111. Oh! You do got this.
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112. You knew you could
talk to that thing?
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113. Well, I hoped.
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114. Hang on, Superman!
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115. - Whoa, girl! Easy now.
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116. Easy.
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117. Well, that's the last of them.
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118. Uh, hey, how about
we go for coffee?
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119. Don't pat yourself on the back
too hard, Robin Hood.
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120. I don't think
it's quite over yet.
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121. Great Scott!
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122. This is what I get
for asking for action.
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123. Wait! Listen.
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124. You best watch
where you're standing, ma'am.
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125. A road's a dangerous place.
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126. Yeah. The dinosaurs
are kind of a hazard.
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127. I'm actually more interested
in your story.
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128. I'm Lois Lane from The Planet.
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129. Not much of a story, Miss Lane.
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130. We're just a motley collection
of grunts lost in time,
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131. trying to keep that pack
of ugly lizards
from hurting anyone.
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132. I've covered a lot of
strange stories over
the last eight months—
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133. Sorry. That's our cue.
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134. - Wait, Who are you?
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135. Nobody important, ma'am.
We're just a bunch of losers.
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136. My favorite dinosaur
was the one
with the huge vocabulary.
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137. Which one?
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138. The Thesaurus.
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139. [Lex laughs,
inhales sharply] Nice.
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140. It's funny
because you walk right into it.
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141. How many deaths?
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142. None. Can you believe it?
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143. A total filler episode. Ugh!
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144. Le—
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145. Supreme Leader...
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146. We have our own
chronal anomaly.
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147. Mount Vesuvius
just phased into Central City.
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148. And it's erupting.
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149. Well, what do you
expect me to do about it?
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150. Ooh! I'll make popcorn!
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151. If those civilians
are too stupid to flee
in the face of that,
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152. they don't deserve to live.
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153. That's Darwinism
in its purest form.
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154. I don't expect you
to do anything.
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155. But you should know
the frequency
of these anomalies
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156. is increasing geometrically.
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157. I think you mean exponentially.
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158. We have to face the fact
that we can't continue
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159. in this freakish
Bleed indefinitely.
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160. It's a death sentence
for all life on every Earth.
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161. Oh, the poor plants.
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162. Just thinking about all
that withering wisteria
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163. makes you green in the face,
don't it, Ivy?
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164. Come now, let's not bicker
and argue in the face
of universal annihilation.
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165. It should surprise
none of you that I have
an ace up my sleeve.
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166. It's a card that,
if played correctly,
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167. could save us all.
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168. Oh, do you mean us all?
Or us all?
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169. Do you really care?
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170. Eh...
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171. Open it.
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172. Zap him.
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173. Once more.
Better safe than sorry, right?
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174. No shenanigans.
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175. I like to think
you'd know better by now.
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176. Atta boy.
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177. Now you've been enjoying
our hospitality for some time.
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178. One square meal a day,
nice cot, firm mattress.
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179. - Constant companionship.
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180. You're probably wondering
what you can do to repay me.
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181. Well, you have a friend
I'd like to talk to.
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182. I need you to call him for me.
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183. It's a long-distance call.
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184. Commissioner Montoya
just assumed
they were coming here.
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185. She might have been wrong.
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186. She's not.
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187. The Gotham City Armory is their
surest bet to get
the modern weaponry they need.
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188. Maybe they made another stop
on the way here.
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189. You think they made
a coffee run?
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190. The time anomaly appeared
on the south end
of Robinson Park.
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191. Where would they stop? Think!
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192. Police headquarters.
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193. They could raid the lock-up,
evidence lockers.
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194. If they did, they'd get
their hands on every
confiscated weapon of—
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195. Here they come.
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196. Great. An army
of vicious Nazi killers
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197. armed with the Rogue's
deadliest weapons.
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198. Argh!
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199. What even is this?
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200. Don't freak out, Bats.
They're still alive.
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201. More or less.
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202. It's... It's you, isn't it?
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203. Barry?
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204. Go back
to the beginning, Bruce.
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205. To before the beginning.
You must. It's the only way.
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206. No, don't!
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207. Earth-2 to Satellite.
Emergency trans-mat.
I have an injured Batman.
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208. He was exposed
to Scarecrow's fear toxin.
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209. Satellite, what the hell
is wrong with you?
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210. We have a medical emergency!
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211. Sorry, Earth-2,
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212. we have a developing
situation here.
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213. Prepare Batman
for emergency trans-mat.
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214. He'll be okay.
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215. Will any of us?
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216. Wow.
Then what happened?
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217. We were together
from then on.
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218. The other Legionaries
got to see another side of him.
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219. The Brainy I knew.
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220. Well, that was
one hell of a first date,
that's for sure.
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221. I know what
you're trying to do.
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222. I'm trying not to eat
these doughnuts,
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223. because holy
empty calories, right?
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224. I know, Babs.
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225. I'm a complete wreck and you're
trying to make things normal.
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226. To make me feel like it's not
the end of the universe.
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227. Only...
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228. It probably is.
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229. And it's my fault.
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230. And there's
nothing I can do about it.
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231. It is not. When are you gonna
get that through your head?
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232. - Even if the Monitor
was still here...
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233. there's no guarantee that—
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234. Okay. It's that time again.
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235. Reading quantum energy spikes
so high they're off the charts.
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236. I've got Earths calling in,
like all of them.
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237. They wanna know
what's going on.
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238. Probably less important here,
but someone is materializing
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239. on the trans-mat platform
without proper authorization.
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240. - What the hell
is going on here, Michael?
- Luthor!
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241. The top science minds
on Earth-10 tell me The Bleed
is tearing itself apart.
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242. Aren't you the top science mind
on Earth-10?
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243. Yes. Which is why I came.
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244. The Monitor's technology
is a bit beyond most of you.
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245. Despite appearances, The Bleed
is mostly holding together.
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246. Wrong. It's buckling here.
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247. The fabric of The Bleed.
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248. Ripping.
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249. Which Earth is that?
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250. Earth... Earth-146.
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251. Mera.
- Hello, my love.
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252. We can see it now.
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253. Forming in the sky above us.
It's massive.
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254. I'll show you.
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255. I will send telemetry
to that last moment.
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256. I pray it helps you.
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257. It's releasing
some kind of energy.
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258. Like the waves.
It's antimatter.
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259. Oh, god.
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260. It's not over yet.
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261. Arthur, contact
all patrol ships.
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262. All metas with space
capabilities.
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263. Get them positioned between—
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264. It's too late, Michael. They'll
never get there in time.
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265. And even if they could...
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266. Arthur—
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267. Send me home.
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268. Arthur. No. Don't do it.
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269. They're my people. My family.
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270. Barry! Ugh.
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271. Ah, Mr. Wayne.
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272. Good to see you up
and on your feet again.
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273. Don't take it too hard.
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274. Unfortunately, you have
the one doctor in The Bleed
who can see in the dark.
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275. Dr. Elizabeth Chapel.
Doctor Midnight?
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276. Mm, retired.
Right now we need doctors
more than we need capes.
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277. I'm on the Satellite.
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278. From my nail growth,
I'd estimate eight days.
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279. Ten. Nice trick.
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280. How's your head?
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281. You came in with enough
fear toxin to kill an elephant.
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282. Something's wrong here.
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283. You're not just
physically exhausted.
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284. You're traumatized, grieving.
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285. There's considerably
more plasma orbiting the sun.
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286. What happened?
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287. The Anti-Monitor found us.
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288. Somehow ripped
its way into The Bleed.
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289. Just long enough
to destroy Earth-146.
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290. Arthur's world. Did he...?
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291. He's gone.
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292. Two days later,
it happened again.
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293. Earth-88.
Yesterday, Earth-2112.
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294. A flash of antimatter,
then everything,
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295. and everyone, dead.
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296. The Flash. I knew he was dead
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297. before I already knew
because I... I saw him die.
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298. Back on Warworld,
I saw Flash die.
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299. Mr. Wayne, the toxin.
You were hallucinating.
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300. I know what I saw.
I need to talk to a doctor.
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301. Oh. You want a second opinion?
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302. He's not that kind of doctor.
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303. What is it
you seek from Doctor Fate,
Batman?
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304. You're the last doctor
in the Multiverse
who makes house calls, Nelson.
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305. Dad, I mean, Bruce,
you should be resting.
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306. Between the fear toxin
and the bullets...
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307. All of you, listen.
When I was on Warworld
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308. a dying old man appeared
from nowhere to give
me a message.
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309. I didn't know it until now,
but it was The Flash.
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310. Why would he be old?
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311. How would Barry
even have gotten to Warworld?
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312. We all wish we could find
Barry and Iris.
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313. But even if you did see him,
why does it matter?
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314. Because I think he traveled
back in time from this crisis.
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315. Not just to warn us.
But to help.
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316. Tell us something significant.
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317. Bruce, we were
trapped in a world
of automatons and illusions.
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318. How can you know
if what you saw was real?
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319. I called a specialist.
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320. Are you all right, Doctor?
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321. Yes. It was
a very significant event.
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322. And quite real.
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323. Your instincts are correct.
It was Barry.
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324. He was trying to give you
the answer to... all this.
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325. Before the beginning.
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326. The answer lies
before the beginning.
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327. Before the Multiverse
even existed.
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328. Then it's hopeless.
Time travel is impossible now.
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329. - There's no way to find out
how this all started
- Or how to fix it.
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330. - But there must be some way.
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331. - What is it, John?
- Nothing.
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332. Well, there was this guy.
Homeless.
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333. He said a lot of crazy stuff.
He was a sorcerer.
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334. No offence. Anyway,
when the Shadows attacked,
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335. it turned out everything
he said was true.
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336. He magicked the hell
out of those things.
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337. Go on.
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338. He said he'd been tortured
in hell basically,
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339. since before
this universe even began.
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340. He said his name
was John Constantine.
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341. Does that name mean
anything to you?
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342. I'm not sure,
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343. but I've just felt the helmet
of Nabu grow cold.
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344. Where is he now?
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345. He took off after
we entered The Bleed.
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346. Said he intended
to crawl into a hole,
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347. couldn't bear to watch
everything come
to an end again.
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348. He could be anywhere,
on any Earth.
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349. Needle in a haystack.
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350. Are you forgetting something?
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351. Does the "World's Greatest
Detective" ring a bell?
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352. We'll track this guy
down in no time.
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353. Tell me everything you remember
about this Constantine.
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354. Everything he did,
everything he said.
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355. He said...
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356. Well, he said he needed
a bloody drink.
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357. Sorry, mate.
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358. Spot me for another
shot of the coffin varnish, eh?
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359. Paint your tonsils on someone
else's nickel, rummy.
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360. It's not charity.
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361. I'm gonna entertain you
with what we call
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362. close-up magic.
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363. Hmm, that's not bad, actually.
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364. Ugh.
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365. How did you...?
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366. The saloon combined
the strongest levels
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367. of eldritch energy
with the highest
alcohol content.
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368. - Hey, fellas, here's a—
- Better end
that sentence carefully.
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369. Look what we got here, boys.
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370. Looks like the circus
come to town.
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371. Gentlemen, we're just here
to talk with that man.
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372. We don't want any trouble.
Most of us.
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373. Lady, we're sick
and tired of pirates,
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374. pilgrims and cavemen
wandering in here.
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375. This is our world.
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376. And we aim to keep it that way.
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377. Let's all
settle down.
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378. Drinks are on me.
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379. Show off!
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380. - That's all I can take.
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381. Get 'em boys!
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382. What in hell is going on here?
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383. I step out for five minutes
and you turn my saloon
into a rodeo?
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384. Bat Lash?
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385. - Do I know you, ma'am?
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386. Think I'd remember meeting you.
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387. I... met, uh,
a descendant of yours
on another world.
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388. He died in my arms.
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389. Lucky fella.
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390. A few months ago, I'da thought
that was a telltale.
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391. - Now? Plum normal.
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392. - Clear the bar.
- Well, I don't see why I—
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393. Everybody out!
Closed for business!
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394. Ugh, whoa! Getting rough!
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395. Someone's up
for a trade.
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396. Do you have some kind
of special spell
to sober him up?
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397. Uh, agh!
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398. Ah, Nabu.
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399. I haven't seen you
in an eternity.
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400. I've never
seen him before.
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401. But he's impossibly old.
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402. Older than
the Multiverse itself.
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403. How is that
even possible?
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404. I only just remember my name.
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405. Memory's like Swiss cheese,
it's mostly, uh, holes.
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406. In my experience, there are
ways to get people to remember.
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407. Many ways.
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408. Looks like I've gone
deep Barney.
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409. It's nuts out here.
Jay, report.
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410. Earthquakes are not
letting up, Dinah.
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411. It's the worst one yet.
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412. Mom!
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413. I'm getting reports
from all over.
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414. The whole world is shaking.
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415. What's
causing all this?
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416. Best guess? That!
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417. Oh, shit.
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418. Earth-2 to Satellite. Come in.
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419. - We are aware
of your situation, Dinah.
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420. Our defenses have
already been deployed.
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421. - What can we do?
- Dinah.
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422. - Mom?
- I love you.
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423. And I'm proud of you.
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424. Mom.
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425. Chronal energy
is dropping to nominal.
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426. The fissure is sealed.
Copy !req
427. That is terrific. Any guess on
when the next one arrives?
Copy !req
428. Wrong W.
Copy !req
429. Not "when" but "why"?
Copy !req
430. Why was that thing
suddenly able to locate us
Copy !req
431. in all this
limitless Multiverse?
Copy !req
432. Excellent question.
Which leads to another.
Copy !req
433. Did someone inside The Bleed
leak the information?
Copy !req
434. Are you suggesting that
someone actually wanted
Copy !req
435. to contact the Anti-Monitor?
To sell us out?
Copy !req
436. I don't even
have to turn around
Copy !req
437. to feel Miss Lane's
eyeballs glaring at me.
Copy !req
438. Lex, if I'm not mistaken,
Copy !req
439. you arrived here just moments
before Earth-146 was destroyed.
Copy !req
440. Not your hologram,
you came here. Physically.
Copy !req
441. Are you seriously
accusing me of somehow
Copy !req
442. contacting the Anti-Monitor
revealing the location
of The Bleed?
Copy !req
443. Good. I was afraid
you were losing
your journalistic instincts.
Copy !req
444. Yes, of course I did.
Copy !req
445. I've seen some weird stuff,
but this? Magic?
Copy !req
446. We're seriously doing a seance?
Copy !req
447. Shouldn't we at least be in,
uh, I don't know, Stonehenge?
Copy !req
448. Time is
of the essence. And it's not
"magic" as you understand it.
Copy !req
449. We are combining our energy
to help Batman investigate
Copy !req
450. Constantine's damaged memories.
Copy !req
451. And perhaps find his connection
Copy !req
452. to the Multiverse
and this crisis.
Copy !req
453. Oh, hello, Bats.
Fancy meeting you here.
Copy !req
454. What am I seeing?
Copy !req
455. I wish this was
just a nightmare, Bats.
Copy !req
456. But this was real.
Copy !req
457. I'd forgotten.
Earth had been invaded.
Copy !req
458. Conquered.
Copy !req
459. The old planet
had been ripped to shreds.
Copy !req
460. Bastard named Darkseid.
Copy !req
461. Never heard of him.
Copy !req
462. Right. I think... I think I had
something to do with that.
Copy !req
463. You know what you have
to do, mate?
Copy !req
464. Clear the board
and start again.
Copy !req
465. Now you just
leave that to John.
Copy !req
466. A simple little guidance spell
from yours truly...
Copy !req
467. And Bob's your uncle.
Copy !req
468. You'll run off to right when
and where you'll need to be.
Copy !req
469. To save us all.
Copy !req
470. Off with you now.
I haven't got all day.
Copy !req
471. You sent him
to rewrite history!
Copy !req
472. - What gave you the right?
- A bit reckless. Yeah.
Copy !req
473. Billions
of people have died!
Copy !req
474. Reduced to antimatter.
Copy !req
475. And believe me, no one feels
worse about that than I do.
Copy !req
476. But am I actually responsible?
Copy !req
477. - For what?
- Murder! On a massive scale.
Copy !req
478. They would have died anyway.
Copy !req
479. Michael, Anti-Monitor aside,
Copy !req
480. what is our estimated time
of survival here in The Bleed?
Copy !req
481. Well between the exponential
population explosion,
Copy !req
482. due to the time-displaced
individuals,
Copy !req
483. limited resources,
and unreliable physical rules—
Copy !req
484. Not too freaking long.
Copy !req
485. That doesn't change
the fact that you sold us out.
Copy !req
486. You made some kind of deal
with that monster.
Copy !req
487. Wrong.
Copy !req
488. I faced the hard truth
that we're all doomed if we
don't destroy this creature.
Copy !req
489. An impossibility
without more data.
Copy !req
490. So I simply
contacted the Anti-Monitor,
Copy !req
491. and told him I was willing
to make a deal with him.
Copy !req
492. Let me guess.
Copy !req
493. That you'd give him
the location of the other
Earths if he spared Earth-10?
Copy !req
494. The details of this supposed
deal are unimportant.
Copy !req
495. We had to see him.
Find its weakness. Find its...
Copy !req
496. Kryptonite?
Copy !req
497. My world was
in just as much danger.
Copy !req
498. But now we know
more about this monster.
Now we have a chance.
Copy !req
499. What do you have in mind?
Copy !req
500. Oh, don't worry. I have a plan.
Copy !req
501. Plan? You are going to pay
for your crimes with your life.
Copy !req
502. This will have to wait.
Copy !req
503. Our friend is back.
Copy !req
504. Constantine,
where is this?
Copy !req
505. Welcome
to Apokolips, Bats.
Copy !req
506. Home of Darkseid.
Copy !req
507. Evil personified.
Copy !req
508. A lot like hell it is,
but not so nice.
Copy !req
509. I ought to know.
Copy !req
510. I see. The only way
to stop Darkseid
Copy !req
511. was to eliminate him
before the invasion.
Copy !req
512. But how can I be
seeing this?
Copy !req
513. I was in your memories.
Not Barry's.
Copy !req
514. They're mine as well.
Copy !req
515. It's coming back to me.
Copy !req
516. I sent a part
of myself along with him
like a hitchhiker.
Copy !req
517. I wish I could remember why.
Copy !req
518. It may have
something to do with this.
Copy !req
519. These creatures are dead,
but Barry barely touched them.
Copy !req
520. Ah, that's right.
Copy !req
521. There's one spell. A bad one.
Copy !req
522. That'd require me to slice
off a piece of my soul.
Copy !req
523. - We failed.
- Useless.
Copy !req
524. Every shield
shattered in seconds.
Copy !req
525. I did this.
Copy !req
526. They were all
as good as dead as soon
as I killed the Monitor.
Copy !req
527. On the upside,
it was a post-apocalyptic Earth
Copy !req
528. inhabited by mutant
humanoid animals.
Copy !req
529. We were lucky.
Copy !req
530. It was all
a waste of time, Lex.
Copy !req
531. All the effort, the resources,
this was never going to work.
Copy !req
532. I know. I never thought
it would.
Copy !req
533. But every sensor,
every radio telescope dish
Copy !req
534. on every possible Earth was
trained on the Anti-Monitor.
Copy !req
535. Now, we see it. Michael?
Copy !req
536. Gravity. It's all within
5% of your predictions.
Copy !req
537. What he said about my world,
it's true.
Copy !req
538. A battlefield of monsters.
Copy !req
539. Compared to the other Earths,
it was a nightmare.
Copy !req
540. It was also your home.
Copy !req
541. This was all what?
Copy !req
542. Some kind of fact-finding
mission? We already knew
it was a monster.
Copy !req
543. But now, Captain,
we know exactly
what kind of monster it is.
Copy !req
544. How big, how tough,
and what it'll take to kill it.
Copy !req
545. What's your plan?
Copy !req
546. The Anti-Monitor is made
of the same dark antimatter
as the shadow demons.
Copy !req
547. So like them, he's susceptible
to light attacks.
Copy !req
548. We threw every possible
light-based attack at him.
Copy !req
549. Everything in The Bleed.
Copy !req
550. Not quite everything.
Copy !req
551. It's no use.
I crunched the numbers.
Copy !req
552. Not even our sun generates
enough energy
to kill that thing.
Copy !req
553. Ah, but it's not one sun.
It's hundreds of suns.
Copy !req
554. Each Earth has arrived
with its own sun in tow.
Copy !req
555. Their respective suns
are phasing
at the same point in The Bleed.
Copy !req
556. Fifty-two suns should
generate enough light
to kill the creature.
Copy !req
557. But how would we
weaponize that?
Copy !req
558. Hmm, if only we had some kind
of living solar battery
Copy !req
559. who could absorb, contain
and deliver that energy.
Copy !req
560. You son of a bitch.
Copy !req
561. Can't you bury
your sick obsession
with killing Superman,
Copy !req
562. even when, literally,
all existence is on the line?
Copy !req
563. Lois, he's not wrong.
Copy !req
564. Clark, don't you find it
a bit coincidental
Copy !req
565. that the only way
to save us all,
involves destroying you?
Copy !req
566. I call it
a happy accident.
Copy !req
567. We've run a thousand scenarios.
Copy !req
568. This is the first one
with a chance.
Copy !req
569. And don't know
for certain that it'll kill me.
Copy !req
570. I'm pretty thick-skinned.
Copy !req
571. Superman, even if
you survived the process
Copy !req
572. of absorbing the energy
from multiple stars,
Copy !req
573. unleashing it instantaneously
on the Anti-Monitor,
Copy !req
574. you would not survive.
Copy !req
575. Look, you can't make
an omelette without
cracking a few eggs.
Copy !req
576. In this case, one egg.
Copy !req
577. What do you say, Superman?
Copy !req
578. One life to save
untold billions?
Copy !req
579. I call that a bargain.
Copy !req
580. Blimey, I remember! The spell,
my damnation. Everything!
Copy !req
581. Darkseid.
Copy !req
582. Yes. He's a fixed point
in time, nearly indestructible.
Copy !req
583. His entire life,
protection spells
and defense technology,
Copy !req
584. Darkseid was engineered to be
one of the immutable
pillars of the Multiverse.
Copy !req
585. He must exist.
Copy !req
586. But as an infant...
Copy !req
587. I'd say. It took some doing,
but I learned
Copy !req
588. the only time in his life
when he'd be vulnerable.
Copy !req
589. - The first year.
- Barry won't do it.
Copy !req
590. It's not in him.
Copy !req
591. Don't you think I knew that?
Copy !req
592. The spell. Darkest of magic.
Copy !req
593. He's walking death.
Copy !req
594. Rappaccini's daughter.
Copy !req
595. He doesn't even know.
Copy !req
596. He's a living poison.
Copy !req
597. Spot on! He's typhoid, Barry.
Radiates it.
Copy !req
598. He doesn't have to do anything
to the little monster.
Copy !req
599. He's already done it.
Copy !req
600. Just being here.
Copy !req
601. Kara!
Copy !req
602. Kara, stop!
Copy !req
603. - You can't do this.
- You can't catch me, Kal!
Copy !req
604. When he made me the Harbinger,
Monitor supercharged my powers.
Copy !req
605. This isn't the answer.
Copy !req
606. It's exactly the answer.
I killed the Monitor, not you.
Copy !req
607. None of this is your fault.
Copy !req
608. The Anti-Monitor
manipulated you. Tricked you.
Copy !req
609. I let myself be tricked.
Copy !req
610. This falls to me.
Copy !req
611. Let me go! Adam, I swear—
Copy !req
612. Superman, it's too late.
We need you. Now.
Copy !req
613. He's back.
Copy !req
614. Alpha Team,
concentrate your firepower
Copy !req
615. on the center
of the Anti-Monitor shielding.
Copy !req
616. We've got to give
Supergirl a shot
Copy !req
617. at the creature itself,
not its armor.
Copy !req
618. Let's do this.
Copy !req
619. It's no good.
We're not getting through.
Copy !req
620. Great plan, Lex.
Copy !req
621. Attention, Satellite.
Deactivate Cosmic Towers
immediately.
Copy !req
622. What the hell?
Copy !req
623. Those Towers are the only
thing keeping us in The Bleed.
Copy !req
624. I repeat, deactivate
Towers immediately.
Copy !req
625. It's not him.
It's the Anti-Monitor
talking through him.
Copy !req
626. Please, Clark. Quickly.
Copy !req
627. Michael, do what he says.
Turn off The Towers.
Copy !req
628. Superman!
- [Superman
over intercom] Fast!
Copy !req
629. We're home.
Copy !req
630. The Anti-Monitor,
it's charging up.
It's targeting Earth-16.
Copy !req
631. There's nothing we can do.
Copy !req
632. I don't believe it.
It's really you, J'onn.
Copy !req
633. Indeed, Superman.
Copy !req
634. And fortunately,
you did believe it.
Copy !req
635. We saw Warworld explode.
Copy !req
636. There is no self-destruct
option for Warworld.
Copy !req
637. What you saw
was an entire planet
transported via Zeta beam.
Copy !req
638. But how? The amount
of Zeta energy
that would require—
Copy !req
639. I had help.
Copy !req
640. A friend arrived
at just the right time.
Copy !req
641. But our work here
is far from over.
Copy !req
642. You're far from over my ass.
Copy !req
643. You can say that again, J'onn.
Copy !req
644. The Anti-Monitor has recovered,
Copy !req
645. and is changing course
right towards you.
Copy !req
646. He took a little damage,
but not much.
Copy !req
647. Even with
planet-sized artillery
Copy !req
648. we can't get
through that armor.
Copy !req
649. Kara is on her way.
We don't have much time.
Copy !req
650. Even now,
Kara does not have the power
Copy !req
651. to breach his shields
and destroy the creature.
Copy !req
652. Michael, I'm getting
four incoming energy signatures
Copy !req
653. - heading for Earth-18.
- Ignore it.
Copy !req
654. We've got
bigger problems right now.
Copy !req
655. J'onn, isn't Warworld
powered by the hatred
and fear of its captives?
Copy !req
656. Any unified emotion.
Copy !req
657. Fear was simply
Mongul's preference.
Copy !req
658. Maybe... Maybe there's a way.
Copy !req
659. It's him. It is Jon Stewart.
Copy !req
660. Who the hell are you?
Copy !req
661. We are a few of your recruits.
Copy !req
662. When Oa fell
and the Corps was destroyed,
Copy !req
663. the power rings you sent out
found us. Chose us.
Copy !req
664. Or reminded us
who we truly were.
Copy !req
665. The Green Lantern Corps
was reborn.
Copy !req
666. Others soon joined us.
Copy !req
667. We are here to help you.
Copy !req
668. Now all will truly be well.
Copy !req
669. It would be an honor for me
to share my lantern battery
Copy !req
670. with the legendary
John Stewart.
Copy !req
671. Greatest of the Green Lanterns.
Copy !req
672. Charles Halstead,
known as the Psycho Pirate,
Copy !req
673. you are needed.
Copy !req
674. It's not going to hold.
Copy !req
675. It will. Just put your heart
and mind to it.
Copy !req
676. - How many people?
- All of them.
Copy !req
677. I've never done anything
on that scale. I... I can't.
Copy !req
678. Nevertheless, it must be done.
Copy !req
679. You do it!
Copy !req
680. Only you have
the power to connect
emotions in this manner.
Copy !req
681. - It must be you.
Copy !req
682. Here she comes.
We've got to do this now.
Copy !req
683. Kara...
Copy !req
684. It's okay.
Copy !req
685. I should have died
with Krypton.
Copy !req
686. Every moment then...
Copy !req
687. With you, Monitor,
Copy !req
688. with Brainy,
has been bonus time.
Copy !req
689. Thank you. I love you.
Copy !req
690. - Now...
Copy !req
691. Oh, god...
Copy !req
692. Hey, Johnny-boy.
I sure hope you've got
an ace in the hole.
Copy !req
693. Well done, Charles.
Copy !req
694. I'm so sorry, Clark.
Copy !req
695. To die so that others may live
is a magnificent act.
Copy !req
696. A hero's death.
Copy !req
697. Bloody tragic this is.
Copy !req
698. Pity we don't have
more time to mourn.
Copy !req
699. He's right, Clark.
As terrible as Kara's loss is,
Copy !req
700. all of those worlds, there's
something much worse coming.
Copy !req
701. Our detective
has solved
Copy !req
702. the great riddle
he's trained for all his life.
Copy !req
703. What is the Multiverse?
We've all wondered that.
Copy !req
704. Why so many parallel worlds?
Now we know.
Copy !req
705. It was a mistake.
Copy !req
706. This man is
from an Earth that existed
before our Multiverse.
Copy !req
707. One decimated by Darkseid.
Copy !req
708. A ruthless
intergalactic conqueror.
Copy !req
709. So significant
was this creature,
Copy !req
710. he was a fixed point in time.
Copy !req
711. In an attempt
to save his world,
Copy !req
712. Constantine tried
to destroy Darkseid.
Copy !req
713. His unknowing weapon,
was Barry.
Copy !req
714. Darkseid must exist.
Copy !req
715. So Constantine's attempt
to erase a fixed point in time
Copy !req
716. didn't change the universe.
Copy !req
717. It shattered it.
Copy !req
718. Two universes.
One with Darkseid, one without.
Copy !req
719. But it didn't stop there.
Copy !req
720. Every critical decision
created a new possible reality.
Copy !req
721. The Multiverse is expanding
geometrically moment by moment.
Copy !req
722. Infinite Earths.
Copy !req
723. Unfortunately,
the universe wasn't designed
Copy !req
724. to support infinite
variations of itself.
Copy !req
725. The Multiverse is a cancer,
and it's growing.
Copy !req
726. Ultimately, reality itself
must collapse.
Copy !req
727. An antibody.
Copy !req
728. You're saying the Anti-Monitor
is like an immunoglobulin.
Copy !req
729. A natural defense
protein for the universe?
Copy !req
730. Quite right, doctor.
Copy !req
731. But there's never just one.
Copy !req
732. Magnifying.
Copy !req
733. Just one of them
was almost too much.
Copy !req
734. We beat this one, but...
Copy !req
735. But at such a high cost.
Copy !req
736. There must be
something we can do.
Copy !req
737. - Something we're not seeing.
- Like what, Michael?
Copy !req
738. Do you think
ten thousand intergalactic
Copy !req
739. doomsday machines
have an Achilles heel?
Copy !req
740. I hope it's kryptonite
because I have
a storage unit full of it.
Copy !req
741. So what do we do?
Copy !req
742. Just lie down and wait
to be erased from reality?
Copy !req
743. How can we even fight that?
Copy !req
744. We would need a miracle.
Copy !req
745. Kara. She told me that
the Legion had a machine.
Copy !req
746. A machine that
actually made miracles.
Copy !req
747. Whatever you could
think of, it could do.
Copy !req
748. Oh, I can think
of a lot of things.
Copy !req
749. Oh, shut up. Fat lot of good
this Miracle Machine
Copy !req
750. does us in the 31st century
that no longer exists.
Copy !req
751. She said it was so dangerous,
they hid it in a...
Copy !req
752. a pocket dimension.
Whatever that is.
Copy !req
753. Ingenious.
Copy !req
754. She hid it
in between realities.
Copy !req
755. Where even I can't reach it.
Copy !req
756. But you are not the only
traveler here, Strange.
Copy !req
757. There are others
with the power.
Copy !req
758. What about that fool,
Psycho Pirate?
Copy !req
759. Please.
At this point, he's useless.
Copy !req
760. He's not our only teleporter.
Copy !req
761. Nightshade can do it.
Copy !req
762. What?
Copy !req
763. No. Uh, I can teleport
across the street
or back to my apartment,
Copy !req
764. not... whatever this is.
Copy !req
765. He's right.
It's the same power.
Copy !req
766. - Where are we?
- We're in between
vibrational planes.
Copy !req
767. We're nowhere.
Copy !req
768. Look!
Copy !req
769. The Miracle Machine.
Copy !req
770. Looks like it's been here
a million years.
Copy !req
771. Much longer than that.
Copy !req
772. Time passes very differently
in each reality.
Copy !req
773. I know. So, what's it for?
Copy !req
774. The Controller's
original purpose
for it is lost to the ages.
Copy !req
775. But I suspect that it was made
for this very crisis.
Copy !req
776. How do we get it back?
I can't move anything this big.
Copy !req
777. You just did.
Copy !req
778. The package is here.
J'onn's looking at it now.
Copy !req
779. No, he doesn't know
what it means.
Copy !req
780. Sorry. Talking to myself.
Copy !req
781. Ooh, I wish
for infinity more wishes!
Copy !req
782. It isn't Aladdin's lamp,
you moron!
Copy !req
783. This is a scientific device.
Not magic.
Copy !req
784. Who cares what it is?
Copy !req
785. Let's use it to destroy
that armada
of Anti-Monitors. Now!
Copy !req
786. Even worse!
Copy !req
787. If the Multiverse keeps
dividing, everything ends.
Copy !req
788. All thanks to this idiot.
Copy !req
789. She's not wrong.
Copy !req
790. I've had a long time
to think about how to fix this.
Copy !req
791. A long time.
Copy !req
792. But no one's gonna like it.
Copy !req
793. They've reached one
of the isolated Earths.
Copy !req
794. Earth-508.
Copy !req
795. Earth-508 is gone.
Copy !req
796. And the Armada is approaching
the remaining worlds quickly.
Copy !req
797. Including this one.
Copy !req
798. These things aren't just
killing the Multiverse.
Copy !req
799. They're erasing everything,
starting reality over.
Copy !req
800. We use this beauty to create
a new monoverse.
Copy !req
801. One reality. One timeline.
Copy !req
802. A new universe
with fifty-some-odd Superman?
Copy !req
803. Fifty Lex Luthors?
Copy !req
804. No. As we enter,
the various versions of us
Copy !req
805. would be fused
into a single prime version.
Copy !req
806. A single history
that we'd all share.
Copy !req
807. None of us would remember
any of this.
Copy !req
808. No. We'll find a way to bring
back the worlds we lost.
Copy !req
809. We can't just give up
on all those people.
Copy !req
810. We can't!
Copy !req
811. There was once
an alien scientist,
Copy !req
812. whose entire world and culture
were going to end.
Copy !req
813. If he could have saved it,
he would have.
Copy !req
814. But he couldn't.
Copy !req
815. So instead of vainly
trying to save everyone,
Copy !req
816. he put all his talent
and energy and passion
into doing what he could do.
Copy !req
817. He saved his world
by saving one person.
Copy !req
818. This technology is way
beyond our understanding.
Copy !req
819. But I know dead when I see it.
Copy !req
820. In my experience
with advanced alien tech,
Copy !req
821. when it looks dead,
it may just need a recharge.
Copy !req
822. Okay. It does not run
on willpower.
Copy !req
823. It merely sleeps.
Copy !req
824. Green Lantern is right
about it requiring power.
Copy !req
825. But how?
Copy !req
826. Do you
truly not know?
Copy !req
827. There is only one power
that creates
something out of nothing.
Copy !req
828. Of course.
Copy !req
829. Should've seen
that coming a mile off.
Copy !req
830. It wants a sacrifice.
Copy !req
831. Well, I guess
we all know who's elected.
Copy !req
832. Oh, come on.
It's obviously him.
Copy !req
833. He's the reason we're
in this mess to begin with.
Copy !req
834. You break it, you buy it.
Copy !req
835. What the bloody hell?
Copy !req
836. Try to do the decent thing
for once in my life and—
Copy !req
837. Argh!
Copy !req
838. It's not a matter
of quality but of quantity.
Copy !req
839. We're asking the machine
to make something
Copy !req
840. virtually eternal
out of something finite.
Copy !req
841. I'm afraid
the Anti-Monitor Armada
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842. has reached
another of the isolated Earths.
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843. Earth-12.
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844. I must say Batsy,
I'm flattered.
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845. The end of the world,
and you want
to spend it with me.
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846. I didn't know you cared.
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847. - I care, Joker.
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848. About Gotham, about justice.
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849. And if it has to end,
At least I go out like this.
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850. Being Batman.
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851. Adam, can you move Warworld
out of harm's way?
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852. The antimatter interference
from one Anti-Monitor
was bad enough.
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853. But an army of them?
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854. Our Zeta energy
is completely neutralized.
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855. We're not going anywhere.
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856. This machine...
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857. What if we offered it
something immortal?
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858. No! Absolutely not!
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859. I'll do it. Not Diana.
Let me do it.
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860. You are so good.
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861. And strong and kind and mortal.
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862. I'm sorry, love.
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863. This is not a job for Superman.
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864. I have spent millennia
watching people die.
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865. Friends, enemies,
I mourned them both.
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866. My immortality
separated me from humanity.
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867. Wouldn't this
give my life meaning?
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868. Anti-Monitor Armada
nearing our location.
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869. Now reaching Earth-2003.
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870. My god!
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871. That's The Spectre.
Used to work with my mom.
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872. He'd terrify perps,
saying he was the wrath of God.
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873. You're in
for a big surprise, love.
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874. What happens to me in there?
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875. A mystery.
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876. Superman will be there.
And part of him, will be you.
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877. And that's all I need to know.
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878. See you on the other side.
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879. It's so... perfect.
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880. I don't think a great disaster
will ever happen there.
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881. It doesn't have to.
You can live in a human world.
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882. Or you can choose to arrive
in an era much like your own.
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883. I'll just have to make it
a better world the hard way.
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884. Will you even know
I'm Superman?
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885. Clark, if there's a Lois Lane,
she'll figure it out.
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886. I object to you
and what you represent.
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887. Nevertheless. All you need do
is step through there.
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888. And you will be part
of a new universe.
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889. A false universe,
a false history.
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890. I reject it on principle.
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891. What's wrong?
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892. I, Helena, it took
the end of the world
for me to let people in.
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893. What if it
doesn't happen this time?
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894. Mom taught me that love
is beyond experience.
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895. That's why a jewel thief
can marry a vigilante.
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896. That sounds like her.
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897. What did... what did
your father teach you?
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898. To always stun a perp
before questioning.
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899. You don't want
any unpleasant surprises.
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900. Come on, time to go.
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901. You're welcome.
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902. Warworld's time is at an end.
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903. It has been an honor, Batman.
I hope we meet again.
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904. So quiet.
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905. It's finally quiet.
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906. Well, we might
as well get this over with.
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907. At least I know my way
around hell now.
Know what to expect.
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908. You're so certain
of damnation, then?
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909. I destroyed
a multi-verse.
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910. I know the score, mate.
Read all the ancient tomes.
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911. I'm done for.
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912. Not all the ancient tomes.
I usually dispense justice.
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913. Perhaps this time
I can offer...
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914. hope.
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915. - Diana!
- Hmm?
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916. Huh?
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917. Come off of there this instant.
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918. Don't worry, Mama.
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919. I'm not afraid.
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920. You are
very brave, Diana.
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921. But even princesses
are not immortal.
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922. - Remember that.
- Yes, Mama.
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