1. I'm sorry your fellow
prisoners and your saviors fled.
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2. I was looking forward
to 18 against one.
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3. Your lust for needless battle
eludes me.
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4. Let us end this.
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5. Mongul is neutralized.
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6. Forget Mongul.
Only the Key matters.
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7. The Crystal Key... Is gone.
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8. Our priority must now shift
to guarding the Key Chamber,
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9. so that whomever
stole the Key
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10. cannot use it to reactivate
the Warworld.
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11. Agreed. But the Justice League already
holds the Chamber for that exact purpose.
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12. And unfortunately, our Ambassador
has no appetite for direct confrontation.
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13. Our only choice is to patrol the Chamber's
perimeter like mere security guards.
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14. - It is galling.
- But, as with all Reach warriors...
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15. We live to serve.
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16. Look! I know this missing Key is
important, but we need to focus on...
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17. Blue Beetle, the so-called Reach hero
has dominated this news cycle
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18. with U.N. Secretary General Tseng
announcing his plan to present Beetle
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19. with the International Medal of Valor
for saving the Earth from the Warworld.
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20. That's a load of good press
for a traitor.
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21. Hey! Don't blame Blue.
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22. He's just much a captive
of the Reach as we were.
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23. We have to set him free.
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24. You know, before he conquers the Earth
and enslaves all mankind.
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25. Season 2: Invasion
Episode 18: "Intervention"
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26. The Toyman's toys
don't come cheap.
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27. In fact...
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28. They break the bank!
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29. No, no!
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30. Hero, what...
He nearly got us killed!
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31. And the Reach stinks!
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32. No fair! I get the hero who took
down the Warworld single-handed?
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33. This is Metropolis.
Where's Superman?
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34. Here you go, officers.
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35. Time to put the toy man
back on the shelf.
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36. No fair, no fair, no fair!
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37. Yeah, OK, yeah,
that was pretty cool.
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38. And the Reach is, though.
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39. Blue Beetle, Blue Beetle,
a moment?
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40. For the famed Cat Grant?
I'm at your service.
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41. Heck, I'm at everyone's service.
That's just how I roll.
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42. So, you've begun
handling situations
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43. that, once upon a time,
were a job for Superman.
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44. Hey, if the Justice League's too busy,
I'm happy to pick up the slack.
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45. Why am I still waving?
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46. I look like an idiot!
Scarab, get us out of here!
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47. The Reach desires the crowd's adulation,
and we serve the Reach.
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48. Quite correct, scarab.
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49. Fighting human crime
is without benefit.
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50. Making sure the crowd appreciates it?
Priceless.
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51. Given the recent negative publicity
over our hidden invasion fleet,
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52. it is fortunate your puppet
is appreciated at all.
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53. Please. The meat
loves their heroes.
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54. You worry too much, scientist.
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55. I am so honored
by your kind attentions...
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56. And so honored
to be your hero.
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57. That's not the way I talk!
And stop waving!
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58. Look like
the Queen of England.
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59. Great, now I'm Peter Pan.
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60. Uh, as your profile expands,
do you worry about increased scrutiny?
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61. Nah. I welcome it.
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62. Let 'em watch.
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63. Hi, La'gaan.
I'm glad your leg's all healed.
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64. - Angel fish! You're here.
- I... Came to pick you up,
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65. - Bring you back to the surface world.
- That's so sweet.
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66. I was just going
to zeta back tomorrow.
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67. I thought we could use the trip
as an opportunity to... talk.
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68. To talk?
That's... Great.
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69. We will soon arrive
at your home, Jaime Reyes.
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70. Ugh, could we not?
Nothing's worse than watching
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71. you and the Ambassador pretend
to be me to my family.
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72. Any alternative tactic
would only endanger them.
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73. Congratulations, scarab.
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74. You took the words
right out of my mouth.
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75. Breech of defensive perimeter.
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76. Batgirl? What are you doing?
You know this won't hold us.
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77. - It'll hold for a couple seconds.
- Batgirl, please!
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78. They're going
to make me hurt you!
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79. The Batgirl cannot hear
your true voice, Jaime Reyes.
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80. - And a couple seconds...
- Is more than I need.
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81. Sweet dreams, Blue.
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82. Scarab,
what are you waiting for?
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83. I am establishing the Impulse's pattern of
movement, anticipating where he will be.
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84. Target point.
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85. OK, they're down.
You won. Let's go.
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86. I think not.
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87. As this street is currently deserted,
we must seize the opportunity.
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88. Scarab. Kill them both.
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89. Scarab!
You don't have to do this!
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90. But he does.
And so do you.
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91. In fact, it will be a good lesson
for you to helplessly observe
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92. your own body murder
your former friends.
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93. The first kills are always
the hardest, my boy.
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94. Might as well
get them over with.
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95. Scarab, please! We've fought side
by side with these guys. Do something!
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96. I must do
as designed parameters dictate.
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97. Scarab!
Your attack is ineffective.
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98. - Analyze this containment field.
- Analysis already complete.
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99. Field displays energy signature
consistent with the alien cooperative.
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100. Cooperative technology
draws power from kinetic energy.
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101. The scarab's physical attack
is strengthening the force bubble.
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102. It should know this!
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103. Scarab! Do you have the means
to effectively circumvent this tech?
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104. - I do. A side attack would...
- Don't explain! Do it.
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105. I've reinforced Rocket's
force bubble with my magics.
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106. Blue's not going anywhere.
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107. Ha! Don't you get it,
extraterrestre?
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108. Impulse and Batgirl were decoys.
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109. A distraction from Rocket
and Zatanna's real attack!
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110. I guess some first kills
are harder than others.
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111. Scarab! Proceed
with countermeasures.
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112. There are no known
countermeasures
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113. against this specific combination
of magic and cooperative technology.
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114. This goes well.
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115. This isn't going well.
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116. I'm sorry.
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117. You're sorry?
I'm the one getting dumped.
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118. La'gaan,
try to understand.
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119. All those weeks in captivity
gave me time to think;
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120. To... to gain clarity.
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121. I know now,
I haven't been fair to you.
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122. Shouldn't I get
to decide that?
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123. You don't see it yet.
But the hard truth is,
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124. we only got together because you
made me feel better about myself.
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125. And that's not a relationship.
It's selfishness.
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126. That's just how it started,
Angel fish.
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127. What matters
is what it might become.
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128. Except we'll never be anymore to each
other than what we are right now.
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129. Neptune's beard!
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130. - This is about Connor, isn't it?
- No. It isn't about him.
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131. Or you. This is about me.
I can't give you what you want...
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132. To be something other
than my rebound guy.
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133. And you deserve more than that.
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134. You're right, M'gann. I do.
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135. Enjoy your advantage while you can.
The Reach track my every move.
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136. And when
we're through with you,
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137. there won't be enough left
for a DNA identification.
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138. Nice death threat! Could it get
any more technical and dull?
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139. Why are they not en route
to one of their headquarters?
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140. We need to find out
where they're taking him!
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141. Tell me our destination.
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142. And I'll make
your deaths painless.
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143. Oh, yeah, that scared 'em.
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144. What do they hope
to find here?
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145. Insufficient data.
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146. We've got company!
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147. And I'm otherwise occupied
maintaining this bubble around Blue.
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148. Chillax, Rock'. We're prepped
for Queen Bee's tin soldiers.
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149. - Hey! I was going to do that.
- You can still knock 'em out.
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150. Oh, yeah! Crash!
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151. Hey, hey, hey, let go!
Let go!
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152. Rocket! The force bubble!
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153. Holding!
But I'm a sitting duck here!
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154. You were fools to bring us here.
Queen Bee is our ally,
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155. and her minions
will destroy you.
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156. If only these bubbles
were soundproof.
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157. We don't have time for this.
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158. Girlfriend,
someday you have to tell me
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159. how you figure out
those backwards words so fast.
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160. Maybe backwards
is my native tongue.
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161. - Seriously?
- Come on, let's get to work.
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162. Here.
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163. You, uh, sure you've got
the power for this?
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164. Me? No.
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165. But I'll summon it
from those who do.
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166. Man! I wish I could ask
what's going on.
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167. They doubtless plan
to destroy Blue Beetle.
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168. Ending you and this scarab
in the process.
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169. Hermano, if that's your only
takeaway from our time together,
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170. you haven't learned a thing!
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171. I do not like the implications
of that scarab imagery.
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172. We still know nothing of what
put this scarab off-mode for 4,000 years.
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173. You worry too much.
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174. They all die now!
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175. Guys, this is all on you!
I still got my own Beetle to hold.
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176. And Z's smacked in the middle
of her mystic trance.
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177. Oh, great. Not like our tushes haven't
been kicked by one Beetle already.
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178. But this Beetle comes with his own
personal kryptonite. Go!
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179. Gone!
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180. Ha! Crash.
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181. Those Martians really can't
take the heat.
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182. No, but stay alert.
He has other skills to compensate.
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183. You can thank us later.
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184. Green Beetle is outnumbered. You must
summon Black Beetle immediately.
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185. Black Beetle cannot leave his post
guarding the Warworld's Key Chamber.
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186. Nor do I require his help.
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187. Uh, Z,
we're on the clock, here.
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188. Wicked!
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189. Fools! You will all die!
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190. No!
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191. Beetles Blue and Green are off-mode.
We've lost both!
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192. Why didn't you listen?
I warned you!
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193. Say one... More... Word.
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194. - Ahh.
- Zatanna, you OK? Did it work?
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195. Or are we back to square one?
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196. - Who controls the Beetles?
- Well, let's find out.
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197. It worked. Jaime and B'arzz O'oomm
are back in control of their own bodies.
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198. It's true. I can feel it!
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199. I'm free of the Reach.
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200. For real this time.
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201. You're 100% sure? Because
we've been through this before.
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202. I am certain of it.
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203. Reading no external signals
since Zatanna worked her mojo.
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204. Neither Beetle is in contact
with the Reach.
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205. Hey, hey, hey, hermano!
Congrats!
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206. Thank you.
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207. - Congratulations, Jaime Reyes.
- Oh, right. Like you're happy about this.
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208. I am! I swear!
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209. If this mistrust is your only
takeaway from our time together,
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210. you haven't learned a thing.
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211. This scarab far prefers our partnership
to being slaves to the Reach.
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212. - You know, I believe you.
- Of course you do. Up high.
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213. It has been so long...
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214. I had all but forgotten the sensation
of controlling my own body.
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215. My gratitude knows no bounds.
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216. Uh, that's great, but Queen Bee's goons
are waking up!
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217. Which means it's time to go.
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218. So spill. How did you know
how to cure us?
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219. That temple wasn't even
in the Reach's database.
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220. Bumblebee and I first came across it
months ago, on another mission.
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221. I couldn't help noticing
the Blue Scarab imagery,
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222. and recorded a holographic file
of the symbols in hieroglyphics.
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223. Dr. Fate was able to translate the glyphs,
which revealed a mystic ceremony
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224. the ancients had used to cleanse
the scarab of Reach control.
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225. That's why my scarab
was off-mode when I found it.
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226. I had been cleansed upon landing
on Earth 4,000 years ago.
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227. Because the ritual
used magic of human origin,
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228. Fate, a lord of order,
could not perform it.
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229. So he prepped me instead.
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230. Meanwhile, Batgirl
and I got with the hacking.
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231. Starting with the computer files of the
previous Blue Beetle, the late Ted Kord.
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232. Ted's files revealed that
an archaeologist named Dan Garrett
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233. first discovered both the temple
and the scarab in 1939.
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234. It fused with him
the way it fused with you,
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235. but Dan assumed it was some kind
of mystic artifact,
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236. and he used it to become the first
Blue Beetle of modern times.
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237. When Dan passed away, he left
the scarab to his protege, Ted Kord.
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238. But Kord quickly realized
the scarab was alien technology.
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239. Since he wasn't about to let
an alien device fuse to his spine,
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240. he locked the scarab away.
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241. But Garrett still inspired Ted
to become the second Blue Beetle,
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242. even with no superpowers.
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243. Ah, I hear those are optional.
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244. Anyway, Ted suspected
the Light wanted the scarab back in play.
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245. He tried to stop them from stealing it,
and paid the ultimate price.
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246. That's where you came in.
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247. Guess I wasn't exactly what
the Light or Reach had in mind.
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248. But why keep all this from me?
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249. Because it took months
for me to learn the ritual.
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250. And not to mention, configure
the ancient Bialyian incantations
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251. to work in concert
with my magic.
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252. And you couldn't risk
letting the Reach know
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253. the temple existed
until you were ready.
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254. You managed to keep
your mouth shut? You?
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255. Hey, making sure you stayed a hero was
the main reason I came back to the past.
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256. So I was motivated to take my mouth
off-mode. Don't you get used to it, now.
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257. Great news, Team.
Nightwing, out.
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258. What's great news?
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259. The Team freed Blue Beetle
and Green Beetle from Reach control.
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260. Terrific. You need me,
I'm watching TV.
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261. Um, is Connor around?
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262. He said something about
going out with Wendy Harris.
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263. Oh. Right...
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264. I realize my order to throw
the fight against the children
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265. was disappointing,
and you have my sympathies.
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266. But it was a necessary evil.
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267. Now the Light's plans for
the Reach, the League and the Team
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