1. On the Engager,
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2. if Clamulons capture our crew mates,
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3. we move heaven and earth to find them.
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4. But this year alone,
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5. over 16,000 child and teen abductions
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6. have been reported worldwide
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7. due to the illegal trafficking
of meta-humans.
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8. Please, watch over your children,
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9. and if you see something,
scream something.
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10. Welcome back.
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11. We return you live to the United
Nations Meta-human Summit.
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12. Inside, Justice League liaison Catherine
Cobert is completing her address
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13. to the General Assembly.
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14. And so, as a result
of increasing restrictions
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15. placed upon its United Nations charter,
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16. the Justice League regrets to announce
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17. the resignation, in protest
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18. of the following members.
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19. Batman,
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20. Batwoman,
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21. Black Lightning, Green Arrow,
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22. Hardware, Katana,
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23. and Plastic Man.
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24. Thank you, Miss Cobert.
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25. It goes without saying
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26. that the independent nations
of the world
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27. are deeply disappointed that some
Leaguers don't seem to believe
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28. in the values their League
claims to represent.
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29. Blaming the Justice League
or its members is laughable.
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30. The ridiculous quantity
of conditions, exclusions,
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31. limitations and stipulations
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32. that this body has added
to the League's charter
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33. over Atlantean protest
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34. have made it impossible for
the League to do its job.
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35. Even humanitarian missions
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36. cannot begin without the unanimous
approval of the Security Council.
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37. These policies are costing lives.
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38. Of course, the Atlantean
ambassador supports the League.
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39. It's led by an Atlantean
and a Themysciran.
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40. But why has no Bialyan
hero been invited to join?
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41. When Bialya produces a hero
who isn't a wanted criminal,
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42. perhaps the League will
consider her or his candidacy.
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43. That statement is an
outrageous exaggeration.
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44. Meaning it is largely accurate.
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45. Ladies and gentlemen,
the true heroes of this world
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46. will do what they must to save lives,
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47. help people, and capture criminals.
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48. Regulations or no.
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49. Then they are not heroes,
but vigilantes.
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50. Ambassadors, please.
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51. Please, order.
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52. The chair recognizes
Ambassador Baazovi of Markovia.
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53. Allow me to make this perfectly clear.
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54. Without prior written
permission from the government,
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55. Markovia categorically forbids
entry to any vigilantes
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56. or so-called heroes.
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57. Listen up.
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58. Bedlam is one of the most
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59. notorious meta-human trafficking
syndicates on the planet.
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60. We now have Intel that Bedlam's
main base of operations
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61. is in Markovia.
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62. Artemis and I will fly commercially from
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63. Vladiva to Markovia
under false passports.
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64. I suspect that whomever's behind Bedlam
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65. was most likely behind the
assassination of the king and queen,
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66. who had made it their mission to
end meta trafficking in Markovia.
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67. Bedlam may even be connected
to the royal family,
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68. which would explain how the assassins
managed to get past heavy security
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69. and into the palace.
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70. So, while Conner and Jeff
fly the supercycle
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71. under the radar and over
the border with all our gear,
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72. Artemis and I will scope out the
major players using hacked invitations
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73. to Prince Gregor's
pre-coronation reception.
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74. Not exactly a wild crowd.
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75. Hard to feel the aster when both
your parents have just been murdered.
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76. Trust me.
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77. Do you really think the two princes
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78. could have had something to do
with their own parents' deaths?
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79. I hope not.
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80. But we shouldn't make assumptions.
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81. Honestly, though, there are
more promising suspects here.
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82. That's Dr. Simon Ecks,
a world-renowned geneticist,
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83. who, for some reason,
has taken a low-paying job
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84. at the Markovian children's hospital.
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85. Maybe he just likes kids.
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86. Yeah, you're probably right.
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87. Really? I was kinda joking.
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88. I mean...
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89. Maybe he just likes to abduct kids
and turn them into meta-humans.
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90. The fatality rate at that
hospital is way above the norm.
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91. What about the woman with him?
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92. Dr. Helga Jace.
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93. Personal physician of the royal family.
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94. There's no indication she has
the training for meta work,
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95. but you never know.
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96. That's Baron Frederick Delamb,
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97. the late queen's brother.
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98. Tomorrow, when Gregor's crowned king
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99. uncle Freddy becomes regent
until Gregor turns 18.
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100. There's motive, for either of them.
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101. Or both.
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102. Good evening.
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103. Less than 24 hours ago,
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104. our own King Victor and my
beloved sister, Queen Elona,
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105. were ruthlessly assassinated.
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106. But tomorrow, we crown their first-born,
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107. my nephew, Gregor, as our new king.
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108. Heh. Prince Brion's clearly
not with the program.
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109. Noted, but Ecks is still
our lead suspect.
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110. Nightwing, we made the drop as planned.
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111. Your gear's in the Northwest corner
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112. of the Markovian National Cemetery.
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113. We'll head over to the
children's hospital
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114. to check out its anomalous power usage.
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115. Roger that, Lightning. Good luck.
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116. Prince Brion?
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117. Doctor, you recall
our last conversation?
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118. I do.
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119. But this path, this quest to
activate your own metagene.
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120. Is it really wise, Brion?
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121. Perhaps your safest course
is to simply step aside
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122. and place your faith
in Gregor and your uncle.
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123. The safe course has brought
us to this crossroads.
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124. Sister missing, parents dead.
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125. Something daring must be done
if I am to save Markovia.
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126. If you're truly certain,
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127. the man to speak to is Dr. Simon Ecks.
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128. I've talked to him.
He's expecting your signal.
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129. Thank you, Doctor.
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130. That's exactly what I needed.
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131. Targets are scrambling.
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132. I'll follow Ecks and the
prince, you get our gear.
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133. Right. I'll catch up ASAP.
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134. Wait here, girl.
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135. It's wired to the alarm.
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136. Bypassed.
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137. Anything?
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138. Oh, yeah. They're using
a lot of juice. This way.
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139. This is the morgue.
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140. You okay?
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141. Okay walking into the morgue
of a children's hospital?
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142. No, I don't wanna see anymore dead kids.
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143. Come on.
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144. No bodies, which is good.
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145. So, this is the place
using too much power?
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146. No, whatever's behind
this secret door is.
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147. Can you open it?
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148. Not sure. Sensing power is one thing.
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149. Generating it, that hasn't
worked for me since Rann.
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150. Hmm.
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151. Huh.
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152. Bedlam Central?
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153. Odds are good.
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154. Camera bug's in place.
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155. Nightwing, are you getting a signal?
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156. Nightwing, come in.
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157. Tigress, do you read?
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158. Place is shielded.
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159. Uh, did you just growl?
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160. This place reminds me of Project Cadmus.
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161. And not in a fun way.
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162. Oh, no.
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163. This is... Was the motherbox.
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164. A sentient living computer
from New Genesis.
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165. Whoever took this one apart murdered it.
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166. Uh, I'm sorry.
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167. I hear four heartbeats,
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168. so, at least, they're alive.
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169. I think we got all the
confirmation we need.
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170. Let's get these kids out of here.
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171. Let's not.
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172. Vertigo.
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173. That's Count Vertigo to you, peasant.
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174. Plasmus, come.
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175. Stun Vertigo or that creature.
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176. No, no. It cannot be dead.
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177. Now!
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178. I... Can't.
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179. A meta-human.
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180. Did not see that coming.
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181. Otto, fetch.
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182. Or, you know, just kill them.
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183. Cover them up.
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184. What was that?
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185. Holy...
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186. Shovel faster.
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187. What are you doing?
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188. Whoa.
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189. Come on, let's get you out of there.
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190. Whoa.
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191. Okay. Not bad for a dead girl.
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192. Get your weapons out of the truck.
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193. We can't let them get away.
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194. Time to go. And that is not
a bicycle built for two.
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195. What happened back there?
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196. What's your name?
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197. Why were they burying you alive?
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198. Good, good talk.
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199. Keep after them!
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200. Seer, I need extraction.
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201. Track my signal.
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202. Why are you driving like a mad man?
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203. Simply making sure we're not
being followed, Your Highness.
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204. Don't call me that.
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205. In Markovia, only the king
and the crowned prince
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206. are addressed as "Your Highness".
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207. Apologies, Prince Brion.
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208. In any case, it appears, as they say,
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209. that the coast is clear.
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210. Amateurs.
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211. Tigress, looks like Ecks and Brion are
headed for the children's hospital.
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212. ETA?
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213. Running a little late.
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214. And I'm, uh, bringing a friend.
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215. - What?
- Long story.
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216. Hmm.
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217. At least you two are getting along.
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218. Lightning, SP,
you've got company incoming.
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219. Repeat, Nightwing to Lightning.
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220. Nightwing to...
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221. read.
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222. Nightwing, come in.
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223. Signal is weak. Do you read?
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224. Okay, so at least we know
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225. Vertigo's running Bedlam, right?
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226. Yeah, great.
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227. Now, all we have to do
is live to tell someone.
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228. Go. I'll be right behind you.
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229. Jeff!
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230. SB, Lightning, do you copy?
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231. Tigress, re-route
to Lightning's coordinates.
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232. Roger that.
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233. Can you speak?
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234. What's your name?
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235. Name?
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236. Name, yes.
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237. Do you understand? Do you speak English?
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238. English, yes.
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239. I remember English.
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240. I understand.
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241. Do you remember anything, anything
at all, from before I found you?
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242. No, nothing.
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243. I am sorry.
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244. Oh, it's okay.
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245. It will be okay.
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246. Okay.
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247. Jeff.
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248. Jeff. Jefferson.
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249. Nightwing, we found Lightning.
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250. He's breathing, but out of it.
No sign of SB.
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251. Lightning.
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252. What happened? Where's SB?
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253. It got him.
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254. Thank you, Otto.
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255. And he's still alive.
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256. That is impressive.
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257. I cannot recall anyone else ever
surviving the touch of Plasmus.
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258. I wonder.
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259. Ah, well, of course.
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260. The Superboy.
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261. I believe the United Nations would find
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262. your presence here quite interesting.
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263. But for now, let's put
him in the subject room.
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264. I must say it's grand that a
prince of the blood is interested
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265. in exploring his metagene potential.
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266. Why have you brought me
to a morgue, Doctor,
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267. in a children's hospital?
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268. Patience, young prince.
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269. As with the metagene,
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270. it's not what you see on the surface.
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271. It's what lies beneath.
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272. What? What are those?
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273. Those are the metamorphosis pods.
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274. I like to think of them as cocoons,
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275. - where caterpillars go to...
- Die?
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276. I was going to say to
become butterflies.
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277. But the process can
be a bit hit-or-miss.
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278. You're traffickers.
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279. Stealing sick children
from a children's hospital.
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280. They're not all sick.
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281. How many children have you taken?
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282. How many have you murdered?
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283. You're upset, I understand.
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284. - But allow me to explain...
- Enough!
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285. I want no part of this.
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286. I was a fool to come here.
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287. Gregor and I will...
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288. Do you really know how
your brother would react?
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289. More people are fine with this
sort of thing than you'd imagine.
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290. Sedate him.
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291. Stop. I order you to...
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292. What have you done?
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293. - I thought...
- You thought?
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294. You'd expose our operation
to the royal family.
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295. Drag him in here.
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296. I'm a doctor, not a pack mule.
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297. You're an idiot who put our
entire syndicate in jeopardy.
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298. So first, you'll pod the prince.
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299. And then, you may attempt
to talk me out of killing you.
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300. The meta-human.
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301. I mean, well, Vertigo
called it... him Plasmus.
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302. Just take it slow, please.
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303. What did this Plasmus do?
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304. Where is SB?
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305. I think Plasmus must've grabbed SB
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306. just as I jumped on the spillway.
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307. Under orders from Vertigo?
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308. Yeah.
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309. So Count Vertigo runs Bedlam.
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310. And Ecks works for Vertigo.
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311. Fine, we'll take 'em both down.
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312. But our first priority is SB.
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313. I'm going in through the hospital.
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314. Tigress, Lightning, head back
to Bedlam via the source.
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315. Roger that.
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316. I was following orders.
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317. I'll confirm that, believe me.
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318. Meanwhile, do nothing until I return.
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319. Understand?
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320. - Nothing.
- Nothing.
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321. Understood.
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322. Dr. Jace, how long were you in there?
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323. Did you hear?
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324. I think there may have been
some confusion about our orders.
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325. Wait, no. What are you doing?
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326. No, stop. Vertigo just said...
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327. Calm down, Simon. I know what I'm doing.
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328. Count Vertigo, sir.
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329. And she?
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330. Problems with the failed subjects.
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331. One of the girls, she...
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332. She kinda came back to life
as we were burying her.
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333. Full meta.
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334. And you let her get away.
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335. She had help.
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336. A woman in combat gear.
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337. And the dead girl, she made some
kind of shield out of light.
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338. Another unwelcome development.
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339. First, the Superboy
and his escaped companion,
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340. then, Ecks and his new subject.
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341. And now, these two women.
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342. Go, lock down the complex.
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343. Excuse the interruption, Your Highness,
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344. but we've had an incident or three.
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345. I fear our operation may have been...
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346. compromised.
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347. What's going on?
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348. Stop this.
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349. Let me out!
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350. Dr. Jace, help me. Please!
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351. Don't worry, my child.
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352. It is all for the best.
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