- After Superman requests a meeting with Conner, the Titans travel to Metropolis for exclusive access to S.T.A.R. Labs. But when unexpected complications arise, including the re-emergence of Lex Luthor, Conner faces a tough decision.
- Connor and the Titans come to Metropolis so Connor can see his "father", Superman. Superman is off-planet on a mission, and Lex Luthor invites Connor to a meeting. Meanwhile, Gar, Rachel, and a shopkeeper named Sebastian all have strange visions and seizures.—Gislef
- At a bowling alley, Kory put music on the jukebox while her teammates bowl. Dick and Kory talk, and he comments that she seems different. She says that she feels like her life is her own again, and Dick tells her that he's just glad they're all together. Bruce calls Dick and Dick steps aside to take the call, while Gar transforms one arm into a tentacle to roll a strike. Tim get a check-in call from his father, and Dick comes back and tells the team that Bruce has made some calls and set up a meeting between Connor and his "dad", Superman, and Superman wants to meet Connor. They're going to meet at STAR Labs, and Brue said there might be some surprises.
Lex Luthor and his entourage arrive at a compound and go inside. Ms. Bennett and her assistant are waiting for him, and Bennett introduces Lex to the Temple of Azarath. She says that when the ritual is done, Lex's power will be greater than anyone else on Earth, including Superman's. Lex tells Bennett that she's dismissed now that she has completed her work, and she'll be paid in full but will never speak of what they've done. Bennett objects, saying that there's much for the world to learn, and Lex tells her that the world will never learn. Bennett warns Lex that the power comes at a cost, and someone will have to pay.
In a taxidermy shop, Sebastian is rehearsing a presentation, of how he has invented something that will give millions of people happiness and contentment.
A couple are watching a show on TV and eating takeout, and the woman's takeout container fills with blood. The man freezes, and a robed figure in a bird mask appears behind the woman and cuts her throat.
At the bowling alley, Rachel knocks over her shake and blood flows out of the glass.
Blood pours out of the eyes and mouth of the stuffed fox Sebastian is working on. Gar asks Rachel if there's a problem, and the blood turns into a shake. She says that it's nothing and goes with her teammates.
The next day in Metropolis, the Titans RV arrives at STAR Labs and Connor pauses to admire the statue of Superman outside. Once he's ready, the team goes in and Bernard Fitzmartin, the Director of Special Projects, greets them. He introduces the rest of his team and they go off with Dr. Espenson. Fitzmartin has Dick and Connor hang back, and tells Connor that Superman was called off on an off-planet mission. Superman did leave Connor a letter, saying that he wants to meet with Connor when he gets back and should follow Bernard until then.
Connor and Dick join the others, and the STAR scientists provide Gar with a wristband. When he activates it, he finds himself in a barren wasteland in a new costume, facing a tree with skulls hanging from the branches. When he comes out of his vision, Gar finds the lab in ruins and his teammates tell him that Gar changed into different animals and tore up the lab. Bernard says that Gar's alpha waves fluctuated slightly, and they'll check the suit for anomalies before he leaves. The scientist tells Connor that it's time and leads him and Dick off.
The trio go to a lab and Bernard explains that it's dedicated to studying Superman and his abilities. They put on glasses Bernard provides, which show stellar systems and Superman flying to one of them on his mission.
Espenson takes Kory and Rachel to a lab, and has Kory blast a crystal, destroying it. The scientist tells Kory that she's only using 8% of her total energy. Meanwhile, Fitzmartin gives Tim an extendable bo staff that Dick had them design. Dick tells Tim that he'll start reaching him, and Bernard takes the team outside to show them that they've retrofitted their RV lab with a second car inside that Bruce Wayne provided.
The team drive out of town in their RV, and the power in the vehicle goes out. Connor clutches at his head in pain, as Lex Luthor sends an ultrasonic greeting, and invites Connor to LexCorp tower that night. The power comes back up and Connor tells the others that they have to go back to Metropolis. They pull over so Connor, Dick, and Kory can talk outside. Connor says that he isn't afraid of Lex, and Dick tells him that he should be. However, Dick admits that Connor deserves to know both of his parents. Kory figures they should figure out what Lex wants beforehand.
Lex is having dinner in his penthouse. Kory breaks in and fights Lex's security guards, and he ignores them and continues eating. Once the Titan has won, she introduces herself to Lex. He talks about Komand'r and how she's now the rules on Tamaran, and Kory says that it's for the best. Nightwing and Tim are listening in as Lex shows Kory around
Connor, Gar, and Rachel go to the Daily Planet archives, and Jim shows them around. He takes them to the Luthor section, and Connor figures they can use the information to determine what Lex is planning. Jim asks them to narrow down what they're looking for because they have a lot on him, and they focus on "philanthropy". As Jim pulls a box and they go to his office, Rachel hangs behind, hears something, and goes to investigate.
At LexCorp, Kory looks at a large painting. Lex offers her a drink she releases a miniature drone so it can put a chip in Lex's computer USB port so Nightwing can check out the computer. She asks Lex why he wants to meet with Connor, and tells him that he might have a desire but not a right. Lex says that he wants Connor to stay with him, and Kory tells him that's never going to happen. He says that it's Connor's decision, and Connor doesn't know what he truly is. Lex wants to give Connor the benefit of his knowledge and guidance, and one day take over as President of LexCorp. Kory says that Lex wants to own the thing he created, and insists that Connor has compassion, empathy, and moral intelligence, and that makes him stronger than Lex. Lex looks through a telescope and spots Nightwing, and addresses him via the bugs. He sends three ninja to attack Nightwing and Tim, and Nightwing takes them on. He takes out the first three, and three more attack him.
Nightwing fights them and Tim runs to help him, using his bo staff. His partner takes out his opponent and Lex, watching, says that he only asks for six months and if they know Connor's answer, they shouldn't mind relaying his offer. Lex says that he expects an answer by that night. Nightwing and Tim leave as they hear police sirens in the distance.
Steve brings up stories on Lex's recent philanthropy, and Gar notices that Rachel is gone. Rachel is walking through the archives, and the lights flicker. She pulls out a box, and the lights go out and she finds a box on the floor behind her. Blood pours out of it, and Gar comes up behind her, startling her. The box disappears, and Rachel says that she thinks something terrible is about to happen and they shouldn't have come to Metropolis.
Connor notices a man in all of the photos, and wonders why Lex suddenly has a charitable foundation. Dick and Kory come in, and Dick says that Lex has six months to live. Kory tells Connor that Lex wants Connor to stay with him and learn how to run LexCorp, and Dick admits that they learned it from hacking into Lex's computer. The man in the photos is Arthur Holmwood, the world's leading expert in kryptonite poisoning. Lex was diagnosed with poisoning two years ago and there's no cure. Connor is Lex's closest genetic match, and he figures he can use Connor's body to help him fight the poisoning. When Connor says that he doesn't see the problem with providing a blood transfusion, Dick talks to him privately and tells him that Lex is most dangerous when he's dying. He advises Connor to stay away from Lex, buy Connor figures that he needs to find out for himself. Connor figures that Lex owes him answers even if that's not why Lex created him. Dick warns that if Connor leaves the team, it will hurt them. Connor knows but figures he has to do it.
That night in the RV, Kory tells Dick that she knows Connor has to do it but Lex only destroys things. Dick points out that it's Connor's choice, and hopes Connor made the right one.
That night, Connor arrives at the penthouse and meets with Lex. Lex asks him how it was meeting with Superman, and Connor admits that he didn't meet with his other "father". Connor says that he doesn't care why Lex invited him there, and he's there because of what he wants. He says that he doesn't consider Lex his father, and asks if he's dying. Lex says that he already tried using Connor as a cure, and has an ample supply of the genetic material used to create Connor. The cure didn't work, and Lex apologizes for creating Connor partially in his image, because of people found out, they would hate him if he made one mistake. He says that he's the only person in the world who will never judge Connor for being what he is, and Connor asks why Lex created him.
Lex invites Connor sit, and then tells him that he created Connor to see his dream of becoming Superman come true. He set out to create his dream of becoming Superman by having a son, and he wanted to give Connor his thoughts, Lex wants Connor to know him, and choose for himself who he'll be. He then asks Connor if he'll stay and Connor says that he will. Satisfied, Lex shows Connor a journal of a project he's been working on, with pictures of bird skulls and mystic writing. Lex says that his partners may have darker ideas than he does and may need Connor's help.
Working in his shop cleaning the floor, Sebastian starts coughing. He staggers to the bathroom to take some pills, and his reflection looks at him and smiles.
Before he can finish, Lex starts coughing up blood.
Rachel, Tim, and Gar are in the RV eating pizza. Dick pulls over as Rachel starts screaming and writhing.
A large serpent emerges from Lex and hisses at Connor. Connor grabs it and he reduces it to ash with his heat vision.
Rachel stops screaming, and has no memory of what she was doing.
Sebastian backs away from the mirror, clutching at his head.
Connor kneels over Lex, who sis dead. Guards burst in with drawn guns and tell Connor to raise his hands. Glaring at them, Connor does.
On the street below, Bennett looks up at the penthouse and smiles. She says to herself that someone always pays.
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