Krypton (TV Series)

Civil Wars (2018)

Cameron Cuffe: Seg-El

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• Adam Strange : Seg, I know how this sounds, but please. This is a key moment in history. Things need to unfold the way that they originally did. Okay, any changes could set off history in some new and crazy way, and something huge, like stopping Brainiac, that could ruin everything.

  Seg-El : By everything, you mean my grandson. Your obsession. Tell me, how is it that my world goes extinct, but he ends up on yours?

  Adam Strange : He was sent off just before this planet explodes. That's why he's called the Last Son of Krypton. I don't have all the answers here. I admit it. I guess if... if Brainiac doesn't take Kandor, if Krypton doesn't explode, then anything can happen. And maybe Kal-El will exist. Maybe he won't. But what I do know is that is a risk we cannot afford to take.

  General Zod : One might argue that millions of lives on Krypton are more important than one immature survivor on Earth.

  Adam Strange : And one might argue how many times Superman saves the universe, if you want to count numbers.

  Seg-El : Forget the numbers! I care about my world. My friends. What's the point of any of it? Or making the world a better place? Of having children? Of protecting our loved ones? If it all just ends in fire and death? Everything that we are. Everything we've built. You're asking me to sacrifice all of it. For an idea. An abstraction. A future if.

• Seg-El : What was he telling you?

  Lyta-Zod : Apparently, one day, I wake up to find I've turned into my mother.

  Seg-El : Well, it seems I have a grandson who's decisions are morally dubious, so there's that.

  Lyta-Zod : Can't help but worry, though.

  Seg-El : Our future?

  Lyta-Zod : I have a son who recognizes me as his mother, but only knows you as the father of his best friend. I suppose I thought... Now that you're Guilded, maybe there'd be a way. I still want to believe we have a future.

  Seg-El : Let's stick with today. We already know the future is confusing.

• General Zod : According to the archive, we find that symbol, we find the weapon.

  Lyta-Zod : It looks like a house sigil.

  General Zod : It doesn't match any house currently on Krypton.

  [Seg takes it back] 

  General Zod : You recognize it. All you have to do is take me there.

  Adam Strange : Seg, you can't...

  Seg-El : Shut up. You'll have your turn. The people who live down here, the Cythonnites. This weapon is what they're sworn to protect, isn't it?

  General Zod : Yes, and they will guard it with their lives. Because that is how powerful it is. Which is why we need it.

• Adam Strange : This sorry bastard has traveled back through time to get here. I don't know how, but it's not hard to see why. He's obviously working with Braniac to destroy Krypton.

  General Zod : Why would I destroy our world? I'm here to save Krypton.

  Adam Strange : Oh, so it's just a coincidence you're here the same time as Brainiac?

  General Zod : Of course not. History tells us this when that creature ripped Kandor City away from the planet and made it part of his collection. I'm here to prevent that tragedy.

  Seg-El : I'm confused, you're saying that Brainiac isn't from the future?

  General Zod : That's exactly what I'm saying. Brainiac didn't travel through time to launch his attack. This is what he's always done.

  Adam Strange : No, that... That can't be right.

  General Zod : It's elementary Kryptonian history. The beginning of the end for our civilization. Brainiac takes Kandor City, which destabilizes Krypton's core. Causing the planet to explode in 200 years.

  Seg-El : The planet explodes in 200 years? That, that, that's insane.

• Adam Strange : You guys can't be seriously by giving this whackjob a weapon of mass destruction. Seg. I'm sorry. Really, I am. I know I should have told you before, but what was I supposed to say? Hey, man, let's go get a drink. By the way your world's gonna explode. Why even lay that burden on you?

  Seg-El : Wouldn't you want to know?

  Adam Strange : All right. I didn't tell because it was hard. It's not a conversation anyone wants to have. Look, I don't, I don't know. Maybe Zod's lying. Maybe... Maybe I was wrong. All I knew that Superman's enemy was going back to change the timeline, which means your grandson would never be born.

  Seg-El : So you're telling me you didn't even hear the full story, but you came to me, so sure of yours...

  Adam Strange : I had to. I couldn't just stand around and do nothing if it meant no Superman.

  Lyta-Zod : Regardless of what you got wrong, Brainiac is still coming. We all can agree on that. We all want to stop him, so why don't we all work together?

  Adam Strange : Because, if the warning I recieved wasn't about Brainiac it must've been about Zod. And if we're to preserve the timeline, then we have to step back and let... Let Brainiac take Kandor.

• Adam Strange : Don't listen to a god damn word this asshole says, Seg.

  Seg-El : You know him?

  Adam Strange : I know who he is. In my time, we all know who he is.

  [keeping his weapon trained on Zod as he stands up] 

  Adam Strange : Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah. General Zod. This son of a bitch is Superman's greatest enemy. So trust me on this, we need to kill him now.

• Seg-El : You said you're here to stop Brainac, that you've studied him. Let's hear the plan.

  General Zod : Firstly, you have to understand that Brainiac is virtually immortal. Existing for thousands of years. He possesses the intellectual plunder of countless advanced civilizations. He's far beyond us. And as history has proven, Krypton's current weapons are useless against him.

  Lyta-Zod : Yet here you are. And we still haven't heard a plan yet, General.

  Adam Strange : That's because he doesn't have one. On account of he's full of shit.

• General Zod : When Brainiac took Kandor, both our families made it out. They made their way to Kryptonopolis. In that city's ancient archives, I learned of the location of a hidden weapon. A pre-cataclysm instrument of violence so powerful, it would give even Brainiac pause.

  Seg-El : That's why your base is down here?

  General Zod : I've been searching these catacombs for months. With only one clue.

  [indicating his coat] 

  General Zod : Inside pocket.

  Adam Strange : Don't come crying to me if he's hiding some kind of freaky-ass space spider in there that bites your hand off. Just saying.

• Adam Strange : Seg, I'm sorry. Really, I am. I know I should have told you before, but what was I supposed to say? "Hey, man, let's go get a drink. By the way, your world's gonna explode." Why even lay that burden on you?

  Seg-El : Wouldn't you want to know?

  Adam Strange : All right. I didn't tell you because it was hard. It's not a conversation anyone wants to have. Look, I don't... I don't know. Maybe Zod's lying. Maybe... maybe I was wrong. All I knew was Superman's enemy was going back to change the timeline, which means that your grandson would never be born.

  Seg-El : So you're telling me you didn't even hear the full story, but you came to me, so sure of yours...

  Adam Strange : I had to! I couldn't just stand around and do nothing if it meant no Superman.

  Lyta-Zod : Regardless of what you got wrong, Brainiac is still coming. We can all agree on that. We all want to stop him, so why don't we work together?

  Adam Strange : Because if the warning I received wasn't about Brainiac, it must have been about Zod. And if we're to preserve the timeline, maybe we have to step back and let... let Brainac take Kandor.

• General Zod : There has to be a way in. I know if we work together, we can find it.

  Seg-El : [noticing something]  I think you might be more right than you realize. I can't believe I didn't see it before. Doesn't that symbol look familiar to you? It's the El and Zod sigils superimposed on each other. I think our famiies put this vault here. Raika... Raika said that because I'm an El, I have the power to destroy everything.

  General Zod : And the power to open the vault.