- Clark Kent: [on the phone] Look, Lois, I know you'd give your eyeteeth for this assignment, but *someone* had to cover that sanitations strike.
- [holding the phone away from his ear during a loud response]
- Clark Kent: Don't blame me; talk to Perry!
- Hawkgirl: After this, let's go to that Chinese place by your apartment.
- Green Lantern: Fine. But this time, no eel-legs.
- Hawkgirl: Lightweight.
- John Stewart: [pointing his ring at Shayera] Whose side are you really on?
- Shayera Hol: Don't you know?
- [Lantern hesitates, then lowers his ring. Shayera hits him with her mace]
- Shayera Hol: I'm sorry, John.
- Wonder Woman: [Batman is examining one of the dead Gordanians of the ship that the Thanagarians shot down] What exactly are you trying to prove here?
- Batman: Think about it. A single ship attacks a major city, then the Thanagarian armada coincidentally shows up to save us. I don't believe in coincidence.
- [Takes a piece of an internal organ out of the Gordanian corpse and puts it on a glass slide and takes it to a microscope]
- Wonder Woman: So, how is this going to help? You don't know anything about Gordanian physiology.
- Batman: [Looks through the microscope] No, but I know a frozen liver when I see one.
- Wonder Woman: What?
- Batman: The crew of this ship was dead long before the Thanagarians shot them down. I think we've been set up.
- Batman: The most mysterious creatures in the universe.
- John Stewart: Sorry?
- Batman: Women. Don't be too hard on yourself. You didn't know she was spoken for.
- Green Lantern: All this time... why didn't you tell me?
- Hawkgirl: John, there were so many times I wanted to.
- Green Lantern: But?
- Hawkgirl: This was a military mission. I'd sworn an oath of secrecy, and I couldn't tell anyone. Sorry, but not even you. You're a soldier; I'd think you'd understand.
- Hro Talak: Friends, we are here on a mission of great urgency. Five years ago, we secretly sent an advance agent to Earth to learn more about your people and to study your defenses. That agent was Lieutenant Shayera Hol, better known to you as Hawkgirl.
- The Flash: You mean she's a spy? Cool!
- Green Lantern: She was spying on *us*.
- The Flash: Oh, yeah. Huh.
- Hro Talak: Unfortunately, she discovered that Earth's defenses are sorely lacking. With your limited technology, you are totally unprepared for what is about to come.
- [taking out a Thanagarian projector]
- Hro Talak: The greatest evil in the universe. Our mortal enemies, the Gordanians. For generations, we on Thanagar have been locked in a bloody war with these monsters. Across the cosmos, they have committed unspeakable atrocities, decimating world upon world. And now, they are coming here. This will be the fate of Earth unless you accept our help. I know you'll need to discuss this amongst yourselves, but be quick about it. We are your only hope of salvation.
- The Flash: I don't get what you see in that guy. I mean, sure he's big and strong and ridiculously good-looking, but so what? It doesn't make him some kind of hero.
- Hro Talak: [saving a baby goat from being bulldozed] Here. Look after this little one.
- The Flash: [Talak and Hawkgirl fly away] Fine. But I still don't like him.
- High Council Thanagarian: Commander Talak, what progress can you report?
- Hro Talak: We are on schedule, my lord. With the help of the humans, we should be operational within days.
- High Council Thanagarian: Not a moment too soon. As you see, the Gordanians have launched a new counter-offensive. They have sealed off our expeditionary forces, and their entire fleet is pressing toward Thanagar.
- Thanagarian Soldier: You there! How did you get in here?
- Batman: [in disguise] I'm sorry. I seem to have gotten separated from my group.
- Thanagarian Soldier: Don't move!
- [taking out a communicator]
- Thanagarian Soldier: Lieutenant, I found one of your visitors in the comm center.
- Lt. Kragger: Did he see anything?
- Thanagarian Soldier: I'm not sure.
- Lt. Kragger: Then don't take any chances. Lock him up.
- Thanagarian Soldier: Come with me.
- Batman: [knocking him backward] No, thanks.
- Radar Officer: General Wells, I'm picking up an unidentified bogey heading toward Washington. I've tried contacting it, but there's no response.
- General Wells: Scramble interceptors. I want visual confirmation.
- Green Lantern: Hey, there.
- Hawkgirl: Hey yourself. Aren't you supposed to be patrolling the north end?
- Green Lantern: I thought I saw trouble over here.
- Hawkgirl: There's no trouble.
- Green Lantern: Sure there is. And I'm looking right at it.
- Hawkgirl: [he kisses her cheek] You're bad.
- Green Lantern: You should know.
- Hawkgirl: And you should get back to work.
- Batman: Diana, I was right. The Gordanians are nowhere near Earth. The Thanagarians are... ahhhh!
- Wonder Woman: Batman, come in! Can you hear me?
- Lt. Kragger: [having knocked Batman out] Keep an eye on this one. Commander, our security has been breached.
- Hro Talak: I was hoping to avoid this. Deploy our contingency forces now.
- Lt. Kragger: By your command.
- J'onn J'onzz: This technology is amazing. How does it work?
- Hawkgirl: The circuits utilize Nth metal, an element with properties you couldn't begin to understand.
- J'onn J'onzz: Which properties wouldn't I understand? The hyperconductivity or the mason-graviton inversion?
- J'onn J'onzz: I know how painful it can be when two people who are so involved...
- The Flash: Who's involved? Wait. You and Hawkgirl? Get out!
- [seeing G.L.'s look]
- The Flash: Really?
- J'onn J'onzz: Imagine how hard this situation must be for her. She's been here, alone, on a strange planet, far from home. Who knows what she must have gone through?
- Green Lantern: Maybe you should have read her mind.
- J'onn J'onzz: Actually, it's strange, but I never could. In fact, I can't read any of their minds.
- Councillor: You saw what one Gordanian ship can do. What chance would we stand against an entire fleet?
- General Wells: But can we trust the Thanagarians? We don't know anything about them.
- Wonder Woman: We know they came here and risked their own lives to help us.
- General Wells: Like angels from heaven? Sorry, princess. I'm not buying it.
- Superman: It does seem almost too good to be true.
- Wonder Woman: But if Earth really is in danger, we can hardly afford to turn away help.
- The Flash: [nearby with G.L] I can't believe they're still discussing this. It's such a no-brainer, right?
- Hro Talak: Shayera. There you are.
- Hawkgirl: Hro.
- Hro Talak: Darling. At last.
- [G.L. is taken aback as they kiss]
- Hro Talak: Sorry. Hro Talak.
- Green Lantern: [shaking hands] John Stewart.
- Hro Talak: The Green Lantern. Shayera has told me so much about you.
- Green Lantern: Has she? And you two are...?
- Hawkgirl: Hro and I are promised to each other. It's like being engaged.
- Green Lantern: Congratulations. I'm sure you two must have a lot of catching up to do.
- Hro Talak: [watching him leave] I thought he'd be taller.
- Soldier: General Wells, the Hawkmen are attacking the Justice League. It's a double-cross!
- General Wells: Launch a full strike counterattack.
- Hawkgirl: Welcome to Earth, Commander.
- Hro Talak: Thank you, Lieutenant.
- Green Lantern: Care to tell us what exactly is going on here?
- Hawkgirl: This is Commander Hro Talak of Thanagar.
- Hro Talak: Save the introductions for later. I must meet with your world leaders. The fate of this planet may hang in the balance.
- Batman: The delegates from Kaznia are just arriving. Any sign of trouble?
- Wonder Woman: [surveilling the National Mall] Nothing here.
- The Flash: [outside the White House] Zilch. Not even a sleazy politician. Are you sure we need to be here?
- Batman: According to my sources, terrorists have targeted this international peace summit.
- The Flash: They would have to do it during the playoffs.
- J'onn J'onzz: What if these terrorists are already inside?
- Batman: I've got that covered.
- Green Lantern: Not exactly your garden-variety terrorists.
- Hawkgirl: It's a Gordanian class-7 cruiser!
- Green Lantern: A what?
- Hro Talak: Not exactly Thanagar's finest, but I tried to make it feel like home. Hungry?
- Hawkgirl: [he opens a tray of food] Alon's kidneys. Korschian oysters.
- Hro Talak: Don't you like them? I remembered they were your favorites.
- Hawkgirl: No. It was very thoughtful.
- [taking a bite]
- Hawkgirl: Mmm! Awesome.
- Hro Talak: [handing her a drink] And when was the last time you had this?
- Hawkgirl: Plume nectar! I remember we were on leave together on Aloria. How long ago was that?
- Hro Talak: Five years. Five long years. My Shayera.
- [they're interrupted by Kragger]
- Hro Talak: What is it?
- Lt. Kragger: Commander Talak.
- Hro Talak: Kragger! I left orders not to be interrupted.
- Lt. Kragger: I'm sorry, sir, but we're receiving a transmission from the humans.