Scott Rummell credited as playing...
Aquaman • Arthur Curry
- General Brak: And surely you must know, my lord, our loyalty belongs to you and you alone. We never believed in Orm's plan, but your brother forced us. The truth is we were only following orders.
- Aquaman: Get them out of my sight.
- [Brak and the other soldiers are led away]
- General Brak: I can only blame myself. My fear of the surface dwellers blinded me to those I should have feared most, and it cost me dearly.
- Green Lantern: Don't be too hard on yourself. Maybe we've all misjudged.
- Aquaman: Perhaps. All I want, all I've ever wanted, is peace and security for Atlantis.
- Superman: After what's happened, it won't be easy.
- Aquaman: I known, but some sacrifices are worth it.
- Orm: You're not fit to wear the crown, you weak and gutless - !
- [Suddenly, the ice beneath them crumbles, and Orm is left dangling off a ledge, with Aquaman standing over him.]
- Orm: Please, brother! Help me!
- [Aquaman simply picks up his trident]
- Aquaman: I believe this is mine.
- [Orm loses his grip and falls with a scream into the abyss]
- Batman: Superman, a situation has developed up at the North Pole. Thermal readings show temperatures increasing rapidly.
- J'onn J'onzz: If that continues, the ecological effects could be catastrophic.
- Green Lantern: Then let's check it out.
- Wonder Woman: But what about the crisis here?
- Aquaman: There may be a connection.
- Superman: What do you mean?
- Aquaman: It's the doomsday thermal reactor. We designed it to create a polar meltdown.
- Green Lantern: What?
- Aquaman: I had it built as a weapon of last resort; to protect Atlantis should the surface world ever attack. But I never armed it.
- Green Lantern: Then Orm must have. Using the plutonium from the submarine.
- Superman: If the polar cap melts, the world will sink beneath the waves. Everything will be destroyed. Orm must be stopped.
- Aquaman: And he will be. I'll see to it personally.
- Orm: A pity. The young prince will be yet another innocent victim of the surface dwellers' aggression.
- [Arthur fights against his restraints]
- Orm: Sadly, that will also make me the rightful heir to the throne.
- [sticking a knife into the rock wall and hanging the baby's blanket from the handle]
- Orm: Well, I'm off to avenge your deaths.
- Aquaman: ORM!