21. Unknown Factors

Complete story — includes the ending

In Atlantis, the meta-girl has acclimated to underwater life and has chosen the name Dolphin. While watching over her with his partner Wynnde, Kaldur receives a call from Oracle asking him to find Nightwing and Black Lightning, whom she had lost contact with after they broke into Granny Goodness' house, to find evidence of her true nature they can use. Kaldur and Wynnde take the polite approach and ask Granny to return their friends, so she reveals they have been kept in an X-Pit, a pale void that leaves them in agony. Wynnde tries to take back the Mother Box that Nightwing borrowed from Superboy with him, angering Granny. She reveals Nightwing and Lightning have been conditioned by the X-Pit to serve her and tries to use a laser turret to destroy the Mother Box. Violet and Victor feel this happening, and the latter reveals that he can open boom tubes, taking them, Brion, and Garfield to help. Violet cleanses Nightwing and Lightning of the mind control and repairs the Mother Box. Oracle then remote controls the Batwing to knock Granny back so everyone can retreat. Meanwhile, Karen gives birth to a daughter, Rhea, but she is born with a hole in her heart. After Karen repairs it, she debates on whether to activate Rhea's meta-gene to give her a better life. Helga Jace's contact is revealed to be Ultra-Humanite. In a post-credits scene, Granny contacts Darkseid to tell him she has found the Anti-Life Equation, which she believes to be inside Halo.