- 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]
- 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.
- Wonder Woman: [Mera saves them from drowning] Thank you. But why...
- Mera: You believe someone in Atlantis has betrayed my husband. I also fear for his life, but I need your help.
- Green Lantern: You've got it.
- [while Aquaman is being operated on]
- Superman: His own hand... I can't believe it.
- Green Lantern: I told you he was a madman.
- Mera: Is it madness to sacrifice all for someone you love?
- Wonder Woman: We're almost there. Atlantis is just beyond that reef.
- Green Lantern: Don't expect them to welcome us with open arms.
- Superman: Set the ship down here. Maybe we can slip under their defenses.
- J'onn J'onzz: [their ship is fired on] Too late. They've already seen us.
- Mera: Orm, they said my husband has returned. Is it true?
- Orm: I wish it were, but it's only an unfounded rumor.
- Mera: I've tried to be strong, but without him...
- Orm: Don't worry, Mera. I'll take care of you and your son.
- Mera: My son?
- Orm: I've already taken the precaution of placing him under my protection.
- [running to their room, she gasps upon finding the baby's crib empty]
- Orm: These are dangerous times, Mera. We can't be too careful.
- Mera: Where is he?
- Orm: The prince will come to no harm as long as you cooperate.
- Mera: How can you do this?
- Orm: I assure you, I am only doing what is best for Atlantis.
- 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: For years, I've stood in your shadow and watched while you led Atlantis to the brink of ruin. I'll stand no more, and neither will your generals.
- General Brak: This is a battle we should have fought years ago, but you betrayed us by siding with our enemies.
- [Arthur fights the guards off, but gets zapped by Orm's trident]
- Orm: Take him away. General Brak, ready your troops at once.
- General Brak: Yes, my lord.
- 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!
- Orm: Worthless surface scum.
- Superman: Where's Aquaman?
- Orm: I thought your kind already took care of him.
- Wonder Woman: No. He came back here.
- Superman: We came to warn him about a plot against his life. An Atlantean plot.
- Orm: [zapping him with his trident] Lies and deceptions! I consider this latest incursion nothing less than an act of war. You will be executed as enemies of the crown. Then I will wipe out the surface world forever.