- The Flash: Harv Hickman? The magazine publisher?
- Wonder Woman: You know his work?
- The Flash: I... only read it for the articles.
- Wonder Woman: You've been hunting this sorceress Le Fay for how long?
- Etrigan: For hundreds of years, she's taunted me in a never-ending game of cat-and-mouse. But I'll never rest until her soul writhes in the Eternal Pit!
- The Flash: [aside] And I thought Bats was creepy.
- Harv Hickman: [flirting with Diana] How could I deny such a goddess?
- [kissing her hand]
- Harv Hickman: Come in. Come in.
- The Flash: [speeding past his security guards] I'm with her.
- Morgaine le Fey: [looking at a row of computers in the library] Don't these people believe in books anymore?
- Merlin: Art thou satisfied, villain? By base treachery, Camelot will fall this day.
- Jason Blood: You could never understand, Merlin. You, who are not a man and have never known the sweetness of a woman's kiss.
- Merlin: A viper's kiss, Jason Blood. The kiss of a demon in human form. All my great dreams are undone in the name of thy tainted love.
- Jason Blood: I've paid for my crime with my life. Is that not enough?
- Merlin: Nay! Such swift mercy is not for the likes of thee! Thou art cursed, Jason Blood, until the day this monstrous deed is atoned! To mark thy eternal shame, I hereby bind thy soul to a creature of the Pit! Look at thee now and see the face spawned from thy lust! The face of thy perdition! The face of... thy inner demon!
- [Flash and Wonder Woman cut to the front of the line]
- Bouncer: Are you on the list?
- Wonder Woman: This is an emergency. We are with the Justice League.
- Bouncer: Sure, lady. So are they.
- [Flash and Wonder Woman turn to see a group of guests in cheap superhero costumes]
- The Flash: Rrrright.
- Bouncer: Now, get back in line.
- [puts his hand on Wonder Woman's shoulder]
- Wonder Woman: You stupid little man.
- [picks the bouncer up and throws him into some bushes to the cheers of guests in line]
- Morgaine le Fey: Where could Merlin have hidden that infernal stone?
- Mordred: Maybe he didn't. What if the archaeologists who found that castle helped themselves to it? I know I would have.
- Morgaine le Fey: Of course. Why didn't I...
- Mordred: [she suddenly gasps] Mother!
- Morgaine le Fey: Someone is reaching out to my mind, attempting to find me.
- Mordred: Is it... him?
- Morgaine le Fey: No. A mere amateur. He has no idea who he's dealing with.
- Batman: [finding Etrigan standing over Moss's body] What did you do?
- J'onn J'onzz: [checking Moss's pulse] He's in shock. But he'll recover.
- Etrigan: Why bother with him? He'll pass on in a few years, anyway.
- J'onn J'onzz: [searching Moss's thoughts telepathically] He has no knowledge of the stone. The relic is not there.
- Etrigan: [smashing items on a table] Blast! But if Moss doesn't have it, then maybe Hickman does.
- My'ria'h: J'onn. J'onn.
- J'onn J'onzz: My'ria'h?
- My'ria'h: J'onn, come back to me. I'm waiting for you.
- J'onn J'onzz: [reaching out to touch her] My'ria'h!
- Batman: J'onn, snap out of it!
- Etrigan: [attacking J'onn] I knew it. That harpy still has her claws in you. You betrayed us.
- Batman: [stopping him from throwing another punch] No. Leave him...
- [collapsing]
- Batman: Alone.
- J'onn J'onzz: Batman!
- Etrigan: Admit it, Martian. You let her get away, didn't you? It's all your fault.
- Etrigan: Don't trust the Martian. He's been tainted by that witch.
- Batman: Let us worry about that.
- Etrigan: Heed me. She will tap into your deepest desires, then dangle them like a carrot in front of your nose. She will give you everything you dream of, but only until she gets what she wants.
- Batman: The voice of experience.
- Etrigan: [grunting] Hmm. Don't say I didn't warn you.
- Morgaine le Fey: Come, Mordred. What we seek is not here.
- Mordred: Yes, it is, Mother.
- [showing her a newspaper article on his computer]
- Mordred: See?
- Morgaine le Fey: It's like magic. Castle Branek, excavated shortly after World War II. The only surviving participants are Henry Moss and Harv Hickman. One of them must have the stone.
- My'ria'h: While you were away, I changed the tactile scheme. Do you like it?
- J'onn J'onzz: I have lived among unfamiliar surroundings for so long.
- J'onn's Children: [running in] Father, Father!
- J'onn J'onzz: [picking them up in joy] My dear children!
- J'onn's Children: Are you staying home this time, Father?
- J'onn J'onzz: Yes. I am truly home.
- Etrigan: [appearing in a flash of light] You fool! Only a weak-minded simpleton would fall for this illusion.
- J'onn J'onzz: How dare you violate the sanctity of my home. Leave this place!
- Etrigan: Not without you.
- Batman: [inspecting a book with a page torn out] The Philosopher's Stone.
- Jason Blood: According to legend, it was a gem from the hilt of Excaliber and the true source of the sword's fabled power.
- Batman: Hello, Jason. I assume you're not here to browse.
- Jason Blood: I'm a friend of the owner.
- Batman: You mean that old man?
- Jason Blood: He's 32 years old. He's also an expert in Arthurian lore.
- Batman: What's this all about?
- Jason Blood: Morgaine le Fay. When Camelot fell, Merlin was able to hide the Philosopher's Stone from her. Now she's returned to track it down again.
- Batman: Impossible.
- Jason Blood: You of all people should know better.
- Batman: Why does she want the gem?
- Jason Blood: With it, she can resurrect Camelot and place her son Mordred on the throne.
- Batman: Okay... . how close is she to finding this Philosopher's Stone?
- Jason Blood: Too close.
- Morgaine le Fey: Did Arthur think mere walls could keep us apart?
- Jason Blood: Morgaine, my love, your beauty has possessed me. How I've longed to hold you, to feel you in my arms again.
- Morgaine le Fey: I, too, have dreamt of this moment.
- Jason Blood: [reacting as her fang-like teeth bite and poison him] But... why?
- Morgaine le Fey: For love, of course. The love of my son, Camelot's new ruler.
- Morgaine le Fey: At last, Merlin's ark, the repository of the Philosopher's Stone.
- [opening it and finding it empty]
- Morgaine le Fey: Gone? Curse your soul, Merlin. Even in death, you taunt me.
- Mordred: [the gem she wears activates] Mother, look!
- Morgaine le Fey: Jason Blood. Doesn't he ever give up? Such an ardent suitor. We must prepare a special welcome for him.