Aquaman

Jules Verne once wrote,

"Put two ships in the open sea

without wind or tide, they will come together."

That's how my parents met. Like two ships destined for each other.

We are something else. Try Arthur Treacher...

It's okay.

Easy. You weren't breathing.

They were from different worlds.

But life, like the sea, has a way of bringing people together.

Uh...

I was gonna make you some eggs.

Just don't eat my dog, okay?

It's okay.

I made tea.

Go on, try it.

It'll make you better.

So, uh, who are you?

Atlanna.

Queen of Atlantis.

Wow.

I'm Tom. Keeper of lighthouse.

She had fled an arranged marriage.

Left her whole world behind.

But in my father's lighthouse, she found something unexpected.

And my father found the love of his life.

Category 4 Hurricane Arthur

is due to make landfall sometime after 2:00 p.m.

How about Arthur?

After the hurricane?

After a legend. He's a king, isn't he?

He's more than that.

He's living proof our people can coexist.

He could unite our worlds one day.

And the trident could only be wielded by the strongest Atlantean.

And it gave King Atlan mastery over the seven seas.

It made him so powerful that the ocean itself became jealous

and sent a terrible earthquake to destroy Atlantis.

Down it fell, to the bottom of the ocean.

But, legend has it that one day a new king will come

who will use the power of the trident

to put Atlantis back together again.

Take him!

Queen Atlanna,

by the authority of King Orvax, you are ordered to return to Atlantis.

Atlanna!

But Atlantis' memory is long...

And its king refused to let her go.

- Atlanna! - Tom!

- My weapon! - Here!

Their two worlds were never meant to meet,

and I was a product of a love that never should've been.

You don't have to do this, Atlanna. Please.

No. They will always find me.

Next time, they'll send an army.

I have to go back. It is the only way to save him.

Save you.

Where I come from...

The sea carries our tears away.

Not here.

Here you feel them.

I will return to you. When it's safe.

One day.

Right here, at sunrise.

We'll be together again.

You stay strong, my little prince.

I'll always be with you.

Don't let him forget me. Hmm?

All life came from the sea, so if we want to understand ourselves,

we must journey to where we began.

Now, today, we have better maps of Mars than we do of our own sea floor.

Come on, closer. Come on, fishy.

- Come on. Come over here. - Boys!

Stop that. Come on.

Come along.

Bye, fishy. Bye.

My name's Arthur. What's yours?

- You guys hungry? Me, too. - Check it out.

Arthur is talking to the fish.

Such a freak, Arthur.

- Stop! - What are you gonna do about it, freak?

Stop it! Don't!

Let me go!

Who are you?

Come on, let's go. Move it.

Come on. Hurry up.

Sir, we've secured the captain.

Distress signal's disabled.

We're running dark again.

But they heard it. You can count on it.

I'll make you a deal. I won't tell you how to captain...

And you don't tell me how to pirate.

Where's the rest of the crew?

Decided discretion was the better part of valor

and sealed themselves up in the torpedo bay.

Our reputation precedes us.

Your reputation.

This is your win.

Here.

Can't take that piece of junk.

It's the love of your life.

I never told you the story behind it.

This was your grandfather's.

He was one of the Navy's first frogmen during World War II.

He was so stealthy in the water, his unit nicknamed him Manta.

But after the war, his country forgot about him.

So, he went back to the sea, scavenging and surviving with his wit...

And this knife.

He gave it to me when I was your age.

And now it's yours, son.

Did we just hit something?

No. Something hit us.

Sir, there's something out there.

Another submarine?

Uh... No. I think it's a man.

That's not a man.

Alpha, to the right. Bravo team, sweep the passageway.

Permission to come aboard?

Aquaman!

I've waited a long time for this.

Am I supposed to know who you are?

I scavenge the high seas.

You're the Aquaman.

We were bound to meet at some point.

Let's not make it a habit.

Up.

Ow.

Dad!

Dad? Ow.

That's your kid?

Shame on you.

Boys got yourselves into this mess.

Get yourselves out of it.

Bastard!

Dad!

Dad!

Wait!

Help me! He's trapped!

You can't leave him like this!

Please!

You killed innocent people. You ask the sea for mercy.

Get outta here! I got this!

Shut up, I'm not leaving you!

You need to live, so you can kill that son of a bitch!

- Now, go! - No!

- Go! - Shut up!

No!

No!

Damn you!

Go.

I always know where to find you.

Old habits.

- Come on, I'll buy you breakfast. - All right!

You want me to have them put that in a sippy cup for you?

How is it that I can breathe underwater,

but you can still drink me under the table?

That's my superpower.

A Russian submarine

hijacked late last night by high-tech pirates.

The same pirates who are suspected

in connection with the disappearance of the Navy's highly classified

prototype stealth submarine.

And a further development, we now have unconfirmed reports

that the metahuman dubbed by social media as "The Aquaman"

was responsible for this daring rescue.

That's not me.

Bullshit. You're doing it, aren't you? Huh?

What Vulko trained you to do.

I knew you couldn't stand on the sidelines forever.

Your mother always knew you were special.

Don't even start.

She believed you'd be the one to unite our two worlds.

Just stop.

Whatever Atlantis' problems are, you're bigger than them.

Atlantis murdered my mother.

You don't know that for sure.

Yes, I do.

They killed her. For loving you and having me.

And you know it.

Son, one day you're gonna have to stop blaming yourself.

Hey, buddy.

You that fish boy from the TV?

Oh, great.

It's "fish man." What do you want?

I'll tell you what I want.

Could we get a picture with you?

You're like our local hero, man.

It would mean a lot. Just a quick...

Whatever.

- All right. Let's do this. - Don't touch me.

Right, that's exactly right. I'm gonna go down here.

There we go. Everybody smile.

He understands the significance of this meeting.

He'll hear you out.

- King Orm. - King Nereus.

You picked a meeting place too close to the surface for my liking.

You don't recognize the Council of the Kings?

In Atlan's time, when the Seven Kingdoms were one,

our ancestors gathered here.

Atlantis sat here at the head of the table.

Xebel, as always, by his side.