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[telephone rings]
Come on, answer.
[ringing]
I told you before. I'm not coming out.
What part of that didn't you understand?
Earl, you've got to listen to reason.
(Garver over phone) 'I have listened to reason...my own.'
What'd he say?
We're gonna have to do it your way, Dan.
Alright. Okay, move in.
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crash
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thud
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(Dan) 'For the love of Mike.'
He's probably got the whole place reinforced.
Let's find out.
Right flank, advance!
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boom
boom boom boom
boom
[gunshots]
Ah!
[gunshots]
boom
Get him to the hospital, now!
Ah, it's-it's just a little singe, Maggie.
Ooh!
[wind howling]
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Inspector Sawyer, Professor Hamilton.
Perfect timing.
The man inside's Earl Garver.
Used to work at STAR Labs.
Until he stole a radioactive isotope from us.
He sent this to the mayor today.
He says he used the isotope to make a bomb
and he'll detonate it if we don't pay by tonight.
(Hamilton) 'It could take out a square mile of the city.'
Let me see if I can change his mind.
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zap zap zap
Unh!
Ah!
[groans]
crackle crackle
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Uhh!
[gunfire]
Ah!
[groans]
[gunshots]
Unh!
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boom
crash
[gasps]
Where's the bomb, Garver?
Wherever it is, it's already ticking and concealed in lead.
So the real question is, where's my money?
I don't play those games.
click
Unh!
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clank clank clank
Ah!
Aah! Uhh!
thud
[indistinct chatter on PA]
- Did he say anything, doctor? - It's a severe concussion.
He'll be unconscious for the next day or two.
The bomb goes off in four hours.
Even I couldn't search the city in that time.
If I might make a suggestion
there's someone who might be able to tell us
'exactly where that bomb is.'
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I think I understand how you feel, Superman.
If it'd happened to me, I'd be leery, too.
That's not it.
What you want to do could be more dangerous
than a dozen bombs.
(Maggie) 'We'll take every possible precaution.'
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(Maggie) But right now, he's our only hope.
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Why should I help you? You're the one who put me here.
Rudy, the whole city's in trouble.
Tell somebody who cares.
The bomb could blow up a huge area of Metropolis.
What if that includes Stryker's Island?
What if it does?
Think I'd miss this life of mine?
These four stinking walls?
You want me to go into this guy's mind
and try to find out where the bomb is?
No skin off my nose..
...but I want something in return.
What's that?
Something to help the time go faster in this dump.
And not a bunch of boring books, either.
I want cable, and the premium channels.
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beep beep
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- All set, Rudy? - You bet.
Get that big-screen warmed up for me.
clack clack
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[crackling]
Aah! Aa-a-ah!
Something's wrong.
[Rudy screams]
Aah!
Rudy, can you hear me?
'Did you find out where the bomb is?'
(Rudy as Garver) I know where it is, alright.
But you still have to pay.
- It sounds like Garver. - Rudy?
Sorry, Emil, I've put Rudy on the back burner.
- You're cooking with Earl now. - What's happening?
The Parasite has somehow taken Garver's consciousness
'not just his memories.'
How?
Garver's intellect, his ego
his force of personality
it all must have combined to overwhelm--
What's it going to be?
You're still stuck here, Garver
and you don't even know what hospital you're in.
If that bomb goes off
there's a good chance you'll go with it.
Both of you.
Come on, man, what are you waiting for? They got you.
Cooperate, and they'll treat you real good.
You'll never get away, Garver.
Ah, the best laid plans.
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Guess he thought nobody would stumble across
his bomb down here.
There's the wreck.
Once you find the sucker, I can disarm it.
- 'See anything?' - 'No, there's too much debris.'
We'll have to go in.
clank
Let's make this a short visit.
[grunts]
You're just wasting your time with that. I mean, our time.
Perhaps if we worked together, Rudy..
...you know, double the will, double the strength.
- A partnership. - Wouldn't work, professor.
In a couple of hours, you'll be gone like a bad headache.
That's the way it is with the parasite.
- I can't keep what I take. - Don't be so shortsighted.
Suppose I could find a way for the parasite
to retain the power it takes forever?
Yeah, and what if pigs could fly?
I'm serious. I can help you.
But you have to help me too.
(Garver) 'Come on, this could be your last chance'
'for freedom and power.'
'But maybe you'd prefer your cable television.'
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(Rudy as Garver) 'Unh! That's it, Rudy.'
'Guard!'
What's the matter?
[feebly] I, I feel so weak.
[crackling]
Aah!
Ah. That's better.
[grunts]
(female #1) 'Ah!'
It's not here. He's playing games with us.
No, he's buying time. We'd better get back.
[rumbling]
What was..
[rumbling]
[crashing]
[glass shatters]
Ah!
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[water bubbling]
bam
[groaning]
- 'They're gone.' - 'Both of them.'
- Oh, my leg. - How's that feel?
(female #2) Someone's got to help me.
- Twenty minutes left. - He'll call.
[telephone rings]
(Garver over phone) 'This isn't a game of chicken anymore, Ms. Sawyer.'
'I still want the money.'
'Fifty million in unsigned bearer bonds, understand?'
So far.
(Garver on phone) 'There's just one modification.'
'I want Superman to bring it to me.'
'And I want him to come alone. Agreed?'
- Agreed. - 'Very good, Superman.'
(Garver on phone) 'Go to the old subway extension.'
'Enter by way of the Northside Station.'
I'll be waiting.
(Garver) 'Welcome, Superman.'
'If you're trying to use your X-ray vision'
'you'll find the rock impossibly marbled with lead.'
'Now go up the tracks, and follow the "Y" to the right.'
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(Garver) 'You'll find a pit.'
'It's the reason they stopped construction.'
'It's so deep, I doubt whether even you could see the bottom.'
'Now if you look to your left..'
'...you'll see an exit sign.'
'Deposit the bonds there'
'and proceed to the center of the chamber'
'where you'll find my little toy.'
[beeping]
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(Garver) 'Hit the following keys.'
'3-5-9-1, then Enter.'
[beeping]
[sighs]
[groaning]
Uhh!
Did you really think I'd settle for money
when I could have your power too?
- 'Unh!' - You see?
I've already gotten some of it
but only a first course.
thud
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clang clang
[groans]
Ah!
[grunting]
Time..
..for the entree.
[crackling]
[grunts]
bam bam biff
Unh!
The longer this goes on, the weaker you'll get.
Then perhaps we should call an end to the stalemate.
[clicking]
What are you doing?
Two minutes. That's all you've got.
Now come over here, and hold out your hand like a good boy.
Shut it off. You'll be killed too.
Will I?
My real body's miles north of here
resting peacefully in an ambulance.
Hear that, Rudy? He's willing to sacrifice you.
It'll never come to that.
He's already taken control of your body, Rudy.
'What do you think he's going to do with your mind?'
You gonna crowd me out, Garver?
Is that where this is going?
Rudy, you're a loser without me.
- It's this or the cell. - Some choice.
- Rudy, what are you-- - Aah!
[groaning]
Fight him, Rudy.
[clicking]
He's changed the code. Rudy?
(Rudy as Garver) Cat's got his tongue. Aah!
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thud
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boom
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boom
thud
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[groans]
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[Rudy laughing]
[laughing]
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