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<i>NARRATOR:
Previously on Smallville:</i>

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- You are too late,
Kal-El. CLARK: Lana?

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- Miss Lang had a full recovery.
- Where is she?

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She's already checked out, but
she wanted me to give you this.

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<i>I knew that if I looked into your
eyes, I'd never be able to say this.</i>

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If I ever discover that someone withheld
information that could help me find Lex...

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I'd respond accordingly.

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Nobody questions my loyalty.

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CHLOE: I can't believe it.

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Lana, you're back.

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- Why are you staying?
- Leaving is harder than I thought.

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You still haven't told him the
reasons why you disappeared.

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Or what you plan on doing next.

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Lex saved my life. I
owe him everything.

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This is how a Luthor
rewards that kind of loyalty.

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You've been Lex's eyes
and ears for quite some time.

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I've done everything
but not anymore.

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Goodbye, Lex.

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If the world didn't
have to come first?

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- The world needs you, Clark.
- What about what we need?

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[BEEPING]

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Sir, it's not too late to
suspend the procedure.

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Our orders are to move forward.

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At what cost?

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I know Mr. Luthor wants to get
back on his feet as soon as possible...

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but we are nowhere near ready
to attempt this on a human being.

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The studies on mice
have barely even started.

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Doesn't matter.

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Mr. Luthor wants us to proceed
and that's what we're going to do.

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Where are we with the
molecular transfusion?

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- Prepared for absorption.
- The subject?

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Vitals normal.

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We're all set.

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Begin the transdermal
evisceration.

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<i>MAN: Stand by.</i>

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<i>Energizing.</i>

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[MACHINES WHIRRING]

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<i>LANA [ON VIDEO]: We always thought
that we were meant to be together, Clark...</i>

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<i>but the truth is, we
were fooling ourselves.</i>

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<i>I need you, but the
world needs you more.</i>

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<i>And as long as I'm in your
life, I am holding you back.</i>

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<i>Please...</i>

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Clark, you know you're bored...

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when you resort to watching
a repeat of your break-up.

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I needed to remind myself
that Lana left for a reason.

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Did something happen that
made you suddenly forget?

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Last night we kind of kissed.

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I know. It was a mistake.

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I don't know what
I was thinking.

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Clark, you're acting like
you committed a crime.

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Now, I'm not a lawyer...

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but I don't think a little trip to
first base is exactly a felony.

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I'm digging up feelings from
the past that need to stay buried.

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For both our sake.

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You have abilities
at your disposal...

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but suffocating feelings that wanna
come up for air isn't one of them.

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Lana thought she was holding
me back, and she was right.

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After she left, I got
off the farm, I got a job.

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I started using my abilities to
help people when they needed it.

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Did you do that
because Lana left...

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or because you grew up and realized
what you wanted to do with your life?

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Clark, maybe she isn't the
liability you're making her out to be.

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How does she feel?

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It's on that disc. She
doesn't wanna be together.

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She made that disc seven
months ago. People change.

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You certainly did.

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Look, stop playing the
guessing game and talk to her.

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She's probably at my
apartment right now.

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[KNOCKING]

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CLARK: Lana?

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Clark.

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I didn't know it was you.

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I didn't realize that breaking and
entering was one of your hobbies.

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The damage was
done when I got here.

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Okay, I was worried about
Lana and I came to warn her...

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but I was obviously too late.

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Warn her about what?

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It seems that she's been poking around
some classified LuthorCorp technology.

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[PHONE LINE BEEPING]

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The last time I checked, you
were in charge of LuthorCorp.

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Everything but the nanotechnology
dedicated to sustaining Lex's life.

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The bear may be hibernating...

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but that does not mean that he's
gonna let his honey get stolen.

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You think Lex is behind
what happened to Lana?

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I don't think, Clark, I know.

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And I'm really
concerned for her.

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Since when did you and
Lana become close friends?

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I will forever be
grateful to her.

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Lana's responsible for finally showing
me the monster that Lex really is.

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The least that I can
do is repay the favor.

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I knew Lex was still alive.

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I had no idea he was capable of
kidnapping Lana from a distance.

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It wouldn't be the first time
he's abducted her from afar.

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She didn't tell you.

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Tell me what?

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Do you remember that DVD
she made for you last spring?

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Did you ever wonder how Lana
got her hands on a video camera...

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right after she awoke
from a deep coma?

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As long as I'm in your
life, I'm holding you back.

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Please, for both of us,
don't come looking for me.

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I love you, Clark...

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more than you will ever know.

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Now let me go.

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- It's for your own protection, ma'am.
- Is that what Lex told you?

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You've been in a coma
for the past three months.

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We're here to make
sure you stay safe.

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[MUFFLED YELLING]

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Get her in the van.

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I'll meet you at the compound.

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That disc was a lie. Lana
never wanted to leave.

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She left because she
was escaping from you.

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- Clark.
- You're no better than Lex.

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If I had known, I would
have never been part of it.

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- Lex convinced us it was for her own good.
- How nice of him to kidnap her.

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Lex also said she was in
that asylum because of you.

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That your relationship
was so dysfunctional,

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you were constantly hurting her.

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Where are you taking me?

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To a place where
you'll be protected.

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Here.

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Lex has been
watching me, hasn't he?

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Waiting for me to wake
up so he can kidnap me.

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Mr. Luthor just
wants to help you.

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I'm not feeling very well.

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You're dehydrated.
You should drink that.

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I think I'm gonna throw up.

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Here.

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[GRUNTING]

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Wait. Wait a minute.

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Just calm down.

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[TIRES SCREECH]

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Leave the keys in the
ignition and get out of the van.

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Now.

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The thugs that Lex used, he
could have used them again.

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What are their names?

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They're both dead.

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The people Lex employs now are
brand-new, without any ties to his past.

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TESS: What do
you got there, Clark?

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I'm not sure what it is.

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Doesn't seem like Lana's taste.

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It's not.

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Have you seen this before?

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My strategic adviser,
Carter Bowfry, it's his.

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[SWOOSHES]

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What did you do with Lana?

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- Don't know who you're talking about.
- Don't lie to me.

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I found your medallion
in her apartment.

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My medallion is right here.

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Exactly the same.

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- How do you know Lana?
- Son, I suggest you back down right now.

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Lana has been kidnapped.

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Look, if anything you know
may help me find her, please.

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You can trust me.

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You must be Clark.

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How do you know my name?

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I gave Lana that medallion
last spring in Edge City.

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<i>I don't know how she
tracked me down. But she did.</i>

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LANA: Money means nothing to me.

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I'll pay you whatever you want.

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I don't need your
dollars, ma'am.

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I'm just a retired teacher
living off his pension.

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A teacher who trained Green
Berets and Navy SEALs...

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to withstand extreme
pain and torture.

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I've done my homework.

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I need your help.

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What I have to teach,
you're not ready to learn.

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You'd be surprised.

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Just give me a chance.

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You're not a soldier and
you're not a government agent.

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So why are you here?

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I want to be invincible.

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Well, good for you.

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Look, I'm all for girl power...

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but you're gonna have to go
find yours on your own, okay?

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I'm not asking
you. I'm telling you.

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If you help me, I promise
you'll be helping the world.

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CARTER: You were barely under.

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It's too cold.

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You are weaker than I thought.

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Yeah, life hasn't exactly
been a walk in the park lately.

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Oh, poor, poor, pitiful you.

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Now, how long you been
feeling sorry for yourself?

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Let me guess, your entire life.

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- You tortured her?
- I trained her.

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- It's how she came back stronger.
- She's always been strong.

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Now she's missing,
because of you.

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All I did was help her get over the
one thing that was holding her back.

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- What are you waiting for?
- I'm just not used to scorching myself.

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Get used to it.

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No fear, no pain.

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I can't.

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It's not fear that's
stopping you, is it?

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You're holding onto something.

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Or someone.

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Do you see anyone else here?

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Oh, I can feel them. So can you.

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As long as you're trying
to be someone you're not...

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you are gonna be vulnerable.

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You're gonna feel the pain.

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What's their name?

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His name's Clark.

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And if I had an
ounce of his strength...

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I am not training you
to be like someone else.

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I'm training you
to be Lana Lang.

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To rise from the ashes
of your previous life...

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stronger, more
powerful, fearless.

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It's time to rise.

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[SIZZLING]

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You don't look ready for class.

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Carter, I have learned
so much from you.

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00:17:27,898 --> 00:17:30,628
But what I need,
I can't get it here.

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What you need are skills, Lana.

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Maturity.

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I need power.

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You'll have it.

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But it just doesn't
happen overnight.

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No, I've had it before.

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Skills and abilities beyond
what you can imagine.

219
00:17:52,790 --> 00:17:58,092
But I wasn't ready for them.
Physically, mentally or emotionally.

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And now, thanks to you, I am.

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This thirst for power,
Lana, I've seen it before.

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Most of the time, it doesn't
have a happy ending.

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Well...

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Before you fly off to
change the world...

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I've got something for you.

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I don't deserve it.

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Take this so you'll
always remember...

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as you rise higher and
higher, never look down.

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- After Edge City, where did she go?
- Metropolis.

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[DOOR OPENS]

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She was so full of hope.

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Wanted to imprint this stamp
of positivity on the world.

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I couldn't let anything
happen to her.

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After all the death and destruction
I've been responsible for...

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Lana was my chance at
redemption, so I tracked her down.

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- When you found her, what was she doing?
- Investigating LuthorCorp.

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I told her to put it in the past,
but she wouldn't listen to me.

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So I joined her cause.

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To keep an eye on her.

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And I got this job on the inside,
feeding Lana information...

241
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while I advised Tess Mercer
on defense-contract strategies.

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00:19:39,063 --> 00:19:41,691
Did Lana contact anyone else
when she was in Metropolis?

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A blond woman.

244
00:19:44,602 --> 00:19:47,036
They went to high school
together in Smallville.

245
00:19:47,204 --> 00:19:49,695
- Chloe?
- Sullivan.

246
00:19:58,516 --> 00:20:00,541
Sir, she's barely alive.

247
00:20:00,718 --> 00:20:03,414
It's the only way
to apply the nanites.

248
00:20:05,055 --> 00:20:07,080
Begin the grafting.

249
00:20:13,664 --> 00:20:16,360
<i>MAN: Applying the
Prometheus layer.</i>

250
00:20:46,697 --> 00:20:49,530
The cloak and dagger
existence suits you well, Regan.

251
00:20:52,603 --> 00:20:56,437
So how's the new career?
Breaking and entering?

252
00:20:56,607 --> 00:21:00,509
Did you find what you were
looking for in Lana Lang's apartment?

253
00:21:01,078 --> 00:21:02,841
Still looking. Just like you.

254
00:21:04,315 --> 00:21:08,479
Only I'm trying to find the technology
to keep Lex alive, not to destroy it.

255
00:21:08,652 --> 00:21:14,215
The world already believes he's dead. I'm
just trying to make a fantasy a reality.

256
00:21:14,391 --> 00:21:19,158
You actually believe you can declare Lex
Luthor dead and not end up dead yourself?

257
00:21:21,065 --> 00:21:22,965
You're a pretty
pathetic guard dog.

258
00:21:23,133 --> 00:21:26,398
Loyal to a master that
can't even feed himself.

259
00:21:27,938 --> 00:21:31,704
Why don't you come
and work for me, hm?

260
00:21:31,876 --> 00:21:32,876
[CHUCKLES]

261
00:21:33,043 --> 00:21:35,978
I'll give you more milk
bones than Lex ever did.

262
00:21:36,146 --> 00:21:39,741
I think I'd rather
shovel cow dung.

263
00:21:40,584 --> 00:21:43,212
Oh, you see, it's
not really a choice.

264
00:21:45,556 --> 00:21:47,649
Once you discover the
Prometheus technology...

265
00:21:47,825 --> 00:21:49,725
I want you to bring it to me.

266
00:21:54,798 --> 00:22:01,226
I'm afraid that you're gonna
be waiting a long, long time.

267
00:22:03,807 --> 00:22:06,640
Find me the
Prometheus technology...

268
00:22:06,977 --> 00:22:10,845
or I'll have to
take it by force.

269
00:22:18,789 --> 00:22:21,121
<i>MAN: Generation
complete, Dr. Groll.</i>

270
00:22:21,292 --> 00:22:23,556
Pull her out and
get her quarantined.

271
00:22:28,632 --> 00:22:31,226
<i>MAN: Engage
containment procedures.</i>

272
00:22:33,470 --> 00:22:37,099
<i>Bio and HAZMAT team
standing by. Full suit.</i>

273
00:22:45,316 --> 00:22:46,749
[SWOOSHES]

274
00:22:46,917 --> 00:22:48,578
Clark, no more
super-scares, please.

275
00:22:48,752 --> 00:22:51,619
- I'm this close to a cardiac arrest.
- Why didn't you tell me?

276
00:22:51,789 --> 00:22:55,316
- So now I'm keeping secrets I didn't know.
- Lana.

277
00:22:55,659 --> 00:22:58,526
How could you not tell
me you spoke to her?

278
00:22:59,897 --> 00:23:01,626
Because she asked me not to.

279
00:23:01,799 --> 00:23:03,858
I have to respect that.

280
00:23:04,735 --> 00:23:07,829
Well, now it looks like your respect
may have gotten her kidnapped.

281
00:23:08,238 --> 00:23:09,262
What?

282
00:23:09,440 --> 00:23:12,534
If I had known, I could have
stopped her before she got hurt.

283
00:23:12,710 --> 00:23:15,611
I wasn't about to betray her
trust, like I'd never betray yours.

284
00:23:15,779 --> 00:23:19,306
- You of all people should understand that.
- This is different, Chloe.

285
00:23:19,483 --> 00:23:22,941
I have abilities. I can take
care of myself, Lana can't.

286
00:23:27,257 --> 00:23:29,657
Chloe, all that matters
now is finding her.

287
00:23:31,695 --> 00:23:34,289
Please, you have to tell me
everything she said to you.

288
00:23:37,668 --> 00:23:40,865
Okay, first of all, just so you know,
she didn't come back to see me.

289
00:23:41,038 --> 00:23:42,938
<i>She was on a mission.</i>

290
00:23:45,409 --> 00:23:46,501
CHLOE: Am I hallucinating...

291
00:23:46,677 --> 00:23:49,475
or is that the long-lost
Lana Lang in front of me?

292
00:23:51,548 --> 00:23:54,108
- Hi, Chloe.
- Hi.

293
00:23:54,451 --> 00:23:58,182
My God, I thought I'd never
see you again. Now you're back.

294
00:23:58,355 --> 00:24:00,482
Actually, I'm only
here for a short stay.

295
00:24:01,925 --> 00:24:05,861
I am so impressed with what
you've done with Isis, Chloe.

296
00:24:06,030 --> 00:24:09,989
You've turned my dinky little operation
into a place that really helps people.

297
00:24:10,167 --> 00:24:12,795
I'm just carrying
on the torch you lit.

298
00:24:12,970 --> 00:24:16,064
In other late-breaking news,
I'm getting married next month.

299
00:24:16,240 --> 00:24:19,505
Wow. That is a huge headline.

300
00:24:19,676 --> 00:24:22,577
I am so happy for you.

301
00:24:22,746 --> 00:24:25,044
You two make a perfect couple.

302
00:24:25,215 --> 00:24:27,620
<i>Speaking of which,
does your short stay</i>

303
00:24:27,632 --> 00:24:30,482
<i>include a pit stop at
the Planet to see Clark?</i>

304
00:24:30,788 --> 00:24:31,948
Not this time.

305
00:24:32,656 --> 00:24:37,116
But I read about the red-blue blur
saving the citizens of Metropolis.

306
00:24:38,028 --> 00:24:42,260
I've gotta say that when I saw that
article, it brought tears to my eyes.

307
00:24:42,833 --> 00:24:44,460
I am so proud of him.

308
00:24:46,370 --> 00:24:49,237
Lana, I know that
you miss all of us...

309
00:24:49,406 --> 00:24:52,341
but something tells me there's
more to your trip back home...

310
00:24:52,509 --> 00:24:55,376
than simply checking
in with the old gang.

311
00:24:57,614 --> 00:25:01,550
I actually came back here to
find out more about Project Ares.

312
00:25:01,718 --> 00:25:02,878
Project Ares.

313
00:25:03,053 --> 00:25:06,682
Wasn't that Lex's scheme to
genetically enhance injured soldiers?

314
00:25:06,857 --> 00:25:08,484
Using alien DNA.

315
00:25:13,430 --> 00:25:15,864
This is all in the past.
Lex is out of your life now.

316
00:25:16,033 --> 00:25:18,763
Why don't you just put this
behind you and move on?

317
00:25:20,337 --> 00:25:22,862
- I am moving on.
- Really?

318
00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:25,508
It seems to me you're
not just playing with fire...

319
00:25:25,676 --> 00:25:28,804
you're stepping
into a raging inferno.

320
00:25:29,113 --> 00:25:30,580
Clark should know about this.

321
00:25:30,747 --> 00:25:33,944
I plan on telling Clark
when the time is right.

322
00:25:35,385 --> 00:25:36,409
Chloe.

323
00:25:36,587 --> 00:25:39,784
Chloe, I want you to promise
me that you won't say a word.

324
00:25:43,994 --> 00:25:46,827
I can take care of myself now.

325
00:25:46,997 --> 00:25:51,161
All I did was honor my friend's secret,
and now I feel like this is all my fault.

326
00:25:51,335 --> 00:25:53,269
Must have been the
way she wanted it.

327
00:25:53,437 --> 00:25:56,964
So she could do what she had to
do without anyone getting in her way.

328
00:25:57,141 --> 00:25:58,335
Especially me.

329
00:25:58,509 --> 00:25:59,976
Did you check on Project Ares?

330
00:26:00,144 --> 00:26:04,171
Yeah, turns out the project was
mothballed even before Lex went missing.

331
00:26:04,348 --> 00:26:07,613
Tess told me Lana's been looking
into technology that'd keep Lex alive.

332
00:26:07,784 --> 00:26:09,081
She thinks Lex abducted her.

333
00:26:09,253 --> 00:26:12,120
Since when are you trusting
the first lady of LuthorCorp?

334
00:26:12,289 --> 00:26:13,620
Since she came clean with me.

335
00:26:13,790 --> 00:26:15,621
She told me when
Lana made that disc...

336
00:26:15,792 --> 00:26:18,158
she was being held at
gunpoint by Lex's men.

337
00:26:18,328 --> 00:26:20,262
Wait, Clark.

338
00:26:20,531 --> 00:26:23,967
If Lana didn't make that disc on her
own, why didn't she come home to you?

339
00:26:27,037 --> 00:26:29,835
She was too busy
planning her revenge on Lex.

340
00:26:30,007 --> 00:26:34,842
Chloe, I need to find Lana before
she does something she'll regret.

341
00:26:47,291 --> 00:26:50,590
It's a ballsy move,
sitting in the boss's chair.

342
00:26:50,761 --> 00:26:55,528
Either you have good news for me or you
like to live dangerously close to the edge.

343
00:27:06,009 --> 00:27:07,499
I guess it's the latter.

344
00:27:11,248 --> 00:27:15,708
He did have good news for you.
The address of the Prometheus lab.

345
00:27:16,553 --> 00:27:18,953
Unfortunately, he told me first.

346
00:27:20,157 --> 00:27:23,888
So working for Lex gives you
carte blanche to kill innocent people?

347
00:27:25,195 --> 00:27:26,594
[CHUCKLES]

348
00:27:26,763 --> 00:27:28,321
Innocent?

349
00:27:28,498 --> 00:27:29,726
He worked for you, Tess.

350
00:27:30,300 --> 00:27:32,359
Give a mid-level
bureaucrat a bit of power...

351
00:27:32,536 --> 00:27:34,834
and it goes
straight to his head.

352
00:27:35,339 --> 00:27:37,239
You're the expert.

353
00:27:37,975 --> 00:27:41,001
You know, I actually
used to be envious of you.

354
00:27:41,178 --> 00:27:45,911
Of course, that was before I found out
Lex was using you as his eyes and ears.

355
00:27:48,819 --> 00:27:51,344
I happen to have my
own eyes and ears...

356
00:27:51,521 --> 00:27:54,217
hidden in the security
cameras in this office.

357
00:27:54,391 --> 00:27:58,122
Not only did they record your illuminating
conversation with my security guard...

358
00:27:58,295 --> 00:28:00,957
but also his tragic murder.

359
00:28:01,798 --> 00:28:03,288
Yeah.

360
00:28:03,667 --> 00:28:07,865
But that footage is nothing compared
to the memorable moments I saw.

361
00:28:08,672 --> 00:28:13,769
Lex was nice enough to let me
catch some of your highlights.

362
00:28:16,513 --> 00:28:19,607
I'll make sure a few of them
make it into your obituary.

363
00:28:21,084 --> 00:28:22,278
[GUNSHOT]

364
00:28:22,452 --> 00:28:24,283
[GRUNTING]

365
00:29:27,517 --> 00:29:30,179
There's a classified LuthorCorp
project called Prometheus.

366
00:29:30,354 --> 00:29:34,586
But now that I'm Brainiac-free, I
couldn't even begin to hack the firewall.

367
00:29:37,594 --> 00:29:41,553
You said the first time you saw Lana,
she was standing in front of this radiator.

368
00:29:41,732 --> 00:29:42,756
Yeah, I think so.

369
00:29:42,933 --> 00:29:46,699
But I don't know what the building's
heating system has to do with any of this.

370
00:30:03,854 --> 00:30:05,185
Whoa.

371
00:30:05,355 --> 00:30:08,813
Looks like Lana's got
her very own secret stash.

372
00:30:22,739 --> 00:30:27,176
She obviously didn't wanna leave
any of the good stuff on my gigabytes.

373
00:30:30,213 --> 00:30:32,977
Why do I feel like I'm
cracking open her diary?

374
00:30:33,150 --> 00:30:36,210
It might be the only way
we can save her, Clark.

375
00:30:43,226 --> 00:30:45,160
- Who's this guy?
- Edward Groll.

376
00:30:45,328 --> 00:30:47,888
He's been with LuthorCorp
since the first meteor shower.

377
00:30:48,064 --> 00:30:51,727
If they gave out PhD's in all things
alien, this guy would definitely have one.

378
00:30:54,838 --> 00:30:57,398
<i>I know you were involved
with Project Ares...</i>

379
00:30:57,574 --> 00:31:01,510
<i>but more importantly, I found
out you designed Prometheus.</i>

380
00:31:01,678 --> 00:31:02,975
<i>I want to commend you.</i>

381
00:31:03,146 --> 00:31:06,047
<i>That is an amazing achievement.</i>

382
00:31:06,216 --> 00:31:08,582
<i>GROLL: You must be
mistaken, Mrs. Luthor.</i>

383
00:31:08,752 --> 00:31:12,950
<i>LANA: It's Miss Lang,
that will never change.</i>

384
00:31:15,125 --> 00:31:16,251
<i>I promise, doctor...</i>

385
00:31:16,426 --> 00:31:19,418
<i>I don't intend on
destroying your technology.</i>

386
00:31:19,596 --> 00:31:21,257
<i>I wanna put it to good use.</i>

387
00:31:21,832 --> 00:31:22,856
<i>GROLL: I'm an academic.</i>

388
00:31:23,033 --> 00:31:26,002
<i>I hold a chair in biophysics
at Metropolis University.</i>

389
00:31:26,169 --> 00:31:28,831
<i>Where you've designed and
built a metadermal skin graft...</i>

390
00:31:29,005 --> 00:31:33,669
<i>that will not only sustain Lex's health,
but will give him superhuman abilities.</i>

391
00:31:35,078 --> 00:31:37,205
<i>GROLL: Superhuman abilities.</i>

392
00:31:37,380 --> 00:31:40,110
<i>Have you taken up
reading comic books?</i>

393
00:31:41,985 --> 00:31:44,954
For someone
intelligent enough...

394
00:31:45,121 --> 00:31:48,648
to harness alien DNA into
the ultimate power suit...

395
00:31:48,825 --> 00:31:51,589
you are dangerously naive.

396
00:31:52,229 --> 00:31:55,926
What good will your technology
do in the hands of a madman?

397
00:31:56,099 --> 00:31:59,830
You and I both know that
Lex is too dangerous to wear it.

398
00:32:01,004 --> 00:32:02,869
But I can.

399
00:32:04,040 --> 00:32:06,440
<i>I'm sorry, I don't have
time to discuss fictitious...</i>

400
00:32:06,610 --> 00:32:10,478
If Lex ever puts on that
suit, he will corrupt its power.

401
00:32:10,647 --> 00:32:15,141
He will become a god among
men, and the world will never recover.

402
00:32:16,453 --> 00:32:17,647
Do you want your legacy...

403
00:32:17,821 --> 00:32:21,655
to be allowing Lex Luthor to
become the ultimate weapon?

404
00:32:23,159 --> 00:32:28,222
Or do you wanna be remembered
for saving people's lives?

405
00:32:29,232 --> 00:32:32,668
For improving the human
condition all over the world?

406
00:32:35,505 --> 00:32:37,700
I have the space
in East Metropolis.

407
00:32:37,874 --> 00:32:41,275
In a warehouse on 95th and
Bristol. You can set up your lab.

408
00:32:41,444 --> 00:32:43,378
<i>It's not just me.</i>

409
00:32:44,147 --> 00:32:45,910
<i>I work with a lab
full of researchers.</i>

410
00:32:46,082 --> 00:32:47,674
<i>They'd never allow it.</i>

411
00:32:47,851 --> 00:32:50,445
Tell them it was
on Lex's orders.

412
00:32:50,620 --> 00:32:53,282
That he wanted me
to be the guinea pig.

413
00:32:55,525 --> 00:32:58,153
It's not so far-fetched, is it?

414
00:33:04,134 --> 00:33:06,125
I don't think she
was kidnapped, Clark.

415
00:33:10,273 --> 00:33:13,299
Lana doesn't wanna
destroy the technology.

416
00:33:13,476 --> 00:33:16,070
She wants to use it on herself.

417
00:33:34,764 --> 00:33:38,564
Thank God. Her
blood pressure's rising.

418
00:33:38,835 --> 00:33:40,530
MAN: For now.

419
00:33:42,238 --> 00:33:44,331
The machines are
what's keeping her alive.

420
00:33:44,507 --> 00:33:45,838
GROLL: She's going to be fine.

421
00:33:47,911 --> 00:33:49,936
She has to be.

422
00:33:54,351 --> 00:33:56,581
TESS: Where's the
Prometheus suit?

423
00:33:57,621 --> 00:33:59,885
Stop. Don't enter that chamber.

424
00:34:00,056 --> 00:34:02,354
Any contaminant could kill her.

425
00:34:02,525 --> 00:34:04,015
Her?

426
00:34:13,670 --> 00:34:16,764
- Lana.
- It was Lex's orders.

427
00:34:20,243 --> 00:34:22,905
Prometheus must be destroyed.

428
00:34:23,513 --> 00:34:24,844
It's too late.

429
00:34:25,015 --> 00:34:28,246
You can't destroy the
suit without murdering her.

430
00:34:32,022 --> 00:34:34,820
Lana Lang was
born to be a martyr.

431
00:34:34,991 --> 00:34:36,583
No.

432
00:34:38,328 --> 00:34:39,955
[MACHINES POWERING DOWN]

433
00:34:43,733 --> 00:34:46,429
You will never be able
to help Lex Luthor again.

434
00:35:27,977 --> 00:35:30,502
You find her
before she finds me.

435
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:32,944
This woman is lethal.

436
00:35:52,469 --> 00:35:53,868
[SWOOSHES]

437
00:35:59,309 --> 00:36:02,801
Lana, you gotta believe me. I
didn't know you were in there.

438
00:36:05,181 --> 00:36:06,614
Yes, you did.

439
00:36:08,718 --> 00:36:11,482
I'm not here to hurt you, Tess.

440
00:36:11,654 --> 00:36:13,383
I'm here as your friend.

441
00:36:16,593 --> 00:36:19,460
My BFF who tears open
my safe with her bare hands...

442
00:36:19,629 --> 00:36:22,530
and burns all of my research?

443
00:36:22,866 --> 00:36:26,529
I think that you're stretching the
definition of friendship just a little bit.

444
00:36:30,206 --> 00:36:32,697
I don't want you to make
the same mistake I did.

445
00:36:34,310 --> 00:36:36,437
I know how much you
wanna get revenge on Lex...

446
00:36:36,613 --> 00:36:38,342
and who can blame you?

447
00:36:38,515 --> 00:36:41,211
I have felt that
exact same rage.

448
00:36:42,852 --> 00:36:46,344
He didn't implant a
microchip into your brain.

449
00:36:47,791 --> 00:36:50,123
All that anger will lead
you down a long tunnel...

450
00:36:50,293 --> 00:36:53,353
that you will never
find your way out of.

451
00:36:56,566 --> 00:37:02,061
Yeah, that's a really easy position to take
when you're clad in an invincible suit.

452
00:37:04,274 --> 00:37:08,108
I didn't put the suit
on for protection.

453
00:37:09,012 --> 00:37:11,776
I did it so that I could actually
do some good in the world.

454
00:37:18,254 --> 00:37:21,087
You are an amazing woman, Tess.

455
00:37:23,726 --> 00:37:27,787
But it's hard to see when you're stuck in
the dark shadow of an even darker man.

456
00:37:28,565 --> 00:37:30,465
Why do you think
I want Lex gone?

457
00:37:33,269 --> 00:37:36,067
You may have gotten
rid of the microchip...

458
00:37:36,773 --> 00:37:40,675
but every second that you
are consumed by hate...

459
00:37:40,844 --> 00:37:44,644
is another second Lex
is still in control of you.

460
00:37:51,788 --> 00:37:54,222
Don't be a victim anymore.

461
00:38:16,212 --> 00:38:18,077
[DOOR OPENS]

462
00:38:20,683 --> 00:38:24,016
Kent, what are you doing
rising before the roosters?

463
00:38:24,187 --> 00:38:26,018
Couldn't sleep.

464
00:38:28,091 --> 00:38:29,649
<i>LANA: Clark.</i>

465
00:38:33,463 --> 00:38:35,954
<i>Meet me up on the roof.</i>

466
00:38:38,434 --> 00:38:40,095
Lana?

467
00:38:43,406 --> 00:38:46,341
I've been looking all over
for you. Are you okay?

468
00:38:46,509 --> 00:38:48,033
I've never felt better, Clark.

469
00:38:48,711 --> 00:38:51,179
It's because you're
wearing that suit, Lana.

470
00:38:52,248 --> 00:38:53,545
You have powers.

471
00:38:53,716 --> 00:38:56,207
And the last time that
happened, it didn't end well.

472
00:38:56,386 --> 00:38:58,251
I'm different now.

473
00:38:58,588 --> 00:39:01,216
This time I've prepared myself.

474
00:39:03,159 --> 00:39:05,719
Why didn't you tell me
what you were doing?

475
00:39:06,429 --> 00:39:08,897
You would have never
let me go through with it.

476
00:39:09,065 --> 00:39:11,158
Because it's dangerous, Lana.

477
00:39:11,334 --> 00:39:13,359
It's never been
tested on humans.

478
00:39:13,536 --> 00:39:16,096
Give Lex credit
where credit is due.

479
00:39:16,272 --> 00:39:18,172
When it comes to
all things scientific...

480
00:39:18,341 --> 00:39:22,539
he's pulled off the impossible
on more than one occasion.

481
00:39:22,712 --> 00:39:26,842
Clark, you don't have
to protect me anymore.

482
00:39:27,016 --> 00:39:28,677
You don't have
to worry about me.

483
00:39:28,851 --> 00:39:30,819
How can you say that, Lana?

484
00:39:30,987 --> 00:39:33,979
- We have no idea what's gonna happen.
- Exactly.

485
00:39:34,157 --> 00:39:37,649
And that's why it's so
important to live in the present.

486
00:39:38,995 --> 00:39:43,193
Whatever happened in the past,
and whatever happens in the future...

487
00:39:43,366 --> 00:39:44,492
it doesn't matter.

488
00:39:44,667 --> 00:39:48,159
It does matter, Lana. It
matters if you get hurt.

489
00:39:52,809 --> 00:39:55,801
I know how much
you care about me.

490
00:39:57,413 --> 00:39:59,540
You always have.

491
00:40:00,850 --> 00:40:04,286
That's why when I came
back for Chloe's wedding...

492
00:40:04,754 --> 00:40:07,382
I didn't think we
could be together.

493
00:40:07,724 --> 00:40:13,629
Clark, the last thing I wanted was
to be some distraction in your life.

494
00:40:13,796 --> 00:40:15,764
You're not a distraction.

495
00:40:17,934 --> 00:40:19,401
You never were.

496
00:40:22,338 --> 00:40:24,636
I'm not anymore.

497
00:40:27,276 --> 00:40:31,212
Clark, nothing can
hurt me anymore.

498
00:40:31,381 --> 00:40:32,541
You and I are equals now.

499
00:40:32,715 --> 00:40:34,580
And together...

500
00:40:34,884 --> 00:40:37,375
we can help make the
world a better place.

501
00:40:44,927 --> 00:40:48,795
- Unless that's not what you want.
- No, Lana, it's exactly what I want.

502
00:40:50,967 --> 00:40:54,061
But it's a dream, Lana.

503
00:40:55,004 --> 00:40:57,495
We both know dreams
normally don't come true.

504
00:41:02,678 --> 00:41:06,444
There's never been
anything normal about us.