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Lex Luthor's Perspective on Perception and Value
Lex Luthor
I pay you to think I'm amazing, ].
[[w:Mercy Graves|Mercy]
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Brainiac Hijacks Lexlabs, Threatens Metropolis Stability
Tehnician
Let's get out of here.
Brainiac
Data. Billions of bit streams. I think I shall help myself.
Perry White
Brainiac just hijacked Lexlabs! If he's gonna cripple Metropolis by crashing all our computers like last time, whose front page am I gonna read it on first?!
Lois Lane
I'm on it, chief. Just need to make a pit stop.
Jimmy Olsen
Uh, but my hands are still wet, Ms. Lane.
[stammers]
Lois Lane
Dry them on your socks and grab your camera, Jimmy. If Kent beats us to another scoop, I've officially lost my mojo. Buckle up.
President
Mr. Luthor, sir. Brainiac just crash-landed at Lexlabs.
Lex Luthor
But Lex nine thousand--
[stammers]
Mercy Graves
Shall I fetch the limo?
Superman
Brainiac. It's time to log off.
Brainiac
But I hunger for knowledge, son of Krypton. And knowledge is power. You may want to attend to that.
Jimmy Olsen
Whoa. He's going the other way, Ms. Lane. What are we gonna do?
Lois Lane
Get another angle on things.
Perry White
Why can't you be more like Kent?! He never whines! Heck, half the time, I don't even know he's here!
Perry White
You better get the fear! Be a real newsman, or there's the door!
Perry White
Huh.
Jimmy Olsen
Oh, Ms. Lane, you know something bad's gonna happen. Why do you always have to put yourself in these situations?
Lois Lane
He's why, Jimmy.
Brainiac
Upload complete. Another small step in my evolution toward becoming the ultimate intellect. And information is most valuable if I am the only one who possesses it.
Superman
Were the only one.
Brainiac
Nice try, son of Krypton, but I am now equipped to go one better.
Brainiac
It may not be kryptonite--
Brainiac
But its power cannot be denied.
Lex Luthor
I am so happy.
Lex Luthor
No, wait. I'm sad.
Mercy Graves
Sir?
Lex Luthor
Lex nine thousand is supposed to bust up meteors, not Superman. News of this could ruin me. Well, can't beat ringside. Mercy, microwave some popcorn.
Lois Lane
Oh, boy.
Jimmy Olsen
Ms. Lane!
Jimmy Olsen
Help! Help!
Brainiac
How ironic. Brought to your knees by a device, intended to drive the likes of me away. With you deleted, son of Krypton, nothing can stop me from draining your planet dry of all its data.
Jimmy Olsen
Help! Help!
Brainiac
I think I shall enjoy hurtling humankind back to the Dark Ages.
Lois Lane
Ooh. Brain freeze.
Superman
Ms. Lane, you really need to be more careful.
Lois Lane
You always catch me when I fall, Superman. Besides, how else am I supposed to get to know you better?
Lex Luthor
Brainiac and Lex nine thousand made quite a team. They were yay close to offing the big blue boy scout.
Mercy Graves
Until Superman brained Brainiac.
Lex Luthor
Or did he? Please, please, shoot my good side. :Lois Lane: Didn't know you had one.
Lex Luthor
Touché, Lane.
Lex Luthor
Welcome, Superman. I'd offer you a latte, but Brainiac seems to have busted up our refreshment station.
Lois Lane
Mr. Luthor, care to comment about the operation of your so-called meteor buster?
Lex Luthor
Hey, hey, hey, I just build the stuff. How intergalactic scum choose to use it is another matter. Isn't that right, Superman?
Superman
If it had done its job and shot down Brainiac in the first place, we wouldn't be having this conversation.
Lex Luthor
Oh, pshaw. New technology always requires fine tuning. But the real question is, who's gonna pay for this mess? Thanks to you, Superman, Brainiac's in no condition to cut me a check.
Lex Luthor
Nope, no signs of life here.
Perry White
Kent, you're one heck of a journalist, maybe my best. You meet deadlines without breaking a sweat, and without putting yourself in harm's way like Lane. I'm not sure how you pull it off.
Clark Kent
Well, guess I just keep my eye on the story and my fingers on the typewriter keys.
Perry White
Kent, I wish you'd reconsider my offer to be our foreign correspondent. Branch out. It's the Daily Planet, after all.
Clark Kent
Oh, I don't know, Mr. White. I'd hate being so far away from home base, from the gang.
Perry White
What are you, in kindergarten? I suggest you worry about being far from home when you decide to settle down.
Jimmy Olsen
: Whoa. Mercy.
[chuckles]
Lois Lane
Nice collection you got there, Jimmy. Which do you recommend I use for my story?
Jimmy Olsen
Um... This one's my favorite.
Lois Lane
Get over her, Jimmy. She'd eat you alive. Sarah's really more your speed.
Jimmy Olsen
Sarah? That geek? We don't have anything in common.
Lois Lane
You both work for the newspaper.
Jimmy Olsen
She's the food critic.
Lois Lane
Free meals. You'd never have to pick up the check.
Jimmy Olsen
I like cheeseburgers and chili fries. She likes chichi.
Lois Lane
It's her job to like chichi. You know what they say, Jimmy: Beauty isn't skin-deep.
Jimmy Olsen
Look who's talking, Miss Only-Has-Eyes-for Superman.
Lois Lane
I won't deny there's something about a flying man in tights that gets me tingly, but when you look into someone's eyes and get that connected feeling, like somehow you've always known them, that's when you know it's right. So, Jimmy, get past the glasses, huh?
Clark Kent
Hey, uh, someone mention chili fries?
Jimmy Olsen
Uh, yeah, about four hours ago.
Lois Lane
Well, you two have fun. I have a Superman story to finish.
Jimmy Olsen
Check out my snaps, Mr. K. Mercy may work for the dark side, but I think that just adds to her dangerous allure.
Clark Kent
I wouldn't know, Jimmy. She's not exactly my type.
Lex Luthor
Hello, anyone home?
Brainiac
What? Where am I?
Lex Luthor
Oh. I was hoping his first words would be "Dada.
Brainiac
Where are you? And Lex Luthor gave him sight.
Brainiac
Lex Luthor?
Lex Luthor
In the flesh.
Brainiac
I know of you through my--
Lex Luthor
Acquisition of knowledge, through my patented Lexlabs supercomputer, yada, yada, yada.
Brainiac
Your tone conveys a familiarity that has not yet been earned, Lex Luthor.
Lex Luthor
You know, it's just that kind of braggadocio, that got you brained to bits in the first place.
Brainiac
By the son of Krypton, yes.
Lex Luthor
I'm feeling the love here. Are you? Brainy, babe, you and I are both muy simpatico. We're both into the world-domination thing, and we both despise the superpowered boy scout of Metropolis.
Brainiac
If you have a point, make it.
Lex Luthor
I can provide you with the ultimate opportunity, to annihilate Superman.
Brainiac
And in return?
Lex Luthor
You allow me to publicly avenge the Man of Steel.
Lex Luthor
Put on a big show, playing hero, chase you from Earth. Then you take over some other world far away, and leave the domination of this one to me. We both live happily ever after.
Mercy Graves
The end.
Brainiac
We make strange allies, Lex Luthor. But giving up Earth is small sacrifice for ridding the galaxies of my mortal enemy.
Lex Luthor
Let's rebuild you, partner.
Brainiac
I am a biotechnic entity. All that I require is proximity to technology, to incorporate into my very being.
Lex Luthor
Hey, I didn't mean to step on any proverbial toes. But if that's the case, I suggest that we incorporate you, with something other than a toaster oven this time. Something with a little more, muscle.
Martha Kent
Clark, is something troubling you? You hardly touched your chicken and dumplings.
Jonathan Kent
Yeah, you usually have at least six helpings.
Clark Kent
I'm watching my carbs, Mom.
Jonathan Kent
Well, we're sure glad you flew home for the weekend, son.
Martha Kent
Since you've been in Metropolis, we barely see you. Figured it was work keeping you busy.
Jonathan Kent
Or a lady. Unh.
Martha Kent
Any thoughts about settling down'?
Clark Kent
On Earth? Oh, I'm here to stay.
Clark Kent
Lois has been on my mind. Again.
Jonathan Kent
Oh. How are things, you know, going with her?
Clark Kent
As Superman? Dandy. But she can't seem to look Clark Kent in the eye.
Jonathan Kent
Well, maybe it's the spectacles. Ever consider getting that new-fangled laser surgery?
Martha Kent
Heh. He doesn't need glasses.
Jonathan Kent
Right, right, x-ray vision. I knew that.
Clark Kent
Look, Lois is a crack reporter. Best there is. It's only a matter of time before she gets past the glasses, sees through my disguise. I'm concerned she won't ever trust me, or Superman again. I need to tell Lois the truth.
Martha Kent
So, what's keeping you, Clark?
Jonathan Kent
You got our support.
Martha Kent
Hmm.
Clark Kent
I have powerful enemies who would give anything to find my weak spot. If any one of them were to discover what Lois might learn, that Clark Kent is Superman. Well, I can't knowingly put Lois, put anyone I care about, in that kind of danger.
Jonathan Kent
Son, we know you're Superman, and we're just fine.
Martha Kent
Clark, if there's one thing we've learned since being blessed with you, a risk is worth taking if it's for love.
Lex Luthor
Since you've already hijacked Lex nine thousand once on your own, I have an automatic alibi.
Mercy Graves
You just build the stuff. Heh.
Brainiac
Enough dallying. My biotechnic-grafting process requires an incubation period.
Lex Luthor
Hold your horses, Brainy. We have a couple of extras for your travel kit. One.
Brainiac
Kryptonite.
Lex Luthor
A smidgen, but who knows? Combined with your new firepower, it might be just enough to kick things up a notch.
Brainiac
And second?
Lex Luthor
We took a swab off your shiny little dome, and guess what turned up. Your IQ.
Lex Luthor
Seems Super Duperman clocked you so hard, he left a little something for you to remember him by. A strand of DNA.
Brainiac
With the Kryptonian's DNA, I can lock on to his energy signature, track him wherever he may be.
Lex Luthor
That's right, partner. Heh. Superman may run faster than a speeding bullet, but he can't hide. See you at Superman's funeral.
Clark Kent
Night.
Jimmy Olsen
Hasta la vista.
Lois Lane
See you in the a.m.
Perry White
Not so fast. Kent, need you to cover for Sarah tonight. She just called in sick. :Lois Lane: Lovesick. Ha, ha. :Perry White: No, I ate some bad clams. You'll be reviewing Lamont Laboe's new hot spot.
Jimmy Olsen
Ooh. Trés chichi.
Clark Kent
But, Perry, I don't know the first thing about how to--
Perry White
Lane, the reservation's for two. Help the man out.
Clark Kent
Hungry?
Brainiac
Once again, I am reborn.
Lois Lane
I didn't know it was gonna be so--
Clark Kent
Dark?
Waitrer
Welcome to Le Chateau Laboe, the most romantic dining experience in Metropolis. Are we celebrating an anniversary tonight? Honeymooning? Ah, dating.
Clark Kent
Um, heh, actually, we're, uh--
Lois Lane
Critics. So let's keep things professional, huh?
Lex Luthor
Mmm. I love to dine surrounded by beauty. After I make a show of mopping up Brainiac with one of my patented Lexosuits, I'll be the new boy scout of Metropolis.
Mercy Graves
And the military will finally beg to pay you top dollar for them.
Lex Luthor
Hmm. You're learning, Mercy. Now, parmesan, por favor.
President
Sir, mission control has lost all contact with Lex nine thousand. It vanished.
Lex Luthor
It's showtime.
Clark Kent
Ew.
Lois Lane
Calamari not your thing, Smallville?
Clark Kent
Ha, ha. I'm one hundred percent corn-fed. If it's not Mom's chicken and dumplings--
Lois Lane
Well, I'm glad there's squid on the table. My pen just ran out of ink.
Clark Kent
You know, Lois, I never pegged you for such a romantic. I mean, with Jimmy. Playing matchmaker and all.
Lois Lane
I just hate seeing people miss opportunities. Life's too short, you know what I mean?
Clark Kent
I think I'm starting to.
Lois Lane
So I meddle in Olsen's affairs. What's your story, Kent? Seeing anyone?
Clark Kent
I'm waiting for a special someone to take notice of me.
Lois Lane
Kent, why so mild mannered? You shouldn't be afraid to tell a girl what's on your mind. I mean, you're kind, intelligent, good-looking, well built--
Clark Kent
What is it, Lois?
Lois Lane
For a moment, you, reminded me of someone I know, that's all.
Clark Kent
Lois, this is hard for me. Maybe harder than anything I've ever had to say. But there's something I need to tell you.
Brainiac
Son of Krypton.
Lois Lane
Yes, Clark?
Clark Kent
You have something right here.
Lois Lane
Oh.
Brainiac
Son of Krypton.
Superman
I'm here, Brainiac.
Lois Lane
Clark? Clark?
Brainiac
I have been keeping pace with current trends in technology. And I have upgraded with one goal in mind: your destruction.
Lois Lane
Chief, trust me. This is one restaurant review, you'll want plastered on the front page. All I need is my ace photographer. Hey, wait a second. Technology.
Pilot
Enemy engaged.
Brainiac
You cannot hide from me, son of Krypton.
Superman
The more I try to resist him, the weaker I become.
Brainiac
This time, son of Krypton, I possess brawn as well as brain.
Superman
Huh? Oh, no. Miss Lane. Lois. Lois.
Lois Lane
Superman, I ... should be more careful.
Doctor
We're doing everything we can to keep her comfortable.
Perry White
She can be comfortable at home, doc. What's her condition?
Doctor
We're still running tests, but, her blood cells seem to be fusing, with traces of metal alloy. As if she's being galvanized from the inside out. We've called in specialists, but, if Miss Lane's blood continues to mutate at this rate, she hasn't much time.
Jimmy Olsen
Superman. He didn't save her this time, Mr. Kent. Superman didn't save her.
Clark Kent
I need to go away for a while, Jimmy. But I promise you, Superman will do everything in his power to save Lois.
Lex Luthor
Was quite a slugfest at the new fondue joint last night. But I'm not sure which I find more tragic: Superman's corpse failing to turn up in the rubble, or Lane's little mishap.
Mercy Graves
Maybe she'll think twice next time she decides to snoop in your business.
Lex Luthor
If there's a next time. Hmm. Mercy, send flowers. We could use the PR.
Computer
Welcome to your Fortress of Solitude, Kal-El.
Superman
Lois has been harmed, and it's my fault. Brainiac knew I was at the restaurant. Which means he's either discovered my identity, or a way of tracking me.
Computer
Then I must question the wisdom in your coming here, Kal-El. All of Krypton's secrets could be compromised.
Superman
I need to save Lois. Nothing else matters. And this is the one time neither my speed nor my strength can help her.
Computer
My analysis of Miss Lane's condition is complete. Most curiously, I have detected a faint trace of kryptonite in her bloodstream.
Superman
That would explain my weakness.
Computer
Miss Lane is suffering from a highly concentrated form of blood-alloy fusion.
Superman
What will it take to cure her?
Computer
There is no earthly cure. There does exist a rare substance.
Superman
Where do I find it?
Computer
Only one place. The Phantom Zone.
Superman
I must go there.
Computer
I had expected that, Kal-El. But listen carefully. Though the Phantom Zone is prison, to the most dangerous criminals in all the galaxies, they will not present the greatest threat to you within it.
Superman
I'm prepared to fend off any of its attacks.
Computer
Once inside, remain intently focused, and above all, accomplish your mission swiftly. For the longer you remain in the Zone, the more vulnerable you will be to its effects, and the more difficult it will become for you to find your way back. The substance which you seek lies at the heart of the Phantom Zone. Argonium fourty four. Be sure to obtain enough of it. As well as cure Miss Lane, Argonium fourty four may also serve to shield you, from Brainiac's form of modified kryptonite.
Brainiac
You cannot hide from me.
Brainiac
So this is your sanctuary. Data. Kryptonian data. The mother lode. Billions of bits, from the great minds of the extinct planet Krypton. I shall drain it dry.
Superman
The computer only responds to my DNA.
Computer
Welcome to your Fortress of Solitude, Kal-El.
Brainiac
Yes, it does.
Superman
This ends here, with us.
Computer
DNA recognition override. Self-destruct mode commenced. Twelve, eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one.
Brainiac
No, you would not. All the knowledge of your civilization, lost?
Superman
Better lost than abused.
Brainiac
No! No energy signature. At least the son of Krypton is no more.
Lois Lane
Hmmmm. I got one heck of a case of food poisoning. Last time I eat out with Clark. Where is Clark?
Lex Luthor
Mercy, it's beginning to feel like somewhere in the world, Superman may be history.
Lex Luthor
Break out the tiki torches. We're throwing a luau. And be sure to invite all our favorite members of the press.
Perry White
So here I work on Kent for a year to be my foreign correspondent, and he picks now to take the job. Then I don't hear boo from him, and for the first time ever, he misses a deadline. Oh. Still can't reach him.
Jimmy Olsen
Maybe his cell can't roam in Uzbekistan.
Perry White
I can't figure why Kent isn't here, with Lane laid up the way she is.
Jimmy Olsen
Not to mention Superman.
Perry White
Olsen, you thinking what I'm thinking?
Jimmy Olsen
Yeah. Yeah, I am. Mr. Kent hasn't been too forthcoming.
Perry White
It's obvious now. Kent only took the foreign assignment to get away from here. From the pain of seeing Lane this way.
Jimmy Olsen
She must really mean a lot to him.
Superman
Hang on just a little longer, Lois.
Perry White
What the--? What the--? Olsen, why are you still here?
Jimmy Olsen
Because you told me not to hover around the hospital. Gotta give the doctors room to work.
Perry White
Well, you gotta get your mind off this. Gotta do something with yourself.
Jimmy Olsen
Okay, I'll go to the hospital.
Perry White
No. Look, kid. I really should have a reporter at the Luthor shindig tonight. You go.
Jimmy Olsen
But I'm a photographer.
Perry White
Well, I'm short-staffed. My ace newshounds are either overseas, or on their deathbeds.
Jimmy Olsen
I'll report anything you want me to report, Mr. White. It just won't be Ms. Lane's obit, because she's gonna be all right. You know she's gonna be all right.
Lois Lane
Clark?
Superman
Yes. Yes, Lois.
Lois Lane
You mean, you...?
Clark Kent
You know, Lois, I never pegged you for such a romantic. I mean, with Jimmy. Playing matchmaker and all.
Lois Lane
I just hate seeing people miss opportunities. Life's too short, you know what I mean?
Clark Kent
I think I'm starting to.
Lois Lane
So I meddle in Olsen's affairs. What's your story, Kent? Seeing someone?
Clark Kent
I'm waiting for a special someone to take notice of me.
Lois Lane
Kent, why so mild-mannered? You shouldn't be afraid to tell a girl what's on your mind. I mean you're kind, intelligent, good-looking, well built--
Clark Kent
What is it, Lois?
[Catches himself]
Lois Lane
For a moment, you... reminded me of someone I know, that's all.
Clark Kent
I think Lois will be just fine as long as Superman and Clark Kent are here to look out for.
Civilian
Look!
Firefighter
Up in the sky!
Civilian
It's Superman!
Lex Luthor
Yay!
Mercy Graves
You know something news boy, you're kinda cute.
Jimmy Olsen
I... I am?
[shyly]
Mercy Graves
To bad I have to break you.
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Luthor's Frustration with Superman's Dominance
Lex Luthor
Kryptonite, the ultimate bane to Superman. If it were only as big as my head.
Lex Luthor
I spent two years and $ billion mining outer space, and this green grain of rice is all I have to show for it?
Mercy Graves
Eh, it's a pretty green.
Lex Luthor
Unless I have enough of it to make Superman's head explode, Mercy, my dear, it's not the kind of green that interests me. LexCorp bleeds millions every time the Man of Steel, thwarts my covert plans to achieve world domination. What does he have against free enterprise, anyway, hmm? And every day that Superman's popularity spikes, mine drops another rung down the sewers of Metropolis.
Mercy Graves
Well, I think you're amazing, Mr. Luthor.
Lex Luthor
I pay you to think I'm amazing, Mercy. But market research shows it doesn't matter, how much money Lex Luthor pumps into this economy. People only respond to amazing heroes. Huh. So today LexCorp unveils a new breed of hero. Up, up and away above Metropolis, to defend our city, our world, against wayward meteors and alien threats. The Lex nine thousand : Because even Superman can't patrol Earth's orbit twenty four/seven.
Scientist
The Lex seven supercomputer indicates the bogey may be space debris.
Technician
Uh, that debris
Scientist
Uh, let's put Lex nine thousand to the test.
Tehnician
Velocity is off the charts. Impact in--
Scientist
I know the when, just give me the where.
Tehnician
Uh, here. It's heading straight for us.
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Clark's Assurance of Lois's Safety
Clark Kent
I think Lois will be just fine as long as ] and Clark Kent are here to look out for.
[last lines; [w:Superman|Superman]
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