1 00:00:01,752 --> 00:00:03,545 Previously on Smallville... 2 00:00:03,712 --> 00:00:06,798 - You are too late, kal-ei. - Lana? 3 00:00:06,965 --> 00:00:09,635 - Miss lang had a full recovery. - Where is she? 4 00:00:09,801 --> 00:00:12,888 Oh, she's already checked out. But she wanted me to give you this. 5 00:00:13,514 --> 00:00:16,975 I knew that if! Looked into your eyes, I'd never be able to say it. 6 00:00:17,518 --> 00:00:20,771 If I ever discovered that someone withheld information 7 00:00:20,854 --> 00:00:21,915 that could help me find Lex, 8 00:00:21,939 --> 00:00:23,774 I'd be forced to respond accordingly. 9 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:25,609 Nobody questions my loyalty. 10 00:00:26,693 --> 00:00:27,773 I can't believe it. 11 00:00:27,986 --> 00:00:29,238 Lana, you're back. 12 00:00:29,905 --> 00:00:30,948 Why are you staying? 13 00:00:31,031 --> 00:00:32,751 Leaving's harder than I thought it would be. 14 00:00:33,325 --> 00:00:36,036 You still haven't told him the reasons why you disappeared. 15 00:00:36,203 --> 00:00:37,496 Or what you plan on doing next. 16 00:00:40,582 --> 00:00:41,625 Lex saved my life. 17 00:00:41,708 --> 00:00:42,751 I owe him everything. 18 00:00:42,918 --> 00:00:45,754 This is how a Luthor rewards that kind of loyalty. 19 00:00:47,005 --> 00:00:50,926 You've been Lex's eyes and ears for quite some time. 20 00:00:51,093 --> 00:00:54,096 I've done everything but not anymore. 21 00:00:55,222 --> 00:00:56,431 Goodbye, Lex. 22 00:00:56,598 --> 00:00:58,660 What if the rest of the world didn't have to come first? 23 00:00:58,684 --> 00:01:00,185 The world needs you, Clark. 24 00:01:00,269 --> 00:01:01,603 What about what we need? 25 00:01:18,036 --> 00:01:21,290 Sir, it's not too late to suspend the procedure. 26 00:01:21,456 --> 00:01:23,083 Our orders are to move fonnard. 27 00:01:23,250 --> 00:01:24,793 At what cost? 28 00:01:24,960 --> 00:01:28,213 I know Mr. Luthor wants to get back on his feet as soon as possible 29 00:01:28,297 --> 00:01:31,425 but we are nowhere near ready to attempt this on a human being. 30 00:01:31,675 --> 00:01:33,885 The studies on mice have barely even started. 31 00:01:33,969 --> 00:01:34,970 Doesn't matter. 32 00:01:35,053 --> 00:01:37,681 Mr. Luthor wants us to proceed and that's what we're going to do. 33 00:01:38,515 --> 00:01:40,809 Where are we with the molecular transfusion? 34 00:01:40,892 --> 00:01:42,853 - Prepared for absorption. - And the subject? 35 00:01:42,936 --> 00:01:44,062 Vitals normal. 36 00:01:44,646 --> 00:01:45,646 We're all set. 37 00:01:58,952 --> 00:02:01,288 Begin the transdermal evisceration. 38 00:02:05,876 --> 00:02:07,085 Stand by. 39 00:02:09,963 --> 00:02:11,089 Energizing. 40 00:02:33,945 --> 00:02:38,992 Somebody save me 41 00:02:40,410 --> 00:02:43,955 let your warm hands break right through 42 00:02:44,039 --> 00:02:49,378 somebody save me 43 00:02:50,754 --> 00:02:54,424 don't care how you do it 44 00:02:54,508 --> 00:02:59,221 just stay, stay 45 00:02:59,304 --> 00:03:00,931 come on 46 00:03:01,139 --> 00:03:04,976 I've been waiting for you 47 00:03:05,060 --> 00:03:09,147 just stay with me 48 00:03:10,524 --> 00:03:14,945 I've made this whole world shine for you 49 00:03:15,028 --> 00:03:19,032 just stay, stay 50 00:03:19,157 --> 00:03:21,576 come on 51 00:03:31,670 --> 00:03:34,630 We always thought that we were meant to be together, Clark, 52 00:03:35,215 --> 00:03:38,719 but the truth is, we were fooling ourselves. 53 00:03:41,722 --> 00:03:46,268 I need you, but the world needs you more. 54 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:49,771 And as long as I'm in your life, I am holding you back. 55 00:03:53,650 --> 00:03:54,651 Please... 56 00:03:55,986 --> 00:03:58,613 Clark, you know you're bored 57 00:03:58,697 --> 00:04:01,116 when you resort to watching a repeat of your break-up. 58 00:04:04,161 --> 00:04:06,913 I needed to remind myself that Lana left for a reason. 59 00:04:08,832 --> 00:04:11,376 Did something happen that made you suddenly forget? 60 00:04:16,631 --> 00:04:20,844 Last night we kind of kissed. 61 00:04:22,095 --> 00:04:23,680 I know. It was a mistake. 62 00:04:23,764 --> 00:04:25,307 I don't know what I was thinking. 63 00:04:26,641 --> 00:04:29,019 Clark, you're acting like you committed a crime. 64 00:04:29,186 --> 00:04:30,395 Now, I'm not a lawyer, 65 00:04:30,479 --> 00:04:32,939 but I really don't think that a little trip to first base 66 00:04:33,023 --> 00:04:34,232 is exactly a felony. 67 00:04:34,316 --> 00:04:36,943 I'm digging up feelings from the past that need to stay buried. 68 00:04:37,027 --> 00:04:38,361 For both our sake. 69 00:04:38,445 --> 00:04:40,757 You know, you have an arsenal of abilities at your disposal, 70 00:04:40,781 --> 00:04:42,991 but suffocating feelings that wanna come up for air 71 00:04:43,074 --> 00:04:44,409 definitely isn't one of them. 72 00:04:45,660 --> 00:04:48,663 Lana thought she was holding me back, and you know what? She was right. 73 00:04:48,830 --> 00:04:51,500 Look what happened after she left. I got off the farm, I got a job. 74 00:04:51,583 --> 00:04:52,709 I started using my abilities 75 00:04:52,793 --> 00:04:54,479 to help people when they needed it the most. 76 00:04:54,503 --> 00:04:56,004 Did you do that because Lana left 77 00:04:56,171 --> 00:04:57,547 or because you simply grew up 78 00:04:57,631 --> 00:04:59,633 and realized what you wanted to do with your life? 79 00:05:01,676 --> 00:05:05,096 Clark, maybe she isn't the liability you're making her out to be. 80 00:05:05,263 --> 00:05:06,515 How does she feel about it? 81 00:05:06,598 --> 00:05:08,642 It's on that disc. She doesn't wanna be together. 82 00:05:08,725 --> 00:05:11,728 She made that disc seven months ago, Clark. People change. 83 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:13,522 You certainly did. 84 00:05:14,064 --> 00:05:17,317 Look, stop playing the guessing game and talk to her. 85 00:05:17,484 --> 00:05:19,778 She's probably at my apartment right now. 86 00:05:28,537 --> 00:05:29,663 Lana? 87 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:44,302 Clark. 88 00:05:44,469 --> 00:05:45,887 I didn't know it was you. 89 00:05:46,596 --> 00:05:49,033 I didn't realize that breaking and entering was one of your hobbies. 90 00:05:49,057 --> 00:05:50,976 The damage was done when I got here. 91 00:05:51,434 --> 00:05:54,145 Okay, I was worried about Lana and I came to warn her 92 00:05:54,312 --> 00:05:55,772 but I was obviously too late. 93 00:05:55,939 --> 00:05:57,274 Warn her about what? 94 00:05:57,607 --> 00:06:03,321 It seems that she's been poking around some classified LuthorCorp technology. 95 00:06:10,203 --> 00:06:13,707 The last time I checked, you were in charge of LuthorCorp. 96 00:06:13,874 --> 00:06:17,961 Everything but the nanotechnology dedicated to sustaining Lex's life. 97 00:06:19,170 --> 00:06:20,589 The bear may be hibernating, 98 00:06:20,672 --> 00:06:22,441 but that does not mean that he's gonna sit around 99 00:06:22,465 --> 00:06:24,092 and let his honey get stolen. 100 00:06:24,175 --> 00:06:26,511 You think lexis behind what happened to Lana? 101 00:06:26,636 --> 00:06:28,972 I don't think, Clark, I know. 102 00:06:29,514 --> 00:06:31,349 And I'm really concerned for her. 103 00:06:31,975 --> 00:06:34,394 Since when did you and Lana become close friends? 104 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:36,605 I will forever be grateful to her. 105 00:06:37,314 --> 00:06:39,274 Lana's responsible for finally showing me 106 00:06:39,357 --> 00:06:41,318 the monster that Lex really is. 107 00:06:42,277 --> 00:06:44,779 The least that I can do is repay the favor. 108 00:06:46,031 --> 00:06:47,407 I knew Lex was still alive. 109 00:06:47,490 --> 00:06:50,327 I had no idea he was capable of kidnapping Lana from a distance. 110 00:06:50,410 --> 00:06:52,746 It wouldn't be the first time he's abducted her from afar. 111 00:06:56,082 --> 00:06:57,751 She didn't tell you. 112 00:06:57,918 --> 00:06:59,461 Tell me what? 113 00:07:01,129 --> 00:07:04,382 Do you remember that DVD she made for you last spring? 114 00:07:05,926 --> 00:07:09,346 Did you ever wonder how Lana got her hands on a video camera 115 00:07:09,512 --> 00:07:11,806 right after she awoke from a deep coma? 116 00:07:11,973 --> 00:07:15,810 As long as I'm in your life, I'm holding you back. 117 00:07:18,146 --> 00:07:22,400 Please, for both of us, don't come looking for me. 118 00:07:25,195 --> 00:07:26,947 I love you, Clark... 119 00:07:28,490 --> 00:07:30,283 More than you will ever know. 120 00:07:34,829 --> 00:07:36,164 Now let me go. 121 00:07:36,706 --> 00:07:39,918 - It's for your own protection, ma'am. - Is that what Lex told you? 122 00:07:40,085 --> 00:07:42,420 You've been in a coma for the past three months. 123 00:07:42,504 --> 00:07:44,339 We're here to make sure you stay safe. 124 00:07:49,761 --> 00:07:51,012 Get her in the Van. 125 00:07:51,680 --> 00:07:53,181 I'll meet you at the compound. 126 00:07:53,974 --> 00:07:57,227 That disc was a lie. Lana never wanted to leave. 127 00:07:57,310 --> 00:07:59,145 Shelefl because she was escaping from you. 128 00:07:59,229 --> 00:08:01,231 - Clark. - You're no better than Lex. 129 00:08:01,314 --> 00:08:03,954 If I had known what I know now, I would have never been part of it. 130 00:08:04,067 --> 00:08:05,944 Lex convinced us it was for her own good. 131 00:08:06,027 --> 00:08:07,570 How nice of him to kidnap her. 132 00:08:07,737 --> 00:08:10,615 Lex also said that she was in that asylum because of you. 133 00:08:11,658 --> 00:08:13,576 That your relationship was so dysfunctional, 134 00:08:13,660 --> 00:08:15,412 you were constantly hurting her. 135 00:08:29,050 --> 00:08:30,385 Where are you taking me? 136 00:08:30,552 --> 00:08:32,929 To a place where you'll be protected. 137 00:08:34,723 --> 00:08:35,724 Here. 138 00:08:40,228 --> 00:08:42,397 Lex has been watching me, hasn't he? 139 00:08:43,106 --> 00:08:45,567 Waiting for me to wake up so he can kidnap me. 140 00:08:46,067 --> 00:08:47,944 Mr. Luthorjust wants to help you. 141 00:08:51,865 --> 00:08:53,408 I'm not feeling very well. 142 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:56,453 You're dehydrated. You should drink that. 143 00:08:56,619 --> 00:08:58,455 I think I'm gonna throw up. 144 00:08:59,914 --> 00:09:00,957 Here. 145 00:09:07,130 --> 00:09:09,132 Wait. Wait a minute. 146 00:09:09,299 --> 00:09:10,508 Just calm down. 147 00:09:17,348 --> 00:09:19,809 Leave the keys in the ignition and get out of the Van. 148 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:20,977 Now. 149 00:10:49,107 --> 00:10:52,318 The thugs that Lex used, he could have used them again. 150 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:54,028 What are their names? 151 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:55,572 What are their names? 152 00:10:56,906 --> 00:10:58,074 They're both dead. 153 00:11:03,204 --> 00:11:05,582 The people Lex employs now are brand-new, 154 00:11:05,665 --> 00:11:07,542 without any ties to his past. 155 00:11:30,398 --> 00:11:31,858 What do you got there, Clark? 156 00:11:34,944 --> 00:11:36,070 I'm not sure what it is. 157 00:11:37,906 --> 00:11:39,324 Doesn't seem like Lana's taste. 158 00:11:42,202 --> 00:11:43,203 It's not. 159 00:11:45,955 --> 00:11:47,081 Have you seen this before? 160 00:11:48,917 --> 00:11:54,214 My strategic adviser, Carter bowfry, it's his. 161 00:12:08,519 --> 00:12:09,854 What did you do with Lana? 162 00:12:11,231 --> 00:12:13,471 - Don't know who you're talking about. - Don't lie to me. 163 00:12:14,025 --> 00:12:16,236 I found your medallion in her apartment. 164 00:12:18,571 --> 00:12:22,200 My medallion is right here. 165 00:12:27,956 --> 00:12:29,207 Exactly the same. 166 00:12:30,792 --> 00:12:34,420 - How do you know Lana? - Son, I suggest you back down right now. 167 00:12:34,545 --> 00:12:35,964 Lana has been kidnapped. 168 00:12:38,174 --> 00:12:40,927 Look, if anything you know may help me find her, please. 169 00:12:42,178 --> 00:12:43,429 You can trust me. 170 00:12:45,848 --> 00:12:46,848 You must be Clark. 171 00:12:48,476 --> 00:12:49,644 How do you know my name? 172 00:12:52,355 --> 00:12:55,733 I gave Lana that medallion last spring in edge city. 173 00:12:57,819 --> 00:13:00,905 I don't know how she tracked me down. But she did. 174 00:13:01,072 --> 00:13:02,657 Money means nothing to me. 175 00:13:03,241 --> 00:13:04,867 I'll pay you whatever you want. 176 00:13:09,914 --> 00:13:11,874 I don't need your dollars, ma'am. 177 00:13:12,792 --> 00:13:15,461 I'm just a retired teacher living off his pension. 178 00:13:16,879 --> 00:13:19,757 A teacher who trained green berets and Navy seals 179 00:13:19,841 --> 00:13:22,051 to withstand extreme pain and torture. 180 00:13:23,094 --> 00:13:24,262 I've done my homework. 181 00:13:24,345 --> 00:13:25,638 I need your help. 182 00:13:36,232 --> 00:13:38,401 What I have to teach, you're not ready to learn. 183 00:13:38,609 --> 00:13:39,736 You'd be surprised. 184 00:13:40,903 --> 00:13:42,155 Please, just give me a chance. 185 00:13:42,238 --> 00:13:44,991 You're not a soldier and you're definitely not a government agent. 186 00:13:45,074 --> 00:13:46,617 So why are you here? 187 00:13:47,869 --> 00:13:49,412 I want to be invincible. 188 00:13:51,789 --> 00:13:52,957 Well, good for you. 189 00:13:55,043 --> 00:13:58,463 Look, I'm all for girl power... 190 00:13:59,547 --> 00:14:02,342 But you're gonna have to go find yours on your own, okay, sweetheart? 191 00:14:02,508 --> 00:14:05,053 I'm not asking you. I'm telling you. 192 00:14:07,347 --> 00:14:12,226 If you help me, I promise you'll be helping the world. 193 00:14:26,407 --> 00:14:27,992 You were barely under. 194 00:14:28,159 --> 00:14:29,327 It's too cold. 195 00:14:31,746 --> 00:14:33,122 You are weaker than I thought. 196 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:36,084 Yeah, well, life hasn't exactly been a walk in the park lately. 197 00:14:36,250 --> 00:14:39,504 Oh, poor, poor, pitiful you. 198 00:14:39,670 --> 00:14:42,131 Now, how long you been feeling sorry for yourself? 199 00:14:43,091 --> 00:14:46,511 Let me guess, your entire life. 200 00:14:56,270 --> 00:14:58,272 - You tortured her? - I trained her. 201 00:14:58,439 --> 00:15:01,359 - It's how she came back stronger. - She's always been strong. 202 00:15:01,526 --> 00:15:03,444 Now she's missing, because of you. 203 00:15:03,528 --> 00:15:07,365 All I did was help her get over the one thing that was holding her back. 204 00:15:09,117 --> 00:15:12,370 - What are you waiting for? - I'm just not used to scorching myself. 205 00:15:12,537 --> 00:15:13,663 Get used to it. 206 00:15:24,340 --> 00:15:26,884 No fear, no pain. 207 00:15:41,566 --> 00:15:42,566 I can't. 208 00:15:44,861 --> 00:15:47,238 It's not fear that's stopping you, is it? 209 00:15:48,364 --> 00:15:49,866 You're holding onto something. 210 00:15:50,366 --> 00:15:51,659 Or someone. 211 00:15:53,244 --> 00:15:54,787 Do you see anyone else here? 212 00:15:54,871 --> 00:15:58,249 Oh, I can feel them. So can you. 213 00:15:59,667 --> 00:16:02,295 As long as you're trying to be someone you're not, 214 00:16:02,503 --> 00:16:04,380 you are gonna be vulnerable. 215 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:06,382 You're gonna feel the pain. 216 00:16:08,551 --> 00:16:09,551 What's their name? 217 00:16:11,721 --> 00:16:13,389 His name's Clark. 218 00:16:14,015 --> 00:16:15,975 And if I had an ounce of his strength... 219 00:16:16,142 --> 00:16:18,853 I am not training you to be like someone else. 220 00:16:21,063 --> 00:16:22,857 I'm training you to be Lana lang. 221 00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:26,360 To rise from the ashes of your previous life, 222 00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:31,407 stronger, more powerful, fearless. 223 00:16:35,912 --> 00:16:37,497 It's time to rise. 224 00:17:22,250 --> 00:17:23,793 You don't look ready for class. 225 00:17:25,670 --> 00:17:28,422 Carter, I have learned so much from you. 226 00:17:29,257 --> 00:17:32,009 But what I need, I can't get it here. 227 00:17:32,176 --> 00:17:33,844 What you need are skills, Lana. 228 00:17:34,637 --> 00:17:35,637 Maturity. 229 00:17:36,806 --> 00:17:38,307 I need power. 230 00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:43,604 You'll have it. 231 00:17:45,815 --> 00:17:47,733 But it just doesn't happen overnight. 232 00:17:48,234 --> 00:17:49,777 No, I've had it before. 233 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:53,990 Skills and abilities beyond what you can imagine. 234 00:17:54,156 --> 00:17:58,494 But I wasn't ready for them. Physically, mentally or emotionally. 235 00:17:59,620 --> 00:18:02,623 And now, thanks to you, I am. 236 00:18:06,043 --> 00:18:09,964 This thirst for power, Lana, I've seen it before. 237 00:18:11,966 --> 00:18:14,468 Most of the time, it doesn't have a happy ending. 238 00:18:23,227 --> 00:18:24,227 Well... 239 00:18:28,899 --> 00:18:31,193 Before you fly off to change the world... 240 00:18:35,823 --> 00:18:37,283 I've got something for you. 241 00:18:37,366 --> 00:18:38,659 I don't deserve it. 242 00:18:41,412 --> 00:18:43,289 Take this so you'll always remember... 243 00:18:44,415 --> 00:18:49,003 As you rise higher and higher, never look down. 244 00:18:58,471 --> 00:19:01,182 - After edge city, where did she go? - Metropolis. 245 00:19:05,061 --> 00:19:06,687 She was so full of hope. 246 00:19:07,688 --> 00:19:10,316 Wanted to imprint this stamp of positivity on the world. 247 00:19:10,483 --> 00:19:13,277 I... I couldn't let anything happen to her. 248 00:19:13,444 --> 00:19:15,839 After all the death and destruction I've been responsible for, 249 00:19:15,863 --> 00:19:18,699 Lana was my chance at redemption, so I tracked her down. 250 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:23,329 - When you found her, what was she doing? - Investigating LuthorCorp. 251 00:19:23,496 --> 00:19:26,123 I told her to put it in the past, but she wouldn't listen to me. 252 00:19:26,624 --> 00:19:27,875 So I joined her cause. 253 00:19:28,376 --> 00:19:29,585 To keep an eye on her. 254 00:19:29,752 --> 00:19:32,797 And I got this job on the inside, feeding Lana information 255 00:19:32,963 --> 00:19:37,176 while I advised Tess Mercer on defense-contract strategies. 256 00:19:40,429 --> 00:19:43,057 Did Lana contact anyone else when she was in Metropolis? 257 00:19:44,392 --> 00:19:45,810 A blond woman. 258 00:19:45,976 --> 00:19:48,396 They went to high school together in Smallville. 259 00:19:48,562 --> 00:19:50,022 - Chloe? - Sullivan. 260 00:19:59,907 --> 00:20:01,909 Sir, she's barely alive. 261 00:20:02,076 --> 00:20:04,036 It's the only way to apply the nanites. 262 00:20:06,414 --> 00:20:07,623 Begin the grafting. 263 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:16,924 Applying the prometheus layer. 264 00:20:49,165 --> 00:20:52,001 The cloak and dagger existence suits you well, Regan. 265 00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:58,257 So how's the new career? Breaking and entering? 266 00:20:59,049 --> 00:21:01,761 Did you find what you were looking for in Lana lang's apartment? 267 00:21:03,554 --> 00:21:05,306 Still looking. Just like you. 268 00:21:06,766 --> 00:21:10,936 Only I'm trying to find the technology to keep Lex alive, not to destroy it. 269 00:21:11,103 --> 00:21:13,314 The world already believes he's dead. 270 00:21:14,774 --> 00:21:16,817 I'm just trying to make a fantasy a reality. 271 00:21:16,901 --> 00:21:19,153 You actually believe you can declare Lex Luthor dead 272 00:21:19,236 --> 00:21:20,905 and not end up dead yourself? 273 00:21:23,532 --> 00:21:25,409 You're a pretty pathetic guard dog. 274 00:21:25,576 --> 00:21:27,995 Loyal to a master that can't even feed himself. 275 00:21:30,414 --> 00:21:33,584 Why don't you come and work for me, hm? 276 00:21:35,503 --> 00:21:37,880 I'll give you more milk bones than Lex ever did. 277 00:21:38,589 --> 00:21:41,342 I think I'd rather shovel cow dung. 278 00:21:42,551 --> 00:21:45,221 Oh, you see, it's not really a choice. 279 00:21:48,015 --> 00:21:50,100 Once you discover the prometheus technology, 280 00:21:50,184 --> 00:21:51,560 I want you to bring it to me. 281 00:21:57,274 --> 00:22:03,072 I'm afraid that you're gonna be waiting a long, long time. 282 00:22:06,283 --> 00:22:08,160 Find me the prometheus technology... 283 00:22:09,453 --> 00:22:12,581 Or I'll have to take it by force. 284 00:22:21,257 --> 00:22:23,592 Generation complete, Dr. Groll. 285 00:22:23,676 --> 00:22:25,386 Pull her out and get her quarantined. 286 00:22:31,100 --> 00:22:32,810 Engage containment procedures. 287 00:22:35,938 --> 00:22:38,482 Bio and Hazmat team standing by. Full suit. 288 00:22:49,368 --> 00:22:51,120 Clark, no more super-scares, please. 289 00:22:51,203 --> 00:22:54,081 - I'm this close to a cardiac arrest. - Why didn't you tell me? 290 00:22:54,248 --> 00:22:56,226 So now I'm keeping secrets I didn't know I was keeping. 291 00:22:56,250 --> 00:22:57,376 Lana. 292 00:22:58,127 --> 00:23:00,296 How could you not tell me you spoke to her? 293 00:23:02,339 --> 00:23:03,883 Because she asked me not to. 294 00:23:04,258 --> 00:23:05,593 I have to respect that. 295 00:23:07,177 --> 00:23:10,306 Well, now it looks like your respect may have gotten her kidnapped. 296 00:23:10,681 --> 00:23:11,557 What? 297 00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:13,240 Chloe, if I had known what she was doing, 298 00:23:13,267 --> 00:23:14,911 I could have stopped her before she got hurt. 299 00:23:14,935 --> 00:23:16,575 I wasn't about to betray her trust, Clark, 300 00:23:16,604 --> 00:23:18,039 just like I would never betray yours. 301 00:23:18,063 --> 00:23:19,690 You of all people should understand that. 302 00:23:19,773 --> 00:23:21,609 This is different, Chloe. 303 00:23:21,942 --> 00:23:24,862 I have abilities. I can take care of myself, Lana can't. 304 00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:32,119 Chloe, all that matters now is finding her. 305 00:23:33,746 --> 00:23:36,749 Please, you have to tell me everything she said to you. 306 00:23:40,127 --> 00:23:42,963 Okay, first of all, just so you know, she didn't come back to see me. 307 00:23:43,464 --> 00:23:44,715 She was on a mission. 308 00:23:47,885 --> 00:23:49,053 Am I hallucinating 309 00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:51,931 or is that the long-lost Lana lang in front of me? 310 00:23:54,016 --> 00:23:55,601 - Hi, Chloe. - Hi. 311 00:23:56,894 --> 00:23:59,229 Oh, my god, I thought I'd never see you again. 312 00:23:59,313 --> 00:24:00,731 Now you're back. 313 00:24:00,814 --> 00:24:02,942 Actually, I'm only here for a short stay. 314 00:24:04,401 --> 00:24:08,322 I am so impressed with what you've done with Isis, Chloe. 315 00:24:08,489 --> 00:24:12,451 You've turned my dinky little operation into a place that really helps people. 316 00:24:12,618 --> 00:24:14,787 I'm just carrying on the torch you lit. 317 00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:18,540 In other late-breaking news, I'm getting married next month. 318 00:24:18,958 --> 00:24:21,961 Wow. That is a huge headline. 319 00:24:22,127 --> 00:24:24,380 I am so happy for you. 320 00:24:25,214 --> 00:24:27,174 You two make a perfect couple. 321 00:24:28,092 --> 00:24:28,926 Speaking of which, 322 00:24:29,009 --> 00:24:31,845 does your short stay include a pit stop at the planet to see Clark? 323 00:24:33,263 --> 00:24:34,390 Not this time. 324 00:24:35,099 --> 00:24:40,020 But I read about the red-blue blur saving the citizens of Metropolis. 325 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,523 I've gotta say that when I saw that article, 326 00:24:42,606 --> 00:24:43,983 it brought tears to my eyes. 327 00:24:45,275 --> 00:24:46,735 I am so proud of him. 328 00:24:48,821 --> 00:24:51,991 Lana, I know that you miss all of us 329 00:24:52,074 --> 00:24:54,535 but something tells me there's more to your trip back home 330 00:24:54,618 --> 00:24:57,121 than simply checking in with the old gang. 331 00:25:00,082 --> 00:25:03,585 I actually came back here to find out more about project Ares. 332 00:25:04,169 --> 00:25:05,337 Project Ares. 333 00:25:05,504 --> 00:25:09,299 Wasn't that Lex's scheme to genetically enhance injured soldiers? 334 00:25:09,383 --> 00:25:10,926 Using alien DNA. 335 00:25:15,806 --> 00:25:18,225 Lana, this is all in the past. Lexis out of your life now. 336 00:25:18,308 --> 00:25:21,061 Why don't you just put this behind you and move on? 337 00:25:22,730 --> 00:25:25,232 - I am moving on. - Really? 338 00:25:25,399 --> 00:25:28,152 Because it seems to me like you're not just playing with fire, 339 00:25:28,235 --> 00:25:30,362 you're stepping into a raging inferno. 340 00:25:31,488 --> 00:25:33,032 Clark should know about this. 341 00:25:33,115 --> 00:25:36,326 I plan on telling Clark when the time is right. 342 00:25:37,745 --> 00:25:38,787 Chloe. 343 00:25:38,954 --> 00:25:42,166 Chloe, I want you to promise me that you won't say a word. 344 00:25:46,378 --> 00:25:48,881 I can take care of myself now. 345 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:51,425 All I did was honor my friend's secret, 346 00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:53,886 and now I feel like this is all my fault. 347 00:25:53,969 --> 00:25:55,637 Must have been the way she wanted it. 348 00:25:55,804 --> 00:25:58,766 So she could do what she had to do without anyone getting in her way. 349 00:25:59,516 --> 00:26:00,726 Especially me. 350 00:26:00,893 --> 00:26:02,495 Did you check on project Ares aflershelefl? 351 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:05,355 Yeah, turns out the project was mothballed over a year ago, 352 00:26:05,439 --> 00:26:06,857 even before Lex went missing. 353 00:26:06,940 --> 00:26:09,318 Tess Mercer told me Lana's been looking into technology 354 00:26:09,401 --> 00:26:10,420 that could keep Lex alive. 355 00:26:10,444 --> 00:26:11,588 She thinks that Lex abducted her. 356 00:26:11,612 --> 00:26:12,821 Since when are you trusting 357 00:26:12,905 --> 00:26:14,632 what the first lady of LuthorCorp has to say? 358 00:26:14,656 --> 00:26:15,991 Since she came clean with me. 359 00:26:16,158 --> 00:26:17,826 She told me when Lana made that disc, 360 00:26:17,910 --> 00:26:20,662 she was being held at gunpoint by a team of Lex's men led by Tess. 361 00:26:20,746 --> 00:26:22,039 Wait, Clark. 362 00:26:22,915 --> 00:26:24,792 If Lana didn't make that disc on her own, 363 00:26:24,875 --> 00:26:26,418 then why didn't she come home to you? 364 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:31,924 She was too busy planning her revenge on Lex. 365 00:26:32,341 --> 00:26:36,512 Chloe, I need to find Lana before she does something she'll regret. 366 00:26:49,650 --> 00:26:52,111 It's a ballsy move, sitting in the boss' chair. 367 00:26:53,153 --> 00:26:54,655 Either you have good news for me 368 00:26:54,738 --> 00:26:57,241 or you like to live dangerously close to the edge. 369 00:27:08,377 --> 00:27:09,878 I guess it's the latter. 370 00:27:13,632 --> 00:27:17,469 He did have good news for you. The address of the prometheus lab. 371 00:27:18,929 --> 00:27:21,348 Unfortunately, he told me first. 372 00:27:22,766 --> 00:27:26,270 So working for Lex gives you carte blanche to kill innocent people? 373 00:27:29,148 --> 00:27:30,190 Innocent? 374 00:27:30,858 --> 00:27:32,109 He worked for you, Tess. 375 00:27:32,693 --> 00:27:34,862 Give a mid-level bureaucrat a little bit of power, 376 00:27:34,945 --> 00:27:36,530 and it goes straight to his head. 377 00:27:37,698 --> 00:27:38,991 You're the expert. 378 00:27:40,367 --> 00:27:42,744 You know, I actually used to be envious of you. 379 00:27:43,537 --> 00:27:47,916 Of course, that was before I found out Lex was using you as his eyes and ears. 380 00:27:51,211 --> 00:27:53,172 I happen to have my own eyes and ears... 381 00:27:53,881 --> 00:27:56,216 Hidden in the security cameras in this office. 382 00:27:56,758 --> 00:27:59,428 Not only did they record your illuminating conversation 383 00:27:59,511 --> 00:28:00,387 with my security guard, 384 00:28:00,470 --> 00:28:03,348 but also his tragic murder. 385 00:28:04,183 --> 00:28:05,183 Yeah. 386 00:28:06,059 --> 00:28:09,646 But that footage is nothing compared to the memorable moments I saw. 387 00:28:11,064 --> 00:28:16,153 Lex was nice enough to let me catch some of your... highlights. 388 00:28:18,906 --> 00:28:21,158 I'll make sure a few of them make it into your obituary. 389 00:28:23,452 --> 00:28:24,661 [Gunshofl 390 00:29:30,727 --> 00:29:33,480 There's a classified LuthorCorp project called prometheus. 391 00:29:33,563 --> 00:29:35,023 But now that I'm brainiac-free, 392 00:29:35,107 --> 00:29:36,787 I couldn't even begin to hack the firewall. 393 00:29:40,696 --> 00:29:42,406 You said the first time you saw Lana, 394 00:29:42,489 --> 00:29:44,241 she was standing in front of this radiator. 395 00:29:44,825 --> 00:29:45,659 Yeah, I think so. 396 00:29:45,742 --> 00:29:47,742 But I don't know what the building's heating system 397 00:29:47,786 --> 00:29:48,996 has to do with any of this. 398 00:30:07,055 --> 00:30:08,098 Whoa. 399 00:30:08,557 --> 00:30:11,184 Looks like Lana's got her very own secret stash. 400 00:30:25,949 --> 00:30:29,453 She obviously didn't wanna leave any of the good stuff on my gigabytes. 401 00:30:33,415 --> 00:30:35,709 Why do I feel like I'm cracking open her diary? 402 00:30:36,376 --> 00:30:38,628 It might be the only way we can save her, Clark. 403 00:30:46,428 --> 00:30:48,388 - Who's this guy? - Edward groll. 404 00:30:48,472 --> 00:30:50,766 He's been with LuthorCorp since the first meteor shower. 405 00:30:50,849 --> 00:30:53,101 If they gave out phd's in all things alien, 406 00:30:53,185 --> 00:30:54,770 this guy would definitely have one. 407 00:30:58,065 --> 00:31:00,609 I know you were involved with project Ares, 408 00:31:00,776 --> 00:31:04,738 but more importantly, I found out you designed prometheus. 409 00:31:04,821 --> 00:31:06,114 I want to commend you. 410 00:31:06,365 --> 00:31:08,617 That is an amazing achievement. 411 00:31:09,409 --> 00:31:11,244 You must be mistaken, Mrs. Luthor. 412 00:31:11,953 --> 00:31:15,374 It's miss lang, that will never change. 413 00:31:18,335 --> 00:31:19,628 I promise, doctor, 414 00:31:19,711 --> 00:31:22,631 I don't intend on destroying your technology. 415 00:31:22,798 --> 00:31:24,466 I wanna put it to good use. 416 00:31:25,050 --> 00:31:26,110 I'm an academic. 417 00:31:26,134 --> 00:31:29,221 I hold a chair in biophysics at Metropolis university. 418 00:31:29,388 --> 00:31:32,057 Where you've designed and built a metadermal skin graft 419 00:31:32,140 --> 00:31:36,812 that will not only sustain Lex's health, but will give him superhuman abilities. 420 00:31:38,271 --> 00:31:40,148 Superhuman abilities. 421 00:31:40,607 --> 00:31:42,651 Have you taken up reading comic books? 422 00:31:45,278 --> 00:31:48,240 For someone intelligent enough 423 00:31:48,323 --> 00:31:51,868 to harness alien DNA into the ultimate power suit, 424 00:31:52,035 --> 00:31:54,121 you are dangerously naive. 425 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:58,417 What good will your technology do in the hands of a madman? 426 00:31:59,501 --> 00:32:02,295 You and I both know that Lex is too dangerous to wear it. 427 00:32:04,214 --> 00:32:05,298 But I can. 428 00:32:07,259 --> 00:32:09,695 I'm sorry, miss lang, I don't have time to discuss fictitious... 429 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:13,598 If Lex ever puts on that suit, he will corrupt its power. 430 00:32:13,849 --> 00:32:17,561 He will become a god among men, and the world will never recover. 431 00:32:19,646 --> 00:32:20,856 Do you want your legacy 432 00:32:20,939 --> 00:32:24,151 to be allowing Lex Luthor to become the ultimate weapon? 433 00:32:26,361 --> 00:32:30,782 Or do you wanna be remembered for saving people's lives? 434 00:32:32,451 --> 00:32:34,953 For improving the human condition all over the world? 435 00:32:38,707 --> 00:32:40,917 I have the space in east Metropolis. 436 00:32:41,001 --> 00:32:44,045 In a warehouse on 95th and Bristol. You can set up your lab. 437 00:32:44,671 --> 00:32:45,839 It's not just me. 438 00:32:47,340 --> 00:32:49,134 I work with a lab full of researchers. 439 00:32:49,217 --> 00:32:50,677 They'd never allow it. 440 00:32:51,052 --> 00:32:53,138 Tell them it was on Lex's orders. 441 00:32:53,847 --> 00:32:55,807 That he wanted me to be the Guinea pig. 442 00:32:58,727 --> 00:33:00,562 It's not so far-fetched, is it? 443 00:33:07,360 --> 00:33:09,321 I don't think she was kidnapped, Clark. 444 00:33:13,492 --> 00:33:15,702 Lana doesn't wanna destroy the technology. 445 00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:18,497 She wants to use it on herself. 446 00:33:37,974 --> 00:33:40,852 Thank god. Her blood pressure's rising. 447 00:33:42,062 --> 00:33:43,062 For now. 448 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,526 The machines are what's keeping her alive. 449 00:33:47,734 --> 00:33:49,134 She's going to be fine. 450 00:33:51,112 --> 00:33:52,364 She has to be. 451 00:33:57,577 --> 00:33:59,371 Where's the prometheus suit? 452 00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:03,083 Stop. Don't enter that chamber. 453 00:34:03,250 --> 00:34:05,043 Any contaminant could kill her. 454 00:34:05,752 --> 00:34:06,752 Her? 455 00:34:16,888 --> 00:34:19,224 - Lana. - It was Lex's orders. 456 00:34:23,436 --> 00:34:25,272 Prometheus must be destroyed. 457 00:34:26,731 --> 00:34:27,857 It's too late. 458 00:34:28,233 --> 00:34:30,235 You can't destroy the suit without murdering her. 459 00:34:35,240 --> 00:34:37,242 Lana lang was born to be a martyr. 460 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:49,421 You will never be able to help Lex Luthor again. 461 00:35:32,172 --> 00:35:34,424 You find her before she finds me. 462 00:35:34,633 --> 00:35:36,301 This woman is lethal. 463 00:36:03,536 --> 00:36:06,998 Lana, you gotta believe me. I didn't know you were in there. 464 00:36:09,376 --> 00:36:10,418 Yes, you did. 465 00:36:12,921 --> 00:36:15,215 I'm not here to hurt you, Tess. 466 00:36:15,882 --> 00:36:17,592 I'm here as your friend. 467 00:36:20,804 --> 00:36:23,682 My bff who tears open my safe with her bare hands 468 00:36:23,765 --> 00:36:25,767 and burns all of my research? 469 00:36:27,060 --> 00:36:29,163 I think that you're stretching the definition of friendship 470 00:36:29,187 --> 00:36:30,230 just a little bit. 471 00:36:34,401 --> 00:36:36,903 I don't want you to make the same mistake I did. 472 00:36:38,530 --> 00:36:40,615 I know how much you wanna get revenge on Lex, 473 00:36:40,699 --> 00:36:42,242 and who can blame you? 474 00:36:42,742 --> 00:36:45,245 I have felt that exact same rage. 475 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:50,208 He didn't implant a microchip into your brain. 476 00:36:52,001 --> 00:36:54,421 All that anger will lead you down a long tunnel 477 00:36:54,504 --> 00:36:56,923 that you will never find your way out of. 478 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:02,887 Yeah, that's a really easy position to take 479 00:37:03,179 --> 00:37:05,515 when you're clad in an invincible suit. 480 00:37:09,269 --> 00:37:11,563 I didn't put the suit on for protection. 481 00:37:13,231 --> 00:37:15,984 I did it so that I could actually do some good in the world. 482 00:37:22,449 --> 00:37:25,285 You are an amazing woman, Tess. 483 00:37:27,454 --> 00:37:30,165 But it's hard to see when you're stuck in the dark shadow 484 00:37:30,248 --> 00:37:31,958 of an even darker man. 485 00:37:32,792 --> 00:37:34,627 Why do you think I want Lex gone? 486 00:37:37,464 --> 00:37:39,507 You may have gotten rid of the microchip... 487 00:37:40,967 --> 00:37:44,971 But every second that you are consumed by hate 488 00:37:45,054 --> 00:37:47,974 is another second lexis still in control of you. 489 00:37:55,982 --> 00:37:57,692 Don't be a victim anymore. 490 00:38:24,886 --> 00:38:27,972 Kent, what are you doing rising before the roosters? 491 00:38:28,389 --> 00:38:29,390 Couldn't sleep. 492 00:38:32,227 --> 00:38:33,269 Clark. 493 00:38:37,690 --> 00:38:39,275 Meet me up on the roof. 494 00:38:42,612 --> 00:38:43,612 Lana? 495 00:38:47,617 --> 00:38:50,036 I've been looking all over for you. Are you okay? 496 00:38:50,703 --> 00:38:52,247 I've never felt better, Clark. 497 00:38:52,914 --> 00:38:54,634 It's because you're wearing that suit, Lana. 498 00:38:56,459 --> 00:38:57,752 You have powers. 499 00:38:57,919 --> 00:39:00,171 And the last time that happened, it didn't end well. 500 00:39:00,588 --> 00:39:01,756 I'm different now. 501 00:39:02,799 --> 00:39:04,884 This time I've prepared myself. 502 00:39:07,136 --> 00:39:08,364 Those months that you were gone, 503 00:39:08,388 --> 00:39:10,068 why didn't you tell me what you were doing? 504 00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:12,809 You would have never let me go through with it. 505 00:39:13,268 --> 00:39:14,894 Because it's dangerous, Lana. 506 00:39:15,562 --> 00:39:17,313 It's never been tested on humans. 507 00:39:17,605 --> 00:39:19,607 Give Lex credit where credit is due. 508 00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:22,277 When it comes to all things scientific, 509 00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:26,322 he's pulled off the impossible on more than one occasion. 510 00:39:26,781 --> 00:39:30,368 Clark, you don't have to protect me anymore. 511 00:39:31,119 --> 00:39:32,871 You don't have to worry about me. 512 00:39:32,954 --> 00:39:34,914 How can you say that, Lana? 513 00:39:35,081 --> 00:39:37,709 - We have no idea what's gonna happen. - Exactly. 514 00:39:38,251 --> 00:39:41,045 And that's why it's so important to live in the present. 515 00:39:43,089 --> 00:39:47,385 Whatever happened in the past, and whatever happens in the future, 516 00:39:47,468 --> 00:39:48,678 it doesn't matter. 517 00:39:48,761 --> 00:39:52,265 It does matter, Lana. It matters if you get hurt. 518 00:39:56,895 --> 00:39:59,230 I know how much you care about me. 519 00:40:01,482 --> 00:40:02,859 You always have. 520 00:40:04,944 --> 00:40:07,488 That's why when I came back for Chloe's wedding... 521 00:40:08,823 --> 00:40:10,909 I didn't think we could be together. 522 00:40:11,910 --> 00:40:17,790 Clark, the last thing I wanted was to be some distraction in your life. 523 00:40:17,874 --> 00:40:19,208 You're not a distraction. 524 00:40:22,003 --> 00:40:23,129 You never were. 525 00:40:26,424 --> 00:40:27,926 I'm not anymore. 526 00:40:31,346 --> 00:40:34,641 Clark, nothing can hurt me anymore. 527 00:40:35,475 --> 00:40:36,893 You and I are equals now. 528 00:40:36,976 --> 00:40:38,102 And together... 529 00:40:38,978 --> 00:40:41,481 We can help make the world a better place. 530 00:40:49,030 --> 00:40:52,617 - Unless that's not what you want. - No, Lana, it's exactly what I want. 531 00:40:55,036 --> 00:40:57,455 But it's a dream, Lana. 532 00:40:59,082 --> 00:41:01,584 We both know dreams normally don't come true. 533 00:41:06,756 --> 00:41:09,801 There's never been anything normal about us. 534 00:41:23,690 --> 00:41:28,361 I hear the sound of distant cars 535 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:36,160 headlights flicker in the dark 536 00:41:38,955 --> 00:41:42,917 I've been waiting, waiting for you 537 00:41:46,337 --> 00:41:49,841 I've been waiting, waiting...