7.03 United by MR and AoT (Part III)

As retold by RepairmanBob

MR: Clark and Chloe talk about the failed interview.
KK: Chloe whines “I really could have used that article, Clark. Kahn just tore my head off. If I could have linked Lex to illegal weapons sales in southeast Asia, the spot at the City Desk would have been mine!”
MR: “Great, you are taking even more risks to get a promotion. Why don't you just strip next time?"
AM: Hey!
KK: “I need to come up with something, Clark! I have been at the Planet for two years, and I need a way to get out of this basement! Between helping you, working on controlling my own power and trying to shut down Level 33.1, it has been weeks since I had a decent story!”
MR: “It’ll be ok, Clo.” Clark moves in to touch Chloe, and she shifts away. “Speaking of your powers, how have they been? Have you had a chance to practice with them?”
KK: “I haven’t had a chance to heal random folks, Clark. People kind of notice when their broken arm is healed.”
MR: “Just be careful. I don’t want anything to happen you.”
KK: Chloe rolls her eyes.
AM: Rolls her eyes at Clark being concerned?
MR: At Clark being over-protective and convincing her to bury her story.
TW: Since when is Clark such an ass?
KK: Did you even bother to watch last season?
TW: Did you?
KK: Point taken.
JG: Do I get a scene soon?

MR: Yes. Martha and Lionel are eating a late dinner in an expensive restaurant.
JG: Nice.
TW: Ugh.
KK: Martha says how much she is enjoying Washington, and that she is looking forward to her first full session
JG: In bed?
KK: At the Senate.
JG: Damn!
MR: Lionel looks proud, and his cell phone rings. He picks it up, and suddenly looks horrified.
JG: They ran out of exotic oils and sex toys at the hotel room he is sharing with Martha?
TW: Not listening.
MR: “Lex has been hurt.”

KK: Chloe and Clark are still bickering.
AM: Does Chloe always look like a bitch this week?
MR: Hey, I already had her steal a power!
AM: She cured someone!
JG: By stealing their power!
AM: Hello, cured!
TW: Allison, would you rather she spend the whole episode praising Lana?
KK: I am up for that. I have three graveyard scenes I was holding off for 7.06 we can put in right now.
AM: Bickering is acceptable… for the moment.
MR: Thank you. A television in the corner cuts to a live broadcast of a meteor freak trashing downtown Metropolis.
KK: “That is just what I need! Clark, get me down there!”
MR: Clark takes Chloe by the shoulders. “No way – it’s too dangerous.”
KK: “Damnit, Clark! I have helped you take down meteor freaks before!”
MR: “No one died before! This is not a game, Chloe! Just stay here and find out where the rampage started. I will take care of it.”
AM: That was a low blow, Michael.
TW: But it does show Clark being concerned for Chloe’s safety, and especially after the deaths of Lois and Lana.
AM: But Lana’s not dead!
KK: Yeah, thanks again for pointing that out.
AM: And what about Chloe’s career?
TW: Clark could not give a crap about Chloe’s career if it means burying another person he cares about. I like it.
KK: Me too.
JG: Really?
KK: It makes Allison mad. Good enough for me.
MR: Clark runs off. Chloe grimaces, and we hear a crack. Pan down – Chloe is holding the shattered remains of her coffee mug. She drops the pieces in the trash can, and raises her bloody hand to her face, where she watches the cuts heal.

MR: Clark reaches downtown Metropolis, and we see Steven, the merry rampaging Krypto Freak. Clark tries to fight him, but Steven has super-strength, speed, shields -
AM: Gee, this sounds familiar.
MR: And he shoots energy bolts.
KK: From his pants.
MR: Clark tries to use his heat vision, but it gets reflected back at him.
JG: What a dumbass, thinking Lex wouldn’t have fixed that flaw.
TW: Hey!
KK: Yup, that was dumb.
TW: Clark is not dumb!
MR: No he is special. He even rode a little yellow spaceship to earth. Clark manages to lead Steven to a deserted area, and takes off. With no one to fight, Steven wrecks empty buildings.
TW: So Clark fights a guy just like someone he fought last year, gets beat up and runs away?
MR: Pretty much.
TW: Still better than Promise.
KK: Damn straight.

MR: Lionel and Martha have returned to her office
JG: For some sweet, sweet loving.
AM: Lionel is thinking about sex after getting the news his son is injured?
JG: A man has to be able to multitask.
KK: Martha and Lionel are watching Steven trash the warehouses Clark lead him to. Martha tries to call Clark to see if he can help, but no one picks up. She tells Lionel that she will call Chloe.
MR: “How can she help, Martha?” Lionel looks a little concerned at the thought of telling Chloe anything about Lex.
JG: Lionel does not fear Chloe!
AM: Bullshit. He knows she can get into Lex’s tiny little mind, and figure out this is another Luthor experiment gone wrong. Goodbye basement, hello front page!
MR: Actually, a little of column A, a little of column B. Martha calls Chloe, and gives her a message for Clark – Lex has been hurt, and Clark should be careful.

KK: Chloe says goodbye to Martha, and Clark rushes in.
MR: Clark gives a quick recap of the fight with Steven.
KK: Including the many bolts he took in the face.
JG: All those bolt to the face reminds me of Clark and Lex back in season one.
KK: Chloe expositions that she figured out where Steven first showed up – an abandoned LuthorCorp plant.
AM: Has Lex never heard of a shell company? Front companies? Why not just put a giant sign that says “Evil Shit Going Down Here”?
JG: Lex has to work his way up to competent evil.
MR: Watch it or I’ll add a scene where Lionel collects clothes for the poor.
KK: Chloe and Clark talk, they identify his powers, and this is boring the crap out of me.
MR: I have a half page of dialogue to cover!
KK: Don’t care. They go to Lex’s hospital.
TW: Lex in the hospital. There’s a novel idea. Glad you decided to stretch yourself as a writer Michael, and explore new aspects of the characters.
MR: Big talk from a guy whose character thinks Dick and Jane is a major work of fiction.
TW: Clark is not dumb!

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