7.05 Threats by MR & ED (Part VII)

as retold by RepairmanBob

MR: Lex’s pres conference. “Eventually, a few meta-humans found out about what Senator Burke was doing. The rose up, rebelled, and began to attack LuthorCorp facilities around the world. Between the damage done by terrorists like the Green Arrow and the United States government trying to hide the late Senator’s crimes, hundreds of innocent people have been hurt, abducted or killed.”

ED: The apartment. Chloe speaks in a very low, quiet voice. “I sent you my article a week ago, Clark. I played by the League’s rules, and I waited for you to look at my story on Level 33.1. The story I have been living for seven years.” Chloe starts to shout. “And you never thought to mention Lois was working the same damn thing!”
MR: “Chloe, I never thought she would go to the Daily Planet –“
KK: Clark did not think.
JG: Hardly a surprise there.
TW: Hey!
ED: “What did you think she was going to do, Clark? Give up and cry in a corner? You know Lois! You know she never gives up!”
TW: Since when?
AoT: Since Erica is writing the dialogue.
MR: Sex looks angry. “How can you still be surprised? After all these years? What you want is irrelevant to him! God, are you as dumb as this self centered buffoon? Open your eyes, woman!”
TW: Clark is not a dick!
JG: Tom, we have been over this. Sex hates Clark.
KK: And Clark can be a dick.
AoT: I thought Lana just wanted Clark’s dick.
MR: Clark says, “I am sorry Chloe. I made a mistake. Now can you just calm down? This is serious.” He pulls out one of the guns the gang used when they attacked the lab. “A group attacked a LuthorCorp lab using these weapons, and the actually hurt me. Have you ever –“
ED: “Serious? Serious? Clark, Lois scooped me and took my promotion at the Daily Planet! My dead cousin was not dead! She was in fact working on my story! The story I held back for weeks so you and Oliver could approve it! All of which was not important enough for you to bother to tell me!" In the background, objects around the room start to shake.
MR: “Chloe –“
ED: “And now you want my help? Go ask Oliver or Lois, or someone else you trust – Chloogle is closed.” Chloe walks to the door and down to the Talon, with Clark calling after her. When she gets to the floor, there are suddenly three Chloes.
JG: Hmmm, three Chloes.
ED: The Chloes split up and walk out different doors. Clark looks confused, then heads out the front door. Chloe reappears at the top of the stairs.

MR: The press conference. “Despite those setbacks, today I am happy to announce a new day. A day of hope for all of us, human and meta-human. A day I have dreamed of for almost a decade, which government interference and radical terrorism were able to delay, but not prevent. I am proud to announce the Salvation Initiative. This experimental treatment has shown tremendous promise towards curing individuals with meta-human abilities. This morning, LuthorCorp filed to begin testing of the Salvation Initiative with the FDA, and we hope to start human testing by the end of the month. Any interested parties can contact their local LuthorCorp offices, call the 1-800 number at the bottom of the screen or visit our web site. The Salvation Initiative will provide us all with a better tomorrow. Now, who has questions? Yes, Mr. Bittleman from the Daily Planet?”

ED: Martha is watching Lex’s press conference with 3-4 other senators in what looks like an upscale Washington bar.
KK: How do we know they are senators?
MR: They are old white men.
TW: Sounds about right.
MR: A fat senator turns to the man next to him and says “Sounds like Lex has a plan. Those freaks creep me out. Someone needs to do something about them.”
ED: The other man, a think, balding senator, replies “Sounds like Burke had the right idea to me. We had the draft back in my day. Why don’t we just tell them all to serve their country? Send them to the Middle East, where they can do some good?”
MR: “Are you kidding? Round them up and cure them, I say. Last thing we need is crowds of liberals crying about how we mistreat their freaks.”
ED: Martha looks concerned.
AoT: Does she say anything? I think Martha should speak up.
TW: No, you think Martha should suplex them into each other.
AoT: Nonverbal communication is important for a successful politician, if that is what you mean.
ED: Alright, we can add Martha talking to them and getting laughed off as a naive rookie. It plays well with what we have planned for later in the episode.

MR: Clark is talking to Victor about the weapon he recovered.
ED: “And you say this hurt you, Clark?”
MR: “It was not fun.”
JG: I thought Clark liked to be hurt.
KK: No he likes to be spanked.
ED: Only by Lex. “Let me take a look.” Victor examines the weapon – if we have the budget, show some stuff with his eye, like in Justice. “Clark, you got this from a gang?”
MR: “Yes, but we were in one of Lex’s labs. I thought it could be military grade, or a prototype –“
ED: “Clark, there is nothing like this in any database Queen Industries has access to. And we have access to everything. This is not a prototype, or even a proposed prototype of any weapon I have ever heard of. It is beyond cutting edge, or even theoretical cutting edge weapons technology.” Victory smiles. “And you are talking to someone who knows a little something about high tech devices. Sorry Clark, but this is like nothing I have ever seen.”

continued...