7.11 Cure by MR & AM (Part I)

as retold by RepairmanBob

Clark learns Chloe has been hiding a secret. Lex tries to co-opt Chloe's power.

(Cast walks in. AM is talking to TW.)
AM: I can’t believe this is the last time I will be doing one of these script readings.
TW: I am sure your next show will be great, Allison.
MR: Ghost Hunters! Yeah!
ED: I love that show!
AM: (Glares at them both)
KK: Allison, I have the say, these reading will not be the same without you. The rest of these wimps are just too easy to intimidate or manipulate.
AoT: Excuse me?
JG: What?
KK: Except for you two, of course. (Nods to AM) Too easy to manipulate.
ED: What?
AM: I see your point.
MR: Is it true the Lana fans build a countdown clock to Chloe’s death?
KK: They named it the “Die Bitch Die” Countdown. It is kind of sweet.
TW: Or disturbing.
ED: Hey, my fans made one too! They called it “Death to the Imposter!”
AoT: Those folks are really devoted to Smallville.
JG: Frightening. But devoted.
TW: Allison, you have a blog! What are your fans saying?
AM: They build the original clock, and sold the program to the other sites.
MR: (Looks shocked) Your fans want Chloe dead?
AM: (Puts head down.) They named it “The Countdown to Freedom.”
AoT: Now those are some fans who believe in watching television with pity.
JG: You have to appreciate people who feel so little pity when the watch television. I say bravo to them!
MR: Well, at least you get to go out with a bang. If Chloe has to die, you get to write it.
ED: Why did you pick Allison to write it? She has her own scripts!
MR: Kristin set the precedent.
KK: Trust me, it is rather freeing.
MR: And I get all the pork rinds and tequila in her trailer when she leaves.

MR: We start in the white room from the end of Darkness. This one is going to get complicated. Tom, can you read Sex?
AoT: Tom certainly does bring the sex to Smallville.
TW: (Shutters) Sure.
MR: Erica, can you do Kahloe?
AM: (Mutters) And the SWF-ing just keeps on coming. (Louder voice) Chloe’s expression turns hard. “I need that information Lex. And I am not leaving without it.”
MR: “Fortunately for you, we have several comfortable rooms at this site. I did not think you would be so quick to rejoin my studies on meta-humans, but for once I am happy to be proven wrong”
AM: Chloe’s eyes flash orange, and her voice drops. “Don’t push me, Lex.”
MR: Hope steps forward. “No one threatens Mr. Luthor.” She points a gun at Chloe. “Back down now. Last chance.”
AM: Chloe smirks, and the gun flies out of Hope’s hands. It floats in front of Chloe, and is crushed into a ball. “My turn, bitch.” Chloe pushes her hand out, and Hope flies back against a wall.
TW: Sex appears. “This is not what we talked about! Tell Lex why you need the information and he will help you!”
AM: The PAS move forward. One super-speeds at Chloe. He bounces off an invisible wall, and falls to the floor. The other PAS raises her hands, and a red bolt flies at Chloe. She flies to the ceiling, and it just misses her feet. Suddenly four Chloes appear. They circle the two PAS and say in unison, “Think you stop me before I can get to Lex?”

MR: Clark and MM are in the FoS. Everything is still dark.
AM: MM says “The repairs have been completed. You must activate the Fortress and begin your training.” He frowns. “I had had hoped we would have more time, but recent events have made clear that I was a fool.”
MR: “You mean Hassad.”
AM: “Names are merely labels, given in an attempt to understand and control a thing. The man you met has gone my many names through the years. Hassad is as meaningless as the all the others.”
ED: Damn, this guy can use a whole lot of words to say absolute nothing.
JG: He must have been taking lesson from Lionel. Would make a fine businessman.
AoT: Or a politician. Maybe Martha can hire him?
AM: “You will learn the truth of this man, and the one he serves, from Jor-El. You know what to do, Kal-El.”
MR: Clark raises his right hand, holding the Superman crest. Light pours out, striking a large crystal in the center of the fortress. The crystal glows, and refracted light floods out to hit other crystals. They glow, and soon the entire fortress is lit up. We hear a voice. John if you would?
JG: Oh, all right. “Hello, my son.”

MR: The Level 33.1 lab. Lex says “Enough.” The PAS move behind Lex. “If you want the files on Salvation, I want something in return.”
AM: The multiple Chloe’s disappear – and the real one appears standing next to Lex.
MR: “Tell me why you are here. You know as well as I do any information you find could not be used in an article. And I doubt you would be interested in riding Lois’s coattails in warning the public about the dangers of Salvation. So, I have to wonder, what do you really want, Chloe?” Lex moves closer to Chloe, and raises a hand towards her face. “What is so important that you would be willing to break into a heavily secured base and risk jail, or worse, to get it?”
AM: Chloe grabs Lex’s wrist before he touches her. “Better question. How badly do you want me to look inside your head for my own answers? And how much damage would I do getting them?”
MR: Lex smirks. “Very well. A lady is entitled to her secrets.” Lex takes a zip drive out of his pocket. “Here is all the information you expected to find on Salvation. Success ratios, side effects, mortality rates – raw data, not the doctored numbers we have been giving the FDA.” Chloe reaches for it, and Lex pulls his hand back. “I want your word that this is not going to be used against me. After the hatchet job your cousin did, LuthorCorp stock dropped 17%.”
AM: Chloe frowns. “You don’t care why I want it?”
MR: Lex smiles. “Not enough to risk getting you into my… head.”
KK: Heavy innuendo.
ED: Allison, I cannot believe you agreed to this!
AM: That was all Michael.
MR: Small payback for costing me an episode full of exploding naked women robots, but I will take what I can get.
AM: Anyway, it is my last episode. Chloe deserves to get her freak on. Chloe smirks. “And you trust me exactly why?”
MR: “Because I know you. And I know that when you say something, you mean it. So, do you promise that you will not use this information about Salvation against myself or my interests?”
AM: “Yes.” Chloe reaches out to take the zip drive from Lex. Their hands touch – camera zooms in close, as they maintain contact for a few seconds.
MR: We hear Lex’s voice. “Yes, I really am telling the truth.”
AM: Chloe pulls back, and walks backwards towards the door, not breaking eye contact with Lex. She opens the door and disappears.
ED: Kahloe appears. “You had her right here. You could have simply taken her by force, or told her what you really wanted. Instead, you just let her walk away.”
MR: “The essence of Chloe Sullivan is her desire to find the truth. It drives her, pushes her, shapes her entire being. The fact that Chloe is so willing to hide the truth about Salvation reveals just how desperate she really is.”
ED: Kahloe smiles. “You gave Chloe exactly what she wanted.”
MR: “And when she is ready, she will return the favor.” And cue the credits.

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