7.11 Cure by MR & AM (Part IV)

as retold by RepairmanBob

AM: FoS. Clark is still getting a history lesson.
JG: “Three thousand years ago, the Kryptonian Empire encountered its greatest enemy. Evil, fanatical hordes lead by a monstrous God-King, they us attacked without mercy. Without thought for losses or their own suffering.”
TW: Are you just ripping off 300?
KK+AoT+ED+AM: I love that movie! Gerard Butler... ummmmm...
JG: If we get sued again, I call dibs on the contract trade.
AM: Just read the scene, John.
JG: Fine. The aliens here look like monsters out of The Lord of the Rings movies, but with lasers – did you two even try to be creative?
AM+MR: No.
KK: (Laughs)
JG: “For 300 years, we fought them across known space. The God-King would send a thousand, ten thousand of his soldiers to kill a single Kryptonian – it did not matter, for he always had more. Then, at our lowest moment, we found hope on an insignificant world on the ends of unknown space.” Show Earth.
JG: “We found the powers the yellow sun gave us. They were powerful, but faded quickly once we left this system. However, we found the natives could be… useful.”
MR: Clark looks concerned. “Useful?”
KK: For sex, based on Jor-El nailing Lana aunt.
ED: Earth - come for the super powers, stay for the Lang women.
JG: “Our ancestor Ras-El found that, with certain modifications, the humans could be gifted with out abilities. But like a candle that burns too brightly, they would soon fade.”
MR: “You mean the process killed them.”
JG: “All being dies eventually, Kal-El. Ras-El made the choice to save the universe from our enemies by sacrificing a few thousand humans.” Now – oh, you have to be kidding.
MR: It is cool!
JG: Fine. Show The Lord of the Rings with lasers aliens getting slaughtered by hundreds of Supermen.
TW: That does sound cool. Derivative, but cool.
MR: Clark looks distressed. “You enslaved and killed thousands of humans!”
JG: “The greater good must always be considered. If a few thousand human lives is the necessary cost to save trillions of sentient beings, then it a bargain.”
MR: Clark steps away form the light circle. “I need some time to think about this."
AM: MM pops up. “Kal-El, there is no time! You must –“
MR: Clark runs out.
TW: Is that necessary?
AM: Clark runs away all the time.
KK: Especially from boobies.
ED: Explains why he loved Lana.
KK: Hey!

AM: Clark is in the Kent kitchen. He looks stressed out from what he learned at the FoS.
TW: I am still not sure why he had to run away.
AoT: Clark can be a sissy, Tom.
JG: He sure does run away a lot.
TW: Fine, fine.
KK: Does this make you sad, Tom? Do you need to go outside for a minute?
TW: Shut up.
AM: Lois marches in.
JG: Does she slam the door?
ED: No.
AM: Yes.
ED: No!
AM: Lois always slams the door. “Smallville! Where the hell have you been? I have been calling you for hours!”
KK: I was working on a book report.
MR: “I left my phone off while I was working on the back forty, Lois. What do you –“
AM: “Not important. Listen, you need to help me find Chloe.”
MR: “Chloe is back? Where was –“
AM: “Stop talking. Get in your truck, start driving and help me find her. Now.” Lois looks nervous and uncomfortable.
KK: Is her sports bra too tight?
ED: No, she is worried about her cousin!
TW: Can’t it be both?
MR: “Lois, I am in the middle of something here. I will –“
AM: Lois grabs Clark’s shirt and they get nose-to-nose.
ED: Does Lois have to be such a –
AoT: Bitch, dear. The word you are searching for is bitch.
ED: Mean person!
TW: No, I think bitch works here.
ED: How about forceful because she is deeply concerned?
AM: So she acts like a bitch. Lois is visibly stressed out here. “Listen, Clark. Chloe is… She is going to take Salvation.
MR: Clark looks shocked. "What?"
AM: Lois misunderstands his expression.
ED: Why, because she is dumb?
AM: Actually, no. For once. "Oh, come off it. Like you weren't the first person Chloe went to when she figured out she was Meteor Infected American. She is obsessed with getting rid of her abilities, and now, she is willing to play Russian Roulette with Lex's miracle cure do to it."
MR: "Lois, I -"
AM: "Clark, you are Chloe's best friend. You are probably the only person on this planet she will listen to right now. God knows she blew me off fast enough." Lois flashes a small smile. “So, either you are going to get in your pick-up truck and help me stop my cousin from making a horrible, stupid mistake, or I am going to kick you corn-fed ass and then you are going to get in your pick-up truck and help me stop my cousin from making a horrible, stupid mistake. Your choice."
AoT: Definitely bitch.

AM: Night time at Smallville High School. Chloe is taking a nostalgic walk through the empty Torch office. Clark shows up at the door. When Chloe sees him she gives him a faint smile.
TW: "I thought I might find you here."
AM: Chloe fondly touching one of the desks. "Where it all started." She gives a half-nostalgic, half- bitter chuckle. "I guess you know me better than I thought, Clark."
TW: Letting a hint of anger show, "Or maybe I don't know you at all. Lois tells me you're thinking about Salvation."
AM: Chloe turns her attention to the bulletin board where the WoW used to be. It now contains old Torch clippings. "Remember the wall of weird?"
TW: "Chloe, this is no time to take a stroll down memory lane."
AM: She pulls one of her own old articles off and studies it. "I never imagined that one day I'd be able to top anything I ever pinned up there."
TW: Clark's irritation escalates. He takes the article out of Chloe hand forcing her to look at him, "Is what Lois said true?"
AM: “My cousin and her mouth. I tell you –“
MR: I bet she could fit her whole fist in there!
ED: Hey!
TW: “Chloe, you disappeared for three months, and now Lois said you need help. What is going on?”
AM: Big, fake Chloe smile. “Oh, Lois. You know her always over-reacting.” She turns back to the bulletin board.
TW: Clark super-speeds to get back in front of her. “Nice try, Chloe. Are you thinking about taking Salvation or not?”
AM: "No, Clark, I'm not thinking about taking Salvation."
TW: Clark relaxes.
AM: The smile drops, and Chloe looks serious. “I have decided to take Salvation.”
TW: Clark’s face drops. “What?”

AM: Back to Martha in Washington. She is working at her desk.
MR: An older man bursts into her office. “What the hell are you trying to pull, Kent?”
AoT: And Martha power bombs him?
AM: Not exactly. “And good evening to you too, Chairman Anderson. Could you be a little more specific?”
MR: “You know exact what I mean! You have filed six appeals of the Mutant Rights Act! If you pull this, you will piss off every person who voted for that damn bill in the first place!”
AoT: Now she power bombs him?
AM: No. Martha stands up. “The bill that I wrote did not contain a clause allowing the government to imprison American citizens without charge or trial for an indefinite length of time. It did not ignore the Bill of Rights. It protected people!”
MR: “I don’t care about rights for freaks! If this goes through, my party could lose six seats in the next election!”
AoT: Power bomb now?
AM: No. “You elections are not my concern. The people who trusted me are – “
MR: Chairman Anderson puts his hands on Martha’s desk and leans towards her. “If you pull this, Kent, I will bury you. I will take every cent of government funding away from Kansas, and I will make it my mission in life to destroy any legislation you put up for the next six years.”

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