7.12 Return by TW and JG (Part V)

JG: Recruitment center. Martha and J'onn ask Titian if they can speak with Lucius.
TW: Clark brings up the rear and seems impatient.
JG: Titian to J'onn, "You are an associate of Senator's Kent's?"
TW: Martha, "An ally."
JG: Titian is cold, "Lucius is currently unavailable. I'll let him know you dropped by."
TW: Clark jumps in, "We're looking for a telepath. Does your organization have one?"
JG: Titian, "Thanks to Senator Kent's bill the government is already aware if there are telepaths amoung our ranks. Why don't you look it up yourself?"
TW: Clark looks uncomfortable.
JG: Martha, "We need someone we can trust. Someone Lucius trusts."
TW: Titian, "If you trust Lucius so much, " he gestures to the line of freaks, "why do you insist on this?"
JG: Martha, "Just please give Lucius the message."

TW: Back to LuthorCorp. Hope attempts to kick Lucius but he spins her around to use as a human shield.
JG: She struggles in vain. Lucius, "Now boys, how is this going to go down?"
TW: A guard takes aim, "You might as well let her go. There's no way out."
JG: Just then a chair smashes over his head.
TW: Cut to a wide shot to show it was Otis.
MR: What? Otis is competent now?!!?
JG: It's my episode, of course Otis is competent. Besides, if Lionel has to be shot I might as well get something!
MR: I say don't shoot Lionel and make Otis an idiot!
KK: OK. If we don't shoot Lionel Hope will have to look like the idiot.
MR: What?!?
KK: One way or another Lionel and Lucius escape.
MR: No. No deal.
KK: Good. Otis punches out the other guard. Hope struggles to escape as Otis checks Lionel's pulse. "We have to get him to a hospital."
JG: Cut to Lucius and Hope. Lucius morphs into the form of Hope. "Are you good with rope, Otis?"
TW: Otis smiles deviously.
MR: Oh my God, Otis isn't just competent, he's a perv!
ED: So he knows how to tie a knot. Maybe he was a boy scout.
MR: Yeah, right.
AoT: Maybe a pervy boy scout?
JG: Hope, realizing what they're going to do struggles harder.

TW: Cut to Lionel in a hospital bed.
JG: I swear, Kruek, I'll get you.
KK: Just remember granny Mack.
JG: Lucius and Titian tell Martha, Clark and J'onn he's found a telepath.
TW: Clark asks if they can trust him.
JG: Lucius, "I don't know. He just signed on."
TW: J'onn tries to pull Clark aside.
JG: Titian raises his voice, "So that's it? You're not going to tell us what this is all about?"
TW: J'onn, "Not yet. We'll get back to you."
JG: Titian glares at J'onn. Then to Martha, "They say you can tell a lot about a politician by the company they keep." He turns and walks off. Lucius begins to follow.
TW: Martha, "Lucius... If he's willing, bring him to the farm tomorrow." She looks at J'onn, "We should at least meet him before we pass judgment."

JG: DP, early morning. Lois walks into Bittleman's office.
TW: Bittleman tries to wish her a good morning.
JG: But she immediately starts bitching about Clark not doing anything about Chloe's death.
ED: What? Since when does Lois bitch about Clark?
AoT: When does she not?
KK: When she's bitching about someone else?
ED: What? Who?
MR: Lex.
ED: She does not bitch about Lex!
MR: She's always bitching about Clark or Lex.
KK: Because she's always bitching.
ED: No, she's not always bitching!
KK: OK. Maybe sometimes she's just whining.
MR: That's only because sometimes her bitching sounds a lot like whining.
ED: Had I mentioned I hate you guys.
JG: Bittleman observes she seems overly concerned about what Clark is going to do when what she should be asking herself is what is she going to do.
ED: Duh! Can't Lois figure that out on her own?
MR: Apparently not.
TW: "Well, Chloe would..."
JG: "No! What is Lois Lane going to do?"
TW: Lois takes a deep breath, "I'm going to take Lex's sorry ass down, once and for all."
JG: "Good girl. Let's get started."
TW: They use Bittleman’s union contacts to find out huge amounts of materials are being moved from locations all around Metropolis to an isolated, high tech facility 30 minutes outside of Metropolis.
JG: "I wonder what he's building."
TW: "Whatever it is, it's big. And it uses a lot of power."
JG: They leave to investigate.

TW: Recruitment center. The place is empty except for Lucius.
JG: Zack arrives.
TW: "Are you ready to go?"
JG: Zack nervously shuffles his feet. "We have to talk."

TW: LuthorCorp lab. Dr. Richards is looking at blood samples.
JG: Lex asks if he got what they needed.
TW: "I did." He pauses, "But our credibility within the meteor infected community is already strained. If they ever found out what we're doing."
JG: Lex interrupts, "You're career would be over." Lex pauses, "Don't worry, Dr. Richards. As long as you do your job right you have nothing to worry about."

JG: Lois and Bittleman poking around the outside of a warehouse.
TW: A little banter about how Lois is going to make it her mission in life to take down Lex now that Chloe is dead.
ED: Go Lois!
JG: Bittleman points out that's easier said than done. "Saving the world can wait. Let's focus on shutting down Salvation and saving the poor saps who've been infected with meteor rock first."

TW: Clark, at the farm.
JG: Lucius and Titian arrive and are greeted by Martha.
TW: Off to the side Clark asks J'onn if he thinks Lucius can be trusted.
JG: J'onn gets pissy about Clark not trusting him to channel Zod.
TW: Clark, "You know we can't risk that!"
JG: J'onn, "If you don't trust me then it doesn't matter whether or not I trust Lucius, does it?" J'onn pauses, "Without Zod's knowledge Earth doesn't stand a chance."
TW: Clark doesn't seem happy.
JG: Lucius spots the two of them talking. He tells them there is something they should know. Zack may have been abducted last night.
TW: Clark, "What do you mean?"
JG: Titian, "Why didn't you tell me this, Lucius?"
TW: Lucius looks pointedly at Martha, "Ever since we've been forced to register our abilities..."
JG: Titian, "We've been afraid LuthorCorp would make use of our records."
TW: Lucius, "We have no proof LuthorCorp is behind this."
JG: Clark, "Actually, we've seen this before. He did the same thing to Chloe... and now she's dead."
TW: J'onn, "If Lex has compromised this man we cannot..."
JG: Clark, "J'onn, whatever Lex did to Chloe she was still the same person."
TW: J'onn, "Was she?"
JG: Clark looks like he's about to go Clark smash!
TW: Titian is angry, "You'd think the smorgasbord of subjects he gets from offering his cure would satisfy him."
JG: Clark, "You don't know Lex like I do. His thirst for power is insatiable."
TW: J'onn asks Titian and Lucius to excuse them. To Clark, "I can do this."
JG: "We've been over this J'onn. Chloe already looked into Lex's abductions. All he did was run tests and implant people with a tracking devices -- which we can remove. It will be fine."
TW: "But what if..."
JG: "We already decided you'll pose as me. My secret will be safe."
MR: Famous last words.
TW: If Lex hasn't figured it out yet you think this will do it?
MR: Shut up.
TW: Clark hesitates, "You can scan his mind if that will make you feel better, but none of Lex's victims ever remembered a thing."
TW: J'onn nods. They turn to Lucius, "Bring him."

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