7.16 Control by AM & MR (Part VIII)

AM: "All the meteor infected needed to rise above was a unifying cause, a sense of purpose and direction. I couldn't provide that alone. I could gather them together but I couldn't focus their anger. Not without a tragedy... and you. They'll follow you through fire now, Titian."
MR: "Me, yes. Not you, Lucius."
AM: Lucius morphs into Titian. "Then I will be you."
MR: "No..." Titian's cry is cut short. Pull back to show Lucius' finger in the shape of a steel spike stuck straight through Titian's heart.
KK: No Brainiac this episode?
AM: No. Believe it or not James has real work to do. We're saving our pennies for when we really need him.
MR: Like next episode!
ED: What do you have planned?
AM: Yeah. What exactly do you have planned Micheal?
MR: Oh... nothing.
KK: Highly doubtful.

MR: Meanwhile at Building 42. Clark super speeds into the scene and separates Sex and Kahloe. Would you read Clark, Tom?
TW: Sure. Grabbing Kahloe by the shirt, "Leave her alone, Lex!"
MR: Kahloe smiles, "Clark Kent, you've made a habit of arriving just in the nick of time. Guess what?" She punches Clark in the gut using the Green K ring and Clark doubles over in pain. "This time you're too late." Kahloe punches Clark in the face sending in to the floor. She reaches down and picks up the gun.
TW: "I'm not going to let you hurt Chloe."
MR: "It's a little late for that isn't it, Clark? You already let her die once. What's another time going to hurt?" She reaches into her pocket and tosses a chunk of green K next to Clark. "Only this time you really will be helpless to prevent it."
TW: "It's not her you want. It's me."
ED: Wow. HoYaytastic!
MR: "Tell me Clark, where was this nobility with you stood by and Chloe watched die?"
TW: "I never..."
MR: "Chloe counted on you to save her. You promised her you would. But when she needed you the most, when she was strapped onto that table you just stood there and watched. Didn't you?!?!"
TW: "That's... that's what she told me she wanted."
MR: Kahloe seems almost disgusted now, "Since when have you ever given a damn what anybody wanted other than yourself?"
TW: What? That's a completely unfair characterization!
MR: Tough, "What she wanted was for you to save her!"
TW: "I didn't know..."
MR: "Such a disappointment, Clark. I thought you had more fight in you." Kahloe looks around for signs of Sex. "But take heart. Not all is lost. Chloe's body may die but she'll still live on... in me."
TW: "What's wrong with you Lex?"
MR: Calling out, "Come out, come out, wherever you are!" To Clark, "Because I am Chloe, Clark." Kahloe smiles, "I know what you're thinking. You don't believe me. But I am her. Or at least the part of her she would never let out, always there just beneath the surface. The only part of her that could actually thrive when left behind inside Lex's mind."
AM: Sex calls out from behind a pallet, "That's not true. You're nothing like Chloe!"
MR: Kahloe tries to figure out where Sex is, "And you're nothing like Lex." She pauses, "Give yourself up and I'll spare Clark's life." She aims the gun at Clark.
AM: "You know as well as I a gun can't hurt him."
MR: "Even when weakened by meteor rock?" Kahloe cocks the gun. "Are you willing to bet his life?"
AM: Sex comes out with his hands up, "I give up. Don't kill Clark."
TW: "Chloe, don't."
MR: "Shut up, Clark." She aims at Clark's chest.
AM: "But you..."
MR: Kahloe aims at Sex to keep him from coming closer, "I don't want to kill Clark. I don't even want to kill you. But you know as well as anyone sometimes you have to do things you don't want to just to survive."
KK: Doesn't she know monologuing is what always gets villain in the end?
AM: From off-screen "Aaaaaiiiiiiieeeeee!"
MR: Kahloe turns just in time to see Lois slam a two by four into her face. Kahloe falls to the ground.
AM: "Thank you, Lois." Sex's eyes roll back into his head as he collapses on the ground.
MR: Lois throws down the board and runs for Chloe.
AM: Lionel limps in, stoops over Clark, and throws the green K to the side. Clark gets up and joins Lois who now sits with Chloe's body cradled in her arms. Erica?
ED: "Are you OK, baby cuz? Please tell me you're OK!"
AM: But Sex ignores Lois and looks only at Clark. Clark takes Sex's hand and Sex smiles, "Don't you see, Clark, we could have still been friends.... if only..." Sex coughs a couple more times and falls unconscious.
TW: And there goes another stipulation for Bryan.
AoT: What stipulation was that?
AM: We had to show [makes quote marks with his fingers] "sex" between Clark and Lois.
TW: Hee.
ED: Lois freaks out, "You are not doing this to me again!"
AM: Chloe coughs again and Lois cries tears of relief. Clark brushes the hair from Chloe's eyes. "Clark, Lois? Where am I?"
TW: "What matters is you're going to be OK."
AM: Cut to Lex, face in the dirt, coughing violently. He looks up to see Lionel's tattered shoes right in front of him.
MR: "What you have done, son?"

Continued