7.17 Revolt by TW and KK Part IV

as retold by RepairmanBob

TW: Lionel and Otis walk into the large lab of Apokolips tech last seen in Escape.
JG: About damn time.
AM: Am I ever going to reappear?
KK: No, Brainiac kills Chloe off-screen.
AM: (Growls)
KK: Kidding! Geese, Alli, learn to take a joke.
JG: (Clears throat) Can we get back to Lionel, please?
TW: Otis is pushing a large cart. Lionel points at seemingly random objects around the room, and Otis walks through groups of scientists to get them and put them in the cart.
JG: Otis certainly does have good people skills.
TW: One of the scientists objects, and Otis head butts him.
JG: Excellent people skills.
KK: A scientist walks over to Lionel. "Mr. Luthor, I must object!" John would you like to?
JG: "What you must do is move out of my way before any more of your team is injured, Dr. Connor."
KK: "We are under strict orders not to allow any of the extra-terrestrial materials to leave this lab! You son –"
JG: Big Lionel smile. "My son is not here at the moment." Otis walks up next to Lionel and scowls. "And neither am I. Do we understand one another, Dr. Connor? Or will Mr. Burg and I be visiting your daughter’s softball game next Saturday? If I recall correctly, she is in the running for a full scholarship to Metropolis University. It would be… tragic if anything happened to her."
KK: Dr. Connor gets pale. "You… "
JG: "The words you are search for, I believe, are ‘I am sorry for wasting your time, Mr. Luthor.’"
KK: Dr. Connor backs away. Otis goes back to, loading things into his cart.
JG: Why can’t the rest of you write Lionel like this?

KK: Back at the Slab, the meteor freaks are overwhelming the police. The Spartans are carrying civilians over the walls. Bittleman runs into Martha.
AoT: Can Martha save Bittleman from a meteor freak?
JG: No! Bittleman just got good again!
AoT: She can break a chair over the back of some disgusting freak that is about to eat Bittleman’s face!
JG: Not the face! Lois’s love interest needs his face!
KK: Martha saves Bittleman.
AoT: Hurray!
JG: Motherfucker!
KK: But they are then confronted by a group of angry meteor freaks.
AM: Am I ever going to show up this week?

TW: The camera pans down a long, dark hallway. It passes a sign identifying it as part of Vault Black. The camera passes through an open doorway, to a large room full of high tech equipment. Two men are securing an unconscious Chloe into a table similar to the one from Freak, but tilted upwards so Chloe is facing the rest of the actors.
MR: Hurray! Naked Bondage Chloe!
AM: You wish, Michael
MR: You did nudity for Capricia!
AM: I got a Peabody for Capricia!
AoT: I hadn’t heard! Congratulations!
AM: Thank you! Well, it is just a nomination right now, but Ron said –
MR: Back on task! Naked Chloe!
ED: No naked Chloe! I am the sexy one who gets naked on Smallville, not Allison!
AM: Are you saying I’m not sexy enough to get naked?
MR: Yes! That is exactly what she is saying! Prove her wrong!
TW: (Bangs head on table)
KK: Chloe is wearing the clothes from the intro – T-shirt and running shorts.
ED+MR: Nooooo!!!
TW: Pan to the left, where Mia is watching the men, then to Brainiac. "Make sure the restraints are placed correctly. I do not want Ms. Sullivan to hurt herself when she wakes up." Brainiac moves to a monitor, and makes some adjustments. "Let’s see how everyone is doing." The monitor shows surveillance footage from the Slab.

TW: The meteor freaks surround Martha and Bittleman.
AoT: And Martha lashes out, and in a feat of awe-inspiring skill and stamina, beats them all into submission?
KK: Not quite. A woman spits at Bittleman, and acid narrowly misses his face, melting a pillar behind him.
ED: Ewww.
KK: The woman smiles at Martha. "This is for Lucius, bitch." She pulls her head back –
AoT: And Martha jabs her in the throat!
TW: Actually, a blue energy ray blasts the woman in the chest, knocking her into the crowd of meteor freaks. Cue the dramatic music, ad we pan up to Lex, flying above Martha in his battle-suit.
MR: His Iron Lex armor!
TW: "Do not worry, Senator. I have the situation under control."

KK: Close up of Chloe’s face, as she wakes up. Chloe looks confused, then scared when she tries to move her arms and finds them tied down. She looks around down, and starts to make small, scared noises when she sees she is locked to the table.
AM: Great, more crying Chloe. How exactly does this get me back to the Daily Planet?
TW: Brainiac walks over to Chloe. "Awake at last, Ms. Sullivan." One of the two men hands him a metal collar. "During my time on this world, I have, occasionally, been impressed by the ingenuity up your people. For a collection of barely evolved primates, you have a natural talent for creating tools to murder and subjugate one another. Take this, for instance." He places the collar around Chloe’s neck. "It is based on technology created by the Summerhold Institute to control the human mind. I improved it, of course, but the basic design was quite impressive. Relatively speaking." Quick flashes to show the men are wearing collars, as is the guard who killed Rick.
KK: Chloe tries to calm herself, but she is terrified. "What.. what do you…"
TW: "Lex Luthor, on the other hand, has actually managed to somewhat impress me. It is almost embarrassing that a simple human could realize the true potential of your abilities, when I did not."
KK: "My powers? They are gone! Please, let me go, I don’t have –"
TW: Brainiac tilts his head and smiles. "What has been lost can be found, Miss Sullivan. I have need of you for the Crusade. Based on Lex’s research, your abilities are merely… repressed. With sufficient motivation, I am sure we can discover them." One of the men hands Brainiac a device. "In my experience, I have found the greatest motivator for humans is pain." He lifts a tazer, and turns it on.
ED: Wow, talk about irony.
JG: Hoisted on her own tazer, eh?
AM: (Grumbling) Fuck you both.
TW: "Let’s begin." Brainiac zaps Chloe. Cue the screaming
AM: I’ve gone from playing God to being a victim in torture porn. Remind me why I came back?
ED: You love us?
TW: You want what is best for the show?
MR: You love Chloe?
JG: Easy paycheck?
AoT: The freedom to terrorize the crew and food service personnel?
AM: Yeah, those last two.

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