Smallville

Previously on smallville...

you're too late, kal-el.

Lana?

Miss lang had a full recovery.

Where is she?

Oh, she's already checked out,

but she wanted me to give you this.

But i knew that if i looked into your eyes,

i'd never be able to say it.

If i ever discovered

that someone withheld information

that could help me find lex,

i'd be forced to respond accordingly.

Nobody questions my loyalty.

I can't believe it! Lana, you're back!

Why are you staying?

Leaving is harder than i thought it would be.

You still haven't told him the reasons why you disappeared

and what you plan on doing next.

Lex saved my life.

I owe him everything.

This is how a luthor rewards that kind of loyalty.

You've been lex's eyes and ears for quite some time.

I've done everything.

But not anymore.

Goodbye, lex.

What if the rest of the world didn't have to come first?

The world needs you, clark.

What about what we need?

Sir, it's not too late to suspend the procedure.

Our orders are to move forward.

At what cost?

I know mr. Luthor

wants to get back on his feet as soon as possible,

but we are nowhere near ready

to attempt this on a human being.

The studies on mice have barely even started.

It doesn't matter.

Mr. Luthor wants us to proceed,

and that's what we're going to do.

Where are we with the molecular transfusion?

Prepared for absorption.

And the subject?

Vitals normal. We're all set.

Begin the transdermal evisceration.

Smallville 813

presynchro : Flolo

we thought that we were meant to be together, clark.

But the truth is, we were fooling ourselves.

I need you...

but the world needs you more.

And as long as i'm in your life, i am holding you back.

Please, don't ...

clark...

you know you're bored

when you resort to watching a repeat of your breakup.

I needed to remind myself that lana left for a reason.

Did something happen that made you suddenly forget?

Last night, we...

kind of kissed.

I know. It was a mistake.

I don't know what i was thinking.

Clark, you're acting like you committed a crime.

Now, i'm not a lawyer, but i really don't think

that a little trip to first base is exactly a felony.

But i'm digging up feelings from the past

that need to stay buried ... for both our sakes.

You know, you have an arsenal of abilities at your disposal,

but suffocating feelings that want to come up for air

definitely isn't one of them.

Lana thought she was holding me back, and you know what?

She was right.

Look what happened after she left.

I got off the farm, i got a job, i started using my abilities

to help people when they needed it the most.

Did you do that because lana left

or because you simply grew up

and realized what you wanted to do with your life?

Clark, maybe she isn't the liability

you're making her out to be.

How does she feel about it?

It's on that disk. She doesn't want to be together.

She made that disk seven months ago, clark.

People change.

You certainly did.

Look, stop playing the guessing game and talk to her.

She's probably at my apartment right now.

Lana?

Clark.

I didn't know it was you.

I didn't realize that breaking and entering was one of your hobbies.

The damage was done when i got here.

I was worried about lana, and i came to warn her,

but i was obviously too late.

Warn her about what?

It seems that she's been...

poking around some classified luthorcorp technology.

The last time i checked, you were in charge of luthorcorp.

Everything but the nanotechnology

dedicated to sustaining lex's life.

The bear may be hibernating, but that does not mean

that he's gonna sit around and let his honey get stolen.

You think lex is behind what happened to lana?

I don't think, clark.

I know.

And i am really concerned for her.

Since when did you and lana become close friends?

I will forever be grateful to her.

Lana's responsible for finally showing me

the monster that lex really is.

The least that i can do is repay the favor.

I knew lex was still alive.

I had no idea he was capable of kidnapping lana from a distance.

It wouldn't be the first time he's abducted her from afar.

She didn't tell you.

Tell me what?

Do you remember that dvd she made for you last spring?

Did you ever wonder how lana got her hands on a video camera

right after she awoke from a deep coma?

As long as i'm in your life, i'm holding you back.

Please, for both of us, don't come looking for me.

I love you, clark...

more than you will ever know.

Now let me go.

It's for your own protection, ma'am.

Is that what lex told you?

You've been in a coma for the past three months.

We're here to make sure you stay safe.

No! No!

No!

Get her in the van.

I'll meet you at the compound.

That disk was a lie. Lana never wanted to leave.

She left because she was escaping from you!

Clark.

You're no better than lex.

If i had known what i know now,

i would have never been part of it.

Lex convinced us it was for her own good.

How nice of him to kidnap her.

Lex also said that she was in that asylum because of you...

... that your relationship was so dysfunctional

you were constantly hurting her.

Where are you taking me?

To a place where you'll be protected.

Here.

Lex has been watching me, hasn't he?

Waiting for me to wake up so he can kidnap me.

Mr. Luthor just wants to help you.

I'm not feeling very well.

You're dehydrated. You should drink that.

No, i think i'm gonna throw up.

Wait!

Wait! Wait! Wait! Just calm down!

Leave the keys in the ignition and get out of the van. Now!

The thugs that lex used ... he could've used them again.

What are their names?

What are their names?!

They're both dead.

The people lex employs now are brand-new,

without any ties to his past.

Clark, what did you find?

I'm not sure what it is.

It doesn't seem like lana's taste.

It's not.

Have you seen this before?

My strategic advisor, carter bowfry ...

it's his.

What did you do with lana?

I don't know who you're talking about.

Don't lie to me!

I found your medallion in her apartment!

My medallion is right here.

They're exactly the same.

How do you know lana?

Son, i suggest you back down right now.

Lana has been kidnapped.

Look, if anything you know may help me find her, please...

you can trust me.

You must be clark.

How do you know my name?

I gave lana that medallion last spring in edge city.

I don't know how she tracked me down, but she did.

Money means nothing to me.

I'll pay you whatever you want.

I don't need your dollars, ma'am.

I'm just a retired teacher living off his pension.

A teacher who trained green berets and navy seals

to withstand extreme pain and torture.

I've done my homework.

I need your help.

What i have to teach, you're not ready to learn.

You'd be surprised.

Please, just give me a chance.

Well, you're not a soldier,

and you're definitely not a government agent,

so why are you here?

I want to be invincible.

Well, good for you.

Look... i'm all for girl power,