Smallville (TV Series)

Power (2009)

Kristin Kreuk: Lana Lang

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• Lana Lang : Money means nothing to me. I'll pay you whatever you want.

  Carter Bowfry : I don't need your dollars, ma'am. I'm just a retired teacher living off his pension.

  Lana Lang : A teacher who trained Green Berets and Navy SEALs to withstand extreme pain and torture. I've done my homework. I need your help.

  Carter Bowfry : What I have to teach, you're not ready to learn.

  Lana Lang : You'd be surprised. Please just give me a chance.

  Carter Bowfry : Well, you're not a soldier. And you're definitely not a government agent. So why are you here?

  Lana Lang : I want to be invincible.

• Lana Lang : I didn't put the suit on for protection. I did it so that I could actually do some good in the world. You are an amazing woman, Tess. But it's hard to see when you're stuck in the dark shadow of an even darker man.

  Tess Mercer : Why do you think I want Lex gone?

  Lana Lang : You may have gotten rid of the microchip... but every second that you're consumed by hate is another second Lex is still in control of you. Don't be a victim anymore.

• Clark Kent : I've been looking all over for you. Are you okay?

  Lana Lang : I've never felt better, Clark.

  Clark Kent : It's because you're wearing that suit, Lana. You have powers, and the last time that happened, it didn't end well.

  Lana Lang : I'm different now. This time, I've prepared myself.

  Clark Kent : Those months that you were gone, why didn't you tell me what you were doing?

  Lana Lang : You would have never let me go through with it.

  Clark Kent : Because it's dangerous, Lana. It's never been tested on humans.

  Lana Lang : Give Lex credit where credit is due. When it comes to all things scientific, he's pulled off the impossible on more than one occasion.

• Lana Lang : Clark, you don't have to protect me anymore. You don't have to worry about me.

  Clark Kent : How can you say that, Lana? We have no idea what's gonna happen.

  Lana Lang : Exactly. And that's why it's so important to live in the present. Whatever happened in the past and whatever happens in the future, it doesn't matter.

  Clark Kent : It does matter, Lana. It matters if you get hurt.

  Lana Lang : I know how much you care about me. You always have. That's why when I came back for Chloe's wedding, I... I didn't think we could be together. Clark... the last thing I wanted was to be some distraction in your life.

  Clark Kent : You're not a distraction. You never were.

  Lana Lang : I'm not anymore. Clark, nothing can hurt me anymore. You and I are equals now, and together we can help make the world a better place. Unless that's not what you want.

  Clark Kent : No, Lana, that's exactly what I want. It's a dream, Lana. We both know dreams normally don't come true.

  Lana Lang : There's never been anything normal about us.

• Tess Mercer : Lana, you gotta believe me, I didn't know you were in there.

  Lana Lang : Yes, you did. I'm not here to hurt you, Tess. I'm here as your friend.

  Tess Mercer : My BFF who tears open my safe with her bare hands and burns all of my research? I think that you're stretching the definition of friendship just a little bit.

• Lana Lang : I don't want you to make the same mistake I did. I know how much you want to get revenge on Lex, and who can blame you? I have felt that exact same rage.

  Tess Mercer : He didn't implant a microchip into your brain.

  Lana Lang : All that anger will lead you down a long, dark tunnel that you will never find your way out of.

  Tess Mercer : Yeah, that's a really easy position to take when you're clad in an invincible suit.

• Lana Lang : I promise, Doctor, I don't intend on destroying your technology. I want to put it to good use.

  Dr. Edward Groll : I'm an academic. I hold a chair in biophysics at Metropolis University.

  Lana Lang : Where you designed and built a metadermal skin graft that will not only sustain Lex's health, but will give him superhuman abilities.

  Dr. Edward Groll : Superhuman abilities? Have you taken up reading comic books?

  Lana Lang : For someone intelligent enough to harness alien DNA into the ultimate power suit, you are dangerously naïve. What good will your technology do in the hands of a madman? You and I both know that Lex is too dangerous to wear it. But I can.

  Dr. Edward Groll : I'm sorry, Ms. Lang, I don't have time to discuss ficti...

  Lana Lang : If Lex ever puts on that suit, he will corrupt its power. He will become a god among men, and the world will never recover. Do you want your legacy to be allowing Lex Luthor to become the ultimate weapon? Or do you want to be remembered for saving people's lives? For improving the human condition all over the world. I have a space in east Metropolis, in a warehouse on 95th and Bristol. You can set up your lab.

  Dr. Edward Groll : It's not just me. I work with a lab full of researchers. They'd never allow it.

  Lana Lang : Tell them it was on Lex's orders. That he wanted me to be the guinea pig. It's not so far-fetched, is it?

• Carter Bowfry : You don't look ready for class.

  Lana Lang : Carter, I have learned so much from you. But what I need, I-I can't get it here.

  Carter Bowfry : What you need are skills, Lana. Maturity.

  Lana Lang : I need power.

  Carter Bowfry : You'll have it. But it doesn't just happen overnight.

  Lana Lang : Well, I've had it before. Skills and abilities beyond what you can imagine. But I wasn't ready for them, physically, mentally, or emotionally. And now, thanks to you, I am.

• Carter Bowfry : What are you waiting for?

  Lana Lang : I'm just not used to scorching myself.

  Carter Bowfry : Get used to it. No fear, no pain.

  Lana Lang : [extending her arms, then retracting them]  I can't.

  Carter Bowfry : It's not fear that's stopping you, is it? You're holding on to something. Or someone.

  Lana Lang : Do you see anyone else here?

  Carter Bowfry : Oh, I can feel him. So can you. As long as you're trying to be someone you're not, you are gonna be vulnerable. You are gonna feel the pain.

• Clark Kent : I knew Lex was still alive. I had no idea he was capable of kidnapping Lana from a distance.

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

  [seeing his look] 

  Tess Mercer : She didn't tell you.

  Clark Kent : Tell me what?

  Tess Mercer : 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?

  [the scene transitions into flashback] 

  Lana Lang : 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.

  [turning the camera off] 

  Lana Lang : Now let me go.

  Security Guard George : [holding her at gunpoint]  It's for your own protection, ma'am.

  Lana Lang : Is that what Lex told you?

  Security Guard George : You've been in a coma for the past three months. We're here to make sure you stay safe.