1. Decisions, Clark.Copy !req
2. They are on the top of my to do list.Copy !req
3. With Lois out of town,
you don't have any excuses.Copy !req
4. These college application deadlines
are coming up soon, Clark.Copy !req
5. I know how hard it was giving up
those football scholarships,Copy !req
6. but we have to start making
some decisions about your future.Copy !req
7. I'll get it.Copy !req
8. Clark Kent?Copy !req
9. Yes.Copy !req
10. Sign here.Copy !req
11. What is it?Copy !req
12. It's from Dr. Swann.Copy !req
13. Clark, Martha.Copy !req
14. I think you should see this.Copy !req
15. We have breaking news from New York.Copy !req
16. Here is our correspondent Ron Florence.Copy !req
17. Thank you, Carla.Copy !req
18. We've just confirmed that Dr. Virgil
Swann passed away this morning.Copy !req
19. No details are being released.Copy !req
20. The reclusive billionaire
will be remembered as one ofCopy !req
21. the leading philanthropists
of his generation.Copy !req
22. Along with starting the Virgil
Swann charitable foundation,Copy !req
23. I don't understand.
I just talked to him last week.Copy !req
24. I'm sorry, Clark.Copy !req
25. I truly am.Copy !req
26. We both are.Copy !req
27. There was still so much I needed to
learn from him about Krypton and Jor-El.Copy !req
28. We can be thankful for everything
he did pass on to you.Copy !req
29. "Kal-El, I wish I could
continue this journey with you.Copy !req
30. But now you must seek out your father.Copy !req
31. If I sheltered you from him
for too long, forgive me.Copy !req
32. Jor-El sent you here on a mission.Copy !req
33. He's the only one
who can help you finish it.Copy !req
34. I am returning something
that is rightfully yours.Copy !req
35. I know it will lead you
to your destiny."Copy !req
36. searching for intelligent
life in the universe.Copy !req
37. The world will remember
his many contributions,Copy !req
38. and man will benefit
from his giftsCopy !req
39. for generations to come.Copy !req
40. I knew you would return, my son.Copy !req
41. Why did you send me to find this?Copy !req
42. Because you may be the last
survivor of a great civilization.Copy !req
43. A great civilization
that destroyed itself!Copy !req
44. As will yours, if you continue
to refuse your mission.Copy !req
45. The knowledge of our civilization
was encoded in three stonesCopy !req
46. brought to earth and hidden
at the far reaches of the world.Copy !req
47. Greed will drive others
to hunt the stones.Copy !req
48. But if the humans should
unite them before you,Copy !req
49. they will not be able
to withstand the temptationCopy !req
50. and will drive the world
to famine, war,Copy !req
51. and the earth's
ultimate destruction.Copy !req
52. You must find
the other two stones.Copy !req
53. The fate of the world
lies in your hands...Copy !req
54. Kal-El.Copy !req
55. Original Airdate Feb. 23, 2005Copy !req
56. - Hello?
- Hey, it's Jason.Copy !req
57. Jason who?Copy !req
58. Very funny.Copy !req
59. Well, it doesn't sound like Kansas.
Where are you?Copy !req
60. Uh, Metropolis.Copy !req
61. I have to stay here for a few days,
oversee some things for Lex.Copy !req
62. I didn't realize that your job
required any overseeing.Copy !req
63. Yeah. Listen, I can't really talk right now.
I just stepped out of a meeting, but I...Copy !req
64. wanted to call 'cause
I didn't get a chance to before I left.Copy !req
65. Is Lex with you?Copy !req
66. No, I'm solo.Copy !req
67. Well, you'd better stay that way.Copy !req
68. I know what happens to people
when they run off to Metropolis.Copy !req
69. What was that?Copy !req
70. Nothing. Um,Copy !req
71. listen, I've gotta go. I'll call you
tomorrow, okay? Good night.Copy !req
72. Good night.Copy !req
73. Hello.Copy !req
74. If I didn't know better,
I'd think you skipped out on me.Copy !req
75. Lex.Copy !req
76. Yeah, uh... I was going to call you. Something
came up. I had to leave work early.Copy !req
77. To what, catch the next flight to Shanghai?Copy !req
78. What?Copy !req
79. Why don't you turn around?Copy !req
80. You didn't really think I'd
hire you, bring you into my life,Copy !req
81. and not follow every
step you take, did you?Copy !req
82. Lex...Copy !req
83. I know my father
gave you a map, Jason,Copy !req
84. and I know you've figured out that
it leads to a temple just outside the city,Copy !req
85. but if you think you're gonna find that
stone without me... you're mistaken.Copy !req
86. Let's go.Copy !req
87. I thought we agreed that you would
not go back down into the caves.Copy !req
88. Dad, I couldn't just
ignore Swann's message.Copy !req
89. I know that you trust him, but...Copy !req
90. Clark he doesn't know Jor-El
the way we do.Copy !req
91. Dad, it's not like I've forgotten
who we're dealing with here.Copy !req
92. I'm just afraid of what's going to happen
if we continue to ignore him.Copy !req
93. Listen, I realize that he's your
birth father, all right, but he...Copy !req
94. he's never had your
best interests at heart.Copy !req
95. Maybe, but he's never lied to me, either.
And the trials that he's put me through...Copy !req
96. maybe they're not all random. Maybe he's
trying to prepare me to find these stones.Copy !req
97. Are you really sure you want
to open all this up again?Copy !req
98. The last few months, ever since
you walked away from Jor-El,Copy !req
99. it's like we got the old Clark back.Copy !req
100. Well, mom, as much as I like playing football
and trying to be normal, the truth is, I'm not.Copy !req
101. We all know that.Copy !req
102. Look, I've already let one of these
stones slip through my hands.Copy !req
103. Even if you were to find the stones...
son, we have no idea what's gonna happenCopy !req
104. - if you bring 'em all together.
- I know, dad.Copy !req
105. But if I don't find them,
someone else will.Copy !req
106. Miss Lang.Copy !req
107. Please, don't be shy.Copy !req
108. You are looking for your elusive
boyfriend, I assume.Copy !req
109. Uh, yeah, I was hoping that Lex
could get in touch with him for me.Copy !req
110. He sent him to go catch up on this project,
and I can't seem to reach him on his cell.Copy !req
111. Well, I would imagine the reception
would be rather shoddy in China.Copy !req
112. Lex is in Shanghai. If I had to guess, I would
say that your boyfriend is there with him.Copy !req
113. I'm sorry, I thought Jason would've
told you what's happening...Copy !req
114. considering you are the one
born right into the middle of all this.Copy !req
115. You should know, miss Lang,
how thoroughly Lex andCopy !req
116. Jason have been studying
Isabelle Theroux, your...Copy !req
117. your rebellious ancestor.Copy !req
118. Looks like they aren't the only ones.Copy !req
119. Isabelle's arch rival was... a duchessCopy !req
120. Gertrude who was...Copy !req
121. obsessed with finding
three mythical stones.Copy !req
122. She sent ships to the far ends
of the known earth, but all her agentsCopy !req
123. could discoverCopy !req
124. was this map...Copy !req
125. somewhere in China.Copy !req
126. Well, what does this treasure map
have to do with Isabelle?Copy !req
127. The map never made it
into the hands of the duchess.Copy !req
128. Isabelle stole the document and hid it.Copy !req
129. Gertrude had the exquisite
young sorceress executed.Copy !req
130. Isabelle's looking for them, too.Copy !req
131. And she's working through you...Copy !req
132. using you as a vessel.Copy !req
133. I gave a copy of the map
to Jason, as well.Copy !req
134. I'm not surprised
he didn't tell you about it.Copy !req
135. Your kinship with...Copy !req
136. Isabelle may not be a secret,
but are you awareCopy !req
137. that Jason is a direct
descendant of the duchess...Copy !req
138. Gertrude.Copy !req
139. Going somewhere?Copy !req
140. China.Copy !req
141. China? Are you serious?Copy !req
142. And freaked out and mad and just about
everything else you can possibly imagine.Copy !req
143. Lana, what's going on?Copy !req
144. Which part... the immaculate tattoo,Copy !req
145. the fact that I seem to be
harboring a 16th-century witch,Copy !req
146. or that Jason and Lex took off with a map
to uncover it all behind my back?Copy !req
147. Why would they do that?Copy !req
148. I don't know, but Jason said that we
were gonna figure this out together,Copy !req
149. But it turns out he has a rather
limited definition of "we."Copy !req
150. Well, maybe he has a good reason
why he's not being open with you.Copy !req
151. Don't you think you owe him
a chance to explain?Copy !req
152. Clark, you know that I don't give up
on someone that easily.Copy !req
153. But I'm not gonna just
let him lie to me...Copy !req
154. even if it is for a good reason.Copy !req
155. So you're gonna take off and fly halfway
around the world just like that?Copy !req
156. Lionel Luthor made all the arrangements,
and I'm taking the Luthorcorp jet.Copy !req
157. And I know, Clark,
that I can't trust him.Copy !req
158. But he gave me the name of this
professor that might be able to help.Copy !req
159. Well, then I'm going with you.Copy !req
160. I'm not gonna drag you into this.Copy !req
161. I'm not letting you go alone.Copy !req
162. Jason...Copy !req
163. you can't trust my father.Copy !req
164. He gave you that map for a reason, and
now you're leading him right to the stone.Copy !req
165. I'm not working for
your father or anyone else.Copy !req
166. Then why does the stone
even matter to you?Copy !req
167. 'Cause until I find out,
Lana's not gonna be safe.Copy !req
168. Safe from what?Copy !req
169. From my mom,Copy !req
170. from Lionel, from you.
I don't know, Lex. You tell me.Copy !req
171. Look, unless you hired
your own Chinese security,Copy !req
172. I think we've hit a bit of a snag.Copy !req
173. Run!Copy !req
174. What is this?Copy !req
175. How did Lionel know
these symbols were about you?Copy !req
176. There are two answers to that question.Copy !req
177. And they're both three time zones way.Copy !req
178. Clark, um, I'm sorry.
I feel like...Copy !req
179. you're the only person
in my life right nowCopy !req
180. who doesn't have an agenda.Copy !req
181. Lana, whatever their motives are,
I'm sure they still care about you.Copy !req
182. That still doesn't change
the fact that everybodyCopy !req
183. seems to know more
about me than I do.Copy !req
184. It must be scary to think
that someone out there hasCopy !req
185. a plan for you, but you
don't know what it is yet.Copy !req
186. Ever since that tattoo appeared,
I feel like I've beenCopy !req
187. walking around with this huge secret.Copy !req
188. Like, everybody only knows
what's on the surface, butCopy !req
189. there's something inside of me
that's so much more powerful.Copy !req
190. And you're afraid if people
know about that part of you,Copy !req
191. they'll see you differently.Copy !req
192. How could they not?Copy !req
193. So, um,Copy !req
194. what did your parents say
about coming to China?Copy !req
195. Nothing.Copy !req
196. I didn't tell them.
I left them a message.Copy !req
197. It's funny...Copy !req
198. the two people I ended up trusting are...Copy !req
199. Lionel LuthorCopy !req
200. and you.Copy !req
201. Well, boss,Copy !req
202. got any idea what we're doing here?Copy !req
203. Well, since they took the map
and brought us to the temple,Copy !req
204. I'm guessing they're after
the same thing we are.Copy !req
205. You're pretty anxious to make me
your sidekick, aren't you?Copy !req
206. Don't you think it's time we dropped
the stalemate of who knows what,Copy !req
207. and do whatever we can
to get out of here?Copy !req
208. If you want us to start
spilling our guts,Copy !req
209. you go first.Copy !req
210. Okay.Copy !req
211. We both know my father
had every inch ofCopy !req
212. this place scoured, and
he didn't find the stone.Copy !req
213. Come on, Jason.Copy !req
214. You wouldn't have lied to
Lana and come all the wayCopy !req
215. here unless you knew the
secret to reading that map.Copy !req
216. No, I lied to Lana to protect her.Copy !req
217. Oh, right...Copy !req
218. I forgot. Lana's new
self-appointed hero.Copy !req
219. She seems to have a way
of attracting them.Copy !req
220. Yeah, it looks that way.Copy !req
221. I don't believe you're that naïve.Copy !req
222. You're either being used
by my father or your mother.Copy !req
223. Who's ever pulling the strings...
don't think for a secondCopy !req
224. they wouldn't sacrifice Lana.Copy !req
225. In the end, I have a feeling I may be
the one protecting Lana from you.Copy !req
226. Okay, okay.Copy !req
227. You can't do this.Copy !req
228. Where are you taking me?Copy !req
229. Where are you taking me?Copy !req
230. It's hard to believe we were driving
by cornstalks this morning.Copy !req
231. We are definitely
not in Kansas anymore.Copy !req
232. So how are we supposed
to find this professor Sen?Copy !req
233. Um...Copy !req
234. Lionel said to just take this street, uh,Copy !req
235. until we find a green rooster.Copy !req
236. You know, Lana, I'm not sure
we should trust this woman.Copy !req
237. Maybe we can do this on our own.Copy !req
238. I'm sorry, I didn't realize
that you spoke fluent MandarinCopy !req
239. and knew your way around Shanghai.Copy !req
240. Miss Lang, Mr. Kent.Copy !req
241. I'm glad you guys made it here safely.Copy !req
242. Do you have the map?Copy !req
243. Oh, I never really believed this existed.Copy !req
244. You have no idea how many fortune
hunter shave searched for this map.Copy !req
245. The temple seems to be
located at the fork of a river.Copy !req
246. That's odd. There's no river there.Copy !req
247. But these symbols... they match
those on the temple walls.Copy !req
248. So you know where it is.Copy !req
249. I know the place well.
There's no mistaking that symbol.Copy !req
250. Are you sure this is the only temple
with these kind of markings?Copy !req
251. On this continent, anyway.Copy !req
252. That's all part of the temple's mystique.Copy !req
253. There's a myth that claimed
an all-powerful godCopy !req
254. that came from another world
and hid a treasure there.Copy !req
255. The god left some kind of map to it,Copy !req
256. but the map was stolen centuries
ago by European bandits.Copy !req
257. As far as we know,
they never found the treasure.Copy !req
258. Can you take us to it?Copy !req
259. Of course.Copy !req
260. But don't show this to anyone.Copy !req
261. As long as the stone is still out there,Copy !req
262. there are fortune seekers
who are willing to kill for it.Copy !req
263. We need to be careful.Copy !req
264. Other people may know you are here.Copy !req
265. Lex.Copy !req
266. No! Lex...Copy !req
267. look, tell them whatever
they want to know!Copy !req
268. This isn't worth dying over!Copy !req
269. Just scare him.Copy !req
270. Find out what he knows,
but don't hurt him.Copy !req
271. I'm sorry, Mr. Luthor.Copy !req
272. I can't make such a promise.Copy !req
273. We had an agreement.Copy !req
274. There are people who have
more money than you.Copy !req
275. I never wanted anyone harmed!Copy !req
276. During the cultural revolution,Copy !req
277. the government destroyed
most of the ancient temples.Copy !req
278. But for some reason,
they protected this one.Copy !req
279. Maybe because it's always
been shrouded in superstition.Copy !req
280. Villagers have refused
to cross the threshold,Copy !req
281. fearful that the god will one
day return as he promised.Copy !req
282. Clark, did you find something?Copy !req
283. Just more symbols.Copy !req
284. Why don't you two keep searching
around? I'll look more in here.Copy !req
285. This way.Copy !req
286. This is an other chamber in the east wing.Copy !req
287. What was that?Copy !req
288. Run, Lana!Copy !req
289. Enough!Copy !req
290. Tell me...Copy !req
291. where this leads to.Copy !req
292. Do you really think your friend
will have such strong will?Copy !req
293. Where is the stone?Copy !req
294. Where is the stone?Copy !req
295. Where is the stone?Copy !req
296. I hope your young friend
will have more sense than you.Copy !req
297. Lana.Copy !req
298. No... don't.Copy !req
299. - Don't!
- No, no, no!Copy !req
300. No, I don't know anything!Copy !req
301. She has nothing to do with this!Copy !req
302. Maybe not.Copy !req
303. Wait!Copy !req
304. No!Copy !req
305. Stop!Copy !req
306. Mitare me us animame.Copy !req
307. Liberare!Copy !req
308. Did you really think I would let any harm
come to this body I've possessed?Copy !req
309. You two again.Copy !req
310. Isabelle.Copy !req
311. You are a resilient lad, aren't you?Copy !req
312. So earnest, and yet
so tragically doomedCopy !req
313. to pay for the sins
of your ancestors.Copy !req
314. Lana, if there's any part
of you in there...Copy !req
315. and you, greedy boy...Copy !req
316. I can only imagine what
mischief you would causeCopy !req
317. were you to unite the
stones of knowledge.Copy !req
318. Too bad that neither
of you could seeCopy !req
319. what was right in front
of you all along.Copy !req
320. It was never a map.Copy !req
321. Clark!Copy !req
322. You put up a better fight last time.Copy !req
323. Clark, what are you doing here?Copy !req
324. I could ask you the same thing.Copy !req
325. How could you put Lana
in the middle of this?Copy !req
326. I swear, Clark, if anything happens to herCopy !req
327. she's here because you lied to her!Copy !req
328. I get the feeling that Lana
can handle herself right now!Copy !req
329. If Isabelle gets her
hand on that stone,Copy !req
330. there's no telling what's
gonna happen to Lana.Copy !req
331. Clark, if there's anything
you know that we don't...Copy !req
332. I think I found something.Copy !req
333. Clark, how did you just
stumble on this when myCopy !req
334. father had this place
searched from top to bottom?Copy !req
335. What do you want me to say, Lex?Copy !req
336. It's obviously been here a long time.Copy !req
337. Don't you want to look at this?Copy !req
338. Hang on...Copy !req
339. let me see the map.Copy !req
340. Let me see it.Copy !req
341. Well?Copy !req
342. Guys, this isn't a map to the temple.Copy !req
343. It's a drawing of the temple through the tree.Copy !req
344. That's why no one could find the stone here.Copy !req
345. But from this perspective...
the backgroundCopy !req
346. goes on for miles. It
could be anywhere.Copy !req
347. What if it's not in the background?Copy !req
348. Think about it. The artist would've
been standing right where you are.Copy !req
349. What if it's located there
at the base of the tree?Copy !req
350. Spectaculum lapis.Copy !req
351. Nobody has sacrificed as
much as I have for these stones.Copy !req
352. They don't belong to you.Copy !req
353. And you think they were meant for you?Copy !req
354. They were left for nobody.Copy !req
355. The god of this temple
hid them for his return.Copy !req
356. Penetrare eims corpus.Copy !req
357. How'd we get away from the guards?Copy !req
358. It was Isabelle.Copy !req
359. What'd I do?Copy !req
360. Did you find the stone?Copy !req
361. It's gone.Copy !req
362. Kinda hard to take a
college application essayCopy !req
363. seriously after the last
couple of days, isn't it?Copy !req
364. I was just trying to figure out if hidden
temples and body-snatching witchesCopy !req
365. fits under "community service"
or "extracurriculars."Copy !req
366. Did I come at a bad time? You seemed
kind of startled when you saw me.Copy !req
367. No, I just, um...Copy !req
368. I thought maybe you
were my parents.Copy !req
369. I've been avoiding them
ever since we got back.Copy !req
370. And the real reason would be?Copy !req
371. Seeing you speak Latin and throw
those guys around the room likeCopy !req
372. toothpicks is kind of weird.Copy !req
373. And even when Isabelle's gone,Copy !req
374. sometimes I look at
you, and there's a partCopy !req
375. of you that I don't
recognize anymore.Copy !req
376. What?Copy !req
377. I'm sorry. It's just that...Copy !req
378. do you know how funny
that sounds coming from you?Copy !req
379. Somehow, I think that the only way
that I'm going to put Isabelle andCopy !req
380. all of this other stuff behind me
is if I find all three of those stones.Copy !req
381. I'm sure they'll end up in the right hands.Copy !req
382. I hope so...Copy !req
383. because right now I kinda feel like some random
piece of a puzzle I'll never understand.Copy !req
384. Well, maybe we're not supposed
to understand it just yet.Copy !req
385. I get the feeling that our lives
are a lot less random than we think.Copy !req
386. Maybe.Copy !req
387. Good night, Clark.Copy !req
388. How was China?Copy !req
389. Full of surprises.Copy !req
390. Lex, what happened?Copy !req
391. Even though getting pistol-whipped
wasn't exactly my idea of fun,Copy !req
392. I have to admit, it's good
to have the old dad back.Copy !req
393. No, I had nothing to do with
what happened to you in China, son.Copy !req
394. I have abandoned my search for the stones.Copy !req
395. Come on, dad,Copy !req
396. you stole copies of my map and gave
them to Lana and jason. You used them.Copy !req
397. No, Lex. It was you who was using them.Copy !req
398. And you'll do far worse to find those stones.Copy !req
399. You have a ferocious desire to find
all the answers, son, but don't...Copy !req
400. let your search for those stones
turn into your personal tower of babel.Copy !req
401. I'm not trying to get closer to god, dad.Copy !req
402. I'm trying to solve the
riddles he's laid out for me.Copy !req
403. Did you ever think there might be a reason
why we weren't given the answers?Copy !req
404. To challenge us?Copy !req
405. Or maybe to humble us.Copy !req
406. Knowledge comes from finding the answers,Copy !req
407. yes, but understanding
what the answers mean...Copy !req
408. is what brings wisdom.Copy !req
409. Men who didn't understand the
difference have been the ruin of...Copy !req
410. some of the world's greatest civilizations.Copy !req
411. Is that why you stopped
looking for the stones?Copy !req
412. Because you're afraid?Copy !req
413. No. No, I stopped because I realized
that even if I find the three stones,Copy !req
414. I'm not gonna find
what I'm really looking for.Copy !req
415. Neither will you.Copy !req
416. Can I at least come in?Copy !req
417. I guess I don't have to ask why I haven't heard
from you since we got back from Shanghai.Copy !req
418. I'm sorry I lied to you.Copy !req
419. I don't even know which lie
you're apologizing for.Copy !req
420. That you said you were in Metropolis
when you really were in China,Copy !req
421. or that you've been working
with your mom all along?Copy !req
422. I wasn't honest about going to China because
I didn't want to put you into danger.Copy !req
423. If you remember a certain torture chair,
I'd say that's pretty decent foresight.Copy !req
424. You have to believe me.Copy !req
425. Give me one good reason.Copy !req
426. Okay.Copy !req
427. Is that good enough?Copy !req
428. Jason, how did you...Copy !req
429. I got there right before Lex.
I saw you and Clark knocked out.Copy !req
430. And there it was... right in front of me.Copy !req
431. I didn't want Lex or
Clark to know about it,Copy !req
432. so I mailed it to
myself from China.Copy !req
433. Did you tell your mom?Copy !req
434. I got it for you.Copy !req
435. All I care about is
protecting you, okay?Copy !req
436. You're the only one in my
life that matters to me.Copy !req
437. Blink twice if you can understand me.Copy !req
438. Well,Copy !req
439. I do hope you brought us a souvenir.Copy !req
440. I know that going
to China is groundsCopy !req
441. for a serious lecture, but
I didn't have a choice.Copy !req
442. All right, Clark.Copy !req
443. At least please tell us that the stone
is safe in the cave with the other one.Copy !req
444. Look, even though there
was Kryptonite guardingCopy !req
445. the original map, I got
the stone in my hand.Copy !req
446. But I lost it.Copy !req
447. Clark, I don't understand.Copy !req
448. If these stones were
intended for you to find,Copy !req
449. why would they be
surrounded by Kryptonite?Copy !req
450. That makes me wonder if
they really were meant for me.Copy !req
451. But right now we have another problem.Copy !req
452. Before he died,
Dr. Swann sent me one last e-mail.Copy !req
453. He said he'd been searching
for the stones for years,Copy !req
454. and even with the vast resources at his disposal,Copy !req
455. it was futile. I was his last hope.Copy !req
456. And that's why he asked Bridgette Crosby
to give me the one stone he did find.Copy !req
457. Which stone?Copy !req
458. That's the thing.Copy !req
459. I called her numbers.
They were all disconnected.Copy !req
460. No one even claims to have known her.Copy !req
461. It's like she never existed.Copy !req
462. Kal-El.Copy !req
463. You must write your own destiny...Copy !req