Man of Steel Page #2

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When the world finds out what you can do

it's gonna change everything. Our...

Our beliefs, our notions of...

...what it means to be human.

Everything.

You saw how Pete's mom reacted, right?

She was scared, Clark.

Why?

People are afraid

of what they don't understand.

Is she right?

Did God do this to me?

Tell me.

We found you in this.

We were sure the government

was gonna show up on our doorstep...

...but no one ever came.

This was in that chamber with you.

I took it to a metallurgist...

...at Kansas State.

He said whatever it was made from

didn't even...

Didn't even exist on the periodic table.

That's another way of saying...

...that it's not from this world, Clark.

And neither are you.

You're the answer, son.

You're the answer to

"Are we alone in the universe?"

I don't wanna be.

And I don't blame you, son.

It'd be a huge burden for anyone to bear.

But you're not just anyone, Clark,

and I have to believe that you were...

That you were sent here for a reason.

All these changes that you're

going through, one day...

One day you're gonna think of them

as a blessing. When that day comes...

...you have to make a choice.

A choice of whether to stand proud

in front of the human race or not.

Can't I just keep pretending I'm your son?

You are my son.

But somewhere out there you've...

You have another father too,

who gave you another name.

And he sent you here...

...for a reason, Clark.

And even if it takes you the rest of your life,

you owe it to yourself...

...to find out what that reason is.

Bound by wild desire

I fell into a ring of fire

Wait a second.

Aren't you here fer the exercise?

No, there was a change in the plans.

Somebody found something

strange on Ellesmere.

- Aircom's making runs out there all week.

- That rat hole?

- You gotta be kidding me.

-I know. It's crazy.

The Americans are there too,

lots of them.

- Anything else?

- They're calling it an anomalous object.

- Whatever that means.

-Back off, Ludlow. I'm serious.

- Oh, come on, Chrissy.

- Knock it off.

- Sit down.

- Let me go.

Hey. Leave her alone, man.

Or what, tough guy?

Or I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.

I think I'll probably just leave

when I'm good and ready.

Ooh.

Oh, there he is.

It's not worth it, sweetie.

Hey, a**hole, don't forget your tip.

Strike.

Thanks.

Hi.

Miss Lane. How you doing?

- Good.

-Jed Eubanks, Arctic Cargo.

How far to the station?

- Camp's just over the rise. I'll walk you over.

-Great.

Joe can take your bags. Joe.

Help her out.

Careful with those. They're heavy.

I gotta confess, Miss Lane...

...I'm not a fan of the Daily Planet.

But those pieces you wrote when you were

embedded with the 1st Division were...

Well, they were pretty impressive.

Well, what can I say? I get writer's block

if I'm not wearing a flak jacket.

Miss Lane.

I'm Colonel Hardy, U.S. Northcom.

Dr. Emil Hamilton...

...from DARPA.

- You're early.

-Hi.

We were expecting you tomorrow.

Which is why I showed up today.

Look, let's get one thing straight,

guys, okay?

The only reason I'm here

is because we're on Canadian soil...

...and the appellate court overruled

your injunction to keep me away.

So if we're done measuring d*cks...

...can you have your people

show me what you found?

NA SA's EOS satellites...

...pinged the anomaly first.

The ice shelf plays hell

on the echo soundings.

- But there's something there.

- A submarine, maybe?

Soviet-era?

Doubtful. That's 300 meters.

Considerably larger than anything

we know they built back then.

But herds the spooky pan.

The ice surrounding the object...

...it's nearly twenty thousand years old.

Miss Lane?

Try not to wander.

Temperatures drop to minus 40

at night around here.

Wouldn't find your body till after spring.

And there you go.

What if I need to tinkle?

There's a bucket in the corner.

Where the hell are you going?

Hello'?

It's all right, it's all right,

it's all right. It's all right.

You're hemorrhaging internally...

...and if I don't cauterize this bleed...

How can-l?

I can do things that other people can't.

Now hold my hand.

This is gonna hurt.

What Colonel Hardy

and his team surmised...

...was a Soviet-era submarine...

...was actually something

much more exotic.

An isotope analysis of the surrounding

ice bores suggests that an object...

...had been trapped in the glacier

for over 18, 000 years.

As for my rescuer?

He disappeared during

the object's departure.

A background check revealed

that his work history...

...and identity had been falsified.

The questions raised by my rescuer's...

"existence are frightening to contemplate...

...but I also know what I saw.

"And I have arrived

at the inescapable conclusion...

...that the object and its occupant...

...did not originate on Earth."

I can't print this, Lois.

You might have hallucinated half of it.

What about the contractors

who corroborated...

...my story?

-The Pentagon is denying that there was a ship.

Of course they are. They're supposed to.

It's the Pentagon.

Perry, it's me we're talking about.

- I'm a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter.

-Then act like it.

- Print it or I walk.

-You can't.

You're under contract.

I'm not running a story

about aliens walking among us.

Never gonna happen.

That's a Scotch, straight-up, for the lady.

I'm sending you the article.

My editor won't print it,

but if it leaked online...

Got it.

But didn't you once describe my site...

...as a creeping cancer of falsehoods?

I stand by my words, Woodburn,

but I want this story...

...out there.

-Why?

Because I want my mystery man

to know I know the truth.

Recursive diagnostics complete.

Guiding presence authenticated.

All systems operational.

To see you standing there

having grown into an adult...

If only Lara could have witnessed this.

Who are you?

I am your father, Kal.

Or at least a shadow of him.

His consciousness.

My name was Jor-El.

And Kal?

That's my name.

It is.

I have so many questions.

Where do I come from?

Why did you send me here?

You came from Krypton.

A world with a much harsher environment

than Earths.

Long ago...

...in an era of expansion...

...our race spread out through the stars...

...seeking new worlds to settle upon.

This scout ship was

one of thousands launched into the void.

We built outposts on other planets...

musing great machines to reshape

environments to our needs.

For 100,000 years,

our civilization ourished...

...accomplishing wonders.

What happened?

Artificial population control

was established.

The outposts on space exploration

were abandoned.

We exhausted our natural resources.

As a result,

our planet's core became unstable.

Eventually, our military leader...

...General Zod, attempted a coup.

But by then it was too late.

Your mother and I foresaw

the coming calamity...

...and we took certain steps

to ensure your survival.

This is a genesis chamber.

All Kryptonians were conceived

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