Man of Steel Page #6

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The alien, sir.

That's what they're calling him.

Superman.

We have a plan, general.

Is that what I think it is?

It's the ship he arrived in.

This ship is powered by something

called a phantom drive.

It bends space.

Zod's ship uses the same technology,

and if we can make the two drives collide--

A singularity can be created.

- Like a black hole.

- Yes.

So if we open up this doorway...

...they should be pulled back in.

So you want us to bomb them with that?

General, that craft maxes out...

...17,000 pounds,

we can drop it from a C-17.

It's a viable plan.

If I don't stop that machine

over the Indian Ocean...

...the gravity field will continue...

...to expand.

If that thing is making Earth

more like Krypton...

...won't you be weaker around it?

Maybe.

I'm not about to let that

stop me from trying.

You might want to step back a little bit.

Maybe a little bit more.

Faora.

Take command.

- Yes, sir.

- I need to secure the genesis chamber...

...and pay my respects to an old friend.

Guardian en route to Metropolis...

...package in tow.

Be advised,

F-35s inbound to rendezvous point.

You should have visual contact now.

Command key accepted.

Genesis chamber coming online, sir.

Stop this, Zod...

...while there's still time.

Haven't given up lecturing me,

have you, even in death?

I will not let you use the Codex like this.

You don't have the power to stop me.

The command key I have entered

is revoking your authority.

This ship is now under my control.

Norlhcom, Lightning 1, request...

- ...permission to unleash the hounds.

- Lightning 1...

...you are clear to engage. Send battle

damage assessment when able. Out.

Avionics are going haywire.

The gravity field...

...is pulling our missiles down.

We gotta get closer.

All right, everybody...

...we're leaving.

We're leaving the building now.

I just lost my wingman.

Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!

Everybody, this way! Come on!

Everybody, come on!

Keep moving, keep moving.

Jenny!

Oh, my God.

Perry!

Go! There! Go!

Our people can co-exist.

So we can suffer through years of pain

trying to adapt like your son has?

- You're talking about genocide.

-Yes.

And I'm arguing its merits with a ghost.

We're both ghosts, Zod.

Can't you see that?

The Krypton you're clinging onto is gone.

Ship, have you managed to quarantine

this invasive intelligence?

- You'll fail.

- I have.

Then prepare to terminate it.

- I'm tired of this debate.

Silencing me...

...won't change anything.

My son...

...is twice the man you were.

And he will finish what we started.

I can promise you that.

Tell me...

...you have Jor-El's memories,

his conscience.

Can you experience...

...his pain?

I will harvest the Codex

from your son's corpse...

...and I will rebuild Krypton...

..atop his bones.

Argh!

Jenny.

- Jenny. Jenny, where are you?

-I'm here!

- I'm here. Here.

- Jenny.

Hold on, hold on.

I'm stuck.

- I can't get free. I'm stuck.

-Okay.

We'll get you out of there, all right?

Just sit tight.

No, no, no!

- Don't leave me.

-We're not gonna leave you.

- Okay.

-Lombard!

- Get your ass over here and help me.

-Damn it.

- We just gotta move this.

- Here.

Slide that in. You push, I'll pull, okay?

Go.

- Push!

- Oh, my God.

It's getting closer! Come on, push!

Northcom, this is Guardian.

Are we cleared?

Negative, Guardian.

Come on! Push!

Ahh!

Argh!

He did it.

Northcom, this is Guardian.

We're passing through phase line red.

Good to go.

Godspeed, Guardian.

Arm the package. You are cleared hot.

We're lining up for the final run.

It's up to you and Hamilton now.

You gotta be kidding me.

Loadmaster, is the package...

...ready to drop?

Negative, Guardian.

There's something wrong.

It's not supposed to do this.

What's it supposed to do?

- It's supposed to go in all the way.

- Let me take a look.

'Se-pilot's aircraft.

Sea-pilot's aircraft.

We are lined up for the drop.

What's the hold up?

We've had a setback.

Target that aircraft.

Target locked.

Stop!

If you destroy this ship...

...you destroy Krypton!

Krypton had its chance.

Argh!

Miss Lane! It's not safe for you...

...over there!

Miss Lane!

Ah!

Move now! Go!

A good death...

...is its own reward.

Ah!

Ah!

Argh!

Are they gone?

I think so.

He saved us.

You know, they say it's all downhill

after the first kiss.

I'm pretty sure that only counts

when you're kissing a human.

Look at this.

We could have built a new Krypton...

...in this squalor.

But you chose the humans over us.

I exist...

...only to protect Krypton.

That is the sole purpose

for which I was born.

And every action I take...

...no matter how violent...

...or how cruel...

...is for the greater good...

...of my people.

And now...

...I have no people.

My soul...

...that is what you have taken...

...from me.

I'm going to make them suffer, Kal.

These humans you've adopted,

I will take them all from you...

...one by one.

-You're a monster, Zod...

...and I'm gonna stop you.

Argh!

Argh!

There's only...

...one way this ends, Kal.

Either you die...

...or I do.

Unh!

I was bred to be a warrior, Kal.

Trained my entire life...

...to master my senses.

Where did you train? On a farm?

Argh!

If you love...

...these people so much...

...you can mourn for them.

Don't do this!

Stop!

Stop!

Never.

Ahh!

Are you effing stupid?

It's one of your surveillance drones.

That's a $12,000,000 piece of hardware.

It was.

I know you're trying to find out

where I hang my cape.

- You won't.

-Then I'll ask...

...the obvious question:

How do we know you won't one day

act against America's interests?

I grew up in Kansas, general.

I'm about as American as it gets.

Look...

...I'm hereto help...

...but it has to be on my own terms.

You have to convince Washington of that.

Even if I were willing to try,

what makes you think they'd listen?

I don't know, general.

Guess I'll just have to trust you.

What are you smiling about?

Nothing, sir.

I just think he's kind of hot.

- Get in the car, captain.

-Mm-hm. Yes, sir.

He always believed

you were meant for greater things.

And that when the day came...

...your shoulders would be able

to bear the weight.

Yeah, I just wish he could have

been here to see it finally happen.

He saw it, Clark, believe me.

What are you going to do

when you're not saving the world?

- Have you given any thought to that?

-I have, actually. Heh, heh.

I gotta find a job

where I can keep my ear to the ground.

Where people won't look twice...

...when I want to go somewhere dangerous

and start asking questions.

Come on, Lois.

When are you gonna throw me a bone?

Courtside seats to the game tonight.

- What do you say?

-I say...

...you should go back

to trolling the intern pool.

You'll probably have more luck. Sorry.

Courtside?

- Don't. Ha, ha, ha.

- No.

Lombard, Lane,

I want you to meet our new stringer.

I want you to show him the ropes.

This is Clark Kent.

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