1 00:00:46,581 --> 00:00:48,606 Come on, cover your assignments. 2 00:00:50,752 --> 00:00:52,583 Take your squad and sweep the perimeter. 3 00:00:52,754 --> 00:00:55,279 - What's our status? - Security breach, northeast sector. 4 00:00:55,457 --> 00:00:57,948 - What have the cameras picked up? - Not a damn thing. 5 00:00:58,126 --> 00:01:00,185 Anything comes down this tunnel, kill it. 6 00:01:00,362 --> 00:01:02,421 - Got it. - Hey. Move. 7 00:01:03,998 --> 00:01:06,762 - Contact? - Ten and seven. 8 00:01:07,202 --> 00:01:08,601 Wait. 9 00:01:10,472 --> 00:01:13,134 Section F compromised. 10 00:01:14,042 --> 00:01:15,907 Lock it down. 11 00:01:22,584 --> 00:01:25,075 Section D compromised. 12 00:01:25,253 --> 00:01:27,221 That's only 30 meters from here. 13 00:01:31,059 --> 00:01:33,994 - Section C compromised. - Twenty meters. 14 00:01:35,130 --> 00:01:36,495 Ten. 15 00:01:38,299 --> 00:01:40,597 Section B compromised. 16 00:01:41,503 --> 00:01:44,836 - Maybe this wasn't such a good idea. - Section A compromised. 17 00:02:06,594 --> 00:02:07,788 Mission accomplished. 18 00:02:15,069 --> 00:02:17,333 Standing by for further instructions. 19 00:02:18,273 --> 00:02:20,241 Vitals are steady. 20 00:02:20,475 --> 00:02:22,534 He didn't even break a sweat. 21 00:02:22,710 --> 00:02:25,508 Two minutes 18 seconds to infiltrate a secured facility... 22 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,877 disable my best men, and eliminate the target. 23 00:02:30,652 --> 00:02:32,347 Not a bad test run. 24 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:34,112 Get some fresh guards. 25 00:02:35,723 --> 00:02:38,055 I wanna see him do it again. 26 00:02:40,820 --> 00:02:42,825 "Prototype." 27 00:03:40,571 --> 00:03:43,438 We have about a dozen people that could do that for you. 28 00:03:43,608 --> 00:03:46,543 Next thing you know they'll be brushing my teeth for me. 29 00:03:46,711 --> 00:03:50,147 There are some things I'd rather do on my own. 30 00:03:51,282 --> 00:03:54,410 Independent and not afraid to get her hands dirty. 31 00:03:54,585 --> 00:03:58,077 Two of the billion or so reasons I fell in love with you. 32 00:03:59,690 --> 00:04:02,352 My shoulders are still a little bit sore. 33 00:04:02,527 --> 00:04:04,518 Maybe we should have the doctor look at it. 34 00:04:04,695 --> 00:04:06,492 No, it's okay. 35 00:04:06,998 --> 00:04:08,431 Lana, you were shot. 36 00:04:09,233 --> 00:04:12,168 Takes more than a bullet to stop a Luthor. 37 00:04:19,010 --> 00:04:20,477 Sir, Senator Burke has arrived. 38 00:04:21,179 --> 00:04:22,703 Show him in. 39 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,412 You've been seeing a lot of the senator recently. 40 00:04:25,583 --> 00:04:27,847 The price of doing business with the government. 41 00:04:28,019 --> 00:04:29,953 Look, this will just take a minute. 42 00:04:30,121 --> 00:04:31,452 I'll be in the garden. 43 00:04:34,125 --> 00:04:36,821 - Mrs. Luthor. - Senator. 44 00:04:37,728 --> 00:04:39,958 I hope I didn't interrupt a tender moment. 45 00:04:40,131 --> 00:04:42,793 If you had, you'd still be waiting outside. 46 00:04:44,168 --> 00:04:47,604 I'm not gonna keep you from your pretty lady. I just... 47 00:04:47,772 --> 00:04:49,569 swung by for an update on Ares. 48 00:04:49,740 --> 00:04:52,573 Prototype is in the final stages of testing. 49 00:04:52,743 --> 00:04:54,301 Everything's on schedule. 50 00:04:54,479 --> 00:04:56,174 Really? 51 00:04:56,547 --> 00:04:59,448 I heard everything was ahead of schedule. 52 00:04:59,684 --> 00:05:01,413 Way ahead. 53 00:05:01,586 --> 00:05:04,248 I stuck my neck out to get the Armed Services Committee... 54 00:05:04,422 --> 00:05:07,858 to allow you access to military resources and personnel. 55 00:05:08,025 --> 00:05:10,789 To R&D a single prototype. 56 00:05:10,962 --> 00:05:13,795 But you've started gearing up for mass production. 57 00:05:13,965 --> 00:05:16,832 Just looking towards the future, senator. 58 00:05:17,001 --> 00:05:20,300 I assumed a visionary like you would understand that. 59 00:05:20,471 --> 00:05:22,439 How long are you gonna be able to keep... 60 00:05:22,607 --> 00:05:26,407 what you really got going on here a secret? 61 00:05:27,311 --> 00:05:29,211 See, one of my own men... 62 00:05:29,380 --> 00:05:32,076 believed he uncovered a mole right in your backyard. 63 00:05:34,452 --> 00:05:36,886 - Who? - Well, I wish I could tell you. 64 00:05:37,054 --> 00:05:40,785 But my boy doesn't talk too good with a bullet through his heart. 65 00:05:42,293 --> 00:05:44,420 Senator, if there are leaks in my security... 66 00:05:44,595 --> 00:05:46,756 I assure you I will have them taken care of. 67 00:05:46,931 --> 00:05:50,924 Well, doesn't that just fill me with the warm fuzzies? 68 00:05:51,102 --> 00:05:55,596 Do you know what'll happen to me if the senate got wind of what you're up to now? 69 00:05:55,773 --> 00:05:58,264 I assume they wouldn't care for it. 70 00:05:58,509 --> 00:06:01,137 Like they wouldn't care for the money I've transferred... 71 00:06:01,312 --> 00:06:03,906 into your Cayman account over the last year. 72 00:06:04,448 --> 00:06:06,973 Project Ares is over. 73 00:06:07,318 --> 00:06:08,717 I'm shutting it down. 74 00:06:09,921 --> 00:06:11,821 That would be ill-advised. 75 00:06:13,024 --> 00:06:14,651 No. 76 00:06:15,693 --> 00:06:20,130 What's ill-advised is you ever opening your mouth about our arrangement. 77 00:06:20,298 --> 00:06:23,597 I hear a peep out of you, I'll make sure the committee reviews... 78 00:06:23,768 --> 00:06:27,431 every business deal LuthorCorp has made in the last 20 years. 79 00:06:28,005 --> 00:06:31,406 You'll be lucky to keep that fancy shirt on your back. 80 00:06:32,310 --> 00:06:36,337 We understand each other... Luthor? 81 00:06:40,084 --> 00:06:41,813 Perfectly. 82 00:07:05,543 --> 00:07:06,737 Got the background too? 83 00:07:06,911 --> 00:07:08,606 - Yes. - Great. 84 00:07:08,779 --> 00:07:12,715 Greetings from Patagonia, the most beautiful place on earth. 85 00:07:12,883 --> 00:07:15,579 - What is that? - What? 86 00:07:16,354 --> 00:07:18,322 I don't see anything. 87 00:07:47,018 --> 00:07:48,417 We have to talk. 88 00:07:51,155 --> 00:07:54,716 Clark, you should try picking up a phone occasionally. 89 00:07:54,892 --> 00:07:57,725 It might be quicker, or maybe not. 90 00:07:58,496 --> 00:08:02,262 - What do you know about Lana? - Well... 91 00:08:02,433 --> 00:08:06,028 Letting go. Never been one of your strong points, was it? 92 00:08:07,905 --> 00:08:10,499 Telling the truth was never one of yours. 93 00:08:11,409 --> 00:08:16,847 And you're accusing me of what exactly, this time? 94 00:08:18,449 --> 00:08:22,818 Lana came to me the day of the wedding to tell me she wasn't going through with it. 95 00:08:23,287 --> 00:08:25,380 That she was leaving Lex. 96 00:08:26,457 --> 00:08:30,086 - Apparently, she changed her mind. - Or someone changed it for her. 97 00:08:32,396 --> 00:08:35,627 So you think I had something to do with her decision? 98 00:08:37,034 --> 00:08:40,401 If Lana was so unhappy with Lex, why go through with the marriage? 99 00:08:40,604 --> 00:08:42,697 It's surprising, Clark, what people will do... 100 00:08:42,873 --> 00:08:46,604 when they feel they have no other options. 101 00:08:50,214 --> 00:08:54,275 If I find out that you had anything to do with Lana marrying Lex... 102 00:08:55,086 --> 00:08:57,316 the gloves'll come off. 103 00:08:58,389 --> 00:09:00,414 How do you like that option? 104 00:09:11,936 --> 00:09:14,496 Triple espresso mocha-cappu-latte, my own invention... 105 00:09:14,672 --> 00:09:17,436 guaranteed to put the "zip-a-dee" back in your "doo-dah." 106 00:09:17,608 --> 00:09:19,132 Thanks. 107 00:09:20,311 --> 00:09:22,279 Come on, it's not that bad. 108 00:09:22,446 --> 00:09:25,779 Jimmy is coming back. One day. 109 00:09:26,650 --> 00:09:30,211 Maybe. You know, besides, distance is good for the relationship. 110 00:09:30,387 --> 00:09:33,083 That's what all the guys who've moved away from me said. 111 00:09:33,257 --> 00:09:35,987 Lois, you should really stick to investigative reporting... 112 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:38,185 and out of the advice column. 113 00:09:39,063 --> 00:09:40,655 That's the plan. 114 00:09:43,934 --> 00:09:47,097 Hey, Smallville. Love to hear about the cows and the corn... 115 00:09:47,271 --> 00:09:50,331 but I got a lead on a dirty senator that needs to be hosed down. 116 00:09:50,508 --> 00:09:53,443 - See you on the front page. - She going after a senator? 117 00:09:53,611 --> 00:09:56,171 I guess so. She hasn't told me much about it. 118 00:09:56,347 --> 00:09:58,645 There's a lot of that going around lately. 119 00:09:59,717 --> 00:10:01,514 Was that jab directed at my chin? 120 00:10:03,687 --> 00:10:05,314 I went to Lionel to ask about Lana. 121 00:10:05,489 --> 00:10:07,480 - What did he say? - Nothing. 122 00:10:07,658 --> 00:10:08,955 Just like you. 123 00:10:10,528 --> 00:10:13,622 - Clark, I... - Chloe, you know what Lex is really like. 124 00:10:14,331 --> 00:10:17,596 Do you forget what he did to you, what he did to your mother? 125 00:10:18,102 --> 00:10:20,195 No, I haven't forgotten. 126 00:10:22,106 --> 00:10:25,166 - I don't want anything to happen to Lana. - Neither do I. 127 00:10:25,342 --> 00:10:27,833 If she's staying in that marriage, all I can say is... 128 00:10:28,012 --> 00:10:29,809 she must have a damn good reason. 129 00:10:39,023 --> 00:10:40,615 You sure about this? 130 00:10:40,791 --> 00:10:42,520 Got a reservation. 131 00:10:42,693 --> 00:10:45,184 Eats here every time he's in town. 132 00:10:46,897 --> 00:10:48,091 Thanks for the tip. 133 00:10:54,738 --> 00:10:57,138 - Senator Burke. - Howdy, miss. 134 00:10:57,308 --> 00:11:00,175 Lois Lane, reporter. I was hoping to ask a few questions. 135 00:11:00,344 --> 00:11:02,904 Sure. Schedule an interview with my office. 136 00:11:03,247 --> 00:11:06,842 You know, I tried to, but no one returned my calls. 137 00:11:07,518 --> 00:11:11,579 Well, that ought to tell you something, sweet cakes. 138 00:11:14,158 --> 00:11:17,719 Senator, last year your salary was $ 150,000. 139 00:11:17,895 --> 00:11:22,889 Can you tell me how you managed to deposit $5 million in a Cayman account? 140 00:11:27,571 --> 00:11:30,131 What paper did you say you worked for, Miss...? 141 00:11:30,307 --> 00:11:32,707 Lane. Lois Lane. 142 00:11:32,877 --> 00:11:34,777 I'm a reporter for The Inquisitor. 143 00:11:34,945 --> 00:11:36,606 The Inquisitor? 144 00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:39,010 That's not a newspaper. 145 00:11:39,183 --> 00:11:41,947 That's a cat box liner. 146 00:11:42,353 --> 00:11:44,150 Get her out of here. 147 00:11:44,321 --> 00:11:46,289 Hey. Get your hands off me, you fascist. 148 00:11:46,457 --> 00:11:48,652 I'm warning you, if you don't... 149 00:12:13,817 --> 00:12:16,650 oh, my God. Wes? 150 00:12:40,010 --> 00:12:42,001 - Chloe, what's going on? - You haven't heard? 151 00:12:42,179 --> 00:12:43,840 - Senator Burke was murdered. - What? 152 00:12:44,014 --> 00:12:45,777 Yeah, Burke was in bed with la familia. 153 00:12:45,950 --> 00:12:48,282 He crossed them, they gave him the Fredo treatment. 154 00:12:48,452 --> 00:12:50,750 - It was a mob hit. - All evidence points to that. 155 00:12:50,921 --> 00:12:53,219 But there is one witness who doesn't think so. 156 00:12:53,390 --> 00:12:55,483 - Lois? - Thanks. 157 00:13:00,564 --> 00:13:02,259 What happened to you? 158 00:13:03,033 --> 00:13:07,936 Well, one minute I was harassing a public official and the next... 159 00:13:08,105 --> 00:13:10,539 he came out of nowhere, like a ghost. 160 00:13:10,708 --> 00:13:13,040 Burke and his men never had a chance. 161 00:13:13,911 --> 00:13:15,469 You saw who did this? 162 00:13:16,347 --> 00:13:18,872 Yeah, I did more than see him, Clark. I know him. 163 00:13:19,405 --> 00:13:22,431 Name's Wes Keenan. We were army brats together when we were kids. 164 00:13:22,609 --> 00:13:24,804 I'm running a check on his name. 165 00:13:26,646 --> 00:13:28,511 Looks like he works for the mob now. 166 00:13:28,681 --> 00:13:31,149 Wes? No way. 167 00:13:31,317 --> 00:13:34,718 He's career military. He's been decorated more than a Christmas tree. 168 00:13:34,888 --> 00:13:38,119 Even my dad loved him, and the general hates everybody. 169 00:13:38,291 --> 00:13:40,486 Lois, you sure the man you saw is Wes Keenan? 170 00:13:40,660 --> 00:13:44,892 I haven't seen him for years, but he has this little scar above his right eye and... 171 00:13:45,265 --> 00:13:47,392 Trust me, it was Wes. 172 00:13:48,234 --> 00:13:50,634 Not according to the U.S. Government. 173 00:13:50,804 --> 00:13:53,602 He was in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan four months ago. 174 00:13:53,773 --> 00:13:55,365 He was killed in action. 175 00:13:58,389 --> 00:14:02,826 No. That is not possible. I know what I saw. 176 00:14:03,961 --> 00:14:06,486 - What else does it say? - Nothing. 177 00:14:06,663 --> 00:14:10,429 I mean, his military records have been classified. 178 00:14:21,111 --> 00:14:24,410 - What is that? - His alpha wave just spiked for a second. 179 00:14:24,581 --> 00:14:27,448 It's probably just feedback from the implants in his cortex. 180 00:14:27,618 --> 00:14:30,587 - Probably? - It's nothing to worry about. 181 00:14:30,754 --> 00:14:34,281 Everything's still holding within operational parameters. 182 00:14:34,458 --> 00:14:36,255 Make sure it stays that way. 183 00:14:38,711 --> 00:14:39,803 Sir. 184 00:14:39,979 --> 00:14:43,005 We just received information that Burke has been eliminated. 185 00:14:43,386 --> 00:14:44,386 Evidence trail? 186 00:14:44,554 --> 00:14:47,717 Leads straight back to the mob, per your instructions. 187 00:14:47,891 --> 00:14:49,984 But there's been a complication. 188 00:14:51,461 --> 00:14:54,294 - There was a witness. - Nothing... 189 00:14:54,464 --> 00:14:56,728 can get in the way of completing this project. 190 00:14:58,168 --> 00:14:59,692 Nothing. 191 00:15:02,272 --> 00:15:03,330 Take care of it. 192 00:15:07,777 --> 00:15:10,871 You heard the man. Prep him. 193 00:15:27,083 --> 00:15:31,144 Lois, quit being stubborn. You're gonna stay here until we get this cleared up. 194 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:33,413 Thanks, but I can take care of myself. 195 00:15:33,589 --> 00:15:36,149 Nobody's doubting that, but you'd be safer here. 196 00:15:36,325 --> 00:15:39,226 It'll be like old times, like when you first got to Smallville. 197 00:15:39,395 --> 00:15:42,125 You're just hoping to catch me in the shower again. 198 00:15:44,667 --> 00:15:48,569 I mean, thank you. I really appreciate it. 199 00:15:48,738 --> 00:15:52,834 Well, you're always welcome here, Lois. You're practically family. 200 00:15:54,277 --> 00:15:58,373 Well, since I'm being a burden, can I just ask one more favor? 201 00:15:58,548 --> 00:16:00,175 What do you need? 202 00:16:01,751 --> 00:16:04,311 Your mom's political influence. 203 00:16:08,524 --> 00:16:10,651 Do you think you could use your connections... 204 00:16:10,827 --> 00:16:13,091 to get a look at Wes' military jacket? 205 00:16:13,262 --> 00:16:15,568 I thought you said the file was classified. 206 00:16:15,580 --> 00:16:15,992 It is. 207 00:16:16,666 --> 00:16:17,860 I contacted the general... 208 00:16:18,034 --> 00:16:21,128 but he went all cold war on me and said that I should drop it. 209 00:16:21,304 --> 00:16:22,999 Well, he might have a point. 210 00:16:23,172 --> 00:16:24,833 Three men are already dead. 211 00:16:25,174 --> 00:16:28,200 Which is why I have to get my hands on that file. 212 00:16:28,644 --> 00:16:31,511 It might explain why Wes is doing this. 213 00:16:33,015 --> 00:16:36,041 Well, I've made a few friends in Washington. 214 00:16:36,219 --> 00:16:39,814 I don't know if they can help, but I'll see what I can do. 215 00:16:40,656 --> 00:16:42,556 Thanks, Mrs. K. 216 00:16:45,528 --> 00:16:49,225 I know that look. It's usually followed by you almost getting yourself killed. 217 00:16:49,398 --> 00:16:52,856 Well, this isn't just another story, Clark. Not this time. 218 00:16:53,035 --> 00:16:56,304 Wes and I... we were close. 219 00:16:56,472 --> 00:16:58,337 I know it was him. 220 00:17:01,477 --> 00:17:03,104 Stay here. 221 00:17:15,591 --> 00:17:17,320 Looks like it was just the wind. 222 00:17:17,493 --> 00:17:18,517 Clark, watch out! 223 00:17:24,834 --> 00:17:26,267 Wes. 224 00:17:44,453 --> 00:17:47,047 How could Lois have been kidnapped with you right there? 225 00:17:47,223 --> 00:17:50,681 - She just vanished, Chloe. Literally. - So he could teleport, like Alicia? 226 00:17:50,860 --> 00:17:53,624 It was different. It was more like Graham Garrett could do. 227 00:17:53,796 --> 00:17:58,130 - So he turned himself invisible. - Not just himself. He took Lois with him. 228 00:17:58,301 --> 00:18:01,600 And it's not his only ability. And when he hit me... 229 00:18:01,771 --> 00:18:05,571 Chloe, I haven't felt anything like that since I went up against Titan. 230 00:18:06,209 --> 00:18:09,736 - Clark, we need to find Lois before Wes... - We will. 231 00:18:10,646 --> 00:18:14,343 Have you uncovered anything that might help us figure out where he took her? 232 00:18:14,517 --> 00:18:17,782 I haven't been able to retrieve information from the military files. 233 00:18:17,954 --> 00:18:22,414 But I did run a crosscheck on his name and I found one hit: Jodi Keenan. 234 00:18:22,792 --> 00:18:24,384 Jodi Keenan? 235 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:26,755 The woman that tried to kill Lex in the tunnels? 236 00:18:26,929 --> 00:18:28,897 - Guess who she's married to. - Wes? 237 00:18:29,765 --> 00:18:32,791 Look like Jodi found out that Wes wasn't killed in Afghanistan. 238 00:18:32,969 --> 00:18:36,564 And she followed the trail all the way back here, to Lex. 239 00:18:36,739 --> 00:18:39,537 Okay, so Wes is exhibiting multiple krypto-abilities. 240 00:18:39,709 --> 00:18:41,006 And according to Lois... 241 00:18:41,177 --> 00:18:44,840 he's also on the receiving end of some sort of mind control. 242 00:18:45,014 --> 00:18:49,075 How much do you wanna bet that all of this plays into Lex's 33.1 experiments? 243 00:18:49,252 --> 00:18:51,550 Chloe, I need you to contact oliver and his team. 244 00:18:51,721 --> 00:18:54,849 They've been taking out 33.1 facilities all around the world. 245 00:18:55,024 --> 00:18:58,323 - Isn't that a hero-to-hero phone call? - I'm going to talk to Lex. 246 00:18:58,494 --> 00:19:02,225 Clark, come on. We both know that Lex isn't gonna tell you anything. 247 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,225 Then I'll find somebody who will. 248 00:19:23,552 --> 00:19:25,144 Too much? 249 00:19:25,888 --> 00:19:27,583 No, it's... 250 00:19:30,926 --> 00:19:33,360 I thought maybe if I set the mood... 251 00:19:36,432 --> 00:19:37,865 or maybe not. 252 00:19:39,535 --> 00:19:41,002 Lex... 253 00:19:54,450 --> 00:19:55,815 Sorry to bother you, sir. 254 00:19:59,088 --> 00:20:01,056 The asset failed to return. 255 00:20:08,731 --> 00:20:10,460 I'll be right back. 256 00:20:18,607 --> 00:20:20,165 Lana. 257 00:20:23,779 --> 00:20:25,919 You shouldn't be here. Lex is just outside. 258 00:20:25,931 --> 00:20:26,839 I had to see you. 259 00:20:29,452 --> 00:20:30,680 Clark. 260 00:20:31,854 --> 00:20:33,879 It's not about you and me. 261 00:20:34,256 --> 00:20:35,883 Lois is in trouble. 262 00:20:36,058 --> 00:20:37,958 And what makes you think I can help? 263 00:20:38,127 --> 00:20:40,459 Because it seems there's a connection to Lex. 264 00:20:41,063 --> 00:20:42,394 Lana... 265 00:20:42,565 --> 00:20:46,433 have you seen or heard anything? Maybe something about the military? 266 00:20:47,870 --> 00:20:49,235 Ares. 267 00:20:50,373 --> 00:20:51,806 That's the god of war. 268 00:20:53,476 --> 00:20:58,311 Lex has been talking with Senator Burke about this military project called Ares. 269 00:20:58,848 --> 00:21:02,011 Yesterday, he threatened to shut it down. 270 00:21:03,152 --> 00:21:06,485 - Maybe you should talk with him. - I can't. 271 00:21:06,655 --> 00:21:08,145 Senator Burke is dead. 272 00:21:09,125 --> 00:21:12,322 He was murdered by the same man who has Lois. 273 00:21:13,729 --> 00:21:15,822 Lana, is there anything else? 274 00:21:15,998 --> 00:21:18,398 Maybe something that Lex let slip? 275 00:21:19,835 --> 00:21:24,272 One of his men was just saying something about an asset that failed to return. 276 00:21:26,375 --> 00:21:28,002 An asset? 277 00:21:28,177 --> 00:21:31,078 That's what the military calls its soldiers. 278 00:21:33,048 --> 00:21:35,278 Lex is connected to this. 279 00:21:36,819 --> 00:21:40,277 Whatever reason you had to go through with the wedding, it was wrong. 280 00:21:40,456 --> 00:21:42,856 You have no idea what he's capable of. 281 00:21:44,593 --> 00:21:47,084 You'd be surprised what I know. 282 00:21:48,831 --> 00:21:51,026 Then why are you still here? 283 00:21:55,671 --> 00:21:58,572 We all have our secrets, Clark. 284 00:21:59,675 --> 00:22:03,975 Sometimes we have to keep them to protect the people that we care about. 285 00:22:08,117 --> 00:22:09,641 Lana... 286 00:22:10,653 --> 00:22:12,211 I know. 287 00:22:26,168 --> 00:22:27,601 Lana? 288 00:22:29,004 --> 00:22:30,596 You okay? 289 00:22:30,773 --> 00:22:34,038 Yeah. Yeah, I'm just a little chilly. 290 00:22:39,482 --> 00:22:41,450 Look, something's come up. 291 00:22:41,951 --> 00:22:44,317 I need to go into the office. 292 00:22:48,057 --> 00:22:49,752 Don't wait up. 293 00:23:37,039 --> 00:23:38,370 Wes. 294 00:23:38,941 --> 00:23:43,002 Designation incorrect. Call sign: Ares, prototype, Mark 4. 295 00:23:43,178 --> 00:23:45,578 You don't remember me, do you? 296 00:23:46,849 --> 00:23:48,783 It's Lois. 297 00:23:49,051 --> 00:23:50,416 Lois Lane? 298 00:23:51,220 --> 00:23:54,189 My father is General Sam Lane. 299 00:23:54,557 --> 00:23:57,086 And when I was a kid, he used to drag me 300 00:23:57,098 --> 00:23:59,893 around to all the bases he was stationed at. 301 00:24:00,062 --> 00:24:01,927 One of them was Fort Avelson. 302 00:24:02,831 --> 00:24:04,458 Where I met you. 303 00:24:05,668 --> 00:24:08,660 Do you remember how you got that scar? 304 00:24:10,172 --> 00:24:14,302 You used to tell everybody that you got it falling off your dirt bike. 305 00:24:14,476 --> 00:24:16,671 But that's not how it happened. 306 00:24:18,647 --> 00:24:21,275 We got into the general's whiskey... 307 00:24:21,884 --> 00:24:24,409 then we broke into the storage warehouse. 308 00:24:24,853 --> 00:24:27,447 We were wrestling around, being stupid. 309 00:24:29,358 --> 00:24:31,223 And I kissed you. 310 00:24:33,162 --> 00:24:35,790 The first time I ever kissed anybody. 311 00:24:37,333 --> 00:24:40,029 And you smiled your crooked smile... 312 00:24:42,504 --> 00:24:46,531 and then you puked and passed out, and cracked your head open on the floor. 313 00:24:47,776 --> 00:24:50,802 Never could handle your liquor, Wes. 314 00:24:58,721 --> 00:25:00,018 - Mission incomplete. - No. 315 00:25:00,189 --> 00:25:02,157 Eliminate target. 316 00:25:04,627 --> 00:25:06,993 Now, why did you bring me here? 317 00:25:07,896 --> 00:25:10,194 Think, Wes. 318 00:25:10,366 --> 00:25:13,733 This is Fort Avelson, okay? This is the warehouse. 319 00:25:13,902 --> 00:25:16,427 This is where I kissed you that night. 320 00:25:18,841 --> 00:25:20,832 Remember me. 321 00:25:47,736 --> 00:25:48,736 Mr. Luthor. 322 00:25:48,904 --> 00:25:52,340 Three years and a billion dollars spent on Ares. You tell me you lost him? 323 00:25:52,508 --> 00:25:54,703 We're in uncharted territory here, Mr. Luthor. 324 00:25:54,877 --> 00:25:57,778 Synthesizing multiple meteor abilities is difficult enough. 325 00:25:57,946 --> 00:26:00,073 But stringing together the molecular chain... 326 00:26:00,249 --> 00:26:03,707 with peptides extracted from that creature that Bartlett recovered... 327 00:26:03,886 --> 00:26:07,947 The only thing that allows all these abilities to exist in one subject. 328 00:26:08,123 --> 00:26:11,251 Titan's genetic material was the key to making this project viable. 329 00:26:11,427 --> 00:26:14,328 Which makes the results as unpredictable as the substances... 330 00:26:14,496 --> 00:26:15,963 I'm being asked to work with. 331 00:26:16,131 --> 00:26:19,225 You're being asked to help protect the world, doctor. 332 00:26:19,401 --> 00:26:23,497 Unstable criminals with dangerous powers are becoming more and more common. 333 00:26:23,672 --> 00:26:27,972 Humanity's only chance of surviving the onslaught is this project. 334 00:26:28,143 --> 00:26:30,312 So kick that big brain of yours in high gear 335 00:26:30,324 --> 00:26:32,307 and figure out what the hell went wrong. 336 00:26:32,481 --> 00:26:34,346 Something might have triggered a decay... 337 00:26:34,516 --> 00:26:36,984 in his memory blocks, a familiar place or person... 338 00:26:37,152 --> 00:26:38,414 Can't you get a fix on him? 339 00:26:38,587 --> 00:26:42,284 The field he generates makes it impossible to track him electronically. 340 00:26:42,458 --> 00:26:43,891 It's part of his design. 341 00:26:44,059 --> 00:26:46,619 I want our dog back on his leash, doctor. 342 00:26:46,795 --> 00:26:49,423 Or you'll be my next experiment. 343 00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:55,563 Maybe I could reposition the LuthorCorp satellites. 344 00:26:56,939 --> 00:26:59,067 Generate a broad spectrum pulse that will 345 00:26:59,079 --> 00:27:01,376 hopefully reinitiate his command directives. 346 00:27:01,543 --> 00:27:04,603 - But there's no guarantee. - I'm not asking for guarantees. 347 00:27:04,780 --> 00:27:06,839 I'm asking for results. 348 00:27:07,015 --> 00:27:10,451 I want Ares back online and his mission completed. 349 00:27:12,221 --> 00:27:14,155 Start the pulse. 350 00:27:35,310 --> 00:27:37,938 I killed a United States senator? 351 00:27:39,581 --> 00:27:41,481 What happened? 352 00:27:41,817 --> 00:27:43,978 How did you end up like this? 353 00:27:49,424 --> 00:27:52,655 I was stationed in Afghanistan. 354 00:27:54,062 --> 00:27:55,461 Our convoy hit an IED. 355 00:27:57,566 --> 00:28:00,194 And then I woke up in a military hospital. 356 00:28:01,570 --> 00:28:05,062 - That's when Luthor showed up. - Lex? 357 00:28:06,542 --> 00:28:08,407 I should've known. 358 00:28:10,212 --> 00:28:12,043 He forced you into this, didn't he? 359 00:28:12,214 --> 00:28:14,648 He offered me a way to keep serving my country. 360 00:28:14,817 --> 00:28:17,081 By turning you into a brain-dead assassin? 361 00:28:17,986 --> 00:28:20,580 You think this is what I signed on for? 362 00:28:20,756 --> 00:28:23,884 He told me Project Ares was gonna help soldiers protect themselves. 363 00:28:24,059 --> 00:28:25,993 So they wouldn't end up like I did. 364 00:28:26,161 --> 00:28:28,857 We won't let him get away with this, I promise you. 365 00:28:29,031 --> 00:28:33,525 Okay, we will expose Lex and Project Ares... 366 00:28:36,505 --> 00:28:40,566 - What is it? Wes? - It's them. 367 00:28:41,376 --> 00:28:44,368 They're trying to get back into my head. 368 00:28:44,546 --> 00:28:46,343 Fight it. Just look at me. Look at me. 369 00:28:46,515 --> 00:28:48,779 Run. Run! 370 00:29:10,372 --> 00:29:13,637 Lex was experimenting on Wes, trying to make him into a super soldier. 371 00:29:13,809 --> 00:29:16,937 With pick-and-choose meteor powers, oliver told me the same thing. 372 00:29:17,112 --> 00:29:18,409 - Oliver knew about Wes? - No. 373 00:29:18,580 --> 00:29:20,878 He found an earlier model in the Utah desert. 374 00:29:21,049 --> 00:29:24,746 This isn't the first time one of Lex's souped-up Rambos has gone AWoL. 375 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,478 - Was he able to stop him? - Barely. 376 00:29:26,655 --> 00:29:29,954 It took the equivalent of a mini nuke to break through his force field. 377 00:29:30,125 --> 00:29:32,491 - Even if you find him... - Maybe this will help. 378 00:29:32,661 --> 00:29:35,630 - Wes' military jacket. - How did you get that? 379 00:29:35,797 --> 00:29:38,891 Called in a few favors and had to promise a couple dozen of my own. 380 00:29:39,067 --> 00:29:41,467 Lois was right. Wes was a hero. 381 00:29:41,637 --> 00:29:44,333 He took her instead of killing her. 382 00:29:44,506 --> 00:29:47,566 If whatever programming they're using to control Wes is failing... 383 00:29:47,743 --> 00:29:49,608 he'll go back to a place he remembers. 384 00:29:49,778 --> 00:29:52,338 Somewhere he lived or was stationed. 385 00:29:54,483 --> 00:29:57,680 The military base Wes grew up on was decommissioned a few years ago. 386 00:29:57,853 --> 00:29:59,616 Fort Avelson, outside of Metropolis. 387 00:29:59,788 --> 00:30:03,155 Sam Lane was stationed there when Lois was in junior high. Maybe... 388 00:30:07,930 --> 00:30:11,093 - Do you ever get used to that? - Not really. 389 00:30:40,829 --> 00:30:42,194 Wes? 390 00:30:44,299 --> 00:30:46,233 You have to fight this. 391 00:30:48,170 --> 00:30:50,502 Don't let them do this to you again. 392 00:30:52,474 --> 00:30:54,704 You are not a murderer. 393 00:30:56,044 --> 00:30:57,511 Please. 394 00:30:58,814 --> 00:31:00,213 Wes. 395 00:32:33,608 --> 00:32:35,098 Wes? 396 00:32:37,879 --> 00:32:40,541 System damage. 397 00:32:41,483 --> 00:32:46,386 Return protocol, three, eight, five, two, nine... 398 00:32:46,555 --> 00:32:49,080 five, three, two... - Wes. 399 00:32:49,257 --> 00:32:52,055 Three, eight... 400 00:32:55,163 --> 00:32:56,790 Lois. 401 00:32:59,367 --> 00:33:01,460 You're gonna be fine. Do you understand me? 402 00:33:01,636 --> 00:33:04,161 You're gonna be okay. I'm gonna go get help, all right? 403 00:33:04,339 --> 00:33:05,806 No. 404 00:33:07,242 --> 00:33:09,073 Better this way. 405 00:33:10,212 --> 00:33:13,409 They'll never stop trying... 406 00:33:13,582 --> 00:33:15,049 to control me. 407 00:33:15,217 --> 00:33:17,879 You have to stay with me. Do you hear me? 408 00:33:18,854 --> 00:33:22,551 Don't let them do this... 409 00:33:22,724 --> 00:33:25,249 to anyone else. 410 00:33:26,361 --> 00:33:29,387 - Okay? - Okay. I promise. 411 00:33:29,564 --> 00:33:32,362 But you just stay with me, okay? Don't leave me. 412 00:33:33,969 --> 00:33:35,368 Wes? 413 00:33:38,940 --> 00:33:40,271 Wes? 414 00:33:41,943 --> 00:33:43,467 No. No. 415 00:33:45,147 --> 00:33:46,614 Wes? 416 00:33:48,083 --> 00:33:49,641 Wes. 417 00:33:49,818 --> 00:33:51,479 Come on. 418 00:33:51,987 --> 00:33:53,716 Don't leave me. 419 00:34:10,539 --> 00:34:12,439 How does this happen? 420 00:34:12,774 --> 00:34:16,141 Wes wanted to serve his country and wound up being used as a pawn. 421 00:34:16,311 --> 00:34:18,973 It happens more than I like to think. 422 00:34:19,414 --> 00:34:21,780 Well, now that Senator Burke is gone... 423 00:34:21,950 --> 00:34:25,044 Burke isn't the only one on the hill lining his pockets. 424 00:34:25,220 --> 00:34:28,189 Wherever there's power, there'll be men like Lex to exploit it. 425 00:34:28,356 --> 00:34:31,325 Maybe you can do something. Maybe open an investigation or... 426 00:34:31,493 --> 00:34:34,326 Clark, I'm a little fish in a tiny pond. 427 00:34:34,496 --> 00:34:36,930 My influence doesn't reach nearly that far up. 428 00:34:37,098 --> 00:34:39,760 Then perhaps it's time to extend that influence. 429 00:34:42,370 --> 00:34:44,770 I just got off the phone with the governor. 430 00:34:44,940 --> 00:34:48,103 We were talking about your filling Burke's senatorial seat... 431 00:34:48,276 --> 00:34:50,642 until the next election. - Me? 432 00:34:50,812 --> 00:34:54,646 Kansas needs to be represented by someone of unassailable character... 433 00:34:54,816 --> 00:34:58,752 who can restore the faith that Burke has tarnished. 434 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:04,119 The governor agreed. You are the perfect choice for the U.S. Senate. 435 00:35:06,795 --> 00:35:08,285 Clark. 436 00:35:09,598 --> 00:35:11,190 You agree? 437 00:35:21,142 --> 00:35:22,734 You should do it, Mom. 438 00:35:26,081 --> 00:35:27,946 I think you should do it. 439 00:35:29,217 --> 00:35:31,583 And I think Dad would have wanted you to. 440 00:35:33,355 --> 00:35:36,017 I... I can't move to Washington. 441 00:35:36,191 --> 00:35:38,386 We're barely keeping the farm running as it is. 442 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:40,755 Clark can take care of that. Can't you, Clark? 443 00:35:45,367 --> 00:35:47,494 I can lease out the back 40 to Ben Hubbard. 444 00:35:47,669 --> 00:35:49,432 He's been wanting to work that land. 445 00:35:49,604 --> 00:35:50,628 Oh, Clark... 446 00:35:53,141 --> 00:35:55,769 You and Dad always taught me to put other people first. 447 00:35:57,345 --> 00:36:00,439 To use my abilities to help those in need. 448 00:36:01,616 --> 00:36:03,880 You have the chance to affect so many people. 449 00:36:05,220 --> 00:36:08,280 To change so many lives if you go to Washington. 450 00:36:10,225 --> 00:36:13,592 That's where you need to be if you really wanna make a difference, Mom. 451 00:36:16,898 --> 00:36:19,628 And that's where people like Wes need you to be. 452 00:36:31,313 --> 00:36:32,644 I don't care what it takes. 453 00:36:32,814 --> 00:36:35,749 I want the body transported to the lab immediately. 454 00:36:35,917 --> 00:36:37,817 Make it happen. 455 00:36:40,588 --> 00:36:42,886 Hey. You're up. 456 00:36:43,058 --> 00:36:44,889 For a while now. 457 00:36:45,393 --> 00:36:46,860 You never came home last night. 458 00:36:47,028 --> 00:36:49,656 There was an unforeseen complication with Project Ares. 459 00:36:50,865 --> 00:36:51,865 Ares? 460 00:36:52,033 --> 00:36:56,595 The secret military project I was discussing with Senator Burke yesterday. 461 00:36:58,306 --> 00:37:00,274 When you were listening outside the door. 462 00:37:06,981 --> 00:37:09,006 Lex, I'm sorry. 463 00:37:09,951 --> 00:37:14,411 There is no excuse. My curiosity got the best of me. 464 00:37:17,092 --> 00:37:19,356 You're not a cat, Lana. 465 00:37:19,961 --> 00:37:22,020 Don't skulk around like one. 466 00:37:25,166 --> 00:37:27,225 It won't happen again. 467 00:37:31,539 --> 00:37:35,305 Every time I've opened my heart to someone I care about... 468 00:37:36,711 --> 00:37:39,475 I've ended up being very disappointed. 469 00:37:41,349 --> 00:37:42,611 If... 470 00:37:43,051 --> 00:37:45,611 If you ever betrayed me... 471 00:37:46,921 --> 00:37:49,082 I don't know what I'd do. 472 00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:55,158 I'd never hurt the man I love. 473 00:37:59,901 --> 00:38:01,926 Of course not. 474 00:38:03,938 --> 00:38:08,204 But if there's anything you ever wanna know about my business dealings... 475 00:38:09,644 --> 00:38:10,906 just ask. 476 00:38:12,447 --> 00:38:14,312 No secrets? 477 00:38:15,817 --> 00:38:17,682 No secrets. 478 00:38:26,961 --> 00:38:29,759 Mrs. Kent goes to Washington. 479 00:38:29,931 --> 00:38:32,729 If anyone can give Jimmy Stewart a run for his money... 480 00:38:32,901 --> 00:38:34,664 I just wish Lionel wasn't helping her. 481 00:38:34,836 --> 00:38:38,067 Think the king of ulterior motives has something up his Armani sleeve? 482 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:39,297 When doesn't he? 483 00:38:39,474 --> 00:38:42,238 Just right now, his son's a bigger problem. 484 00:38:42,410 --> 00:38:44,310 That's the understatement of the century. 485 00:38:44,479 --> 00:38:46,208 We've always know Lex has a dark side. 486 00:38:46,381 --> 00:38:49,646 With what he's been doing recently, we're heading towards pitch-black. 487 00:38:49,818 --> 00:38:52,651 I'll make sure Lana's nowhere near him when the lights go out. 488 00:38:52,821 --> 00:38:55,289 Hopefully he'll be behind bars long before that. 489 00:38:55,457 --> 00:38:57,220 Lois is meeting the feds at the morgue. 490 00:38:57,392 --> 00:39:00,122 And once they connect Wes' body with Lex... 491 00:39:00,295 --> 00:39:02,786 and then Burke's murder... - Don't hold your breath. 492 00:39:02,997 --> 00:39:04,055 Wes' body's gone. 493 00:39:05,133 --> 00:39:08,364 What about the feds? What did they say when you told what happened? 494 00:39:08,870 --> 00:39:10,064 I work at The Inquisitor. 495 00:39:10,238 --> 00:39:13,264 You know, aliens, Bigfoot, Elvis. What do you think they said? 496 00:39:13,441 --> 00:39:18,071 As far as they're concerned, Wes Keenan died in action four months ago. 497 00:39:18,613 --> 00:39:20,513 Just like it said in his file. 498 00:39:20,682 --> 00:39:22,343 He deserved better than this. 499 00:39:23,585 --> 00:39:24,847 Lois, I'm sorry. 500 00:39:26,187 --> 00:39:28,155 Don't be sorry for me. 501 00:39:28,323 --> 00:39:30,188 Be sorry for Lex. 502 00:39:30,358 --> 00:39:32,417 He's gonna pay for what he did to Wes. 503 00:39:32,594 --> 00:39:36,257 And I'm gonna make damn sure that he doesn't do this to anyone else. 504 00:39:57,585 --> 00:39:59,610 You were almost perfect. 505 00:40:00,655 --> 00:40:02,486 Take him apart. 506 00:40:02,657 --> 00:40:04,147 I wanna know what went wrong... 507 00:40:04,325 --> 00:40:06,816 so we don't make the same mistake next time. 508 00:40:06,995 --> 00:40:10,761 Quantitating the abnormality won't do us any good, Mr. Luthor. 509 00:40:10,932 --> 00:40:14,026 We used up nearly everything we harvested from Titan. 510 00:40:14,202 --> 00:40:18,195 There aren't enough alien peptide sequences to continue the project. 511 00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:22,003 I'm already working on procuring a replacement. 512 00:40:23,411 --> 00:40:27,609 I promise you, doctor, this isn't the end of Project Ares. 513 00:40:31,686 --> 00:40:33,950 This is just the beginning.