Smallville (TV Series)

Salvation (2010)

Tom Welling: Clark Kent

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• Clark Kent : This is the only peaceful way to eliminate the threat. Without a war, a war that no one will win... once the Kandorians are gone, there will be other threats to mankind. The world will need you. You'll have to work together to become the team that you were meant to be. I once believed that my destiny was here on Earth, but now you need to accept that destiny for me.

  Dinah Lance : Clark's right.

  Victor Stone : We'll protect the world... as one.

  Clark Kent : It's been my honor to serve alongside each and everyone of you.

  Carter Hall : The honor was ours, Kal-El.

• Clark Kent : You knew the blue kryptonite would prevent you from ascending like the others!

  Zod : Better to rule in hell than to serve in heaven. Seeing as you love the humans so much, let's see if you fight like one!

• Zod : Unlike you, I will lead from a throne, not from the shadows. Every human, including the woman you love, will kneel before Zod!

  Clark Kent : You already destroyed my first home. I won't let you take this one.

• Chloe Sullivan : I still don't understand how the Red Queen *knew* about the Book of Rao.

  Clark Kent : My mom inherited the Kryptonian library when Lionel died. It's no surprise that Zod would lie. The book is a bible. It was created by Jor-El to send the Kandorians to another world - A world they could call their own.

  Chloe Sullivan : Well, let's fire up this intergalactic subway token and send our visitors on a fast train to nirvana.

  Clark Kent : I can't. Once it's activated, it sends *all* Kryptonians to the new world.

  Chloe Sullivan : Including you.

  Clark Kent : I know my destiny, and it's here. I've seen it. Dr. Fate has seen it, too. And Jor-El has sent me on trials to prove it. I finally know who I am and what I'm meant to do here on Earth. I'm not leaving.

• Chloe Sullivan : Clark, no one wants to see you reach your true potential no more than I do. I mean, I've been with you through every bump along this insane ride. But what if every trail has just been a preparation for you to make the ultimate sacrifice?

  Clark Kent : Then why would my father have gone silent in the fortress? Chloe, if this was a trial, my father would never skip on any chance to give me a lecture.

  Chloe Sullivan : Because this *isn't* a trial, Clark. And maybe your father disappeared on you because he knew you needed to make this last mile on your own.

  Clark Kent : Then it's up to me. And I think there's another way to save Zod.

  Chloe Sullivan : Jor-El did not tell you to stay here and be our guardian.

  Clark Kent : Are you saying it's selfish for me to try to save people?

  Chloe Sullivan : You think I *want* you to go? I can't imagine being in this world without you. Look, you've inspired an entire team of heroes who will be here to protect us. And maybe your true purpose is to lead your own people.

• Clark Kent : You can't stop me, Zod. We're leaving this planet.

  Zod : I'm not going anywhere. And neither are they.

  [Zod's soldiers appear] 

• Clark Kent : Having others finish a fight that you started only proves what a coward you are.

  Zod : My soldiers know I have never wavered in the face of death. All you've ever done is hide in the shadows.

  Clark Kent : You've hidden, too. The truth from them. The Book of Rao will not destroy us! It will lead us to a better place. Another planet where we can live in peace. Where we can build a new home. Krypton will live again.

  Zod : This is just another one of his deceits. We all know where his allegiance lies.

  Clark Kent : What about your deceptions? If they knew the truth, they'd never follow you.

  Zod : My men willingly follow me.

  Clark Kent : And what about Faora? All she wanted was to leave you.

  Zod : That is a lie!

  Clark Kent : And she paid for it with her life.

  Zod : Faora never should've trusted you.

  Clark Kent : But she wasn't the only one who paid the price, was she?

  Zod : [pushing him against the wall in superspeed]  Faora was a traitor. Do you think I wanted to kill my own child?

• Clark Kent : I have something I need to tell you, and if I don't tell you now... I never will. I-I know that things have been rocky between us, but...

  Lois Lane : I'm listening.

  Clark Kent : Look, my whole life has been full of relationships that have ended too soon. And then when I went away last fall, I... Lois, I felt so lost. But when I came back to the bullpen... you were there waiting for me. You jumped out of your seat... you threw your arms around me, and the way that your eyes sparkled when you smiled, I just... I knew. I just knew that you were the one that I've always needed. And I needed you to know that.

  [seeing her look] 

  Clark Kent : What is it?

  Lois Lane : Perry White. He's offered me a job at the foreign desk in Kenya.

  Clark Kent : [covering his true feelings]  That's great. Congratulations.

  Lois Lane : Well, I'm... I'm not sure I'm going.

  Clark Kent : Well, Lois, your... your career is so important to you, w-what would make you stay?

  Lois Lane : For you. I... I would stay for you. Clark, as important as my career is to me, you are more important. I-I-I would give up Africa... to be with you. But only if we stop keeping secrets from each other.

  Clark Kent : Lois, I don't know what you're talking about.

  Lois Lane : Yeah, you do, Clark. Come on. I need you to be honest with me.

  Clark Kent : Lois, there's nothing to tell you.

• Chloe Sullivan : [learning Clark intends to use the Book of Rao to send the Kandorians away]  I'm proud of you.

  Clark Kent : Chloe?

  Chloe Sullivan : You gotta let her go, Clark. She's trying to be strong, you know? When your oldest friend leaves forever, there's really no way to say goodbye. That said, I think we both know there's someone else you need to see one last time.

  Clark Kent : Considering everything Lois and I have been through, I don't think that's such a good idea.

  Oliver Queen : Clark. You owe her the truth.

  Clark Kent : I want to open up to her more than anything. But why tell Lois who I really am only to rip it away from her? Wouldn't that hurt her more? I wouldn't do that to her.

  Oliver Queen : Doesn't mean you can't at least say goodbye.

• Carter Hall : Zod's symbols say one thing. He wants a fight. I say we move now, and cause some pain.

  Clark Kent : At what cost? Your abilities to allow you to come back, Carter. After you die. But what about the others on both sides?

  Carter Hall : So you want us to place nice?

  Clark Kent : The Kandorians have been led astray by Zod. I don't want to see them die any more than I want to lose any one of you. I will use the Book of Rao to send them all away. I've made my decision. Once I lead my people to another world, I'll never be able to come back.

  Victor Stone : You need to think about this.

  Courtney Whitmore : What about your life here?

  Dinah Lance : There's got to be another way.

  Carter Hall : With us by your side, you don't have to do this alone.

• Tess Mercer : I'm s-so s-sorry, Clark. I tracked Corben to locate your Fortress. And I did it on-only to s-save you from Zod.

  Clark Kent : I have the Book of Rao, Tess. But even if I wanted to use it, I can't, because Zod destroyed the console in the Fortress.

  Tess Mercer : You don't need the Fort-tress. When the Kandorians... were building the Rao Tower... they put together these crystals as an energy source when they were trying to turn the sun red. And I think these crystals... will also power the Book of Rao.

  Clark Kent : I already destroyed the tower.

  Tess Mercer : I pulled the console from the rubble... and moved it to your crow's nest ab-above the city. Clark, this is my last chance to atone for my sins. You... are the only one that can save us. And you've run out of time. The war has already begun.

• Clark Kent : Jor-El! I know that you told me to save Zod! But I won't. Not if it means leaving everyone I promised to protect. No, my destiny is here on Earth. If everything that you've trained me for was for another purpose, then it was a waste. Because I'm staying.

• Zod : Your father can't help you anymore. I made sure of that.

  Clark Kent : Zod.

  Zod : My people are overtaking this planet. And you can't stop me.

  Clark Kent : You want war, but it doesn't have to be like this.

  Zod : Have you taken a look around you? It's always like this! Might makes right! Only the strong survive! Have you learned nothing from the natural world in which you love so much?

  Clark Kent : What I've learned is that no matter how much someone has hurt you or betrayed you, or how much it seems that someone is evil, at their core, everyone is worth saving.

• Zod : What exactly do you think you're saving me from?

  Clark Kent : From making another mistake like Faora.

  Zod : Do you really think there's redemption for what I did?

  Clark Kent : It's never too late.

  Zod : How would you know?

  Clark Kent : Because I killed my own father. My Earth father warned me not to play God. Not to reach for power that's not mine, but I tempted fate. And because of that, he died. You have to forgive yourself. My entire team is equipped with kryptonite weapons.

  Zod : Hardly a match for my battalion.

  Clark Kent : Too many people will die. You need to end this now. You can't win. I know my destiny.

  Zod : And I know mine.