Smallville2001

[last lines]

Lex Luthor:
I must admit, Clark. This is a big step up from the barn.

Clark Kent:
It's not what you think, Lex. You don't understand.

Lex Luthor:
For the first time, I think I do. You see, you live among us as a mild-mannered farm boy. But secretly, you're a strange visitor from another planet, plotting our demise.

Clark Kent:
That's not what I'm doing at all.

Lex Luthor:
It's a brilliant disguise, Clark. You don't even need a mask.

Clark Kent:
I'm not your enemy, Lex. I've never done anything to hurt you.

Lex Luthor:
Yes, you did. You didn't trust me. With everything you had, with everything you could do, did you ever think about what we could have accomplished together? I would have helped you become a hero.

Clark Kent:
When have you thought of anyone else but yourself?

Lex Luthor:
Right now. I'm doing this for the world. I have to protect the human race.

Clark Kent:
This is my life. You have no right to control it.

Lex Luthor:
It's my birthright! The Luthor family has always been about power and having control over everything. After all my sacrifices, after all the pain... I finally understand. I was being prepared for a much greater destiny. Everything led me to this moment.

Clark Kent:
And we're both here. We're in that moment. And what happens next is your choice. But no one is controlling you, Lex. No one is forcing you to do this.

Lex Luthor:
Who am I to turn my back on my fellow man? Especially after you turned your back on me? I'm sorry, Clark. But you are the Traveler. You hold the future of the entire planet in your hands. I'm here to take it back into mine.

[Lex walks over to the console]

Clark Kent:
Lex...

Lex Luthor:
You'll never threaten the world again... Kal-El.

Clark Kent:
Lex, don't!

[Lex plugs the Orb onto the console. The Fortress begins collapsing as Clark falls to his feet. Lex kneels down to him]

Lex Luthor:
I loved you like a brother, Clark. But it has to end this way. I'm sorry.