Part 19 (2/2)

METALLO.

Let's get this over with and call it a day.

METALLO opens his tattered s.h.i.+rt exposing his metallic chest. A series of layers opens and SUPERMAN is basked in a bright green light. Inside METALLO's chest cavity is a jagged softball-sized chunk of KRYPTONITE, SUPERMAN's only weakness.

The KRYPTONITE is surrounded by small solar cells absorbing it's energy and powering METALLO.

METALLO.

A lot of losers have tried to kill you but in the end I'm the only guy with the stones to do it.

(Beat) How does it feel to be The Man Of Yesterday?

A HORN BLARES.

METALLO turns to get hit by an SCU RIOT VEHICLE and pushed into building pinning him. A SECOND RIOT VEHICLE drives over SUPERMAN.

INT. RIOT VEHICLE.

Inside, SAWYER and TURPIN open a hatch in the floor while TROOPERS stand by with pointed rifles. They pull SUPERMAN up through the hatch and TURPIN slams it shut. SAWYER Let's move.

The VEHICLE speeds off. In the background, METALLO can be seen pus.h.i.+ng the other RIOT VEHICLE on its side.

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INT. MAYOR'S OFFICE.

MAYOR BERKOWITZ is with his EMERGENCY COUNCIL when the telephone rings. DEPUTY MAYOR WALKER answers it. WALKER Sir.

BERKOWITZ.

I'm busy.

WALKER.

It's the President, sir.

BERKOWITZ has brief, unintelligible conversation.

BERKOWITZ.

(Grief-stricken) The President has declared Metropolis a disaster area. We've been denied National Guard a.s.sistance.

WALKER.

What are we going to do?

BERKOWITZ.

He's sending someone else.

NEWSCAST.

An ANCHOR is reporting from a circling NEWS COPTER. ANCHOR It seems in a diversionary tactic, the SCU has distracted Metallo and rescued Superman who was not faring well in the battle after a Metallo emitted a beam from- (Listing to a radio headset) --We have instructions we must evacuate the area. We will have reports for you as soon as information is available.

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EXT. SIDEWALK.

Dozens of people are standing in the streets watching the newscast from a ma.s.sive TIME SQUARE-LIKE JUMBOVISION. PERSON #1 The big one is just as strong as Superman.

PERSON #2.

Man, I wonder what they're gonna do next?

It starts like a distant hum and quickly grows into a patterned thumping.

Three APACHE HELICOPTERS thunder overhead speeding to the battle. PEOPLE in the street point overhead as the copters fly past.

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INT. HELICOPTER c.o.c.kPIT.

HELICOPTERS maneuver between buildings. APACHE PILOT #1 (Screaming) I been wantin' to do this since I was ten!

APACHE PILOT #2.

Five by five, we are in the pipe.

APACHE PILOT #3.

This is Romeo Sierra Foxtrot. We have a targeted course of three seven nine one mark eleven twelve. Target is live. Exercise is hostile. ETA six minutes.

We have been authorized to use unnecessary physical force.

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INT. LEXCORP COMMUNICATIONS CENTER.

LUTHOR is observing the TECHS scrambling to get the system online. LUTHOR I don't see anything.

A series of monitors comes online.

TECH.

LexSats fifty-one, forty-seven, five and ninety-one are online including the Metropolis unit.

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