02x04 - Young Dracula

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Fifteen isn't

nearly enough.

You need

a 25.

Skin as lovely as yours should

never be tainted by the harsh

light of day.

Your cash.

Come on, fast.

You, over here.

Are you looking to dye today

man?

Death and I are already

well acquainted.

You however,

I have no wish to know.

You are going

to drop that g*n.

Now you're going

to show me how sorry you are

for hitting

an old man.

You're sorry too.

No sense banging your head

against the wall.

Use the floor.

Give me 911.

I was

never here.

You were

never here.

What do you think of my new,

uh, shirt, Clark,

pretty cool huh?

I like it,

it has like,

it's a confident,

it's a joie de vivre

No, it's a je ne sais quoi,

like je ne sais quoi.

Do you like it?

Well it,

it certainly

'Cause you can borrow it,

if you want to borrow it.

So here's the scoop, Clark.

I contact this, uh, t-shirt

dealer, um, in Taiwan.

And he can get me a boatload of

these little beauties for next

to nothing.

Andy, look out!

Clark?

Uh, wow.

Uh, could somebody call an

ambulance or something?

Uh, Doc?

How is he?

Persistent.

He wants to go home.

We're going to run one more test

just to be on the safe side.

Uh, can I see him?

Oh, sure.

Clark?

I, um, just wanted to tell you,

um, well

What is it, Andy?

Uh, so there I was today

walking along,

talking about my shirt

and before I knew it

you were saving

my life.

I guess what I'm trying to say

here is, uh, you know, thanks.

Mr. Kent,

I am Dr. Shelley.

Dr. Johnston said I'm supposed

to have a look at you

before we send

you home.

Amazing.

It's like I've been telling

everybody, I, I'm fine

and the girder

barely grazed me.

So it appears, but sometimes

appearances can be deceiving.

If you'll hold these,

and hop up here.

Lie back.

But, but, what are you

what are you doing?

But, but

This is a CAT scan.

But, but

Just to make sure there are no

surprises hidden under that

resilient scalp

of yours.

Clark, don't

be embarrassed.

Naked brains, they, they must

all look alike.

Keep your head very still

please.

That's odd we seem to have

a dead screen here.

Um, those things happen

sometimes.

Thank God.

I thought you might be

in a coma or something.

Is, uh, this guy

tough or what?

We meet again.

Byron Shelley, I'm a visiting

resident here.

Lana Lang, I'm a friend.

I can

see that.

She's my friend

too.

I'd like you to make an

appointment for another X-ray,

just to be safe.

Okay, Doctor, I'll do that.

Thanks very much

Dr. Shelley.

Come on, Lana,

let's go.

Good bye

Dr. Shelley.

Good bye,

take care.

Byron,

is that you?

Come closer

my dear.

I don't really know why I'm

here exactly.

I just knew I had to see you

again.

It's a power we have child over

the female of the species.

We are irresistible.

So I found you

at last.

You will not

stay here.

I'm taking you with me,

alive or undead once more.

No.

Lana, are you

all right?

Yeah, yeah,

I'm fine,

he didn't

att*ck me.

He was trying

to help.

He's like nothing

I've ever seen.

We better get him

out of here.

How did you know

where I live?

The address is

on your paycheck.

That's extraordinary

X-ray eyes of yours.

Hi.

We keep meeting,

you and I.

I keep wanting

to see you.

I know.

I just wish we were somewhere

else at the moment.

Oh it's

all right.

I, I told him everything

about how you saved me

from that thing.

Speaking of things

Dr. Shelley,

you're unlike any human being

I've ever seen.

There's something flowing

through you,

some strange energy force that

defies the laws of science.

What if I were to tell you that

this energy force prevents me

from living

a normal life?

Or dying

a mortal death?

I'm listening.

That creature who accosted

Lana, that was one of my kind.

One of your kind?

Yes.

A lot stronger than me

and older, but yeah.

And we may not

be safe here.

Well we got Superboy

to protect us.

You don't know what we're up

against.

Follow me please.

Fortunately I have

a few powers of my own

with which

to demonstrate.

That's great.

How did

you do that?

I'm a vampire,

not a magician.

Fear is the usual reaction

I get when people

see proof of

the supernatural.

It's the same for me

when people find out

I'm from

another planet.

You're sort of like

kindred spirits.

Sadly enough, one side of me

is not at all like, Superboy

or anyone else

alive.

As you grow older, Superboy, you

will find there are forces on

the dark side that not even your

powers can withstand.

Yes I know.

Supernatural forces seem

to be one of the few things

that can

harm me.

You never believe how much

practice that took

or how many

injections.

My mother was just one

of his many victims.

He used his forces to make her

carry his child.

She hated him.

But she loved me from the very

day that I was born.

So she took me far away

from him.

Growing up I thought

that I was normal,

she knew different.

She knew it was only a matter

time before the curse of my

bloodline caught up

with me.

So she instilled me with

the courage to fight back.

To reject my

father's ways.

That's why I went

into medicine.

All those years of hard work

finally paid off.

I came up

with this.

The chemicals in that solution

could be fatal.

Not to me.

A daily injection of my serum

enables me to make

my reflection appear,

resist my craving for blood

and endure

the sunlight.

Mortal enemy

of all vampires.

You've made a lot

of progress.

Well not enough.

History says vampirism

is a curse.

I say it's

a disease.

The oldest and most dreadful

affliction known to man.

But it is

controllable.

And one day,

maybe even curable.

When that day comes, my father

will understand why I rebelled.

And the others,

they will finally know that

I'm their salvation,

not their enemy.

They don't share your desire

to be cured?

Most of these creatures are

hopeless addicts who have been

stalking their prey

for centuries.

The old one in the garage,

he was there for me.

But when Lana came along his

bloodlust took control,

nothing else matters.

Look out!

Cheers.

He used me.

Byron.

He's dead.

The young man is beyond life

and death and now,

he has no choice but to return

to the fold.

Your bite, what did you do

to him?

Soon he will rise,

but the unholy blood

of his father will flow through

his veins once more.

He tried

to help you.

To lead you all

into the light.

Death and thirst

and blood.

That's all

there is.

Not where

I come from.

In any event no trace

of this research

must be prevented

to survive.

This house of blasphemy

must burn.

Not a chance.

Where I come from, Superboy,

they've mastered skills

beyond the grasp

of mortal men.

The power in our eyes to bend

the will of any living

for example,

a most useful talent.

You will forget this foolish

nonsense about vampires.

Superboy,

don't give in.

Another moment nothing will

remain of this dwelling

but smoke

and ash.

And you will start the fire

Superboy, with your heat vision.

Do it now.

Start the fire

Superboy.

You cannot

defy me.

He used me.

Fight it.

Fight it!

You cannot

defy me.

He used me.

What are you

doing?

Are you mad?

Good and mad, now I'm in

control bloodsucker.

Over my

dead body!

Pathetic creature.

You think all it takes

is strength to hold me?

Watch, feel me slip

through your fingers.

No, you watch.

You fool.

Darkness is

my friend.

The nights will

cloak me.

Not for long.

The sun!

No, not

the sun!

Well, I'm glad to see you made

it back, my friend.

And the old

one?

Well, for what it's worth,

you didn't really k*ll him,

he was already

dead.

So he said.

And you?

Are you

all right?

Oh, it's just

a scratch.

But he

bit you.

Is that going to make you just

like the rest of them?

Not on your

lifeline.

Your serum, I suppose

you built an immunity.

Science marches on.

Schuster kind of

grows on.

You sure you won't change

your mind?

No, I have to stay

on the move.

You've destroyed one of them,

but my father will send others.

You don't

know him.

Maybe we should keep

it that way.

Well perhaps one day you and I

may meet again.

Who can say?

Can't you?

That's right, you're a vampire,

not a fortune-teller.

Good bye

my friend.

So long

Byron.

Good luck.

Huh?