The Man of Steel Part Two

ACT 1 SCENE 4

LOIS LANE'S APARTMENT INT.

Lois Lane walks in. Her arms are full of groceries and she's squeezing the phone
between her shoulder and her ear. She's on the phone with Jimmy Olsen.

LOIS
No! I could hardly make out what I was looking at. Yes, yes they were that
bad.

She walks over to the kitchen.

LOIS
I don't care Jimmy, I need them touched up by lunch tomorrow.

She fumbles a bit and a carton of eggs fall out of the paper grocery bag. We watch
them fall. A blue arm catches them. Superman puts the eggs back in the bag.

SUPERMAN(with a smile)
Ms. Lane, dinner tonight?

Lois stares at him smiling.

JIMMY OLSEN(on the phone)
Lois? Loooooois?

LOIS
I'll call you back.

She drops everything and runs into Supermans arms.

ACT 1 SCENE 5

FOS EXT.

We follow superman as he flies to the fortress. He's bridal carrying Lois. She's
dressed in lairs. She gets a chill and holds herself closer to him.

FOS INT.

They fly in and Superman sets her gently on her feat. There's a meal prepared
on a dinning table. She smiles big, takes off her coat and drapes it over one of
the chairs. Superman pulls it out for her. He sits down and they start to eat.

LOIS
Kal, this is amazing. Since when can you cook?

SUPERMAN
My talents don't stop at catching airplanes.

They smile at eachother but his smile quickly fades. She knows what's bothering
him.

LOIS
I heard. About what happened today. You shouldn't blame that on yourself.

SUPERMAN
I'm not really. I just... I know I'm not human. But I was raised here, on Earth, by
humans. I went to school with humans. I'm madly in love with a human. But.... They
see me as an alien, a saviour, a "god" but not a man.

LOIS
They love you. You keep them safe. They're all grateful that you're here.

SUPERMAN
I'm glad to be here. Earth's my home. Sometimes I just wish I was experiencing it
like you are. Like everyone else is.

Lois gets out of her chair and walks over to Superman.

LOIS
But if you were like everyone else-

She falls into his lap and puts her hands on his face

LOIS
Who would be around to catch me?

They kiss

LOIS
You know, you don't realize how lucky you are. I've always wondered what it was like. To see things like you do

Superman smiles.

SUPERMAN
I have something to show you.

ACT 1 SCENE 6

FOS INT. A BACK ROOM.

a small room. in the center is a round glass coffin-like structure. Lois and
Superman enter. Lois walks up the the glass structure and puts her hand on it,
admiring it.

SUPERMAN
It's a little gift from my birth father. I don't know how it works, but I know what it
does, and I know how to use it.

LOIS
This will make me like you?

SUPERMAN
Only for about 12 hours, give or take.... So, what do you say?

Lois becomes very excited.

LOIS(with a large smile)
Do it!

Superman puts his hand on the glass, the area around his hand glows. The structure
opens up. Lois lays down on it.

SUPERMAN
You're going to fall asleep, just for a minute or two. It'll be done when you wake
up.

Lois eagerly shakes her head up and down. Superman touches another part of the
glass and it closes again. Lois closes her eyes. Superman touchs the glass in
various spots. The room darkens. Yellow light is emitted from the structure.
Theres a humming noise, and then silence. The light stops. The structure opens
up and Lois steps out, yawns, and stretches, as if she slept for hours.

LOIS
Did it work?

Superman picks her up by the waist, and then slowly removes his hands from her.
She's floating. She smiles, grabs Supermans head, and kisses him. She starts to
laugh and flies out of the smaller room, and then around the larger room where
they ate dinner. Superman flies to her and grabs her hand, smiling.

sUPERMAN
Come with me, I want to show you something.

ACT 1 SCENE 7

MOON SURFACE EXT.

The earth is glowing in the background as Superman and Lois land on the moon. She
stares at the earth. A tear of happiness falls.

LOIS
It's so beautiful. Thank you for this.

SUPERMAN
Lois, I-

He wraps his arms around her from behind.

SUPERMAN
You're the only person that makes me feel like I'm
a part of something, bigger. It's a beautiful feeling you give me, and, I don't
want to lose it. Ever.

He gets down on one knee. Lois turns around. He pulls out a ring.

sUPERMAN
Lois, will you-

LOIS
Yes!

He quickly stands up and kisses her. She holds her hands behind Supermans neck and
Superman puts his hand on Lois' neck. The Earth glows majesticly in the background.

Cut to them sitting against a moon rock. Lois falls asleep, and he carrys her from
the moon to her bed in her apartment. He lays her down and kisses her on the cheek.

Then, he hears a certain joining of words that he's been listening for in the past
couple of hours.

MAN(offscreen)
In the name of Superman, we give our-

Supermans face grows stern, and he very suddenly, very quickly, flies out of the
apartment to follow the source of this sentence.