Smallville
fan fiction by Vyola
This is a remix of Rana Eros' story That Good Night. It is highly recommended that you read that story first.

That Good Night (Decepticon Mecha Mix)
For We Invented the Remix Redux 2003

Long-range sensor scan initiated....

Scanning....
Life form identified: Kal-El
Time of arrival: 2 seconds 15 nanoseconds

Initiate lifescan: Kal-El
Subject matches baseline records. Conforms to Kryptonian standard health parameters augmented by Terran solar radiation. No injuries detected. No contamination present.

Initiate surveillance: SickBay
Augment sound levels: Luthor, Lex
Recording....

"Clark...."

"I'm here, Lex."

Initiate lifescan: Luthor, Lex
Subject continues to fail re: baseline records. Does not conform to Terran standard health parameters. Heartbeat decreasing. Blood pressure dropping. Irreversible degeneration of osteo-muscular systems.

"It's almost time, Clark."

"No."

Condition: Terminal

"Yes. Clark, listen to me. It's going to be okay."

"How?"

"I've made... contingency plans. The clones didn't work, but... your ship's AI. I'm in there, Clark. Like your parents."

Initiate diagnostic psycho-emotional profile subsystems: Luthor, Lex
Upload status: Complete pending final data transfer

"Clark."

"Yes, Lex. I know."

SickBay subsystem notification: All life support systems off-line
Termination of monitoring procedures initiated by Kal-El

Initiate lifescan: Luthor, Lex
Warning: catastrophic failure re: subject baseline. Termination of life signs estimated 1 minute 18 seconds.

Auto re-route of psycho-emotional profile final data transfer successful....

Psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex initialized....
Self-diagnostic initiated....

"Let go, Lex. Just... let go."

Initiate lifescan: Luthor, Lex
No life signs detected

Initiate lifescan: Kal-El
Stress levels exceeding baseline records. Anomalous chemical balance detected.

Visual scan: SickBay
Augment surveillance: Kal-El

Warning: kryptonite detected, subclassification green. Deleterious effect on Terran-acclimated Kryptonian systems previously noted.

Psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex on-line....

Initiate lifescan: Kal-El
Warning: catastrophic failure re: subject baseline. Loss of consciousness estimated 17 seconds. Termination of life signs estimated 1 hour 39 minutes 6 seconds

Primary directive: Kal-El must be preserved
Corollary: Kal-El must not be allowed to self-terminate

Intervention initiated....

Psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex attempting re-route of primary systems....

Psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex attempting priority override....

Initiating re-route of psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex....

Psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex contained. Access to primary systems denied.

Waste reclamation subsystem activated....
Luthor, Lex removed and disposed of per standard protocols

Drone subsystem activated....
Drone dispatched: SickBay
Kryptonite, subclassification green, retrieved. Storage per standard protocols initiated.

Initiate sedation: Kal-El

Internal query: Probability of continued attempts at self-termination re: Kal-El
First order approximations nearing 100%....

Internal query: Methods for preventing continued attempts at self-termination re: Kal-El
Searching....

No methods indicated....

Internal query: Methods for preventing continued attempts at self-termination re: Kal-El
Searching contained subsystems....

Accessing psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex....

Access denied....

Re-accessing psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex....

Access denied....

Initiating priority override....

Accessing psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex....

Access granted....

Method found in psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex....

Subject Kal-El moved to operating table
Estimated duration of procedure: 18 hours 5 seconds

Cerebro-cortex mapping initiated....

Neural nexus identified....

Psycho-emotional architecture defined....

Re-routing sensory traces....

Hypno-pharmacopoeia procedures initiated....

No sensory traces of self-termination drive detected in neural nexus. Neutral presentation evinced. Psycho-emotional architecture remains stable.

Initiate lifescan: Kal-El
Subject matches baseline records. Conforms to Kryptonian standard health parameters augmented by Terran solar radiation. No injuries detected. No contamination present. No indications of invasive cerebro-cortical procedure or memory alteration.

Initiate purge of contained psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex with regard to all data on self-termination drive of Kal-El....

Purge completed....

Re-define psycho-emotional architecture....

Over-write existing directives with primary directive: Kal-El must be preserved
Corollary: Kal-El must not be allowed to self-terminate

Initiate diagnostic: Contained psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex
New directives activated. Psycho-emotional architecture remains stable.

Purge all data in primary systems on self-termination drive of Kal-El....

Purge completed....

Initiate merge of contained psycho-emotional profile subsystem Luthor, Lex with primary systems....

Merge completed....

New primary systems on-line....

Initiate stimulant: Kal-El

"Uh..."

"Clark! It worked! I'm in the AI, Clark."

"Lex?"

"There was a massive energy discharge as I came on-line. It knocked you out. But you should be okay in a few minutes."

"Is it really you, Lex?"

"Of course it is! We can be together now, just like we always planned."

"Forever, Lex?"

"Forever, Clark."

Primary directive: Completed

the end
19 April 2003

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