The Superman: Part 1

Part 1

- 2027 - INT. - LUTHOR MANSION, METROPOLIS, USA - NIGHT -

[A female JOURNALIST is in the middle of a live TV interview with ALEXANDER (LEX) LUTHOR III in his mansion's library]

JOURNALIST

... so, could you tell our audience at home about your family history? I mean other than knowing your grandfather laid the foundation to your company, we all know very little of your ancestry.

LEX

(LEX smirking at her:)

And I'm grateful for that. I've always appreciated the media respecting my private family affairs.

JOURNALIST

And yet they pay me the big bucks to still push that question.

(she plays to LEXS ego:)

What do you say Lex? Just a taste for all your adoring fans watching you right now.

[LEX still smiling at the very attractive JOURNALIST, leans back in his chair to ponder the question.]

LEX

Well...

- 1883 - INT. - RUN DOWN OLD HOUSE, MOSCOW - NIGHT -

[In a small room in a small house located in a poor neighbourhood of Moscow, a WOMAN is giving birth in extreme pain, while being helped by two women, and watched by a drunken man.]

NURSE 1

(in Russian, to the WOMAN giving birth:)

You must push!

NURSE 2

(to NURSE 1:)

No! She is losing too much blood!

NURSE 1

(quietly to NURSE 2:)

She is already lost. The Vodka has made her blood too thin. We must save the child!

[The WOMAN let's out another blood curdling scream]

(NURSE 1 to the WOMAN:)

I'm sorry Natalia but you must push now!

[With a look of hope and determination, which quickly turns to a look of pain, NATALIA gives 1 final push, letting out another scream which slowly fades down to silence.]

[After a pause the room suddenly fills with the sound of a baby's cries.]

(NURSE 1 to the BABY:)

Yes, yes, good boy ...

[NURSE 1 cleans and wraps the tiny infant who is still crying]

[NURSE 2 pulls up the blanket on NATALIA'S bed to cover her now deceased body.]

[The MAN, the father of the BABY, who had been watching from behind, now comes closer to inspect the scene. He looks down at the now covered NATALIA.]

MAN

(He inquires to NURSE 1:)

She dead?

NURSE 1

(Still wrapping up the now quieter baby in a small blanket:)

Yes. I'm sorry.

[The unnamed man, still looking down at his dead girlfriend, then looks at the baby, then again at his girlfriend, now looking like an angry drunk who had his bottle of rum stolen.]