"Oh, good." "This stuff is great." "Not here." "In the car." "No, I've got..." "That's my medicine." "You wouldn't like me without my medicine." "Aahhh." "Unh." "Umh." "You scum." "Don't you know it's wrong to take drugs?" "What are you?" "No." "Give it..." "No!" "Unh." "Hello." "Byron?" "You sound terrible." "Are you all right?" "I've lost my serum." "All of it." "And I'm slipping back." "I can already feel it." "The craving." "You've got to resist it." "Is there anything I can do to help?" "Tell Superboy." "He has to stop me before it's too late." "I am losing control." "Tell him that I'm losing control." "Byron?" "Aaahhhh." "You know, Lana, if I were you, I'd wait 'til Clark got home, so he could tell Superboy." "This town that Byron called from, that's a long way away." "It's a long drive when you're sticking your neck out." "I owe him." "If it wasn't for Byron, I would..." "Yeah, yeah, I know." "You would have gotten bit by a vampire." "But without his medicine, there's nothing stopping him from turning into one, too." "Lana, for all you know, he could be driving around this town in his very own bloodmobile." "He knows I'm a friend." "He's not gonna hurt me." "Well, I'm off." "Wish me luck." "Lana." "If you wanted, I could come." "You know." "Great." "Great." "All right, listen, but I'm not going vampire hunting empty handed." "I'll tell you what, I'll meet you downstairs in an hour." "Okay." "Thanks." "You're a real sweetie." "Hear that, big guy?" "I'm a sweetie." "Huh." "Now who's the hero?" "Just don't take too long, huh." "Love funeral homes." "Do you think he's in here?" "Yo, Byron." "Hello." "Oh, hello, Ma." "Yeah, it's good to hear from you." "Don't be afraid, Andy." "It'll be fine." "Afraid." "Lana, my dear, I have come to terms with death." "Oh." "Bingo." "Hey, hey." "This is man's work." "Great." "Death." "Haha." "Hello, Lana." "I hate funeral homes." "Part of me wanted you when we first met." "Then Superboy stood between us." "Now, it's different." "Now, I can offer you something he can't." "Eternal youth, Lana." "And love." "A love no mortal woman can ever imagine." "Ma, I do go out on dates with Lana." "Study dates." "But how many times have I told you?" "She thinks she's in love with Superboy." "I know that you want to be with me, forever, Lana." "And all that you must say is, yes." "Yes." "This is not good." "No, this is not good." "Lana, this is definitely bad." "Lana?" "Lana is indisposed." "Whoa, Byron." "Gee, we didn't wake you up, did we?" "You know, if you wanna catch some zzz's," "I didn't mess with your box or anything." "You should never have come." "Now hold it." "We both know what happens when you smell this." "Only the weakest among us can be repelled with the likes of that." "Who do you think you're playing with?" "Yuh, okay." "How about this, huh?" "My turn now, bloodsucker." "A cross is a most potent weapon, Andrew." "But only as potent as the will behind it." "And your will is no match for mine." "Uh." "I'll try." "I promise." "Bye." "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "Where's Lana?" "You didn't see her?" "Stay right there." "Superboy, be careful." "Watch your back." "Lana." "Superboy." "It's all right, I'm here." "You always show up just when I need you." "And now you need me, don't you?" "You want me." "Lana." "You were perfect." "It was so easy." "Well, those who love us usually make the best prey." "But what about his powers?" "Why did he succumb?" "Not even Superboy is immune to the supernatural." "Soon, he will begin to turn." "And when he awakens, he'll be part of the fold." "Now I know what I must do." "And you will help me." "Lana." "The sun never used to hurt like this before." "Soon, it will be fatal." "As the curse progresses, we will only be able to go into the darkness." "What's it like to be undead?" "First you must die with a second bite." "That is the final baptism that makes a vampire whole." "And it is only with that you can rise again." "You'll crave the darkness, shun the daylight." "You'll stalk humans and then drink their blood." "You'll be forever young, forever beautiful." "Forever mine." "Aaaaahhhhhh, aaahhhh!" "Do you really think I'm gonna believe that cockamamie story about a doctor who's a vampire?" "You can sell that one for the movies." "Okay." "All right." "Look at it this way." "Byron Shelley is just a guy with a medical condition." "Like a diabetic without his Insulin." "If he doesn't have his serum, he goes crazy." "This never would have happened if he didn't have his bag stolen." "My father is sending for us tonight." "It's all arranged." "He answered your message." "Oh, I knew that he would." "Ever since the day that my mother took me away from him, he's never stopped looking for me." "I told him about you, Lana." "He seemed pleased." "I also told him that I was bringing a peace offering that he would not be able to refuse." "Superboy." "I gave it back to him, I gave that back." "He say, "you're not gonna like me off my medicine."" ""You won't like me." So I had to give it back." "That it?" "Yeah." "Thanks." "So where'd you get it?" "That guy back there in the cage gave it to us." "He said some man put some kind of voice in his head last night." "This voice kept telling him to turn himself in." "Shot his girlfriend." "Byron did it." "It's a power that vampires have." "They do it with their eyes." "Don't start up again." "Sonny, maybe you ought to talk to Floyd." "Let me guess." "Floyd runs a barber shop, right?" "Telegraph." "Said a young man come in this morning, picked up a telegram and you ain't gonna believe where it come from." "Look at you." "The more you struggle, the weaker you get." "No." "Heat in my blood." "What it's doing to me." "It's like a sensation I've never felt before." "I know." "I don't want it to end." "Make it last forever." "You hear that, superboy?" "Lana is anxious for death." "How about you?" "Are you ready?" "He approves of you, Lana." "We are being invited aboard." "You're coming too, Superboy." "But it will be my father's bite that renders you undead." "You will be my gift to him." "And you will ride with the baggage." "What is it?" "Something's wrong." "He's resisting my father." "Aaaahhhhh." "Aaaggghhh." "No one defies the holy force of my father." "I will if you take Lana." "Byron." "Lana." "Superboy." "I'm over here, Andy." "Oh, nice dress." "Listen, I got this telegraph from Transylvania and..." "Give her juice." "Take care of her." "Aaahhhh." "We've got a score to settle." "Nobody hurts Lana." "Superboy, no." "That's not your way." "Andy, give me the serum." "You..." "You fought back." "You really weren't under the spell." "You, my friend, are a force so good, not even the power of my father could overcome." "Don't lose this." "No, I won't." "Thank you, Andrew." "No problem." "My serum will cure both of you completely." "What about you?" "I was born with the blood of my father in my veins." "My cure is a different matter." "Goodbye, Lana." "Where will you go?" "I have to keep running." "Now, he'll never stop searching for me." "Byron, who's your father?" "My father is the Prince of Darkness." "He is Count Dracula." "Captioned by Grant Brown"