- Parasite: [as he's absorbing Superman's energy and thoughts] Good to see you again, Superman. Or should I say "Clark?" That's right, Kent! I've got your powers, I got your thoughts and I got your secret!
- Policewoman: Then about an hour ago, I just started feeling better. My doctor says I can go home tomorrow.
- Jimmy Olsen: Then the Parasite's drain is temporary. Hey, you figure Superman's out there feeling better, too?
- Clark Kent: [surreptitiously bending a metal pole and back] Jimmy, I wouldn't be surprised.
- Professor Emile Hamilton: Feel anything?
- Superman: [in a special suit, taking a piece of kryptonite] Nothing. I feel fine. Now, this metal's too hard to be lead. Titanium-lead alloy?
- Professor Emile Hamilton: Exactly. And the helmet is leaded polycarbonate. Materials that will not only withstand kryptonite, but, well, let's say I took into account the type of day you're likely to put the suit through.
- Superman: Why, Professor, you make it sound like I go out *looking* for trouble.
- Parasite: Comfy?
- Superman: Where are we?
- Parasite: Why don't you use your x-ray vision?
- Superman: I... can't.
- Parasite: Aw, shucks. Well, all you need to know is it ain't your apartment. It's mine now. Fits my new, ritzy lifestyle.
- Superman: When I don't go to work, people will come looking for me.
- Parasite: [imitating Clark's voice] "Hi, Perry? That cold of mine is acting up again. I think I'm going to be out sick for a while." You see, Supes, you're my new meal plan. Figure I'll keep you here, pop back every 12 hours or so for a recharge. In fact, it's feeding time right about now.
- Commissioner Henderson: She must have been delirious when our boys found her. She said something about being attacked by a purple monster.
- Jimmy Olsen: Was its name Barney?
- Commissioner Henderson: You here to make 'haha', kid, or take pictures?
- Jimmy Olsen: I guess that's a 'no'...
- Jimmy Olsen: Superman!
- Superman: Jimmy, quick! Where are we?
- Jimmy Olsen: You don't know? You're in S.T.A.R. Labs. The cellar or something.
- Superman: Go up and get help. You can't stay here. He'll be back any minute.
- Jimmy Olsen: [trying to wrench the chains binding Superman off with a crowbar] I can get you outta here.
- Superman: [hearing Parasite approaching] He's back! Quick, hide!
- Perry White: It's been a week, people. This is a newspaper. We need facts. Where does Parasite disappear to? Is Superman alive or dead? And where the heck is Kent? Is he still out sick?
- Jimmy Olsen: I was just noticing, Parasite always flies south, along the coast. That's right toward S.T.A.R., where he used to work.
- Perry White: The police thought of that the first day.
- Lois Lane: Besides, kid, it's not like the guy's going back to work.
- Jimmy Olsen: But maybe the cops haven't checked out S.T.A.R. lately. Somebody should go down there.
- Perry White: [ushering him out] And somebody should be getting his photos to Layout before he misses the evening edition.
- Jimmy Olsen: But, chief...
- Perry White: [closing the door] Okay, where were we? Troupe, what's your excuse? Weaver, justify your existence. Lois...
- LeBeau: Rudy, you oughta be in a hospital. Y-Y-You need help.
- Parasite: Help? I never felt better in my life.
- LeBeau: [Parasite touches him, absorbing some of his energy] Ow! Hey!
- Parasite: [continuing to do so] It's fantastic, Marty. I should be thanking you. When I touch somebody, I get strong. I absorb their energy. But more than that, I hear their thoughts. I know what they know. Really, words don't describe it. Here. Let me show you.
- Parasite: You're wasting your time. I'm still stronger.
- Superman: Maybe, but for how long?
- Parasite: You've got a point. Guess I oughta end this quick.
- [pulling the faceplate of Superman's helmet off]
- Parasite: Time... to say... good night!
- [Superman evades his finger, and Parasite screams as he absorbs the energy from a piece of kryptonite]
- Guard: You there! Hold it!
- [recognizing him]
- Guard: Oh, it's you, Rudy. Hey, what's up? You get cleared for machinery?
- LeBeau: [nervously] Yeah, I'm, uh... a forklift operator now.
- Guard: [seeing his badge says "janitor"] And who's your friend, huh? Doing some early Christmas shopping, mister?
- Rudy Jones: He, um...
- LeBeau: That's all right, Rudy.
- [drawing a gun]
- LeBeau: Maybe I can clear all this up.
- Angela Chen: Since this morning, the thing that was once Rudy Jones has been sighted throughout the city, taking what he pleases and driving citizens into their homes in fear. I spoke personally with Professor Emil Hamilton of S.T.A.R. Labs to find out how a simple janitor could clean out Metropolis.
- Professor Emile Hamilton: The... the chemical Mr. Jones stole was developed to catalyze energy absorption in human cells. But clearly, he was exposed to far greater quantities than we'd ever tested on living subjects.
- Angela Chen: And now that this Parasite has sucked up all of Superman's powers, how much longer 'til he sucks our city dry?
- Jimmy Olsen: [watching on TV, Clark sneezes] Wow. That sounds pretty bad.
- Clark Kent: I'm just fighting a bit of a cold.
- Jimmy Olsen: No. I-I mean this Parasite thing. I wonder where Superman is.
- Clark Kent: I'm sure he'd be here if he could.
- Superman: Enjoy your night out?
- Parasite: You better believe it. My whole life, everybody's been stepping on me. Now I'm the one with all the power.
- Superman: And what have you done with all this power, Rudy? Gave the world the raw deal they gave you? Feel like you've gotten even yet?
- Parasite: What's with the chatter all of a sudden? You're up to something.
- [absorbing some of his energy]
- Parasite: Huh? Somebody's here.
- [looking around with Clark's x-ray vision, he sees Jimmy in hiding]
- Parasite: [knocking him backward as Jimmy swings a crowbar at him] Cute, kid.
- Professor Emile Hamilton: We'll keep him here until a special cell is completed at Stryker's. He's been like this ever since his fight with Superman. I doubt he knows his own name, let alone any of what's transpired. Ah. We're disturbing him. We should go.
- Clark Kent: Yeah. Doesn't look like he'll be giving interviews anytime soon.
- Rudy Jones: Mr. LeBeau, please stop!
- LeBeau: You messed me up for the last time, you stupid little parasite.
- Rudy Jones: Hey! Slow down!
- [as the truck hits a rock in the road, Rudy is covered in hazardous waste]
- Rudy Jones: Mr. LeBeau, stop the truck! Please! Stop! Please! Martin... help me!
- LeBeau: [as he slams on the brakes, Rudy is thrown from the truck bed] Adios... freak.
- Clark Kent: Any luck IDing Rudy Jones' partner from S.T.A.R. security cameras?
- Commissioner Henderson: Yeah. Name's Martin LeBeau. He's a known fence. Last we knew, he was living down by the docks in Hob's Bay.
- Rudy Jones: You're gonna get us put away for good!
- LeBeau: Speak for yourself. I'm not getting caught.
- Superman: What's happened to you?
- Parasite: I don't know, Superman. It's as if I've turned into some kind of monster. Can you help me?
- Superman: Let me take you back to S.T.A.R. Maybe Professor Hamilton can treat you.
- Parasite: Okay, Superman. Just don't hurt me.
- Superman: I won't. Hang on.
- Parasite: Oh, you can count on it.
- [grabbing him and absorbing his energy]
- Parasite: Man, what a rush! So that's what real power feels like. Ah. Looks like you still got some juice left in you.
- [grabbing him again; after Superman fights back, Parasite throws him into a lamppost like a rag doll]
- Parasite: You all see that? That's the new me!
- [Superman breaks off the lamppost and swings it, but Parasite knocks him backward into the water]
- Parasite: That's what Rudy Jones can do. Now tell your friends... there's a new Superman in town.
- LeBeau: Hey, Rudy, today or what? You screw this up, you can forget about me paying off that bookie of yours.
- Rudy Jones: I-I know, Mr. LeBeau.
- LeBeau: [watching him try to put a pallet in a truck with a forklift] Jeez! I thought you knew how to work that thing.