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Lex Luthor:
If you walk out that door, I will make you disappear.

Roger Nixon:
What're you gunna do? You gunna have me killed?

Lex Luthor:
[laughs] No. You'll be very much alive. But there'll be no evidence of your existence.

Roger Nixon:
What are you talking about?

Lex Luthor:
Driver's license, passports, social security number, bank account, will all be erased. With one call, I can be sure that there will be no record that you actually walk this earth.

Roger Nixon:
You're bluffing.

Lex Luthor:
Call your bank, see if your account still exists. That is, if your cell phone hasn't already been disconnected.

[Roger tries his phone but notices it's not working]

Roger Nixon:
What did you do?

Lex Luthor:
Don't worry, Roger. I'm going to give you a new identity. One that's a little less upstanding. Maybe a murderer. Maybe a drug dealer. Either way, you'll lose your job, your house, and your family.

Roger Nixon:
Look, I'll give the money back. Then we'll be even.

Lex Luthor:
No, we won't. Because I also know your brother works for juvenile court. What'd you tell him? "Steal the records and you can make some quick cash"? He could do time for that.

Roger Nixon:
Leave him out of this.

Lex Luthor:
I didn't get him involved, Roger. You did. You came into my life thinking you could shake me down because I was some spoiled rich brat who needed his daddy's protection. Trust me. When I make things disappear, they stay buried.

Roger Nixon:
What do you want from me?

Lex Luthor:
Your help. My father's obsessed with the Daily Planet. But I know the Inquisitor is read by the people. They're the ones I'm interested in. I will feed you stories and you will print them. Any negative stories about me you will kill. You'll be at my disposal 24/7.