- Clark Kent: And this breaking news just in: authorities have blocked off Central Avenue while firefighters try to rescue an unidentified woman on top of the Luthor Towers.
- Clark Kent: [watching on TV] Lois?
- Superman: [catching Lois as she falls] I've got you, Lois.
- Talia al Ghul: The name's Talia.
- Superman: [recognizing her from the train] You.
- Talia al Ghul: Sorry for the theatrics, but I needed to get your attention.
- Superman: You've got it. What's this all about?
- Talia al Ghul: My father would like to meet you. Privately.
- Superman: Your father?
- Talia al Ghul: Ra's al Ghul.
- Superman: And if I refuse?
- Talia al Ghul: [taking out and using the shaman staff] Then I'll have to insist.
- Ra's al Ghul: [using Superman to rejuvenate himself] The power. I've never felt anything like it. More. I must have more!
- Talia al Ghul: Father, your body.
- Ra's al Ghul: Don't stop. I want every ounce, every fiber of his strength.
- [a batarang is thrown into the controls]
- Ra's al Ghul: What?
- Talia al Ghul: [Batman swings in and takes the staff] Beloved.
- Ra's al Ghul: You're foolish to have come here, detective. Give me the staff.
- Batman: I think you've had your workout for today.
- Clark Kent: The Tribal Arts Exhibit should be right on time.
- Lois Lane: Even the mayor is here. Hard to believe all this commotion over a bunch of beads and blankets.
- Professor Black Wing: The heritage of my people is hardly that trivial, Ms. Lane.
- Lois Lane: Professor Black Wing! I didn't realize you were... I-I mean, I was just joking. Of course, it's such a wonderful thing, this whole thing. It's so wonderful, really. Have you met Clark Kent?
- Clark Kent: [shaking hands] I hear the exhibition is stunning.
- Professor Black Wing: I've spent years putting it together. Many of the artifacts have never left our tribal lands before. They are irreplaceable.
- Superman: [Batman helps stop a runaway train] Just happened to be in the neighborhood?
- Batman: [taking a tracking device off a hechman] Do you have any idea who they are? The Society of Shadows. I've been trailing them for weeks, hoping they'd lead me to Ra's al Ghul.
- Superman: Who?
- Batman: A criminal mastermind. More dangerous than the Joker and Luthor put together.
- Superman: All I know is they were breaking the law in my town.
- Batman: Leave it to you to charge in with both arms swinging.
- Superman: If you were going to operate in Metropolis, you should have filled me in.
- Batman: Next time, I'll fax my itinerary.
- Superman: I mean it. I'd like to help.
- Superman: I see an underground river, but there's no sign of them. Alive or dead. I'm guessing you and that woman Talia had some history.
- Batman: Pretty much in line with all my other relationships. I have to admit, it was clever using Ra's' devotion to his daughter to stop him.
- Superman: Well, I thought as long as I couldn't charge in with both arms swinging, I better use my head. You know, there might be something to this partnership business after all.
- Batman: Yeah, right.
- Ubu: He's gone. The world has lost its master.
- Talia al Ghul: Proceed anyway.
- Ubu: But he's...
- Talia al Ghul: As long as the body's warm, there's still a chance. Do it.
- Superman: This is where they met?
- Batman: They're not coming back. Ra's is too smart to leave a trail. You said the only thing they took was the shaman's staff?
- Superman: Yes. It's one of the least valuable items. According to Professor Black Wing, it's supposed to have mystic healing powers. Maybe your mastermind isn't feeling well.
- Batman: He's usually in pretty good shape for a guy his age.
- Superman: [Batman finds tire tracks] A bicycle?
- Batman: Or a wheelchair.
- Ra's al Ghul: Mesa De Oro. A lost city defended with honor for centuries.
- Talia al Ghul: Father led the conquistadors who finally vanquished it. The spoils of that victory formed the foundation of his vast fortune.
- Ra's al Ghul: Time is short.
- Talia al Ghul: Secure him.
- [the brace around Superman's neck is secured; he uses his heat vision to break a stalactite, which forces Talia to drop the staff]
- Ra's al Ghul: No! Stop him!
- Ra's al Ghul: I'm sorry we must meet under such circumstances.
- Superman: You're not exactly what I pictured.
- Ra's al Ghul: I'm not the man I was.
- Talia al Ghul: [putting an oxygen mask over his mouth as he coughs] Father, you should rest.
- Ra's al Ghul: Old age, Superman. It truly is a shipwreck. One that I have survived more times than I can remember. For centuries, I've kept myself alive by immersing my body in Lazarus Pits. Their wonderous powers rejuvenated me. But each time, the effects were more and more short-lived. Now they can no longer sustain me.
- Talia al Ghul: [putting the oxygen mask on again] He's dying.
- Superman: What do you want from me?
- Ra's al Ghul: Your strength.
- Batman: Easy, Lois. It's me.
- Lois Lane: Bruce? It's been a while. I take it this isn't a social call.
- Batman: What happened here?
- Lois Lane: I'm not sure. Someone attacked me. A woman dressed in black.
- Batman: Talia.
- Lois Lane: Talia? On a first-name basis, are we? What do you think she was after?
- Batman: [opening her wardrobe] Your clothes.
- Lois Lane: Excuse me?
- Batman: She needed to impersonate you to attract Superman.
- Lois Lane: Ha! She's gonna need more than that. Maybe my clothes and a nuclear disaster.
- Lois Lane: [an exhibit of Native American artifacts is being stolen] Someone's getting an early preview.
- Clark Kent: I'll get help.
- Lois Lane: I'll get the story.
- Lois Lane: [Batman finds a clue on her apartment carpet] And I just had it shampooed. Do you know how depressing it is to have to clean up after your assailant?
- Batman: I'm sorry.
- Lois Lane: Forget it. A little detergent and some elbow grease.
- Batman: I mean that we're meeting like this.
- Lois Lane: Hey, I was the one who said goodbye. Though I can't say I haven't had second thoughts. Actually, there's been several times when I almost picked up the phone. Maybe you felt the same...
- [seeing he's gone]
- Lois Lane: ...way. I gotta get better locks.
- Superman: I think you're finished here.
- Talia al Ghul: [taking a device out of her belt and activating it, an explosion is heard nearby] I've already disabled the brakes. You can stop me or stop the train. The choice is yours.
- [escaping as he tries to stop the train and blowing him a kiss]
- Talia al Ghul: 'Til we meet again.
- Talia al Ghul: Father, stop. You'll kill him.
- Ra's al Ghul: Stay back. I must have it. Farewell, detective.
- Superman: Ra's, you're forgetting something.
- Ra's al Ghul: [as he drops Batman and advances on Superman, Superman breaks the staff] No!
- Superman: [the room begins to collapse] The room won't hold up much longer. Punish me or save your daughter. Your choice.