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Unbelievable.

Immaculate.

The gears, the complications I...

I have never seen anything quite like it.

What does it do?

Well, I am sorry to say I don't know.

I didn't come to the most renowned expert

in antiquities in north america for more ambiguity.

Well I just need more time

i-I need to take it to my workshop and take it apart

no.

the cryptograph isn't leaving this room.

It holds great sentimental value for me.

It's priceless.

Well, if there is no way to decipher the meaning,

it seems your priceless heirloom has no value at all.

I want a security detail on him 24/7.

Oh, my god. Mr. Luthor.

Security breach!

Call an ambulance!

sir, don't try to get up.

I got everythin taken care of.

Clearly that wasn't the case earlier this evening, was it?

Police -- What do they know?

Nothing.

I knew you wouldn't want us to cooperate.

I have a private team tracking your assailant, but...

It was the manager...

From the bank in zurich.

He must have been stationed at the bank,

waiting for someone to open the safe-deposit box.

Apparently I'm not the only one interested in its contents.

sir.

He was trying to kill me.

He was trying to do more than that.

Symbols.

He knows.

He's after the cryptograph.

Chloe: I wont ask you where you've been

or why you stood me up...

...as long as you picked up some cheesecake to say "i'm sorry."

Oh yeah.

Well, the hospital cafeteria isn't known for its dessert list.

Hospital?

Are you all right?

me?

Yeah, I'm -- I'm great. I'm making page two.

Lex's the one thats going on.

Was there an accident?

Well, not unless tripping can cause multiple stab wounds.

Look, I know it sounds sleazy,

but it turns out that ambulance-chasing pays off.

I got a candid shot of lex being admitted to the hospital.

I think I'll pass early peep show.

But, um, you know, jimmy,

there are ways other than cheesecake that u can make up for being late.

As far i can tell, lex's security is not exactly cooperating with the police

in lex's find out what happen in the department.

Don't you find this a little suspicious?

Well, given the large number of dead bodies rolling around lately,

i, uh, thought that lex had eliminated all of his enemies.

Why would someone attack him?

Well, the why...

Isn't as interesting as the how.

Along with the stab wounds,

the attacker chiseled a calling card into lex's chest.

Like a name?

No, it's like some freaky symbols.

hey.

Sorry I couldn't get here faster,

but, you know, I have to drive.

You dragged me out of bed because someone hurt lex.

They did more than just hurt, clark.

Jimmy snapped a photo.

That was carved onto lex's chest.

What does it say?

They're symbols --

One for traveler and the other for savior.

There's only one group that appointed themselves the savior of the traveler.

Veritas.

But queen, teague, swann, lionel --

All the members of veritas are dead.

So, who else could know about the traveler?

Or, more importantly, how to control him?

I mean, lionel said whoever had the two keys

would find the device to control you.

Now, what if lex was attacked

because he has both keys and he used them?

While you were away,

I tracked lex and the keys to a safety-deposit box in zurich.

Then we're too late?

Well, as far as I can tell,

you're still steering your own ship,

which means that whatever was in that box

hasn't taken the wheel... yet.

Well, that's comforting.

Well, maybe it's because lex doesn't know who you are.

There's only one way to find out.

You're not serious.

Looks like your q&a will have to wait.

I found it.

Good retrieve the crytograph.

It can't be.

I should have seen that before.

Magnificent.

Do you want to take a look?

I think I'll pass.

Do you want a look?

You are missing a treat, a real treat.

No, no, no, no.

Here, take it. Take it, please. No.

Savior. Traveler.

I guess skywriting is pass?

Chloe, the person who did this may have kidnapped lex.

If they did, they only did it to save you.

That's the last thing I need --

Someone going around killing people in my name.

That's probably how god felt about the crusades.

Why carve kryptonian symbols into lex's chest?

Lex got himself into this.

Yeah, but I let him.

Wait. Go back.

Right there, where the symbols overlap.

Chloe, it creates a third symbol -- sanctuary.

Like this?

Yeah.

There's no kryptonian word that translates directly to church.

Sanctuary would be the closest match.

And if you look at it that way, then savior could be...

Angel or...saint.

The patron saint of travelers is...

St. Christopher.

Hand me your phone.

Perfect. Everything you need at your fingertips.

That'll take you where you need to go.

Okay, there's only one st. Christopher's cathedral

on this continent, and it's in montreal.

That man was going to kill me.

He was after the cryptograph.

Well, I guess I underestimated its value.

I am not surprised,

considering what I found.

Go on.

Every artist leaves his mark --

His individual signature, if you like.

This piece was designed

by a renowned german watchmaker named dietrich brauer.

A watchmaker?

Brauer catered to european noble families,

making hundreds of timepieces.

And then, one day, he just went into se in.

Rumors swirled that an unknown patron

had commissioned him to make not -- not a watch

but a magnificent clock.

Brauer's standard

his masterpiece.

So, what does this masterpiece have to do with the cryptograph?

Only one sketch existed of the clock

after it disappeared during the second world war.

The gears on that sketch match this exactly.

So nobody knows where the clock is now?

It was lost for decades.

But recently, it resurfaced

as a donation from a wealthy philanthropist.

What was the philanthropist's name?

I believe the donor's name was Dr. Swann.

Virgil swann.

Swann posthumously donated this slvndard to a churc

st. Christopher's cathedral in montreal, quebec.

"cast your eye beneath the surface."

It appears you've found what you were seeking.

I've been expecting you.

There are few who can read the inscription

and only one with ability to follow the instructions.

Who are you?

I'm edward teague,

the last surviving member of veritas.

Teague.

I've waited a lifetime for this moment...

To serve...

The traveler.

I suppose you know what it feels like

to be worshipped.

I didn't ask to be worshipped.

Putting me on a pedestal --

That was something veritas did, not me.

All the members of veritas are dead.

Lionel luthor wanted you all to himself.

He killed the queens, swann.

I went into hiding after I...

Lost my wife...my son.

They all died because of me.

no.

They died for you.

why?

They didn't even know me.

It was a sacrifice they were happy to make.

That the difference between believers and nonbelievers.

We believed you would be the next savior.

We took an oath under swann to protect you.