Episode Seven

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AT THE BIO LAB. ED STARES THROUGH A MICROSCOPE. KELLY APPROACHES HIM.

Kelly: God, that felt great. It’s the best sleep I’ve had since the cave.

ED LOOKS UP AT HER, A SERIOUS LOOK ON HIS FACE.

Ed: Could you sit down for a second?

SHE DOES.

Kelly: You found something in the test, didn’t you? Some terrible disease?
Ed: No, it’s not that. But w-we did a DNA test. Your genetic structure’s been altered.
Kelly: (in tears) What does that mean? Am I gonna be alright? Am I gonna get better?
Ed: I hope so.
Kelly: Wh-what are you talking about, my genetic...whatever?
Ed: Somehow, the molecular composition of your body’s been changed. It’s different, uh from, from mine, from your parents.
Kelly: From everyone’s?
Ed: The differential between the DNA of the new species and the DNA of human beings is one-point-six percent. Your differential is one-point-three.
Kelly: What have they done to me? What’ve they turned me into some sort of a freak?
Ed: Kelly once--
Kelly: No, you know man, I should’ve killed myself!
Ed: You gotta give me a chance to fix things. Don’t give up. C’mon.

HE PULLS HER INTO HIS ARMS.

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AT SLOAN’S APARTMENT. TOM AND SLOAN WALK IN THE DOOR.

Tom: We can’t stay long.

SLOAN HUSTLES TO HER BEDROOM AND GRABS A BAG FROM THE CLOSET.

Sloan: I’ll just grab some things, and my passport, just in case.

SHE STARTS STUFFING THINGS INTO THE DUFFEL BAG.

Sloan: I can’t believe this is all really happening. My life used to be so simple.
Tom: It’ll be a long time before it’s that way again. Listen uh, the murders Lewis talked about....
Sloan: You don’t have to explain all that.

TOM WALKS OVER TO WHERE SHE STANDS NEXT TO HER BED.

Tom: No, I do. He fabricated most of the evidence--

A KNOCK SOUNDS ON THE DOOR. TOM AND SLOAN TURN AT THE SOUND. SLOAN WALKS ACROSS THE APARTMENT, CHECKS THE PEEPHOLE AND OPENS THE DOOR. ATTWOOD WALKS IN.

Attwood: It’s not safe for you here. The police are buying Lewis’s story. How are you after last night?
Sloan: Walter, can’t you straighten this out with the police? Tell them the truth?
Attwood: I’m working on it.
Tom: Maybe you and your boss can try a little harder.
Sloan: Walter, you should’ve told us about her.
Attwood: I was trying to protect you from her interference.
Sloan: I had the right to know who’s calling the shots.
Tom: And what the price was.
Attwood: I am terribly sorry about what happened Sloan, you know that. But I had no idea what she was planning.
Sloan: Well, can she help us now, can she clear us?
Attwood: I hope so.

TOM HAS MOVED TO THE WINDOW. HE SEES COP CARS PULL UP BELOW.

Tom: The police are here.
Attwood: You have to leave.
Sloan: How? Where?
Tom: We’ll go over the roof to the next building.

SLOAN TURNS TO GRAB THE BAG SHE PACKED.

Tom: C’mon, c’mon! We don’t have time for that!

SLOAN GRABS HER PURSE AND COAT AND RACES OUT THE DOOR WITH TOM.

Attwood: Hurry. I’ll delay them.

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NIGHTTIME. RAY PULLS INTO HIS DRIVEWAY. HE KILLS THE HEADLIGHTS AND GETS OUT OF THE DODGE.

Sloan: (whispering) Ray!

RAY TURNS AND SEES SLOAN AND TOM EMERGE FROM BEHIND A TREE NEXT TO HIS HOUSE. RAY WALKS OVER TO THEM.

Ray: What are you doing here?
Sloan: The police raided my apartment. I need to know what they have on us.
Ray: Look, they found Tom’s prints and blood and hair at the crime scene where Lisa was killed. Now, they’re gonna look for you both here.
Tom: They already have.
Ray: If I can find Lewis and collar him, we can straighten this out.
Tom: Look, it won’t do any good. He’ll come out clean.

RAY TURNS AS A CAR PULLS UP ACROSS THE STREET.

Ray: Look, the police are back. Get out, go as far away as you can.

TOM AND SLOAN RUSH OFF.

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AT THE BIO LAB. ED IS ON THE PHONE.

Ed: Uh, yeah, this is Dr. Ed Tate. Is Darcy there?...Oh, um, I’m a friend of Kelly Hammond. Do you know when your daughter will be back?...What do you mean she disappeared?...Hello?
Kelly: So what are you doing?

ED TURNS AND SEES KELLY, STANDING BEHIND A COUNTER. HE HANGS UP THE PHONE.

Ed: Uh, hey, just uh, trying to come up with an angle on this thing.

KELLY IS SLINKING AROUND THE COUNTER, ADVANCING ON THE SEATED ED.

Kelly: And working non-stop, huh?
Ed: How you feeling, Kelly?
Kelly: I’m fine. Just had enough of your crap.

ED STANDS AND WALKS OVER TO HER, PUTTING HIS HAND ON HER SHOULDER.

Ed: Look, why don't you--
Kelly: (wrenching away from him) Just get your hands off me!
Ed: Kelly, I was--
Kelly: You’ve been dying to hit on me all along, haven’t you? Alright, come on!

SHE STARTS UNZIPPING HER SWEATER AND TAKES A FEW STEPS TOWARDS ED.

Ed: Will you stop!
Kelly: (belligerently) No, no, you know what, if you want me, come and get me!

SHE PUSHES ED.

Kelly: What, haven't got it in ya?

SHE PUSHES HIM AGAIN, HARDER, AND HE SLAMS UP AGAINST THE DOOR.

Ed: Don’t do this, Kelly.
Kelly: What’re you gonna do? You gonna spank me?
Ed: I said--

SHE GRABS HIS SHIRT AND PULLS HIM DOWN, KISSING HIM HARD. HE PUSHES HER AWAY. SHE GLARES UP AT HIM.

Kelly: Did you like that, Ed?
Ed: Will you stop?

KELLY SLAPS HIM HARD, THEN STARTS PUMMELING HIM. HE GRUNTS AND GROANS AT HER PUNCHES. SHE CONTINUES WAILING ON HIM, GETTING SOME KICKS IN TOO, UNTIL HER ENERGY FLAGS. SHE SLUMPS AGAINST ED, UNCONSCIOUS. HE GENTLY LAYS HER TO THE FLOOR.

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AT THE BIO LAB. ED IS SITTING ON A COUNTER, READING THE NEWSPAPER AS HE DIALS THE PHONE. WE SEE PICTURES OF TOM AND SLOAN ON THE FRONT PAGE, UNDER A HEADLINE THAT READS, ‘Alleged Cult Assassin Tied to 26 Murders’. ATTWOOD ENTERS THE LAB AND ED SHOVES THE PAPER AT HIM.

Attwood: Who you calling?
Ed: Sloan. She must have her cell phone off or she’s out of the area.
Attwood: Or her battery could be dead. Besides, if she was able to contact us, she would.

ED HANGS UP.

Ed: Of course. Walter, she’s gotta come in here.
Attwood: That’s not possible right now. We’ve gotta get her off this hook first. How’s Kelly?
Ed: Melted down. It’s bizarre. You know her friend Darcy? Disappeared.
Attwood: Same things may be happening to her.
Ed: That’s why I gotta test Sloan. Make sure they’re not happening to her.

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DAYTIME AT A FOOD STAND. RAY STANDS TALKING WITH A MAN IN A SUIT, OBVIOUSLY A COP.

Ray: I’m telling you, Daniels and Parker didn’t commit that murder.
Cop: (cynically) How do you know that? Were you there, Ray?
Ray: No, it’s all part of this guy Lewis’s plan to frame them.
Cop: Where’d he get the blood sample to plant?
Ray: I don’t know.
Cop: Sooo, is Lewis part of this new species too?

RAY EXHALES.

Cop: Ray, step back on this a second.
Ray: Look, I’m just trying to help two innocent people, that’s all.
Cop: I’m trying to help YOU. I’ve always respected you. You’re about to throw your life away. Forget about your career, it’s already gone. Examine what you're doing, for Grace’s sake, huh? For Matt’s.
Ray: Thanks, I appreciate the concern.

RAY WALKS OFF. THE COP REACHES INTO HIS CAR AND GETS HIS PORTABLE RADIO OUT.

Cop: (into the radio) This is Twenty-two, get me Lt. Quinn on tack Four.

THE COP CHECKS OVER HIS SHOULDER, MAKING SURE RAY IS GONE.

Quinn: (voiceover) Quinn here.
Cop: Yeah, Lieutenant, I just talked to Peterson. I think you’re right. I think he is working for them now.

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AT ED’S APARTMENT. ED SITS ON THE EDGE OF HIS BED LOOKING DOWN AT KELLY, ASLEEP UNDER THE COVERS. SHE OPENS HER EYES AND LOOKS UP AT HIM WITH A SMALL SMILE.

Kelly: Hi, Ed.
Ed: Hey. Welcome back.
Kelly: Where am I? Your apartment?
Ed: Yeah.
Kelly: What happened?
Ed: Doesn't matter. How you feeling?
Kelly: Weird. You know what the worst part of this is, is right when I wake up, I suddenly remember what’s happening to me. It’s not fair.
Ed: No. Hey, don’t give in Kelly. I’m getting close to figuring out why this happened, and then I can start thinking about how to reverse it, ok?
Kelly: You think, okay? I’m gonna get some more sleep. Better than being awake.

SHE CLOSES HER EYES AND ED STANDS UP.

Ed: I’ll check in on you later.
Kelly: Ok.

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DAYTIME. TOM AND SLOAN WALK DOWN A BUSY DOWNTOWN SIDEWALK. A WOMAN GLANCES AT TOM AS THEY WALK PAST AND HE TURNS TO LOOK AT HER, TRYING TO DETERMINE IF SHE’S RECOGNIZED HIM OR IS JUST STUNNED BY HIS STRIKING GOOD LOOKS.

Tom: Maybe we haven’t gotten far enough away.

(REALITY INTRUSION.....IF YOU LOOK IN THE WINDOW BEHIND TOM, YOU’LL SEE IT READS ‘KINGSBRIDGE FLORIST’...THE FLOWER SHOP RIGHT BENEATH SLOAN’S APARTMENT...THEY HAVEN’T GOTTEN FAR AT ALL!)

Sloan: Should we think about leaving the country? Till Ray and Attwood work something out?
Tom: We can’t with Lewis out there.
Sloan: Oh, it would be great if we could just go off somewhere.

HE TURNS TO HER.

Tom: Where would you wanna go?

HE GIVES HER A LITTLE SMILE. THEY CONTINUE WALKING AND SEE A POLICE CAR PULL UP AT THE END OF THE BLOCK. THEY CAUSALLY TURN AND START WALKING BACK THE WAY THEY CAME. ANOTHER COP CAR PULLS UP AT THE OTHER END OF THE BLOCK AND TURNS ON ITS SIREN.

Sloan: They’re coming!

SLOAN AND TOM START RUNNING DOWN THE SIDEWALK. THEY TURN AND RACE DOWN AN ALLEY. THE COPS ARE CLOSE BEHIND. WE SEE TOM AND SLOAN RUN THROUGH AN INDUSTRIAL PARK. THEY APPROACH A DOOR OF A FACTORY. IT’S PADLOCKED. TOM GRABS THE LOCK AND WRENCHES THE PLATE FROM ITS HINGES. SLOAN’S EYES WIDEN IN ADMIRATION AND DISBELIEF. THEY ENTER THE LARGE, DIMLY LIT BUILDING. TOM AND SLOAN SCAN THE INTERIOR FOR A PLACE TO HIDE. OUTSIDE, UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICERS NEAR THE DOOR. THEY STARE AT THE BROKEN LOCK PLATE AND CAUTIOUSLY ENTER. TOM AND SLOAN RACE DOWN AN AISLE, BETWEEN METAL SHELVING UNITS. THE POLICE TRAIL THEM, THE BEAMS FROM THEIR FLASHLIGHTS CUTTING THROUGH THE DARKNESS. OUR HEROES MAKE THEIR WAY DEEPER INTO THE BUILDING, AVOIDING THE COPS. TOM WALKS OVER TO A LARGE RECTANGULAR CONCRETE SAFE.

Sloan: What are you doing?

TOM FORCES OPEN THE HEAVY LID.

Tom: (panting) C’mon, get in!

SHE DOES AND TOM FOLLOWS HER IN, LETTING THE LID SLAM SHUT OVER THEM. THE POLICE APPROACH, SEARCHING FOR THEM, CHECKING BEHIND CORNERS, UNDER TABLES. THEY NEAR THE SAFE.

Ofc.: Try down here.

THE COP TRIES TO LIFT THE LID.

Ofc.: Blake, give me a hand with this.

ANOTHER OFFICER STEPS FORWARD AND THEY BOTH TRY TO LIFT THE LID. IT DOESN’T BUDGE A BIT.

Ofc.: Let’s check over there.

THEY GIVE UP AND WALK OFF.

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INTERIOR OF A BLACK BMW. THE RADIO PLAYS A NEWS REPORT AS THE CAMERA PANS UP TO REVEAL LEWIS IN THE DRIVER SEAT, LISTENING.

Radio Announcer: ....and still there are no arrests in the so-called cult murders. The police have spread a net far and wide across the Southland and it seems inconceivable that the suspects Daniels and Parker can elude capture much longer.

LEWIS STARTS THE ENGINE AND DRIVES OFF.

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NIGHTTIME. TOM AND SLOAN RUN THROUGH A PARK OF SOME SORT, DOWN A PATH BORDERED BY TREES AND SHRUBS. (LOOKS LIKE ONE BIG-ASS JUNIPER TO ME, ON TOM’S LEFT) TOM PULLS UP.

Tom: (panting) Wait, wait.

TOM LOOKS BEHIND HIM AS THEY STOP.

Tom: I don’t think they saw us.
Sloan: No.

SLOAN LOOKS UP AT TOM, BREATHING HARD.

Tom: Welcome to my world.
Sloan: I don’t know if I can keep going.

SHE HUNKERS DOWN, STILL GASPING FOR BREATH. TOM CROUCHES (!) NEXT TO HER.

Tom: You have to Sloan.
Sloan: Where can we go?
Tom: I don’t know.

HEADLIGHTS FLASH OVER THEM.

Tom: Look, we can’t stay here. C’mon, c’mon.

THEY GET UP AND RUSH OFF.

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AN OLD RED CAR PULLS INTO A PARKING LOT NEXT TO LEWIS’S BMW. LEWIS GETS OUT AS THE DRIVER OF THE RED CAR HANDS HIM A BLACK CASE. LEWIS OPENS IT AND REVEALS A SYRINGE AND A VIAL.

Lewis: (to Driver) Well done.

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AT ED’S APARTMENT. ED RUSHES IN. WE SEE KELLY IN THE BED.

Ed: (excitedly) Kelly! I uh, actually just spoke to my med school advisor Dr. Copeland. He gave me an idea.

ED SITS ON THE BED NEXT TO KELLY.

Ed: I wanna take you back to the lab and get another blood sample.

KELLY REMAINS MOTIONLESS. ED STARES AT HER.

Ed: Kelly! Kelly c’mon.

HE TRIES TO SHAKE HER AWAKE.

Ed: (concerned) Kelly, c’mon wake up. Kelly...

ED REACHES DOWN AND TAKES HER PULSE. HE PULLS HIS HAND BACK SLOWLY.

Ed: God, no.

WE CAN SEE FROM HIS EXPRESSION THAT KELLY IS DEAD.

End Episode 7

Part One

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