---Open on shot of control towers--- ---Cut to Banning's control room--- Operator 1: There it is again. Operator 1: 1500 kilometers an hour. Deccelerating. Give me a trajectory. Operator 2: Plotting. Operator 1: I think it's what we've been expecting. Banning: Yes. it would be. Operator 2: The course is set for the prairies. Somewhere close to the border. Operator 2: We've got visual from the satellite now. Banning: Shut it down. Operator 2: You mean? Banning: I do mean... Operator 2: It'll kill all forms of life on board. Banning: It won't. Mobilize a retrieval team. Operator 1: Intruder confirmed. Prepare to jam. ---Cut to exterior control tower, firing some beam into the sky--- ---Back to control room--- Banning: Now. ---Tower exteriors--- <> ---Shot in space--- <> ---Cut to pair of cops standing by a jeep--- <> ---Men in black getting stuff out of jeep--- <> Cop: Who's in charge here. Dent (shows badge): I think that would be me. Cop: Well then maybe you'll tell us what the hell you're doing here. Dent: Tell them. <> ---Scattered shots of woodland--- <> <> <> <> ----- Titles ----- Cameron Bancroft as Ethaniel Ingrid Kavelaars as Dr. Laura Keating Gordon Currie as Dent Joseph Baldwin as Byder Olivier Gruner as Tawrens Andrew Gillies as Banning ---- The Mission ----- ---Banning in conference room, talking on phone--- Dent (on phone): We have some interesting news. Banning: You have him and you're bringing him here. Dent: Unfortunately he was struck by a vehicle and taken to a hospital where he escaped with a woman doctor. Banning: I can't overstress the importance of this simple task Mr Dent. I don't care about the woman, but bring Ethaniel to me. Use every resource Dent: I've set them up. He'll be ours soon. ---Police interrogation room.--- Laura: I don't know how, I don't know why. Laura (voice-over): My name is Laura Keating, I'm a clinical psychologist. Two days ago I was given an assignment that changed my life. His name's Ethaniel. Detective: It doesn't look good Ethaniel. Not for either of you. Ethaniel: What doesn't? Detective: You helped a suspected murderer escape custody. Laura (voice-over): He suffers from memory loss and possible delusions, but now it seems, so do I. Lieutenant: So you say you're a shrink. Well I'm not going down that road. You know I ran the info you gave me and this "I'm a doctor" story doesn't hold. In fact, none of it does. No birth records. No -uh- medical certification, education. No, no credit cards or drivers license. Laura: I gave you my drivers license. Lieutenant: Its a phony. Come on lady. We can run this stuff so fast these days, it doesn't even give you a chance to think up another story. By the time I get your prints back... Laura (voice-over): Every record of my life has vanished. It seems as if my life as I knew it, never happened. Ethaniel: Doctor Keatings helping me with my memory. Detective: Helping you to remember, or helping you to forget. Ethaniel: Remember. Laura (voice-over): I don't know who he is or where he's from, but since I met him, my life has been turned upside down. Lieutenant: Plus you're running aroud with some escaped mental patient. Now how much evidence do you think I need? Laura (voice-over): Now we've been accused of a murder we didn't commit. Ethaniel: I don't understand. Neither of us had anything to do with the murder. Laura (voice-over): I'm beginnning to wonder why this is happening to me. Somehow I don't think anything is going to be normal ever again. Lieutenant: Look, lets get serious okay? Laura: Look, it's the only story I've got. --- Cut to detective coming down a flight of stairs with a woman in uniform --- Detective:I don't understand. Woman: I'm from OSI. These two are mine. Detective: I don't think you know what they've done. Woman: I don't think you know what they're up against. Detective: I get you. Lieutenant, we've got a problem. Woman: I'm putting them in federal protection. Lieutenant: Paperwork's being processed. They're being arraigned for homicide. Woman: Not any more. Detective: She's got extradition papers. Woman: I can show you the file right here. <> Laura: I'm scared Ethaniel. They worked me over pretty hard, and I didn't have anything to back up my story. What about you? Ethaniel: They seemed very concerned about me. I wish I could have given them more information that they needed. Woman (showing badge to Laura and Ethaniel): Colonel Darrell, with the airforce. I work with OSI. Laura: I'm... Woman: Never mind, I know who you are. I head a task force investigating a certain powerful subversive and deadly organization. Ethaniel: Do you know who I am? Woman: I've got a pretty good idea. Ethaniel: Tell me. Woman: I will, but not here. Laura: Why not here? Woman: It isn't safe. Laura: It's a police station. Woman: As you may have already guessed, for you there are very few safe places. I can offer you one of them. Laura: They're not going to arrest us? Woman: I'm taking you into protective custody. You're running from some very dangerous people. Laura: What do they have against us? Woman: Probably you witnessed something. They'll kill you for what you saw. I assume you've seen some unusual sights. Laura: Assume away. Woman: There will be no arrest if you come with me. Laura: That sounds good. Ethaniel: Can I look at that? Woman: What? Ethaniel (taking woman's badge): That. Ethaniel (examining badge): What's this made out of? Woman: You have bigger things than that to think about. Let's go --- Cut to car, Ethaniel and Laura in back, woman in front --- Woman (into walkie-talkie): Got 'em. Bringing them home. Woman (to Laura and Ethaniel): Anything you want to know? Laura: Where to begin. Woman: Have you lost your memory. Laura: No, but he has. Woman: Typical. Ethaniel: What do you mean? How is it typical? Woman: In the last month alone I've interviewed over seven hundred men and woman who have reported a total memory loss. Everyone who sees a certain light in the sky. Ethaniel: I was the light. Woman: What? Laura: He thinks he's been in a crash. Woman: More likely he saw a crash and they messed with his mind. We haven't found many witnesses who've kept in touch with reality. Banning's people seem to be able to erase minds. Laura: Banning, you know about him? Woman: How long has he been after you? Laura: A couple of days. Woman: Well, you must be a threat to him. You must know something. You must be planning to interfere with one of his operations. Ethaniel: We don't fully know why he's after us. I know that he's my enemy. He's dangerous. Woman: You got that right. Tried your credit card lately? Laura: The police said I had no record of a credit card, or a life for that matter. Woman: Yeah, that's another one of their tricks. If they don't kill you, they erase you. This guys power's incredible. Laura: Can you help us? Woman: I think you're going to have to get used to the fact that outside of protetctive custody, you have no more real life. That's why you're gonna have to tell us absolutely everything that you know. --- Cut to interior of brick building --- Woman: This is our temporary field office here in town. Our department is treating your report as a major breakthrough. <> Woman (to Ethaniel): You like to touch things don't you? Ethaniel: I'm interested in machines. Woman: Yeah, I can see you're a real hands on kinda guy. Ethaniel (to Laura): Theres something very familiar about that. Laura: What'd it make you think of? Ethaniel: Home. Laura: Did it tell you anything about home? Ethaniel: Be ready to move. Woman: Can you get a couple of chairs? Woman: Sit down. <> Woman: Relax. <> Woman: Can we get you anything? I bet you're hungry. Laura: Yes, as a matter of fact. Woman: Get them something to eat. How about some coffee? Laura: Sure. Woman (handing cups to them): Cream? Sugar? Laura: Cream. <>Ethaniel looks at window, sees rope hanging down outside it>> <> Laura (yells): Watch out. <> <> Ethaniel: Let her go. <> Ethaniel: Let her go. Ethaniel (to Dent): Tell him to let her go. Dent: Go on. Shoot. Dent: Personally, I think you should give up the ghost. You're not gonna get out of here alive. And if you do, what of it? Mr Bannings power reaches the remotest of corners. Dent: What's it gonna be Ethaniel? Do you really want her to die? Dent (to man holding Laura): Kill her anyway. <> Ethaniel: Hold on to me. <> <> Banning (to Dent): Where is he? <> <> Laura (trying the door): It's locked. <> Laura: How'd you do that? <> Ethaniel: You're hurt. Laura: Not as bad as it could have been. So, no matter what, we're on the run. Ethaniel: I remembered some more things. Laura: Like? Ethaniel:Banning's from the same place as me. Laura: Do you remember where that is? Ethaniel: No Laura: I can tell you one thing. He's got a lot of pull. Ethaniel: Do you have a home? Laura: Good question, apparently I don't exist. My family, parents, they live about five hours from here. Ethaniel: I'll take you there. Laura: Not a chance. They'll follow us, and then, they'll be in trouble too. Ethaniel: I've ruined your life. Laura: I wouldn't say that. Ethaniel: It's true. You don't know it yet. <> Ethaniel: You're in pain. <> Laura: You sure this is a good idea? Ethaniel: I'm sure you're hurt. Does it work? Laura: I can move it, it just hurts. I think its a sprain. Ethaniel: What do you do to heal a sprain? Laura: I think you're supposed to bind it with something so it doesn't move so much. <> Laura: Thanks. That's much better. Ethaniel: I'm sorry I brought you into this. Maybe if we went in different directions, different destinations. He'd follow me and not you. I'm the one he wants. Laura: I think its safe to say that I'm in this too. He can't afford to let me live after knowing what I know. Ethaniel: You're in trouble because you're helping me. And now you're hurt. Laura: I'll be alright. We're making progress. Now we'll just survive long enough to get the rest of your memory back. Ethanial: Why can't I remember? ---Open on car park. Concrete building behind a parked silver car--- ---Cut to hallway, Banning and Dent walking--- Banning: What progress? Scientist: The power cells have been salvaged. Along with a portion of the computer core Banning: And the ship's hold? Scientist: Sir we don't even know exactly what we're looking for. Banning: You will when you find it. It will be impervious to your conventional tools. Banning (to Dent): Everything I need is in that hold. Dent: What's in the locker that's so valuable? Banning: Information. The main data to the computer core. I assume there'll be details about his mission. And how much they know about what I'm trying to accomplish here on earth. Ethaniel and the girl, where are they? Dent: Travelling east. Banning: And what are we doing about them? Dent: A retrieval team is being assembled as we speak. Banning: You've lost him twice already. Dent: This time it will be different. I placed a small tracking device on the woman. Right now they expect us to follow. They're on the alert. But they have to stop. They have to sleep. And when they do, I'll know where. Banning: I want them here by morning Mr Dent. Dent: Oh, he'll be here, or dead. Banning: Not dead. Dent: Only if it were an accident of course. Banning: The reason for your existence, the only reason... Dent: To do your bidding Mr Banning. Banning: My bidding is this. Bring him to me alive. Kill the girl by all means. But I want Ethaniel alive. Dent: Sentiment? Banning: Survival. Our scientists have improved the physical convergence since this body was created. While my time and that of my people is running out, Ethaniel's form may last for years. I need to study it. Dent: Your body's impermanence. That would be a major flaw, yes? A weakness, one might say. Banning: One might say that, why? Dent: An existential moment. When one learns one's creator is less than perfect. Banning: Spare me your insights Mr Dent. Scientist: Sir I think we have something here. Banning: The hold? Scientist: Looks like it. Banning: This is it. <> Banning: Open it now. <> Dent (looking at Palm Pilot in hand): They've stopped to rest. Banning: Keep at it. Dent: I can secure their position... within the hour. Banning: Do that. ---Cut to Ethaniel and Laura getting out of car by a metal fence. Sign on fence says "DANGER Condemned by the City"--- Ethaniel: What does that mean? Laura: It's deserted. <> Ethaniel: We'll wait here. Laura: It's locked up. <> Ethaniel: We'll hide here until dark. It'll make it harder for them to spot us. <> Laura: It's cold in here. And dark Ethaniel: I can see alright. Laura: In here? <> Ethaniel: Amazing. Laura: It's a match. Come on. I see a way for us to warm up. <> Laura: What are you thinking? Ethaniel: Nothing. Just trying to remember. Laura: Anything coming to you? Ethaniel: No. I think I'm enjoying the moment too much. Something inside me doesn't want to remember the past. Laura: You enjoy being hunted by Banning? Ethaniel: I enjoy spending time with you. Laura: I wish the circumstances were different. Ethaniel: You're right. ---Two black vans driving around a corner--- <> ---Cut back to Ethaniel and Laura--- Ethaniel: I didn't know it could feel so good to be warm. Laura: What kind of weather are you used to? Ethaniel: Weather? Laura: Atmosphere conditions. Ethaniel: Not warm. Cold. I don't remember more. Laura: I thought I could trick you into remembering. Ethaniel: You almost did. ---Back Outside--- <> ---Back to Ethaniel--- Ethaniel: Why are you doing this? Laura: I don't know... I don't get out much. Beats watching re-runs on a saturday night. Ethaniel: Re-runs? Laura: Television... I don't know. I guess there's something that just won't let me leave. Ethaniel: Thank you for staying with me. Laura: I like to finish what I started. Ethaniel: You have the courage of a soldier. Laura: You talk a lot about soldiers, battles, enemies. Ethaniel: It's the first thing that came into my mind. Laura: Maybe you were... a, a soldier, or a warrior. Ethaniel: I think I am. <> Ethaniel: They've got us. Laura: What is that? Ethaniel: It's a tracking device. We've been stationary long enough for them to locate us. <> Ethaniel: Do exactly as I say. Laura: Alright. Dent (offscreen): You, down the corridor and to the right. <> Ethaniel: Wait for me here. I'll find you. <> ---Dent and men in corridor--- <> <> ---Men in black walking down corridor--- <> ---Cut to Dent who hears struggle and goes back to investigate--- ---Cut to Ethaniel dragging soldier--- <> ---Various corridor / soldier shots--- <> ---Two soldiers come round corner--- Soldier (to Ethaniel):What is it? <> ---Flashbacks to chase through woods--- ---Close up shot of another man (Ethaniel's brother, Thorber)--- ---Back to corridors--- <> <> <> Laura: Ethaniel. Ethaniel (groggy): We've gotta move. ---Dent with soldiers again--- <> Soldier: He got Johnson and Manfridi. Found their bodies over there. Dent: Bottle up the entrances and exits. Soldier: They couldn't have gotten out Dent: And you know that? Do as I say. Secure the building. Soldier: Why can't we kill them? Dent: Just do it, It's an order. Soldier:If we can't defend ourselves, we're sitting ducks for them. <> Dent: Any more keen observations? Put a man at every door. Cover every hallway. Break every lock. Check every room. ---Cut to Dent breaking down a door--- Two soldiers enter behind him and peel off. Dent walks towards camera, then turns around and follows soldiers. ---Camera pans down through floor to Laura and Ethaniel hiding below--- Laura: You're hurt. Ethaniel: I know who I am. I remember, you were right. There was a painful memory I wanted to forget. I know everything now. The darts... they make me sleep. I-I'll try to keep talking through. Laura: Go on. Ethaniel: I'm from Thera. Laura: Thera? Ethaniel: Black ocean, endless sea. Mountains of crystal. Laura: I don't understand what you're talking about. Ethaniel: I am a soldier. I came here with a team. My people. Laura: Your people? Ethaniel: In human forms. Laura: Oh my god. I need a therapist. Ethaniel: You are a therapist. Laura: This can't be real. I've always been fascinated by the paranormal. Listened to little old women from Nevada give detailed accounts about their alien abductions. Even a part of me wanted to believe it. Ethaniel: I'm sorry... I've scared you. Laura: No. Well, er, yes. Laura: Ethaniel, where are they, your, your people? Ethaniel: Dead. That or taken. My brother. Thorber. he's... Laura: What about him, Ethaniel? Ethaniel: He's the face I saw. He's the scientist. He invented this human form. Banning's too. He's here on this planet. Laura: You're here to find him? Ethaniel: Yes. And to stop Banning. Laura: Ethaniel, stay awake. Is Banning a criminal? Ethaniel: Banning was the first to lead the expedition to this world with my brother. When Banning returned home, my brother was no longer with him. Banning said that my brother was a traitor. That he tried to sabotage his mission. Banning's the traitor. To this world and to mine. Laura: What does Banning want? Ethaniel: He wants to make your world livable to us. To change it. To destroy all human life. Laura: And your people? Ethaniel: Some... some people think he's a hero. It's not our poeple's way to kill a race. The shift was planned for an uninhabited world. Not inhabited. <> Ethaniel: We have to move. ---Back at window they entered through--- <> <> <> Ethaniel: Ugh. I can't. Laura: Don't you dare leave me. You're from Thera. You're Ethaniel. You're a soldier. Who's gonna believe me if we don't get through this thing together? Stay awake. ---Cut to them outside--- Ethaniel: Talk to me. Laura: You have to find Thorber. Ethaniel: I have to... Laura: You have to stop Banning. Ethaniel: Banning... Laura: You've got to stay conscious. Ethaniel: Trying... Laura: You're a soldier. Your name is Ethaniel. Try to stay conscious. Ethaniel: I'm distracted. <> <> Laura: We don't have keys, you're going to have to start it. <> ---Back inside--- <> Dent: (Grunt) ---Ethaniel laying hands on steering column--- <> Ethaniel: (mumbles something) Laura: I'm gonna get us out of here, we're gonna make it Ethaniel. Just try. Ethaniel: Ugh. Nothing. Laura: You have everything you need Ethaniel. Remember. We're here to find your brother Thorber. ---Shot of Dent climbing out of window--- ---Back in car--- Laura: Ethaniel just, just try. Please. <> Ethaniel: Touch these. ---Shot of Dent with men, approaching car--- ---Back in car--- <> ---Open on car parked by field, Ethaniel asleep in the passenger seat--- <> Ethaniel: You're a good warrior Laura. Laura:That's the last thing I expected to be. Ethaniel: You fought bravely. Now its time to take the battle to them. Laura: Ethaniel, you have to rest.. Ethaniel: There's no time to rest. Laura: Are you alright? Ethaniel: I think so, thanks to you. Laura: Don't mention it. That dart was meant for me. Ethaniel: It would have killed you. It would have killed me if it had stayed in there any longer. <> Laura: We should have gotten rid of that. Ethaniel: It's gonna work for me now, I can communicate with it and use it to lead us to their central base. Laura: You think Banning will be there? Ethaniel: Yes Laura: Ethaniel, he has his own army. Ethaniel: He has my ship, or what's left of it. Laura: And you think you can do something about that after what he's put us through. Ethaniel: I know who I am now. That's what makes it different. Come on. <> ---Cut to Banning's place from earlier (concrete building, silver car in foreground)--- ---Car moving through woods, pulls up in sight of Banning's place--- Ethaniel: I'll get out here. I'll leave it running. You take the truck and go half a mile back and wait for me there. I'll find you. If I'm not out in an hour, go back to your parents. Laura: I'm going with you. Ethaniel: That's not possible. Laura: I thought you said I was a good warrior. Ethaniel: You're hurt. Laura: I don't care. Ethaniel: This is not your fight. Laura: They tried to kill me, they take away my identity and it's not my fight? Ethaniel: I have an objective. I'll achieve it better alone. Laura: Or die alone. Don't do this. If that's what you want. Ethaniel: It is. Laura: I hope to see you again. Ethaniel: You too. Be safe. Laura: And you. <> <> ---Inside--- <> Banning: This isn't working. I need the one who is key to the lock. <> Banning: (Theran) Ethaniel. <> <> Banning: So glad you've come to help. <> Ethaniel: I've come to destroy you. <> Banning: You need me. <> Banning: Don't you care about the future of Therans. That's all I'm trying to build. We've got to live somewhere. If you're not part of it, you're a traitor to your own race. Ethaniel: You can't destroy another lifeform. That wasn't the plan. Banning: You'll enjoy helping me Ethaniel. With you helping me, I might even get your brother back in my fold. Ethaniel: Thorber's alive? Banning: For the time being. <> <> Ethaniel: Where is Thorber? Dent:I don't think you'll like the outcome of that. <> Dent: Drop it Ethaniel. <> Banning: She seems to have rather grown on you. I think its a shame the way these human forms affect us. Personally, I've risen above it. I see you can't quite. Now, open it. Banning: Lets see what they sent with you Ethaniel. Ethaniel: Let her go and I will. Banning: Open it first. <> Banning: Now move away and let me take my prize. <> Banning: No. <> <> Ethaniel: Let's get out of here. <> Laura: What did you do? Ethaniel: I neutralized their electronics. It'll take them a long time to catch up to us. ---Back inside--- <> <> <> <> ---Same explosion from outside building as Laura / Ethaniel drive away--- Laura: Will Banning survive? Ethaniel: We slowed him down. Laura: What's in the cylinder? Ethaniel: I brought a few things with me in case of emergencies. Laura: Seems we've got nothing but. Diamonds! Ethaniel: They're very common on Thera. I understand they're valuable here. <> Laura: Oh my god. ---Cut to large ship by dock--- ---Inside ship--- <> Salesman: We had all the work done you requested. She's all yours. Enjoy. <> Ethaniel: Thank you very much for your help. Laura: So we've got your battleship. Ethaniel: Yours and mine, if you want. As long as Banning's alive, he'll hunt you. You'll be protected here. Laura: I didn't expect to be living with someone. Especially someone like you. Ethaniel: Neither did I. I owe you a lot Laura. Your life changed when you chose to help me. Laura: Yes it did. Ethaniel: And I'm sorry about that. Laura: Don't be. Let me tell you something. I've been listening to people tell me about flying saucers and little green men with antennas. I figured they were sharing their precious fantasies to me. Do you know what a fantasy is? Ethaniel: Something that isn't real? Laura: Sometimes. A fantasy can be a secret wish. You hold deep in your heart. You know its not real. You fear that it will never be real. But you want it so bad, that there's someone else out there, that the universe has more to offer than meets the eye. I know I've always longed for that to be true. But now that you've laid it at my feet. I don't want to miss a minute of it. ---Banning's office, Dent on video screen--- Dent: No luck. Banning: No trace of them? Dent: Nothing. Banning: Keep looking. Dent: How long? Banning: As long as it takes. We have plenty of resources. There are many ways of getting to her. She has a family and friends. Her beloved institute, her deserted patients. We'll get to her, and, when we do, we'll have him as well.