The Chronicles of Destiny - The Laws of Destiny

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A movie screenplay, which will (with hope and luck) make it to the big screens!

HAKKER (voice)
Fight or flight. The old instinct. It applies to everyone, everywhere. For 200 years, my people have been fleeing, their defences broken. All we have left, is one person, a hero who, if persuaded, can make a hell of a difference between life and death.

THE CHRONICLES OF DESTINY

Two year old BECKY is lifting buggy above her head. MAX comes along with a ‘Now, now, put it down, Becky’. Parents do not notice. Eight year old BECKY wins race by long shot in form of Dash in ‘The Incredibles‘. Eleven year old BECKY holds record for biggest IQ, yet nobody realises.

THE LAWS OF DESTINY

Rather messy, 15-year-olds bedroom. Much scientific equipment scattered around and movie posters. BECKY is asleep. Her alarm goes off. She rolls over, switches it off violently, groans and puts her head under her pillow.

School. Becky is walking down the playground, greeting any friend that she meets. She meets her sister SAM in a corridor that she enters from the outside.

BECKY
Hey, sis

SAM
I’m not your sis, remember? Gran was kind enough to reveal that I’m adopted

BECKY
Hey, sorry, reflex. Forget Gran, you hated her anyway. She was hammered that night. Didn’t she have a heart attack or something?

SAM
Yeah. Too much alcohol

BECKY
Figures

P.E TEACHER appears at the other end of the corridor. BECKY quickly hides behind her sister.

SAM
What’s up with you?

BECKY
It’s Miss Clarkson. She’s had it in for me since I kinda accidentally knocked her out with a discus.

SAM
What?! Flipping heck, Becky!

BECKY
Shut up, I don’t know my own strength.

SAM
Didn’t you bash into her at a track meet recently?

BECKY
I’m faster than I look.

SAM
She was in a wheelchair for a week.

BECKY
You had to bring that up. Is she gone?

SAM
Yeah

BECKY
OK, see ya.

BECKY starts to walk when MISS CLARKSON appears. BECKY stops abruptly and tries to run, but. . .

MISS CLARKSON
Becky Karen MacDonald, come here now!

BECKY
(turns around) Miss Clarkson! (crosses her fingers behind her back) Nice to see you.

MISS CLARKSON
(walking toward BECKY) I know that tomorrow is your birthday-

BECKY
Aww, you remembered!

MISS CLARKSON
Yes, well, anyway, even so I’m afraid that you owe me a detention for a certain discus incident. I’m sure you remember.

BECKY
Actually, I’m surprised you do And come on, it was an accident.

MISS CLARKSON
(walks past) My office, Friday. Or maybe I have a better idea. Why don’t you bring your kit and instead of two hours writing about why you were abusing the right to a discus, you can get two hours sprint training and tell me that way!

BECKY
(calling after) What! My legs’ll drop off, or I’ll die from exhaustion or hay fever or something!

SAM
(coming up behind) Wow, enter the drama queen.

BECKY
You! I shall destroy you!

SAM
Before or after shopping tomorrow, cos if I’m gonna die, there’s this really cute top that I want that I wouldn’t mind dying in-

BECKY screams and chases after SAM as she runs off.

School gate. BECKY and some friends are walking out of the school gates to find their arch-rivals approaching them. At some point in the scene, you see someone taking photos from a window above

FRIEND
Becky, don’t say anything!

BECKY
Why not?

FRIEND
Because you suck at -

BECKY
Ah great, Squad de la b*tch has entered the building! And Queen Sassy the Third of the Seven Dames of Dimsdale!

SASSY
At least us lot ain’t geeky swots like you!

BECKY pretends to keel over in pain

BECKY
Oh the pain! Make it stop! My brain can’t handle the awful verbal abuse of Her Royal Strumpet-ness!

SASSY
Wot!

FRIEND
I don’t think she gets it

BECKY
d*mn! Ah, well, such is life.

SASSY
Whatever you said, I ain’t bovvered ‘cos I reckon you wouldn’t fight me proper.

BECKY
You’re right, I don’t like actual physical contact with your ‘popular’ sluttiness. We here at the Normal Society of Normalness find it contagious, and avoid it at all cost should we be infected with one of you Seven Deadly Sins.

SASSY
Wot, I thought that was an ice cream?

BECKY
You may think of yourself as Lust, but we’ve put you down as a mixture of all of them but, them being Pride, Gluttony, Sloth, Anger, Envy and Greed. I guess that you swallowed Pandora’s Box. Now allow us to take this opportunity to run away while I re-gather my sanity and you figure out what I said.

BECKY and co run, leaving their enemies looking very confused. Around the corner, two people are talking

LEADER
Did you get them?

FILKER
Yes

LEADER
Good

FILKER
I don’t see why you won’t just do it now and let it be done

LEADER
No. This is a game of chess, and I have to stay three moves ahead (BECKY and gang pass) Not to worry though. I have her in check

BECKY’s room. Most of her friends are doing homework while playing music. BECKY is playing chess with one of them.

BECKY
Check and mate. Cough up, please and thank you!

Her opponent reluctantly hands over a five pound note

FRIEND #2
Who taught you to play like that?

BECKY
Grandmaster Max

FRIEND #2
Your alien obsessed uncle?

BECKY
You’ll see, one day an alien will walk right through my front door

A new song comes on, and the girls start to sing along. They don’t notice a boy by the door of around their age. He joins in the singing near the end of the chorus. Everyone falls silent and BECKY looks in utter shock, then excitement as they finish the chorus.

BECKY
Scott!

She tries to jump her bed to the door, trips and falls, gets up and they hug each other.

SCOTT
Nice to see you too!

They break apart

BECKY
What in the lowest pit of hell are you doing here?

SCOTT
Well, Dad is back in town on business and we thought we’d come see you

BECKY
Uncle Max is back in town?!

Cross-cut to derelict, abandoned field. Two sets of random people walk towards each other, men, women and children. They meet and stare at each other

MORTIFER
I’m glad that you agreed to this meeting.

THORIAN
Likewise. It seems that a peaceful conference is preferred to bloodshed. We are glad and wish to hear your proposal.


MORTIFER
You appear eager to begin.

THORIAN
With millions of my people dying out there, light-years from this forsaken rock where its inhabitants still feel the need for a God, deals are most welcome.

MORTIFER
Well without further ado, Filker, the photographs.

FILKER holds out a folder to the lead THORIAN, who takes it warily and starts flicking through the photos, which are of BECKY.

MORTIFER
It seems that the Saviour has risen. Now I am sure that there will be no need for violence, this is after all a peaceful meeting of powerful minds, but we ask you only this. Either hand her over to us and there will be no . . . complications. Or tell us who it is and we will make our own way. No one need die.

HAKKER
But millions of people?

HAKKER walks through the Thorian crowd and walks towards the leader.

MORTIFER
Calm-

HAKKER
You have been torturing our people for centuries but under your human skin suit I can see the fear in your eyes-

THORIAN
Hakker!

HAKKER
-You fear her. The one foretold to destroy you! I am her guardian and I know that she can. I know that she will annihilate you!

All present pull out their guns and point it at their enemy

MORTIFER
No matter. I was afraid that peaceful negotiations would backfire. We‘ll just have to execute Plan B.


THORIAN
And what would that be?

MORTIFER
You made a brave move, knight, but all you have left are pawns

See FILKER shoot gun and goes to next scene.

Back in bedroom scene

SCOTT
Yeah. Hey, you busy at the moment?

BECKY
No

Friends behind her cough loudly

BECKY
OK, fine, I’m busy helping these losers (looks at them evilly) pass science

SCOTT
Ah science, the language of the super genius. I’ll see you tomorrow then. (while leaving) And don’t forget that the geek shall inherit the Earth!

BECKY
(calling after him) And her cousin can have New Jersey!

She turns around to find her friends looking at her very smugly, grinning from ear to ear

BECKY
What?

FRIEND #1
You like him!

BECKY
What! No, you’re crazy, insane, unimaginable, the boy is my cousin, for the love of God!

FRIEND #2
Fine, whatever you say, we believe you

BECKY
He is my cousin. It is sick and wrong, though perfectly legal.

FRIEND #3
What happened to Shaun down the road?

BECKY
I’m 15, 16 tomorrow, I’m allowed to be fickle!

FRIEND #1
Yeah, more than one thing is legal tomorrow. Hubba hubba!

BECKY
You‘re sick, you know that? Sick! Silly goose . . .

FRIEND #1
Just stating the facts . . .

BECKY
Silly goose.

Laughter leads into the next scene

Next morning. BECKY is woken up by SAM with an alarm clock at the end of a broom.

BECKY
I already said I would go shopping with you today!

SAM
Thank you!

Runs out

BECKY
Happy birthday to you too!

BECKY leaves room. SAM sneaks in and starts rummaging through her stuff. BECKY comes back in.

BECKY
What are you doing?

SAM
Nothing, I -

BECKY
Don’t go through my stuff, you’ll screw up the equipment, especially the telescope. I have it pin-pointed on a comet and if you move it -

SAM
Sorry, alright, I won’t touch your stupid telescope!

BECKY
Good

SAM leaves room.

Shopping centre. SAM is buying a top and BECKY is waiting impatiently. Her mobile rings and she answers

BECKY
Hello, whoever you are save me!

MAX
Hey Becky it’s me

BECKY
Uncle Max! Wow I haven’t seen you for an age! I saw Scott yesterday, he looks . . . good!

MAX
Well, you know. I can’t talk long, I’m in my car. I was just wondering if you checked out that website I told you about to do with science and extra-terrestrial life?

BECKY
Of course I did, and as usual, surprise surprise, you were right. It was a great incite and all those conspiracies actually make sense, except the one about how they faked the moon landings, that’s just stupid. Are you coming to the convention?

MAX
I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Hey I gotta go. See you later, OK?

BECKY
OK, bye.

SAM
(coming over) Who was that?

BECKY
Uncle Max. We were just talking about-

SAM
Yeah, yeah, aliens and space and that junk you and Scott geekily love so much. I’m gonna look around some more.

BECKY
(sarcastically) Oh, take your time, anything to keep me out of Game

SAM
Don’t worry, I will!

SAM walks off to shop more and BECKY leans against a clotheshorse. She looks around suddenly and her eyes seem to glaze over a little bit. She walks to the front of the shop and all you can really hear is her breathing, then she collapses. The next thing you see is BECKY standing across a road and SAM is hit by a car. Then it goes back to the centre and SAM slapping BECKY’s face to wake her

SAM
Are you OK?

BECKY sits up, looking confused

BECKY
I’m fine, I guess. I just had a weird dream. You got hit by a car

SAM
Charming! You sure you’re OK?

BECKY
I’m fine already! Let’s go home.

Next thing is what BECKY saw, only she saves SAM.

SAM
What are you, psychic?

BECKY
What are you, blind?

SAM
I thought you covered that, four-eyes

BECKY
I save your life and what’s the thanks I get - getting called unoriginal names that are meant to insult me, well thank you too!

BECKY walks off. Focus on SAM.

SAM
(looking almost sinister) You’re welcome.

Walks after BECKY

Home. BECKY and SAM come in the front door and greet their parents, who are on the sofa. The girls sit down on the other sofa and start to play BECKY’s new computer game.

BECKT
Thanks for the game. I’ve been wanting this one for ages.

MUM
We know, you went on about it for long enough

DAD
Hey, when are your friends getting here for pizzas and DVDs?

SAM
Call that a party?

BECKY
To each their own. Dunno, about 6:30, why?

DAD
Your Uncle Max asked to see you on your birthday

BECKY
Just me?

MUM
Yeah, and Scott. Sam is meeting up with him tomorrow. He wants to see you separately, heaven knows why.

SAM
I can’t tomorrow, I’m busy

BECKY
Don’t tell me you’re going shopping again because you pound that shopping centre floor so much that I swear it’s up to about 8.6 on the Richter scale.

SAM
Oh how witty.

BECKY
Don’t I know it.

SAM
Oh shut up!

BECKY
Whatever, your loss. Sure I’ll go. I’m sure my friends will understand when I tell them that it’s Uncle Max and Scott

DAD
OK. Get changed, I’ll drive you, it’s at the football club.

BECKY
Dad, I know how to take a train, just don’t sing to my friends or anything, OK!

DAD
Damn, foiled!

BECKY goes upstairs to find telescope in different position. SAM walks in

BECKY
I knew you would move it! You just couldn’t resist it could you, you had to ruin everything!

SAM
I’m sorry, OK! I just wanted to see something -

BECKY
What would you want to see, a glitch in your nail polish?!

SAM
I don’t need this!

SAM storms out, and BECKY glares at the spot where she had been.

BECKY is waiting on a very busy train platform, carrying her telescope. A group of lads are arguing near her. She accidentally gets pushed towards the train tracks as a train is coming. She should fall into the tracks but somehow ends up on the platform on the other side, which is several metres away. Many commuters witness her fall but not her jump and wonder where she went. One of these is SAM, the difference being that she sees BECKY on the other side, who is looking frightened and confused and decides to run away. SAM is giving her a dark look.

MAX and SCOTT are waiting by a fence by a muddy field in the football club. BECKY, who is still carrying her telescope, appears suddenly, and falls over because she had literally come out of nowhere. Whispering, she says ’What the hell is happening to me?’. She sees MAX and SCOTT and runs up to them, calling their names.

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MAX
How are you? Happy birthday!

BECKY
I am far from fine, I can tell you that! I had some sort of premonition, flash thing, and it came true. Then I involuntarily took the leap of faith across a train track, now I’m here in a blink of an eye!

MAX AND SCOTT
What?

BECKY eyes them both as they look at each other seriously

MAX
(walking around behind BECKY and holds her shoulders) Why don’t you forget about that for just five minutes, OK?

BECKY’s scared breathing slows down and she relaxes

MAX
Right. So how are you?

BECKY
I’m fine. What are you doing here, I thought you had business up north?

MAX
I am here on business but I couldn’t resist coming to see you. And, well, I have something to say that is only for your ears.

BECKY
What? What is it?

MAX
That’s business and I want to see you on a personal note. (they start to walk around the field) Come on, what’s new with you?

SCOTT
Still a smartass in school?

BECKY
(setting up the telescope) If that’s the price of good grades, then yes.

MAX
Any luck with that Shaun boy?

BECKY
None of your business! Fine, not as of yet, but I’m getting very close. I see him every day-

SCOTT
Don’t you live on the same road as him?

BECKY
That’s not the point, I just don’t start sweating whenever I see him now. I invited him to the party

SCOTT
Ohhhhh, mmmmmmmmmmm, very interesting

BECKY
NOT the sleepover, you pervert, I‘m not stupid, the ball is in my half of the court.

SCOTT
But nowhere near the net.

BECKY
Cheeky!

SCOTT
It’s in my blood and yours. Wit and sarcasm are our first line of defence against the big, bad world.

BECKY
Oh yeah, what’s the second?

MAX
Oi, you should know that by now, we don’t take bull, we kick a** but only when the occasion calls for it.

BECKY
You’re right, I do know that by now.

MAX
Now who’s being cheeky?

BECKY
Elementary, my dear Maximus, how can one be cheeky if one is merely stating a point?

MAX
I don’t know where you got your brains, but it certainly wasn’t from your father.

SCOTT
Seen any movies lately?

BECKY
You foiled me there. You’ve seen my room - can’t get enough. I’m a huge movie smartass. Give me a year, I’ll give you a movie.

MAX
Alright, 1977

BECKY
Star Wars, Episode IV.

SCOTT
Too easy. How about 1953?

BECKY
The original War of the Worlds.

SCOTT
There was an original War of the Worlds?

MAX
You seem to know your science-fiction movies.

BECKY
Unlike Brainbox of the Month here. Well, I like science-fiction, and science in general, but you can’t beat a good sci-fi blockbuster

MAX
OK, how about 1980?

BECKY thinks for a second

BECKY
Alien.

MAX
That’s the one. What do you think, could that happen?

BECKY
You mean do I really think that aliens could be out there? (They both nod) Of course I do, you know I do, why would I go to conventions and on websites if I didn’t. We can’t be the only speck of life in the universe. If we were it would be a real shame

MAX
Why’s that?

BECKY
Because the universe is too big, and humans too corrupt.

SCOTT
How so?

BECKY
Well, all we value is money, materials. Power. If all that we want is power, we are basic dictators. The promise of power, fame, fortune and glory, well, it’s enough to turn mere men into Hitler’s.

MAX
I agree, and seeing as I have finally turned the subject to aliens, this is actually what I wanted to talk to you about. As you know Scott and I haven’t been around for a little while.

BECKY
Yeah you normally stick to us like superglue then Dad said you had business up north.

MAX
Well, my business was very north.

BECKY
The Highlands?

SCOTT
Keep going

BECKY
The North Pole?

MAX
Further still

BECKY
Max, go back to school, Scott, go for once, you can’t get any further north! Otherwise you’d be in space!

They look at her.

BECKY
That’s funny. Yeah, you’re some sort of undercover astronaut for NASA or something.

MAX
Almost. I am undercover and you could almost call me an astronaut but I don’t work for NASA or the Russians or anyone like that. Becky, what if I were to tell you that I had proof of aliens on Earth.

BECKY
I would say that would be the best thing to happen in history! It would be so great if they were just living among us, all-knowing humanoids who just lived here because they wanted to see what we were like -

MAX
You would believe me?

BECKY
Don’t question that. You’re my uncle. You’re family. You haven’t lied to me since I was four when I asked you where babies came from.

SCOTT
You better sit down then -

MAX
Scott, don’t make this any harder. Becky, believe me when I tell you this. I . . . I’m not really you’re uncle.

BECKY
Say what?

MAX
I’m sorry.


BECKY
Scott, what is he doing?

SCOTT
Just hear him out

BECKY
If you’re not my uncle then what are you?

MAX
I’m your guardian. I’ve been watching your back for the past sixteen years. I used mind control on your father-

BECKY
Oh please

MAX
-to make him believe I was his little brother.

BECKY edges away from him

BECKY
Cut it out, you’re being creepy

MAX
My name isn’t Max, I just thought that you would like that name. My name is Hakker. Ever since you were born I have watched you, nurtured you in all ways I could. I nurtured your interest in science and extra-terrestrial life to make this moment slightly less difficult

BECKY
Oh yeah, great job!

MAX
Think about what I told you about aliens.

BECKY
So you weren’t making up all those alien conspiracies, they’re . . . real - Ok, enough, this is freaking me out, it’s one thing to be interested in this academically -

HAKKER
Yes?

BECKY
OK, if you were an alien, then prove it. You’re not gonna tell me that aliens are real without showing me your true skin. No alien looks human. Go ahead, rip off your skin, show me to little green guy inside

HAKKER
Alright. Close your eyes. I can’t show you physically, there’re always watching-

BECKY
Who-

HAKKER
Not now, just close your eyes and relax

She does and HAKKER puts his hands around her head and we see, in flashes, a short history of the alien race

BECKY
(breaking off) Ho-ly sh*t!!! How the hell did you do that?!? (turns to SCOTT, getting flustered) Did you know - did you - oh my - how the - how the - my head hurts!

HAKKER
Some would call it mind control.

BECKY holds her head and grunts as the memory of the train incident comes back to her

BECKY
(shaking her head) Am I crazy?

HAKKER
It is a lot to take in at once, and for one so young and adapted to Earth. OK, another angle. Have you noticed that sometimes you cannot control your own speed and strength, or known that something was going to happen right before it did?

BECKY
Yeah, so, everyone has that sometimes-

SCOTT
But not as much as you. Think about it. You know that we’re telling the truth.

Déjà vu - flashes of scenes of young BECKY from beginning

BECKY
(turning to SCOTT) You knew? You knew and you never told me! I guess you’re not even my cousin, possibly a blood brother from a galaxy far, far away?!

SCOTT
Mind control can create whole memories, whole lifetimes that never happened. We met about a year ago. Disneyland. You looked different to what I expected -

MAX
Scott, stick with the programme. The point is, Becky do you believe?

BECKY
I don’t know. Uncle Max never lied. But are you Uncle Max?

HAKKER
No. Just hear me out

BECKY
I’m listening.

HAKKER
Many years ago on my, well, our home planet, Thoron, a Prophecy was made. It was written that in a time where we are ruled by pure evil, a saviour will rise and defeat that evil and lead us toward a great future of peace and prosperity. She would destroy them. And they have come. Fifteen years ago, the foulest, most evil creatures in the galaxy, the Mortifer, or Death-bringers in English, invaded our peaceful planet. We knew that soon, the prophecy would be revealed as to who our saviour is. And it is you. The scroll literally pointed to you. It is you who will defeat this evil. Scott here is more of your typical sidekick, minus the typical. He would help you in any way he can. Do you believe us?

BECKY
I don’t know why I should. This is insane. (walks off, then looks back) But nothing much can explain E.T The Second just then. Alright, I’ll go along with your little freak show.

HAKKER nods, and suddenly BECKY has a huge premonition, with camera doing 360 degree shot, acting very much like she did at the shopping centre.

SCOTT
Are you OK? Take it easy.

HAKKER
Has this happened before?

BECKY is sitting on the floor, hunched and rocking, scared

BECKY
Once. Just this afternoon in a shopping centre. I saw something and it came true.

HAKKER
What did you see this time?

BECKY doesn’t answer


SCOTT
Becky?

BECKY
I saw . . . my friends and parents (flash) there was blood (flash) death (flash) corpses (flash)

HAKKER
(looks up suddenly) They are coming.

BECKY
Who?

HAKKER
The Mortifer. Always watching . . .

BECKY
I have to get home . . . I have to be sure (begins to run)

SCOTT
No, Becky! It’s too dangerous!

SCOTT runs after her. HAKKER stays behind. He looks up.

HAKKER
Dirty move. I advise retreat

Home. BECKY rushes through the front door, closely followed by HAKKER and SCOTT. They are greeted with the same sight as her premonition, her friends and parents, dead and covered in their own blood. BECKY gazes around in shock.

BECKY
(to HAKKER) You knew didn’t you?

HAKKER
Yes

BECKY
No. This is . . . I think I’m gonna be sick!

BECKY heaves, then drops to he knees and pukes. SCOTT and HAKKER keep telling her to take it easy

HAKKER
I’m so sorry. Loss is the worst kind of pain to bear.

BECKY
Shut up would you! You have absolutely no idea. I saw this. It was bad enough in the vision but I never thought. . .

On her knees by her dead companions, she touches the nearest one.

HAKKER
I know how you feel

BECKY
Yeah right. You didn’t just lose your entire life in a half hour.

HAKKER
Listen, I know that now, the pain seems too much -

BECKY
As much as I love your advice Mr Shrink, leave me alone

HAKKER
But

BECKY
OK, I’ll be more polite - please

HAKKER leaves and BECKY and SCOTT, who is hesitant to leave, are left alone

SCOTT
He does mean well. He’s no different from the uncle you knew. He just isn’t as open as a science book. And he does know how you feel. He’s seen things that the rest of us can’t even imagine, so horrific that he can’t show his feelings anymore. But he can still be your uncle.

BECKY
I guess.

SCOTT
At least you were right

BECKY
About what?

SCOTT
An alien did walk through your front door

BECKY
Funny. So, Scott, what’s your story? Parents vaporised by Predator’s cousin? Or are you even human?

SCOTT
Don’t worry, I’m carbon-based and not quite. Mountaineering accident. I was two. Hakker took me in to be trained as one of your sidekicks-

HAKKER walks in

HAKKER
It’s gonna be OK

BECKY
When? Hakker, who could have done this

HAKKER
The Mortifer. Do you see now what I meant about them now? The Mortifer are ruthless hunters who will stop at nothing to get to you. They have done far worse than this. You thought September 11th, the Holocaust were bad? The Mortifer have burned ten times that many of our people for sport, wiped out entire planets to feed their bloodlust. And they know you are here, and what your destiny is. They know that if you remain alive, they will have no chance of survival. Their leader knows that you must face-off in a battle of wits and strength and he will face you. At the moment he is capable of killing you, but because of my own premonitions, you were spared-

BECKY
Why would they kill all my friends when I wasn’t even there?

SCOTT
To get into your head! To scare the human part of you! But if I know you, all it’s done is made you angry. They killed those who are close to you, and you have the power to avenge them! All you need is instruction and he can give you that. A life for a life, only this one will save billions. At least let him teach you enough to defend yourself because they will never stop hunting you.

BECKY, still on the floor, sees a bloodstained knife by her dead friends side. She picks it up and gets up slowly, shaking with anger and grief.

BECKY
(turning to HAKKER) I should be dead. If it weren’t for you I would be. Part of me is so grateful, but another . . . another resents you for saving me and not them.

HAKKER
I feel like that myself.

BECKY
Another part of me is telling me that what’s done is done, I can’t go back, I can’t change the past. To forget. Which one should I listen to Hakker? Which voice is the right one?

HAKKER
All of them. Be glad you lived, remember them but still put it in the past and by all means hate me if you wish. Just let me teach you.

BECKY
I don’t hate you. You still feel like family to me. I just want to avenge these deaths.

HAKKER
You don’t have to be so brave.

BECKY
Oh, but I do. You’re the one who hides his feelings. I know you want to cry.

HAKKER
Yeah, well, um, come. It’s time to begin your training.

The trio leave the house. As the front door shuts, a face appears around the corner of a wall, unseen by the trio. It is SAM.

HAKKER, SCOTT and BECKY are walking down a quiet street.

HAKKER
Down to business. Firstly, you have to change your name. Mind control will stop others from finding you but it won’t protect you from yourself. Trust me, it’ll . . . It’ll help you to move on from your old life.

SCOTT
How about Kim? I know you liked that name.

KIM
I reckon you‘ve been stalking me, young Mr Bond. Is it a case of ‘Goldeneye‘, or ‘The Spy Who Loved Me’?

SCOTT
Which do you want?

KIM
Now that would be telling. I like the name.

HAKKER
Not just her, Scott. You gotta change too.

KIM
I always thought you looked like a Ewan

EWAN
Is that a coincidence?

KIM
Which do you want?

EWAN
Now that would be telling

HAKKER
Anyway, to face a Mortifer, you must have the utmost preparation and you must be ready to kill

KIM
Don’t worry, killing won’t be the problem, I just have to remember to be humane enough not to (glances at SCOTT) enjoy it

The action goes with HAKKER’s next speech, all attempts without great success

HAKKER
I will teach you many great things. I will teach you martial arts, how to mentally prepare for anything. You will learn how to use anything as a weapon, and how to use firearms (action back to the trio in the street) and sword technique.

They enter a house.

KIM
Swords?

HAKKER
Yep. (picks up the weapon of the mantelpiece) This sword.

KIM
(taking the sword) It’s so light, and tell you the truth not what I was expecting

EWAN
Well what were you expecting? Limited edition Obi Wan Kenobi light sabre with real laser power?

KIM
Yeah, something like that.

HAKKER
Well, this isn’t Star Wars, and we Thorians are traditionalists, as are the Mortifer. Though of course, it’s not the only weapons that we have.

KIM
Hang on, why do you always say ’we’ or ’our’ when you talk about your planet. Last time I looked I was born and bred human.

HAKKER
On the outside, maybe. But you are the only human born with this destiny, so in my eyes, Thoron is your planet too. Ewan is exactly the same. And if I’m wrong and it is not your destiny, then I would never be able to teach you the one thing that a Thorian can do that a Mortifer can’t.

KIM
Oh, yeah, what’s that?

HAKKER
How to move things with your mind.

KIM
Move things? With my brain? Impossible

HAKKER
Really?

He demonstrates with an apple from a bowl of fruit on a coffee table and KIM leaps back.

KIM
Woah. Cool!

HAKKER
Try. (KIM looks at him, then puts her hand out as he had) Focus only on the apple. Will it to move.

KIM
Cheesy, but I’ll try

She tries but fails

EWAN
You must empty your mind. Don‘t hope, command.

KIM tries again but is still unable to move the apple. She bows her head.

HAKKER
It doesn’t matter. These things come with time and you are only human. Hell, Ewan took a month to move a pea!

EWAN
That is still painful, you know!

HAKKER
Soon you will do all sorts of things with your mind, like controlling others, even healing your dying self. And being who you are . . . Well, there are probably some powers that we can’t even predict, that we don’t even know. But let’s take baby steps. Go back to the football club, try to move a football. I’ll be there soon and be on your guard.

KIM
Hakker?

HAKKER
Yes?

KIM
What if I can’t? What if I can’t move things with my mind and am never able to avenge them?

SCOTT AND HAKKER
You will

KIM
Are you telling me the truth or what I want to hear?

HAKKER
Both.

KIM
Thanks. You coming, Sco - Ewan?

EWAN
Yeah

As EWAN is leaving HAKKER grabs him

HAKKER
I’m trusting you with her life

EWAN
Don’t worry.

KIM and EWAN leave

HAKKER
Be safe

HAKKER waves his hand at the T.V. It switches on and shows the KING OF THORON.

KING
Have you made contact?

HAKKER
Yes sir, but it will not be long before the Mortifer find her. I request that I take her to a more desolate system, perhaps Roccovia or-

KING
No, she must stay on Earth, it is how it was written!

HAKKER
But she’ll never be able to fulfil anything without getting over her grief. She won’t show anything but I can see it

KING
Then stick to the rules Give her the Trial

HAKKER
No, that is way too harsh. Rules are made to be broken, as the Earthlings say, sir.

KING
No, that saying is far too Earth-form to be even taken into account. Continue her training and stay on your guard. There is always the Trial

The T.V switches off as the link is terminated.

HAKKER
Yes, sir.

KIM and EWAN on their walk, in a park by a playground

KIM
So, are you still the Scott I used to know? I mean, I know that we only met a year ago, but in my mind, I still have those memories of you

EWAN
Sure I am. And I have those memories too. If I didn’t would I do this?

He walks around behind her

EWAN
E=mc2, you science freak!

KIM
No!

She starts to run, EWAN chasing

EWAN
E=mc2!

He catches her and they fall backwards onto the grass, laughing

KIM
I can’t believe you still do that!

EWAN
Well, scientists grow up fast then let out their inner child

KIM
I’m sure little Ewan is screaming for it.

EWAN raises his eyebrows and smiles. KIM realises what she sounded like

KIM
Ohh, my tongue, my tongue! What did I say?!

EWAN
I found it quite arousing, actually, but that’s just my opinion?

KIM
Why sir, thou shalt flirt with thy cousin!

EWAN
Is it working?

KIM
Maybe

She gets up, and EWAN is left with a very Joey-esque impression on his face

More short scenes of KIM’s training, not much more successful than before. Ends in the football field with KIM still trying to move things with her mind, with help from EWAN

KIM
I still can’t do it! Why can’t I do it?

HAKKER
You’re still not clearing your mind or letting go of your emotions. Your frustration in not being able to do it means that you cannot do it full-stop. And you’re still grieving. I know it’s hard but you have to let them go if you want to avenge them.

KIM
What am I supposed to do, forget them?! Even if I could I wouldn’t.

HAKKER
And neither will I but you must keep them at the back of your mind here no one will find them. Come here. I have to take a sample of your blood.

KIM
Why?

HAKKER
In all that has happened you still question me?
KIM
Huh, good point.

HAKKER takes the blood sample, and KIM begins to practice her sword technique.

KIM
Hakker? If you’re an alien, why do you wear a human skin suit? And how come you speak the same language?

HAKKER
All uncovered species have learned to speak every language known to the universe via a computer program. It makes planets that have not yet been let in on our existence, such as Earth, easier to communicate with. As for my appearance, I thought that you would have figured it out. Do you really think that I would walk around as an alien, especially with your government. I’d probably be cut up and sold as souvenirs to morbid tourists.

KIM stops, shrugs, then continues.

KIM
So what do you look like then? ‘Men In Black’ sort of thing, or . . .

HAKKER
Hey, that’s private. It would be like -

KIM
Striping off your skin and streaking through the World Cup Final?

HAKKER
I suppose that’s one way to put it. And just for the record, it’s not made of actual skin, just a Thorian-made chemical equivalent.

KIM
Did I say anything?

HAKKER
Yeah, well, I know what you were thinking.

KIM
I didn’t say anything and now whenever you say that you know what I’m thinking, I get creeped out, so stay out of my head!

HAKKER
Did I say anything?

KIM
Oh, shut up would you, I want to stay on subject OK, what about Thoron, what was it like before . . . you know

HAKKER
Fantastic. So . . . It’s hard to explain . . .

KIM
It’s OK, I can imagine. Did you have a relationship at home, or kids?

HAKKER
I . . . was married.

KIM
Was? Oh . . . I’m sorry. So I guess you did know how I felt.

HAKKER
All who I knew are now dead.

See flash of Mortifer killing Thorians near start

KIM
You don’t always have to be so brave.

HAKKER
Yeah, well . . . Uh, I should send that sample on to Headquarters for analysis.

KIM
Headquarters?

HAKKER
Well I have to tell someone what I‘ve found.

Drips blood onto the analyser which is disguised as a make-up compacter

KIM
Wow, I thought you were just gay. So, Headquarters, is it like government?

HAKKER
Yes, pretty much. I just update them every so often and - hey, the sample’s back . . . it seems that your blood has some unusual qualities.

KIM
What, is it the Scottish?

EWAN
Ay, wee lassie, ye clan has made an imprint

KIM
Ay, ‘n’ wee lassie’ll belt ye!

HAKKER
No, if I know my Science, and I do-

KIM
Modest as ever

HAKKER
-then you can move things with your mind, because, well, take a look for yourself

KIM looks to see some very weird bug/octopus-like cells

KIM
Lovely. Now tell me again, how the hell?

SCOTT
Those little guys travel around your body in your blood, and your brain is like a base for them. When you want to do something, the ones in your brain send messages to the ones in your blood. Those ones create a force field that can attract repel, whatever you want, they can do.

KIM
That doesn’t even make sense

SCOTT
Hey, you can’t just make this stuff up!

KIM
That’s cool, but I just feel like a complete idiot to stretch my hand for nothing to happen

HAKKER
Alright, at least practice with the guns

KIM takes out her gun and fires several shots at the targets at the fence, missing them all. She growls then tries again, missing. After a pause, she lowers the gun

KIM
I can’t do this

SCOTT
Kim -

KIM
Why should I, Scott? I can’t do this what you do, I need my friends and family

HAKKER
We are your family


KIM
I know, I know, it’s just ... Things have changed so fast, too fast, and I’m only human - sort of. I guess ... I have to think about stuff. I’m going for a walk

KIM leaves

HAKKER
I have to, Ewan. Only the Trial will save her

EWAN
Don’t you dare.

HAKKER
No choice involved

[AshVersion2]

KIM is walking down an alleyway. Suddenly, she is attacked, beaten, handcuffed and stuffed in a car trunk. When it is next opened, she shoots them with the one gun she has, then runs into a forest.

Night-time, and KIM is still handcuffed and wandering through the trees. A twig snaps and she turns to see a snarling wolf-like dog. She tries shooting but is out of bullets. It attacks, biting through the cuffs, is kicked off, rips her leg, is kicked and knocked out and KIM limps of and ends up collapsing on a beach.

HAKKER’s. He is working on his chess game while EWAN is pacing.

EWAN
That’s it, you bring her back right now!

HAKKER
I don’t have that kind of power

EWAN
(knocking the pieces off the board) That’s not good enough!

HAKKER
Ewan, Kim could have all the muscle she wanted, but that will be useless if she can’t control her mind.

EWAN
I just want to bring her back. I never get to be the hero. Hey, why are you so into chess anyway?

HAKKER
You never know when you may need it

Morning on the beach. KIM wakes up to someone screaming in the sea. KIM rescues the girl, who turns out to be herself. The near-dead girl morphs into the dog. KIM runs back into the forest, then turns and faces it. After a tense stare, it dissolves. KIM goes over to find only dust. She turns around to find her bedroom door. She goes through it and finds herself in her old room. On her bed is a book, Darren Shan’s ‘Lord Loss’ (emphasis on ‘Loss’) After many flashbacks of family and friends, she throws the book down. She then collapses, then wakes up in her rooms at HAKKER, with both he and EWAN looking down at her

KIM
(clutching the back of her head) Ow! Jesus Christ, what happened?!

HAKKER
You passed the Trial

KIM
OK, I’m not fluent in your alien-speak, so if we could stick to English, that would be most appreciated.

EWAN
What he’s saying is that he made up something inside your head to test you. It was meant to help you get over your grief

KIM
The two men in the car . . .

HAKKER
Us, until you were let out. The rest was projected into your head

KIM
The dog?

EWAN
Was your fear. It hurt you but you faced it.

KIM
So when it dissolved, the bite healed, which killed, by the way! I think I get the rest

HAKKER
Enlighten us

KIM
‘Lord Loss’? ‘Loss’! Got over it, so obvious, and I saved myself on the beach. Hard work that was, I suck at swimming

EWAN
It is meant to be a Trial, it kinda comes in a package deal

HAKKER
Care to go back to the field?

KIM
Yeah, and -

HAKKER
Don’t say it. I read your mind - I forgive you.

KIM
Please don’t say that again

Back at the field. KIM hits all targets and moves stuff with her mind. She turns and hugs EWAN and hears a gunshot. They jump away from each other and pull out their guns and face toward the shooter. KIM is shocked to find that her dead friends and parents, now zombies, are heading towards her.

KIM
What the hell?!!

HAKKER
I guess the Mortifer got that Life-Generator up and running a few millennia early.

KIM
Care to explain?

EWAN
Basically, bringing back and controlling the dead cuts down costs on soldiers. They’re not themselves, just mindless zombies with one goal.

KIM
Let me guess

EWAN
To kill us

KIM
I had two guesses, but I only needed one

EWAN
I wouldn’t have it any other way

KIM
This is so wrong. I have to kill my friends to avenge them.

EWAN
Fate is not without a sense of irony

KIM
Or a sick sense of humour! I can’t kill my own friends and family!

HAKKER
Kim, they’re already dead! They don’t who you are, they don’t even know who they are! (one of the zombies throw a pipe, just missing them) Kim, you have no choice!

KIM
You go that way, you that way, and I’ll go this way!

Massive shoot-out, with a lot of sorrys from KIM and having to shoot SHAUN somewhere in the middle with the words ’I am so over you’. All zombies ’dead’ and HAKKER, EWAN and KIM meet up.

HAKKER
So uncivilised.

KIM
So wrong.

HAKKER
You have done well. This should help you grieve.

KIM
What, killing my zombie family?! Besides, I’ve finished grieving

HAKKER walks ahead toward the exit while EWAN and KIM linger.

EWAN
Once upon a time, a very wise and violent woman once said ‘Those of you who have your lives, take them with you -’

KIM
‘- but leave your limbs here, they are mine now.’

BOTH
‘Kill Bill Volume I’

EWAN
You kick a**

KIM
Nah. Well yeah. But I learnt from the best.

EWAN
Hakker


KIM
A little

EWAN
Oh?

KIM
I admit Mr Bond, that you are an influence on this freak show

EWAN
I’m not the only one

KIM
Yeah?

EWAN
Yeah

KIM
Smooth move, Mr Bond. But you don’t have the perfect hand - yet

KIM walks off

EWAN
Hard to get, eh? Give it time, she likes you too

On to KIM

KIM
Idiot, you didn’t kiss him, why couldn’t you just kiss him?!

Unknown location. LEADER communicates with their MASTER in similar way to HAKKER and KING

LEADER
Master, I have news.

MASTER
What is it, what have you learned?

LEADER
Hakker has made contact with the Saviour. It appears that a premonition of his saved her from the initial slaughter, and the zombies failed.

MASTER
This is most unfortunate. No matter. There is one thing I know that will either kill or corrupt her.

LEADER
What is it, my Master?
MASTER
Playing the hero.

LEADER
How do you know?

MASTER
Between what I have seen and what you have told me, your zombie pawns will become bishops led by a queen - she is still human

LEADER
I understand.

Link is terminated.

LEADER
It won’t be long. After I kill their Saviour, we will have peace

Next scene, HAKKERS house. KIM is practising telekinesis and HAKKER walks in carrying cake.

HAKKER
Kim, I went by your old house and there was stuff from your school. They’re looking for you. I was already thinking about sending you back anyway.

KIM
What?! How am I supposed to save the world and do GCSEs at the same time?! You’d have to clone me.

HAKKER
I could but I most certainly don’t want to - I’d have to kill you.

KIM
Whatever, how can I go back? I have to catch up on coursework and explain to people and-

HAKKER
And this is where mind control is in its element, and I know you can do it very well because I always have an overwhelming urge to bring you cake - and I’m trained to fight mind control!

KIM
(taking some cake) Thanks for that. I guess I could go back. Can I cheat in exams?

HAKKER
Don’t abuse your power.


KIM
Moi? Never! But, if it’s what you want, I will.

HAKKER
Thank you. I’ll go to your old house and get your books.

KIM
Whatever, just don‘t forget my hamster, I surprised it‘s not dead yet.

EWAN walks in

EWAN
You gotta go to school!

KIM
You sound so strange - who are you and what did you do with my cousin?

EWAN
Whatever, I brought this back for you.

He hands her a chain of keyrings

KIM
My collection, thank you so much!

EWAN
I added one. The eye. It’s from Cyprus, meant to protect you from evil spirits

KIM
Oooh, scary! Call the Ghostbusters!

EWAN
You don’t like it?

KIM
No I do!

EWAN
Thanks

He pauses, kisses her on the cheek, then gets up. She pulls him back down onto the sofa

KIM
No more games

They kiss.

KIM is walking towards the school gates. SASSY and her gang are coming towards her, and SASSY shoulders KIM as she walks past. KIM keeps on walking
SASSY
Oi! Don’t you ignore me! Don’t you walk away from me!

BECKY stops, sighs, and turns around to face her

KIM
Don’t you have a rock to crawl back under?

SASSY
Ohhh, hormones, is it that time of the month again?

KIM
Let us settle this in a civilised manner. You’re just a bully and I don’t think anything natural can stop that. It’s not my problem anymore. You’re just pathetic.

She turns to leave but is forced back by SASSY, who hits her round the face. There is a short pause

KIM
I have enough problems, I don’t have time for this

SASSY grabs her by the collar as the head teacher calls KIM’s original name. SASSY lets go and skulks off, followed by her group. KIM watches them for a few seconds then walks through the school gate to the head teacher

HEAD
Oh my, you’re alive! Come into my office. (office) When we heard about the coach accident we feared the worst.

KIM
Why, what coach accident?

HEAD
I’m sorry

KIM
(mind control) There was no coach accident, I haven’t been anywhere

HEAD
Really? I could have sworn that I spoke with your uncle -

KIM
(mind control) Are you sure? I don’t think you did

HEAD
No, I don’t think so either, what was I thinking

KIM
Beyond me, really

Pause
HEAD
What are you doing here Rebecca?

KIM
You were just commending me on my perfect school attendance record

HEAD
Oh, well, well done

KIM
And my new school shirt

She is wearing scruffy jeans and a baggy T-shirt

HEAD
Oh very good

At that time someone is passing, overhearing, looks confused then carries on

KIM
Thank you. (leaves office and loosens collar) Old MacDonald charm!

KIM comes out of school to find two zombies armed with cars. Chase comes out, involving the cars, an electric scooter and something or other exploding. In the end, KIM rounds a corner, walking now to find SASSY, followed by her group. They surround KIM

KIM
This is not my day

SASSY
Look what the cat dragged in. Looks like you got hit by a bus

KIM raises her eyebrows and shrugs

SASSY
Wot’s that supposed to mean? Wotever, I don’t care cos I ain’t bothered.

KIM starts to laugh and SASSY grabs her

KIM
You look bothered to me!

SASSY
I ain’t bovvered!

KIM
(mind control, through laughs) Three months and you still can’t make up your own insults.

SASSY
No I can’t I guess I’m too dumb

KIM
Oh I wouldn’t say that . . .

ENEMY #1
Wot da -

KIM
Hey, I have an idea, why don’t you go ahead, take that 204 to Colindale then take the tube to London and come back later

FRIEND #2
Wot 204?

KIM
That one behind you

She uses mind power too make it come. All but her and SASSY get on

SASSY
Why the hell am I hanging out with you, loser?

KIM
You didn’t want to call me that

SASSY
I didn’t want to call you that

KIM
You now that you never should have picked on me and pushed me down that manhole on that one occasion

SASSY
I never should have picked on you or had my lackies push you down that manhole

KIM
You realise that up until now you have been but a common bully

SASSY
I was a common bully

KIM
And you are sorry

SASSY
I’m sorry
KIM
Apology accepted. You are now going to be what society would call a good kid

SASSY
OK

KIM
Oh, and one more thing. The 80’s are back in

SASSY
Great, thanks

The next scene you see her in, she is kitted head to toe as if it were the 80’s, right to the hair

KIM is back at HAKKER’s. She dumps her bag and looks at him on the sofa, reading a book. EWAN is on another sofa

KIM
Coach accident? That is so lame, my hamster can think up a better excuse! Oh and by the way, I had a lovely car chase. I reckon it should make the small town news!

HAKKER
(looking up) So how was your day? (KIM growls) Do you want your punching bag, or should I duck?

KIM
Oh, go fight a zombie will you!

HAKKER laughs to himself and goes back to his book.

HAKKER
By the way, well done on handling your Sassy situation.

KIM
How did you - will you please stay out of my head!

She sits herself down next to EWAN

EWAN
And you haven’t abused your power.

KIM
Well, it’s not like I’ve had to misuse them. With power I say just go in, do your thing and get out

EWAN
I’m no pervert, but I am so attracted to you right now

KIM
They should give you the Oscar for ‘World’s Sickest Mind’!
EWAN
Well played

They shake hands

KIM is practising telekinesis during school, playing tricks on enemies and embarrassing teachers, including cheating on work, enlarging words on a board and an incident with Miss Clarkson. In the middle of one (silent) lesson, HAKKER’s voice booms into the room, but only KIM can hear

HAKKER
Meet me in the library in five minutes. I need to talk to you now.

KIM
(aloud) What?

TEACHER
I’m sorry?

KIM looks around at the whole class looking at her

KIM
Nothing. Sir, can I go to the bathroom?

TEACHER
No, not until lunch.

KIM sits back, looks around, whispers ‘Hope this works’, and freezes time in the room. After checking it worked by waving her hand in someone’s face, she leaves the room

Library

KIM
Hakker? Hakker?

A hand grabs her and pulls her around the bookcase. After a couple of seconds she realises it’s HAKKER

KIM
What the hell are you doing?

HAKER
They’ve planned their next attack, but I don’t know when or where

KIM
What?

HAKKER
Just be on your guard

KIM nods and passes HAKKER to leave. He takes her by the shoulder and she turns around

HAKKER
This is what your powers were made for. You’ve taken responsibility for them, but they could finish you

KIM
You said it was my destiny -

HAKKER
Not just that. You could destroy yourself with your own power and I don’t want to see that. You’re still human and they might want to exploit that. You’ve always had a darker side, you just haven’t know it properly yet. Whatever you do, don’t let them take your human side

KIM
I don’t understand -

HAKKER
You don’t have to. Yet. Just be ready for the attack

KIM
OK. Sure

She leaves, confused

Short scenes that take place in about a minute, showing her wary, jumpy and a false scare. Eventually she is attacked by a single zombie. She takes a knife from her shoe and throws it at the zombie. Miniscule fight scene breaks out. When zombie dead in front of bustling teenagers, who all stop and stare. KIM uses mind control to make them forget the incident and not see the body. This includes SASSY kissing a really ugly guy and everyone laughing

EWAN is working out at the gym when zombies attack him

EWAN
Hiding in a gym? How’s that working out for you?

A second short fight scene

Back at HAKKERS house. KIM walks in and calls out -

KIM
Hey Hakker! We got a little problem! One of the zombies were at school, they attacked sooner than I thought they would.

Gets changed and comes out of room to find a zombie staring at her. She uses telekinesis before it can shoot her and knocks it out. After a tense look around the house, she nearly shoots EWAN

KIM
You get attacked too?

EWAN
Pretty much

They go to the zombie and KIM puts her hands around its head.

KIM
OK, I’ll bite. What have we got here?

She uses mind control and finds a message for her from the MORTIFER’s leader.

LEADER
Saviour of Thoron. As I am sure you are aware, this is the only minion who came after you, and your Master or guardian or whatever you call him is not present. Well, we have him here in our custody at your school and he will die. Unless of course you are willing to compromise. A trade. Surrender yourself to us, and he will be spared.

HAKKER
(in the background) Don’t Kim! It’s a trap, the leader is-

He is knocked unconscious.

LEADER
What will it be?

Link is terminated and KIM stands up

KIM
Spring the trap.

EWAN
What is it?

KIM
It’s Hakker.

Skip straight to gathering weapons

EWAN
Do you think we’ll get him in time


KIM
I don’t know

EWAN
Do you think he’ll be OK?

KIM
I said I don’t know!

EWAN
Hey, this is no time to snap! He raised me since I was two years old, he’s like a father to me!

KIM
I know, God dammit! (pause) I’m sorry. It’s just that I’m the one who’s supposed to save the world, if you would forgive the cliché.

EWAN
You’ll be fine. Just keep your cool. Come on, let’s go kill some aliens. (as they leave) Never thought I’d say that.

School. KIM and EWAN run into the main yard and LEADER calls her from the top of the building, in front of which is an impenetrable wall of flames. KIM looks up.

EWAN
Hakker!

HAKKER
You stupid kids, I told you to stay away, why didn’t you listen

KIM
Oh, we apologise for coming to rescue you

HAKKER
(sarcastically) Oh, good job.

KIM
Alright, you had your little fun playing kidnapper, now I’m here you can put him down. Down

LEADER
Choose your next witticism carefully, it may be your last.

EWAN
Wasn’t that a line from ‘Goldfinger’

KIM
I know, I can’t believe he just ruined my favourite Bond film, that is low!
LEADER
Anyway, you are in no position to bargain. I have both the master and the apprentice. Why would I give him up?

KIM
Hey, we had a deal!

LEADER
As I said, you are in no position to bargain

EWAN
And why would that be?

LEADER
Because you are surrounded.

KIM
By you and what army?

Zombies appear.

EWAN
Oh hell no.

KIM
Remind me never to say those words again

HUGE shoot-out which goes around the school. The pair split up and fight separately around the school. EWAN has an incident in the music room and girls toilet, KIM in the P.E corridor and staff room. They meet up in the library, kill all zombies and go back to the school yard with a fire extinguisher.

KIM
Now we’re in a position to argue.

LEADER
Not we.

He shoots a tranquilliser dart into EWAN

KIM
That is LOW!

KIM tries to work the extinguisher, then uses her power to make a gap. She climbs up a ladder at the side of the building but is kicked in the head, pushed off and knocked into the fire, but not too much. Next you see is her on top of the building, waking up to find that she can’t move. Then she recollects, seeing her unconscious and burnt self being carried up the building and dumped next to HAKKER, LEADER and another MORTIFER discussing her fate and ‘overcooked’ and deciding to leave her there because they ’know what the guardian will do’, then a gunshot and it’s back to her. She soon realises that she has no legs. With every one of their words, they wince in pain

KIM
Hakker?

HAKKER
Kim.

She looks at him to find him covered in his own blood.

KIM
Oh hell no, you gotta be -

HAKKER
We’re both dying

KIM
You’re not going anywhere, Ewan will kill himself. And thanks for the optimism by the way, if I could move I’d hit you

HAKKER
Remember, ages ago, I said I could teach you how to heal the dying?

KIM
You never did get around to that.

HAKKER
I know this is terribly ironic but I only have enough energy to heal one of us.

KIM
Get on with it then. I don’t care if I die. Adrenaline is a great anti-depressant.

HAKKER
That’s the problem, I can’t.

KIM
Hakker, heal yourself! No point missing your chance, that’s just stupid

HAKKER
Then I guess I’m stupid

He puts his hand on her and heals her, she all the time protesting. When he’s finished, she kneels by him.

KIM
You bloody idiot!
HAKKER
At least I fixed your clothes

She tries to heal him but can’t.

KIM
Can Ewan heal?

HAKKER
No

KIM
d*mn it!

HAKKER
Kim, all I want from you is to fight. Just try. You’ll win. Fight?

KIM
I will - no holds barred, kills count anywhere. I promise

HAKKER
Good. Don‘t let Ewan kill himself. He’s a good kid.

He dies. KIM looks up, shaking with anger and grief (again) and takes off a wristband that he always wore and puts it on her own wrist. EWAN climbs up the ladder to them

EWAN
What happened?

KIM
Stay here with Hakker

EWAN
Is he -

KIM
Yeah. He told me not to let you kill yourself

EWAN
Let me come. Grieving can come later

KIM
For me yes. But this is a fight that I have to win all by my lonesome. I want blood

EWAN
Do you know where they went?

KIM
I don’t have to know
She uses her powers to open a portal

EWAN
Woah

KIM steps through

New location. KIM runs in to find LEADER waiting for her. LEADER throws away guns, as does KIM. They both draw their swords.

LEADER
This is it. Are you ready to die for the sake of destiny?

KIM
No! You kill my friends, my parents, then Hakker. Nothing on Earth would give me more pleasure than to kill you. I promised Hakker that I would fight - so enough trash talk!

Part one of sword fight. Some talking with LEADER trying to influence KIM to join the Mortifer, without success.

Posh meeting room. A MORTIFER from earlier goes up to MASTER.

MORTIFER
We have made contact with the Saviour.

MASTER
Excellent. With any luck, our mole will defeat the Saviour.

MORTIFER
And if not?

MASTER
Plan C

Back to KIM and LEADER. Part two of sword fight. At the end, KIM stabs LEADER, who slumps against a tree. EWAN is now present

KIM
Now to look upon the a$$hole who killed my family and friends as they die.

She pulls off the mask and steps back in shock to find SAM.

KIM
(to the heavens) Are you kidding me?! (back to SAM) When I couldn’t find you I wrote you off as dead! I mourned your sorry a**!

SAM
But it makes sense. Where do you think I was at all those meetings?

Flashback to living room scene.

KIM
Mind control. Now you know what I gotta do.

SAM
What you have been trained to do.

KIM
No. What your betrayal tells me to do

EWAN
You wrote your own death warrant, Sam

SAM
At least I left a mark

KIM stabs SAM, killing her. As she kills her, her eyes turn red. EWAN never sees this.

KIM
I guess you could say that. Blood does stain

EWAN
So that’s it?

KIM
Not quite

MASTER appears behind her and tries to attack but KIM blocks it and ends up using telekinesis to take his sword

MASTER
You know who I am?

KIM
Yeah

She inches her sword into his shoulder. He screams painfully

MASTER
We can make a deal!

KIM’s eyes are still red

KIM
Sorry, but I like the view from where I’m standing. How about you, Ewan?

EWAN
Nah, I’m good

MASTER suddenly whips out a gun but KIM swiftly cuts it off at the upper arm.

KIM
Don’t worry, I’m sure they’ll grow you a new one

MASTER
What have you done?!

KIM
Sorry, my sympathy meter is totally out

MASTER
What‘s this? Pain shows in the eyes you know. As does some shreds of evil. [KIM’s eyes are still red at this point] You proved just now that you can go under the Red Curtain. You may be in control of the Curtain now but I know you can let go if you just used your powers -

KIM
The Red Curtain, what the -

MASTER
I suppose a human can only take so much, until they snap like a twig, then the humanity’s gone.

KIM
I wonder who’s fault that is

She stretches out her hand, about to use her powers to torture MASTER

EWAN
Kim, keep it calm

KIM’s eyes go back to normal, and her hand drops

KIM
Don’t worry about that. I’m not gonna let him win

MASTER
It is your destiny to destroy me. You have injured me. I can’t fight back

KIM
Thanks but no thanks, I make my own destiny.

They turns around and begins to walk.

MASTER
You can’t get away. We will hunt you down

KIM
And we’ll be waiting

EWAN
Nice one

KIM
You think?

EWAN
Yeah

Evening. EWAN drives his sword into the ground

EWAN
Thanks for everything, man.

They salute and begin to walk

EWAN
So I guess it’s not over yet

KIM
Not by a long shot. But I guess you and me have to roll with the punches without him. We just have to wait for them to finish resetting the board

EWAN
That’s not the only thing

KIM
What?

EWAN
Not just you and me. There’s meant to be a second sidekick. There are meant to be three of us.

THE CHRONICLES CONTINUE IN

‘THE RED CURTAIN’

The credits roll