Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman Page #33

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137 BEHIND MESSENGER CLARK'S TELESCOPIC POV - NIGHT 137

Baines opens a valve in the rocket booster allowing a

liquid substance to leak out and spread toward another

liquid substance.

138 LOIS AND CLARK 138

Baines re-appears, suitcase in hand.

DR. BAINES

Sorry you won't be around to enjoy

the-rest of the evening, but

accidents do happen.

LOIS:

Accidents?

DR. BAINES

Yes. You see, while dissecting the

orbital maneuvering systems, the

monomethyl hydrozene leaked and

mixed with the nitrogen

tetroxide... Unfortunately, the

blast killed three nosy reporters

who didn't bother to read the

signs.

Baines points to a sign on the wall.

CU - SIGN

"Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted."

LOIS AND CLARK:

LOIS:

Answer one question. Why?

DR. BAINES

It's very simple, Lois. Profit.

Outer space is no different from

any new frontier. It will belong

to those who get there first and

seize the high ground.

CLARK:

reacts to the words "high ground". He's heard that phrase

before...

DR. BAINES

turns and exits with the Tattooed Man by her side. No

sooner does she close the door than Clark breaks loose.

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CONTINUED:

LOIS:

Clark! How did you...

CLARK:

Missing link.

Clark unties Lois, who rushes to Jimmy. He's still pretty

groggy. Clark disappears behind the shell.

139 THE SHELL - CLARK'S POV 139

The two liquids are mixing, starting to bubble. Clark

inhales, readies to freeze the chemicals with his breath,

when Lois suddenly appears beside him.

LOIS:

What is it?

With Lois there, Clark realizes it's too late to stop the

chemicals from mixing. He grabs Lois' hand, runs back to

Jimmy, lifts him over his shoulder, and they race for the

exit. When the mixture starts to blow, Clark holds Lois

and Jimmy, one in each arm, in front of him. Just as they

reach the exit the BLAST occurs.

140 EXT. JUST OUTSIDE HANGAR - CONTINUOUS 140

Clark makes it look like the impetus of the blast is enough

to send them flying, but in fact he is flying them. They

land several hundred feet from the hangar, in a large

puddle of mud.

141 EXT. HANGAR - MOMENTS LATER 141

Lois and Jimmy slowly open their eyes. Lois looks back at

the hangar, reduced to rubble. Scientists and staff from

the adjacent hangars are running from the buildings.

LOIS:

What happened?

CLARK:

I'm not sure... I guess the force

of the explosion must have carried

us here.

LOIS:

Look!

Up in the sky, Baines' helicopter. A beat, then the

helicopter EXPLODES in a fireball. After the last piece of

wreckage falls ...

JIMMY:

Do you think the explosion...

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141 CONTINUED 141

CLARK:

No. I think things went exactly as

planned.

141A INT. LEX LUTHOR'S STUDY - SAME TIME 141A

Luthor has watched the helicopter explosion from his monitor.

He shakes his head, leans back in his chair.

LUTHOR:

Good night, Antoinette. Sweet dreams.

CUT TO:

142 INT. DAILY PLANET NEWSROOM - DAY 142

PLASTIC CHAMPAGNE GLASSES

This time, it's Lois, Clark and Jimmy who are being feted by

the newsroom staff. Ali holds up the front page.

CU - FRONT PAGE

It reads:
MESSENGER SABOTAGED, SABOTEUR DIES IN FIERY

EXPLOSION. The by-line is: Lois Lane. Contributing

reporters:
Clark Kent, Jimmy Olsen.

Jimmy is surrounded by a group of doe-eyed secretaries.

JIMMY:

Scared? No, not really. I was more

concerned with the larger issue --

unless we got out of there alive the

colonist launch could blow up as well.

Perry walks up to Lois.

PERRY:

I just spoke to ground control over at

EPRAD. They went back over the

colonist launch vehicle with a fine

tooth comb -- discovered the same

coolant problem in the protective

bands and fixed it. The launch is *

all set for tomorrow morning.

(beat)

But... it's a no go for you, Lois. No

reporters allowed.

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141 CONTINUED 141

CLARK:

No. I think things went exactly as

planned.

141A INT. LEX LUTHOR'S STUDY - SAME TIME 141A

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