Lost in Space Page #18

JOHN:

(shouting)

Will, it's a trick. Smith's carrying

an egg sack. If he's willing to stay

on this world and die, why is he

about to spawn? He's going through

the portal himself.

The Robot FIRES a charge between its claws.

ROBOT:

Proceed to the ship or be destroyed.

ON THE RISING CONTROL PLATFORM.

OLDER WILL-CLOSE. Frowns.

Suddenly, Smith's head drops INTO FRAME. The creature is hanging

upside-down. He smiles.

SPIDER SMITH:

Hurry, boy. Time waits for no man.

EXT.-GANTRY SYSTEM-WIDE SHOT

The platform bearing Will reaches the top of the gantry and begins

moving out across the bridge towards the crows-nest.

INT.-JUPITER TWO-ENGINE ROOM CONTROL PLATFORM-FUTURE

Spider Smith drops into place beside Older Will as the control platform

comes to a stop on the crow's-nest.

The core cylinder continues sinking into the console. Smith looks out

over the platform. Beneath them, imagine of infinity flicker.

SPIDER SMITH:

It's almost time. I really am a

word-smith.

OLDER WILL:

Once the core cylinder is fully

injected, the planet will begin to

come apart and the time doorway will

stabilize. Then I jump in.

SPIDER SMITH:

A leap of faith. How fitting.

TIME BUBBLE-CLOSE. In the circle made by the laser, the images are not

yet stable, but discernable. Earth the day before the launch.

OLDER WILL:

Tell me again, old monster, how did

the girls die?

SPIDER SMITH:

We've been over this before, son.

The spiders attacked the ship

OLDER WILL:

In all the years since, the spiders

have never re-surfaced. Why?

Smith stares at him. Then he smiles. A horrible sight.

SPIDER SMITH:

Let's forget the past.

Will turns a switch. The laser generated aperture narrows.

SPIDER SMITH:

What are you doing?

OLDER WILL:

Focusing the aperture. Remember, the

energy around the portal will rip a

man to pieces.

SPIDER SMITH:

Isn't the doorway too small?

OLDER WILL:

Not for me.

(a beat)

But then I'm not going, am I? The

spiders didn't kill the girls. It

was you. I just never let myself see

it. You kept me alive because you

needed me. Because I could build

this for you. You killed my family.

Destroyed this world. And I helped.

You became mad as the spiders.

...And I became you.

SPIDER SMITH:

Poor, poor boy. Did you really think

I would let you go home? Let all

that I have become vanish? Look at

me. I am no mere man. I am a God.

Spider Smith opens his pouch, revealing a thousand tiny spiders.

SPIDER SMITH:

Your father was right. Within me

roil the growing needs of a master

race. We WILL descend upon helpless

Earth. An entire planet to rule.

His arm whips out, grabbing Will, bringing him close, opens his mouth,

bearing venomous fangs.

SPIDER SMITH:

An entire planet on which to feed.

INT.-MODIFIED JUPITER TWO-FUTURE

John and Don talk in the holding area. The Robot stands guard. (OVER)

the TREMORS are increasing in frequency.

WEST:

I'll run, draw his fire. You may

have time to get away with Will.

ROBOT (OVER)

Halt or Robot will destroy.

The men look up. In the b.g., Will has approached the Robot.

WILL:

Do you remember what I taught you. A

long time ago. About friendship?

ROBOT:

Friendship means acting with your

heart not your head.

WILL:

That's why I rebuilt you. Because I

wanted us to be friends.

ROBOT:

Logic error. Friendship does not

compute.

WILL:

Forget logic. Act with your heart.

ROBOT:

Robot has no heart. Robot is powered

by a fusion pulse generator

WILL:

Every living thing has a heart.

The Robot stares at him a beat.

ROBOT:

Any attempts to override command

protocols may result in fused

processors in my neural net.

The floor trembles again. The planet is coming apart at the seams.

WILL:

Please, Robot, if you don't let us

go, we're all going to die. I'm

asking you now, will you help us?

Will you be my friend?

The Robot stands still a beat. Then he reaches towards Smith's control

bolt attached firmly on his CPU.

ROBOT:

Robot attempting to deactivate

control bolt-commands

overriddenattempting to

reroute-dangercircuitry

overloadattempting to escape-kill

them, kill them...

The Robot's claws lift into attack position, an electrical charge

building with dangerous intensity. He is about to fire.

At the last minute, the Robot jerks his hand upward, BLOWING away a

piece of the ceiling. He rips off the control bolt.

WILL:

You did it.

ROBOT:

Robot will save ... I will save Will

Robinson. I will save my friend.

CHAPTER 21:
Time to Die!

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EXT.-FOREST-DAY-PRESENT

Penny and Maureen chase a frantic Blip through the portal back into the

daylight of the present. Here, too, the world RUMBLES.

MAUREEN:

(shouting )

Penny? Penny?

Penny stands in front of the Jupiter Two, beckoning them urgently.

MAUREEN:

Where did you go?

PENNY:

I came through the forest. I had a

promise I had to keep.

Before Maureen can respond the ground RUMBLES, begins crumbling.

JUDY:

Inside. Fast.

INT.-JUPITER TWO BRIDGE-FUTURE

Don, John, Will and the Robot stand at the open hatch. Outside, the

ground RUMBLES.

JOHN:

You've got find your way back to the

ship. The portals may still be

stable. I'll try to meet you there.

WEST:

What do you mean?

JOHN:

I'm going to get that core material.

It's our only chance to escape.

WEST:

I'll stay. The family needs their

father

JOHN:

The crew needs their pilot. No

matter what happens, when the planet

starts to break up you take off.

WEST:

Without the core we'll never have

enough power to make orbit.

JOHN:

You've got to try. Promise me, Don.

A beat. Then Don extends his hand.

WEST:

Good luck. Commander.

Just then Will and the Robot arrive.

JOHN:

Will. Son. I want you to know-

WILL:

(fighting tears)

You'll tell me when you get back to

the ship. Now there just isn't time.

John bites back a bittersweet smile. (OVER) another RUMBLING.

JOHN:

I could use a weapon.

The Robot extends his claw. A panel opens on his arm and he tears out a

hand-made component. A conduit made from Will's golden first prize

medals, joined together to make a jagged star.

ROBOT:

Professor, I have a plan.

INT.-JUPITER TWO-ENGINE ROOM CONTROL PLATFORM-FuTURE

Spider Smith has Will against the rail.

SPIDER SMITH:

Time to die, son.

OLDER WILL:

I'm not your son.

And with that Will SMASHES Spider Smith in the face with two closed

lists. Smith recoils, lifts the boy aver his head.

SPIDER SMITH:

Goodbye.

Smith hurls Will over the rail towards the time pool below.

The creature walks to the end of the arm, stares at the forming

aperture into the past below him.

PORTAL-CLOSE. Images of the day before the mission launch swirl in the

laser-generated opening, growing ever more stable.

WIDER:

Will is hanging over the time bubble, unconscious and unseen, dangling

from the gantry by a flashing chain around his neck.

CHAPTER 22:
Time Travel

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