Lost in Space Page #7

MAUREEN:

We trusted you.

(sinking in)

You tried to kill us all.

SMITH:

Existence offers us nothing if not

the opportunity for an endless series

of betrayals.

(off her stunned expression)

There's a world behind the world,

Professor Robinson. Lie once, cheat

twice and everything becomes clear.

Do not mistake my deception for a

character flaw. It is philosophical

choice, a profound understanding of

the universe. It is a way of life.

MAUREEN:

You're a monster.

SMITH:

Perhaps. But I am also the only one

who can save your daughter's life.

Penny reappears, a case in hand. She presses a button and the case

unfolds into a hovering, gyroscopicaly-leveled gurney.

MAUREEN:

Where's Will?

PENNY:

He's futzing with that Robot.

SMITH:

Alright, Penny dear, I need you to

short the power on my command.

PENNY:

Does he have to call me dear?

SMITH:

Professor, if you will assist me in

lowering the body.

Smith hands Penny a wrench.

SMITH:

Penny, dear. Now.

Maureen nods. Penny SLAMS the wrench into the power circuit. The

freezing field FLARES and deactivates, the tube swinging open.

LIFESIGN MONITOR-CLOSE. Flatline.

MAUREEN:

She's dying.

Smith and Maureen lower her onto the gurney.

SMITH:

Sickbay. Move.

Penny, Maureen and Smith rush the gurney out the blast doors towards

Sickbay just as the ship tilts madly.

AT THE HELM:

WINDSCREEN-CLOSE. The sun is growing ever larger.

WEST:

Unable to re-route to Mercury. The

sun's pull is too strong.

(a beat)

Noah, I need options.

INT.-MISSION CONTROL

NOAH:

Major West we are unable to provide

contingencies.

(a beat)

I'm sorry, Don.

ON SCREEN-THE JUPITER TWO is heading towards the sun.

INT.-JUPITER TWO-SICKBAY

Penny, Smith and Maureen have transferred Judy onto a hi-tech scanning-

bed. A hovering holographic schematic of Judy's physiognomy appears

over her, descends onto her body.

SMITH:

No cardio-pulmonary or respiratory functions.

MAUREEN:

Body temp at 68 Fahrenheit.

SMITH:

Get her flight suit off.

Penny unzips the silver material as Smith works the console,

highlighting her holographic heart.

SMITH:

Clear.

The holographic image of her heart beats once, then is still.

SMITH:

Again. Clear.

The lights flicker on the bio-console, the holograph winks out.

SMITH:

Power's down.

MAUREEN:

We're losing her.

CHAPTER 10:
Initiate Hyperdrive

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INT. -JUPITER TWO

DON and John man the Com. The sun is a raging fireball dead ahead.

JOHN:

I've re-routed all secondary systems

to the main drive.

WEST:

She won't budge. Shortest baby sitting

mission I've ever done.

JOHN:

My family's not going die in space.

WEST:

I'm open to suggestions.

COMPUTER:

Outer hull breach in 30 seconds.

INT.-SICKBAY

Smith begins pumping Judy's chest by hand.

SMITH:

Come on, child. Fight. Put a little

heart in it.

Smith steps back, begins precise, staccato blows to Judy's chest.

SMITH:

The life.. .

(hit )

I save ...

(hit)

may be

(hit)

my own.

Smith stops, presses his ear to her chest - Takes her pulse. Smiles.

MAUREEN:

Judy? Baby?

A beat. Then Judy opens her eyes, manages a weak smile.

JUDY:

You should try to look less worried.

It has a tendency to spook the

patients.

MAUREEN:

(to Smith)

Thank you.

Smith holds her gaze, his eyes almost snake-like.

SMITH:

You are a good woman, Maureen. Any man

could see that. I hope I have proven

the well-being of your family is of

great importance to me. Perhaps, if

you convinced your husband to trust

me...

Maureen stares at him. A beat. She pulls a laser from the wall. Points

it at his forehead.

MAUREEN:

Stabilize her, Smith. Because you only

breathe as long as she does.

INT.-JUPITER TWO BRIDGE

The ship is shaking in the mighty pull of the sun. Don is struggling to

keep the ship stable.

COMPUTER:

Heat seal breach in 20 seconds.

JOHN:

There's got to be some way to get

through this.

DON stares at him.

WEST:

That's it.

JOHN:

What's it?

WEST:

We can't get away from the sun. So we

have to go through it.

The hyperdrive -

JOHN:

Engage the hyperdrive without a gate,

we could be thrown anywhere in the

galaxy

WEST:

Anywhere but here.

INT.-MISSION CONTROL

ANNIE:

We're getting resident radiation

distortions from the space craft. She

must be breaking up.

NOAH:

Let me see those numbers, Annie.

The Techie hands him a sheet. Noah looks for a beat.

NOAH:

Son of a b*tch. He's powering up the

hyperdrive.

EXT.-JUPITER TWO

The saucer is elongating slightly, changing its shape as it prepares to

enter hyperspace.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

BRIDGE:

Will scrambles onto the bridge, heads towards John who is working the

main control panel.

WEST:

Hyperengines coming on line.

COMPUTER:

Warning. Heat shield breach.

The sun covers the entire windscreen, a furious landscape of flame.

JOHN:

Hyperdrive at 100 percent. Major, you

have the Com.

WEST:

Zero to 20 million miles a second in

under a minute. Let's see what this

baby can do.

John takes Will's hand as West engages the hyperdrive.

West, John and Will, are hurled backwards from the sudden acceleration,

sticking to the walls and ceiling respectively.

INT.-SICKBAY

Maureen and Penny watch as Smith swaddles Judy in thermal blanket.

Suddenly, Maureen, Penny, and Smith fly against the walls. Judy is held

in place by the gurney straps.

INT.-MISSION CONTROL

The graphic of the space craft is beginning to flicker as it merges

with the graphic of the sun.

ANNIE:

We can't keep a fix on her, sir. She's

starting to disappear.

Noah stares at the screen.

NOAH:

Godspeed.

EXT.-SPACE

The Jupiter Two flies into the mighty ball of the sun. And just as it

reaches the tallest of the gaseous mountains, the ship becomes

translucent, falling through the orb, elongating and then vanishing in

a sudden star of hyperspace.

INT.-JUPITER TWO

THE WINDSCREEN. The sky breaks apart giving way to a starfield.

EXT.-DEEP SPACE

Quiet. Empty. Suddenly space distorts and, in a sudden flash, a ship

appears, hurling into the darkness. The Jupiter Two.

The Jupiter Two comes to rest at the edge of an alien, twin starred

solar system, near a giant crimson planet.

CHAPTER 11:
Lost in Space

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INT.-JUPITER TWO-INFIRMARY

Maureen kneels before Penny and Will, making sure they're okay. Smith

stands silently in the b.g. Judy's gurney is empty. John ENTERS, his

face wrought with fatherly concern.

JOHN:

Is everyone okay?

MAUREEN:

All in one piece. Although Major West

has the most puzzling definition of a

smooth ride.

JOHN:

Judy? Where's Judy?

Just then Judy emerges through a door, zipping up her flight suit.

JUDY:

Boy either I cut down on the coffee

or sew in a flap. It's hell getting

in and out of this thing.

JOHN:

Are you-

JUDY:

Vitals are normal. Pulse and

respiration seem to be-

JOHN:

Baby, are you okay?

JUDY:

I'm fine Daddy really.

John holds her close, spared a father's worst fear.

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