Mission: Impossible II Page #10

Billy and Luther emerge, Luther with computer looking acutely

uncomfortable in a wrinkled suit.

ETHAN'S VOICE

Welcome to Australia, mate.

They look up to a smiling Ethan who points to the ground beneath

Luther's feet. Luther looks down to see that he is standing in a

pile of sheep-sh*t.

LUTHER:

Thanks - mate.

Both men laugh and all three move to:

INT - FARMHOUSE (DAY)

Luther and Billy with Ethan setting up their operation. There's

a blip on one of the screens.

LUTHER:

It's the transponder.

ETHAN:

Put in the coordinates and let's get a

visual. The visuals aren't coming up.

LUTHER:

The satellite doesn't work as fast as I

do.

BILLY:

Yeah, I've heard about you, Luther, and I

just want to tell you it's an honor and a

pleasure to be working with you blokes,

whoaa! That's some transponder!

As Billy speaks, the visual come on line and Nyah has become

visible.

LUTHER:

(a jaundiced eye, to Ethan)

It certainly is. How did we get so lucky?

Ethan pointedly ignore the question.

POV - MOVING (PALM BEACH - DAY)

rounding the tip of the bay's crescent, revealing the beach and

dock at Ambrose's palm-lined residence.

NYAH:

The speedboat's engine's are cut. Nyah looks momentarily

stricken.

POV NYAH (MOVING)

a lone slender figure silhouetted at the end of the dock, still

as the piling besides which it stands. But the features remain

obscured by the sun at his back.

ETHAN:

leans forward as the slender figure grows larger,

BILLY:

(to Ethan)

Is it him, then?

POV - MOVING

The tide is too low for the boat to dock, making it necessary for

he boat to approach the shore. The slender figure moves off the

end of the dock and onto the beach.

THE CIGARETTE:

idles into shadow water but the props start chewing into the

sand - the boatman grumbles he can't get any closer. The slender

figure has moved to the shoreline and the angle of the light

changes - Ambrose is waiting.

Nyah hesitates only a flicker of an instant, slips over the side

into thigh-high water without taking her eyes off Ambrose.

Ambrose strides right on into the bay. as they are just an arm's

length apart:

NYAH:

takes a deep breath, presses the button to scramble the

transponder.

WITH ETHAN (INT. SHEEPFARM SAFEHOUSE)

The picture abruptly goes dead.

BILLY:

Damn. Just when it was about to get

interesting.

ETHAN:

It's okay. She scrambled the

transmission. Luther, continue feeding

the GPS her position.

Luther punches in. The signal - and the global coordinates are

given. They wait.

INT - SPACE

The satellite positions itself.

WITH THE THREE:

ETHAN:

Can't we speed this up.

Luther shoots him a disgusted look.

LUTHER:

With what? This is the only computer

that'll do this.

THE SIGNALS AND PHOTOS

start to bounce back, growing larger and larger on the screen,

until:
Nyah can be seen, water up to her thighs, lingering in

Ambrose's arms with each blow-up, and linger. And lingering.

BILLY:

- right. Now there's a bloke who knows

how to deliver a proper welcome. Don't

get me wrong, mate. You were quite

hospitable. Is it him, then?

Ethan's look suggests he's worried about lapse in recruiting

judgment.

LUTHER:

It is, Billy.

BILLY:

Then we got'em!

ETHAN:

We don't know what we've got because we

don't know what he's got, where he's got

it or what he's doing in Sydney with it.

Ethan strides away from the screen, the edge in his voice and the

move not altogether lost on either Luther or Billy.

INT - THE BAY (EXT. PALM BEACH - DAY)

Perfectly poised, still loosely in his arms, Nyah returns

Ambrose's penetrating gaze with a pleasant, clear eyed one.

AMBROSE:

Not much luggage.

NYAH:

I left in a bit of a hurry. I'm terribly

grateful, Sean.

AMBROSE:

How grateful?

NYAH:

Well that depends.

AMBROSE:

On what.

NYAH:

How hard you had to work to get me out of

there..how in the world did you ever find me?

AMBROSE:

(stopping)

How I usually find you, Nyah.

NYAH:

How do you that.

AMBROSE:

Magic...

NYAH:

Ahh..

POV THRU TENT ANNEX WINDOW (AMBROSE COMPOUND)

looking down the length of the dock. Ambrose, his arm around

Nyah and carrying her suitcase, moves up the dock toward the

house and camera.

Stamp steps into the annex and looks over to Wallis, who watches

Nyah on the monitors.

WALLIS:

No flies on her.

(checking her on a scanner

screen)

No bugs either. She's clean.

STAMP:

(drily)

All cats are.

INT - ETHAN - SAFEHOUSE (SHEEP FARM - DAY)

Ethan watches the Nekhorvich video on the computer screen.

NEKHORVICH:

...therefore in a search for our hero,

Bellerophon, we created a monster,

Chimera.

Ethan then flips through a series of pictures on the computer

depicting the myth of Bellerophon attacking Chimera.

Billy moves up behind him.

BILLY:

What you got there, mate?

ETHAN:

A myth..just a myth...shouldn't you be

checking out their countersurveillance?

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