Star Trek Generations Page #10

A long beat as Picard absorbs her words.

PICARD:

But then you were beamed away.

Guinan shows a rare burst of anger.

GUINAN:

I was pulled away. I didn't want to leave; none of us did. I felt like

I'd left a part of myself behind. All I could think about was getting

back. I didn't care what I had to do.

Guinan moves to a window and looks out at the stars.

GUINAN:

It took a long time, but eventually I learned to live with it. And I

began to realize that my experience in the Nexus had changed me. (beat)

I knew things about people, about events, about time.

PICARD:

Your "sixth sense"- I've always wondered where it came from. (beat) And

what about Soran?

GUINAN:

Soran may still be obsessed with getting back. And if he is, he'll do

anything to find that doorway again.

PICARD:

But why destroy a star? (beat) Thank you, Guinan.

He heads for the door.

GUINAN:

Let someone else do it, Jean-Luc.

Picard stops, looks at her.

GUINAN:

Let them send another starship. Don't get near the ribbon. If you go

into that Nexus, you're not going to care about Soran or the Enterprise

or me. All you're going to care about is how it feels to be there.

(beat) And you're never going to come back.

Picard weighs her words, sees the warning in her eyes, and carefully

backs away and EXITS.

CUT TO:

83 INT. KLINGON BIRD OF PREY- QUARTERS (VFX-P)83

A dimly-lit room somewhere in the bowels of the Klingon ship. Like every

other room on this decrepit ship, the room looks well-worn and

ill-maintained. Soran is seated behind a table, holding the VISOR. A

PADD and Soran's pocketwatch sit on the table. La Forge is sitting in a

chair across from him- his shirt has been removed. He looks very tense.

SORAN:

(re:
VISOR)

A remarkable piece of equipment, but a little inelegant, wouldn't you

say? (beat) Have you ever considered a prosthesis that would make you

look a little more...normal?

LA FORGE:

What's normal?

SORAN:

Normal is what everyone else is, and what you are not.

LA FORGE:

What do you want?

Soran takes a moment.

SORAN:

As you may or may not be aware, I am an El-Aurian. Some people call us a

race of "listeners". We listen. (beat) Right now, Mr. La Forge, you have

my undivided attention. I want to listen to everything you know about

trilithium- and me.

La Forge thinks.

LA FORGE:

Trilithium is an experimental compund developed by the Romulans. I think

it's a derivative of-

Soran picks up the PADD from the desk and activates it. Suddenly

something small, with sharp edges, can be seen moving just underneath La

Forge's skin near his chest. La Forge moves his hand to the spot, but

then the protrusion is suddenly gone.

SORAN:

I don't want a science lecture. You were on that observatory looking for

trilithium. Why?

LA FORGE:

I was ordered to by the Captain.

On the PADD in Soran's hand, we can now see an interior graphic of La

Forge's body sitting in the chair. The graphic is interactive, moving as

La Forge moves. A blinking dot represents the movement of the probe

inside his body. Right now, the dot is in the middle of his chest.

SORAN:

Let's try to move beyond the usual prisoner-interrogator banter, shall

we? You have information and I need it. (beat) Did the Captain explain

his orders to you? Did he say why you were searching for trilithium?

LA FORGE:

No.

SORAN:

What about Guinan? What has she told you about me?

LA FORGE:

Guinan? I don't know what you're talking about.

On the PADD, we now see the dot has moved to a position next to La

Forge's heart. Soran looks up at La Forge.

SORAN:

My instincts tell me you're lying. And I know that can't be easy for

you. (off PADD) I can see you have a good heart.

Soran taps a control on the PADD. Suddenly La Forge grabs his chest in

pain. Soran watches La Forge for a few seconds, then taps the PADD

again. La Forge gasps and starts to breathe.

SORAN:

Oh, I forgot to tell you. While you were unconscious, I injected a

nano-probe into your bloodstream. It's been navigating your

cardiovascular system, and right now I've attached it to your left

ventricle. (smiles) A little trick I picked up from the Borg.

LA FORGE:

(gasping)

Yeah, they're full of great ideas.

SORAN:

I just stopped your heart for five seconds. It felt like an eternity,

didn't it? Did you know that you can stop the human heart for up to ten

minutes before the onset of brain damage?

LA FORGE:

No, I didn't know that.

SORAN:

We learn something new about ourselves every day. (beat) Now. Maybe I

didn't make myself clear. It is very important that you tell me exactly

what Captain Picard knows.

LA FORGE:

I told you everything. You might as well just kill me right now.

Soran's features soften as he smiles slightly. For a moment, he looks

genuinely compassionate- and it's a disturbing contrast to his usual

dark intensity.

SORAN:

I'm not a killer, Mr. La Forge. (beat) Let's try thirty seconds.

Soran taps a control on the PADD. La Forge gasps and strains against an

unimaginable pain.

Soran picks up his pocketwatch and opens the cover, sits back in his

chair, watching the seconds tick.

CUT TO:

84 INT. STELLAR CARTOGRAPHY (VFX-P) 84

A room filled with exotic-looking devices, sensors and computers which

handle the enormous task of tracking the ship's position in space. The

monitors around the room display various diagrams of the energy ribbon

(as seen in the beginning of the film).

Data is sitting at a computer console which has a great deal of

complex information on the screen. Picard is standing next to him.

Throughout the following, Data seems distracted and preoccupied.

DATA:

According to our information, the ribbon is a conflux of temporal energy

which travels through our galaxy every 39.1 years

PICARD:

When is it expected back?

Data doesn't answer right away.

PICARD:

Data?

DATA:

Sorry, Captain. The ribbon has already entered the galaxy. It will pass

through this sector in approximately thirty-one hours.

Picard moves about the room. He's frustrated, tired, but determined to

find out what's going on.

PICARD:

Guinan said Soran was trying to get back to the ribbon. If that's true,

then there must be some connection with the Amargosa star.

DATA:

The star's destruction has had numerous astro-physical effects within

this sector. However, none of them appear to have a connection to the

energy ribbon.

PICARD:

Give me a list of those effects. I want to know every single thing which

has been altered or changed, no matter how insignificant.

DATA:

It will take a few moments for the computer to compile the information.

Data works the computer and then the computer begins to work. Data

sighs- his expression becomes downcast and gloomy. He sits down and puts

his head in his hands. Picard finally has to say something.

PICARD:

Data, are you all right?

DATA:

No, sir. I am finding it difficult to concentrate. I believe I am

overwhelmed with feelings of remorse and regret concerning my actions on

the observatory.

PICARD:

What do you mean?

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