Starman Page #13

There are Eau Claire police cars on the street. Shermin is

out back watching Bell pick his way down the hill. Through

the windows we see uniformed policemen in the living room.

MAJOR BELL:

(slides the last few

feet down the hill)

Nothing up there... The grass is

matted down in a few places, but

that could have been anything.

SHERMIN:

It was the husband. The police finally

got a hold of the witness at work

and showed him a picture of the woman.

The man standing next to her in the picture was her husband

and the witness said that was the guy who kidnapped her.

MAJOR BELL:

It's the right area, that's for sure.

Throughout the above, Shermin has noticed a WOMAN in the

house next door peeping through her blinds at the activity

around Jenny's. She closes the drapes suddenly when she

realizes Shermin has spotted her.

SHERMIN:

Why the clicking language though?

EXT. NEXT-DOOR HOUSE - EARLY MORNING

Shermin knocks and waits on the steps with Bell for someone

to answer. We hear a chain being pulled off and the door is

opened by a freckled-face MAN in his late thirties, dressed

in a business suit and wiping the traces of a breakfast from

around his mouth.

SHERMIN:

Sorry to disturb you, sir, but there's

been some trouble next door. I'd

like to ask you a few questions.

MAN:

What happened?

SHERMIN:

There's a possibility that Mrs.

Haydn's been kidnapped. We're hoping

you might have seen something.

A WOMAN in a robe opens the door a little wider to include

herself in the conversation. She is as freckled as the man

and about the same age.

WOMAN:

(to the Man)

I told you...

MAN:

Judy, that's stupid.

WOMAN:

Well, maybe these men won't think

so. We were asleep when a helicopter

woke me up. It made me so nervous I

went into the kitchen for something

to eat. I happened to look out the

window and there was Scott Haydn

with this green thing draped over

his arm pulling Jenny down the walk

to the car.

MAN:

You know that's impossible!

WOMAN:

I know what I saw. I've seen him

enough times.

MAN:

(giving up on his

wife and addressing

Shermin and Lyman)

Scott Haydn is dead. He died about

three months ago. We went to the

funeral.

Shermin and Bell exchange a glance.

EXT. INTERSTATE - DAY

Jenny's Mustang is sailing through the beautiful Wisconsin

farmland.

STAR MAN (V.O.)

R-r-S-s...

INT. MUSTANG - DAY

The STAR MAN is copying the letters, upper and lower case,

from the Owner's Manual he found in the glove compartment,

onto the back of an envelope.

STAR MAN:

T-t-U...

He draws the upper case but has to check the manual for the

lower case.

STAR MAN:

u-V-v...

The STAR MAN looks up as they go by a farm.

STAR MAN:

(pointing correctly

to the various animals)

Cow... Dog... Pig...

He looks to Jenny for confirmation. She nods absently. He

returns to the alphabet.

STAR MAN:

W-w...

He forms both the upper and lower case 'X-x' and shows them

to Jenny.

STAR MAN:

What?

JENNY:

(knows what's coming)

X...

Without smiling the STAR MAN opens his mouth and emits a

short chirping laugh.

JENNY:

What's so funny about X?

The STAR MAN laughs harder. Jenny watches him warily. He

starts to hiccup. He is unable to control it through the

laughter.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. SMALL RECTANGULAR ROOM - DAY

Shermin's image waits on the television screen. He is gaunt,

tired and visibly shaken. The picture sizzles and breaks up

intermittently. Fox and the three men who watched the autopsy

stride quickly into the room.

SHERMIN (V.O.)

(his voice quavering)

George, we've just confirmed the

existence of the live

extraterrestrial.

FOX:

(after a beat)

When can we expect containment?

SHERMIN (V.O.)

Well, we're in pursuit of a green

Mustang...

FOX:

(very controlled)

It's in a green Mustang?

SHERMIN (V.O.)

Yes. It's kidnapped a woman at

gunpoint and from what we can make

out is forcing her to drive it

somewhere.

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