Starman Page #23

When they stop at the door, she impulsively kisses him on

the cheek.

JENNY:

Goodbye.

STAR MAN:

(touches his cheek)

What?

JENNY:

It's a kiss...

(she motions for him

to get on the bus)

Goodbye...

DRIVER:

Let's go.

The STAR MAN climbs the steps just ahead of him. The door

closes. Its ENGINE REVVING, the bus backs out of its stall.

Jenny catches a glimpse of the STAR MAN bent over in the

aisle looking out at her. She waves until the bus rounds the

building.

EXT. GREYHOUND PARKING LOT - DAY

Jenny's green Mustang loops around the end of a row of cars

and heads for the street.

INT. MUSTANG - DAY

LOOKING OVER Jenny's SHOULDER, we SEE the Star Man waiting

for her at the curb.

JENNY:

(softly)

Oh no...

She stops next to him and rolls down her window.

JENNY:

What happened?

STAR MAN:

I was afraid.

Jenny moans and lays her head on the vinyl of the window

sill. When she raises up, he smiles at her.

JENNY:

Okay, you win. Get in.

INT. SHOPPING MALL - DAY

Shermin is standing next to the security guard in the middle

of a knot of shouting people.

SHOPKEEPER:

This kind of thing's real bad for

business...

TOUGH:

He couldn't even speak English.

MOTHER:

Those kind of people should be shot.

ONLOOKER:

What happened?

WAITRESS:

I think he was just lost...

BURT:

Who's side are you on?

TOUGH:

No way he was going to get away from

me.

We move in on a lapel mike pinned to the front of Shermin's

shirt.

INT. HELICOPTER - DAY

The hubbub in the shopping center is being recorded on a

tape deck. Lyman, a phone to his ear, is seated in front of

the television screens.

LYMAN:

Where's that?... And it was one

person, one way...

He hangs up and heads for the rear door. Jenny Haydn's current

Visa statement occupies the upper left screen. The last two

items are circled: The charge for the Greyhound ticket and

the credit for the return of that ticket.

EXT. SHOPPING MALL - DAY

The security guard tags Shermin into the parking lot.

SECURITY GUARD:

Eyewitnesses are the worst. You get

two of them together. You got three

stories. You know what I mean?

Shermin sees Lyman come out of the crowd surrounding the

police cars in front of the helicopter.

SECURITY GUARD:

Is there a reward in this?

SHERMIN:

Huh?... Eh... no, there isn't

SECURITY GUARD:

Because I'm the one who called the

police, you know.

SHERMIN:

Yeah, thanks. We appreciate that.

SECURITY GUARD:

Hey, it's none of my business why

you're chasing a retard... You want

my opinion, it's the girl. She had

to hold the guy's hand all the way

to the car like he was a kid.

SHERMIN:

You saw that?

SECURITY GUARD:

Hey... he didn't look like no big

time criminal to me.

Lyman meets them. It is obvious he has something to tell

Shermin.

SECURITY GUARD:

Eh... the store tells you to call

when there's trouble, so they won't

get sued... But that shouldn't matter

if there's a reward, right?

SHERMIN:

I wouldn't think so.

SECURITY GUARD:

(peeling off)

That's what I thought. So remember

it was me because sometimes rewards

come late, you know.

SHERMIN:

We will.

(he turns to Lyman)

Something's wrong here. She's helping

him now.

LYMAN:

(alarmed)

I know. She bought him a ticket for

Lathrop Wells and put him on the

bus. He didn't stay on though and

they drove off together.

SHERMIN:

(shaking his head)

Doesn't make sense.

LYMAN:

Maybe he's turned her into one of

them. They enter the crowd around

the helicopter.

EXT. INTERSTATE 29 - DAY

The Mustang cruises along between fields of corn.

JENNY (V.O.)

Why did your ship land on this

planet... on Earth?

STAR MAN (V.O.)

It was a mistake.

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