The Avengers Page #17

INVISIBLE JONES (V.O.)

Of course.

278 ON EMMA

EMMA:

Tell him I said ... goodbye.

279 INT. SECRET SERVICE HQ - DAY

below the Thames as at the beginning.

In darkest paranoia, Mother lies at the heart of his Labyrinth. Controls around him

flash emergency. Panic. Cakes piled up beside him, uneaten. Beside him, Father.

Brenda hands a phone.

BRENDA:

Steed for you.

Mother grabs the phone, furious.

MOTHER:

Where's Mrs. Peel?

He signals frantically for Father to trace the call, but being blind, Father just sits

there.

STEED (V.O.)

(filtered)

I was hoping you could tell me.

MOTHER:

You're getting yourself into terrible

trouble, my son. Weather's turning

very nasty -- and so am I.

STEED (V.O.)

(filtered)

I'm going to follow up on a hunch of

my own. If I'm right, Mrs. Peel is

innocent and you have a mole.

MOTHER:

(grabs mirror;

searches his face)

Where?

STEED (V.O.)

(filtered)

In your operation.

MOTHER:

I'm warning you for the last time,

Steed:
whoever's behind all this,

looks like Mrs. Peel, walks like

Mrs. Peel and kills like Mrs. Peel.

CLICK. The line goes dead.

280 CLOSE ON MOTHER

Furious.

MOTHER:

Steed??

(to Father)

Find Mrs. Peel.

Brenda smiles at the thought. Father rises, grim.

281 EXT. SKY - DAY

Through mist, an ultralight plane zooms down -- From the plane, Emma leaps in

parachute ... Down, down, down through the mist ...

Over parkland, the parachute floats down ... To an island in the middle of the

Serpentine river.

282 EXT. ISLAND (HYDE PARK) - DAY

Emma lands, buries her parachute. Walks towards a thick jungle, then a stream. Emma

hops across on water lilies until she reaches land again. Where a peacock fans its tail of

a thousand eyes. A CLICK of CAMERAS.

In the midst of the jungle, Emma sees --

283 HER POV

A red phone box. Emma frowns in recognition; goes inside. Picks up the phone.

Presses "Button B", and --

The floor goes down. Emma goes down with it, into --

284 INT. HYDE PARK UNDERGROUND HQ

Formerly a Ministry installation. The "elevator" stops. Remembering, as from a dream,

Emma steps out into --

285 LONG DARK CORRIDOR

A GUARD patrols. Emma pushes herself against a wall. The wall gives way to flip

round, and Emma swivels into --

286 INT. TOTALLY DARK CHAMBER

The door locks behind. Alone, Emma stands warily.

From nowhere, a chilling, disembodied voice. Intimate. Seductive.

VOICE (V.O.)

Congratulations, Mrs. Peel. You have

been a worthy opponent. You have

tracked us down. You are within an

ace of winning.

EMMA:

This isn't a game.

VOICE (V.O.)

Quite right, but we still make the rules.

EMMA:

Rules are made to be broken.

VOICE (V.O.)

People, too.

EMMA:

Then who wins?

VOICE:

You and I. Together. But first you

must confront your greatest enemy.

Who could that be, Mrs. Peel?

The answer is obvious ...

Suddenly lights!

Emma is in a hall of mirrors.

VOICE (V.O.)

Yourself.

In every direction Emma turns, a thousand reflections of herself stare back at her,

splintered into fragments as Emma spins, freaked and confused by the multiple images.

Emma turns into herself -- only herself drapes arms around her and kisses her on the

lips.

Bad Emma -- whose eyes stare into Emma's startled ones as Emma pulls her mouth

away, staggers back; realizes too late. The hallucinogenic lip poison. Emma crumples

to her knees as --

287 EMMA'S POV

Sees "herself" above her, before she -- falls unconscious.

288 EXT. COUNTRY ROADS - DAY

Steed's Jag races, skids in bad weather.

289 INT. CAR

Behind the wheel Steed, his face grim, concentrates on the slippery road. On the seat

next to him the snow shaker with little Emma inside --

DISSOLVE TO:

290 INT. UNDERGROUND H.Q.

As if in a dream, Emma awakes captive inside a bizarre cage: A life size snow shaker.

Emma "swims" in viscous air,suspended like a mermaid. Thru glass she sees --

A face peering in: Father.

FATHER:

(filtered)

Emma in Wonderland. Welcome,

Mrs. Peel.

(filtered)

We've been expecting you. We hope

you'll enjoy your stay with us.

Decontamination is almost complete.

EMMA:

Decontamination -- ?

FATHER:

And you've a new wardrobe. He

does want you to look attractive.

(beat )

He tells me you're very beautiful.

Emma pounds the glass in frustration.

FATHER:

Relax, Mrs. Peel. We're hundreds

of feet below ground. The Ministry

made it impregnable. No one can

save you.

291 EXT. SPIRES OF ETON COLLEGE - EVENING

as Steed drives towards it ...

292 INT. UNDERGROUND HQ - DINING ROOM

Bathed in candlelight. A romantic supper for two ...

A door opens, admitting -- Emma. Dressed, coiffed, super-glamorous. She locks

around, sees another door. In search of escape she hastens to open it, only to reveal --

A giant rabbit -- the one we saw at the Teddy Bear meeting.

Emma gasps in surprise, moves back into the room as he advances, removing the

head -- it's Dr. Darling!!!

DR. DARLING

Emma, my dear. How lovely you

look.

He steps out of the rest of his costume ...

EMMA:

Would that I could say the Same.

DR. DARLING

Ah, but you haven't see the real

me. Watch closely ...

He pulls at his face, which bubbles and collapses as he walks towards her --

Emma's horrified expression, eyes widening as --

Dr. Darling turns into ... Peter!

EMMA:

Peter ...

PETER:

Darling Emma --

EMMA:

It was you ... all the time?

PETER:

Not really. Not quite. I'm

afraid you still don't see ...

Again he claws at his face, pulling, twisting ...

Emma winces at the sight, her eyes popping out of her head.

It's Valentine!

TEACHER (V.O.)

Valentine Peel ...

293 EXT. ETON COLLEGE - EVENING

beneath Gothic turrets pupils in top hats and tails.

OLD TEACHER (V.O.)

Yes, I remember him quite well ...

PULL BACK THROUGH windows to reveal: Steed and an OLD TEACHER in the

beautiful library.

OLD TEACHER:

This is where he used to spend his

days. We have an old photograph

somewhere ...

He's flipping through yearbooks, then shows Steed --

294 CLOSEUP - PHOTO

of Valentine Peel on stage, in wizard's garb. Made up as an old man ...

295 BACK TO SCENE

TEACHER:

Absolute wizard with makeup. His

favorite roll from Shakespeare.

Prospero ...

STEED:

'The Prospero Project...'

TEACHER:

... From The Tempest. A banished

duke, ousted by his brother,

marooned on a magic island. Who

controlled the weather.

296 CLOSEUP - STEED

grim.

STEED:

'O Brave New World that hath

such people in it.'

297 BACK TO DINNER TABLE

Emma frozen, sinks into a chair, staring ...

EMMA:

You.

VALENTINE:

Darling Emma -- yes, we: the true

genius behind the Prospero Project ...

He walks around the dinner table as he talks ...

EMMA:

But you died -- in the explosion ...

298 FLASHBACK - CLOSE ON HAND IN WHITE GLOVE

Twisting the dial. PAN UP the arm to reveal Valentine.

VALENTINE (V.O.)

Oh, no. I arranged the explosion.

299 BACK TO PRESENT

VALENTINE:

A slight miscalculation -- my face

was burned beyond recognition.

Fortunately my research into plastics

came in handy ...

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