The Bionic Woman Page #13

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JAE:

(doubtfully)

That's still a lot of ground to cover.

RUTH:

Am I talking to myself? Did no one

hear me say "polyamide?" Translation:

tiny little bits of bionic skin?

JONAS:

You think she's injured? Damaged?

RUTH:

Don't know. But I went looking for

the kind of equipment you'd need if

you had to do, say, bionic repairs

in the field, cross-referenced with

addresses in the wharf.

A LIST of shipping bills appears, one window after another,

overlaying each other in RAPID SEQUENCE -- Jonas WHISTLES.

RUTH (CONT'D)

Different companies, different names -but

all delivered to the same address.

JONAS:

How fast can you generate the mission

profile?

62.

RUTH:

I'll need a few hours to run the

combat sims. No more.

JAE:

We won't move until after dark,

anyway. I'll send a reconn team,

establish a surveillance perimeter.

JAIME:

Yeah, and I need to pick Becca up

from school and get a sitter.

EVERYONE turns to look at her.

JAIME (CONT'D) *

What? *

EXT. BECCA'S SCHOOL -- DAY

Jaime pulls up LATE -- the school is practically EMPTY, no

one out front but a kids straggling from late BAND PRACTICE.

JAIME:

Hey, have you seen Becca Sommers?

INT. MUSTANG -- DAY

BECCA is in a parked car with a fairly lowlife-looking senior,

JASON. They're MAKING OUT with almost ANGRY enthusiasm.

The door FLIES open -- Becca and Jason almost FALL OUT, facing

A VERY PISSED-OFF JAIME.

JAIME:

(to Becca, furious)

Get. In. The. Car.

Becca gives her a look of pure DISGUST. They're in the

PARKING LOT in the back of the school, almost EMPTY. Becca

heads over to the Pinto.

Jaime looks down at Jason; he hasn't moved from the driver's

seat. He seems totally unconcerned.

JAIME (CONT'D)

I don't like you spending time with

my sister.

JASON:

(starts the car)

Then I guess you got yourself a

problem.

He GUNS the motor -- but Jaime leans down, grabbing the

steering wheel with one hand before he can SHIFT into gear.

63.

JAIME:

You think?

With a SQEAL of metal, Jaime BENDS the steering column down.

Jason barely has time to be SHOCKED as the steering wheel

comes down to PIN him to the seat --right across his crotch.

JAIME (CONT'D)

(sweetly)

Touch my sister again -- and next

time, it won't be your car.

Jaime turns and STRIDES off, leaving Jason SPEECHLESS with

disbelief -- he starts STRUGGLING to get out, but he's STUCK.

INT. JAIME'S APARTMENT -- AFTERNOON

Late afternoon sun slants through the windows as Jaime and

Becca enter the apartment in a TENSE SILENCE.

JAIME:

Look, I have to go out tonight.

I'll get Mrs. A to stay with you -

BECCA:

You are the single most embarrasing

human being on the planet, you know

that?! How could you --*

Jaime's BLACK CELL PHONE RINGS. *

JAIME *

I have to take this --*

Jaime picks up -- and Becca STALKS OFF furiously. *

JONAS *

We're go for tonight. I'll send *

transport. You ready? *

O.S. Becca's door SLAMMING dramatically. *

JAIME *

Sure. Right now, a secret mission *

to bring down a bionic psychopath is

looking comparitively low stress.

INT. LOCKDOWN ROOM -- NIGHT *

**

Jaime enters, in the black fatigues of the Spec Ops Team. *

ERIC:

(sees her fatigues)

You're going with them?

Jaime nods, comes closer to the bed.

64.

JAIME:

You didn't tell me about Sarah.

ERIC:

I didn't know how... to tell you

that the technology I'd used to save

you might -- might hurt you.

JAIME:

(steels herself)

Will I become like her?

ERIC:

I don't know. No one knows.

(shakes his head)

I really screwed up, Jaime. All I

could think about was losing you -(

voice catching)

It matters. If you can forgive me.

She kisses him on the forehead, leans her head against his.

JAIME *

There's nothing to forgive. *

INT. COMPLEX -- LOADOUT DOCK -- NIGHT *

**

JAIME enters the LOADOUT AREA. THE TEAM is strapping on *

their gear, loading a BLACK VAN. They're armed to the TEETH. *

Jaime starts to reach for a 9mm -- and a HAND comes over *

hers, stopping her. It's JAE. *

JAE *

No firearm. *

JAIME:

(low)

You want to tell me what your problem

is?

JAE:

Last time I had one like you on this

team, three of my people died. She

killed them.

(turns back to her)

We work as a team because of two

things:
skill and trust. You have

skills. But you can't be trusted.

You're a ticking bomb. It's only a

matter of time until you lose it.

Jaime doesn't back down an inch.

JAIME *

You don't know anything about me. *

JAE *

I know this:
one step over the line, *

and I will put you down. *

(loud, to the Team)

Let's move out!

END OF ACT FIVE:

65.

ACT SIX:

EXT. STREETS NEAR WHARF -- NIGHT

The van drives through the WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, old hulking

buildings RISING in the dark around them like RUINS of some

ancient, forgotten city.

INT. VAN DRIVING ON STREET -- NIGHT

The van is outfitted with MONITORS and SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT.

DANNY mans the communications console; one monitor shows

JONAS on WEBCAM; another a SCHEMATIC of the warehouse.

JAE:

Surveillance hasn't seen anyone come

in or out of the warehouse but her.

(points to schematic)

Access points are here, here, and

here. Shepherd and Mac take the

back door, Radcliffe and Danny will

go through the loading dock -

DANNY:

Why do I always get Brokeback over

here?

RADCLIFFE:

That ain't funny -- I told you, those

guys were from Wyoming -

MAC:

Radcliffe. Shut up.

JAE:

(not missing a beat)

-- Brett and I will come in through

the front.

(to Jaime)

You're with me.

JAIME *

Can I at least have a gun? *

JAE *

No. *

JAIME:

(exasperated)

So what am I supposed to do?

NEIL:

(suggesting)

She could break down the door.

(to Jaime)

I hear you're good at that -

66.

ON THE WEBCAM MONITOR, JONAS speaks up: *

JONAS *

This is a straightforward surgical

extraction -- use everything you've

got, including Jaime, to disable her

and bring her back to base, alive.

The men look at each other, all thinking the same thing.

MAC:

And in the unlikely event the

"disabling" goes south?

JAE:

(promptly)

Put her down. Just like you would

any other mad dog.

All eyes turn to JONAS on the monitor; he NODS, tersely.

JONAS:

Do what you have to do.

Off Jaime, clearly WONDERING if they'd do the same to her.

EXT. WAREHOUSE -- NIGHT

The Van PARKS behind a building. The SPEC OPS GUYS emerge

SILENTLY, blending with the surrounding shadows. They all

wear EARBUDS and THROAT MIKES with their gear.

POV JAIME, VFX BIONIC EYE, as she looks THROUGH THE DIRTY

WINDOW that fronts the warehouse -- inside, BLURRED by dust

and grime on the pane, she sees SARAH sitting at a workbench.

VFX BIONIC EYE ZOOMING IN -- Sarah has ONE ARM stretched in *

front of her, using a small ARC WELDER on her inner arm. *

JAE:

(into throat mike)

Control, target sighted.

INT. OPS CENTER -- NIGHT

JONAS AND RUTH watch video monitors showing LIVE FEEDS from *

the Spec Ops Guys' eyegear. *

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