The Bionic Woman Page #15

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(spits out the words)

If anybody made me, it's you.

Sarah takes a startled step BACKWARDS -- Jaime takes the

opening, HITS hard and REVERSES their positions, so now it's

SARAH up against the steel bars and broken glass.

JAIME (CONT'D)

(deadly)

And I won't let you kill Eric. I

will not.

SARAH'S expression is strangely SHOCKED -- and suddenly, she

TWISTS her arms free, CLAMPING her hands on Jaime's temples.

With Jaime's head between her hands, Sarah starts to PRESS.

JAIME STRUGGLES to get free, but Sarah's hands hold her like

a VISE, her head immobile -- Jaime's eyes ROLL BACK, the

pain UNBEARABLE, and she SCREAMS.

72.

SARAH:

I'm sorry.

JAIME somehow FOCUSES for an instant, eyes fixing on Sarah -and

she PUNCHES her in the gut, Sarah's grip LOOSENS -- and

JAIME KICKS her so hard she goes FLYING across the room.

SARAH twists in midair, lands in a CROUCH on the floor -

SARAH (CONT'D)

It doesn't matter anyway.

SEVERAL THUGS come racing into the room, guns RAISED -

SARAH (CONT'D)

Masters is already done.

(glances at her watch)

He has maybe an hour. No more.

Jaime looks from Sarah to the advancing Thugs -- and lightning-*

fast, she JUMPS STRAIGHT UP, into the rafters. THE THUGS *

fire after her, but she's already PUNCHED a hole in the roof, *

VAULTING through to vanish into the darkness. *

SARAH goes to the barred window, looks out -- there's nothing

but SILENCE and DARKNESS outside.

SARAH (CONT'D)

(repeating, quietly)

I'm sorry.

EXT. STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO -- NIGHT

JAIME runs like a BLUR through the streets, black fatigues *

making her almost INVISIBLE. The city FLIES by her -- she's *

a FLASH of black in the shadows, moving too fast to follow. *

INT. COMPLEX -- OPS CENTER -- NIGHT

JONAS AND RUTH and the frantic OPS TECHS working -

TECH 1

There's a breach at the main gate --

RUTH *

(amazed) *

It's Sommers. Headed underground. *

INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE LOCKDOWN ROOM -- NIGHT

JAIME has come to stop in front of the SECURITY GUARDS at

the door. She's SCARY LOOKING -- breathing hard from her

RUN, covered with sweat and bruises and blood -

JAIME:

Get out of my way.

73.

GUARD 1

We don't have authorization to -

And Jaime SWEEPS him aside with one arm. He goes FLYING to *

SMACK into a wall, sliding down, UNCONSCIOUS. GUARD 2 pulls *

his gun, but JAIME grabs it in a FLASH of movement and CRUSHES *

it one-handed, KICKING Guard 2 aside. *

She TEARS open the door, hinges RIPPING off --*

INT. LOCKDOWN ROOM -- NIGHT

-- and rushes in to find ERIC sitting on the bed.

ERIC:

Jaime? What -- ?

Jaime looks frantic, almost HYSTERICAL -

JAIME:

We have to get you out. She's coming.

She said you have an hour -- there's

only minutes left -- she had one of

the strike team, she's probably got

more people here -

(frantic)

There's a bomb, or an assassin, or --*

ERIC *

There's nothing to worry about, ok?

I'm fine. We're safe.

JAIME:

(hysterically)

We're not safe, you said yourself,

she never gives up! We have to go,

get out of here now -- she'll take

you, Eric, and I'll lose you forever -

For some reason, Eric doesn't look frightened -- just SAD.

He takes her hands in his, holding them to his chest.

ERIC:

I'll never leave. I won't. I'll

always be here, always -

And without warning, POPPP! the space where Eric was is

suddenly EMPTY. He's just -- disappeared.

JAIME:

Eric? Eric!!

WIDE ON JAIME, standing in SHOCK, alone in an EMPTY ROOM.

END OF ACT SIX:

74.

ACT SEVEN:

JONAS comes skidding into the room, through the wreckage of

the door. Jaime WHIRLS on him, TERRIFIED, completely FREAKING -

JAIME (CONT'D)

He's gone! Sarah, she's, she's done

something -

JONAS:

Listen to me -- did she touch you?

JAIME:

She's gotten in here, somehow -- but -

(hysterical, mystified)

He was right here! We have to find

him, she's going to kill him -

Jonas grabs her by the shoulders, trying to get through -

JONAS:

Did Sarah touch you?

Jaime STOPS, realizing something is going on, pushing down

her panic to FOCUS on Jonas. She looks at him in disbelief,

bruised and bloody, TORN BIONIC ARM leaking BLUE-WHITE blood -

JAIME:

(incredulously)

What do you think?

JONAS:

Did she touch your head?

Specifically?

Without waiting for an answer, he TURNS her head gently,

looking at her temples, right above the hairline --where

Sarah held Jaime's head in her hands.

JAIME:

I thought--she was trying to kill me-

C.U. JAIME'S TEMPLES -- on each side, a TINY BURN lies red

and BLISTERED on Jaime's skin.

JONAS:

She must have modified her hands,

created a variable-frequency

ultrasound arc.

(turns back to her)

She burned out one of your components.

Jaime is getting an INKLING of the truth now, something HUGE

and TERRIBLE.

75.

JAIME:

Which one, Bledsoe?

(off his silence)

Which one?!

JONAS:

One of the chips in your brain, meant

to be used for combat simulation.

It tied in directly to your cerebral

cortex; you can see, feel, even

taste the input. It makes the sim

as... convincing as possible.

JAIME:

(dawning horror)

It makes me see things that aren't

there?

Jonas takes a step closer, looks directly in her eyes.

JONAS:

Eric is dead. He died on the

operating table, two hours after he

was shot.

Jaime STAGGERS back as if Jonas had HIT her.

JONAS (CONT'D)

I told Ruth to use the chip to input

a sim of Eric, so you'd believe he

was still alive.

JAIME:

No... no, the things he said... it

was Eric, it was -

JONAS:

Once the scenario is downloaded, the

program becomes semi-autonomous --

it draws on your own subconscious.

(quietly uncomfortable)

In some ways, you've been talking to

yourself.

Jaime is looking around the room, REMEMBERING what Eric said

to her, REPLAYING their conversations --

JAIME:

It mattered... that I could forgive

him.

(bitter laugh)

Of course it did.

And suddenly, her PAIN vanishes, replaced by COLD FURY. She

WHIRLS on Jonas, GRABBING him by the THROAT and SLAMMING him

HARD against the wall.

76.

JAIME (CONT'D) *

But I don't have to forgive you. *

JONAS:

(struggling to breathe)

I -- had to -- I needed you, couldn't

be sure -

JAIME:

(finishing the sentence)

-- that I'd go on your little field

trip if I didn't have anything left

to protect? So you lied to me to

get what you wanted.

She CLOSES her hand TIGHTER around his neck -- JONAS' FEET

kick the air, he's PINNED to the wall, CHOKING -

JONAS:

(hoarse, choked)

Jaime -- please -

JAIME:

This is what a power differential

feels like from the other side.

She holds him, unmoving as STONE, as he STRUGGLES vainly.

JAIME (CONT'D)

(a hard whisper)

Am I inspiring trust right now?

Jonas is BEYOND SPEAKING, his eyes BULGING -- and Jaime DROPS

him. He CRUMPLES to the floor, GASPING for breath.

JAIME (CONT'D) *

(disgusted) *

You're so far into your world of *

lies and secrets that you've forgotten *

what it means to be an actual person. *

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