The Jensen Project Page #2

We need you!

We need both of you,

and we need you now.

Whoo!

Hey, Jimmy, I thought 20 bucks

bought me another...

What were you thinking?

I was thinking

you'd never find out.

How'd you know

where I was, anyway?

Your mom used a satellite

to track your cell phone.

- What?

- You pretended to be me...

so you could skip school.

Not cool, buddy. Oh, and by the way,

you are totally grounded.

Look, I can explain.

I was testing the rates of noise

reduction in isolated audio signals.

- I wrote an app, that can...

- It doesn't matter what you were doing.

What matters is

that you lied to the school...

and you lied to us.

Okay, I'm sorry.

Where are we going?

We're sending you

to military school.

What?

Look, Mom, I'll change!

- Can't we talk about this?

- You're not going to military school!

- Then where're we going?

- We're going back.

Back where?

To save the day, I hope!

And while we're at it,

maybe the world!

Why did Edwin choose now

to leave the Jensen project?

My fault. He wanted to skip

the usual protocols...

and advance the nanobot

to its next phase.

Just wanted him

to go slowly.

Unfortunately, Edwin and I

don't communicate very well.

Hey, Mom, what's this Jensen Project,

you guys keep talking about?

It's a group of

really smart people...

who work together to make

the world a better place.

How come I've never

heard of it?

Let's just say that anonymity

is important to us.

- So how do you join?

- You don't.

You have to be invited.

You guys, like, members?

We were...

once.

Ms. Jensen,

we have security clearance...

to land in the compound.

Your onco-gene research,

the glucose-monitoring device...

and your servomechanisms

for robotics...

Truly transformative

work, Edwin.

- Thank you.

- But, sir...

as we discussed, sir,

it's your nanobot technology...

that most interests

my associates and me.

Well, I can see why.

We're this close

to a breakthrough...

that could change

medicine forever.

Could?

Will.

Will change.

What about

proprietary rights?

Ours and ours alone.

We fund it.

We own it.

We do with it

as we please.

The credit, however...

it's all yours,

along with a great deal

of money.

I'll need full autonomy,

over my staff, the lab,

our process...

Not a problem.

You're the horse

we're backing, Edwin.

And we're willing

to bet big.

As soon as we process you

through security,

we'll meet with Dr. James,

get a progress report

on the search for Edwin.

- How you feeling?

- Afraid.

Afraid that coming back here

was a bad idea.

Don't take that off.

That'll give you access

to most of the compound.

Things have definitely changed

around here.

I remember when security used to be

your dad's hunting dogs.

Unfortunately,

we're learning the hard way...

even all this isn't enough.

So, Brody...

since your folks haven't told you

about the Jensen Project,

I'll bring you up to speed

on our way to meet Dr. James.

Okay. Cool.

The Jensen Project is one of the premier

research facilities in the world.

It was founded by my father,

the late William Jensen.

The Project is a collective

of great minds...

who not only theorize

about ways to improve the world...

but actually do it.

These are just a few of our

more successful projects.

Yeah, but, you didn't get credit,

other people did.

If the group develops,

say a... say new vaccines,

it's given to

an organization like the CDC...

or the World

Health Organization.

They get

the magazine covers.

At Jensen,

the work is the reward.

Ingrid, status report.

Kendrick James.

This is Brody, Matt

and Claire Thompson.

Kendrick is the head

of the Photonic...

and Acoustical

Engineering Department.

He's also our project

chief of security.

Glad you're here.

Ingrid, so far we've got

And counting!

It is worse than we thought.

Biomedical Neuro-cog

and Robotics were tapped.

Ginny, these are

the Thompsons.

Hi.

And bye.

I gotta go see

if they also hit A-I.

Welcome back to Jensen.

Ginny heads up our

Computer Sciences division.

Alright, let's get to it before things

get worse than they are.

There is no telling

how far Edwin's gone.

Oh, what about me?

You my dear,

are free to roam the premises.

Stay out of trouble.

No worries.

Hurry up

And wait

So close

But so far away

Everything that

you always dreamed of

Close enough

for you to taste

But you just can't touch

You wanna show the world

but no one knows your name

Wonder when and where

and how you're gonna make it

You know you can

if you get the chance...

We know that more than

a billion people worldwide...

are without access

to clean drinking water.

As a result, more than 4,000 children

in developing countries...

die every single day.

So, we created this

helpful little invention...

and gave it to

the good people at Pur.

It usually takes

half an hour in a strainer,

but we'll speed things

up here.

And there you have it!

Potentially deadly water

is now clean...

and ready to drink.

The uses are infinite.

Non-toxic, water soluble.

It can be used to heal

a bloody wound during battle...

or seal a leak

on the space shuttle.

You believe

and you doubt

If you're confused

and got to figured it all out

Everything that you

always wished for

Could be yours, should be

yours, would be yours

If they only knew

You wanna show the world

but no one knows your name

Wonder when and where

and how you're gonna make it

You know you can

if you get the chance

In your face

as the door keeps slamming

Whoa!

You're feeling more

and more frustrated

And you're getting

all kind of impatient waiting

We live and we learn

To take

one step at a time

There's no need to rush

It's like learning to fly

Or falling in love

It's gonna happen

When it's supposed to happen

And we find

a reason why

Sweet.

One step at a time

Brody Thompson...

you are not authorized

to be in this security zone.

Uh, sorry! Sorry!

My bad!

And we find

the reasons why

One step at a time

Whoa!

Has anyone gone through

Edwin's stuff?

What little

he left behind...

was in his

incomprehensible shorthand.

It's based on an algorithm.

I helped him create it.

I was so hoping

you'd say that!

Sounds like he took

a lot of tech.

Are you sure he's

focusing on nanobots?

No, but based on our last

conversation, I'm guessing he is.

Certainly the most

high-profile.

And unfortunately,

the most dangerous.

If there's any good news

in all of this,

he wasn't able to take

our molecular assembler.

Your what?

He can't produce

nanobots without it.

And besides ours,

there's only a couple of others

in the entire world.

Well, I guess we should

roll up our sleeves.

I'm going to need

all of Edwin's old files.

I'll have them send up

right away.

You can work over here

at this desk.

Who's running

Immunology these days?

You are.

At least for now.

Our department head

took off with Edwin.

Can I access

lab records too?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes