The Pacifier Page #2

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CHARLES:

Lieutenant, thank you. (He pats his

briefcase) You saved more than just my

life today. Can I call my wife to let

her know I’m okay?

SHANE:

Negative. Not imperative to the mission.

We have to keep moving. I have strict

orders to get you out of here safely.

CHARLES:

I’m safe, Lieutenant. Please. She thinks

I’m dead. (then) Don’t you have a family?

6.

SHANE:

(this gets him:
)

Make it quick.

Charles picks up his briefcase. He holds the lock up to

his mouth and whispers into it:

CHARLES:

Zoe, Todd, Lulu, Peter, Tyler.

The briefcase pops open. Shane looks at him, puzzled.

.

CHARLES (CONT'D)

My kids. It’s voice activated. Designed

it myself. I do security, that’s my

specialty. (gestures back:) Those guys

back there tried to get this case open

for five days -- couldn’t crack it. And

you should see what happens to you if

open it without the code. I have a

picture of my kids in here, you want to

see it?

SHANE:

Negative.

Charles takes a cell-phone out of the case. Shane looks

in the case:
it’s EMPTY, except for the phone and a

family PHOTO. Charles dials his cell phone... nothing

CHARLES:

Battery’s dead...

Shane considers, then hands him his satellite phone.

Charles dials, and talks...

CHARLES (CONT’D)

Honey, I’m alive...

INT. PAVE HAWK - CONTINUOUS

Shane climbs in the Hawk and approaches the cockpit. The

PILOT sits, back to him.

SHANE:

We’re almost ready. Just gives us a

The Pilot slumps forward... DEAD. Shane turns-

SHANE (CONT’D)

Professor, RUN!!!

WHAM. Shane drops, knocked unconscious. All goes black.

7.

EXT. PAVE HAWK - MOMENTS LATER

The helicopter is on fire. Wolf lies facedown in the

stream. He looks around, barely conscious.

SHANE’S P.O.V.: Everything is a blur, in slow-motion. He

sees Charles, unconscious. A Huey Helicopter lands. A

VERY TALL MAN steps out, and takes Charles’ Briefcase.

There is huge explosion, as the chopper ignites.

Everything is ablaze. Shane reaches out, grabs the

picture of Charles’ kids then goes unconscious.

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FADE TO BLACK:

EST. HOSPITAL - DAY

TITLE CARD:
1 Month Later

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY

Shane lies in a hospital bed, despondent. His arm and

face bandaged.

Shane’s Captain enters: BILL FAWCETT (35) -- friendly,

unassuming. He looks like he hasn’t slept in days. Shane

salutes him with his bandaged arm -- it hurts to salute,

but he does it anyway.

SHANE:

Captain, sir.

BILL:

As you were Lieutenant.

Bill sits down beside the bed. He takes a long look at

Shane. He holds a REPORT in his hand.

BILL (CONT’D)

We’ve been through a lot together Shane.

You’re the best man I ever trained. And a

good friend.

SHANE:

... I know sir. And I except full

responsibility for the mission's failure.

BILL:

Why the hell did you let him use the

satellite phone?

SHANE:

He had to call his family. A lapse in

judgement on my part that I regret sir.

8.

Bill shakes his head, disappointed. He pulls up a chair,

and sits opposite Shane.

BILL:

... Plummer was the best security expert

the department of defense ever had -- a

genius. He was working on a program that

scrambles launch codes. He called it

G.H.O.S.T.:
Guided High-altitude

Scrambling Transmitter. One pulse from

the GHOST satellite and a country can’t

launch its own nukes. That’s what the

Serbians kidnapped him for, but they

couldn’t get inside the briefcase.

.

SHANE:

The case was empty sir, as I stated in my

report.

Bill considers this. Then...

BILL:

Not a surprise, really. Not like the

professor to hide things where someone

might look for them. G.H.O.S.T. is still

out there, (Bill smiles:) which is why

I’m going to give you another shot.

Shane sits up. He can’t believe his good fortune.

SHANE:

Sir. Thank you. I... appreciate your

confidence.

Invigorated, he pulls off bandages, disconnects an IV,

and starts to rise.

SHANE (CONT’D)

I’ll need to put a team together. I’m

gonna need the mini sub, I need access to

an EP3 aries 2 spy plane...

BILL:

(interrupting:
)

Negative. It’s not that kind of mission.

Shane listens, intrigued.

BILL (CONT’D)

Two days ago, I got a call from the

professor’s wife... Widow. She told me

someone had broken into her home.

Searched the place, top to bottom.

(MORE)

9.

BILL(CONT'D)

She’s scared. The family’s scared.

Whoever killed the professor must think

G.H.O.S.T. is in that house. Maybe it is,

maybe it isn’t. Either way, I need

someone to stay at that house, and

protect them. And while you’re there -find

out if the program is in there.

SHANE:

That’s it? Why would you want me for

that, sir.

BILL:

The professor’s wife requested you.

Shane is surprised... Bill pulls a tiny tape recorder

from his pocket, presses play, we hear PROFESSOR

PLUMMER’S voice.

.

CHARLES (O.S.)

Honey, I’m alive. Listen: A lot can

happen between here and home -- if

anything happens to me, call Lt. Shane

Wolfe. He’s a good man... anyway, I

should go. I’ll call you in an hour. I

love you.

Shane is shocked, hearing the dead man’s voice.

BILL:

... You gotta problem with this mission?

SHANE:

Sirnosir. It’s just that... I’ve never

been very good with kids, sir. Not even

when I was a kid sir.

CUT TO:

INT. SHANE’S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Shane packs his duffel bag. He opens a drawer: There’s

five t-shirts, identical to the one he wears. He opens

another drawer:
Five khaki pants, also identical to the

one he wears. He opens the closet: There’s a massive fur-

collared coat. Hm. He rejects it.

Shane packs his duffel with military gear: GPS compass,

night vision goggles, camouflage vest, machete... they

all go in. Shane heads to the door, then goes back to his

chest of drawers. He reaches in, and pulls out a small,

old MEDAL:
the ribbon is faded and frayed. He looks at it

for a moment, then unzips his suit and pins it to the

inside, like it’s a lucky rabbit’s foot.

10.

EXT. SUBURBAN STREET - AFTERNOON

A taxi door opens. Shane looks like a bad ass, ready for

anything. He steps from the taxi onto an adorable TROLL

doll on the sidewalk. It SQUEAKS.

.

Shane’s P.O.V.: Julie’s unkempt suburban house, with toys

all over the lawn, and a “BLESS THIS MESS” welcome mat.

Shane double-checks the address. The sprinklers go off.

Shane darts to the door and rings the bell (it’s one of

those long cheerful doorbells).

WE hear TINY FEET approach -- then the door swings open,

Shane looks down -- and sees LULU, 8, peering up at him.

Shane eyes Lulu. Lulu eyes Shane, then:

LULU:

Mom! There’s some weird bald guy at the

door!

SLAM. Lulu shuts the door in Shane’s face. Shane frowns.

WE hear heavier footsteps approaching.

FEMALE VOICE (o.s.)

(before she sees Shane:)

Look, if you’re with the Hare Krishnas,

we’re not interested...

The door opens revealing JULIE PLUMMER. Julie holds

NAKED baby PETER, 2. She sees Shane, and stops, a little

startled by his size...

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