ANDY BLINK BOTH CAITLIN CARLA CROWD DISPATCHER ECLIPSE GIRL JACE JACK JONES LAUREN OFFICER OFFICER_2 POLARIS REED REPORTER SAGE TED THUNDERBIRD TREVOR WAITER WEEKS ZINGO DISPATCHER Attention all units, fugitive suspect spotted at Grand and 17th. OFFICER Unit 2325 responding. Just approaching the intersection. Heading there now. OFFICER 2 Unit 1835, we have a visual on the suspect heading east towards Wellington. OFFICER Copy that. Coming up on Wellington now. BLINK Come on. Come on. OFFICER On the ground now BLINK Please. OFFICER Put your hands on your head. BLINK Come on. Uh! Come on! OFFICER Stop! Stop! OFFICER What the ? ECLIPSE You getting anything? THUNDERBIRD Working on it. ECLIPSE Yeah, you seriously think she's here man? I mean, she was just two miles away. THUNDERBIRD She's close. ECLIPSE Closer than the last time she was close. THUNDERBIRD She's moving strangely. POLARIS Yeah, I'm pretty sure he just likes keeping us out in the cold. ECLIPSE Look. There. POLARIS Well, that's interesting. THUNDERBIRD Told ya. ECLIPSE Hey, you all right? Want me to warm you up? POLARIS I'm okay. You can warm me up later though. ECLIPSE Oh, I'm gonna hold you to that. THUNDERBIRD She's there. Inside. ECLIPSE It's okay. We're just going to talk. Oh, hey, hold up. Wait a minute! Okay. Whoa, whoa. POLARIS Calm down, all right? BLINK You with the cops? I can't go back. ECLIPSE We're not cops. Okay, we heard you broke out of a mutant detention center and we came looking. BLINK I don't understand. Who are you? POLARIS Just a couple of freaks, same as you. ECLIPSE Look, I'm Marcos, this is Lorna. Now, trust me, we have all been where you are, or worse. We can help. Now come with us. We can get you some place safe. THUNDERBIRD Guys! There's trouble. ECLIPSE Come on, get dressed. You're with us now. ECLIPSE What is it? THUNDERBIRD Cops. Coming fast this way. Kill the lights. POLARIS How many? THUNDERBIRD At least ten from the west and south. OFFICER This is the Atlanta Police Department. We know the fugitive is in the building. Come out now or we will open fire. OFFICER Open fire! ECLIPSE Lorna! POLARIS I'm fine. Find us a way out! OFFICER She's moving the cars! ECLIPSE Lorna! Get out of there! Go! Go! THUNDERBIRD Come on! Over here! ECLIPSE Ah! POLARIS Marcos! ECLIPSE Ah! POLARIS ECLIPSE Lorna! Come back! Come back! ECLIPSE Lorna! POLARIS No! OFFICER Put your hands behind your back! POLARIS Marcos! ECLIPSE Lorna! TED I understand you have some concerns about your son, Andy. REED Yes, we believe he's being bullied. TED Belleview High has a zero tolerance policy towards bullying. REED That's why we came. Andy and I have always been very close but lately he just stopped talking to me. CAITLIN It's affecting his grades. He's not sleeping. TED In situations like this, we like to use the "CARE" system. Communicate, adjust, reconcile. and empathize. First, we take the kids and we put them together to talk. CAITLIN These boys are tormenting our son. TED I understand that's upsetting. REED Stop right there. Let me be clear. Andy needs help, and if he doesn't get it, I will sue this school into oblivion. TED Mr. Strucker, we have procedures. I can't. REED Then get someone who can. Now. TED Okay. I’ll-I'll be right back. CAITLIN Wow. Scary. REED Was it too much? I felt like the glaring was a little over the top. CAITLIN No, that was the perfect amount of glaring. REED I gotta go to Garland. Plea conference with a suspect. They need me there ASAP, will you tell the kids I'm really sorry? I'll be back tomorrow. CAITLIN The kids understand. You're keeping us safe. REED I love you. CAITLIN I love you, too. Bye. REED Bye. LAUREN You have no preference? They are two completely different outfits. JACK I don't know. I'm sorry. You look good in both. LAUREN Not helpful, Jack. Now just pick an outfit. JACK I don't know. Um. CAITLIN Lauren, I'm home. JACK The blue one. Do the blue one. That one looks nice. Also, uh, do you want me to pick you up? Because it's no problem. LAUREN No, but I'll push for an 1130 curfew. I'll see you tonight. JACK Bye. CAITLIN So, Lauren, how was choir? LAUREN Good. We're practicing for the spring concert. CAITLIN Are you still going to the dance tonight? Want me to show you some of my moves? LAUREN No, thank you. CAITLIN How about you? How was your day? ANDY Uh, bad. I mean, you were there. LAUREN CAITLIN I meant your classes. Anything interesting? ANDY We had a debate in social studies about the law they want to make to test people with the X-gene, and, like, monitor them. I don't know. Anyway, this one kid was, like, freaking out. I guess his cousin's a mutie or something. LAUREN Mutie, Andy? Racist much? ANDY What? Person of genetic difference. LAUREN You are such an ass! CAITLIN Please. You're fighting about social studies class now. Can we not have a normal conversation? ANDY CAITLIN Guess not. REED Miss Dane? My name is Reed Strucker. And this is my associate, Carla Jackson. POLARIS I'd offer you a seat, but, uh, you know. REED You're accused of the attempted murder of two police officers. That plus the enhanced sentencing for the use of your mutant abilities. POLARIS Equals I'm screwed. Yeah, I got that. REED We can reduce the charges in exchange for your cooperation. POLARIS Look, all I know is, I was walking in the rain, and some cops shot at me. REED Come on, Miss Dane. You and your associates in the mutant underground have aided and abetted dozens, if not hundreds of fugitives. CARLA Reed. REED It's okay. Believe it or not, I'm trying to help you. These are serious charges. Attempted murder. POLARIS Those screws in your knee, old sports injury? REED POLARIS If I wanted to, I could tear out those screws and show you some attempted murder. REED POLARIS Believe me, if I wanted those cops dead, they'd be dead. REED There's a factor you may not be aware of. I am gonna ask the court to assign you a lawyer, okay? You've got a big decision to make, Miss Dane. POLARIS Son of a bitch. No, no, no, no. No. No! No! REED Give it some thought. CAITLIN Be home at 1130! LAUREN I know, I know. I love you. ANDY Yo. LAUREN What are you doing here? ANDY I snuck out. I thought I'd go with you. LAUREN Didn't you tell Mom you were going to bed? ANDY Yeah, that's why they call it "sneaking." Can we go? LAUREN You can't. What if she finds out? ANDY If I get caught, I'll tell her I was going down to Ian's. You won't get in trouble. When was the last time I got to go out on a weekend? It's like I'm a one of those baby cows they keep in the crates. LAUREN Veal? ANDY Yeah. I'm being raised like a veal. LAUREN You really want to go to a dance? After everything that's been going on at school? ANDY You mean my fan club? Yeah, whatever. I'm used to them. LAUREN Buckle up. ANDY Oh, my God. JACK Lauren! LAUREN Hi. ANDY Okay, that's enough. Leave room for Jesus. JACK Hey, dude. You, uh. ANDY Going to the dance. Yeah, that's me. I'm a dance guy now. JACK Okay. Well, have fun. ANDY Yeah, you, too. ANDY Don't get pregnant! ANDY Hey. Do you want to dance? GIRL Oh, there you are. JACK Are you sure you can't stay out a little later? LAUREN You know my mom. It's not gonna happen. JACK Just ask. LAUREN I have Andy with me. I can't stay out later. TREVOR Hey, look who's here. The school called my parents today. ANDY Look, I had nothing to do with that, okay? You gonna do this here? In front of everyone? TREVOR Yeah, I guess you're right, Strucker. This isn’t the place. ANDY No. TREVOR This is the place. ANDY Wait, no, no! ANDY Let me go! Help! Help me! Hey! Hey! TREVOR Hey, Strucker. When was the last time you took a shower? ANDY No, no, no. Aah! Aah! TREVOR Sorry, man. Too cold? Let me fix that. ANDY TREVOR How about now? ANDY TREVOR Is that warm enough for you? You had to go running to Mommy and Daddy? ANDY LAUREN What is that? ANDY CROWD ANDY CROWD JACK Come on. We need to get out of here. We need to go. Come on! LAUREN No! JACK Lauren, what are you doing? Come on. We have to go! LAUREN Andy! JACK Come on! LAUREN I need to find my brother! JACK We have to. LAUREN Go! JACK Lauren! Lauren! CROWD LAUREN Andy! ANDY LAUREN Andy! Andy! ANDY LAUREN Andy! Andy! Andy, it's me! Andy! Look at me! It's me! It's me! ANDY Lauren? Lauren? LAUREN It's me. Let's go! ANDY Lauren, I'm-I'm sorry! LAUREN Come on! ANDY SAGE So, Clarice is your real name? BLINK Yep. SAGE Anyone we should contact? Family? BLINK No. My family. It's complicated. SAGE Right. Well, look, you'll stay here with us for a few days, lay low, and then we will figure out where to move you. BLINK Yeah. Thank you. THUNDERBIRD Hold still. Almost done. ECLIPSE I'm fine, John. We need to go after Lorna. We get a team together, we can. THUNDERBIRD And do what? Huh? Get one of us killed? Marcos, we barely got away from a dozen cops. Now you want to take on a hundred? We can't take that risk right now. ECLIPSE Then when? THUNDERBIRD ECLIPSE The X-Men, the Brotherhood, we don't even know if they exist anymore. We are alone. And we are getting picked off one by one. THUNDERBIRD Look around. We'd be risking all these people. Everything we built. Everything Lorna built. SAGE Guys, we got a situation. THUNDERBIRD What is it? REPORTER Breaking news on the mutant attack at Belleview High. We believe two young mutants to be responsible for this act of terrorism. We've also heard the federal authorities will be getting involved. THUNDERBIRD Well, if it wasn't too hot before, it sure as hell is now. I'm sorry. ANDY It started happening. I couldn't stop it. I was just so angry. CAITLIN Oh, Andy, I I mean, I-I can't believe you di you didn't feel anything? I just can't believe there wasn't any warning. LAUREN Mom. Accept it. Andy is a mutant. That’s how mutant abilities first appear. It's moments of stress or danger. Dad talks about this all the time. CAITLIN Lauren, I. we-we all know about your father's work. I-I just don't see how that suddenly makes you an expert. LAUREN Mom, I know because. How do you think we got out of that gym? CAITLIN What are you saying? LAUREN I got us out. CAITLIN You, too? LAUREN Remember when we were coming back from that concert at church? And the truck almost hit us? For weeks, you were saying it was a miracle we didn't die. Mom it wasn't a miracle. CAITLIN That was three years ago. Honey, why why didn't you tell me? LAUREN Don't you think I tried? CAITLIN You can always talk to me. Always. Your-your dad, too. Whatever your issues. LAUREN Are you serious? Dad puts people like us in jail. CAITLIN No. He prosecutes criminals. He-he he's not against mutants. It's-it's just the ones who hurt people. ANDY You mean the ones like me. CAITLIN I'll get it. LAUREN Come here. CAITLIN Just stay here. JACE Good evening. Mrs. Strucker, right? I'm Jace Turner. I'm with the Sentinel Services. We're a government agency. We deal with genetically-related. CAITLIN I'm familiar with it. JACE I'm here about Andrew and Lauren. You're aware that there was a bit of an incident at the school this evening? CAITLIN Yeah. I-I heard. JACE I need you to go get 'em for me. CAITLIN They're not going anywhere. They need an attorney. My-my husband is a prosecutor. JACE We're aware of that. Actually, under the amended Patriot Act, we have to secure the safety of the community first. CAITLIN What does that mean? WEEKS It means they're coming with us. JACE Just for now. CAITLIN These are my children. You-you can't just cart them off. JACE Listen, Mrs. Strucker, all right, I'm a father myself. Okay? I know how difficult this must be for you. But you have to understand, this is partially for their protection. CAITLIN For their protection? JACE Okay? Let's not make this harder than it has to be. Please step aside. CAITLIN No, this is my home! You can't just come in here! JACE Ma'am. WEEKS Yes, we can. Yes, we can. CAITLIN You're not getting. ANDY Get away from my mom! JACE Okay. Andrew, Lauren, listen to me. You need to calm down. You're gonna have to come with us. All right? We just have a few questions. ANDY Get out of our house now! LAUREN Run! Go! Go! Go! Go! LAUREN Mom, they're coming! Andy, what you did before- do it! ANDY LAUREN ANDY I can't! It's not working! LAUREN Drive! I can't see! REED Caitlin, Caitlin, slow down. If there was a mutant attack at the school, why were there people at the house? CAITLIN You don't understand. I-I I-I don't even know where to begin. There's-there's so much. REED Just tell me, are the kids safe? CAITLIN Yeah. I mean for now, but. REED And the mutants, the ones that attacked them, did they. CAITLIN They weren't attacked by mutants, Reed. That's what I'm trying to say. Andy and Lauren are the mutants. REED Oh, my God. Uh, Caitlin, Caitlin, uh tell me where you are. REED The important thing is everyone's all right. Andy was anyone actually hurt? ANDY I don't know. Okay? I-I don't remember it. It was just it was all confusing. REED So to be clear, you didn't touch them before they touched. LAUREN Yes, Dad, they came after him. REED And after they came at you. CAITLIN This isn't a deposition, Reed. REED I am trying to understand the situation. Legally, if they attacked. CAITLIN I don't think it matters. The man from Sentinel Services said. REED Wait, Sentinel Services? You mean the police? CAITLIN No. Sentinel Services. They were just gonna take Lauren and Andy. You can't talk to Cal? He's the D.A. He could. REED This is way beyond Cal's jurisdiction. Sentinel Services is a federal agency. The only reason you got away is they didn't have enough time to put a full team together. We, uh we have to go. Now. CAITLIN Um Okay, we-we could call Jenny. REED I am not talking about staying at your sister's condo in Phoenix for a few days. I mean, we have to go somewhere where the mutant laws are looser. Like Mexico or. CAITLIN Mexico? Everything we own is at the house. REED The last time Sentinel Services got involved with one of my cases, the suspect disappeared. I am not gonna let that happen to us. I'm gonna figure something out, I promise. There is nothing more important to me than my family. JONES Walk me through what you need from us again, please. JACE We're gonna need access to Mr. Strucker's office, his computer, his e-mail. JONES And you realize there may be confidential information related to cases? JACE Court order's being prepared. JONES I understand- I got to say, though, I do find it hard to believe he would just run. I mean, he's been with this office for 15 years, the mutant task force for the last five. JACE In my experience, things change when it's your own kid. CARLA This is Carla. REED Carla, it's me. CARLA Reed, where are you? What's going on? Sentinel Services is upstairs in our offices. REED I know. That's why I'm calling. I need your help. CARLA Help? What do you need? REED I need the case file for the mutant network investigation. CARLA What? Are you serious? That's. REED I don't know what else to do. I have to get my family someplace safe. If I can contact them, they might be able to help. CARLA Reed, you've done a lot for me. I owe my career to you, but this is an open case- I could get disbarred. I could get arrested. REED This is my children, Carla. Please. LAUREN I know this, like, sucks, but honestly, it's a relief to finally be able to talk to Mom and Dad about it. ANDY Guess all it took was me ruining our lives. LAUREN Andy. It wasn't your fault. ANDY If it wasn't for me, we wouldn't even be here- I mean, I nearly got us killed, and then last night with the car, I could have actually helped, and I couldn't even do anything. LAUREN It gets better. At first, it's like it's like a sneeze- something that just happens. You have to work at it. ANDY What does it feel like when you? LAUREN You know when you put your hand out of the window of a moving car? You can feel the air and, like guide it? ANDY Yeah. LAUREN I can push the air together. With water, too, other stuff- it's just harder. What about you? ANDY I don't know. I-I was looking at those guys, and I just wanted to push everything away, you know? LAUREN Well, I'd say you did a pretty good job of that. A-plus. ANDY First A-plus I've ever gotten. BOTH LAUREN Hey. Who taught you how to swim? ANDY You. LAUREN I can teach you this. Watch. ANDY Dude! LAUREN Now you try. Take it slow. Focus on how you felt. Okay? That's good. That's awesome. Andy, that's enough. Andy. Andy! Andy! ANDY Oh, my God. I'm sorry. LAUREN It's okay. ANDY I'm sorry. LAUREN It's okay. We got to go. We got to go. Go! BLINK Is that your dog? ZINGO ECLIPSE She's, uh she's everybody's, really. BLINK I just wanted to say thanks for, you know, saving me. Even though I threw a coffeepot at your head. ECLIPSE And a mug. BLINK And a mug. ECLIPSE Don't worry about it. BLINK So this group, you guys run it? ECLIPSE No. The network's nationwide. Founded after the anti-mutant laws first got bad. Just before the X-Men disappeared. BLINK What about this place? ECLIPSE It's been abandoned since Oakwood. Figure it's the last place they'd look. I got brought into this station by, uh, John and and by Lorna. BLINK I guess this has something to do with getting her out of jail? ECLIPSE Yeah. Well that was the idea. Should work great, as long as they have no guards or cameras. BLINK Or smoke detectors? ECLIPSE Yeah. BLINK For what it's worth, uh I know you lost her helping me, and I'm I'm sorry. ECLIPSE That's all right- wasn't your fault. You got yourself out of prison using some kind of portal, right? You think you could get someone in? BLINK It doesn't work like that. It's bad if I try to go someplace that I can't see, someplace I haven't been. ECLIPSE What do you mean by bad? ZINGO BLINK See? ECLIPSE Right. That was her favorite toy. BLINK Ooh. My bad. ZINGO ECLIPSE Hello? REED This Marcos Diaz? ECLIPSE Uh-huh. Who's this? How'd you get this number? REED My name is Reed Strucker. My family needs help getting across the border. You and the people you work with, you do that, right? ECLIPSE Maybe. REED Hear about the mutant incident? At the high school? Those were my kids. ECLIPSE I'm sorry, I can't. REED I'm a prosecutor with the city. I was involved with building a case against you and your associates for the District Attorney's Office. ECLIPSE And you're calling me for help? Now, why should I lift a finger for you? REED Because I can help you- your, uh, your associate Lorna Dane- goes by Polaris. ECLIPSE Wh-What do you know about Lorna? REED You want to help her? You can talk to me. You know about her medical situation? ECLIPSE What are you talking about? What medical situation? REED Are you gonna help my family? ECLIPSE What are you talking about? REED I want a meeting. ECLIPSE Yes. Fine. I'll meet you. Just tell me. REED She's pregnant. CAITLIN Morning. REED Did you get any sleep? CAITLIN Some. But I think you might be a mutant, too, with some sort of snoring ability. This meeting, later, with the person, you you think it might work? REED Maybe. We don't have many options. CAITLIN I know you're doing the best you can. I'll take one option over none. Did you know it was like this? For the mutants? REED I knew it wasn't easy. You remember how it was. The mutants fighting each other and innocent people getting hurt, dying. People wanted something done. CAITLIN Well, they got what they wanted. WAITER Here you go. ECLIPSE Sit. Just so we get this out of the way, if this a setup, and cops are gonna be coming through that door. REED It's not a setup. I'm alone. No one's coming. ECLIPSE Good. 'Cause things in here get real hot, real fast. Tell me about Lorna. REED She's in a detainment center. ECLIPSE What detainment center? REED Until my fam. ECLIPSE What detainment center? Where? REED The main detention facility in Garland. ECLIPSE And the baby? REED All I know is she's pregnant. ECLIPSE Is it okay? Is it healthy? Please. It's my kid. REED All I saw was the medical exam they gave her when they brought her in. Those are all the questions I'm answering for now. Any other information is yours, but only if my family is safe. ECLIPSE Bring everyone to this location tonight. REED How much is this gonna cost? ECLIPSE I don't want your money. The deal is this Your family goes tonight. You? You stay behind with me until I get Lorna back. THUNDERBIRD So anything along the river is fine. Here. Do what you can, okay? Something wrong? BLINK It's about Marcos. He got a phone call from some guy. Something about helping a family. He ran off about an hour ago. Alone. THUNDERBIRD What? Why didn't you tell me? BLINK Because he told me not to, and he didn't want to get anyone else involved. Because it was dangerous. But then I was thinking about how I owe his girlfriend. And she'd be pissed if he died. THUNDERBIRD Come on. BLINK Well where where are we going? We don't even know where he is. THUNDERBIRD I found you. Trust me, I can find him. ANDY Where'd you get this car? There's, like, sticky stuff all over. LAUREN Are you serious right now? ANDY What? There's, like, juice or something. What do you want me to do? LAUREN Are you brain damaged? ANDY You like the car so much, you sit on the sticky part! LAUREN Fine. CAITLIN Okay, can we not do this now? Please? REED We're here. ECLIPSE This everyone? REED Yeah, we're all here. CAITLIN I want to know what happens now. ECLIPSE We get everyone supplies- food, water, blankets- then we head down to the border. CAITLIN And you can drive us across? ECLIPSE Policia America's all over the roads, you might as well go straight to jail. Now come on. CAITLIN We're not going anywhere until I know what's happening to my family. ECLIPSE Look we know people down there with skills. They track for mutants, but we still got tricks they don't know. REED And then, after that? ECLIPSE We get you new names, new IDs. There are churches, families, that can help you. REED What? What is it? ECLIPSE Does anyone know you're here? REED No, we didn't say anything. ECLIPSE Did you tell someone you were coming? Use a computer? The phone that you called me on? REED When I called you, I used a new SIM card. There's no way. ANDY Looks like they found a way. JACE This is the Sentinel Services. Get on the ground. Put your hands on your heads. If you try to flee or resist, we will use deadly force. ANDY Dad, what do we do? ECLIPSE There's nothing we can do. REED There must be something. We can talk to them. ECLIPSE Talk? Yeah, no, we're way past that. You have no idea what they have in that car. REED I want to speak to an attorney. ECLIPSE That is a bad idea. REED We will only negotiate if one is provided. JACE There will be no negotiation. Get your asses on the ground, now! REED We are Americans. We have rights. JACE You can discuss that with a judge, Mr. Strucker. Right now you need to think about what's best for your family. LAUREN Dad? THUNDERBIRD Come on! ECLIPSE Go! Go, now! REED Go! Go! Go! CAITLIN JACE Damn it. WEEKS Deploy the weapon, sir? THUNDERBIRD They're coming! That way! Go! To the hallway! ANDY THUNDERBIRD Aah! Aah! ECLIPSE What? LAUREN REED Go. Go! Go! THUNDERBIRD Watch out. JACE Remote unit to targeting. This way. THUNDERBIRD They're on the other side. They're on the other side. ECLIPSE Here they come! THUNDERBIRD Clarice, you got to get us out of here. BLINK What do you mean? THUNDERBIRD You got yourself out of the prison, you can get us out of here! BLINK No, it's different. I can't see where I'm going. It's too dangerous. ECLIPSE Yeah, well, we will die if we stay here, so can you please just do it? LAUREN They're getting through! BLINK I can't do it. THUNDERBIRD Yes, you can! BLINK I can't! REED What is that? BLINK Go! Hurry! THUNDERBIRD Come on! It's safe! REED Go! Go! Go! LAUREN Andy. CAITLIN Andy! ANDY REED Come on! LAUREN Dad! CAITLIN No! ANDY Dad! LAUREN No, please. BLINK I can't hold it! LAUREN No! CAITLIN Get out of there! ANDY Dad! CAITLIN No. LAUREN Dad! ANDY No! CAITLIN No. No.