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TEASER
FADE IN.
EXT. FIELD - DAY
ON a soccer ball as it rolls through well-trimmed grass and
is stopped by a small foot. The foot deftly slips under the
ball and lifts it up.
PAN UP to see BRIDGET REILLY as she starts to volley the ball
several times with that same foot.
BRIDGET
(while volleying)
You ready?
ON CONNOR, wearing gym shorts and a t-shirt, standing in
front of a net.
CONNOR
(smirking)
I was ready last time, wasn't I?
Connor bends over at the knees, anticipating.
Bridget starts her approach. Connor tenses up as she gets
closer. She plants her left kick and kicks the ball with her
right.
Connor leaps to his left to block the shot and his fingertips
barely miss grazing the ball as it sails by him and into the
net.
Connor lands in a heap past the goal post. Bridget excitedly
jump up and down.
BRIDGET
GOOOAAALLLL!
She runs from one side of the box to the other with her hands
up in the air like she just kicked the winning goal in the
World Cup.
Connor can't help a quick smile when she isn't looking, but
he quickly puts on a frown and gets back to his feet when she
comes over to him.
BRIDGET
(pointing at Connor)
Yeah! Not so nimble now, huh?
Connor picks up the ball and starts volleying it off his
foot.
CONNOR
You got lucky. I slipped.
He kicks the ball over to Bridget, who effortlessly bounces
it off her knee and starts volleying with her foot.
BRIDGET
(wry)
Uh huh, okay. You always were a
sore loser.
She punts the ball up and heads it back to Connor, he arches
his back and lets the ball roll down his chest and leg before
catching it on the end of his foot.
CONNOR
Can I help it if I'm used to
winning?
(beat)
Ice cream?
Bridget grins and we FLASH CUT TO:
INT. CONNOR'S CAR - NEXT
Bridget's licking a circle around a three scoop waffle cone
while Connor is weaving through traffic.
BRIDGET
Hey, Connor?
Connor glances over to her questioningly.
BRIDGET
Do you have, uh, magic powers too?
Connor twitches, not prepared for that question.
CONNOR
Not like you, but I've got a few
tricks I can do.
BRIDGET
Ms. Marrus has been trying to help
me... control it I guess.
CONNOR
(nodding)
I know. How's that going?
Bridget licks off a huge chunk of ice cream and swallows it
before she continues.
BRIDGET
Better.
(giggles)
She got a little freaked when I
floated her off the ground though.
(beat; frowns)
Then she typed a bunch of stuff
into her computer and took my
temperature and all this other
boring stuff.
CONNOR
(nods; smiles)
Sounds like her.
BRIDGET
Do you think I'll ever be able to
turn people into frogs and stuff
like that?
They come to a stop at a red light, allowing Connor to engage
in the conversation a bit more.
CONNOR
Why would you want to do that?
BRIDGET
(sheepish)
Well, there was this boy at my old
school...
CONNOR
(rolls eyes)
Of course...
BRIDGET
Hey!
Connor laughs to himself before continuing.
CONNOR
Okay, in all seriousness, you can't
use your powers to hurt other
people like that.
BRIDGET
Even if they deserve it?
CONNOR
Especially if they deserve it. Not
until you can control yourself well
enough to not seriously hurt
someone.
Bridget pouts and slumps in her seat.
BRIDGET
(resigned)
Fine.
(beat)
What about dreams? Do you have a
lot of dreams?
Their stoplight turns green and Connor starts driving again.
CONNOR
Dreams like what? Everyone has
dreams.
Bridget stares out her window and doesn't see Connor's
suddenly worried expression.
BRIDGET
I dream about, like, being another
person. Being in another family.
You're not there or Mom or Dad. But
they don't seem like strangers or
anything. I actually feel like I
know them. Like I recognize the
faces or something.
CONNOR
Yeah, I get those too. Maybe we're
part Indian and we've lived like a
million other lives.
(beat)
Don't worry. I'm sure you were a
brat in all of them.
Bridget reaches over and lightly punches Connor in the arm.
Connor jabs back at her, digging his fingers under her arm
and tickling her. She tickles back and it devolves into
silliness very quickly.
CONNOR
(struggling; grinning)
Hey, I'm trying to drive!
BRIDGET
Why don't you let me drive?
CONNOR
(deadpan)
'Cause I don't wanna die.
As the bonding continues, we FADE TO:
INT. CONDOMINIUM BUILDING - LOBBY - NEXT
Connor holds the front door open for Bridget. They wave to
the concierge as they walk to the set of elevators on the
other side of the lobby and Connor presses a call button.
BRIDGET
Do you think I'm ever gonna get to
go back to school? I'm tired of
being stuck in Ms. Marrus's lab all
the time.
The elevator arrives and Bridget steps on.
CONNOR
Soon. I'm sure of it.
(beat)
Trust me as someone who's still in
school. You don't miss it.
Bridget grins and waves goodbye as the doors close. Connor
turns and walks out of the lobby.
EXT. CITY STREET - NEXT
Connor's jaywalking across the street. One passing motorist
blows his horn and gets a flippant gesture from Connor in
return.
Connor gets to his car on the other side of the street just
as his phone RINGS. He checks the call screen before
answering.
CONNOR
(into phone)
Hey, Gabriella, I just-
BOOM!
A loud EXPLOSION across the street snaps Connor's head
around. One small section of the building a few floors up is
in FLAMES!
CONNOR
(horrified)
No.
Connor hangs up and sprints back towards the building.
BLACK OUT.
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN.
INT. REILLYS' CONDO - LIVING ROOM - NEXT
We're looking in through the blown out wall into the remains
of the condo the Reillys were living in. Several small fires
are still burning on the walls, but for the most part, it's
died down.
Connor literally kicks the door down and comes in touting a
fire extinguisher.
CONNOR
(frantic)
Bridge?!? Mom? Dad?
Connor blankets the area with the extinguisher, putting out
most of the small fires.
Afterwards, he tosses the extinguisher aside and starts
piling through the rubble that used to be the furniture in
the place.
CONNOR
Come on, guys, answer me!
He spots a stray leg stick out from under the upheaved couch
and dashes over to it, throwing the couch off with one hand
to reveal an unconscious, bloody LAURENCE REILLY.
Connor bends down and checks his pulse via his neck and
wrist. Then he holds his hand over Laurence's mouth to check
for any breathing.
He bows his head and sighs before a MOAN off screen grabs his
attention. He looks in the direction of the bedroom just as
the concierge from the lobby appears in the doorway.
CONCIERGE
(squinting at Connor)
What are you doing in here?
The concierge's eyes shift to Laurence's body behind Connor.
He instantly looks nauseous and start dry heaving as he
stumbles away.
Connor shakes his head as he goes into:
INT. REILLYS' CONDO - MASTER BEDROOM - NEXT
All of the cherry oak furniture in the bedroom has collapsed
in a pile in the middle of the room.
Connor looks up to see the mirror ceiling only remains intact
in the corners of the room. The rest of it lays in shards
scattered all over the floor.
Another MOAN snaps Connor back to attention. He sees a
slender hand under the center pile and starts digging through
it, finally unearthing COLLEEN REILLY.
Her body is trembling with cuts and bruises all over it.
Connor gently pulls her to a clear space on the floor and
notices a large jagged piece of wood lodged in her stomach.
Blood is openly flowing from the wound.
Colleen's eyes flutter open. She looks extremely weak. Connor
looks at the wood sticking out of her with a grim expression.
COLLEEN
(gasping; weak)
Br... Bridget...
CONNOR
I haven't found her yet.
Colleen sputters up a mouthful of blood, earning a disgusted
grimace from Connor.
COLLEEN
(slurred)
He... took...
(coughs again)
Need to... save...
And she goes still. Her eyes stare off into space and her
head lulls to the side.
Connor gently lays her down and closes her eyes as sirens
blare in the background. Connor stands up and walks out of
the room as we DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. BUILDING - ROOFTOP - NEXT
Connor is standing on the ceiling of the three-story building
across the street from the crime scene, watching as police
set up a barricade to keep the growing crowd of civilians
out.
Several fire trucks have ladders raised to the destroyed
condo.
Connor looks down into the crowd.
ZOOM PAN down to the streets as PROFESSOR MARRUS pushes her
way through the crowd. She gets to the barricade and steps
around it.
A young, male POLICE OFFICER stops her from proceeding any
further.
POLICE OFFICER
I'm sorry, ma'am. Can't let you get
any further. We're sectioning this
area off in case of falling debris.
No one comes in or out.
PROF. MARRUS
No, you don't understand. My name
is Michelle Marrus. I own what used
to be that condo.
The officer seems taken aback by that.
POLICE OFFICER
Oh okay, well, sit tight here for
me, okay? I'm gonna go get the
chief.
Prof. Marrus nods and steps back behind the barricade. Behind
her, Connor roughly shoves through the crowd to get to her.
CONNOR
Professor.
Prof. Marrus turns to Connor and blinks, surprised.
PROF. MARRUS
What are you doing here? Is it on
the news already?
CONNOR
(shakes his head)
I was here dropping off Bridget and
heard the explosion.
PROF. MARRUS
(horrified)
Oh my word.
She looks back up to the wreckage.
PROF. MARRUS
Bridget, was she...?
CONNOR
No, she wasn't inside. Someone took
her.
PROF. MARRUS
Are you sure?
Connor grimly nods.
CONNOR
(cold)
Colleen told me.
PROF. MARRUS
Colleen? Oh, are she and
Laurence...
Connor points behind her and she turns around.
CONNOR
(grim)
Right there.
The two of them watch as two bodies zipped up in black bags
are carried out on stretchers and loaded into black vans.
Prof. Marrus covers her mouth in shock. Connor puts his arm
around and pulls her close to him.
CONNOR
(whispering)
We need to find Bridget. Now.
PROF. MARRUS
Where do we even start?
CONNOR
Same place I always start.
The officer from earlier comes back over with an older
gentlemen in a much more highly decorated uniform.
INT. KAIA'S APARTMENT - LIVING ROOM
The front door opens and ALICIA helps a wincing KAIA walk in.
Kaia's face still shows the effects of the savage beating she
took from Josh.
A quick pan around the room shows the shattered remains of
Kaia's dining room table.
The two sisters linger there for a moment.
ALICIA
I'm sorry I didn't have time to
clean up the mess. Carmen helped me
deal with Josh's... body.
Kaia shows zero reaction as she stares at the mess.
KAIA
(distant)
I need to sit down.
Alicia helps her to her couch and gently lowers her down.
Kaia sighs as she leans her head back.
KAIA
(strained)
God bless painkillers.
Alicia allows herself a small smile. She nervously rubs her
legs, trying to find something to say.
ALICIA
I took Mom home last night. She
had, like, a gazillion stitches.
Kaia looks away from Alicia, not letting her see the guilty
expression.
ALICIA
And... I shouldn't have said that.
Sorry.
(beat)
Still trying to learn that "tact"
thing you were telling me about.
KAIA
It's okay.
(beat)
I'll be fine if you need to get
back to her. You can go.
Alicia looks like she wants to protest, but as Kaia looks
back to her, she simply nods.
ALICIA
(softly)
Okay. Carmen said she would come by
later and stay the night. In case
you needed anything.
Kaia nods. She looks more tired than in pain. Apparently,
those painkillers are kicking in.
ALICIA
I thought you were dead.
A beat.
KAIA
What?
ALICIA
I could hear your heartbeat. I felt
your body heat.
(voice cracking)
And I still thought you were dead.
Kaia turns her whole body towards Alicia and makes it look
like Atlas moving the Earth in terms of the amount of effort.
KAIA
I'm not.
ALICIA
(deadpan)
I wanna kill Oliver.
KAIA
Alicia, no.
Alicia pops up from the couch, her emotions pouring out of
her like a waterfall.
ALICIA
Why not? He tried to kill you!
KAIA
(stuttering)
He... he didn't know the whole
story.
ALICIA
That doesn't matter! He almost
killed you. He killed Nick! He
killed Josh! He's a mon-
KAIA
(sharp)
Alicia! Just calm down, please.
ALICIA
I can't calm down!
Her next line comes screaming out in a ragged gasp. She
sounds about ten years younger than she is when she says:
ALICIA
Kaia, I thought you were dead!
And Alicia finally breaks, the trembling bottom lip a brief
precursor to her breaking down in TEARS.
She drops onto the couch and Kaia pulls her younger sister
into a tight hug. Alicia cries into her shoulder and holds
her tight. Kaia winces from Alicia's squeezing, but doesn't
push her away.
INT. G&C'S CONDO - LIVING ROOM
GABRIELLA comes out from the kitchen carrying a saucer with a
cup on top. She sits down and turns up the volume on the
television.
REPORTER (V.O.)
(female; through TV)
- explosion claimed the two lives
as yet unidentified occupants.
Gabriella takes a sip from her cup as she watches the report.
REPORTER (V.O.)
(beat)
We will have more updates on this
breaking story as they come in. In
other news, ground-breaking on a
children's park was halted when
contractors dug up the bod-
Gabriella has to mute the television again as Connor and
Prof. Marrus enter.
CONNOR
Why aren't you at the shop? We went
by there just now.
GABRIELLA
Closed it for the weekend. Kaia was
released today and I was going to
spend some time with her.
Prof. Marrus takes a seat on the recliner next to the couch.
Gabriella looks between her and Connor, noticing the
seriousness in both of their demeanors.
GABRIELLA
(suddenly worried)
What's wrong?
CONNOR
Thought you always watched the
news.
PROF. MARRUS
(to Gabriella)
My loft, the one you and I put
warding spells over, was destroyed
this morning.
Gabriella stands up and walks over to Connor, who crosses his
arms. LESI bounds out of Gabriella's room
CONNOR
Laurence and Colleen are dead.
GABRIELLA
(shocked)
Wha... how?
PROF. MARRUS
An explosion. The fire department
said they haven't found a point of
origin and there was no evidence of
arson.
Gabriella looks to Connor, whose face is tight, eyes narrow.
CONNOR
Bridget wasn't there. Someone took
her and I'm assuming destroyed the
place in the process.
GABRIELLA
Why?
PROF. MARRUS
I don't know, but if whoever did
this went through the trouble of
capturing Bridget instead of simply
killing her, then I believe that
gives us time to find her.
CONNOR
(to Gabriella)
I want you and Prof. Marrus to pool
your powers and try every tracking
spell you can think of. I'm gonna
go back and go over the condo
again. See if I can pick up any
scents.
Connor quickly leaves, slamming the door behind him.
Gabriella turns to Prof. Marrus.
GABRIELLA
We're going to need to go to the
shop. The spells I'm thinking of
trying are more powerful than my
materials here allow for.
Prof. Marrus gently puts Lesi on her rear end and gets up
from the recliner.
PROF. MARRUS
Let's go then.
INT. PIKE'S APARTMENT
PAN ACROSS the bottom of Pike's couch and the floor, showing
at least twelve empty beer and liquor bottles strewn about.
An arm hangs limply off the side. PAN UP to reveal PIKE face
down on the couch, snoring.
A KNOCK from outside gets him to snort and stir back to
consciousness.
He lifts his head, giving us a look at his face. He looks
like hell. Obviously hasn't shaven in a few days or done
anything with his hair. His bloodshot eyes are telling of the
intense binge fest he's been on.
PIKE
(ragged)
Go away!
He lays back down on the couch and another knock elicits a
groan from him.
He gets up off the couch and starts over towards the door.
He's wearing a horribly wrinkled plain t-shirt with pit
stains under the arms and a pair of Corona Extra boxers. He's
also noticeably gaunt and pale.
He opens the door to reveal TRISH, one of his tenants, on the
other side.
PIKE
What part of "go away" did you not
understand, Trish?
TRISH
We're worried about you, Oliver.
PIKE
What, you mean all eight of you
that still live here?
TRISH
You haven't spoken to anyone or
come out of here in days.
(squints at him)
My God, have you been eating? You
look famished.
PIKE
Been on a liquid diet lately.
TRISH
We heard about Kaia and her family.
It was in the paper.
Pike looks off to the side and bows his head.
TRISH
We... you never told us she was
pregnant.
PIKE
(bitter)
Well, I would have if anyone had
bothered to tell me before.
Trish is caught off guard by that news.
TRISH
I... you didn't know? Oliver, I'm
so sorry for your loss.
PIKE
Yeah?
(looks to Trish)
Well, I'm not. Can't be sorry about
losing something I never knew I was
going to have in the first place,
now can I?
Trish doesn't answer. She just looks at him pitifully.
PIKE
(voice cracking)
Huh? How can I be upset if I never
knew?!
Obviously he is because his whole body is shaking and his
eyes are rapidly filling with tears.
TRISH
Oliver...
Pike steps back and SLAMS the door in Trish's face. He leans
his back against it and slides down to the floor, roughly
running his hands through his hair.
INT. CHARON - PARKING DECK
Connor briskly walks to his car, hitting the keyless entry on
his keychain to unlock the doors. The front and rear turn
signals flash just as a CYBORG NINJA lands on top of the car,
barely making a sound.
Connor slides to a stop.
CONNOR
What are you doing here? I don't
have time for this.
A slight WHOOSH sound gets him to turn around. Four more
ninjas are behind him. They part to reveal COBUS FAAS
standing there.
FAAS
Hello again, Connor.
CONNOR
I don't have time for this. Bridget
is-
(beat; realizes)
That's why you're here.
FAAS
(nodding)
We never really left. We had
surveillance set up on the Reillys.
We know who has her.
He holds up a mini disc on his finger and we FLASH CUT TO:
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