THE 4400
Episode 202
"VOICES CARRY"
By
Lisa Melamed
One of the 4400, Gary Navarro, is in a locker room with other
baseball players. Gary was abducted on January 5th 1973. He sits
on a bench wearing boxers and a baseball hat
PLAYER 1
Getting dressed from the top now? The
the way they do it on the Mariners?
PLAYER 2
Mariners? Gary's got his eye on the
Sox.
PLAYER 3
You mean the Sox got their eyes on him.
PLAYER 2
How's it feel? All those scouts in the
stands. You bend over to tie a shoelace,
they making note.
PLAYER 3
How about a little respect huh? You're
in the presence of the new Jackie Robinson.
Those 4400 make big news. Don't worry
about the scouts, man. I'll float you
some right down the middle. You just
get into your rythmm and forget they're
even out there, alright?
Player three's thoughts are clearly heard by Gary
PLAYER 3
GARY
I'm not gonna choke.
Player three looks at him in confusion
The rest of the team begin to leave the room. Gary holds his
head as a myriad of voices are heard, bringing him great pain.
Out on the baseball pitch, Gary is hearing a multitude of thoughts
from the players around him. A ball is thrown and he misses it.
CATCHER
Laurence can't serve any better than
that.
GARY
Just give me a second
Gary hears the thoughts of those around him. Loser, what was
up with that etc.
He misses another ball
CROWD
Come on!
CATCHER
GARY
Why don't you try kissing my ass.
CATCHER
What's your problem Gary.
COACH
Navarro, get your head in the game!
Focus! I wanna see some contact.
GARY
Just shut up! Would all of you just
shut the hell up and let me concentrate!
CATCHER
Whoa gary! Take it down a notch.
GARY
I do not wanna hit you!
CATCHER
Who said anything about hitting, man?
COACH
That's it Navarro, you're done for the
day. I wanna see you in my office after
practise.
GARY
There's nothing wrong with me.
COACH
Keep walking.
GARY
There's nothing wrong with me!!
COACH
Keep walking man.
GARY
Don't touch me!
Gary begins to walk past the scouts and hears their thoughts
SCOUT 1
SCOUT 2
GARY
You shut up. You shut up!
He jumps at one of the scouts and hits him to the ground.
GARY
There's nothing wrong with me! There's
nothing wrong with me!
He's dragged away
Titles
Richard walks into a motel and pays money for a room.
LILY
It beats that ditch in the woods. Not
by much.
RICHARD
It's just a day or two. Let Isabelle
get rested up. Push all the rest of
the way.
LILY
You got enough to make it to Whitebird?
RICHARD
New car, trip to the emergency room?
It's gonna be close.
LILY
All this running and hiding. Sometimes
I forget. We haven't done anything wrong.
RICHARD
Three dead men in the woods might disagree.
LILY
You want a shower first, or should I?
RICHARD
You go ahead.
LILY
Give Isabelle her bottle, ok?
He takes the baby and sit's her on his lap.
RICHARD
It was you wasn't it? Stopping those
men in the woods. Daddy sure would like
to know. But you're not gonna tell me
are you.
Diana's apartment. Diana and Maia are sitting working. Maia laughs
DIANA
What's funny?
MAIA
Marmaduke. Can we get a dog?
DIANA
Smooth how you slid that in there. No.
The phone rings
DIANA
Skouris. April, wow! No, no, no, no.
I'm glad to hear from you, it's been
a while that's all. No we're here, just
having breakfast.
There's a knock at the door.
DIANA
Mrs Lennox must have forgotten her key.
MAIA
I'll get it.
DIANA
No, no. I'll get it. You just keep eating.
I just have to let Maia's teacher in.
Coming! One more sec.
She opens the door to find her sister standing outside.
APRIL
Surprise!
DIANA
April!
APRIL
How's it going, sibling?
April flings herself into Diana's arms
DIANA
Good.
APRIL
You look good.
DIANA
Yeah, you too.
APRIL
Thanks!
DIANA
What are you doing here?
APRIL
Pacific North West Body Art Expo. I
have a booth. Don't tell me you haven't
gotten your tickets yet.
DIANA
Ah, no.
MAIA
Hello.
APRIL
Oh my God, you must be Maia! April Skouris.
Black sheep of the family. Di you are
so lucky. Look at this fabulous kid
you got. No labour, no stretch marks,
no diapers. No crappy husband. Oh wait,
that was me.
MAIA
How come I never met you before?
APRIL
It's complicated.
DIANA
We've been busy.
APRIL
Ok, we'll stick with busy. Whatever.
I'm here now.
DIANA
So where are you staying while you're
in town?
APRIL
This couch looks comfortable.
Shawn prepares to walk out on stage in front of thousands of
people.
COLLIER
It's not an execution Shawn.
Shawn walks out
SHAWN
Hello, my name is Shawn Farrell and
I am one of the 4400.
A huge round of applause with cheering
SHAWN
Wow! Uh, a few months ago I never thought
anyone would clap when I said that.
But we didn't know then, what we know
now. The future of mankind is in jeopardy
and right here with your help is where
we start to set things straight.
Offstage, Devon approaches Collier.
DEVON
Mr Collier, Mr Dravitt's here for you.
COLLIER
Thankyou.
He walks away and meets with Ian Dravitt, an Englishman.
COLLIER
Ian, thanks for fitting me in.
DRAVITT
Interesting place you've got here. Not
going to be abducted by aliens, am I?
COLLIER
Now Ian, they weren't aliens, they were
from the future.
DRAVITT
I know, so you told me ad nauseum. But
it's all the same sideshow to me. So,
here I am, here you are. What say we
get down to business.
Back at NTAC
TOM
Ian Dravitt. Founder and CEO of Executive
Projections. A multinational corporation
based in Zimbabwe.
DIANA
If a company wants to do business in
a third world country, they'll show
you the lay of the land. It's all perfectly
legitimate.
TOM
Yeah, on the surface, but Dravitt's
real money comes from mercenary activity
arms dealing. Sold grenade launchers
to the IRA. White phospherous landmines
to the shiny path gorilla's in Peru.
NINA
So what's he selling to Collier?
TOM
Good question. Our observation teams
can't even tell you what time Collier
takes lunch.
DIANA
Beyond the lobby, that place is a mystery.
We've sent our Agents in disguised as
air conditioning guys, fibreoptics repair
men.
TOM
If we get a bug in, it's yanked before
the day's over. Probably sweeping the
place every few hours. As far as Collier's
pow wows with Dravitt? All we can do
is guess.
NINA
You think he's stockpiling weapons?
DIANA
Arms, anthrax, nothing would surprise
me. I mean, Collier's all but said he's
at war with the US Government.
TOM
Could be laying down a defence perimeter
around the center. That way, if we ever
have to go in there, he'll be ready.
DIANA
Think Waco. Jonestown.
The phone rings and Nina picks it up.
NINA
Jarvis! I'll send them down.
Gary is in a waiting area at NTAC. Tom and Diana enter.
DIANA
Mr Navarro. I'm Agent Skouris, this
is Agent Tom....
GARY
Please, please, don't talk. It's too
noisy. Your voices and your thoughts
just all bleed together.
TOM
Our report said that you were going
on about....
GARY
No voices. Just concentrate on what
you wanna ask me. The I'll hear you.
A couple of weeks ago. It was during
the game. I could hear everyone's thoughts.
At first it was just the pitchers, pretty
good actually. Cos I knew everything
he was gonna throw before he threw it.
He threw them five for five. Two homers,
two singles and a double.
TOM
That is exact.....
DIANA
Shhhh!
Diana takes a seat
GARY
So yeah. Yeah, it was great when it
started. But I can't control it. At
first it was everyone on the team and
then everyone in the stand, and then,
I don't know, just everyone. It's like
this ocean of noise crashing around
in my head. I want someone to make it
go away. That's what I want. I was this
close to making it into the majors,
when I got snatched.This time I'm going
to make it. I have to make it.
Diana and Tom report back to Nina.
NINA
What, so Navarro is some kind of mind
reader?
DIANA
I believe, telepath is the word you're
looking for.
TOM
Well call it something else if it makes
you uncomfortable, but the guy definitely
knew what we were thinking.
NINA
Interesting gift. I could think of a
few practical applications for it.
DIANA
Dr Rossman gave him some holiparodol.
Calmed him down. Quietened the noise
some.
NINA
So he can function as long as he's on
anti-psychotic medicine.
TOM
Well, we don't have to fit him for any
straitjacket but he's not going to be
hitting any knuckle balls either, which
is all he wants to do.
NINA
Well put NTAC medical on him. If they
can help him they will.
TOM
Great.
Kyle heads into the university to sign up for courses.
KYLE
Kyle Baldwin?
WOMAN
Social Security number?
KYLE
There it is.
WOMAN
Baldwin....Nope. You're not eligible
to register.
KYLE
Sure I am. I got in last semester. I
just took deferred admission.
WOMAN
Except your tuition hasnt been paid.
KYLE
What are you talking about, my dad sent
a cheque.
WOMAN
Nope.
She turns the screen towards him, which shows that Tom never
made the payment.
Nina goes to Tom's office
NINA
Baldwin! Got a question.
TOM
I've got Navarro's transfer forms right
here. You just need to sign them.
NINA
Yeah I will, but not just yet.
TOM
Why not?
NINA
We wanna know what Collier and Dravitt
are up to. A 4400 who can read minds,
just walked through the front door.
TOM
You wanna use Navarro as a mole? Is
that even legal?
NINA
DC cleared it.
TOM
Well how about ethical? The guy's asking
us for help. Hell, he's even begging
us.
NINA
And we'll help him. But he's gotta help
us first.
TOM
And what if he say's no?
NINA
Then you'll get him to say yes.
Lily goes to see the motel manager.
LILY
Excuse me. Could we get one more blanket?
The one we've got is kind of thin.
MANAGER
Yeah well, they're all kinda thin, but
if you wanna bring it down, I'll switch
it.
LILY
Oh, I think we might need both.
MANAGER
You might think you need them but you
aren't gonna get them. See there's only
so many rooms and so many blankets and
you have your allotment.
LILY
My baby is cold. Can I please have a
warm blanket, so she doesn't get sick?
I'll give you five dollars.
He takes the money
MANAGER
I'm a sucker for a pretty face.
She turns to Isabelle
LILY
He wasn't very nice to us, was he?
Isabelle stares at the cash register and it opens. Lily quickly
grabs some cash and closes it. The manager returns with a blanket.
MANAGER
Here.
LILY
Thankyou.
The plan to spy on Collier is put to Gary
GARY
What if they catch me?
TOM
We'll be monitoring you every step of
the way.
DIANA
We plant a tiny transmitter receiver
behind your ear under the skin. Takes
ten minutes, no scar.
TOM
If things go south, we'll be in there
like the cavalry.
GARY
When I was a kid, my favourite show
was The Man From Uncle. Thirty years
just gone in a snap. My little brother
is retiring from the Tacoma police force
at the end of the year. He's 53. Guys
I played ball with, the one's that made
it to the Majors, are signing autographs
at card shows now. The game is all I
have.
TOM
Yeah, I get that.
GARY
What, you play ball?
TOM
Senior year in college. I blew my knee
out. Tried to slide under a tag.
GARY
What position?
TOM
Third base.
GARY
Yeah, another endfield, huh? You miss
it?
TOM
All the time. But what we do here, Gary.
What we're asking you to do for us.
It's not the worlds series, but it's
uh, it's pretty damn important.
GARY
I'll do this for you guys. But you gotta
fix me, right?
TOM
You have my word.
GARY
Ok
Tom returns home to find Kyle in the kitchen making something
to eat.
TOM
Sorry about dinner. New case. I'm glad
you didn't wait for me.
KYLE
That's what you're sorry about? Dinner?
Ask me how my first day at college was.
TOM
How was your first day at college?
KYLE
I didn't have one! Nobody paid my tuition!
TOM
What are you talking about. Of course
I did! That's ridiculous.
KYLE
I tried calling you a bunch of times.
You didn't answer your phone.
TOM
I was in meetings all day. I know I
wrote that cheque.
He get's his chequebook out and realises he's wrong.
KYLE
That's great Dad.
TOM
I'm sorry Kyle, I must have forgot.
KYLE
You've been talking about this for a
month. How could you forget?
TOM
Here, bring it in tomorrow. I'll send
a note. Or I'll talk to the registrar
myself. Whatever you want.
Kyle grabs the cheque and walks away
TOM
Kyle, don't walk away from me. Just,
look, I admit it. I'm not denying it.
I screwed up. But works been a little
crazy lately....
KYLE
The job? I've been waiting for that
one. Finally feels like old times around
here.
Back with Richard and Lily in the motel room. Lily has ordered
in food.
RICHARD
What's this? Lily. What is it? Did you
spend all the cash, buying this stuff?
What? Talk to me.
LILY
The cash register at the front desk
was open, and we needed food and Isabelle
needed diapers.
RICHARD
You stole money?
LILY
It's not like I planned it. I had to
beg for a blanket and the drawer was
open, so....
RICHARD
He left you standing there with the
cash register open?
LILY
No, no, he closed it. At least I think
he did. It wasn't open and then it was
open.
RICHARD
That still doesn't make it right. It's
not how I live my life.
LILY
Have you looked around? Because this
isn't how I planned to live my life,
either. Look, I know it was wrong. I
don't need you to tell me it was wrong.
Stop shaking your head. Just eat something,
ok? It's silly for all this food to
go to waste.
RICHARD
Go ahead. I'm not hungry.
April and Maia return home
APRIL
How much fun was that?
MAIA
I liked it.
DIANA
So where have you two been? Your note
just said, out.
MAIA
Lot's of places. The pier, pikestreet
and even the ferry.
Maia has a tattoo on her arm.
DIANA
What have you done? You didn't!
APRIL
I told you she'd freak. Relax, they're
rub ons.
MAIA
As in fake. But they're pretty, aren't
they?
DIANA
Yeah, they're very pretty. Now why don't
you go get started on your homework.
MAIA
I'm in trouble.
APRIL
Did you at least like the shirt? And
by the way. You live in Seattle and
your kids never heard of Kurt Cobain?
What's wrong with you, Di?
DIANA
Thank goodness you're here to teach
her all about tattoo's and suicidal
rock stars. And by the way. Who gave
you permission to take her out of school?
APRIL
I'm her Aunt. I didn't know I needed
permission.
DIANA
Well if you're gonna send her teacher
home for the day, you do.
APRIL
Sitting at your kitchen table all day
long? Yeah, that's a big loss. What
are you keeping this kid locked away
for?
DIANA
If I wanted your opinion on how I'm
raising my daughter, I'd ask.
Maia comes out clutching her stomach
MAIA
Mommy!
DIANA
What's wrong sweetheart?
MAIA
I think I have to throw up.
DIANA
What did you give her to eat?
APRIL
Anything she wanted.
DIANA
Oh, good going Aunt April.
Tom and Diana are in a surveillance van. Gary prepares to enter
the center
GARY
Ok guys, I'm going in.
TOM [VIA COMM]
Colliers gonna want to meet you. You're
one of the 4400.
DIANA
Anything you can learn about him is
great, but our main target is Ian Dravitt.
See what you can find out about him
and why he's there.
TOM
You have a two weeks supply of haliperol.
It should keep you clear, but hopefully
you'll be done in a couple of day's.
Devon spots Gary
DEVON
My names Devon.
GARY
I'm Gary Navarro. Kind of interested
in finding out what you guys do here.
DEVON
Well I'd be happy to show you around.
Have you read Mr Collier's book.
GARY
I didn't have to, I lived it. I'm one
of the 4400.
DEVON
Well, welcome home.
Gary meets Collier
COLLIER
Gary Navarro, Jordan Collier. It's nice
to meet you. Well, that's a nice firm
grip. I'd expect nothing less of a promising
second baseman.
GARY
How did you know I played ball?
COLLIER
Well it's my business to know everything
about the 4400. So has anything shown
up yet? An ability or....
GARY
No not me. I've got a hard enough time
hitting a split fingered fast ball.
COLLIER
It's kind of disappointing, isn't it?
All those years lost....
Shawn enters
SHAWN
Jordan, we need to talk.
COLLIER
Absolutely Shawn. First I'd like you
to meet a fellow returnee. Gary Navarro?
Shawn Farrell.
GARY
Hi.
SHAWN
How you doing.
COLLIER
Shawn here's a little luckier than you
and I. He came back with quite a remarkable
ability.
SHAWN
I'm blessed alright. See the halo round
my head? I really need to talk to you.
COLLIER
Give us a second.
Shawn and Collier move away from Gary.
SHAWN
Look, I've been doing some poking around
on the internet. I found some stuff
that you need to know, because let me
tell you, I really hope that you don't
know already.
COLLIER
If it can be found on a search engine,
believe me I know it.
SHAWN
You're ok with this Dravitt guy?
COLLIER
Eyes on the prize, remember? Doing business
with our friend does not make us our
friend.
SHAWN
COLLIER
I'll meet you outside in ten minutes.
As soon as I get squared away, we'll
talk about it.
Shawn leaves
COLLIER
Here you go?
Kyle stands on campus as a woman walks past.
WENDY
Hello? Hello? Are you alright?
KYLE
Wow, where was I?
WENDY
Far away, I think. First day meltdown?
KYLE
Just lost and late. Making my way to
classes I don't even wanna take.
WENDY
Not such a good day then.
KYLE
Introductory survey of 19th century
Norvella's coming now.
WENDY
Maybe it'll enlighten you in way's you
never could have imagined.
KYLE
Not likely. There isn't anything up
in this period.
WENDY
Well this is Olwyn Hall. Take the stairs
and slide to your left.
She walks away
KYLE
Thanks. Maybe I'll see you around.
WENDY
You never know.
Kyle enters the lecture room. Wendy enters the front of the room
and stands at the desk
WENDY
Hello everybody. I'm Wendy Paulson.
Welcome to ninteenth century Norvella's.
Is everyone in the right place?
Kyle holds up his hand
WENDY
I will speak to you after class.
Shawn and Collier are having an arguement in the grounds. Gary
is hiding behind some tree's. Tom and Diana are still in the
van
GARY[INTO COMM]
I can't hear anything. I'm gonna try
and get closer.
TOM [INTO COMM]
Gary, what are you doing?
GARY [INTO COMM]
Collier and that kid. Your nephew? I
think they're argueing about that guy,
Dravitt.
TOM [INTO COMM]
Gary, go inside.
Dravitt comes up behind Gary
DRAVITT
Getting a good eyeful?
GARY
Look, I'm just....
Two of Dravitt's men grab him
DIANA
We should pull him out.
TOM
No, not yet. Maybe he can talk his way
out of it.
Gary is dragged over to Collier and Shawn.
SHAWN
What the hell do you think you're doing?
Let him go.
DRAVITT
You should be more careful who you let
in your manor, my son. We detained him
as a professional courtesay.
SHAWN
Jordan, these guys are thugs.
DRAVITT
No need for name calling. We merely
happened upon this gentleman in the
process of spying on the two of you.
GARY
I had a couple of questions for you,
that's all. I saw you guys were having
an arguement or something. What am I
supposed to do, interrupt?
SHAWN
Wanna know what we were talking about,
because it's no big secret. I'll tell
you exactly what we were talking about.
COLLIER
Shawn. Enough! You're gonna find out
I'm tied up a lot of the time, Gary.
If you have questions, any of my staff
will be happy to help.
GARY
I'm sorry. Next time I'll know better.
COLLIER
Alright. Go on back inside.
They let him go
DRAVITT: [CAREFUL WHERE HE WANDERS. NO-ONES GETTING BETWEEN ME
AND THIRTY MILLION DOLLARS]
Richard, Lily and the baby are in bed. Richard is still awake,
staring at the ceiling. He hears a car pull up outside. Going
to the window, he see's a police car.
LILY
Richard, what is it? What's wrong?
RICHARD
Police.
She get's up and goes over to the window.
LILY
Oh my God! I'm so sorry.
RICHARD
I'll tell them I took the money. You
didn't have anything to do with it.
The police bang on a door
POLICE OFFICER
Police! Open up!
MALE
Give us a minute!
POLICE OFFICER
Open up now!
They realise that the police aren't after them.
LILY
They're not after us. We're ok.
They hug
Gary goes back inside his room at the center
GARY [VIA COMM]
Guys, are you there?
TOM
Go ahead Gary.
GARY
Sorry I've been so out of touch. They've
had me in these classes all morning.
I haven't even seen Collier all morning,
or that other guy.
DIANA
Well, that's ok. You just go where they
tell you.
GARY
Yeah but I thought you said you wanted
to know more about that money that Collier's
shelling out. Where are my meds?
DIANA
Gary, what's wrong.
GARY
My meds, they're gone. I don't....
He hears someone outside the room and opens the door to find
Devon and another man
GARY
Uh, excuse me, I uh, I had a prescription
of some tranquillisers in my room and
now they're gone.
DEVON
You don't need those. You've been conditioned
to think you need them. Taking anything
that supresses your natural openness
is counter intuitive to our programme.
Maybe you should sit through the nutrition
and purification lecture again.
Devon get's into an elevator and the door closes. Gary goes back
into his room, obviously distressed.
GARY
Did you hear that Baldwin? They took
the haloparadol.
TOM
Yes Gary I heard it. You wanna abort?
You wanna walk outta there?
GARY
The voices are getting louder in my
head already. It's already getting worse.
The voices are starting to bleed through
the walls.
TOM
Just calm down Gary. We'll come and
get you if we need to. It's your call.
Gary talk to me.
GARY
Ok. You guys are gonna hold up your
end of this deal, right?
TOM
Yes, of course.
GARY
Ok, ok. I'll hold up my end and hang
in as long as I can.
TOM
We'll hang in with you. Listen Gary,
someone's gonna be on this channel 24/7
remember?
GARY
Yeah right.
Richard and Lily leave the motel and get back in the truck. Isabelle
is crying. Richard has a flashback to Josiah and his son's killing
themselves in the woods.
Kyle speaks to Wendy after class.
KYLE
I read the Secret Sharer
WENDY
Just like your syllabus said. That's
a good start.
KYLE
Not just the first 20 pages. I got really
into it, read the whole thing.
WENDY
Ninteenth century Norvella's not quite
the hell on Earth you expected?
KYLE
It definitely wasn't boring. I got a
lot of questions though.
WENDY
Ok, well I have office hours. Wednesday
one to four.
KYLE
Ok, yeah. I'll try to stop by.
WENDY
Or we could run by the Cook the and
grab some coffee.
KYLE
What, right now?
WENDY
I like talking about Joseph Conrad.
That's why I picked this for a living.
April cooks dinner for Diana and Maia
DIANA
Where did you learn to do all this,
cos Mom never taught us to cook.
APRIL
I don't know. I just learned how. Had
to be better than you at something.
MAIA
Aunt April, do you have any kids?
APRIL
Nope, no kids.
MAIA
Are you married?
APRIL
I used to be. Ask your Mom what she
thought of my ex-husband.
DIANA
Don't start.
MAIA
You didn't like him?
DIANA
Neither did April apparently. She only
stayed with Trevor for what, seven months?
APRIL
You were hostile from day one. You never
gave him a chance.
DIANA
I don't think he deserved much of a
chance. He was kind of a moron.
APRIL
He was 22. Show me one guy who isn't
a moron at 22. He knew you hated him
and that didn't make it any easier for
us to stay together.
DIANA
Come on! You can't keep blaming that
on me. Just grow up!
APRIL
Ok, this was a mistake. I thought it
was a good idea to come here, but obviously
I was wrong. I'll go pack. There's a
little hotel up the street.
MAIA
No!
APRIL
It's ok honey, we'll still see each
other.
MAIA
But the power's going to go out there
tonight and you won't have any lights.
APRIL
What is she talking about?
MAIA
Can I please be excused?
Maia jumps up and leaves
Gary is taking a class and the sounds of everyone's thoughts
are filling his head. He is obviously distressed.
TUTOR
Mr Navarro is something wrong?
GARY
This is no good, I need my haliparodol.
Where's Collier.
TUTOR
Mr Collier's in a meeting.
Gary get's to his feet and walks from the room
TUTOR
Mr Navarro!
Diana and Tom are in the surveillance van
DIANA
Gary what's wrong?
GARY
I gotta talk to Collier.
DIANA
That's not a good idea Gary.
Gary enters Colliers outer office
SECRETARY
Mr Navarro, he's in a meeting!!
Gary carries on through to Collier's office and finds him sat
with Dravitt
GARY
Make it stop. Please make it stop. I
need my medication.
DRAVITT
Whatever's eating you old son, we'll
make it stop. Count on that.
A man holds a gun to Gary's head.
Later
COLLIER
A 4400 who can read minds. You shouldn't
have lied to me Gary.
DRAVITT
You mean to tell me that this guy knows
what I'm thinking? Because I do not
like anyone inside my head but me.
SHAWN
Jordan, this guy's one of us, we can't
just stand here and let him get killed.
COLLIER
Nobody's killing anyone.
DRAVITT
First, we find out what our man here
knows and then we discuss his fate.
There are things I know that could get
you killed!! That could get all of you
killed.
Tom and Diana race out of the van
DIANA
Call Jarvis. Tell her we're going in!
COLLIER
Look Ian....
DRAVITT
Shut up! Shut up now!
Shawn makes a move towards Dravitt. One of Dravitts henchmen
grab him but Shawn uses his powers to force him to his knees
Tom and Diana race through the foyer
EVAN
Hi I'm Evan, welcome to the 4400
The race past him
GUARD
Upper levels are not open to visitors
TOM
We're not visitors
GUARD
Hey look buddy, I got a badge too and
this is private property.
Tom hits him to the floor
Shawn is continuing to use his ability on the man
DRAVITT
What the hell's he doing to him? Let
him go or so help me I'll splatter your
brains all over your highly polished
floor.
COLLIER
Now that is enough.
Collier is hit. Gary begins yelling, whilst clutching his head.
Tom and Diana rush into the room
TOM
Everyone down now!
COLLIER
How the hell did you get in here?
DIANA
Don't sound so happy to see us.
DRAVITT
What in the hell is this?
COLLIER
NTAC Agents. I don't appreciate the
government interfering in my business.
TOM
Well maybe you should be more careful
who you do business with.
GARY
They're not buying weapons, they're
planning a coup overseas. Some tiny
country
SHAWN
You sent a spy in here, Uncle Tommy?
Good job, you almost got us all killed.
DIANA
You too Mr Dravitt.
DRAVITT
It'll be interesting to see if your
friends impressions will stand up in
court. I guess I'm the one who should
be more careful who I do business with.
TOM
Shawn, you can come with us if you want.
Shawn looks at the floor
TOM
Great. I'll tell your mother you said
hello.
COLLIER
Gary, you should have come to me first.
I'd have treated you better than they
ever will.
Lily is sitting with Isabelle outside a store. A woman and young
boy walk out.
WOMAN
Look at the cute little baby. I think
someone wants to try your toy, Walt.
LILY
I think you're right.
Richard appears.
RICHARD
Hi.
WOMAN
Hi.
RICHARD [TO LILY]
Get back in the car.
LILY
Why?
RICHARD
Please.
They walk away
LILY
What is your problem. That little boy
was being sweet with her.
RICHARD
I just didn't want anybody getting hurt.
LILY
Hurt? Whose gonna get hurt?
RICHARD
What if she doesn't wanna give the toy
back. What's gonna happen then? Don't
look at me like you don't know what
I'm talking about. Those three men in
the woods.
LILY
They wanted us dead!
RICHARD
You saw what happened to them, that
was Isabelle. We both know and there's
no reason in pretending otherwise.
LILY
Whatever Isabelle does, she does it
out of love for us. She's our daughter,
Richard.
RICHARD
I know she is and I love her right back.
But she's something else too and I wish
to God I knew what that was.
Isabelle uses her powers on Richard and he falls to the ground
in pain.
LILY
What is it? What's wrong?
RICHARD
I'm fine.
Nina holds a meeting with Tom and Diana at NTAC
NINA
So what, so Collier planned to spend
30 million dollars funding mercenary
activity in Sal Tomey?
TOM
They've had three coups since their
independance in1975. My guess? Collier
was trying to buy them before.
NINA
Did Gary happen to hear while Collier's
so interested in an island of the west
coast of Africa?
DIANA
Without his medication, we're lucky
to have got that much out of him.
TOM
But we do know that Collier thinks he's
heading towards a conflict with someone.
NTAC, the entire government, I don't
know. He installs a friendly government
in Sal Tomey. It could have been a place
to go when things heat up.
DIANA
What, like a homeland for the 4400.
NINA
Too bad you can't prosecute a man for
delusions of grandeur.
TOM
They're not delusions if you can make
them come true. We're always one step
behind Collier because we keep seeing
him as some kind of cult nut. What we
should be asking ourselves is, before
Collier was abducted, did he ever set
his mind to something and not get it
done.
DIANA
They didn't make him any dumber in that
ball of light.
TOM
Yeah whatever. We wanted to know what
Collier was thinking. Gary found out
for us. Time to turn him over to NTAC
medical, right?
NINA
Soon.
DIANA
Soon?
NINA
The NSAECC know anytime we register
a new 4400 ability. They have been leaning
on. They've been leaning on DC to borrow
Gary for an op they've got planned.
No more cloak and dagger stuff. He'll
sit in on a few conferences. You know
how it is with diplomats. They don't
always say what they think.
TOM
That wasn't the agreement I made with
him.
NINA
The terms have changed. Gary's too valuable.
TOM
I gave him my word. You turning me into
a liar?
NINA
You've been in the game almost 20 years.
My guess is you've committed all the
seven deadly sins, just like the rest
of us.
TOM
I should have let him stay with Collier.
He might have used him, but he would
have helped him too. Don't you ever
use me again!
He storms out of the room and Diana follows him. Later he walks
alongside Gary as he's escorted out of the building by some men
GARY
All I wanted was to play ball. You guys
promised to help, but you can't do that,
can you?
He walks away, but at the last minute turns to face Tom and Diana.
He turns and walks out the door.
DIANA
We're worried about the 4400. It's seems
more and more like they should be worried
about us.
TOM
You know that bar at Mel's. Corner of
Lancaster and Third. You feel like joining
me?
DIANA
We don't go to bars.
TOM
I'm going tonight, with you or without
you.
He walks away leaving her standing in the parking lot.
THE END
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