TEASER
SAM LEAPS
SAM LEAPS
Sam finds himself in the body of a pilot at the controls of a small aircraft.
The aircraft is spinning wildly out of control.
And a mountain is looming.
Beside him is a woman dressed like Lara Croft, her name is Baby Logrine.
The aircraft is spinning wildly out of control.
And a mountain is looming.
Beside him is a woman dressed like Lara Croft, her name is Baby Logrine.
SAM: Oh boy.
BABY: That's a real helpful thing to say. Got any other pearls of wisdom 'cos I have... PULL UP!!
BABY: That's a real helpful thing to say. Got any other pearls of wisdom 'cos I have... PULL UP!!
Sam glances over at Baby, then back at the mountain then he yanks at the controls. Which makes not a jot of difference.
BABY: Pull up. Come on, pull up. Please, pull up. Pull up for Baby.
SAM: I... I can't.
BABY: We're gonna crash.
SAM: We're gonna crash.
BABY: Oh boy.
The ground is really big now, Sam looks over at Baby.
SAM: I'm sorry.
BABY: It's okay.
And the plane CRASHES.
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
ACT ONE
EXT - Utah - crash site
Sam wakes up with a start then regrets it. He's laying flat out on the sand, under the plane's wing. There's a magnificent bruise over his right eye and temple. His shirt is torn and a part of it has been used as a sling for his left arm.
There doesn't seem to be anybody around so Sam rolls painfully on to his front, crawls out from under the wing and clambers to his feet.
The plane, and him, is in the middle of a rocky desert with no settlements in site. The plane is mangled after its crash into the side of a crevice.
There doesn't seem to be anybody around so Sam rolls painfully on to his front, crawls out from under the wing and clambers to his feet.
The plane, and him, is in the middle of a rocky desert with no settlements in site. The plane is mangled after its crash into the side of a crevice.
SAM: Uh-oh.
He looks about him for the woman who was with him and doesn't see her.
SAM: Err... hello? Miss?
He suddenly has a horrible, cold feeling and crawls up to the wreckage of the 'plane.
Here he catches sight of the reflection of Terence 'Tom' Sawyer in a polished metal panel or a mirror or something in the cockpit.
Then he remembers Baby again.
Here he catches sight of the reflection of Terence 'Tom' Sawyer in a polished metal panel or a mirror or something in the cockpit.
Then he remembers Baby again.
SAM: Hello?
BABY (OC): Hi.
Sam jumps and looks around to see nobody's around.
SAM: What?
BABY (OC): Look up.
Sam looks up. Baby is climbing down the side of the cliff.
SAM: What are you doing up there?
BABY: I'm coming back down.
Baby climbs down the side of the cliff-face like a mountain goat.
She lands at the bottom with Sam and it's clear that she too is hurt. She's got glass cuts on her face and she's limping.
She lands at the bottom with Sam and it's clear that she too is hurt. She's got glass cuts on her face and she's limping.
BABY: Were you looking for me in the 'plane?
SAM: Err... well, I couldn't... I didn't...
BABY: Who do you think dragged you out of the wreckage and tied up your arm? Angels?
SAM: You never know.
BABY: I guess that's true. How are you feeling?
Sam shrugs his good shoulder.
BABY: You're very eloquent.
SAM: Are you... are you alright?
BABY: Me? Oh, yeah. Cuts and bruises. Nothing more.
SAM: You're limping.
BABY: And you've dislocated your elbow so let's not play the 'whose hurt worse' game, okay?
SAM: Okay. What happened?
BABY: You crashed the 'plane.
SAM: I'm a pilot?
BABY: Allegedly.
SAM: And I crashed the 'plane?
BABY: It was probably sabotage.
SAM: (sarcastic) That makes me feel much better.
BABY: It should. I suppose we should introduce ourselves to each other.
SAM: We don't know one another?
BABY: Not really. My name's Baby Logrine. You may call me Baby, you may not make fun of my name. You are Terence Sawyer. Correct me if I'm wrong but people call you 'Tom'. Real original.
SAM: Like Baby?
BABY: What did I just say about making fun of my name?
SAM: Alright. Sorry.
BABY: I deserved that one a little. But no more. I'm very sensitive.
SAM: Okay. Have we... Have we met?
BABY: No. Not before I got in that 'plane with you in Ecuador. Are you alright?
SAM: Yeah. I'm just a little shaken, I guess.
BABY: Concussion takes some people that way, I wouldn't worry about it.
Baby reaches into the 'plane.
BABY: Look, I know it's bad form to look up another agent's details. Really bad form. But we all do it. It's common sense. So let's just pretend that we don't know anything about each other and start from scratch, alright?
SAM: Fine with me.
Baby comes back up with a bag and a water canteen and slings the bag and the canteen over her shoulder.
Then she starts out along the bottom of the cliff -face.
Sam follows.
Then she starts out along the bottom of the cliff -face.
Sam follows.
SAM: Where are we?
BABY: Utah.
SAM: Utah?
BABY: Otherwise known as the middle of nowhere.
SAM: Great.
BABY: It's not so bad. I grew up in the middle of nowhere. Not far from here, actually.
SAM: (hopefully) Really?
BABY: If you call a hundred miles or so not far.
SAM: I don't.
BABY: Don't worry. There's a nice shady outcrop a few minutes from here. We'll hole up there and get going tonight. Never fear, Tom. Things are gonna be just fine.
EXT - Desert - outcrop
The outcrop is a large slab of rock propped up on another larger rock. Not very big but it's shade.
Baby throws the bag and canteen under the rock and crawls in after it. She looks beat but Sam looks even worse when he joins Baby in the shade.
Baby throws the bag and canteen under the rock and crawls in after it. She looks beat but Sam looks even worse when he joins Baby in the shade.
SAM: Thatwas a few minutes?
BABY: Yeah. Few minutes.
SAM: It felt like about ten years.
BABY: Yeah. Ten years.
Baby takes a drink of water and hands the canteen to Sam, who also takes a drink, finishing the last drops.
SAM: That's the last of the water, isn't it?
BABY: Yeah. But there's a spring in the cliff a couple of hundred yards up.
SAM: You know the area pretty specifically considering you grew up a hundred miles away.
BABY: What do you think that little climb earlier was for? Fun? Basic survival training. Lay of the land. Shade. Water. You know the drill.
SAM: Right. Well, one of us is going to have to go out and get more water because we need it.
BABY: Oh... it's so hot for going out.
SAM: I'll go.
Baby snatches the canteen away from him.
BABY: No, no. I'll go.
SAM: Let me. You're the one with the injured ankle. At least I got two good legs.
BABY: It's just a sprain.
SAM: Uh-huh.
He holds out his hand for the canteen.
Baby hands it over.
Sam leaves.
Baby hands it over.
Sam leaves.
EXT - desert - spring
Sam staggers over the sand, staying as close as he can to the cliff for the meagre shade it offers.
SAM: Al... Where are you, Al?
Al appears.
AL: Hi, Sam. How are you feeling?
SAM: Awful.
AL: You look awful.
SAM: Thanks. What's going on?
AL: Your name is Terence Sawyer but everyone calls you...
SAM: (interrupts) Tom. Yeah, I know. And I'm a government agent of some kind?
AL: CIA.
They reach the spring and Sam takes a drink, then fills up the canteen.
SAM: I crashed a plane, Al.
AL: Yeah, I know.
SAM: I couldn't do anything. I mean, I leaped in and... I didn't even have my bearings yet... and I tried to pull up... but...
AL: I know, Sam.
SAM: So, I'm here to make sure me and Baby get out of the desert alive?
AL: Baby. I mean, that's a great name.
SAM: Al!
AL: Okay, okay. In the original history Tom was the agent assigned to pick Baby up from a job in Ecuador. The agent she'd been working with had been killed and he had a list of CIA agents' real identities and addresses. Baby was returning to the Agency with the list.
Sam starts walking back to the shade.
SAM: Quicker, Al, I'm dying here.
AL: The plane did crash in the Utah desert. Both agents were found dead but the list was missing. The agency changed as many identities as they could as quickly as they could but three agents from the list and their families died, Sam. The CIA concluded that one of the agents was a double agent and whoever they gave the list to double crossed them.
SAM: A double agent? Me or Baby?
AL: Well, not you. Tom. Tom or Baby. Baby, baby.
SAM: Al!
AL: Sorry.
SAM: I can't believe either of us is a double agent.
AL: The CIA couldn't either. You should see their records, Sam. But that was the conclusion. One of them had to be a double agent.
SAM: What does Ziggy say?
AL: Ziggy says that there's a 92.4% probability that you're here to either destroy that list or get it back to DC safely and save those agents and their families. If I were you I'd destroy it as soon as I got my hands on it. Safest way.
SAM: What about me and Baby? What'll happen to us if I destroy it?
AL: I don't know, Sam, Ziggy's still working on it.
Sam reaches the outcrop again and crawls under it.
Baby snatches the canteen away from him.
Baby snatches the canteen away from him.
BABY: What took you so long?
SAM: Sorry, Baby.
AL: Oh, Baby.
SAM: (to Al) Go away.
AL: Aw, Sam.
BABY: Look, I know you've been hit on the head and you've been out in the sun but could you try not to lose your mind?
SAM: Sure.
AL: Okay, Sam, I'm going. But remember, history says that one of you is a double agent about to sell a CIA list to somebody who's going to kill you both. Watch your back.
SAM: Al. I can barely even walk.
BABY: You and me both, Tom.
AL: Baby, Baby.
SAM: Al!
Al gives in, opens the door and disappears.
BABY: Tom?
SAM: Yes?
BABY: I know I said you couldn't make fun of my name. But you don't have to call me Al. You can still call me Baby.
SAM: Okay.
BABY: No problem. Now, shut up, and let's try and sleep a little.
END OF ACT ONE