Script – Season three ===================== Episode 14 ---------- :HELEN: That information is code locked. Please reformat your request or exit from inquiry. :Brett: Neri is not gonna be pleased. --------- :Benny: Okay, watch this. :HELEN: Access denied. :Neri: Many days pass, still you find nothing. :Jason: Give us a break, Neri. Benny’s trying. :Neri: Must try harder. Get rest of synchronium. :Cass: It’s not Benny’s fault. :Jason: We’ve all had a go. HELEN’s just not co-operating. :Brett: Without HELEN’s help, it’s like trying to find a sardine in the ocean. --------- :Kellar: I think I’ve got another one, doctor. :Hellegren: Another piece of the device? :Kellar: The time of the sighting is approximately correct and the general area seems– :Hellegren: Spare me the details. Where is it? :Kellar: I haven’t pinpointed the precise location as yet. However, we are setting up the matrix for a computer scan immediately. May I ask, doctor, if you had any further contact from Lena? :Hellegren: Do not mention her name to me. :Kellar: My apologies. I know how difficult it must be, having your own child betray you. :Hellegren: The moment she walked out of the door, she ceased to be my child. She has made her decision, I have made mine. I have no daughter. --------- :Jason: What are you gonna do? :Lena: I don’t know, I can’t go home. :Brett: Who’d want to? :Jason: Look, we’ll help you out. :Lena: Are you sure? What about your mother? :Brett: Pushover. :Dianne: Hi, boys, how was your day? Hello. :Brett: Ah, mum, this is Lena. :Dianne: Nice to meet you, Lena. You’re a new face on board. :Lena: I just got here. :Brett: Her dad chucked her out and she had nowhere to go, so we said she could stay here. :Dianne: Oh, did you now? And where would she sleep? :Brett: Well, there’s that spare bunk in your cabin. :Jason: We really owe her big time. She got into trouble saving Brett’s skin. We have to help her. It’s only for a week or so. :Dianne: And how would you suggest we explain her presence? :Jason: You could say she’s from my old school. :Brett: On extended work experience. :Lena: I don’t mean to be of any trouble, Dr. Bates, but… :Jason: You did it before. :Brett: It’s important this time, too. Please? :Dianne: Well… :Brett: Come on, mum. We promised. :Dianne: Well, maybe for a short while. :Brett: Oh, you’re a star. :Lena: Thank you. :Jason: Next thing is for you to go see Neri. :Dianne: Oh, Jason, do you think that’s wise? :Jason: Lena already knows. We can trust her. :Dianne: Well, you’d better give me your I.D., Lena, and I’ll clear it with the commander. :Jason: Put your bags over here. :Dianne: UBRI? Hellegren? I hope you know what you’re doing. --------- :Brett: Come on, she won’t bite you. :Jason: Neri, this is Lena. I told you about her. :Neri: Welcome to my island. :Lena: Thanks. :Jason: Oh, and that’s Kal. :Lena: Hi. Ah… This is such a fantastic place. :Neri: Come, I will show it to you. :Lena: Okay. So, can I see the spaceship? --------- :Lena: Unbelievable. I’ve never seen anything like it. It’s so– :Brett: Alien, right? :Lena: Well, yeah. What’s that? Some sort of computer? :Neri: It is how we learned of the synchronium. :Jason: It’s a pity the locater got smashed. It’s a huge hassle trying to find all the pieces, but we have to find them. :Neri: Soon. :Lena: But how? :Brett: The hard way. Searching through all the old data, working out what’s meteors, or fake UFOs, or whatever. It’s taking, like, forever. :Lena: You’ve got access to a HELEN 3000, though, don’t you? :Brett: Yeah, but she only talks to people she likes. She’s not exactly rapt in any of us. :Lena: Well, maybe she’d like me. Most computers do. --------- :Lena: Let’s try security alpha. :Cass: She turns up and all of a sudden she’s flavour of the month. What are we, chopped liver? :Benny: Chill, will you? She’s already got files out of HELEN I didn’t even know existed. :Cass: Yeah, but she’s a Hellegren, you can’t trust them. :HELEN: That information is code-locked. Please re-format your request or exit from inquiry. :Cass: She’s not really getting anywhere anyway. :Lena: You don’t get rid of me that easily, HELEN. Code-lock voice override on search file grid seven. Authority crypto alpha dot com. :Cass: See, she’s useless. :HELEN: Thank you. Processing request. :Lena: Is that the kind of thing you’re looking for? :Benny: How’d you do that? :Lena: Luck mostly, but does it help? :Jason: It’s a definite possible. Let’s get Kal in on this and he can spot the location if it’s a piece of synchronium. :Benny: Lena, you’re brilliant. --------- *(Distant explosions)* :Dianne: They’re at it again. Winston, do you think there could be an unrecorded fault line down there somewhere? :Winston: All things are possible. :Dianne: Then why isn’t our equipment picking it up? :Winston: Because we’re not looking for it. We’ve been monitoring the marine life. But this could be way below the ocean floor. :Dianne: Then it’s not registering it at all? :Winston: So far, activity may be slight, as to go unnoticed by day-to-day seismic readings. But if there is a fault line, then heaven help all of us. --------- :Lena: Did I really find something? Are you sure? :Brett: Just wait. :Kal: Fell there. :Jason: Just south of mackston. :Brett: Got it. Thanks, Kal. :Neri: You have done well. :Jason: So, let’s go. --------- :Cass: How far now? :Brett: Only a couple of minutes, I guess. :Lena: Get down, it’s UBRI. :Cass: Man, was that close. :Jason: Hey, you guys, over here. Well, looks like UBRI’s beaten us to the punch again. :Brett: You know, I’m really getting sick of this. --------- :Neri: We must get them back. :Benny: How? :Brett: Listen. They stole those components. I say we do a raid. Take back what’s ours. :Jason: From UBRI headquarters? :Cass: You’ve lost it. :Brett: No, it’ll work. If Lena helps. :Lena: How? :Brett: You know the layout of headquarters, where they stash things. Your dad’s the boss, you’ve got access to all areas, right? :Lena: If father hasn’t changed the codes. :Brett: Okay, so you get us in, we get the pieces and zap out of there. :Neri: This will work? :Lena: It could. :Brett: Right, so who’s in? :Cass: Yeah. :Lena: Okay. :Jason: Okay, good. :Neri: I will come, too. :Jason: Hang on, you can’t go. :Neri: I will. :Jason: Neri, it’s too dangerous for you. :Neri: You will all go. I will, too. :Cass: You’re not saying much. :Benny: Well, it’s just… I mean UBRI’s a big place and they’ve got heaps of security. :Cass: You’re chicken. :Benny: Mum and dad… :Cass: Wouldn’t like it, yeah I know. That’s always your excuse. :Benny: It’s not an excuse. --------- :Jason: You won’t be safe. We’ll be miles away from water. :Neri: But not for long. :Jason: And what if Hellegren sees you? He’ll know you didn’t go with Mera and he’ll be after you again, you want that? :Neri: I must go, I am needed. :Jason: Yes, you are needed. To work the synchronium when we get it together. Nobody else can do that. :Neri: It is my responsibility, my father’s mission. :Jason: Yeah, all right. Suit yourself. :Neri: When we go? :Jason: Well, it’s going to take some time to get the gear together and that, so… Not tomorrow. The day after, okay? :Neri: I will be ready. --------- :Lena: I don’t think you should force him to come. :Benny: Look. It’s just, what if I mess up? :Brett: I won’t. :Benny: But I could, I do. And you don’t really need me. :Cass: Yeah, we do. :Lena: We do actually. I know what type of alarms they use at UBRI. But I don’t know the technical stuff how to turn them off and that. :Cass: You understand the specs. Come on we are counting on you. :Benny: Yeah, okay. :Brett: On ya, Benny. :Cass: Great. :Brett: We’re all in. :Jason: Good, we’ll be leaving first thing in the morning… 0800. Let’s get some gear. --------- :Cass: Come on! --------- :Kal: I go with you? :Neri: No, tomorrow you must stay here. :Kal: Why? :Neri: Because I go with Jason. :Kal: I want to come with you. :Neri: Stop, Kal. You know you must do what I say. :Kal: Yes, Neri. :Neri: I go now, to see what happens in the ocean. :Kal: With Jason? :Neri: No, with mother. :Kal: That is good. --------- :Winston: See? There… And there. Tiny minuscule oscillations and they date from when UBRI started blasting. :Neri: Then you must stop them, mother. :Winston: It’s not quite that simple, Neri. You see, we pick up recordings of the earth moving all the time, and these are so small as not to arouse any official attention. :Dianne: But it could be the first indication of a fault? :Winston: Or a naturally occurring phenomenon. They could have started of their own accord and end the same way. :Dianne: Nevertheless, I’m going to show these to the commander. :Winston: There’s still so much we have to collect, I wish the boys were here to help. :Neri: Where are Jason and Brett? I could not find them when I came aboard. :Dianne: Didn’t they tell you? They’re going ashore for the day. --------- :Benny: Maybe we should have waited till tonight. Less chance of getting caught. :Brett: Nah, who’s going to expect a daylight raid? :Jason: Shut up, you two. :Lena: Wait, wait. Okay, now! :Lena: Okay, that door, hurry! Benny, your turn. :Benny: Serio system six. Got it. Two wires. Cut the right one, it releases the lock and sets up a five minute delay on the alarm. Cut the wrong one and the whole system goes off. :Cass: Okay, so which one’s the right one? *(Beeping)* :Everyone: Yes! :Jason: Come on, come on! --------- :Kal: You are angry? :Neri: Yes. :Kal: With me? I stay here like you say. :Neri: Not you… Jason. He lied to me. --------- :Jason: Which way to the strongroom? :Lena: This way, keep your heads down and hurry. :Brett: Three minutes till the alarm goes. :Lena: Well, let’s go. --------- :Hellegren: There is no mistake? :UBRI: Startling as they are, the tests have been run several times. What you will see is, in fact, accurate. :Kellar: That’s impossible. :Hellegren: Given what we have seen with a single component, I’d say anything is possible, even water running uphill. :UBRI: Using both pieces, the effect is multiplied. :Kellar: The applications are quite intriguing. :Hellegren: I can see that. Show me again. --------- :Benny: I can’t do it. :Cass: I’ll do it, just tell me what will happen. :Benny: I mean, I really can’t. The lock for the strongroom’s not in the system. :Brett: So, what do you do now? :Lena: My code will open the door, but it may alert security. :Brett: The main alarm’s going to go bananas in two minutes anyway. :Jason: Okay, do it. --------- :Hellegren: If the single component of the device has the power to reverse the course of the nile, imagine what the combined power will be. --------- :Lena: Okay, go. *(Alarm sounds)* :Jason: Back the same way? :Lena: Yes, yes, go! :Kellar: Strongroom. Guards! :Brett: They’re coming. We can’t get through. :Lena: The stairs! There’s an emergency exit on the next level, come on! The stairs, quick! :Benny: Hurry! :Kellar: No, this way! :Benny: Keep going. :Lena: Thanks. :Benny: No! :Hellegren: How did they get in here? :Cass: Come on! Hurry up! Come on, they’re still coming! Benny, come on! Come on, Benny. Come on, hurry up. :Kellar: The main gate! After them! --------- :Kal: You are still angry? :Neri: Yes. No. :Kal: Which? :Neri: I’m not angry. I am worried. Jason has gone to UBRI. It is dangerous. :Kal: Jason is alone? :Neri: No, no. The others went, too. They’re all in danger. :Kal: But you are worried about… Jason? :Neri: He’s my friend. :Kal: I am your friend, too. :Neri: Yes… You are. --------- :Jason: If mum is looking for us, we’ll be back in an hour. We’re taking the piece out to Neri where it will be safe. :Benny: I’m sorry I lost the other bit. If it wasn’t for me, you’d have it all. :Brett: Hey, it’s okay. We’ll get it back another time. :Jason: See ya later. --------- :Benny: I messed up. I told you I would. :Lena: No, you didn’t. If it hadn’t been for you, they would of caught me. I owe you alot. :Cass: Well, if you weren’t such a klutz. :Lena: We’re all a team, right? Aren’t we all suppose to look after each other? You did really well. :Benny: You [?]? :Benny’s father: Benny? What are you doing here? You are supposed to be at the computer library. :Benny: Um… --------- :Dianne: “Insufficient evidence for a tribunal hearing”. They just don’t want to upset UBRI. :Winston: I did warn you, Dianne. Our argument is far from compelling, only speculation really. :Dianne: What if it’s right, what if there is a deep fault and the blasting’s making it unstable? :Winston: Then it can’t be long before we have undeniable proof. :Dianne: By then it could be too late. For all we know, this thing’s already started and we’re not even aware of it. --------- :Benny: I knew it. :Cass: Ah, come on, Benny. This is supposed to be a victory toast. I suppose you’d better join us, this time. :Benny: Hey, did you see that? :Cass: What? :Benny: The drink, it moved, like there was some type of vibration, or something. :Lena: I didn’t feel anything. :Cass: Forget it. Here’s to us. --------- :Neri: You say you not go till tomorrow. :Jason: Look, I said I was sorry. :Neri: It is not enough to be sorry, friends do not lie. :Jason: You can be so stubborn. I was trying to protect you. You’re important to me, okay? To all of us, to the mission. :Neri: I was frightened for you. :Jason: Yeah, I know. I won’t do it again. Promise. Don’t stay mad. :Neri: I am not. :Jason: Good. Let’s get this some place safe. Stay here, keep Kal company. --------- :Kellar: We did manage to salvage one component. :Hellegren: And lost the other! Unacceptable failure of security. :Kellar: Disciplinary action is being taken. :Hellegren: We must focus on that device. :Kellar: I’ll intensify the search immediately. But assuming they had your daughter’s assistance… :Hellegren: Confine your interests to the ocean girl. She is the key. --------- :Brett: So there’s about a million of these UBRI guys trying to catch us, and Jason’s running for the fence– :Kal: No. :Brett: What? :Kal: I don’t want to know about Jason. :Brett: What’s wrong? :Kal: Neri, worries about him. :Brett: And your point is? :Kal: She likes him, more than me. I feel… Bad. Do not understand. :Brett: Don’t be such a wuss, they’re just friends. Hey, here he comes now. :Kal: Neri will be with him? :Brett: Yeah sure, she always is. Hey, ease up. People will think you’re jealous. *(music)*