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EXT. HEATHER FALLS HIGHWAY The Washington State Police has set up a road block at the bottom of the hill and are waiting for Lanes truck. Lane is now near the bottom of the hill and sees all the blinking red lights, he slams on the brakes. LANE (Talking to himself) My, my, my...the Storm Troopers are waiting for me. Lane you dummy, about 100 yards back an access road was just passed. He guns the engine and makes a "u" turn, then slams the throttle all the way to the floorboards and as he approaches the access road, he sees the blinking red, white and blue lights from Kenny's truck coming down the hill. Lane reaches the turnoff and just barely makes the turn. He slows down and turns off the headlights and turns on his running lights and fog lights, and a yellow glow surrounds the truck as it disappears down the mountain road. CUT TO: EXT. HEATHER FALLS HIGHWAY - BOTTOM OF HILL The road block is alive with activity, now there are three State Police cruisers and a helicopter hovering overhead. Kenny, Drago and Karen reach the bottom of the hill and come to a screeching halt. Kenny puts the truck in park and he and Drago jump out. Drago yells at the State Troopers. DRAGO Well, where is he? Where is the white Land Rover? Two Troopers look at each other and both agree. TROOPER He must have taken the old mill road about 100 yards back up the road! DRAGO Who is in command here? TROOPER SERGEANT I'm Sergeant Blosky, I'm in command here! We can follow him down the old mill road. DRAGO Ok, lets do it. Look Deputies the Troopers and I can take care of the problem now. Thank you for your help. KENNY Are you sure you don't need our help, how will you know what he looks like? DRAGO Oh, I know what he looks like. Deputy Lensky, you better get her some dry clothes before she catches pneumonia. Ok lets go troopers! Marshall Drago jumps in the trooper Sergeants Blazer and they peel out, they all leave in a rush of smoke, spray, mud and water. CUT TO: EXT. AMERICAN LAKE WASHINGTON - MORNING EXT. AMERICAN LAKE SHERIFF DEPT. BLDG. INT. BASCO'S OFFICE. Karen and Kenny are reviewing the nights events with Basco. BASCO Kenny, have you heard from the State Troopers? KENNY Yes, they called me this morning and said they lost Smith when a fallen tree cut them off on the logging road they were using. But the troopers have contacted the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to pick him up at the Canadian border in British Colombia. BASCO Why Canada? KAREN He lives in Thunder Bay, British Columbia. BASCO Kenny, did you get a chance to see a copy of the warrant.? KENNY Yes I did, they want him for the theft of U.S. Government classified cipher devices Basco's phone rings, he picks it up. BASCO Sheriff Basco! SNAP CUT: EXT. THUNDER BAY BRITISH COLOMBIA INT. OFFICE OF CHIEF CONSTABLE RMP CLOSE ON CHIEF CONSTABLE CHIEF CONSTABLE Hello Sheriff Basco. This is Chief Constable Jones of the Canadian Mounted Police, in Thunder Bay British Colombia. REVEAL Chief Constable Jones is a very distinguished looking military man in his early fifties, speaking with a slight British accent. BASCO What can I do for you, Chief Constable? JONES (On speakerphone) This call, as you probably already know is concerning this chap Lane Smith. We found his Rover one mile from the border. The truck was at the bottom of a cliff and was partly submerged in a river. We found no body, however it quite possibly could have been washed downstream. I received a call from a U.S. Marshall Drago who is flying out here this morning to look over this messy affair. He asked me to have you send out your two deputies to assist him in searching for Mr. Lane Smith, he seems to think the chap is still alive. BASCO Thank you for calling Constable Jones, we'll be delighted to assist in the apprehension of Mr. Jones. Have a good day. BASCO Looks like you two are going to Thunder Bay! The door slams open and Judge West the town Judge walks in. He's in his early seventies, but very distinguished looking. JUDGE WEST Why do I always have to hear from someone else whenever we have any excitement in this whistle stop town? Basco looks at Karen then Kenny with a questioning look on his face. BASCO You mean the Lane Smith incident? JUDGE WEST No, I mean Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. Of course I mean the Lane Smith incident! Well do I have to drill it out of you, or are you going to talk to me? BASCO Well sir, he got away and is hiding somewhere in British Colombia. JUDGE WEST Oh, that's nice, "somewhere in Canada", oh that's real precision police work. The Sheriff, State, Federal and Canadian Law Enforcement agencies are chasing the most wanted fugitive in the United States and he's "somewhere in Canada"! BASCO I didn't know he was that wanted? JUDGE WEST Deputies, leave the room, I need to talk to Sheriff Basco privately. Karen and Kenny pause. JUDGE WEST Do I have to spell it out. Read my lips "get out".... Karen and Kenny get up and walk out the room and close the door. JUDGE WEST What I'm going to tell you is restricted Federal Government information. I just received a call from a Federal Judge and he told me a team of scientist's set off a classified underground explosive in the Nevada Desert at 4:30 AM and two minutes later a 6.8 earthquake hit Southern California! BASCO Are they sure the device set off the earthquake? JUDGE WEST What difference does it make. Anyway, Lane Smith has a powerful radio transmitter and he's going to jam all the radio transmissions in the northern states from his hiding place somewhere in Canada. He will then tell the American and Canadian people about the detonation of the classified device in the Nevada desert and also about the end of the world in the year 2000! BASCO What can we do? JUDGE WEST What we can do is catch the S.O.B. before he makes the broadcast! He's the worst ex-government employee we've ever had! The whole room shakes violently then pictures and lamps start falling down. BASCO What the hell was that? JUDGE WEST That my friend was an earthquake! The both run into the open office area and all of the staff is in panic. Some of the ceiling tiles have come down. BASCO (shouting) Someone turn on the TV and see where the epicenter is? The TV comes on and a spokesperson for the U.S.G.S comes on. U.S.G.S REP. (TV) Folks, we've just had an earthquake on the Pudget Sound Fault. The initial reading on the magnitude is 6.1. It may be a fore shock! CUT TO: EXT. HEATHER FALLS - ESTABLISHING DAY EXT. CLAUDE DUVALL'S HOME CLOSE ON KAREN KAREN The place looks deserted. A beat. Looks like they left a note on the front door. REVEAL EXT. CLAUDE DUVALL'S DRIVEWAY Karen and Kenny have driven up to the Duvall home and are parked on the driveway. They both get out of the car and walk up to the front door. Karen removes the note and reads it. KAREN (Reading note) "Dr. Claude Duvall is on vacation. Will be back in two weeks". A beat. The note is dated the same day that Lane escaped! Kenny, let's go check the mine shaft? You know the one he told me about last year, his special hideaway! KENNY Hold it. A beat. Karen, we don't have a search warrant, and when we leave the door step, we're trespassing. Let's go back to American Lake! Karen appears disappointed and shakes her head. KAREN Look, this is just a social visit, I just want to know if Lane is ok. KENNY (Whisper) Karen, the video camera above the corner of the house just moved. Let's go! KAREN (Visibly upset) Kenny, that means they're hiding in the old mine shaft. Let's go check it out, come on don't be a chicken. KENNY Karen, let it go! A beat. Let it go...... come on let's go back to American Lake, we can always come back later! KAREN Promise? KENNY Yes, I promise! Kenny and Karen get in the truck and back out of the driveway. Kenny drops the truck in drive and they exit. The truck is seen disappearing down the highway. CUT TO: EXT. AMERICAN LAKE WASHINGTON - ESTABLISHING DAY EXT. AMERICAN LAKE SHERIFF DEPT. BLDG. INT. SHERIFF BASCO'S OFFICE CLOSE ON JUDGE WEST JUDGE WEST You can't search private property without a search warrant, and I don't care if it's under the subterfuge of a "social visit" REVEAL Basco, Judge West, Kenny and Karen are in conference. KAREN Judge, I know they're hiding in the old mine shaft! ......I just know it! BASCO We don't have a warrant and we certainly don't have "probable cause" to get one. KAREN What about aiding and abetting a criminal? Can't we hang this warrant on the federal warrant issued for Lane Smith? JUDGE WEST The Fed.'s can, but we can't. A beat. And that's that, good-bye and I don't want to hear anymore about it or I'll cite you all for contempt. I thought you two were suppose to go to Canada? KAREN/KENNY Yes sir, we're leaving in the morning. Judge West walks out of Jimmy's office in a start. BASCO We were told to keep an eye on Dr. Duvall, not to search his property, or issue a warrant, so let it go Karen. CUT TO: EXT. AMERICAN LAKE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT BUILDING DAY INT. SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SQUAD ROOM Kenny is watching Karen pack an "operations" bag with radio, handcuffs, service revolver and flashlight. KENNY Karen, where you going? KAREN You don't want to know. KENNY Heather Falls? A beat. Come on Karen, Jimmy said, lay off, and that's what he means! Lay off! Karen grabs the operations bag and starts to walk out of the squad room. Kenny gets up out of his chair and grabs her arm. KAREN Look Kenny, when I'm off duty, I can do what I want, so don't try to stop me! KENNY Karen, hang on a minute, let me get my gear and I'll go with you. A beat. Ok! KAREN You don't have to go Kenny....... KENNY I want to go, ok.... CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY BRITISH COLOMBIA EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN - REMOTE CABIN RETREAT INT. LANE SMITH'S LIVING ROOM Lane is tuning up his large radio transmitter by adjusting the frequency bands. He pulls out a script and puts on his glasses. He turns on the tape to tape recorder. LANE (Speaking into microphone) Good evening my dear people of the United States of America and fellow Canadians. You may recognize my voice, because for many years I was the voice of America, broadcasting to Soviet Bloc Nations. Yes, this is Lane Smith and I'm so happy to be with you this evening. What I'm going to tell you is the absolute truth and I'm not being paid by anyone for making this broadcast. I'm doing it in the interest of humanity. My colleagues have informed me The next five years, will be the most catastrophic period in the entire recorded history of civilized mankind. Your government is not telling you the truth. We have documented evidence that all the recent earthquakes in the United States have been played down by your government. Yes, if reported as a magnitude 6.8 it's really a 7.8! All of the U.S. seismic reporting stations are subtracting one full magnitude. Under the direction of the United States government all seismic instruments like the "Wood Anderson" seismograph have been calibrated to record one full magnitude less. You ask why.....well here is the why. If the magnitude is 7 or greater all government loans are forgiven. Now in the Southern California Valley quake this means over 10 billion in government loans would not have to be re-paid, also if the magnitude is greater than 7.5 property tax is forgiven for three years. Now you have the dollar why, but there is a much, much more serious reason why the down playing is going on. My dear friends the west coast is starting to break up. All indications are that within 24 to 36 months most of California, Oregon and Washington will have such devastating earthquakes and Volcanoes casualties will be in the hundreds of thousands! You must move east, as soon as you and your family can! In five years the west coast will be devastated. You may laugh and call me "crackpot", but we have all of the evidence. There is nothing your government can do for you now except tell you the truth. Your government is so afraid of me making this broadcast they have issued a warrant for my arrest. I have done nothing illegal, but they are making it appear that I have. My dear friends, the end is near. Please don't equate this broadcast with the 1939 Orson Wells Invasion of the Martians broadcast! He was just kidding people I am not, I'm dead serious, I reap no benefits, from this event and I will probably be shot on sight when the authorities catch me! I will broadcast next week, and I will tell you more. Good bye and God Bless you! Lane looks at his watch and remarks. LANE (Talking to himself) Eight minutes, thirty seconds, ok!.. Lane you need to talk a little faster. The phone starts to ring, Lane picks it up. LANE Hello.........Hi Claude. INT.HEATHER FALLS WASHINGTON DUVALL'S MINE SHAFT Dr. Duvall is talking to Lane Smith. He and Rene Dione are very comfortable in the blast proof hard rock mine. DUVALL Hello Lane, how are we doing on the project and did you sweep your line? LANE Yes sir we are clean, but I don't think we have much time left. I just recorded the phase one broadcast and we're in the window! DUVALL Excellent Lane, excellent! We had some visitors here today and I think it would be best if Rene and I leave tonight. We should be in Thunder Bay by late tomorrow. LANE Great, I will look forward to seeing both of you. DUVALL Good-bye Lane see you tomorrow! Lane hangs up the phone and walks over to the computer table, pulls out the drawer and removes a H&K MP5 9MM sub machine gun. He also removes a Sionics 9mm silencer and four loaded clips and drops them all in a jock bag. He pulls out the second drawer and removes six hand grenades, a roll of wire and pliers and wire cutters and also places these items in the jock bag. LANE (Talking to himself) Well lane it looks like it's time to "Rock and Roll". CUT TO: EXT. HEATHER FALLS WASHINGTON - DAY INT. CLAUDE DUVALL'S PROPERTY Karen and Kenny have parked their truck 100 yards from the house. They are working their way through the woods and are now positioned on top of a small knoll. Kenny and Karen remove their binoculars and start glassing the area looking for the mine shaft opening. KAREN Kenny, I think I found the entrance. A beat. Look to the lower left of that small rock outcropping. Kenny positions himself for a better view. KENNY Oh yes, I see it now. Let's work our way down and take a peek. KAREN Ok, let's do it! They work their way within 100 feet of the shaft opening. Kenny takes a moose call out of his bag. KENNY If this doesn't bring them out nothing will! Kenny puts the moose call up to his lips and starts making moose noise like a moose in rutting season, and he throws a few snorts and grunts to go along with it. Karen puts her open palms over her ears because the noise is so deafening. After repeated attempts he finally quits. KAREN Forget it Kenny, they're not coming out or they're gone. They wait a few minutes then walk down to the mine entrance. Karen sees a note taped to the metal door. She takes it down and reads it. KAREN (Reading note) "Sorry we missed you, but have gone fishing. See you in two weeks! Signed Dr. Duvall. CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY BRITISH COLOMBIA INT. CANADIAN MOUNTED POLICE HEADQUARTERS CLOSE ON CONSTABLE MC DONALD MC DONALD Constable Mc Donald reporting as requested sir!! REVEAL Karen, Kenny, Drago and the Chief Constable have completed a meeting and a young police officer has just entered the room and is snapping to attention. CHIEF JONES At ease constable Mc Donald, I want you to meet Deputies Stewart and Lensky and of course Federal Marshall Drago. Constable Mc Donald will be your escort through the whole bloody mess. Whatever you need, he will be with you at all times. They're all yours Alan, good show! MC DONALD Yes sir! A beat. Deputies, will you please surrender your service revolvers to me please. Marshall Drago has diplomatic privileges, so he can keep his. Karen and Kenny look at each other. KENNY Why? What are we suppose to go after the bad guys with, our hands? CHIEF CONSTABLE Oh I'm sorry chaps, but Canadian law says no weapons to non-Canadian police, so sorry but the law is clear. But Constable Mc Donald and Marshall Drago will protect you! KENNY Do the bad guys in Canada have guns? MC DONALD Perhaps, but they are not suppose to! KAREN How comforting.......are you guys good shots? MC DONALD Miss Stewart, I 'm the best shot in this province and I 'm a certified expert in all of the service, revolvers, semi-auto handguns, shotguns and full-automatic machine guns. KAREN Did you say auto-magic? MC DONALD No, I said automatic CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY BRITISH COLOMBIA DAY EXT. LANE SMITH'S HIDEAWAY INT. LANE SMITH'S LIVING ROOM Lane is introducing a young lady to Dr. Duvall and Rene. LANE Dr. Duvall and Rene Dione it's my utmost pleasure to introduce Dr. Ann Donovan. Ann is a world re-known specialist in "Geodesy", the science of tracking the earth's movement by using "GPS" or better known as using the Ground Positioning Satellites now circling the earth. DR. DONOVAN My pleasure Lane and Rene. LANE Ann, tell them the latest assessment of your research. DR. DONOVAN Well as you know "GPS" was used in the "Desert Storm War" where we could track troops within a a few meters of each other and now we're using it to track earth movement and slippage. My research tells me the Juan De Fuca plate in Pudget Sound is pushing so hard on the North American Plate that a huge earthquake is eminent! DR. DUVALL RENE DIONE How soon? How soon? DR. DONOVAN Within 60 to 90 days! Lane want's me to broadcast my findings tonight, after he makes his broadcast! DR. DUVALL Excellent idea Lane, excellent idea! LANE We'll be broadcasting using the latest in switching gear and it will appear the broadcast is coming from downtown Thunder Bay, but in reality it will come from one of my repeaters located on several peaks in this area. It's a very sophisticated system, but it works! CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN Karen ,Kenny, Drago and Mc Donald are parked on an access road about ten miles down the mountain from Lane Smith's cabin. They're all "glassing" the area with their binoculars and it seems hopeless. KAREN Can't you look up utility records to see where he lives? MC DONALD Not really deputy Stewart. A beat. Lane Smith is a real survivalist. He has his own water and power source. He even uses sophisticated switching gear to make it appear he is making a call from downtown Thunder Bay, but in reality it could be anywhere on this mountain. KENNY What about using Doppler radar and pick up the blip from his vehicles? MC DONALD We tried it and nothing. We think he has a large cave or hard rock mine and has parked his vehicles in it. KAREN What about using Infa-Red and pick up the heat. MC DONALD With Infa-Red we have to fly too low with the helicopters and we're afraid we will spook him! KENNY It's like looking for a needle in a haystack! MC DONALD Well we have one thing in our favor. Raven! KENNY Raven? MC DONALD We have a Mountie who is half Indian, and has been scouting the mountain for the last 24 hours. When he finds Lanes cabin we'll move in! KAREN Raven, what's his real name? MC DONALD Sergeant Eric Raven, he's the best tracker in Canada. He once found a child who was lost in Saskatchewan for five days, they all but gave up but Eric found her in 12 hours! KAREN Dr. Duvall now has a formidable adversary! MC DONALD This Duvall character is an associate of Lane Smith, is he half Indian? KAREN No, he's French Canadian but a practitioner of the Black Arts! CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN INT. LANE SMITHS CABIN Dr. Duvall is sitting quietly in an easy chair and seems disturbed. RENE What is it Claude......you seem disturbed? DR. DUVALL Rene my dear ......I feel an alien presence in the woods to the south of us. The hounds are now at our heels! I keep getting an image of a Crow or Raven......it's a very bad feeling someone is going to die! Lane sets up his STARGATE 2000 on a heavy tripod LANE The STARGATE 2000 is a Celestial Refraction Telescope interfaced with a micro processor and camcorder. It will provide a grid of one hundred yards and will move on a pre-programmed axis and where there is movement it will record it on the camcorder. Once we examine the video tape we can identify the objects with movement the system recorded. DR. DUVALL The sophistication of your electronic hardware is very impressive. LANE The U.S. government has had it for years. I acquired it with an end user certificate in Sweden. DR. DUVALL How much area can it cover in an hour? LANE About five square miles! Amazing isn't it! CUT TO: INT. THUNDER BAY - LANES CABIN DAY CLOSE ON RENE RENE What is that? REVEAL Lane, Ann, Rene and Claude are looking at the video tape from the STARGATE 2000.And have just examined most of the tape. LANE We have video's of rabbits, deer, wolves and elk but hello what is that? DR. DUVALL It looks like a sniper wearing CAMO! ANN CAMO ........? RENE Camouflage, snipers wear it so you can't see them. LANE Looks like he's carrying an FN. 7.65 with a ranging scope. With that setup he can pick me off at 1000 yards! DR. DUVALL We have a visitor, do you recognize him? LANE Not with all CAMO paint on his face, but it's probably the Raven. ANN The what? LANE The Raven is a very famous RMP tracker. Last year he found a child in Saskatchewan that had been lost for five days, he found her in 12 hours! Well gang if he works his way up here, were goners! He's on an Elk trail that goes right by my back door! DR. DUVALL We need a diversion. LANE He's about a hundred yards from my first surprise. DR. DUVALL Surprise? LANE I have a rock dead fall that will spill two tons of rocks across two hundred feet of the Elk trail and that should stop him! ANN Will it hurt him? LANE No, he just won't be able to track anymore. Lane pushes a button and the rocks dump all over the Elk trail. The Raven stops and looks all around then goes around the rocks and picks up an object, places it in his bag, turns around and starts down the Elk trail. LANE Damn, he found the tripping device, and now going back down the trail. He knows were here and will be back with the rest of the hounds, that I can guarantee! CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN INT. EAGLE PEAK FIRE LOOKOUT CLOSE ON RAVEN RAVEN I found them, send the Swat team to Eagle Peak, I will lead them from here. REVEAL Karen, Kenny, Drago and the Chief Constable have completed a meeting with Eric Raven. Raven is calling headquarters and notifying them of his findings. MC DONALD Eric, I don't think we have time to wait for them. We need to go now, Lanes suppose to broadcast tonight! RAVEN We only have about an hour left of light. DRAGO Can we get there in an hour? RAVEN I can, but you may not be able to keep up! DRAGO Make no mistake we can keep up, let's go now, time is of the essence. KENNY Karen, why don't you stay here with the Ranger. KAREN No way, if you can make it so can I! RAVEN Remember, Lane Smith has placed more dangerous "booby traps" and the closer we get to his cabin, the more we will encounter. DRAGO Were ready, let's stop talking and go! RAVEN This is your show Mc Donald, if it were me I would wait for backup, this Smith fellow is armed and dangerous and going in without backup is really sticking our necks out! MC DONALD Your right Eric, it is my show and it's my call and if Smith makes his broadcast you and I will be patrolling "Goat Trails" for the rest of our lives! So lets get on with it! CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN DUSK INT. LANE SMITHS LIVING ROOM CLOSE ON DUVALL DR. DUVALL Lane my friend, the hounds are here! REVEAL Dr. Duvall, Lane, Ann and Rene are sitting in a darkened living room and are looking through there open window with full view of the Elk trail. LANE I'll set up my Night Scope and see if we can pick up anything. Lane opens a gun case and removes a high power rifle with a night scope. He sets it up on the tripod and turns it on. DR. DUVALL Is the weapon loaded? LANE Yes it is, but I will only shoot in self defense. As Lane adjusts the calibration knobs on the Night scope he sees an image. LANE About 500 yards down the mountain I have five targets. Let's have a little fun with them. DR. DUVALL (Concerned) Lane, we must broadcast now or never! LANE Just give me ten minutes, then we'll do it! Lane walks over to his control panel and pushes a button, a sound like a missile being launched is heard then a brilliant light is seen and it appears like day. The five intruders are lit up for about three minutes. DR. DUVALL (Concerned) Is that an explosion? LANE (Laughing) No it's a "Starburst Flare", it just provides a brilliant light. RENE I can see them scrambling around like a bunch of scared deer being lit up by headlights. ANN It appears some of them have weapons! CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN NIGHT Karen, Kenny, Drago, Raven and Mc Donald are pinned on the mountain as the sky is lit up. RAVEN He knows we're here, what now Mc Donald, your calling the shots! MC DONALD That was a "Starburst Flare", our man really has quite a sophisticated arsenal. He has probably activated his "Booby Traps". We'll look for a temporary shelter until morning, I can't risk our safety! DRAGO Look Mc Donald, they know we're here. They could exit through the back way. I'll go around the back and protect that exit. Mc Donald ponders for a few minutes then looks at Raven. MC DONALD Ok, but you go with him Eric! RAVEN Sure, no problem. Raven and Drago leave and work their way around the mountain. They arrive on an Elk trail two hundred yards behind the cabin. RAVEN This is about as close as we want to be. I can smell the "Booby Traps" uphill from here! DRAGO What ever you say Tonto! CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN CLOSE ON LANE SMITH LANE Ok folks, listen up! REVEAL Lane, Duvall, Ann and Rene are in a darkened living room and are listening to Lanes instructions. LANE Folks it's time to rock and roll, this mountain is an extinct volcano and it's full of caves and caverns. Our trucks are parked in a large cavern and we'll be operating out of another one located about 2000 feet straight down! Lets go, follow me! Lane and his team descend down a steep shaft and disappear in the semi-darkness below. EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN Drago and Raven are now 100 yards from the cabin. Raven hesitates and stops. RAVEN They're gone. A beat. The cabin is empty...... DRAGO Don't play with me Tonto! RAVEN They're gone and don't call me Tonto! It's Mr. Raven to you. Drago gets up and starts up the back Elk trail. Raven keys the mike on his radio RAVEN Mc Donald,.... Drago has gone to the cabin ..over.... MC DONALD Why did you let him go Eric, he will surely mucky up everything. RAVEN I couldn't stop him. But the cabin is empty! MC DONALD Empty!.....wait there , we'll be there in a minute. Where did they go? RAVEN Search me, but the cabin is empty. CUT TO: EXT. LANES CABIN INT. LANES LIVING ROOM Mc Donald, Raven, Karen, Kenny and Drago are all sitting in the living room. MC DONALD The bird's flew the coop! Looks like were back to square zero folks! RAVEN They 're not in the cabin, but they're still on the mountain! DRAGO We don't wont to hear any more of your Indian "Hocus Pocus" Tonto, so shut up unless you want me to close the mouth permanently! RAVEN Is that a threat "Greaser"............. MC DONALD Ok you guys, cut out the High School stuff, were professionals, now let's try to act like professionals. One phone call, and Drago, your on the first plane back to the U.S.A. And Eric, I'll take you off the case! KAREN Eric, what did you mean when you said they are still on the mountain? RAVEN Someone had to be here to trip the rock slide and set off the flare. No one came by us last night and no vehicles left. KENNY You mean they are hiding in a cave or mine shaft! RAVEN This is a sacred mountain to our people, the place is full of caves and caverns, I think that's where they are. MC DONALD Good show Eric, I'll radio for help! CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN INT. LANE SMITHS CABIN - LIVING ROOM Raven is in conference with Mc Donald, Karen , Kenny and Drago. RAVEN I located a hand grenade trap front and back and disarmed them. What is really strange, is there are no fresh footprints leaving the cabin, so they either went straight up or straight down! DRAGO Straight down like mine shaft? MC DONALD Looks that way folks. Eric look around for trap doors, and booby traps! Drago and Raven start a systematic search of the cabin and Raven finds what appears to be an empty closet. RAVEN The opening to the shaft is in here somewhere! They jostle and jerk everything in the room and bang the walls, then Raven starts feeling the walls with his hands. RAVEN It's behind this wall, I can feel the colder temperature coming from the mine shaft! Raven moves a small piece of crown molding and the secret panel slides open. A large metal door is exposed, it has a combination lock on it and it looks like a bank vault. DRAGO (Excited) Let's blow it open with C 4 Raven starts to roll the tumblers on the combination lock. Drago has a disgusted look on his face. Mc Donald is calling headquarters. MC DONALD Mc Donald here, we found a trap door and the bloody thing has a combination lock on it. Bring some C4 just in case Eric can't pick it! Over and out. CUT TO: EXT. THUNDER BAY MOUNTAIN INT. LANE SMITHS UNDERGROUND HIDEAWAY Lane and guests are in a large cavern. A large wooden floor has been erected with self contained power source and a full complement of communication devices. Lane is looking at his security surveillance panel and sees a red light come on. LANE (Upset) Well they found the trap door, and now they're working on the vault door. DR. DUVALL Lane, the hounds are here and there biting at our heals, we must broadcast right now. Lane opens a jock bag he's been carrying with him and pulls out his sub-machine gun. He sits down at his operations console and lays the gun on the table. He places the pre-recorded tape in the tape deck and pushes a button. LANE Ok, the jamming has started, and the tape will start in about five minutes. Another red light goes on in the console and a klaxon starts to blare! LANE (In shock) They opened the combination, I don't believe it! They're coming down! DR. DUVALL What now??? LANE Listen all of you,........go through the shaft opening on the right and it will take you out on the backside of the mountain. As you go through the entrance hit the Large Red Button and in 60 seconds the shaft opening will be sealed but you must be at least 100 or more feet down the shaft, go now! I will wait until the broadcast starts then I will join you.....If they come in the cavern to get me, leave without me......good luck! Dr. Duvall sends the women on ahead and he pauses at the entrance to the escape shaft opening and he places his hand on the large red button! You can hear Drago coming down the ladder into the cavern, Lane jacks a round into the sub-machine gun. He aims at the shaft opening where DRAGO will appear. SLOW MOTION Drago appears as he jumps down from the last rung of the ladder. Lane pulls the trigger on the sub-machine gun and fires. Drago aims his handgun at Lane and fires, they hit each other several times and they both go down. Drago falls dead, Lane try's to hit the broadcast button but falls short and hits the floor. He yells at Duvall to go ahead. LANE (Gasping for air and choking) "Hit the red button Claude, hit the red button now, and run or the explosion will seal you in". Dr. Duvall pushes the red button and starts to run after Ann and Rene. A large blast drops tons of rocks and seals the entrance shut. Lane crawls up and try's to hit the DESTRUCT button again but misses it and falls on the floor, Raven, Karen, Kenny and Mc Donald pop up on the bottom of the ladder. Raven runs over and places his two fingers on the throat of Drago, he shakes his head. RAVEN He's gone, he took one in the head and two in the chest......that's a Rhodesian hit cluster, instant death, totally painless! Karen runs over to Lanes side, and he's choking. Karen picks him up and places his head on her lap. KAREN Lane, Lane....it's me Karen! In a barely audible voice Lane starts to talk quietly to Karen. RAVEN (opening Lanes shirt) He's ok Karen, he was wearing a threat level three body armor. He just had the wind knocked out of him. Mc Donald comes running up and looks at Lane then Karen who is holding Lane in her arms. KAREN It didn't have to end like this, now Drago is dead and Lane will be going to Jail for the rest of his life! CUT TO: EXT. AMERICAN LAKE WASHINGTON EXT. AMERICAN LAKE SHERIFF DEPT. BLDG. INT. SHERIFF BASCO'S OFFICE Basco, Kenny and Karen are having a debriefing session. BASCO I just read both of your reports and I guess this case is wrapped up, it's unfortunate a Federal Marshall had to die. But good work, both of you handled yourselves well. A beat. Oh by the way Karen did you see a tape Lane Smith had recorded? KAREN I found a tape and put it in my inside jacket pocket, but later on it was gone, so I must have lost it in all the excitement!. BASCO Oh, I see....well if it turns up we have to send it back to Thunder Bay. It's material evidence. KAREN Have any charges been filed against Dr. Duvall or Rene Dione? BASCO For what, we can't even prove they were there with Lane on Thunder Bay Mountain. KENNY I guess that's one secret the sacred mountain will keep forever! Jenny buzzes Jimmy on his phone. He picks up the receiver. JENNY (VO) Jimmy, the State Police on line one! JIMMY Sheriff, hi Captain, . . . . yes I understand. Goodbye. Jimmy looks at the wall and places the receiver on the cradle. KAREN What is it Jimmy? JIMMY Lane escaped and he killed two State Troopers. CUT TO:Go to Part 3
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