HARSH REALM
"Leviathan (1x01)"
written by Chris Carter

EXT. FARM HOUSE - DAY
A man dressed in a white suit and a straw hat, rumpled, sweating, is crossing a field, approaching a solitary house.

EXT. THE PORCH
White Suite knocks on the door. MRS. CABOT answers.

			WHITE SUITE
	Afternoon, ma'am, and a fine afternoon it is, yes
	siree.  Is the man in the house about?

			MRS. CABOT
	What do you want from us?

INT. UPSTAIRS
From the top of the steps, Mrs. Cabot's SON sees the man at the door.

			WHITE SUITE
	Only your patience, ma'am, only the virtue of your
	forbearance.

Her small children gather around her.

			WHITE SUITE
	Fine looking children, ma'am, yes sirree, well worth
	your hopes and dreams on the new frontier far away
	from this Harsh Realm.  Transportation included, ma'am.

He shows her a paper that looks like a brochure.

				MRS. CABOT
	Leave us alone.

She tries to shut the door but he grabs it and forces it open.

			WHITE SUITE
	Maybe this is something I should take up with your hus-
	band.

He walks into the house.

EXT. SECOND FLOOR
The eldest son climbs out a second story window and quietly descends from the roof.  Once ont he ground, he takes off across the field, heading for a barn.

			SON
	Dad!  Dad!

INT. BARN
JOHN CABOT is about to start gutting what looks like a gopher.

			SON (oc)
	Dad!  Dad!

EXT. THE FIELD
The Son dashes across the field to where his father is, closely followed by A BOUNTY HUNTER.

INT. THE BARN
Cabot gets up, takes a couple steps toward his son.

			SON
	Dad!  Dad!  No, go back!  Go!

EXT. THE FIELD
The kid turns to run at the Bounty Hunter.  The massive Bounty Hunter shoves the kid with one arm, not even breaking stride.

EXT. THE BARN
Cabot runs.  Gets his gun from in the combine/tractor.  Loads it.  Faces the Bounty Hunter.

			CABOT
	Not another step! Right there! 

The Bounty Hunter stops. Spits.

			CABOT
	So what's the bounty on my head?

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Huh? 

He turns up his hearing aid.

			CABOT
	How much?  How much you getting for me?

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	I'm looking for a soldier you served with.  A friend
	of yours.

			CABOT
	You can go to hell.

The Bounty Hunter spits again, raising his left arm.  Suddenly, a small device jets out of his sleeve, which he catches and activates.  Cabot suddenly freezes, as though he's been put on pause.

BOUNTY HUNTER: We'll talk later.

INTRO CREDITS:

			HOBBES (VO)
	A world exists exactly like ours.  You live in this world,
	your family and friends. And though you may not know
	it, I was sent to save you.

TITLE SEQUENCE:

			HOBBES (VO)
	It's just a game.




EXT. PITTSBURGH ENCAMPMENT - HARSH REALM
As Hobbes speaks, we see the encampment.  PINOCCHIO, HOBBES and FLORENCE walking through it.  It's crowded.  Dirty.  People living in tents.

			HOBBES (VO)
	They call it the new frontier, but it's nothing less than
	a battleground.  A place where free men live on the
	edge of a razor in this place called Harsh Realm.  Like
	me, these people are on the run.  And though I know
	none of this is real, that this is a virtual world I'm in,
	there's fear in the air here.  I can taste it, I feel it in my
	lungs as pure as anything I've ever felt. I'm living day to
	day, trying to make sense of all this, trying to stay strong
	and trying my best just to stay alive.  I'm in the company
	of a solider, a man sent here on a mission like mine who
	saved my life for which I'm in his debt, as I am to a woman
	who doesn't speak but who healed me with a miracle when
	I might have died.

We see laundry hanging on a line. An old man sponging the forehead of an old woman.  Men gambling. A woman cooking an animal on a stick over an open fire.

Pinocchio trades a woman something for food.

DEXTER barks.

Pinocchio drops a bit of the food (beef jerky?) for Dexter.

			PINOCCHIO
		(to Florence)
	Keep a real close eye on him.
		(to Hobbes)
	You're not careful, somebody's gonna eat that dog.

He walks away.

Hobbes bends to pick up Dexter.  He also picks up a photocopied flyer. It's generic; says "Rewards Given" at the top.  There's a drawing of Santiago and Santiago City.  It says: "Rewards given for information leading to the capture of rebels.  Protection and asylum granted inside Santiago City by General Omar Santiago."

			HOBBES (VO)
	We're on the run from Omar Santiago, a renegade
	solider who hijacked the computer program that runs
	this world.  It was Santiago the military sent me here
	to kill. The fear of him is real and great, though I have
	yet to understand why if all this is just imaginary.

Pinocchio, wandering through the encampment, approaching different people.

			PINOCCHIO
	I'd like to buy some gas...you guys know anybody
	selling gas?

Hobbes still walking through the encampment, looking at everything.  He sees a woman with a baby.

			HOBBES (VO)
	They say this is a recreation of the real world, right
	down to every man woman and child with a double
	here who can live or die in the virtual reality of Harsh
	Realm. But only those of us plugged into the program
	know this, at any time have any consciousness of the
	truth, that it's only a game.  I pray that's all it is.  Sophie,
	I watched you die here, never to exist again in Harsh
	Realm.  I'm doing everything in my power to find my
	way out, to find my way home.

He sits down.  Florence sits next to him. Hobbes looks at a picture of Sophie in his wallet.

DIGITAL WIPE TO:
INT. CORPS HEADQUARTERS, FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY (DAY)

			SOPHIE
	You said you'd have an answer.  I need answers from
	somebody.

			SOLDIER
	I'm afraid that I don't have any ma'am. Look...

LT. COL. GILOVITCH interrupts from his doorway.

			GILOVITCH
	Corporal. It's okay.  Please.

He ushers Sophie into his office.

INT. GILOVITCH'S OFFICE

			GILOVITCH
	Won't you please have a seat, Ms. Green?

He sits.  She does not.

			SOPHIE
	Sir, if you'll pardon me I've been trying for a week
	to get somebody to tell me what's happened to my
	fiancé.

			GILOVITCH
	I understand

			SOPHIE
	No I don't think you do.

			GILOVITCH
	You got no answers because we have none yet to
	give. Tom Hobbes' whereabouts were classified.

			SOPHIE
	He left the house with two of your men, was told to
	pack a bag on the orders of his CO.
		(beat)
	I'm not a troublemaker.

			GILOVITCH
	What I'm trying to say Ms. Green is that I have an
	answer.  It came across my desk this morning.  

He picks up a file folder and reads.

			GILOVITCH
	On April 1st, Lt. Hobbes was given a mission con-
	cerning a sensitive military objective. In prosecution
	of his orders, it has been learned that Lt. Hobbes...

She shakes her head, not wanting to believe it.

			SOPHIE
	No...

Lt. Col. gets to his feet.

			GILOVITCH
	Lt. Hobbes was killed in action. Further information
	is classified.  We'll be transporting the body home
	immediately.  We'd like to offer our condolences.

Sophie runs out of the office.  Through the door that closes behind her, we see INGA FOSSA, watching her.

DIGITAL WIPE TO:
EXT. PITTSBURGH ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT
Pinocchio wanders through the streets alone.

			MAY
	Hey.  I hear you're looking for gas.

			PINOCCHIO
	Yeah. But if you're looking for protection I ain't no
	one's daddy

She shows him a tattoo on her chest.

			MAY
	Got my protection. You want to buy gas or you don't. 

Pinocchio nods, barely.

			MAY
	How you paying?

			PINOCCHIO
	Ammo. Six rounds.

He shows her, then pulls it back.

			PINOCCHIO
	Pay at the pump.

She turns away. Pinocchio follows her.  Florence watches them go.

EXT. PENNSYLVANIA FRONTIER - NIGHT
Pinocchio's car pulls up to a rusted out tanker truck.  Pinocchio gets a gas can from the trunk.  Turns on the faucet.  No gas comes out.

			PINOCCHIO
	What the hell is this?

A gun cocks.  White Suit laughs.

Pinocchio kicks him as he fires, knocking the gun up so the bullets go into the air.  May kicks Pinocchio. He knocks her down.  She clings to his legs, but he manages to get away from her.

Pinocchio sees the Bounty Hunter.

			PINOCCHIO
	You.  

He reaches for his gun.

			PINOCCHIO
	As long as you're here, check the oil and tires.

He draws his gun.  The Bounty Hunter is faster.  Puts Pinocchio "on pause" like he did Cabot.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Yes, sir, Mr. Pinocchio.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY
Republican Guard jeeps cross the field to the farmhouse.  Storm the house with guns.

Santiago's soldiers corner the son in the backyard.

			MRS. CABOT
	No, please don't take my children.

The soldiers grab her, her daughter, and the little boy, and drag them out of the house.

			MRS. CABOT
	Let go of him...Please don't take my baby...no...

SANTIAGO walks through.

			WATERS
	General Santiago?

			SANTIAGO
	What does the woman say, Major?

			WATERS
	She says she doesn't know Mike Pinocchio. She says
	her husband was taken from here by a bounty hunter.

			SANTIAGO
	Well then.  We should show some mercy.

As the soldiers drive away, the farmhouse burns.





EXT.  FINN'S POINT NATIONAL CEMETARY, SALEM, NEW JERSEY (DAY)
A group of Tom Hobbes' family and friends are convened for his burial.

			GILOVITCH
	To give your life in defense of principle is to sanctify
	life. To consecrate the soul, to honor those lives who
	gave lives.  As he protected and defended the many,
	Thomas enriched the lives of everyone he loved and
	who knew him, none more than that of Sophie, his
	beloved bride to be.  Sophie has asked me to read
	this today to honor Tom and their love which carries
	on.

A man is playing "Taps."  Soldiers are folding the flag.  Soldiers begin to fire a 21-gun salute into the air.

			GILOVITCH
	You live in me for as long as I live.  You live a life that
	does not die.  From me you speak.  My love is ever-
	lasting.  Please accept our country's flag as a token of
	our appreciation for Thomas's faithful service to his coun-
	try.  May god be with your family in your time of grieving.

The crowd disperses, leaving Sophie, sitting alone, the flag on her lap.  She sets it aside to approach the coffin, which she touches.

			INGA FOSSA
	I'm sorry to bother you here. I know this is a difficult
	time for you. I met Tom briefly, just before he disap-
	peared.

			SOPHIE
	Who are you?

			INGA FOSSA
	I can't tell you too much.  Just that you've been mislead.

			SOPHIE
	About what?

			INGA FOSSA
	About Tom's death.

Sophie takes of her veiled hat.

			SOPHIE
	Why are you doing this?

			INGA FOSSA
	I'm taking a chance by coming to you.  I couldn't come
	to you any sooner. You have to find out the facts on
	your own.

			SOPHIE
	You're telling me Tom's not dead?

			INGA FOSSA
	I'm only telling you you've accepted a lie as the truth.

She gives her a set of dog tags.  They read:

PINOCCHIO, MIKE
APOS-CA
549-24-3889

			SOPHIE
	What is this? I don't know anyone named Mike Pin-
	occhio.

			INGA FOSSA
	Somebody does.

She walks away.

DIGITAL WIPE TO:
EXT.  PENNSYLVANIA FRONTIER (DAY) - HARSH REALM
Hobbes and Florence find Pinocchio's abandoned car.

			HOBBES
	What the hell happened here?

He sees something.

			HOBBES
	Over here.

It's tracks in the dirt.  They follow them, off into the woods.

INT. BASEMENT - DAY
The Bounty Hunter throws Pinocchio into the basement.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Get in there.

The Bounty Hunter kicks Pinocchio down the stairs.  White Suit kicks Pinocchio in the stomach.

			PINOCCHIO
	Okay Hercules, I get the drill.

White Suit goes to kick him again and Pinocchio grabs him.

The Bounty Hunter takes out his zapper.  Threatening to use it.

		PINOCCHIO
	Hey, hey, that thing hurts. Hey.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	What? What's he say?

He turns up his hearing aid.

			WHITE SUIT
	GI says he's gonna pay for that.

The Bounty Hunter walks out.  White Suit follows after him.  From the darkness, another voice emerges.

			CABOT
	Pinocchio? That you?

			PINOCCHIO
	Who's that? 

			CABOT
	Cabot? John Cabot. 

He's in the corner.  Badly beaten.  Pinocchio crawls to him.

			PINOCCHIO
	Johnny.  What...?  What happened to you?

			CABOT
	Same as you.  Bounty hunters gonna turn us over to
	Santiago.  He's been looking for you. They made me,
	Mike. I wouldn't talk but when they threatened my
	family...

			PINOCCHIO
	They got lucky, is all.
		(beat)
	I'm gonna get us out of here.

He has a wire.  Starts bending it back and forth.

EXT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE - DAY
Hobbes and Florence check out the house from afar.  See White Suit patrolling the fence.

			HOBBES
	One man.  They got nothing.

Florence starts to go down to the house. Hobbes grabs her.

			HOBBES
	I want to go in as bad as you. We don't know for
	sure if he's in there. We'll go at nightfall.

She's annoyed. Moves away from him. So does Dexter.

EXT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE, INSIDE THE PERIMETER FENCE
White Suit patrols the fence.  Goes over to pee in the bushes.  Dexter digs under the fence.  Slides past as White Suit lights a cigarette.

INT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE
The Bounty Hunter is asleep in a rocking chair.  Dexter moves past him.  He turns up his hearing aid.

INT. BASEMENT
Pinocchio picking the lock.  Under the door he sees the dog's paws, hears him whining.

			PINOCCHIO
	How the hell'd you get in here? You're gonna blow
	it, you stupid mutt.

He kicks at the door - not at the dog.

			PINOCCHIO
	Get outta here.

The dog disappears from the crack below the door, having been picked up.

INT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE
The Bounty Hunter picks up the dog. Holds him up to May.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Looks like we got rats.

EXT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE
Hobbes and Florence waiting.  Hear the dog's whining.

			HOBBES
	Dexter.

They run. Florence covers Hobbes with the gun, hanging back. Hobbes scales the fence.

INT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE - DAY
Hobbes bursts in, gun steady.

May is holding the dog.  White Suit with a gun.

White Suit imitates whining dog.

The Bounty Hunter takes Hobbes's gun.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Thank you very much.

INT.: BASEMENT
Pinocchio has picked the lock, about to open the door.

			PINOCCHIO
	We're out of here Johnny.

The door opens.  There stand the Bounty Hunters and Hobbes.

			WHITE SUIT
	The rest of your party arrived.

INT. BASEMENT (LATER)
May ties them up.

			PINOCCHIO
	What the hell were you doing?

			HOBBES
	Trying to get you out.

			PINOCCHIO
	Who asked you to do that?

			HOBBES
	I owed you

			PINOCCHIO
	You are one stupid...

The Bounty Hunter pushes May.

BOUNTY HUNTER (to May): Who taught you to tie a knot?

			MAY
	You did.

May gets up, starting out of the basement.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Huh? What?

He finishes tying the knots.  When he finishes, he unleashes a large spit, then heads up the stairs.

			HOBBES
	What does he want with you?

			PINOCCHIO
	Nothing but the price on my head.

			HOBBES
	From who?

			PINOCCHIO
	Who do you think? 

			HOBBES
	Santiago.

Pinocchio gives him an answering look.

			HOBBES
	How long you gonna run from this man? You call me
	stupid, at least I'm willing to finish my mission. At least
	I'm willing to fight.

The Bounty Hunter, on the stairs, hears this.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	And what mission is that? 

He starts down the stairs.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	What's your name boy?

EXT. PITTSBURGH ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT
Fire.  Santiago's soldiers burning everything.  Waters standing on the back of a truck, overseeing.

The Bounty Hunter emerges from the flames.  Waters gets down to talk to him.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	You're looking for Mike Pinocchio.

			WATERS
	A bounty to the man who brings General Santiago his head.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	And for the head of Tom Hobbes?

Waters looks at the Bounty Hunter, stunned.




EXT. PEMBERTON, NEW JERSEY (DAY)
Sophie driving a red truck, a GMC.  She gets out.  Knocks on the door of a suburban house.

Mrs. Cabot opens the door.

			MRS. CABOT
	Hi.  Can I help you?

			SOPHIE
	I hope so.  My name is Sophie Green. My fiance's
	Tom Hobbes.  He was an officer over at Fort Dix.

			MRS. CABOT
	What happened to him?

			SOPHIE
	He was killed in action.  That's what I was told.

			MRS. CABOT
	I'm sorry.  Why come to me?

Sophie shows her the dog tags.

			SOPHIE
	I was given these dog tags they belong to a soldier
	named Mike Pinocchio. I've been trying to find out
	any information but the military won't help me and
	he has no immediate family.  Your husband served
	with him.

			MRS. CABOT
	My husband was killed in action.  That's what I was
	told.

CUT TO:
TIGHT SHOT ON PHOTO - Men in uniform.  Smiling.  The sun's shining.  Cabot and Pinocchio are both there.

INT. CABOT LIVING ROOM
Sophie sits on the couch, looking at a photo album. Mrs. Cabot stands.

			MRS. CABOT
	That's John with Mike Pinocchio in Kuwait, during
	the Gulf War.  Those men have all disappeared.

			SOPHIE
	All of them?

			MRS. CABOT
	Killed in action on classified assignments involving sen-
	sitive military objectives.  I pounded on doors till I was
	blue in the face.  I wrote my senator, the VA, the Pen-
	tagon, I got no clear answers, none.

			SOPHIE
	But this is...it's beyond coincidence, it's beyond belief.

			MRS. CABOT
	That's what I kept telling them.  Doesn't do any good.

			SOPHIE
	Somebody knows about this, somebody gave me these
	dog tags because they want me to find out.

			MRS. CABOT
	I hope you're right. After all this time, I tell myself and
	my family maybe it's best just believing they might all be
	dead.

Her son enters.  We readily recognize him as the same boy from Harsh Realm.

			SON
	Mom?

			SOPHIE
	I hope I never have to tell my family the same thing.

She leaves.

DIGITAL WIPE TO:
INT. BASEMENT (DAY) - HARSH REALM
Hobbes, Pinocchio and Cabot are slouched against the walls, silent.

			HOBBES (VO)
	These were fighting men, U.S. soldiers trained to be the
	best, but they are broken now, living a fugitive existence.
	Who knows of this?  Do their loved ones have any ideas
	of this world?  Do you, my dearest Sophie?

			PINOCCHIO
	Shut up, Hobbes

			HOBBES
	I didn't say anything

			PINOCCHIO
	Yeah, well, I feel you thinking.

The door opens. May comes in with Dexter.

			MAY
	Your dog won't eat.

			PINOCCHIO
	Put a leash on me honey, I'll eat anything you want.

			HOBBES
	Shut up.

			PINOCCHIO
	Did I offend your sense of Honor, Hobbes?

			HOBBES
	You don't have to talk to her like that.

			PINOCCHIO
	She's thug's whore. She'll sell your dog for hamburger
	if she can ever fatten it up.

Dexter goes to Hobbes, licks his face.

			MAY
	I would never hurt an animal.

			PINOCCHIO
	She's got no problem putting our heads on the chopper.

Dexter sits close to Hobbes.

			MAY
	Come here, little dog.

			HOBBES
	Please.  Please, we could use some water.

			MAY
	Big Daddy told me not to. 

			HOBBES
	These men are hurt.

			PINOCCHIO
	You're wasting your time, Hobbes.

Hobbes locks eyes with May.  Finds compassion buried under the hard exterior.

			HOBBES
	She'll bring us some water.

			PINOCCHIO
	For what, a kind word?  This is Harsh Realm.  Kindness
	is when your buddy robs you, shoots you, doesn't rape
	your woman.

May picks up Dexter to leave.

			HOBBES
	Hey...

She pauses.

			HOBBES
	Let us go.

			MAY
	If I let you go, who'll pay us?

			PINOCCHIO
	There's a nice logic there, Hobbes.

			HOBBES
	What do you think will happen if you turn us over to
	Santiago?

			MAY
	What'll happen to me if I let you go?

She turns to leave now.

			PINOCCHIO
	Better eat that dog before it gets too skinny.

The door slams behind her.

			HOBBES
	What is wrong with you?

			PINOCCHIO
	It doesn't matter, Hobbes. Can you get that through
	your head? She's VC, a virtual character.  These people
	got no reason to help you, no moral compunction.  They
	programmed the game, they forgot one thing: you die here,
	you disappear. These people know no Christian virtues.
	They know no God.   Judgement day in Harsh Realm is
	when somebody points a gun at you. Ask Johnny, he'll tell
	you. 

Cabot kind of nods.

			PINOCCHIO
	Get erased here, it's over.  These people got no notion of
	an afterlife; it's not even a concept.

EXT. BASEMENT DOOR
May stands by, overhearing Hobbes and Pinocchio's conversation.

			HOBBES (VO)
	What about the real world? Don't they believe in that?

			PINOCCHIO (VO)
	What good would it do them? The only world they know
	is Santiago's.

EXT. SANTIAGO CITY (NIGHT)

INT. COUNCIL ROOM - NIGHT
Santiago overseeing a meeting of his soldiers. They're looking at maps and aerial photos.

			SANTIAGO
	And when we take these urban centers, our policy is
	this, repatriate only the healthy and the strong. Prisoners
	of war drain our resources and are therefore subject to
	extermination.

Waters enters with the Bounty Hunter.

			WATERS
	General Santiago, this is the man who wanted to see you.

			SANTIAGO
	This man is a bounty hunter.  Pay him the going rate and
	be done.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	I got men you're looking for.

A soldier draws his gun on the Bounty Hunter.

			WATERS
	At ease Sergeant

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Mike Pinocchio and...two others.

			SANTIAGO
	I should have you thrown out if only for the reeking stench.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Tom Hobbes. An assassin.

			SANTIAGO
	Obviously an ineffectual one.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	I give you Pinocchio as a gift.

Santiago looks up.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	For Hobbes I ask a price.

Santiago approaches him.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	That I should let these men go?

			SANTIAGO
	You only ply your dirty trade because I pay you.
	You only survive in Harsh Realm because I let you.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	I want out of Harsh Realm.

			SANTIAGO
	There is no way out.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Don't give me that vc rap. My body's on a freaking
	slab up there in the real world.  You got a way out.
	I know it.  A portal.

			SANTIAGO
	If I do, sir, you might make every effort to win my
	favor; to repair this patronage.  For I then have the
	power to destroy you not only in one world...but in
	two.

Santiago pauses, giving the Bounty Hunter a moment to realize the impact of his words.

			SANTIAGO
	Bring me this Hobbes and I'll consider your request.

He walks away.

INT. BASEMENT - NIGHT
Pinocchio is asleep, while Hobbes is alert.

			CABOT
	You know why he runs?

Hobbes looks at Pinocchio, who is asleep.

			HOBBES
	He wants to get out, back home, back to the Real World.

			CABOT
	Last place he's going

			HOBBES
	What are you talking about?

			CABOT
	Pinocchio, what he knows, about Santiago.  His Final Solution.

Hobbes looks confused.

			CABOT
	Better stay alive in Harsh Realm, lieutenant, this may very
	well be all that's left.

The door opens.  May enters, looking over her shoulder nervously.

			HOBBES
	I knew you'd come.

			MAY
	You're strange.

			HOBBES
	Why.

			MAY
	The way you talk to me, the way you treat me so nice
	and polite.  It's because you want something.

			HOBBES
	All I want is to go home.
		(beat)
	I was about to be married.

			MAY
	What's her name?

			HOBBES
	Sophie.  I've got a picture...

			MAY
	Does she live in the Real World?

			HOBBES
	Yeah.  You know about that?

She bends down in front of him.

			MAY
	I heard you talking. I want to hear more.  What's it
	like there?

			HOBBES
	It's nothing like this.

			MAY
	Are there flowers there?

Hobbes is shocked by the question.

			HOBBES
	You don't have to live like this.

She looks about ready to cry.

			BOUNTY HUNTER (OS)
	May...where are you?

			HOBBES
	Help us.

			BOUNTY HUNTER (OS)
	May...

EXT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE (NIGHT)
Establishing shot. All is quiet.

INT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE
White Suit is asleep.  He wakes to a noise. Gets up. Looks out the window, everything's clear.  He turns and Florence head butts him, knocking him out.

She opens the door to the basement and they escape.

EXT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE
A warning shot stops them.

			MAY
	Where do you think you're going?

She's got a gun in one hand, Dexter in the other.  They freeze.

			HOBBES
	We're leaving. I'd like my dog.

			PINOCCHIO
	Hobbes.

			MAY
	My dog now.
		(to Florence)
	Drop the gun.

She does.

			HOBBES
	Go on. Shoot me.

			PINOCCHIO
	Hobbes...

			HOBBES
	Shoot all of us.  What'll we be worth to you then.
	You're in charge now. I don't see anybody telling
	you what to do. You've got the power now.  The
	power to do the right thing.  Let us walk out of here.
	You can walk out of here too.

Cars on the road. May sees them. Cabot turns to look.

			CABOT
	Traffic, fast moving.

			HOBBES
	I just want to go home.  I just want to see my girl.

Troop vehicles roll up. Santiago's men.

The Bounty Hunter gets out of one of the Humvees.

Waters is in charge.

INT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE - NIGHT

The Bounty Hunter is beating the crap out of White Suit.

			WHITE SUIT
	Let go my ear, let go.

He is thrown to the floor

			WATERS
	Where is he? where's Hobbes?

The Bounty Hunter kicks White Suit, on the floor.

			WHITE SUIT
	I don't know...don't know where they are.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Get down here! Come here. I want some answers here.

He heads upstairs, returning after a moment with May.

			MAY
	I don't know anything.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	What?  Huh?

			MAY
	I don't know!

			WATERS
	You and Santiago had a deal.

He storms out.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	They're here.

EXT. BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE
Waters exits the house, instructing his troops.

			WATERS
	Fan out, find them, get in the vehicles, check the road,
	you men on the trail.

			SOLDIER
	Go, go, go...

They pass the tanker.

INT. TANKER
Silently, Pinocchio, Hobbes, Cabot and Florence hide.

ACT IV

INT. TANKER - NIGHT
RESUME SCENE
Pinocchio trudges through the gas at the bottom of the tanker to the porthole in the roof.

			HOBBES
	Quiet.  What're you doing?

			PINOCCHIO
	We're standing in six inches of boom-boom in case
	you hadn't noticed.

			HOBBES
	She put us here to protect us.

			PINOCCHIO
	This is protecting us?  If brains were alligators you
	couldn't get one to bite you on the ass.

			HOBBES
	I convinced her to let us go.

			PINOCCHIO
	If this is letting us go...going for a ride in this fireball.

He tries to open the hatch.

EXT.  BOUNTY HUNTER'S HOUSE - NIGHT
May is looking at the tanker.

			WHITE SUIT
	I don't know...

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Shut up!
		(to May)
	If you didn't see nothing, how come this gun's been shot?

			MAY
	If you been making deals how come you didn't bother
	to tell me.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	I asked you a question.

			MAY
	Yeah, maybe you were planning on leaving and never
	coming back, going to the Real World.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Where'd you hear that? You know nothing about that.

			MAY
	You were just gonna leave me here.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	You can't go.  It won't work!  Oh, what do you know,
	you stupid VC?

			MAY
	Some guys think about going home just to see their girl.

She walks away.

			BOUNTY HUNTER
	Who has been talking to her?  

He looks to White Suit, who bolts nervously.

Waters approaches.

			WATERS
	You have until zero six hundred to turn over your
	prisoners.  I would hate to disappoint General
	Santiago.

INT. TANKER - NIGHT
The hatch opens.  May appears.

			MAY
	You'd better hurry they'll be back soon.

She hands Hobbes his gun.  Hobbes grins.  Pinocchio rolls his eyes.

EXT. TANKER - NIGHT
Hobbes helps May down.  May picks up Dexter.  Pinocchio gets behind the wheel of the truck.  Florence gets in the cab. May gives Dexter to Hobbes, who hands him up into the cab.

			HOBBES
	You can't stay here.

			MAY
	He'll just hunt me down.

			HOBBES
	Come on, get in the cab.  Come on.

He holds out his hand to her.  She's about to take it when she's shot and DIGITIZES.

White Suit runs out of the house, firing a rifle.

Hobbes shoots him.  He is hit and looks annoyed as he DIGITIZES.

Pinocchio pulls away as the troops return, shooting at tanker.  Some of the troops move to close the fence, to keep them inside.

The Bounty Hunter helps the troops fire at the truck.

Hobbes is outside the cab, firing back at them.

He pulls the pin disconnecting the tanker part from the truck cab.  The tanker blows as the cab goes through the fence.  The troops cars stop their pursuit.  Waters looks at BOUNTY HUNTER, who spits.

INT. ARMY OFFICE- DAY
Sophie bursting in again.

			SOLDIER
	Can I help you. ma'am, I can't just let you in there.

			SOPHIE
	I don't care.

INT. LT. COL. GILOVITCH'S OFFICE - DAY

			SOPHIE
	Lieutenant Colonel...

			GILOVITCH
		(on telephone)
	I'm sorry General, I didn't hear what you just said.
	That's what I'll do, sir.

			SOPHIE
	I am owed an explanation.

			GILOVITCH
	Ms. Green you are out of line.

			SOPHIE
	Because I am being lied to.

			GILOVITCH
	What on God's earth is this all about?

			SOPHIE
	My fiancé Tom Hobbes.

			GILOVITCH
	We buried his body.

			SOPHIE
	All you buried was a box.

EXT. CEMETERY - DAY
Hobbes' casket is being exhumed.

			GILOVITCH
	We'll have to transport it.

			SOPHIE
	No. I don't want it taken anywhere.

They open the coffin.  A name tag on the breast of a dress suit says "HOBBES."  The body is decayed, the face gone.

			GILOVITCH
	Seen enough, Ms. Green?

He pulls her away.  She runs off.  

Inga Fossa is waiting for her.

			INGA FOSSA
	You did this all wrong.  You should have asked me.

			SOPHIE
	I don't need your permission.

			INGA FOSSA
	It's not him.  It's not your fiancé's body

			SOPHIE
	I got an inquest, you think I'm not going to make them
	run DNA?

			INGA FOSSA
	Who do you think is going to run those tests?

			SOPHIE
	This is insanity.  No one...
		(sees Fossa' seriousness)
	...how far will these people go?

			INGA FOSSA
	One step farther than you.

Sophie starts away.

			INGA FOSSA
	I can get word to him.  I can deliver a message to
	Tom.

Sophie drives off in the truck.

Inga Fossa looks down. Reads the note.

			SOPHIE (VO)
	Dear Tom, I am writing not quite believing you'll ever
	read this but if there is a way I hope to God this note
	will somehow bring you back to me. I love you Tom...

INT. TRUCK- DAY
Sophie pets Dexter.

			SOPHIE (VO, Cont'd)
	...and if there's a doubt in your heart, know that our love
	is greater now than ever.  I'm pregnant. I'm pregnant with
	our child. Please come home. Find a way.

EXT. FARMHOUSE - DAY
The truck cab stops.  They get out.  Cabot limps toward the house, which has been burned.

His kids run out of the house.

			KIDS
	Daddy's home, Daddy's here!

They run to greet him.

Florence turns away.

Hobbes turns to Pinocchio.

			HOBBES
	A man runs or turns and fights. What're you running
	from.  Why are you afraid of Santiago?

			PINOCCHIO
	I thought you wanted to go home.

			HOBBES
	I'm not letting Santiago stop me.

			PINOCCHIO
	There's only one sure thing.  We're gonna need gas.

He turns away, getting back into the truck.  Hobbes follows suit.

FADE OUT.

THE END