Earth Mother

Original Screenplay by

Rob Perry

Part 3

Copyright 1990 - 1997 by Rob Perry and NorthStarr Productions
All Rights Reserved



Synopsis:A mysterious letter leads a small town Sheriff to a situation that destroys him. The first case of an Alien impregnation and the relationship between the Earth mother and her son.

Mary Jo Monroe
Science Professor


Wisconsin School System
Single Mother
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin




Tyler James Monroe
Weapons Expert


Student
Wisconsin School System
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin




 	  

 	EXT. SKYLINE OF GREEN BAY WISCONSIN - ESTABLISHING DAY		  

 	CITY COURTHOUSE-JAIL                   			    

 	INT. TYLERS CELL 				    

	Tyler is in a small cell with two other young men.

					CELLMATE ONE
				(looking at Tyler)
			So what are you in for kid?

					TYLER
				(somber)
			Building illegal machine guns.

					CELLMATE TWO
				(shouting)
			How many counts?

					TYLER
			I think fifty, maybe more.

					CELLMATE ONE
			Holy shit they are going to throw
			The key away on you dude!
				(extending his hand for a hand shake)
			The names Jerry O'Conner, and this 
			Is my buddy Sam Klemper.

					CELLMATE TWO
				(laughing)
			So what's your sentence, five thousand years!

					TYLER
			I think I will be in the custody of my
			Father till I'm twenty-one. My father is
			A Sheriff.

					JERRY
				(pissed)
			Oh really, if it were one of us we would
			Be in the federal jail house for the
			Rest of our natural lives.

					SAM
			No shit, so what makes you so special?

					JERRY
			You dumb shit, he's the Sheriff's son
			He can get away with murder, right 
				(looking at Tyler)
			Dip-shit!

					TYLER
			Leave me alone.

					JERRY
			What you gonna do, call your daddy
			On us?  Well go ahead!

	Jerry looks away from Tyler, looks at his buddy Sam
	And let's go with a tremendous right knockout punch
	to Tyler's jaw. Tyler goes down like a sack of 
	potatoes and is out like a light.

					SAM
			When he wakes up, I'll do it again
			To this pussy.

	Jerry and Sam step back when they see an eerie glow
	Start to form over Tyler's body. His head appears to
	Be growing and all the hair is coming off. His ears
	And nose are shrinking, his skin is starting to turn
	A very light whitish gray. His eyes are enlarging
	And become very large. The boys are in deep shock when 
	They see this transformation take place.

					JERRY
			Holy shit, this guy is turning into
			A spaceman, lets call the jailer
			And get the fuck out of here!
				(yelling)
			Jailer, .... Jailer help, help hurry!

	The jailer comes running up to the cell and goes into
	Shock when he sees Tyler's transformation. He runs 
	Up to the cell door opens it and motions for the
	Boys to get out.

					JAILER
			What the fuck is this!

	When Jerry and Sam are out he slams the door Closed and 
	places the boys in another cell. The jailer runs over to
	his office and picks up the phone and dials.

					JAILER
			Sheriff, this is Earl over at the
			jail, your son is turning into
			a space man or something, you
			better come over now! (A beat).
			I know it's late but I'll keep
			the back door open, ok see you
			then.
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	EXT. SKYLINE OF GREEN BAY WISCONSIN - GREEN BAY HOSPITAL 
	INT. TYLERS HOSPTIAL ROOM 				

	Tyler is in a bed with IV's in his left arm.  His
	Parents are standing by and they are talking to the
	Doctor.

					SHERIFF
			What is wrong with him doctor, is he
			Going to die?

					DOCTOR
				(middle age man)
			I have never seen anything like this 
			before.  The closest to a phenomenon
			like this when a person's hair turns
			white from fright. I think he had a
			very traumatic experience in that 
			cell and it caused some kind of a
			recessive gene to trigger this.

					MARY JO
				(crying)
			Is he going to die doctor?

					DOCTOR
			We will know more in the next twenty-
			Four hours.

					SHERIFF
			The boys in the cell with Tyler
			Said they got into an argument and
			one of them socked him in the Jaw.

					DOCTOR
			The blow to the jaw only caused
			The trauma which caused this 
			Dramatic change to start.

					MARY JO
			What is going on!  How could this
			Happen to my beautiful baby boy.

	A nurse walks into the room with a clipboard and calls
	Over the Doctor and they talk in very low tones.

					NURSE
			This is the blood report Dr. Mason and
			I have Checked it twice, and it's right.

					DR. MASON
			This can't be right nurse Dillon,
			It just can't be right.

	He turns around and faces Mary Jo and the Sheriff.

					DR. MASON
			Are you aware, your son has a blood 
			type we can't identify?

					SHERIFF
			What in god's name are you talking
			about?

					DR. MASON
			The blood type is not of this world!

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 	EXT. GREEN BAY HOSPITAL    			    

 	INT. HOSPTIAL WAITING ROOM 				    

	Sheriff Monroe is sitting on the couch with Mary Jo. 

					SHERIFF
			Mary Jo what the hell is going on?

					MARY JO
				(crying)
			I don't know, I don't know!

					SHERIFF MONROE
			You are lying to me, I know you are!
			Who is Tyler's father?

					MARY JO
				(still crying)
			Like I said, I don't know.
			James, when you left me I was really
			Lonely so one Sunday morning I took 
			The bus to Alpine.  When I arrived
			You were out of town so I decided
			To hitchhike home.  A nice family
			Picked me up and drove me within 
			Fifty miles of home. It was a very 
			Lonely stretch of the highway. I
			Needed to go to the bathroom so I 
			Ducked into a growth of trees. I
			Was off the highway about fifty
			Yards in a small meadow, when it
			happened.  

					SHERIFF MONROE
			What happened?

					MARY JO
			A large noise from above, then I 
			Saw a green light surround me, I
			Passed out with fright, then when
			I woke up I was laying on a very
			Cold table. I had no clothes on
			And this thing, about four feet
			tall with a very large head and
			big dark eyes was looking down at
			me then it happened.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			What?

					MARY JO
			He or she injected me with something
			In my private part and I passed out
			Again.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Then . . .

					MARY JO
			I woke up laying on my back in the
			Meadow where it first started.


					SHERIFF JAMES
			Were you clothed?

					MARY JO
			Yes, I was fully clothed.

					SHERIFF JAMES
			So did you call the police?

					MARY JO
				(very emotional)
			Would you.  What am I suppose
			To say, officer I was abducted 
			By something from somewhere and
			It did dirty things to me so 
			Will you please catch it or
			them.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			You have lied to me so many times
			I don't know when you are finally
			Telling me the truth.

					MARY JO
			Well look at Tyler now, does he look 
			Like you or me?

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Ok, I'm convinced, so what do we do
			now?

	Judge Bush walks into the room and stares at both of them

					JUDGE BUSH
			Sheriff, I have been contacted by an 
			organization in the Federal Government
			and they have denied my request to have 
			Tyler remanded to you.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Why?

					JUDGE BUSH
			Somehow, they found out he may be
			useful in answering some question
			related to his . . . father.



					MARY JO
			You mean they want to dissect him
			just like a frog.  Those bastards 
			are not going to touch my son.

					JUDGE BUSH
			They promised me they will keep
			him in a safe place until, they
			are finished, then they will 
			request permission to give him
			to the Sheriff.

					MARY JO
			And how long will that be?

					JUDGE BUSH
			No more than six months.  Remember 
			at this point he is an illegal
			Alien, born here by an earth mother
			but his father is not an American
			citizen.

					MARY JO
			Bullshit, they will take him, over
			my dead body. I'm going home to
			get my gun. I will do this with
			or without you James and as far 
			as your concerned judge, . . . 
			Fuck you, and the horse you 
			came into town on. I will not go
			down without a fight!

	Mary Jo gets up off the couch and runs out of the
	room. Leaving the Judge and the Sheriff standing
	there with their mouths open.

					JUDGE BUSH
			Spunky isn't she!

					SHERIFF MONROE
			You have no idea!

					JUDGE BUSH
			Well Sheriff I leave this in your
			hands, do the best you can, and 
			I hope I don't have to call in the
			State Police SWAT Team to subdue her!

	The Judge leaves the room and Sheriff Monroe standing
	there in a daze.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Shit . . .  shit . . . 

	The nurse starts yelling for Sheriff Monroe.


					NURSE (VO)
			Sheriff, hurry , hurry!

	Sheriff Monroe runs to the rear of the building floor
	where the lock-up rooms are located. He is shocked to
	see Tyler is missing and the nurse is standing there 
	looking through the small window and screaming at the
	top of her lungs.

					NURSE
				(Yelling)
			I came into check on him and he
			jumped off the bed, pushed 
			me down on the floor and took 
			my keys! He ran down the side
			hallway if you hurry, you can
			catch him. Please open the door!

	Sheriff Monroe pulls his pass key out of his key ring and
	opens the door. The nurse runs out of the room screaming 
	down the hall.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			(Talking to him self)
			What now!

	A young nurse comes running into the room and is shocked
	to see Tyler is missing.

					YOUNG NURSE
			So where the hell is Tyler?

					SHERIFF MONROE
			The other nurse said he pushed her aside
			when she came into check on him and he
			ran down the hall.

					YOUNG NURSE
			What other nurse, I'm the only one here
			tonight!

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Are you sure?

	An older doctor walks up and looks in Tyler's empty cell.

					DOCTOR
			So what did you do with the kid nurse
			Wells?

					NURSE WELLS
			The Sheriff said another nurse was here
			and Tyler overpowered her and dashed out
			the side door. Dr. Ross, do we have
			another nurse here in lockup tonight.


					DOCTOR ROSS
			Tonight there is one doctor and one
			nurse in lock-up, you must be mistaken
			Sheriff.

					SHERIFF
				(under his breath)
			Metamorphosis himself into the Nurse.

					DOCTOR ROSS
			I'm sorry Sheriff, did you say something.

					SHERIFF
			Oh no, I guess I must have made a mistake.

					DOCTOR ROSS
			Sheriff will you call the State Police and
			get an all points bulletin on Tyler, ok?

					SHERIFF ROSS
			Of course, I'll take care of it.

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	EXT. GREEN BAY HOSPITAL    			    

	INT. HOSPTIAL ENTRANCE 				    

	Sheriff Monroe has called Mary Jo to meet him as soon
	as possible. She walks in the door and stops when she
	sees the Sheriff waiting for her inside the entrance
	to the hospital. 

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Mary Jo we need to talk.

	He guides her over to the conference room and they sit
	down and start to talk.

					SHERIFF MONROE (Cont.)
				(SINCERE)
			Mary Jo, . . . Tyler has escaped.

					MARY JO
				(excited)
			You let him go?

					SHERIFF MONROE
			We don't exactly know how he did it
			he just did and I don't have a clue						where he is. Do you have any idea
			where he could be hiding?

					MARY JO
			I have no idea, maybe he will call
			me.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			I think we need to go to Lake Geneva
			and see if he shows up there.

					MARY JO
			That's a good idea, when to you want
			to leave?

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Are you ready to leave right now?

					MARY JO
			Take me by the motel and I'll pick up
			my things and we'll DO IT!

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	EXT. LAKE GENEVA WISCONSIN - ESTABLISHING MORNING          

	EXT. LAKE GENEVA SUMMER HOMES -                         

	EXT. AUNT MARGO'S TWO STORY SUMMER HOUSE             

	James pulls his truck up in the driveway and turns off
	the ignition. He LOOKS AT Mary Jo, who has fallen 
	asleep in the passenger seat.

					SHERIFF MONROE
				(quietly)
			Mary Jo we are at the summerhouse.

	Mary Jo wakes up and zippers up her jacket and opens
	the passenger door and gets out.

	INT. SUMMER HOUSE - KITCHEN

	Mary Jo is boiling water for coffee and has dropped two
	raspberry Tarts in the toaster. Sheriff Monroe has
	unfolded his detailed map of Lake Geneva. 

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Mary Jo, did Tyler have any place up here
			that was a private place for him?

					MARY JO
			Not that I know of. Why don't you let
			the authorities look for him and you
			and I will wait here for him to call.

	The phone starts to ring . . . and Mary Jo picks
	up the receiver.

					MARY JO
			Hello . . . 

					TYLER (V.O.)
			Mom, this is Tyler are you alone?
			Pick me up behind the Lake Geneva
			General Store, as soon as you can.
			
					MARY JO
			No Jason, Tyler is not here, yes it's
			good to have you back from College,
			when he gets in I'll have him call you
			ok. Bye!

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Who was it?

					MARY JO
			His friend Jason, . . . he just returned
			from College.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			You don't lie very well Mary Jo. It
			was Tyler , wasn't it?
			
					MARY JO
			Look you son of a bitch, why don't
			you just leave me alone.  Go find
			your State Police and put a dragnet
			out for Tyler.  How I ever thought
			I loved you, I'll never know.  You
			are just a cold blooded bastard that
			don't care about anyone except
			himself. James, get the hell out of my
			house and my life.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			I'm sorry you feel that way Mary Jo.
			I'm only doing my job.

					MARY JO
			Fuck you and your job, now get the hell 
			out before I get my shotgun.

					SHERIFF MONROE
			Sure I'll go.

	Sheriff Monroe walks out the door, gets in his truck
	and drives away. Mary Jo sees him drive out of sight,
	She turns off the kettle and grabs her coat, runs out
	the front door and gets in her truck and drives down
	the road to town.

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	EXT. LAKE GENEVA WISCONSIN            

	EXT. LAKE GENEVA VILLAGE                         

	EXT. LAKE GENEVA GENERAL STORE             

	Mary Jo pulls her truck up in the rear of the General
	Store and turns off the ignition. She honks the horn.
	Tyler comes out from behind the dumpster and waves to
	her. He runs up to the truck and opens the passenger
	door gets in and locks the door. He throws his arms
	around his mother and kisses her. Mary Jo is in shock 
	to see he looks very normal, with no trace of his
	transformation into the Alien.


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	EXT. LAKE GENEVA WISCONSIN            

	EXT. LAKE GENEVA VILLAGE                         

	EXT. LAKE GENEVA MINE             

	Mary Jo pulls her truck up to front of the abandon mine.

					MARY JO
				(Urgency in her voice)
			No one must ever know you will be staying
			here.  And I mean no one.
		 
					TYLER
				(frightened)
			Mom, I'm so afraid.  What if someone
			finds me in the middle of the night
			and hurts me.  The trauma will turn
			me into that horrible monster that
			I was the last time.

					MARY JO
			Don't worry honey, mom will stay here
			with you.

					TYLER
			Thanks mom, that's a great relief.

	They unload the truck and go deep into the mine-shaft.

	INT. LAKE GENEVA MINE             

	Mary Jo and Tyler are seen walking down the main shaft 
	with two large flashlights.

					MARY JO
			How far back do you want to go honey?

					TYLER
			Mom, this is my hideaway, when you
			thought I was at the park playing 
			ball I was here.

					MARY JO
				(Smiling)
			So that's where you were.

					TYLER
			Mom, I have a completely furnished home in
			here.

	They stop on the main shaft and go down a slender shaft
	that opens up into a large cavern. Mary Jo shows amazement
	when she sees how beautifully furnished the cavern is.

					MARY JO
			Tyler, this place is beautiful,
			how long did it take you to do
			this?

					TYLER
			About two years, off and on! I
			have enough provisions for a year.
			I have portable electric power.
			All the comforts of home. We have
			crystal clean water bubbling out
			of the underground spring.

					MARY JO
				(questioning)
			Tyler, why did you do all of this?
			Did you plan on running away from
			home or something?

					TYLER
				(Serious)
			I had no plans to run away from
			home, or anything else like that.
			I knew that they would eventually
			catch me and I planned ahead.

					MARY JO
				(Very emotional)
			You knew what you were doing was
			illegal?

					TYLER
			Yes mom I did.  I saw how you
			were struggling to make both
			ends meet, so I knew I had
			to do something drastic so
			we could keep our head above
			water. Mom, where did you
			think I was getting the money
			I was giving you every week?

					MARY JO
			Son, I thought the gun-repairs
			paid you a very nice salary.

					TYLER
			I was aware of what I was doing
			and I knew the risks involved.

					MARY JO
			Honey, have you ever had any clue
			your father was of alien origin?

					TYLER
				(BEING HUMBLE)
			Mom, I don't think you can handle it.

					MARY JO
			Try me . .

	Tyler points to the sofa and motions her to sit down.

					TYLER
			You better sit down for this one.

					MARY JO
			Ok I'm ready.

					TYLER
			My father visited me here on my
			thirteenth birthday.

					MARY JO
				(Visibly shaken)
			Oh my dear God!

					TYLER
			First he told me about where he comes
			from. He refers himself to what is
			called the Grays. The grays stereo
			typically originate on a planet in 
			the Zeta-Reticula star system.
			Zeta-Reticula is a known binary star
			system thus providing an interesting 
			ecology for these beings to evolve. 
			Several species of this type of
			star System would be a heightened
			occurrence of solar radiation, due 
			to the emissions of two stars, 
			prolonged rotational period of any
			planets orbiting the star, unstable 
			orbits for any planetary bodies
			orbiting the stars, and extended 
			orbital range probably some where
			around the half way point between 
			Mars and Jupiter to avoid problems
			with an extended gravity well. 

					MARY JO
			Slow down I am having a hard time 
			following this.

					TYLER
			Sure Mom. We are basically looking
			at a world of extremes. Extreme
			light or darkness, probably a very
			cold world with ice and very little
			liquid water. Also producing a light
			atmosphere. 

					MARY JO
				(carefully)
			Does your father look the same way
			as you looked in the cell?

					TYLER
			There is a reason for the species 
			makeup. The degradation of the nose,
			almost to the point of a vestigial 
			organ, light atmosphere? The 
			degradation of the ear, low frequency 
			communication? ESP? The degradation 
			of the mouth, absorption of nutrients 
			through skin? Supported by lack of
			intestinal tract, and lack of an anus. 
			Endothermic, supports nocturnal theory.

					MARY JO
			Vestigial, Endothermic, honey where
			did those fifty-dollar words come from?

					TYLER
			Mom, I'm a pre-med. student and I'm
			up on all of those terms.

					MARY JO
			Ok, I'm sorry, go ahead. Is he a nice
			person? Is it true his species is 
			abducting our people?

					TYLER
			The Grays are tagging us using special
			electromagnetic beacons or implants 
			which give off a high frequency 
			electromagnetic signature which is 
			able to be tracked by special equipment. 
			The Grays are abducting small segments of 
			the population and conducting biological 
			and behavioral tests. Such as reproductive 
			analysis, mating, and other behavior 
			response tests. 

					MARY JO
			Is it true about, them killing 
			livestock?
					TYLER
			The Grays are actively killing bovines
			and removing special parts of the 
			animal. They are also continually 
			abducting selected individuals over 
			sometimes 30 year periods and 
			passing on the trait from parent
			to child. 

					MARY JO
				(Breaking down)
			What about what they did to me?

					TYLER
			They are actively impregnating women
			and removing the fetus, sometimes 
			storing the fetus. In our case they
			decided to let you keep me for awhile.

					MARY JO
			For awhile, I don't understand?

					TYLER	
			But why the impregnation? Simple, 
			and coming to the root of my theory,
			to create a hybrid life form. The
			exact purpose of a hybrid is unclear,
			may be co-habitation of the Earth 
			or a new labor force for their 
			home world or just testing genetic
			manipulation. This would explain why
			the impregnation's and removal of 
			the fetus, and possibly the later
			storage of the fetus. The hybrid in
			final stage development would be 
			helpful to integration into the 
			populace for further behavioral
			analysis on their part. In our case
			they let you keep me because they
			felt I would be of greater value to 
			them as a Hybrid living with his 
			Earth Mother.

					MARY JO
				(Starting to cry)
			From all this I assume you will
			be leaving me.

					TYLER
			I'm sorry mom, but my father will
			be picking me up on my eighteenth
			birthday.

					MARY JO
				(getting very emotional)
			Your eighteenth birthday is in two
			weeks. Oh god Tyler do you have to
			go?

					TYLER
			Mom, he wanted to take me at thirteen
			and I talked him out of it. He said
			he would give me five more years, but
			no more.

					MARY JO
			Will you come back?

					TYLER
			He wants me to go with him and the
			elders to search for another home.

					MARY JO
			Search for another home? I don't 
			understand?

					TYLER
			Mom, their suns are burning out,
			by the year 2000, they will both
			go super nova and this will
			destroy all his people. They 
			wanted to settle here on Earth
			but their fifty year study has
			proved they are just not adaptable
			to this environment.

					MARY JO
			I just don't understand why he
			needs you?

					TYLER
			Mom, I want to go with him, I've
			been with you almost eighteen 
			years, so please let me go with 
			him, I really need your support
			on this.

					MARY JO
			Will he let me go with you and
			him?

					TYLER
			Mom, you cannot survive the environment
			on his home planet, please support me
			on this mom, please.

					MARY JO
			Will you come back sometime and visit
			me,
				(starting to cry again)

					TYLER
			I will try, but I don't know if I can.
			Mom please park your truck inside the 
			mine, so they can't spot if from the
			air.

					MARY JO
			Ok, honey I'll do it now.

	As Mary Jo leaves the large room Tyler follows a small
	Corridor and stops at a dead end. He reaches behind a 
	large rock and pushes a button.  The concealed door
	slides up revealing a large chamber.  Turning on a 
	light switch the room comes aglow. A large object
	is seen in the middle of the room. He walks up and 
	pulls the tarp revealing what appears to be a small
	space craft of obvious Alien origin. He walks up
	to what appears to be a small door, pressing a button 
	the door opens revealing the inside of a craft with
	multiple buttons and levers. He climbs in and sits down.
	He relaxes in the plush seat, fondling the controls
	very gently.

					TYLER
			Hi baby, how are you?

	He moves a small switch on the panel and a deep hum rumbles
	inside the craft. Then very gently it begins to hover and
	Tyler moves it up off the stone floor about ten feet. He
	gently touches a switch and the craft settles down.

					TYLER (CONT.)
			I love you baby and some day we will 
			leave and see dad.

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