Chapter One: "It's time for a new beginning…"
Scene opens. Jungle. Daytime. Kate and Sawyer walking through the jungle.
Kate:
See? You don't need my help. You can walk fine.
Sawyer: Yeah,
yeah. (looks
around) I
thought we were going back to the beach?
Kate: We are.
Sawyer:
This don't look like the way to the beach, Freckles.
Kate
(looking
around): I
was following you.
Sawyer: I don't know where I'm goin'!
Kate: Ok, let's just go back; retrace our steps.
Something moves in the bushes. Sawyer pulls Kate back and motions for her to listen.
Sawyer:
Boar?
Kate: Nah, sounds bigger.
Sawyer: Big boar?
Kate:
Ssh!
Kate moves closer to the bushes. A girl stumbles out of them. She's hurt, covered in dirt, her clothes are ripped and she looks terrified.
Girl: Help me.
She has an Australian accent. She walks towards Kate.
Girl: Please.
She collapses into Kate's arms.
Girl: They're coming back.
Goes to black. Ominous Lost music as the LOST logo fades onto screen.
Scene. Day. The beach. Charlie, Libby and Hurley trying to skim rocks over the ocean.
Libby:
The water's too ragged; it won't work.
Charlie: That's
quitter's talk. (chucks
a rock; it just sinks into the ocean)
Hurley:
Dude, you gotta snap you're wrist. Snap it. Here, watch. (Hurley
demonstrates; but his rock sinks as well.) Wait,
do-over. (Does
it again with the same result)
Libby
Let me try.
She
chucks a rock. It skims across the ocean. The guys look on
bewildered.
Charlie:
That was…
Hurley: Sweet! How'd you do that? Do it again!
Kate
(o.s.):
Help! Someone!
Kate and Sawyer-in great pain- are carrying the girl out of the forest. The others run over. Charlie takes over for Sawyer who holds his bullet wound in pain.
Charlie:
Who is that?
Kate: Dunno, we found her in the jungle.
Libby:
What if she's one of them? The Others?
Sawyer: We'll find out
when she wakes up.
Kate: We have to get her to Jack.
Hurley:
He's doing a shift at the hatch. He left about ten minutes
ago.
Kate: Then go get him!
Hurley: Okay, okay.
Libby: I'll
come with you.
The
two of them exit. Close up of Kate's face. Lead into
FLASHBACK. Shot of Kate's mother, Diane-much younger-coming
into the kitchen of a house. A little girl is sitting at the table
and a man is cooking breakfast.
Diane:
Good morning, Katherine.
Kate: Morning, mama.
Sam: She likes
Kate, Diane.
Diane goes over to the man at the stove and kisses his cheek. She turns back to Kate.
Diane:
Alright, Kate. Where's your sister?
Kate: Still in bed.
Diane:
Well, can you go wake her up, please?
Kate: Okay.
Kate leaves the kitchen. Diane sits at the table.
Sam:
The, ah, therapist called again. Wanted to confirm our appointment
for this afternoon.
Diane: I'll be there, Sam.
Sam sits down across from her.
Sam:
You say that every time, Diane and you still manage to miss them. I
thought you wanted us to work things out?
Diane: I do, Sam. But I
have to work. When you take off for months at a time with the army, I
don't complain.
Scene switches to upstairs with Kate waking up a little girl.
Kate:
Maddie, wake up. Mama said you have to.
Maddie: Alright,
alright.
Maddie
sits up and she is obviously Kate's identical twin. Shot of
the two girls heading downstairs towards the kitchen. They here
yelling and pause out the front of the door.
Sam:
Don't blame me for this, Diane. You made the decision to see
Wayne-
Diane: What do you expect when you take off for a year,
Sam?! You can't expect to come back and have everything the
same!
Sam: All I expected was for my wife to stay faithful to me!
But apparently that was expecting too much. (Pause)
The
appointment's at four. I'll be there.
He starts to leave.
Diane: Don't make yourself sound like a hero, Sam! We are both at fault here!
Sam leaves the kitchen and sees the two girls listening to the fight.
Sam: I'm sorry, girls. I'll see you tonight.
Back to reality. Kate and Charlie are lying the girl down on a makeshift bed. Some of the others come over to see what's going on.
Charlie:
Did she say anything?
Kate: She said help me. (Looks
at Sawyer.) That's
all, right?
Sawyer: (after
an uncertain pause) Yeah,
then she collapsed.
Kate: She does not look good.
Charlie: Am
I the only one who thinks it's a bad idea keeping her here?
Sun and Jin enter.
Sun:
What happened?
Charlie: They found her in the jungle.
Jin
(slightly
frantic):
Others?! Others!
Kate: We don't know that!
Sun tries to calm Jin down in Korean.
Kate:
She's hurt really badly. Would they let one of their own look like
this?
Sawyer: I wouldn't put anything past em.
Kate: Someone
get me some water, I'll try to wake her up.
Sun
hands Kate a water bottle. Kate pours some water onto a cloth and
begins to wipe the girls face. Scene. Hurley and Libby
entering the hatch.
Libby:
This is the hatch?
Hurley: Yeah, creepy, huh?
Libby: Just a
touch. And you all just take shifts pushing a button that you have no
idea what it controls?
Hurley: I didn't say we were smart. Jack?
Hey, Jack!
Jack
(entering):
Yeah?
Hurley: We need you down at the beach. Kate and Sawyer found
a girl.
Jack: What? What do you mean?
Hurley: Kate and Sawyer.
They, ah, they found this girl. In the jungle. She's pretty banged
up. And she's unconscious and stuff.
Jack: Who is she?
Hurley:
I don't know, man, I came here to get you.
Jack: Alright, can
you watch the button?
Hurley: Sure.
Jack (exiting):
Thanks.
Hurley looks to Libby.
Hurley:
You can go back with Jack, if you want.
Libby: I'd rather stay
here and check out this button thing.
Hurley: Oh…that's
cool.
Shot back to Kate trying to wake up the girl.
Sawyer:
Maybe she's dead.
Kate: She's not dead, she's
breathing.
Sayid comes over.
Sayid:
Sun told me you found her in the jungle. And you don't think she's
one of them.
Kate: Right now I just want to wake her up.
Sayid:
Try wetting the back of her neck. It's more sensitive to hot and
cold.
Kate does so. The girl stirs. Then suddenly wakes up, screaming.
Kate: It's okay!
Kate reaches for the girl but she slaps her away. Kate backs off.
Girl:
Get away from me! You can't keep me here!
Sayid: You're
alright. You're alright.
The girl calms as she looks at everyone around her.
Girl:
You're not them.
Kate: Who?
The girl stares at Kate for a few moments.
Girl:
I know you. You were the prisoner.
Kate: What?
Girl: On the
plane. You were on the plane, too!
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