SCENE TWO: NOT HIS DAUGHTER

INT. KIRBY'S HOUSE – 3 MONTHS LATER

*A distraught KIRBY REED (Hayden Panettiere) sits on the couch as a policeman interviews her. In the next room, the pugnacious EMILY CARROLL (Kaya Scodelario) paces back and forth as the body of DREW THOMPSON (Neil Patrick Harris) is taken from the house.*

POLICEMAN: And then what happened?

KIRBY (upset): He called me! He said he'd taken Sidney and that…

POLICEMAN: Let me get this straight…by 'he', you mean…

KIRBY: Adam Carroll! Adam fucking Carroll!

POLICEMAN (sceptically): Right.

*The policeman puts down his notepad and looks at Kirby, concerned.*

POLICEMAN: You know, when someone goes through a highly traumatic experience such as yourself it is not unusual for their perceptions to be...skewed.

KIRBY: I'm telling the truth. He's alive.

POLICEMAN: Oh, I'm sure you believe that…but it isn't possible. These rumours that are going around…they are just that; baseless rumours.

KIRBY: You've got to listen to me. He was working for the FBI under a new identity, but he escaped…then he was hiding behind Drew Thompson as a way of getting close to his victims…he wanted revenge for the execution!

POLICEMAN (standing up): I'm sorry, Ms. Reed. Do you even realise how insane that sounds?

*Emily runs up to the policeman and slaps him; hard.*

EMILY: Don't you dare call her insane.

*The policeman grabs Emily by the wrist and looks at her in annoyance.*

POLICEMAN: I'll have you know, little lady, that assaulting a police officer is a serious offence.

EMILY: And what about ignoring her statement when a g…g…gutted body is being hauled out from the next room? How's that for fucking serious?

*The officer hesitates, looking outside to see the ambulance driving away. He looks back to see Emily staring at him with her intense eyes.*

POLICEMAN (gulping): Let me call the station.

*The officer walks out of the house. Emily sits next to Kirby and grabs her hand.*

KIRBY: Why won't they listen to me?

EMILY: Just wait til Dewey gets back. Then they'll have to listen.

KIRBY (crying): But what if they don't?

EMILY: Then I'll make them.

CUT TO – INT. HOSPITAL ROOM

*DEWEY RILEY (David Arquette) sits at the side of a bed in which the bruised AMY THOMAS (Eliza Dushku) lays sleeping. She slowly stirs, and looks to Dewey.*

AMY (weak): Dewey…you came back.

*He gives her a weak smile, then looks away.*

AMY: What's…what's wrong?

*Dewey leans across and rubs Amy's hand tenderly.*

DEWEY: I've got some bad news.

AMY: More bad news! I don't know what can be worse than being stuck in this damn bed.

DEWEY: It turns out Luke wasn't the only killer.

AMY: Oh my God…he had a partner?

DEWEY: Not exactly…turns out the damn cameraman was killing of his own accord the whole time.

AMY: And Drew?

DEWEY: Dead; gutted and left hanging in Sidney's room.

AMY: Sidney's room? Is she OK?

DEWEY: That's the really bad news…he took her.

AMY: He took a child? Why the hell would he do that?

DEWEY: That's the really, really bad news…Draco is actually Adam.

AMY: Adam Carroll? But…he's dead.

DEWEY: It's…a long story. You just have to take my word for it.

*Amy falls silent, looking down at her bed.*

AMY: Please tell me you don't have really, really, really bad news.

DEWEY: I've got some better news.

*Dewey leans forward and kisses Amy tenderly.*

DEWEY: We're going to catch him…I just needed to make sure he hadn't gotten to you and tried to finish the job.

AMY: I'm fine, Dewey. He couldn't kill me the first time; he won't be able to the second time. Besides, if he's taken Sidney, he's long gone.

DEWEY: For Kirby's sake, I hope not.

*Dewey gets up and walks towards the door.*

AMY: Going already?

DEWEY: I'm needed elsewhere…but I'll be back. Hang tight, OK?

AMY (smiling): OK.

*Dewey waves as he exits. As he turns a corner in the corridor, he bumps into a serious looking Latina lady SANDRA NARINE (Michelle Rodriguez), who frowns at him.*

DEWEY: Oh, excuse me!

*Dewey continues down the hall. The woman watches as he leaves the corridor, and then pulls a phone to her mouth.*

NARINE: He's leaving.

CUT TO – KIRBY'S HOUSE

*The policeman walks back in as Emily and Kirby remain in the living room.*

POLICEMAN: Well, at least one thing you've said checks out. We've had a few complaints about a Channel 10 News van driving erratically heading East out of town.

KIRBY: And? Was it stopped?

POLICEMAN: Seemed to fall off the radar after Frederick Drive.

KIRBY: Did they get a look at who was driving?

POLICEMAN: Oh…I didn't ask.

KIRBY: Would you mind?

*The policeman sighs and walks back out of the house. Kirby runs to her bedroom and starts throwing clothes into a small bag as Emily watches with interest.*

KIRBY: Don't ask what I'm doing.

EMILY: I won't…I'm not stupid.

KIRBY: Tell Dewey…

EMILY (interrupting): Why don't you wait and tell him yourself?

KIRBY: He wouldn't approve…he wouldn't understand. He doesn't have a daughter.

EMILY: He has me.

KIRBY (agitated): It's…not the same.

EMILY: Why n…not?

KIRBY (yelling): Because you're not his daughter, and you never will be!

*Kirby looks away, aware she has said the wrong thing. In spite of herself, Emily has tears in her eyes.*

KIRBY: Emily, wait! I didn't mean it!

*Emily turns away and walks down the hall, slamming her bedroom door behind her.*

KIRBY: I'm sorry.

*Kirby closes the bag, and walks to the front of the house. She can see the officer on the other side of the road, in deep conversation in his car. Kirby slinks out and hops into her car, and slowly reverses it out of the driveway. She takes off down the road towards the East, and looks back at the house with sadness.*

KIRBY: Look after him, Em.

END SCENE