Scene Six

Zoom in to Sydney's apartment. Sydney is sitting on the couch with Debbie next to him. He is helping her with her homework.

"Sydney, where's my daddy?" looking in his eyes.

"Debbie, I've already told you, he had to go on an emergency business trip and was unable to say goodbye."

"Why can't he call?"

"The place where his expert analysis is needed has no phone lines."

"Oh."

"I know this is hard but he will be back in a few days, I promise."

"Okay." The phone rings. Sydney gets up and goes over to the phone.

"This is Sydney," he says in a low voice.

"It's me. Is she there with you?"

"Yes."

"What did you tell her?"

"I said—" looks over his shoulder "that he was on a business trip to a place with no phones."

"Good. Let me talk to her." Sydney walks the phone over to Debbie and hands it to her.

"For me?" She takes the phone and puts it to her ear. "Hello?"

"Hi, Debbie, this is Captain Wight. I flew your dad on his trip."

"Oh," she says, a little confused, "hi."

"He asked me to call you and tell you that he's sorry he couldn't say goodbye and that he is just fine. Most importantly, though, he wanted me to tell you that he loves you very much and will be home soon."

"That's my dad. Thank you, sir."

"No problem. Is there a message you want me to tell him when I pick him up?"

"Yes, please tell him that I'm not upset and I love him too. And I hope he had a good trip."

"I'll tell him that. He'll be back soon. Now will you let me speak to the nice gentleman you are with?"

"Okay." She hands Sydney the phone.

"I'll be right back Debbie." Sydney walks into the next room. "Have you found him?"

"Well, not quite. Alex called and I got him to let me talk to Broots. What I told her was exactly what he said."

"Do you think you'll find them?"

"I was able to traced the call to the city but not the address. However, I think I will be able to find them from the clue Broots gave me."

"Good luck, Jarod."

"Thanks. Got to go, call you soon." (Click) Jarod pulls into a hotel in the same city where Alex is. He gets out of the car and walks in. He walks to the front desk.

"Welcome, how may I help you?" asks the desk clerk.

"Yes, I'd like a single room, nothing fancy."

"How many nights?"

"Better make it two."

"Okay. I have a room ready for you. Do you have a way to pay Mr…"

"Yes, cash. And it's Wight, Jarod Wight."

"Okay. Mr. Wight here's your key."

"Thank you. Do you have a local phone book on you?"

"Yes right here." The clerk hands Jarod his key and the phone book.

"Thank you." Jarod flips through as he hears Broots' clue in his head. All of a sudden his face lights up and he flips to the local fire stations. "Could you tell me if any of these building are abandoned?"

"Um…let me see. Yeah, these two both are because the city built new ones."

"Thank you." Jarod pulls out a pen and a piece of paper and writes down the two addresses. "Thank you ever so much for your help." The man smiles and nods and Jarod takes his key. He gets his thing and goes to his room. He opens his door and sets down his things. He sits down on the bed and opens his computer and sets it to check for mail. "God, I hope I'm right about you, Ethan," he says looking at the picture of his mom and a picture of Ethan. "Well, time to find Broots."