Chapter Three: She
Speaks
Everyone is sitting at the Valenti's home talking about the
new addition to their group. The object
of their discussion, which now is fully clothed in what looks like Liz's
clothes, looks like an exact replica of Liz.
The Liz replica is watching the television with a blank face.
Liz: (Glancing over
at the replica) Are you sure it's a good idea to put her in front of the
television?
Kyle: I saw it on a
movie where this alien comes down to earth and learns our language through the
t.v.
Maria: I think that
was Splash and she was a mermaid.
Valenti: Focus guys.
Max: She's got to
know some English because she called Liz momma remember. Do you think that the Granolith cloned Liz
somehow?
Michael: Whatever
happened, it made the Granolith disappear so we have to find a way to reverse
it.
Isabel: Even if I
dreamwalked her I might not understand her language.
Max: What do you
think Liz?
Liz: When I was
holding her, I felt closer to her as if she was talking to me but without
words. That's it, images. When I touched her I saw all these images.
(Everyone starts to get up)
Liz: Wait, maybe you
should all stay here. I don't want to
over stimulate her.
(Everyone sits back down and Liz walks to the couch where
the Liz replica is sitting and sits down next to her and tentatively touches
her hand)
Liz: Nothing
happened!
Max: Try speaking to
her
Liz: Hi…(Flashes of
Liz saying hello to different people)
Oh!!!!!
(Everyone rushes over and Max grabs Liz's hands)
Max: What happened,
are you ok?
Liz: Memories, she
is speaking to me through my memories.
I said hi and she showed me images of me saying hi. I think that she might have my memories.
Michael: Ask her
what she is.
Liz: Who are you?
(Flashes of chaotic random images)
Ahhhhh! (Liz grabs
her head)
Stop! Please
stop!
(She falls unconscious off the couch and onto the floor)
(The Liz Replica moves toward Liz but Max moves to stand in
her way. The Liz replica at him and
after a slight pause, he puts his hands on Liz's head and heals her)
Max: Liz, are you
ok? (He brushed her hair off her face and traces his finger over the lines of
her face) Come on Liz, wake up…
Liz: Max? What happened?
Maria: The dupe just
tried to kill you.
Max: No, she wasn't
trying to kill Liz, it's just that her brain couldn't handle all the
information. Liz do you remember any of
the images that she put into your brain?
Liz: No, I can't
remember anything.
Michael: Damn it,
we're back at square one.
Liz Replica: So she
will be ok?
(Everyone turns to the replica and stares shocked)
Liz Replica: I did
not mean to hurt her. I did not realize
that my actions would harm her. Let me
speak to her. Please…
Maria: You mean you
could talk the whole time? You could
have killed Liz!
Liz: Maria, it's
ok. She said that she didn't mean to do
it and I believe her. Why didn't you
talk before?
Liz Replica: I
didn't know that I could until you showed me.
Liz: What? How did I show you?
Michael: That
doesn't matter, we need to know what happened to the Granolith? Can you bring it back?
(Liz Replica looks very confused)
Isobel: Maybe she
doesn't understand what it is. The
Granolith, the thing that you came out of.
(Liz Replica still looks even more confused and doesn't reply)
Liz: You guys, let's
start with the basics here. We've got
to give you a name, what shall we call you?
Liz Replica: You can
call me what you've always called me.
Maria: Liz's Dupe?
Liz Replica:
Granolith
