Chapter Two
Roxton and Challanger step back slowly their guns aimed at the raptors.
ROXTON: How many bullets do you have left?
CHALLANGER: Enough.
A raptor lunges at them, Challanger shoots it, it falls back against another raptor, Roxton shoots that one while it's on the floor.
While the remaining two raptors are distracted they run back towards the treehouse.
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malone picks up the rifle and ventures outside, he throws a stick against the fence but gets no response.
MALONE: Damn it!
He walks back to the elevator when an apeman jumps him knocking him to the ground, he pushes it off him and shoots it as it attacks again. Six apemen ruch from out of the bushes as Roxton and Challanger run towards the treehouse followed by the two raptors.
ROXTON: (Shouts) get inside!
All three run to the elevator as the apemen and raptors attack each other leaving Roxton, Challanger and Malone to get to safety.
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The giant hand moves closer towards Marguerite and Veronica.
MARGUERITE: Dinner! We don't taste nice honestly.
Veronica stabs stabs the hand with her knife as the giant tries to grab them.
MARGUERITE: Oh that helped.
GIANT: (Laughs) a mere pin prick.
Marguerite shoots his finger he steps back.
GIANT: That wasn't very nice!
MARGUERITE: And trying to eat us is.
VERONICA: At least I made him laugh you just got him angry.
MARGUERITE: Do you have a better idea?
GIANT: I'll squash you like a bug.
He brings his fist down, they jump out of the way and run towards the large trees, it gives them enough cover to hide as the giant searches for them.
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London
ALFRED: I'm afraid it isn't possible.
SUMMERLEE: Why on earth not?
ALFRED: We can't possibly fund an expedition.
SUMMERLEE: Forget an expedition, we need arescue team.
ALFRED: You don't know the rest of the team is still alive.
SUMMERLEE: My friends are still alive.
ALFRED: But you don't know that.
SUMMERLEE: I'm willing to take that chance.
ALFRED: The society is not.
SUMMERLEE: You will regret this decision.
ALFRED: There's nothing I can do.
Summerlee walks outside on to the cold, wet streets of London. He hears footsteps behind then a cough, he turns to see a young girl around 18.
SUMMERLEE: Can I help you?
GIRL: That depends, are you Professor Arthur Summerlee?
SUMMERLEE: Yes.
GIRL: Then we can help each other, I'm Karla, Karla Layton.
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MARGUERITE: We can't keep running forever.
VERONICA: There's no where to hide.
"This way".
They turn to face a man holding a sword.
MAN: This way.
Veronica looks at him suspicious.
VERONICA: Who are you?
MARGUERITE: Does it matter! He knows a place we can hide, for the moment that's good enough for me.
GIANT: I'll find you little people.
VERONICA: (To man) show us.
He nods and they follow him. he takes theminside the trunk of a fallen tree, it's branch hollow and leading underground.
VERONICA: We have to get back to the treehouse.
The man looks at them.
MAN: Treehouse?
VERONICA: Where we live, on the otherside of the plateau.
MAN: That's impossible!
MARGUERITE: Nothings impossible.
MAN: No one lives on the other side of the plateau.
VERONICA: We live there.
MARGUERITE: How did...Giants get here?
MAN: They were here when we arrived.
VERONICA: What expedition did you come with?
MAN: Expedition? No this was a rescue mission...It would've been...
He pauses as he thinks.
MAN: Around 1819 when a group were sent here, they never returned home so we were sent to look for them, that was 2 yrs ago and now we're stuck here too...Never did find the other group.
MARGUERITE: 1819? You'd be over a hundred years old!
MAN: You're mistaken.
VERONICA: It's 1920.
MARGUERITE: Look at his clothes they are a little...Old.
VERONICA: He can't be over a hundred years old!
MARGUERITE: So what we traveled back in time!
VERONICA: That's impossible!
MARGUERITE: Hello! Giants outside.
VERONICA: Point taken....How do we get back?
MARGUERITE: The hole in the cave?
MAN: You can't go back there, it's too dangerous.
Marguerite and Veronica turn to him suddenly remembering he's standing there.
MARGUERITE: It's very flattering that you're worried about us but we really should be getting back.
MAN: He'll kill you!
VERONICA: We're willing to take that chance.
They walk back the way they came, the man stops them.
MAN: Let me help you.
MARGUERITE: Okay.
MAN: By the way, my name is Micheal.
They introduce each other.
VERONICA: Can we go now?
MICHEAL: Of course.
Micheal and Marguerite walk in front with Veronica behind them.
MARGUERITE: So what else do we have to look forward to here? Besides giants.
MICHEAL: Dinosaurs...
MARGUERITE: Well that's not unusual.
MICHEAL: Giant dinosaurs.
MARGUERITE: That would be a different matter.
MICHEAL: Don't worry, I'll take care of you.
MARGUERITE: I feel better all ready.
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Roxton, Challanger and Malone are sat around the table discussing what the next days plans are going to be.
ROXTON: We'll set out first thing tomorrow.
CHALLANGER: After I've fixed the electrical fence.
MALONE: They'll probably be here by the morning anyway. Right?
ROXTON: Right.
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London
Summerlee surveys the room he's in, a redwood bookcase by the left wall with a matching chest with brass handles, a large chandelier hangs from the wall above a small oak table. Karla walks in with two glasses of lemonade, she puts the tray on the table and sits across from Summerlee.
KARLA: My brother would've liked to have gone after my after my aunt and uncle but he didn't have enough money at the time and then he heard about the Challanger expedition and he jumped at the chance to go but he never go there in time.
SUMMERLEE: Why not?
KARLA: He was killed.
SUMMERLEE: Oh my! Very sorry my dear.
KARLA: The man who killed my brother would have gone after everyone in the Challanger expedition but he was detained by the police, by the time he was released you were all gone.
SUMMERLEE: Why would he do that?
KARLA: Tom wouldn't let him go on the first expedition for reasons I'm not fully aware of, my brother new the details. Anyway he I do know that he wants fame, glory and fortune and he'll do whatever he can to get that.
SUMMERLEE: How can you afford this?
KARLA: The money my brother left me. If we go no one can know, no publicity and we'll need to leave ASAP. I know someone who can supply us with what we need.
SUMMERLEE: Of course...About you're aunt and uncle...
KARLA: What about them?
SUMMERLEE: They disappeared eleven years ago.
KARLA: Then I guess it's just as well that I'm going, I can try to find them...We should be going I can have everything ready within the hour.
SUMMERLEE: And by tomorrow we'll be half way to the lost world.
To be continued...
