DISCLAIMER: "The Mirror Shattered" trailer and screenplay written by R. Joy Helvie. "Quantum Leap", Dr. Samuel Beckett, Admiral Albert Calavicci, Al the Bartender, and all other characters which may have appeared on the show are property of Donald P. Bellisario, Belisarius Productions, and Universal Studios. All other characters are property of R. Joy Helvie, and permission must be granted by the author before the characters can be used in any other story.

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QUANTUM LEAP
THE MIRROR SHATTERED

SCREENPLAY: PART X

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SAM
Kyle? Who's Kyle?

Sam looks at everyone bewilderedly. Violet shrugs and turns her attention back to Johnny's body. Verbena looks away and makes a very clear point of helping Violet. Ruthie turns her attention to Johnny.

Donna glances at Al and then at Sam.

DONNA
Kyle is your son. Our son. Together.

SAM
I--I have a son?

DONNA
Yes, we have a son. He was conceived when you came home for that short time a few years ago; when Al switched places with you.

SAM
When was he born?

DONNA
June 5, 2000. He will be six years old in three months.

Sam stalks over to the fried computer console, and walks back to the deck's back wall. He continues to pace.

DONNA (cont'd)
Ziggy, where's Tina?

ZIGGY
(offscreen)
She is no longer in your quarters.
(beat)
Tina took Kyle off the Project premises at the exact time that I was running the Retrieval Program. All my resources were dedicated to keeping the energy levels stable. I turned off all audio and visual ports inside the Project complex for those few moments. I am sorry.

SAM
(still pacing)
It's okay, Ziggy. It isn't your fault.
(stops walking and turns to Alia)
Do you think someone Leaped into Tina?

ALIA
It's likely. If Ziggy didn't have her sensors running, she wouldn't have picked up on the energy burst.

DONNA
We have to find them.

AL
Absolutely. But how?

ZIGGY
(offscreen)
I kept the cameras outside the complex running, but recorded so I did not have to keep an eye on them. I will review the recordings to find what vehicle Tina used.
(beat)
Sorry, Admiral, but Tina has taken your Ferrari.

AL
(pounding hand against wall)
Shit.

BETH
If the Leaper knows how to operate a Ferrari at high speed, they could be anywhere by now.

ZIGGY
(offscreen)
I have received a call from Mike. He says he saw Tina use the payphone at the back of the bar an hour ago.

SAM
Mike?

AL
He's the bartender at the O.K. Corral Bar and Grill just outside Alamogordo. He's a retired Navy SEAL that I knew in Vietnam. Whenever the funding committee pays a visit to the Project, we treat them to a night at the bar... Mike gives us info he overhears in return for Ziggy's help in creating advertisements for the bar.

SAM
(in a statement of unbelief)
You're in cahoots with a bartender.

Al nods and chuckles.

DONNA
We'd better head out to the Corral.

Sam claps his hands together and rubs them, his eyebrows narrowing in thought.

SAM
Okay, this is what we'll do...

FADE TRANSITION TO:

ALAMOGORDO AIRSTRIP -- EXT. -- EARLY MORNING

A red Ferrari hastily turns onto an abandoned airstrip just outside of town. The sky is a midnight blue that is beginning to lighten as the sun tries to push over the horizon.

CUE blue text:

March 1, 2006

The Ferrari screeches to a halt. TINA MARTINEZ-O'FARRELL, a red-headed woman with flashing earrings and four-inch stiletto heels, exits the car from the driver's side. She hurriedly walks around the car, opens the passenger-side door, and literally yanks a young boy from the car.

The boy is KYLE AUSTIN BECKETT, a small boy with a full head of dirty blond hair. His eyes are a beautiful hazel like his father's, but his lips are small and delicate like his mother's.

KYLE
(screeching)
Hey! Be nice!

TINA
(growling)
Shaddup!

Tina moves to slap Kyle, but he cowers in fear. A twinkle forms in Tina's baby-blue eyes, and she smirks.

TINA (cont'd)
Okay, I'll let you go this time.
(chuckles)
But just you wait.
(she yanks on Kyle's arm)
Come on!

Tina practically drags Kyle, whose short legs are much too small to help him keep up with her, to a small Cessna sitting quietly on the airstrip.

THAMES MEDFORD, a middle-aged black man, hops out of the plane. He rushes over to Tina.

THAMES
Is that you, Zoey Baby?

TINA
(sneering)
Of course it's me, you nitwit!

Thames grabs Tina's free hand. Her appearance morphs into that of ZOEY MARIE ST. JOHN, an older woman with shorter, straight red hair and piercing brown eyes. Those eyes display a glint of pure evil.

Zoey pulls her hand away from Thames.

ZOEY
(her voice decidedly British)
Will you please not do that?!
(looking down at Kyle)
We must get this little nuisance to Cheyenne Mountain as soon as possible.

THAMES
Uh... There might be a little bit of a problem with that.

ZOEY
(through gritted teeth)
What now?

THAMES
(fearfully)
You seem to have forgotten that we are not in our own time. In 2006, Cheyenne Mountain is still occupied by the SGC.

ZOEY
Oh, really now?
(thoughtful)
Well, then perhaps we should break into the compound and play with their little... toy.

THAMES
But, Lothos said--

ZOEY
(snapping)
I don't care what Lothos said! We need to get rid of this little brat.

Kyle is standing still, silently watching the exchange. Without thought, his free hand slowly moves toward his mouth, his hand in a fist except for his thumb. As it moves closer to the boy's mouth, he notices his hand. He thinks for a second, makes a sour face, and puts his hand down.

THAMES
But I just can't kill a little boy in cold blood!

ZOEY
If we don't kill the Beckett Brat, Lothos will turn us over to Bela.

Thames' eyes reflect a fear that cannot begin to be matched.

ZOEY (cont'd)
That's right, Thames. Bela has a new... chamber... that he wants to demonstrate for his boss. It involves a certain kind of snake.

THAMES
(horrified)
We... we can't let that happen.

ZOEY
I'm glad you agree. But the only way to avoid becoming guinea pigs again is for us to kill the kid.

Kyle's eyes are full of comprehension. Thames nods reluctantly.

THAMES
So, where do we do it?

ZOEY
Agent Miller has a team temporarily stationed in Taos. We were to meet him first before heading to Colorado, but I suppose we'll have to figure out another location to set up. We'll discuss it with him when we get there.

Thames nods.

ZOEY (cont'd)
Now, take the boy and get him strapped into the plane. I'm going to leave a little clue for the Becketts to find that will keep them searching for their boy for, oh... no longer than a month.

Zoey chuckles. She then looks down at Kyle, shoves Kyle's hand into Thames', and stalks off. Thames looks down at the boy, an almost sympathetic look in his eyes.

THAMES
I'm sorry, kid, but I have to do this.

Kyle looks up at Thames with round, innocent eyes.

KYLE
That's okay. My mom and Uncle Al will find me.

Thames continues to talk to the boy as he gets the boy settled in the plane.

THAMES
You know, you seem awful calm about being kidnapped.

KYLE
I'm an extremely mature child. There's no need to be afraid.

THAMES
You sure are acting mature... You take after your dad, don't you?

KYLE
My mom says I do. I have the mind-level of a 16-year-old and a 270 IQ. Oh, and I can read a 300-page novel in one day.

THAMES
(whistles)
Man, no wonder Lothos' is so adamant about getting rid of you. You might be even smarter than your dad.

KYLE
Ziggy says I am.

THAMES
Ziggy? That's your dad's computer, isn't it?

KYLE
Yeah. She's awesome. She plays Dungeons & Dragons with me. She creates holographic backgrounds and even creates images of our characters and makes them move. She's a lot of fun to play with.

THAMES
She sounds like a really nice computer. Lothos is a computer, too. But he's in the shape of a person.

KYLE
Coooool... He's an android?

THAMES
Uh, yeah, that's right.

KYLE
Awesome. I love androids.
(excited)
Data from Star Trek is an android! He's my favorite TV character.

Smiling, Thames tightens a shoulder strap on Kyle and steps back.

THAMES
There we go. All ready.

KYLE
Who is Agent Miller?

THAMES
Oh, he's just a, uh, guy I know.

KYLE
Is he an FBI agent? Like Fox and Dana?

THAMES
(laughing)
Kinda.

Zoey walks up.

ZOEY
I'm finished. Let's get moving.

Thames and Zoey climb into the plane. The plane taxis smoothly across the tarmac. It pauses, then races down the runway, quickly gaining speed. It lifts off the ground, circles once around the airport, then heads up into the rising sun.