THE TOMORROW PEOPLE 21ST CENTURY "BREAK OUT" by Marla Kendal Based on "The Tomorrow People" by Roger Damon Price The Tomorrow People 21st Century is based on "The Tomorrow People" by Roger Damon Price. The "Tomorrow People" franchise is Copyright (c) 1991 Thames Television. Story & Teleplay Copyright (c) 2004 Marla Kendal. All rights reserved. No portion of this script may be performed, published, sold or distributed by any means, or quoted or published in any medium, including on any web site, without prior written consent. Disposal of this script copy does not alter any of the restrictions set forth above. Contact: screenplay (at) gopha (dot) net
THE TOMORROW PEOPLE 21ST CENTURY "BREAK OUT" TEASER FADE IN: EXT. LONDON, ENGLAND - ESTABLISHING - DAY EXT. TUBE STATION - DAY PASSENGERS file in and out through the wide open doorway. INT. TUBE STATION - CONTINUOUS The passengers feed paper tickets into readers and proceed through the turnstiles. Brash and cocky AARON OGDEN (14), winds his way through a maze of corridors, and arrives in the tunnel. The benches are full, the walls lined with tired commuters. He wanders the platform, away from the crowd. Kicks the sour lemon candy machine. SUPERIMPOSE: YEAR 2003 An ELDERLY MAN throws Aaron a disapproving look. Aaron shrugs. AARON They're everywhere. They take your money and you don't get nothing. ELDERLY MAN Youth today don't know how well they have it. Aaron rolls his eyes. He opens his mouth as if to speak, but no words come out. He grimaces. Groans. He digs the palms of his hands into his eyes. ELDERLY MAN Are you all right? AARON I've got a headache. I've-- He doubles over in pain. ELDERLY MAN Are you ill? Do you need to go to hospital? AARON What? Stop it. Stop yelling at me. I didn't do anything. He jerks up, eyes wild and unfocused. He shakes it off. Glares at the Elderly Man. Rears up and pushes him. AARON (CONT'D) What was that? What'd you do to me? Aaron winces. Covers his ears. His body erupts into spasms. AARON (CONT'D) Leave me alone! Stop yelling at me! Leave me alone! He stumbles to the edge of the platform. Someone SCREAMS. Aaron loses his footing, falls off the platform and onto the rails. He hits his head, and loses consciousness. EXT. TUBE STATION - DAY Aaron flails about on the gurney. It rolls into the ambulance. The doors close and the ambulance speeds off, SIRENS blaring. INT. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SERVICE The MEDICAL STAFF tend to Aaron. He moans and convulses. NURSE #1 wipes his forehead with a damp cloth. NURSE #1 Another GHB overdose? The DOCTOR makes notes on a chart. DOCTOR I think so. AARON Stop it. Leave me alone! NURSE #2 pats Aaron's hand. NURSE #2 We're just here to help you. Let us help you. AARON No! Leave me alone. Go away. Stop yelling at me! I don't want to go. I don't want to go. DOCTOR Vitals? NURSE #2 Stable. DOCTOR Go ahead, sedate him. We won't find out anything with him in this state. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM The Doctor scribbles a note on the chart. Sighs. DOCTOR You didn't take anything, or you just don't remember? AARON I don't take drugs. I got sick. DOCTOR Our tests show you're perfectly healthy. The EEG showed no seizure- like brain activity, yet you were convulsing. AARON It's not my fault your machines gone wonky. The Doctor slaps the chart down onto the bed. DOCTOR Don't needle me. Go on, tell me the rest of your story. AARON (thinking as he goes along) I left school. Went to my mate's. And he was was with this girl. And they were, you know, having a bit of how's your father. So I left. I got to the cheap station, and had this headache. Then I woke up here. DOCTOR (unconvinced) You just rest up for a while. I've called your mum, she's on her way. AARON She's going to kill me. I missed my exams. EXT. BLOCK OF FLATS - NIGHT Modest homes set among a line of others, all alike. INT. ODGEN RESIDENCE - KITCHEN ITV2 blares in from the back room. Aaron, seated, chin in his hands, puts on the most pitiful and apologetic face he can muster. AARON Yes, mum. I'm sorry I caused you so much trouble. To Aaron, his mother's chiding voice sounds like an out of tune trumpet. SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK. AARON (CONT'D) Yes, mum. I won't do it again. I promise. SQUEAK SQUEAK SQUEAK. AARON (CONT'D) I feel fine. Really. Can I go to my room now? He stands. Shoulders slumped, he trudges out of the room. INT. BEDROOM Aaron pulls back the covers and throws himself down into his bed. He pulls the covers over his head. From nowhere rise waves of VOICES. Men and women. Children. They cry out in mutters, wails, and ear piercing SCREAMS. The window curtains blow inward. Rain splatters onto the sill. MATCH CUT: INT. BEDROOM A bolt of lightning flashes through the curtains. The BOOM of thunder follows. The lump under the bed clothes moves. KATIE WATSON (13), petite and pig-tailed, scrambles out and onto the floor. Her eyes are wild. Fear distorts her face. KATIE (Geordie accent) Not again. No more. Please! (screaming) No! FADE OUT. END OF TEASER