Date: 4-4-1990
Scene: Nighttime-New York City-The Connors' apartment
Situation: A masked intruder enters the apartment while twenty four year old Sarah and six year old John Connor are sleeping. Sarah shares the apartment with her friends, Jayne and Ginger who are away running errands at the moment.
Scene: Sarah's room
Rapist(approaching a sleeping Sarah): Hello, sleeping beauty
Sarah(startled): Hey, who are you?
Rapist(getting on top of Sarah's body): Snow White, I am your prince charming.
Sarah(pushing the man off her body): I don't belong to you
Rapist(standing in the middle of Sarah and the doorway): You are going nowhere
Sarah(pointing a gun at the man): You will die if you touch me
Rapist(grabbing hold of Sarah's gun): You won't need this thing after I am done with you
Sarah(pushing the man aside): You will never kill me
Rapist(throwing Sarah back onto the bed, he begins undressing her): I will never let you go
Sarah(hysterical, she screams and kicks the man): Get off of me! Get off of me!
Rapist(feeling up on Sarah's body, he makes his descent into her panties): I love you, you are my soul mate. We belong together forever.
Sarah(giving into her pain, she screams): AHA..AHA..AHA..AHA
Rapist(slapping Sarah): Shut up, bitch!
Sarah(losing consciousness): You may break my bones, but you will never kill my spirit
Date: 4-5-1990
Scene: The apartment-bathroom
Situation: Feeling unwell, Sarah takes a pregnancy test
Jayne(having the urge to urinate, she yells from outside the bathroom): Please hurry up, Sarah, I need to urinate
Sarah(yelling from within the bathroom): Please shut up and be patient
Jayne: I am afraid that I might not be able to hold it
Ginger(to Jayne): May be I should take you to the doctor
Jayne(in denial, she yells at Ginger): I am fine
Sarah (she exits the bathroom clutching a positive pregnancy tests in her hands): The test results are inconclusive. I assume that must mean negative. I had the flu all along.
Ginger(hugging Sarah): Thank Goodness
Jayne(running into the bathroom): Sarah, I am happy for you and yet very worried.
Sarah (leaving the room to tend to John): John needs me
Date: 4-14-1990
Scene: The Doctor's office-Check up
Situation: Sarah discovers she is pregnant
Sarah: Lately, I have been feeling nauseous. I blame it on the flu or my job.
Doctor: Have you ever considered that you might be pregnant?
Sarah(choked up): I can't have any more children due to complications that occurred during my son's birth. My son, John is now six years old.
Doctor(reading Sarah's test results): According to your test results, you are pregnant.
Sarah(shocked):What?!
Doctor: nnor, your test results are one hundred percent accurate.
Sarah(emotional, she walks out of the doctor's office): I thank you for your help
Scene 2: The waiting room
(Crying, Sarah approaches John who is sitting in a chair drawing in a notebook)
Sarah(embracing John): I love you, my little buddy
John(worried): Mommy, why are you crying?
Sarah(sobbing): I am carrying your little brother or sister
John(excited): Wow, thats cool
Sarah(stroking John's hair): You will be such a good big brother. Do you promise me this?
John(smiling): Yes
Date: 4-16-1990
Scene: Planned Parenthood
Ginger (parking the car in the parking lot): Brooke, we are now here at Planned Parenthood. Are you sure you want to have an abortion?
Sarah (solemn): Yes
Ginger (embraces Sarah): I support your decision
Sarah (emotional, she gets out the car):I just want the pain to go away
Ginger (following Brooke into the building): So let it be
Scene: The waiting room
(Patiently, Sarah waits to be seen by the doctor while Ginger remains quiet)
Nurse: Sarah, the doctor may see you now
Sarah (to Ginger: I will be right back
Scene: Doctor's office-before the operation
Action:Sarah lays down on a table wearing a gown.
Doctor: Are you sure to want to have the abortion?
Sarah: Definitely
Nurse: Do you want to see your baby one more last time?
Sarah: OK
(The nurse performs an ultrasound test and Sarah's attitude changes. Sarah falls back in love with the baby.
She decides to not have the abortion after all. Ginger and Sarah return back home to Jayne and John)
Date: 5-24-1990
Place: A bedroom
Situation: Jayne discovers Sarah strung out on drugs
Sarah (intoxicated, she stumbles toward Jasper): Welcome home
Jayne (resists Sarah's touch): I trusted you and you let me down
Sarah (hysterical, she throws a lamp at Jayne): I have been violated. Where were you when I needed you the most?
Jayne (yelling): You have chosen drugs over me. You shut down whenever I tried talking to you.
Sarah(drinking and swallowing random pills): I don't need you or this baby
Jayne (snatches the bottle and pill container from Sarah): You are pregnant for Christ's sake
Sarah (walking toward the bathroom): I am going to take a bath
Ginger (stands in Sarah's way): You are not killing yourself on my watch
Sarah (hopeless, she collapses on the bed): I want to die
John (crying, he jumps on top of Sarah): Mommy, please don't die
Jayne (shows Sarah the baby's sonogram): I thought this picture might help you. You are carrying a life. You do have a purpose after all.
Sarah (doubtful): I long for sobriety
Ginger: We will take you to rehab then
Date: 6/16/1990
Place: The house
Situation: Sarah abandons Jayne and Ginger
Action: Jayne and Ginger walk through the front door. They discover Sarah's bags are packed.
Jayne (shocked and confused): Sarah?!
Sarah (gives Jayne back her friendship bracelet): We had a nice run
Ginger: Jayne and Ginger promised to take care of you and John
Sarah: Now is not the right time for us to be together
Jayne (heartbroken): Why not?
Sarah (choked up): I am strong enough to stand on my own two feet
Ginger: The baby will be born in December. Who will take care of you?
Sarah: I can take care of myself
Jayne (embracing Sarah): You will be greatly missed
Sarah (embracing Jayne): We will see each other again
Ginger: I love you enough to set you free
(Sarah grabs hold of John and her bags and then exit their lives permanently.)
Date: 12-20-1990
Place: Downtown Nashville
Event: Raven's birth-The birth was inevitable even if Raven was breached
Action: Heavily pregnant, a poor and homeless Sarah Connor (25) and John Connor (6) wander about the street in search for food. The breaking of Sarah's water catches her off guard. Painful, contractions makes it hard for Sarah to walk so she just sits down on the sidewalk. Breathing problems soon take effect.
John (frightened): Mommy..
Sarah (hysterical, she screams): Help! I can't breathe! I am having a baby!
(At first, noone hears Sarah's cries for help. She starts to lose hope until a lady who is a nurse and a gentleman comes to her aid)
The Nurse (preparing to catch the baby) : Don't worry, sweetheart. I am hear to help you.
Sarah (struggling through a painful contraction, she prepares to give birth): Thanks. My name is Sarah. This is my son John.
John: Hello
The nurse: Hello, John
The gentleman (holding Sarah's hand): Breathe through pain
Sarah (squeezing the man's hand as she pushes): I can't do this..it hurts so much
The nurse: Sarah, please stop pushing
Sarah (worried): Why?!
The nurse: The baby is breached. The baby's feet are coming out before its head.
Sarah (praying): OH God, please help me
The gentleman: Don't worry, Sarah
The nurse (carefully and slowly pulls out the baby): This is going to hurt a lot
Sarah (screaming): AHA..AHA..AHA..AHA
The gentleman (squeezing Sarah's hand): You are superwoman
Sarah (still screaming): AHA...AHA...AHA..AHA
The nurse (places the baby on Sarah's stomach): Your daughter is finally here. Isn't she beautiful?
(Exhausted, Sarah collapses back in the gentleman's arms)
The gentleman (uses a handkerchief to wipe sweat off Sarah's head): You did good, sweetheart
Sarah (talking to her newborn daughter): I love you, Kaisa
The nurse (taking notice of Sarah's lady parts bleeding): Sarah, you are bleeding a lot. You tore a lot during the birth.
Sarah (worried): Am I dying?
The nurse (trying to stop the blood flow): Don't worry, Sarah, you are almost back to normal
Sarah: Have I stopped bleeding yet?
The nurse: somewhat
Sarah (panicky): Whenever will the blood flow stop?
The gentleman: We are going to take you to the hospital asap
Place: The Hospital-Doctor's Office
Situation: The Doctor is examining Raven
Sarah (worried): I am poor and homeless. I didn't take good care of myself during the pregnancy. Is there anything that I should be worried about?
Doctor (examining Raven): The baby is in perfect good health.
Sarah (stressed): Are you sure?
Doctor: Definitely
Sarah's nurse (relieved): Thank God
Sarah (lightheaded): I feel unwell
Sarah's male companion (catching Sarah): SARAH..
Sarah's nurse (to the doctor): Do you know what is wrong with Sarah?
Doctor (checking Sarah): She's hemorrhaging. She also has a blood clot.
(The doctor calls in a group of nurses. His nurses escort Sarah to to the emergency room. When Sarah wakes up, she finds herself in a recovery room with a distraught John. Her guardian angels are no where to be found. Happy, a maternity nurse brings Raven into the room for her to hold. It is immediately love at first sight for mother and daughter)
Action: It is the time to sign Raven's birth certificate
Nurse (giving Sarah a pen and the birth certificate): It is time for you to sign the birth certificate
Sarah (signing the birth certificate): I thank you for reminding me
Nurse (reading the certificate): The certificate says you are Raven's mother. The birth father's space has not been marked yet.
Sarah (crying): I am alone in my suffering
Nurse (sympathetic): Don't worry, the father will come around someday
Date: 12-25-1990
Scene: A homeless shelter
Action: Sarah watches John and Raven sleep. Her heart bleeds for them uncontrollably with love. Sarah wonders whatever did she do wrong to deserve this punishment? After all these years, God still remains silent and distant. The Christmas spirit reminds Sarah of just how blessed she is. Hope brings a smile to her face.