ELITE FORCE: Season 2 Episode 9
"Ignite at the Museum"
Douglas and Mr Davenport rush to the hospital when one of the members of the Elite Force is gravely injured. But what happened? Who was injured? All this started with a normal day, when Chase convinced his friends to go to the museum with him. No one could have predicted it would end like this...
FADE IN.
SCENE ONE.
INT. CENTIUM CITY HOSPITAL - CORRIDOR - NIGHT.
(The hospital corridor is quiet and well lit, with a few nurses in varying conversations as they go about their night shift. At the end of the corridor is an elevator, and we zero in on the elevator for a moment of calm, before a 'ding' sounds. It slides open, and DAVENPORT and DOUGLAS burst out. They are looking around frantically as they rush along the corridor).
DAVENPORT
Thank God - finally at the right floor. I can't believe this happened.
DOUGLAS
I'm sure everything is going to be fine. (To a NURSE) Excuse me, which way to the waiting room?
(The NURSE points and DOUGLAS thanks her. He and DAVENPORT speed off down the corridor).
DAVENPORT
How did this even happen?
DOUGLAS
Accidents happen, Donnie -
DAVENPORT
Accidents? This was a normal day…
SCENE TWO.
INT. PENTHOUSE - KITCHEN - EARLY MORNING.
(Text on the screen flags up as "Earlier That Day". The Elite Force hang out in the penthouse as they start their day. BREE is sitting at the kitchen counter eating cereal with her feet up. SKYLAR and OLIVER are at the dining table with their breakfasts and KAZ has a box of cereal in his hand. Suddenly, CHASE runs in).
CHASE
(Urgent)
Guys!
(KAZ jumps so hard that cereal flies everywhere. BREE swats it away as it flies in her direction).
SKYLAR
What's wrong?
OLIVER
Is it a mission alert?
KAZ
You better have a good reason for making me spill my frosted flakes.
CHASE
It's not a mission! The Jurassic Fossil exhibit at the Centium City Museum is closing!
KAZ
(Not playing around, threateningly making a fireball)
That was not a good reason.
BREE
(Pulling flakes of cereal out of her hair, standing between CHASE and KAZ)
Okay, okay! Before we all die in a cereal fuelled fire, let's calm down. (She turns to CHASE, hands on hips) Why do you care about a dumb museum exhibit?
CHASE
It's not just any dumb museum, it's the Jurassic Fossil Exhibit! It's an internationally famous exhibit with fossils so big and so intact, it's one of the rarest on earth! I've always wanted to go see it, since I was five, and now it's closing!
BREE
And that's our problem why?
CHASE
It's just so expensive to get in… (He looks hopefully around the room) But, groups of five or more get in on a major discount…
KAZ
Absolutely not. I'm not spending my Saturday learning stuff. Gross.
OLIVER
That actually sounds really interesting, Chase!
SKYLAR
Why not? Sounds fun!
CHASE
Yes! (He looks to BREE and KAZ) Come on… please? (BREE and KAZ stand stoic, so CHASE begins whining like a toddler) Please! Please, please, please, please!
BREE
Okay! Okay, okay! If it means that much to you, fine. Gosh, you're so annoying, Chase.
KAZ
(Rolls his eyes)
Fine, if Bree's in, I guess I'm in.
CHASE
(Excited)
Really? Awesome! (Touched) Aw, thanks guys, this is going to be amazing! You know, I often feel so overlooked in the team, and I just want to say it's really nice to feel listened to -
BREE / OLIVER / SKYLAR / KAZ
(Simultaneously)
Shut up / Don't push it / Enough / Dude!
CHASE
(Accepting)
Okie-dokie then.
(CHASE excitedly runs off to the stairs, then doubles back).
CHASE
Oh! Let's be ready to go in thirteen minutes. If we want to abide by my schedule, which, let's face it, we do, we're going to need at least 85% of the day to be able to get through all the information boards, not to factor in traffic, queues, and an extra half hour for Kaz to stop for snacks. (He giggles, excited, jumping up and down) I can't wait! This is going to be so amazing!
(CHASE runs away up the stairs and as soon as he's gone, OLIVER, SKYLAR, KAZ and BREE huff and groan in annoyance).
KAZ
Well… this is going to be a long day.
SCENE THREE.
INT. MUSEUM - LOBBY - DAY.
(The Force is standing in a group, having just walked into the Centium City Museum lobby. CHASE is holding a foldable tourist map, grinning with giddy excitement. BREE has her head in her hands; KAZ looks bored. OLIVER and SKYLAR look vaguely interested).
SKYLAR
(Impressed)
I have to say, that was a really good discount.
CHASE
That's what I've been saying! (Grins) This is going to be the best day ever!
(CHASE starts forwards, loosely followed by the rest of the team).
ROLL TITLES
SCENE FOUR.
INT. CENTIUM CITY HOSPITAL - WAITING ROOM - NIGHT.
(DAVENPORT and DOUGLAS burst into a waiting room. They look frantically around, and see a figure holding a magazine up, reading it, obscuring their head. DAVENPORT and DOUGLAS look momentarily relieved as they spot them and run forwards. The magazine is lowered, revealed to be SKYLAR. She is in a change of clothes from the museum. She sees them, looks grave, and stands up).
DAVENPORT
Skylar!
SKYLAR
(Relieved)
You're here.
DONALD
Of course I'm here… are you okay?
SKYLAR
I'm fine, but…
DOUGLAS
What do we know?
SKYLAR
(Sighs)
Not much. (She looks haunted) It all happened so fast.
DONALD
You did everything you can.
DOUGLAS
Donnie's right, Skylar. All we can do now is sit and wait.
(SKYLAR sits again, DONALD and DOUGLAS either side of her. They all look anxious).
SKYLAR
I just keep thinking about it… If we had all stuck together, then maybe -
DOUGLAS
You couldn't have predicted this would happen.
SCENE FIVE.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL EXHIBIT - DAY.
(Towering rocks of fossils stand in front of CHASE, SKYLAR, BREE, OLIVER and KAZ. The fossils are ten feet tall at least a piece, some crystalised, some with intricate, ancient patterns on them. They snake out in a maze before them in a colossal exhibit).
KAZ
(Bored)
Is the cool exhibit behind the boring rocks?
OLIVER
It is the rocks, Kaz.
BREE
(With fake enthusiasm)
Wow, Chase, you're right! These are super boring and not worth my time.
CHASE
Look at everything… (Geeking out) Ammonites, trilobites… the permineralization process! The new discoveries!
(As CHASE talks, not looking behind him, KAZ taps BREE's shoulder and gestures to "shush" and creep away. She nods eagerly, both of them splitting away from the group before anyone realises).
CHASE
…Look, there's body fossils of bones and teeth, and then footprints and burrows that give insight to their behaviour. Man, can you believe that some of these are 500 million years old?! The organisms, guys, the organisms!
SKYLAR
This exhibit seems really popular. How come it's closing down?
OLIVER
(Scoffs)
Maybe because of that death trap?
(OLIVER points to within the maze of tall fossils, where lights along the floor have cables and wires spanning precariously everywhere).
OLIVER
That looks dangerous, how old did you say this exhibit was, Chase?
CHASE
(Awed)
500 million years.
OLIVER
Not the fossils, the lights! How long has this thing been here?
SKYLAR
Yeah, sounds like a fire hazard to me…
CHASE
Normally I'd agree, but this is just so cool! And look! (CHASE runs up to a poster on the wall that says "Explorer Of The Week: Competition 2pm") Explorer of the Week? (Tightens fist) I don't know what it is yet, but it will be mine.
SKYLAR
Chase, I hate to burst your bubble, but it looks like some competition for kids.
CHASE
(Defensive)
What? Where? No, it doesn't. Where?
OLIVER
Well, it's kind of obvious from the cartoon Indiana Jones and the bright smiling balloons on the poster.
CHASE
Nonsense! There's nothing specifying it has to be kids!
CUT TO:
SCENE SIX.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL EXHIBIT - DAY.
(A line of five children all under twelve, stand in a row, as the camera passes along their small faces. The camera pans to legs at the same height as the kids' heads, and pans upwards to reveal the legs belonging to CHASE, who stands smirking).
CHASE
Oh yeah, I got this one in the bag.
(Off to the side, OLIVER and SKYLAR are staring at him strangely).
OLIVER
He's going to put one of those poor kids in the hospital, isn't he?
SKYLAR
Oh, yeah, he's going to crash and burn… but I somehow can't look away.
SCENE SEVEN.
INT. MUSEUM - CORRIDOR - DAY.
(BREE and KAZ, having just ditched CHASE and the others, dart around a corner, laughing).
KAZ
(Grinning)
Chase is going to be so mad when he sees we ditched him.
BREE
Please, half the reason I ever use my bionics is to make Chase mad. (Grimaces) I can't believe he wanted to look at rocks, that boy is never getting a girlfriend.
KAZ
So, what do you want to do? We can't just avoid them in a stairwell for the whole day. We might as well enjoy ourselves.
BREE
Well I'm starving, we could go get something to eat?
KAZ
Oh man, yes. I know it's only like 10am, but I could murder a bacon cheeseburger and a milkshake right now. I mean, I'm sure I heard the cafeteria here is under investigation for hospitalising people with food poisoning but… (he scoffs) that just means it'll taste fantastic, right?
BREE
(Scoffs)
We're superheroes, can we even get food poisoning?
KAZ
(Shrugging)
I don't know, Supergirl, you want to find out?
BREE
(Hesitates then accepts)
Oh what the heck, I'm not doing anything else. But as long as we can get fries too. Though, just to warn you, I do this thing - Chase and Adam always said it was super disgusting, but it's so good, where I -
BREE & KAZ
Dip the fries in the milkshake.
KAZ
(Grinning)
No way!
BREE
(Eyes lighting up)
Come on, race you.
(BREE and KAZ head off to get themselves food).
SCENE EIGHT.
INT. HOSPITAL - WAITING ROOM - NIGHT.
(SKYLAR, DAVENPORT and DOUGLAS are looking worried. KAZ comes running in, looking urgent, from the corridor).
KAZ
Skylar! Skylar!
(SKYLAR stands)
SKYLAR
Kaz…
KAZ
(Almost tearful)
Oliver… he's…?
SKYLAR
(Suddenly she rolls her eyes)
Yes, Kaz, Oliver got your coffee order before he left!
KAZ
(Still emotional)
Are you sure? Because it's really complicated -
SKYLAR
One of our friends is in surgery right now and you're worried about Oliver getting coffee?
KAZ
Well I'm really picky!
(SKYLAR rolls her eyes at KAZ).
DAVENPORT
I can't believe this… I can't believe that my own child would do something so reckless.
SKYLAR
Mr Davenport, it's going to be okay.
DAVENPORT
It better be. I'm so sick of telling those kids they're not invincible.
DOUGLAS
(Falsely understanding)
Yeah… funerals are expensive.
(DAVENPORT looks at DOUGLAS, furious).
DAVENPORT
And, on a lesser note, I happen to love my -
(A DOCTOR comes in, interrupting).
DOCTOR
I'm looking for the father of -
(DAVENPORT starts forwards and anxiously interrupts, shaking the DOCTOR's hand).
DAVENPORT
Yes, hi. That's me.
DOCTOR
We have an update for you, if you'd like to follow me?
(DAVENPORT, trying to be as stoic and calm as he can, follows the DOCTOR out of the waiting room whilst the others look on, worried).
SCENE NINE.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL EXHIBIT DAY.
(CHASE stands, a kid's treasure map in hand, and a determined look on his face. SKYLAR and OLIVER watch him, unimpressed).
SKYLAR
Chase, you're going to hurt yourself.
CHASE
I am not. It's one quick race through the fossils in the half dark. What could go wrong?
OLIVER
I'm still worried about those cables.
CHASE
(Scrunches his map in his fist, determined)
I will be explorer of the week.
(A child, OSCAR, about ten years old and with an infuriating, determined smirk that rivals even CHASE's, steps towards him).
OSCAR
So, you're the old man vying for Explorer of the Week?
CHASE
That's right, and I'm going to win. What are you going to do about it?
OSCAR
You got your medical alert bracelet on, Grandpa? It's a dangerous world in that fossil maze. You got your walking stick?
CHASE
Hey! I am still a teenager.
OSCAR
And I'm going to wipe the floor with you.
CHASE
Oh we'll see about that. (Narrows his eyes) Play ball, buddy.
OLIVER
You're seriously fighting with a 10-year-old?
CHASE
Nuh-huh! I am warring with a 10-year-old.
OSCAR
And I'm nine.
CHASE
(Triumphantly)
And he's nine!
SCENE TEN.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL MAZE - DAY
(CHASE scours through the fossil maze, skidding to a halt, studying his map. Suddenly, OSCAR comes running past him, knocking the map out of his hands. He runs away).
OSCAR
Later, Grandpa!
(CHASE tightens his fist and runs after him).
SCENE ELEVEN.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL MAZE - DAY
(CHASE is walking through the maze and OSCAR runs past, pushing him into a fossil).
CHASE
Hey! That's 500 million years old!
OSCAR
(Already running off)
So are you!
(CHASE gasps and runs after him).
SCENE TWELVE.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL MAZE - DAY
(CHASE is nearly at the end of the maze, running out. But then OSCAR runs between CHASE's legs and speeds ahead).
OSCAR
Catch me if you can!
(CHASE shakes his fist after OSCAR)
CHASE
Darn kids! (Gasps, to himself) Maybe I am a Grandpa.
SCENE THIRTEEN.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL EXHIBIT - DAY
(A small, cheesy ceremony is made for OSCAR, who has a plastic medal around his neck, announced as "Explorer of the Week". CHASE, on the sidelines with SKYLAR and OLIVER, looks bitterly furious at OSCAR, who pokes his tongue out triumphantly at CHASE).
CHASE
I hate kids.
SKYLAR
Well, Chase, at least you can say you tried your very best.
OLIVER
Yeah… (laughs) and was still outsmarted by a nine-year-old. (Sighs content) Smartest man alive and a nine-year-old beat you.
CHASE
(Dejected)
Okay! Don't rub it in.
SKYLAR
We have got to tell Bree, she would love this… (She looks around) Where is Bree?
(OLIVER has his eyes fixed on OSCAR, who is jumping up and down with joy on a makeshift platform. The platform shakes, and next to this are multiple cables and wires. With each jump, the edges of the platform crash down on the wires again, which are plugged into far too many outlets).
OLIVER
Uh… guys? You know how I was saying those cables look really unsafe?
OSCAR
(Jumping, kicking around, shaking the platform and the wires).
I win, you lose! Everyone else can suck it! I am (Jumps with every syllable) Exp-lor-er-of-the-week!
SKYLAR
(Understanding)
Oh no, the cables.
CHASE
(Concerned)
Hey, kid, I think you should get down from there!
OSCAR
Can it, Grandpa, go take a nap!
CHASE
Kid, seriously, I think -
(With one final jump, a cable sparks, igniting the outlet. The outlet spits violently. Everybody screams. CHASE immediately springs into action, leaping to shield who he can from the flames as SKYLAR and OLIVER evacuate others. The flames quickly engulf the curtains surrounding the platform).
CHASE
Everyone get back!
SKYLAR
Someone get a fire extinguisher!
(But the fire quickly spreads beyond what a fire extinguisher will be able to control, engulfing the wooden platform completely).
CHASE
(Turning to SKYLAR, frustrated)
Where are Bree and Kaz?!
SCENE FOURTEEN.
INT. MUSEUM - CORRIDOR - DAY.
(A complete shift in tone, BREE and KAZ are happily strolling through the museum, laughing and having a good time. KAZ is dipping fries in his milkshake, and BREE is eating a burger).
BREE
Oh man, this is definitely going to make us sick.
KAZ
Right? But it's so good.
BREE
So good!
(BREE and KAZ share a glance, and then BREE inspects her burger and reaches to pull a pickle out of the bun).
BREE
Hey, you want my pickle?
KAZ
Yum!
(KAZ takes it, dipping it in the milkshake before taking a bite, making BREE laugh).
BREE
(Laughing)
Gross!
KAZ
(Grinning)
Hey don't knock it, Supergirl.
(Suddenly, a fire alarm sounds, blaring throughout the museum. BREE and KAZ share a concerned look, looking up and around).
KAZ
What's going on? Is this a drill?
(And BREE hears a voice in her head).
CHASE (V/O)
Pineapple, barnyard, kangaroo!
BREE
Chase, what's going on?
KAZ
(Understanding, munching on his pickle)
Freaky telepathy thing?
(BREE nods).
CHASE (V/O)
I don't know where you are, but you need to get here yesterday! The museum's on fire!
BREE
(Looking wide-eyed at KAZ)
Come on!
(She dumps her burger and the milkshake in the trash and runs, KAZ following her).
SCENE FIFTEEN.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL EXHIBIT - DAY.
(BREE and KAZ skid to a halt by CHASE, SKYLAR and OLIVER).
SKYLAR
Where have you two been?!
BREE
Nowhere!
KAZ
Is everyone out?
OLIVER
Yeah, but it's getting out of control!
BREE
Then use your cryoblast!
CHASE
No, Oliver, don't! It's an electrical fire. Water's going to make it worse! We need to smother it!
KAZ
I think smothering is beyond comprehensible right now unless anyone has a really big blanket!
SKYLAR
I'll superspeed to shut off the power at the mains.
(SKYLAR disappears in a blur).
KAZ
Is fighting fire with fire actually helpful? Because if not, I don't really know what I'm doing here.
(BREE, CHASE and OLIVER give KAZ a frustrated look).
MIDWAY BREAK.
SCENE SIXTEEN.
INT. MUSEUM - FOSSIL EXHIBIT - DAY.
(CHASE, BREE, KAZ and OLIVER are stood, watching the flames rise up out of control, licking at the ceiling. They're ready to fight, but they don't know what to do. A nearby pillar creaks and falls down. The lights are all off, but there is a lot of natural light, and light from the flames).
OLIVER
Guys, this is bad…
BREE
What do we do here, Chase?
CHASE
(Swallowing)
Uh…
(SKYLAR comes superspeeding back to the group).
SKYLAR
Okay, power's off. (SKYLAR looks around; she shuffles back) Guys, I think we need to go.
KAZ
Are you crazy?
BREE
Skylar and I can superspeed and put it out!
CHASE
Not from this angle, you can't surround it.
SKYLAR
Plus, we're not in our mission suits, we'd get burnt! (The building creaks) We need to leave this one to the firefighters! Everyone's out, we've done our jobs, fall back!
(From far in the flames, CHASE's bionic hearing makes him snap his head toward a sound).
CHASE
Wait, I heard something!
OLIVER
What?
OSCAR
(From somewhere in the exhibit)
Help! Help!
CHASE
Oh no… guys, that kid from earlier - he's trapped in the maze!
SKYLAR
How are we going to get to him? There's fire everywhere?
(KAZ looks upwards, noticing a gap between the flames and the ceiling in a tiny spot).
KAZ
Not everywhere…
(KAZ suddenly flies upwards, using his power to make him sour over the flames. BREE looks terrified, OLIVER and CHASE watching in anticipation as SKYLAR holds her breath).
OLIVER
Kaz!
(Then seconds later, KAZ reappears, holding the little boy in his arms. He lands).
KAZ
Run, buddy!
OSCAR
I want my Mom…
SKYLAR
I'll take you to her.
(SKYLAR superspeeds OSCAR out of the museum).
OLIVER
Okay, guys, now we really have to fall back…
(All in one second, the ceiling creaks again. KAZ, coughing from the smoke due to his heroics, is bent double, but BREE looks up and sees the ceiling creak. She gasps).
BREE
Kaz, look out!
(SKYLAR speeds back to the room just as BREE, in a blur, speeds towards KAZ. Shards of ceiling and flames tumble down directly where KAZ is standing, and BREE shoves KAZ out of the way. KAZ tumbles to the side but BREE looks up. CHASE, OLIVER, SKYLAR and KAZ watch in horror as the floor underneath BREE collapses, the debris of ceiling falling on top of where she stood as she completely disappears into the floor).
CHASE
(Terrified yell)
BREE!
(KAZ stumbles to his feet with OLIVER's help, and SKYLAR tries to pull them all away but CHASE, without a second's hesitation, starts forwards towards the fiery hole in the floor).
SKYLAR
We have to fall back! This is too much!
CHASE
Fall back? Fall back?! Skylar, that's my sister! I'm not leaving her!
(SKYLAR pulls CHASE's arm).
SKYLAR
The firefighters -
CHASE
The firefighters will be too late! Let go of me!
(CHASE shoves SKYLAR off him).
SKYLAR
What are you going to do, Chase? You're not in your mission suit, we don't have any gear, you're practically a civilian!
CHASE
(Glaring)
I can still do this.
(CHASE surrounds himself with a forcefield, and without another look back, sprints through the flames and jumps headfirst into the hole where BREE disappeared).
SKYLAR
(Terrified)
Chase! Come back!
(Around them, more of the museum falls. SKYLAR, OLIVER and KAZ look at each other and realise they have to go).
SKYLAR
(Holding out her arm)
Grab on, we have to go.
SCENE SEVENTEEN.
INT. MUSEUM - BASEMENT - DAY.
(CHASE lands with bent knees, catching his fall with an outstretched hand. Finding very little fire in the dark basement yet, he disbands his electric-blue forcefield. It's a little smokey, there's debris everywhere, and a hole above him shows the carnage from the floor they have fallen from, now engulfed in flames. He catches his breath, looking around frantically, wasting no time).
CHASE
Bree! Bree! Where are you? (He activates his bionic eye, searching around, muttering) Come on… come on… come on…
(He hears coughing behind him. He snaps to face it and there she is. BREE is lying on her back, a large beam collapsed right next to her. She has a dirty face, she's weak, but alive).
CHASE
Bree!
(CHASE runs to her, kneeling beside her, checking her over quickly for injuries).
CHASE
Are you alright?
BREE
(Slightly out of it)
Ew, you smell like smoke. Man, you need a shower.
(Despite everything, CHASE laughs).
CHASE
Yeah, that's you. (Pauses, sniffs his shirt) Okay, it might be both of us, but it's mainly you.
BREE
Where are we?
CHASE
(Looking around)
Basement, I think. You fell three floors. Can you superspeed us out?
BREE
(Coughs)
No… I don't… (She struggles, tries to move, but she can't. She looks to her left and sees that her arm disappears underneath the beam. Her eyes widen) Chase… my arm, it's pinned.
(The air gets thicker as more flame-coated debris falls from upstairs; CHASE looks up through the hole, it's completely engulfed).
CHASE
Don't panic, I'll get you out.
(CHASE runs to the beam and with all his strength, tries to lift it, but can't).
BREE
Chase…
(CHASE ignores her, tries again).
BREE
Chase.
(CHASE tries to lift it but cannot. He hits it with a furious fist, panic setting in).
CHASE
Urgh! It's too heavy! We'd need Oliver's superstrength to even shift it.
(Above them, the entire building gives a warning creak. CHASE darts his head around, trying desperately to think of something - anything. He runs a hand through his hair, coughing into his arm. BREE coughs from the ground).
BREE
Chase!
CHASE
(Not looking at her, searching for a way out)
I know, you're scared, it's okay, I'm going to… I'm going to get us out of here, I promise.
BREE
No, Chase… (she coughs) Listen. (CHASE, unsure what else to do, stares at BREE as she tries to talk. She gasps for breath, coughing) We can't… lift this… beam, Chase. I'm… I'm stuck. You know it, I… know it.
CHASE
(Seeing where she is going, darkening)
Stop it.
BREE
(Firmly)
Chase. (She coughs) You're not stuck. You have to go... run… Please, get out of here.
(The building creaks, something shifts above them).
CHASE
I'm not leaving! Are you crazy? I can fix this. I can… uh… (He looks around).
BREE
You are a genius. You know… when it's time to quit.
CHASE
I am not quitting on you! You realise how hard Adam will throw me if he finds out I quit on you?
(BREE coughs violently, and something snaps above them. CHASE looks up, and without thinking, dives across to where BREE is lying and throws his forcefield around them. The entire floor of debris falls over them, but the forcefield protects BREE and CHASE in a bubble. He buckles a little under the weight, but pushes himself upwards into a steady standing position, grunting).
BREE
(Muttering)
Idiot.
CHASE
(Yelling)
Nice things only to the man saving your life!
SCENE EIGHTEEN.
EXT. MUSEUM - STREET - DAY.
(SKYLAR, OLIVER and KAZ pace outside the museum. Fire now bursts out of windows. SKYLAR gets off the phone and joins OLIVER and KAZ).
SKYLAR
I called Davenport…
OLIVER
And?
SKYLAR
(Nodding)
Well he was still yelling when I hung up and I don't imagine he's stopped.
KAZ
Why aren't they out yet? Chase went in an hour ago, they've got to get out soon, right? They've got to.
SKYLAR
The firefighters are doing everything they can. (She takes a breath, staring at the building, then back at OLIVER and KAZ). It's Bree and Chase… have a little faith.
CUT TO:
SCENE NINETEEN.
INT. MUSEUM - BASEMENT - DAY.
(CHASE is visibly struggling under the weight of the building on top of his forcefield. Surrounding them, outside their safe bubble, flames roar. BREE is lying next to him, her arm still pinned. Contrary to SKYLAR, they are furious with each other).
BREE
I hate you.
CHASE
(Sharply)
I hate you more!
BREE
Why don't you ever listen to me? I told you to run!
CHASE
And I told you… (He struggles) I'm not leaving you.
(A pause; BREE looks up at CHASE, grimacing and shivering a little with the pain of her arm, concern on her face).
BREE
How long's it been?
CHASE
(Breathlessly)
I don't know.
BREE
How much longer can you hold this?
CHASE
I don't know…
BREE
Your bionics aren't built for this kind of strain!
CHASE
I know…
BREE
Do you think they even know we're alive?
CHASE
(Strained)
Oh my gosh, stop talking!
(There is silence as BREE collapses her head back, breathing deeply in the oxygen bubble of the forcefield. CHASE looks at his sister, takes a huge breath, and forces himself to push with new strength. He's sweating, in pain, exhausted, but he knows he cannot give up).
CHASE
Hang in there… I got us.
SCENE TWENTY.
EXT. MUSEUM - STREET - DAY.
(It's getting on into the later day, and SKYLAR, OLIVER and KAZ are waiting anxiously. KAZ has a cup of coffee).
SKYLAR
Okay, it's nearly out. That's good. Any second now…
OLIVER
It's been hours. You don't think…
SKYLAR
(Firmly)
No. I don't think that.
KAZ
Yeah well, just in case, I call Chase's capsule as a closet.
(Finally, a FIREFIGHTER comes running out of the no-longer-burning building).
FIREFIGHTER
Fire's out!
OLIVER
Finally!
SKYLAR
Let's move.
(SKYLAR, OLIVER and KAZ speed off into the museum.
SCENE TWENTY-ONE.
INT. MUSEUM - BASEMENT - DAY.
(The flames have died down, but the weight of the debris still sits heavily on top of them, keeping them safe thanks to CHASE's effort with the forcefield. CHASE is falling asleep on his feet, straining to keep himself awake, drenched in sweat, panting heavily. He looks over at BREE, who is now not conscious).
CHASE
Bree… Bree, wake up! (He, shuffling a little, kicks her lightly, unable to do much more whilst holding the forcefield) Come on, I know I said stop talking but I didn't mean stop breathing. (He kicks her a little harder) I've kept us alive for like four hours, don't die just because you're bored!
SKYLAR (O/S)
Chase! Bree!
CHASE
(Yelling desperately)
Over here!
(SKYLAR, KAZ and OLIVER run into view, staring at CHASE and BREE in terror).
CHASE
(Furious)
For a team of superspeed, superstrength, and whatever Kaz brings to the table, you took a long time! What did you do, go for coffee?!
(KAZ hides an empty cup behind his back),
KAZ
In my defense, it was tea.
CHASE
(Panting)
She was pinned… I couldn't… and now she's not talking… (His voice breaks with desperation, fear, fighting back emotion and exhaustion) …Help.
(SKYLAR nods with determination).
SKYLAR
Oliver, fly up above the forcefield and use your super strength to get the debris off.
OLIVER
On it.
(OLIVER soars above them, gently removing what he can).
CHASE
She's stuck under that beam. I've held this for as long as I can but I… (he sways a little, the forcefield flickers).
OLIVER
Just a few more, hold on, Chase!
(SKYLAR sends an electroblast at the last few of the boulders that was holding the forcefield. OLIVER lands, and finally free, CHASE drops his forcefield, swaying.
KAZ
You alright?
CHASE
(Mumbling)
Mm-hmm… feel great. (CHASE collapses, exhausted and unconscious).
KAZ
(Sheepishly turns to OLIVER and SKYLAR)
Okay, I lied, it was coffee, but he just looked so mad.
(SKYLAR flicks KAZ on the arm, she and OLIVER rushing to help them. SKYLAR takes hold of CHASE and OLIVER motions to lift BREE free of the beam).
SCENE TWENTY-TWO.
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - NIGHT.
(DAVENPORT rushes to a hospital room. He looks over at something, and we only see his devastated expression. He puts a hand on his mouth).
DAVENPORT
Chase… no…
(But then we see CHASE, He is standing in a change of clean clothes, completely fine, smiling, inspecting a random hospital chart in his hands out of curiosity. He turns, seeing DAVENPORT, and waves nonchalantly. DAVENPORT, seeing the hospital chart, shifts his previous devastation as it turns to a telling off).
DAVENPORT
I told you, put the chart down!
CHASE
Hey, Mr Davenport!
DAVENPORT
(Lecturing father mode)
What have I told you about reading people's charts?
CHASE
(Grumbling like a child)
Not to do it…
DAVENPORT
Not to do it!
CHASE
(Seemingly calm)
I got bored waiting for Bree to come around from the anaesthesia! You think she's going to say dumb stuff and be all loopy when she wakes up? I should videochat Adam, he'll want to see…
(DAVENPORT puts a concerned hand on CHASE's shoulder).
DAVENPORT
Chase… stop distracting yourself. Douglas and I already talked to you about - you know what… are you going to tell Bree, or do you want me to?
(There is a pause. CHASE sighs).
CHASE
I'll tell her… it should come from me.
SCENE TWENTY-THREE.
INT. HOSPITAL - RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT.
(BREE lies in a hospital bed, hooked up to monitors, IVs, a soft beeping at her machines. Her arm is in a sling, and she is still covered in soot from the accident. She stirs, groaning something incoherent, and opens her eyes. She looks around, confused).
BREE
(A little slurred)
What's going on? Am I in the hospital?
(CHASE, who has been uncaringly reading a magazine from the chair next to her bed, puts his reading down and huffs).
CHASE
(Disappointed)
Aw, man, you're normal.
(BREE, disoriented, tries to pull her breathing tube out of her nose. CHASE widens his eyes at this and gets up, calmly pulling her hand down to her side, perching on the edge of her bed).
CHASE
Yeah, okay, don't do that, stupid. (A pause) We were in the museum, remember? There was a fire, you fell. I heroically and bravely saved your life, yada, yada, yada.
BREE
(Smirking)
I remembered everything up until that last part…
CHASE
(Dryly)
You're not funny even when you're on pain meds.
(BREE looks down at her arm in a sling).
BREE
Operated on by actual doctors? I'm surprised Mr Davenport didn't just scrap it and give me a bionic arm.
CHASE
Oh, he wanted to.
(BREE laughs).
CHASE
(Shrugs)
I figured, we're already robot enough, and you have superpowers as well, you don't need anymore flare.
BREE
Good call, I'd be unstoppable.
CHASE
Yeah, we can't have that. Someone's got to keep you humble.
(BREE and CHASE pause for another moment, BREE looking at CHASE with hesitation as she senses there's concern. She stills, watching him, as he looks slightly distant).
BREE
Chase, you okay?
CHASE
(Too quickly, faking a smile)
Yeah.
BREE
(Narrows her eyes)
No you're not, you make that face when you're lying. What's going on?
CHASE
It's nothing, Bree.
BREE
Were you hurt?
CHASE
No, not at all, I'm fine, I promise.
(CHASE hesitates, then takes a breath. BREE senses there is more).
BREE
But?
CHASE
(Quietly, taking a deep breath)
My chip was destroyed. Holding the forcefield for so long, especially with the heat of the fire… it completely fried.
BREE
(Concerned)
But… but we've had to have our chips replaced before. Mr Davenport and Douglas can make you a new one, right?
CHASE
(Forcing himself to smile, speaking calmly)
They can, yeah. But they ran a diagnostic, and my nervous system took a hit as well, and the infrastructure they need, to fuse my chip to, that's fried too. It needs to recover before they can do anything, so it's going to be a couple of months before they can put my chip back in.
(BREE widens her eyes, eyes glassy).
BREE
(Devastated)
What? Months?! Chase, I'm so sorry! Those bionics are a part of you, oh my gosh, I can't believe this. If it wasn't for me, then -
CHASE
(Calmly as if this is completely normal)
It's fine, I don't care.
BREE
What? Don't be stupid, of course you care!
CHASE
It's not a big deal. Davenport says it'll definitely be fixed by Easter.
BREE
Easter? It's November! I can't believe this… you can't be normal! What are you going to do? This is awful, Chase, this is all my fault, you're -
CHASE
(Smirking)
Would you take a breath? You're acting like the world's ending.
BREE
(Tearful)
I told you to go, Chase, I told you to run. Why didn't you listen to me? This is -
CHASE
Bree. (BREE quietens, CHASE completely calm and smiling). I don't care. I will get my bionics back, it's only a few months.
BREE
But -
CHASE
(Squeezes her hand)
Listen to me. You're alive, that's what matters, and I would run into that fire again if I had to. I wouldn't even think twice. It's not a big deal, we both know you would do the same for me. I can replace my chip, but I can't replace my family.
(A pause; BREE looks away and sniffs, wiping her eyes).
BREE
(Caught off guard)
You… gave up your bionics, for… me?
CHASE
(Sighs)
Well I'll admit that it wasn't the ideal plan, but… (shrugs, smiling) it was worth it.
BREE
(Deflecting, hiding her emotion, she snatches her hand away)
Loser.
CHASE
(Chuckling)
Good to see you didn't take any brain damage.
(BREE sighs, her head in her hands).
BREE
I just can't believe you, Chase.
CHASE
I'll take that as a 'thank you', shall I?
BREE
Whatever, I'm starving. Go get me a sandwich.
(CHASE scoffs, the mood shifting lighter).
CHASE
What am I, your waiter? Get your own sandwich.
BREE
I'm in a hospital bed!
CHASE
You put yourself in that hospital bed, drama queen.
(BREE slumps back on the bed).
BREE
Ugh, I hate you.
CHASE
(Smirking)
Hate you more.
(BREE and CHASE share a smile, knowing that the truth is far from their words. Before they can do much more, however, there's a knock at BREE's door, and BREE and CHASE look up to see KAZ stood there, a paper bag in hand, smiling as he leans against the door frame. He walks forwards towards BREE).
KAZ
(Smirking)
Hey, Supergirl.
BREE
(Rolls her eyes)
Hey, yourself.
KAZ
So this is what you do to make the day all about you, huh?
(KAZ stands by BREE's bed, his hand on her arm as they talk. CHASE sees this from the chair he's sat on, raising an eyebrow in curiosity but pretending to be distracted by his magazine).
BREE
Come on, you know me, dramatic exits are my thing.
KAZ
Yeah well I'm used to you speeding away, not shoving me and falling through the floor. (A pause). I brought you something, by the way… to say thanks.
(He pulls a grease-paper wrapped cheeseburger out of the bag, as well as fries and a milkshake).
KAZ
Greasiest place in town, I promise. Though I checked their food rating because I thought… you're already in the hospital, probably shouldn't risk it.
(BREE laughs).
BREE
Thanks, Kaz.
KAZ
(Chuckling)
Anything for you. Oh, and before I forget, I did tell them no pickles. Though if they made a mistake, call me, and I'll happily take it off your hands again.
(CHASE, behind his magazine, looks surprised).
BREE
Right! Good call.
KAZ
Okay, I'm going to go tell the others you're awake… I'm pretty sure Skylar's about to blast the nurses' station if she doesn't get some more information in the next five minutes.
BREE
(Smiling, quietly)
See you later then.
KAZ
Bye.
BREE
Bye-bye…
(KAZ exits the room, the door closing behind him, BREE watching him go. As soon as he's gone, CHASE puts down his magazine, immediately mocking her).
CHASE
You gave Kaz your pickle? You love pickles.
BREE
(Defensive)
What? Tastes change.
CHASE
Uh-huh, and your taste in guys -
BREE
(Eyes widening)
Shut up!
CHASE
(Immitating her pitchy voice, putting a flirtatious spin on it)
"See you later then… bye-bye". (Laughs) Oh my gosh, Bree.
BREE
Shut up, Chase.
CHASE
(Highly amused)
You like Kaz.
BREE
(Flustered)
No I do not! Nuh-uh. You do. Shut up!
CHASE
You totally do! I may not be a super genius right now, but I can still read you like a book. Admit it!
BREE
No!
CHASE
(Laughing)
Come on, I just sacrificed my bionics for you, I deserve some decent gossip!
BREE
Go away.
CHASE
(Gasping mockingly)
Maybe you could leave a note in his locker.
BREE
Stop it.
CHASE
Or prank call him! That'll really show him you have a crush.
BREE
(Reaching for her call button)
That's it, I'm calling the nurse to put me back under.
CHASE
(Content)
Ah, I was right all along, this is the best day ever.
(BREE scowls at CHASE, dropping back down on the bed as he, delighted, laughs).
FADE OUT.
END OF EPISODE.