ROSWELL: WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN - "Take Me To Your Leader" - TEASER - 09/28/05

TEASER

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  1 EXT. WEST ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL - QUAD - DAY

Tess is in a secluded part of the quad, on a cell phone. She is pacing back and forth. Her body language and facial expression indicates she is confused, agitated, and hurt.

TESS
I don't understand ... why wouldn't she jump at the chance? Why isn't she as excited as I am ... we are? What did I do wrong?

MALE VOICE (ON PHONE)
What did she say?

Cut to:

  2 INT. WEST ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL - EMPTY CLASSROOM - SAME

Max, Michael, Isabel, Liz, Maria, and Alex are at the front of the empty classroom. Alex, Maria, and Michael are seated at some desks, Max and Liz are leaning against the teacher's desk, and Isabel is pacing between them. Her body language indicates that she too is agitated.

ISABEL
"I'll get back to you." Never in a million years would I have dreamed that that would be my response when meeting the one person in the world who can answer the questions that have haunted me my whole life!

MICHAEL
(rising from his chair and leaning on his desk)
"My whole life"? Don't you mean our whole lives? Especially since you were speaking for all of us when you said "I'll get back to you".

ISABEL
(irritated)
I'm sorry, Michael. It all came as a shock; I didn't know what to say. And it's not as if we can't go back and say "Take us to your leader." It doesn't look like she's going anywhere soon.

Alex gets up and puts his arm around Isabel. She leans on him. Max steps in before tempers start to flare.

MAX
Look, you're both right. This does affect all of us, so it's a good thing Isabel bought us some time so we can come to a decision together.

MICHAEL
What's there to decide? After waiting for answers for ten years this is no time to form a committee. We should be running after Tess right now.

LIZ
Running where? Into a trap? How do you know you can trust Nasedo, especially after our dreamwalk?

A look of frustration crosses Michael's face. Isabel looks scared. Alex jumps in to the conversation.

ALEX
Before anyone runs anywhere, you better hear what I found out about our Desert Man.

They all look at Alex expectantly.

ALEX (cont'd)
His name is Lt. Alejandro Gomez, he worked at the Eagle Rock military base, and he was in charge of something called ... Operation Pohlman Ranch.

He pauses as everyone reacts to the name.

ISABEL
Pohlman Ranch!? Our Pohlman Ranch?

ALEX
I suspect so, but the Pohlman Ranch file is encrypted so I can't say for sure what the operation is.

MICHAEL
No, but we can all make a pretty good guess.

They all solemnly nod their agreement.

MARIA
Any more good news?

ALEX
More news, none of it good. He's dead. As of January 16, 2000.

ISABEL
Isn't that just before the Whirlwind symbol was set off in Frazier Woods?

MAX
Three days before.

MICHAEL
OK, I'm not buying that as a coincidence.

MAX
Me neither.

ISABEL
How did he die?

ALEX
Undetermined ... but a sergeant went missing the same day, so they suspect foul play.

LIZ
(worried)
Is anyone else noticing a pattern?

MARIA
(shaken)
Yeah ... it seems every time we learn something about this guy it involves ... death.

LIZ
(addressing Max, Isabel, and Michael)
You might want to think twice before walking up and introducing yourself.

MAX
I agree.

MICHAEL
(exasperated)
Don't tell me, let me guess. You want us to act like nothing has happened; to behave normally, or at least our version of normal.

MAX
It's worked for us so far.
(before Michael can respond)
We need to learn as much as we can about them--their strengths and weaknesses. Isabel, when you made contact did you sense anything about Tess's abilities?

ISABEL
It didn't feel like Tess is some super-being. Besides, she's been going to school with us all this time and didn't know who I was until she shook my hand. She apparently has at least some of the same limitations as we do ... and there's three of us.

ALEX
(worried)
Except she has Nasedo on her side, so they may be stronger than you.

MARIA
(thoughtfully)
Does she? Have Nasedo on her side?
(to Isabel)
Why did Tess need to shake hands with you?

ISABEL
I guess to get a connection, to see if I was ... you know ... not human.

LIZ
(following Maria's thought)
But if she knows Nasedo, and Nasedo has been following you guys ...

MAX
(finishing thought)
Why didn't she already know?

MICHAEL
Maybe it was just to confirm what they sensed.

ISABEL
(remembering)
But she was shaking everyone's hand, not just mine.

MARIA
So why would Nasedo keep what he knew from her?

MAX
Unless she's working independently and only knows of Nasedo.

LIZ
(finishing his thought)
And just said she could introduce him to Isabel to make her trust her.

MICHAEL
(half-heartedly and with a touch of sarcasm)
You know, we could end all this speculation if we just ask Tess.

MAX
And how do we know we can trust what she says? We need more information before approaching them. Isabel bought us time. I think we should use it.

MICHAEL
To do what? Have Alex google Nasedo and Tess for us?

MAX
(smiles slightly)
In a manner of speaking. Tess told Isabel that she's new here, which means she must be enrolled.
(to Alex)
Do you think you can access her records?

ALEX
Piece of cake.

MAX
Isabel, I think you should stay away from Tess. She might try to gain more information from you by contact.

Isabel nods.

LIZ
You and Michael should avoid her too.
(at Michael's scowl)
If she senses you two, she'll try to make contact.

MAX
Good point.

MARIA
Liz and I can pump her for information.

ISABEL
How will you do that without raising her suspicions?

LIZ
(reassuringly)
We'll think of something. What does Tess look like?

ISABEL
(gesturing with her hand)
She's about so high ... , blonde, pretty ...

Cut to:

  3 EXT. WEST ROSWELL HIGH SCHOOL - QUAD - CONTINUOUS

Tess is still on the phone.

TESS
Maybe I'll have better luck with the others. I know she knows at least one of them so there's a good chance he's here too. I'll keep looking.

MALE VOICE (ON PHONE)
Be careful.

TESS
I know, I will.

She hangs up.

END OF TEASER

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