Unforseen Future: Scene Two

Continuation of the first scene in the fifth season of Heroes. I don't own any rights. This is a spec script so it's different from fan fiction

Scene Two

 

INT. TRAIN STATION-DAY

 

SUPERIMPOSE: Micah Sanders Somewhere in Georgia

 

MICAH sits in an old beat up seat at a train station.  He wears a hat that’s slightly pulled over his face to hide it in shadow while he watches people casually move around minding their own business.  Carefully, he sticks his hand into his pocket pulling it out.  Nothing falls out.  Not even lint.  He raises to his feet walking over to a vending machine.  When nobody is paying attention to him.  He presses his hand against the machine.  Money starts to fall out of the machine while he continues to hold his hand against the machine.  Micah closes both of his eyes as the change falls out of the machine.

 

 

MOLLY WALKER (O.S)

           That’s called stealing.

 

 

Micah turns around ignoring the money to see MOLLY WALKER standing there.  She smiles at him.

 

 

MOLLY

           But I’m not going to tell anybody.

 

MICAH

           Who are you?

 

MOLLY

           You don’t remember me?

 

MICAH

           No, I’m sorry.

 

MOLLY

           Molly Walker.

 

MICAH

                           (hesitates)

           Molly!

 

MOLLY

           Yay!

 

 

She throws her arms into the air before hugging him.  Quickly, she releases him before taking a step forward to pick up a few coins.  Micah kneels down starting to help her.

 

 

MOLLY

           What are you doing here?

 

MICAH

           What about you?

 

MOLLY

            I came to find you and I know that’s not why you’re

           here.

 

MICAH

           Where are you going?

 

MOLLY

           New York City.

 

MICAH

           What’s there?

 

MOLLY

           It’s not what.  It’s who.  Mohinder is there.  I used

           to live with him and Matt Parkman.

 

MICAH

           Alright.  I’ll go with you.

 

 

They finish picking up all the change.  Molly grabs Micah’s hand leading him towards the counter where they buy tickets.

 

CUT TO: CLAIRE

 

INT. DORM

 

Claire sits alone on her bed watching her hand bleed before her fingers close over the palm of her hand.  Gretchen enters, she walks into the room sneaking in a bottle of wine.  She stops lifting it up while laughing.

 

 

GRETCHEN

           Why don’t we hang around here tonight and do some-

           thing crazy?  Or lame?

 

CLAIRE

                           (smiles)               

           You just don’t want me to go outside.  Too many people

           asking me what it’s like to be a mutant.

 

GRETCHEN

           Actually

                           (she sits down beside Claire)

           I don’t want to go out because I get jealous.  Every time

           somebody looks at you, I know what they’re thinking.

 

CLAIRE

           Oh really?  I didn’t realize you could read minds.  So?

           What do they think when they see me?

 

GRETCHEN

           Well.  They instantly think about how incredible and

           how beautiful you are.  Then they think that you must

           have a great personality.  But of course, that’s only

           after they think about kissing you.  I don’t like it when

           people think that way.

 

CLAIRE

           I like it when people think that way.  I consider their

           thoughts compliments.

 

GRETCHEN

           And you should.  But Claire, I don’t like to share, Claire.

 

CLAIRE

           Oh my God.

 

GRETCHEN

           You’re mad.

 

CLAIRE

                           (laughs)

           No, you rhymed.  Share.  Claire.

 

GRETCHEN

           So?  How does my idea sound?

 

CLAIRE

           Excellent.

 

 

She grabs the wine from her by the neck of the bottle popping it open.  Claire takes a quick swig before handing it off to Gretchen.

 

 

CLAIRE

           We should play Apples to Apples.

 

GRETCHEN

           It’s a great plan other than the fact that I don’t have

           the game nor do you.  And we don’t really know any-

           body here to see if they do.

 

CLAIRE

           Oh yeah.

 

GRETCHEN

                           (hesitates)

           What about 20 Questions?

 

CLAIRE

           Alright.

 

GRETCHEN

           And listen to good music.

 

CLAIRE

           Sounds good to me.

 

GRETCHEN

           I don’t have good music to listen to.

 

CLAIRE

           Oh we can’t stay here anymore.

 

GRETCHEN

           Why?

 

CLAIRE

           I really want to listen to cool music.

 

GRETCHEN

           Too bad.  Alright then, time for round one of

           twenty questions.

 

CLAIRE

           Aaaaah ok.  Hold on, I need to think of something.

 

 

In B.G. somebody knocks on their door.

 

 

GRETCHEN

           I bet it’s another journalist.  We have yet to meet

           an Iowan.

 

CLAIRE

           We should have a map of all the places these

           Journalists and reporters who come here.

 

GRETCHEN

           I want it to be the FBI.

 

CLAIRE

                           (stands up and walks toward the door)

           Why so they can run experiments on me?

 

GRETCHEN

           No.  So you can be a secret agent.

 

CLAIRE

           Huh.  That could be interesting, I guess.

 

 

Claire smiles at Gretchen before opening up the door.  She turns around to see Tracy standing there.

 

 

CLAIRE

           Tracy.

 

 

Tracy enters closing the door behind her.

 

 

TRACY

           We need to talk about what happened back at

           the carnival.

 

CLAIRE

           Did my dad send you?

 

TRACY

           No.  I need to know, to understand for myself.  Please

           tell me.

 

CLAIRE

           I don’t know…

                           (she glances at Gretchen)

           We were busy studying.

 

TRACY

           With a bottle of wine?

 

GRETCHEN

           Claire, it’s fine.  I-I’ll just go to the library.  I just hope

           you’re here when I’m back.

 

 

Gretchen exits.  Claire turns to face Tracy.

 

CUT TO: SYLAR

 

INT. WAITTING ROOM (HOSPITAL)

 

Sylar sits by the entrance watching people leave and enter.  He looks extremely bored by all of this.

 

 

NURSE (O.S)

           Sir!  Sir, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.  Sir.

                           (pauses)

           Sir!

 

MAN (O.S)

           I need to get back.  Stop.  I need to…

 

 

Sylar turns around to face all of the commotion.  The NURSE is a small woman while the MAN is tall and too strong for his own good.  He looks as if he is a weight lifter who does not consider his surroundings.

 

 

NURSE

           Sir, you have to leave.  You’re not allowed to be

           here not by the hospital rules.  By the law.

 

MAN

           No, I need to get back there.

                           (he shoves the nurse out of his way)

           My wife is back there.

 

 

The nurse does everything she can to stop him from walking, she attempts to push him backwards.

 

 

NURSE

           She has a restraining order against you!

 

 

Sylar stands up stalking toward them.  He stops in front of the man.

 

 

SYLAR

           Hi.

 

MAN

           Who are you supposed to be?

 

SYLAR

           A hero?  Damaged goods looking for a new home.

 

MAN

           I don’t have time for this.

 

 

He shoves the nurse out of the way before he launches himself forward.  But Sylar lifts a single hand.  The man stops moving, his muscles tense up as he struggles to escape the strange hold on him.  A chair flies across the floor underneath the man.  He falls back into the seat where he’s frozen staring at Sylar.  All Sylar does is stand there smirking at the man.

 

 

MAN

                                                Is this the part where you kill me?

 

SYLAR

           What’s that supposed to mean?

 

MAN

           I know who you are.

 

CUT TO: MOLLY AND MICAH

 

INT. TRAIN

 

Molly and Micah sit beside each other.  Micah has a seat by the window.  He watches the scenes outside blend together.

 

MOLLY

           What’s your favorite color?

 

MICAH

           Huh?

 

MOLLY

           I thought we should talk.  What’s your favorite color?

 

MICAH

           Uh I don’t know.  Maybe green. 

                           (pauses)

           What exactly is it…?

 

MOLLY

           Nothing special, I think of a person and I can find them

           on a map.  It’s how I found you.  It helps me escape some

           people.  Like the Boogieman.

 

MICAH

           Aren’t you a little too old to believe in such stories?

 

MOLLY

           He’s the man who killed my parents.

 

MICAH

                           (whispers)
           Sorry.  I lost my parents, too.

 

MOLLY

           Did the Boogieman eat their brains, too?

 

MICAH

           No.

 

MOLLY

           You can come live with me and Mohinder.

 

MICAH

           What are you trying to escape?

 

Molly looks over at him but doesn’t say anything before she looks off into the aisle leaving Micah in silence.  He looks out the window watching the scenery melt away into a blur.

 

CUT TO: PETER

 

EXT. PARKING LOT-TWILIGHT

 

Peter trudges through the hospital parking lot.  He’s about to walk inside when MOHINDER walks toward him.

 

 

MOHINDER

           Peter!  Peter Petrelli!

 

PETER

           Mohinder, what are you doing here?  Funny not

           running into you in a cab.

 

MOHINDER

           We need to talk.

 

PETER

           Can it wait a minute?  Somebody has been waiting

           for me for a few hours.

 

MOHINDER

           It’s important.  Actually.  It’s urgent.

 

PETER

           Give me a minute, whatever you have to say to me

           needs to be said to

                           (pauses)

           uh Gabriel.

 

MOHINDER

           Gabriel?  Who’s Gabriel?

 

PETER

                           (sarcastic)

           An excellent old friend of mine.

 

 

Peter continues toward the hospital with Mohinder following him.  They enter the building.

 

INT. HOSPITAL

 

Peter stops scanning all the faces of the people in the waiting area.  Sylar is not there.

 

 

MOHINDER

           Who’s this Gabriel?

 

 

Peter pushes on scanning the area.  He’s about to turn down a hallway that’s restricted only for those who work in the hospital.

 

 

SYLAR (O.S)

           Excuse me, sir, but your friend is unauthorized to

           follow you.

 

 

Peter and Mohinder turn around to see Sylar standing there wearing a security guard uniform.  He smirks at them.

 

 

MOHINDER

           Sylar!

 

SYLAR

                           (points to name tag)

           No.  Gabriel.  They said I could go by Sylar because it

           might confuse people with that whole serial killer

           never being caught thing.  Who knew?  I would share

           the name with such a monster.

 

PETER

           Why are you wearing that?

 

SYLAR

           Because I have to.

 

PETER

           According to who and what?

 

SYLAR

           The rules for working here.

 

PETER

           Since when?

 

SYLAR

           Since always.

 

PETER

           How long have you worked here?  Since when?

 

SYLAR

           An hour and twenty-eight minutes ago.  They said

           they could use a man like me on the force.

 

MOHINDER

           You’re a murderer.  I should hand you over to the

           cops.

 

SYLAR

           Well that’s not very nice.

 

PETER

           I’m afraid; I can’t let you do that, Mohinder.

 

 

CUT TO: NOAH AND LAUREN

 

INT. CAFÉ

 

Noah watches somebody take away his cup of coffee and Lauren’s even though she is gone.  Soon she returns sitting down.

 

 

NOAH

           What’s taking her so long?

 

LAUREN

           Maybe Claire has a lot to say.

 

NOAH

           She didn’t say much to me.

 

LAUREN

           You’re her father.

 

NOAH

           But still…

 

CUT TO: CLAIRE AND TRACY

 

INT. DORM ROOM

 

Tracy sits across the room on Gretchen’s bed while Claire stays on her’s.

 

 

TRACY

           I don’t believe you.  Well I do, it’s just that…

 

CLAIRE

           I know.

 

TRACY

           We’ve faced a lot worse.

 

CLAIRE

           I feel like the worst is yet to come.

 

TRACY

           I’m glad that you can’t see the future.

 

CLAIRE

           Let’s hope I’m wrong.

 

TRACY

           Can you repeat what happened?

 

CLAIRE

           For the third time?

 

TRACY

           Please.

 

CLAIRE

           After all the cameras left.  I was about to leave with my

           dad when I was abducted by these men.  They wanted

           me to enlist and be some sort of soldier.  I don’t  know. 

           I don’t remember much.

 

TRACY

           Do you think they’ll come back?

 

CLAIRE

           No.  There’s others with far more impressive powers

           out there than me.

 

CUT TO: GRETCHEN

 

Gretchen sits alone at a table eating a bag of chips while looking at a book.  Violet stalks across the room towards her.

 

VIOLET

           Is your name Gretchen?

 

GRETCHEN

                           (looks up)

           Yes.

 

VIOLET

           You know Claire Bennet, right?

 

GRETCHEN

           Yeah.  She’s my room mate.

 

VIOLET

           Perfect.

 

End Scene

Author's Note

this is my first spec script