G.I. Jane Page #2

EXT. CAPITOL BLDG. - DAY

Buttoning up topcoats, the White House boys move down

marble steps to reach a pair of limousines. Hayes and two

FLAG OFFICERS wait.

HAYES:

Well?

WHITE HOUSE #2

(shaking hand)

Congratulations, Mr. Secretary.

INT. HAYES' LIMOUSINE - DAY

Inside the moving car:

HAYES:

So she picks the women, we pick the

programs. Seals?

FLAG OFFICER #1

I'd go Special Reconnaissance.

Every bit as tough -- and we have a

60 percent drop-out rate among the

men.

HAYES:

Then I suggest we start there.

FLAG OFFICER #1

Doesn't matter who she picks. No

woman is going to last one week in a

commando training course. And I

don't care who it is.

EXT. POTOMAC RIVER - WASHINGTON D.C. - DAY

Winterscape:
Dotted with ice floes, the Potomac wends

through the capitol city, banks iridescent with snow,

morning water calm. There's an almost hallowed beauty to

it all. Soon we pick out...

A spot of day-glo. Coming out of the mouth of morning.

Overtaking the floes.

CLOSER on JORDAN O'NEIL. She pushes her flat-water kayak

downriver, paddling hard and clean, making good time.

Gliding through the graceful arches of the Arlington

bridge, she passes...

Cars overhead. Grid-locked by snow conditions.

In seconds Jordan paddles clear, leaving the traffic

behind as she heads toward the Washington Monument.

Something BURRS from a life-vest pocket. She rips through

velcro to free a cell phone.

JORDAN:

Lieutenant O'Neil.

ROYCE (V.O.)

Gotta situation here. Where are

you? Stuck in traffic?

JORDAN:

(checking dive watch)

Not due in for 22 minutes, sir.

Watcha got?

INT. SITUATION ROOM - N.I.C. - DAY

ROYCE:

All right, stand by, we're going to

switch over to COMSAT...

A TACTICAL OFFICER reroutes the call via defense

satellite, cryptography flashing on terminals. Lieutenant

Commander ROBERT ROYCE joins other Intel officers at a

conference table. They're pouring over weather charts,

navigation logs, high-altitude NRO video.

TACTICAL OFFICER

Voice-system now secure...

ROYCE:

(into speaker)

Okay, fresh stuff: Lost a NATO

plane over the Sea of Japan. ELB

signals leads us to believe the

pilot is alive and has made his way

to the North Korean shore, near a

fishing village, "Tamyung."

JORDAN (V.O.)

Do we know it's him using the

beacon? Not a decoy?

ROYCE:

Signals received only sparingly, in

such a pattern that leads us to

conclude it is a downed aviator

trying to conserve his batteries.

JORDAN (V.O.)

Chances of recovery?

ROYCE:

You're the analyst for East China,

O'Neil. Analyze.

EXT. POTOMAC RIVER - WASHINGTON D.C. - DAY

Riding the current, Jordan blows a troubled sigh as she

accesses the file of her brain. Drifting past the

Jefferson Memorial:

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