The Pacifier Page #3

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CHARLES:

Battery’s dead...

Shane considers, then hands him his satellite phone.

Charles dials, and talks...

CHARLES (CONT’D)

Honey, I’m alive...

INT. PAVE HAWK - CONTINUOUS

Shane climbs in the Hawk and approaches the cockpit. The

PILOT sits, back to him.

SHANE:

We’re almost ready. Just gives us a

The Pilot slumps forward... DEAD. Shane turns-

SHANE (CONT’D)

Professor, RUN!!!

WHAM. Shane drops, knocked unconscious. All goes black.

7.

EXT. PAVE HAWK - MOMENTS LATER

The helicopter is on fire. Wolf lies facedown in the

stream. He looks around, barely conscious.

SHANE’S P.O.V.: Everything is a blur, in slow-motion. He

sees Charles, unconscious. A Huey Helicopter lands. A

VERY TALL MAN steps out, and takes Charles’ Briefcase.

There is huge explosion, as the chopper ignites.

Everything is ablaze. Shane reaches out, grabs the

picture of Charles’ kids then goes unconscious.

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FADE TO BLACK:

EST. HOSPITAL - DAY

TITLE CARD:
1 Month Later

INT. HOSPITAL - DAY

Shane lies in a hospital bed, despondent. His arm and

face bandaged.

Shane’s Captain enters: BILL FAWCETT (35) -- friendly,

unassuming. He looks like he hasn’t slept in days. Shane

salutes him with his bandaged arm -- it hurts to salute,

but he does it anyway.

SHANE:

Captain, sir.

BILL:

As you were Lieutenant.

Bill sits down beside the bed. He takes a long look at

Shane. He holds a REPORT in his hand.

BILL (CONT’D)

We’ve been through a lot together Shane.

You’re the best man I ever trained. And a

good friend.

SHANE:

... I know sir. And I except full

responsibility for the mission's failure.

BILL:

Why the hell did you let him use the

satellite phone?

SHANE:

He had to call his family. A lapse in

judgement on my part that I regret sir.

8.

Bill shakes his head, disappointed. He pulls up a chair,

and sits opposite Shane.

BILL:

... Plummer was the best security expert

the department of defense ever had -- a

genius. He was working on a program that

scrambles launch codes. He called it

G.H.O.S.T.:
Guided High-altitude

Scrambling Transmitter. One pulse from

the GHOST satellite and a country can’t

launch its own nukes. That’s what the

Serbians kidnapped him for, but they

couldn’t get inside the briefcase.

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SHANE:

The case was empty sir, as I stated in my

report.

Bill considers this. Then...

BILL:

Not a surprise, really. Not like the

professor to hide things where someone

might look for them. G.H.O.S.T. is still

out there, (Bill smiles:) which is why

I’m going to give you another shot.

Shane sits up. He can’t believe his good fortune.

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