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[Opening scene: Mutant X is in the Double Helix, searching for a new mutant’s hideaway in the mountains.]

Lexa: Hey, is anything reading yet?

Jesse: Nope.

Brennan: I thought that thermal scanner of yours could pick up heartburn in a chipmunk.

Jesse (laughing): It can. Maybe the guy we're looking for has been laying off the chili peppers. Oh, the fuels cells are down to 30%. If we don’t score soon, we’ll have to head back to Sanctuary.

Lexa: No. We can’t turn back now. My contacts tell me our target is vital.

Shalimar: Well, maybe if your contacts had told us a little bit more about this guy, maybe we'd be able to make that decision ourselves.

Lexa: And guess why they didn't tell you?

Jesse: You know, while we're on the subject, who are they?

Lexa: Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, and the Easter Bunny. What difference does it make? [Brennan turns the Helix around] What are you doing?

Brennan: Let's try that again, Lex. Who are these people?

Lexa: Okay. For the past few hundred years, they've been working behind the scenes, policing abuses of science. They call themselves The Dominion.

Jesse: That the same guys who sent Galileo to the guillotine?

Lexa: No, they don't hate science, just its misuse. I mean, they've stopped disasters that could've killed the world 20 times over.

Shalimar: Like what?

Lexa: Threats from sciences you've never even heard of. See, Adam and Genomex, they're just one of their interests.

Jesse: Like this guy we're chasing today, huh?

Lexa: Exactly. So we bag him and leave him in the delivery slot.

Shalimar: Without knowing why?

Lexa: Look, you know what I know. He's a supermutant who's got apocalypse now in the woods with his own cult. The point is, he's dangerous, and he has to be stopped. Of course, finding him is the hard part.

Jesse: Ah, I’ve got a hot spot off the starboard wing.

Brennan: Could be that elusive chipmunk. [Jesse laughs.] I’m gonna take her down so we get a closer look. [An alarm sounds, and the computer flashes “Warning: Unidentified Energy Beam Detected, Weapon Impact Immanent.”]

Lexa: What the hell is that? [A yellow beam flashes over the Helix, and they begin to dive.]

Brennan: Someone’s shooting at us!

Jesse: Hull temperature is critical! So is the oil temperature!

Brennan: Dammit! My stick is locked!

Lexa: Guys, we’re burning up!

Jesse: The impact must have been some kind of a microwave weapon. The electronics and control systems are fried.

Brennan: Can you reroute the control systems to--?

Jesse: Yeah, yeah, I’m trying! [A fire breaks out in the back of the Helix interior.]

Shalimar (grabbing the fire extinguisher): I got it!

Lexa (noticing that the back hatch is opening by itself): Shal, look out! [Shalimar is jolted by the swaying cabin and falls out the back hatch. Lexa rushes to the hatch opening and yells out after her.] Shalimar!

[On the ground, a man, Cody dismounts from his microwave accelerator weapon and stands beside his partner, Terra. They watch as the plume of black smoke as The Double Helix descends towards the ground.]

Terra (feral eyes flashing): Good.

Cody (smiling): Yeah.

[Cut back to Lexa’s horrified face as she screams after Shalimar.]

Lexa: Shalimar!

Opening credits. “The Hand of God.”

[The Double Helix is still nosediving. Pulling away from the hatch entrance, Lexa returns to her seat.]

Lexa: Guys, we lost Shalimar!

Brennan (fighting with the controls): Brace yourself; we’re going down! [The Helix crashes across a lake and lands on the shore. Recovering from the impact, Brennan calls over the intercom to Shalimar.] Hey, Shal, can you hear us?

[Cut to: A tree branch in the woods. A few drops of blood fall on it, and the camera pans upwards to find Shalimar’s scratched face as she rests unconscious in a tree, impaled on a tree limb. Cut back to Brennan in the Helix, as he tries again.]

Brennan: Shal, talk to us. (To Jesse.) Can you get a reading on her signal? [Jesse searches.] Come on, Jess!

Jesse: I got it.

Brennan: Shal, talk to us!

Lexa (standing behind them): Guys, let’s get out of here. Whoever took us down is gonna want to finish us off. Let’s go.

Brennan: No, no. We’re not going anywhere without her.

Jesse (looking at the controls): We’re not going anywhere, period. This bird is gonna be down for a while.

[Still standing by the microwave weapon, Cody and Terra watch the skies.]

Cody: The danger’s been neutralized.

Terra: Maybe.

Cody: There’s no way anybody could survive the blast from that cannon. It was--

Terra: I could’ve. They have to be after the same target. Get to the crash site and finish off anything still alive.

Cody: What about the target?

Terra: I’ll take him alone. We’ll connect once I have him. [She runs off.]

[Back in the Helix, Jesses’s working at the controls while Brennan’s gearing up to go after Shalimar.]

Brennan: Jess, can you get a fix on her location?

Jesse: Nah, her comlink is active, she’s just not responding.

Brennan: Well, at least she’s alive.

Jesse: Well, barely. Her signal’s weak.

Lexa: Brennan, no one could have survived that fall.

Brennan: You don't know that. All right? She's one of the toughest people I know.

Lexa: Yeah, maybe so, but she can't fly. [Suddenly, Shalimar’s comlink signal beeps.]

Brennan: Shalimar? Can you hear us? We’re here. [The screen splits to show Shalimar in the tree.]

Shalimar (crying): I’m hurt bad. I’m bleeding.

Brennan: Hang on. We’re coming.

Jesse: I’ve got a fix on her. She’s 8 clicks northwest of here.

Shalimar: Bren, I don’t think I’m gonna make it.

Brennan: You hang on; we’re coming. I’m going after her.

Lexa (to Jesse): I’m going with him. [They leave the Helix.]

Brennan (jogging up the mountain side, looks back to see Lexa following him): You’d better not slow me down.

Lexa (catching up to him): Don’t worry.

Brennan (looking at his GPS): We’re heading that way.

Lexa: Are you kidding? That’s straight up!

Brennan: Yeah, it’s also northwest like the man said.

Lexa: Well, maybe we can go around.

Brennan: Yeah, that may be 10 miles out of our way. Shalimar might not have that kind of time.

Lexa: Yeah, we’ll make great time this way.

[Up in the tree, Shalimar looks up to see a blurred image of a man coming towards her.]

Shalimar (murmuring): Brennan? Brennan? [He comes closer, and she sees it’s not Brennan.] Help me.

[In the Helix, Jesse’s working on the electrical wiring when he notices a change in the computer’s tracking screen: Shalimar’s signal is moving.]

Jesse (over the intercom): Shalimar. Shal, are you okay? [She doesn’t answer.] Brennan, Lexa something’s going on. Shalimar’s signal is on the move.

Brennan (climbing up the mountain): What?

Jesse: Yeah, I don’t understand it, but she’s moving futher north of her last location.

Lexa: Someone’s moving her.

Brennan: Yeah, like the guy we’re trying to find.

Lexa: Yeah, or someone else looking for him.

Jesse: All right, guys. I’m gonna keep an eye on her signal; I’ll feed you the updated coordinates, all right?

Lexa: Yeah. (To Brennan) Let's go. We've gotta catch up.

Brennan: Why the sudden change in attitude? Excited about finding Shalimar or just about your mission?

Lexa: Maybe they're one and the same.

Jesse: Shalimar, I know you can’t speak. But if you can hear me, Brennan and Lexa are coming for you. Just hang in there. You can’t give up on us now, all right?

[Cut to: The man from the tree, Burke, is carrying Shalimar through the woods. She’s unconscious again; the sawed off tree limb protruding all the way through her abdomen. Burke reaches a hidden camp, but his way is blocked by a sentry holding up a bow and arrow.]

Sentry: You can’t bring her in here.

Burke: Out of my way. [He takes her inside and lays her on the table. Shalimar awakens and moans in pain. Another man, Carl, walks up the the table.]

Carl: Who is she?

Burke: I don’t know. I found her in the woods.

Carl: So why’d you bring her here?

Burke: For Kristoff.

Carl: She’s an outsider. She’s not deserving. [He breaks off as a new man, Kristoff, enters the room.]

Kristoff (approaching the table): Move aside.

Carl: Kristoff, no. Look at her. She’s too far gone. It’s too dangerous.

Kristoff (seeing Shalimar’s feral eyes flash): I’ve made my decision. [Sitting on the table next to her, he grasps the tree branch and pulls it out. He put a hand on her head and another on her wound, transferring them to himself]

Carl: Kristoff, you must be careful, please! Kristoff, please! [Kristoff gasps in pain as scratches appear on his face and blood spews from his abdomen. Two men help him off the table.] I warned you. Easy, easy! Take him to his chamber. [They carry Kristoff from the room.]

Shalimar (healed, sitting up): What did he do?

Carl (to Burke): Find her someplace to rest. And tell her nothing. [Burke carries Shalimar out.]

[Meanwhile, Brennan and Lexa are climbing the mountain, following the GPS instructions.]

Brennan (yelling back to Lexa): This way. [He jogs ahead through some brush and suddenly steps right over a cliff. He grabs a tree branch to stop himself, dropping the GPS to the rocks far below. He slowly pulls himself up]

Lexa (searching for him): Brennan? Brennan?

Brennan (emerging from the brush, panting): We should go this way. [He points in a new direction.]

Lexa: Hey, where's the GPS?

Brennan: It's gone.

Lexa: How gone?

Brennan: Very gone.

[Back at the camp, Shalimar’s asleep in bed, dreaming of the events that led up to her fall. She awakens, touches her healed stomach and tries her comlink ring.]

Shalimar: Brennan, Jess. Can anybody read me?

Brennan (walking with Lexa): Oh, thank God.

Jesse (in the Helix, running to the computer): Shalimar, where are you? [The screen splits three ways to show the different parts of the group.]

Shalimar: There was a guy here who just healed me with his hands. He’s gotta be the one we’re looking for.

Jesse: Then he controls the power of life and death. No wonder the Dominion wants him, huh?

Lexa: Look, you’re still in danger. We don’t know what they’ve got planned for you.

Shalimar: No, Lex. He’s not the guy you said he was. He’s a healer, and his people aren’t violent.

Brennan: So then there is someone else looking for him. That’s who must have shot us down.

Lexa: Hey, can you get to him?

Shalimar: I just told you I just told you he saved my life! I’m not going to kidnap him for you or for anyone else.

Lexa: He has to be stopped.

Shalimar: No, he doesn’t. I’ve seen him. I was connected to him.

Lexa (trying a new tact): What about the guys who were after him? You think they’re gonna leave him alone? We have to get him out of there.

Brennan: Shal, she’s right.

Shalimar: Fine, you know what? I’ll talk to him. I’ll see if he’ll to come back to Sanctuary with us and maybe we can figure it out from there. [She turns as Burke enters the room.] You’re the one who saved me.

Burke: I didn’t save you; I just found you. Here’s some water. [He hands her a container.]

Shalimar (smiling): No, you did. You brought me to the man who healed me. But, um, I don’t understand. How did he do that?

Burke: It was a miracle. That’s all you need to know. We’ve all experienced it.

Shalimar: You’ve all been healed by him?

Burke: We owe our lives to him. [He turns away.]

Shalimar: Wait. Who is he?

Burke: That you don’t need to know.

Shalimar: It’s just that...when he was healing me...when he was touching me, I felt like we were so connected. You know, like he took my pain into himself.

Burke: He did. And he can heal himself if the injury isn’t too serious.

Shalimar: What if it is too serious? [Burke gives her a troubled look and leaves the room.]

[In the Helix, a control panel Jesse’s working on lights up.]

Jesse: Brennan, I got enough power to fire up the thermal scanner. [He looks at the results.] Uh-oh. There’s someone on the path up ahead of you, headed towards the camp. Watch yourselves.

Brennan: Okay. [Cut to: Terra running through the woods, then back to Jesse in the Helix.]

Jesse: Oh, nice. I’ve got some visitors too.

Brennan: How long before they get to you?

Jesse: Uh, I’d say about an hour.

Lexa: You can get the Helix off the ground by then, right?

Jesse: I guess I’d better.

Brennan: All right, Jess, we lost the GPS system. Can you guide us to Shalimar?

Jesse: Yeah, no problem. Just keep heading northwest. I’ll track you and keep you on course.

Lexa (stopping): Brennan, you're going to have to make a choice when we get there.

Brennan: What choice?

Lexa: Shalimar's not focused.

Brennan: You know, maybe you should have fallen out of the plane.

Lexa: I’m serious. She’s got a mission to complete.

Brennan: Look, just because she doesn’t look at this the same way you do doesn’t mean she’s not focused. She’ll do the right thing. Let’s keep moving.

[Terra runs through the woods and stops when her earpiece beeps.]

Terra: Talk.

Cody (into his radio): Terra? I’ve searched the whole south quadrant. I can’t find squat of that other ship. Figure they might have pulled up at the last minute and might have gone another mile or two north.

Terra: Find them. Nothin can interfere with the delivery of Kristoff.

Cody: I’ll continue the sweep. I’ll call you if I find it.

Terra: What about our contact in Kristoff’s camp?

Cody: He’s still holding out on the location.

Terra: Everybody can’t be smart. Patch him through. [Cody flips a switch.] My man says you have a problem.

Carl (on a walkie-talkie): You have the coordinates for the money drop?

Terra: I got them.

Carl: I’ll deliver Kristoff as soon as I get the money.

Terra: So entrusting.

Carl: Yeah, that’s right. And don’t try tracking this signal. [He breaks the connection.]

Terra (to herself): As if I need a signal. [She runs off.]

[Carl and his partner spin around as Burke emerges from the brush nearby.]

Carl (holding up his gun): Don’t move.

Burke: You sold him out!

The Partner: Shut up!

Burke: You sold us all out.

Carl: Burke. [The Partner knocks Burke out with the butt of his gun. Carl shakes his head.] You fool

[Back at the camp, Shalimar wanders around until she finds Kristoff’s room. She sits on his bed and pulls down the sheet to see the wound on his stomach. He opens his eyes.]

Shalimar (smiling): Hi. I’m Shalimar.

Kristoff: Hi, Shalimar.

Shalimar: I know you’re suffering for me.

Kristoff: I couldn’t bear to see you suffer.

Shalimar: Is there anything I can do?

Kristoff (touching her arm): Stay with me until the pain passes. I know we’re the same. Mutants. I saw your eyes. I’ve never healed one of my own kind before. It was familiar, intimate.

Shalimar: Yeah. I came to warn you. There are people coming. I can help. [He coughs.]

Carl (entering the room): What are you doing here?

Shalimar: I just came to thank him.

Carl: Can’t you see he’s sick? Come on. Get up, get up! [He grabs her arm, but Shalimar shrugs him off. He nods to The Partner.] Take her away. Watch her. [The Partner pushes her out of the room.] Kristoff, she’s dangerous. She doesn’t understand. Should get rid of her.

Kristoff: She’s under my protection.

Carl: You know, it’s going to kill you this time. You have to choose.

Kristoff: There’s no one here deserving.

Carl: There is someone. A traitor.

[Cody drives down the road searching for The Double Helix. Getting out, he calls Terra.]

Cody: I found the ship.

Terra (walking through the woods): Good.

Cody: You might be right about the survivors. I picked up communications on ultra-high frequencies somewhere close to your location.

Terra (smiling): I can taste them.

[In the Helix, Jesse’s working on some wiring, talking to himself.]

Jesse: All right, come on, Jess. You can do this. Okay. [Pulling apart a smoking panel.] Oh, man. [He gets to work.]

[Meanwhile, Kristoff’s followers are gathered in a group in the main room at the camp. Carl drags in Burke, who has his hands tied behind his back and a cloth around his mouth. Carl holds up his walkie-talkie.]

Carl (to Kristoff): I found him calling someone on this. Lucky for us I stopped him before he could give away our position.

Kristoff: Let him speak.

Carl: Why? So we can hear more lies?

Kristoff: Do it. [The Partner pulls off the cloth.]

Burke: It was Carl!

Carl: What did you expect? The truth? I heard him! He was trying to sell us out!

Burke: Kristoff...

[Listening to the shouting outside her room, Shalimar calls Jesse.]

Shalimar: This turned out bad, Jess. I think he’s dying.

Jesse (taking the penlight out of his mouth): What?

Shalimar: The injuries Kristoff took from me are too much for him to handle. I think it’s killing him.

Jesse: Shal, this is not your fault.

Shalimar: Yeah. I just need to find a way to help him. [Jesse opens his mouth to answer, then hears the tracker beeping.]

Jesse: Well, whatever it is you decide to do, do it fast. Whoever it is that’s chasing him is moving in. On both of us.

[In the next room, Burke pleads for his life.]

Burke: Kristoff, no. Please, listen to me.

The Partner: He’s lying! I was there. I saw everything.

Carl: Kristoff, you have to do it. For all of us. Save yourself. Let me take the traitor.

Kristoff: I’ve made my decision. Prepare him.

Burke: What? No! No! Kristoff, no! Kristoff, no! [Carl and The Partner gag him and lie him on the table.]

Kristoff (stroking Burke’s forehead): Accept your fate. [Kristoff transfers his injuries to Burke, who screams as blood runs from his abdomen. Knocking out her guard, Shalimar races into the room.]

Shalimar: No, stop it! What are you doing?! [Reaching the table, she looks down at Burke, who is dead. She looks up at Kristoff.] What have you done?

********Commercial Break*********

[Shalimar runs over to grab Kristoff’s arm.]

Shalimar: How could you do that? He saved me!

Kristoff: I did what I had to do. You don’t understand.

Shalimar: Oh, I understand murder.

Carl: Get her out of here.

Kristoff: Leave her.

Carl: Kristoff, she can’t be trusted!

Kristoff (to Shalimar): Come with me. [She follows him outside.]

[Back in the woods, Terra picks up the branch Shalimar bled on and smells it.]

Terra: Feral. [She drops the wood and heads off.]

[In the Helix, Jesse’s sliding down the crawl space under the Helix when he notices an electrical fire in one of the sections.]

Jesse: Whoa! Brennan, Lexa?

Brennan: What’s going on, Jesse?

Jesse: Well, I found the problem. The wires under the main control board are fried.

Brennan: Can you fix it?

Jesse: Yeah...It’s gonna take a little time, though, and those guys that are chasing me are getting close.

Lexa: Oh, you’ll make it.

Jesse: I’m glad one of us is so sure.

Brennan: We still on track?

Jesse (looking at his pad): Perfect. Except...

Lexa: What?

Jesse: Well, that heat signature that was up ahead of you has vanished.

Lexa: They’re jamming us.

Jesse: Either that or they’re so close that the computer can’t separate the images. Watch out, huh?

Lexa (smiling at Brennan): Out of sight, out of mind? [She turns invisible.]

[Shalimar and Kristoff walk through the woods together.]

Kristoff: Burke was a traitor.

Shalimar: I don't believe that. He saved my life and you murdered him.

Kristoff: I saved your life.

Shalimar: You killed him with what you took from me. That's on my head.

Kristoff: Who are you to question my decisions?

Shalimar: When you healed me, I thought we had a connection.

Kristoff: We do.

Shalimar: What you did makes me sick.

Kristoff: Should I have let you die?

Shalimar: I would never have chosen to kill Burke so that I could live.

Kristoff: You didn't have to choose. But I did. I can give the gift of life. If I decide to withhold it, that's killing too. Because I can choose, I must choose. You think that's easy? My whole life, people have been trying to use my power. My parents tried to use my gift in a side show ministry; doctors tried to exploit me to make fortunes. Until I escaped, I spent three years trapped in a private clinic. To test the limits of my abilities, they would torture subjects to the point of death, then make me save them. To save one was to condemn another. They'd make me pass it on so I could do it all over again the next day.

Shalimar: I'm sorry. I didn't know.

Kristoff: When I escaped, I swore that I would never let anybody use my power ever again. If I'm to be cursed with this gift, I'll be the one who decides who lives and who dies.

[Walking up the path ahead of Brennan, Lexa turns visible and picks up the stick that Shalimar bled on.]

Brennan: Shalimar must have landed somewhere around here.

Lexa: She can’t be far, then. [She turns invisible again.]

[Shalimar and Kristoff are still walking.]

Shalimar: Kristoff, remember when I told you there were people after you.

Kristoff: They’re coming to kidnap me. And you’re here to save me?

Shalimar: It's not safe for you here. I want you to come with me.

Kristoff: Why? So your side can control me instead of someone else's?

Shalimar: I wouldn't do that to you.

Kristoff: You wouldn't mean to. But you would.

Shalimar: Look, if you come with us, you would control your power.

Kristoff: Really? You’d would never be tempted to call on my power, and have that pain transferred to someone else.

Shalimar: I would never ask you to make that choice.

Kristoff (sighing): But you would. I can’t go with you, Shalimar. [He walks away.]

[Cut to: Jesse working under the Helix, soldering electrical panels. Then cut to: Brennan walking up a hill. He calls to Lexa, who’s walking around on the ground below him.]

Brennan: Hey Lex, you see anything?

Lexa (invisible): Nothing. I think he passed us by. [Terra’s up in a tree above her, using her feral vision to track Lexa’s heat outline. She leaps out of the tree to the ground behind Lexa, and kicks her in the back. Taken by surprise, Lexa falls against a tree, turning visible again. Terra kicks her in the face, and she falls down.]

Brennan (running up): Hey! [He shoots an electrical arc at Terra, who cartwheels out of the way. Pulling out a gun, Terra shoots Brennan in the chest. Lexa sits up and shoots two lasers at Terra, but they miss her. Terra flees.]

Lexa (rushing to Brennan’s side): Brennan! Brennan! It’s all right.

*******Commercial Break**********

[Lexa’s sitting with Brennan, trying to stop the bleeding with gauze. She calls Jesse.]

Lexa: Jess, Brennan’s hurt real bad. How much longer until the Helix is up in the air?

Jesse: Uh, just a couple minutes I should have it. Shal, are you getting this?

Shalimar (running down the path towards Lexa and Brennan): How is he?

Lexa: He’s lost a lot of blood. I’m gonna need some help soon.

Shalimar: I’m on my way.

Jesse: All right, guys, I’m gonna have to power down the ship to finish this up. [He blows on his shoulder as sparks burn his skin.] Ow, ow. I’m not gonna be able to track you anymore. [Cut to Cody, driving in his jeep. He stops and looks through his binoculars. Seeing The Helix on the ground, he smiles.]

[Lexa’s holding Brennan’s head up as she waits for Shalimar.]

Lexa: Brennan? Brennan, stay with me, okay? Brennan?

Brennan (opening his eyes): Sorry, Lex. I didn’t mean to ruin your mission.

Lexa (smiling): Just relax, okay? Stay quiet.

[Shalimar’s racing through the woods when she’s ambushed by Carl and his men, holding guns.]

Carl: Stop right there! See, I just knew you were trouble.

Shalimar: Only you don't know how much.

Carl: Well, I don’t know who or what she is, boys, but maybe they’ll pay extra for her, huh? [The men laugh.] The two of you, you hold your positions. You watch her. We’re going to head back to camp. [He walks off.]

[Watching Brennan, Lexa begins to worry.]

Lexa: Shalimar, where are you?

Shalimar: I’m on my way. [To her captors.] Sorry, guys. Gotta go. [She punches them out and starts running again.] I’ll be there soon, Lex.

[Jesse, finishing his work under the Helix, goes back up to the top floor and tries to work the computer. The board lights up.]

Jesse (grinning triumphantly): Yes! [Then an alarm goes off.] Oh, no! [Quickly getting up, he crawls back under The Helix.]

[Inside the camp, Kristoff is addressing his followers.]

Kristoff: Our enemies are coming. Once again we must pick up our lives and move to ensure our freedom. We may have to fight our way out, but I know I can count on you.

Carl (walking in): No, I think we should stay. I told you I stopped him before he could tell them where we were.

Kristoff: The decision has been made, Carl.

Carl: Kristoff, this time the decision is mine. [He and his men hold up their guns.] Don’t move.

Kristoff: What are you doing?

Carl: I’m tired of running. I’m sick of living in the woods, in caves. I just wanna cash in.

Kristoff: Burke was telling the truth. You murdered him!

Carl: No. You murdered him. Just because you've got this damn trick you can do does not make you qualified to decide who lives and who dies. No matter what you might think, you are not a god. To me, you’re nothing but a freak. And all these idiots here, they may think they owe you something, but I don’t. I’m outta here. And I hope whoever ends up buying you puts you to some good use.

Kristoff: I can’t let you do this.

Carl: Kristoff, you don’t have much of a choice right now. [Terra enters the room and hurls a knife at The Partner. He falls to the ground.]

Terra (pointing her gun at Carl): And neither do you.

[Cut to Shalimar, as she reached Lexa and Brennan.]

Lexa (looking up): Hey. Shal, it’s bad. I don’t think he’s gonna make it.

Shalimar: Yes, he will. Brennan? Hey. I’m not gonna let you die. [She picks him up.]

***********Commercial Break***********

[In the camp, Terra grabs Carl by the throat and holds the followers at gunpoint.]

Terra: I know what you’re thinking. Try to take me, and your precious Kristoff dies first. And don’t try to follow me.

Carl: What about me?

Terra: What about you? You thought I was gonna deal with a punk like you? [She knocks him unconscious with the butt of her gun.]

Kristoff: Don’t hurt anybody else. I’ll go with you. [Terra follows him out of the camp.]

[Meanwhile, Shalimar’s carrying Brennan towards the camp.]

Lexa: He’s lost so much blood.

Shalimar: Kristoff will heal him. We’ll make it.

[In his jeep, Cody finally drives up to the Double Helix and gets out. Jesse’s sitting in his seat, flipping switches.]

Jesse: Come on, baby, you’ve gotta work this time. [He pulls up the roster on the computer; all systems say “Pass.”] Yeah! [He starts the engine. Outside, Cody runs back to the Jeep as The Helix leaves the ground. Seeing that he’s powering up the microwave weapon, Jesse laughs as he turns the Helix around and sweeps down at the Jeep. Abandoning the weapon controls, Cody dives for cover and Jesse takes the Helix back up into the air.]

Cody: Damn it!

[Terra’s walking Kristoff down the path when they run into Lexa and Shalimar, bending over Brennan on the ground.]

Shalimar: Kristoff! [Lexa fires off a laser at Terra’s gun, and she falls. Lexa runs towards her. Shalimar walks to Kristoff.] My friend is dying.

Kristoff: Yeah? Well, what do you want me to do about it?

Shalimar: Can you save him?

Kristoff: You see? You're just like the others. Take the pain from me and mine and give it to someone else.

Shalimar: No. Save him and give it to me.

Kristoff (stunned): You're ready to die for him?

Shalimar: Yeah. [A short distance away, Terra leaps out of the brush and kicks Lexa in the face again, knocking her unconscious. Shalimar pleads with Kristoff once more before running off to help Lexa.] Please save him. [She points at Terra.] Get away from her! [Looking over, Terra’s feral eyes flash. Shalimar flashes her eyes in return. They fly at each other and meet mid-air. As they fight, Kristoff goes to Brennan and transfers the gunshot wound to himself. Finally knocking Terra out, Shalimar turns back towards Kristoff and Brennan. Behind her, Terra sits up. Just as she points her gun at Shalimar’s back, Lexa wakes up and fires a double laser at her, killing her.]

Lexa (rushing to Brennan as he sits up): I thought I'd gotten rid of you for good.

Brennan: Better luck next time. [They get up and walk over to Shalimar, who is holding Kristoff’s head in her lap.]

Shalimar: Kristoff. Kristoff, no. Give it to me.

Kristoff: It ends here.

Shalimar: No. No. [She looks up at Lexa and Brennan in shock.] He’s gone! [She kisses his cheek.]

[Jesse calls them from overhead in the Helix.]

Jesse: All right, guys, I’ve got this bird in the air, but I don’t know how long she’s gonna stay there. Let’s move.

Brennan (taking Kristoff’s hand): There’s nothing more we can do for him, Shal.

Shalimar: He died for you, Brennan!

Brennan: I know. And I’m sorry.

Shalimar: I can’t leave him like this. [Kristoff’s followers come out of the camp, walking towards them, crying.]

Brennan: They’re his family. He belongs with them. [Shalimar puts him down and goes with Lexa and Brennan towards The Helix’s resting place. They fly off; Lexa and Jesse in the front, and Shalimar and Brennan sitting together in the rear.]

Jesse (to Lexa): Your people won’t be pleased.

Lexa: Well, at least the competition didn’t get him. That’s enough for them.

Jesse: And for you?

Lexa: He’s a commodity. He always was.

Jesse: With The Dominion, what would he have been?

Lexa (shrugging): Let’s just say he’s better off this way. [They look at each other.]

Jesse: Yeah.

Brennan: Shal, it was his decision. There was nothing we could do.

Shalimar: He was just trying to find a way to live with his power.

Brennan: Like all of us. You were ready to die for me today.

Shalimar: We risk our lives for each other all the time.

Brennan: No, that was more than risk. You were going to sacrifice yourself for me.

Shalimar (smiling): Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Brennan: Thanks.

[Outside the camp, Carl comes out the door and waves his gun at the followers mourning over Kristoff.]

Carl: Back! All of you, back! [He stands over Kristoff’s body.] You think you got away by dying, huh? Think again. I’ll find another bidder. [Kneeling, he grabs Kristoff’s collar.] You know why, Kristoff? Because somebody out there’s gonna want to pull you apart to find out what makes you tick. [Kristoff’s hand comes up, grabbing Carl’s wrist. Kristoff transfers the gunshot wound to Carl, who gasps and falls to the ground. Kristoff opens his eyes.]
 

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