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Malcolm Effect: Jurassic Park 3 Part 3
By Vito Hardy
Pacific Ocean skies - daytime
A roughed up looking airplane soars through the sky, ripping through clouds. We then cut into the plane’s passenger quarters. Billy is sitting beside Malcolm, rambling on about something. A man wearing black sunglasses sits behind them. To his left is Levine.
BILLY
“…and then, my friend looks up at me with a very twisted face. It was so freakin’ funny. Anyway, he was just hanging there. Charles went after him though. He had on a paraglider, so he wasn’t in any trouble.”
Billy is clearly trying to get a laugh out of Malcolm. However, it’s evident that during this trip, Grant was not going to be at a calm state.
MALCOLM
“Billy…you’re always carrying that pak around. What’s up with it?”
BILLY
“Well, that’s the next story I was going to tell you. You see, I’ve had this for barely as long as I can remember. My dad was a fireman. And he loved it. Everyday he would come home singing the same song…over…and over.”
MALCOLM
“But what about the pak?”
BILLY
“Well that’s the thing. This pak was lying next to my bed the last night he came home singing his song. Next day, mom came in my room with an unpleasant glare in her eyes. She looked at me, and told me in these exact words. William…your dad wants to tell you something. I said ‘what mom? What’s he want to tell me?’” And then mom, starting to cry, told me I would have to pray to get his answer. He never did come home. And everytime I look at this pak, I remember the song he would hum. Down By the River Side. Hah, he was a terrible singer. But that didn’t matter.”
MALCOLM
“Go on…”
BILLY
“Well…few years passed. Mom was outside hanging clothes…we didn’t have enough money to buy a washing machine or dryer, dad basically homeaged us. But ever since he was, well mom got a job at the local grocery store. Making around three dollars an hour. She barely drew enough to pay for our food. After a while…”
MALCOLM
“Billy…don’t go any further.”
BILLY
“Oh…yeah maybe I shouldn’t. But let me continue the story about the pak.”
MALCOLM
“By all means.”
BILLY
“Charles and a few more my buddies went with me to K-2. Of course, I had my pak on, and hanging from the side of it was a pulley for a parasailer. Those things are pure fun. Anyway, we got about oh, thirty-four hundred feet up, right before the impact winds came through with blistering cold temperatures. Toddy went off first, followed by Jason and Brent. I went last; to make sure they made it. After all, I am the king of parasailing! I waited a few moments, to let the last of the gusts go by. I jumped, my excitement overweighing my intelligence. The gusts weren’t over. Wind blew me right into the side of the cliff. WHAM! I smacked the side, and I was knocked out. I had no control of my body…”
MALCOLM
“Well.”
BILLY
“Anyhow, I woke up, and I was lying at the place where we had jumped. Toddy came after me. I looked around, you know, to get a grasp on what had just happened. I then looked at my backpack. It had a small tear in it. Jason said I was hanging on the side of that cliff by my pak. It saved me. That’s why, to this day, this pak goes everywhere I go. And it’s with me while I’m doing…whatever I’m doing.”
MALCOLM
“That’s quite an amazing story Billy. A friend of mine named Sarah has a lucky pak as well. It's saved her a few times also. I can remember a few on this island alone.”
BILLY
"Sarah?"
MALCOLM
"Sarah Harding at the time. She's married now. We were dating at the time that we were on this island. Let's just say that she had a run in with a raptor one time and the pak saved her and the other time she almost feel to her dome in some twin trailers that were going over a cliff thanks to some Tyrannosaurs.
BILLY
“Yeah…when we get back, I’ll tell ya'll some more. You know, when we aren’t around anyone else.”
Billy turns around and looks at the man in the backseat. It’s Cooper.
BILLY
“How do you know the Kirby’s?”
COOPER
“Ah, oh through our, our church.”
LEVINE
“What denomination?”
COOPER
“Uh, the one that loves God and Jesus.”
Billy and Levine exchange glances. Malcolm smiles a lost smile.
Up front, we hear the voice of Paul Kirby.
PAUL
“So how much further?”
Then, we hear the voice of Huford Udesky.
UDESKY
“We still have about an hour or so…let me clear uh, with the Costa Rican air patrol.”
PAUL
“Great.”
MALCOLM
“Well I’m going to take me a quick nap while we are waiting.”
BILLY
“Yeah I think I’ll do the same.”
Malcolm leans down in the seat. It’s not long until he falls asleep.
Grant wakes up to a loud thud. He wakes up and looks around. The plane is abandoned. No pilots, no Kirby’s, no Billy, no Levine, or Cooper. Then, Grant looks over across from him. A velociraptor is right next to his face sitting in the seat oposite of him. The raptor talks to him.
VELOCIRAPTOR (one from The Lost World)
“Ian.”
Malcolm then wakes up to Billy’s voice.
BILLY
“Ian…Ian get up, we are about there.”
MALCOLM
“Billy…I’m not so sure about…about this…”
BILLY
Ah it’s okay…remember…we aren’t landing.”
MALCOLM
“I suppose…okay. Hey, owww…help me up I have a catch in my side…”
BILLY
“Sure you old geezer. Don’t over do it.”
MALCOLM
“Just wait until you are my age.”
Levine laughs.
MALCOLM
"You're in the same boat I'm in Richard. You just keep it shut."
Levine laughs again.
BILLY
“Let’s not imagine me at your age.”
Billy helps up Malcolm, and they proceed to the Kirby’s isle.
AMANDA
“Welcome to Kirby airlines, Dr. Malcolm, Dr. Levine, and Dr. Brennan.”
MALCOLM
“There are three doctors on this little camping trip, but I'm the smartest of them....”
BILLY
“You know…I know just as much as you do.”
MALCOLM
“Okay. Then tell me. I've been doing some research of dinosaurs and I've been on two death trips already so let's see if you are right.”
Billy prepares for a quiz.
MALCOLM
“Archaeopteryx. How did it use its wings?”
BILLY
“Other than flying, it would flap them in a violent notion…it would extend its left wing, and flap the right one, to you know, confuse it’s prey.”
MALCOLM
“Oh…kay. Tell me this.”
Billy grins, waiting to answer Malcolm's question like no one’s business.
Malcolm (real fast)
“What unique bone in a dinosaur causes it to differentiate itself between it and modern reptiles?”
BILLY
“That sleep really got your smart box ticking.”
MALCOLM
“Exactly. A Mathematicians work is never done. Billy, pretty much all hipbones on each species of dinosaur was constructed so that it would stand at an erect stance.”
Malcolm then flips Billy on the chest.
MALCOLM
“Buddy.”
BILLY
“I’ll buddy you in a minute.”
LEVINE
“Amanda, how far is Sorna from here?”
AMANDA
“Huh? Oh, it’s right up there, see?”
PAUL
“Amanda…we’ve waited for this forever…”
AMANDA
“I know…and we even got the best of the best to be our guides in the expertise of these animals…”
PAUL
“I actually used to study them a while back.”
BILLY
“Oh? Why didn’t you pursue paleontology?”
PAUL
“Because I couldn’t tell the difference between Amanda and a Tyrannosaurus.”
AMANDA
“Okay, I’m not that ugly…”
MALCOLM
“But Mrs. Kirby, Tyrannosaurus are BEATUIFUL creatures, why, I even got close with one about eight years ago…”
BILLY
“I’m not great at detecting sarcasm…but…God.”
We then cut to the cockpit where Nash and Udesky are on a radio.
RAIDO (breaking up):
“The…Rica…around. Please, turn….”
NASH
“Cut it off.”
RADIO
“…no…turn around immediate…”
Udesky then leans up and switches the radio off.
NASH
“Tell em’ we are about there.”
UDESKY
“Mr. And Mrs. Kirby, Sorna is right up here.”
PAUL
“Excellent. Amanda, get the recorder out.”
AMANDA
“Yeah it’s right here.”
Amanda pulls out a camcorder.
MALCOLM
“You better put that away, Mrs. Kirby…what we are doing is pretty much illegal.”
PAUL
“He’s right honey, we won’t forget this anyway.”
AMANDA
“Yeah. Okay. Hey we are above the beach now.”
The plane soars above Sorna. Ocean waves crash up against the rocky beaches, and we are suddenly delivered a calm surrounding as the forests and jungles hide the ocean. The plane is now over the island.
BILLY
“I haven’t thought about it until now but…”
MALCOLM
“Billy they are nothing great.”
MALCOLM
“Still…this is a great moment for me.”
MALCOLM
“I understand…”
PAUL
“Well, oh hey Cooper, tell us if you see anything.”
COOPER
“Nah, I thought I would keep it to myself.”
MALCOLM
“Mr. Kirby, who are the pilots?”
PAUL
“They’re just…hey look!”
They look out one of the plane windows to see a herd of yellow shaded dinosaurs.
LEVINE
“Hadrosaurs. Billy…look.”
BILLY
“Oh…oh…”
MALCOLM
“If you think you’re about to cry go away.”
BILLY
“No way…this is extraordinary…just look at them…”
AMANDA
“Lord…Lord…Paul honey are you seeing this?”
PAUL
“How could I not…Dr. Brennan, inform us…what are they probably doing?”
BILLY
“Well they stay in herds to scout for food mainly, and to evade predators, such as the Suchomimus and many of the raptor families. They are considerably close to the beach so I assume they are wanting water, but are afraid of the beach containing predators. Isn't that what it looks like, Ian?”
MALCOLM
"Um, yes, I believe so."
PAUL
“Absolutely amazing.”
MALCOLM
"Oh, ah, that's how it always starts. But then later there's running and then screaming."
AMANDA
“Now aren’t you glad you came? Plus you’re getting paid.”
MALCOLM
“I’ll tell you when we are back home.”
PAUL
“Oh guys lighten up.”
Malcolm looks out the other side, and we see a herd of Triceratops.
MALCOLM
“Oh, over here, come here, you can see a herd of triceratops…and look beyond them, next to the pond…a pack of Brachiosaurs…and as you can see, the alpha male leading the group. Mrs. Kirby, Paul, look.”
NASH
“Mr. Kirby there’s a landing strip up ahead you want us to set her down?”
PAUL
“No, no. Circle around some more, I want to see the whole island.”
LEVINE
"What did he just say?”
MALCOLM
“What do you mean? You can’t LAND here…”
PAUL
“Hold on, I can explain…”
MALCOLM
“You said we weren’t landing…Kirby, we are not by any means landing this craft.”
AMANDA
“Dr. Malcolm, just wait a second now…”
BILLY
"What's going on?"
COOPER
"I'm not sure?"
MALCOLM
"You cannot land on this island!”
PAUL
“Dr. Grant please.”
MALCOLM
“Do not land this airplane…ah, that was the agreement.”
NASH
“Are we landing or not?”
MALCOLM
“NO! We are not! Take us back to the mainland immediately! Mr. Kirby, you are in trouble.”
PAUL
“Now now, just let me explain!”
AMANDA
“Paul just tell him!”
UDESKY
“Okay, we’re landing now.”
Malcolm stands up and heads for the cockpit, and is then knocked out cold from behind.
1/16/02 4:56:44 PM
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