All about Eve Eve

Good afternoon.

Excuse me.

Excuse me!

PHONE VIBRATES

Did you get it?

Yes. I'm there now. Your directions were very clear.

Good.

Then get on with it.

Look, wait.

There has to be another way.

We don't have time for this.

Katherine's on the way now.

Already?

Yes! You must destroy it. Before it's too late.

I'm sorry, Mary, this is the worst part of my job.

HE PANTS

Dad.

I told you to wait in the car.

What is this place? What are you doing?

Will, promise me. You can't tell anyone about this.

Whoa.

What is she?

Eternity.

She is Project Eternity?

Don't call her "She".

But, yes.

What is she? It?

A failed experiment.

The project was never completed.

The tech could be dangerous in the wrong hands,

so we have to put it...beyond use.

Dad.

Dad, stop.

Dad, you're hurting her!

That's impossible.

BEEPING

Put that down.

Will! No!

You don't know how dangerous...

Argh!

Agh. Agh.

Let go, Will!

Agh!

No!

RAPID BEEPING, WILL GROANS

Will.

Will Clarke. I know you're in there.

'It's Will's phone. Leave a message.'

Me again.

Look, I don't know where you've been all week

but you need to know, Bevan's gone off on one

about you ditching school.

Hello?

Hello?

What are you after, love?

Spare key to across the road.

And...don't call me "love". It diminishes both of us.

What's wrong, poppet?

Will's got a girlfriend.

Aw.

How do you know?

I saw him and this blonde girl through the window.

Then they closed the curtains like they wanted to be all alone.

Well, I'm not surprised.

I've told you before, it's rude to spy on the neighbours.

Well, I'm not the one breaking into his house.

Bevan wants him suspended. I'm doing this for his own good.

Besides, no forced entry. Legally, I'm untouchable.

Will? Will?

It's OK, I'm from across the road.

I'm Will's best friend. Who are you?

My name is Eve.

Eve. Can you open the door?

Yes.

Well, open it, then.

Eve, who are you talking to? Oh!

Oh.

Oh, hey. Hey, Lily.

Did you get my messages?

Er, what? Sorry, I was, er, online gaming.

All week?

Really?

Yeah.

I'm sorry.

Can I come in, then?

Well, erm...

Yeah. Yeah.

Er, so, Lily, this is Eve.

We met.

I meant to text you.

Erm, been some stuff going on and...

Yeah, I noticed.

No, not that. Eve's, erm...

my cousin.

Whatever.

It's true.

Look, I don't care what you've been doing but Bevan does.

He's on a mission to get you suspended.

BANGING

Wait. Did you just hear that?

< Hello?

-What?

-I can detect all sound waves within a 20.66 metre radius.

There's someone in the house.

< Can anyone hear me?

BANGING

< Hello?!

BANGING

< Let me out of here before I call the police!

BOTH: Mr Bevan?

Will Clarke!

Did...did you tell that young lady to lock me in here?!

-That's my maths teacher.

-< Will Clarke!

-What is he doing in the basement?

-< Are you listening?

Trying to get out.

-Sh.

-Sh.

-Sh.

-Sh.

< Will Clarke!

BANGING

What have you done?

You were playing your game.

The teacher came to ask why you were not in school.

So you locked him in the basement?

If you shut the door, it locks automatically.

Why did you shut it at all?

Right, that's it. I'm calling the police!

As soon as I get a signal, that's the first thing I'm doing.

BANGING

You said nobody outside this house must know I'm here.

Why not?

-I didn't mean...

-Who is she?

My cousin.

He knows I'm here so he must stay in the house.

No. We've got to get him out of there now.

What's going on?

I'll tell you in a minute.

-OK, Bevan doesn't know I'm here for sure, so, erm...

-Hello! >

You can just tell him that I'm out. Yeah, I'm out.

I'm at the doctor's and you're home alone.

-You thought he was a burglar.

-Let me out of here! >

-Just a funny mistake. Ha-ha.

-Ha-ha.

Will Clarke! >

Just let him out. What's he going to do?

I cannot predict his actions without sufficient data.

Will! >

Just do it. Please.

You answer me, young man! >

-All right, who is she?

-She's my cousin.

-And don't even bother with the cousin thing again.

-Oh!

DOOR CREAKS

Mr Bevan?

HE SIGHS

About time. You and Will Clarke are in serious trouble, young lady.

Wait.

I have an explanation.

Come on, we've been friends forever. You can trust me.

You wouldn't even believe me if I told you.

OK. Fine.

Don't bother.

You thought I was a burglar?

Yes. It was a humorous misunderstanding. Ha-ha.

Right. Well, er, I need to get out of here now.

What are you...? Whoa...

CRASH

Oh, well, don't help me or anything, will you(?)

Your request is noted.

Very funny(!) Just give me a hand here.

Request acknowledged.

HE WHIMPERS

Oh.

ARGHHHH!

Arghhhh!

ARGHHHH!

Arghhhh!

Argh...

Oh.

What are you?

Please. Please tell me he's not dead.

He is not dead. He is unconscious.

What happened?

He fainted. He hit his head with considerable force.

This is bad. This is really bad.

No. Lily, it's all right.

I just never believed anyone could build something so advanced.

Not even with the work they're doing in Japan.

I actually believed it was a human.

Well, you're supposed to. Just don't tell anyone, please.

How can you keep something like this a secret?

Because they'll destroy her if we don't.

OK.

Maybe someone should tell me what on earth is going on here?

It was a top-secret project.

Nobody knew except for my dad and his old boss, Mary Douglas.

Then, Katherine Calvin staged a hostile takeover.

You've been looking forward to this for the last ten years.

This isn't personal.

Baloney.

It's just...

good business.

Mary didn't trust Katherine so she sent my dad to destroy Project Eternity.

The tech could be dangerous in the wrong hands,

so we have to put it beyond use.

Dad said his new boss would take her apart

and sell her to the highest bidder.

Factories, military, whatever.

She'd be treated like a lab animal. Used for experiments.

Well, I suppose that's what she was designed for.

No, she was designed to live.

Put that down. You don't know how dangerous...

What have you done?

You have to understand that she's a person.

It's fascinating.

All right, I'll keep your secret.

Thank you.

But what do we do about Bevan?

-WEAKLY:

-Her hand.

What's the plan?

Er...

First up, we need to get Bevan out of the basement

and into an ambulance.

We'll tell them he's...hit his head and he's been hallucinating.

Do you think they'll buy it?

Well, which is more likely?

A delusional teacher...

HE MURMURS

..or a living robogirl?

Thanks. Bye.

-They're sending an ambulance.

-Good.

MOBILE RINGS

Better take this.

Dad?

I got your text and the answer is no.

'..not tell Lily.'

A bit late. Anyway, we've got a bigger problem now.

'I don't want you to panic or anything but, erm...'

Mr Bevan's in the basement and he's unconscious. Bye.

'What?! In the basement? What...what are you talking about?'

Mr Bevan.

'My maths teacher.'

Yes, I know who he is, Will. What happened?

-'Eve.'

-I've got to go. We'll talk later, OK?

He just...he just hung up on me.

Hi, Katherine.

Leaving early?

Er, yes. I'm afraid I've got a bit of a family situation.

Did you, um, want me for something?

Good news. I've recovered Mary's deleted files on Project Eternity.

Project...Eternity?

Surely you know about the legendary Project Eternity?

Can't say it's, er, ahem, ringing a bell.

So you say you've...

..recovered these files?

Come with me.

OK. Well, just let me know when you're done. Bye.

Oh. She is so good.

She's always helping Will out with his homework projects.

Hi.

Hi, hi.

Hi, hi, hi.

Hi, hi, hi, hi.

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi.

HE MAKES GAGGING NOISE

Hi, hi, hi, hi, hi, hi.

Stay where you are.

What's he done this time?

Faked an alien invasion.

He what?

No, this is actually one of his better efforts.

See, he covered the entire school canteen with alien slime.

Alien slime?

Lime yoghurt.

Oh! Why do you do these things?

OK, so, one more lie, mister, and our trip to Spaceworld is cancelled.

No!

You do realise you can't keep something like this to yourself?

She's not "something". She's someone.

Whatever she is, she doesn't belong to you.

She doesn't belong to anyone. You can't own a person.

In that case, have you thought about what SHE needs?

How do you mean?

Well, Eve's the first of her kind.

Don't you think she needs to be around people that know what they're doing?

Question.

Do you know what you're doing?

Erm...

We'll talk about it later.

Let's get Bevan out of here now.

Oh, no.

Oh, no!

HE GRUNTS

BANGING

I can't believe it! Urrrrgh! Come on!

Will, what is it?

You've shut the door.

Is that a problem?

You know, maybe this, er, Project Eternity thing is just one of those industry rumours?

Project Eternity is real enough.

How do you know?

Because I've seen the figures.

It cost millions of pounds of Government grant money...

that Mary stole.

Mary isn't a thief.

She embezzled it, then.

Whatever. She's looking at some serious jail time, Nick.

When she's caught.

You, er, still don't know where she is, then?

No. She seems to have disappeared into thin air.

But her work belongs to us.

This could take some time.

Don't let me keep you.

Oh, right.

How was I supposed to know it locked automatically?

Well, how was I supposed to know you'd go and shut the door?

As soon as Mr Bevan wakes up, it's game over.

What game will be over?

I just want you to know that

I'm so sorry.

This is all my fault and I promised to protect you.

From what threat?

Do you remember when we found you?

I have full recall.

-ECHOING:

-Do you remember when we found you? Do you remember?

It's fascinating.

We have to switch it off now.

No. You can't.

It'll take a while to dismantle it.

Dad, please.

Please.

Don't hurt her.

Don't hurt.

Please.

You see? Dad, she's alive.

No, she...she can just repeat

what you're saying.

Look into her eyes, then see if you can take her apart.

Thank you.

Thank you.

All right. So, what do we do now?

We take her home.

What?

She won't get into any trouble.

I'll look after her.

I promise.

IN WILL'S VOICE: I'll look after her. I promise.

I know. I tried. I'll keep trying.

But you need to know if people like Bevan keep finding out

about you, I might not be able to save you.

And then what will happen?

Well, if Katherine works out you're Project Eternity, then...

Dad will lose his job.

He could go to jail and...

..they'll take you away.

Will you come with me?

I...I'm sorry.

She's not crying. It's a lens-clearing mechanism.

It looks so real, though.

She's like a real person.

I mean, if I hadn't seen the thing with her hand, you know.

That's it.

Eve, give me your hand.

Whoa.

Cool.

Mum! Dad! Get out here now!

What's happening? Where is it?

I have lost signal.

My remote activation system has a limited range.

Oh, great(!) So now we've got

a random hand running round the neighbourhood.

A hand? Just a hand on its own?

Where is it?

I don't know. It ran off.

Running?

Scuttling, whatever.

It's a shame.

That's a real shame because for a moment there,

I actually thought you was going to make it.

Oh, well.

OK, so it didn't work.

There has to be another way out of here.

I mean, who puts a reinforced steel door on a basement anyway?

Oh, it's a safety thing.

My dad puts all his mad science chemicals and stuff in here.

You want to cause a major explosion? With what?

A bunch of chemicals and a D in general science?

D-plus. And a super-advanced robot.

And...my genius best mate.

All right. Where does your dad keep his safety goggles?

A simple algorithm based on the Fibonacci sequence?

Hello, Project Eternity.

Mary, I expected better.

Let's do this thing.

OK. Take cover, guys.

You ready?

Five,

four,

three,

two,

one.

DOOR OPENING

Hello?

Yes, nice one! You did it.

You regained remote contact. Why didn't you tell us?

You didn't ask.

Yes. Yes! Yes.

Detachable limbs will be confiscated...

He's waking up. We need to get him out of here now.

Eve, pick him up. Quick.

Yes.

You're going to be all right, sir. It's going to be OK.

Just keep that ice pack on, eh?

Er, er, what's happening?

The basement. I was locked in the basement.

You've had a nasty fall, sir. You've hit your head.

Has he, now?

Er, well, don't worry about anything he tells you.

He's probably got concussion.

I have not.

I remember everything.

Her! She locked me in the basement.

And, and, and then she...

Her hand.

She removed her hand.

No.

No, she didn't. I can explain.

Hallucinations can be brought on by severe stress.

That's true.

I am not stressed. I know what I saw.

Stress can be cured by a period of rest

and mildly pleasurable activity.

Yeah.

Yeah, she's right, sir, and, er, remember Mrs, er, Parkinson

when she was signed off with stress?

She was off for three months on, er, on leave.

And on full pay.

Full pay, you say?

-BOTH: Yes.

-Yeah.

Ah, you know, I have been under a lot of pressure recently.

Get well soon, sir.

Come on, Will. Eve. Inside, the pair of you.

Let's have a little chat, shall we?

ENGINE STARTS, SIREN WAILS

Well, it's lucky you came up with that stuff about stress.

Where did you get it from?

Learning is my second protocol.

What are your others?

Survive.

Learn.

Adapt.

Evolve.

So, you learn and grow? Just like humans do?

Well, here's something you can learn.

Never remove your body parts in public.

It was just one hand.

That was just lucky, Will.

What if it had been an arm, or... or a leg, or her head?

Information. My head is fully detachable.

Cool.

FROM COMPUTER: # 'Mary had a little lamb

# 'Its fleece was white as snow

# 'And everywhere that Mary went...' #

Quite an elaborate bluff.

So whatever you're really hiding must be very valuable indeed.

And I'm going to find it.

# 'And everywhere that Mary went

# 'The lamb was sure to go. #

BEEPING AND WHIRRING

Katherine's not stupid.

She'll soon work out what's going on unless you help Eve to fit in.

I must dress like a typical human.

BOTH: No.

You don't belong here. So you need to go.

She's gone.

I'm so going to kill Abe.

Well, maybe it wasn't Abe. Maybe someone else got hold of her.

I think I might have found Mary's secret.