Race to Witch Mountain

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING

MAN: 'Uh, this is "Discovery."

'No idea what this space craft...'

INDISTINCT

SECOND MAN: 'I've never seen that.'

WOMAN: 'Horizontally through...'

'Saucers came...'

'..and then right on a dry lake bed.'

'Go ahead, Stray Dog. Copy.'

'What's your status?'

'Are you getting that on radar?'

'The government won't admit UFOs are real because...'

'They're among us today.'

INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO

MAN SPEAKING IN SPANISH

'Roswell, Gulf Breeze, Area 51, Phoenix.'

'Scientists believe UFOs are visiting our planet.'

'UFOs are real, and they know it.'

'Something happened.'

'I know what I saw, and it was not a...'

'Of course UFOs exist.'

INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO

We were facing an alien threat from outside this world.

'Rebel One, Rebel One...'

INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO

If the United States Air Force did recover alien bodies...

'UFOs are as real as you and me.'

'Unless the military proves me wrong,

'what I saw was an alien spacecraft.'

MAN SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN

'You felt a connection to your heart.

'And you heard directions in your mind.'

'We saw the alien spacecraft in our sights.'

INDISTINCT TALKING

MAN SPEAKING IN ITALIAN

INDISTINCT TALKING CONTINUES

'Even one UFO sighting...'

'There's more than meets the eye.'

UFOs are manifesting themselves to people.

'What we're talking about is the greatest cover-up

'in the history of mankind.'

Object of unknown origin is at 90-k and descending fast!

Get me a visual track now!

Zero match with anything on our database.

BEEPING

It's manoeuvring.

We're registering impact!

MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY

Get me Henry Burke. Now.

Hey. Do you think this is it?

It's the real deal, right?

You'll learn.

MAN OVER PA: 'This is not a drill. Attention...'

INDISTINCT TALKING

Squad and equipment locked and loaded.

I re-routed local law and media.

Impact was 8 minutes ago. How long until we land?

ROCK MUSIC PLAYING

# Hey, don't you wish that you could be a

# Fly on the wall

# A creepy little, sneaky little

# Fly on the wall

# All my precious secrets, yeah

# You'd know them all

# So don't you wish that you could be a

# Fly on the wall... #

MUSIC CONTINUES

INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER RADIO

PANTING

GROANS

GRUNTS

Imperial Droid, drive your Geonosian starfighters

to Planet... Hollywood.

LAUGHTER

Die! Die!

Whoa! Hey! Give me...

No! Come on!

GRUNTS, HORN HONKS

Awesome!

RUSTLING

Extend the perimeter. No one gets in.

Nothing gets out.

HORN HONKS WHISTLES: Taxi!

Planet Hollywood, please.

They've got everything here.

This place is truly like being on another planet.

With all this to see every night, you must never get bored.

MAN WHISTLES

Greetings. INDISTINCT TALKING

Welcome to the nutjob convention.

I understand your reaction.

They certainly aren't helping our cause.

Our cause?

Educating the public

on the legitimate possibility of life on other planets.

As a matter of fact, I'm giving a lecture

on Astrophysical Anomaly detection at the nutjob convention.

Feel free to stop by. Closed-minded sceptics are always welcome.

Keep the change. Thanks.

SIGHS

Dr Alex Friedman.

Watch your backs, please. Classic.

INDISTINCT SHOUTING, MUSIC PLAYING

GROANS

GRUNTING

BANGS

MAN: Hey, come on!

Knock it off, will you? I need to sleep!

Yeah, me too. GRUNTS

MALE ANNOUNCER: 'Now, Channel 13 action news in high-definition continues.'

I'm Casey Smith. We're back with a breaking news alert -

an accident near Searchlight. And I'm Tricia Kean.

We're gonna take you to our reporter live on the scene.

Officials are calling it the worst chlorine spill in state history.

A 5-mile security perimeter has been established.

Highway patrol officers have been re-routing traffic

since the early morning hours, and we're now being told

this section of Route 95 will be closed indefinitely.

This is Natalie Gann reporting.

INDISTINCT CHATTER OVER POLICE RADIOS

HUMMING

FAINT CRACKLING

The casts we pulled out of the trench

indicate a distinct pattern

alternating between the depth of the impressions

here and here,

suggesting not one, but two separate EBEs.

They were moving fast.

Bipedal...

possibly humanoid in form.

Review every data-gathering entity within a 50-mile radius,

starting upon impact.

Look out for any anomalies.

Hey, you guys got to move this thing. I got to go.

Come on. Jack.

You don't return phone calls anymore?

Mr Wolfe thinks you're being rude.

Well, tell Wolfe that when I said it was the last time,

I meant it.

Mr Wolfe decides when it's the last time,

not you, Jack. He likes you, Jackie.

Hates to see you wasting your God-given driving talent

giving fat tourists cab rides up and down the strip.

Buddy, what kind of life is that?

It's one I'm late for.

ALL GRUNT

You got a death wish? I drive a cab in Vegas.

BOTH GRUNT

You're dead, Jack.

SIREN Hey!

What are you doing? Man, are you insane?

Move this out of the taxi zone now before I give you a ticket.

See you soon, Jackie.

ENGINE STARTS

TYRES SQUEAL

HORN HONKS

Where'd you come from? Outside.

Yeah, I figured that part out on my own.

How'd you get in the car?

Through that portal. HORN HONKS

I'm Seth. This is my sister Sara.

We require your transportation services immediately.

Really? Well, I require...

A currency transaction.

Would this amount suffice?

What, did you two rob a bank?

Is this acceptable, Jack Bruno?

How'd you know my name?

HORNS HONKING

If we have a deal for your services,

we must move forward rapidly.

It's urgent we get to our destination without delay.

All right. All right. I'm going.

Where to?

BEEPING

I need an address.

We must travel in that direction.

Well, I'm gonna need something a little bit more specific

than just "that direction."

We must locate latitude 40.54

cross-intersecting longitude...

We're just gonna stick with "that direction."

We tracked the two sets of EBE footprints on and off for 7.3 miles,

finally losing them at a rest stop off the highway.

4 hours, 19 minutes post-impact,

there was a highway patrol incident report filed at...

Oh, the exact same rest stop.

A car trunk was burglarised.

No signs of forced entry.

Give me something better than that, Mr Pope!

Stolen clothing belonging to a couple of teenagers.

Let's roll with this.

Now two kids don't walk down the highway alone at night.

We got a senior citizens' bus landing roughly at the same time,

same rest stop. 39 people exit.

Fast-forward to the passengers re-entering the vehicle.

Fast-forwarding. Stop. Rewind.

Freeze.

There.

Looks like the bus picked up some extra baggage.

Route schedule indicates next stop...

Sin City.

I want total access to every single surveillance camera Vegas has turned on.

Check office buildings, warehouses, restrooms, department stores.

Look in sewer systems if you have to.

ATMs! Freeman Street and Main, to be exact. 12:45 PM.

Bank records indicate they withdrew...

the entire contents of the machine. 15,000.

And also, they never used a card.

They never even touched the machine. Not once.

These EBEs possess some extraordinary skills.

Bingo! Here's the cab company security camera.

Keep your eyes on the back door of the cab.

Right there.

Synchronous satellite feed.

Get me a license plate.

Ground transport, now.

And no matter what they appear to look like, gentlemen,

they're not children.

They're not even human.

Are your parents gonna be OK with you guys spending all this money?

We have previously agreed upon a financial deal.

If your concern is regarding your compensation...

My concern is the fact that I got a couple of kids

in the back of my cab with a big wad of cash,

with a drop-off location that's pretty much in the middle of nowhere.

Now, in my book, that's a little chapter called "running away. "

MAN: 'Jack, you better be getting desert miles on that fare.'

And they better be able to pay.

And you better get me an eta! Capisce?

I'm losing reception, Dominick.

'Jack? Jack!'

Oh, come on.

Jack Bruno, the vehicles behind us are indicating

a pattern of pursuit.

There's no vehicles following...

At your current rate of speed versus theirs,

they will overtake our vehicle in less than...

Relax, kid. I'm just gonna let them pass.

Open road, people! It's all yours.

See, what did I tell you? Nobody's following us.

I'm the king of these roads...

Jack Bruno!

JACK GRUNTS

I said I was out, and I meant it!

Who is Mr Wolfe, Jack Bruno?

How do you know that... GRUNTS

Get down, now!

Hold on. GRUNTS

He is just a cab driver, right?

Jack Bruno, it would appear we have not eluded them.

I'm so over this. Stay down! Stay down!

Seth, no. It's not a good idea.

I have to try. It's too dangerous.

Look out!

Now what?

Get out! Get out!

PANTING

Get out!

PANTING

You two OK?

We are... Fine.

We should just keep moving.

You guys stay here.

What, you didn't get the message?

I told Frank and Marty I was out.

You tell Wolfe for me that he's gonna pay for my repairs.

You are in way over your head here.

GRUNTS

I want a complete profile on the driver.

You think he's collaborating?

Either way, he's a liability.

And get me some air transport.

How are you two holding up back there?

We're fine.

I'm sorry I dragged you two into all this.

There's no need for you to apologise, Jack Bruno.

You're not always the one to blame.

But the urgency of our trip has not decreased.

Look, don't worry. I'll get you two where you need to go.

You've earned it.

We're here, Jack Bruno.

Here? There's nothing here.

Somebody's expecting you two, right?

It doesn't look like anyone's home.

Don't worry, Jack Bruno.

We'll soon be reunited with relatives.

OK. 720 dollars and 50 cents.

But after everything that went down today,

how about I knock off 25%? And I also...

SETH: Here.

OK, then. Good-bye to you, too.

500% tip?

That's reasonable.

SIGHS

Hey! You guys overpaid!

By a lot!

METAL CREAKS

Unbelievable.

GLASS SHATTERS

Everything OK in there?

METAL CREAKING

Hello?

DOOR SHUTS

GASPS

What just happened? What...?

Jack Bruno, you should not have jeopardised your life by following us.

What sort of trouble are two you in?

I suggest you return back to your vehicle.

Your services are no longer required.

Seth, he's just trying to help. We don't need his help.

Somebody's already been here looking for it.

We simply cannot trust any of them.

Just us, Sara.

We appreciate your efforts to assist us, Jack Bruno.

But my brother is right.

We can involve you no further.

Got it! Let's go!

Hey. Just tell me what's going...

SETH: This way.

Hurry up, Sara.

BEEPING

What is that?

Whoa. Whoa. Hey!

Don't go in the pimped-out fridge, Jack.

Hey!

BEEPING

RUMBLING

BANGS

PANTING

CHOIR VOCALIZING

JACK: What is this place?

BEEPING This way.

Hey, hey. Hey.

DEVICE BEEPING

Hey!

RAPID BEEPING

Sara, it's here!

SIZZLES AND WHIRS

What is it?

It is what we came for, Jack Bruno.

Really? Is anyone else looking for it?

Say, the person who trashed everything upstairs?

We think so. It is very valuable,

which is why it was so vital that we locate it first.

What makes you so sure that whoever else wanted it isn't still looking for it?

BANGS, All GASP

PANTING

Shh! Shh! Go. Go. Go.

Go.

RUSTLING

BANGS

Run! Run! Run!

SARA GRUNTS

ALL PANTING

JACK GRUNTS

Oh!

GROANS

BOTH PANTING

JACK GRUNTS

HEAVY BREATHING

HEAVY BREATHING CONTINUE

Aah! GASPS

SARA: Jack Bruno! Kids!

GRUNTING

SETH: Go, go, go, Sara!

BOTH SCREAM AND GRUNT

SETH: Come on.

Jack Bruno!

Aah! Seth!

GRUNTS No! Oh!

GRUNTS Aah! Unh!

GRUNTING

SARA GRUNTS

Come on! We got to go! We got to go!

ALL GASP

PANTING

GRUNTS

Aah!

Ooh! Oh!

Aah!

GROANS

Seth!

JACK PANTING

Seth! Keep moving! Keep moving!

Go, go, go, go!

SCREAMS

GRUNTS: Let's go! Let's go!

Aah! BOTH PANTING

Get in!

Ohh! PANTING

ENGINE STARTS

How's your brother doing?

His system has the ability...

I will be fine.

It is important we gain much distance

from this location.

I'm happy you're feeling better,

'cause you're gonna need your strength

when try to you explain to me just what happened back there!

All right. Here's the deal -

the cab doesn't move until your mouths do.

So start talking.

The information you are seeking is

not within your grasp of understanding.

We are dealing with issues outside the realm of...your world.

Hey, I'm a cab driver, OK?

I have had plenty of worldly experi...

experiences.

Sara! We have to go!

ENGINE REVS

What is it?

Hang on!

Hold on! ALL GRUNTING

JACK: Aah!

Ohh!

PANTING

We can't let him destroy it, Sara.

Who is he? And this time, I need real answers.

It's a siphon. A what?

He's an assassin trained to pursue his target

until his mission is completed.

And his mission is?

Sara: Us.

ALL PANTING

Is there a safer route, Jack Bruno?

Not unless you know how to fly.

ALL EXCLAIM

Get down!

Jack Bruno!

Come on, come on. Hold it together!

TRAIN WHISTLE HONKING

Oh, come on!

Faster! Faster!

It won't go any faster!

Sara!

HONKS

Hold on! Aah!

HONKING

ALL GASP

Watch out! ALL SCREAM

MAN: Jack Bruno. In and out of juvie and state pens

since he was a kid.

Grew up poor in Midland, Texas.

Showed promise cutting his teeth

driving demolition derby and dirt track.

Ironically, at age 16, his parents died in a car wreck.

At 17, he ran away from his foster home,

and he headed to Las Vegas in the hopes of going from stock car to NASCAR.

Instead, he found work as a wheel man

for Andrew Wolfe, the Vegas crime boss.

His last bust was two years ago, grand theft auto.

He got out, went legit, and he's been driving a cab ever since.

Just spoke to Jack Bruno's boss at Yellow Cab.

Bruno took a fare a significant distance out of the city.

Dispatcher claims he's been unable to make radio contact

for several hours.

Does the cab have a tracking device?

Lojack. Until it stopped transmitting 28 minutes ago.

For some crazy reason, the last location was on train tracks.

No, we cannot trust him.

I know we can. We must.

LAUGHS

A couple of kids. Big wad of cash. What could go wrong?

We know you're frustrated, Jack Bruno...

No. No more "Jack Bruno this, Jack Bruno that."

I've been asking for answers...

You know the answers, Jack Bruno.

My brother and I are, indeed, not from your planet.

LAUGHS: That's it?

So, that's it? Mystery solved?

You two want me to believe that you're both aliens?

It is the truth. Really?

Well, you don't look like aliens.

What does an alien look like, Jack Bruno?

You know what aliens look like.

They look like little green people

with antennas and laser guns, and -

"Take me to your leader, Earthlings."

Ooh!

You require some sort of proof.

He thinks we're insulting his intelligence.

You think? You just can't drop

the "we're aliens" bomb just like that on somebody.

Now, I know I've seen some pretty weird things today,

but you can't expect me to believe that...

I have the ability to move objects with my mind.

That's impossible.

No, it's quite possible

on our planet, as well as yours.

You don't do it because you haven't learned to use your full brain capacity.

No, I don't do it 'cause it's kind of creepy,

and I really would like you to stop.

Jack Bruno!

ENGINE TURNS OVER

Come on, come on!

Come on, come on!

Start! Start!

HORN BLOWS

ENGINE TURNS OVER

HELICOPTER APPROACHES

The train engineer is banged up, but alive.

Last thing he saw in the tunnel was our taxi

and a set of flying lights.

He figured it must have been a small plane.

Small plane? Whoa, whoa, whoa.

You guys think that there's a chance there's a second ship?

You have the ability to fly at the speed of light,

yet you use a beat-up cab?

I don't think so. Secure the site.

Catalogue every piece of debris.

I want to know what's train, what's cab,

and what's left.

HEAVY BREATHING

WHIRRING

ENGINE SPUTTERING

ENGINE WHIRS AND BANGS

Hello! Anyone here?

Yeah, we're closed!

Oh. There you are. Yeah, I know you're closed,

but we've experienced a little bit of car trouble,

so I was hoping... We're still closed.

You should experience your car trouble when we're open.

Well, I'll work on that next time.

This time, I really need you to make sure--

Jack Bruno.

The only thing that will convince Eddie Cortez to reopen for business

will be a significant amount of money.

Hey, wait a minute. Do I know you?

No. Absolutely not. You don't know them from anywhere.

I'll pay you double your rate.

SCOFFS: Why not triple?

Done. Huh?

What did you get in a fight with, a rhinoceros?

LAUGHS: Poor rhino.

Poor rhino! I know.

LAUGHTER

Man, I don't even know where to start with this baby.

Well, where you could start is replacing the front shocks

and the tie rods, and patch up the radiator,

fix the exhaust, and if you have four tyres,

I'll take those, too. You got one hour.

CLATTERS

COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING

Come on.

Over here. Come on, sit, sit. Sit down.

I hope you do not act upon your thought of making a fast break

out of the back door of Ray's, escaping Stony Creek,

never to look back at us again.

How do you know that?

My sister also has the gift of telepathy.

She can read the minds of those nearest to her.

Really. Well, you tell your sister that here on Earth,

reading minds - very rude. Don't do that.

Hey, guys. Welcome to Ray's.

My name is Tina, and I'm gonna be your server.

Wow. Look at the two of you.

Uh, what do you mean, look at the two of them?

They look like just two regular, innocent, all-American kids.

Who look like they just rolled around

in a pigpen right before dinner, that's all.

Evening, Tina. Sheriff Antony.

Your table's waiting for you.

I'm gonna send you a round of Frito pies, huh?

Sounds good. Thanks, Tina.

Now, why don't the two of you come with me,

and we'll get you all cleaned up, huh?

Hurry back.

MUSIC CONTINUES, INDISTINCT TALKING

CELL PHONE RINGS

It's Jack.

I've been trying you all night.

Where are you? You drop that fare yet?

No, it's really, really complicated right now.

Un-complicate it. I want my cab back. Spotless.

Uh...Dominick, I got to go. I got to go.

Ja-Ja...

Got him! Stony Creek.

OK. Get us ground transport.

I want a clean extraction in 20 minutes.

You know, I think it would be...

Best for everyone if Seth and I found another ride?

Seriously, you got to stop doing that.

Jack Bruno, it is understandable

that you are scared and confused,

considering all that has occurred today.

I'm not scared.

Just a little confused.

But the bottom line is, you guys need someone from NASA

or the air force, not me.

If you abandon us now,

our mission will be in serious jeopardy.

Hey, look, I'm just trying to be honest here, OK?

I'm the wrong guy.

A wise human once said, "you are what you think you are."

Yeah, well, why don't you find that guy and ask him?

It was the Buddha. He's unavailable.

How is it that beings on your planet

can be so large in form,

yet feel so small inside?

Maybe you need help, too, Jack Bruno.

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE, CELL PHONE RINGS

Dominick, I told you...

MAN: 'Are they safe, Jack?'

Who is this? 'My name is Henry Burke.

'I work within the Department of Defense.

'I handle their more... sensitive cases.'

What do you mean, "sensitive?"

'I suspect we both know the answer to that question.'

Look, they're just kids.

They don't want any trouble, and neither do I.

Good. Then we're all on the same page.

Trouble is the last thing I want as well.

'But what I do want,

'and I'm counting on you to help me here,

'are your two passengers.'

What are you gonna do with them?

'Do you care this much about everyone

'that gets into your cab?

'You're a convicted felon, Jack.'

You've spent most of the day breaking one law after another,

for what - for them?

What do you want me to do?

Not make a scene.

'You walked them into Ray's, you can walk them out.

'I'll take it from there.

'And to show my appreciation for your trouble,'

I'll wipe your slate clean.

Just walk away, huh? No harm, no foul?

That's right. Just walk away.

You've got 5 minutes, Jack, and then, it's all over.

5 minutes. I'll see you then.

WEAPONS CLICK

I don't trust him. Cover all the exits.

They're here for us, aren't they?

Yeah. They are.

I knew we couldn't trust him, Sara.

Excuse me, Sheriff? It's too late.

We have to run! Wait.

I was wondering what your town's policy is

regarding concealed firearms. Excuse me?

There's a lot of guns coming in right now.

Come on.

INDISTINCT TALKING, COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING

Can I help you boys out?

Official government business. Excuse me.

Officially my town. That makes it my business.

MUSIC CONTINUES

Mr Carson.

SCREAMING

MUSIC STOPS

You're making a big mistake, Sheriff.

I'll take my chances.

Dude, I told you I should have a gun.

Now might not be the best time to bring that up...dude.

This is not good.

Shh. Follow me.

Up there.

OK.

Thank you.

Good luck.

You have no idea who you're dealing with.

BEEPS

GRUNTS

PANTS

It's locked from the outside.

We got to find another... Hey, hey, hey!

Or we could do that, whatever that is.

My brother has the ability to control his molecular density,

which allows him to phase through solid objects

or withstand the greatest of impacts.

That's neat. Real neat.

Well, you've got some mighty big friends in some mighty big places.

You check out.

GROWLING

BARKING

Hi, little fella.

GASPS

WHINES

WHIMPERS

We appreciate your understanding.

Let's go.

We got an open hatch leading to the roof.

On our way.

Eddie! Time's up. We got to go.

Go? Mister, I still got a lot of work to do on her.

Next time we're in town, we'll make an appointment.

You want my card, or... No.

Taxi's on the move. I want every possible escape route locked down.

I want that cab and everyone in it!

There's too many of them to outrun.

INDISTINCT SHOUTING, HE GRUNTS

Whatever you're doing, keep doing it.

SNARLS Ah!

MAN: Lock down all exits!

Lock down all exits, now!

Say good-bye to Stony Creek!

ENGINE STOPS What?

No, no, no, not now! Not now! Come on!

Sara. Sara, are you doing this?

Sara, I said... WHIMPERS

Oh! Absolutely not!

This junkyard is not going with us.

I am done picking up stray passengers.

Abso... GUNFIRE

Those guys who were chasing us, they were the same ones

from the highway, right? Yes.

It is vital that you take us to their base of operation.

You want me to take you to the guys who are trying to kill you?

Let me explain to you how we do things here on earth.

People who want you dead, you avoid.

That way you... mm-mmm...stay alive.

Make sense?

No one on your planet will stay alive

if we do not return to our planet.

In order to return, we need our ship.

Those men who were trying to kill us

have stolen our ship. Make sense?

Where do you suggest we begin our search?

I don't suggest we begin searching at all.

I do suggest we go back to Vegas,

and I drop you off right where you got on.

You, too.

WHIMPERS It's just as I thought.

No human is gonna help us, Sara,

especially not this human.

Hey, hey. Easy on the human-bashing, OK?

Some of my best friends just happen to be human.

And even if I were to help you,

I wouldn't even know where to begin.

I don't know anything about UFOs or aliens or...

Who's Dr Alex Friedman?

She's actually somebody who can help.

And for the record, she happens to be human.

DOG GRUNTS

HELICOPTER BLADES WHIRRING

No sign of the taxi from anyone yet.

Extend the search. They're out there.

DOG GROWLING

Sara.

He would appreciate you pulling over

so that he can relieve himself.

Well, we don't have time for that.

He should have went before we left Stony Creek.

He isn't pleased with your attitude.

Really? Is that the way he feels?

Well, you remind him that I'm a man, and he's a dog.

And I'm not about to have this or any conversation

with a dog.

So my answer is still no.

BARKS

Junkyard says thank you.

Did he, now? Is there anything else he wants?

WHINES

He said he would love a bone or a meaty treat.

Top of my to-do list. Just get in.

MUSIC PLAYING

WHISTLES

INDISTINCT TALKING

WOMAN: Taxi!

Hey.

I need you to keep the cab close and give the dog some water.

And, uh... JUNKYARD BARKS

Give him a meaty treat.

OK. So stay close to me.

Don't talk to anyone. Nice and normal.

I'm telling you. He walked right past me.

Bad move.

This was captured by a far-imaging telescope

at the University of Bonn less than 48 hours ago.

What I want to direct your attention to is this.

That looks like a smudge.

Yes. Yes, it does.

Was it a spaceship?

Did they abduct you? Excuse me?

The aliens that abducted you, were they the greys?

Or the lizard people?

What? No, I wasn't abducted by anyone.

How do you know?

Dr Harlan's last book was all about

how the aliens can erase your memory with probes.

Donald Harlan's book? You may have been probed.

It's pure science fiction.

ALL TALKING AT ONCE

People, I am talking about science fact here,

hard data, not crop circles.

Have you ever actually been inside a crop circle?

I have. It was huge.

It's where the mother ship landed, where they took me on board,

where I was married to an alien woman.

That is it. I will not answer anymore questions

about alien abductions, crop circles, or Dr Harlan.

Is that clear?

If we could just get back to the matter at hand.

People, hello, excuse me.

I promise it will be worth it.

The blue nebula.

We got a hit on Bruno's license plate.

They're back in Vegas.

WOMAN ON PA: 'Attention. The foundation has been rescheduled...

The cattle mutilation lecture doesn't start for an hour.

But grab a seat.

This place will be packed. It always is.

We're here to see you, actually.

Oh.

It's Jack Bruno. We met earlier.

We did?

Cab. Airport to hotel.

Driver.

Oh. The non-believer. What are the odds?

Hey, is there someplace we can talk?

The, uh, crowds in here making you uncomfortable?

Even more private than this.

Look, no offence, but I'm pretty busy.

She's doubting her thesis on Gliese 581

and Alcubierre's warp drive.

How did you know that?

Oh, it gets a lot better.

Trust me.

Are you insane?

I just thought you, of all people,

would understand and want to help.

Why, because I'm the nutjob speaking at the UFO convention?

Don't answer that.

I know it sounds really crazy.

You think?

Hey. Please don't touch that.

You captured an image of our ship.

The smudge? You're telling me

you think the smudge is your spaceship?

No, we don't think it's our spaceship.

We know it is our spaceship.

That's it. I'm out.

If you'll excuse me, I'll just grab my laptop and...

Oh. They can also do all this stuff, too.

CHUCKLES

Who are you?

Show her.

LAUGHS

This is...huge.

I have so many questions,

even though you are the answers,

here, standing right in front of me.

CLEARS THROAT

I'm sorry. I'm very excited. Right.

W-where are you from?

Our planet is located some 3,000 light-years from Earth.

Space travel of such sizable distance...

Is possible using a paradoxical passage

in the unbounded...

Wormholes. That's it.

LAUGHS

My presentation at SETI National Convention was right.

Interstellar travel is possible using wormholes

as a shortcut through space.

That was my first guess as well, the wormholes.

Continue, Doctor.

Why did you come to Earth?

Our planet is dying. Millennia of neglect

has rendered our atmosphere unbreathable.

That sounds familiar.

Our parents are scientists

who have studied Earth's changing climates in hopes

of finding a solution for our planet's future.

Our people's fears began to rise.

Our parents discovered something our leaders were interested in.

Your planet makes

a suitable living environment for our kind.

It would be simplest to abandon our dying planet

and occupy yours.

OK, so wait. I'm helping you conquer my own planet?

No. Most of the people on our planet

are fiercely opposed to this plan.

But fear of extinction triumphed among our people.

But then our parents discovered a solution.

An experiment at an outpost here

was successful in regenerating life

into all previous dying plants and trees.

Which would enable the re-oxygenating

of your poisoned atmosphere.

So what's the problem?

Our military.

They preferred a solution

of invasion over science.

Which is why we had to hurry and retrieve the experiment.

All proof that our planet can be saved,

and your planet spared, is in here.

Where are your parents again?

They were arrested for their opposition.

We agreed to complete the task for them.

And what about the assassin?

Assassin? What assassin?

The Siphon Warrior Series Deraniun 75

was created by our military.

They're bred to hunt?

They're bred to kill.

And if we don't return back home in time,

the invasion will proceed.

We seriously need to find your spaceship.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

How well do you know this guy?

We've done a few panels and debates together on opposite sides.

But no one knows the shadow world of UFO government conspiracies

better than Harlan.

Not now, Whitley.

Well, hello, Dr Friedman.

So you've finally decided to accept my offer

of a romantic Benihana dinner for two.

Huzzah! What?

Ahem. Uh...3 years ago, a screening of the Cooper footage.

You were in the fourth row, second seat,

in a saucy flower print.

Sorry, I keep my work and social life separate.

I don't date colleagues.

Colleagues. Indeed.

Listen, we need to see Harlan right away.

Dr Harlan is presently unavailable for consultations.

We're more than qualified to answer any questions.

There is no time for that.

It is a matter of life and death that we see Harlan now.

Life and death, ooh!

Uber scary drama queen theatrics.

What's the 411 sitch?

You're currently alive.

Unless you take us to Harlan, you'll be dead.

OK, we should... Let's go.

Together if you want to.

HARLAN: Go away!

The book signing is not till 4:30.

Read the brochure.

Harlan, it's Alex Friedman.

Dr Alex Friedman. Quelle surprise.

We have to speak with you immediately.

It is incredibly important.

So you're saying the three of you

witnessed this reported UFO crash.

That's right. We were wondering

if there was any Intel out there amongst your sources.

I hate lying. I really don't like lying.

I can tell when people are lying to me.

But, thankfully, your story checks out

with all the reports I got from SETI and NORAD and NASA.

We have reason to believe a team of

government-sponsored covert operatives recovered the spacecraft.

OK. Back up a little. This is not space camp.

Let the experts do their work.

You know, you're very lucky, you two,

that you didn't come face to face

with the aliens who were in that craft.

They're like deadly praying mantises.

They eat your flesh.

Oh. Yes, we are, indeed, lucky kids

not to have had our flesh eaten by the aliens.

You got that right. OK, let's go to work here.

I got an e-mail from a source that sent me this sat-grab.

Where would they take the spaceship? 51? Nellis?

Wright-Patterson? Vandenberg?

Well, from the size and scope of the crash,

I would say there's only one possibility.

Witch Mountain? Witch Mountain.

Witch Mountain. What, are we a singing group here?

Let me talk, and you guys nod a bit.

I apologize. I'm sorry.

Witch Mountain.

Let's take a look. Here we go. California.

About 50 miles from the border of Nevada.

And it's one of our top-secret facilities.

I got a schematic here some place.

You know, if you're planning on visiting, don't.

When I say this place is fortified up to the yin-yang,

I'm making an understatement.

Here's the schematic and do you have the book? Yes, I do.

All right.

Then here's an aerial view.

Thank you, Harlan. For everything.

Whatever trouble you're in, trust no one.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Oh, we love you so much. Your show is great.

Thank you, both of you.

Seth and I understand

that you don't have to go forward with us,

and yet you choose to.

You're welcome.

And don't worry, we're gonna get you home. I promise.

I'm gonna grab my stuff.

Let's meet upstairs in the convention, at my booth.

Then we get your cab.

Alex, uh, listen.

I can't let you come with us. What?

If half of what Harlan says is true, it's way too dangerous.

They got in my cab. They're my problem.

Um, no. I have spent my entire life preparing for this moment.

And now, when I have two actual aliens in need of my help,

you want me to walk away?

It's not gonna happen.

Man up, soldier. I'm in.

Just lay low till we meet up.

Sure. Great. Lay low. Easy. How hard could that be?

She thinks you're very handsome.

Really?

And smarter than you think you are.

So she was thinking about me, huh?

At least as much as you were thinking about her.

Hmm.

So she didn't happen to mention in her thoughts that I was...

It's showtime, everybody!

Space expo number nine. It's upstairs. Come on.

Should we go upstairs now?

Yeah, yeah. Let's go upstairs.

Hey, do you think she was thinking about...

Seth. Sara! Seth!

Jack.

I tried to warn you, Jack.

Mr Wolfe doesn't take rejection well.

This is so not a good time.

Ah! Oh!

You're out of time, Jack.

Well, well, well.

If it isn't the Rebel Alliance cab driver scum.

Not such a tough guy out of your ship, are you, womp rat?

You're in our house now!

Ah!

GRUNTS

GRUNTS

Move! Move!

Hi, I'm Sunday.

Welcome to Planet Hollywood. Are you here for the UFO Space Expo?

Wouldn't miss it.

Seth!

Sara!

Wow!

Costume's great, man.

Whoa!

Seth! Seth!

Sara!

Seth. Sara.

I'm sorry.

I sure hope we have enough fuelage

to get back to Planet Earth, Conrad.

Fear not, Celeste. We must get to the ship.

GROWLING

Oh!

My leg!

Oh, no! Look at that beast from another galaxy.

Oh! It's so disgusting and scaly!

Didn't I tell you two to stay by my side?

I heard you the first time.

Is this re-enactment an important piece of Earth's history?

Stand back, you beast!

No. Come on. Let's go. We got to go.

Jack Bruno.

APPLAUSE

Sara!

Let's go! Let's go!

CHEERS AND APPLAUSE

Get down! Stay down!

Down! Down! You, down!

Everybody down!

You with the blue hair, right there!

Best... convention... ever.

MAN: Not here! Move out!

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Other way. Other way.

COINS JINGLING, SLOT MACHINES CLANGING

GASPS

Sara, are you listening to what I'm thinking?

EXHALES

SLOT MACHINES CLANGING, PEOPLE SCREAMING

Go! Go! Move it, move it!

Keep going! Keep going! Keep going!

Oh. That's me.

SLOT MACHINES CLANGING

Got to go!

What happened to laying low?

Who lays low in Vegas?

TYRES SQUEALING

SIRENS

TYRES SQUEALING

We got them!

Our suspects. No one else interferes.

MAN: Do not move!

Greetings, Earthlings. LAUGHS

I didn't even imagine

they'd actually look human, much less like kids.

They're lucky you joined us, Doctor.

We're lucky you joined us.

Luck has nothing to do with it. It's pure science.

Chaos theory, the underlying order in apparently random data.

So more like fate?

Mmm. Science. Think about it.

What are the odds that they would crash

near Vegas during a UFO convention?

I got in your cab. Then they got in your cab.

And now we're all in Harlan's mobile home

loaded with his Intel on where their ship is.

That is not luck.

That is a predetermined order of how things work in the universe.

Have you always been this positive?

I have always been a searcher for answers,

though my folks would say I was merely a daydreamer.

How about you?

Me? I'm a much easier book to read.

All my life my answers have been yes or no.

Zero gray areas.

Where does the Mustang fall? A yes or a no?

That's not just any Mustang.

That's a 1968 Ford Mustang GT 390 Fastback.

Steve McQueen's car in Bullitt?

You've never seen Bullitt?

Uh, no.

Ugh. Well, it's currently a no.

But one day I'm gonna earn that car, the honest way.

And then it will be my yes.

Heh.

Jack?

What's up, pal?

Are we there yet?

"Are we there yet?" Unbelievable.

Good in any universe, apparently.

Well, Alex?

Yes.

BIRDS CHIRPING

Well, the maps are 30 years old,

but they're the best Intel we've got.

Looks to be about 5 miles from here to the entrance.

OK.

Let's rock and roll.

There's gotta be another entrance.

If the map's right,

there are several service tunnels spreading outward.

Worth looking for, right?

Let's go.

SNAP

Ah! Jack.

JACK: Sara. Sara.

Sara! Seth!

RADIO CHATTER

Mr Bruno and, I believe, Dr Friedman.

What did you do to them?

Consider yourself lucky.

I could have had you both shot on sight for trespassing

and violation of US Government property.

Sara!

Ahh!

Ahh! Uhh!

There you go. All right.

Sir. With all due respect, you have to listen to me.

They came in peace. We cannot respond with violence.

The future of Earth depends on it.

It is absolutely vital that they get home.

They are home, Dr Friedman.

They are now in my custody.

Custody?

You can't expect to keep them prisoner

and get away with it.

They have rights.

They're illegal aliens on US soil,

without so much as a passport.

The Patriot Act enables me to detain them for as long as is necessary.

You can't keep this quiet.

The world has the right to know that they exist.

And you're going to be the one to blow the whistle, Doctor?

A failed astrophysicist fired by 3 universities for obsessing over UFOs

teams up with an ex-con in declaring that the government

has captured two normal-looking kids

and is holding them hostage

inside a mountain that doesn't exist?

It would be so much easier to let you speak

than to deal with all the paperwork involved with killing you.

Someone will believe us.

From behind bars?

Let me remind you, Mr Bruno, as a convicted felon,

you're looking at 20 years

just for standing on this mountain talking to me.

Shall I go on?

No. I get the message.

Smart man.

Give them a lift back down.

What? That's it? It's over?

I'm sorry.

I will not go back to prison.

Let's go.

Thankfully Seth and Sara didn't have to witness

how quickly you gave up.

I told them from the beginning it was a suicide mission.

And I wasn't wrong.

They trusted you. I trusted you.

Well, join the club of everybody else in my life

who I've disappointed.

They will dissect them like frogs

in a high school biology class. You know that.

Whatever. It's not my problem and it never...

Hey!

GRUNTS

By the way, that slap, very realistic.

When did you know?

You haven't bailed on the kids yet.

Why start now?

MAN SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY OVER PA

How soon until the subjects are prepped?

They're heavily sedated.

Minimal med tests proceeding within 48 to 72 hours.

Unacceptable.

Commence the procedure.

We don't know enough about their systems.

Any sudden change could terminate the subjects.

You can't just kill them.

Mr Pope.

You would do well not to forget what our mission is.

Our orders come from Washington,

and Washington wants answers to some very complex questions.

Our goal is to provide those answers.

Now, if you are doubting your ability...

No...sir.

Very good, then.

Commence the tests, Mr Matheson.

Right away, sir. Initiating tests.

Here. Here.

Coming...almost...

THEY GRUNT

After you.

I'm right behind you.

Thanks.

Back up. What?

Back up for a second.

GRUNTS

PANTING

It's gonna be OK.

I'm gonna be here the whole time.

I'll be right below you the whole time.

I can. You can.

Yeah. Uh-huh. Oh, boy.

That's it. I'm right here.

You got it. Here we go.

GASPS

Ah! What's that?

Oh, no, Jack. Exhaust furnace!

This way. This way. Come here.

There's another tunnel right here.

Hurry! Hurry!

Aah! Aah!

Aah! Aah!

You OK? Yeah.

OK. Let's go.

MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA

What now?

Find the kids.

Don't get caught.

Good plan.

We're very close to determining the source of their powers.

Yes, sir. Containment's at 100 per cent.

They've recovered the two targets and their spacecraft.

I understand.

Thank you, Sir. And thank you for sticking by me and the project.

I know it's taken a long time to get here,

but I think we both agree it's been worth our previous failures.

All vitals appear to be stabilized.

MAN OVER PA: 'Attention, all personnel.

'South perimeter is now closed off.

'South perimeter, closed off.

'Stand by, all departments, for re-check of radiation.'

SECOND MAN, OVER PA: 'Whisky 7, we have penetration

'in fence sector 28. Break. Tango 31.

'All stations, general alert.'

Bruno. Deadly force authorized.

Project Moon Dust troops, meet me in Sector Two.

OVER PA: 'Red alert. Security breach. Red alert. Red alert.

MAN: Move, move!

MAN OVER PA: 'This facility's on red alert.'

Bravo team, follow me!

'Attention! Attention! This is not a drill.'

Go, go, go! Go, go, go! Move!

Incoming!

GUNFIRE

Fall back! Fall back! Get those men out of there!

Hi. Can I borrow that pen?

Hyah!

I have 3 older brothers.

Sir, this area has been compromised.

Make sure the blast door's sealed.

Seal it off!

We got an alpha level one breach in the main complex.

All units, respond!

Isolate, lock down and secure your sectors now!

RUMBLING

Keep moving! Keep moving!

We lost all communication with Sector 5!

Come on, come on, come on.

Ahh! Uhh!

Aah!

Whoa!

We are under attack.

I repeat, all levels have been compromised.

We are under attack. Sir? Sir!

What was that?

No idea. It's cutting down our troops, driving a path straight for...

Straight for the lab! Let's go! Move! Move!

Let's go! Clear out!

What is it?

Uh, some sort of anaesthetic.

Can you fix it?

I don't know, but I can try.

These locks are too strong.

Green is oxygen.

We got to hurry. We got to hurry.

All right.

(Grunts)

I can't get 'em open.

Seth.

Seth, it's OK. It's OK.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY OVER PA

ALARM SOUNDING

Let's go.

OK, it's over there.

INDISTINCT CHATTER

Oh, my.

We have to hurry.

Well, tell them that.