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"Linda Young" Residence
Germantown, Tennessee

The VW van is parked in a nice suburban 
neighborhood. Trees line the streets and the 
houses and yards are larger than average. Inside 
the van are: Yves, Jimmy, and Kimmy. Jimmy is 
sitting in the driver's seat. Kimmy is stationed 
in front of the computer. Yves is crouched beside 
the van door. She's dressed in black and she slips 
a headset over her ear. She quietly slides open 
the van door and closes it behind her. Jimmy and 
Kimmy watch as she slinks across the yard.

KIMMY
"Look at her. She's a regular catwoman."

YVES (through headset)
"I heard that."
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CUT TO: Exterior House

Yves walks to the back door. She takes a small 
metal file out of her pocket and quickly picks the 
lock to the door. Once inside she sees a burglar 
alarm.

YVES (into headset)
"You've got 60 seconds to cut the power."

KIMMY (through headset)
"I can get it in 30."

In even less time than that the power is shut off and
the burglar 
alarm is disarmed. Yves 
looks around the room. She's in a spacious 
kitchen. It's spotlessly clean as if rarely used. 
She creeps through the kitchen and through a living 
room and into an adjacent office. Yves sits down 
at the computer desk. She hooks up an external 
power source and turns on the computer. Within 
minutes she finds the files she's looking for and 
starts downloading them onto a portable harddrive.
********************
CUT TO: VW Van

While Kimmy is monitoring the computer, Jimmy keeps 
a look out. Susanne's car drives slowly up the 
road and turns into the driveway.

JIMMY (into headset)
"The lion is returning to the nest."

Kimmy laughs under his breath. 

YVES (confused)
"What?"

JIMMY
"Um..I mean the lion is returning 
to…………..uh…Susanne has just pulled into the 
driveway. She's going to walk in the house any 
second!!"
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Interior House

Susanne unlocks the door to her house. She walks 
to the alarm system and sees that it's off. She 
flips a light switch but nothing comes on. As 
quietly as she can she opens a kitchen drawer and 
reaches for a gun. From a reflection in the 
kitchen window she sees Yves trying to sneak out 
the door. She turns around and points the gun at 
Yves.

SUSANNE
"Don't move."

YVES
"I don't wish to harm you."

SUSANNE
"What do you want?"

YVES
"Information."

SUSANNE
"About what?"

Yves holds her hands up in a gesture of good faith 
and moves towards the door. 

YVES
"You analyzed 3 blood samples that contained a 
deadly virus involving shark cartilage."

SUSANNE
"I work for the CDC. I analyses a lot of dangerous 
substances."

YVES
"These blood samples were from friends of mine. 
Byers, Langly, and Frohike."

The gun slipped from Susanne's fingers. Yves picks 
it up off the floor.

SUSANNE
"Byers. One of those was Byers' blood sample?"

Yves nods.

Susanne begins to cry softly. 

YVES
"I take it then you don't have good news?"

SUSANNE
"Good news? The virus is lethal.
How did they get involved in that?"

YVES
"It's a very long story and I don't have time to go 
into it now."

SUSANNE
"Why did you come to me?"

YVES
"I thought perhaps, you'd know if there was a 
cure?"

SUSANNE
"If that was in their bloodstream then all three of 
them are dead."
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CUT TO: 
Interior VW VAN

Yves climbs into the car and pulls the headset out 
of her ear. 

YVES
"Did you hear all of that?"

KIMMY
"Loud and clear."

JIMMY
"I don't believe it."

Jimmy sighs and turns on the ignition. He is about 
to pull out onto the road but sees a car driving by 
and waits for it to pass. He looks at it as he 
goes by. For a brief moment, Jimmy gets an 
unobstructed view of the passenger. It looks 
exactly like Byers. Their eyes meet. The car 
speeds away. Jimmy screams.

JIMMY
"BYERS!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Jimmy floors the gas pedal and shoots off in 
pursuit of the car. Yves falls onto Kimmy and they 
tumble onto the floor of the van. Jimmy speeds 
through neighborhood streets ignoring stop signs 
as he follows the car. They pull out of the 
neighborhood onto a busy main highway. The car 
disappears into traffic. Jimmy pulls off at the 
nearest gas station and pounds his fists into the 
steering wheel. Yves and Kimmy crawl from the back 
seat, both look disheveled.

KIMMY
"What the hell are you trying to do?"

JIMMY
"It was Byers! I KNOW it was Byers."

Kimmy sighs.

KIMMY
"Listen, I want to find them as much as you do but 
you can't go off chasing every brown haired man in 
a suit you see."

JIMMY
"But it looked EXACTLY like Byers."

YVES
"He's right, Jimmy."

Jimmy sighs and hangs his head. Kimmy climbs into 
the front seat.

KIMMY
"Move over big guy, I'm driving."
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Marriott Hotel
7:15 a.m.

Kimmy, Jimmy, and Yves are sharing a hotel room. 
It has two double beds. Kimmy and Jimmy are on one 
bed sleeping. Yves is in the other bed. She 
glances over at the guys and then slips quietly out 
of bed. She's already dressed. She slips her 
shoes on and takes the keys from the van off the 
table. On the complimentary stationary she writes:

"Gone to check something out. Back as soon as 
possible. YVES"

She tiptoes out the door and locks it behind her.
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Interior VW Van
8:01 a.m.

Yves is sitting in the front of the computer. On 
the screen appears the video feed from the van's 
surveillance camera. She fast forwards it until 
the point that the car Jimmy chased drives by. She 
freeze frames it on the back of the car and 
enlarges the license plate. She jots down the 
number and runs a check on the plates. A name and 
address appear on the screen. 

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Rivendale Apartments
9:16 a.m.

Yves closes the van door and walks up a long 
sidewalk to apartment 3C. She knocks. There is no 
answer. She reaches into her purse and pulls out a 
file and picks the lock. Inside, the apartment is 
sparsely furnished. An old ratty couch, a TV, and 
a computer sitting on a rickety old card table are 
the only things in the room. She walks to the 
bedroom. On the floor are 3 inflatable travel 
beds. She walks directly to the closet and begins
shuffling through 
the clothes. She see: 4 
identical brown suits, a dozen or so band t-shirts 
and jeans, towards the back is a strange assortment 
of clothes that have no rhyme or reason. Yves 
pulls out a pair of the pants and holds them 
against her own legs. They are very short. 
Something falls from the hanger. Yves bends to 
pick it up. It's a fingerless glove. A small 
smile spreads across her face.

She walks back into the living room. Sitting 
beside the computer is a name tag for Warehouse 
Music. Yves picks it up and puts it into her 
pocket and walks out the door.

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Wolfchase Galleria
12:42 p.m.

Yves walks through the mall and goes into Warehouse 
Music. Across the store she sees Langly as he 
walks behind the checkout counter. Without missing 
a beat, Yves walks through the store, picks up the 
CD she's looking for and walks up to the counter 
just as a teenage kid is taking his purchase and 
walking away. Langly looks disgusted. Yves sets 
her CD down on the table. Without looking up, 
Langly grabs it and scans it. Before he puts it in 
a little plastic sack he notices that it's the 
Ramones. He looks up. Langly's mouth drops open. 
Yves glances at Langly's "Joey Lives" T-shirt and 
smirks.

YVES
"Seems like Joey isn't the only one who still 
lives."

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Marriott Hotel
3:36 p.m.

Kimmy is kicked back on the hotel bed watching TV. 
Jimmy is pacing back and forth. He stops right in 
front of the TV and looks at Kimmy.

JIMMY
"Where could she have gone. It's not like her to 
run off."

KIMMY
"It's just like her. Move over bigfoot, you're 
blocking double jeopardy. I'm on a roll."

Jimmy doesn't move but glares at Kimmy. They hear 
the lock open. Yves walks into the room. She's 
smiling.

JIMMY 
"Where have you been! When I woke up you were gone 
and all you left was that lousy message and that 
was hours ago and…."

Following Yves into the room are Langly, Frohike, 
and Byers. Jimmy quits talking. His eyes widen 
and a smile lights up his face. 

JIMMY
"GUYS!!!"

He rushes over to them, getting to Langly first and 
grabs him in a hug.

LANGLY
"Ow. Watch the hair man."

Langly sounds like his usual sarcastic self but 
it's obvious he's happy to see Jimmy. Jimmy lets 
him go and turns to Byers. Byers is smiling and 
extends his hand. Jimmy takes his hand and pulls 
Byers into his arms. 

BYERS (wincing)
"It's good to see you too Jimmy."

Finally Jimmy turns to Frohike. Frohike opens his 
arms wide for a hug and braces himself.

FROHIKE
"Come here ya ol' softy."

Jimmy hugs him tightly and lifts him off the 
ground.

Kimmy stands aside watching the happy reunion. He 
looks happy to see them and at the same time 
completely annoyed. 

KIMMY
"Where the hell have you guys been?"

Yves, Jimmy, and Kimmy all stare at the Gunmen 
waiting for an answer.

FROHIKE
"Skinner. Only Skinner knows the truth."
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FLASHBACK
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Jimmy's hand is against the glass window. He's 
crying as the Gunmen stare out at him. Yves is 
holding onto Jimmy, trying her best to pull him 
away from the glass. A stairwell door opens and a 
dozen or more CDC officials in yellow hazmat suits 
surround them. Skinner pushes his way through the 
sea of yellow suits and approaches Yves and Jimmy.

SKINNER
"I know this is hard but I'm going to have to ask 
you to come with me."

Yves nods and she and Skinner lead Jimmy out of the 
building.

Langly, Byers, and Frohike watch as the CDC guys 
open the airtight doors. They are immediately 
surrounded, pushed down onto stretchers and 
injected with IVs. As they drift to sleep they are 
sealed into a plastic quarantined boxes and 
carried away.
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Frohike is surrounded by white. He blinks and rubs 
his eyes several times.

FROHIKE
"Heaven?"

He manages to sit up and realizes he's in a 
hospital bed. In beds beside him are Langly and 
Byers. Frohike flops back onto the bed and stares 
at the ceiling.

FROHIKE
"Hell."

SKINNER
"I think you were right the first time."

Skinner pulls up a chair and sits down beside 
Frohike's bed. 

FROHIKE
"This definitely ain't heaven cause you aren't the 
angel I was expecting to greet me."

Skinner smirks. Byers and Langly wake up and stare 
at Skinner. They wait. Skinner is antsy. He 
stands up and paces round the room. 

SKINNER
"I'm the closest thing to an angel you three have. 
But you aren't going to like what I have to say."

LANGLY
"Are we dying?"

SKINNER
"No."

Langly sighs and visibly relaxes. 

LANGLY
"Then you can say whatever you want."

Skinner reaches into his pocket and pulls out 3 
driver's licenses. He hands one to each of them.

SKINNER
"These are your new identities. Your old lives 
are over."

BYERS
"What? Why?"

SKINNER
"We caught you in time to give you an antidote but 
the virus is still in your bodies. It's in a 
dormant state." 

LANGLY
"And what? We have to live like bubbleboy for the 
rest of our lives?"

SKINNER
"No, nothing like that. But, if terrorists were to 
get a sample of your blood they could produce 
enough virus to wipe out the entire population. So 
we have to make sure you disappear. Permanently."

Skinner waits for a reply, there isn't one.

SKINNER
"I've set you up with a bank account. It's not a 
lot but it's the best I could do. Your clothes are 
all in the bathroom. You need to change and get 
ready to go. A taxi will pick you up in a little 
while and take you to the airport. I don't care 
where you go, just go."

BYERS
"But…"

SKINNER (glances at his watch as if worried)
"Listen, I've already done more than I should've, 
I have to go."

Skinner stands to leave. Byers struggles to get to 
his feet and walks over to him. 

BYERS
"We were marked for execution. Weren't we?"

Skinner didn't answer.

BYERS
"The government never would have approved a 
relocation program for people who are so dangerous. 
They were going to let us die, weren't they?"

Skinner nods.

SKINNER
"I've taken care of the arrangements. As far as 
the government and everyone else is concerned, you 
did die. Your bodies will be buried at Arlington 
National Cemetery."

Skinner walks towards the door to leave.

FROHIKE
"Hey Walt?"

Skinner turns around and looks at Frohike.

FROHIKE
"Thanks."

Skinner nods and walks out the door.
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END FLASHBACK
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Marriott Hotel Room

Byers, Frohike, Langly, Yves, Jimmy, and Kimmy are 
all sprawled out in the hotel room. Three empty 
pizza boxes lay on the bed. 

JIMMY
"WOW. I love Skinner. I had him pegged all wrong. 
I love that guy."

BYERS
"I still don't understand how you could have 
possibly found us."

YVES
"We followed the blood."

LANGLY
"What?"

YVES
"There was a CDC text file attach to your FBI file. 
It was a detailed analysis of your blood. Samples 
had been sent to the CDC in Memphis. We followed 
the blood here. It had been tested by a scientist 
with the alias of Linda Young."

BYERS 
"It can't be. I mean, I knew she worked at the CDC 
in Memphis. Scully helped me set that up back in 
Vegas. But when I saw you at her house, I assumed 
you'd just stopped by to inform her of our deaths. 
I never dreamed it had anything to do with the CDC 
files."

LANGLY
"Who is Linda Young?"

KIMMY
"You may remember her as Mata Hari."

JIMMY
"Susanne Modeski."

FROHIKE (groans)
"Modeski? Here? In Memphis. I should have 
known."

LANGLY (to Byers)
"And here I was thinking that you wanted to come to 
Memphis because you were a big Elvis fan."

BYERS
"If Yves traced the blood samples to Susanne, it's 
a good bet the terrorists could do the same thing."

JIMMY
"Her life could be in danger."

BYERS
"I have to warn her."
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Linda Young AKA Susanne Modeski's House

The VW Van pulls up beside the curb. Jimmy, 
Langly, and Kimmy are in the front seat. Byers, 
Frohike and Yves are in the back. Byers starts to 
open the door and get out. Yves stops him. She 
pulls out a gun. 

YVES
"You better let me handle this." 

Yves sticks the gun into her belt and opens the van 
door. She walks to the front door and knocks. 
There is no answer. She glances back at the van.

YVES (into headset)
"There's no answer."

From the van, the guys watch her. 

Yves tries the door handle, it's open. Before she 
can open it. Three men in black burst through the 
door, knocking her to the ground. They run across 
the street towards an unmarked government car. 

Jimmy jumps out of the van and chases after them. 
He catches one of them before he can get to the 
government car. They struggle in a heap on the 
ground and in the process the MIB's wool mask is 
pulled off. Jimmy quits struggling when he sees 
who it is. It's Morris Fletcher. Fletcher, 
catching Jimmy off guard, punches him in the gut 
knocking the wind out of him. He runs towards the 
government car and gets in. With tires squealing, the
car drives 
away. 

Jimmy gets up from the ground and looks around. He 
sees Frohike, Byers, Langly, and Kimmy disappear 
into the house. He follows them. 

The house is in shambles. Papers are everywhere. 
Cushions are ripped to shreds. The place is 
completely trashed. In the middle of the floor 
lies Susanne. Yves is crouched on the ground, 
beside her, but her expression doesn't look 
hopeful. Byers rushes to her side and kneels 
beside her. 

BYERS
"Susanne? Can you hear me?"

SUSANNE
"They didn't get it. I wouldn't tell them. I 
couldn't let them find it."

BYERS
"Of course you couldn't. Just lie still help is on 
the way."

Frohike and Langly take one look at the bullet 
wounds and the amount of blood on the floor around 
her and know that they've come too late. 

Byers holds onto Susanne's hand. Susanne squeezes 
it gently. 

As Byers leans over her a gold chain hangs from his 
neck, on the chain is the small gold wedding band 
that Susanne gave him. Beside it on the chain is a 
woman's wedding band. Susanne looks at it and then 
looks at him with a questioning expression on her 
face.

BYERS
"Someday."

Susanne smiles weakly and closes her eyes. She's 
dead.

Byers doesn't move. Langly, Frohike, Jimmy, and 
Kimmy keep their distance. Yves approaches him. 

YVES
"Byers, you've got to get out of here. All of you. 
The police can't find you here."

Langly and Frohike take Byers and lead him from the 
house. The sound of sirens can be heard in the 
distance. 

As the police cars pull up. Yves, Kimmy, and Jimmy 
stand silently around the body. 

JIMMY (to himself)
"The next time I see Morris Fletcher. I'm gonna 
kill him."
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Memorial Gardens Cemetery

Yves, Kimmy, and Jimmy are at the funeral of "Linda 
Young." They stand silently at the graveside 
service surrounded by only a few other mourners. 

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CUT TO:
Parking Lot VW Van

Langly and Frohike are sitting in their car, parked 
beside the VW Van. Inside the van, Byers is 
watching the funeral over the surveillance camera. 
He watches as the casket is slowly lowered into the 
ground. Byers reaches out a hand and touches the 
screen. He watches as mourners toss dirt into the 
grave site. Jimmy stoops low in order to toss his 
handful of dirt into the grave. Along with a 
handful of dirt went the gold band that Byers had 
gotten a few years ago for Susanne. 

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Cemetery Parking Lot

Yves, Jimmy, and Kimmy walk back to the van. Byers 
has gotten out of the van and is waiting for them, 
along with Langly and Frohike. 

JIMMY
"It was a nice service." 

Byers nods. 

BYERS
"It was. Thank you Jimmy."

They stand in an awkward silence as if waiting for 
someone else to make the first move. 

FROHIKE
"So I guess this is it. You guys all packed to get 
back to DC?"

Jimmy nods. 

JIMMY
"I still don't see why we can't do the writing 
ghosts thing."

LANGLY
"It'd never work. Our loyal readers would spot it 
in a second."

KIMMY 
"What all 2 of them?"

BYERS
"Langly's right. We've already discussed this 
Jimmy. You're doing a fine job on your own. You 
don't need us anymore."

JIMMY
"Yes, we do. You're the heart and soul of the 
whole paper. Without you guys it's just not the 
same. It's empty."

FROHIKE 
"We'll miss you too kid."

BYERS
"We'll still be fighting the good fight Jimmy, But 
we'll just have to find another way to do it. A 
quieter way."

Jimmy hugs each of them goodbye. His eyes are all 
teary. 

JIMMY
"I hate good-byes." 

YVES
"It's not like they're dead Jimmy. You will see 
them again."

FROHIKE
"Come on buddy, it's not the end of the world. 
There's always holidays."

Jimmy's eyes brighten.

JIMMY (starting to get excited)
"Holidays? Birthdays? Email!! You know, I do 
have my own email account now guys."

Langly rolls his eyes.

LANGLY
"Aw man, what's the world coming to?"

Yves, Jimmy, and Kimmy get into the Van. Byers, 
Frohike, and Langly get into their car. The car 
drives off in one direction. The VW Van goes off 
into the other. 

LANGLY
"Did you wire the Van?"

FROHIKE
"Completely. They won't be going anywhere, without 
us being right there with them peaking over their 
shoulders."

LANGLY
"Sweet."

THE END
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