Richard

Previously on The 4400.

Daniel

(on cell phone)  My name is Daniel Armand.  You know who I am?  Of the Nova Group.  (Richard listens)  I called to arrange a truce.  (Shawn is attacked)  And, to talk about Shawn Farrell.  We need to discuss his future, because unless you and I can come to some kind of an agreement, I’m not sure he’s gonna have one.

Alana

(to Tom)  Believe me.  I know which bench I dedicated to my husband and son.  They died in a car accident shortly before I was abducted.

Sara

(to Tom)  Our enemies are more resourceful than we imagined, (scene of an angry Isabelle), and they’ve let loose a terrible evil into your time.  (Isabelle hurts Matthew)

Tom

This evil: there has to be some other way to deal with it.

Sara

There is.  (she shows him a syringe in a box)  You.  (a note says “Kill Isabelle.”)  You are the other way.

(scene change: NTAC; Tom exits an elevator)

Diana

Oh, Tom.  Good.  You’re here.

Tom

Yeah.  Just like always.

Diana

Well, come on.  We need to get started.  (she starts to walk away)

Tom

Started with what?  (she gives him a funny look)  Diana, I have no idea what you’re talking about!

Diana

Sure you do.  Come on.  Let’s go.  She’s waiting.  (exits)

Tom

(follows to a darkened interrogation room)  What’s this?

Diana

I brought her in.  You can just do it, and we can get on with our day.  (Isabelle sits in a chair)

Tom

It?  (the syringe rests on the table)  No.  no way.  I’m not—

Diana

Tom.  You’re supposed to do this.  They told you so.

Tom

I know.  It’s just—  They didn’t say why.  I don’t think I can.  Maybe I‘m bad.

Isabelle

Bad?  Maybe I’ll kill a bunch of people.  You can stop it.  I could be responsible for millions of deaths, unless you do something.

Diana

(holding the syringe)  We’ve got a lot to do today.

Isabelle

It’s all right, Tom.  I don’t mind.

Diana

Come on.  Take the needle.  Come on, Tom.  (he takes the needle)

Isabelle

Do it!  Do it!

Tom

I’m sorry.  (he injects Isabelle, who screams; Tom wakes up in bed; he checks the hiding place to make sure the syringe is secure)

(scene change: Shawn’s bedroom)

Voice

I know you’re listening.

Shawn

I know you put it somewhere inside of me.  I’m going to find it.  (looks at his bloodied hands)  I can’t find it.  (shakes his head quickly)  I can’t find the bug.  I can’t find it.  I can’t find the bug.  You put it inside me somewhere.  I know you’re listening.  I’m going to find it.  I’m going to get an X-ray of my whole body.

(scene change: Maia’s school)

Amy

Maia’s it!

Maia

I’m going to get you, Amy!  (chases after her)

Amy

No, you won’t!

Maia

Yes, I will!  (runs right into Shawn and falls down, holding her knee)

Shawn

Maia.  Maia, are you all right?

Maia

It hurts.

Shawn

I can help you.  (he kneels down)

Maia

It’s just a bump, Shawn.

Shawn

I can make it better.  (he reaches out and takes her hands)   

Maia

It hurts.

Shawn

You’re getting better.

Amy

(screaming at Shawn)   Hey!  Let her go!  You’re hurting her!  Somebody help!  Let go!  Help!

Guard

(rushing up with another guard)  What’s going on?

Amy

He’s killing her!  Get him away!

Guard

Mr. Farrell, let go.  (the two guards pull him off Maia)

Amy

(to Shawn)  Stay away from her!

Shawn

I don’t understand.  I was healing her. 

Guard

What happened?

Shawn

(going crazy)  I was making her better!

(scene change: inside the 4400 Center; Diana races to the hospital ward to check on Maia; Maia is lying on a hospital bed, attended to by a nurse)

Diana

Sweetheart!

Maia

(weakly)  Hey, Mom.

Diana

How are you doing?

Maia

I’m okay.

Nurse

Maia’s vital signs are fine.  There’s no lasting damage that I can detect.  At the moment, she’s mostly just dehydrated.

Diana

(whispering)  Sweetheart.

Maia

Mommy?

Diana

What is it?

Maia

Why would Shawn hurt me?

(scene change: Tom and Richard enter Shawn’s room)

Tom

Oh, my God.  (to Richard)  Shawn did this?

Richard

He missed some meetings yesterday, but I had no idea it had gotten this bad.

Isabelle

(entering)  How’s Shawn?  Is he okay?

Richard

We don’t know.  We called a psychiatrist for him.  They’re in the bedroom now.

Isabelle

Well, I want to see him.  He’ll feel better.

Richard

Isabelle, not right now.  Let him be with the doctor for a while, okay?  (to Tom)  Sorry.  This is my daughter, Isabelle.  Isabelle, this is Tom Baldwin.

Isabelle

(Tom nods slightly)  Shawn told me about you.  Hi.

Tom

(reluctantly shakes Isabelle’s hand)  Hi.

Isabelle

You’re staring at me.  Why?

Tom

(to the psychiatrist as he enters)  How is he?

Doctor

I gave him a sedative.  He’s sleeping right now.  Shawn is experiencing persistent and powerful auditory hallucinations.  They’re contributing to his delusions.

Richard

Delusions?  I don’t understand.  What’s happening to him?

Doctor

Shawn’s symptoms are—well, I’m afraid they’re consistent with the onset of disorganized schizophrenia.

Isabelle

But, you’re going to fix him, right?  You’re going to make him better.

Doctor

Well, I’ve never seen a case quite like this.  Uh, typically, schizophrenia has a gradual onset.  Uh, patients slowly withdraw from the world as their symptoms get worse, but with Shawn, it’s almost as if the disease was just turned on.

(scene change: Richard meets with Diana and Tom in his office)

Richard

Last week, we got a phone call from Daniel Armand.  He said if we weren’t willing to reach a compromise with Nova, he’d come gunning for Shawn, and now it’s two days later, and he just happens to come down with schizophrenia?

Tom

You think the Nova Group did this to Shawn?  (Richard nods)

Diana

Well, we’ll investigate it, but until the matter is cleared up, Shawn just can’t walk around free.  I mean—okay—he’s probably a victim in this, but his mental state has been compromised.  He can’t control his ability.

Matthew

Shawn is one of the leaders of this place.  People love him.  If he just disappears into the basement at NTAC, there’s going to be a lot of unhappiness around here.

Diana

Nobody’s talking about disappearing anyone.  You need to just distance yourself from the situation just for a second.  Now, we have an insane 4400 with a potentially lethal ability.  This is an ability that has turned against my daughter.  If you don’t voluntarily remand him to a psychiatric hospital—(Isabelle enters)—then I’ll file a complaint for assault, and take the decision out of your hands.

Isabelle

No!  (to Richard)  You can’t lock him up.  This isn’t his fault.

Richard

Isabelle, Shawn is in trouble.  He needs help.

Isabelle

(as Matthew closes the door)  I know he does.  And, instead, you just want to abandon him?  He sacrificed for this place.  He told you not to talk to Nova, even if it meant they were going to come after him.  Now they did, and you just want to cut him loose?

Richard

We’re not cutting him loose.  We are protecting him.

Isabelle

Oh, by locking him up?  I guess it’s fine for you, right?

Richard

Isabelle, that is not true.  And, we are not having this discussion now.  This is not the place.  (stares down Isabelle before speaking to Tom and Diana)  If you’ll agree that Shawn goes nowhere near a government facility, we’ll commit him to a private hospital until all this is cleared up.  (Tom nods; Isabelle walks out disgusted)

(scene change: 4400 Center school)

Alana

How much did they tell you about what I do here at the school?

Todd

(Todd Barstow, disappeared: August 29, 1995)  Um, not much.  You’re some sort of guidance counselor, right?

Alana

I’m something like that.  It’s more like a therapist, I guess you could say.  I—uh—work with the students here using my ability.  All the kids here are 4400s, which means you missed years of your family’s lives.  Your parents had another child while you were gone: your brother, Curtis?

Todd

Yeah.  Before they got divorced.  I barely know him.

Alana

That’s where I come in.  (she gets up and walks across the room)  It’s hard to explain, but if you let me, I can take you back to the years when you were gone.  You can meet your brother when he was a baby, see him grow up, and spend all the time you need with him.  And, build the relationship you don’t have.

Todd

Um, I’m sorry.  What?  You want to take me back in time?

Alana

(laughs)  No.  We go into a world we create using both our minds, and it will seem just as real as this one.

Todd

(thinks about this)  Look—uh—no offense—but maybe you should worry about helping yourself.

Alana

You think I need help?

Todd

You have this sadness inside you.  Not sadness, exactly.  I guess rage would be the best word.  It’s because of what happened to your husband and son all those years ago. 

Alana

You know about Billy and Paul?

Todd

They got killed in a hit-and-run.  The police never caught the guy.  (Alana looks upset)  You try to move on, and—uh—I guess you kind of have.  But you still think about it every day.  And—and there’s still that rage.

Alana

How—how do you know all that?

Todd

Well, you have an ability, and I have an ability.  Look—uh—I’m sorry.  I’m just not up for this.  So—uh—is it okay if I go back to class?  (he gets up and turns before leaving)  You’re right to be mad, you know.  The guy?  The driver?  He’s kind of out there.  It’s not fair.  (he opens the door and leaves)

(scene change: NTAC; Tom is on the phone; Diana looks on)

Tom

But you did see Shawn Farrell on Tuesday?  A home loan from the Center.  And, how did the meeting end?  Oh, well, congratulations.  That’s a really nice neighborhood.  No, no, Mr. Donavan.  Thanks for your time.  We’ll be in touch if we need anything further.  Bye.  (he hangs up)

Diana

You know, your nephew is one of the leaders of the Center.  He sees dozens of 4400s every day.  And, the ones we’ve spoken to who have registered abilities with us, they have minor stuff.  Nothing like the capacity to induce insanity.  And, that’s assuming that whoever did this had to be in proximity to Shawn to make it happen.

Tom

Whoever?  We basically know who did this.  It was Daniel Armand.  Either he did it, or he gave the order.

Diana

Well, no.  The truth is, we don’t actually know that Shawn’s condition is the result of an attack.  Nova’s not claiming credit, and Shawn’s exactly the right age for the onset of schizophrenia.  So, it’s possible that we’re looking for a crime, and the only thing we’ll find is a tragedy.

Tom

Then there’s nothing we can do.  I cannot accept that.  Nova threatened Shawn; Shawn got sick.  For right now, that’s all the cause and effect I need.

(scene change: woods; Zachary Gidlund [disappeared: November 10, 1966] bends down to wait; Richard arrives)

Richard

You’re Zachary?

Zachary

Yeah.  Thanks for meeting me out here.

Richard

It’s all right.  Matthew said you had something you wanted to discuss?

Zachary

About six weeks ago, a friend of mine from quarantine: she asked me to meet her for dinner.  So, I go.  And—and she’s asking me all sorts of questions.  Now, she never came right out and said it, but I swear she was feeling me out to see if I would join the Nova group.

Richard

She was recruiting you.

Zachary

I wouldn’t be surprised if she was a member.  (Richard looks around)  I mean, she used to bitch about the government all the time.  I guess she just finally got fed up—

Richard

(impatiently)  Zachary.  If you got a name, give it to me.

Zachary

(hesitantly)  Jane Nance.

Richard

Thank you for coming forward.

Isabelle

(Richard and Zachary part company, and she meets Zachary)  Hi.

(scene change: inside the 4400 Center; Todd is walking down a hallway with stairs)

Alana

Todd.

Todd

Ms. Mareva.  What’s up?

Alana

Those things you said about me.  They’re very private.  How did you know?

Todd

Sometimes, when I’m talking to somebody, if they feel something real strong—um—I feel it, too.  And then, I know why they feel that way.  I see it.

Alana

So—uh—you saw what happened to my family?

Todd

Not the whole thing.  I just get—like—fragments.  Uh, I saw the two cars hit.  I saw this guy.  There were empty beer bottles by his seat.  He thought about getting out, calling the cops.  I guess he changed his mind.

Alana

The man who hit them: you know who he is?

Todd

Yeah.  Uh, I already wrote it down.  I figured you’d want it.  (he hands her a piece of paper and walks away)

Alana

(reading)  Keane Driscoll.

(scene change: Shawn’s bedroom; Isabelle searches his closet for a dress; then she takes clothes out of a chest of drawers; and she packs a small bag)

Matthew

Security told me you were up here.  What are you doing?

Isabelle

I’m packing Shawn’s stuff.  I’m taking him out of that hospital.

Matthew

Isabelle, I have to caution you against overreaction.  I know you’re worried about Shawn, but all we have is a tip.  We might know the name of one person in the Nova group.

Isabelle

What’s my Dad going to do with that?  Let me guess.  Call NTAC?  What’ll they do for Shawn that I can’t?

Matthew

They’re equipped to deal with 4400s.

Isabelle

(preparing to leave)  Not as well as I am.

Matthew

(blocks her)  No.

Isabelle

Matthew, get out of my way.

Matthew

What are you going to do?  We don’t even know if that tip is any good, and this woman, Jane Nance, is in the Nova group, there’s no guarantee that she’s the one that’s doing this to Shawn.

Isabelle

Well, if she’s not, she’ll get me closer to the person who is.  She was recruited in NOVA, right?  So, she’ll know at least one name.  I’ll find that person.  If they’re not the one, they’ll know a name, too.  And, eventually, I’ll find the person who’s hurting Shawn, and I’ll make him stop.  (she walks into the living room)

Matthew

(grabbing her arm)  Wait.  Hey, wait.  Do you remember the first time I came to see you?  You were so sad.  You didn’t know who you were, why you grew up so fast, why you were making your mother so sick, and I told you: you were one of the lucky ones.  You have a purpose, a job to do.  I even told you what it was.  Do you remember?  Say it.

Isabelle

I’m supposed to eliminate the 4400.

Matthew

That’s right.  Not everyone from the future thinks they’re a good thing.  Not everyone thinks they’re going to save the world.  All this talk of a catastrophe the 4400 are supposed to prevent: it’s lies.  They are the catastrophe.  All of them.  Your father, Shawn—and if he’s in trouble—that’s good for us.

Isabelle

So you keep telling me.  Goodbye.

Matthew

No!  I can’t allow you to do this!  You’re not ready to be on your own.  You need me.  You need my guidance.  (he feels pain in his head; he falls to his knees, his eyes begin to bleed)

Isabelle

I don’t think I do, Matthew.  (he falls back onto the floor, dying)  Today’s graduation day.  (she leaves as he gasps one last time)

(scene change: outside the Abendson Psychiatric Care Facility; cut to Shawn’s room)

Isabelle

(entering)  Shawn?

Shawn

Isabelle.

Isabelle

We have to go now, okay?

Shawn

Isabelle, my back teeth are melting, and they’re going to run down my throat.  I can feel it.

Isabelle

Shhh.  It’s okay.  (she strokes his cheek)  I’m going to make you better.  Just come with me, okay?  Okay?  (Shawn nods)

(scene change: NTAC; Jane’s picture is on the big screen)

Diana

Her name is Jane Nance, and she lives about twenty minutes away.

Tom

We think the tip is good.  If she really is a member of Nova, you can bet she’ll be ready to defend herself.  So, let’s be careful.

(scene change: in Jane’s house; she [disappeared October 17, 1980] talks to a parrot)

Jane

Here you go, Triton.  Here you go.  Yeah.  You’ve been a very patient boy.  (a cat meows)  Fidget.  What did I tell you about sitting on the TV?  (the cat climbs down; there is a knock on the door, alerting a dog)  Not yet, Herkie.  (she opens the door to no one; Isabelle is right behind her)  Who are you?

(scene change: at an AA meeting; Keane Driscoll is addressing the group)

Keane

We all know what it’s like to hit bottom.  We wouldn’t be here if we didn’t.  It comes in a different way for each of us, that—that moment when we realize our drinking is out of control.  I—(he is interrupted by the opening of a door)

Alana

(entering)  Sorry to interrupt.

Keane

It’s okay.  It’s okay.  Come on in.  Grab a seat.  I was just saying: my name is Keane, and I’m an alcoholic.

Group

Hi, Keane.  (Alana sits down)

(scene change: Tom and Diana pull up outside Jane’s house; NTAC storms the house)

Tom

(shouting)  Jane Nance!  (he breaks down the door; agents begin searching the house)

Diana

Oh, my God!

Tom

What?  (Jane lies dead on the floor)  Get those animals away from her.  (to Diana)  What the hell happened here?  It’s like all these pets she keeps: they turned on her.

Diana

Maybe someone turned them on her.

(scene change: 4400 Center; the Nurse covers up Matthew’s body)

Nurse

(to Richard)  He died very quickly.  Could have been a massive stroke; maybe a coronary.  I’ll call an ambulance.  And, the coroner.

Woman

Mr. Tyler, those two NTAC agents are here again.  They say they need to talk to you.

Tom

Look, Mr. Tyler.  Isabelle broke Shawn out of the hospital.  We know that for a fact.

Diana

And now, we learn that Matthew Ross, a thirty-six-year old man, just happened to die of a stroke on the floor of Shawn Farrell’s living room.  Within the hour, Jane Nance dies as well.  I mean, are you telling us that you don’t see a connection?

Richard

I’m telling you: you’re talking about my daughter.  She shouldn’t have taken Shawn.  I’ll admit that.  She can be immature sometimes, yes.  But she is not a killer.

Diana

Any idea where Isabelle may have taken Shawn?

Richard

No.  But if she calls, I’ll try to convince her to come in, and I’ll let you know.  That’s the best I can do.  (Tom shows agreement)  Is there anything else?  See you.  Thanks.

(scene change: AA meeting; group breaks up)

Keane

(to Alana)  Hey.  It’s okay to be shy.  I remember my first meeting.  I didn’t say anything, either.  I was at rock bottom.  Embarrassed just to be breathing.

Alana

How long ago was that?

Keane

About nine years.  I—uh—I was in a car accident.  Truth is: I can barely even remember it.  When I came to, I knew.  I had to change my life.  So, I did.  I’ve been leading these meetings for five years now.  How about you?  You have a moment like that?

(scene change: NTAC)

Tom

Diana, we opened a trace on Shawn’s cell phone.  Richard Tyler’s, too.  If Isabelle calls, we’ll be listening.

Diana

Does this girl scare you as much as she scares me?  I mean, never mind what she did or didn’t do today.  You just meet her—I mean—she looks like a normal kid.  Attractive, maybe a bit naïve, but when she says something, you realize she’s looking at you like you’re an ant, and she’s just deciding whether or not she’s going to rip your legs off.  Every other 4400 had a past before they were taken, a history.  Not her.  She just kind of sprouted.

Tom

She’s not even a 4400.  She’s something else.  A new category.

Garrity

We got a hit on the APB.  Shawn’s car was spotted headed east on Forbes Avenue.

Diana

That’s in Everett.  Let’s go.

Tom

Uh, Diana, I need to make a stop at home first.

(scene change: Tom’s house; Tom retrieves the needle)

(scene change: Shawn and Isabelle sit in a car on a street)

Shawn

I’m not taking those.  There’s radio antennas inside of there, and—and—that’s how they hear what I’m thinking.

Isabelle

Shawn.

Shawn

I’m not taking those.

Isabelle

Shawn, there are no radio antennas.  They’re just pills.  They make you feel better.  The label says you’re supposed to take them every four hours.  (Shawn throws the pills out the window)  Shawn, stop that!  (she looks at a gas station and a man exiting)  Wait a minute.  There he is.  (she refers to Jorge Molina [disappeared: March 24, 1975])

(scene change: Tom’s house; Tom enters; Alana awaits him)

Alana

It’s so late.

Tom

You scared me.  Sorry.  Someone called in a tip on Shawn’s car.  It was abandoned, though.  He’s still missing.

Alana

Oh.

Tom

Everything okay?

Alana

Yeah.  I don’t know.  No.  A boy at school: he has this gift.  He sees things: things that already happened.  He says he saw the accident that killed Billy.

Tom

Oh, my God!  Baby!  Why would he tell you that?

Alana

Because—he also gave me the name of the man who did it.  I went to see him, Thomas.

Tom

You did what?

Alana

He was leading an AA meeting.  He told me he had a car accident while he was drunk nine years ago.

Tom

Alana, Sweetie, if this really is the guy, we’ll look into it.

Alana

Based on what?  The visions of a 4400 who was a little kid when the accident happened?

Tom

Alana, please.  Don’t go see this guy again.  It could be dangerous.  (a cell phone rings) 

Alana

(rises, doubtfully and troubled)  You should pick up, Thomas.

Tom

Yeah, but—are you sure you’re okay?

Alana

I’m fine.  Better than your nephew, anyway.

Tom

(answering his cell phone)  Baldwin.

(scene change: the gas station is a complete ruin; Diana and Tom investigate)

Garrity

The place is owned by a 4400 named Jorge Molina.  The fire department found some burnt remains inside.  They think it’s him.

Tom

What started the fire?

Garrity

Apparently, Molina had a habit of leaving oily rags laying around the garage.  Someone in health and safety gave him a bunch of citations for it.  Said it was a fire hazard.  Guess they were right, huh?

Diana

Yeah.  Either that or Isabelle found the name of another member of the Nova group.

(scene change: Richard’s bedroom; a cell phone wakes him)

Richard

Hello?

Isabelle

This will all be over soon, Daddy.

Richard

Hello?

Isabelle

I found out who’s doing this to Shawn.  It’s Daniel Armand.

Richard

Isabelle?

Isabelle

The last Nova I talked to told me.

Richard

Isabelle, where are you?

Isabelle

I’m just waiting for him to come home, and then I’m going to make him stop.

Richard

Isabelle, if you know where Armand is, we’ll tell NTAC.  They’ll take care of it.

Isabelle

I’m not stopping.  (she looks over at Shawn sleeping on a bed)  I’m not stopping until Shawn’s better.  Daddy, when all this is done, can I come home?  Will they let me, or am I in too much trouble?

Richard

I don’t know.  Maybe.  If you stop now, maybe.  Just tell me where you’re going so I can come meet you.

Isabelle

(sighs)  Okay.

(scene change: NTAC)

Tom

(excited)  Diana.  We just intercepted a call to Richard Tyler’s phone.  It was Isabelle.

Diana

Where is she?

Tom

She’s headed to an address in Munhall.  She says Daniel Armand is there.  (they race out)

(scene change: outside, perhaps an alley; Shawn screams madly)

Isabelle

(to Daniel)  You’d better not be hurting him.

Daniel

I’m not.  It’s almost done.

Shawn

(seems to recover)  Isabelle.

Isabelle

Shawn?  Are you okay?

Shawn

Yeah.  I think so.  What happened?  I don’t remember anything.  (he sees Daniel tied to a chair)  What’s Armand doing here?

Isabelle

He was hurting you.  He broke your mind.  That’s his ability.  But I made him stop.  He’s yours now.  You can do what you want.

Daniel

Now she wants you to kill me.

Shawn

I’m not killing anybody, Isabelle.

Daniel

If you don’t, she will.

Shawn

Is that true?

Isabelle

I did what I had to do to make you better, and what does it matter anyway?  You’re not sick anymore.

Shawn

I know.  I know.  Thank you, but it’s over.  It’s over.  I’m better.  We have Armand.  Let’s just go.  We can walk away.

Daniel

(laughing)  You don’t really know this girl at all, do you?  You think she’s one of us?

Shawn

Don’t listen to him, Isabelle.

Isabelle

Stop talking!

Daniel

She’s not, Shawn.  She killed her way across town to find me, and there’s no way she’s walking away.

Isabelle

I said, stop talking now.

Shawn

Don’t, Isabelle.  Don’t!

Isabelle

For the record, Daniel, I didn’t kill your people.  Not exactly.  All I did was turn their abilities against them.  And, what do you do again?  Oh, right.  You make people crazy.

Shawn

No.  Isabelle.  (shouting)  Isabelle, stop it!  Stop it!

Daniel

They want to take my organs out.  All of them.  They’re halfway done.  They’re halfway done.

Shawn

Why did you do that to him?

Isabelle

He was still a threat to you, Shawn.  If we just left, what’s to keep him from attacking you again?  Everything I did, I did to make you better.  I don’t regret any of it.  If I had to kill a hundred people, I would have.

Shawn

Who are you?

(NTAC arrives)

Diana

If anyone gets any resistance from the girl or Daniel Armand, don’t hesitate to use deadly force.  Tom?  (he is contemplating the needle)  Anything to add? 

Tom

(getting out of the car)  No.  Let’s move.

Richard

Stop!  (he runs towards Tom and Diana)

Tom

Can’t do that, Mr. Tyler.  We need to end this.

Richard

Look.  If you go in there with your guns out, this can end badly for everybody.  Let me talk to Isabelle.  See if I can get her to come out quietly.  You guys got the place surrounded, right?  If I’m gone more than five minutes, you can just come in anyway.

Tom

Go on.

(scene change: inside the building)

Richard

Isabelle?  Shawn?

Shawn

Richard.  You’ve got to talk to her.  She wants to fight them.  She’s going to get everyone killed.

Isabelle

Daddy!  We can get past them.  You can help me.  We can get the guns out of their hands, right?

Richard

No.  Isabelle.  We’re not here to fight the government.  Not today.

Isabelle

I don’t have a choice.

Richard

Yes, you do.  Walk out there with me.  You’re going to get in trouble for breaking Shawn out of the hospital.  But we can deal with it.  I don’t know what happened with Matthew and the others, but we can deal with that, too.  But if you go after those agents, that is it.  You are an enemy of the government.  They will catch you eventually.  They will put you away forever.  I don’t care how strong you are.  And, there won’t be anything I can do about it.

Isabelle

All this: I did it to save Shawn, and he hates me now.

Shawn

Isabelle, Isabelle, I don’t hate you.

Richard

He’s just scared, that’s all.  We all are.  Let’s go.

(scene change: outside the building)

Officer

They’re coming out!

Tom

(rushing up)  Shawn.  Are you all right?

Shawn

Yeah.  Yeah.  Daniel Armand’s inside.  He’s all yours.  (Tom leaves him to take custody of Daniel)

(scene change: NTAC; Isabelle, shackled, is released to Richard’s custody)

Diana

So this is what it feels like to watch someone get away with murder.

Tom

If there’s no evidence of foul play, how can there be a murder?  As for the deaths, Shawn doesn’t remember anything.  There’s no witnesses.  So, officially, we don’t have a case.

Diana

Yeah.  But, she did it, and I can’t help but think when all this is over, she’s going to do a lot more.  (Richard leaves with Isabelle)

(scene change: AA center; Alana shows Keane a newspaper clipping of her husband and son)

Alana

Their names were Billy and Paul.  Paul was my husband.  Billy was our son.  They were killed in a hit-and-run accident in 1997, the same year you hit bottom.

Keane

What does this have to do with me?

Alana

Everything.  You killed them.

Keane

(trying to put this into perspective)  Look.  I told you before: nine years ago, I was a different man.  Something happened.  Something terrible.  And I had a choice.  I could end my life, or I could try to live it better.  (he rises)  And, I decided to live, and I did do better.  I dedicated myself to it.  I mean, look around!  I help people.

Alana

You do, and you probably feel like that’s enough.  I bet you, you go days, whole weeks even, without ever thinking about that other man and what he did.  I think about it every day.  It never goes away for me.  And, I’m going to make sure it never goes away for you, either.  I won’t let you forget them.

(scene change: 4400 Center; Richard and Isabelle walk down a hallway)

Isabelle

I’m fine, Daddy.  They treated me fine.  I just need a little time alone, okay?  (she prepares to enter her room)

Richard

Isabelle, you know, sometime very soon, we’re going to have to talk about Matthew, about all this.  (she nods; he exits)

Isabelle

(entering her room and seeing Tom sitting in a chair)  How did you get in here?

Tom

Shut the door.  We need to talk.

Isabelle

About what?

Tom

Some people want me to kill you.  I was hoping you could tell me why.

Isabelle

(seeing a syringe on the table)  Who gave you that?

Tom

(shakes his head)  Long story.  Let’s just say the woman who left it for me: she called you evil.  Said, if humanity was going to survive, you had to die.  What?  You think that’s funny?

Isabelle

No.  It’s just—it seems like a lot of people have opinions about me.  Either I’m the savior, or I’m the end of the world.  It’s nice to have options, I guess.  That man, Matthew?  The one who had a stroke?  He came to me right after I grew up.  He said I was supposed to do all kinds of things.  Destroy the 4400.  Kill them all.  He told me it was the only way to save the world.  I told him “no.”  I might have been conceived in the future, but I’m not their puppet.  He didn’t like that.  He’s not around anymore.

Tom

Neither are those members of the Nova group.

Isabelle

Those people were terrorists.  They were murderers.  They were hurting Shawn!  Look.  Whoever told you that I’m bad, that I’m some sort of walking Armageddon, is wrong.  I turned my back on all that.  I’m not a murderer, and you know what?  I don’t care how much I scare you.  I don’t think you are, either.

Tom

You don’t know me.

Isabelle

No?  (she bares her arm)  Let’s find out.  (Tom hesitates)  Here I am.  The angel of death, the end of the human race, or whatever the hell it is they call me.  I won’t move.  I promise.

Tom

(in anger, grabs Isabelle’s arm and tries to kill her)  No.  Not yet.  Not until I’m sure.

Isabelle

And, you’re not a murderer.  It’s okay.  You should take that with you, in case you change your mind.

Tom

You better hope I don’t.  (he exits)

(scene change: 4400 Center, Alana’s office; Alana picks up a newspaper  a newspaper article headline reads: “Local man in critical condition after one car accident”)

Todd

I made that happen, didn’t I?

Alana

No, Todd.  I did.  I didn’t mean to.  I didn’t want to, but I did.

(scene change: Isabelle enters the Haspel Corporation)

Reception

Welcome to Haspel Corp.  How may I help you?

Isabelle

Hi.  I have an appointment with Dennis Ryland.  My name’s Isabelle Tyler.

Reception

Miss Tyler.  (checking her computer)  Mr. Ryland’s expecting you.  Go on up to twenty-four.  He’s waiting.

(to be continued)