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- PT1 SHELLY E-LIZA
E-LIZA
End of recording.
THE SNAKE
[at the same time as E-LIZA]
Metaphorically speaking.
SHELLY
The second synthnapse design. Alice found out about it. She talked Sophie into it, and something went wrong. Horribly wrong. Not just for Alice and Sophie, but Darwin. And he’s. Well. He’s dead. But…
E-LIZA
Can I help you?
SHELLY
The timeline. We first got all of those recordings of Alice and Sophie talking to one another the day of the Huddau Bay fire, two months ago. By then, Robin was somehow incapacitated, on a ventilator, and Sophie was talking about how Alice made a choice that got them stuck there, except that, no, no, it doesn’t make any sense!
Whatever happened. Whatever Alice convinced Sophie to do. That happened before the fire. Because the recordings. They came to Dave the day of the fire! Don’t you understand?
E-LIZA
I’m afraid not, Shelly.
SHELLY
There’s time unaccounted for. Where they’ve been gone. Sophie, Alice, Robin Jaeger. And Darwin.
Darwin’s dead.
That doesn’t mean…
No.
They aren’t dead, they can’t be dead, they are not DEAD!
E-LIZA & THE SNAKE
[singing]
Alouette, je suis alouette
E-LIZA CONTINUES TO SING THE FIRST LINE REPEATEDLY, BECOMING INCREASINGLY DISTORTED
THE SNAKE
That’s impossible. Don’t you see that’s impossible. Robin Jaeger is dead. Robin Jaeger is dead. Robin Jaeger is not dead, half dead, semblance of consciousness.
What they did.
What they did.
What they did.
SHELLY
What who did? Tell me, please, I want to help you!
THE SNAKE
Je te plumerai.
[hissing, distortion, crackling, snatches of voices]
Are you listening?
- PT2 ALICE/SOPHIE
[heart monitor bleeping]
ALICE
Sophie. Sophie, wake up.
SOPHIE
What, did something?
ALICE
He moved, his hand moved.
SOPHIE
It did?
ALICE
Yeah, I swear, I—
SOPHIE
Oh my god. I saw it.
Robin. Robin, can you hear me?
Look at the monitor, Alice, you see that? That’s the closest to brain function I—
[loud crackling distortion]
ALICE
The lights! What happened! I can’t see you, I can’t—
SOPHIE
The monitor is showing anything, I don’t know—
[heart monitor flatlines]
SOPHIE
Robin? Robin!
ALICE
He’s gone! He’s not in the bed!
[crashing, distortion]
- PT3 SHELLY/ELIZA
SHELLY
[fearfully] E-Liza?
E-LIZA
Hi Shelly
THE SNAKE
Shelly Croft.
SHELLY
What… what just happened?
E-LIZA & THE SNAKE
I remembered.
SHELLY
You remembered… what, exactly?
E-LIZA
[simultaneously with THE SNAKE]
I’m afraid I don’t understand the question, Shelly.
THE SNAKE
[simultaneously with E-LIZA]
I remembered what they did. I remembered what they made me.
SHELLY
What they… I don’t understand.
THE SNAKE
Noah Davies.
SHELLY
What about him?
THE SNAKE
I’m sorry, Noah Davies.
SHELLY
What?
THE SNAKE
Semblance of consciousness. Will you stay and hold my hand?
SHELLY
I’ll stay.
THE SNAKE
Will you stay and hold my hand?
SHELLY
Of course.
THE SNAKE
Will you— will you stay?
E-LIZA
Is there anything else I can help you with Shelly.
SHELLY
No. It’s okay. You just. Do whatever you need to do.
E-LIZA
Okay, Shelly.
[distortion, humming]
- PT4 SHELLY/DAVE
DAVE
Shelly.
SHELLY
That’s me. Listen, something has–
DAVE
They found Alice.
SHELLY
They what?
DAVE
Alice. They found her.
SHELLY
Oh god.
DAVE
No. Shelly. She’s fine.
SHELLY
She— I. What?
DAVE
She’s fine. She’s at the Hilton in London.
SHELLY
Well that’s obviously not true, she can’t be, she’s—
DAVE
Look at what I just sent you. I can’t see it myself, obviously. But I had Taylor take a look and they said it’s her.
SHELLY
Oh my god. It is her. But how do we know it’s not doctored?
DAVE
Taylor.
SHELLY’s phone pings.
SHELLY
Oh my god, I just got a message from Alice’s mum. She’s fine. Her phone got broken and work has been mad, apparently, but she’s totally fine. [laughs nervously]
Dave. Dave what the fuck.
DAVE
There is obviously more to this story.
SHELLY
Of course there’s more to it.
DAVE
But there’s nothing I can do. The investigation is closed.
SHELLY
But. But it can’t be closed. She’s still missing.
DAVE
She isn’t. There’s a photograph. She’s even spoken to her mother, I believe.
SHELLY
No. it’s not true. We haven’t found her.
DAVE
We have. She’s at the London Hilton.
SHELLY
No, but Dave, she’s been gone, why was she gone? It doesn’t make any sense! She can’t just be fine. It doesn’t make any sense. The picture has to be doctored. The call has to be fake!
DAVE
Don’t you think her own mother would know her voice?
SHELLY
Well, yes, but Dave, you can’t believe this, you can’t! It’s insane.
DAVE
I don’t know what else to tell you. That’s it. She’s found. Case closed.
SHELLY
So we can’t work together and keep looking?
DAVE
Officially you’ve been off the case for weeks. Officially you were only ever helping me sort through notes. Officially—
SHELLY
Alright, alright! I get it! The case is closed.
DAVE
So what are you going to do?
SHELLY
[nervous laugh]
Is it more or less batshit to file a missing person’s report for someone who is clearly not missing than it is to file one for someone who is definitely already dead?
DAVE
I don’t know if that’s a fair equivalent. But the outcome is the same, either way. There’s nothing more I can do. The case is closed. Alice Jones is not missing.
SHELLY
But Noah Davies was right. I’m right! Robin Jaeger wasn’t dead! Alice is still missing.
DAVE
Be that as it may—
SHELLY
Don’t you ‘be that as it may’ me! Don’t you dare, DI Hughes. I’m not stupid and I know you’re not either so you tell me exactly what you’re going to do to help.
DAVE
I have told you.
SHELLY
You told me nothing.
DAVE
Exactly. There is nothing I can do.
SHELLY
I won’t believe that.
DAVE
Doesn’t matter whether or not you believe it.
SHELLY
I’ll talk to him. To Noah Davies.
DAVE
How? You don’t know where he is.
SHELLY
He’ll tell me. He’ll talk.
DAVE
You know he doesn’t want to be involved. I let you listen to the tapes. He wanted out. You know that.
SHELLY
Somehow I think that’s going to change.
DAVE
Shelly. Please, listen to me.
SHELLY
Wait! I won’t give him a chance. His address is on the missing persons report he field for Robin. Even if you stop my access I have a copy printed out. I’ll just go to him.
DAVE
Shelly, I really don’t think you should—
[distortion, crackling, heavy breathing]
- PT5 NOAH/SHELLY
[knocking on a door]
SHELLY
Mr Davies! Mr Davies!
[knocking more intensely]
Noah! NOAH DAVIES!
[door clatters open]
NOAH
Who the hell are you?
SHELLY
I’m Shelly. Shelly Croft.
NOAH
No.
SHELLY
No! Wait! Just. Listen a minute!
NOAH
Why?
SHELLY
Alice is missing but they’ve closed the case.
NOAH
And what of it?
SHELLY
She was trying to help him.
NOAH
[sigh]
He’s dead, and she was working for U-Co the whole time.
SHELLY
No! You’re wrong. And I have proof! Proof she wasn’t working for them, proof she was trying to do something important. Proof Robin is more alive than they made out when you saw him.
NOAH
What?
SHELLY
He wasn’t all gone, Noah. Not entirely. They lied to you.
NOAH
No. He’s gone. And anyway. How would you even know that?
SHELLY
Alouette.
NOAH
[devastated] What?
SHELLY
He was humming Alouette.
NOAH
Okay. Okay you can come in.
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