Hyperion Force Pilot (draft 1) Part 2.

CONTINUED: 11.



HARPER
Well I don’t think it was all that
bad.

SAIGE
No, I suppose it wasn’t. (laughs)

The two stop walking at a makeshift archery range. A
weathered target is in the distance, a bow sits at rest on
an altar like structure near them.

HARPER
After all, you wouldn’t have been a
junior achery champion four years
strong.

SAIGE
Not that my parents gave a crap. I
mean what can I even do with that?
Shoot apples off people’s heads?

Harper shrugs.

A beat as Saige contemplates something.

SAIGE
You think I could use the archery
thing as...a superhero myself?

Harper shrugs.

HARPER
Ah, you never know. You could.

SAIGE
You don’t think that’s crazy? A
dumb idea?

HARPER
No. It’s something I tried mysef.

Saige’s jaw drops.

SAIGE
Really? You?

HARPER
Yeah. I thought I’d use my bow and
arrow and do some cleaning up.
Things just didn’t work out. It’s
the reason I walk with this cane
now.


(CONTINUED)


CONTINUED: 12.



SAIGE
So it is a possibly stupid move?
Uh...no offense.

HARPER
Not sure. I look at it like pro
athletes. I mean you can have a
long career doing it or you can
have a fluke event that takes you
out before you even start. (Shrugs)
It just wasn’t for me. Come on,
I’ll have Ellie heat up some
cobbler.

Harper walks on as Saige casts a last look at the bow.

EXT. BALCONY - NIGHT

Thompson stands on his balcony looking up at the stars.
NIVERA joins him.

NIVERA
What’s the deal Stellar. You invite
the gang over here and then you
spend the whole night out here.
What’s going on?

THOMPSON
Just got a lot on my mind is all. I
visited with my former partner.
Hadn’t seen him since I found the
gem and got wrapped up in the
Hyperion Force and being Stellar
Protector.

NIVERA
Sounds like it didn’t go very well.

THOMPSON
We’ve been friends since college.
Always there for each other. I’m
his first son’s godfather.
Something happened recently. His
wife was gravely injured in a fight
between the Vazilok and some rookie
cape. They don’t think she will
ever recover.

NIVERA
I’m sorry.




(CONTINUED)


CONTINUED: 13.



THOMPSON
He’s mad at that and mad at me for
not being around. I guess his best
friend didn’t have his back.

NIVERA
You can’t blame yourself. You
couldn’t have changed the outcome
of what happened. And what we do,
we prevent similar occurences. Try
to take comfort in that.

Nivera heads back inside, leaving Thompson to his thoughts.


INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Saige lays back in his bed staring at the ceiling, deep in
his own thoughts.

SAIGE (V.O.)
Could that be the key or am I just
being stupid? If I was a superhero,
would I have my parents love and
respect. No I can’t be some wannabe
in his underwear and a towel for a
cape. I need to be a heavy hitter.
I need to be on the Hyperion Force.

Saige sits up in his bed. He thinks for a minute then gets
up and heads into his closet. Saige yanks on the chain for
the light bulb and starts rifling through the nearest box,
marked ’Journalism stuff.’ Various clipping and awards and
other material fall out of the box and to the floor.

Saige stops, having found what he is looking for. He pulls a
photo out. In the photo is Saige and several other reporters
at a conference. Among them, Grace Emerson.

SAIGE (V.O.)
I knew it. I knew she looked
familiar. This is from the writer’s
conference from last year.

Saige flips the photo over.

SAIGE (V.O.)
Grace Emerson. From the Post.









14.



INT. PARAGON POST NEWSROOM - DAY

Grace sits at her desk typing away when her found rings.

GRACE
This is Grace...really? For me?
O-K....be right there.

INT. PARAGON POST FRONT - DAY

Grace finds Saige waiting for her.

GRACE
Hey, I’m Grace-

SAIGE
Emerson. I know. We went to the
same Paragon Journalists Conference
last year. I’m Saige Winters. I
work for the Times.

GRACE
Ah right. I’ve seen your byline a
few times. What can I do for you?

SAIGE
Well this isn’t journalism related
and I think we should discuss it
outside.

Grace gives Saige a funny look. He heads out the front door.
She waits a beat then follows.

EXT. PARAGON POST - DAY

Saige waits for Grace to join him. She is a bit tense,
eyeing him the as she exits.

GRACE
What can I do for you Mr. Winters.

SAIGE
The Hyperion Force.

GRACE
I’m sorry?

SAIGE
The Hyperion Force. You know them.
You’re friends with them.

Grace laughs off Saige’s accusation.


(CONTINUED)


CONTINUED: 15.



GRACE
Listen Saige, I think you have me
mistaken with someone else.

SAIGE
I think not. I saw you myself. Near
the Bloon Moon. Helping a woman.
You and Millenium Guardian and some
other guy.

Grace’s laughing dies down as Saige looks at her seriously.

GRACE
I just uh, happened to be over
there at the time. Caught in the
crossfire.

SAIGE
Right. That’s why you teleported
away with them right?

Grace steps closer to Saige.

GRACE
What do you want Saige?

SAIGE
I want in.

GRACE
You don’t just want in. They have
to want you in.

SAIGE
So help me out.

GRACE
You are trying to step into
something way beyond you Saige.
Stay safe and stay out it. You’ll
be better off for it. If you will
excuse me, I have work to get to.

Grace doesn’t wait for Saige to reply, turning on her heels
and heading back inside.

EXT. PARAGON POST - NIGHT

Saige sits down low in his car, eyes on Grace as she exits
the building. She gets in car and drives off. Saige waits a
moment and then pulls out after her.

EXT. PARAGON POLICE DEPARTMENT - NIGHT

(CONTINUED)


CONTINUED: 16.



Thompson joins Grace outside the department. The two
exchange pleantries.

GRACE
He’s a reporter for the Times. He
apparently was on hand when we
rescued that woman in King’s Row
the other night. When I told MG
that he was exposed.

THOMPSON
Well that’s neither here nor there
now. You said he is trying to
blackmail us?

GRACE
I am not sure. It doesn’t seem like
he wants to expose or anything, he
just wants to join the team.

THOMPSON
Why?

GRACE
I wish I knew. His name is Saige
Winters.

THOMPSON
I’ll check him out.


INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Saige is asleep in his bed. He is joined silently by
Thompson. Thompson regards Saige in the bed and then
proceeds to look over some papers on a nearby desk.

Thompson jumps back suddenly as three arrows strike the wall
where he was standing a moment before. Thompson glances at
the bed and sees Saige up and armed with a bow, arrow at the
ready.

SAIGE (V.O.)
I guess it was a good thing I
started working with Harper on my
cape identity. We fashioned a high
tech bow and some pretty slick
arrows, I just didn’t know they
would come in handy this soon.

SAIGE
Who the hell are you?


(CONTINUED)


CONTINUED: 17.


THOMPSON
I could ask you the same. Well
besides being a reporter for the
Times and son of a Nobel Prize
winner and a college professor.

SAIGE
What do you want? I saw Grace
talking to you. Are you connected
to the Hyperion Force?

THOMPSON
What do you want with us?

SAIGE
I want in the group. I want to be a
cape and I want to start as a part
of your group.

Thompson launches an energy blast at Saige. He dives off the
bed toward the door. Saige recovers and heads down stairs
and out the front door.


EXT. TOWN HOUSE - NIGHT

Saige is stopped in his tracks outside. Standing before him
is Millennium Guardian, Nivera and a new face, MERCURIAL
TALON.

MG
Hi there.

Saige sighs.

Saige dives to avoid another burst of energy, this time from
Nivera, launching a couple arrows at MG as he does. MG is
knocked on his back, the arrows sticking into his suit, but
causing no harm.

Saige takes aim at Talon who dashes up to him, standing nose
to nose before Saige can blink.

MERCURIAL TALON (RAPID-FIRE SPEECH)
Yeah, you might want to move a
little bit faster than that if you
want any shot at all of hitting me.

SAIGE
Dully noted.

Saige takes a few swings at Talon as she dances around him
at super-human speed.