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FADE IN:
INT. FANCY RESTAURANT - DAY
A young attractive waitress, KAYLA, likely in her mid to
late twenties starts walking towards a table that she is
waiting on.
KAYLA (V.O.)
This is where my life has led me.
CUT TO:
MONTAGE: KAYLA’S LIFE
INT. CLASSROOM - DAY
A young Kayla raises her hand when her teacher asks her a
question related to Paleontology in AP Biology.
KAYLA (V.O.)
In high-school my future seemed
very promising.
CUT TO:
INT. KAYLA’S ROOM - DAY
She sets up her college degree on her wall. The Degree is a
major in Paleontology.
KAYLA(V.O.)
That hopefulness continued on
through college too.
She looks at the Paleontology degree with pride.
KAYLA(V.O.)
Though it was all out of my strong
passion for dinosaurs.
CUT BACK TO:
INT. FANCY RESTAURANT - DAY
Kayla reaches the table. The customer at the table is MR.
CHAMBERS a brown haired man in his mid forties to early
fifties, whose hair is beginning to gray.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 2.
KAYLA (V.O.)
Which is why I am here.
KAYLA
May I start you off with something
to drink?
MR. CHAMBERS
I would like a glass with 1/3
preferably green tea and lemonade,
1/3 ice, and 1/3 sprite.
KAYLA
Alright.
Kayla heads back and grabs a large glass and puts together
the mixture. She looks at it for a moment with curiosity.
She grabs a water cup and puts together a miniature version
of the mixture. She takes a small sip of it.
KAYLA
(to herself)
Holy shit.
She quickly downs the rest of it and takes the larger glass
to Mr. Chambers.
KAYLA
Here you are.
MR. CHAMBERS
Thank you very much.
KAYLA
Have you decided on what you want
to eat?
MR. CHAMBERS
Well I recommended the drink to
you. Now you should recommend what
I eat.
KAYLA
What?
MR. CHAMBERS
I am sure that you have never had
someone order that drink before,
and you decided to try it. You
needed to at some point.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 3.
KAYLA
How do you know?
MR. CHAMBERS
I took you for a curious-type. But
mostly a hunch. What did you think
of it?
Kayla appears to be very confused.
MR. CHAMBERS
Well?
KAYLA
It was very good.
MR. CHAMBERS
Alright. Well what would you
recommend from this place?
KAYLA
I haven’t been working here long
enough to be able to offer an
opinion on the food.
MR. CHAMBERS
Right... Well if you were able to
choose anything from this menu.
What would it be?
Kayla looks over the menu.
KAYLA
The lobster macaroni.
MR. CHAMBERS
That sounds great.
KAYLA
Is there anything else that I can
get for you?
MR. CHAMBERS
A Paleontologist.
KAYLA
What?
MR. CHAMBERS
You heard what I said. I am going
to assume that, that "What" was
filler while you were processing
what I said.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 4.
Kayla appears to be even more confused, and a bit
uncomfortable.
MR. CHAMBERS
You may be off now. The sound of
lobster macaroni got me hungry and
I am in a bit of a hurry.
Kayla walks off trying to process what is going on.
CUT TO:
INT. FANCY RESTAURANT - LATER
Kayla walks out carrying the lobster macaroni, but finds
that Mr. Chambers is no longer at his table. She goes over
to the table and finds a to-go box, a $100 dollar bill, and
a note. She pockets the $100 dollar bill and grabs the note
to read it.
TEXT:
There is more where this came from. And yes I still do want
a paleontologist. Enjoy the lobster macaroni and once you
get off call me at 555-653-7268.
FADE BLACK TO:
EXT. KAYLA’S PARENTS HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON
Kayla approaches her house with the to go box in one hand
and a bag of groceries in the other. She knocks on the door
and her mother lets her in.
INT. KAYLA’S PARENTS HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON
KAYLA’S MOTHER
How was work today?
KAYLA
Fine.
Kayla makes her way towards the kitchen counter and unloads
her groceries. She pulls out tea, lemonade, and sprite from
the bag. Kayla quickly puts together the drink that Mr.
Chambers introduced to her and makes her way upstairs and
then begins to chow down on her lobster macaroni. Kayla
grabs her cell phone and dials the number that Mr. Chambers
left on the note.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 5.
MR. CHAMBERS
Surprised that it took you so long.
How’s the lobster macaroni?
KAYLA
Quite delectable, now I want to
know why you would need a
paleontologist.
MR. CHAMBERS
Well that will be revealed later.
First you must take a test.
KAYLA
Test on what?
MR. CHAMBERS
That is not for me to decide.
KAYLA
Then who is doing the deciding?
MR. CHAMBERS
You’ll see tomorrow.
KAYLA
Tomorrow won’t work for me. I have
a job.
MR. CHAMBERS
If everything works out properly,
you will never need to work again.
KAYLA
What?
MR. CHAMBERS
You really must cut it out with
those filler "whats".
KAYLA
Sorry.
MR. CHAMBERS
There isn’t anything to be sorry
about. Just stop by at my address
115 Lily Way tomorrow at anytime
you please.
KAYLA
Will do.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 6.
MR. CHAMBERS
One more thing before I hang up.
See if you can come up with a
nickname for my drink.
KAYLA
Alri-
Mr. Chambers hangs up before she can finish.
CUT TO:
EXT. MR. CHAMBERS’ MANSION - DAY
Kayla approaches Mr. Chambers’ mansion fairly cautiously.
She double checks the curb to make sure that she has the
right address. She goes and knocks on the front door. Mr.
Chambers opens it up and greets Kayla.
MR. CHAMBERS
Come in come in.
INT. MR. CHAMBERS’ MANSION - DAY
MR. CHAMBERS (CONT’D)
I hope that you are ready for your
test.
KAYLA
Yeah, what’s the test on?
MR. CHAMBERS
Patience. Did you come up with a
nickname for my drink?
KAYLA
Oh right... I was thinking
Spritzle.
MR. CHAMBERS
Of course, why didn’t I think of
that? Now wait here for a moment
while I check if your test is
ready.
Mr. Chambers heads off screen leaving Kayla to just ponder
at the fancy home. He comes back roughly a minute later.
MR. CHAMBERS
Everything appears to be in order,
would you follow me?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 7.
Mr. Chambers starts leading Kayla to another room. Kayla
appears to be nervous.
MR. CHAMBERS
There is no reason to be nervous.
There is no way that you can fail.
KAYLA
How so?
MR. CHAMBERS
The same answer to all of your
other questions. You’ll see.
They finally reach the room and Mr. Chambers shows her in.
He closes the door behind her. Kayla is met by a person that
is sitting in a large chair with the back of the chair
facing towards her. The person isn’t tall enough to see
their head while sitting in the chair. The person in the
chair swivels around and is revealed to be HANNAH a little
girl around the age of ten that looks like a miniature
version of Kayla.
HANNAH
Hello.
KAYLA
(confused)
Hi.
HANNAH
Let’s start you off. What were the
three eras in which the dinosaurs
existed?
KAYLA
Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.
Is this the test?
HANNAH
What was it that I just asked you?
Kayla is confused by the question at first.
KAYLA
A question.
HANNAH
And what are on tests?
KAYLA
Questions?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 8.
HANNAH
Correct, so no shit this is the
test.
KAYLA
Is your father-
HANNAH
He doesn’t give a shit if I curse.
Are you ready to continue? One
could say that you are stalling.
KAYLA
What is there to stall for?
HANNAH
Are you just trying to tick me off
now?
KAYLA
No.
HANNAH
Well you are good at doing things
that you don’t intend to do.
Kayla doesn’t have a response to the statement.
HANNAH
Well since you don’t have anything
to say I guess that we should get
on with the test.
KAYLA
Fine.
HANNAH
Alrighty then, when did the
Triassic era begin?
KAYLA
Roughly 250 million years ago.
HANNAH
And when did it end?
KAYLA
Roughly 150 million years ago.
HANNAH
When did large carnivorous
creatures mainly begin to emerge?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 9.
KAYLA
The Cretaceous era.
HANNAH
Good.
KAYLA
Is that it.
HANNAH
Do you remember taking state tests
when you were younger?
KAYLA
Of course.
HANNAH
Remember when you were starting off
the new section and it would have
the example questions?
KAYLA
Yes.
HANNAH
Think of the questions that I just
gave you as that.
KAYLA
Alright.
HANNAH
You are coming up with every kind
of confirmation word or phrase
there is aren’t you?
Kayla doesn’t respond.
HANNAH
Oh look now that I called you on it
you don’t want to speak out the
newest one that you came up with.
KAYLA
Guess so.
HANNAH
Ah, there it is.
KAYLA
What did you find?
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 10.
HANNAH
Your new confirmation phrase.
KAYLA
(confused)
Okay.
HANNAH
Let’s just move on with your test.
KAYLA
(In a playful manner)
Sound’s good.
Hannah gives her the stink eye before she grabs a large
textbook on paleontology. She slams it on the desk.
HANNAH
Time for you to show your worth.
CUT TO:
INT. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY
MONTAGE:
Hannah testing Kayla on paleontology from questions that she
finds inside of the Paleontology textbook.
CUT TO:
INT. MR. CHAMBERS’ HOUSE - DAY
Kayla comes out of the interview room and is met by Mr.
Chambers and ADAM who appears to be in his early thirties.
MR. CHAMBERS
How was it?
KAYLA
Challenging.
Hannah follows soon after.
MR. CHAMBERS
How was she?
HANNAH
She’ll do.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 11.
MR. CHAMBERS
Great. Kayla I would like to
introduce you to Adam.
KAYLA
Hello
ADAM
Pleasure to meet you.
MR. CHAMBERS
Oh a pleasure is it?
KAYLA
What?
Adam shoots an unamused look towards Mr. Chambers. Hannah
giggles a little bit.
KAYLA
So what did you bring me here for?
Mr. Chambers points towards Adam.
MR. CHAMBERS
Adam, go to the garage and show
her.
ADAM
Will do.
Adam shifts his attention towards Kayla.
ADAM
Come with me.
Adam and Kayla make their way away from Mr. Chambers and
Hannah. Towards the large garage.
ADAM
I am assuming that you are still in
the "What the hell is going on"
phase?
KAYLA
Yup.
ADAM
You will probably continue to be
there for a little while longer.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 12.
KAYLA
How long is a "Little While Longer"
to you people?
ADAM
Based on my experiences with the
two. Generally with Mr. Chambers it
can be either a minute to a week.
With Hannah it is generally ten
minutes. For me right now, around
five minutes. You?
KAYLA
I don’t know.
ADAM
Why would you ask someone a
question like that if you weren’t
able to answer it yourself?
KAYLA
Well wait a little while longer and
I will tell you.
Adam chuckles a little.
KAYLA (CONT’D)
So how did Mr Chambers get to
afford all of this?
ADAM
Stocks and a lot of luck.
KAYLA
No kidding.
ADAM
Surely this house doesn’t tell
lies.
KAYLA
Guess not.
ADAM
So tell me as much as you know
about the end of the Cretaceous
era.
KAYLA
Is this what you need a
Paleontologist for? It seems that
Hannah would be able to explain
this to you... or Google.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 13.
ADAM
Mr. Chambers is running the
operation, I am just getting payed
to make things fall into place. And
in a little while so will you. So
would you kindly tell me what you
know about the ending of the
Cretaceous era?
KAYLA
Nothing is a hundred percent
certain. But we believe that it
ended roughly 65 million years ago
and that it was likely from a large
asteroid that impacted the Yucatan
peninsula in modern Mexico.
ADAM
Good, now depending on what I am
about to show and tell you may or
may not continue to be in the "What
the hell is going on?" phase.
They finally reach the garage. Adam unlocks the door and
they make their way in.
INT. MR. CHAMBERS’ GARAGE - DAY
The interior of the garage is covered in wires and in the
center is a device that has a large circular metal platform
raised about a staircase step high. Four tall Slender
rectangular poles are raised equidistant from each other.
The contraption takes up the majority of the space within
the garage. It also has a computer plugged into it for
Adam’s use. Kayla is very intrigued by the large device.
ADAM
I have one more question. Tell me
what you know about time travel.
Kayla is speechless.
ADAM (CONT’D)
Oh and if you think that you are a
know-it-all of time travel because
you have watched Doctor Who... That
is how you get on my bad side
rather quickly.
Kayla practically ignored what he just said while thinking
about the question.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 14.
KAYLA
Absolutely nothing. I figure that
it is impossible.
ADAM
Have you ever heard the saying
"Nothing is impossible?"
KAYLA
Yeah.
ADAM
Have you ever heard the saying
"Where there is a will, there is a
way?"
KAYLA
Yes.
ADAM
Well here’s my twist on it. Where
there’s potential for money, there
is a will, therefore there is a
way. Mr. Chambers happens to have
the money and will. I happen to
have the way.
KAYLA
How?
ADAM
Well there is no way that we can
just sit down and have a little
chat about how it works exactly.
Though I can explain what I do to
make it work. Follow me to the
computer.
Adam sits down at the desk with the computer. He turns the
computer on and lines of code start to run across the
monitor. When it stops it shows the latitude, longitude, and
date of the time machine’s current position.
ADAM (CONT’D)
It is all controlled from right
here. From this computer I can set
set many variables such as date,
time, location, and even variables
of a person’s characteristics.
They make their way away from the computer.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 15.
KAYLA
Wow this is a lot to take in at
once.
ADAM
No kidding. It is still hard for me
to get a handle on what I have
created.
KAYLA
I am still wondering what you need
me for.
ADAM
Well I am assuming you were able to
infer that Hannah is a bit of a
dinosaur enthusiast.
KAYLA
Mhmm.
ADAM
Basically Mr. Chambers and I go
back and now he has payed me to go
back in time to the near-end of the
Cretaceous era to... get his
daughter a pet dinosaur.
KAYLA (LAUGHING IN DISBELIEF)
No way.
ADAM (LAUGHING WITH HER)
Way. The man is very rich.
They are both laughing their asses off.
ADAM (CONT’D)
So you and I have to go back in
time repeatedly to get as close to
the mass extinction as we can...
without dying and catch a small
dinosaur that would have normally
died from the extinction and not
have had any impact on the future.
KAYLA
Wow. How dangerous is that?
ADAM
Well if my hypothesis is correct.
Even if we make a mistake that
would have an impact on the future
we would be altering our so called
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 16.
ADAM (cont’d)time-line. Since that time-line has
already taken place, any change
that we create may create an
alternate universe in which is
impacted and not our own.
KAYLA
Sounds like a bit of a stretch.
ADAM
No it is definitely a lot of a
stretch.
Adam shifts his attention over towards the computer and sees
a piece of paper on top of the computer that he hadn’t
noticed before. He grabs it.
ADAM (CONT’D)
That’s odd. Did you place this
here?
KAYLA
No.
Adam takes a moment to read what the paper says. He seems to
be put into shock after reading it for a bit. He glances at
his watch.
ADAM
Hmm... Interesting. Well Kayla
would you kindly go over to the
cabinet over there.
Kayla walks over towards the storage cabinet.
ADAM (CONT’D)
... And open it.
Kayla opens up the storage cabinet. Inside she finds a
tranquilizer gun.
KAYLA
Hopefully one of these is enough to
sedate a small carnivorous
creature.
ADAM
That is not what we are using it
for.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 17.
KAYLA
What? Why not?
ADAM
Well based off of how much Mr.
Chambers is paying me, I would
rather not leave his daughter’s pet
dinosaur with a puncture wound.
KAYLA
How much is he paying you?
ADAM
Are you asking that so you can
indirectly estimate how much you
will be paid?
KAYLA
How long do your relationships with
people usually last?
ADAM
As long as I need them to last.
KAYLA
Interesting.
ADAM
Mr. Chambers is the type of person
that sticks to what he know works
so I willing to bet that he swayed
you to get involved by saying "If
everything works out properly, you
will never need to work again."
KAYLA
Well is he the kind of man to stick
to his word?
ADAM
Didn’t I mention earlier that he is
involved in stocks?
KAYLA
Just tell me how much he is paying
you.
ADAM
Two Million.
Kayla is so shocked that she starts to feel nauseated.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 18.
ADAM (CONT’D)
Are you ready? I plan on seeing
that money soon.
KAYLA
As do I.
ADAM
Well if we both agree on getting
ready would you stand on top of the
machine?
Kayla goes and steps on it. She continues to watch Adam as
he goes through a process of looking at the piece of paper
that he found and typing stuff onto the computer.
He then grabs a bag of extra equipment that includes a
miniature time machine that is hooked up to a laptop.
Once everything is ready on the time machine, Adam presses
enter on his laptop.
There is a blue flash and they vanish.
CUT TO:
EXT. FIELD - DAY
They land in a grass field that undulates in the wind. They
both immediately fall on the ground from the trip.
Kayla gets up into a sitting position and looks at the area
around her. She sees a wooded area less than a mile away.
Kayla looks up at the sky and sees the meteor that will seal
the fate of the dinosaurs in a short time in the sky. It
looks to be about 1/10th the size of the sun.
KAYLA
Toto, I’ve got a feeling w-
Adam is spraying himself down with bug spray and sunscreen.
ADAM
I’ll go ahead and stop you right
there. I just want to quickly get
what we came here for and leave the
heat and before we get some strange
disease and or eaten.
KAYLA
And so you can be a millionaire
sooner.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 19.
ADAM
Yeah that is certainly a benefit.
Adam gets to his feet and throws a can of bug spray and
sunscreen over towards Kayla.
KAYLA
Thanks.
She gets on her feet and begins to apply the two liquids.
FADE TO:
INT. WOODED AREA - DAY
Due to the heat they have both stripped down at least one
layer of clothing and are a bit tired from walking for so
long.
They come across a small stream. Kayla goes to fill up her
canteen of water.
ADAM
Well this looks to be as good of a
place to set up camp as any.
KAYLA
Yeah I think so too.
Adam and Kayla begin to unpack all of their equipment. Adam
begins with the miniature time machine. He hooks up a solar
panel that provides electricity for the device under a patch
of sun.
KAYLA
What is that?
ADAM
Our ticket home.
FADE TO:
INT. WOODED AREA - LATER
They have finished setting up their camp and are now both
laying on top of open sleeping bags.
Kayla looks up at the sky and can see the silhouette of a
pterodactyl soaring through the sky. She seems overwhelmed
by the sight of a dinosaur.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 20.
KAYLA
What kind of person would pay a
couple of people millions of
dollars to go back in time and
retrieve a dinosaur for their
daughter?
ADAM
A person that is extraordinarily
rich and has a daughter that has
been diagnosed with Leukemia.
Kayla suddenly feels sick to her stomach and can’t think of
a response to the information that Adam just provided. After
a little bit she does think of a response.
KAYLA
So... we are fulfilling a bucket
list for a little girl?
ADAM
Exactly.
FADE TO:
INT. WOODED AREA - MORNING
Both Adam and Kayla are awake now. Adam is cooking some
breakfast over a portable stove.
ADAM
So I went through a very long and
complicated process of figuring out
how to execute time travel in order
to get a pet dinosaur. You kept on
asking why Mr. Chambers and I want
you here. It is simply the fact
that I studied physics, chemistry,
and multiple theories while you
were studying Biology and
Paleontology.
KAYLA
Right.
ADAM
So once we are done eating
breakfast it is up to you where we
go next.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 21.
KAYLA
That’s simple. We find the closest
large source of water.
ADAM
So be it.
FADE TO:
EXT. CLIFF - DAY
Adam and Kayla are looking over a vantage point so that they
can see the surrounding area. Kayla and Adam both have a
pair of binoculars.
Kayla points towards the direction of water.
KAYLA
Over there.
Adam looks towards where Kayla is pointing. In the distance
a group of large sauropods can be seen.
KAYLA (CONT’D)
How long do you think it will take
to get there?
ADAM
Probably a day’s walk.
KAYLA
Well we better get started.
FADE TO:
INT. WOODED AREA - DAY
Adam and Kayla are making their way through the woods with a
small amount of equipment and the tranquilizer gun.
A group of small carnivorous dinosaurs runs right past them
as they are walking. They came out of nowhere and make Adam
and Kayla both jump. It takes a moment for them to
acknowledge that these dinosaurs are the perfect candidates
as pets for Hannah and begin chasing after them.
Kayla begins to point the tranquilizer dart at one of the
small dinosaur. Adam smacks it out of the direction of the
dinosaur.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 22.
ADAM
What did I say about shooting the
dinosaurs that we plan on taking to
Mr. Chambers?
They hear the roar of a T-Rex off screen.
The small dinosaurs all go to hide in separate areas.
Kayla and Adam begin to run back towards the camp.
Adam quickly grabs one of the dinosaurs that is hiding in a
bush.
Kayla fires a tranquilizer dart at the T-Rex as they are
running.
ADAM
It will take half an hour to knock
that thing out.
Kayla shoots again.
They make it back to the cliff top that they were on before.
The T-Rex was slowed by the tranquilizer dart and cannot
chase them up the cliff.
ADAM
I got one.
KAYLA
Good, now lets get the hell out of
here.
They begin making their way back towards camp.
FADE TO:
INT. WOODED AREA - LATE AFTERNOON
They arrive at their camp and Adam puts the dinosaur into a
small cage.
Kayla begins packing up as Adam is typing things into his
laptop that is hooked up to the miniature time machine.
ADAM
Kayla please get onto the device. I
can only send one of us back at a
time.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 23.
Kayla gets on it. There is a flash of blue. She disappears.
Adam then proceeds to set the cage on the time machine and
himself. There is a flash of blue. He disappears.
FADE BLACK TO:
EXT. MR. CHAMBERS’ MANSION - DAY
Adam pulls the piece of paper out of his pocket and sneaks
around towards a separate entrance into Mr. Chambers’
garage. He leaves the note on his computer and quick makes
his way out.
The other Kayla and Adam make their way into the room.
ADAM
I have one more question, tell me
what you know about time travel.
FADE TO:
INT. HANNAH’S ROOM - MORNING
FOLLOW:
Hannah wakes up, and puts her wig on. She goes downstairs
and finds her father, Mr. Chambers, waiting for her.
He points towards their backyard.
She looks happy for a moment and quickly rushes outside to
find the dinosaur in a cage.
As Hannah is playing with the dinosaur she turns around and
goes towards Adam.
MR. CHAMBERS
Did you check if the funds went to
your account?
ADAM
Yeah. It went through to Kayla too.
MR. CHAMBERS
Good.
Mr. Chambers looks back over towards his daughter.
MR. CHAMBERS (CONT’D)
I haven’t seen Hannah this happy in
such a long time.
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 24.
A tear goes down Mr. Chambers’ face.
Adam doesn’t know how to respond to Mr. Chambers’ emotions.
MR. CHAMBERS (CONT’D)
Did everything go as planned with
Kayla?
ADAM
Of course.
FADE TO:
INT. KAYLA’S ROOM - MORNING
ADAM (CONT’D) (V.O.)
She will wake up without any
recollection of what took place.
FOLLOW:
Kayla goes downstairs and checks the mail and finds that she
has a bank account with a million dollars inside.
She nearly collapses on the floor.
FADE TO:
MONTAGE: AFTERMATH OF TIME TRAVEL
Hannah is giving her dinosaur a bath.
Kayla goes back to her daily job but appears to be much more
confident.
Adam and Mr. Chambers are sitting on a couch speaking to
each other.
ADAM
Just scrap the machinery and I will
deal with the blueprints. Humanity
isn’t ready for time travel.
MR. CHAMBERS
Agreed.
Adam and Mr. Chambers shake hands.
FADE OUT: