Kush/Transcript

Note: To help understand the transcript, it requires spoiling the episode. This episode features a migoi, a creature who has telepathic abilities. During the entire time unless marked specifically as "Real Reality", the setting on the plane occurs under the migoi's influence, a "false reality" as the migoi is actually Allison the entire time until the end. Allison was the migoi's first victim, killing her and taking over her identify before the rest of the passengers regained consciousness after the crash. Even though characters dying was real as well as Magnus interacting with Ashley, visually on the plane things are overall an illusion surrounding Allison's presence. So, when a character would hallucinate or dream and then wake up from it, they were actually still in a False reality that they perceived as being real.

Teaser Sequence
MEMORY SEQUENCE

'''EXT. - LONDON, ENGLAND - STREET - LATE 1880'S'''

[Magnus and Druitt exit a theatre and get into a horse-drawn coach.]

[Laughter]

MAGNUS: I take it you're feeling much better.

DRUITT: There's nothing like the attentions of a capable physician to cure the chronically ill.

MAGNUS: You were never ill. It was simply --

DRUITT: An element of my physiology as yet undiscovered by medicine.

DRIVER: Where to this evening?

MAGNUS: A turn through Piccadilly to start, please.

DRUITT: -You have done so much for me.

MAGNUS: -John, I hardly --

DRUITT: Let me speak, Doctor. I've spent my entire life lost in a void, afraid of who I am... Of what I am. If not for you, I fear I would have remained lost. Instead, I can now see that I am neither a freak of nature nor a devil, but a man... Very much in love.

[Druitt pulls out a ring box and opens it holding it toward Magnus.]

DRUITT: And someone who wishes to spend the rest of his life repaying his savior for all she's done.

[Magnus sees the box]

MAGNUS: [Quiet gasp]

DRUITT: I promise to make you happy, Helen, for all eternity....

FLASHES BACK TO FALSE REALITY

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY - WINDY'''

[Debris surrounds Magnus as she becomes conscious.]

[Wind howling]

MAGNUS: [Groans]

[She starts pushing debris away to free herself, climbing out from under what's on top of her.]

MAGNUS: Ah... Ah... Ah...

WILL: [Muffled groans]

MAGNUS: Will! Will!

[MAGNUS finds Will under debris.]

WILL: [Moans in pain]

MAGNUS: -You all right?

WILL: -Oh... Yeah. That was... That was bad.

[Sylvio appears from under some debris near Will.]

SYLVIO: Oh, damn!

WILL: Sylvio! You okay?

SYLVIO: What do you think?

WILL: Where the hell are we?

[Magnus stands up and wipes off window and looks out.]

MAGNUS: To be honest... ...I've no idea.

[A wide shot of the exterior of the crashed plane shows them in a severe storm in mountainous area.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - WINDY'''

Title Sequence
["Sanctuary" theme plays]

Act I
Tirich Mir Central Hindu Kush Mountain Range  160 miles north of Peshawar, Pakistan

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

"KUSH"

FALSE REALITY

[Inside the plane; Will looks for survivors as Magnus treats Sylvio.]

WILL: [Groaning in pain]

WILL: Allison!

ALLISON: [Muffled cries]

WILL: Allison?

ALLISON: [Gasping with increased panic] (Oh. Oh God.)

[Will finds her in the debris.]

ALLISON: -Are we? Are we? Are we?

WILL: -It's okay, it's okay.

[Will helps her up]

WILL: -It's okay. You're safe.

ALLISON: -That thing!

WILL: Hey, hey, hey, hey! Look, it's gone. It's gone, all right? Look at me. You're fine. You're fine, okay?

BRAUN: Yeah, that's very helpful. Tell her she's fine.

SYLVIO: [Groans with effort]

BRAUN: Even though we're totally screwed.

[Magnus moves debris off of Braun]

BRAUN: Ah!

[Magnus moves to help Braun.]

MAGNUS: -Your arm!

BRAUN: -Don't touch me. I'll do it.

[Braun’s shoulder is dislocated. He puts it back in place by hitting his shoulder into crates behind him.]

[Bones crunch, cries of pain]

BRAUN: S-see? All better.

[Magnus goes to the cockpit to check on the pilots.]

[Electricity zapping]

[Only one pilot is in the cockpit and he appears to be dead. He has deep lacerations across his face.]

[Magnus leaves the cockpit and removes debris and finds another man.]

STRICKLAND: -No, no, go away!

MAGNUS: -It's all right. It's all right. You're alive.

STRICKLAND: [Gasps in pain]

STRICKLAND: -Did we make it?

MAGNUS: -We're down, yes. Looks like your co-pilot did most of the work, though.

STRICKLAND: I was in the washroom when it happened. I heard screams.

MAGNUS: Don't move. Your leg is broken. I'll tend to it in a moment.

[Magnus starts to look for something in a bag.]

STRICKLAND: What are you doing?

[She removes a satellite radio phone.]

MAGNUS: Getting us out of here.

[Magnus tries to use it.]

MAGNUS: I can't get a signal.

[Magnus exits the plane into the snow storm.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - NIGHT'''

[SCENE ALTERNATES BETWEEN MAGNUS, AND ASHLEY AND BIGFOOT BACK AT THE SANCTUARY]

[Cell phone rings]

[Magnus calls Ashley's cellphone. Ashley answers her call.]

ASHLEY: -Mom? Thank God.

MAGNUS: [over satellite radio] ''-Ashley. I'm fine.''

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [on satellite radio] We lost the pilot, but the rest of us are okay.

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - NIGHT'''

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] We know. We've been tracking you the entire time.

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

ASHLEY: [over satellite phone] -What happened?

MAGNUS: [on satellite radio] -I'll give you the details later! We have some wounded who need immediate medical attention!

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - NIGHT'''

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] Okay, we got you. Sat tracking has the crash site located in the central Hindu Kush. We already have a rescue team mobilizing out of Islamabad. -ETA should be about five hours.

MAGNUS: [over cellphone] -Good work!

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [on satellite radio] I'll see you when I get home!

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - NIGHT'''

ASHLEY: [on cellphone] Mom... It's really good to hear your voice.

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [on satellite radio] It's good to hear yours, too, Ashley.

[Magnus end the call and goes back inside plane.]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

MAGNUS: I have good news. A rescue team will be here in about five hours. In the meantime, we'll assess your injuries and try to keep you all as warm as possible, and if the gods are smiling, I'll find some tea and make us all a pot.

WILL: See? You'll be back in New Delhi by breakfast.

ALLISON: I should've guessed this would be no match for the great Helen Magnus.

WILL: Exactly. Never doubt the boss.

SYLVIO: Magnus! Will...

[Sylvio motions for them to join him at the back of the plane. He shows them a cage that is damaged.]

SYLVIO: This is definitely after the punch line.

[Flashback]

[Snow Creature slashes the across the face pilot.]

WILL: [Shouting]

[Sylvio yells]

[Magnus shoots her gun]

[End flashback]

WILL: -You think it survived the crash?

MAGNUS: -We did.

SYLVIO: I'm still getting paid, right? I mean, I did fulfill the contract to find and capture one bad-ass Snow Creature. -I mean, what happens after that --

WILL: -Hey, Sylvio, give it a rest, all right?

MAGNUS: Start securing the plane. Do what you can to block out the cold. Five hours is a long time to be exposed to these temperatures.

SYLVIO: I'll see what I can dig up.

[Sylvio leaves Magnus and Will.]

WILL: -I know you wanted this one badly.

MAGNUS: -Not like this. But at least we know why no one's captured one before -- They're a hardy breed.

WILL: Yeah, and here we are, stuck on its turf. I'm not sure I like not knowing whether that thing is alive or dead.

[Metal rattling]

[A noise is heard and Magnus pulls out her gun and aims it from the direction of the noise. Will removes debris and a man is found.] [Alarmed the man quickly speaks in a foreign language to them.]

TASHI: [Pleading in unknown dialect]

TASHI: [Speaking rapidly]

WILL: -Can you understand him?

MAGNUS: -It's a dialect of Tibetan.

WILL: Wasn't he one of the Sherpas on the expedition?

MAGNUS: Yes, he must have stowed away on the flight.

WILL: -Bad move.

MAGNUS: -Your name is Tashi, right?

[Tashi nods 'yes'.]

MAGNUS: Can you stand?

[Tashi puts out his hand, to which Magnus takes it and helps him stand up.]

MAGNUS: It's all right. You're safe. The thing is gone. Let me see your hand.

[Angry shouts from cabin]

MAGNUS: [to Will] Look after him.

[Magnus moves to the forward section of the plane. Braun is in Sylvio’s face.]

BRAUN: I think you are! I mean, we have a right to an explanation! What the hell was that thing? How did it get in this plane, man?

MAGNUS: It was our cargo -- A rare species of snow leopard captured in Tajikistan, north of Dushanbe.

STRICKLAND: Never heard of a snow leopard attacking a group of people before.

MAGNUS: It was a rare offshoot of the species.

ALLISON: Its designation is Cryptid bipedis himalaya.

BRAUN: You expect us to believe that that was a leopard? That was four times the size of any cat.

STRICKLAND: Whatever it was, it brought the plane down.

STRICKLAND: [to Sanctuary team] Who are you people?

[Will and Tashi have joined them.]

WILL: We're with a private research foundation.

MAGNUS: The creature we brought back was unique, and I deeply regret what happened. Our intention was to transport it to our facility in New Delhi run by Dr. Grant here. I have many such sanctuaries around the world. New Delhi was the closest, and with such dangerous cargo --

BRAUN: Yeah, well, hooray for you and your safety protocols, because they worked like a charm, right?

WILL: We didn't mean for this to happen. We took every precaution possible.

BRAUN: Really? Cause he's dead! We're stranded here, and your cargo? Gone. Or is it?

MAGNUS: -We don't know.

STRICKLAND: -What does that mean?

BRAUN: That means we could be attacked at any time --

MAGNUS: That is extremely unlikely. These creatures are incredibly shy and used to their natural habitat. If it did survive, it would have sought refuge higher up the mountain.

BRAUN: Shy? That creature or whatever the hell it was, almost killed every one of us!

BRAUN: [nods toward Tashi] -And who the hell is he?

WILL: -A stowaway, a Sherpa who helped us capture the creature.

BRAUN: Oh really? Well, good for you! How about you go out there and do it again! This time make sure it's dead!

SYLVIO: [to Braun] Hey! You obviously have a problem knowing when to shut up, man.

TASHI: [Speaking rapidly in dialect]

ALLISON: He wanted to come back with us. He has family in Peshawar he hasn't seen in years.

MAGNUS: Why not just ask for a lift?

ALLISON: [Interpreting into dialect]

TASHI: [Replies]

ALLISON: He was afraid that you would refuse him. (And) He's very sorry that he deceived you, and he asks for your forgiveness.

MAGNUS: Well, you certainly picked the wrong flight.

MAGNUS: [to everyone] All right, even though rescue will be here soon, we still need to keep warm. It will help us with the shock of what we've just endured. Everyone, find some tools and help seal up the plane.

BRAUN: Yes, ma'am.

[Sylvio intentionally walks into Braun as he passes by.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

[They all work together to seal up plane.]

'''INT. - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY'''

[Ashley and Bigfoot are looking at a computer monitor.]

BIGFOOT: A storm.

ASHLEY: An arctic outflow system moving into the region really fast.

BIGFOOT: It's huge.

ASHLEY: Rescue teams won't be able to get into the region until the weather clears. Size of this one, it could take days. Grab our winter gear. I'll have Hans get a plane ready. Wheels up in four hours. I want us leading the rescue team the second the weather breaks.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

WILL: All right, that ought to do it.

BRAUN: Well we're not much better off in here.

WILL: This is only for a few days, until the storm passes.

BRAUN: Kid, I've been fixing planes up here for 15 years. Winter storms in this part of the world are not like the winter storms in your part of the world. They can last a few weeks before they roll out.

SYLVIO: A few weeks?

BRAUN: Do you know what "Hindu Kush" means? "Slayer of Hindus". So named by the locals here because they believe that the weather and the mountains were created by God for the sole purpose of killing people. Fun place for a plane crash, huh?

[Will moves to forward section of the plane. He passes Magnus who is treating Tashi.]

MAGNUS: All right. That'll do it. Try to find a place to sleep.

[Magnus starts to follow Will and is stopped by Strickland’s words.]

STRICKLAND: I wasn't hiding, you know... When it happened.

[Magnus kneels down next to Strickland.]

MAGNUS: No one's saying that you were.

STRICKLAND: You're thinking it. Everybody's thinking it.

MAGNUS: Everyone was terrified.

STRICKLAND: You weren't.

MAGNUS: It's different for me. I've been doing this for a long time.

STRICKLAND: You think we crashed because I wasn't in the cockpit, that I should have been there, tried to keep us in the air. I only had to use the restroom, all right?

MAGNUS: Please. Try to get some sleep, all right?

[She gets up and moves through the hatchway where she sees Will pour hot liquid from a container.]

MAGNUS: Oh, please tell me that that is tea.

WILL: Gods are on vacation. It's coffee.

WILL: [offers Magnus a cup] -Here.

MAGNUS: [removes medical gloves] -Pass.

WILL: Come on, it'll help you keep warm.

MAGNUS: I have standards, Will. Drinking coffee? Well below them.

WILL: Man, you are a Brit to the core, aren't you?

MAGNUS: And proud of it.

WILL: So, uh, taking stock of things. We don't have a lot of food left, maybe a day or so, and the heater fuel is not going to last much longer either.

MAGNUS: All right. We'll ration everything very carefully. This could be home for a long while.

WILL: Yeah, well, you never know. This place, a little redecorating... Probably still feel like a doomed hellhole.

MAGNUS: Is that your way of saying any port in the storm?

[Will takes a swallow of the coffee he just made from the same cup he just tried to give to Magnus.]

WILL: No, it's my way of coping with the fact that this is the world's worst cup of coffee.

MAGNUS: [smiling] Rule Britannia.

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Everyone is sleeping. Strickland awakens.]

STRICKLAND: What do you want?

[Camera pans to Magnus]

MAGNUS'S DREAM

[A young Druitt appears in hatchway.]

DRUITT: My love.

[Magnus awakes suddenly.]

FALSE REALITY

MAGNUS: [Gasps]

MAGNUS: No!

[Magnus looks to hatchway….no Druitt. No one else is awake. Magnus notices a puddle of blood under Strickland.]

Act II
'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

ALLISON: [voice over] Magnus, what's happening?

MAGNUS: [voice over] The co-pilot appears to have committed suicide.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - LATER THAT NIGHT'''

[Braun and Allison have gathered around Magnus and Will who are examining Strickland’s body.]

BRAUN: This is crazy. Why would we he do that?

MAGNUS: Just give us some space.

ALLISON: Come on.

BRAUN: Yeah

[Braun and Allison leave.]

WILL: Looks like he used a broken piece of glass. Why would he just give up like this? I mean, (Yeah,) I know the rescue is delayed, but still.

[Magnus removes a bottle of alcohol from Strickland’s pocket.]

MAGNUS: Hardly in keeping with aviation regulations, plus he abandoned his post when the creature attacked. Who knows what other skeletons he had in his closet?

WILL: What if it wasn't a suicide?

MAGNUS: No sign of a struggle. No screams, cries for help, any of which would have woken us up.

WILL: Unless he knew his attacker. You said Strickland felt people were angry at him for not helping fly the plane when the creature attacked. What if he was right?

MAGNUS: Mad enough to kill? With all of us here, and absolutely no place to hide? A bit of a stretch.

WILL: Sorry, but you pay me for my outlandish theories.

[Allison comes through doorway to talk with Tashi and draws Magnus’s attention.]

ALLISON: [Whispering]

[Magnus hallucinates Druitt behind Allison. She turns away and then looks back….it’s not Druitt it is Braun.]

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Allison and Will carry Strickland’s body away. The rest of the stranded passengers are seated, lost in their own thoughts.]

SCENE FADES INTO NEXT

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Sylvio sits beside Tashi.]

SYLVIO: Tashi, right? Toshi? That's your name? Sylvio. Did I ever tell you about my fiancée, Giselle? She and I got something real nice going on. I hunt monsters. I catch them and bring them back, alive or dead, for cash... Cash I'm using to set me and my girl up real nice, so if you stowed away on this plane to take a shot at me, or come between me and the money I'm owed? Nothing personal, Sherpa man, but... I will end you.

[Sylvio returns to his prior seat.]

SCENE FADES INTO NEXT

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Everyone is sleeping.]

WILL'S DREAM

MARY ANNE: [voice over] Will, stay where you are.

WILL: No.

MARY ANNE: [voice over] -Just stay put.

WILL: -Mom?

MARY ANNE: [voice over] Will...

[Will's mother with lacerations across her face moves through doorway.]

MARY ANNE: I'll be right back.

FALSE REALITY

[Will awakens. Magnus has apparently awakened him as raised voice can be heard.]

[Angry shouting from cabin]

MAGNUS: Come on. It's getting ugly.

[Voices of Braun and Sylvio can be heard from another area of the plane.]

BRAUN: What the hell was that thing?

SYLVIO: ...to take us all out in our sleep?

[Sylvio has his arm against Braun’s throat holding him against the wall of the plane.]

BRAUN: -You tell me.

[Magnus, Will, and Allison come into the section where Braun and Sylvio are.]

MAGNUS: -What's going on here?

SYLVIO: Seems Tashi caught Mr. Sneaky mechanic here trying to steal some of our hardware.

[Sylvio hands Magnus the weapon he found Braun with.]

SYLVIO: One of my best sellers.

[Sylvio hands Magnus a gun and she examines it.]

SYLVIO: Going to shoot a weapons dealer with his own gun? You can see how the irony is lost on me!

BRAUN: It was for protection, all right? Y-you don't think I see that you're all packing weapons? I'm just trying to level the playing field here, people.

MAGNUS: It's not even loaded. Sylvio, let him go.

MAGNUS: Mr. Braun, these cases are our property, and I'll thank you to remember that, even under these trying circumstances, and the weapons we carry are for everyone's protection.

BRAUN: -Then give me a gun.

SYLVIO: -That is definitely not happening.

BRAUN: So I'm supposed to sit here and let one of you kill me in my sleep? No, I don't think so. I'm not going down without a fight.

[Tashi speaks dialect]

BRAUN: -Someone shut him up?

MAGNUS: -Or I could start with you.

MAGNUS: Everyone, get some sleep.

[Everyone moves back to other part of the cabin. Magnus hands Sylvio back his weapon and gives him light pat on the back as she walks away.]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Everyone is once again asleep.]

MAGNUS'S DREAM

[A hand is brushing the hair out of Magnus’s face.]

MAGNUS: John?

DRUITT: I promise to make you happy, Helen, for all eternity.

DRUITT: [Laughing]

MAGNUS: No.

FALSE REALITY

MAGNUS: [Gasps]

[Magnus startles awake. She picks up her gun and goes back to sleep.]

SCENE FADES INTO NEXT

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

SYLVIO'S DREAM

[Sylvio awakes and sees his fiancée.]

GISELLE: Sylvio. Sylvio.

SYLVIO: Giselle?

GISELLE: Hey, baby.

SYLVIO: Are you for real, girl?

GISELLE: Kiss me and find out.

[Knife stabs]

[As they embrace in a kiss she draws a knife and stabs Sylvio.]

SYLVIO: [Groans]

GISELLE: I love you, baby.

FADES TO REAL REALITY

[Sylvio collapses.]

Act III
'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - NEXT MORNING - WINDY'''

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

FALSE REALITY

[Magnus is kneeling over Sylvio’s body. The others are nearby.]

MAGNUS: We've lost a valuable member of our team.

WILL: Severe abdominal laceration, and he had to have been killed here. There'd be a mess if he were moved afterward.

MAGNUS: There are no other injuries of any kind, no defensive wounds.

WILL: No, it’s like he just let somebody stab him.

BRAUN: What is wrong with you people? We know who killed him. I mean, come on, look! (Look! Look!)

[Braun goes after Tashi but Will stops him.]

WILL: -Hey! Whoa, whoa!

BRAUN: -No! Look!

MAGNUS: -Mr. Braun.

WILL: -Calm down.

BRAUN: -He did it, and I can prove it.

MAGNUS: -Really? How?

BRAUN: Around his neck. Look.

TASHI: [Speaks in dialect]

BRAUN: I've seen other Sherpas with that, ones that believe that the yeti is some kind of god.

MAGNUS: The Order of Pangboche. A group of Tibetan mystics who worship the creature as a protector of the mountains.

BRAUN: So now we know who let the damn thing loose in the first place. What more reason would he need to kill us all? We tried to steal his people's damn sacred cow.

TASHI: [Speaking dialect]

WILL: Hold on. What is he saying?

ALLISON: He says the medallion was a gift from his cousin, that he doesn't worship the creature, and why would he help to capture something only to free it again?

BRAUN: Revenge. To teach us a lesson so we don't try and hunt it again --

WILL: Hold on, hold on. Now, Tashi claims that he's not part of this Pangboche Order, correct? And, I'm sorry, but having a medallion is hardly proof of intent to kill.

MAGNUS: Will's right. We can't condemn a man because of his beliefs. Leave him alone.

BRAUN: -I get it.

WILL: -Braun --

BRAUN: I get it. You had Sherpa boy kill Strickland, and then you had him murder the weapons guy. Why? Because you owed him money? So you take me out, and there you go, no more witnesses to your little massacre. Wow.

MAGNUS: You're being completely irrational. There are still far too many unanswered questions.

BRAUN: No, no, no, see, I will not go quietly. No, no. Go ahead and try, but I'll fight you. Jesus, you’re nuts.

[Braun leaves.]

ALLISON: -I'll go keep an eye on him.

MAGNUS: -Take Tashi with you.

[Allison and Tashi leave. Will moves closer to Magnus.]

WILL: All right, what the hell... What the hell is going on here? Why would somebody go on a killing spree in a stranded plane?

MAGNUS: They wouldn't. Come here.

[Magnus leads Will to the back of the plane.]

MAGNUS: I need to ask you something, and it may sound strange.

WILL: Oh, believe me, I'm getting very used to strange.

MAGNUS: Have you had any dreams, hallucinations? Incredibly vivid, too real to ignore?

WILL: People who couldn't possibly be there.

MAGNUS: And yet you can feel their presence, yes.

WILL: It’s tricks of the mind. Post-traumatic stress, plus the elevation and exhaustion.

MAGNUS: I thought so too at first, but now I'm beginning to have my doubts.

WILL: Why do you say that?

[Magnus uncovers Strickland’s body.]

MAGNUS: Describe his wounds.

[Will picks up Strickland's right arm, showing the wound to viewers]

WILL: (Uh) Deep cross-length laceration.

MAGNUS: Interesting. I see a diagonal laceration from palm to forearm.

WILL: What? Well, how is that possible? -I mean, one of us has to be right.

MAGNUS: -Or we're both wrong. Something is affecting our minds, clouding our judgment.

WILL: What do you mean, like mind control? But there's nobody on this plane who could -- The creature. You think it's among us?

MAGNUS: And hiding in plain sight, using this telepathic power to conceal itself.

WILL: What, by making itself invisible?

MAGNUS: Or by posing as one of us. It can make us see things that aren't even real.

WILL: But why would it hang around? I mean, this is its terrain.

MAGNUS: Maybe it marked this as its hunting ground. It sees us as a threat. Abnormals aren't like humans. They don't play by the same rules that we understand. Clearly it's having an effect on us. We can't trust anything that we see or hear or even feel.

WILL: But there's got to be some way of knowing who we can trust. Wait. "A hardy breed..." if its natural habitat is sub-arctic temperatures, then it would have to have a pretty special physiology, right? Even for an abnormal.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

[Allison is drawing Braun’s blood. Once she is done she walks to the front of the plane where Magnus is and gives her the container. Magnus has a number of the containers on a tray.]

ALLISON: How will this show us anything? I mean, we don't have any equipment. We can't do a proper analysis.

MAGNUS: On the contrary, we have exactly what we need. This creature thrives in high altitudes and extremely low temperatures. It would have to have some sort of protective protein or antibody in its blood, otherwise it would never be able to survive the harsh conditions. Now, normal blood will freeze in temperatures this low in minutes. My thought is that the creature's won't.

ALLISON: -How can one of us be --

MAGNUS: -It's just a theory, Allison. Hopefully one we can rule out.

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

[Magnus takes the tray outside the plane, puts it down and returns inside the plane.]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

MAGNUS: All right, 10 minutes should be enough time.

ALLISON: I'm sorry. This situation is just -- I'm... -I'm trying to stay calm.

MAGNUS: -We all are. And believe me, I've been in far worse situations than this.

ALLISON: -You have?

MAGNUS: -Absolutely. There was a town of zombies in Uganda, and of course I ran out of ammunition just as night fell. Um, a deep sea capsule I was in was trapped underneath a gigantic mutated squid, and there was an escaped lunatic who was able to turn himself into a giant ape.

ALLISON: Thanks. You just made all that up, didn't you?

MAGNUS: Only two of them. My point is, you just have to keep trying, no matter what. (And) That's how we'll stay alive.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

[Meanwhile Will, Tashi and Braun are sitting further back in the cabin of the plane.]

BRAUN: So what if your little test doesn't work? What then?

WILL: -We'll try something else.

BRAUN: -Well, hurray, Mr. Positive.

WILL: Braun, do me a favor, all right? Just drop this whole "I'm angry at the world" routine, because it's getting very old.

BRAUN: What are you, some kind of a shrink now?

WILL: [Chuckles]

WILL: Yes. -As a matter of fact, I am.

BRAUN: -So what? Have you been psychoanalyzing me the whole time? What's your prognosis, Doc? Angry at my mommy? Didn't get enough toys as a kid --

WILL: You're afraid, and there's a lot of that going around, so it doesn't make you so special.

BRAUN: No, but it does make me human.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

[As Will moves forward; Magnus is returning with the containers of blood. They examine them and all see one that is not frozen.]

WILL: Braun.

MAGNUS: I see the same thing.

[Magnus draws her gun and cocks it; moving toward Braun.]

BRAUN: No, no. No....

WILL: Just stay calm.

BRAUN: -It isn't me. It isn't me...

WILL: -Just calm down.

BRAUN: I'm not the creature.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - DAY'''

[They have moved back and Magnus opens the door to a large safe.]

MAGNUS: Just until the rescue arrives.

BRAUN: No. No. You don't have to do this. I'm not a monster, all right? I've been seeing things, yes, okay? I've been seeing things that I can't explain.

TASHI: [Speaking dialect]

BRAUN: But that does not make me a monster. (Please.)

WILL: This is for your own safety as well as ours.

BRAUN: No, no, no.

[Braun starts to get in safe.]

MAGNUS: Mr. Braun, please, we really have no choice.

BRAUN: I can't do small spaces. Please. Please. Please.

[Will shuts the door to the safe.]

BRAUN: Oh, no, no, no. No, no, (no) don’t -- (Don’t. Don’t.) Please, please. Please, don't. Please... I'm not the monster. Please, I'm not the monster. Please, please, please!

BRAUN: [Banging] Please!

BRAUN: Please don't! Please, please! I'm not the monster, please!

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Night has fallen again and everyone is sleeping. Magnus and Will toss and turn in their sleep.]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Everyone but Tashi is sleeping. Tashi is sitting close to the safe and Braun is still heard pleading to be let out.]

[Braun muttering, pleading]

BRAUN: I'm not good in... I'm not good in small spaces. Oh, please, please... I'm human. I'm human like you. Please. Oh, please, help. I'm not a monster.

[Tashi gradually falls asleep]

TASHI DREAM STATE

FALSE REALITY

[Tashi wakes with a start]

[Tashi shouts in alarm]

[Allison and the others rush to him.]

TASHI: [Speaking rapid dialect]

ALLISON: Oh, my God!

[The door to the safe is open and Braun is dead.]

Act IV
ALLISON: [Conversing in breathless dialect]

MAGNUS: Did he see anything?

ALLISON: No, he says he felt like something overcame him and made him feel like he was in a dream, even though he swears he was awake the whole time.

WILL: But he was right in front of the compartment. Did he hear anything? Did Braun call for help?

ALLISON: [Interpreting into dialect]

TASHI: [Replies in dialect]

ALLISON: He was back in his village. He was at a celebration. He was dancing at his wedding with his wife.

TASHI: [Speaking dialect]

ALLISON: And then he felt like he was possessed by something evil.

MAGNUS: All right. Tashi, come with us.

[Allison translates to Tashi]

MAGNUS: It's all right.

[Magnus and Allison lead Tashi out of the compartment.]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Magnus is once again returning inside the plane with the tray of blood. She goes to the back where Will is still examining Braun and the scene.]

WILL: Just to clarify, you're not seeing a monster, right?

MAGNUS: Are you?

WILL: I wish I was. How does the guy we I.D. as the creature turn out to be its next victim?

MAGNUS: Because he's human. I've just run the test again.

WILL: But we both saw it before. It wasn't frozen.

MAGNUS: We saw what the creature wanted us to see, in order to throw us off the scent. I should have anticipated something like this. The legends about the creature -- Some call it a skinwalker. Others say it eats your soul. Add the fact no one's ever caught one before, and I should have realized the initial capture went down too easily.

WILL: Tashi said that he was at his wedding, dancing with his wife. With each kill, it's like we enter this vivid dream-like state that distracts us from the events.

MAGNUS: It knows exactly what to show us in order to completely divert our focus.

WILL: But why? I mean, why is it just hanging around, picking us off one by one?

MAGNUS: Perhaps it has no choice.

WILL: It has to be here to survive, too.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Allison zip ties Tashi's hands together as he sits in his seat]

[Magnus and Will go back to look at the Snow Creature’s cage.]

MAGNUS: What do you see?

WILL: Uh... I see a door off its hinges.

MAGNUS: Touch it.

[Will moves the door to the cage and touches a jagged hole.]

MAGNUS: Now, try to see what's really there.

WILL: -I see a lock.

MAGNUS: -I don't.

[Will closes his eyes briefly to concentrate and then takes another look.]

REAL REALITY

WILL: There's no lock. There's no damage. The door was open the entire time?

MAGNUS: -The less we use our eyes...

WILL: -The more we see. Okay, okay, so, what are we not looking for, then?

MAGNUS: There.

[Magnus points her flashlight at grooves inside the cage.]

MAGNUS: These couldn't have been made by the creature we believe we saw. It barely had enough room to move in here, and its claws were four times this size.

WILL: And don't cold weather mammals molt under stress?

MAGNUS: There's no sign of any fur in here.

WILL: So there never was a 400-pound yeti.

[Magnus shakes her head 'no'.]

MAGNUS: These scratches were made by something much smaller, almost human sized. It just made us think we were dealing with something far more intimidating, likely whatever our subconscious dictated it would be.

WILL: Okay, so if what we saw before was just a Jedi mind trick, what the hell does this damn thing look like?

MAGNUS: I have no idea, but it's a good bet that it's as vulnerable to the cold as we are, hence its need to blend in among us in order to survive.

WILL: -Magnus, how do I know that --

MAGNUS: -I'm me?

WILL: -Yeah.

MAGNUS: -You don't. Nor am I certain that you're you. The creature could be any one of us.

WILL: I keep thinking there must be some way of telling, you know? A way of knowing if the person's really them.

MAGNUS: For the moment, we'll just have to rely on the little things.

WILL: Like the fact that the real you wouldn't insult me by giving me false hope.

MAGNUS: Or the fact you keep offering me that horrible brown sludge to drink.

WILL: You know, that thing's never attacked two of us at once, which means it's only powerful enough to handle one of us at a time.

MAGNUS: So alone, we're vulnerable.

WILL: We stay close, we live.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

FALSE REALITY

MAGNUS: I'll take first watch.

WILL: All right, this is the last gas canister. It's going to get cold tonight.

[Will sets the canister down and then sits beside Magnus.]

SCENE FADES INTO NEXT

'''INT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - MOUNTAINS - NIGHT - WINDY'''

[Camera shows a view of the mountains outside the plane as it pulls back through the window to the interior of the plane.]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Magnus has fallen asleep along with the others.]

Will' DREAM

MARY ANNE: [voice over] ''Will, stay where you are. Just stay put.''

WILL: Mom.

MARY ANNE: [voice over] I'll be right back.

WILL: [Gasps]

[Will startles awake. Everyone else is still sleeping.]

[Helicopter approaches]

WILL: They're... They're here.

[Will wakes the others.]

WILL: Hey! Hey, they're here! They're here!

[Will goes to the door of the plane to look out the window. Ashley opens the door and enters the plane.]

WILL: Hey!

ASHLEY: Heard you guys were looking for a lift?

MAGNUS: -Ashley!

[Magnus hugs Ashley.]

WILL: -It's good to see you, Big Guy!

[Will gives Bigfoot a manly hug.]

ASHLEY: Okay, we've only got a short break in the storm, so let's get you guys out of here, pronto!

WILL: -Okay!

BIGFOOT: -I'll help the others.

[They exit the plane.]

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

MAGNUS: -Will, come on!

WILL: -Okay!

[Will grabs the harness as realizes something feels wrong]

ASHLEY: Will, come on, move it!

[Will stops before getting into the harness that is lowered from the helicopter. He turns around and sees his Mom.]

WILL: This isn't real.

MAGNUS: Put on your harness!

WILL: [to his Mom] You're not real!

CUT TO REAL REALITY

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT - WINDY'''

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

[Suddenly Will finds himself outside the plane in the storm with no one around.]

WILL: [Shouts]

[Running back to the plane he trips over the body of Allison.]

WILL: Allison!

[Will realizes the real Allison died long ago and the migoi is inside posing as her]

WILL: No!

Act V
[Wind howling]

[Plane creaking]

[Meanwhile back inside the plane Magnus and Tashi are asleep.]

[Knife stabs]

[Someone grabs Tashi waking him and stabs him. It’s the migoi posing as Allison. The migoi looks at Magnus and notices the gun Magnus is holding in her lap.]

MAGNUS'S DREAM

[Magnus is dreaming again.]

DRUITT: [voice over] Did you ever love me?

[Magnus awakens. A present day looking John is sitting beside her]

DRUITT: I mean, truly love me? You know I'm just an element of your subconscious mind, so feel free to be completely frank.

MAGNUS: When I first knew you at Oxford, I loved you with my entire being.

DRUITT: Those were passionate times, gone too quickly... Followed by very dark days.

MAGNUS: You destroyed my heart, John. Even though I understood why you had changed, your ailment, the hatred you felt towards me, and then the way you would harm our daughter.

DRUITT: Let me make it up to you. I need you to wake up.

[John reaches out and touches her face and then shouts.

DRUITT: Now!

FALSE REALITY

MAGNUS: [Gasps]

[Magnus startles wakes as Will is coming up the aisle.]

MIGOI WILL: Hey. You all right?

[Migoi Will sits beside her.]

MIGOI WILL: Looked like you were having a hell of a dream.

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

WILL: [Groaning with effort]

[The real Will struggles outside and looks in Magnus's window]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

MAGNUS: I must have dozed off. Is everything --

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

WILL: [Banging on window]

[The real Will is pounding on the window to get Magnus’s attention. Magnus can’t hear it and doesn’t see him as the migoi is keeping her attention on itself.

MIGOI WILL: Everything's fine,

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

MIGOI WILL: though you were supposed to be keeping watch. I'll take over if you want.

WILL: [Shouting, inaudible]

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

WILL: [Grunting]

[Real Will gives up on the window and tries to open the door. It won't open]

WILL: -Magnus!

MARY ANNE: -Will, stay where you are.

WILL: Mom?

MARY ANNE: We never got a chance to talk. Talk with me, Will.

WILL: You're not real.

MARY ANNE: Does that really matter?

WILL: You died when I was eight! You don't even know me anymore!

MARY ANNE: That doesn't mean I don't love you.

MARY ANNE: Stay with me!

WILL: I can't.

MARY ANNE: Will?

WILL: I can't!

MIGOI WILL: [voice-over] Seriously, you should get some sleep.

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

MIGOI WILL: I got your back.

[Magnus looks around and sees Tashi sleeping]

'''EXT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

WILL: [Grunting]

[The real Will struggles to open the door]

'''INT. - CRASHED PLANE - NIGHT'''

MAGNUS: I'm chilled to the bone. Could you make me something hot to drink?

MIGOI WILL: Yeah, sure. I'll make some tea.

[The migoi posing as Will gets up to make the coffee but turns back next to seat as Magnus speaks.]

MAGNUS: -I'd prefer coffee.

MIGOI WILL: -Of course.

REALITY BREAK

[Magnus raises her gun, without hesitation, and shoots the Migoi Will.]

MIGOI WILL: [Screaming]

[The Migoi Will lets out a yell of pain and collapses.]

REAL REALITY

[Will manages to get the door open. The migoi now lays dead in the aisle.]

WILL: You finally got one. The first capture ever.

[Magnus looks over at Tashi and sees that he's actually slumped forward dead in his seat, not sleeping as she saw just moments before]

MAGNUS: Hell of a cost.

[Will is looking at the migoi.]

WILL: That's beyond ugly.

[Will sits down beside Magnus who has returned to her seat after checking Tashi.]

WILL: How did you know it wasn't me?

MAGNUS: Like I said, it's the little things.

WILL: The less we use our eyes....

MAGNUS: Welcome to reality.

WILL: I'm happy to be here.

SCENE FADE INTO NEXT

'''EXT. - ESTABLISHING SHOT - HINDU KUSH - CRASHED PLANE - DAY - RESCUE'''

[The next day the real helicopter carrying the rescue team led by Ashley and Bigfoot arrives]

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