fired,
but its all part of the plan.
lm just gonna get this thing going,
get the boat shaped up...
...make a big find, and well live
the rest of our lives on our own clock.
-l thought we already were.
-Yeah, but well be rich.
You okay?
Here, let me see.
lm all right.
-Honey....
-Stinking boat.
You know ld live on this
broken boat with you, right?
l love it when you say stuff like that.
Hey. Hey.
BEACON sounds. On the main screen, scrambled letters and
numbers appear, forming the distorted image of Lex Luthor --
commanding, corporate, suave, bald... And ominous.
LEX (V.O)
Greetings. This message -- transmitted in
over one hundred languages -- comes to
you from Earth.
Brainiac regards the message curiously.
LEX (V.O.)
I am Lex Luthor, owner and C.E.O. of
LexCorp -- a vast and powerful
cong
Me too.
- Now everybodys been heard from.
Forgive my ignorance, but I dont
know him from a hole in the ground.
- Head of the Boy Rangers.
- A boy?
No, Jeffs a man. Biggest expert we got
on wild game, animals and rocks.
Right now hes the greatest hero.
Its all over the headlines.
Didnt you see about the forest fire
all around Sweetwater?
Jeff put that out. Himself.
- If you really want a se
fire.
Moisture from his breath has frozen in the upturned collar
of his insufficient coat, and his skin is split raw from the
cold.
??
??
His hands are too numb to hold the matches. After several
attempts at striking one, he slumps down next to the pile of
wood, exhausted and frustrated.
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??
DISSOLVE TO:
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The snow has covered the pile of branches. Eric still sits
next to it, partially cove
beacon onboard the chopper.
(points)
Here.
Schaefer studies the map. He looks up at Philips.
SCHAEFER
Thats over the border,
General.
PHILIPS
(dead serious)
Thats the problem. Apparently
they strayed off course.
(pause)
Were certain theyve been
captured by the guerrillas.
Schaefer looks up, puffing lightly on the cigar.
SCHAEFER
(quietly)
What have you got in mind,
General.
(CONTINUED)
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