Trancendence
Evelyn steps closer to him.
EVELYN
Have you talked to Will?
MARTIN
It’s not really talking. It’s kind of non-verbal. Like we’re the same.
He glances at her. She shakes her head, confused. He takes a deep breath, trying to figure out how to explain-
MARTIN (CONT’D)
Evelyn, you know I should be dead. But will was there, kind of all around, you know? I’m part of all that now. I’m here to help you and will.
Martin takes off his hard hat. A silver-dollar sized implant crowns his head.
MARTIN (CONT’D) So here I am.
Seeing the confusion on Evelyn’s face, he angles his head toward the empty air … where will’s hologram appears.
WILL’S HOLOGRAM
Martin is connected. He is partitioned and autonomous, but his mind can move freely through my network and is connected to the world. It’s the nanotechnology, Evelyn.
MARTIN
And Will can be me, too.
EVELYN
What does that mean?
Martin closes his eyes. His body sags slightly, like his spirit left. Will’s hologram, keeping its eyes on Evelyn, steps over and merges into Martin’s slack frame.
Martin’s eyes open. He breathes. Takes in the breeze. The sun. Evelyn stills. From the way his balance shifts and the uncharacteristic show of expression, she knows it’s-
EVELYN (CONT’D)
Will?
WILL IN MARTIN
It’s me. I can speak to you, feel you now.
will takes a cautious step toward her. Her shoulders tighten. Tears fill her eyes.
EVELYN
Is it? Is it you? Oh, God .•.
She tries to allow it, but it’s too strange.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
What are you doing to me!? I can’t do this ..•• I’m sorry ••.
In tears, she runs away. Will-in-Martin watches her go.
INT. WILL’S FACILITY – NIGHT
Carla and Glen turn from the window to stare at the door to will’s lab. The door opens. Carla and Glen stiffen as will’s hologram emerges. It gestures for them to come inside.
Slowly, Carla moves toward the lab. Glen follows. The door shuts behind them.
EXT. DESERT DREAM HOTEL – NIGHT
Roger sits, watching will’s facility. From his sunburn and cracked lips, we can assume he’s been out here all day. He rolls his eyes left and right, so he can see the other-
CITIZENS of the town, on lawn chairs and blankets, staring at the lights of will’s Facility.
Roger thumbs the steering stick of his chair. And moves it forward. His chair WHIRS him toward will’s facility.
A thin woman named SARAH, bald from chemotherapy, lifts a pair of binoculars to watch.
IN THE BINOCULARS we see Martin erecting the frame of the new building. He’s on the highest floor, perhaps thirty feet up, welding. As Roger’s wheelchair approaches, Martin-
Jumps off the steel structure. Lands on his feet, unharmed. He walks over to meet Roger. They enter the facility.
Sarah drops the binoculars. She stands. She walks toward the facility. A few of the other townspeople follow.
INT. WILL’S LABORATORY – NIGHT
Roger’s atrophied body lays on the table. Cables run out of his implant and into the machines all around him. As the nanotechnology circulates into him, his eyes roll down to watch his foot. He moves it. He rolls over. Sits up.
He stands. Tears streaming from his eyes.
INT. WILL’S FACILITY – DAY
A dozen or so SICK or DISABLED people wait. The SECURITY DOOR opens. Roger emerges, standing (without his wheelchair), fully healed. He moves to Sarah, and leads her back inside.
Evelyn stands against a wall. watching. Worried.
EXT. WILL’S FACILITY – NIGHT
Martin, Roger, Sarah, Carla, Glen and a half-dozen other HYBRIDS sit together. Watching each other, smiling. They don’t speak, but its obvious they’re communicating.
INT. EVELYN’S RESIDENCE – NIGHT
Evelyn watches them from her bedroom. will’s in the walls.
EVELYN You’ve changed them.
WILL IN THE WALLS
They asked me to. It’s incredible, what they’re capable of.
EVELYN
They’re all modified? Stronger?
WILL IN THE WALLS
I augmented them in every way. Helped them, and they will help us.
Evelyn glances at him, unsure.
WILL IN THE WALLS (CONT’D) What we’re doing for these
people .•. and for the world. It’s good.
Evelyn falls silent. will’s hologram focuses on her. She manages a weak smile.
liE. ANDERSON’S SEDAN/DESERT HILLS – DAY
An unmarked sedan crests the hills and rolls to a stop. Joseph and Anderson look down at the valley below them. will’s facility shimmers in the sun.
ANDERSON
Why couldn’t we see this in the satellite feeds?
Joseph checks the view against SATELLITE PHOTOS, which show no sign of the facility.
JOSEPH
will must have altered them.
ANDERSON
Why do you think he invited us out here?
JOSEPH
After all we’ve been hearing about this place, I don’t know. I really don’t.
Anderson drives them into the valley.
EXT. WILL’S FACILITY – DAY
Evelyn greets Joseph and Anderson as they pull up.
EVELYN Joseph. Good to see you.
JOSEPH
It’s been too long, Evelyn.
Joseph moves to embrace her. She pulls back, like she wasn’t expecting it. Then she reverses herself and hugs him.
Tight ••• And keeps holding him. Her shoulders tremble, and Joseph realizes she’s emotional. He comforts her.
JOSEPH (CONT’D) It’s okay ..• It’s okay ••.
Evelyn pulls away. Surprised by her emotion.
EVELYN
I’m sorry. It’s just … It’s good to see a friendly face.
He takes in her sunken eyes. Her barely hidden desperation. He smiles like nothing’s wrong. She faces Anderson, who gapes at the scope of the facility.
EVELYN (CONT’D) It does that to people.
She points out the various structures.
EVELYN (CONT’D)
Those are will’s processing towers. Coolant pumps.
