The Elsewhere Files

Unexpected Measures Pt 2 - Mission One

Camera opens on Kiera sitting on her hotel bed, unbandaged arm holding a fork, pushing food around her plate.

[Crowe]: "You need to eat sir."

[Kiera]: "I'm not hungry." Kiera's voice is dull

[Crowe]: "Sir, the antibiotics and painkillers are supposed to be taken at meals. Please eat something."

[Kiera]: mechanically eats a few bites.

[Crowe]: "I didn't think it would be that easy to convince you sir."

[Kiera]: voice stays flat "If I don't eat, you'll report it and then you'll be forced to shove food down my throat when they order you to."

[Crowe]: face stays blank, not showing the emotional turmoil revealed to the camera earlier. "Sir what I did..."

[Kiera]: raises her hand to cut the Major off. "Just don't Major Crowe. Not right now. Just.... just go take your shower. I'm going to take my pills and go to bed."

[Crowe]: stays still at her words, then gives a shallow nod. "Very well sir." The Major strides into the bathroom and closes the door softly.

The camera stays with Kiera as she waits for the shower to start before she moves. The camera sees that she does take a small handfull of pills, but instead of climbing into bed as promised, she goes to the Major's bag. With her good hand she reaches inside and searches until a look of triumph flashes across her face. Kiera pulls her hand out of the bag and has the Major's wallet in her grip. She then carefully grabs the keys for hte SUV and walks out of the hotel room.

The camera splits, one side sitting in the hotel, hearing the Major taking his shower. The other side follows Kiera as she gets into the SUV and starts the vehicle. She drives away as the Major turns off his shower. One side follows Kiera as she drives off, following hte road signs back onto the highway and towards a different town. The Major is seen stepping out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist. As soon as he sees Kiera is gone, he is heard muttering "F*** me."

The camera hears the Major sighm, then sees him calmly get dressed. The Major sits down on hte side of the bed and grabs the hotel phone. He dials a series of numbers, lets it ring once, then hangs up. A minute later the phone rings.

[Crowe]: "Sir, she's rabbited sir." pauses "Has hte SUV sir." the Major checks out the window to confirm, then pats self down "And my wallet sir." The Major is seen rolling his eyes skywards, as if silently praying for patience. "ETA 35 minutes, yes sir." checks his watch "Ready and waiting sir." hangs up the phone "C***."

Camera pulls away to show Crowe and Kiera both undergoing a fast forward sequence. The Major checking his firearms, and eventually loading into a black SUV that pulls up. Kiera pulls into a fair sized town, large enough to have a couple of malls and even a dance club. Kiera stops outside of a pharmacy and runs in, the camera staying with the SUV. She returns and throws a small bag into the back seat and then drives the SUV over to the mall, parking her large vehicle amongst all the others. Kiera heads into the mall, the camera trailing after her, watching as she pulls out the Major's wallet to look through it. She sits in the food court and the camera pans around, zoomed out to see her as just one person amongst many, then angles over her shoulder, zooming in to look at the wallet. There is a military badge for a military agency Kiera hadn't even heard conspiracy theory hackers mention.

[Kiera]: touches the Major's ID card "Jareth. Jareth Edgar Crowe."

The camera following the Major sees him sitting in the back of an SUV, listening to the other soldiers get debriefed; search and recover.