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17th January, 1983.
ALEXANDER SALKIND
Alphabetical presents
# A B C D E F G H SUPERGIRL
I J K L M N O P Q
by
R S T U V W X Y Z
David Odell
Genre
Action Adventure Animation Copyright 1983
Comedy Crime Drama CANTHARUS PRODUCTIONS N.V.
All Rights Reserved
Family Fantasy Film-Noir
Horror Musical Mystery
Romance Sci-Fi Short EXT. SPACE
Thriller War Western
THE CAMERA PULLS BACK. . .
Sponsor INT. ARGO CITY
TV Transcripts AND REVEALS THE inside of a domed city honeycombed

with fantastic arches. The city is inhabited by
Futurama young beautiful people in luxurious but simple
Seinfeld costumes.
South Park THE CAMERA ROAMS through the City, observing some
Stargate SG-1 people seated at a kind of cafe sipping drinks and
relaxing; other people are in some kind of
Lost exercise class doing beautiful graceful movement;
The 4400 and finally a class of five year old children
listen intently to a teacher who is demonstrating
a molecular model.
International
French scripts TEACHER
And now, who can
give me the electron
Movie Software wave functions for
Kryptonian covalent
bonding?
The five year olds eagerly raise their hands. The

teacher points to one.
CHILD
The cube root of
the wavelength over the
natural log of the integral of the speed of
light squared.
Rip from DVD
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TEACHER
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Well, maybe that
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THE CAMERA ROAMS ON through the city, following
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Collateral 10/10 singing. The CAMERA discovers the source of the
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sound: an ARTIST sculpting a beautiful crystalline

Jackie Brown 8/10 object with a MATTERWAND. The wand makes the
singing noise as it creates matter out of energy.
Movie Chat The Artist, whose name is ZALTAR, sometimes
whistles along in counterpoint. .
N?o esque?a de votar no Messias em outubro A small girl is watching him with fascination. Her
para salvar o Brasil name is Kara, and she is seven.
Nordestino Behind her, the dome, which encloses the City,
Bolsonaro 2018 marks the edge of the limbo outside.
Nordestino KARA
awnd aqowida dl What are you making:
llas ZALTAR
adfoa It's going to be a tree, I think.
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Message
KARA
What's a tree?
Yell
Post !
ZALTAR
It's something they have on Earth. You know,
where your cousin went.
ALL SCRIPTS KARA
Where is Earth?
ZALTAR
Didn't you study six-dimensional geometry in
school?
KARA
Yes, I know the equations---I just can't see it in
my head.
Zaltar laughs.
ZALTAR
Even I have
trouble with that sometimes. Earth is in
outer space. And we're in inner space.
KARA
I don't understand.
ZALTAR
Wait till you're older. Here -- watch this.
Zaltar takes a small OMEGAHEDRON out of his pocket

and holds it in his hand.
ZALTAR.
This is one of the
four Power Sources of the City.
I borrowed it from the Guardians. Look what I
can do with it.
Zaltar touches his MATTER.WAND to the OMEGAHEDRON

and the wand instantly becomes charged with
flickering light. He touches his wand to the tree
sculpture---and the
sculpture comes alive with dancing lights and
shadows. Kara claps her hands with delight
at the spectacle. Zaltar steps back and admires
his handiwork. He carefully puts down the
OMEGAHEDRON at his feet, takes a small flask from
his belt, and drinks.
ZALTAR
You see, a tree is a
living thing.
KARA
Can you create life?
ZALTAR
No, no, just the
illusion of life. A kind of
half-life, maybe. A pale shadow of the real
thing. But it is lovely, the way the light plays
over the surface. . .
A woman's voice can be heard calling in the

distance.
WOMAN'S VOICE
Kara. Kara.
Kara calls out in reply.
KARA
I'm here, mother.
Kara's mother ALURA appears through the lacey

architecture of the city.
ALURA
Kara, you
shouldn't be so near the Edge
without a grown-up.
KARA
I'm sorry, Mother.
ZALTAR
I was keeping an eye on her.
Alura puts her arm around her daughter

affectionately, showing she's not really angry.
Together they watch Zaltar's latest sculpture,
flickering with the play of inner light and
shadow.
ALURA
Thank you, Zaltar,
but she has to obey the rules.
Zaltar takes another swig from his flask. and

lowers his voice confidentially.
ZALTAR
You and your
husband have been kind to me,
Alura. I have something to tell you: I'm going
away. Soon.
ALURA
But where?
Zaltar bends down to Kara and hands her his

matterwand.
ZALTAR
Put your fingers
there, Kara. And press hard.
She does, and the wand makes a horrible squawk.

Kara laughs with delight.
ZALTAR
Good. Now, go make
something pretty.
Kara scampers away, hardly able to believe her

good fortune, and starts to make all kinds of
surprising sounds with the wand on the plaza
nearby. Zaltar speaks to Alura in a low,
confidential voice.
ZALTAR
I've discovered a new way into the Phantom
Zone.
ALURA
But the phantom Zone is for criminals.
ZALTAR
It's big. And empty. I'm tired of limiting myself
to Argo City. I want to do something new. I'm
starting to repeat myself here with this airy,
glittery stuff....
Zaltar waves a hand deprecatingly at the city

around him.
ALURA
But Zaltar---you
founded the city! It's yours. We
were all just refugees from Krypton when you
gathered
us together and brought us here, to the inner
dimension.
You can't abandon us now. You have a
responsibility to us!
In the background, Kara has been modeling a spiky

insect-like CREATURE. Now she suddenly finds the
OMEGAHEDRON on the ground beside her. She doesn't
stop to wonder how it got there from beside
Zaltar's feet. She simply picks up the OMEGAHEDRON
and touches it to the spiky creature. The creature
suddenly flicks its wings and COMES TO LIFE,
unnoticed by the adults. Kara drops the wand and
laughs out loud with delight as the magical
creature takes off from the ground and starts
flying in circles around her head, glittering as
if it were made of diamonds.
ZALTAR
I'm an artist, Alura. My work comes first. Other
people come second.
ALURA
How can you create beauty...with a selfish heart?
The spiky insect-creature flies closer and closer
around the little girl's head, buzzing angrily.
Her look of delight turns to fear. She tries to
shoo the creature away. It flies off toward the
thin membrane that encloses the city.
The spiky creature flies into the membrane and

tears a ragged hole in it. With a giant WHOOSH all
the air in the city starts to rush out the hole.
Kara is swept along toward the hole by the wind.
She cries out and stretches pleading hands toward
her mother. THE OMEGAHEDRON is swept toward the
hole as well. Kara grabs onto the ragged edge of
the membrane.
ZALTAR
Kara---the Power Source!
Kara reaches for it, but it is too far from her,

and the OMEGAHEDRON is sucked out into infinity by
the wind. Zaltar picks up the matterwand from
where Kara dropped it and touches her with the

wand. She is instantly held fast. Zaltar pulls her
back inside. He gives her to her mother Alura.
Then Zaltar touches his wand to the membrane and
seals the hole with masterful chords like a brass
choir.
The wind dies down and all is silent, except for

the quiet sobbing of Kara in her mother's arms.
Zaltar kneels down beside her and strokes her
golden hair tenderly.
KARA
I'm sorry... I
didn't know.
ZALTAR
It was my fault.
You aren't old enough to use
the wand. I shouldn't have given it to you.
ALURA
But the Power Source, Zaltar.
ZALTAR
It couldn't be helped. The city will have to make
do
with three.
ALURA
But what will happen?
ZALTAR
The Guardians will be angry. They may even
send me to the Phantom Zone. You see, I didn't
really have permission to borrow it. I must go
explain to them...
Zaltar hurries off nervously. THE CAMERA HOLDS ON

KARA'S FACE as she senses this may be her last
sight of Zaltar.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. A SPRINGTIME MEADOW - U.S.A. - DAY. UNDER
TITLES
A beautiful blonde in jeans and a frilly blouse is

walking across a field of wildflowers. Butterflies
flitter and dart from flower to flower. The
blonde's name is SELENA. She is our ideal image of
the girl next door, who grew up into a dynamite
lady.
Her current boyfriend follows along behind her,

lugging a big wicker hamper from their pickup
truck parked at the edge of the road. Selena finds
a grassy spot under an old oak. and spreads out a
red and white checked gingham cloth..
SELENA
Over here George. It's the perfect spot. Nice
view.
George sets down the wicker basket and Selena

starts to unpack a scrumptious picnic of home
cooked food. She unpacks fried chicken, hard-
boiled eggs, potato salad, cold beer and a big
rich creamy-frosted devils food cake.
GEORGE
You sure are a
good cook, Selena. Man, that looks
too pretty to eat.
SELENA
Better eat it quick. It won't look too pretty when
it's
all covered with ants.
She hands him a chicken drumstick and a hard-

boiled egg.
GEORGE
Selena, I've been
thinking. It's time I settled
down---and I don't know a nicer lady to settle
down with than you.
SELENA
Why George, are
you proposing?
GEORGE
Marry me, Selena. The hardware store doesn't bring
in much now, but...
SELENA
George---I thought
you'd never ask.
A shrill whistling sound from above makes them

look up. With a loud plop and a spatter of icing
the OMEGAHEDRON falls into the middle of the
chocolate cake.
GEORGE
What the heck is
that?
They look up in the boughs of the tree overhead,

and then down at the chocolate cake splashed all
over the checked cloth.
SELENA
A squirrel Frisbee?
Selena reaches out and picks up the OMEGAHEDRON.

It comes away from the cake without a trace of the
chocolate icing sticking to its surface, as if
made of some substance, which repels other kinds
of matter.
Selena holds the shining Omegahedron in her hand

and examines it, turning it around and around as
if hypnotized. Her face takes on a new expression.
Almost as if the simple, wholesome innocence of
her nature had been blasted away by some profound
new knowledge of the universe.
SELENA
That's funny. I'd
swear I know just what this is,
but I've never seen it before.
She stands up and walks across the checkered

cloth, in a beeline for the pickup truck.
GEORGE
Hey, where you
going?
SELENA
(calling over
her shoulder)
I've got things to do.
GEORGE
What about my proposal?
SELENA
(dismissively)
Call me next week. Maybe we can have lunch.
She gets in the pickup and. drives away.
GEORGE
Hey! My truck!
DISSOLVE TO:
KARA' S FACE
She is ten years older now, a young lady. Almost

ready to assume the long flowing gown of an adult,
but still in the tunic worn by those under
eighteen.
ALURA
(voice over)
But Kara, you are
too young to go.
ANOTHER ANGLE. ARGO CITY. DIMMED
They are in the assembly amphitheater of the city,

where the kindergarten nuclear physics class was
seen. Kara is in the centre of the ring, with
adults seated in scattered rows around her. Her
parents Zor-El and Alura are standing in front of
her.
KARA
I am almost an
adult. This is what I want.
ZOR-EL
But Kara, no one
has ever gone from here to
Earth. The journey is dangerous.
KARA
It was my fault we lost the Power Source.
ZOR-EL
Years ago. And it was Zaltar who stole it.
KARA
I allowed it to escape the City.
ALURA
Ever since we told you how your cousin Superman
was sent there as an infant, all you have wanted
to do
was visit this place.
KARA
Yes, I do want to go. But someone must go. Our
scanning shows the Power Source has finally
reached the Earth. It could destroy everything
unless
someone brings it back.
ZOR-EL
Superman will return it.
KARA
Why haven't you been able to contact him? He
should
have returned from the neutron galaxy ages ago. He
may be dead.
ZOR-EL
But what can you, a mere girl-
KARA
I'll have super powers there. Like him. We can't
wait.
Our lights are fading. Look around you. When I was
a
child the City was bright and shining. Look at it
now.
Zor-El and Alura sigh. There is no denying that

the brilliance of Argo City has been much dimmed
since Kara was a little girl.
ALURA
What do your
teachers think?
Zor-El looks around the circle. A beautiful woman

speaks.
TEACHER
It would be sad to
lose one of our finest young ones
to the dimension barrier-- but the City cannot
last much
longer without the Power Source. It is her future
she's
fighting for, Zor-El.
ZOR-EL
Very well, let it be done.
Alura embraces Kara emotionally, fighting back the

tears. Kara too is struggling to control her own
emotions.
KARA
Don't worry,
Mother, I'll be all right. I've studied
the transmissions from Earth. I know their
customs.
Kara walks out of the amphitheater with her

parents.
ALURA
But they are such
strange, unstable people.
KARA
Then I will learn
to act strange like them.
Kara holds up a small handbag. Inside we glimpse

red and blue material.
KARA
I have made
clothing and copies of their money, I
will be fine.
Her father puts his hand on her shoulder .
ZOR-EL
Be brave, my
.daughter. Be wise.
KARA
As brave as my
father. As wise.
They embrace, briefly. Kara then steps onto a

circular platform set into the pavement of the
city.
Instantly transparent bubble forms around her.
Her parents watch as she floats away.
She passes into an air lock through the membrane

that surrounds the City, and off into an infinity
of space.
MONTAGE: THE JOURNEY OF KARA INSIDE "HER SPHERE

FROM THE INNER DIMENSION TO OUR WORLD.
Her sphere moves from blackness, to a dark green

limbo. The atmosphere thickens around her. Soon it
is unmistakably water, and she is heading toward
the light above. A fish darts past with a flash of
silver. The sphere rushes upward faster and
faster. It breaks the surface of the , water. Kara
springs free of the bubble, which disappears. She
is now wearing a blue and red costume like her
cousin Superman.
She lands on a nearby beach.
EXT. EARTH. BEACH BESIDE THE SEA. SUNRISE
She looks around her, feasting with her eyes on

the details of this new exciting world.
Kara bends down and picks up a stone from the

ground at her feet. To her astonishment, she
crushes it to powder in her hand, and blows the
fine dust away with a blast of superbreath.
She looks down at her feet, so firmly planted on

the ground. She rises a few inches into the air,
and reacts with amazement. Then she looks up into
the blue sky overhead and her expression of
astonishment is replaced by a look of joyous
longing. With a sudden impulse she shoots straight
upward.
EXT. HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH. DAY
Kara loops and rolls, swoops and circles, laughing

with sheer delight.
EXT. HIGH ABOVE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS. HORSES. DAY
Kara swoops down at a herd of horses. The herd

parts and gallops off in all directions as she
pulls out of her dive and flies away.
CUT TO:
EXT. MOUNTAINTOP. DAY
Kara lands on a mountaintop and admires the view.

The she bends down and scoops up a handful of
snow. She stares at it with awe.
INSERT. MICROSCOPIC SHOT OF SNOW CRYSTALS IN ALL

THEIR INFINITE VARIETY AND BEAUTY.
BACK TO SCENE. DAY
Kara stands up, smiling. She flies into the air

again.
EXT. FOREST. DAY
She lands and walks among the huge trunks of a

primeval forest. Shafts of sunlight pierce the
gloom. These trees are much more impressive than
Zaltar's imitation back in Argo City. She hears a
mournful sound and pulls back a spray of brambles.
She sees a BABY DEER hopelessly tangled in the
long canes. She shoots RAYS OF HEAT VISION from
her eyes and slices through the tough stems. The
fawn scrambles free, and scampers off into the
forest. Kara watches it with a benevolent smile.
She removes a brunette wig and some street
clothing from a secret pocket in her cape.
EXT. MANSION --- GARDEN PARTY
A big impressive house somewhere in the Middle

West. People mill about on the neatly manicured
lawn sipping drinks and snagging hors d'oeuvres
off silver trays from. passing waiters. All the
quests have a name tag on, like at some kind of
conference.
SELENA, the blonde who discovered the Power

Source, is circulating among the quests. She has
changed since we saw her last. No longer the girl
next door, she now wears a fabulous designer dress
dripping with jewels. She walks with the regal air
of someone used to being obeyed, and graciously
accepts the homage of the quests. A smile, a nod,
a kind word from her leaves them all basking in
the warm afterglow of her attention. But we notice
odd details of the party: the decorations are all
based on mystic occult symbols. At the refreshment
table, there is a big ten-foot WICKER SCULPTURE OF
A FEMALE GOAT covered with paper flowers. And the
quests all have an indefinable air of strangeness
about them. BIANCA, a tall cold-eyed brunette in
black silk dress, whispers in Selena's ear .
BIANCA
Be careful. Nigel
is going to try something.
SELENA
Don't worry about
old Nigel, I can take care of him.
He's just a sore loser.
An ELDERLY MAN in a three-piece pin-stripe suit

grabs her elbow.
ELDERLY MAN
I don't want much,
Selena. I have simple tastes.
SELENA
What do you want?
ELDERLY MAN
Western Europe.
SELENA
I'm sorry, but I already promised Bianca she could

have Switzerland. You know how she loves to ski.
ELDERLY MAN
No problem. She can have it. I hate mountains.
Selena leaves him negotiating boundary lines with

Bianca and strolls over to a sour-faced man in
suede who has been scowling at her over his
cigarette.
SELENA
Cheer up, Nigel. It's not the end of the world.
NIGEL
It may well be. I
know how you won that election
Selena. You can't fool me.
SELENA
I have plans Nigel. You could come with me...
I'm going places.
NIGEL
You're not going
anywhere. Except back to nowheresville.
You're too impatient, Selena. Look around you--all
these people have served years and years of
apprenticeship.
Some of their families have been in the Craft for
generations.
You can't join and take over our whole
organization in a few months.
Selena smirks at him, self-confidently.
SELENA
I just did.
Because I have the Power.
NIGEL
You're going to
pay a terrible price. The power of Shadow
is tricky. Use it too much and it takes over.
Nigel drops his cigarette, stubs it out on the

lawn, and takes out his platinum cigarette case.
SELENA
Bianca's taught me all! need to know. I'll be
safe, as
long as I don't go too far.
NIGEL
Cigarette?
He holds the shiny mirror-like cigarette case in

front of her so she can see her reflection.
INSERT. SURFACE OF THE CIGARETTE CASE. Selena's

reflection. She is still the glamorous beauty, but
looming behind her...invisible to ordinary
eyes...is a DARK EERIE SHAPE OF SOMETHING HIDEOUS.
BACK TO SCENE.
Quick as a cat, Selena bats the cigarette case out

of his hand and sends it spinning into the
shrubbery. All traces of the Shadow behind her
have disappeared.
NIGEL
Sorry. Forgot you
were trying to quit.
Nigel snags a glass of champagne off the tray of a

nearby waiter and sips it insolently.
SELENA
Nigel, get out of
here. And don't come slithering
back.
Nigel shakes his head.
NIGEL
You need me,
Selena. I'm the only one who can save
you from a terrible fate.
SELENA
I need you like an Eskimo needs a lawnmower. Now
burn rubber.
Nigel locks eyes with her.
NIGEL
Make me.
He takes another insolent sip of champagne...arid

discovers a scorpion perched on the rim of his
glass.
Nigel spits out the champagne and, drops the

glass. Everyone laughs at him.
NIGEL
Balefire on you,
Selena!
SELENA
(grinning)
You Scorpios can
never take a joke.
All quests have fallen silent, staring at the

altercation between the two of them.
NIGEL
You think you are
on top now. Well there is someone
coming to challenge you. I saw it in the cards
this morning.
SELENA
Throw him out.
Two burly waiters seize Nigel and drag him off

toward the valet parking.
NIGEL
You won't last a
year, Selena. The cards don't lie!
The crowd breaks into a buzz of conversation.
Bianca stands up on a chair. The crowd falls

silent.
BIANCA
Let's not let one
rotten apple spoil the party. I give you
the first woman in eight hundred years to head
the Circle: Selena!
Applause. Selena steps up onto a raised dais. And

holds up her hands in an invocational gesture.
SELENA
Thank you, sisters
and brothers of the Craft. It is a
great honor you have given me, and I will try to
be
worthy. And when my secret plans are revealed --
you will learn that we are on the threshold of
power and influence undreamed of when Nigel was
our leader.
More applause. One of the cooks applauding at the

refreshment table knocks over a fuel-pot under a
chafing dish. The fuel-pot falls on the ground at
the base of the wicker goat statue.
SELENA
And now, ,I call
upon the Great Mother--the spirit
of Nature --- to bless all our endeavors in the
coming year...
A woman in the .audience screams. Everyone looks

where, she is pointing. The huge ten-foot tall
wicker statue ,bursts into flames.
Panic and pandemonium. Some of the quests run for

safety. Others try to throw water onto the
blazing, torch-like statue, but in vain. Selena
frowns at the spectacle, and, without a word,
turns and stalks into her house.
INT. SELENA'S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM
THE CAMERA FOLLOWS Selena through the French doors

and into her large living room. On one wall is a
huge, ornate gold-framed MIRROR, covered with a
thick veil.
Selena sits down in front of a large hearth, and

opens a secret compartment in the floor. She
reaches inside and removes a finely wrought METAL
BOX IN THE SHAPE OF A GARGOYLE and a pack of
cards. She puts the gargoyle box on her lap, and
begins to cast tarot cards onto the floor in
mystic patterns.
The Elderly Man in the pinstripe suit enters from

the garden. Outside the excited shouts and sounds
of firefighting can still be heard. Someone runs
by in the b.g. with a coil of garden hose. The
Elderly Man walks over to Selena, timidly.
ELDERLY MAN
Is this Nigel's doing?
SELENA
It's a warning,
that's for sure.
ELDERLY
MAN
Maybe it was just
an accident.
SELENA

(mysteriously)
There's no such
thing as an accident. Everything has
meaning, if you can read the signs.
The elderly man looks down at the pattern of tarot

cards Selena has cast on the floor.
ELDERLY MAN
Then what does it
mean???
Selena shrugs and puts aside her cards.
SELENA
Don't ask me. I
can't read the signs worth spit.
EXT. MIDVALE SCHOOL. DAY
A bus stops in front of the school. Kara,

disguised in a brunette wig and unfashionable
clothing gets out of the bus. (From now on we
shall refer to her in human guise by the name of
her secret identity LINDA LEE.) Linda walks up the
driveway toward the main building. Around her the
campus is full of girls all in the school uniform
of skirt, blazer, and white knee socks. Many of
them stare frankly at the new girl in the slightly
dowdy dress, carrying a battered old suitcase.
In front of the school, LUCY LANE, one of the

older girls, is batting in a softball game. She
swings and hits one over the fence for a homer.
Linda watches the excited, deliriously happy
girls---wondering if she will ever be able to
share such strong group emotions. Linda walks up
the steps to the main building.
INT. MAIN BUILDING. MIDVALE SCHOOL. STAIRWAY
Linda walks up the long stairway in the entrance

hall.
MYRA, the school bully, passes with her spy and

toady the loathsome MUFFY. As they pass MYRA
speaks in a loud voice.
MYRA
Geeze, another
barfy new student. They're really
scraping the bottom of the barrel these days.
Linda walks on up to the next f1oor.
INT. MAIN BUILDING . MIDVALE SCHOOL. HALL
Linda walks along the deserted hall and stops at

the office of the registrar, MR. Danvers. She
enters.
INT. REGISTRAR'S OFFICE
MR. Danvers turns from his desk and glares at her.
MR. DANVERS
Don't you believe
in knocking?
LINDA
Oh, yes. Knocking. The pre-entry signal. I forgot.
She knocks on the open door. Her manner is so open

and guileless that MR. Danvers, though
he gives her a strange look, does not put it down
to smart-aleckyness, as he normally would.
MR. DANVERS
What can I do for you?
LINDA
I'm Linda Lee.
My cousin wrote you.
MR. Danvers stares at her blankly. He's a bit

absent-minded.
MR . DANVERS
Cousin? Wrote me?
Linda looks at the metal filing cabinet behind his

desk.
Two beams of X-RAY VISION are faintly visible for

an instant from her eyes.
LINDA
The letter's in
your files. Under K, for Kent.
MR. Danvers opens his file and searches through

it.
LINDA
I mean, it would
probably be there, if you received it.
MR.
DANVERS
Here it is.
Oh...of course. You're the orphan. I'm so sorry
about your parents. We'll try to make you happy
here.
He rises and walks around the desk toward her. He

puts his hand on her shoulder in a fatherly
fashion.
CUT TO:
EXT. CAMPUS. DORM
MR. Danvers is carrying her suitcase as he shows

her around the campus.
MR DANVERS
...since your
school records were lost in the fire, we'11
start you out easy first. You'll have English,
Latin,
French, History, Art, Chemistry, Math, Biology
and Computing. Later on, you can add some
electives.
I think we'll put you in "G" dorm.
He opens the door and ushers her into the dorm.
INT. DORM. CORRIDOR
MR. Danvers leads Linda down the corridor.
A girl dorm monitor sees him and yells out the

traditional signal.
STUDENT MONITOR
Man on the floor!
Immediately, several of the room doors along the

corridor slam shut. MR. Danvers smiles indulgently
and leads Linda along to one of the rooms with an
open door.
INT. DORM ROOM
LUCY LANE, still in her softball flannels, is

digging mud out of her cleats with a Swiss Army
Knife held over a wastebasket. MR. Danvers knocks
on the open door, in the pre-entry signal of
Earth. Lucy looks up.
LUCY
Oh, MR. Danvers,
come in and park it.
MR.
DANVERS
Lucy, your
roommate still home with anorexia?
LUCY
It wasn't
anorexia. It was the food.
MR DANVERS
Linda, this is
Lucy Lane. You can room with her.
Show her around, Lucy; I believe you know her
cousin, MR., uh, Kent. Lucy turns into a bundle of
enthusiasm. She grabs Linda's suitcase and leads
her into the room chattering away excitedly.
LUCY
Wow, you're
Clark's cousin?? Fabuloso! Clark's a
hunk. My sister Lois was a real nerd to let that
one
get away. You'll love it here, we have a great
dorm,
some really insane characters, I mean radical
craziness...
MR. Danvers slips away, leaving the two new

roommates to get acquainted.
Lucy puts Linda's suitcase on the bare mattress of

the empty bed and opens the dresser drawers to
help her unpack.
LINDA
I can do that.
LUCY
No sweat. When's the rest of your stuff arriving?
She looks down at the nearly empty suitcase.
LINDA
There isn't any.
LUCY
This is all your clothes?
Lucy involuntarily glances over her shoulder at

the bulging closet beside. her own bed. Lucy's bed
is smothered with teddy bears, and the walls
around it are covered with photos and posters of
male rock singers, movie stars, and tennis
players. Also a large painted poster of SUPERMAN.
LINDA
I have money to
buy more, but I haven't had a
chance since...
LUCY
Since what?? Did you have a fire at your house or
something?
LINDA
I'd rather not talk about it.
LUCY
You're not...an orphan are you?
LINDA
My cousin Clark is my only relative on Earth.
LUCY
Oh wow, I should've known. Me and my big mouth.
Listen,
you can borrow any of my clothes you want. Any
time.
LINDA
Thank you. You're
very kind.
LUCY
I'm real sorry,
Linda, I should've known it was
something tragic if you show up without a
wardrobe. Here, try on this. And this.
Lucy starts pulling clothes out of her closet and

tossing to Linda.

CUT TO:
EXT. SCHOOL PLAYING FIELDS. DAY
Girls in their adorable school gym outfits run

around playing field hockey. Linda hangs back on
the outskirts of the mob. She sees Myra put her
stick between Lucy's legs and trip her. Linda
stops to help Lucy up.
LINDA
She did that deliberately.
LUCY
She's a beast.
The pack turns and heads back toward them, the

lead. Myra slaps the puck directly at. steps in
front of it to protect Lucy. The and shatters.
.Play stops. The girls mill confusion, picking up
the little pieces of with Myra in Lucy. Linda puck
hits Linda around in puck.
LUCY
How'd you do that?
LINDA
Must've been a
defective puck.
INT. LOCKER ROOM. DAY
Girls pile in and start to take off their

uniforms. Showers are running in the background.
Linda unlaces her shoes. Lucy is unlacing beside
her.
LUCY
Keep an eye peeled
for Myra. She's out to get you.

LINDA
But what for?
LUCY
She just hates
anybody who isn't afraid of her.
INT. SHOWER. LATER. DAY
Linda and Lucy (seen from the shoulders up) are

enjoying a nice warm shower.
Linda looks through the tile wall (with her x-ray

vision) and sees Myra next door, fooling with the
plumbing.
INT. PLUMBING ROOM
MYRA
(whispering)
Are they in?
Muffy (Myra's spy) nods yes from her look-out

position.
MYRA
Listen to the
screams when I shut off the cold water.
She takes a huge wrench and starts to shut off a

valve. Her spy looks worriedly at the valve.
MUFFY
But, Myra, why
don't you shut off the hot water and
give them an ice bath? If you shut off the cold
it,
could scald them.
MYRA
So they lose a
little skin. Serve 'em right.
Myra pulls on the wrench.
INT. SHOWER
Linda shoots a beam of her heat vision through the

wall.
INT. PLUMBING ROOM
Myra pulls on the valve, but the wrench glows red

hot in her hand. She lets go with a cry of pain. A
pipe springs a leak, drenching her in her school
uniform. Myra heads for the door, to get out. More
pipes spring leaks. Myra is soaked, her hair all
bedraggled, her uniform a mess.
CUT TO:
INT. COMPUTING CLASS
MR. Danvers is putting a fairly complicated

equation on the blackboard. All the students sit
at the consoles of little personal computers
staring at their blank monitor screens. Except for
Linda, who is staring intently at the wall on one
side of the classroom.
MR DANVERS
Now, this is the
kind of problem that used to take
weeks before the computer. It still takes a long
time without certain algorithms.
Linda stares out through the solid wall with her

X-RAY vision.
EXT. CAMPUS
A cat is stalking along a branch of a tree toward

a nest of little baby birds. The nest is wedged on
top of a window cornice on one of the buildings,
but the tree branch passes just close enough by it
for the cat to grab the baby birds when he gets
there.
Slowly the cat inches along the branch. Suddenly a

beam of light hits the branch. It bursts into
flame, and falls down to the ground, saving the
birds from any future danger. The cat turns around
like a felon caught in the act, runs down the tree
trunk, and scampers away.
INT. CLASS
Linda smiles to herself.
MR. DANVERS (O.S.)

Linda? Are you with us?
She turns to look at MR. Danvers and finds

everyone in class staring at her.
LINDA
Uh, yes, MR.
Danvers.
She looks at the board.
LINDA
The answer is
5,271,009,010.
Linda smiles, proud that she got the right answer.

The other girls in the class laugh at her. Even
her friend Lucy snickers. Linda realizes she has
made a mistake, but is not sure how serious it is.
The class bell rings and the girls dash for the
exit. Linda stays in her seat staring at Mr.
Danvers as he goes around the room switching off
the computers.
MR. DANVERS
You may go, Linda.
But try not to clown around in
the future.
She meekly heads for the door. He turns to erase

the blackboard. Something stays his hand, and he
looks at the problem. Then he puts down the eraser
and starts to copy the problem on a piece of
paper.
EXT. ROAD OUTSIDE SCHOOL. DAY
Selena's Cadillac drives past the school. softball

in front. Girls are playing softball in front.
INT. CADILLAC
Bianca is driving. Selena sits in the back

brooding. Her tarot cards and the metal gargoyle
box are beside her on the open counter of a
built-in bar. She suddenly calls out to Bianca.
SELENA
Stop the car!
Bianca jams on the brakes and the car screeches to

a halt.
EXT. ROAD OUTSIDE SCHOOL
The girls stop their softball game and turn to

stare at the Cadillac.
INT. CADILLAC
Selena is gathering up her scattered things from

the floor of the car.
SELENA
I said stop, I
didn't say run into a brick wall.
BIANCA
What is it?
SELENA
The Coffer of Shadow. Look at it.
The metal gargoyle box is glowing with an inner

radiance.
SELENA
What does it mean?
BIANCA
The danger. The
one Nigel spoke of. It must be near .
They stare out the car window at the girls'

softball game, which was resumed.
SELENA
Oh, fiddlesticks. What could be dangerous about a
baseball game?
BIANCA
Softball.
SELENA
It must be the
girls. One of the girls.
BIANCA
But which one?
SELENA
Drive on. We have
already attracted enough
attention.
Bianca starts up the car again and drives smoothly

away.
SELENA
We'll bide our
time and keep watch. Young girls
just can't keep a secret. If one of them's up to
something--we'll find out.
BIANCA
And then, like great cats---we pounce! And
destroy!
The car swerves slightly.
SELENA
Bianca, try not to
be so bloodthirsty when you're at
the wheel. OK?
BIANCA
Sorry, mistress.
CUT TO:
EXT. DORM. DAY
Linda is standing at the bathroom' window of her

dorm room, looking outside with a melancholy
expression. She slides the curtain across the
window, so no one can see in.
INT. LINDA AND LUCY'S ROOM. DAY
Lucy runs in, fresh from her softball game, and

sits down on the bed as usual to dig the mud out
of her cleats. Lucy's bed is still a riot of
stuffed animals and frilly lace pillows. Linda's
bed' across the room is austere and almost
monastic, with no family photos, posters, or toys.
LUCY
Hey, Linda, you in
there?
LINDA (o.s.)
Uh-huh.
Linda answers from inside the shut bathroom door.

LUCY
How much longer
you gonna be?
LINDA (o.s.)
Not long. I'm
cutting my hair.
Lucy crosses to the bathroom door.
LUCY
You're a maniac!
Let me do it for you. You'll look awful.
INT. BATHROOM OFF DORM ROOM. DAY
Linda is in her Supergirl costume and her blonde

hair. Her brunette wig is hanging on a hook beside
the mirror.
SUPERGIRL
I can manage,
thanks.
Supergirl holds out a lock of her blonde hair. She
looks into the mirror and SHOOTS A BEAM OF ENERGY

FROM HER EYE, which reflects off the mirror and
strikes her hair, cutting off one inch of the
blonde strand.
INT. DORM
LUCY
I cut my own hair
once. I looked so awful the only
thing was to go totally punk!
Linda opens the door and steps out of the

bathroom. She is wearing her brunette wig and her
Linda clothing. Lucy is puzzled.
LUCY
Your hair looks
the same.
LINDA
It was just a
trim.
The student hall monitor sticks her head in the

door and yells excitedly.
JODY
Hey guys, Gloria
just got a package from home.
LUCY
What's in it?
JODY
A hair dryer that
makes popcorn!
LUCY
Wow! Pig-out time. Come on Linda.
Lucy hurries to the door. Linda holds back.
LINDA
No thanks. You go on.
LUCY
You sure?
Linda nods bravely, and Lucy dashes off down the

hall toward the lounge. Linda stands alone in the
room.
A beam of light from the setting sun shines

through the room, and casts a pool of light on the
opposite wall. Linda looks at the beam of light
with nostalgia.
INT. DORM LOUNGE
Lucy and the other girls are stuffing themselves

with popcorn turned out in bowlfulls by Gloria's
new hair dryer. The package it came from lies torn
open on the table beside the hair-dryer. Some of
the girls start a playful popcorn-throwing fight
in the b.g. One of the girls is strumming her
guitar, and starts to sing "There's No Place Like
Home". One by one the other girls join in. It's a
scene of high spirits and camaraderie, in contrast
to Linda's loneliness.
INT. LINDA'S DORM ROOM
Linda, still staring at the sunbeam shining
through her room, and at the tiny dust motes

dancing in the beam. From down the hall comes the
sound of the girls singing, in improvised six-part
harmony.
GIRLS .o.s.)
"Be it ever so humble, There's no place like
home..."
A tear of self-pity and homesickness wells up in

Linda's eyes and runs down her cheek. She steps
into the beam of sunlight and it shines full on
her face. She suddenly hears Alura's voice in her
mind.
ALURA (o.s.)
Kara, my darling...
LINDA
Mother! Is it you? Where are you???
ALURA (o.s.)
In Argo City. Have you found the Power Source?
LINDA
Mother, this world is so big. I don't know where
to begin to look.
ALURA (o.s.)
Kara, be careful.
There is some terrible evil force coming
near you. I can feel it. Keep to your disguise.
Let no one
know who you are.
LINDA
But why? I have
super powers. Nothing can hurt me.
ALURA (o.s.)
There are more
powers in the universe than we know.
And more than we can imagine. Be careful, Kara.
And
come home safely.
The sun sets and the beam of light disappears as

if a switch had been snapped off, leaving Linda
alone in the warm afterglow of twilight.
The soft strains of girls harmonizing float down

the hall.
GIRLS (o.s.)
"...mid pleasures and palaces Where'ere I roam, Be
it ever so humble, There's no place like home."
CUT TO:
EXT. SCHOOL GROUNDS. BENCH. DAY
Linda sits by herself reading on a stone bench:

She is wearing the school uniform now. All around
her girls are running out of the dorm with
overnight cases and climbing into cars driven by
middle-aged couples. There is a frantic bustle of
activity.
CUT TO:
INT. OFFICE IN THE MATH DEPARTMENT
Mr. Danvers sits at his computer, which is spewing
out page after page of a complicated printout.

Finally the printer stops. He reads out the bottom
line.
MR . DANVERS
Five billion, two
hundred and seventy-one million,
nine thousand, and ten.
He sits back in his chair and puffs thoughtfully

on his pipe.
EXT. SCHOOL GROUNDS. BENCH. DAY. LATER
The campus is deserted. Linda still pretends to

read, but her sense of loneliness is palpable.
Suddenly Mr. Danvers is beside her, looking down.
MR. DANVERS
No plans for the
weekend, Linda?
LINDA
No, MR. Danvers.
MR. DANVERS
Can't have you
moping around the campus. Why don't
you come home with us for dinner?
LINDA
I'd love to.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. BACKYARD OF DANVERS'S HOUSE. DAY
Mr. & Mrs. Danvers and Linda sit outside under the
trees at a table piled high with delicious home
cooked food. ,The dog begs for scraps. As the
scene progresses (MOS) the Danvers bring Linda out
of her shyness until they all laugh together
sharing food, jokes and happiness. A. dreamlike
moment of nostalgia from everyone's childhood.
INT. SELENA'S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM. DAY
Selena, at her most glamorous, in silk hostess

pajamas and scads of pearls, stands looking out
the French, doors of her mansion. She is staring
shamelessly at ETHAN, a handsome young landscape
gardener. Bianca is standing beside Selena.
BIANCA
Is he your
entertainment for tonight?
SELENA
He will be. In
about five minutes.
BIANCA
Have fun.
Bianca exits, and Selena waves to Ethan from the

French doors.
EXT. SELENA'S HOUSE. GARDEN. DAY.
Ethan is sketching the house, adding new trees and

shrubs in his drawing. He sees Selena waving, and
walks over to her.
INT. SELENA'S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM. DAY
SELENA
Finished your estimate?
ETHAN
Well, there's several ways to go .
SELENA
Come in, have a
drink, we'll talk.
She ushers him inside and sits him down in front

of the vast hearth.
SELENA
You must be very
popular in the neighborhood. I always
see your truck parked around.
ETHAN
I have a lot of repeat business. People seem to
like my
service.
SELENA
I bet they do.
ETHAN
What's that big black scar on the ground? Like a
fire.
SELENA
Oh, you know how parties are. Always some damage.
Ethan spreads his drawings out on his knees.
ETHAN
Now we could put
in rhododendrons or lilacs...depending
on how alkaline your soil is.
Selena gives a cursory glance at the sketch, and

then turns to a silver tray beside her. She picks
up a frosty pitcher and pours an iced fruit drink
into two tall glasses.
SELENA
I just love plants
and growing things. It must be
wonderful to have green thumbs. Cheers!
Ethan looks at the drink with misgiving.
ETHAN
Uh, no thanks, I
don't drink during the day.
Selena gestures outside.
SELENA
But look, it's
almost sundown!
Ethan glances outside. Selena pours some poisonous

looking red liquid into his glass from a tiny
bottle hidden in her hand while his attention is
distracted.
ETHAN
Really, I'm not
thirsty. Now I could put in some
honeysuckle there and there...
Selena pouts exaggeratedly.
SELENA
Just take a sip or .I'll be hurt. It's an old
family
recipe, I'm famous for them.
Ethan pauses. He doesn't want to offend his rich

new customer over such a trifle.
ETHAN
What is it?
SELENA
A passionfruit smoothee.
ETHAN
Well, just one.
He takes his glass (with the extra ingredient) and

clinks it against hers in a toast.
SELENA
To us. And to the
seeds we'll plant together.
ETHAN
I'll drink to that.
He takes a careful sip of his drink, tastes, and

smiles.
ETHAN
Hmmm. Delicious!
He tosses off the rest of it in one gulp. Selena

watches him triumphantly.
ETHAN
Now, about my fee...
He suddenly clutches his throat with a gasp and

collapses unconscious on the couch. She leans over
him and strokes his cheek delicately with her long
red-nailed fingers.
SELENA
Sleep well. And
when you wake, drown in my eyes
and be all mine.
The DOORBELL RINGS. Selena looks up with

annoyance.
SELENA
If that's the
Jehovah's Witnesses again...
She angrily walks toward the hall, casting a fond

look back at Ethan.
SELENA
Don't go away,
gorgeous. I'll be right back.
EXT. FRONT DOOR OF MANSION
Nigel in a skin-tight vinyl jumpsuit with

multidirectional chrome zippers is leaning on the
bell. Behind him his Porsche is parked in the
driveway, and beyond at the curb is a truck with
ETHAN'S NURSERY AND LANDSCAPING painted on it.

Selena opens the door, sees Nigel, and tries to
close it. But Nigel puts his foot in and keeps it
open.
SELENA
Nigel, get lost.
NIGEL
I have to talk to
you.
SELENA
You're wasting
your breath.
NIGEL
You used to listen
to me. When you asked me to
teach you something of the Craft.
SELENA
I could teach you a thing or two now.
INT. SELENA'S LIVING ROOM
Ethan opens his eyes. He rises from the couch and

stands there swaying deliriously.
INSERT. P.O.V. OF ETHAN
The room swirls and distorts around him in garish

nightmare colours.
BACK TO SCENE
Ethan clutches his head as though it were

splitting apart, and lurches out of the French
doors into the terrace.
EXT. FRONT DOOR OF MANSION
Selena is listening impatiently to Nigel, and

staring oddly at him.
NIGEL
...trust the
wisdom of the ancients, trust the Great
Mother to protect us... Why. are you staring at me
like that?
SELENA
I was just
thinking, if I had your skin problems, I'd use a
good tannisroot ointment. Every night.
Nigel is rather vain about his smooth olive

complexion, so he is completely thrown off his
stride.
NIGEL
Nothing's wrong
with my skin.
SELENA
Such a shame. You
ought to take better care of
yourself.
Selena closes the door while he's off his guard.

Nigel takes a pocket mirror out of his shoulder
bag and stares with horror at his reflection. His
face is erupting all over in ugly red blotches.
NIGEL
Nasty bitch!
EXT. GROUNDS OF SELENA'S MANSION. SUNSET
Ethan staggers across the lawn, still clutching

his head, obviously very ill. As he disappears
through the shrubbery on the far side of the lawn,
he mutters drunkenly to himself.
ETHAN
Rhododendron.. . .honeysuckle. . .
Selena enters and finds Ethan gone. She is

furious. She walks to the French doors.
SELENA
Ethan. Come back. You'll spoil everything!
INT. THE DANVERS' LIVING ROOM. NIGHT
Linda is playing chess with MR. Danvers, while his

wife knits on the sofa.
MRS. DANVERS
I think you'd
better be getting back to the dorm, Linda.
The housemother'll expect you to sign in by eight.
Linda stands up from the chessboard.
LINDA
Thank you both so
much. It was a lovely lunch, Mrs.
Danvers. I had a wonderful time. And you're a
terrific chess player MR. Danvers.
MR. DANVERS
What? Me?
LINDA
Sure. Mate in five
moves.
She moves the pieces chonk, chonk, chonk, chonk,

chonk...
LINDA
...and there goes
my king. Got to hand it to you, I didn't
see it coming. Well, bye.
She walks out the door into the night.
MRS . DANVERS
What a lovely
child. Such nice manners. We must
have her back, don't you think?
MR. Danvers 'grunts absent-mindedly, bemused at

his loss.
INT. SELENA'S LIVING ROOM. NIGHT
Selena paces agitatedly in her living room.

Finally she stops in front of the ornate mirror
hanging on the wall. She puts her hand on the
heavy veil covering it.
SELENA
Show me Ethan.
She rips aside the veil. The IMAGE IN THE MIRROR

SHOWS ETHAN STAGGERING DRUNKENLY THROUGH THE NIGHT
COWN THE CENTRE WHITE LINE OF A HIGHWAY. CARS
WHIZZ PAST HIM IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
SELENA
The silly fool!
EXT. HAMBURGER HEAVEN. NIGHT
Lucy is in front of the local hamburger drive-in

in her Thunderbird convertible, talking to the
foxiest dude at Rindge Tech. Other teens are
hanging out and listening to rock music outside
the drive-in. Lucy catches sight of Linda walking
along the side of the road.
LUCY
Hey, Linda!
(to the boy)
It's my roommate. You'll love her. She's really
off
the wall!
Lucy jumps out of her car, runs over to Linda, and

whispers urgently in her ear.
LUCY
Linda babes!
There's this all-night party at Eddie's...
his folks are away...
LINDA
Oh, I don't know. I'm not signed out
for an overnight.
LUCY
Go back, sign in, and climb out the bathroom
window. McCloskey's always zonked out:
she'll never hear you.
LINDA
It doesn't seem right.
LUCY
Please, as a favour to me? So I won't be the only
girl?
Linda catches sight of a figure teetering down the

centre, white line of the highway. Cars honk and
zoom past him.
LINDA
Look at that guy!
Lucy whirls around and looks.
LUCY
What a space
cadet.
(yelling and waving)
Hey, you dingleberry! Get outta the street!
Ethan ignores them, and continues to teeter

deliriously.
INSERT. ETHAN'S P.O.V.
He sees the night as a fairyland of dancing,

blurred lights: the neon of the hamburger stand;
the garish pumps of the gas station across the
street, the streaking head and taillights of the
cars on either side. All sound is similarly
distorted and far away.
BACK TO SCENE
LINDA
Why is he acting
so strangely?
LUCY
I dunno, but he's
gonna get creamed.
Selena holds the metal box shaped like a gargoyle.

She looks at the IMAGE OF ETHAN in
her mirror.
SELENA
Power of
Shadows...bring him to me.
The box in her hand glows with an inner light.
EXT. STREET OPPOSITE H]1..MBUP.GER RESTAURANT.

NIGHT
There is a construction site next to the Hamburger

Place. A giant BULLDOZER suddenly ROARS TO LIFE
and bursts through the chain link fence
surrounding the construction site. With no one at
the controls, the bulldozer drives out onto the
street. Ethan sees its GAPING JAWS and runs
clumsily away. They snap at him with the clash of
steel. He stumbles and the bulldozer scoops him
up. It wheels around and starts to carry him away,
with one of his legs protruding through the teeth
of its giant mouth. The onlookers are stunned and
horrified.
LUCY
Omigod, it's a
runaway!
Lucy sprints out into the street, running after

the driverless bulldozer.
LINDA
Lucy; come back!
LUCY
Somebody's gotta do something!!
Lucy dodges through the cars and alongside the

bulldozer. She climbs bravely up into the driver's
seat and tries to tug at the controls. They are
frozen. In desperation Lucy yanks on the steering
wheel. The bulldozer turns ninety degrees into the
gas station.
EXT. GAS STATION. NIGHT
A TOURIST is filling his station wagon at one of

the self-service pumps. His WIFE is bringing their
TODDLER back from the rest rooms. The bulldozer
suddenly smashes into the gas pumps and through
the gas station. The tourist dives out of its
path. The bulldozer circles behind the gas station
toward a small motel next door, leaving in its
wake a totaled station wagon, and gasoline leaking
on the ground from the smashed pumps.
EXT. HAMBURGER RESTAURANT. NIGHT
Linda watches with mounting horror. And yet she

remembers the warning from Alura, and stands
frozen, unable to intervene.
EXT. MOTEL/GAS STATION. NIGHT
Lucy fights the wheel in vain. The bulldozer

circles through the motel, smashing the individual
cabins into matchsticks. The bulldozer drives
under the MOTEL SIGN which HITS LUCY ON THE HEAD,
KNOCKING HER UNCONSCIOUS. Finally, the bulldozer
comes full circle and halts against a utility pole
next to the gas station. The utility pole leans at
a crazy angle. Its ELECTRIC WIRES break and dangle
down, flashing blue arcs of electricity where they
touch the pavement. The RIVER OF GASOLINE from the
broken pump flows inexorably toward the arcing
power lines. The mother kneels beside her dazed
husband and looks over at her toddler running
toward the arcing wires, his arms held out
eagerly.
MOTHER
My baby!!!!!
Instead of helping, the onlookers turn and flee

the inevitable fire.
EXT. HAMBURGER RESTAURANT. NIGHT
Linda can't take it any longer. She ducks into the

deserted hamburger restaurant. An instant later,
she emerges through a skylight in the roof in red
and blue costume as SUPERGIRL! She stands on-the
roof in front of a big illuminated advertising
sign, which hides her from the fleeing crowd.
Supergirl takes a deep breath and blows with her
super lungs:. The toddler is blown safely 1nto his
mother's arms.
MOTHER
My baby.
She grasps the child in her arms and helps her

husband hobble to safety just as the river of
gasoline reaches the sparking wires and BURSTS
INTO FLAMES .
The bulldozer, with Lucy Lane unconscious at the

controls and Ethan imprisoned in the scoop, is
surrounded by an IMPENETRABLE RING OF FIRE .
Supergirl dashes through the ring of fire so fast

that if there were any spectators who weren't
running for their lives she would only be visible
as a red and blue streak.
EXT. ACCIDENT SCENE/GAS STATION. NIGHT INSIDE THE

RING OF FIRE.
Supergirl takes the unconscious Lucy from the

driver's seat and carries her in her arms to the
front of the bulldozer.
Supergirl pulls open the massive metal jaws with

one hand like they were sheet rubber.
INT. SCOOP OF BULLDOZER
Ethan looks up as Supergirl slides Lucy Lane in

beside him. He sees Supergirl's face backlit by
the raging inferno outside.
SUPERGIRL
Everything's going
to be all right. She's just
unconscious. No broken bones.
INSERT ETHAN'S P.O.V. LOOKING AT SUPERGIRL FROM

INSIDE THE SCOOP
Ethan's swirling distorted vision suddenly focuses

with , absolute clarity. A moment outside of time.
The most romantic glamorous image imaginable: the
blonde, backlit, looking at him with concern, her
lips slightly parted.
BACK TO SCENE
There is something about Ethan's ecstasy, which

holds Supergirl for a moment.
ETHAN
God...you're beautiful.
Selena watches the image of Ethan and Supergirl in

her mirror. Her face is a study in jealousy and
dismay.
ETHAN (in the mirror)

God...you're beautiful.
SELENA
That was meant for me!
EXT. ACCIDENT SCENE/GAS STATION. BULLDOZER. RING

OF FIRE
SUPERGIRL
Thank you. I'm going to close this up again.
ETHAN
Wait...don't leave me in here...
SUPERGIRL
It's for your own
protection.
She pulls the massive steel jaws shut and tears

the scoop off the bulldozer with a sound of
rending metal. Immediately afterwards, the flames
reach the underground storage tank and the
bulldozer is enveloped in a FIERY EXPLOSION.
EXT. ACCIDENT SCENE. OUTSIDE RING OF FIRE. NIGHT
The entire gas station is a column of flame and

black smoke reaching up into the night sky. A fire
truck and a police car arrive on the scene, sirens
screaming. The tourist family watch from a safe
distance, their toddler clapping his hands
excitedly at the spectacle.
EXT. IN THE SKY. HIGH ABOVE THE ACCIDENT. NIGHT
Supergirl flies out of the column of black smoke,

carrying the sealed bulldozer scoop with Ethan and
Lucy safely inside.
ETHAN
(calling from inside)
What's happening?
SUPERGIRL
(shouting over the wind)
I'm taking you to the hospital.
ETHAN
(within)
Let me out. I have to talk to you.
SUPERGIRL
Later.
EXT. ACCIDENT SCENE. POST FIRE. NIGHT
The firemen have smothered the fire with a blanket

of foam. The blackened bulldozer minus its front
scoop stands next to the smashed station wagon. A
bewildered policeman is searching for victims.
POLICEMAN
Where's the
casualties? You can't tell me there's
no casualties.
Bianca enters and sees Selena staring raptly at

the mirror.
BIANCA
I came as quickly
as I could. What is the danger?
SELENA
It's what we were
warned about.
Selena points to the mirror, which shows the IMAGE

OF SUPERGIRL FLYING THROUGH THE AIR CARRYING THE
BULLDOZER SCOOP. Bianca can't quite make out what
it is at first.
BIANCA
A Storm Dragon?
SELENA
No, a super girl.
EXT. HOSPITAL ENTRANCE. NIGHT
Supergirl lands with the bulldozer scoop in front

of the emergency entrance. There is no one around.
Supergirl rips open the sealed scoop with a loud
noise of rending metal.
INT. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. NIGHT
TWO INTERNS are chatting in the corridor near the

doors. They jump at the sound of bending steel
outside.
FIRST INTERN
What was that?
SECOND INTERN
Maybe we better take a look.
EXT . HOSPITAL ENTRANCE. NIGHT
Supergirl has strapped Ethan and the semi-

conscious Lucy onto wheeled gurneys.
ETHAN
Don't leave me.
SUPERGIRL
I have to.
ETHAN
When can I see, you again ?
SUPERGIRL
Relax. Tomorrow this will all seem like a bad
dream.
Goodbye.
She gives the gurneys a shove.
INT. HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM. NIGHT
The automatic doors open and Ethan and Lucy roll

inside on the gurneys.
FIRST INTERN
Did we use the
laughing gas tonight?
SECOND
INTERN
That was last night.
FIRST
INTERN
Then this is
really happening.
The two interns catch the gurneys, and start

examining Ethan and Lucy.
SECOND INTERN
Hey fella, can you talk???
Ethan begins to babble deliriously.
ETHAN
The girl. Where is
she? It never hit me like this
before. I love her. My angel.
He sits up, tears brimming in his eyes, and grasps

the , intern by the lapels.
ETHAN
Where is she? I
love her, don't you understand? I'll die
if I can't have her.
The intern pulls away and points to Lucy, who is

beginning to come to.
FIRST INTERN
She's right here fella.
ETHAN
No, not her. The blonde, the one who carried us
through the air:. She can fly. She's an angel.
The two interns exchange a glance. One of them

steps to a wall intercom.
SECOND INTERN
This is Stenzl in
Emergency. We got
a 412. Send down
the boys from psycho.
ETHAN
No! She's real ! I
saw her !
CUT TO:
INT. SELENA' S MANSION. NIGHT
Selena, is brooding in front of her mirror, which

shows ETHAN IN THE HOSPITAL STRUGGLING WITH THE
TWO INTERNS . Selena covers the mirror with its
heavy veil. She speaks to Bianca standing beside
her.
SELENA
Why did she have
to show up now?
BIANCA
Eliminate her.
SELENA
That's easy for you to say, Bianca.
BIANCA
You can do it. You're the most powerful woman
on Earth.
SELENA
Am I? Still?
There is a pause as the implications reverberate.
BIANCA
Yes! You own the
Coffer of Shadow. Nothing can
withstand its power.
SELENA
I've been saving it. For the right moment.
BIANCA
That moment is
now! What good is a sword unless
it be unsheathed? Use it, and no one will dare
oppose you again. No one.
Selena toys with the idea in her mind, turning

over the various arguments. A smile creeps across
her face.
SELENA
Not even Nigel.
Selena goes to the secret compartment, opens it

and takes out the metal gargoyle box. She looks at
it with a dreamy, far-away expression on her face.
SELENA
What do I do? I
don't know her name.
BIANCA
The Naming of
Names is not necessary. Just concentrate
on her face. Your Shadow will do the rest.
Selena holds the gargoyle box out in front of her

and opens the lid. Inside is the OMEGAHEDRON power
source from Argo City, spinning around a strange
dark region in its centre. Selena closes her eyes
and whispers to the spinning ring.
SELENA
Power of Shadow
hear me. Find her wherever she be.
Find her and destroy her.
A BLACK CLOUD OF SHADOW bursts out of the centre

of the OMEGAHEDRON, filling the room. Selena drops
the gargoyle box and shrinks back with sudden
misgivings at what she has unleashed. Even
Bianca's face has gone white. The two women huddle
together as a HUGE INVISIBLE PRESENCE fills the
room with darkness. Then the unseen presence
suddenly SMASHES ITS WAY OUTSIDE THROUGH THE SOLID
WALL OF SELENA'S LIVING ROOM, leaving a big hole
and a trail of crushed furniture behind it. Light
returns to the room as the shadow departs. And
from outside the sound of crackling shrubbery dies
away. Selena regains her composure and looks
around at the mess of her once splendid living
room.
SELENA
Next time, remind
me to do this out in the yard.
BIANCA
Yes, of course, it
was foolish of me.
Bianca reaches down to the floor for the gargoyle

box with the OMEGAHEDRON, which is still lying
right where Selena dropped it. But Selena quickly
picks it up herself before Bianca can touch it.
SELENA
I think I'd better
keep it.
BIANCA
Whatever you say.
SELENA
Yes. Whatever I say. From now on.
She shuts the lid of the gargoyle box, sealing the

spinning OMEGAHEDRON safely inside.
CUT TO:
INT. DANVERS ' LIVING ROOM. NIGHT
Mrs. Danvers is on the phone.
MRS. DANVERS
The housemother
still doesn't answer.
Mrs. Danvers hangs up the phone with a worried

expression.
MR. DANVERS
Probably drunk
again. I'm sure Linda got back all right.
MRS. DANVERS
We should have
driven her.
Mr. Danvers stands up and puts on his jacket.
MR. DANVERS
I'll just drop by
the school and. make sure she's all right.
EXT. MIDVALE SCHOOL. DESERTED CAMPUS. OUTSIDE THE

DORM. NIGHT
Linda drives up in Lucy's car, the one left behind

at the scene of the accident outside the hamburger
place. She drives past the paddle tennis court and
parks in front of the dorm. Linda gets out of the
car, and lets herself into the dorm with a key.
Inside, she signs her name in the book. ,
INT. DORM CORRIDOR. NIGHT
Linda walks down the long dormitory corridor past

room after empty room. The place is kind of
spooky.
INT. LINDA'S ROOM. NIGHT
Linda enters the room she shares with Lucy. She

puts Lucy's car keys on her bedside table next to
the snapshots of Lucy's family and of her half-
dozen current boyfriends. Linda turns and crosses
the room to her own monastic bed in its drab,
undecorated corner. She lies down on her bed with
a sigh, staring at the ceiling in a melancholy
mood.
Suddenly, she senses that something is not right.

She gets up from the bed, walks to the window, and
gazes out a-t the deserted campus.
EXT. OUTSIDE DORM. TENNIS COURT. NIGHT.
The dorm is set apart from other school buildings

and surrounded by tall trees. The tennis court is
visible from Linda's window, and a city park
adjoining the school property. The UNSEEN MONSTER
is heard approaching through the park with a thud
of heavy footfalls and the crack of snapping tree
trunks and branches. A bolt of lightning flashes,
followed by a crash of thunder. The wind howls. A
storm is brewing.
Far away across the campus something huge and

powerful forces itself between the two big oaks,
snapping them like matchsticks. The unseen monster
hauls its enormous bulk toward the dormitory,
crushing everything in its path, its footsteps
making the ground tremble like an earthquake.
INT. LINDA'S BEDROOM. NIGHT
Linda watches with uncomprehending eyes the

approaching swath of destruction heading straight
for her. Nothing she has learned about this
strange alien world has prepared" her for this.
For the first time since she left Argo City, her
eyes show fear. And yet there's a deeper streak of
defiance in her that impels her to stand her
ground and face the horrible juggernaut.
EXT. FORM. TENNIS COURT. CAMPUS. NIGHT
HUGE FOOTPRINTS sink into the damp grass of the

campus. A bicycle rack full of Schwinns is
flattened into the dirt with a metallic screech.
The monster proceeds inexorably toward the wooden
rain shelter on one side of the tennis court. The
shelter is crushed to kindling wood. The monster
drags its enormous unseen bulk across the smooth
clay surface of the tennis court, crunching , deep
cracked depressions in the clay. The net stretches
and groans toward Linda as the' invisible enormity
comes closer, and finally snaps with a loud
twanging sound as the steel cables part. The tall
cyclone fence bulges outward toward Linda and
momentarily outlines the form of" the monster
before it crumples and falls with the screech of

twisted steel. The only thing between Linda and
the monster is Lucy.' s parked car. The monster
stomps the car flat with a noise like colliding
express trains and heads for Linda.
INT. LINDA'S BEDROOM. NIGHT
LINDA
Hey, that's my
roommate's car!
Determination floods her face. She whips off her

brunette wig and her civilian clothing to reveal
the blonde hair and red blue tunic of SUPERGIRL!
EXT. OUTSIDE THE DORM. NIGHT
Supergirl flies out the dorm window and lands in

front of the unseen monster. She raises her hand
in challenge and calls out in a commanding voice.
SUPERGIRL
Leave this place
and do no harm.
Something picks Supergirl up and flings her

against the wall of the dorm, crushing the soft
drink dispenser under her and squirting cola in
every direction. Lightning flashes and thunder
booms overhead. Supergirl picks herself up,
shaken.
She launches herself directly at the space in mid-

air ten feet above the monster's footprints. She
crashes into something hard and invisible with the
sound of a tremendous impact. Supergirl falls to
the ground, staggered by the concussion. The
irresistible force has met the immovable object.
Supergirl looks up, and---altering the wavelength
of her X-Ray vision to a transcendental frequency-
--paints this beam over the monster and just for
an instant makes it visible: a HUGE NIGHTMARE
SHAPE LOOMING OVER HER, AND REACHING OUT TO CRUSH
HER WITH MASSIVE TALONS. Then the image fades.
Supergirl is seized again and flung against the

school flagpole, breaking it off at the base.
Supergirl stands up and seizes the flagpole. She
looks up at the flickering lightning in the sky.
She flies straight upward into the storm with the
bare flagpole held in front of her.
EXT. THUNDER STORM. LIGHTNING
Again and again huge bolts of lightning strike the

flagpole. Supergirl's face is contorted with agony
as her body absorbs enough electricity to run Las
Vegas for a year. She looks down and sees through
a break in the clouds the campus far below.
EXT. CAMPUS
Suddenly Supergirl dives down from the sky,

glowing with accumulated electricity. She embraces
the monster with a tremendous crackle of energy.
The two of them are bathed in brilliant arc light.
The monster is briefly made visible again by the
energy. But this time it is shrinking, shriveling
up into a shapeless lump. The light fades as the
energy is discharged. A dark, shapeless lump
detaches itself from Supergirl's grasp and flies

shrieking away into the night. Supergirl stands
alone and exhausted, her muscles trembling with
fatigue.
She turns and walks unsteadily back toward the

dorm.
CUT TO:
EXT. CAMPUS. NIGHT
MR. Danvers drives up the long driveway toward

Linda's dorm. He parks his car behind the
flattened remains of Lucy's car, and gets out,
staring with amazement at the destruction wrought
by the titanic struggle.
He walks toward the dorm, fear and confusion on

his face.
INT. DORM. ENTRY. NIGHT
Mr. Danvers pushes through the unlocked front

door. He glances in the sign-out book for Linda's
name. Then he knocks on the door labeled
HOUSEMOTHER MRS. MCCLOSKEY. No reply. He opens
that door and peeks in.
INT. HOUSEMOTHER'S ROOM. NIGHT
A slovenly, overweight woman in a housecoat is

curled up on her sofa, a bottle of whiskey
clutched to her breast. She snores heroically.
INT. DORM. HALLWAY. NIGHT
Mr. Danvers walks quickly down the long line of

empty rooms to Linda and Lucy's room.
INT. LINDA'S ROOM. NIGHT
Mr. Danvers pauses at the door and looks in.

Supergirl, in her blonde hair and red and blue
tunic, is lying asleep on Linda's bed.
MR. DANVERS
A Supergirl...
(to her)
Linda...is it
Linda?
Supergirl looks up at him and smiles, weakly.
SUPERGIRL
I didn't want
anyone to know... but I was so
tired...forgot...
M. Danvers sits on the side of her bed.
MR. DANVERS
Are you all right?
SUPERGIRL
Just need rest,
that's all. Sorry about all the damage
outside. I had to fight some terrible thing...
MR.
DANVERS
But why?
SUPERGIRL
An evil force.
Trying to destroy me.
She sits up and looks anxiously at him.
INT. SELENA'S HOUSE. LIVING ROOM
Selena watches their image in her mirror.
SUPERGIRL
(image)
You won't tell
anybody, will you?
MR. DANVERS
(image)
Not even my wife. And, if there's anything I can
do to
help---I'd be honoured.
INT. DORM. LINDA'S ROOM
Supergirl sinks back down and closes her eyes.
SUPERGIRL
Thank you, Mr.
Danvers.
She lapses into a deep sleep. Mr. Danvers stands

up, and pulls the covers up over her in a fatherly
gesture. He stands beside the bed for a long time
looking down at her, and then walks out of the
room, closing the door shut behind him.
CUT T0:
EXT. HOSPITAL ENTRANCE. DAY
Linda gets off a bus and enters the hospital.
INT. HOSPITAL. DAY
Lucy Lane is sitting up in bed with a white

bandage around her head. Superman's pal JIMMY
OLSEN is standing awkwardly beside the bed holding
a small bunch of daffodils. Lucy is talking
animatedly on her bedside telephone, when Linda
enters.
LUCY
...come see me.
And smuggle in a pint, they won't
let me have anything, but make sure it's Jamocha
Almond Fudge . . Listen, I got to run, my
roommate just walked in. Bye.
Lucy hangs up and turns to Linda.
LUCY
Hey, Linda-babes!
I've got so much to tell you, I
don't know where to begin! Oh -- this is Jimmy
Olsen, he works with Clark and my sister at the
newspaper.
JIMMY
Nice to meet you.
Lucy's told me all about you. Your
cousin Clark taught me everything I know about
the newspaper business.
LINDA
Nice to meet you.
She shakes hands shyly with Jimmy, then turns to

Lucy.
LINDA
I'm afraid I have
some bad news about your car.
LUCY
Mr. Danvers
called. I'll get a new one with the
insurance money. B.F.D.
Jimmy keeps looking at Linda.
JIMMY
Do you have any
theories about last night?
LINDA
Theories?
JIMMY
How Lucy and that
guy got to the hospital. And all
that damage at the school. The police are calling
it
a freak tornado. I'd like to interview you for the
Daily- -
LUCY
(overlapping)
Oh, Jimmy, can't you forget about your career for
one
second?
JIMMY
-- Planet. I mean,
you were there. Do you think it was natural,
or like some
people are claiming, supernatural?
LINDA
I believe there's
a rational explanation for everything. But
I don't know what it is.
JIMMY
Can I quote you?
Lucy hands Jimmy a stainless steel urinal.
LUCY
Jimmy, would you
please put those poor flowers
in water before they die?
JIMMY
Oh, sure.
He steps into Lucy's bathroom with the urinal and

fills it with water from her shower. Lucy grabs
Linda's arm and whispers urgently in her ear.
LUCY
Listen, I know
I've been saying you ought party
more, but keep your hands off this one, will yak?
He's private property. I've been waiting years
for him to develop.
LINDA
He's nice.
LUCY
Nice? He's cute
enough to melt lead!
Jimmy emerges from the bathroom with his daffodils

neatly arranged in the stainless steel jug.
JIMMY
Where is your
cousin Clark, by the way?
LINDA
He's off doing a
top secret uh, investigation.
JIMMY
I knew it ! He's
working on a hot scoop !
CUT TO:
EXT. HOSPITAL. ENTRANCE. LATE AFTERNOON
Bianca drives Selena's Cadillac up to the

emergency entrance and parks in the ambulance
zone. Selena get out of the back seat in a
dramatic opera cape of raw silk with opal trim.
SELENA
(to Bianca)
This won't take
long. Keep the motor running.
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR. LATE AFTERNOON
Selena strides down the hospital corridor almost

as if she is floating an inch above the floor. Her
huge silk cape billows around her, making her seem
larger-than-life. Nurses, orderlies, patients
scatter to get out of her way. Her presence is so
formidable and she moves so fast and inexorably
that no one has a chance to stop her and inquire
what she's doing there. She knows exactly where
she's going to. She turns a corner, and steps
inside an open door and closes it behind her.
INT. ETHAN'S ROOM. DAY
He is sitting in bed, an ice bag on his head,

drawing a picture of Supergirl on a piece of
cardboard. He is in pajamas and robe.
Selena steps beside the bed. He looks up.
ETHAN
Oh no, not you
again.
SELENA
What an adorable
hat.
ETHAN
They think I have
a concussion.
SELENA
And you think
you're in love.
ETHAN
I know it.
SELENA
This "love" of yours will soon wear off. I gave
you
a temporary love potion.
ETHAN
Why should I
believe you?
SELENA
It's the truth. In
twenty-four hours you'll forget all
about that girl.
Ethan. reaches out and grabs her cloak with a grip

of such urgency that she is pulled slightly off
balance.
ETHAN
Then I'm not the
only one who saw her. You did too!
Selena pulls his hand away from her cloak.

SELENA
Yes, yes I saw the
whole thing. How could you be
interested in that puny little girl?
ETHAN
But she is real, it wasn't just a concussion.
SELENA
Forget her, you're mine. I saw you first.
Selena sits on the side of the bed. She removes a

vial of liquid from her bodice.
I saw you
SELENA
(continuing)
Here. Drink this. It's an antidote to the
love drug I
gave you.
Ethan sweeps it on the floor, where it shatters.

He starts frantically ringing the buzzer pinned to
his bed.
ETHAN
Nurse! Nurse!
SELENA
You can't escape from me that easily. I'm afraid
you don't know who I am.
ETHAN
Nurse!
SELENA
Don't think I'm weak, just because I'm a woman. I
have
Power. Give in, stop fighting me, Ethan. I always

get
what I want.
ETHAN
Nurse! Help !
The door opens and a NURSE walks in.
NURSE
Would you stop
screaming. There are sick people trying
to sleep.
ETHAN
Get her away from
me. She's crazy.
NURSE
(to Selena)
Are you family? Visiting hours are over.
SELENA
They're over for
you sweetheart.
Selena removes the gargoyle-shaped box from her

sleeve and opens the lid. The OMEGAHEDRON inside
spins and sends out a powerful force, which slides
the nurse backwards out the door and pins her to
the wall of the corridor outside. The door slams
shut. Selena closes the lid of the Coffer and
turns to Ethan.
SELENA
Now you see who
you're dealing with.
Ethan scrambles out of the bed and away from her,

backing toward the window.
ETHAN
Leave me alone.
Selena, at the bed, discovers his sketch of

Supergirl on the piece of cardboard.
SELENA
This is your
problem, right here. This girl's driving
you insane, Ethan. Let me help you.
ETHAN
I don't want your help.
SELENA
Come back to my house. My car's outside.
Selena reaches out a hand to Ethan.
ETHAN
No!
SELENA
I never met a man
I couldn't have--and you're no
different from the rest!
The door opens behind her and TWO SECURITY

OFFICERS push inside, with guns drawn.
SECURITY OFFICER
Okay, what's going

on in h--
Selena gestures with the gargoyle box at the men

and their guns fly out of their hands and up to
the ceiling. The men stare at the ce1ling,
astonished. Ethan takes advantage of the
distraction to dash out through the open door.
Selena turns to look at Ethan escaping and the
guns fall to the floor and discharge. The security
men run into Ethan's bathroom, slamming the door
behind them.
Selena ducks out into the corridor.
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR
Ethan is running away down the corridor.

Frightened patients peek out of their rooms. The
nurse who was ejected from the room cringes in
fear as Selena emerges into the corridor.
Ethan dodges past two orderlies who are pushing a

HEART-LUNG MACHINE down from the surgery. Selena
raises the gargoyle box and points it at the
HEART-LUNG MACHINE.
SELENA
Power of Shadow---
seize him.
The HEART-LUNG MACHINE comes to life---its lights

flash, its array of tubes tipped with needle
probes writhe like Medusa's hair, its wheels turn
around, and it chases Ethan down the corridor.
Selena laughs her deep throaty chuckle of triumph.
Ethan looks behind, sees the machine chasing him
and cries out with alarm. A CART OF SURGICAL
INSTRUMENTS rolls out of a closet in front of him,
its scalpels standing up and pointing at him,
quivering eagerly, blocking his path.
Ethan dives through a swinging door to his left.
INT. OPERATING THEATRE
A team of surgeons and nurses are bent over a

patient on the table. Ethan runs through in the
background. The surgeons continue with their work.
The heart-lung machine wheels through after him,
followed by the scalpels flying through the air
like a swarm of hornets.
The surgical team doesn't look up from their work.
Several cylinders of anesthetic gas tear

themselves loose from the wall and trundle away
out of the room after Ethan and the other
apparatus. One of the nurses finally looks up.
NURSE
Doctor, I think
you' re going to have a gas
problem.
DOCTOR
I shouldn't have had the cabbage at lunch.
INT. X-RAY ROOM
Ethan bursts into an empty surgical X-Ray room---

the pursuing apparatus visible a few yards behind.
He slams the heavy lead-lined door and bolts it
shut.
He hears the thud of the apparatus beating

impotently against the door. He leans against the
door panting, his cotton hospital gown and robe
soaked with cold sweat. Suddenly, with a whir of
motors, the giant multi-armed C.A.T. SCANNER
behind him comes to life, its lights glowing, and
reaches out its chrome steel arms toward him.
Ethan yells, runs across the room, climbs on a

gurney, rips a metal grill off the wall, and dives
into the air conditioning duct.
INT. DUCT
Ethan scrambles noisily along inside the metal

duct as if all the fiends of hell were after him.
CUT TO:
INT. LUCY'S HOSPITAL ROOM
Lucy is showing off the controls of her bed. The

door opens. Lucy, Jimmy and Linda look with
amazement at what's outside in the corridor.
LUCY
Omigod.
A DELIVERY BOY enters with A SPECTACULAR FLORAL

ARRANGEMENT.
DELIVERY BOY
Where you want this?
LUCY
Over by the window. It must be from my sister.
Give him
a tip, Jimmy.
Jimmy is acutely aware how pathetic his daffodils

look as he fumbles in his pocket for a dollar for
the delivery boy. Suddenly overhead there is a
loud banging and clattering from the air-
conditioning duct. Everyone looks up at the
ceiling with alarm. But Linda's X-RAY VISION lets
her alone recognize Ethan.
JIMMY
Gosh, what do you
suppose .that is?
LINDA
Well, Lucy, it's
nice to see you're feeling better. Nice to
meet you, Jimmy.
LUCY
You're not gonna stay for the ice cream?
LINDA
I have to get back. I'm having dinner with the
Danvers.
LUCY
Again? You're getting real tight with them. You're
gonna
be a straight-A student---just kidding, thanks for
coming.
Her phone rings and she picks it up.
LUCY
Phillip! When are
you gonna come see me?
INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR
Linda walks out of Lucy's room and quickly down

the corridor. Jimmy hurries to catch up with her.
JIMMY
Can I give you a
lift?
LINDA
Oh, no thanks.
JIMMY
It's no trouble. I'd like to ask you some more
questions.
Linda's heart sinks as she realises she doesn't

know how to get rid of him politely.
CUT TO:
EXT. ROOF OF HOSPITAL SUNSET
Ethan batters the top off a ventilator and crawls

out onto the roof. He turns and quickly replaces
the aluminum top, bashing it firmly closed with
his fist. He straightens up, sweat-soaked,
bedraggled, haggard and exhausted, looking like an
escaped lunatic with his disheveled hair and his
torn hospital robe. He heaves a sigh of relief,
and turns to see Selena standing behind him, her
silk cape billowing in the breeze.
SELENA
Give up?
Ethan takes a beat to make sure he's not

hallucinating, then he summons new reserves of
strength and runs over to the TALL BRICK
SMOKESTACK from the hospital's incinerator.
ETHAN
Never!
He starts to climb up the steel ladder on the side

of the chimney.
SELENA
What goes up must
come down.
EXT. HOSPITAL ENTRANCE. SUNSET
Jimmy opens the door of his car for Linda. It's

parked in the ambulance zone, right behind
Selena's Cadillac.
JIMMY
I probably would've got a ticket without this
press pass
on the windshield. Does Clark get many tickets?
Linda pauses, looking up at the sky.
LINDA
(distractedly)
I wouldn't know. Look. Up in the sky.
Jimmy follows the direction of her gaze.
INSERT. THEIR P. O . V. OF THE ROOF
Ethan clings to the iron ladder on the side of the

chimney, his robe fluttering in the wind.
BACK TO SCENE
JIMMY
An escaped wacko! What a picture!
Jimmy opens the trunk of his car, takes out his

camera bag, removes his Nikon, and starts fumbling
around trying to change his 50mm lens for a
telephoto. Linda watches Ethan with an expression
of growing concern on her face.
EXT. ROOF OF HOSPITAL
SELENA
Come down from
there, you foo1...
EXT. LADDER ON.THE SIDE OF THE CHIMNEY
Although she is forty feet below him, Ethan hears

her voice as though it were inches away from his
ear.
SELENA
(continuing)
...before you get blown off and kill yourself.
Ethan is so surprised at hearing her voice so

close that he looks around with a start, misses
his footing, and nearly falls off the ladder.
EXT. HOSPITAL ENTRY. JIMMY'S CAR
Jimmy gasps with anguish, as he struggles to mount

his telephoto lens, dropping lens caps, film
boxes, and filters all over the place.
LINDA
Someone's chasing him.
JIMMY
Say---you think that's the same guy who was in the
accident with Lucy?
LINDA
Yes.
JIMMY
The scoop of the
year!
He starts shooting film. His motor drive whirrs.
EXT. HOSPITAL ROOF
SELENA
It'll be dark
soon. And cold. Come down while you've
got the chance.
EXT. TOP OF CHIMNEY
Ethan reaches the top of the chimney. He climbs

over the lip of the brickwork and stands up, half
hidden in the thick white smoke belching from the
chimney.
ETHAN
No. She'll come
for me. Like she did the last time.
My angel.
He starts to cough from the smoke and nearly loses

his balance.
SELENA
She's not coming
for you. I killed her. She's dead.
EXT. TOP OF CHIMNEY
Ethan is staggered by this news. He reacts as

though he had been punched in the gut.
ETHAN
No. I don't
believe you. It's not true. She's alive
somewhere. My angel. My love--
He falls off the chimney, and catches himself on

the lip of the brickwork. He hangs there by
one hand.
SELENA'S VOICE
You idiot!
EXT. HOSPITAL ENTRANCE. JIMMY'S CAR
Jimmy runs out of film. He frantically rips off

the magazine and tries to load a fresh one, while
Ethan dangles.
JIMMY
There goes my
Pulitzer Prize.
Linda steps around to the other side of his car.

Bianca is staring up at the chimney from the
driver's seat of the Cadillac. She doesn't see
Linda lift up a sewer grating with her toe and
drop noiselessly and suddenly out of sight into
the storm drain below.
EXT. ALLEY BEHIND HOSPITAL
A red and blue streak bursts upwards out of

another storm drain. The iron cover flips off and
lands with a clang as Supergirl flies skyward
toward the roof.
EXT. TOP OF CHIMNEY
Ethan's grip fails and he falls.
EXT. CHIMNEY. SKY
Supergirl appears, snatches Ethan in mid-air, and

flies off with him into the clouds above.
Selena reacts with relief---then, realizing who

has saved him, her face clouds with resentment.
EXT. HOSPITAL ENTRY
Jimmy Olsen's magazine pops open and film unspools

out of his camera as his motor drive whirrs.
JIMMY
Darn!
He turns to Bianca, who is looking up in the sky

from beside the Cadillac.
JIMMY
Hey lady, did you
see that?
Bianca gives him a glance of contempt.
BIANCA
See what?
JIMMY
The girl---dressed
like Superman--caught that guy in
mid-air.
BIANCA
Really? Maybe you should check into the hospital
and
have your head examined.
EXT. HIGH IN THE AIR ABOVE THE HOSPITAL. SUNSET
Supergirl carries Ethan beside her, her arm tight

around his upper chest, his arm over her
shoulders. They are above the clouds bathed in the
rich warm glow of sunset. He looks at her
ecstatically, his eyes drunk with love.
ETHAN
You're alive! She
didn't kill you!
SUPERGIRL
Who didn't?
ETHAN
That woman who's after me. She hates you. Because
she knows I love you.
SUPERGIRL
You love me?
ETHAN
My angel. My goddess. I feel I've always loved you
all my
life. I'll die if I can't spend the rest of my
life just looking
at you, holding you in my arms...
SUPERGIRL
We have to have a long talk about all this.
ETHAN
I know just the place. Hang a left at the
Amalgamated Tower.
EXT. HOSPITAL ENTRY. TWILIGHT
Selena comes striding out 'of the hospital,

scowling. Jimmy Olsen notices her, and senses her
aura of power. He drops his useless Nikon into his
camera bag and starts rummaging for another
camera.
BIANCA
Home?
SELENA
No way. I'm not
going to let that little hussy make a
monkey out of me.
BIANCA
(shrewdly)
Is it her that's
bothering you--or your gardener?
Selena looks at Bianca with wounded dignity.
SELENA
I use men, but I'm
not addicted to them. I can quit
whenever I want.
She gets in the back seat of the car, just as

Jimmy Olsen snaps a photo of her with a Polaroid.
Selena slams the car door and Bianca drives off.
Jimmy examines the instant photo he just took. His
eyes widen with wonder and the hair prickles on
the back of his neck as he sees the image.
INSERT: THE POLAROID IN JIMMY'S HAND. THE PICTURE

OF SELENA ENTERING HER CAR, BUT BEHIND HER THERE
IS A HIDEOUS LOOMING SHADOW---MUCH LARGER THAN
WHEN NIGEL SHOWED IT TO HER.
CUT TO:
EXT. AMUSEMENT PARK. NIGHT
The park is deserted, in darkness. One by one the

lights come on, outlining a1l the structures in
jewel-like, fairyland colours. It looks strangely
familiar. On some deep level there is a
resemblance to Argo City.
THE CAMERA PANS over to reveal Ethan standing

beside the huge fairground switch boxes, turning
on the lights. Supergirl stands beside him.
ETHAN
This is my
favourite place in the city.
SUPERGIRL
Are you sure it's
all right for us to be here?
ETHAN
They don't care,
they're tearing it down for a
shopping centre.
He flips the last switch, which starts the Ferris

wheel revolving slowly, like a great spiral galaxy
in space. Soft music plays.
ETHAN
Like it?
SUPERGIRL
Yes. It reminds me
of home.
ETHAN
Where Superman's from? Krypton?
SUPERGIRL
No. Argo City. It was on a chunk of rock that was
part of
Krypton once---but we moved it to inner space.
ETHAN
I'm sorry, I don't understand.
SUPERGIRL
It's not important. The important thing is I'm
here to
find something and I think you can he1p me.
ETHAN
Come on, let's ride.
They walk to the slowly revolving Ferris wheel and

hop aboard one of the gondola cars.
ETHAN
I used to work
here summers when I was a kid.

SUPERGIRL
Ethan, tell me
more about this woman who's after you.
ETHAN
Let's talk about
us, not her.
SUPERGIRL
Tell me where I
can find her.
ETHAN
I don't want you
to go near her. She's bad news.

Ethan puts his arm around her shoulders, casually,

no big deal.
SUPERGIRL
But be reasonable.
If I don't do something to stop her
she'll try again. And maybe hurt you.
ETHAN
I'll be safe with you. We can stay together the
rest of
our lives.
SUPERGIRL
We can't do that.
ETHAN
Why not ?
SUPERGIRL
We're from different worlds.
ETHAN
Just give me a chance to show how much I love
you. Love changes everything. Love makes
everything possib1e.
EXT. ENTRANCE TO AMUSEMENT PARK. NIGHT
Selena gets out of her Cadillac and walks to the

chained and locked gate. A big sign says KEEP OUT.
CONDEMMED PROPERTY. FUTURE SITE OF FUNFAIR MALL
SHOPPING PLAZA. She mutters something under her
breath and the chains fall away, the locks click
open, and the gate glides noiselessly ajar. Se1ena
strides in imperiously.
EXT. TOP OF FERRIS WHEEL
SUPERGIRL
All this talk
about love, it's silly.
ETHAN
You don't like me?
You hate me?
There is such a look of tragedy on Ethan's face,

that Supergirl is afraid he might instantly fling
himself to his death if she said yes.
SUPERGIRL
Of Course I don't
hate you. I don't hate anyone.
ETHAN
What do you feel
about me?
SUPERGIRL
I...I don't know.
This is all so sudden.
THE CAMERA RACKS FOCUS FOR A MOMENT TO DISCOVER :
Selena, lurking.be1ow them in the shadows of the

Spine Snapper Ride.
ETHAN
There's one sure
way to find out how you feel.
SUPERGIRL
What's that?
ETHAN
Let me kiss you.
SUPERGIRL
No.
ETHAN
You're not afraid
are you?
SUPERGIRL
Of course not,
but...there are things we don't understand.
ETHAN
If we wait until
we understand everything we'll be dead.
Come on. You can learn more from one kiss than
from
years in school.
SUPERGIRL
Well...I guess one is all right.
She closes her eyes, parts her lips, and leans

forward.
SUPERGIRL
Is this how?
ETHAN
Terrific.
Their lips meet. Zowie.
SELENA
What a touching
scene!
Her voice is like having a bucket of ice water

dashed over you. Ethan and Supergirl pull apart.
The Ferris wheel has carried them all the way
around and back down again. Selena is standing
beside them. Supergirl stands up and steps boldly
out of the gondola to confront her.
SUPERGIRL
Who are you ?
SELENA
I am Selena. Give
him to me. Now. Or you'll both
be sorry.
SUPERGIRL
I don't scare that
easily.
Selena rummages down deep in her handbag and pulls

out the gargoyle box.
SELENA
All right, Miss
Know-it-all. If I can't have him,
nobody can.
She holds the gargoyle box out toward the Ferris

wheel.
SELENA
Coffer of Shadow,
show your Power!
INSERT C.U. OF THE BOLTS HOLDING ETHAN'S GONDOLA

TO THE FERRIS WHEEL: THE BOLTS UNSCREW AND FALL
OUT.
BACK TO SCENE
Ethan yells as his gondola falls off the Ferris

wheel and down onto the tent, which covers the
DODGEM CARS.
INT. DODGEM CARS TENT
He falls through the tent and onto the electrified

floor below. The wooden gondola shatters on
impact. Ethan sits up, dazed by the fall, and sees
a dodgem car painted like the face of a vicious
football player heading toward him. Ethan
scrambles away on his hands and knees. Another
hideously painted car attacks him, and another,
and another. He dodges and scuttles around
desperately. Finally he manages to climb aboard
one of the cars.
EXT. AMUSEMENT PARK
Supergirl reaches out to seize Selena. But Selena

holds up the gargoyle box and is surrounded by an
impenetrable, glowing shield of force. Supergirl
tries to push through, the shield in vain.
Supergirl flies to the little fence made out of

steel spikes surrounding the Haunted House. At
super speed she rips up the entire line of fence
posts and hurls them like javelins at Selena.
Selena dissolves her force field and tries to run

away, ducking and dodging the rain of javelins.
She turns too quickly and the GARGOYLE BOX slips
out of her hand and rolls underneath the deck of
the carousel. Selena moans with despair, and
pauses, reluctant to leave without the box. This
is the opportunity Supergirl needs. The fence
posts bury themselves in the ground in a perfect
circle around Selena---effectively imprisoning
her.
SUPERGIRL
That ought to keep
you out of my hair for a while.
SELENA
A cheap trick.
SUPERGIRL
Cheap but effective.
INT. DODGEM CAR TENT
Ethan is holding on to his car desperately as all

the other cars viciously ram into it. Suddenly his
car is lifted up, carried through a hole in the
tent roof, and off into the night sky.
ETHAN
Supergirl'?
He looks under the car. There she is, carrying him

to safety. She smiles reassuringly.
EXT. AMUSEMENT PARK
Selena is trapped inside the ring of posts,

fumbling in her bag. One by one she takes out
dried herbs, feathers, dusts, and flings them at
the bars while she shouts magic word. Nothing
works.
SELENA
Yookoohoo! No,
that's not it. Sis-o-reb! Nope.
Ka-ma-hoochie!
Bianca appears out of the shadows. Selena looks

up, embarrassed.
BIANCA
Sure glad you
didn't let make a monkey of you.
SELENA
Shut up, and get
me a hacksaw.
Bianca pauses uncertainly.
BIANCA
Why don't you use
the Coffer of Shadow?
SELENA
(evasively)
I don't feel like it right now.
BIANCA
She didn't take it
from you, did she?
SELENA
That little girl?
Ha. Now go on, get me some tools.
BIANCA
There's no need. I
learned the Craft from my
grandmother.
Bianca takes out a bundle of twigs from her pocket

and strokes the bars of the fence with it.
BIANCA
Sycoraka f'kah s'koo...
The bars fall down like boiled spaghetti. Selena

steps out of the circle of confinement with
queenly dignity.
SELENA
Good. Now bring
the car. We must call a meeting of
the seven.
Bianca bows.
BIANCA
Yes, mistress.
Bianca hurries off toward the parking lot. Selena

watches her until she turns the corner of the
Haunted House. Then Selena kneels down and
carefully reaches under the deck of the carousel
for the GARGOYLE BOX.
SELENA
There you are.
Come to mama.
She takes out the box, s1ips it inside her cloak,

and stands up. She casts a last glance around the
scene of her defeat, and strides off after Bianca.
CUT TO:
EXT. TROPICAL BEACH. DAY
Supergirl lands Ethan in his battered dodgem car

on a beautiful, deserted tropical beach. Palm
trees wave over a white sand beach. The blue ca1m
of a lagoon mirrors huge white clouds that hang
motipn1ess on the horizon like colossal snowy
mountains. Gaily-coloured parrots screech in the
branches of blooming hibiscus and jacaranda. Ethan
gets out of his carnival ride and gazes around
w1th awe at the beautiful scene.
SUPERGIRL
I thought I'd show
you one of my favourite places.
ETHAN
It's paradise . We could be very happy here.
SUPERGIRL
But I have to go
back. I brought you here so
you'd be safe. From her.
ETHAN
You can't just abandon me. Alone.
His words strike a sensitive nerve in her. She

relents.
SUPERGIRL
I'll stay for a while.
Ethan is filled with enthusiasm.
ETHAN
Great! I'II build
a house-- right over there, with
a veranda looking out to sea. And I'll plant a
garden! Papayas, pineapples, bananas, mangoes---
anything'll grow here. And I'II fish in the
lagoon,
and we can go sailing in a dugout canoe, and---
SUPERGIRL
Ethan---when I said 'a while' I meant a couple of
hours.
Ethan's face falls. He looks at her beseechingly.
SUPERGIRL
Well, maybe a
little longer than that.
She smiles and takes his hand. Together they walk

along the beach.
CUT TO:
EXT. SELENA'S MANSION. NIGHT
Rolls Royces, limos, and Maserattis parked in the

driveway. It looks like a meeting of the
ostentatious car club. A helicopter lands on the
front lawn. The ELDERLY MAN from the garden party
gets out and walks across the lawn toward the
house with the aid of a cane. Behind him the
helicopter takes off again. Selena opens her front
door and confronts him angrily.
SELENA
You're late.
ELD ERL Y MAN

The President was giving a speech. I couldn't just
walk out.
SELENA
You're more afraid of the President than me???
ELDERLY MAN
No, of course not.
INT. SELENA'S LIVING ROOM. CANDLELIT. NIGHT
Waiting for her are an extraordinary group of

people, all of whom we met or glimpsed briefly at
the garden party. Bianca is talking to ERICA, a
red-haired female dwarf. A proud, barefoot
AMERICAN INDIAN WOMAN in fringed doeskin is
talking to a muscular, young BLACK MAN in a
cashmere suit with lots of gold and diamond
jewelry. NIGEL is sulking in the bar, his face
covered with tannisroot ointment.
Selena enters with the Elderly Man in the banker

pinstripe. They all form a circle in the centre of
the room.
SELENA
Let us begin. I
invoke the rule of seven.
OTHERS IN UNISON
The Circle is complete.
NIGEL
You better have a pretty good explanation for
this, Selena.
SELENA
We are in great danger. A being has come to Earth
with powers far beyond those of anyone member of
the Craft.
INDIAN WOMAN
But Superman has been away.
SELENA
It is not Superman I speak of, but his cousin
Kara. She
knows we exist..
ELDERLY MAN
Then she must be destroyed.
NIGEL
How did she find out about us?
ELDERLY MAN
That is unimportant. Now that she knows, she will
become curious and learn more. When she learns
we plan to restore the ancient religion of this
planet
and avenge the centuries of persecution---she will
try to stop us.
BIANCA
We must destroy her first.
ERICA
But how can we destroy her?
SELENA
By the Rite of
Ultimate Power. One person must
volunteer to take on the combined power of us
all.
Nigel stands up and points an accusing finger at

Selena.
NIGEL
You! You want to take our power for yourself!
Selena reacts calmly, speaking in low, modulated

tones, as if to an overstimulated child.
SELENA
Nige1, you know
the one who takes on Ultimate
Power must sacrifice the last sparks of her own
spirit.
Selena takes hold of a golden chain hanging around

her neck and draws out a little glass vial
attached to it. Inside the glass vial a tiny spark
glows brightly.
SELENA
(continuing)
Which of you is
willing to make that sacrifice?
NIGEL
You would! You
revealed our existence so you could
have all of our power.
SELENA
Maybe you'd like to get rid of this Supergirl
yourself,
Nigel?
NIGEL
Why get rid of her at al1? You've used the Coffer
of Shadow too much. It is beginning to rule your
heart.
SELENA
Nonsense.
Nigel pulls aside the heavy veil covering her

mirror.
FOR AN INSTANT SELENA SEES HER REFLECTION IN THE

MIRROR. BEHIND HER LOOMS THE DARK, EVIL PRESENCE,
INVISIBLE TO THE OTHERS IN THE ROOM, AND MUCH
LARGER THAN WHEN SHE GLIMPSED IT AT HER GARDEN
PARTY.
Then Bianca leaps to the mirror and pulls the veil

back across it. Bianca stands challenging Nigel,
daring him to try again. Selena looks at the
gargoyle-shaped Coffer of Shadow, sitting beside
her hearth. It too seems much larger than when we
last saw it at the hospital. Selena wonders for a
beat if maybe Nigel is right. Can the Shadow be
ruling her?
BIANCA
Enough quibbling. Let us vote.
They all draw their sacred white-handled knives

out of concealment in their clothing. Nigel
defiantly places his on the floor with its blade
pointing inward. Then one by one, the others put
down their knives with the blades pointing
outward. They all look at Nigel. His shoulders sag
with dejection.
SELENA
I invoke the rule
of seven. Do you agree?
Nigel speaks with the voice of someone pronouncing

his own death sentence.
NIGEL
I have no choice.
His knife turns by itself on the floor until its

blade points outward. Everyone joins hands in the
circle. A fire springs to life on the hearth.
Someone starts to chant in a strange ancient
tongue. Slowly the heavy, opulent living room
begins to change: the carpet becomes the floor of
an ancient stone temple with dark brown stains
splattered across its massive granite blocks, the
walls start to melt away. Outside the windows the
dark night is replaced by hot, brutal sunlight
pounding down on an endless desert stretching away
to the horizon.
The house completely dissolves and is replaced by

monumental stone ruins. The smoky fire crackles
and sends its dark plumes boiling skyward. The
only thing remaining of Selena's house is the
hearth and the Coffer of Shadow. Selena stands up
And walks out of the centre of the circle toward
the Coffer. She opens the lid. She pulls the glass
vial off the golden chain
around her neck and drops it into the Coffer.
CUT TO:
EXT. TROPICAL BEACH. DAY
Ethan wanders along the beach with Supergirl,

holding hands. She stops to pick up a seashell.
Ethan clutches his head as if he has a sudden
violent headache, moans, and collapses on the
sand. Supergirl kneels beside him.
SUPERGIRL
Ethan, what IS
wrong?
Ethan opens his eyes and looks at her. He speaks

in a voice of bleak despair.
ETHAN
She said it
wouldn't last.
SUPERGIRL
What wouldn't
last? What's the matter with you?
Ethan sits up, wincing like someone with a bad

hangover.
ETHAN
I don't love you
any more.
SUPERGIRL
Just like that?
ETHAN
Like turning off a light.
He struggles to his feet and stands there

unsteadily.

ETHAN
I feel awful. All
that romantic garbage. All that
mushy talk.
He lurches off into the undergrowth, toward the

interior of the island. She plunges into the
vegetation keeping pace with him.
SUPERGIRL
Where are you going?
ETHAN
Away. From you.
SUPERGIRL
But why?
ETHAN
Because you remind

me of all the dumb things I said.
SUPERGIRL
I sort of like
what you said.
ETHAN
That makes it
worse.
SUPERGIRL
But I don't
understand.
He stops and stares at her for a moment.
ETHAN
Of course you
don't. We're from two different
worlds, remember?
He stalks off into the jungle, leaving her behind,

hurt and bewildered.
CUT TO:
INT. SELENA'S LIVING ROOM/PAGAN TEMPLE. NIGHT
A barbaric ritual. Selena's companions sway and

gyrate to the sound of gongs and drums. The floor
is covered with a red mist. In the middle of a
column of fire a figure like Selena seems to
float. The ritual reaches its climax and
everything pauses for a moment of sti11ness.
Selena steps forth from the column of fire. She is

clothed in a shimmering garment---white with
flashing highlights of rainbow iridescence. The
six other members of her group fall to their knees
in awe. Selena seems to glow with an inner
radiance. She laughs, and the pagan temple around
her changes back to the living room of her house
in Midvale. In her shining gossamer gown and her
new aura of majesty, she seems too large, too
powerful to be contained in the familiar
surroundings of her house.
SELENA
At last. Ultimate
Power.
BIANCA
And the first
thing we do is get rid of Supergirl!
SELENA
What do you mean
we?
She turns on the kneeling six. They cringe from

her. Selena raises her hands and the kneeling six
cry out in fear.
CUT TO:
EXT. BESIDE A STREAM. TROPICAL PARADISE. DAY
Ethan is sitting beside a stream on a gravelly

bank idly tossing pebbles into the water.
Supergirl steps out of the jungle and watches for
a moment. Then she comes and sits down beside him.
ETHAN
Hi.
SUPERGIRL
Hello. Are you
still mad at me?
ETHAN
I'm not mad at
you.
SUPERGIRL
It seemed that way
to me.
ETHAN
I know I was
acting funny---I'm sorry. It's just...I miss it.
SUPERGIRL
Miss what?
ETHAN
What I had before.
What's not there now. It's like I
woke up and found part of me wasn't there any
more:
something that made me feel really alive and aware
of
things. It was like, for the first time in my
life, everything
fitted together perfectly---you and me and the
world
around us--like we were a wonderful song...
He falls silent, and tosses a few pebbles into the

stream.
SUPERGIRL
And now?
ETHAN
And now...the
guitars are out of tune, and the words
don't make sense, and somebody unplugged the
mike...
SUPERGIRL
Well...I don It know much about these things, but
maybe
if you had that feeling once...it can, come back.
He turns to her hopefully.
ETHAN
You think so?
SUPERGIRL
I don't see why not.
ETHAN
But what if---it wasn't real?
SUPERGIRL
Feelings are real.
Once you've had them, they're yours
forever.
Ethan's face lights up. The future begins to exist

for him again.
ETHAN
Hey, listen, when
all this blows over, maybe we

could get together every now and then and see each
other. And maybe something might. happen again.
What do you think?
SUPERGIRL
Are you asking me for a "date"?
ETHAN
Why not? You're a
good-looking girl. And I'm---
available.
SUPERGIRL
Aren't you forgetting about Selena?
ETHAN
She'll forget about us eventually.

CUT TO:
In the polished surface of her mirror, Selena

makes a scene appear: Ethan and Supergirl on the
tropical island.
SUPERGIRL
(image)
There's something very dangerous about her.
Something evil...
ETHAN
(image)
I know what it is. She has this lead container
shaped
like a gargoyle. Inside there's a silvery ring...
CUT TO:
EXT. TROPIAL ISLAND
Supergirl becomes very excited.
SUPERGIRL
That's the Power
Source that was lost from Argo
City! That's what I came: to find! Where does she
live?
ETHAN
In this big old house on Orchard Avenue---but you
better
stay away from there.
SUPERGIRL
I can see through walls. I could surprise her. The
only
thing I can't see through is lead, that's why I
didn't
see the Power Source at the amusement park.
She stands up.
ETHAN
Wait. Don't leave
me.
SUPERGIRL
You'll be safe
here. I'll come back as soon as I have
the Power Source.
He stands up and takes her hand.
ETHAN
Before you go...
SUPERGIRL
What?
ETHAN
Just one kiss. For old times' sake.
SUPERGIRL
And you can see how you feel about me, right?
ETHAN
Yes.
She closes her eyes and parts her lips. Slowly

their lips come together and touch. Then a sudden
rush of sheer desire flows through them and the
simple experimental kiss become an ecstatic
prelude to the heights of lovemaking. But before
either one of them can go one step further, ETHAN
DISAPPEARS WITH A FLASH OF BLINDING WHITE LIGHT. A
cloud darkens the sun, and the trees are lashed
into a frenzy by gale-force winds. Selena's
laughter can be heard from somewhere far away.
SUPERGIRL
Ethan!
Supergirl flies into the air.
EXT. TROPICAL ISLAND. SUNSET. SKY ABOVE ISLAND.

DAY
Supergirl flies around the island very fast at

high speed, searching for Ethan and Selena. She
hovers like an eagle for a moment, then speeds
straight upwards.
EXT. ABOVE THE OCEAN. DAY
Supergirl flies back to North America, faster than

she has ever flown before.
EXT. ABOVE MIDVALE. DAY
Supergirl zeros in on Selena's house like an

exocet.
EXT. SELENA'S FRONT LAWN
Supergirl lands and walks cautiously up to the

front door, ready for anything but what she finds:
the front door is ajar. She pushes it open with a
creak of its massive hinges. She walks slowly
inside.
INT. SELENA'S MANSION. FRONT HALL/LIVING ROOM
Supergirl looks around. The house seems deserted

and drastically neglected. Cobwebs hang over
everything. The dust has the thickness of a
hundred years. Moths have eaten away all the
splendid tapestries. Rats cavort along the
baseboards. Bats sleep in the chandeliers. In the
living room Supergirl finds Bianca crouched in A
Corner, gibbering mindlessly. Bianca too has
changed: she is dressed in rags, and her wild
staring eyes are rimmed with dark circles. When
she sees Supergirl she cries with fright.
SUPERGIRL
Hey take it easy.
I won't hurt you.
BIANCA
I thought .it was
her, coming back. Spared me.
But I thought. . . maybe changed her mind.
Nigel warned us. Wouldn't listen to him.
SUPERGIRL
What are you talking about? Where's Selena?
BIANCA
No. Don't want to
know. She's bad. Don't go near her.
Hurt you.
SUPERGIRL
I have to find her. Tell me.
Supergirl looks into Bianca's eyes with her calm,

heroic gaze, and Bianca comes somewhat to her
senses. Bianca points to the adjoining bar.
Supergirl walks over warily and sees FIVE GOLDEN
CAGES suspended among the bottles. Nigel and the
four remaining members of the Circle are
imprisoned in them, shrunken but alive. Nige1 is
in a perpetually turning squirrel wheel. He sees
her and calls out.
NIGEL
Supergirl! She's
waiting for you. On Taliesen Mountain.
Stop her before it's too late!
Supergirl gets a look of determination on her

face. She turns and flies out through the French
doors and heads straight up into the air.
INT. SELENA'S NEW HOUSE (A MOUNTAIN-TOP PALACE)
Ethan is in a dark, shadowy place, bound to a

stake with stout cords. Sticks of wood are piled
all around his feet. Selena stands beside him in
her shining gown of power. She looks even more
gorgeous and cruel than before. She offers him a
glass of water to drink, but he turns his head
away violently.
ETHAN
I'm wise to your
tricks, lady.
SELENA
I could force you.
ETHAN
If that worked,
you would've done it already. No,
you want me to drink it of my own free will. Well
let me tell you, sweetheart, it'll be a cold day
in hell
before I fall for that one again.
SELENA
Go on, talk big! I'll soon have you purring like
a kitten.
She puts the glass of water in a, basket at the

end of an iron chain hanging down from above.
There is a straw in the glass at such an angle

that Ethan can just reach it with his lips if he
stretches as far as possible.
SELENA
You've been
without water for a whole day. Let's
see how thirsty you get in a week.
ETHAN
You vicious--
SELENA
Careful, don't make me angry. I start fires when
I'm angry.
She glances meaningfully at the faggots piled

around his feet and walks away.
THE CAMERA FOLLOWS HER revealing that she has been

talking to Ethan inside the mammoth fireplace of
her living room. Her new house is enormous. Where
before she lived in a mansion, now she dwells in a
palace. The fireplace is seven feet high, the
living room floor is wide as a football field,
and. the French windows into the garden now tower
like the windows in the North transept of Chartres
Cathedral. Selena disappears out the imposing
portals which lead to the wet bar and butler's
pantry--each now the size of a basketball court.
Back in the fireplace, Ethan cranes his neck to

make sure she has gone, then reaches out toward
the glass hanging nearby. He pokes the straw with
his forehead. The glass swings slightly. The glass
swings close enough for him to bump it with his
forehead and set up a rhythm. He gauges the swing
of the glass and, at the precise moment, grabs for
it with his mouth. He catches hold of the rim of
the glass with his teeth and holds it there for a
moment as he summons his courage to do what must
be done. He bites hard on the rim of the glass
with his teeth.
The glass shatters and falls to the floor with a

crash, leaving Ethan with a small fragment of the
rim in his mouth and a trickle of blood down his
chin. He leans his head over until it is directly
above his left hand tied to the stake two and a
half feet below his shoulders. A droplet of blood
falls into his hand. He drops the glass fragment
down to his hand and catches it. He grins, and
sighs with relief. Then spits to clear his mouth.
Slowly he saws. at the ropes that hold him with
the sliver of glass in his left hand. One by one
the strands part.
Ethan strains against his bonds and the weakened

rope snaps. He quickly disentangles himself from
the coils and steps out of the fireplace. He looks
around the mammoth room. The coast is clear. He
spits a few bits of glass out of his mouth, and
dashes out of the doors
to the garden.
EXT. SELENA'S HOUSE. GARDEN. CONSERVATORY
Ethan sees a green plastic garden hose, which the

gardener has left running in a trickle to irrigate
the hydrangeas. Ethan remembers that he is very
thirsty. He picks up the hose, rinses out his

mouth hurriedly, and then takes long, desperate
gulps of the water. Behind him he hears Selena's
laughter. He drops the hose as if stung by an
electric eel and turns to see her emerge from
behind a large strangler fig.
INSERT ETHAN'S P.O.V.
The same effect as when he drank the love potion

the first time. The plants of the conservatory
swirl and distort in garish nightmare colours. At
the centre of his vision is an area of crystal
clarity surrounding Selena. She approaches him
seductively, fully confident of her power. As she
comes nearer, the clear area expands and drives
out the visual chaos. Selena speaks, and her voice
is a close-miked throaty purr.
SELENA
I told you I'd
win.
BACK TO SCENE
Ethan is held by the spell of her magic. And yet

there is part of him that still resists. You can
see him try to turn his head away from the vision
of ideal beauty before him, and then give in as
she comes closer and I touches him with her hand.
A zap of energy passes between them at her touch.
SELENA
Kiss me.
He embraces her roughly and crushes her lips with

a kiss. He is filled with a tigerish lust that
thrills her deeply. She rakes her long red
fingernails across his back and moans with
pleasure.
EXT. ABOVE THE MOUNTAINS. DAY
Supergirl flies over the Rockies toward Selena's

house.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. TALIESEN MOUNTAIN. SELENA'S NEW HOUSE. DAY
Supergirl flies over Selena's new house. For the

first time we can see the enormousness of it:
a grotesque, towering monstrosity, that seems to
brood threateningly over the landscape.
EXT. GARDEN BEHIND SELENA'S NEW HOUSE. DAY
Supergirl lands and walks toward the towering

French doors of the living room. But something
distracts her. She turns and enters the gigantic
conservatory to her right.
INT. CONSERVATORY
Supergirl looks around and sees in the middle of

the conservatory a reflecting pool surrounded by
exotic plants. She walks closer and looks down
into the reflecting pool. In the bottom of the
shallow pool she sees Ethan securely bound. His
eyes stare wildly. Dead or drowning.
SUPERGIRL
Ethan!
She leaps into the shallow pool, and sinks over

her head. A polygonal section of the surface of
the reflecting pool detaches itself from the water
and rises up perpendicularly. It is a door to the
Phantom Zone. Supergirl is trapped behind an
impenetrable force field, looking out in despair.
Ethan is not there with her. His image has
disappeared.
The real flesh and blood Ethan appears with Selena

from behind the strangler fig. They look in at
Supergirl trapped behind the shimmering polygon
that la ads to the Phantom Zone. Selena laughs at
her, but Ethan stares as if at a long forgotten
acquaintance whose name he is trying to recall.
Selena notices Ethan's wandering attention and she

puts her arms possessively around him.
SELENA
Enjoy your prison,
Supergirl. It's forever.
Supergirl calls out to Ethan, her hands and face

pressed against the transparent wall of her
prison, but no sound can escape the impenetrable
force field.
INT. PHANTOM ZONE DOOR
Supergirl is seen in reverse, beating on the hard

crystalline surface of the prison.
SUPERGIRL
Ethan! Don't let
her do this!
Beyond the threshold of the zone, Selena in her

conservatory kisses Ethan with fierce lust. He
returns her , emotion, forgetting all about
Supergirl.
SUPERGIRL
No. No. It isn't true.
The image of Selena and Ethan begins to recede,

getting smaller and smaller, until it vanishes
entirely in infinite blackness.
EXT. SPACE
The flat two-dimensional polygon that is

Supergirl's prison whirls away through space.
Behind the transparent surface we can see
Supergirl's face stained with tears.
EXT. PHANTOM ZONE
Another kind of reality. Unlike anything we have

ever seen. The crystal prison lands on the ground
of the Phantom Zone and shatters. Supergirl picks
herself up from among the fragments of her prison
and looks around. The landscape is utterly strange
and alien, with a feel of stark, oppressive
sterility. As far as the eye can see there is no
sign of life. Supergirl stands up and raises her
arms to fly. She hops into the air about eight
inches and lands flat-footedly on the sand. With a
shock she realises SHE CAN'T FLY.
She hops a few more times, with no more success.
She picks up a small rock from the ground. She
tries to crush it in her hand. She can't. Angrily

she hurls it from her as far as she can. Instead
of disappearing into infinity it drops at her feet
a few yards away. She scoops up some sand from the
ground and holds it cupped in her hand. She takes
a deep breath and tries to blow it away. She is
barely able to disturb a few grains. She drops the
sand and sits down on a rock, forlorn and
dejected.
Suddenly she hears Alura's voice, very faint and

coming from a long distance away.
ALURA'S VOICE
Kara, where are you?
KARA
Mother? I can hardly hear you.
ALURA. S VOICE
Kara! You're alive. We were so worried. You
disappeared
from the scanners...
KARA
I'm lost, Mother.
In some awful place. I can't fly anymore.
And I'm weak.
ALURA'S VOICE
Kara, you must not give up. We must retrieve the
Power Source. The City is dying.
KARA
Then send someone
else. I failed.
ALURA'S
VOICE
We can't. The'
dimension barrier is stronger. We no
longer have the power to push through.
KARA
But Mother, I'm
lost.
ALURA' S
VOICE
You must try. . . it's cold. And dark. . .
The rest of her sentence fades out, and is lost.
KARA
Mother---I tried. I really tried.
Kara puts her face in her hands and starts to sob

hopelessly.
CUT TO:
EXT. UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK. DAY
Establishing shot.
INT. GENERAL ASSEMBLY
The DELEGATE FROM URITANIA is going on (in

Esperanto) denouncing the latest outrage against
his peace-loving country. A few bored DELEGATES of
various nationalities
are sprawled in their seats listening to the
simultaneous translation over earphones. The
dign1fied PRESIDENT of the General Assembly is
sitting on the dais behind the ranting delegate.

With a FLASH OF LIGHT and a chok1ng cloud of
sulfur fumes, Selena appears beside the podium.
She is in her shimmering white robe. The dozing
delegates wake up with amazement. The URITANIAN
delegate stares at her with his mouth open as she
slides him away from the microphone.
INT. TRANSLATOR"S BOOTH . GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Inside the translator's booth, the entire panorama

of the enormous hall is visible through the glass
window. The eight TRANSLATORS stop translating and
stare at the scene below.
BACK TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Selena is about to speak in the microphone, when

two SECURITY GQUARDS attempt to step onto the
podium. Selena reaches out toward them. A field of
force from her hands stops them in their tracks,
knocking them backwards off the steps to land on
their butts. The delegates gasp at this act of
magical violence.
SELENA
Nations of the
world! I bring you tidings of a new age!
The President of the General Assembly starts to

shout at her and bang on the podium with his
gavel. Selena looks over her shoulder with mild
annoyance. Instantly the President's gavel turns
into a live eel. The President drops it with
horror. Selena continues her speech.
SELENA
I bring you a
return to the ancient true worship of
Nature, our Sovereign Queen and Mother. And
I bring you myself as her representative here
on Earth.
The URITANIAN suddenly recovers his wits and tries

to place a hand on Selena's shoulder. A whirlwind
hurls him off the podium into the desks of the
front row delegates. The delegates babble in
consternation but keep to their seats. Selena
raises her voice to be heard over the uproar.
SELENA
From this moment
forth, all science, religion and other
unnatural beliefs
are forbidden. And in their place I
will teach the One True Way of our ancient
grandmothers.
The President of the General Assembly has

recovered enough from the surprise of the eel to
interrupt Selena.
PRESIDENT
You are talking
about the end of Civilisation as we
know it.
SELENA
And it's about time too.
PRESIDENT
I do not know who you are, or what evil force
you represent, but it will take more than a
few threats from you to make mankind turn back
the clock and abandon thousands of years of

progress.
Selena has listened with a mocking smile as he

speaks. He finishes to a smattering of applause
from some of the delegates.
SELENA
Threats? I don't
need threats to destroy civilisation.
I have something better.
She snaps her fingers in the air. Immediately a

RAIN OF MONEY BEGINS TO FALL ALL OVER THE GENERAL
ASSEMBLY. PAPER MONEY AND COINS OF ALL NATIONS.
Selena looks at her work with pleasure. Then she
disappears in a FLASH OF LIGHT.
The delegates blink with astonishment. The only

trace of her presence is the tang of sulfur in the
air---and the money. One delegate forgets his
dignity and starts scooping up money from his desk
and stuffing it into his pockets. Suddenly all the
delegates are doing the same thing. The only
exception is the delegate from the United Kingdom
who thinks it might be beneath his dignity, and
looks about with mild disapproval.
CUT TO:
EXT. THE PHANTOM ZONE
Supergirl walks across the rolling monotony of the

Phantom Zone. We have never seen her like this
before: sweating, her hair unkempt, streaks of
dirt and grit on her face, exhausted and full of
despair. She stumbles at the crest of a low ridge
and falls down to the bottom of the slope, banging
her head on a rock. She sits there, a big rip in
her ,uniform, rubbing her bruised forehead. It is
hard to imagine her any worse off.
She hears a sound, vaguely familiar. She looks

around for its source. She follows the sound,
crawling slowly along the base of the ridge. The
sound gets louder and as she, approaches. It is a
sound of celestial, spiritual beauty: the music of
the spheres.
Suddenly she comes out into a tiny valley in the

Phantom Zone and sees before her the most
beautiful sight she could imagine. The harsh
monochromatic sterility of the Phantom Zone gives
way to a riot of bright colours. A dome-like
building protrudes from the ground. All around it
are gorgeous singing sculptures in the style of
Argo City. A sculptor. in the clothing of Argo
City is modeling a glassy statue with a
matterwand. He turns and catches sight of
Supergirl. It is Zaltar.
SUPERGIRL
Zaltar.
Zaltar drops his wand and comes running over to

Supergirl. He kneels beside her on the sandy
ground.
ZALTAR
Kara? Is it you?
Supergirl nods. She is obviously exhausted. Zaltar
takes the bulb full of liquid off his belt and

offers her a drink. She drinks thirstily of the
refreshing green liquid, and feels strength
returning to her body.
SUPERGIRL
What is this place?
ZALTAR
This is the Phantom Zone. But why did you
come here from Argo City?
SUPERGIRL
I was on Earth...
ZALTAR
Earth? You crossed the dimension barrier? By
yourself?
SUPERGIRL
Yes. I went there to find the lost Power Source...
ZALTAR
Shouldnt've done that.
SUPERGIRL
...but the person who has it. tricked me, and sent
me
to the Phantom Zone.
ZALTAR
It's dangerous to use a Power Source on Earth. It
can
unleash all sorts of terrible forces---
SUPERGIRL
I know.
ZALTAR
Well, nothing we can do about it. Come into my
house.
You can stay with me, until I build you your own
place. I expect you won't want to mix with the
others--
not our type of people.
He helps her to her feet and over to his house, a

sort of Argonian gothic cathedral half-buried in
the sand. The curves of the arches and the
materials are strongly reminiscent of Zaltar's
work on Argo City.
SUPERGIRL
Others?
ZALTAR
Criminals.
Zaltar gestures vaguely to the horizon on his

right.
ZALTAR
A few hundred
parasangs that way. I avoid
them. And you should too.
Zaltar leads Supergirl past the singing

sculptures. She smiles as she passes them, and
remembers his "tree" in Argo City.
SUPERGIRL
...mid pleasures and palaces though I may roam..."
ZALTAR
What? Palace? Hardly.
SUPERGIRL
Just feels, a little, like a tiny bit of Argo
City...
ZALTAR
Yes. Can't seem to
get away from that style.
Must try something new.
INT. ZALTAR'S HOUSE
He helps her down a long spiraling staircase to

the floor of a high domed room. In the centre of
the room is a huge round table cluttered with
tools, models and unfinished projects.
SUPERGIRL
It's lovely. . .
ZALTAR
No, no. Not lovely. 'Perfect'. Did everything
just right. Nobody telling you to change this,
move that around. Please yourself. That's
the secret of happiness.
SUPERGIRL
Are you happy, Zaltar?
ZALTAR
What kind of a
question is that? Of course: I am. I do
whatever I want. All the time.
SUPERGIRL
But what about other people? Don't you miss them?
They have reached the ground floor. Zaltar plucks

one of the liquid filled bulbs from the stem of a
large plant growing in a niche in the wall. He
squirts some of the green liquid in his mouth with
great satisfaction.
ZALTAR
I look at them all
the time. Every planet in the galaxy.
It's quite boring. Here, rub some of this onto
that bruise.
He carefully applies some of the green liquid to

the wound on her scalp.
SUPERGIRL
You look at them?
How?
ZALTAR
The Phantom Zone
overlooks everywhere.. If you
have the right tools.
Zaltar sweeps the clutter off the table and onto

the floor.
He passes his hand over the table and instantly

the table turns into a WINDOW INTO ANOTHER WORLD,
showing an image of a herdboy riding on the back
of a water buffalo in a rice paddy.
ZALTAR
There you see?
What could be more boring than that?
He waves his hand, and the image disappears.
SUPERGIRL
Wait.
Could...could I see the place I just came from?
Zaltar sighs with great martyrdom, and starts to

fiddle with his controls.
ZALTAR
It'll only make
you sad.
He shows her the proper hand gestures to control

the image.
ZALTAR
This goes closer.
This moves it around. And
this begins.
He gestures with his hand and the WINDOW OPENS

again. Supergirl ZOOMS THE IMAGE IN as fast as she
can, trembling with desperate urgency. The IMAGE
ON THE TABLE DISSOLVES FROM HIGH ABOVE A CITY DOWN
TO :
EXT. WALL STREET. DAY
The financial district. Bank clerks are shoveling

money out the windows of several large, imposing
banks. Passersby ignore the bonanza, and trudge
dejectedly on.
INT. STOCK EXCHANGE. DAY
Chaos and pandemonium on the floor. Not the

everyday chaos and pandemonium you always see.
Brokers are trying to strangle one another. Fist
fights. Bloody noses. The crunch of breaking
knuckles.
EXT. SUPERMARKET. DAY
People are waiting in line with wheelbarrows full

of money. The store manager shakes his head and
sends them away. The only people he lets in the
store are a man with a live turkey under his arm,
a little old lady carrying a Rembrandt in a nice
gold frame, a woman who gives him her fur coat and
a man with an antique clock.
EXT. HIGH ABOVE SELENA'S NEW HOUSE. TALIESEN

MOUNTAIN. DAY
The CAMERA ZOOMS DOWN and DISSOLVES THROUGH THE

ROOF TO:
INT. ANTE ROOM IN SELENA'S NEW HOUSE
A mob of dignitaries and petitioners is waiting

anxiously outside the large imposing doors to
Selena's reception room. Generals in uniform,
diplomats wearing their medals pinned ,on their
formal suits, bankers in pin stripes, and the
robed ecclesiastics and holy men of various
faiths. A secretary opens the door to the

reception room, and the dignitaries all surge
forward.
SECRETARY
No more audiences
today. Go home. All
of you.
Through the open door Selena can be glimpsed

sitting .on her throne-like chair, with Ethan
kneeling at her feet, resting his head in her lap
like a pet animal.
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. SELENA'S SITTING ROOM
The secretary closes the doors leaving Ethan and

Selena alone. She strokes his head. Outside crowds
can be heard chanting her name: "Selena! Selena!"
SELENA
They want me.
Doesn't it make you proud?
ETHAN
Yeah.
Selena gets up and walks over to the door leading

out to her balcony.
SELENA
Coming?
Ethan follows her sullenly.
EXT. BALCONY
They walk out onto the balcony. The crowds scream

her name. She waves smiling. Ethan stands a step
behind her with a moody expression on his face.
SELENA
Smile, lunk-head.
You're not a gardener any more,
you're Prince Ethan now.
Ethan lifts his hand and waves half-heartedly.
EXT. GROUNDS OF SELENA'S NEW HOUSE. BENEATH THE

BALCONY
The crowd is enormous, held back behind police

barricades. Guards in the special livery of
Selena's service hold back the surging tide of
humanity: people .praying, chanting, walking on
their knees, cripples on crutches, the ailing on
stretchers carried by relatives. And in front a
disciplined youth group in a distinctive costume
perform chants and fanatic cheers. Huge banners
display Selena's portrait. Images of her are
everywhere.
INT. ZALTAR'S HOUSE. PHANTOM ZONE
Supergirl reels with shock at the scene
SUPERGIRL
That horrible woman!
ZALTAR
Told you. Wouldn't listen to me. Knew it would
make you sad.
He starts to gesture the image away, but she puts

her hand on his arm, stopping him.
SUPERGIRL
No. I have to see
this.
Zaltar shrugs.
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. HAMBURGER HEAVEN. MIDVALE. DAY
The roadside complex where Lucy's traffic accident

occurred. The Hamburger Place is boarded up. The
area is almost deserted and no cars pass on the
street. All of the huge advertising billboards
along the way are now covered with pictures of
Selena. The only writing is in mystic symbols. A
lone figure walks furtively along the street. It
is LUCY LANE, her face disguised with dark
glasses. She goes to the rear of the abandoned
Hamburger Place and knocks four times. The door
opens quickly and she ducks inside.
INT. HAMBURGER HEAVEN. DAY
The restaurant has been converted into a

clandestine print shop. A few serious teenagers
are working the press and turning out seditious
handbills. Freshly printed pages are hung on
clothes-lines so the ink can dry. "THE TRUTH ABOUT
SELENA" is the headline over JIMMY'S PHOTO of her
getting into the Cadillac with her huge shadow
looming behind. Lucy crosses to Jimmy Olsen, who
is tying up bundles of handbills.
LUCY
I had to dump the
papers in a trashcan. The Danvers
have been arrested!
JIMMY
How do you know?
LUCY
I saw them dragged
out of the Administration Building.
JIMMY
Did anybody notice you?
LUCY
I can't help it if men notice me.
JIMMY
Lucy! Be serious. We could be executed for
treason!
She kisses him on the nose.
LUCY
Just kidding. Nobody saw me.
Jimmy gives her another bundle of handbills.

HELMETED GUARDS in the livery of Selena's service
kick down the door. and rush in, weapons drawn.
They smash up the print shop and arrest everybody.
Jimmy and Lucy are handcuffed and dragged away.
INT. PRISON
The Danvers and all the teenagers from the print
shop are crowded into tiers of barred cells set

into the walls of a dark, enormous cavern. Jimmy
and Lucy huddle together for warmth in one of the
tiny cells.
JIMMY
I sure wish
Superman was around. He wouldn't
let any of this go on. Not for one minute.
LUCY
I wish they'd tell us what they're going to do
with us.
JIMMY
I heard stories.
I don't think you wanna know.
There is the clank of an iron door, and Ethan

enters the prison with several of the guards in
Selena's livery. He walks past the cells, glancing
now and then with compassion at the poor wretches
inside. Lucy calls out as he passes.
LUCY
Hey! Ethan!
ETHAN
Hmmm?
LUCY
Remember me? We
were in a disaster together.
ETHAN .
Oh yeah, the girl
in the hospital, on the other stretcher.
LUCY
Right! Say, do you
swing any weight around here?
ETHAN
A little.
LUCY
Can you get us
out? It's all a misunderstanding. We
thought they were selling hamburgers in that
place.
ETHAN
I'll mention it upstairs.
He turns to go, but Jimmy reaches out and grabs

his sleeve.
JIMMY
The blonde girl
who saved your life---where
is she now?
Ethan pauses. Buried memories rise to the surface

of his mind, bringing pain.
ETHAN
She's gone. No one
will ever see her again.
CUT TO:
INT. ZALTAR'S HOUSE IN THE ZONE
Supergirl waves her hand over the table angrily,
decisively. The WINDOW of the Zone closes, and the

image of Ethan disappears. She crosses to Zaltar,
who is reclining on a couch in an adjoining room,
getting drunk on the green liquid from the plant
bladders.
SUPERGIRL
Zaltar, please help me.
ZALTAR
Of course, my dear. What can I do?
SUPERGIRL
Help me to get back to Earth. Where my friends
are.
They need me.
Zaltar looks pained, and takes several deep drinks

of green plant sap before he answers.
ZALTAR
There's no way out
of the Zone. No one's ever escaped.
That's why they send the criminals here.
SUPERGIRL
If there's a way
in, there must be a way out.
ZALTAR
No, that's not
true---there's well...no--
He suddenly has an idea, vaguely forming at the

back of his drink-sodden brain. He toys with it,
while Supergirl leans forward eagerly, waiting. He
changes his mind several times about whether it's
possible or not, each time changing his facial
expression. Supergirl has the feeling she's
watching a debate conducted by squints and
grimaces.
ZALTAR
There is a way.
SUPERGIRL
I knew it!
ZALTAR
But it's impossible.
SUPERGIRL
Why?
ZALTAR
No, it wouldn't work, you couldn't, it's too---
if it didn't work you'd be swept into a
singularity---
no, you'd never make it. Forget I mentioned it.
Supergirl's heart sinks. She rocks back, clutching

her knees, trying not to show her sadness.
ZALTAR
I could do it.
She is suddenly all excitement and hopefulness

again.
SUPERGIRL
Then teach me how.
ZALTAR
No, it's no good---you can't practice--- you only
get
one go. A thing like that. No. Sure you don't want
a
sip of this? It's delicious, I think.
He takes another sip of his drink.
SUPERGIRL
Tell me how. to do it. If you could do it, I can.
He looks at her shrewdly, appraising her abilities

with a suddenly lucid glance.
ZALTAR
Takes a long time,
you know, learning the wand.
Just begun to understand it myse1f. Give things a
kind of life--can also take away life; works
backwards
too. Besides I can't let you take my wand. Only
have
the one, what would I do? I'd be helpless. It's
out of the question.
SUPERGIRL
Then come with me.
ZALTAR
Leave the zone?
What would I do on Earth?
SUPERGIRL
You could do
anything. You could sculpt
mountain ranges...draw with rainbows!
You'd have superpowers.
ZALTAR
Superpowers. Got you in a lot of trouble, didn't
they?
SUPERGIRL
Please. I have to get back to Earth. My friends
are
in trouble. And unless I bring back the Power
Source, Argo City will die.
He looks at her kneeling beside his couch, tears

streaming down her cheeks, pleading with him.
ZALTAR
Oh, all right. Stop crying. Let's go.
He stands up, takes his matterwand, and heads for

the stairs up to the surface. Supergirl can hardly
believe her plea has been granted. She runs after
him, up the stairs.
SUPERGIRL
You're going to
take me back?
ZALTAR
Going to try.
Didn't say I could.
EXT. ZALTAR' S HOUSE. PHANTOM ZONE
They emerge from the circular doorway out onto the

flat monotonous terrain of the zone. Zaltar pauses
for a moment to get his bearings, then strikes out
with long energetic strides. Supergirl hurries to
keep up with him.
SUPERGIRL
I heard my mother
ask you once "how could a
man with such a selfish heart create beauty?"
She was wrong, Zaltar, you have a generous
heart.
ZALTAR
Not doing this for you. Just sick of this place,
that's all. Wretched singing sculptures, always
yowling
at you. Boring!
Supergirl scampers along beside him, smiling.

Zaltar never looks back at his abandoned house,
but keeps his gaze fixed on the horizon straight
ahead.
INT. SELENA'S NEW HOUSE. HALLWAY
Ethan is walking down the hall and sees guards

dragging Lucy Lane and Jimmy Olsen in chains. Lucy
calls out to him.
LUCY
Hey, I thought you
were gonna mention us upstairs.
ETHAN
I did.
LUCY
(bitterly)
Well thanks a
pile, fella.
Ethan watches them dragged away. He has a puzzled

expression on his face.
INT. SELENA'S LIVING ROOM. DAY
Ethan enters. Selena is staring into her magic

mirror. Her face is white with fear.
ETHAN
What's going on?
Selena snaps irritably at him.
SELENA
Guess! Go on.
ETHAN
I don't know. You
seem afraid.
SELENA
You're a regular
Einstein, aren't you?
ETHAN
(the truth
dawns on him)
Supergirl?
Selena doesn't answer, but looks back at the

mirror. Ethan moves to her side and watches with
her the IMAGE OF THE PHANTOM ZONE.
INT. PHANTOM ZONE/QUANTUM VORTEX
Zaltar leads the way, firming their path with the

matterwand, and then hauling himself and Supergirl
forward over an upward sloping, undulating

surface. Behind them luminescent waves of energy
can be seen, like the ocean at the base of a steep
cliff, constantly sweeping backwards and
downwards, away from their goal.
INT. SELENA'S NEW LIVING ROOM
Selena looks up and realises Ethan is behind her,

looking intently at the image.
SELENA
Quit staring so
hard. You'll strain your eyes.
She puts her hand on his cheek. He turns away from

the image of Supergirl and looks deep in
Selena's eyes.
ETHAN
You're not going
to hurt her, are you?
Selena is furious. Her eyes get that dangerous

look.
SELENA
You can't put her
out of your mind, is that it?
ETHAN
Well...I guess I
can't.
SELENA
I'm ready for her.
I'll show you.
Selena walks out the French doors followed by the

dazed Ethan.
EXT. CONSERVATORY. DAY
MR. & Mrs. Danvers, Lucy Lane, and Jimmy Olsen are
imprisoned in four metal cages hanging over the
reflecting pool in the conservatory. The ropes
that keep the cages from falling into the pool are
GIGANTIC GOLDEN SERPENTS, their tails around an
overhead beam, and the jaws tightly locked on the
tops of the cages. A fifth cage hangs there empty.
The water in the reflecting pool has changed
colour to an opaque yellow. Selena shows the
arrangements to Ethan.
SELENA
Unless Supergirl
agrees to go away forever, the
serpents will drop them one by one.
Selena puts a small silver whistle to her lips and

blows a high, melodious note. The fifth serpent
opens his jaws and releases the empty cage into
the pool.
INSERT: REFLECTING POOL
The empty cage lands in the water and is instantly

eaten up by the most powerful acid imaginable,
leaving nothing but froth and acrid fumes. Ethan
looks down into the cool at his reflection
distorted by the spreading ripples.
BACK TO SCENE
ETHAN
Why the empty
cage?
SELENA
That one was for you. But I thought I'd wait and
see how you behave when Supergirl gets here. I'd
hate to lose you, Ethan.
Selena steps beside him and puts her hand on his

shoulder. Ethan cries out with terror. Selena
looks down at what he sees.
INSERT: REFLECTING POOL
Behind Selena, distorted almost beyond recognition

by the ripples on the surface, is a GIANT
MONSTROUS SHADOW-BEING, ITS ARMS OUTSTRETCHED,
ALMOST ENVELOPING HER, but invisible except in
reflections.
BACK TO SCENE
Selena steps away from the pool, shaken by the

sight.
ETHAN
What...?
SELENA
You don't get this
far without paying...a
certain price.
She turns and walks quickly out of the

conservatory, followed by Ethan.
MR. DANVERS
If only I hadn't
made that speech denouncing her.
MRS . DANVERS
I'm not afraid to die. I'm proud of you.
She stretches out her hand through the bars and

clasps his bravely. Lucy turns her face away to
give them some privacy in their. final moments.
Jimmy is looking at her.
JIMMY
(shyly)
I've been in love with you for years. Remember
how you used to visit your sister in the newsroom?
And put your fingerprints on my lens.
LUCY
Remember? I was
trying desperately to get you're
attention.
JIMMY
You were? You mean we could've been... you-know-
what...
all this time?
LUCY
You bet your ass.
JIMMY
Why didn't you tell me?
LUCY
You're supposed to guess.
She reaches out her hand through the bars and

clasps his bravely, like the Danvers.
INT. THE PHANTOM ZONE/QUANTUM VORTEX
Zaltar is continuing his climb, but the way is

getting steeper, and he is tired and short of
breath. He pauses.
SUPERGIRL
Why are you
stopping?
ZALTAR
Stopping? Was I?
Silly. One thing you
musn't do.
He continues forward, and upward, firming their

path with the matterwand. The wand creates a warm
circle of white light around them in contrast to
the monochromatic energy field of the Phantom
Zone. Because of the inherent curvature of the
Phantom Zone vortex, they seem to be scrambling up
a sheer vertical wall now. Supergirl is close
beside Zaltar helping him along, not merely
following as she had before. The throbbing sound
of energy waves surging down the vortex is growing
louder as they proceed. Zaltar stumbles, and drops
the matterwand.
ZALTAR
Oh dear!
The vortex starts to sweep the wand backwards,

down to where they have just climbed from.
Supergirl makes a desperate lunge and retrieves
the wand as it sweeps past. But now she is being
swept backwards.
ZALTAR
The wand. Use it.
Supergirl somehow finds the right grip on the

controls and points the wand at the undulating
surface beneath her. She stills the moving surface
and stops her backwards motion.
ZALTAR
Good girl! That's
the way!
But now Zaltar is being swept backwards toward

her. She points the wand at his feet and halts his
downhill slide.
ZALTAR
You can use the
wand.
SUPERGIRL
Better than when I
was a child.
She hands it back to him and they resume their

slow upward progress.
ZALTAR
I remember you
then. Cute thing you were. Like
your mother.
CUT TO:
INT. SELENA'S NEW LIVING ROOM
Selena stands watching the image of Zaltar and

Supergirl in her mirror. Beside her on the floor
is the Coffer of Shadow, now swollen to the size
of a large pumpkin. It pulses and glows with inner
light. The lid of the Coffer of Shadow starts to
rattle as if something inside is attempting to get
out.
INT. THE PHANTOM ZONE/QUANTUM VORTEX
Flaming spheres of BALL LIGHTNING begin to whizz

past Zaltar and Supergirl. Zaltar is startled, and
he stops his forward progress.
ZALTAR
What's that? Never
saw anything like that.
SUPERGIRL
Don't stop. Keep
moving.
ZALTAR
Yes, mustn't stop.
SUPERGIRL
(grimly)
It's Selena. I'm getting so I can recognise her
work.
Another flaming sphere whizzes toward them. It

hits Zaltar on the shoulder and knocks him off the
safe path. He starts to roll backwards down the
vortex.
SUPERGIRL
Zaltar. Use the wand!
ZALTAR
Too late. Too
late. Save yourself.
He is being swept faster and .faster away from

her, receding like the image of Ethan when she was
trapped in the zone. Zaltar throws the wand to
her, and then is swept away, out of sight,
downward to his death. He calls out after he
disappears.
ZALTAR
(voice
over)
Goodbye...
SUPERGIRL
Zaltar!
She begins to be swept backwards, but she uses the

wand, and stops her slide. Gripping the wand
fiercely, she starts to forge ahead. All the while
she has to dodge the flaming spheres that Selena
sends down the vortex.
SUPERGIRL
You're not going
to win, Selena. I won't let you.
Suddenly Supergirl enters another area of the

vortex. She begins to move forward, upward,
without clawing her way. She accelerates, moving
faster and faster.
EXT. GRASSY MEADOW BESIDE A POND
Supergirl lands, in a deserted sunny meadow. She

collapses sobbing on the grass. The matterwand
lies beside her.
SUPERGIRL
Zaltar, Zaltar.
You never had a selfish heart.
She looks up at the sun shining down serenely,

bathing the Earth in its life-giving rays---and
returning her superpowers to her.
SUPERGIRL
Wherever you are,
Zaltar, thank 'you.
She stands up and flexes her muscles. She no

longer looks tired or disheveled. Her red and blue
costume shines in the bright sunlight. She picks
up the matterwand and leaps into the air, flying
faster than a speeding bullet.
EXT. ABOVE SELENA'S NEW HOUSE. TALIESEN MOUNTAIN
Supergirl swoops down from the sky and dives

through the roof.
Supergirl smashes through the ceiling and lands

next to the French doors. Ethan and Selena are
standing against the opposite wall, next to the
veiled mirror.
SUPERGIRL
You've had your
fun, Selena, the game is over.
ETHAN
She has hostages.
SELENA
The Danvers. And two of your little friends.
SUPERGIRL
It's just one more crime you'll have to pay for.
Ethan points to the conservatory and mimes the

words 'out there'. Selena blows on the silver
whistle on the chain around her neck.
INSERT: THE SERPENT HOLDING JIMMY OLSEN'S CAGE

OPENS ITS MOUTH AND THE CAGE DROPS AWAY.
BACK TO SCENE
Supergirl blows an enormous blast of superbreath

out the French doors.
INT. CONSERVATORY
Jimmy Olsen's cage is blown away from the acid

bath and he lands in a bank of ferns.
JIMMY
Hey, what gives?
The blast of superbreath blows the cages of Lucy

and the Danvers away from the pool as well. The
serpents loose their grip, arid the Danvers and
Lucy land beside Jimmy in the fern bank.
INT. LIVING ROOM. DAY
Selena witnesses the destruction of her hostage

scheme.
SELENA
All right,
Supergirl. The game's not over till
the last card's dealt.
Selena opens the lid of the grotesquely swollen

Coffer of Shadow sitting beside her on the floor.
The OMEGAHEDRON inside spins.
All the FURNITURE in the room suddenly launches

itself at Supergirl. Huge oak refectory tables,
alabaster thrones, marble urns, iron firegrates,
shie1ds and armour, bronze statuary, and razor
sharp panes of glass from the windows all shatter
themselves against her invulnerable body. Ethan
stands in the corner, ducking the stray fragments
that come his way.
SUPERGIRL
You've run out of
things to throw, Selena.
SELENA
Not yet.
Selena points her hand at Supergirl with a gesture

of attack. The COFFER OF SHADOW emits a dense
black mist that darkens the room. A giant
invisible hand seizes Supergirl and hurls her into
the alchemical bar with a crash of bottles.
Supergirl stands up with the wand held in front of
her to ward off another attack.
ETHAN
It's her shadow-
self! Her dark side!
SUPERGIRL
How do I fight it?
ETHAN
Turn it against
her.
Supergirl raises the wand and APPLIES IT TO HER

OWN BODY. THERE IS A FLASH OF BLINDING LIGHT, and
Supergirl is transformed into a perfect image of
Selena---as she was at the fairgrounds.
There are now two Selenas in the room---the real

one beside the Coffer of shadow, and the one
holding the matterwand in the alchemical bar. The
Real Selena is first astonished, and then furious.
REAL SELENA
Power of Shadow,
kill her!!
The Second Selena calls out to the SHADOW-SELF in

Selena's own unmistakable voice.
SECOND SELENA
No. I am your mistress. Do not harm me.
REAL SELENA
Don't listen to her! Kill her! She's lying.
SECOND SELENA
You are my shadow, you must obey me.
The Real Selena is distracted by the duel of

willpower with her double and doesn't notice Ethan
creeping along the wall toward the Coffer of
Shadow.
Ethan lunges for the shining OMEGAHEDRON inside,

and snatches it out just as the heavy lid slams
shut with a clang of metal. Ethan rolls over and
over on the floor, away from Selena, clutching
the, shining ring to him like a football in the
end zone after a quarterback sneak on a fourth
down trailing seven to six with three seconds on
the clock.
ETHAN
I've got it! The
Power Source!
The Real Se1ena cries out with despair.
And then the SHADOW attacks her. The Real Selena

cries out as she is surrounded by a black mist
that starts slowly choking the life out of her.
REAL SELENA
(terrified)
No! Stop! Please!
Ethan hands the Power Source to the Second Selena

in the bar.
SECOND
SELENA
Thank you. I'll
take this back to Argo City.
ETHAN
It is you, then,
really?
Without a word, the Second Selena kisses him on

the lips.
SECOND SELENA
Well?
ETHAN
It's you all
right.
SECOND
SELENA
I'll make it easy
for you.
She again APPLIES THE WAND TO HER OWN BODY. There

is a flash of light, and once more Supergirl
stands before him, clutching both the Power Source
and the wand.
ETHAN
I couldn't help
what I did, before. She drugged me.
SUPERGIRL
I never doubted
you for a moment.
REAL
SELENA
Supergirl. Please!
Help! I'm dying...
Supergirl steps toward the corner of the room

beside the mirror where the Real Selena is
imprisoned in the cloud of blackness. Supergirl
touches the SHADOW with her wand. There is a
cosmic musical chord, and the SHADOW is destroyed;
it falls to the floor in a rain of hard, dark
cinders.
The Real Selena rises from the corner of the room

where she was released from the grip of the
shadow. She looks at herself in the mirror. She is
changed into the softer, more innocent person she
was at the picnic before she found the
Omegahedron. THERE IS NO MORE EVIL SHADOW LOOMING
BEHIND HER IN THE MIRROR REFLECTION. She turns to
Supergirl and Ethan.
SELENA
I'm free. I can
never thank you enough.
SUPERGIRL
For what?

Selena points to the glittering OMEGAHEDRON
Supergirl holds.
SELENA
Ever since I found
that thing I've been like
a prisoner in a terrible nightmare. You have
no idea how awful it is to be mean all the time.
SUPERGIRL
Your nightmares
are over. I'm taking this back to
Argo City where it won't be misused.
(to Ethan)
You could come too. It might be safer for you.
ETHAN
No thanks. I have
friends in the resistance. They'll
vouch for me. I figure I might get a million bucks
for my memoirs.
SUPERGIRL
I'll come back as
soon as I can.
SELENA
What about me?
They'll make, hash out of me around
here.
Supergirl and Ethan exchange a glance. Selena's

innocence is the one problem they have not
foreseen.
ETHAN
She's right.
They'll string her up.
SUPERGIRL
Do you want to
come to Argo City?
SELENA
What's it like?
SUPERGIRL
It's the most
beautiful place in the universe.
SELENA
Sounds O.K. to me.
Let's go.
Supergirl holds out the matterwand to Selena.
SUPERGIRL
Grab hold of this.
It forms a force field for the
journey through inner space.
Selena grasps the matterwand and the two of them

fly together out the French doors.
CUT TO:
INT. PRISON. DAY
Supergirl and Selena fly through the prison.

Supergirl melts open the locks with BEAMS OF HEAT
VISION.
The prisoners climb out of their cells cheering

and rejoicing.
EXT . HAMBURGER HEAVEN. GAS STATION. DAY
All the people of Midvale are enthusiastically

chopping up the billboard portraits of Selena and
throwing them into a bonfire in the middle of the
street. Statues, banners, mystic symbols, giant
tarot cards, old uniforms of her palace guards and
youth group --every last remnant of her regime
joins the blaze. People are smiling, dancing,
holding hands, drinking: the atmosphere is like a
block party on the first week in spring.
CUT TO:
EXT. HIGH ABOVE THE SEA.
SUNSET
Selena and Supergirl fly over the ocean toward the

setting sun.
SELENA
Where is inner space?
SUPERGIRL
It's everywhere.
But water is always
the door.
They plunge down into the sun's reflection on the

sea surface.
EXT. INNER SPACE
Supergirl and Selena fly together through the dark

reaches of inner space. Supergirl is tired but
triumphant. The OMEGAHEDRON glows brightly in her
hand. Selena looks around her with awe and wonder.
SELENA
Will they be angry
with me for
stealing the Power Source?
SUPERGIRL
They'll be grateful. If you hadn't found
it, it would still be lost. Look, up ahead.
SELENA
Yes, I see it.
Shining like a jewel.
SUPERGIRL
That's home.
P.O.V. OF SUPERGIRL AND SELENA
Argo City floats ahead, seeming to welcome them,

its lights, growing brighter and brighter as they
return with the lost Source
FADE OUT:
THE END
Supergirl
Writers : David Odell
Genres : Sci-Fi Adventure Fantasy Action
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TV Transcripts AND REVEALS THE inside of a domed city honeycombed

The five year olds eagerly raise their hands. The

sound: an ARTIST sculpting a beautiful crystalline

Zaltar takes a small OMEGAHEDRON out of his pocket

Zaltar touches his MATTER.WAND to the OMEGAHEDRON

A woman's voice can be heard calling in the

Kara calls out in reply.

Kara's mother ALURA appears through the lacey

Alura puts her arm around her daughter

Zaltar takes another swig from his flask. and

Zaltar bends down to Kara and hands her his

She does, and the wand makes a horrible squawk.

Kara scampers away, hardly able to believe her

Zaltar waves a hand deprecatingly at the city

In the background, Kara has been modeling a spiky

The spiky creature flies into the membrane and

Kara reaches for it, but it is too far from her,

where Kara dropped it and touches her with the

The wind dies down and all is silent, except for

Zaltar hurries off nervously. THE CAMERA HOLDS ON

A beautiful blonde in jeans and a frilly blouse is

Her current boyfriend follows along behind her,

George sets down the wicker basket and Selena

She hands him a chicken drumstick and a hard-

A shrill whistling sound from above makes them

They look up in the boughs of the tree overhead,

Selena reaches out and picks up the OMEGAHEDRON.

Selena holds the shining Omegahedron in her hand

She stands up and walks across the checkered

She gets in the pickup and. drives away.

She is ten years older now, a young lady. Almost

ANOTHER ANGLE. ARGO CITY. DIMMED

They are in the assembly amphitheater of the city,

Zor-El and Alura sigh. There is no denying that

Zor-El looks around the circle. A beautiful woman

Alura embraces Kara emotionally, fighting back the

Kara walks out of the amphitheater with her

Kara holds up a small handbag. Inside we glimpse

Her father puts his hand on her shoulder .

They embrace, briefly. Kara then steps onto a

Instantly transparent bubble forms around her.

Her parents watch as she floats away.

She passes into an air lock through the membrane

MONTAGE: THE JOURNEY OF KARA INSIDE "HER SPHERE

Her sphere moves from blackness, to a dark green

She lands on a nearby beach.

EXT. EARTH. BEACH BESIDE THE SEA. SUNRISE

She looks around her, feasting with her eyes on

Kara bends down and picks up a stone from the

She looks down at her feet, so firmly planted on

EXT. HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH. DAY

Kara loops and rolls, swoops and circles, laughing

EXT. HIGH ABOVE MOUNTAIN MEADOWS. HORSES. DAY

Kara swoops down at a herd of horses. The herd

Kara lands on a mountaintop and admires the view.