"Departure II"
ACT TWO
CUT TO INT. KOVIR’S TAILOR SHOP-DAY
SARA is up and about in her room, pacing back and fourth impatiently.
T’VEL, KOVIR’S daughter enters carrying a tray with a steaming bowl of soup. T’VEL is just as tall as her father and looks just as logical and controlled. She’s a lot younger then KOVIR and slightly younger looking then SARA.
T’VEL
I have brought you something to eat.
SARA
That’s very nice but I really need to contact my ship and let them know where I am.
She pushes past T’VEL, walks down a small hallway to some rickety stairs.
T’VEL
I am sorry but I have strict instructions to-
SARA
I beg your pardon, but I don’t really care what your instructions are. I am on official business on behalf of the United Federation of-
She stops at the top of the stairs to see KOVIR in the middle of fitting a nice, expensive suit on HADAR BARAN, the Orinion Gangster.
Tight on KOVIR, smiling broadly as he looks at her.
KOVIR (cheery)
Please wait upstairs Mrs. Smith; I will help with your gown when I am finished with Mr. Baran’s fitting.
CU on SARA, this day keeps getting weirder.
SARA (confused)
A-alright. (clears her throat, tries to play along) I thought you might like to know that the sleeves are too short.
BARAN is completely unaware of what’s going on, he’s too busy admiring himself in his new suit.
KOVIR
Oh dear! I will have to fix that.
SARA
Please…take all the time you need.
She turns and goes back upstairs while KOVIR and BARAN return start chit chatting like old friends.
BARAN (off screen)
So you were saying about
KOVIR (off screen)
Yes! When I was still living on the home world, I used to buy my fabric from this lovely Cardassian tailor who claimed that he was once a gardener for, guess who…
BARAN (off screen, mildly interested)
Who?
KOVIR (off screen)
Sub-Commander Merrok, the Sub-Commander Merrok from the Tal Shiar.
BARAN (off screen, surprised)
No!
The conversation fades as SARA closes the door to her room behind her. T’VEL is inside the room, laying out SARA’S lunch as if SARA had never left the room.
T’VEL
That man is a member of the Orion Syndicate, when we first arrived to this planet; my father convinced him that we were Romulan refugees and not Federation citizens. On Feron Prime, Federation citizens run the risk of being kidnapped and ransomed by the Orion Syndicate.
SARA
I should stay up here until he leaves.
T’VEL (deadpan)
A very astute observation.
CUT TO INT. NELSON HALLWAY-SPACE
RAND, FROST, and WOLFE are walking down the hallway towards the brig.
Walsh is working on planetary wide scans but I doubt he’ll have much luck until I get the sensor arrays updated.
WOLFE
Why can’t we use the ones we have?
The ones we have are over eighty years old; they installed them the day Admiral Sulu died!
FROST
Get to work on them. In the mean time (to Wolfe) Can you be scary?
WOLFE
Um…well…
FROST
That’s a ‘no’. Get that really tall, angry looking lady and have her meet me in Cargo Bay 2.
They walk right off camera.
CUT TO
CALLAHAN and FROST are standing in Cargo Bay 2 in front of WEI; two marine guards are standing guard at the door.
CU on FROST.
FROST
Good morning Mister… (reads the name off a data padd) Huang, I trust you slept well.
WEI frowns, gives FROST a glare that screams “Go fuck yourself, buddy”
FROST smiles.
FROST
Okay. So you’re still not talking. Very admirable of you, really impressive.
Still nothing from WEI.
FROST
The deaf mute act is cute but I’m betting that you’ve heard all kinds of things and maybe you’d be willing to tell me a few of them if it’s in your best interest.
WEI (scoffs)
And what, exactly, would you call my best interest?
FROST
Your best interest is you talk to me or (points to Callahan) you talk to Lieutenant Callahan.
CALLAHAN pops her knuckles and then crosses her arms over her chest like an angry dominatrix.
WEI laughs.
WEI
“Good cop, Bad cop”?
FROST (laughing)
It is a little old.
WEI
I mean I haven’t had some one do that since (thinks) since NEVER!
FROST
Yeah, I know. (a beat) Did it work?
WEI (quick reply)
No.
FROST
Lieutenant?
CALLAHAN stands very close to WEI, then glares at him. Violence is implied.
FROST (to Wei)
How about now?
WEI
That’s slightly more effective.
FROST
Where did they take Commander Lyons?
WEI
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
FROST
Who is Koloth working for?
WEI
I don’t have a clue; I never met Koloth until you stuck him in the cell next to me.
CALLAHAN leans over and whispers something in FROST’S ear. He looks at her like she’s crazy.
FROST (to Callahan)
What the hell is a “bone lord’?
Tight on WEI.
WEI
Now that…I might know something about.
CUT TO INT. KOVIR’S TAILOR SHOP-DAY
CU on a ruined Comm Badge.
KOVIR
I believe that it may have been broken during your fall to the ground.
Two shot, KOVIR is upstairs in the living area standing over a small work desk, examining the broken badge while SARA is putting on her uniform in the background.
KOVIR
I will attempt to repair it.
SARA
With any luck they’re scanning the planet for my bio signature and you won’t need to. (puts on her uniform jacket and flexes her arms) did you…do something to this?
KOVIR
I made some modifications to the shoulders; I apologize if that was inappropriate.
SARA
No, don’t be sorry. Fits great.
KOVIR
A Vulcan is never sorry.
SARA
Excuse me?
KOVIR
To “be sorry”, implies an emotional reaction. Therefore, I apologize but I am not “sorry”.
He returns to working on the comm. badge.
SARA (fascinated)
Who are you?
KOVIR
I am Kovir.
SARA
That’s not what I meant.
KOVIR
That is what you asked.
SARA
Alright, why are you here? Why live this close to the Romulan border, why risk life and limb just so you can pretend to be someone you’re not?
KOVIR
I am a former member of Ambassador Spock’s Reunification movement. My original purpose for occupying this sector was to establish a safe haven for other members of the movement to hide from Romulan authorities without detection.
SARA
But the movement ended of two years ago. Ambassador Spock returned to Vulcan.
KOVIR
My daughter and I elected to remain behind to pursue our own private interests.
SARA
You created a life for yourself and you didn’t want to leave.
KOVIR
Yes. (a beat) That life may change now that Starfleet has returned to the area.
SARA
I wouldn’t use the word “returned”, actually we were just assigned to pick up one man and leave.
KOVIR
Koloth.
SARA
How did you know?
KOVIR
He is something of a local celebrity.
SARA (sarcastic)
So I’ve heard.
KOVIR continues with his work, SARA starts examining the room around her. She finds the small wind chime made out of bones.
SARA
What are the bones for?
KOVIR
It is part of a Romulan religious ceremony. I use them to aide me in my disguise.
SARA
Religious ceremony?
Tight CU on KOVIR
KOVIR
The Ceremony of the Bone Lord.