“Three in the water”

Written by

[Stan Jankaitis]

[Stan Jankaitis]	copyright	
[519 W. Coal]	2003	
[Shenandoah PA. 17976, USA]		
[yukonsnow@nni.com]		

"three in the water"
FADE IN:
EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN. NIGHT.
Deep below the surface and bouncing like a rubber ball along the sea bottom is an anchor with a long vertical cable attached to it. This cable is reaching toward the surface like the line of a kite reaches for the sky. Attached to the top of this cable is a relic from World War Two. Metallic in structure, spherical in shape, and an exterior covered with what appears to be horns. As we get a better look at this strange anomaly we see it is a horned sea mine. 
The mine, which is pulled along by the undersea currents, sways back and forth like a slow moving pendulum.
It travels past the wreck of a large World War Two U.S. war ship whose name we do not see, and continues on like a shark hunting prey until it disappears from sight.

EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN SURFACE. NIGHT.
It is a warm summer night as a meteor shower paints the sky. 
Moving slowly on the semi-rough sea is “The Ocean Singer”, a one hundred and fifty foot long luxury Yacht. 
EXt. yatcht. night.
Standing on the sterns upper observation deck is THE CAPTAIN, 50ish, bearded, dressed in a white uniform and also a passenger, WOODY, mid 50s who walks with a right leg limp and is a little seasick. They are standing near each other and watching the meteor shower. 
CAPtain
You know Woody normally this observation deck would be crowded, but you my friend are on a special private cruise. Counting yourself there are only three passengers aboard.
woody
And I bet I’m the only one seasick. I don’t know how I let you talk me into this.
captain
Same way I let you talk me into seeing your life. Friendship. 
woody
Yeah well being up there isn’t as bad as being down here.
Woody grabs his stomach and MOANS.
Another passenger E-KOHN, early 20’s, tall, tan, strong and good looking, wearing shorts and a tank top shirt walks onto the observation deck. He acknowledges the Captain and Woody and stands about ten feet away from them. E-Kohn pays little attention to the meteor shower and seems more mesmerized by the movement of the sea.
The Captain looks at his watch.
captain
I have to get back to the bridge.
Woody motions “all right” and leans over the railing. 
The Captain walks a few feet, stops and turns to face Woody.
captain
Do you want me to send the Doctor down to give you something?
Woody motions no.

That’s what I like about you  pilots, you’re a tough breed.

The Captain leaves the observation deck.  
E-Kohn looks at Woody for a few seconds and then walks over to him.
E-kohn
Hi my names E-Kohn Thaddeus. You’re a pilot huh? Me, I’m a surfer.
Woody stands up straight and looks at E-Kohn.
woody
Pleased to meet you E-Kohn the surfer, I’m Woody. Excuse me a moment.
Woody leans over the railing and gags a few times. He then stands back up and regains his composure.
woody
Sorry, this rocking back and forth is really doing a job on my stomach.
The meteor shower increases in intensity.
e-kohn
I feel bad for you, I do. I was never seasick but I hear it feels like your stomach is a big cement mixer, and all the stomach juice and the food and the booze...
Woody
I don’t drink.
e-kohn
And it’s all gurgling in your belly and all it wants to do is come flying out all over the place.
woody
Must you be so explicit?
e-kohn
No. I just wanted you to know that I have an idea of how sick you feel. You know with the throwing up and all that. And that I feel bad for you.

A HIGH PITCHED WOOSH is heard coming from the sky. Woody and E-Kohn both look up and see a small meteorite that has not yet burned up in the Earth’s atmosphere heading toward the sea. The meteorite enters the sea about ten miles behind the Yacht’s stern.
e-kohn
Mystical.
woody
That one didn’t burn up.
VALERIE, mid 20s, very pretty girl, wearing long leather pants and a type 1 off-shore life jacket with a rose attached to it, comes onto the observation deck. She smiles at Woody and E-Kohn and they return the gesture. Valerie stands about 10 feet away from them.
WOODY
You think she knows something we don’t.
e-kohn
Naw this boat is just like the Titanic, unsinkable.
woody
The Titanic sank.
 e-kohn
I know, I’m only joking. Excuse me, I’m going to say hello to the girl. Maybe get to know her a little better.
E-Kohn winks at Woody.
 
See you round Willy.
woody
Woody.
E-Kohn walks over to Valerie while Woody, still seasick, leans over the railing.
e-kohn
Hi, I’m E-Kohn Thaddeus. I’m a professional surfer. I came in fourth in the Hawaiian Wave. Forth place prize was a cruise. This one.
Valerie
That’s very nice. My name is Valerie. 
e-kohn
Valerie, that’s a good name.
That’s Willy leaning over the railing there.
woody
Woody.
e-kohn
He’s a little seasick. He’s a pilot with NASA, good friend of mine. We fly all over the place searching for the perfect wave.
woody
I don’t work for NASA, I’m a private pilot and I just met him.
 (To Himself)
The perfect wave. That would be the last thing I’d search for. 
A loud high pitched WOOSH is heard coming from the sky. They all look up and see another meteorite that has not burned up in the atmosphere.
e-kohn
Here comes another mystical one.
The meteorite enters the water about two miles in front of the yacht’s bow and travels toward the sea bottom at a high rate of speed. 
Bouncing along the sea floor is the World War Two sea mine and the meteorite cuts through the chain that anchored the  mine to it’s base. This frees the mine from it’s anchor and it begins to slowly rise to the surface.

EXT. YACHT. NIGHT.
On the Yacht’s observation deck E-Kohn is trying to make time with Valerie while Woody is leaning over the rail and gagging.
e-kohn
Why are you wearing a life jacket? 
      (Joking)
Planning on taking a little swim?  
Valerie
Oh no, never. I have a fear of water.
e-kohn
Why are you on a boat if you’re afraid of the water?
valerie
I’m trying to conquer the fear.
Valerie looks at the rose on her life jacket and then touches it.
And for a another reason.

INT. YACHT’S BRIDGE. NIGHT.
On the bridge the Captain is reading the navigational charts while the HELMSMAN attentively steers the boat. The SONAR OPERATOR sees that the sonar equipment shows something rising to the surface.

SONAR operator
Captain, sonar shows something rising to the surface about one hundred yards ahead of the bow.

captain
Whale breeching, large school of fish?
sonar operator
No sir it’s metallic and about the size of a small cabinet. 
 The Captain goes over and looks at the sonar.

captain
         (To Helmsman)
Reduce speed fifty percent.  
Stand ready to steer clear.

The Helmsman reduces speed. 
helmsman
Aye Sir, speed reduced fifty percent. Standing ready to steer clear.
The Captain goes to the bridge window and peers out trying to see what is surfacing.
The mine surfaces about thirty feet directly in front of the Yacht and bobs around in the sea as small waves break over it. At first it is hard to tell what it is, and then the Captain realizes it is a sea mine.  
captain
My God it’s a mine. Hard to port, full stop, reverse power.
A rogue wave pushes the mine into the Yacht’s bow. The mine explodes destroying the Yacht from the bow to midsection and killing all on the bridge.
The force of the explosion throws Woody, E-Kohn, and Valerie off the observation deck and into the air.  Woody, who is a weak swimmer, hits the water in a tumbling motion breaking his wrist. He struggles to stay afloat. 
E-Kohn comes down like a missile and disappears beneath the waves. Being an excellent swimmer, he quickly surfaces, but he has swallowed a lot of water. He coughs and spits water out of his mouth. He looks around and sees the stern of the yacht, which is now on fire, quickly sink.
Valerie lands with great force on her back with her legs extended upward.  The buoyancy of the life jacket keeping her upper torso afloat and the downward swinging of her legs causes her body to react as a pendulum.  Her legs crash down into the water pushing her off her back and throwing her face into the water.  But the vest keeps her torso from submerging and her moving legs, now under the water, swing forward.  This action and the force of the waves, pushes her onto her back again and then, back onto her face.  This scenario repeats itself until the effect of gravity dominates and Valerie floats in an upright position. Realizing she is in the water, she becomes terrified and literally tries to climb out of the sea.
The sea has fair sized waves which prevent Woody, Valerie and E-Kohn from seeing each other. One of these waves picks up E-Kohn and moves him forward toward Woody. This wave breaks and drops E-Kohn onto Woody. Woody sinks and is seen as a shadow below the surface. E-Kohn believes Woody's shadow is a shark.
E-Kohn
Shark!
E-Kohn kicks at Woody but his kicks do not make contact. Woody’s hand breaks the surface.

Oh my God.
E-Kohn dives below the water and pulls Woody to the surface.
woody
My arm is broke, I don’t think I can stay afloat. I’m not a good swimmer.
 
E-Kohn grabs Woody’s arms and wraps them around himself. Woody screams in pain as E-Kohn twists his broken arm.

e-kohn
Hang onto me, I’ll keep you up.
E-Kohn sees Valerie who is about fifty feet from him. His eyes are burning from the salt water and he does not recognize Valerie and cannot see her life vest.

Oh God not another one.
         (To Woody)
Hang on.
E-Kohn grabs Woody’s broken arm and begins to swim toward Valerie towing Woody along with him.  Woody screams in pain.
woody
For God’s sake let me go, I would rather drown.
E-Kohn is about twenty feet from Valerie when he recognizes her. He stops swimming toward her and holds Woody above the water. Valerie is splashing around in a blind panic.
 
Valerie
Help me, help me.
e-kohn
You won’t go under you’re wearing a life jacket, keep calm.
Valerie continues to thrash around.

Stop splashing, you’re going to attract sharks.
Hearing this Valerie becomes more terrified and begins to swim toward E-Kohn and Woody.
woody
That was the wrong thing to say to her.
Valerie
Help me.
Valerie, now close to E-Kohn and Woody, lunges toward them. E-Kohn jumps out of her way while pulling Woody along by his broken arm. Woody is in terrible pain by this maneuver.
e-kohn
Calm down.
woody
For God’s sake man let go of me and help her.
E-kohn
If she grabs onto us in that state of panic she’ll pull the both of us under. We have to stay free of her until she calms down.
Valerie lunges toward E-Kohn.  E-Kohn jumps away pulling Woody along. Valerie lunges again and this time, reaches and grabs onto E-Kohn. E-Kohn loses his grip on Woody.  Woody struggles to stay afloat.  Valerie pushes E-Kohn under the water and lunges at Woody.  Woody sinks. E-Kohn surfaces. He looks around for Woody.
e-kohn
Willy?
E-Kohn dives below the surface and disappears. 
A large wave breaks on Valerie pulling her under the sea but the buoyancy of the life jacket shoots her back to the surface. Her breathing is labored and she hyperventilates as she circles around and sees nothing but water.
A small SEA TURTLE about the size of dinner plate with a pronounced red mark on it’s shell resembling a rose swims near Valerie.  She watches as the sea turtle swims around her and then dives below the surface. As she struggles to breathe her eyes close, her head drops, and she floats gently and quietly on the sea.
About fifteen feet behind Valerie E-Kohn surfaces with Woody. Both men are spitting up water and exhausted. 
The meteor shower ends and the sea becomes calm and quiet.
e-kohn
It’s to quiet. Where’s the girl?
They look around. Woody sees Valerie.
woody
She’s behind us, about twenty feet but it doesn’t look good.
E-Kohn turns them to face Valerie. 
e-kohn
Valerie. Valerie.
      (Beat)
Is she dead?
woody
I don’t know. She may be in a state of shock. 
 e-kohn
I’m going to pull you over to her. We can use the life jacket to hold you up.
woody
No. Even if she is dead I will not allow you to take the jacket off her and put it on me, I would rather die.
Woody struggles to break free of E-Kohn but cannot.
e-kohn
What do you think I am?  I have no intentions of taking it off her. That vest can hold the both of you up, I can’t.

E-Kohn tows Woody over to Valerie  They both look at her for a few seconds. Valerie shows no sign of life. 
e-kohn
Valerie, Valerie wake up. Valerie. 
No response from Valerie.

Oh no. No no no. Valerie.
woody
Let her go son, let her go. And let go of me too, I’ll only hinder your own survival. Save yourself.
E-Kohn takes his belt off, wraps it around Woody and fastens it to the life jacket. He accidentally knocks the rose off the life jacket. E-Kohn makes an attempt to go after the rose but Woody stops him.
woody
Let it go son. Let it be a memorial for her and the others.  
The rose is carried away by a wave and sinks.
Valerie opens her eyes and lets out a short moan. Startled, E-Kohn screams and jumps away from Valerie. Woody, also startled, tries to back away, but being fastened to her life jacket, pulls Valerie along with him.
e-kohn
Damn damn, hot damn. Is she dead or is she alive Willy?
woody
She’s very much alive. And my name is Woody, Woody not Willy.
Valerie, very calm and serene, now smiles at Woody and E-Kohn.

I hope you don’t mind my being  attached to you this way.
Valerie
Please get me out of the water.
woody
I wish I could. Believe me I wish I could.
 
E-Kohn swims over to them.
e-kohn
We thought you were dead. 
  Valerie
No, but I can’t imagine being any closer to death than this.
Woody looks to the horizon.  He sees something cutting through the water’s surface but cannot make out what it is.
e-kohn
What are you looking at? What do you see?
woody
Something is out there. And it’s heading directly for us.
e-kohn
Where? 
woody
Right there about a hundred feet in front of us.
E-Kohn sees the dorsal fin of a large shark coming straight for them.
e-kohn
Oh damn, oh damn, it’s a shark.
valerie
Maybe he isn’t hungry.
e-kohn
They’re always hungry.

woody
What do we do?
e-kohn
Stay still, don’t splash it’ll only attract him. If he goes for you, fight him off.
woody
Fight him off? What are you crazy?  That shark is as big as a car, we are not going to halt his attack by fighting with him.

The shark is about 15 feet away. It swims toward them.  
The shark is now circling three feet from them. E-Kohn mirrors the sharks swim hoping to protect the others if the shark attacks.

e-kohn
If he comes at us I’ll go for his eyes. That’s his weakest point.
Valerie
You can’t fight a shark. 
e-kohn
I’m an expert in the martial arts. I once put away three drug dealers who were terrorizing our neighborhood.
woody
Well that isn’t some lowlife drug dealer Surfer it’s a shark, and this isn’t your neighborhood it’s his.
The shark dives and his tail slams against Woody’s broken arm. Woody reacts to the pain. The sharks tail also tears Woody’s pants.
e-kohn
He’s coming in.
The shark surfaces and swims toward E-Kohn. E-Kohn prepares to defend himself, but at the last moment, the shark turns and quickly swims away out of sight.

Damn. Damn, hot damn. Where did he go?
Valerie
He’s gone, something spooked him.  
woody
I guess he heard about your karate expertise.
Valerie
What could scare a shark? A bigger shark?
e-kohn
Possibly, but I think it was that.
E-Kohn points. About fifty feet away from them is a pod of Killer Whales. Woody thinks they are sharks.
woody
Oh hell those sharks are bigger than the other one, and there’s more of them.
e-kohn
Those aren’t sharks they’re Orcas. Usually Sharks and Orcas avoid each other but there are reports of Orcas attacking and killing sharks.
valerie
How about reports of Orcas attacking and killing people?
e-kohn
None that I know of. The shark must have sensed the Orcas, but he’ll be back. We have to get out of the water.
woody
Get out of the water? How the hell do we do that, walk on it? My name isn’t Jesus and either is yours.
e-kohn
I know, your name is Willy.
woody
Woody. My name is Woody not Willy. 
Valerie
Boys, shouting at each other is not going to help either of you. You must relax and conserve your strength.
woody
She’s right. I owe you my life, I’m sorry. 
E-Kohn is showing signs of exhaustion and is struggling to stay afloat.
e-kohn
You don’t owe me anything.

valerie
E-Kohn you look exhausted, hold onto us.
e-kohn
No, that vest won’t support the three of us. I’ll be alright.

woody
Unhook me. You hook onto her. You’re young, your whole life is ahead of you. I’ve lived my life, let me go.
e-kohn
No. I could never live with myself if I knew my survival was because another lost his life.
They all stare to the sea, each deep within their own thoughts.
e-kohn
All this water and not a drop to drink.
woody
How do you survive the sea?
valerie
You do what you need to do, and that is how you survive.
woody
Well you sure calmed down.
valerie
Only on the outside, inside I am screaming in terror. 
 e-kohn
Look out.
E-Kohn pushes Woody and Valerie away from himself.

A wave carrying debris from the wreckage breaks over E-Kohn. The debris hits him and he loses consciousness and slips below the waves.
Woody and Valerie quickly swim to where E-Kohn sunk. They can see his shadow below the surface. Woody reaches with his good arm and grabs E-Kohn. 
Valerie
Grab him.
   woody
I have him, I have him.
Woody tries to pull E-Kohn to the surface but cannot.

I can’t do it using only one arm.
Valerie tries to help but E-Kohn is out of her reach. 
Woody uses his both arms and screams in pain as he pulls E-Kohn to the surface. E-Kohn is unconscious.
Valerie
Bring him over to me.
Woody pulls E-Kohn to Valerie. She performs CPR on him, but his weight places a strain on the buoyancy of the life jacket. All three sink.
E-Kohn regains consciousness, surfaces and threads water. Woody and Valerie surface.
Valerie
Everyone alright?
E-Kohn acknowledges yes.

Woody, alright?
woody
Well my arm hurts like hell and that damn shark tore my pants... 
E-Kohn
Shark tore your pants? Yes that’s it. Valerie please take off your pants.
Valerie
What?
E-kohn
Take off your pants, please.
woody
Surfer I know the testosterone is racing like hell through your body but...
Valerie
He’s right, he’s right, I saw this in a movie. E-Kohn help me take them off.
E-Kohn helps Valerie take off her pants. Woody looks in another direction.
woody
I’ll turn my head, unless you want to unhook me and I’ll just sail away somewhere.
E-Kohn has Valerie’s pants. He ties the legs into a knot and holding onto the pants waist swings them over his head filling them with air.  He uses the pants as a raft.
woody
Oh yes, I heard of pants being used like that. At first I thought, ahh...
Valerie
Did you really?
E-Kohn and Valerie smile at each other.
woody
Have either of you see any of the crew in the water?
Valerie
No.
e-kohn
I saw the boat, or what was left of it. Bow to midsection was completely gone. All that was left was the stern, that was on fire and it sunk rather quick.
Woody reacts to the pain he is feeling due to his broken arm. He lowers his head and closes his eyes. E-Kohn and Valerie look at Woody. Valerie checks him for signs of life.
e-kohn
Oh no he isn’t...
Valerie
No. He has lost consciousness. 
       (Beat)
His arm is causing him much pain, you have to find something to use as a cast.
e-kohn
Find what? What does the sea have that can be used to set a broken arm?
valerie
That you will know when you find it.
e-kohn
How can I find something when I don’t know what it is I’m looking for?
valerie
Most of the time, things are found by those who are not searching.
e-kohn
Mystical, but I have no idea what you’re talking about.
ext. Pacific ocean. night.
Woody and Valerie are shivering from the cold, E-Kohn doesn’t seem to mind the cold. In the distant, SOUNDS OF WHALES can be heard.
woody
Don’t have to worry about drowning, we’ll probably all freeze to death.
e-kohn
We’ll make the night. There are places a lot colder than this.

valerie
I think I know how we can keep warm. 
Valerie turns Woody so his back is facing her. She pulls down the back neck section of his shirt, cups her hands over her mouth, and exhales down his back.

Does that help?
woody
Yes it does.
valerie
We have to take turns blowing warm air down each others back.

E-Kohn swims behind Valerie.
 e-kohn
What do I do, just breathe down your back?
valerie
Yes then swim around and we’ll do it to you.
e-kohn
It’s all right I don’t mind the cold.
As E-Kohn breathes down Valerie’s back, she does the same to Woody. Although not as warm as being near a campfire, Woody and Valerie do stop shivering.

woody
Where did you learn this?
valerie
In the early sixties a mine caved in at Sheppton Pennsylvania. The miners survived the cold by breathing down each others back.
ext. pacific ocean. day.
 The night gives way to a cloudy morning sky.  The sea is a little rough as rain clouds move in. Woody’s arm hurts and he is a little seasick. E-Kohn keeps looking to the sky and to the sea. He is deep in thought.
valerie
The sky is going to bring forth fresh water.
woody
I’m going to bring forth my stomach. This damn seasickness.
valeria
It will pass.
woody
You know, I can carousel the sky in my plane but this damn sea, it’s making me bring up food that I’ll probably never eat.
valeria
I know it is hard but try not to vomit. It will dehydrate you more than you already are.
  
E-Kohn takes his shoes off, rinses them thoroughly with sea water and shakes them out. Woody looks at him as if he has lost his mind. E-Kohn gives his shoes to Valeria.

e-kohn
Hold these. Try not to let them touch the sea.
E-Kohn reaches down and tries to get one of Woody’s shoes off, but Woody resists.
woody
What are you on about boy?
E-kohn
Containers.
woody
What?
e-kohn
Containers. Something to collect the rain water in. Our shoes.
woody
My God drinking water from a shoe.
valerie
You do what you must in order to survive.
woody
Take the one off my left foot, leave the right one on.
E-Kohn takes Woody’s shoe, rinses it out and gives it back to him. Woody not thinking, lowers his hand which is holding the shoe into the sea.
e-kohn
Now you got it all full of salt again.
woody
I’m sorry but you’ll either have to bear with me or have me shot. And what do you mean I got it all full of salt again, you rinsed it out in salt water?
e-kohn
But I shook the salt out of it, you got more salt in it.
Valerie grabs the show from Woody, shakes it as if it was a  tambourine and then gives it back to him.
valerie
There now the salt’s out of it again. My God, testosterone.
A CRASH OF THUNDER is heard. Rain begins to pour down. All three open their mouths to drink the falling rain. Valeria and Woody also hold up the shoes and fill them with rain water.  
The rain stops, the sky clears, and the sea calms.
woody
Now what do we do with the shoes?
e-kohn
You hold them and we ration the water in them.
Woody grimaces from the pain of his broken arm. Valeria takes the water filled shoe from him.

valeria
Let me hold this.
woody
Thank you, I’d probably just drop it in the sea again and the Surfer would have me shot.
e-kohn
Naw, I’ll bear with you a little while longer Willy.
Woody grimaces in pain brought on by his injured arm.
woody
I don’t want to complain because we are all in a dire predicament, but this arm is killing me.
E-Kohn feels something wrap around his legs. He reacts.
Valerie
What’s wrong?
e-kohn
I don’t know, something’s around my legs.
valerie
The shark?
e-kohn
No, it feels more like a snake.
valerie
Oh God, how big are sea snakes?
E-Kohn
Pretty big. Some can grow as long as a surf board.
woody
Must you always be so explicate?  
E-Kohn dives under the water.
valerie
E-Kohn.
 woody
Damn, it’s one thing after another.
E-Kohn struggles to free his legs which have seaweed wrapped around them. He frees himself and surfaces with his both hands full of dangling seaweed. 
Woody and Valerie think the seaweed is a snake and they push themselves away from E-Kohn.
woody
What the hell kind of snake is that?
e-kohn
Not a snake, food. Seaweed the ocean vegetable. 
E-Kohn gives seaweed to Valerie and Woody. Woody looks disgusted at the thought of eating it.
Woody
Great cuisine out here. Eat some seaweed and drink water from a shoe.
valerie
You knew it wasn’t a snake, didn’t you?
e-kohn
Not at first.
They eat the seaweed. It is tough and rope like and they are having a rough time chewing it.
valerie
Eat only enough to maintain your strength. The body needs a lot of water to digest seaweed and right now water is more important than food.
woody
Tastes like a damn rope.
e-kohn
It’s as tough as one too. I was barely able to move my legs when it was wrapped around them.
valerie
        (To Woody) 
Would you like some water?
woody
Yes please?
As Valerie hands the water to Woody she accidentally bumps against his broken arm. Woody reacts to the pain.
valerie
Sorry.
woody
That’s all right. 
Valerie holds the shoe while Woody drinks from it. 
E-Kohn looks at the seaweed and then at Woody. E-Kohn pulls on the seaweed testing it’s strength, it does not pull apart. He wraps some of it around his wrist and finds that the seaweed immobilizes it.
e-kohn
I found it.
woody
Found what?
To Woody’s amazement, E-Kohn dives under the water.
woody
Where the hell is he going now?
valerie
For more seaweed I think.
E-Kohn surfaces with both hands full of the long seaweed. He swims over to Woody.
e-kohn
Give me your arm, the bad one.
woody
Why? 
E-kohn
Because I’m going to put a cast on it.
Woody is reluctant to comply, but Valerie, via facial expression, assures him it will be all right.
Valeria helps Woody hold his arm out. Woody’s arm is badly fractured and twisted.
valeria
You are going to have to straighten his arm out.
E-Kohn takes hold of Woody’s arm.
e-kohn
This is gonna hurt.
woody
Don’t tell me when, don’t count one two three, just do it.
E-Kohn pulls Woody’s arm and straightens it out. Woody reacts to the appalling pain. Using the seaweed as a makeshift cast, E-Kohn wraps it around Woody’s arm.
e-kohn
There, how’s that feel?
woody
Much better now that you stopped twisting it, thank you.
valerie
Take two aspirin and call him in the morning.
woody
How about if I call him in the afternoon, because if I find a phone out here the first place I’m calling is the Coast Guard.
They are jovial for a few seconds.
Something on the horizon catches E-Kohn’s eye and he turns his attention to this. About two hundred feet away from them he sees a large black shadow, about ten feet long by five feet wide riding a wave. The shadow is heading right for them.
valerie
What do you see?
E-Kohn points to the shadow riding the wave.

 woody
Oh great, Jaws is back.
valerie
That is not the shark.
e-kohn
She’s right, it isn’t moving like a shark.
woody
Well whatever the hell it is it’s coming right at us.
The shadow is an old World War II raft. As the wave breaks the raft falls on top of E-Kohn, Woody, and Valerie and keels over trapping them beneath it. E-Kohn pushes up on the raft to turn it right side up, it rises a little, but topples over again when a wave hits it. E-Kohn tries to right the raft again and this time, he is successful. Valerie grabs the raft and hangs onto to it so it doesn’t float away from them.
e-kohn
Looks like we’re going to walk on water after all. I’ll get you in first Woody.
E-Kohn throws Valerie’s pant’s into the raft, unhooks Woody from the life jacket and pushes up on him, but the raft moves and Woody slides off it and back into the sea. E-Kohn tries again. This time E-Kohn pushes Woody with such force that Woody bounces off the raft and back into the sea. E-Kohn goes to help Woody, but Woody stops him.
woody
Let me try it myself. It’s not that I don’t appreciate your help but you’re running on pure adrenalin. You’re likely to push me from here to Atlantis.
Woody gets himself into the raft and collapses from exhaustion. E-Kohn places his arms on Valerie.
E-Kohn
You’re next.
 
Valerie looks at E-Kohn in a loving way. It’s easy to tell E-Kohn and Valerie are falling for each other, but E-Kohn is reluctant to make a move because he just isn’t sure if she is attracted to him. A large rogue wave breaks over Valerie and E-Kohn. They both regain their composure and E-Kohn helps Valerie into the raft.
E-Kohn tries to get in the raft, but all of his strength is gone. He tries but cannot lift himself in. He hangs onto the raft.
e-kohn
All my strength is gone.
valerie
We’ll help you in.
Woody comes over to assist Valerie and help E-Kohn into the raft. 
E-Kohn loses consciousness and sinks below the surface.
valerie
E-Kohn!
Valerie and Woody reach down for E-Kohn, but they cannot locate him. A name is printed on the raft’s side but it is faded and hard to make out. Woody sees part of the name, but he is more concerned about rescuing E-Kohn.
woody
I’m going in for him.
 As Woody is about to dive into the sea E-Kohn breaks the surface and grabs onto the raft.
  valerie
E-Kohn.
Woody and Valerie help E-Kohn into the raft where he promptly collapses from exhaustion.  
woody
I knew the waves couldn’t get you. 
       (Joking)
So how’s the water down there surfer boy?
e-kohn
Mystical.
 All three lie back in the raft and for the first time since the wreck they relax.
valerie
Speaking about water, we are going to need fresh water.
e-kohn
I know what to do. Just give me a few minutes to get my strength back.
woody
If it doesn’t rain, we have no fresh water.
e-kohn
There’s other ways.
valerie
We’re in the south pacific, it’ll rain.
The pants begin to move in a slow ballet like fashion. Woody sees this.
woody
We got company.
E-Kohn and Valerie see the pants move.
valerie
What is in there?
e-kohn
Hopefully our supper.
E-Kohn reaches out to grab the pants but Valerie stops him.
valerie
What if what’s in there is poisonous?
e-kohn
Then we won’t eat it.
valerie
What I mean is what if it’s bite is venomous. What if it bites you?
woody
She’s right Surfer, we should just throw them overboard. The hell with what’s in there.
They watch the pants do it’s ballet like dance for a few seconds.
E-Kohn
It’s moving like a crab. Willy you hold them open and I’ll look in.
E-Kohn lies on his stomach with his head by the waist section of the pants. Woody reluctantly places his good hand right above the pants.
Woody
Seaweed to eat and crabs in the pants. It just keeps getting better and better.
      (To E-Kohn)
You ready?
E-Kohn motions yes and Woody holds open the pants and then quickly closes them.  E-Kohn did not have enough time to see what was in them.
e-kohn
A little slower please.
Woody holds open the pants and E-Kohn can clearly see what is causing the movement.
woody
What is it?
E-Kohn reaches in the pants.
valerie
Don’t put your hands in there.
E-Kohn pulls out what looks like two long snakes but is really one short and one long piece of rope. 
The pants continue to move.
woody
It’s a damn snake.
e-kohn
No, it’s two pieces of rope.
valerie
We can the long one as a safety line. Link ourselves together.
e-kohn
There’s more.
E-Kohn reaches back inside the pants and pulls out the same Sea Turtle that swam by Valerie when she first entered the sea. He holds the Turtle up for them to see.
woody
It’s a damn turtle.
Valerie comes over to take a closer look at the Turtle.
valerie
That’s the same turtle that swam by me when I was in the water.
e-kohn
He was showing you the menu.
valerie
Oh no E-Kohn you cannot kill it. It’s only a baby and it’s also a protected species.
E-Kohn looks to Woody for him to agree and justify the killing of the Turtle.
woody
You can do whatever you want with it but I'm sure as hell not eating it.
E-Kohn looks at the Turtle and we can swear that it is looking back at him the same way a friend looks to a friend. Woody leans back against the raft and shows no concern over the Turtle’s outcome while Valerie pleads with her expression for E-Kohn to set it free.
e-kohn
Ahh I hear they taste terrible anyway, besides I’m more of a fish man myself. Okay little guy back to the sea.
E-Kohn tries to place the Turtle back in the sea but it begins to shake and squirm in his hands as if the sea is the last place it wants to be.
valerie
Doesn’t look like he wants to go back.
woody
You may be able to fight sharks but I think you met your match with him.
The Turtle fights his way out of E-Kohn’s grasp and crawls over to Valerie. She picks it up and holds it.
e-kohn
 Damn he fights like a tank.
valerie
Then so shall that be his name.
Valerie grabs a handful of sea water and sprinkles it on the Turtle.
I christen thee Tank.
woody
Just what we need a pet turtle. 
valerie
Oh he won’t be any trouble.
woody
How about if the shark comes back we bring him on board to, we’ll name him Bruce.
Valerie puts Tank down and he crawls over to the seaweed and begins eating some.
e-kohn
Better keep your cast away from him Willy.
Something under the surface bumps the bottom of the raft causing it to sway. Tank retreats into his shell.
woody
What the hell was that?
e-kohn
Something’s under the raft.
woody
Not that damn shark again. I was only kidding about bringing him onboard.
valerie
It isn’t the shark. 
The bottom of the raft is bumped again.
woody
How do you know that isn’t the shark?
valerie
Intuition. And I also have a feeling that we do not want to know what it is.
E-Kohn crawls over to the side of the raft.
woody
Where you going?
e-kohn
To see what’s under us.
valerie
Don’t look E-Kohn, just let it go.
E-Kohn looks into the sea. Emerging from under the raft a few feet below the surface he sees what looks like a small white sail.
e-kohn
I think it’s a sail. We can use it as a sun shade and to gather water.
valerie
Let it go. Let it go.
E-Kohn reaches down and grabs what he perceives to be a sail. 
He pulls it up and it is the dead body of the Yacht’s Captain. The Captain’s arms fly up and wrap around E-Kohn. E-Kohn screams, pushes the body back into the sea and jumps backwards towards Woody and Valerie who react to this situation. 
The Captain’s body is carried away and out of sight. 
Woody shows deep grief at seeing the Captain’s body. 
woody
Oh no no no.
Woody hits the raft with his good fist.

Damn it. Damn it he was going to retire after this cruise.
E-Kohn and Valerie look at Woody for a few seconds.
 e-kohn
You knew the Captain?
woody
He was my friend. I was teaching him how to fly. That’s how I came to be aboard the boat. He said to me, Woody I saw your world now I want you to see mine. 
valerie
What was his name?
woody
                 Edward Smith.
valerie
That was also the name of the Titanic’s Captain and it was to be his last cruise too.
e-kohn
Mystical.
valerie
Death is never easy Woody, and when someone close to us dies there are only two choices you have. You either die with them or you go on living.
woody
 I want to live.
 e-kohn
So do I. I still have to find that perfect wave.
All three lean back in the raft and allow their thoughts to drift to places only they know. 
Time passes as the light of day fades and casts a peaceful yellow glow upon the sea.
Valerie is holding Tank and humming a pleasant tune.
Woody is leaning over the raft’s side trying to make out the faded obscure name printed on it. He pulls himself up and leans back in the raft.
woody
     (To Himself)
Have to be a damn code breaker to decipher that.
E-Kohn takes the short rope piece and ties it onto the waist section of Valerie’s pants.
woody
What are you doing?
e-kohn
We need food, I’m going fishing.
He fills the pants with air, attaches them to the back of the raft and places them in the sea. The pants are pulled along the raft like a fishing net.

If we’re lucky, we’ll be eating fish and plankton tomorrow.
woody
Great, raw fish and whale food.
e-kohn
The fish will provide us with a small amount of water too.
woody
And how do we get water from a fish?
e-kohn
I’ll tell you that when we get the fish.
valerie
I think we should rest now.
woody
You wouldn’t happen to be a nurse, would you?
valerie
No, I’m a teacher. 
They sleep as the raft gently rides the waves. Day becomes night and the stars light up the sky. Their light reflects off a mirror like sea and the sky and sea seem as if they are one. The night is peaceful and the SOUNDS of the ocean are soothing.
THE NEXT DAY:
Daybreaks on a calm sea with clear skies. E-Kohn awakens first, goes to the back of the raft and checks his makeshift fishing net (Valerie’s pants). There is chaotic movement inside the pants. E-Kohn looks into them and sees three small sea trout, plankton slime, and seaweed. 
e-kohn
Yeah. 
Woody and Valerie awaken as E-Kohn pulls the pants into the raft and dumps the fish out. The fish flop around the raft. E-Kohn is having a hard time picking up the fish and they keep slipping from his grasp. 
Woody isn’t looking forward to eating uncooked fish.
woody
Raw fish for breakfast. 
valerie
Raw fish is considered a delicacy in some cultures.
e-kohn
Yeah and if I ever catch these little guys you’ll have your first delicacy.
woody
      (Sarcastic)
I’m looking forward to it.
e-kohn
Wait until you find out where the water comes from. 
      (Beat)
There’s also seaweed in there for Tank.
Valerie grabs the pants, takes out some seaweed and gives it to Tank who begins eating it. She then scoops some plankton out and quickly places it in her mouth and swallows. She scoops some more and hands them to Woody. The plankton smell like an old sewer line and Woody reacts to this foul odor.
woody
My God I am not going to eat something that smells like a bar room toilet. 
valerie
Don’t let the smell stop you.  They’re a good source of vitamin C and they don’t taste all that bad.
Woody brings the plankton up to his mouth but the smell is to much for him.
woody
I’ll have to take your word on that, I can’t eat this. I would rather starve.
Woody throws the plankton back into the sea.
E-Kohn has finally caught the fish.
e-kohn
You don’t have to starve Willy, I caught the fish. 

A LITTLE WHILE LATER.
They are just finishing up the fish.
valerie
It wasn’t all that bad, was it?
woody
No, but it wasn’t all that good either.
E-Kohn digs the eyes out of the fish heads and holds them in his hands. He shows them to Woody and Valerie.

I hope you’re going to tell me that’s bait, not food.
e-kohn
It isn’t food, it’s water.
woody
How the hell do we get water out of fish eyes?
e-kohn
Like this.
E-Kohn puts a fish eye in his mouth and sucks on it. After a short while he spits it out. He extends his hand with the fish eyes in it to Valerie and Woody.
Valerie looks at the small amount of fresh water remaining in the shoes.
valerie
We do have to conserve what little water we have left.
Valerie takes a fish eye and puts it in her mouth. She sucks on it and then spits it out. 
Woody takes a fish eye, looks at it and rolls it around in his hand as if it were a marble.
e-kohn
Don’t play with it.
valerie
You must do what you have to do in order to survive.
woody
I know but it’s bad enough I had to eat that raw fish, now I have to suck on the damn thing.
Valerie and E-Kohn laugh at Woody’s statement.

woody
That didn’t come out right did it?
valerie
No it did not.
woody
Ahh the hell with it.
Woody sucks the liquid out of the fish eye and then swallows it.
e-kohn
Don’t swallow it spit it out. The inner eye of this fish is poison.
Woody
What?
Woody tries to cough up the fish eye while E-Kohn and Valerie laugh.
woody
What the hell is so funny.
valerie
The eye is not poisonous Woody. E-Kohn was having a laugh on you.
e-kohn
Yeah, I was only having a laugh on you.
E-Kohn hangs the pants off the back of the raft in hopes of catching more fish.
woody
(Feeling sick.)
Oh that damn fish eye.
He hangs over the side of the raft and heaves.
e-kohn
I guess he don’t like delicacies.
A FEW HOURS LATER
All three are within their own thoughts.
E-Kohn is searching the sky.
e-kohn
Where are the planes? Why isn’t anyone searching for us?
woody
Maybe because we’re the only ones who know the boat sank. Whatever happened it was fast and unexpected. The crew probably didn’t even have time to declare an emergency.
valerie
They will come, maybe not from the direction you want them to, but they will come. 
woody
They can’t find us if they aren’t looking for us.
valerie
If that is so then our rescue shall come from another source.
The pants hanging from the raft begins to bob up and down. It looks like a basketball is inside them. Woody sees this.
woody
Oh joy, looks like you caught more fish.
E-Kohn retrieves the pants and looks inside them.
e-kohn
Not a fish this time.
valerie
A gift from the islands?
e-kohn
Mystical, because that’s what it is.
E-Kohn reaches inside the pants and takes out a large coconut.
woody
How do you plan to open that Surfer?
e-kohn
Martial arts. I read about a martial artist who cracks open coconuts by smashing them against his head.
woody
You smash that coconut against your head and the only thing you’ll crack open is your head.
E-Kohn lightly taps the coconut against his head.
e-kohn
I can do it.
Tank starts to trash about. He crawls over to Valerie and withdraws into his shell. 
woody
What the hell is wrong with the turtle?

Valerie looks around and although she sees nothing out of the ordinary, she senses something is not quite right.
valerie
The shark is back.
Woody and E-Kohn look over opposite sides of the raft and Woody sees the Sharks dorsal fin heading directly toward them. Just as the dorsal fin is about to touch the raft the shark dives below it.
woody
Can that shark jump into this raft?
e-kohn
If he wants to.
woody
Well that’s a hell of a thing to tell us, you could have lied.
E-Kohn is on one side of the raft and Woody is on the other. They are looking for the shark but they do not see it. 
woody
I don’t see him anywhere.
valerie
He’s still here. I can feel it.
The shark breaks the surface on Woody’s side of the raft. This startles Woody and he falls backwards bumping into E-Kohn. The coconut falls from E-Kohn’s hands into the sea and the Shark dives.
E-Kohn grabs the coconut and the Shark lunges at him with his jaws open. E-Kohn smashes the coconut into the sharks open jaws and the coconut flies out of E-Kohn’s hands. Valerie catches the coconut and sees a large shark tooth  wedged in it.
The shark dives under the raft, surfaces on Woody’s and tries to get into the raft. Woody smashes his right leg down on top of the Shark’s head and the shark bites into it and hangs on. Woody feels no pain and there is no blood.
Valerie
E-Kohn he has Woody.
woody
Let go of my leg you son of a bitch.
E-Kohn lets out a Bruce Lee YELL and plunges his fingers into the sharks eye and rips it out. The Shark’s eye socket is bleeding severely and he releases Woody and swims away. 
E-Kohn and Valerie look oddly at Woody as to why his leg did not bleed nor did he feel the pain of the shark bite.
e-kohn
Mystical.
valerie
Mystical indeed Woody.
Woody
Nothing mystical about it.
Woody pulls up his pants leg and we see he is wearing an artificial leg. The artificial leg shows signs of the Shark’s attack. 
e-kohn
Oh.
valerie
How did you...
woody
Lose the real one? Viet Nam. I was flying an advance air strike mission when Charley got in a lucky shot.

FLASHBACK: LATE 1960S.
EXT. VIET NAM. DAY.
A U.S. Jet is flying over the countryside firing missiles at a Viet Cong outpost. A look inside this jet shows us that Woody is the pilot.
On the ground a group of U.S. MARINES are storming the outpost.
The Viet Cong is returning fire from the ground and the jet’s starboard wing is hit. The wing is torn off and the jet begins to corkscrew through the air. Woody ejects from the jet.
On the ground the U.S. Marines see Woody’s parachute descending toward a small open field.
1st marine
That pilot’s coming down in the mine field.
Woody’s right foot touches down on a land mine and the mine explodes.

PRESENT TIME.
 woody
And somewhere in Viet Nam is the starboard wing of my jet and the starboard leg of my body.      And so...
Woody slaps his artificial leg a few times.

I wear this one.
valerie
Wear it proud Woody, wear it proud.
 e-kohn
Yeah wear it proud. But you better plug up the holes. We don’t have much water out here and you don’t want what little you do drink leaking out.
They laugh. Woody checks out the damage that the shark did to the artificial leg.
 
Woody
Uncle Sam will get me a new one. And thank you E-Kohn you really do know your Bruce Chan stuff.
e-kohn
Lee.
woody
Right, Lee Chan stuff. I saw his movies. I like the one where he wears that magic tuxedo.
e-kohn
That was Jackie.
woody
Jackie Lee, right.
e-kohn
Bruce.
woody
Jackie Bruce, right.
valerie
How about Chuck Norris?
E-Kohn and Woody nod in agreement.
valerie
And how about this?
Valerie shows them the sharks tooth stuck in the coconut.

A coconut opener.
E-Kohn takes the coconut, tries to split it open with the shark tooth but is not successful. He does manage to puncture the coconut deep enough so the juice will flow freely from it.
e-kohn
Well, for now we can drink from it.
E-Kohn drinks some of the juice and then hands the coconut to Valerie. She drinks and hands it to Woody who finishes the juice off. 
woody
Hell of a lot better than sucking on a fish eye. 
E-Kohn motions for Woody to hand him the coconut. Woody gives it to him and E-Kohn tries to crack open the coconut using a karate chop but he is not successful.
e-kohn
  (Frustrated)
Son of a bitch.
Without giving much thought E-Kohn smashes the coconut into his forehead and it breaks in two. E-Kohn has a dazed look upon him.
woody
You’re better than Jackie Norris.
valerie
I never saw anything like that before. Are you all right?
e-kohn
(Nodding his head yes.)
No.
E-Kohn passes out. Valerie holds him while Woody checks to see if he is hurt. Both Woody and Valerie have their faces a few inches from E-Kohn’s face.
woody
I think he’ll be O.K. He’s young and strong and he’s one hell of a crazy son of a bitch. In other words I like him, but don’t tell him I said so.
valerie
I like him to Woody.
woody
I know you do, I can see it in your heart.
Valerie kisses E-Kohn on the lips and then lifts her face away from his. E-Kohn awakens and sees Woody’s face by his. Woody smiles and E-Kohn thinks he kissed him.
e-kohn
Did you just kiss me on the mouth?
Woody
Not even if you were a woman.
Valerie winks at E-Kohn.
ext. pacific ocean. night.
The sky is clear and painted with stars. The full moon is looking down on a sea so calm you would swear the water isn’t moving. 
Woody is relaxing while E-Kohn searches the sky. All three are now tied together with the long rope.
Valerie uses the shark tooth to cut out a few pieces of coconut. She eats a small piece and then hands some to Woody and E-Kohn.
 valerie
We should be near land.
woody
Why do you say that?
Woody eats the piece of coconut.
valerie
The coconut. It had to come to the sea from land. 

E-kohn
That coconut could have been riding the waves for months.
E-Kohn eats the coconut piece.
           Which way is land Willy?
woody
I have no idea, why ask me?
e-kohn
Well you’re a pilot. Can’t you look to the sky and read the stars? Which way is land?
woody
I’m a pilot not an astronaut.  
The raft begins to wobble. Valerie notices this, but E-Khon and Woody are more engrossed in their conversation and do not notice the movement.
e-kohn
Well if you’re flying over the ocean there has to be some way to know where land is.
The raft’s wobble becomes stronger.  
woody
There is, it’s called a compass and a map. Unfortunately I do not have either one.
valerie
Fellows something strange is happening.
Tank sticks his head out of his shell, looks around and then retreats back in.
Woody
You’re the one who should know where land is, you’re the surfer. Can’t you look to the sea and read the waves? You tell us which way is land.
valerie
Boys, put away the testosterone for now, something is happening here.
The raft begins to violently shake and slowly move forward. The calm sea has no noticeable waves anywhere and still small waves form around the raft.
E-Kohn and Woody stop their argument. They all look around and see a large black shadow on the sea’s surface heading directly toward them.

valerie
What is that?
e-kohn
I don’t know but whatever it is it’s gonna hit us.
woody
It’s a damn submarine.
The submarine is almost on top of them.
e-kohn
Jump.
E-Kohn pushes Valerie and Woody out of the raft then dives out himself. 
The submarine dives pulling them and the raft beneath the surface where they become like rubber balls bouncing off the submarines deck.
They are pulled down and dragged along the hull of the submarine. Woody is being pulled toward the boat’s propeller, but at the last moment Valerie pulls him clear of it.
The Submarine passes and it’s wake shoots all three back to the surface. They are exhausted but not injured. The raft is nowhere to be seen.
e-kohn
Well that was one hell of a ride. Is everyone all right?
Valerie and Woody acknowledge that they are not hurt.
valerie
We should check the rope, make sure we’re still tied together. 
They check the rope and they are still linked together.     E-Kohn pulls them together into a close circle.
woody
Back in the water again.
valerie
You know, I believe I am losing my fear of water.    
A LOUD GURGLING SOUND is heard and like a whale breeching, the raft surfaces near them.
e-kohn
Our boat is back.
     
They climb back into the raft and for a few moments live within their own thoughts. 
woody
     (To Valerie)
Thank you. 
Valerie smiles.
They look around the raft and see that nothing is missing from it. Everything is in one corner with Tank sitting on top of it all.
valerie
See Woody we do need a pet Turtle. He saved our supplies.

woody
I was all for him from the beginning. Surfer’s the one who wanted to eat him.
Valerie goes over and picks up Tank but he starts to squirm and she has a hard time holding onto him.
valerie
What’s wrong Tank, don’t you want to be held?
Tank fights his way out of Valerie’s grasp, crawls to one corner of the raft and begins hitting it with his flipper. Valerie and Woody watch Tank for a while as E-Kohn looks to the sea in all directions.
woody
What’s wrong with him?
valerie
I don’t know. It’s like he’s trying to tell us something.
Valerie picks Tank up and places him down facing away from the raft corner he was in. Tank crawls back to the corner and starts hitting it again with his flipper.
e-kohn
If we only knew which direction would take us to land.
Valerie turns Tank away from the raft corner but when she releases him he crawls back to it.
valerie
Maybe we don’t know but Tank does.
e-kohn
Knows what?
valerie
Which direction land is.
woody
Valerie, he’s a turtle.
valerie
And turtles know where land is. They migrate back to it. Watch this.
Valerie turns Tank away from the raft’s corner but he quickly crawls back to it.

He’s showing us which way to go.
woody
Even he is which I doubt, we have no paddles. How long can we paddle with our arms?
e-kohn
We only need to paddle until we catch the current. Hey look at the Geese, how do they know which way to go? Instinct. Maybe Tank is trying to get to land. What do we have to lose?
valerie
Yes, what do we have to lose?
E-Kohn and Valerie use their arms as paddles and move the raft in the direction that Tank is facing.
woody
Only our arms when we stick them in the water and that shark grabs them.
Woody sticks his good arm in the sea and helps.
After a short while of paddling Tank crawls over to the opposite corner of the raft.
e-kohn
Change direction, paddle the way Tank is facing.
They paddle in Tank’s direction for a short while.
woody
How the hell do we know when we’re in the currents?
e-kohn
We’re in them now. Stop paddling.
They stop paddling and the raft rides the currents.
Valerie picks up Tank and holds him. He does not fight her or squirm.
valerie
Thank you.
e-kohn
Yeah, atta boy Tank.
woody
My God we’re following the directions of a turtle, I feel like I’m in a Disney cartoon.
Valerie and E-Kohn laugh. 

EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN. DAY.
E-Kohn and Woody are sleeping. 
Valerie is sitting in a trance-like state staring at the horizon. E-Kohn awakens and looks at Valerie then looks to where she is staring but all he sees is water. He looks back at Valerie who is still in a trance-like state.
e-kohn
Valerie?
     (Beat)
Valerie?
E-Kohn shakes Woody.

Willy?  Willy wake up.
Woody awakens.
woody
My name is Woody.
E-Kohn
Something’s wrong with Valerie. Look at her. 
Woody sees Valerie still in her trance-like state.

What’s wrong with her? What is she staring at?
Woody goes over to Valerie. She does not respond to his being near her.
Woody
Valerie?
     (Beat)
      (He shakes her.)
Valerie?
Valerie calmly comes back to consciousness.

You all right?
valerie
Perfectly fine.
e-kohn
You had us worried. You looked like you were traveling into the Twilight Zone or something.
valerie
Meditation. It helps me to confront and fight my fear of the water.
e-kohn
Mystical.
woody
If I’m not being too personal, was there any particular event which caused this fear?
valerie
My marriage.
E-kohn
     (Sad and surprised.)
You’re married?
valerie
Was.

FLASHBACK. THREE YEARS AGO.
EXT. TWO LANE RURAL ROAD. NIGHT.
A lemon of a car with a faded paint job and one working headlight is traveling down a lonely road.
valerie (V.O.)
It was a high school romance which turned into a very big mistake.

INT. A CAR. NIGHT.
Valerie is sitting lovingly next to Patrick,  male, 18 yrs. old, a good looking boy who is driving.
patrick
Are you nervous?
valerie
A little.
patrick
Me too. I never got married before. 
Patrick puts a cigarette in his mouth and motions for Valerie to push in the car lighter and light it for him. She accidentally drops the hot lighter on Patrick who reacts to this in a violent way.
patrick
Jesus Christ, what the hell is wrong with you.
valerie
I’m sorry. I, I’m nervous.
Patrick calms down and stops the car.
patrick
I’m sorry too. I usually don’t lose my temper like that.
He kisses Valerie and they drive away.
valerie (V.O.)
He was right when he said he didn’t lose his temper like that. That night was nothing compared to what happened later.
INT. A SMALL APARTMENT. NIGHT.
A wall clock shows the time as three A.M. 
Valerie, dressed in a night gown is pacing the floor. The door opens and a very drunk and stoned Patrick enters.
patrick
Hey babes.
He goes to kiss Valerie but she refuses his advances.

Hey, what’s the problem? You giving it to someone else?
valerie
Pat, the drinking and the drugs have to stop. 
patrick
Hey you knew my ways before we got married. 
valerie
I did not. You kept it hidden from me. You lied, you used me. We have no money, you won’t work, and what little I make you spend on dope.
patrick
Well if you weren’t going to that god damn college what little you make would be a lot more.
Patrick walks into the bathroom and turns on the water to fill the tub. There is a small vanity with an electrical outlet above it by the tub. Various bathroom items along with an electric hairdryer which is unplugged, is on the vanity.  
Patrick comes out of the bathroom and goes to Valerie who is standing near a corner of the room.
patrick
What do you say babes, how about you and me soak away our problems in the tub?
He goes to kiss Valerie, but she pushes him away.
valerie
I’m leaving you Patrick. Your whole life is nothing but a mask. A mask that hides the real you. Well I’ve seen what’s behind that mask too many times and I don’t want it anymore.
patrick
The only way you’re gonna leave me is when you die.
Patrick grabs Valerie and drags her into the bathroom. He forces her head into the tub and under the water. He pulls her head up and then pushes it under the water again. He repeats this scenario while he rapes her.
END FLASHBACK.
PRESENT TIME.
woody
I’m sorry I asked. I’m sorry you had to relive that.
e-kohn
When we’re rescued I’ll find that son of a bitch. See how tough he is with a man.
valerie
That son of a bitch is dead E-Kohn. 
e-kohn
Good, how’d he die?

FLASHBACK. ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
EXT. SMALL APARTMENT. BATHROOM. NIGHT.
The tub is filling with water. The electric hairdryer on the vanity is plugged into the receptacle but is not turned on. 
 woody (V.O.)
Why didn’t you just leave him?
valerie (V.O.)
Because I knew that would not end it.
Through the open bathroom door we see a drunken Patrick grab Valerie, rip her shirt and push her into a corner. He grabs her head and bangs it against the wall. Valerie has had enough and she knees him in the groin. Patrick falls to the ground and Valerie tries to run clear of him but he grabs her leg. Valerie falls and Patrick overpowers her and pulls her toward the bathroom.
He pulls her to her feet and toward the tub but she resists.  Valerie scratches him hard on the eyes and Patrick slips and falls to the floor. With his eyes crying tears of blood, he grabs Valerie by the legs and pulls her down to the floor.
patrick
You bitch, you try to scratch my eyes out.
He hits her hard in the face and raises to his feet.

I’ll drown you tonight you slut bastard.
He pulls Valerie to her feet and tries to throw her into the tub but she resists.
Valerie grabs the hairdryer and hits him on the head with it. They both struggle for the hairdryer and in their struggle, Patrick accidentally turns the switch on. The hot blast of air hits him in the face burning him. He grabs the hairdryer from Valerie, loses his balance and falls into the tub. 
The water becomes like a fireworks display as sparks and electricity travel through it. The water and the hairdryer CRACKLE WITH THE SOUND OF BACON FRYING as Patrick convulses from the electricity running through his body. 
Patrick dies.
The receptacle shoots out a small flame of fire, a puff of smoke, and a few colored sparks and the bathroom becomes one with total darkness.  We hear Valerie SOBBING. 
END FLASHBACK.

PRESENT TIME. THE RAFT.
They sit in silence for a few moments. 
Valerie moves close to E-Kohn and places her hand on top of his hand. She looks lovingly at him. E-Kohn wants to respond but he is unsure of her intentions. After a few moments Woody interrupts the mood.  
woody
So what about you Surfer? Tell us about your life, about living by the beach.
Valerie takes her hand off of E-Kohn’s, smiles at him, and moves a little away from him.
e-kohn
I never lived by a beach, well not until a few years ago. I was born and raised in Alaska.
woody
(Surprised.)
Alaska? 
e-kohn
Yeah. I promised myself that when I was old enough to leave the orphanage...
valerie
The orphanage?
e-kohn
Yeah. I was abandoned by my parents. No one knows who they are.
valerie
I’m so sorry to hear that.

e-kohn
No big deal. You can’t miss what you never knew and hey, if they didn’t want me then I didn’t want them either. And the orphanage wasn’t that bad, I had a pretty good childhood.
woody
So tell us, how does one become a surfer in Alaska?
e-kohn
The Travel Channel.
flashback.
INT. ORPHANAGE. DAY.
In a small room YOUNG E-KOHN, age ten, and his friend RONNIE VEE, same age, are watching T.V. The T.V. screen shows various Surfer’s riding the waves.. The final T.V. scene shows a Surfer wiping out while riding a large wave.
e-kohn
That’s what I wanna do Ronnie Vee.
ronnie vee
What, drown?
young e-kohn
No, surf.
ronnie vee
In case you haven’t noticed E-Kohn we’re in Alaska. There are no surf boards up here.
young e-kohn
No real ones but I know what I can use. And it even has half the name right, but you have to help me get it.
In a small room MRS. PORTLY, 50ish, a very large loveable woman, is ironing shirts on a wooden ironing board. She is a happy woman who enjoys her work and likes to hum annoying tunes. She finishes a shirt, places the iron in an iron holder hanging on the wall and puts the shirt on a hanger. She holds the shirt up and admires her work.
Behind her about four feet from the floor is a long horizontal pole with newly ironed shirts hanging on it. On the floor under the pole is a basket of wrinkled clothes and a first aid kit. She turns around and hangs the newly ironed shirt on the pole.  
She takes a shirt from the basket, holds it up in front of her face, turns around and drops the shirt on the ironing board. She irons the shirt. This scenario repeats itself. 
Watching this through the doorway and out of Mrs. Portly’s view are E-Kohn and Ronnie Vee.
young e-kohn
Now all you have to do is go in there and pretend you’re hurt.
ronnie vee
If I do that she’s gonna hug me, and every time she hugs me I can’t breathe.
young e-kohn
Well then just get her to turn around so I can sneak in and...
 ronnie vee
How am I going to get her to turn around?
young e-kohn
Tell her you cut your finger and you need some mercurochrome so it doesn’t get infected. She’ll have to turn around to get the first aid kit.
ronnie vee
Okay I’ll do it but only because you beat up that guy that was picking on me. After this, we’re even.
e-kohn
Even Steven.
 
Ronnie Vee stands in the doorway and starts to WHIMPER. Mrs. Portly who is humming does not hear him. E-Kohn taps Ronnie Vee and motions for him to cry louder. Ronnie Vee starts to WAIL and Mrs. Portly stops what she’s doing and looks at Ronnie Vee. 
mrs. portly
Good Lord, what is the matter Ronnie Vee?
Ronnie Vee runs over to Mrs. Portly and WAILS.   
Ronnie vee
I’m so hurt, look.
Ronnie Vee shows her his finger which is perfectly healthy. Mrs. Portly looks at his finger while E-Kohn motions to Ronnie Vee to get her to turn around.
mrs. portly
Oh there’s nothing wrong, I think this is just an emotional thing. What you need is a nice big hug.
ronnie vee
No no, I don’t need a hug.
(He cannot pronounce the word mercurochrome)
 What I need is some of that mercur, mercury, that burning stuff on my finger.
mrs. portly
Oh now, why should we color your finger red when a nice big hug will work just as well.
Mrs. Portly goes to hug Ronnie Vee but he moves away from her.  
ronnie vee
No I don’t want a nice big hug. I need some manure, I mean that burning stuff.
Ronnie Vee runs and hides behind Mrs. Portly. She turns around and tries to hug him, but he keeps avoiding her. 
E-Kohn runs in, grabs the ironing board and runs back out. Mrs. Portly grabs Ronnie Vee and lovingly gives him one hell of a bear hug. Ronnie Vee is turning blue and can barely breathe. She puts Ronnie Vee down. 
mrs portly
See, all you needed was a little love hug.
Ronnie Vee who is breathing like one afflicted with asthma, nods yes and staggers out of the room.
Mrs. Portly takes a wrinkled shirt from the basket, holds it in front of her face, turns around and drops it to the floor. She looks around for the ironing board.
EXT. ALASKA. DAY.
E-Kohn, holding the ironing board which now has no supporting legs on it, and Ronnie Vee are standing on the top of a snow covered hill. 
The snow has a thin ice crust layer but underneath it is soft and powder like.
young e-kohn
Doesn’t that look just like the waves of Hawaii? 
ronnie vee
Nope, looks more like snow in Alaska. 
young e-kohn
Use your imagination, be mystical.
ronnie vee
You can be as mystical as you want E-Kohn but this ain’t gonna work.
young e-kohn
Why not?
Ronnie Vee lifts his leg and traps down hard. His foot sinks up to his ankle in the soft snow.
ronnie vee
Snow’s too soft, and to deep.
E-Kohn places the board on top of the snow and stands on it.  The board does not sink in the snow nor does it move down the hill.
young e-kohn
It’ll work, but what I need is a push. Go up the hill a little bit, come running down and give me a push.
Ronnie Vee shrugs his shoulders and goes about 50 feet behind E-Kohn. He runs full speed toward E-Kohn, but as Ronnie Vee is about to make contact, E-Kohn and the board sink about three feet into the snow. Ronnie Vee misses and goes tumbling down the hill. He is not hurt. 
E-Kohn pulls himself and the board out from under the snow.
young e-kohn 
Maybe we should try another hill.
ronnie vee
Maybe you should try another dream because this one is impossible.
EXT. ALASKA. DAY.
e-kohn (V.O.)
So I surfed the snow...
Young E-Kohn surfs down a snow covered hill.

EXT. ORPHANAGE. DAY.
e-kohn (V.O.)

did odd jobs at the orphanage...
E-Kohn is shoveling snow on the orphanage walkway when Ronnie Vee walks up behind him. E-Kohn does not know Ronnie Vee is there and he throws a shovel full of snow over his shoulder. The snow hits Ronnie Vee knocking him down.

INT. ORPHANAGE. NIGHT.
e-kohn (V.O.)
saved my money and when I turned eighteen, I moved to California.
An adult E-Kohn is standing on the beach holding a surf board and watching the waves break.
END FLASHBACK.

PRESENT TIME. THE RAFT.
valerie 
And now here you are.
e-kohn
And now here we all are.
woody
Yeah, sailing the Pacific to who knows where. 
Valerie tries showing E-Kohn that she likes him by displaying various body signs but E-Kohn doesn’t take the hint.
Woody knows what Valerie is trying to tell E-Kohn and he offers her some help by taking E-Kohn’s hand and placing it atop hers.
Hold onto her.
Woody then tries pushing E-Kohn closer to Valerie but he cannot move him. 
E-Kohn looks at Woody as if he has lost his mind.

woody
E-Kohn, you may know about surfing the snow on an ironing board in Alaska but you know very little about taking a hint. Move closer to her.
E-Kohn moves over to Valerie and she puts her arm around him.

Now, carry on as if I wasn’t here.
Woody goes to the far side of the raft and falls asleep.
valerie
So, don’t you know about taking a hint?
e-kohn
Well yeah, but I wasn’t sure that the hint was, what the hint was.
valerie
Well it is, if you wish it so.  
They embrace. 
Time passes and the light of day becomes the darkness of night. The sea is serene and the small waves sound like a SOOTHING MELODY.
Woody is asleep by the raft’s stern while Valerie and E-Kohn are sleeping at the bow. Tank, also asleep is near Valerie. 
Woody’s breathing becomes irregular and deep. He MOANS and begins to toss and turn. His eyes shoot open and a few seconds later he lets out a BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM that startles and wakes up Valerie and E-Kohn. Tank wakes up and crawls under Valerie. 
e-kohn
Jesus! Holy God! What the hell was that?
Valerie
It’s Woody.
Woody, his eyes wide open but still sound asleep is sitting up and staring. He eyes dart back and forth as if he is following the action of a movie.
E-Kohn
What’s wrong with him? Is he meditating?

valerie
No, but I’ve seen this before. My father was the same way.
Valerie goes over to Woody. He does not respond to her being near him.
Woody it’s alright. Close your eyes lay down and go back to sleep. Dream of flying your plane over a beautiful valley.
As if nothing happened, Woody lies down and falls into a deep sleep. Valerie goes back to E-Kohn.
 
valerie
He should be all right now.
e-kohn
Why did he scream like that, a bad nightmare?
valerie
Not a nightmare E-Kohn, a night terror. Compared to a night terror a nightmare is a pleasant dream.
E-Kohn and Valerie hold each other and fall asleep. 
 
EXT. PACIFIC OCEAN. DAY
A U.S. Coast Guard ship is stopped and conducting a search in the vicinity that the Ocean Singer sank. Debris from the Ocean Singer and a piece of the exploded mine is scattered on the Coast Guard ship’s deck. Some of the seamen are inspecting the debris.
The ships commander, CAPTAIN FURNACE, male 50ish  is speaking with a NAVY MASTER DIVER who has just come back on board. 
A DIVER ASSISTANT is helping the Master Diver remove his gear.
navy MASTER diver
There isn’t much left of the boat Sir but there’s always the possibility that they survived.
captain furnace
We’ll continue searching.
A search helicopter flies overhead and toward the horizon.  
Captain Furnace leaves and goes back to the bridge while the Diver’s Assistant continues to help the Master Diver out of his gear.
diver assistant
Strange isn’t it?
navy master diver
What is?
diver assistant
That a sea mine moored over sixty years ago and a thousand miles away ends up here and sinks a boat.
navy master diver
A ghost from the past reminding us that starting a war is easy but ending it, that’s the hard part.
 
EXT. THE RAFT. DAY.
The sky is gloomy and painted with bright flashes of lightning followed by LOUD THUNDEROUS BOOMS. Rain is pouring down onto a semi-rough white capped sea. 
The raft bobs up and down as it rides the waves. Small fish are breeching and some of them jump into the raft. 
E-Kohn grabs the fish and puts them in his makeshift net while Valerie, using the shoes and coconut shell as containers collects the rain water. 
Woody is seasick and is leaning over one side of the raft and vomiting. He turns to look into the raft and sees that Tank is by his foot and is looking at him.
woody
      (To Tank)
What the hell are you looking at?
Woody leans back over the raft’s side and vomits.           
Valerie begins to look in all directions, she senses something is wrong.
valerie
Something is not right.
 
e-kohn
What do you mean Val this is great. Water, food and a heck of a ride.
woody
Only you would call a storm at sea great.
The storm is a fast moving one and the sun can be seen breaking through the clouds near the horizon

EXT. PACIFIC OCEANIA SEABED. DAY.
On the sea bottom about one thousand miles from the raft a massive undersea earthquake is occurring.

INT. PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER, HAWAII. DAY.
Sitting in front of the warning centers main control console and staring at it in disbelief is thirty year old NAVY ENSIGN IRIS, female. 
ensign iris
My God.
She starts typing information into the computer console,  reviews the information on the computer screen and picks up the phone.
This is Ensign Iris, there is a nine point magnitude quake occurring on the Pacific Oceania seabed.
Phone VOICE 
(Filtered.)
How big will the first wave be? What coasts? How fast is it moving?
Ensign iris
This is an odd one sir, the surface wave will be almost ten feet high and moving at about three hundred miles an hour. If it makes land the initial wave will be over one hundred feet.
phone VOICE 
What coasts?
Ensign Iris types some commands into the computer and waits to view the results.
ensign iris
It’s hard to tell Sir I have never seen one like this before. It could break on every coast in the south Pacific or it could miss them all.
phone VOICE 
     (Voice Over)
We don’t want to scare anyone needlessly. Issue a Tsunami watch for all coasts within five hundred miles of the waves course, but if you believe it’s going to beach, issue an evacuation warning immediately.
EXT. PACIFIC/OCEANIA SURFACE. DAY.
The cloudless and sunny sky looks down on a calm blue sea that shines like polished glass. 
A small part of the sea begins to whirl and a few  air bubbles break the surface. The whirling becomes faster and the air bubbles numerous. With the ROAR OF A JET ENGINE an enormous water spout breaks the surface, falls back to the sea, and becomes a  ten foot wave spanning the horizon. This wave rushes forward and out of sight at a tremendous rate of speed.

EXT. THE RAFT. DAY.
The storm has passed the sea is calm and the sky is clear and cloudless. E-Kohn, Valerie, and Woody, who is still a little seasick, are eating raw fish and drinking water from shoes and coconut halves.
e-kohn
That was a short storm.
woody
Not short enough for me.
valerie
It isn’t over. Something else is coming.
e-kohn
I think that sixth sense of yours is off today Val. Look at that sky not a cloud in it.
A small black dot, about twenty miles away in the sky and growing larger as it approaches the raft can be seen.

Only that small black dot, what ever that is.
Woody looks at the dot in the sky and recognizes what it is.
woody
That little black dot is a helicopter. They found us. We’re rescued.
The sound of the HELICOPTERS ENGINE can be heard as it approaches the raft. Woody and E-Kohn SHOUT and wave at the helicopter but Valerie shows little enthusiasm. She keeps looking to the horizon. The CREW of the chopper wave back as the helicopter hovers at a safe distance from the raft.

Yes sir no more drinking water from a shoe. No more eating seaweed and sucking raw fish eyes. I’m finding me the biggest steak in America and when I’m done that I’m finding me another one.
e-kohn
And I’m finding me the biggest wave in Hawaii to surf and after I ride that, I’m finding me another one.

A DIVER straddles the side opening of the helicopter as he prepares to enter the water. 
A CREWMAN is near the diver standing ready to lower a rescue basket down to the raft. The Crewman looks down at the raft.
crewman (To Diver.)
Do you see that raft?
The Diver acknowledges that he does.

That type of raft hasn’t been in service since World War Two. Where the hell did they get a raft like that?
diver
Let the historians figure that out, our concern is getting them out of it and into the chopper. 
The Diver jumps into the sea.
crewman
Diver in the water.
E-Kohn hugs Valerie but as he pulls back he can see that she is still not optimistic about their rescue.   
e-kohn
What’s wrong Val? We’re rescued, it’s over.
valerie
It’s probably nothing, I guess it’s just the emotion of the moment.
The Diver swims over to the raft and hangs onto the side of it as a rescue basket is being lowered from the chopper.
diver
Are any of you injured?
Valerie
Woody is. His arm is broke, take him first.
woody
No, I will not go before a woman.
e-kohn
Val you go first.
Valerie acknowledges that she will go first.
diver
Are you from The Ocean Singer?
They acknowledge that they are. 
As the rescue basket nears the raft one of the cables holding it snaps causing it to carousel and hang unbalanced. The rescue basket swings straight for the Diver’s head but Woody pushes it away from him.
diver
Thank you. 
Now rendered useless for rescue, the Diver motions for the Crewman to take the basket back up and send down another one.
The Diver sees Tank in the raft.
valerie
His name’s Tank, he’s our pet.
diver
Sorry, but you’ll have to return him to the sea. They’re a protected species. 

The winch raising the basket begins to shimmy and the chain unwinds causing the basket to fall into the sea. The chain and basket remain attached to the winch in the helicopter.
Valerie looks to the horizon and sees a six foot high Tsunami wave rushing toward them. A low RUMBLING sound is heard.
valerie
Look at that wave.
They see the Tsunami wave. 
woody
What the hell kind of wave is that? What’s wrong with the ocean?
diver
Oh sweet Mother of God.
The Crew of the helicopter see the wave.
crewman
Skipper, Tsunami wave heading toward the raft.
pilot (Filtered)
Get them out of the water.
The Crewman frantically tries to raise the disabled basket but the winch is jammed and it remains on the sea.
The Tsunami wave now sounding like THE ROAR OF A LION, grabs the basket, the raft, and the diver in it’s wake and begins to tow them along with it.
The chain holding the basket to the helicopter becomes taut and starts to pull the helicopter down. The PILOT tries to maintain control of the helicopter.
pilot
Release the basket.
The Crewman struggles to release the chain from the winch as  the helicopter dips and drops toward the sea. Just as the helicopter is about to crash into the sea the Crewman is able to release the chain. The Pilot gains control and the helicopter climbs and resumes level flight. The raft is nowhere to be seen.
pilot
Do you see them anywhere?
crewman
No Sir. 
The Raft is riding atop the Tsunami wave like a bullet fired from a gun rides through the air.
Valerie sees the Diver being pulled along with them.

valerie
My God the Diver’s being pulled along with us.
E-Kohn tries to pull the Diver who is like a stone skipping over water into the raft but is not successful. Valerie and Woody assist E-Kohn but the wave’s hold is to strong and they lose their grip on the Diver who is quickly pulled below the surface. 
The raft races away and is quickly out of view. 

INT. HELICOPTER.
The crew is scanning the sea for the raft and their lost Diver.

THE RAFT.
The raft is still being carried along by the wave at a high rate of seed. Woody is angry and blames God for the loss of the Diver.
woody
How many more must die? He was trying to help us. Damn it if you want another life take mine, but that’s where it ends. 
Woody begins to hit the raft with his good hand until Valerie gently grabs a hold of it.
valerie
Woody, Woody. It will be all right.
Woody calms down while Valerie reassures him with a kind and caring look.
e-kohn
No one else is dying Woody, no one else is dying.
woody
Strange as it may seem Surfer I think I believe you, you know why?
e-kohn
No.

woody
Because you finally got my name right.
e-kohn
I always had your name right... 
       (Beat)
Willy. 
                       
INT. HELICOPTER.
The Crewman who is still by the open side door sees a flare shoot up from the sea.
crewman
Flare in the air.
 
pilot
I see it.
The Pilot descends close to the surface and they all see the Diver in the water. The Diver signals to the crew that he is all right.
crewman
He’s all right sir. I’m going to lower the basket.
The Pilot sees that the fuel indicator is reading near empty.
pilot
No time for the basket.
Doing some pretty fancy maneuvers the Pilot is able to bring the helicopter close enough to the Diver and with the Crewman’s assistance he climbs aboard.
crewman
The raft?
diver
                 It stayed with the wave.
The Pilot radio’s to the mother ship.
pilot
We have our Diver back on board. He is uninjured. Returning to base to refuel.

EXT. THE RAFT.
The wave towing the raft begins to slow down.
woody
We’re slowing down.
E-kohn
Doesn’t seem like it.
woody
Believe me I know movement through space, all pilot’s do, we’re slowing down.
Valerie sees what appears to be a small island about ten miles ahead of them.
valerie
Look, an island.
 Woody and E-Kohn see the island.
e-kohn
It is an island.
The wave begins to slowly rise and this causes the island to appear as if it is sinking.
woody
Well it’s not going to do us any  good, it’s sinking into the damn sea.
E-Kohn looks over the side of the raft while the wave begins to rise even higher.
e-kohn
The island isn’t sinking, the wave is rising.
Valerie and Woody look over the side as the wave rises to a height of one hundred feet.
woody
Looks like you found your perfect wave Surfer.
e-kohn
I wish I had my board.
valerie
Maybe we should return Tank to the sea?
They stop looking over the side and lean back against the raft huddling close together. Sitting within their own thoughts, the wave now sounding like TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDING, draws closer to the island. At the far end of the raft the coconut ping pongs and keeps bumping into Tank who has withdrawn into his shell.  
woody
We’re going to roll like hell when this damn wave breaks.
valerie
If we don’t get thrown from the raft we should be all right.
woody
How do we not get thrown out?
E-Kohn
      (To Valerie)
Lay down.
valerie
What?
e-kohn
Lay down. You and Woody. I’ll use my body weight to hold the both of you in and protect you from any debris the wave is carrying.
valerie
No E-Kohn we ride this out together.
E-Kohn pushes Valerie down. 
e-kohn
Don’t argue, this is the way it has to be. 
Valerie rises up but E-Kohn pushes her back down.
valerie
No. You’ll be killed. 
Woody is looking around the raft as if he needs to find something but does not know what it is. 
The coconut rolls up next to Woody.
Valerie rises up but E-Kohn forces her back down. He holds her down with his hands so she can’t rise up. 
 e-kohn
Would you just stay down.
They are only minutes away from the wave breaking on the island.
Come on Woody there isn’t much time. Lay next to Valerie.
Woody reaches behind himself and grabs the coconut with his good hand.
Woody
Sorry Surfer.
Woody hits E-Kohn hard on the head with the coconut stunning him. He falls next to Valerie who starts to rise up but Woody pushes her back down.

I’m going to be the shield. Don’t argue with me because I don’t want to hit you with this coconut too.
Valerie lies next to E-Kohn and Woody climbs on top of them using his own body as a shield and to try and keep them from being thrown from the raft. 
The wave grows in size making the raft look like a speck of pepper in a glass of water.
Woody feels something nudge against his good leg. He sees it is Tank and he picks him up and places him under his body.
As the wave begins to break, the raft is forced into the tunnel and rides it like champion surfer until it disappears within the falling water.
The wave now sounding like THE SCREAMS OF ALL THE SOULS IN HELL crashes down onto the island. The raft and those in it are no where to be seen. Island birds shoot out of the palm trees trying to escape the raging sea water.
The wave quickly covers the beach and crashes into palm trees snapping some of them as if they were tooth picks. Water spouts into the air like decorative fountains.
Beneath the surface the very foundation that was holding the island to the seabed is ripped and large and small sections fall off. This causes the island itself to tip, twist and turn but the island does not sink.
Back on the surface the water from the wave recedes back to the sea and the island becomes SILENT. 
The beach is covered with debris from the island and the sea. Planks of wood, a 1970s disco style leisure suit (jacket and pants), pieces of palm trees and coconuts, fish that look like they are dancing, hundreds of shells and shell fish, a great white shark entangled atop a palm tree still alive and thrashing about, and wrapped around the base of this palm tree is Valerie’s life jacket.
Lying face down on the beach like one devoid of life is Woody. Valerie and E-Kohn are nowhere to be seen. Woody begins to slowly move and looks around.
woody
Valerie? E-Kohn?
Woody sees the life jacket but does not notice the shark.

Oh no, not just me, no, not just me.
Woody rises, goes to the palm tree and picks up the life jacket.
     (Angry)
I told you to take me if you wanted another life, me not them. They were young, they had their whole life ahead of them, what is wrong with you? 
A LOUD CRACK is heard coming from the top of the palm tree. Woody looks up and sees the shark, with it’s jaws open falling and heading directly for him. Woody jumps clear just as the jaws of the shark are about to clamp down over him. The shark thrashes around and then dies. Woody looks at the shark and sees that one of it’s eyes is poked out. It is the same shark that attacked them while they were at sea.
Woody turns and sees E-Kohn floating face down near the shore. He drops the life jacket, runs to E-Kohn and drags him out of the water. E-Kohn is showing no sign of life and Woody, although he has no training in CPR attempts it on E-Kohn. At first he does it wrong, then he stops. 
woody
How did Valerie do this?
Woody thinks about it and then applies the correct CPR procedures on E-Kohn.

Come on come on. Come on back Surfer come on back.
Woody continues CPR but there is no sign of life in E-Kohn. Knowing his effort to revive E-Kohn is useless he gives up and begins to weep. His sadness turns to anger.
woody
Damn it.
In frustration Woody punches hard on E-Kohn’s chest. E-Kohn moves, spits out a wave of water, and is once again within life.
e-kohn
Did you just put your mouth on my lips?
woody
Not even if you were a woman.
e-kohn
Thank you. 
woody
I understand.
E-Kohn rises and looks around. He sees Valerie’s life jacket, runs to it and picks it up.
e-kohn
 Where’s Valerie?
woody
I don’t know. 
valerie (O.C.)
E-Kohn. Woody.
E-Kohn and Woody look around but they do not see Valerie who is naked and hiding behind a large palm tree about fifty feet away from them. 
e-kohn
Valerie?
woody
Where are you? Are you all right?
valerie
I’m over here behind a palm tree, and yes I am all right.
E-Kohn and Woody begin to run toward the palm tree that Valerie is behind.

No, stop. Don’t come to me yet.
E-Kohn and Woody stop.
E-kohn
Why not? What’s wrong?
valerie
I’m naked.
woody
Oh she’s naked.
e-kohn
How come you’re naked?
valerie
I don’t know. I guess the wave ripped everything off me. Is there anything lying around that I can wear?
E-Kohn looks around and clearly sees the leisure suit, which is only a few feet from them, but he does not pick it up.
e-kohn
No.
woody
What do you mean no?
Woody picks up the leisure suit jacket.
      (To E-Kohn)
What about this?
e-kohn
She don’t want to wear that Willy, that’s ugly. I think she’d rather stay naked.
Valerie sees the leisure suit jacket and reacts to how ugly it is.
valerie
I guess it’ll have to do. Can you bring it to me please?
Woody takes the leisure suit to the tree that Valerie is behind and places it down. Valerie reaches around the tree and takes the suit as Woody walks away and looks through the debris field. He finds nothing of any use.
E-Kohn, who is now by the shark, is throwing a few karate kicks at it taking out his frustration that Valerie now has something to wear.
Woody walks up behind E-Kohn and watches his Bruce Lee attack on the shark. E-Kohn doesn’t know Woody is behind him.
e-kohn
        (To Himself)
Well thank you for bringing us that disco suit.
woody
I don’t think the shark had anything to do with that suit.
E-Kohn stops his attack and turns to face Woody.
e-kohn
I was just making sure it’s dead. You know we can make use of it if this island is deserted. Food, oil, the teeth can be tools.
woody
Great, I always wanted to live like a Neanderthal.
Valerie, now dressed in the ugly leisure suit which hangs on her like a sail on a ship, walks to where E-Kohn and Woody are.
valerie
Not exactly my size or taste in clothing but I guess it’s better than naked.
e-kohn
Sure, of course. Lot better than naked.
Woody gives E-Kohn a “who are you kidding look”.
Valerie looks around.
valerie
Any idea where we are?
woody
One of the Hawaiian islands I hope.
e-kohn
This isn’t Hawaii, the waves aren’t right.
valerie
Did anyone see Tank?
Woody shakes his head “no”.
e-kohn
I forgot all about him.
woody
Didn’t see the raft either.
Valerie looks around and she sees that the highest point of the island is a hill about the size of a ten story building. E-Kohn and Woody take notice to the hill too.
valerie
Anyone feel like walking? See what’s on the other side?
EXT. THE ISLAND HILL. DAY.
They are standing on the hill and see that it is a small island about one mile long by one half mile wide.  It is a beautiful island with a lot of foliage and some small fresh water streams and waterfalls and with the exception of E-Kohn, Woody, and Valerie, it is deserted.
woody
Well you were right Surfer, this isn’t Hawaii.
e-kohn
Nope. Waves ain’t right.
valerie
We survived the sea and the tsunami, we can survive this too. Help will come.

INT. BRIDGE OF THE COAST GUARD SHIP. DAY.
Captain Furnace is at the navigation table plotting a course on a sea chart. The Navy Master Diver and the Rescue Diver are looking over his shoulder.
captain furnace
According to the Hawaii Warning Center that tsunami missed all known coasts and broke up somewhere near the Antarctic...
Captain Furnace points to a spot on the map which shows no know or charted land.

except for here. It reached a height of one hundred feet, traveled for about ten miles and then disappeared.
navy master diver
The only way that wave would rise is if it were going to beach, but there’s no land in that part of the Pacific. 
 captain furnace
None that we know of but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any there.
rescue diver
Then if that raft stayed with the wave and that wave beached on some uncharted island, they may be on that island.
Captain Furnace takes some charts, leaves his seat and goes over to the NAVIGATOR. He hands the chart to the Navigator.
captain furnace
Full ahead to this location.
Captain Furnace walks to the helms window and looks out to sea. The Master Diver walks over to Captain Furnace who is deeply concerned about the survivors.
 
master diver
You alright Sir?
captain furnace
I’ve been the master on a lot of sea rescues and everyone tears your emotions to shreds, but this one...
 master diver
We’ll find that island Captain, and we’ll find them.
  
THE ISLAND. NIGHT.
A full moon shines down from a starlit sky while a campfire on the beach silhouettes Woody and Valerie. They are cooking fish over the fire while E-Kohn stands at the shoreline watching the waves break.
E-Kohn and Valerie are both wearing a necklace with shark teeth hanging from it. 
valerie
They’re just about done.
woody
It’s going to be good to eat something that doesn’t taste like it’s still alive.
Below the surface a small piece of the island’s foundation falls off. It goes un-noticed on the surface.
Woody experiences nausea and a short and minor dizzy spell.
valerie
You alright?
woody
Yes, it’s just that for a moment there I felt like we were still on the raft. I felt seasick.
e-kohn
Valerie, Willy, come down here please.
They go down to E-Kohn.
woody
Something wrong?
e-kohn
I don’t know about wrong but something is strange. The waves are different.
valerie
What do you mean different?
e-kohn
The waves have changed. They aren’t breaking the same way they were this morning. 
valerie
Isn’t the tide coming in, wouldn’t that change the breaking pattern?
 e-kohn
The waves are breaking higher, it’s as if the shoreline is deeper in the sea.
Woody feels sick, he bends over but does not vomit.
valerie
Well why don’t we eat first and we can try and figure out this wave anomaly afterwards.
e-kohn
Sounds good.
Woody vomits.

I never knew a person who enjoys vomiting as much as Willy does.
Woody stops vomiting and regains his composure.
woody
I don’t enjoy it I’m seasick. Either that or those damn fish eyes I ate were poisonous. 
Woody walks back toward the campfire.
valerie
      (To E-Kohn)
When it gets light I’ll see if I can find some ginger root it’ll help control the nausea.
E-Kohn and Valerie walk back to the campfire.
e-kohn
I didn’t give him any poison.
Below the sea another small piece of the island breaks off causing a minor tremor. They feel the island slightly shake.
woody
What the hell was that?
e-kohn
It felt like something broke away.
woody
Well that’s just great.
valerie
It was probably nothing, islands are continuously shifting. Do you know that one day Hawaii is going to merge with the mainland again?

THE ISLAND. DAY.
Woody is feeling better and he is tending to two burning campfires. There is also one large unlit campfire near the two that are burning. This unlit campfire is about the size of two cars, one atop the other .
E-Kohn is throwing wood and anything else that will burn on the unlit campfire.
e-kohn
All we need now is a ship on the sea or a plane in the sky because when we light this baby, they will see it.
woody
I option for the plane in the sky.
Woody walks away behind some palm trees to answer the call of nature.
Valerie comes out from behind the palm trees carrying some ginger root.
valerie
Where’s Woody? I found some ginger root.
e-kohn
I think he went to water a palm tree.
Woody comes back by the campfire and Valerie gives Woody the ginger root. He goes to throw it on the fire but Valerie stops him.
valerie
No no that’s not to burn it’s for you to eat.
Woody looks at Valerie as if she has lost her mind.
woody
I ate seaweed, I ate fish eyes which were probably poisonous but I draw the line on this, I am not eating wood. I don’t care how many vitamins are in it.
valerie
It’s ginger root Woody. If you start to feel nauseous again break a piece off and chew it.
It will stop the sickness.

EXT. THE COAST GUARD SHIP. NIGHT.
The ship is stopped and it’s search lights are beaming out across a lonely sea.
INT. COAST GUARD SHIP BRIDGE. NIGHT.
Captain Furnace and the Master Diver are looking out the window. All they see is the ocean.
master diver
Where’s the island?
captain furnace
I don’t know. Maybe there never was one.
Captain Furnace walks over to the Navigator while the Master Diver continues to peer out the window.
captain furnace
Are you positive you entered the correct heading?
navigator
Yes Sir. According to the Hawaii Warning center this is the location that the tsunami reached a height of one hundred feet. But I’ll recalculate.
captain furnace
Carry on.
Captain Furnace walks back to the window and stands by the Master Diver.

captain furnace
It could be under the sea.
The Navigator, carrying a small navigational instrument which resembles a cell phone goes over to the Captain.
navigator
Sir I made a mistake. I forgot to calculate for shifting currents. This is the correct heading.
The Navigator hands the navigational instrument to the Captain. The Captain looks at it and hands it back to the Navigator.
captain furnace
What have you learned sailor?
navigator
I’ve learned to recheck my calculations Sir.
captain furnace
Take us on this heading. Carry on.

THE ISLAND. DAY.
It is early morning and the sun has just risen. The distance from the beach to the sea has diminished to the point that most of what was the beach is now under water.
E-Kohn, Valerie and Woody are sleeping by the campfire and the small breaking waves are only a few feet away from them. 
Tank is by E-Kohn and he begins to slap E-Kohn on the face with his flipper. E-Kohn awakes and sees that the beach is under water.
e-kohn
Oh my God.
E-Kohn shakes Valerie and Woody awake.

Valerie, Woody, wake up.
woody
What what, was I screaming again?
 E-Kohn
Look at the shoreline we’re sinking.
With each breaking wave the sea climbs closer and closer to them. 
Below the surface an enormous chunk of the island breaks away causing the island to drop three more feet into the sea.
On the surface E-Kohn, Woody and Valerie are now standing knee deep in sea water while Tank swims close by them.
valerie
We have to move to higher ground.
woody
We keep sinking at this rate and higher ground will be at the bottom of the sea too.
e-kohn
It’s either that or the water again.
E-Kohn picks up Tank and they all run to the island hill.
The island shakes and coconuts begin to fall down like water in a rain storm. The falling coconuts come within inches of Woody, E-Kohn and Valerie. 
What was the beach is completely under water and the sea is rising fast. The land above the sea is about the size of a football field. 
Valerie, E-Kohn and Woody are standing under the palm tree on the hill when another tremor hits. The vibration knock all three to the ground and cracks the palm tree causing it list. Valerie still lying on the ground looks up and sees the raft lodged in the top of the palm tree.
valerie
The raft.
E-Kohn and Woody see the raft and they all stand up. Tank is sitting by Woody’s feet.
e-kohn
That’s our only chance.
woody
It looks like it’s stuck up there.
e-kohn
Then I climb up and unstick it.
A loud CRACK comes from the palm tree and it now looks like it is ready to break in half.
valerie
It won’t hold your weight.
woody
She’s right Surfer. If that goes while you’re on it...
e-kohn
We don’t have any other choices left. If we’re not clear of the   island when is sinks we’re going under with it.
E-Kohn begins to climb up the palm tree. He is halfway up when another loud CRACK is heard and the tree begins to swing and sway from side to side. E-Kohn hangs on and keeps climbing. 
Coconuts begin falling with one very large one heading directly for Tank. Acting on instinct Woody uses his broken arm and pushes the falling coconut away just as it is about to smash onto Tank. Woody screams in pain. 
woody
Broke the damn arm again.
E-Kohn is at the top and he is using the shark teeth on his necklace to cut the raft free from the twisted palm which is holding it. Woody and Valerie watch as the island sinks deeper into the sea and the water rises.
e-kohn
It’s like trying to untangle old Christmas lights.
valerie
Be careful.
E-Kohn has the raft just about free of entanglement when another CRACK is heard and the palm tree breaks. Part of the tree remains tangled with the raft as the raft and E-Kohn plummet down and into the sea. 
woody
Surfer hang on.
valerie
E-Kohn!
The raft lands hard and throws E-Kohn around inside it. The piece of tree still tangled to the raft swings in a circle and bangs off E-Kohn’s head causing a bleeding gash and knocking him out. Various size pieces of the tree fall into the raft. The raft is floating about one hundred feet from where Woody and Valerie are standing.
The island shakes and trembles and sinks deeper into the sea.

woody
Surfer.
      (No Response)
Surfer.
      (No Response)
We have to swim out to it before it gets carried out to sea.
valerie
I can’t swim. Save yourself and E-Kohn.
woody
I can’t hold you up long enough to get you to the raft but if I can make it out there maybe I can pull the raft in.
Woody takes the ginger root from his pocket, bites off a piece and chews it. He wades into the sea and starts to swim out to the raft. Each stroke causes pain in his broken arm and it looks like he is not going to make it.
Valerie picks up Tank and holds him.
Woody makes it to the raft and he grabs onto the side with his good arm. He struggles but cannot pull himself into the raft using only one arm. He grabs onto the raft with his both arms, SCREAMS from the pain and pulls himself into the raft. He moves the tree pieces off E-Kohn and checks to see how badly he is injured.
woody
      (To Valerie)
He’s unconsciousness and bleeding. I don’t know how bad he’s hurt. I’m going to try and get the raft over to you.
The island shakes and sinks deeper into the sea. 
Valerie, with the water now splashing around her ankles holds Tank and waits for the raft.
Woody picks up a piece of the palm tree and holding it with his good arm uses it as a paddle. The raft slowly moves in the direction Woody wants it to go, but he knows that if he is going to get the raft over to Valerie before the island sinks he must use his both arms to paddle. He tries paddling with both arms but his broken arm hangs limp and he cannot grasp the paddle with it. 
Woody grabs a piece of rope lying in the raft and ties the palm tree paddle to his broken arm. Now using his both arms he paddles the raft toward Valerie. With each stroke of the paddle Woody SCREAMS in pain.
Because of the island’s under water incline Woody can only get the raft no closer than ten feet from Valerie. He tries to paddle it in closer but it hits the incline and is pushed back.
woody
You’ll have to jump, I can’t get in any closer.
valerie
I’m going to throw Tank to you.
woody
Damn it Valerie he’s a turtle the sea is his home, just put him down and jump.
valerie
No, he’ll go down with the island.
Valerie throws Tank and with his good arm Woody catches him and places him down in the raft.
woody
Jump Valerie there isn’t much time.
Valerie prepares to jump to the raft but at the last moment she stops.
The island begins to shake like a tree in a hurricane. The waves batter the island from all sides and begin to push the raft farther away from Valerie. Woody does his best to keep the raft close to Valerie but the pushing waves are to strong.
 woody
Jump Valerie, damn it jump.
E-Kohn begins to regain consciousness.
Valerie jumps and grabs onto the raft with her both hands but one of them quickly slips off. She claws at the raft trying to get aboard but slips below the surface.
A SPLASH is heard behind the raft. 
A bloody E-Kohn surfaces holding onto Valerie. E-Kohn holds onto her and Woody helps him get her in the raft. E-Kohn climbs into the raft grabs a piece of tree to use as a paddle and they begin to paddle away from the sinking island.
e-kohn
Come on come on, faster faster.
The sinking island which is now spinning and spraying up water begins to pull the raft toward it.
woody
It’s pulling us back to it.

INT. COAST GUARD SHIP. (CONT.)
Captain Furnace and the Master Diver are looking out the bridge window and they see the island sinking about 40 miles off the bow. To them it looks like a small whirlpool with a fountain inside it spraying water and rocks into the air.
master diver
What is that Sir?
captain furnace
I don’t know, but we’re going to find out. 

THE ISLAND. (CONT.)
The raft is spinning along the outside diameter of a whirlpool. The island is in the center of this whirlpool.  
A deafening ROAR is heard and the island sinks. 
A large upsurge of water breaks the surface where the island sank and releases a huge wave that pushes the raft toward the open sea and out of danger.
The gash in E-Kohn’s head is bleeding profusely and he collapses from the loss of blood. Valerie uses her shark tooth necklace to cut off the sleeves of her jacket and tie it around E-Kohn’s head to help stop the bleeding.
valerie
My God he’s lost a lot of blood.
      (Beat)
How is your arm Woody?
woody
Not as bad as his head.
Woody grimaces in severe pain and falls to one side. Valerie goes over to him and places her hand on his forehead.       
valerie
You’re burning up.
She unwraps what is left of the seaweed cast on Woody’s arm and sees that his arm is severely contorted. Without giving Woody any warning she grabs his arm and straightens it out. Woody SCREAMS and loses consciousness. Using the shark tooth Valerie cuts off the legs of her pants. She grabs two small pieces of the tree and using them and the pants splints Woody’s arm.              

INT. PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER, HAWAII. (CONT.)
Ensign Iris is sitting in amazement staring at the computer screens in front of her desk. 
Ensign iris
My God.
Ensign Iris picks up the phone and speaks into it.

This is Ensign Iris Sir, I believe a small island in the south Pacific just sank.

PACIFIC OCEAN. THE RAFT. NIGHT.
The raft is slowly moving on a calm sea whose water is black as coal. There is but a handful of stars in an even darker sky and the light they give is no brighter than a small candle. An eerie silence covers the entire scene.
Woody and E-Kohn are lying side by side and keep slipping in and out of consciousness. 
Valerie is holding Tank and sitting near them.
valerie
If they don’t find us soon Tank, E-Kohn and Woody will die.
                        (Beat)
My Grandfather died at sea. Nineteen forty five. He was on the Indianapolis when it was torpedoed. He was one of the eight hundred men who went into the water, but he was not one of the three hundred who came out of it.
Valerie puts Tank down and goes over to check on E-Kohn and Woody. She does not see Tank crawl to the side of the raft and return to the sea. She turns around to pick Tank back up and notices he is gone.

Tank?
The raft is suddenly lit up by two spotlights and it looks like daylight itself has descended on it. Valerie turns toward the light but it’s brightness is blinding. She shields her eyes and sees the silhouette of a large ship.
male voice (O.C.)
Ahoy in the raft. This is the United States Coast Guard. We are deploying a rescue unit.
valerie
There are two badly injured in the raft.
Valerie goes to E-Kohn and Woody.
valerie
E-Kohn, Woody look, it’s the Coast Guard, it’s over, it’s over.
E-Kohn and Woody see the Coast Guard ship.
On the deck of the Coast Guard Ship Captain Furnace is leaning over the railing looking down into the raft as the rescue team prepares to deploy.
captain furnace
Valerie.
valerie
      (Surprised)
Daddy? Daddy? 
e-kohn and woody
      (To each other)
Daddy?
captain furnace
It’s alright honey it’s all right. It’s over.
Valerie E-Kohn and Woody look up and they see the rescue team being lowered down to the raft.
e-kohn
Which one is your father?
valerie
The Captain.
woody
Oh boy.

INT. COAST GUARD SHIP. INFIRMARY. DAY.
E-Kohn and Woody have had medical attention and are expected to make a full recovery. They are sitting up in their beds and Woody is gorging himself on a fine steak dinner.
Captain Furnace and Valerie, now dressed in a coast guard uniform, are standing by the beds.
captain furnace
      (To E-Kohn)
So, I understand you removed my daughter’s pants?
A stunned E-Kohn looks to Woody as if to ask, “What did you tell him?”, Woody just shrugs and motions that he should ask that question to Valerie.
e-kohn
Valerie, tell your father I only took them off...
captain furnace
So you did take them off?
e-kohn
To use as a life jacket. Sir considering the situation we were in there is no way I would have taken advantage of your daughter.
captain furnace
But were you not in such a dire situation you would have taken advantage of my daughter, is that what you are saying?
E-Kohn is at a loss for words. Valerie starts to laugh and so do Woody and Captain Furnace.
e-kohn
What’s so funny?
woody
I was just having a laugh on you Surfer. Got you back. Got you back for telling me those fish eyes were poison.
E-Kohn joins in the laughter.

A FEW DAYS LATER.
EXT. COAST GUARD SHIP. DAY.
The ship is a few miles away from the Hawaiian Islands. 
E-Kohn and Woody are feeling much better and along with Valerie they are on deck looking in the direction of Hawaii.
Woody takes some ginger root from his pocket, breaks off a piece and chews it.
woody
How are the waves breaking Surfer?
e-kohn
Just the way they should. Just the way they should for the Hawaiian Islands.
valerie
So, what do you two fellows plan to do now?
E-Kohn puts his arm around Valerie and as he points to Hawaii Woody points to the sky. They are both about to answer Valerie’s question when Captain Furnace comes over to them.
captain furnace
There’s something I think you should know.
E-Kohn removes his arm from Valerie but Captain Furnace places it back around her.
woody
He can’t take a hint.
captain Furnace
Excuse me?
Valerie
Nothing daddy. What is it you wanted to tell us?
captain furnace
The raft that all three of you were in? It came from the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
 All three are surprised to hear this.

It is the same raft that was assigned to my father and his crew in 1945.
Captain Furnace reaches into his pocket and takes out the same rose that Valerie had on her life jacket.

This was stuck to the bottom of it. I gave Valerie this rose to drop into the water as a memorial.

MILES AWAY BELOW THE SURFACE.
Tank is swimming above the same World War Two sunken war ship that the sea mine passed by in the opening scene. There is natural light coming down from the surface and as Tank swims in this light his turtle shadow is seen on the ship’s deck. Tank turns and swims toward an opening in the ship and for a few seconds his shadow looks not like a turtles but like a man. Tank swims into the ship and out of sight.
Moving toward the bow of the ship, the ship’s name comes into view. In large letters it reads: U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS.
valerie (V.O.)
Do you know that my grandfathers nickname was Turtle?
woody (v.O.)
I’m glad we didn’t eat that little bugger.
e-kohn (V.O.)
Mystical.
THE END.