K#0802 - "El Sid" -10/30/95 1st. White                 1.

SLIDERS

"El Sid"

TEASER

FADE IN:

1 EXT. A STREET THAT LOOKS LIKE A WAR ZONE - DAY

It's littered with bricks, boxes, destroyed cars. Small
fires burn, unattended. The PEOPLE, too, look like detritus
-- hard bitten and dirty, dressed in ragged, rugged,
utilitarian clothes.

THE SLIDERS

come running, full tilt down the sidewalk.

QUINN
Hurry up!

BEHIND THE SLIDERS - A PICKUP TRUCK

cruises the street. In the back of the truck are FOUR MEN
with MACHINE GUNS. One of them is a lanky, good-looking,
young BLACK MAN (L.J. COOL). He's drunk -- with booze and
power -- as he waves his gun and snaps off a few rounds,
just to see the people dive for cover.

QUINN
In here! Come on!

Quinn points into

2 EXT. AN ALLEY

piled high with trash, broken furniture, and rusted-out
skeletons of abandoned cars. The Sliders take refuge behind
a DUMPSTER. As they catch their breath:

WADE
How much time?

QUINN
(checks timer)
Fifty-eight seconds.

There is a SOUND from nearby, something moving. Quinn
turns, alerted and tense, only to see:

(CONTINUED)

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2 CONTINUED:

A BEAUTIFUL GIRL (MICHELE)

hiding behind some other debris nearby. She reacts to
Quinn's gaze like a mountain lion -- frozen in place,
waiting to either run or attack.

ANGLE - THE ALLEY - VIEW TOWARDS STREET - THE TRUCK

stops at the head of the alley. L.J. stops shooting as a
vicious giant of a MAN gets out of the cab. He says
something to L.J., who slaps the cab roof twice -- a signal.
The truck moves on as the man swaggers into the alley.

THE MAN (EL SID)
Michele!

ANGLE - THE GIRL (MICHELE)

She shrinks back, holds her breath.

MAN'S VOICE (EL SID)
I know you're here!

She reacts, pissed off and frightened. Still doesn't move.

WADE
     (whispers)
What's going on?

QUINN
How should I know?

MAN'S VOICE (EL SID)
     (very threatening)
I'll count to three, then I'm
comin' after you!
     (then, slowly)
One...Two...

The girl, MICHELE, grimaces and stands to reveal herself
just as he reaches...

MAN'S VOICE (EL SID)
Three!

MICHELE
Wait! I'm coming out.

We now see that she's tall, with an athlete's build.
Scarcely out of her teens, she radiates a kind of raw
sexuality that is both irresistible and daunting.

(CONTINUED)

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2  CONTINUED: 2

MAN'S VOICE (EL SID)
Get over here!

She heads reluctantly towards him.

THE SLIDERS

watch her go beyond their view, feeling very uneasy.

MICHELE (O.S.)
     (plaintive)
Sid, please...

SID (O.S.)
When I say do something, you do
it, Goddamn it!

We hear a SLAP; Michele CRIES OUT in pain, followed by a
loud crash, presumably as she falls over into something.

The Sliders react to this. It is painful and loathsome to
all of them to hear it, knowing what must be happening.

REMBRANDT
What's he doing to her?

ARTURO
     (disgusted)
What do you think he's doing?
I've never seen such vermin as what
passes for human on this world.

More CRASHING SOUNDS, SCREAMS.

QUINN
He's gonna kill her!

Quinn reaches his boiling point as there's another SLAP,
YELP and CRASH. He grabs a length of PIPE, lying nearby,
and drops the timer into Arturo's lap as he gets up and
heads in the direction of the trouble.

WADE
What are you doing?

QUINN
I have to stop this.

                     REMBRANDT                    WADE
             Are you crazy,                   (to
             man? He'll kill                   Rembrandt)
             you!                         Do something!

(CONTINUED)

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2 CONTINUED:  3

REMBRANDT
Like what?

The other Sliders scramble to watch...

QUINN

as he runs towards MICHELE and SID.  She's lying on a pile
of trash, scrabbling backwards like a crab, trying to keep
away from him.  Quinn steps between the combatants,
brandishing the pipe.

QUINN
     (to Michele)
Run! I'll keep him here.

Sid is utterly undaunted by Quinn and his pipe.

SID
     (deadly, to Michele)
Is this the guy?

MICHELE
No! I never even saw him before!

QUINN
For God's sake! Quit arguing and
get out of here!

She doesn't leave. Sid starts to move towards Quinn, who
backs up, braces himself to swing.

QUINN
Stay back!

ARTURO (O.S.)
     (calling)
Mr. Mallory! It's time!

Sid comes decisively towards Michele. Quinn has no choice,
swings the pipe. Sld intercepts it with one hand, barely
even looking at it. He wrenches the pipe out of Quinn's
hand and tosses it aside, still moving towards Michele.

Quinn takes a swing at the guy, but he blocks it and swings
on Quinn, sending him flying. Suddenly a 2X4 cones down on
the giant's head. REMBRANDT to the rescue.

Sid doesn't go down, but his legs get rubbery. He stumbles
towards a car frame to lean against it, now sees Arturo
press the timer, the GATE OPENS. Sid and Michele both gape
in wonder as it forms.

(CONTINUED)

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2 CONTINUED: 4

REMBRANDT
Come on, man. Let's go!

Quinn resists. He's not ready.

MICHELE
     (re: the wormhole)
What is that thing?

QUINN
     (to Rembrandt)
Go on. I'll be there.
     (to Michele)
I have to go.

MICHELE
What about me? Thanks to you,
he'll probably kill me.

Quinn glances to Arturo. Arturo knows what he's thinking.

ARTURO
No, Mr. Mallory. Absolutely not!

Quinn looks at Sid, who is already letting go of the car and
looking extremely pissed. Quinn makes the decision. He
grabs Michele and starts to run towards the gate.

SID
What the...?
     (then)
Michele !

ARTURO
Mr. Mallory, no!

QUINN
No choice.

Sid lurches towards towards them. Quinn dives through the
gate. Arturo follows.

SID
Michele! ! !

He gropes at the vortex, torn between his confusion at its
presence and his rage at Quinn and Michele. At the last
second, rage wins and he jumps through the gate just before
it closes.

FADE OUT.

END OF TEASER