Fulfilling a Dream

By

Jacob Ayers

FADE IN:

INT. FANCY RESTAURANT - DAY

A young attractive waitress, KAYLA, likely in her mid to

late twenties starts walking towards a table that she is

waiting on.

KAYLA (V.O.)

This is where my life has led me.

CUT TO:

MONTAGE: KAYLA’S LIFE

INT. CLASSROOM - DAY

A young Kayla raises her hand when her teacher asks her a

question related to Paleontology in AP Biology.

KAYLA (V.O.)

In high-school my future seemed

very promising.

CUT TO:

INT. KAYLA’S ROOM - DAY

She sets up her college degree on her wall. The Degree is a

major in Paleontology.

KAYLA(V.O.)

That hopefulness continued on

through college too.

She looks at the Paleontology degree with pride.

KAYLA(V.O.)

Though it was all out of my strong

passion for dinosaurs.

CUT BACK TO:

INT. FANCY RESTAURANT - DAY

Kayla reaches the table. The customer at the table is MR.

CHAMBERS a brown haired man in his mid forties to early

fifties, whose hair is beginning to gray.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 2.

KAYLA (V.O.)

Which is why I am here.

KAYLA

May I start you off with something

to drink?

MR. CHAMBERS

I would like a glass with 1/3

preferably green tea and lemonade,

1/3 ice, and 1/3 sprite.

KAYLA

Alright.

Kayla heads back and grabs a large glass and puts together

the mixture. She looks at it for a moment with curiosity.

She grabs a water cup and puts together a miniature version

of the mixture. She takes a small sip of it.

KAYLA

(to herself)

Holy shit.

She quickly downs the rest of it and takes the larger glass

to Mr. Chambers.

KAYLA

Here you are.

MR. CHAMBERS

Thank you very much.

KAYLA

Have you decided on what you want

to eat?

MR. CHAMBERS

Well I recommended the drink to

you. Now you should recommend what

I eat.

KAYLA

What?

MR. CHAMBERS

I am sure that you have never had

someone order that drink before,

and you decided to try it. You

needed to at some point.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 3.

KAYLA

How do you know?

MR. CHAMBERS

I took you for a curious-type. But

mostly a hunch. What did you think

of it?

Kayla appears to be very confused.

MR. CHAMBERS

Well?

KAYLA

It was very good.

MR. CHAMBERS

Alright. Well what would you

recommend from this place?

KAYLA

I haven’t been working here long

enough to be able to offer an

opinion on the food.

MR. CHAMBERS

Right... Well if you were able to

choose anything from this menu.

What would it be?

Kayla looks over the menu.

KAYLA

The lobster macaroni.

MR. CHAMBERS

That sounds great.

KAYLA

Is there anything else that I can

get for you?

MR. CHAMBERS

A Paleontologist.

KAYLA

What?

MR. CHAMBERS

You heard what I said. I am going

to assume that, that "What" was

filler while you were processing

what I said.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 4.

Kayla appears to be even more confused, and a bit

uncomfortable.

MR. CHAMBERS

You may be off now. The sound of

lobster macaroni got me hungry and

I am in a bit of a hurry.

Kayla walks off trying to process what is going on.

CUT TO:

INT. FANCY RESTAURANT - LATER

Kayla walks out carrying the lobster macaroni, but finds

that Mr. Chambers is no longer at his table. She goes over

to the table and finds a to-go box, a $100 dollar bill, and

a note. She pockets the $100 dollar bill and grabs the note

to read it.

TEXT:

There is more where this came from. And yes I still do want

a paleontologist. Enjoy the lobster macaroni and once you

get off call me at 555-653-7268.

FADE BLACK TO:

EXT. KAYLA’S PARENTS HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON

Kayla approaches her house with the to go box in one hand

and a bag of groceries in the other. She knocks on the door

and her mother lets her in.

INT. KAYLA’S PARENTS HOUSE - LATE AFTERNOON

KAYLA’S MOTHER

How was work today?

KAYLA

Fine.

Kayla makes her way towards the kitchen counter and unloads

her groceries. She pulls out tea, lemonade, and sprite from

the bag. Kayla quickly puts together the drink that Mr.

Chambers introduced to her and makes her way upstairs and

then begins to chow down on her lobster macaroni. Kayla

grabs her cell phone and dials the number that Mr. Chambers

left on the note.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 5.

MR. CHAMBERS

Surprised that it took you so long.

How’s the lobster macaroni?

KAYLA

Quite delectable, now I want to

know why you would need a

paleontologist.

MR. CHAMBERS

Well that will be revealed later.

First you must take a test.

KAYLA

Test on what?

MR. CHAMBERS

That is not for me to decide.

KAYLA

Then who is doing the deciding?

MR. CHAMBERS

You’ll see tomorrow.

KAYLA

Tomorrow won’t work for me. I have

a job.

MR. CHAMBERS

If everything works out properly,

you will never need to work again.

KAYLA

What?

MR. CHAMBERS

You really must cut it out with

those filler "whats".

KAYLA

Sorry.

MR. CHAMBERS

There isn’t anything to be sorry

about. Just stop by at my address

115 Lily Way tomorrow at anytime

you please.

KAYLA

Will do.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 6.

MR. CHAMBERS

One more thing before I hang up.

See if you can come up with a

nickname for my drink.

KAYLA

Alri-

Mr. Chambers hangs up before she can finish.

CUT TO:

EXT. MR. CHAMBERS’ MANSION - DAY

Kayla approaches Mr. Chambers’ mansion fairly cautiously.

She double checks the curb to make sure that she has the

right address. She goes and knocks on the front door. Mr.

Chambers opens it up and greets Kayla.

MR. CHAMBERS

Come in come in.

INT. MR. CHAMBERS’ MANSION - DAY

MR. CHAMBERS (CONT’D)

I hope that you are ready for your

test.

KAYLA

Yeah, what’s the test on?

MR. CHAMBERS

Patience. Did you come up with a

nickname for my drink?

KAYLA

Oh right... I was thinking

Spritzle.

MR. CHAMBERS

Of course, why didn’t I think of

that? Now wait here for a moment

while I check if your test is

ready.

Mr. Chambers heads off screen leaving Kayla to just ponder

at the fancy home. He comes back roughly a minute later.

MR. CHAMBERS

Everything appears to be in order,

would you follow me?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 7.

Mr. Chambers starts leading Kayla to another room. Kayla

appears to be nervous.

MR. CHAMBERS

There is no reason to be nervous.

There is no way that you can fail.

KAYLA

How so?

MR. CHAMBERS

The same answer to all of your

other questions. You’ll see.

They finally reach the room and Mr. Chambers shows her in.

He closes the door behind her. Kayla is met by a person that

is sitting in a large chair with the back of the chair

facing towards her. The person isn’t tall enough to see

their head while sitting in the chair. The person in the

chair swivels around and is revealed to be HANNAH a little

girl around the age of ten that looks like a miniature

version of Kayla.

HANNAH

Hello.

KAYLA

(confused)

Hi.

HANNAH

Let’s start you off. What were the

three eras in which the dinosaurs

existed?

KAYLA

Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous.

Is this the test?

HANNAH

What was it that I just asked you?

Kayla is confused by the question at first.

KAYLA

A question.

HANNAH

And what are on tests?

KAYLA

Questions?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 8.

HANNAH

Correct, so no shit this is the

test.

KAYLA

Is your father-

HANNAH

He doesn’t give a shit if I curse.

Are you ready to continue? One

could say that you are stalling.

KAYLA

What is there to stall for?

HANNAH

Are you just trying to tick me off

now?

KAYLA

No.

HANNAH

Well you are good at doing things

that you don’t intend to do.

Kayla doesn’t have a response to the statement.

HANNAH

Well since you don’t have anything

to say I guess that we should get

on with the test.

KAYLA

Fine.

HANNAH

Alrighty then, when did the

Triassic era begin?

KAYLA

Roughly 250 million years ago.

HANNAH

And when did it end?

KAYLA

Roughly 150 million years ago.

HANNAH

When did large carnivorous

creatures mainly begin to emerge?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 9.

KAYLA

The Cretaceous era.

HANNAH

Good.

KAYLA

Is that it.

HANNAH

Do you remember taking state tests

when you were younger?

KAYLA

Of course.

HANNAH

Remember when you were starting off

the new section and it would have

the example questions?

KAYLA

Yes.

HANNAH

Think of the questions that I just

gave you as that.

KAYLA

Alright.

HANNAH

You are coming up with every kind

of confirmation word or phrase

there is aren’t you?

Kayla doesn’t respond.

HANNAH

Oh look now that I called you on it

you don’t want to speak out the

newest one that you came up with.

KAYLA

Guess so.

HANNAH

Ah, there it is.

KAYLA

What did you find?

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 10.

HANNAH

Your new confirmation phrase.

KAYLA

(confused)

Okay.

HANNAH

Let’s just move on with your test.

KAYLA

(In a playful manner)

Sound’s good.

Hannah gives her the stink eye before she grabs a large

textbook on paleontology. She slams it on the desk.

HANNAH

Time for you to show your worth.

CUT TO:

INT. INTERVIEW ROOM - DAY

MONTAGE:

Hannah testing Kayla on paleontology from questions that she

finds inside of the Paleontology textbook.

CUT TO:

INT. MR. CHAMBERS’ HOUSE - DAY

Kayla comes out of the interview room and is met by Mr.

Chambers and ADAM who appears to be in his early thirties.

MR. CHAMBERS

How was it?

KAYLA

Challenging.

Hannah follows soon after.

MR. CHAMBERS

How was she?

HANNAH

She’ll do.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 11.

MR. CHAMBERS

Great. Kayla I would like to

introduce you to Adam.

KAYLA

Hello

ADAM

Pleasure to meet you.

MR. CHAMBERS

Oh a pleasure is it?

KAYLA

What?

Adam shoots an unamused look towards Mr. Chambers. Hannah

giggles a little bit.

KAYLA

So what did you bring me here for?

Mr. Chambers points towards Adam.

MR. CHAMBERS

Adam, go to the garage and show

her.

ADAM

Will do.

Adam shifts his attention towards Kayla.

ADAM

Come with me.

Adam and Kayla make their way away from Mr. Chambers and

Hannah. Towards the large garage.

ADAM

I am assuming that you are still in

the "What the hell is going on"

phase?

KAYLA

Yup.

ADAM

You will probably continue to be

there for a little while longer.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 12.

KAYLA

How long is a "Little While Longer"

to you people?

ADAM

Based on my experiences with the

two. Generally with Mr. Chambers it

can be either a minute to a week.

With Hannah it is generally ten

minutes. For me right now, around

five minutes. You?

KAYLA

I don’t know.

ADAM

Why would you ask someone a

question like that if you weren’t

able to answer it yourself?

KAYLA

Well wait a little while longer and

I will tell you.

Adam chuckles a little.

KAYLA (CONT’D)

So how did Mr Chambers get to

afford all of this?

ADAM

Stocks and a lot of luck.

KAYLA

No kidding.

ADAM

Surely this house doesn’t tell

lies.

KAYLA

Guess not.

ADAM

So tell me as much as you know

about the end of the Cretaceous

era.

KAYLA

Is this what you need a

Paleontologist for? It seems that

Hannah would be able to explain

this to you... or Google.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 13.

ADAM

Mr. Chambers is running the

operation, I am just getting payed

to make things fall into place. And

in a little while so will you. So

would you kindly tell me what you

know about the ending of the

Cretaceous era?

KAYLA

Nothing is a hundred percent

certain. But we believe that it

ended roughly 65 million years ago

and that it was likely from a large

asteroid that impacted the Yucatan

peninsula in modern Mexico.

ADAM

Good, now depending on what I am

about to show and tell you may or

may not continue to be in the "What

the hell is going on?" phase.

They finally reach the garage. Adam unlocks the door and

they make their way in.

INT. MR. CHAMBERS’ GARAGE - DAY

The interior of the garage is covered in wires and in the

center is a device that has a large circular metal platform

raised about a staircase step high. Four tall Slender

rectangular poles are raised equidistant from each other.

The contraption takes up the majority of the space within

the garage. It also has a computer plugged into it for

Adam’s use. Kayla is very intrigued by the large device.

ADAM

I have one more question. Tell me

what you know about time travel.

Kayla is speechless.

ADAM (CONT’D)

Oh and if you think that you are a

know-it-all of time travel because

you have watched Doctor Who... That

is how you get on my bad side

rather quickly.

Kayla practically ignored what he just said while thinking

about the question.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 14.

KAYLA

Absolutely nothing. I figure that

it is impossible.

ADAM

Have you ever heard the saying

"Nothing is impossible?"

KAYLA

Yeah.

ADAM

Have you ever heard the saying

"Where there is a will, there is a

way?"

KAYLA

Yes.

ADAM

Well here’s my twist on it. Where

there’s potential for money, there

is a will, therefore there is a

way. Mr. Chambers happens to have

the money and will. I happen to

have the way.

KAYLA

How?

ADAM

Well there is no way that we can

just sit down and have a little

chat about how it works exactly.

Though I can explain what I do to

make it work. Follow me to the

computer.

Adam sits down at the desk with the computer. He turns the

computer on and lines of code start to run across the

monitor. When it stops it shows the latitude, longitude, and

date of the time machine’s current position.

ADAM (CONT’D)

It is all controlled from right

here. From this computer I can set

set many variables such as date,

time, location, and even variables

of a person’s characteristics.

They make their way away from the computer.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 15.

KAYLA

Wow this is a lot to take in at

once.

ADAM

No kidding. It is still hard for me

to get a handle on what I have

created.

KAYLA

I am still wondering what you need

me for.

ADAM

Well I am assuming you were able to

infer that Hannah is a bit of a

dinosaur enthusiast.

KAYLA

Mhmm.

ADAM

Basically Mr. Chambers and I go

back and now he has payed me to go

back in time to the near-end of the

Cretaceous era to... get his

daughter a pet dinosaur.

KAYLA (LAUGHING IN DISBELIEF)

No way.

ADAM (LAUGHING WITH HER)

Way. The man is very rich.

They are both laughing their asses off.

ADAM (CONT’D)

So you and I have to go back in

time repeatedly to get as close to

the mass extinction as we can...

without dying and catch a small

dinosaur that would have normally

died from the extinction and not

have had any impact on the future.

KAYLA

Wow. How dangerous is that?

ADAM

Well if my hypothesis is correct.

Even if we make a mistake that

would have an impact on the future

we would be altering our so called

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 16.

ADAM (cont’d)time-line. Since that time-line has

already taken place, any change

that we create may create an

alternate universe in which is

impacted and not our own.

KAYLA

Sounds like a bit of a stretch.

ADAM

No it is definitely a lot of a

stretch.

Adam shifts his attention over towards the computer and sees

a piece of paper on top of the computer that he hadn’t

noticed before. He grabs it.

ADAM (CONT’D)

That’s odd. Did you place this

here?

KAYLA

No.

Adam takes a moment to read what the paper says. He seems to

be put into shock after reading it for a bit. He glances at

his watch.

ADAM

Hmm... Interesting. Well Kayla

would you kindly go over to the

cabinet over there.

Kayla walks over towards the storage cabinet.

ADAM (CONT’D)

... And open it.

Kayla opens up the storage cabinet. Inside she finds a

tranquilizer gun.

KAYLA

Hopefully one of these is enough to

sedate a small carnivorous

creature.

ADAM

That is not what we are using it

for.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 17.

KAYLA

What? Why not?

ADAM

Well based off of how much Mr.

Chambers is paying me, I would

rather not leave his daughter’s pet

dinosaur with a puncture wound.

KAYLA

How much is he paying you?

ADAM

Are you asking that so you can

indirectly estimate how much you

will be paid?

KAYLA

How long do your relationships with

people usually last?

ADAM

As long as I need them to last.

KAYLA

Interesting.

ADAM

Mr. Chambers is the type of person

that sticks to what he know works

so I willing to bet that he swayed

you to get involved by saying "If

everything works out properly, you

will never need to work again."

KAYLA

Well is he the kind of man to stick

to his word?

ADAM

Didn’t I mention earlier that he is

involved in stocks?

KAYLA

Just tell me how much he is paying

you.

ADAM

Two Million.

Kayla is so shocked that she starts to feel nauseated.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 18.

ADAM (CONT’D)

Are you ready? I plan on seeing

that money soon.

KAYLA

As do I.

ADAM

Well if we both agree on getting

ready would you stand on top of the

machine?

Kayla goes and steps on it. She continues to watch Adam as

he goes through a process of looking at the piece of paper

that he found and typing stuff onto the computer.

He then grabs a bag of extra equipment that includes a

miniature time machine that is hooked up to a laptop.

Once everything is ready on the time machine, Adam presses

enter on his laptop.

There is a blue flash and they vanish.

CUT TO:

EXT. FIELD - DAY

They land in a grass field that undulates in the wind. They

both immediately fall on the ground from the trip.

Kayla gets up into a sitting position and looks at the area

around her. She sees a wooded area less than a mile away.

Kayla looks up at the sky and sees the meteor that will seal

the fate of the dinosaurs in a short time in the sky. It

looks to be about 1/10th the size of the sun.

KAYLA

Toto, I’ve got a feeling w-

Adam is spraying himself down with bug spray and sunscreen.

ADAM

I’ll go ahead and stop you right

there. I just want to quickly get

what we came here for and leave the

heat and before we get some strange

disease and or eaten.

KAYLA

And so you can be a millionaire

sooner.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 19.

ADAM

Yeah that is certainly a benefit.

Adam gets to his feet and throws a can of bug spray and

sunscreen over towards Kayla.

KAYLA

Thanks.

She gets on her feet and begins to apply the two liquids.

FADE TO:

INT. WOODED AREA - DAY

Due to the heat they have both stripped down at least one

layer of clothing and are a bit tired from walking for so

long.

They come across a small stream. Kayla goes to fill up her

canteen of water.

ADAM

Well this looks to be as good of a

place to set up camp as any.

KAYLA

Yeah I think so too.

Adam and Kayla begin to unpack all of their equipment. Adam

begins with the miniature time machine. He hooks up a solar

panel that provides electricity for the device under a patch

of sun.

KAYLA

What is that?

ADAM

Our ticket home.

FADE TO:

INT. WOODED AREA - LATER

They have finished setting up their camp and are now both

laying on top of open sleeping bags.

Kayla looks up at the sky and can see the silhouette of a

pterodactyl soaring through the sky. She seems overwhelmed

by the sight of a dinosaur.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 20.

KAYLA

What kind of person would pay a

couple of people millions of

dollars to go back in time and

retrieve a dinosaur for their

daughter?

ADAM

A person that is extraordinarily

rich and has a daughter that has

been diagnosed with Leukemia.

Kayla suddenly feels sick to her stomach and can’t think of

a response to the information that Adam just provided. After

a little bit she does think of a response.

KAYLA

So... we are fulfilling a bucket

list for a little girl?

ADAM

Exactly.

FADE TO:

INT. WOODED AREA - MORNING

Both Adam and Kayla are awake now. Adam is cooking some

breakfast over a portable stove.

ADAM

So I went through a very long and

complicated process of figuring out

how to execute time travel in order

to get a pet dinosaur. You kept on

asking why Mr. Chambers and I want

you here. It is simply the fact

that I studied physics, chemistry,

and multiple theories while you

were studying Biology and

Paleontology.

KAYLA

Right.

ADAM

So once we are done eating

breakfast it is up to you where we

go next.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 21.

KAYLA

That’s simple. We find the closest

large source of water.

ADAM

So be it.

FADE TO:

EXT. CLIFF - DAY

Adam and Kayla are looking over a vantage point so that they

can see the surrounding area. Kayla and Adam both have a

pair of binoculars.

Kayla points towards the direction of water.

KAYLA

Over there.

Adam looks towards where Kayla is pointing. In the distance

a group of large sauropods can be seen.

KAYLA (CONT’D)

How long do you think it will take

to get there?

ADAM

Probably a day’s walk.

KAYLA

Well we better get started.

FADE TO:

INT. WOODED AREA - DAY

Adam and Kayla are making their way through the woods with a

small amount of equipment and the tranquilizer gun.

A group of small carnivorous dinosaurs runs right past them

as they are walking. They came out of nowhere and make Adam

and Kayla both jump. It takes a moment for them to

acknowledge that these dinosaurs are the perfect candidates

as pets for Hannah and begin chasing after them.

Kayla begins to point the tranquilizer dart at one of the

small dinosaur. Adam smacks it out of the direction of the

dinosaur.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 22.

ADAM

What did I say about shooting the

dinosaurs that we plan on taking to

Mr. Chambers?

They hear the roar of a T-Rex off screen.

The small dinosaurs all go to hide in separate areas.

Kayla and Adam begin to run back towards the camp.

Adam quickly grabs one of the dinosaurs that is hiding in a

bush.

Kayla fires a tranquilizer dart at the T-Rex as they are

running.

ADAM

It will take half an hour to knock

that thing out.

Kayla shoots again.

They make it back to the cliff top that they were on before.

The T-Rex was slowed by the tranquilizer dart and cannot

chase them up the cliff.

ADAM

I got one.

KAYLA

Good, now lets get the hell out of

here.

They begin making their way back towards camp.

FADE TO:

INT. WOODED AREA - LATE AFTERNOON

They arrive at their camp and Adam puts the dinosaur into a

small cage.

Kayla begins packing up as Adam is typing things into his

laptop that is hooked up to the miniature time machine.

ADAM

Kayla please get onto the device. I

can only send one of us back at a

time.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 23.

Kayla gets on it. There is a flash of blue. She disappears.

Adam then proceeds to set the cage on the time machine and

himself. There is a flash of blue. He disappears.

FADE BLACK TO:

EXT. MR. CHAMBERS’ MANSION - DAY

Adam pulls the piece of paper out of his pocket and sneaks

around towards a separate entrance into Mr. Chambers’

garage. He leaves the note on his computer and quick makes

his way out.

The other Kayla and Adam make their way into the room.

ADAM

I have one more question, tell me

what you know about time travel.

FADE TO:

INT. HANNAH’S ROOM - MORNING

FOLLOW:

Hannah wakes up, and puts her wig on. She goes downstairs

and finds her father, Mr. Chambers, waiting for her.

He points towards their backyard.

She looks happy for a moment and quickly rushes outside to

find the dinosaur in a cage.

As Hannah is playing with the dinosaur she turns around and

goes towards Adam.

MR. CHAMBERS

Did you check if the funds went to

your account?

ADAM

Yeah. It went through to Kayla too.

MR. CHAMBERS

Good.

Mr. Chambers looks back over towards his daughter.

MR. CHAMBERS (CONT’D)

I haven’t seen Hannah this happy in

such a long time.

(CONTINUED)

CONTINUED: 24.

A tear goes down Mr. Chambers’ face.

Adam doesn’t know how to respond to Mr. Chambers’ emotions.

MR. CHAMBERS (CONT’D)

Did everything go as planned with

Kayla?

ADAM

Of course.

FADE TO:

INT. KAYLA’S ROOM - MORNING

ADAM (CONT’D) (V.O.)

She will wake up without any

recollection of what took place.

FOLLOW:

Kayla goes downstairs and checks the mail and finds that she

has a bank account with a million dollars inside.

She nearly collapses on the floor.

FADE TO:

MONTAGE: AFTERMATH OF TIME TRAVEL

Hannah is giving her dinosaur a bath.

Kayla goes back to her daily job but appears to be much more

confident.

Adam and Mr. Chambers are sitting on a couch speaking to

each other.

ADAM

Just scrap the machinery and I will

deal with the blueprints. Humanity

isn’t ready for time travel.

MR. CHAMBERS

Agreed.

Adam and Mr. Chambers shake hands.

FADE OUT:

25.

CREDITS

During the credits Adam is burning the blueprints inside of

his fireplace.