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Die: “Who!?”
Lovett: “A little girl! Just over three feet tall, dark hair, a yellow jumper and white dress.”
Lovett is now pushing people out the way looking for the girl in a panic.
Lovett: “Find her Die! She was catatonic a moment ago, she needs our help!”
Die: “Is that her?”
Lovett looks back at Die. He is pointing. Lovett slowly looks to where he is pointing. The little girl is now across the busy road on the other side of the street, standing right on the edge of the kerb, staring… but this time she is staring at Die. Lovett’s mouth falls open.
Lovett: “How?!”
Lovett starts looking both ways up and down the road trying to see an opening. The traffic is really busy but all moving fast enough to really hurt or even kill. Die sees what Lovett is trying to do and looks up and down the road too. There is no break in the traffic big enough. A red double decker bus pulls a long in front of Lovett and Lovett steps forward ready to get behind it and run for the other side.
Die: “Lovett wait!”
Lovett runs out into the road as the bus passes, the car behind the bus narrowly misses hitting her. She is now standing in the middle of the very busy road; the girl hasn’t moved and is still looking at Die. As another double decker comes from opposite direction and passes between Lovett and the girl hiding the girl from view Lovett makes break for it again (Die is still trying to get as far as the middle of the road) and runs causing the black cab behind the bus to blare its horn, it brushes against Lovett’s coat. Lovett is now on the other side of the road where girl was standing, the girl has disappeared. Lovett throws her arms in the air.
Lovett: “You little cow!”
Lovett looks over to Die, who still hasn’t got anyway, and shouts.
Lovett: “Where did she go!?”
Die clearly can’t hear her but he knows what she is says he shrugs and shakes his head. Lovett turns back to her side of the street looking at the crowds of people everywhere.
Lovett: “I am not in the mood for this!”
Lovett pushes her way into the crowd and starts looking for the little girl. From behind her there is loud blaring horn of a bus and she looks round. Die is standing in front of a red double decker bus and the driver is shouting at Die. Lovett see Die right hand go into left inside of his Jacket.
Lovett: “Oh god, don’t shoot him you idiot! Think of the paper work!”
Die’s right hand slowly comes back from the inside of his jacket; his hand is a fist apart his middle that is sticking up at the driver. Lovett smiles.
Lovett: “Good boy.”
Lovett turns back to the crowd and jumps up and down and then crouches low looking. She sees a pair of little yellow shoes in the distance.
Lovett: “Ha! There you are you little rat bag.”
As Lovett moves towards where she had seen the shoes, she talks to herself.
Lovett: “When no one is looking I am going to give such a clip round the ear young lady… Oh great now I sound I like my mum.”
Lovett gets to where she thinks the girl was and then forces her way to the building side of the pavement and notices about 20 meters down there is a narrow alley between two of the shops, she makes her way towards it. We see Lovett entry the alley.
Cut to a narrow dirty alley, there is litter everywhere and it is quieter. The little girl is standing facing Lovett but not looking at her, the girl is about 20 meters down into the alley and she is now holding a yellow helium balloon by a piece of string. Lovett walks very slowly towards the girl with her hands out showing her palms.
Lovett: “It’s ok, I’m not going to hurt you. I’m a police office and I am here to help you. Are you lost…”
Lovett notices the balloon for the first time.
Lovett: “…Where the hell did you get that?”
Lovett is now only about six meters from the girl and the balloon slips out of the girls hand and floats upwards. Lovett’s face and eyes follow the balloon; it gets higher and higher into the blue sky above until it is a tiny dot. Lovett slowly move her head back down.
Lovett: “You are a very strange little…”
The girl has disappeared again. Lovett looks at where the girl was and then around the alley, there is nowhere to hide and the other end of the alley is fifty or more meters away. Lovett turns to face the way she came into the ally the mouth of which is twenty five meters away.
Lovett: “Oh come on! Can we stop the buggering about now please?…”
Die comes running into the alley.
Lovett: “…Where are you now!?”
Die stops not far in front of Lovett.
Die: “I’m right here.”
Lovett: “Not you, fool. That little sh…”
Die point down the alley behind Lovett.
Die: “She’s right there you blind prat. What is wrong with you today?”
Lovett slowly turns and sees the little girl about twenty meters away, the girl is standing there as she has been standing every time we have seen her, not saying a word and not looking up, but she now has bloody all over her left knee from a deep graze. Die moves round Lovett and he slowly walks towards the girl with his hand out palms facing her.
Die: “Hi there…”
The little girl looks up and into Dies eyes at the sound of his voice but doesn’t move or make a sound. Lovett is just standing there mouth open.
Die: “That’s a pretty dress. Don’t worry; we’re here to help you. That lady is a police officer and I am… I am…”
Die shrugs and decide to go with the truth.
Die: “I’m a secret agent with the British Government.”
Die is getting closer and closer to the girl she hasn’t moved a muscle but she is still looking into his eyes. Die notices that somehow the left side of his jacket has got blown backwards and is now caught over the handle of his gun and shoulder holster and the girl’s eyes move and see it very clearly. Die pulls his jacket back over the holster and gun. He is stooping a bit now as he gets closer to the girl.
Die: “Don’t worry about the gun that’s not for you, just bad guys ok? Does your knee hurt? We should get that cleaned up don’t you think?”
Die is two meters from her now and is stooping lower. The girl takes two quick steps forwards him and launches herself at him, she easily clears the distance between them and her arms wrap tightly around his neck holding on for dear life. Die staggers slightly, puts his arms round her to hold her weight and standing up turning to face Lovett. Lovett is pulling her phone out of one of her pockets, looking at Die and the girl Lovett is shaking her head in disbelief.
Die: “Is this normal for a girl her age?”
Lovett: “Not even close!”
Lovett talks into her phone.
Lovett: “Yeah it’s me. I need an ambulance and a squad car oh and social services too. What? Oh.”
She looks at Die and frowns
Lovett: “Where the hell are we?”
Die: “I honestly have no idea.”
Lovett: “I should not have bothered getting out of bed today. I really fancy a Chinese now.”
Lovett turns and walking slowly down the alley toward the high street and talking into her phone again.
Lovett: “Hello? Yeah I’ll go and see if I can find out where we are.”
Fade to black.