INT. LABORATORY

       Sebastian screams in dire pain. He struggles against his 
       restraints as his skin liquefies into a muscular mass. 
       It’s like something’s eating away at him. Gruesome. The 
       yells become louder and more painful to hear.

                           SEBASTIAN
                 No. Oh god! NO! STOP IT! STOP IT!

       The muscular system begins to dissolve, leaving a 
       struggling skeleton wrapped with tentacular blood vessels 
       and stuffed with the major organs. The beating heart, the 
       heaving lungs.

                           SARAH
                 Pulse is 180 .... holding stable. 

       Screaming.... Then the organs go. Then the blood vessels. 
       Leaving only a skeleton howling in pain. The jawbones 
       spread wide ... Screaming... screaming...

                           CARTER
                  Holy shit.

       Then as if someone had poured acid all over the bones, 
       the skeleton evaporates into nothingness.

                           SARAH
                 Pulse is dropping. 170..
                 150 .... 160..

       There is NOTHING left of Sebastian Caine.

                           LINDA
                 Bio-quantum phase shift occurred at
                 18:26.

       The screaming continues and the restraints continue to 
       twist and turn. Suddenly the restraints go limp.

                           MATT
                 Is he dead?

       Linda checks the readouts.

                           LINDA
                 No. He passed out from the trauma.

                           SARAH
                 Vitals returning to normal. Pulse 110 
                 ... dropping. Blood pressure 130 over 
                 75.

       A long beat as everybody’s eyes stare at the instruments.

                           FRANK (V.O.)
                 Electrical activity is stabilizing.

                           SARAH
                 Pulse steady at 70.

       A long beat.

                           MATT
                 Un-fucking-believable.

       A reverent pause as Linda runs her fingers over what 
       would be his skin. Small electrical charge dance around 
       her fingertips. She gasps.

                           LINDA
                     (whispers in his ear)
                 You did it, Sebastian. You’re the 
                 first.

                           CARTER
                 Let’s get him into recovery.

                                                       DISSOLVE TO:

       INT. RECOVERY CHAMBER

       The chamber is half constructed out of Plexiglas at the 
       end of the Hallway of Habitats.

       On the recovery bed, a sheet drapes over Sebastian’s 
       invisible body. The gentle bleatings of medical machinery 
       pound out a dulling rhythm.

       Linda sleeps in a corner chair as Matt slips into the 
       room. He checks the readouts on Sebastian then takes a 
       seat by Linda. She wakes with a start.

                           MATT
                 S’okay. You nodded off.

                           LINDA
                 His breathing’s hypnotic. How long’s 
                 it been?

                           MATT
                 Seventeen hours.

                           LINDA
                 Where are the others?

                           MATT
                 In the lab crunching numbers. We’ve 
                 got enough data there for two 
                 lifetimes of research.

       Linda rubs her temples and gestures to the bed.

                           LINDA
                 I keep looking at that hole, wondering 
                 if he’s really there.

       She notices something out of the corner of his eye. The 
       sheet twitches.

                           LINDA (cont’d)
                 Did you see...

       The sheet twitches again.

                           MATT
                 He may be coming out of it.

       Linda and Matt watch intently. Then suddenly... the 
       sheets thrash violently. A yell of pain.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 The lights! Turn off the goddamn 
                 lights! Ah Christ!

       Linda jumps up and crosses to Sebastian. Matt rushes to 
       the wall and turns off the lights. Darkness. The room is 
       lit by the glow of machinery.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
                 I can’t... I can’t close my eyes. I 
                 can’t close my eyes.

                           LINDA
                 Your eyelids are transparent.

       The sheets slowly stop thrashing.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 So I ... I’m...

                           LINDA
                 Yes.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 My arms. I can.. where? ... I can feel 
                 them...

                           LINDA
                 Your arms ... your whole body... It 
                 worked, Sebastian. It worked.

       The sheet rises and slips away. The wires, seemingly 
       connected to thin air, spread out like a spider’s web and 
       then fall away one-by-one. The monitors all go dead.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Mirror. I ... I want to see.

                           MATT
                 Over here in the corner.

       Matt motions to a dark corner of the room, toward a 
       mirror and sink. We push in on the mirror. No reflection. 
       Suddenly it fogs up ... Sebastian’s breath. A finger 
       tracing appears in the fog ... but of course we see no 
       finger. The sink faucet twists on and water runs. It cups 
       into the shape of hands and lifts into the air, splashing 
       against the surface of Sebastian’s face. Beads of water 
       cling to his f ace, outlining it I shape f or a moment 
       before dripping away.

                           MATT (cont’d)
                 What was it like?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 I ... It’s hard to think.

       Sebastian’s voice is now behind him. Matt turns around.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
                 The transformation... I remember every 
                 molecule in my body shattering.

                           MATT
                 It was painful?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 At first... but then everything went 
                 black. I couldn’t see or hear or feel 
                 anything. It was all just black... 
                 like I wasn’t connected.

                           LINDA
                 Your system received quite a shock.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 At least my senses are starting to 
                 return... You’re wearing your 
                 Shalimar, aren’t you?

       Linda realizes that he’s standing very close by. Her hair 
       lifts slightly and Sebastian inhales. Chills go down her 
       spine.

                           LINDA
                 Sebastian.

       Linda’s hair drops back to her shoulders.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 This is weird. I’m looking through 
                 myself at the floor. I’m looking right 
                 through myself. I can’t tell ...

       He bumps into a chair.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
                 ... where my body is.

       A moment of silence.

                           LINDA
                 Sebastian?

       No answer. Linda and Matt look at each other, slightly 
       alarmed.

                           MATT
                 Sebastian?

       An indentation forms on the bed a moment later.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 You really can’t see me. Can you?

                           LINDA
                 Gimme symptoms. Dizziness, nausea, 
                 headache, body-ache, disorientation.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 No, just tired.
                     (beat)
                 It’s funny. I can see everything... 
                 more than before... but I can’t see 
                 myself.

       INT. LABORATORY - DAY

       Carter, Frank, Janice and Sarah work at various research 
       stations. The door opens and Linda and Matt enter.

                           CARTER
                 Hey. How’s he doing?

                           LINDA
                 Why don’t you ask him?

       Linda motions to the gap between her and Matt. The four 
       of them stare at the nothing.

                           SARAH
                 Sebastian, how do you feel.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Not to bad, considering.

       They turn round. The voice is coming from behind them. 
       The group rises from their various workstations and turn 
       toward where the voice came from.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
                 Odd, isn’t it?

       A rheostat switch on the wall turns and the lights dim. 
       Though it’s a simple act, it feels somewhat ominous.

                           LINDA
                 He can’t close his eyes so they’re 
                 sensitive to light.

       Linda’s explanation puts everyone at ease.

                           JANICE
                 So, what was it like?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Over here.

       Sebastian has moved. As everyone turns toward him again, 
       he can’t stifle a slight giggle.

                           LINDA
                 C’mon Sebastian. Knock it off.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

       His voice again come s from somewhere else in the room.

                           FRANK
                 I feel like we’re playing Marco Polo.

                           MATT
                 Well, I see the procedure hasn’t 
                 changed your personality.

       Frank pulls on a pair of THERMAL GOGGLES.

                           FRANK
                 No worries. I’m on it.

       THERMAL POV - Every body in the laboratory shows up as a 
       heat signature, including Sebastian. Frank points.

                           FRANK (cont’d)
                 Gotcha, big man.

       THERMAL POV - The HEAT SIGNATURE reaches for a chair.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Boy, you people have no sense of 
                 humor.

       A chair slides back from a desk and bends under 
       Sebastian’s weight.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
                 Show me. So ...

                                                            CUT TO:

       INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT

       Frank and Janice shuttle the playback controls as a VIDEO 
       MONITOR re-plays various angles of Sebastian’s phase 
       shift.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Stop there.

       Frank halts the tape.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont'd)
                 Index that. That was when it started 
                 burn. Epidermal reaction.

                           JANICE
                 Index Mark. 112125.

       Janice scribble the numbers in her notebook. Linda 
       crosses, nursing a cup of coffee.

                           LINDA
                 It’s late. Time you got some rest.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Just a little longer.

                           LINDA
                 Hate to pull rank, but you’re my 
                 patient now and you need rest. We’ve 
                 got a busy day tomorrow.

       Heavy sigh.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Fine.

       

       INT. THE RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT

       As Linda enters she points to a small camera in the upper 
       corner of the room.

                           LINDA
                 We’ve set up a thermal camera for 
                 observation and I’ve arranged one of 
                 us to be here 24/7 in case you need 
                 anything. The team’s gonna be on alpha-
                 call alert for the duration. If 
                 anything goes wrong, we can all be 
                 here within...

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Thirty minutes. Yes,,_I know. I wrote 
                 the procedure.

                           LINDA
                 I was trying to be reassuring.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 You like this don’t you?

                           LINDA
                 What’s that?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Being in charge.

       It’s clear she does. But she’s certainly not going to 
       admit it.

                           LINDA
                 Please. I’m just doing my job.

                                                            CUT TO:

       CLOSE ON: A video screen. A thermal lump lays stretched 
       out on the bed.

       Pull back to reveal SARAH staring at the screen. We are.

       INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

       A bank of monitors display the various angles of the Hall 
       of Habitats, the laboratory and, of course, Sebastian in 
       the recovery room.

       Linda hands Sarah a cup of coffee.

                           LINDA
                 You gonna be okay?

                           SARAH
                 Fine. It’s not like I have anything 
                 else going on in my sad pathetic life.

                           LINDA
                 Carter’ll be in at six to spell you 
                 and I’ll be in by nine. Call me if 
                 anything happens, okay?

       Through the glass wall, Linda sees Matt knocking and 
       waving her out.

                           SARAH
                 I’m fine. Go on ahead.

       INT. CORRIDOR - NIGHT

       The rest of the team straggles into the elevator. 
       Yawning. Exhausted from the day.

                           CARTER
                 Man, I’m tired. That was a long day.

                           LINDA
                 Days only get longer from here.

       Linda catches Matt’s eye. Gives him a look. “You coming 
       over?” Matt nods, “yes”, imperceptible to everyone but 
       Linda. She smiles.

                                                       DISSOLVE TO:

       INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT

       Deserted and dark.

       INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

       Late. Sarah rubs her temples. Her eyelids are heavy. 
       She’s having real trouble staying awake. The buzzing 
       fluorescent light isn’t helping either.

       INT. RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT

       The sheets ruffle and the indentation disappears from the 
       bed. We can hear breathing and soft sound of bare feet 
       shuffling against linoleum.

       CAMERA SLOWLY PANS toward the door, as if we, are 
       following someone walking.

       The door handle turns and the door pushes open.

       INT. HALLWAY OF HABITATS - NIGHT

       WE SLOWLY TRACK DOWN the Hallway of the Habitats. We hear 
       the sounds of sleeping creatures. A couple of them growl 
       at something unseen. The growling follows the invisible 
       something as it passes by.

       INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT

       The laboratory door opens and shuts again. Ghostly. We 
       see papers shuffling at one of the work stations. A glass 
       moves slightly.

       INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

       Sarah reclines in her chair. Fast asleep, Behind her is 
       the glass wall, revealing the empty hallway behind it.

       But a small portion of the glass fogs, as if someone had 
       just breathed on it. As the fogged part quickly clears, 
       we see the door to the observation room quietly open.

       ON SARAH, still sleeping. We hear a whisper.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                     (whispering)
                 Sarah. Are you awake?

       Her heavy breathing mixes with Sebastian’s.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
                     (barely audible)
                 Hmm.

       Sarah’s hair moves slightly, as if a hand were running 
       through it. And then we see her shirt move, like fingers 
       were tracing over it. Down from the shoulder to her 
       breast. Around her nipple. Sarah moans slightly, as if 
       she were dreaming, but she doesn’t stir. And then her 
       breasts cup slightly, as if they were being touched... 
       softly... gently. Her breathing becomes harder, more 
       labored, erotic... and then she... BOLTS AWAKE. Bar eyes 
       wide with fear. She jumps and cups her own breasts and 
       looks around the room. It’s empty, of course. She jumps 
       over to the monitor and checks on Sebastian’s room. The 
       heat signature isn’t there.

                           SARAH
                 Dr. Caine! Goddamnit, Dr. Caine! Are 
                 you in here?

       She listens. It’s silent. She tries holding her breath, 
       listening for his breathing. But there’s nothing.

       Sarah reaches over to a microphone. Hits a few switches.

                           SARAH (cont’d)
                 Dr. Caine?

       VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE COMPOUND

       - LABORATORY

                           SARAH (V.0.,LOUDSPEAKER)
                 Dr. Caine, please report in.

       - HALLWAY OF HABITATS

                           SARAH (V.0.,LOUDSPEAKER)
                 Dr. Caine, report in please!

       INT. OBSERVATION BOOTH - CONTINUOUS

       Sarah waits. No response.

                           SARAH
                 Shit. 

       She looks around the room. He must be in here.

                           SARAH (cont’d)
                 Dr. Caine? Sebastian? Come on, this 
                 isn’t funny. I know you’re in here. 

       Nothing. No response. Sarah waves her hand around, 
       reaching out, trying to find him. After a few beats she 
       stops and rubs her head.

                           SARAH (cont’d)
                 I must be going crazy.

       Suddenly, Sarah gets an idea. She quickly exits the 
       observation room.

       EXT. CORRIDOR - NIGHT

       At a wall storage box, she removes a pair of Thermal 
       Goggles and slips them on.

       INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

       Sarah enters wearing the thermals. She scans the room.

       THERMAL POV - The room is empty.

       She pulls the goggles off in frustration, and when she 
       glances over at the video screen, she sees Sebastian’s 
       thermal image lying on the bed in the recovery room.

       Sarah sinks into her chair, a tad disconcerted.

       INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - MORNING

       Linda and Matt finish listening to Sarah’s story.

                           SARAH
                 I found him later in the lab, running 
                 samples.

                           LINDA
                 Why didn’t you call me?

                           SARAH
                 Because I wasn’t sure. I’m still not. 
                 I mean, I could’ve easily been 
                 dreaming.

                           MATT
                 It doesn’t sound like something 
                 Sebastian would do.

                           SARAH
                 God, I feel so stupid.

                           LINDA
                 I can talk to him.

                           SARAH
                 No. I mean...
                     (she torn, unsure of herself)
                 It was probably nothing. I 
                 shouldn’t’ve mentioned it.

                           MATT
                 You sure?

                           SARAH
                 Yeah, I’m sure. I mean, y’know, why 
                 would he do that, right? Just, this 
                 place at night can be kinda creepy, 
                 y’know.

       INT. RESEARCH LAB - DAY

       Sebastian, wearing surgical scrubs sits in an examination 
       chair. Wire leads sprout from the electrodes covering his 
       head and arms. The electrodes seem to outline his body.

                           MATT
                 So, how was your first night?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Restless. Hard to sleep when you can’t 
                 close your eyes.

       As Sebastian talks, we can see the electrodes around his 
       jaw pump up and down.

                           MATT
                 Yeah? What’d you do?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Got up a couple of times. Knocked 
                 about.

                           MATT
                 Yeah, Sarah mentioned you weren’t in 
                 your cubicle. She said she called you 
                 over the intercom and you didn’t 
                 respond.

                           SEBASTIAN
                 I guess I didn’t hear. I had the radio 
                 on.

                           MATT
                 It’d be helpful to us if you’d tell 
                 whoever’s on duty where you’re going 
                 to. I mean, if something were to 
                 happen, we’d want to know where to 
                 find you.

                           SEBASTIAN
                 I didn’t think it was a problem.

                           MATT
                 It isn’t. I just don’t want it to 
                 become one.

       Machines pump out EEG, EKG readouts. Matt studies them.

                           MATT (cont’d)
                 Readings are normal.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Next I want to run a VV and UVF 
                 analysis of the platelets.

                           MATT
                 We’ll have to draw some more blood.

                                                            CUT TO:

       Sarah rolls up Sebastian’s sleeve, revealing empty air. 
       She wraps a bungee cord around the nothing, pulls it 
       tight and sprays the inside of his elbow with dye. She 
       acts very self conscious.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 You okay?

                           SARAH
                 Yeah. Why?

                           SEBASTIAN
                 You just seem a little nervous.

                           SARAH
                 No. I...I’m fine. Hold still. This 
                 might hurt a bit.

       The surface of his skin sheens in the light as Linda 
       searches for a vein. She slaps his arm several times, 
       then plunges a hypodermic needle into his skin. His skin 
       bends and gives. The needle remains in sight after it 
       slips through the visible surface. Sarah presses down on 
       the hypo plunger, releasing a dye into his bloodstream.

                           SARAH (cont’d)
                 Dr. Caine... this might sounds stupid, 
                 but are you... are you looking at me. 

       The red dye twists into a long snaking red tube up and 
       down his arm. His vein.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 No. I was looking at the clock. Why? 

       Sarah draws the plunger back, sucking Sebastian’s blood 
       into the hypodermic and then yanks the needle out.

                           SARAH
                 Just felt like someone was staring at 
                 me.

       Sarah pulls the vial off the needle and labels it with a 
       grease pencil. After a few beats the red dye in 
       Sebastian’s blood stream dissolves and disappears, as 
       does the liquid in the vial.

       TESTING MONTAGE

       INT. MRI ROOM

       MATT slides Sebastian’s sheet covered frame into an MRI. 
       Even though his head is not visible, it shown up on the 
       MRI scanner.

       INT. MAIN LABORATORY

       CARTER and SARAH lower a harness into a water tank. 
       SEBASTIAN’S BODY displaces the water, revealing an empty 
       body shaped cavity in the water.

       INT. OBSERVATION ROOM

       CARTER sips a BIG GULP and stares at a monitor which 
       shows two eat signatures in the Recovery Chamber, huddled 
       over a chess game.

       INT. RECOVER CHAMBER

       on a chessboard... A BLACK KNIGHT takes WHITE BISHOP, 
       seemingly all by itself.

       Across the table, Matt leans back and topples his WHITE 
       KING acknowledging defeat.

       INT. SPECTRAL LAB

       Dim lights. Janice and Frank both don eye guards. Frank 
       switches on a low intensity laser on and it’s beam shoots 
       across the room. The beam distorts slightly in the center 
       of the room. As Frank widens the spectral pattern, 
       suddenly the beam splits into a million different 
       spectral rainbows, momentary illuminating Sebastian’s 
       entire frame in a glowing tingle of light.

       INT. MAIN LABORATORY

       LINDA pulls vials from the cyclotrons and props blood 
       sample slides. She slips them under the microscope. She 
       takes a sip of her Diet Coke and puts it on the table. 
       She pears into the microscope and analyses the blood 
       sample, squeezing more stain onto it. She looks up to 
       make notations, but when she reaches for her Diet Coke IT 
       ISN’T THERE. She looks around. It’s on the other side of 
       her microscope. She shrugs it off, she takes a sip and 
       sets it down where it was before. She peers into the 
       microscope again and when she looks up... the Diet Coke 
       is gone. She looks around the room and sees it on another 
       table completely.

                           LINDA
                 Sebastian? Goddamnit.

       We hear Sebastian’s laughter echo in the room.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 You’ve no idea how much fun I’ve had. 
                 I’m going to hate going back.

                           LINDA
                 That’s what worries me.?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 How so?

                           LINDA
                 What happens when we turn the project 
                 over to the Army. Ever wonder how much 
                 fun they’re gonna have?

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Maybe we won’t give it to them. His 
                 voice comes from behind her now.

       We see indentations on her shoulders where his fingers 
       press down.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
                 I was thinking... tonight’s my last 
                 night. Ever fantasize about making 
                 love to an invisible man?

       Linda pulls away from him.

                           LINDA
                 Stop it, Sebastian. It’s not funny.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Well, don’t do it for me. Do it for 
                 science. 

       Linda walks away. Sebastian laughs.

                           LINDA
                 Grow up.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Oh well. Missed your big chance.

                           LINDA
                 Got some sleep. Big day tomorrow.

       INT. LABORATORY - DAY

       A bevy of activity below us as the scientists prepare. 
       Matt slides the antigen cocktail into the centrifuge and 
       starts it spinning.

       A sheet drapes over a Sebastian’s frame, straps across 
       his limbs. He is fully wired.

       Linda looks up to the observation booth.

                           LINDA
                 Recording?

       Frank peers down at her from the booth, his voice echoing 
       through the chamber.

                           FRANK
                 Recording. Subject Doctor Sebastian 
                 Caine. Currently in phase shift... 
                 Three days, seven hours.

                           LINDA
                 De-Phase protocol. Injecting Serial 
                 Protein Caine One Two Seven.

       Matt removes the glowing vial of orange liquid from a 
       centrifuge nearby. Carter hands Matt a hypo. Matt jabs it 
       into the vial, drawing up the colored liquid. Linda 
       sprays Sebastian’s arm with dye.

                           LINDA (cont’d)
                 Ready?

                           SEBASTIAN
                 Not really. I was just starting to 
                 enjoy myself.

                           LINDA
                 Tough.

                           MATT
                 Okay, man. Here we go.

       Matt inserts the hypo into the vein and presses down on 
       the plunger. The liquid begins to react. Small flashes of 
       light blip up and down the strand of color outlining the 
       vein.

       Ba-bump.. ba-bump... the heartbeat starts to speed up.

                           SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
                 Wait... something... something doesn’t 
                 feel right.

                           SARAH
                 Heartbeat elevated.