Act II, Scene 4: A Trap
[~6:15]Survivor #1 gestures toward Vina, who now turns, a little self consciously, away from Pike.
SURVIVOR #1
[1:03] Her name is Vina.
[1:17] She was just a child when we crashed; her parents did not survive. This is the only world she knows.
PIKE
[1:36] She’s beautiful.
SURVIVOR #1
[1:41] Until now she’s never seen anyone close to her age. So you’ll understand her staring at you—
Boyce, who has been examining the survivors with her scanners, approaches Pike.
BOYCE
[1:51] Their health is perfect, Captain…almost too perfect. Given their ages and the harsh conditions—
HASKINS
[2:05] There’s a reason for that, Captain, but we’ve had some doubt whether Earth is ready to learn of it. Let Vina show you— .
Vina takes Pike by the hand and leads him to a nearby rock outcrop (likely upstage left); lights dim on the survivors' camp. A fumarole suddenly erupts from the ground, spewing a column of brightly colored vapor. Vina puts her face in it and breathes deeply.
[2:33] It’s wonderful…refreshing.
PIKE
[2:39] What is it? I don’t understand…
VINA
[2:47] You will. I know you will…
Pike hesitates, but then slowly puts his face into the fumes, and smiles.
[absently, just as Pike succumbs]
[2:58] You’re the perfect choice.
Pike appears to notice Vina’s strange statement, and then falls unconscious to the ground. Vina disappears suddenly.
YOUNG SPOCK
[calling out unseen from the survivors' camp below]
[3:05] Captain, come quickly. It was a trap!
Lights rise again on the survivors' camp, revealing only natural features, and no signs of human habitation.
BOYCE
[Suddenly visible observing the camp from above (likely upstage right)]
[3:15] There are no survivors here! Captain! It's all an illusion.
[SURVIVORS' CAMP / COURTROOM]
Lieutenant Uhura's voice intrudes jarringly on the holovision scene, via intercom.
UHURA
[3:25] Commodore Tor, an urgent message from Starfleet Command.
TOR
[standing]
[3:30] Computer. End program!
The courtroom suddenly illuminates, but the holovision projection continues uninterrupted.
[SURVIVORS’ CAMP] Two creatures from the Talosian menagerie appear from a metal door in the rock face and drag the unconscious Pike inside the cliff. Spock rushes toward the scene, but too late.
YOUNG SPOCK
[3:34] Spock to Enterprise. It was a trap. There are no survivors on the planet. Repeat: No survivors.
Spock, Boyce, and the landing party arrive in time to see Pike disappearing behind the closing metal door. They fire their lasers, but to no avail.
[3:49] Spock to Enterprise. Do you read me now? ...Do you read me? The Captain has been captured!
[ENTERPRISE BRIDGE]
TOR
[4:04] Computer cease this projection!
The Survivor’s Camp and environs continue in pantomime upstage from the Enterprise Bridge, optionally including Young Spock’s and Boyce’s continued struggle to communicate with the Early Enterprise, and effects of phasers against the rock face. Tor is at first perplexed by the holovision’s continuation, but then turning to the matter at hand.
[4:10] Uhura, state the message.
UHURA
[4:14] Starfleet command has detected our movement toward Talos IV, Commodore.
SPOCK
[4:19] Commander, with your patience, the reason for our course will be—
TOR
[interrupting]
[4:25] Silence, Spock! Your testimony is useless, and without honor. Kirk, we must find a way to communicate with Starfleet.
KIRK
[4:45] Uhura, can we reply?
UHURA
[4:50] Negative, Captain. The ship’s computer intercepts transmissions to maintain its course, but as before, it refuses to relay them.
KIRK
[5:04] Keep trying Uhura.
TOR
[5:09] Captain James Kirk. Though I agreed to this trial, I remind you that we can suspend it at will.
KIRK
[5:20] I want to proceed. I want to know Pike's past on this planet.
TOR
[interrupting]
[5:31] Captain Pike, can we abandon this charade? Can we learn the truth from you instead?
[5:51] Pike’s brain image is complex, displaying negative emotions and other complex colors. The holovision opens again, to an image of the younger Pike on Rigel 7, standing among rocks and vegetation, with a medieval-looking fortress in the distance.
TOR
[6:02] Very well Spock.
Act II, Scene 4b — Pike battles a Kalar warrior on Riegel 7 [~3:00]
[RIEGEL 7]
VINA
[offstage]
[0:21] Come ... hurry!
Vina enters in medieval attire.
[0:27] There’ll be weapons and armor inside and…maybe food.
PIKE
[astonished, looking around]
[0:38] This is Rigel 7. I fought in that fortress just two weeks ago.
VINA
[0:45] Please hurry! We must hide ourselves!
PIKE
[0:51] Who are you?…It’s just as it happened before. Except for you! Long hair, different clothes—
Vina starts to run into the fortress. Pike grabs Vina’s arm, preventing her from entering.
[1:05] ...but it’s you, the one the others called Vina…
VINA
[1:15] It doesn’t matter whether you believe in this. You’ll feel it just the same, just as I do—
PIKE
[1:28] Who are you?
VINA
—every moment.
Vina finds a battered sword and shield and thrusts them to Pike. She arms herself with a spear.
PIKE
[realizing that Vina’s terror is real]
[1:32] At least tell me who you are!
Sounds of terrible bellowing.
VINA
[1:35] You fool!
A huge, and frightening, humanoid Kalar enters roaring and bellowing, wearing armor and holding a large mace.
VINA
[1:38] Even if you don’t care about yourself, will you protect me? Don’t you know what he’ll do to me?
[seeing the Kalar warrior lunge…]
[1:46] Vina pulls him aside just as the Kalar swings his mace. The blow glances off Pike’s arm and wounds him. He reacts with pain.
[2:02] You’re wounded!
The Kalar warrior bellows and charges Pike, and they enter combat. Pike is at first heroic, but then falls. [~2:15] As the Kalar prepares a last deadly blow, Vina turns the battle with a surprise attack on the Kalar, stabbing it with a spear. Pike leaps to his feet and kills the Kalar with its own mace. [~2:30] Terrified, Vina throws herself into Pike’s arms. [~2:40] Slowly, they fall to a close embrace, though still frightened, beneath a tree.
Act II, Scene 4c — Vina: "Perhaps they've made me from dreams you've forgotten." [~3:30 DRAFT; this will merge with 4b so that Scene 4 totals ~11:00]
VINA
[0:03] It’s over.
PIKE
[0:10] Why am I here?
VINA
[0:14] To be with me.
PIKE
[0:19] Are you real?
VINA
[0:23] As real as you want me to be…
PIKE
[0:27 ...] That’s no answer! Why did you take me here? I’ve never met you before, I’ve never even imagined you.
VINA
[0:30 ...] Perhaps they’ve made me out of dreams you’ve forgotten.
Lights dim on Rigel 7 scenery, reflecting Pike’s surroundings transformed. Pike is in darkness, and disoriented.