MY NAME IS JAKE, PART 2

Originally Aired: September 11, 1998
Written by: Dan Angel, Billy Brown, and Neal Shusterman
Directed by: Timothy Bond

Show opens with scenes from My Name is Jake part I.

Cut to a montage of characters from the show. Cut to Jake walking down the street.

JAKE V.O.:
My name is Jake. That's all I can tell you. I can't tell you my last name or where I live because the controllers are everywhere.

JAKE:
(to a guy washing his car) How you doing? (to a woman with a baby stroller) Nice day.

JAKE V.O.:
They could be anyone. They could be you.

A police car with siren on passes by. Jake follows. He ends up on a block that has been blocked off by police. A truck marked Hazardous Material is allowed in.

Cut to the Factory from the last episode. Jake has snuck in and is watching controllers at work.

MAN:
Work faster! There can be no sign that the andalite was ever here. Come on.

Cut to Chapman talking to a construction worker.

CHAPMAN:
What's taking so long?

MAN:
Well, we didn't expect this much debris. There's... just, well there's a thousand pieces.

CHAPMAN:
I told you I wanted this cleaned up by now.

MAN:
Look, we only need a couple more hours.

Jake has seen and heard enough and sneaks out of the factory compounds.

Cut to a llama. Cuts to several more animals. Cuts to a horse. Cuts to Tobias staring at the horse. We are at Cassie's. We see Aisha, Cassie's mom, walking down the path towards Tobias with a hawk on her arm.

AISHA:
Hello.. are you looking for Cassie?

TOBIAS:
Uh. Yeah.

AISHA:
She's around here somewhere. I'm Cassie's mom. I haven't seen you before.

In the background Rachel and Marco are arriving.

RACHEL:
That's Tobias. He just moved here.

AISHA:
Ah.

RACHEL:
Hi Aisha.

AISHA:
Hi. Hi Marco.

TOBIAS:
It must be cool, living on a preserve.

AISHA:
Well life is certainly never dull.

Aisha and the others walk towards a barn. They enter it.

AISHA:
(to the hawk) Here you go, home sweet home. (Hawk sits on a perch).

Cuts to various animals around the barn, and back to the hawk.

TOBIAS:
Wow, he's beautiful.

AISHA:
Yeah. His mother was shot by a poacher. We hatched him and raised him.

MARCO:
I'll bet he misses her.

TOBIAS:
He probably never even knew her.

AISHA:
That's right.

Jake Enters.

JAKE:
Hi.

AISHA:
Hi Jake.

JAKE:
Is Cassie around?

AISHA:
You know, she's probably up at the house. I'll send her down.

JAKE:
(whispering) Come here.

Jake, Marco, and Rachel go further into the barn. Tobias seems fascinated by the hawk.

JAKE:
I just went by the...

AISHA:
(popping back into the barn) You guys be careful. Those animals are wild. I don't want to have to sew any fingers back on.

JAKE:
(after Aisha has left) I just went by the plant. It's crawling with controllers, and there were cops.

RACHEL:
But if there were cops?

MARCO:
Duh.

RACHEL:
The cops are controllers too.

JAKE:
At least some of them.

MARCO:
What if they saw you?

JAKE:
They didn't.

Cut to Tobias fascinated by the hawk. He's petting it and suddenly pulls back.

RACHEL:
If the police are controllers, what else: teachers, government, newspapers, tv?

MARCO:
TV? Not tv!

They laugh nervously. Jake looks over to Tobias who is still preoccupied with the hawk.

JAKE:
Tobias.

TOBIAS:
What?

JAKE:
That disk that Elfangor tried to give you. Do you have any idea where you might have dropped it?

TOBIAS:
I didn't drop it! I never even touched it.

JAKE:
We got to find it.

RACHEL:
With all those controllers, we can't exactly sneak back into the plant.

JAKE:
No, but we could go back as animals.

MARCO:
Shouldn't we wait for Cassie?

JAKE:
Yeah, what's taking her so long anyways? I think we all need to be here for this.

RACHEL:
Yeah. She better not flake.

A horse in a stall behind Rachel steps out and nudges her.

RACHEL:
Hey!

CASSIE T.S.:
(in horse morph) Who you calling a flake?

RACHEL:
Cassie?

CASSIE T.S.:
Yeah it's me.

RACHEL:
It's amazing.

MARCO:
Man!

RACHEL:
Really? (Laughs)

The guys stare at Rachel as if she has lost her marbles. Apparently only Rachel can hear Cassie.

MARCO:
Yo, she's lost it.

CASSIE T.S.:
No she hasn't. When I want you to hear me, I can direct the thought speak to you.

Everyone has heard Cassie now. She begins to demorph.

MARCO:
Oh Cass, that's disgusting.

RACHEL:
Eew.. gross..

MARCO:
Oh man!

Cut to Cassie demorphing. Most of her is human now, only her head is still that of a horse.

MARCO:
Oh Cassie.

TOBIAS:
That is gross.

Cassie finally emerges from the morph.

MARCO:
I'm going to throw up.

CASSIE:
It's getting smoother.

RACHEL:
That's smoother? That was harsh.

JAKE:
We'll have to get used to that.

CASSIE:
You guys, it was so awesome. I mean I was a horse. I was powerful and fast.

TOBIAS:
Wow.

MARCO:
Weren't you scared?

JAKE:
I sure was.

CASSIE:
So was I at first, but.. I started to run and I forgot all about being scared.

JAKE:
Okay.. who's next?

RACHEL:
I'll go.

MARCO:
Surprise, surprise.

RACHEL:
Hey kitty.

Cut to a cat that has jumped into the scene.

CASSIE:
Touch it.

Rachel starts to pet the cat.

RACHEL:
Whoa.. what's that?

CASSIE:
That's it. Now you've acquired the cat's DNA. Now concentrate. Think about it. Think about being a cat.... and you'll morph.

Rachel sits on the beam where the cat is and starts to morph.

RACHEL:
Oh.. is it happening? I feel weird. Yes.. yes..

Rachel has become a cat.

JAKE:
Rachel? Rachel?

TOBIAS:
She's ignoring you.

CASSIE:
Of course, she's a cat.

JAKE:
Rachel, are you okay?

RACHEL T.S.:
Hmm.. don't bother me. I feel very, very cool..

CASSIE:
Way to go Rach.

JAKE:
Alright Marco, it's your turn. Come on man..

MARCO:
Look, I say we forget it. We don't mention it and we don't morph.

JAKE:
Marco.. I halfway agree with you but...

MARCO:
This isn't some dumb video game. We could get killed. You saw what happened to that andalite. Don't you get it? This is for real. You don't even know what reality is. Nothing bad's ever happened to you. You have this perfect family like I used to have.

JAKE:
Marco I know.

MARCO:
Well go on, say it. You can say it. My mom's dead and that's reality. You can all think whatever you want; if something bad was to happen to me, my dad would lose it.

CASSIE:
No one's asking you to risk your life right now. I mean learning to morph might be the one thing that can save your life.

JAKE:
That's right. I mean the yeerks are a reality for us now. Your dad might freak if you weren't around. I think he'd freak out even more if you had a yeerk in your brain.

RACHEL T.S.:
Come on Marco. It's okay. Really.

MARCO:
Alright. All right. But I get to choose which animal.

CASSIE:
Okay, as you can see we've got a wide selection from the animal kingdom. We have our medium sized animals (cuts to some goats and then a pig), and we have our cuter ones. (Cuts to a llama).

MARCO:
Why don't we start off small, and work our way up? (Marco looks around and sees a rat in a cage behind him.) Maybe one of these. I always wanted a rat. Just never thought I'd be one.

Cassie walks over and takes the rat out of it's cage.

CASSIE:
Marco meet Bitsy, Bitsy meet Marco. You know the drill right? (Hands rat over to Marco)

JAKE:
Touch it and think about the rat.

Marco touches the rat and looks up at Cassie.

CASSIE:
It's acquired. (Takes rat from Marco) Now concentrate.

Everyone watches Marco as he morphs. His face is turning rat-like when he yelps and stops.

MARCO:
Ah! Make it stop! What? Am I a rat?

TOBIAS:
(laughing) I'd say you were a rat man.

MARCO:
(Demorphs) I can't do it.

JAKE:
I dare you.

MARCO:
Give me the stupid rat.

CASSIE:
You don't need to. It's already acquired. Remember, touch, acquire, concentrate and change.

MARCO:
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Marco morphs into a rat. Suddenly Rachel in cat morph goes after Marco.

JAKE:
Rachel, no!

MARCO T.S.:
Rachel, it's me!

CASSIE:
Control Rachel. Control the animal mind.

JAKE:
Control, you can't eat Marco.

Rachel pays them no attention and goes after Marco.

CASSIE:
You guys, you have to control the animal brain.

Rachel jumps up on a stool.

RACHEL:
Whoa.. okay.. I think I'm in control now.

Marco the rat however is still running into the cage.

MARCO T.S.:
Run, run, run, run.

JAKE:
(looking into the cage) Marco, are you in control?

CASSIE:
Rachel, Marco, change back now.

RACHEL:
Okay, I'm coming back.

Rachel emerges from the cat morph.

RACHEL:
Whew.. that was wild.

MARCO:
Ow! Ow! Oh man.. (apparently Marco demorphed in the cage and broke it and emerged with a running wheel on his head.) I feel like I ate a couple pounds of coffee.

RACHEL:
It was like having two minds: one animal and one human. And they're fighting each other.

CASSIE:
The human mind is stronger. We just have to learn how to focus.

JAKE:
It's not easy.

RACHEL:
No kidding. (To Marco) I just wanted to sink my teeth into your soft furry rat neck.

MARCO:
That's what all the girls say.

CASSIE:
We got to be careful though guys.

RACHEL:
That's right. Elfangor said no more than two hours.

JAKE:
We have to remember why we're doing this. It's to help us fight the yeerks.

MARCO:
Thanks for reminding me perrito.

JAKE:
You're welcome rat man. Alright, we've all done it.

RACHEL:
Hold on, Tobias hasn't.

JAKE:
I forgot about Tobias. Sorry Tobias.

All of them turn to where Tobias was but he's not there any more.

JAKE:
Tobias? Tobias. Tobias!

They exit the barn to look for him.

JAKE:
Hey Tobias!

MARCO:
This is totally uncool. What if he freaks and turns us all in.

RACHEL:
He wouldn't do that.

MARCO:
How do you know? We just met the guy last night. For all we know he could be working for the yeerks right now.

JAKE:
If he was, he would have turned us in already.

Cut to Tobias hiding behind a tree. Cut back to the others.

MARCO:
Where could he have gone?

CASSIE:
Does anyone know where he lives?

RACHEL:
He said he didn't have parents.

CASSIE:
He's kind of a strange guy, that's for sure.

MARCO:
What if he went back for the disk without us?

RACHEL:
(to Jake) So.. what should we do?

MARCO:
Yeah, what should we do, oh great leader?

JAKE:
Since when am I the leader?

CASSIE:
You just are.

JAKE:
Well I guess.. uh.. I guess we'll have to get Elfangor's disk back first.

Jake and other others leave. Cuts to Tobias, who is still behind the tree. He also leaves.

(I have a bad copy of the episode and am apparently missing a short part here)

Cuts to Rachel at her home at night. She is talking to her younger sister Sara. She has apparently given her sister a necklace.

SARA:
I want it, but you said if I ever touched it again, you'd kill me. How come you're giving it to me?

RACHEL:
I don't know. I guess it's because you're my little sister.

Rachel put on a coat and starts to leave.

SARA:
Where are you going?

Rachel walks back into the room and gives her a hug and starts to leave again.

SARA:
Rachel?

RACHEL:
Yeah.

SARA:
(looking at the necklace) What's wrong with it?

Rachel laughs and leaves. Sara puts on the necklace.

Cuts to Marco's home. He's getting food from the microwave.

MARCO:
Come on dad. Try it.

JEREMY:
Oh thanks buddy, but you know what? I'm really not that hungry.

MARCO:
Come on dad, don't you want to grow up to be big and strong?

JEREMY:
Okay..well look at this. I didn't know you knew how to cook.

MARCO:
Man, I can cook.

Jeremy takes a bite of the spaghetti and mmm's and nods. There's a knock on the door.

MARCO:
I'll be right back.

Marco goes and answers the door. It's Jake.

MARCO:
What's up.

JAKE:
Let's go. We're suppose to meet up in five minutes.

MARCO:
Yeah I know. Just let me grab my stuff.

Jake starts to enter the house but Marco stops him.

MARCO:
You know what? Wait here. I'll be right there.

JAKE:
(to Marco's dad) Hey Jeremy. (He leave the house and waits).

MARCO:
I'll be back dad.

JEREMY:
Where are you going?

MARCO:
Me and the guys are doing kind of a scavenger hunt. (Shows the stuff he's carrying. A bag and a radio).

JEREMY:
That's too bad. They're going to be showing the original Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Hey, I'll tape it for you if you show me how to program this vcr.

MARCO:
Hello? You're an engineer. You can't program a vcr?

Jeremy shrugs.

MARCO:
You're so... (laughs) I'll be back pops. (Marco stops to check his hair in a mirror).

JEREMY:
Don't worry about it. You're beautiful.

MARCO:
Hmm.. (Opens the door and sees Jake) Hey. (They leave)

Cut to the construction site. Controllers are digging around. Rachel and Cassie are already there.

MAN:
All right, let's get some of it down here.

MAN #2:
Yes sir.

A car pulls up and Chapman gets out.

CHAPMAN:
Excuse me, but am I the only one here who can see this Hork-Bajir footprint? Will somebody fill it in before it makes the front page?

MAN:
Alright guys. Let's get to it.

The Hork-Bajir footprint is filled up.

Cut to Marco and Jake sneaking into the area where Rachel and Cassie are.

JAKE:
Any sign of Tobias?

RACHEL:
Nothing.

JAKE:
Rachel, see if you can find that disk.

RACHEL:
Okay. (She proceeds to morph into the cat).

MARCO:
It's not the sight, so much as the sound that gets me.

Rachel has fully morphed the cat.

CASSIE:
Wait, you look too good to be a stray. (Grabs a handful of dirt and rubs it into the fur)

MARCO:
Wait. (Spits into hand and rubs it into the fur.)

RACHEL T.S.:
Watch it Marco.

MARCO:
Better.

RACHEL T.S.:
Guys, leave me alone.

MARCO:
I'm just trying to help.

RACHEL T.S.:
Yeah, right.

Rachel in cat morph runs towards the site. We see a cat-eye view of what's going on.

CHAPMAN:
Let's speed it up. Visser Three wants this yard cleaned up tonight.

Rachel finds what she's looking for and runs back to where they were hiding.

JAKE:
She's okay.

RACHEL T.S.:
I found it. Chapman's practically standing on it. We've got to move fast.

JAKE:
Okay, I'll help Cassie with the paint. Marco you ready?

MARCO:
Yeah.

JAKE:
When I give the signal, go.

They split up.

RACHEL T.S.:
Good luck guys.

Cut to Chapman and the controllers.

CHAPMAN:
I want everyone to look close to the ground. Search the entire area.

Cut to Marco with the boom box. He turns it on. It makes the sound of a sonic boom.

Cut to Chapman and controllers.

CHAPMAN:
What is it? What's that?

Cut to Marco who's lighting up flares.

MARCO:
Over here! Help! They're landing. Over here! Help! Help!

Marco drops the flares and grabs the boombox and runs.

By the time Chapman gets there, there's no one.

MAN:
I don't see a thing.

Suddenly Chapman sees blue horse-like legs moving behind a truck.

CHAPMAN:
Andalites!

They chase after it.

CHAPMAN:
Follow them.

Cut to Rachel, still in cat morph and Jake, now in dog morph. They are going after the disk.

RACHEL T.S.:
Hurry, hurry, come on!

JAKE T.S.:
: I hope this thing's worth it. (Digging up the disk.)

RACHEL T.S.:
Dig Jake, dig.

Cut to Chapman.

CHAPMAN:
I have to tell Visser Three. (Leaves)

Cut to Rachel and Jake still digging.

RACHEL T.S.:
Hurry Jake. They're here.

Chapman runs in and sees them.

CHAPMAN:
Andalite!

RACHEL T.S.:
Go Jake, go, go!

Jake finally digs up the disk, snatches it between his jaws.

JAKE T.S.:
: I got it.

RACHEL T.S.:
Hurry Jake!

Jake takes off toward a tube and Rachel follows.

RACHEL T.S.:
No, not that way!

They run into a tube only to become trapped. Chapman covers the exits.

JAKE T.S.:
: We're trapped.

CHAPMAN:
Over here! I've got two of them. I smell a promotion.

All of the sudden there's a screeching from the air. A hawk attacks Chapman. It knocks him over and the cover blocking the tube's exit falls down.

JAKE T.S.:
: Let's go Rachel, run!

The hawk flies away and we cut to Rachel and Jake making their escape.

RACHEL T.S.:
That was too close.

JAKE T.S.:
: Keep running until we get to the woods. The controllers are all over this place.

Cut to a horse.. with it's legs painted blue. (The phony andalite everyone was chasing). The view of the horse is cut out, but when we see it again, it's Cassie who has emerged from her morph. She continues walking and suddenly doubles back and hides.

MAN:
Come on guys, it's gotta be over here.

A group of controllers pass her, and she quickly sneaks away when they're gone.

Cut to Rachel and Jake still running in the woods.

JAKE T.S.:
: I think we lost them.

Jake and Rachel are temporarily hidden by a stack of logs. When we see them again they have demorphed.

MARCO:
(running up) You got it? You got the disk?

Jake shows him the disk.

MARCO:
(to Cassie who is just joining them) We got it. We got the disk.

CASSIE:
Yes. The controllers are still back there waiting for the andalites. It worked.

MARCO:
That was great Cass.

Suddenly a bird is heard screeching. They all look up. It's the hawk that saved Jake and Rachel.

RACHEL:
Hey, look.

The hawk lands on a log and begins to demorph. It's Tobias.

TOBIAS:
Hi.

RACHEL:
Tobias! You saved us.

CASSIE:
We didn't know what happened to you.

JAKE:
Thanks.

TOBIAS:
And you'd do the same for me right?

Jake nods.

MARCO:
We thought you were a controller.

RACHEL:
Why did you disappear? Why didn't you tell us you acquired the hawk?

TOBIAS:
I don't know.

RACHEL:
We were all scared.

TOBIAS:
Yeah, but, I guess I was a bit scared that maybe I'd like it too much.

CASSIE:
I know what you mean.

JAKE:
Well thanks. We would have been dead meat without you.

MARCO:
Where's the disk?

Jake pulls it out of his pocket.

MARCO:
Oh whoa.

CASSIE:
Wow.

TOBIAS:
Weird.

RACHEL:
You think it works in a computer?

MARCO:
Maybe it's a weapon.

CASSIE:
Maybe we could try it out on Jake's computer.

RACHEL:
We gotta make sure nobody see it.

JAKE:
Okay. I'll keep it overnight and we'll try it tomorrow. All right?

CASSIE:
Yeah, sure.

RACHEL:
Mmm.. hmm..

MARCO:
Cool. Well I gotta go... believe it or not, I got an algebra test tomorrow.

CASSIE:
Yeah, I've got some homework as well.

RACHEL:
And I've got a meet tomorrow.

MARCO:
Hey do the cat on the balance beam and you'll be sure to get a 10.

The others are walking, talking and laughing.

JAKE:
(to himself) Cool.

JAKE V.O.:
My name is Jake, but I guess that doesn't matter anymore.

JAKE:
(running after the others) Hey guys wait up!

JAKE V.O.:
Five normal kids against and army of ruthless alien slugs, those yeerks don't know what they're in for.

© Scholastic Entertainment / Transcript by Pam