29.4.09

DIRECTIVE


Eve returns with FOUND CIRCUIT BOARDS.
Shows each one to Wally.
Will any of these work?
He shakes his head with a frail “no.”
Wally opens his compactor.
Pulls out the plant.

WALLY: Di...rec...tive.

Eve holds the plant.
Her “RETURN TO AXIOM SUPERIOR” flashes in her display.
She considers it for a moment...
...then tosses the plant to the floor.
I don’t care about the plant anymore.
She holds her hand out to him.

EVE: Directive.

Wally struggles to lift his hand to Eve’s.
He reaches out...
...and bats her hand away.
Surprises Eve.
Wally pushes past her.
Crawls over to the discarded plant.
Gives it back to Eve.

WALLY: Errr.....

Eve can’t make out what he is saying.
Wally fumbles around his box.
Pulls out...
...the Zippo lighter.
Lights it.
Eve stares at the flame.

EVE: Earth?

Wally nods.

WALLY: Earth.

He moves his binocular eyes up and down.
Like the time he fixed his broken eye.
You can fix me, Eve.
With spare parts in my truck.
The truck that is back on...

EVE: Earth! Earth!

Her eyes light up.
She understands!
No time to lose.
She scoops him up...

(from Wall-e script)