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These are the journals of Darian Lambert, Captain, Fugitive Retrieval

.D. 2193.

Cerise O 'Connell, Farware Performance, Tina Turrell, A Swan's Song.

Hmm.

Mother Lady, you're...

Stained with tears Faded

If I've told you once, I've told you a thousand times, Rosa.

Don't touch my television.

Sorry, senor.

But like Eve in the Garden of Eden, you are unable to resist the forbidden

fruit.

I know this punishment may seem harsh.

After all, Eve was merely banished for her sin.

But then again, I'm not God.

And this is not the Garden of Eden.

It began in the future.

A scientist turning to evil.

A time machine called Trax.

Criminals who vanish.

And a lawman with a mission.

He has one weapon.

And a computer named Selma.

Good morning, Captain Lambert.

With him, he will travel to a time more innocent than his own.

Now, he is among us.

Special breed of man.

A hunter.

Traveling through our world.

Searching for fugitives on his own.

Knowing he cannot go home.

Until he has found them all.

His name is Darian Lambert.

And this is his story.

The captain and I were anxious to return to Washington after a successful

mission in rural Kentucky when an unforeseen occurrence changed our plans.

Flight 206, Dulles International.

What gate?

I'm sorry, sir. Flight 206 left almost an hour ago.

No, wait a minute, wait a minute. It says right here that Continental Flight

departs Louisville at 10 .57 a .m. Spring ahead, fall back.

What? Daylight savings time.

You forgot to set your clock ahead.

Clunk ahead.

Why don't I see if I can book you on a later flight?

Okay. Thanks.

First and final call from Captain. He's traveling to the airport.

He'll be there by 965.

Now boarding.

Selma, why didn't you tell me about this daylight savings time thing?

I tried, Captain. I signaled you at 2 a .m. Eastern Standard Time. You beat me

in the middle of the night.

That is when the time change occurs.

Do me a favor. Next time this daylight savings time thing happens,

Tell me about it the night before.

Uh, yes, Captain.

Oh, my God.

Excuse me.

Yeah?

Isn't your name Caitlin Carlyle?

That's what my mama told me.

It's a thrill to meet you.

I just love your music.

Really? Can I shake your hand?

Yeah, sure. Really? Where did you hear me sing?

On VidPix.

Excuse me?

On television. I heard you on television.

Well, I appreciate the notion, but I'm just starting out. Small town, small

clubs. I've never been on television.

Are you sure?

Sure as God made little green apples.

Listen,

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to bother you. Oh.

I've never been mistook for anybody famous before, but I am on my way to

Nashville, so who knows?

What's going on in Nashville?

Oh, I got a gig at the Crazy Horse Bar and Grill. It's kind of my first shot at

the big time.

You headed that way?

No. I wish I were.

Maybe next time.

But you have a safe trip.

You hear?

Selma, I really have lost track of time.

I have read it often happens to humans when daylight savings goes into effect.

No, I don't mean an hour. I mean, I've lost several years.

Captain, perhaps I can clear up the confusion.

According to Who's Who and Country Music, Caitlin Carlyle won't make her

television debut until early next year.

Wait a minute. Are you trying to tell me that I've been offered the opportunity

to hear Caitlin Carlyle sing before she even becomes Caitlin Carlyle?

A confusing construction, but essentially correct.

So I could be there to see it all happen.

Captain, please remember, you have a responsibility.

You don't understand. Caitlin Carlyle is the most beloved country singer of the

20th century. Her musical legacy endured for 200 years. Yes, Captain, I am aware

of that.

It's a chance of a lifetime.

Mr. Lambert?

I have you booked nonstop to Washington, D .C. Your flight leaves in 30 minutes.

I'm sorry. My plans have changed.

How do I get to Nashville?

You need some help?

Well, hey.

It's like you'd be halfway to someplace else by now.

I just wanted to apologize for what happened at the airport.

I figure some guys will do anything to meet a girl.

Back in my hometown, Roosevelt Haynes drove his pickup truck straight through

the front window of Rutney's Five and Dime just to meet my sister Adeline and

get her attention.

So tell me, did it work?

Oh, not a lick. She never did have anything to do with Roosevelt Haynes.

Now, I have a confession to make.

When I saw you at the airport, I thought... Well, I rather hoped...

What I'm trying to say is, are you G .R.? No. No, my name's Darian Lambert.

Who's G .R.? Well, he's a guy I've never met.

Kind of a secret admirer. He sends me letters and flowers everywhere I play

always signs with the initials G .R.

It's very romantic.

Oh, look, he's not romancing me. He's, um, I don't know, more like a guardian

angel.

Tells me what a big star I'm going to be someday. So when he said all those

things to me at the airport, I thought that, well, maybe... You thought that I

was him.

Right, right, right. I'm sorry to disappoint you.

Oh, hey, I'm not disappointed. Now I've got two fans instead of one.

I really like that song that you were singing.

Misty Mountain. I just wrote that, and I love the song, but I don't know. For

some reason, I can't figure out the right guitar part to work on the

Do you mind if I take a pass at it?

Knock yourself out, but you're going to have to use this guitar, because I broke

a string.

Maybe if you inverted the chords and leaned a little bit more on the back

Something like this.

I don't know. Why didn't I think of that?

You would have, eventually.

Listen, go back to the top of the bridge.

Really? Yeah.

Come home, come home, they sing, my darling To a land that's wild and free

Come home, come home, I will, my darling Cause true love's waiting there

for me

I'll see you at the show tonight.

Captain, it is improper for an officer of your rank to behave like a, blank

phrase, stage door Johnny.

Visual mode.

So, why is it every time I'm with an attractive woman you start giving me

Paragraph 3, subsection 4 of my programming instructions includes

protocol.

You've just never been able to admit it.

Admit what?

Your jealous.

Besides, you're overlooking the fact that she's an extraordinary songwriter.

Speaking of songwriting, perhaps a discussion of ethics might be in order.

Ethics? What are we talking about now?

The musical arrangement you suggested this afternoon.

She was stuck.

I just wanted to help her out.

No, Captain.

You were, slang phrase, grandstanding.

Helping Miss Carlisle to plunder her own future is no different than handing

some of the answers to a final exam. It's just one lick.

Never the less. Selma, if I needed a watchdog, I'd buy a dope.

Come home, come home, they sing, my darling, to a land that's wild and free.

Come home, come home, they sing, my darling, to a land that's wild

and free.

Humpin' horns and rumblin' subway.

Caitlin, a friend of yours?

in country music since before I could crawl.

I tell you, this cowgirl's gonna be big.

Big as it gets.

How'd you happen to hire Caitlyn?

A couple of days ago, a guy walks in, plunks the tape down on the bar, looks

in the eye and says, take a chance. Be part of history in the making.

So I popped the tape into the deck.

It's no demo. Full orchestra.

Great original music. It's fantastic.

But I'm all booked up for the year, so I tell a guy no can do.

What's the guy's name?

I don't know.

All I know is he drove off in the biggest, blackest Rolls Royce I've ever

So how did Caitlin end up getting the job?

I got a chanteuse booked in here by the name of Tina Terrell.

Curtain time comes.

Comes and goes. No Tina.

What happened to him?

Nobody knows. He just vanished.

All right. So I took a gamble.

Hired this Miss Kaylin Carlisle. Thank you.

Thank you.

Looks like your gamble paid off.

You're dead.

Hey, you had it back today? Yeah, here.

Uh, give this to Kaylin Carlisle.

Who's it from?

The guy in the Rolls Royce.

I mean, I've never even seen a black orchid before. He sent me cards and

more times than I can remember, but... Oh, never anything like this.

I have dreamed about owning a pair of boots like this ever since I was a

girl. I mean, how does he know these things?

That's a good question.

Oh.

Oh, they fit like my own skin, like they were made for me.

Don't forget about the card. Oh.

Okay. To my beautiful songbird.

Small gift to commemorate your debut in the capital of country music.

Yours for eternity, G .R.

Isn't this something?

Yeah.

Caitlin, do you know this man?

G .R. Do you know he got you this job here at the Crazy Horse?

What do you mean?

Your boss told me. He said the same guy that brought in that package came in one

day with your demo tape.

I don't have a demo tape.

Caitlin, your voice is completely unique.

I don't think Elvin would confuse you with somebody else.

Maybe G .R. taped one of my gigs or something.

Elvin said it was very high tech. It was a full orchestra.

Well, maybe he had it sweetened. I don't know.

That's a lot of trouble to go through for a singer that you have never met.

Darian, I told you.

He's my guardian angel.

Lady, lady!

They're screaming for an encore.

Come on.

Hold on to that for me. I'll catch you at the next set, okay?

Caitlin Carlisle's trademark.

So, I've got a poster on my wall at home. It's a very famous photograph.

Caitlin's debut at the Grand Ole Opry.

Yes, Captain. I recall seeing it.

It's the first time she appeared wearing rhinestone studded cowboy boots. I

could swear.

These are exact replicas.

On the contrary, Captain. The evidence indicates that these are the actual

boots. The actual boots?

I ran a carbon dating scan.

These boots are 197 years old.

Selma.

Now things are starting to make sense.

In other words, Caitlin's guardian angel is a thronger from the 22nd century.

Captain, I believe the current term is groupie.

Doesn't matter, Selma. You can call him whatever you want.

He's our next fugitive.

Captain, I have identified the fingerprints lifted from the boots.

Nice work, Selma.

Visual mode.

You got a mugshot? Affirmative.

Good. Projected.

Gandalf Riker, a brilliant designer of high -tech entertainment equipment,

prosecuted in 2182 for the murder of his wife, Charisse O 'Connell.

The singer?

Yes. Miss O 'Connell was electrocuted on stage before an audience of 20 ,000

people. The prosecution alleged that Riker tampered with her sound system.

Wasn't he acquitted?

He was found not guilty by reason of insanity.

He was committed to a mental institution from which he vanished five years

later. During the trial, a psychiatrist testified that Riker killed his wife

because she would not cooperate with his delusional ambition.

Which was?

To create the greatest singing star the world had ever known.

Some of this is making me very nervous.

There is more, Captain.

Gandalf Riker appeared in the Guinness Book of World Records, the 2186 edition.

As the person who paid the highest price in history for a single item of music

industry memorabilia. Don't tell me.

Caitlin Carlisle's first pair of rhinestone studded cowboy boots.

Precisely.

Do you know what it's like out on the road?

Sometimes I get so lonely I walk up to strangers just to hear the sound of my

own voice.

Then his letter started and kept me going.

Caitlin, I understand how hard it's been.

I do.

The truth is, every great artist struggles.

It's part of the process.

But I just don't see why you shouldn't let him help me. I'm afraid he'll hurt

you. Hurt me?

Darian, he's my friend. I mean, he even sent me special material, written just

for me.

May I?

Brandy Wine and Dusty Roses.

You can't sing this song.

You're jealous of him, aren't you? That's not what this is about.

Never get involved with a jealous man.

My mama told me that.

Said he'll clip your wings and then turn and leave you standing in the dust

because you forgot how to fly.

Listen to me.

Tina Terrell, the girl you replaced at the Crazy Horse, disappeared last week.

I believe G .R. is responsible.

God, he couldn't be. I'm just asking you to believe it until I can prove it.

I can't, Darren.

I just can't.

And dusty ruby scented letters.

I'm going home now, so be sure and lock up when you leave. Okay, thanks.

Hello? Is this my beautiful songbird?

GR? Is that you?

Who else would call at this hour?

Well, it's just that I've never heard your voice before.

One step closer.

Look, I got the boots. They make me feel like Cinderella. And the song.

Actually, Caitlin, there's some method to my madness.

I've arranged for a very important record producer to see your performance

tomorrow night.

I'd like you to sing Brandywine.

See, I told him that you were good for me.

Told whom?

Oh, a friend of mine, Darian Lambert.

The man you were arguing with in the park today?

In the park?

You were watching me?

Caitlin, I'm your guardian angel.

What did you argue about?

Well, um...

He just... He said that I shouldn't be involved with you.

Well, the man's obviously deluded.

Where'd you find him?

In the airport yesterday.

Kate, look at my dear.

You mustn't pick up stray dogs.

They invariably have fleas.

It's time to put Darian Lambert out of your mind.

Did you run Riker's prints against the current police files?

Affirmative, Captain. No match was found.

What about the FBI?

Captain, I have scanned every significant database from Social

Publishers Clearinghouse. The name Gandalf Riker never appeared.

How are we going to find him, Selma?

Quite honestly, I do not know.

Room service.

Did you order room service?

No, Captain, I did not.

Dear Mr. Lambert, meet me on the stage of the concert hall in 20 minutes, G .R.

Good evening, Mr. Lambert.

Good evening.

G .R.?

I

understand you've taken an interest in Caitlin Carlyle.

That's right, I have.

Perfectly understandable.

She's a charming girl.

You picked a very theatrical place to meet.

I find concert halls endlessly fascinating.

Why don't you join me, Mr. Lambert? I'll give you a guided tour.

I thought you wanted to talk about Caitlin.

Caitlin.

A young woman who must not be sidetracked by immature infatuation.

Sidetracked.

Caitlin is destined for greatness, Mr. Lambert, and quite frankly, you're

getting in the way. No doubt she'd be better off with someone like you.

With my guidance, Caitlin Carlyle will become the greatest singing star the

world has ever known.

Really? What else?

The youngest recording artist ever to be inducted in the Country Music Hall of

Fame. The first female vocalist to record 27 number one singles.

28.

28 number one singles.

You didn't do your homework, Riker.

Who are you? Captain Darian Lambert, fugitive retrieval section.

A future cop?

That's right.

And I've come to send you back.

Never let your opponent gain the upper hand.

What's that?

A little device of my own invention. I like to think of it as a compact...

portable electric chair.

Bye -bye, Captain Lambert.

Guess who just walked in the front door?

Benny Slocum.

The most influential record producer in Nashville.

Katie, it's your lucky day.

Mama used to say only fools believed in luck.

Is something bothering you?

No, it's just my nerves.

Elvin, I'll be fine once I get out on stage.

Katie, you got more talent in the crook of your little finger.

Then most folks got in their whole body.

I guarantee you Benny Flochum's gonna lose his mind.

Bang.

Um, is Darian out front?

Uh, not that I noticed.

Did you two lovebirds have a fight?

Now why would you call us lovebirds?

Honey, I've been around long enough to see the love light shine in a man's eyes

more than a few times.

Don't you worry, Katie Bug.

That boy is good people.

He'll turn up.

Darian? No, this is G .R., your other friend.

Did a Mr. Slocum arrive?

Uh, yeah.

He just got here.

Excellent. By the way, have you heard from Darian?

No. Well, you won't.

He left town early this morning.

He left town?

But I didn't get a chance to say goodbye.

You must avoid fair -weather friends, Caitlin.

They always let you down.

Okay, everybody, fight down.

The show's about to start.

Yeah, I gotta go.

Do well.

By the way, there's a surprise waiting for you in the dressing room after the

show. Yeah.

Welcome back to the world of the living.

What happened?

You had a nasty shock.

The police found you up on stage over at the concert hall.

Concert hall.

You got lucky.

Somebody called 911.

Who?

Nobody knows. It was an anonymous call.

Anonymous call.

Where's my credit card?

Please, Mr. Lambert, don't worry about the hospital bill. I'm sure your

insurance will take care of that.

It's not that. I need to know where my credit card is. It's over there, safe

sound with your car keys.

Okay.

That's a relief.

Now try and get some rest.

I'm sure things will seem much less confusing in the morning.

Thank you.

Visual mode.

It was clear that without medical assistance, you would not survive.

Thanks, Alma.

All in the line of duty, Captain.

Caitlin, she could be in danger.

I would agree, considering the depth of writer's psychosis.

We're going to get to her before it's too late.

Captain, your clothes.

Benny Slocum.

Love. Kid, you're going to be hearing from me.

Thank you.

Dearest Songbird, it's time we met face to face.

I will expect you within the hour of the address listed below.

Sincerely, G .R.

Hey, you want me to wait on you?

At last my beautiful songbird has flooded home.

This sure is a long way from Triple Creek, Arkansas.

And the journey's just begun.

Together you and I will scale the highest peaks.

Sounds so easy.

Caitlin, I promise all the years of struggling are over.

I understand. What exactly do you do? Are you an agent, a manager or

Don't insult me.

I'm a man of vision, a poet.

And you are the raw material I've always dreamed of.

A woman of unlimited potential.

A woman who will become a legend in her own time.

How can you be so sure?

When I first heard you sing, I held a vision of you in my heart.

And I have waited patiently until you became old enough and wise enough to see

the future as I see it.

Take my hand.

Walk with me.

And together you and I will become the most powerful force in the history of

popular music.

Caught a cab after the second set.

Can you give me an address and say when she'll be back?

Listen here, Darren, I know you two had a lover's quarrel, but I don't want to

get caught in the middle of this thing. Elton, I'm not Caitlyn's boyfriend.

All right?

I'm a cop.

A cop?

That's right.

This guy, the one with the black Rolls Royce, he's a psycho.

I believe he killed Tina Terrell, and now he's after Caitlyn. Oh, my God. I

to find her.

Well, there's no way. I have to find her.

J .T.

Who's J .K.? He's a designated driver for the late night crowd.

He should be parked right outside.

Thanks, son.

Oh, isn't it beautiful?

My secret room.

I've prepared it just for you.

Excuse me. Why can't you go any faster?

I've already turned the odometer over twice on this thing.

If we go much faster, she may give up the ghost altogether.

Prepare yourself, my dear. The journey's about to begin.

It's a hologram.

I thought holograms were something folks only talked about.

Fantasies of the present often become realities of the future.

That's me, isn't it? A little older, a little wiser, but definitely.

I don't understand.

It's a reproduction of a performance you gave in the year 2005.

It's some kind of trick.

Isn't it?

I'm not a magician.

I'm an inventor.

And I come from a time and place where televisions and CD players are as

useless... at the stereo -opticon slide.

Um... I think I should be going.

Jason, I was born in the year 2145.

I have the advantage of viewing history from the unique perspective of the 22nd

century.

David, you're frightening me. Don't you see the beauty of it?

All the magnificent songs you've yet to write, I have carefully preserved here.

In my personal library, you will never have to go through the struggle of the

creative process.

The fruits of your labor are here, rich and ripe and ready to be plowed.

You betrayed me.

No! Then how did he find his way here?

I don't know. I haven't seen him since the park yesterday.

I'll deal with you later.

Give me a reading, Thoma.

Captain, I detect the presence of two heartbeats, one story above and 75

to the left.

There's no one here.

The heartbeats are coming from behind the northwest wall.

They didn't chamber her.

How do we get in?

Turn the television to channel four.

What? Please, Captain, point me.

Hey.

Caitlin. Oh, Darian.

You were right about G .R. Don't talk about it. Can you walk?

Come on.

Come on.

Welcome back to the future, Captain Lambert.

I warned you to stay away from Caitlin, but you wouldn't listen.

I don't take orders from criminals.

Actually, Captain, your timely arrival allows me to test the limit of my newest

invention. I like to think of it...

At the jumbo -sized microwave oven.

It's crazy, Darian. Let's get out of here.

Frankly, Caitlin, I find your ingratitude astonishing.

With my help, you could have made something of yourself.

Caitlin doesn't need your help.

She's nothing without me. Without you, she's destined for immortality. Let her

go.

Caitlin betrayed me, and she's going to die.

Oh, God.

But if it's any consolation, my dear, you get one final performance.

I'm going to make a holographic recording of your demise.

I suppose Tina Terrell is in your collection of holograms. Yes, along with

housekeeper and my wife.

Riker, I'm going to give you one last chance to let Caitlin go. I admire your

bravado, Captain, but you're in no position to make demands.

That's where you're mistaken. You see, I have a little invention of my own.

Oh, yes.

Your computer.

A useful tool for opening gates, perhaps, but no match for my

electronic equipment.

I'm not so sure about that. You see, Selma has a little feature that your

invention is lacking.

What's that?

She runs on batteries.

Selma shut down his power.

What have you done?

Put you out of the entertainment business.

in the first place. That's right, you should have.

Transmission tone, Selma.

It's all right.

You're safe now.

Knowing my own future and how do I live with that?

Caitlin, we come from a parallel universe.

There's no guarantee that what I know about you will actually happen.

If you want success, you're still going to have to work for it.

I know, but after everything that I've seen and I've heard, how will I know

what's really mine?

Listen to your heart and forget about everything that happened last night.

Now how can I? It keeps coming back like some bad dream.

The dream will fade.

Time to say goodbye.

No. Can't just stay.

Just for a little while.

No.

Look, in a couple of weeks you're going to be so busy with your new career that

you're going to forget all about me.

You're wrong about that.

I'm not going to forget about you.

For a long, long time.

What are you going to call it?

Mystery Man.

I always liked that song.

Come home, come home, my will, my darling, cause true love