Title: The Last Light Credit: Written by Author: Inkwell INT. FAMILY KITCHEN - EVENING [[Plot lines: A, B]] An unsigned sale agreement lies beneath MARA's toolbox. Through the window, the lighthouse beam stops. ELI Both signatures. That was the arrangement. MARA Let me fix the light first. INT. LIGHTHOUSE LANTERN ROOM - EVENING [[Plot lines: A, C]] KIT closes his fist around a release pin. Mara examines the broken drive. CAPTAIN (V.O.) Twenty minutes. Then we turn back. KIT It just stopped. INT. FAMILY KITCHEN - EVENING [[Plot lines: A, B]] Mara lifts the clock from its hook. Eli keeps hold of the case. ELI That goes with the house. MARA So does a working harbor. He lets go. She leaves before he can answer. INT. LIGHTHOUSE LANTERN ROOM - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, C]] Kit hands over a wrench with fresh brass on its jaw. Mara fits the coupling. The motor shudders. Smoke rises. KIT I should have— MARA Power. Now. INT. LIGHTHOUSE STAIRS - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, B]] Eli carries the empty clock case downstairs. Mara follows. ELI What are you planning to break next? MARA You can go home. He opens the cabinet marked HAND DRIVE. INT. LIGHTHOUSE MACHINE ROOM - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, B]] Eli hands Mara their mother's notebook. The last pages are in his handwriting. MARA Every week? ELI Someone had to come. She turns back a page. MARA Show me. INT. LIGHTHOUSE LANTERN ROOM - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, C]] Kit opens his hand. KIT I forced it. Before the funeral. I thought I could get it going. Mara takes the pin. ELI Do you need him wrong, or the light working? MARA Kit. Get the captain. Tell her what we know. INT. LIGHTHOUSE MACHINE ROOM - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, B]] Mara points to the brass band on the clock case. MARA It could hold the connection. She waits. Eli removes the band and gives it to her. ELI Then let's use it. INT. LIGHTHOUSE LANTERN ROOM - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, B]] The beam dies. Eli keeps winding in the dark. ELI The buyer called. We're too late. MARA The launch battery. ELI Then we have no boat. MARA Keep turning. EXT. PIER - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, C]] Kit lowers a rope. Mara ties the battery into its loop. KIT Can I tell her it's fixed? MARA Tell her we're bringing up a battery. He lifts. INT. LIGHTHOUSE LANTERN ROOM - NIGHT [[Plot lines: A, B, C]] Eli winds. Mara holds the connection. Kit counts each turn into the radio. CAPTAIN (V.O.) I can see you. MARA Give someone my place. ELI Tonight, or next week? MARA Tonight. And Saturday at nine. INT. FAMILY KITCHEN - DAWN [[Plot lines: B, C]] Eli props the empty clock on the shelf. Mara writes a repair list on the back of the sale agreement. Kit adds his name beneath DAMAGED DRIVE. Outside, the light makes another turn.