Crossing Jordan Virtual Season 7

“Lions, Tigers and... ”

Written by
Madambeth and Nynaeve1723

Art by
Harbor Runner

“Crossing Jordan Virtual Season 7” is a fan-based effort not intended to infringe on the rights of Tailwind Productions, NBC/Universal or any of the other copyright holders of “Crossing Jordan.” No money was made from the writing or posting of any content.

Jordan Cavanaugh
Detective Woodrow “Woody” Hoyt
Garret Macy
Nigel Townsend
Kate Switzer

Tour Guide
Masseur
Eddie Winslow
Max Cavanaugh

EDDIE WINSLOW’S OFFICE

MADIKWE HILLS PRIVATE GAME LODGE
   HONEYMOON SUITE
   MASSAGE WAITING AREA
   INDIVIDUAL MASSAGE ROOM

EXTERIORS
VELDT
   WATERING HOLES

MADIKWE HILLS PRIVATE GAME LODGE
   OUTDOOR BATHING AREA (HONEYMOON SUITE)

SAFARI LOADING AREA

FOOTHILLS

TEASER

Back to the Earth - Rusted Root

1. EXT. STOCK SHOTS OF AFRICA Shots of prides of lions, water buffalo running, elephant herds strolling under the African sun.

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2. INT. MADIKWE HILLS PRIVATE GAME LODGE, HONEYMOON SUITE-2:33 P.M.

WOODY and JORDAN are entering their own private hut where they will be staying for the week. WOODY tips the bell boy, who has piled their bags up inside the door, and turns back to watch JORDAN heading over towards the big glass doors that enclose one side of their suite. The bed is big and curtained. He smiles. It looks fit for a queen. His queen.

WOODY turns back to JORDAN, wagging his eyebrows.

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3. INT. EDDIE WINSLOW’S OFFICE - AFTERNOON

END OF TEASER

Crossing Jordan Theme

ACT ONE

4. INT. HONEYMOON SUITE – 5:48 P.M.

A dinner cart sits by the fully opened, glass suite doors and candles are lit beside the still-made bed. The camera follows a trail of clothing from beside the dining cart to:

5. EXT. HONEYMOON SUITE – CONTINUING

The large, white, claw-footed tub located on the patio outside the hut. Lanterns are lit and hanging on tree branches around the patio, and a big, fluffy towel hangs from a branch as well. Finally, the camera pans up the side of the tub where we find JORDAN, relaxing back in WOODY’S arms, in the tub, amidst loads of bubbles. They both are looking out at the sun setting over the flat land.

WOODY shifts slightly and waits until JORDAN turns her head, then kisses her lips softly.

WOODY isn’t really thinking about tradition any more. He offers a non-committal grunt as an answer to her comment and swiftly moves forward in the tub, scooping her into his arms sideways and turning her around so that she’s straddling his waist.

JORDAN looks relieved, like she has dodged the bullet for now, but she is obviously stressing over whether to tell WOODY that she may be pregnant. Luckily, WOODY seems to have found a momentary way for her to relieve her stress, and she’s going to take it.

JORDAN moans softly against his lips and wraps her arms around his shoulders, pulling their bodies closer together in the water.

WOODY laughs back softly and sinks them lower in the water as the scene fades to black as the final rays of sun disappear.



6. INT. MORGUE CONFERENCE ROOM – AFTERNOON, COUPLE DAYS FOLLOWING MAX’S CONVERSATION WITH EDDIE

The conference room is awash in paper. The shot is a slow pan around the room, giving us hints at the evidence: some old photos of the crime scene; a report on the “phantom” fingerprint; transcripts of at least one of MAX’S interviews with the investigating detective; a report from Child Protective Services about JORDAN; a page or two of Emily’s hospital records; the autopsy report and so on. The shot does not allow us to linger, but gives us only teasing glimpses of what MAX and GARRET are working with.

MAX is seated, glasses on, holding a file folder, engrossed in whatever information he’s reading. GARRET is standing by the white board, studying what little they’ve written. He looks as if he could bore a hole in the board with his gaze and maybe the answer would be miraculously behind it. Either that, or he’s having a staring contest with the white board. The board wins because GARRET turns away with a sigh.

They both turn suddenly as a booming, British voice comes from their left.

A short, round man in full African safari gear is striding towards the bus, his arms waving dramatically as though he is a mayor in the back of a convertible moving along a small town, Fourth of July parade route.

WOODY and JORDAN share a look, and the crowd cuts to make room for the rotund man as he makes his way to the bus and climbs up onto the runner to look over the crowd.

JORDAN and WOODY share another look; this time they both look a little concerned. This guy looks about two degrees off NIGEL level crazy.

JORDAN gives him a sideways glance.

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Tribal African Percussion Drums

8. EXT. VELDT - TWO HOURS LATER

JORDAN and WOODY are sitting together on the canvas-topped van, bumping along with the rest of the tourists. We can hear SERGEANT MAJOR BARRY’S booming voice droning on in the background as they bounce along on the safari ride.

WOODY is smiling and looking this way and that as BARRY points out flora and fauna. JORDAN looks like she might puke at any second.

JORDAN and WOODY look at each other and, laughing, shake their heads.

9. INT. CONFERENCE ROOM – CONTINUING FROM PREVIOUS CONFERENCE SCENE

GARRET and MAX are looking expectantly at NIGEL, who has that guilty expression on his face that we all know so well. He has picked up a file near him and is fidgeting with it. The other two men give him a moment, but it becomes clear that NIGEL doesn’t really know how to start.

NIGEL gulps and gestures toward the door. MAX follows him out, leaving GARRET looking more worried than usual.

END OF ACT ONE

ACT TWO

10. INT. SPA WAITING AREA- NIGHT

WOODY and JORDAN sit beside one another, flipping through magazines. WOODY wears a sheet wrapped around his waist and JORDAN wears a similar one wrapped around her body and tucked under her arms.

WOODY watches her flip through a magazine for a moment before he leans over and kisses a spot on her neck, then her chin, then her lips. JORDAN smiles and leans into his touch briefly, as WOODY places a hand on her bare shoulder and strokes it gently.

She winks and hops up from her chair, wagging her eyebrows at WOODY once more as she slips into the room. WOODY just chuckles and shakes his head as the door closes behind her.

11. INT. INDIVIDUAL MASSAGE ROOM - A FEW MINUTES LATER

JORDAN is face down on a massage table, her head positioned so that her face is in the face cradle and the camera is looking up at her relaxed expression through it.

The MASSEUR is gently, but thoroughly, rubbing down her spine to her tailbone where the sheet that was covering her body is now pushed down. JORDAN sighs, closes her eyes and relaxes more into the massage.

The door to the tiny room opens soundlessly, and the MASSEUR looks up, smiles and beckons with his head for the person there to come in.

The camera turns and we see a smiling WOODY enter and softly close the door behind him. He moves over to the table and nods to the MASSEUR. They wait a beat, trying to get the timing down, and then WOODY oils up his hands and flawlessly puts his hands on JORDAN’S back as the MASSEUR removes his. He nods to WOODY again and just as quietly as WOODY had entered, the MASSEUR exits the room.

WOODY now has JORDAN in his clutches.

He bites back a chuckle as JORDAN sighs happily and relaxes more into his touch, maybe unconsciously aware that it is a familiar set of hands now rubbing her down. He moves his hands down to her hips, rubbing them in a circular motion and then sliding them back up her spine. Along the way he gently rubs her backside lightly enough that it could almost be seen as an accident.

He bites back another chuckle when JORDAN stiffens slightly but then relaxes again. He moves his hands safely to her shoulders and begins rubbing them deep. JORDAN moans softly and relaxes more into the table. WOODY grins wickedly and slides one hand to the back of her upper arm, letting his thumb quickly caress the outer curve of the breast beside it.

JORDAN stiffens slightly again, as if she’s trying to decide if this guy is being inappropriate or not. WOODY decides to finally push her the rest of the way over that edge so she’ll look at him. He lowers his head and runs his lips softly over the back of her neck.

JORDAN finally chuckles and turns back to place her face in the cradle and settles in. She’s actually really looking forward to WOODY giving her a massage.

WOODY oils up his hands again as she settles in and slowly makes his way over to the door. He looks back at JORDAN lying on the table and smiles before he reaches out to lock the door gently. Another smile plays across his lips when JORDAN squirms slightly at the sound of the door locking.

WOODY starts back over to the table, rubbing his hands together and reaches for the sheet still draped over JORDAN’S backside.

He gently tugs at the sheet until the only things left on the table are the sheet covering the table and JORDAN, face down, in her birthday suit.

The camera stays on WOODY’S eyes as he looks over the length of her body with an almost hungry desire. He looks at the back of her head and takes a deep breath.

JORDAN hesitates a moment. We can’t see her face because it is in the cradle. She nods slowly and settles in more as if inviting him to continue.

WOODY makes sure the sheet around his own waist is secure before he leans back over the table and begins to rub her back again, slowly, in large circles, using his fingers to dig deeply into her soft flesh.

When he feels JORDAN is really relaxing into his touch he smiles and leans over to add his lips to the massage. JORDAN squirms slightly but is still well on her way to becoming Jell-o. WOODY smiles as his hands move lovingly over her back, her shoulders, her neck. He rubs each arm down to her fingers, even gently stroking each one by itself.

Bubbly - Colbie Callait

The camera moves to JORDAN’S face from the bottom of the table looking up through the face cradle. She has her eyes closed but a smile a mile wide spreads across her face.

WOODY is smiling too. We can tell he is chuckling even though we can’t hear it over the music and he occasionally whispers something softly in her ear before moving to a new spot on her body.

When he has finished down to the tips of her toes, WOODY looks her over again and then moves back up beside her head. He leans over and whispers in her ear again softly.

JORDAN lifts her head from the face hole and looks up into his eyes with a secret smile of her own.

WOODY nods and leans in to kiss her lips once softly before pulling back. JORDAN smiles and nods before slowly turning over to her back on the table and folding an arm behind her head.

Again, we see WOODY’S eyes travel over her body, taking in the newly exposed side of her. When his eyes reach hers JORDAN grins and beckons him to her with a waggle of her index finger.

WOODY smiles and leans over to kiss her more deeply now and slowly climbs up onto the table on top of her. The camera moves over them, JORDAN now completely covered by WOODY’S body and the sheet still wrapped around his waist. They are both smiling as they kiss and stroke one another. They are lost in a little world of their own.

JORDAN chuckles now, and it is again muted by the sound of the music playing over the scene. She rubs her fingers through his hair, scratching his scalp lightly as he peppers kisses across her shoulders and chest. The camera stays on JORDAN’S face as he moves lower and her eyes close, rolling back in her head briefly until we see WOODY’S head re-appear, face to face with JORDAN’S and he begins to kiss her again deeply.

JORDAN wraps her arms around his shoulders, kissing him back with equal passion and slowly her hands slide down to the top of the sheet around his waist. Her hands stroke along the edge of the sheet until WOODY pulls back from their kisses and looks down into her eyes. His face is serious. JORDAN has that secret smile back on her face and the camera cuts to her hands slipping under the edge of the sheet and untucking it from his waist.

The camera cuts back to their faces as WOODY slowly begins to smile and JORDAN bites her bottom lip. She pulls the sheet up over WOODY’S shoulders, enveloping them in it as they begin to kiss again with greater passion than before and their squirming against one another increases as well. The scene slowly fades to black as the camera remains on their faces as they kiss.

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12. INT. INDIVIDUAL MASSAGE ROOM- AN HOUR LATER

WOODY and JORDAN are snuggled together on the massage table tangled in the sheets there. JORDAN is tucked close into WOODY’S side with her head on his chest and an arm around his torso. WOODY is holding her in his arms and their legs are tangled together under the sheet. Both look sweaty and relaxed.

JORDAN lifts her head and looks towards the door.

He kisses her cheek gently and, if possible, snuggles her closer in his arms.

JORDAN nods and reaches a hand up to stroke his cheek with one finger, stopping to poke the dimple in his chin playfully.

She laughs and sits up a little, propping herself up on her elbows and looking around.

WOODY props up on his elbows himself and kisses her shoulder.

He looks around again and rubs his eyes before slowly climbing off of the massage table and scooping JORDAN up in the sheet and setting her down on her feet.

They both laugh and WOODY wraps the sheet snuggly around her torso.

She trails off and heads out the door. WOODY chuckles and shakes his head, following behind her to go get their clothes out of the changing rooms.

END OF ACT TWO

ACT THREE

13. INT. WOODY AND JORDAN’S HONEYMOON SUITE- 2:51 A.M.

After their… relaxing massages and a long soak in the outside tub, WOODY and JORDAN have hit the sheets early, for some much needed sleep after a day of safari taking and massage giving.

They are both sprawled out in their large, canopy bed, out cold. WOODY is snoring softly, and JORDAN is spread out on her belly on her side of the bed.

The camera follows up along her legs as she begins to squirm slightly. It stops on her face as her eyes blink open slowly and she swallows hard. And then again. Her hand goes to her mouth gently and she looks over at WOODY to make sure he’s out for the count.

Once JORDAN is sure WOODY is completely asleep, she slowly slips out of the bed and then bolts for the bathroom.

WOODY, of course, being a cop, senses the tiniest of sounds, and he sits up when he hears the fan in the bathroom go on. He listens a moment, thinking maybe JORDAN has just gotten up to go to the bathroom but then he hears her retching and climbs out of the bed.

By the time he gets to the bathroom door, JORDAN is sitting on her knees, arms wrapped around her middle and groaning. WOODY looks very concerned.

He gently lifts her from the floor and slowly carries her back into the bedroom area and places her on top of the covers.

JORDAN smiles softly and rubs her stomach over the tank top she’s wearing. WOODY smiles as he comes back to the bed and hands her a can of soda before he lies down beside her.

WOODY chuckles again and reaches out to touch her stomach gently when she takes a sip of soda.

The intimate action causes JORDAN to start to choke on her soda, her expression one of shock, as if she thinks WOODY might already know about the possibility of her being pregnant.

He looks regretful and moves away from her a little.

JORDAN suddenly looks like she feels awful for having almost yelled at him when he was just trying to help.

He rubs the arm of hers closest to his hand as he holds her and kisses the side of her head.

JORDAN is staring off into the night through the big glass doors in front of their bed.

JORDAN nods and settles into his arms more as WOODY turns off the light and closes his eyes. JORDAN’S remain open, worried as the scene fades to black.

14. INT. JORDAN’S OFFICE – ABOUT HALF AN HOUR LATER

MAX is seated at JORDAN’S desk, his glasses on, the papers POLLACK left JORDAN open in front of him. He is no longer reading them, but starting into space. His expression is unreadable. After a long moment, he looks down again. Finally, with a head shake, he stands up.

MAX nods heavily and exits. His face is still a mystery.



16. INT. JORDAN AND WOODY’S HONEYMOON SUITE - NEXT DAY

It is the day after JORDAN and WOODY have spent a day catching up on sleep and relaxing after she’d been sick two nights before. JORDAN is lying in bed, reading and listening to her iPod, when WOODY comes into their suite, dressed casually as if he’s been running little errands for her since they’ve been resting the day before. '

Just Got Started Lovin' You - James Otto

MUSIC

JORDAN smiles and removes her headphones as she sits up better in the bed.

WOODY sits gently on the edge of the bed beside her and starts going through the bag he has carried in with him. He proudly produces a pink bottle of what we know is Pepto-bismol.

JORDAN lights up when he puts it in her hands and WOODY laughs softly and shakes his head.

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17. EXT. AFRICAN FOOTHILLS- LATER THAT DAY

The camera view is squarely on WOODY’S face; he is smiling ear to ear. Slowly the camera pulls back and he begins to quickly look over his left shoulder every few seconds, still grinning. He is clearly looking at something.

WOODY laughs and walks a little farther up a nearby hill and stops to look around.

JORDAN watches him, scoffs and then follows.

She looks out as they start walking again and the camera pans over to a single-engine propeller plane with a pilot standing on the ground beside it.

WOODY smiles and nods, taking her hand as they walk a little faster but then stops suddenly and turns to JORDAN with a look of concern.

WOODY wraps an arm around her as they trot towards the plane.

END OF ACT THREE

ACT FOUR

18. EXT. – HONEYMOON SUITE PATIO- EVENING

JORDAN and WOODY are again in the tub. JORDAN is lounging back against WOODY’S chest as they both watch the sun setting over the flat land stretching out ahead of them.

They both look relaxed and happy.

She’s testing the waters. One day may be a hell of a lot sooner than WOODY is probably thinking, but she needs to know that ‘this’ whatever it might be, isn’t going to end up being a mistake.

WOODY doesn’t answer for a moment. He looks off at the sunset and closes his eyes for a long few moments. JORDAN looks amused but she doesn’t interrupt his thoughts. By the look on his face, they are all pleasant ones though.

He finally opens his eyes and nods slowly, with that coy little smirk that we all love.

JORDAN looks like she has gotten all of the answer she needed. She turns back around, looking out at the sunset and settles comfortably back into his arms.

19. EXT. JUNGLE AREA- NEXT DAY- AFTERNOON

JORDAN is leading WOODY through some vegetation. They are both dressed as casually as we have seen them: jean shorts and a tank top on JORDAN, covering what we can see are the strings of a bathing suit underneath, tied around her neck halter style; WOODY is wearing a white sleeveless undershirt and khaki shorts.

WOODY looks intrigued as she pulls him into a clearing and his mouth drops open.

20. EXT. WATERFALL CLEARING - CONTINUING

The camera pulls out to reveal a wading pool and falls amidst the jungle backdrop.

JORDAN smirks and pulls her tank top over her head and tosses it at WOODY.

WOODY watches as JORDAN rids herself of the jean shorts next and continues watching in bald interest, as she fixes her bikini before slowly wading into the pool under the waterfall. WOODY pulls off his shirt and shorts as well and watches JORDAN with a little smile as he wades in tying his bathing trunks.

WOODY laughs and before he can even get in to his knees, he backs up and decides to run and cannonball into the wading pool instead. We hear JORDAN laugh off-camera.

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21. EXT. JUNGLE CLEARING WITH WATERFALL—A LITTLE LATER

WOODY and JORDAN are relaxing on towels in the sun drying. Both have their eyes closed and JORDAN has rolled into WOODY’S side as he strokes a hand up and down her back.

JORDAN takes a deep breath in, releases it and snuggles more into his side.

22. INT. CONFERENCE ROOM – HOUR OR SO LATER THAN LAST BOSTON SCENE

GARRET and MAX are once again going over the evidence, now with the idea that whoever killed Emily had help in some way not yet specified.

She picks up another photo. This one is of MAX. He’s in uniform and you can see all his accoutrements: gun belt, cuffs, badge, etc.

KATE points to that photo and the initial one.

MAX only nods. The two men are nearly eye to eye.

END OF ACT FOUR

ACT FIVE

Falling Slowly - Glen Handsard and Marketa Irglova

23. INT. HONEYMOON SUITE- AFRICA- NIGHT TIME

WOODY is in bed, asleep on his belly on one side of the bed. The other side is empty.

The camera pans over the bed to the large glass doors to the outside patio. JORDAN is standing looking out at the darkness. Her face looks troubled as if something is weighing very heavily on her mind.

Suddenly, arms come around her body and WOODY kisses her cheek.

JORDAN nods and smiles at him slightly over her shoulder.

WOODY looks out the window in the direction she’s been gazing and yawns.

It is clear from the huskiness in his voice what WOODY wants.

JORDAN nods and pulls out of his arms with a short, nervous laugh.

JORDAN moves over to tuck her head under his chin. It looks like a similar comforting gesture to WOODY but we can see from the camera angle that the troubled look has returned to her face.

24. INT. HONEYMOON SUITE- MORNING

WOODY is on his back snoring while JORDAN is on her belly with a pillow pulled over her head.

Neither is moving but they both start when the phone beside the bed on JORDAN’S side suddenly rings.

WOODY groans and rolls over to his side away from it and JORDAN pulls her head out from under the pillow, squinting.

She picks up the phone and grunts a hello.

She perks up when the person on the other end speaks.

Next time on Crossing Jordan:

"Mommy Dearest - Part 1"