tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-149916252011-04-21T11:18:32.365-07:00It is a great achievement to stop the apocalypse and save the remnants of humanity, but is it a good thing? After ten years of retreat from the plague, mankind returns to Earth and finds he must take it back from new inhabitants.Rene'http://www.blogger.com/profile/06063598706813857013noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14991625.post-1122851208784138622005-07-31T16:05:00.000-07:002006-06-10T21:34:57.613-07:00<center><br /><hr><br /><img src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y207/Aristarchus/ProdigalSons.jpg" alt="Image hosted by Photobucket.com"><br /></center><br /><hr><br /><pre><br /><br /> FADE IN<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. LIVING ROOM<br /><br /> A room with one wall of pure glass. Beyond it is space. On<br /> another wall is a television screen.<br /><br /> A man in 0-gravity reads the Bible. He looks old and rough,<br /> with a clean bathrobe.<br /><br /> NEWS ANCHOR (ON TV)<br /> Earlier today, LINCOLN ANDERSON<br /> BLAKENEY completed his eight-year<br /> plea bargain sentence of the murder<br /> of his sister and parents.<br /><br /> The man is JOSEPH "PADRE" OLDHAM. He turns to the television<br /> as the news catches his interest. He closes the Bible.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Restore Gravity.<br /><br /><br /><br /> BEDROOM<br /><br /> The rear wall is still transparent. Blurs of objects race<br /> by.<br /><br /> Padre walks in and the broadcast continues.<br /><br /> NEWS ANCHOR<br /> He will be released in<br /> approximately two hours, and is the<br /> first of the only eight prisoners<br /> on the Station to be released since<br /> we abandoned Earth ten years ago.<br /><br /> Broadcast continues to a fade. Padre leaves and the lights<br /> go out.<br /><br /> Space is still clearly visible. The blurs race by once more.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. SPACE STATION<br /><br /> Several small racer-like ships circle the colossal space<br /> station. On its side, the words "U. E. F. PENDULUM".<br /><br /> Several giant rings float about the station. The racers speed<br /> through the rings. Two racers fight for a ring.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. COCKPIT<br /><br /> The pilot looks sadistically happy and glances to his right.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. REAR OF TWO SHIPS<br /><br /> One ship takes a swerve right to knock the other one away<br /> from the ring.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COCKPIT<br /><br /> Pilot laughs.<br /><br /> VOICE (ON RADIO)<br /> That's a cold play, SEAN!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> You know me, Jack. Don't get in my<br /> way.<br /><br /> They pass a large window. In the window stands Padre.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PENITENTIARY<br /><br /> Padre is in a waiting room. He stares out into space.<br /><br /> CLERK<br /> I'll buzz you in, Mr. Oldham.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> God Bless.<br /><br /> Door buzzes and Padre passes through.<br /><br /><br /><br /> VISITING ROOM<br /><br /> Padre walks over to a booth quite typical of the visiting<br /> areas in penitentiaries today.<br /><br /> LINCOLN ANDERSON BLAKENEY is at the booth. He is a medium<br /> build, well toned black man. There is Plexiglas between him<br /> and Padre, but phones aren't used. Both can be heard quite<br /> clear.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You have two minutes.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I read the transcripts, Lincoln. <br /> Quite a story.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Bad start.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> In one month, Earth is going to be<br /> close enough to make a round trip. <br /> There are about twenty-eight teams<br /> just itching to be the first to<br /> find the cure and stake land<br /> claims. I want you on my team.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> No thanks.<br /><br /> Lincoln gets up.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Where are you gonna work? Nobody<br /> wants to hire you on the Pendulum.<br /><br /> Lincoln walks-off.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> I know you didn't do it!<br /><br /> Lincoln pauses. He turns back toward Padre with an "I should<br /> kill you" look on his face.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Who are you?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> My name is Joseph Oldham. But my<br /> friends call me "Padre"<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Okay... Joseph. I get out of here<br /> in an hour, and you managed to piss<br /> me off in less than 30 seconds.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> It was your sister. She killed<br /> them. And she was going to kill<br /> you too. You defended yourself. <br /> Regardless of how man has judged<br /> you, God won't.<br /><br /> Lincoln's face goes lifeless. He charges toward the<br /> Plexiglas and slams both fists into it.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> How do you know that!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Where's your faith, Link?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I lost my family, my freedom, and<br /> my faith. There is no God. I've<br /> already been judged.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Talk to Joshua Marsalis. Maybe he<br /> can change your mind.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Go to Hell.<br /><br /> Lincoln walks off. Padre clutches a cross around his neck. <br /> It shimmers.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. LOBBY OF SORTS<br /><br /> Through a giant window, a bright star shines.<br /><br /> A teacher looks out the window with several twelve-year-olds.<br /><br /> TEACHER<br /> Earth can be seen as a large star. <br /> When we left the Earth, there were<br /> hundreds of ships docking at the<br /> same time. Most of them docked<br /> very hard.<br /><br /> Sean Walks by. He is in a jump-suit holding his helmet.<br /><br /> TEACHER (O.S.)<br /> This slowed the orbit of the<br /> station, and Earth got away from<br /> us. Now, we might be able to go<br /> back.<br /><br /> Other racers walk by and greet Sean. They congratulate him<br /> for a win. The last racer is an African who greets him as<br /> well, but Sean blows him off and gets a disgusted look on his<br /> face.<br /><br /> He continues his walk down a hallway and through a set of<br /> double doors that open to a dock.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INDEPENDENT'S DOCK<br /><br /> In the dock are two ships. One of them is the PRODIGAL SON. <br /> Its about the size of an F-111 with a large fuel tank hanging<br /> below.<br /><br /> Padre leans on a desk with a television. He has his nose in<br /> a book.<br /><br /> Two legs stick out of a large open panel of the Prodigal Son. <br /> A ratchet sound comes from them. Sean walks right to them<br /> and rubs them all over. She is MAGGIE.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> This is a heavy socket wrench. <br /> Unless you have balls of steel, I<br /> suggest giving it a rest.<br /><br /> Maggie continues to ratchet at something.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> C'mon, Honey. You think tonight we<br /> can have a little "us" time?<br /><br /> Maggie slides out. She's a very sexy woman with kinky hair<br /> and full lips.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Something tells me you're not<br /> talking about dinner and a movie,<br /> Sean.<br /><br /> Sean makes some humping motions.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> My little racer needs some action. <br /> I gotta have my front-end lubed up<br /> once in a while.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Back-burner, baby. Damn hoverdrive<br /> is off-line.<br /><br /> She slides back into the hole and continues to ratchet.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Fuck.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Have some faith, honey.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (muttered and mocking)<br /> Have some faith, honey. -- Faith<br /> doesn't flush my system, Maggie.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Try an enema.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. LATINO LOBBY<br /><br /> This lobby is similar to the one we saw earlier. This one,<br /> however, is filled with a Latin decor.<br /><br /> A Hispanic man in a jump-suit walks rapidly. Behind him is a<br /> smaller man with a media badge who tries to keep up as he<br /> fumbles with a camera-headset.<br /><br /> They make their way to a set of double doors. These doors<br /> open to a dock as well.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. LATINO'S SHIP<br /><br /> In the cockpit of the Latino ship Carcacha (Meaning jalopy,<br /> or junker), other Hispanics mess with controls and dials.<br /><br /> The Media Boy and other crew member enter. He flips a switch<br /> on his headset and the video camera turns on. Door shuts.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. CARCACHA<br /><br /> Carcacha lifts, turns toward the exit, and begins to speed<br /> away from the U. E. F. Pendulum.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. BOARDROOM<br /><br /> In the boardroom, there are nine people at a large podium who<br /> face a large audience. Some of them carry signs that read,<br /> "Forget the Earth", "Condemned", and "Earth is Dead"<br /><br /> CHAIRMAN<br /> We have less then a month to<br /> prepare.<br /><br /> AUDIENCE REPRESENTATIVE<br /> Why go back? Plague has nearly<br /> wiped us out. If we go back, the<br /> rest of us could die too!<br /><br /> CHAIRMAN<br /> If we find signs of plague, we will<br /> look for a cure. That's the<br /> initial purpose of this race.<br /><br /> AUDIENCE REPRESENTATIVE<br /> And possibly bring it back?! The<br /> synthetic farms have worked beyond<br /> our expectation! What could we<br /> possibly need?<br /><br /> BOARDMEMBER<br /> If we do not attempt this trip, we<br /> may already be doomed. Every<br /> pregnancy on this station has ended<br /> in a stillborn child. --<br /><br /> AUDIENCE REPRESENTATIVE<br /> Because of Plague!<br /><br /> Crowd cheers.<br /><br /> CHAIRMAN<br /> That is still undetermined. The<br /> findings that these stillbirths are<br /> a result of plague are<br /> inconclusive. We --<br /><br /> Alarm sounds. People look confused.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INDEPENDENT'S DOCK<br /><br /> Padre looks up from his book to see what caused the alarm. <br /> Sean looks for the source as well.<br /><br /> NEWS ANCHOR (ON TV)<br /> Hello everyone, I'm News Director<br /> JANICE LAW with a special report. <br /> It appears the Latino team has made<br /> an early launch for Earth --<br /><br /> Padre slowly closes his book in shock, then hurries out of<br /> the dock.<br /><br /> News broadcast fades.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What?!<br /><br /> Maggie slides out again and looks at the television in<br /> disbelief.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Dammit! Hoverdrive still isn't<br /> ready!<br /><br /><br /><br /> PENITENTIARY<br /><br /> Lincoln is in civilian clothes. He slings a backpack around<br /> his shoulder.<br /><br /> Padre barges in.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Made up your mind?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I'm doing this to pay back a favor. <br /> I think you owe me an explanation.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I used to hear Marsalis'<br /> confessions when he was younger. --<br /> We leave in a few minutes.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Maggie and Sean prepare the Prodigal Son for launch.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Shit. Hoverdrive is off-line.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Welcome aboard Captain Obvious!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> We're gonna have to hard launch.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What?! You --<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> I'll pay the fines!<br /><br /> The only other ship in the dock disembarks.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Dammit! There go the Independents!<br /><br /> A sixteen-year-old Caucasian kid with a badge and camera<br /> headset enters the Prodigal Son. He's DANNY.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Hey, guys.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (glances back)<br /> Looks like the media rats have<br /> decided to join the race.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Where's Padre?<br /><br /> Padre and Lincoln enter. Sean begins to turn around.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> About time Padre. I --<br /> (spots Lincoln)<br /> Who the FUCK are you?!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> He's a member of the team now,<br /> Sean. Get used to it.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (mutters)<br /> Just what we need: a rat and monkey<br /> in space.<br /><br /> Maggie shoots Sean a sharp look.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> Hold on!<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. REAR OF PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Engines ignite and the dock fills with fire.<br /><br /> The landing gear scrapes along the floor and tears up metal. <br /> As the landing gear raises, a chunk of metal flooring caught<br /> in the gear raises with it and jams the gear shut when it<br /> seals.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PENDULUM COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> The place is very reminiscent of NASA. Uniformed workers<br /> scurry like worker ants.<br /><br /> A man in an unfamiliar military-like uniform stands tall<br /> among the crew. He has a noble look about him, but carries<br /> the demeanor of a roughneck. He is COMMANDER JAMES<br /> ARISTARCHUS.<br /><br /> A different alarm sounds.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Sir, we have a hard launch in the<br /> Independent's Dock.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Give me a name.<br /><br /> Outside the Command Center window is an explosion.<br /><br /> The Prodigal Son shoots out of the fireball.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Its the Prodigal Son, Sir.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I want their asses. -- Get me<br /> Kathryn, I need video feed.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The crew presses against the backs of their seats due to the<br /> G-forces.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Woooooo-Hoooooooo!<br /><br /><br /><br /> SPACE<br /><br /> Two ships race by. One of them is the Independent ship that<br /> launched from the Prodigal Son's dock.<br /><br /> About four seconds behind them is the Prodigal Son.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PENDULUM<br /><br /> Twenty to thirty other ships launch from the massive space<br /> station.<br /><br /><br /><br /> SPACE<br /><br /> Independent's Ship and the other ship fight for position. <br /> Neck and neck, they bump into each other. The Independents<br /> start to play rough.<br /><br /> The ships wreck in a giant explosion.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Shit!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (overlapping, singing)<br /> I wanna be an airborne ranger!<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The Prodigal Son races through the fireball, bodies, and<br /> debris. It weaves and rolls.<br /><br /> A jagged piece of metal slices a small hole in the main fuel<br /> tank that hangs on the underside.<br /><br /> The fuel leaks slowly, ignites in the afterburner, and<br /> creates a second flaming tail.<br /><br /><br /><br /> PENDULUM COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Details!<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Independents and Italians have<br /> collided.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Cause?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Unknown. No sign of distress<br /> before the collision. -- I doubt<br /> anyone made it, sir.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Christ! This is turning into a<br /> disaster!<br /><br /> Door opens. In walks a sexy, middle-aged woman with a PRESS<br /> badge. She is KATHRYN LILITH, head of the top news station<br /> on the Pendulum.<br /><br /> Commander Aristarchus looks at her with disinterest.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS (CONT'D)<br /> Did you get your boys out in time?<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> JAMES, you know me better than<br /> that. What ship do you want? Take<br /> your pick.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> The Latino's launched a month<br /> early. How'd you --<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> Anyone who can have their way with<br /> you, can have anything. Don't<br /> forget, I got Molly.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> (looking at a security<br /> guard)<br /> Get her out of my sight.<br /><br /> SECURITY<br /> Yes, Commander ARISTARCHUS.<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> Oh, don't bother.<br /><br /> Some computer geeks chuckle.<br /><br /> Kathryn walks away, swaying her ass like she owns the place.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Molly, sir?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Shut-up and get me the feed from<br /> the Carcacha. -- I loved that dog.<br /><br /> The monitors show several Hispanic men who celebrate and<br /> splash tequila.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The same video is on their monitor, but its part of a news<br /> broadcast.<br /><br /> NEWS ANCHOR (V.O. ON TV)<br /> It's an early celebration on the<br /> Latino ship Carcacha, as they are<br /> the forerunners of the race back to<br /> Earth.<br /> (video cuts to scenes of<br /> dying people)<br /> When the plague hit The station was<br /> only capable of sustaining four<br /> million people. Just a fraction of<br /> a percentage of Earth's population<br /> was evac --<br /><br /> Sean shuts the monitor off.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Well, looks like our only hope is<br /> that you may be a better Doc,<br /> Padre.<br /><br /> Still pissed over the rude, racial remark, Maggie scoffs and,<br /> in a fit, heads to a back seat. Padre moves to the front.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Actually, I'm a scientist. <br /> Microbiology. "Doctor" is just a<br /> title.<br /><br /> Sean screws with some buttons and dials.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> We'll reach Earth in... thirty<br /> eight hours.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> The Latinos?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Thirty-two.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Six-hours?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> They must have double-burned.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Maybe they didn't plan on coming<br /> back?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> I don't know, Rat.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Desperation, can cause funny<br /> things. We all miss home.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> I don't remember it.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The ship races-by with a set of twin, fiery tails. Earth is<br /> significantly closer.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The crew is asleep. A light beeping sound begins. Sean<br /> slowly awakes and examines the control panels.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Son of a bitch!<br /><br /> The rest of the crew wakes to Sean's remark.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> We have a slow leak in the fuel<br /> tank.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I checked it twice!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> That's what I'm showing! I'm just<br /> the pilot, you're the fucking<br /> mechanic! -- I'm gonna jettison the<br /> tank. We'll fly on reserve.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Are you insane? It'll ignite in<br /> our wash! We'll --<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Better than igniting when we enter<br /> the atmosphere! -- Lips to<br /> assholes, guys, we're in for a<br /> ride!<br /><br /> Sean pulls a red and yellow lever on the overhead panel.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> With a CLANK, the large fuel tank on the underside<br /> disconnects and begins to lag behind the hull.<br /><br /> The tank's flaming tail catches up. It blows into a massive<br /> fireball and sends the Prodigal Son into a wild spin.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The crew cusses and hangs on for dear life. Danny looks a<br /> little green. Sean laughs and cheers as he jerks on the<br /> controls.<br /><br /> The ship begins to settle and races closer to Earth.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Everyone okay?<br /><br /> Danny pukes. Sean doesn't notice, and turns on the monitor.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> The Latinos should have landed by<br /> now...<br /><br /> Sean sniffs around.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> What's that smell?<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. CARCACHA - DAY<br /><br /> The hatch to the Carcacha opens and reveals a beautiful day<br /> on Earth. They seem to have landed in a city. The Latinos<br /> wear chem-suits and carry lightweight equipment.<br /><br /> They exit the ship and examine their surroundings.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> Commander Aristarchus enters. The video feed (POV Media<br /> Camera) from the Latinos is on the monitors.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Fill me in.<br /><br /> The video on the monitor is a picture of Texas with<br /> crosshairs on the southwest border to Mexico.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> They've landed in Laredo, Texas.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Plague?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> I don't speak Spanish but their<br /> equipment isn't picking up any<br /> signs of it.<br /><br /> Faulk squints his eyes as he looks at the monitor.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK (CONT'D)<br /> What's that? A church?<br /><br /> The monitor shows the Latinos approaching St. Augustine<br /> Church. It's covered in bloody symbols and writing.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Something's wrong.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> It looks... defiled.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Possibly vandalized during the<br /> riots, it's something else that<br /> seems funny.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The monitor shows the same POV video feed, but this one's<br /> from the news broadcast. It shows the men entering the<br /> church. They speak Spanish. Mostly in disgust and prayer.<br /><br /> One of them picks up an old cowboy hat, still hung on the hat<br /> rack.<br /><br /> The view moves forward onto an altar. Upon the altar is a<br /> book. The media boy opens it to reveal strange writing.<br /><br /> NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)<br /> (on monitor)<br /> So far, there is no sign of plague. <br /> Now... we are attempting to get a<br /> translator to our studio.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Entering Earth's atmosphere in<br /> thirty seconds.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH<br /><br /> A noise, similar to a weeping child is heard from a dark<br /> corner.<br /><br /> The men check their instruments. They give an affirmative<br /> nod to each other and take off their hoods and masks.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> The entire staff gazes at the monitors.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Survivors?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Very possibly.<br /><br /><br /><br /> ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH<br /><br /> As one of the team members approaches the dark corner, he<br /> offers words of encouragement and comfort (in Spanish).<br /><br /> For a brief moment, the glare of two evil eyes can be seen<br /> just before a beast leaps out and attacks the man.<br /><br /> What it looks like is unclear, as there is too much confusion<br /> in the slaughter.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> During the bloodfest, one of the men's faces gruesomely<br /> presses against the camera. The Prodigal Son's crew jumps in<br /> shock and horror, as Sean concentrates on his piloting.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Two... One...<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> (Overlapping)<br /> Turn around!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Holy shit!<br /><br /> The ship begins to rumble.<br /><br /><br /><br /> SPACE<br /><br /> The ships that remain turn around and head back. Some wreck<br /> into each other and cause massive explosions.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH<br /><br /> Those that tried to escape the church are strewn about the<br /> unkempt front lawn. In the distant sky, a slow comet (The<br /> Prodigal Son) heads north as it makes its way to Earth.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Through the cockpit, the clouds can be seen. A mountain peak<br /> seems to appear through the clouds.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Mountains?<br /><br /> The mountain peak turns out to be the top of a skyscraper.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> That's no mountain. That's Dallas.<br /><br /><br /><br /> DOWNTOWN DALLAS<br /><br /> A peaceful panoramic view of the dead metropolis is<br /> interrupted by a screaming ship. It weaves its way around<br /> buildings.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Hydraulics whir as the landing gear attempts to open. It<br /> budges, but the chunk of metal holds it shut. Sparks fly.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (checks systems)<br /> No hoverdrive, landing gear<br /> malfunctioning. Shit!<br /><br /><br /><br /> FREEWAY<br /><br /> A perspective view of the freeway shows the distant Prodigal<br /> Son making a sharp turn (toward camera) to align itself with<br /> the road.<br /><br /> The ship slams onto the freeway and skids down the road.<br /><br /> It begins to yaw moments before it hits an overpass and<br /> launches as it tumbles sideways through the air.<br /><br /> The sorry ship slams back to the ground, off the freeway, and<br /> tumbles towards a large building.<br /><br /> The ship rolls rapidly and hits.<br /><br /> BLACKOUT<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> The entire crew is in shock. Aristarchus pierces the silence.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I want playback immediately! Get me<br /> a translator, now! -- I wanna know<br /> what happened down there.<br /><br /> The crew gets back on top of things.<br /><br /> The video plays from the beginning. Aristarchus concentrates<br /> on the video.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Commander? How'd you know?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> (dazed)<br /> Huh?<br /> (recovered, to Faulk)<br /> What?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> You said something was wrong. How<br /> did you know?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Look around, Faulk. What's<br /> missing?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> I don't understand.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Back on Earth. What's missing? --<br /> When we left, there were fires and<br /> wrecks. Bodies all over the place.<br /> Where are the bodies?<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Everyone is out-cold. Maggie regains consciousness.<br /><br /> She shakes Padre's shoulder.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Hey.<br /><br /> Padre's eyes flicker open.<br /><br /> Sean and Lincoln wake up to the sounds of their movement.<br /><br /> Padre nudges Danny.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Danny --<br /><br /> When Danny wakes, he screams as though they're still<br /> crashing.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> Shh! Shh! Hey, hey! It's me.<br /><br /> Danny looks about himself and sees he's alright. He calms<br /> down.<br /><br /> The Prodigal Son is a shambles.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> We should be dead. The ship should<br /> have gone up in flames.<br /><br /> Sean laughs as he taps on a meter on the control panel.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> We ran out of fuel.<br /><br /> The crew slowly begins to laugh in excitement.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> (laughing)<br /> God has such a way, doesn't he?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (laughing)<br /> Naw, I think we can thank Maggie<br /> for slacking off.<br /><br /> Maggie's laughing slows, and she expresses feelings of hurt.<br /><br /> Padre sees this and quickly distracts her.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Maggie, try and raise the Pendulum<br /> on the radio.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Sure.<br /><br /> Maggie puts on a headset and turns some dials.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Pendulum, this is the Prodigal Son,<br /> come in. -- Pendulum, come in.<br /><br /> Maggie turns the dials some more.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Pendulum, do you copy. This is the<br /> Prodigal Son, come in.<br /><br /> The laughter turns into a lull of silence.<br /><br /> Sean steps out of the Prodigal Son through a hole in the<br /> hull.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> What's wrong?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> U. E. F. Pendulum, this is the<br /> Explorer Ship Prodigal Son, please<br /> respond!<br /><br /> SEAN (O.S.)<br /> Fucking hell!<br /><br /> Padre and Lincoln glance at the opening.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Dammit, Pendulum, answer!<br /><br /> Sean steps in. Lincoln and Padre stand up.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> What happened?<br /><br /> Sean ignores Lincoln and stands behind Maggie, rubbing her<br /> shoulders.<br /><br /> Lincoln and Padre step out to examine Sean's discovery.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (sniffling)<br /> Pendulum --<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> It's no use, baby. The transmitter<br /> was destroyed. Everything's in<br /> pieces.<br /><br /> Maggie bursts out into tears. Sean holds her.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Lincoln and Padre examine their surroundings. The Ship is<br /> embedded in the side of a building. Smoke and dust fill the<br /> air.<br /><br /> Lincoln stares at the building for a second.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> The Mosh Pit.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I beg your pardon?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> It's a giant mall, we called the<br /> Mosh Pit. I came here a couple of<br /> times when I was a kid and wreaked <br /> havoc with my sist --<br /><br /> Lincoln pauses. Padre looks at him.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> It's junk now. But maybe we can<br /> find some supplies in there.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I'll get the others.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Danny, puts on his camera-headset.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Hey, sir.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> The name's Sean, Rat.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Well, Sean. I still have my<br /> headset. We can talk to them<br /> through this. <br /> We won't receive anything though,<br /> but at least they'll know we're<br /> still alive.<br /><br /> Padre peeks in.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We're moving.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Where?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Food, Shelter. The necessities.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. MALL<br /><br /> Dust fills the air of the lower floor. The ceiling can be<br /> seen several floors up. Glass, jewelry, money, and other<br /> items, covered in dust, are strewn about the floor.<br /><br /> Some rubble tumbles over and Lincoln steps into view.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Hey, Joseph, check it out.<br /><br /> Padre walks in. The others follow behind him. Danny is<br /> messing with his headset.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Wow. To think, we used to strive<br /> for this stuff. -- Worthless junk,<br /> now.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Not all of it.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> Eight men and women surround some monitors, examining the<br /> video. It also plays on the main screen.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Sir, I'm getting a signal from<br /> Earth?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> The Carcacha?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> No, sir... It's the Prodigal Son.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Get me the feed.<br /><br /> The monitors display static and garbled images, then clears<br /> up to reveal Danny's POV. They are inside the Mall, looking<br /> at the mess.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS (CONT'D)<br /> Where are they?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> I Don't know, sir. I can't pick up<br /> their ship.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Well find their last known<br /> coordinates, dammit! I don't want<br /> to hear those three words again. --<br /> Idiots. Why didn't they turn<br /> around with the rest?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> (dazed and focused)<br /> I Don't -- <br /> (recovered)<br /> I'll get right on it, sir.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. MALL<br /><br /> Lincoln sits on a bench by an old popcorn stand. Behind the<br /> stand is a carousel. He watches as the eerie carousel seems<br /> to radiate ghostly sounds of music and laughing children.<br /><br /> Lincoln snaps out of his daydream.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Turn your camera off. We need to<br /> save the battery. -- What's your<br /> name, kid?<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Daniel.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> No, I mean what do you like to be<br /> called?<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> (chuckles)<br /> Well, it looks like Sean's already<br /> set the trend to "rat".<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Don't pay that white-boy any mind.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Hey... I'm white.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Is that what you think? Let me<br /> tell you something. Growing up,<br /> I've dealt with all sorts of names,<br /> far worse than Rat. But God? That<br /> guy has more names than Sean has<br /> issues.<br /><br /> Both laugh.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> That's a bunch.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> But his best name, and favorite, is<br /> I AM. Son, you are what you are. <br /> It's not your skin, your education,<br /> your ethnic background... you just<br /> are.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> REU.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> What?<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> My friends call me Reu. It means<br /> friend. I-AM-REU.<br /><br /> Maggie steps out of a dollar store fumbling with bags full of<br /> canned and dry goods.<br /><br /> Lincoln turns around to see what she carries and notices his<br /> conversation is not as private as previously thought. Padre<br /> is standing just ten feet away.<br /><br /> Lincoln gets up and passes Padre as he walks toward Maggie.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> (near whisper)<br /> I won't make a big deal about it.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (near whisper)<br /> I told him what he needed to hear.<br /><br /> Sean is down a distant corridor and walks back to the crowd,<br /> but the voices still carry very well.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Here, let me help.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (smiles)<br /> No, thanks. I'm used to doing<br /> everything by myself.<br /><br /> Sean pauses and watches.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> No, seriously.<br /><br /> Lincoln takes one of the bags from her.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> No, wait! The bag's--<br /><br /> The bag rips and cans fall all over the floor. A soda can<br /> pops open and sprays them.<br /><br /> They scream and laugh as they try to pick up the swirling<br /> can.<br /><br /> Padre and Danny laugh.<br /><br /> Lincoln's hands cover Maggie's as they both try to stop the<br /> spray. They stand, and pause.<br /><br /> Awkward silence.<br /><br /> The fizz stops.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> So, you guys do anything<br /> productive?<br /><br /> Maggie rips her hand away and drops the can.<br /><br /> Lincoln just slowly looks away with attitude.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh! Uh... we were just --<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Uh-huh?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I found us some food.<br /><br /> Padre munches on a bag of chips.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Yeah, well, looks like all the guns<br /> have been looted.<br /><br /> Lincoln turns back around to face Sean and crosses his arms.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Guns?!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> He's right. We should arm<br /> ourselves.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Hey, I don't need your help, ape<br /> man!<br /><br /> Maggie slaps Sean.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Stop it!<br /><br /> Sean punches Maggie.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Bitch!<br /><br /> Maggie falls to the floor. Lincoln decks Sean in the jaw.<br /><br /> Sean falls to the floor and Lincoln puts his foot on Sean's<br /> neck.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> (gagging)<br /> Go ahead, Monkey boy! Prove to<br /> everyone you're still a savage!<br /><br /> Lincoln presses harder.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Stop it! You're gonna kill him!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Is it harder to kill a white than<br /> your nigger family?<br /><br /> Lincoln presses some more. Sean can no longer talk.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (crying)<br /> Stop it!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I'm not a killer.<br /><br /> Lincoln lets go and walks towards Padre.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> The plague took the wrong damn<br /> people.<br /><br /> Lincoln stands by Danny.<br /><br /> Maggie rushes to Sean's aid.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (sobbing)<br /> I'm sorry, baby. I didn't mean to<br /> hit you. I'm so sorry.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (coughing)<br /> I know, baby. I forgive you.<br /><br /> Sean wipes the blood from his lip.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We should go find weapons. If one<br /> of those things we saw on the video<br /> decides to barge right in here,<br /> we're through.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Let's hit a sports shop. We can<br /> get some backpacks. Maybe some<br /> bats, clubs, stuff like that.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> There you go, boy. That's what I'm<br /> talking about.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. SPORTS SHOP<br /><br /> Everyone except Sean enters the shop. Sean walks-off to a<br /> hardware store.<br /><br /> Padre picks up a 9-iron.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> This is the weapon of champions.<br /><br /> Lincoln grabs a baseball bat from the wall.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> Aristarchus stands over the crew as they examine the text on<br /> the walls and book.<br /><br /> LINGUIST 1<br /> There's far too much distortion. I<br /> recognize a few greek letters. <br /> It's probably some old graffiti<br /> from the plague riots. Maybe some<br /> frat guys.<br /><br /> Kathryn steps through the door. She crosses her arms and<br /> waits.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I want you to stop the broadcast.<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> No way in hell.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> We can't be showing this to the<br /> public.<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> The public has a right to know if<br /> their going home!<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> We don't need a riot on this<br /> station!<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> It belongs to THEM!<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> And they belong to me! I'm their<br /> father, their leader. They<br /> appointed me as Commander of this<br /> station!<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> Because you were a full bird<br /> Colonel? You were a retired,<br /> aging, Air Force attorney. Your<br /> rank meant shit!<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I want you to stop the broadcast or<br /> I'll stop it for you.<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> Just try it.<br /><br /> Kathryn scamps off.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Faulk. Let me know if we get a<br /> signal back from the Prodigal Sons.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. SPORTS SHOP<br /><br /> Lincoln is holding a hiking pack chock-full of junk, and a<br /> baseball bat with sharpened bolts protruding from all sides.<br /><br /> Maggie holds a bow and some arrows, still packaged.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Whada'ya got there?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I'm an adrenaline junkie. This<br /> stuff isn't cheap.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Wasn't.<br /><br /> Lincoln chuckles.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Yeah.<br /><br /> Maggie suddenly emits an heir of seriousness.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> You shouldn't have hit him.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> He shouldn't have hit YOU.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> It wasn't your concern.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I'm making it my concern!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Why the hell are you even here?! <br /> Don't you have a prison cell to rot<br /> in?!<br /><br /> Maggie turns around and walks towards the back of the shop. <br /> A small box hits her in the head.<br /><br /> She stops and turns around in utter anger.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You're gonna want to tip your<br /> arrows with those. The stock tips<br /> aren't worth shit.<br /><br /> Maggie picks up the box, fitfully turns around and stomps to<br /> a corner where she plops her butt down and begins unscrewing<br /> her arrowheads.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (mutters)<br /> Asshole.<br /><br /> Sean walks into the sports shop with his new toy. He has an<br /> axe handle with a saw blade embedded in it.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Hey, guys I --<br /><br /> A noise is heard outside the shop. Everyone, including<br /> Maggie, suddenly holds still and shuts up.<br /><br /> Another noise is heard, followed by indistinctive voices.<br /><br /> The crew rushes out of the store.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. SPORTS SHOP<br /><br /> The crew are on an upper floor. They look down, over the<br /> rails. More noises.<br /><br /> The voices become clear. Five Russian men appear from<br /> underneath.<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1<br /> (in a heavy Russian<br /> accent)<br /> Greetings. We follow your ship<br /> here. We come to see if you need<br /> help.<br /><br /> Padre and his crew smile in relief.<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 2<br /> I am doctor. Anyone hurt? We have --<br /><br /> Three shadowy figures leap at the men and they scream in<br /> horror.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Shit!<br /><br /> Lincoln hooks a bungie cord to the rail.<br /><br /> Maggie runs back into the store.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh, God! Oh, God! Oh, God!<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. SPORTS SHOP<br /><br /> Maggie picks up the box of arrowheads. She fumbles at the<br /> pack as she tries to get it open and cuts herself on a tip.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Ow! Fuck!<br /><br /> She sucks on her finger, calms down, takes a deep breath, and<br /> continues unscrewing her arrowheads.<br /><br /><br /><br /> FIRST FLOOR<br /><br /> Lincoln leaps from the upper floor and screams.<br /><br /> A beast stops and turns his direction.<br /><br /> Two shiny eyes glare from a deep blue-ish/purple reptilian<br /> face. While the skin is scaly, the form and skin-sag are<br /> definitely dog-like. It hulks about 7-feet tall.<br /><br /> The beast looks just long enough to see Lincoln, but not<br /> enough to react.<br /><br /> Lincoln crowns it on the top of its skull with his spiked<br /> club. The creature collapses with a spray of blood and a dog<br /> like yelp.<br /><br /> Lincoln Flies back to the upper floor. He barely makes it<br /> and struggles to maintain his grip on the rail.<br /><br /> The other two stop and look. They each are clearly different<br /> in their own design.<br /><br /> One leaps for Lincoln and pulls him back down.<br /><br /> Sean reaches the bottom of the escalator. He stops and<br /> watches the fight.<br /><br /> The creature holds Lincoln with one hand and slashes the<br /> bungie cord with a claw on the other.<br /><br /> Lincoln falls to the ground.<br /><br /> Free, Lincoln martially trips the creature and pounds on it<br /> with his spiked club.<br /><br /> The other one stands tall about 10 feet behind Lincoln and<br /> leaps at him with a raging roar.<br /><br /> Lincoln has no time to react. It lands right on him.<br /><br /> Sean gets an evil grin on his face.<br /><br /> The beast begins to move. The movement is Lincoln pushing<br /> the corpse off him. An arrow is protruding from the back of<br /> the beasts skull.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. SPORTS SHOP<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Hell of a shot!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (with a proud smile)<br /> It's not easy being my Dad's<br /> favorite son.<br /><br /><br /><br /> FIRST FLOOR<br /><br /> The body of Russian 1 begins to move, he's bloody.<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1<br /> Son of bitch!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You hurt?<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1<br /> Is okay. Is not my blood.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What are you, crazy?<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1<br /> No, I'm Russian.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Why didn't you head back with the<br /> others?<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1<br /> Why go back?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> The news, you fuckin' commie. Why<br /> didn't you chicken out with the<br /> others after the news broadcast?<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1<br /> We don't have television. Stupid<br /> Yuri wanted his video game.<br /><br /> He starts to kick one of the Russian bodies.<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1 (CONT'D)<br /> You hear that Yuri!<br /><br /> He continues screaming in Russian as he kicks the body.<br /><br /><br /><br /> UPPER FLOOR<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> He's lost is mind.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We all handle stress differently.<br /><br /><br /><br /> FIRST FLOOR<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Hey, cool it.<br /><br /> Russian 1 calms and breaths heavily. He wipes the sweat from<br /> his brow and fixes his hair.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> What's your name?<br /><br /> RUSSIAN 1<br /> I am VODNIK.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What kind of name is Vodnik?<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Is Russian ghost of drowned child. <br /> Baits children to river to drown.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Hey, monkey. Looks like your<br /> friend is a little off his rocker. <br /> Know what I mean?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You're ship intact?<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Two men are there as we speak.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Sean, get the others, we're getting<br /> the hell out of here.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Don't boss me around nig--<br /><br /> Lincoln puts his bloody club to Sean's chin.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Just do it!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> You're gonna pay for this, monkey<br /> boy.<br /><br /> Sean walks backwards, then turns around and heads back up the<br /> escalator.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. BROADCAST STATION<br /><br /> Several men and women surround a desk littered with messy<br /> stacks of papers. Kathryn barges in.<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> MIKE! Janice! In my office, now!<br /><br /> The crew looks at each other. Some make humorous "awe shit"<br /> faces.<br /><br /><br /><br /> OFFICE<br /><br /> Janice and Kathryn are already seated. Mike closes the door<br /> behind them.<br /><br /> KATHRYN (CONT'D)<br /> They're going to try to shut us<br /> down.<br /><br /> MIKE<br /> What?<br /><br /> JANICE<br /> (overlapping)<br /> Why?<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> Because they don't want the people<br /> to know the truth.<br /><br /> MIKE<br /> They can't do that.<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> That's right, cause we're not gonna <br /> to let `em.<br /><br /> MIKE<br /> (sadistically smiling)<br /> Are you thinking what I think your<br /> thinking?<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> Absolutely.<br /><br /> MIKE<br /> I'll get my stuff.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> A well-dressed man enters with a stack of papers. He walks<br /> straight for the commander.<br /><br /> WELL-DRESSED MAN<br /> Sir.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Who are YOU?<br /><br /> WELL-DRESSED MAN<br /> I'm GILBERT NORTON. I used to be<br /> the President of New Atlantis.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> (confused)<br /> Who?<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> We should talk in private.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMANDER'S OFFICE<br /><br /> Aristarchus and Gilbert enter.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I have a lot on my plate right now,<br /> Mr. Norton. Make it brief.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Sir, before the plague, this<br /> station attempted to declare itself<br /> a free nation. It was to be called<br /> New Atlantis.<br /><br /> Aristarchus stands up.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I don't have time for th--<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> This is a matter of the extinction<br /> of the human race!<br /><br /> The commander pauses, and reluctantly sits back down.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Alright, lets hear it.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Whatever's down there had to come<br /> from somewhere else.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Naturally.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> So we can assume that it can use<br /> its same means of arrival to invade<br /> this station as well.<br /><br /> Aristarchus cups his hands together and puts them to his<br /> mouth.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Something tells me that's not all.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Every country has a right to defend<br /> itself. This station purchased<br /> nuclear weapons before it's<br /> declaration of independence.<br /><br /> Aristarchus slams his hands on the table.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> WHAT?!<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> The staff silences and look towards the office.<br /><br /><br /><br /> OFFICE<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> It doesn't matter anymore! Is there<br /> a threat of world war? What I'm<br /> talking about is our survival.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> You're talking about nuclear<br /> winter! Making our homeworld<br /> uninhabitable for hundreds, maybe<br /> thousands of years!<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Which we can inhabit then! But we<br /> can't do that if we're extinct!<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I am NOT going to annihilate our<br /> home and trap mankind on this chunk<br /> of metal!<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> If you go back --<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> If we go back, we have a chance to<br /> grow again! That thing isn't going<br /> to stop a species that survived<br /> near extinction! We are survivors!<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Not if there are more of those<br /> things down there.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> How do you know its not alone?<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> I don't. -- But what are the<br /> chances that the Latinos landed at<br /> the one spot on the entire planet<br /> where --<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Where that thing was. -- We'll hold<br /> it as a last resort.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Fair enough, sir.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. DOWNTOWN DALLAS<br /><br /> The crew and their new-found friend are several blocks from<br /> the Mall. They climb over old, junked cars and building<br /> rubble. Their path follows the trail left behind by the<br /> Prodigal Son.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> I'd wish to be a famous reporter.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I don't know what I'd wish for.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> It's a lot harder to decide when<br /> money isn't a factor anymore, huh?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> No kiddin'.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> I'd rather find message in bottle<br /> than genie. I don't want to play<br /> God, just hear him.<br /><br /> Sean stumbles and sweats.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> How far is it?<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> We land at your point of impact.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> You parked on the freeway?<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Are we blocking traffic?<br /><br /> The rest of them chuckle.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What? I just thought it was stupid<br /> to be out in the open.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> (mutters)<br /> Sure, you did.<br /><br /> Heavy clouds are beginning to overcast. The sound of thunder<br /> can be heard far in the distance.<br /><br /> Maggie picks up a chunk of metal.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Hey, here's our transmitter<br /> antenna.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Can you fix it?<br /><br /> Maggie tosses it aside.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Not a chance.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> We have radio in our ship.<br /><br /> Vodnik stops at the top of the overpass.<br /><br /> VODNIK (CONT'D)<br /> (disappointed)<br /> Mother Russia.<br /><br /> The others catch up.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Why'd you stop?<br /><br /> He looks straight ahead and finds the Russian ship in smoke. <br /> Two bloody Russian men lay on the ground.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Mother Fucker!<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> (still gazing at the<br /> wreckage)<br /> No, Mother Russia. Is Russian<br /> expression.<br /><br /> Thunder rolls. It starts to rain.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> I guess we're not going home.<br /><br /> Indistinctive roars and screams can be heard far in the<br /> distance.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> It's getting dark. We should find<br /> shelter.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> A woman enters with an older, Mexican lady under her arm.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> What are you, the Judicial Branch?<br /><br /> YOUNGER WOMAN<br /> Excuse me?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Nevermind.<br /><br /> YOUNGER WOMAN<br /> This woman has something important<br /> to tell you.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Do you need any coffee or water?<br /><br /> MEXICAN WOMAN<br /> No thank you. Senor, please don't<br /> blame my son for this. We are<br /> already suffering.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> We're not blaming anyone.<br /><br /> MEXICAN WOMAN<br /> Times are very hard right now. We<br /> have much problem already.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> (sympathetically)<br /> Come to my office and you can tell<br /> me all about it.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. BROADCAST STATION<br /><br /> Aristarchus breaks down the door. The crew jumps in<br /> astonishment.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Kathryn, you bitch!<br /><br /> Six men in armor and guns follow.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS (CONT'D)<br /> I want this place shut down, now!<br /><br /> ARMORED SECURITY 1<br /> (to his radio headset)<br /> Cut the power to News fourteen. --<br /> They're complying, sir.<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> You can't stop us.<br /><br /> The power shuts down and emergency lights come on.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> You paid the Hispanics to launch<br /> early?!<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> I do what I have to do to keep the<br /> ratings up.<br /><br /> ARMORED SECURITY 1<br /> (to his radio headset)<br /> Repeat.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> What's going on, Sergeant?<br /><br /> ARMORED SECURITY 1<br /> They're broadcasting, sir.<br /><br /> Aristarchus looks at Kathryn standing in the beam of the<br /> emergency light. She smiles knowingly.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> (firmly)<br /> Where are they?<br /><br /> KATHRYN<br /> This station has four-million<br /> people, 17 sub-cities, a marvel of<br /> man's capability to extend beyond<br /> God's intentions. How much time do<br /> you think you have to dedicate in<br /> finding my team? -- I would now<br /> like to exercise my right to remain<br /> silent.<br /><br /> Aristarchus grits his teeth.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Take her into custody.<br /><br /> The armored men put her arms behind her back and cuff her. <br /> She smiles victoriously. One of the men comes up next to<br /> Aristarchus.<br /><br /> ARMORED SECURITY 2<br /> Ya know? With a gag and some rope,<br /> I would have dated her too.<br /><br /> Aristarchus slowly turns to him.<br /><br /> ARMORED SECURITY 2 (CONT'D)<br /> I... I'll go start the paperwork.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. CONVENIENCE STORE - NIGHT<br /><br /> Vodnik, Maggie and Danny sit in a corner as they eat.<br /><br /> Sean is picking out a good brand of beer.<br /><br /> Padre and Lincoln are at the other end in conversation. <br /> Their words are indistinguishable.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Why do you call him "Padre"?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> He's pretty much raised me. I was<br /> fifteen. He was a priest who<br /> recently lost his wife to the<br /> plague.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Why did priest come?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh, he's not a priest anymore. Not<br /> much faith left on the station.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Do you believe?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I don't know.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> What is mean Prodigal Son? Is on<br /> side of your ship.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Padre named it. It's a biblical<br /> story. There were two brothers. <br /> One busted his butt for his father;<br /> the other asks for his inheritance<br /> and wastes it on booze and whores. <br /> His money spent, he sells himself<br /> as a servant to make-ends-meet.<br /> He realizes not even his father<br /> treated his servants like crap, so<br /> he swallowed his pride and went<br /> back home. His father celebrates<br /> his return, but his brother gets<br /> jealous.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Why?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Well, he worked his ass off for his<br /> father, but never got so much as a<br /> birthday party to invite his<br /> friends. -- When he told his father<br /> how pissed he was, his father told<br /> him he was just glad that his son<br /> had returned.<br /><br /> Danny chuckles.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Some welcoming party we got.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Why does not Lincoln call him<br /> "Padre"?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Padre says Lincoln doesn't believe<br /> in God.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> That's bullshit.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Seriously.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> No, I mean Lincoln. He --<br /> nevermind.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. AUTO REPAIR SHOP - NIGHT<br /><br /> Maggie and Lincoln are under a sporty pick-up, covered in oil<br /> and dirt. They ratchet and hammer.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> No, no, no. These have to come off<br /> first or you'll tear up the wire<br /> harness when we drop the tank.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Where'd you learn to be a mechanic?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I was supposed to be a boy.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Your father?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What's to say, he's dead.<br /><br /> Lincoln gives her a look like the answer does not seem<br /> truthful. They continue working as they talk.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Does it bother you?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I learned a lot from him. But<br /> certain things change when you grow<br /> up. Yeah, it bothers me.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I was talking about our pilot. You<br /> know... his superiority issues?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> We've only been together three<br /> months. I never knew.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Why are you with him?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> We're not going to start that<br /> again, are we?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> God, I hope not.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What's that supposed to mean?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Nothing.<br /><br /> Padre peeks his head in the door and knocks on the wall.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Hey, kids. We gotta get some sleep.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> We'll be done in about an hour.<br /><br /> Padre leaves.<br /><br /> The Gas tank drops and pegs Maggie in the head.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Oh, shit. You okay?<br /><br /> Maggie holds her head.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh, damn!<br /><br /> Lincoln laughs and kisses her on the head.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Well, the wire harness is okay.<br /><br /> Maggie slaps Lincoln on the head.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Ow!<br /><br /> Lincoln flinches backwards and hits his head on the frame of<br /> the pick-up.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> OW!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh, shit! I'm sorry!<br /><br /> She starts to hold his head looks him over.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. Are you<br /> bleeding?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Like you care.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I'm not heartless.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> That can be debated.<br /><br /> Maggie puts Lincoln's hand to her chest.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Then what's this?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> A thumping gizzard.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (laughing)<br /> You asshole.<br /><br /> Maggie's laughing subsides. Lincoln's hand is still on her<br /> chest.<br /><br /> Awkward silence.<br /><br /> Lincoln moves his face closer to hers. She turns away.<br /><br /> He moves his head quickly to remain face-to-face with her. <br /> Her eyes begin to look about his face. They speak softly.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Are you ever gonna quit?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I might.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Then hurry up and kiss me before<br /> you do.<br /><br /> They kiss softly. Maggie starts to pull away but pauses. <br /> They start kissing with fire and power.<br /><br /> Sean watches from the darkness of the outdoors. He checks<br /> the sharpness of the saw blade with his thumb.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. CONVENIENCE STORE<br /><br /> The rain has stopped. Danny is asleep. Padre and Vodnik<br /> converse. Sean enters with blood on his club.<br /><br /> Padre looks at the bloody blade and worries.<br /><br /> Sean produces a rabbit.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Eaten yet, Padre?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> (relieved)<br /> Yeah, I'm fine. Thanks.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> So, what's the plan.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Well, our friend Vodnik is<br /> multilingual. Russian, French,<br /> English, and... Spanish.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Good for him. Is that all you've<br /> talked about for the last hour and<br /> a half?<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> I go back with you to your ship and<br /> translate the video.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Find out what we're dealing with,<br /> huh?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Exactly.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> See? And here I thought you guys<br /> were just gonna lay down and die.<br /><br /><br /><br /> AUTO REPAIR SHOP<br /><br /> Lincoln and Maggie make love on the hood of an old, white<br /> corvette.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. CONVENIENCE STORE<br /><br /> Maggie is asleep with Sean. Padre wakes her up.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> (whisper)<br /> Maggie, it's your watch.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Who's my relief?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> You're the last. Wake everyone up<br /> in the morning.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE<br /><br /> Maggie steps out. She shivers and rubs her arms. She looks<br /> at her arms as though she sees goosebumps, rubs them once<br /> more, then walks next door.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. AUTO REPAIR SHOP<br /><br /> Maggie is under the pickup turning wrenches. She has a look<br /> of concentration.<br /><br /> Her wrench occasionally slows as she stares-off in the<br /> distance. She comes-to, and continues to ratchet.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (mutters, angrily)<br /> Thumping gizzard.<br /><br /> She starts turning the ratchet faster and slips. She bangs<br /> her knuckle.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Ow!<br /><br /> She sucks on her knuckle and starts to smile.<br /><br /> She looks at her knuckle, and continues to ratchet and she<br /> smiles.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> Armed Security enters.<br /><br /> ARMORED SECURITY 1<br /> This place is just way too big,<br /> Sir. Without a station-wide alert,<br /> it's going to be impossible.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> The people will want to know what's<br /> going on down there. There's no<br /> way they'll support cutting<br /> themselves off.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Filter out any signals from the<br /> Earth.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> But, sir, the Prodigal Son might --<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Do it, Lieutenant! -- If we can't<br /> get them to stop broadcasting,<br /> we'll choke the hell out of their<br /> information.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Yes, sir. -- We're going to be<br /> blind.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Not for long. Get me Kathryn's<br /> competitor.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. CONVENIENCE STORE - DAY<br /><br /> Padre wakes to the sound of a roaring engine. He wakes the<br /> others.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. CONVENIENCE STORE<br /><br /> Lincoln, Padre, and Sean walk out.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You got it running!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Woooo-Hooooo!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> That's my girl!<br /><br /> Danny and Vodnik step out. Danny turns his camera-headset<br /> on.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Let's get moving.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> What, no breakfast?<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. DALLAS<br /><br /> The crew is piled in the pick-up. Maggie drives with Sean in<br /> the passenger side. Lincoln, Padre, Danny and Vodnik are<br /> seated in the bed of the pick-up.<br /><br /> Vodnik takes a bite off a twinkie.<br /><br /> The truck races through ghostly empty roads.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Where the fuck are you going?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> We left the highway in pieces. <br /> It's blocked.<br /><br /> Sean points to the left.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> The ship's that way, Columbus.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> No it's not.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Some thing's never change.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> You wanna stop and ask for<br /> directions? I'll be happy to let<br /> you talk to the next vicious<br /> monster we cross.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Why don't you just let me drive?!<br /><br /> Padre opens the rear-slide-window.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Hey, I think you'll wanna make a<br /> RIGHT over here.<br /><br /> Maggie smiles.<br /><br /> Sean puts his fingers to the bridge of his nose and closes<br /> his eyes.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> The video plays as Vodnik watches, unaffected by the events. <br /> Lincoln sits with him.<br /><br /> Maggie walks out in disgust.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Danny and Sean are outside, throwing rocks at windows. <br /> Maggie steps out of the Prodigal Son.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Where's Padre?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> He's in the mall examining corpses.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. MALL<br /><br /> Padre has a First-Aid kit and Exact-O set. He cuts bits and<br /> pieces of creature-skin and peers through a magnifying glass.<br /><br /> Maggie enters.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Find anything?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Have a look.<br /><br /> Padre points at the creature's face.<br /><br /> The side of the creature's head reveals a scaly/fuzzy ear. <br /> Embedded in the earlobe is a diamond earring.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> An earring.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> See how the skin has grown around<br /> it?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> How?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I don't understand it either. But<br /> it would explain why we haven't<br /> seen any bodies and skeletons lying<br /> around. I thought there might even<br /> be survivors, but now -- How's<br /> Vodnik doing?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> They're almost done. I'll go check<br /> on them.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Don't worry about it. I'm done<br /> here. Let's just go.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. PRODIGAL SON<br /><br /> Lincoln and Vodnik converse. Padre enters.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Well?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> They landed down in Laredo. <br /> Apparently their home town, and the<br /> site where Plague first made its<br /> appearance. The church they<br /> entered was St. Augustine, and they<br /> referred to the creatures as<br /> DEMONS. Beyond that, there's too<br /> much confusion.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Demon sounds about right.<br /><br /> Maggie, Sean, and Danny enter.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> Those things back there used to be<br /> human.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> So we're not fighting some alien<br /> thing?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> That's what it looks like. -- There<br /> were six-billion people left behind<br /> on this planet. Our odds aren't<br /> looking good.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> So what now?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We'll find that out when we reach<br /> Laredo. I think everything we need<br /> to know will be in that book.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> You want us to drive all the way<br /> down there, with those things<br /> running around?!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> What were you thinking, Sean? A<br /> rose garden and white picket fence<br /> for Maggie! Wake up! This is<br /> real. This is what's left of the<br /> Earth and we have zero options.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> But we have a lead.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Yes. We have somewhere to start.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> How do you know you can read it?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> It's written in Greek. I can read<br /> it.<br /><br /> Padre rewinds the video and pauses where the book is in view. <br /> Most of the book is a blur. One spot is clear. Padre points<br /> to it.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> You see this right here? That<br /> reads "thirteen-levels"...<br /><br /> He points to another clear spot.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> And this says "Heaven". -- It<br /> appears to be a bible of sorts.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> I know the Bible. I've never heard<br /> of one like this. Where's the<br /> headings?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> The verse headings were added by<br /> King James, hence the King James<br /> Version. This is much older.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INTERSTATE HIGHWAY<br /><br /> The truck speeds past the Dallas City Limits.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> Gilbert enters Command.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Commander, I thought we had an<br /> agreement!<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Keep your voice down.<br /><br /><br /><br /> OFFICE<br /><br /> Gilbert and Aristarchus enter.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS (CONT'D)<br /> Do you want this to leak out? If<br /> people find this out, it's the end<br /> of this station!<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> We had a deal!<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> As a last resort.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> We've lost complete contact with<br /> the Earth.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> No we haven't. I'll open the<br /> signal back when my contingency<br /> comes in order.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> What contingency?<br /><br /> A knock at the door.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Come in.<br /><br /> Faulk enters.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Sir, MISS KIM is here to see you.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> (to Gilbert)<br /> That contingency. -- Tell her to<br /> come in.<br /><br /> A gorgeous oriental woman enters. She's dressed in business<br /> like clothing.<br /><br /> The commander stands.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS (CONT'D)<br /> MISS JUNG KIM. Such a pleasure to<br /> meet with you.<br /><br /> KIM<br /> Thank you. I haven't been briefed<br /> on what this is about.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Have a seat. This is my...<br /> advisor, Gilbert Norton. -- I've<br /> called you in because we are in a<br /> state of mutual benefit.<br /><br /> KIM<br /> Oh?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> With Kathryn covering the Earth<br /> story, I feel it would be in both<br /> our interest to bring her down.<br /><br /> KIM<br /> What's your price?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> All I ask, is that we edit what<br /> information you broadcast.<br /><br /> KIM<br /> Forget it.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I assure you, Kathryn will never<br /> work again in broadcasting. She<br /> might even do some prison time.<br /><br /> KIM<br /> Keep talking.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I want to introduce you to an old<br /> Hispanic woman.<br /><br /> Kim gets a questionable look on her face.<br /><br /><br /><br /> LOBBY<br /><br /> A crowd sits in the lobby with sleeping bags and food. Their<br /> attention is drawn to a large screen with Kathryn's<br /> broadcast.<br /><br /> A man barges in. Everyone looks at him with concern. He<br /> rushes to the screen and presses a button to change channels. <br /> He stops at another news station.<br /><br /> The crowd begins to boo and hiss. He turns up the volume and<br /> they hear the broadcast. Kim is at the news desk.<br /><br /> KIM (ON T.V.)<br /> ...until we discovered Kathryn paid<br /> the Latinos to launch a month<br /> early. When this secret was<br /> uncovered by OUR station, Commander<br /> James Aristarchus ordered the video<br /> feed to be cut. Exclusive rights<br /> to the video has been granted to<br /> this station, so stay tuned to us<br /> for more information on Earth. <br /> We'll have more later tonight.<br /><br /> The crowd cheers.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. GAS STATION - NIGHT<br /><br /> The truck pulls into the station. There's a gasoline truck<br /> parked there as well.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> How far do you think we are?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We're in Pearsall. Shouldn't be<br /> much longer, but we'd be better off<br /> staying here tonight.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> I'll fuel the truck.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. GAS STATION<br /><br /> The Prodigal Sons eat over a gas-grill.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Who takes watch tonight?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I figured, you should take first<br /> watch, then me, then Lincoln.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> You do plenty. I'll have your<br /> watch.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I appreciate that.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> I appreciate your appreciation.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I appreciate the fact that you<br /> appreciate my appreciation.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Okay, that's annoying.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Anyway, is least I can do for you.<br /> I don't want to be known as the guy<br /> down here who was just a linguist,<br /> eh?<br /><br /> Vodnik chuckles.<br /><br /><br /><br /> LOBBY<br /><br /> The video pops back up on the screen. People begin to wake<br /> up to the sight of Danny's camera-headset facing Lincoln as<br /> he paces around with his club.<br /><br /> The crowd starts to cheer.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. GAS STATION<br /><br /> Lincoln looks out through the glass doors.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. GAS STATION<br /><br /> Lincoln steps out and looks around the horizon.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Too fuckin' early.<br /><br /> He hears a noise from the North. He looks toward the horizon<br /> and spots several firefly-like figures out in the far<br /> distance bouncing their way.<br /><br /> Lincoln rushes inside.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Pack-up. We gotta go.<br /><br /> Sean wakes up pissed-off. The others begin to wake slowly.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What the fuck are you talking<br /> about?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Those things are headed our<br /> direction.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> How many?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Looks like ten, maybe fifteen<br /><br /><br /><br /> LOBBY<br /><br /> The crowd watches in anticipation.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. GAS STATION<br /><br /> Lincoln puts on a backpack. He disconnects the hose where<br /> the gas truck once was rigged.<br /><br /> The others exit the store and begin to load-up on the truck.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Lincoln, c'mon!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I'll be fine, just go!<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> No!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Go! Go! Go!<br /><br /> Sean, jumps in the driver's seat. Maggie hops in the bed.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Fine by me.<br /><br /> The sounds of the creatures get closer. There is a rumble as<br /> their feet pound the ground. The fireflies in the distance<br /> are now, clearly, the glowing eyes of the creatures. They<br /> number close to twenty!<br /><br /> Sean revs the engine and peels-out.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (screaming)<br /> Lincoln!<br /><br /> Lincoln digs his feet into the ground. He lights a Molotov<br /> cocktail.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Right, you motherfuckers. C'mon.<br /><br /> The creatures begin to follow the road.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Wrong!<br /><br /> He throws the Molotov to a pool of gasoline in the street. <br /> The road is on fire, blocking the way.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Over here, you son of a bitch!<br /><br /> They turn and stampede in his direction.<br /><br /> He lights another Molotov cocktail.<br /><br /> The creatures are almost upon him.<br /><br /> Lincoln looks behind him. There is a long nylon cord<br /> attached from him to the bumper of their pick-up. The cord<br /> unravels quickly.<br /><br /> Just when the creatures are almost upon him, he tosses the<br /> Molotov into the hole where the gas-truck's hose was.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Later freaks!<br /><br /> The nylon cord comes tight and Lincoln is yanked into the<br /> air.<br /><br /> He pulls the rip-cord on his backpack. Its a parachute. The<br /> gas station explodes into a massive fireball.<br /><br /> Lincoln parasails away from the mushroom cloud.<br /><br /><br /><br /> LOBBY<br /><br /> The crowd cheers in excitement at Lincoln's success.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> The explosion is still seen on the monitors.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Tell Gilbert I want him in my<br /> office.<br /><br /><br /><br /> OFFICE<br /><br /> Gilbert enters.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Sir?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> They've encountered more, further<br /> north. We're not dealing with one<br /> creature, but many. Just as we<br /> feared. The cards are stacked<br /> against us.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> And?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> It's time to pull the ace from our<br /> sleeve. You have permission to<br /> launch.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. MISSILE SILO<br /><br /> Men run along catwalks and disconnect tubes. They prepare to<br /> launch the missile.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PENDULUM<br /><br /> What first looked like one missile silo reveals twenty. One<br /> by one, they launch.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> The monitors show a map of Earth with twenty different red<br /> dots.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Commander, what the hell are you<br /> doing?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> The only thing we have left to do.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> The red dots indicate the points of<br /> impact. These are strategically<br /> placed to make effective use of the<br /> wind currents. We can afford to<br /> lose two of them, and still affect<br /> the entire planet.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> What?!<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> You were prepared.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> That's all we could do while we<br /> waited for you.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Well, the blast should take care of<br /> anything in the area, but how can<br /> we be sure the fallout will kill<br /> the rest? They could be immune.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> We can't. But it's our only<br /> option.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> God help us all.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. LAREDO - DAY<br /><br /> The truck crosses the Laredo city limits.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. CARCACHA<br /><br /> Laying across IH35, the ship Carcacha stands in one, glorious<br /> piece. At the end of the highway, across the river is a<br /> giant Mexican flag that still waves.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> YES!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Should we even bother?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What? Padre, fuck, "bother". <br /> Let's just go home!<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. CARCACHA<br /><br /> Alright, let's see. All systems check. Hoverdrive works. <br /> Fuel is at sixty-five percent, --<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Um, honey?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Life support is working. We --<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Honey! -- Check the fuel again.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> It's at sixty -- FUCK!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Yeah. It's at POINT six-five.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Forget it. Let's go find the<br /> church.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Wait, we can find fuel here! <br /> There's got to be a --<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Forget it, Sean. Let's just go.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Have you all gone fucking nuts?!<br /><br /> Glass breaks in the distance and creatures scream.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> They destroyed MY ship. Why leave<br /> this one piece?<br /><br /> Padre looks at the source of the sound. A fuel truck starts<br /> up.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Destroy it.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> The ship! Destroy it?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What the fuck!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Holy, shit, he's right!<br /><br /> Maggie runs for the Carcacha. Sean grabs her arm.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Are you crazy!? you can't be<br /> falling for --<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> They're trying to get off of here<br /> and invade the station!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> I'm not gonna let you --<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Enough! -- Let her go.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> I hope you know what you're doing,<br /> Padre.<br /><br /> Sean lets go. Maggie goes straight to the fuel hook-up and<br /> begins to rewire.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> How the hell did they find YP-9<br /> fuel.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> (under his breath)<br /> Hurry-up, Maggie.<br /><br /> The fuel-truck approaches.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I thought all ships capable of<br /> leaving, did. And all fuel with<br /> them.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> C'mon, c'mon.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Baby, whatever your doing, do it<br /> faster.<br /><br /> The truck nears.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Done!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Let's go!<br /><br /> They hop into the pick-up and haul-ass out of there.<br /><br /> As the pick-up follows the highway, the fuel truck approaches<br /> the ship.<br /><br /> Two, man-like creatures exit the fuel truck. One of them<br /> hooks up the fuel line. The other hits the lever to begin<br /> pumping.<br /><br /> The ship and fuel truck blow-up in a ball of fire.<br /><br /> Danny glares at their last hope of going home as it goes up<br /> in flames.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH<br /><br /> The bodies are still strewn about the lawn, but the flies<br /> hoard around them. Maggie covers her mouth and nose, Padre<br /> and Danny give faces of disgust. Sean smiles.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH<br /><br /> Padre enters and looks around.<br /><br /> Lincoln stops him and listens.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (near whisper)<br /> I'll go first.<br /><br /> Lincoln steps through and checks the dark corners. The church<br /> is a mess. The pews are now in pieces and blood is sprayed<br /> about the walls along with the writing.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Looks clear.<br /><br /> Padre steps through and looks at the walls.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> It's all Greek and pictographs.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What do they say?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> It looks like an exodus.<br /><br /> Padre points to a spot on the wall.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> Here it speaks of the birth of a<br /> new age. -- Here it speaks of the<br /> disruption of God's plan. -- The<br /> book.<br /><br /> Padre walks to the altar, the book is still there.<br /><br /> Outside the door, something moves rapidly across.<br /><br /> Danny turns around. Nothing is there.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> Well, it's Greek, but it's not that<br /> old.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> These things might be, Joseph.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Second Genesis?<br /> (reading)<br /> ...and behold, man halted the<br /> apocalypse for us. When he sought<br /> refuge in the void, he avoided<br /> judgment, and the sixth sign, the<br /> last martyr, never died.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Martyr?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> One who dies for the name of God. --<br /> It continues.<br /> (reading)<br /> ...for when God said he would roll<br /> up Heaven like a scroll and roll<br /> out a new Heaven, he had no<br /> intention of leaving it unfinished. <br /> Blessed is the Lord for he failed<br /> and left Heaven to our kind. -- Oh<br /> God.<br /><br /> Padre turns a few pages.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Suddenly religion isn't so<br /> comforting.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Here's a Second Exodus.<br /> (reading)<br /> We opened the gates to Hell at the<br /> south side of Shehaqim, and invaded<br /> an empty Heaven. No souls<br /> remained. Of the seven levels of<br /> Heaven, only the cage, Shehaqim,<br /> was occupied. The cage where souls<br /> await their Judgment.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> What is that, Shehaqim?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> According to theology, there are<br /> seven levels of Heaven. Wilon,<br /> Raquia, Shehaqim, Makon, Mayon,<br /> Zebul, and Araboth. When the Bible<br /> speaks of Jesus' resurrection, he<br /> rose to the third Heaven. That's<br /> Shehaqim. -- It's funny.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> What?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Earth has seven continents.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> (sarcastically)<br /> You're saying this is Heaven?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Not anymore.<br /><br /> They all pause in realization.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> That's bullshit. You don't really<br /> believe this crap, do you, Padre?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I did... once. -- Those things back<br /> at the mall were real.<br /><br /> Something crawls from the door to the ceiling. It creeps<br /> high into darkness. Nobody notices.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> This is some serious holy shit. <br /> But it said Hell has thirteen<br /> levels. This can't be Hell if<br /> there's only seven continents.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> What now?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I don't know.<br /><br /> Padre closes the book and takes it.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> We better get out of here. I'll<br /> research this further where we're<br /> safe.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH<br /><br /> They exit to find the Hispanic bodies gone.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Where'd they go?<br /><br /> Five demons drop behind them. They are not fully formed, as<br /> the human side is still vaguely familiar. A MEXICAN COWBOY<br /> DEMON, TENTACLE DEMON, PURPLE DEMON, BLUE DEMON, and GREEN<br /> DEMON drop from the ceiling.<br /><br /> Maggie screams and runs for the truck. Sean, Padre, and Danny<br /> follow.<br /><br /> MEXICAN COWBOY DEMON<br /> (in a low, bloody voice,<br /> no subtitles)<br /> Que bueno que estan aqui. Podemos<br /> murir juntos!<br /><br /> Lincoln nails it across the face with his club. He turns to<br /> run, but the TENTACLE DEMON lashes a tentacle at his feet and<br /> trips him. He loses his club.<br /><br /> MEXICAN COWBOY DEMON turns his head back as blood pours from<br /> his face. An arrow pierces his neck.<br /><br /> PURPLE DEMON runs out the door towards the pick-up. Maggie<br /> has her bow and is loading another arrow.<br /><br /> BLUE DEMON runs for the door as well, but is also nailed by<br /> an arrow.<br /><br /> PURPLE DEMON lunges at Maggie, but it is intercepted with a<br /> flash of Sean' blade. It cleaves deep into PURPLE DEMON'S<br /> skull.<br /><br /> GREEN DEMON sees this and spots the book in Padre's hands. <br /> He hisses and runs for the door.<br /><br /> TENTACLE DEMON drags Lincoln across the isle by his foot. <br /> Lincoln cannot get a hold of anything. He draws closer to<br /> the demon.<br /><br /> Just as the demon opens its jaws, a 9-iron flashes across his<br /> face.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Joseph!<br /><br /> The demon flies back and the 9-iron is broken in half.<br /><br /> The tentacle comes loose, and Lincoln gets up. They run for<br /> the truck. Lincoln picks his club up on the way.<br /><br /> Sean is standing over GREEN DEMON's body.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> There's no way you're turning me<br /> into one of those today,<br /> motherfucker! Woooo-Hooooo!<br /><br /> They all hop in the truck and skid as they leave.<br /><br /> TENTACLE DEMON runs out the door, but cannot catch-up. The<br /> crew gets away.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HOTEL - NIGHT<br /><br /> On the roof of the hotel, Maggie and the others eat. Padre<br /> reads from his book.<br /><br /> Lincoln stands on the edge of the roof looking towards<br /> Mexico. Far out in the distance, a thin beacon of orange<br /> light reaches for the sky.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> What the hell is it?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Teotihuacan.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Teotihuacan is sort of a Mecca for<br /> these things. Ufologists studied<br /> it for ages.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Why?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Teotihuacan has a strange design. <br /> Down its main street are several<br /> pyramids. When you look from the<br /> sky, you notice that these pyramids<br /> are a model of our solar system,<br /> right down to the size of the<br /> planet, including Pluto. And Pluto<br /> wasn't discovered until the<br /> 1930's... I think.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> How'd they know?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Who knows?<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Do you suppose those are the<br /> thirteen levels of Hell?<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Can't be, there's only nine<br /> planets.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Not necessarily. If you include<br /> the asteroid belt, which is<br /> believed to have been a planet at<br /> one time. And Pluto is a binary<br /> planet. It's actually two planets<br /> revolving around each other. The<br /> sun would be another.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> That makes twelve. We're missing<br /> one.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Then I guess I'm wrong.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> How far is this place?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> About twelve hours.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Then we go.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> You're crazy, man. You think I'm<br /> gonna head right to the heart of<br /> this hell-hole? We barely fended<br /> off a few of these things. If what<br /> Padre says is true, that place is<br /> gonna be crawling with `em!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We leave in the morning. Same<br /> watch as last time. -- With the<br /> exception of Sean, I want everyone<br /> asleep in 3 hours.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (near whisper)<br /> Hey, Lincoln. I saw an El Camino in<br /> good condition down there. Wanna<br /> help me tune it up?<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HOTEL PARKING LOT<br /><br /> Maggie and Lincoln step out of the lobby.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> There it is. Isn't she pretty?<br /><br /> Lincoln walks past the car.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Yeah, she is.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Hey, Lincoln... Link, the car's<br /> over here.<br /><br /> Lincoln walks right to a Harley Hog.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Ooh, good choice. -- We'll fix `em<br /> both.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Think we can do it in three hours?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Nothin' to it!<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. ROOF<br /><br /> Sean watches Lincoln and Maggie working on the bike. He<br /> hears them laugh.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. HOTEL ROOM<br /><br /> The crew sleeps. Sean closes the door and steps outside.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. ROOF<br /><br /> He meanders around the roof and notices a shadowy figure<br /> perched on a wall.<br /><br /> Sean freezes in fright.<br /><br /> Two shiny eyes glow from it's dark face and a whispery<br /> indistinctive voice comes from the demon.<br /><br /><br /><br /> HOTEL ROOM<br /><br /> Sean is asleep with Maggie, Vodnik wakes Lincoln for his<br /> watch.<br /><br /> Lincoln steps out.<br /><br /><br /><br /> ROOF<br /><br /> Lincoln meanders around in a path similar to Sean's. The<br /> shadowy figure is not there.<br /><br /><br /><br /> HOTEL ROOM<br /><br /> Maggie wakes from a nightmare. She notices Sean is not<br /> beside her.<br /><br /><br /><br /> ROOF<br /><br /> Lincoln is looking toward Mexico again. The beacon is still<br /> there.<br /><br /> Sean pops-up behind Lincoln and puts a knife to his throat.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> Hey, there, monkey-boy. I told you<br /> I'd make you pay.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> It must bother the shit out of you.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> What's that?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> That Maggie would be so perfect, if<br /> not for the nigger inside her.<br /><br /> Lincoln elbows Sean. He turns around and decks him in the<br /> jaw again.<br /><br /> Sean flies back and skids across the concrete. He rubs his<br /> jaw.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> You lie, monkey!<br /><br /> Sean stands.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (surprised and laughing)<br /> You must have noticed, lover-boy! <br /> The full lips. The kinky hair.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> You fucking son of a bitch! Shut<br /> up!<br /><br /> Sean charges.<br /><br /> Lincoln grabs him and flips him onto the edge of the wall<br /> retaining his hold.<br /><br /> Sean drops his knife in the process. It falls by Lincoln's<br /> feet.<br /><br /> Sean holds on for dear life.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Enough! I don't want it to be like<br /> this!<br /><br /> Maggie steps out of the door and onto the roof.<br /><br /> Lincoln turns around to look behind him.<br /><br /> Sean pulls out another knife. Maggie cannot see this through<br /> Lincoln.<br /><br /> Lincoln turns back just in time to see Sean swing with the<br /> knife. He turns his face to dodge.<br /><br /> Lincoln is cut across the face. The shock causes him to let<br /> go of Sean.<br /><br /> Sean falls to his death, screaming and flailing. He impacts<br /> with a THUMP and a hint of SQUISH.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (screaming)<br /> Noooooo!<br /><br /><br /><br /> HOTEL ROOM<br /><br /> Padre and Danny wake up to her screaming. They rush out of<br /> the room.<br /><br /><br /><br /> ROOF<br /><br /> Padre barges out the door and sees Lincoln looking over the<br /> edge. The first knife is still on the floor.<br /><br /> Lincoln stands there in shock with a bloody face.<br /><br /> Maggie is sobbing, face in hands.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> You weren't supposed to kill him.<br /><br /> Maggie lifts her face from her hands.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (teary, but surprised)<br /> What are you talking about?<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Your father, Joshua. He asked me<br /> to --<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (crying)<br /> My father?! This is about my<br /> father?!<br /><br /> Maggie walks over to Lincoln, clutching at her body as though<br /> she feels dirty.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> You had me in the palm of your<br /> hand!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> It wasn't healthy. I owed Joshua<br /> Marsalis a favor.<br /><br /> Maggie slaps him.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> You son of a bitch!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Joseph --<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> You should go, Lincoln.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> You're condemning him.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I know.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Get out of my sight.<br /><br /><br /><br /> PARKING LOT<br /><br /> Lincoln steps out the door and walks toward the Harley. As<br /> he passes Sean's body, he pauses and looks in sorrow at the<br /> bloody mess.<br /><br /> Lincoln continues to his bike. He starts it and leaves.<br /><br /><br /><br /> ROOF<br /><br /> Maggie watches this and still cries.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Get some sleep, sweetheart. I'll<br /> take the rest of the watch.<br /><br /><br /><br /> HOTEL ROOM - DAY<br /><br /> Maggie wakes up to the sound of movement. Padre and Danny are<br /> nowhere in sight.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Vodnik, wake up.<br /><br /> Vodnik wakes.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Where are the others?<br /><br /> More noises heard in the bathroom. Maggie sneaks to the<br /> door. The door is open and Danny is sitting on the sink<br /> reading a note.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Padre's gone. He left early this<br /> morning.<br /><br /> He hands her the note.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (reading)<br /> Sorry I left without saying good<br /> bye. That would only make things<br /> more difficult. If things are<br /> going to be fixed I...<br /> (mumbles the rest)<br /> We gotta go!<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Where are we going?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Teotihuacan.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Why?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Padre thinks he's the last martyr. <br /> - He's on his way to die!<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> Where are Lincoln and Sean?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> They're dead.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. BRIDGE<br /><br /> Danny, Maggie, and Vodnik cross into Mexico in an old El<br /> Camino.<br /><br /> In the daytime sky, a vertical line of bright stars shine.<br /><br /><br /><br /> SPACE<br /><br /> The missiles race their way to Earth.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Sir, several ships launching.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Get them back.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> We have a signal from the SEA<br /> ANGEL.<br /><br /> The Commander presses a button on Faulk's control panel.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Attention Explorer Ship Sea Angel. <br /> This is Commander Aristarchus.<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL PILOT (ON RADIO)<br /> Commander, this is the Sea Angel. <br /> We copy.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Turn around, Sea Angel. We're not<br /> granting any launches today.<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL PILOT(ON RADIO)<br /> Negative, Commander. We have the<br /> Explorer Ships Enoch, Chicago,<br /> Albatross, and about thirty others. <br /> The Prodigal Sons need our help.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I'm giving you an order --<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL PILOT(ON RADIO)<br /> With all due respect, Commander, <br /> shove it up your ass. That's our<br /> home.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> Tell them about the missiles.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Let`em go.<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> You're going to kill them.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> The nukes will get there before<br /> they do. They'll turn around.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. LOBBY<br /><br /> The crowd that once cheered here is gone. Only their<br /> sleeping bags and debris are left behind.<br /><br /> Visible through a window in this lobby, several ships move.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Sir, the Cherubim, Seraphim,<br /> Ofanim, and Guardian just launched. <br /> Wait, there's more --<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> The transports!?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Yes sir. Looks like... 1.5 million<br /> people.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Mutiny. -- Close the docks. Close<br /> all of them!<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Sir?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> You heard me. I don't want any of<br /> them back. They've disobeyed<br /> orders and abandoned the station!<br /><br /> GILBERT<br /> (whispers to Faulk)<br /> He's losing it.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> I want martial law declared on this<br /> station. Nobody enters or exits. <br /> I can't protect them if they're<br /> sneaking out like children.<br /><br /> Aristarchus walks to his office and slams the door.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HIGHWAY<br /><br /> The pick-up races by. Lincoln sees it from the inside of an<br /> old gas station and realizes Padre is alone.<br /><br /> Lincoln hurries out of the station, starts up his bike, and<br /> races after him.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. EL CAMINO<br /><br /> Danny and Maggie are inside the El Camino. Vodnik sits in<br /> the bed. He knocks on the window. Danny looks.<br /><br /> VODNIK<br /> (muffled through the<br /> glass)<br /> Hey, look.<br /><br /> Vodnik points to the passenger side horizon.<br /><br /> Danny and Maggie look. Thirty Demons run alongside the car. <br /> They stampede about two hundred feet away from the car,<br /> trying to catch-up. They can't keep up, and break-off the<br /> pursuit.<br /><br /> Laughing, Maggie turns back around to face the road.<br /><br /> She sees a beautiful woman in the middle of the road, just a<br /> split second before she hits her.<br /><br /> Maggie screams and jerks the wheel.<br /><br /> The El Camino turns and rolls in a cloud of dust and debris.<br /><br /> Vodnik flies from the bed.<br /><br /> The woman rolls over just before she dies, and reveals an<br /> evil eye peering through the mangled, smooth skin.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. WRECKAGE<br /><br /> Maggie crawls out of the car, bloody and coughing. She pulls<br /> Danny out. Danny coughs and recovers.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Vodnik! Vodnik, where are you!?<br /><br /> Vodnik coughs and moans from somewhere in the dust cloud.<br /><br /> A demon's figure comes through the cloud and dust. Maggie<br /> drops her gaze in acceptance of the end.<br /><br /> Just before the creature attacks, a roaring sound is heard<br /> and Lincoln's Harley Hog pommels right into the demon. The<br /> blood spray paints the dust red. The bike stirs more dust.<br /><br /> Lincoln flies from his bike. He gets up and wipes the dirt<br /> from his abrasions. He walks to his bike, picks up his club,<br /> walks to the demon, and beats the living hell out of it.<br /><br /> Lincoln spits on it and turns to Maggie.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I saw you coming. There's more on<br /> the way, we need to get to the<br /> city, fast. -- Where's Vodnik?<br /><br /> VODNIK (O.S.)<br /> Over here. Can't move my legs.<br /><br /> Lincoln follows the voice. The dust finally clears, and<br /> Vodnik is in view.<br /><br /> He's missing his legs.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Oh, man. -- Don't worry, we'll<br /> patch you up.<br /><br /> A large demon reaches from the ground with claws and grabs<br /> Vodnik, pulling him into the Earth. Lincoln stops dead in<br /> his tracks.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Or not.<br /><br /> Maggie screams. Danny begins to stand. Lincoln runs back,<br /> picks Danny up and heads for his bike.<br /><br /> The dirt, where Vodnik once was, begins to move. A mound<br /> raises and trails toward the bike.<br /><br /> Lincoln tries to start the bike.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Hurry up, it's coming!<br /><br /> The bike WON'T start. The mound nears.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> C'mon!<br /><br /> The bike STILL won't start.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I'm trying! -- Dammit!<br /><br /> The bike STARTS! Lincoln puts Danny in the front, on the gas<br /> tank. The mound is almost there.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Get on!<br /><br /> Maggie sits behind Lincoln. Lincoln revs the motor and peels<br /> out. A horned tentacle shoots from the dirt toward Maggie's<br /> foot and just misses.<br /><br /> Several demons follow as the bike races for town.<br /><br /> Again, they cannot catch-up and they break pursuit.<br /><br /> Tiny blood sprays splash Lincoln. He looks over Danny's<br /> shoulder to see if he's okay.<br /><br /> Danny's fine, but a chunk of demon-flesh is stuck on the<br /> crossbar, it flaps in the wind.<br /><br /> Lincoln rips it off and tosses it.<br /><br /> Maggie has her arms around Lincoln. Her arms tighten. She<br /> looks sorry, sad, and relieved.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HIGHWAY TO MEXICO CITY<br /><br /> Lincoln and the others ride-by several old cars, pulled over<br /> to the side of the road.<br /><br /> In one of these cars is a man in a leather jacket. His face<br /> is gruesome and demonic. LEATHER DEMON grins, puts a rifle<br /> in the passenger seat, and starts-up the car.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PLAZA - NIGHT<br /><br /> A shadowy figure stands on the roof, holding a rifle. His<br /> tail swings.<br /><br /> Lincoln and company pull into the plaza. The shadowy figure<br /> disappears.<br /><br /> Lincoln, Maggie, and Danny dismount. Lincoln grabs his club.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> We'll stop here tonight.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Do you even know where you're<br /> going?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> No, but Joseph can't be too far.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> You know it hurts him.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You don't see me in a confessional,<br /> do you?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Lincoln...<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Look, he was headed to Teotihuacan. <br /> Maybe there's a tourist place here<br /> or a...<br /><br /> Lincoln gazes in the distance.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Or a what?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Over there.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What is it?<br /><br /> Maggie turns around and sees the Pick-up.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Padre? -- Padre!<br /><br /> Danny runs for the truck.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Oh, shit. -- Danny, wait!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What's wrong?<br /><br /> Lincoln runs for Danny, but Danny has gained considerable<br /> distance.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Reu, stop!<br /><br /> Danny slows down and turns around.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> C'mon, Link! He's gotta be --<br /><br /> A demon tackles Danny.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Reu, No!<br /><br /> Lincoln continues running toward the demon as it slashes and<br /> snarls.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Get off him you son of a bitch!<br /><br /> The demon stops just before Lincoln gets there.<br /><br /> Lincoln nails it with an upward strike and the demon flies<br /> off Danny.<br /><br /> A shot rings out and blood flies from Lincoln's shoulder. <br /> Lincoln swings around and collapses.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Noooooo!<br /><br /> Lincoln tries to get up, but his shoulder is heavily damaged. <br /> He looks at Danny.<br /><br /> Danny is looking at him with eyes wide open. He wheezes as<br /> he breaths quickly and bleeds heavily, but he's still alive.<br /><br /> Engines roar as they near the Plaza. Fifteen other demons<br /> emerge from the shadows. Some have metallic parts, others<br /> have cybernetic limbs.<br /><br /> Maggie stands, paralyzed in fright.<br /><br /> The demon on the roof smiles as LEATHER DEMON arrives in his<br /> car.<br /><br /> He exits the vehicle, but engines can still be heard. The<br /> demon on the roof and LEATHER DEMON look around for the<br /> source of the sound.<br /><br /> From a side street, a rocket-propelled-grenade flies and hits<br /> LEATHER DEMON's car, destroying the car and demon both.<br /><br /> Demons scatter and several other beefed-up cars arrive. The<br /> saviors are humans, Mexicans, survivors. They're dressed in<br /> road warrior-like clothing.<br /><br /> A massive gunfight breaks-out. The demons are armed as well. <br /> Some fight ruthlessly in melee combat while others take<br /> pleasure in their guns.<br /><br /> One of the survivors runs for Maggie and grabs her.<br /><br /> Maggie screams and tries to pull away.<br /><br /> She puts up a hell of a fight, but two others subdue her and<br /> take her to an armored van.<br /><br /> Lincoln uses the fray to his advantage and gets back up. He<br /> drops his club and painfully lifts Danny over his shoulder.<br /> He then runs for cover.<br /><br /> He heads behind a dumpster and lays Danny down. Danny's eyes<br /> are closed.<br /><br /><br /><br /> HIDDEN<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Oh, no. Oh, God no.<br /><br /> Lincoln puts his head to Danny's chest. Danny is still<br /> slowly breathing.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Good. Good boy.<br /><br /> Lincoln lifts his head, face covered in Danny's blood, rolls<br /> over, and loses consciousness as well.<br /><br /><br /><br /> PLAZA<br /><br /> The fight continues with walls exploding and buildings on<br /> fire.<br /><br /><br /><br /> HIDDEN<br /><br /> A shadow looms over Danny and Lincoln.<br /><br /><br /><br /> PLAZA<br /><br /> The survivors begin to retreat as they continue to fire.<br /><br /> Demon after demon, more keep leaping from the shadows.<br /><br /> The last survivor enters a car. The caravan of trucks, cars,<br /> vans, and motorcycles race out of the plaza.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. MEXICO CITY ROADS - NIGHT<br /><br /> The vehicles weave through barricades and abandoned cars.<br /><br /> Demons crawl along building walls and roof-tops at amazing<br /> speeds.<br /><br /> Truck-riders fire their weapons at the demons. Demons fall,<br /> but more come.<br /><br /> Some catch-up to the final car. Shots and flashes ring out<br /> from it, but they fail and the car begins to swerve. It<br /> turns and flips frontward, landing in a massive explosion.<br /><br /> From the fireball, demons continue to emerge in rapid<br /> succession.<br /><br /> The trailing vehicle is a truck. Five men ride in the bed.<br /><br /> One of the demons lashes its tongue at the pick-up, extending<br /> well over 25 yards. The tongue wraps around the tow of the<br /> bumper.<br /><br /> Like a rubber band, the demon pulls himself to the truck with<br /> a springing action.<br /><br /> With a mouth full of dagger-like teeth, it retracts its<br /> tongue and hisses at the crew. One of the men puts a shotgun<br /> to its mouth and blows it to a fine, red mist.<br /><br /> Another demon leaps from a roof-top, right onto the bed of<br /> the pick-up. It backhands one of the Mexicans off the truck<br /> right before the others return the favor.<br /><br /> Some demons fire at the vehicles.<br /><br /> A bullet pierces the skull of the pick-up driver, and it,<br /> too, wavers out of control and rolls over, ending in an<br /> explosion.<br /><br /> The demons begin to slow down.<br /><br /> The survivors look at each other as though they've gotten<br /> away and cheer, but a screeching sound is heard from behind.<br /><br /> Out of the darkness, a swarm of flying demons dive for the<br /> Jeep that now trails the caravan.<br /><br /> The Jeep is fitted with a .50 caliber machine gun. The<br /> operator fires a chain of rounds and brings one of the demons<br /> down.<br /><br /> It falls and smears across the asphalt as it rolls to a stop. <br /> The remaining rounds miss as the demons smarten up and dodge.<br /><br /> Another Jeep-rider loads his rocket launcher and fires. It<br /> whistles right towards the leading demon.<br /><br /> It explodes in a great ball of fire as the others pierce the<br /> blast and continue pursuit.<br /><br /> The fliers weave over, under, and around power lines and<br /> traffic lights, but cannot close the gap anymore. Soon, they<br /> give-up.<br /><br /> This time, the Mexicans don't celebrate. They keep an eye out<br /> for more surprises.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. SMALL HOSPITAL - DAY<br /><br /> Maggie wakes up in an old bed and clean, primitive clothing. <br /> The room is sparse, with only the basics and nobody is<br /> around.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Hello?<br /><br /> Indistinct, faint voices echo outside the door.<br /><br /> Maggie gets up and shivers. She sees her jacket hanging on<br /> the bedpost and puts it on as she walks to the door.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Hello?<br /><br /> The voices still echo through the hallways. The walls are<br /> peeling and the place looks abandoned. The voices still<br /> echo.<br /><br /> She follows the voices until she realizes she can't<br /> understand them. They're speaking Spanish.<br /><br /> When she reaches a room, she finds Lincoln sitting up on a<br /> bed with his shoulder bandaged. Two middle-aged women are in<br /> the room. One sees Maggie and smiles. They leave.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> (smiles)<br /> Hi.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You doin' okay?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Yeah. How about you?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I still have a few miles left on<br /> me.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Danny?<br /><br /> Lincoln gets a sorrowful look about him and faces toward a<br /> curtain.<br /><br /> Maggie walks to the curtain and pulls it back.<br /><br /> She is frightened by a loud snarl that comes, suddenly, from<br /> a shell that used to be Danny. His skin has turned grayish<br /> purple and his eyes are faded.<br /><br /> Next to him is a priest who is praying the Rosary.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> He's not dead. But he might as<br /> well be.<br /><br /> Maggie puts her fingertips to her mouth and tears begin to<br /> well-up.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh, no. No, no, no.<br /><br /> Lincoln stands and Maggie turns around to seek comfort. <br /> Lincoln holds her.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> C'mon. I want to show you<br /> something.<br /><br /> Lincoln walks her to a balcony. Beyond is a village that is<br /> fitted with a great, brick wall with barbed wire and guards<br /> who walk on catwalks above.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. MEXICAN ENCAMPMENT - COURTYARD<br /><br /> The village is populated by over two-hundred survivors. No<br /> children younger than fifteen.<br /><br /> A familiar voice cries out from the crowd.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Hey, Benito! How do I say "fish"?!<br /><br /> A man cries from another side of the square.<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> Pescado!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> How do I buy it!<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> No money! She's not trying to sell<br /> it! She's giving it to you!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Padre!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Maggie! Glad to see you awake! <br /> C'mon down here, we'll have lunch!<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. DINING HALL<br /><br /> Several men sit at a large table with Maggie, Lincoln, and<br /> Padre.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> So what you're saying is, the<br /> largest pyramid represents the sun?<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> ...and the remaining pyramids are<br /> the planets.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> We're still missing some.<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> I don't understand.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We believe there should be thirteen<br /> pyramids. Like the pyramid for<br /> Pluto. That should be two.<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> Not really.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> We're thinking physical. The<br /> Celestial Planes are different. <br /> They probably don't follow our<br /> physics.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You lost me.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> The last pyramid could represent<br /> both of -- never mind. -- What<br /> about the Asteroid belt. Anything<br /> representing that?<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> There's a great open space there. <br /> But when the darkness and demons<br /> came, a crater appeared, as though<br /> something used to be there.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Twelve.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> One, more.<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> Well, if there's nothing more to<br /> discuss, tonight, we celebrate to<br /> welcome our guests.<br /><br /><br /><br /> COURTYARD - NIGHT<br /><br /> Mexican music lifts the spirits of the townsfolk. Padre is<br /> dancing. Maggie dances as well, but pauses to look up in the<br /> balcony where Lincoln is.<br /><br /> He seems to be putting something together.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. BALCONY<br /><br /> Lincoln assembles a telescope. He looks to the sky and scans<br /> around. He stops at the Pendulum.<br /><br /> The Pendulum is there, but there are 20 dots in a Pyramid<br /> shape under it. The nukes. They now split to aim for their<br /> selected targets.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You bastards.<br /><br /> Lincoln glances back at Danny. He emits a low growl. The<br /> changes are obvious, but not drastic. He now has elongated<br /> ears and sharper teeth.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Maybe it's for the best.<br /><br /> Maggie enters. Danny watches her pass by him as he continues<br /> to growl.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What is it?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Nothing. Just looking at the<br /> station. -- Strange.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What's that?<br /><br /> The music and crowd noise fade.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> We spent five years trying to get<br /> off this thing. Ten years trying<br /> to get back. And now we're trying<br /> to find our way off again. I don't<br /> think we know what we want. And in<br /> the meantime, we've destroyed<br /> everything in our way. We can't<br /> even trust each other.<br /><br /> Lincoln looks at Danny.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> At least THEY know where they<br /> stand. Which is the lesser of two<br /> evils? Us or them?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Maybe we were MEANT to die.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Maybe we DESERVE to. But there's<br /> no way I'm going out like THAT.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> It's quiet.<br /><br /> They both turn around and look over the balcony. The entire<br /> town is focused on two guards who stand on the wall. They<br /> have binoculars and search over the horizon.<br /><br /><br /><br /> THE WALL<br /><br /> GUARD 1<br /> Alarma! Se vienen los dimonos!<br /><br /> The guard looks some more.<br /><br /> GUARD 2<br /> Hijole su chingada madre.<br /><br /> GUARD 1<br /> (overlapping)<br /> Santa Maria, Madre de Dios.<br /><br /> On the horizon, several-hundred demons charge for the town.<br /><br /> BENITO (O.S.)<br /> Cuantos?<br /><br /> GUARD 2<br /> Como seis-cientos!<br /><br /><br /><br /> COURTYARD<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> How many?<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> He says about six-hundred.<br /><br /> Maggie and Lincoln arrive.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Padre, what's going on.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> They're coming.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Where are the guns?<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> Come. I'll show you.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Maggie, listen to me very<br /> carefully. In the basement of the<br /> hospital is a lockable shelter. <br /> The women and old folk will --<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Padre, no. I lost you once. I<br /> won't --<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Maggie ANDREA MARSALIS! I'm not<br /> going to argue with you. You've<br /> been like a daughter to me.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> And you've been my dad.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I am not going to see a young,<br /> beautiful girl like you be in any<br /> more danger. This is it.<br /><br /> Padre gives her a folded note.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> Here. Take this. Open it in<br /> better times.<br /><br /> Maggie starts to cry.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> No, Father Joseph. I know what<br /> you're going to do. I --<br /><br /> Padre calls over two men.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Carlos, Juan. Make sure she gets<br /> to safety.<br /><br /> They grab her and start to walk off. Maggie resists, but her<br /> emotions weaken her. She cries.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Padre, no! I know you're plan! <br /> You want to die. I can't let you. <br /> Padre!<br /><br /> Padre sniffles.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. HANGAR<br /><br /> Inside a small makeshift tin airplane hangar, Lincoln,<br /> Benito, and about fifty men arm up.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> There's not very many of us, is<br /> there?<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> Everything, I'm sure, is just as<br /> God intended it.<br /><br /> Benito leaves to check on his men.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (mutters)<br /> Yeah, well, I don't --<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Son. As he said. Everything is as<br /> it should be. Trust me.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Trust you? You're the one who got<br /> me into this mess.<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Just as God planned.<br /><br /> Padre follows after Benito.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Crazy old man.<br /><br /> A siren sounds.<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> It's time! Es tiempo!<br /><br /> The men begin to scramble.<br /><br /> BENITO (CONT'D)<br /> Apuranse! Handale, Handale!<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PLAZA<br /><br /> The town is empty except for the fifty armed men and twenty<br /> that walk the wall. The men on the wall begin to fire.<br /><br /> A flying demon slices the head off the guard cranking the<br /> siren. The head rolls to the feet of Benito.<br /><br /> The siren diminishes and the battle begins.<br /><br /> Some demons scale the wall, others fly over. Still others<br /> literally JUMP over the wall. Those armed with guns fire at<br /> the humans.<br /><br /> Covered by barricades and vehicles, the men kill demon after<br /> demon, but it only hinders them a little. The demons'<br /> numbers slowly grow.<br /><br /> Some of the men draw swords in preparation of hand-to-hand<br /> combat.<br /><br /> Benito draws a sword as well, but holds a sawed-off shotgun<br /> in his other hand.<br /><br /> Several demons reach the barricades. Melee combat begins.<br /><br /> Lincoln is by Benito. A demon with a blade for an arm climbs<br /> the barricade toward Benito. It swings its blade. Benito<br /> blocks it with his sword, puts the shotgun to its head and<br /> pulls the trigger, blasting the beast to pieces.<br /><br /> Fire and explosions fill the plaza as rockets and bullets<br /> fly.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. SHELTER<br /><br /> Women and elderly fill the basement. A younger man stands by<br /> the metal, vault-like door. Maggie is in here.<br /><br /> An explosion rumbles and the lights flicker.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PLAZA<br /><br /> Padre is at the next barricade over (about 10 yards away) and<br /> fights effectively with two UZI's.<br /><br /> Lincoln sidwardly smiles, impressed with Padre's skill. <br /> Lincoln's ammo runs out and he draws a sword. A line of<br /> demons charge, and, one by one, Lincoln uses a mix of hand-to<br /> hand and sword combat to take them down. He slices limbs and<br /> heads. He trips some, and kicks others.<br /><br /> Padre takes down his share of demons, but has run out of<br /> ammo. He doesn't have a sword, but he picks up a pipe from<br /> the barricade and starts beating demons down.<br /><br /> Some demons tear the wall down riding colossal demon-beasts. <br /> They start sweeping away the vehicles and barricades.<br /><br /> The men are slowly overtaken. Half of their forces have<br /> died, and the demons' numbers are only growing.<br /><br /> Padre stops fighting. Demons are not attacking him, though.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Joseph, what's going on!<br /><br /> Lincoln is too busy fighting to assist Padre.<br /><br /> Padre is staring at a beautiful woman who slowly walks his<br /> way.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> Joseph, fight!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> Casey?<br /><br /> Padre talks to the woman.<br /><br /> PADRE (CONT'D)<br /> Casey, I thought you were dead. --<br /> The plague...<br /><br /> The woman has reached Padre.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Joseph!<br /><br /> PADRE<br /> I'm ready. It's done.<br /><br /> The woman morphs into a demon. Some features are vaguely<br /> familiar to the woman she previously was. The demon thrusts<br /> a stinger straight into Padre's heart.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> PADRE!<br /><br /> Padre falls and the demon grins at Lincoln. Benito grabs<br /> Lincoln.<br /><br /> BENITO<br /> Leave him! We can't hold them off<br /> any more! We must fall back to the<br /> hospital!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Let go of me you son of a bitch! --<br /> Padre!<br /><br /> Lincoln breaks free from Benito. He starts fighting more<br /> demons as he heads for Padre.<br /><br /> He fends off the demons well, but those that pass by him<br /> continue for the retreating men.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (CONT'D)<br /> God! Save him!<br /><br /> Benito stays and puts up a valiant fight.<br /><br /> Together, they fight with the strength of ten men, but Benito<br /> is overtaken and beheaded.<br /><br /><br /><br /> THE WALL<br /><br /> On the wall is a demon with a cybernetic eye. He scans the<br /> battle and grins in victory. He spots Lincoln and his valor.<br /><br /> The demon spits, raises a rifle, aims his crosshairs on<br /> Lincoln and pulls the trigger.<br /><br /> A dart hits Lincoln in the neck with a spray of blood.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HOSPITAL - DAY<br /><br /> The hospital door opens. Maggie and the others exit to find<br /> the town in ruins. Bodies lay scattered and buildings<br /> smolder and smoke.<br /><br /> Other doors open and more people emerge from other shelters.<br /><br /> The remainder of the townsfolk begin to cry and mourn.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (whispers)<br /> Dear, God. What now?<br /><br /> Maggie falls to her knees and cries. An old blind woman<br /> comforts her. Another woman follows.<br /><br /> BLIND WOMAN<br /> Todo es como debe estar, mi vida.<br /> Es la palabra de Dios.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (sobbing whisper)<br /> I'm sorry, I don't understand.<br /><br /> WOMAN<br /> She says everything is as it should<br /> be. Such is the will of God.<br /><br /> Maggie stands up.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Why the hell would my God want it<br /> this way? Everything is in ruin. <br /> Is this His Plan?! -- What kind of<br /> God are you!?<br /><br /> BLIND WOMAN<br /> Calmate, mijita. Piensas que Dios<br /> debe dejir sus hijos sin esperanza? <br /> Tu eres la ultima persona que puede<br /> hacer halgo. No quieres ser<br /> desgraciado.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> And how would she know God's will?!<br /> -- You can't even speak English. <br /> What makes you think you can speak<br /> to God?<br /><br /> WOMAN<br /> She said calm down. Do you think<br /> God would leave his children<br /> without hope? You are the last<br /> person with the spirit to do<br /> something about it. You don't want<br /> to disappoint him, do you?<br /><br /> Maggie cries and looks to the sky.<br /><br /> She calms down and thinks.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (sniffling)<br /> Get me a car and some guns.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. THE CHAMBER<br /><br /> In a very dark, colossal, vast room, Lincoln hangs on a<br /> crucifix of steel by shackles rather than nails.<br /><br /> Before him stand seven demons. Six of them are the smaller,<br /> typical demons. The seventh stands about ten-feet tall, and<br /> is at eye-level with Lincoln.<br /><br /> Lincoln slowly awakes.<br /><br /> The tall demon looks like an extremely tall, attractive human<br /> with dragon-like wings that span forty feet. In fact, he's<br /> almost angelic. He speaks with a seductive voice.<br /><br /> TALL DEMON<br /> Where is the last martyr.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (barely awake, mutters)<br /> He's dead.<br /><br /> The shackles on the cross electrify and Lincoln screams in<br /> agony. He is now awake. Lincoln glares at TALL DEMON with<br /> angry eyes.<br /><br /> TALL DEMON<br /> If he were dead, God's plan would<br /> be complete and Heaven would be<br /> silenced.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You're just another fuckin demon.<br /><br /> TALL DEMON<br /> Oh, no. I am not one of these<br /> sniveling things, though<br /> entertaining and useful as they<br /> are. No, I'm an angel.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Satan.<br /><br /> TALL DEMON<br /> Satan, Beelzebub, Mephistopheles,<br /> Baphomet, the Devil, the Beast. <br /> Just like God, I have many names<br /> and faces, but I really am the same<br /> person. --<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I am.<br /><br /> TALL DEMON<br /> I prefer LUCIFER. It reminds me of<br /> home.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Oh, God.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> God has forgotten you, like he's<br /> forgotten OUR kind, demons and<br /> angels alike. Of course there's a<br /> God. He just... isn't home.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Go to Hell!<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> Now, now. What kind of attitude is<br /> that. Besides, I think you're<br /> going to get rather used to it<br /> here. You might even be useful.<br /> Like... a pet<br /><br /> The other demons laugh.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> Like a canary. You'll sing for me,<br /> whenever I wish.<br /><br /> The shackles electrify again. Lincoln tries to resist, but<br /> this time, needles emerge from the cross and Lincoln bleeds<br /> from tiny pin pricks. He screams in pain.<br /><br /> The needles retract and Lincoln's bleeding subsides.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Why not just kill me, like the<br /> rest.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> Where would you go? Heaven? Hell<br /> and Heaven are one. We have thrown<br /> open the gates at the south end of<br /> Shehaqim, the third Heaven, and<br /> taken it over.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Eventually, we all die. And so<br /> will the last martyr.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> I don't think so. You see, the<br /> last martyr must die in the name of<br /> God. And the little chicken-shits<br /> hiding in their little self-created<br /> level of Hell are hardly worthy of<br /> martyrdom. But I have a feeling<br /> about you.<br /><br /> Several tubes with needle-like ends flap and slither around. <br /> They each find a vein and inject themselves. Lincoln, again,<br /> screams in pain.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> I think we're going to pump life<br /> into you for a very, very long<br /> time.<br /><br /> Lucifer chuckles and the other demons begin to laugh as well. <br /> He walks away and the other demons follow. As he leaves,<br /> Lucifer begins to whistle a tune. The shackles electrify and<br /> Lincoln screams. Lucifer chuckles again.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (O.S.)<br /> Like a canary.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PLAZA<br /><br /> Maggie sits in a Jeep and shuts the door.<br /><br /> WOMAN<br /> Be careful. God has a use for you.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Let's hope I don't let him down.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HIGHWAY<br /><br /> Maggie races down the highway. She passes under a sign that<br /> reads, "Teotihuacan 50km" with an arrow pointing the<br /> direction she has taken.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. OVERPASS<br /><br /> Mexico City's profile is far in the distance behind Maggie. <br /> Two demons stand on an overpass that crosses Maggie's path. <br /> The demons see her and begin to arm themselves.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HIGHWAY<br /><br /> Maggie sees the demons on the overpass and reaches to the<br /> passenger side.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. OVERPASS<br /><br /> A demon looks through the scope of a sniper rifle and sees<br /> Maggie pull a rocket launcher.<br /><br /> The demon gives an "oh shit" face, and they both part in<br /> opposite directions.<br /><br /> She fires and the rocket streaks for the overpass. Maggie<br /> tosses the empty rocket launcher out of the Jeep and slams<br /> her foot on the gas.<br /><br /> Before the demons can gain much distance, the rocket blows<br /> the overpass sky-high.<br /><br /> Maggie races to cross the overpass before the rubble and<br /> debris falls to the ground.<br /><br /> She swerves and dodges asphalt boulders and barely makes it<br /> across.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. GREAT HALL<br /><br /> Lucifer sits in his throne with over eighty, well decorated<br /> demon-soldiers before him. He turns to one of his guardsmen.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> We no longer have anything to fear. <br /> But keep my Palace Patrols. My<br /> minions will be rallied and<br /> overzealous. I don't want any<br /> insubordination.<br /><br /> He speaks, this time with authority, to the congregation.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> Minions, the last Martyr is<br /> captured and well-preserved. The<br /> Kingdom of Hell now spans our<br /> domain, the domain of man, and the<br /> domain of God. Tonight we<br /> celebrate. Tomorrow, we finish-off<br /> the remnants of man!<br /><br /> The crowd cheers.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> Begin the festivities!<br /><br /> Metal music fills the Great Hall.<br /><br /> Ropes with male and female, naked humans begin to descend<br /> from the ceiling. Some flying demons get a head-start and<br /> land on the hanging bodies. They begin to rape and torture<br /> them.<br /><br /> More bodies fall from chutes in the walls and the less-gifted<br /> demons have their chance.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. TEOTIHUACAN - NIGHT<br /><br /> A pillar of orange light reaches to the sky from the Great<br /> Pyramid at the end of the Main Street. Maggie arrives and<br /> drives down the street to the pillar.<br /><br /> As she crosses the crater representing the Asteroid Belt, she<br /> sees thousands upon thousands of skeletons strewn about the<br /> bottom.<br /><br /> She reaches the main pyramid, exits the Jeep, puts a .357 in<br /> the back of her pants, and pulls her shirt over it. She<br /> slowly approaches the Great Pyramid.<br /><br /> The light hums with energy. Maggie picks up a rock and<br /> tosses it at the light. The rock is instantly incinerated.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> The sun.<br /><br /> She turns around and begins to walk. She points at the next<br /> pyramid as she crosses it.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> You must be Mercury.<br /><br /> She reaches the next pyramid. All is still quiet and dark<br /> with the exception of the glow and hum from the Great<br /> Pyramid.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> You're Mars, and you're --<br /><br /> She points at the next pyramid, but pauses as she spots<br /> something in the darkness between Pyramids representing Mars<br /> and Earth.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> (mutterers)<br /> Earth. -- What are you?<br /><br /> She walks into the darkness and realizes she is looking at a<br /> small, metal pyramid, about seven-feet-tall, with a door. <br /> The door is wrapped in chains and locks, which gives it a<br /> very Gothic feel.<br /><br /> The locks are electronic.<br /><br /> She reaches into her pocket and pulls out a swiss-army-knife<br /> like multi-tool. She breaks out a flashlight, rips-open<br /> panels and searches wires.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> You're useless.<br /><br /> Maggie rips a long wire out and strips the ends. She<br /> continues to examine the wiring.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> Okay, you guys are --<br /><br /> She jams one end of the wire into something.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> ...power lines. That big, ass thing<br /> is a motor, so THAT must run the<br /> doors. Here's the leads, and --<br /><br /> She jams the other end into something.<br /><br /> As though spring-loaded, the chains retract with loud CLANKS. <br /> The door slides open revealing a stairway going down. She<br /> aims her flashlight and enters.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. STAIRWELL<br /><br /> The flashlight pierces the darkness and illuminates a blood<br /> encrusted stairwell.<br /><br /> The stairs spiral down like the stairwell to an apartment<br /> building. From the depths, voices echo moans of pain.<br /><br /> The humming of the orange light can be heard down here as<br /> well.<br /><br /> Maggie slips. She grabs a hold of the guard rail and drops<br /> her flashlight.<br /><br /> The flashlight bounces from rail to rail, eventually breaking<br /> the bulb. It can still be heard falling as it tumbles and<br /> bounces. It's a long drop.<br /><br /> Maggie lets out whimpers of fright, but swallows and regains<br /> the strength to continue downward.<br /><br /> She snaps a red glow-stick to help illuminate her path. <br /> Right before her, in the red glow, a demon stands, fiendishly<br /> grinning.<br /><br /> She jumps in horror and fumbles for her gun. She walks<br /> backwards up the stairs. The demon stalks forward. As she<br /> tries to pull her shirt over the gun, she trips.<br /><br /> The moment the Demon lunges to finish it, Maggie swings her<br /> arm around, gun in hand, and places a bullet right in the<br /> forehead.<br /><br /> The demon freezes in place. She fires two more shots in the<br /> chest.<br /><br /> The demon falls backward and tumbles down the stairs.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. HALLWAY INTERSECTION<br /><br /> The red light approaches and Maggie enters the intersection. <br /> To her right, she sees the orange light in a distance. Two<br /> demons approach from there. She hurries desperately to hide<br /> the glow-stick in her shirt. Success.<br /><br /> The two armed Demons cross the intersection.<br /><br /> She waits a moment. Straight ahead, she hears metal music and<br /> moaning. Maggie approaches the sounds.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. THE CHAMBER<br /><br /> The metal music is faintly heard. Maggie walks into the<br /> large corridor, but sees nothing. Only square, metal pillars<br /> to her sides. The moanings are numerous and very loud.<br /><br /> She tries to locate the source of one of them and it leads<br /> her to a pillar. Something is on it.<br /><br /> She reaches the pillar and finds that there are two, sickly<br /> thin feet.<br /><br /> She raises her light to see who it is and finds a skeleton<br /> thin man with raisin-like eyes. He is crucified and tubes<br /> attach to him from all sides.<br /><br /> Maggie backs-off in terror.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (whispers to herself)<br /> Oh, holy shit.<br /><br /> She runs, but finds herself at the feet of another, and<br /> another. The corridor is actually a large hall with<br /> crucifixes all over.<br /><br /> Maggie falls to her knees and cries. She clutches her ears.<br /><br /> Among the moaning, she recognizes a voice.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (O.S.)<br /> (faint and muttered)<br /> Our Father, who art in Heaven. <br /> Hallowed be thy name --<br /><br /> Maggie stands.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Lincoln?<br /><br /> LINCOLN (O.S.)<br /> Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done<br /> on Earth as it is in Heaven.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Lincoln, where are you?<br /><br /> Maggie begins to follow the voice.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (O.S.)<br /> Give us, this day, our daily bread.<br /><br /> Maggie hears Lincoln much clearer.<br /><br /> LINCOLN (O.S.) (CONT'D)<br /> And forgive us our trespasses as we<br /> forgive those who trespassed<br /> against us.<br /><br /><br /><br /> LINCOLN'S CROSS<br /><br /> Maggie's voice and light draw nearer.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Link?<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> And lead us not, into temptation,<br /> but deliver us from HELL.<br /><br /> Maggie's red light begins to shine upon Lincoln's face.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh, God, Lincoln.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Amen. Oh, Maggie, Amen.<br /><br /> Maggie starts pulling tubes from Lincoln. Some of them hiss<br /> and steam.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I'm gonna get you out of here,<br /> baby. I'm gonna get you out of<br /> here.<br /><br /> She climbs the crucifix and disconnects more lines. When she<br /> reaches the shackles, she finds that they are only latched. <br /> She unlatches them.<br /><br /> They both collapse to the floor. Maggie crawls on top of<br /> Lincoln and kisses him.<br /><br /> Lincoln's arms begin to embrace Maggie. His eyes flicker<br /> open and he realizes his situation.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Maggie?!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Yeah.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Maggie, you gotta get out of here.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Oh, no. Not this time. Padre's<br /> dead, I'm not leaving you too.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I know what I have to do, Maggie.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> No, no, no. Not again.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> You're not going to die down here.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> That's right, and neither are you. <br /> I know how to get out of here.<br /><br /> Maggie starts to cry.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> I am the last martyr, Maggie.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Don't say that!<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Everything is as it should be.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Stop it!<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> Oh, yes. Stop it. -- I hate drama.<br /><br /> Maggie jumps up in fear. Lincoln stands and Maggie hides<br /> behind him. Lucifer's face enters the red glow as he bends<br /> over.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> Boo!<br /><br /> Lucifer's face morphs into a demonic mockery of his former<br /> self. He chuckles.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> What are you gonna do, Lucy? You<br /> can't kill me.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> And you can't kill me.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> The Hell I can't!<br /><br /> Lincoln charges Lucifer. Lucifer swings to hit him, but<br /> Lincoln falls to his knees, slides under Lucifer's legs, and<br /> punches his testicles.<br /><br /> Lucifer winces in pain, but turns around to face Lincoln in<br /> anger.<br /><br /> As Lincoln turns around, Lucifer grabs Lincoln by the neck<br /> and lifts him off the ground.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> Lucky shot, motherfucker. My<br /> little canary's going back to his<br /> cage.<br /><br /> Three shots ring out. Black blood spills from Lucifer's back. <br /> He almost drops to his knees, but regains his strength and<br /> laughs.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (choking)<br /> Maggie, run!<br /><br /> Maggie hesitates, then runs.<br /><br /> Lucifer laughs.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> That's right, Maggie. Run! --<br /> She'll never find her way out of<br /> here. She got lost among the<br /> crosses.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> He has a plan for us, so fuck you,<br /> angel-reject!<br /><br /> Lucifer's laugh turns to seriousness. Like a rubber chicken,<br /> Lucifer swings Lincoln into a cross.<br /><br /> The crucifix up-roots, and with the sound of twisting metal,<br /> it collapses into another creating a domino effect.<br /><br /> Screams of horror and pain emanate from each cross as it<br /> collides.<br /><br /> Lincoln moans in pain. His shoulder is dislocated.<br /><br /> A hand suddenly grasps Lincoln's wrist. Lincoln glances over<br /> and tries to snatch his hand away. He sees a pair of eyes<br /> reflecting in the red glow. A voice whispers.<br /><br /> CRUCIFIED<br /> I got you. Pull.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (whispers)<br /> What?<br /><br /> CRUCIFIED<br /> Pull.<br /><br /> Lincoln looks at his shoulder and pulls as hard as he can. <br /> The crucified soul keeps hold long enough to pop Lincoln's<br /> shoulder back in place.<br /><br /> The crucified moans louder to hide Lincoln's cries of pain. <br /> Others follow suit.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. TEOTIHUACAN<br /><br /> Maggie runs for her Jeep. She stops, turns around to look<br /> for Lincoln, and sheds tears.<br /><br /> She turns back around to head for the Jeep and looks right<br /> into the eyes of a twisted, demonic, Sean!<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> I knew you'd be here, bitch.<br /><br /> Maggie glares in fright.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> What's the matter, baby? Have you<br /> lost that lovin' feelin?<br /><br /> A click sounds. Another click. And another. Maggie looks<br /> down and finds her gun is empty.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> Yeah. I never liked that nigger<br /> music either.<br /><br /> She tries to punch him but he catches her fist.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> I told you --<br /><br /> Sean head-butts her in the nose, and she falls back.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> ... not to fuckin hit me. A whore<br /> like you should know her place.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Fuck you!<br /><br /> Sean starts to unbuckle his belt.<br /><br /> SEAN<br /> And you will.<br /><br /> She kicks him in the balls. He falls over, and Maggie makes<br /> a run for her jeep.<br /><br /> Sean catches her ankle and she falls. He pulls his old knife<br /> and stabs her in the calf. Maggie screams.<br /><br /> Sean stands back up. He walks around her like he owns her<br /> with an evil grin on his face.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> You used to --<br /><br /> He kicks her.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> ... LOVE me! But instead, you<br /> fucked that fucking --<br /><br /> He kicks her again.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> .. APE! And you never told me you<br /> were half --<br /><br /> He kicks her yet again.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> ...MONKEY!<br /><br /> Maggie is coughing and wheezing for breath as she holds her<br /> leg in pain. Sean drops on all fours and faces Maggie<br /> straight in the eyes.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> Oh, well. I've moved up the food<br /> chain and you're still a little<br /> chimpanzee.<br /><br /> Maggie looks at him in anger. The face she makes is actually<br /> an attempt to hide pain as she secretly pulls the knife from<br /> her calf.<br /><br /> SEAN (CONT'D)<br /> What's the matter? Scared? <br /> Animals don't have emotions.<br /><br /> Maggie stabs him in the eye.<br /><br /> Sean rolls backwards, holding his face. The knife still<br /> protrudes from his socket.<br /><br /> Maggie gets up and limps for her Jeep.<br /><br /> Sean comes up to his knees as he continues to work at the<br /> knife.<br /><br /> Maggie grabs another gun and checks to see if its loaded. <br /> She turns around and aims.<br /><br /> Sean pulls the knife from his skull. His eyeball comes with<br /> it. He looks frightened.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> What's the matter? Scared?<br /><br /> She pulls the trigger and shoots him in the other eye.<br /><br /> Maggie gets in her Jeep and drives off.<br /><br /> Demons emerge from the darkness and chase Maggie.<br /><br /> Some block her way, but she runs them over. One of them<br /> grabs a hold of the Jeep's roll-cage and climbs his way on to<br /> the vehicle.<br /><br /> Maggie shoots the creature in the chest. It flies off the<br /> Jeep.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. THE CHAMBER<br /><br /> Lucifer is still in the red glow, but Lincoln now hides in<br /> darkness.<br /><br /> The moans grow louder.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> Shut up you miserable little fucks!<br /><br /> He listens for Lincoln's location, but only hears the moans.<br /><br /> Lucifer winces at the sound of a loud clank. He falls to his<br /> knees in pain and looks around, but sees nothing.<br /><br /> The crucified souls begin to mumble haunting verses and<br /> mockeries to distract Lucifer. Some sound like echoes in the<br /> darkness.<br /><br /> From the blackness, a pipe flies. Lucifer dodges.<br /><br /> Another flies from a different direction. Lucifer catches it<br /> and throws it back. It clangs and bangs as it rolls on the<br /> floor.<br /><br /> Lucifer has enough of the noise and screams.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> I said SHUT-UP!<br /><br /> The bodies surrounding Lucifer incinerate and they scream in<br /> pain. In an outward circle, more and more bodies become<br /> balls of fire.<br /><br /> Those who still have breaths left in their bodies cry out<br /> praises of thanks to the Lord for their release.<br /><br /> More and more ignite, revealing the vastness of the chamber.<br /><br /> Thousands upon thousands of torched crosses now light the<br /> great room.<br /><br /> Lincoln is behind him. He shoves a pipe into Lucifer's back.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Get out of my house.<br /><br /> Lucifer extends sword-like claws from his fingers.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> You fucking --<br /><br /> He turns around and shoves them into Lincoln's chest.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> Primate!<br /><br /> Lucifer realizes what he's done, and removes his claws.<br /><br /> Lincoln coughs up a massive amount of blood.<br /><br /> LUCIFER (CONT'D)<br /> Oh, no. No, I'm sorry. No, no,<br /> don't die.<br /><br /> Lucifer holds Lincoln.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> Jesus got Mary to hold him when he<br /> died. I got you. Ain't that a<br /> bitch --<br /><br /> Lincoln coughs-up more blood, but laughs as well.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> You fool. Do you realize what<br /> you've done! You've ended<br /> everything.<br /><br /> LINCOLN<br /> (gurgling)<br /> Just you, Lucy. Just you. --<br /> Padre, tell God the Prodigal Sons<br /> are... coming... home.<br /><br /> Lincoln's body goes limp.<br /><br /> LUCIFER<br /> What? No! Don't die! You stupid<br /> fucking mortal! -- Shit!<br /><br /> Lincoln's body begins to radiate a bluish light.<br /><br /> Lucifer screams in pain as Lincoln's body explodes in blue<br /> flame, incinerating Lucifer.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT<br /><br /> Maggie hauls-ass down the Highway and heads back to the<br /> village near Mexico City. Thousands of demons follow her,<br /> half a mile behind.<br /><br /> Behind her, Teotihuacan explodes in a blue sphere of light. <br /> The orange pillar disappears.<br /><br /> The blue wave of light rapidly expands. Among the swirling<br /> shades of blue are shapes of angels. Their bird-like cries<br /> pierce the night.<br /><br /> The sphere reaches the demons and incinerates them. It<br /> bypasses Maggie as harmless light.<br /><br /> In its wake, the remnants of man; roads, buildings, junked<br /> cars, all disappear as though incinerated.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. MEXICAN ENCAMPMENT - COURTYARD - NIGHT<br /><br /> The sky lights up bright as day as the wave approaches. <br /> Silhouettes of hundreds of angels fly high in the sky.<br /><br /> The villagers cheer as they watch the explosion through the<br /> downed wall.<br /><br /> The blast passes like a cool breeze and fortress is left<br /> unscathed by the blast.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. LAREDO<br /><br /> The wave approaches Laredo from the South.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. ST. AUGUSTINE CHURCH<br /><br /> Like a nuclear explosion, Laredo is blown away with a blue<br /> blast of energy as the sphere expands North.<br /><br /><br /><br /> SPACE<br /><br /> The globe of blue light expands rapidly and detonates the<br /> twenty nukes, one at a time, in a beautiful, massive display<br /> of nuclear fireworks.<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL PILOT (V.O. ON RADIO)<br /> What the hell is that? -- All<br /> ships, brace for impact!<br /><br /> The sphere bypasses the ships, harmlessly.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. COMMAND CENTER<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> Commander. The missiles have<br /> detonated prematurely.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Get me a visual on the monitor.<br /><br /> The giant sphere is visible, rapidly approaching the<br /> Pendulum.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> What is it?<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> Our damnation.<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> At it's current rate, it'll reach<br /> us in one-hundred-twenty.<br /><br /> COMMANDER ARISTARCHUS<br /> One-hundred-twenty what?<br /><br /> LIEUTENANT FAULK<br /> One-seventeen... one-sixteen... one<br /> fifteen...<br /><br /> Commander Aristarchus walks to his office and pours himself a<br /> drink.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. MEXICO CITY<br /><br /> Maggie approaches in her Jeep. The crowd cheers her success. <br /> Danny awaits her in the crowd. He's fine.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. PENDULUM<br /><br /> The sphere destroys the Pendulum in a massive explosion.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. MEXICO CITY<br /><br /> The Pendulum's explosion can be seen from Earth. The crowd<br /> watches in awe.<br /><br /><br /><br /> INT. SEA ANGEL<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL PILOT<br /> Where did it originate.<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL CO-PILOT<br /> Somewhere near Mexico City, sir.<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL PILOT<br /> That's where we're going.<br /><br /> SEA ANGEL CO-PILOT<br /> Plotting course.<br /><br /><br /><br /> SPACE<br /><br /> The sphere wipes out the remaining planets. As it crosses<br /> the sun, the massive star explodes with a claymore-effect,<br /> blasting away from the earth. It looks like a liquid ball,<br /> splashing against a rock.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. MEXICAN ENCAMPMENT - COURTYARD<br /><br /> The Earth is dark, only lit by the stars that remain. One by<br /> one, they disappear.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> ...and there was silence in Heaven.<br /><br /><br /><br /> SPACE - BLACKNESS<br /><br /> GOD (V.O.)<br /> Let there be... light.<br /><br /> Four tongues of massive fire bolts come together. As they<br /> meet, they create a ball of liquid fire. A new sun.<br /><br /> The Earth is still there, and the ships are still<br /> approaching.<br /><br /> One by one, the stars return.<br /><br /><br /><br /> EXT. MEXICAN ENCAMPMENT - COURTYARD - DAY<br /><br /> The townsfolk rebuild the town. It looks as though they have<br /> been at it for a while.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Hey, Maggie, Look!<br /><br /> He points to the sky. Maggie looks up, she sees the great<br /> number of ships approaching.<br /><br /> WOMAN<br /> Margarita!<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> ESTELLA, I've told you. Mag--<br /><br /> ESTELLA<br /> Maggie. Maggie, we found this in<br /> the shelter.<br /><br /> She hands Maggie Padre's letter. Maggie looks at it.<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> Open in better times. I almost<br /> forgot about it.<br /><br /> She smiles and opens it.<br /><br /> MAGGIE (CONT'D)<br /> (reading)<br /> My children, -- I knew nobody would<br /> believe me, and even if they did --<br /><br /> PADRE (V.O.)<br /> Who would go along with it? The<br /> truth is, I have visions. But like<br /> all prophets, I don't see the whole<br /> truth. -- Seven continental<br /> heavens, thirteen planetary Hells. <br /> What's the difference? All were<br /> God's creation. God never failed. <br /> He simply gave us a chance to<br /> redeem ourselves. I know what I<br /> must do, but that's just my small<br /> part. Don't let fear or doubt get<br /> in your way. Have faith. I know<br /> my Prodigal Sons can pull through,<br /> so I have no doubt I'll see you<br /> when you come home to a new Earth. <br /> A new Heaven. -- Oh, by the way, my<br /> visions tell me the Hall of Souls<br /> will be filled, and you will be<br /> given a gift --<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (reading)<br /> A baby. Good luck, and have faith.<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> Do you think he's here?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> (tears well up)<br /> I don't know. Why don't we find<br /> out?<br /><br /> DANNY<br /> What are you going to name the<br /> baby?<br /><br /> MAGGIE<br /> I have a vague idea.<br /><br /> FADE OUT <br /><br /></pre><br /><hr><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/14991625-112285120878413862?l=prodigalsonsscript.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Rene'http://www.blogger.com/profile/06063598706813857013noreply@blogger.com0