the lord of the lost souls

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THE LORD OF THE LOST SOULS

byStivi Vangadio

Story byStivi Vangadio and Thethe Vangadio

Apegoriman created byStivi Vangadio

Copyright Stivi Vangadio 2009 - WGA Reg. No. 1369064August 17, 2009 - [email protected]


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T H E L O R D O F T H E L O S T S O U L S

STEAMING. Massive fog. A black shape emerges- The APEGORISYMBOL. Roaring. Growing. Darkening the screen to- BLACK.

CUT TO:

MOONLIGHT. Moving over a maze of land covered with trees...Closing in on the peak of a hill... On the heavy night mistswirling around imposing stone walls of a medieval cattle...On the enormous foggy window... Which VAPORIZES to reveal-

SUPER: ENGLAND, 1509

INT. KINGS FLOOR -- CASTLE -- NIGHT

A servant in a Sixteenth Century MAID UNIFORM holding twoserving plates full with filled wine glasses. This is JANE.She walks to an uniformed man, the GENERAL, in a SixteenthCentury MILITARY UNIFORM, who steps forward with his helmet,follows Jane and walks from the stairwell down the hall ofthe Kings floor. They stop outside a door to a hall leadingto the dinning room. The General opens the door for Jane...

INT. HALL TO DINNING ROOM -- CASTLE -- NIGHT

...into hall. The two WALK down the wall-torched lit path... meeting on the other end across the aisle a pair of GUARDS.

GUARD 1The King is inside. He has beenwaiting for your return, my lord.

The Guards look at Jane, who reacts- dropping her head down.

INT. DINNING ROOM -- CASTLE -- NIGHT

KING and NOBLES fill the dinning table. Jane starts serving.

GENERALGood Evening, my lords.

KING What news do you have for us?

GENERALI think I have a knowledge abouthow the Apegoriman came to be...

The King glances slowly at the General, anticipated to hearwhat he has to say. All in CLOSE-UP. We never see him fully.


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GENERAL Most believe that his kind is merely legend. Some say he is agift of God. Its started even before Christ. God blessed a manwith four souls so he can be theoutcast. When he died, his fine

spirit was reborn in a different person five hundred years later.The same pattern repeats itself.

King takes a moment to think. Jane glances at him a beat.

KINGYou must kill him. With his bloodand bones we can create more of hiskind to help us defeat our enemieswith ease.

The General nods, then walks out. Jane squeaks out silently.

INT. COURTYARD -- CASTLE -- NIGHT

Jane on the corner, back to us, holding a monastic uniform. A HORSE CARRIAGE pulls up. Jane gets in, puts on her clothesInside the carriage- two other women wearing monastic suits.

JANEThe King had a visitor. General isnow in search of his blood and bone marrow cells. We must hurry. I haveto get him out of the monastery.

One of the Monastic looks up from fixing her neck cross.

WOMAN 1I think this is madness, Jane. Its bad. They would kill him. I highlydoubt that their intent is to justget what they desire. Theyll kill me after letting their scientistsextract his blood or bone marrows.

JANEThe king is building an army ofwarriors, and they are preparingtheir attack. What kind of king murders his own allies?

(pauses for a beat) We must go back home. Put everyoneon full alert that the monastery isin a great danger.


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WOMAN 2Even so, how do you suggest we dealwith this army, Jane?

JANE We will fight them to death.

The other women shake their heads off. The carriage peelsinto an elevated landscape- we see the MONASTERY looming.

EXT. WATCH TOWER -- MONASTERY -- CONTINUOUS

A pair of huge GUARDS watch Jane comes in the carriage at awatchtower. They hurry down to open the heavy, wooden gate.

GUARD 2 Why are they in a hurry?

GUARD 3The King must have found out thesecret behind his powers.

GUARD 2Powers?

Guard 3 PRIES pull a hatch that keeps the gate close.

GUARD 3Yeah. To defeat enemies. War tool.

EXT. COURTYARD -- CASTLE -- CONTINUOUS

The General and his Warriors get out of the building and march into their horses and carriages CARRYING MANY SWORDS.

INT. COURTYARD -- MONASTERY -- NIGHT

Another GUARD looks up- Jane gets off the horse carriage. With URGENCY, we WALK DOWN to him with Jane and the women:

JANE-- where is he?-- I suspect the kingsarmy to move in soon.

GUARD 4-- why?-- hes in the dungeon.

EXT. MOUNTAINS -- NIGHT

The General and Warriors- RIDING up the elevated landscape. A few quick turns- they see the MONASTERY looming up ahead.


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INT. DUNGEON -- MONASTERY -- NIGHT

Jane and fellow Monastics walk down a row of filthy cells.Soft-crying, starving, prisoned "SINNERS" repeatedly appearand disappear in the flickering light of the wall torches.

Finally, Jane and fellow Monastics reach a cell whose INMATEis not whimpering or starving. A dark skin African with asad acquiescence in his eye, a huge BROWN WOODEN MEDALLIONdangling around his neck, grins through the bars. This isthe APEGORIMAN. The Guard unlocks his cell door. Jane runsin, arms hugging him. He speaks with a thick African brogue.

APEGORIMANI missed you. Missed you so much.

JANEI missed you too. The kings menare coming here. You have to hidein the forest before its too late.

APEGORIMAN Will you be coming with me?

Jane makes a sad realization on her face, meaning, "No."

APEGORIMANIm not going anywhere without you.

The Guard glares at him. The two women observe them sadly.

JANEThey have a search running. Theywant your blood and bone marrows.They want you dead. We must findyou a safe place to hide quickly.

VOICE (O.S.)The kings army is moving towardthe monastery!

Everyone else reacts to the alert.

WOMAN 1Your suspicion was correct. Generalis on the move.

JANETheyre here. Up. On your feet.

VOICE (O.S.)The monastery is now under attack!Secure the gate! The gate! Gate!


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INT. COURTYARD -- MONASTERY -- NIGHT

Apegoriman, Jane, and the monastics run out to the courtyardThey look at the gate- General and Warriors FORCING through.

The Apegoriman stares up the moon- so blurry- atmospheric moisture causes reduced visibility. We STAY on the moon.

Shifting into a different period of time... Then we go down,slowly start flying over the vast area of primary tropicalforest dominated by two extinct volcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega.

SUPER: "Kahuzi-Biega National Park, Congo, Present Day"

INT. RAIN FOREST, KAHIZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK, CONGO -- NIGHT

It is misted. It is deadly silent. As the tranquility of thescene sinks in, tiny snicks disrupt the peacefulness indistance. Suddenly, we whip across the dim forest --

Start motion. Its us. We are running, stumbling, breathingrushed. We see blood in the dead leaves that cover the muddyground. Slowing down until we reveal the person we are:

A short man. LORD S41. Hes wearing a HIPPIE-SORT-OF-OUTFITand his eyes are invisible behind circular black sunglasses.Hes also hardwired; small Secret Service earphone in oneear, the cord coiling back into his hippie looking clothes.

He looks badly wounded. He has a few broken bones. We cantell by his way of running. Groaning after every movement.Hes carrying a backpack that slows him down even more.

He jogs, hides behind a huge tree into the dark shadow. Hetakes out of his bag: a technologically advanced computer.

ON COMPUTER SCREEN

so close it has no boundaries.

Data hacks across the screen, information beams faster thenwe can read: "The New Wise Man: target location confirmed."

When hes done with the computer, he starts down the forest.

We whip far behind into the forest. Closing in the shadowy,cavernous tortured tree trunks, we spot a HUGE-MASSIVE-SIZEGORILLA-LIKE CREATURE. His skin is whitish brown. He has black hair. Hes ten feet tall and ten-thousand pounds.

On Lord S41s point of view: the monster steps half out ofthe shadow. Then we get our first look at LORD V2s face:half in light and half in shadow. An obvious human face on.


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Hes staring at Lord S41 with fury. Lord S41 is momentarily paralyzed with awe.

And then, the enormous creature (Lord V2) is on the move. Heruns. Hes chasing Lord S41. He whips pass us at a breakneckspeed. It almost does not register, so smooth and fast.

Far ahead. We hear quick footsteps as Lord S41 bolts. Hes panting. Hes running for his life, darting through this maze of a forest.

Lord V2 is moving. Hes advancing nearer. Hes exhilarating. And its absolutely terrifying. Loud footsteps in the mud.

Moss-draped branches catch Lord S41s foot. He falls on his back, facing the rapidly approaching gorilla-like creature.He realizes that he had accidentally dropped his bag behind.The small computer is half out of the bag. He sees Lord V2aiming at the bag, wanting to get his hands on the computer.

Gritting through the pain, Lord S41 races Lord V2, crawlingto the bag, the monsters face is knotted, teeth clenched,as he hurls himself at the computer just as --

Lord S41 grabs the bag with his last reserves of strength.

There is a frozen instant of silence before the heavy sackof limp meat and bone lays down onto Lord S41 --

Pressing him forcibly deep down into the wet dirt of theforest, all bones fracturing, smashing the computer along.

After a moment, a man rises up from the muddy ground of theforest. Its Lord V2 but now human. Hes powerfully built.He inspects the wreckage. There is a computer. Its broken.

His jaw sets as he grinds his molars in frustration. LORD V8and LORD V19, also humans, walk up behind him.

LORD V19Its destroyed.

The hardware of the computer lays on the ground, separatedin the crash into two pieces.

LORD V2It doesnt matter. Well track em with the pieces.

LORD V8(reads victims name tag)

Lord S41.


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LORD V19 Why would Lord S1 send him here?

LORD V2Perhaps they were just tracing backto the root. Now that they all knowwhere he is located we must capture

him quick Bring him back to Varyishheadquarters before its too late.

We are absorbed towards the built-in webcam of the computer,closer and closer until the smooth black frame spreads outlike a horizon and the concave mirrored lenses widen untilwe fall through one --

Swallowed by darkness.

The darkness crinkles with phosphorescent energy, an imagecensor of the forest light beaming in around us as --

We emerge from a computer screen.

Feeds onscreen show Lord S41s dead body in the dim forest.

We move back from the screen and into --

INT. STRONGISH HEADQUARTERS -- COMMAND CENTER -- EVENING

SUPER: "STRONGISH HEADQUARTERS -- COMMAND CENTER"

The room is full with technology. Computer desks everywhere. At the middle of this technological center are the leading men. LORD S1, a tall and sturdy man with a quick temper,observes: LORD S12, a slender man with a subdued demeanor,and LORD S29, eyes with souls and a wary of intelligence.

LORD S29 We lost S41 in the park.

LORD S12The Varyish Lords tracked us down.I dont know how.

LORD S1Goddammit! Send another man.

LORD S29 No need. The target location isalready confirmed...

(glances at S29, anticipatedto hear what he has to say.)

Nguizanie.


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LORD S12The prophecy is real. Blood and bone marrow cells are all we needfrom him to rebuild our army.

Lord S1 almost smiles.

LORD S1 With his powers in our hands, our plot can be done with ease. I haveno mercy on the poor citizens. Tokickoff: steal it and find him.

His wry smile gives way to...

Black. And then...

EXT. ARMY WEAPON COMPOUND -- FRONT GATE -- NIGHT

Rainy night. On a road next to a heavily guarded bunkerfacility, A LINE OF IDENTICAL ARMY TRUCKS HEAD to the frontgate. A CARGO SHIP stays in the ocean next to the facility.

We watch the trucks pass through the front gate and park inthe courtyard. Several ARMY GUARDS walk toward the trucks.

EXT. NGUIZANIE -- NIGHT

SUPER: "NGUIZANIE CITY"

Under the rain, we watch the glory of NGUIZANIE CITY. Its afictional city. The most populous city of the United States.The city consists of four boroughs: VASCO, KALIBA, NGANGA,and PILA. The citys population exceeds eight millions.

EXT. PARKING LOT -- NIGHT

Headlights blind us, as a BLACK SUV, wipers not working,drives up to a guard booth. A GUARD observes: the driverswindow rolls down on Lord S12s evil smiley face.

GUARDCant park here at this time, pal.

Suddenly, a SHOTGUN BLAST sends the Guard flying. A second blast illuminates the shooters face: LORD S17. They bothare in hippie costumes and black sunglasses even at night.


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EXT. BUNKER LABORATORY BUILDING -- NIGHT

ARMY GUARDS open the trucks rear doors- see storage tubesof chemical weapons labeled: P.N. GAS. They transport them carefully into the depot. Just then- a man gets off a truck.

BEN STONE approaches COLONEL JOHN. He shows him his I.D.BEN STONE

Ben Stone, National Security.

COLONEL JOHNColonel John, Air Force.

BEN STONE Where is it Colonel?

COLONEL JOHNIts in the lab. Follow me.

INT. BLACK SUV -- NIGHT

Lord S12 pulls into a parking spot in the barely-filled lot. As they both unfasten their seat belts we glimpse 9mm Pistolon their hips. These guns are technologically advanced.

Lord S12 reaches over and grabs a briefcase.

LORD S12Clock work. Lets make it in n outHack the system- copy the standardcounterbalance files- get the shipcode and position- one man is readyjust in case they track us down.

LORD S17(deadpan)

Good. We cant take any chances.

EXT. PARKING LOT -- CONTINUOUS

They emerge from the car. We follow them, walking across thedark, rainy lot toward a FIFTY-STOREY OFFICE BUILDING.

The closer they get to the entrance, the higher we crane. Bythe time they enter, we have reached the roof, which has alogo that reads NATIONAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION SUBSTATION.

INT. NSA SUBSTATION LOBBY -- SAME

Two SECURITY GUARDS moving up the lobby, only to meet-


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Lord S12 and Lord S17 coming down.

Several quick moves and theyre down- slumped against awall. Check their pockets. Take their photo I.D.s Then jam them in and out of the electronic reader.

INT. BUNKER LABORATORY BUILDING -- NIGHT

Colonel John leads Ben into a large laboratory room. A dozen MEN IN LAB COATS wait beside a large table. More ARMY GUARDSlook on from nearby.

Ben stares at an unseen object a beat. Colonel John watchesfrom the side, there is something about him we dont trust.

COLONEL JOHN Are we operational now?

BEN STONE No. Were not. P.N. Gas still inits test phase. But soon well be.

Ben nods to Colonel John, who then orders the Army Guards...

COLONEL JOHNLoad it into the ship.

Army Guards carry the unseen object and places it inside avault in the cargo ship. We did not see the object.

After a moment, the loaded ship roars out of the compound.

EXT. NGUIZANIE -- NIGHT

Moving over the towers of downtown Nguizanie. Were closingin on an office building. Behind the rainy window pane, wesee Lord S12, typing quickly, navigating the web, hisscreens flashing as pages open and close.

INT. OFFICE, HIGH RISE -- NIGHT

Lord S17 wanders the room while Lord S12 works on computers.

LORD S17(finally deadpan)

How long will it take to hack the National Security database?


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LORD S12(thinking)

Ummm...

Lord S12 freezes, types something, hits a key. On one of his monitors, a window appears. He reacts to the little victory.

Curious, Lord S17 walks over and reads the screen --LORD S17

Ship Number 802345. Maine?

LORD S12Chemical compound bunker- alsoknown as the naval weapon depot.

INT. HALL -- NIGHT

We follow six armed GUARDS as they creep down the darkenedhall and ready themselves on either side of the office.

The strongest of them violently kicks in the door. The otherguards pour in behind him, guns thrust before them.

STRONG GUARD(yells)

Freeze!

Sitting there, Lord S12s hands still on the keyboard.Standing there, Lord S17s hand is closed to his hip.

STRONG GUARDHands on your heads! Now! Do it!

They slowly put their hands behind their heads. The StrongGuard flips out his cuffs. When they do not respond to hisquestions, the Strong Guard starts forward. He reaches withthe cuffs and Lord S17 spins and in one motion extends hisleg and kicks the Strong Guard-

He flies back, slams into the other Guards. Lord S12 andLord S17 take guns out of their hips. Guns still in theGuards hands. There is a violent exchange of GUNFIRE andwhen its over, Lord S12 and S17 are the only men standing.

EXT. DOWNTOWN NGUIZANIE -- NIGHT

A MAN on the corner, back to us, holding a security guarduniform. A VAN pulls up. The man gets in, puts on hisuniform. Inside the car- six other men wearing securityguards uniforms. These are the Varyish Lords.


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LORD V8Theres two Strongish Lords on the building. We track em as you saidwith the computer pieces.

LORD V2

Good. Lets get em.Lord V2 cocks his weapon. Lord V8 pulls the car over infront of the NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY SUBSTATION.

INT. NSA SUBSTATION LOBBY -- NIGHT

The Varyish Lords race through the lobby into the elevators.


Lord S12 is on the phone, pacing. The other end is answered.

MAN (V.O.)Yeah.

LORD S12S25! We need a lift.

LORD S25 (MAN V.O.) What about your car?

LORD S12Its in the parking lot. Heavysecurity. We cant get to it.

LORD S25 (V.O.)The Varyish Lords?

LORD S12They know were here.

LORD S25 (V.O.) Ah, shit. Hold on- Im coming...

EXT. NSA SUBSTATION BUILDING -- NIGHT

LORD S25 pulls the car over in front of the NSA Substation.

He surveys the area downstairs. There are "real" securityguards everywhere securing the perimeter as usual. Unawareof whats happening upstairs.


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Lord S12 hits Enter on the keyboard. On one of the screens,at lightning speed, we see a digital representation of files being madly copied. Sending them into his super-advancedcomputer that is in the briefcase.

Lord S17 looks down the window. He sees Lord S25s car.

LORD S17Hes here. Wrap it up.

Lord S12 starts working his keys at a furious pace, hishands a blur. Lord S17 watches in wonder.

On one of his monitors, we see a SATELLITE VIEW OF MAINE.The shot tightens and tightens, moving closer to Earth. Withhis mouse, Lord S12 circles a ship at sea, seen from a 100feet above.

LORD S12There it is. The cargo ship is mobile in the Atlantic Ocean.

They wrap it up quickly and destroy everything in the room. No trace left. Then, they hurry to the door.

INT. HALL -- NIGHT

They burst out of the room as Lord V8 and Lord V19 entersthe hall, leading an unit of Varyish Lords. Lord S12 andLord S17 race into another office- lock the door.

LORD S12There are too many. We cant takethem all down.

LORD S25 (V.O.) Well, there is not a viable exit onfoot.

LORD S12 What do you suggest?

LORD S25 (V.O.)(after a beat; deadpan)

A free fall.


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EXT. OFFICE, HIGH RISE -- NIGHT

Closing in on a window... Which SHATTERS... Then, they exitthrough the broken window onto space. The men FALL down theDIZZYING DROP...inhumanly landing on the sidewalk. It almostdoesnt register, so smooth and hard, inhumanly hard. They

damage the concrete in the process. Theyre not hurt at all.They move. They get into the car. Lord S25 drives off.


The Varyish Lords work the room. Lord V8 approaches Lord V2.

LORD V8They left nothing behind. We canttrace em anymore. Why were theyhere? What were they looking for?

LORD V2They want it.

LORD V8it?

LORD V2Yeah. To scare people. Its a warstrategy. They hope itll elevatethe governments thinking.

EXT. ATLANTIC OCEAN -- NIGHT

The cargo ship travels down the ocean. Freight containersfill the ships deck. A HELICOPTER FLIES DOWN after theheavily loaded ship.

Its a war machine. Two automatic machine guns and two small missiles are mounted on the crafts undercarriage. A brightspotlight is mounted on the front of the helicopter.

As it gets near the ship we go to:

INT. HELICOPTER -- NIGHT

Lord S17 holds A CABLE LAUNCHER. Lord S12 is the pilot. Theyare still in black sunglasses and hippie costumes even atthis freezing weather. They also wear the earphones.

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INT. STRONGISH HEADQUARTERS -- COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT

Sat-feeds monitor the cargo ship. Lord S29 works on thecomputer. Beside him: Lord S1, the man in charge.

LORD S1

S17, youre confirmed go: launchcable at the cargo ship.


Lord S17 steps forward with the cable launcher, AIMS at thecargo ship across them and FIRES a cable across.


Webcam feed from the cable shows it descending on the cargoship, precisely on a freight container. Lord S29 types onthe computer, controlling the cable, and then it attachesthe platform it was on:

LORD S29Ive attached the cable on platform.

LORD S1S17, secure the I-beam line.


Lord S17 secures the line to an I-beam line- FASTEN on-sends a KIT BAG out then steps OUT the helicopter...

EXT. SKIES OVER OCEAN -- NIGHT

...into space. The man SLIDE across the VAST OCEAN...landingon the roof of a freight container in the cargo ship.


Lord S29 tracks Lord S17 on the computer screens as he killsthe Captain and the Crew. They are down. Lords S17 standing.

LORD S29-- now what?-- running a blueprintanalysis.

LORD S1-- he gotta find anentrance to the vault room.-- gimme structural map.


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The screen pops to a STRUCTURAL DRAWING of the cargo ship.

BLUEPRINT ANALYSIS finishes, the screen shows a DATA of the VAULT ROOM: "PROBABLE ACCESS - HARDWIRED."

LORD S29The access is hardwired.

Lord S1 thinks a beat.

LORD S1 What if he cuts the CAT 6 Patch.

LORD S29That might alert the Pentagon.

WHIP TO a monitor: Lord S17 MOVES to an access panel.

LORD S1But theyll be out of there by thetime the Coast Guards will arrive.

LORD S29Only if they lift it quick enough.Otherwise, the mission will turninto a failure. Not our option.

Lord S1 takes another moment to think.

LORD S1Proceed.

LORD S29S17, cut the CAT 6 cables.

INT. CARGO SHIP -- NIGHT

Lord S17 rips out thick bundles of red CAT 6 cables.

INT. STRONGISH HEADQUARTER -- COMMAND CENTER -- NIGHT

The computer screens pop: "RED ALERT."

LORD S29Signals are sent out. The Pentagon must be alerted by now.

EXT. ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA -- NIGHT

Establishing shot -- PENTAGON

Over which we hear phones ringing.


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INT. PENTAGON -- CORRIDOR -- NIGHT

A man, back to us, rushes down to a door with a nameplatethat reads: Larry Nealson, Secretary of Defense, UnitedStates Department of Defense.

INT. NEALSONS OFFICE -- PENTAGON -- NIGHT

The SECRETARY OF DEFENSE LARRY NEALSON (50s) is at his deskThe man is Air Force COLONEL JADE. He walks in, TROUBLED.

COLONEL JADE We have a situation, sir.

LARRY NEALSON What kind of situation?

COLONEL JADE We received signals from cargo shipnumber 802345 a moment ago. Someone must have broken into one of theships access panels. The Captainand the Crew are not responding, probably dead.

LARRY NEALSON Whats in the ship?

COLONEL JADEThe cargo ship is carrying it,sir.

Larry is highly troubled for a beat.

LARRY NEALSON(highly troubled)

Contact the Coast Guards.

INT. CARGO SHIP -- CONTINUOUS

Lord S17 PRIES the access door...

INT. STAIRWELL -- CARGO SHIP -- NIGHT

...and speeds down the stairs, to the basement. He SLAMSopen the door...

INT. VAULT ROOM -- CARGO SHIP -- NIGHT

...and comes face to face with a huge VAULT.


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EXT. ATLANTIC OCEAN -- NIGHT

THREE COAST GUARDS HELICOPTERS fly towards the cargo ship.

COAST GUARD (V.O.) We have visual on the subject.Stand by for further updates.


THE SATELLITE VIEW shows the Coast Guards helicopters.

LORD S29Theyve got company.

LORD S1S12, blow em up.

EXT. HELICOPTER -- NIGHT

Lord S12 receives the orders. He prepares missiles. AIMS atthe oncoming helicopters across him and FIRES the missiles.

BOOM! THE RED HELICOPTERS EXPLODE. BURNING. MASSIVE FLAMES.


They watch the explosion onscreen. They look happy.

INT. VAULT ROOM -- CARGO SHIP -- LATER

Lord S17 turns the vaults wheel- He grabs the kit bag. Hesteps over the dead Army Guards into the vault...

INT. VAULT -- CARGO SHIP -- NIGHT

...which only contains a MK49 NUCLEAR BOMB. THE WARHEAD.


Lord S1 looks at the monitor, sees the nuclear bomb.

LORD S1(smiles)

There it is. Bring it home.(turns to S57)

Whats the status on the Apegoriman


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LORD S57 (TECHIE)Team B is heading to the targetlocation.

INT. VAN -- NIGHT

Lord S14, S21, S22, S26, S34, S42, and S47 are in the VAN.

LORD S14 Alright, Team B listen up. Oursubject is Tyler Black.

ON THE PLASMA TV SCREEN - A YOUNGER TYLER LOCATED AT SCHOOL.

LORD S21Here he is in Middle School - Ithink a basketball player at thetime and still is currently.

MORE SLIDES OF TYLER in various basketball courts.

LORD S21Listen to his playoffs statistics:PPG 35.3, RPG 9.10, APG 7.3, EFF +37.00... Jesus. The kid is great.

LORD S14 A team captain. Hes at a gameright now at Elsie Allen HighSchool. Were going to get him. Let make it quick and clean.

EXT. BASKETBALL COURT -- NIGHT

Its raining. We dont see clearly. People hang out at thesnack bars. We hear NOISES from the court.

INT. BASKETBALL COURT -- NIGHT

CHEERING!

A game is in progress. High school b-ball. Red Jersey versusBlue Jersey. Blue color dominates the crowds in the stand.

A Blue player makes a three pointer. Crowds cheer loudly!

This is TYLER BLACK. Aged 17. Hes an African American. Talland handsome. An average teenager consumed with everydayworries about school, friends, cars and girls. Also a kidwho knows more about basketball than anyone weve ever met.


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The VAN pulls over. Lord S14, S21, S22, and S26 get out ofthe car and march toward the court CARRYING ASSAULT RIFLES.

INT. BASKETBALL COURT -- CONTINUOUS

Tyler dribbles down the court. A RED-JERSEY PLAYER pusheshim down to the floor. The referee, JOHN BLACK, Tylersfather, calls a fool. The red-jersey player reacts madly-

RED-JERSEY PLAYER What?! Cmon, ref, because hesyour son.

JOHN BLACKThis is a fair game.

Tyler lines up for the free throw. Just then-

INT. ENTRANCE DOOR -- NIGHT

The School Policeman looks up- Lord S14 FIRES into the air.Fans SCREAM. Lord S21 HITS the Policeman with his rifle.

As our Lords gather around the hostages, one of the REFEREES presses buttons on his phone- dialing an emergency call.

INT. VAN -- CONTINUOUS

Lord S34, S42, and S47 remain in the car- watching many fansrunning out of the court.

INT. BASKETBALL COURT -- CONTINUOUS

Lord S14, S21, S22, and S26 move down the line of hostages, mostly polluted by Players, Team Staffs and Officials.

There is no sign of Tyler Black nor John Black.

LORD S14 Where is he? Find him. The boss isgoing to be mad if we lose him.

INT. VAN -- CONTINUOUS

LORD S34(wonders)

Why does he want him so bad?


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John squeezes the trigger. Empty. No bullets. He FUMBLES his pockets for new shells. Lord 26 JUMPS UP- SHOOTS him...

BOOM! A BULLET RIPS into Johns chest. Bleeding... he dropson his knees... and falls to the ground.

LORD S22

I called it.

Lord S34 storms in-

LORD S34Gotta go! Too many cops! Lets go!

They run to the exit...


...and speed out the court, get to the VAN. They rapidlyopen the doors. They get in. They drive off...

EXT. VAN -- CONTINUOUS

...and come face to face with a MASS of COP CARS...

Lord S42 RISES OUT of the sunroof holding the bazooka.

The VAN is in MOTION. Lord S42 FIRES. FIRES. FIRES again.Huge explosions. Cars jump high in the air on fire.

Then, they find their way out through the massive flames.

INT. BASKETBALL COURT -- NIGHT

Johns eyes desperately searching...searching...searching...until he sees --

Tyler standing aside with awe. He walks to his dying father.Knee himself on the floor. Tears on his eyes.

Slowly, John reaches out and takes Tylers hand... Bloodred... as bleeding and dying father touches his only son...

JOHN BLACK(hardly breathing)

T... Tyler...

TYLER BLACK(sobbing)

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JOHN BLACKTyler... Listen to me my son...

TYLER BLACKIm listening dad.

JOHN BLACKThey came for you... The family...Prophecy... learn it.

TYLER BLACK What is the prophecy?

John rolls back his eyes and dies. Tyler instantly breaksinto an uncontrollable sobbing. Its just beyond the sadnessthat owns our hearts. There is no return.

EXT. NGANGA NATIONAL CEMETERY -- EARLY MORNING

SUPER: "A Few Days Later"

We watch Tyler alone across the cemetery. He stands beforetwo headstones: JOHN BLACK 1959-2009. SARAH BLACK 1962-2009.

TYLER BLACKHi Dad. Hi Mom. I moved to Vascotoday. I know, its the boroughwith the highest crime rate in Nguizanie. A move I couldnt dowhile you were here. Maybe youwould have approved. Well, I knowyou wouldnt have. But, I had nochoice. The bank sold the house.

(beat)Dad, Ive tried everything and Icant seem to learn what you told before you died. Im hoping one dayto come to realize the true meaning behind the Black family prophecy.

Tyler puts new flowers on the graves. Walks off.

EXT. NGUIZANIE -- EARLY MORNING

Establishing shots of Nguizanie and an island in the middleof Nguizanie Bay.

EXT. ISLAND -- STRONGISH HEADQUARTERS -- EARLY MORNING

A black helicopter appears. Vasco-Pila Bridge looms behind.It lands on the roof of the Strongish headquarter building.


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A dozen Strongish Lords gather around the craft.

Lord S1, in a hippie outfit with a metal briefcase in hand,exists the helicopter. Lord S21 approaches him.

LORD S21

Morning, my lord.LORD S1

You have news about the boy.

LORD S21Yes.

They walk toward a nearby staircase.

LORD S1So you captured him.

LORD S21 No, my lord. We did not get him. Itwas a mess. We even lost S14.

LORD S1 Where is him now?

LORD S21 We dont know. S12 and S17 arerunning a search. An extra team isready just in case.

LORD S1Good. We cant take any chances. Weneed him to fulfill this plot.

EXT. KALIBA NATIONAL MUSEUM -- DAY

A yellow bus parks at the curb. Tyler and new CLASSMATES getoff the bus. They stare at the Kaliba National Museum, animpressive old building on the Nguizanie downtown.

Tyler stares, sighs to himself, a heartsick look on hisface. Whatevers inside, its what he wants to know. A maleteacher, MR. PETTY, addresses the students.

MR. PETTYFirst thing first. Im going totake roll. Please respond when Icall your name...

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MR. PETTYTyler Black.

TYLER BLACKHere.

SYDNEY PITT, a petite brunette, stares at Tyler. A heartsicklook on her face. He owns her heart. She approaches him. Theteachers voice echo throughout the scene.

SYDNEY PITTHi. My name is Sydney Pitt. You must be Tyler Black. The new guy.

Tyler stares at her. She owns his heart too.

TYLER BLACKYeah... Hey...

Some flirting attention. She grins and he smiles. But hissmile ceases when THREE HIGH SCHOOL PUNKS come in. CRICK JOEis the leader. The most popular kid at school. A true punk.

CRICK JOEOw!

(to Sydney) Who is your new friend?

SYDNEY PITTTyler, meet Crick. My boyfriend.

TYLER BLACK Whats up, man?

CRICK JOEOh, Ill tell you whats up.

The other two Punks laugh. Tyler notices the attention.

CRICK JOEI gotta tell you this once. No one messes with my girl. You do nottalk to her. Do you listen what Isaid?

TYLER BLACKI was just being friendly.

CRICK JOEHey. I asked you a question. Do youlisten when Im talking to you?


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SYDNEY PITTLeave him alone, Crick.

TYLER BLACKIts cool. I heard you.

Crick puts his arm around Sydney.CRICK JOE

Come on, babe.

Crick, Sydney, and the other Punks disappear into the crowd,leaving Tyler behind.

MR. PETTYClass. Today, were going to learnabout the Europeans exploration of African tropical forests at theKaliba National Museum. A very prestige place known best for its African heritage collections.

The teacher leads the class up the marble steps.

TOUR GUIDE (O.S.)For your visit today, we will primary focus on a rain forestcalled Kahuzi-Biega National Park.

INT. KALIBA NATIONAL MUSEUM -- DAY

The teacher and Students are lead around a cavernous room bya TOUR GUIDE. They pass a number of large gorilla exhibits.

TOUR GUIDE A vast area of primary tropicalforest dominated by two extinctvolcanoes, Kahuzi and Biega, the park has a diverse and abundantfauna.

Tyler keeps his eye on Sydney. Shes with Crick Joe, his arm draped possessively over her shoulder. Tyler winces andturns away, back to the tour. Just forget about her.

The Guide points out specific groups of gorillas in theframed portraits of the park.

TOUR GUIDE About 250 eastern lowland gorillasthought to be one of the lastcommunities of their kind, inhabit

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TOUR GUIDE (contd)Kahuzi-Biega National Park, makingit a very special place.

Tyler peers closely at the largest frame: an art painting of A MAN locked in a cage, surrounded by EUROPEAN EXPLORERS. Itgrabs his attention- a long weird connection between them.

TOUR GUIDEThis art painting tells a myth. Itwas once believed that there was a man in the surrounding areas of theforest who had the ability tochange into an ape gorilla specie.

STUDENT (O.S.) A man changed into a gorilla?

Tyler glances at the student. Meet JASON DAWN, a cool nerd,who wears a 14-45MM camera around his neck.

TOUR GUIDE Well, its just a myth. However,ancient Explorers believed to haveseen him changed. The nativescalled him the Apegoriman becausehes thought to possess multiplesouls... spirits... powers...

Sydney peers closely at the portrait. Her eyes shine, shesstrangely attracted to it. It owns her heart. Ours too.

SYDNEY PITTYou said the Apegoriman had powers. What kind exactly?

TOUR GUIDEGood question. Follow me.

INT. KALIBA NATIONAL MUSEUM GENETIC RESEARCH ROOM -- DAY

Students enter and stare at the LARGE ELECTRON MICROSCOPE.

JASON DAWN

You have an electron microscope.TOUR GUIDE

(telling them)Yes. It was specifically built forgenetic research on certain apegorillas captured in the park.

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TOUR GUIDEFor example, the strongish gorillacan bend a two feet thick metal...

Just as the strongish gorilla bends one of the thick bars ofthe cage. People panic a bit. Several MEN IN LAB COATS rush,shot it with chemical-enhanced tranquilizers. Peace reigns.

TYLER BLACKHes very strong.

TOUR GUIDEInhumanly strong.

Tyler is awed- the Guide moves to the next cage. A long one.

TOUR GUIDEThe speedish gorilla. He can run atthe speed of sound...

Just as the speedish gorilla whips back and forth inside thelong cage. It almost does not register, so smooth and fast.

JASON DAWN(fascinated)

Damn. Hes fast and furious.

TOUR GUIDEInhumanly fast.

Jason is momentarily paralyzed with awe- the Guide proceedsto the next cage. It is long and has a high height.

Inside is the jumpish gorilla. Its a female specie.

TOUR GUIDEThe jumpish gorilla. Its a femalespecie. She can jump as high asfifty-storey; much higher than thiscage...

Just then the jumpish gorilla jumps up and down in the cage.

SYDNEY PITT Whoa. She sure can jump.

CRICK JOEGirls cant jump.

CRICK JOE(after a long beat)

Oh, come on. You know Im right.

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MR. PETTY What is that in that cage?

The Guide walks toward the cage. They follow behind.

TOUR GUIDEThat is the varyish gorilla.

MR. PETTYIt doesnt look like too much of agorilla to me.

TOUR GUIDE Well, scientists are not sure ifits a gorilla or this-

Just then- the varyish gorilla changes from a gorilla into agorilla-like creature. Then, it changes back into a gorilla.

TOUR GUIDEHe weights more than ten thousand pounds. But he moves so smoothly.

They all watch with awe as it changes back and forth whilerunning smoothly inside the oversize cage. The Guide movesto another copy of the art painting we saw earlier.

TOUR GUIDEOver here we have the Apegorimanagain. Ill answer the questionthat was asked earlier: what kindof powers did he exactly has?

(beat) A source says that hes composed ofgenetic information from all fourgorillas. That makes this onegenetically-natural super-gorilla.Hes believed to be the origin ofthe rest of them.

Jason catches the eye of the Tour Guide and gestures to hiscamera-

JASON DAWNIs it okay if I take a few picture

for school paper?TOUR GUIDE

Yeah, sure.

Jason raises the camera to take a picture. Behind him, Cricksteals the camera. Other kids laugh. Jason turns around,gives a glare. Crick steps forward, threatening. Jason isafraid of him and turns around without saying a word.


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Crick and Tyler meet eyes. They look each other a beat. Theyare holding each other eyes. They dont take their eyes offeach other for a long beat... until Sydney shouts:

SYDNEY PITT What happened to him?

Tyler turns to the Guide.

TOUR GUIDEHistorians claimed that he wastaken to Europe by the Explorers. Worked there as a warrior. Later,he was killed by an army Generalunder direct orders of the King.

JASON DAWNIs it possible to use synthesizedtransfer-RNA to encode an entirelynew genome like the Wise Mans?

TOUR GUIDEYou mean inter-species genetictransmutation.

(beat)Over many years, scientists havetried to fully map the geneticcodes of each of these gorillasinto one DNA blueprint. But forsome unexplainable reasons, itnever worked. No matter how timesthey tried. It just doesnt work.

(beat)The Apegorimans power is a gift ofGod. One that modern science cantcopy or recreate.

INT. PENTAGON -- SITUATION ROOM -- DAY

The people around a table, listening to Larry are:

F.B.I. Director BRADLEY, F.B.I. agent JOHN CRUST, WhiteHouse Chief of Staff DAN PARKER, National Security AdvisorBen Stone, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs GENERAL PAUL BECK, Air Force Colonel Jade, and C.I.A. Director MURPHY.

LARRY NEALSON As Secretary of Defense, it is myduty to make this announcement. Nights ago, there was a breakingand entering in one of our cargoships in the Atlantic ocean.


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EXT. ATLANTIC OCEAN -- MORNING (FLASHBACK)

COAST GUARD HELICOPTERS touch down on the back of the cargoship. Several coast guardsmen jump onto the deck of the shipto take a look around.

LARRY NEALSON (V.O.)Coast guard picked up the cargoship. Its partially damaged.

They walk through a broken access panel into the vault room.They see dead Army Guards. The vault is open and the nuclear bomb is not there. Its gone. The Strongish Lords stole it.

INT. PENTAGON -- SITUATION ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

LARRY NEALSONThe MK49 nuclear bomb is missing.

(beat) Now, the suspects must be trained professionals- judging from thekilling of the Captain and theentire Crew. They also shot downCoast Guard helicopters. There issome possibility this is a plot byterrorists, but we dont know.

The door opens. A NAVAL ATTACHE walks in.

BEN STONEThe president is not yet informed.Once we get a threat...

NAVAL ATTACHEJust got one. Call online two.

The call connects to a phone on the table.

LARRY NEALSONHello, this is the Secretary ofDefense Larry Nealson.

LORD S1Hi Mr. Secretary. Im Lord S1,leader of the Strongish kingdom.

LARRY NEALSONStrongish kingdom? I have neverheard of it.

INTERCUT - PENTAGON and STRONGISH HEADQUARTERS as necessary.


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LORD S1Briefly. We are a fraternity of menof a kind. A kingdom of power. Now,Ill come straight to the point, Mr. Secretary: I would like toinform you that I have in my possession the MK49 nuclear bomb.

DAN PARKER We never negotiate with terrorists

LORD S1 Whoever said that hes an idiot-

DAN PARKER That was me. The White House Chiefof Staff Dan Parker. Now you give me some goddamn respect, Lord S1.

Everyone stares at the phone a beat.

LORD S1 An idiot like you... you dont knowwhy youre too fast to interrupt me. You dont know why the UnitedStates government never negotiatewith terrorists. But I do know why.Control. Theyre too powerful.Power is what I want.

BEN STONEGive us the nuclear bomb back thenwell talk.

LORD S1Your request wont be accommodateduntil you find me this boy.

ON THE SCREEN - A PICTURE OF TYLER BLACK

F.B.I. DIRECTOR BRADLEY Why do you desire him?

LORD S1Hes got something I want. He has

the power I deserve.C.I.A. DIRECTOR MURPHY

What kind of power?

LORD S1That is classified information. Youjust bring him to me and I shallreturn the nuclear bomb.


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GENERAL PAULHow can we be sure youll give it back.

LORD S1You have my words.

COLONEL JADE We need more than just words.

LORD S1If you refuse to deliver him, Ilaunch the nuclear bomb to the most populous city in the country. Ofcourse, I am thinking of the cityof Nguizanie. You have 18 days - to bring him to me. Any questions?

No one dissents a beat.

LORD S1I didnt hope so. Warning: Donteven consider launching a net. Iknow everything there is to knowabout it, Mr. Secretary. You folkshave a nice day now. Lord S1 out!

Lord S1 hangs up. Everyone in the room stares at Larry.

LARRY NEALSONLooks like we got ourselves a crazyand smart sonofabitch.

INT. SCHOOL CAFETERIA -- DAY

Tyler carries his tray to a table. Jason joins him.

JASON DAWN Whats up, man? Im Jason.

TYLER BLACK Whats up? Im Tyler.

Jason glances at Tylers tray.

JASON DAWNBanana bread? Really?

TYLER BLACKYeah. Whats wrong with that?


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JASON DAWN What? Youre like in some gorilladiet or something?

Tyler grins.

JASON DAWNLike an ape gorilla in the jungle.(gorilla-like)

Aaarrr!!! Aaarrr!!! Aaarrr!!!

Tyler puts his head down. Then up. He sees Sydney and herFRIENDS walking toward where Crick and his Buddies aresitting. Tyler looks at Sydney a long beat. Jason looks atTyler, notices that hes looking at something else.

JASON DAWN Who...

Jason looks where Tyler is looking. Sydney waves at Tyler.Tyler waves back with a kind smile.

JASON DAWN Ah!

TYLER BLACK What?

JASON DAWN No. Not her. Someone else but nother. Shes Cricks girl. You dontwant to mess with Crick.

TYLER BLACK What is he? Some massive punk whoeat babies and listen to Slayer inhis free time.

JASON DAWNYeah up.

Tyler laughs at Jason.

JASON DAWNLook, Crick is not someone you wantto mess with. He knows karate. AndI heard he once broke one kidsneck for trying to hit on Sydney.

TYLER BLACK(grins)

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Tyler laughs. He glances at Sydneys table. She smiles athim. He smiles back. Crick notices. All of the sudden hereacts madly. He stands up and walks toward Tylers table.

JASON DAWN Alright, tough guy. Ill just watch

my back every now and then if Iwere you.

Tyler looks at Crick and his Buddies approaching. As soon asJason notices-

JASON DAWNDude... Youre so dead.

Tyler gets out of the chair. Crick gets to him. His fist punches Tyler. Tylers head snaps back and bounces forward. Another fist. It crunches into Tylers nose and he crumplesto the pavement in this cafeteria at school. Tyler spits outsome blood.

CRICK JOEI warned you! Dont talk to mygirl!

Cricks Buddies begin beating the crap out of him. Jasonsface is banded, teeth clamped, as he hurls himself at them.He instantly gets a punch into the head, knocking him downinstantly on the floor.

Tyler is not defending himself.

CRICK JOECome on! Fight back!

Crick punches him in the ribs- Tyler groans in pain. A beat.Tyler picks himself up. Dusts himself off.

TYLER BLACKYoure just a pretender.

Cricks Buddies laugh, they find Tyler kind of amusing. Thisupsets Crick even more, he takes out a POCKETKNIFE and hesabout to stab it on Tylers belly when a voice from behindstops him.

SYDNEY PITTStop!

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SYDNEY PITTLeave him alone, Crick.

Crick ignores her, keeps charging at Tyler. A school POLICEOFFICER storms in-

OFFICER Hey! You! Drop the knife down!

Frustrated, Crick throws the knife into the wall next toTylers face. He grabs Sydneys hand-

CRICK JOELets go.

Sydney refuses, pulls her hand of him. Shes mad at him.

SYDNEY PITTIll take care of myself.

He and the other Punks head for the exit of the cafeteria,leaving Tyler behind, blood dripping down out of his nose,humiliated. Sydney ambles. Jason gets up and follows Tylerout of the cafeteria as he exits. Sydney feels so sorry.

INT. PENTAGON -- SITUATION ROOM -- DAY

The same Authorities sit in the room.

The door opens. The Naval Attache pokes his head in.

NAVAL ATTACHE Mr. Secretary, its him again.

The call connects to a phone on the table.

LARRY NEALSONLord S1, this is Secretary Nelson.

LORD S1I wanna point out something. I have men searching for him. You have tofind him and bring him to me beforethey do- otherwise, here are thefollowing two things that are goingto happen- first, youll not begetting the MK49 back- and second,which is worst, Ill still launchthe nuke to Nguzanie City.

(beat)I repeat- you refuse to bring him to me- I launch the nuke. We find

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LORD S1 (contd)him before you do- I still launchthe nuke. And I meant my words.

Lord S1 hangs up. Everyone in the room looks at each other.

LARRY NEALSON

Whats the potential casualty rateof a MK49 nuclear bomb?

COLONEL JADEThe effect of a single MK49 bombwould depend on its power, andwhere it exploded - high in the airor at ground level - and in adensely populated and built-up arealike a city, at least eight millions people will die...

DAN PARKER Thats about the population of Nguizanie city.

COLONEL JADEIt will wiped out the whole cityupon detonation.

F.B.I. DIRECTOR BRADLEYThats deadly. We need to inform the Major of Nguizanie City.

LARRY NEALSON No. That will create a total chaosin the whole city.

C.I.A. DIRECTOR MURPHY What did Lord S1 mean by "net"Colonel?

COLONEL JADEPluto. A MK49 nuclear bomb can beneutralized by pluto. It cools itoff- freezes it upon detonation.The problem is that MK49 is more powerful and designed to withstand

pluto. The Strongish terrorists must know about P.N. Gas, General.

GENERAL PAULOf course they do. They hacked ourdatabase in Nguizanie.

(tells them)"P.N. Gas," short for "Plutonium Neutralizing Gas," still in its

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GENERAL PAUL (contd)test phase. It detonates closely at millions of negative kelvin, enoughto cool off MK49. But the problem is we are not operational.

AGENT CRUST What can the Air Force do, Colonel?

COLONEL JADE We can try to equip some flights ofF-16s with P.N. Gas in the next fewdays. But view the use of P.N. Gasas a secondary initiative.

LARRY NEALSONThen on to our primary initiative. We need to find that kid Tyler.

F.B.I. DIRECTOR BRADLEYThe F.B.I. will have a team ready.

LARRY NEALSON Well need a search running.

C.I.A. DIRECTOR MURPHYLeave that to us, the C.I.A.

EXT. PARKING GARAGE -- NIGHT

Lord S12 looks below. A black SUV pulls onto the top floor.Lord S17 emerges- He moves to him. Lord S12 points at thestreet- Tyler and Jason walk toward a video store.

LORD S12Lets do the job right this time.

Lord S17 nods. And then they walk towards the store.

INT. VIDEO STORE -- NIGHT

Tyler and Jason filter in the store.

JASON DAWNDude, check it out. The DarkKnight.

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EXT. VIDEO STORE -- NIGHT

AN UNKNOWN POV - WATCHING TYLER IN THE STORE


Tyler wanders the store. Jason walks up to him, with a videogame.

JASON DAWN(playfully)

Got one for you: War of Gorillas. Iknow its your favorite.

The GIRL behind the counter laughs, she finds Jason kind ofamusing. Jason stares at her. He likes her. He walks to her.

GIRLHi.

JASON DAWNUm, yes, hello. Hows it going?

Tyler watches them and smiles.

Tylers attention is now riveted to --

TYLERS POV - THE DOUBLE DOORS OF THE VIDEO STORE

They swing open as two "hippies" enter (IN SLOW MOTION):Lord S12 and Lord S17.

They move toward Tyler with determination, their eyes on him the all time. They get to him. They smile at the same time.Tyler is lost by their wry smiles. Calmly, they take out most technologically advanced PAIR OF GUNS ever seen. Pointthem at Tyler. We see four sharpshooters lasers on Tylerschest.

LORD S12 We need you to come with us now.

Tyler gives them a look. A speechless look.

EXT. VIDEO STORE -- NIGHT

RETURN TO: THE UNKNOWN POV - MOVING TOWARD THE STORE

MOTION -- its us -- were running -- were exhilarating.The momentum carries us from one side of the street to thenext, over a road, the cars passing below. And we fall...


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...into the store, SHATTERING the window.

REVEAL: Lord V2. He lands on the ground and rolls up fast,guns ready.

Lord S12 grabs Tyler and places a gun on his head. Everyone bolts out of the store expect Tyler and the Lords. Standingin front of Tyler, Lord S17 looks at Lord V2 with fury.

LORD S17(to Lord S12)

Go. Ill take care of him.

Lord S12 holds Tyler tight. And then, he RUNS into the wall,leaving behind an ENORMOUS HOLE.

Lord S17 and Lord V2 look at each other a long beat.

LORD V2S17.

LORD S17 V2.

LORD V2Its only us now.

LORD S17 No. Its only me.

LORD V2Oh, really?

LORD S17 About fist to fist.

LORD V2I like the sound of that.

They both drop their weapons. Lord S17 charges after V2. V2charges too. S17 grabs V2, throws him out through the brokenwindow like a weightless object...

EXT. STREET -- NIGHT

...SLAMMING on a car. CRUSHING its windshield. Lord S17follows Lord V2 down by jumping through the empty window.S17 LIFTS a car up in the air. He DROPS it on V2. But, V2quickly moves aside before it hits.


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S17 stands there, listening to V2 rushed breathe. Bent, V2looks at S17 in pain and S17 smiles. His wry smile upsets V2. V2 rises up. Angry face. V2 charges after S17 fast...

LORD V2(yells)

VARYISH!!!...and V2 suddenly TRANSFORMS into a HUGE-MASSIVE SIZEGORILLA-LIKE CREATURE, smaller than King Kong, but veryincredible and terrifying. In fact, its the same gorilla wesaw in the beginning: whitish brown with black hair.

S17 picks two cars up in the air. S17 awaits for V2 to getnear. Lord V2, now the gorilla, is approaching fast at S17. At a great distance, S17 throws one car at him. V2 hits itaside, BLASTING cars in the street. S17 launches the othercar. Lord V2 catches it, then throws it back at S17. The cardrags Lord S17 back, CRUSHING him into another car. There isno hope that hes still alive.

Then, Lord V2 runs toward the parking garage.

EXT. PARKING GARAGE -- NIGHT

Another black SUV pulls onto the top floor. Many "hippies"emerge- more STRONGISH: Lord S21, S22, S26, and S29. At adistance, Lord S12 carries Tyler by his belt. Lord S12 walkstoward the SUV. Lord S21 points at them. The rest of thegroup nods in agreement.

Lord S21 opens the SUVs REAR DOOR- He grads a face mask anda duct tape.

LORD S21That way he wont remember thedirection to our headquarters.

LORD S29Hell be dead anyway.

LORD S1 (O.S.) Not quite...

The figure emerges: Lord S1. Dressed like the others.

LORD S1I told you I want him captured assoon as possible. I never said Illkill him right away.


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LORD S29Our plot will stall if we wait.

LORD S1 A reasonable stall needed tosucceed. Now, if you dont like mystrategy, find yourself another

fraternity. Assuming there isanother society out there thats better than us.

Lord S29 frowns. Lord S12 DROPS Tyler- He HITS the ground.

LORD S1I thought youd be older.

TYLER BLACK(in pain)

What do you want from me?

Lord S22 at the periphery is suddenly SOAKED UP into thedarkness. No one else notices.

LORD S1 What else would I want from you?Something of course.

Lord S21 to the side VANISHES with a scream, and everyoneelse notices. Lord S1 looks taken aback. S1 nods to S29.Lord S29 steps forward. He tapes Tylers body. Then, he putsa mask on his face too.

BOOM! A car LANDS -- CRASHES a Sedan next to the SUVs. LordS29 precipitates to a SUV with Tyler. Another car FALLS ontheir path. CHAOS as the Strongish Lords scatter and the loterupts in CAR CRASHES.

THE GORILLA POV - throws more cars to the Strongish Lordsstanding by the other SUV. A load of cars HITTING the walls-BREAKING DOWN the bricks of the building. Lord S1 TURNS ashe hears another man, Lord S26, SCREAM.

LORD S1Lets get out of here.

He drops down behind his SUV- glasses SHATTER in the side bya car blasts right in front of him. He starts to crawl intothe passengers seat-

An object falls on the door, his arm is pressed and stuckwhen the door shuts- the head of a car is behind him- hePUSHES it with his FREE HAND- the car collapses to theground, glasses SHATTERING. The Lord S12, crouching from thecar crashes, looks down at Lord S1.


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LORD S12Hes came strong on us!

LORD S1 Who could he be?!

LORD S12 A goddamn Varyish Lord!

A huge creature EMERGES up onto an ENORMOUS PILE of crashedcars: The massive size gorilla-like creature. He ROARS.

LORD S1Thats the one that killed S41.

The Strongish Lords RUSH down to their SUVs as the parkinggarage FALLS apart: bricks DROPPING on cars in the pavement.

GORILLA POV - MOVING TOWARD THE SUVS

INT. LORD S1S SUV -- CONTINUOUS

In the SUV, Lord S1 is on the passengers seat and Lord S12is on the drivers seat.

Lord S1 picks a BAZOOKA- He loads it and AIMS down at theapproaching gorilla for a quiet moment...

BOOM! S1 FIRES. The gorilla is BLOWN OFF HIS FEET- bricksFALL DOWN onto the gorilla-like creature-

EXT. PARKING GARAGE -- CONTINUOUS

Screech! The SUVs REAR BACKWARDS in terror, blasting carsall around the parking garage.


Lord S29 is on the wheel. Hes alone until-

Lord S29 LOOKS in the back of the dark cold SUV, sees TylerSTUMBLING, his body still taped, the mask still on his face-


The SUVs SPEED down the ramp toward the exit. The GorillaKICKS out the bricks that lay on top of his body- The SUVsCURVE in the short concave slope...


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EXT. ONE STOREY BELOW, PARKING GARAGE -- CONTINUOUS

...into the next storey below-


Tyler KNOCKS his head in the car, groaning in pain-


Back at the previous storey. The Gorilla picks himself up.Dusts himself off. He motions to the wall. He CLIMBS downthe wall and DIVES...

EXT. ONE STORY BELOW, PARKING GARAGE -- CONTINUOUS

...into the pavement of the next storey below.

The Gorilla rises, Lord S1s SUV RUNS behind him- he cantturn in time- BLAM- hes BANGED up high into the air by thespeeding SUV...


LORD S1(satisfied)

Varyish punk.


...and FALLS on the roof of the next SUV: Lord S29s SUV.

INT.LORD S29S SUV -- CONTINUOUS

Lord S29 hears a noise- a ten feet tall and ten-thousand pounds sack of limp meat and bone that SLAMS onto the roof-

LORD S29 What the f-

Lord S29 accelerates- He steers the SUV zigzags.

INT/EXT. SUV / PARKING GARAGE -- CONTINUOUS

The Gorilla STUMBLES on the roof- He raises his arm,revealing his big hand- Lord S29 steers the SUV zigzags- TheGorilla ROLLS on the roof, almost falling sideways. Then,


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hes gone. Lord S29 looks both sides of the SUV in the side mirrors- then the rear view mirror- The crushed roof isquiet. Suddenly, the Gorilla POUNDS straight through thewindshield, pulls his hand out and POUNDS again- his wristgets STUCK. Lord S29 steers toward a column...


Lord S1 loads a SHOTGUN... cocks it...


The Gorilla cant free himself... Hes pulling his hand out.


BOOM! The whole windshield shatters, freeing the Gorilla. Wesee Lord S1 halfway out of his SUVs door window carryingthe shotgun. Lord S29 frowns at Lord S1: you almost shot me.


The Gorilla REVOLVES free of the SUV as it SCRATCHES thecolumn and proceeds at high speed down the curvy exit ramp.

EXT. PARKING GARAGE -- MOMENTS LATER

Were moving in the pavement, its messy. Tire marks allover the place. Its quiet until we see Lord V2, back tonormal, picks himself up. We hear a voice moaning. A body isfighting down on the ground.

Lord V2 motions down to find out that its Tyler, the maskand the duct tapes.

He lines him up against the wall. He cuts off all the tapes,rips the mask off. Tyler breathes out. Before Tyler gets thechance to take a look at the face of his savior, Lord V2knocks him down unconscious.

INT. STRONGISH HEADQUARTERS -- GARAGE -- NIGHT

The damaged SUVs back up into the garage. The garage is fullof MEN all dressed up in hippie outfits, black sunglasses,and the earphones. Lord S1, S12, and S29 get out the cars.


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LORD S1 Wheres him?

LORD S29Hes in the trunk.

LORD S1Get him out of there.

Lord S29 opens the SUV REAR DOOR- He looks in- Theres nosign of Tyler in the trunk- He turns to Lord S1.

LORD S29Hes gone, my lord.

LORD S1 What do you mean "hes gone". Itold you to care take of him.

LORD S29He must have rolled out during thechaos and got away. Sorry my lord.

LORD S1Sorry...

(grabs a gun)You know about the look you gave mewhen I shot down your windshield. Ididnt like it.

(loads bullets) A sign of a bad character. A hardone to trust.

(cocks it) My old man always told, "To succeedin a plot, son, you need good andtrustful characters around you."Bad news is...you aint one of em--

BOOM! Lord S1 SHOOTS Lord S29! Everyone else watches.

LORD S1(to Crowd)

Lets this be a lesson to you all.(a beat)

Now, search everywhere in the city,find anyone who knows our targetand kill em. Then, he shallcertainly surrenders himself to us.Go! Now!

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LORD S12 What about the Varyish, my lord?The whole kingdom or one man? Hecan wait.

LORD S1 Well take care of them soon. But,

lets first see how this killing plan is going to turn out.

His wry smile gives way to...

Black. And then...

INT. VARYISH HEADQUARTERS -- THE PIT OF WARRIORS -- NIGHT

A HIGH-CEILING CONCRETE CHAMBER. It looks like a very sparseJapanese-style dojo but built for oversize combat. There isa GLASS window high up close to the ceiling at one corner.

In the center of this training dojo is Tyler. Hes asleep.

Tylers eye pries open. He sits up, one eye still closed,looking around, unsure of where he is. He notices the presence of a person in front of him. Lord V2. He looks him in the eyes. Tyler struggles to get up.

LORD V2Here, let me help you.

TYLER BLACKI dont need your help.

LORD V2 Not my diagnosis.

Tyler picks up himself. Dusts himself off. Walks away.

LORD V2 Where are you going, Tyler?

Tyler squints at him. Have we met?

TYLER BLACK

How do you know my name? And wheream I?

LORD V2You should be grateful youre stillalive because I just saved your assfrom the evil ones.

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TYLER BLACK Who are you?

LORD V2Your guardian of freedom.

Tyler grins, titters.

LORD V2Lord V2. My real name is Tom Fog. My friends call me V2 because Im a VARYISH. Another fraternity of akind. Also a kingdom of power. Wetransform into gorillas species.

TYLER BLACKYou change into a gorilla?

LORD V2Uh-huh. And I bet you do too.

TYLER BLACKI think you got the wrong guy.

LORD V2Cant say that I agree with you.

Tyler rushes to the exit as Lord V8 and Lord V19 enters.

LORD V8The holy Kahuzi-Biega Apegoriman.The Lord of The Lost Souls.

Tyler thinks about what he learned at the Kaliba Museum.

TYLER BLACK Wait, what did you just say?

LORD V19Have you ever seen a man changeinto a gorilla?

TYLER BLACK No.

LORD V8 V19, show him.

Lord V19 runs forward as he yells the word "Varyish" and hesuddenly transforms into a gorilla-like creature. He roars.

For a moment, Tyler is stunned. For the first time ever hesees a man changed into a gorilla. He thinks about what helearned at the Kaliba museum. Then, he turns to Lord V2.


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TYLER BLACKHe changed into a gorilla-likecreature. Is he strong too? Is hefast? Can he jump up in the air?

LORD V2

Only the Apegoriman had all four powers. The King of the United ofKingdoms learned the secret behindhis powers and he ordered his firstGeneral to terminate his poor life. With his blood and bones, they wereable to create the four lost souls.

Tyler nods, conceding the point.

LORD V1 My tale holds some truth, I see.

TYLER BLACKThere were men.

LORD V1 Men? Strongish Lords.

TYLER BLACKStron- what?

LORD V2 Men in hippie costumes and blacksunglasses. They are known asSTRONGISH. Another fraternity of men of a kind. They are inhumanlystrong. Its a lost soul itself.

TYLER BLACKThey killed my father.

LORD V2 And I suppose my mother too?

TYLER BLACKHow do you know that? Why wouldthey do such things?

LORD V8The Apegorimans holy spirit dieand reborn every five centuries.

LORD V19Your family is the only descendantof the Apegoriman. The chosen one.They murdered them to get to you.

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LORD V19 (contd)Its been five hundred years sincethe death of the last Gorillaman.

TYLER BLACKThat means I am the Gorillaman.

LORD V2Theres a lot of things you dontknow about yourself, Tyler. Youre more than what you think you are.

LORD V8You have all four lost souls. TheStrongish Lords want your blood and bone marrow cells to rebuild theirarmy and use that power to takeover the country.

(beat)You hold your own survival and thecountrys freedom.

LORD V19You are the only one who can defeatthem successfully.

Tyler thinks a beat.

TYLER BLACKI... I...

LORD V2I know youre afraid youd fail. Iknow how you feel, but in thisworld we cant conquer our fears byrunning away. With our supports youcan end their reign of terror.

Tyler shakes his head.

TYLER BLACK No! I dont believe it! Get me outof here! Let me out! I want out!

Tyler screams.

INT. TYLERS APARTMENT -- DAY

Screaming, Tyler bolts upright in bed in a studio apartmentthat seems overgrown with basketball trophies and posters.

He realizes that he is home. Was it a dream?


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SYDNEY PITTI dont know. I havent seen herfor days. Im visiting her today.

TYLER BLACKI wanna meet her. I like you. Ive

an odd instinct she will like me.SYDNEY PITT

(smiles)Shell like you.

They look at each other a beat.

SYDNEY PITT What about your parents? Are theydivorced too?

TYLER BLACK No.

SYDNEY PITTSeparated?

TYLER BLACKTheyre dead.

Sydney is shocked. A long beat.

SYDNEY PITTIm sorry.

TYLER BLACKYeah, Im an orphan.

SYDNEY PITT When did they pass away?

TYLER BLACKI dont want to talk about it.

SYDNEY PITTOkay. Thats alright.


SYDNEY PITTIt must be very hard living on yourown without mom and dad.

TYLER BLACKI cant count on anyone.


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SYDNEY PITTYou can always count on me. Illalways be here for you.


TYLER BLACKCrick-

SYDNEY PITTI broke up with him. He cheated onhim with my best friend... what anasshole.

TYLER BLACKIve always thought he was.

SYDNEY PITTPlus, he got suspended for tryingto stable you the other day.

TYLER BLACKGood.

On a corner across the street, Lord S12 watches Sydney andTyler at the table. Tyler is sitting, back to us.

It begins to RAIN. The couple run to their car. Lord S12then walks off screen.

INT. SYDNEYS CAR -- DAY

Sydney pulls up to the curb in front of Tylers apartment.

TYLER BLACK When do I get to see you again?

SYDNEY PITT About today we go see my mother.

TYLER BLACKIts a date. Ill go change.

Sydney smiles. Tyler smiles too. They both grin.

And hes out of the car. She watches him, as he hurries inthe rain -- her eyes on him until the moment he opens thedoor and is inside.


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EXT. SYDNEYS HOUSE -- LATER THAT DAY

The rain is mild. Sydneys car is in the driveway. Lord S12sits in an unmarked, black car on a hillside above thehouse, watching.

Sydney and Tyler come out of the house. They are dressedcasually. They get into the car.

INT. LORD S12S CAR -- DAY

Lord S12 stays behind them at a safe distance on the highway A two-lane road which leads from Vasco into Pila.

EXT. STREET -- PILA -- MOMENTS LATER

We see Sydneys car parked in front of a house. Lord S12 parks his car a distance behind Sydneys car. He sits therefor awhile.

INT. LORD S12S CAR -- MOMENTS LATER

Lord S12 watches as Sydney and Tyler come out of the house. A middle aged woman, Sydneys mother, is with them. They hugher. They get into the car, start it up. They leave.

Lord S12 waits a beat. Then, he gets out of the car, walkstowards the house, holding a THICK ROPE in one hand.

Lord S12 gets to the front door. We close on his finger pressing the "ring" button of a bell.

A BELL DINGS.

Sydneys mother opens the door wide. Lord S12 gives her anevil smile. And what happens next remains a mystery for now.

INT. NGUIZANIE CITY MALL -- DAY

Its a busy day. People everywhere. A BLACK HOODED TOPsteals an old ladys purse. He runs through the crowds.

Jason and Jeniffer, the video store girl, walk holdinghands. They look happy and in love. They own our heartsuntil we realize we are watching them THROUGH...

SNIPERS RIFLE SCOPE - A SNIPERS EYES

awaiting his shot -- Jason is the target.


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As the crowd in front of them walk off INTO VIEW in theother direction... exposing Jason... Now we see the sniperdressed in hippie outfit, the black sunglasses, and theearphone. LORD S63. Finger close to the trigger.

Just as the Hoody runs, pushes Jeniffer in front of Jason,

BOOM! She is hit by Lord S63s shot. She falls, inches from Jason, dead. Blood has splattered on Jasons face.

INT. LORD S63S NEST -- DAY

At the snipers heaven, Lord S63 snaps his head back to thescope, realizing hes shot the wrong person. Then he catchesa glimpse of Jason-

Jason ducks behind the gathering crowd, out of Lord S63sline of sight.

INT. NGUIZANIE CITY MALL -- DAY

Jason finds his way out as the Police move in.

INT. LORD S63S NEST -- DAY

Lord S63 is itching to get another shot off at Jason.

VOICE (ON EARPHONE)Get out of there - NOW!

After a beat, he packs up quickly, and leaves.

INT. SYDNEYS ROOM -- DAY

We ROLLS across details in the bedrooms floor... we see awomans bra, thong...man boxer...condom wrapper and we see-

Tyler under Sydney. They are passionately making love. As wecontinue to move around, we see, by degrees, that Tyler andSydney are naked. The nudity is never blatantly revealed tous, but implied. In other words, theyre covered in variousways from our POV, but we are aware of their exposure.

A CELLPHONE RINGS. Again. Its Sydneys phone.

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SYDNEY PITTShit. I have too. Thats myemergency ring tone.

Sydney fumbles for phone. She picks it up, listens.

SYDNEY PITTYeah.(beat)

Okay. Ill be there in a few minutes.

Sydney hangs up. She is there a long beat, staring. Shelooks disturbed. Tyler looks at her.

TYLER BLACK Whats wrong, Sydney?

SYDNEY PITTIve got to go to Pila.

TYLER BLACKBut we just came from there.

SYDNEY PITTIve got to go. They say its anemergency.

TYLER BLACKIll come with you.

EXT. SYDNEYS MOTHER HOUSE -- PILA -- DAY

There are lots of police cars, flashing lights, uniformed men, forensic specialists. They walk into the house.

INT. SYDNEYS MOTHER HOUSE -- DAY

As she walks down, she sees several uniformed men. They arestanding by the kitchen door.

They look at her as she comes closer to them -- then theleader opens the door, they move aside. She can see in thekitchen now. Her mother tied up in the air. Shes hanged, arope around her neck. Tyler stares. Tylers seen someone dielike this (hanged in the kitchen) before...


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EXT. SYDNEYS MOTHER HOUSE -- PILA -- DAY

Sydney and Tyler stands by an ambulance.

SYDNEY PITTI knew itll happen eventually.

Its all my fault.TYLER BLACK

No, its not your fault.

SYDNEY PITTYes it is.

He looks at her a beat. She is about to break intouncontrollable sobbing. He puts his arms around her.

TYLER BLACKIts OK. Its OK.

SYDNEY PITT(quietly)

I shouldnt stay away from her. Iknew shes goin to kill herself.

A FORENSIC SPECIALIST approaches.

TYLER BLACK Whats up, Doc?

FORENSIC SPECIALIST Ms. Pitt- judging from the bruiseson the body- your mothers death isnot a suicide- its a homicide. Itseems more like she fought backagainst her killer before she dies

Tyler gives us a look: I knew exactly her mothers death isnot a suicide. Lord V2s voice speaks on his mind as hethinks a beat.

LORD V2 (V.O.)They will harm everyone you knowuntil you surrender yourself tothem.

TYLER BLACKThey keep killin my relatives -first my parents, and now your mother - you are the next target- Iknow that for sure - their plan isto kill the people around me untilI give in myself to them.


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Sydney looks at him.

SYDNEY PITT What are you talking about? Whos"they... them"? And why would theywant to hurt me?

TYLER BLACKIts complicated, Sydney. Just staywith the police. Dont go home.Please. Ive got to go.

SYDNEY PITT What? Go where?

TYLER BLACK(breaking away)

Go see someone!

He runs toward a busy street.

SYDNEY PITT Who?! Tyler! Tyler!!!

EXT. BUSY STREET -- DAY

Tyler hurries to catch a TAXI as a CCTV CAMERA captures hisface.

Follow this SEQUENCE as...

INT. CIA SUBSTATION -- DAY

A VIEWING STATION gets MILLIONS of VIDEOS... Analyze throughBILLIONS of faces... A figure EMERGES from the SCREEN.

TYLERS FACE.

A TECHNICIAN send the data to CIA in Virginia...

EXT. LANGLEY, VIRGINIA -- DAY

Establishing shot -- CIA Headquarters


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INT. CIA -- DAY

In a CRI HUB, another TECHNICIAN receives the DATA. Hereports to C.I.A. DIRECTOR MURPHY

TECHNICIAN #3Sir, we intercepted an image from

Nguizanie. It has the face of thesubject.

C.I.A. DIRECTOR MURPHYSend it to Pentagon right now.

INT. LARRYS OFFICE -- PENTAGON -- DAY

Larry stares out the large window. Colonel Jade walks in.

COLONEL JADE Weve got something, sir.

They walk out of the office...

INT. HALLWAY -- PENTAGON -- DAY

...into the hallway. A colleague hands Colonel Jade a FILE.

LARRY NEALSON Are you tracking him?

COLONEL JADEYeah, thanks John. We have a team in the joint operations centertracking him - and the F.B.I. sendsome men. They are on their way to Nguizanie. Our men are ready justin case.

LARRY NEALSONGood. We cant take any chances. Weneed him to get that nuke back.

INT. TAXI -- DAY

Tyler is listening to the radio station.

CAR RADIO DJ (O.S.)--You want to taste somethingdifferent? Try Tom Fogs foot longice cream. The shop is at 3003 Ash Avenue, Nganga, Nguizanie. Go now!


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TYLER BLACKTom... Fog... Take me to Nganga.

TAXI DRIVER (an accent)

I cant. There is a hippie parade

going on somewhere around there. All roads are closed. You must takethe subway. Its also faster.

TYLER BLACKThen take me to the subway.

INT. PENTAGON -- JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER -- DAY

SUPER: "PENTAGON -- JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER"

Larry and Colonel Jade enter the joint operations center.

COLONEL JADE We pulled his background.

LARRY NEALSON What do we got?

COLONEL JADE No prior convictions. A very sadrecord. Both parents are dead. No more relatives.

LARRY NEALSONRun a cross check on any knownanomalies. And if there are any,talk to them.

GENERAL PAUL Will do, Mr. Secretary.

Larry addresses the room.

LARRY NEALSONPeople, listen up, this is a full priority situation. I demand extrafocus. Our target is a NguizanieResident, Tyler Black, I want allhis phones, his apartment, his car, bank accounts, credit cards. Iwanna know everything he does.Every dirty little secret he has. And most of all, we want to knowthe kind of power hes claimed tohave. Any question?


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(looks around) All right, lets get to work.

INT. PILA SUBWAY PLATFORM -- DAY

Tyler is heading down the stairs to the subway platform. After a moment, the TRAIN arrives. Tyler gets on the train.

INT. PENTAGON -- BRIEFING ROOM -- DAY

Larry is giving an ANNOUNCEMENT SPEECH to the press.

LARRY NEALSON As Secretary of Defense, it is myduty to make this announcement. Wehave lost a nuclear bomb on one ofour cargo ships in the Atlanticocean. Its already confirmed thisis a plot by a terrorist groupcalled Strongish.

REPORTER #1Has any threat been made yet?

LARRY NEALSONThat is classified information.

REPORTER #2 Are there any other suspects?

INT. POLICE STATION -- DAY

Sydney watches the television.

ON THE TELEVISION SCREEN

LARRY NEALSONOne. A Nguizanie City Residentnamed Tyler Black.

GASPS from the REPORTERS. Larry struggles to be heard.

LARRY NEALSON We have F.B.I. Teams searching him around in the city of Nguizanie...

(a beat)I thank you for your time.

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EXT. SUBWAY -- DAY

The train winds its way to Nganga.

INT. SUBWAY -- DAY

Tyler sits comfortably in the train. He sees a beautiful black woman sitting opposite him. She wears a black blousewith red buttons. He stares at her a long beat. She remindshim of his mother-

FLASHBACK

Sarah smiles at him. Sarah is hit on the head. Sarah ishanged, dead in the kitchen. Tyler stares and cries

INT. SUBWAY -- DAY

Tyler comes out of the flashback. He is still staring at the black woman when a curious thing happens...

...he notices that the top red button close to her neckstarts to move a little, like another button is trying toemerge from it, like a red penny shaking.

ITS A SHARPSHOOTERS LASER!

Tyler reacts-

TYLER BLACKDIVE ASIDE!!!

...but its too late as bullets rip into her neck, cuttingher head off...Tyler crouches. Everyone panics, runs wild.

...all this as the black womans head rolls down the floorand the rest of her body hits the floor, blood shooting out.Tyler looks up, sees two "hippies": LORD S77 and LORD S93.The train goes to a stop. People precipitates toward theexits. He wades into a thong of people as they follow afterhim. And hes out of the train.

EXT. SUBWAY -- DAY

Tyler runs on a busy subway platform -- heads to the stairsthat leads to the street. A CCTV camera watches him.


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TECHNICIAN #1 watches the data arrive.

TECHNICIAN #1Subject is existing the subway.

Larry watches the monitor: Lord S77 and S93 runs afterTyler.

LARRY NEALSON Who are those guys?

TECHNICIAN #2 Not ours.

LARRY NEALSONGimme their identities onscreen.

TECHNICIAN #1Searching profiles...Online...Now.

A window flashes onscreen, that reads, "NO PROFILES FOUND."

LARRY NEALSONThat cant be right.

TECHNICIAN #1These men have no identities. Theydont exit, sir.

Larry looks confused.

EXT. ICE CREAM SHOP -- DAY

Tyler crosses a busy street. He heads to Tom Fogs shop.F.B.I. TEAM ONE watches from a parked VAN.


TECHNICIAN #2 watches the data arrive.

TECHNICIAN #2Sir, subject is entering an icecream shop.

Larry watches the feeds.


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INT. ICE CREAM SHOP -- DAY

It is not even closing time as JACOB walks over to the frontdoor of the shop and locks the door. He then flips the"open" sign over so that it now reads "closed."

A few straggling customers walk up to the door as he doesthis and scoff at the "closed" sign.

JACOBSorry. We gotta close sometimes.

Jacob then walks back over to the counter. In front of thecounter, Tyler is standing there.


Larry watches the main screen.

LARRY NEALSONI want a visual in the shop.

TECHNICIAN #1Its coming right away, sir.


The shop security camera watches Tyler and Jacob.


A surveillance video plays onscreen -- Tyler is talking toJacob. OPERATIONS CENTER chatter about Jacobs identity.

LARRY NEALSONI need an audio, people. I want tohear what theyre saying.

TECHNICIAN #1Cant get an audio in the shop.


Tyler talks to Jacob.

TYLER BLACK Wheres Tom Fog?


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JACOB Why are you looking for him?

TYLER BLACKJust tell me where he is!

JACOBI dont know. He was gone earlytoday. But he has left yousomething behind. He told me togive it to you when you get here.

Jacob walks over to the back of the counter, grabs a package. He hands it to Tyler. Tyler opens the package.

TYLER BLACK A prepaid cell phone?

The shop phone rings, Jacob answers it.

JACOB(on the phone)

Tom Fogs ice cream, how might Ihelp you today?

(to Tyler)Its for you.

TYLER BLACK Whos it?

JACOB Who do you think?

Tyler takes the phone.

TYLER BLACKYeah. Tyler Black.


Larry watches as Tyler takes phone call.

LARRY NEALSON Who is he talking to you? I need tohear that phone talk.

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TECHNICIAN #1Its gotta be a prepaid phone.

Larry looks confused.

INT. ICE CREAM SHOP -- DAYTyler listens.

LORD V2 (V.O.) Nganga Boulevard, fifteen minutes.

TYLER BLACK Who is this?

INT. CAR TRAVELING -- DAY

LORD V2Its me. Lord V2. Activate the SIM card on the new cellphone. Thatsyour new phone. Youd need it.


Tyler hangs up the phone -- activates the SIM CARD on thenew cellphone and leaves.

F.B.I. AGENT CRUST (O.S.) Are you getting the motion?


TECHNICIAN #1The subject is on the move.

The joint operations center reacts...

LARRY NEALSON Wheres he going? Gimme visual onthe street.

INT. BUILDING -- ACROSS FROM ICE CREAM SHOP -- DAY

F.B.I. AGENT TWO searches over a wide area, aims to theentrance of the ice cream shop. Tyler is mobile.


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F.B.I. AGENT TWOHes on the move.

EXT. BUSY STREET -- OUTSIDE THE ICE CREAM SHOP -- DAY

Jacob follows out Tyler. A BLACK SUV pulls out behind them.JACOB

Where are you going?

TYLER BLACK Nganga Boulevard.

Tyler steals a MOTORCYCLE. He STARTS it up.

INT. STRONGISH HEADQUARTERS -- COMMAND CENTER -- DAY

Lord S1 watches as the feed from the black SUV comes through

LORD S63 (V.O.) We have the target confirmed.

LORD S1 Where is he going?

LORD S63 Nganga Boulevard.

EXT. NGANGA BOULEVARD -- DAY

Lord V2 arrives at Nganga Boulevard. He carries a backpack.Real live Hippies mill around the streets. Its a PARADE!

EXT. BUSY STREET -- CONTINUOUS

As Tyler on the motorcycle moves away, the black SUV pullsout behind it. A BLUE GARBAGE TRUCK briefly blocks his path.Looking in on Tyler calling Sydney on the phone.

LORD S57 (V.O.)Stand by at Nganga Boulevard...

INT. SYDNEYS ROOM -- DAY

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EXT. NGANGA BOULEVARD -- DAY

Lord V2 moving through the massive crowds of people...

EXT. MOTORCYCLE -- NGANGA BOULEVARD -- MOMENTS LATER

Tyler stops the motorcycle. Checks the prepaid phone. Looksaround -- Real hippies mill around the streets, the policesurvey the area. He is not sure what his next move is.


Larry watches the feeds. All screens have the same image.

LARRY NEALSON What is that?

TECHNICIAN #1Its a Hippie Parade, sir.

LARRY NEALSON Where is the subject?

TECHNICIAN #1F.B.I. TEAM ONE -- give us visualon the subject.

EXT. STREET -- NGANGA BOULEVARD -- DAY

F.B.I. TEAM ONE- Agent Crust gets off the VAN, leading anunit of F.B.I. AGENTS- take up a position on a corner acrossfrom where Tyler stands. They focus cameras across at Tyler.

EXT. EXTERIOR STORE -- NGANGA BOULEVARD -- DAY

Lord V2 walks over to an exterior store, buys a hippiecostume for himself and one for Tyler. He puts one outfit inthe backpack. He turns to a corner and he is out of sight.


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INT. PENTAGON -- JOINT OPERATIONS CENTER -- CONTINUOUS

Screens come alive with a POV of Tyler. Larry watches the monitors: Tyler moves around Nganga Boulevard.

TECHNICIAN #2

Sir, subject is moving around Nganga Boulevard.


Tyler stops the motorcycle, moves on foot through a massivecrowd. Behind him, inside the Nganga Boulevard opened mall,Lord V2 emerges wearing the hippie costume. He looks justlike every other hippies on the parad

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