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SYNOPSIS:
Ifan dreams of the martyrs and we meet the 1913 team.
SC1. EXT. CARDIFF BAY HARBOUR - NIGHT - 2014
[BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE WATER, A SUNK
WW2 GERMAN SUBMARINE IS SETTLED IN THE
SILT.
THE TOP IS PROPPED OPEN.
A DIVER HOVERS ABOVE THE OPENING.
THE DIVER ATTACHES AN HOURGLASS SHAPED
OBJECT CONNECTED TO VARIOUS WIRES AND
EXPLOSIVES TO THE INSIDE OF THE OPENING.
ON THE WATER‘S SURFACE, A RED MOTORBOAT
IDLES IN THE DISTANCE.]
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SC2. INT. PRIVATE HOSPITAL ROOM - SAINT PAUL‘S HOSPITAL -
DAY - VANCOUVER - 2014
[JONATHAN AETHERS; 35, LIES IN A COMA IN A
HOSPITAL BED.
WEARING HOSPITAL PYJAMAS, JONATHAN’S
HOOKED UP TO VARIOUS LIFE SUPPORT
MACHINES AT THE HEAD OF THE BED.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON(V.O.)
“Jonathan Aethers has lain in a coma in an Isolation Ward since
nineteen twelve. His body, it’s like it’s frozen in time. He doesn’t age,
he won’t die, but he’s not really living, either.”
[DOCTOR BAILEY O’BANNION ENTERS.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON(V.O.)
“A bit more then a century ago, Jonathan set out to prove the
existence of dark energy. He was laughed out of all the major British
research institutions. The University College of London thought him a
lunatic; he was anything but.”
[BAILEY TAKES A LOOK AT THE VARIOUS LIFE
SUPPORT MACHINES.
BAILEY MARKS DOWN THE RESULTS IN A SMALL
NOTEBOOK.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON(V.O.)
“In nineteen ten, signals got crossed; Jonathan was under the
mistaken belief he’d been offered a position with the CPB; that we
were setting up a lab for him. We’d never even heard of him as far as
I knew. Jonathan spent the next two years working the docks of Bute
for passage to Canada, arriving in Vancouver in nineteen twelve. Poor
guy, there was no job for him.”
[BAILEY PERFORMS A PHYSICAL EXAM ON
JONATHAN.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON(V.O.)
“I thought Jonathan may have been on to something, so I did what I
could to help him out. I was able to get a granting agency to provide
funding for a private lab. I helped Jonathan set it up in a warehouse
on the corner of West Cordova and Richards Street; where the
Harbour Centre is now.”
[BAILEY EXITS, CARRYING A SET OF PHYSICAL
SAMPLES TAKEN FROM JONATHAN.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON(V.O.)
“The last time I spoke to Jonathan, he told me about a new machine
he’d built. His aim had been to detect the presence of ‘dark energy’.
The man was about a century ahead of his peers. The Time Line
Investigation Unit in Bloomsbury, the Shropshire Patrol Company,
the bases in Melbourne and Sydney; they all work off the foundational
work of Jonathan’s core ideas. As far as the rest of the world is
considered, the term ‘Dark Energy’ wasn’t coined until nineteen ninety
eight by Michael Turner. Nowadays it’s considered to be one more
basic component to our universe. Back then it wasn’t taken seriously
by anyone.”
[THE ERA CHANGES TO NINETEEN TWELVE.
JONATHAN’S HOSPITAL PJAMAS REVERT TO AN
EARLIER STYLE.
THE LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPTMENT REVERTS TO AN
EARLIER TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON(V.O.)
“Intrigued by his plans, I waited to hear back on the results. I hadn’t
heard from Jonathan in days, I was getting impatient for news of his
latest findings. Eventually, I decided to go see him. I found him lying
on the floor of the warehouse.”
[COLE JACOB BILLINGTON ENTERS.
CHARLIE DENTON ENTERS, FOLLOWED BY
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO.
DIRECTOR TO THE CPB; CHARLIE IS IN HIS MID
THIRTIES, POSH WELSH.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“Let’s set up an isolation ward, we don’t want this spreading to the
other patients. I’ll look into arranging a private lab and let’s keep this
out of the society pages fellows.”
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SC3. INT. MAIN ROOM OF CPB BASE - DAY - 1912
[JONATHAN IS STOOD IN THE CENTRE OF THE
ROOM.
COLE, CHARLIE AND BLAINE ARE STOOD NEARBY.
EMILY IS SAT AT THE DESK THAT WILL ONE DAY
BECOME BRITTANY‘S.
EMILY FOCUSES ON HER BOOKKEEPING DUTIES.
TURNING, JONATHAN FACES COLE.]
JONATHAN AETHERS
“Cole, how did I get here? The last thing I remember, I was in the
warehouse.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“What warehouse?”
JONATHAN AETHERS
“The warehouse you helped me get for my laboratory. You set it up for
me.”
[CHARLIE STEPS FORWARD.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“Your lab’s where it’s always been Jonathan. Down the corridor, past
the med lab. There was never any warehouse.”
JONATHAN AETHERS
“No, but there was. I came here, thinking I had a position, and there
was nothing. No job. I worked two years at the Bute docks in Cardiff
to afford the passage, but there was nothing. Nothing until Cole
worked out an arrangement with a granting agency to help me rent
out a warehouse to do my work in. I was all on my own.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“That never happened. We’re glad to have you on our Team
Jonathan. Your mind is amazing.”
CHARLIE DENTON
“He’s right lad, I’d a been a fool to turn you away. I know brilliance
when I see it, you Jonathan are brilliant. You are just the man we
need in this new century of ours.”
[BLAINE LEADS JONATHAN TOWARDS THE MED
LAB.]
DOCTOR GIANCOMO
“Come on lad, let’s go check you over to see what’s going on in that
head of yours.”
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SC4. INT. PRIVATE HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY - 1912
[JONATHAN LIES IN A COMA IN THE HOSPITAL
BED.
THE CENTURY PASSES AS THOUGH VIA TIME
LAPSE PHOTOGRAPHY.
THE SCENE AROUND JONATHAN’S BED APPEARS
TRANSPARENT.
JONATHAN’S PJAMAS CHANGE THROUGHOUT THE
DECADES.
THE BEDSPREAD CHANGES THROUGHOUT THE
DECADES.
THE LIFE SUPPORT EQUIPMENT ADVANCES IN
TECHNOLOGICAL LEVEL THROUGHOUT THE
DECADES.
DOCTORS AND NURSES, VARYING THROUGHOUT
THE PASSING CENTURY; UNIFORMS, HAIR STYLES
AND MAKE UP CHANGING AS THE DECADES
SPEED BY; ENTER, FIDDLE WITH EQUIPMENT AND
TAKE PHYSICAL SAMPLES FROM JONATHAN.
TECHNICIANS AND INTERNS, VARYING
THROUGHOUT THE PASSING CENTURY;
UNIFORMS, HAIR STYLES AND MAKE UP
CHANGING AS THE DECADES SPEED BY; ENTER
AND FIDDLE WITH EQUIPMENT.
VOLUNTEERS, VARYING THROUGHOUT THE
PASSING CENTURY; UNIFORMS, HAIR STYLES AND
MAKE UP CHANGING AS THE DECADES SPEED BY;
ENTER, OPEN THE CURTAINS, ALLOWING IN THE
SUN AND SIT WITH JONATHAN.
CLEANING TECHNICIANS, VARYING THROUGHOUT
THE PASSING CENTURY; UNIFORMS, HAIR STYLES
AND MAKE UP CHANGING AS THE DECADES
SPEED BY; ENTER AND CLEAN THE ROOM.
COLE SITS WITH JONATHAN, CLOTHING AND HAIR
STYLE CHANGING, READING VARIOUS BOOKS
THROUGHOUT THE DECADES.
EMILY VISITS WITH BLAINE.
CECIL SMITH VISITS WITH GENERAL TYSON
MONTGOMERY, ROBERT CHU, DOCTOR GILLES
FONTAINE AND DETECTIVE CALVIN EDWARDS.
REBECCA JONES VISITS WITH ELIZABETH MAY,
GEORGE GALLOWAY AND BAILEY.
COLE VISITS WITH SAMUEL PETERS, BRITTANY
LONGFELLOW AND DOCTOR REGINALD
DESMOIRE.]
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SC5. INT. CARNEGIE COMMUNITY CENTRE - DAY - 2014
[BRITTANY IS SAT AT A TABLE.
ACROSS FROM BRITTANY IS SAT KARA.
MEAGHAN IS SAT IN A STROLLER.]
KARA
“I’m worried about Meaghan’s father; he’s been selling his body to
help me and Meaghan out. It feels wrong profiting off the avails of
prostitution. Not to mention, am I breaking the law, accepting the cash
he gives me? It goes to looking after Meaghan. Legally, he has to help
out, seeing as he’s the father; but not at the expense of his self
respect.”
BRITTANY LONGFELLOW
“It does pose a dilemma. Its perfectly legal for him to do that, but you
inadvertently take on the role of a madam by accepting cash. But if
you don’t accept the funds, he can be held liable for not looking after
his financial obligation to his daughter. I have a friend dealing with that
issue, selling their body due to a lack of better options. You can try to
get him to come see me for career counselling. Its good that you
realize that’s not a path you should take.”
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SC6. INT. CPB PRIVATE LAB - SAINT PAUL‘S HOSPITAL - DAY -
2014
[BAILEY ENTERS FROM A HOSPITAL CORRIDOR.
WE SEE THE WORDS ‘CPB PRIVATE LAB’ WRITTEN
ACROSS THE DOOR.
SAMUEL PETERS ENTERS BEHIND BAILEY.
THE LAB IS SET UP WITH TABLES OF CHEMICAL
VIALS, DNA SAMPLES AND COMPUTER MONITORS
RUNNING QUANTUM SIMULATIONS.
BAILEY TYPES A CODE INTO THE CLOSEST
COMPUTER.
A SIMULATED QUANTUM BURROWER TAKES
SHAPE ON THE MONITOR.
THE CREATURE IS A BLACK SLUG SHAPED LIKE A
CRESCENT MOON.]
DOCTOR BAILEY O’BANNION
“We’ve finally got the technology to see what we’re dealing with here. I
give you the Quantum Burrower’ Sam.”
[SAMUEL STEPS UP TO SEE THE IMAGE ON THE
MONITOR.]
SAMUEL PETERS
“That’s in Jonathan’s brain? Yeesh!”
DOCTOR BAILEY O’BANNION
“Technically its nested in the quantum foam making up the atoms
forming his brain. This is why his telomeres are quantum locked onto
one instant in time; the quantum foam creates a shield of
timelessness.”
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SC7. INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT - VANCOUVER - 5080
[IFAN FENCIS IS SAT AT A TABLE.
A GREY METAL WATER FOUNTAIN IS SET NEARBY
IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM.
WE SEE THE VIEW OF IFAN’S TABLE THROUGH A
WINDOW FROM THE STREET.
ACROSS FROM IFAN IS SAT CORA FENCIS.
NEXT TO IFAN, ON HIS RIGHT IS SAT CAPTAIN
MYRA BAINBRIDGE.
IFAN, CORA AND MYRA HAVE PLATES OF
ASPARAGUS AND HONEYED NECTARINES AND
PINEAPPLE.]
CAPTAIN MYRA BAINBRIDGE
“I need to find a new research intern, since you’ve seconded Liz
Carnegie.”
IFAN FENCIS
“Sorry about that, let’s just say she’s a family friend and leave it at
that.”
CAPTAIN MYRA BAINBRIDGE
, “Are you enjoying Canada, Cora?”
CORA FENCIS
“This end of it, definitely. Must have been here before, in another life.”
CAPTAIN MYRA BAINBRIDGE
“Definitely.”
IFAN FENCIS
“I hope you don’t mind, feel free not to answer if you’d prefer not to
Myra. I know people have different views on the quantum network
uplinks. Have you had the memory grafts, connecting you consciously
to your former lives?”
CAPTAIN MYRA BAINBRIDGE
“I have. I worked here in the city with the Commonwealth Protection
Bureau twice. First as Emily during the original inception of the
organization in the early twentieth century, then as Rebecca Jones at
the end of the century.”
IFAN FENCIS
“Of course. Do you remember me?”
CAPTAIN MYRA BAINBRIDGE
“Should I?”
IFAN FENCIS
“Like Cora said, must have been here before.”
[UNDER THE TABLE, IFAN TEXTS CORA ON HIS
E-READER.
CORA’S BLACK VINYL PURSE MAKES AN S.O.S.
BEEP.
CORA RETRIEVES HER E-READER FROM HER
PURSE.
CORA CLICKS ON THE MESSAGE APP.
IFAN HAS SENT - ‘MUST BE THROWN OFF THE
SCENT DUE TO OUR TEMPORAL DISPLACEMENT.’
CORA RETURNS THE E-READER TO HER PURSE.]
IFAN FENCIS
“I’ve read the historic job performance reviews for that era. Cole
Billington really must not have noticed the connection between the two
women at all. By all accounts, he was bonkers about Emily, and yet
he despised Rebecca.”
CAPTAIN MYRA BAINBRIDGE
“I think the fact that Emily died of the flu, somehow that led to Cole
deciding on a subconscious level never to open his heart to her
essence again. He didn’t want to mourn her a second time.”
IFAN FENCIS
“That makes sense. He was miserable over Cecil’s passing, and he
adored Emily.”
[UNDER THE TABLE, WE SEE CORA’S HAND
INTERTWINED WITH IFAN’S.]
CORA FENCIS
“Have you been following the recent ideological battles over the
ethical status of the quantum memory uplinks Myra? On the one
hand, we’ve got traditionalists who say if God wanted us to remember
our former lifetimes, we’d be born with the memories. Some go as far
as to claim the quantum net memories are fictional lies created either
by the Devil or by some power elite. I’m never quite sure what these
people think this mythical power elite plan to do with these imaginary
memories.”
IFAN FENCIS
“People have been making paranoid claims about some power elite
playing mind games through the storytelling medium for thousands of
years. Before the Pacific inundation of Los Angeles hundreds of years
ago when the Hollywood infrastructure collapsed and the film industry
moved en-mass to Cardiff; kooks claimed the entertainment industry
was run by Satan. Of course, Britain didn’t fair any better in those
folks eyes; they accused the BBC of using subliminal images on
behalf of the Illuminati.”
CORA FENCIS
“I never got that either, visual story telling is all about the messages
we tell ourselves, the messages we want to communicate amongst
groups, and the messages we want others to understand. If you don’t
like the message being broadcast by a group of individuals, you
always have the option of not watching the program. Unlike plot lines
that disturb your sensibilities, due to violence or some such, silly
things like the use of a pyramid or the all seeing eye are only there to
unlock quantum memory codes in members of the artists’ soul clade.”
CAPTAIN MYRA BAINBRIDGE
“That truly shows us what the conspiracy theorists are afraid of. Art is
about transformation, changing the world. At the heart of it all, the
conspiracy theorists fear change, they want society to conform and
stagnate. They’re Divisionists to their very core. They see respected
artistes as a threat to their conformist view of life, because those with
a wide viewership have a greater chance of instigating societal
change on a micro level, individual to individual. If they’re very, very
lucky, this eventually culminates in societal change on a macro level.”
IFAN FENCIS
“Of course, this societal change is all orchestrated behind the scenes
from a source level, so when conformists enact a backlash to the
forward movement of societal unity and diversity, the one their really
rebelling against is God. I would not want to be on the man upstairs’
black list.”
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SC8. INT. CPB MAIN ROOM - DAY - 1913
[THROUGH THE AJAR DOOR OF THE DIRECTOR’S
OFFICE, WE SEE CHARLIE SAT AT HIS DESK.
EMILY IS SAT AT HER DESK, DOING THE
BOOKKEEPING.
LEANING OVER EMILY’S DESK, BLAINE IS STOOD
NEXT TO HER.
COLE ENTERS FROM THE LOUNGE.
ON HIS HEAD, COLE SPORTS A FEDORA WITH A
FEATHER IN ITS BRIM.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Hello Emily, Doctor."
CHARLIE DENTON(O.O.V.)
"Captain."
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Charles."
[BLAINE STRAIGHTENS UP.
CHARLIE STEPS INTO THE CORRIDOR FROM HIS
OFFICE.]
EMILY
"You’re just the man we were speaking of."
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Good things, I hope."
[CHARLIE STEPS INTO THE ROOM.]
CHARLIE DENTON
"Actually; we were debating the merits of your theatrical skills."
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Excuse me?"
[EMILY GETS TO HER FEET.
STEPPING CLOSE TO COLE, EMILY PLACES A
HAND AGAINST HIS HEART.]
EMILY
"There's trouble down by the Hastings Mill. The city's vagrants have
made a lot of noise pertaining to some monster preying on them."
[COLE RUNS A HAND ALONG EMILY’S ARM.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Oh?”
[STEPPING FORWARD, CHARLIE HANDS COLE A
STACK OF PAGES.]
CHARLIE DENTON
"We need you to go undercover amongst the hard luck cases, make
them believe you are one of them, get their trust."
EMILY
"Shouldn't be too hard, I should think."
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“You want to dirty me up a bit, Emily?”
EMILY
“I doubt that needs to be a two person affair, Captain.”
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SC9. EXT. EAST HASTINGS STREET - NIGHT - 1913
[HASTINGS MILL IS IN THE BACKGROUND.
IN THE FOREGROUND COLE IS SAT ON THE
CEMENT STOOP OF A RAMSHACKLE BUILDING.
COLE’S HAIR IS DISHEVELLED.
COLE WEARS CLOTHING OF A LOWER QUALITY
THAN IS USUAL FOR HIM.
SAT AROUND COLE ARE THE HASTINGS STREET
BOYS.
THE HASTINGS STREET BOYS ARE A GROUP OF
FIFTEEN YOUNG MEN BETWEEN THE AGE OF
NINETEEN AND TWENTY THREE.
COLE AND THE OTHERS SHARE A MEAL OF MEAT
AND POTATOES AMONGST THEMSELVES.
COLE SCOOPS A SPOONFUL OF POTATOES FROM
A LARGE POT ONTO THE PLATE OF THE YOUNG
MAN SAT NEXT TO HIM, DAVID REILLY.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“They found Brad’s body on the railroad tracks this morning. Any idea
how to stay clear of this thing’s radar, anyone?”
DAVID REILLY
“Stop going off with strange men, would be the best bet.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“A man’s got to make a living somehow. I don’t hear you boys
complaining about the food I brought you. Money doesn’t grow on
trees, you know.”
[A HORSE AND CARRIAGE PULLS TO A STOP IN
FRONT OF THE MEN.
INSIDE THE CARRIAGE IS CHARLIE DENTON.
CHARLIE WEARS A FAKE MUSTACHE AND A PAIR
OF GLASSES.
GAZING ACROSS TOWARDS CHARLIE, COLE GETS
TO HIS FEET.
COLE WANDERS OVER TO THE CARRIAGE.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Here’s my John of the night, ta boys!”
[THE MEN HOOT.
COLE CLIMBS INTO THE CARRIAGE NEXT TO
CHARLIE.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“We’ve still got nothing.”
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SC10. EXT. EAST CORDOVA STREET - TWILIGHT - 1913
[COLE IS STOOD ON THE PAVEMENT.
DAVID REILLY FACES OFF AGAINST COLE.
DAVID IS SICKLY, FACE CALLOW WITH YELLOW
PALLOR.
DAVID OPENS HIS MOUTH, REVEALING GREY,
SERRATED TEETH.
THESE ARE THE INCISORS OF A SENATORIAL
INCUBI.
COLE DODGES DAVID’S REACH.
COLE DODGES TO THE LEFT.
COLE DODGES TO THE RIGHT.
COLE SHOVES DAVID AWAY, HARD.
DAVID HITS THE GROUND HARD, CRACKING HIS
HEAD ON THE ROAD.
HERE DAVID LIES, UNSEEING IN DEATH.
BLOOD POURS OUT FROM BENEATH DAVID’S
HEAD.
VAPOUR FLOWS FROM THE CORPSES’
NOSTRILS.
THE VAPOUR RISES FULLY FROM THE CORPSE.
THE VAPOUR SPREADS OUT, PULSATING.
THE VAPOUR RISES UP BEHIND COLE.
COLE SPINS AROUND.
COLE SEARCHES FOR THE VAPOUR WARILY.
THE VAPOUR WHOOSHES UP COLE’S ANKLES,
BILLOWING UP THE RIGHT LEG OF HIS
TROUSERS.
COLE VISIBLY SHUDDERS; THE CREATURE
ENTERING HIM FROM BEHIND.]
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SC11. EXT. FIELD - COUNTY CORK - PRE-DAWN - 1941
[STOOD ON A HILL IS TOM MULLALY; A TALL,
SKINNY SPRIGGAN WITH GREEN SPINDLY LEGS
AND ARMS.
TOM’S EYES HAVE BLACK, SAUCER SHAPED
IRISES.
FARM LAND REACHES TO THE HORIZON.
ABOVE THE HORIZON, A CRESCENT MOON
SHAPED OPENING FILLS THE SKY ABOVE A
FARM HOUSE.
WHITE LIGHT UNDULATES IN THE
OPENING.
FLASHES OF GREEN GAMMA RAYS
SPARKLE SNAKE LIKE INSIDE THE LIGHT.]
AUSTEN JAMES(V.O.)
“The world is full of secrets and lies, the biggest are those we
tell ourselves. We play the game called Humanity, forgetting
who we truly are. Am I a writer, am I a physicist, or am I this
creature you see before you now, Tom; Spriggan born? I am
all these things and none of these things. When Tom was but a mere
lad born of the wild lands of Cornwall, his kin rejected him, his
brightness revealing where his true allegiance lie. To good for the likes
of the Truro Clansmen, unlike his fellow dark kin, Tom’s allegiances lie
in brighter courts. Searching for a place to call his own, Tom followed
the old roads to the waters‘ edge and beyond. Seeking freedom to be
the man he was meant to be, Tom snuck aboard a Human freighter
bound for Eire.”
[THE SKY AROUND THE ANOMALY LIGHTENS WITH
THE APPROACHING DAWN.
THE DEVELOPING DAWN SLOWLY REVEALS
NUMEROUS DARK KIN LAIN IN WAIT HIDDEN
AMONG THE GRASS.
THE CREATURES ARE VARIOUS SPECIES OF FAE.
THE CREATURES ARE TINY, BIG, BEAUTIFUL AND
HORRIFICALLY UGLY.
WEAK AND STRONG, EVERY CREATURE ONE CAN
IMAGINE; THEY ARE ALL HERE.]
AUSTEN JAMES(V.O.)
“Waiting, watching, praying, dreaming, scheming, everything and
nothing; it was all here, on this day, on this hour, this very moment. It
was a time of war in the Human realm, a time when the whole world
was in a mighty uproar. This war had been joined in common cause
by both the bright court and the dark kin of Tom’s realm. It was not
only the Germans that posed a threat to Britain’s shores, but also his
own blighted dark kin. The shadow fae fought a secret war against the
Bright Court, joined in common purpose with the Human monstrosities
calling themselves Nazis. The same war was waged amidst Faery
Courts of every other land. Where Humanity led, the Faery Realm
followed. The same could be said for the Fae, intertwined so
inexorably with Humanity, they could be said to be bound to
Humanity’s soul. Indeed, double lives were lived, amongst Humanity
and fae. The Fae were the inner darkness, as well as the shining
brilliance of the Human soul. Humans are the planet’s smartest
animal, they need the Fae, both good and bad, to remind them they
are far more than just a mere animal.”
[THE LIGHT WITHIN THE ANOMALY INCREASES IN
BRIGHTNESS.
THE GAMMA RAYS HIT THE OUTER EDGES OF THE
ANOMALY.
THE REBOUNDING CURRENT PUSHES OUT THE
OUTER BOUNDARY OF THE ANOMALY.
THE ANOMALY IS NOW DOUBLE ITS ORIGINAL
SIZE.]
AUSTEN JAMES(V.O.)
“From infant to crone, from child to Maiden, from boy to warrior; there
was a choice to be made. Light or dark, love or hate, freedom or
slave. Each and every day, the choice must be made, the decisions of
man would determine the reality of the future. Tom Mullaly would
show them the way, he’d be the torch bearer to a better way. Born to
darkness, fate seemingly sealed, Tom had chosen a better way, and
in his example he’d show Humanity a better way. If Tom was very,
very lucky, perhaps his message would get through to his own fellow
Dark Kin. He’d grant them the knowledge that their fate was not yet
sealed, they too could chose a better way.”
[WITHIN THE ANOMALY, THE CENTRE BEGINS TO
CONTORT.
THE ANOMALY GROWS EVER BRIGHTER.
THE NOSE OF A JET PLANE, CIRCA EARLY
TWENTY FIRST CENTURY SLIDES THROUGH THE
ANOMALY.
QUANTUM LOCKED, THE PLANE REMAINS WITHIN
THE ANOMALY.
WITHIN THE ANOMALY, LIGHTNING FLASHES.
THE PLANE IS BUFFETED BY A SURGE OF COSMIC
WIND.
BEYOND THE ANOMALY, ALL IS CALM; THE SUN
RISES PAST THE HORIZON.]
AUSTEN JAMES(V.O.)
“The entropic force bound up in Humanity’s ever spiralling death wish
of over-population and lack of sustainability could only be
countermanded via the species’ connection to their fae brethren. From
death, emanates new life; life everlasting, self perpetuating, never
ending, never stopping. Without death, there could be no life. It was an
unstoppable force, the snake devouring it’s own tail, infinity tossed
upon the seas of life; the Ferry Man taking the coins of the dead.”
[A CLUTCH OF FIVE JENNY GREEN TEETH RISE UP
FROM A CROUCHED POSITION IN THE GRASS.
THESE FIVE HAVE GREEN SKIN.
THEY ARE LONG AND LANKY, THEIR BLACK HAIR
REACHING THEIR ANKLES.]
AUSTEN JAMES(V.O.)
“Humanity no longer acknowledged their Fae kin, they’d forgotten that
there was life, as well as death. The force of life the Fae held onto had
been overcome by the death wish of the present leaders of the planet,
and Humanity’s fight with their own darkness had taken the faery
realm by storm. The wave of misery coming out of Germany rolled like
A tsynami, right across the Borderlands, an inadvertent attack of
shock and awe. Now both realms were in misery, neither able to
counterbalance the other, the self perpetuating life force an ever
present constant in the Faery realm smothered by Humanity’s death
wish.”
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SC12. INT. CPB MAIN ROOM - NIGHT - VANCOUVER - 1913
[EMILY IS STOOD IN FRONT OF HER DESK.
COLE ENTERS FROM THE LOUNGE.
COLE HAS CLEANED HIMSELF UP.
HE’S BACK IN HIS USUAL UNIFORM.]
EMILY
“Have we had a break in the case, Captain?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I think we can consider the case closed.”
EMILY
“That’s wonderful, I know how much you care for that group down on
Hastings, now they’ll be safe, safer, the life they lead can never truly
be considered safe, can it Cole?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“No, it can’t.”
[COLE WALKS PAST EMILY.
COLE LOOKS BACK AT HER FOR A BEAT.
TURNING AWAY, COLE BOLTS FROM THE ROOM.
TURNING, EMILY FINDS COLE NOWHERE TO BE
SEEN.]
EMILY
“Cole, what’s going on?”
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SC13. INT. DINER - DAY - PENARTH - 2014
[COLE IS SAT WITH PETE ROSCHILDE AT A TABLE
AGAINST A WALL.
OUTSIDE, A STORM RAGES.
CONSTABLE SERA RASMUSSEN IS SAT AT A
NEARBY TABLE IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM.
GERALD RASMUSSEN AND REGINALD ARE SAT
ACROSS FROM SERA.
COLE AND PETE HAVE COFFEES AND SCONES.
SERA AND GERALD HAVE TEAS WITH FRENCH
TOAST.
REGINALD HAS COFFEE AND A BRAN MUFFIN.
COLE FLIPS THROUGH A LOCAL PAPER.
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH ENTERS, SOAKED.
EVELYN WEARS A RAIN COAT.
A GUST OF RAIN WATER COMES THROUGH THE
ENTRANCE AS EVELYN CLOSES THE DOOR.
EVELYN WANDERS OVER TO THE CASHIERS’
DESK.]
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SC14. EXT. PENARTH MARINA - DAY - 2014
[CARDIFF BAY LIES IN THE DISTANCE.
BLACK THUNDER CLOUDS HOVER OVER THE
SHORE.
RAIN POUNDS THE GROUND AND SEA.
A SPOUT OF SEA WATER BURSTS FROM THE
SURFACE OF THE BAY IN THE DISTANCE.
THE RED MOTOR BOAT RUSHES TOWARDS
PENARTH.
AN EXPLOSION IN THE BAY ECHOES TOWARDS
THE SHORELINE.
THE DEVICE ATTACHED TO THE SUB HAS
DETONATED.
THE WATER SPOUT SETTLES.
THE AIR SURROUNDING THE SURFACE OF THE
WATER ATOP THE SUB UNDULATES IN A
TRANSPARENT CONCUSSIVE BLAST.
BLACK SOOTY SMOKE RISES FROM THE WATER’S
SURFACE.
ALONG THE SHORELINE, PEOPLE STOP TO GAPE
AT THE SPECTACLE.]
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SC15. EXT. THE DORIAN GRAY GENTLEMEN’S CLUB - NIGHT -
GAS TOWN - 1913
[YOUNG COUPLES ARE OUT ON THE TOWN.
WE’RE ON GRANVILLE STREET.
COLE HEADS SOUTH, DOWN THE STREET.
COLE IS DRESSED TO THE NINES.
COLE STROLLS UP TO THE CLUB’S ENTRANCE.
TYRONE, A FORMER ITERATION OF PETE; IS
STOOD TO COLE’S RIGHT.
TYRONE SMOKES A CIGAR.
TWO MEN STROLL PAST THE CLUB.
COLE REMAINS STOOD OUTSIDE THE CLUB.]
TYRONE
“Warm night, isn’t it?”
[COLE NODS TOWARDS THE NEARBY ALLEY TO
THE SOUTH.]
TYRONE
“Things are certainly looking up, aren’t they my friend?”
[COLE AND TYRONE HEAD TOWARDS THE ALLEY.
COLE AND TYRONE DISAPPEAR FROM SIGHT.]
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SC16. EXT. ALLEY - GRANVILLE STREET - NIGHT - 1913
[COLE APPROACHES TYRONE.
COLE PUSHES TYRONE BACK AGAINST THE BRICK
WALL OF THE NEXT BUILDING.
COLE KISSES TYRONE HARD ON THE MOUTH.
TYRONE PULLS AWAY, BREATHING HARD.]
TYRONE
"I’m Tyrone, what‘s your name, handsome fellow?"
[COLE PLACES HIS HANDS LOW ON TYRONE’S
THIGHS.
COLE FROTS HIS HIPS AGAINST TYRONE‘S.]
TYRONE
"You don‘t want to say, eh; I can respect that. A man has a right to his
secrets, after all."
[COLE AND TYRONE KISS.
CONTINUING TO KISS TYRONE, COLE RETRIEVES
A TUBE OF LUBE FROM HIS LEFT TROUSER
POCKET.
COLE HANDS THE TUBE OF LUBE TO TYRONE.
COLE REMOVES HIS TROUSERS.
COLE’S IN HIS UNDERWEAR, TROUSERS DOWN
AROUND HIS KNEES.
COLE OPENS A PACKAGE OF PROTECTION.
WE SEE COLE AND TYRONE FROM THE WAIST UP.
COLE’S BEHIND TYRONE NOW.
COLE AND TYRONE BEGIN ANOTHER KISS.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"I‘ll make you feel so good."
TYRONE
"Go on then."
[COLE THRUSTS AGAINST TYRONE.]
TYRONE
"You're amazing, oh, yeah! Oh, yeah!"
[WE SEE COLE AND TYRONE CONTINUE TO
THRUST AGAINST EACH OTHER FROM THE WAIST
UP.]
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SC17. INT. DINER - DAY - PENARTH - 2014
[EVELYN WALKS TOWARDS COLE’S TABLE,
COFFEE IN HAND.
COLE SMILES AS EVELYN, STOOD BEFORE HIM;
EXTENDS A HAND TOWARDS HIM.]
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Hello Captain Billington, I’m D. I. Waugh.”
[COLE SHAKES EVELYN’S HAND.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Nice to meet you Evelyn. This is Pete.”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Hello Pete.”
[EVELYN’S POLICE RADIO CRACKLES.]
POLICE DISPATCHER(OVER RADIO)
“All units are advised to be on high alert. We are getting reports of an
undersea explosion involving an unknown agent in the barrage.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Trouble in the barrage? I’m guessing that’s not a regular occurrence
Evelyn?”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Not lately. I have intel direct from the harbour master linking this
Incident to the Shadow Network. They were planning something
involving the harbour, I’m just not quite sure what.”
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SC18. INT. CPB MAIN ROOM - DAY - VANCOUVER - 1913
[HOLDING A CLIPBOARD, CHARLIE IS STOOD IN
THE CORRIDOR OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE.
COLE, EMILY AND BLAINE ARE STOOD IN THE
CENTRE OF THE ROOM.]
CHARLIE DENTON
"A sodomized corpse has been found in an alley next to The Dorian
Gray Gentlemen‘s club along Granville Street. The RCMP called it in
earlier this morning."
[COLE HURRIES TO CHARLIE’S SIDE.
COLE LOOKS OVER THE CLIPBOARD REPORT.]
EMILY
“It looks like the killer is still out there, Cole.”
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SC19. INT. DINER - DAY - PENARTH - 2014
[EVELYN TURNS TO GO.]
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Well it was nice to meet you Captain Billington. I’ve really got to head
across to the barrage. If these are the same people who stole your
paintings, I may be able to kill two birds with one stone.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Ew, bad choice of words there Evelyn.”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Good bye Captain.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Good bye Evelyn.”
[EVELYN EXIT’S THE DINER.
RAIN HITS EVELYN IN THE FACE AS SHE LEAVES.]
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SC20. EXT. THE DORIAN GRAY GENTLEMEN’S CLUB - DAY -
GAS TOWN - 1913
[THE CPB’S 's COMPANY HORSE AND CARRIAGE
COMES TO A STOP ACROSS FROM THE CLUB.
TWO RCMP OFFICERS ARE STOOD NEAR THE
ENTRANCE TO THE ALLEY.
COLE, EMILY, BLAINE AND CHARLIE STEP FROM
THE CARRIAGE.
COLE, EMILY, BLAINE AND CHARLIE CROSS TO
MEET THE OFFICERS.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“How many murders has this guy committed now?”
CONSTABLE SMITHERS
“Guy appears to be changing his MO. Whomever he is.”
CHARLIE DENTON
“How so?”
CONSTABLE SMITHERS
“For a start, the latest victim isn’t a young man; on top of that, there’s
plenty of cash left in his wallet.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“It wasn’t about money, then.”
CONSTABLE SMITHERS
“I suppose not.”
CHARLIE DENTON
“Can we see the body?”
[CONSTABLE SMITHERS STEPS ASIDE.
TYRONE’S CORPSE IS PROPPED UP AGAINST THE
WALL OF THE BUILDING.
CHARLIE HEADS INTO THE ALLEY.
CHARLIE TAKES A LOOK AT THE CORPSE.
BENDING DOWN, CHARLIE RETRIEVES TYRONE’S
WALLET.
CHARLIE FLIPS THROUGH TYRONE’S WALLET.
COLE BACKS AWAY TOWARDS THE STREET.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Oh God. Oh God."
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SC21. INT. COLE’S FRONT FOYER - BILLINGTON RESIDENCE -
DAY - YALE TOWN - 1913
[COLE OPENS THE FRONT DOOR.
EMILY IS STOOD ON THE FRONT PORCH.
A TRAIN PULLS INTO THE NEARBY FREIGHT
YARD.]
EMILY
“What are you doing lazing around here Cole? You just walked off
from the investigation. What gives? Cole, what’s wrong, are you sick?”
[COLE GRABS EMILY BY THE ARM.
MOVING QUICKLY, COLE PULLS EMILY INTO THE
ROOM.
A COUCH IS SAT IN THE CENTRE OF THE ROOM.
COLE KISSES EMILY GENTLY.
, EMILY RETURNS THE KISS FERVENTLY.]
EMILY
“Oh Captain, my Captain.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Do you want this as much as I do, Emily?”
EMILY
“I’m ashamed to admit it Captain, I know it’s not proper for a lady to be
so forward, but I’ve been so attracted to you ever since the first day I
met you. Right now, it‘s like you‘re giving off some sort of aphrodisiac,
oh God I want you something fierce Cole.”
[COLE MOVES UP CLOSE TO EMILY.
COLE ALLOWS EMILY TO UNDO HIS BELT AND
PULL IT OFF HIM.
UNFASTENING HIS TROUSERS, COLE PUSHES
THEM DOWN AROUND HIS ANKLES.
COLE LEADS EMILY TO THE COUCH.
TAKING A SEAT, COLE PULLS EMILY ONTO HIS
LAP.
COLE REACHES AROUND TO UNDO THE BUTTONS
ON EMILY’S CAMISOLE.]
EMILY
"All right, slow down Cole, take it easy there big fellow."
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I love the way you talk to me Emily.”
[COLE KISSES EMILY ROUGHLY.
EMILY GIVES AS GOOD AS SHE GETS.
THE FRONT DOOR BURSTS OPEN.
BLAINE AND CHARLIE RUSH INTO THE ROOM.
BLAINE AND CHARLIE HAVE THEIR REVOLVERS
OUT; AIMED IN COLE’S DIRECTION.
EMILY JUMPS OFF COLE IN FRIGHT.
COLE STANDS UP CASUALLY, COCKSURE.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Is there a problem gentlemen?”
CHARLIE DENTON
“There’s a problem all right.”
EMILY
“What are you two playing at?”
[TWO RCMP OFFICERS RUSH THROUGH THE
OPEN DOOR.
THE OFFICERS HAVE THEIR REVOLVERS ALSO
AIMED AT COLE.]
EMILY
"Can somebody please tell me what is going on?!"
[EMILY BUTTONS HER CAMISOLE.]
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
"Put your trousers on and come with us."
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I’ll come alright.”
CHARLES DENTON
"NOW!"
[COLE SAUNTERS TOWARDS THE DOOR.
COLE HAS HIS WRISTS HELD IN FRONT OF HIM,
MIMING HANDCUFFS.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Book me officer, we’ll have a real good time.”
EMILY
“Cole, what the hell is wrong with you?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“You really don’t want to know.”
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SC22. EXT. BILLINGTON RESIDENCE - DAY - YALE TOWN - 1913
[COLE LOCKS THE DOOR.
ON THE DOORSTEP BEHIND COLE ARE STOOD
EMILY, CHARLIE, BLAINE AND THE TWO RCMP
OFFICERS.
COLE TURNS TO FACE THE ROAD.
THE CPB COMPANY HORSE AND CARRIAGE IS
PARKED BEHIND THE RCMP HORSE AND
CARRIAGE.
COLE, EMILY, CHARLIE, BLAINE AND THE TWO
RCMP OFFICERS CROSS TOWARDS THE
CARRIAGES.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“A witness saw a man fitting the captain’s exact description enter the
alley next to the Dorian Gray with the man we found dead, last
evening. She heard the entire thing, everything including the murder.”
EMILY
“Have you been the killer all along Cole, was there no monster, have
we sent you out to investigate yourself?”
[CHARLIE SHOVES COLE TOWARDS THE
COMPANY CARRIAGE.
MAKING A RUN FOR IT, COLE SHOVES PAST
EMILY.
COLE RUNS DOWN THE STREET TOWARDS THE
SOUTH.
THE TWO RCMP OFFICERS RUN AFTER COLE.
RCMP OFFICER ONE GRABS COLE’S ARM.
RCMP OFFICER ONE DRAGS COLE TOWARDS THE
COMPANY CARRIAGE.
CHARLIE SHOVES COLE INTO THE CARRIAGE.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“Thank you officers, now come on."
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SC23. INT. ARCHIVE LAB - RIVERSIDE MUSEUM - GLASGOW -
DAY - 2014
[HORATIO MARCOS IS STOOD BEFORE A TABLE
OF ARTEFACTS PLACED INSIDE A SERIES OF
TRANSPARENT, PLASTIC CONTAINERS.
THE ARTEFACTS HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED FROM A
SUNKEN WWII GERMAN SUBMARINE CARRYING
MEMBERS OF THE AHNENERBE SOCIETY.
COMPUTERS RUNNING TRANSLATION PROGRAMS
AND OCEANOGRAPHIC SENSOR ARRAYS LINE THE
WALL TO HORATIO’S LEFT.
HORATIO EXAMINES A LEATHER ORDER BOOK
FILLED WITH GERMAN WRITING.
DOCTOR MAGGIE CAMPBELL, DOPPELGANGER OF
MYRA BAINBRIDGE ENTERS THE LAB.]
DOCTOR MAGGIE CAMPBELL
“Was I right in thinking there were several high ranking S.S. Officials
on board the sub when it went down Horatio?”
HORATIO MARCOS
“So far, no names have been mentioned, but it seems members of
the Ahnenerbe were on board with itinerant plans to dive in the Tiger
Bay tidal basin. This order book describes how a high ranking Nazi
had reason to believe that the former Tiger Bay tidal flat had been the
true location of the home of the Lady in the Lake. It seems completely
nonsensical.”
DOCTOR MAGGIE CAMPBELL
“Perhaps its code for war plans.”
HORATIO MARCOS
“That would make more sense.”
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SC24. INT. CPB MAIN ROOM - DAY - VANCOUVER - 1913
[THE DOOR OPENS.
BLAINE AND CHARLIE ENTER THE ROOM.
EMILY ENTERS.
EMILY GRIPS COLE BY THE ARM.
EMILY DRAGS COLE ACROSS THE ROOM.]
EMILY
“Come along Cole.”
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SC25. INT. CPB STORAGE ROOM - BACK CORRIDOR - DAY -
1913
[EMILY SHOVES COLE INTO THE STORAGE ROOM.
COLE GAZES AT EMILY.
EMILY IS STOOD FACING COLE IN THE
CORRIDOR.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I didn’t kill all those other people Emily, there’s something inside me.
It tried to kill me while it had possessed one of the Hastings Street
boys and I had to defend myself. The kid cracked his skull on the road
when I pushed him away. The Incubi entered me through a personal
orifice, and he’s been tormenting me ever since. You need to get him
out of me, before he kills again.”
[COLE SCREAMS IN PAIN.
COLE FALLS TO HIS KNEES ON THE HARD
CEMENT FLOOR.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Ah! Ah! No! Ah!"
[COLE SLOWLY GETS TO HIS FEET.
COLE SLAMS HIMSELF BACK AGAINST A FILING
CABINET.]
EMILY
“Cole, you have to stop this. You’re going to hurt yourself.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Ah!"
[COLE COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND.
EMILY RUSHES INTO THE ROOM.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Help me. Please Emily, get this thing out of me."
[EMILY REACHES DOWN, PULLING COLE TO HIS
FEET.
WRAPPING HIS ARMS AROUND EMILY’S WAIST,
COLE KISSES HER HARD.
COLE AND EMILY CONTINUE KISSING.
EMILY TAKES CONTROL, PUSHING COLE AGAINST
THE FILING CABINET.
COLE AND EMILY CONTINUE TO KISS.
COLE AND EMILY PULL BACK FROM EACH OTHER,
PANTING IN LUST.
COLE AND EMILY STARE AT ONE ANOTHER FOR A
BEAT.
COLE REACHES DOWN TO UNDO EMILY’S
CAMISOLE.
COLE STILLS HIS ACTIONS.
WE SEE COLE’S HANDS HOLDING ONTO THE HALF
UNDONE CAMISOLE.
WE SEE COLE’S EYES, GLANCING DOWN AT
EMILY’S BREASTS, CONFLICTED.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"I‘m sorry."
[LEANING FORWARDS, EMILY KISSES COLE.
COLE WRIGGLES FROM EMILY’S EMBRACE.
EMILY DARTS IN TOWARDS HIS FACE,
RECAPTURING COLE’S LIPS.
COLE PUSHES EMILY AWAY IN AGITATION.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"We‘ve got to stop this Emily."
[EMILY KISSES COLE ONCE MORE.
COLE PUSHES EMILY AWAY.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"This can‘t happen Emily, not like this."
[EMILY LOOKS DOWN AT HER PARTIALLY
EXPOSED CLEAVAGE.
EMILY TURNS AWAY.
EMILY BUTTONS HER CAMISOLE.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Ah! Oh!"
[COLE BENDS OVER IN PAIN, CLUTCHING HIS
HEAD.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Emily promise me you’ll stop me from taking another life.”
EMILY
"I‘ll do what I can love."
[COLE SLAMS HIMSELF BACK AGAINST THE FILING
CABINET.
COLE SNARLS IN EMILY’S FACE, STARTLING HER.
EMILY JUMPS BACK IN FRIGHT.
WALKING BACKWARDS OUT OF THE ROOM, EMILY
KEEPS HER EYES FOCUSSED ON COLE THE
ENTIRE TIME.
EMILY EXIT’S THE ROOM, STEPPING BACK INTO
THE CORRIDOR.
EMILY CLOSES THE DOOR.
THE LOCK CLICKS INTO PLACE.
COLE IS ALONE IN THE ROOM.]
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SC26. INT. HARDWICKE’S CAFÉ - DAY - CARDIFF - 2014
[ PEOPLE CROWD AROUND THE COUNTER.
A TV ON THE WALL RUNS A BBC NEWS ALERT.
THE CROWD IS SILENT AS THEY LISTEN TO THE
BROADCAST.
IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER OF THE TV SCREEN, A
DOPPLER RADAR IMAGE OF A PLANE IS IN FLIGHT
OVER COUNTY CORK.
EGAN BYR ENTERS THE CAFÉ.
EGAN LOOKS UP AT THE TV.
EGAN IS STOOD BEHIND THE LARGE, SUBDUED
CROWD.]
BBC ANCHOR
“Once again, we’re waiting on confirmation from the transportation
Department as to the condition of the plane and its passengers. Early
reports on the ground from County Cork claimed to have seen a
strange, green bolt of light strike the plane from some unknown
position. Reports are now saying the plane appears locked in position,
unmoving in the sky.”
EGAN BYR
“My cousins’ on that flight.”
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SC27. INT. CPB BACK CORRIDOR - DAY - VANCOUVER - 1913
[THE DOOR TO THE STORAGE ROOM IS AJAR.
THE DOORKNOB LIES ABANDONED ON THE
FLOOR OF THE CORRIDOR.
COLE WALKS STEALTHILY ALONG THE
CORRIDOR.]
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SC28. INT. CPB SIDE CORRIDOR\ARMOURY - DAY - 1913
[COLE STEPS AROUND THE CORNER.
COLE WALKS TOWARDS THE ARMOURY.
EMILY STEPS OUT FROM THE DIRECTORS’
OFFICE.
EMILY FACES DOWN COLE.]
EMILY
“You’re not leaving, Cole.”
[MOVING FORWARDS, COLE DARTS TOWARDS
THE ARMOURY.
COLE IS STOOD IN THE ENTRANCE TO THE
ARMOURY.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Think again.”
[A SWINGING BATON IS HUNG ON A POST ON THE
WALL NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
REACHING FOR THE BATON, COLE TUGS IT FROM
THE WALL.
COLE SWINGS THE BATON AROUND.
COLE POINTS THE BATON AT EMILY’S CROTCH.
EMILY GINGERLY STEPS OUT OF REACH OF THE
BATON.
COLE DROPS THE BATON TO THE FLOOR WITH A
CLATTER.
RUNNING PAST EMILY, COLE HEADS TOWARDS
THE MAIN ROOM.]
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SC29. INT. HARDWICKE’S CAFÉ - DAY - CARDIFF - 2014
[PEOPLE CROWD AROUND THE COUNTER.
A TV ON THE WALL RUNS A BBC NEWS ALERT.
THE CROWD IS SILENT AS THEY LISTEN TO THE
BROADCAST.
A JOURNALIST IS STOOD IN FRONT OF THE
HARBOUR FRONT IN CARDIFF BAY.
A LARGE CROWD LINES THE SHORE.]
JOURNALIST
“Any moment now, we should get word on exactly what has just
transpired out there in the harbour.”
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SC30. EXT. CARDIFF BAY BARRAGE - DAY - 2014
[SEVERAL COAST GUARD VESSELS ARE IN
POSITION NEAR THE LOCATION OF THE BLOWN
SUB.
A ROYAL NAVY FRIGATE HEADS TOWARDS THE
HARBOUR.
ON THE WATER’S SURFACE, ABOVE THE
LOCATION OF THE BLOWN SUB, A TRAIL OF
BLACK SMOKE BLOWS UPWARDS.
ON THE SHORE, EVELYN PARKS A POLICE
VEHICLE NEXT TO A BBC NEWS VAN.
EVELYN STEPS OUT OF THE VEHICLE.
EVELYN WANDERS TOWARDS THE CROWD BY
THE WATER.
A HEAVY SET POLICE SARGEANT IN HIS EARLY
FORTIES MOTIONS TOWARDS EVELYN.
EVELYN FOLLOWS THE POLICE SARGEANT
TOWARDS A SPOT WHERE SEVERAL OFFICERS
ARE STOOD BETWEEN THREE POLICE VEHICLES.]
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Hello fellows.”
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SC31. INT. LOBBY - RIVERSIDE MUSEUM - DAY - GLASGOW -
2014
[HORATIO MARCOS WALKS TOWARDS THE FRONT
ENTRANCE.
HORATIO CARRIES THE ORDER BOOK TOWARDS
SHAMASH NOSGARTEN AND AUSTEN JAMES,
STOOD BY THE ENTRANCE.]
SHAMASH NOSGARTEN
“Have you figured out the secret war plans that book discusses,
Horatio?”
HORATIO MARCOS
“Some mysterious weapon code named ‘the Merlin Complex’. It was
one of the Third Reich’s least abhorrent medical projects. It seems
they mostly used organic material taken from voluntary recruits, during
their physicals. Blood tests, that sort of thing. They were attempting to
create a super soldier that would not age, would not die and would re-
format himself in the event of injury. The ultimate superman, so sought
after by the Nazis.”
SHAMASH NOSGARTEN
“There’s one big problem with that, DNA hadn’t been fully mapped
until nineteen fifty three and telomeres weren’t known about until
nineteen seventy eight. Any attempt to develop physical immortality
would result in the creation of tumours. Which would then result in
eventual death.”
HORATIO MARCOS
“Ah, now I understand the concept of The Face of Boe. But, it does
show that the Human lifespan could conceivably continue for as long
as that process took to occur.”
AUSTEN JAMES
“So Merlin was legendarily said to be immortal and there was
something involving time travel, but why Tiger Bay? What were the
Nazis searching for there?”
HORATIO MARCOS
“I’m still translating and decoding the book, so the answer may still be
in here yet.”
AUSTEN JAMES
“Good luck!”
[HORATIO WANDERS BACK TOWARDS THE LAB.]
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SC32. EXT. GRANVILLE STREET - DAY - GAS TOWN - 1913
[IT’S SUNNY OUT.
THE STREET IS FULL OF PEOPLE.
COLE WALKS TOWARDS THE SOUTH.
STOPPING; COLE DOUBLES OVER IN PAIN.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
"Ah!"
[STUCK TO A SHOP FRONT WINDOW IS A WANTED
POSTER FOR COLE’S ARREST.
WE SEE A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTO OF COLE.
ABOVE COLE’S PHOTO ARE THE WORDS- ‘COLE
BILLINGTON.’
BELOW THE PHOTO ARE THE WORDS- ’WANTED
FOR SODOMY AND MURDER.
APPROACH WITH EXTREME CAUTION. SUSPECT
IS CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS.’
A HAND RIPS THE POSTER FROM THE WINDOW.
COLE CRUSHES THE POSTER INTO A BALL.
COLE TOSSES THE BALL OF PAPER INTO A
NEARBY RUBBISH BIN.]
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SC33. EXT. BUTE DOCKS - NIGHT - 1913
[TWO ADOLESCENT BOYS CLEAR GARBAGE
FROM THE BEACH BROUGHT IN BY AN EARLIER
STORM.
THOMAS MULCAIR STRIKES A METAL OBJECT
WITH HIS SHOE.]
JOE KERRY
“What was that?”
[THOMAS BENDS DOWN.
THOMAS AND JOE REMOVE A PILE OF KELP,
TOSSING IT ASIDE.
JOE RETRIEVES A STARFISH, TOSSING IT BACK
TOWARDS DEEPER WATER.
THOMAS FINDS A BLACK SAND DOLLAR AND
SEVERAL MUSSELS.
THOMAS PLACES THEM TO THE SIDE.
SILVER GLISTENS BENEATH THE SAND.
JOE AND THOMAS PUSH ASIDE SAND, REVEALING
THE EDGE OF A SILVER BOX.]
THOMAS MULCAIR
“We’ve found treasure.”
[THOMAS CONTINUES PUSHING ASIDE THE SAND.
WE SEE THE SILVER BOX SET UP ON A NEARBY
DOCK.]
JOE KERRY
“What is it?”
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SC34. EXT. BURRARD INLET WATERFRONT - DAY - COAL
HARBOUR - 1913
[COLE IS SAT ON A BENCH FACING THE
SHORELINE.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Time to think outside the box. Ah! Please, don‘t make me kill again.
God, I’m so horny. No!”
[BEHIND COLE; CHARLIE, EMILY AND BLAINE
STEALTHILY APPROACH.
CHARLIE HAS A REVOLVER AIMED AT THE BACK
OF COLE’S HEAD.
COLE TURNS TO LOOK AT THE GUN.
COLE GETS TO HIS FEET.
COLE BACKS AWAY TOWARDS THE WATER.
CHARLIE KEEPS THE GUN TRAINED ON COLE.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“Forget about swimming away, you have nowhere to run."
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“This process isn’t meant for me, I’m not Incubi, my body is not
genetically structured to take on a rider. Ah!"
[COLE COLLAPSES TO THE GROUND.
CHARLIE KEEPS THE GUN TRAINED ON COLE.
ROARING IN FURY, COLE REARS UP FROM THE
GROUND.
COLE KNOCKS CHARLIE TO THE GROUND.
THE GUN CAREENS INTO THE AIR.
THE GUN LANDS ON THE GRASS A FEW FEET
AWAY.]
EMILY
“It was a ruse. Our Captain‘s a wily one.”
[CHARLIE STRUGGLES WITH COLE.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“What are you the narrator Emily, its rather distracting.”
[COLE WRAPS HIS HANDS AROUND CHARLIE’S
THROAT.
OPENING HIS MOUTH, COLE REVEALS TWO ROWS
OF GREY SERRATED TEETH; DENTITION OF THE
SENATORIAL INCUBI SPECIES.
MENACING CHARLIE, COLE IS SAT ASTRIDE HIS
WAIST.]
EMILY
“Sorry!”
[EMILY DASHES OFF.
EMILY PICKS UP THE GUN.
EMILY TRAINS THE REVOLVER ON COLE.
COLE MOVES OFF CHARLIE AND ONTO THE
GRASS.
CHARLIE SITS UP.
MOVING SHAKILY TOWARDS COLE, EMILY KEEPS
THE GUN AIMED AT HIM.
COLE GETS TO HIS FEET.
CHARLIE GETS TO HIS FEET.
COLE TUGS OFF HIS SHIRT.
TWO LARGE BLACK SENATORIAL INCUBI WINGS
FLOW FROM COLE’S BACK.]
EMILY
“My God Cole, you look beautiful.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“Emily, do not compliment the murderer.”
EMILY
“He is. Those wings are stunning, I could do without those incisors,
but nobody’s perfect.”
CHARLIE DENTON
“Yes, and certainly not a murderer. Captain, let’s get you back to the
base, we’ll attempt to fix this.”
[COLE DASHES TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“Blast it all to hell, that man is going to be the death of me.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“Let’s hope not.”
CHARLIE DENTON
“We’ve got a man with wings to track down.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“And a murdering psychopath.”
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SC35. INT. JONATHAN’S HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY - 1913
[JONATHAN AETHERS IS LAIN PRONE IN HIS BED,
COMATOSE.]
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SC36. INT. CPB SIDE CORRIDOR\JONATHAN’S PHYSICS LAB -
DAY - 1913
[COLE PEERS IN AT JONATHAN AS HE WORKS.
COLE’S WINGS ARE SPREAD MENACINGLY.
JONATHAN IS STOOD AT A TESTING TABLE IN THE
CENTRE OF THE LAB.
VARIOUS MAGNETS ARE SPREAD ACROSS THE
TABLE.
JONATHAN EXTENDS A BLACK MAGNET ON A COIL
OF ROPE INTO A BEAKER OF YELLOW LIQUID.
ON THE FAR WALL A WHITEBOARD DISPLAYS A
FLURRY OF EQUATIONS POINTING TO A
QUADRATIC SOLUTION TO THE MANY WORLDS
THEORY.
IN THE CORRIDOR WE SEE COLE CHASE
JONATHAN TOWARDS THE MAIN ROOM.
COLE OPENS HIS MOUTH, SNARLING.
DUAL ROWS OF SENATORIAL INCUBI INCISORS
ARE ON DISPLAY.
COLE DESCENDS ON JONATHAN FROM BEHIND.
COLE DRAGS JONATHAN BACKWARDS.
JONATHAN LOOKS INTO COLE’S EYES.
COLE SNAPS JONATHAN’S NECK WITH A LOUD
CRUNCH.
JONATHAN COLLAPSES TO THE FLOOR FACE
FORWARDS INTO THE MAIN ROOM.]
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SC37. INT. JONATHAN’S HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY - 1913
[JONATHAN LIES IN A COMA.
COLE IS STOOD OVER JONATHAN’S BED.
COLE’S WINGS ARE SPREAD.
LOST IN A FUGUE OF CRIMINAL INSANITY, COLE’S
INCISORS DRIP SPIT ONTO THE BLUE BLANKETS.
CHARLIE AND BLAINE BURST INTO THE ROOM.
CHARLIE RUSHES TOWARDS COLE.
CHARLIE GRABS COLE BY THE ARM.
CHARLIE AND BLAINE PULL COLE OUT OF REACH
OF JONATHAN.
COLE HISSES AND SPITS AS CHARLIE AND BLAINE
GRAPPLE WITH HIM.]
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“Come on Captain, we know you aren’t quite yourself.”
[CHARLIE AND BLAINE DRAG COLE FROM THE
ROOM.]
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SC38. INT. CPB MAIN ROOM - DAY - 1913
[JONATHAN’S CORPSE LIES ON ITS BACK AT THE
ENTRANCE TO THE MAIN ROOM.
COLE IS SAT HANDCUFFED TO A CHAIR ACROSS
THE ROOM.
.
EMILY, BLAINE AND CHARLIE ARE STOOD IN
FRONT OF THE CORPSE.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“He was the best man I ever knew. Kind and brilliant, we need him
back. Life doesn’t work that way, does it?”
[THE TISSUES IN JONATHAN’S NECK
RECONNECT.]
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“What the hell?”
EMILY
“He’s not dead?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“What’s going on?”
[JONATHAN STRUGGLES TO HIS FEET.
WALKING FURTHER INTO THE ROOM, JONATHAN
FACES COLE.
JONATHAN LOCKS EYES WITH COLE.]
JONATHAN AETHERS
“You killed me.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“And yet, here you are, somehow alive. Why are you alive?”
JONATHAN AETHERS
“I don’t know.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Are you a god?”
JONATHAN AETHERS
“That’s blasphemy.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“You wouldn’t necessarily know. If you are a god, then life and time
themselves will be swirling around you like moths to a flame. You poor
man.”
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SC39. INT. CPB MED LAB - DAY - 1913
[COLE IS SAT ATOP THE MEDICAL BED NEAREST
THE ENTRANCE.
BLAINE JABS A NEEDLE INTO COLE’S LEFT ARM.
WE SEE COLE LAIN ASLEEP ON THE BED.
COLE IS ALONE IN THE ROOM.
COLE’S EYES POP OPEN.
COLE ROLLS OVER ONTO HIS LEFT SIDE.
COLE WATCHES THE ENTRANCE.
BLAINE ENTERS.]
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“You’re awake, I see.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“You’ve got to help me, Blaine, I can’t live the rest of my life with this
thing inside me. I won’t let it win. It lives to ruin lives and corrupt souls.
I don’t know why I did what I did when I was a child, but it’s not who I
am anymore.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“I’ll do my best Cole, but you’re going to have to help me, I’m in the
dark here.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I had a vision about the future.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“A vision, what did you see?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“My future, there was a man, a transgender man, he loved me despite
it all.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“Transgender, what is that an alien species?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“He was Human; then there was a woman. I loved her very much, but
she wouldn’t be with me because of my wings and such.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“You had a sex dream, I hardly think that qualifies as a vision,
Captain.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“No it was, it was a possible time line, if I don’t get this thing out of me.
That’s it.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“What is?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“That’s my cure, we need Jonathan Aethers.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“He’s still in a coma.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Bad for him, good for us. We need to take a look at his results, we’ll
shunt the invasive consciousness in my head to another quantum
reality.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“How do we do that?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Just bring me those results, I’ll figure it out.”
[BLAINE HOLDS OUT A PAIR OF HANDCUFFS.
BLAINE HANDCUFFS COLE TO THE METAL RAIL
AT THE HEAD OF THE BED.
WE SEE COLE STOOD IN FRONT OF THE MEDICAL
CABINETS, NO LONGER HANDCUFFED.
COLE HOLDS A STACK OF NOTES.
BLAINE IS STOOD NEAR THE ENTRANCE.
EMILY AND CHARLIE ARE STOOD IN THE
FOREGROUND.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Chemical compound Argon RTZ thirty, this will open the quantum
neuronal processor in my brain and remove the entity. Doctor, if you
create a serum with chemical compound Argon RTZ thirty, that should
do the trick.”
CHARLIE DENTON
“Would that help with Jonathan, do you think?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“No, I think that would just make his coma more permanent than it
already is.”
EMILY
“What if you fall into a coma, Captain?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“They’re two separate issues Emily.”
[WE SEE COLE SAT ON THE MEDICAL BED
NEAREST THE ENTRANCE.
BLAINE IS STOOD IN FRONT OF COLE.
IN BLAINE’S HAND IS A NEEDLE.
COLE REMOVES HIS SHIRT.
BLAINE INJECTS THE NEEDLE INTO COLE‘S LEFT
BICEP.]
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“How are you feeling, Captain?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“He’s gone..”
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SC40. INT. CPB LOUNGE - DAY -1913
[COLE IS SAT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE COUCH.
COLE IS SEDATED.
JONATHAN IS SAT OPPOSITE COLE.
BLAINE ENTERS FROM THE MAIN ROOM.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“He’s gone, the bastard’s gone.”
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SC41. INT. CPB MED LAB - DAY -1913
[COLE IS SAT ON THE MEDICAL BED NEAREST THE
ENTRANCE.
BLAINE IS STOOD IN THE FOREGROUND.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I’m going to have to get them removed, going against everything I
believe. Surgery should only be performed if the patient would die
otherwise.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“First off Cole, this was done to you against your will, so you can
hardly be faulted for wanting to fix it, second of all, I don’t know if there
is anything we can do for you. You can’t allow yourself to become an
experiment. It’ll either kill you, or you’ll become a vegetable.”
[COLE HOLDS UP HIS E-READER..]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I’ve got the solution right here in my little gadget.”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“How is that machine going to help us?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“This thing’s hard drive uses a quantum processing unit, utilizing the
original ideas of good ol Max Planck. By my time, everything on the
web was stored in the amino data cloud, by utilizing the process of
quantum entanglement, my society was able to store vast swathes of
information in the very building blocks of the physical universe. This
thing’s qpu works off a quantum level holographic data storage hard
drive. Meaning, the same physical space can be reused for an
unlimited number of times. Fill it up once, fill it up once more without
having to wipe the hard drive or purchase a backup. On Garconer
Colony, children were given a personal e-reader at age five or six.
These are built to last a Garconer lifetime, five hundred years.
Humans gave them to their heirs, in their wills. This has a lifetime of
study on it. To download new information; a book or a holo-series, you
download directly from a payment kiosk, or attach an attachment to
the machine. The system stores the entire archive of the adc on your
hard drive each time it is accessed. Meaning, I have the entirety of the
adc archive as of that final day in fifty one twenty. This machine is my
life line to the world that will one day be. It‘s password protected, can’t
have three millennia of galactic history falling into the wrong hands.”
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SC42. INT. CPB LOUNGE - DAY -1913
[COLE IS SAT CLOSE TO EMILY ON THE COUCH.
MOVING FORWARDS, COLE KISSES EMILY
GENTLY ON THE LIPS.
CHARLIE ENTERS FROM THE MAIN ROOM.
BLAINE ENTERS BEHIND CHARLIE.]
CHARLIE DENTON
“Hey love birds, we’ve got an expert in Prosthodontics coming up
from Delaware in the next few days to take a look at Cole’s teeth.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Oh?”
DOCTOR BLAINE GIANCOMO
“Doctor Murray Fairfax is a Maxillofacial Prostodontist, in layman’s
terms, a Bullet-Proof dentist. He’s got clearance through the Delaware
Research Team, a state funded underground organization
investigating the strange, the abnormal and the alien they happen to
come across. The area appears to be a hot bed of extra temporal
disturbance. He comes well qualified, and I’m sure he’ll be able to
restore your mouth to it’s previous glorious state.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“That’s good to hear.”
EMILY
“That’s very good news.”
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SC43. INT. CPB MAIN ROOM - DAY -1914
[EMILY IS STOOD NEAR HER DESK.
COLE ENTERS FROM THE LOUNGE.
BODY BACK TO NORMAL, COLE’S STILL HEALING.
LEGS STIFF, COLE HOBBLES TOWARDS EMILY.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“I’m off to London to help with the war negotiations. Will you miss me
Emily?”
EMILY
“I’ll be praying for you Cole.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“That’s nice Emily. Pray for our boys, and you keep yourself healthy
alright?”
EMILY
“Will you be working with your son?”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Emelio’s heading to Washington; he’s got a job at the British
Embassy. Jack’s gone off to fight. I’m worried about him.”
EMILY
“I’ll miss you Cole.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Ditto.”
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SC44. INT. ARCHIVE LAB - RIVERSIDE MUSEUM - DAY -
GLASGOW - 2014
[HORATIO MARCOS IS SAT AT A COMPUTER.
THE ORDER BOOK IS SAT ON THE DESK TO
HORATIO’S RIGHT.
ON THE COMPUTER MONITOR, HORATIO SCANS
DOWN THROUGH A CATALOGUE OF WELSH
ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS.
COLE ENTERS THE LAB FROM ACROSS THE
ROOM.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“What are you working on Horatio?”
HORATIO MARCOS
“Are you having a nice day Cole?”
[COLE HEADS TO HORATIO’S SIDE.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Its better now that I’ve seen you.”
HORATIO MARCOS
“You’re sweet. I’m cross-referencing local finds with regional
regenerative mythic cycles.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Meaning?”
HORATIO MARCOS
“The Nazis were sneaking around Tiger Bay searching for some
buried treasure they believed had some connection to Melchizedek,
Merlin and Lludd Llaw Eraint during the war. They dreamt of
Immortality; a dream foiled by the vagaries of time. As in, they were
dreaming their evil schemes in the early forties, whilst the scientific
breakthroughs they needed to get them anywhere took until the fifties
through seventies. Wallace and Crick, and telomeres, respectively. I
don’t think they found what they were looking for in the bay, either.”
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“What were they looking for?”
HORATIO MARCOS
“A lesser known legend states, Merlin was a poultice maker whom
utilized an early form of antibiotics, mixed with particles of silver.
Merlin was said to commune with Melchizdezek, whom gave him the
knowledge of a regenerating medicinal therapy which he provided to
Lludd Llaw Eraint at his court. The poultice was deemed un-Godly by
the increasingly powerful religious authority, a tool of the beast and
thus was placed in a silver box. The Nazis were searching for the box,
which was said to be thrown into the sea near Cardiff. The legend has
allusions in the tale of Prince Caspian.”
[HORATIO SCANS THROUGH THE CATALOGUE.
A PHOTO OF THE BOX FOUND BY JOE AND
THOMAS APPEARS ON THE MONITOR.]
HORATIO MARCOS
“Here we go. Discovered in nineteen thirteen by two teenagers, the
box has been sitting in the basement of a Cardiff museum, gathering
dust for the past century.”
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SC45. INT. STORE ROOM - NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF -
NIGHT - 2014
[THE SILVER BOX IS SET ON THE CENTRE OF A
LONG SHELF SET AGAINST A WALL.
A FALLEN GOD BOMBER APPEARS IN THE
STORAGE ROOM.
THE BOMBER MOVES TOWARDS THE BOX.
IFAN APPEARS IN THE ROOM BEHIND THE
BOMBER.
THE BOMBER PICKS UP THE HEAVY BOX.
IFAN GRABS THE BOMBER’S SHOULDER.
THE BOMBER GRAPPLES WITH IFAN.
THE BOMBER KNOCKS IFAN ONTO THE GROUND
WITH A SNAP KICK TO IFAN’S LEGS.
IFAN LANDS ON HIS BUTT.
IFAN MOVES TO GET TO HIS FEET.
THE BOMBER HITS IFAN IN THE FOREHEAD WITH
THE BOX.
IFAN COLLAPSES TO THE FLOOR, UNCONSCIOUS.
IFAN’S E-READER SLIDES ACROSS THE FLOOR.
THE E-READER COMES TO REST BENEATH THE
SHELF.
THE BOMBER DISAPPEARS WITH THE BOX.
IFAN GROANS.]
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SC46. INT. A AND E - CARDIFF GENERAL - NIGHT - 2014
[CORA FENCIS IS SAT IN A CHAIR IN THE WAITING
ROOM.
DOCTOR NIGEL BARRET WANDERS UP TO WHERE
SHE’S SAT.]
CORA FENCIS
“Ifan Fencis, is he all right? I’m his wife.”
DOCTOR NIGEL BARRET
“He’s pretty bruised up, probably be sore for a while. Its his head
we’re worried about however. He’s been slipping in and out of
consciousness and the X-rays are showing some odd features. That,
along with some unusual levels of alkaline in his blood tests.”
CORA FENCIS
“He’s got an unusual genome. Is he sleeping?”
DOCTOR NIGEL BARRET
“We need to watch him.”
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SC47. EXT. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WALES - NIGHT - CARDIFF -
2014
[THE FRONT IS BLOCKED OFF BY POLICE TAPE.
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH EXIT’S THE MUSEUM.
A DEAD MAN LIES ON THE PAVEMENT.
A TEAM OF FORENSIC INVESTIGATORS ARE
EXAMINING THE GROUND AROUND THE CORPSE.
EVELYN GOES TOWARDS THE DECEASED.
THE DEAD MAN WEARS FINE CLOTHES.
HE HAS DARK, CURLY HAIR AND GREEN EYES.
THIS IS THE LATE RUSSELL WINTERS, WELSH
ASSEMBLY REPRESENTATIVE TO SWANSEA.]
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Have we located any witnesses? This is pretty well out in the open to
commit a murder.”
C.I. NATHAN TRUNDEL
“The area’s been oddly quiet the past few hours, it seems. Aside from
the murder of course.”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Someone put the word out to clear the area, you mean?”
C.I. NATHAN TRUNDEL
“Something like that. A more discrete means of achieving privacy for
that allotment of time could conceivably be achieved via the utilization
of one of those mosquito devices.”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“We’re heading into the realm of conspiracy with that leap.”
C.I. NATHAN TRUNDEL
“We have a dead representative to the Welsh Assembly, clearly the
folks in Swansea take their politics to the extreme.”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“That’s one theory.”
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SC48. INT. A AND E - CARDIFF GENERAL - NIGHT - 2014
[CORA IS SAT IN THE WAITING ROOM FIDDLING
WITH HER E-READER HIDDEN INSIDE HER PURSE.
EVELYN WALKS PAST CORA.
EVELYN WALKS TOWARDS MORGUE ATTENDANT
CALLIE ABERNATHY.]
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Hello Callie, have you determined the cause of death for late Russell
Winters?”
CALLIE ABERNATHY
“I’m working on it. Come with me to the morgue Evelyn. I’ve got some
paperwork I need to give you for the official report.”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Alright.”
[THE TWO BEGIN WALKING.]
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SC49. INT. MORGUE - CARDIFF GENERAL - NIGHT - 2014
[THE DOOR OPENS, REVEALING EVELYN AND
CALLIE.
MICHEAL O’BAY IS LAIN PRONE ON THE GROUND.
AGE THIRTY, MICHEAL HAS CURLY DARK HAIR.
CALLIE RUSHES TO MICHEAL’S SIDE.
MICHEAL LIFTS HIS HEAD AND MOVES INTO A
SITTING POSITION.]
CALLIE ABERNATHY
“What happened Mike?”
MICHEAL O’BAY
“I don’t know. A guy in some sort of black uniform seemed to appear
right in front of me out of thin air. It got stifling hot, and then he was
just there. He knocked me out with gas.”
[AS MICHEAL SPEAKS, EVELYN SEARCHES THE
ROOM.
AFTER A BEAT.]
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“Why would they take the body of the deceased? It’s definitely not in
here.”
MICHEAL O’BAY
“So what do we classify this under; theft, kidnapping? Exactly what
category of crime encompasses theft of a dead body?”
D.I. EVELYN WAUGH
“That is a corker.”
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SC50. INT. MONTROSE TAVERNA - NIGHT - GLASGOW -
2014
[PATRONS ARE SAT AT TABLES.
THE ROOM IS DECORATED WITH CREPE PAPER
CREATURES FROM CELTIC MYTH.
WAITERS MOVE BETWEEN TABLES CARRYING
TRAYS OF FOOD, FILLING GLASSES WITH WINE.
ON STAGE, SHAMASH, DRESSED AS A COURT
JESTER IS SAT ON A STOOL PLAYING A FIDDLE.
TWO ACROBATS IN THEATRICAL MASKS RUN
BACK AND FORTH BEHIND THE FIDDLER.
ONE OF THEM IS AUSTEN JAMES.
THEY GRAB HOLD OF A NET ATTACHED TO EACH
WALL, ONE ON EITHER SIDE.
BOTH ACROBATS BEGIN ASCENDING TOWARDS
THE CEILING.
ATTACHED TO THE CEILING IS ANOTHER NET.
REACHING AN ARM OUT, BOTH ACROBATS SWING
TOWARDS THE NET ON THE CEILING.
COLE IS SAT WITH HORATIO MARCOS AT A TABLE
NEAR THE STAGE.
KATHERINE CREMWELL APPROACHES COLE’S
TABLE.]
KATHERINE CREMWELL
“How are you guys?”
[COLE FLIPS THROUGH A DESIGN PORTFOLIO
FILLED WITH RENDERINGS OF MASKS, AND
PERIOD DRESS.
CLOSING THE PORTFOLIO, COLE HANDS IT TO
HORATIO.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Evening M.P. Cremwell. You’ve got some serious talent Horatio.”
HORATIO MARCOS
“That‘s nice to hear.”
[SHAMASH GETS TO HIS FEET.
HE PLACES THE FIDDLE ON THE CHAIR.
THE ACROBATS MOVE TO EITHER SIDE OF THE
STAGE.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON
“Take a seat, looks like your brother’s about to sing.”
[KATHERINE TAKES A SEAT AT THE TABLE.]
SHAMASH NOSGARTEN(SUNG)
“She was chasing shadows,
In search of the divine, she found only illusion,
He sought her out, the holy spirit, ever constant.
She ran from him, thought he could be mere lie.”
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SC51. EXT. CATACOMBS - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[CECILIA CAECILIA HURRIES AWAY FROM THE
CATACOMBS.
CECILIA’S MOTHER IS AT HER SIDE.
THE TWO WOMEN ARE FLANKED ON EITHER SIDE
BY HOUSEHOLD SERVANTS.]
SHAMASH NOSGARTEN(SUNG)(V.O.)
“She chased the shadows at the bottom of the abyss,
She ran from him, God’s ever loving might,
Seeking shadows on distant shores,
Doing everything she could to escape the truth.”
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SC52. EXT. VILLA - DAY - ROME - 177 A.D.
[VALERIAN STROLLS PAST THE VILLA.]
SHAMASH NOSGARTEN(SUNG)(V.O.)
“She lived a lie, believing herself a Goddess of ruin and disgrace.
She sought to drag off her prey into her dark ravine.
Devourer of men’s souls, temptress of the divine,
She was lost, seeking salvation in Fallen Gods long repent.”
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SC53. INT. VILLA - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[CECILIA HELPS HER MOTHER CARRY THE
EVENING MEAL TO THE DINNER TABLE.
CECILIA’S FATHER IS SAT AT THE TABLE.]
CECILIA ‘S FATHER
“I had a very happy and fruitful afternoon. I have made a marriage
match for our dear Cecilia.”
[CECILIA NEARLY DROPS THE PLATE OF FOOD
SHE’S IN THE PROCESS OF PLACING ON THE
TABLE TO HER FATHER’S LEFT.
CECILIA GASPS.
CECILIA’S MOTHER GRABS THE PLATE, SAFELY
SETTING IT DOWN.]
CECILIA ‘S MOTHER
“Cecilia careful!”
CECILIA ‘S FATHER
“Don’t fret child. Valerian is a fine man. Only the best for my Cecilia.
Valerian is of noble birth, he owns vast estates and is a virtuous
pagan. I like him and find him a most acceptable husband for my
lovely daughter.”
[CECILIA IS STOOD STILL.]
CECILIA ‘S FATHER
“Cecilia, you should be happy. Valerian is a good man.”
CECILIA ‘S MOTHER
“Cecilia, darling?”
[CRYING, CECILIA RUNS FROM THE ROOM.]
CECILIA ‘S FATHER
“Cecilia!”
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SC54. INT. CECILIA’S ROOM - VILLA - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[LAIN ON HER BED, CECILIA’S EYES ARE RED
FROM CRYING.
TAKING A FEW QUICK BREATHS, CECILIA SITS UP.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
"Oh dear Lord, what shall I do? I never could bare to allow any man to
enter my inner sanctum. I don’t want to ever do that, no matter how
much I adored my husband. To please you and your holy Mother, I
vow to live a virgin all my life. If I tell this to my father, he will be angry
and will become bitter against our holy faith. My vow I shall never
break. Tell me, O Lord, what am I to do? God will keep me safe, I must
have faith."
[CECILIA WALKS TO AN ENTRANCE LEADING OUT
TO THE GARDENS.
SHE GAZES OUT, PEACEFULLY.
ORANGE HYACINTHS BLOW IN THE BREEZE.]
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SC55. INT. VILLA - DAY - ROME - 177 A.D.
[A TABLE IS LAID WITH A SPREAD OF WINES,
FRUITS, VEGETABLES AND MEATS.
ARABIAN DRAPERIES OF AUTUMN COLOURS
ADOURN THE WALLS.
FLOWERS FROM THE GARDENS ARE ARRANGED
IN GOLDEN VASES.]
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SC56. EXT. VILLA - TWILIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[TORCHBEARERS ESCORT GUESTS IN SILKS AND
SATINS FROM THE FRONT GATES.
THEY HEAD INSIDE.]
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SC57. INT. VILLA - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[GUESTS ARE SAT AT THE TABLE.
THE CHAIR TO VALERIAN’S RIGHT IS EMPTY.
SERVANTS CARRY GOLDEN DISHES WITH FOOD.
CECILIA, DRESSED IN FLOWING ROBES OF
CLOTH OF GOLD, DECKED WITH PRECIOUS
JEWELS; TAKES HER SEAT BY VALERIAN.
WINE IS POURED INTO GOBLETS.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
“Come walk with me in the gardens my husband.”
[VALERIAN KISSES CECILIA’S HAND, FOLLOWING
HER FROM THE TABLE.
VALERIAN AND CECILIA EXIT THE ROOM.]
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SC58. EXT. VILLA - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[VALERIAN FOLLOWS CECILIA THROUGH THE
GARDENS.
SHE LEADS HIM TO A BENCH, WHERE THEY BOTH
TAKE A SEAT.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
"Valerian I have a secret to tell you, and you must swear to me that
you will tell no one what I say."
VALERIAN
"I promise to tell no one.”
CECILIA CAECILIA
"I am a Christian, an adherent of our savior whom died so that you and
I may live. To him, I have promised to remain chaste all the days of
my life. If you like, you may understand it in reference to the cult of
Artemis, although its not that at all. The lord has sent an angel to
guard and protect me. These many months, I have prayed for you,
asking that God may grant you, too, to see life as I see it."
VALERIAN
"Where is this guardian angel that you speak of? Show him to me."
CECILIA CAECILIA
“Only those who do the will of the holy spirit can see his holy angels.
Rome is very dangerous in these days for followers of Christ. We
must meet in secret late at night.”
VALERIAN
"I should like to know more about this religion that you love so dearly.
Perhaps I, too, could become a Christian.”
CECILIA CAECILIA
“I should like that very much Valerian. This very evening there shall be
a meeting of Christians at the catacombs on the Appian Way. You‘ll
need the passcode.”
[CECILIA WHISPERS IN VALERIAN’S EAR.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
“Now hasten thither dear husband.”
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SC59. EXT. CATACOMBS - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[VALERIAN APPROACHES THE ENTRANCE.
A MAN IS STOOD ON LOOK OUT.
VALERIAN WHISPERS THE PASS CODE TO THE
MAN.
THE MAN ALLOWS VALERIAN TO ENTER.]
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SC60. INT. CATACOMBS - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[VALERIAN IS LED BY ANOTHER MAN TOWARDS
POPE URBAN.
THE MAN SPEAKS QUIETLY TO THE POPE.
VALERIAN SHUFFLES HIS FEET NERVOUSLY.
VALERIAN LOOKS UP.
THERE’S SILENCE.
A TRANSPARENT IMAGE OF SAINT PAUL
APPEARS BESIDE THE POPE.
SAINT PAUL IS STOOD HOLDING AN OPEN BOOK
IN HIS HAND.]
SAINT PAUL
"Read these words."
[SAINT PAUL SHOWS THE BOOK TO VALERIAN.
VALERIAN READS THE WORDS OUT LOUD.]
VALERIAN
"One Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and father of all, who is
above all, and through all and in us all."
SAINT PAUL
"Do you believe?"
VALERIAN
"I believe."
[SAINT PAUL DISAPPEARS.
THE POPE RAISES HIS EYES HEAVENWARD,
CLASPING HIS HANDS.]
POPE URBAN
"Thanks be to God."
[LIT TAPER IN HAND, POPE URBAN LEADS
VALERIAN DOWN A LONG FLIGHT OF STAIRS
CARVED INTO THE CLAY.
WE SEE THEM WALK THROUGH LONG, NARROW
TWISTING PASSAGES.
THE SIDES OF THE WALLS ARE COVERED WITH
WHITE SLABS OF MARBLE ENCLOSING THE DEAD.
WE SEE THE CORRIDORS ARE NOW LOW AND
BLACK.
WE HEAR THE FAINT SOUND OF MUSIC.
THE MUSIC INCREASES IN VOLUME.
VALERIAN AND POPE URBAN CONTINUE
WALKING.
POPE URBAN LEADS VALERIAN INTO A LARGE
CAVERN.
SMOKE FLARES OUT OF TINY OIL LAMPS HUNG
ABOUT THE WALLS.
A PRIEST IS STOOD AT THE ALTAR PREACHING TO
A CONGREGATION.
VALERIAN LISTENS FROM THE BACK.]
PRIEST
“A new persecution has appeared in our midst. We must remain
faithful to Christ to the end. He’ll grant us an eternal happiness in
God's kingdom.”
[POPE URBAN LEADS VALERIAN INTO ANOTHER
SMALLER ROOM.
THE EARTHEN WALLS ARE COVERED IN PLASTER
PAINTINGS OF CHRIST AND VARIOUS SAINTS.
THERE IS A SINGLE CHAIR AND A PLAIN, MARBLE
BENCH NEAR AN ALTAR.
POPE URBAN TAKES A SEAT, GESTURING FOR
VALERIAN TO SIT ON THE STEP OF THE ALTAR.]
VALERIAN
"I believe, O Urban, I believe."
[POPE URBAN BOWS HIS HEAD.]
POPE URBAN
“Thanks be to God! Come, my son.”
[POPE URBAN LEADS VALERIAN TOWARDS A
BAPTISMAL FOUNT CARVED FROM A WHITE
MARBLE COLUMN.
POPE URBAN DROPS WATER OVER VALERIAN’S
FOREHEAD.
POPE URBAN EMBRACES VALERIAN WITH THE
AFFECTION OF A FATHER.]
POPE URBAN
"My son, you are now a follower of Christ, the God-Man who died on
Calvary for the souls of men. With a brave heart may you go forth
from this sacred meeting place, determined to help others receive the
priceless gift that you have received this morning. May the grace of
God be with you and encourage you in the trying days that are to
come."
[POPE URBAN LEADS VALERIAN FROM THE
ROOM.
WE’RE BACK IN THE CHAPEL.
SMOKE POURS FROM OLIVE OIL LAMPS.
TWO WAX CANDLES IN EARTHENWARE HOLDERS
BURN ON THE STONE TABLE SERVING AS ALTAR.
A BELL TINKLES.
FIFTY HEADS ARE BOWED IN ADORATION.
VALERIAN IS KNELT BEFORE THE ALTAR.]
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SC61. INT. VILLA - SUNRISE - ROME - 177 A.D.
[VALERIAN ENTERS THE GREAT RECEPTION
ROOM THROUGH THE GARDENS.
A FEW OIL LAMPS BURN DIMLY.
VALERIAN WALKS QUIETLY THROUGH THE HALL
TOWARDS THE ENTRANCE OF A RICHLY
DECORATED PARLOUR.
VALERIAN DRAWS ASIDE HEAVY BLUE
DRAPERIES.
CECILIA, STILL IN HER WEDDING DRESS IS KNELT
IN PRAYER BEFORE A CRUCIFIX ON THE WALL.
VALERIAN REMAINS STOOD IN THE ENTRANCE.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
"Oh sweet Jesus, from the bottom of my heart I thank thee for the
conversion of Valerian. He is one of us now. Together, night and day,
we shall work for thy holy cause."
[VALERIAN COUGHS.
STARTLED, CECILIA JUMPS TO HER FEET.
TURNING, CECILIA THROWS HERSELF INTO
VALERIAN’S ARMS.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
"Thank God, it is you. O Valerian, you can never imagine how happy I
am to know that you are a Christian. Ever since you asked to marry
me, I have prayed night and day for your conversion. Now we can
face the whole wide world together and fight for the cause of Christ."
VALERIAN
"But Cecilia my darling, how do you know that I am a Christian? Has
someone been here before me with the good news?"
CECILIA CAECILIA
"As soon as you left, I placed that crucifix on the wall. I have knelt
before it in prayer ever since. Our dear Lord let me know how his
grace and the kind words of the bishop affected your soul. At the
moment of your baptism, my guardian angel appeared to me and told
me the joyful news."
VALERIAN
"What does your guardian angel look like? I should be glad -"
[A BRIGHT GOLD LIGHT EMANATES AROUND AN
ANGEL IN WHITE ROBES.
CECILIA PLACES A HAND ON VALERIAN’S ARM.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
“Don’t be frightened, he’s my guardian angel.”
[THE ANGEL PLACES A SPARKLING GOLD CROWN
ATOP VALERIAN’S HEAD.
THE ANGEL PLACES A SPARKLING GOLD CROWN
ATOP CECILIA’S HEAD.
THE ANGEL TURNS TO VALERIAN.]
ANGEL
"God promises to grant anything you wish for. Name your desire and it
will be granted."
VALERIAN
"God could grant me no greater favour, than to give my twin brother
the gift of faith."
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SC62. INT. CATACOMBS - NIGHT - ROME - 177 A.D.
[VALERIAN IS STOOD BESIDE THE BAPTISMAL
FOUNT.
POPE URBAN POURS WATER OVER TIBERIUS,
DOPPELGANGER OF AUSTEN.]
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SC63. INT. PRISON - DAY - ROME - 177 A.D.
[ROWS OF CELLS HOUSE MEN AND WOMEN,
CHRISTIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH.
A MAN IS SAT IN SILENT PRAYER.
VALERIAN WALKS WITH TIBERIUS ALONG THE
CORRIDOR OUTSIDE THE CELLS.
A WOMAN IS SAT, STARING INTO SPACE.
TEARS ROLL SILENTLY DOWN HER FACE.
VALERIAN GOES TOWARDS HER CELL.]
VALERIAN
“Hey, I get you’re scared. You’re going to your death on the basis of
nothing more than the god you worship. But look, you have one thing
to hold onto, that and your love of Christ. What the authorities are
doing is not right. But their actions reveal the truth of the reality of the
holy spirit. Some dark force, the adversary is behind this persecution.
Followers of Christ are the only ones being killed for their faith. Just
think on that, why is that, I wonder? The holy spirit is a reality, a reality
that overwhelms the illusionary nature of all other lesser spirits playing
at being gods.”
WOMAN
“Thank you.”
[VALERIAN WALKS OFF, FOLLOWED BY
TIBERIUS.
WE SEE VALERIAN KNELT IN PRAYER IN A CELL,
SAT AT TIBERIUS’ SIDE.
IN THE CORRIDOR, THREE ROMAN SOLDIERS
SMIRK AT THE BROTHERS IN THE CELL.
VALERIAN GAZES SADLY AT ONE OF THE
SOLDIERS.
THE SOLDIER TURNS TO LOOK VALERIAN
DIRECTLY IN THE EYE.
THE SOLDIERS’ ROMAN UNIFORMS TRANSFORM
MOMENTARILY INTO THOSE OF THE UNIFORMS
OF THE FALLEN GOD BOMBERS.
VALERIAN LOOKS CONFUSED.
VALERIAN RUBS HIS EYES AS THE ROMAN
UNIFORMS RETURN.]
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SC64. INT. COURTHOUSE - DAY - ROME - 177 A.D.
[VALERIAN AND TIBERIUS ARE STOOD RESOLUTE
BEFORE A JUDGE, ALMACHIUS.
THE BROTHERS ARE BRUISED AND BLEEDING
FROM LASHES.
A SMIRKING AND HATEFUL CROWD OBSERVE
THE PROCEEDINGS.]
VALERIAN
"Our heads will never bow before a god of bronze or stone. Our God
is a living God and Him alone do we adore."
CROWD
"Death! Death!"
[ALMACHIUS BOWS HIS APPROVAL.
VALERIAN AND TIBERIUS ARE LED AWAY.]
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SC65. INT. CECILIA’S HOME - DAY - ROME - 177 A.D.
[SAT WITH HER MOTHER, CECILIA QUIETLY
GRIEVES.
THERE’S A CRACK FROM OUTSIDE AS SOLDIERS
ATTEMPT TO STORM IN.
A BEAT LATER, THE DOOR CRASHES INWARD,
FALLING TO THE FLOOR.
SOLDIERS CLIMB OVER THE COLLAPSED DOOR,
GRABBING CECILIA BY THE ARMS.]
CECILIA’S MOTHER
“No!”
[THE SOLDIERS DRAG CECILIA OUTSIDE.]
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SC66. INT. COURTHOUSE - DAY - ROME - 177 A.D.
[CECILIA IS STOOD BEFORE ALMACHIUS.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
"Cecilia will never offer sacrifice to false gods. I have pledged my soul
to the great God who, in the days of old, walked the earth with
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Throughout my life I have served his
divine son who died on Calvary's cross for the love of you and me.
Shall I fall down and adore a piece of marble? Shall I burn incense
before an image of stone? Never! No, never!"
ALMACHIUS
"But remember, unless you do as I ask, I shall be forced to condemn
you to suffering and, perhaps."
CECILIA CAECILIA
"There is no punishment in your power that can make me deny the
Lord Jesus Christ. I have loved and served him till now and I shall
continue to do so till death. Let the law take its course. The Christian
asks for no mercy."
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SC67. INT. STEAM BATH - CECILIA’S HOME - NIGHT - ROME - 177
A.D.
[CECILIA IS SAT IN THE LOCKED ROOM.
SCALDING STEAM POURS INTO THE ROOM.
CECILIA SITS IN PRAYER, MIRACULOUSLY COOL.
ITS DAYLIGHT.
THE DOOR IS UNLOCKED.
A SOLDIER STEPS INTO THE ROOM CARRYING A
SWORD.
THREE BLOWS OF THE SWORD FALL UPON
CECILIA’S NECK.
CECILIA REMAINS ALIVE.
SHE FALLS TO THE FLOOR.
THE SOLDIER PLACES HIS BLOODY SWORD IN ITS
SCABBARD.
HE EXIT’S THE ROOM.
CECILIA LIES DYING, DROP BY DROP.
POPE URBAN IS KNELT BY CECILIA.]
CECILIA CAECILIA
“I would wish for my home to be made into a church for the poor. How
sweet it is to die for the Lord."
[CECILIA CLOSES HER EYES IN DEATH.]
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SC68. INT. SAINT CALLISTUS CATACOMB - DAY - ROME - 817
A.D.
[POPE PASCHAL OPENS CECILIA’S TOMB.
CECILIA’S BODY IS INCORRUPT, AS THOUGH SHE
HAS JUST DIED.
HER NECK STILL HAS THE SWORD MARKS.]
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SC69. INT. CHURCH OF ST. CECILIA - DAY - ROME - 1599
[CECILIA’S MARBLE TOMB IS BEING OPENED.
HER BODY REMAINS INCORRUPT.
THE SWORD MARKS REMAIN.]
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SC70. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CARDIFF GENERAL - NIGHT - 2014
[IFAN SITS UP IN BED.
IFAN HAS A BANDAGE ON HIS FOREHEAD ABOVE
HIS RIGHT EYE.
CORA IS SAT ON THE EDGE OF THE BED.]
CORA FENCIS
“I was so worried love. How do you feel?”
IFAN FENCIS
“Bit of an aching head. I had the strangest dream.”
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SC71. EXT. A AND E - CARDIFF GENERAL - NIGHT - 2014
[IFAN EXIT’S THE BUILDING WITH CORA]
CORA FENCIS
“I saw your sister Ifan. A local politician was assassinated by the Black
Brigade around the same time and the same area that they hit you.”
IFAN FENCIS
“Yeah? We should vamoose, get this checked out by company
medics. Make sure the neuro-transmitters are still functioning at
optimal level.”
CORA FENCIS
“I booked us a hotel room in town. It might not be a great idea for you
to travel temporally whilst you’re still healing. We can remote
conference with the base medics, see what they say.”
IFAN FENCIS
“You’re my liege, where’s the hotel?”
CORA FENCIS
“Near the town centre.”
[CORA AND IFAN WALK OFF.]
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SC72. INT. HOTEL ROOM - HOLIDAY INN- NIGHT - CARDIFF -
2014
[IFAN IS SAT ON THE EDGE OF THE BED.
CORA STEPS TOWARDS HIM, WEARING A SCOOP
NECK TEDDY.]
IFAN FENCIS
“Hello gorgeous.”
CORA FENCIS
“Lady Time has come to reset Father Time’s dimensional perimeters.
Mustn’t have creational energy just spraying every which way.”
IFAN FENCIS
“Father Time is very grateful. However, I do believe that sentence just
got a wee bit away from you.”
CORA FENCIS
“Kiss me spoil sport.”
IFAN FENCIS
“In my defence Cora, I have a bit of a conk on the head.”
[CORA STEPS CLOSE TO IFAN.
IFAN KISSES CORA.
IFAN LEANS BACK ONTO THE BED, PULLING CORA
ATOP OF HIM.]
END OF EPISODE.