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TEASER

FADE IN:

EXT. DESERT - EARLY MORNING

The desert here is peaceful in contrast to the conflictraging further afield.

In the distance, sand is thrown up by something thatsrapidly approaching.

As the sand cloud hurtles towards the camera, the sandclears to reveal its a two thousand strong, contingent ofstripling Tharad warriors riding WAR SALUMSETS at fullpelt.

These steeds are leaner, more sturdier versions of the

salumsets seen earlier, their forms rippling with muscle.

The war salumsets are draped in thick animal hide saddles,that protect all of their vulnerable areas, only the eyesremain uncovered.

From their manner of dress the warriors are spoiling for aserious fight. Gladiator-style enclosed helmets andintricately patterned metal gauntlets, breast plates andshin guards worn over their flowing robes.

Their armour is adorned in bright colours- reds, yellows,greens and bloody handprints. Polished shields, flutedrifles and staffs are carried by each warrior.


Dark black plumes BILLOW outwards in the strong breeze.Orange flames lick the smouldering, twisted black remainsof what was once an ISA issue army truck.

The strong current seems to fan the flames further togreater ferocity and size.

INT. MANGLED ISA TRUCK - NEXT

Inside the mangled vehicle, a broad shouldered figure iscrumpled in a soot streaked, green chair. He coughs as hestirs awake, its GENERAL NEMENS.

He crawls out of his chair with a wince and gets on allfours. Nemens covers his mouth and nose with his leftsleeve.

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NEMENS(hoarse)

Hey! Anyone else alive? Make anoise so I can find you.

He glances to the left, the driver, LEWIS, is slumped inthe other chair.

Dead.

A large shard of glass EMBEDDED deep in his dark throat.Crimson soaks through his ISA uniform collar.

Nemens grits his teeth and crawls further. The black smokeinside the truck seems to thicken, as he presses forward.He squints through the smoke and heat haze, to make outpeople.

Motionless people.

Glass shards spray the entire metallic floor. As he movescloser, he sees that the glass shards have fatally EMBEDDEDthe people closest to the windows.

NEMENS (CONTD)(sighs)

Shatterproof my ass.

He crawls further, slowly, to avoid glass shards andwincing when he doesnt.

Nemens passes the people slumped in the last of the seats,blood seeping and congealing from numerous gaping wounds.

Crimson spatters the hard green seats, their green uniformsand the metallic floor. The warped walls here, pepperedwith numerous grape fruit sized holes.

General Nemens exits the truck from the large, gaping holefrom the first blast. His black boots landing on the sandwith a soft THUD.

CRACK! The closest blistering frame JUTTS out and SLAMSinto Nemens head.

He crumples to the ground, unconscious. The mangled truckblazes fiercely beside him.

BLACK OUT:

END OF TEASER

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THE FERATU CHRONICLES

"The Chronicles Begin- Part III"(Killers of the Dawn)

Story byAmy and Jamie Rees

Teleplay byAmy Rees

Copyright Amy & Jamie Rees

MZP-tv


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ACT ONE

FADE IN:


A dazed SARA shakes her head in an attempt to clear it.Theres the beginnings of a large purplish bruise thatcovers the right side of her face.

Weaving slightly, she stumbles over to the prone forms ofANN and NATHAN.

Ann and Nathan both WINCE as Sara GRABS both of theirshoulders to rouse them.

SARAYou got banged and bruised all

over too, huh?

Nathan grunts in agreement as he helps Ann sit up. Shewinces as she does so, glancing at her right ankle.

ANNI must have landed on it funny.

Nathan and Sara both scrutinise Anns ankle.

NATHANCan you walk on it?

SARALooks swollen must be sprained.

ANNI dont know, Ill try.

(Off Saras concern)Ill keep the weight off it.

Ann uses her rifle in an attempt to propel herself off theground by leaning on it as she gets to her feet. She risesoff the ground leaning on her left foot.

But as Ann straightens up to stand, she buckles-

She doesnt fall on her ass however as Sara and Nathan arealready to their feet and supporting her.

ANN (CONTD)(smiles)

Thanks.(beat)

Nathan, honey dont take this thewrong way, but Saras about myheight.

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Nathan reluctantly releases his grip on Ann. She shifts herweight leaning closer to Sara as she half hobbles, halfhops, testing out her right ankle.

SARA

We better find shelter before thesuns rise.

NATHANHows the search party supposedto locate us if were not in theexpe-

SARAIf theres even a search party.Everyone could be dead for allyou know. Im not going to die of

heatstroke waiting in va-

NATHANThe hell Im doing that! Im notgoing to be stranded on thisrock, cause you cant stand alittle heat.

SARAA little? The temperature-

ANN(frustrated outburst)

Shut it.

Both are startled out of their argument by Annsinterruption. Nathan smirks triumphantly at Sara, hisexpression saying Ha, she sided with me!.

ANN (CONTD)(Off Nathan)

Both of you.(to Sara)

We dont have any water orrations so we cant stay hidden

indefinitely. But-(to Nathan)

We wont survive long enough tobe found if we dont use commonsurvival sense.

(Beat)You can speak now.

SARAIf I remember rightly, thereshould be caverns if we continuein a south easterly direction.

Ann smiles brightly at both Sara and Nathan.

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ANNWhat are we waiting for, then?Lead the way.

EXT. DESERT - MAIN FLANK - EARLY MORNING

The battlefield here is utter chaos.

Miinish and rakesh CLASH violently against the weakenedferatu and chromlian forces.

Miinish calvary zig zag through the melee, dodging anyattempts on their lives.

Their dynirs horns GOUGE any and everyone in the vicinity

with a hard head TOSS. Whilst the riders BLAST or HACK atsoldiers as they gallop through the ranks.

Black cannon fire randomly PEPPERS the ground, causingCHUNKS of earth, flesh and blood of varying colours toSPRINKLE the air and flutter down to resettle until anotherbarrage.

The surviving few, feratu manned A.T.Vs return shots withequal vigor- the purple pulses HITTING their distant enemytargets.

The ground violently SHUDDERS, its reverberations rippleout in all directions, sounding like thunder.

FOCUS ON TUVAL, his mottled yellow skin, flushed silver andhis uniform grimy and tattered. He scans the confusion forsomething or someone, firing off blue pulses in alldirections.

KOLENUS appears, out of breath. Hes in the same state asTuval. He shakes his head, discouraged and concerned.

KOLENUSMy communicators not working.

They must be employing somethingto dampen transmissions. How are

we to inform the rest of thewarriors of your orders?

TUVAL(determined)

Well have to tell thempersonally. This has explodedpassed a simple border dispute.We did not volunteer for this.

BOOM! A SALVO of black blasts EXPLODES the ground nearTuval and Kolenus this time.

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Tuval and Kolenus are thrown bodily through the air.

They CRASH hard into the sand a hundred metres away.


Ten Tharad warriors inspect the corpses of their fallenbrethren, those of the caravan killed earlier by the bruterakesh.

Brute rakesh bodies are occasionally littered amongst thedead. The rest of the warriors keep watch, warily eyeingthe surroundings.

One warrior, TRIANNE, turns over a slender figure, to

reveal NYSERRIAH, blue blood soaking her drab brown robes.

He bows his head mournfully, through the slit in his robes,we can see his green eyes are wet with unshed tears.

TRIANNE(subtitled)

Nyserriah is amongst the fallen.

The other warriors, bow their heads sympathetically. Awarrior rests his gloved hand on Triannes shoulder.

WARRIOR(subtitled)

Your sesn lived and diedvaliantly protecting her family.

Triannes eyes harden as he surveys the carnage.

TRIANNE(subtitled)

There will be time for mourninglater.

(Pause)The mother and childrens group,

will have sheltered in theclosest emergency safe haven,four thousand mescas, south.

(beat)Ziest!

The ten tharad warriors quickly mount their war salumsets.At this, the contingent takes off hastily, a cloud of sandkicked up in their wake.

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EXT. ISA TRUCK WRECK - EARLY MORNING

Nemens groans, coming to, the shadows playing across hisfeatures as the brightness of the blazing wreck nearby,erratically splashes light on the dim surroundings.

His legs are now buried underneath wreckage, some of thetrucks warped frame. He shifts it with a wince to revealbadly singed army green pants.

He half drags himself to a safer distance from the fierywreck.

Nemens gingerly lifts the bottom of his pants to reveal redburns where his pants are badly singed. The burns lookseriously nasty.

Nemens glances at the wreck then to the desert, in deepthought. His expression is visibly indecisive, should hestay or should he go?

After a shaky attempt to rise, he reluctantly sits backdown.

Staying for now, his eyes search the deserts around him forany possible signs of help or danger.

EXT. DESERT - EASTERN FLANK - EARLY MORNING

DBRONZE, TROVENUS and the rest of the flank here have onlyjust absorbed the shock reversal of fortune. This flanksshield generator sputtering as the protective shield heredies out as well.

DBRONZEDrez! The main flank needs us.

TROVENUSIndeed. Perhaps we can assistthem after we are in position to

do so.

We PULLBACK and WIDEN to reveal that the flanks surroundedby an army of brute rakesh. The hulking brutes musclesrippling as they CHARGE.

EXT. DESERT - WESTERN FLANK - EARLY MORNING

The protective shield still SHIMMERS and shifts here.However, the battlefield here is oddly, incongruously

peaceful.

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TAZUL, NMEIRA and LUCIF stand at the frontline, confusionat the turn of events still evident on their faces.

TAZUL(taking charge)

Nmeira, take two thirds of the

battalion units to the center.The rest will follow me toDbronzes position.

LUCIFTheyre not attacking us for areason- perhaps this-

NMEIRAIt is a trap. If we do that, theinvasion forces will pierce theremaining shield here,

unchallenged.

TAZULIf we were holding this positionthat would be a problem. Fortifyand assist. Is that understood?

NMEIRA(begrudging)

Yni.

The western flank hurriedly disperses.

EXT. DESERT - MORNING

The tharad warriors ride.

The second Tharad safe haven can be glimpsed from adistance. Thick, black smoke wafts out from the cavern

mouth in the strong breeze.

THARAD WARRIOR(subtitled)

We are too late.

Trianne turns to face the warrior immediately.

TRIANNE(subtitled)

I never want to hear that mannerof talk again. Ci?

THARAD WARRIOR(subtitled; nods)

Ci.

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11/47


Sara, Ann and Nathan walk through the desert, passing sanddunes that surround them in all directions.

The twin suns heat almost full force now, despite howearly it still is.

The three are sweaty, tired and thirsty. All have green ISAjackets tied round their heads in an attempt to keep thesun and heat away.

SARA(to Nathan)

A little heat, huh?

NATHAN

I dont see those caverns youvebeen bragging about seeingearlier. You dont even know

where were going, do you? Iveseen that same damn dune, threetimes already.

Sara rises to his bait, ready to angrily retort.

ANNGuys! Save your energy.

(beat; points)Is that a cavern?

Sara and Nathan immediately look in the direction Annpoints. A cavern mouth is indeed there, another sevenhundred metres away.

EXT. DESERT - MAIN FLANK - MORNING

Tuval grimaces as he sits up, trying to get his bearings.Silver DRIPS from a deep, nasty gash that runs down theleft side of his face. Otherwise unharmed he rushes to

Kolenus side.

Kolenus isnt as fortunate, having taken the brunt of theblast. Silver blood soaks his uniform and the sand from thenumerous bloody lacerations sustained from the salvo.

Kolenus coughs weakly as he attempts to speak, theressilver tinging his lips.

TUVALDont attempt to speak.

Tuval removes a metal tube from within his uniform jacket.Kolenus eyes it warily.

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TUVAL (CONTD)It is the only way to staunch theblood flow.

Tuval unscrews the tube. Starting with the biggest, gaping

wound he SQUEEZES the tubes contents out, a black viscousgoo.

Kolenus GRITS his teeth as the black viscous goo SOLIDIFIESinstantaneously.

JUMP TO:

JOLNA and BRYSON who like the other feratu soldiers here,grip clear personal shields, that distort and shimmerslightly, a localized protective field.

They BLAST away at miinish and rakesh, back to back,covering each others blindspots.

BRYSONWhen were done here, you fancy a

meal at The Javelin?

JOLNAId love to. Youre offering topay?

BRYSON(mock offended)

Ai! I might not come from a noblefamily like yourself but I canafford-

SKREESSH! Jolna and Bryson are HURLED like rag dolls fromthe concussive impact as a salvo RAKES the sand near them.

EXT. DESERT - EASTERN FLANK - MORNING

A bloody, brutal free for all. The brute rakesh outnumber

the feratu, two to one.

FOCUS ON Dbronze as he BASHES one brute in the face withhis MAUL, another in the stomach.

The rakesh REEL backwards slightly dazed then HISS, rearingto attack again.

JUMP TO:

Trovenus who hurls his SYKAR. It SIZZES through the air,black blood SPURTING as it slices.

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We FOCUS ON Raichek BLASTING away at brute rakesh. Thebrutes only going down after four well aimed shots.

A brute rakesh LOOMS behind Raichek, it pounces, fangsSINKING DEEP into his chest, before he can make a sound.

Cresis and Taggart fight back to back, twirling an axe andmace each tearing CHUNKS out of the rakesh onslaught.

THWACK! The whip of a huge brute rakeshs tail sends themSPRAWLING.

Four of the rakesh onslaught SEIZE the opening, pouncing onTaggart with their fangs glistening. Taggart shouts out inpain as four sets of fangs GORE him.

BACK TO Trovenus who spots the rakesh looming over Raichek,

its fangs DRIPPING silver.

Trovenus lets go a barrage of pulse fire that RIPS into thebrutes eyes with such ferocity, black blood SPURTS. Itkeels over.

Trovenus RUSHES over to Raicheks side, silver alreadypools on the sand, from the deep wounds in his chest.Raichek attempts to move his head.

TROVENUSLie still Raichek. Conserve yourstrength.

Trovenus removes a metal tube from his uniform jacket thathe starts to unscrew. Silver tinges Raicheks lips and hecoughs before shaking his head.

RAICHEK(weakly)

S-save it for someone who needsit more than I.

Trovenus begins to SQUEEZE the viscous black goo intoRaicheks wounds.

TROVENUSThis may smart- Raichek? Raichek!

Raicheks eyes stare glassily ahead. His left arm fallingLIMPLY to his side.

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An establishing shot of the mouth of a cavern.

INT. CAVERN - NEXT

Theres the sound of SLOSHING as we slowly PAN across thedank caverns expanse.

FOCUS ON Nathan his trousers rolled up to his kneesstanding in an inlet of water- a subsidiary of a cave riverfrom the looks of it.

He DARTS forward as he glimpses a flash of silver. Nathanshands, close around nothing with a frustrated SPLASH.

NATHANId have a hell of a betterchance, if one of you actuallygot off your ass, to help me.

SWITCH FOCUS to Sara and Ann who watch on amused. Theyrestanding near a cavern wall, inscribed with ancientcarvings and symbols glimpsed in other caverns previously.

SARA(smirks)

As a practising vegan, I cantassist in the killing ofsomething for food, in all goodconscience.

Saras trying hard to keep a straight face but its obviousshes really enjoying the spectacle of Nathan attempting tocatch fish.

ANNI loved to really, honey but myankles still too sore.

Theres a hint of mischief in the way she says it,suggesting that even if she didnt have a sprained ankleshe still wouldnt help.

NATHAN(grumbling)

Dont know whats so interestingabout some primitive cavescrawlings, anyways.

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EXT. DESERT - MAIN FLANK - MORNING

A stunned Jolna painfully sits up, blood TRICKLING from agash on her forehead.

She scrambles over to Brysons prone form.

ANGLE ON Bryson reveals his bodys peppered with deeplacerations, blood staining the pale sand. His eyelidsFLUTTER, hes still alive!

Jolna quickly rolls up her sleeve and BITES her wrist. Sheplaces her wrist to Brysons mouth.

She winces slightly as he starts to drink.

JUMP TO:

Tuval who half-carries Kolenus, his left arm slung overTuvals shoulder as he leans on him for support.

Tuval determinedly scans the battle for other chromlians.

He spots a group of ten chromlians that are FIRING onmiinish cavalrymen.

TUVALWarriors! Assist me in findingthe survivors. Were leaving.

The warriors nod then disperse.

BACK TO Bryson whose eyes close. Hes no longer drinkingfrom Jolnas wrist either. Jolna SHAKES him, worried.

FOCUS ON Nmeira who leads the bulk of the western flankbattalions to the main flank here. Shes noticeably takenback by the scene before her.

From Nmeiras POV we see the chaos of the bloody battle inits entirety:

A.T.Vs are on fire. Bodies of fallen feratu soldiers andchromlians are interspersed amongst the numerous enemycorpses.

NMEIRAHelp the injured to retreat.

The soldiers separate into small groups and head off intothe melee.

Nmeira searches the battlefield spotting a blonde figure,crouched over something. She SPRINTS.

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Tears streak Jolnas face. She drips her blood overBrysons many wounds.

JOLNA(desperate)

Come on, Bryson. Wake up!

Nmeira comes into shot, a gamut of emotions crosses overher features-sadness, regret, sympathy and pity.

NMEIRAJolna we need to regroup.

(beat;gently)Brysons dead.

Jolna shakes her head vigorously.

JOLNANo, no! He just needs more ral.

She bites her other wrist, hard. Blood SPURTS. Shefrantically drips more blood onto Brysons chest.

Nmeira grabs the sobbing Jolna by the shoulders, pullingher away from Bryson and the battlefield, as we:

BLACK OUT:

END OF ACT ONE

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ACT TWO

FADE IN:


Dbronze bounds over to Cresis and Taggarts aid. Cresisbarely dodges and blocks the frenzied LUNGES of threerakesh.

Dbronze SNAPS the neck of one, CRACKS one over the headand SMASHES the skull of the last with a brutal uppercut.

DBRONZE(searching)

Wheres Taggart?

Cresis, points him out, tired and out of breath.

CRESIS (V.O.)One mesca to your left.

Dbronze eyes the direction of Cresis instructions. Fourbrute rakesh are viciously goring something or someone, redDRIPPING off their fangs.

Dbronze sprints over.

He WHACKS all four backwards at once with a JARRING swingof his maul. The concussive force of the swing, DAZING allof them.

ANGLE ON Taggart.

Hes dead.

Battered and bleeding from many gaping holes in his body,chest and arms. His uniform tattered and blood soaked fromthe numerous gore attacks.

A sad, mournful expression settles on Dbronzes features.

At the sound of intermittent HISSING, he turns to face the

four rakesh with a GROWL.

Dbronzes face contorts, full of rage. His eyes now inkyblack pools, as we:

JUMP TO:

Trovenus grimly fending off attacks from the seeminglynever ending stream of brute rakesh.

BACK ON Dbronze as he strides over to the four rakesh. Theground violently QUAKING at every step he takes.

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The four regard him curiously, more intrigued thanintimidated by his presence.

BRUTE RAKESH #1What makess you think-

Dbronze punches rakesh #1 straight in the mouth, extremelyhard. His fist bleeds from making contact with its fangs-but hes unaware or unbothered.

The other three rakesh SPRING into action, hissing andlunging at once.

Dbronze SNAPS the neck of one, GOUGES the eyes of anotherand GRABS the other in a choke hold.

It wriggles violently but Dbronze tugs at its head-

tearing its skull and upper jaw from the head easily with aSQUELCH.

Rakesh #1 fearfully tries to slither away, but Dbronzevindictively kicks it back down.

He ROARS.

EXT. THARAD SAFE HAVENS 2 - MORNING

Dismounted, Trianne stealthily leads the warriors, theirrifles and staffs at the ready.

They pass the smashed search light contraption as theyenter the cavern mouth.

INT. THARAD SAFE HAVENS 2 - MORNING

The scorched, burnt out shell of the skin tent settlement.Warped and smouldering tent frames are all that remains.The walls and roof of the cavern now blackened and soot

covered.

The bodies of the fallen warriors and mothers, are nownothing more than charred skeletons.

The mood of the warriors turns sombre- except for acautiously optimistic Trianne, who carefully scrutinizesthe bodies.

TRIANNE(subtitled; relieved)

Ciero! The young ones have

escaped to the shadow havens.None of their bones lie here.

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(Pause)Rites can be performed later. Theshadows must be informed of this.


We FOCUS ON Dbronze spattered with black blood. He ROARSagain. A primal expression on his features tinged withgrief, rage and pain.

He kicks out at one brute, its head snapping back at an oddangle.

Another rakesh pounces but Dbronze GRABS it roughly by theneck. One of its fangs glancing off him, scratching hischest.

He SLAMS it down backwards on his knee, eliciting a largecrack. It goes limp.

SWITCH FOCUS to Tazul, Lucif and the smaller battalion withthem that rush onto the scene. Tazul and Lucif arecompletely surprized by the carnage here.

Cresis STUMBLES over, tired.

CRESISDbronzes lost it. Again.

He inclines his head to the right. A NEW ANGLE showsDbronze ripping apart the enemy with his bare hands.

TAZULLucif and-

(pauses; spots Trovenus)The Field Marshal will coordinatethe retreat here. Ill handleDbronze.

Lucif BLURS over to Trovenus who tends to a badly injuredchromlian, silver blood oozing from a particularly fearsome

looking bite.

LUCIFYou and I are to coordinate theretreat. Ill have my soldiersescort and assist the injured.

Trovenus looks up from rubbing black goo onto the warriorswounds.

TROVENUSMy communicators transmissions

are being dampened.

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Would you be able to voice myorders to the warriors, via your

men?

LUCIF(closing his eyes)

I can. What is it, you wantpassed on?

PUSH THROUGH the chaos to FOCUS ON Tazul who sprints overto Dbronze. He smashes in the nose bridge of a rakesh witha soft splat.

TAZULDbronze!

(softer)Its time for us to leave.

Dbronze GROWLS as he faces Tazul.

DBRONZEIll leave when every last onesfressin dead!

TAZULWe need to regroup. Then we canobliterate them all. Cautionarystories will be told of this day,after Ive finished with them.

Theres a dangerous, menacing edge to her words despite hercalm. She smiles devilishly at Dbronze. Its unnerving tosay the least.

Dbronzes eyes revert back to their previous deep browncolour.

DBRONZE(small smile)

Ya always know just what to say.

EXT. DESERT - SOMEWHERE ELSE - DAY

The SAVANT watches the horizon its loose black robesbillowing out in the slight breeze.

The reunited rakesh and miinish forces sprawl out behindhim. The gronz snuffle loudly in the distance.

The miinish and rakesh chatter amongst themselves.Sheltering from the growing heat under skin tents.

Some use fires to cook things that resemble humanoid body

parts, legs, arms etc.

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COMMANDER PTOLEMUS approaches the Savant.

PTOLEMUSDrahks disappearance places meas the highest ranking miinish.

With this charge, I must ask-(Waits for Savantsattention)

Why arent we pressing ouradvantage? They are in retreat.

SAVANTThat isss not our instructionsss.We wait.

EXT. DESERT - DAY

The Tharad army ride briskly through the desert. Trianneleads.

He pulls out an aurelian crest worn around his neck, fromunderneath his robes. The gem FLASHES and PULSATES.

INT. CAVERN - DAY

FOCUS ON the wall carvings, an aurelian crest can be seenin the corner of what appears to be a map. Its ancient and

weathered but there are still legible alien letters andsymbols that dot it.

SARA (O.S.)Any luck reading it?

PULLBACK from the wall as Ann looks up from the symbols.

ANNThe letters here are similar tothe ones I had to translate, back

at the camp site. This means thatthe cultures have been livingtogether, in close contact for

many generations. Perhaps theyrediff-

(off Saras look)Sorry, its just so fascinating,you know? I think, it sayssomething like, undergroundaccess, all trespassers beyondkilled.

They look at each other, both intrigued and concerned. Saraplaces her ear to the wall and KNOCKS.

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SARAIts solid rock. Unless-

SPLOSH! Nathans THROWN himself bodily forward, in anotherattempt to catch something in the cavern reservoir. He gets

to his feet, dripping wet.

He smiles triumphantly holding onto a struggling NSEEK, along silvery hybrid of a fish and eel.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - BATTLE ER - DAY

Medic soldiers, wearing white armbands bearing a singleblue crescent, hurriedly tend to the many wounded feratuand chromlians, in the cavernous room.

Futuristic medical equipment and paraphernalia dot the roomindicating the rooms been set up for such occasions.

REVERSE ANGLE shows Tazul, Dbronze, Nmeira, Lucif andJolna sitting at a table in another room. The chaos of thebattle ER can be seen from here via clear glass doors.

Theyre deep in the midst of conversation except for Jolna.She sits silently, staring and unresponsive. A thickblanket wrapped around her. A stark contrast to theemotional mess she was earlier.

DBRONZERegardless of where the fressthey got the fressin tech from.Dont change the fact theyve got-

NMEIRAIts just so despicable. Not evendrakans are-

TAZULDrakans are capable of anything.As long as it guarantees victo-

NMEIRANot even theywould dishonourJanos Aedron.

Tazul opens her mouth to retort but thinks better of it,shaking her head in disgust.

Dbronze and Lucif share a long suffering look- theyvebeen arguing this point for who knows how long.

LUCIF

As Dbronze succintly triedtoput it.

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He gives Tazul and Nmeira a pointed look.

LUCIF (CONTD)We need to focus on how todisrupt their tech not where or

who, they acquired it from.

TAZULWe have until reinforcementsfrom Port Auron arrive, to devisethis new offensive.

DBRONZEBetter get a fressin start then.

PUSH THROUGH the crowd to rest on Trovenus and Tuvalsitting at a table.

TUVALThe men and I wont go out again.

TROVENUSI know. It would be unfair of meto expect otherwise.

TUVALYoure still going arent you?

(off Trovenus look)Why risk your life for them?

(gestures to the crowd)We have lost too many good

warriors. I do not wish to loseyou as well.

TROVENUSYou wont.

(pauses)But there comes a time, when onefights to restore ones honour,rather than for a cause.

The two lapse into silence once more.

INT. CAVERN - AFTERNOON

Nathans managed to start a roaring fire using the drybranches of stunted shrubs. His clothes mostly dry now.

Ann and Nathan eat the now char-grilled fish. Sara lookson, still hungry.

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ANNSara, you have to eat something.Its not a living creature fromearth. So cant you make anexception, just this once?

NATHANPlants and vegetables are livingthings too, but you still eatthem.

SARAThats different you half-wit.They cant think or feel pa-

NATHANHow do you know?

Ann rolls her eyes at them. A weary here we go again,expression on her face.

Nathan pokes another shrub branch into the fire disruptingsome embers.

NATHAN (CONTD)We should take shifts tonight.One on watch while two of ussleep. Who wants to take thefirst watch?

ANNSara should sleep.

(to Sara)You were up practically allnight. Ill v-

NATHAN(shakes his head)

Ill take first watch then. Youshould get some rest too.

SHIR SHINK. Nathan readies his rifle.

EXT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - AFTERNOON

Trianne stops his salumset just before the sand dune.Dismounting, he aims the PULSATING gem at the sand.

A now familiar low rumbling sounds as the stone platformappears from beneath the sand.

Trianne places the crest down and quickly pushes in a

sequence.

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The platform disappears beneath the sand with a WHIRRINGsound.

The sands shift to reveal the clear panel beneath, thebrown eyes behind it relaxed. Theres a familiarity here.

MALE VOICEIll open the service access.

A low HISS as the sand FALLS away reveals a wide slopingplatform, the entrance to a tunnel.

INT. CAVERN - EVENING

Nathan sits beside the fire. It crackles and pops

occasionally as the fire licks the kindling. He looks offscreen.

NEW ANGLE shows Sara and Ann fast asleep. Their folded upjackets used as makeshift pillows.

Nathans gaze lingers on Ann, smiling fondly.

Hisssssss.

Nathan SNAPS to attention, his rifle aimed at the cavernmouth waiting.

Nothing appears.

He relaxes, shrugging it off. Its just a combination of thedarkness and a sleep deprived, overactive mind.

HISSSSSSS.

This time its much louder and forceful.

Nathan squints at the cavern mouth. Three indistinctfigures can be barely made out in the darkness.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - BATTLE ROOM - EVENING

Dbronze and Trovenus sit at a smooth, round table.

DBRONZEYa men did more than was expectedof em in light of the situation.

(pauses)Why are you still takin part?

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TROVENUSWeve both lost good warriors andI find it is just, not within meat present, to simply walk awayfrom an unresolved conflict.

DBRONZE(smiles)

Seems we aint that muchdifferent.

JUMP TO:

Tazul as she types something at the console below the threeenormous screens that stream surveillance of the deserts.

Trianne walks over to her.

TRIANNE(mischievous)

Aaah, so the tales of youactually laboring are true.

Tazul turns at his voice with a smile. She surprizes himwith a hug.

TAZULI havent seen you in an age.

(beat; realizes)Ai! What do you mean tales?

Trianne breaks from the hug.

TRIANNEI wish it were under morelighthearted circumstances.Nyserriah and her family havebeen massacred.

(pauses; this is hardfor him)

Everyone except the children havebeen accounted for. Their bodies

were not among the dead andNsemas medallion was missing....

TAZUL(genuinely upset)

You know you have my deepestsympathy and sorrow. If you needto talk or anything...

TRIANNELas Maihjet. I shall keep youroffer in mind.

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TAZULAs for the children itll takeless than a sieto to locate them.

She types in the console. A map of an underground labrinyth

cavern system appears on screen. Two sections are flashinghighlighted.

TAZUL (CONTD)Nsemas access was used eightsolar hours ago to enter here.

(indicates to map)Underground access port sixhundred and seven. Half a solarhour later it was used again, onsafe haven three oh four one.

(pauses)

Scans picked up life signreadings of twenty tharad and onerastiff.

Trianne noticeably relaxes, relieved at the information.

TRIANNEMy warriors and I are also hereto pledge our assistance. I wantto look my sesns murderers inthe eyes, before they taste of my

wrath.

TAZULLo Mokol.

(beat)Come join me and the otherofficers, were just about toresume finalizing our battleoffensives.

As Tazul purposefully strides off, Trianne following, we:

BLACK OUT:

END OF ACT TWO

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ACT THREE

FADE IN:

INT.CAVERN - EVENING

Nathans mid conversation with a now awake Sara and Ann.

ANNNo way in hell.

NATHANRight now we have the advantage.We know three somethings are outthere. They dont know werehere.

SARA

Or they dont know we know,theyre out there.

ANN(exasperated)

Nowyou both agree on something?

NATHANIll just be distracting themlong enough for you to make a runfor it.

ANNI dont like this plan at all.

(sighs)At least take my rifle too.

NATHANKeep it. You might need it. I wasa track star back in college,remember? Ill easily outrun

whatevers out there.

Ann quickly pulls him in for a quick but passion-filledkiss.

ANNFor luck.

Nathan grins. He turns to Sara.

NATHANIm counting on you to look afterher.

Sara mock salutes him.

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SARAAye, aye Captain.

(serious)Dont worry I will.

Nathan grabs two flaming branches from the fire as hestalks over to the cavern mouth.

Now turned away from the two women, his expressions not asconfident. He swallows, determined.

FWUMP! Nathan THROWS a flaming branch out the cavern mouth.

HISSSSS! The branch illuminates three tall, lithe rakeshthat hiss in surprise and pain, at the sudden change inlight intensity.

Nathan gapes what the hell are these things?! before heSPRINTS passed, unnoticed.

A safe distance and head start away, Nathan FIRES his rifleonce while waving his flaming branch.

NATHANHey! Over here!

The now recovered creatures eye Nathan curiously. Theirtongues tasting the air as they SURGE forward to givechase.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - BATTLE ROOM - EVENING

Nmeira, Lucif, Dbronze, Tazul, Trovenus and Trianne allnow sit at the smooth, round table.

A holographic projection of the surrounding deserts ishovering in the center. A red multitude of dots areconcentrated in one area on the map.

TAZUL

(gesturing to the dots)The enemys mostly situated here.We need to take out the cannons

with a well executed aerialassault.

(pauses)It will also provide the groundtroops the opportunity to scatterthe beasts and slaughter them, inthe confusion.

TROVENUS

Is that entirely necessary?(off everyones looks)

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I was under the impression youwished to drive them off, back towhence they came.

TAZULHe raises a good point.

(beat)Well need to allow somesurvivors, so they can spread the

word of what happened.

Trovenus frowns, thats not what he meant but he decidesnot to argue the point any further.

TRIANNEThat may be a hard request tofollow though. My warriors and Iare eager to spill marauders

blood.

DBRONZEAint we all.

(sighs)To avoid any fress ups lets goover the battle plan one moretime. I aint givin thosepudanzs any chance to wiggle freethis time.

OFF TAZUL, as she starts to go over the battle plan again.

INT. CAVERN - EVENING

Sara holds two flaming branches. She passes one to Ann.

ANN(nervously)

You think Nathans alright?

SARACome on. Weve got to move,

before any more of those snakeE.Ts show up.

EXT. DESERT - INVASION FORCES CAMP - NIGHT

The Savant, Commander Ptolemus and SEP SALAZAR are in deepconversation. Distinctive ritualistic scars and brands ofintricate swirls and dots cover Sep Salazars face.

Behind them the rakesh and miinish all chatter and hiss

amongst themselves.

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Much more fires have been lit amongst the camp indicatingthe foot soldiers have mostly settled in.

SALAZARSsavant, our warriors have hadthe battle plan repeated, again.

Ssso that they aware of theirrolesss.

(Pointedly to Ptolemus)Not that it was required of ourforcesss, obviousssly Ssavant.

The Savant tilts his head in acknowledgement. His largeruby red eyes gaze at Commander Ptolemus, who is stillbristling over Salazars comments.

PTOLEMUSThe miinish are also well

prepared, Savant.

SAVANTIf it isss true then I ampleasssed, for now.

Sep Salazar opens his mouth to say something but anexplosion ERUPTS close by.

The force of the blast RIPPLES OUT, causing the earth toviolently shake near the three.

Yells, howls and pained hisses are heard in the off screenchaos as more explosions rock the area.

We see from the Savants POV as he gazes out, the entirecamp is scattering and scampering to their battle stations.

Some miinish and rakesh lay dead, their bodies ripped apartfrom the blasts.

Others lay wounded, suffering from spurting bloody wounds,groaning and shouting in pain. While a few run and rollaround on fire.

The gronz bellow in panic, ready to bolt, cannon carriagenotwithstanding, at the sight of the fires. Their miinishcontrollers futilely try to calm them.

SAVANT (CONTD)Ssso it hass sstarted. You know

what hasss to be done.

Salazar and Ptolemus nod and rush off.

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A wide shot of the assault as A.S.Ps gracefully dodge gunfire and take out targets with deadly accuracy.

The A.A.Gs, Armed Artillery Gunships, the more sturdier butslower transports, easily shake off any hits as theyprovide air support for the ground troops below.

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

Nathan runs as fast as he can.

The three rakesh slither after him. Closing the distancebetween them at a steady and dangerous rate.


Dbronze and Trianne head a frontline charge of a mixedforce of feratu and tharad.

FOCUS ON Dbronze as he SMASHES his maul into three miinishdropping them with ease

DBRONZEThis is fressin nseek in abarrel.

Trianne twirls a staff expertly as he beats four LUNGINGrakesh off.

TRIANNEDoes that diminish yourenjoyment?

Dbronze CRACKS a rakesh in the face with a powerful rightcross. It staggers dazed from the punch.

DBRONZENiest, Im just sayin. Enjoy allya want.

With that, Dbronze quickly SNAPS the dazed rakeshs neck.

Trianne pushes a notch in his staff with a PFFT, two bladesextend from either side of the staff. He WHIPS them acrossfour rakesh throats, spilling their reptilian blood beforethey can react.

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Nmeira and Trovenus fight side by side, as their flankconsisting of feratu and mounted tharad rip into thedisjointed rabble here.

SWHING! A miinish gurgles and clutches at his throat as aBOLA wraps around it.

A tharad warrior on a war salumset, continues on throughthe melee swinging another bola.

He flings it at another miinish, the bola wrapping aroundits throat with deadly accuracy.

Nmeira HURLS a flaming projectile from her hand at a groupof fleeing miinish. They shriek as the flames quickly lick

their greasy fur, setting them ablaze instantaneously.

TROVENUSWas that entirely necessary? They

were retreating.

Trovenus BLASTS back rakesh as they surge forward.

NMEIRAI can ask the same of you. Whyare you even here, Field Marshal?

Trovenus retrieves his sykar from his jacket and lets itfly.

TROVENUSHow about we agree to focus onthe battle at hand, hmm? We candiscuss that later.

Nmeira shrugs dismissively, not bothering to reply, moretaken up with throwing fiery balls at the incoming army.

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

We catch up with Sara and Ann mid-run. They slow down to abrisk walk, already tiring.

SARAIf- my thinkings right. Thetruck should be-

She stops as she sees black smoke plumes and flames in thedistance.

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It holds her attention, almost mesmerisingly. Shock anddisbelief, war on her features as she realizes with a gut

wrenching twist, whats happened.

ANN

Sara?(no response; urgent)

Sara!

Sara breaks out of her shock induced daze.

SARAWhat?

(realizing)Oh, shit.

Ten miinish step out of the shadows. Surrounding them in a

lazy circle, blocking all possible escape routes. Yellowedsharp teeth gleam as the miinish size them up hungrily.


BOOM! The last cannon carriage goes up in flames. The gronzbellows in fright, rending the metal yoke that connects itto the carriage.

It runs panicked through the battlefield, crushingunderfoot anyone or anything in its path.

TILT UP at the sky to reveal the A.S.P that made the shot.

INT. AERIAL SPEEDING PLATFORM (A.S.P) - NEXT

Tazul handles the craft as she manoeuvres it effortlesslyvia a semi- circular steering column. Lucif mans the

weapons console wearing a black tinted visor.

LUCIF (V.O.)

Weve taken out the last cannonsuccessfully.

EXT. DESERT - CAVERN - NIGHT

We see through the sight piece of a futuristic sniperrifle. It focuses and follows an A.S.P closely.

We PULLBACK TO reveal CHIEFTAIN DRAKH crouched on a highvantage point cavern overlooking the battle. A slick, black

and menacing looking sniper rifle set up in front of him.

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Drakh stands as he holds his arm out. His rankir swoopsdown and lands on it. He holds a small clump of brown hairin front of it.

DRAKH

Track her.

He places a small, black and red disc in one of therankirs clawed feet. Its foot closes around it tightly.

Drakh strokes the rankirs head.

DRAKH (CONTD)You can do it my morinxa.

The rankir caws softly before it flaps its wings and fliesoff.

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

BAP! BAP! Sara and Ann shoot at the miinish quickly. Sarasa better shot than Ann, efficiently NAILING four.

White blood soaking their jerkins or spattering the sandfrom head shots.

Ann manages to take out two after several shots. Whiteblood drenching the miinishs jerkins from the numerousbullet holes.

SARAAnn, try not to waste bullets!

Ann shoots the closest one to her. Almost upon her, itfinally stumbles, dead, from the multiple wounds.

Saras GRAPPLED by a miinish from behind. As Ann aims herrifle and shoots-

CLICK! CLICK! Shes out of bullets. Ann almost whimpers as

the charging miinish, violently snatches the now uselessrifle from her.

Sara lashes out at her miinish, SLAMMING her rifle hardinto its stomach as she STAMPS down on its right foot. Itsgrip loosens in pain.

With a GROWL, the miinish roughly grabs the terrified Annin a choke hold.

Sara SPINS out and around from her miinish.

BAP! BAP! The miinish collapses, white blood trickling fromtwo shots to the forehead.

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The miinish holding Ann takes in the odds now. It GRIPSAnns neck tighter, eliciting another whimper from herlips.


A tracking shot as we follow the rankir as it fliesoverhead of the battle.

It seems to be concentrating and sniffing, following ascent trail.

The rankir quickly soars higher as a maroon A.S.P glidespast. It turns and follows it doggedly.

It drops the red and black disc on the vehicles roof witha soft CLUNK as the disc sticks to it- a red lightflashing.

The rankir screeches as it flies off.

INT. AERIAL SPEEDING PLATFORM (A.S.P) - NEXT

Tazul and Lucif both glance up at the soft CLUNK.

TAZULWhat the harn was that?

Lucif as perplexed as she is, just shrugs.

BOOM! The vehicle SHUDDERS violently as the disc explodes.

The transport lurches as it rapidly loses altitude. Tazuldesperately steers and tries to slow down the inevitablecrash.

LUCIF (V.O.)Weve sustained damage and are

coming into crash at a highvelocity. Tazuls attempting toslow our descent.

The desert is coming up quickly in the windows as the A.S.Phurtles, head first down.

Tazul manages to slow the vehicle just as it hits the sand,HARD. The jarring impact of the crash, dazing them.

BLACK OUT:

END OF ACT THREE

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ACT FOUR

FADE IN:

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

We return back to the scene from earlier. The miinish hasAnn hostage as Sara looks on worried.

MIINISH(more insistent)

Nyin cesit graix!

At Saras blank look, he indicates Anns rifle and dropsit, then points at Saras one.

Sara places her rifle slowly down. Holding her hands up toshow their empty.

SARA(low)

Ann, wait for it...

Ann holds Saras gaze, theres an understanding betweenthem. Sara gestures to herself.

SARA (CONTD)Me for

(points to Ann)Her.

The miinish scrutinizes her warily. Sara KNEELS in front ofhim, her hands in the air to show no weapons.

She lowers her arms to her sides and bows her head, as ifto meekly accept her fate.

The miinish DROPS Ann, who hungrily GASPS for air, rubbingher throat. She eyes Saras rifle a few feet out of reach.

He grins as he roughly pulls Sara to her feet. A malevolenttwinkle in his eyes.

BAFF! Sara throws a fistful of sand into his eyes as shesolidly KICKS him in the shins. His grip slackens as hedesperately scrubs at his eyes to clear them.

Ann STUMBLES over to the rifle. Her still trembling handsgrab it and aim.

Sara SWEEPS the still disorientated miinishs feet out fromunderneath him.

With an almost primal scream of fear and rage she WAILSinto him. Her fists landing solid punch after punch.

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Anns POV through the rifles sight piece reveals thatthere isnt a clear view.

Saras blocking the shot as she viciously punches away. Annbites her lip anxiously. She cant make the shot.


Dbronze and Triannes flank are successfully driving backthe scattered rabble.

LUCIF (V.O.)Weve sustained damage and arecoming into crash at a highvelocity. Tazuls attempting to

slow our descent.

Dbronze looks up at this. We enter Dbronzes POV as hewatches a maroon A.S.P streak across the sky above him.

NMEIRA (V.O.)Dbronze Ive got a visualconfirmation of their crashpoint. Im going to assist. Meet

me there?

Dbronze ELBOWS a miinish in the face, dropping him.

DBRONZEYa fine leadin the flank here,Trianne?

Trianne glances to Dbronze whilst simultaneously blastingaway miinish with his fluted rifle.

TRIANNEIm more than capable. Do whatyou need to do.

DBRONZE (V.O.)

Ill see ya in a sieto.

INT. AERIAL SPEEDING PLATFORM (A.S.P) - NIGHT

Tazul shakes her head to clear it as she quickly comes toher senses. Lucif still dazed remains slumped in his chair.

She crawls over to his side in the now mangled vehicle.Swinging one of his arms around her as she supports him,pulling him out of the blazing wreck.

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SHOOMB! Tazul painfully gasps as a gaping hole is PUNCHEDthrough her left shoulder, by a silver shell that disperseson contact.

Her blood spatters the desert and Lucif who slips from her

grasp.

She falls to her knees gasping and CONVULSING. The woundisnt healing itself! The veins surrounding the wound pulse

with a silvery tinge for a moment.

We REVERSE ANGLE to FOCUS ON Drakh who smiles as he linesup another shot through his sight piece. This time hesgoing for the kill shot, as he aims at Tazuls head.

SLOW MOTION as Lucif comes to and spots the wounded Tazul.His form blurs and disappears....

MACRO BULLET SHOT:

As the silver shell HURTLES towards its intended target.

Lucif appears at the very last second, pushing Tazul down,out of harms way. He crumples, blood SPURTING as a fistsized hole is punched clean through his chest.

We FOCUS ON Tazul still convulsing and out of it. Her eyesrolling to the back of her head.

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

Ann still struggles to make the shot. She contemplatessomething for a short beat before-

ANNSara! Catch!

Sara looks up, just as Ann throws her the rifle.

She catches it and shoots the miinish twice, at point blank

range in the head.

Sara stands still, staring at it, the rifle limp in herhands.

ANN (CONTD)Sara? You alright?

Ann grimaces as she notices Saras bloodied knuckles.

SARA(snaps out of it)

Yeah, yeah. Im good.

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We better keep moving- god knows,how many more of these things areout here.

EXT. DESERT - CAVERN - NIGHT

A frustrated Drakh watches from his hiding spot as Dbronzeand Nmeira quickly run onto the crash scene.

Dbronze rushes to Tazuls side trying to hold her down andstaunch the blood flow. Whilst Nmeira rushes to Lucifsside.

He seems to pause as he packs his sniper rifle away, as ifdeciding whether to try again but thinking better of it.


The Savant stands defiantly, not at all perturbed by thereversal of fortune. His loose black robes now dustier andspattered with white blood.

He watches the chaos around him for an extended beat as hisforces are beaten back mercilessly.

Satisfied, he retrieves a twisted carved horn from withinhis robes.

He breathes deeply and BLOWS into the horn. The hornelicits a painful high pitched wail for a long moment. TheSavant takes another breath and blows again.

The remainder of the invasion army immediately turn tailand retreat at this.

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

Nathan turns and SHOOTS at the three rakesh. The bulletsdeflect off their hardened scales.

Nathan has a classic WTF expression at this as he SWINGShis flaming branch to keep them at bay.

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MONTAGE:

Mournful, dirge like music plays over the following scenes:

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

Soldiers respectfully carry the bodies of their fallencomrades off the battlefield.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - NIGHT

Nmeira watches as Cresis and Dbronze carry Lucif past ona stretcher.

INT. IMPERIUM DESTINY - NIGHT

Trovenus now wearing his maroon robes, gently SWINGS alantern from which steam rises. Reciting a prayer he walksamongst the opened silver caskets that the fallen warriorshave been placed in.

Tuval and the others stand nearby, all their headsreverently bowed.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - BATTLE SURGERY - NIGHT

A field surgeon, SSIERP and his two younger aidesfeverishly work on Tazuls shoulder. Shes unconscious, a

mask placed over her mouth and nose.

A machine beeps beside her - showing her low but steadylife signs.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - MORGUE - NIGHT

Nmeira stands by Lucifs table, holding his hand. Tearsslowly roll down her face.

She hurriedly turns to leave and runs straight intoDbronze. He holds her in a comforting embrace.

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INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - BATTLE SURGERY - NIGHT

Ssierp pulls out a miniscule sliver of silver shrapnelwith bloodied surgical tweezers from the gaping wound inTazuls shoulder.

It CLATTERS into a tray where there is a large pile ofsilver shrapnel already.

The mournful music slowly tapers off as we:

END MONTAGE.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - R & R CHAMBER - NIGHT

The mood is sombre and quiet, despite the victory, mostpreoccupied with the memories of those friends and family

members that didnt make it.

Tharad, chromlian and feratu soldiers mingle here. Allequally morose.

FOCUS ON a table where Dbronze, Trianne and Nmeira sit.

DBRONZEI cant fressin stand all this

mopin and feelin sorry forourselves.

Nmeira seems not to have heard him but Trianne perks upinterested.

TRIANNEWhat do you propose?

DBRONZESomethin to get everyones mindsoff their problems. Ya in?

Trianne nods.

DBRONZE (CONTD)What bout ya Nmeira?

NMEIRA(preoccupied)

What?

DBRONZEDont worry bout it. Well beback in a sieto.

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EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

Nathan FIRES at the closest rakeshs eyes. Success! Blackblood oozes from the wounds.

It hisses in pain, blinded but still determined.

He lets go another barrage that rips into the creaturesruined eyes. Its head JERKS back at the force before itsways, finally dead.

The two remaining creatures both LUNGE at him. One gets aface full of FLAME, hissing in surprise and frustration.

The other JERKS back as it cops a bullet in each eye.

CLICK! CLICK! Nathans face falls. Hes out of ammunition.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - SURGERY ICU - NIGHT

Tazul is still unconscious, a white sheet pulled over her.A large bandage firmly wrapped over her entire shoulder. AnIV tube is inserted into the injured arm where red fluiddrips down the tube.

Tazuls eyelids flutter as she stirs.

The disorientation clear on her face. At the sight of herbandaged shoulder, the stomach wrenching realization of

what happened hits her hard.

She mournfully stares into space on the verge of tears butrefuses to allow herself to breakdown.

Her mind made up. She quickly pulls out her IV with awince.

Next, she efficiently unravels the bandages on her shoulderto reveal the wound is already healed. Though the new skinhere is exceptionally pale.

Tazuls gaze falls on a folded pile of clean clothes on thetable beside her.


Dbronze, Trianne and a few volunteers have set themselvesup in the middle of the chamber in the midst of a rousingfolk song.

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Trianne expertly blows away on a pan pipe-like instrumentwhilst Dbronze strums away on a hybrid of a guitar andlyre. The volunteers bang away on drums.

DBRONZE AND TRIANNE

(singing)But no one wanted to get close,To hand the king his crown,They gave it to the relion,Who lowered it gently down.

TRIANNE(sings solo)

Then they quickly came away,Because they could foresee,That they, might become thedinner, of his royal majesty!

The crowd clap along, with Tuval and Nmeira amongst thefront row.

EXT. ISA TRUCK WRECK - NIGHT

Sara jogs after Ann, whos hellbent on running as fast aspossible to the burning wreck. She futilely tries to lookthrough the outside of the burning wreck for survivors.

Ann steps forward, moving even closer to entering theflaming wreck. A hand GRABS her.

Its Sara.

SARAAnn. If theyre still in there,theyre already dead.

Ann and Sara mournfully gaze at the truck.

ANNEveryones.....

She stops unable to finish the thought, tears alreadyfalling.

Sara blinks away unshed tears, trying to hold herselftogether, to think a way out of this.

General Nemens STAGGERS into shot, visibly startling themboth.

He immediately notices the distinct lack of Nathan andSaras bloodied knuckles.

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NEMENSWhat the hell happened to you?

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - SERVICE BAY - NIGHT

The now saddle less war salumsets rest here, eating anddrinking from troughs. The sounds of Dbronze and Triannes

music can be faintly heard here.

FOCUS ON the rear where Tazul soothes and saddles anotherwar salumset.

Ten others nudge her, already resaddled. A white satchelwith a blue crescent, medical aid supplies, is slung overher shoulder.

TROVENUS (O.S.)Do you think thats wise?

Tazul looks up at his voice as Trovenus steps out of thedarkened corridor entrance.


Almost the entire room is getting involved, with all thosewatching, clapping along enthusiastically. Chromlians,tharad and feratu joining in.

DBRONZECome on, you all know thefressin words. Join in.

(sings)Tyractus.

Trianne plays his pan pipe solo for an extended beat.

DBRONZE AND EVERYONE(sings)

Tyractus the Great, he was theking! The most feared in theland.

Trianne, Dbronze and the volunteers play an energeticsnatch of music for another extended beat.

DBRONZE AND EVERYONE (CONTD)(sings; softer)

The most feared in the land.

The song now finished, Dbronze and Trianne look out at the

assembled crowd.

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The atmosphere here is far more lighthearted than before,as most of the crowd seem more hopeful.

DBRONZE(smiles)

Ai, anyone got any requests?

EXT. DESERT - NIGHT

Nathan SMASHES the butt of his rifle into the blindedrakesh as it lunges full force at him. Hurt, pissed andhungry.

It reels back, dazed.

The other one charges to help but Nathan instinctively

brandishes the flaming branch again.

Every time it tries to get close, its met by the flames.

Hissing, it hangs back, patiently waiting - much like acrocodile for the perfect chance to attack.

Nathan SMASHES the butt of his rifle repeatedly at thedowned rakesh. A heady mix of fear, adrenaline and survivalinstincts driving him on.

His rifle comes up dripping black.

Satisfied, he turns to focus on the last remaining rakesh.The blood spattered rifle in one hand and the flamingbranch in the other.

INT. AURELIUS OUTPOST - SERVICE BAY - NIGHT

Tazul throws an irritated look to Trovenus.

TAZULWhat business is it, of yours?

TROVENUSWhy not wait for help or othersto accompany you?

TAZULI cant.

(sighs)I just cant see them now,alright?

(beat)If youre coming, you have to

promise to follow twostipulations.

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TROVENUSThey are?

TAZULNo communication devices and no

interfering.

Trovenus removes his silver communicator pin and places iton a ledge.

TROVENUSYou have my word.

(beat)Why do you need so manysalumsets?

Tazul walks off, not bothering to answer the question, just

yet, Trovenus follows after her, as we:

BLACK OUT:

END OF SHOW

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