TEASER
FULL SHOT BLANK BLACK SCREEN
The words "The Following has been Translated into English."
Appear on screen.
INT. OFFICE ROOM -- ???
A book is tossed onto the desk, and it opens. Each page has
an image of a past event in the history of this world, but
they all resemble ours. The pages progressively begin to
turn and flip faster and faster as time passes.
Running images that resemble our own history fly onto the
screen. A man dressed like King Tut addresses his thousands
of followers in a culture not unlike ancient Egypt. The
assassination of JFK is shown by the murder of a Priest in
the same sort of scenario. A plan crashes into a large arched
building. Other famous events are repeated that have occured
in our history, but they are changed just slightly so they
feel new.
GOD (V.O.)
Imagine your perfect world...
EXT. ANIMATED PERFECT FIELD -- DAY
A large field of grass, rainbows, bunnies, trees. It feels
like a saturday morning cartoon. It's even animated.
GOD (V.O.)
Love...
Two people pop onto screen. One is a man, much like ADAM
from later, dressed in nothing. The other is a woman, EVE,
also dressed in nothing.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Peace.
That's when elements of civiliation begin to show. Procreation
as people begin to multiply.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Murder...
Things turn darker. It's much less vibrant. Very black and
white, blood splatters onto the camera.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Freedom... lies... death...
And finally, even in the perfect world, ADAM succombs to
death on his death bed.
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2.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
There's no escaping these fundamental
concepts. That's why we have the
imagination, to show the world places
and things that they can never see.
But there is a way to circumvent
these ideals. Organizing a way for
Heaven and Hell to co-exist on the
same plane... and then... everything
is possible.
EXT. ALLEYWAY -- NIGHT
Glistening off of a fallen Colt 45, blood drops fall onto
the handle. There's heavy breathing in the background,
sounding like two men.
Wide Shot of the empty alley, minus a man on the ground,
face first, his arms outstretched to the fallen gun. Another,
dressed mostly in black, lights a cigarette and has a shotgun.
He stands behind the gun, and the blood falling down from
his hand was the blood from the initial shot. That man is
DANIEL ORIEL.
DANIEL ORIEL
(loss of breath)
When you meet Satan, tell him that
you went out fighting.
Daniel points the shotgun at the man.
MAN
Thank y-
Bang.
END OF TEASER
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3.
ACT ONE
INT. SUPERMARKET -- DAY
TIFFANY LYNN is standing in line, holding a water bottle and
a dollar in her hands. She looks down and begins to untwist
the cap, but then sighs, lowers the bottle, and begins to
tap her feet.
EXT. SCHOOLYARD -- DAY
NOAH ALEXANDER, bookbag by his side, sits next to a lovely
young cute brunette girl. He looks to her quickly and averts
his glance from her. He looks away, tapping his fingers on
his leg. He turns back, to see her looking at him. He smiles
clumsily as she raises her hand and calls out to someone
away from him. The BRUNETTE jumps up and walks off the other
direction, as NOAH simply watches her go, disappointed.
INT. DANIEL'S BEDROOM -- MORNING
The Shotgun resides on the edge of a chipped night stand,
perched next to a phone with the time on it. DANIEL ORIEL
lies in bed, turning in his sleep. His window is covered by
a large black blanket, letting in only a sliver of light
from the top opening. The light paints a picture of passing
cars from the outside reflecting onto the ceiling above him.
He has a single palm tree like plant in the corner of his
room, and the wooden closet door, with a hole in it, is
closed.
EXT. SCHOOLYARD -- DAY
NOAH ALEXANDER walks out of the school yard, bookbag in toe.
TIFFANY LYNN is there, and she smiles, taking a sip of her
water bottle. She catches Noah's stride.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Lynn!
LYNN
How are things?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Let's just say, thank God I'm
graduating next week.
LYNN
She said no?
NOAH ALEXANDER
No, not so much a no, moreso a lack
of response.
LYNN
What did you do?
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4.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I smiled at her.
LYNN
And?
NOAH ALEXANDER
That's about it.
LYNN
That's not enough Noah.
NOAH ALEXANDER
But she didn't smile back! That's
like, a sign, isn't it?
LYNN
Maybe she just didn't notice you?
NOAH ALEXANDER
How is that possible?
LYNN
I don't know, you are quite loud.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Maybe she hates me.
LYNN
No! No!
NOAH ALEXANDER
Everyone hates me.
LYNN
No they don't.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Daniel hates me.
Lynn winces slightly.
LYNN
Well, Daniel hates everyone.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Except you.
LYNN
I am a rarity, I'll give you that.
NOAH ALEXANDER
What do you think he's doing, right
now?
LYNN
Now?
(MORE)
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5.
LYNN (CONT'D)
(looks at watch)
Sleeping no doubt.
(pause)
Hey, let's go wake him up and bug
the crap outta him for ditching me
last night.
NOAH ALEXANDER
He ditched you?
LYNN
Said he had somewhere important to
be. He's always going off all Willy
nilly filly dilly milly and such.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Which reminds me.
NOAH reaches into his bag and pulls out a flower.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
It's a lily.
(shrugs)
If she doesn't have it, someone
beautiful should.
LYNN is reluctant to take it.
LYNN
Oh... how sweet?
NOAH ALEXANDER
I really don't want to go to Daniel's
though. That guy has it out for me,
ever since we met.
LYNN
He hardly knows you Noah, it's only
been three weeks.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I'm an open book though! He hasn't
even glanced at the table of contents
yet!
LYNN
Let's just go. I'm sure he's got
your Nintendo still hooked up.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Unless he lit the damn thing on fire
already.
LYNN
He has that schedule for Tuesday.
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6.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Oh... good to know.
INT. DANIEL'S BEDROOM -- CONTINUOUS
DNAIEL is still sleeping. A loud ring breaks through the
softer noise of cars passing by and honking horns on the
outside of Daniel's flat. DANIEL tosses over, rubs his eyes,
and looks at the time.
DANIEL ORIEL
Hell.
He squints. He reaches over and picks up the phone, revealing
the time to be "15:00." He lifts the phone off the receiver
and listens in.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Do you know what time it is?
LYNN (O.S.)
Hi! I do! Daniel! I'm just calling
to let you know I got home safely
last night when you ditched me.
In the background of the phone call, Daniel can hear Noah
slightly. He's quite soft though, so Daniel ignores him.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
(Repeated)
Wake up-wake up-wake up-wake up-wake
up....
DANIEL ORIEL
Why wouldn't you?
LYNN (O.S.)
Also. We're outside.
DANIEL ORIEL
(edit line)
Ah, the intercom. Come on in.
Noah'll have to wait outside.
Noah's voice rises a bit, as he's come closer to the receiver.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
Awh! Is that Daniel making fun of
me? Can I talk to him?
DANIEL ORIEL
No.
LYNN (O.S.)
He said no.
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7.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
Anything else, and he wouldn't be
Daniel.
INT. DANIEL'S LIVING ROOM -- MORNING
A single torn leather couch sits in the center of the room,
in front of a coffee table filled with empty cigarette packs
and too many butts smoked. NOAH ALEXANDER, 18, a hopeless
hopeless romantic everyman, sits on the floor in front of
DANIEL'S 13 inch screen television, playing Nintendo. He
looks to be doing well. Behind him, staring out the window,
is TIFFANY LYNN, mid-twenties, an attractive observer of
things, drinks out of her water bottle. She stares out the
one window inside the room. She's sort of in a nook, as the
room is shaped in a pentagon.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Oh Dr. Wily. You and your shenanigans.
Lynn looks over toward Noah, and lets out a slight smile.
As she does this, she places the water bottle away.
INT. DANIEL'S BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL spits his toothpaste filled saliva into the sink. And
then just takes a moment to give himself a look in the mirror.
INT. DANIEL'S LIVING ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
A slight RUMBLING SOUND, almost like a train, is heard.
NOAH stops playing the game and looks to Lynn to see if she
noticed it. But in that moment, the Nintendo bursts into
flames.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Holy.
NOAH jumps back and tosses the controller in the air in shock.
He crawls backwards and then stands to his feet, turning to
Lynn.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Lynn? You've got some water or
something?
LYNN narrows her eyes in confusion and lets her jaw drop
slightly. She breaks out of her shock quickly and reaches
awkwardly over to the water bottle, just out of her reach.
She gets onto one foot to give her a little bit of leverage,
and then clumsily tosses the bottle to him in a flicking
motion.
NOAH unscrews the cap and wildly turns the bottle upside
down on the NINTENDO. It only further fuels the fire, as
NOAH jumps back to avoid his eyebrows from being burned off.
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8.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
We talked about this Lynn. Vodka is
not water.
LYNN
That's not vodka. It's like it's a
grease fire?
NOAH rolls his eyes with the next line
NOAH ALEXANDER
(oh wonderful)
Freaktacular.
INT. DANIEL'S BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS
Daniel doesn't notice the commotion out of his bathroom. And
neither do we, as they drown out.
INT. DANIEL'S LIVING ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
LYNN turns back toward the window as NOAH has began to place
a blanket over top of the flame. He's desperately patting
it down.
LYNN looks back toward NOAH and his crisis, but whips her
head back toward the window, and slowly drops her jaw.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Little help here?
LYNN just stands there, motionless. She finally lets out a
sound.
LYNN
Everything's... stopped?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Fires out, if that's-
With the fire now out, Noah walks over, placing his hands on
his pelvis as if he were Superman saving the day. NOAH looks
outside, and that's when his eyes narrow in confusion.
NOAH sees that there is no one moving outside the window.
Traffic is stopped, a blinking walk sign is completely blank.
People are in mid-stride, and there's not a single noise...
except for the rumbling.
NOAH continues in stride with his comment, barely losing a
beat in this chaos.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
-a giant game of freeze tag, why
weren't we invited?
Suddenly, the window shatters inward.
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9.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
OH GOD!
NOAH yanks LYNN to the ground and covers her with his own
body. The shards of glass spray outward, striking NOAH and
scratching up his entire back. Let's just say his tan
overshirt is cut to shreads, along with his undershirt, and
his back.
The walls begin to shake, paintings fall. The television
falls off of it's stand and sends out short shocks of
electricity.. The cigarette butts on the coffee table erupt
into flames, the wall's foundation cracks slightly. Drywall
particles fall from the ceiling onto LYNN and NOAH, as NOAH's
hair is covered to look almost gray.
INT. DANIEL'S BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL knocks out of his stare, and races out of the bathroom.
INT. DANIEL'S LIVING ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL races into the room, as the earthquake slowly subsides.
He picks NOAH up by his torn and tattered shirt, before
HEAVING him into the cracked wall. NOAH winces in immense
pain.
LYNN
(shocked)
Daniel!
DANIEL ORIEL
What did you do!
NOAH ALEXANDER
I only stole ONE cigarette! I just
turned 18, it was a right of passage
type thing.
DANIEL tosses him back first into the wall again, as even
more of the wall begins to crumple down onto NOAH ALEXANDER'S
head.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
If I could freeze time,
(points outside)
Do you really think I'd have been
late for my SAT's?
LYNN
This isn't the time for jokes Noah!
NOAH ALEXANDER
I'm not talking about a chicken
crossing a road here. In fact, I
couldn't be. A chicken would have to
be able to MOVE, and there's no MOTION
PICTURE outside that frame...
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10.
He points to the broken window.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
When the HELL did we enter Twin Peaks!
DANIEL glares angrily toward NOAH, who just stands there,
shoulders hunched as he's trying to keep his back muscles
from moving. After a slight pause, as DANIEL bites his lip
to show he's withholding aggression, NOAH speaks.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
You're gonna throw me up against the
wall again, aren't you?
DANIEL ORIEL
Get out. Now.
He releases NOAH, as NOAH tosses his head back against the
wall in a sigh of relief.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
(angered)
You are not welcome here.
LYNN seems to get angry in the background during all of this.
An awkward pause follows.
A flash of light, a poof of smoke, and appearing before the
group is a seven foot, 330 pound DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS,
standing upright. He is also dressed in a white, tweed style
full body suit.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
Actually, it'd be best if he stayed.
DANIEL rolls his eyes toward the DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS, as
NOAH takes a few steps forward, his head tilted, trying to
gain a sense of what he's looking at.
DANIEL ORIEL
You have got to be shitting me.
NOAH reaches out to touch the DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS' large
bill, but doesn't, jerking his hand back. He turns toward
DANIEL.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Who the hell is this guy?
(To Platypus)
What, they didn't have a superman
costume in your size? Who are you!
DANIEL ORIEL
(to Noah)
I believe I was the one threatening
you earlier, so how the hell can you
see him?
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11.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Uh... he's there?
NOAH points to the DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS, who waves.
DANIEL ORIEL
(to Lynn)
Can you see him?
LYNN's eyes go wide as she locks them with the DUCK BILLED
PLATYPUS. She averts quickly and nods her head.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
(back to Noah)
Still, who the hell are you!
NOAH ALEXANDER
I'm Noah Alexander, you're lovable
comic relief!
DANIEL grabs NOAH by his shirt and tosses him into the wall
once more.
LYNN, watching it all, slowly lowers herself onto the window
sill.
LYNN
(attempting to be
calm)
I'm just... going to sit down now.
LYNN, seated now, has her eyes wide open and glazed over, as
if she's looked at the DBP(Duck Billed Platypus) so long
that everything had started to become blurry.
The DBP raises his arm to DANIEL to halter him. DANIEL
doesn't react.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
Daniel. Step down.
(to Noah)
Noah Alexander.
(to Lynn)
Tiffany Lynn. I'm sure you're all
bit, what's the word in this plane?
Confused?
(to Daniel)
I said, step down!
DANIEL lets go of NOAH'S shirt, reluctantly. NOAH squints
his eyes, trying to mask the pain. He keeps his eyes closed
even now.
NOAH ALEXANDER
(convincing self)
Okay, this is an elaborate dream
sequence. I know what to do here.
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12.
Noah taps the heels of his shoes together three times. He
stands there for a brief moment, waiting.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Damnit. Why do the movies LIE!
Daniel smacks Noah in the back of the head. NOAH lowers his
head due to the blow and covers himself.
Lynn watches this all unfold.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Owww.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
We have precious little time for
your childish distaste with one
another.
NOAH ALEXANDER
(rubbing back of skull)
He started it.
The DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS ignores NOAH and turns to DANIEL.
And so, NOAH turns to LYNN to garner sympathy.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
The man you killed last night.
LYNN, still seated, perks her head up at this. Her eyes are
wide and she's obviously in shock. NOAH looks at DANIEL,
looks at the DBP, and then takes a simple step back into the
wall behind him.
LYNN
You... killed someone?
There's an incredibly long awkward pause, as DANIEL turns to
LYNN to explain himself. Nothing comes out, before LYNN
continues.
LYNN (CONT'D)
I need to sit down again.
The DBP, still focused on DANIEL, continues.
NOAH, meanwhile, has tried to take a step back into the wall
he was already touching. Needless to say, he bumps his head
slightly.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
He was destined to save the world.
DANIEL ORIEL
What?!
DANIEL, angry, steps toward the DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS and
gets in his face.
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13.
Which still keeps Daniel at a safe distance due to the size
of the DBP's bill.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
You told me he was destined to kill
thousands.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
To save millions...
DANIEL takes this in, and quickly averts his gaze. He steps
back from the DBP slightly, mouth agaped at what he's caused.
LYNN looks worried, as DANIEL is pacing now.
NOAH kicks his BROKEN NINTENDO in frustration.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (CONT'D)
(reassuringly)
We didn't know.
Daniel catches what the DBP said, and regains his power over
the situation. He steps back in toward the DBP, much like
before, his previous thoughts totally gone.
DANIEL ORIEL
We?
The DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS fidgets a bit and looks away
slightly.
LYNN narrows her eyes, almost in anger to the DUCK BILLED
PLATYPUS.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
Did I say we?
DANIEL ORIEL
(Menacing)
You did.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Oh... busted!
Daniel charges forward, and tries to grab the Duck Billed
Platypus. But he's incorporeal, and Daniel slides right
through him.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
Daniel. You are rash and impulsive.
You should know by now. I am not THE
man of action. I am simply a
messenger. The messenger.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Just so we're clear, you're not a
man, right?
(MORE)
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14.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
You're a giant duck billed platypus.
One who we're talking to.
(to Lynn)
Why are we talking to a giant Duck
Billed Platypus?
Lynn tries to answer but can't.
DANIEL ORIEL
A messenger? Then who the hell do
you work for!
NOAH ALEXANDER
Now, if you're ghost like, did Daniel
and you just have sex?
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
The world is ending. Is that truly
an issue at this juncture?
NOAH ALEXANDER
That would be a yes to the sex thing.
Daniel clocks Noah, sending him to to the ground fast.
DANIEL ORIEL
Sit down and shut up.
Noah stands to his feet, and glares at Daniel. He rubs his
cheek in the background as the blow did hurt him, but more
was a simple stun.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS
There is a way to fix things, but it
won't be easy.
DANIEL ORIEL
I'll get my guns.
Daniel walks to a large curtain on the opposite wall.
NOAH ALEXANDER
As in PLURAL!?
DANIEL pulls open a curtain to reveal a large bank vault.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
Long ago, God decided to experiment.
He created man in His image.
As the DBP Continues his story... Daniel tinkers with the
bank vault's extensive combition sequence. Palm recognition
and voice analysis. On the door, an image of a man and a
woman with their hands together appears in shadow during all
this.
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15.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
The Christian bible speaks of Adam
and Eve, two pure, perfect, immortal
souls, living together in perfect
harmony.
A beep rings out, showing that Daniel has gotten into the
vault.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
But, as was the nature of man, and
God, they wanted more. They wished
to enter the kingdom of Heaven.
INT. BANK VAULT -- CONTINUOUS
Daniel Oriel swings up the vault doors, and standing there
is an incredibly large white room, filled with guns and
exposives. Noah Alexander just stands there, awestruck.
NOAH ALEXANDER
It's glorious!
Daniel sorts through the mess of things, which includes a
huge set of books about the world. Daniel grabs one and tosses
it onto the floor, it opens to a page of an image, where
Man's earth and the Heavens rested on a balance beam.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
But God's experiement was not
complete. He needed to contain each
world seperate from another. Heaven
was meant to be the control group,
A light shines onto Heaven's side, and then onto Earth's.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
and Earth, as it is called here, was
meant to be the variable.
INT. PARADISE -- AFTERNOON
The Sun is warm, the trees are green. It's paradise on earth
as ADAM and EVE sit around a campfire. They wave toward the
picture.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
But even though Adam and Eve were
blissfully happy, they were ever
curious about the state of heaven.
ADAM and EVE look over past the edge of their universe, and
see HEAVEN on the other side of the Balance Beam.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
So they made a deal with God.
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16.
INT. COURTROOM -- AFTERNOON
ADAM and EVE are standing in an empty courtroom with two
lawyers, God, and the Duck Billed Platypus in the corner of
the room. They heartily exchange handshakes together.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
In exchange for their Immortality,
God would allow man to live, breed,
and die in their world, and enter
the gates of Heaven apon death. A
victory for both sides, if you will.
I know this because I was apart of
this all.
The DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS takes attention and stands in the
corner.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
With mortality, comes the issue of
morality.
INT. PARADISE -- AFTERNOON
Things are becoming a bit less Paradise like. Darker moods
and such, as we see an image of two men unlike Cain and Able.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
A mortal being, a human, if you will,
has the power of choice, long after
death. A choice to be good, or a
choice to be evil.
Cain and Able show both good and evil. Able hands Cain an
apple, Cain slaughters Able.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Normally, men don't know their paths,
and as such, choose their written
destinies, but every now and then,
they stray from the path of God.
Cain is satisfied. Until an Angel, PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL], drops
down from Heaven. He pulls Cain into the earth, and in doing
so, his Angelic self was tinted red with the blood of Able's
deeds.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
And as such, God allowed his hand of
vengeance, an Arch Angel, to create
an existence simply to punish the
wicked. The good, through the
original agreement with Adam and
Eve, would be sent to Heaven. The
bad, would be sent to Hell.
A newspaper flies into scene, as we see the image of the
dead man in the alley.
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17.
The image rewinds back into dark and back to moments before
the trigger is pulled.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
But there are some people who stray
from the path too far, and God cannot
wait for them to die naturally. Doing
so would taint so many other souls
you see.
Reveal : Daniel Oriel, pointing down the barrel of his shotgun
at the man.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
So Daniel Oriel was chosen, to kill
the evil of the world before it could
spread too far, before the entire
world would be engulfed.
MAN
Thank y-
A blast rings out.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
Thing is, God made a clerical error...
INT. HEAVEN
Up to GOD, who's doing paper work with glasses on his head.
A newspaper flies onto the camera and catches it. It's of
tomorrow's paper, where there was a huge car accident
involving a building that falls.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
The man Daniel killed was set to
kill hundreds of people today, but
Daniel stopped him before he could.
A new view, of the Man saving the world by killing himself
to stop an explosion of some kind.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Thing is, he was also meant to save
the world in a beautiful redeeming
self sacrifice... Without him, your
world is doomed. But there is a way
to stop it.
The newspapers fly away and we're back to the book, a page
turns due to wind, and it unviels an image of the Spear of
Destiny, glowing in a platform like King Arthur's sword.
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18.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.) (CONT'D) *
It used to be called the Spear of
Destiny... but I honestly couldn't
imagine what it would be called now,
allows the wielder to manipulate
time and space. It would allow Daniel
to return to the past and correct
his mistake. But the staff is heavily
guarded in a heavenly dimension, a
place no human has ever traveled.
If you were to travel there, there
would be no returning, unless you
were successful in acquiring the
staff.
EXT. DANIEL'S APARTMENT -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL, NOAH, and LYNN exit the apartment complex, geared up
for war.
DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS (V.O.)
Once you all accept this risk, there
would be no turning back...
END OF ACT ONE
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19.
ACT TWO
EXT. CHILDREN'S PIZZA PARLOR -- EVENING
DANIEL, NOAH, and LYNN stand just before the entrance of the
pizzeria. They stand for a moment, awestruck.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Am I going to have to take this one
or should someone else have the
freebee?
Daniel beings walking, LYNN and NOAH follow, but DANIEL turns
around and grabs their hands. He starts walking back. He
stops when they're back to the start, and then continues
back to the pizzeria. LYNN follows, waves NOAH to come and
he does. DANIEL turns around, and stands sturdy. LYNN stops
just before him.
LYNN
You're not gonna do this alone.
NOAH ALEXANDER
What if he did? I mean, the Duck
Billed guy didn't say that Daniel
couldn't do it by himself. If we
don't go, change our destinies...
maybe everything'll still work out...
NOAH stands in place, as DANIEL stops to hear him out, but
then turns around and keeps walking. LYNN follows, and NOAH
stands there awkwardly in place as LYNN disappears.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Well... I'm not the only one that's
gonna be left behind. You guys start
bonding and then all my inside jokes
just feel dated when you get back.
INT. CHILDREN'S PIZZA PARLOR -- EVENING
DANIEL ORIEL, TIFFANY LYNN, and NOAH HAWKINS stand just in
front of the ball pit.
LYNN
Should we... take off our shoes first?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Or, y'know, why are we even going?
I mean, we're going back in time to
save the man who indescriminatly
shot me!
A newspaper swings into the camera. The image morphs into a
cafe, where NOAH ALEXANDER is down, clutching his wound. It
rewinds until before that, as the MAN from the teaser holds
a gun aimed at DANIEL ORIEL. LYNN is behind him, as NOAH
stands in the background.
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The Man shoots, and Daniel just barely dodges a bad shot. It
sails into Noah's turning shoulder, and sends him sprawling
into the wall. He slides down, leaving a red streak.
Daniel takes a right hand and holds out his gun. He places
a single bullet into the chamber.
DANIEL ORIEL
The bible tells us that we should
not be the judge of others. That God
alone must judge.
He spins, making the bullet in the chamber be random.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Let's leave it to the fates, shall
we?
Back to NOAH, who's bleeding in Tiffany's lap.
LYNN
You're alright. You're going to be,
alright.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Wow... you're glowing.
POV : Noah sees LYNN bathing in light. She looks like a
goddess.
Back to NOAH, who clutches his elbow to his body.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Is anyone else cold?
INT. CHILDREN'S PIZZA PARLOR -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH stands there, defiant in his point. Daniel takes a
moment, but then turns toward the Duck Billed Platypus, who
appears directly behind him. Oriel climbes into the pit as
a portal opens. LYNN follows in behind, and NOAH sighs and
enters as well.
INT. CLOUDS -- LATER
DANIEL, NOAH, and LYNN all almost bounce on these clouds.
The walls are made up of the same material, as they nearly
float on air.
DANIEL ORIEL
Be prepared for anything.
A thunder bolt crackles, scaring Lynn. Oriel protects her,
standing in front. NOAH is behind him, bitting his nails.
Daniel Oriel brandishes two shotguns like they were swords,
ready to duel, as a slow fog rises into the room.
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Out from the entrance reveals a man with a long white beard,
dressed like a modern doctor. He has a stethescope over his
shoulder, a glass monocle, and a quiver on his back.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
Come and see me.
He glides into view, as NOAH and DANIEL are awestruck at the
shining light of heaven coming off of him. LYNN stands there,
her head shielded to the floor.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
I hear you are in search of the Spear
of Destiny. Tricky thing. Quite
tricky. Always disappearing from
this universe, as is it's nature.
Even with it, your world will suffer
chaos and destruction it has never
felt before. Without it, your world
may be doomed to it's own accord,
but I can say that it will be
painless. This road you wish to travel
Daniel?
Daniel catches that they know who he is.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
It will only bring pain, death, and
misery.
(slight pause as he
smiles)
Which, seems to be to your liking.
DANIEL ORIEL
We don't have a choice anymore.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
Of course you do. You can sacrifice
yourself and let your universe live.
For another couple more weeks at
least. Or you can attempt to stop it
in a futile manner, which would only
force your world to end sooner, and
force the world to suffer your burden.
DANIEL ORIEL
Or... I can do that hero thing and
overcome the odds to defeat
unsurmountable forces and save the
world.
Oriel stands, ready for battle.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
Hmmmm... a hero you say? Is that
what you are?
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DANIEL ORIEL
I have to warn you. I must get through
that door behind you.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
And I'm afraid I must warn you, for
I am charged with blocking this seal.
And for you to reach your destination,
well...
He tilts his head to the side. The DOCTOR then simply nods
his head, and lowers it as he does, in a sign of knowing
they must do battle, but trying to warn Daniel of the risk
of death. Trying to say we will do battle if we must, but
hopefully it shouldn't come to that.
NOAH ALEXANDER
You aren't gonna bust out that lame
"Are we gonna fight, or talk" cliche
the movies always use, are ya? Cuz
if you do, I am so outta here.
Daniel and the Doctor Raphael shoot disapproving glances
toward Noah's direction. Noah stands awkwardly but then Daniel
and the Doctor spring into a fight, Daniel rocking the Doctor
with a swift upswung uppercut with his shotgun. Noah
immediatly grabs Lynn and pulls her to the side of the fray,
behind a large semi-transparent cloud. Daniel and the Doctor
continue to do battle behind them, throughout their
conversation.
Daniel holds his shotgun pointed toward the fallen Angel,
who sweep kicks it up into the air.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
(fast)
What the hell are we into here? Do
you remember taking any drugs? I
don't remember taking any drugs. I
think I'd remember taking lots of
drugs.
LYNN
(stunned silence)
These are the consequences...
Slight pause.
NOAH ALEXANDER
So you do remember taking drugs then.
Daniel goes to it to grab it from falling, which allows the
Doctor to regain footing to his knees. From there, he shoots
arrows out of his sling toward Daniel, who swats them away
with his shotguns.
Noah, briefly places his hand on her knees and leans in closer
to speak.
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NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
I want you to know something.
Lynn is too enamored by the battle behind them to notice.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
I love you.
Lynn turns her attention away from the battle and stares at
Noah in shock.
Daniel's shotgun fires in the background and startles LYNN
and NOAH out of their eye contact.
LYNN reverts her attention away from NOAH, who lowers his
head in defeat. DANIEL's blast took a good mortal chunk out
of the good DOCTOR's abdomen. He reaches over, grabs the
quiver and bow staff, and tosses it to Noah.
DANIEL ORIEL
Try not to poke your eye out.
Trumpets blare in the background as DANIEL crosses the opening
seal. LYNN follows him, and NOAH stands there for a second.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Hardy har har.
He quickly passes onto the next level before the seal closes
behind him.
INT. ANCIENT TOMB(HEAVEN) -- NIGHT
DANIEL, LYNN, and NOAH stand in what appears to be an old
ancient tomb. A single light shines in through the sand
covered window, as everything is made out of stone. Vines
have covered the walls and dried up. There's a single platform
in the center of the room.
On top of that platform is a switch, in the shape of a
BLINKING EYE.
NOAH walks over to it, and it immediatly bursts into flames.
He drops to his knees and claws at the vines underneath,
pulling them away quickly. He sees an inscription, along
with a code key in the upper right corner.
NOAH ALEXANDER
It's a code...
LYNN
What?
Lynn drops down besides him to look.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I think... yeah, it says if we put
out the flame, we can move on.
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Daniel takes off his cloak and draps it over the flame,
extinquishing it. It then rises up again on top of the cloak,
as if not harming it.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
There's more inscription Mr. Where
do I shoot my shotgun sir.
Daniel glares toward NOAH, who continues reading.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
A world of imagination? I think that's
what it says.
LYNN
Are you sure? Doesn't make sense.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Maybe it's describing a world. An
untrue reality. Such as movies, or
games.
(figuring out)
Check around the corners of the rooms
for pots. Look underneath for a switch
on the ground or smash the pots for
the key inside.
DANIEL ORIEL
You've got to be kidding me.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Do it now!
Daniel goes to smashing pots immediatly as LYNN does one
hesitantly. Daniel finds the key, smashed against the wall
nearest him. He picks it up and takes it to Noah.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
I'm not going to lie to you Daniel.
Noah lowers to his knees to read the rest of the inscription.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
You don't have to worry about trusting
me.
He continues reading in the awkward silence.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Here. "A Sun widow beams?" Is that
anything?
LYNN
Maybe it's not widow?
Noah's head perks up and he sees the window shining a light
beam. He heads over there, takes out his cellphone to use as
a mirror.
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He shines the light into the flame, extinquishing it. DANIEL
the unlocks the seal using the key he found, and the door
begins to open.
LYNN (CONT'D)
You have a phone?
NOAH ALEXANDER
No reception. Already tried.
LYNN clamors forward as Trumpets blare.
DANIEL ORIEL
How'd you know that code?
NOAH ALEXANDER
It was a puzzle. I like puzzles...
It's why I play so many games.
Daniel nods in appreciation.
DANIEL ORIEL
Good one.
He walks on, and NOAH continues on, hoisting the quiver over
his shoulder as he does.
INT. FLAME'S HELL -- NIGHT
DANIEL ORIEL, LYNN, and NOAH all enter a blank red room.
Until the walls erupt into flames, the ceiling as well in an
instant.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
Come and see me.
A single mrtyle tree lies in the center of the room, un burnt,
as the door slams down behind LYNN, DANIEL, and NOAH.
That's when the PRIEST URIEL walks out from the flame walls,
brandishing two swords behind his back. He stands, dressed
in grey Priest's attire, a single gem replacing the white
stripe in a priest's collar. PRIEST URIEL crosses his arms
on his chest and rests his chin onto his finger tips.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
What are you doing Daniel?
DANIEL ORIEL
I'm saving the world.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
I've controlled the path between
this life and the next for a millenia.
You think your body is any different
than the rest?
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DANIEL ORIEL
I dunno. But I'm itching to find
out.
He itches himself.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
You're too concerned with the good
and the evil Daniel. Too worried
about balancing the scales. Not
realizing you're stepping ever so
closer to toppling those scales.
DANIEL ORIEL
Then why tell me this.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
Because this is your last hint.
DANIEL ORIEL
I'm already bored.
DANIEL draws his shotgun quickly, but PRIEST URIEL has grabbed
the shotgun's barrel, and his hand turns to fire. It melts
the edge of the shotgun together, and DANIEL's eyes go wide.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
(menacingly)
So am I.
Using his grip on the shotgun, he tosses Daniel clear across
the room, and he bounces ever so close to the firey edges.
DANIEL pulls out two Colt 45's and shoots PRIEST URIEL in
the chest, horizontally parallel to each other. Neither
blow does much but knock URIEL back a few steps. DANIEL
shoots Uriel with the two guns in both the head and the
stomach, forming a cross shape. He then lets loose another
double shot to the chest, as Priest Uriel reaches out and
grabs him by his throat. His hand aflamed.
NOAH & LYNN, covering by the Mytrle tree, cower in fear.
LYNN looks on as NOAH is digging at the sandy ground of the
tree. He sees a message. A picture of a Priest's collar with
the white part shown, and a picture of an arrow, Noah realizes
what he has to do. He drops the quiver, takes out an arrow.
He sets up for the shot. And it looks like he's aiming for
DANIEL through his eye line.
LYNN
NO! Stop!
NOAH doesn't, intent and focused on his target.
LYNN (CONT'D)
Getting rid of Daniel won't bring us
together!
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He closes his eyes.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I know...
And releases the arrow.
The arrow travels and sails in the sky towards URIEL, who's
sword is drawn on the fallen DANIEL. The sword enflames, and
the arrow sails over Daniel's shoulder, scraping his skin as
it goes on to pierce the gem in URIEL's throat. He flails
and dies, evaporating into smoke, as the sword clatters to
the ground, unenflamed.
ORIEL turns to NOAH in disbelief. He recovers, grabbing the
sword, and placing it into his side. He walks toward NOAH,
and gives him a glare.
Thunder crackles just like before.
DANIEL walks up to NOAH and places his arm on NOAH'S shoulder.
DANIEL tears NOAH's sleeve off and wraps his wound up. He
gives NOAH a final glare as NOAH stares at his torn shirt,
before walking through the chamber into the next room. LYNN
follows, as NOAH is the last.
INT. WATERFALL LAND -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL and LYNN take in the amazement of the scenery, as
NOAH walks in from behind them.
NOAH ALEXANDER
You'd think they'd give you some
kind of instruction manuel or a
tourist's guide or...
He looks up and sees the waterfalls surrounding him on the
walls. The floor had a bit of sand along the walls and a
single platform in the center, with the rest being a water
in the shape of a circle. Much like an eye ball. That's when,
around the podium, water falls from the ceiling completly
encasing it in a single circular line. It startles Lynn, who
goes into Daniel's arms at it's sound.
Daniel goes to swim, but Noah blocks him.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Stop!
Something falls out of Noah's pocket. It's a medicine case.
It hits the surface of the water and falls. It bouyes to the
surface of the water, but doesn't actually penetrate it.
Daniel stares in confusion, as Noah sighs.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
I still had a refill on that.
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DANIEL ORIEL
Are you saying that if we fall below
that surface, we can't ever get back
out?
NOAH ALEXANDER
It appears so.
DANIEL turns to his problem, and begins to think. He doesn't
have time to realize that TIFFANY LYNN has began to walk on
the water, heading toward the podium. DANIEL reaches out in
shock but pulls back when he realizes she's too far away.
NOAH turns in amazement. as LYNN carefully tip toes down
along the top of the water, never breaking below it. Never
wetting the tips of her feet.
DANIEL stares in bewilderment as LYNN reaches the switch.
She presses it, and a TRUMPET blasts triumphantly as THUNDER
CRACKLES in the background. LYNN turns to her friends and
smiles in victory, before a blast of water falls from the
ceiling.
DANIEL ORIEL
LYNN!
DANIEL reaches out as Lynn gets hit. NOAH restrains him, as
LYNN's lower torso falls into the lake. She grasps on the
podium to keep herself above the surface slightly, and
desperately holds onto the edge. A second blast loosens her
grip as she falls below the surface.
LYNN shakes off the effects and tries to swim, but can't
break on through to the other side. She smashes her palms
against the top of the water, sending ripples throughout the
lake, but accomplishing nothing else. Like glass or ice,
she's trapped below the surface.
DANIEL gets set to dive in, but NOAH steps in front of him.
NOAH ALEXANDER
What are you, retarded?
DANIEL ORIEL
I'm going to save her, if that's
alright with you.
NOAH ALEXANDER
All you're going to do is drown
yourself.
He turns away, and begins to look toward the walls. He skims
his hand across the surface, and stops. He turns to Daniel
in confusion.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
It's... warm?
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DANIEL walks over and SMASHES his fist through the water
wall, and fiddles behing. NOAH is in shock and shields
himself, as DANIEL flicks a switch. NOAH recovers from his
shock and startlment, and turns toward DANIEL in disbelief.
That's when the ceiling turns to Sand, and every other bit
of water in the room does as well. The sand falls onto NOAH,
who covers up too late, as DANIEL immediatly goes toward
where LYNN was, and frantically digs.
DANIEL ORIEL
Lynn! Lynn, are you alright!
He tosses sand behind him into Noah's face. He uncovers LYNN,
who's covered in sand an unconsious. He holds her head just
over his knee, as he stares down at her fallen body.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Talk to me... please.
DANIEL lowers her so she's lying horizontally on the floor.
NOAH props her head up, and looks down to her, before turning
to DANIEL.
NOAH ALEXANDER
She doesn't look good.
As NOAH tells DANIEL this, DANIEL shoves him away from her
and begins to perform CPR.
And for a moment, everything flashes. Almost like a
hollywoodian moment, their lips meet. But with a beat, it's
all for nothing, as DANIEL continues to preform CPR.
DANIEL finishes breathing into LYNN and turns to NOAH, who's
nowhere to be found. DANIEL, confused, begins to get slightly
weary. He returns to LYNN, and does some more CPR. He gets
back up, and turns back to where NOAH was, and he's no longer
there again still.
DANIEL turns to LYNN, who lets out a sneeze, and returns to
her senses. She spits up a bit of water, and once it hits
the ground it becomes a bit more sand.
NOAH immediatly jumps into frame, "back" from wherever he
was, and hugs LYNN. She looks around awkwardly, and locks
eyes with DANIEL during this hug.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
I thought I lost you...
DANIEL rips NOAH off of LYNN and shoves him back.
DANIEL ORIEL
Oh get fucked four eyes. She doesn't
love you.
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A large sound of something moving in the background is heard.
LYNN becomes ancy.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Is this really the time we should
worry about this?
LYNN
Uh... Guys?
DANIEL ORIEL
No, it's not. That's the point Noah.
Get over your crush.
LYNN
Daniel?
DANIEL ORIEL
It's going to kill one of us.
LYNN
Noah!
NOAH pulls out his bow and places an arrow on it's edge.
DANIEL, at the same time, in a swift motion, pulls out his
shotgun from his side and points it professionally toward a
shaking Noah.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Not if you kill us first.
DANIEL ORIEL
What do you mean!
NOAH ALEXANDER
Oh, with how many evil people you've
killed in the world, you can't tell
me there hasn't been one innocent
death on your hands.
DANIEL ORIEL
So you think I'm going to murder
you?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Isn't that what a murderer does?
LYNN
SHUT THE FUCK UP!
The loudness and obscenity included gets both NOAH and
DANIEL'S attention.
LYNN (CONT'D)
Uh.... The seal?
Turn toward the seal, which is closing rapidly. So rapid,
NOAH, DANIEL, and LYNN drop everything and go racing for the
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door. NOAH reaches it first, LYNN second, and DANIEL dives
in sideways just as the door closes behind him.
INT. SHADOWS -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL, NOAH, and LYNN hit the metallic ground hard in the
next room, which is completely covered in darkness.
DANIEL ORIEL
Told you your crush could kill us.
DANIEL gets to his feet and dusts himself off.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]
Come and See Me.
A SWOOSH is heard. Something's traveling in the dark.
ANOTHER SWOOSH, the eyes in the room slowly narrow, until
they rise in shock as the ground they're standing on gives
out enough so that they begin to plummet. It hits ANOTHER
ground with a large thud, sending NOAH and LYNN to their
backs and DANIEL to his knees. He reaches behind his back
and pulls out the sword from URIEL, and drives it into the
ground. It catches fire, as is it's nature, and illuminates
the room.
Taking in their surroundings, they're currently standing on
a scale, one without anything on the other side.
DANIEL pulls out a cigarette and lights it on the flaming
sword.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL], appears, clutching onto the roof of
the building. He flips off, drops down and lands in the other
side of the scale, tipping the balance to his favor.
DANIEL, who was standing, steadies himself as the scale tips
upwards. NOAH rises to his feet and dusts himself off. LYNN,
scared, remains on the floor of the scale.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
THIS IS A WAR.
STANDING defiantly, his black attire is that of a soldier's
uniform. A single black medal, polished so much that it no
longer has a glossy finish, adorns over his left breast. He
seems armed to the teeth. Bullet's across his chest like
Rambo. A large amoung of guns secured around his waist. He
takes a deep breath in.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
Did you think you could invade heaven
without the arms of God striking
back?
DANIEL ORIEL
That's not what we're doing.
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GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] figures to let DANIEL play out his
lie.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]
Then why are you here.
DANIEL ORIEL
To retrieve the Spear of Destiny.
NOAH ALEXANDER
(whispering)
Yo, Danny Boy. Are you sure you should
have told the guy with 18 guns what
we're trying to steal?
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]
Then you ARE after the kingdom of
Heaven.
NOAH ALEXANDER
One slight point. I'm not with him.
I'm...
(looks to Lynn)
We're just... looking for the
bathroom.
(laughs)
So, if you can... just...
(uncomfortable pause)
You aren't believing any of this,
are you?
DANIEL ORIEL
We're not after the Kingdom of
Heaven...
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]
Then why go after the one device
that can grant you entrance through
the heavenly gates?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Well... you're not using it, are
you?
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]
NO ONE MAY USE THE SPEAR!
DANIEL ORIEL
Listen, we need that spear. I came
here to get it, and the only way I
can leave is if I succeed. I don't
mind if I die trying, but getting
stuck here and dying of starvation
isn't exactly on my list of things
to do before I die.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]
It's not that simple. Daniel...
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Daniel is surprised by this.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
I'm General Michael Long. My brothers
and I have safe guarded the staff
remnants of the spear of Destiny
behind sealed doors. I was charged
with a duty by God. To take the Spear
of Destiny to earth and pierce the
chest of his son. See, God's son
being born was nothing more than God
hiring a spiratual lock smith. By
piercing the chest of his son with
the Spear of Destiny, it became a
skeleton key to all the dimension.
Since that day, anyone using the
Spear of Destiny could travel from
any dimension, to any time, from
anyplace, to everywhere and every
time ever in existence. The biggest
problem of all? All open access to
God and his throne. And since God is
built in the image of man... well...
let's just say... God needs
protecting. So while I admire your
fighting spirit and understand your
view...
SWOOSH, and General Michael[Angel] has disappeared.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
I'm afraid no, is the only answer I
may give.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] leaps off of his scale up toward
DANIEL. He brandishes two large black swords on his side.
DANIEL reaches down and lifts the firey sword out of the
ground scale. He raises it and blocks two overhead sword
chops from GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] in the same motion.
As MICHAEL lands, the scales tip and DANIEL/NOAH/LYNN take
the disadvantage. DANIEL drops back and has to adjust his
sword to his side to avoid a swing horizontal blow. NOAH
falls back and cracks his head on the scale, as LYNN falls
from her seated position into a fallen one.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] swings overhead, and DANIEL blocks
the blow, before using his strength to toss the sword off of
him. He swings his fire sword toward GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]'s
midsection, who dodges just barely. He flies off of the scales
and onto the nearest wall.
That's when he begins to race around the walls, all around,
through the ceilings and just gaining even more speed.
ORIEL looks up, and WHIPS the sword into the ceiling. It
hits GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL], before sending MICHAEL into the
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ceiling, and then falling all the way back down onto the
other side of the scales.
On the way down, DANIEL looks to LYNN and tackles her off of
their side of the scale, as NOAH dives out of the way just
barely to avoid being catapulted into the ceiling.
NOAH, gets up, and dusts himself off. He's incredibly scared
and shaking. DANIEL gets up and rips off one of GENERAL
MICHAELS[ANGEL] small pistol/sniper rifle combination weapon.
NOAH "pffts."
NOAH ALEXANDER
Grave Robber.
Trumpets blare, and LIGHTNING crackles to open up the next
seal. DANIEL leads the way, as LYNN follows just behind.
NOAH casually continues on his way.
INT. BOTTOMLESS CRATOR
And now, where there once was a lake, there was now nothing
more than a bottomless crator. Well, there probably is a
bottom, but it'd be painful to reach it.
DANIEL surveys the land. Traveling on air are platforms,
moving from side to side. Magnetic boards, being pulled either
way and held up by extreme gusts of wind.
That's when the ground their standing on begins to move.
NOAH drops down and clutches at the corners of the moving
rock, as LYNN grabs DANIEL'S arm and shoulder for comfort.
DANIEL raises his gun and aims, shooting over the shield,
where a single open eye resided. Instead of closing however,
the pupils began to dilate. Platforms began to rocket up
from the ground below, shot up by wind. They clanked together,
locking in place. Each one set up on a large grid, held
together by a simple screw on each side.
That's when the first platform dropped, directly next to
where DANIEL, NOAH, and LYNN had started. LYNN lets out a
startled scream, as DANIEL pushes himself forward.
NOAH ALEXANDER
(shrieking)
Oh God!
DANIEL ORIEL
Let's move!
NOAH ALEXANDER
Good plan. That's way better than my
shriek like a girl and wait to die
plan.
THUNDER CRACKLES. The seal begins to part, as DANIEL leaps
off of the platform that they stood on.
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35.
NOAH did the same, onto his own, as LYNN REMAINED, too scared
to move.
DANIEL ORIEL
LYNN! Move!
LYNN shakes her head timidly.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Do it, or you're gonna fall.
NOAH dives to the next platform, just as the previous one he
stood on top of fell out from under him. He looked back down
through toward the bottom of the cavern, and could not see
anything but black. diffusing into sedimentary wall.
NOAH looks to DANIEL, amazed that he almost lost his life.
NOAH ALEXANDER
(shouting)
I DON'T WANT TO DIE AND NEITHER DO
YOU.
Almost inappropriately, just as DANIEL was about to say
something, NOAH burst into the conversation, and shouted in
pure terror.
LYNN
I...
She shakes her head no, and then looks toward DANIEL, whose
arms are outstretched. DANIEL dives from his platform over
to the next, as LYNN looks down at her own platform, slowly
rocking back and forth slightly. Anything but stable.
And so she leapt... right onto a platform that happened to
be falling just as she leapt. Unable to change her direction,
she closed her eyes...
... Before DANIEL charged over the pit, grabbing LYNN and
pulling her on top of him as he fell back first onto the
platform NOAH was standing on.
TRUMPETS begin to blare, much more articulately than before,
much more, powerful, louder than they ever have been in the
past. DANIEl and LYNN get to their feet as NOAH races first
amongst the group to get past the seal.
INT. MIRRORCLE -- CONTINUOUS
As the seal closes down behind them, NOAH begins to look
around the room in amazement.
DANIEL and LYNN take in the world, as LYNN sees how cut up
and torn up she is. But that's nothing compared to the damage
that Daniel Oriel has taken.
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36.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I think this is the last trial!
Seeping up from the floor was none other than the Fourth
Angel, an incredibly pale man named GABRIEL. He leapt up out
of the floor, out of the mirror to be more specific, and
thrusts with his fencing sword.
Right through the midsection of NOAH ALEXANDER. He looks
down to his dirty white shirt, and sees the blood slowly
begin to seap out of his wound.
He looks back up toward LYNN, and his face almost begins to
break down. He reaches out, and winces.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
(weakly)
Save... me?
He falls to his knees and then into Lynn's awaiting lap. The
fencing sword is still in his chest.
DANIEL turns toward GABRIEL[ANGEL] and swings, but misses
completley. GABRIEL[ANGEL] dodged by returning the mirror,
and then returned back to the real world with an incredibly
fast rising uppercut, sending DANIEL flying off his feet and
into the mirrors on the side of the wall. It cracks a mirror,
and the lights dim slightly.
GABRIEL[ANGEL]
YOU KILLED MY FAMILY DANIEL ORIEL.
Now, I have to make sure you remember
their innocent blood shed is on your
hands.
BACK TO LYNN AND NOAH, as LYNN slowly strokes NOAH's hair.
NOAH groans, his eyes wide and uncontrollably large.
NOAH ALEXANDER
How come everything I ask for in
life is never given to me?
LYNN
Maybe because you wouldn't fight if
you already had whatever you were
looking for?
NOAH ALEXANDER
You don't have to do this.
LYNN
(shocked)
What?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Care.
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37.
He slumps in her arms, and she lets out a blood curling
scream. That's when everything surrounding NOAH ALEXANDER
slowly begins to fade away. Even LYNN's extremely loud scream
is slowly becoming nothing but a faded memory.
NOAH laid slumped over, a pool of blood slowly trailing down
toward his legs. The fencer's sword still stuck through his
chest. Slowly, the sword fades away, as NOAH Alexander's
eyes shoot open. He looks around the completely white room,
clouds everywhere, and seems quite confused.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Did... I get another life?
He looks down, and the trail of blood slowly disappears as
well. That leaves NOAH completely surrounded by nothing but
whiteness.
GOD (V.O.)
NOAH ALEXANDER, from the planet Earth.
In a way, yes, you did. Welcome.
There's an assortment of crumb cakes
to your left.
NOAH stares in disbelief as he looks to his left. Right there
is a large tray of crumb cakes that was not there the moment
prior.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
If you have any other questions during
this time of purgatory, please, feel
free to ask them.
NOAH ALEXANDER
So... I'm dead?
GOD (V.O.)
You mean you don't know? DENISE! Get
him the pamplet.
DENISE, a large chested ANGEL appears, and hands NOAH
ALEXANDER a pamphlet called "So, you died in a plane crash."
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Denise. Honestly. That's the wrong
pamplet. Am I going to have to do
everything? Because I can and I will.
I'm God.
DENISE
I'm sorry, but we haven't had any
"Sacrifices for the Greater Good"
for millenias. Ever since Jesus,
people think it's a hack move.
GOD (V.O.)
Just, get the right pamplet? Can you
do me, this one simple favor? Please?
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38.
DENISE smiles, and leaves. GOD sighs.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
You can't ever find good help, can
you.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I dunno. Job Builder's pretty solid.
GOD (V.O.)
Really? I've heard that.
INT. MIRRORCLE -- CONTINUOUS
TIFFANY LYNN'S SCREAM continues just as if it's never been
interrupted, Noah's bleeding body laying in her lap. She
tosses his unconsious skull off her lap in shock, and stands
to her feet...
Just as DANIEL gets rocked to the ground with a stiff swinging
trumpet to the face from GABRIEL[ANGEL]
And TIFFANY LYNN walks back first into GABRIEL[ANGEL]. They
both turn around quickly and face one another.
GABRIEL[ANGEL]
May I say what a beauty you are.
He takes a step towards her, and she takes a step back in
fear.
GABRIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
All that time, being chased by two
men.
DANIEL, on his knees recovering, recieves a stiff soccer
kick from GABRIEL[ANGEL] to send him back down.
GABRIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
Now it looks like you won't have to
choose.
He smiles sinisterly, before cold clocking her with a vicious
back arm shot to the side of her face. She sprawls down onto
the floor, and begins to crawl away.
GABRIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
You think I would take pity on a
women. But your petty concepts of
morale are beneath me.
He grabs her by her long hair, and lifts her to her feet.
She startles in terror, a look of pure horror on her face.
GABRIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
Besides... you all agreed to die
when you came here...
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39.
He slams her up against a mirror, shattering it. She whimpers
in pain, but as a piece of glass falls, she grabs it into
her hand, Cut up and bruised, she holds her hands behind her
back, attempting to hide her new weapon.
GABRIEL[ANGEL] points his fencing sword to her neck, pushing
her head up a bit as he does.
LYNN
You're an Angel! Shouldn't you be
good?!
GABRIEL[ANGEL]
And shouldn't God have mercy on your
soul?
TIFFANY LYNN winces as GABRIEL[ANGEL] pushes the sword further
into her neck, but not piercing the skin. She's preparing
for it to pierce her neck.
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH ALEXANDER stands before a podium, where in an ANGELIC
WOMAN named GLORIA resides. She's in front of a small laptop
looking device, typing feverishly. She wears glasses that
hang off the edge of her nose, and looks up for a brief second
toward NOAH. She lets out a slight awkward smile, and then
returns to her paper work. NOAH tries to return the favor,
but GLORIA has already diverted her attention back to her
job.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Hey... God? Right? God. Talking to
God here... Aren't you supposed to
judge me.
GLORIA looks up from her work and smiles as she speaks.
GLORIA
He does. But God does have some
attachments to certain human
individuals, so he created a computer
system that follows a formula to
determine the righteous.
NOAH ALEXANDER
God uses computers?
GLORIA
Well, how else do you think your
world has them?
GLORIA returns to her work, and shortly after, a ding is
heard. It sounds almost like an oven timer. GLORIA turns to
NOAH, smiles, and hands him a large stack of papers, stapled
together. NOAH is astonished by the side, and begins to flip
through it.
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40.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I guess super staplers are something
God kept to himself.
GLORIA laughs, and hands him a pen.
GLORIA
Initial here please.
NOAH ALEXANDER
What is all this?
GLORIA
Well, it's just a way for us to have
on record that you agree to give up
your mortal body in exchange for a
decision concerning your immortal
soul.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Oh, yeah... tha... wha?!
Gloria raises her glasses further up her nose and rolls her
eyes.
GLORIA
You mean he didn't tell you? GOD!
GOD (O.S.)
What?! I'm busy.
GLORIA
I know this is when you burn army
men with your magnifying glass...
NOAH ALEXANDER
Is that literal?
GLORIA
(ignoring)
But Noah Alexander was not informed
of the procedures or the options
concerning the future of his unlife.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Doesn't God have helpers to do this
kind of thing for him? I mean, there's
gotta be thousands of people dying
every minute... I heard that from a
commercial about smoking...
GLORIA
Well, this is a special case. Due to
your relationships in your previous
life.
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41.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Are you gonna hold my friendship
with Daniel over my head? I didn't
know he was a murderer, I swear.
GLORIA
No no. This concerns your relationship
with Tiffany Lynn and the complicated
nature of your death.
NOAH ALEXANDER
... Lynn?
INT. MIRRORCLE -- CONTINUOUS
GABRIEL[ANGEL] still has his fencing sword placed underneath
TIFFANY LYNN'S neck.
GABRIEL[ANGEL]
You're the bitch that helped kill my
family.
He pierces the skin slightly, and LYNN winces and loses her
abililty to scream for a moment.
GABRIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
I don't care what kind of Goddess
you might be.
DANIEL ORIEL has recovered behind GABRIEL and SLAMS the butt
of his shotgun into the back of GABRIEL'S head.
DANIEL ORIEL
(angry)
You'll never have the satisfation of
touching such a Goddess.
DANIEL drives the butt of his shotgun for GABRIEL[ANGEL]'S
skull, but GABRIEL seeps into the mirror. DANIEL'S gun SLAMS
into the mirror, shattering it into pieces, as
GABRIEL[ANGEL]'S body is seperated by how the glass shattered.
One shard has an eye, the other a nose, parts of his body,
everything just seperates.
DANIEL looks down at shattered mirror and a single shard has
GABRIEL[ANGEL]'s mouth inside.
GABRIEL[ANGEL]
You killed my family Daniel... Be
lucky, I didn't do the same to you.
DANIEL stomps the mirrored piece with GABRIEL[ANGEL]'s mouth,
and LIGHTNING CRASHES.
DANIEL turns to LYNN and holds her as she falls to her knees.
DANIEL rips off the arm of his shirt and wrapped it around
as loose as he can around the puncture wound. LYNN has lost
a bit of blood.
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42.
DANIEL ORIEL
You're gonna be alright.
LYNN
(shaking her head)
No. no. No.
DANIEL ORIEL
(angry)
YOU ARE!
(softer)
I promise you.
The SEAL OPENS behind them, and DANIEL turns to see it.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
But we've got to go now.
DANIEL lifts LYNN off her feet, picks up GABRIEL[ANGEL]'S
fencing sword, and carries LYNN past the seal into the next
room.
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH ALEXANDER stands there dumbfounded, looking above GLORIA
to where he persumed God to be.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Lynn?
GLORIA
It appears here you had a near death
experience.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Who hasn't?
GLORIA
Hypocondriacs. Anyway, it appears
that you were shot by a man, and
almost died, had it not been for
Tiffany Lynn.
NOAH ALEXANDER
She saved my life...
GOD (O.S.)
That's the problem.
GOD'S BOOMING VOICE takes NOAH by surprise. GLORIA turns her
computer toward NOAH to reveal the moment wherein he was
shot, and his memory of TIFFANY LYNN glowing above him as
she cradled him in her arms.
GOD (O.S.) (CONT'D)
You see, Tiffany Lynn was a member
of the first Earth, 1982 to 2003.
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43.
A profile of TIFFANY LYNN is shown on screen to NOAH
ALEXANDER, who stands there shocked. A list of her deeds,
both good and bad are there, along with the tag line of 1982-
2004(Deceased) underneath her picture. There's also mention
of Earth 2, listed just in the lower right corner of the
picture.
GOD (O.S.) (CONT'D)
Shortly after her death, she was
given a choice, much like you're
being presented right now. The choice
to enter the kingdom of Heaven, or
create her own world to her own
specifications. She chose the latter,
and she also gave up some rights to
live inside the world she created.
NOAH'S expression just slowly gets larger and larger, as his
mouth and eyes just widen slowly as GOD speaks.
GOD (O.S.) (CONT'D)
She's your God, you see... and you
fell in love with her.
INT. ENTRANCE TO HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL ORIEL steps through the final SEAL with TIFFANY LYNN
lying in his arms, fading from consiousness. He sees clouds,
much like the first room, and lying in the center of the
room is another podium, much like the other rooms wherein
DANIEL had to unlock the puzzle to pass on.
That podium, contains a large STAFF, the SPEAR OF DESTINY. A
single light from above shines down, making it glow with
trascendant beauty. ORIEL places LYNN down next to the podium,
as he immediatly reaches for the STAFF. DANIEL grabs hold,
and pulls, but nothing happens.
DANIEL ORIEL
The hell?
LYNN
(weakly)
Daniel...
DANIEL drops down to her side almost immediatly.
DANIEL ORIEL
Hang in there. You've got to be
strong.
LYNN
It's all over now.
DANIEL ORIEL
What are you talking about?
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44.
LYNN
The world...
She lets out a cough, and a bit of blood escapes from her
lips. DANIEL wipes it up quickly and begins to worry.
LYNN (CONT'D)
It's ending.
DANIEL ORIEL
We've made it Lynn. We're going to
save it. You hear me?
He shakes her, as she doesn't respond.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
YOU HEAR ME! We're going to save the
world.
LYNN
I... I think I'm dying again.
DANIEL ORIEL
You're not going to... again?
LYNN
(laughs)
The world is over.
DANIEL ORIEL
We did it Lynn. You're delirious.
We've made it.
(realizes)
I'm so..
(stops, defiant)
We're going to save it. You're going
to make it.
DANIEL turns away, and grabs at the STAFF once more. It's
useless. He takes out the fencing sword and just begins to
strike it, hammering down apon it three or four times
violently and wildly. He squints his eyes and lowers his
head in defeat, astonishment, and almost sadness. DANIEL
looks to LYNN, who's no longer responding, and goes to tend
to her once more, before something catches the corner of his
eye.
A single small hole, just through the base of his podium.
Just big enough to fit the fencing sword through. DANIEL
reaches out and lightly grazes it with his finger tips, before
placing the fencing sword into it and through it. The single
beam of light that shined bursts out, illuminating the entire
room, as DANIEL reaches up and grabs ahold of the staff, and
easily lifts it out.
DANIEL reaches down and lifts LYNN into his arms. Wit the
staff coupled underneath his armpit, the walls begin to shake.
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45.
A large sound begins to rattle, as the walls begins to
crumble.
As bits of pieces fall into a seemingly bottomless crator of
nothing, DANIEL races toward the only door left.
A simple fire exit.
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH stand in front of GLORIA, awestruck.
NOAH ALEXANDER
What does this mean?
GOD (O.S.)
First you have to get the context to
get the meaning. You see, when Lynn
died, she created a world, but she
decided to live in it. Which means
that your world is destined to die
whenever she does. To balance the
good of a God walking on the earth,
an evil being was created. Almost
like a sink drain, the world
surrounding this evil man would slowly
be corrupted, until the entire world
would be consumed. Tiffany Lynn knew
all of this... and she attempted to
prevent it all.
NOAH looked at GLORIA who shrugged her shoulders. GOD let
out a slight laugh.
GOD (O.S.) (CONT'D)
Smart little girl. Very smart little
girl... Choosing a Duck Billed
Platypus to go to Daniel, simply
genius. The most disbelievable thing
summonded to this world in order to
convey her messages. Sure, he was a
messanger of God... but not of me.
Miss Lynn used her omnipotence of
her world to her advantage to help
stop the spread of evil.
NOAH ALEXANDER
But why Daniel?
GOD (O.S.)
Isn't it obvious?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Maybe to a God, but dumb it down for
us mere mortals if you will.
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46.
GOD (O.S.)
Miss Lynn used Daniel Oriel to stop
the spreading of evil in the world,
because he was the one to cause it.
EXT. WHITE ROOM -- ???
DANIEL ORIEL, with LYNN in his arms and the staff clutched
close to his body, walks out of a PORTAL, much like the one
the DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS had opened earlier. But he walks
into a completely white room. Almost as if it's a blank
slate, an empty canvas.
DANIEL sets LYNN onto the ground, and props her head onto
his lap in an attempt to stop the blood from escaping as
quickly as it had been. He notices her closed eyes, and lets
out a whimper before burrying himself into her body.
DANIEL ORIEL
Why... Why Why Why Why Why!
GOD (V.O.)
Because he is Satan.
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH stands there, and SLAMS his hands down onto the podium
that GLORIA sits behind.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Why the HELL would you create
something that isn't permanent!
GOD (O.S.)
Why would you create something that
is? Life is all about choices and
changes. No world is meant to survive
forever. We're simply biding our
time.
NOAH ALEXANDER
For WHAT!?
GOD (O.S.)
The inevitable...
EXT. WHITE ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL continues to cry into LYNN's body, before he raises
his head to the sky. He stands to his feet, letting LYNN
crumple to the ground. Tears are streaming down his face,
as LYNN lets out a slight whimper, and her eyes slowly open.
LYNN
(weakly)
D-Daniel?
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47.
CORRESPONDING with her opening eyes, the world slowly returns
to them. DANIEL ORIEL stands on a busy street, THE busy street
that was frozen just outside of Daniel's Apartment. Only
now, things are much different. Everything is much darker,
buildings are rotted and near collapse. Fire rages on behind
them as police sirens sound out into the distance. DANIEL
stands, circling around to see everything that's happened.
The total degredation of their world.
LYNN (CONT'D)
It's all my fault.
DANIEL turns to her and shakes his head. He reaches down and
grabs both her shoulders to straighten her loose body out
and look him in the eyes.
DANIEL ORIEL
This is on my head. Let God rain
down his anarchy as much as he wants.
Don't blame yourself.
LYNN
(out of breath)
No. No.
DANIEL goes to wander away and do his job, but LYNN grabs
him by his arm and pulls him back.
LYNN (CONT'D)
I'm God.
DANIEL stands there, emotionless for a second, before breaking
out into laughter.
LYNN (CONT'D)
It's all ending. Way too soon. Because
of me...
DANIEL stops laughing, and grows serious. Until a right hand
comes out of NOWHERE and KNOCKS DANIEL down.
The right hand belonged to RAPHAEL[ANGEL], the first ANGEL
DANIEL ORIEL KILLED. He's still dressed like a doctor, but
now his ANGELIC WINGS have been extended. They're brown,
dusty, dark, and extend as far as a commuter bus.
That's when GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL], GABRIEL[ANGEL], and PRIEST
URIEL[ANGEL] fly and land just behind him. GABRIEL[ANGEL]
holds the head of the DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS in his arms for
LYNN to see.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
This, is the result of your betrayel.
The result of your deciet. The result
of your deception. We warned you
your world would end with bloodshed
and sceams, but you pressed on.
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48.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] grabs LYNN by her throat and lifts her
off her feet, off the ground.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
You should have listened.
He effortlessly tosses her through a building's wall. And by
the sounds of it, two or three more, before the building
slowly begins to crumble, burying her in the rubble.
The DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] turns toward his fellow ANGEL's,
and dusts his hands, a completed job. But when the world
refuses to fade away, the DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] turns toward
the rubble, and begins to walk towards it.
Only to be hit with the blunt edge of DANIEL'S shotgun.
DANIEL ORIEL
And you should have stayed dead.
The DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] wipes the blood from his mouth as
the other ANGEL'S begin to circle DANIEL.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
Ah Daniel. The poor misguided fool.
Can't you see she lied to you? Can't
you see she used you to clean up the
mess SHE caused by being here?! You
kill the wicked, you dispose of the
evil. You make deals with the devil
everyday. One life for many. A life
for peace. And you do it with a grin
on your face. If Tiffany Lynn is
truly God... what the HELL does that
make you.
DANIEL ORIEL
Prom King?
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
Oh, right. You're created memories.
Your fabrications. Your illusion.
Lose it Daniel. Can't you realize
this world was only created three
weeks ago? That the day you met the
Duck Billed Platypus was actually
the first day of your world? That
your memories aren't history, they're
lies, more deciet perpetrated by the
woman you love. Your mother was never
killed in that fire you never set.
Your father never gave you up for
adoption. Your mother never even
existed. Your father hasn't ever met
you. You were never Prom King. Sandy
Duncan never turned you down in Junior
High.
(MORE)
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49.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
Your high school girlfriend never
had that abortion. You never had a
choice to be whatever you wanted.
All you've ever had is lies. Maybe
that's why you can't see. This world
was created by her for HER Amusement.
Your world is the answer to that old
philosphical question... the chicken
came first.
DANIEL ORIEL
And here I am, listening to the
chicken shit babble meaningless lies.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
Why would I ever lie to you moments
from your death?
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH ALEXANDER watches the carnage unfold on the monitor of
GLORIA's LAPTOP.
DANIEL ORIEL
Why would you tell me I'm gonna die
when I plan to live forever?
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
For your crimes against the true God
Daniel Oriel... You've been sentanced
to death.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Stop this! Stop it now!
GOD (O.S.)
I can't. This is how world's end.
There's no stopping it once it starts.
EXT. STREETS -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL ORIEL stands in the middle of a circling ANGEL, the
WINGS create an entire boundary surrounding DANIEL, as they've
all been extended. DANIEL smiles.
DANIEL ORIEL
Try and Catch me.
DANIEL throws down two smoke bombs, which fill the air.
There's a quick THUD, as the smoke slowly dissappates and
DANIEL ORIEL resides on the ground, punched by one of the
ANGEL'S.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL]
Come on Daniel. We're Angel's.
(MORE)
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50.
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
Our senses are much more sensitive
than yours. Do you know how many
battles we've won blinded?
DANIEL recovers to his feet, and holds up the staff that
still resides in his hands. He begins to back up as the punch
from GENERAL MICHAEL has changed the circle surrounding him,
and given him an escape. He's biding his times.
DANIEL ORIEL
How many battles have you truly been
at the disadvantage of?
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
We're four Angels, sent by God. Even
if you kill us, we'll just be back
tomorrow.
DANIEL ORIEL
Same time, same channel?
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
Something like that.
Daniel begins to back up, toward the rubble that is the house
that TIFFANY LYNN was just thrown through. He holds the staff
out like a shield.
DANIEL ORIEL
Well... if it'll stop carnage for a
day...
DANIEL ATTACKS, driving his spear toward the GENERAL, who
dodges the blow. He grabs the Spear, and uses it to toss
DANIEL through a road sign and into the wall of a building
on the opposite side of where LYNN had been thrown.
He hits the wall HARD, leaving an imprint of his body left
over as the shambles of rubble fall onto him, dusting his
hair much like it did to NOAH ALEXANDER earlier.
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH watches on, and gets worried. He turns his head upward.
NOAH ALEXANDER
SEND ME BACK!
GLORIA
What?
GOD (O.S.)
Impossible.
NOAH ALEXANDER
But you said I had a choice. This is
my choice. SEND ME BACK.
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51.
GOD (O.S.)
The past is just that, looking back
towards it will never allow us to
grow.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Maybe it's easy for you to forget
about things like Loyalty, but I
just can't. And I won't.
GOD (O.S.)
Loyalty to a murderer? You said it
yourself.
NOAH ALEXANDER
This isn't about him.
GOD (O.S.)
There's no way to send you back.
Your mortal body died. You've passed
on to the next world. There is no
returning to the old.
NOAH groans in frustration and looks to GLORIA with big puppy
dog eyes. She raises her head to the heavens and smiles.
GLORIA
There is one way...
INT. STREETS -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL ORIEL recovers from the blow, slowly pushing his worn
and tattered body to it's feet. He dusts himself off, pulls
out a cigarette, and lights it.
Before the fire from the light shoots back into DANIEL'S
FACE.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL] has his palm out toward DANIEL, as he
has been the one to manipulate the fire. DANIEL flails back,
and drops to his knees, covering his face. His eyebrows and
the top of his hair has been scorched, but still, he grabs
the dropped cigarette and takes a drag, letting it dangle in
his mouth.
And then in a flash, he pulls out two shotguns and fires.
Only to have GABRIEL thrust two fencing swords into the
barrels. They blow back, the shotgun exploding in DANIEL's
hands, as the resonation nearly breaks every bone in his
hand. DANIEL falls to his knees, and winces in pain, as the
ANGELS begin to congregate overtop of him.
DOCTOR RAPHAEL[ANGEL]
You may have gotten lucky against us
one on one, but did you truly think
you could beat us all?
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52.
Just then, in the air, an ANGEL FLIES into view, crossing
over the moon. The ANGEL flies down and lands behind the
four ARCHANGEL'S.
It's NOAH ALEXANDER, wings extended and glowing with a white
purity not seen in any of the others.
He's back.
NOAH extends his wings behind the ANGEL'S and uses one of
them to swipe all four away from DANIEL, and send them flying
down the street. They land with a thud about fifteen feet
away from where they once were. DANIEL stands to his feet,
eyes wide in shock at NOAH ALEXANDER standing before him.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Look at me. I'm pretty now!
DANIEL ORIEL
You've still got that ugly face
though.
DANIEL and NOAH turn toward the ANGELS and stand side by
side. As the other four ANGELS return to their feet, a large
cement wall PEALS off of it's hinges and SLAMS into them,
taking them into the nearest building on the other side of
the street and sandwiching them like pancakes.
The RUBBLE that TIFFANY LYNN had fallen into BURSTS up off
of the ground as she escapes, and dusts herself off. She
walks out of the rubble and walks toward the four angels, as
DANIEL and NOAH tip toe behind her, cautious of her state of
mind, as she looks quite angry.
LYNN
I am a GOD here. There isn't anything
in this world I can't control. I'm
Tiffany Lynn, and you dare try to
kill ME?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Uhmmm.. Lynn? You're scaring me.
LYNN
Look at this world now. Look at what
they've done to it. Look at what
they BLAME us for. The Preservation
of our species has never been in our
hands... but it should-
(catching herself)
OH MY GOD! NOAH!
She races up toward him and gives him a huge hug. The wings
circle around NOAH's body and squeeze her in tight. NOAH
just smiles.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Lynn...
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53.
The ROCKS begin to move on top of the four angels. DANIEL
ORIEL pulls out two colt 45's, and aims them toward the moving
rubble.
DANIEL ORIEL
They're moving.
LYNN escapes the hug, and turns toward DANIEL.
LYNN
Then so should we.
(to Noah)
Noah?
NOAH drops back a few steps and charges toward them. He leaps
off his feet, spreads his wings and grabs DANIEL and LYNN
around their midsections, before flying off into the evening
skies.
EXT. OVER THE TOWN -- NIGHT
NOAH ALEXANDER flies in the air, holding DANIEL and LYNN in
his arms underneath him. Almost like a hang-glider. He's
whisking around buildings, using the city's skyline as an
obstacle course. DANIEL is attempting to fiddle with the
STAFF OF DESTINY.
LYNN
You look very pretty Noah.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Told you Daniel.
DANIEL ORIEL
How the hell did you come back anyway?
NOAH ALEXANDER
God.
LYNN
You met God?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Two of em today already.
NOAH smiles to LYNN.
LYNN
How was he?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Pretty cool. We played checkers.
(off to side)
I don't really like checkers anymore.
There's a slight pause, as DANIEL hears a click.
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54.
LYNN
Got it?
DANIEL presses a button, and there's a huge white flash that
engulfs the three of them. They disappear, leaving only a
trial of smoke in their wake.
EXT. OVER THE TOWN -- DAY -- ALTERNATE TIMELINE : 1
At this point in the time, the city has yet to be destroyed,
and as such, NOAH ALEXANDER flies DANIEL and LYNN face first
into the side of an erected office building.
INT. OFFICE ROOM -- AFTERNOON
NOAH ALEXANDER swoops in, shielding DANIEL and LYNN from the
glass with his wings, before hitting the ground hard with a
thud, and tuck and rolling over onto his back.
The office is completely dark, empty, vacated. There's a
sign that says "Happy Birthday Julie" with just the first
piece of cake cut out, and dropped on the floor.
There's absolute silence, as DANIEL looks forward, through
the broken shards of glass that he had just entered through.
LYNN
What is it?
DANIEL CHARGES toward the window and races out, leaping out
arms extended onto the swooping ARCHANGEL PRIEST URIEL.
ORIEL tackles him and throws him off his flight pattern,
sending him arching into another office building on the other
side of them.
INT. ANOTHER OFFICE ROOM -- AFTERNOON
DANIEL ORIEL AND PRIEST URIEL come CRASHING through the
window, but much tougher than they did with NOAH bracing
them. DANIEL tucks and rolls nearly across the room, as PRIEST
URIEL rolls over a wing and lets out a scream.
DANIEL hobbles to his feet, and winces.
DANIEL ORIEL
So... you feel pain... Good.
DANIEL grabs a paper clip off of a desk and walks over, as
PRIEST URIEL clutches his broken wing.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
That means you have something to
lose here.
ORIEL reaches the PRIEST, and DRIVES the tip of the paper
clip inches into his neck.
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55.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Now...
Daniel steps down onto URIEL'S broken wing, and kneals on
top of it as he speaks to the PRIEST.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
You'll tell me what I want to know
and I'll break your other wing.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
(unintimidated)
Don't you mean, or?
DANIEL ORIEL
Why me. WHY DID SHE CHOOSE ME!
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
Poor Daniel...
PRIEST URIEL uses his free wing, and SLAMS it into ORIEL's
body, sending him FLYING out of the window and tumbling over
the edge.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
You'll never know.
EXT. OFFICE ROOM 2 -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL falls, and desperately reaches out with his staff. A
bright flash, and the PUFF of smoke from his evaperation
lands on the ground, sending a bit of a wind burst with it
to send the papers surrounding it flying away off into
different directions.
INT. OFFICE ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
LYNN and NOAH can't believe what they just saw and race up
to the edge. Just then, DANIEL comes FLYING down from above...
DANIEL ORIEL
(falling)
NOAH!
NOAH looks toward LYNN and then dives out.
LYNN stands there for a moment, and then a TRUMPET blares
out in the background, nearly shattering LYNN's ear drums.
She falls to her knees, as the clouds turn dark, and it slowly
begins to rain... first hail... and then blood, slowly
trickling down the windowsill.
EXT. OFFICE ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH HURLS his body downward like a swimmers diver, attempting
to gain steam like a torpedo. The blood and hail fall above
him as he's basically outraced it.
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56.
Noah falls through the air and grabs DANIEL, before extending
his wings and SWOOPING away once more.
NOAH changes his flight pattern to return LYNN, but DANIEL
grabs him by his hair to look him in the eyes.
DANIEL ORIEL
Take me back. Uriel's weak. We've
gotta take advantage of this.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Fine. But I don't want you to go and
die. I've saved your life too many
times to hate you anymore. I've become
invested.
DANIEL ORIEL
... Thanks?
NOAH ALEXANDER
You're like my stock portfolio.
DANIEL ORIEL
That's not even bordering on
compliment anymore.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I'm serious. If you die, you're
breaking your contract to save this
world. I'll send lawyers to your
gravestone and write "likes cock"
under your name... if you even get
one.
NOAH drops DANIEL and he SAILS into the office building room
that URIEL was in, shown by the broken glass.
INT. OFFICE ROOM 2 -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL flies into the room, tackling PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL],
who was recovering to his feet. He lands on URIEL's good
win, and IMMEDIATLY SNAPS IT into kindling. URIEL lets out a
scream, as DANIEL places his boot over URIEL'S NECK.
DANIEL ORIEL
Let's try this again, shall we?
PRIEST URIEL coughs in pain, and spits up a bit of liquid,
presumably blood.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL]
Because you're willing to do this...
to get answers...
DANIEL pulls out the paper clip and takes a few steps
backward, as URIEL smiles
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57.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
Chicken or the egg Daniel... did we
make you what you are, or is this
all your fault? And the thing is...
you will never know.
DANIEL is still in a state of shock and looks at the paper
clip in his hands, which has a fine coating of the Angel's
blood on it.
PRIEST URIEL[ANGEL] (CONT'D)
At least you have great purpose.
Sure, you won't live forever... but
you'll make sure everyone else won't
either.
DANIEL walks up to the PRIEST, and points his shotgun into
his face. URIEL holds out a trumpet, and presses it to his
lips.
DANIEL ORIEL
See you tomorrow.
A loud TRUMPET blares, from URIEL... before...
BANG.
INT. OFFICE ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
The shotgun blast is heard by LYNN in the OTHER office room
as NOAH swoops back onto the ledge. He pulls his wings in
and walks through the opening of the glass window.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I can't imagine Daniel's having a
tea party with Uriel, so we've gotta
think fast.
They stop for a moment, as LYNN thinks. NOAH just seems
impatient.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Faster than that!
Suddenly, a large BLAST is heard, and seen through the broken
window and in the distance. It's a volcano, that was never
there before. It spits out sulfer and lava, almost like a
single beam upward. NOAH and LYNN duck and cover as the
sulfer and lava(coupled with blood and hail) fall from the
skies.
INT. OFFICE ROOM 2 -- CONTINUOUS
An image of the ocean seaport, on the opposite side of where
the volcano is, over DANIEL'S shoulder as the sulfer and
lava falls into the ocean's bed, turning it into a crimson
red. DANIEL stands over the fallen URIEL, his face splattered
with blood.
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58.
He lights up a cigarette as he watches the sulfer and blood
rain down. He almost seems peaceful, calm even.
NOAH and LYNN fly in through the shattered window, NOAH's
bright white wings now covered in blood.
LYNN sees URIEL and falls to her knees, almost throwing up
in the process.
NOAH walks over to DANIEL and stands beside him, looking
down at the fallen body of PRIEST URIEL.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Welp, you can kiss that security
deposit Goood-bye.
DANIEL throws NOAH a look and quickly turns away from him,
back to LYNN.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
What?!
DANIEL ORIEL
We have to move.
LYNN
Move?!? Where?!?
NOAH ALEXANDER
I hear Florida's nice this time of
year...
DANIEL ORIEL
It's started, we can't stay here.
We can delay the train from taking
off but there's no way to stop it
once it's started.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Are... You comparing the Apocolypse
to a train?!
A third TRUMPET BLARES OUT, and a large star FALLS from the
heavens. It crashes into the blood infest waters, sending a
shock wave of water flying into the air almost like a nuclear
bomb. NOAH and LYNN take cover, as DANIEL looks on dismayed.
DANIEL ORIEL
There's nothing we can do here...
(Convincing)
Now.
DANIEL pulls out the SPEAR/STAFF OF DESTINY, and repeats the
previous process. A bright FLASH of light appears, and when
it's gone, so are our three characters.
The fourth TRUMPET BLARES through the silence.
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59.
The SUN, slowly dims, turns into a cresant moon. Almost
like a dimmer switch, the world slowly fades.
EXT. STREETS -- CONTINUOUS
The image pauses for a moment as the lights slowly dim, and
finish dimming.
EXT. STREETS -- CONTINUOUS
The lights dim even further now, as it's become night. A
bright FLASH of light reilluminates the entire area, as
DANIEL, LYNN, and NOAH reappear.
They're on same street as always, as NOAH sighs.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Can't we get some more scenary?
Seriously.
A small child in rags walks up to DANIEL, and holds out a
fiddle.
CHILD
I challenge you!
DANIEL gives him a weird look, as the CHILD begins to play a
song, not unlike the "Devil Went Down to Georgia." He does
his thing, as DANIEL sighs. The CHILD hands DANIEL the
fiddle, urging him to play. But ORIEL pulls out his shotgun
and blasts the kid in the face.
LYNN
DANIEL!
NOAH ALEXANDER
Woah. Tough critic.
LYNN
What are you doing? We're trying to
save the LIVES of these people, not
kill them ourselves!
DANIEL ORIEL
We don't have the time Lynn
LYNN
MAKE the time.
DANIEL laughs.
DANIEL ORIEL
Don't make me hurt you.
LYNN
Like you could.
DANIEL walks off, as LYNN follows.
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60.
LYNN (CONT'D)
Answer me Daniel. Tell me why I
shouldn't kill you where you stand.
DANIEL ORIEL
Because you need me to do the work
you can't do.
DANIEL walks off into the distance as LYNN just stands there,
confused and distraught. NOAH looks down at the small child's
corpse, and continues his stride following DANIEL.
NOAH ALEXANDER
(to Lynn as he walks
away)
Told you so.
EXT. COFFEE SHOP -- NIGHT
DANIEL ORIEL stands just outside of the front door of the
coffee shop, as NOAH and LYNN walk up behind him.
LYNN
What are-
DANIEL ORIEL
Shhhh.
DANIEL presses his ear against the door, and hears.
WAITRESS (O.S.)
With your coffee. Is there anything
else I can do?
DANIEL ORIEL (O.S.)
No... everything's fine.
LYNN and NOAH realize that DANIEL is inside, as they press
their ears up against the door as well.
INT. COFFEE SHOP -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL is sitting, drinking some coffee that the WAITRESS
just poured. She's already heading in the opposite direction.
DANIEL ORIEL (O.S.)
(to self)
Dandy even...
He takes a sip of his coffee, and that's when the focus is
taken off of him, and onto TIFFANY LYNN, who doesn't like to
be called TIFF. She smiles toward Daniel, and waves, but
Daniel can't see as she's toward his side. She tries again,
but that's when a man from behind wraps his forearm around
her neck and fires a shot off into the ceiling. Chaos erupts,
and this immediatly grabs Daniel's attention. The man is the
man from the teaser, known as the Robber now.
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61.
ROBBER
This is what you would call... What's
the word? A robbery.
He drags LYNN toward the counter, and points the gun toward
the merchant.
ROBBER (CONT'D)
Open the register.
DANIEL ORIEL
You're robbing a coffee shop?
Daniel has returned his gaze toward his coffee, an emotionless
face.
ROBBER
What's it to you?
DANIEL ORIEL
Oh, nothing. I can see a person
robbing a bank, I can see them robbing
a home, but how much do you truly
expect to pull off of a local coffee
shop?
ROBBER
I'd be careful if I were you. You
willing to die to stop a robbery?
(turns toward Clerk)
I don't hear money!
DANIEL ORIEL
Not as such, no, but...
He stands, turns, and the Robber cocks his gun toward him,
giving his hostage, Lynn, a bit of pressure on her neck.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Your human shield, happens to be my
friend.
ROBBER
Then everyone better remain shiny,
and we'll all be brighter when it's
said and done.
LYNN
Daniel, don't.
DANIEL ORIEL
You don't know what you're doing
here.
ROBBER
You're right. Here I thought I was
flying to England. Thank you for
clearing up my misconception!
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62.
DANIEL ORIEL
That's not what I mean. Once you
head down this road, there are no
off ramps. Your world has ended.
ROBBER
Funny, because it seems to me that
the only life that could end today
is her's.
He yanks her by her throat, and then turns toward the Clerk.
ROBBER (CONT'D)
And this guy who's taking forever to
give me what's mine!
DANIEL ORIEL
You don't want to do this. I know.
He looks down for a split second, but then looks back up.
Close up to see his eyes, and they are emotionless once again.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
I could kill you before you squeeze
that trigger.
(he smiles, and opens
his eyes)
It's something you should know.
ROBBER
Oh, big man here, thinking he can be
a hero. And yet, I don't feel my
life is threatened.
(turns to Lynn)
Do you?
DANIEL ORIEL
I know you're type. You pick a coffee
shop because you think it'll be an
easy job. But it hasn't been, has
it?
(listens)
I can hear the sirens. I can hear
your screams. This hasn't exactly
gone as planned, has it?
EXT. COFFEE SHOP -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL, LYNN, and NOAH listen intently. A RANDOM MAN walks
by.
RANDOM MAN
You know they're open, right?
INT. COFFEE SHOP -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL continues his speech, uninterrupted.
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63.
DANIEL ORIEL
Taken a bit too long from point a to
point c. You're shaking. The palms
of your hands are no doubt sweating.
I've got to ask if you can accept
the fact that pulling that trigger
will make that sweat turn to blood.
And no matter how hard you try to
get rid of it, your hands will always
be a lighter shade of pink for it.
So, you have your jack showing, but
I've got to imagine that you don't
have an ace in the hole. You don't
have what it takes to kill someone.
The robber is ancy, bouncing back and forth, and then points
his gun toward Daniel.
ROBBER
Wanna bet?
A shot rings out from his nine millimeter, but it doesn't
hit Daniel. It goes over his shoulder, and catches a random
male in the shoulder. The random male is none other than
NOAH ALEXANDER. It sends him sprawling down toward the
ground, screaming in pain.
ROBBER (CONT'D)
Blackjack.
He holds the gun toward Lynn, aimed at the side of her head.
ROBBER (CONT'D)
House wins.
NOAH ALEXANDER is screaming in pain.
EXT. COFFEE SHOP -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH turns to LYNN.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Is that what I sound like when I'm
shrieking in terror?
INT. COFFEE SHOP -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL ORIEL is in shock, and is trying to get the ROBBER to
calm down. The Robber points the gun toward the Clerk.
ROBBER
Don't make me do it.
Daniel grabs a knife that was sitting by his cake, and chucks
it at the robber's hand. It doesn't do anything, it just
clangs against it, as the Robber turns his attention toward
Daniel.
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64.
ROBBER (CONT'D)
Honestly. How was that going to work?
With the Robber's attention on Daniel, LYNN mule kicks him
between the legs, and she slips out of his grasp. At that
moment, Daniel pulls out a Colt 45 six shooter, and catches
the Robber in the leg. He screams out in pain, and hits the
ground hard. Daniel walks up toward him, and pulls out his
shotgun, which is strapped around his leg and midsection,
and aims it at him.
DANIEL ORIEL
You threatened the one person in
this world I care about, you shoot
an innocent victim and you put every
single person in this room in danger.
So I wonder... why should I spare
you?
Daniel puts his shotgun back around his waist. The Robber is
relieved, when Daniel pulls out the colt 45 once more. He
unloads it, dropping the bullets out and catching one in the
palm of his hand. He puts it back into the barrel.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Because it's not for me to judge.
You are not evil. True and true, you
are a misguided fool playing a game
you can not begin to understand.
Lynn, who has gone over to the Fallen man named NOAH
ALEXANDER.
LYNN
Are you okay?
NOAH ALEXANDER
I don't think okay is an answer on
this multiple choice quiz.
DANIEL ORIEL
The bible tells us that we should
not be the judge of others. That God
alone must judge.
He spins, making the bullet in the chamber be random.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Let's leave it to the fates, shall
we?
BACK to NOAH and LYNN, as NOAH is fading.
LYNN
You're alright. You're going to be
alright.
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65.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Wow... you're glowing...
LYNN stares confused.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Is anyone else cold?
NOAH passes out in LYNN's arm.
BACK TO DANIEL, still pointing his colt 45 toward the ROBBER.
Click. No bullet leaves. The Robber, still in pain, winces,
as Daniel turns and leaves. Lynn is just shocked, in awe, as
she tries attending to Noah.
LYNN
Help me here!
DANIEL rushes over to her side and tends to the wound.
DANIEL ORIEL
Someone call an ambulance!
During the commotion, the ROBBER SCRAMBLES on his feet and
out the front door.
EXT. COFFEE SHOP -- CONTINUOUS
Into the awaiting arms of DANIEL ORIEL.
ROBBER
Hey, what's-
DANIEL ORIEL
Come with us.
DANIEL CLOCKS the ROBBER in the face, and drags him off.
INT. DANIEL'S APARTMENT -- NIGHT
DANIEL ORIEL has the ROBBER tied to a chair inside his
apartment. EVERYTHING that was destroyed in the opening ten
pages is crystal clear and perfect. There are a few less
cigarettes on his table, but on a whole, it's all the same.
DANIEL tosses a glass of water into the ROBBER'S face,
awakening him from his unconsious state.
ROBBER
Wha-What's going on?
(realizes)
You again?
DANIEL ORIEL
Tell us why you're special.
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66.
ROBBER
What? What are you talking about?
DANIEL pulls out an electric screw driver, and presses the
switch to turn it on. It SPINS and BUZZES, as the ROBBER
looks on worried. DANIEL presses it close to the ROBBER'S
eye.
DANIEL ORIEL
Tell us why you're special, or I'll
turn you into the biggest walking
pirate cliche you've ever seen.
NOAH looks on, as if something's caught his eye.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Danny?
ROBBER
... Noah? What's with the wing
costume.
NOAH ALEXANDER
(disbelief)
YOU SHOT ME!
ROBBER
That was you? Oh shit. Are you
alright?
NOAH ALEXANDER
What a question.
NOAH turns around and throws his arms up into the air. The
wings come up slightly with him before falling a bit.
ROBBER
Listen, I don't know what you guys
are talking about. What the hell is
going on here? How did you beat me
outside the coffee shop, and why do
you have wings now?!
NOAH ALEXANDER
The world's ending. I died and became
an Angel. Daniel over here is the
spawn of Satan and Lynn is the God
of our world. We're trying to save
it, but we need your help.
DANIEL ORIEL
I'm Satan's child?
LYNN
No, I think you are Satan.
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67.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Are you sure? I swore God said "Spawn
of Satan."
LYNN
I could be wrong. Oh wait, no, I'm
GOD.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Of this world sure, but how many
worlds out there are you worthless
in?
ROBBER
You go all out Noah, I'll give you
that.
NOAH and LYNN turn to him, confused.
ROBBER (CONT'D)
The wings were a brilliant touch.
Now, if you don't mind untying me,
I'll be on my way.
NOAH ALEXANDER
This isn't some practical joke.
DANIEL SHOVES the electric screwdriver into his shoulder.
DANNY the ROBBER screams.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
DANIEL!
DANIEL ORIEL
Believe me when I say, I will hurt
you for answers.
ROBBER
Why wouldn't you just kill me when
you're done with me then?
DANIEL turns away slightly, and then reverts his head back
to the ROBBER.
DANIEL ORIEL
Why, are you special?
ROBBER
I DON'T KNOW.
DANIEL turns to LYNN.
DANIEL ORIEL
He doesn't know?
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68.
LYNN
Did you know your destiny before it
happened too, or are you just
expecting special circumstances here.
DANIEL ORIEL
You know what, screw this.
DANIEL pulls out his shotgun and aims it at the ROBBER. He
shrieks, NOAH Shrieks, and LYNN looks worried.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Tell me what's going to happen Lynn,
why you sent me to get the staff to
save this creature. Tell me or I'll
kill him right now.
ROBBER
Please do. I'm in immense pain
here...
LYNN
We're wasting time...
DANIEL ORIEL
Tell me.
He pumps the barrel of the shotgun.
LYNN
It was a lie, alright?
DANIEL lowers his shotgun in stunned silence.
LYNN (CONT'D)
We needed you to get the staff so we
could have a chance of saving our
world. This was the only way we
could think to motivate you. I don't
know if this man has any part of the
final battle, I hardly know him.
The only thing I can tell you is
that nothing is written in stone
now, because of you, because of this
lie... we all have a chance to
survive.
DANIEL lowers his head, and then turns to LYNN and looks her
in the eye.
DANIEL ORIEL
If you tell me one more lie, whether
it's by omission or whatever, I'm
out of here. I'd rather die and
burn for eternity than see someone I
care about continually hurt me...
DANIEL turns away and walks into his BATHROOM.
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69.
ROBBER
Is it safe for me to call that guy
an asshole now?
INT. DANIEL'S BATHROOM -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL stares in the bathroom mirror, much like before.
Softer, almost muffled noises are heard in the background
from the other room.
ROBBER (O.S.)
Is it safe for me to call that guy
an asshole now?
LYNN (O.S.)
We gotta think of something.
NOAH ALEXANDER
We could always walk into those other
four angels again and you can drop a
wall on them.
ROBBER (O.S.)
What?!
LYNN (O.S.)
I mean, Daniel's gotta be back soon.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
He's just in the bathroom.
LYNN (O.S.)
No, this timeline's Daniel. Haven't
you seen the back to the future
movies?
ROBBER (O.S.)
I have. I could draw diagrams if you
loosen these ropes...
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
I think you know that I haven't.
LYNN (O.S.)
I do... I just wanted comfirmation.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
Losing the ol' God Muscles, eh chief?
LYNN
Well, in the movies, you couldn't
interact with yourself or people you
know in your world because it'll
disrupt the timeline that we were
in.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
C'mon!
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70.
LYNN (O.S.)
It's true. Like, say if you met
yourself tonight. You have no memory
of meeting yourself in the past, but
now you do. So the you that existed
without that memory is no more.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
So?
LYNN (O.S.)
So, if you don't exist, you can never
go back in time and meet yourself,
and therefore the meeting never took
place, and you exist as you are again.
But then you go back in time and you
disrupt it.
NOAH ALEXANDER (O.S.)
I dunno. Seems to me all I'm doing,
all we're doing is creating an
alternative dimension by just being
here, aren't we? I mean, we're not
saving the world... we're creating a
whole new one. Isn't that all we
have to do? Create a new universe
wherein our world continues to exist?
All we have to do is re-write destiny,
change the way things were to be.
And if there's anyone that can help
us change destiny, it's the author
himself.
LYNN
If I was saying this, here is where
you would butt in with an
inappropriate author's name from our
world.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Well no.... Well, yes. But it'd be a
good joke.
LYNN
It wouldn't be. It really wouldn't.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Yeah, well, if you're my God, you're
the one giving me the crap material.
LYNN
It's funny. From a distance.
ROBBER
Can you just kill me now? Because
this is all torture to me.
DANIEL turns from the mirror and walks out with authority.
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71.
INT. DANIEL'S LIVING ROOM -- CONTINUOUS
DANIEL steps into the room and grabs the ROBBER's tied chair,
lifts it off the ground, and hurls it a few feet toward the
nearest window. It lands with a thud, as the ROBBER lands
hard on his wounded shoulder. DANIEL steps closer to his
face, and places his boot over his cheek.
DANIEL ORIEL
If you knew what torture was, you
wouldn't make light of it.
DANIEL removes his boot and dusts his hands.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
The next time I see you doing
something stupid, I'll show you it's
true meaning.
DANIEL turns toward LYNN and NOAH, holding out the STAFF OF
DESTINY.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
Time to see the big man.
NOAH ALEXANDER
I hope you don't mean Louie Anderson.
And with a FLASH of light, all three characters are gone,
leaving the ROBBER, helpless on the ground.
ROBBER
Uh... guys? You there?
(pause)
Yooo-hoooo?
EXT. DANIEL'S APARTMENT -- CONTINUOUS
Looking inside we see the ROBBER still tied to the chair.
ROBBER
I've got work tomorrow.
END OF ACT TWO
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72.
ACT THREE
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
GLORIA is sitting at her desk, typing. Just beyond the gates
of Heaven, she watches monitors and sees a taping of a
television show. She laughs during it's laugh track.
Until a BRIGHT WHITE FLASH of light appears and SMOKE
dissapates, and it reveals none other than LYNN, DANIEL ORIEL,
and NOAH ALEXANDER, covered in blood and looking as if they've
been in one hellacious battle.
GLORIA falls back in her chair at shock. Heaven turns RED,
the clouds, the gates, everything is just red until it returns
to normal and begins to flash. It's an alarm. They then
suddenly remain red, as if the alarm is stuck. DANIEL
brandishes dueling shotguns and waits, as PRIEST URIEL flies
down from the heavens. He matches in perfectly, almost
camoflouged.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Daniel! No!
Priest URIEL slams his fist into DANIEL ORIEL'S skull as the
lights have made him nearly invisible. DANIEL flies back and
drops his shotguns in the process. NOAH gets CLOCKED in the
face and send sprawling over the desk and into GLORIA's
shrieking lap.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Hi again.
PRIEST URIEL grabs LYNN by her throat and lifts her off her
feet. His hand wrapped around her neck begins to lightly
singe, and then begin to burn full on. Smoke rises as LYNN
lets out a cry of pain.
NOAH bursts up from behind the desk and screams.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
STOP!
PRIEST URIEL actually does, and drops LYNN down to her feet.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
I don't want a fight.
NOAH walks up and SMACKS URIEL in the face with a wicked
right cross. He falls to his knees, as NOAH holds his hand
in pain.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
I'm sorry, I really don't want to
fight but I was still pissed from
that sucker punch earlier.
(to above)
Hey God?!
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73.
GOD (O.S.)
Yes?
NOAH ALEXANDER
What's your name?
GOD (O.S.)
Hmmmm... I was around before things
such as names existed... I guess
it's whatever you'd wish to call me.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Okay. Listen Charlie.
GOD (O.S.)
Not Charlie.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Brett. We've got a proposition for
you.
GOD (O.S.)
It's not kinky, is it?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Heaven's no.
GOD (O.S.)
Good. Cuz I'm catholic.
NOAH ALEXANDER
You are.
GOD (O.S.)
Sure. Parts of me.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Cool... Cool... Nother question while
I have you. Are people just individial
cells in a larger organism wherein
we perform functions in our world
that actually affect our body? Like,
littering gives our host an itch or
something?
GOD (O.S.)
If that were the case, how could you
be here?
NOAH ALEXANDER
True... True... Wow. You're just an
encylopedia.
DANIEL ORIEL
Noah?
NOAH ALEXANDER
Yes Daniel?
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74.
DANIEL ORIEL
What the fuck are you doing.
NOAH ALEXANDER
C'mon. When the hell are we gonna
have another oppertuinity like this.
DANIEL thinks, and NOAH begins to speak.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
Wh-
DANIEL ORIEL
(cutting him off)
Why don't I ever win the lottery?
GOD (O.S.)
Because you'd be unhappy even with
fortune.
DANIEL ORIEL
Guess it's the real deal. Listen,
God, Here it is. You save our world
from it's demise, you change our
destiny and let us live our lives...
DANIEL pulls out the staff and holds it out above his head.
DANIEL ORIEL (CONT'D)
And you get the Spear of Destiny
back.
GOD (O.S.)
Is this what you want Tiffany Lynn?
Your imperfect world returned to
you?
LYNN
It may not be perfect... but it's
the only place I've ever fit in...
GOD (O.S.)
Ah... I remember a time like that.
It was Super Bowl 3... I never bled
Jet green as much as I did that day.
(pause)
I'll do it.
LYNN smiles and HUGS DANIEL.
NOAH takes a step forward.
NOAH ALEXANDER
What was your least favorite sporting
event.
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75.
GOD (O.S.)
Hmmm... I didn't like Boston losing
in 86 but I had to do it to give the
fans the bigger pay off in 04...
(pause)
Oh, and there was also the death
torture of my son.
NOAH ALEXANDER
That was a sporting event?
GOD (O.S.)
(convincing)
They sold tickets.
NOAH turns to LYNN and DANIEL, who are still in their embrace.
He coughs to get their attention.
NOAH ALEXANDER
So... guess I won't see ya guys for
a while. But keep in touch. My e-
mail's Noah Alexander earth two at
god, G-O-D-D, world dot com... hey,
why is this mispelled?
GOD (O.S.)
Oh, it's not mispelled. That's how I
sign my name. I think it's cooler.
DANIEL extends his hand to NOAH and they shake.
DANIEL ORIEL
I'm not going to write to you, but...
thanks.
LYNN walks up and HUGS NOAH hard.
LYNN
I'm gonna miss ya.
NOAH ALEXANDER
For a little bit, then you'll find
the next hopeless basketcase to
nurture.
LYNN
No really. You gotta visit.
NOAH ALEXANDER
If I can get rid of these unnatural
wings, I'll give you a call.
DANIEL and LYNN wrap around one another, as DANIEL raises
his hands to the sky in a thumbs up. And then in a flash of
light, and a poof of smoke, they disappear.
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76.
NOAH ALEXANDER (CONT'D)
(scoffing)
A double d... It's like that stupid
Z at the end of names.
GOD (O.S.)
I always thought that was cool.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Sure.
GOD (O.S.)
You know, the D is going to come on
strong nowadays.
NOAH ALEXANDER
Really? I doubt it.
GOD (O.S.)
Hey, I'm God. I know things.
INT. DANIEL'S APARTMENT -- MORNING
DANIEL and TIFFANY LYNN reappear together, locked in arms.
They look toward one another as DANIEL goes to pull away,
but LYNN keeps her arms wrapped around her waist. There's a
slight hesitation, as they slowly kiss.
GOD (V.O.)
Daniel Oriel and Tiffany Lynn fell
madly in love.
INT. DANIEL'S HOUSE -- DAY
DANIEL is fixing a couch that was messed up recently. TIFFANY
LYNN walks in through the front door and walks toward DANIEL,
walking into his arms and giving him a huge kiss.
GOD (V.O.)
Together, the bore three children.
The kids all run into frame.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
Don't tell Daniel, but one of them
is set to destroy the world... again.
Heh. Runs in the family, doesn't it?
INT. HEAVEN -- CONTINUOUS
NOAH ALEXANDER is clearly flirting with GLORIA, who is
laughing hysterically at all of his jokes and quips.
GOD (V.O.)
Noah Alexander remained in heaven
and slowly nurtured a relationship
with my Secretary, Gloria. They are
still together today.
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77.
INT. CLOUDS -- AFTERNOON
DOCTOR RAPHAEL stands watch.
GOD (V.O.)
My Angels continue to guard the Staff
of Destiny,
INT. FLAME'S HELL -- EVENING
PRIEST URIEL guards over his world, pacing, fire sword
brandished and dueling with the air.
GOD (V.O.)
in the grim case that it were to be
targeted again.
INT. SHADOWS -- CONTINUOUS
GENERAL MICHAEL[ANGEL] sits over a desk in his room, planning
his next defense strategy.
GOD (V.O.)
They continue to train and better
themselves,
INT. MIRRORCLE
GABRIEL[ANGEL] swooshes from mirror to mirror, as if racing
to up his speed.
GOD (V.O.)
in order not to fail me once more.
INT. HEAVEN
The DUCK BILLED PLATYPUS is in HEAVEN, enjoying a mixer.
He's talking to a few humans.
GOD (V.O.)
The Duck Billed Platypus was brought
to Heaven.
A few of the women he was talking to simply blow him off and
leave.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
He has yet to make any real friends.
INT. HEAVEN
A clear picture of the vaste emptiness of Heaven.
GOD (V.O.)
As for me? I await the next soul to
enter my world. Could it be you?
(MORE)
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78.
GOD (V.O.) (CONT'D)
(pause, chuckle)
You'll know when you know.
FADE OUT: