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Mosaic
by
Alexander Julien
Revisions by
Alexander Julien
2008
Recent Revisions by
Alexander Julien and Derek Kilby
2009
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CARD: September 4, 1990
CARD: The Chayevsky Quantum Dynamics Institute
INT. CHAYEVSKY QUANTUM DYNAMICS INSTITUTE - NIGHT
A modern looking building with several large lab rooms that encircle a larger generator room.
We follow a female lab assistant down several hallways. She passes by several rooms as the lab is busy with activity. The assistant finally arrives at a closed door. The sign on the door reads: “ISOTOPIC INTRINSIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR ROOM”
LOUD SPEAKER VOICE
Sub atomic linear interface in seven
minutes.
INT. ISOTOPIC INTRINSIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR ROOM - NIGHT
We pan across various computer monitors. Several scientists, in white mid length lab coats, are hustling around the area.
DR. LEONARD GALLOWAY (41), looks down at an old stop watch. He looks up at the generator. He looks back down to the watch.
GALLOWAY
Seven minutes.
An assistant approaches Dr. Galloway.
ASSISTANT
Metallic plates are nominal. All
insulators are above norm and holding.
GALLOWAY
Capacitor alignment?
ASSISTANT
Permittivity is high. We’re looking
good.
Dr. Galloway turns around and looks through a plexi-glass observation window. In the observation room, there are several
people watching. Dr. Galloway gives them all the thumbs up.
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
DR. LIONEL WALKER (31), attractive. He approaches another man. DR. MOURAD ABDERAZZI,(48), heavy set.
LIONEL
Are you ready to rock the U.S. Patent
Office?
Abderazzi smiles at Lionel.
ABDERAZZI
I would be happy with a cup of tea
that wasn’t made in England.
Lionel pats Abderazzi on the back. Lionel looks down at his watch.
LIONEL
I got time.
ABDERAZZI
Hurry up or you’ll miss the whole thing.
Abderazzi winks an eye.
LIONEL
I wouldn’t dream of it.
Lionel exits the lab. Abderazzi turns to an assistant.
ABDERAZZI
Keep an eye on the EM field. I
don’t want that frequency to high.
ASSISTANT
Yes doctor.
The assistant turns back to the monitor.
INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
Lionel walks down the hall. He looks up and sees the Deputy Director of the National Clandestine Service (NCS). His name is ARCHIE WOODS (46).
He is being followed by three men wearing black suits and black
bolero hats.
Lionel gives Archie a nod. Archie nervously nods back. Lionel also watches the three men. Their faces are hidden by the hats. Lionel gives one of the men a double take.
Archie and the three men enter the lab. Lionel shrugs it off and enters a lounge.
INT. LOUNGE - NIGHT
Lionel grabs a cup of coffee from a cheap vending machine. He lifts the cup in the air and reads the printing underneath.
LIONEL
Well my good friend. You’re going
to have to settle for coffee from...
Maine?
Lionel lowers the cup and smells the steaming hot brew.
LIONEL (CONT’D)
Maine? Ridiculous.
A television set is sitting on one of the tables. The sound is off. Lionel looks over at the television and sees Dr. Abderazzi’s face. He’s being interviewed.
Lionel walks to the television and raises the volume.
ABDERAZZI (TELEVISION)
...the decreasing quantity of virtual
particles appear between the active
plates allowing for resonance frequencies
to form.
INTERVIEWER (TELEVISION)
Dr. Abderazzi. Most people don’t
understand what “Infinite Energy”
really means in accordance with their
every day lives. Does this mean a
cleaner source of unlimited energy for
our homes, cars and even space travel?
ABDERAZZI (TELEVISION)
It really depends on who you ask.
Some believe it can do everything.
Others believe it can never be
converted into a useful form. That’s
what we’re attempting to find out.
INTERVIEWER (TELEVISION)
Doctor. This project has had it’s
share of critics. There are religious
groups who believe that we’re moving
into areas of physical science that
we can’t possibly predict the outcome
for. And that this kind of ultimate
power can only lead to a decline
in our spiritual state of mind. How
would you respond to that?
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
We see Abderazzi and assistants busy in the lab preparing for the countdown to begin.
ABDERAZZI (V.O.)
Nature exists and Man exists.
Somewhere there must be the wisdom
that tells us why and how. There has
to be a basic source from which all
Science and great religions have
sprung.
INT. ISOTOPIC INTRINSIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR ROOM - NIGHT
We slow zoom in on the intrinsic generator. A tiny spark of energy is forming.
ABDERAZZI (V.O.)
Knowledge and wisdom, were not meant
only for Gods.
INT. LOUNGE - NIGHT
LOUD ALARM.
LOUD SPEAKER VOICE
Warning! Intrinsic field generator
active! Sub atomic linear interface in
fifteen seconds!
The paper coffee cup falls to the floor. The hot coffee spills onto the floor. Lionel runs out of the kitchen.
INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
Lionel runs to the lab door. A spiraling blue light above the lab door indicates the lab has now been magnetically sealed.
LOUD SPEAKER VOICE
ZPE interface in five, four, three,
two, one.
Lionel turns his head.
FLASH OF LIGHT.
LIONEL
God damn it.
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
The sealed door to the observation room slowly opens. Lionel enters the room and walks to Abderazzi.
LIONEL
You couldn’t wait one more minute?
Abderazzi turns to Lionel.
ABDERAZZI
What are you talking about? We haven’t
even started yet.
Abderazzi turns back to what he was doing. Lionel turns and looks into the generator room. Dr. Galloway is still prepping the capacitors.
Lionel looks around the room to see where Archie and the three men in black are. They are not in the room. Lionel approaches an assistant.
LIONEL
Where are those three men who came
in with the Deputy Director?
ASSISTANT
I’m sorry Dr. Walker. I haven’t seen
the Deputy Director this morning.
Lionel turns away in thought.
INT. ISOTOPIC INTRINSIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR ROOM - NIGHT
Lionel enters the generator room. He walks to Dr. Galloway.
GALLOWAY
Cutting it kind of close wouldn’t
you say?
Lionel reaches for the stop watch in Galloway’s hand.
LIONEL
May I?
Dr. Galloway hands the stop watch over to Lionel.
GALLOWAY
It was my grand mother’s. Keeps
perfect time.
Lionel looks down at the watch. He looks over to his own watch. The stop watch is thirty seconds behind his watch.
GALLOWAY (CONT'D)
What is it?
Lionel just stares at Galloway.
LIONEL
I’m not sure.
GALLOWAY
Well come on. It’s time to make
history.
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
Lionel and Galloway enter the observation room. They walk to Abderazzi. Everyone in the room stands watching the generator room.
Abderazzi turns to a console and places his right hand on a lever handle. Abderazzi looks up at Lionel.
ABDERAZZI
The Sea of Energy.
Lionel smiles and looks into the generator room. Abderazzi pulls the lever switch.
LOUD HUMMING.
INT. ISOTOPIC INTRINSIC ELECTRICITY GENERATOR ROOM - NIGHT
The generator whirs and hums. A tremendous flash of light and then a bright circular glowing sphere hovers just over the capacitors.
The sphere crackles with sporadic energy.
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT
All the people in the observation room erupt with joy at the apparent success of the experiment.
Abderazzi, Galloway and Lionel all begin to shake hands with each other. Galloway turns to an assistant.
GALLOWAY
Is the field stable?!
The assistant turns to a monitor. She reads the available data.
ASSISTANT
Accelerated frequencies show no
degradation!
Lionel turns to Abderazzi.
LIONEL
You did it Abby. Zero point energy.
The world will never be the same
again.
Galloway pats them both on the back. Abderazzi places his right hand on Lionel’s arm.
ABDERAZZI
Let’s hope for the better. Let’s hope.
The energy field stays constant.
An assistant approaches Abderazzi, Lionel and Galloway. She
hands them three champagne glasses full of the bubbly. The three of them toast each other. The assistant removes a camera and snaps a photograph.
We pan over and slow zoom into the brilliant energy sphere.
CARD: Present Day
INT. MORRIS RAIL YARD, NEW JERSEY - NIGHT
The streets near the Morris Rail yard are seemingly quiet. A few pedestrians peer through the wire fence to the outgoing shipping trains.
EXT. DOOR TO RAIL YARD WAREHOUSE - NIGHT
The door is suddenly blasted apart as shotgun fire echoes through the warehouse. Several more shots of a different nature are also heard inside.
A masked man clumsily exits the destroyed door. He falls to the ground and struggles to look behind him. A bright flash of light and suddenly there is a figure standing in the doorway. The face is hidden.
The masked man struggles to his feet. Blood drips from a gunshot wound to his thigh. He does his best to make his way through some other room while still being followed by the figure.
The masked man pumps his shotgun and blasts at the figure. The figure gets hit by the incoming fire and drops to the floor.
The masked man waits for a moment. Then suddenly three more flashes of light and three more figures are standing there. They begin walking to him.
The masked man grimaces. He looks around and sees that he is cornered against a window and the walls. The masked man decides in a moment what to do.
CRASH.
The masked man throws himself out the window. He lands with a thud three stories below. The figures reach the broken window and look down at the masked man. He is still moving.
A black van with blacked out windows screeches into the rail yard. The van slides around the gravel entrance and skids to a halt in front of the wounded masked man.
Three people wearing black ski masks jump out of the van. One of the masked people looks at three figure approaching them. The masked person pulls out an UZI 9mm. The masked person pulls back the chamber loading the clip.
The other masked people help the wounded masked man into the van through the side panel door.
Three more figures appear walking towards the van.
MASKED MAN #1
Let's move!
Masked man #1 runs past masked man #2 holding the UZI to the van. Masked man #2 begins firing at the figures. Several shots impact against the figure's bodies. This time they don't fall.
MASKED MAN #2
I'm gonna need some help here!
Masked man #2 turns back to the van. Masked man #1 looks back.
MASKED MAN #1
Get your ass in here!
Masked man #2 turns back to the approaching figures. There are only two now. Masked man #2 hastily looks around for the third. Masked man #2 suddenly freezes.
Masked man #1 begins closing the side door to the van. Masked man #1 looks out at Masked man #2.
MASKED MAN #1 (CONT'D)
What are you doing! Come on!
Masked man #2 turns to the van. He slowly lifts the UZI. Masked man #1 sees this.
MASKED MAN #1 (CONT'D)
No! Don't!
Masked man #2 fires and kills Masked man #1. Masked man #1 falls out of the van onto the street.
Masked man #2 begins shaking. He tries to lower the UZI. He seems to be fighting something inside his head. He presses his left hand against his temple.
MASKED MAN #2
No! Get out! Get out of my head!
Another masked person looks out the side van. Masked man #2 puts the UZI to his head. He fires. Various bits of skull and brain matter spray the side of the van.
The van speeds off.
INT. VAN - NIGHT
The wounded masked man lies on the floor of the van as it swerves in and out of traffic. The wounded masked man looks up to the other masked men. Masked man #3 checks his wounds.
MASKED MAN #5
Did you find it? I hope it was worth
it.
WOUNDED MASKED MAN
What kind of question is that?
He reaches into his jacket and removes a package wrapped in brown paper. Masked man #5 takes the package. He begins to unwrap it.
MASKED MAN #4
Are you mad?! Put that thing away!
Masked man #4 takes the package.
WOUNDED MASKED MAN
We have to find him. Time is running
out... and we're already behind.
Masked man #3 leans in to the wounded masked man. Blood is seeping onto the floor of the van. The wounded masked man removes his mask. His eyes are going dead.
MASKED MAN #3
We have to get you to a hospital.
Wounded masked man shrugs him off. Wounded masked man grabs the hand of masked man #3.
WOUNDED MASKED MAN
Even if it means your life.
Masked man #4 places his hand on the wounded masked man’s chest.
MASKED MAN #4
You did everything you could. I’ll
take it from here.
LOUD EXPLOSION.
The van flips over and everyone inside gets thrown from side to side.
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
The van slides down the street on its side. The one side of the van has been blown off. The van comes to a stop and sits there burning.
Masked man #4 slowly crawls out of the burning van and stumbles to his feet. He looks around at the gathering people and notices that his mask is on fire.
POLICE SIRENS IN THE DISTANCE.
Masked man #4 rips off his mask and throws it on the street. We see that it is an older Dr. Galloway with a beard. He looks around and see several figures walking towards him.
LOUD EXPLOSION.
The van explodes again. Galloway runs to some bushes. He has the brown paper wrapped package in his hands. He turns and sees the Police arriving.
Two N.Y.P.D. police cars speed around a corner and enter the area. They approach the burning van.
INT. POLICE CRUISER - NIGHT
A view from behind the two officers in the one cruiser shows the van off to the right on fire. People can be seen running in various panicked directions.
LOUD EXPLOSION.
The van continues erupting as streams of fire reach into the air in search of more fuel.