Prometheus

by Jon Spaihts

  JANEK

  What’s happening over there?

  CHANCE

  Picking up a transmission

  JANEK

  What you mean transmission? From Weyland?

  CHANCE

  Jesus Christ! Sir you’re not going to believe this

  INT. MESS HALL. NIGHT

  SHAW, HOLLOWAY, MUDOW, FIFIELD, MILBURN, VICKERS, JANEK, RAVEL, CHANCE, RAY and JOSHUA are all sitting around a table while DAVID stands at the front of it.

  JANEK

  Okay will someone explain what’s going on?

  DAVID

  Our computer system picked up an extraterrestrial transmission

  SHAW

  From this planet?

  DAVID

  No but it was directed to this planet

  SHAW

  So where did it come from?

  DAVID

  A nearby planetoid. Not long after Chance brought this to my attention the computer picked up another signal

  SHAW

  From the same point of origin

  DAVID

  No, this signal came from Zeus

  VICKERS looks up at DAVID and then looks down at the ground and slowly nods her head.

  JANEK

  Zeus as in this planet?

  DAVID

  Correct.

  FIFIELD

  What kind of a signal?

  DAVID

  We don’t know but the computer is translating it as we speak but it did however pick up the location of where this signal is coming from. Chance?

  CHANCE

  It’s not far from where we are

  VICKERS

  Is it close enough to drive?

  CHANCE

  Yeah

  JANEK

  Wait now we can’t just willy nilly drive up to whatever this is. We don’t know anything about it

  VICKERS

  We have to

  JANEK

  Bullshit

  VICKERS

  It’s company procedure Captain

  JANEK

  I don’t give a fuck about the company

  VICKERS

  We’re going out

  SHAW

  We?

  VICKERS

  I’m going with you on this one. Okay I want everyone ready within the hour

  VICKERS gets up and walks away and exits the Mess Hall. JANEK sighs and gets up and follows her.

  INT. CORRIDOR. NIGHT

  JANEK

  Hey you!

  Sighing in frustration, VICKERS turns and faces an enraged JANEK.

  JANEK

  What was that all about?

  VICKERS

  Don’t start Janek, I’ve had a really long day

  JANEK

  Listen I’m an okay guy and Weyland hired me because I do what I’m told, when I’m told and they trust my judgement. But you’re risking the lives of everyone of us. What for?

  VICKERS

  I really understand, I really do but we have a responsibility to investigate this signal.

  JANEK

  Bullshit. You know something we don’t. I don’t believe for one second this one some gods damn Archaeology mission

  VICKERS

  What are you getting at captain?

  JANEK

  You really expect me to believe that Weyland would send a state of the art FTI ship to investigate a hunch? What aren’t you telling us?

  VICKERS

  What do you know about the Yutani Corporation captain?

  JANEK

  Yeah they own all of the world’s law enforcement, weapons and car manufacturing companies and all of the Natural resource and Nuclear power plants. What about them?

  VICKERS

  Yutani was created only less than twenty years ago and already they’re nearly as big as Weyland

  JANEK

  So?

  VICKERS

  So if we return home empty handed then Weyland faces a possible Merger with them. When Sir Peter Weyland formed the Weyland corporation over Eighty years ago he had a vision and that vision was to build a more peaceful and safer Earth. If we were to join with Yutani then the entire company’s legacy will be destroyed.

  JANEK

  I’m the captain of this ship and I’m not going to risk any lives. This mission is over!

  VICKERS

  With all do respects Captain but that’s all you are. A captain of a fucking ship. All you’re job is to do is fly this fucker. Now get back to your post and wait for further instructions. I’m in charge here and don’t forget that

  VICKERS walks away from a frustrated and angry JANEK.

  JANEK

  I hate this job!

  INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT

  CHANCE and MILBURN stand by a crate and bring out two Flame throwers. They then begin to walk over to one of the Rovers. SHAW, HOLLOWAY, FIFIELD, VICKERS and MUDOW are waiting for them.

  SHAW

  Why are we bringing Flame Throwers?

  VICKERS

  Protection. You know what that means don’t you?

  VICKERS gives a spiteful glare at SHAW and HOLLOWAY.

  EXT. PROMETHEUS. NIGHT

  The ramp is now open and the Rover drives out into the dark windy landscape.

  EXT. LANDSCAPE. NIGHT

  The Rover drives through the bumpy road and approaches a strange looking structure.

  INT. ROVER. NIGHT

  VICKERS

  What the hell is that?

  CHANCE

  Whatever it is, that’s where we’re headed

  EXT. DERELICT. NIGHT

  The large ‘U’ shaped Structure is massive. It is exactly two miles in length. It’s arms are the same size of the Dubai Tower and it’s belly is large, fat and thick.

  The Rover drives in between the two large Arms and comes to stop. Facing the Rover is the Belly of the structure and six large Oval shapes holes can be seen.

  The Rover opens up and the crew exit.

  VICKERS

  Let’s get moving

  SHAW

  I don’t like this

  VICKERS

  Let’s just get this over with

  The group of seven make their way to one of the many giant holes. SHAW stops and looks down. She finds a half buried GIANT alien body with a deep circular hole on it’s skull.

  SHAW

  I found another one

  The group stop to look at it for several moments before continuing toward the structure. VICKERS is first to climb up into the large hole and she helps MUDOW up. After everyone but MILBURN has climbed up, MILBURN notices a body. The LARGE body has eight holes on it’s chest and a larger hole on it’s skull.

  INT. DERELICT TUNNEL. NIGHT

  The group walk through the narrow but tall pitch black slimy bone shaped tunnel. The group then come across a wall of misty red laser. They walk through it.

  HOLLOWAY looks at SHAW.

  HOLLOWAY

  Leap of faith right?

  HOLLOWAY takes off his helmet and breathes in the oxygen.

  HOLLOWAY

  It’s okay you can take off you’re helmets

  The group come to a dead end but find two Tunnels leading right and left.

  VICKERS

  Milburn, Shaw you’re with me. Fifield you take the rest and go that way

  INT. LEFT TUNNEL. NIGHT

  Behind the trio led by VICKERS the distant lights of the other four can be seen. VICKERS suddenly stops and points her flash light at two large ALIEN beings standing on a small platform up against the wall.

  It is obvious they aren’t alive.

  VICKERS

  Come take a look at this

  MILBURN approaches them and examines one of them and touches the 13 foot tall Being.

  MILBURN

  there’s nothing inside it

  SHAW

  David was right. Their suits

  VICKERS

  Come on let’s keep moving

  As the group walks past the two large suits, ou
r view focuses and zooms onto the one that MILBURN never examined.

  MILBURN and VICKERS continue to walk further up the tunnel. They stop however after coming to a dead end. SHAW places her flash light on a metallic panel and approaches them from behind.

  The trio are looking at a golden wall with strange Alien murals and hieroglyphs. The Mural shows a planet with a ‘U’ shaped object above it and with two large beings kneeling at each side of the planet looking down on it. VICKERS notices a doorway to their left leading into some kind of room.

  VICKERS

  What’s in here. Let’s check it out

  INT. RIGHT TUNNEL. NIGHT

  MUDOW leads the other three to a dead end and there are two doorways at each side of them.

  MUDOW

  What way?

  FIFIELD

  Let’s go right

  INT. DERELICT POWER ROOM. NIGHT

  VICKERS, SHAW and MILBURN walk into the room.

  This room is a miniature version of the ‘temple’ they found in the Cathedral. Fifty or so small two foot URNS are scattered around the floor while at the back of the room is a large HUMANOID head MONUMENT, identical to the one found in the ‘cathedral’ but smaller. The URNS however are different, they are metallic and have four holes. VICKERS approaches one of them. VICKERS clicks the button at the top of it and it makes a clicking noise. The top opens and a smaller six inch metallic glowing URN rises from it.

  VICKERS

  This is different than the one David found

  SHAW

  Do you think its a good idea to take that out?

  VICKERS

  Of course I do

  VICKERS lifts it out and puts it into a bag she has around her shoulder. The tall URN with it’s missing contents suddenly descends into a small hole on the floor.

  VICKERS

  Let’s get out of here

  SHAW

  Finally

  INT. DERELICT SICKBAY. NIGHT

  MUDOW, FIFIELD, CHANCE and HOLLOWAY enter this very strange and eerie room. The walls, ceiling and floor and even the tables seem to be moving and slivering as if it were alive. HOLLOWAY approaches an organic type device on the floor which resembles a ‘cannon’ As he kneels down to look at it MUDOW immediately puts on her helmet.

  MUDOW

  Put you’re helmets on. God knows what kind of diseases are in this place

  After putting his helmet on but keeping the front part of his helmet open, HOLLOWAY squeezes the small ‘Penis’ sized ‘cannon’ and immediately afterwards several pints of greenish yellow fluids explode from it and splashes at HOLLOWAY’S face. As HOLLOWAY stands up yelling the front of his helmet falls down trapping the steamy liquid inside. Steam pours from his helmets vents and he screams out before falling backwards on to the ground. FIFIELD rushes over and takes the helmet off from him. HOLLOWAY’S face looks almost burnt and deformed.

  INT. LEFT TUNNEL. NIGHT

  The trio can hear the screams and immediately runs down the tunnel. VICKERS leads with MILBURN not far behind. As the pair run past the two SUITS, on of the giant SUITS steps off the platform and confronts SHAW blocking her path. SHAW stops and screams.

  VICKERS and MILBURN turn back but only MILBURN runs over to help her. SHAW is on her knees with her hands on her ears and she screams in pain as she stares into the BEINGS eye’s. The BEING turns and grabs MILBURN by his hair and lifts him off his feet ripping out most of MILBURNS hair.

  VICKERS immediately turns and runs away from them.

  INT. DERELICT TUNNEL. NIGHT

  VICKERS meets up with the four others. A groaning and whimpering wounded HOLLOWAY is helped by MUDOW and CHANCE.

  VICKERS

  We have to get out now!

  MUDOW

  Where’s the others?

  VICKERS

  They’re dead. Something killed them. Let’s go!

  The group of five then make their way through the tunnel.

  EXT. DERELICT. NIGHT

  The group hastily makes their way toward the Rover.

  INT. DERELICT SICKBAY. NIGHT

  SHAW awakes and finds herself drawn and naked.

  Four Long tongue like wires are attached to her two hands and feet and she is drawn out in an X position.

  She looks out around the dark room and finds her clothes, Chrysler suit and helmet at a corner of the room along with MILBURN’S clothes, Suit and helmet.

  MILBURN lays on the floor unconscious.

  SHAW studies and scans the room and her sight focuses on a really DARK part of the room. The tall large BEING steps out of the shadows. SHAW begins shaking and whimpering in fear. The BEING walks past her; staring down at her as it does. It then walks over to MILBURN and picks him up with ease.

  It carries his body over to an open Sarcophagus and places him inside. The BEING looks up at the ceiling and brings down the top of the Sarcophagus and locks MILBURN inside. It hovers it’s hand over the Sarcophagus and the Sarcophagus begins to light up and shake and a loud generator noise gets louder and louder. The BEING then turns it’s head and stares at SHAW. It walks over to the frightened whimpering SHAW and produces a small thin knife like object and cuts her arm. As her blood drips down, the BEING holds the small organic blade to her flesh till the blade is covered in her blood. It then makes it’s way to an organic table where a small saucer shaped device sits. It drops the blood onto it and within seconds a Hologram rises from the device and shows the blueprints of SHAW’S DNA. A startled muffle comes from the BEING and it turns to face SHAW. The BEING takes off it’s helmet and rests it on the table.

  It then walks over to SHAW and stares at her.

  SHAW’S expression tightens with fear and she begins crying. The BEING has a humanoid face and head but at the same time looks nothing like Human. The BEING then backs away to the doorway and watches SHAW as snake like wires sliver down from the ceiling and rise from the floor. SHAW looks up and down at these seemingly intelligent snake like wires with panic and then looks over at the BEING who doesn’t move and watches her with an emotionless sinister glare.

  SUDDENLY two wires strike out and stab into her Butt cheeks, another one stabs and sticks to the top of her spine, another to strike and stab into her knees and as SHAW screams out in pain and agony a much more thicker and longer snake like wire slivers up her leg and upper right thigh.

  From behind SHAW we can see the thick pulsing and throbbing snake like ‘Penis’ shoot up with force between SHAW’S legs followed by a loud howling scream.

  INT. MESS HALL. NIGHT

  FIFIELD, CHANCE, RAY, JOSHUA, JANEK, RAVEL and CHANCE are sitting around the table in complete shock.

  FIFIELD

  We have to go out and get them! We can’t just leave them there. I’ve known Milburn for ten years man. I refuse to leave him here

  JANEK

  I knew we should have left this fucking rock a long time ago

  FIFIELD

  It’s Vickers man! I don’t trust her

  RAY

  Yeah me neither man

  JANEK

  What will you have me do?

  CHANCE

  I say we get off this rock. I mean right now!

  FIFIELD

  I’m not leaving them out there!

  JANEK

  Shut up man. Let me think!

  INT. SICKBAY. NIGHT

  MUDOW stands over the bed where HOLLOWAY is sleeping. His face is pale, ridged and dry, his hair has receded dramatically. DAVID walks in and greets her.

  DAVID

  How’s he doing?

  MUDOW

  He’ll live for now

  DAVID

  What you mean for now?

  MUDOW

  I don’t know what that stuff is but it’s tampered with his Genes

  DAVID

  Meaning?

  MUDOW

  He’s ageing rapidly. By the hour

  DAVID

  Can’t we freeze him?

  MUDOW

  No. I mean, because
of the way he is, depleting his blood and replacing it with a Chilled feline solution might kill him

  DAVID

  Did you bring anything back with you from the structure?

  MUDOW

  No. Vickers said she found nothing and then the Alien attacked them. She was forced to retreat

  DAVID

  Where is Vickers?

  INT. VICKERS ROOM. NIGHT

  VICKERS is on the floor doing push ups. Her facial expression is tight and intense. On her bed is her bag with the URN inside.

  INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT

  RAVEL enters the control room with a cup of coffee.

  JANEK’S voice arrives via the overhead system.

  JANEK

  Ravel hurry up and activate the power grid. I wanna get off this rock pronto

  The monitor on RAVELS control system begins beeping. He rushes over and looks at the monitor which shows live footage of the exterior of the ship. He notices a human figure outside.

  EXT. PROMETHEUS. NIGHT

  The Cargo Cay which is now lowered has it’s ramp opened.

  INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT

  JANEK, CHANCE and FIFIELD stand at the ramp with Pistols while RAY and JOSHUA stand with Flame throwers. A brightly lit Chrysler suit appears and as it enters the Cargo Bay it is revealed to be a very weak and wounded SHAW who weakly stumbles toward the ramp. The group rush over to her and help her inside.

  INT. SICKBAY. NIGHT

  SHAW is now dressed in white bandages and is asleep on a table. HOLLOWAY is on a table next to her. Everyone are in the room surrounding her.

  SHAW is lying on the bed and begins moving and turning uncomfortably and she is sweating and gasping heavily. Her eyes are shut tight.

  SHAW begins to into some kind of spasm.

  JANEK

  What’s happening?

  MUDOW

  She’s having some kind of fit

  DAVID looks at the monitor next her table and the monitor shows a scan of her body. A circle around her stomach begins to expand. DAVID looks back at SHAW and then MUDOW. MUDOW looks at the monitor and gasps in shock.

  MUDOW

  Jesus!

  SHAW suddenly awakens and sits up. Her eyes are opened wide and her face tightens and she grips the sides of the soft mattress underneath her. She lets out a blood curling scream. MUDOW holds her down.

  FIFIELD

  What’s happening to her!

  MUDOW

  What is that?

  MUDOW points at something on the monitor. DAVID studies it and looks back at MUDOW.

  SHAW screams out in total pain and agony and her belly rises and expands as if she was pregnant.

  SHAW

  Please!

  SUDDENLY there is a muffled pop coming from SHAW followed by an explosion of blood from underneath her underwear. Everyone standing around her jumps in in an unexpected shock.