Prometheus
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DAVID
Hold her down!
Then there is another pop and rip noise as something rips through her underwear. MUDOW screams in shock as SHAW’S underwear is ripped open. SHAW lets out a loud scream. Suddenly half a dozen long thin organic wires shoot out from SHAW between her legs and fall to the floor along with a small puddle of blood and goo.
DAVID
Some things inside her stomach. She’s formed a womb
MUDOW
How do we get it out?
DAVID
You know how to do a C-section?
MUDOW
Pass me the scalpel
INT. SICKBAY CORRIDOR. NIGHT
JOSHUA is kneeling on the floor and vomits. RAY, RAVEL, JANEK and FIFIELD exit and walk over to him. All of them look disgusted and shocked. VICKERS and CHANCE exit the sickbay with HOLLOWAY’S table. HOLLOWAY is still unconscious as he lies on the table.
INT. SICKBAY. NIGHT
SHAW is nearly unconscious but is heavy gasping and sweating heavily. Both DAVID and MUDOW stand at each side of SHAW and they both are wearing bio-hazard suits. SHAW’S stomach is cut open and DAVID enters the wound with a pair of large medical pliers.
DAVID
I’ve got it
MUDOW
Be careful
DAVID brings the medical instrument out of her belly and with it he brings out an organism.
MUDOW
My god!
As DAVID brings the organism out of her belly, the wires slide back inside SHAW and come out of the wound. The organism resembles what appears to be a baby but it doesn’t look exactly human. It has a much larger head with strange markings on it, it’s eyes are large and sunken, it’s body is black and slimy and wires are attached to it from inside SHAW’S wounds.
MUDOW
What is that?
DAVID
I don’t know
DAVID takes the squirming organism to an incubator box and places it inside. He then shuts the top.
Outside the sickbay through the windows JANEK can be seen.
JANEK
Will she be okay?
MUDOW
Her life support seems stable. We’ll patch her up and she should be fine
Both MUDOW and DAVID stare at each other.
MUDOW
What the hell is this place!
INT. LAB. NIGHT
DAVID arrives in his laboratory with the incubator box and places it inside a hatch and closes it. He then makes his way to the ‘microwave’ type hatch and looks at the monitor next to it. He looks closer and it reads “Examination complete. Report in data base’.
INT. SICKBAY. NIGHT
SHAW is unconscious. HOLLOWAY opens his eyes and begins gasping. MUDOW rushes over to him.
MUDOW
Holloway!
HOLLOWAY
We have to get Elizabeth!
MUDOW
She’s here
HOLLOWAY
Where?
HOLLOWAY looks over at a blood soaked SHAW and frowns and sighs.
MUDOW
It’s okay she’ll be fine. I’ve just put her under
INT. LAB. NIGHT
DAVID sits by his desk when MUDOW and CHANCE walk in. They are pushing a wheelchair with HOLLOWAY sitting on it.
DAVID
Mr Holloway, You made it!
HOLLOWAY
I feel like I’m dead
The trio gather around him and a weak weary HOLLOWAY forces a smile.
MUDOW
He’s fine. He’ll just be suffering from the biggest hangover in his entire life
HOLLOWAY
God damn I’m hungry
MUDOW
I’ll go get you something
MUDOW leaves the room.
HOLLOWAY
Thanks. I wish I had your strength David
DAVID
I’m not like you though
HOLLOWAY
Oh yeah I forgot. You’re a robot
DAVID smiles.
DAVID
I prefer the term artificial person
HOLLOWAY touches DAVID’S face. DAVID looks up at him with a child like expression.
HOLLOWAY
You feel so…
DAVID
Human?
HOLLOWAY
So what’s happened since I’ve been out?
INT. SHAW’S VISION
We zoom through the deep dark tunnel of the Derelict.
We are now seeing a view of the Planet Earth.
We are now travelling through the Derelict tunnel.
We are now inside the Derelict power room.
We are now looking at the planet Earth.
We are now looking at a strange egg.
We are now looking at the planet Earth and can see the ‘U’ shaped alien craft approaching it.
We are now looking up at the Alien HEAD monument and it turns and looks down at us. It’s eyes glow and it’s mouth moves and it’s deep loud voice speaks.
VOICE
Elizabeth!
INT. SICKBAY. NIGHT
SHAW wakes up. She is sweating and gasping. She forces her bloody body out of the table and begins limping toward the door.
INT. LAB. NIGHT
SHAW walks into the laboratory and the trio look up at her.
SHAW
We were wrong, we were so wrong!
She collapses to her knees and falls flat on the ground.
EXT. PROMETHEUS. NIGHT
The ship sits still in the midst of the violent howling winds.
INT. VICKERS ROOM. NIGHT
VICKERS sits at her desk staring into a monitor as it reads: AWAITING ORDERS.
Only several seconds pass when a new sentence appears on screen which reads: Message received.
VICKERS clicks on it and it reads:
ACTIVATE SPECIAL ORDER 937
VICKERS glare is interrupted by FIFIELD entering.
VICKERS quickly turns off the monitor.
VICKERS
What is it?
FIFIELD
Ma’am it’s Shaw
VICKERS
What about her?
FIFIELD
I don’t know. David asked to me to get you
VICKERS
I’ll be right there
INT. SICKBAY. NIGHT
SHAW is lying in on a table. She is awake and more stable. Everyone is standing around her.
MUDOW
Can you hear me?
SHAW
Yes
MUDOW
How many finger am I holding up?
SHAW
Three
MUDOW
Good
Everyone is inside the room staring at her.
JANEK
What happened out there?
SHAW
Milburn!
She begins sobbing.
JANEK
Shaw tell us what happened
SHAW
I can’t remember. All I remember is waking up on some horrible room and I was naked
VICKERS
Go on?
SHAW
I found my clothes and put them on. Then it came for me
MUDOW
What came for you?
SHAW
I don’t know who he is
JANEK
He?
SHAW
He spoke to me… In my head and told me everything. He… Showed me a way out of the ship
VICKERS
The ship? What ship?
SHAW
It asked me questions about it. He told me to tell my people to leave here and never come back but it told me… Before we leave give it back anything we stole and it will give us back Milburn and the right to live
Everyone stands around staring at each other.
DAVID
We better do as it says. I’ll gather the stuff we brought back and take it to the structure myself
VICKERS
Are you kidding me? No offe
nce to Miss Shaw here, I’m sure she went through something bad but she’s under the influence of drugs. And the things we brought back are worth a lot to the company
FIFIELD
Screw the company. Milburn’s still out there!
VICKERS
I understand but you’re not looking at the bigger picture
JANEK
David are you volunteering to do this?
DAVID
Yes sir
JANEK
Permission granted
VICKERS
I gave no such order
JANEK
Well Miss Vickers I don’t give a fuck! David how long can you leave?
INT. CARGO BAY CORRIDOR. NIGHT
DAVID walks over to one of the many Sarcophagus type capsules on the wall.
EXT. PROMETHEUS. NIGHT
The CARGO BAY lowers from the belly of the ship.
EXT. DERELICT. NIGHT
DAVID stops the Rover just at the Belly of the craft and climbs out. He approaches the craft with his large bag.
INT. DERELICT TUNNEL. NIGHT
He arrives at the dead end takes a right turn.
INT. RIGHT TUNNEL. NIGHT
DAVID arrives at another dead end. To his left is a doorway leading into the derelicts ‘Sickbay’ room.
DAVID turns to his right and enters the other doorway.
INT. DERELICT TUNNEL 2. NIGHT
This tunnel leads up a steep path. DAVID walks up it and comes to another dead end with two doorways at each side. DAVID turns left and looks inside the left doorway.
INT. CHAMBER. NIGHT
DAVID stands at the doorway and looks inside. This room is massive and hundreds of ten foot tall Oval shaped organic cages can be seen on the ground, walls and ceiling.
INT. DERELICT CORRIDOR 2. NIGHT
DAVID approaches the second doorway and looks in.
INT. ORRERY. NIGHT
DAVID is standing at the entrance staring inside this large vast dome shaped room. There are a series of holes at each side of the room. In the centre of this room is a large circular platform with four Sarcophagus type mechanical coffins on it. A large mechanical control panel is also present. DAVID approaches and steps onto the platform. He approaches the mechanical device and touches it. The device lights up and he touches a button. Behind DAVID a Hologram of ZEUS appears at the centre of the platform rising from a small glowing bulb on the floor. DAVID approaches it and studies it. It has a small symbol above it of a ‘U’ shape. DAVID touches the hologram and it suddenly shifts and a series of blue lights appear all over the ORRERY showing a large holographic map of the Star system. DAVID uses his hands to manipulate the holograms. He pushes and the Holographic map then changes from the ZEUS star system and into a holographic map of the entire Galaxy. The ZEUS star system and dozens of others have a small ‘U’ symbol above them and all of the one’s with the ‘U’ symbol are glowing red.
DAVID keeps his sight set on particular glowing star system and he frowns in confusion. He approaches it and touches it and suddenly he is looking at a very similar Star system with 8 planets and a very similar Sun in the middle. It is now clear that this is OUR star system. Only one of these planets glows and has the
’U’ shape symbol on it. DAVID approaches it and touches it. A large HOLOGRAM shows up in the centre of the platform and shows the planet EARTH.
DAVID
Earth!
We are at the doorway looking at DAVID staring at the hologram of EARTH when suddenly he turns and faces our direction. A 13 foot tall Being blocks our view.
INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT
JANEK, RAVEL, CHANCE, RAY, JOSHUA, FIFIELD and VICKERS wait with their weapons as the Rover comes to a halt. DAVID exits the vehicle.
DAVID
Milburn’s in the back
FIFIELD
Is he alive?
DAVID
Yes. He’s fine
JANEK
Let’s get him to the sickbay
INT. SICKBAY. NIGHT
MILBURN is now on the examination table. MUDOW and FIFIELD stand over him while DAVID sits at a table looking into a monitor.
DAVID
This is strange
MUDOW
What?
DAVID
It’s his blood type. It’s changed
MUDOW
How’s that possible?
DAVID
I don’t know. His genes are changing
INT. SHAW’S ROOM. NIGHT
A weak and sickly looking SHAW is now dressed in her skin tight blue ‘Weyland’ suit. He groans as she exits the room.
INT. MESS HALL. NIGHT
HOLLOWAY sits on his wheelchair by the table. SHAW enters and approaches him.
SHAW
Holloway?
HOLLOWAY
Elizabeth
SHAW
What happened to you?
HOLLOWAY
Why do I look different?
SHAW
My god. I’m so sorry Holloway. What happened on that ship?
HOLLOWAY
I don’t know but I want to get off this rock as soon as possible
INT. DERELICT CHAMBER. NIGHT
We can only see the back of the large 13 foot tall being. One of the many large organic cages is lowered from the ceiling by organic slimy wires.
INT. CARGO BAY CORRIDOR. NIGHT
RAY walks over to one of the Sarcophagus wall capsules.
RAY
Okay take me down
INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT
DAVID, JANEK, RAVEL, CHANCE, MUDOW, FIFIELD, JOSHUA, SHAW, HOLLOWAY and VICKERS are all in the room. Everyone is looking at DAVID.
JANEK
Okay David start from the beginning and explain to these people what you just told me
DAVID
The computer and I have translated and collated all of the evidence we’ve found so far. The computer was able to translate most of the hieroglyphics and I was able to put two and two together.
EXT. PROMETHEUS. NIGHT
The Cargo Bay lowers from the ship and lands on the ground.
INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT
DAVID
These Beings
JANEK
Terraformers as you called them
DAVID
Right. These Terraformers have terraformed dozens, maybe thousands of planets around the galaxy. This planet is one of them; one of their latest
INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT
RAY is now in the cargo bay. He walks over the closed door.
INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT
DAVID
They were in the middle of terraforming this world when they found indigenous life forms
FIFIELD
Wait that’s impossible. Nothing could live here. The planets too hostile for life
DAVID
For humans yes, more Earth like creatures yes but life finds a way to adapt and evolve. These Terraformers found thousands of these life forms and captured them and locked them in cages. They began manipulating these life forms DNA and eventually created something, some kind of hybrid off spring
FIFIELD
What do you mean?
DAVID
These Beings spliced their own DNA with that of the indigenous life forms to create a new species. Their plan was to create an intelligent species. They’ve spliced their DNA with many creatures around the galaxy to create new species. But this one went wrong, very wrong
INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT
RAY presses a button and the door begins to open.
INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT
DAVID
They didn’t just create a new species. They created a weapon. A biomechanical weapon that could wipe out an entire planet’s population. They created thousands upon thousands of them. After one of their crafts left this planet something went wrong and one of these weapons got loose and began killing the crew. The Being piloting the craft crashed it on a nearby planetoid and sent a warning to the craft on
this planet
INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT
A confused and startled RAY is at the top of the ramp and staring outside. He is looking at an organic cage of some sort. He approaches it.
INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT
DAVID
So this planet was therefore quarantined and abandoned
JANEK
Tell them the last bit you told me
DAVID looks at the surprised and weary crew.
DAVID
When I was inside the Alien craft I found some sort of Orrery. It showed me all of the planets these beings have terraformed and helped evolve. One of them was Earth!
SHAW
Impossible!
VICKERS
Are you sure?
DAVID
Yes I’m afraid, it’s true. This being knows we are from Earth and knows we are human. There’s one more thing I haven’t told you. This craft also has thousands of these biomechanical weapons
SHAW
That’s what I saw in my dream!
DAVID
You’re dream?
SHAW
My god!
JANEK
What is it?
SHAW
That’s what it meant by saying it will Punish us for stealing! It’s going to take these weapons to Earth!
Suddenly MILBURN walks into the room. He is gasping heavily and hangs on to the door.
FIFIELD
Milburn!
MILBURN
What happened?
MUDOW
Jesus Christ take him back to the sickbay
MILBURN
I’m fine. Get away from me
MILBURN’S face is pale, most of his hair is missing, his eyes are sunk back and bloodshot, his eye bags are dark red and his face is swollen.
FIFIELD
You don’t look fine man
MILBURN
I’m fine
INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT
The organic CAGE begins shaking and cracking and popping from the inside. RAY slowly backs up into the Cargo Bay, startled. Suddenly a large hole on the CAGE explodes and gallons of Black tar like substance spills out. Something large and black and slimy escapes from the CAGE.
RAY stands there in frozen shock and awe. He is looking down and then looks up. We cant see what he is looking at it but we can hear something approach him. There is a hissing and Hyena type yelp. RAY
immediately turns and runs for the door. There is a howling unearthly scream. SUDDENLY as RAY reaches the door he is stopped dead in his tracks by a
long thick Dragon type tail which grabs his leg. RAY falls and is dragged away from the door. RAY screams.
INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT
RAVEL looks at his monitor which is showing live footage from the Cargo Bay. He looks closer and spots some weirdly shaped black monster standing over RAY.