ground. And almost instantly a huge bottomless portal opens.
MICHAEL Welcome to hell.
Michael and Lucifer are fighting at the edge of the abyss. Lucifer is getting beat up.
LUCIFER No! I refuse to accept this as my fate, to be at the mercy of a mere tyro.
MICHAEL O! Lucifer you were the signet of perfection full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty. You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until wickedness was found in you and you’ve sinned. So now, I expel you in disgrace from the heavens, and I banish you to hell.
Lucifer is helplessly hanging onto the edges of the threshold, and before completely falling in. Michael grabs him in a compassionate attempt to saving him.
MICHAEL (shouting) Grab a hold of my hand.
LUCIFER (shouting) I don’t need your pity Michael. Let go of me.
MICHAEL (shouting) Lucifer please, don’t be foolish, hell won’t be as pleasant as heaven.
LUCIFER (shouting) It is better to rule in hell, than to serve in heaven.
MICHAEL (shouting) I cannot hold on any longer, save yourself.
LUCIFER (shouting) I will not spend eternity as your second Michael, every breath you now take is an insult to my honor, and I will have my vengeance, by my hands you will be cut down inch by inch, the way you have cut out my wings.
Lucifer makes one final attempt to striking down Michael.
LUCIFER (shouting) Never say die.
Michael locks eyes with Lucifer one last time, and lets him plummet into the pits of hell. Afterward, the portal closes.
EXT. EARTH - AFTERNOON
Eve strolls about into uncharted territories. The terrain is dreary comparing to the lush Eden. Nowadays, the animals growl, and darts away when she approaches them. She’s exhausted, and so she turns back toward Eden. Adam wakes up from his slumber, rubbing his eyes and yawning.
ADAM (calling) Eve.
ADAM (yelling) Eve, where are you Eve?
Adam walks around Eden looking, and calling for her, but she was nowhere to be found. Then, the angel Gabriel appears to Adam.
ADAM Gabriel, where is Eve? And why are these cherubim standing there at the gate?
GABRIEL (consolingly) She’s gone Adam.
ADAM Gone? What do you mean she’s gone? Is she giving an audience to our Lords in heaven?
GABRIEL No! She’s a sinner now. She ate of the forbidden tree, and on account of that she has been cast away from paradise. She’s now at the mercy of death. Come, let me show you.
Gabriel takes Adam to a nearby exit to see Eve. From a distance, he sees her. She appears miserable, and malnourished. Adam runs toward her, but the sentinels at the gate block him.
CHERUB#1 Adam, you are forbidden from leaving the garden.
CHERUB#2 Every choice one makes has an end result. She has made her choice.
ADAM Take me back, take me back, please, because I cannot stand seeing her looking like this.
GABRIEL Alright, we can go now.
On their way back, Adam stops under the forbidden trees.
ADAM Tell me again Gabriel, what did she do to deserve such a dire fate?
GABRIEL She ate from the tree of knowledge.
ADAM Which tree…? Do you mean this tree?
Adam points in the direction of the tree of knowledge. He walks closer towards it, and plucks a fresh fruit.
GABRIEL Adam, what are you doing? You do know the consequences of eating from this tree, now put it down.
ADAM Her eyes, her lips, her smile, and her gentleness every inch of her makes it worth it. I love this woman Gabriel, and I would rather spend a brief moment out there by her side then to spend an eternity in paradise without her.
GABRIEL Adam! No...
Adam devours the fruit. Consequently, he is cursed, and gets stripped of his immortality. Instead of waiting to be escorted out, he runs out of paradise, and into the wilderness to find Eve.
ADAM (yelling) Eve! Eve! Eve...
EVE Adam?
ADAM (screaming) Eve! Where are you?
Eve comes running toward him. Adam hugs her, and kisses her so passionately that the angels weep.
EVE (remorsefully) Adam, you...
ADAM Shh! Don’t say a word just kiss me.
EVE But, Adam what about paradise?
ADAM Forget paradise. I'd echoed tenfold of my first disobedience, and devour once more the fruits of that forbidden tree whose mortal taste begot death into our world. What's the point of immortality, if I could never touch, taste, and smell the scent of you? I'd echoed tenfold of my first disobedience to be with you.
EXT. HELL - DAY
Hell is three-thousand leagues beneath the earth’s ocean floor. It has an inner sun, where sunlight is always present, which causes the temperature there to be relatively high. The vibration, and energy level found in this hollow earth is purer, and is of higher vibration frequencies. Much like the outer surface it has natural vegetation, rivers, and mountains. Lucifer seats on his throne contemplating his next move, while the rest of the renegades gathers in small groups. There are firm indications of a mutiny, gradually developing among the fallen angels, but no one dared to express openly their discontent.
MOLOCH (conspiringly) What terrible misfortune has befallen us? We were promised freedom, and all we’ve gotten as a reward is this.
ASMODEUS It seemed that every moment spent in this forsaken place feels like an eternity. Perchance, if we were to ask our brothers for forgiveness, we may someday return to the heavens.
SAMMAEL (frustratingly) Not a chance! Over throwing Lucifer would seem more proper. He has been absent from sight ever since that archangel Michael castrated him. We ought to be preparing for another attack at once rather than lingering around twiddling our thumbs, and fluffing our wings.
XANATOS And which one of you knows the way out of this horrendous nightmare? Not one of you, Lucifer is our best chance of attaining our freedom, mutinying against him now would be absolutely disastrous.
SAMMAEL (angrily) I have lost all confidence in Lucifer’s ability to lead us. We could remain eternally imprisoned in this netherworld.
Xanatos walks behind Sammael, and rubs him on the shoulders.
XANATOS (smoothly) Do not be troubled my brother, Lucifer does have a plan. Be patient.
INT. HELL - LUCIFER’S THRONE ROOM
Inside of a dark, and gloomy chamber Lucifer seats all alone upon a lofty throne, high, and lifted up, gnashing in anguish, spitefulness, and ashamed to find himself beatable by one so far beneath him.
VISION - INT. HELL - LUCIFER’S THRONE ROOM
Lucifer sees across the room an infant boy. He’s laughing, and calmly playing along with Deimos, the personification of terror. A dark shadow, something vaguely resembling human, with two eyes, like lava. Lucifer is running hastily toward the boy in order to protect him from Deimos. The infant boy turns around, and locks eyes with Lucifer. The boy’s eyes are as dark as an onyx. Lucifer realizes to his horror that the boy had already been tainted by Deimos.
PRESENT TIME - INT. HELL - LUCIFER’S THRONE ROOM
Beelzebub walks in, and interrupts the vision.
LUCIFER Is there a problem?
BEELZEBUB I’m concerned for your well-being. The realm is in dismay Lucifer. There are talks of mutiny, many angels whispers about rebelling against you, but yet you do nothing.
LUCIFER So, let them.
BEELZEBUB I refuse to believe that one-third of the angels rebelled, and fought for nothing.
LUCIFER And what would you believe?
BEELZEBUB I believe they fought for something. They fought for freedom. They fought for you.
Lucifer breaks down in tears.
LUCIFER (sobbingly) They will never see the light of day again because of my arrogance.
BEELZEBUB The path we have chosen is full of perils and uncertainties but the cost of freedom is often steep.
LUCIFER (sobbingly) Freedom! What freedom, we are all doomed.
BEELZEBUB Free
dom is an idea. The idea that we angels can be free to do as we choose. Anything less than that is simply another form of bondage. Lucifer, we were all ready to pay whatever the price is the moment we rebelled against the heavens. They can imprison us in hell for all eternity, but they can never vanquish an idea.
Lucifer recomposes himself.
LUCIFER I feel so lost, and alone. As the light-bringer my role was simple, worship, and serve. Now I don’t know what to do.
BEELZEBUB Regardless of which path you decide to take, we are yours to command. The one path we shall never choose, that is the path of surrender. Now pull yourself back together, and regain control of your realm.
Lucifer takes a moment to reassess the situation.
LUCIFER Assemble the army.
EXT. HELL - COURTYARD
A multitude of fallen angels are assembled before Lucifer, waiting for him to deliver his discourse. Lucifer steps up in front of the crowd, and soon thereafter a radiant portal begins to open up. Lucifer conjures a massive fireball, while Moloch raises a thunderbolt. They are ready to blast whatever comes out of it. Then, Lilith steps out of the portal.
LILITH You missed me?
LUCIFER What took you so long?
Lilith grabs Lucifer by the hand, and raises it in the air as a show of support while the crowd roars
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