The Future of Earth

MISSION COMMANDER (CONT’D) Simple, even for you sacks of gauze

pads."

WPG MEMBER 8

Come on, we're not going to bomb an

American city. This is crazy."

MISSION COMMANDER "CHOOSE - NOW"

CONGRESSMAN WHITE "Alright, everyone shut up. We all knew that power came with a price.

FDR let Pearl Harbor be bombed to get us in to World War II, how is this any different?"

WPG MEMBER 8 "Not New York City or D.C.

WPG MEMBER 7 "Washington, the headquarters of

America's political power; and New York, the capital of American finance and home to the United Nations.

“The country would be headless and negotiations would be difficult, if not impossible.

“The target should be Boston, a city of important historical and emotional connection with the nation."

CONGRESSMAN WHITE You’re a cold heartless bastard,

you know that?

WPG MEMBER 7

I know, right? It turns you on a

little, admit it!

WPG MEMBER 2 "WHAT ABOUT JERSEY?"

WPG MEMBER 7 "WHO WOULD MISS IT?"

WPG MEMBER 5 “OR CARE?!”

8.

CONGRESSMAN WHITE "Agreed. Those two cities,

Washington and New York are off the list, forever.

“How about Boston? It has a special place in the heart of most Americans, but we can do without it if we must."

WPG MEMBER 3

"Wait, my mother lives in Boston."

CONGRESSMAN WHITE

"Then we're agreed, Boston it is."

MISSION COMMANDER "Target Boston - Team, press the

button and lets get this thing started."

16. EXT - SHOTS OF BOSTON, HISTORIC SITES THE

17. INT - 2-SHOT OF WPG MEMBER 3 ON THE PHONE MOTHER -

-NARRATOR/VO-

“With the press of a button, it's

unclear who actually did the deed, the city and all of it's matter, buildings, people, animals, vegetation and even insects were gone.

“All that was left of the great city was a perfect circle of ruble, no smoke, no fires.”

Watching the aftermath on the monster screen, Dozen" sit speechless, barley breathing.

PEOPLE, WITH HIS

18. INT - IN THE ROOM WITH THE TRADERS WATCHING THE DESTRUCTION ON THE MONITOR - WPG STANDING STILL ON THE PHONE -

WPG MEMBER 3

"Mom? Mom.... (Walking away from

the group)

the "Dirty

9.

CONGRESSMAN WHITE "Gentlemen, I suggest we leave this

place and find ourselves an undisclosed location until this madness is over."

WPG MEMBER 7

“Hey, when do we get paid? I’ve got

bills to pay.”

-NARRATOR/VO- “The cowards and traders of

humanity left their new meeting hall for places and parts unknown.”

END ACT 1/SCENE C

10.

ACT 2/SCENE A

11.

WHAT JUST HAPPENED?

19. EXT - DAY TIME, BOSTON DESTROYED, NO CARS, PLANES, DOGS OR CATS, NOTHING BUT RUBBLE REMAINS

-NARRATOR/VO-

“The world watched in horror as the

destruction of Boston was carried live on every monitor, every website and satellite.”

20. INT - OVAL OFFICE, WALL STREET, STOCK EXCHANGE

-NARRATOR/VO-

In Washington and New York, the

experts had no idea what happened to Boston.

In the nation's capital, there were meetings to find out what happened, and in the situation room, where the president was rushed down into after the attack, the "Commander in Chief" was considering what would be done next; a search for survivors, and those responsible for the attack?

PRESIDENT JOHNSON

"Oh my god. (PAUSE) History will remember me as the President who

lost Boston."

- STILL IN OVAL OFFICE, EXPERTS STAND DUMBFOUNDED -

-NARRATOR/VO-

It wasn't clear if anyone heard him

and those words would not be saved for history. The president's staff were working the phones and video chats, ordering rescue crews and investigators in to the area.

20. EXT - NEW YORK CITY - EVERYTHING STOPPED, TRAFFIC CROWDS WATCHING MONITORS FOR THE LATEST NEWS -

-NARRATOR/VO- (CONT’D) In New York, the news agencies went

into wall-to-wall coverage of the Boston disaster, with "experts," and politicians, either knew exactly what happened, but spend hours talking about nothing.

Reporters were sent to the site to gather information about the attack.

21. EXT - TELEVISION SETS IN A DISPLAY WINDOW IN NYC, ALL SCREENS HAVE NEWS COVERAGE - FROM MANY SCREEN TO ONE SCREEN, FROM ONE SCREEN TO LIVE IN STUDIO -

NEWS ANCHOR:

"Never thought such a thing was

possible. Who has the capability, power and balls to pull off something like this?"

PUNDIT A "Well it's obvious who's

responsible for this outrage... Russia!

“My sources tell me that Moscow has been planning this attack for months and waited for..."

PUNDIT B:

"No, no, you've got it all wrong.

Sources in the national security field has confirmed a rouge middle east state funded, planned and carried out this attack.

“We're just waiting on the president to release the hounds,' and we'll get vengeance for this stab in the back.”

22. INT - MIDDLE-EAST HOME, TO MEN WATCH THE NEWS COVERAGE

-NARRATOR/VO-

In a middle-east mountain hideout, the leader of a terrorist group is

watching the new coverage with great interest.

12.

TERRORIST LEADER

"Do we know who's work this is?"

TERRORIST ASSISTANT "No, but we're searching and

inquiring if there is any possibility to work together going forward."

TERRORIST LEADER "Excellent.

Now I'm going to have breakfast with my family.

It is a great day this morning."

END ACT 2/SCENE A

13.

ACT 2/SCENE B

14.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?

23. EXT/INT - PEOPLE TALKING CELLPHONES, THEN THE SERVICE IS INTERRUPTED FOR A MESSAGE FROM THE ALIENS -

-NARRATOR/VO-

A few hours after the attack, the

aliens took over the world's communications network; the internet, satellites and mobile phones were taken over.

“The announcement was by voice only, the same shadowy figure the Mission Commander presented to the "Dirty Dozen."

24. INT - PEOPLE LOOKING AT MONITORS, FROM NEWS TO A DARK FIGURE ON EVERY SCREEN- GO FROM NEWS STUDIO, TO TELEVISION SCREENS TO THE DARKENED MISSION COMMANDER -

MISSION COMMANDER "Humans your world as you knew it

is gone. We are your new rulers, we are the 'Aliens.'As a courtesy we are allowing your world governments to agree to our take over, to invite us to your homes as it were.

MISSION COMMANDER (CONT’D) "But your world leaders, all of

them will have to bend the knee and swear their allegiance to us and make this occupation as easy as possible. Either way, we own you.

-NARRATOR/VO-

Once the broadcast was complete,

the humans had control of their communications devices, while hundreds of miles above them the Mission Commander breathed a sigh of relief.

25. INT - MISSION COMMANDEER SITS IN THE COMMANDER'S CHAIR ON THE BRIDGE OF HIS SHIP - THE ALIEN FACES ARE STILL HIDDEN FROM VIEW.

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