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(he can’t do it, he can’t

defy 1)

I can’t.

9 looks directly into his eyes. He knows how 5 loved and

admired his mentor and everything he did. He understands

that 5 would like to be like 2, to do what 2 would have done.

9

(gently)

But wouldn’t he have come for you?

9 waits, hopefully. But 5 looks away. He wants to do it,

but he doesn’t have the nerve. 9 nods, compassionately. He

turns away. 5 hesitates, looking down, then:

5

(more determined)

Wait!

5 grabs the map off the wall and rolls it up. He walks

towards 9.

5 (cont’d)

You’re going to need a map.

9 and 5 smile at each other.

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SEQ. 070 - Wasteland

SEQ. 070 - EXT. CATHEDRAL -- DAY

9 and 5 look behind them at the Cathedral as they start tomake their journey to find 2.

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SEQ. 070 - EXT. WASTELAND -- DAY

5 and 9 pick their way through the rubble. They havetraveled miles from the Cathedral. Mist swirls in front of

them, obscuring their path.

5 and 9 look around constantly, on the alert for the CatBeast. Piles of rusted, broken metal machines, brokenskeletal bones, exploded vehicles tipped into craters, andcrumbling, disintegrating buildings surround them.

25.

9 looks up and 5 follows his gaze to 2’s STAFF stuck in apile of rubble atop a hill.

5

5 hurries up the hill. 9 follows him. 5 turns to FIND 2’s

hat lying in the dirt. He bends down to pick it up, brushingthe dust off the top. 5 looks sadly at 2’s broken hat.

9

(quietly)

You looked out for him?

5

(simply)

He looked out for me. He taught

me.

The spoon-light falls off. 5’s face is filled with grief.

5 (cont’d)

Why was he out here alone?

He slumps. 9 puts his hand on 5’s shoulder, reassuring him.

9

We can still find him.

He stands up, determinedly. 5 hesitates, but then, his facefilling with hope, gets up too. 5 puts 2’s hat on hisquiver. 9 offers 2’s staff to 5 but 5 gestures to 9 for himto hold it.

They continue on, through the debris and devastation. A

storm is starting to come up. The wind howls loudly.

5

(bitterly)

Why was he out here alone?

9

A good question.

5

(ruefully)

Yes. The ones we’re not supposed

to ask.

They exchange a look. This is the first time 5 has said

something to actually challenge 1’s rules. 9 notices this

and nods.

26.

The wind howls louder. 5 looks at his map uncertainly and

tries to keep leading them forward.

They come to a field full of trip mines and dangerous tank

trap pits. A parachute blows in the wind on a tree branch.

5 turns the map one way and the other with growing panic.

9

Where are we?

5

(miserably)

I don’t know...

As he turns the map to look at it, the wind picks up and

blows the map out of 5’s hands. It blows away into thedistance and gets stuck on a pole.

5 reaches after it desperately but can’t retrieve it. He

looks in despair at 9.

5 (cont’d)

It’s no use. We should go back!

9

We can’t.

9 looks around bravely, then points over towards a trench.

9 (cont’d)

There.

They head over to the trench. They now see a huge FOOTPRINTOF THE BEAST.

They inspect the footprints. 9 moves bravely towards the

trench entrance. 5 resists, afraid.

5

No... it’s too dark.

9 looks around.

9

We can use that.

He points to a lightbulb in a broken headlight.

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SEQ. 075 - Trench

27.

SEQ. 075 - EXT. TRENCH - CONTINUOUS

9 is pointing to the lightbulb.

5 can’t help himself. He pulls the lightbulb out, pulls outa battery and electrical wire from his chest, winds the wirearound the battery and places it inside the hat.

They screw the lightbulb and it LIGHTS UP. 5 can’t helpsmiling at 9.

9 unwinds the wire holding the blade on 2’s staff. He places2’s hat on the end of 2’s staff and secures it with the

blade. 5 nods, intrigued.

5

Yes... yes... good....

He sees that 9 now has made a LIGHTSTAFF. He blurts out:

5 (cont’d)

2 will be so impressed!

A terrible grief suddenly comes over him as he remembers whathas happened to 2.

9 puts his hand on 5’s shoulder, bracing him.

9

(firmly)

Yes. He will.

9 is conveying with his simple words that he believes 2 ISstill alive and he WILL be impressed when he sees thelightstaff.

9 shines the light to gesture “this way.”

5 smiles tremulously at 9, almost more grateful for hissympathy and support than necessarily believing him. He

follows 9 to the mouth of the trench.

The camera pans over to reveal catlike scratchmarks on a side

wall indicating this is the same trench we saw the Cat Beasttravel through earlier.

5 recoils, but 9 puts a calming hand on him again, then putsboth hands on the lightstaff and enters the trench. 5 takes

a deep breath and follows.

28.

SEQ. 075 - INT. TRENCH - LATER

9 and 5 continue down the trench, both looking around with

great caution and nervousness.

As they come around a corner they see-The

CAT BEAST.

9 AND 5

5 springs into action shooting his weapon at the Beast.

shines his light up to see... an old hanging gas mask.

They look at each other and LAUGH as they continue down thetrench.

9 AND 5 (cont’d)

The mask DROPS behind them and they SCREAM and run away.

9 AND 5 (cont’d)

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A SHADOW (WITH A BIRD SKULL HEAD) AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE

TRENCH:

Someone is watching them.

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SEQ. 075 - INT. CLIMBING UP A “HILL” OF SAND BAGS - LATER

5 and 9 climb up a hill of sand bags..

They come around a corner.

5

(discouraged)

We’ve been here before... it’s no

use.

9 steps over and pushes some debris aside. Suddenly they cansee they are right next to....

29.

THREE ENORMOUS SMOKESTACKS

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SEQ. 080 - The Factory

The FACTORY:
A enormous, destroyed old stone building, itscaved-in ceiling revealing huge boilers, scarred old metalwalkways and catwalks dangling, dust-covered rotting turbinesexposed to the elements.

SEQ. 080 - INT. FACTORY - CONTINUOUS

They creep into the enormous hulk of a building.

In the center of the building are the splintered vestiges of

an enormous

ASSEMBLY LINE:

Enormous metal arms lie motionless. Huge steel hooks towerover the belt, with sharp-edged pieces of Machinery danglingfrom them.

They look around in horror.

Large pieces of Machinery, pipes, and ducts dangle from theceilings. Layers of dust cover everything like eerieblankets. Bundles of wires lie ripped from their moorings.

Tools and shards of glass and metal are strewn around thefloor, twisted into strange melted shapes.

They walk through lines of large missiles lined up in rows.

5 (cont’d)

(whispering)

Why would it bring him here?

They slide down a duct and land in a pile of debris. Theynow see 2, imprisoned in an old birdcage. In the b.g., the

CAT BEAST lurks, next to a pile of what seems like debris andbroken machinery. The talisman is on the floor next to the

Cat Beast. The Cat Beast seems to be looking for somethingin the debris. The Cat Beast’s back is to us.

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