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9 stops to look at a beautiful painting, showing life and theworld before the apocalypse.

9

(whispering to himself)

So beautiful...

7 grabs the lightstaff from 9 and shines it towards a pile ofbooks. A glimmer of two sets of eyes appear and disappear.

7 holds her hand up, gesturing to 9 to hold still.

3 & 4 emerge from their globe. 5 smiles.

5

(delighted, relieved)

They’ve been here? The whole time?

The twins venture out.

9

(surprised)

Twins?

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7

(to 5 and 9, explaining)

They’ve been hiding here. Lost in

the past.

3 and 4 approach 9 with curiosity. They communicate bybeaming ideas to each other. They look at 9, sizing him up.

They beam their ideas to each other excitedly. 9 recoils.

puts a reassuring hand on 9.

7 (cont’d)

(explaining)

They’re cataloguing.

3 and 4 take 9’s lightstaff. Their chattering and beaminggets more intense as they take it and catalogue it, theireyes clicking as if they’re recording on film what they areseeing.

7 stops them. She has an urgent look on her face.

7 (cont’d)

We need you--we awakened something-

9 interrupts her to take full responsibility for the mistake.

9

I awakened something. In the

factory. Something terrible...

3 and 4 look at each other WITH HORROR. They begin tochatter feverishly and with great distress.

They beam an image of THE FABRICATION MACHINE on the wall.

5 and 9 lean forward, startled.

9 (cont’d)

(recognizing it)

That’s it!

7

What is it?

3 and 4 now show:

A NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPH of the Scientist and the Machine

(which we recognize from before, in the prologue, when theScientist gave the machine to the Dictator and we saw theFLASH of the flashbulb).

We now push into the photo to a CLOSE UP on the machine.

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Then dissolve into a NEWSREEL of the machine and see:

--the original machine being wired into the FABRICATIONMACHINE

--Dutch-angle shots of the Dictator, and we hear his SPEECH--

DICTATOR:

...yes, we have entered a newfuture, the age of the intelligentmachine. This remarkable invention

can adapt and evolve, creating newmachines, machines of

(a slight, chilling pause)

PEACE--

--shots of the Killing Machines, marching out as they’refabricated-

DICTATOR (V.O.) (cont’d)

--that will usher in a new era of

prosperity-

--shots of the Machines ATTACKING-

--A newspaper headline “HUNDREDS KILLED AT PEACE RALLY”

DICTATOR (V.O.) (cont’d)

--and brotherhood for our nation!

Now, terrible sounds of war:

--A newspaper headline “WAR DECLARED AFTER UNPROVOKED ATTACKBY OUR ALLIES”

--STILL PHOTOS showing the war, the machines getting more andmore devious, chasing a mother and child down an alley, moreand more machines appearing.

--SHAKY, HAND-HELD AMATEUR footage showing the GAS KILLINGEVERYTHING. The footage ends with the camera sinking to theground as whoever is operating it is overcome by gas.

--ending on a STILL PHOTO that we pan across, showing TOTAL

DEVASTATION.

The ragdolls stare at it. 9 turns to them.

9

What have I done?

7 shakes her head sadly and impatiently. 5 suddenly turns to

9.

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5

(to 9)

The thing! Show them.

9 quickly sketches out a drawing of the TALISMAN and shows itto the twins.

3 and 4 chatter, trying to analyze and catalogue the drawingof the Talisman. They shake their heads: they don’trecognize it.

Seeing it as a drawing, 5 is startled.

5 (cont’d)

Wait! 6... he always draws that.

2 used to keep the drawings... withhis notes....

9 looks at 5.

9

The drawings... would they still be

there? In 2’s old workshop?

5

Yes.

(slightly embarrassed)

I saved everything.

9

Then we’ll go back. Perhaps theanswer is there.

5 looks alarmed and looks over at 7. 7 shakes her head.

7

I think the answer is there.

She points out towards the factory and strides off,

dauntless, fine, and proud. The twins chatter unhappily,

beaming flickering lights to each other.

9 looks at 5. 5 nods and they set off in the otherdirection.

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SEQ. 120 - Winged Beast creation

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SEQ. 120 - INT. FABRICATION FACTORY - SAME TIME

Inside the factory, a very quick shot of the FabricationMachine reaching its arms out and gathering things. It welds

metal pieces. It grabs an enormous black-and-red Dictator’sflag and rips it in half. [**We do not see yet what it iscreating.]

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SEQ. 130 - Confrontation

SEQ. 130 - INT. 2’S WORKSHOP - NIGHT

9 and 5 sneak into 2’s workshop. A dirty moonlight filtersthrough the air. 9’s light is off.

5, familiar with the layout, locates 2’s stash of 6’sdrawings. The pages are dotted with 2’s annotations anddrawings; he was obviously trying to figure out why 6 keptimagining this object and what it meant.

5 and 9 bend over the drawings. They are unable to seeclearly in the murky darkness. 9 looks around warily, thenswitches on his light.

The light now reveals 8 LOOMING IN THE SHADOWS.

8 SEIZES them and escorts them out.

SEQ. 130 - INT. CATHEDRAL/CLOCKTOWER - SAME TIME

1, sitting on his throne, glares in righteous anger as 5 and9 stand in front of him.

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1

You awakened what?

He gets onto his feet angrily. 6 hunches over one of his

sketches, muttering to himself.

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1 (cont’d)

You fools! I warned you!

8 is sharpening his knife on the side.

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8

He warned you.

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1

Now you’ve put us all inunimaginable peril. And, may Iask, did you manage to save 2? Of

course not! By following thiswitless folly, you’ve endangeredeverything we work for!

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9

Why was 2 sent out to begin with?

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1

(defensively)

I sent him to scout.

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9

That doesn’t make any sense! You

don’t send the oldest out to-

(trying to control

himself)

Look, we need to figure out what’sgoing on-

6 emerges from his shadowy corner and comes over to 9. He

has a drawing of the Talisman and seems to want to show it 9,

urgently.

6

(softly, trying to tellhim of something, butunable to fullyarticulate it)

The source... You must go back tothe source....

9

(turning to 6)

What? What is it? Where?

1 bangs his staff against the floor. 8 stands at attention.

1

Quiet!

(to 9)

I won’t allow you to endanger usfurther.

(to 8)

Subjugate them.

8 looks confused.

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1 (cont’d)

(to 8)

Take their belongings!

8 grabs 6’s drawing and lifts 5 from his crossbow and shakeshim up. 9 tries to stop him.

8 PUNCHES 9 out of the way, knocking him to the edge of thefloor. A knocked chess piece FALLS down the dark abyss belowthem.

9 slowly gets up and addresses 1.

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9

You’re nothing but a coward!

5 lets out a GASP. 8 heads towards 9 as he laughs and crackshis knuckles menacingly. 1 cuts in.

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