Antz Page #17

Z takes out Bala's scarf, which he's been keeping folded in

a pocket.

Z:

Sorry, it's been through a war, not

to mention everything else...

BALA:

You held onto this all that time?

Z:

Well, I...I know it's a little

strange, but...I thought it might

come in handy if I...needed a scarf

someday.

(embarrassed)

Well, to be honest, I just liked

having it.

He hands it back to her. Bala looks at Z, frankly, openly.

For a moment Z is shy. Then he looks at her too. They're

two lovers, leaning closer, about to have their first kiss,

when --

BEETLE:

Hey Z!

The moment is wrecked. Z looks up. A chubby beetle stands

there with Gus the termite.

BEETLE:

Wanna bring back dessert? There's a

thirty foot long blimp in the next

can, made completely of chocolate!

Z:

(annoyed)

Sure. I wasn't busy or anything.

Z gets up to go with them.

Z:

Great timing, guys. Ever wonder why

they call you "pests"?

EXT. INSECTOPIA, TOP OF CAN - NIGHT

As Ant Team Six lands and takes up position above the feast.

The tracker ant is going nuts.

TRACKER ANT:

Yesyesyesyesyes --

One of the commandoes puts his hand over the tracker's mouth

to shut him up. Mandible communicates with his troops by

pulling down his one functional antenna and gruffly

whispering into it, as though it were one of those commando

headsets. His troops do likewise.

MANDIBLE:

Talk to me.

COMMANDO #1

I've got a read on the Princess --

but target Z isn't accounted for.

MANDIBLE:

Let's move in.

EXT. INSECTOPIA - NIGHT

Back at the feast, a cricket strums on his legs like a

guitar, opining about life and the universe to a bunch of

other chilled-out, hippyesque insects...Bala taps her feet to

the song.

CRICKET:

What if, like...we're just these tiny

little things, and we're just like

part of this whole other huge

universe, that's like, so big we

don't even know it exists?

LADYBUG:

Man...that's so deep...

At that moment Ant Team Six rapels down from the top of the

garbage bin, landing amongst the insects.

MANDIBLE:

EVERYBODY DOWN!

The cricket gets up to confront Mandible, but Mandible cold

c*cks him with a right to the jaw. The other insects, too

surprised to fight, just do as they're told.

MANDIBLE:

Alright, you hippy scum! Make one

move and I'll exterminate you!

A couple of commandoes grab Bala by the arms and heave her up.

BALA:

Stop! You don't understand!

MANDIBLE:

I don't have to understand, Missy --

I've got orders. Now where's Z?

CUT TO:

INT. INSECTOPIA - NIGHT

Z, the termite, the beetle and the fly are happily carrying

a huge M&M back to the feast.

FLY:

Man, your girl is fly, know what I'm

saying?

Z:

(overdoing it)

Oh, Bala? I guess she's okay, you

know, for a princess. I mean, I

usually date queens, or you know,

empresses, because sometimes the

lesser nobility are too much in awe

of my smouldering sensuality. Please

stop me if I'm making you feel

inadequate.

They throw down the M&M, which lands with a THUD. Z notices

that the rest of the insects look spooked.

Z:

What's the matter? This place is as

cheery as a Roach Motel at check-out

time.

Z looks around.

LADYBUG:

Bala's been kidnapped! Some flying

ants took her back to the colony!

Z:

She's been kidnapped?! But I can't

live without her!

Z just stands there, heartbroken.

Z:

(determined)

I'm going back. I've got to get her.

Who'll come with me?

Z looks around. Nobody's volunteering. Nothing but sheepish

looks and shuffling from the insects of Insectopia.

Z looks disheartened. He's about to leave when --

MALE WASP (O.S.)

I'll go.

The male wasp is hovering nearby.

Z:

(surprised)

You?!

MALE WASP:

I know what it's like to lose

someone...I keep hearing the sound of

Muffy's flapping wings...so I'll take

you.

Z hops on the wasp's back.

Z:

Let's go, pal!

The wasp takes off, leaving the other insects looking a

little chastized.

FLY:

Geez. I feel like a real stinkbug.

CUT TO:

EXT. SKY ABOVE COLONY - MORNING

The wasp and Z fly high above the colony...

Z:

Wow...I never saw things this way...

From here, we can see the whole layout of the land around the

colony...the "desert" (an asphalt path) and across it, the

"lake" (the overflowing water fountain)

Z:

Things look so close together from up

here...there's the desert...and the

lake...

(thinking about

something)

it's not far from the colony at all...

Suddenly, the wasp bounces up and down in the air.

MALE WASP:

Sorry. Turbulence.

INT. FORMICA'S CHAMBERS - DAY

Formica sits at his desk, going over some plans. Formica's

chambers are located inside a snake skull, with the eye

sockets serving as windows, and the mouth serving as a door.

The walls are hung with trophies -- the heads of other

insects.

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