Dominion Page #8

ALEX:

Sorry... I had a bad day.

BIXBY:

You wanna talk about it?

ALEX:

It’s in the past.

He takes out a piece of paper and opens it.

PAPER:
it’s a map of the MGM GRAND ARENA. A red X is marked

by an exit.

38.

ALEX:

Meet me here at 10:00 pm tonight.

You can’t be late. Understand?

BIXBY:

Yeah... What’s going on?

ALEX:

You’ll see...

(finger to his lips)

Don’t tell anyone. Got it? 10:00

pm sharp.

Bixby smiles, nods... she doesn’t care what it is, she’s in

as long as it’s with Alex.

Noma approaches in sexy casual clothes, nods to Bixby, who

doesn’t respond.

NOMA:

Just got off... I’m heading over to

the show. You going?

ALEX:

Yeah but gotta work.

NOMA:

Bummer. K. I’ll see you guys

later.

Bixby watches Noma walk away with that crazy body, jealous,

turns to Alex.

BIXBY:

She’s more of a man than you...

Alex can’t help but smile.

INT. SENATOR WEEL’S COMPOUND – SECRET MEETING -NIGHT

A meeting of the Council: Rysen, Wynn, William and David Weel

sit around a long mahogany table.

David looks at his watch. Irritated.

DAVID:

What was Michael so cryptic about?

...just as Michael enters with Jeep.

They’re all shocked, Wynn gasps. Like Alex, they haven’t

seen Jeep in a decade, presumed him dead.

39.

Yes.

JEEP:

I’m alive.

How?

DAVID:

JEEP:

Thick headedness and luck.

Jeep opens his shirt. We now see the extraordinary tattoos

in detail. They’re like nothing we’ve seen before, as if he

has been run through a bar code scanner.

JEEP:

I haven’t been able to decipher

anything of substance from the

tattoos.

WYNN:

Can Michael?

MICHAEL:

No.

He walks over the wall and places a DISK in the player.

JEEP:

But more importantly... I’ve found

Gabriel.

RYSEN:

What?!

JEEP:

He’s built a fortress and an army

of the possessed in the mountains

near Boulder. They’ve adapted to

our ways of war, weaponized and

Gabriel is bringing a final

solution to mankind.

As Jeep speaks...

MONITOR:

... we see ROUGH FOOTAGE of Gabriel’s dimly lit MOUNTAIN TOP

aerie at night, thousands of possessed Eight-balls working,

other Eight-balls with wings fly in and out of what looks

like cave openings.

There are strange structures built right into the

mountainside and it’s clear they’re organizing, building,

militarizing.

40.

JEEP:

It gets worse. A few of the Higher

Angels have joined Gabriel and they

can appear perfectly human. New

angels are abroad and there’s no

way to tell them from us...

DAVID:

Higher Angels?

MONITOR:

We see a long distance telephoto view, like spying on Big

Foot, of what must be a male HIGHER ANGEL as he lands in a

snow-laden field.

He’s different than anything we’ve seen thus far. Larger

wingspan, powerfully built like a Mack truck, hair, eyes and

wings, all of one color, this one RED... as we watch he

absorbs his wings into his body, the color of his hair and

eyes dimming until he appears exactly human.

MICHAEL:

They belong to the second sphere of

angels, the Powers. They were born

to be warriors, to keep other

angels in line. They’re far more

powerful then the lesser angels

that possessed mankind during the

Extermination. I had hoped that

they would sit out this war, but

Gabriel has obviously persuaded

some of them to join him.

He points at the frozen image of the Higher Angel on screen.

MICHAEL:

His name is Furiad.

JEEP:

All this has made me certain it’s

time to reveal the Chosen One.

If the room was shocked, now they’re stunned.

RYSEN:

You know who it is?

JEEP:

Yes.

DAVID:

Who?

41.

JEEP:

We will tell you soon.

David stands up.

DAVID:

I don’t have time for this.

There’s no Chosen One, no one

coming to save us. There never

was.

He points to each person around the room.

DAVID:

We’re the chosen ones. Not some

imaginary savior.

WILLIAM:

That isn’t true. The Savior is

real, the baby lived.

DAVID:

(cold)

That’s your delusion, not mine. So

a baby lived. Many babies lived.

We lived.

Points at Michael and Jeep.

DAVID:

So what were you planning on doing?

Pick some random child and tell us

he’s the baby. What proof do we

have, how do we measure him? On

your word alone?

MICHAEL:

You have faith.

DAVID:

(laughs)

That died a long time ago

Archangel... when your kind laid

waste to my planet.

(looks at the group)

And war is coming? Not news to me.

It never ended. We’re the angels

natural enemies. It won’t be over

until either they’re extinct or we

are. What we need to do is prepare

everyone for that inevitability;

lead them.

He looks at his watch.

42.

DAVID:

And we lead by attending the

Jubilee. A hundred thousand people

need a release from the stress of

this city and more importantly

something to inspire them.

(looks at Rysen)

We can’t cancel.

(beat)

After that I’ll be the first one to

reconvene here and say let’s

prepare, let’s work together, I’m

ready to do whatever it takes to

keep us safe... but don’t ask me

to ever put my faith in some child

god. A savior. I’ll never do it

again.

David turns and exits leaving his words hanging in the air,

everyone in the room weighing what they believe.

Rysen stands and exits behind him...

INT. CLAIRE’S TRANSPORT – NIGHT

On the way to the show, Claire sits in the back of her car.

Alex is one of three guards with her.

The lovers make furtive eye contact, both anticipating their

escape.

INT. MGM GRANDE ARENA – NIGHT

The Arena is much as it is today, but it has been rebuilt to

hold more people and to have an exclusive, ROMANESQUE VIP

area above the performance area (like the Staple Center

Boxes, but cooler).

In the center of the crowd on the floor is a large CAGE, like

an Ultimate Fighting stage.

People are excited, an ebullient air, filling the seats all

over the Arena. This is a treat for people who work hard.

INT. WEEL’S VIP BOX – NIGHT

David Weel sits with William overlooking the crowd. The GOLD

LION BANNER prominently displayed over the box.

David flirts, a charming host to Arika, who sits with her

female entourage, his honored guests. Roan sits behind them,

silent, and watchful.

43.

One of Arika’s FEMALE AID’S studies David and whispers into

Arika’s ear.

FEMALE AID:

How could you allow it?

ARIKA:

Allow what?

Female Aid

You know... allow him to have you.

ARIKA:

(rolls her eyes)

It’s work. Nothing more.

The Female Aid grows cold, give’s her a disgusted look.

FEMALE AID:

Helena won’t see it that way.

Suddenly, Arika’s face morphs from confidence to concern.

INT. RYSEN’S VIP BOX -NIGHT

ACROSS the arena we see RYSEN’S BOOTH, LAUREL LEAF CROWN on a

BANNER above.

Rysen sits with Claire, Alex and the guards behind them.

Michael stands with Jeep farther back in the box, away from

the eyes of the crowd.

Michael makes eye contact with WYNN, who sits in a small box

on a lower tier. Wynn is frightened by what they just

learned from Jeep in the Council meeting, but forces a smile.

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