The Fifth Element Page #11

118INT. SHED

Aknot, the Mangalore leader, is seriously wounded and can't walk.

AKANIT:

Korben Dallas! We got him.

AKNOT:

Perfect... Take command, Akanit.

Go to Fhloston and get the Stones...

If Zorg really wants them... He'll have

to negotiate. Revenge is at hand.

119INT. KORBEN'S APARTMENT KORBEN'S BUILDING - DAY

Korben gets unsteadily to his feet, some blood drips down his face. He

daubs at it.

KORBEN:

Jesus!... Some priest!

The phone rings, he manages to answer.

KORBEN:

Yeah?

MOTHER (V.O)

Have you pulled yourself together?

KORBEN:

...Not yet.

He hangs up.

Korben opens the fridge door. The three officers are frozen solid.

Korben grabs some ice, presses it to his forehead.

KORBEN:

I'll take the mission.

He closes the door.

120INT. AIRPORT HALL - DAY

Cornelius and Leeloo (still damp) arrive at the Manhattan Intergalactic

Airport.

A huge hall three quarters filled with trash piled up to the ceiling.

There are groups of extra-terrestrials on strike standing in trash

holding picket signs. A SECURITY GUARD picks up a phone off the wall.

SECURITY GUARD:

Illegal gathering in Zone 4.

A hand taps Leeloo from behind. She whips around catching David in the

face.

CORNELIUS:

Leeloo, be careful.

He turns to David who in holding his bloody nose.

CORNELIUS:

Did you get them?

David hands Cornelius two passports.

CORNELIUS:

Excellent... Leeloo Dallas.

He hands it to her. The name makes her smile.

CORNELIUS:

And Korben David Dallas.

She frowns.

LEELOO:

Akta dedero ansila do mektet.

CORNELIUS:

I can't pretend to be your husband...

David's in great shape.

She looks at David holding his bloody nose.

CORNELIUS:

He'll protect you. Go on... See the Diva...

get the Stones... See you at the temple...

God be with you.

ANGLE ON:
Korben comes rushing into the airport. Walking quickly, he

scopes the hall looking for Leeloo. A POLICE PATROL bearing down on the

STRIKERS jostles him. The cops open fire. The strikers dive into the garbage

and disappear.

121INT. BOARDING GATE

David nervously puts tickets and IDs on the check-in counter.

Leeloo tosses her suitcase on the conveyor belt.

CHECK-IN ATTENDANT

Congratulations on winning the contest.

David gives her a bleak smile. Leeloo rolls her eyes.

Back a ways, Korben has spotted Leeloo and... David. He heads right for

them. Leeloo's seen him. She is both delighted and panicked. David's

seen nothing. Korben presses one of his fingers like a gun to David's back.

KORBEN:

(friendly)

Hey! I really thought I was going to

miss my flight!

(to David)

Thanks, kid! You put the luggage on

the conveyor belt?

DAVID:

(freaking)

Uh... yeah.

KORBEN:

(smiling)

Great! Now beat it!

Paralyzed, David leaves. Korben turns to the attendant.

KORBEN:

Excuse me. I was so afraid I'd miss the

flight that I sent the kid here to pick up

my boarding card.

He looks at David's fake ID.

KORBEN:

...My cousin David...

Leeloo is unable to hold back a smile.

CHECK-IN ATTENDANT

(looking at Leeloo's ID)

Your wife?

Korben grabs the ID and reads it.

KORBEN:

Uh, yes... Newlyweds.

(aside)

You know how it is... Love at first sight.

You meet, something goes tilt,. you get

married, you hardly know each other.

Right, darling?

Leeloo rips her boarding card out of the attendant's hand.

LEELOO:

(sharply)

Dinoine chagantakat!

KORBEN:

Took the words right out of my mouth.

Go on... I'll be right with you.

(to Check-in Attendant)

It's our honeymoon. We're going to use

the trip to get to know each other better.

He winks at the stewardess.

ANGLE ON:

The neighbor and a tawdry young girl cross the airport. The couple in

almost knocked over by a police patrol holding a 500 pound PIG on a

stainless steel leash. The couple panics a moment, the realize the patrol

isn't for them. The pig heads for the pile where the strikers disappeared.

COP:

(to pig)

Come on, snyffer, go root!

The pig piles into the garbage. The Cop cuts it some slack.

Cornelius sits at a bar.

CORNELIUS:

(to the bartender)

I feel so guilty sending her to do the dirty

work. I know she was made to be strong

but she's also so fragile... So human.

You know what I mean?

The bartender, a robot, nods his head as he pours Cornelius a drink.

ANGLE ON:

The nasty neighbor and his wife hand their tickets to the check-in

attendant.

CHECK-IN ATTENDANT

(surprised)

Dallas... Korben...

NEIGHBOR:

(in a different voice)

Yes, that's me.

The check-in attendant triggers a transparent blue light that shines on

their faces, revealing two other faces:

Mangalores.

CHECK-IN ATTENDANT

(smiling)

Just a minute, please.

She hits a silent alarm, but the Mangalores feel something is wrong.

NEIGHBOR:

We'll be right back ... we're gonna

check out the duty free...

They spin around and hurry away.

ANGLE ON:

Cornelius at the bar, half in the bag.

ROBOT:

The same?

CORNELIUS:

Yeah...

DAVID (V.O.)

Make that two...

Cornelius turns to David.

CORNELIUS:

Where's Leeloo?

DAVID:

On the plane... with Mr. Dallas...

the real one.

CORNELIUS:

It's all my fault. I'm the servant...

It's my mission! Here!

He hands David the Temple Key from around his neck.

CORNELIUS:

Here's the key to the Temple..

Prepare for our arrival!

Cornelius tosses David's drink into his own, downs it all in one shot,

and takes off, passing the Mangalore couple headed for the exit. They are

very nervous.

A police patrol is coming. This time, it seems to be for them.

NEIGHBOR:

(to the tawdry girl)

Tell Aknot plan A flopped.

Tell him to go to plan B.

The tawdry girl nods and peels off. The neighbor takes out a gun and

blasts away at the cops. The cops fire back. A firefight rages in the

hall. The tawdry girl dives into a pile of garbage and disappears.

COP:

(into walkie-talkie)

...Send in a back-up unit, Zone 7!

ANGLE ON:

On one side of the hall, a trap door opens. Three pigs come running out,

grabbed by their police handler.

Cornelius waits until everyone has left, gets down on all fours and

crawls through the trapdoor reserved for the pigs.

122INT. FIRST CLASS LOUNGE

Leeloo stands at the buffet in the first class lounge eating everything

in sight.

123INT. HALL

Korben is led down the hall by a STEWARDESS.

STEWARDESS:

You are so lucky... Loc Rhod is the

coolest DJ in the universe.

KORBEN:

Listen... I don't want to be interviewed.

I'd prefer to remain anonymous.

The stewardess stops in the corridor.

STEWARDESS:

Forget anonymous. You'll be doing Loc

Rhod's live show every day from 5 to 7!

KORBEN:

(expression changes)

You gotta be kidding!

The stewardess smiles and shakes her head. The door next to him suddenly

swings open and smashes him in the face.

In walks LOC RHOD amidst a tornado of music and security guards. He is

young, good-looking, eccentric, charming as an elf or sly as a fox. A

bundle of energy. He is the 24th century's most popular DJ.

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