The Fifth Element Page #19

248EXT. PLANET FHLOSTON

A magnetic sarcophagus crosses the Fhloston sky and crashes into a

glacier.

249EXT. FHLOSTON

Zorg appears in the middle of the ice. He takes a portable phone out of

the ZF1.

ZORG:

How's that? Can you hear me better

now?

SECRETARY (O.S.)

Yes, Mr. Zorg, I hear you perfectly!

So, how was the concert?

ZORG:

Who gives a sh*t! I didn't come here to

listen to music! Listen up instead of

running off at the mouth!

The batteries on my phone are almost gone.

SECRETARY (O.S.)

Yes, Sir!

ZORG:

Dispatch me another ZFX200 immediately.

Someone stole mine.

SECRETARY (O.S.)

Right away, Sir. I'll send you a new one to

the hotel.

ZORG:

I'm not at the hotel!

ZORG:

Hello?...

BEEPER (O.S.)

Battery dead.

Zorg is all alone, lost, in the middle of the glacier.

ZORG:

(to himself)

Stay calm.... stay calm...

250INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

General Munro enters the office with a smile.

MUNRO:

Major Dallas has the Five Elements on

board. The priest is guiding them directly

to the temple.

President Lindberg closes his eyes in relief.

PRESIDENT:

Thank God! We've been saved!

A SCIENTIST rushes in.

SCIENTIST:

Mr. President.

PRESIDENT:

Yes? Now, what?

251EXT. SPACE

A ball of fire, all-powerful Evil, speeds across the screen with three

Federal Army warships following along behind it as best they can.

252INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

PRESIDENT:

What do you mean, "its advancing"?!

253INT. COCKPIT FEDERATED WARSHIP

COMMANDER:

It's not only advancing, but it's moving at

incredible speed! We're having trouble

following it.

254INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

PRESIDENT:

(to Scientist)

...And... Do you have any idea where it's

heading?

The scientist is hard to put to answer, he shakes his head.

255INT. ZFX200 COCKPIT - NIGHT

Korben gently wipes Leeloo's forehead with a cloth. She opens her eyes a

little.

KORBEN:

(gentle, loving)

Apipoulai..

Leeloo smiles, weakly, feverish.

LEELOO:

I'm so very sad.

KORBEN:

Why? We did pretty well, wouldn't

you say?

LEELOO:

Five hundred wars... Arms... Drugs...

Money...

Everything you create is used to destroy...

KORBEN:

I told you not to read all that crap!

LEELOO:

Protect life... Until death.

Her eyes close and she falls back asleep. Korben is worried. She seems

so depressed. Cornelius enters.

CORNELIUS:

There's a General on the phone...

His name's Mambo, I think.

256INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

MUNRO:

Munro here. President Lindberg wants

to talk to you. Hold the line.

The President clears his throat and takes the phone.

PRESIDENT:

Major, first off, I want to thank you,

in my name and in the name of the

Federation...

257INT. ZFX200 / PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

PRESIDENT (O.S.)

For the praiseworthy courage you have

shown us! I'd like to congratulate General

Munro for his choice. He found the ideal

man for such a...

KORBEN:

(to the point)

So now what's the problem?

The President drops into his armchair and sighs.

PRESIDENT:

There's a ball of fire 1,200 miles in diameter

heading straight for the earth. And we have

no idea how to stop it! ...That's the problem.

Korben thinks fast. The Priest is with him. The Five Elements are on

board.

KORBEN:

How much time before the collision?

The President queries the scientist with a nod of the head.

SCIENTIST:

If its speed remains constant... in an

hour and 57 minutes.

KORBEN (O.S.)

I'll call you back in two hours.

Korben hangs up. The President looks stunned.

258EXT. SPACE

The ZFX200 shifts to the speed of light and vanishes in the star-studded

cosmos.

259INT. CHAPEL

David is asleep. He is woken by the sound of...

260EXT. DESERT - DAWN

The ZFX200 is parked in the middle of the desert.

Korben walks ahead carrying Leeloo. Cornelius has the four Stones with

him.

Barely awake, Loc Rhod stumbles along. David appears at the door of the

chapel.

DAVID:

You're all safe. Thanks be to God!

CORNELIUS:

Later, David! Later!

There's not a minute to lose!

The small group enters the chapel.

261INT. CHAPEL

Cornelius pushes the group onto the altar which is surrounded by a wooden

barrier. Cornelius stands in front of the cross.

KORBEN:

Excuse me, Father, but... could we pray

later?

Cornelius bends the cross and pushes it down. A mechanism is set off

lowering the altar like a service elevator.

The altar descends amid rocky walls.

262INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

MUNRO:

They just landed in the desert.

PRESIDENT:

(sweating)

How much time is left?

263EXT. SPACE

Earth is in view. The Dark Planet fills the screen and heads for the

blue planet.

264INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

SCIENTIST:

About nine minutes.

President Lindberg has trouble breathing.

265INT. TEMPLE

Lit by torches, Korben sets Leeloo delicately on the altar in the exact

center of the four elements. Cornelius looks over the four Stones every

which way.

CORNELIUS:

(panic-stricken)

Uh, this one... must be water!

It's obvious he doesn't know where to put it.

KORBEN:

Don't tell me you don't know how all

this works?

CORNELIUS:

Theoretically, yes! The four Stones form

the beam and the Fifth Element is supposed

to stand in the middle there, but...

I don't have the reference book.

I've never seen the Stones work!

Korben can't believe his ears. He tears the Stone out of Cornelius' hand

and studies the inscriptions. He goes over to one of the four bases the

stones rest on and tries to figure it out. The symbol of air is on the Stone,

the same as on the base.

KORBEN:

Match the symbols!

Korben places the first Stone and picks up another one. Cornelius has

found the symbol for water. Loc Rhod sits down. He is very tired.

LOC RHOD:

What is this some kinda game? Like

chess?

Korben pulls him to his feet and sticks a Stone in his hands.

KORBEN:

No. It's much simpler. If we don't figure

out where these Stones go in five minutes,

we're all dead! Think you got it?

Loc Rhod's got it and runs over to put in his Stone. The four Stones are

all in place but nothing happens.

KORBEN:

There's no light! You told me there were

supposed to be four beams of light.

CORNELIUS:

(lost)

Yes, of course, but... The Stones are shut!

They have to be open for it to work.

KORBEN:

And you don't know how they open,

is that what you are saying?

CORNELIUS:

That's what I'm saying.

266EXT. SPACE

The Dark Planet closes in on Earth rapidly.

267INT. CHAPEL

Korben leans over Leeloo.

KORBEN:

Leeloo? The Stones! We have to open

them! How does it work?

LEELOO:

(feeble)

The wind blows... the fire burns...

KORBEN:

I know all that, Leeloo! I'm talking

about the Stones.

LEELOO:

...The rain falls...

Korben is desperate. Leeloo's too weak, he won't get anything more out

of her.

He darts over to a Stone and turns it over and over.

KORBEN:

The rain falls... the wind blows?

Loc Rhod stands in front of his Stone looking at Korben.

KORBEN:

Try and figure out how this f***ing thing

opens, instead of staring at me like that!

Loc Rhod starts feeling the Stone all around.

LOC RHOD:

(afraid)

I'm looking, I'm looking.

268INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

The tension is palpable in the President's office.

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