The Fifth Element Page #4

The President points to the spot occupied by the 5th element.

PRESIDENT:

But what happens if instead of

this... Ultimate Warrior... it is EVIL

who stands here?

CORNELIUS:

White turns to black. Light to Dark.

Life to Death. For all eternity.

The President's nerves quiver.

CAPTAIN:

Sir, we have a Mondoshawan spaceship at

the frontier requesting permission to enter

our territory.

PRESIDENT:

I guess I should make a decision..

CORNELIUS:

They are the only ones who can help..

GENERAL:

Sir..the Mondoshawan do not belong to the

federation. We do not know their intention..

I must recommend a full trinuclear assault..

PRESIDENT:

(yells)

Did you see that..thing..swallow our battleship

like a gum drop? You can't even tell me what it is!

I ask you for options you give me bullshit.

Give them permission to enter our territories

with my warmest regards.

CORNELIUS:

(relieved)

Thank you, Mr. President.

40INT. MONDOSHAWANS SPACESHIP - OMIT

41INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE - OMIT

42EXT. SPACE / INT. MONDOSHAWAN SHIP

The MONDOSHAWAN spaceship zips across the Federated Galaxy.

But it is not alone: Two black warships seem to be dogging it.

43INT. MONDOSHAWAN COCKPIT

The MONDOSHAWANS have spotted the spacecraft chasing them.

FIRST OFFICER:

Two non-identified ships approaching.

CAPTAIN:

Must be the welcoming committee.

44INT. WARSHIP COCKPIT

A MANGALORE sits at the controls of the warship. His terrifying features

tell us what sort of welcome they can expect. The pilot fires without

warning.

45EXT. SPACE / INT.MONDOSHAWAN SHIP

The huge ship is badly hit and immediately swerves oft course.

Panic aboard the MONDOSHAWAN ship.

46INT. MONDOSHAWAN SHIP

CAPTAIN:

We've been hit! General alert!!!

Blast after blast hits the defenseless ship.

CAPTAIN:

We're losing control! We have to land fast!

The huge ship veers oft course and heads for a small red planet, taking

hit after hit.

CAPTAIN:

Send out a distress signal!!! Activate

the emergency landing procedure!

The huge ship approaches the planet at blinding speed.

FIRST OFFICER:

Impact in less than ten seconds!

The red planet looms ever closer.

CAPTAIN:

Time is of no importance...

The ship crashes in a gigantic explosion.

46AINT. KORBEN'S APARTMENT - DAY

A thermo nuclear explosion fills a T.V. screen..Which Korben's cat

watches with interest.

Korben is about to exit the apartment.

KORBEN:

Don't watch it all day, it'll rot your

mind. Bye sweetie..

In response, the cat meows. Korben opens the door to..A huge

gun, brandished by a nervous MUGGER, pointing right in his face.

MUGGER:

The cash man!

KORBEN:

Been here long?

MUGGER:

Don't f*** with me man or I'll blow

you into tomorrow!

Unperterbed, Korben looks at the mugger's fearsome weapon.

KORBEN:

Isn't that a Z140? Alleviated titanium.

Neuro charged assault model?

MUGGER:

(off balance)

Uh..

KORBEN:

You know you could hurt someone with

this puppy..good thing it's not loaded..

The mugger is lost. He looks at his weapon.

MUGGER:

It's not?

KORBEN:

You gotta push the little yellow button...

Korben points to the button on the side of the gun. The mugger takes his

advice.

MUGGER:

Thanks..

KORBEN:

You're welcome..

And with lightning speed, Korben blasts the mugger with a straight right

hand, sending him down for the count. Korben retrieves the gun.

KORBEN:

..you know these things are VERY illegal..

you could get in a sh*t load of trouble..

I better hang onto it for you..

As the mugger clears his head, Korben opens a drawer next to him which is

full of similar guns! The mugger's eyes pop out of his head. He scampers

to his feet and runs off.

Korben shrugs, exits his apartment, and closes the door. The cat watches

a nuclear holocaust on T.V., uninterrupted.

46BINT. KORBEN'S GARAGE - DAY

Korben enters his taxi. A robotic voice greets him.

VOICE:

Please enter your license..

Korben complies, and starts to push a series of buttons on the dash.

VOICE:

Welcome on board Mr. Dallas..

KORBEN:

How you doing this morning? Sleep OK?

I didn't.

Korben hits a button. The garage door starts to open.

VOICE:

Fuel level 6.03..Propulsion 2x4...

KORBEN:

I had the worst goddamn nightmare.

VOICE:

You have nine points left on your license..

KORBEN:

Thanks for reminding me..

As the garage door lifts, the Megalopolis that is New York City in the

23rd century comes into view. Startling in it's height, and breath.

VOICE:

Have a nice day..

Korben lets the propulsion build.

KORBEN:

Right..

He lets the gear slip. The taxi rockets off into the City.

47EXT. TAXI STAND - NIGHT - OMIT

48EXT. RED PLANET-OMIT

49INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

Cornelius collapses in a chair.

CORNELIUS:

We are lost!

GENERAL MUNRO:

Mr. President, the attack was launched by two

unregistered warships.

PRESIDENT:

Close all borders and declare a state of

general alert.

GENERAL MUNRO:

Yes, sir.

PRESIDENT:

(to another OFFICER)

Try to contact these Mondoshawans. We

owe them an explanation.

CORNELIUS:

(lost, to himself)

What are we going to do?

PRESIDENT:

This is government business now.

You ought to go home and get some

rest, Father.

The President motions to his guards to come and get Cornelius.

PRESIDENT:

I promise to keep you informed.

A weary Cornelius leaves the room with David's help.

PRESIDENT:

(to the CAPTAIN)

...Has the rescue team found any survivors?

50EXT. RED PLANET - OMIT

51EXT. RED PLANET ORBIT - OMIT

52INT. LABORATORY 1ST DISTRICT MANHATTAN - DAWN

An arm, on a surgical cart, moves down the hall of the Nucleological

Center, the most sterile of environments.

PROFESSOR MACTILBURGH, age 60, hurries alongside GENERAL MUNRO.

MUNRO:

This is all that survived?

MACTILBURGH:

Actually only one cell survived..

MUNRO:

Have you identified it?

MACTILBURGH:

It's not that easy..we've never encountered

anything like it before..you see normal human

beings have 40 DNA memo groums..which is

more than enough for any species to perpetuate

itself..This one has 200,000.

MUNRO:

Talk English Doc.

MACTILBURGH:

This cell is like a huge library. It has infinite

genetic knowledge stored inside.

Almost like it was...engineered.

MUNRO:

Sounds like a freak of nature to me.

MACTILBURGH:

Yes... I can't wait to meet him.

They pass into the lab.

53INT. LABORATORY

The two enter a cylindrical laboratory. There is a huge glass turbine in

the middle with the metal glove inside. A DNA chain scrolls on the computer

screen.

MACTILBURGH:

(rather fascinated)

The compositional elements of his DNA

chain are the same as ours, there are simply

more of them tightly packed.

His knowledge is probably limitless..

MUNRO:

(worried)

Is there any danger? Some kind of virus?

MACTILBURGH:

We put it through the cellular hygiene detector.

The cell is for lack of a better word... perfect.

Munro hesitates a moment. Then he sighs and uses his personal key to

open the

self-destruct box.

MUNRO:

OK, go ahead! But Mr. Perfect better be polite...

otherwise I turn him into cat food.

Mactilburgh starts the operation rolling as Munro puts his hand on the

sell-destruct button, ready to use it. Thousands of cells form in the

heart of the generator, an assemblage of DNA elements. Then the cells move

down a tube, like a fluid, and gather in an imprint of a HUMAN body. Step

by step bones are reconstructed, then the nervous and muscular systems.

Whole veins wrap around the muscles. An entire body is reconstructing before

our very eyes.

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