The X-Files Page #15

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RESUME INT. ICE CAVE

Bronschweig can be heard, but not clearly seen. He is in

the shadows himself now.

Trying to pick himself up, and when he manages to do

this, teetering back into the light we see that he is

bloodied. He is hurt, injured. Making his way back

toward the patch of light that comes from the hole

above. Hoping to see that help is on its way, while

keeping a watchful, wary and worried eye on the shadows,

for another attack by the Creature.

DR. BRONSCHWEIG

Hey -- I need help.

But the Technicians looking down on him offer him

nothing of the sort. All they do is quickly close the

clear hatch that seals Bronschweig inside the cave.

DR. BRONSCHWEIG

Hey!

But he gets no answer, climbing the ladder shakily. A

moment later the first Bobcat shovel-full of dirt falls

onto the clear hatch and partially obscures the light.

They are burying Bronschweig alive.

INT. DOMED TENT - DAY

ANGLE DOWN ON BRONSCHWEIG through the glass hatch. His

SCREAMS continue. ADJUSTING to the small bulldozer which

is quickly hauling the mound of excavated earth into the

hole from which it came. While, all around, there is a

hive of activity. Men running everywhere.

CUT TO:

RESUME INT. ICE CAVE

Bronschweig reacts in silent horror now, only to turn in

further horror when he feels the impending attack of:

THE CREATURE:

Right behind and just below him. Its grotesque features

in momentary high resolution, BEFORE IT ATTACKS CAMERA.

Over and over, savaging Bronschweig in a violent fury.

Its hideous teeth tearing at his flesh - AT CAMERA -

driving him off the ladder where the attack continues in

momentary glimpses of teeth, of bloody flesh, and of

OILY BLACK BLOOD being spattered about. At the

height of the violence we hear Bronschweig SCREAM.

Matching the wound of this, as we:

CUT TO:

EXT. ESTATE SOMEWHERE OUTSIDE LONDON - EARLY EVENING

A CHILD'S SCREAM OF JOY. ENGLISH CHILDREN are playing

tag or some kind of children's game in the

well-manicured garden of a man who the CAMERA FINDS IN

F.G. -- the man we have come to know as THE

WELL-MANICURED MAN. He is also a member of the syndicate

running "The Project", though his venality is cloaked in

civility and statesmanship. Right now he's watching the

children from the back steps of his mansion, charmed by

their game. When he is called by someone o.s.

VALET'S VOICE

Sir -- you have a call.

The Well-Manicured Man turns to see:

HIS VALET:

Holds the door. After a moment the W.M.M. enters past

the Valet. As the screams of the children continue to

rise and fall.

CUT TO:

INT. SUBURBAN LONDON ESTATE - A BEAUTIFUL STUDY -

EVENING:

The Well-Manicured Man enters, picks up a blinking line.

Through a window he can still see the children playing.

WELL-MANICURED MAN

Yes.

CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN

(FILTER)

We have a situation. The members are

assembling.

WELL-MANICURED MAN

Is it an emergency?

INTERCUT WITH TIGHT CSM AT INT. KENSINGTON BUILDING

(NEXT LOC.)

CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN

Yes. A meeting is set. Tonight in

London, to determine a course.

WELL-MANICURED MAN

Who called this meeting?

CIGARETTE SMOKING MAN

Strughold. He's just gotten on a plane

in Tunis.

This pronouncement has the power of ending any further

questions. An immediate sense of gravity of the

situation. The W.M.M. hangs up, moves to the window

where he sees some of the HELP is running from the

house. The children have all gathered around a BOY who

seems to have hurt himself. He's lifted and being

carried by the man who's called the W.M.M. into the

house.

Off the Well-Manicured Man's concern, we:

CUT TO:

EXT. LONDON STREET - NIGHT

A discreet Town Car pulls up out front an understated

building in a better West End neighborhood. A driver

exits coming around for the Well-Manicured Man who is

already exiting, moving to the building. As a LEGEND

appears:
KENSINGTON, LONDON: 8:01 PM.

CUT TO:

INT. KENSINGTON BUILDING - NIGHT

The Well-Manicured Man is admitted by a Valet. The

interior has the well-heeled look of money, or a finely

appointed residence that no one lives in. The Valet

takes the W.M.M.'s coat.

WELL-MANICURED MAN

Has Strughold arrived?

VALET:

They're in the library.

He leads the W.M.M. down a hall, to:

INT. LARGE STATELY LIBRARY - NIGHT

A GROUP OF MEN are standing, looking at something on a

TV monitor. A surveillance video. They turn when the

W.M.M. enters. CAMERA FAVORING A SMALL LEAN MAN with

close-cropped hair.

He is at once elegant and imposing with eyes that hold

you with laser-like acuity. He is CONRAD STRUGHOLD.

The others are of various ethnicities, tailored and

dignified. This might be a collection of U.N. delegates.

Indeed some are.

Their business here, however, doesn't represent anyone's

interests but their own. As tipped by the attendance of

a GROUP ELDER from the U.S. who we've come to know.

But, more importantly, by the Cigarette Smoking Man who

holds the VCR remote. He pauses the picture.

STRUGHOLD:

We began to worry. Some of us have

traveled so far, and you are the last

to arrive.

WELL-MANICURED MAN

I'm sorry. My grandson fell and broke

his leg.

The non-response to this has the same effect as a

reprimand. But the W.M.M. will not apologize of kowtow.

STRUGHOLD:

While we've been made to wait, we've

watched surveillance tapes which have

raised more concerns.

The Well-Manicured Man glances to the TV, sees the

frame paused.

HIS POV OF TV MONITOR

Where Mulder and Scully's faces are seen in a hallway

that we recognize as the Bethesda Naval Hospital.

RESUME WELL-MANICURED MAN

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