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Diana looks back towards the island, her whole world

until now.

45 EXT. SHORELINE (THEMYSCIRA) - NIGHT 45

Menalippe approaches, joining Hippolyta's side.

MENALIPPE:

Should you have told her?

HIPPOLYTA:

The more she knows, the faster he

will find her.

46 EXT. THEMYSCIRAN SAILING VESSEL (AEGEAN SEA) - NIGHT 46

A BREEZE moves through Diana's hair as she takes a

breath, watching the island drift away, and in a SUDDEN

FLICKER of fog -- it is gone. Bittersweet. She eyes

Steve at the TILLER. He looks at his WATCH, still

ticking, then pockets it.

DIANA:

How long until we reach the war?

STEVE:

The war? Well, which part? The

Eastern Front in France is 400

miles long -- from the Alps to the

Atlantic. Then there's the

Dolomites in Italy, Turks in

Arabia -- there used to be a

Russian Front but they quit last

year so they could kill the Tzar

and have a revolution.

DIANA:

Where the fighting is the most

intense then. If you take me

there, I am sure I will find who

I'm looking for.

STEVE:

Who's that?

DIANA:

Ares.

STEVE:

Ares? As in the God of War?

(CONTINUED)

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DIANA:

The God of War is our

responsibility. Only an Amazon

can defeat him. With this.

Diana points the SWORD at Steve, he holds his hands up.

DIANA:

And once I do, the war will end.

Steve gently pushes the sword away from him. He would

normally refute this outright, but after all he's seen

today, he's turned upside down --

STEVE:

Look, Princess, I like your

spirit, and maybe you know

something I don't, but this war is

so sprawling, there's nothing the

two of us can do about it. But we

can try to get to the men who can.

DIANA:

You're looking at the person who

can. And after I find and destroy

Ares, the German armies will be

freed from his influence -- and

they will be good men again.

STEVE:

(as she's nuts)

I'm starting to understand why

your mother didn't want you to

leave.

(beat)

How much do you really know about

the rest of the world?

DIANA:

The world of men? I know all

there is to know about them --

from the great books.

Steve can't tell whether she's joking or not.

STEVE:

The great books. Those books

explain why there are no men on

that island? Or kids?

DIANA:

I was raised on the island.

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STEVE:

Just you?

(off her nod)

Sheltered upbringing.

DIANA:

My mother sculpted me from clay.

I was brought to life by Zeus.

STEVE:

Oh. Well, that's not how babies

are made where I come from.

Diana turns to Steve, moving closer. The tension between

them palpable. Diana gets close --

DIANA:

You refer to reproductive biology.

STEVE:

I refer to more than that.

DIANA:

Ah. The pleasures of the flesh.

Steve gets closer.

STEVE:

(pleasantly

surprised)

You know about that?

DIANA:

Of course. I've read all twelve

volumes of Clio's Treatises on

Bodily Pleasure.

STEVE:

All twelve, huh?

(off her nod)

You bring any of them with you?

Steve moves closer to Diana. She grins --

DIANA:

You would not enjoy them. They

came to the conclusion that men

are essential for procreation, but

when it comes to pleasure...

unnecessary.

Steve gives Diana a look that seems to suggest he'd

challenge that. Diana takes that look in for a split

second, then turns away, self-conscious. Steve does the

same. And they sail on...

40.

47 EXT. HANGAR (BELGIUM) - DR. MARU'S LABORATORY - DAY 47

GENERAL LUDENDORFF marches toward a HANGAR that's become

Dr. Maru's new FACTORY. He's followed by a CAPTAIN and

his GUARDS. Ludendorff does not look happy, despite the

hustle and bustle of workers.

LUDENDORFF:

How long until we are operational?

CAPTAIN:

Two days, sir.

LUDENDORFF:

You have until tonight, Captain.

CAPTAIN:

Sir, the men have had no food. No

sleep.

LUDENDORFF:

Do you think I've had food or

rest, Captain? Do you hear me

making excuses? Your men are

weak. Complacent. You've spoiled

them. You've let them forget that

an attack can come at any time --

from any quarter -- so let's you

and I remind them, shall we?

Ludendorff SHOOTS the Captain, making an example of him.

His body THUDS to the ground.

48 INT. HANGAR - DR. MARU'S LABORATORY - CONTINUOUS ACTION 48

Ludendorff walks into Maru's new lab in mid-construction.

BARRELS of CHEMICALS and EQUIPMENT line the hangar.

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