Xenophobia

First pages of the screenplay

 “XENOPHOBIA”



FADE IN:



EXT. ROLLING HILLS AND PLAINS - daWN

The first rays of sunlight permeate the cloud cover.


As the plains reveal a SMALL HOUSE by a LAKE, a larger structure is seen on the horizon, a COLONY and ATMOSPHERE PROCESSOR.

ext. lakeside

WILLIAM VIDMAR sits at the lake side, deep in thought. TIGHT ON his hand as it cups the sand.


VIDMAR

(Voice Over)

I wish I could stay there forever, in stasis. But we all have dreams…


FLASH CUT


A WOMAN looks frantically around in a padded room.


VIDMAR

(V.O.)

We all have nightmares.


VIDMAR closes his eyes and inhales through his nose.


The WOMAN thrashes, BEATING the walls.


VIDMAR opens his hand and the sand slips through.


The WOMAN screams, grabbing her head with her hands.


CUT TO:

INT. starship corridors

His EYES flicker open. 


VIDMAR

And you've always gotta wake up and face the music.



An ambience fills the SHIP.

There is no gravity, objects float freely among the wreckage and catastrophe. An event of absolute chaos occurred here at some point in the past.


In different parts of the ship, eerie ambient sounds snake through the ear, and VIDMAR narrates his surreal final thoughts …as his inevitable demise draws near.


VIDMAR

(V.O.)

It all came back to me, slowly, in the back of my head, along with the pain. The rest of the crew, those that had survived …we had a job to do, and eventually, we'd have to face it.


VIDMAR floats haplessly in the darkness.


VIDMAR

(V.O.)

It will never stop. The only thing we can hope is that somehow we can beat it… and we still don’t even understand what we’re dealing with.


BLACK


A backdrop of stars, a planet's horizon comes into view, GATEWAY STATION in the fg.


SUPERIMPOSE: GATEWAY - JULY 30, 2179 A.D.

INT. GATEWAY R & D, Laboratories - Corridors

A MAN in a suit makes his way down a corridor, the back of his head blocks anything that can be seen directly in front of him as he greets fellow company men and scientists. 


The scientists observe a tube, obscuring its contents. As they break the spell-like hold this marvel had over them earlier, the vessel is sealed in a metal container.


PAN TO – Gateway Station, MARINE DROPSHIPS fly by inbound for the station's cargo bay, escorting a much LARGER SHIP.

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