PRELUDE TO ATHENA: HONOUR TO END

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: HONOUR TO END ALEX BAMFORD WE START OFF WITH A BLACK SCREEN HEARING SWORDS CLANGING TOGETHER AND BOTH JACK AND HARAKA GRUNTING AND YELLING AS THEY ATTACK EACH OTHER. CUT TO: EXT-SNOWY MOUNTAIN-DAY. JACKS SWORD CLASHES WITH HARAKAS. IT’S A FIERCE, FAST AND FURIOUS FIGHT. HARAKA COUNTERS ONE OF JACKS ATTACKS AND SENDS HIS OPPONENT SWORD OUT OF HIS HANDS, AGAIN. HOWEVER JACK DEPLOYS TWO SWORDS FROM HIS GAUNTLETS. AFTER SOME MORE FIGHTING, BOTH LOCK THEIR WEAPONS. HARAKA: STRUGGLING Your death was foreseen for years. What was it they wrote? The weak shall perish! JACK: SMIRKING AND STRUGGLING Haraka, did your Mother never tell you not to believe everything you're told? BOTH CONTINUE TO FIGHT. CONNECTING BLADES. BOTH TRYING TO ACHIEVE A KILLING BLOW. CUT TO: EXT-NORTH DORIS PRIME-DAY THE AMELIA FLIES THROUGH A STORM TRYING TO GET TO JACKS LOCATION. CUT TO: INT- AMELIA COCKPIT. THE RENEGADES ARE KNOCKED BACK BY A LIGHTNING STRIKE BUT QUICKLY RECOMPOSE AND CONTINUE ON THERE TASK. BELLE: SARCASTICALLY I thought you said we could get there quickly as we’re on a bloody spacecraft? LUCY: POINTS OUT THE WINDOW Unfortunately that doesn't seem to apply when we're in a storm! SHE CHUCKLES. IN THE BACK, ROLAND IS BENT OVER TRYING NOT TO THROW UP. MISSOURI TEASES HIM. MISSOURI: Fun flight isn’t it? ROLAND: MEETS HER GAZE, THROWS UP IN CORNER, WIPES MOUTH If I wasn't trying so hard to keep it down, I'd beat you up! THE PAIR LAUGH, AS THEY KNOW R IS ONLY JOKING! EVE: You two and your banter! Wait, you are joking right?! ROLAND and LUCY LOOK AT HER AND LAUGH, THEY ALL KNOW THE PAIR ARE KIDDING ROLAND STOPS LAUGHNG AND CLENCHES HIS GUT, RUNNING TO THE CORNER AGAIN.... SANDRA IS BOUNCING BETWEEN TWO CONSOLES TRYING TO SEARCH FOR JACK. ONE CONSOLE BLEEPS AND SHE TURNS TO IT AND TURN BACK TO BELLE AND LUCY. SANDRA: Guy's, YES!! I’ve found him. BELLE: (to Lucy) Brilliant, full steam ahead. CUT TO: EXT-SNOWY MOUNTAIN-DAY. THE TWO OPPONENT CONTINUE THEIR FIGHT TO THE DEATH. ONE JACK’S ATTACKS MISSES HARAKA AND HE’S PUNCHED IN THE FACE. WHILE DASED HE IS THEN KICKED BACK. HE RETRACTS HIS BLADES AND THEN CHARGES AT HARAKA. HE THEN ACTIVATES HIS FLIGHT MODE AND FLIES AT HARAKA WHO SHOOTING HIM WITH A PULSE PISTOL. HE COLLIDES WITH HARAKA SENDING HIM OVER THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF. AS HIS OPPONENT FALLS TO THE GROUND, JACK FLIES UP THEN FALLS AND PUSHES HIM DOWN TO THE GROUND CAUSING A DUST CLOUD TO APPEAR. A SPINNING BLADE APPEARS FROM JACK’S LEG AND MOVES TOWARDS HARAKA’S HEAD. HOWEVER HARAKA GRABS JACK BY THE FACE AND THROWS HIM. JACK LANDS AND CHARGES AT HIS OPPONENT AND JUST WHALES ON HIM. PUNCHING HARAKA , DODGING HIS ATTACKS. HE GOES FOR DEADLY AND BRUTAL HEAD AND BODY HITS. AND THEN FINISHES HARAKA WITH ONE SWIFT RIGHT HOOK, SENDING HARAKA FLYING BACK AND SKIDDING ALONG THE FLOOR TO A STOP. HARAKA LAYS ON THE GROUND, EXHAUSTED AND BEATEN, STRUGGLES TO GET UP AND SEE’S JACK WALKING TOWARDS HIM. JACK EXTENDS ONE OF HIS WRIST SWORDS AND PLACE A FOOT ON HARAKA’S CHEST, KEEPING HIS OPPONENT DOWN. HARAKA: No. My destiny. This is not how it’s suppose to end. JACK: On the contrary Haraka. (raises his sword) I couldn’t have allowed this to end otherwise. WITH A LIGHTNING STRIKE BEHIND THEM, JACK DROPS HIS SWORD TO KILL HARAKA. HOWEVER TO THE SHOCK OF JACK, HARAKA STOPPED HIS FINAL STRIKE HOLDING HIS SWORD BETWEEN HIS HANDS. HE PUSHES HIMSELF UP, STILL HOLDING THE WRIST SWORD. JACK STRUGGLES TO REMOVE HIS SWORD FROM HARAKA GRASP. HARAKA THEN SNAPS THE SWORD CLEAN OFF THE GAUNTLET AND UPPERCUTS JACK. HARAKA: What was that you were saying Jack? (Reveals to be holding Jack’s sword which his opponent lost earlier) You couldn’t have allowed this to end otherwise? Ha! I laugh at you Jack, for where you have you heart set on this, albeit, pathetic concept of hope, your head lack's the rather crucial concept of reality and sensibility. I also have wisdom over your youth, and wisdom my friend, wins every time. JACK’S FURY RISES. HE TAKES A SWING AT HARAKA WHO DODGES THEN RAMS JACKS SWORD THROUGH HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. THIS COMPLETELY SHOCKS JACK. IT’S HIS FIRST TIME BEING IMPALED. IT’S NOW HARAKA’S TURN TO WHALE ON JACK. AFTER SEVERELY BEATING BACK JACK, HE THEN UPPERCUTS JACK, AGAIN, WHICHS SEND HIM FLYING IN AIR AND INTO THE MOUNTAIN SIDE. HE IS NOW STUCK INTO THE WALL. UP IN THE SKY THE AMELIA FLYS IN AS HARAKA WALKS UP TO HIS OPPONENT. CUT TO: INT-AMELIA COCKPIT BELLE SEE’S HER BOYFRIEND ABOUT TO MEET HIS MATCH. SHE RACES UP FROM HER CHAIR AND HEADS FOR THE EXIT. BELLE: SHIT!! ROL, MISSOURI!! BOTH FOLLOW THE SECOND IN COMMAND. CUT TO: EXT-SNOWY MOUNTAIN-DAY HARAKA CONTINUES TO WALK TOWARDS THE HELPLESS JACK, WHO IS STRUGGLING TO FREE HIMSELF FROM THE ROCK FACE. HE THEN SLAMS JACK’S FACE INTO THE ROCK FACE WITH HIS HAND WHILE PUSHING ON THE SWORD WITH HIS KNEE CAUSING JACK TO GROAN IN PAIN. HARAKA: Remember the threat I gave you about what I would do to your sister when I find her? (he gets right in Jack’s face) Well, you'll be glad to know, as a man who keeps his word, I swear to you, I'll keep mine. She's a dead girl walking, Jack. Ha!! AMELIA FLIES OVER THE BOTH OF THEM AND SWINGS AROUND REVEALING THE REAR HATCH OPEN AND ROLAND WITH A MINI GUN WHO OPENS FIRE ON HARAKA KNOCKING HIM BACK. BELLE AND MISSOURI BOTH JUMP OUT. BELLE OPENS FIRE WITH JACKS SHIELD CANNON WHILE MISSOURI HELPS JACK. MISSOURI: GOING TO REMOVE THE SWORD You’ve seen better days. JACK: STRUGGLING TO KEEP CONCIOUS DON'T! …. Leave it in.... It'll sever the tendons and I'll lose pints of blood if you pull it out.. SHE KNEELS DOWN TO JACK, PULLING A SLEEVE OFF OF HER SHIRT AND WRAPPING IT AROUND THE WOUND TO TRY TO STOP THE BLEEDING. JACK: Thank you. What rounds are the using? MISSOURI: Concussion. (turns to see Belle and now Roland shooting at Haraka who is shooting back) Are you sure you still want him as your kill? In your condition? THE TWO RENEGADES POUND HARAKA WITH ROUND AFTER ROUND AFTER ROUND FROM THEIR WEAPONS. HARAKA THEN TURNS HIS WEAPON TO THE GROUND BETWEEN BELLE AND ROLAND AND FIRES AN EXPLOSIVE ROUND CAUSING THE RENEGADES TO FLY THROUGH THE AIR. ROLAND IS TRAPPED UNDER RUBBLE WHILE BELLE RECOMPOSES HERSELF AND CONTINUES TO FIGHT. AFTER SEVERAL CUTS OF THE FIGHT BETWEEN BELLE AND HARAKA AND MISSOURI ATTEMPTING TO FREE JACK FROM THE ROCK FACE, JACK IS PULLED FREE AND WHALES ON HARAKA. IT'S ROUNDHOUSE AFTER ROUNDHOUSE KICK, HIS RIGHT ARM DISABLED FOR THE FIGHT. ROLAND BREAKS FREE AND SEE’S THAT JACK HAS FORCED HIS OPPONENT BACK TO THE EDGE OF THE CLIFF, WITH A VERY BIG DROP. ROLAND: Jack! HE CHUCKS JACK AL’S SNIPER RIFLE WHO CATCHES IT AND WITH ONE HAND, POINTS IT AT HARAKA. JACK: Haraka! You have failed this galaxy! And my hope is what's gonna save it. HE FIRES THE RIFLE WHICH HITS HIS OPPONENT IN THE CHEST AND SENDS TUMBLING OVER THE EDGE AND THROUGH THE CLOUDS. THE KICK BACK OF THE RIFLE SLAMMED IT INTO JACKS SOLDIER, DISLOCATING IT AND THROWING HIM TO THE GROUND. ROLAND, MISSOURI AND BELLE RUSH TO HIS SIDE. BELLE: JACK! Baby? You ok? JACK: (groaning in pain) Well it’s the same shoulder that got impaled through earlier and now it’s dislocated. In other words yeah i’m ok. You got any ice though? MISSOURI: LAUGHING We clearly all carry pocketful’s of the stuff! ROLAND STARTS TO LAUGH AND THE OTHERS FOLLOW SUITE AS AMELIA LANDS TO PICK THEM UP. WE PULL BACK FROM THIS WITH A BIRDS EYE VIEW SHOT. FADE TO: INT-EMERALD CITY CHURCH-NIGHT (Note: no dialogue is heard only the music is heard in this scene) AL’S BODY LAYS IN A COFFIN READY FOR BURIAL. THE CREW ARE ALL HERE AS IS MEMBERS OF THE CITY, JACKS ARM IS IN A SLING. THE PRINCESS IS GIVING THE EULOGY WHILE EVERYONE LISTENS. WE PULL BACK TO REVEAL MORE COFFINS READY FOR AN HONOURABLE BURIALS. AS THE PRINCESS FINISHES HER EULOGY, JACK LOOKS UP. PRINCESS: Honour and hope to the end. THE CAMERA IS ON JACK BUT EVERYONE IS HEARD REPEATING THE LAST WORDS SAID. ALL: Honour and hope to the end. FADE TO: EXT-AMELIA IN SPACE. THE AMELIA FLIES THROUGH OPEN SPACE. IT’S DESTINATION UNKNOWN. FADE TO: INT-AMELIA COCKPIT JACK IS LEANT AGAINST ONE OF THE REAR CONSOLES WHILE THE REST GATHER ROUND HIM. JACK: Y'all got on this boat for different reasons. You all came because I offered you an adventure. You’ve all gone from just being crew members to being my new family. (Looks at Belle) And some more. (He taps a console and the blue light from episode 1 reappears this time showing a young girl) This is Daisy. She’s my sister. 5 years ago someone tried to kill her. I hid her on Earth to keep her safe. As of eighteen months ago she has gone missing and i can’t find her. The reason i hid her was because she is part of The Prophecy of the Knights of the Olympus. The Prophecy of the Knights of the Olympus says that Athena will rise in the form of a young girl born not of terra and unite the galaxy. Daisy is that girl. However my mother has gone all Henry the Eighth on me and thinks it’s actually her who is the reincarnation of Athena. She is the one who ordered the hit on her and is now heading to Earth to kill her and remove the competition. (He switches off the console) I had Meredith stay on Earth after your raid to find her. He is to let me know as soon as he has relative location on her. I plan to find her and stop my mother. Kill her if I have to. I know this sounds crazy and i’m asking a lot of you, but in return I'm offering you another adventure, if you can call it that! I need you guys to help me find her. I can't guarantee your safety, I can't guarantee we'll all return to normality aftwerwards either. But I can guarantee another trip, with the best team in the galaxy, and friendship that'll last to the end. THE CREW LOOKS AT EACH OTHER. THEN ONE OF THE SCREENS BEHIND THEM FLASHES ON AND A MAN APPEARS ON THE SCREEN. HE’S MUCH OLDER THAN THE CREW. HE’S MID TO LATE 50’S. MEREDITH: Jack. I’ve found her. She’s in the United Kingdom. I don’t know where yet. More information to come when you get here. THE SCREEN SWITCHES OFF AND THE CREW TURN BACK TO LOOK AT THEIR LEADER. JACK: Well guys? BELLE: To paraphrase one of your favourite films. We aim to misbehave. JACK SMILES AND STANDS UP TALL. JACK: Well then. Let’s go to work. THE CREW GET UP AND ASSUME CONSOLES, READY TO HEAD FOR THEIR DESTINATION. JACK WATCHES ON LIKE A PROUD FATHER WITH BELLE HUGGING HIS LEFT ARM. JACK: Lucy, take us to Earth. CUT TO: EXT-AMELIA IN SPACE. THE SHIPS MAIN ENGINES POWER UP AND SHE FLIES INTO DEEP SPACE FOR HER NEW ADVENTURE. FADE OUT. THE RENEGADES WITH RETURN IN: ATHENA: RISE THE END

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR PART 2

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR PART 2 ALEX BAMFORD FADE IN: EXT-EMERALD CITY-DAY (Note: No dialogue is heard. Any sound effects are heavily muffled) WE SLOWLY FADE IN TO THE SOUND OF THREE SHOTS GOING OF AND WE THEN SEE AL ON THE FLOOR WITH A HUGE SCORCH MARK IN HIS CHEST UP TO HIS NECK. EVE AND BELLE SCRAMBLE TO AL. JACK HAS SUCCESSFULLY TACKLED HARAKA BUT STARES IN SHOCK AT AL’S STILL BODY. HARAKA RETREATS AS ROLAND SHOOTS AT HIM AND HE’S FOLLOWED BY SURVIVING MEMBERS OF HIS ARMY. THE RENEGADES CROWD AROUND AL AS HE HAS DIFFICULTY BREATHING. THE CAMERA IS NOW ABOVE AL LOOKING DOWN. FADE TO: EXT-PALACE HOSPITAL-NIGHT EVERYTHING EXCEPT AL FADES INTO A HOSPITAL ROOM WITH WIRES ATTACHED TO HIM. WITH EVE, SANDRA AND ROLAND SURROUNDING HIS BED WHILE JACK AND BELLE STAND AGAINST A WINDOW. THE PRINCESS ENTERS AND WALKS TO THE COUPLE. PRINCESS: How is he? JACK: Don’t know yet. He can barely breath. He has barely any lungs left. BELLE: What’s the casualty result? PRINCESS: Three hundred and seventy six out of twenty two hundred. Not as bad is people say. Though not acceptable at all. JACK: Any loss of life is not acceptable. HE WALKS AWAY AS HIS GIRLFRIEND AND THE PRINCESS LOOK ON CONCERNED AND UPSET. BOTH TURN TO LOOK BACK AT AL, STILL WHEEZING. CUT TO: SNOWY MOUNTAINS-NIGHT THE SEVEN REMAINING SURVIVORS OF HARAKA’S TEAM CRASH IN A FROZEN TUNNEL EXHAUSTED AS HARAKA STANDS AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE TUNNEL COMMUNICATING WITH THE MONARCH STILL ONBOARD HE SHIP. HARAKA: My battalion is massacred. My troops dwindled down to seven. And you sat on your ass while my men fought and died as your orders. CUT TO: MONARCH ROYAL SHIP BRIDGE-DAY THE MONARCH SHIP HAS REMAINED ABOVE THE CITY EVEN AFTER THE BATTLE. THE MONARCH WATCHES FROM THE WINDOW ON THE THE BRIDGE. MONARCH: I did nothing. You’re the one who screwed up your own plan. Caused your own loses. None of it’s my problem. HARAKA: (over comlink) You gave your blessing! CUT TO: SNOWY MOUNTAINS-NIGHT HARAKA: You’re no Monarch! You’re a fraud! You’re a slut for power! CUT TO: MONARCH ROYAL SHIP BRIDGE-DAY MONARCH: You’re insults are worse than a child first swear word. You failed in your assault. You’re an embarrassment to the Republic. SHE SNAPS HER FINGERS AND THE COMM LINE SWITCHES OFF. CUT TO: SNOWY MOUNTAINS-NIGHT HARAKA, NOW NOTICEABLY FURIOUS, CRUSHES THE COMMUNICATOR AND THROWS IT DOWN THE TUNNEL AND HIS SOLDIERS DUCK NOT TO BE HIT WITH THE DEBRIS. CUT TO: EXT-EMERALD CITY-DAY THE MONARCHS SHIP FLIES AWAY WITH THE SOUND OF A SONIC BOOM. CUT TO: EXT-HOSPITAL-DAY FROM THE HOSPITAL WINDOW, JACK SEE’S HIS MOTHER FLY AWAY. CUT TO: INT-HOSPITAL-DAY HE TURNS AWAY FROM THE WINDOW AND SEE’S BELLE RUNNING TOWARDS HIM. WHEN SHE MEETS HIM, SHE GIVES HER BOYFRIEND A SAD LOOK AND HE RETURNS WITH A “SHOW ME” LOOK. SHE PULLS HIM AWAY BY THE HAND. CUT TO: HOSPITAL ROOM. THE COUPLE ENTER WITH EACH MEMBER OF THE RENEGADES LOOKING SAD AND SOME IN TEARS. THE CAMERA PANS ROUND SHOWING THE HOSPITAL BED AND A WHITE SHEET COVERING A BODY. AL IS DEAD. JACK FACE TURNS FROM SAD TO ANGER. JACK: Son of a….. HE SWINGS HIS FIST ATTHE WALL CUT TO: INT-AMELIA COCKPIT. HIS SWING FINISHES AS HIS FIST AGAINST THE COCKPIT OF HIS “FAMILY’S” (THE RENEGADES) SHIP, DENTING THE WALL. JACK: (continued) BITCH!!!!!! THE CREW ARE SCATTERED AROUND THE COCKPIT PIT. STILL IN A BIT OF SHOCK AFTER AL’S DEATH. ROLAND: (to Jack) Why was the kid even in the area of your battle? BELLE: I ordered him there. Only to watch and not to engage. JACK: He went for my sword. Shot by my weapon. He’s dead because of me. SANDRA: If we weren’t all busy defending the city…… ROLAND: (to Belle) What do you mean you ordered him there? BELLE: I thought it was best, Rol. Sometims you gotta do what you gotta do. It was a split second decision. ROLLAND: Well your split second decision may just be the reason for all these casualties. Everyone looks at Rolland and Belle in shock, they have never seen cracks like these appear amongst the group until now. BELLE: You better watch what your saying, wouldn't want you to overstep the line there, Rolland. Belle square's up to Rolland. JACK: Guys! For Christ's sake. Look around you. Do you really think petty blaming games are appropriate here? Do you really think that singling someone out and shaming them for the, the mess out there is gonna solve anything? Belle and Rolland look sheepishly at each other, and Belle back's off a little. JACK: (put's one hand on Belle's shoulder, and the other on Rolland's shoulder) Right now, in this moment, we need to stick together. If not for our own sanity, for the hundreds of people that are fearing their lives out there. The hundreds of people who need their prayers answered. We cannot afford to fall apart when the world out there is falling apart around us. BELLE: Sorry Jack. Sorry guys.(Stick's her hand out to Rolland, who hesitates for a second, and then pulls her in for a hug) MISSOURI TAPS A CONSOLE TO GET EVERYONES ATTENTION. MISSOURI: Jack is right guys. His death is no ones fault. Haraka killed our friend. We need to take him out. THERE’S A PAUSE EVE: Does anyone know where he went after the battle? LUCY WALKS IN, HOLDING A PADD AND TRYING TO KEEP HERSELF TOGETHER. LUCY: He went north. Where? i don’t know. I’m running continuous scans. JACK: Then we take it in shifts. Lucy, you take first shift watching the sensor scans for the next 4 hours. I’ll be next. Everyone else get some shut eye. (takes Belle’s hand and they both walk out) It’s been long ass day. EVERYONE WATCHES THEIR LEADERS LEAVE THE COCKPIT, AND SLOWLY, ONE BY ONE FOLLOW. FADE TO: AMELIA COCKPIT LUCY IS LEANED BACK IN HER CHAIR WATCHING THE SCANS, FIGHTING TO STAY AWAKE. FADE TO: AMELIA MED BAY EVE IS GOING THROUGH MEDICAL EQUIPMENT, SPLITTING THEM DOWN FOR THE WOUNDED ON THE PLANET. SHE THEN BREAKS DOWN. FADE TO: AMELIA GYM BOTH ROLAND AND MISSOURI ARE WORKING OUT IN THE GYM. BOTH TRYING TO USE THE GYM TO PASS THE GRIEVING PERIOD. FADE TO: AMEILIA ENGINE ROOM. SANDRA IS WORKING ON THE ENGINES. JUST TO PASS THE TIME. FADE TO: AMELIA CREW QUARTERS. JACK SIT ON THE EDGE OF THE BED WITH BELLE FAST ASLEEP. HE GET’S AND WALKS OUT OF HIS QUARTERS, PUTTING ON HIS JACKET. CUT TO: AMELIA COCKPIT JACK WALKS IN TO SEE LUCY LEANT BACK IN HER CHAIR, ASLEEP. JACK: Hey Lucy! SHE THEN SNAPS AWAKE AND FALLS OFF HER CHAIR IN AN UNCEREMONIOUS BACKFLIP. SHE LANDS IN A HEAP CAUSING JACK TO LAUGH OUT LOUD. JACK: (pulling himself together) Anything on the scans? LUCY: (holding her back) No, nothing. Damn, that actually hurt. JACK: (chuckles) Go get some meds then get some sleep. My turn on watch. LUCY NODS AND WALKS OUT WITH JACK CHUCKLING AS SHE LEAVES. HE HEADS TO THE CONSOLE AND IMMEDIATELY IT STARTS BEEPING. THE SCANS HAVE FOUND HARAKA AND HIS TEAM. HE IMMEDIATELY GETS UP. CUT TO: AMELIA CREW QUARTERS. WE SEE FROM INSIDE A LOCKER JACK IS FULLY ARMOURED AND IS RUMMAGING THROUGH THE LOCKER AND EVENTUALLY FINDS WHAT HE’S LOOKING FOR AND HE TURNS BACK TO BELLE, STILL ASLEEP. HE KISSES HER ON THE HEAD. JACK: You know what to do. HE WALKS OUT OF FRAME AND BELLE GETS COMFORTABLE AGAIN. CUT TO: EXT-AMELIA-NIGHT OUTSIDE THE SHIP, THE “GIBSON” DISCONNECTS FROM “AMELIA” AND FLIES OFF. CUT TO: AMELIA COCKPIT LUCY WALKS BACK IN. LUCY: Hey Jack! You here? I forgot my coffee. SHE NOTICES THE SCAN AND “GIBSONS” LOCATION BROADCASTING BACK TO “AMELIA”. IT TAKES HER A SECOND TO REALISE WHATS HAPPENING. LUCY: Oh for fu…….. CUT TO: INT-ICE CAVE-DAY SIX OF HARAKA’S SOLDIERS ALL WALK AROIND THE TUNNEL MOVING EQUIPMENT FROM A CRASHED ROYAL DROPSHIP. SOLDIER 1: Finally! It’s warming up in here. SOLDIER 2: Hey guys, can someone explain to me how it can get 25 degrees C and still stay frozen up here? HEAVY FOOTSTEPS ARE HEARD AS ALL SOLDIERS TURN TO SEE JACK WALKING TOWARDS THEM. FULLY ARMOURED UP BUT SWORD STILL IN IT’S HOISTER. JACK: I have come for Haraka and him alone. (Draws two rifles. one in each hand) Stand down and be spared. ALL SIX SOLDIERS DRAW WEAPONS. HOWEVER BEFORE ANY FIRE A SHOT, THEY’RE BLASTED BACK AS JACK SHOOTS THREW THEM, DETERMINED TO GET TO HARAKA. CUT TO: SNOWY MOUNTAINS-DAY HARAKA STANDS ON THE CLIFF, LOOKING OUT OF THE SNOWY PLAIN. ONE OF HIS SOLDIERS, REGUMA, APPROACHES FROM BEHIND. REGUMA: So our almighty Monarch left us here? HARAKA: Yes. Leaving us here is my punishment for the failure of the battle. However the plan is to use the resources in the dropship to plan a counter attack. REGUMA: Why not use the dropship to leave and prove ourselves? HARAKA: Like when parents disown a child, we now on our own. JACK’S VOICE COMES OVER HARAKA’S AND REGUMA’S COMMS. JACK: (over comms) Haraka. I am here. CUT TO: INT-ICE CAVE-DAY JACK IS STANDING OVER ONE OF THE DEAD SOLDIERS, HOLDING SAID SOLDIERS WRIST AND USING THEIR COMM AND A RIFLE IN THE OTHER. JACK: (continued) At your location. Come and face me. CUT TO: SNOWY MOUNTAINS-DAY REGUMA IS SURPRISED THAT JACK IS HERE, THOUGH HARAKA IS NOT. REGUMA: How did he find he find us?! HARAKA: It doesn’t matter. (switches on his comm) Hear this! CUT TO: INT-ICE CAVE-DAY THE SOLDIERS LAY OUT DEAD ALONG THE TUNNEL FLOOR AND JACK JUST WALKS PAST THEM HEADING STRAIGHT FOR HIS OPPONENT. HARAKA’S VOICE IS HEARD THROUGH ALL THE COMMS. HARAKA: (continued, over comms) Anyone still alive who engages Jack Ledford, will answer to me. CUT TO: AMELIA CREW QUARTERS. EVERYONE IS CROWDED AROUND BELLE, SITTING ON THE BED, FULLY CLOTHED. ROLAND: He did what!!! BELLE: He’s a knight. He has an honour code to follow. He’s taking Al’s death as his responsibility as he was killed with his shield cannon. EVE: A weapon he didn’t take with him! SHE POINTS TO IT HANGING ON THE WALL. BELLE: I know. SANDRA: So what’s the plan? ROLAND: We need a good one. BELLE IMMEDIATLY LOOKS TO LUCY. BELLE: How fast can you get us north? LUCY: Very. We’re on a spacecraft remember. SHE TILTS HER HEAD AND SMIRKS. CUT TO: EXT-SNOWY MOUNTAINS-DAY ONE OF THE CLIFF FACES EXPLODES AND JACK WALKS OUT, LOOKING AT HARAKA. REGUMA CHARGES AT JACK WHO IS SHOT AND TUMBLES OFF THE MOUNTAINSIDE. JACK THEN THROWS THE BLASTER OFF THE SIDE. HARAKA: You’ve got balls coming here on your own Jack. Though you don’t know whether or not you’ll walk away from this. JACK: I hold no illusion of walking away alive from this battle Haraka. Though i will know I have avenged a friend. By removing your head. HE DRAWS HIS SWORD READY TO FIGHT. HARAKA JUST LAUGHS. HARAKA Highly unlikely, Ledford. As I am infused with years worth of training. JACK: Either I walk away from this., or you do. BOTH STAND READY TO COMBAT. HARAKA DRAWS HIS OWN SWORD AND CHARGES AT JACK AS HIS OPPONENT DOES THE SAME. BOTH CLASH AND FIGHT FURIOUSLY AND QUICK. HARAKA IS KNOCKED BACK AS JACK TRIES TO FINISH HIM. HE TAKES A SWING AT JACK AGAIN AND MISSES. THE CAMERA PANS UP AWAY FROM THE BATTLE TOWARDS THE SUN. THE WORDS “TO BE CONCLUDED” FADE IN OVER THE SUN. FADE OUT THE END PRELUDE TO ATHENA CONCLUDES IN: HONOUR TO THE END

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR PART 1

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR PART 1 ALEX BAMFORD FADE IN: EXT THE MONARCH’S ROYAL SHIP STILL HANGS ABOVE THE CITY AND THE FIGHTERS ARE STILL ATTACKING THE CITY. HARAKA’S TROOPS ARE MOVING THROUGH THE STREETS IN A DESTRUCTIVE PATTERN. ROYAL GUARDS POUR OUT OF THE PALACE AND TAKE OUT SEVERAL TROOPS BUT ARE WIPED OUT QUICKLY. SEVERAL HEAVY TROOPS LOAD ROCKET LAUNCHERS AND AIM AT THE PALACE. LEAD SOLDIER: Take aim and….. ONE OF THE SOLDIERS FALLS OVER DEAD AND ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. ALL SHOT. THEN VIA SLOW MOTION WE FOLLOW THE SMOKE TRAIL FROM A ROUND AND WE SEE AL WITH A GIANT SMIRK ON HIS FACE AL: Bullseye bitch. A GUN SUDDENLY APPEARS BEHIND HIM. SOLDIER: Up! Slowly! AL COMPLIES AND TURNS AROUND. HE NOTICES A RIPPLE BEHIND THE SOLDIER. AL: Took your time. THE SOLDIER LOOKS AT HIM CONFUSED. AL: (continued) Not you twit. THE SOLDIER TURNS AND IS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND UNCONSCIOUS BY THE RIPPLE WHICH TURNS OUT TO BE MISSOURI. MISSOURI: Let’s go. SHE PICKS AL UP AND SHE RUNS OFF THE BUILDING AS AL RUNS TO A NEW POSITION. THE CAMERA PANS UP REVEALING THE CITY. THE CITY IS IN FLAMES. MAINLY THE BUILDINGS ARE DESTROYED AND BODIES ARE LAYED OUT OVER THE STREETS. FIGHTERS COVER THE SKY, EITHER BOMBING THE CITY OR BEING A SHOT DOWN AS “AMELIA” FLIES OVER. CUT TO: STREET-EXT-DAY SOLDIERS ARE BEING CONSTANTLY KILLED AND KNOCKED DOWN BY EITHER ROYAL SOLDIERS OR THE RENEGADES. THE TEAM PULLING OFF KICKS, FLIPS AND GUN SHOTS TAKING EVERY ONE OF THE ENEMY BRIGADE. CUT TO: CITY SQUARE-EXT-DAY HARAKA WALKS INTO THE SQUARE WITH SEVERAL SQUADS OF SOLDIERS. HE’S ARMED TO THE TEETH WITH TWO SWORD AND MULTIPLE BLASTERS. HARAKA: Go! Move! Now! THE SOLDIERS MOVE OUT BUT ARE GUNNED DOWN. HARAKA NOT SURPRISED BY THIS TURNS AS A VOICE SHOUTS HIS NAME. VOICE: HARAKA! [Note: the following sequence contains the chorus of “Battle Cry” by Imagine Dragons playing. Cover of song better suited] JACK FLYS DOWN AT HIM, FULLY ARMOURED AND SHOOTING FROM HIS SHIELD. BOTH MEN DRAW THEIR SWORD AND CLASH. BEGINNING A FEIRCE AND DEADLY BATTLE WITH A MIXTURE OF CLASSIC SWORD FIGHTING AS WELL AS SO MARTIAL ARTS. EVENTUALLY JACK IS KICKED BACK BY HARAKA. HE USES HIS SWORD TO SLOW HIMSELF DOWN. HARAKA WALKS SLOWLY TOWARDS HIM. HARAKA: I’ve been looking forwards to this. HE WALKS TOWARDS JACK AS HIS OPPONENT STANDS UP. CUT TO: STREET-EXT-DAY SOLDIERS AND ROYAL GUARDS CONTINUE TO CLASH. MULTIPLE MEMBERS OF EACH FORCE ARE KILLED. BELLE, MISSOURI, EVE AND ROLAND CONTINUE TO FEND OFF ANY GROUND FORCES. EVE: Come on! MISSOURI Push forward! ONE SOLDIER COMES UP AND TACKLES ROLAND INTO A SEWER STREAM. CUT TO: SEWER-EXT-DAY IT’S DARK AND IT STINKS. ROLAND LANDS IN A HEAP AND LOOKS UP TO NOTICE A LITTLE GIRL HIDING IN THE SEWER. THREE SOLDIERS LAND AND MoVE TOWARDS THE GIRL. ROLAND: Kid! Look away! THE GIRL COMPLIES AND THE GUARDS TURN TO ROLAND. HE MOVES QUICKLY, SHOOTING TWO OF THE SOLDIERS AND KNOCKING THE THIRD ONE DOWN AND SNAPPING HIS SPINE OVER HIS LEG. THE GIRL LOOKS UP AT ROLAND. GIRL: Are you here to save us? ROLAND: Or die trying. HE RUNS OFF TO REJOIN THE BATTLE. CUT TO: EMERALD CITY SKY-DAY TWO ENEMY FIGHTER FLY DOWN, SHOOTING AT BUILDINGS AS THEY GO. THEY THEN SUDDENLY EXPLODE AND “AMELIA” FLYS AT THE SCREEN AND THE CAMERA SWINGS THROUGH INTO THE COCKPIT AND AND SPIN AROUND TO SEE LUCY PILOTING TO KEEP THE SHIP IN THE AIR AND SANDRA AT THE WEAPONS STATION. LUCY: On you’re left. SANDRA: You’re pointing in the wrong direction. Kind of makes it hard to shoot! LUCY: Kind of difficult with so many effing tall building! SHE THEN PULLS UP CAUSING SANDRA TO GIP HER SEAT. CUT TO: EMERALD CITY SKY-DAY “AMELIA” LOOPS AND SHOOTS DOWN THE FIGHTERS. CUT TO: AMELIA COCKPIT SANDRA CONTINUES TO GRAB HOLD OF HER SEAT AND LOOKS AS IF SHE’S HOLDING IN PUKE. SANDRA: Oh i’m gonna throw up on you or kill you when this is over. LUCY LAUGHS AT THAT STATEMENT CUT TO: STREET-EXT-DAY BELLE CUTS DOWN SEVERAL MORE SOLDIERS JUST AS AL SHOOT ONE ABOUT TO ATTACK HER COMES OVER THE COMM. AL (over comm): There are some still some civilians in the city, but they’re out of the danger zone. Jack looks to be having a bit of an issue with Haraka. BELLE: Watch but don’t engage. It’s Jack’s fight. AL (over comm): Understood. [Note: The following sequence will take us through the action in one extended shot.] 1. BELLE TAKES DOWN SEVERAL MORE SOLDIERS, GOING BACK TO BACK WITH MISSOURI AND EVE. 2. ROLAND ARRIVES SHOOTING UP MORE SOLDIERS THEN GRABS ONE BY THE HEAD AND THROWS HIM IN THE AIR 3. IN THE SKY, “AMELIA” FLYS OVER CONTINUING IT’S ONSLAUGHT ON ENEMY FIGHTS AND ATTACKS SEVERAL GROUND FORCES AS IT FLYS UP TOWARDS THE ROYAL SHIP AS ANOTHER FIGHTER EXPLODES. 4. AS THE DEBRIS FALLS ANOTHER SOLDIER GOES DOWN AS AL IS RUNNING ALONG ROOFTOPS TOWARDS JACK, WHO SHOOTS ANOTHER SOLDIER DOWN. AND ANOTHER. AND ANOTHER. 5. FINALLY WE GET TO JACK AND HARAKA’S FIGHT. BOTH ARE REALLY TAKING THE BEST SWINGS TO KILL THE OTHER. HARAKA SNATCHES AWAY HIS OPPONENTS SHIELD. CUT TO: CITY SQUARE-EXT-DAY AS THEIR FIGHT CONTINUES, HARAKA GAINS THE UPPER HAND, KNOCKING AWAY JACKS SWORD. AL ARRIVES AS JACK’S SWORD SLAMS INTO THE WALL BELOW HIM. HE TURNS TO SEE HARAKA SHOOTS JACK SQUARE IN THE CHEST WITH HIS OWN SHIELD CANNON HARAKA: I thought you would have put up more of a fight in order to survive. JACK GROWLS AT HIM. HE’S PISSED. AL SEE’S THIS AND DROPS HIS RIFLE IN ORDER TO PULL THE SWORD OUT FROM THE SWORD. HE STRUGGLES AS IT’S STUCK IN THERE GOOD AND PROPER. HARAKA STOPS AND POINT THE SHIELD CANNON AT JACK’S FACE. HARAKA: To bad you’ll never get to see if she’s still alive. If she is alive, I’ll make sure I rock her world with the news of your demise. JACK DOESN’T LOOK AWAY FROM HIS PROBABLE KILLER. AL RIPS THE SWORD FROM THE WALL AND LEAPS AT HARAKA JUST AS BELLE, MISSOURI, EVE AND ROLAND ARRIVE. HARAKA SEE’S AL LEAPING AND TURNS THE CANNON ON THIS NEW ANNOYANCE. JACK GETS UP, INTENDING TO TACKLE HARAKA. CUT TO: BLACK THREE SHOT’S ARE HEARD AND EVE’S SCREAMING ONE WORD. EVE (VOICE): NO!!! CUT TO: TITLE CARD THE WORDS “TO BE CONTINUED” COME TOWARD THE SCREEN SIMILAR TO THE “GOTHAM” TITLE CARD. THE END PRELUDE TO ATHENA CONTINUES IN: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR PART 2

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: A FAMILY REUNITES

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: A FAMILY REUNITES ALEX BAMFORD FADE IN: INT A STAR CHART IS SEEN WITH MULTIPLE PLANETS DOTTED ACROSS THE SCREEN. ONE PLANET IS BLINKING REPEATEDLY. AN OUTSTRETCHED FINGER POINTS AT THE PLANET. CAMERA PANS REVEAL HARAKA IN FULL BATTLE ARMOUR AND THE MONARCH IN THE BACKGROUND ON A RAISED THRONE WITH HONOURED GUARDS TO EITHER SIDE OF THE THRONE. HARAKA: He’s there. MONARCH: How sure are you? HARAKA: I'm a man of my word. Give me the order and I can have a battalion find The Knight and bring him to you. THE MONARCH RISES FROM HER CHAIR AND MOVES SWIFTLY TO HARAKA GETTING RIGHT IN HIS FACE. MONARCH: No. I have a better idea. The people of that planet adore him. Attack the capital. Teach him a lesson. Make him realise he should never have gotten the innocents involved in a war they weren't originally not a part of. HARAKA SMIRKS AND WALKS OFF. HARAKA: With pleasure. THE MONARCH CONTINUES TO LOOK AT THE STAR CHART. SHE REACHES INTO HER ROBE, PULLING OUT A BEJEWLLED DAGGER, AND WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT THE STAR CHARTED SCREEN, SHE PLUNGES IT INTO THE DORRIS PRIME ICON. MONARCH: Helm. You know our course. Head for Dorris Prime. CUT TO BLACK. FADE IN: AN EARTH-LIKE PLANET. THE CAMERA FLYS OVER TREE AND THROUGH BUSHES REVEALING A CITY. POPULATED AND LIVELY. A GIANT PALACE SHADOWS THE CITY IN A FRIENDLY, PROTECTIVE LIGHT. THIS IS THE CAPITAL OF DORRIS PRIME, EMERALD. CUT TO: THE CITY. PEOPLE GO ABOUT THEIR DAILY BUSINESS/ROUTINE. PEOPLE ARE CHATTING, SHOPPING ETC. A SONIC BOOM IS HEARD AND THEY ALL LOOK UP IN CONFUSION AND CURIOSITY. AMELIA IS SEEN. SHE SWING OVER THE CITY AND THE CROWD CHEERS. FADE TO: AMELIA EXT AMELIA HAS LANDED. HER EXTERIOR RAMP OPENS AND JACK AND LUCY WALK OUT (BOTH WEAR THE CIVILIAN CLOTHING WORN IN “PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE KNIGHT” BUT WITH JACK WEARING A BLACK DOG TAG AND LUCY A BLUE). THEY BOTH WALK TOWARDS THE PALACE. LUCY: I love coming here. JACK: I’ll second that. LUCY: (slightly confused) But why are we here? JACK: We need to lay low for a while, Mother dear and Haraka will be harbouring a grudge after what we pulled off. Call it, damage control! LUCY: Fair enough. Your Mother has always been one for an argument. She's like a dog with a bone. THEY LAUGH, WALKING UP TO A FLIGHT OF STAIRS THAT LEAD UP TO THE MAIN GATE. TWO GUARDS STAND AND WATCH THEM APPROACH. JACK: SLIGHTLY SHEEPISH Are we all still up for drinks later? LUCY: Of course we are. You don't need to tread on egg shells around us you know! JACK: I know, I know. I'm just aware that I’ve been hard on you all as of late. Unfortunately it’s the stress. LUCY: THE PAIR STOP Look, Jack, we all knew what this adventure of yours was going to be like when we agreed to go with you. Pressure, sleepless nights, full on war. We're not holding anything against you, and never would. SAID COMMINALLY. JACK: SMILING You really are the best guys, I know you wouldn't, I just feel ba… LUCY: SARCASTICALLY, BUT IN A FUN LOVING-KIND OF WAY! Awful, depressed, like you're the worst person in the entire universe?! BOTH SMILE AT EACHOTHER AFTER THE BANTER, THEY CARRY ON WALKING. JACK: TENDERLY Very funny Luce, I am sorry though. I just want to find her. LUCY PLACES A HAND ON JACKS ARM. LUCY: (SYMPATHETICALLY) It’s fine. I understand. SHE PULLS HIM CLOSERS FOR A FRIENDLY HUG Just take your anger out on the punch bag and not the bulkhead next time. I’m getting sick of fixing up you’re hand. JACK: I’ll try. THEY CONTINUE TO THE DOOR AND APPROACH THE GUARDS. JACK SPEAKS TO THEM IN A PROUD, NOBLE VOICE. THE FIRST GUARD DOES THE SAME. JACK: The Princess requested our presence in the great hall. Let us past. GUARD 1: We will, when you wearing the appropriate attire. JACK COCKS HIS HEAD TO THE SIDE AND HE RETURNS HIS VOICE TO NORMAL. JACK: Does that mean I have to pull my trousers down again. ALL FOUR BURST OUT INTO LAUGHTER AND A LOUD ONE. GUARD 2: You know what we mean Jack. JACK NODS AND SIGHS. JACK: That we do mate. That we most certainly do. A GRIN MOUNTS JACKS FACE AS HE LOOKS AT LUCY. SHE NODS. BOTH CLENCH THEIR FISTS AND FLEX THEIR ARMS AND THEIR INDIVIDUAL ARMOURS UNFOLDS FROM THEIR DOG TAGS. IT MOULDS ROUND THEIR BODIES TO FIT. JACK’S ARMOUR REMAINS THE SAME WHILE LUCY SPORTS COPPER AND BLACK ARMOUR. BOTH GUARDS CHUCKLE AND LET THEM IN. THE HALL IS GRAND, LARGE AND VERY BRIGHT. WHITE LIGHTS AND GOLD PILLARS BEING THE MAIN SOURCE OF THE SHINE. GUARDS STAND AT EACH PILLAR. AT THE FAR END OF THE ROOM SITS A GOLD STONE THRONE AND A YOUNG GIRL. BLACK HAIR AND BRIGHT, KIND GREEN EYES SITS ON SAID THRONE WATCHING JACK AND LUCY APPROACH HER. AS THEY REACH THE THRONE, BOTH JACK AND LUCY DROP TO ONE KNEE. JACK: (SPEAKING LOUDLY AND PROUDLY) Noble and mighty Princess of Dorris Prime. We request temporary asylum from our enemies. Shelter from those who hunt us. A place to rest for several days. PRINCESS: (WITH NO ENTHUSIASM) And I accept your request for asylum…..yada, yada, yada…….. RISES FROM THE THRONE AND LAUGHS Stand up Jack and give me a hug you numpty. JACK LOOKS UP AND SMILES AND OBLIGES. JACK: How have you been, your highness? PRINCESS: Good. Politics still bore me. But it’s the people I care more about. JACK: I can see that. I Prefer that. LOOKS AROUND. Have my guys arrived yet? PRINCESS: They arrived 2 days ago. They’re in the south hall. JACK: Thank you. JACK AND LUCY BOW AND LEAVE VIA AN OPEN DOOR. CUT TO: SOUTH HALL. IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE THRONE ROOM MINUS THE PILLARS AND THRONE INSTEAD FULL OF TABLES WITH ROLAND, MISSOURI, EVE, SANDRA AND AL SCATTERED AROUND THE ROOM. JACK AND LUCY WALK IN, LUCY BACK IN CIVILIAN CLOTHES, AND EVERYONE BUT MISSOURI WALKS TOWARDS THEM. HAPPY TO SEE THEM. ROLAND: Well aren’t you guys a site for sore eyes. EVERYONE GOES ROUND EXCHANGING HUGS AND CHEERY HELLO’S. JACK SEE’S MISSOURI SITTING BY HERSELF WITH A GLUM AND UNHAPPY LOOK ON HER FACE. JACK: (SO ONLY ROLAND CAN HEAR) What's up with Missy? ROLAND: During our raid, Al killed a soldier we almost convinced to join us. (JACK AND ROLAND LOOK DIRECTLY AT AL, WHO IS LOOKING VERY APOLOGETIC.) She found a picture in the soldiers jacket that had him hugging his wife and daughter. She's just finding it hard to process that the daughter is without a dad, an unfortunate thing that connects them now. JACK: Christ. Have we located the daughter? ROLA ND: Yeah. She’s with her Aunt on Horatio Station. JACK: (NODS) As soon as we can, We’ll head there and give our condolences. HE WALKS OVER TO MISSOURI. SHE LOOKS UP AT HIM WITH TEARS POURING DOWN HER FACE. MISSOURI: (TRYING TO KEEP IT TOGETHER) Why? Why is it always the innocents who are affected. JACK: (TAKES HER HAND) Why is it the ones one who want to live the most, who deserves life the most die, and the ones who don’t deserve to live continue their lives? It’s the gamble of life. MISSOURI BURYS HER FACE INTO JACKS CHEST PLATE AND BEGINS TO CRY. JACK HOLDS HER. THEN GIVES HER A LOOK OF “YOU GONNA BE OK” AND SHE NODS. HE LETS HER GO AND SHE JOINS THE OTHERS. EVERYONE BUT AL COMFORTS HER AND THEY START TO CONVERSE. AL GOES TO LEAVE, WALKING PAST JACK WHO STOPS HIM WITH A HAND ON HIS CHEST. JACK: (CALM) I was like you once so i can sympathise with how you feel. I know you’re trying to prove yourself. Make yourself a valued member of the team. Of this family. You are doing that. But stunts like what you did harm your chances. Remember that the next time you’re in that situations. AL NODS. JACK RETURNS WITH A PAT ON THE SHOULDER. THEY BOTH LEAVE ONE AT A TIME. CUT TO: JACKS BEDROOM. STANDARD PALACE BEDROOM. NOTHING TO GLAMORISE. HE WALKS TO A TABLE AND HEARS CRASHING BEHIND HIM. HE DRAWS HIS SWORD. A SHADOW FALLS ON HIM WIDE AND THREATENING. HIS MOUTH GAURD EXTENDS AND SWINGS HIS SWORD WHICH MEETS ANOTHER SWORD. HE TILTS HIS HEAD IN A NOT SO SURPRISED MANNER. JACK: Living a fantasy are we? CAMERA PANS ROUND REVEALING BELLE IN A RED AND GOLD FRENCH BALL GOWN. BELLE: Maybe. Scare ya? JACK LOWERS HIS SWORD AND LAYS IT ON THE TABLE BEHIND HIM. BELLE DROPS HER SWORD AND BOTH STARE AT EACH OTHER FOR SEVERAL SECONDS THEN EMBRACE IN A COUPLE-LIKE HUG WITH JACK SPINNING HER AROUND. SHE THEN PULLS A BOTTLE OF FIZZ FROM UNDERNEATH HER BALL GOWN BELLE: I brought the fun! JACK: Not cheap I’m guessing. JACK SMILES WHILE BELLE GIGGLES. CUT TO: SOUTH HALL. EVERYONE LEFT IN THE HALL IS AROUND A TABLE. MISSOURI HAS MANAGED TO KEEP HERSELF TOGETHER AND ROLAND’S ARM IS AROUND HER TO KEEP HER UP RIGHT. ROLAND: So his own mother tried to space him. LUCY: Something like that. (A BEAT) We can’t rely on her to help us. And if this alliance between her and the League is true…… MISSOURI: If the alliance is true, the galaxy is in a crap tone of trouble and finding Jack’s sister is gonna turn into a 1 sided war. We've practically failed before we've even started! EVE: Agreed. Yet something doesn’t make sense. ROLAND: (CURIOUSLY) Explain? EVE: The League as a whole is more of a shadow group…… SANDRA: Shadow race. EVE: That too. They don’t do much active work. Only appearing when they choose to and when it suits them. ROLAND: For all we know they could have built an army and a fleet in the absence. MISSOURI: How big is the Republic fleet? ROLAND: A last count? Big. LUCY: Jack’s mother will convince the League of the prophecy and succeed. SANDRA: Making her in their eyes their all mighty leader. LUCY: Making her an all mighty something all right! ALL: LAUGH EVE: It will not doubt make them more determined and ruthless than before. MISSOURI: The size of war we're looking at here will dominate all known worlds,not to mention the millions of casualties. EVERYONE STOPS. SILENCE BETWEEN ALL FOR SEVERAL SECONDS. ROLAND BREAKS THE SILENCE. ROLAND: I’m surprised I haven’t heard bed springs. MISSOURI SMACKS ROLAND IN THE CHEST. MISSOURI: ROLAND! ROLAND: What? they haven’t seen each other in several months. I would be if I was him... HE SLOUCHES BACK IN HIS CHAIR. Just sayin'! CUT TO JACK’S QUARTERS. BOTH JACK AND BELLE ARE ON THE FLOOR IN A CUDDLE. BELLE IS STILL IN THE FRENCH GOWN AND JACK STILL IN HIS ARMOUR. BELLE: You know I’ll do anything for you Jack, I’ve never felt so safe in someone’s arms before. Jack kisses Belle’s forehead JACK: You know I’ll always be here for you. I just have to find her, she is the only one left of my family. Belle sits up and faces Jack with a concerned look on her face BELLE: I know finding her is the only thing on your mind right now but I can’t loose you Jack. You might be a solider and have a duty but you also have a duty to me, you promised me we could focus on our future. On our relationship. On starting our own family, and you can’t do that if you’re 6 feet under. Jack pulls Belle in, whispering to her whilst he strokes her perfect skin JACK: Belle, I will never leave you. I would give my last breath to tell you I love you. Belle lets a single tear drop fall from her eye before she gets to her feet. She walks towards the bathroom to start running a bath BELLE: Do you remember the first time we saw each other? It was so perfect, you were so clear in the crowd like no one else existed, nothing else mattered any more. You made my head run wild with thoughts of you. I want to go back to that day Jack, I want to feel that way again, I haven’t felt that alive since being here. JACK: Belle please stop thinking like that, you kno… BELLE: I can't Jack! I just want it to be you and I now. I'm not expecting you to give up your duty to find your sister. But I am asking you to... You can't leave me for so long again, Jack. It's not fair on either of us. Jack walks over to Belle as she starts crying over the basin JACK Belle, look at me. BELLE LOOKS JACK: I know. I love you, Belle. I love you. Let's enjoy the time we have together now. BELLE: PULLING GENTLY AWAY FROM JACK It's hard to enjoy the now when I know what lies ahead for us. JACK PULLING HER BACK INTO HIS CHEST SWEETLY, AND STROKING HER HAIR I promise it won't be forever. But this is something I have got to finish. My sister needs me... Just like I need you. I need you to be strong. I need you to understand. BELLE: You're asking a lot. I don't know if I can wait for you Jack. My heart says wait, but, but my head pulls me back to reality. We're not getting any younger, baby. I'm not getting any younger. BELLE LOOKS AT HER STOMACH, JACK WIPES A TEAR AWAY FROM HER CHEEK JACK: You know I want our future more than anything in the world, but I need to complete the past and the present before that can happen. I love you Belle, all I want is for you to love me too. BELLE: I swear, I'll love you until the day I die Jack. JACK WIPES A TEAR AWAY FROM HIS EYES, AND KISSES BELLE, HOLDING HER CLOSE. CUT TO A BAR. IT’S LOUD BUT FRIENDLY. THE TEAM IS SAT AROUND ONE TABLE. AL IS KNOCKED TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE OTHERS TO EITHER LAUGH OUT OR CHUCKLE. TURNS OUT A GIRL KNOCKED HIM TO THE FLOOR. JACK: That's not how you flirt my friend. It’s a swift way to sounding like Mickey Mouse for the rest of your life. AL GROANS AS HE PICKS HIMSELF UP. SANDRA STANDS UP AND FIXES HERSELF UP. SANDRA: Let me show you how its done. SANDRA WALKS UP TO THE BAR AND STARTS CHATTING TO A RANDOM STRANGER AT THE BAR. EVERYONE WATCHES FROM A DISTANCE. THE GUY THEN PRODUCES TWO DRINKS AND GIVES ONE TO SANDRA. SHE HOLDS IT UP TO CLINK GLASSES WITH THE STRANGER, AND SUBTLY WINKS AT AL. ROLAND: She certainly has a talent in flirting. MISSOURI: COUGHS LOUDLY, AND RAISES AN EYEBROW AT ROLLAND EVE: And we aren't?! THE THREE OF THEM TURN AND LOOK AT BELLE. SHE PUTS HER DRINK DOWN BELLE: I’m taken. (CUDDLES WITH JACK) I don't need to be a good flirt! JACK: But you are! MISSOURI AND EVE TURN BACK AND LOOK AT ROLAND ROLAND: I uh….. (HE GULPS ALL OF HIS DRINK AND TURNS TO THE BARTENDER) Another please. THE TEAM LAUGHS AS LUCY ARRIVES TIRED, EXHAUSTED AND COVERED IN PAINT. JACK: Heyup, the Kids have made a master piece. LUCY: Worth it though. If i wasn’t a pilot and soldier….. JACK: And a damn good one at that! LUCY: Thank you. If I wasn’t a pilot and soldier, I’d be a teacher. BELLE: When this is over, maybe you can be. Maybe we can return to some kind of normality. LOOKS AT JACK IN A HINTING KIND OF MANNER. AL: Here here. HE RAISES HIS GLASS AND THE REST DO THE SAME BUT JACK RAISES HIS TO AL FOR WHAT HE’S DONE. CUT TO: DORRIS PRIME ORBIT SEVERAL ROYAL STARSHIP AND OTHER STARSHIPS FLY AROUND THE PLANET TWO SHIPS FLY OFF AND INTO OPEN SPACE. SHIP 1: Ground control, This is the Hercules. We’re detecting something odd behind the third moon. The Gemani and we are on route to investigate. GROUND CONTROL: Understood Hercules. Caution is recommended. CUT TO: THE BAR. THE CREW CRASH THE GLASSES LAUGHING AND ENJOYING EACH OTHERS COMPANY CUT TO: DORRIS PRIMES THIRD MOON THE HERCULES AND GEMANI ARRIVE AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE LIGHTNING STORM IS SPACE. HERCULES CAPTAIN: Control this Hercules, are you seeing what we see? GROUND CONTROL: No. Why? HERCULES CAPTAIN: Cause what were seeing is out of this terrifying. A SHIP EMERGES FROM THE LIGHTNING STORM, THE MONARCH’S ROYAL SHIP. HERCULES CAPTAIN: Holy Shi….. THE ROYAL SHIP RAMS THE HERCULES, DESTROYING IT AND THE GEMANI OPENS FIRE BUT IS QUICKLY DESTROYED. CUT TO: THE BAR THE CREW CONTINUE ENJOYING EACH OTHERS COMPANY CUT TO: DORRIS PRIME ORBIT SEVERAL SHIPS ARE DESTROYED AND DRIFTING WHILE THE MONARCH SHIP PLOUGHS INTO THE ATMOSPHERE. CUT TO: THE BAR A SONIC BOOM IS HEARD AND EVERYONE RUNS OUTSIDE. THE CREW LOOKS UP TO SEE THE SHIP AND FIGHTERS AND LANDING CRAFT SWARM OUT ATTACKING THE CITY. THE ENTIRE CREW BANDS TOGETHER. JACK: Ok, we’re dealing with a large scale attack so here’s how it goes; Lucy, Sandra, get back to Amelia and take out the forces in the sky. Al, I want you up high, moving from building to building taking out heavily armed targets only. Belle, Roland, Eve, Missy take the fight to the ground troops hit them hard. ALL NOD. THEY ALL CLENCH THEIR ARMS AND THEIR ARMOUR MOULDS TO THEIR BODY TYPES. ALL OF THEIR ARMOUR MATCHES, BLACK AND COPPER. JACK (CONTINUED): Haraka is leading. He’s mine. CAMERA PANS TO A CLOSE UP OF JACKS CHEST AND HEAD, IRON MAN STYLE Now, let's kick some ass. ALL: Oo-rah! THEY ALL RUN TO BATTLE. CUT TO: TITLE CARD THE WORDS “A FAMILY REUNITES” COME TOWARD THE SCREEN SIMILAR TO THE “GOTHAM” TITLE CARD. THE END PRELUDE TO ATHENA CONTINUES IN: THE CASUALTIES OF WAR PART 1

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE RENEGADES

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE RENEGADES ALEX BAMFORD OPENING MONTAGE TO RECAP THE EVENTS OF THE PREVIOUS EPISODE (PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE KNIGHT) UP UNTIL THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TWO FIGHTERS. FADE OUT FADE IN: EXT A GREEN RED PLANET TAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF FRAME AND AMELIA FLYS TOWARDS IT. LUCY IS HEARD SPEAKING. LUCY: We managed to lose the fighters chasing us and get into a non republic controlled system. CUT TO: AMELIA INT BOTH JACK AND LUCY ARE DISCUSSING AND WALKING DOWN A CORRIDOR OF THE SHIP. JACK NOW IN BLACK SHOES AND TROUSERS AND A DONE UP RED TRENCH COAT. The locals here should protect us for the time being. JACK: Any word from Belle and her team? LUCY: They say the raid was a success. I can get them on the horn for you. JACK SPEEDS UP HIS PACE TO PASS LUCY AND DISAPPEAR THE CORNER. JACK: Yes Please. LUCY JUST STANDS THERE IN ANNOYANCE. CUT TO: BLACK SCREEN WHITE WORDS APPEAR ON SCREEN AND SAY: FIVE HOURS AGO FADE IN: EXT THE FUEL REFINERY “CASABLANCA” OFF COAST DENMARK, TERRA (EARTH) CAMERA PANS AROUND THE FACILITY FADE TO: TWO SOLDIERS; ONE DOMINION REPUBLIC, ONE LEAGUE BOTH WALKING AT THE SAME PACE, SAME TIME, BOTH HOLDING AUTOMATIC RIFLES AND WEARING SLIVER AND BLACK ARMOUR. SOLDIER ONE: Seriously. Out of nowhere there’s a complete stranger in his own apartment…… SOLDIER TWO: Uh huh. SOLDIER ONE: Turns out she was having an affair in Flint’s own home……… SOLDIER TWO: Don’t care man. SOLDIER ONE: I mean, on date night. Are you serious?! SOLDIER TWO: I’m sure I have a hammer back in my bunk. BOTH CONTINUE INTO A ROOM FILLED WITH CONSOLES AND COMPUTERS SOLDIER ONE: It’s insane man. SOLDIER TWO: I’d knock you unconscious and throw you over the side if I had my hammer. SOLDIER ONE: Never would'a seen it coming! Thought she was loyal. A CLANGING NOISE IS HEARD, BOTH GUARDS LOOK AROUND, STARTLED AND RIFLES COCKED AND LOADED, SCANNING THE ROOM. TWO PEOPLE DROP DOWN ON TOP OF THEM. ONE MALE, ONE FEMALE. THE MALE IS ROLAND, 20 YEARS OF AGE, WELL EXPERIENCED AND WORN IN THE FACE. WEARING A BLACK LONG COAT WITH A SACHEL BELT RUNNING ACROSS HIS CHEST, WEARS THE LAST M1 CARBINE IN HIS BACK (A FAMILY HEIRLOOM) BLACK TROUSERS, ARMOURED BOOTS, HE SPORTS A SHAVED HEAD AND RED EYES. THE FEMALE IS MISSOURI, 19 YEARS OF AGE, ATHLETIC, SKILLED WITH KNIVES AND HANDGUNS, WEARING A GREY JUMPSUIT WITH GREEN LINES RUNNING DOWN, ARMOURED ON THE KNEE CAPS, AND A BLUE LEATHER JACKET, ARMOURED AT THE ELBOWS. SHE SPORTS LONG BLONDE HAIR AND EYES. BOTH LOOK DOWN AT THE 2 SOLDIERS THEN BOTH GET INTO INTO A SPRINT WITH HANDGUNS DRAWN, SHOOTING SOLDIERS OR KNOCKING THEM UNCONSCIOUS AS THEY GO. A FEMALE VOICE IS HEARD OVER THEIR RADIOS. FEMALE VOICE (RADIO): What’s your status guys? MISSOURI: Moving quickly towards the targets location. FEMALE VOICE: Status of the guards? ROLAND: Stunned as we go, just like Jack told us to. Don’t worry Belle, we’re not like the newbie. BELLE (RADIO): Just keep using tranquilliser rounds unless absolutely necessary to use lethal force. Contact me when you have what we need. Sandra and Eve are on their way with the extraction. ROLAND: Understood. And newbie? (PAUSE) BELLE (RADIO): He’s on over watch. MISSOURI: You sure that's a good idea, hunn? BELLE (RADIO): I know, sis. But Meredith is helping me guard camp until you guys return. BOTH STUN 3 MORE GUARDS AS THEY REACH THE SERVER ROOM. MISSOURI RETRACTS HER HEAD IN RELUCTANCE TO BELLE LAST STATEMENT. MISSOURI: Ok. We’re at the server room? BELLE (RADIO): Understood. A MALE VOICE REPLACES BELLE’S VOICE AS MISSOURI AND ROLAND ENTER THE SERVER ROOM. MALE VOICE (RADIO): I got you guys. CAMERA NOW SHOWS MISSOURI AND ROLAND THROUGH AS SNIPER SCOPE. IT PANS AROUND THE SCOPE REVEALING AL. 18 YEARS OLD. WEARING OLD RIPPED GILLIE GEAR, BROWN HAIR AND GREEN EYES. AL: Switching to thermals. ROLAND (RADIO): Just don’t hit us like you did me on our last raid. AL: My bad about that. ROLAND (RADIO): You’re still an asshole for that. CUT TO: SERVER ROOM. ROLAND STANDS GUARD WHILE MISSOURI INSERTS A DATA CARD AND SEARCHES THROUGH A COMPUTER. MISSOURI: ENOUGH! Both of you, While I look for the data. CUT TO: AL’S POV TWO SMALL DOTS MOVE AT A STEADY PACE TOWARDS MISSOURI’S POSITION. AL: Uh guys. Have you retrieved the data yet? CUT TO: MISSOURI AT THE COMPUTER. MISSOURI: Not yet. THE COMPUTER BEEPS Have now. Beginning the download. Should take about forty seconds. CUT TO: AL’S POV AL: You have thirty. Your gonna have company. CUT TO: MISSOURI AT THE COMPUTER. MISSOURI: It’s almost there. CUT TO: AL’S POV AL: MISSY! Behind you! CUT TO: MISSOURI AT THE COMPUTER. MISSOURI SPINS WITH HER HAND GUN DRAWN A RED LIGHT GLOW ON IT SIDE. SHE LOOKS AT A SOLDIER WITH TWO MUGS OF HOT COFFEES. SHE LOOKS AT THE LEFT MUG. IT READS “BEST DAD EVER JASMINE” SHE PRESSES A BUTTON SWITCHING THE LIGHT FROM RED TO GREEN. THE COMPUTER BEEPS AND THE SCREEN READS “DOWNLOAD COMPLETE” MISSOURI REAHES SLOWLY FOR THE DATA CARD. THE SOLDIER LOOKS TO A RED BUTTON FOR AN ALARM AND SLOWLY MOVES TOWARDS IT. MISSOURI: You don’t want to be doing that! THE SOLDIER LOOKS BACK AT HER. AS SHE CONTINUES TO SPEAK HE MOVES SLOWLY BACK TO STANDING UP. You know the Republic/League Alliance, Their campaign is wrong. Help us against the Monarch. Help us protect your daughter. ROLAND APPEARS BESIDE MISSOURI. NO WEAPONS ARE DRAWN. ROLAND: This is the best thing for you. If you help, Your daughter will… A BULLET IS HEARD AND THE GUARD FALLS SIDEWAYS. BOTH MISSOURI AND ROLAND AND MISSOURI STEP FORWARD AND GRAB HIM AS HE FALLS. THEY LIFT UP THE BODY AND SEE A HOLE IN HIS HEAD. MISSOURI SEARCHES FOR THE MUG. IT’S IN ONE PEICE. SHE PICKS IT UP AND AN ALARM RINGS. AL (RADIO): Target down. Guys get out of there……NOW!!!! MISSOURI GRABS THE DATA CARD. ROLAND: Aw shit. About to get loud... CUT TO: AL ON THE HILL. AL: On my way. HE LANDS BEHIND TWO GUYS AND KNOCKS THEIR HEADS TOGETHER. CUT TO: MISSOURI AND ROLAND THEY KICK ALL KINDS OF ASS, ALWAYS STAYING AT EACH OTHERS SIDE WORKING AS A TEAM. ROLAND TOSSES HIS CARBINE TO MISSOURI, WHO CATCHES IT WITHOUT LOOKING AND SHOOTS SOLDIERS WITH IT IMMEDIATELY. THEY KICK MORE ASS, AND END UP BEHIND TWO SEPARATED WALLS IN COVER AGAINST A ROCKET LAUNCHER. THEY TRADE PLACES. MISSOURI FIRES ONE ROUND FROM THE CARBINE KILLING THE ROCKET LAUNCHER, AND THEY BOTH MAKE THEIR WAY UP THE BUILDING. ROLAND: On the right! THEY TAKE OUT MORE SOLDIERS. THEY RUN THROUGH SOME DOORS AND CONTINUE TO KICK ASS. Just a walk in the park! THEY FINISH TAKING OUT THE GUARDS AND AL JOINS THEM. CAMERA PANS ROUND TO REVEAL HUNDREDS MORE SOLDIERS ON HIGHER. ALL LOAD WEAPONS AND AIM AT THE 3 RENEGADES. AL: Spoke to soon, mate. A SOLDIER YELLS ORDER. SOLDIER: Take aim! PROFILE SHOTS ON MISSOURI, ROLAND AND AL. FIRE!!! THE UPPER LEVEL EXPLODES AND A SMALL CRAFT SWINGS BY. THE WORDS “GIBSON” STAND OUT ON THE SIDE. BOLD AND PROUD. IT SWINGS ROUND AND THE BACK DOOR OPENS REVEALING EVE, A BRUNETTE GIRL IN BLACK AND BROWN CLOTHING EXTENDING HER ARM. EVE: GET ON NOW!!! ANY SURVIVING SOLDIERS OPEN FIRE AS THE THREE RENEGADES JUMP ON THE SHIP. THE “GIBSON” THEN FLYS AWAY. THE SOLDIERS LOWER THEIR GUNS IN DEFEAT. SOLDIER: Awh shit. The boss is gonna be pissed. FADE TO: BONDI BEACH. THE BEACH IS DESERTED, DRIED UP AND BARREN. BEEN LIKE THAT FOR YEARS. THE ONLY THING THAT MOVES ON THE BEACH IS A SMALL TENT FLAPPING IN THE HARSH WIND. THE “GIBSON” FLYS OVERHEAD AND LANDS NEXT TO THE TENT. A BRUNETTE GIRL WITH BLUE EYES AND GREY AND BLACK JACKET WITH A DARK GREY TANK TOP AND BLACK SKINNY JEANS WALKS OUT. THIS IS BELLE. A HEAD STRONG LEADER, SECOND IN COMMAND TO JACK AND TRAINED BY HIM. THE REAR DOOR OF THE SCOUT SHIP OPENS AND MISSOURI, ROLAND, AL, EVE AND A BLACK HAIRED WOMAN IN A NAVY JUMPSUIT, SANDRA, WALK OUT. AL: Well, I say that was a success. Quick movements through the facility, minimal casualties. A good day i sa…… ROLAND KNOCKS AL TO THE GROUD WITH A RIGHT HOOKS. BELLE MOVES QUICKLY TOWARDS THE GROUP. SANDRA AND EVE STAND IN SHOCK. MISSOURI DOES NOTHING BUT WATCH AS ROLAND CONTINUES TO REPEATEDLY PUCH AL. BELLE: ROLAND WHAT THE HELL?! EVE AND SANDRA PULL ROLAND OFF AL. SANDRA: Enough Roland! Enough! BELLE: What is wrong with you? ROLAND: That excuse for a Renegade murdered a man who was gonna join our cause!! AL WIPES THE BLOOD FROM HIS NOSE AND MOUTH AND PICKS HIMSELF UP. AL: How was I suppose to know you were trying to recruit new guys? No doubt so you could have more 'newbies' to order around. I've heard the way you talk about me, Roland. You've never taken me seriously. ROLAND: Perhaps I don't take you seriously because you go round murdering new possibilities. ROLAND GOES TO LEAN FORWARD, TRYING TO GRAB AL'S COLLAR AND PULL HIM TO HIM, EVE HOLD'S HIM BACK WHILST SANDRA GETS A TISSUE FOR AL'S INJURIES. AL: What's it they say? Leopard's never change their spots? You can't teach a dog new tricks? Both of those apply here Rol, I'm sorry, I'd never usually question your orders, but letting that scum live another day, and trying to get him to join our team? Now that is an order I questioned. And I'd do it again, too. MISSOURI BACK HANDS ROLAND, THEN FRONT HANDS AL. THEY ARE BOTH TAKEN A BACK BY THIS. MISSOURI: Roland, you can't expect a soldier from the other side to change sides so instantaneously. If nothing else doesn't that scream he's unloyal? Do we really need that sort of company on our team? Al, even though Rol may have had a slight lapse in logic, the soldier still had a daughter, a family that needed him! Something worth fighting for. BELLE: Do you think you boys can stop the testosterone war, and help with the actual war that's going on? Pull yourselves together. AGAIN AL SHRUGS THE SLAP OFF.. YOU CAN TELL IT HURT! THIS TIME WITH SHOCK ON HIS FACE. BELLE STEPS IN BETWEEN MISSOURI AND AL. SHE THEN SPEAKS TO EACH OF THEM CALMLY. BELLE (TO AL): Get in the ship and stay there unless called for. AL WALKS SHAMEFULLY TO THE SHIP. ROLAND: Keep that bastard away form me. ROLAND WALKS TO THE TENT. BELLE THEN TURNS TO MISSOURI. BELLE: Well, I think we got through to them! SHE LOOKS UP AT HER SISTER AND SMILES. Do you have the data? MISSOURI LIFT THE DATA CARD FROM HER POCKET. Good. Send word to Jack about the raid and pack your things we’re leaving. THE 4 WOMEN WALK TOWARDS THE TENT FADE TO: EXT, THE “GIBSON” FLYING PEACEFULLY IN SPACE. FADE TO: INT, THE “GIBSON” COCKPIT ROLAND IS IN THE PILOT SEAT, SANDRA AND EVE ARE AT SEPARATE CONSOLE, AL FACING AWAY FROM THE OTHERS AND BELLE ON A CONSOLE. HER EYES SCANNING WHATS ON SCREEN. EVE: Belle. I’ve got Jack wanting to speak to you. BELLE: Put him through here. THE SCREEN BELLE WAS LOOKING AT FLICKERS AND JACKS HEAD AND UPPER TORSO ON SCREEN, WEARING WHAT HE WAS WHEN WE LAST SAW HIM. You look like crap. How did things go with your mum? JACK: Unfortunately, shit all happened. She decided killing me was a fair way to get rid of me. I hear the raid went well. BELLE: The raid itself was fine. The aftermath with the team, not so great. JACK LOOKS AT HER AS IF READING HER MIND. JACK: No one got hurt, right? BELLE:LAUGHING Only Rol's and Al's ego! Everyone is fine, get yourself cleaned up, can't have my boyfriend looking like such a mess! JACK:LAUGHING Yes boss, I will scrub up good an proper ready for the next time we meet, you have my word. LAUGHS. Tell me all about it when we meet. I’m changing the rendezvous point. After we’ve filled up, we’re heading for Dorris Prime. BELLE: Understood. Changing course now. Oh, Jack? JACK: Yes? BELLE: Love you. JACK: Love you too, Belle. JACK NODS AND THE SCREEN GOES BLACK. BELLE LEANS BACK IN HER CHAIR STARING AT THE CEILING. CUT TO: INT THE “GIBSON’S” AFT COMPARTMENT. MISSOURI IS SITTING LOOKING SAD. A TEAR FALLS FROM HER EYE AND LANDS ON SOMETHING WHITE AND CRACKED. IT THE MUG FROM THE SOLDIERS DAUGHTER. CUT TO: TITLE CARD THE WORDS “THE RENEGADES” COME TOWARD THE SCREEN SIMILAR TO THE “GOTHAM” TITLE CARD. THE END PRELUDE TO ATHENA CONTINUES IN: A FAMILY REUNTIED

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE KNIGHT

PRELUDE TO ATHENA: THE KNIGHT ALEX BAMFORD EXT: SPACE, AN ASTEROID FIELD IN AN UNKNOWN AREA OF SPACE. ASTEROIDS SPIRAL AROUND THE SCREEN. TWO COLLIDE AND SHATTER AS THE CAMERA GOES THROUGH THE DEBRIS CREATED REVEALING 2 SPACECRAFT. ONE SIMILAR IN SIZE AND LENGTH TO THE SUPER STAR-DESTROYER FROM “STAR WARS” AND DESTINY FROM “STARGATE: UNIVERSE”. THE OTHER SIMILAR IN SIZE AND DESIGN TO A WHITESTAR FROM “BABYLON 5”, SERENITY FROM “FIREFLY” AND THE ENGINES AT THE BACK LOOK SIMILAR IN DESIGN TO THE PROMETHEUS FROM “PROMETHEUS” BOTH SHIPS ARE JUST HANGING IN SPACE AS IF WAITING. CUT TO: INT: LARGER SPACECRAFT THE INTERIOR IS METALLIC AND COVERED IN PLACES WITH CURTAINS WITH A ROYAL CREST IN THE CENTRE. AN EAGLE WITH SHIELDS FOR WINGS AND A SWORD BEHIND IT. WE SEE TWO PEOPLE FACING EACH OTHER. ONE IS A GUARD (HUMAN) WEARING A RED BODY ARMOUR AND A WHITE HELMET WITH THE FRONT PART COMING DOWN OVER TO THE END OF THE NOSE AND IS POINTED. WE ALSO SEE THE BACK OF THE SECOND PERSON (HUMAN). ALL THAT IS SEEN SO FAR IS A RED SHOULDER PAD AND A RED HILT OF A SWORD. GUARD 1: I do not trust you. The Monarch may. Only because of your relation to her. CUT TO: A WIDE SHOT FROM THE SIDE. MORE IS SEEN OF THE TWO PEOPLE. THE GUARD IS TALLER AND THAN THE SECOND PERSON. THERE ARE GAPS IN THE ARMOUR WITH EXPOSED SKIN AND HOLDING A STAFF WITH A BLADE ON THE TOP SIMILAR TO OLD ARAB SWORDS. THERE ARE SEVERAL IN SHOT THAT LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME. THE SECOND PERSON IS SPORTING BLACK ARMOUR WITH RED SHOULDER PADS. THERE ARE GAPS IN THE ARMOUR FILLED WITH A GREY JUMPSUIT AND A MOUTH GUARD, MID LENGTH BROWN HAIR AND BLUE EYES. ALSO A SHIELD IS ON THE RIGHT ARM AND BEING HELD ACROSS HIS CHEST. THE SHIELD AS CROSS BETWEEN CAPTAIN AMERICA’S AND OPTIMUS PRIME’S FROM “TRANSFORMERS 4”. And because of her position, you will treat her with the respect she deserves. Understand? PERSON: Yes. THE GUARD SNEERS IN DISGUST. ANOTHER GUARD APPROACHES. GUARD 2: Haraka! The Monarch approaches. HARAKA: ALL KNEEL BEFORE OUR GREAT MONARCH! ALL THE GUARDS KNEEL. THE PERSON REMAINS STANDING. HARAKA: Kneel before the Monarch. THE PERSON JUST STARES DOWN AT HARAKA. A GUARD APPROACHES FROM BEHIND, GRABS THE PERSON AND PUSHES DOWN ON HIS SHOULDER. GUARD 3: KNEEL BEFORE THE MONARCH! THE PERSON, GRABS THE GUARDS ARM, BREAKS IT AND THROWS THE GUARD TO THE FLOOR, KNEELS ON HIS BROKEN ARM AND POINTS THE SHIELD AT THE GUARDS HEAD. THREE GUN BARRELS APPEARS FROM THE END OF THE SHIELD. PERSON: I bow to no false monarch. 4 GUARDS STAND UP AND POINT THEIR BLADES AT THE PERSON. A VOICE IS HEARD OFF SCREEN. GETTING LOUDER AS IT APPROACHES. VOICE: (Laughs) You’re so full of yourself Knight. A FEMALE APPEARS BEHIND THE PERSON. WEARING SILVER AND DARK RED ARMOUR COVERING HER WHOLE BODY. Yet the question remains: Why are you here if you said you wanted nothing more to do with me, Son? THE PERSON STANDS UP AND TURNS HALF WAY TO FACE THE MONARCH. (NOTE THE NEXT TWO LINES OF DIALOGUE ARE MID SHOTS OF BOTH THE MONARCH AND THE KNIGHT) PERSON: Mother. MONARCH: Jack. You look well. JACK LOOKS DOWN AT HIS CHEST AND BACK UP. JACK: I do try to keep myself in shape. MONARCH: Indeed. THE MONARCH WAVES OFF THE GUARDS. TWO PICK UP THE GUARD FROM THE FLOOR AND THE OTHER TWO TAKE A STEP BACK. SHE THEN WALKES TO A CONSOLE AND TAPS A FEW KEYS. MONARCH: Why are you here? Missed your old Ma'? JACK: I’m looking for someone. MONARCH: Huh. I never had you down for a mummy's boy anyway. Now, tell me, are you looking or Hunting? JACK: Retrieving. JACK MOVES THE SHIELD TO HIS LEFT ARM AND STICKS OUT HIS RIGHT. CUT TO: MID SHOT OF THE MONARCH. A DIM LIGHT COVERS HER BODY AND HEAD. MONARCH: You’re going after her. Why now after so long? JACK: She went AWOL as of last month, I have no idea where she is. I have to find her. I said I would. Like I promised. THE MONARCH LOOKS IN DISGUST AND CHUCKLES MONARCH: You make so many promises how do you keep them all? JACK DROPS HIS ARM AND MOVES AROUND THE MONARCH JACK: I'm a man of my word. I don't make a promise I know I can't keep. Have you seen her? MONARCH: My spies say she’s still on Terra. The family you left her with has started a search of their own. JACK: Any success? MONARCH: No. TURNS AWAY The “League” is after her. They know where she is. JACK TIGHTENS HIS FIST AND GRIP ON THE SHIELD IN ANGER AND CONFUSION. JACK: How?! I left her on Terra! Away from The Leagues territory! Outside of the Republic’s control zone! How did The League find her?! THE MONARCH RETURNS TO THE CONSOLE AND CONTINUES TO TAP THE CONSOLES CONTROLS. WHILE DOING THIS NODDING TO HER SIDES. HARAKA STEPS FORWARD AND CIRCLES ROUND JACK. CAMERA CUTS BETWEEN JACK, HARAKA AND THE MONARCH. HARAKA: The League came to a star system inside the Royal Sector and requested an audience with the Monarch. They wanted a coalition with the Republic. To join her crusade. JACK: Wait?! Hang on?! MONARCH: The League believe in the prophecy. Therefore, they believe in me. SHE THEN TURNS SHARPLY AND SWIFTLY WALKS TOWARDS JACK. The League then began the hunt for her. I ordered them to Terra so I don’t have any competition. JACK REALISES WHAT SHE’S TALKING ABOUT. JACK: So you’re the reason she’s being hunted. You gave the order. SEVERAL GUARDS GRAB AND SERCURE JACK. MONARCH: And to think my own son doesn't have faith his Mother. Where did I go wrong with you? Ha. You know you can’t find her on Terra. If you knew what was good for you, you'd join the newly christened alliance between the League and the Republic, and heel at my side once more. As my son. JACK LOOKS DOWN AS IF CONTEMPLATING THE DECISION. LOOKS TO HIS SHIELD ARM. ITS EXTENDED. THEN LOOKS BACK AT HIS MOTHER. JACK: I’ve thought about it and I have a 4 word answer to your offer. (BEAT) Go to hell bitch! HE FIRES HIS SHIELD. KILLING THE GUARD HOLDING IT. HE KILLS ANOTHER AND ANOTHER. HIS BATTLE MASK EXTENDED’S TO A HELMET TO COVER THE REST OF HIS FACE AND THE GAUNTLETS ON HIS ARMS COVER THE EXPOSED SKIN. HE THEN DRAW THE SWORD FROM HIS BACK. IT’S LONG, THREATENING, YET SLEAK IN DESIGN WITH A HAND GUARD ON THE HILT ASWELL AS ONE STANDARD HILT. JACK LOOKS AROUND. HIS MOTHER AND HARAKA HAVE DISAPPEARED. JACK THEN ATTACKS THE REST OF THE GUARDS, KILLING SEVERAL. HE THEN THROWS SEVERAL SMALL BEHIND HIM AND THE WALL EXPLODES. EXPOSING IT THE ROOM TO SPACE SUCKING EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE OUT. CUT TO: SPACE CAMERA FOCUS’ ON JACK AS HE FLIES OUT OF THE SHIP. JET ENGINES ACTIVATE ON HIS ARMOUR TO STABILISE HIM. HE HOVERS FOR A SECOND THEN TWO SMALL FIGHTERS FLY OVER THE TOP OF THE MONARCH’S SHIP AND HEAD STRAIGHT TOWARDS JACK. HE STARTS TO SHOOT A THEM. THEY SUDDENLY EXPLODE AND THE SECOND SHIP FROM EARLIER FLIES OVER THE TOP OF JACK. THE CAMERA FOLLOW AND FOCUS’ ON IT AND ZOOMS IN ON THE NAME IN BIG BOLD LETTERS IT READ “AMELIA” JACK WATCHES THE SHIP FLY AROUND AND THE FORWARD OPEN AND A FEMALE VOICE IS HEARD. VOICE: Jack! Hurry! She’s launching more! JACK FLIES INTO THE SHIP AT GREAT SPEED, CRASHES INTO THE FLOOR. THE DOOR CLOSES. CUT TO: EXT “AMELIA” FLYS AWAY AND THE FIGHTERS GIVE CHASE. CUT TO: INT JACK IS LAYING ON THE FLOOR. PANTING. HIS ARMOUR RETURNS TO THE LOOK IT WAS AT WHEN HE WAS FIRST SEEN BUT ALSO THE MOUTH GUARD IS RETRACTED REVEALING AND AVERAGE GOOD LOOKING GUY WITH A STUMPY BEARD. A DOOR OPENS AND A BLONDE GIRL, SAME AGE AS JACK, AND IN A YELLOW AND BLACK JUMPSUIT RUNNING TO HIS SIDE. GIRL: Jack! Jack! you ok? JACK: I’m fine Lucy. I’m fine. LUCY: How did it go? JACK GETS UP, SHEATHES SWORD AND SHIELD ON HIS BACK AND WALKS TOWARD THE DOOR. LUCY DOES NOT FOLLOW JUST WATCHES HIM. JACK: I always had this notion of having a Sunday roast with my Mother, y'know, catching up on old times in her garden... So baring that in mind, and considering you had to pick me up, pretty shit! LUCY: LAUGHS So, I take it you're off her Christmas card list then?! JACK: I think so! FADE TO: EXT A GREEN RED PLANET TAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF FRAME AND AMELIA FLYS TOWARDS IT. LUCY IS HEARD SPEAKING. LUCY: We managed to lose the fighters chasing us and get into a non republic controlled system. CUT TO: AMELIA INT BOTH JACK AND LUCY ARE DISCUSSING AND WALKING DOWN A CORRIDOR OF THE SHIP. JACK NOW IN BLACK SHOES AND TROUSERS AND A DONE UP RED TRENCH COAT. The locals here should protect us for the time being. JACK: Any word from Belle and her team? LUCY: They say the raid was a success. I can get them on the horn for you. JACK SPEED UP HIS PACE TO PASS LUCY AND DISAPPEAR THE CORNER. JACK: Yes Please. LUCY TURNS AND MUMBLES TO HERSELF; LUCY: To think, I had feelings for you at one time, now you’re just like an older brother. Funny how time changes things. JACK: I wouldn't have our relationship any other way. Our bond is too strong to be warped by love. LUCY: LAUGHS I wouldn't tell that to Belle, if I were you! JACK: ROLLS HIS EYES JOKINGLY I just mean certain people have relationships that would break under the pressure of romance. Like any relationship, some work out, some don't. Ours just happened to become one of the strongest friendships I've ever had, whereas Belle and I were just destined to be, in a romantic capacity. She's my world. LUCY: I know what you mean. We wouldn't have worked out anyway. After all, I like my men like I like my Baileys; smooth and sweet. You're a little rough around the edges! LAUGHS JACK: Definitely wouldn't worked then! CUT TO: JACKS QUARTERS JACK WALKS INTO HIS QUARTERS. TAKES HIS COAT OFF AND THROWS IT OFF SCREEN AND CRASHES ON A SOFA. HE HITS A BUTTON ON THE TABLE IN FRONT OF HIM AND A BRIGHT BLUE LIGHT ELUMINATES HIS FACE. JACK: Where are you? CUT TO: TITLE CARD THE WORDS “THE KNIGHT” COME TOWARD THE SCREEN SIMILAR TO THE “GOTHAM” TITLE CARD. THE END PRELUDE TO ATHENA CONTINUES IN: THE RENEGADES