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| Starring: | |
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Ben Browder Claudia Black Anthony Simcoe Gigi Edgley Paul Goddard Lani Tupu Wayne Pygram |
Commander John Crichton Officer Aeryn Sun Ka D'Argo Chiana Stark Captain Bialar Crais Scorpius |
| Guest Starring: | |
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Tammy McIntosh Dan Spielman Lucy Bell Marshall Napier Terry Serio Basia A'Hern Alan Cinis Anne-Marie Kreller |
Jool Subofficer Dacon Nurse Kelsa General Grynes Colonel Lennok Cyntrina Commander Tarn Nurse Obvious |
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Writer: Steve Worland Who also wrote: | |
Director: Peter Andrikidis Who also directed: | |
| Created by: | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| CONSULTING PRODUCER: | Sue Milliken |
| CO-PRODUCER: | Andrew Prowse |
| LINE PRODUCER: | Lesley Parker |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: | Richard Manning |
| PRODUCED BY: | Anthony Winley |
| WRITTEN BY: | Steve Worland |
| DIRECTED BY: | Peter Andrikidis |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: | David Kemper |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: |
Juliet Blake Robert Halmi, Jr. Brian Henson |
| EXECUTIVE CONSULTANT: | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: | Russell Bacon |
| PRODUCTION DESIGNER: | Tim Ferrier |
| MUSIC BY: | Guy Gross |
| EDITOR: | Neil Thumpston |
| COSTUME DESIGNER: | Terry Ryan |
| SECOND UNIT DOP: | Danny Batterham |
| STORY EDITOR: | Lily Taylor |
| SCRIPT EDITOR: | Matt Ford |
| PRODUCTION EXECUTIVE: | Robert I. Wozniak |
| CREATURE SHOP CREATIVE SUPERVISOR: | Dave Elsey |
| VISUAL EFFECTS: | ANIMAL LOGIC |
COLD OPENPLANET SIDE Gorgeous CGI of an alien planetscape. The remnants of an ancient building graces the plateau of but one of a number of rocky spires in the shot. The building is settled against the cliff face of another rocky spire. The Terrain is daunting, surely only goats and aircraft could even reach it. D'Argo follows Crichton across a courtyard. They walk in front of a large structure sitting atop a pedestal. Crichton wears an odd 'gizmo' on his head. ( Looks like a 'welder's helmet' with a zoom lens attached to the right front of the eye sheild ) D'Argo holds his 'goggles' in front of his face, his head being too big to accomodate wearing as Crichton wears his. An opening shimmers on the structure on the pedestal, and D'Argo takes a look into the past. Crichton lifts his goggles and moves away as D'Argo continues watching history unfold. Above him Aeryn and Jool cross the walkway fronting the parapet wall of the monastery, they take the steps down to the courtyard, bickering the entire time. Stepping into the courtyard, D'Argo stands in the wide space that Jool and Aeryn have taken between each other. JOOL: Propaganda for morons. AERYN: I don't believe...! D'ARGO: Ah, ladies... some decorum please. This is a 'peace memorial'. Let's not kill one another. AERYN: You're wrong you know. JOOL: Bullfrell. AERYN: You're wrong! JOOL: Bullfrell! AERYN: You're wrong, if you'd only... Subofficer Dacon stood right up there! The device says, right up there! Guts pouring out everywhere, bleeding, and yet he still managed to initiate the peace process to save the nurses. Unable to take, what must be to her, the worst kind of hypocrisy, Jool closes the distance between herself and Aeryn. D'Argo pushes between the two women, trying to breakup the caterwauling, they all shout at the same time! Crichton watches, safely out of it, from the other side of the memorial.
INTERCUT MOYA Chiana walks down a corridor, giving her status report to D'Argo. Outside Zhaan's quarters, Chiana hears a slight noise before she enters. Struggling to restrain tears, Chiana gives up on any pretense of why she's really there. Rygel gives up that same pretense. Throwing a small melted bottle to the floor where it shatters. INTERCUT PLANETSIDE, The Memorial Crichton walks over to where Stark sits, wilted in new duds, at the base of the stairs. Crichton holds his hands outstretched and Stark takes it, letting Crichton pull him to his feet. Putting one arm around Stark's shoulders, Crichton walks him to the memorial. Crichton fixes the goggles on Stark's head, best as he can with the mask and all. Crichton flips the goggles down in front of Stark's face. Stark begins to howl in agony, the past unfolding before him is a battle... people screaming as they are killed. Crichton makes a grab for the goggles, but as his hand hits the lens a bright light erupts from behind the mask. Blinding in it's intensity, the light spreads over the immediate area. In the pandemonium, Jool's shrieking joins Starks screams. Starks howls cease as he passes out, the light winks out as he falls forward and rolls onto his back. D'Argo crouches beside him, pulling the goggles from his masked face. They all notice their 'new' surroundings. Gone is the memorial, replaced by an ancient statue. The cultivated landscaping simply gone, the blue flags which marked the periphery of the courtyard replaced by torches. Daylight turned to night. Looking up at the shout of alarm, they see dozens of firey arrows raining down from over the parapet walls. They all seek cover as best they can as the arrows hit home in the walls and on the ground around them. A single arrow finding a better mark, striking Jool in the arm, passing halfway through. She shrieks in agony. D'Argo runs to her side as she stands frozen, shrieking in pain. Jool continues shrieking as D'Argo pulls her away just as a spear strikes the ground where she had been standing. An explosive charge ignites from the spearhead, filling the courtyard with fire and smoke. END COLD OPENROLL OPENING CREDITSMy name is John Crichton... I'm lost... an astronaut... shot through a wormhole.... In some distant part of the universe.... I'm trying to stay alive... Aboard this ship-- this living ship... of escaped prisoners-- my friends. If you can hear me... beware... if I make it back... will they follow? If I open the door... are you ready? Earth is unprepared, helpless... for the nightmares I've seen. Or should I stay, protect my home, not show them you exist. But then you'll never know the wonders I've seen. ACT ITHE MONTASTERY COURTYARD, The Past The missle attack continues around them. Aeryn and Crichton have pistols drawn, but no enemy to shoot at. Crichton ducks for better cover, as Aeryn moves to D'Argo and Jool, helping him move her to shelter. They pass Crichton who drags an unconcious Stark along the ground by one arm. They all reach meager shelter by the inner wall as the missle attack continues. Women garbed in black and white run in the opposite direction, buckets in hand to put out the fires. Aeryn sits Jool down and snaps off the tip of the arrow. Aeryn grabs the other end of the arrow and pulls the shaft from Jool's arm. Jool thanks her by shrieking in her ear. Aeryn clocks her one in the jaw, effectively stopping the screaming herself. Aeryn shakes her hand. Jool has a hard jaw it seems. Their discussion is interrupted by the Peacekeeper force. Caught off-guard, both Crichton and Aeryn pull pistols again. Recovering soonest, Crichton reholsters. Aeryn reholsters her weapon, mimicking Crichton's-- arms outstretched, palms out; 'don't shoot', gesture. ( Okay, and yes, he does shoot her a bit of a 'look' there. ) AERYN: Luxan is a mercenary.They're interrupted by a young man, looking no more than a promising 20 or so. VENIK ONSLAUGHT The Venik attack is preceded with the sounding of a distant horn. Crichton and Aeryn grab weapons from the stockpile at a near wall just as the Venik's start pouring over the wall. Chaos ensues! Crichton spares a moment to watch D'Argo, using his Blade as a club, beating back a couple of the invaders. Up on the wall with Officer Dacon, Aeryn lends assistance as Dacon is attacked by a Venik soldier. Crichton and D'Argo continue defending against the encroaching soldiers on the floor of the 'memorial'. Crichton gets in too good of a hit on the throat of one of the Veniks. The heated battle continues as Commander Tarn is struck from the wall by a fatal blow.
INTERCUT MOYA, Command Chiana strolls into Command. She checks readings on a couple of different consoles.
INTERCUT PLANETSIDE Aftermath of battle. Dacon and a group of nurses bury the dead. D'Argo watches briefly before joining Aeryn and Crichton who are in close and quiet discussion, as she consults the small electronic 'tourist pamphlet'. Aeryn activates the electronic pamphlet again, a small oval screen displays the image of the Venik General (Looks kinda like a big 'ol humanoid lion) D'Argo snorts and departs on his mission. Aeryn unholsters her pulse pisol. Switching it on, she displays the butt... four small red lights cycle and the weapon hums in two part harmony. Crichton checks his weapon, it makes the same harmony as Aeryn's Dacon approaches, asking Crichton's assistance. Crichton follows Dacon, holding Aeyrn by the arm. Releasing Aeryn's arm, Crichton steps to the side of the Venik on the ground, his attention back on task. Crichton kneels down by the wounded Venik, pulling the face guard off the alien, getting his UT and Star Trek nomenclature slightly confused. The sight that greets Crichton as the mask is removed gives him pause. He recognizes the alien beneath the mask from Aeryn's 'video pamphlet'. Their captive is the Venik general. General Grynes. INTERCUT A nurse and a young girl are attending to Jool's injury... she's bitchin' the entire time. Stark is sitting in the background, concious again but his head is hanging. Jool eyes the bandage the nurse wraps around her injury. The young girl hands a small cup of green fluid to the nurse who offers it to Jool. And oh-my-god, this is SO precious... apparently Jool's race drinks by absorbing moisture in tiny droplets. hehe. She brings the cup to her lips, but rather than just, you know, sipping politely, she 'blows bubbles into the surface of the liquid. This action is accompanied by a high pitched humming noise! LOL! It's like having a three year old at the table! hehe Jool's head rolls back, her eyes almost rolling back into her head, she's feeling the effects of the pain dulling fluid. Jool bashes on her bandaged arm. Jool takes the cup again and 'drinks', gurgling and humming away. hehe For all the gurgling she shows she can get a lot into her mouth as she gags and spews it out! For as deeply offended and shocked as she must be, the big 'ol Fellip urine induced grin on her face, kind of takes the sting out. D'Argo, having arrived earlier, is crouched by Stark's side. Witnessing the 'spit-take' incident, and ever the diplomat, he makes to drag them both away. D'Argo, hauling on Jool's arm, and takes one of Stark's arms as well, pulling him to his feet. Jool takes the moment to blow a nicely executed razzberry. INTERCUT Aeryn climbs the steps to the top of the wall. Dacon's on watch, rapping on something with the stock of his pulse rifle. Dacon abruptly smashes himself in the hand with his improvised hammer Unmindful of possible danger, Dacon moves into line of sight inside one of the pulse rifle ports at the top of the wall. Aeryn grabs him and urges him down. Aeryn pulls the round 'Peacekeeper' emblem from the front of Dacon's uniform.
INTERCUT Choosing to consult with the captive, yet mindful of the nurses passing nearby, Crichton hunkers down in front of him, back braced against a wall.
INTERCUT In search of the time tear, Stark wears the goggles again, surveying the area. D'Argo stands close behind him. Jool staggers in front of Stark, pointing at a torch burning nearby. D'Argo pushes her away. Stark points in front of himself, indicating the area of the tear. No mood for nonsense, D'Argo shoves Jool bodily toward the area of the tear... and misses! She impacts with the wall and slides to the ground. D'Argo picks her up off the ground and steps back with her a few paces until he's standing next to Stark again. Jool shrieks as D'Argo hurls her at the wall again. She passes through in a flash of light, landing face down in a pool of muddy water on the other side. Sitting up quickly she flops down in the muddy water, flinging muddy hair from her face, spitting mad! On the other side of the time tear... D'Argo runs off, leaving Stark holding the location of the time tear. THE MONASTERY, The Present Jool sits in the mud, still sputtering and complaining. Looking around, Jool finally sees some of what we've already seen. Her surroundings are 'not' the same. Instead of a pristinely kept memorial, the area is in ruins. A fallen statue marks the location of the central memorial, of which there is no sign. Rather than blue banners marking the periphery of the monastery, red flags adorn those same places. THE MONASTERY, The Past STARK: It's the light. It's the light... that's what's wrong. Millions... billions... dead! On her side of the time tear Jool screams and thrashes around in the water, while Stark loses it on the others side, anguished moans giving way to screams. Screaming, Stark tears the goggles from his face, the time tear contracts and disappears. END ACT IACT IITHE MONASTERY, The Past D'Argo has the goggles on Stark again. Crichton and Aeryn stand nearby. Stark makes a dismissive gesture and tries to turn again, but D'Argo pulls him back. Stark pulls the goggles off, shoving them into D'Argo hands, and turns to leave again. D'Argo yanks him back by the collar. Stark nods emphatically. Stark continues to nod emphatically. ( Another Patented Priceless Moment [PPM]:) As Stark relates his little 'poem', he makes a gesture 'round his face. Starting with fingertips pressed together above the crown of his head, he draws his slightly cupped palms down the sides of his face until the heels of his palms touch briefly below his chin. My god, the guy is NUTS! hehe D'Argo 'stares' at him. Speechless. Crichton walks away, Aeryn chasing after. ( Okay, write it down to slightly heated tempers, but... it's "pulse" pistols, John. hehe ) Aeryn stalks away. With a weary mutter, Crichton turns away too, heading in a different direction.
INTERCUT INT. MOYA, Command Chiana brushes heaps of hair from a control console. Out of the forward portal is a lovely CGI of the ringed planet.
INTERCUT PLANET SIDE Nighttime. Gorgeous CGI of a darkened cloud filled sky. A single moon hangs low. Gorgeous! The Horde makes 'hordelike' noises with drums and voices, while the nurses and 'Peacekeeper' forces shelter behind the parapets of the Monastery. Aeryn joins Dacon on the steps at the base of the wall. They are both armed with the coolest version of a crossbow I've yet seen. Strapped to the forearm, the bolts are loaded in a cylinder, which, It'd be my guess, 'rotates' a fresh bolt to firing position as each is fired. Looks to hold about five or six bolts. Tough to tell, but likely six, taken 'in context'.
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INTERCUT Stark brushes her forehead with gentle hands then takes her in his arms, holding her gently. A single tear slides from his eye. INTERCUT Crichton leads General Grynes, in nurse drag, up the steps to the parapet wall. The sound of a bolt firing and Grynes scream cuts off Crichton's high hopes for a good outcome. Crichton reaches out for him as Grynes falls from the top of the wall, mortally wounded. He wheels about, seeking out the source of the weapons fire. Kelsa stands facing him, enraged she aims the bolt weapon at him.
END ACT IIACT IIITHE MONASTERY Crichton sit's in the 'lap' of the large stone 'aztecian' lookin' statue. His wrists are shackled to the 'arms' of the statue. He's decidedly calm given that Kelsa, Dacon, and a few other nurses aim their weapons at him and the others. Forces are divided as they try to figure out what just happened. Stark flings himself in front of Crichton on his knees, hands upraised. Aeryn and D'Argo drag Stark away. Kelsa is quite close to putting one right through Crichton's skull. But this time it's Cyntrina who flings her body between Crichton and certain death. The Venik leaders beat Crichton to the whole 'sign' thing, as a flaming 'torch' strikes the ground in their midst. A holo message recorded by the Venik leader, Colonel Lennok, plays out in the flames.
INTERCUT Interlude in the monastery. As D'Argo decends the stairs from the parapet, oddly; 'Home on the Range' is played on harmonica in the background. D'Argo passes Kelsa holding her daughter Cyntrina in her arms, stroking her hair. A short distance away Stark sits hunkered close to the ground, the goggles over his face once more, futilely scanning the area. A bit further off, Aeryn and Dacon share a repast, two comrades in arms. And further on, Crichton sits in the arms of the statue, his wrists still manacled to either side, his eyes distant. Surely this little erp ditty must be originating inside his head. And of course it is. Propped in John's lap, a pair of red cowboy boots casually crossed at the ankle. The feet belong to his partner in mind; Scorpius. The harmonica being played, sweetly, by the same. The final notes played; Scorpy relaxes and sighs, feet still propped in John's lap. ( omg, I can't believe this! Can anyone believe this!? And as a capper? On the soles of the boots are scrawled a name: "ANDY" ... complete with backward "N" ... Toy Story -- 1995 --- LOL!) Scorpy recrosses his feet, settles back. Bringing the harmonica to his lips, he plays the final notes again. ( And I just have to add here... Crichton is 'filthy' again! LOL! ... Making this the fourth episode in a row that the guy just can't stay out of the dirt! Ahhh. Verrrry nice. :-) As the last note fades, Aeryn joins Crichton at the statue, sitting beside him. Aeryn starts shaking her head in the negative... Crichton's expression is hardnened, trying to get an agreement here is taking a toll on his patience... and hers. Aeryn's gaze keeps shifting to Dacon.
INTERCUT Stark sits at the grave site. Kelsa approaches, crouching beside him. Stark looks hesitant, uncertain, or perhaps just not wishing to say.
INTERCUT D'Argo walks under shelter, after a cup of water from a large bucket, but the young girl, Cyntrina looking at him from a short distance away, gives him pause. His fatherly instincts kick in. D'Argo approaches the young girl, crouching down before her. D'Argo unsheathes his small knife, handing it to the girl. Cyntrina scrapes the tip of the blade over the rough stone wall, concentrating on her task. Sitting shackled to the statue in the center of the Courtyard, Crichton's gaze shifts from watching Cyntrina to Aeryn and Dacon as they cross the courtyard in front of him. Aeryn tries to take the spear with the recorded message from Dacon. Aeryn relents, knowing it's he who must do it. Dacon takes the spear and climbs the stairs to the walkway at the parapet wall. Exercising all due caution, he ducks under the first of the rifle ports, rising only when he's sheltered behind the wall again. Setting the spear butt first on the ground, he makes a few final adjustments. Aeryn watches him carefully the entire time, Crichton watches Aeryn watching him. ( Okay and this is just god-awful painful folks!) Dacon steps in front of the rifle port and launches the spear with a hefty throw. Before he can take a breath a bolt is buried in his chest. He staggers back a step, spews a gout of blood from his mouth and flops onto his back, his body rolls off the walkway and falls to the courtyard below. A woman screams and Aeryn runs to his side, checking for signs of life... there are none. Her eyes rise to meet Crichton's. INTERCUT MOYA Chiana runs into command, Jool practically on her heels, collides with her, when Chiana stops at the nearest console. Ext. CGI through the forward portal. The planet is a burned and lifeless husk. Brilliant work!
END ACT IIIACT IVTHE MONASTERY Stark, wearing the goggles again, tries to find the time tear, as prompted by D'Argo and Aeryn. Stark pulls the goggles off. Aeryn bolts, leaving Stark and D'Argo. The missle attack is renewed. The nurses scream and run for cover. Aeryn angrily confronts Crichton while arrows rain down across the courtyard.. Aeryn and Crichton argue bitterly, both shouting, while the Venik Horde brings down the thunder and the lightening. Aeryn finally moves to release Crichton, but she's interrupted by Kelsa. Aeryn unholsters her weapon in an impressive speed draw and unleashes a shot over Kelsa's shoulder. Aeryn releases the shackles from Crichton's wrists and ankles, taking the time to shoot him a patented 'look'. An explosion rocks the monastery. The sealed entry gate blows inward. Crichton, Aeryn and Kelsa seek shelter behind the statue in the central courtyard as the Horde breaks through the weakened doorway. Crichton and Aeryn unleash a hail of pulse pistol fire against the Veniks breaching the gate. Crichton bolts from behind the statue, shouting and firing at the Veniks as they pour through the gateway. Charging up the stairs to the walkway below the parapet, he dodges a parade of nurses as they run down the stairs.
INTERCUT MOYA, Command The view from the forward portal is decidedly different. The starfield is the same, the planet's moon and rings are still present, but nothing remains of the planet save a diffuse cloud of gaseous vapor. Chiana bolts for the door, but Jool cuts her off, standing in her path. Jool holds her arm out solicitously, showing Chiana her injury. Chiana slams a closed fist down on the wrapped wound. Jool shrieks! Chiana runs out. We get a nice closeup of Jool's tonsils as she continues shrieking. INTERCUT THE MONASTERY In the courtyard, Aeryn defends the entry, dropping every Venik soldier who breaches the gate. Well, almost every one. The few who slip through are fought off by the nurses and D'Argo. Reaching the walkway at the top of the stairs, Crichton drops the Veniks' who have breached the parapet wall by ladder. In the courtyard, Cyntrina dashes between the combatants, trying to reach her mother, who's fighting off the invaders, badly, with a big ass club. One of the horde grabs up the young girl. D'Argo bashes the guy over the head with his qualta blade. Kelsa gathers her daughter in her arms. Another Venik, preparing to take both their heads off with one blow, is taken out from behind by an extremely well placed shot. D'Argo looks up in shock and sees that it's John, shooting from the walkway across the courtyard. ( Is he thinking "When did John get to be such a good shot?" ... that's what I'm thinking. ) Crichton, turns back to the rifle port, picking off another Venik who's managed to reach the top of the parapet wall. Running from one rifle port to the next, he continues picking off the invaders as they reach the top of the ladders. D'Argo takes out two opposing forces with the butt of his qualta blade, slamming it into the faces of the Veniks who attempt to flank him on either side. He doesn't see those approaching from behind... but Crichton does. D'Argo looks up to see Crichton aiming at him... and ducks! The pulse blast cuts directly over D'Argo's head as he's crouched on the ground, expertly taking out BOTH of the Veniks attacking from D'Argo's rear. Crichton returns to picking off the invaders on the parapet wall. Aeryn and D'Argo are equally merciless in taking out the Veniks invading through the main gate. The body count rises with each passing second. Kelsa and Cyntrina, cowering together near D'Argo, stand and scurry away through the thinning mass of invading Horde. D'Argo retrieves one of the bolt firing weapons from the ground, and we get to see it in action and he uses it to take out a few more of the Horde. Aeryn continues, relentlessly pouring pulse fire into the invaders. At the top of the wall, Crichton is also relentless, picking off Veniks one after another, it's a duck shoot, but he's tiring. A Venik disarms Aeryn with a well placed blow, her pistol flies from her hand. She picks up a spear and brains the guy with it. Another of the Veniks' picks up her pulse pistol, but just as a gorilla might, he 'mishandles' it, and blows himself away, the pistol discharging in his face! Continuing to fight, hand to hand, primitive weapons only, D'Argo and Aeryn are making a fairly good showing of it, considering the odds. Crichton continues dropping the Horde who dare to attempt entry. Turning to move to another rifle port, he looks down, seeing Aeryn taking out another opponent with a spear/club/whatever, it's hard to see cause the damn thing is moving so fast! Crichton sees another enemy approach her from behind, and knows she'll be too slow. Firing from the parapet wall, he takes the guy out, not more than a foot away from her. She rises from a crouch, looking up at Crichton with D'Argo's same look of moments before. ( "How'd he get to be such a good shot?" or maybe it's "Good god, he nearly fried me!" hehe). Crichton turns from the wall, running down the steps to stand beside Aeryn, as she stands beside D'Argo, all three of them facing the final onslaught. Aeryn, retrieving her weapon from the dirt, they unleash a withering hail of pulse pistol fire... D'Argo lends assistance with the Jocation crossbow. More than a dozen of the Horde fall in this final onslaught. A horn sounds and the Veniks turn, running back through the gateway. Crichton, Aeryn and D'Argo allow the remaining invaders to retreat. Slowly lowering weapons, Crichton assesses the damage, the bodies stacked in the monastery entrance. His face is a hard mask of anger and disgust. Aeryn glances toward him, then back to the bodies. INTERCUT EXT. SPACE (Gorgeous CGI Alert [GCGIA]:) Chiana pilots the transport pod, past the planet's rings and toward the gaseous cloud. The Pod wobbles a bit in transit, the trip ain't smooth. CHIANA: [O.V.] What's going on, Pilot? I'm getting the dren kicked out of me! PILOT: Moya's registering some kind of massive gamma disturbance where the planet used to be. CHIANA: Can you see anything? PILOT: Nothing. CHIANA: I can't control this. INTERCUT THE MONASTERY Still watching the wall with goggles on, Stark detects the time tear as it reappears and then enlarges. Stark runs quickly to D'Argo, Crichton and Aeryn, pulling the goggles from his head. Crichton hesitates, looking back to Kelsa, her daughter and the other nurses. Crichton leaves, heading toward Kelsa. Aeryn heads in another direction, and D'Argo has his own goodbyes to say. Crichton sits beside a very frightened Kelsa.
INTERCUT Stark stands in front of the wall, goggles showing him the illuminated time tear. His soft moan quietly buildling as Crichton arrives at a run. Crichton turns, running back the way he came.
INTERCUT Aeryn sits by Dacon's body. Goodbyes of her own needing to be said. Gently, she places his Peacekeeper emblem back on his uniform. She stands, looking down on the young man. A Peacekeeper hero.
INTERCUT Crichton runs back to the wall, followed by Aeryn, pulling to a stop she collides with him slightly, breathlessly whispering an apology. Stark's quiet moans escalate to a howling scream as his energies build, spreading into the immediate area and blinding his three companions, again. END ACT IVEPILOGUEPLANETSIDE Ext. CGI, same as in the beginning. The monastery, a monument to time again... all seems returned to normal. Chiana and Aeryn pass under an arch, entering the Monastery courtyard. They walk into the central courtyard, and indeed everything seems returned to normal. The monument is in it's place, the blue banners line the periphery. Crichton is also at the periphery of the courtyard, crouched down, his back against a pillar. Sitting on the base of the pillar, one leg tucked under, elbow resting on upraised knee, Crichton watches a slow trickle of soft earth fall from his closed hand to the ground. A pair of the memorial's goggles rests on the ground just beside him. Aeryn's takes a step toward the memorial. Her approach activates a new holo-display. The images are those of the nurses, with Kelsa and her daughter at the forefront. A memorial indeed. The holo-display fades and Aeryn crosses the courtyard, crouching beside Crichton. Crichton looks down at the goggles on the ground beside him as the final events of the attack on the monastery are replayed. The 'new' final events.
INTERCUT THE MONASTERY, The Past Kelsa clutches her daughter to her, the rest of the nurses cowering behind her as Lennok and the Horde advance on them. The Venik Horde presses toward the small group of nurses, Lennok barely able to hold them back by standing between them. Lennok, no longer able to hold the Veniks' back, they surge forward, firing their weapons. The nurses' scream as they are slaughtered by the Venik Horde. Kelsa has time to scream Crichton's name one last time before she is killed. INTERCUT THE MONASTERY, The Present As the sounds of screaming build, Crichton grabs the goggles and hurls them across the courtyard, they smash against the steps. Devastation in his eyes for a microt, but no tears, then his mask slips back in place. Reaching out, he puts one arm loosely around Aeryn's shoulders and pulls her head to his chest. She weeps not as well, but she does not mask the devastation in her eyes. INTERCUT Against the wall of the Monastery, D'Argo pulls away a growth of tall vines. Behind the vines, carved into the wall, he finds what he seeks. The mark placed there by Cyntrina, 500 cycles ago. He sighs quietly... thinking of her, as he promised someone would. FADE TO BLACKROLL ENDING CREDITS |