FARSCAPE
"Eat Me"
Written by,
Matt Ford
This transcript provided by: Farscape Ally!
Suggestions for corrections/revisions gratefully accepted.
| 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 MacIntosh Shane Briant Lisa Griffiths Sean Masterson |
Jool Kaarvok Belima Voice of Rovhu's Pilot |
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Writer: Matt Ford Who also wrote: | |
Director: Ian Watson Who also directed: | |
| CREATED BY: | Rockne S. O'Bannon |
| CONSULTING PRODUCER: | Sue Milliken |
| CO-PRODUCER: | Andrew Prowse |
| LINE PRODUCER: | Lesley Parker |
| SUPERVISING PRODUCER: | Justin Monjo |
| EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: | Richard Manning |
| PRODUCED BY: | Anthony Winley |
| WRITTEN BY: | Matt Ford |
| DIRECTED BY: | Ian Watson |
| 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: | Martin Conner |
| 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 OPENEXT. SPACE Leviathan Transport pod in transit in a background of stars, listing heavily to one side. INTERCUT Inside the Transport Pod, Crichton wrestles with balky controls, D'Argo sits scowling in the co-pilot's seat, while Chiana scurries about in the background doing the 'grot work', as the ship shudders and rocks. Jool lurks over Crichton's shoulder.
Chiana lowers herself into a crawlspace below the pilot's deck.
She rips wires and guts from the crawlspace, the pod's fluids drizzle from the torn wires.
INTERCUT EXT. SPACE Outside the pod approaches a small asteroid, the tail of the leviathan parked on the far side of the asteroid comes into view.
INTERCUT INT. TRANSPORT POD Crichton, still wrestling with the control stick, comms for aid.
INTERCUT EXT. SPACE The Leviathan, fully in view, and clearly not Moya. Dark, potentially derelict, a massive PeaceKeeper control collar is in place across the nose of the great biomechanoid ship.
INTERCUT INT. TRANSPORT POD
Chiana continues working on the failing transport. The vessel shudders heavily.
Crichton shoots D'Argo a grim look, maintaining course for the Leviathan. INTERCUT EXT. SPACE STOCK CGI - Leviathan Transport enters Leviathan exterior docking bay (overhead) The transport pod trails a thin stream of vapor, leaking atmosphere to space. INTERCUT INT. TRANSPORT POD The Transport pod continues to list as John manages a less than three point landing, the pod clashing loudly against the Leviathan's deck-- grinding slowly to a stop.
Jool yelps quietly as minor explosions and small background fires erupt. D'Argo clotheslines Crichton with the pod controls as he stands, glaring mightily.
INTERCUT INT. TRANSPORT HANGAR D'Argo leads the way, decending the pod stairs into a darkened hangar bay, Chiana and Jool, follow closely behind.
D'Argo and Chiana advance cautiously into the Maintenance Bay, both hold weapons to bear. An abrupt, but distant, howling interrupts the stillness. Chiana sniffs the air, something unpleasant is afoot.
D'Argo sniffs the air as well. All senses on alert, as they continue to advance, Jool following behind. After microts of silence, a shrill shriek pierces the air and a dark form hurls itself onto D'Argo's back and shoulders.
D'Argo spins around to face Chiana, the long haired nutcase clings to his back until Chiana blasts it off with her pulse rifle. Crichton bolts down the pod ladder, drawn pistol in one hand, some kind of cabling in the other.
D'Argo pushes the dead long haired nutcase onto its back. Looks to be Sebacean by species, several weeks or months without a good bath.
D'Argo turns and gives Crichton a sour look. END COLD OPENROLL OPENING CREDITS"My 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 ILEVIATHAN TRANSPORT HANGAR Sitting outside the Transport, D'Argo grouses, and Jool whines as Crichton examines the handful of cabling from the damaged ship. Chiana stalks about with her pulse rifle at the ready.
Crichton tosses the handful of cabling to the deck.
Crichton draws his weapon and walks toward the Maintenance Bay, D'Argo and Chiana accompanying. Jool draws back a few steps, watching fearfully as the other three leave her behind.
Crichton directs Chiana back to the Transport with a tip of his head.
Crichton and D'Argo continue into the Maintenance Bay, and Chi heads back to the pod. INTERCUT MAINTENANCE BAY Crichton holds his weapon at the ready, D'Argo also has Qualta Rifle ready. The creepiness definately getting to them.
Crichton calls out to anyone.
An image is projected on the clamshell, greenish static. Crichton calls out into the eerie quiet again.
D'Argo pounds on the Maintenance Bay corridor access door.
A muted humming and the door swings open. Crichton and D'Argo take the offered exit cautiously.
Now behind them, the open door swings silently shut, Crichton notices at the last minute.
They throw their weight against the door, trying to prevent it closing.
D'Argo turns away slightly from the closed door, activating comms.
D'Argo, grunting with frustration, turns away from the door.
D'Argo moves out again, spotting something almost immediately.
Kneeling down, the beam of D'Argo's lantern illuminates an eerie skeletal hand protruding from a heap of debris. ( There's nothing NOT eerie here, people! )
INTERCUT LEVIATHAN MAIN PASSAGE The state of the Leviathan's ruin becomes more and more apparent as Crichton and D'Argo continue their seach. ( Hey, the place is trashed, it oozes 'ick' everywhere! )
Crichton and D'Argo ease around an expanse of dripping ick.
D'Argo kicks out the panel to a subpassage.
Crichton moves to duck through the opening into the subpassage, but draws back quickly, hand to face and voice choked.
D'Argo pushes Crichton into the opening and follows him. INTERCUT LEVIATHAN SUBPASSAGE
The subpassage is an even greater mess than the main passage. Ooze dripping, cabling torn and hanging, crap everywhere. It's a mess. D'Argo pulls wire from the cabling, Crichton ever inquisitive, touches fingers to the ooze and 'sniffs' it.
Crichton wipes his fingers off on a semi-clean spot on the wall.
Finished pulling wires, D'Argo approaches Crichton who's still standing around engrossed in the ruined Leviathan. D'Argo's ready to move on.
Both thoroughly frustrated, they begin shouting over each other.
Crichton turns away, glancing upward, for patience presumably. A slight exalation of breath that 'may' have wanted to be a not nice word... and then he stalks off, leaving D'Argo for his own mission.
INTERCUT LEVIATHAN TRANSPORT HANAGER Jool stands outside the Transport Pod. A small metallic object drops from the side of the vessel and 'plinks' next to her foot.
Jool points down to the small metallic object and Chiana fetches it from the floor near her 2" boot heel!
Chiana turns and stalks toward the Maintenance Bay. Jool chases after her at a prancing run.
Chiana stops in front of the closed corridor door.
Jool rails on behind her.
Chiana whips about and plants a solid fist against Jools jaw. Jools head whipcracks in response, grunting quietly. She looks back at Chiana; hurt, surprise, and anger in her green eyes.
Chiana slugs her again, but this time Jool flares and socks Chiana back. Chi's head rocks and she pops her jaw a bit in appreciation of the hit. Jool clutches her hand, squealing dramatically.
Chi turns back to the closed door. INTERCUT Disembodied arm, with a multicolored 'device' attached, injects a long wicked looking needle into a biomechanical mass, a hand manipulates the 'controls' of the device. ( Sheesh. Okay, trivia for free: The 'control panel' of the device has a total of 9 circular 'lights' and one 'bar', set in two rows. TOP ROW: 6 circular lights. Four are 'lit' and look 'blue'. BOTTOM ROW: Three circular lights, two are 'lit' and look 'blue'. The 'bar' is also 'lit' and looks 'red'. Math whiz's may now figure out the rest. I admit, the red/white lights are confusin' me inky! ) INTERCUT LEVIATHAN MAINTENANCE BAY The door swings open, from the corridor side. Chiana and Jool on the other side, are free to roam.
Chiana steps cautiously into the corridor, the door swinging closed behind her, leaving a mainly terrified Jool alone. INTERCUT MAINTENANCE BAY Jool shoots her gaze around the room, utterly terrified. INTERCUT Ew, we get a look at the 'owner' of the bizarre control panel/injector. Creepy Guy #12. Must see to appreciate. Looks like he's in a cell, very goth... candles and everything. ( candles? sheesh. ) INTERCUT Qualta Rifle fires and D'Argo busts through a sealed door into a storage area. Entering on a search and destroy, he glances around looking for the needed part, but only finds another useless bit of techno... hmm... looks like a gyro-sensor. He discards it impatiently, and, hearing sounds of distant voices, exits the storeroom. (gee... too bad we don't 'need' a gyro-sensor!) INTERCUT LEVIATHAN PILOT'S DEN Crichton enters the partially opened doorway, instantly spotting three figures mumbling and growling, all crouched on the console in front of a disoriented looking Pilot. He approaches slowly, weapon extended but not firing.
The sound of his voice alerts the creatures and they vacate quickly. Crichton lowers his weapon and continues a cautious approach, the Pilot behind the console becoming more fearful and anxious the closer he gets. He climbs up onto the console, the Pilot beginning to shudder and groan loudly. Crichton gets a good close look at the being and his eyes and voice reflect the horror he feels.
The Pilot continues to quake and groan in extreme fear.
Each time John tries to get closer, the Pilot groans louder, more panicked. Backing off slightly, he holsters his weapon.
The Pilot quiets a bit, but it looks crazed by fear, two of the Pilot's arms have been severed at the torso.
The Pilot's cries cease, but it continues to quake slightly.
INTERCUT LEVIATHAN, Main Corridor Chi creeps down the corridor in the semi darkness, emergency lights and the flashlight on her pulse rifle illuminate a generally creepy scene... muted gutteral moaning and distant shrieks creep her out even more. ( and the creepy music is not help me either!)
Turning slightly Chi spots a dark shape dart past in the corridor behind her and she fires spasmodically, missing badly. Now backing slowly, she backs her way into the vessel's center chamber, noises in the chamber cause her to spin about. Several beings crouch on the floor around a small open flame. Chi backs slowly out of the room.
They slowly follow her, one lunging at her, she smashes it aside with the pulse rifle.
The rest continue following her... it's the Night of the Living Dead with creepy, filthy, feral looking sebaceans as stand-ins. She notices two who look oddly alike, then another charges her. She smashes it to the floor with the flashlight.
INTERCUT LEVIATHAN'S PILOT'S DEN Crichton stands on the control console before a bowed and shaken Pilot, it's voice is haggard and grating. It's in 'very' bad shape.
Crichton crouches in front of the Pilot.
INTERCUT CENTER CHAMBER/MAIN CORRIDOR Chiana screams as she backs out of the Center Chamber, the 'zombies' following slowly.
She notices another group of 'zombies' behind her in the corridor.
With almost nowhere else to 'back' to, she swings the aim of the pulse rifle from one group to the next. They close in on both sides.
She continues turning from one group to the other frantically, but not wanting to fire on them for some reason.
While she frantically watches one group, one from the other group slashes her across the abdomen with a wicked looking blade, she screams and blue blood flows from the wound.
She's backed herself against the corridor wall, one hand pressed against the wound. The 'zombies' reach out, quickly snatching samples of her blood with fingers, 'tasting' her. ( okay... ick?! )
Trying to run past the crowd, she trips over one and falls to the floor, pushing backward along the floor, away from the group, but they press toward her.
She stands unsteadily, pointing the pulse rifle at the group of 'zombies', now all in front of her.
Firing the pulse rifle with flare, one of the 'zombies' flies backward under the impact into the crowd. INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR Entering a junction, D'Argo hears muted pulse fire and Chiana's echoing scream. He picks up his pace, heading in that direction.
INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR Crichton bolts down a corridor, hearing pulse rifle fire and Chiana's distant voice echoing in the corridor.
Crichton spins about uselessly in a junction, uncertain which of the four directions he should take.
INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR Chiana fires repeatedly into the crowd of 'zombies', dropping one after the other. One grabs the muzzle of the pulse rifle, and she shoots 'through' it, dropping two more before kicking it away from the rifle. Chi does her patented 'war whoop', then turns and bolts down the corridor. INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR D'Argo continues down a corridor, calling for Chiana.
Sounds of pulse fire and her screams have ceased. No longer certain he's heading in the right direction, he turns and heads down another corridor, coming almost face to face with 'Weird Guy #12', his eyes virtually 'bug' from their sockets in surprise. He drops the Qualta rifle from ready position to dead aim.
Weird Guy #12 takes a step toward D and he don't take kindly to that, taking one step back.
D'Argo's taken aback slightly by the cultured tones coming from what appears to be a walking carcass, and Kaarvok takes that moment to fling one arm up, the device firing a small energy ball, which strikes D'Argo and instantly encases him in a large opaque 'bubble'. INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR Crichton runs down the corridor, stopping at another junction. Releasing his weapon from its holster, he proceeds cautiously ahead. INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR Kaarvok turns a corner, humming lightly to himself. He's followed by 'zombie' creatures who drag something between them. They pass Crichton just as he's entering from a separate passage. Seeing that they are dragging D'Argo, he steps into the corridor, shouting, preparing to blow them away.
A 'zombie' flings itself on Crichton's shoulders before he can snap off a shot, he stumbles forward. Losing his pulse pistol, it clatters to the floor, while the zombie tries to take a chunk out of his neck with it's teeth. INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR Limping along weakly, Chiana hears Crichton's shout.
She increases her pace as best she can, still clutching her wound. Entering a junction, another 'zombie' makes a jump for her and she falls backward, firing as the zombie flies over head, it's body continues to fly with the added impetus of pulse rifle fire. Chiana sits up quickly, gasping at the close call. INTERCUT MAIN CORRIDOR Cricton continues wrestling with the 'zombie' attached to his back. He flings himself backward against a stack of storage containers, dislodging it. More converge on him as he lunges toward those holding D'Argo. Fighting them off hand to hand, he's briefly distracted by a near miss from a pulse rifle, and turns to see Chiana arriving. Another zombie latches onto his arm and he smashes it down with his fist. Seeing he'll soon have distractions, Kaarvok ejects the long needle from his arm device, and with a whirring noise, buries the needle in D'Argo's forehead. Crichton takes out another zombie, but he and Chiana are dragged to the floor as it collapses, they turn in time to see Kaarvok's needle extracting a white substance from D'Argo's skull, and watch horrified as he sticks the needle into a 'shunt' on his own head, injecting the substance. The five 'zombies' surrounding D'Argo's body wait in nervous anticipation. In microts it's over. Kaarvok turns and leaves. Chiana scrambles around the floor for the lost pulse rifle as the 'zombies' turn their attention to D'Argo. Retrieving the rifle, Chiana runs toward the group crowded around D'Argo and screaming, she fires randomly, they scatter, disappearing quickly. Chiana continues firing the rifle repeatedly, mostly into the air-- and screaming wildly. Torn between stunned shock and disbelief, Crichton stands slowly as Chiana continues to fire and scream, finally turning his attention to her. She quiets, lowering the rifle, and he comes in close, grabbing her arms from behind and moving them both forward. He kneels behind her as she kneels over D'Argo, her words to him unheard. Crichton's hands brace her, or perhaps he braces himself on her. END ACT IACT IIEXT. SPACE Moya initiating Starburst. Luminous threads race along her body from tail to nose, the Starburst effect coalescing around and ahead of her nose, and she 'disappears'. (Whoo Hoo! New CGI. Is it just me? Or does it look like she's 'lost weight'? :) She looks 'longer and sleeker'. ) INTERCUT COMMAND Aeryn runs into command, taking a spot next to Rygel and Stark at the strategy table.
Rygel looks a bit 'sickly'.
INTERCUT EXT. SPACE Moya exits the Starburst corona, her nose cone contracting. ( ooo, she's lookin' good folks! )
INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN
Back on Command, Aeryn takes a look out the forward portal.
Out the forward portal Talyn cruises by. (Stock CGI: "Mind The Baby")
INTERCUT EXT. SPACE Leviathan transport enroute Moya to Talyn. (Stock CGI: "The Ugly Truth") INTERCUT INT. TALYN Aeryn crosses into shot just outside half opened doors to Talyn's command. The ship's taken a beating, cabling dangles everywhere, red ribs are burned black here and there.
Aeryn, weapon drawn, cautiously approaches the half opened doors.
Seeing something inside, she shoulders the doors open and enters.
A brief sweep of eyes to ensure no immediate danger lurks and she holsters her weapon, crouching beside Crais, rolling him onto his back. He's unconcious, awful brusing over his left eye and temple. He's taken a beating as well. INTERCUT LEVIATHAN MAIN CORRIDOR Crichton drags D'Argo's body along the floor, using a large cloth as a crude 'travois'. Chiana walks slowly beside his body, holding his hand as Crichton strains slowly along under the heavy load.
Angry, frustrated and tired he leaves off pulling the body, ranting at himself and D'Argo. Chiana, close to tears, tries to deflect his anger and guilt.
Glancing around the darkened corridor, Crichton notices something further along, and in instant alarm slams Chiana against the wall, pressing close against her, his eyes focussed on the source of his alarm. Chiana turns her head in that direction and sees two of the 'zombies' slash and then chew on cabling dangling from the walls of the corridor just ahead.
Crichton strips the pulse rifle from Chiana's hands and steps away from the wall for a better shot. Without Crichton's support, Chiana slumps to the floor as he picks off both of the 'zombies', his rage barely contained. With nothing more to shoot at for now, Crichton bends down and hauls Chiana off the ground, she clings to him fearfully.
They both reach down, grabbing a corner of the cloth, and drag D'Argo's body around the corner of the passage-- away from the 'zombies' approaching slowly from behind them. INTERCUT LEVIATHAN TRANSPORT HANGAR Jool stands at the foot of the transport's ladder, clutching a pulse rifle, need we say "fearfully"?
Pacing tenatively from the Transport toward the Maintenance bay, she hops and shrieks briefly at a sudden noise.
The last word is a scream as she's startled by distant moaning.
Scared 'grotless', she takes little baby steps away from the wall. One step at a time, her voice a soft quaver.
The Maintenance Bay door swings wide, and Jool sees something outside that terrifies her. Next seen, she's prancing back to the transport. ( the BBQ wonders what happened 'between' that terrified look and the prancing run... hmmm) INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN Crichton ensures the door to the Den is closed and secured, while Chi gets her first look at the Pilot.
Crichton crosses the walkway, approaching the Pilot moaning and quivering behind the console.
Without regard for the Pilot's ingrained fear, Crichton runs up to the console, bracing one foot against the slanted and warped surface.
Crichton's head swivels in Chiana's direction, taking in this information silently.
Turning away from Pilot, Crichton takes a step toward Chiana.
Crichton turns abruptly back to Pilot.
Chiana pulls the cloth up, covering D'Argo's body.
A small vial in her crossed palms, she raises her hands above her head, murmuring a quiet sing-song prayer.
Unsealing the vial, she sprinkles something over the surface of the blanket.
Not understanding that bit of information, Crichton turns to Chiana.
He steps down from the console and takes a few steps toward her.
He walks to her, kneeling behind her, taking her arm in his hands.
Chi leans back against him as the material covering D'Argo's body bursts into flames. They both carefully roll the body off the walkway and into the chasm below. He holds her in his arms, rocking her gently as they watch their friends body fall into darkness. INTERCUT Another ominous shot of Kaarvok as he fiddles with his control device. INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN Both Chi and John approach the Pilot's console.
Crichton climbs up onto the console again, kneeling in front of the Pilot. Chiana stands behind him.
Behind them a door swings open and a rush of air fills the chamber. Crichton is flung backward forcefully, Chiana's body follows shortly after, screaming.
Crichton hits the floor hard near the open doorway, then reaches out with one arm to catch Chiana as she slides across the walk way, her body colliding with him and sending them both crashing into the wall of the outside corridor.
The door into the Pilot's Den swings shut, cutting off the force of the wind. Crichton climbs unsteadily to his knees as Kaarvok approaches them.
Crichton lunges for Kaarvok. Getting a strong backhand to the jaw, Crichton drops to the floor, stunned. Kaarvok turns toward Chiana. She leaps up trying to run, but he hauls her back by the hair. Crichton crawls to his feet behind them, as Kaarvok tosses Chiana to the floor hard. He turns back to Crichton in time to deliver another hard backhand across the jaw. Crichton hits the floor again. Chiana scoots backward, then staggers to her feet, running as best she can on a slippery floor. Kaarvok follows her, leaving an unconscious Crichton, face down on the deck. Chiana reaches another access door, but it refuses to open for her.
Looking back, she see's Kaarvok closing, so she abandons that door and runs to the next.
Reaching the next door, just a short distance away, she pounds on it frantically.
Unable to get out, she turns to face Kaarvok. He gazes at her for a moment, then hits her with the 'energy ball'. The same large opague ball encases her. It seems to shrink slightly, and then divide like a really big single cell, then 'spits' out two Chiana's on the floor next to the door. 'Both' Chianas look dazed, and shake their heads in 'exactly' the same way. Finally each registering the other's presence, they scream! END ACT IIACT IIICORRIDOR Both Chianas continue to scream, and scramble away from each other.
Kaarvok looks from one to the other, then fixing his eyes on his 'selection' retrieves a Chiana from the floor, holding her firmly with one hand. The other Chiana makes a break for it, but she looks back and the captive Chiana reaches out to her, pleading with her.
Chiana runs back to help 'herself', but stops short as Kaarvok ejects the long needle from the control device, hesitating within a fingers breadth of her 'doppleganger'.
Chiana runs away as Kaarvok 'buries the needle'. ( okay, this is pretty gross. TV 14 for Violence. eww ) INTERCUT TALYN'S COMMAND
Aeryn has an unconscious Crais in a sitting position, back braced against the wall.
Rygel removes the neural transponder from Crais' neck, the ship immediately reacts to this disconnection, shuddering all around them.
The ship continues to shudder and rock heavily.
Rygel hands her the transponder.
Aeryn 'plugs' the transponder back in Crais' neck, and the ship slowly quiets.
INTERCUT CORRIDOR OUTSIDE PILOT'S DEN Crichton slowly recovers consciousness, staggering to his feet, a strand of wire tangled in his fingers. ( And here I need to say... filthy rating: Five Star. Fifth ep in a row where "Crichton needs a bath" springs immediately to mind! Just 'nothin' wrong with that! )
He staggers blindly to the first door, pounding on it once. Turning about, he continues to call out as he walks the corridor, winding the wire around his right hand for safe keeping.
Glancing down a branching corridor, he calls out again.
INTERCUT LEVIATHAN CORRIDOR Crichton runs into another branch in the corridor, glancing around he spots a light flashing against an open door to his right and runs in that direction. In yet another branch, he glances toward the light souce, seeing a number of 'zombies' clustered on the floor some distance away. He makes out a blur of white hair that seems to be the center of their attention.
At a full run, Crichton charges down the corridor, screaming as the zombies drag her body out of sight, a door sealing itself between them and one singularly enraged human.
Crichton flings himself against the closed door, pounding on it with fists and elbows, flinging his body against it.
Crichton's shouts echo down empty corridors of a dying ship.
INTERCUT EXT. SPACE The dying Leviathan, half in the shadow of the asteroid. John's screams echo here as well. INTERCUT INT. LEVIATHAN Chiana runs back through a familiar corridor, a couple of zombies actually running away from her, such is her frenzy. Finally collapsing on the floor, resting against a non-descript container. She frantically and disjointedly tries to reassure herself.
INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN Crichton's back in Pilot's Den. He's standing on the bridge walkway, gazing out over the open space.
The Pilot watches him blankly from behind the console.
Gearing up under the stress, the 'manic'-Crichton starts emerging again. Well... no guts, no glory.
Crichton turns and walks toward the Pilot.
INTERCUT Kaarvok strolls down a corridor, turning to enter a cell as the doors swing open ahead of him. He's greeted by familiar sounding snarls of rage accompanied by the clashing of chains. Kaarvok stops in the open doorway.
More snarls from an extremely pissed source, Kaarvok takes one step into the cell, the doors close behind him.
Inside the cell, D'Argo, effectively restrained by chains, quivers with anger.
D'Argo growls.
D'Argo snarls, his lunge toward Kaarvok foreshortened by the chains.
Kaarvok turns to exit the cell, D'Argo watching him go, exquisite confusion on his face. INTERCUT STOREROOM Chiana rifles through a storeroom, flinging bits of techno crap everywhere.
She pauses slightly in her frantic search, falling backward. On her back on the floor, Chi examines her wound quickly... muttering to herself.
Rolling to her knees, she digs into another box, pulling crap out and discarding it just as quickly.
In the bottom of the box, she finds what she's looking for, but sees something else on top of another crate. Crawling to that crate she picks up another gyro-sensor, comparing the two identical pieces of equipment.
INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN, Below Deck Below the Pilot's station, Crichton works at making necessary connections.
Crichton makes another connection, and above him, Pilot howls in pain.
Crichton climbs the 'ladder' back to Pilot's level. INTERCUT D'Argo snarls and yanks on the restraining chains, as Kaarvok reappears outside the closed cell door.
A muted whimpering growl from something out of sight continues over their conversation, and something tugs at a rope Kaarvok holds in one hand. Kaarvok impatiently glances at whatever it is.
The cell door swings open.
Kaarvok ponders the question briefly.
Kaarvok pulls on the rope, drawing a wildly feral 'Peacekeeper female' into the room.
D'Argo eyes the snarling chick with serious misgivings, she doesn't seem 'too' inconvenience by the idea. Abruptly, the scene is interrupted by the sound of the Leviathan's dormant engines flaring to life. Kaarvok, looking a bit angered, clips Belima's 'leash' to D'Argo's chains, and exits the cell. INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN
Crichton climbs back down the ladder, returning to continue making useful connections.
In the Pilot's Den, the door swings slowly open.
Crichton climbs the ladder quickly.
As Crichton quickly climbs the ladder, an abrupt, harsh noise, cuts off Pilot's screams. At the top, Crichton climbs out onto the Pilot's deck. The Pilot is hunched slightly forward, eyes closed. A heavy metal bar protruding from the protective carapace. END ACT IIIACT IVMOYA, Command
Aeryn takes a few menacing steps back toward Rygel. An especially dangerous look in her eyes.
With one quick, equally serious look at Stark, she turns and leaves.
Rygel looks back at Stark, considering his words.
INTERCUT ROVHU TRANSPORT HANGAR Jool sits on the transport pod steps, clutching the pulse rifle. Still alive, but very very frightened. INTERCUT ROVHU PILOT'S DEN Standing in front of the dead Pilot, John manipulates the controls himself.
INTERCUT Kaarvok glances round him as the ship continues powering up. Raising his hand, he 'ejects' the needle from the control device. INTERCUT EXT. SPACE, ROVHU The lights along the hull of the Leviathan brighten substantially. INTERCUT ROVHU CORRIDOR Chiana darts down a corridor, noting the changes in the ship all around her. Turning a corner in a junction, she stops abruptly and darts to the side, concealing herself behind a stack of equipment as Kaarvok and some of the 'zombies' walk past. ( And danged if it don't look like 'Resident Evil' hehe ) INTERCUT ROVHU PILOT'S DEN Crichton touches the end of the metal rod that pierces the dead Pilot's 'skull'. He's pretty much out of allies at this point.
Crichton presses a final control, then climbs back up onto his knees on the console.
Oh, god, he's really pissed, eyes glittering with anger, he stands on the control console, taking a few steps across the surface.
Taking a position, standing in front of the dead Pilot, he faces outward, shouting like an insane DJ.
INTERCUT ROVHU COORIDOR Chiana creeps quietly down the corridor, having taken an 'opposite' direction from that taken by Kaarvok. Hearing a muted gasp, she cocks her head with curious disbelief and heads in the direction of the noise.
Chiana's eyes fix on the occupants of the cell. D'Argo standing in chains with the feral Peacekeeper female hanging on him.
Belima continues licking his face, then drops slowly down and out of sight while D'Argo quivers and gasps quietly.
Chiana moves to a storage locker, snapping the doors open, then casting her gaze back over her shoulder to the mightily inconvenienced Luxan.
D'Argo yelps and quivers.
Rooting through the storage locker, Chiana pulls out a pulse pistol, shoving it into her belt.
Turning back to the storage locker she retrieves real gems from her search. She turns and displays them for D'Argo.
Okay, he just doesn't care! Continuing to quake, mainly terrified as Belima makes little yipping noises from somewhere below his waist. hehe.
Chi turns back to the storage locker, tucking the coils into a pouch at her hip. Next she pulls D's Qualta Rifle from the locker.
Chi blasts a set of chains from the ceiling and D'Argo's hands are released. He gasps in relief.
Chi aims the rifle lower, where Belima cowers on the floor.
She raises the rifle again, blasing another set of chains, releasing both D'Argo and Belima. Belima growls and scurries out of the cell. INTERCUT CORRIDOR D'Argo and Chiana walk rapidly down a corridor, entering a junction.
Chi cuts herself off at D'Argo's look, relenting.
Chi heads in the direction of Pilot's Den, but D'Argo stops her.
D'Argo heads off to search for the missing, leaving Chiana standing in the junction, alone again. INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN Kaarvok enters though the partially opened doorway. Crichton stands on the other side of the console, next to the dead Pilot, greeting his 'guest'. The sound of the engines powering up continues to slowly build.
Crichton cocks his head, one hand cupped to his ear.
Kaarvok flings up one arm and a small energy ball darts toward Crichton. He ducks behind the console, popping up again after it passes overhead.
Crichton makes a 'come hither' gesture with both hands.
INTERCUT TRANSPORT POD Jool has retreated inside the transport pod, she's completely terrorized, jumping at every slight noise. She holds the rifle, the muzzle leaning against her forehead.
Jool fires just as Chi enters. Incredibly, Jool misses herself, the pulse from the rifle blasts just past her forehead and 'ricochets' across the cabin. Chi ducks and Jool shrieks! The energy from the pulse blast and Jool's scream dissapates and Chi sighs at Jool.
The transport shakes heavily, battered by the shuddering of the Leviathan's building energies.
Chi moves to install the 'purloined' parts. INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN
Kaarvok lunges toward Crichton, who leaps up onto the console. Doing a fairly short end run across the top of the console, his boot lashes out to kick Kaarvok in the face. Kaarvok intercepts Crichton's foot with both hands and heaves him backward. Crichton falls on his back on the console. INTERCUT EXT. SPACE, ROVHU The Starburst effect initiates at the Leviathan's tail, but from there-- goes wrong. The force travelling up the the Leviathan's body is followed by numerous explosions, fragmenting the vessel. INTERCUT PILOT'S DEN Several of the Xarai crouch in the Den watching Crichton grapple with their 'food source'. Kaarvok tosses Crichton face down on the console, then hauls him over onto his back. Ejecting the needle from his arm he falls on Crichton, attempting to skewer him. Crichton grabs his arm, struggling to hold him back.
INTERCUT TRANSPORT POD Chiana works at the repairs. Jool keeps a terror filled eye out.
INTERCUT D'Argo walks down a corridor, searching-- calling out.
INTERCUT Flat on his back on the console, still holding Kaarvok's needle from his neck, John decides it's a good time for conversation.
INTERCUT D'Argo circles around in a junction, potentially lost, he shouts loudly, his voice echoing down the corridors.
INTERCUT Both Crichton and Kaarvok hear the distant voice.
Crichton pushes Kaarvok's arm aside, slipping his head aside as the needle buries itself into the console. He rolls out from under Kaarvok, landing on the floor among the Xarai.
Kaarvok struggles to pull the needle from the console, but it is firmly stuck. The Xarai close in on Kaarvok, sensing an available meal. Power from the console feeds back into the control device strapped to his arm, it begins to distend and warp under the assault.
The Xarai leap on Kaarvok's back, he flings them off with his one free arm. The device on his arm begins an odd 'overload' process, reddish energy tendrils burst from the device. Crichton turns to flee, but halfway across the bridge one of the tendrils strikes him and he is immediately encased in a large opaque bubble. INTERCUT EXT. SPACE Rovhu's Starburst effect continues to decimate the vessel. INTERCUT Still charging down a corridor, explosions all around, D'Argo continues searching.
Another explosion erupts behind Crichton.
Pushing D'Argo ahead of him, they run toward the Maintenance Bay. INTERCUT MAINTENANCE BAY Jool stands waiting halfway between the pod and the Maintenance Bay. Crichton leads the way as he and D'Argo run into the Hangar Bay, the doors sliding slowly closed.
Crichton looks up toward the pod, and he and D'Argo walk past Jool, they all head toward the transport. Crichton's halfway up the pod steps when an unexpected voice stops them all.
Crichton squeezes between the almost sealed hangar bay doors.
D'Argo looks at him blankly, Jool's mouth just hangs open in shock. Crichton's gaze shoots up and locks onto an identical gaze from Crichton as he stands, half turned on the pod steps. Both their heads tilt in that, "oh I just don't believe 'this" manner... watching each other silently. INTERCUT EXT. SPACE The force of the explosions along the hull of the Leviathan finally tear it apart, severing it at the control collar. The Transport Pod arcs away from the doomed ship as it tears itself in half. INTERCUT INT. TRANSPORT POD Crichton sits at the side of the cabin while Chi pilots the pod, D'Argo in the seat beside her.
Crichton appears at D'Argo's shoulder, watching Crichton sitting across from him. He glances at D'Argo, then back to himself. Crichton turns away with a slight shake of his head. END ACT IVEPILOGUEEXT. SPACE Moya and Talyn linked by umbilical in a stock CGI from LGM3, although this time the nutrients flow toward Talyn. INTERCUT MOYA, Medical Bay Stark and D'Argo, with Chiana on the table between them.
INTERCUT MOYA, Command John Crichton sits across from himself at the Strategy Table, a continuous and silent game of "Rock, Paper, Scissors" over the surface of the table. A game neither can win, as they continously fling the same result without so much as glancing at the other. They stop momentarily, Crichton sighs, stroking a thumb across his eyebrow just below an abraison that is duplicated on the face across the table. With movements identical to his 'twin', his hand wanders from his eyebrow to press a thumb against his lips... his mind unable to come up with any definitive conclusions. Glancing up and back at each other, in unspoken agreement, they begin the game again. Stalemate, after stalemate. Their movements-- and grim expressions-- identical. Aeryn appears from the side corridor, and stands next to Rygel. They both observe as the game continues in silence. Neither Crichton as much as looks at the other, each 'knowing' the other too well to 'win'.
Sitting across the table from each other, but not face to face. Neither wants to see or believe what's happening. They continue the futile game without looking at the result. Their eyes slide to the side, identical gaze locking on the others. Both grimly-- hideously-- unhappy.
Final shot freezes on the stalemate. FREEZE & FADE TO BLACKROLL ENDING CREDITS |
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