The Genesis Spore
Original Screenplay by
Rob Perry
Part 1
Copyright 1996 by Rob Perry and NorthStarr Productions All Rights
Reserved


NorthStarr Casting
Sean Connery 
Liam Nesson 
Alan Rickman 
Nick Lea 
Cameron Diaz

Dr. Claude Gothier Biologist
World Health Organization (WHO) Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Sean Mcrea Chief Constable
Cobh Special Branch Cobh, County Cork Ireland

Paddy O'Grady IRA Leader
Dublin Ireland

Dr. Jean Luc Duvall Micro Biologist
Ex-Captain - Foreign Legion

Dr. Sonia Bell Micro-Biologist
Wilhelm Research Laboratories Lake Geneva, Switzerland





FADE IN

EXT.    COBH, COUNTY CORK IRELAND               DUSK

EXT.    COBH SPECIAL BRANCH HEADQUARTERS

INT.    CHIEF CONSTABLE SEAN MCREA'S OFFICE

SEAN MCREA a tall man in his early forties is sitting in his
chair and reading a report when he hears a small crack and
feels a piece of glass strike the top of  his hair. He sees a piece
of his office print of the Queen lose a corner of the frame
McRea is in shock and jumps on the floor. Pulls out his service
pistol and looks at the small hole in the office window above
his chair, he yells for backup.

MCREA
(yelling)
Patrick,  Hanlon ----- anybody!

CONSTABLE PATRICK comes running in the room with his
service pistol drawn.

PATRICK
Sean, ----- Sean, what is it!

McRea, gets up off the floor and runs out the office and motions
Patrick to follow him.

CUT TO;

EXT.    CHIEF CONSTABLE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT
McRea is running and Patrick is right behind him and they both
stop when they see nothing.

PATRICK
What happened?

MCREA
(out of breath)
Someone took a shot at me. I heard the glass crack
and the bullet hit one of my office pictures.  Lets go
inside and we'll dig out the bullet.

PATRICK
I'll jump in the patrol car and check out a few
streets and see if I see anything.


MCREA
Go ahead, and radio some of the other cars to
check the area too.

Patrick jumps in one of the patrol cards and peels out and disappears
down the street. McRea runs back in the building and closes the door.

CUT TO:

INT.    MCREA'S OFFICE

As McRea walks into his office, CONSTABLE HANLON is close behind
and very upset.

HANLON
What is it, what happened?

McRea is using his pen knife to dig the bullet out of the wall.

MCREA
Looks like a thirty caliber.....

DISPATCHER MARY HELEN MCKINNY yells at him from the open
office area.

MARY HELEN
Sean, pick up line two, you have a call.

McRea pick's up the receiver and listens to an unfamiliar
voice talking in a very low tone.

CALLER
Chief Constable ------I need for you to understand that
I never miss. The round was sent two to three inch's
above your head, so I would get your attention.
Do I now have your attention?

MCREA
(McRea motions to Hanlon,
to trace the call)
Who is this.......who is this......

CALLER
Never mind who this is, just listen,    what you
received today was just a wake up call.  If I
wanted you to die, yes you would have died
tonight. But when I want you to die, you will
indeed die.  And you will die by my hands.

The caller hangs up and McRea is as pale as a ghost.

HANLON
Who was it?  Did someone threaten you?
(A beat.)   Sean, talk to me!

McRea  pulls his chair away from the window and sits in it.

MCREA
Someone just called me and said I was going
to die, he also said it's a little game and I'm
suppose         to guess when.

HANLON
He wasn't on long enough for a trace.
Sean -----  you look sick.

Mary Helen starts yelling again to pick up the phone.

MARY HELEN
Sean, pickup line one, it sounds
like the same guy.

MCREA
Start the trace now.
(McRea picks up the receiver)
'Hello-----this is McRea----who
is this------

CALLER
Stop trying to trace this call. You can't. This
line is a hijacked cellular number, it can't be
traced.  Just so you know I'm not kidding you
........look out your window.
Don't worry, I won't shoot you---

MCREA
(whispering to Hanlon)
Get away from the window.

McRea , with phone in hand positions himself next to the edge of the
window and peers out in the blackness.

CALLER
Ok, now that you are looking
out the window, take a good
look at your LAND ROVER......
for the last time.

As McRea is looking at his Rover, there is a tremendous explosion
and his truck disappears in a fireball.

CALLER  (cont.)
Have a nice evening Chief Constable - - - - -

McRea is in panic and is yelling at his staff. Patrick comes running
into the office.

PATRICK
Thank god your alive, I thought
you may have been in the Rover.

EXT.    CHIEF CONSTABLE DEPARTMENT PARKING LOT
The fire department truck arrives, with the crew putting out the fire
of what's left of  McRea's truck.  McRea and Hanlon are looking
at the remains.

HANLON  (cont.)
(with concern)
Only C4 could have done that much
controlled damage.  Do you have any
idea who could have done this?

MCREA
It's the same person who put a
thirty caliber full metal jacket
bullet through my window!

HANLON
Full metal jacket sounds like a
military round.  He has C4, and
I wonder what else is in his
arsenal.

Patrick is talking to McRea on his radio..

HANLON (V.O.)
Sean, the door of your house was
wide open and nobody's home.
What do you want me to do?  Over.

MCREA
Stay there until I call you.
Over and out.
(McRea turns down the
volume on the radio)
That was Patrick and my house is
empty-----my wife is gone.

HANLON
I know, I heard-----let's go
back inside maybe she went to
the store.

CUT TO:

INT.    MCREA'S OFFICE

Mary Helen is yelling from the open office area.

MARY HELEN
Chief Constable McRea, he's on the phone again.

MCREA
Chief Constable McRea----

CALLER
How does it feel to lose your nerve, truck and
family, all in one night. Enjoy, my good man enjoy-----

MCREA
(hysterical)
Who is this, why don't you come and
face me like a man?

CALLER
(laughing)
What, and have twenty constables jump
me or shoot me.  The only contact
you will have with me is on the phone.
Ta-ta my good man.  Enjoy your misery.

McRea stands in his office with the phone in his hand.

MCREA
Call Patrick and tell him to get back
here, on the double.

Mary Helen comes running in the room with her headset on and
yelling at McRea.

MARY HELEN
Chief Constable, the supervisor at the power
station just called and said someone called him
and said the substation will be blown up tonight.
I sent two cars out there.  And your caller is
on line two again.

MCREA
This is Chief Constable McRea-----

CALLER
Oh, just one more thing-----you will find the
body of your wife out by the old quarry road.
MCREA
(coming unglued)
Her body,  what did she ever do to you!

CALLER
Oh, stop your blubbering and show a
little backbone.  (A beat.)
I was only kidding------she should
be walking into your office just
about now------Have a nice evening
Chief Constable!

JILL MCCREA a nice looking lady in her late thirties walks
in the office.

JILL
I received a call from someone
saying you had been in an auto
accident and I was to come here
immediately. When I saw what was
left of your truck I almost had
a heart attack-----but Mary Helen
came out and got me.  What's
going on?

McRea puts his arm around Jill.

MCREA
Looks like I have a stalker after
me and I really don't know why!

The lights in the office flicker and go on again.

HANLON
Looks like we just lost the sub
station.  I'll  round up some
of the men and get out there.

MCREA
Call Patrick and tell him, Jill
is here, and ok.

CUT TO:

INT.    MCREA'S OFFICE                  DAY

Mary Helen is calling from the open office area.

MARY HELEN
Chief Constable, phone call on line three.

MCREA
Chief Constable McRea-----

CALLER  (V.O)
I think it's time I properly introduced
myself, The name is Mr. Hulot, it's
French Canadian. Think of Hugh low, that
way you won't forget it. Hello, Chief
Constable are you there?

MCREA
Yes I'm here, what do you want?

HULOT
Look Chief Constable I need for you
to do me a favor----are you there?

MCREA
Why should I do you a favor, you've
made me look like a fool, for the
last four hours.

HULOT
Oh really------take the phone and look out
the window.  Do you see that white VW
rabbit parked on the street?

MCREA
Yes, so what?

HULOT
Look at it carefully-----

McRea looks out the window and sees the car go up in
a fireball.

HULOT
Do I have your attention now?

MCREA
Yes you do, go ahead.

HULOT
Listen carefully, I'm only going
to say it one time.

McRea is looking at the Rabbit on fire------

MCREA
Yes go ahead Mr. Hulot, I will do
whatever you say.

HULOT
Good boy---I need for you to get
me two thousand pounds of C4.
You know, Hi-explosives--------
MCREA
Oh I can't get you C4, no way----

HULOT
(very upset and yelling)
Do you see the little red pickup
parked near the fire engine with
the young man sitting in it?

MCREA
Ok, I'll get it for you---

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INT.    MCREA'S OFFICE                  DAY

Mary Helen is shouting from the open office area.

MARY HELEN
Sean, he's on the phone again.

MCREA
Chief Constable McRea----

HULOT  (V.O)
I hope you won't make the mistake of getting the
Military mixed up in our little game, because
if you do----

MCREA
I need more time, it's not that easy to get 2000
pounds of C4 in this county, ---- I need more time.

HULOT  (V.O)
You need more time--horse pucky - -
you're stalling my friend and it's
going to cost you.  You give the
permits in this county for the purchase
of explosives. You and I both know
there's several thousand pounds of C4
at the EIRE RIVER MAGAZINE waiting for
the county road crews to pick up for
blasting the base on the new road,
so please let's stop kidding each
other, you have twenty-four hours
and not a minute more.

MCREA
(stammering)
You put me in a very bad position
with the Irish Rangers, if I help you,
I will be aiding and abetting a
terrorist.

HULOT
That's the least of your problems
my friend. Right now you're looking
at losing your police station, home
and your wife.

HULOT
Remember tender heart, that for every
Military that enters this town, one
Cork citizen will go up in smoke!

MCREA
Ok Mr. Hulot we'll get the C4 in
twenty-four hours. Is there a number
where I can call you?

HULOT
(laughing)
Oh , I can see why you're just a
small town Chief Constable, it's because
you're so stupid. You really expect
me to give you a number where you
can call me!  I know everything
you do and when you're doing it,
so I'll know if you're really making
an effort.

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INT.    MCREA'S OFFICE                  EVENING

Mary Helen is shouting from the open office area.

MARY HELEN
Sean, he's on the phone again.

McRea picks up the receiver, then hesitates.

MCREA
This is Chief Constable McRea---

HULOT
Tick---Tock---Tick Tock-----times
running out my friend, is my package
ready---

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EXT.    EIRE RIVER MAGAZINE      (HERCULES POWDER)  DUSK
McRea has arrived at the explosive storage depot for his county and is
greeted by the manager LOU HAYES, a young man in his thirties.

HAYES
Hi Chief Constable , I have your shipment
ready for you.

They both walk over to Lou's truck and he lifts the tarp and exposes
cases marked HI EXPLOSIVES.

HAYES
There it is Chief Constable, twenty cases,
hundred pounds a case.

MCREA
Did you have any problem with the
special order from Hercules?  I know
it was a very short notice.

HAYES
No----I just told them it was a matter
of life and death.  And also it was for
you!  It does help to have your relatives
working there. Shall we start our journey?

MCREA
Thanks Lou, I'll drive ahead of you with
the Red lights on and I want you to take
this police radio with you so we can stay
in contact with each other----just in case
of trouble.

McRea and Lou Hayes start their trek back to Cobh and
the eerie glow of the red lights are seen disappearing
down the Hi-way. Meanwhile, a large bus is parked
several miles down the same road, and three men with
ski masks are ready to block the road when the convoy
comes by. As McRea comes around the next bend the bus
starts up and a large pickup maneuvers it's way to be
ready to come from behind the convoy. As the convoy
appears, the bus digs out and drives out to the middle
of the road and stops, completely blocking the road.
The pickup comes from behind the convoy blocking the
Hercules truck from backing up. The man from the truck
jumps out and runs to a point several yards back and
strikes on a flare and tosses it in the middle of the
road, he then runs over to the Hercules truck with gun
in hand and holds Lou Hayes at bay.  Two men run over
to the Chief Constable's car and take him out then all walk
over to the bus.

TERRORIST #1
Chief Constable McRea I presume, It's a
pleasure I'm sure.  Not to worry, no one
will get hurt. Mr. Hulot has given firm
orders that no one will be hurt.  You
may call me Claude, and we will now
remove the packages for Mr. Hulot.
Very well, make yourself comfortable,
but I will have to relieve you of your
weapon, of course you do understand.

One terrorist holds a gun on McRea, the others start transferring the
explosives
from  the Hercules truck to the hijacking truck.  When the transfer is
complete,
they are lead to McRea's patrol car and helped in the back seat. One
gunman
drives off in the pickup and the other two hold their guns on the
lawmen.

CLAUDE
Chief Constable, my instructions from
Mr. Hulot is to leave you here with Mr.
Hayes.  The keys will be in a bag one
mile down the hi-way, ok, Bon Voyage
Mon Ami

CUT TO:

EXT.    CHIEF CONSTABLES OFFICE                NIGHT

INT.    CHIEF CONSTABLE MCREA'S OFFICE

McRea, Hanlon and Patrick are having a meeting with MAJOR
IAN GREYan undercover member of the IRISH RANGERS.

MCREA
Major Grey, I just wonder what Mr. Hulot
is going to do when he discovers the
shipment he received is Inert C4!

HANLON
(whispering to Patrick)
What is inert C4?

PATRICK
It looks and smells like it, but its non-explosive.
They make it for movies and TV productions.

GREY
(looking at his watch)
They should be getting a surprise just about now.

MCREA
Who is Mr. Hulot?

GREY
Mr. Hulot is BRANDON O' GRADY one of the top
terrorists in the IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY.
His specialty is explosives.  He's wanted by
the UK, on more charges than you can write!

PATRICK
(disgusted)
Now we know why he wanted the C4.

HANLON
You mean the shipment is headed for
Northern Ireland?

GREY
Bingo----the IRA uses a lot of C4 and
I'm sure Mr. Hulot has a target as
we speak.
PATRICK
They have gone to a lot of trouble for
this stuff, can't they buy it in Europe?

GREY
The IRA used to buy C4 from SADDAM
HOUSSEIN, but that source has dried up.

HANLON
I thought the English and the IRA had a
truce and a cease fire?

GREY
It won't last, it never has.  So now they're
regrouping and stocking up so when it starts
up again, they'll be ready.

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EXT.    EIRE RIVER ROAD            DUSK

The hi-jackers are on the north shore meeting with O' grady.
They're standing next to a pickup with two thousand pounds of C4.

O' GRADY
We are going to have to drive all
night to get to "Derry" by morning.

TERRORIST #2
(showing concern)
Brandon, what is that noise, it sounds
like some heavy choppers! I think I see
several choppers coming into greet
us, what now?

O' GRADY pick's up his field glasses and looks in the direction
where one of his men is pointing.

O' GRADY
(very concerned)
Ah, yes I see the lads now!

In a few minutes the lead helicopter shines a flood
light on the small group, and a loud voice      is heard
in the still evening air.

IRISH RANGERS
Hello lads, put your guns down or we
we will shoot you all!

They start firing at the choppers and heavy machine guns
on the gun ship go off killing the men on the ground.

CUT TO:

EXT.    CHIEF CONSTABLES OFFICE                NIGHT

INT.    CHIEF CONSTABLE MCREA'S OFFICE
Major Grey has just received a call on his radio.

MCREA
Did they arrest them?

GREY
They resisted and were all shot dead!

MCREA
What now Major?

GREY
Brandon O' grady's father, Paddy
O' grady one of the most powerful
leaders in the IRA will probably
put a price on all our heads!





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SIX MONTHS LATER



FADE  IN

EXT.    KENYA AFRICA - MT. ELGON  -  DAY - HEAVY RAIN

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

INT.    PORTABLE LAB IN BRIGHT ORANGE BIO-FIELD TENT

CLAUDE GAUTHIER a Microbiologist working in his bright
orange "Racal Suit" looks like a man on the moon. The
suit is required when working with "Hot Virus's" like
the Ebola strains. He hands a specimen to his assistant
who is JEAN LUC DUVALL  a Microbiologist student from
Montreal Canada, who places the specimen in the field
"hot agent" carrier. They both walk out of the cave.

GAUTHIER
(smiling)
Thank you Jean-Luc, we now have
generous specimens of Ebola Zaire
and Ebola Sudan. Lock the carrier
and we'll get out of these monkey
suits.

As Gauthier starts to take off his Racal suit he exposes
a large scare on his right fore-arm. He looks tired and
shows it for a man in his late fifties.

GAUTHIER (Cont.)
Jean Luc, I see you looking at
my scar again. It's just a
bad monkey bite.

DUVALL
What kind of a monkey did you
say it was?

GAUTHIER
Colobus, a very large male
Colobus.

DUVALL
Why did he bite you?

GAUTHIER
I was trying to inject him
with an experimental serum
to kill the Ebola virus.
And you know what, I think he
knew he was going to die!

DUVALL
All the years that you worked
for the CDC, how close did you
get to catching Ebola?

Jean Luc takes off his suit and exposes a young man in
his late twenties.

GAUTHIER
The day a male Colobus acted
like he was sleeping and he
bit my finger.

DUVALL
What happened?

GAUTHIER
I don't know, I was in isolation
for three weeks, but I didn't
come down with it!

DUVALL
Maybe you have an immunity to that
strain of Ebola.

GAUTHIER
I had a Belgian friend working with the
World Health Organization (WHO) in Zaire
when they had a large outbreak. One day
he brought water to a woman who was
dying. She threw up in his face and he
died a week later from Ebola.

DUVALL
Where are these specimens going?

GAUTHIER
They're going to Ireland.

DUVALL
Claude, I don't think you'll
be able to get past customs.

Gauthier looks at his watch and picks up his small Lan-
Sat Communicator.

GAUTHIER
The buyers are picking them
up here.

DUVALL
(upset)
Claude, you can't do that, it's
illegal!

GAUTHIER
The buyers are taking the samples
directly to Ireland. They
work for the IRA.

DUVALL
Oh I see. Do I get paid when they
get here?

GAUTHIER
Yes, we both get paid in hard
English Pounds.
(he turns on the radio)
Zebra calling cobra, over?

RADIO  (V.O.)
This is Cobra, read you five
by five.

GAUTHIER
Have Zaire and Sudan, can't
locate Marburg, should we
continue to look?

RADIO  (V.O.)
That is a roger Zebra, we will
contact buyers and get back to
you. Eh, ...Over and out!

DUVALL
(questioning)
What is the IRA going to do with
these samples?

GAUTHIER
(feeling uncomfortable)
I don't know.

DUVALL
You know, I never told you but
the U.S. Army interviewed me in
college about a job with their
disease control branch. And the
CDC also interviewed me.

GAUTHIER
You are very lucky, when I was in
College I had to look for a job.

DUVALL
The Government has very low
starting pay, but they have
many benefits.

GAUTHIER
Yes, benefits are very important
when you get older.
(he turns the volume
up on the radio)

RADIO  (V.O.)
Cobra calling Zebra, over?

GAUTHIER
This is Zebra, read you five
by five.

RADIO  (V.O.)
We have contacted the buyers
and they want you to continue
to look for Marburg. Over.

GAUTHIER
That is a roger.  We heard
a week ago an outbreak of
MARBURG is in Zaire, can you
send the plane and get us
over there?

RADIO  (V.O.)
That is a roger Zebra, we will
pick you up at 0600 tomorrow
morning. Over and out.

GAUTHIER
Cobra, be advised we will be
ready. Over and out.

DUVALL
(questioning)
Why do they need Ebola Zaire,
Ebola Sudan and Marburg?

GAUTHIER
I don't know?

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EXT.    KENYA AFRICA - MT. ELGON                   DAY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

EXT. SHORT AIRSTRIP IN SMALL MEADOW

Claude Gauthier and his assistant Jean Luc Duvall are
sitting on their safari chairs waiting for the STOL
aircraft that is picking them up. Claude is holding a
large canister painted all white with the familiar
three circle flower indicating "Hot Agent".

GAUTHIER
(smiling)
Well Jean Luc, what are you going
to do with your cut of the money?

DUVALL
Last summer I went to the south
of France and I met a girl in
St. Tropez.

GAUTHIER
Oh you have a little romance going
for you, how nice.

DUVALL
What about you?

GAUTHIER
I was offered a job working with
the WHO in the Congo.  it seems
they have discovered a new strain
of what they call a "Doomsday Bug".

DUVALL
All the years that you worked for
the CDC, and you never got Ebola,
and now your tempting fate again!

Jean Luc takes off his Pith Helmet and wipes his brow and looks
up shading his eyes.

DUVALL
Here comes our plane.

GAUTHIER
Excellent, Excellent!

DUVALL
We should be in Yambuko in
about an hour and a half.

GAUTHIER
Ok. Jean Luc get your gear, here
they come.

A STOL type aircraft makes a low pass and lands in the dirt strip. 
The pilot
taxis the plane up to where Gauthier and Duvall are waiting. The pilot
shuts
down the engine and gets out of the plane.

DUVALL
(shouting)
Rene, it's so good to see you!

RENE
(shaking Gauthier's hand)
Claude, your a sight for sore
eyes.

DUVALL
Rene, why did you shut down the
engine, we're ready to go.

The pilot takes out a nine millimeter pistol out of his
jacket pocket and aims it at the bush.

GAUTHIER
(shocked)
What the hells going on?

RENE
From the air I saw two
black men watching you.
They both had rifles.

GAUTHIER
No way, no way, we have
seen no one since we've
been here.

Rene runs to the edge of the jungle stops and turns
around. I must have scared them off. probably poachers.

RENE
Are you ready Claude, Jean Luc?

RENE
(takes the Hot carrier
out of Jean-Luc's hand)
I'll store this in the storage
compartment with your other
things.

DUVALL
Be careful Rene, that canister
has enough virus to kill all
the people in the world!

They all walk back to the Aircraft and Rene places the
Hot Agent carrier in the luggage department. Jean Luc
gets in the rear of the plane and Claude gets in the
front seat next to the pilot. The pilot starts up the
engine and then taxi's out to the take off point and the
engine screams as they take off.

EXT.    KENYA AFRICA - MT. ELGON FROM THE AIR       DAY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE - FROM THE AIR

INT.    CESSNA 185 STOL AIRCRAFT

GAUTHIER
(shouting over the noise
of the engine)
Rene, do you know what the IRA
is going to do with the Ebola
virus?

RENE
(uncomfortable)
I don't know Claude, I'm just
a pick up and Delivery boy.

DUVALL
They will probably drop them in
the water supply of the English
Government.

GAUTHIER
(laughing)
What, to kill their fish?

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EXT.    ZAIRE  - EBOLA RIVER                DAY

EXT.    CITY OF YAMBUKO

EXT.    YAMBUKO AIRPORT

Claude Gauthier and Jean Luc Duvall are waiting for the Land Rover
they've rented.

GAUTHIER
(smiling)
Well Jean Luc, one more virus
and we'll be out of this god
forsaken place!

DUVALL
You know what Claude, I don't
think the EBOLAS are going to
the IRA.

GAUTHIER
Oh you have such a suspicious
nature my friend. Don't you
trust anyone?

DUVALL
My mother.

GAUTHIER
Don't you trust me? All the years
that you've worked      for me and you
still don't trust me?

Jean Luc waves at the rental car attendant as he drives up in the Land
Rover.

DUVALL
Here comes our truck.

GAUTHIER
Excellent, Excellent!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER                NIGHT

EXT.    CITY OF YAMBUKO

INT.    YAMBUKO CITY HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM

Gauthier and his assistant Jean Luc Duvall walk through
the waiting room and notice all the sick people sitting
and laying down waiting for medical care. The walk into
the office with a sign saying, DR. JAN KRUEGER CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER.

GAUTHIER
(smiling)
Well Jan it's been a while. This
is my protˇgˇ, Jean Luc Duvall.

KRUEGER
(very tired)
You came just in time Claude, we
have an outbreak of yellow fever
and also some cases of Marburg.
Nice to meet you Jean Luc.

GAUTHIER
Why don't you let Jean Luc and I
help you with the Marburg and you
and your doctors can take care of
the Yellow fever.

DUVALL
Where's the isolation room?

KRUEGER
God bless you Claude and Jean Luc
you are two angels from Heaven. The
isolation ward is in the back.

DUVALL
How many cases of Marburg do you
have?

KRUEGER
As of this morning, about six!


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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER                DAY

EXT.    CITY OF YAMBUKO

INT.    YAMBUKO CITY HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM

Gauthier and his assistant Jean Luc Duvall are bagging
dead natives stricken with Marburg.

GAUTHIER
(smiling)
Well Jean Luc I've collected more
than enough specimens and I think
we should leave tomorrow.

DUVALL
We can't do that Claude, we just
got here, these people need our
help!

Krueger walks into the room and hugs Gauthier
and Duvall.

KRUEGER
God bless you my friends, I don't
know what I would do without you
two. You are indeed two angels
from heaven.

DUVALL
How many new cases of Marburg do you
have now?

KRUEGER
As of this morning, about two!
I think were getting it under
control, thanks to both of you!

GAUTHIER
We have other commitments and
we'll have to leave in a few
days.

KRUEGER
I understand my friends.



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EXT.    DUBLIN IRELAND                             DAY

EXT.    THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS

INT.    IRA OPERATIONS CENTER

PADDY O' GRADY a very large man in his mid-fifties with a a heavy
Irish accent is sitting at a table with other members of his militia.

O' GRADY (smiling) Thanks for coming in on such a short notice. We
have a guest speaker tonight. I think you all have heard of RED
O'HARE. He's one of the most famous Mercenary's of all time. Stand up
and take a bow, Red.

A large man stands up and waves his arms, he's about sixty with a crew
cut and desert storm fatigues.

O' GRADY Red knows what cause we're all fighting for and he'll address
that tonight.  With no further ado, Red O'Hare!

O'HARE Men, I've been fighting somebody's else's war all my life. And
now for the first time I will fight a war for what I believe in. First
the escapades of the English is to the point now, where if Royal
family gives them the power they're looking for we're all going to end
up in jail. The MI5 has been doing everything it can to justify it's
existence. The disaster at Glasgow has prompted an investigation to
see if their duties can be taken over by the Army, basically they
don't trust them anymore.

O' GRADY Give them hell Red!

O'HARE I don't know what you've heard on TV or in your newspapers but
the explosion at Glasgow Scotland was done by MI5, not Timothy
McWhitter.  They set him up just like they set up all the others. MI5
had been monitoring all the actions of the IRA suspects and they knew
right up to the minute, the bombing was going to happen. Don't you
see, they wanted it to happen!

The crowd starts to get very unruly and O' grady stands up and waves
his arms.

O' GRADY Calm down boys, calm down. Let the man speak.

O'HARE This isn't the first time MI5 and the Special Air Service (SAS)
have done something like this. In the sixties they had Ian O'Malley
set up, in the seventies it was the attempt to start a war between the
north and south Ireland. They caused the PAKI bashing in Gloucster and
the riots in London.

The men are standing up applauding the speaker and O' grady stands up
again and try's to calm everyone down.

O' GRADY If you want to hear more, calm down!

O'HARE You say what can we do?., I'll tell you what we can do, we can
fight like hell!

Everyone stands up and applauds, O' grady tries to calm them down
again with arm motions.

O'HARE As we speak, we're negotiating with an arms dealer to buy
several thousand Chinese MAK 90 assault rifles. Here's another example
of the MI5 and their political affiliations. They stopped the
Importation of the Chinese AK47, but the Chinese government complained
to the Prime Minister that they had opened factories and if they
couldn't sell the rifles to the United Kingdom they were going to sell
them to chief buyers in the middle east. So the PM told them to remove
the bayonet mount and market them with a "key hole" stock as a
sporting rifle, and guess what, they are now selling like hot cakes in
the United Kingdom.  But the pipeline is filling up and right now we
can get them for a unit price of one hundred dollars if we buy a
minimum of five thousand. Remember this is                            
         still an AK47, that shoots a thirty caliber Russian short,
that has the capacity to fire with thirty round clips we can buy for
five dollars each. Ammo that we can buy for a nickel each and in ten
minutes our own armorers can make these baby's full automatic. We need
about a million dollars to buy the guns, clips and ammo and the parts
to make them full auto. Paddy will tell you how we will get the
million. Paddy.

O' GRADY Men, we've made some friends down in South America.  They're
members of the Cali Cartel. I know what your going to say, but .....
it's a means to an end. We have made arrangements to buy one- hundred
Kilos of pure Cali cocaine. Once sold we'll clear about a million.

O'HARE We do have a small problem.  The person that was going to sell
the merchandise for us has SAS and MI5 watching him, so now we can't
use him.

O' GRADY This is where Red is going to do us a favor.

O'HARE We have a man with the right connections that will dispose of
the product, so we can get our million profit and of course the arms!
But, we have to do him a favor first. We have to cap his partner. Any
volunteers?

A small man stands up and directs a question to the speaker.

SMALL MAN I'm LIAM O'SHEA from Dublin. I was a Mercenary in Rhodesia
but with the current truce going, ....I'm out of work. How much if I
cap him?

O' GRADY Ten thousand now and another ten when it's done.

O'SHEA I will do it, but I want all the money up front now!

O'Hare looks at O' grady for some kind of an ok.

O' GRADY I want it done this weekend, and yes you will get the money
up front. (taking an envelope out of his jacket) Here's all the
details on who, where and when. You will get the money on Friday
night. Any questions?

O'SHEA None.  Consider it done.

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INT.    IRA OPERATIONS CENTER

Paddy O' grady is in a deep discussion with JAKE WEISS a young man in
his thirties, tall wearing a crew cut and desert storm fatigues. He's
the organizations executiveofficer.

O' GRADY (smiling) What did you find out about the items we ordered?

Weiss takes a folder out of his attachˇ case and removes a paper.

WEISS I have an operative in Zaire who is a research MD and is getting
all the virus we need.

O' GRADY Is the price the same?

WEISS Yes, twenty-five thousand for the EBOLA ZAIRE VIRUS, twenty for
the EBOLA SUDAN VIRUS and twenty for the MARBURG VIRUS.

O' GRADY Are you sure the biologist we hired knows how to handle it?

WEISS He used to work for the CDC in Atlanta. He's worked with Hot
Viruses all his life. The last year at CDC he was working with the
deadliest of all the EBOLAS, the MAYINGA STRAIN.

O' GRADY Why do we need so many different strains?

WEISS Confusion.  The WHO will go crazy trying to identify it while
most of the damage will already be done.

O' GRADY WHO is the WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION?

WEISS Yes. They are like the American CDC.

O' GRADY So how long after the exposure will the person live?

WEISS About a week, why?

O' GRADY So if we get all of the Ebola strains on the floor of
parliament, most of them will be gone in a week?

WEISS Pretty much.

O' GRADY Be gentle with the Royal Family.

WEISS (happy) No problem.

O' GRADY It will be a new beginning for the English people, no leaders
for a change!

WEISS This is a lot to do before the Queen mothers birthday!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER                 DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    PORTABLE LAB IN FIELD TENT

Gauthier and Duvall are cataloging all their Ebola Samples contained
in about fifty small bottles. The bottles are being removed from the
field dry ice freezer.

GAUTHIER (smiling) Be very careful Jean Luc, we now have enough Ebola
to kill most of the people in the UK!

As Gauthier starts to place a gummed label on one of the small
specimen bottles he accidentally squeezes too hard and the glass
bottle breaks in his hand.  A small piece of glass cuts through his
latex glove and he jumps up.

GAUTHIER (screaming to Jean Luc) Jean Luc, get the EnviroChem so I can
rinse off my finger!

DUVALL (shocked) Oh my god Claude what have you done?

GAUTHIER (shaking) I'm just a careless old fool!

DUVALL (crying) Your going to die!

GAUTHIER This flask was still frozen so maybe the Ebola is not lethal.

DUVALL All the years that you worked for the CDC, and now in the
middle of nowhere, this happens!

GAUTHIER (squeezing his finger at the knuckle) Quickly, quickly get
the bone cutter and take my finger off at the knuckle!

DUVALL (in shock) I don't think I can do it!

GAUTHIER You must Jean Luc you must, or I shall surely die! You must
cut it off before the warm blood can melt the ice off the Ebola Virus
and activate it!

Duvall grabs the bone cutter out of the medical bag and dips it in the
EnviroChem disinfectant and places the jaws over Gauthier's finger,
yells an cuts!

DUVALL (yelling) It's off Claude it's off, stick your hand in the
disinfectant then place it on some dry ice. I will pack your finger in
some dry ice so they can sew it back on!

GAUTHIER I had a Belgian friend who had me cut off his arm when he had
a similar accident.

DUVALL (shaking) Did he die?

GAUTHIER No he lived, but a year later he was in the Belgian Congo
rain forest near Kinsasha and was killed by the dart from a Pigmy.

DUVALL Claude, get in the Land Rover and I'll take you to the
Hospital!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER            FRIDAY     DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    SHORT AIRSTRIP IN MEADOW

Gauthier and his assistant Duvall are sitting on their safari chairs
waiting for the STOL aircraft that's picking them up. Claude is
holding a large canister painted all white with the "Hot Agent" symbol
on it.

GAUTHIER (smiling) Well Jean Luc, it wont be long now.

DUVALL I can't wait to go to St. Tropez.

GAUTHIER Oh yes your little honey is waiting for you.

DUVALL What about you?

GAUTHIER The "Doomsday Bug" is waiting for me!

DUVALL I think your in love with Ebola, and other bugs!

Jean Luc wipes his brow and looks up shading his eyes.

DUVALL Here comes our plane.

GAUTHIER It's about time.

DUVALL Claude, do you think someday you and I will die from Ebola?

GAUTHIER Who knows, ..... who knows!

DUVALL We should be back in Bumba in about an hour. GAUTHIER Ok. Jean
Luc get your gear, here they come.

A STOL type aircraft makes a low pass and lands in the dirt strip. The
pilot taxis the plane up to where Gauthier and Duvall are waiting. The
pilot shuts down the engine and gets out of the plane.

DUVALL (shouting) Rene, it's good to see you!

RENE (shaking Gauthier hand) Claude, your a sight for sore eyes.

DUVALL Rene, why did you shut down the engine, were ready to go.

The pilot Rene takes a nine millimeter pistol out of his jacket pocket
and aims it at the two men.

GAUTHIER (shocked) What the hells going on?

RENE Give me the hot agent carrier.

GAUTHIER No way, no way, we risked our lives for this and no way are
you going to get it! (Gauthier lunges at Rene) Give me that pistol.

Rene hits Gauthier with the pistol and he goes down. He quickly points
it at Jean Luc.

RENE Do you want some too?

DUVALL Here, take your bugs!

RENE (takes the Hot carrier out of Jean Luc's hand) Tell me why I
should let you live?


DUVALL How can you do this to us after the risks we took to get you
the bugs! Claude lost his finger too!

The pilot looks at Gauthier's finger and notices its missing, but also
notices a green mold growing on his hand.

DUVALL (shaking him) Claude, Claude ......

CLOSE ON RENE

RENE (looking at Claude's hand then at Jean Luc) What the hell is
this?

DUVALL (registering terror) Oh my god Claude has caught something from
his wound!

RENE (yelling) You two are infected, this was not part of the deal.
I'm out of here, good luck and good bye!

The pilot gets in the plane starts it up, taxis, runs up the engine
and takes off.

DUVALL (bleeding from a gash on his head) Claude, Claude ......

Duvall shakes Gauthier and realizes he's has a bad head wound.

DUVALL (crying) Claude, Claude ......Rene will pay for this, I promise
you!

As the camera pulls away, two men are seen lying in the meadow.

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EXT.    DUBLIN IRELAND                             DAY

EXT.    THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS

INT.    IRA OPERATIONS CENTER

O' grady is having a meeting with Jake Weiss and some of his men.

O' GRADY (smiling) I hear you received a very important fax this
morning.

Weiss takes a FAX out of his jacket pocket and hands it to O' grady.

O' GRADY (reading FAX) "Have Zaire, Sudan and Marburg but Claude and
and Jean Luc are infected! Rene".

WEISS I have Red O'Hare in Zaire who is flying the specimens to
Ireland this evening.

O' GRADY What is the E.T.A.?

WEISS 0600. Why?

O'HARE Are you sure we've taken every precaution?

WEISS Yes we have. I'll personally pick up the specimens at the
airport.

O' GRADY I received a call from LIAM and he's had to go back to Cork
on an emergency, so we need someone to pick up the contract.

WEISS No problem, consider it done.

O' GRADY So who can we get to do him?

WEISS I'll do him myself.

O' GRADY Good, I don't want any loose ends!

WEISS (smiling) You want me to do him fast or slow?

O' GRADY Your a sick man Mr. Weiss.

WEISS There are few things in life I get pleasure from, killing is
one! I will do him tonight!


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EXT.    KAMUKO FIELD  -  ZAIRE AFRICA        0600

EXT.    EAST SIDE OF AIRPORT   TARMAC

A white Lear Jet is seen with engines running when a van pulls up and
Red O'Hare gets out holding a white Bio Carrier.

O'HARE (yelling to pilot above the sound of the jet engines) I have
what we need , lets go, we have to be in Dublin in four hours!

PILOT Stow the stuff and let's get going.

O'HARE I'm ready, did you have any problems? PILOT I thought we were
being followed but I guess we are just paranoid.

Several vehicles are seen with red light flashing approaching the Lear
Jet, they're at least a half mile away.

O'HARE Lets get the hell out of here!

They both jump in the plane and the door closes. In less then a minute
the jet taxis to the end of the runway and starts it's takeoff run. As
the oncoming vehicles approach at a high rate of speed the jet is
speeding down the runway and lifts off and is airborne.

O'HARE Who the hell was that! CUT TO:

EXT.    O'SHANTER FIELD DUBLIN IRELAND        0600

EXT.    EXECUTIVE SECTION      TARMAC

A white Lear Jet has just taxied up to the large private hanger.  The
door opens and Red O'Hare gets out with his package.

O'HARE (Shouting to someone in the hanger) I have your package, hurry,
we have to get back. We have other problems!

MAN IN HANGER (reaching out and grabbing the package) Ok Red, I have
it, tell O' grady everything is going as planned.

O'HARE Ok, don't screw up or your dead!

PILOT (Shouting from plane) Come on Red, let's go!

In just minutes the Lear Jet taxis to the end of the runway and gets
clearance for takeoff.  The Jet is seen speeding down the runway and
lifts off and is airborne.

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INT.    LEAR JET CABIN

Red O'Hare is sitting in the co-pilots seat, looking down at the
airport.

O'HARE Long Live The Queen!

PILOT (curious) What was in that package, drugs?

O'HARE You really don't want to know.

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EXT.    BATH ENGLAND                               DAY

EXT.    THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS

INT.    IRA OPERATIONS CENTER (ENGLAND)

A large man in his late fifties is sitting in a leather chair shouting
to someone on the phone.

TALL MAN (upset) O' grady, this is Ed Morton from BATH ENGLAND.

O' GRADY  (V.O.) Hi Ed, how are you!

Morton What the hells going on, I was just told by someone that you
have a big operation going in London, is that true?

O' GRADY  (V.O.) I really can't talk about it right now.

MORTON I don't know what your up to but whatever it is, if it brings
heat on us, were coming after you!

O' GRADY  (V.O.) Is that a threat?

MORTON You bet your sweet ass it is!

O' GRADY   (V.O.) (upset) Ed, I have a special gift for the Queen
Mother on her birthday!

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EXT.    DUBLIN IRELAND                             DAY

EXT.    THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS

INT.    IRA OPERATIONS CENTER

O' GRADY (upset, with his voice breaking up) I'm getting rid of all of
Royal family! MORTON How, by voting them out!

O' GRADY (Delighted) They will all be dead by the Queen Mothers
Birthday!

MORTON You're insane ......what the hells wrong with you?

O' GRADY I'm sick and tired of my people in Ireland being second class
citizens!

MORTON How are you doing it?

O' GRADY Bugs! We'll place bugs in their water supply and they will
all die!

MORTON What kind of bugs?

O' GRADY I can't tell you.

MORTON What do you think I'm going to do call the Queen Mother?

O' GRADY Ebola!

MORTON Ebola, you crazy son of a bitch, you could end up killing all
the people in England! How would you like it if we came over to your
back yard and did this kind of bullshit!


O' grady slams down the phone and walks out of the room.

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EXT.    KENYA AFRICA - MT. ELGON  -  DAY - HEAVY RAIN

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

INT.    PORTABLE LAB IN BRIGHT ORANGE BIO-FIELD TENT

Claude and Jean Luc are watching the rain from the edge of the Cave.

GAUTHIER (smiling) Thank god we're still alive.

As Gauthier starts to take off the bandage from his hand he notices
his hand is turning green.

GAUTHIER Jean Luc, take a specimen from my arm and analyze it and see
what it is. I think it's just jungle rot!

DUVALL What strain of Ebola broke in your hand?

GAUTHIER It wasn't cataloged, it was just an unknown virus.

DUVALL Why did you say it was Ebola?

GAUTHIER I don't know!

DUVALL All the years that you worked for the CDC, now this.

Jean Luc takes a specimen of the green mold and places it on a slide.
He looks at it under his microscope and shakes his head.

GAUTHIER Well, what is it Jean Luc?

DUVALL What ever it is, it's alien to this world!

GAUTHIER I don't understand, alien to this world?

DUVALL It's not anything that I have ever seen in the field or
textbooks.

GAUTHIER My Belgian friend working with the (WHO) in Zaire said one of
the senior scientist claimed to have found an alien spore in an
ancient cave.

DUVALL Was it Kitum cave?

GAUTHIER I'm not sure.

DUVALL Claude, you don't lie very well.

Gauthier looks at his arm and picks at the green mold.

GAUTHIER Your right Jean Luc, I have great difficulty lying.

DUVALL (upset) Claude, what were you trying to do?

GAUTHIER The Alien spore was lost in a lab somewhere in Europe and
Science had a need for more samples.

DUVALL Oh I see, you cut a deal with a third party, a party unknown to
me.

GAUTHIER Yes, I thought if I told you, we would have other problems.

DUVALL (questioning) Who is the buyer?

GAUTHIER (feeling uncomfortable) A middle east buyer, that's all I can
tell you.

DUVALL What are the properties of this alien spore, and is it toxic?

GAUTHIER One day when you were resting, I Collected several samples of
the spore and hid them from you.

DUVALL Why, I don't understand, what is so special about this spore,
and is it toxic.

GAUTHIER Dr. RUSS ZUCCO determined this was the Genesis spore, we have
searched for since day one. (he places the bandage back on his hand)

DUVALL (questioning) The Genesis spore?

GAUTHIER An Ancient Spore that's capable of creating life!

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EXT.    ZAIRE  - EBOLA RIVER                DAY

EXT.    CITY OF YAMBUKO

EXT.    YAMBUKO AIRPORT

ZIRO SHARIF and URI LENSI are boarding a small STOL type aircraft,
bound for Kitum cave. The are both from the middle east and are in
their mid-thirties.

LENSI (smiling) Well my friend, we are on our way to collect our find
of the century!

SHARIF You know Uri, the world will be ours for the asking.

LENSI Oh you can bet on that.

SHARIF How much of a deposit did you get from him?

LENSI Two hundred thousand American!

The Belgian pilot motions to them that's it time to board the small
aircraft.

SHARIF It's time to go and find Claude.

LENSI He better have it or I will execute him on the spot!

SHARIF I will help you my friend.

LENSI This spore is priceless!

SHARIF Just think, creating a human anytime, anywhere!


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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER                 DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    PORTABLE LAB IN FIELD TENT

Gauthier is resting in the hot noon day sun and Duvall is reading
notes about the Genesis Spore given to him by Gauthier.

GAUTHIER (smiling) Be very careful Jean Luc, we now have the power of
creation in our hands!

As Gauthier starts to grab a fresh bottle of water in the small field
refrigerator. His wounded hand has a spasm and he drops the small
plastic bottle of Evian. Duvall picks up the small bottle and hands it
to him. The green mold has now spread to his elbow.

GAUTHIER (screaming to Jean Luc) Oh ..... the pain is getting worse
and the Morphine shot you gave me just isn't working anymore!

DUVALL What can I do?

GAUTHIER (squeezing his arm at the elbow) Quickly, quickly get the
bone cutter and take my forearm off near the elbow!

DUVALL (in shock) I don't think I can do it!

GAUTHIER You must Jean Luc you must, or I shall surely die! You must
cut it off before the infection spreads to the rest of my body!

Duvall grabs the bone cutter out of the medical bag and dips it in the
EnviroChem disinfectant and places the jaws just below the elbow an
cuts!


DUVALL (yelling) It's off Claude it's off,  I will cauterize it so you
wont bleed to death!

DUVALL (shaking) Please don't die Claude!

GAUTHIER No I'm too old, too ornery and mean to die.

DUVALL Claude, the notes say creating a clone of a human could be
possible with more research.

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER            FRIDAY     DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    SHORT AIRSTRIP IN MEADOW

A STOL type aircraft makes a low pass and lands in the dirt strip. The
pilot taxis the plane and the two men from the middle east get out.

SHARIF (shouting at the pilot) Come back tomorrow, at this same time.

The pilot taxis, runs up the engine and takes off.

LENSI (smiling) Well my friend, how far to Kitum cave from here?

SHARIF It's about five miles from here. Let's gather our supplies and
be on our way!

LENSI Oh you can bet on that.

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER                 DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    PORTABLE LAB IN FIELD TENT

Gauthier and Duvall are bathing in a small depression in the large
rocky area where water has collected and warmed from the previous days
rain.

GAUTHIER (smiling) I think you are right Jean Luc the small aircraft
that made a very low pass a few minutes ago is the men I have
collected the sample for. You follow my actions, because they are very
dangerous.

DUVALL How much will you get for the spore?

GAUTHIER (squeezing his arm at the elbow) Oh the pain is beyond
belief, please give me another shot of Morphine!

DUVALL (worried) I think we only have one shot left and I was saving
it for tonight.

GAUTHIER Jean Luc , they will give me a bag with a great deal of
money, and if I'm Delirious you must help me. I will split it with you
and we will be rich.

DUVALL (somber) Claude, I will be prepared this time. (taking a pistol
out of his field case) How much are they going to give you for the
spores?

GAUTHIER One hundred thousand American.

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER            FRIDAY     DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    TRAIL TO KITUM CAVE

Sharif and Lensi are following a path to Kitum Cave and they stop for
a brief rest and a cold drink. They sit down on a downed tree.

SHARIF (catching his breath) This is very desolate country.

Lensi takes his pistol out and chambers a round.

LENSI (smiling) Well my friend, how deep shall we bury them?

SHARIF It's about two miles from here. Let's gather our fortune and
shoot them and let the jungle take care of them.

LENSI Oh you can bet on that.

A large snake crosses their path and Lensi shoots it in a panicked
moment.

SHARIF Well, after that, they know we're here!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER            FRIDAY     DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

Gauthier and Duvall are cleaning their Racal suits and are now drying
them.

GAUTHIER (concerned) They're here, Jean Luc they're here!

DUVALL Yes and I'm ready for them!

GAUTHIER (squeezing his arm at the elbow) Let them shoot me. I can't
take the pain anymore!

DUVALL (worried) Claude, stop talking like that we're going to get our
money!

GAUTHIER Jean Luc , please be careful, they're paid killers.

DUVALL (somber) Claude, I was in the French Foreign legion and I can
handle myself! (taking another pistol out of his field case) This is
my backup and I'm ready for them!

GAUTHIER (concerned) Please be careful Jean Luc, they're devils!

DUVALL Don't worry, I was a trained killer and you don't forget, how
to kill!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER            FRIDAY     DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    TRAIL TO KITUM CAVE

Sharif and Lensi have now come into view of Kitum Cave and they pause.
They sit down on a large rock.

SHARIF (catching his breath) When I say now, I will shoot the old man
and you shoot the kid.

Sharif takes his pistol out and chambers a round.

LENSI (smiling) Well my friend, are you ready?

SHARIF It's about a hundred yards from there. So don't panic, don't do
anything until we get the spore!

LENSI Ok.

They continue until they come to the clearing in front of the cave.

SHARIF (yelling) Hello, Claude, it's us, your partners.

Sharif and Lensi now come into view and Gauthier and Duvall come out
of the cave.

GAUTHIER (concerned) They're here, (Shouting) Hello Dr. Sharif,
welcome to Kitum Cave!

DUVALL Yes, let them come!

GAUTHIER (squeezing his arm at the elbow) Come in and sit down, we
need to talk!

DUVALL (worried) Claude, be careful.

GAUTHIER (looking at Lensi) I'm Claude Gauthier and this is my partner
Jean Luc Duvall.

DUVALL (somber) Welcome to Kitum Cave! (they all shake hands) Please
sit down! Can I get you a cold drink?

SHARIF (Looking at Claudes arm) I'm Sharif and this is my partner
Lensi. Claude, wha the hell happened to your arm?

DUVALL Pleasure to meet you. Claude had a little accident.

Sharif and Lensi sit down on two safari chairs and let out a sigh of
relief.

SHARIF (catching his breath) Well, do you have the stuff?

Sharif takes his hat off and wipes his brow.

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friend, we want to see the Genesis Spore.

DUVALL (concerned) I'm afraid we don't have it! (somber) We were
hijacked by an outsider and he took the samples, but not to worry, we
can get more. Claude hurt himself and I need one of you to help me.

SHARIF (breathless) Excuse me my good men, we're not field
technicians!

LENSI (smiling) Well my friends, were only the Delivery boys!

SHARIF So what happened to Claude?

DUVALL He had gangrene in his arm so I had to remove part of it. The
help we need is minimal, you don't need to be a field technician, I
just need two hands!

LENSI I will help you.

They continue to converse and Sharif breaks the line of conversation.

SHARIF (serious) Claude, we have your money but we cannot give it to
you until we get the Spore, so what's the timetable?

GAUTHIER (concerned) It's too late now, but in the morning we can
enter the cave and get more spore, it's too dangerous doing it at
night.

SHARIF (smiling) Dangerous, like how?

DUVALL At night the animals enter the cave and get heir dinner. We
don't want to be that dinner.

SHARIF (smiling) Large animals?

DUVALL Night stalkers like Leopards.

Sharif and Lensi look at each other and turn back to Gauthier.

SHARIF (catching his breath) Well, we do have a little problem.

Sharif takes his hat off and wipes his brow.

LENSI (Pissed) We are scheduled to be picked up in the morning, so now
we'll all miss the plane.

GAUTHIER (concerned) I'm afraid we don't dare go in the cave at night!
(somber) We're at a disadvantage when we're in our Racal BIO suits. At
night we would be in great danger.

SHARIF (upset) Excuse me, but we are paid to take chances, that's why
we're here!

LENSI (concerned) Well Dr. Sharif, it will have to be you in my place,
I will not face a wild animal when he can see me in the dark and I
can't see him!

SHARIF (very upset) Very well, the pilot will have to wait. In the
morning, Mr. Lensi will help Duvall and I will hike five miles to tell
our pilot to wait for all of us. We better get the spore, or someone
will answer for this!

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EXT.    LAKE GENEVA SWITZERLAND                    DAY

EXT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LABORATORIES

INT.    TOXIC RESEARCH LAB

Dr. ZUCCO is in his Racal suit with his assistant SONIA BELL at his
side. He's placing a toxic substance back in the BIO holder and he
locks it.

ZUCCO (smiling) I think that should do it Sonia. let's get out of
these monkey suits and I'll buy you lunch.

BELL You have a deal, Dr. Zucco!

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INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH CAFETERIA

Dr. Zucco and his assistant Sonia Bell are having lunch and she asks
him a very special question.

BELL Dr. Zucco, what ever happened to the Genesis Spore?

ZUCCO (disturbed) I think that is something that's best left alone, my
dear.

BELL You can trust me, I will not tell a soul!

ZUCCO (disturbed) I think a lot of you, or I would not tell you a
thing.

BELL It's that bad?

ZUCCO (misty eyed) You have no idea?



BELL Please tell me.

ZUCCO (somber) I was in my early thirties, and I was on a special
assignment for the WHO. We had been collecting toxic Ebola Samples
deep in Kitum Cave when we came       upon a deep crevasse. We could
see a glowing bright green substance growing on the wall of the
Crevasse.

BELL Green, like a bright light?

ZUCCO (disturbed) It was a glowing green, like an electronic green.

BELL Go ahead.

ZUCCO My assistant Dr. Louis Bagu and myself stared in awe and we were
captivated by the glowing substance. We knew then we would have to
descend deep into the Abyss to collect some for our research.

BELL It was that fascinating?

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Oh, You have no idea?

BELL Go ahead.

ZUCCO (somber) I took us days to rig up a method for one of us to
descend down what we estimated to be over a hundred feet to get some
samples.

BELL Was it growing, and was it in great abundance? ZUCCO (misty eyed)
It was growing like alfalfa.

BELL Please continue..

ZUCCO (somber) I was the older, and of course the heavier of the two
of us so my assistant volunteered to go down into the Abyss.

BELL Did you suspect it was Toxic?

ZUCCO Of course, something that beautiful had to be toxic. He wore the
Racal suit, of course.

BELL Go ahead.

ZUCCO I think Dr. Bagu was down well over a hundred feet and when his
airpack was almost empty  I brought him up. He was exhausted, so when
he removed his suit I let him rest then I bombarded him with
questions.

BELL Was he ok?

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Oh, You have no idea, he looked like a man who had
seen god.

BELL God?

ZUCCO (somber) He had streaks of gray in his hair, that he did not
have when he went down. He appeared in shock so I covered him with a
blanket. I gave him hot tea, then he started to talk. CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           EVENING

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

Sharif, Lensi, Gauthier and Duvall are sitting around the campfire.
They hear the bellowing of the large cats in the background.

SHARIF (alarmed) The cats sound hungry.

Sharif takes his pistol out and chambers a round.

GAUTHIER (In a lot of pain) Well my friend, that will not stop a large
cat, as long .... as we stay around the fire we'll be ok.

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) How much do you know about the Genesis
Spore?

GAUTHIER (not concerned) Not very much why?

SHARIF (coughing) Well, when the Dead Sea Scrolls were found, our best
scholars translated the Aramaic and Hebrew Scrolls. In the Aramaic
version the term rib, has the same meaning as excess skin, like ear
lobe.

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, I've heard this before and it's very
interesting.

DUVALL (concentrating) By all means go ahead.

SHARIF (clearing his throat) Excuse me, the night air is not to good
on my allergies. Well as I was saying, in the Hebrew Genesis, Adam
needed a mate so one night while he was sleeping the lord  took one of
his ribs and create a mate.

LENSI (smiling) But not in the Aramaic version!

SHARIF My friend gets very excited when I tell this story. Well
anyway, in the Aramaic version God takes a piece of Adam's ear lobe to
create his mate.

DUVALL Any Genetic material will do, it doesn't have to be a rib.
LENSI Exactly, that was very astute of of you Mr. Duvall!

They continue to converse and Sharif draws a picture of a cave in the
sand.

SHARIF (serious) In the Aramaic version god tells Adam to find a
bright substance in a cave and cover the piece of his ear lobe with
the jelly substance. He did and the next morning he found a young
child in his tent..

GAUTHIER (concerned) Not full grown? That makes more sense he created
an image in the form of a child, rather a full grown woman, but how
did he create a female, instead of maybe another man.

SHARIF (smiling) Very good Dr. Gauthier.

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, she was an exquisite female, but she
was sterile!

GAUTHIER (concerned) Oh really.

SHARIF (excited) Oh yes my good man and more!

LENSI (also excited) The Aramaic language was dying out and the only
scribes were writing in Hebrew, so thus ...... the Hebrew version took
precedence!

SHARIF So they determined the genetic material from Adam was a piece
of an ear lobe.

DUVALL Cut off his ear lobe and .....

SHARIF Grew a child.

SHARIF Of course the child resembled him and this pleased Adam. DUVALL
I'm shocked, totally shocked!

They continue to converse and Sharif draws what appears to be Ancient
writing.

SHARIF (serious) This Arabic writing is very close to the original
Aramaic translation. In the dead sea scrolls I saw, the translation
was that the origination of the Genesis substance was located in
Africa near a very large Volcano and a very large cave measuring one
thousand cubits across.

GAUTHIER (concerned) Kitum Cave, one thousand feet wide!

SHARIF (smiling) Very good Dr. Duvall.

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, our names will go down in history.

GAUTHIER (still concerned) In all of this translation of the Aramaic
version of Genesis, there is a part that doesn't make sense?

SHARIF (startled) And what is that my good man?

GAUTHIER (smiling) How did Eve ........ bear children.

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) Oh really, use your imagination.

DUVALL (understanding) She didn't bear them, they were also created
from genetic material from her ear lobe, a piece of skin not necessary
for anything!

GAUTHIER (questioning) Well my friend, that sounds plausible, but why
didn't Adam use Blood?

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) Check your text books, and you'll will
find that genetic material is much cleaner and very pure when first
extracted. Also, when a cut is made, anti-bodies start to attack the
cut, thus the blood is corrupted.

GAUTHIER (not concerned) Are you a Micro-Biologist?

SHARIF (coughing) Well, for over twenty years I taught Micro-Biology
in one of the best medical schools in the Middle East.

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, he's very, very famous!

DUVALL (concentrating) What do you plan to do with the Genesis Spore?

SHARIF (clearing his throat) Excuse me, my benefactors have deemed
this project classified and as much as I would like to tell you the
vision we have for it's use, I can't!

LENSI (smiling) If we could tell you the plans we have, it would blow
your mind!

DUVALL Genetic engineering in humans are viewed by many Religions as
anti-Christ!

LENSI Exactly, that's why we can't tell you the plans for Genesis!

SHARIF (serious) The Aramaic version of the dead sea scrolls tells of
a time when all life on this planet well come to an end. This passage
of revelations was purposely omitted from the Hebrew version.

GAUTHIER (concerned) Omitted? Why?

SHARIF (smiling) My dear Dr. Gauthier, to control poor peasants they
need to believe in something and they need to know, that a Messiah is
coming, not that everything will come to an end, in the year 2000!

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, the end will come in a few short
years!

GAUTHIER The Aramaic version of Genesis makes sense, but the end in
the year two-thousand, I don't buy it!

SHARIF (excited) That's your view and your entitled to it. If your
priest or Rabbi told you the end of the world was coming in the year
two-thousand and two, December 22, would you believe it!

DUVALL Of course not!


SHARIF Why?

DUVALL I'm an educated man, and without scientific proof, it has no
basis!

SHARIF (serious) Excellent young Dr. Duvall, you said it, No
Scientific Proof! Do you think the same way, Dr. Gauthier?

GAUTHIER Yes I do.

SHARIF (smiling) The early Rabbis, were as intelligent as any of us,
so they left out the worlds end in the scrolls and substituted the
coming of the Messiah!

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, there will be no Messiah.

GAUTHIER (still concerned) So where does that leave Christianity?

SHARIF (somber) You sound concerned, that all your beliefs are now
being questioned.

GAUTHIER (smiling) Oh please, this revelation by a person barely known
to me does not concern me.

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) Oh really, I'm aware this Aramaic
revelation does not surprise you, but at the very least it should
concern you!

DUVALL Why?

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) If you are the fine scientist that I
think you are, you need to know how we will all die in a few short
years!

DUVALL (Questioning) I want to know!

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) Polar Shift!

GAUTHIER (not concerned) Oh please?

SHARIF Well, for over ten thousand years the axis of the earth has
started to decay, and now the shift will start in a few years.

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, he's right!

DUVALL (concentrating) What scientific evidence do do you have to
support this theory?

SHARIF (clearing his throat) We've been using lasers to measure the
alignment of the earth and the evidence is there!

DUVALL I don't believe it.

LENSI We can prove it!

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EXT.    LAKE GENEVA SWITZERLAND                    DAY

EXT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LABORATORIES

INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH CAFETERIA

Dr. Zucco a man in his early fifties and his assistant Sonia Bell a
very attractive young lady, are having lunch.

BELL So what did he say?

ZUCCO (disturbed) Dr. Bagu said while was down in the crevasse he
witnessed a very profound event.

BELL He saw god?

ZUCCO (disturbed) He saw what appeared to be a small monkey that had
fallen on a ledge in the crevasse died and was being re-born by the
Genesis Spore!

BELL Re-born, you mean this substance can not only create life, but
also heal a person back to life?

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Yes!

BELL Please tell me more!

ZUCCO (Somber) When he regained his composure he told me he had
collected several pounds of the Spore and had placed it in his
collection bag. I looked in the bag and it was a glowing green, like
an electronic green.

BELL You were wearing a Bio-suit, right?.

ZUCCO Oh yes, when inside Kitum you always wear a bio-suit. Dr. Bagu
and I stared in awe as we looked inside the bag and were captivated by
the glowing substance. That's when I noticed a small cut in his Racal
suit, apparently cut by a rock when he descended deep into the Abyss
to collect some of the spores!

BELL Was this spore toxic?

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Oh, You have no idea, how toxic!

BELL Go ahead.

ZUCCO (somber) We spent hours cleaning and trying to disinfect the
wound located near his right hip. A green mold was starting to grow in
the effected area!

BELL If it was growing, and was covering his back why didn't you try
burning it off?

ZUCCO (misty eyed) I did, I even tried Sulfuric Acid but, it kept on
growing, it just couldn't be stopped.

BELL Please continue..

ZUCCO (somber) I called my home base and asked for a helicopter to fly
him to Nairobi for medical care but because of the bad weather, it
would be days before they could pick him up.

BELL So what did you do?



ZUCCO In two days he was completely covered and he was in so much pain
I used up all the Morphine I had in my medical bag. He died two days
later. When I buried him he was covered from head to toe by the green
mold!

BELL I don't understand, you said it had brought back a monkey, but it
killed a man!

ZUCCO I wasn't finished, Dr. Bagu was down at least two to three feet
and I covered the top of the grave with several large stones.

BELL And.

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Oh, You won't believe what I am going to tell you!

BELL His grave was empty?

ZUCCO (somber) During the night he must have come back to life because
he dug his way out.

BELL And.

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Oh, I looked everywhere for my friend but he was
gone!

BELL His grave was empty?

ZUCCO (somber) He was in the cave!

CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           EVENING

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

Sharif, Lensi, Gauthier and Duvall are sitting around the campfire.

GAUTHIER Well my friend, that was quite a story, but how can you or
anyone else possibly prove to us that the world will indeed end, when
the Polar Shift starts!

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) My colleagues have been receiving data
from the LandSat System and the earth has tilted over a mile just in
the last year.

GAUTHIER (not concerned) So!

SHARIF Well, when the next shift comes we estimate it will start the
Ice in Antarctica to start breaking up.

LENSI (smiling) Yes my friends, the end is very near!

DUVALL (concentrating) By all means go ahead.

SHARIF There's no escape, the human race is doomed and we'll all
expire, just like the Dinosaurs expired the last time this happened!

DUVALL I don't mean to be rude but I'm tired and I'm going to sleep!

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EXT.    DUBLIN IRELAND                             DAY

EXT.    THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY HEADQUARTERS

INT.    IRA OPERATIONS CENTER

O' grady is having a meeting with Jake Weiss and Red O'Hare.

O' GRADY (smiling) I hear you received a very important fax this
morning.

Weiss takes a FAX out of his jacket pocket and hands it to O' grady.

O' GRADY (reading FAX) "The Lear Jet was confiscated by the SAS
Commandos and has been stripped including the Ebola"

WEISS I have an operative in Zaire who can get us more!

O' GRADY Damn! Can't anything ever go right! Go ahead and contact your
operative and get more samples, were running out of time!

WEISS I'll get right on it sir!

O'HARE Are you sure we've taken every precaution?

WEISS Yes we have. I'll personally pick up the specimens myself!

O' GRADY This time, don't fail!

O'HARE I'll go with him!

CUT TO: EXT.    KAMUKO FIELD AFRICA

EXT.    EAST SIDE OF AIRPORT   TARMAC

A gold De Havilland Otter is seen landing and coming to a stop at the
terminal. Red O'Hare gets out with Weiss by his side. They walk over
to a small STOL type aircraft and load up with all their supplies.

O'HARE (yelling to pilot above the sound of the prop jet engine) I
have what we need , lets go, we have to be at Kitum Cave in four
hours!

PILOT Stow the stuff and let's get going.

O'HARE I'm ready, do we have any problems?

PILOT I thought we may have a weather problem but I think were ok!

Several vehicles are seen with red light flashing approaching the
aircraft, they are at least a half mile away.

O'HARE Lets get the hell out of here!

They both jump in the plane and the door closes. In just minutes the
plane taxis to the end of the runway and the starts it's takeoff run.
As the oncoming vehicles approach at a high rate of speed the plane is
speeding down the runway and lifts off and is airborne.

O'HARE Who the hell was that!

PILOT I think it was the SAS Commandos!

CUT TO:


EXT.    LAKE GENEVA SWITZERLAND                    DAY

EXT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LABORATORIES

INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH CAFETERIA

Dr. Zucco and his assistant Sonia Bell are in a very heavy discussion.

BELL He was in the cave?

ZUCCO (disturbed) I had looked everywhere for him I discovered I
hadn't looked in the cave, so I went inside and started looking for
him.

BELL Were you wearing your Racal suit?

ZUCCO (disturbed) Oh yes, inside the cave my search took me to the
crevasse and I look down into the Abyss and I got the shock of my
life. There he was, hanging on to the side of the rocks eating the
growing spore like it was a fresh salad. I was so terrified I ran out
of the cave!

BELL He had been re-born, but in the form of an animal?

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Yes! He was an insane animal, and of course he was
no longer a man. His features had changed and he looked like a demon.

BELL So what happened?

ZUCCO (somber) When I regained my composure I grabbed my supplies and
jumped in my Land Rover and made a mad dash for civilization. CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           MORNING

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

Sharif, Lensi, Gauthier and Duvall are sitting around the the camp
preparing for the collection process.

GAUTHIER (Talking to Sharif) Well my friend, that was quite a story
last night, but now back to business. You will go and hold the pilot
and Lensi and Duvall will descend in the cave and get the spore

SHARIF (looking at Gauthier) Well, I have along way to go so I guess I
should get started.

GAUTHIER (not concerned) I would go for you but what is left of my arm
is giving me trouble, I sure hope it's not infected.

SHARIF Well, I must go, when you get the spore, get your gear together
and I'll wait for you back at the air strip!

LENSI (smiling) Yes, I'm ready, lets go!

DUVALL (concentrating) You two go ahead and I'll come behind you with
all the supplies.

SHARIF Be careful, I don't want to wait forever! Good-bye!

DUVALL We will see you in a few hours!

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EXT.    BANTU VALLEY - SMALL AIRSTRIP

EXT.    EAST SIDE OF AIRSTRIP

A small STOL type aircraft is seen making a landing.

O'HARE (yelling to pilot above the sound of the prop jet engine) I
want you back by this same time tomorrow.

PILOT Ok, I just hope the weather holds up.

O'HARE I'm ready, lets get our stuff and get going!

PILOT Ok, I'll see you tomorrow!

The pilot runs up the engine and heads the aircraft into the wind and
is seen taking off. O'Hare and Weiss disappear into the jungle.

O'HARE  (V.O.) The last time I was here I had Natives shooting at me!

WEISS   (V.O.) Let's hope we're not a target for some natives that are
still pissed off!

O'HARE  (V.O.) You worry too much mate!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           MORNING

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    KITUM CAVE

Lensi, Gauthier and Duvall are in the cave and are ready for the
descent into the crevasse.

GAUTHIER Remember Jean Luc, I cant pull up both of you at the same
time, so you must decide now who will come up first!

LENSI (smiling) Ok , I'm ready, lets go!

DUVALL (concentrating) If anything goes wrong, leave us because
without a suit, you can't come down here!

Lensi and Duvall start the descent into the crevasse.

GAUTHIER Remember Jean Luc, watch your suit, one small cut and your
dead!

LENSI (smiling) Ok down we go.

The two young men are seen rappelling down the side of the crevasse.
They quickly disappear down into the Abyss.

DUVALL  (V.O.) (talking to himself) Shit, this is like going down into
hell.


CUT TO:

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY - SMALL AIRSTRIP

EXT.    EAST SIDE OF AIRSTRIP

A small STOL type aircraft is seen making a landing. The pilot gets
out and sits on an empty gas can.

PILOT (talking to himself) I'm a little early, I'll sit here and relax
for awhile.

PILOT I just hope the weather holds up.


EXT.   TRAIL CONNECTING AIRSTRIP AND KITUM CAVE

Dr. Sharif is seen making good time on the trails. O'Hare and Weiss
are also making good time and they run into Sharif.

O'HARE (Looking at Sharif) The last time I saw you mate you had a gun
in my face!

WEISS Oh, I see you know each other.

O'HARE (pointing a gun in his Sharif's face) What the blazes are you
doing here?

SHARIF Look, I was in the Jordanian army at the time, so I was just
following orders.

WEISS (holding his gun on him) So answer the man, what are you doing
here?

SHARIF I'm here to pickup something that was ordered by my colleagues.

O'HARE And what was that, elephant dung?

SHARIF A very lethal spore, that my company is using for research.

WEISS Oh, and what is it called?

O'HARE (pointing a gun in his face) You heard the man!

SHARIF Look, I was commissioned to collect samples of the Genesis
Spore. My friends are waiting for me back at Kitum.

WEISS (putting his gun down) How much are you getting for it?

SHARIF I'm doing it for humanity, not for any money.

O'HARE Turn around, were going back to Kitum. What the hells the
Genesis Spore, Alan!

WEISS Oh, the MOSSAD told me about it, but I thought the only specimen
they had was lost somewhere in Switzerland.

O'HARE We better have some answers back at Kitum or you can kiss your
ass good-bye, who's waiting for you?

WEISS (putting his gun down) Who's waiting for you back at Kitum?

SHARIF Lensi and two Belgian microbiologists.

WEISS If their story isn't the same, you're a dead man!

O'HARE I'll be merciful and make it nice and quick, one quick cut
across your neck from my skinning knife and you'll feel no more pain.

CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           NOON

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    KITUM CAVE

Lensi, and Duvall are in the crevasse and Gauthier is standing by.

GAUTHIER Remember Jean Luc, if something goes wrong I can't pull up
both of you at the same time, I only have one arm, and I'm in a great
deal of pain!

LENSI (yelling) Don't worry about it, we'll be ok!

Sharif, O'Hare and Weiss have entered the cave and are approaching
Gauthier.

GAUTHIER (startled) Oh, you startled me.

O'HARE (pointing to Sharif) Do you know this guy?

GAUTHIER (startled) It's Dr. Sharif, why?

WEISS (pointing to Sharif) He said, you collected some Genesis spore
for him, is that correct?

GAUTHIER Yes, and I collected some items for you also, why, can't I
have more than one customer at a time? Didn't you get your stuff?

WEISS Yes, but it was hijacked by the SAS so now we need more.

GAUTHIER (concerned) I'm so sorry, but we have no more.

O'HARE (pointing to Sharif) Do you care if a cut him up?

GAUTHIER Why, what did he do?

WEISS (pointing to Sharif) My friend Mr. O'Hare has a long standing
beef with him!

GAUTHIER I detest violence. Jean Luc and Lensi are down in the
crevasse getting spore, are you also interested in the Genesis spore?

SHARIF Look, I have the exclusive rights to the spore.

WEISS (holding his gun on him) So what, we have exclusive rights over
everything.

SHARIF If something happens to me you will have to answer to Sadaam.

O'HARE Do I look scared?

WEISS (Looking at Sharif) We want half of whatever comes out of the
crevasse.

O'HARE Do you have a problem with that?

SHARIF Look, the Genesis Spore has no value to anyone but us.

WEISS (pointing his gun) Ok, Dr. Sharif, get ready to die!

SHARIF Look, if you let me go I will pay you one-hundred thousand
American!

O'HARE Where's the money?

SHARIF It's in a safe in Nairobi.

WEISS (putting his gun down) Ok, you got yourself a deal.

SHARIF We will leave when we get a good supply of spore, agreed?

O'HARE If your lying to us about the money your a dead man!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           AFTERNOON

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    KITUM CAVE - CREVASSE

Lensi, and Duvall have just come up from the crevasse and Gauthier,
Sharif, O'Hare and Weiss are standing by.

GAUTHIER Ok, Jean Luc, I have the spore, let's go outside.

LENSI (yelling) Who are they?

INT.    KITUM CAVE - INSIDE OF ENTRANCE

Duvall and Lensi are removing their Racal suits and Gauthier is
inspecting the samples through a small glass window in the
Bio-Carrier.

GAUTHIER (happy) Excellent, you have generous samples of Genesis.

O'HARE (pointing to Sharif) Ok, how hot is this stuff, but more
important, how much is this worth?

GAUTHIER (contributing) To the right person it's worth millions!

WEISS (pointing to Sharif) I was told by the Israeli Intelligence or
better known as the Mossad, it has the capability to restore life and
also create life.

GAUTHIER Yes, and more.

O'HARE And more, what is the more?

SHARIF (concerned) You have a big mouth Claude!

O'HARE (pointing to Sharif) Shut up or I'll practice my Rhodesian
assassin hit on you, one in the forehead and two in the chest!

GAUTHIER The spore probably has other uses!

WEISS (pointing to a gold coin in his hand) Will it duplicate this?

GAUTHIER No.

SHARIF Only living things.

WEISS (holding his gun to Sharif's head) The only thing that is
keeping you alive is your knowledge.

SHARIF If something happens to the spore, were all dead.

O'HARE That Iraqi pig can go straight to hell!

WEISS We want half, no more and no less!

O'HARE Do you have a problem with that you Arab pig!

SHARIF Ok, but we divide it back in Nairobi, because I don't trust
you!

WEISS (putting his gun down) Ok, Dr. Sharif, the plane will be here
tomorrow to pick us up.

SHARIF We have a plane waiting for us right now, why do you think I
was headed for the Airstrip!

O'HARE Ok, pack up and let's go!

SHARIF I will carry the spore!

WEISS (putting his gun down) No way, I will carry the spore.

SHARIF You don't know how to handle toxic agents like this.

O'HARE We will risk it!

In one quick motion Jean Luc pulls out his back-up gun and aims it at
O'Hare and Weiss.

JEAN LUC (SCREAMING) Both of you give me your guns or I will kill you
right now! Weiss grabs his gun and points it at Jean Luc but not fast
enough, he's dropped with three shots, O'Hare goes for his gun and
Jean Luc also drops him with three shots!

SHARIF Good work Jean Luc, where did you learn how to shoot like that!

GAUTHIER (happy) Oh, my friend was in the French Foreign Legion and
he's a trained killer!

SHARIF (concerned) We'll have to bury them, so it looks like we'll
miss our plane but I heard them say their plane will be here tomorrow!

GAUTHIER We could use the spore on them and give them their miserable
lives back?

SHARIF No way, these men are born killers, society is better off
without them!

GAUTHIER (somber) Ok, how do you feel about this Jean Luc, Lensi?

LENSI (concerned) If you killed a Cobra because she tried to bite you,
would you revive her, so she could bite you or someone else?

GAUTHIER Jean Luc?

JEAN LUC Do you think they would bring us back to life after shooting
us, I don't think so. There dead leave them dead, the world is better
off without them! They are mercenaries, the worst Swine!

SHARIF Gentlemen we're not seeing the forest through the trees. He
have a much larger issue here. Don't you see, we've become gods! We
now have the power to decide between life and death!

GAUTHIER (concerned) You are absolutely right my dear Dr. Sharif, we
have become gods and I don't know if we're really worthy of this gift
to dispense it properly. I don't think we as men of science can say,
let them die, they're not good enough to live on this earth, I think
we have a very strong moral and religious issue here!

SHARIF (concerned) Listen to him boys, he's right we're men of
science, we must do whatever we can to restore their lives. What if
they were dying of the fever would we give them anti- biotic or would
we let them die?

GAUTHIER We could use the spore on them when we get ready to leave and
leave them here with their god, to recover or die!

SHARIF I agree, as men of science we must try to bring them back.

GAUTHIER (somber) Ok, how do you feel about this Jean Luc, Lensi?

LENSI I agree, lets do it!

JEAN LUC Fine with me, I just hope they don't come after me later!

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EXT.    LAKE GENEVA SWITZERLAND                    DAY

EXT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LABORATORIES

INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH CAFETERIA

Dr. Zucco and Sonia Bell are finishing their lunch and are getting
ready to go back in the Bio-Lab.

BELL Has anyone ever found a trace of him?

ZUCCO (disturbed even more) I had an old friend of mine, a ex- Belgian
government ranger checking for me and he told me several months later
there was a report of an unknown species of animal resembling half man
and half Ape seen gorging itself on some Zaire Cattle and the owner
shot it dead. Because of their religious beliefs they burned the body,
we think that was my dear friend.

BELL I see why you don't want to talk about it.

ZUCCO (still disturbed) Oh yes, I still hurt over this whole nasty
affair. This is what happens my dear when you mess with something only
god can and should do.

BELL Both of you were scientist's following instincts that have made
our civilization so great! I would have done the same thing!

ZUCCO (misty eyed) Yes! But don't you see my dear, we had no generic
investment in the process so naturally we were lacking the necessary
precautions and tests you normally endure.

BELL There was no time for tests, you wanted to save his life!

ZUCCO Yes, but I was acting like god and I really didn't have the
right ......I just didn't have the right to decide between my friend
living or dying! It wasn't whether I could save his life, but rather
If I should save his life!

BELL Of course you should save his life! What do you think went wrong?

ZUCCO (somber) My own theory, I believe the spore is sound, but the
sample I used was probably contaminated with a very small Monkey part
that blended with his DNA and caused the de-formation!

BELL I agree with you.

ZUCCO (still disturbed) I believe under laboratory conditions we could
isolate the spore to the point where a pure re-creation could take
place.

BELL Can we get some fresh samples?

ZUCCO Yes, of course we can but then we go back to the original issue,
do we have the right to?

BELL Do you have any idea how many human beings we could save with the
Genesis Spore?

ZUCCO Yes my dear I do!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           EVENING

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

Sharif, Lensi, Gauthier and Duvall are sitting around the the campfire
cooking a freshly caught fish.

SHARIF Well my friends it was a stroke of luck that Mr. Lensi was able
to get the radio working so we could tell the pilot to come back
tomorrow. I estimate it will take two to three hours for us to prepare
the bodies with the spore. Dr. Gauthier it appears your arm has a
greater infection than before, so you can sit this out, Dr.'s Lensi
and Duvall can assist me!

DUVALL (looking at Sharif) He surely is going to die, I just can't
stop the infection!

GAUTHIER (not concerned) Don't worry about it Jean Luc, I've had a
long life and maybe it's just my turn.

SHARIF What agent was responsible for his infection Dr. Duvall?

LENSI (smiling) It wasn't the Genesis Spore was it?

DUVALL (concentrating) We think it was. The process with a live body
apparently is an unknown at this time.

SHARIF There's a verse in Aramaic that goes like this "
Basho-len-kava", loosely translated it means You must die before you
can be re-born! DUVALL We'll see you in a few hours!

GAUTHIER Jean Luc, if I'm worse in the morning leave me behind with a
gun.

LENSI (Speaking to Duvall) If Dr. Gauthier is terminal, why don't we
prepare him tonight with the others. We can give him a sedative. It's
possible he could wake up tomorrow in a new body.

DUVALL (upset) If anything goes wrong, I will not be able to live with
myself. I'm afraid that's out of the question.

GAUTHIER Remember Jean Luc, I have a choice too.

LENSI (smiling) He's right Jean Luc, let him make the decision.

The two young men are seen in the moonlight inside their Racal
Bio-suits starting to prepare the two corpse.

DUVALL  (O.S.) (talking to himself) Shit, I feel like Dr.
Frankenstein!

LENSI I heard that, yes you're right my dear friend and colleague,
we're exactly like Dr. Frankenstein!

GAUTHIER Jean Luc, I'm getting worse and the pain is unbearable,
please give me the sedative and give me a chance for a new life!

DUVALL As you wish my dear friend!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           MORNING

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    KITUM CAVE

Lensi, and Duvall are in their Racal suits and are near the three
bodies covered with the green Genesis Spore.

LENSI (whispering) Well, what do you think Jean Luc? WAIT I JUST SAW
MOVEMENT IN ONE OF THE COCOONS!

Lensi and Duvall are watching the movement in the three cocoons
covered with the Genesis Spore.

SHARIF  (O.S.) (yelling) Let's go gentlemen or we'll miss our plane.

LENSI (yelling) We'll be out in a minute!

EXT.    KITUM CAVE

Duvall and Lensi are removing their Racal suits and Sharif is looking
on.

SHARIF You say you saw movement, it's too bad we're not able to stay
and watch the awakening!

JEAN LUC (upset) I would rather not know, one way or another.

The trio grab their gear and start the long trek back to the airstrip.

JEAN LUC Good by my friend, I wish you God speed with your new life.


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EXT.    LAKE GENEVA SWITZERLAND                    DAY

EXT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LABORATORIES

INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LIBRARY

Dr. Zucco and Sonia Bell are finishing their Research and are getting
ready to go home.

BELL Dr. Zucco, I can't seem to get the Genesis Spore out of my mind.

ZUCCO (smiling) It's been ten years since I lost my friend and I still
get cold chills when I think about it.

BELL In the bible, Genesis 2 has Adam made from clay, so why make Eve
from one of Adam's ribs, I don't understand, the processes are not
consistent!

ZUCCO (understanding) Oh yes, I struggled with the same problem. I
guess it's all in the interpretation. In Aramaic Eve was made from a
piece of Adam's ear lobe.

BELL I'm a scientist and I struggle with certain statements about
Genesis found in the bible. In our modern day scientific literature,
if we don't agree with the statement, we can attack the author, but in
the bible there is no who?

ZUCCO Yes! But don't you see my dear, Genesis is regarded by many as a
literal rendition of creation, the view of most Christians and Jews
until the latter half of the ninetieth Century. Some see the book as
myth or legend expressive merely of tribal beliefs, superstitions, and
mores!

BELL Dr. Zucco, as a man of science how can you live, knowing that you
have found the Genesis spore, but cannot tell the world about it.

ZUCCO I have tried to tell my fellow scientists, but without proof
they think I'm crazy!

BELL I want to go to Africa and look for the spore, will you go with
me?

ZUCCO (somber) You're risking your life, looking for the spore.

BELL I'm going, with or without you!

ZUCCO (still disturbed) In Revelation 22, there is a passage that
reads "If anyone tries to change the meaning of the words in the book,
will add to him the plagues described in the sacred book"!

BELL Your, saying if I find the spore and try to use it I will be
taken by the plagues described in the bible?

ZUCCO Don't you see, if we were gods, we would be in our heaven, not
in the flesh.

BELL Do you think Jesus used the spore?

ZUCCO My my, you are an inquisitive person does your mind ever rest?

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           DAY

EXT.    TRAIL TO THE AIRSTRIP

Sharif, Lensi, and Duvall are sitting on a rock outcropping. The
temperature is extreme. As Lensi is drinking water he lays back on the
rock and drops his hand over the side and touches the grass. His hand
is inches from a viper who is startled and strikes him.

LENSI (screaming) Something bit me, please help me!

SHARIF (in shock) Oh, my god he was bit by a viper quick, Jean Luc,
kill it so we can determine the species and see if we have anti-venom!

DUVALL (Killing the snake with his machete) It's a Black Mamba!

SHARIF (holding Lensi, who is going into shock) Quickly, get my bag
and find the anti-venom for the Mamba, quickly!

LENSI (coughing and choking) I'm going to die, I know I'm going to
die!

DUVALL (looking for the anti-venom) It's not here, you have everything
but! I know Dr. Gauthier has some in his bag!

SHARIF Quickly, help me with Lensi and we'll go back to Kitum!

The trio is seen dragging their injured comrade through the bush! CUT
TO:


INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LIBRARY

Dr. Zucco and Sonia Bell are still conversing on the theory of the
spore.

BELL Dr. Zucco, you didn't answer my question, do you think Jesus used
the Genesis Spore?

ZUCCO During the time of Christ, what he was doing was considered the
practices of a priest. Priests were always secretive of there
processes and to some degree they still are.

BELL In the bible, Jesus took a loaf of bread and duplicated it, many
times, how do you think he did that.

ZUCCO (understanding) Oh yes, I struggled with that too! But don't you
see my dear, he was the son of god, he had permission to use the
spore, we don't!

BELL As a scientist, I struggle with that but what concerns me the
most, is no one ever questions the good book!

ZUCCO Yes! But don't you see my dear, Genetic Engineering questions it
every day.

BELL Dr. Zucco, in the name of science we need to go to Kitum and get
the spore.

ZUCCO I have someone doing it right now!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

INT.    KITUM CAVE

Sheriff, Duvall and Lensi have arrived at the cave entrance and
they've placed Lensi on a small cot.

LENSI (whispering) Am I going to die?

Sharif has just given an anti-venom shot to Lensi and is monitoring
his blood and heart beat. Duvall is looking into the deeper part of
the cave, watching for movement from the three Genesis Spore patients.

SHARIF  (O.S.) (yelling) Quick, come here Jean Luc!

LENSI (yelling and gasping) The pain, the pain ........

Duvall comes to Sharif's side and sees Lensi going into spasms and
foaming at the mouth.

SHARIF (crying) He's gone, we gave him the Anti-venom too late!

JEAN LUC (upset) We can bring him back like the others, if you wish?

SHARIF (crying) Where does it end Jean Luc, do we keep bringing all
our dying friends and relatives and treat them with the spore?

JEAN LUC He would do it for us! CUT TO:


EXT.    LAKE GENEVA SWITZERLAND                    DAY

EXT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LABORATORIES

INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LIBRARY

Dr. Zucco and Sonia Bell are conversing about the Genesis Spore.

BELL Dr. Zucco, I want to be part of the Genesis Research, please let
me participate.

ZUCCO (somber) It's been ten years since my last bout with the spore
and I still can't sleep nights thinking about it. I don't want you to
be cursed the rest of your life the way I was!

BELL I'm a scientist first and a person last. I want to be part of it
even if it kills me!

ZUCCO (understanding) Oh yes, I believe you, but I still have to live
with myself.

BELL As a scientist and a friend, how can you deny me the opportunity
of a life time!

ZUCCO Yes! But don't you see my dear, Genesis is wanted by someone who
is hell bent on taking over the world. He lives in the middle east,
but I can't tell you his name. He's very dangerous.

BELL Dr. Zucco, as your protˇgˇ, I have gone to the wall with you, who
is this person who is stopping my life?

ZUCCO He is the new anti-Christ!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           DAY

INT.    KITUM CAVE

Sharif and Duvall have prepared Lensi with the Genesis Spore and are
removing their Racal Suits.

SHARIF (crying) I don't feel very good about playing god.

JEAN LUC (upset) We knew the risks involved being in Africa and
working with toxic substances. But this is what we do! And we do it
well!

SHARIF (crying) We went from six men to four maybes and two live men!

JEAN LUC (upset) Stop beating yourself up, we could be one of those
maybes back in the deeper part of the cave!

SHARIF (concerned) What do you suppose happened to the other three?

JEAN LUC (upset) I don't know, maybe they woke up and were hungry so
they ran into the jungle, looking for food!

SHARIF (crying) Let's go, I can't take anymore of this cursed place.

JEAN LUC It's late, so we'll have to make double time, so we can make
it to the airstrip!

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INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LIBRARY

Dr. Zucco and Sonia Bell have come to an agreement.

BELL Dr. Zucco, I will not let you down.

ZUCCO I have spoken to my colleagues and like a lot of  men they're
very hesitant about having a woman as part of the team.

BELL I understand, I can handle it.

ZUCCO (looking a little sick) Quick, get me my nitro out of my jacket
pocket, quickly, my hearts acting up!

BELL You must have left your jacket in the cafeteria, or the lab, it's
not here.

ZUCCO (gasping) The pain, ..... (Zucco drops on the floor)

BELL (hysterical) Dr. Zucco! ......Dr. Zucco

ZUCCO (coughing) Oh my lord!

BELL Please don't die!

ZUCCO (gasping) The pain, ..... (Zucco is gone)

BELL (hysterical) Dr. Zucco! ......Dr. Zucco!

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER         AFTERNOON

EXT.    TRAIL TO THE AIRSTRIP

Sharif and Duvall are running and have just stopped to catch their
breath.

SHARIF (out of breath) Oh, my god....... I just can't keep up this
pace, I just can't!

DUVALL (looking at his watch) It's still another mile to the airstrip,
it will be dark in a few more minutes, we don't want to be caught out
here after dark.

SHARIF (bracing himself against a small tree) Go ahead .....I'll catch
up, if you don't go ahead, the pilot will leave, go Jean Luc go!

DUVALL (looking at the position of the sun) Ok, the pilot and I will
come and get you, ok?

SHARIF Quickly, go .... go!

Duvall starts to run again and is seen disappearing down the jungle
trail.

SHARIF  (Cont.) (GASPING) Oh my heart!.... Oh my god I must be having
a heart attack, Jean Luc, come back.

He staggers and falls down grasping his chest and dies.


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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           NIGHT

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    AIRSTRIP

Duvall has emerged from the jungle and is in shock when he sees the
plane is gone.

DUVALL (talking to himself) Well I guess that just about does it.

Duvall starts setting up his camp and starts a small fire.

DUVALL (cont.) (talking to himself) Well I should be all right as long
as I can keep the fire burning.

Duvall starts making some bouillon soup and looks at his watch again.
He calls Sharif on his small hand held radio.

DUVALL  (cont.) (talking into the mic) Jean Luc calling Dr. Sharif,
over! (silence) Jean Luc calling Dr. Sharif, over! (silence) Jean Luc
...... (talking to himself) Shit, I'm wasting my time.

Duvall sits next to the fire and looks deep into the flames.

DUVALL (cont.) (talking to himself) Well I should have had my head
examined before I agreed to come on this project.

Duvall starts sipping the soup when he hears a noise at the edge of
the jungle.

DUVALL  (cont.) (talking to himself) Ok, ex-Foreign Legionnaire, keep
cool!


Duvall has dosed off and a creature resembling half-man and half Ape
approaches the campfire. It stays in the shadows and stares at
Jean-Luc.

GAUTHIER (whispering) Jean-Luc, it is me your old friend Claude!

DUVALL (startled) Oh, my god it's you Claude the spore works! Come
here near the fire so I can see you.

GAUTHIER (whispering) Jean-Luc, you don't want to see me, ...... I'm
disfigured. I'm half beast and half man.

DUVALL (upset) Oh, my god something is still wrong with the
preparation of the spore.

GAUTHIER Jean-Luc, I found Dr. Sharif dead on the trail, it appears he
had a heart attack.

DUVALL Please, I want to see you.

GAUTHIER It's best you don't. I came here to warn you about the
others.

DUVALL The others?

GAUTHIER Jean-Luc, ..... O'Hare and Weiss are coming to get you. I was
able to get away, but when they know I'm gone they will come here!

DUVALL Do they have any weapons?

GAUTHIER No, but they will kill you with their hands and then eat you!

DUVALL Claude, what went wrong with the Genesis Spore?

GAUTHIER I don't know Jean-Luc, .... I don't know! Maybe just maybe
the spore is contaminated with monkey DNA, and is unable to rid itself
of it!

DUVALL Please, I want to see you.

GAUTHIER (startled) Get your gun Jean-Luc they're here I must go, oh
one more thing.

DUVALL I'm ready, let them come.

GAUTHIER Jean-Luc, if you escape, you will find a large box under my
desk in the office. it contains a lot of money. I want you to take it
all, it's a small payment for all the grief I have put you through
during this expedition. I must go .... good luck!

DUVALL Please, don't go Claude!

Duvall has a gun in each hand and is ready, he hears something
approaching from the right side and he fires. A loud blood curdling
scream is heard and something falls down in agony. Something jumps him
from the left, he fires, but too late the creature throws him down.
Jean-Luc fires several times and the creature goes down.

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EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    AIRSTRIP

A small plane makes two low passes over the small strip when the pilot
sees something at the edge of the air-strip.

PILOT (talking to himself) Well I guess I better land and see what
that is.

The pilot makes a smooth landing and taxies the plane up to the edge
of the forest, he shuts the engine down and gets out of his airplane.

PILOT (cont.) (talking to himself) Well it looks like a badly injured
white man. He was probably attacked by wild animals during the night.

The pilot walks over to the young man laying on his side with gashes
on his forehead and arms. Jean Luc smiles when he sees his rescuer.
The pilot drags him over to the plane and places him in the front
passenger seat. He climbs in the pilots seat and starts the engine,
runs it up then taxis to the end of the strip. He runs up the engine
and takes off.


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ONE MONTH LATER

EXT.    LAKE GENEVA SWITZERLAND                    DAY

EXT.    WILHELM RESEARCH LABORATORIES

INT.    TOXIC RESEARCH LAB

Dr. Sonia Bell is conversing with Jean Luc Duvall about Dr. Zucco.
Duvall has just completed his story about Zaire.

BELL (somber) I think that if Dr. Zucco were still alive he would be
very grateful to you Jean Luc for Delivering this spore to me, even
though it's dead.

DUVALL Dr. Bell I had a large investment in this spore and I wanted to
help you with the research. No one knows the spectrum of properties
associated with Genesis.

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INT.    WILHELM RESEARCH - CAFETERIA

Dr. Bell is continuing a conversation with Jean Luc.

BELL Dr. Zucco was going to take me to Africa to get the Genesis
Spore.

DUVALL (disturbed) I think that's something that's best left alone, my
dear.

BELL You can trust me, I will not tell a soul!

DUVALL (disturbed) Too many people have lost there souls over the
spore and the risk is too high for a woman to go to Africa.

BELL It's that bad?

DUVALL You have no idea?

BELL I will go by myself.

DUVALL Don't be stubborn, you have no idea what is waiting for you in
Zaire!

BELL What lions, tigers and bears!


DUVALL No, two half human's and a toxic spore!

BELL I'm a risk taker!

DUVALL A month in Zaire would cost at least sixty-thousand, do you
have that kind of money?

BELL I can get it, my family is very wealthy. Give me a name of a
guide so I can start setting this up. DUVALL You win, I will take you
to Zaire, but there is a very high probability, we'll not return!

BELL I'm a scientist first and a frail woman last! This is an
opportunity of a lifetime, our names will go down in the history
books, we will be famous!

DUVALL We will be dead!

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TWO WEEKS LATER

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - KITUM CAVE     HEAVY RAIN

EXT.    ENTRANCE TO CAVE

Bell and Duvall have just arrived and are now setting up camp.

BELL (out of breath) Jean Luc, thank you for bringing me here and
thank you for taking care of me.

DUVALL (looking at his watch) Your welcome. It's too late in the day
to go into the cave and harvest some Genesis Spore. We'll do it first
thing in the morning.

BELL (whispering) Jean Luc, I have a feeling we are being watched. I
thought I saw someone or something watching us from inside the cave.

Jean Luc removes his 9MM pistol from his holster, chambers a round and
walks up to the edge of the cave. He starts yelling into the cave
opening.

DUVALL Claude ...... Claude ...is that you, I won't hurt you.

He hears a rusting noise and what appears to come into the shadows is
an animal resembling half-beast and half-man.

GAUTHIER Yes, Jean Luc it's me, your old friend Claude, don't come any
closer, I don't want you to see my appearance.

DUVALL Don't be silly Claude, I want to see you.

GAUTHIER If your here for the Genesis spore, your too late. It's all
gone.

DUVALL What happened to it?

GAUTHIER I don't know, we've searched the entire length of the
crevasse and there is nothing!

DUVALL Who is we?

GAUTHIER Lensi and I. There is extreme danger here for both of you.

DUVALL Why?

GAUTHIER Lensi wants your assistant for a mate. The spore brings out
all the Primal animalistic traits in humans and he plans to kill you
tonight and take her.

DUVALL Where is he now?

GAUTHIER He's deep in the cave at our watering hole, he will be back
shortly. For a reason unknown to us we are not able to go out into
direct sun light. Please leave now Jean-Luc! I must go now, I think I
hear Lensi coming back!

Jean Luc runs back to Dr. Bell's side and grabs her by the arm.

DUVALL (VERY UPSET) Sonia, did you hear the conversation, between Dr.
Gauthier and me?

BELL Yes I did, but you have a gun, why are you worried?

DUVALL The spore is gone, maybe it only grows on a seasonal basis, who
knows, but why stay?

BELL Why would he lie?

DUVALL I don't have time to argue with you, and unless you want to
become bride of King Kong, we must leave now!

BELL Where will we go?

DUVALL We have just enough time to get to the air field, where we'll
have plenty of space around us so we do not have any surprise attacks
by Lensi!

BELL What about all the equipment and supplies?

DUVALL Carry what we need and leave the rest.

BELL Ok, let's go!

CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER         EVENING

EXT.    TRAIL TO THE AIRSTRIP

Bell and Duvall are running and have just stopped to catch their
breath.

BELL Oh, Jean Luc .... I just can't keep up this pace, I just can't!

DUVALL It's still another mile to the airstrip, it will be dark in a
few minutes, we don't want to be caught out here after dark.

BELL Ok, just give me a minute!

DUVALL (looking at the position of the sun) We're almost there!

BELL Ok, let's go!

Duvall and Bell start to run again and are seen disappearing down the
jungle trail.

CUT TO:


EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER           NIGHT

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    AIRSTRIP

Duvall and Bell have emerged from the jungle and head for the center
of the field.

DUVALL (out of breath) Well I guess this will just have to be the best
we can do!

Duvall and Bell start setting up camp and he starts a small fire.

DUVALL (Cont.) Well we should be all right as long as I can keep the
fire burning.

Duvall starts making some BOUILLON SOUP and looks at his watch again.
He calls the Air Service on his small hand held radio.

DUVALL  (cont.) (talking into the Radio) Jean Luc calling Zaire Air
Service over! (silence) Jean Luc calling Zaire Air Service `      
over! (silence) Jean Luc ...... (very upset) Shit, where is everybody?

Duvall and Bell sit next to the fire and look deep into the flames.

DUVALL  (cont.) (somber) Well I should have had my head examined
before I agreed to bring you on this project.

BELL I'm sorry Jean Luc if I have caused you any more problems than
you already have.


DUVALL (whispering) I hear something out there ... and ......

A thing jumps out of nowhere and takes Duvall down, in a split second
he fires and after several shots the attacker goes down. Duvall drags
the attacker near the fire and sees a being that is half human and
half beast. He places a fresh clip in his Beretta and places the
muzzle of the weapon in the face of the beast and opens fire, dropping
him instantly.

BELL (screaming) That's enough Jean Luc, he gone, he's gone!

Duvall drags the dead beast away from the camp and pours kerosene all
over the body and lights it. The beast goes up in flames.

BELL Jean Luc, now that your enemy is gone can we go back to Kitum?

DUVALL Oh you are a stubborn one aren't you!

BELL Jean Luc, were already here, what do we have to lose?

DUVALL Ok, one quick peek and were out of here!

CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - KITUM CAVE     HEAVY RAIN  DAY

EXT.    ENTRANCE TO CAVE

Bell and Duvall have just dressed in there Racal suits and are ready
to descend into the toxic crevasse.

BELL (very excited) Jean Luc, thank you for being there for me and for
taking such good care of me.

DUVALL (looking at his watch) Your welcome. Ok lets go in the cave now
and see if we can find some Genesis Spore.

BELL (whispering) Jean Luc, I have a feeling we are being watched
again, I thought I saw someone or something watching us from inside
the cave, maybe it's your friend Claude?

Jean Luc removes his 9MM pistol from his holster, chambers a round and
walks up to the edge of the cave. He starts yelling into the cave
opening.

DUVALL Claude ...... Claude ...is that you.

He hears a rustling noise, and sees in the shadows what appears to be
a beast.

GAUTHIER Yes, Jean Luc it's me, your old friend Claude, don't come any
closer.

DUVALL Don't be silly Claude, we need your help. We're going into the
crevasse and we would like you to assist us.

GAUTHIER Like I told you before, if your here for the Genesis spore,
your too late. It's all gone.

DUVALL Dr. Bell and I will venture in the crevasse and we don't intend
to spend anymore than an hour in there. Please help us, your sight in
the dark is much better than ours.

GAUTHIER Very well , I will help you and your friend, but we must be
very careful.

CUT TO:

INT.    EDGE OF CREVASSE

Bell and Duvall have just descended down into the abyss of the deep
crevasse. Gauthier is controlling the long ropes holding the two
adventurers. They are now down over eighty feet and are searching with
very powerful hand held lights. Duvall sees a bright green patch of
something growing on a small ledge.

BELL (very excited) Jean Luc, I see it too, is that the Genesis spore?

DUVALL (looking at his find) It looks like it, you stay here and I'll
swing over and get some.

Duvall starts swinging back and forth and does not notice the nylon
rope catching on the sharp ledge above. The rope has frayed and is now
starting to cut it's way through.

BELL (whispering) Jean Luc, get plenty, so we don't ever have to come
to this cursed place again.

Jean Luc continues to swing back and forth on the rope and Gauthier
sees the rope starting to fray he try's to pull it away from the
cutting edge when he loses his footing and falls deep into the abyss.
Gauthier's body is seen falling and bouncing off the walls of the
crevasse and it finally falls in to a moat of black  putrid stagnate
water. The body slowly sinks into the moat, Bell sees this and starts
to scream.

BELL (CONT.) Jean Luc, Claude has fallen deep into the crevasse, what
can we do?

Duvall yells as he looks down into the Abyss and his voice echoes
through the length of the crevasse.


DUVALL

Claude! ......Claude! (looking at Sonia) He's gone Sonia, he's gone
and there is nothing we can do. I was able to collect some Genesis.
Let's stop pushing our luck and get the hell out of this place!

CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - KITUM CAVE HEAVY RAIN                     DAY

EXT.    ENTRANCE TO CAVE

Bell and Duvall have just packed all their supplies and are ready for
the long hike back to the airstrip.

BELL (depressed) Jean Luc, I'm so sorry what happened to your friend.

DUVALL (looking at his watch) Shit happens, the way he was deformed
he's better off dead. This morning while you were sleeping I finally
contacted the air service. They will meet us at the airstrip in about
three hours from now, so we better get going.

BELL (crying) Jean Luc, maybe all this is happening to us because we
have no right to poses this creation spore and maybe god is punishing
us.

DUVALL Don't you think it's a little late for second thoughts?

BELL Ok let's go Jean Luc, we mustn't miss our plane.


CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - EBOLA RIVER LIGHT RAIN              DAY

EXT.    BANTU VALLEY

EXT.    AIRSTRIP

Duvall and Bell have emerged from the jungle and head for the center
of the field.

DUVALL (out of breath) Well I guess we just sit down and relax and
wait for the plane.

Duvall and Bell start making soup when they hear a tremendous
explosion, they look and see the volcano starting to erupt.

DUVALL (Cont.) Well it looks like we are getting out of here just in
time.

Jean Luc takes off his Pith Helmet and wipes his brow and looks up
shading his eyes.

DUVALL Here comes our plane.

BELL Great, I'm ready to go home!

DUVALL We should be in Yambuko in about an hour and a half. Where is
the hot agent carrier Sonia?

BELL I thought you had it Jean Luc! Oh my god we have left it behind!
We must go back, please we must go back!

A STOL type aircraft makes a low pass and lands in the dirt strip. The
pilot taxis the plane up to where Bell and Duvall are waiting. The
pilot KEVIN BROWNING a young man in his late twenties shuts down the
engine and gets out of the plane.

DUVALL (shouting) Kevin, it's good to see you!

BROWNING (shaking Duvall's hand) Jean Luc, we need to get out of here,
another front is moving in, are you ready?

BELL Jean Luc, can't we go back and get the spore?

KEVIN From the air I saw two black men watching you. They both had
rifles.

DUVALL No way, no way, we have seen no one since we've been here.

Browning runs to the edge of the jungle stops and turns around. I must
have scared them off. Probably poachers.

BROWNING Are you ready Jean Luc? (takes the baggage and starts loading
the plane) Did you forget something?

DUVALL We forgot nothing, let's go.

They all walk back to the Aircraft and Browning helps Dr. Bell who is
crying openly. Dr. Bell gets in the rear of the plane and Duvall gets
in the front seat next to the pilot. The pilot starts up the engine
and then taxi's out to the take off point, the engine screams as they
take off. CUT TO:

EXT.    KENYA AFRICA - MT. ELGON FROM THE AIR                    DAY

EXT.    KITUM CAVE - FROM THE AIR

INT.    CESSNA 185 STOL AIRCRAFT

BROWNING (shouting over the noise of the engine) Jean Luc, why is Dr.
Bell still crying? CUT TO:

EXT.    ZAIRE AFRICA - KITUM CAVE HEAVY RAIN                DAY

EXT.    ENTRANCE TO CAVE

The hot agent carrier is still laying next to the entrance of the cave
where Dr. Bell had left it. Two native poachers have emerged from the
bush and are looking at the strange carrier. They see the bright
flower indicating hot agent and they find it fascinating.

POACHER ONE  (Swahili) (excited) SAMI, look here our luck has changed
it looks like a diamond carrier, we should fetch a very good price for
this trinket in Nairobi!

CUT TO:

EXT.    KENYA AFRICA - MT. ELGON FROM THE AIR

EXT.    KITUM CAVE - FROM THE AIR

INT.    CESSNA 185 STOL AIRCRAFT

BELL (shouting over the noise of the engine) Good-bye, Genesis,
good-bye!


FADE OUT


THE END



IN MEMORY OF DR. CLAUDE GAUTHIER AND DR. CYRIL STEWART  TWO  OF THE
FINEST SCIENTISTS I HAVE EVER HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING. ALSO IN
MEMORY OF RED O'HARE THE MERCENARIES MERCENARY ...."Vive Le Guere,
Vive Le Mort, Vive Le Mercenary"  !!