PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS: THE SEA OF MONSTERS

INT. New York Harbor – Day

We see a boy of around 19 being hurled towards the Hudson River with a trident around his neck. It is LUKE. He plunges into the water. Suddenly the trident melts into water. LUKE disappears.

INT. Underworld – Twilight

LUKE appears kneeling at the edge of an abyss in the Underworld - Tartarus. A voice comes out of the abyss. It is KRONOS.

KRONOS

Luke Castellan.

LUKE

Who is it down there?

KRONOS

We share the same interests. Do you want to bring the gods down? Do you want to destroy the son of Poseidon?

LUKE

Yes.

KRONOS

Then serve me. I am the Titan Lord Kronos. Join my cause and recruit others to help me destroy the gods.

LUKE

How will I do that, my lord?

KRONOS

Poison the tree protecting the Camp. It will make Campers think that maybe it is not so safe there. Use Elder Python venom. There is some here, in Tartarus

A jar of greenish-yellow liquid appears at LUKE's knees.

LUKE

I will not disappoint you, my lord.