ACT TWO
SCENE 4: INT THE TIGER PRINCESS
Seating himself into the pilot's chair, Riddick effortlessly manoeuvres the medium sized ship out the hanger and away from the planet. Skrull sits anxiously next to him and can't help but stare. Suddenly Riddick turns to him and snaps his teeth, then grins. Skrul, without any delay, gets up and rushes out of there. Riddick pleasingly mumbles to himself.
RIDDICK
What a funny little man.
Marty heads for the cockpit and bumps into an agitated Skrul, who has a puzzled look on his face.
MARTY
Skrul?
SKRUL
Hey man, I'm cool, I'm cool.
As he enters the cockpit and sees Riddick plot the course into the system while shaking his head.
MARTY
Is there a problem?
RIDDICK
You never said we were heading into this system.
Marty goes to sit in the co-pilot seat and checks to settings.
MARTY
What, the Taurus System? Do you have a problem with that?
RIDDICK
No, but you will.
MARTY
If you're implying that the rumours about those 'things' is
true, then you're just like the rest of those other freaks.
We ZOOM into Riddicks face as we DISSOLVE FADE into:
A brief flashback from the first movie, we see images of Riddick and the others fighting off the night creatures then we DISSOLVE FADE back and;
We ZOOM out again and find ourselves back in the cockpit.
RIDDICK
If you say so. But I don't think you would have brought
along all that extra ammunition if you weren't just a bit sceptical.
Marty dials in a few extra codes on the main panel.
MARTY
You just worry about your end, leave the rest up to us.
RIDDICK
How about, if they do exist, you pay me double.
Marty gets up to leave and is somewhat annoyed at Riddick's arrogance.
MARTY
They don't – exist!
SCENE 5: EXT SPACE THE TIGER PRINCESS FADEOUT
We FLY-BY the Tiger Princess as it is heading into the Taurus system. We know this because at the bottom of the screen, it reads: Taurus System. The ship is approaching a large barren planet and we can clearly see two of it's moons over the horizon. The one moon appears over-showered with meteor craters and the other, supports a thin greenish atmosphere. As if we were on the surface of the atmospheric moon, we look up upon the Tiger Princess' approach. Just past her bow we can identify a large orange planet with two rings - could it be T2? As they enter the upper most atmosphere, the alarms signal the crew as the ship is assaulted by a yet unknown cause.
SCENE 6: INT TIGER PRINCESS ENGINEERING BAY FADE OUT
Fargo, who is assisting the engineer, rips open a panel against the ship's hull and disables the loud siren. Just then Marty and Skrul run into the engineering bay.
MARTY
What's happening!
FARGO
It's a thin layer of ice particles surrounding the
moon. It can't cause major damage but it will be a rough ride for a couple of
seconds.
Unknown to them, a large piece of ice hits the outside of cargo bay two. The crew feels the thump but when no other warnings go off, they dismiss it.
We CUT to the exterior of the ship and witness where the ice actually hit the ship and bounced off. It didn't seem to make an impression against the ship's surface but was travelling at quite a velocity to at the least, shake things up.
Inside cargo bay two, a large human sized crate has broken loose from it's restraints and has fallen flat onto the floor. A thin light blue liquid is leaking out from a cracked corner and the fact that this crate was not stored with the others, is all too suspicious. The words on the crate read: 'Special Cargo TP4987'
The ever jumpy Skrul still follows his captain waiting for orders or instructions. They enter the cockpit where Riddick concentrates to avoid some even larger lumps of ice. Marty taps Skrul on the shoulder to assist Riddick. He scrambles to the co-pilot's seat and helps to stabilise the ship. All the while Riddick's focus is not deterred by this or the announcement over the intercom system.
FARGO o/s
Captain, that was a large piece of ice but it only nicked us – systems read okay.
Marty secures himself between the two seats as Riddick dodges a huge lump of ice. It got so close that they could see the dirt mingled in between the ice. Suddenly there is calm as they exit the layer of ice and approach the moon surface. They have entered the day side of the moon which is covered by grey forests. Not far off is the boarder of the dark side of the moon. Unlike it's living opposite, this side to totally barren and dead.
SKRUL
Whoa man, that was awesome.
MARTY
Good flying Balion.
Marty tries to congratulate Riddick for a job well done by patting him on the back. Riddick's nostrils flare and his brow tilts which clearly informs Marty not to ever try that again. He quickly retreats his gesture and clears his throat.
MARTY
Right ... so, land there in the clearing near the rim of the dark side - if you wouldn't mind.
Continue to Act 3...