AIRCRAFT CARRIER U.S.S. WASHINGTON,
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
The US Naval aircraft carrier has been fully hijacked, the swathe of black enemy speedboats patrolling it as it heads through the water.
The expansive bridge deck is now under full enemy control, guards holding guns to most of the crewmen in the area.
Maximillian Malprade smiles with a cold-blooded grin as hetwirls the hat of the Captain in his hands, the man lying dead from a gunshot wound.
He approaches the core of the bridge, where stand the taken-hostage M, Damian Falco, Moneypenny and Bill Tanner, facing down guns held by Kai and Fai, who Malprade purrs over as he stands toe to toe with the intelligence staff.
"You won't get away with this, you sonofabitch," barked the quite fearless Falco."Our governments will hunt you down wherever you go."
Malprade simply sneered slightly, as he paced around the bridge somewhat theatrically while the spy chiefs watched him. "Your governments will be in no position to hunt anyone, unless I deem fit."
"What is it you hope to achieve by all this, Malprade?..." asked M, in her usual authoritative, disapproving tone of voice.
"Finally, a question worth answering," replied Malprade, seeming pleased at her defiance. "I hope to complete Poseidon, the project that will change the face of the world."
"I was under the impression Poseidon was about saving the world." M countered, trying to trip the megalomaniac up, a game both Moneypenny and Tanner thought was a dangerous one to play, though Falco quietly applauded her bravery.
"Saving it from itself." said Malprade, breaking into what he viewed as a sermon. "The world of today is decadent. Governments get away with endless corruption, terrorists slaughter innocent lives, and for what?. Does anything change?."
M saw no reason to halt this battle of ideology. "Some terrorists would say they do what they do out of religion."
Malprade scoffed loudly, growing anger inside his cold-blooded shell "Religion?. What has religion ever brought the world, but strife?. The people have lost faith. I intend of giving it them back..."
The radar console then begins to beep and Malprade heads over andsees what it displays, smiling. "Ah, good, they're here. Now, we can begin our business."
The supervillain moved once again to face M and Falco, to complete his sermon. "I will do the work that God neglected to finish. I will show the world a future they never thought possible."
With haste, Malprade heads on out of the bridge, trailed by Kai and Fai. The intelligence chiefs are left concerned at the mercy of hijacker gunmen.
The top deck holds a wave of patrolling security, along with a sleek Malprave Industries private jet plane near the edge.
Malprade appears at the starboard edge with Kai and Fai, watching delighted as the submarine raises to periscope depth at the side. The hatch opens and Jacqual climbs out of the submarine, stepping onto the top deck, approaching a delighted Malprade.
She sees him remove his face mask for all it's glory, but we don't see his deformity. Jacqual kisses him with momentary passion.
"You have brought me gifts, my beautiful creature?..." Malprade asked.
Jacqual smiled with a nod. "The two you most wanted."
"And what of Vibert?..." asked Malprade, realising instantly what had happened when Jacqual's sadistic smile turns to a frown, she shaking her head.
Malprade nods, a well of disappointed anger within him. He covers this quickly. "It no longer matters. My...our...brave new world is about to be born."
Delighted to hear this, Jacqual's gleeful smile returns as Kai and Fai lead both she and Malprade back into their hijacked ship.
A large brig in the bowels of the carrier, filled with cramped cells for prisoners of war or court martialled officers, inside of which Bondslowly comes out of his unconsciousness and finds himself lying on a bench in such a brig, Nadia standing facing him. "James, it's me." she reassured him.
Sitting up with a groan,007 sees a plain glass door stands between them and two armed guards standing watch outside. Hebegins examining the lock.
"I tried the door, it won't budge." Nadia admitted, keeping her voice low so as only Bond, but not the guards, would hear her.
"Looks like an electronic lock."said Bond, assuredly."We'd need to short out the system. Where the hell are we?..."
Nadia surveyed their surroundings. "On a ship, I think. Malprade is here."
Hearing this, Bond turns to her away from the lock, about to question her further. He is distracted when the door to the brig opens and he sees M, Falco, Moneypenny and Tanner beingforced inside at the gunpoint of the nasty guards.
Malprade strolls in with his trusty cane behind them, Kai and Fai standing loyally behind. "Welcome to my new palace, Mr Bond," he said, with relish. "I trust the accomodation is to your liking?..."
"I feel right at home." Bond quipped, leading Malprade to smile.
"Good, because you'll be seeing a lot more of it." the villain declared. "And as much as I'd love to join you, I have plans of my own."
Bond nodded understanding. "It seems you enjoy collecting ships as much as you do underwater bases, Malprade."
"Ah, you mean my cloning facility." replied Malprade, now the one understanding. "Superfluous now, I'm afraid. I do hope you left it suitably grounded, it'll save me the job later."
007snorts a grimace as he sees Malprade face Nadia through the cell glass. "My dear, Nadia. I was so sorry to hear about your father, he was a remarkable man."
"Until you had him killed." a bitter Nadia reminded him. Malprade smiled. "Don't worry, my sweet, it won't be long before you see him again."
Nadia fixes him a hated glare as Malprade flounces over to where M and Falco stand. Seeing them leads Bond to realise exactly where he is.
Malprade looked over at the secret agent. "Now, if you'll excuse me, Mr Bond, there's a whole world out there that needs my urgent attention."
He turns to the two brig guards, motioning towards Tanner and Moneypenny. "Put the two of them in the third brig room."
The guards do as ordered and begin carrying off Tanner and Moneypenny, who lends Bond a worried glare, he giving her a secure nod as Malprade turns back to M and FALCO. "I wish for the two of you towitness my supremacy."
He heads away with Kai and Fai as M and Falco are moved out at gunpoint. The door seals leaving Bond and Nadia alone in the cell, out of any earshot. "Where are we, James?..." she asked.
"We're on an aircraft carrier, United States Navy." Bond replied with confidence. "He must have hijacked it somehow. And I now know why."
Nadia looks at him for explanation, Bond talking as he further examines the lock. "This ship is on it's way to Hong Kong, carrying the members of the G8 summit, the leaders of the free world and the eight major globalindustrial powers."
The truth suddenly dawned on Nadia. "He's cloned them, hasn't he?..."
Bond nodded. "Undoubtedly the object of Poseidon, which would explain Botanicon gathering eight DNA samples of world powers. Malprade must be planning to replace the real G8 members at the summit with his clones."
"Effectively giving him control of the world." deduced Nadia, who couldn't help but be a little nauseatingly impressed by the scope of his plan.
"Hmmm." said Bond, thinking as he continued with the lock. "Something just doesn't add up though. He could have replaced those clones anywhere quietly, he didn't have to personally hijack a major US aircraft carrier."
"You think he has another objective?..." asked Nadia, wondering what it could be as Bond nodded at the possibility. "Maybe. We need to get out of here. But, we're not getting through this lock on this side of the door."
"Then how are we going to get out of here?..." Nadia enquired, noticing 007 suddenly getting a brainwave.
In the third brig cell room, the guards electronically seal Moneypenny and Tanner into their cell, the two looking worried at their imprisonment.
The two guards return to the main area, only to see Nadia looking disturbed at the fact her male companion has now disappeared.
"Where did he go?..." the guard barked. Nadia shook her head innocently. "I don't know. He wen't through a panel in the ceiling."
Nadia points up at the ceiling of her cell, soon seeing the guards carefully moving over, one of them unlocking the door. The guards enter, looking up at where Nadia points, seeing no ceiling panel. They do see the hollow outline of a figure.
It is Bond, using his stealth shield. He suddenly kicks one of the guard in the head, jumping down from the ceiling he hangs on. The second guard watches confused as the invisible Bond punches the living daylights out of the first guard into the middle of the brig.
As he falls down unconscious, the second guard looks confused until Nadia swirls him around and knocks him out with a punch. "Nice work." he said, impressed, at which point he deactivates his stealth shield and his body decloaks before Nadia. "I can fight when I want to." she replied with a little smile.
Picking up the machine rifles from the two guards,007 loads them ready and throws one at Nadia, who catches it a little unsteadily.
"Good." he said. "And make sure you stay with me this time."
Bond heads around to the third brig, Nadia following. Moneypenny and Tanner look relieved to see them, as Bond unlocks the cell door. "James!..." Moneypenny said, delighted.
"We don't have much time. Where's M?..." Bond said, matter-of-factly. Tanner replied. "He must have taken her to the bridge, that's where he captured us."
Bond nodded. "Get yourselves to safety, stay out of sight."
Hehands Tanner his smaller gun, as he goes to head off with Nadia, hearing Moneypenny call him. "Be careful, James."
007 gave her a reassuring look andheaded out with Nadia.
The US Navy officers who survived the hijacking assault have been lined up on the port edge of the ship, all with hands above heads. Guards hold them at gunpoint nearKai and Fai, behind Malprade, now pacing up and down before the frightened officers.
"You men are standing on the edge of history." he declared.
A screen is relaying the speech to mesmerised guards on the large bridge. M and Falco are there under guard, knowing it's for their benefit.
Malprade continued. "You are about to play a part in the creation of something so much greater than has ever been before. Greater than your beloved US of A, greater than the so-called Great Britain, as great as the world itself. The creation of a God."
His followers look on in awe as Malprade paces up and down, addressing the men. "Can God not giveth and taketh away?. Can he not mould man into his own image?. Did he not promise us a good world?. And did he keep his promise?..." he asked rhetorically. "The answer is yes. He gave the world the eye of the serpent, to shapeinto his own fashion. I am that serpent. And this will be my world."
Malprade turns towards where the camera relaying onto the bridge screen lies, theatrically. "And no matter of CIA's, MI6's or 007's, can stop the will of God."
With that, Malprade turns and takes a machine gun from one of the guards. He loads it, turns and fires straight at the Navy officers, a cold-blooded streak running through the man as the men are murdered. The officers all collapse into the ocean after the barrage of bulletfire, Malprade returning the weapon to the guard. He addresses Kai and Fai, unfazed by the horror.
"Have them fished out. The men will need their uniforms." he declared, Kai and Fai nodding understanding before heading off.
Malprade looks up at the camera coldly, before heading off.
On the bridge, the guards look in awe at the events, while M has her eyes closed solemnly, while Falco holds his head in his hands.
The bland lower deck corridors are now filled with assault guards fitting on the fished out US Navy uniforms. Bond and Nadia observe this as they discreetly head through.
"What are they doing?..." she wondered aloud.
Bond had figured out what they were up to. "It's a trick. They'll pose as the US Navy to make sure the clones get into the summit."
As the guards head on past,007 observes a huge electronic door. "Door to the cargo bay. We need to get in there."
"It has an electronic lock." Nadia said, after checking. "Not like the one in the brig, more advanced. I'm more at home with advanced technology, I might be able to get around it."
"You'll need a distraction." Bond realised. "Let's see what the invisible man can do,shall we?..."
Bond touches the stealth shield on his belt, turning him invisible. The outline of him is seen to run off down the corridor. Nadia stays out of sight, keeping track of the guards.
The invisible007 runs around a corner from where the guards are fitting their new US Navy uniforms on, tapping the wall. The guards hear the noise, but do nothing. The tapping is heard again, the guards looking over. The stealth Bond then runs across their vision. As they question what it was they saw, the guards head in it's direction, leaving the cargo bay door unguarded.
Nadia quickly rushes toward the electronic panel, getting to work.
Around the corner, the stealth Bond finishes off beating up the guards and decloaks, seeing them lumped in a pile on the corridor. "Terrible what rubbish can pile up." he quipped.
Bond goes to head down the corridor, until a kick in the head from Fai appearing above knocks him to the ground painfully. "Don't take the garbage out yet." she quipped back.
At that exact moment, Nadia gets the door to electronically unlock, only for Kai to appear from inside and pull her in.
On the floor of the corridor, Bond sees Fai begin approaching him with a nunchuka attached to a piece of wire. Shethrows the wire and the nunchuka circles it's way through the air, Bond rolling out of the way as it slices the floor by him.
In the ventilation room preceeding the cargo bay holding a powered-down fan, Nadia is being repeatedly kicked by Kai. She employs powerful martial arts skills as she pummels Nadia across the room, Kai getting a clear enjoyment out of doing so.
In the corridor, Bond runs to avoid the wire-nunchukas being wielded by Fai, which slice into the wall and into piping. Ducking them, Bond attempts to kick the legs from under Fai, but she jumps and kicks him in the face, momentarily knocking him down.
In the ventilation room, Nadia continues being kicked across the room. Fai roundhouses repeatedly, Nadia forced towards the far door.
In the corridor,007 finds himself cornered up a wall by a delighted Fai. She laughs before slicing a nunchuka towards him, Bond ducking as it hits the wall behind. He pulls it out and flings it back. The nunchuka impales Fai, killing her instantly.
The death is clearly sensed by Kai in the ventilation room, she suddenly stopping her attack. "Fai!..." she whispered, disturbed.
Nadia is given the chance to kick a lever on the wall that controls the fan. She grabs hold of a nearby rail for dear life as the fan rapidly starts up, Kai jumping onto Nadia's feet as the wind raises her. Sheholds on tight as the wind reaches a massive power level, Kai screaming as she begins losing her grip on Nadia's legs. The grip is lost and Kai is flung in the fan for a bloody death.
The fan clogs up from the human entry, the wind dying down fully as Bond enters the room, seeing a bruised Nadia on the floor. "What happened?..." he asked.
"It was Kai. She attacked me." Nadia replied, feeling her tender bruises.
Bond looked over to the fan. "Hmmm. It must cut her up to have lost." he quipped as he helped up Nadia andthey grabbed their guns, heading into the cargo bay.
A massive cargo deck isfilled with security guards milling around a high-containment section of US nuclear missiles being stored. The G8 world leader clones are standing around the missiles with Jacqual, who is stroking them with a strange fetish.
She observes Malprade approach, guards standing to attention. He begins addressing her and the clones by the missiles. From above, a discreet watching007 and Nadia view.
"Nuclear missiles." Bond realised, seeing what he saw. Nadia was shocked. "You think he's after a nuclear weapon. If he wants to control the world, why would he want to blow it up?..."
"God works in mysterious ways." quipped Bond as he and Nadia watch Malprade finish speaking and step aside as the clone of the US President approaches the missile and begins to unlock the clamps on the missile with a hand, retinal and voice program.
The passwords all begin to be passed by the clone, Malprade looking very proud. Bond nodded. "Very clever. A US President on tap to just hand over his nuclear arsenal."
Nadia hears his words and looks disturbed, she and Bond continuing to watch. They see Malprade clap as the missile is released and Jacqual begins carrying it away with a number of guards in tow.
"My prophets." he said, addressing them. "Our time has come to have dominion over this planet. We will create the future together."
The clones all bow respectfully like sheep, watching as Malprade walks off. Bond and Nadia see him have a guard escort as he heads up a series of staircases.
"I have to stop him taking that missile." Bond declared, as Nadia added. "I'll keep track of the missile. I have something personal to finish on that score."
Bond touched her hand tenderly. "Be careful."
Nadia smiled her thanks as she saw 007 activate his stealth shield, runningoff down the corridor to the staircase.
Nadia keeps watch as Jacqual carries the missile away, she giving cautious pursuit.
On the bridge, M and Falco watch as Malprade makes a typical grande entrance. Enraged, Falco goes to get him, but guards stick guns in his neck. "You murdering bastard!..." he bellowed.
"Falco, don't!..." M said strongly.
Malprade just smiled smugly. "Listen to her, Mr Falco, I wouldn't want to have to spare my guards the enjoyment of killing you themselves."
"You're insane." Falco declared.
"No. I am a visionary." Malprade countered. "I see a so much better future with one person in control, to guide humanity's destiny."
"And that person has to be you?..." asked M.
"Am I not worthy?..." replied Malprade, genuinely seeking an answer. "Have I not spared you the indignity of a firing squad?..."
Neither M or Falco answer, out of disgust. This displeases Malprade. "I see my generosity was in vein," he turned to the guards. "You may kill them now."
Malprade steps aside, hands behind his back as the guards raise their weapons. A stealth shadow appears nearby and one guard notices this, too late to prevent the shadow decloaking into Bond and kicking him. 007 lands, shooting the guards in a brief firefight he overcomes. He aims towards Malprade, already halfway out the bridge door with fast agility.
He lets him go, approaching M and Falco. "Well done, Bond." she said. Falco added. "Yeah, thanks. That guy's nuts."
"Are you alright?..." asked Bond, really addressing M before the American, who answered first. "Sure, apart from the fact he just slaughtered fifteen innocent men."
M nodded at the question. "He's still on course for the summit."
"I know what he's planning." Bond declared, the chiefs instantly interested. "He's cloned the G8 members and has used them to steal a nuclear missile."
Falco was confused. "Why the hell's he need a nuke?..."
Bond shook his head, not having all the answers. "I don't know, but we need to blow up this aircraft carrier, now. We can't let his clones reach Hong Kong."
"Wait a minute, blow up the ship?..." Falco exclaimed, incredulously. "I think you're out of your mind too, Bond."
"It's either that or Malprade wins. Your choice." declared Bond sternly, at which point Falco looked over at M, who backed up her agent with a nod. The CIA chief concedes with a shrug.
"Is there a self-destruct?..." Bond asked, seeing Falco quickly head over to a computer panel and bring up a self-destruct program. "How long?..."
Bond spent about a second considering a response. "Ten minutes," he said. "That should give us enough time to get away ourselves."
"And Malprade?..." asked M, with concern. Bond clicked his rifle ready as he spoke with a dark tone. "I'll deal with Malprade."
M smiles proudly with discretion at her best agent.
The US nuclear missile is carried out onto the top deck by Jacqual and the guards, carefully moved towards the private jet. Malprade, now holding a machine gun, appears on the top deck and faces Jacqual. "What is it?..." she asked.
"Bond has escaped." he announced with concern. "We must leave now."
The two head towards the jet as Nadia watches them from a discreet position. She is seething with anger, pointing her gun with a clear shot at Jacqual, trying to pull the trigger but finds she cannot do it. Shethrows the gun away in disappointed anger and quickly avoids the sight of guards, making her way under the jet. Once under, she withdraws a small tracking device and plants it on the underside, dashing away before she can be noticed.
On the other side, Jacqual is slowly making sure the missile safely enters the jet cargo area, before entering the jet.
After taking one last look around, Malprade goes to enter, but sees Bond emerging in the distance with M and Falco.
"Kill them!..." he bellowed at the guards, who snap into action on his order, Malprade entering the jet and sealing the door.
On the far side of the deck, Bond sees the guards rushing toward them and he provides covering fire, Falco joining him in grabbing a gun. M rushes over towards a helicopter where Tanner and Moneypenny already are. Bond and Falco unleash a barrage of bullets into the oncoming guards. The former sees the jet preparing to take off. "There's too many of them!..." he declared.
"Get in the chopper!..." Bond shouted as he quickly makes a dash down the carrier deck runway, using his stealth.
Falco calls after him until he heads to the helicopter, getting into the front being able to pilot, M, Tanner and Moneypenny inside.
The guards all see Bond running invisible and gun at him, disabling his stealth ability as he runs his fastest toward the jet. Nadia helps him out by shelling guards from a security mounted gatling gun. The jet begins slowly starting to take off as Bond runs toward it.
The interior of the plush jet holds guards holding the real G8 members hostage. Jacqual sits observing Malprade look out the back.
He angrily sees007 running like lightning through a field of gunfire to catch them.
The jet takes off with a burst of energy, heading off into the skies above the South China Sea, away from the carrier.
Bond stops and curses as he sees it get away. He turns to see Nadia approach him as the helicopter swoops in, Falco piloting. Guards run firing weapons toward them as M sticks her head out. "Get inside, Bond!" she shouted, to no avail.
"I have to stop Malprade!" he replied, getting a stern response from Falco. "There's no time for this heroic crap, Bond, this ships gonna blow!..."
Nadia then added to the argument. "Let's go James, I put a tracking signal on his jet, we can follow him."
Bond shook his head. "We may be too late by then."
Hetouches Nadia's face tenderly and proceeds to run off across the deck. "James, wait!..." she called after him, terrified for his safety.
"Come on!..." M shouted to her as she pulls Nadia inside and the helicopter takes off into the skies as guards close in.
On the bridge, the self-destruct counts down it's last 15 seconds.
Avoiding gunfire, Bond races toward a US Navy fighter plane on the top deck. He jumps inside, fitting on the helmet and powering the craft up, using it's guns to shell the guards closing in before him. Hehits the afterburner and the jet begins flying off down the runway.
The self-destruct timer reaches zero on the bridge.
The massive explosion blows up the cargo bay, killing the clone world leaders.
The fighter plane races across the runway as the ship explodes behind it, massive blasts threatening to swallow it up.
Bond takes off at the last second, the plane heading off into the sky as the aircraft carrier explodes in a gigantic blast.
The US Navy fighter plane races off into the sky, 007 inside determined not to let the world be destroyed by the man who would be God...