FADE IN:
INT. MARS COMPLEX ALPHA - LOUNGE
The CAMERA begins on the Clock, "11.10"
After which we FADE TO,
INT. MARS COMPLEX ALPHA - UNDERGROUND HQ
The room is totally dark. The CAMERA is focused on Ocelot's face as he is starring at whatever is beyond the CAMERA.
OCELOT It's done.
We can just make out a Silhouette of a vaguely humanoid figure moving in the background.
VOICE (It is the same ominous "Cabaal" voice heard from the Shadowy Figure of the Hand vessel in "To Live and Die in Starlight)
This was a VERY close call Mister Ocelot.
OCELOT It won't happen again.
VOICE See that it doesn't.
OCELOT I'll choose my Lieutenants better next time.
VOICE It wasn't just your Lieutenant that was in error. Your hatred for the aliens, though fuels your desire to help us, does not serve you well in some matters. My masters will not be as forgiving of near misses as your previous associates.
Ocelot turns away from the CAMERA, we can still just about make him out.
OCELOT
It's strange.
(beat)
I seem to always be taking orders from things that live in the Shadows.
VOICE
Your previous associates didn't just live in the Shadows Ocelot. They were the Shadows.
(beat)
Whereas my masters, aren't only the Shadows. They are the light that castes the Shadow as well. And everything else around them.
Ocelot turns back around and looks at whatever is past the CAMERA again and a few BEATS pass.
OCELOT This is the furthest we've ever had to dig.
VOICE It is necessary. This site has one more relic to yield.
OCELOT All this work for one tiny relic?
VOICE The relics hold more information than your entire pitiful Earth Alliance databanks could possibly even calculate.
The CAMERA swings back around to behind Ocelot. We can SEE his shadow over the window, but beyond is a well lit area where Maintbots are flying around with a huge drill that leans over a huge pit, with it's drill extended down into the hole.
OCELOT And all this. Just for these.
The CAMERA cuts to show what Ocelot is now holding up in his hand. It is a small "Mars Face" relic as seen in "Outside the Garden".
On this we,
FADE OUT:
END OF SHOW