Cut To:
EXT. GREAT AMERICAN WASTELAND -- DAY
The wreckage of the truck has somehow been TURNED back on its wheels. Dean, Reed and Mitch are all outside with Ookami.
SERGEANT REED
Thanks for putting the truck back up again.
PRIVATE MITCH
Yeah, it was cool. So you really are a Saint, then?
OOKAMI
Yeah. Yeah, I'm a Saint.
PRIVATE MITCH
God, that's cool. I'm talking to a-
SERGEANT REED
Listen to you, you're like a freakin' kid.
PRIVATE MITCH
Sorry, Sir.
OOKAMI
He's not the only to react like that.
SERGEANT REED
I bet.
Frederick comes out of the Front Cabin door in the background.
FREDERICK
Checked everything - we should be alright to go.
SERGEANT REED
Good. And the water?
FREDERICK
Still in place. It's a miracle.
SERGEANT REED
The Sanctuary will be happy, then. (to Ookami) Well, thanks again. You really saved our asses.
OOKAMI
It's no problem.
Cut To:
EXT. - GREAT AMERICAN WASTELAND -- DAY
Ookami watches as the truck drives off to the South again.
OOKAMI (V.O.)
And there goes another one.
Cut To:
EXT. GREAT AMERICAN WASTELAND -- EVENING
Ookami is sat down on a tall hill, overlooking the red sunset and miles of the Wasteland.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
The world wasn't always like this. Daemons and Sanctuaries and Wasteland. There was a time when man could walk outside freely. It all began about a thousand years ago.
EXT. AMERICAN CITY -- DAY
Moving around bustling SKYSCRAPERS, busy ROADS and people on PAVEMENTS - a PRESENT DAY CITY.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
We actually had peace. We didn't have to worry every day about our survival. But that wasn't to last. One day everything was normal...
EXT. HELLGATE ISLAND -- DAY
Moving around a 20-mile wide, perfectly circular VOLCANIC ISLAND in the PACIFIC OCEAN. The volcano measures 4500 feet.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...then the next... a huge volcano just appeared in the Pacific Ocean. Out of thin air.
EXT. AMERICAN CITY -- DAY
Moving around as the skyscrapers turn to RUBBLE, falling to the ground like sand.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
The seismic waves alone tore us apart. Just about every building in the world collapsed. Billions of people died in those five minutes. But that wasn't the end of it - it was just the start.
EXT. HELLGATE ISLAND –- DAY
Closing in on the volcano. The crater is full of swirling, raging FLAMES. The sky above it is RED and full of LIGHTNING, spreading outward.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
A portal of fire opened up in the volcano and the sky went red. And that's when they came...
Hundreds of Daemons CLAMBER out of the fire.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...in their millions. The Daemons.
EXT. AMERICAN CITY RUINS -- DAY
The city is completely LEVELED. Pan up to look at the SKY. The red Hellgate sky is SNAKING outwards, covering up the blue.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
Wherever the sky went red...
Pan down again. Now hordes of Daemons are FLYING towards the ruins from the horizon.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...five days later the swarms showed up, destroying whatever was left.
The Daemons FADE OUT like they were never there.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
They're invisible to us, so we couldn't even fight back. But we weren't without a hope...
INT. CAPITAL SANCTUARY LIBRARY -- NIGHT
We see only an ANCIENT BOOK, lit by faint candlelight. Close in on a painting of a man with WINGS OF LIGHT.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...A few years before the Hellgate opened some humans started getting weird powers. They were extremely fast, strong, and could suddenly grow wings made of light. There were about a hundred of them. They were named Saints, because they reminded people of Angels. They weren't treated that way, though. They were shunned by everyone else. People thought they were dangerous. Ironic that when everyone was about to be killed by Daemons...
EXT. AMERICAN CITY RUINS -- DAY
Five MEN and WOMEN with WINGS OF LIGHT stepping calmly toward the incoming Daemon swarm. Each are holding a unique WEAPON... SAINTS!
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...they all suddenly begged the Saints to help them, because they could see Daemons and were strong enough to take them on. Luckily for us, they put the past aside and helped.
EXT. AMERICAN CITY RUINS -- DAY
The Saints effortlessly SLAYING and KILLING many Daemons amongst the ruins. An impressive show of skill.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
For a long time the Saints fought the Daemons. Held them off, too.
EXT. PRIMITIVE SANCTUARY -- DAY
Close in on a large cube-like STRUCTURE the size of a small village, with BUTTRESSES to support the heavily-armoured WALLS.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
It gave us enough time to build up the first Sanctuaries, our havens which protect us from the outside world. They were really small to begin with. We managed it just in time, too.
EXT. HELLGATE ISLAND -- DAY
Circle around the island, the fires in the crater start to FADE and the sky above RETURNS to its normal blue colour.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
Finally after a few months the Hellgate closed. That should have been good news, but it couldn't have been much worse...
EXT. UNKNOWN CITADEL -- DAY
DARK. Move over HUNDREDS of rows of chanting Daemons, all facing toward an ABYSS of darkness. Close in on the darkness.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...because about the same time...
Two glowing, large Daemonic EYES opening in the abyss. Close in on them.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...the Daemons got a leader. Not much was known about him. We still don't know if he's even a Daemon at all. Saints who actually saw him would ever give anyone details, either, 'cause they went insane from even LOOKING at him.
EXT. FLOWERY MEADOW -- EVENING
A single Saint FIGHTING against an army of Daemons which STRETCHES as far as we can see.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
The 'Daemon Lord' as he came to be known organised huge armies of Daemons...
We see the shadows of the Saint and a Daemon STRUGGLING. We see a TALON penetrate the Saint's chest, and his blood SPLASHES onto the flowers.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
...And one by one he killed off the Saints.
INT. CAPITAL SANCTUARY LIBRARY -- NIGHT
The ANCIENT BOOK is closed by a hand. The hand LINGERS on the book's cover.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
They disappeared. Some say they went into hiding, others say the Daemon Lord succeeded and killed them all. No one really knows for sure.
The hand WITHDRAWS.
EXT. PRIMITIVE SANCTUARY -- DAY
Close in on the Sanctuary. The building FADES into...
EXT. PHASE TWO PRIMITIVE SANCTUARY -- DAY
Close in on the newly EXPANDED Sanctuary. The GRASS around the building appears to have dried out.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
Over the millennium the Sanctuaries of man grew...
The building FADES into...
EXT. PHASE THREE PRIMITIVE SANCTUARY -- EVENING
Close in on the newly EXPANDED Sanctuary. There is LITTLE grass left now.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
... And we let the past slide into myth.
The building FADES into...
EXT. MODERN SANCTUARY -- EVENING
Close in on the FULLY-CONSTRUCTED Sanctuary. There is no grass left, and the structure is surrounded by the GREAT AMERICAN WASTELAND.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
Not many believe in Saints and the Daemon Lord anymore, or even of the past we used to have before the Daemons came.
EXT. GREAT AMERICAN WASTELAND -- EVENING
The Wasteland STRETCHES on for as far as we can see, FEATURELESS save for the occasional HILL. The red SUN sets behind one of these hills.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
The world turned into one big Wasteland, crawling with Daemons. Luckily the Sanctuaries are all self-sufficient, so people don't need to go out much. Unlike me.
EXT. GREAT AMERICAN WASTELAND -- NIGHT
Ookami watches the moon rising, rubbing his hands to keep warm.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
I practically live out here. I run around saving Marines who get stranded or attacked. I'm not... normal. I guess you could say I'm like a Saint. I'm really strong, really fast, and I can see Daemons, too. I know I'm just a human, though - I only got my powers a few years ago, and I'm nothing compared to the Saints in the book. I just say I'm one to keep everyone's spirits up, give them hope. Perhaps make them believe in the past again. But no, I've never had wings of light or anything like that.
A silver WOLF with golden eyes walks up to Ookami's side and sits down - SHIRUBA. Ookami pets him.
OOKAMI (V.O., CONT'D)
Shiruba's been with me ever since I got my powers. He just appeared and followed me around. Only I can see him as well, which creeps people out, makes them think he's a Daemon. But he's not. I don't know what he is, but he's definitely not a Daemon.
We hear STATIC. Ookami frowns and pulls a RADIO DEVICE from his jacket POCKET. Puts it to his ear.
MARINE (from radio)
Mayday, mayday! Our truck has been destroyed and we've barricaded ourselves inside the wreck. A Daemon is hammering the cabin; don't know how long it'll hold out. We need reinforcements. Our coordinates are-
OOKAMI (V.O.)
This is how I get to people. I intercept their distress calls. There's usually only a couple every week, but that's the second one today.
Ookami puts the radio back in his pocket and RISES.
OOKAMI
Come on, Shiruba.
Shiruba also rises. Ookami and Shiruba pounce off the hill and RUN incredibly fast into the horizon under the moon...
OOKAMI (V.O.)
Man... what a life.
AUTHOR'S NOTES: OMG YAY! This scene turned out better than I thought it would ._. Awesome. Anyway, now that the explaining is out of the way, only pure plotline lies ahead! D ONWARDS! New scene soon ^_^