TITLE
ACT 3
Ext – Parking lot – Day
SHANE waits alongside a wall while AMANDA crouches in the spot where her bike was parked. SONYA comes out from the apartment building. SHANE and AMANDA move toward her car.
AMANDA
Shane, sit in the back, don't
ask just do it.
SHANE gets into the back seat of the car. AMANDA is about to enter when SONYA stops her and points two fingers to her own eyes, then points her pointer finger back at AMANDA. AMANDA flips her off and gets in the back seat along with SHANE. SONYA visibly grits her teeth for a moment, then gets in the car.
CAR – IN MOTION – DAY
SONYA drives, emotionally strained at this point. SHANE and AMANDA look out their opposite windows and no one speaks. SHANES left arm hangs loose on the back seat. AMANDA drops hers alongside of it. The back of their wrists touch. AMANDA scooches over too be shoulder to shoulder with him. SHANE tries to take her hand but AMANDA withdraws it, preferring rather to lock elbows with him and placing her head on his shoulder. SONYA becomes wary and directs her rear view mirror down to see their arms entwined. She then moves the mirror back up to see AMANDA glaring back at her.
SHANE
Sonya. Sonya!
Oh my god! Watch out!
SONYA sees she is running headlong into a stopping car. She slams on the breaks and barely turns the front of the car into the breakdown lane, narrowly avoiding an otherwise sure accident. SONYA is now gasping air in alarm.
AMANDA
Watch what you are doing.
Jesus Christ! You dumb bitch!
SONYA puts the car back in drive and heads to HQ.
INT - HQ - Womens' bathroom sink water running
SONYA's hand strikes a wall. She is leaning against the wall slamming her fist. She wipes her eyes and resumes beating the wall.
HALL
SONYA enters the hall from the bathroom. Kevin approaches.
KEVIN
Something's wrong.
SONYA
Shut up. I have to go.
KEVIN
Do you remember what we spoke
about?
SONYA
That's just bullshit, Kevin!
It's all the past! All the
bullshit my father and the
commander were doing a decade ago
is done! We're losing the moment!
The here and now is slipping away
from us.
KEVIN
We never talked about your father.
SONYA slumps against the wall to sit on the floor.
SONYA
You're just like him, you know?
KEVIN crouches next to her
KEVIN
Is that why you keep coming
back?
SONYA
You better hope not. I hated my
father. My fondest memory of him was when
For once in his life he had nothing
to say, and I gloated over him.
KEVIN
Did it feel like victory?
SONYA sags her head uncomfortably
SONYA
I don't even know how to mourn.
Tightening zoom shot on SONYA
FLASHBACK – Ext. Antarctica, 2000 the night of third impact.
SONYAs' FATHER, mortally wounded takes a wounded and unconscious SONYA to a deep ice research pod. All around are destroyed buildings, debris, dead bodies and piles of rubble. A building collapses revealing a giant of light.
SONYA (V.O.)
My father is the only reason I'm
alive and I still hate him.
SONYAs'FATHER painfully opens the hatch, places her inside with his blood falling on her face and hair. He places the cross necklace in her hand and closes the pod in her desperate face before sending it down a shaft in the ice. The giant of light is tethered down by beams of energy, it raises its wings to escape, then screams and flashes over white.
RESUME SCENE
SONYA
You're talking to the only
survivor from second impact ground
zero. The explosion rang in my ears
for what seemed like an hour and when
I opened the hatch I was drifting
in the arctic, alone. All the ice was
gone and those wings of light hung over
me like divine judgment. Hate him or
not, the angels killed my father.
KEVIN
You can't still believe that.
SONYA
Shut up, Kevin. I have to get to
work. We should know better than
to interact in headquarters.
SONYA gets up and walks away, no less frustrated but at least emotionally stabilized.
KEVIN
You're working for your fathers'
murderer. How is that revenge?
SONYA is undeterred but shaking her head, thinking to herself 'that's just what my father would say.'
SONYA
One of us has a job to do. Excuse
me.
SONYA walks past him.
KEVIN
Is that why you adopted his son?
SONYA turns.
SONYA
What did you just say?
KEVIN
Shane is your leverage on the
commander. You're using him.
SONYA walks up and slaps him.
SONYA
Helping Shane is the only decent
thing I've ever done. He came
here with nothing and I lent
him a helping hand.
KEVIN takes her hand. She resists, but he overpowers her.
KEVIN
Yeah. That's just like you.
KEVIN puts her hand onto the cheek where she slapped him. SONYA pauses for a moment then yanks her hand away.
SONYA
You stick to your operation,
Kevin. You're the one who wants
control here and I'll be damned
if I play your cat's paw.
We're through.
KEVIN
That hurts, Sonya.
SONAY
I really needed somebody right now
and I wish it could have been you.
INT - SYNCH TEST LAB – LATER
Sonya enters, containing her frustration. She is surprised to find that the research team of RACHEL and ATUMUN are not at their normal stations but have huddled around JEFFs' station.
SONYA
What's up?
JEFF waves her over and she shoulders her way in to see the screen. The screen is incomprehensible to anyone unfamiliar but to SONYA and the crew the demarcation of AMANDA and SHANEs' synchronization ratios are obvious.
SONYA
This isn't a peak? He's held this
for how long?
RACHEL
Three solid minutes without
wavering.
SONYA
Harmonics?
AUTUMN
Normal and I haven't lifted his 70%
depth.
SONYA
OK. It's official.
SONYA goes to the command console that overlooks the plugs and splits her fingers to flip the intercoms for both SHANE and AMANDAs' plugs.
SONYA
Hey, dog.
SHANE
What's up, bitch?
This response immediately draws disapproval from RACHEL. SONYA winces at the knowledge that she's drawing a sneer.
SONYA
Who's top?
SHANE
Uhh…What?
SONYA
Who's top?
SHANE
Yeah, I heard you the first time.
but now I'm just…like…why?
SONYA
Ninety four percent synch and
holding you're top, dog. You're
number one.
SHANE
What, really?
SONYA
Yeah, really. Pop him out and let
him see.
RACHEL
We're still running a test here,
Sonya.
SONYA releases the intercom buttons.
SONYA
Oh, live a little. Pop him!
SHANE ejects from the test plug and hustles to the lab side of the chamber but the image pans in to the Beta plug.
SHOT – AMANDA TRIES TO CONCENTRATE.
INT – WOMENS' CHANGING LOCKER
AMANDA dressed in street clothes punches a locker, over and over. ZERA enters, also domestically dressed and glances at AMANDA intending to communicate that she should regain her composure. AMANDAs' eyes are icy.
AMANDA
The fuck are you looking at?
ZERA leaves. AMANDA lands one more solid punch.
INT – HALL, ELEVATOR
ZERA approaches SHANE who is also dressed to leave. He is waiting for his elevator. In the background AMANDA is watching. ZERA knows she is there.
ZERA
Congratulations, Shane.
SHANE
Thank you, Zera.
SHANE
I feel like celebrating.
ZERA
What are you planning?
SHANE
Nothing. If I did celebrate it
would be like bragging. You guys
are the only people I know here
and I'm not going to rub it in
your faces. I don't want to make
you guys angry.
ZERA
What you have with your EVA is
between you and her but nothing
between us has changed, has it?
SHANE chews his teeth a moment.
SHANE
You say that and it cuts both
ways. It's just like you. You
have that, what's it called,
attitude…no…it begins with
a 'd'. Dam-Dum-Dom…
ZERA
Demeanor?
SHANE
Yeah! Demeanor! Right out of my
mouth! You have a very cool
demeanor like nothing ever gets
to you. Like you're…
ZERA
Emotionless?
SHANE
I didn't say that.
ZERA
But I've heard it. Not from you
but I've heard it all my life.
SHANE
You're not emotionless. Not to me.
Shane takes three breaths to both gather what he's trying to say and deliver it in a gentle way.
SHANE (ctd)
To me it's like you just found a
way out of it.
ZERA
Out of what?
SHANE
Things don't get to you. Emotions
suck. You want to go slowly
through the happy stuff and you
want to get through the sad stuff
quickly, but for everybody it's
the other way around. I don't think
you're immune to it. You're just
too strong. You cope.
A pregnant silence follows
ZERA
How do you feel about-
the elevator arrives. Zera boards
SHANE
Are you headed down?
ZERA
Yes.
SHANE
I'm headed the other way. I'll
see you tomorrow.
ZERA (Slightly loud)
Auf wiedersehen.
The elevator closes and AMANDA approaches without SHANE even noticing. She sits on a bench behind him. An elevator arrives and SHANE gets on and presses the button only then noticing AMANDA sitting there.
SHANE.
Oh, are you getting on?
AMANDA
No I'm not. Take the bus home.
Do you hear me? Take the bus.
SHANE has no reply as the doors close between them.
EXT – BUS STOP – Night
Across the street a bar and grill has its speakers on playing Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelsons' "Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys" SHANE sits waiting for the late night bus. AMANDA comes out to the street. They don't speak. They just look at each other. The bus arrives, SHANE boards, they look at each other again. The bus pulls away. AMANDA leaves.
PARKING GARAGE – Minutes later
SONYA is in her car reviewing paperwork while she waits for her wards. AMANDA opens the door.
SONYA
Took you long enough. Where's
Shane?
AMANDA
He took the train.
SONYA
Why?
AMANDA
I don't know.
SONYA starts the car and departs.
BUS – MEANWHILE
SHANE meditates to gain calm. Putting AMANDAs' rejection behind him he tries to focus and to feel the motion of the bus almost as if it was the hum of the entry plug. He raises his hand, slowly motioning it open and closed and realizing that his synchrony with the EVA is so strong that it was as if he was opening and closing its hand with the same elegant effort.
SHANE
Yes.
Two children at the front of the bus look back and laugh at him.
CHILD
What a fag.
SHANE hits the button for the next stop, gives the children a glare as he gets up to go. One flaps his hand open and closed mockingly, the other flips him off and makes a face with his tongue out. He gets off the bus and walks into the night.
INT – TERMINAL DOGAM – MEANWHILE
ZERA is nude suspended in the LCL test tube. EARL keeps his eye on her, doing his best to appear professional. RACHEL approaches from behind him
RACHEL
Your son beat the synch record
today.
EARL
Hm.
RACHEL
I thought you would be happy.
EARL
He's gaining leverage. We will
need a contingency.
RACHEL
That's not ready yet.
EARL
Make the preparations. He's
stronger than I expected and
if we don't act we will lose
control of the Alpha unit.
RACHEL
I see. I won't allow that
to happen.
EARL
Be very delicate with the
supplement. I wouldn't want
to be wasteful of such precious
things.
EARL places his hand on the tube ZERA opens her eyes and the two lock gazes as RACHELs' expression turns dour.
INT - SONYAs' apartment.
SONYA is at her desk, doing paperwork. AMANDA appears at the bedroom entrance.
AMANDA
Aren't you worried about Shane?
SONYA
I'm sure he's celebrating or something.
He can do what he wants.
SHOT: THE MOON, approaching full
EXT – LANDING OF ZERA'S APARTMENT – TWO HOURS LATER
ZERA exits the block elevator and goes to her apartment where she sees SHANE leaning against her door.
SHANE
Hi, Zera.
ZERA
What are you doing here, Shane?
SHANE
Nothing.
Zera walks up and unlocks the door.
ZERA
I can't get in if you don't
move.
SHANE stands ZERA opens the door, enters and as she closes the door SHANE props it open.
SHANE
So that's it?
ZERA
What do you mean?
SHANE
You won't talk to me.
ZERA
I'm going to bed.
SHANE
Take me with you.
ZERA
To bed?
SHANE
If you want. Even if you only
wanted to talk that would be fine.
ZERA
Goodnight Shane.
Zera enters and flicks on the light, she places her key ring on the counter. One house key, one NERV security key. as Zera closes the door Shane pushes it open, forcefully embraces her and pins her against the wall. The shot reverses. The door closes.
SHANE
You can't force me out anymore.
ZERA
You have to let me go.
SHANE
Don't make me. The rhythm of my
heart echoes in you.
ZERA
That's because you think I'm empty.
I am not a vast hollowness for you
to holler down to hear yourself
think.
SHANE
Shut up, Zera, Shut up. This is
the one night we can be together
and I know you don't want to be
alone.
ZERA
Is that how you feel? Alone? You
have the major and the second child
and yet you are alone?
SHANE
I don't have them. I can't…Not tonight…
Tonight we can-
ZERA
You're running away.
SHANE lets go turns to the opposite wall, slaps it and butts his head.
SHANE
Hell of a celebration, huh?
I'm number one.
ZERA
It's time for you to leave.
SHANE turns.
SHANE
I'll leave. Just look me in the
eyes and tell me you don't like
me, you don't care about me and
you want me to go.
ZERA hesitates. She can't look him in the eyes.
ZERA
I want you to go.
SHANE
You don't like me and you don't
care about me and you want me
to go.
ZERA
You don't know what he will do.
SHANE breaks off and punches the door.
SHANE
Him! Of course! Well from the
moment he abandoned me I've
wanted to take something from
him. I've wanted revenge.
Gods' truth. I hate him. I want his
adoration and I despise him.
So how about this? Let's
leave this place. We'll wait until
he begs us to return.
ZERA
What are you talking about?
SHANE
We can go tonight. I don't care
about the Angels or the EVAs or Morning
Star. I was getting along just fine
before I came here. Am I alone? I'd
like to run away with you.
ZERA
He is ready even now to replace me.
I'm not special.
SHANE
Zera-
ZERA
Shane I am not walking away from the
only thing I have in this world. If
you want to take me now then you
will have to do it by force.
Shane walks up to her and props up her chin to look her in the eyes.
SHANE
You're trembling.
ZERA
You scare me.
SHANE kisses her. They stare into each others' eyes.
SHANE
Is it alright if I stay here?
ZERA gives no answer. SHANE finally turns, opening the door violently then storming down the landing, the door closes behind him. He stops for a moment and returns to the door. He knocks.
SHANE (CTD)
Zera, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have
done that.
No response.
SHANE (ctd.)
Zera, please open up. Let's talk.
He beats on the door again.
SHANE (ctd.)
Don't act like you don't hear me.
Zera. Zera? Zera!
He places his head on the door and beats it with the same rhythm of the mechanical anvil that haunts Zera during the day.
SHANE (ctd.)
I'm sorry. Talk to me.
Let me in. Please, Zera.
SHANE leans back against the railing. He reaches into his pocket pulls out his keys then unlocks and opens the door.
INT – SONYAS' APARTMENT - NIGHT
He walks inside where AMANDA is on the couch playing Starfox 64. "Music sounds better with you." By Stardust is playing quietly on her boom box.
SHANE
Hey.
AMANDA
Hey.
SHANE sits on the couch. AMANDA gets up to sit next to him.
SHANE
Why are you still up?
AMANDA
What? Do you think I was waiting
for you?
SHANE
Yeah. I do.
AMANDA
You're such a loser.
SHANE
So why don't you kill me?
AMANDA
Spachen ze deutche, baby.
SHANE sulks with glazed over eyes. AMANDA plays trying to appear focused on the game. She leans her head on his shoulder, looking at him expectantly. SHANE gets up and walks away
SHANE
Goodnight.
AMANDA
Where are you going?
SHANE
I'm going to my closet.
AMANDA growls, kills the game and then grabs him by the arm and drags him toward her room.
AMANDA
Come on.
SHANE
I thought you were mad.
AMANDA
And now I'm going to take it out on
you.
SHANE
Can I just go?
AMANDA
I haven't congratulated you yet.
AMANDA peels off SHANES' shirt with him offering minimum resistance.
SHANE
You're not happy.
AMANDA leads him into her room and puts him on the bed. She presses her hand on his chest down until his head is on the pillow. She kisses him but not out of affection.
AMANDA
This is the only satisfaction I'm
going to get. I'm taking it.
SHANE
You want to punish me.
Amanda turns from SHANE and the image becomes a medium shot. Off screen she drops her pants and panties She then takes off her shirt and undoes her bra. She hits play on his CD player. "My name is Jonas" by Weezer starts playing.
AMANDA
OK. Punishment.
AMANDA puts her hand on SHANES' face and she gets threateningly close.
SHANE opens his mouth slightly. AMANDA sneaks her ring finger between his teeth which he bites down gently.
SHANE (Garbled)
Your breasts are beautiful.
AMANDA removes her finger
AMANDA
What?
SHANE
I think your breasts are beautiful.
AMANDA
You're not sweet talking your way
out of this one.
The medium shot on AMANDA resumes and she motions her body over SHANEs' head.
AMANDA (ctd.)
That's good. Oh, god.
AMANDA bends over off screen into SHANES' crotch.
LATER – INT – SONYAS' ROOM
SONYA awakens to the sound of SHANE and AMANDA having sex in the other room. She gets up, leaves her room, heads to AMANDAS' room and is about to open the door to chew them out. She stops. The overwhelming feeling of having failed as a guardian settles into her. The only thing preventing her from being hurt by the truth is her denial of the fact. The denial hardens her heart along with the fear of being called a hypocrite by AMANDA. She turns away from the door, dives into bed and covers her ears with pillows.
MEANWHILE – AMANDAS' ROOM
AMANDA throws her head back in passionate release. SHANES' hands grasp at her arms. AMANDA looks him in the eyes.
AMANDA
I've been synchronizing with my EVA
for nine years. You beat me in
three months. How'd you do it?
SHANE
If I knew I would tell you. You
deserve it.
AMANDA
You pop my cherry and now you
want to tell me what I deserve?
Fuck.
She slaps his chest.
SHANE
You want to bring up last night
again? I took, you gave.
You've got a lot to give, right?
This wasn't my idea you know.
AMANDA
You know you want it.
SHANE
Do you? I don't know.
AMANDA rolls off and faces away from him.
AMANDA
We're doing this in your room next
time. My sheets stink and they're
soaked. Get out. Idiot.
SHANE gets up and heads for the door.
SHANE
OK.
AMANDA
That's it? You're just going to take
it? You. Just you. Waste.
SHANE turns.
SHANE
I want to stay here, Amanda! I want
to sleep here with you by my side!
I want to hold you tight and I want
us to be alright together!
AMANDA
You don't have the balls, Shane.
SHANE
You know that's not true.
AMANDA
No it is. You're like a toy. To
your father, Sonya, Me. You can't
bring yourself to be your own man,
man. God, I've really hit rock
bottom if I'm spreading my legs
for someone like you.
SHANE takes a deep breath to find the words.
SHANE
Talk to me.
AMANDA
Huh?
SHANE
We can talk about anything, but
please, I'm begging you just talk
to me. Anything. Please.
AMANDA gets up and looks at him.
AMANDA
Tonight. You were gone for hours.
Why were you so late?
SHANE
What? Were you worried about me?
AMANDA takes a good long pause.
AMANDA
Yeah.
SHANE
Whatever. I'm going to bed.
AMANDA
Where were you?
SHANE takes a good long pause.
SHANE
I went to Zeras' apartment.
AMANDA
No.
SHANE
Nothing happened. She wouldn't
let me in.
AMANDA
I don't want to talk anymore.
SHANE
I thought you didn't care.
You don't-
AMANDA
Get out, Shane!
SHANE leaves into the darkness. AMANDA goes into the bathroom and sits on the closed toilet, sulking. She gets up to gauge her facial expression in the mirror then takes a moment to admire her breasts. She shakes her head and kills the light.
INT – ZERAS' APARTMENT – PREDAWN
ZERA lies awake, second guessing herself.
MEANWHILE – SHANES' ROOM
SHANE sits on his bed. He leaves to go to AMANDAs' room, reaches for the handle but backs away and goes to his room again.
MEANWHILE – AMANDAS' ROOM.
AMANDA dressed in sweats and a T-shirt lays on her bed and looks at the door. She hears SHANEs' footsteps walking away. She opens the door just in time to see SHANE close his door. She goes back on her bed, flicks on a light and picks up a book. She starts ripping out pages and throws the book across the room before flipping over and screaming into her pillow.
MEANWHILE – SONYAS' ROOM.
SONYA walks onto the veranda audibly kicking several empty cans on her way. She opens a beer and drinks while gazing at the sunlight breaking over the mountains.
Landscape shot of SONYAs' building and Morning Star in the background. A giant shadow emerges from a small point that spreads down the valley that expands to an encompassing darkness. SONYA looks up in terror. The giant sphere has blocked out much of the sun and it is almost on top of her building, ominously it is crisscrossed with shredded zebra/fingerprint-like white and black streaks. Inside SONYAs' phone immediately starts ringing.
TITLE
WAKE UP
SONYA
Wake up!
SONYA runs into the apartment, stumbling. She throws open SHANEs' door. The telephone keeps on screaming.
SONYA (ctd.)
Shane. We're in a Scenario 5. Go.
Angel inside the perimeter.
SONYA runs to her room and picks up the phone.
SONYA (ctd.)
Save your breath. I'm on my way.
SONYA hangs up and dresses herself not in her professional garb but the first thing she can pull from her drawer, along with some pants. She throws on one of her uniform jackets just for some semblance of official presentation. When she leaves the room in the living room AMANDA appears.
SONYA (ctd.)
Amanda! We-
AMANDA
Yeah. I heard. I'm dressed, ready
let's go.
The trio exits to see the sphere hovering above them.
SHANE
My god.
SONYA
Don't look at it. Stay focused.
They enter the elevator and SONYA mashes the ground floor button, then starts tapping the close door button.
SONYA (ctd.)
Come on! Come on!
INT – ELEVATOR
Without rush the elevator door closes and the three of them are headed down.
SONYA (ctd.)
Did you guys sleep well?
SHANE
I didn't.
AMANDA
I was up late.
SHANE
Did you have anything to drink
last night?
SONYA
A little.
SHANE
OK.
The elevator opens. The three of them rush for the car SONYA stumbles then gets in but before either SHANE or AMANDA enters SHANE looks SONYA in the eyes.
SHANE
Should I drive?
SONYA looks at him outraged at first, but she reflects on the question.
SONYA
Yeah.
SONYAS' CAR – IN TRANSIT – DAY
SOUNDTRACK: Butthole surfers - Pepper
SHANE hits the siren on the car and burns out. He gets in his lane and cars get out of his way.
SHANE
OK. This is fine.
AMANDA
How long have you been driving?
SHANE
My teacher had bad vision he had
me driving him to the store and
stuff.
AMANDA
I don't think you were picking
up coffee and cereal like this.
SHANE
No. For this kind of deal I get the
coffee ahead of time.
SHANE peels through the street, SONYA looks out the window up at the giant globe hovering ominously in the sky. A dark, translucent shadow creeps across the road.
SONYA (V.O.)
What the hell is that thing?
How is its' shadow over here?
He's driving my car. Oh my god.
I'm too fucking drunk for this.
She zones out and nods off. The car comes to an abrupt stop, shaking her awake.
SHANE
Sonya!
SONYA
What?!
SHANE
We're here.
SONYA
Right.
SONYA gets out of the car and puts on her best strong walk.
SONYA
No briefing. Get to the EVAs and
launch.
AMANDA looks at SHANE.
AMANDA
You'd be a shitty cab driver.
SHANE
I'd rather drive an ambulance.
The pair run down a corridor to the lockers. SONYA presses the button for the elevator, then leans on the side of the elevator gate and smears down. The Sphere slowly hovers into town.
INT – COMMAND BRIDGE
The Door to the bridge opens and SONYA stands disheveled and falsely confident.
SONYA
Give me the situation.
RACHEL
Alpha and Beta units launched and
standing by. Where have you been,
Major?
SONYA
I got here as fast as he could.
Where's Zera?
AUTUMN
In route. She took a gravity sled
to the cage. She should be about
two minutes behind the newlyweds.
SONYA
Newlyweds?
AUTUMN
Uh, inside joke.
RACHEL
You're drunk, Major.
SONYA
I'm not even supposed to be here
today.
RACHEL
It's still morning.
SONYA (Into a headset)
Shane, Amanda, hold. Omega Unit
launches shortly.
MORNING STAR - DAY
SONYA (ctd. - radio)
We know a whole lot of nothing. Take
this one slow and cautious. HQ out.
SHANE
Roger.
There is a gap of quiet. SHANE peers at the sphere hovering above. The edge of its mysterious shadow tracks slowly down the road in the distance.
AMANDA (COMM VO)
Alone at last.
SHANE
The angels' Pattern keeps shifting
from blue to orange. I don't know
that means.
AMANDA
You don't want to listen to me?
SHANE
I'm listening.
AMANDA
You don't have the right to just
hurt people, you know that right?
SHANE
Have I hurt you?
AMANDA
Never.
SHANE
So what are you talking about?
AMANDA
Zera.
SHANE
What do you care about her? You
don't even like her.
AMANDA
Do you like her?
SHANE
Amanda we need to focus.
AMANDA
You don't like her at all. That's
why you ran to her last night.
She can't hurt you.
SHANE
You don't know the history I have
with her.
AMANDA
Do I need to? If she had taken you
in I would never forgive you. Not
because of cheating on me or whatever,
No. You're a coward looking to
escape.
SHANE
You done?
AMANDA
She went to sleep thinking of you
if she slept at all. She wonders
what she missed. Your sick mind
searches for some way
to turn others against themselves.
If I hadn't realized it you might have
gotten to me. Don't hurt people over
your own weakness, idiot.
SHANE smolders in his rage but bites his tongue. OMEGA UNIT appears in line of the other two EVAs from a hyper elevator.
ZERA
Omega unit ready for launch.
AMANDA
Hi, Zera. We were just talking about
you.
ZERA eyes in the direction of Unit-02.
AMANDA(CTD)
Hope you slept well.
ZERA
I didn't. I was up most of the
night.
AMANDA
Oh. Me too, actually. So was
Shane. We didn't sleep at all.
SHANE and ZERA bite their tongues hard. AMANDA starts running through the lyrics of Faithless' "Insomnia"
AMANDA(CTD)
Greasy insomnia please
release me and let me dream
about making mad love to my
girl on the heath. Tearing off
tights with my teeth.
SONYA chimes in on the intercom.
SONYA
Zera and Shane take flanking positions
outside of the city perimeter north
and south. Amanda, take point and
strike the target with artillery. Once
you're atop platform 23. Don't overcommit.
We are going to just test the angel.
AMANDA
Don't you think I'm a little
underqualified when our prodigy pilot
and resident Casanova has the highest
synchronization ratio? Why aren't you
assigning Alpha unit to point? Is Shane not
up to it? Some leader. What a clown
show. You guys are so fun. I love it.
SHANE
Amanda, shut the fuck up! God.
you are the only person in the
world who enjoys the sound of your
voice.
AMANDA
Oh, now you want to talk?
SHANE
I'm not interested, Amanda. My
gears are grinding and I'm ready to
grease them with your fucking ego.
You want to see me take command?
You've got it. Get your ass to the
south flank. I don't want to hear a
goddamn word out of you until you're
in position. You got that?
With an enraged glare AMANDA kills the video feed. SHANE composes himself.
SHANE
Zera, I'm sorry you couldn't sleep.
ZERA
Please focus on the objective.
SHANE
It needed to be said. We're
underway. Head to the north flank.
ZERA
Roger.
The EVA units split up and head to their positions.
COMMAND BRIDGE
SONYA stabilizes herself against the command console breathing deeply and trying to stay focused.
SONYA (to herself)
He took her bait like it was candy.
What an unprofessional little
bastard. I'm gonna chew his ass
out when he gets back.
RACHEL
Call off the operation.
SONYA
What?
RACHEL
None of you are in any condition
to continue.
SONYA
You want me to just leave that
Angel out there?
RACHEL
We need to regroup, reassess and
take a sobering perspective on
this situation.
SONYA nods.
SONYA
I'm going to war with the army I got,
not the one I want. Are there any
diagnostics on the MAGI that need to
be done?
RACHEL walks away disapprovingly, SONYA refocuses her attention to the main screen as the EVA units deploy around the target. EVA unit 01 peers at the sphere from between two buildings.
SHANE
Are you two in position?
In her EVA, ZERA peeks above the rim of a trench to check the Angel as it hovers towards her. The mysterious shadow creeps closer to her and she crawls along.
ZERA
Stand by.
Sneering, AMANDA makes her way through the streets
AMANDA (quietly singing Mozart)
Leck mich im Arsch g'schwindi,
g'schwindi
Leck im Arsch mich g'schwindi
AMANDA pauses to Drop her umbilical cable which falls to the ground and braces its momentum with a firing pair of retro rockets. She backs into a power station and the building automatically replaces the cable into her EVA. She continues to the flank.
AMANDA (singing ctd)
Leck mich, leck mich
g'schwindi.
In ALPHA UNIT, SHANE gets increasingly impatient. He clenches his fist similarly to the way he did so in the bus, but with more resentment, until he balls the fist hard.
SHANE(to himself)
'He, he. What a fag.' I'm done.
Let's bag this bitch and go home.
(aloud)
Fire in the hole!
SONYA (On radio)
Wait! Shane, stand down.
EVA one reveals itself from behind a building and SHANE unleashes a blast from its' handheld Howitzer directly at the sphere. The sphere unexpectedly vanishes. The shadow of the angel is cast at Eva unit-01s' feet. This shadow expands, deeply blackens and from inside fresh tendrils emerge which wrap about EVA unit-01's legs. Further tendrils emerge from these tendrils and further entwine themselves about the limbs of the EVA. SHANE screams.
SHANE
I'm being engaged! I don't know
what this is!
He fires on the tendril but the hole only opens more tendrils which slither up the arm of the Evangelion.
SHANE
Sonya! Sonya get me out of here!
CUT TO COMMAND CENTER
SONYA
Abort the mission! Get him out of
there. Eject. Eject.
AUTUMN
The eject signal is being refused
and the Eva is being
electromagnetically jammed.
SONYA
Laser induction! Do something
VANCE
It's not online, we didn't have
it ready.
SONYA
Shane, can you hear me?
SHANE(Garbled by radio jamming)
Sonya get me out of here. Please
do something. Mayday! Mayday! Help!
CUT TO THE EVA SINKING BELOW THE SHADOW COMPLETELY
SHANE(ctd)
Help me!
The radio signal dies in static.
COMMAND CENTER
SONYA
Omega, Beta get in there.
Get Shane out!
BETA UNIT
AMANDA
How are we supposed to rescue someone
if they're not even in the real world
anymore?
The shadow spreads under BETA UNIT.
SONYA
Unit two! Evade!
AMANDA
The shadow!
BETA UNIT jumps up to a nearby building and barely evades the tendrils which wrap around the base of the skyscraper. She begins to climb but tendrils catch her foot.
AMANDA
AAAAA!
She activates the Evas' Progressive knife and hacks away at the tendrils but to no avail as the cuts quickly re-seal. The tendrils spread up the Eva's leg. Terrified, AMANDA gets the EVA to cut off the leg below the knee AMANDA screams in agony and the severed leg is quickly harvested into the angel. The screens in her EVA flash over red and static shocks the displays as the EVA struggles to synchronize over the pain. AMANDA climbs to the top of the building where she sees OMEGA UNIT charging with a progressive axe.
AMANDA
Zera! Pull back! Perimeter!
OMEGA UNIT
AMANDAs' warning is enough to get ZERA to halt the charge but from the shadow whips forth one tendril which wrap about OMEGAs' extended left arm.
ZERA
I've been snared! Please advise.
OMEGA is dragged toward the shadow where more Lovecraftian horrors emerge and slither forth.
AMANDA
Zera, cut it off. You have to cut
it off!
ZERA hacks at the tendril to no avail as did BETA before.
AMANDA (ctd)
No! Not the angel! The hand!
The hand! Cut off the hand!
Terrified but now seeing there is no choice she reaps the axe through the arm of her Eva, and the unit collapses backwards. Zera screams. The displays in the Evangelion all read error and the entry plug goes dark. The severed arm is drug into the lake of blackness below the hovering sphere.
UNIT BETA
The building where AMANDA is perched is broken by the invading tendrils and tips over. Seeing herself falling into the black mire of the angels' shadow she risks it all with a one-footed leap and arches through the air. She clears the shadow and lands with a roll before crawling away while the tendrils slither out, but pull back as the shadow can expand no further. Finished crawling, AMANDA looks back to see a huge circle of Morning star being consumed by the shadow, and wrapped in its tendrils. The buildings are slowly wrapped, crushed and devoured downward.
AMANDA
Command, this is BETA. I'm
reduced to limited operations.
Heavily damaged. Please advise.
SONYA(radio)
Stand down.
AMANDA
Command this is Amanda. I need
immediate active orders. Advise.
SONY
Stand down!
ZERA(radio)
We need rescue and recovery.
Shane is still in there.
SONYA
I said stand down.
ZERA
Major!
OMEGA UNIT
ZERA stares at the angel as though it had just buried SHANE alive.
COMMAND CENTER
Sonya is barely keeping her composure.
SONYA
This is command. Disengage and
regroup. Am I clear?
BETA applies a sealent foam cartridge the size of a van onto its seeping, bleeding leg. The sever is sealed and BETA drops the cartridge with a resounding thud. AMANDA grits her teeth in rage, shame and fear.
AMANDA
Verdamm't Scheiss!
Rougly repaired, BETA crawls across the countryside, excavating the landscape. ZERA abandons OMEGA and walks to the checkpoint. The angel sphere hovers over its shadow as though it has turned the city into its own tar pit.
INT - BATHROOM - LATER
SONYA bowls water in her hands and dumps it onto her brow and bangs. Her face is dripping wet as she looks into a mirror. She hits her fist onto the counter.
SONYA exits the bathroom of the commandeered building and steps into the field command center as a helicopter is revving to life. She signals to the pilot to spin up as the sun is bright, but low in the distant horizon of the Pacific. The helicopter hovers over the black sea that has consumed much of Morning Star whilst the orb still floats above, ominously.
AUTUMN is on her laptop and RACHEL checks off data on her ledger while making calculations. They watch SONYA board the helicopter and sally off.
AUTUMN
The relay data we are collecting from
the choppers appears to be accurate.
I have to hand it to the Major.
That must be her fifth sortie.
I thought she hated flying.
RACHEL
We've had to drive her across
country six times after she refused
to get on any plane. She had to be
sedated for one flight.
AUTUMN
Will we be able to save Shane?
RACHEL
Your guess is as good as mine. His
umbilical cable is still in there
but the circuit is broken. So the
angel must have snapped it off. The
EVA is operating on internal power
that is if it's even still
operational.
AUTUMN
I think he's alive.
RACHEL
The minimum activation energy
if he cuts everything but life
support, that gives him another
14 hours to survive. Tops.
Cut to SONYA, Terrified, yelling into a headset. She activates an oscilloscope and aims a radar dish out of the door of the helicopter. She is shaking so badly that the officer on board has to steady her hand.
RACHEL
She treats everything
involving the angels as an irrational
personal vendetta. Shanes' disappearance
will further impair her judgment. Her
dedication right now looks admirable,
but even revenge can be made a weakness.
I need you detached and professional, Autumn
Be objective. Task oriented. Kill the
angel no matter what it takes, or how it
is employed.
AUTUMN
I'll follow your lead, Doctor.
RACHEL
You'll follow my orders.
The heilicopter circles around again. SONYA is looking over the angel, crushing her skull.
SHOT – ZERA ASLEEP
AMANDA
Wake up.
ZERA wakes.
ZERA
What?
INT - LOCKER ROOM
AMANDA initially looking at ZERA, walks away. They are dressed in their plug suits await their orders. AMANDA scowls and lays on a bench, looking up at the ceiling. ZERA pulls herself up to sit.
AMANDA
He got what he deserved. He tried to
prove he was better than me and he
wasn't. That's real ego. I'm not like
him. Not like he was anything. Not to
me.
ZERA stands and walks over to look AMANDA in the face.
AMANDA
You got a problem top notch?
ZERA
Did you come here to get the praise of
others?
AMANDA
Let's find out. Say something nice
about me. Praise me like you should.
ZERA
I can't think of a single thing.
AMANDA
I wouldn't give a damn if you
could. No. I'm not looking for
your approval or anyones' approval.
Only my own. Get out of my face.
ZERA walks away spitefully. After a few steps AMANDA sits up.
AMANDA (ctd.)
I know all about it! You rejected
him! I got him. How does that feel?
Him and he had a lot of fun. You
jealous? Do you want him back?
Did you love him? Answer me!
The door down the dark hall opens and closes. AMANDA is alone and she sets her head back down. She fists her forehead.
AMANDA (ctd.)
Fucking idiot! You couldn't do
anything you fucking idiot!
SUNSET
The helicopter circles the black pit. A radio clicks on from the command center on voice over.
RAVEN (V.O)
Atrahasis, this is Raven. Come back.
Over.
ATRAHASIS (V.O.)
Raven this is Atrahasis,
Night shift is here, they're revving
up. Pull it in go home, over.
RAVEN 1 PILOT(V.O.)
Roger. Returning to pad. This is
Raven signing off. Over.
ATRAHASIS(V.O.)
Raven is returning. Sparrow, clear
for lift off, over.
RAVEN 2 PILOT (V.O.)
Roger.
The helicopter lands and SONYA steps off the runner and out to the grounds. RACHEL comes to meet her with a ledger of papers.
RACHEL
Major, this is all the information
you need. Autumn and I have
compiled your readings personally.
SONYA snatches the ledger from her hand.
SONYA
I'm assessing the situation.
RACHEL
Kiss my assessing. Shane has until
10:30 tomorrow. Please get some
kind of a plan by then.
SONYA sneers and disengages, heading into the school lounge she seats herself in a couch. Appearing determined for a moment she reads RACHELs' report, she collapses from exhaustion and falls asleep immediately.
INT – ALPHA UNIT
SHANE snaps into frame
SHANE
I'm up! Have I slept? Hello?
Just me. Oh yeah, Gonna die.
SHANE sets his head back and tries to refocus.
SHANE
Amanda let's take this helix to New York.
Zera southbound train is waiting for us
we can leave tonight. Sonya…Fuck it.
Let's get drunk.
SHANE clicks on the EVAs monitors. A creeping audio overtakes the plug. Black and white fluid streaks bend, flow and ebb on the display.
SHANE (ctd)
Hi big guy. How are you doing?
You're blocking all my radar
and telemetry, so I guess you
want me to yourself.
Do you have any food?
You know, Just before I came to the
mountains I had an amazing Lamb
yogurt dish. They served it on the
ride up. First class. Yeah.
Just for me.
How about you? Nothing to eat?
OK. How about some cards?
Wanna play pinochle?
I'll get some cards and come back
how about that? Just let me go to the
store and I'll be right back. Promise...
You're boring.
SHANE clicks off the monitor, wipes his face and checks the energy reserve timer on his wrist.
SHANE (ctd)
See if I talk to you again, asshole.
T-minus 9 hours 45 minutes to zero
reserves. Then I can finally stop
checking on it. Fuck. Oh, Fuck.
SHANE lets out a deep, long, unrelenting scream.
He shuts his eyes, sighs leans back and sings in a hoarse voice. Image fades to black slowly.
SHANE (CTD)
So Sally can wait. She knows it's
too late as we're walking on by.
My soul slides away "But don't look
back in anger" I heard you say.
BLACK
KEVIN (V.O.)
Wake up.
INT – LOUNGE
SONYA props up in the couch. KEVIN is there with a parcel of papers. A red X is distinctive on the top folder.
SONYA
Kevin! Where's Shane?
KEVIN
No recovery.
SONYA
What time is it?
KEVIN
Almost five AM.
SONYA
I need a plan.
KEVIN
Sonya, don't worry about that.
calm down.
SONYA scrambles to pick up the papers.
SONYA
What the fuck? How could I sleep?
This is fucked!
KEVIN helps her with the papers, and holds her hand. It only takes a moment but they look in each others' eyes. SONYA kisses him passionately.
KEVIN (Between kisses)
Yes. Yes. Yes, OK.
SONYA pulls away at KEVINs' gentle push.
SONYA
I need you with me on this one,
Kevin. I need it so bad.
We need a plan fast.
KEVIN
We have a plan. That's why I
came here.
SONYA
Oh, thank god.
KEVIN
You won't be thanking anyone.
Let me just assure you that I
recommended everything, anything
that would have avoided this.
SONYA gets stern.
SONYA
Wait. What's the plan, Kevin?
KEVIN hands her a folder.
EXT – SCHOOL ENTRANCE – PREDAWN – ONE TAKE
Lights illuminate the entrance to the school the image follows SONYA as she plows her way out of the double doors. The interior of the plan folder is disorganized and has been clearly thrown back together in haste. SONYA notices ZERA and AMANDA on standby in fold out chairs two of many, facing a whiteboard scribbled with calculations. The girls are facing away from this whiteboard. SONYA stops.
SONYA
Pilots, let me assure you that
we are getting Shane out of there
and when we do I will personally
chew his ass out for putting
us through this.
SONYA breaks off and storms with the same intention to RACHEL who is still buried in her ledger.
RACHEL
Glad you could join us, major.
The operation-
SONYA slaps RACHEL whose reading glasses fly off. SONYA waves KEVINs' parcel of papers.
SONYA
What the fuck is this shit?
RACHEL
Those are your orders, as
authorized by commander
Eastman.
SONYA
Not without my consultation they're
not.
RACHEL
Don't you dare come at me when
you nodded off on a ticking clock!
This is our only feasible
operation.
SONYA
You're willing to kill Shane just
To recover Unit Alpha! That's all
you care about! What's so special
about it?
RACHEL lets the question linger in air.
RACHEL
Major, you're drunk on duty. I'm
relieving you.
They stare down for a moment, then RACHEL passes SONYA to the white board. SONYA hurtles the folder into the air, papers scatter. RACHEL addresses ZERA and AMANDA.
RACHEL (ctd)
I'll be briefing you on operation
Canaan. Our target is obviously
not what it appears. The sphere
in the sky counter-refracts light
making it appear white and black.
Massive particles move freely
through it, meaning it is not
physical, it is a shadow. The
circular drop off, that thing is the Angel.
It is a hyper thin membrane. With a
width of three nanometers it
behaves as though it were a Dirac
Sea or inverted Riemannian
manifold, something a team of
professors would have to explain
to me before I could-
AMANDA
Doctor, give us the plan.
RACHEL nods.
RACHEL
That thing is larger and stranger
than I can explain, and the only
firepower we have that could dent
it are Hawking bombs. Tomorrow at
11:30 we will deploy the 10 areal
bombs at our disposal to penetrate
the target and detonate it from
within. With an AT field neutralizing
effect we may have the firepower
to interrupt the imaginary circuit of
it's interior. We will blow it outside
in.
ZERA
Shane?
RACHEL
That is the plan. Destroy the
angel at any cost.
ZERA
I'd like a plan that preserves the
pilots' life.
RACHEL
Zera, your EVA has suffered significant
damage such that you will not be able to
activate it at your current synch
ratio. I'm going to have to bench you.
Amanda, your EVA is still viable.
Your orders are to neutralize the AT
field, permitting bombing penetration.
AMANDA waits a moment.
AMANDA
And if I refuse?
RACHEL
We do have to wait until you comply.
Without the AT field lowered the
bombers will turn around and land
Mission failed.
AMANDA
Maybe I change my mind, stop the
bombs as they fall. What then?
RACHEL
If you block them with your AT-field even
the Beta unit cannot withstand ten
simultaneous detonations. We all die.
AMANDA
Not that you care. Sonya's right.
You only care about that Evangelion.
We do all this and you still don't
recover the Alpha unit? Bet that
would just ruin your day.
RACHEL
Yeah. 'Cause I'm having a fucking
great day already, aren't I? He's got
no time left, Amanda. We go through with
this or not well, He's dead either way.
Do you both understand that? Well you
know what, I don't even care. Zera,
you are relieved. Amanda, Get your
ass in the EVA. We'll be in touch.
War means casualties. Dismissed.
The pilots dismiss themselves. RACHEL rubs her cheek where SONYA struck her and pushes over the whiteboard in frustration. The long shot ends with the distant hovering sphere surrounded in spotlights.
INT – ENTRY PLUG
Shane is alone. He sees the OUTLINE of himself in the distance that suddenly, awkwardly confronts him.
SHANE
Who are you?
OUTLINE
I am you.
SHANE
What do you mean?
OUTLINE
As you live, the life in
you sees itself. I am the
you that has observed you.
In the mind of Amanda there
is a Shane. In the mind of
Zera there is a Shane. In
the mind of Sonya there is
a Shane. In the mind of
Earl Eastman there is a Shane.
Each Shane is different, yet
each Shane is true.
SHANE
Why is the world like this?
OUTLINE
You are afraid of the image of
yourself which others have made.
Pain is instructive, and the
pain you inflict on others instructs
them of your nature.
Try all you want, they will never
understand. The images of you that
they make they will never be perfect.
Not even your brokenness can be
understood. No one will ever
know your true heart. You run from
them thinking what? Does it stop?
This mindless world that put you in it
for no reason and will go on without you
like you were never born? Does it
stop for anyone? You think you can
make it stop? Your cowardice has only
served to solidify to them those parts of
you which you most wish to hide. An
instructive pain? The agony and calamity
that you bring to yourself in running
away is far worse than the fear which
drives your flight. Yet still you run!
SHANE
There is no other way to live.
OUTLINE
Everything you do to protect yourself
are those same things which expose
you. You have put your greatest
vulnerability into the hands of strangers.
Just because you refused to deal with them.
Terrifying.
SHANE
Who can I trust?
The outline is silent.
SHANE (CTD)
Who can't I trust?
OUTLINE
Father who turned his back on
you.
SHANE
No! This was all his idea. It
was working. I'm the one who
keeps falling short.
AMANDA appears.
AMANDA
You want to be a victim your whole
life? When will you realize that
if you are at war with yourself
no one will ever be able to save
you. You're gonna have to get
over this.
ZERA appears.
ZERA
When the time comes to face the
closing of the heavenly curtain no
one will stand with you. You are
alone. I can accept this fate. You
know I can.
SONYA appears.
SONYA
If you worry about what everyone
thinks, you'll never be genuine.
How can you get on in this world
if no one knows what you are?
SHANE
So I can stop worrying what
people think about me if
I worry about what people
think about me and I have to
be genuine to everybody so
I that I don't have to care
what they think! Shut up!
The shadow of EARL appears.
EARL
I have a need for you.
SHANE
OK.
EARL
Leave!
SHANE
OK.
SHANE closes himself off.
SHANE
Stop. Stop. I can't deal with
this right now.
OUTLINE
This is why you fail. This is why
others see you as weak. No one
knows you, and you refuse to admit
to yourself that which you are.
SHANE
I'm not a bad person. I'm doing
all that I can.
OUTLINE
And now you are dying.
SHANE recomposes himself.
SHANE
I know, right? What a rush. What
an absolute thrill to face the end.
OUTLINE
And you will leave those you know
with the memories of what you were.
SHANE
No.
OUTLINE
A weak.
SHANE
No.
OUTLINE
Cowardly.
SHANE
No.
OUTLINE
Dismal.
SHANE
No.
OUTLINE
Dead failure.
SHANE
Stop it! Stop it! Shut up!
OUTLINE
The only hope you have is to be
forgotten.
SHANE
I didn't want this. I didn't ask
for this.
OUTLINE
Nothing asks to be born. Dignity
is accepting and making real your
birth. We are born by accident.
We are reborn of our own will,
desires and intentions. Without
these you will always be a victim
of the tragedy of your birth.
SHANE
Leave me alone! Leave me alone!
Leave me alone!
SHANE comes to long enough to see the LCL in his plug is filled with floaters.
SHANE (CTD)
It's breaking down! The purification
system has shut off. I'm breathing
my own filth!
SHANE reaches for the escape hatch and pounds on the door.
SHANE (CTD)
I hate this place! It's clouded
and miserable and alone. It smells
like blood. Let me out! Sonya,
Zera, Linda, Tommy, Amanda, father, please
You have to get me out of here. It
can't end like this! Get me out.
SHANE is at the point of weeping
SHANE (CTD)
Someone help me!
INT – 10:45 AM COMMAND TRUCK
AUTUMN and RACHEL monitor the conditions on the ground.
AUTUMN
Regarding the Alpha unit…
By now every backup life
support system would have
given out. Suffocation will-
RACHEL
Get the birds in the air as
soon as possible. If there's
a chance to save him, we'll
make it happen.
INT – PLUG
SHANE is hallucinating.
SHANE
Hello. God, you are so beautiful
I am so fucking lucky. Come and
get it. I'm all yours. You want to
be with me now?
NUDE, SONYA appears alongside of him and caresses him.
SONYA
Shane, I wouldn't hide anything
from you. You know that. You
can make the world your own with me.
We must become one. One mind and
body. One body and soul. We
have nothing to fear if we are
together.
SHANE turns and as SONYA vanishes, AMANDA, Nude, appears.
AMANDA
Shane, you idiot. You ran from
me when you could become one with
me. I've laughed at your fears
and I've smirked at your triumphs.
But deep down you know I want to
become one with you. Well, You can
become one with me. One mind and
body. One body and soul. You ought to
be happy to be so lucky to you have me
around.
SHANE closes his eyes and when he opens them, ZERA, nude has appeared to him.
ZERA
Eastman. I know you have strength
others do not see. You have resolve
that no one else knows. You should
never be ashamed. You should never
be deterred. That is the essence of
you. Become one with me. One mind
and body. One body and soul. Accept
me as you can accept yourself.
SHANE closes his eyes. When he opens them, SONYA, AMANDA, ZERA all nude are surrounding him.
SONYA, AMANDA, ZERA
Now release yourself and become one.
SHANE
Oh, yeah. Now I feel it.
Now. Yeah.
The frame zooms in on SHANE, who bunches over for warmth.
SHANE
I can't take it here. I don't care
anymore.
A warning light flashes on the back hand of SHANEs' suit.
SHANE
I saw a girl get hit by a car.
She was dead. The woman that hit
her was screaming. She didn't
mean to. It was merciless.
I couldn't do anything.
Even lies expose the truth. The
truth of what we really are. The
Truth we can never look away from
because we all see what we really
are. At least we can lie to ourselves.
I'm just so tired of everything.
SOUNDTRACK: CHILDS (YUI) - INTRO
SHANE passes away as The world around him fades to black, then to blue. SHANE drifts upward against the fess. a slow winding pan reveals that SHANE is lifting up off the earth, with the horizon coming into view. Stars. From within the field of stars, one blue star becomes slowly, subtly more brilliant. Another pan, this time replaces the horizon with the surface of SHANEs' eye. The image slowly enters the iris, and looks again at the gaining brilliance of the blue star. SHANE stares at the star longer. SHANEs' nude body ascends and slowly SHANEs' body lingers towards it.
SHANE
Mother?
SHANEs' mother appears as the song drifts and when the song peaks SHANEs' mother, NADINE, embraces him.
NADINE
Is there anything you want?
(SHANE mouths words unheard)
OK. I believe in – I believe you.
From the stars, the image pans back to earth and dives down to a squadron of five bombers, flying towards Morning Star. This is the DOVE squadron. Their bomb bay doors open, and each drops two hawking bombs in quick succession.
SOUNDRACK: CHILDS (YUI) – YUI
DOVE (V.O.)
This is Dove squadron.
Payload is away.
INT – COMMAND TRUCK - DAY
RACHEL
Impact in ninety seconds!
Amanda?
AMANDA (V.O.)
AT field still neutralized.
It's a go.
RACHEL watches the displayed falling ballistics. The Truck is suddenly rocked.
EXT – THE ANGEL
The angel rumbles, its surface, rumbling, then made into standing waves. The vibration shakes the foundations of the mountains.
INT – COMMAND TRUCK
RACHEL
What is going on out there?
SONYA bursts in the door of the truck.
SONYA
Could that be Shane?
RACHEL
No way. Alpha unit is
at zero by now.
SONYA bolts back out.
EXT
The rumbling increases, and the surface of the angel is torn like a sheet. The Alpha units' arm punches out of the darkness, drenched in blood. The mighty arm plunges again, and the angels' body is ripped into pieces, with the Alpha unit emerging only to dive into bloody gore and viscera once more. The sheets of blood pour off the bulging sides of the Angels' perimeter, washing up near the feet of the Beta unit.
INT – BETA PLUG
AMANDA is locked in shock and amazement, when the sheet of the Angel is ripped open, and from within AMANDA can make out the glowing eye of Alpha unit.
AMANDA
Shane? Oh my god. What are these things?
The Alpha unit vanishes back into the angel, and shreds a path within and upon the angel until The central floating sphere goes black and explodes in blood. Alpha Evangelion, wings spread floats, blood soaked above the street.
SONYA stares, dumbstruck from the side.
INT - TRUCK
RACHEL
Impossible.
VANCE
The Angel is dead. The
AT field collapsed.
RACHEL
What? Oh, my god.
The bombs!
Digital display of the incoming warheads.
AUTUMN
Impact in fifteen seconds.
JEFF
Hit the deck!
The bridge crew ducks for cover as RACHEL still stands in disbelief.
EXT
SONYA watches as the ALPHA unit raises its' right hand and it projects an enormous AT field that covers the sky.
The Hawking bombs detonate. The sky becomes brilliant white and shadows cut the landscape, as Alpha unit holds up the sky in safety. RACHEL and the crew leave the truck. They join SONYA even ZERA approaches and they are filled with awe.
The blasts fade and the Alpha unit descends to its feet and walks out of the bleeding viscera of the angel and onto the street. Upon reaching the street the EVA ejects its own entry plug, Takes it and sets it down before Kneeling.
BLACK
INT – ALPHA UNIT PLUG.
The door of the plug pops open and LCL dumps out. SHANE weakly looks up and sees SONYA pulling him out of the seat.
SONYA
Shane! Shane! Talk to me!
Say something!
WAKE UP!
SHANE
At least not today.
SONYA collapses weeping onto SHANE, weeping. AMANDA in the background acts nonplussed.
AMANDA
So this is chewing him out, huh?
OVERHEAD SHOT – MORNING STAR
A bloody pool surrounded by the remains of the city, With Alpha unit kneeling at the edge.
INT – THE COMMANDERS' OFFICE – DAY
EARL sits at his desk, and WINTERS enters.
WINTERS
Alpha unit has been recovered.
Your son is alive.
EARL
I see.
WINTERS
Will that be all then?
EARL
I've requested That Dr. Archbold move forward
with the override.
WINTERS
The I-5 installation?
The council is not going to
take this development lightly.
EARL
They won't know. They're
already preoccupied with the
activation of the Delta unit.
WINTERS
The delta Eva is complete?
I thought you said it was delayed.
EARL
So it was, but the unit is now
ready for launch. Activation
is tomorrow at Topeka, Kansas.
WINTERS
The Delta unit With the S2 engine
on board? That single EVA could
destroy everything.
EARL
All the more reason to stack
our own deck.
WINTERS
You're making the override now.
Even as we speak.
EARL does not reply.
INT – CENTRAL DOGMA – SURGICAL ROOM
A black latex film is pressed flat onto a human form. Air is evacuated from under the film, and the latex takes the shape of the young woman underneath. RACHEL watches with cold discontent. The latex molded form is robotically immersed in LCL.
ROBOT VOICE
Supplement has been prepped.
RACHEL
Proceed to phase four.
A robotic arm decends and inserts needles into the spine and skull of the female form.
ROBOT VOICE
Nervous connections are
being established.
RACHEL
Phase five.
ROBOT VOICE
Extracting CNS.
From the arm a pair of circular saws emerge and align to the base of the neck of the figure. The saws pause, threateningly as they spuin up before they quickly plunge inward but on impact, just as blood begins to spray the image drops.
BLACK.
INT – HOSPITAL – DAY
SHANE awakes in his hospital bed and sits up, seeing ZERA who reads a book and sits at his side.
SHANE
Stanley?
ZERA stands.
ZERA
You rest. We can handle duty
today.
SHANE
I'm feeling a lot better. This
won't stop me.
ZERA
OK. I believe in – I believe you.
SHANE recalls hearing that before. ZERA walks to the couch and kicks it. AMANDA springs up.
ZERA
Wake up.
AMANDA
You're alive?
SHANE
Yeah.
AMANDA
Fuck you! Don't do anything
like this to me again. God,
What a hassle!
AMANDA leaves the hospital room and ZERA follows. SHANE chuckles to himself and lays back. SHANE smells his hand.
SHANE
Smells like blood.
EXT - TOPEKA KANSAS – DAWN
The city is seen from a distance when from out of the side a giant Explosion breaks the twilight scene. A bright light is sustained, like a blazing fire. A shockwave shatters the city while a black and red portal opens the sky.
The city is destroyed.
Out of the rubble a DOOMED SOLDIER makes it to a ruined station with a relay phone.
DOOMED SOLDIER
The contact experiment was a
failure. Containment loss or
feedback cascade, maybe a thousand
other things. No way to know for
sure. Delta unit and base, personnel
all lost. We need Evac. Pronto.
Hello? Is anyone there?
Salty can you hear me? Salty
do you read?
There is a rumble outside.
SOUNDTRACK – ALICE IN CHAINS – WE DIE YOUNG
The DOOMED SOLDIER steps outside to see the flaming bright light explode as a cross flare that burns a bloody red.
DOOMED SOLDIER
Oh my god!
A wave of energy that dissolves the earth, and everything and sucks it into the portal in the sky expands outward.
DOOMED SOLDIER
My god no!
The DOOMED SOLDIER is absorbed into the sky and the entire place is obliterated.
CREDITS
CREDITS SONG NUMBER 2 – WILLIE NESLON – FLY ME TO THE MOON
STINGER
EXT - AIR BASE
The Gamma unit, a gigantic black EVA is mounted on a cross and is carted out to a giant aircraft techs run around speaking in German. It's eyes glow a menacing red.