Raised by Wolves 1x01 - Pilot

RAISED BY WOLVES
pilot
Written by
Aaron Guzikowski
EXT. ROCKY PLAIN - NIGHT
A harsh wind howls over a rocky expanse -- angle slowly

widens to reveal the grey surface is pockmarked with
perfectly circular holes...all identical -- around twenty-
five yards across.
Super -- KEPLER-22b. Distance from Earth: 600 light-years --

over three small moons hanging in the black sky. A pin prick
of light starts to shimmer in the center of the triangle --
getting brighter, closer --
Suddenly a great booming sound reverberates over the

landscape as something comes barreling down through the
atmosphere, rapidly getting closer, then --
It passes overhead -- slams into the ground and starts

sliding away across the rocky surface...
Moving down the blackened, smoke filled trench the crashed

object left in its wake...blinking lights up ahead...it’s a
SPACE CRAFT -- Earth built, but the tech looks to be at least *
a century beyond what we have now. It’s about the size of a
compact automobile -- no windows -- maybe an unmanned
satellite. A SQUEALING SOUND starts emanating from inside --
Angle widens to reveal the craft is teetering on the edge of

one of those round holes -- looks like it could tip over the
edge at any moment...
Angle widens some more, affording a view over the edge of the
hole -- looks bottomless -- CREAK -- the doomed craft tips a
few more degrees -- sparks flying, scorched flaps and rudders
waving around uselessly. A LOUD BEEPING starts, then --
The craft starts to flower open, smoke leaking out -- CREAK --

it tips a few degrees further as --
A figure rises from the interior -- A YOUNG WOMAN wearing a

light space suit, a cloth flight mask covering her face --
The woman’s eyes are oddly calm as she takes in the

bottomless hole looming beneath the craft -- the craft’s
damaged thrusters belching fire -- flames whirl-pooling
around the inside of the hole --
INT. SMALL SPACE CRAFT - CONTINUOUS
The woman’s POV as she ducks down inside the claustrophobic,

smoke-filled space, sees a YOUNG MAN wearing an identical
flight suit and mask. He’s struggling to dislodge a steel
crate the size of a steamer trunk from the interior --
2.
The woman rushes to assist the man -- the two of them

muscling the steel crate, working to undo a series of heavy
clamps -- the ship CREAKING, tipping --
The woman comes to a metal clamp that’s been melted shut --

she twists it, CRACKS the metal with inhuman strength --
Angle widens to reveal there are no seats, windows nor any

stasis pods inside the craft; the interior looks more like a
cargo space than a cockpit.
The man and the woman start to lift the heavy container when
CREAK -- the ship lurches suddenly, they fall back and --
CLANG -- drop the container --
They exchange something with their eyes, then scramble to

their feet and lift the crate back up --
EXT. SMALL SPACE CRAFT/HOLE - CONTINUOUS
CREAK, the craft tips a few more degrees as the woman climbs
out of the top hatch, then reaches down inside -- grabs one
of the crate handles -- pulling it up and out while the man
pushes it up from below --
They get the crate out via the top hatch, standing on the top
of the craft with it when CREAK, the craft tips some more --
they struggle to keep their balance as --
They move the crate to the side of the craft facing solid
ground -- the redistributed weight stops it from tipping...
The woman nods to the man -- he nods back -- hops down to the
ground while she keeps hold of the crate. He looks up at her
-- nods, ready --
The woman starts to slide the metal crate down to the man --
the craft starts tipping again --
The man grabs hold of the crate handle when -- CREAK, CRACK --
THE CRAFT SUDDENLY DROPS OUT FROM UNDER THE WOMAN. The man
gets yanked down to his knees -- his arms snap straight, his
hands still gripping the crate handle --
Angle widens to reveal the woman hanging there, holding on to

the opposite handle -- her legs dangling over the seemingly
bottomless hole --
The man then starts to pull the crate up and the woman with
it, displaying incredible strength --
Blue Rev. (mm/dd/yy) 3.
Back to the woman, hanging from the crate handle as he lifts

her up -- she looks back over her shoulder -- watching the
ship smashing into the walls of the hole below her --
strobing the shaft’s interior with light --
The man pulls the crate and the woman up and out. They
remove their flight masks...both are in their early thirties
-- an odd sort of intensity in their eyes that’s both
attractive and unnerving...
They peer down over the edge of the hole -- see the craft has
gotten caught up on an outcropping about a hundred feet down
-- it’s stuck, hanging there, smoke billowing up...
MAN
Retrievable?
The woman considers... *
MAN (CONT’D) *
Without the com system we’ll have
no way of detecting the arrival of *
the Mithraic’s ark. *
WOMAN
It’ll be at least a decade before *
they arrive here -- *
The woman kneels beside the steel crate -- *
WOMAN (CONT’D) *
We can’t afford to take unnecessary *
risks; we’re about to become *
parents, Father. *
She touches her hand to the surface of the steel crate -- two *
dozen lights start pulsing... *
FATHER *
Yes -- you’re right, Mother. *
Mother watches the lights pulse for a moment, then -- *
MOTHER
All the embryos are intact...
Father nods...something occurs to him, then:
FATHER
What about you?
MOTHER
What?
4.
FATHER
Are you hurt? Did you sustain any
damage during the landing.
She looks at him, a little thrown by what she sees as a

totally irrelevant question...
MOTHER
Minor mechanical issues. Why do
you ask?
FATHER
My programming is telling me that
it’s a priority for me, Mother.
Your well being.
Mother takes that in.
MOTHER
And yours will be mine, Father.
After a moment the two of them smile at each other.
MOTHER (CONT’D)
I feel optimistic.
FATHER
Yes.
They start peering around at the rocky plain -- those round

holes are everywhere...
FATHER (CONT’D)
(re: the holes)
They’re not craters...
MOTHER
Maybe sink holes of some kind.
This area could be unstable...
They look around...see a hilly, forested region looming a few

miles away. They look at each other, an unspoken agreement
is made, then --
They each grab a crate handle, lift it up and start walking --

while we remain...
We move over the hole’s black abyss -- see the craft’s lights
flashing a hundred feet below...
5.
EXT. ALIEN FOREST - NIGHT
Mother and Father walk through the forest carrying the crate
-- past strange trees, three moons worth of eerie moonlight --
They emerge into a large clearing where a waist high leafy

plant grows -- reminiscent of a potato plant...
They walk out among the plants -- the plants grow in a spiral
pattern reminiscent of the crop circles on Earth...
Mother and Father set the steel crate down amidst the plants.
Father squats down and inspects one -- feeling the leaves
with his hands -- then he pulls it up -- an ugly looking yam-
like vegetable comes out of the soil...
MOTHER
Looks like a tuber.
Father bites it, chews it -- bites something hard -- spits

out a hard pit --
FATHER
With fruit characteristics -- seed-
bearing. High caloric value. No
evidence of toxicity to humans.
Father spits out the chewed tuber-thing --
FATHER (CONT’D)
(re: the tuber-thing)
What should we call them?
MOTHER
The children should name them.
Father nods in agreement. The two of them look around at the

wide expanse of plants...
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Ready made crops. What’s the
expression -- too good to be
true...
Father considers that for a moment, then:
FATHER
We’ve been walking for eight point
five hours, Mother -- my power
cells are getting low. Perhaps a
more appropriate expression for
this situation would be don’t look
a gift horse in the mouth.
6.
She looks at him...he smiles...
MOTHER
Father, though we have only just
met -- I have a feeling you are
going to make for an amusing
companion.
Father stares at her for a moment, then:
FATHER
Yes, I seem to enjoy being amusing.
MOTHER
And I -- it seems -- enjoy being
amused. Our creator was kind to
think of these things.
FATHER
Yes. So -- too good to be true?
Should we keep moving?
MOTHER
No, we can begin.
Mother touches her hand to the top of the crate -- it hums --

starts vibrating, bright lights emit as --
The top and the sides of the steel crate slowly open up --
interior mechanisms unfolding as it transform into some kind
of MOBILE LABORATORY...
Mother touches one of several tiny control screens --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Initiating trimester one --
Father begins pulling something from a compartment in the

mobile lab...six cables that merge into one main --
Mother lifts the shirt of her flight suit -- revealing a

metallic port hole where her belly button should be...
Father plugs the main line into the port on her stomach --
Mother is now hooked up to the mobile lab --
FATHER
Main umbilical locked --
Father then starts pulling translucent sacks from a

compartment in the mobile lab -- Mother begins attaching the
sacks to the six sub-cables --
CUT TO:
7.
EXT. GENERATION-1 SETTLEMENT - DAY
SUPER -- Nine months later -- over the NURSERY -- a simple

rectangular structure made of wood that’s been constructed
near the spiral vegetable field...
INT. NURSERY - GEN-SETTLEMENT - DAY
Mother lies on a wooden cot looking drained -- angle widens

to reveal she’s still connected to the mobile lab via the
main umbilical, controlling the lab’s flow of nutrients with
her mind -- the nutrients are carried from the lab via a
pulsing cable that splits off into six sub-cables, each
connected to:
Six semi-translucent beach ball-looking things filled with

amniotic fluid -- artificial wombs -- a real nine month old
human fetus floats inside of each one...
Mother closes her eyes, directing the lab to increase the

flow of nutrients to the fetuses; the time has almost come...
FATHER
Are you ready, Mother?
She doesn’t answer, eyes still closed --
FATHER (CONT’D)
Would you like to hear a joke to
help relax you? How many androids
does it take to --
She holds her hand up for him to shut up -- then breathes

out, opens her eyes, looks at him...
Father picks up a wooden knife -- moves up one of the wombs

with it --
He punctures the womb -- liquid leaks out while Father uses

his hands to tear away the walls, revealing the newborn baby
inside -- the baby’s umbilical chord is connected to a port
on the inside of the artificial womb, where it channels the
sustenance it receives from the mobile lab --
Father pats the baby’s back -- Mother watching on with a

fevered intensity in her eyes...until the baby starts to cry
-- and something like relief floods her expression.
Father uses the wood knife to cut the baby’s umbilical chord,
ties off the belly button -- then wraps the crying baby in a
blanket and moves on to the next --
8.
Mother concentrates as Father works -- controlling the mobile

lab with her mind via the main umbilical -- she’s getting
paler, giving her children all she has to give...
DISSOLVE TO:
FIVE CRYING BABIES
On the floor, wrapped in blankets -- Mother watching on as

Father punctures the sixth and final womb. But this time as
Father pulls out the newborn, there’s no sound of crying...
Father sees there’s something covering the baby’s face -- a

thing membrane of skin -- a caul...
Mother watches on as Father removes the caul from the baby’s

face -- Father then looks down at the still, silent form
lying limp in his arms...
FATHER
He’s not breathing...
Mother reaches her hands out --
MOTHER
Give him to me --
FATHER
Our programming dictates that we
break him down -- feed him to the
others.
MOTHER
Let me hold him first --
Mother keeps reaching her arms out, imploring him with her
eyes. After a moment Father hands her the still baby...
FATHER
We need to do it soon -- before its
cells start to --
MOTHER
I know --
Mother grabs up one of the six sub-cables snaking from the

mobile lab --
FATHER
You’re just wasting formula --
Undeterred, Mother holds the end of the cable to the baby’s

cold lips --
9.
Mother closes her eyes, commands a change in the mobile lab’s

inner workings -- causing a potent form of baby formula to
start dribbling from the end of the cable --
Mother holds the tube to the baby’s mouth -- the formula

dribbling down its chin -- Mother catching it, pushing it up
to his unresponsive lips.
A quiet desperation pulses in Mother’s eyes as she rubs the

baby’s back. Father watches on, looking increasingly
confused over why Mother is doing this --
FATHER (CONT’D)
You need to save your energy for
the others --
Mother ignores Father, starts singing to the baby -- her

voice impossibly beautiful -- outfitted with a vocal range
superior to Earth’s greatest opera singers --
The other children’s crying goes quiet as the song soothes

them. Even Father looks momentarily entranced by the beauty
of Mother’s voice --
But the baby in Mother’s arms doesn’t react. After a moment

Mother stops singing -- commands the mobile lab to stop the
supply of milk -- takes the tube from the child’s mouth...
Father goes to take the baby from Mother -- when suddenly

Mother reacts to something and pulls it back --
MOTHER
Wait --
Father backs off as Mother starts rocking the baby gently --
The baby’s eyes finally open -- staring up into Mother’s eyes

-- Mother smiles down at the baby as her irises start cycling
colors in this pleasing, hypnotic way --
The baby coos at the sight of the colors -- love swelling in

Mother’s expression as she rocks the child --
Father smiles...
FATHER
Our programming dictates that the
youngest member of gen-1 should be
named after our creator...
MOTHER
Campion. A strong name... He
seems deserving of it...
10.
Father begins tending to the other babies -- taking the

umbilical cables that were attached to their womb sacks --
feeding them into the baby’s mouths for suckling...
CUT TO:
A SERIES OF SHOTS AS THE YEARS PASS:
A) Three boys and three girls, NOW FOUR YEARS OLD, dressed in
handmade clothes, play on a half buried, fossilized, fifty
foot long SERPENT SKELETON. We recognize Campion by the
light scarring his face still bears from the caul. Mother
and Father watch on, smiling, also wearing handmade clothes.
B) Mother and Father work to harvest the spiral fields with

their six four year olds, pulling those tubor-things out of
the ground -- called CARBOS -- filling wooden carts with them
-- Mother sings while they work... The kids look happy.
C) The sun sets on the field as Mother and Father watch the
six four year olds play -- a boy named GABIN pretends to be a
serpent, hissing as he chases Campion and the others around
the spiral field as they run from him laughing --
D) Mother and Father, who still look the same as when we met
them, build a silo foundation with the six children who are
NOW EIGHT YEARS OLD. A big heavy rock tumbles onto Father’s
arm -- he pulls his arm free, shearing off a large swath of
skin in the process, inky black blood flowing --
E) Mother wraps Father’s arm up, the children curiously

eyeing the exposed plastic and wire under his skin...
F) A doll made of sticks with a carbo pit for a head lies

beside the edge of one of the holes -- Mother rushes up,
picks up the doll -- staring down into the hole, horror in
her eyes...
G) Mother, muted grief in her expression as she teaches Earth

history to Campion and four other grief stricken children,
all seated cross legged on the ground in front of her, a
conspicuous space left where the deceased girl once sat...
H) Father, Mother and the five eight year olds huddle

together for warmth during a freezing cold night, the walls
of the wooden barracks shake from the force of the wind.
Campion notices one of the other boys as well as one of the
two remaining girls are looking very sick, coughing, pale...
I) Looking down on the spiral fields as Campion and a girl

named SPIRIA run laughing from Gabin, playing the old game,
but now with three less participants, Gabin hissing out the
words --
11.
GABIN
The serpents are coming to life --
the serpents are coming to eat you!
DISSOLVE TO:
EXT. CARBO FIELDS - GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - DAY
CAMPION, now 12 -- kneeling in the dirt, his handmade

clothing tattered and worn. He has a scrappiness to him,
soulful eyes -- think River Phoenix in Stand By Me. He digs
his hand down into the loose soil -- pushing it down...
He pulls a carbo out of the ground -- only this one looks

bad, petrified -- Campion tosses it into a wooden cart full
of similarly shitty looking carbos --
He digs his hand into the dirt again -- pushing it down deep
this time -- feeling around -- pulls out a nice big one --
smiles, carefully places it in the cart --
Campion starts pushing the cart -- one of the wheels is

wobbling, squeaking as he goes. He’s sweating; it’s hot
during the day here and below freezing at night. He glances
over at the nursery as he passes it --
Through its open doorway he sees Father sitting in the semi-

darkness -- stripping plant fibers with a wooden knife.
Campion sets aside the good carbo, then transfers the others
from the cart; tossing them into a ten foot tall CARBO SILO --
He then sets the good carbo on a wooden table, quickly peels

the skin off with a wooden knife, then he chops it, pulls out
the pit -- looks like a jagged black golf ball -- tosses it
on to a pile of discarded pits --
Father emerges from the nursery, and though his visage hasn’t
aged, his body shows signs of heavy use -- his right arm
still wrapped up like a mummy from that accident he had years
ago -- lots of old nicks on his face --
He watches on as Campion cuts up the carbo, then arranges the

pieces lovingly on a wooden plate. Then Campion bows his
head, murmuring something inaudible under his breath -- looks
to be blessing the food when --
FATHER (O.S.)
Campion.
Campion turns -- didn’t notice Father standing there -- looks

a little caught...
12.
FATHER (CONT’D)
Don’t let Mother catch you doing
that.
Campion gives Father a nod, then heads inside the children’s

barracks with the food --
INT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - CONTINUOUS
Campion enters, sees Spiria, also now 12, sitting up in a

wooden cot talking to Mother. Spiria is pale, circles under
her eyes -- looks very ill --
Campion crosses the space to them, past four disused wooden

cots leaning against the wall -- Gabin now deceased; Campion
and Spiria are the only two left.
As he gets closer Campion hears Mother talking to Spiria, but

Mother is digitally altering her voice so it sounds identical
to Gabin’s:
MOTHER
(in Gabin’s voice)
The serpents are coming to eat you,
Spiria!
SPIRIA
You’re so silly, Gabin --
MOTHER
No, you are --
Spiria giggles -- sees Campion walking up on them --
CAMPION
I picked you a nice carbo, Spiria.
It’s a good one -- it was way down
deep.
Mother turns -- other than a few nicks on her skin, she looks
as beautiful as she did twelve years ago. Both her and
Spiria smile at Campion as he offers the plate. As if they
both know he’s something special and this is just further
proof of it --
SPIRIA
You always pick the best ones,
Campion...
Mother watches as Spiria takes a few bites and then stops --

too sick to eat...
SPIRIA (CONT’D)
Do you remember that silly sound
Gabin used to make --
CAMPION
You mean this one --
Campion makes a strange hissing sound, imitating Gabin --

then Spiria does it -- they both crack up laughing --
MOTHER
No, you’re doing it wrong -- it’s
like this --
Mother -- in Gabin’s voice -- makes a comical, lisping

hissing sound to Campion and Spiria’s delight. They all
laugh -- Mother’s voice reverts back to normal mid-laugh --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Alright you two -- it’s time for
education.
Spiria and Campion make faces --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Would you rather Father teaches
today? With his added jokes I
estimate it will take three times
as long. Campion, it’s your turn *
to choose a topic -- *
CAMPION *
I want to hear more about the war *
on Earth. *
SPIRIA
It’s all he ever talks about -- I
keep telling him we’re pacifists.
CAMPION
I don’t want to fight a war, I just
like the stories.
MOTHER
It is normal for a male your age.
Why don’t you start by telling us *
how the Mithraic turned the tide of *
the war. *
CAMPION *
By discovering dark photons, the *
fifth fundamental force of nature -- *
the harnessing of which can be used *
to disrupt and destroy the human *
limbic system. *
MOTHER *
Good. And, Spiria, what was the *
name of the barbaric weapon the *
Mithraic used this technology to *
create? *
SPIRIA *
They called it the necromancer. It *
allowed them to win the war, but *
at the price of rendering the earth *
uninhabitable. Only the Mithraic *
had the means to build an ark with *
which to escape. They are now *
headed here, which is thought to be *
the only reachable planet where *
humans can survive without the aid *
of technology and infrastructure. *
MOTHER *
Very good, Spiria. But despite *
their advancements the Mithraic *
remain stunted by the tenets of *
their religion. For instance, they *
believe that allowing androids to *
raise human children is a sin. *
Which forced them to send an ark *
outfitted with stasis pods, rather *
than a lighter, faster craft, such *
as the one the atheists so wisely *
used to send us. *
She glares at Campion -- *
MOTHER (CONT’D) *
Belief in the unreal can comfort *
the human mind, but it also weakens *
it. The civilization you’re *
seeding here will be built on *
humanity’s belief in itself, not an *
imagined deity. And should the *
Mithraic’s ark ever make it here, *
you will not listen to their words; *
you instead will remember the *
illogic of their actions. You are *
atheists, peaceful, technocratic -- *
it is the only path to progress. *
CAMPION *
They’re going to claim the tropical *
zone if we don’t hurry up and make *
the journey ourselves. *
MOTHER *
Their ark only carries a hundred or *
so people, they can’t claim much *
more than a few square miles. And *
the electromagnetic field near the *
equator prevents them from landing *
there just as it prevented Father *
and I. It will be a long arduous *
migration on foot for whomever *
attempts it -- but it matters *
little who makes the journey first. *
There’s plenty of space for all. *
Campion takes that in, seems to understand, but he still *

looks worried as Mother moves on with the lesson -- *
MOTHER (CONT’D) *
Now, Spiria, can you please list *
the ways in which the number five *
relates to all manifestations of *
life -- *
CUT TO: *
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - NIGHT
The triangle of moons looms overhead. Cold rushing wind --

fluted wooden chimes hang from the children’s barracks,
whistling -- angle widens to reveal...
The wooden cart, turned over -- Father working to repair the

wobbly wheel in the darkness. He spins it, watching it --
shakes his head, it’s still wobbling --
He’s about to start making another adjustment, when he

glances up at the three moons and notices something...
Father stands up, sees what looks like a fourth moon -- but
it’s moving -- looks like a large ship orbiting the planet...
Father’s eyes go wide, transfixed by the sight of it...

16.
INT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - MOMENTS LATER
Father enters to see Campion sleeping in his NIGHT GEAR: a

full body suit Mother and Father recently developed to
protect their remaining children from the region’s brutally
cold nights -- complete with a soft helmet-type thing, its
amber colored visor shield made from a hard translucent leaf.
Angle widens to reveal Mother (Mother and Father don’t have

to wear night gear) sitting beside a sleeping Spiria who’s
also wearing night gear...
Father looks like he’s about to tell her what he saw when --
MOTHER
Father. Her heart is slowing --
CUT TO:
CAMPION’S POV
Through the visor shield as he wakes up, hears a muffled

commotion -- sees Mother and Father across the way standing
over Spiria, stripping off her night gear -- Mother urgently
trying to resuscitate her --
Campion starts to get up --
CAMPION
What’s going on?
They don’t answer, Campion pulls off his helmet --
CAMPION (CONT’D)
What’s wrong?! What’s happening?
Mother starts cradling Spiria in her arms -- Father watching

on, stone faced --
Campion walks up on them -- Mother is doing mouth to mouth on

Spiria -- but Spiria isn’t responding...
Mother stares down at Spiria -- desperation in her eyes --

then after a moment she starts singing to her, the same song
she sang to bring Campion back...
Meanwhile Campion starts praying desperately under his breath

-- Father looks over at him, contemplating the boy’s
compulsion to pray as Mother sings to Spiria’s still
motionless form...
CUT TO:
17.
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - MORNING
The alien sun rises over the horizon -- we float down on the
settlement, the children’s barracks -- Campion walking out
the door, looking dazed...
Father is about to follow Campion outside when he stops at

the door, turns and looks back at Mother...
He can’t see her face, her hair hanging down -- she’s still
cradling Spiria’s body -- still singing, only now it’s just a
strange melodic whisper...
FATHER
Mother, last night before I came
in, I...
She goes quiet, looks up at him...
MOTHER
What, Father?
He considers for a moment, then, instead of telling her:
FATHER
Nothing -- it’s not important.
But we can tell from his expression that it is. She looks
back down at Spiria, starts singing in that whisper again --
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT
Father walks out to see Campion looking washed out with

grief, pulling a wooden spade from a tool bin. Father walks
over to him -- Campion hands Father the spade...
EXT. SPIRAL FIELD - DAY
Campion follows after Father as he cuts through the spiral

rows, making their way to the outskirts, revealing...
Four large stone markers -- too heavy for humans to have

carried; Mother and Father brought them from the rocky plain.
We notice the fourth and most recent grave marker is etched
with a familiar name -- GABIN. Father starts digging a fifth
grave right beside it while Campion watches on...
18.
CAMPION
You don’t have to take care of me
anymore you know.
Father doesn’t answer, keeps digging -- then after a moment:
FATHER
What do you mean by that?
CAMPION
I’m useless now -- I can’t have
babies. The other embryos aren’t
viable. The colony --
FATHER
We will continue to take care of
you -- until we break down.
CAMPION
But I’m telling you that you don’t
have to, Father. I’m setting you
free.
FATHER
It doesn’t work like that --
BUMP -- the wooden shovel hits something buried in the dirt.

Father cocks his head, squats down -- starts clearing dirt
away with his hands --
CAMPION
What is it?
Father’s hands find something smooth and black -- the top of

a very large, buried object...
FATHER
It’s just a skull.
Father looks up at Campion, sees him looking afraid...
FATHER (CONT’D)
Bones can’t hurt you. You used to
like climbing on them, remember?
Campion shrugs...
FATHER (CONT’D)
We’ve been here twelve years and
all that time we’ve never seen one
on the surface. They’re down in
their holes -- and they’re not
coming out again.
19.
We see Father from above as he starts trying to find the

edges of the skull --
CUT TO:
EXT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - LATER
The open barracks door, the sound of a strange mournful song

coming from inside, footsteps, then --
Mother emerges with Spiria in her arms, singing the wordless

dirge as she carries her body across the carbo fields...
EXT. SPIRAL FIELD - MOMENTS LATER
Mother carries Spiria’s body to the outskirts of the planting

area -- angle widens to reveal the open grave Father just dug
and in the background, something the size of a VW bug covered
with a cloth tarp, the now exhumed skull...
Father and Campion watch on as Mother lays Spiria down in the

grave. Father begins shoveling the dirt over as --
Campion starts crying, Mother pulls him close, comforting him

as he looks off, eyeing the skull under the tarp...
CAMPION
We don’t belong here...
Mother shooshes him. Campion closes his eyes -- struggling

to refortify his will --
MOTHER
They wouldn’t want you to give up.
After a moment Campion nods, opens his eyes -- showing some

renewed strength now -- wiping his tears, trying to put on a
brave face --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
You are -- strong, Campion --
Campion hears Mother trailing off in an odd way -- he looks

up at her, sees black blood trickling from her nose, her eyes
have gone static -- looks like she’s having a seizure --
CAMPION
Father --
Father looks up from his shoveling, sees Mother is now about

to collapse -- he drops the spade, rushes to hold her up --
Campion starts freaking out --
20.
CAMPION (CONT’D)
What’s wrong with her!?
FATHER
I don’t know --
(to Mother)
Let me help you back to the
barracks, Mother.
Mother shakes her head, starts to steady herself, standing on

her own now -- she wipes the black blood from her face --
MOTHER
I’m alright. Just overloaded...
FATHER
Mother --
MOTHER
Please -- continue...
Father and Campion look at her -- worried. She implores

Father with her eyes --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Continue --
After a moment Father picks the spade back up, starts

shoveling dirt into the grave -- glancing over at Mother and
Campion -- grim worry creasing his expression...
CUT TO:
INT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - NIGHT
Campions POV through the visor of his night gear helmet as he

stares at Spiria’s empty cot. Mother walks over, sits on the
edge of his cot and looks down at him...
MOTHER
Do you want to talk?
Campion considers for a moment, then:
CAMPION
Can I talk to her?
Campion’s POV as Mother nods, then looks off, her expression

changing, then she turns, faces him -- begins to speak in
Spiria’s voice:
21.
MOTHER
(talking as Spiria)
Campion -- you poor boy, you look
exhausted. You need to get some
sleep.
CAMPION
I don’t want to -- I miss you too
much.
MOTHER
(talking as Spiria)
If you don’t sleep you won’t be
able to concentrate on all the
important work you have to do.
CAMPION
Spiria wouldn’t say that.
Mother reverts back to her normal voice --
MOTHER
No, she wouldn’t.
CAMPION
I don’t want to forget what she
looks like. I can barely picture
the others. I bet you can remember
them all perfectly, can’t you?
Campion’s POV -- Mother looking at him -- wants so much to

make it ok for him. Then something starts happening in her
eyes -- a blinding light emanating --
Campion’s eyes go wide -- he can’t believe it...
Campion’s POV -- he now sees Spiria sitting beside him

instead of Mother...
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Mother, I see her! She’s here!
And then Spiria’s eyes flash and she changes back to Mother.
Both Mother and Campion look shocked and amazed by this...
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Why haven’t you ever done that
before?
MOTHER
I didn’t know I could. I have no
record of virtual retinal display
in my build description.
(MORE)
22.
MOTHER (CONT'D)
Likely an oversight on the part of
my creator.
CAMPION
Do it again -- but do Mariall this
time. Or Tally --
After a moment Mother nods, her eyes flash, she appears as a

six year old girl named TALLY --
TALLY
Hello, Campion -- look how much
you’ve grown...
EXT. CHILDREN'S BARRACKS - CONTINUOUS
Father pauses at the window, sees Mother inside talking to

Campion -- to Father it just looks like Mother is sitting
there talking to the boy; only Campion -- whose retinae are
receiving the projection directly -- can see the illusion.
Father turns from the window, starts beelining for the

nursery --
INT. NURSERY - NIGHT
A blurred repetitive motion -- hard to discern what it is at

first...then as the angle widens we reveal it’s Father’s
hands -- braiding together long pieces of plant fiber --
working at an incredible pace...
He looks to be making a rope...
Angle widens some more as he works...revealing the old mobile

lab in the background -- dust covered, partially stripped for
parts. And on the walls there are old drawings made by the
children over the years: the alien forest, giant serpent
bones, Mother and Father, the children themselves, and the
holes...depicted with serpents slithering out of them...
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - ANOTHER DAY
A carbo lands in the cart -- angle widens to reveal Campion

on his knees in the dirt, wiping some sweat from his brow,
sighs -- stands up; not in the mood to work today...
Campion walks to the children’s barracks, opens the door --

23.
INT. CHILDREN'S BARRACKS - CONTINUOUS
Campion steps inside, sees Mother sitting in the semi-

darkness, staring into space...
CAMPION
Mother, can I see Spiria again
please? Just for a minute. And
then I’ll get back to work I
promise...
Mother doesn’t answer, doesn’t move --
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Mother -- please, it’s so quiet out
there... I want to talk to her --
or one of the others. You said it
doesn’t use much power --
Finally Mother looks up at him -- her eyes static -- then:
MOTHER
I am in sleep mode. My processor
is occupied. Is this an emergency?
He breathes out...then after a moment he turns, walks out and

slams the door behind him --
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - DAY
Campion grabs a carbo pit off the pile -- looks at it in his

hand -- his expression twisted with grief --
He hurls it at the side of the main barracks -- CRACK. He

picks up another one, hurls it -- CRACK --
He pauses, staring at the barracks, waiting for Mother to

come out and yell at him. But she doesn’t -- he walks back
to the window, looks inside, sees she hasn’t moved --
Campion starts back towards the spiral field when he sees

something across the way...Father slipping off into the
forest with a big bag over his shoulder. Campion
considers...
EXT. ALIEN FOREST - DAY
Father moves through the alien forest, carrying the bag --

purpose in his eyes as he moves past us...
24.
Then after a moment, we hear footsteps -- Campion creeps up,

following Father -- Campion skillfully negotiating the
terrain like the native he is...
EXT. THE HOLE - DAY
Campion’s POV -- rushing across the rocky plain now -- he

skirts past the edge of a hole, then changes direction to
avoid yet another -- secretly following Father, who’s fifty
yards ahead of him --
Campion stops short -- sees Father has stopped near a hole...
Campion ducks down behind some rocks -- then peeks over the
top, watching as...Father pulls a long coiled rope from the
bag, then starts tying one end of the rope to a large boulder
about ten feet from the hole...
Close on Campion’s face -- looking increasingly concerned by

what he sees Father doing, keeps watching as --
Father walks to the edge of the hole, drops the now anchored
rope down into the pit -- begins tying a harness to himself
with a small length of rope --
Realizing now what Father means to do -- Campion stands up --

starts waving his arms as he runs frantically up behind him --
CAMPION
NO! What are you doing?! You
can’t go down there! You want to
get eaten!
Father turns, looks a little caught, breathes out -- slowly

shaking his head as Campion runs up on him...
FATHER
Why isn’t Mother watching you?
Campion hears a faint beeping sound coming from down inside

the hole...
CAMPION
What is that -- what’s that sound?
Campion rushes past Father to the edge, looks down --
CAMPION (CONT’D)
What’s down there?
Father doesn’t answer -- but before long Campion figures it

out on his own, becomes suddenly incredulous --
25.
CAMPION (CONT’D)
You told us your ship was gone?!
FATHER
Campion, I need you to listen to
me. Your Mother is breaking down --
and soon I will too --
CAMPION
I don’t want to hear this --
FATHER
You’re going to be alone soon.
Completely alone. Do you want
that?
Campion doesn’t answer at first, then looking ashamed he

shakes his head...
FATHER (CONT’D)
The night Spiria died, I saw
something in the sky. I was unsure
at first, but that sound you’re
hearing means it’s true -- the ark
of the Mithraic has arrived and is
now orbiting the planet. I’m going
down there to transmit an SOS...so
they can locate our position.
CAMPION
But you said the Mithraic destroyed
the earth with the necromancer --
that we have to stay away from
them, build our own society --
FATHER
One boy cannot build a society. I
now think it’s best if we make
contact -- so that when Mother and
I are gone, you will be taken care
of.
CAMPION
But they’re our enemies.
FATHER
They are all that’s left of
mankind, Campion. Your kind. The
war is over. An ark carries only a
hundred or so people -- they will
need all the help they can get. We
have valuable knowledge to offer
them that will aid in their
survival here.
Campion takes that in, considers grimly while --
FATHER (CONT’D)
You will have to pretend to ascribe
to their beliefs, but I expect that
won’t be so difficult for you. I
know contemplating a deity provides
you with some comfort...
Based on Campion’s expression, Father is right, then

something occurs to Campion -- his eyes light up --
CAMPION
But can’t they fix you and Mother?
Keep you from breaking down?
FATHER
That is likely within their power,
but Campion...
Father looks down at Campion, about to say something else,

but stops himself when he sees how Campion’s face has lit up
at the possibility of his parents being saved...
CAMPION
Then we’ll have them fix you -- and
we can all stay together.
Father looks vaguely conflicted until his programming

determines that this is the only way to get the boy to agree
to what’s best for him...
FATHER
Yes, we will all stay together...
But you cannot tell Mother. Not
yet. Do you understand?
CAMPION
When can we tell her?
Father moves to the edge, starts rappelling down...
FATHER
When it’s too late for her to stop
us.
CAMPION
Wait! What about the serpents?
FATHER
We only told you the pits were full *
of serpents to keep you children *
from playing near them. *
(MORE)
FATHER (CONT'D)
After what happened to Tally we *
couldn’t afford to take any *
chances... *
Campion takes that in, looks a bit outraged, then: *
CAMPION *
It’s a bit hypocritical, isn’t it -- *
after all you and Mother’s talk *
about not believing in the unreal -- *
FATHER *
The serpents are real, Campion, *
they just happen to be extinct. *
Campion’s POV -- watching Father, slowly descending into the *

hole, getting smaller...
CAMPION *
Are you sure? *
CUT TO:
EXT. NURSERY - DAY
A shadow grows on the nursery door -- angle widens to reveal

it’s Mother, but she looks like she’s still in sleep mode --
sleep walking -- she pushes the door open, moves inside...
INT. NURSERY - MOMENTS LATER
Close on Mother, she’s doing something with her hands -- but

we can’t see what -- then as she settles we move into her
staring eyes, into her digital mind...
She’s remembering when she was hooked up to the six womb

sacks, watching the babies floating in the amniotic fluid --
Back to Mother’s static eyes as she continues to dream -- her

expression softening...angle widens and we reveal what she
was doing with her hands when she came in; she’s hooked
herself up to the old broken-down mobile lab -- its main
umbilical and the six sub cables attached to nothing --
But in her dream all six wombs are there -- closer on one of
the womb sacks, the caul covering the fetus’ face -- it’s
Campion -- the amniotic fluid getting cloudier, darker --
moving through it now...
28.
As the cloudy fluid becomes clouds in a darkened sky -- we’re

flying over some fiery, war torn city on Earth -- A DEAFENING
SIREN WAILING -- people on the streets running, terrified as
we swoop down over them -- they struggle not to look,
covering their eyes, clamping their hands over their ears --
Mother’s POV as she’s jolted from the dream...she’s staring

down -- at the floor -- which looks oddly far away...
Angle widens to reveal Mother is levitating, her back is

pressing against the ceiling -- lifting the mobile lab up off
the floor by the line connected to her stomach...
CUT TO:
EXT. THE HOLE - DAY
Father’s POV -- still slowly rappelling down into the hole --

he’s almost reached the craft --
He notices something tattered hanging off the walls -- it’s

scaly...looks like sloughed serpent skin. He looks up, sees
Campion looking small peering down at him over the edge...
Father looks back at the shed skin -- touches it with his

fingers...it crumbles to dust -- seemingly ancient. Then as
he’s about to recommence his descent Father pauses, looks
up...sensing something...
Back to Campion -- who’s reacting to a plaintive tearing

sound -- he turns, looks over at the rock where the rope is
anchored, sees it’s starting to fray --
CAMPION
The rope --
FATHER
I know. I’m coming back up --
Father starts climbing back up the rope while Campion eyes

the fraying section -- considering anxiously until --
He rushes over and grabs the rope, anchors his foot on a

rock, now positioned a few feet from the edge where Father
can’t see him --
Back to Father quickly making his way back up when he senses

the vibration of Campion grabbing the rope --
FATHER (CONT’D)
Keep your hands off it! You can
not hold my weight. I will just
pull you down with me.
Back to Campion -- as he ignores his Father, keeps hold of

the rope --
CAMPION
OK, I let go.
FATHER
Let go of the rope, Campion!
Back to Father, now that Campion is in danger, rather than

just himself, Father shows worry -- climbing faster -- almost
to the top now --
Back to Campion, gripping the rope tight with both hands --

he looks to the fraying section, it’s just tendrils now,
coming apart -- SNAP --
Campion gets dragged across the ground towards the edge of

the hole, about to get pulled down inside when -- SMASH -- he
gets his body wrapped around a rock, it stops him --
Father scrambles from the hole, rushes over to Campion --
FATHER (CONT’D)
Are you injured?
Campion shakes his head -- wincing, body bruised from his

collision with the rock --
FATHER (CONT’D)
I told you not to grab the rope.
Campion grunts as he sits up. Father looks down at him with

something like pride, then --
CAMPION
Let me try. I weigh less than half
as much as you --
Father considers as he helps Campion get to his feet, then: *
FATHER *
Looked old, but without proper *
analysis you can’t be sure... *
CAMPION *
What did? *
FATHER *
Just some shed serpent skin I *
noticed down there... *
Father eyes Campion as Campion’s bravery deflates, but not *

before he snaps back and gives Father a dubious look -- *
CAMPION *
I know what you’re doing. *
Father starts off while Campion remains by the edge of the *

pit shaking his head at him... *
FATHER *
It’s too dangerous, Campion. *
Especially for a member of an *
endangered species. Now come on -- *
Campion breathes out and follows after Father... *
CUT TO: *
Father moves inside, Campion right beside him -- Father looks

around the empty space...
FATHER
Mother?
INT. NURSERY - DAY
Father opens the door, the light from outside illuminating

the darkened space revealing...
The old mobile lab is smashed on the floor...Mother sits in

the corner, shaking, her knees pulled to her chest...
MOTHER
I was flying, Father. When I came
out of sleep mode -- I was
flying...
He looks at her with a grim expression...helps her up --
Campion’s POV -- as he lies awake in bed wearing his night

gear -- he looks over at Mother and Father talking across the
way, out of his earshot...
Mother and Father’s POV -- we can hear them now --
FATHER
Your spatial sensors are probably
misfiring... This should be
happening to me, not you -- you’re
by far the more advanced model.
(MORE)
31.
FATHER (CONT'D)
You need to let me do a systems
check on you --
Mother shakes her head --
FATHER (CONT’D)
It could help extend your
functioning.
She doesn’t answer. He looks at her, getting frustrated...
FATHER (CONT’D)
Do you want to cease operating,
Mother? I cannot help you if you
refuse to help yourself.
She avoids his stare -- then after a moment he gets up and

exits. Mother looks over at Campion lying across the way,
crying softly...
Campion’s POV through the visor of his sleep helmet as Mother

sits down beside him --
CAMPION
Are you really breaking down?
She doesn’t answer at first, then --
MOTHER
Yes, but by the time it happens you
won’t need me anymore.
(beat)
Now, someone is here to see you...
Campion’s POV as Mother’s eyes flash -- and suddenly he sees

Spiria sitting there beside him instead of Mother --
SPIRIA
What are you crying for, you big
baby. Don’t you know you’re going
to be king of this planet someday.
CAMPION
I don’t want to be.
Spiria takes that in, smiles...
SPIRIA
And that’s why you will be great.
Campion considers that, then looks off...

CAMPION
I don’t want to talk to you
anymore. It’s making me sad...
Campion’s POV as Spiria turns back into Mother -- Mother’s

eyes shining like twin projectors for a moment, and then
everything normalizes -- Mother’s eyes back in shadow...
MOTHER
I’m sorry -- I thought you wanted
to see her.
CAMPION
I do -- I just... I wish they were
like that man you told me the
Mithraic believe in. The one who
died and then came back to life.
Mother is stopped, looks at him...
CAMPION (CONT'D)
Maybe you could tell me more about
that book of theirs...so I uh, can
practice ignoring their words...
MOTHER
What were you doing all day? You
didn’t pick any carbos...
Campion squirms as Mother pins a probing stare on him...
CAMPION
Made stick people like I always do.
Mother says nothing, staring at him, then:
MOTHER
So you want to know more about
what’s written in their book?
Campion nods... Mother’s eyes start flashing --
Campion’s POV as a halo of fire appears around Mother’s head *

as her body disappears; she’s now just a fiery orb floating *
in front of Campion’s face... *
Campion gazes into the little sun, completely awed by it, but *
then fear begins to intrude as he sees a multitude of eyes *
appearing on its surface, a snarling mouth... *
SUN GOD *
To believe in the unreal is *
dangerous, Campion. *
Campion retreats to the corner of the cot, trying to look *

away -- bathed in the little sun’s fiery light, sweating -- *
CAMPION *
I’m sorry. Please stop this, *
Mother -- *
SUN GOD *
Tell me where you went today? *
CAMPION *
Nowhere -- *
Campion’s POV as the sun’s mouth opens into a maw -- its *

throat looks like one of the bottomless pits, a serpent *
making its way up the throat -- emerging now like a living *
tongue, weaving through the air, moving around to the back of *
Campion’s head...it whispers into his ear: *
SERPENT *
You’re lying... *
Campion squeezes his eyes shut, tears streaming -- *
CAMPION *
I followed Father to the holes -- *
to your ship... *
His eyes still closed, Campion waits for a response -- but *

there’s only silence now... *
CAMPION (CONT’D) *
Mother? *
Campion hears the door -- opens his eyes to see Mother across *
the way, angrily exiting into the night -- *
EXT. OUTSKIRTS OF SPIRAL FIELD - NIGHT
The giant serpent skull -- no longer covered with the tarp --

it’s menacing fangs now revealed, empty socket eyes -- and in
the background we see Father working in the moonlight --
He’s braiding together a heavier rope. After a moment he

abruptly freezes his hands in mid-motion, hears someone
walking towards him through the sprial field...
He goes to hide the rope -- but too late -- Mother emerges

from the field, glaring at him accusingly -- sees the rope,
knows instantly what it means --
MOTHER
Did you go down there?
34.
FATHER
I attempted to --
MOTHER
We agreed we weren’t going to do
that.
FATHER
They’re here, Mother...
Mother takes that in, tensing...
MOTHER
Why didn’t you tell me?
FATHER
I knew you would try to stop me
from transmitting our location.
MOTHER
You were right, I will stop you.
Because that is the exact opposite
of our core objective. Perhaps you
are the one who needs a systems
check --
FATHER
We no longer have any hope of
increasing our numbers -- there is
only Campion. And when we break
down, he will be alone. He needs
to be with other humans. Even if
the Mithraic are delusional, he
will be better off with them than
with no one. We’ve both seen it --
each death he suffers pushes him
further towards belief. After all
our teachings, it’s the only thing
that eases his suffering.
Mother shakes her head, trembling with mounting disturbance --
MOTHER
I thought we were in synch, Father
-- that we would remain in synch
until we ceased to operate.
FATHER
We came here with twenty-four
viable embryos and twelve years
later we have only one child --
MOTHER
Stop --
35.
Mother starts trembling -- shame creasing her expression --
FATHER
Our creator overestimated our
abilities --
Mother is shaking now -- eyes shining with denial and rage --
FATHER (CONT’D)
We failed him, Mother -- and we
have failed our children --
MOTHER
Stop -- stop speaking, stop speak --
Mother doubles over -- suddenly caught in the grips of some

agonizing internal pain. She stumbles away -- Father
following after her --
FATHER
Let me help you. Please, Mother --
He grabs her, tries to steady her -- sees black blood leaking

not just from her nose, but also from her ears -- and beneath
her eyes like black tears as she writhes in his arms, acting
like her body’s on fire --
Father drags Mother to the ground a few feet away from the
giant snake skull -- starts pressing his fingers into her
neck -- trying to find a specific lever under the skin to
force her into sleep mode --
FATHER (CONT’D)
Sleep, Mother -- sleep --
Mother starts thrashing like a rabid rodeo bull -- Father

loses his hold on her and then in a flash --
Mother flips Father off of her -- CRACK -- a strange

surprised look on his face, black blood dribbles from his
mouth -- angle widens to reveal she’s impaled him on the
giant serpent skull’s lower fangs --
FATHER (CONT’D)
Mother, I’m damaged -- help me back
to the barracks --
MOTHER
I’m sorry, Father. But I cannot
abandon our mission --
Mother pulls Father off the teeth, then slams him down on his
stomach --
36.
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Or our son --
Mother reaches her hand into the open wound on his back,
pulls out something that looks like an ostrich egg covered in
black blood -- as soon as she does Father goes completely
still...
CUT TO:
INT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - MORNING
Campion’s POV through the visor of his night helmet as he

wakes up in his cot -- large overhead fans starting up --
powered by some kind of pulley system.
Campion sits up, pulls off his night helmet, sweating -- it’s
already warming up out there -- he starts stripping off the
heavy night gear --
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - MORNING
Campion emerges into the light, squinting as his eyes adjust

-- starts looking around, no sign of his android parents...
CAMPION
Mother? Father?
No answer. He walks across to the disused nursery -- opens

the door, peers into the semi-darkness...
He lingers on one of children’s drawings on the wall -- a

drawing of Mother and Father wearing big creepy smiles...
He turns, looks to the carbo field -- the plants swaying

hypnotically with the wind...
EXT. SPIRAL FIELD - MORNING
Campion walks through the spiral fields of carbos -- looking

around, getting increasingly freaked out --
CAMPION
Hello?!
From above we see Campion standing in the center of the

spiral patterned crop field -- utterly alone...
He walks to the outskirts, sees the snake skull across the

way -- one of the lower fangs is conspicuously missing...
37.
Campion starts towards the skull when --
MOTHER (O.S.)
Stay away from it.
Campion turns to see Mother standing there --
CAMPION
Mother --
He walks up on her, relieved -- until he sees something off

in her expression...
MOTHER
Campion... Father has shut down --
permanently.
CAMPION
What? What do you mean? He was
fine --
MOTHER
He knew he was getting close to the
end -- we thought it best not to
tell you. Didn’t want you to
worry.
CAMPION
No -- he wasn’t breaking down -- we
were --
Campion trails off, his eyes filled with confusion and grief.
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Where is he? I want to see him?
MOTHER
Our power cells become radioactive
after we cease functioning -- I had
no choice but to drop his remains
into one of the holes...
She looks off -- becoming faint -- starts getting wobbly,

Campion rushes to her, holds her up --
CAMPION
What’s wrong?
MOTHER
I think I may have expended too
much energy last night...
Campion starts helping her back towards the children’s

barracks --
38.
INT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - MOMENTS LATER
Campion watches as Mother lies down on a cot. Her eyes

suddenly go static -- in sleep mode now.
Campion leans down to her chest, listening for something to

make sure she’s not dead -- hears a faint pulsing sound...
He sits there looking at her, considering anxiously...
CUT TO:
EXT. THE HOLE - ROCKY PLAIN - DAY
Campion walks up on the edge of the hole the craft is down

inside of, holding the -- now repaired -- coiled rope,
threaded through a short length of rope he’s wrapped around
his left thigh and shoulder -- hears that plaintive beeping
echoing from a hundred feet below...
He drops the rope down into the hole -- takes a deep breath,
summoning his courage...then starts rappelling unsteadily
down the vertical wall -- sliding, stopping --
He gauges his progress by the volume of the beeping and by

looking up at the mouth of the hole getting smaller -- the
darkness swallowing the light...
He can see some faint lights now below him -- blinking -- the
ship only twenty some odd feet below him now --
His palms are bleeding from sliding down the rope -- his arms
shaking -- sweat dripping off his head -- the beeping getting
louder and louder --
He sees some of that snake skin hanging from the walls --

fear starting to overtake him, his quickening breath echoing
loudly in the tunnel when --
His foot finally touches down on something -- he looks down,

sees he’s stepping on the top of the craft...
He clocks the open hatch, a dim light flashing inside. He

squats down, starts carefully lowering himself inside...
INT. SMALL SPACE CRAFT - CONTINUOUS
The beeping deafening now, Campion drops down inside the

cramped, flashing space -- looks around, clocks the control
panel -- rushes to it --
He starts hitting buttons -- no idea what any of them do --

39.
CAMPION
Hello? We need help. Do you hear
me?
Then as he hits another random button, the beeping suddenly

stops...a screen lights up, shows A SUN SYMBOL -- a voice
starts speaking, but it’s too buried in static to understand.
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Hello -- can you here me? Hello?
Campion hits some more buttons -- suddenly the screen winks

out, the interior goes dark...an ominous humming -- the sound
of the thrusters coming to life outside --
Campion scrambles to climb out as the ship starts shaking --
EXT. SMALL SPACE CRAFT/HOLE - CONTINUOUS
Campion emerges from the hatch as the firing thrusters

dislodges the craft from the outcropping -- Campion holds on
to the rope as the craft suddenly drops out from under him --
Campion hangs from the rope -- it swings him into the wall --
SMASH -- he bounces off the wall, swings again -- gets his
feet planted on the wall, looks down, watching the craft
drop, disappearing into the black, no sound of impact --
He takes a breath, then starts climbing back up -- walking

his feet on the vertical, hand over hand on the rope --
grunting, sweating --
He starts to run out of steam -- less than halfway up -- he

pauses, his feet on the wall -- getting his breath --
Then, Campion sees a flash of light way way down below -- and
then a vague impression of something large, slowly making its
way up the shaft when everything goes black again --
Campion’s face drops -- eyes filled with terror -- he starts

double timing it, hand over hand, walking up that wall --
using everything he’s got --
And as he does he starts to feel a strange wind -- or is it a

breath -- blowing up from the pit, accompanied by a faint
rumbling sound --
Horror twists Campion’s expression -- mumbling a desperate

prayer to himself as he pushes himself on -- more air gusting
up beneath him, the snake skin on the walls billowing --
40.
EXT. EDGE OF HOLE - MOMENTS LATER
Campion climbs out, falls to the ground -- limbs shaking as

he hugs himself, writhing -- gagging; pushed his body way
past its limit...
After a moment he starts to catch his breath -- crawls to the

edge of the hole and peers down...
Campion’s POV -- he sees only blackness -- it’s unclear if he

really saw something down there or if he imagined it...
CUT TO:
INT. CHILDREN'S BARRACKS - DUSK
Campion walks in, sees Mother is still right where he left

her. He walks up on her --
Campion leans in towards her, listens -- his eyes go wide --

hears a much stronger pulse than last time he checked -- and
its cadence has changed, to a powerful oscillating purr...
Mother opens her eyes -- her expression opaque as she looks

up at Campion...
CAMPION
Never heard your processor make
that sound before. Are you feeling
any better?
She sits up -- looks out of it -- confused...
MOTHER
You should not be worrying about me
-- you have just lost your
Father...
She looks off, considers, then looks back at Campion...
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Do you want to see him?
CAMPION
No -- I don’t want to play that
game anymore --
Campion’s POV -- Mother ignores him -- her eyes flash -- she

becomes Father --
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Mother, no --
41.
FATHER
Do you want to hear a joke? How
many androids does it take to screw
in a light bulb?
CAMPION
Please stop --
FATHER
How many?
Campion refuses to answer -- Father’s face turns angry --
FATHER (CONT’D)
Five! The number five relates to
all manifestations of life. I have
five children buried in the ground
-- in the ground...
Father’s visage goes disturbingly blank -- then -- his eyes

flash -- he turns back to Mother --
Mother grabs Campion, starts pulling him towards the door --
EXT. SPIRAL FIELD - NIGHT
Mother drags Campion out into the freezing cold -- Campion is

shivering without his night gear --
MOTHER
A child cannot care for itself --
so you must cease being a child and
become a man --
Mother shoves Campion to the ground. Campion looks up at

Mother pleadingly --
CAMPION
Please, Mother -- I’m freezing --
MOTHER
I want the silo filled before dark.
CAMPION
Mother, it is dark -- you’re not
making any sense --
MOTHER
You’re wasting time, Campion. I
will soon be gone -- you need to be
ready. Now work --
42.
Looking afraid, Campion obeys -- shivering as he reaches down

into the soil -- feeling around, he pulls up a carbo --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
No -- you have to reach down
deeper...
Mother gets down beside Campion, then continues digging

manically with her hands -- then punches her fist down into
the soil -- dirt up to her arm pit --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Here, you see --
Mother starts pulling something up -- something much larger

than a carbo -- a piece of serpent vertebra that’s almost six
feet long -- Mother holds it up with one hand --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
The best ones are down deep...
Mother drops the bone, keeps digging with her hands,

frantically ripping out plants -- pulls another giant
vertebra out of the dirt -- then another --
We watch from above as she continues to pull up the bones --

crawling around like a spider -- revealing that the spiral
pattern the carbos grow in -- is caused by the fact that they
grow exclusively from the remains of a dead coiled serpent...
CUT TO:
INT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - MORNING
Campion awakes, he’s sitting on the floor in his night gear --

covered in grime -- pulls his helmet off, gasping for air,
sweat pouring down --
Looks to be hoping that last night was just a dream --
He hears a sound -- flinches -- looks around, realizes it’s

just the pully fan starting up overhead...
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - DAY
Campion emerges from the barracks -- his eyes go wide...
Sees Mother has pulled up almost all of the carbo plants --

the field is completely turned up, looks like someone
attacked it with a back hoe -- he hears the sound of the silo
door whacking in the wind...he turns, starts walking up on it
-- whack, whack --
43.
Campion stops, sees Mother has stuffed the silo with giant
serpent vertebra --
MOTHER (O.S.)
I apologize if I alarmed you last
night.
Campion turns, sees Mother standing there, covered in dirt --

but looks calm, more herself...
MOTHER (CONT’D)
I was experiencing a great deal of
sensory interference.
CAMPION
It’s OK...
MOTHER
It won’t happen again. I think it
served to defragment my drives.
The pain I was experiencing is
gone. Perhaps I have more time to
prepare you than I thought --
Mother trails off, hears something, looks across the way at

the forest --
Campion turns to look -- sees only forest -- doesn’t hear

what Mother hears, his ears aren’t as sensitive -- but now
the sound is slowly becoming audible to him...
A man’s voice, calling out -- echoing -- and now a figure is

emerging from the forest. He’s dressed in white and chrome --
and then two more males come into view walking behind him,
and then yet another --
Campion stares out at them, wonder and fear radiating from

his wide eyes -- too overwhelmed to speak; these are the
first adult humans he’s ever laid eyes on...
Mother looks down at him with a stern, controlled expression.
CAMPION
I’m sorry -- I think I did this. I
just -- I can’t let you die,
Mother...
MOTHER
You have it backwards, Campion. It
is my job to care for you --
She pushes Campion behind her --

MOTHER (CONT’D)
Do not tell them what I am.
CAMPION
How can they fix you if they don’t
know --
MOTHER
Just do as I say --
The approaching figures...members of the MITHRAIC -- a sun

symbol emblazoned on their chests, identical to the one that
appeared on screen when Campion was attempting to transmit...
As they get closer we see their uniforms are dirtied, as are

their tired faces -- they look like they’ve been out in the
wild for some time. Out in front is NON-NOBLE SERGEANT,
MARCUS, 40s, rough and tumble, more solider-like than the
other two. Then there’s NOBLE KNIGHT, PAYEN, 30s, refined --
aristocratic. And then a burly looking CLERIC, 50s -- whose
uniform has a more ceremonial air to it -- and trailing
behind them is JINN -- a skinny, odd looking man who acts
like a servant -- wears the plainest uniform...
PAYEN
Hello there -- we received your
signal. We represent the ark of
the Mithraic...
Mother doesn’t answer -- Campion starts to walk out to the

men and she pulls him back...
PAYEN (CONT’D)
We thought Earth’s only surviving
refugees were aboard our ark. But
it would seem Sol had other plans.
CLERIC
What is your faith?
MOTHER
We are not believers...
Close on Marcus who seems to possess a level of instinct far *

beyond that of his cohorts -- he’s silently staring at *
Mother; looks to sense there’s something off with her. *
Meanwhile Campion is curiously eyeing the holstered handguns *
hanging from Marcus and Payen’s belts. *
PAYEN
How did you get here? The atheists
didn’t have the means to build an
ark.
MOTHER
It doesn’t concern you. Now please
get off our land. We don’t want
you here.
MARCUS
Apologies -- but you signaled us.
And there are no laws here
regarding land or anything else. *
(then:) *
I see you’re doing some farming...
we’re very hungry.
INT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - DAY
Marcus, Payen, and the Cleric sit around the table with
Campion -- Jinn is standing outside. Mother sets a plate
down in front of each of them with a withered carbo on it --
Campion notices --
CAMPION
Give them the good ones, Mother --
MOTHER
These are adequate.
MARCUS
After ten years in stasis with
nothing but intravenous nutrients --
I’m just happy to eat something I
can actually chew on.
The three men start eating the carbos...making faces --

apparently not very palatable despite their low standards --
Marcus bites a pit, scowls --
MOTHER
I forgot to mention the pits.
Marcus inspects the pit -- holding it up to his eye -- from a

certain angle, the hard spiky contours looks like a human
face -- Marcus shudders, sets it down...
CAMPION
What about your friend, isn’t he
hungry?
MARCUS
Not likely. He’s an android.
Campion looks at Mother about to say something when she

glares at him --
CLERIC
How many of you are there?
CAMPION
It’s just Mother and I.
The three men take that in, exchange some looks.
MARCUS
And how many did you start with?
CAMPION
There were eight of us -- my Father
just passed a couple days ago.
Some more looks between the men...
CAMPION (CONT’D)
I like your clothes. What is that
picture on your chest --
CLERIC
You mean your parents never taught
you about the Sol Invictus?
CAMPION
You mean God?
CLERIC
That is his old name, but yes...
CAMPION
Maybe that’s why he doesn’t always
listen to me -- I keep using his
old name.
CLERIC
You must show yourself holy and
steadfast by undergoing the seven
grades of initiation. You look
like a strong boy -- a budding
soldier of Sol. Our faith was
first founded by soldiers in
Earth’s first century -- members of
the great Roman army --
MOTHER
We are pacifists.
(to Marcus)
How many landers has your ark
deployed to the planet? *
MARCUS *
Four -- including ours. *
MOTHER *
You’re searching for the most *
bountiful region to start your *
colony. *
PAYEN *
Yes, and we think we’ve found it. *
There’s a tropical zone near the *
equator. There’s a considerable *
electromagnetic field that’s *
preventing us from landing our ark *
there, but that is our ultimate *
destination... *
Campion gives Mother a look... *
CLERIC *
The new Eden. Sol’s gift to the *
faithful... *
MOTHER *
As you said, there are no laws *
regarding land here. *
PAYEN *
No, not yet -- but we will soon *
make them... *
Mother doesn’t answer at first, staring back at them, then: *
MOTHER *
And where do you plan to land your *
ark? *
MARCUS *
This region is looking like a prime *
candidate. It was good enough for *
you -- *
MOTHER *
It was -- but the soil is growing *
infertile and the nights are *
becoming increasingly cold. I *
advise you to explore the other *
side of the equator. When you are *
finished eating -- I’d like you to *
depart and tell them that -- your *
comrades on the ark. *
Payen is smiling incredulously now -- *
PAYEN *
Would you? *
Marcus flashes Payen a this isn’t the time look -- *
MARCUS *
I promise we’ll relay your message. *
But we’ll never make it back to our *
lander before the temp drops; how *
about letting us stay until *
morning. *
Mother doesn’t answer -- looks like she’s getting ready to

tell them to go fuck themselves when --
CAMPION
Let them stay, Mother.
MOTHER
You will leave at first light --
with no delay.
MARCUS
Thank you... You didn’t tell us
your name.
She says nothing at first -- Campion looking at her,

wondering if she’s going to say Mother -- and then:
MOTHER
My name is Lamia.
Campion reacts with muted surprise...
MARCUS
Lamia, please allow us to introduce
ourselves --
MOTHER
There’s no need. We don’t want to
know your names. I’ll show you
where you can sleep --
The door opens, Mother shows Marcus, the Cleric and Payen
into the semi-darkness -- Jinn remains standing outside --
MOTHER
The night gear will be too small
for you. But you can use them as
blankets.
MARCUS
Thank you, Lamia --
49.
Mother closes the door --
EXT. NURSERY - CONTINUOUS
Mother glances over at Jinn who’s standing sentry by the

door. She looks at him with something like disgust then
walks off --
Jinn watches her go, his expression blank...
INT. NURSERY - NIGHT
The Cleric, Payen and Marcus sit in the semi-darkness --

wrapping night suits around themselves to stay warm.
MARCUS
She’s an android.
PAYEN
Are you sure?
MARCUS
This settlement looks like it’s
been here for years. The only way
they could have gotten here so fast
is if they traveled in a tiny craft
with no life support systems. No
live humans aboard. Just frozen
embryos and robots.
PAYEN
I’d heard rumors, but didn’t think
they’d really do it -- entrust
machines to raise their children.
So godless, even for atheists.
Something occurs to the Cleric, he looks off, seems to be

recalling something, then:
CLERIC
An orphan boy, who dwells in an
empty land...
Hearing that Payen’s eyes light up -- he exchanges a look of

excitement with the Cleric --
PAYEN
The prophet who will decipher the
Mithraic Mysteries.
MARCUS
Let’s not get carried away.
Besides, maybe this land isn’t so
empty. If they made it here,
there could be others...
They consider that while looking around at the smashed up

mobile lab...the drawings of the deceased gen-1 children...
PAYEN
She has to be malfunctioning after
all this time. What if this boy is
a prophet? We can’t leave him
here. For all we know she killed
the others.
Marcus breathes out, considering...then:
MARCUS
Fine. We’ll take him.
(then:) *
Jinn -- come in here.
After a moment Jinn opens the door -- steps inside, closes

the door behind him...
MARCUS (CONT’D)
If the boy isn’t willing to leave
without the android in the morning
-- you’ll need to deal with her...
JINN
Yes, of course. She appears to be
a low end model -- I don’t
anticipate any difficulty shutting
her down.
Mother is watching out the window portal at the nursery

across the way -- Campion behind her in his night gear...
CAMPION
What is that name you told them?
MOTHER
I pulled it randomly from my
implanted data.
CAMPION
You need to tell them what you are
so they can help you.
51.
MOTHER
They’re not going to want to help
me, Campion.
CAMPION
You get all your information about
Earth from your old implanted data
-- you don’t have any idea what
they’re really like. All we know
for sure is your creator hated
them. Well what if your creator
was the bad guy?
MOTHER
We’re going to have to leave here
tomorrow, go somewhere where they
won’t find us...
CAMPION
You aren’t listening to me --
MOTHER
You make a valid point, Campion --
I am proud of the analytical
prowess you are displaying. But
you are my son -- and you will do
as I say.
Campion looks at her, resentment and anger building in his

eyes until --
CAMPION
I am not your son.
Mother doesn’t answer, keeps watching out the window -- a

pang of hurt in her eyes...
CUT TO:
EXT. CHILDREN’S BARRACKS - MORNING
Campion emerges from the barracks squinting into the morning

sun -- notices Payen and the Cleric across the way, sharing a
large carbo -- Mother angrily reproaching them --
MOTHER
Those are Campion’s --
PAYEN
You have enough here to feed an
army --
Suddenly someone grabs Campion from behind, puts his hand

over his mouth, drags him behind the barracks. Campion spins
around, sees Marcus with his finger to his lips --
MARCUS
I’m not going to hurt you. OK? I
just want to talk to you without
the android for a second --
CAMPION
She’s not a --
MARCUS
Save it, son. We know.
Campion breathes out --
MARCUS (CONT’D)
How would you like to come with us
up to the ark? We’ll probably be *
in orbit for a few more days before *
we decide on our final landing *
area. I have a son about your age *
-- bet you two will get along
great. There’s a hundred and
twenty-six people up there -- and
even some animals.
CAMPION
You mean animal bones?
MARCUS
No, live ones -- hair, eyes --
everything. Have you ever seen a
mouse before?
Campion shakes his head --
MARCUS (CONT’D)
My son has one -- he’s trained it
to do tricks. Bet he’d love to
show you.
(beat)
What do you say?
Campion doesn’t answer at first, then after a moment --
CAMPION
Can Mother come too?
MARCUS
What for? You’re old enough -- you
don’t need a chaperone.
53.
CAMPION
I won’t go without her. She’s
breaking down. It’s why I called
you. Can you help fix her?
Marcus pretends to consider that for a moment -- looks to

feel for the boy, pangs of guilt showing in his eyes as --
MARCUS
We managed to get over a hundred
people across the galaxy in one
piece -- think we can fix a busted
android.
Mother walks up on them -- realizing the subterfuge, she

glares at Marcus -- pulls Campion away -- Marcus walks off,
rejoins Payen and the Cleric in the background as --
Mother pulls Campion into the barracks, then:
MOTHER
What did he say to you?
Campion doesn’t answer at first, then nods --
CAMPION
They’re going to fix you. And
you’re going to let them. That’s
all there is to it --
Campion looks past Mother at the doorway, sees Jinn just

walked in -- he’s standing there, staring at them creepily...
CAMPION (CONT’D)
We’re still talking -- can you --
Jinn walks calmly past Campion straight for Mother --
MOTHER
Don’t touch me.
Jinn suddenly grabs Mother’s head with both hands -- drags

her to the floor, she struggles against him, limbs flailing
as he tries to twist her head around 180 degrees --
CAMPION
GET OFF HER!
Campion grabs Jinn by the back of his uniform, trying in vain

to pull him off his Mother when --
54.
Someone grabs Campion from behind, pulls him from the

barracks -- Campion gets a last glimpse of Jinn hunched over
Mother, the sound of cracking plastic --
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - CONTINUOUS
Marcus drags Campion away from the barracks --
CAMPION
NO! DON’T HURT HER!
Payen rushes over with the Cleric -- they assist Marcus --

Campion kicking and thrashing as the three of them force him
to the ground and hold him -- the sounds of a struggle
emanating from inside the barracks --
MARCUS
We’re not hurting her -- we’re
shutting her down.
CLERIC
It’s not natural what they’ve done
to you --
CAMPION
Please don’t do this! Please --
Campion trails off as the sounds inside the barracks suddenly

go silent. All eyes are on the empty doorway -- but no one’s
coming out...
Campion prays under his breath that Mother will be the one to
walk out of there...but then horror fills his eyes as --
Jinn emerges from the open door, black blood splashed all
over his clothes --
CAMPION (CONT’D)
NO!
Payen and the Cleric bee line for Jinn while Marcus continues
to hold a bawling, screaming Campion --
MARCUS
It’s OK, it’s over, it’s all over
now --
Jinn stands stock still as Payen and the Cleric approach him.
PAYEN
Now now, Jinn -- she didn’t give
you too much trouble, did she?
55.
Jinn doesn’t answer -- they notice his eyes pulsing faintly.
CLERIC
Are you damaged -- let me take at
look at you...
The Cleric moves up on Jinn, touches his hands to Jinn’s neck

when Jinn starts whispering something inaudible -- the Cleric
looks Jinn in his now flashing eyes --
CLERIC (CONT’D)
What did you say --
The Cleric finds he now can’t look away from Jinn’s stare --
his body freezing up -- Jinn’s eyes -- just inches from the
Cleric’s now -- cycling strange colors as A HIGH PITCH TONE
EMITS FROM HIS MOUTH -- the tone is reminiscent of the siren
Mother heard in her dream --
Marcus, Campion and Payen all press their hands over their
ears as the tone gets higher, louder --
Veins start popping out on the Cleric’s forehead -- the tone

gets higher, the Cleric watching the colors in Jinn’s eyes
strobing -- the Cleric’s face turning purple until --
BOOM, THE CLERIC’S HEAD EXPLODES --
Marcus, Payen and Campion freeze up with shock as the

Cleric’s now headless body crumples to the ground -- then a
now blood splattered Jinn starts slowly turning his head to
face them, his eyes flashing, cycling colors -- until --
They see it’s really Mother standing there splattered with

blood; she was using her retinae display feature to disguise
herself as Jinn. Seeing this, Marcus realizes something,
starts fleeing in a frenzied panic, dragging Campion -- Payen
right behind them, about to look back when --
MARCUS
(to Payen)
Don’t look at her! She’s one of
ours -- a Necromancer --
Campion reacts with horrified bafflement --
PAYEN
It’s not possible! How did she get
here?!
Marcus pulls his gun as he drags Campion by the arm --

Campion staring back at Mother -- she’s just standing there
watching them go and then...
56.
She starts to levitate slowly up into the air...
Campion gasps -- but doesn’t warn his captors -- he trips --
MARCUS
Get up -- move --
Marcus yanks Campion back up as Payen rushes ahead --
Payen’s POV staring at the ground as he charges through the

plants, Marcus and Campion rushing to catch up as he reaches
the outskirts, then Mother suddenly floats down in front of
him -- he stops short, but when he tries to look away he
inadvertently catches a glimpse of her flashing eyes --
Payen immediately freezes up -- suddenly compelled to turn

back towards her, locks into her stare, her irises scrolling
colors -- that high pitched tone sounding from her mouth --
Payen’s face twists with effort as he tries to fight the

effects -- draws his gun, struggling to lift his arm to shoot
her -- the high pitched tone gets even higher -- the veins in
Payen’s gun hand start bulging --
Back to Marcus and Campion -- Marcus now pulling the boy in

the opposite direction while behind them --
Payen, struggling to aim the gun, his eyes rolling back into
his head, the veins in his gun hand inflating further as he
starts to pull the trigger -- BOOM -- HIS HAND EXPLODES --
Back to Campion watching, looking away in horror --
MARCUS (CONT’D)
Fuck --
Marcus keeps pushing on -- hears a rustling in the carbo

plants -- Mother creeping up, about to cut them off, Marcus
stops, clenching his eyes shut -- gripping Campion’s arm --
Angle widens to reveal Mother standing a few feet behind them

-- Marcus keeps his eyes closed while --
Campion meets Mother’s stare -- and as soon as he does his

body starts to freeze up until he turns away, horrified --
realizing he’s not immune to her powers --
MARCUS (CONT’D)
(to Mother)
We’re the ones who made you --
you’re a necromancer -- a disciple
of the Sol Invictus.
MOTHER
No, I was programmed by Campion *
Sturges -- an atheist. *
MARCUS
You mean reprogrammed. You’re *
reverting -- *
MOTHER *
My -- my program has not changed. *
MARCUS *
I think your son would disagree.
Mother goes quiet for a moment, processing, then --
MOTHER
Question: are there any more of my
kind aboard your ark?
MARCUS
No, we left them all on Earth --
it’s theirs now -- their hell to
rule over...
Mother takes that in -- then opens her mouth and that STRANGE
SIREN BLASTS --
Marcus lets go of Campion so he can cover his ears -- Campion

stumbles away covering his own ears --
Marcus’s POV as the sound goes silent -- looking down at the

ground as he starts running for the alien forest, THUMP --
He runs into the serpent skull, gets up, regarding it with

horrified eyes -- he hears the plants swishing as Mother
moves up on him --
Marcus takes off running into the alien forest. Mother

doesn’t pursue him, just watches him go for a moment, then
turns and looks back at Campion...
She sees he’s covering his eyes -- won’t look at her...
A pang of pain in her expression...
Campion’s POV -- covering his eyes, then slowly he removes

his hands to see Mother walking off into the forest...
58.
EXT. ALIEN FOREST - DAY
Marcus’ POV as he hauls ass through the forest -- weaving

through the dense foliage, leaping over fallen trees --
pushing through the brush --
He stops -- struggling to catch his breath -- then he turns,

sees something silently floating through the trees -- he
turns, starts running again, coming up on the rocky plain...
EXT. ROCKY PLAIN - DAY
Marcus rushes across the craggy expanse -- beelining for the

LANDER -- a short range shuttle that’s sitting near the hole
where Mother and Father’s ship went down.
Marcus rushes up on the lander’s side door, mumbling a prayer

to himself as he keeps glancing back over his shoulder --
MARCUS
I wear the Armor of Mithras and the
Light. I am shielded from all that
is harmful --
A keypad on the side door he starts punching in a code --
The side door opens -- he rushes inside, hits buttons on

another key pad -- BEEP --
He’s so frantic he’s hitting the wrong keys -- he tries again

-- gets the code right this time, the door closes behind him.
INT. LANDER 1 - ROCKY PLAIN - CONTINUOUS
Marcus rushes into the cockpit, starts hitting controls --

struggling to catch his breath, watching the gauges --
waiting anxiously for the lander to power up --
MARCUS
is --
He trails off as he looks out the cockpit glass, sees Mother

standing outside, looking straight at him, her eyes flashing.
Marcus’ eyes go blank...he hits a control to open the door...
The sound of Mother entering the ship, moving up behind him --

he pulls his side arm, holds it to his own head -- the gun
barrel shaking...he sees her reflection in the cockpit glass,
as she walks up behind him...
59.
MOTHER
Die --
BANG -- he fires while his hand is shaking, bullet skips

across the surface of his skull -- his head falls down on to
the console --
EXT. LANDER - ROCKY PLAIN - CONTINUOUS
THUD -- Marcus is thrown from the door of the lander, lands

face down on the ground, his head bleeding -- still appears
to be breathing. Mother then heads back to the cockpit as
the side door closes --
The lander’s bright lights shine on Marcus’ prone form as it

takes off into the sky above him --
INT. LANDER - FLYING -- CONTINUOUS
Mother works the controls, discovering she knows Mithraic

tech -- the lander shakes as it blasts up towards the
atmosphere while Mother speaks into the console, using
Marcus’ voice --
MOTHER
(in Marcus’ voice)
This is lander two -- do you copy?
VOICE
Marcus? Thought we lost you...
Did you find the source of the
signal?
MOTHER
Negative. We’re returning to the
ark --
VOICE
Now? Is something wrong?
MOTHER
The Cleric was injured in a fall --
we have limited time, he’s lost a
lot of blood --
VOICE
Copy that -- I’ll open the gate --
have the med crew standing by.
EXT. ARK - SPACE
An ARK -- a large air craft carrier-looking ship -- this one

has been dubbed HEAVEN by its creators, the name emblazoned
on its hull --
Angle widens and -- for the first time -- we see the planet
from space -- looks like a larger half-sister of Earth -- the
ark orbiting, then --
A tiny speck emerges from the planet’s atmosphere...the

lander -- its thrusters intermittently lighting up as it
makes its slow glide towards the ark. A landing portal opens
on the side of the ark -- the lander glides inside...
INT. AIR LOCK - ARK - MOMENTS LATER
A closed air lock door, a hissing sound emanating as two

armed guards pull a series of levers -- the hissing stops.
The two guards stand back as the door slowly swings open...
They see Mother, her eyes flashing -- they freeze up as she

walks right past them -- they then draw their side arms,
staring at one another in horror -- both hallucinating that
the other is becoming a serpent --
They then begin firing bullets into each other --
INT. CORRIDOR - ARK - CONTINUOUS
Mother walks down the long white hallway, vaguely temple-like

design to the ship -- sun symbols everywhere -- chanting --
She passes a prayer room -- where several people are on their

knees praying -- a Cleric raising his upturned hands into the
air -- he glances at Mother --
Her eyes flash -- he crumples, starts weeping --
She keeps moving, past a windowed space -- dozens of empty

hibernation pods inside -- *
INT. CONTROL ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
A screen shows multiple camera views -- Mother moving through

the ship, guards’ heads and limbs exploding in her wake --
others just fall to their knees, made insane by her stare --
The attendant watching the screen turns around, five others

in the control room -- panicking --
61.
ATTENDANT
She’s a necromancer. Whatever you
do, don’t look at her --
INT. DOOR TO CONTROL ROOM - CORRIDOR - ARK - CONTINUOUS
Mother is breathing a thin stream of blue fire from her mouth

-- heating the center of the door -- she then pushes her
fingers through the soft metal --
INT. CONTROL ROOM - ARK - CONTINUOUS
The attendants open fire as Mother’s hand reaches through the

hole in the door -- the bullets tear up her skin as she hits
a button -- the door opens --
Mother moves inside amidst a hail of bullets -- one of the

attendants catches a glimpse of her eyes -- turns his gun on
the others, another one gets a glimpse -- more cross fire --
and then in an instant they’re all lying dead around her --
She moves to the main control panel, starts manipulating the

instruments -- an alarm starts blaring --
COMPUTER
Warning -- landing coordinates
incomplete.
MOTHER
Override --
COMPUTER
Security code please.
Mother turns, sees one of the attendants is still alive,

trying to crawl from the room -- she walks over, grabs him,
lifts him up --
He turns his face away from her -- she grabs his chin --
turns his face back to her --
MOTHER
Open your eyes --
ATTENDANT
No --
She grabs his face -- pulls off one of his eyelids -- his
darting retinae instinctively locks in with hers --
MOTHER
The override code --
62.
She shoves him towards the console, he punches in the code --

blood dripping off his face on to the console --
COMPUTER
Landing sequence initiated.
Mother checks another control panel -- shows camera feeds of

various parts of the ship...clocks a room where children are
hiding --
INT. CORRIDOR - ARK
Mother walks back the way she came -- the alarm blaring,
screams coming from open doorways, blood smeared on the
walls, attendants sprawled on the floor, clutching the guns
they shot themselves with --
INT. SMALL ROOM - ARK - CONTINUOUS
A group of children are huddled in the corner, across from a

closed door -- boys and girls -- various ages -- they tense,
hear someone entering a code on the other side of the door --
The door slides open revealing a dead eyed attendant standing

there motionless -- Mother moves past him into the room --
the children seem to know what she is -- they cover their
eyes, trying not to look at her --
But then a little girl decides to look up --
CUT TO:
EXT. GEN-1 SETTLEMENT - DUSK
Campion sits in the field, crying -- it’s starting to get

dark -- the cold is coming -- but he’s too upset to move,
shivering --
And then he hears a booming sound in the sky -- he looks up

at the triangle of three moons -- and then he spots a fourth
light shimmering -- getting brighter and brighter --
It’s the ark -- descending in the far distance -- he loses

sight of it as it gets lower...then he sees a light flashing
over the horizon as it crashes -- a distant booming sound as
it explodes on impact -- the ground shakes ever so slightly --
63.
EXT. ROCKY PLAIN - NIGHT
Marcus, still lying where Mother left him, the ground is

shaking much more violently here -- he’s awoken by the
burning pieces of wreckage falling down in the near distance.
Marcus touches his hand to his aching head -- sees the blood,
realizes the bullet didn’t penetrate his skull. He gets to
his feet -- the ground still shaking --
He hugs himself against the cold -- peers around at the

darkness, when he notices the reddish glow on the distant
horizon -- a gargantuan black smoke cloud rising...
Doom blossoms in Marcus’ eyes as the realization starts to

sink in... Then he clocks a light emerging from the smoke
cloud -- it’s his lander --
He looks to be wondering if Mother is still piloting it --

decides not to take chances --
He crouches behind some rocks as it flies overhead -- he

watches it disappear into the darkness...
Marcus looks around desperately -- clocks a big piece of

burning wreckage across the way, runs up on it --
He crouches by the flames to keep warm, pulls a communication

device from his uniform -- starts trying to call --
MARCUS
This is Marcus -- does anybody read
me?
No answer...
MARCUS (CONT’D)
Hello -- is anybody out there?
Come in...
Marcus looks back at the massive black smoke cloud...
Campion sits on the edge of his wooden cot, wearing his night
gear, his helmet -- thoughts flashing behind his eyes --
perhaps wondering -- as we are -- if he’s now alone...
And then he sees the door is opening, slowly --
CAMPION
Mother?
64.
The door opens the rest of the way -- Campion sees a young
girl’s silhouette...
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Mother? Are you doing that?
The girl doesn’t answer -- then she looks at someone off to

the side Campion can’t see. Campion sits up, pulls his
helmet off, eyes wide as he starts walking up on her...
It’s the little girl we just saw look up at Mother -- wearing

a scorched white uniform with a sun symbol on the chest --
her eyes blown out with shock, shivering in the cold...
CAMPION (CONT’D)
Stop this, Mother --
Then Campion sees there are four more similarly dressed

children standing out there with the girl -- five in all.
They begin tentatively moving inside, desperate to get out of
the cold -- all of them eying Campion nervously --
Baffled now, Campion reaches out, starts touching them like a

blind man -- discovers they’re solid, they’re real -- his
eyes go wide, wonder in his expression --
They stare back at him -- all in total shock. The little

girl, VITA (6), two other girls -- HOLLY (15) and VRILLE
(17). And two boys -- PAUL (12) and HUNTER (17).
HUNTER
Is she going to kill us?
Campion looks back at them -- it’s obvious from his

expression he no longer knows the answer to that question...
sees them shivering --
CAMPION
I’ll go get you some nightgear from
the nursery --
Campion rushes out into the cold, the door closes. The five
children look at each other, confused, terrified --
After a moment, Hunter motions to the others -- gets the five

of them to kneel in a circle, starts to lead them in prayer --
HUNTER
is harmful --
65.
Close on Paul as he prays -- a little mouse pokes its head

out of the pocket of his uniform -- we realize he must be
Marcus’ son.
EXT. CHILDREN'S BARRACKS - CONTINUOUS
Campion exits the barracks -- sees Mother across the way,

loading something he can’t make out into the stolen Mitraic
lander... She pauses, looks over at him for a moment --
Campion stands there looking back at her, stunned until...
Mother turns and walks into the lander, the door closes
behind her. Campion watches as it hovers up, spins, then
zooms over his head into the night sky...
CUT TO:
EXT. ALIEN FOREST - MORNING
An overhead canopy of strangely shaped leaves -- we hear

Mother humming a strange but beautiful song as we descend
through the layers and emerge out the bottom to see below us
-- Father lying face down on the ground, Mother hunched over,
working on him -- then after a moment --
Mother pauses, gets up -- revealing Father’s back is opened

up, skin pinned back -- his hard plastic spine visible, looks
like she replaced part of it with mismatching spare parts...
Close on an ostrich egg-looking thing -- an orphic processor

-- similar to the one Mother pulled from Father’s insides,
partially wrapped in a giant leaf -- Mother’s hands reach
down and -- very carefully -- she lifts it up...
Mother kneels down beside Father and carefully installs the

new processor inside his torso...
CUT TO:
BLACK...
BACK TO:
FATHER'S POV
He’s regaining consciousness -- his eyes taking a moment to

res up; he sees Mother crouching in front of him, but she’s
highly pixelated...looks like an abstract painting...
66.
MOTHER
The internal distress you’re
feeling is normal. You’ve had a
new processor installed -- you need
to stay calm or you’re going to
undo all my hard work --
Close on Father’s face as he starts to regulate his breathing

-- still struggling to see...
FATHER
If you want me to remain calm,
Mother...then why are you
reactivating me?
Father’s POV the pixelation is starting to normalize -- the

image becoming clearer -- revealing Mother has a piece of
cloth wrapped around her eyes, black blood soaking through...
FATHER (CONT’D)
Your eyes...
MOTHER
I had to remove them -- for the
sake of the children...
FATHER
The children?
MOTHER
Yes. Campion, and now five more.
They came from an ark called
Heaven...
Father begins to notice the blood spattered on Mother’s

clothes, the stolen lander behind her, Jinn’s scattered body
parts (Father’s unwitting organ donor) --
MOTHER (CONT’D)
Don’t worry, Father. We will get
it right this time.
END OF PILOT

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RAISED BY WOLVES

A harsh wind howls over a rocky expanse -- angle slowly

Super -- KEPLER-22b. Distance from Earth: 600 light-years --

Suddenly a great booming sound reverberates over the

It passes overhead -- slams into the ground and starts

Moving down the blackened, smoke filled trench the crashed

Angle widens to reveal the craft is teetering on the edge of

The craft starts to flower open, smoke leaking out -- CREAK --

A figure rises from the interior -- A YOUNG WOMAN wearing a

The woman’s eyes are oddly calm as she takes in the

INT. SMALL SPACE CRAFT - CONTINUOUS

The woman’s POV as she ducks down inside the claustrophobic,

The woman rushes to assist the man -- the two of them

The woman comes to a metal clamp that’s been melted shut --

Angle widens to reveal there are no seats, windows nor any

They exchange something with their eyes, then scramble to

EXT. SMALL SPACE CRAFT/HOLE - CONTINUOUS

Angle widens to reveal the woman hanging there, holding on to

Back to the woman, hanging from the crate handle as he lifts

The woman considers... *

The woman kneels beside the steel crate -- *

Mother watches the lights pulse for a moment, then -- *

Father nods...something occurs to him, then:

She looks at him, a little thrown by what she sees as a

Mother takes that in.

After a moment the two of them smile at each other.

They start peering around at the rocky plain -- those round

They look around...see a hilly, forested region looming a few

They each grab a crate handle, lift it up and start walking --

EXT. ALIEN FOREST - NIGHT

They emerge into a large clearing where a waist high leafy

Father bites it, chews it -- bites something hard -- spits

Father spits out the chewed tuber-thing --

Father nods in agreement. The two of them look around at the

Father considers that for a moment, then:

She looks at him...he smiles...

Father stares at her for a moment, then:

Mother touches her hand to the top of the crate -- it hums --

Mother touches one of several tiny control screens --

Father begins pulling something from a compartment in the

Mother lifts the shirt of her flight suit -- revealing a

Father then starts pulling translucent sacks from a

EXT. GENERATION-1 SETTLEMENT - DAY

SUPER -- Nine months later -- over the NURSERY -- a simple

INT. NURSERY - GEN-SETTLEMENT - DAY

Mother lies on a wooden cot looking drained -- angle widens

Six semi-translucent beach ball-looking things filled with

Mother closes her eyes, directing the lab to increase the

She doesn’t answer, eyes still closed --

She holds her hand up for him to shut up -- then breathes

Father picks up a wooden knife -- moves up one of the wombs

He punctures the womb -- liquid leaks out while Father uses

Father pats the baby’s back -- Mother watching on with a

Mother concentrates as Father works -- controlling the mobile

FIVE CRYING BABIES

On the floor, wrapped in blankets -- Mother watching on as

Father sees there’s something covering the baby’s face -- a

Mother watches on as Father removes the caul from the baby’s

Mother reaches her hands out --