DARK SKIES
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DARK SKIES
BY
PATRICIA ULETILOVIC
DARK SKIES
FADE IN:
INT. OFFICES OF A LARGE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER – LONDON – DAY
Newspaper reporter,ANGUS FARREL is discussing his next assignment with a male colleague.ANGUS is about thirty,and casually dressed.His colleague is slightly older.The office is light,bright,modern and very busy.
ANGUS
The editor wants me to cover this
story about some boy genius in Slovenia.
Apparently his IQ is three times that
of an ordinary person.He’s got the
highest ever recorded IQ
in the world.
COLLEAGUE
I’ve been to Slovenia,it’s a beautiful country,
so even if your story turns out to be a waste of
time,at least you’ll be going somewhere nice.
ANGUS
What makes you think it’s going to be a waste
of time?
COLLEAGUE
This kind of story often is.In the end it’ll
turn out there’s been some sort of mistake
or something.When are you due to leave?
ANGUS
I’ve got a flight this evening.I should be
there about midnight.
COLLEAGUE
You know what,Angus?I really envy you.
You get all the cushy numbers,and while
you’re going to be there,living it up in
Slovenia,I get to report on the latest round
of strikes back here.(LAUGHING).
INT: THE AIRPORT – SLOVENIA – AROUND MIDNIGHT
A young woman,MILENA STANIC,is waiting for ANGUS in the arrivals area.She is in her mid twenties and rather attractive.At first she does not seem to know who she is looking for.Then they spot one another.MILENA approaches ANGUS tentatively.
MILENA
I am Milena Stanic,my newspaper
sent me to fetch you from the
airport.I will take you to the
village near Ljubljana where the boy,
Boris Galic,lives.
ANGUS
Hi,and I’m Angus farrell,and my
newspaper sent me here to do a report
on this young genius,Boris..Tell me
in your opinion,is Boris really as special
as they’ve made him out to be?
MILENA
In my opinion,Boris has the most unique
mind I have ever come across.He is very
special.(Pauses)But you must be tired,Mr
Farrell. I will take you to the village now.
You have accomodation with a family there.
It is not a hotel,however,I am sure you
will find it very comfortable.
ANGUS
You can call me Angus,I mean,I think
I’d prefer it.Mr Farrell sounds too formal.
MILENA
Okay,I will call you Angus,and you can
call me Milena.We must go now,our
guests are waiting for you.
EXT. A SMALL VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – NIGHT
The car arrives in a alpine type village.The houses are mostly of the chalet type.The car parks outside one of these,and a family consisting of a man,a woman,and two teenage boys come out to greet him.They lead him into the house.
EXT: OUTSIDE ANGUS’GUESTHOUSE VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
The same village by day.MILENA is waiting for ANGUS to emerge from the house,which he does so after a second or two.
MILENA
I shall take you to meet Boris this
morning.He used to live with his
grandmother.Unfortunately,she died
quite suddenly about a month ago,so
he’s living with his aunt now.
ANGUS
What about the boy’s parents?What
happened to them?
MILENA
Well,apparently,Boris’father refused
to accept the child as his own,and
left the village.His mother died shortly
after childbirth.
ANGUS
That’s rather sad………..
MILENA
Yes,it is,and in part it explains why Boris
is such a quiet,thoughtful boy.
ANGUS
I’m really looking forward to meeting him.
Does he live far from here?
MILENA
About ten minutes on foot.You’ll meet him
soon.
INT: KITCHEN IN VILLAGE HOUSE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are standing in a large fairly old fashioned kitchen.Before them stands BORIS.He is a youth of about sixteen.He has a sensitive face with very intense eyes,and expressive features.
ANGUS
You must be Boris.My name’s Angus
Farrell,Milena has told me all about
you.
BORIS
Milena is a nice lady,but many of
the journalists who have come here
have treated me like something out
of a zoo.They have asked me a
thousand personal questions,like
they cannot believe that I could be
just a normal,ordinary boy.
ANGUS
Is that what you would like to be,
just an ordinary boy?
BORIS
Yes,I wish all the journalists,and
television people would just go
away,and let me get back to my life.
I don’t want to be famous,I just want
to be me.
ANGUS
The trouble is though,Boris,that you
are not an ordinary boy,you’re a genius.
Maybe you’re the most intelligent person
who has ever lived.
BORIS
I suppose so.(looking sad)
MILENA
Let me show you the results of some of
the IQ tests,Angus.
ANGUS
(Leafing through them)My god,these
really are amazing!
MILENA
Not only that,but Boris,also appears to
have other mental capabilities too.
He’s telepathic for example.
ANGUS
Are you saying that Boris has a superior
brain to the rest of us?
MILENA
No,not necessarily,maybe he just uses
more of it.I mean don’t they say that
we only use a fraction of our brains.
BORIS
I have to start my studies now.
Will you come back again?
ANGUS
Of course we will.When you say
studies,do you mean you go to
school?
BORIS
No,they have nothing left to teach
me at school. I have university
professors at Havard,and Oxford
who communicate with me by phone
and email.That is how I learn.
ANGUS
Milena and I will leave you alone
to study.We will be back later.
See you then
EXT: IN FRONT OF BORIS’HOME – VILLAGE –SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are standing in front of BORIS’ home.It is minutes since they left him.
ANGUS
I thought before I came here that
perhaps these claims of the boy’s
intelligence,and mental abilities
were either exaggerated,or that he
had somehow cheated on the IQ
tests in order to fool everyone into
thinking he was a genius perhaps
out of a desire to become famous.
But now that I’ve met him,I’m
convinced of two things.Firstly,
I think that Boris really does have
extraordinary mental abilities,and
secondly,he’s not in the least bit
interested in fame.
MILENA
No,fame does not interest him.In fact,
I think,Boris would much prefer it if
everyone just went away and left
him in peace.It is this reluctance to
be in the limelight that makes me
believe in him more.
ANGUS
I’m going back to the guest house
for a bit of a rest.I didn’t get a good
nights sleep last night.I’ll see you about
five,then we can interview Boris again.
INT: ANGUS’ ROOM – GUEST HOUSE - VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS is asleep on his bed,(with his clothes on),when he hears loud shouts and screams coming from somewhere outside his window.He gets off the bed and rushes over to the window.He looks down.ANGUS can see many people crowded around the door of a nearby house.He rushes out of his room,down the stairs,and out of the house into the street.He walks over to a middle-aged woman,and asks her what has happened.
ANGUS
Excuse me,do you know what’s
going on,what’s happened in that house?
WOMAN
Yes,they found a young boy dead.They
say it happened quite suddenly.
This morning they found him,
blood everywhere.They’re not
sure how he died though.He went to
school with my daughter.Nice boy he
was.Mirko was his name,yes,Mirko.
EXT: STREET OUTSIDE GUESTHOUSE –VILLAGE – SLOVENIA –DAY
ANGUS turns round to see MILENA standing behind him.He approaches her.
ANGUS
Do you suppose Boris knew this
young lad,Mirko?
MILENA
Very probably.They were the same
age,they lived in the same village,
and they went to the same school
when they were younger.I’d be
surprised if they didn’t know each
other.Talking of Boris,it’s four
thirty now.It’s time we went back
to visit him.
INT: BORIS’ HOME – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are standing in the kitchen looking at BORIS,who is sitting by the table,sobbing uncontrolably.
BORIS
M..Mirko w..was my b..best friend,
and now he’s dead.I..It’s so unfair.
He was j..just a boy,like me!
ANGUS
I’m really sorry,Boris.Milena and I
will come back tomorrow,when
you’re feeling a little less upset.I do
need to ask you a few more
questions,but they can wait,(Turning
to MILENA).He’s really cut up
about this.I think we should stay
away for a few days,and interview
some of his friends,and acquaintances
whilst we’re waiting..
MILENA
I think you’re right,Angus.I’ll try
to organize some interviews in the
meantime.
EXT: THE FRONT DOOR OF LARGE HOUSE – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are standing by the front door of a large house waiting for someone to answer the doorbell.
ANGUS
Who did you say this is?
MILENA
He is Dr.Kranovic,Boris’ family
doctor.He’s treated Boris since he
was a small boy.
The door opens DR KRANOVIC greets them.He is a grey haired man of about fifty five.
DR KRANOVIC
Hello,you must be the journalists I
was expecting.I believe I have
already spoken to Milena on the
phone,and you must be the reporter
from England.
ANGUS
Yes,that’s me.It’s a pleasure to meet
you, Dr Kranovic.I understand you
have been the family doctor since
Boris was born?
DR KRANOVIC
Well,you would be right in saying
that I have been the family doctor
since Boris was a small boy,but I
did not take care of his mother
during her pregnancy,or the birth
itself.
MILENA
How come?
DR KRANOVIC
When it was discovered that Boris’
mother was pregnant a group of
specialists arrived from Ljubjana
to look after her.Apparently she
had severe complications.
ANGUS
Do you remember the name of any of
these specialists?
DR KRANOVIC
No,but they were an odd lot.For a
start only one was Slovenian,two were
Swiss.I think one was German,one
Italian.and one was American.
EXT: IN THE STREET – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA
ANGUS and MILENA are discussing what DR KRANOVIC has just told them.
ANGUS
I’ve got a gut instinct there’s a lot
more going on here than meets the
eye.I was going to go home as soon
as I’d completed my second
interview with Boris,but I don’t
think I will now.I sense a bigger story
under all this boy genius stuff.
MILENA
What sort of story?
ANGUS
I don’t know yet.But I’d like to
find out something more about
those specialists.
MILENA
Why don’t you let me find out
more about them?I know the
system better than you.It might
be easier for me.
ANGUS
Okay,you find out what you can.
In the meantime I’ll continue
with the interviews.I’ll also
check out the library archives to
see if I can find out any more
background info to this story.
MILENA
You’ll have to go into Ljubjana
for that.This village only has a very
small library,and its archive section
is non existent.
ANGUS
I think I’ll continue interviewing
Boris and the locals first.I reckon
if I dig deep enough I’ll discover
the village secret.
INT: TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA –EVENING
ANGUS and MILENA are sitting down to a meal.The restaurant is traditional and cosy,rather like an English pub.
ANGUS
You look very nice tonight
Milena.I think your hair really
suits you up like that.
MILENA
(Blushing)Are you trying to
flirt with me,Angus?
ANGUS
Maybe,maybe not.
MILENA
(In a rather severe tone of voice)
I don’t think we have time to flirt.
we’ve got work to do.(Pulling some-
thing out of her pocket).I compiled a
list of people for us to interview.About
three are deceased,two quite a long
time ago.Boris’ violin teacher
died two weeks ago rather suddenly,
and unexpectedly.
ANGUS
(Looking at the list).Hmmm…I’d like
to talk to some of the kids Boris grew
up with,and his teachers.I wouldn’t
mind talking to those two university
professors at Havard,and Oxford.
MILENA
I’ve tried to contact the two
university professors.I’ve been able
to make contact with Professor
Hargreaves at Oxford.But when I
tried to contact Professor Wright at
Harvard,no one had neard of him
there.
ANGUS
How very odd.What are we supposed
to make of that,I wonder?We’ll have
to try and find out who Professor
Wright really is.
MILENA
I’m sure the information is there
somewhere.We’ll just have to
dig deeper.Tomorrow though,I have
arranged for us to visit Boris’ old
school.
EXT: OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL BUILDING –VILLAGE – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are going into the school building when they are approached by a pretty girl of about fifteen called, JOVANA.
JOVANA
Hey,stop!Are you the journalists?
I am Jovana,I am Boris’ girlfriend.
I wanted to say that I have known
Boris all my life,and he has always
been the nicest boy you could hope
to meet.He is very kind,he would
never hurt anybody,not even when
they called him names when he was a
little boy.He’s always seemed different
though,much smarter than the rest of us.
Please don’t make him out to be some
sort of freak in your report.Boris doesn’t
deserve that.
ANGUS
Don’t worry we won’t.(Pause,then
concerned voice)Are you okay?
You don’t look well,Jovana.
JOVANA
I am all right.I think I have the flu.I have
been feeling like this this last week.
ANGUS
If you have the flu you shouldn’t be at
school.
JOVANA
I know,but I came especially to see you.
I wanted to tell you about Boris.
ANGUS
I really appreciate that Jovana.Please
go home now though,and get some rest!
JOVANA walks slowly away.ANGUS and MILENA continue walking towards the school buildings.
EXT: PARK – VILLAGE – DAY
It is two days later.ANGUS and MILENA are sitting on a park bench,discussing her findings.
MILENA
I have been in Ljubjana for the last
few days,I’ve been trying to trace
those specialists involved in Boris’
birth..They seem to have
completely vanished from all the
records.I managed to trace one,Professor
Kessler,a Swiss doctor,but he was
not a gynaecologist.He has links
with some secret organisation.
I managed to trace their European
headquarters to GenevaTheir
work is highly classified,and they
wouldn’t speak about this man,or any
of the other names on the list of
specialists.
ANGUS
So that line of investigation proved
to be a bit of a dead end?.
MILENA
Yes,unfortunately.I don’t see how
we can find out about all this highly
classified stuff.
ANGUS
I wonder what they could have been up
to all those years ago that could warrant
such secrecy?
INT: ANGUS’ GUEST HOUSE – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA - MORNING
MILENA has come to visit ANGUS.She is waiting for him in the dining room.She looks serious and pensive,
MILENA
Boris’ girlfriend,Jovana is dead.
She died last night quite suddenly.
As you know she had been
complaining of feeling unwell
recently.No one knows quite
what happened next.All they can
say is that this morning she was
found in a pool of blood.
Apparently Dr Kranovic thinks
she had a brain hemorrhage.
ANGUS
Wait a minute didn’t that boy
Mirko die of something similar?
And didn’t you say that both Boris’
violin teacher,and his grandmother
had died suddenly,and unexpectedly?
MILENA
What are you trying to say,Angus?
ANGUS
That we need to find out exactly
what the old lady,and the teacher
did die of.I mean if it turns out that
all four died in the same way,
wouldn’t you think it a little strange?
MILENA
Are you saying that Boris has some-
thing to do with all this?That he’s
some kind of murderer?
ANGUS
Well,think about it,Milena.All four
of these people were friends of
his,people he was close to,and
spent a lot of time with.They all
die unexpectedly,and in the same
way.
MILENA
You don’t know that for certain,Angus.
ANGUS
I’m ninety percent sure that’s what
happened.
MILENA
But there is no weapon,and no sign
of violence in any of these deaths.
ANGUS
Boris is a young man with incredible
mental abilities.You said yourself
that he was telepathic.Couldn’t he
use his telepathy to destroy people too?
MILENA
I’m sorry,but I just don’t think Boris
is capable of murder.He’s not evil.
ANGUS
Say what you will,Milena.I know
that all the things we have found out ,
and all the things that have happened
since we got here,are somehow
interconnected,and I’m not going to
stop until I find out what’s at the
bottom of this mystery.
EXT: PARK-VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DUSK
ANGUS is walking alone in the park.He is down by the lake.The light is beginning to fade.From the shadows there suddenly appears an OLD WOMAN.
OLD WOMAN
You’re the journalist who has come to
see Boris,aren’t you?I’ve lived in
this village all my life.I’ve seen all
of its comings and goings,all of its
births,deaths and marriages.Boris
is a good boy,as good as they come,
but around him there is so much
tragedy.His mother,Elena was a
sweet,young girl.Fifteen when she
found out she was pregnant.The
young boy she was seeing swore
that he hadn’t touched her,and Elena
herself could not explain how she
became pregnant.She said she’d
gone for a walk in the hills.Some-
how,she slipped and bumped her
head.She was unconscious for quite
a while.When Elena returned to
the village she had been missing
for three days.It was rumoured
she’d been kidnapped by gypsies.
They’d been seen hanging around
the village for some weeks,working
with some circus,or another.
After it was announced she was
pregnant people said that the
father was probably the son of the
fortune teller,the Great Romano,
I think he called himself.His son,
Leonardo,was a wild,handsome boy
with odd powers of his own,telepathy
and the such like.Shortly after that
strange people arrived in the
village.They did not look like
ordinary doctors,more like scientists.
They stayed through Elena’s
pregnancy,and the birth.Then they
disappeared.I never saw any of them
again Elena died shortly after the birth.
Boris lived with his grandmother after
that,and now she’s dead too..That
boy is cursed.He’s born under a
very bad omen.
ANGUS
What sort of omen?
OLD WOMAN
A comet.
ANGUS
Tell me more about the gypsy boy,
the one with the powers,(Pause)
Where are you?Are you still there?
In the increasingly fading light ANGUS can no longer see the OLD WOMAN,she has totally disappeared.
INT: TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT –VILLAGE –SLOVENIA –EVENING
ANGUS and MILENA are sitting in the restaurant discussing ANGUS’ earlier meeting with the OLD WOMAN.
ANGUS
Honestly,I don’t know who the old
woman was,but she told me a whole
load of stuff about Boris’ mother.
How her boyfriend ran off denying
he’d even touched her,how she
disappeared for three days,and when
she reappeared she could remember
nothing.The old woman said there’d
been a circus,and gypsies in town.It was
rumoured she’d been kidnapped by
them.The fortune teller’s son,was a prime
suspect for having fathered the child.
He was said to have special powers.
MILENA
It sounds possible,doesn’t it.I think we
need to trace the circus,and find
out what happened to the fortuune
teller and his son.
ANGUS
That might be quite a hard job.All
this business happened so long ago.
MILENA
If it helps to explain what’s going
on here it will be worth it.
INT: ANGUS’ GUEST HOUSE – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – EARLY MORNING
ANGUS is in the breakfast room having some toast and jam.MILENA enters.She goes up to his table.She looks slightly flushed.
MILENA
I’m going to Italy for a few days.
I’ve managed to trace the fortune
teller’s son,Leonardo.He’s with a circus
near Trieste.His father,the Great
Romano,died about five years years
ago.It wasn’t as hard as I thought it
was going to be to trace them.
ANGUS
Oh,well,good luck with that,and
take care.If Leonardo does have
special powers,I don’t want him
putting some sort of spell on you.
(Laughing)
MILENA
Don’t worry about me,I can
take care of myself..See you in
a couple of days,Angus!
MILENA turns round and rushes off out of the guest house.
INT: CAR –TRAVELLING ACROSS SLOVENIA – DAY
MILENA is driving across Slovenia,heading towards the Italian border,and Trieste.
EXT: CIRCUS NEAR TRIESTE –ITALY – DAY
MILENA is standing near a large circus tent.There are lots of caravans,and smaller tents pitched nearby.She is looking a little lost.A CIRCUS DWARF comes towards her.
CIRCUS DWARF
Posso aiutarla,Signorina ?
MILENA
I’m sorry,but I don’t speak Italian.
CIRCUS DWARF
Can I help you,Miss?Are you looking
for someone?
MILENA
Yes,I’m looking for Leonardo,the
fortune teller.
CIRCUS DWARF
Yes,he lives in that cream coloured
caravan over there.(Pointing).
MILENA
Thank you.
MILENA walks over to the caravan,and knocks on the door.It opens.
INT: CARAVAN –CIRCUS –TRIESTE –ITALY –DAY
MILENA is shown into the caravan.It is neat and tidy,and quite cosy.Before her stands a man in his late thirties.He is very handsome,with shoulder length,dark,wavy hair,and expressive blue eyes.Around his neck is tied a neckerchief.He is also wearing a open necked shirt.and waist coat.This is Leonardo.
LEONARDO
I understand you have been trying to
find me?What would you like to know?
MILENA
About sixteen or seventeen years ago
did you have anything to do with a
young girl called Elena Galic?
LEONARDO
Elena?I knew her a little.She was a
sweet kid.Why?
MILENA
They say you and your father
kidnapped her,and that you got her
pregnant.
LEONARDO
Who said that?Those narrow
minded villagers,I bet. Elena
disappeared for a few days,and
when she returned to the village unable
to remember anything,and pregnant
they blamed it on us. Don’t you know
if things go wrong,they always blame
it on the gypsies!I didn’t do anything
to Elena!If you want I’ll prove it.I’ll
have one of those DNA tests!
MILENA
You don’t have to because I believe you.
LEONARDO
Do you suppose those villagers will
believe me?
MILENA
Probably not,they have their prejudices,
and unless it can be proved without the
shadow of a doubt that you weren’t
the father,they’ll believe what they
choose to believe.
LEONARDO
Well,thank you anyway.
MILENA
For what?
LEONARDO
For not pre-judging me.For coming here
with an open mind.
EXT: PARK – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are walking in the park,discussing MILENA’S trip to Italy.
MILENA
Leonardo is not Boris’father.
I think he was being used as a scape-
goat.A girl becomes pregnant in
mysterious circumstances,and who
do the villagers blame,a gypsy!
No,I’m certain Leonardo had nothing
to do with it
ANGUS
Okay,so Leonardo isn’t the father.It’s
strange though,I felt certain that
something the old woman was
telling me held the key to the whole
thing.(Pauses)Hey,isn’t that Boris over
there talking to that man?
MILENA
Yes,it is.I don’t think the man is from
around here.At least I’ve never seen
him before.
ANGUS and MILENA are distracted by a large group of children walking by,when they look again Boris and the man have both gone.
INT: BORIS’HOME – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA have gone to visit BORIS after seeing him in the park with a stranger.
ANGUS
We saw you in the park about an
hour ago.You were talking to some-
one we’ve never seen before,a
stranger.
BORIS
That was Professor Wright from
Havard.
MILENA
Where is he now?
BORIS
Oh,he’s already gone!
ANGUS
Damn!I really wanted to speak to
him!
BORIS
You probably will get to meet him
if you hang around for long enough.
He’s been turning up every couple of
weeks just lately.It’s odd actually,
Professor Wright used to visit me once,
or twice a year,but just lately he’s
been coming to see me really often.
MILENA
What does he do when he comes round?
BORIS
Well,he goes over my course work,then
he gives me new material to study,and
usually he gives me a medical check-up.
ANGUS
What does the check-up consist of?
BORIS
Tests.He does lots of tests.
MILENA
What kind of tests?
BORIS
Mostly they’re to check my reactions
and reflexes.I’ve also had a couple of
brain scanners.
ANGUS
Brain scanners!Why on earth would he
give you a brain scanner?!He’s
supposed to be a university professor.
Why would he be doing all these
medical tests on you?
BORIS
Because I’m special,I suppose.
ANGUS
Maybe so,but I still don’t think it
should be part of his duties as a
university lecturer,to give you
medical examinations.Also I think
there’s something else you should
know,Milena and I tried to contact
him at Havard.No one had ever
heard of him.
BORIS
You mean he’s not who he says he is?
ANGUS
No,he’s not.
BORIS
But he’s been coming here for the
past ten years!
ANGUS
He’s been lying to you about his true
identity,and his true purpose.Don’t
worry though,next time he pays a
visit,I’ll make sure that we see him,
and find out just who he is!
INT: ANGUS’GUEST HOUSE –VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – NIGHT
ANGUS is asleep in bed.He dreams of his encounter with the OLD WOMAN,and relives her conversation with him.
OLD WOMAN
That boy is cursed.He’s born under a
a very bad omen.
ANGUS
What sort of omen?
OLD WOMAN
A comet.
ANGUS wakes up with a start.He sits bolt upright in bed.A look of understanding comes onto his face.His hand goes up to his nose.He looks down at his hand.there is blood on his hand from his nose.ANGUS is having a nosebleed.He gets up,and stumbles over to the mirror.His face looks pale and ill,and there is a trickle of blood coming from his nose.
EXT: PARK – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are walking in the park.It is early morning.They are discussing ANGUS’dream.
MILENA
So why did you wake me up so early
this morning?
ANGUS
I had a dream last night about that old
woman,and I suddenly remembered
the last thing she said.It was about
Boris being born under an evil omen,
a curse.I remember asking her what
that omen was.She said it was a comet.
MILENA
Yes,but all that stuff about comets being
bad omens,is superstitious nonsense.
It’s just a myth.
ANGUS
What if it wasn’t a comet?What if it was
something else?
MILENA
What do you mean by something else?
ANGUS
What if it was a UFO?
MILENA
Angus1You don’t think this has
got anything to do with spaceships
and little green men from Mars,do
you?(Staring at ANGUS in disbelief)
You do think that!Oh,my god! I’m
standing here talking to a crazy man!
ANGUS
I’ve never believed in UFO’s either,but
when I remembered my dream about
the comet,I suddenly realized I’d hit
upon something important.What if a UFO
crashed around here seventeen years ago?
Wouldn’t it look like a comet to people
looking up into the night sky?Don’t just
dismiss the theory out of hand,Milena,
just because it sounds far fetched.
Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction,
and as a journalist,I can tell you that I
have seen a lot of really strange things.
MILENA
I’ll try to keep an open mind,I promise!
INT: TRADITIONAL RESTAURANT – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – EVENING
ANGUS is having a quiet meal in the restaurant.He is waiting for MILENA,who is late.He keeps looking at his watch.ANGUS is suddenly approached by a man of about fifty.
MAN
You’re the journalist who has been
asking all the questions about Boris,
aren’t you?
ANGUS
Yes,that’s right.
MAN
I’ve got something I think you’d be
interested in seeing.
ANGUS
What is it?
MAN
I don’t want to talk about it here,it’s
too public.Come with me to my farm,
I’ll show you there.
ANGUS
Er,I’m waiting for my colleague.
MAN
What I’ve got to show you is
extremely important,Mr Farrell.
ANGUS
Oh,very well.I don’t suppose Milena
will mind me leaving her alone in
the restaurant if she understands that
it’s in the line of duty.
INT: BARN – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – EVENING
The MAN has taken ANGUS to his farm.They are now in the barn.The MAN lifts up a few floorboards.Beneath the floorboards there is a sack with something in it.The MAN lifts the sack up,and begins to unwrap the object within,and hands it to ANGUS,who stares at it in amazement.It is a metallic object with strange properties.The metal gives when you touch it,allowing ANGUS’ hand to sink into it slightly when he touches it.
MAN
I found it seventeen years ago in
a heavily wooded area at the foot
of those nearby mountains you can
see from the village.{Pauses)It’s not
from this world is it?
ANGUS
Well,I’m not an expert or anything,
but it certainly looks like nothing I’ve
ever seen.(Pauses) Do you remember
seeing a comet seventeen years ago?
MAN
A comet?I do remember seeing some-
thing in the sky all those years ago.I
didn’t know it was a comet though.It
was like a bright,bright light travelling
across the sky.It was a few days after
I saw the bright light,or whatever it
was that I found that thing in the
woods.(Pointing to metallic object)
ANGUS
What makes you think this metallic
object has got anything to do with
Boris?
MAN
Boris was born about nine months
after I found this thing.Since then
there’s been a lot of speculation
about him,the odd circumstances of
his birth,his intelligence,and so on.
I’ve seen strange doctors,and
mysterious men in white coats
come and go.Life in the village has
not been quite the same these last
seventeen years,or so.No one knows
about my find.You’re the first person
I’ve ever told.Not even my wife and
children know about this.I’ve always
wondered whether the sightings in the
sky,the metal object,and Boris might
all somehow be connected.I didn’t
want to tell anyone about my ideas for
fear of ridicule.The rest of the village
seemed to be covinced that the
gypsies were somehow responsible
for what happened to Boris’ mother.
I’ve never believed that theory myself.
ANGUS
Would you take me to the place
where you found the metallic object?
MAN
Yes,tomorrow if you like.We’ll have
to set off early because it’s quite a
long walk there.Wear a good pair of
boots,and bring a warm top with you.
the weather can be changeable in the
hills.
ANGUS
Come and pick me up from the guest
house at about seven.(Pause)I’ll look
forward to it,Mr……
MAN
My name is Marko,and you are Mr
Farrell.
ANGUS
Angus.See you tomorrow then Marko.
EXT: WOODED AREA –FOOT OF MOUNTAINS –SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MARKO are in a heavily wooded area at the foot of some nearby mountains.The two men walk on in silence.ANGUS hears a sudden noise in the woods.He stops to listen,he hears nothing,and resumes walking.After another few minutes,he hears the sound again.He stops.MARKO stops too.He looks at ANGUS
MARKO
That’s the second time you’ve stopped.
What’s wrong?
ANGUS
I thought I could hear something moving
about in the trees.
MARKO
It’s probably a deer,or some other wild
animal.
ANGUS
(Unconvinced) I suppose so.
ANGUS and MARKO find themselves in a large clearing.Unlike the surrounding area which is heavily wooded,this isn’t
MARKO
This is the spot.
ANGUS
(After walking about for awhile)
Well,there’s no sight of a spaceship
here now.Mind you I wouldn’t
expect to find anything here after so
long.(Pauses)Has the clearing always
looked like this?
MARKO
You mean without any trees?No,it
was heavily wooded like the rest
of the area before the time I told you
about.
ANGUS
It is possible that something landed
here back then destroying all the
vegetation (Pauses) I’m sorry,Marko,
I just can’t get rid of the sensation
that somebody else is out here watching
us!
MARKO
Perhaps we should be getting back now,
Angus?
ANGUS
Perhaps you’re right!
EXT: OUTSIDE A RIVERSIDE CAFÉ – VILLAGE –SLOVENIA –AFTERNOON
ANGUS and MILENA are sitting outside a riverside café drinking coffee and eating cakes.ANGUS is telling her about his meeting with MARKO.
MILENA
What happened to you last night?
When I got to the restaurant they told
me you’d already left with someone
else.
ANGUS
I’m sorry I left you in the lurch like
that,but I had to go.A farmer by the
name of Marko turned up at the
restaurant.He said there was something
I had to see.He took me to his barn.
he had his really weird metallic object
wrapped up in a sack under the floorboards.
Honestly,I’ve never seen anything like it.
I mean,I couldn’t say that it was definitely
extraterrestrial,but it certainly didn’t
look like anything I’ve ever seen before.
Marko also said that around the time he’d
found the object in the woods,which was
about seventeen years ago,he saw some sort
of comet in the sky.Marko’s convinced that
the metallic object,the comet,and Boris are
all somehow connected,and I must say after
what I saw this morning I am too.
MILENA
Don’t keep me in suspense!What did
you see?
ANGUS
Marko took me to the place where he
found the metallic object.The area
looked as if it had been flattened by
something landing there.(Pauses)Plus I
had the rather creepy sensation the whole
time we were there that someone was
spying on us.
MILENA
So you think that Boris is an extra-
terrestrial,an alien?
ANGUS
I actually think he’s half alien.That
girl,Elena was definately his mother.
MILENA
Angus,if this is true,it’s the story
of the century!(Pauses)What are we
going to do now?I mean should we
break the story,or wait until we find
more evidence?
ANGUS
I’m not going to break the story just
yet.I need to find out more.
INT: MARKO’S BARN –VILLAGE –SLOVENIA – NIGHT
MARKO has taken out the metallic object from the sack.He is looking at it.A STRANGER comes up behind him and is trying to strangle him.MARKO cannot see the STRANGER.
MARKO
Let go of me!Let me go…
please..please…..(Drops to the
ground dead).
The STRANGER(We,the audience do not get a view of his face),picks up the metallic object,and leaves the barn,leaving behind the dead farmer.
INT: MILENA’S HOTEL –VILLAGE –SLOVENIA –DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are standing in the foyer of the hotel discussing the murder which happened the night before.
MILENA
The local police say that Marko,
the farmer,was murdered some time
between eleven pm and one thirty
in the morning.He was strangled by
someone who approached him
from behind.
ANGUS
Was therre any trace of the metallic
object I told you about?
MILENA
No,although the police did find an
empty sack lying next to the body.
(Pauses)Who do you suppose
committed the murder?
ANGUS
I think it could have been Boris!
MILENA
No! I refuse to believe Boris is a
murderer!I don’t think he has it in
him to murder anyone!
ANGUS
I know what he seems like,Milena!
He seems like a really nice young
lad,who wouldn’t harm a fly.But if
my theory is right,he’s half alien,
and we don’t know what that could
mean.Maybe they’re all psychopaths
on his home planet!(Pauses)I think
it’s time I had a little word with Boris,
don’t you?
MILENA
Wait for me,I want to come too!
EXT: IN FRONT OF BORIS’HOUSE –VILLAGE –SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA confront BORIS just as he is about to enter his house.
ANGUS
(Aggressive)What do you know
about Marko’s murder?And where
did you hide that piece of alien
spaceship you stole?
BORIS
(Frightened)I ..I don’t know what
you’re talking about.I didn’t know
Marko,and I didn’t steal anything!
I was here all evening yesterday
with my aunt and cousins.Ask them
if you like,I was nowhere near
Marko’s farm!
MILENA
Leave him alone,Angus can’t
you see how scared he is?
ANGUS and MILENA walk away in the opposite direction.
ANGUS
Now do you believe he could have
done it?He was scared stiff when I
mentioned the murder,and the missing
piece of alien spaceship.
MILENA
You’re right about him being scared,but
I don’t think he was scared of us.I think
he seemed afraid of something else.
I think Boris might know who
committed the murders,but he
couldn’t say.
ANGUS
Well,you might be right,butI think I’m
going to keep an open mind for now
about Boris.
INT: ANGUS’ GUESTHOUSE - VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – EARLY MORNING
ANGUS is asleep in bed.He wakes up suddenly feeling nauseous.ANGUS quickly realizes he is having a bad nosebleed.He quickly gets up,and rushes into the bathroom,where with the aid of a hankerchief ANGUS finally manages to stop his nose from bleeding.In duration and severity it is much worse than the last one.ANGUS gets dressed and goes down to breakfast.He looks awful.MILENA is already there waiting for him.
MILENA
Oh,my god,Angus!You look terrible,
what happened?
ANGUS
It’s nothing.I just had another nose-
bleed,that’s all.
MILENA
I think you should see a doctor.I mean
wasn’t having nosebleeds one of the
symptoms some of the people who
have died recently complained about.
ANGUS
I’m okay Milena,honestly.I’ve always
been a bit prone to having nosebleeds
since I was a child.
MILENA
I just don’t want anything bad to happen
to you that’s all.
ANGUS
(He reaches out and squeezes her hand)
Nothing bad is going to happen to me,
I promise.
EXT: BY A RIVER,NEAR VILLAGE – SLOVENIA –DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are out walking by the river,they suddenly see a man walking on the opposite side.
MILENA
Hey,isn’t that Professor Wright?
ANGUS
(Stares hard at him)You’re right,
Milena,it is! We have to speak to
him,we must find out who he
really is!Come on let’s go after him!
ANGUS and MILENA chase after him along the river bank.Across a bridge,and onto the opposite river bank.PROFESSOR WRIGHT runs into the village,and they lose him.
ANGUS
(Out of breath)Damn it!We almost
had him there! You know,I reckon
it was him who murdered Marko,
and stole the alien object.
MILENA
I have to admit he’s a much more
probable candidate than Boris.But
you still don’t have any proof.
ANGUS
I know,and we still have no idea who
Professor Wright really is!
INT: ANGUS’ GUESTHOUSE – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA –NIGHT
ANGUS enters his room.Before he has a chance to switch on the light,a MAN grabs him from behind,and tries to strangle him.
ANGUS
(Man grabs him from behind)
What the…..Let go of me…..
(Struggling to breathe)
ANGUS struggles,and bites the MAN hard on the hand.The MAN losens his grip.ANGUS swings round and hits him.The MAN escapes out of the door,down the stairs,and out of the house.In the darkness ANGUS was unable to see his face
EXT: OUTSIDE CAFÉ – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS and MILENA are sitting outside a café drinking coffee and discussing what happened to ANGUS the night before.
ANGUS
Someone tried to kill me last night!
MILENA
Oh,Angus!Are you sure?
ANGUS
Positive.He was there in my room
when I came home last night,waiting
for me.He grabbed hold of me
from behind, and tried to strangle me!
MILENA
Did you see who it was?
ANGUS
No,but I’ll tell you who it wasn’t.
I don’t think it was Boris.This was a
tall,broad,muscular individual,not a
slight young lad like Boris
MILENA
I’m glad to hear you say that you
don’t suspect Boris this time!(Pauses)
Did you notice anything else about
the man who attacked you?
ANGUS
Strange you should say that.There
was something odd about him.
There was a smell when he was in
the room that somehow reminded
me of when I was a child.I couldn’t
put my finger on it at first,but
then it came to me.He smelled of
mint humbugs.
MILENA
Do you have any idea who it was?
ANGUS
I’m not a betting man,but if I were,I
would put my money on Professor
Wright,or whoever he really is.
.
ANGUS and MILENA are interrupted by a STRANGER approaching their table.The STRANGER is about sixty fat,and balding.
STRANGER
You’re the two journalists asking
all those questions about Boris
aren’t you/Well,as far as paternity
is concerned,you don’t have to look
any further.I’m the boy’s father!My
name is Stefan Zanic,and I didn’t
come forward before because well,
you see I was a married man with
a family,and If my wife knew that
I had been carrying on with our
young neighbour,Elena,she would
have killed me.
ANGUS
Why have you come forward at
this time?
STEFAN
Because my wife is dead now,and the
children are grown up.Besides my
conscience was bothering me.
MILENA
If this is true it changes everything!
ANGUS
(Thoughtfully)Hmm…Well,thank you
Mr Zanic.We’ll be in touch soon.
STEFAN walks away,once he is out of earshot ANGUS and MILENA continue their conversation.
ANGUS
If he’s the father then none of this
makes any sense.
MILENA
Besides there was something about
him I didn’t trust.
ANGUS
Still we can’t ignore what he’s
just told us,we’ll have to investigate
it.
EXT: PARK – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA –DAY
ANGUS is standing in the park admiring the view,when he becomes aware that he is not alone.He turns round to see the same OLD WOMAN he met in the park once before.
ANGUS
You again!
OLD WOMAN
I’ve come to tell you not to believe
Stefan Zanic’s story.He is not Boris’
father.You must feel this in your
heart too.How could a fat,ignorant
pig like Zanic have been loved by a
sweet young girl like Elena.I knew
Elena well.She was a shy,reserved
sort of girl.Just because she had an
illigitimate child does not mean that
gives people the right to say she was
easy and had loose morals.Elena was
not like that.You know that Zanic
would sell his own mother if he
thought he could get some money
out of it.
ANGUS
So what are you saying?That Zanic
was paid to say he was Boris’
father?
OLD WOMAN
That’s exactly what I’m saying.
Zanic has been paid by someone to
say these things.None of it is true.
Someone wants to divert you from
the truth.
The sound of MILENA calling him from the distance,makes ANGUS turn around.When he turns back the OLD WOMAN has gone.MILENA comes running up to him.
ANGUS
I don’t understand how that old
woman can disappear so quickly.
That’s the second time she’s done
it too.I get distracted for a split
second and she’s gone!
MILENA
What old woman?I didn’t see
anyone.(Pauses)What did she say
anyway,this mysterious old lady?
ANGUS
She told me not to believe Zanic’s
story.She told me that he’s a
rather sleazy character who’d do any-
thing for money.I must say,I don’t
know about you,but that’s pretty
much how I felt about him when we
met him.
MILENA
Hmm,my gut instinct was telling
me not to trust him.(Pauses) So you
think someone paid him to say he
was Boris’ father?
ANGUS
Yes,because we’re getting too close
to the truth now.And do you know
what? I think Professor Wright alias
whoever he is,is the man behind
everything.
INT: ANGUS’GUESTHOUSE –VILLAGE –SLOVENIA – DAY
It is early morning ANGUS has only just woken up.There is frantic knocking on the front door.When someone opens the door a distraught looking BORIS enters the house,and rushes up the stairs to ANGUS’ room.BORIS bursts in.
ANGUS
Whatever is the matter,Boris?
BORIS
My…cousin is dead.My aunt is
saying that it’s my fault.That I
did it somehow.She doesn’t want
me to live with them anymore!
ANGUS
I don’t know what to say.Hey,let’s
go and see Milena.Perhaps she
can help.
INT: MILENA’S HOTEL – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA - DAY
ANGUS and BORIS are waiting in the foyer.MIILENA strolls towards them .She appears quite relaxed.
MILENA
What’s wrong Boris you look
terrible?
ANGUS
His cousin’s dead,and his aunt
believes it’s his fault.She doesn’t
want him in the house anymore.
MILENA
You can stay with me,Boris!
BORIS
Are you sure?It could be dangerous
for you.
MILENA
Listen Boris,I think it’s time to tell
you what Angus and I suspect.
(Pauses)We think you may be the
result of some kind of alien experiment.
We think you may be half alien,and that
it may be your alien abilities that are
killing all these people.Something in
your brain affects those around you.
and all of this has something to do
with your phoney Havard professor.
Wright is a dangerous man.A man
who will stop at nothing to hide
the truth.He knows exactly what
happened seventeen years ago.We
are close to knowing that truth,but
there are bits missing.Wright knows
this,that’s why he killed Marko,and
why he tried to kill Angus.We are all
in danger here.I suppose I am putting
myself in further danger by letting you
stay with me,but if you don’t stay with
me,where will you go?
BORIS
I’m…I’m half alien.That explains a lot.
I…..I just wish things would go back to
how they were before.
ANGUS
That may not be possible,Boris.
INT: MILENA’S HOTEL ROOM – EARLY MORNING
MILENA has woken up to find that BORIS,who was supposed to be in the adjoining room,is nowhere to be seen.
MILENA
Boris!Boris!Where are you?
(Wandering from room to room).
MILENA walks down to the foyer,BORIS is not there either.MILENA begins to panic,she runs out of the hotel.Her instincts take her to the park.There we see BORIS looking despondently into the distance.
MILENA
You shouldn’t have run off like
that!
BORIS
I’m not a child you know!
MILENA
I’m just worried about you.
BORIS
Yeah,well don’t be,I can take
care of myself.(Pauses)Look,
I’m sorry.It’s just that I can’t
get used to the fact that I’m
half alien.My father was an
alien,an alien who obviously
cared nothing about me if
he could treat me like some
sort of experiment,and then
abandon me.
MILENA
You don’t know it was like that!
BORIS
Oh,no,what was it like then?
MILENA
You’re upset now.Tell you what,
let me buy you a cake and a coffee.
I’m sure that’ll make you feel better
INT: CAFÉ – VILLAGE – SLOVENIA – DAY
MILENA and BORIS are ordering cakes and coffee at the nearby café.They are approached by two other customers.
1ST CUSTOMER
Why don’t you get out of our village.
Boris?We know you’re the one
responsible for all these sudden
deaths.
2ND CUSTOMER
Yeah,what did you do,Boris.Cast a spell
on your victims,just like your no good
gypsy father!Go on get out of our
village!You’re not wanted here!
MILENA
Don’t pay any attention to them,
Boris.They’re just ignorant,stupid
people!
1ST CUSTOMER
And you can push off too,you bloody,
nosy journalist!
MILENA
Come on,Boris,we’re leaving.We’re
not going to waste our time with
narrow minded idiots like these!
MILENA and BORIS leave the café.When they go outside they find ANGUS waiting for them.
ANGUS
I saw what just went on in there.
Don’t take it to heart,Boris.(Pauses)
Hey,what do you say we get out of
this claustrophobic,little village for
an hour or two.You and Milena can
show me around some of your
beautiful Slovenian scenery.
BORIS
(Hesitating)You’re right,I think I
do need to get away from this place
for a while.
ANGUS,MILENA and BORIS get into MILENA’S car and drive off.
EXT: MILENA’S CAR – ON THE ROAD – SLOVENIA – DAY
ANGUS,MILENA and BORIS are driving around the Slovenian contryside.They are on a deserted mountain road.
ANGUS
Why are you stopping,Milena?
MILENA
Look at the colour of the sky!It’s
really odd,don’t you think?I mean
it’s almost purple.I’ve never seen a
sky like that before!And there’s a
strange atmosphere.A sort of stillness
in the air!.
ANGUS
And it seems to be intensifying!A few
minutes ago,it was barely noticeable,
but now it’s become much heavier,
and more ominous.
MILENA
Hey,what’s that coming over the
top of that mountain over there?
ANGUS
It seems to be getting closer!(Pause)
My god,I don’t believe it!It’s some
sort of UFO,and it’s absolutely huge!
Above them is an enormous spaceship.Its technology is way in advance of anything we have on Earth.ANGUS,MILENA and BORIS stare up at it opened mouthed,in a state of semi-shock,unable to believe what they are seeing.The spaceship hovers above their heads for a moment or two,then suddenly disappears.
ANGUS
You know what,Boris.I think the
aliens came to see you.I think
they came to tell you that they
know you’re here.
BORIS
They mean me no harm.
MILENA
How do you know that?
BORIS
I can sense it.
EXT: MILENA’S CAR - DESERTED MOUNTAIN ROAD – SLOVENIA - DAY
ANGUS,MILENA and BORIS are in MILENA’S car they are on the way back to the village.
ANGUS
(Looking at a car coming towards
them in the opposite direction)
That’s the first car I’ve seen in
about an hour!(Pauses as the car goes
past,then says in amazement)
Isn’t that man in the car,Professor
Wright?
BORIS
I’d know him anywhere,yes,it
was!
MILENA
What are we waiting for then!Let’s
get after him!
MILENA turns the car around,and they begin to chase the car which has just gone past them.The other car immeditely starts to go faster,and the two cars are now speeding along the mountain roads at high velocity.MILENA’S car is trying to catch up with, and overtake the other car,so that they can eventually corner PROFESSOR WRIGHT. After a long car chase PROFESSOR WRIGHT stops the car,and starts running up a hillside towards what appears to be a deserted, run down chalet.ANGUS,MILENA and BORIS get out of their car,and chase PROFESSOR WRIGHT up the hillside.They follow him into the chalet.The chalet has boarded up windows,and is very dark inside.When ANGUS,MILENA AND BORIS run into the building they at first think that PROFESSOR WRIGHT is not there.However,seconds later,he appears from the shadows brandishing a gun.
PROF. WRIGHT
I didn’t think any of you would be so
stupid as to swallow my bait.
ANGUS
You lured us here deliberately?
PROF. WRIGHT
Not very bright are you,for a journalist?
Of course I lured you here deliberately!
You,your little girlfriend here,and Boris
know too much!
ANGUS
You doing this to us must prove
that we are very close to the truth.
We know for example that Boris
is half alien,the result of some
extraterrestrial experiment.We know
that he is telepathic,extremely
intelligent,and that he is also
somehow unwittingly responsible
for the death of half the people in his
village.We are not sure why this
should be.We just know that if
people spend a lot of time with him,
certain susceptible individuals will
respond negatively to some unknown
element in his brain waves,and this
will result ultimately in their death.
(Pauses)I can smell mint humbugs
on your breath,Wright,like I could
the night you tried to strangle me.
You killed Marko too because he
told me what he knew,and because
he had that vital piece of evidence.
PROF.WRIGHT
I had to protect myself,and
the agency I work for.
I belong to an organization which
isn’t supposed to exist,but which
has done ever since the Roswell
incident in 1947.Back then we were
left with an alien craft,and some dead
alien corpses.It was our best
extraterrestrial find up until
pretty recently.But then,
seventeen years ago an alien craft
crashed in the mountains near
here.When we got to the crash sight
we found our most amazing find
to date.The spaceship,though similar
to the first one we found was bigger,
and seemed to have a few extra
features.But best of all was the fact that
all six aliens were still alive.This meant
that we would have the opportunity to
find out a lot more about them.We chose
one,the best specimen,and a local girl
was also chosen for breeding purposes.
We wanted to find out what the result
would be if we were to create an alien
hybrid.So we took the girl,we drugged
her so that she would not be able to
remember what had happened to her.
By a method of artificial insemination
she would carry the alien child.
Boris was born,and we have been
monitoring him ever since.
MILENA
So it wasn’t the aliens who did those
things to Elena.It was you!You
bastards!You were the ones who
treated Boris and his mother like
some sort of scientific experiment!
PROF. WRIGHT
Boris was a scientific experiment,but
a very important one to us.You see
the six aliens we found seventeen
years ago all died after a couple
of months.We were never able to
discover as much about them as
we wanted to.Boris gave us an insight
into how their minds worked.And
up until a few years ago we hoped
that Boris might be the first of
many genetic mutations,the
beginning of a super
race with abilities far beyond those
we can imagine.But then things
started to go wrong with our little
experiment.As Boris hit adolescence
it became clear that something in his
brain waves could trigger death in
humans.Now Boris has become
someone we would rather be rid
of.Instead he’s become a sort of
celebrity,and I have a couple of
journalists sniffing around who
know too much.That is why I shall
have to get rid of all of you.(He
raises his gun and is about to fire).
BORIS
Oh,no you don’t!(Stares hard at
PROF.WRIGHT - Boris’ eyes glow
white).
The gun shoots out of PROFESSOR WRIGHT’S hand,and flies through the air,firing twice.The first shot kills PROFESSOR WRIGHT who is hit in the heart.The second shot hits MILENA in the shoulder.
ANGUS
Milena!Oh,my god,Milena,please
don’t die!Don’t die, not now that
I’ve found you.I….I love you…..
MILENA
I….I love you ..too.(In pain).
BORIS
Milena will be all right.She is not
badly injured.She is in pain though.
I can take the pain away for a while,
at least until you get her to a hospital.
(Boris stares at MILENA – His eyes
glow white again).
As BORIS stares at MILENA,she seems to recover her strength,and no longer seems to be in any pain.With ANGUS’ help,she stands up,and they all walk out of the chalet,leaving PROFESSOR WRIGHT’S dead body in the chalet.It is now dusk.They look up into the darkening sky.Hovering directly above them is the same spaceship they saw earlier.
ANGUS
The spaceship,we saw earlier,it’s
back!
BORIS
They’ve come to take me home.
ANGUS
But your home is here in Slovenia in
your village,and if not Slovenia,then
at least on Earth!.
BORIS
Don’t you see,Angus,I can’t live
amongst men.My thought patterns,
my brain activity,is lethal to mankind.
I kill those around me by just spending
time with them.If I were to stay here
on Earth,I would be a freak.People
would regard me with suspicion.I
could never live as normal people do!
ANGUS
So you’re going with them?
BORIS
I must!(Pause)Listen,I think it would
be better if you did not tell the world
about this story.Although Professor Wright
is dead,the organization he works for is
not.If any of this gets out,they’ll be
after you.
ANGUS
You know,this was going to be the
story of the century.But you are
right,we must bury the story.It’s
safer for all of us if we hide the truth
about all of this
MILENA
We’re going to miss you,Boris!
ANGUS
We’ll both miss you.Take care out
there!
ANGUS and MILENA both hug BORIS affectionately.Then they stand back as a column of bright,white light descends from the ship to where BORIS is standing in a rather christ like pose with his arms spread out wide as if on the crucifix.Seconds later he is gone,and so is the spaceship.Something is lying on the ground ANGUS stoops to pick it up.It is a photograph of an old woman.ANGUS hands it to MILENA
ANGUS
This fell out of Boris’ pocket.
You won’t believe this,but that’s
the old woman I kept seeing in
the park.There’s some writing on
the back of the photo.What does
it say?
MILENA
The old woman is Boris’grand-
mother.The message says’I’ll
always be with you,love Grandma.’
ANGUS
But she’s dead….(Pauses)Looks
like she was doing her best to
protect him even after her death.
I think Boris will be all right now,
rhough.Let’s hope that he won’t
need her protection any longer.
INT: INSIDE OF AIRPLANE – DAY
We see ANGUS sitting in a plane on his way back to he UK.We see outside shots of the plane landing in London,and internal shots of the airport.
INT: OFFICES OF LARGE NATIONAL NEWSPAPER – LONDON –DAY
ANGUS is talking to the same COLLEAGUE he spoke to before going away.They are discussing his trip.
ANGUS
The whole trip turned out to be
a wild goose chase.The young
lad with the huge IQ was just a
hoax.
COLLEAGUE
So it was a complete waste of time
then?
ANGUS
Not a complete waste of time.
Jack,I’d like you to meet,Milena,
my wife.
MILENA appears from behind a door,and shakes hands with JACK,ANGUS’colleague.
JACK
(Shouting very loudly,so that
the whole office can hear).
Hey everyone,Angus has got
Married!
Seconds later,everyone in the office is crowding around,and shaking hands with ANGUS and MILENA.
FADE OUT:
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