DARK SKIES

by Patricia Keiller

Short Film
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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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