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BEYOND

  EPISODE II

  The Rise of the Phoenix.

  BY: JULIO MARIO ESPINOSA JIMENEZ

  COPYRIGHT 2014.

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  Screen in black.

  WOMAN (V.O.):

  Good morning, Sunshine! Desperta, Xavi…

  We hear a boy yawning.

  WOMAN (V.O.):

  Wake up, baby… today is going to be a very special day for you… Open your eyes!

  Kissing’ sound. The boy yawns again.

  KID (V.O.):

  Don’t want to wake up!

  WOMAN (V.O.):

  Yeah! You want! You’ve been talking all the week about how eager you are to know the Big Ben, well; today we’re going to go to the Big Ben…

  Google opens his eyes. His mother is in front of him. She’s blonde, she is a very beautiful girl, her name is Nicole, and she is 28.

  Close up to Nicole.

  NICOLE:

  So, wake up, we need to use all the time we got to know London before we come back to Barcelona.

  GOOGLE:

  That’s why; you are talking in English with your fake British accent, Mom.

  NICOLE:

  I need… We need! To practice our English in case the company transfers your father to England. So, wake up Xavi.

  Google wakes up.

  GOOGLE:

  You know… I have the weirdest dream last night.

  NICOLE:

  Tell me.

  GOOGLE:

  I dream with a Tsunami and… (Pause) I saw a lot reptile…

  NICOLE:

  Reptiles? You mean like crocodiles or snakes?

  GOOGLE:

  No, they were like reptilian shaped humans.

  CUT TO…

  BEYOND “The Rise of the Phoenix”

  CUT TO…

  EXT. LONDON EYE. DAY. (DECEMBER THE 21ST 2012)

  Google (Xavi) is on the London Eye with his mother. She is taking pictures with a camera.

  GOOGLE:

  Mom, where’s dad?

  NICOLE:

  You know where he is… He’s working…

  GOOGLE:

  I’ve thought this well, and, I don’t want to live here.

  NICOLE:

  What are you talking about, baby? You love London and England…

  GOOGLE:

  Yeah, but I don’t want to live here. All my friends live in Barcelona; my whole life is there…

  NICOLE:

  (Smiling)

  “You’re whole life” Lock at you! You are talking like an adult.

  GOOGLE:

  I want to go home.

  NICOLE:

  All Changes are difficult, baby, but trust me; we will be just fine. You will find new friends here, I know that.

  GOOGLE:

  I don’t know.

  NICOLE:

  Let’s talk about other topics… (Pause) Tell me about your dream…

  GOOGLE:

  I don’t want to talk about it. It was really scary…

  NICOLE:

  (Points the Big Ben with his finger)

  Ok, don’t think about that now… Look! It’s beautiful.

  CUT TO…

  EXT. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE. DAY.

  Xavi and his mother walk through the bridge with their eyes on the Elizabeth tower. Suddenly, they hear the buzz. Google looks up the sky; it turns to blue sepia.

  GOOGLE:

  Mom, Look! Isn’t that weird?!

  NICOLE:

  Oh, no! It can’t be happening now! It’s too soon.

  GOOGLE:

  Mom, what’s going on?

  NICOLE:

  Run… run away.

  GOOGLE:

  What?

  NICOLE:

  RUN AWAY!!!

  The earthquake begins. Google runs to the parliament square, his mother runs in the other direction. A flashing light that comes from the sky blinds Google. He falls down.

  FADE TO WHITE…

  Google opens his eyes. He is alone. The sky is black, the sun is gone.

  GOOGLE:

  Mom! Mom! Where are you? Please! Someone!

  Some houses and monuments fell down; but the British parliament and the Elizabeth tower are fine. There are fissures on the streets, and huge crack in the middle of the Westminster Bridge.

  GOOGLE:

  Hello!!! mare, on aquestes? et necessito…

  The little boy walks to the Big Ben. He is crying.

  GOOGLE:

  Where’s is the sun? Am I dead?

  Google looks up to the clock; it’s still working. The clock strikes the 10 o’clock in the morning. Google sits down on the sidewalk.

  FADE TO BLACK…

  It’s been two hours; Google is sleeping on the sidewalk. A metallic noise breaks the silence; a big red marker falls down from the sky.

  GOOGLE:

  What?

  He stands up and walks very carefully to the marker. Google picks it up.

  GOOGLE:

  What is it? (Pause) Is someone here?!

  The boy looks up again. There’s something in the sky, Google can’t distinguish what is that thing because the darkness, but it looks like a huge triangle. It makes no sound.

  GOOGLE:

  Hello?

  He listen a female voice but he doesn’t recognize the language. A laser beam hits the huge triangle, it comes from the tower.

  There’s a huge explosion, the boy runs away. The triangle ship responds the attack with a red laser beam.

  GOOGLE:

  What is going on here? Mom… Where are you?!

  Google kneels down, with the red marker writes on the street: “Ajuda'ma, mama”.

  The flashing light blinds him again.

  FADE TO WHITE…

  INT. WHITE ROOM.

  Google opens his eyes. He is on white room; the walls and the floor are shining. It’s impossible to say where the walls finish and where the floor begins. On a corner, Google sees his own body on a table.

  GOOGLE:

  What? No?!

  A man and woman discuss about something near to him. Google doesn’t recognize the language. They’re look to be debating. The language that they are speaking to each other is so similar to the Hebrew.

  GOOGLE:

  Please let me go…

  WOMAN:

  (Speaking on the strange language)… You must go down, some of the creatures are still alive, and we need to kill them all… Take his body.

  GOOGLE:

  Noo!!!

  CUT TO…

  EXT. BIRDCAGE WALK. NIGHT. (Two hours later)

  Mario and Luigui walk through Birdcage Walk. They’re not wearing the robes.

  LUIGUI:

  Told you, this is a bad idea.

  MARIO:

  It’s not.

  LUIGUI:

  We better go back, we need to go back.

  MARIO:

  NO! I need to know what is going on here… (He stops) Look! I saw my father and my mother dying by my side, and then… they just disappeared…

  LUIGUI:

  I know, you are not the only one, we all saw weird stuff, but… what are you going to do? Uh? Are you going to enter to the Buckingham Palace and talk with the queen?

  MARIO:

  Yes! Yes! It’s impossible that all are gone! There’s had to be someone on charge!

  LUIGUI:

  Yes! There’s someone on charge! We are! There are no more people, there’s no government! There’s no grown-up! It’s just us!

  MARIO:

  NO! NO! I refuse! Something is wrong here!

  LUIGUI:<
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  You’re right! Something is wrong! But, we need to go back! They need you. We shouldn’t leave the kids with them.

  MARIO:

  I Know! But, I Can’t! I can’t! I can’t go back!

  LUIGUI:

  Why not!

  MARIO:

  I just can’t be what everyone expects for me to be! I’m not a leader! I don’t know what to do! (Crying) I just buried my parents!

  LUIGUI:

  I know I helped you… but… If we expect a lot from you is because we know you can! We need someone who brings us confidence!

  MARIO:

  I don’t know! I’m just a teenage!

  LUIGUI:

  We all are! But you got vision!

  Suddenly, Mario saw a shadow walking in zigzag to them.

  MARIO:

  Look, Luigui! There’s someone there! (To the person) HEY! HEY!

  Luigui and Mario runs to that person. The person has something in your arms; its look like a bunch of books.

  MARIO:

  (To Luigui)

  Oh no! It’s just a boy!

  Mario and Luigui just found Google.

  LUIGUI:

  (To Google)

  Hey! What’s your name? What are you doing with those all books?

  Google seems to be bemused.

  MARIO:

  Hey! What’s wrong with you? What’s your name?

  GOOGLE:

  I don’t know?

  LUIGUI:

  And the he books? What are..?

  GOOGLE:

  I am preserving the human Knowledge.

  MARIO:

  Do you know what is happening?

  GOOGLE:

  Yes, the axis of the earth just changed… and that causes tsunamis all over the world. The tectonic plates move violently for the change of the axis, too, and that causes the earthquakes.

  LUIGUI:

  And, what about the sun? Where’s the sun? What happen with the electricity?

  GOOGLE:

  An electromagnetic pulse damages the electric transformers. The sun… umm… I’m not sure!

  MARIO:

  How do you know all this? What is your name?

  GOOGLE:

  Told you, I don’t know my name… I can’t remember it, but, I just know Stuff.

  LUIGUI:

  I don’t believe you! Tell us your name!

  GOOGLE:

  (Dramatic pause) I just don’t know!

  LUIGUI:

  (To Mario)

  What do think about that! This kid seems to know everything, he is like Google, but he doesn’t know his own name… Ironic, isn’t it?

  MARIO:

  Yes! It is… (To Google) Have you been in the Buckingham place? Is the Queen alive?

  LUIGUI:

  (To Google)

  Is Kate fine?

  MARIO:

  (To Luigui)

  Who’s Kate?

  LUIGUI:

  Middleton! Of course! (Pause) What?! I’m genuinely worried about her.

  MARIO:

  Yeah! Right!

  GOOGLE:

  I wouldn’t go there if I were you, guys.

  LUIGUI:

  Why?

  GOOGLE:

  Let’s go to the Kniegge’s Store…

  MARIO:

  How the hell you know that?!

  GOOGLE:

  Told you, I just know stuff.

  Google stars to walk. Mario and Luigui follow him.

  LUIGUI:

  Hey! Google boy wait for us!

  FADE TO BLACK…

  EXT. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE RD. NIGHT.

  Mario, Luigui and Google are walking in silence.

  LUIGUI:

  (To Google)

  So, do you think this is a zombie apocalypse?

  MARIO:

  (To Luigui)

  Where are the zombies? You moron!

  LUIGUI:

  I don’t know… maybe they’re sleeping!

  MARIO:

  The zombies don’t sleep.

  LUIGUI:

  How do you know that? Uh? They need to sleep! They’re human like us.

  MARIO:

  The zombies are not human, they are dead; the dead people do not sleep!

  GOOGLE:

  Guys! Guys! Let’s walk faster; we need to go to the store.

  MARIO:

  Why?

  GOOGLE:

  Well, we need to rebuild the society.

  CUT TO…

  EXT. KNIEGGE’S STORE. NIGHT.

  Google, Mario and Luigui arrive to the store. The 25 survivors are in the middle of the street. Gale runs to Mario and hugs him.

  GALE:

  You’re back! You’re back! We need you!

  LUIGUI:

  (To Mario)

  You see, we need you…

  Google walks to rubbles near to the building’s door.

  GALE:

  Who is he?

  MARIO:

  Some kid we found near to the Buckingham palace.

  LUIGUI:

  Maybe he belongs to the royalty.

  MARIO:

  I don’t think so.

  LUIGUI:

  Think about it! That’s the only explanation…

  MARIO:

  The only explanation…?

  LUIGUI:

  Why he seems to know about everything…

  GALE:

  What are you talking about?

  MARIO:

  (To Gale)

  It’s a long story…

  GOOGLE:

  Hey!! I found someone…!!!

  Mario, Luigui and Gale run to Google. The survivors remove the rubbles.

  GOOGLE:

  Don’t worry! You’re safe now!

  LUIGUI:

  (To Mario)

  Hey look! It’s your Brother!

  Mario is disappointed.

  GALE:

  What’s wrong? Aren’t you happy?

  MARIO:

  (Shrugging his shoulders)

  Yeah, why not…

  John opens his eyes and sees Google.

  JOHN:

  Who are you?

  FADE YO BLACK…

  INT. LIBRARY. NIGHT.(DECEMBER THE 23TH 2012)

  CHELSEA (V.O.):

  Hey, Kid… tell me… tell me… how do you know that I left the wagon behind?!

  Google opens his eyes.

  Chelsea is shaking Google.

  GOOGLE:

  What are you talking about?

  CHELSEA:

  You were saying that you know why I left the family car behind.

  GOOGLE:

  Well, you know… you just… you made your choice Chelsea… It’s not your fault that they are dead now… please release me, you are hurting me…!

  CHELSEA:

  Did you spy on me? How…?

  GOOGLE:

  I told you, I know stuff.

  Chelsea lifts Hope with her hands.

  CHELSEA:

  Maybe… I could wait for them… but, I just…

  GOOGLE:

  Stop tormenting yourself! If you had waited for them, now all of you were dead.

  CHELSEA:

  But I don’t want to live like this… I don’t want to…

  GOOGLE:

  None of us want to live like this, but we have to. We need to rebuild the society, it is our duty.

  Chelsea sighs. Hope meows.

  GOOGLE:

  Now, we need to know if the kids are alright… come with me…

  CUT TO…

  EXT. LIBRARY. NIGHT.

  Chelsea and Google meet with Michelle and David outside of the library.

  GOOGLE:

  Are you guys ok?

  MICHELLE:

  Yes, I guess!

  CHELSEA:

  What about the rest of kids? Are they still fighting with each other?

  DAVID:

  No, the earthquake stops the fight.

  CHELSEA:

  Good.

  MICHELL
E:

  But, we can find John… Did you see him?

  CHELSEA:

  Who’s John? Is he the skinny one that stutters when he talks?

  DAVID:

  Yep!

  MICHELLE:

  (Upset)

  He does not stutter!

  CHELSEA:

  (Lifting his hands)

  Ok, ok…

  DAVID:

  Some kid told me that he saw John running for this way (Points the ruins)

  GOOGLE:

  Let’s go!

 

  CUT TO…

  INT. BUILDING RUINS. NIGHT.

  ADRIAN:

  (Screaming to Vanessa)

  Is he the father of your son?! This piece of crap?! I told you this before, and I say it again now; your love for that guy is like a disease… he infected you!!

  VANESSA:

  Yes, he is the father, and don’t yell at me! (Sighs) He was my… (Pause) first time…

  ADRIAN:

  Oh god! This is unacceptable! I prayed to god for he weren’t the father of my nephew.

  VANESSA:

  Who else could be? He is the only one! I mean he was the only one…

  ADRIAN:

  I am sorry Vanessa, but this changes everything! Now, I don’t want to go the countryside, now, I want to stay here in London!