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[bottom] AWAKEN
ACT I
1 INT DECAYED APARTMENT NIGHT 1
A crackling fire is heard over crickets, bullfrogs and wind
rustling through leaves. We see a glowing spark from a fire
shooting up breaking up the black void. Sparks fly up across
the screen followed by another and another.
LILITH
Come Seven, come this way… I'm here
now.
Drumming Starts faintly growing stronger. We zoom out from
the sparks to see that they are from a fire in a soup can.
An OLD LADY is seen in the dark. The walls are stained and
peeling. The air is very wet and visible. The old lady is
searching her pockets. In her pocket she has a wrapped up
paper towel. Inside the paper towel is a plastic bag with a
piece of Aluminum foil in it. Inside the foil is a small
piece of turkey. She rips off a piece and goes to put it in
her coat. In her pocket, is a little kitten. She proceeds to
feed the cat and then herself. As she is chewing she looks
down at the cat. She then turns her attention to the camera
as if a person appeared. The OLD LADY extends her arms and
her face flashes to the face of LILITH, a beautiful pale
skinned, dark haired woman.
LILITH (CONT'D)
Remember... only I love you.
The cat jumps out of her pocket and on to the floor. It scans
the room slowly. The apartment consists of a number of old
rooms across one level. An old fan, mattresses on the floor,
and a radio are the only furniture. A woman's scream is heard
consistently. Slowly continuing into the other room ANTON, a
young man in his late twenties with yellow/white hair, comes
crashing to the floor. Dust flies from the ground.
We jump back and circle around to see GABRIEL, a middle aged
tall lanky dark skinned man with corn rows, as he runs off
past ANTON lying on the ground.
ANTON
I can't stay here with you Seven.
Wake me up. I have to save her.
The screams begin to pick up stronger and the camera turns
towards them.
SEVEN (V.O.)
No it's too dangerous.
MARIA a 16 year old girl is screaming from birth pains. Light
illuminates the room with the sound of heartbeats.
A heartbeat plays over the scene growing faster as the scene
continues. Close up on Maria's face sweating and screaming.
She pulls her hands from her lap and they are covered in
blood. A young broken, woman, YVETTE is lying on the ground
with needles sticking out of her arm. She looks up from her
little universe, looking as if she will help if she could.
YVETTE
Do you know who I am? Do you know
please tell me.
ANTON
We have to leave here! I wasn't
here.
SEVEN
Please.
ANTON gives up and lowers his head. The lights go out.
MARIA
I can't! I can't do it anymore!
(She pauses and says softly)
I can't.
We see her feet. They are covered in blood. MARIA is
exhausted but when she looks up she smiles. ANTON is
standing over her. His face is illuminated and kind. She
looks over at him, exhaustion in her eyes. Anton grabs
Maria's hand and smiles at her. She feels comfort and the
will to continue. She screams. Maria screams, and with all
her life pushes and collapses. In slow motion her head falls
to the mattress. We see her crying but don't hear a sound.
Then a baby's cry. Maria opens her eyes and begins to smile.
ANTON, YVETTE and LILITH are standing around SEVEN, a young
man in his mid twenties with long dreads. She looks down
towards her baby.
MARIA (CONT'D)
My love...my Seven.
Maria looks up and out of the room. She sees a tall lanky
figure in black, standing in the first room of the
apartment. It turns slowly and looks at her. Its movements
are smooth but not natural. It extends it's long fingers.
SHADOW
Give him to me...Now!
With that the figure moves directly through the rooms and
towards the screen quickly.
2 EXT. APT .DAY 2
People are unloading a moving truck and carrying paintings
into a renovated warehouse. ANTON is looking down through a
window at his paintings. His hair is dyed black.
3 INT. APT. 3
YVETTE, ANTON'S musician girlfriend is unpacking a box.
YVETTE
Don't worry they'll take care of
them.
ANTON
They're carrying them like sacks of
potatoes.
YVETTE
Tell em how precious they are.
ANTON
Then they'd just steal them.
YVETTE is looking around the room.
YVETTE
You think that would be a good
place for my recording equipment?
ANTON
I was hoping to make that area my
studio.
The light will help a lot.
YVETTE
Yeah, it would be good for you.
What about over here?
ANTON
I'd rather this area.
YVETTE
No, I mean for me.
ANTON looks at one of the paintings they brought up.
ANTON
Oh, yeah that would be great.
YVETTE
I don't understand why you picked
this place anyway. Philip is paying
you butt loads of money. We could
have moved into a nice neighborhood.
ANTON
I don't want to be one of those
snobby artists who moves uptown and
then can't afford the rent.
YVETTE
We could have found a nicer part of
Brooklyn.
ANTON
This place called to me.
ANTON unwraps the painting to see SEVEN'S face and SHADOW.
YVETTE
We got a show tonight.
ANTON is looking at his work. He slightly turns his eye to
YVETTE, but then makes believe he didn't hear her.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
I was wondering if you wanted to
come.
ANTON
One of us has to get some work done
or we'll be homeless.
YVETTE
Yeah, sure forget it.
YVETTE continues to look through boxes as ANTON looks out the
window. ANTON sees himself and SEVEN, in his painting walking
on a road.
4 EXT DREAMWORLD 4
SEVEN and ANTON are walking down a long narrow road with
fences on either side.
SEVEN
I slept with Lilith.
ANTON
She's in your dreams?
SEVEN
In real life.
Behind each fence are sand dunes with sparse vegetation. On
the horizon all we can see is big sky. Peaks of cities begin
to rise in the distance.
ANTON
You were awake?
SEVEN
Yes.
ANTON
How?
SEVEN
She's in a new body.
ANTON
A new body? Whose?
Behind the city, mountains stretch towards the sky. On each
side of the fence, LILITH and YVETTE'S faces fade in. SEVEN
and ANTON walk down the road.
SEVEN
Well...that's what I wanted to talk
to you about.
ANTON
Why?
SEVEN
She was in YVETTE.
ANTON
My YVETTE?
SEVEN
I think so, listen, Yvette's in
serious trouble.
They get to the end of the road, and begin climbing up one of
the dunes. Anton looks confused.
ANTON
Wait, you slept with my girlfriend!
SEVEN
Listen Anton, If we don't find her
soon…
ANTON
You slept with YVETTE!
SEVEN
No, I slept with Lilith.
ANTON
While she was in YVETTE's
body.
SEVEN
That's not important now.
Superimposed over the sky are moving shots of LILITH and
YVETTE'S body fading in and out.
ANTON
What do you mean it's not
Important now.
SEVEN
You won't even remember this when
you wake up.
ANTON
You bet I will, then I'm gonna find
you and kick your ass.
ANTON swings at SEVEN. As ANTON swings, the environment
around him shifts and changes tones. SEVEN seems to move
backwards and then disappears. ANTON regains his balance.
SEVEN is on a hill across from him.
T
O
CLOSE UP on SEVEN watching from across the way. SEVEN
appears next to ANTON.
ANTON (CONT'D)
You won't wake me up in the real
world, but you sleep with my
girlfriend.
SEVEN
You should be more worried about how
many times you slept with Lilith!
Besides, I didn't know she was your
girlfriend.
ANTON
What Yvette just randomly found
you?
SEVEN
No, Lilith found me.
He pauses for a moment. The background turns black. Then into
a dessert.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
I didn't even know it was Lilith.
Until…
ANTON
You fucked my girlfriend.
SEVEN
If you don't find Yvette soon, she
will be lost forever to Lilith.
The two climb a sand dune.
ANTON
What do you mean she will be lost
forever.
SEVEN
Lilith said Yvette was dying. She was
lying in the street with a needle in
her vein.
The words hurt ANTON. Syringes appear in the sky above them.
ANTON
So she helped her along.
SEVEN
No, Yvette's lost out there…
somewhere.
ANTON
You have to wake me in the real
world, so I can save YVETTE.
SEVEN
No.
ANTON
You have to. We are her only chance.
SEVEN
Even if I do and you get Lilith
out, YVETTE still will be lost out
there.
ANTON
Then you have to show me where she
is.
SEVEN
I can't do that.
ANTON
Of coarse you can! You move freely
here!
SEVEN
I can't.
ANTON
You won't! You're afraid to leave
here again. This isn't real! It's an
illusion.
SEVEN
This is real, as real as anything
else Anton.
ANTON
I'm sick of this shit. You don't care
if I loose Yvette because you don't
want to loose Lilith.
SEVEN
We will fall thru other people's
dreams. Every time losing more
control over the environment. Slowly
we'll start to leave parts of
ourselves with these people, not
enough for them to remember us, but
enough to not be whole. After a few
more dreams, we will have no idea who
we were. We will become shadows in
other people's minds.
ANTON
I know, that's why we have to find
Yvette before it happens to her.
SEVEN
What if she is already gone?
ANTON
What if she's not. Please, Seven,
Please. Between both of us we could
find her.
SEVEN looks away.
ANTON (CONT'D)
I wouldn't remember who I am or
where I've looked, with out you.
I'll be a shadow in no time.
SEVEN
Out there we are in everyone's,
Anyone's dreams. You can see
anything. Anything could happen.
ANTON
They're dreams, that can't hurt us.
SEVEN
Dreams are already in our mind. What
could hurt more?
ANTON
We're asleep man! Nothing can happen
to us.
SEVEN
If some one wakes up and we are
caught in a dream, when the dream
ends we will also cease to exist.
ANTON
Until we wake up.
SEVEN
No. We cease to exist.
They walk towards a door that appears for ANTON.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
I'm Waking up. You should go back
before you find out first hand what
happens when a dream ends.
ANTON walks though the door.
ANTON
Please wake me in the real world.
5 INT BAR/CLUB DIVE. 10:27 PM 5
YVETTE is on stage performing with her band. They are playing
to an aggressive rock crowd.
YVETTE
Despite myself this pain is yours.
Without your gaze I must endure.
To walk this land of forgotten
dreams.
That was me now look at me!
I stand beneath and watch you grow.
I'd played my part let no one know.
That I'm dying in my heart.
Before my life began to start.
Despite myself this pain is yours.
Without your gaze I must endure.
To walk this land of forgotten
dreams.
That was me now look at me!
CROWD MEMBER 1
She's fucking hot!
CROWD MEMBER 2
Show me your tits!
YVETTE looks down and sings the next verse to him.
YVETTE
Now and then I see a grin.
The clouds have passed the sun sets
in.
I prayed so long to have them go.
But then you can't come to my show!
YVETTE kicks CROWD MEMBER 2 in the face on beat.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Suck me asshole!
A commotion breaks out the guy tries to grab at YVETTE but
the bouncers grab him. He spits blood at YVETTE giving her a
reason to punch him in the face again. He passes out.
CROWD MEMBER 1
Great show!
YVETTE looks at him meanly, then changes over.
YVETTE
Thanks kid.
6 INT. BACK STAGE. NIGHT 6
YVETTE is shooting up heroin in a booth in the back of the
club with her band mates. The club is filled with scanky
people. She lets her head slowly fall back and begins to
rush. The room goes out of focus and then starts to spin. The
lights go down and the room seems like a blur of colored
light streaks.
LYDIA
Ivette...Ivette, you still with us?
YVETTE
Oh yeah...but not for long. I got to
go.
The tortured artist is at home bad
mouthing me online to some fat bitch
who sent him a pic.
LYDIA
Oh come on. Stay out a while. The set
went great. A couple more like this
and we're gonna be superstars.
YVETTE
Who get paid by the head. Or by who
we're expected to give head to!
LYDIA
Come on Yvette. Can't you enjoy
anything? Dream a little.
YVETTE
Come on Lydia! We're better than
this! We're better than all these
shits! I'm sick of the "show me your
tits crowd".
They laugh at her.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
I might as well be a stripper.
TOM
That's what I've been saying.
YVETTE
Fuck you Tom. I'm a fuckin' artist!
TOM
What did I all of a sudden become a
pimp? Relax will ya.
YVETTE gets her shit together and gets up.
LYDIA
YVETTE wait, Tom apologize.
TOM
What I do?
YVETTE leaves the bar.
7 INT. TRAIN -10:40 7
YVETTE is looking at herself in the window. The old lady is
on the train with her kitten. She looks at YVETTE and smiles.
OLD LADY
What eyes you have sweetheart.
YVETTE blushes.
YVETTE
Thank you.
OLD LADY
Did you know that cats carry
spirits.
YVETTE
No I didn't.
OLD LADY
It's because they can see our souls.
People say that cats can take your
breath. But it's not true. They only
carry it… if you ask. You shouldn't
hide them.
YVETTE
Hide the cats?
OLD LADY
Your eyes child. They shine your
light. I'm sure your sweetheart would
like you better if you showed them
off.
YVETTE
My "sweetheart" only sees his work
and money now.
She looks off and keeps talking.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Before all the money we used to be so
happy. Then like that. "Can't now
honey". "I have to call Philip
sweetie", His agent.
The train stops.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
"This is what pays for our life
honey, so you can play in your
little band, sweetie, I hate to be
called sweetie." "I can't go to
your show tonight, someone has to
make the money, Honey. "I do it for
you, sweetie". Well I guess he does
work hard and…
She looks up and sees the Lady walking out the closing
train doors. She looks at the sign and jumps up towards the
door as it closes on her.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Awh Fuck!
She sees the Old Lady. She is slowly moving up the stairs.
YVETTE lets her head drop on the window. The train goes to
the next station.
ACT II
8 INT. SEVEN'S APT. 11:03 PM 8
Seven gets out of bed. He takes a moment to get his bearings
and goes online. He sees a chat room named "can't sleep".
There is one person there. Seven goes in and begins to write.
Their words are heard over the screen.
SEVEN
Hello age/sex?
ANTON
There's no girls online …23
SEVEN
Why you up?
ANTON
My girlfriend doesn't come home.
SEVEN
Oh.
ANTON
Got to go.
SEVEN shuts down the program and walks off into the living
room.
9 INT. LIVINGROOM 11:06 PM 9
Sitting at the lounge chair he grabs the remote. He looks
over to what appears to be the silhouette of a person in a
rocking chair. Seven jumps back and quickly turns on the
lights to see that it was a blanket on the chair.
SEVEN
Jumping at shadows.
He turns off the light, sits down on the couch and turns on
the TV. As the glow builds the camera sees LILITH in the
blanket looking at him. The TV goes dark in between
commercials and in that darkness Lilith is gone. The evening
news is on the screen. SIERRA TAYLOR is giving a special
report.
SIERRA TAYLOR
This is Sierra Taylor, here outside
the Brooklyn House of detention.
Today is the day many families all
over New York and indeed all over
the country, have been waiting for,
for years.
We see SEVEN drifting off
SIERRA TAYLOR (CONT'D)
At Midnight tonight the "Angel
Gabriel" Rapist will be executed.
EXT. BROOKLYN HOUSE DETENTION CENTER 11:07
SIERRA
Sixteen years ago, the police
arrested Gabriel Thompson; a.k.a
the Angel Gabriel, on a statutory
rape charge filed by the parents of
Sara Burns, a pregnant sixteen-year
old girl.
On the screen we see footage of Gabriel escorted out of the
house by police. We then see a picture of Sara.
SIERRA (CONT'D)
Sara refused to testify against
Gabriel, stating that the child
inside her was sent by God and was
to save the world.
We see footage of Sara hiding her face.
SIERRA (CONT'D)
A few days later seven more
families called in all carrying
Gabriel's children…
ALL UNDER 18, The youngest a
thirteen
year old girl.
Mug shot of Gabriel.
SIERRA (CONT'D)
Each woman refused to testify. The
night before the trial, two of the
girls …took their own lives. Both
girls leaving a note, stating the
Innocence of Gabriel and that the
actions of their families condemned
their souls to hell.
10 INT. SARA BED ROOM EARLY MORNING 10
SARA is writing a letter and crying in her room. Tears stain
the paper. She then sits at the edge of the bed and slowly
brings the gun to her temple. She waits there for an
eternity. We hear SARA'S parents outside the door ready for
court.
MRS. BURNS
Sara…I know this is going to be
hard sweetie…
MRS. BURNS goes to open the door.
SARA begins to bawl hysterically then shoots herself as soon
as her parents walk in.
11 EXT. BROOKLYN HOUSE DETENTION CENTER 11
SIERRA
Four of the other girls, cut out
their own tongues so not to
testify. A few months later Gabriel
was convicted by paternity tests.
And in a few moments there will be
an end this ongoing saga. Closure
for some, and for others an all too
familiar reminder of everything
that's wrong with our world. This
is Sierra Taylor signing out.
With that the camera tilts up and zooms into a window above
the crowd.
12 INT. GABRIEL'S JAIL CELL 12
Close-up on GABRIEL'S eyes closed. As the camera pulls back
we see his features. Gabriel is in his late thirties and has
grown a large beard. His hair is braided back. He seems like
a very spiritual person. He is sitting on the floor of his
jail cell. The light from outside the bars falls on him.
Gabriel opens his eyes.
GABRIEL
I knew you weren't going to deny a
dying man his last request.
We see cat's eyes looking back at Gabriel.
WARDEN
I'd give you anything to see you go
to hell.
GABRIEL
How badly do you want it?
WARDEN
More than you could ever know.
GABRIEL
Would you give up your family, your
wife? What about your reputation
and your job... warden? Is my death
worth more to you than all that?
WARDEN
I would give my life to see you
die.
GABRIEL
Would you give your soul? All these
years inside this room with out a
family, a wife, even a pet to
touch. You have all these things
and choose to devote your soul to
me. How sad and empty your life
will look tomorrow.
WARDEN
Here's some pussy, ya sick fuck!
It's the last you'll get.
The warden bends down and lets the cat into the cell with
Gabriel. The cat walks away from the bars towards Gabriel
immediately. It stops about two feet from him. The two
stare for a moment. Gabriel reaches down and picks up the
cat. He places his fingers gently around his head …then
gently strokes the cat to sleep. Once asleep, Gabriel falls
asleep. His eyes begin to go into REM sleep immediately.
Then begin to move faster than they could possibly move.
His head begins to shake faster and faster then… nothing.
His head falls to the side and his arms go limp. The cat
walks away. Moving through the bars with ease the cat makes
its way through the building.
13 INT. WARDEN'S OFFICE 13
The warden is asleep. He left his computer online looking at
the NRA site. The cat jumps on to his desk and looks at him.
The cat curls up in his lap and sleeps. The warden's eyes
begin to repeat the same pattern Gabriel just underwent. The
warden wakes up and smiles devilishly. He strokes the cat.
The warden looks around and sees the computer. He types up
porn. And sets it to search.
BLACKOUT
A few moments later we see tissues all over the wardens
desk. He is going through his desk. In a drawer he finds a
knife. He goes back to the search window and types in Kiddy
porn and gets up from the computer.
GABRIEL (V.O.)
And like that, a life can be
erased. Everything you were you
will never be and what is worse of
all will be as if you were never
anyone else.
We see his pants still there. As he walks he loosens his
shirt, picks up the cat and walks through the door.
14 INT. OUTSIDE THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD DOOR 14
The WARDEN is walking towards the gate for this wing. There
is a console of buttons that open the gate and each cell. The
officer on duty looks up at the WARDEN. The WARDEN looks at
him.
OFFICER
Uh … Hello warden.
WARDEN
Step away.
OFFICER
Excuse me?
A flash of dark energy rushes out of THE WARDEN and through
the Guard. Both the WARDEN and THE GUARD'S bodies Go limp and
begin to fall. The WARDEN'S body stumbles and rebalances it
self as the OFFICER falls. The warden opens the first gate.
Stepping in he flips the switches on all the private cells.
He opens his mouth and cuts out his tongue. He turns to the
wall and smashes his head into it, leaving him unconscious.
He wakes up and is looking at the cat. He hears Gabriel's
voice as his soul walks out of the warden's body across the
room into the cat.
GABRIEL VOICE
Did you know Animals can see and
carry our very essences. Warden?
What's the matter, cat got your
tongue?
The warden can not speak due to his severed tongue, which
the cat is licking.
GABRIEL VOICE (CONT'D)
Bye warden.
At that point we can see twenty inmates of the wing closing
in on the warden. His light fades out as he is dragged into
the darkness.
15 EXT. BROOKLYN HOUSE OF DETENTION NIGHT 15
The kitten carrying Gabriel walks through the fence and walks
across the street. He turns to see bright lights coming at
him.
CUT TO:
16 INT. SEVEN'S LIVINGROOM-11:30PM 16
Seven wakes up terrified at the dream he just had. He looks
at the TV. A lot of commotion is going on outside the prison.
Seven raises the volume.
SIERRA TAYLOR
It's madness here! Reports from
inside say that there are
psychiatric patients out of their
cells. It has been confirmed, The
Angel Gabriel has died before the
execution, and we believe that the
warden may also be dead inside.
Sources did say that a letter was
found written by the warden stating
Gabriel's innocence and his guilt
over the sentence. We will get back
to you with details of the case.
Seven is shaken up. He turns off the TV. He hears muffled
yelling.
YVETTE
You're a spoiled sheltered asshole!
Out here, I live … me. I have to
get by alone. We don't all have
pretty little fags, throwing money
to buy our emotional baggage and
call it art. I'm outta here … who
the fuck needs you!
After that he hears a door slam, followed by footsteps
outside. Then he hears a bottle breaking. The sound echoes
through him strangely. LILITH crosses the hallway in the
background. Seven shakes it off and heads for the bathroom.
17 INT. SEVEN'S BATHROOM 11:33 PM 17
Seven is in front of the open medicine cabinet and is
spitting out mouthwash. As he gets up, he goes to close the
mirror. We see the empty space behind him. He goes into the
shower and begins to wash his hair.
Close up on SEVEN'S profile
Seven is passing his hands slowly back. As he does this the
camera pans with him to catch the rest of his head. Behind
him in the shower there is LILITH, a dark haired women with
pale almost radiant skin. A green glow emanates from her.
Seven doesn't see her. LILITH kisses his hand as it passes
through his hair. SEVEN opens his eyes, turns and screams.
She covers his mouth in a trailing, but effortless move. As
if she was moving by thought alone. She removes her hand.
Sound returns LOUDER and seven remembers a strange woman is
in his shower.
SEVEN
Who are you!
She places her hand over his mouth again. He grabs it.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Who are you!
LILITH
What a beautiful creature you have
become.
Much prettier than your father.
SEVEN
You know my father?
LILITH
I have traveled searching for you,
but that's not important, is it?
SEVEN
I know you.
LILITH
I know you are afraid of these
creatures.
She strokes his face.
LILITH (CONT'D)
You're not as unique as you think.
SEVEN
Am I asleep?
Why are you here?
LILITH
To protect you. You are to share
eternity with me.
Women are chanting mournfully. With that the lights go
down.
18 EXT. ROOFTOP NIGHT 18
They are standing naked in front of the city skyline.
LILITH raises her hands and strips of fabric come together
on her. Lilith is in a beautiful robe based on many
different cultures. Seven grabs a towel off a clothes line
on the roof.
LILITH
Immortality and control over what's
left of this cesspool forever. You
can live for as long as you want.
Here with me. This is what I offer.
You're mother was wrong sweet
child. We are not here to save this
place.
SEVEN
We?
LILITH
You and I are the same. We have no
place among them. These people
don't want us. Our souls have been
exiled.
SEVEN
Why, what have we done?
LILITH
We drink of the divine chalice,
unlocking that which confines our
souls.
SEVEN
How?
LILITH
You travel awake through your
dreams. Awake you hear the dreams
of strangers in your soul. It is
all to teach you.
SEVEN
Teach what?
LILITH
Emancipation. Freedom from the pain
and decay of our bodies. An
eternity of indulgence.
She moves in close to him, so that their lips are almost
touching.
LILITH (CONT'D)
And you will know all the pleasure
this world can offer.
SEVEN
Who are you?
LILITH
I've gone by many names in my life.
My first was Lilith.
SEVEN
Lilith please leave. Leave now.
She pauses and looks at him longingly.
LILITH
You will need me again.
With a gust of wind she is gone. Seven's towel flies off and
he is standing butt naked on the roof alone.
SEVEN
Damn it's cold up here.
He turns to see many people on the roof laughing at him.
19 INT. SEVEN'S LIVING ROOM 19
Seven wakes up in front of an open window and pulls up a
blanket.
SEVEN
What a fucked up dream.
He looks at the TV. A lot of commotion is going on outside
the Prison.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Holy shit!
Just then an image of a person walks into the bathroom behind
SEVEN. He looks around then turns off the TV.
20 EXT. STREET 20
YVETTE is now walking back to her apartment.
YVETTE
Stupid, old Lady.
21 INT. LOFT HALLWAY 21
YVETTE walks up a dark winding staircase. She is nodding off
and coming down and can barely handle the keys. She opens the
door and makes it inside.
22 INT. SEVEN'S APT 22
SEVEN is in his living room with the TV off. He takes a few
steps towards the bathroom, thinks for a moment then stops.
A commotion is going on outside. A man and woman are
arguing. SEVEN hears a door slam, followed by footsteps
outside. Afterwards he hears a bottle breaking. The sound
echoes through him strangely. Seven shakes it off and heads
for the kitchen. He opens the cabinet and pulls out a few
empty coffee cans. He closes the cabinet door.
23 INT. ANTON'S LOFT 23
YVETTE opens the door to see Anton on the computer. He signs
off.
YVETTE
You plugged in again baby?
He doesn't answer her.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
The show went great. The guys all
think we're gonna make it big. They
wanted us to celebrate but I thought
I would come home and spend some time
with you.
ANTON
Huh?
YVETTE
You never spend any time with me when
I'm here … Always painting or on that
thing.
Anton doesn't answer. YVETTE begins to kiss behind his
neck, and work her way around. Eventually straddling him.
She senses his rejection, but still keeps at it.
ANTON
Yvette stop.
YVETTE
What! What did I do?
Anton grabs her arm and pulls up her sleeve. Her arm is
covered in track marks. YVETTE'S entire world sinks as she
sees how he sees her.
Her eyes become sad and filled with tears, then anger. YVETTE
pulls away and slaps him. She gets off and goes into the
bathroom.
24 INT. BATHROOM. NIGHT 24
YVETTE locks herself in the bathroom. She is angry and
shaking. She opens a case with needles and a spoon in it. She
frantically goes through the bags and finds nothing.
YVETTE
Fuck!
She begins to cry, dropping the needle works into the sink.
She looks up at herself and takes a moment. Behind her in the
mirror she sees ANTON's pants and shirt hanging on a hook.
She turns around and begins to go through them finding his
wallet. She pulls a few hundred dollars out of it. Tucking it
safely away she turns back around and fixes her face then
goes back into the room.
25 INT. LOFT 11:33 PM 25
She sees Anton in front of his canvas staring at the curtain
about to open it. The site of him paying attention to the
canvas enrages her.
YVETTE
You spoiled sheltered asshole! Out
here I live…me. I have to get by
alone. We don't all have pretty
little fags, throwing money at us
to buy our emotional baggage and
call it art.
Anton doesn't turn from the canvas
YVETTE
I'm outta here…who the fuck needs
you!
She leaves and slams the door.
26 INT. HALLWAY 26
She hears a bottle breaking from inside the apt. She hurries
her pace. She begins to run down the stairwell. The movement
and speed begin to make her world seem blurred. She is going
faster and faster until she is stopped dead in her tracks by
the Old Lady.
YVETTE
What are you doing here?
OLD LADY
Excuse me sweetheart. Do you know a
young man named Seven in this
Apartment building?
YVETTE
What, Uh no, sorry I don't.
The Old Lady pauses blankly. Her eyes begin to roll. YVETTE
looks down the stairs as an attempt to keep going. The old
lady's eyes comes back again, but her speech is weaker,
frailer.
OLD LADY
My sister used to hide her eyes.
She used to always look away from
you. She killed herself. Left me a
note with my house key in it. She
used to live with us. She left
because of my husband, you know? I
let her leave.
YVETTE forgets her anger for the OLD LADY and is more afraid
than anything.
OLD LADY (CONT'D)
He was a terrible man.
My sister killed herself the next
week.
They say she wouldn't have if I
were there.
YVETTE doesn't know what to do.
YVETTE
I am sorry.
The Old Lady Rolls again.
OLD LADY
Do you know Seven?
YVETTE
No, I'm sorry I don't, I said.
She goes to walk around her. The Old Lady's eyes twitch again
She sits down.
OLD LADY
My husband was a terrible man.
He used to beat the children.
YVETTE runs pass her.
YVETTE
I can't I have to go now, sorry,
bye, sorry.
27 EXT. BUILDING FRONT 27
YVETTE runs out of the building and runs to the right of the
screen.
FADE TO BLACK.
28 INT. ANTON'S LOFT 11:00 PM 28
Anton wakes up at a computer screen. He begins to search for
a chat room, and decides to make one. He sets up a chat room
named "can't sleep".
11:03 pm
A person enters the room and begins to write. Their words are
heard over the screen.
SEVEN
Hello age/sex?
ANTON
There's no girls online … 23
SEVEN
Why are you up?
ANTON
My girlfriend doesn't come home.
SEVEN
Oh.
With that the door opens behind him. YVETTE comes in. She is
obviously high and tries to straighten up.
ANTON (COMPUTER TALK)
Got to go.
Anton signs off.
YVETTE
You plugged in again Anton baby.
Anton makes a face to himself of disgust.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
You never spend any time with me
When I'm here…
Your Always painting or on that
thing.
Anton doesn't answer. YVETTE begins to kiss behind his
neck, and work her way around. Eventually straddling him.
She senses his rejection, but still keeps at it.
ANTON
Yvette stop.
YVETTE
What! What did I do?
Anton grabs her arm and pulls up her sleeve. Her arm is
covered in track marks. YVETTE pulls away and punches Anton a
few times in the chest and then slaps him. She gets off and
goes into the bathroom. Anton sits there for a second and
looks at her picture before the drugs. A tear comes out of
his eye. He stretches his hand down and picks up a bottle of
wine off the floor. Taking a swig he walks towards a large
canvas that is covered by a sheet. He looks at it a moment.
The canvas dwarfs him and is most of the loft. He goes to
open the sheet and the bathroom door opens.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
You spoiled sheltered asshole! Out
here I live … me, I have to get by
alone. We don't all have pretty
little fags, throwing money at us
to buy our emotional baggage and
call it art.
Anton doesn't turn from the canvas
YVETTE (CONT'D)
I'm outta here … who the fuck needs
you!
She leaves and slams the door. Anton sips the bottle for a
moment, then throws it at the door. He looks at a picture of
YVETTE that he drew and goes to put on his shoes and his coat
to find her.
29 INT. HALLWAY NIGHT 29
He leaves the apartment. ANTON is walking through the hallway
toward the stairs. Going into the stairwell he sees THE OLD
LADY asleep. He looks at her to see if she is alive. Her eyes
are in REM sleep. He turns and walks down the stairs.
30 EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING NIGHT 30
He gets out of his apartment building and looks left and
right. He decides to go left after.
FADE TO BLACK.
31 EXT. DINER NIGHT 31
Seven walks into a diner and sits at the counter.
SEVEN
Can I have a cup of coffee?
Anton is sitting down a few seats from him drawing on a
napkin. Brightly lit images of them begin to grow around
they're bodies. The two fields begin to move closer to each
other. Seven's and Anton's faces form on the figures of light
and notice each other. At that moment Seven and Anton, still
sitting, glance at each other. The scene slows and suddenly a
barrage of images from the beginning of the movie flash by,
ending on the Crack house of Seven's birth.
32 INT. CRACK HOUSE NIGHT 32
ANTON gets up off the floor and opens a door. Bright light
takes over the room.
33 INT. COFFEE SHOP. NIGHT 33
SEVEN recognizing Anton and turns his face quickly. He gets
his coffee and turns to go.
CASHIER
Remember 24/Seven!
ANTON looks up and then down at his napkin, which has a
picture of SEVEN on it. Then look up to see SEVEN again, but
he is gone.
34 EXT. ALLEY NIGHT 34
YVETTE is sitting in a dark alley with a needle sticking out
of her vein. Her eyes are glazed over. A shadow creeps up to
her slowly. THE OLD LADY is standing over YVETTE.
OLD LADY
You're dying young lady… so pretty…
You should have taken better care
of yourself. Do you want to live?
She cradles YVETTE to herself and begins to sing a lullaby.
As she does this YVETTE begins to go into a seizure. THE
OLD LADY'S eyes begin to roll into her head and she falls
with YVETTE to the ground. After a moment YVETTE wakes up
and makes it out from under THE OLD LADY. She begins to
vomit and is extremely disoriented and scared. YVETTE sees
THE OLD LADY and screams. YVETTE begins to go into a fit of
confusion speaking in different languages. She looks around
the area.
YVETTE
Leave...what...run, run now you
have to hurry!
YVETTE takes of running. After a moment she comes back. She
grabs THE OLD LADY'S purse then removes her necklace and puts
it on. As she turns she sees a car and ducks down. When they
pass she runs in the opposite direction.
35 EXT. STREET NIGHT 35
Seven is walking down the street thinking. He hears Anton's
voice.
ANTON (V.O.)
Why won't you wake me in the real
world?
SEVEN stops and looks back at the diner. Then turns his
head and puts his finger on his lips.
36 EXT. SCHOOLYARD DAY 36
Children are screaming and playing in a schoolyard. A bell is
heard and the children begin to line up.
TEACHER
Pair up, fingers on lips.
Each kid puts a finger on their lips and grabs the hand of
the kid next to them. One last hand comes out and isn't
grabbed. SEVEN who is now about seven years old looks at the
girl who's not grabbing his hand and puts his hand down.
TEACHER (CONT'D)
Seven, hold Cindy's hand.
CINDY
No way he's gross.
The other kids laugh at him.
37 INT CLASSROOM DAY 37
Little murmurs and paper rustling is heard. A child is
walking down from the front of the classroom to her seat. She
sits down in front of SEVEN. Seven is looking at the crucifix
in the front of the classroom.
TEACHER
Now wasn't that interesting, thanks
Jenny.
And what are you going to do when
When you grow up, Seven?
SEVEN doesn't answer.
TEACHER (CONT'D)
Seven?
Children giggling. Two kids whisper in the back of the
classroom.
KID 1
His mom is crazy.
Seven stands and begins to speak.
SEVEN
I'm going to bring the truth to the
world.
TEACHER
What?
SEVEN
I will bring, for my father, the true
of heart. I'll teach who will hear.
And together we will unite all
people.
TEACHER
So... your going to be a teacher,
huh.
SEVEN
My mommy says I'm the messenger.
The Teacher, looking as if she wished she never called on
SEVEN, tries to end the situation.
TEACHER
Oh... your going to be a mailman.
Great Seven.
Looking at Seven's face, we hear the children in the class
laughing. The laughter grows and grows until it hits a peak
and then...silence.
39 ZOOM IN 39
SEVEN
Why did Jesus die?
The teacher is taken aback.
TEACHER
He died to save us from the sins of
the world.
SEVEN
Did God kill him?
TEACHER
No, men killed him.
SEVEN
Didn't they know he was going to save
them? Didn't he tell them?
TEACHER
Yes, but sometimes people are afraid
of what they don't understand.
Seven looks at the cross and starts to cry.
38 EXT. SCHOOLYARD DAY 38
A bunch of kids are beating up SEVEN. He is surrounded on all
sides. He gets knocked to the floor. SEVEN lies on the floor.
39 INT. OUTSIDE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE 39
High angle shot of a principal's office door. Working our
way down the door we see SEVEN standing outside it. Muffled
voices are heard coming from inside the office.
40 INSIDE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE 40
PRINCIPAL
I understand where you're coming from
Mrs. Hidalgo, but...
MARIA
(Proudly)
Miss Hidalgo!
PRINCIPAL
Excuse me, but I don't believe you
Should continue to tell Seven that
he is the son of God.
MARIA
Sister Paulette...Why does this
school exist?
PRINCIPAL
Excuse me?
MARIA
You create this school system to
reinforce a belief in our blessed
Father, our savior, and the holy
spirit.
PRINCIPAL
Yes, we teach of Jesus and his
works, and the many wonders of God
and his people...but it is one
thing to take from the Bible and
bring it into our lives but to
raise a child to believe he is
Jesus, is damaging.
MARIA
My Child is SEVEN, He may be a
child of God, but he is not JESUS.
Have you spoke to Seven about this?
PRINCIPAL
No, I felt given the nature of this
situation It would be best if we
spoke first.
MARIA
So my son believes he is in trouble
and his mother was called into
school because of something he can
not help!
Maria gets up from the chair and goes to the door.
PRINCIPAL
Miss Hidalgo !
She opens the door and looks at Seven.
MARIA
You did nothing wrong baby.
Mommy loves you.
She kisses his head and he smiles. She closes the door and
turns to the principal.
MARIA (CONT'D)
I have seen allot of things in my
life and of those things I would
not share most of them with you.
PRINCIPAL
I don't think I understand.
MARIA
You teach faith, but faith in what?
A person that did live. Or a person
that will come back. What about the
ones that are here?
THE PRINCIPAL sits back.
MARIA (CONT'D)
My son is a gift from God and IS
his child. He is also MY child
...and your savoir. I will teach
him what god tells ME to Teach him
about his life. If my son fears his
life is threatened by God it is not
from my teachings of God. It must
be from yours, Because my God is a
powerful, caring, loving God who
would never be threatened by the
belief that one child feels that he
is his son. Good night.
She gets up and collects Seven and closes the door.
41 INT. OLD LADY'S APT NIGHT 41
YVETTE uses the key to walk in. She hangs her coat on the
hook and turns on the light. Locking the door behind her she
walks into the apartment.
42 INT BEDROOM NIGHT 42
She walks up to a dresser and pulls out a box containing old
papers and ID's. YVETTE searches for a box of photographs.
She picks up one of THE OLD LADY, when she was young. Smiling
she puts the picture away. While passing the mirror she
admires her body for a second.
43 INT KITCHEN NIGHT 43
YVETTE fills the sink with water then rips open a bag of
kitty chow and dumps it on the kitchen floor.
YVETTE
Good bye kitty.
After opening a window, she walks out and closes the door.
44 EXT. ROOF TOP DAWN 44
Seven looks out at the morning over the Brooklyn skyline. He
begins to think to himself.
45 EXT. ROOF TOP DAY 45
Shot of a very hot sun. Vultures are heard as if circling a
desert. Middle Eastern music is playing lightly in the
background.
Seven, 12 years old, is staring into the sun and squinting.
He is crying, but not wailing.
CUT TO:
46 EXT. SCHOOLYARD DAY 46
SEVEN is standing in front of a group of kids.
KIDS
Seven thinks he's Jesus, Seven
thinks he's Jesus.
CUT TO:
47 EXT. ROOF TOP DAY 47
Beads of sweat are forming on his head. When we get a full
shot of SEVEN he is on the edge of his building. He has his
arms outstretched. Slowly one of his feet reaches out off the
ledge. A church bell starts to ring. After a few times seven
looks over to see that the bell is still moving but no sound
is coming out. Slowly the other sounds of the man made world
fade away. Cars no longer can be heard. Whistles have no
sound. The ice cream truck has no bell. Radios have gone
silent. Only the sounds of the untouched natural world can be
heard. SEVEN can hear the wind. With it come many whispers.
The words are in all languages. SEVEN looks out across the
Brooklyn rooftops. Each section he focused on gives different
words. Each Building. Every window. He sees a man on the
street and can hear him cursing to himself in his mind. He
can see an old lady walking happily while singing the tune to
a song she is whistling. SEVEN begins to smile wildly.
Suddenly he hears a woman screaming he turns and slips off
the ledge. We see his foot give way. All sounds resume. SEVEN
is on the ground laughing. He fell from the ledge backwards
on to the roof.
MARIA
Seven, come eat before some crazy
person shoots you.
SEVEN
In a second mom.
I'm doing something.
We pull away from Seven sitting.
48 EXT. ROOFTOP NIGHT 48
The sun goes down and we still see him sitting in the same
place. The camera moves right and sees a pigeon coop.
49 EXT. ROOFTOP NIGHT 49
Continuing on past the coop, several years have past. SEVEN
is now a young man. A roof top door opens.
MARIA
There you are Seven. I've
Been calling for you.
What are you doing up here?
SEVEN
Wondering.
MARIA
How you're mother is so beautiful?
SEVEN smiles Shyly
MARIA (CONT'D)
You know every person has things
inside that NO one else would
believe.
SEVEN
Not like this.
MARIA
Where do you think all that comes
from? Other people's minds and
hearts are what you hear. You are
the key to all the little locked
boxes inside our hearts.
SEVEN
What should I be doing?
MARIA
Aye, Hijo, all I can tell you is
that you are very special to this
World. You are very special to
Me, and when the time is right
you'll know what you are supposed
to do. Just keep looking for it. It
will come. Why don't you come down
and eat before someone tries to
steal you away.
SEVEN
I'll be down in a second.
50 EXT. ROOF TOP DAY (PRESENT TIME) 50
SEVEN, yawning walks into the apartment.
51 INT. ANTON'S LOFT NIGHT 51
YVETTE comes in. She come in casually, but quickly notices
ANTON asleep on the bed. She sneaks into the bathroom.
52 INT. BATHROOM NIGHT 52
YVETTE sees ANTON'S pants on the floor with his wallet in it.
She looks at his driver's license. Looking at the old
pictures of them makes her smile. She sees herself before the
drugs then looks in the mirror. She turns on the water and
begins to take the dark make up off her eyes. Wiping her face
YVETTE looks at herself in the mirror. Make up is running
down her face. She goes into the shower.
53 INT. LOFT BEDROOM NIGHT 53
YVETTE comes out quietly. She tip-toes around the bed and
crawls in beside ANTON. As she closes her eyes the blankets
suctions around her as if it is sucking the life out of her.
ANTON wakes up and looks over at YVETTE. He sees her rolling
with the blankets as if she is having a nightmare. He turns
and goes to sleep. IVETTE gets sucked into the bed. Her
screams are muffled as the room disappears.
54 LILITH DREAM MONTAGUE 54
LILITH is underwater holding her breath and struggling to get
to the surface. She is swimming and swimming and cannot reach
the surface. Panic begins to take over. She cannot hold her
breath anymore. Finally she exhales and falls into the ocean.
55 EXT. BEACH DAY 55
LILITH opens her eyes and is washed up on a beautiful beach.
People are sleeping around her. She looks up and sees ANTON
walking away.
LILITH
Hey you, Anton!
She goes to lift her arms and realizes that they, and her
legs are buried in the sand. When she tries to pull them out,
the sand stretches, then recoils. Allowing her to move her
limbs, but keeping her in place. The frustration is weakening
her.
LILITH (CONT'D)
Anton!
ANTON walks out of sight. She hangs her head.
56 INT. CONCERT HALL NIGHT 56
When she raises her head, she is on stage with YVETTE'S band
waiting to go on. The curtain opens to a huge red velvet
auditorium. LILITH is standing there unable to play. The band
slowly walks off stage. She looks into the Audience and sees
ANTON walking out of the back into the distance.
LILITH
Wait!
The auditorium disappears leaving only ANTON and the doorway
of light. She runs towards the door. He passes through and
closes the door, as she approaches.
57 EXT. CRACK HOUSE DOOR NIGHT 57
LILITH is pounding on the door. A little window slides
open. A face looks out to her and then closes the door. The
door fades to black. A square light comes on bellow her. A
DRUG DEALER sits at a table and sticks a needle into
LILITH'S arm. Angry Middle Eastern faces are screaming at
her from out of the darkness. Fire is burning. Lilith is
terrified.
58 EXT ISRAEL DAY 58
LILITH is running from a crowd who are stoning her. She
falls. She gets up to turn as a stone hits her in the face
breaking her nose. The crowd circles around her. As she is
tortured she looks into the eyes of a little girl who is
watching. Once again she is hit. The little girl looks at her
lovingly. LILITH screams in pain and terror never taking her
eyes of the girl. The child extends her arm to LILITH. A
transparent silhouette of her arm extends past her body as
the LITTLE GIRL'S body falls to the ground. The pain of the
stones tearing her flesh, are too much for Lilith's body to
deal with. She extends her arm out to the girl. A large rock
knocks her arm away, leaving a transparent silhouette of her
it still in place. LILITH's soul climbs out of her mangled
body. She sees the little girl's essence standing in front of
her. LILITH turns to see herself die. The image enrages her.
She runs for her killers, but the girl stops her. She points
to a doorway of light opening up for her. A figure comes out
and extends his arm to her. LILITH walks towards the figure.
She turns and looks at the proud men looking over her body.
She begins to walk towards the door, rage is taking over her
essence. She glances at the girl, then her body and then runs
towards her attackers. As the figure in the doorway tries to
grab her, he grabs the little girl who is watching Lilith.
The little girl and the shadow, are taken back into the
doorway. LILITH runs through one of the men. Lilith falls
behind him but pulls his soul out for a moment, causing him
to go into a seizer. Lilith sees the ringleader's daughter's
body on the floor.
Slowly she walks over to it and touches her. LILITH
disappears. The little girl rises and walks up to LILITH and
picks up her necklace. She raises the necklace slowly and
puts it on.
59 INT. GABRIEL'S APARTMENT NIGHT 59
GABRIEL and a tall, thin black woman are on his bed with
candles all around them. Gabriel can see Lilith in the face
of this woman.
LILITH
We can live forever.
Never grow old.
GABRIEL
Tell me how.
60 EXT. MARIA'S APARTMENT WINDOW NIGHT 60
GABRIEL is outside the room of a young girl. He looks at her
menacingly. The lights go out.
61 INT. GABRIEL'S APARTMENT NIGHT 61
GABRIEL comes back bloodied.
LILITH
What happened?
GABRIEL
Just Having a little fun.
LILITH grows afraid.
LILITH
What have you done!
GABRIEL
Mind yourself woman!
LILITH
Gabriel wait!
GABRIEL
Move!
LILITH goes to grab him when GABRIEL attacks her. He breaks
the chain around her neck and holds it in his hand. LILITH,
now angered, projects herself out of the black woman's body
with enough force to send GABRIEL'S essence out of his body
through a closet door behind him. She returns to her body and
moves GABRIEL'S body slightly out of sight. He walks through
the door disoriented from never being disembodied.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
What did you do to me?
He looks around frantically. He cannot move very well. The
black woman stares at him and picks up her chain, then sits
down.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
I'll kill you, you fucking bitch.
LILITH'S essence leaves again grabbing Gabriel's essence by
the throat and floating to the ceiling with him.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
LILITH please!!
Gabriel begins to fade away slowly. His self is being
replaced by SHADOW. He sees his body on the floor as his
essence decays.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
Lilith! No, please!
LILITH (DISGUSTED)
How easily you lose yourself.
She drops him into himself and once again returns to her
body. GABRIEL'S body gasps and ripples as if it had been
dropped from a great fall. She goes over to see if he's OK.
He looks up with rage in his eyes.
62 EXT. YVETTE'S DREAM WORLD 62
LILITH crashes to the floor. She gets up with anger in her
face YVETTE is on the floor with needles sticking out of her
arm, in front of an aging building. Lovingly LILITH
approaches. She carefully removes the needles and bandages
the wounds. LILITH looks into the building then looks into
YVETTE'S face softly.
LILITH
You need to leave this place.
YVETTE
I can't leave.
LILITH
Don't worry honey. Your essence is
tired. All the misery, the regret,
has weakened you. You need to go
start over. They're all out there.
Anton is waiting for you to become
who you were. She's out there, you
need to get away from who you've
become here. Your body needs to rest.
YVETTE
What's out there?
LILITH
Everything you can imagine. Anything
you can imagine. You never have to go
back to the pain. You never need the
drugs. Let me show you.
Images of beauty fill the outskirts of YVETTE'S world.
LILITH (CONT'D)
Anything you want you can make
happen,
But only out there.
Go, go make your new world.
I'll take care of things there.
ANTON appears with black hair at the gate of YVETTE'S
world. He signals for her to come. As YVETTE leaves the
porch a light dusting of particles come off her. They dance
in swirls of color as they leave a trail. LILITH closes the
door, as YVETTE walks towards ANTON. As she hugs him he
dissolves and YVETTE'S world disintegrates, leaving her
falling in a black mass.
63 INT. ANTON'S LOFT MORNING 63
YVETTE wakes up to Anton screaming at her. She jumps back in
fright.
ANTON
…And then you take my fucking money
and run out to get high! I'm not
supporting your fucking habit
anymore. You try that shit again
and I will throw you out! I won't
live like this anymore!
YVETTE
What money?
ANTON
FUCK YOU! FUCK YOU YVETTE! Don't
fucking lie to me. You better
fucking clean up.
Anton leaves.
YVETTE
YVETTE?
64 INT. ANTON'S LOFT DAY 64
YVETTE is taking garbage out of the can.
65 EXT. HALLWAY DAY 65
She goes out to the hallway to throw out garbage and runs
into SEVEN coming down the stairs. She is trying to shove the
bag in the incinerator.
YVETTE
Pardon me … you.
I didn't see you there.
SEVEN
Nah it's my fault I was off in
another world. I wasn't watching
where I was going.
Here, let me do this for you.
He takes the bags from YVETTE, as she checks him out.
YVETTE
You live here long?
SEVEN
My whole life.
YVETTE
I just moved in.
SEVEN blushes.
SEVEN
Oh yeah.
YVETTE
Yeah.
SEVEN
Well, it was nice meeting you.
YVETTE
Hope to see you.
SEVEN
Ah … me too.
Seven goes inside the apartment. He turns to look at her
before she goes in. YVETTE smiles flirtatiously as she goes
in.
66 INT. LOFT DAY 66
YVETTE notices Anton's covered mural that spans the room.
Slowly she opens it to see a continuous story depicting
Anton's dream world. Anton's hair is blonde in the paintings.
She smiles and continues to look. She sees Seven and Lilith.
YVETTE seems shocked. She stares at LILITH.
YVETTE
How could he…?
Continuing on she sees Gabriel's face. YVETTE's face turns to
horror, then intrigue. She notices a picture of herself.
SHADOW is painted Seven feet tall and looming over her. She
stares at it. The light in the room changes slightly.
YVETTE's face morphs into Lilith. Behind her, the room
changes to a set of columns going deep into the horizon.
SHADOW walks across the hall in the Distance. YVETTE turns,
as the room returns to its normal state.
67 EXT. WILLIAMSBURG GALLERY DAY 67
PHILIP
Hey, are you paying attention to
me. You are going to have to
produce more work.
ANTON
What do you mean more work?
PHILIP
Smaller pieces that more people can
buy.
ANTON
I make murals.
PHILLIP
No, you made murals, now they want
more. You have too many people who
want your paintings to keep making
two or three a year!
ANTON
Each one takes a long time.
PHILLIP
I know. Why don't you make some nice
"couch sized" paintings.
ANTON
What am I fucking Bob Ross? I don't
make "Happy little accidents". You
hear me? You hear me Phil!
They walk out.
68 EXT. GALLERY DAY 68
PHILLIP
Don't get your panties all in a
bunch. I'm just looking out for us.
Just telling you what the buyers
are saying.
ANTON
I never have to work another day in
my life. If they don't want to buy
them, then fuck em.
PHILLIP
Great attitude, Anton.
Anton looks at the newspaper and sees Gabriel's face.
ANTON
Let me get one of those.
PHILLIP( TO THE NEWSSTAND GUY)
He's looking for a new job.
69 INT. TRAIN CAR 69
Anton reads the paper staring at Gabriel's face. His eyes
grow heavy and he falls asleep.
70 ANTON DREAM WORLD 70
ANTON is standing in front of large canvases all painted
white. He picks up a paintbrush dipped in red paint. Boldly
he strikes the canvas slashing it with red. The line fades
away. ANTON picks up more paint and again the line
disappears. He tries different colors and brushes, in a
painting frenzy. He decides to change canvases still to no
avail every canvas is still white.
ANTON
God Damn it!
ANTON drops the brush. As it hits the floor the lights turn
up and ANTON is in the middle of an art gallery. Everyone is
dressed up but him. He is feeling uncomfortable. Crowds are
forming in front of his canvases. PHILIP walks up to him.
ANTON (CONT'D)
I'm sorry I tried to paint
something, but…
PHILIP
Anton, These are amazing. You have
out done yourself. The audience
loves it. And I'm gonna love the
commission They are going to eat
this shit up with a spoon. I tell
you, you won't believe…
ANTON walks away as PHILIP continues talking to the area
ANTON was in. He opens a door causing the light in the
gallery to dim. He reaches for the door.
71 INT. TRAIN 71
ANTON looks up and sees the doors are about to close. He gets
up and runs to catch it. He gets off and the train goes down
onto the tracks.
72 INT. ANTON'S LOFT DAY 72
YVETTE is searching around the loft very frightened. She
picks up a box cutter off a paint easel. Behind her SHADOW
moves into another room. YVETTE approaches the door SHADOW
went into.
An elevator opens in the hallway.
Footsteps walking to the front door are heard. SHADOW passes
behind her towards the painting. She turns again. The door is
thrown open as YVETTE lunges. ANTON grabs YVETTE and wrestles
the knife away. They fall to the Floor.
ANTON
What the Fuck!
ANTON looks up and walks quickly to the mural, Closing it.
ANTON (CONT'D)
Damn YVETTE!
YVETTE
I'm sorry… I thought I heard a
burglar!
ANTON
Do you always open the curtain!
YVETTE
What?
She looks at the knife and goes along with ANTON.
ANTON
I can't trust you anymore. You
steal from me, You lie to me,
You're violent! We can't even have
sex because you're a fucking junky!
YVETTE
I'm sorry, It was just so
beautiful. I was cleaning the
place…
ANTON looks around the room. He turns back surprised and less
intimidating.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
And the curtain got sucked up in
the vacuum... and I saw a little of
it … and I couldn't help it.
ANTON's ego kicks in.
ANTON
You couldn't help it?
YVETTE walks up to ANTON. ANTON walks away. YVETTE opens the
curtain slowly as she talks.
YVETTE
You made me so beautiful.
ANTON
I don't want to talk about it.
She looks at the picture of Lilith. Then makes her way over
to the SHADOW.
YVETTE
What is this black figure?
ANTON
The one at the end?
YVETTE
Yeah, the tall black thing.
ANTON
The ghosts that follow a woman I knew
…I guess.
ANTON walks into the bathroom. YVETTE admires LILITH and
SEVEN. She stares deeply into the painting.
YVETTE
Who's the man I'm with?
ANTON stops and looks up confused.
ANTON
You're with?
YVETTE realizes what she said.
YVETTE
No, the couple.
ANTON
The couple … I don't know. Must have
been in a dream.
YVETTE and ANTON both are looking towards each other
silently and suspiciously.
73 DREAMWORLD WITH YVETTE 73
YVETTE is lost at the junction of six roads, outside her
dream world. She chooses one and walks along. Slowly she
begins to work her way further and further from her dream
world. In the distance, blurred colors and movement begin to
form. Each section is an outside view of other dreams. She
looks at one area of color. It zooms in and gets into focus.
74 EXT. OCEAN 74
YVETTE, as a mermaid is swimming in the ocean. The scene is
very pleasant until a shadow passes over YVETTE. She looks up
and PHILIP, as a merman, is swimming towards her at high
speeds. He grabs her and pushes her down into the sand.
PHILIP
What are you doing in my world?
The ocean floor disappears and they are in a forest.
75 EXT. FOREST. NIGHT 75
YVETTE pushes him off her. She is running and screaming for
help franticly. Her body is fading in color and becoming
dark. PHILIP is in front of her
PHILIP
It's not bad enough that I
have to hear about you all day,
YVETTE turns to run, but PHILIP is in front of her again.
PHILIP (CONT'D)
but now you're here too. I wonder
how it would be to kill you?
YVETTE screams and runs again.
PHILIP (CONT'D)
I'd probably wake up in a great
mood.
76 INTERIOR SEVEN'S BED ROOM 76
Seven awakes in the late afternoon. The sunlight is coming
through the spaces in his blinds. SEVEN sits at the edge of
his bed. He looks at the answering machine then presses it.
INSURANCE AGENT
Hello, This message is for Seven
Hidalgo. Seven we need you to sign
a few more papers before you can
receive full return on Maria
Hidalgo's policy. Please call us as
soon as possible, as I am sure you
want to move on with this process.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
BEEP
VOICE
Please hang up there appears to be
a receiver off the hook please
check all extensions thank you.
(NOISE)
SEVEN gets up and goes to the computer. As he goes to sit
down he looks outside. Then looks at the computer.
C/T
77 EXTERIOR PARK AFTERNOON 77
Seven is sitting at a park bench feeding birds from a loaf of
bread. He is wearing a knit hat and is enjoying the setting
sun. He notices all the different types of parents in the
park. Many different races, religions, nationalities. All the
children are playing together, but the adults are on
different benches. One child walks over to him.
DIGGS
Hi, I'm Diggs. I'm seven years old.
Can I have some bread?
SEVEN
Of coarse you can.
The kid eats the bread.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Don't eat that.
DIGGS
Why?
SEVEN
Cause it's old.
DIGGS
So
SEVEN
Oh...want another piece of bread?
He gives him more.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
What about for your friends?
DIGGS
They're not my friends,
I don't know them.
SEVEN
Do you know the birds?
DIGGS
No,
SEVEN
But you like the birds and
want to be their friends?
DIGGS
Yes
SEVEN
Why?
CHILD 1
Because they are pretty.
SEVEN
Do you know that there is
something pretty inside
everyone.
DIGGS
In their bellies?
SEVEN
Sometimes.
While he says this to him, we close up on SEVEN'S hand giving
a piece of bread to the little boy. The sun is glaring off
the piece of white bread. DIGGS looks up at SEVEN and stares
into his eyes. His eyes are dark and wide.
He looks at him with such intent and understanding. Other
Children come by to feed the birds.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Do you want a piece too?
CHILD 2
Yes please! What is your name?
SEVEN
My name is Seven.
Slowly the children from the playground start to come over
and feed the ever-growing amount of birds that are gathering.
DIGGS
I don't think we have enough.
SEVEN
We'll make it enough if you all
help.
We see all the little kids sharing pieces of bread with each
other. Some of the children have little birds landing on
their heads and are smiling and laughing.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Do you know what's the same
between birds... and trees...
and people?
CHILD 3
They all have eyes.
DIGGS
Trees don't have eyes.
CHILD 3
Potatoes have eyes.
CHILD 2
We all grow up.
SEVEN
Yes your right, but do you know
what we all share? We are all part
of life. We all share the world
when we're here.
CHILD 3
That's why we recycle. My daddy
says we recycle so that my
grandchildren will have a world to
live in.
SEVEN
(laughing)
Your daddy is right, but you know
what else we have to do? We have to
learn to be part of everything. You
see those birds?
CHILDREN
Yah!
SEVEN
They listen to the world.
CHILD 3
Birds don't have ears.
SEVEN
Well... They do but they also listen
with there insides. Do you want to
try?
CHILDREN
Yes!
SEVEN
Close your eyes. I am going to show
you how, but you have to listen very
closely.
Seven is sitting on a bench with the kids; all with their
eyes closed, surrounded by birds. Another kids walk into
frame and sit down.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
First listen to the birds singing.
We see all the kids straining to keep their eyes closed, but
amazingly they all are quiet. Seven closes his eyes. Without
opening his mouth he speaks to the children.
78 EXT. FIELD DAY 78
SEVEN
Now listen to the wind.
Seven opens his eyes and sees a red balloon flying in the
air. Still not speaking he questions them.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
What do you guys see in the wind?
CHILDREN
A red balloon.
SEVEN
Now you all should follow the
balloon. It is going to take you to a
field.
With that all the children and Seven are running through a
field of green grass. Children are playing and picking
flowers. The first little girl is making a necklace out of
flowers. After it is done see puts it on Seven's neck.
DIGGS
Look I have a box.
SEVEN
Can you open it?
DIGGS
It's locked
SEVEN
Look behind the box you'll find the
key.
DIGGS
There is a lot of keys back here.
SEVEN
Those are for anyone else who
can't open their box. Keep them in
yours.
As DIGGS opens the box, inside are SEVEN and the kids in
the field. Bubbles of light float from one to the other.
They all open their eyes and are back in the Park.
79 EXTERIOR PARK. AFTERNOON 79
All the birds fly away in a cluster of feathers. We see
Seven's face watching, behind them.
PARENT 1
DIGGS! Diggs get back over here!
The child is yanked away by an angry mother.
PARENT 1 (CONT'D)
Strangers steal little boys.
You don't want that do you?
As SEVEN looks over the Mother looks at him with an angry
glare. SEVEN laughs to himself.
80 EXT. FORREST 80
PHILIP is chasing YVETTE.
PHILIP
I'm going to get ya.
YVETTE picks up a log and swings her whole body into the hit.
Half of PHILIP'S face is ripped off. He falls and looks at
then looks at her.
PHILIP (CONT'D)
Ouch, you bitch. Look at my face.
YVETTE
Fuck you. You wouldn't stop chasing
me.
She is fading still.
PHILIP
You could never take a joke YVETTE.
YVETTE
Who?
Her body begins to solidify. PHILIP hears and alarm.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Philip? Where are we? How did we
get here?
PHILIP
Got to go sweetie. Time to wake up.
YVETTE
No take me with you.
PHILIP goes through a door and disappears. His forest begins
to disappear, leaving a black void. YVETTE is running trying
to stay in the picture. Everything is fading into the abyss
behind her.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Wake up, Please wake up!
A door opens up ahead of YVETTE and she dives into it before
the forest completely vanishes.
81 INT. LARGE DARK ROOM 81
YVETTE lands in a room surrounded by shadows of figures. THE
WARDEN and the OLD LADY are both there, but are fading.
Suddenly a huge long door opens casting light that spans at
least forty feet. The more solid figures run towards it.
Trampling the faded ones.
THE WARDEN
Hurry they'll make you someone.
They run through as the door begins to close. YVETTE watches
a very faded figure that seems to be suffering. When it turns
to YVETTE she sees it's face is a beautiful young girl, but
the color in her body is fading away. She reaches out to
YVETTE.
FADING GIRL
Tell me my name...please…Do you
know me?
As she says this, her face fades away, leaving her a complete
shadowy form. YVETTE pulls back and looks at herself. She
looks at the OLD LADY, who also is fading. She stares at her.
YVETTE
What are you doing here?
The OLD LADY becomes excited bringing some color back to her.
OLD LADY
You know me?
YVETTE
We met on the train.
OLD LADY
Who am I? Please don't let me go
away!
YVETTE
I don't know your name. I don't
know who you are.
OLD LADY
Please I don't have much time
please, tell me about me please!
Just something … anything.
She grabs at YVETTE, who recoils. The OLD LADY fades to a
shadow. YVETTE sees herself fading as another door opens.
She runs into it.
82 INT. ANTON'S LOFT NIGHT 82
ANTON is lying in bed YVETTE crawls into the bed.
YVETTE
Anton… did it really bother you
that I looked at your painting?
ANTON looks at YVETTE's necklace.
ANTON
Did you like it?
YVETTE
Very much so.
ANTON
Then no …it didn't really bother me.
That's the least of our problems.
He touches her track marks.
YVETTE
I'm gonna stop.
I promise…
ANTON stops her.
ANTON
Don't promise.
Just do …I miss you.
YVETTE
Where do these images come from?
Knowing that she is changing the subject, he lets it
continue.
ANTON
Just pictures that run through my
head. Nothing special.
YVETTE
Who are they?
ANTON
Why don't you tell me?
YVETTE
Tell you what?
ANTON
Who they are.
YVETTE
Do I know them?
ANTON
I dunno, give it a try.
YVETTE
Once upon a time there was a golden
haired traveler. He set off on a
journey to escape the darkness of his
past. On the way he met a friend in
need. Together their journeys lead
them through many lands and trials.
But still they felt their goal was
just out of reach. Never realizing
that all the while they were
traveling further from what they
needed most...What you needed
most...what I need most.
She stops speaking and looks at ANTON. She reaches over to
him and kisses him. He pulls back and looks at her. They
kiss passionately. They have sex in front of the painting.
They seem to become part of the painting. As they fall
asleep we are left looking at a picture of ANTON
contemplating in Dreamworld.
83 INT. DREAMWORLD ANTON 83
ANTON is alone. We hear screaming in the background. ANTON'S
MOM is a young girl about 17 years old.
ANTON'S MOM
You should have never been born.
Look what you did to me. I wanted a
life too.
She pulls up her shirt to show a huge c-section tearing
open.
ANTON'S DAD
What kind of man are you? Your
killing your mother. Your no son of
mine. Get the fuck out of here.
ANTON holds his head and closes his eyes. He fills his
environment with paintings that he creates, literally using
his parents. The yelling fades away into the paintings. He
continues to create. As the images build YVETTE fades into
the picture. She has begun to fade more.
ANTON
YVETTE!
Where have you been?
At first she is disoriented but as he speaks to her, she
begins to solidify.
YVETTE
I've missed you so much.
Look at your hair.
They embrace.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Please help me...I'm lost.
ANTON
No you're not. You're in my dream
world.
YVETTE
What if you wake up?
ANTON
I'll wake you up.
YVETTE
Promise me.
ANTON
I promise.
YVETTE
Say my name again.
He looks at her lovingly.
ANTON
YVETTE.
Their loft begins to appear around them but a very simplified
version of it. There is a knock at the door as they turn
YVETTE looks frightened. She sees many shadowed figures
approaching ANTON. She warns him about them, but he doesn't
seem bothered.
YVETTE
Watch out Anton. They have no souls,
they want you.
ANTON
No they just want to look at the
paintings, look there's Philip.
ANTON looks at one that becomes PHILIP.
YVETTE
No, Philip just woke up! He's not
the real Phil.
PHILIP
These are the most amazing images
the art world has ever seen. Just
look at all your fans. We're gonna
be rich.
ANTON looks at the other shadows and gives each of them a
personality. They greet him and ask for paintings. They
begin to take his artwork into them. They praise him, while
stepping between him and YVETTE. She begins to fade as he
pays more attention to the people.
YVETTE
Anton, please look at me.
They begin to take images faster than he can make them. His
world is getting darker again. When the images run out they
begin to take pieces of his loft.
After that THE SHADOWS turn to ANTON and closed in on him.
Taking pieces of his body. Leaving him a head and partial
torso. He is left alone. As he turns his head he sees YVETTE
fading away. He closes his eyes.
84 INT. ANTON'S LOFT NIGHT 84
ANTON is sleeping. YVETTE is trying to stay awake. She hears
a noise outside. When she goes to see what is she sees Seven
in the hall. She starts to unlock the door slowly. When she
turns to check on ANTON, she is standing in front of SHADOW.
As she turns to run out the door, all light drops from the
scene. They are in a black void running.
SHADOW(IN GABRIEL'S VOICE)
Lilith, you have to help me.
YVETTE
Never again Gabriel.
GABRIEL
Hypocrite, You live just as I do!
YVETTE
You dare compare us!
GABRIEL
You made me what I am,Don't leave
me, Lilith. I've made mistakes, but
I need you now!
YVETTE
You've have been with out a form
for a long time.
You look terrible.
Your essence will lose itself soon.
GABRIEL corners her.
GABRIEL
You have found him. You think he
can travel between worlds don't
you.
YVETTE
I do not share your desires.
GABRIEL
Lilith…We can start over in the
bodies of our children. The
children of two Seers, as strong as
ourselves, think about it. God
could only create in his image, but
we…we can be them! We may even be
able to cross between life and
eternity. Ascension Lilith! You can
finally enter eternity! Can't you
see? You must help me find him.
She pauses to think for a moment.
YVETTE
You fool yourself with these
dreams. We can never go back! Be
gone wretched demon. I will not
give him to you!
A burst of energy cuts through SHADOW like swords
dispersing him.
GABRIEL
Noooooo!
For a moment YVETTE becomes LILITH. ANTON wakes up in time to
see the light fade and LILITH become YVETTE.
ANTON
What the Fuck?
He turns around and goes back to sleep.
ANTON (CONT'D)
Come to bed!
And turn off the lights.
YVETTE
I will Sweetie. Good night ANTON
ANTON
Good night Lilith.
YVETTE gets startled.
YVETTE
What did you say?
ANTON lies there sleeping. She looks at the painting.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Anton?
ANTON doesn't stir.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Anton?
She walks over to him.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Gabriel?
She looks at the picture of SHADOW then slowly turns back to
ANTON. She passes her hands through his hair and goes back to
the door then walks out.
85 INT. HALLWAY NIGHT 85
YVETTE is walking to SEVEN'S DOOR.
86 EXT. FIELD 86
SEVEN and ANTON are walking across a field.
SEVEN
On the news, there was a Rapist… I
fell asleep, when I woke to take a
shower… there was Lilith.
ANTON
With you and the rapist, in the
shower, when you were awake?
SEVEN
With Lilith, In the shower, With
the rapist, Who wasn't there. But
she was there, When I was
awake...If I was awake.
ANTON
You need to get out of here and
back into your life. Have you even
left your apartment this month.
SEVEN
Yeah, I met some kids in the park
today.
ANTON
What did you guys do?
SEVEN
I showed them this?
ANTON
So the park was a dream?
SEVEN
No, we were awake.
ANTON
You can travel minds while you are
awake?
SEVEN
I think everyone can. Some just
aren't ready.
ANTON
Damn it, you think I'm not open to
it. That's why you don't show me in
the real world!
SEVEN
It doesn't go over well with
adults.
ANTON
Why?
SEVEN
They are too set in their ideas of
the world. Or they become people
like Lilith, who use others to
sustain her own essence.
ANTON
I wouldn't do that.
You should find me.
SEVEN
"Hi, we never met, but we met in
dreams, and by the way, because we
speak there I can feel and hear
your essence out here, you can do
it too."
ANTON
There has to be a way
for me to remember more when I go
back. The paintings aren't telling
me enough when I wake up.
There is a loud echoing knocking over the scene.
SEVEN
You think you're painting
fantasies. Just don't separate
dream world experiences and real
world ones. They teach you the same
way.
The knocking gets louder as SEVEN turns to look at the
source.
87 INT. SEVEN'S APT NIGHT 87
YVETTE is knocking on the door. SEVEN wakes up and looks
through the peephole.
YVETTE
Hi…I couldn't sleep and thought you
would be awake so…ah
SEVEN stares at her.
88 INT. LOFT. NIGHT. 88
ANTON is asleep in the bed just as YVETTE left him. From the
foot of the bed rises SHADOW.
SHADOW
Awaken Anton your time is now.
89 INT. SEVEN'S APT NIGHT 89
YVETTE
Can I come in?
SEVEN
Oh I'm sorry. Come in.
He lets her in and tries to clean up a little.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
I don't get many visitors.
Seven goes into the fridge.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Do you want something to drink?
Looking in he sees that there is nothing there.
YVETTE
No I'm fine.
SEVEN
(relieved)
I'm sorry the place is a mess.
YVETTE
Don't worry you wouldn't
Believe the places I lived in.
SEVEN
Where are you from?
YVETTE
Ah… I guess you can say I was
born in what's called Israel.
SEVEN
You guess?
YVETTE
I have moved around a lot
in my life.
SEVEN
Kind of hard living without
roots, huh?
YVETTE
Yeah, that's why I came to NY.
I wanted to settle down maybe start
a family.
SEVEN
You came here to start a family…
New York?
YVETTE
Well more so to find the right
man.
SEVEN
New York?
YVETTE
Yeah I know.
SEVEN
Have you found him?
YVETTE
I think so.
SEVEN seems disappointed.
SEVEN
Oh.
YVETTE
I meant you.
SEVEN
Oh… let me get you something to
drink.
He gets up to go back to the kitchen. YVETTE cuts him off.
YVETTE
Ever felt like you've known Someone
you never met you're whole life?
SEVEN
Yes all the time in fact…
YVETTE
You don't say…
YVETTE kisses SEVEN. He is frozen. YVETTE'S nightgown falls
to the floor. SEVEN looks at her. She climbs on to him. There
bodies fade in and out of black, building pace. As they
continue their essences, lift out of their bodies, embrace
and float above them. Leaving trails of light connecting them
to their bodies. SEVEN'S essence realizes YVETTE is LILITH.
SEVEN
Lilith?
LILITH
Yes my love
His essence pulls away in fear, and then falls back into his
body as she catches him and brings him closer. Their energies
intermingle. The background around them shifts into a galaxy
of stars and light. They move through them at greater speeds.
They continue to embrace through time and space. After they
climax they lower back into their bodies.
SEVEN
Wow.
YVETTE
In thousands of years, I have to say,
that was a first.
SEVEN
No shit. Hey, who are you?
YVETTE
You know who I am.
SEVEN
No I mean who is she.
YVETTE
Pretty little thing isn't she? I
thought you would find her
attractive. A little skinny for my
tastes but the times are changing.
SEVEN
For real where is the person that
belongs in there.
YVETTE
Her name's YVETTE, but you could have
known that if you wanted to. You
didn't even ask when She came in. But
now you want to know her name. You
can't hide your true nature from me
my love.
SEVEN
You can't just keep doing this.
YVETTE
Yes I can.
SEVEN
It's not right Lilith.
YVETTE
She would have died anyway.
SEVEN
You killed her?
YVETTE
No, I saved her… then let her loose
in the dream world.
SEVEN
You did what?
YVETTE
She was dead anyway. Heroin overdose.
Humans have no idea how to indulge
properly. Besides you have bigger
problems.
SEVEN
Bigger than you?
YVETTE
Some one very dangerous is looking
for you.
SEVEN
Why? You know him?
YVETTE
Unfortunately I know him very well.
SEVEN
Is he like us.
YVETTE
Is he a seer, yes. Is he like us, not
at all.
His only purpose for living is to
feed off of the fear of the weak. And
to indulge in his own twisted
desires.
SEVEN
Isn't that what you do?
YVETTE
If you don't want my help...
SEVEN
I'm sorry Lilith tell me why he wants
me.
YVETTE
He wants to push your essence out of
your body, Seven. He believes that
you possess great power and that he
can get your power by taking your
body.
SEVEN
Can he?
LILITH
Yes.
SEVEN
Do I? What can I do?
YVETTE
I don't know yet.
SEVEN
But you're looking?
LILITH doesn't answer.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Then you'll take my body before
him, right?
YVETTE
I would never Seven. Remember Seven,
only I love you.
She touches his hand and brings it to her heart.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
I have to get going before my
"boyfriend" gets up.
SEVEN
You have a boyfriend?
YVETTE
I don't, YVETTE does though. Pays the
rent. He's some famous painter next
door.
SEVEN
Next door to me?
YVETTE
What's his name again? You might know
him. He has a painting that looks
just like you. What's his name again?
SEVEN drops his head.
BOTH
Anton.
SEVEN looks worried.
YVETTE
Yeah that's it, you know him?
SEVEN
You can say that.
She is getting up to leave.
YVETTE
Funny he didn't mention it. Sleep
tight, Seven. Don't let any strangers
into your dreams.
SEVEN watches her walk out.
SEVEN
Awh fuck!
He lays back and falls asleep.
90 INT. ANTON'S LOFT DAY 90
ANTON wakes up and is Dazed he sees faded images of people
flashing around the apartment. YVETTE is not in bed next to
him. He looks up and SHADOW zooms in close to him.
SHADOW
I hear your cries for power and will
grant you immortality in return for
passage back.
ANTON leaps out of bed and is looking around the room
wildly for SHADOW who is nowhere.
ANTON
YVETTE, where are you?
SHADOW
She's with him.
ANTON
Who said that?
SHADOW
I, who have given you sight.
SHADOW fades in from the wall.
ANTON
Stay away from me! Who are you? What
do you want?
SHADOW
It isn't what I want. It is what you
want.
ANTON
Are you a ghost?
SHADOW
No, I am a shadow. My body is dead
and I was denied eternity. If you
don't want to end up like me, you
best heed my warning. The woman you
love is conspiring against you.
ANTON looks at YVETTE empty space in bed.
ANTON
Where is she?
91 INT. SEVEN'S APT. NIGHT 91
SHADOW and ANTON are watching YVETTE and SEVEN making love.
SHADOW
You know him.
ANTON
No I don't.
SHADOW
You always did.
92 INT. ANTON'S LOFT. DAY 92
ANTON is looking up at SEVEN'S face in a mural.
SHADOW
He fears you gaining the same power
as he posses. This world will hold no
secrets from you. Have you not asked
him to be awakened?
ANTON
I don't know?
SHADOW
Think, you remember.
High-speed flashes of images of SEVEN and ANTON'S dream world
fly across the screen.
SHADOW (CONT'D)
That's it. Remember.
ANTON looks at all the paintings as anger builds in him.
ANTON
Show me?
SHADOW
Yes, but I am afraid I have grown
week. I can do nothing from this
realm. I am but only an image. You
must provide the flesh. Immortality,
power, and access into the minds of
every man woman and child on earth,
could all be yours.
ANTON
Is this a dream?
SHADOW
Does it matter?
ANTON
No.
ANTON turns and speaks to SEVEN.
93 EXT. EDGE OF SEVEN'S DREAMWORLD 93
ANTON
We have to find her… before it
happens to her.
SEVEN
What if she is already gone?
ANTON
What if she's not. Please, Seven.
Between both of us we could find her.
SEVEN walks off. ANTON follows after a moment.
SEVEN
When I was a kid I found an end to my
imagination. I must have made it
subconsciously, but it was there and
I had to go past. I must have worn
myself out because I was back home
and awake before I knew it. It was my
room, but things were different.
Pictures of people in the room are featureless.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
My toys weren't my toys.
94 INTERIOR-SEVEN'S ROOM UNDER BLANKET NIGHT 94
SEVEN is under the blankets hiding with a flashlight. A small
partition in the mattress emerges. Long black fingers begin
to come out of the bed. Pulling the two sides apart. A
strange pale red light begins to come out of the hole. It is
followed by the head of the creature. By this point Seven's
sheet tent has grown and seems to be supported by itself as
opposed to Seven's body.
SHADOW
I have waited for you a long time. I
see you have taken care of your
mother.
Seven is frozen with fear. He cannot even move to make
space between him and the figure that is continuing to grow
out of the mattress.
The shadow lays out a hand and strokes Seven's face.
SEVEN
Go away.
SHADOW
What was that my son?
SEVEN
Go away.
Seven begins to wet his pants.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Go away!
Beams of light, dwarfing those of LILITH'S, shoot from SEVEN
and destroy the whole room.
95 EXT. EDGE OF SEVEN'S DREAMWORLD 95
ANTON
You think he is out there and he is
the one that wants to steal your
soul.
SEVEN
How did you know that?
ANTON Stops for a moment.
ANTON
You can't hide much here, right.
SEVEN looks out over DREAMWORLD.
SEVEN
There are a few things you're going
to have to remember before we go.
This world here is based on the real
word and are only contained by each
person's imagination.
ANTON
I'll remember that.
You ready?
SEVEN
No.
ANTON
Why?
SEVEN
Out there, we are in everyone's,
anyone's dreams. You can see
anything.
ANTON
They're dreams, that can't hurt us.
SEVEN
That's just it. I don't know how they
will affect us. Also if some one
wakes up and we are caught in a
dream… we will also cease to exist.
ANTON
Until we wake up.
SEVEN
No we cease to exist.
ANTON
Oh.
They walk towards a door that appears for SEVEN.
SEVEN
Still want to do this?
ANTON walks through SEVEN follows him. They come out on a
spiral and walk up it.
ANTON (MOCKINGLY)
I'm proud of you.
SEVEN
Hush Look there.
A flash of light overtakes them.
ACT III
96 SIX ROADS DREAM WORLD 96
They appear in the middle of six roads that converge. Each
road seems to float out into an abyss of muted colors and
light.
ANTON
Where to?
SEVEN
Each one of these roads takes you
anywhere.
ANTON
Should we start walking?
SEVEN
Yeah, I guess. Let's go that way.
As they look towards the direction pointed, the muted colors
surround them and creates the scene.
97 INT. CAT PEOPLE FOREST 97
ANTON and SEVEN walk through a dark forest. Sitting on a
branch is a panther. The panther growls at them.
ANTON
Whose dream is this?
SEVEN
Why would you think I know?
ANTON
Well, don't you?
SEVEN walks up ahead. Through the trees ANTON sees another
panther.
ANTON (CONT'D)
Look there's another one.
SEVEN
There's a couple more over here.
ANTON turns to see about 4 panthers.
ANTON
Run!
As they start running each panther runs for separate
locations. They circle them quickly. Building speed.
ANTON (CONT'D)
They're everywhere!
SEVEN and ANTON look around wildly as black streaks rush by.
One stops and begins to chase after them.
SEVEN
Fuck!
They take off closely followed by the panther. The others
pick up chase. One by one they jump into the main panther
creating a large beast. It's legs stretch as it takes on more
human-like qualities.
ANTON
Holy fuck, he's a person!
SEVEN
I guess it's his dream.
ANTON
Some help you are!
The PANTHER MAN runs past them and blocks their paths.
PANTHER MAN
Why are you here!
ANTON skids ten feet away from the PANTHER MAN and turns
back, as SEVEN leaps from the ground and sails over him.
ANTON
What the fuck? How do I do that?
The PANTHER MAN takes off after ANTON. SEVEN takes off
after PANTHER MAN. ANTON is running towards a cliff.
ANTON (CONT'D)
Help me!
ANTON'S feet are barely touching the floor as he runs.
SEVEN
Jump!
ANTON
NO!
SEVEN
Jump!
ANTON
No!
ANTON nears the end of the cliff and jumps off. The PANTHER
MAN stops and looks down at the falling ANTON.
ANTON (CONT'D)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
PANTHER MAN turns around towards SEVEN running at him full
speed. The creature snarls and gets ready to shred SEVEN as
he flips over the PANTHER MAN and projects into the air above
the cliff. He's slows his momentum, sets up his stance and
dives towards ANTON.
ANTON (CONT'D)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
SEVEN speeds like a comet towards ANTON.
ANTON (CONT'D)
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
SEVEN slows up as he approaches ANTON.
SEVEN
Stop screaming. There's no floor
ANTON
Oh, ok. You sure, I thought…
They both instantly hit the floor, cracking the pavement
and sending a huge puff of smoke into the air. Both SEVEN
and ANTON are out of breath and wheezing.
SEVEN
Why did you think about the floor?
ANTON
(gasping)
I can't breathe
SEVEN
You don't have to.
ANTON
Oh Right.
A SHERIFF walks up and begins yelling.
SHERIFF
Ya'll boys are trespassing here!
A cell appears around them.
98 INT. LIMBO JAIL DREAM WORLD 98
They struggle to try to get out.
SHERIFF
That's a crime punishable by death
around here. I reckon We're bout
ready for a hanging.
SEVEN
Listen man, I'm sorry I'm in your
dream. My friend and I are looking
for a woman..
Women appear from all over the prison. Everywhere looks
like a strip club except the jail cell.
SHERIFF
Yep… we have plenty of women in here.
Too bad you fellas got to die and
all. I'll be back in a moment.
The room zooms back leaving them floating in the sky. The
back of the cell is open showing a beautiful Sunset over
the ocean.
ANTON
Where did he go? Is he waking up?
SEVEN
He's not waking up, But I don't know
where he is.
ANTON
Why are we here?
SEVEN
He said we were trespassing.
ANTON
How'd we get here?
SEVEN
I don't know?
ANTON
It's so quiet.
They sit in silence as the sky turns from day to night,
repeatedly. A plant sprouts up, grows up, and withers away.
SEVEN looks at ANTON, who has aged fifty years.
SEVEN
Anton.
ANTON
Hello. When will they let us out?
SEVEN is also a little dazed but still remembers his
consciousness.
SEVEN
I'm… I'm getting out of here.
They are beginning to fade. He opens the jail cell and walks
out. ANTON stays there.
ANTON
I can't I'm here.
SEVEN
Your Anton and you have to find
YVETTE!
ANTON
Yvette… I remember YVETTE.
He begins to think. A shadowed figure comes into the cell and
takes the form of YVETTE, just slightly off. ANTON gets
younger.
ANTON (CONT'D)
Look it's YVETTE!
SEVEN
No she isn't. Really look at her.
ANTON
Don't tell me who she is. That's her.
SEVEN
Who?
ANTON
Who?
The YVETTE becomes a shadow again.
SEVEN
You are Anton.
ANTON
I know.
SEVEN
Sure you do.
99 INT. RED CLOUDS DREAMWORLD 99
They are outside on the street looking at the sky.
ANTON
What just happened?
They begin to solidify.
SEVEN
Everyone left that dream, But didn't
wake up. Since we were there, the
world never ended.
ANTON
They left the dream?
SEVEN
I guess more people travel than we
thought.
ANTON
YVETTE was there!
SEVEN
Shh, be careful what you project. You
want to see her you will but it might
not be her. She'll be herself with
out you.
ANTON
Seven look!
The clouds start to move down the block turning everything
under it red.
SEVEN
I don't want to see what happens
when that gets here. Let's go. Keep
me in focus.
ANTON
Move it's coming!
100 ORIENTAL MASSAGE PARLOR 100
They jump as they are engulfed in red, landing on the floor
of an Oriental massage parlor. Beautiful Asian women come to
pick them up.
ANTON
Oh… thank you.
SEVEN gets up, shyly resisting the women's advances.
SEVEN
Oh my.
They are placed on tables and massaged.
ANTON
I never felt better.
SEVEN
Hmmm.
SEVEN and ANTON drift away. SHANTO BEGEA, a little old man
with long hair is laying on a platform looking over at the
two.
SHANTO
You like it here, I see you do.
ANTON and SEVEN look around.
ANTON
Yes very much.
SEVEN
I hope we aren't intruding.
SHANTO
No, I love friendly visitors, when
their friendly.
ANTON
Thank you, we are…umm.
SHANTO
Here to help free our people, of
course you are, you are! I have been
expecting you and you.
SEVEN
You have?
SHANTO
We all have, but I must say… You two
aren't doing to well right now,or
then.
ANTON
What do you mean?
SHANTO
What's your name, and who are you?
They don't remember and are watching the women.
SHANTO (CONT'D)
SEVEN, you and ANTON too, you will
have to do better before you
continue.
Dark rings form around the women's eyes. Their bodies
swell. They begin to grow. Their hair falls from their
heads. The bald women pound on ANTON and SEVEN. SHANTO
laughs uncontrollably. SEVEN and ANTON jump on to the
rafters of the building.
SHANTO (CONT'D)
Good.
They leap towards SHANTO. The lights go out.
101 WAREHOUSE. FOREST 101
They end up in an abandoned warehouse with a forest in it.
The entire sky is red. SEVEN is hit to the floor.
SEVEN
Ah!
ANTON
What happened?
Anton is hit from behind.
SEVEN
Concentrate Anton, Look out!
Flashes of movement from the trees beat the two repeatedly.
They are flung across the room.
ANTON
SEVEN, Look there!
He is hit again.
SEVEN
What was it?
ANTON
I don't know, I don't know!
They are both thrown back against the far wall.
In front of them is a slit of moonlight shining on to the
ground on to foliage. Two women appear in front of them. One
raises out of the shadows the other crystallizes in the light
beside.
The two women stand there, then expand two gigantic wings on
each of them. THE TWIN DRAGONS, SAPPHIRE and ONYX appear in
front of them. They both are on the defensive and are looking
the boys over.
SAPPHIRE
I am SAPPHIRE this is ONYX, This is
our world. Why are you here?
SEVEN
We are looking for a lost essence.
ANTON
We're friends.
ONYX
He lies.
She disappears into the shadow and SEVEN is thrown into the
air with blinding speed. ONYX coming out of the shadows,
catches up to him, spins and kicks him to the ground. She
then soars upward and nosedives at SEVEN.
ANTON
Seven!
He takes off to help SEVEN. Behind him in the distance
SAPPHIRE is running towards ANTON. Her wings expand as she
flies up behind him, lifting him up, past seven and slamming
him into a wall.
SEVEN is stirring as ONYX closes in on him screaming. As she
goes to claw him SEVEN trails himself backwards, leaving a
fading image of himself where he was.
He grabs her legs as she rounds upwards. Then continuing the
movement, brings her to the ground from over his head. She
gets up and punches SEVEN several times.
SAPPHIRE drops to a stance in front of ANTON, who is
struggling to get up.
ANTON (CONT'D)
Fucking flying bitch!
She sends a beam of energy towards him. It penetrates his
entire body. SAPPHIRE releases her stance and sits staring at
him and licks her lips. ANTON runs towards her to attack. He
falls to the ground in pain before he reaches her. His hand
begins to catch on fire. He puts it out with his coat. Other
parts of his body begin to burn from the inside out. He is
engulfed.
ANTON (CONT'D)
Ahhh! No! Stop it Please, Ahh!
ANTON is burning away. His skin is charring before his
eyes. Everything except his eyes is blackened and peeling
away.
SEVEN
Anton no!
SAPPHIRE begins to crawl like a cat towards ANTON licking her
lips. She breaths fire from her mouth. Her tail is wagging
back and forth.
SEVEN is underneath ONYX trying to struggle free to ANTON,
whose body is charring away. ONYX grabs him by the back of
the head and slams his face into the ground, breaking his
nose. She does this again and again and lifts his head for a
final try.
SEVEN is badly hurt and does not seem to be conscious. She
pushes his head down again but it goes through the ground
into a shadow. SEVEN pulls himself completely through the
shadow. ONYX comes up empty handed. She dives in after him
and is quickly thrown back into the air and on to the floor.
SAPPHIRE is licking ANTON'S smoking body. ANTON'S eyes are
still fresh and wet. They begin to fill with the energy that
first hit him. ANTON gets up and grabs the dragon's tongue.
His eyes are glowing brightly.
ANTON
You ain't eating me bitch!
ANTON wipes the burnt skin off of his face revealing his skin
illuminated under it. SAPPHIRE backs away into the air. ONYX
joins her. ANTON is glowing as SEVEN raises out of the
shadows.
SEVEN
It's nice to see you, Anton.
ANTON
Nice to be seen SEVEN. As we said
before we are looking for a lost
essence. Can you help us?
ONYX
You will not take our souls!
They fly towards ANTON and SEVEN who prepare.
The four converge in a flurry of exchanges, which brings ONYX
and SEVEN in and out of shadows.
ANTON and SAPPHIRE bodies are bending through light. They
circle the room at blinding speeds until they are all in the
center of the room, arms interlocked aggressively. The
cameras spins from ANTON and SEVEN, to SAPPHIRE and ONYX then
again to ANTON and SEVEN, then to ANTON and SEVEN, then to no
one, and finally back to ANTON and SEVEN.
ANTON
Where'd they go?
Spinning wildly.
SEVEN
They were us.
SHANTO
Yes, they were you. Well, you were
them, Weren't you? Come, come with
me.
ANTON
Where!
SHANTO
Not here, over there.
102 EXT. CLIFF DAY 102
They approach a cliff and look over.
SEVEN
Let's go.
As they walk closer to the edge they see all the great
cities combined into one. Atlantis, Rome, NY, Paris,
Ancient Greece. They look down to the shore and see a topaz
colored city floating in the water. Above them hovering is
a great city, with buildings that are built downwards.
SHANTO
Amazed aren't you?
SEVEN
I am.
The sky swirls with cloud-like images of people flying and
dancing through the air.
SHANTO
We like to call it sleeping city.
Sleeping city, You shall call it.
All here sleep in your world,
Forever-asleep there, Forever freed
to live here.
SEVEN
You don't fade?
SHANTO
We aren't running from ourselves.
There is not a left body.
SHANTO fades away but his voice is everywhere.
SHANTO (CONT'D)
Your body will not function without
your essence. When the body is
without it's essence, it is open to
possession. Without your essence it
will lose your consciousness.
The space goes black.
SHANTO (CONT'D)
You must return to your body or you
will grow weak. In eternity our
essence moves without physical
limitations, as thought and light.
Flashes of light rush the screen. Quick flashes of earthly
things, plants, trees, people, animals, mountains, etc.
SHANTO (CONT'D)
Remembering only what you learned
out there, you only know what's
real to your senses.
ANTON
So we limit our sight to what we
think we should see?
SHANTO
That's just it boy, you have no
eyes here. You have no body here.
You are here.
103 EXT. SNOW COVERED FIELD. DAY 103
A bird soars above the trees. SHONTO'S voice is heard off
screen.
SHANTO
Because it cannot return to
eternity, your essence here will be
saddened. It is so close, but
cannot make the journey as it is
used to.
Two moving dots appear in the distance. As the camera pans in
we see they are two wolves running in the snow.
SHANTO (CONT'D)
An essence will grow bitter as it
remembers eternity. The knowledge
of all that is and has been, will
be too much to relate to life's
rules.
Heavy snow falls on the wolves making the journey difficult.
SHANTO (CONT'D)
It will forget the choice it made
for life. How much it wanted to be
born again into this world. It will
forget why it sent it self to this
life, until it is awakened.
A faint beeping starts to build.
ANTON
He's waking up!
SEVEN
Look there!
104 INT. TUNNEL DREAMWORLD 104
They run through a tunnel as trains zoom by.
ANTON
Jump!
A train is rushing towards them. They quickly jump onto the
train, leaping from car to car. They move with ease over the
train. Stopping on the last car they look ahead. YVETTE is
one of the people on the train, under them. SEVEN and ANTON
both spot a ladder coming out of the ceiling. They both jump
for it and climb up. ANTON looks at the train rushing away.
SEVEN climbs up.
105 EXT. TUNNEL STREET EXIT DREAMWORLD 105
SEVEN and ANTON climb up to what looks like an eclipse. SEVEN
reaches into the center pushing it upwards. Bright light
shines through the growing space. They climb up. SEVEN
emerges surrounded by cops.
COP 1
Get up here!
ANTON
I'd rather deal with the dragons
than the pigs.
COP 1
Real easy like! Let's make no
trouble.
SEVEN
Try not to hurt them.
They raise their hands slowly above their heads. Suddenly one
cop shoots, all follow.
SEVEN and ANTON try to shield themselves from the bullets.
Dozens of bullets pierce their body. They fall to the floor.
An alarm goes off, and a door of light appears.
The first cop who shot, walks through the door. All other
cops turn into shadows. One of the shadows run into the door
of the FIRST COP and is disintegrated. The others run for
another door that appears on the other end.
SEVEN and ANTON are lying on the floor in a pool of blood.
SEVEN tries to move. He sees the shadows running for the
door.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Anton we have to get up.
ANTON
I'm dying.
SEVEN
Don't believe it, get up!
ANTON
It hurts!
SEVEN
No, It doesn't…Ahh!
SEVEN is struggling with the pain then stands to his feet and
begins to move ANTON.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Anton, we will die here. For real!
ANTON, who sees the second door slowly closing starts to
remember and gets himself to his feet fast enough to run for
it. They slide under the door in time.
106 INT. SHADOW ROOM 106
ANTON
Where are we?
SEVEN
I don't know.
They are in a room of hundreds of shadow people. They are
surrounded on all sides. Shadows muddled by them. ANTON and
SEVEN begin to walk through the crowd.
ANTON
Who are they?
SEVEN
I think… they are all the dream
shadows.
ANTON
Who?
SEVEN
Everyone who has lost their way
back to their dream world.
ANTON
Maybe YVETTE is here?
SEVEN
The question is which one.
ANTON looks over the crowd. Every shadow he looks at becomes
a different image of YVETTE. They all grab at him demanding
that he name them.
ANTON
Get away from me!
SEVEN
These people will take the image of
anyone you want them to be.
ANTON
Then how can I find her?
ANTON slides to the floor. A commotion begins as doors open
along the edge of the space. SEVEN and ANTON are beginning to
fade away.
SEVEN
We have to get away. I'm sorry Anton.
If we don't get back we will also be
like them.
ANTON
It doesn't matter. I don't want to go
back.
SEVEN
You have to.
ANTON
Why, to go back to a stranger and
keep living an empty life with out
YVETTE, with Lilith?
SEVEN
We have to. Maybe we can go back and
I can convince Lilith to leave
YVETTE's body. Then we can try to
find her from inside her own mind.
ANTON is beginning to fade faster than SEVEN.
ANTON
You said it yourself, even if we get
Lilith out of YVETTE, there's no
guarantee we'll find her. Especially
not here. Look around she can be any
of them.
Another door raises as another group runs through. One shadow
remains.
SEVEN
Anton, get up! Your fading, keep
your energy up.
YVETTE
Anton…Anton.
A shadow crawls by SEVEN and grabs ANTON.
ANTON
YVETTE?
SEVEN
Don't do it Anton.
ANTON
It is you.
YVETTE begins to fade in.
SEVEN
It's an illusion.
ANTON
It is you, isn't it?
SEVEN and ANTON continue fading.
YVETTE
ANTON is it you? Who am I?
She begins to solidify. ANTON begins to solidify. SEVEN
realizes it is YVETTE.
SEVEN
It's her.
ANTON
It is.
YVETTE
Who am I?
ANTON
YVETTE.
SEVEN
Hurry!
The room begins to darken. The doorway of light is closing.
YVETTE
We'll never make it.
SEVEN
Run!
They all run but the door closes.
ANTON
Fuck!
YVETTE
What's happening?
ANTON
What ever it is I am not losing you
again.
SEVEN is standing in front of the door. He begins to fight
and kick against the wall. As his intensity grows so does the
energy that comes off him. Sparks are now coming from his
hits illuminating the room momentarily. Finally he jumps back
and throws a huge blast from his hands that look like a
sunspot. It decimates SEVEN and he is thrown across the room.
SEVEN
I can't. I can't do it.
ANTON is over him smiling and extending and arm. His face is
bright and illuminated.
ANTON
I'm here.
When SEVEN grabs his arm he too begins to glow again. The two
stand in front of the door. The two power up and are getting
ready to blast the door when YVETTE walks in front of it and
stops them.
YVETTE
No! You'll kill us!
She lifts the door up effortlessly.
107 EXT SPIRAL. 107
We are on the spiral from the beginning.
YVETTE
Whose dream is this?
SEVEN
This is everyone's dreams.
ANTON
This is the jump off point. How did
we get here?
YVETTE
How do you know?
ANTON
Long story.
SEVEN
We have to leave someone's dream
world to get here. We weren't in
anyone's dream.
A door opens sending light across the black.
ANTON
YVETTE?
SEVEN
Were we in her dream world?
YVETTE
No this isn't my dream.
YVETTE leads ANTON and SEVEN down the spiral. She stops in
front of YVETTE'S dream world door.
108 EXT. YVETTE'S PERSONAL DREAM WORLD 108
YVETTE
I remember this is my door.
YVETTE walks towards her door.
SEVEN
Look this is mine.
SEVEN'S door way is behind them.
YVETTE
How did we get here?
SEVEN
Where are we?
YVETTE
This is where I started The woman in
there stole my life.
ANTON
This is my dream, Isn't it Seven?
SEVEN
When did we come in?
ANTON
We never left.
SEVEN
Why are you still fading?
ANTON
Because you're trying to possess
me!
SEVEN
No, what are you talking about.
ANTON
Why else wont you fade?
SEVEN
I don't know why.
ANTON
Don't try to trick me! This was their
plan Yvette.
SEVEN
What?
YVETTE
What do you mean Anton?
ANTON
He and Lilith want to kill us and
live as us.
SEVEN
No, that's not true.
ANTON
Then help me to kill Lilith, Seven.
SEVEN
No, you cannot kill her. We must
reach her. Help her to save her soul.
ANTON
Your good you almost had me fooled
but I see why you're here.
SEVEN
I was here to help you find Yvette
not kill Lilith! Trust me, I have
always been your friend.
ANTON
Have you? How long have we known each
other?
SEVEN
Always.
ANTON
How were you in my dreams anyway?
SEVEN
I don't know. We were friends.
ANTON
How come I don't remember letting
you in.
SEVEN
Traveling has weakened you. Look
you're fading. Your soul is weak. You
must center yourself or you'll become
a shadow.
ANTON
I can't be a shadow in my own mind!
SEVEN
I don't know why your fading.
ANTON
Why wouldn't you reach me in the
real world?
SEVEN
You know I couldn't wake you. You
would have rejected it.
ANTON
Liar! You and Lilith are trying to
take our souls.
SEVEN is taken aback.
SEVEN
No Anton.
ANTON
Ahhh!
ANTON is going through convulsions and falls to the floor.
THE ETERNITY DOOR opens up for ANTON who is dying. GABRIEL,
who has been hiding inside ANTON, takes SEVEN'S confusion as
and opportunity to attack. GABRIEL jumps out of ANTON then
flings ANTON'S limp body across the area as he runs towards
SEVEN with blinding speed.
SEVEN
No!
GABRIEL tackles SEVEN sending both of them flying backwards,
digging into the ground.
GABRIEL
I have waited an eternity for this
my son.
109 INT. MARIA'S APARTMENT NIGHT 109
The phone rings.
MARIA
Hey hi mom...Yes I am alone. Yes
I'm doing my work. I'll see you
when you come home. Bye Mom.
The wind picks up and begins to howl violently. The curtains
on the window begin to move.
Maria is frozen, looking at the window. A soft lavender light
begins to shine outside. First very slowly and then
developing into a flood of overwhelming light that doesn't
come into the house.
GABRIEL appears at the window. The light slowly comes through
the window and down the wall and across the floor like a
carpet unrolling. He climbs through with an unsettling
perfection.
MARIA (CONT'D)
Holy shit! Stop don't kill me
please. Please! Help! Help me! Take
anything just don't kill me.
She starts to sob and run across the room.
MARIA (CONT'D)
What are you! What do you want!
Please go away.
She is throwing things at him.
GABRIEL
Do not fear me child. I bring you
redemption.
MARIA
Don't kill me, please.
This time when he speaks he does not open his mouth. The
words are heard in her head. She looks over at a picture of
Jesus. Gabriel's eyes follow hers and also sees the picture.
He looks back at her. His voice is the most soothing divine
sound.
GABRIEL
I am Gabriel. I am a messenger from
God. The world waits for the seed I
bring you.
He goes to touch her.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
You will name him Seven.
110 SEVEN'S DREAM WORLD BATTLE CONTINUES. 110
GABRIEL
How is old mom?
SEVEN is enraged by this and explodes. GABRIEL, ANTON, and
YVETTE are blown towards the eternity door.
YVETTE runs to ANTON and tries to get him up before he fully
fades into a shadow.
ANTON
Stay with me.
YVETTE tries dragging ANTON towards her door.
SEVEN moves towards GABRIEL and kicks him also sending him
flying. SEVEN grabs GABRIEL'S throat.
SEVEN
I will kill you!
GABRIEL
Throw me through your friend's only
passage to eternity and condemn his
soul to limbo or kill me here and
wonder if I really died or am I
waiting to come back through your
door.
SEVEN looks towards his door for a moment and GABRIEL is able
to pierce SEVEN'S shoulder with SHADOW'S fingers.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
I would have thrown me.
SEVEN looks up at GABRIEL who is partially SHADOW.
SEVEN
I know.
GABRIEL and SEVEN struggle for SEVEN'S doorway fighting every
step of the way.
GABRIEL
Your life was meant only to be
mine.
SEVEN
My life will always be mine!
SEVEN punches GABRIEL and hits his body with both hands ,
sending Gabriel flying. SEVEN stands and catches his breath
in time to see YVETTE trying to drag ANTON towards her door.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
YVETTE watch out.!
YVETTE looks up and is hit with a burst of energy that sends
ANTON and YVETTE both flying towards THE ETERNITY DOOR.
LILITH is standing at YVETTE'S doorway.
LILITH
Seven go back now!
SEVEN
Lilith save them!
From inside the eternity door a silhouetted figure grabs
ANTON.
YVETTE
Get off of him!
She tries to kick the man and he goes back inside. Suddenly
three figures come out and are grabbing at YVETTE and ANTON.
SEVEN
Lilith!
LILITH
Forget those fools get into your
mind. He will kill you out here!
SEVEN and GABRIEL are struggling for entrance into SEVEN'S
door.
GABRIEL
She's right you know your fading. You
should have chosen your friends more
carefully. It didn't take much to get
him to betray you.
SEVEN
You tricked him.
GABRIEL
His free will brought me here and
his free will will kill you all.
SEVEN
Then so be it!
SEVEN lets GABRIEL fall and runs towards YVETTE and ANTON.
LILITH
No!
ANTON is mostly into eternity. YVETTE is losing her grip.
GABRIEL gets up and is running towards SEVEN'S door.
GABRIEL
Fool.
A fourth figure comes in and grabs YVETTE and now they are
all going into eternity. SEVEN dives for them and is almost
completely gone.
GABRIEL stops and turns to look. ANTON is motionless as SEVEN
pulls the two out of eternity. The door closes.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
It's true.
LILITH
Seven, don't go through!
Gabriel turns to go into SEVEN'S door and LILITH is standing
there. She blasts him away from her. The blast causes GABRIEL
to shift between the SHADOW and his human form.
LILITH (CONT'D)
I warned you. Leave him alone!
She is pummeling him with hits without moving a muscle.
Meanwhile ANTON is coming to.
ANTON
I'm sorry.
SEVEN
Get away while you can.
YVETTE
Thank you.
SEVEN
Hurry.
The two run into YVETTE door. LILITH sends a huge beam of
energy towards them.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
Run!
SEVEN steps in front of the beam as the two fall into the
door. SEVEN is hit full blast and falls. The ETERNITY DOOR
opens again.
LILITH
Seven!
LILITH is distracted enough to have GABRIEL blast her. He
grabs her by the neck.
GABRIEL
Remember this!
He raises her up ten stories into the air.
LILITH
Please.
GABRIEL
Sad, seems you finally found love.
Only to find it's pain.
GABRIEL then drops her to the ground with all his force. She
lands next to the almost dead SEVEN.
She can barely move, but stretches to reach SEVEN'S hand.
GABRIEL walks up and crushes her fingers. He turns his hand
into SHADOWS long spiked figures. He lifts LILITH and holds
her in front of the eternity door as he prepares to stab her
through the heart.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
Good-bye Lilith. . I'll send him
shortly.
SEVEN gets up and tackles GABRIEL, pushing LILITH out of the
way sending himself and GABRIEL into eternity.
GABRIEL (CONT'D)
No!
LILITH tries to raise herself off the ground. Tears running
from her face.
LILITH
No…don't leave me!
THE ETERNITY DOOR closes.
The lights go out leaving LILITH alone in the dark. She walks
towards SEVEN'S door. Standing there she wipes her tears and
walks in.
FADE TO BLACK.
YVETTE wakes up and sees ANTON seemingly dead.
YVETTE
Anton…
Wake up Anton!
Wake up!
She tries to wake him and cannot, but can hear him inside her
head
ANTON
I'm up!
His body doesn't move.
YVETTE
Anton.
ANTON
Where are you?
YVETTE walks to the mirror. In the mirror she can see his
face in hers. She gets frightened and moves back.
YVETTE
God damn it let me wake up.
Anton astral projects himself out of her body and into his
own. YVETTE crawls over the bed slowly not knowing what she
just saw. Softly she wakes him.
YVETTE (CONT'D)
Anton is that you?
ANTON
Only if you're Yvette.
They smile and kiss. ANTON jumps up quickly.
YVETTE
What?
ANTON
Where's SEVEN?
111 INT. SEVEN'S APT 111
LILITH awakens in SEVEN'S body. She walks over to the mirror
and begins to cry.
SEVEN
I am sorry Seven. My love.
LILITH lies back on the bed. SEVEN'S body falls before
LILITH'S essence does. She cries herself back to sleep.
112 DREAMWORLD 112
LILITH awakes and is back at the spiral. She closes SEVEN'S
door and locks it. The eternity door opens. She can feel the
light on her back. As she turns she throws the key into
eternity and cries. Slowly she steps toward the eternity
door.
LILITH
I do not deserve to go back, but I
don't have the right to continue.
Please take back my soul.
She can see a figure coming out to get her. LILITH closes her
eyes and drops her head.
LILITH (CONT'D)
Thank you.
SEVEN
Don't hang your head.
LILITH looks up to see SEVEN come out to greet her.
LILITH
It is true.
SEVEN
You always knew.
LILITH
What will happen when I go back?
SEVEN
You don't have to.
We will both live here together in
my world.
We can share eternity like you
always wanted.
LILITH
You must live, Seven.
I have lived far past my days.
You are here for a reason you must
find it.
SEVEN'S door unlocks.
SEVEN
No, I came all the way back for
you.
LILITH
And you found me.
We have eternity, live your life.
You are my love my Seven.
She smiles, kisses him and then pushes herself into
eternity.
LILITH (CONT'D)
Thank you my love.
SEVEN is left alone looking at the key in his hand. All
lights fade out.
113 EXT. PARK DAY 113
ANTON is painting a mural of SEVEN and LILITH and the
adventures in dream world. YVETTE is under him playing guitar
in the park to their child. SEVEN walks by trying not to be
seen. ANTON looks over as YVETTE grabs SEVEN'S hand and
smiles then hugs him.
SEVEN
Awh you caught me.
Her daughter also runs up. SEVEN turns and picks her up as if
he knows her.
SEVEN (CONT'D)
And how are you little one.
SEVEN looks up at ANTON and smiles.
ANTON
It's good to see you.
SEVEN
It's good to be seen.
Thank you for the chain Yvette, It
meant a lot to me.
YVETTE
It wouldn't have been right to keep
it.
ANTON
Where are you coming from?
SEVEN
I was visiting a friend in the
hospital, but was hoping you three
would join me for dinner tonight.
YVETTE
We would love to.
The group smiles and continues to speak as we pull out of the
park.
114 INT. HOSPITAL DAY 114
We are entering a hospital room with coma patients. The last
woman in the bed is THE OLD LADY wearing LILITH'S chain. As
we look at her she wakes up and stares into the camera. Her
eyes fill with black SHADOW matter as GABRIEL'S laughter is
heard over the screen.
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