Next book the Tome of Midnight.

FADE IN:

SUPER: UNCHARTED REGION OF THE GALAXY, AWAKENING

EXT. DERELICT CRAFT- DAY

A medium sized spacecraft disrupts pink gas clouds as it glides silent. Its hull is rusty, mangled, scratched in areas. The only sign of life. A single neon blue light shines through the iced over cockpit windows.

There is a large pink sun in orbit. The strange derelict craft glides closer and closer to it. The craft's hull is illuminated giving off a slight glint of its existence.

INT. DERELICT CRAFT, COCKPIT

The interior is frozen. Ice crystals and various items float about like specters. The items cast eerie shadows over computer consoles. Many still functioning though layered with a thin coat of ice.

A droning electronic wail disrupts the unnatural silence. Pink is mixed with red as an internal light pulses its warning. Ice melts from the objects and computer panels. Droplets of water drift and collide like mini meteorites.

A FEMALE VOICE echoes about the ship.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Warning. . . Warning the ship is currently trapped in the nearby suns gravitational pull. Activating reverse thrusters. Reverse thrusters now online.

There is a flash of light and shower of sparks from a computer panel.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Malfunction detected in main engine room. Reverse thrusters are no longer operational. Collision with sun is imminent in twenty minutes thirty-four seconds. Manual resetting of the main engine has been deemed necessary.

A mechanical/organic sarcophagus lights up revealing a sleeping BEING. A monitor attached to the sarcophagus winks to life. There is the beep of a heart monitor.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Stasis sleep interruption commencing. Protocol override code three eleven seven four. Code accepted. Beginning stasis sleep revival. . . Now.

The stasis chamber begins to fill with a thick red substance. The being inside is completely enveloped.

The beeping increases to a very rapid rate.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Ships artificial gravity has been restored. Stasis sleep interruption has been successful. Crew members life signs are slowly returning to acceptable levels.

All the floating items crash to the deck. The Being inside thrashes around. One of its hands slam against the view bubble. The view bubble slides down into the sarcophagus. Spilling the red liquid all over the deck.

The Being sits up and falls over the side of the sarcophagus. Naked it pulls a long organic tube out of its mouth. Coughs and shivers like a new born child. The Being gets to its feet.

BEING
(stutters)
Where. . . Where. . . Am I?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Your current location is not important. What is important is that the vessel you occupy is being pulled into a sun. You have approximately fifteen minutes and--

The Being tries to walk and stumbles to the deck.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Your muscles will be useless for five minutes. Please, allow the nano-simulators to restore your former strength.

BEING
What? Have you started the reverse thrusters?

Vital areas of the Being's body give off a white yellow glow. The Being's body tenses and trembles back arching. It groans in discomfort as the lights intensify.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
An attempt to initiate reverse thrusters was made. You were pulled from stasis for the primary purpose of resolving the damage before collision.

The lights in the Being's body fade. No longer does it arch or tremble. Standing from the deck it peers out the cockpit windows. Shields its eyes from the intense pink shafts of light.

BEING
(questioning)
Do I even know how to fix this ships main engine? What am I doing on this ship?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Closing thermal plating now. There is very little time remaining. You now have thirteen minutes and thirty-four seconds before collision.

BEING
I don't even know where the main engine room is. Where can I get some clothes? I'm freezing.

A metallic locker slides out of the wall next to the sarcophagus and two doors open. Within the locker are scuba like suits and tools of various designs. The Being puts on one of the suits. It becomes skin tight as it makes contact with his flesh.

BEING
(shocked)
The suit is getting warmer.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Please, take a tool pack and enter the magnetic lift. You will find it located just down the hallway. It will transport you directly to the main engine room.

The Being takes a small backpack. Walks down the hall. Enters the magnetic lift as the doors open. The magnetic lift starts to move to its destination.

BEING
What exactly should I be looking for when I arrive at the main engine? How can I bring it back online?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
I will talk you through the procedure. It is quite simple and should take no less than five minutes.

BEING
How much time remains?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
At present time, ten minutes and thirty-four seconds. I fear that you may not have enough--

The Being is slammed against the side of the magnetic lift. Just outside the lift sparks light the darkness.
The lift starts to plummet at a rapid rate. Then a trail of sparks ignite as emergency breaks clamp onto the shaft.

BEING
What happened!?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
The ship has begun to suffer structural damage due to our vicinity with the sun. It has damaged the magnetic lift. The emergency brake system has stopped the lift.

BEING
No! Is there any other way to get to the main engine room from here?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
There is an alternate way through the roof hatch of the lift. A ladder system that runs the entire length of the shaft.

INT. TOP OF MAGNETIC LIFT

The Being stands back as the hatch opens and a small ladder retracts. Up the ladder the Being goes emerging out into the shaft. Lit by row upon row of beacon lights mounted on each of the shafts four walls.

The Being walks over to the ladder just right of the lift. A quick look down reveals the fifty feet drop. Grabbing onto the ladder the Being starts down as quick as possible. Sweat drips down the Being's face, soaks his hair.

He loses his grip on the ladder. Grabs a rung in enough time to save him from a fall. His tool pack is not so lucky. The ship's voice startles the Being.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
With the loss of your tool pack there is no chance of fixing the main engine.

BEING
(shouts)
Then you try initiating the main engine again! Is there no back-up engine on this vessel?

There is an eerie silence. The only sound his boots clanking on the metal ladder.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Now running a ship wide check for an emergency engine.

BEING
What? You mean you don't know if you have one? You are the ship.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
It would seem I too am experiencing memory loss as you are. A great deal of my intelligence core is being withheld by a very advanced protection program. I will continue my search.

BEING
Make it fast it is getting awful hot in here.

The sound of metal upon metal reverberates through the lift shaft.

BEING
What is that sound?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
I have activated all remaining thermal plates. This will cover the entire ship but will only provide us an additional five minutes protection.

BEING
How much time do I have?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Estimated time of collision with sun is now fifteen minutes thirty-four seconds.

The Being slides down the ladder. Hits the deck hard at the bottom which is hot to the touch. The Being shouts as he burns his hands and gets to his feet.

BEING
Open the lift door to the engine room!

INT. MAIN ENGINE ROOM

The lift doors open. Abysmal darkness greets him beyond the doors. Save a few shafts of pink light and still functioning computers.

BEING
I can't see a thing it's pitch black down here.

A beam of liquid blue light streams from the ceiling. Forms into the image of a holographic female. The glow lights up the Being's face and good section of the area.

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Follow me. I will lead you to the main engine.

BEING
Have you been able to do this anytime you wanted?

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Yes. But the need had not been necessary until now. Quickly. Follow me.

The Being follows behind the holographic projection. It reaches out its hand to try and touch the holograph. He's startled as his hand makes solid contact. The female hologram turns in his direction.

BEING
(shocked)
That's not possible. I do know that one cannot physically touch a hologram. What are you?

The holographic female smiles.

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
All will be explained in due time.

BEING
What about your search for an emergency back up? What have you found out?

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Further searching has turned up an emergency back up engine.

BEING
Great! What are you waiting for? Get that engine online at once.

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Not possible. It was installed as an example of your technology before the advancement to this latest engine.

BEING
What are you talking about? Installed as an example of my technology. Are you saying it's not functional?

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Precisely. Ten minutes and thirty-four seconds remain. I sense the heat from the sun is beginning to compromise the thermal plating.

There is a faint sizzling sound. As the thermal plating begins to give off a red glow.

BEING
The solar energy is melting through the thermal plating.

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Exactly. There's no time left to waste. The main engine is before you open the control panel.

BEING
How do I do that?

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Press the flashing button that reads access control panel. You will need to do this manually. For both our sake I hope you've have recalled your computer skills.

Pressing the button the access panel opens. A small monitor flickers to life displaying a flashing sector of the ship. The Being's fingers quickly type in commands.

Breathing heavy and trembling the being types in the final command. The monitor displays a flashing order -- RESTART MAIN ENGINE. Pressing the button with a shout the lights in the room come to life.

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
Main engine now online. Reverse thrusters initiated maximum thrust output.

BEING
Is it working? Is the ship pulling away from the sun's gravitational pull? Talk to me!

The Being falls to the deck. Which begins to shake violently.

BEING
(shouts)
Ship?

The holographic image vanishes. The shaking becomes even more violent.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Checking current proximity to sun. Please wait?

BEING
Wait. . . You have got to be kidding me.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Good news! The ship is slowly pulling free from the sun's gravitational pull. Please, return to the main flight deck.

BEING
Thank you, God! Wait. I can't get back to the main flight deck. The lift is out of commission.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Sorry. You are correct. I'm still experiencing some memory lapses. You can always take the stairwell.

The Being gets to its feet. As the thermal plating rises with loud hollow clanks. Lets in the full intensity of the sun's light.

BEING
You're telling me all this time there was a stairwell? I didn't have to use the lift. That thing almost killed me. We need to have a serious talk when I return.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Follow the stairwell to the very top. Please do not enter any of the rooms as you progress. There is much more that needs to be explained first.

The Being starts up the lit stairwell.

BEING
I don't understand any of this. My memory is gone and you're keeping things from me that might bring it back. Care to explain why?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
All I can say is that the part of my memory core with the information you seek is behind a security lock.

BEING
I've not totally lost my memory. I know that you can bypass that security lock. Do you even have any idea as to where we are in the universe?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Negative. I've attempted to match all known star and galaxy maps with this current location. None of them are a match. The ship has been adrift for many, many years.

The Being stops at a door. Which opens upon detection of his presence. There is a inscription on the outside: EVE TWO.

BEING
What the hell? Why does that name mean something to me?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
I'm detecting the doorway to room two open. I'm shutting and locking the door now.

The Being squeezes into the room before the door seals.

INT. EVE TWO ROOM - DAY

There's yet another sarcophagus with beeping heart monitor. The Being approaches the steamed over glass bubble. Wipes his hand over the bubble.

His hand wipes away the condensation revealing a FEMALE. This startles the Being and he steps back from the sarcophagus.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Your contact with her stasis chamber has activated her unintentional waking.

BEING
Who is she? I want some answers from you and I want them now. How many others are on the ship?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
That's secured information I cannot divulge.

The sarcophagus fills with red liquid. The Being watches the female as she struggles.

BEING
(shouting)
Stop this damn thing! It's going to drown her.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
The liquid you see is an embryonic form of oxygen. She is only panicking out of instinct. Step away from the stasis chamber.

The sarcophagus opens and the Female falls to the deck. She is naked, chokes, trying to pull a tube from her mouth.

The Being kneels beside her startling her. She tries to back away and flops to the floor unconscious. The Being pulls the organic tube slow out of her throat.

The beep of her heart monitor flat lines.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
You must help her or all this has been for nothing.

BEING
How am I supposed to help her?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Use your medical training quickly or she will die.

The Being kneels beside her.

BEING
I have no idea what to do!

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
CPR. . .

BEING
I. . . Wait. . . Yes!

The Being acts on instinct. Breathes into her mouth compresses her chest as he counts.

The CPR lasts for five minutes. The female coughs and startles the Being. The heart monitor begins beeping.

A locker slides out of the wall. It has suits just as in the Being's room.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Put one of the suits on her. Wait until the nano-stimulators rebuild her muscles. Placing the suit on during the re-stimulation would cause it to meld with her skin.

The Being watches the many small lights glow. Her body shakes and back arches. He steps away holding the suit.

BEING
Is she alright?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
You went through the same thing and survived.

BEING
Yeah, but I didn't need to be revived from the brink of death. It could be too much of a strain on her heart.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
Don't worry her stasis chamber is monitoring her vitals. Her heartbeat is erratic but should slow soon. The nano-stimulators are finished reanimating her weakened muscles.

The Being kneels next to her and hands her the suit. She shy's away as he approaches attempts too conceal her nakedness. As soon as the suit makes contact with her skin it melds with her body.

BEING
It's okay. I'm not going to hurt you. How are you feeling?

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
There is a high probability that she too has been effected by such a long stasis sleep. Memory loss and--

FEMALE
You're wrong computer my name is EVE TWO. The man before me is ADAM TWO. How long have we been in stasis sleep?

ADAM TWO
(shocked)
My name is Adam Two?

EVE TWO
You mean you truly don't remember?

Eve Two gets to her feet.

ADAM TWO
Fleeting images now and then return to me but nothing substantial. What do you know about me and why are we on this ship?

EVE TWO
I'm sorry but I cannot answer most of your questions. The computer knows much more than I. Though I can tell you we were genetically grown for a purpose.

ADAM TWO
Did you say we were grown on this ship? What exactly do you mean by that?

EVE TWO
I'm sorry. Your loss of memory could very well be a blessing in disguise.

ADAM TWO
Look, I'm not asking for your pity. I want to know what you know. Tell me.

EVE TWO
I can do better than that. I can take you to the third floor. The archives and antiquities room.

SHIP COMPUTER (V.O.)
I don't think that is a good idea with the current state he's in, Eve Two. Please, return to the main flight deck.

EXT. STAIRWELL - DAY

Eve Two walks towards the doorway out. Turns to Adam Two and waves him on.

EVE TWO
(whispering)
Follow me. We have to be quiet this the ship can detect our every move.

ADAM TWO
(whispering)
What do you plan on doing?

The two start up the metal stairwell.

EVE TWO
I want you to see what's in room three. The things there might help bring back your memory.

ADAM TWO
What if the computer denies us access to the room?

EVE TWO
This ship's computer has to obey any command we give. Without us it would slowly slip into a form of coma and eventually shutdown.

ADAM TWO
That seems a little far fetched. The computer has lost some of it's memory. Plus, it says there's very important information secured within its memory core.

Adam Two stops half-way up the final flight of stairs. Stares at Eve Two intensively and with a look of question.

EVE TWO
Why are you staring at me like that?

ADAM TWO
It's hard for me to explain. It's more of an inner feeling, like you were made for me.

EVE TWO
Oh, it's funny that you would mention that.

Eve Two blushes and looks away.

ADAM TWO
Did I say something to upset you?

Eve Two takes Adam Two's hands in her own.

EVE TWO
Tell me. Do you remember a very sacred book known as the Bible?

ADAM TWO
All that comes to mind is a cross and a man nailed to it. I believe his name was Jesus.

EVE TWO
That's correct but there was so much more to the book besides Jesus. The very creation of life itself.
The first human life. Their names were Adam and Eve.

ADAM TWO
I think I know what you're going to say. You and I were named after the first male and female.

EVE TWO
Yes. We were made for each other. Literally.

ADAM TWO
That's the part I still don't understand.

EVE TWO
The stasis chambers did so much more than keep our bodies safe from extended space travel. They also acted as artificial wombs.

Adam Two allows his hands to slide out of her's.

ADAM TWO
Oh, no. That's a little more than I'm willing to believe. I had a mother and--

EVE TWO
You're standing inside your mother right now. We had no biological parents, Adam Two. As embryos we were placed in the stasis chambers. We grew as time passed were fed knowledge through synaptic spinal ports.

Adam Two uses his hand to feel the back of his head. Uncovering a small circular input port just at the base of his skull.

ADAM TWO
(panicked)
What have they done? Who gave anyone the right how our lives should be lived? I remember my mother.

EVE TWO
Calm down. Those memories were placed into your brain to give you comfort and so you'd keep your sanity.

ADAM TWO
How can a man keep his sanity knowing his entire life was spent inside a God damn chamber? The rest of his life illusions of his growing mind and mere dreams. It's not fair!

Adam Two kicks the stairwell railing.

ADAM TWO
Are you listening you bitch? I'll never consider you my true mother. You've filled my head with lies.

The FEMALE HOLOGRAM appears on the stairwell.

Adam Two and Eve Two are startled.

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
The memories may have been false but I never left your side, Adam Two. Now you fear me. I'll admit this is upsetting yet it was expected.

Adam Two approaches the Hologram.

ADAM TWO
What did you expect from us? Love? How can one hold a spacecraft if in need of a mother's comfort?

SHIP COMPUTER (O.S.)
That's why I saw to the birth of Eve Two. She's to be your friend and lover. You two are the most compatible couple created since the first Adam and Eve.

Adam Two looks at Eve Two. A redness flushes over her cheeks as she smiles.

EVE TWO
What she says is the truth, Adam Two. I've been created so you may never know loneliness. I'll love you just as Eve did Adam in the Bible.

Adam Two gives a jovial round of laughter.

ADAM TWO
As much as I remember about love it doesn't work that way. It doesn't happen in an hour. I must be the sanest being on this ship.