The Lost Angel. Opening scenes. Inspired by Jason Matias photo art.
BLACK SCREEN
MAIN TITLE
FADE IN:
EXT. FOREST WILDERNESS - DUSK/NIGHT
POV extreme speeding flyover above a sunset lit vast hill forest of hundreds of miles, there's
no roads or civilization to be seen. We see large white bird like wing tips flap occasionally creating
incredible whooshing wind sounds with each flap. A thin stream of smoke rising into the air over the
forest canopy rapidly approaches.
DISSOLVE TO:
BATYA lands softly, and stealthily in a small clearing near where the smoke originates. Her WHITE
wings folds behind her back, Batya looks up to see her sister ALYA closing in on her location, Alya
lands just as soft, and stealthy, her BLACK wings conceal her body at first until she folds
her wings closed behind her back, then her nude thin smooth muscular body is in full view mirroring
Batya's moment of landing. They look at each other, and we see they are identical twins with the
exception of wing color. The sun sets completely, and the diamonds embedded in their wings sparkle
under the light of the moon with fantastic brightness, they both reopen their wings simultaneously, and
the entire clearing becomes illuminated, a few critters run from the light to hide in the darkness.
ALYA
What have you done?
BATYA
What? Just a little game.
ALYA
You're risking yourself for what?
BATYA
To save you.
ALYA
Leading the humans into the forbidden zone is well, (beat) forbidden.
FATHER will be angry, and if He doesn't approve, He will turn your
wings black as night as He did mine, and you'll be banished with me.
Truly you don't love me that much, do you? To play a dangerous game,
and risk sacrificing yourself? What makes these people so special? (beat)
This has never been done before under Heaven.
BATYA
You trusted me once, indulge me, and see what Father decides.
This human husband, and wife are direct descendants, the man is from the
lineage of ABRAHAM's MAIDSERVANT, and the woman is of the
lineage of SARAH.
ALYA
A secret revealed, (beat) Sarah having a bastard son who never knew his
father, and ABRAHAM adopting him as his own. BRIAN, and
EVELYN's offspring are destined to set the stage for the GREAT
PREPARATION. Now I understand why you tricked them here.
THE TEST OF HEART is written, the prophecy come to pass. But what
does this have to do with saving me from Father's banishment here in
the Forbidden Zone?
BATYA
You must speak with them, and convince them to believe, if they
do not by the second morning you're banished forever, and the world
will belong to the FALLEN ONE for a time more. Human suffering will
go on beyond Father's allowance which means....
ALYA
The end of all ANGELS forever. This isn't your game, it's Father's.
(beat) They've seen our sparkle light; I'll take care of it.
Alya rises upward in one flap of her wings, and she's gone.
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EXT. - FOREST FLOOR - CONTINUOUS
Brian, and Evelyn are staring at the bright light through the trees, they notice the light suddenly
goes dark. A silhouette now hovers above their heads, the flaps from Alya's wings creates a powerful
gust, and blows out the fire, and rips the pegs of their tent out of the ground, Evelyn runs to grab
the tent as it tumbles through the forest. The sparkle light from Alya's wings dim out, then bright
again, with each flap. Evelyn is now laying on the tent, and Brian screams out in disbelief.
BRIAN
Oh my god! What is that?!!
Alya lands, and walks toward Brian, and Evelyn with her hand raised at them.
ALYA
Sleep!
Brian, and Evelyn pass out at Alya's command. Batya appears just after the commotion.
Batya speaks an ANGELIC LANGUAGE, the campfire then bursts back into flame, and the human
couple gently floats into the remade tent.
BATYA
Tomorrow at mid-morning, the game begins.
ALYA
The test of heart.
FADE OUT:
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FADE IN:
THE FIRST MORNING
EXT. - FOREST FLOOR HUMAN CAMPSITE - DAY
Brian, and Evelyn are drinking mushroom tea while sitting in silence around their campfire.
ANGLE ON Batya as we see her fly down, and land on a mossy stump, the noise, and wind
created by her flaps immediately catches the human's attention. PULL BACK, they turn around to
to see Batya crouching on the stump, sun beams illuminating the top of her majestic wings, and her
hands blending against moss like a chameleon's camouflage. Evelyn drops her cup of tea, and begins
to slowly rise from the ground, while Brian sips his tea calmly, and stares intently. Evelyn stands
in silence as still as a statue frozen in fear.
EVELYN
Do you see that?
BRIAN
A naked woman wearing Angel wings?
EVELYN
Yup.
Batya looks at them intently, then steps off the stump, and walks toward them.
BRIAN
What kind of mushrooms did you pick for this tea?
EVELYN
It can't be the mushrooms, because people don't hallucinate the same
thing. Whoa lady - hold it right there. (beat) Stop I said!
BRIAN
She's not stopping.
Brian stands up and runs to Evelyn's side. Batya sits down where Brian had just been, and stares
at the human couple, she cracks a smile, flutters her wings, then looks serious. Alya drops in like
a superhero her beautiful black wings folding behind her back, she walks over to the stump, and sits
down.
EVELYN
Lord now there's two of them, and they look exactly the same in the
face. Twins. (beat) What is this? This a joke?
BRIAN
Look girls, we've been lost for days, we need help getting out of here,
not some kind of cosplay joke ok. (beat) Well say something! What is
this?! If you're not going to help us, then just leave us alone!
EVELYN
You can't even see the wires. How in the? This must be a hidden camera
show, we're being punk'd.
BATYA
This is not a joke. You're not being punk'd, and you're not on tv.
EVELYN
Jesus, she speaks.
ALYA
What do you know of Father? Or do you just take His name lightly?
EVELYN
(Rolls her eyes in sarcasm.)
Oh boy, we happened upon some sort of religious cult. Ok, where's
your Temple deep in the woods?
BATYA
This game is going to be challenging to win them over.
BRIAN
Babe you're right, some kind of cult. Extreme cult. Run!!
Brian grabs Evelyn's hand, and they both begin to run together hand in hand weaving in, and out
between trees as fast as they humanly can. Batya, and Alya fly into action, and with lightning speed
both angelic sisters drop down out of the air and stop the terrified human couple in their tracks.
ALYA
We are not a religious cult. We are Angels made before the foundations
of the EARTH. I'm lost too like you both, and if you want to leave here,
you must believe in us, by doing so you save yourselves, and the HOST
OF HEAVEN, all the ANGELS.
BATYA
Seeing is believing. We're real.
EVELYN
Maybe it is the mushrooms, Brian. We have been surviving on them for
days after all, and I might've got the species wrong, I'm sorry hun,
we may have been eating poison mushrooms this whole time.
BRIAN
But this seems so real. I don't know what to think.
Maybe we're dead.
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INT. - SEARCH/RESCUE HELICOPTER FLYING ABOVE FOREST - CONTINUOUS
The PILOTS peer out the windows of their Helo scanning the area below.
PILOT 1
Wait, I think I see something. See it?
PILOT 2
Go down. (beat) I see it, it's a bear. We've been over this sector
for hours, let's hit the next one.
PILOT 1
Ok.
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EXT. - FOREST FLOOR - CONTINUOUS
Brian, and Evelyn see the Rescue Helicopter, and start screaming, waving their hands, and running
around like chickens with their heads cut off. Batya, and Alya standby watching doing nothing,
but waiting for them to calm down. After a few minutes the helicopter leaves, and they settle down.
ALYA
They can't see us, not in the Forbidden Zone.
EVELYN
Shut up! Just shut up! And put something on. Why are you two naked?
Don't they have clothes where you come from?
Brian falls to the ground out of breath, he curls into a fetal position.
BATYA
There's no shame where we come from, that's a human thing.
A human problem, I'm sorry if you don't like it, but we're Angels,
our skin is our clothes. The Fallen One taught you to have shame.
ALYA
Sister the light is fading, we only have this second evening to
tomorrows dawn to convince them.
BATYA
Give Evelyn your wings, and I'll give mine to Brian. Let them fly,
then they'll see, and finally believe.
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Batya, and Alya both pluck one feather each from their wings, and stab Evelyn, and Brian in the back
with the single feathers, suddenly their wings disappear, then reappear on the human couple. Fear, and
joy cross Evelyn's, and Brian's faces simultaneously creating odd caricature expressions. Without
delay, the human couple bursts into the air like rockets. PAN UP and follow. The power of heaven
guiding them, and touching their souls with instinctual instructions, they fly like majestic eagles, and
their clothes dissolve away from their bodies as they soar high in the forbidden zone.
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EXT. - FORREST FLOOR CAMPSITE - CONTINUOUS
Batya, and Alya sit around the campfire wingless, and still naked, they look up to watch the
humans experience what it's like to be an Angel at least for a short time.
ALYA
Do you think they will believe now?
BATYA
I hope so for Heaven's sake, and ours.
ALYA
All our sakes, Heaven, and Earth alike.
BATYA
Yeah.
CROSSFADE:
We see the sparkle light high up in the sky zipping back, forth, up, down, and all around.
CONTINUED.
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END OPENING SCENES.
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