SC1. EXT. CARDIFF CASTLE, CARDIFF, WALES - DAY - 6105
[LIZ CARNEGIE AND IFAN FENCIS, BOTH IN THEIR
FORTIES; ARE KNELT, HANDS FLAT ON THE
GRASS; ATTEMPTING TO RIDE OUT A PASSING
TEMPORAL WAVE. IFAN IS 6’2 WITH DARK HAIR;
LIZ IS A SLIM WOMAN WITH LONG DARK HAIR.
ABOVE THE CASTLE, THE SKIES ABOVE ARE
GREY WITH A TIDAL WAVE OF TEMPORAL
ENERGY FORCING ITS WAY PAST THE
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERE.
AROUND LIZ AND IFAN, TREES COLLAPSE,
UPROOTING FROM THE GROUND. AN EERIE
WHINE, LIKE THE SOUND OF A HUNDRED
TORNADOES RUSHES FORWARDS FROM BEHIND
THE CASTLE. THE DISTANT SOUND OF AN
EMERGENCY SIREN UNDERLIES ALL THIS.
BEHIND THE CASTLE ARE SKYSCRAPERS.]
IFAN FENCIS
(SHOUTING OVER THE STORM.) “I think this is it Liz. They’ve really
done it, the Black Brigade has turned time into a weapon. This is what
its all been about, all these years. The Gravity Wells, the temporal
storms, its all their doing. None of it’s natural. It began here all along.”
LIZ CARNEGIE
“Can we survive?”
IFAN FENCIS
“If history‘s any proof, we must survive.”
CUT TO:-
SC2. EXT. COLCHESTER HERITAGE PARK - DAY - 6105
[OFF THE A12 MOTORWAY; REPLETE WITH
FUSION DRIVE VEHICLES, HOVERING SEVERAL
FEET ABOVE THE SOLAR PANELLED ROADWAY;
BLUE SPARKS GIVEN OFF BY THE WATER
VAPOUR SURROUNDING THE BONNET.
A STAND OF TREES A MILLENNIA IN AGE DIVIDES
THE MOTORWAY FROM A CLASSY
NEIGHBOURHOOD OF GRAND HOMES.]
COLE JACOB BILLINGTON (V.O.)
“The year Fifty, fifty five was when it all changed for the worse. A
single man can start a spark creating a fire storm of Human hate and
the xenocide of an entire species. I know folks, I’ve seen it first hand.
It only takes a few choice words, backed with the fervour of righteous
indignation; back that up with a charismatic leader and you have a
perfect storm of death and destruction. We all think we can change
the world; very few of us can.”
[IN FRONT OF SEVERAL TREES ARE MEMORIAL
PLAQUES IN DEDICATION TO THE GARCONER
VICTIMS OF THE COLCHESTER CAMP, THE
PARLIAMENT OF WALES FOR OFFERING REFUGE
TO GARCONER, CITIZENS OF LONDON FOR
HIDING GARCONER AND HORATIO DOMINI FOR
