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By Steven Donnini
Library Of Congress
WGA
Copyright Steven Donnini 2007
Steven Donnini
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The home office of art critic Dennis Moore is cluttered
the lush trees and clear night sky cover the sense of being
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weeks talking with Jea about everything from art to war and
history.
eyes and the colorless face. They stare at one other for
The next night, Jea is in the chat room once again. Now,
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They're looking for key words, revolution, atom bomb,
asks, "Why did you come here?" Jea answers, "I'm bored
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a nuclear test the roof shakes in the catacombs half way
for a place to camp for the night. They tell him that it
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smugglers that pass this way. He is so excited about the
much time on the Internet. Dennis wins him over with the
expedition.
Internet is true.
laptop.
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hotel room, Dennis sets up the laptop and waits for Jea to
their feelings and use them with great skill. They feel
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and devastation. The Pilgri wander the countryside at
glossy reddish black. At 6'2" and 250 lbs. they are quick
your head off. They oblige the Queen with fresh meat
the kills, but Jea and the others know what is going on.
would know until it was too late? The Pilgri will take the
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knows people will think he is out of his mind. Now, he
east of Antananarivo.
She can help them, if the local police pick them up.
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At dusk, they load up the equipment in a rented Range Rover
of the Pilgri.
Joan and Sam are joking as they bounce along the washed out
red clay road. The headlights of the car shining into the
trip has left them exhausted. For their security Jea has
seen by human eyes since the dark ages. The people were
from all over the world, samples of exotic flesh for the
taste of Queen Vell and her court. The victims look like
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hypnotic music is playing so loudly it covers the victim’s
the mountain. Dennis jumps down from the tree to meet Julo
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they should, find the Catacomb and nuke it. He argues that
Jea didn't come clean about what was going to happen. Joan
asks, "Would you have come if you knew?" They drive and
The Rover rolls into the military compound and stops at the
in Washington.
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It is 1:00am, her boss Jim Bailey is sleeping at his home
NSA agent. He asks if she can get any hard evidence for
him. She admits she had the chance and lost it, because
old guns for working models from the CO. Joan leaves an
So, that night they set up his laptop and connect to the
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any living creature. Therefore, we are defenseless against
the Pilgri.
Queen Vell and her Pilgri will excavate to the west to the
Catacomb and will carry only the embryos. They will mine
happening.
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daylight. Jea last advise... "Be armed to defend
yourselves."
In the morning rain Julo packs up and they drive the Rover
cool damp air fogs Sam's glasses and camera lens. Using
good photo. Sam stands and points the camera at the small
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from the powerful claws of the Pilgri and is cut across the
chest. Joan takes aim with her rifle and fires off a
with Joan. At close range she fires three more times into
its gut. The Pilgri falls down landing on his back, dead.
to the CO.
situation room, when her call comes in. They realize that
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The U.S. Navy is stationed in the Indian Ocean to defend
The night sky over the Indian Ocean is clear, the new moon
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Enterprise. The sphere circles around the ship once then
the crowd. Dennis runs out to meet him, the aperture opens
cameras. Jea walks into the briefing room and greets the
locate and kill Queen Vell. They must kill all the Pilgri.
Jea doesn't know how many they will engage, but 16 Seals
should do the job. Jea returns to his craft and lifts off
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outskirts of the city where Jea believes the Pilgri will
break ground.
The deployment goes well and the Cobra's are pulled back.
the East. A giant drill bit breaks the surface and pulls
are out numbered and are driven out of the tunnel. Six of
the men have been killed and another five are in need of
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Enterprise. Their spheres hover above the horizon. The
and fall into the ocean miles away. They close in on the
ship and attach their craft to the ship's hull just above
holes in the side of the ship and enter into the lower
men to fight for their ship. Deck by deck the Pilgri claw
The blast loosens the spheres and they fall into the sea.
The Pilgri are trapped on board the ship, the tide has
turned. The seaman are taking back the ship, killing the
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death. The last few Pilgri are shot and fall into the sea
14's with rockets will engage the Pligri spheres with their
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inside out. Nukes cannot be used, because treaties prevent
it.
They know from Jea that the Pilgri are ingenious combat air
his radar and fires a missile, the others follow suit. The
miss their targets, but the ones that hit do the job.
shoot back with deadly results. The F-14's are loosing the
that the Pilgri eyes are light sensitive and can be blinded
the other pilots what to do. The table’s turn, the Pilgri
are blinded by the laser light and are shot down. The
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Marines land from helicopters and shoot their way into the
underground they will loose her and the Pilgri will be even
The Marines bravely fight in the new tunnel, but they are
survive. The Marines are cut down, some cut in half by the
Queen Vell orders the tunnel sealed off. The Pilgri want
to finish the job, but they must follow the Queen deep into
the tunnel. Joan, Sam and Dennis land at the mouth of the
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