THE SILVER SURFER
 
 
                                   ANTIBODY
 
 
                                  (#1875-07)
 
 
 
                                  TELEPLAY BY
 
 
                     LARRY BRODY & MICHAEL STEVEN GREGORY
 
 
 
                                   STORY BY
 
 
                                HARLAN ELLISON
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                     REV. PAGES     *
                                                     MAY 22, 1997
 
 
                                                     SECOND REV. FINAL DRAFT
                                                     MAY 16, 1997
 
                               THE SILVER SURFER
 
                                  "ANTIBODY"
 
 
                                    TEASER
 
              FADE IN:
 
              EXT. PLANET OF ZENN-LA - DAY
 
              PANNING ACROSS its peaceful countryside, where predator and
              prey roam side by side through green fields.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        Zenn-La!  Although only in my
                        mind, it seems so real, so near...
 
              THE ACADEMY
 
              Where beings of all kinds have gathered to study.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        Planet of my birth, where I lived,
                        and learned...
 
              We TIGHTEN ON two of the more human-like beings:  NORRIN RADD
              and SHALLA BAL.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                               (continuing)
                        And, yes, where I loved --
 
              Norrin Radd and Shalla Bal lean forward to steal a kiss.  But
              before their faces can touch everything around them EXPLODES
              INTO:
 
              EXT. DEEP SPACE - MATCHING SHOT - THE SILVER SURFER
 
              WARPING IN on his board, against the star-studded velvet of
              space.  He wobbles unsteadily on his board.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        As the reality is gone, so too is
                        the vision, like a fever dream!
                               (wobbling unsteadily)
                        Yet how can I have a fever, when
                        Galactus' power cosmic has removed
                        from me the travails of common
                        mortality...?
 
              The Surfer dips into the pipeline of a COSMIC WAVE and soars
              into an asteroid field, slaloming through the jagged rocks.
 
 
 
 
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                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                               (continuing)
                        Just as he has doomed me to an
                        endless search for my home --
 
              CLOSER ON THE SILVER SURFER
 
              He misses a move -- and smashes his shoulder against a small
              asteroid!  The Surfer reels backward, as:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        What is happening?  I have soared
                        through far more treacherous
                        courses and never missed a twist
                        or turn --
 
              He hits another asteroid and GRUNTS from the impact.  His
              body starts to shake as though from the cold.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                               (continuing)
                        No!  I -- felt -- that!
                               (realizing)
                        Just as I feel the icy vacuum of
                        space seize my bones!
 
              THE SILVER SURFER'S POV - SPACE AROUND HIM
 
              As he looks around.  Everything blurs, clears, then blurs
              again.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        My head throbs...can scarcely
                        see --
 
              BACK TO THE SILVER SURFER
 
              As he tries to sweep out of the path of the rest of the
              asteroids.  But he can't pull it off, and another one hits
              him, then another, another.
 
              The Surfer falls to one knee, hands reaching out to hang onto
              the board.  Completely out of control, he caroms from
              asteroid to asteroid like a maddened billiard ball, and with
              each collision his speed increases, so that he's going faster
              and faster, heading toward:
 
              A GRAVITY WELL
 
              Black and pulsating, it's a huge, violent gash in the very
              fabric of space, into which cosmic debris is being inexorably
              pulled, all of it EXPLODING upon reaching its core.
 
 
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                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        A gravity well...!
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              The asteroids alter their course, streaming toward the
              gravity well -- and carrying the helpless Silver Surfer with
              them!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        Nature's most destructive force,
                        capable of sucking even the most
                        powerful of celestial bodies into
                        its maw...
 
              Frantically, tries to scramble away, like a surfer on Earth
              paddling from a shark!  Still, he and the board are sucked
              back toward the gravity well.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                               (continuing)
                        And I have only a fraction of my
                        accustomed strength --
 
              With every ounce of resolve he possesses, the Surfer forces
              himself to his feet.  He angles the board at a 90-degree
              angle to the gravity well and tries to fly away, only to look
              up and see --
 
              THE SILVER SURFER'S POV - AN APPROACHING ASTEROID
 
              As a big as a small planet.  It's coming directly AT CAMERA
              at breakneck speed!
 
              BACK TO THE SILVER SURFER
 
              CRYING OUT WORDLESSLY as he and the huge asteroid collide!
              The asteroid SHATTERS into powdery fragments, both the
              fragments and the Surfer shooting back, back -- into the
              overpowering blackness of the gravity well!
 
                                                       FADE OUT.
 
 
                                 END OF TEASER
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                    ACT ONE
 
              FADE IN:
 
              EXT. DEEP SPACE - THE GRAVITY WELL
 
              ANGLING WITH the remaining asteroids from the asteroid field
              as they are sucked into the center of the well, where, one
              after another, they EXPLODE!
 
              INT. THE GRAVITY WELL - THE SILVER SURFER
 
              Limp and immobile, he moves closer and closer to the core of
              the gravity well, until:
 
              A STREAKING GOUT OF FLAME
 
              BLAZES into the gravity well and encircles the Surfer and his
              board!  As the flame streaks onward, we HOLD ON where the
              Surfer was:  Both he and the board are gone!
 
              EXT. DEEP SPACE - WIDE ON THE GRAVITY WELL
 
              The streaking flame continues in a wide arc, zooming back
              around to the edge of the gravity well and then emerging from
              it.  We ANGLE WITH the flame as it continues through space
              like a comet.  The flame moves faster, faster, FORESHORTENING
              INTO WARP as we
 
                                                       DISSOLVE TO:
 
              EXT. ANOTHER PART OF SPACE - MATCHING SHOT - A BLAZING SUN
 
              Its fiery surface fills a black sky.  We ANGLE WITH the
              tendril of a sunspot as it wafts through empty space to:
 
              EXT. AN AIRLESS PLANET - NIGHT
 
              FINDING the Silver Surfer lying on its rocky, lifeless
              surface.  His dull body GLOWS as he absorbs the tendril of
              SOLAR ENERGY, and he awakens with a GROAN, looks around him.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        This is not the afterlife the
                        Master taught.  Where am I...?
 
              He trails off as he turns to see:
 
 
 
 
 
 
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              A FLAME
 
              FLICKERING DIMLY.  Another tendril of SOLAR ENERGY enters it,
              and, WIDENING, we SEE that the flame is part of the hair of
              NOVA, the beautiful new herald of Galactus.
 
              She too is lying on the ground, but as she absorbs the energy
              Nova also GLOWS MORE BRIGHTLY, and raises her head with a
              GROAN of her own.  She smiles when she sees the Surfer.
 
                                  NOVA
                        Silver Surfer!  We made it!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        You are the one who rescued me?
                        I am in your debt.
 
                                  NOVA
                        Actually, it's kinda like a debit
                        card.  You might say you pre-paid.
 
              The Surfer gets to his feet.  Nova does the same.  He looks
              at her closely.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                               (puzzled)
                        Had I ever encountered such a one
                        as yourself, I am certain I would
                        recall.
 
                                  NOVA
                        I'm Nova.  You saved my life once,
                        on a little mudball called Earth.
                               (beat)
                        I looked a little different then...
 
              And we TIGHTEN ON the Surfer and
 
                                                       SMASH CUT TO:
 
              EXT. THE PLANET EARTH - VENICE BEACH - DAY (FLASHBACK
              FROM EPISODE #1875-03)
 
              The Silver Surfer kneels on the beach before the injured
              FRANKIE RAYE, his eyes GLOWING with a BEAM OF HEALING ENERGY.
 
                                  NOVA (V.O.)
                        The name was Frankie Ray...
 
 
 
 
 
 
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              As Frankie's friend, AMBER, looks on, astonished, the HEALING
              ENERGY bathes Frankie in its light, and the young woman opens
              her eyes and looks at the Surfer, healthy once more as we
 
                                                       SMASH CUT TO:
 
              EXT. AN AIRLESS PLANET - NIGHT
 
              As the Surfer nods in realization.  More tendrils of SOLAR
              ENERGY spin around and into into both Nova and him, the two
              of them slowly returning to their "normal" vibrant colors as:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        You have indeed changed -- but how
                        did this come to be?
 
                                  NOVA
                        Call it the ultimate makeover, by
                        your old boss.
                               (beat)
                        I'm Galactus' new herald -- and
                        I'm here to ask you to help keep
                        Big G alive!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        You serve Galactus?  And you think
                        that I, who have toiled for him,
                        and fought with him, and suffered
                        beyond measure because of him,
                        would want to save the Devourer of
                        Worlds?
 
                                  NOVA
                        As a matter of fact, I do.
                               (beat)
                        'Cause if he goes, so does
                        everything he and his power cosmic
                        have ever touched.  You, me --
 
              The Surfer cuts her off.  We TIGHTEN ON his haunted face.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Shalla Bal...!
 
              And, on the Surfer's reaction, we
 
                                                       DISSOLVE TO:
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM
 
              PANNING ACROSS a solar system where everything is blasted,
              seared, destroyed.
 
 
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              We ANGLE PAST a planet that's been shattered into whirling
              chunks, the Silver Surfer and Nova WARPING IN nearby, as:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        We have traveled to virtually the
                        other side of the universe!  How
                        did you find me at such a distance?
 
                                  NOVA
                        I always find what I look for.
                        Since I was a kid, anywhere I've
                        needed to be -- bam! -- I've been
                        there!
 
              They continue deeper into the star system, Nova leading the
              way.
 
                                  NOVA
                               (continuing)
                        That's why Galactus gave me your
                        old job after just one interview.
                        He said I had some kind of trick
                        gene that was triggered when you
                        healed me --
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Nova!  Get down!
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              The Surfer reaches out to Nova's flaming form, pushing her
              out of the way of a chunk of planet.  Both of them go head
              over heels, barely able to stop themselves, and the planetoid
              continues on.  We HOLD ON the Surfer, still shaking with
              cold, and Nova, sweating from her own heat.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        With each passing instant, I grow
                        weaker!
 
                                  NOVA
                        You're not the man you used to be,
                        Silverado, and I'm not the new
                        me...
                               (beat)
                        It's 'cause we're sick.  And the
                        reason we are is right there.
 
              Nova points ahead of them, and the Surfer follows her gaze to:
 
 
 
 
 
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              THE DARK PLANET
 
              A cracked, dead world, completely sucked dry.  Imbedded deep
              into the planet are Galactus' cables of destruction, FIZZLING
              weakly.  We ANGLE UP the cables TO:
 
              GALACTUS' SHIP
 
              Still huge, but no longer very impressive.  Many of its
              cables hang limply, like dead spider legs, and at the top of
              the ship, FAINTLY COLORED ENERGY WISPS drift from the control
              center.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (O.S.)
                        This is Galactus' ship?  My mind
                        cannot accept what my eyes see -- !
 
              The Surfer breaks off as an enormous, pterodactyl-like
              creature swoops through the ENERGY WISPS at the ship.
 
              THE SILVER SURFER AND NOVA
 
              As the two of them react.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        A Harpy Rasp!
 
                                  NOVA
                        It's worse than I thought!  The
                        ship's defenses must be completely
                        down!
 
              Without planning it, they act in unison, the Surfer
              unleashing a COSMIC POWER BLAST, while Nova FIRES a COSMIC
              POWER FIREBALL at:
 
              THE HARPY RASP
 
              SCREECHING, it EXPLODES into a fiery nothingness!  Other
              Harpy Rasps which have been circling nearby TRILL excitedly
              and scatter -- but not very far.
 
              THE SILVER SURFER AND NOVA
 
              Are staggered by the effort.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Harpy Rasps feed only on the raw
                        energy of dying power!
 
                                  NOVA
                        What -- you thought I was kidding?
 
 
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              Both the Surfer and Nova force themselves to fly to the ship
              faster.  As they sweep at the control center we ANGLE TO the
              Harpy Rasps, who are gathering around the ship once again.
 
              TIGHTENING ON them, we SEE that they aren't organic at all.
              Rather, they are mechanical constructions, with strange
              protuberance hidden behind their wings.
 
              The fake Harpy Rasps gaze down at Galactus' ship, and the
              protuberances BEEP, red "eyes" blinking in a way we've seen
              before -- on Draconian spy satellites!  We HOLD ON the
              strangeness of this as:
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER
 
              Oblivious to what's going on behind them, the Silver Surfer
              and Nova fly in, and immediately are greeted by:
 
                                  GALACTUS (O.S.)
                        Ah, Nova, do my dimming eyes
                        deceive me, or is that truly the
                        First Herald you have in tow?
 
              The Surfer turns toward the familiar voice, and GASPS as:
 
              THE COMMAND CHAIR - INTERCUTTING AS NECESSARY WITH THE
              SILVER SURFER AND NOVA
 
              Escaping ENERGY wafts up from the Planetary Converter beneath
              the chair, instead of being absorbed.  Starting at Galactus'
              mighty boots, we ANGLE UP the chair and the form within it
              as, with a bitter LAUGH:
 
                                  GALACTUS (O.S.)
                        Tell me, Silver Surfer, have you
                        come to pluck at my essence with
                        the Harpy Rasps?  Or merely to
                        shovel the last bit of cosmic dirt
                        over my grave?
 
                                  NOVA
                        I brought him here, my master, to
                        help you survive!
 
                                  GALACTUS (O.S.)
                        The survival of Galactus was the
                        least of my First Herald's
                        concerns when he chose to renege
                        on his vow and go his own way.
 
 
 
 
 
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                                  SILVER SURFER
                        That is not precisely what
                        happened, great Galactus --
 
              We REACH Galactus' helmeted head.  What we can SEE of it
              (little more than his mouth, or cheekbone, or an eye) is
              shrunken, the skin loose.  His skin is ashen, almost dead
              white.  It's the face of a very sick man.
 
                                  GALACTUS
                        Still must you so self-righteously
                        dispute me?  I need no help from
                        you, Silver Surfer.
                               (roaring with all his
                                strength)
                        Go!
 
              We TIGHTEN ON Galactus' finger as it stabs out at a control
              on the command chair -- but never reaches it.  Instead, the
              finger stops in mid-movement, quivering impotently.
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE - CONTINUING TO INTERCUT
 
              The Silver Surfer and Nova stare as:
 
                                  GALACTUS
                        I cannot...move...
 
              Galactus' voice fills with pain.  His whole body shudders.
 
                                  GALACTUS
                               (continuing)
                        Within my body, I know not where,
                        is a rot so deep that it has
                        poisoned my very core...
 
              Convulsively, Galactus trails off, and his eyes close.  All
              the power in the control center BLINKS OFF, then RETURNS, and
              at the same time the Surfer's color darkens, then lightens
              again, while Nova flares up, then dims, the two of them
              recovering as:
 
                                  NOVA
                        Surfer, please, you've got to do
                        something before it's too late for
                        all of us!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        There are those who consider me a
                        traitor to life for ever having
                        served Galactus!  Would not saving
                        him be the ultimate in treachery?
 
 
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                                  NOVA
                        Hey, give me some credit, huh?
                        The only way I could live with
                        myself was by changing the big
                        guy's diet.
                               (beat)
                        As long as I'm around, all he gets
                        is "planet light."  No salt.  No
                        sugar.  No intelligent life --
 
                                  GALACTUS
                               (eyes snapping open)
                        Nova!
 
              WIDER
 
              At Galactus' bellow, both the Surfer and Nova whirl -- just
              in time to spot the Harpy Rasps who are diving right into the
              control center.  Once more, the two of them unleash their
              versions of the POWER COSMIC -- and, with more SHRIEKS, the
              creatures EXPLODE!
 
              CLOSER ON THE SILVER SURFER AND NOVA
 
              Nova collapses, falling to the floor.  The Surfer sweeps down
              to her.  He looks at her sorrowfully -- and makes a decision.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        When did this begin?
 
                                  NOVA
                        I did what I always do, and found
                        the planet below.  Everything
                        seemed just fine -- 'til Galactus
                        tried to absorb its energy   Then
                        he started shaking and bellowing --
                               (realizing)
                        Surfer -- the best job I could get
                        without a college degree's going
                        right down the tubes -- and I'm
                        responsible!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Responsibility is not the issue
                        now.  A solution is.
                               (beat)
                        If there were a way to actually
                        enter Galactus, together we might
                        still be strong enough to fight
                        whatever is there --
 
 
 
 
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              GALACTUS' HELMETED HEAD
 
              Nova breaks off as, with a GROAN, Galactus convulses again.
              His lips are barely able to move as:
 
                                  GALACTUS
                        There is a way, but I cannot risk
                        both of you in one stratagem. The
                        Silver Surfer must go alone.
                               (beat)
                        Nova, you can best use your
                        talents to guide him from without.
 
              WIDER
 
              The Surfer soars upward, circling before Galactus' eyes, as
              he gets another idea:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Galactus!  Still is there one
                        condition to be met --
 
                                  GALACTUS
                        I know what you wish -- and I
                        grant your boon.
                               (with great effort)
                        Do what you must -- and all my
                        knowledge of Zenn-La will be yours!
 
              The Surfer smiles grimly, and a CRACKLING BEAM OF ENERGY
              lashes out from Galactus' eyes, engulfing the Surfer in an
              ENERGY BUBBLE.
 
              We ANGLE WITH THE BUBBLE as it zooms toward the source of the
              beam, shrinking all the while.  The BUBBLE and the Silver
              Surfer get smaller, smaller, until they -- and WE -- are lost
              in the unfathomable whiteness of Galactus' pupil-less eye!
              The brightness is almost BLINDING as we
 
                                                       CUT TO:
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - BRAIN
 
              An area of pulpy mountains and hills, SIZZLING with SYNAPSES.
              Through the brown-and-gray brain tissue run what look like
              BRIGHTLY-COLORED rivers:  These are the blood vessels,
              flowing sluggishly with a pulsating current.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        Indeed, this is incredible.  I
                        have entered Galactus' brain...
 
 
 
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              As the Surfer speaks, we WIDEN TO SEE the Surfer on his
              board, looking around him in awe as he skims alongside one of
              the "rivers."  Suddenly, a COMMUNICATION BEAM APPEARS before
              him, along with:
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                               (filtered)
                        Silver Surfer...
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - NOVA
 
              Flying up toward Galactus' head, her COMMUNICATION BEAM
              activated, as, continuing:
 
                                  NOVA
                        Can you hear me?
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - BRAIN
 
              Before the Surfer can respond, dozens of vibrating beings
              with spider-like arms and bulging, globule-like bodies burst
              from the nearby blood vessel.  SQUEALING like banshees, they
              grab at the Surfer.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Nova!  I am attacked!
 
              That's all he gets to say as the arms of the spider-beings
              intertwine with both him and his board, pulling them down to
              the "ground."  More of the things SPLASH from the blood
              vessel, and for a beat the Surfer is completely engulfed.
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              TWIN COSMIC POWER BEAMS BLAST, and the creatures fall back,
              their SQUEALS turning to ones of pain.  The Surfer emerges
              from the pack, and, with another PAIR OF BLASTS, he leaps
              back onto the board, and soars away.
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - NOVA
 
              Nova reaches Galactus' enormous head just in time to veer out
              of the way as it slams slam backward with pain!
 
                                  GALACTUS
                               (roaring)
                        This is not supposed to be!!!
 
              His eyes close.  Again, the control center goes dead, then
              revives, while Nova's flame flares, then dims so that it's
              fainter than before.
 
 
 
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                                  NOVA
                        Galactus...?
 
              No response.  Now Nova cries out via a COMMUNICATION BEAM:
 
                                  NOVA
                               (continuing)
                        Surfer!  Galactus is out...!
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - BRAIN - THE SILVER SURFER
 
              Flying barely high enough so the spider-things can't reach
              him.  Both he and his board are wobbling.
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        And I'm not doing all that well
                        either!
 
              The Surfer looks down at the spider-things.  They're still in
              a frenzy.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        I believe I have had an encounter
                        with his immune system.  And not
                        to our mutual benefit.
                               (beat)
                        I must look someplace else for the
                        infection -- but where?
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - NOVA
 
              Still managing to hover before Galactus, she gazes at him
              intently, a RED BEAM STREAMING from her eyes.
 
              NOVA'S POV - GALACTUS (SUBJECTIVE CAMERA)
 
              As Galactus' entire body turns translucent, and we SEE as
              much of his innards as we dare to.  Muscle gives way to bone,
              which gives way to the various organs, all of them throbbing
              and GLOWING not like physical objects but like RADAR or SONAR
              blips.  It's very SURREAL, CONTINUOUSLY MOVING, CHANGING.
 
              We TIGHTEN ON Galactus' brain, where the Surfer is a moving
              silver dot.
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        And I thought pictures of smokers'
                        lungs were disgusting...!
 
              One area, deep in Galactus' chest, is conspicuous by virtue
              of being a dull, hideous BLACK.  We ANGLE TO it as:
 
 
 
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                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                               (continuing)
                        You've got to get down to his
                        heart...
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - BRAIN - THE SILVER SURFER
 
              Flying across the pulpy mountains of brain matter.
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        There's a trail just ahead of
                        you -- the spinal cord!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                               (peering out)
                        Yes -- I see it!
 
              We WIDEN TO SEE what looks like a tunnel up ahead.  The
              Surfer heads for it, soaring to:
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - SPINAL COLUMN
 
              A series of dark, interconnected tunnels through which thread
              ganglions of winding nerves.
 
              Picture the Surfer spiraling down, down, down through a
              rendering by Escher -- and you still won't be close!
 
              From all around him comes a DEEP, RHYTHMIC SOUND.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        The heartbeat of Galactus...!
 
              The SOUND STOPS for a beat -- and this time the Surfer
              literally DISAPPEARS, then REAPPEARS, steadying himself, as
              the HEARTBEAT RESUMES much more slowly.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                               (continuing)
                        Nova!  Galactus is weakening!
                        Time is running out!  How near am
                        I to our foe?
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - NOVA'S POV - GALACTUS
 
              The silver dot that is the Surfer zigzags closer to Galactus'
              chest.
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        You're almost to the chest cavity.
 
 
 
 
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              The dot reaches a point where the spine goes off into several
              branches.  We TIGHTEN ON this maze-like area as:
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                               (continuing)
                        Take the left branch.  You're
                        getting close...
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - SPINAL COLUMN - THE SILVER SURFER
 
              He slips into the left branch, continuing to:
 
              THE END OF THE TUNNEL
 
              Directly ahead of the Surfer, the open bone suddenly seals
              into a dead-end.  We WIDEN TO INCLUDE the Surfer as he stops
              himself just before a crash and goes tumbling from his board.
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        Surfer!  What happened?
 
              The board circles back to him, and the Surfer climbs (he's no
              longer able to leap) back onto it.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        I do not know.  I will go back  --
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              As the Surfer heads back where he came from --
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        Look out!
 
              Again, the Surfer stops short -- as another dead-end forms!
              He holds up his hand, FIRES a SPUTTERING VERSION OF HIS
              COSMIC POWER BLAST.  The vertebra BLOWS open -- and a WALL OF
              ENERGY GUSHES OUT, inundating him like a tidal wave!
 
              CLOSER ON THE SILVER SURFER
 
              Behind him, what was a dead-end suddenly opens up, and,
              CRYING OUT WORDLESSLY, the Surfer is swept through it by the
              ENERGY WAVE as:
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - GALACTUS' MOUTH
 
              He CRIES OUT wordlessly.  We ANGLE TO Nova, falling as though
              she herself was struck.  Around her, one of Galactus' giant
              holographic viewscreens EXPLODES!
 
 
 
 
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                                  NOVA
                        Surfer -- !
 
              And then she breaks off, as, O.S., we hear the SOUND OF AN
              EXPLOSION, Galactus' entire ship rocking with the impact as:
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - GALACTUS' SHIP
 
              Around it, a vast fleet of starships is WARPING IN.  These
              are the ships of the WANDERERS, some large, some small, some
              marked with fancy designs, others bare.  All the ships have
              two things in common:  They are tattered, patched-together,
              old -- and they are using their ENERGY WEAPONS like there's
              no tomorrow, BLASTING away at Galactus for all they're worth!
 
              We HOLD on the sudden attack, Galactus' ship reeling, and we
 
                                                       FADE OUT.
 
 
                                END OF ACT ONE
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                    ACT TWO
 
              FADE IN:
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - GALACTUS' SHIP
 
              Under heavy ENERGY FIRE from the new arrivals.  The ship
              doesn't -- can't -- fight back -- but it does shake and
              shimmy with each hit!
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        Surfer!  Somebody's trying to blow
                        us out of the universe...!
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - NOVA
 
              Getting no response.  An ENERGY BEAM DETONATES in the air
              above her, its CONCUSSION WAVE sending Nova sprawling across
              the control center.  Her flame becomes a shade lighter,
              weaker, as she picks herself up only to go sprawling when the
              ship shudders from another hit.  Forcing herself to move,
              Nova flies upward to:
 
              GALACTUS' HELMETED HEAD
 
              Hanging back, his giant eyes closed.  DISSIPATING ENERGY
              continues to waft upward from him.  Nova circles Galactus'
              head.  Her tone is a cross between panic and irony as:
 
                                  NOVA
                        Oh great, just great...!
 
              Panicked, she flies in closer to one huge ear, shouting like
              Tinkerbell trying to get Peter Pan's attention:
 
                                  NOVA
                               (continuing)
                        Galactus!  Can I help it if this
                        is my first space war?  What do I
                        do?  What do I do?
 
              There's no response as we TIGHTEN PAST Nova's fearful face TO
              one of the remaining viewscreens.  Another ship is WARPING
              IN, and like the spy satellites, it too is familiar:  We HOLD
              ON the Draconian Mother Ship and
 
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              INT. DRACONIAN MOTHER SHIP - BRIDGE - A VIEWSCREEN
 
              REVERSE ANGLE of the same view:  Galactus' ship taking its
              pounding from the Wanderers' smaller vessels as:
 
                                  FIRST MINISTER IVAR (O.S.)
                        My lord!  Is it possible?  Can
                        Galactus' truly be defenseless...?
 
              As he talks, we WIDEN TO SEE LORD GLENN and FIRST MINISTER
              IVAR, watching the viewscreen.  Nearby, at their stations,
              are the rest of the robotic Draconian bridge crew.
 
                                  LORD GLENN
                        We will know soon enough, Ivar.
                        The probes have shown all they
                        can...
 
              Lord Glenn points to the viewscreen, where the fake Harpy
              Rasps come into view.  Beyond them, ENERGY BEAMS BLAST
              everywhere.
 
                                  LORD GLENN
                               (continuing)
                        Now it is up to our allies to draw
                        the Devourer out --
 
              Ivar breaks off, as, from the ship's communicator:
 
                                  GAMORA (O.S.)
                               (filtered)
                        Lord Glenn!
 
              INT. GAMORA'S SHIP
 
              A one-person fighter craft, the lone occupant of which is
              GAMORA, a beautiful -- and lethal -- young humanoid woman
              with blue skin and black hair.
 
                                  LORD GLENN (O.S.)
                               (filtered)
                        I read you, Gamora.  Are you as
                        astonished by what lies before us
                        as I?
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING THE FRONT VIEWPORT
 
              Gamora gets Galactus' control center in the middle of her
              sights, hits a button, speaks into her communicator.
 
 
 
 
 
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                                  GAMORA
                        Every night in my dreams I relive
                        the destruction of my home planet
                        by Galactus.  Yet now I find his
                        ship even more awesome than I
                        remembered...
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - THE ATTACK
 
              Gamora's ENERGY BLAST stabs at the control center!  A chunk
              of Galactus' ship is torn off, BLOWING into space!
 
                                  LORD GLENN (O.S.)
                        And, it would seem, more
                        vulnerable as well.
 
                                  GAMORA (O.S.)
                        Frankly, Lord Glenn, I'm almost as
                        frightened by the fact that he's
                        not fighting back as I would be if
                        he did...
 
              INT. DRACONIAN MOTHER SHIP - BRIDGE
 
              Where the viewscreen shows Galactus' ship rocking from the
              attack.
 
                                  GAMORA (O.S.)
                        I can't shake the feeling that
                        this is a trap.
 
                                  LORD GLENN
                        But why would a being with the
                        power of Galactus resort to such
                        a tactic?
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - THE ATTACK
 
              As Gamora's ship swoops closer to that of Galactus.
 
                                  GAMORA (O.S.)
                        I guess we'll have to find out.
                               (quickly)
                        Refugee One to Wanderers -- move
                        in another notch, people -- but
                        stay prepared to cut and run...
 
              And, as the other ships follow her lead, we
 
                                                       CUT TO:
 
 
 
 
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              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - SPINAL COLUMN - THE SILVER SURFER
 
              Helpless, out of control on a chute-the-chutes ride through
              Galactus' spinal cord.  He's swamped by the ENERGY the way an
              earth surfer would be by a wave, and he clings to his board
              by his fingertips!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        Everything that has happened since
                        I entered Galactus' body must be
                        a product of his immune system...
 
              The "tunnel" in which the Surfer is trapped makes an abrupt
              right turn, slamming him against it, and he almost loses his
              grip on the board.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                               (continuing)
                        How can I fight both him and the
                        disease -- ?
 
              Another, opposite, turn.  He slams against the "wall" again,
              continues forward toward:
 
              THE SILVER SURFER'S POV - WHAT'S COMING DEAD AHEAD
 
              Another dead-end -- but before it dangle long fibrous tissues
              like thick ropes.  The tissues wriggle like the legs of
              jellyfish as the Surfer comes closer, closer --
 
              BACK TO THE SILVER SURFER
 
              Reaching the fibers.  With every last ounce of strength, he
              grabs onto them, swinging up out of the ENERGY WAVE.
              GRUNTING with exertion, the Surfer makes use of all his
              momentum, swinging up toward the "ceiling" of the "tunnel."
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              As the Surfer nears the top, he lets go of the fiber with one
              hand, FIRING a POWER ANOTHER PALE COSMIC BLAST directly
              above.  At first, nothing happens.  Then, in the nick of
              time, the tissue dissolves, the Surfer arcing into the hole.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        To me, my board!
 
              THE SILVER SURFER'S BOARD
 
              Careening against the tide of ENERGY and soaring upward to:
 
 
 
 
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              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - CHEST CAVITY
 
              The Surfer leaps onto his board, soaring into a dark chamber
              like an enormous, striated cave.  He glides to a stop and
              tumbles off the board, lying exhausted and sweating on his
              side.  He calls out hoarsely, trying to be heard through the
              REVERBERATING BEATING of Galactus' heart:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Nova!  Can you hear me...?
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - UPSHOT
 
              The ships that we've learned belong to the WANDERERS come in
              low, STRAFING the control center.  We ANGLE TO:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (O.S.)
                        I am within Galactus' chest...!
 
              GALACTUS' HELMETED HEAD
 
              Hit by one beam, another.  He spasms as though jolted by an
              electric shock, but otherwise shows no sign of knowing about
              the attack.
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        I hear you, Silverado...
 
              WIDENING, we FIND Nova, crouched on Galactus' shoulder.  She
              ducks as an ENERGY BOLT almost hits her.  The young woman
              both looks and sounds terrified as:
 
                                  NOVA
                        But I can't exactly help much
                        right now -- !
 
              She rushes across Galactus' neck, out of the way of another
              VOLLEY.  The BLASTS take out a bank of machinery.  Suddenly,
              Nova GASPS as:
 
              NOVA'S POV - SPACE OVER THE CONTROL CENTER
 
              Where the WATCHER RIPPLES INTO VIEW, his somber face looking
              down at the attack on Galactus' ship.
 
                                  NOVA (O.S.)
                        Silverado!  There's this weird
                        looking bald guy staring at us
                        from the middle of nowhere!
 
 
 
 
 
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              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - CHEST CAVITY
 
              Where the Surfer's having his own troubles, trying to get to
              his feet.  From the COMMUNICATION BEAM come the SOUNDS of the
              attack.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        The Watcher...!  His presence here
                        shows that this is indeed a
                        portentous event!
 
              Using his board for support, the Surfer forces himself to his
              knees.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                               (continuing)
                        You must defy fate, Nova...!
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - NOVA
 
              TIGHTENING ON her as the Surfer continues:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Reach inside yourself, and replace
                        the strength you have lost with
                        the courage you will always have!
 
              His words get to her, and Nova's face shows with new resolve.
 
                                  NOVA
                        Silverado, if you ever get tired
                        of hanging ten through the
                        spacewaves, I know some folks at
                        Notre Dame who'd love to sign you
                        up as a coach!
 
              And, as she says it, her FLAME BURNS MORE BRIGHTLY, and she
              launches herself upward, to:
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - GALACTUS' SHIP
 
              Dozens of FIRE STORMS rage across the areas where the surface
              of the ship has been hit, and the cables of destruction are
              mangled and broken.
 
              A Wanderers' ship banks and STRAFES -- and, suddenly, Nova
              appears, soaring from the control center like a fiery streak.
              A STREAM OF FLAME SPEWS from her outstretched hand, engulfing
              the ship, and it goes spinning out to space end over end!
 
 
 
 
 
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              CLOSER ON NOVA
 
              Allowing herself a grim smile.
 
                                  NOVA
                        Back to the cheap seats, creeps!
                        And try some take-out -- like my
                        solar flambe!
 
              Concentrating intently, Nova holds out both her hands,
              sweeping them around in a huge circle, and from them SPRAYS:
 
              A WALL OF FIRE
 
              Nova orbits Galactus' ship, and the wall of flames surrounds
              it, cutting it off from the attacking vessels as:
 
              INT. GAMORA'S SHIP - CONTROL CONSOLE AND VIEWPORT
 
              Nova and her wall are plainly visible as panels SPARK AND
              SIZZLE from the intense heat.  We WIDEN TO SEE Gamora yanking
              back her hand just in time to keep from being burned by a
              tongue of flame that dances along the console.  She continues
              into the communicator:
 
                                  GAMORA
                        Wanderers, this is Refugee One --
                        disengage!  Repeat -- disengage!
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - THE WATCHER
 
              Looking on closely as Gamora veers away from the wall of
              fire, the other ships following her lead.  We TIGHTEN PAST
              the activity to Nova.
 
                                  NOVA (V.O.)
                        How 'bout that?  Looks like the
                        kid from Venice Beach just won a
                        round...
 
              INT. DRACONIAN MOTHER SHIP - BRIDGE - THE VIEWSCREEN
 
              Where the retreat continues as:
 
                                  FIRST MINISTER IVAR (O.S.)
                        That resource is not in our
                        database!  What is happening?
 
              We WIDEN TO SEE Lord Glenn stride to the viewscreen, Ivar
              right behind him.
 
 
 
 
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                                  LORD GLENN
                        Ah, Ivar, is that not the question
                        we lesser beings have been asking
                        about Galactus since the beginning
                        of time?  Or did you genuinely
                        believe his end would come so
                        easily?
 
                                  FIRST MINISTER IVAR
                        I had hoped, my lord -- how I had
                        hoped! -- to cause him to suffer,
                        as he has caused us...
 
                                  LORD GLENN
                        As did we all, Ivar.
                               (beat)
                        As did we all...
 
              Lord Glenn's expression grows as thoughtful as a robot's can.
              We ANGLE PAST him to the viewscreen again.  The Wanderers'
              withdrawal is complete, the little ships huddled around the
              Draconian mother ship as we
 
                                                       CUT TO:
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - GALACTUS' HELMETED HEAD
 
              Reflecting the RED GLOW from Nova's fire wall.  Suddenly,
              Galactus convulses again, as:
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - CHEST CAVITY
 
              Where the Surfer slogs exhaustedly into the cavern, carrying
              his board.  The entire cavern shudders, and ENERGY FLASHES
              like lightning.  For a beat, the LOUD HEARTBEAT FALTERS, the
              Surfer once again FLASHING OUT OF EXISTENCE, then reappearing
              as Galactus' heart resumes even more slowly than before.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                        Galactus grows still weaker -- and
                        so do I!
 
              Another LIGHTNING BOLT strikes, and the Surfer throws himself
              aside, stares at the source of the bolt, stunned.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (V.O.)
                               (continuing)
                        What manner of bodily organs are
                        these?
 
 
 
 
 
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              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              Deep within the chest cavity are spherical masses resembling
              nothing so much as the gutted planets we SAW elsewhere in
              this star system.  They drift in a CURRENT OF ENERGY, the
              kind of LIGHTNING that almost struck the Silver Surfer
              triggering the opening and closing of gigantic containment
              valves.
 
              From the spheres comes a KEENING SOUND, like the moaning of
              millions of lost souls!  As the Surfer makes his cautious
              approach, the LIGHTNING STRIKES again, hitting him and
              sending him flying backward as:
 
                                  THE VOICE OF THE SPHERES
                        Silver Surfer!  Noble Lackey of
                        Galactus!  So good of you to visit
                        our ignoble selves!
 
              The voice RESONATES like a sarcastic chorus.  The Surfer
              looks from sphere to sphere.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        What are you, to mock me like this?
 
                                  THE VOICE OF THE SPHERES
                        We will show you!
 
              Another LIGHTNING BOLT strikes the Surfer, and, dropping his
              board, he goes sprawling as we TIGHTEN ON his face and
 
                                                       SMASH CUT TO:
 
              INT. SILVER SURFER'S MIND - VARIOUS PLANETS - SERIES OF
              SCENES
 
              All garishly OVEREXPOSED TO A NUMBING WHITENESS, and
              including the following:
 
              A FANTASTIC CITYSCAPE
 
              Starting to crumble as Galactus' cables of destruction plunge
              into it from the sky!
 
              AN ALIEN VILLAGE
 
              All but vanishes as the cables strike!
 
              AN UNDERWATER EMPIRE
 
              Fishlike inhabitants swimming for safety as the water roils
              and boils and bubbles around a group of cables!
 
 
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              A MONTAGE OF PLANETARY DESTRUCTION
 
              As SEEN from space:  Planets of all colors turn shrivelled
              and BLACK as Galactus' cables suck out their energy!  The
              IMAGES COME FAST AND FURIOUS, and the Surfer CRIES OUT:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER (O.S.)
                        STOP!!!
 
              And, on his anguished cry, we
 
                                                       SMASH CUT TO:
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - CHEST CAVITY
 
              LIGHTNING STRIKES everywhere.  Valves open and close.  The
              prostrate Surfer gasps for breath.
 
                                  THE VOICE OF THE SPHERES
                        Do you recognize us now, Silver
                        Surfer?  We are the essence of the
                        worlds consumed by Galactus...!
 
              The Voice of the Spheres becomes almost a whisper:
 
                                  THE VOICE OF THE SPHERES
                               (continuing)
                        Consigned by you and your master
                        to this limbo of eternal despair!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        I was not myself!  I knew not what
                        I did!
 
              The Surfer's tone is defensive.  More LIGHTNING STRIKES on
              each side of him, and, in a voice as quiet as that of the
              Voice of the Spheres:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                               (continuing;
                                realizing)
                        Yet still, do I hold myself
                        accountable...
 
              Now ANOTHER VOICE responds...deep...malignant:
 
                                  THE INFECTION (O.S.)
                        Then you must allow me to put an
                        end to the evil!
 
              With a final FLASHING OF LIGHTNING, more valves open and
              close, shunting the Spheres aside and revealing:
 
 
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              GALACTUS' HEART
 
              An enormous, red ventricular sac, moist and GLISTENING.
              Running along the heart are thick, viscous lines of BLACK
              FLUID, like tendrils, leading to a BLACK CENTER that is like
              a smaller version of the Dark Planet over which Galactus'
              ship now orbits.
 
              The tendrils squeeze the ventricular sac, and GALACTUS'
              HEARTBEAT BECOMES even slower than before.  In the black
              center a saw-toothed mouth opens in vile LAUGHTER!
 
              THE SILVER SURFER
 
              Determined, he rises, takes a step toward the blackness.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        You are the infection!
 
                                                       CUT TO:
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - THE WATCHER
 
              Looking down at the WALL OF FIRE around Galactus' ship.
              Suddenly, the FLAME DIMS.  We ANGLE TO Nova, flying
              unsteadily.  The FLAME SPEWED by her hands starts to SPUTTER.
 
                                  NOVA (V.O.)
                        Feel so drained...can't hold out
                        much longer...sure miss
                        Amber...and the boardwalk...
                               (catching herself)
                        No!  Gotta -- keep -- going!
 
              She gives it all she's got, and both her flame and the WALL
              OF FIRE BRIGHTEN again as:
 
              INT. DRACONIAN MOTHER SHIP - BRIDGE
 
              Where Lord Glenn and Ivar see the change in the flame.  From
              the communicator we HEAR:
 
                                  GAMORA (O.S.)
                               (filtered)
                        Lord Glenn, Galactus' defense is
                        weakening again!
 
                                  LORD GLENN
                        May I remind you, Gamora, that
                        organic tissue such as yours is
                        notoriously frail?
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                                  LORD GLENN (cont'd)
                        I suggest you and your people
                        continue to reconnoiter.
 
              INT. GAMORA'S SHIP
 
              She's looking out the view port intently.
 
                                  GAMORA
                        Lord Glenn, I've waited to get at
                        Galactus since I six years old.
                        Now that I'm this close I can't
                        keep backing away.
                               (harder)
                        Call it the curse of being "merely
                        organic," but the Wanderers'd much
                        rather have revenge than survive!
 
              EXT. BLACK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - THE WATCHER
 
              Looking on as, around Galactus' ship, the FIRE WALL steadily
              weakens with Nova's fading power.  FIRING, Gamora and her
              fleet sweep forward!
 
              NOVA
 
              Is a wreck.  The FIRE WALL GROWS STILL DIMMER, and her own
              FLAME IS SPUTTERING as we
 
                                                       CUT TO:
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - CHEST CAVITY
 
              Where a tendril of the INFECTION's black fluid flows out at
              the Surfer.  He stumbles away -- and another tendril wraps
              around his ankle.  The Surfer CRIES OUT as the area around
              the tendril BUBBLES and turns BLACK!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Where do you come from?  Why are
                        you doing this?
 
              Another tendril grabs the Surfer's other leg, and that leg
              too BUBBLES AND BLACKENS!  The Infection LAUGHS.
 
                                  THE INFECTION
                        I am the Universal Scourge, born
                        and bred to be Galactus' last
                        meal...!
 
              The Surfer tries to pull away -- and another tendril wraps
              around his arm, making it too BUBBLE AND BLACKEN!
 
 
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                                  THE INFECTION
                               (continuing)
                        Millennia ago, a selfless
                        civilization dedicated all its
                        resources, its very life, to the
                        eradication of the Devourer!
                               (beat)
                        For eons they followed in his
                        wake, collecting the detritus
                        Galactus left behind and bringing
                        it to the planet below, where its
                        toxicity was cultivated as in a
                        garden...
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              The Surfer never stops struggling -- and a tendril grabs his
              remaining arm, which BUBBLES AND BLACKENS as:
 
                                  THE INFECTION
                        The effort destroyed them, but the
                        venom, powerful enough to
                        exterminate even the Dreaded One,
                        lived on -- sending out a signal
                        of false energy, and inviting
                        Galactus to dine!
 
              Again, the Infection laughs.  The Surfer summons all his
              strength, and his body starts to GLOW.
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        NOOO!!!
 
              And the Surfer BLASTS ALL HIS POWER COSMIC directly at:
 
              THE INFECTION
 
              LAUGHS as the BLAST SPUTTERS harmlessly!
 
                                  THE INFECTION
                        You think you can stop something
                        begun before any race now living
                        rose from the slime?!
 
              WIDER
 
              More black tendrils writhe toward the Surfer, who BLASTS
              uselessly as they wrap around his body, BUBBLING AND
              BLACKENING it completely.  The Surfer cries out in despair:
 
 
 
 
 
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                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Galactus!  I have not the strength!
                               (even louder)
                        You must focus your remaining
                        energy, and trust me with all your
                        POWER!!!
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - GALACTUS' EYES
 
              As the Silver Surfer's voice RESOUNDS OVER everything,
              Galactus' eyelid flutters.  There's a tense beat, and then
              the eye snaps open!
 
                                  GALACTUS (O.S.)
                        First Herald...!
 
              Within Galactus' pupil-less eyes, ANGRY ENERGY FLASHES.  We
              TIGHTEN ON it as:
 
              INT. GALACTUS' BODY - CHEST CAVITY - A BOLT OF THE POWER
              COSMIC
 
              THUNDERS through the cavern like a BOMB -- and strikes:
 
              THE SILVER SURFER
 
              The black tendrils EXPLODE, and the Surfer's darkened surface
              shines silver once more.  He leaps onto his board, soars at:
 
              GALACTUS' HEART
 
              The Infection's mouth opens in an EAR-SPLITTING SCREAM as the
              rejuvenated Surfer FIRES twin BLASTS OF THE POWER COSMIC into
              the center of the infection!
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              The Surfer BLASTS again and again, and, one after another,
              the black tendrils SPARK and DISSOLVE!
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        Scourge of the Universe, you do
                        what you must...
                               (beat)
                        But so do I...
 
              As the Surfer continues BLASTING, we TIGHTEN ON the center of
              the Infection.  It too SPARKS, WITHERS -- and DISSOLVES!
 
 
 
 
 
 
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              The Infection dwindles, getting smaller and smaller, its
              SCREAM BECOMING A PITIFUL MOAN as we
 
                                                       CUT TO:
 
 
 
              EXT. BLACK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - GALACTUS' SHIP
 
              Around it, the FIRE WALL gives one final SPUTTER and
              DISSIPATES COMPLETELY, Gamora and her ships flying in,
              WEAPONS BLAZING!
 
              NOVA
 
              Collapsing, and falling back toward the gigantic ship while
              ENERGY BLASTS all around her.
 
              ANOTHER ANGLE
 
              Suddenly, a silver streak soars from Galactus' control
              center:  The Surfer, catching hold of Nova just as she caught
              him, and arcing back down to the ship with her as, in a
              barely contained ROAR of incredulity and fury:
 
                                  GALACTUS (O.S.)
                        WHO DARES?!
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - GALACTUS' HAND
 
              As, with no trouble at all, Galactus' finger hits a button on
              the command chair and:
 
              EXT. BLACK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - GALACTUS' SHIP
 
              Surges to life!  The cables straighten, no longer flailing
              ineffectually with the buffeting of the vessel, and a RING OF
              ENERGY FLARES out from the ship's hull, heading in an ever-
              expanding circle for:
 
              THE WANDERERS
 
              Seeing what's coming, the ships peel off, turning away from
              Galactus' ship as:
 
              INT. GAMORA'S SHIP
 
              As she works the controls madly.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                  GAMORA
                               (into communicator)
                        The giant's up and kicking!
                        Abort!  Abort!
 
              INT. DRACONIAN MOTHER SHIP - BRIDGE
 
              Where both Lord Glenn and First Minister Ivar are astounded.
              Lord Glenn calls out to the helmsman:
 
                                  LORD GLENN
                               (to helmsman)
                        Emergency maneuvers!  Take us out
                        of here!  Take us out!
 
              Like all Draconians, the helmsman has a central panel in his
              chest.  It opens, and a single flexible limb snakes out,
              frantically working the ship's controls as:
 
              EXT. BLACK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM
 
              Desperately fleeing from Galactus' ENERGY RING, the
              Draconians and the Wanderers FORESHORTEN INTO WARP.  In the
              space they've left behind, the ENERGY RING hits the Harpy
              Rasps, and they POLARIZE from positive to negative and back,
              VANISHING INTO PARTICLES.
 
              We HOLD ON this part of space.  All that remains beyond
              Galactus' ship is the impassive face of the Watcher.  He
              RIPPLES AWAY as we
 
                                                       DISSOLVE TO:
 
              EXT. GALACTUS' CONTROL CENTER - GALACTUS' MOUTH
 
              As grim and powerful as ever, as:
 
                                  GALACTUS
                        My herald!  You have work to do!
 
              We WIDEN TO SEE the Silver Surfer and Nova, both of them at
              full strength, circling before what we can make out of
              Galactus' huge face.  Nova screws up her courage:
 
                                  NOVA
                        Galactus -- the Silver Surfer just
                        saved your life, and that's all
                        you've got to say?
 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                  GALACTUS
                        I stand corrected, my Nova.  There
                        is indeed more.
                               (beat)
                        Know that the Great Hunger is upon
                        me -- and it is far greater than
                        ever before!
 
              Galactus speaks as though the Surfer isn't even there.  Nova
              looks astonished, but the Surfer simply shakes his head.  He
              soars from the control center, Nova following his lead.
 
              We TIGHTEN ON Galactus' mouth once more -- as it opens for
              his sardonic LAUGH.
 
              EXT. DARK PLANET SOLAR SYSTEM - GALACTUS' SHIP
 
              As the Surfer and Nova sweep out toward the edge of the
              system.  The Surfer speaks thoughtfully:
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        I hope that the universe can
                        forgive me -- for even I am not
                        certain I did the right thing.
 
                                  NOVA
                        Did Galactus make good on his
                        promise?  Did he tell you where
                        your homeworld is?
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                        In his way, Galactus is an
                        honorable man.  He said he would
                        tell me all he knew about Zenn-La,
                        and he did...
 
              They start going faster --
 
                                  SILVER SURFER
                               (continuing; bitterly)
                        In his great anger, my former
                        master flung the planet so far
                        into space that even he is not
                        aware of where it came to rest!
 
              And faster --
 
                                  NOVA
                        I'm sorry, Surfer.
 
 
 
 
 
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                                  SILVER SURFER
                               (getting an idea)
                        Nova, you said something to me
                        earlier -- about always finding
                        what you seek.  Do you think you
                        could find Zenn-La?
 
                                  NOVA
                        Silverado -- I thought you'd never
                        ask!
 
              She smiles, and, as they FORESHORTEN INTO WARP, we
 
                                                       FADE OUT.
 
                                    THE END
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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