AFTER EARTH II "The Second Coming" - by W. Keith Sewell

AFTER EARTH II: 

"Kitai's Dream"

OPENING SEQUENCE:

FADE IN:

EXT. NOVA PRIME – DOCKING AREA

Kitai goes over and over in his mind the scene of his father, the great Cypher Raige, being rescued from Planet Earth, after being shipwrecked for over three months. He watches his father, prone on a hovering gurney with his Mom and sister by his side being moved into the medical bay terminal.

A massive URSA, fear-sensing beast, explodes from the ship's hull and attacks everyone in its path, Rangers and civilians, in an all-out stampede towards Kitai. 

Kitai takes out his cutlass and gets into a defensive stance.

                             CYPHER RAIGE
               Stand your ground Ranger. Stand Your Ground!

Kitai heeds his fathers advice, trembling...

                              CYPHER RAIGE
                  No fear… Son, NO FEAR!

The beast lunges at Kitai. He freezes, covers his head. SCREAMS.

…and wakes up!


EXT. JUNGLE - NIGHT

Kitai, sits up on his elbows inside a protective, parachute like cocoon. Beads of sweat trickle down his chest. His breathing is elevated. He hears his father’s voice in his head.

                             CYPHER RAIGE(V.O.)
               Relax. Take a deep breath… check your pulse. Relax son.

Kitai, takes three deep breaths and checks his vitals again on his wrist monitor. Vitals back to normal, he lays back in a prone position. Due to the amount of heat his body produces, he is totally naked, which warms his protective environment. All is silent. Kitai closes his eyes.

A looming shadow grows larger outside his cocoon. NINE-INCH FANGS protrude from its massive head. The SHADOW slowly moves back and forth across the wall of his cocoon. Kitai holds his breath for what seems an eternity. His right hand clenches the ’cutlass’ by his side.

The shadow of a huge SaberCat lunges at Kitai, its claws rip through the cocoon -- its fangs coming to within inches of Kitai’s face. Kitai rolls out of harms way and swings upward slashing the SaberCat around its striped furry neck.

Blood splatters over Kitai’s face as the big cat lets out a screeching wail and retreats.

Kitai collapses to the ground, for a moment, before he catapults again into a defensive position. Wide awake now, he scans a full 360’ of his domain in the early dawn light…

He looks at his wrist monitor .. It reads "DAY 700" of his being marooned on Planet Earth; Sector 9.  Class 1

And day 627 A.D. … after the death and burial of the Great Cypher Raige.