Isle Of Demons
By Solomon Rothman

As the theater lights dim into complete darkness, a low static crackling is heard from the far end of the theater. Gradually, the sound intensifies. Loud electrical explosions crash out over the audience, traveling toward the blackened screen.

The effect of a bulge appears at the bottom edge of the screen. It swells, bursting in a vivid display of electrical flashes, accompanied by showers of sparks and the thundering crack of lightning bolts. They take on the form of a woman, filling the left side of the frame. Her outline begins to radiate luminous waves across the screen, repeating itself in a subtle pattern of transformation into an alien solar system.

EXT. OUTER SPACE WITH PLANET AND ORBITING ACCELERATOR

A large planet rolls into view accompanied by a heavy sound of a rush of air. It fills the frame, then moves out of VIEW. Beyond it is seen an object in space, coming around its side. The VIEW floats closer to the approaching object; it is a giant accelerator orbiting the planet.

SATI KALI-MA
(voice over):
Ever since I was a child, I wondered if it
was possible to see the stuff my world was
made. From where I come, I am known as
SATI KALI-MA.

INT. PHYSICS LAB, ABOARD ORBITING ACCELERATOR
IN ALIEN DIMENSION

ACTION follows narrative.

SATI
(voice over):
My husband, BALOCK, and I worked
Together to find the beginning of the
Universe. We realized the answer did not
Lie in searching the vast macrocosm, but
Would be found reflected in the action of
the unknown microcosm, the world of
subnuclear phenomena.

By using an accelerator in space,
unencumbered by the natural forces of
our planet, we achieved a speed and power
of acceleration only dreamt of in your
dimension.

We were on the verge of breaking the
Nucleus down to its finite essence – there
We would find our answer. We focused
trillions of electron volts into the eleventh
element, EKA DASA, tearing its nuclei
apart, breaking it down beyond matter
itself. It punctured a hole through the
fabric of our space and into another
dimension.

END OF VOICE OVER

VORTEX

The hole that was created becomes a vortex, swirling furiously around the opening,, pulling everything in close proximity into the center of the whirlwind. SATI cannot withstand the forces; she is too close – she is lost!

FADE OUT

EXT. MANHATTAN SKYLINE< HUDSON RIVER VIEW,
NIGHT, RAIN STORM

EXT. MANHATTAN SKYLINE, HUDSON RIVER VIEW,
NIGHT, RAIN STORM

It’s a dark, cool, rainy night. An electrical storm lights the sky. Overlapping the crashing sound of thunder is the music of a Didgeridoo, and Indonesian drums and the compelling harmony of native chants.

VIEW ANGLES DOWN IN A LONG SHOT of a crosstown street that cuts a clean swath through the mass of buildings, giving a clear view from the Hudson to the East River, compressing the miles between them. VIEW DIVES DOWN between the “canyon” walls and onto the street below. LOOKING UP FROM GROUND LEVEL IN A WIDE VIEW, it creats an illusion, making the small seem large and the large, enormous

Then like a shot, VIEW PURSUES ITS OBJECTIVE at breakneck speed, racing through the streets into sharp turns and twists, up ramps and under tunnels. AS THE CAMERA SWOOPS through the streets the TITLES APPEAR at each turn, against black walls. THE CAMERA REACHES ITS DESTINATION in a narrow side street by a Greenwich Village apartment building. It dashes through the entrance and up the stairs, coming to an abrupt halt in front of an apartment door.

INT. HALL OF APARTMENT BUILDING, NEAR ELEVATOR, NIGHT

An elderly woman nervously unlocks her door. Behind her, with metal pipes in hand, two smirking youths prepare to attack her. From the shadows they swagger menacingly towards her.

Suddenly before their eyes, in a burst of sound and light, a glowing outline of static electricity sparks and begins to emerge out of thin air. It forms the contours of a woman’s silhouette, alive and breathing but without substance. Flesh and blood fills out her form and becomes one whole entity.

The mugger’s weapons slip from their hands and for a moment they stand frozen in shock. Then panic overtakes them and they tear down the stairs.

SATI reaches out to the old woman, who shrinks from her in terror. Hurt, frightenend and confused, SATI flees from the scene.

TO BE CONTINUED: The balance of this story is written in language and situations not recommended for children.

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© 2003 Sol Rothman