[FIRST DRAFT]

“BASILISK”
Written by
Jordan Streete & Natapong Collins
SCENE 1
EXT.GRAVEYARD.MORNING
ARTHUR is standing in a graveyard. he stands alone, in the cold.
he is looking over his girlfriend’s grave, a ring in his hand. we
see him walk down a road, and look down to his phone, seeing a miss
call from his therapist. we see ARTHUR’S face, he looks tired, and
very unwell.
INT.BAR.MORNING
we see ARTHUR sitting, alone. the pub is barely open.
ARTHUR
beer.

We see the barman go to the back as ARTHUR takes a seat. Flashes

of ARTHUR’S old military task force appears, surround ARTHUR. he
is clearly in a distressed state with his dead look, with the
memories of his late friends become more potent and painful, we
see ARTHUR not even blink but seem to build himself with anger and
sadness. “pop”. the barman places a drink down for ARTHURS, which
breaks ARTHURS frozen look, and the flashes of his old friends
abruptly disappear. we see ARTHURS cold relief and he bring the
beer to his mouth. He slams the empty beer bottle down on the bar.
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SCENE 2
INT.ARTHUR’S HOME.AFTERNOON
ARTHUR is passed out on his bed. There are beer and wine bottles
placed everywhere around the room. The house is dirty and worse
for wear. There’s a knock on the door. Arthur falls out of bed. He
is off kilter from the sudden fall and takes a moment for ARTHUR
to re-adjust. He finds a half empty bottle of beer on the table,
it is warm, but he takes a swig and then downs it. He throws the
bottle onto the floor. A sudden knock at the door startles ARTHUR.
No one ever knocks, he has family, no one who knows that here. Who
is it? ARTHUR goes up towards the door. All that he can see is a
silhouette of a man, and the door knock again. ARTHUR opens the
door to reveal NOAH SHEPPARD, the only other survivor of the task
force.
ARTHUR
What are you doing here?
NOAH
 Well that was a warm welcome.
ARTHUR
Didn’t answer my question.
NOAH
I came to talk
ARTHUR
Talk?!(Scoff’s) you took your time.
NOAH
I had some things to take care of.
ARTHUR
Take care of! You weren’t even at the funeral, and you just show
up here like nothings happened. Where were you huh. What was so
fucking important.
Grabs NOAH’S shirt.
I needed my friend!
NOAH
I was gathering information
ARTHUR
On what
NOAH
Him
They lock eyes.
ARTHUR
What did you find?
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SCENE 3
INT.BAR.AFTERNOON
ARTHUR and NOAH sit at the bar.
ARTHUR
So what have you got?
 NOAH
Name: Ziko Mortiv, supposed member of Basilisk. We have strong
ties to Ziko with a case back in Gibraltar. I found a possible
location of his lab and did recon around the parameters, 10
guards stationed round the outside of the base. Guards switch
posts every 10 minutes, most paired in groups of two. Stealth
takeout, guns as last resort. We should be able to flank from the
west and attack from behind. Swift and clean. We don’t want any
unwanted attention. Infiltrate and get out, we need Ziko ALIVE.
ARTHUR
I can’t promise anything
NOAH
Nice to see you haven’t changed
There’s a short pause, ARTHUR reverts his eyes down to the
document laid out on the bar.
ARTHUR
What time?
NOAH
Prime activity is at 2400 hours
ARTHUR’S phone buzzes loudly on the surface of the bar. He opens
phone to see a message. He glances to see a message from his
therapist. He turns his phone off and scoffs.
NOAH
Who was that?
ARTHUR
Therapist, been nagging me about this session for months
NOAH
How have you been coping?
ARTHUR
I don’t want to talk about it
NOAH glances at him, and he looks back down at his drink and
finishes it.

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INT.ARTHURS HOUSE.EVENING
ARTHUR and NOAH go back to the house.
NOAH
Jesus.
ARTHUR
Yep.
NOAH looks round the room, seeing the dust on the shelves and the
large amount of beer and wine bottles scattered around the house.
NOAH
You still got all the old equipment
ARTHUR
Yeah, it’s probably somewhere around here
They both look around the room. ARTHUR rummages around the spare
closet. Behind a large assortment of junk ARTHUR finds large box.
He opens it up to reveal a small assortment of gear. He picks up
the box and gets up and turns around towards the room. As he does
a hallucination of his deceased girlfriend appears in front of him.
He is stunned by the sudden appearance and he becomes frozen. The
flash is brief but leaves Arthur in a shocked state. The girlfriend
flickers in and out before dissipating. Arthur drops back slightly
and takes a moment to balance himself.
NOAH
Ay you alright
ARTHUR
I’m fine!
He shoves past NOAH and put the box the bed. ARTHUR opens the
box, takes out the Kevlar vests, guns and then lastly a small
box. He opens it up to reveal contact lenses. Montage of suit up
begin. Guns loaded. Kevlar loaded. The end shot of the montage is
of the contact lenses being put in and them activating.
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Before leaving the house, NOAH puts ARTHUR to one side. He
reaches into one of his side pockets and takes out a small box.
NOAH
Wait a sec
ARTHUR turns around and NOAH hands the box to ARTHUR. He looks
down at the small box confused.
ARTHUR
What’s this
NOAH
Ingestible Micro-bot’s, if you sustain any major injuries inside
your body, activate and inject this into your arm, should help
heal any fatal injuries. This is the newest in the line of tech,
Picked this up about a month ago.

ARTHUR
Right
ARTHUR opens the box to reveal the syringe. He examines as NOAH
explains before closing the box and putting it into one of his
side pockets.
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EXT.ABANDONED AREA.NIGHT
ARTHUR and NOAH are crouched, surveying the area from afar. They
are waiting rotation to switch before they attack.
NOAH
Rotation in 2 minutes. Engage from the west, sweep the grounds,
In straight through the back entrance. Remember guns are a last
resort. Clear
ARTHUR
Yep
NOAH
Activate contact lenses, start recording, activate infra-red.
NOAH and ARTHUR engage on the base. They close in together and
begin to pick off guards. We see ARTHUR go up to a guard and come
up behind a guard, with a quick stab to the neck. They proceed
further, with NOAH going up behind a guard and stabbing into his
neck. More and more guards are eliminated. The last guard is none
the wiser as ARTHUR grabs his head and bring the knife down into
his throat.
 NOAH
I don’t know what’s in here, guns out, infra-red off.
NOAH kicks down the door and he and ARTHUR enter the building
covering corners as they go. Guards begin to engage them, and they
begin to fire. They proceed onward towards Ziko lab, they storm
in. Sweeping out the last guards, Ziko begins to run before ARTHUR
tackle him to the ground. He begins to beat Ziko. NOAH begins to
shout at ARTHUR.
NOAH
Arthur!
Arthur thats enough!
NOAH tares Arthur off Ziko. ARTHUR retaliates; however, NOAH
counters and pins him to the wall.
ARTHUR
Get off me Noah
NOAH
We need him to talk
ARTHUR
I don't want him to talk; I want the truth
NOAH
We need him alive for that
ARTHUR
That scum bag doesn’t deserve to live
NOAH
You really have changed.
We need him alive, did I not make myself clear, we need him to
find Daemon. That’s the man you want. That’s the man who killed
her. Now stand down
ARTHUR’S grip loosens and his face drops. NOAH lets go of him and
he looks at him.
NOAH
Go home Arthur.
NOAH walks away and injects the micro-bots into ZIKO, and we see
ZIKO stabilize. We follow ARTHUR leaving the room as NOAH IS
interrogating him. NOAH face reads disappointment and guilt.

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SCENE 5:
INT.ARTHURS HOUSE.NIGHT
ARTHUR is on the bed, bottle in hand. He gulps down the rest.
NOAH storms in with anger on his face.
NOAH
What the hell were playing at, you nearly jeopardized this whole
thing.
ARTHUR
You’ve got some balls, trying to boss me around
NOAH
What happened to you man
ARTHUR
You wanna know what happened to me? I LOST EVERYTHING… and where
the fuck were you. I NEEEDED YOU! YOU ABANDONED ME. You act as if
nothing happened
NOAH
I learned to deal with the pain, what did you do?
ARTHUR
I have spent every single waking hour torturing myself, blaming
myself. I should’ve helped, but I couldn’t.
NOAH
You couldn’t help, there was nothing we could do
ARTHUR
I loved her… and I couldn’t save her so what did I do, I left her
NOAH
She would’ve wanted you to live
 ARTHUR
Why? So, I could end up like this, a shell of the man I used to
be. I’m nothing now, I have no purpose, nothing.
NOAH
She would have wanted you to move on

ARTHUR
Don’t you fucking dare. You don’t know what it feels like when
you lose your SOULMATE! She was the one, and I am the reason she
isn’t here. I am the one whose confidence fucked everything up.
I’m a monster, the only difference is I am no longer trying to
hide that.
ARTHUR GLARES AT NOAH, which shakes NOAH to the bone. He grabs a
beer and leaves, slamming the door on the way out.
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SCENE 6
ARTHUR IS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD, DRINKING HIS BEER BEFORE THROWING
IT AWAY. We see him look through a window of a restaurant. He
begins to hallucinate and from the reflection of the window he sees
his girlfriend. He stares at her, with his face filled with sadness.
The reflection fades and we see a real reflection, of a man on the
other side of the road looking directly at ARTHUR. ARTHUR
immediately breaks his gaze onto the mysterious man. ARTHUR sprint
to him and pins him up against a wall.
ARTHUR
Who the hell are you?!
OTTO
Uh… uhh
ARTHUR
I’ve had a long day, you better tell who you are before I beat it
out of you.
OTTO
My names Otto Schmidt. I’ve got information on Daemon Blackwater.
ARTHUR
OH MOTHER FUCKER.
ARTHUR takes out his phone and calls NOAH
Noah meet me at the bar I’ve got something.
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SCENE 7
ARTHUR and NOAH are stationed in a bathroom, looking at OTTO.
ARTHUR and NOAH are both stood over him with their arms crossed
him.
NOAH
Where the hell did you find this guy
ARTHUR
He found me
NOAH
So, what’s his deal
ARTHUR
He said he knows some information on Blackwater.
NOAH
Did you de-bug him?
ARTHUR
Wait what... no I just brought him here
NOAH
Jesus Christ
NOAH goes up to OTTO and begins to search him. He takes off his
jacket and searches all the pocket before throwing it to ARTHUR.
He checks his back pocket for anything and find a phone.
NOAH
Arthur will you do the honours
He throws ARTHUR the phone and ARTHUR takes it and throws OTTOS
phone at the wall.
OTTO
What the hell was that for
NOAH
 They’ll be tracking your phone. If you’ve got any information
worthwhile, they’ll be tracking you.
NOAH carries on looking, searching the rest of OTTOS pockets
before taking off his shoes. He examines the shoe before lifting
the sole to reveal the bug. NOAH shows the bug to ARTHUR. ARTHUR
tries to go for OTTO, but this time NOAH stops him, and ARTHUR
doesn’t resist.
NOAH
Let’s hear him out
ARTHUR looks at NOAH and he stands down. NOAH steps on the bug
Talk!
OTTO
I was forced to work for Basilisk for 3 years. I was worked in
intelligence and after I found out there were people threatening
Basilisks infrastructure, I decided I wanted to find the people
that could help and give them the information I have.
ARTHUR
Why were you acting so creepy?
OTTO
Well I was making sure it was you, and besides before I could do
anything you had me pinned to a wall
ARTHUR
Fair enough
NOAH
Right ok let’s get out of here, anyone walks in now it’s going to
look… weird
NOAH lifts-up OTTO and ARTHUR follows them out of the bathroom.
They all come out of once and walk through the pub. There is a much
larger increase of people in the bar and many without drinks.
ARTHUR
Theirs’s not usually this many people in here
NOAH
Yeah.
ARTHUR
Want a drink
 NOAH
Yeah why not
Stay close to me
He looks at OTTO as he says this with an alarming look which
makes OTTO nervous. They sit at the bar and order a beer.

OTTO
Well… like I was saying, I work for basilisk’s intelligence unit,
this unit is located in the biggest of the three locations.
Daemon visits every 5-6 months and usually stays for a month
checking progress. I only know where this location is, so we
would have to breach him there. It is located…

ARTHUR is about to take a sip of his drink before he is tackled

off his stool to the ground. NOAH is then attacked by an armed man.
The man tries to slash him with the knife. NOAH blocks the knife
away from his body, slams the knife down on the table and slams
his head down onto the knife. The man falls to the ground taking
the knife with it.
ARTHUR enraged. Rips the man who tackled him, off on to the floor,
he delivers a fatal stamp to the man’s head. He engages the next
man and hits him up against a wall. He slams the man’s head, several
times brutally, drawing back the man’s head before slamming it one
last time.
ARTHUR
We need to get our shit and get out of here, now!
NOAH drops the last thug to the ground and grabs OTTO. They leave
the bar and head back in a panicked state. The arrive to the
house and quickly grab their things.
NOAH
Have you got everything, Arthur?
ARTHUR
I should have, ill check the back room
ARTHUR goes into the backroom and searches round the room. OTTO
comes in, and walks over quietly.
OTTO
Who’s the lucky lady?

ARTHUR
What?!
OTTO
The ring?
OTTO point at the ring and ARTHUR pauses. He looks down, before
looking back at OTTO with an unsettling glare.
OTTO
I’m sorry if I offended you, I didn’t mean anything by it
ARTHUR looks down, controlling his anger. He looks back up with a
softer look on his face.
ARTHUR
You didn’t know.
ARTHUR walks back into the living room. And places his bag of
stuff on the bed.
ARTHUR
Where are we going, because we sure as hell can’t stay here.
Noah?
NOAH
Maria? she can get us off the grid.
ARTHUR hears a noise, he walks over to the window, he spot four
silhouettes walk into the apartment building.
ARTHUR
We gotta go now.
ARTHUR looks over at OTTO.
ARTHUR
Stay close
NOAH moves towards the door.
NOAH
 Arthur, where?
ARTHUR
4 men, stair well
NOAH
Any other way out
ARTHUR
No
NOAH
Then we go through them
They storm out of the house and they begin the push through them.
They attempt to stop them, but Arthur throws them off, with OTTO
running past and NOAH finishing them off. They exit the building
complex. They run down the street. NOAH takes out his phone. He
scrolls through and finds Maria’s number. He calls her.
NOAH
Maria, I’ve got a favor.
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The doorbell rings. MARIA opens the door. The 3 stand at the
door.
MARIA
Arthur
ARTHUR
Maria…
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MARIA
So, let me get this straight, you want me to get you off the grid
so that you can go and hunt down Basilisk… again.
ARTHUR
Pretty much, yeah
MARIA
The things I do for you
She types and clicks a few buttons.
 MARIA
You are now officially off the radar.
She stands up from her desk and walks over to OTTO.

MARIA
Maria, that’s all you need to know
OTTO
Otto, nice to meet you.
She walks out of her office and the follow.
ARTHUR
I don’t mean to intrude, but have you got any beer
MARIA
we don't drink in this house, water would be good for you
ARTHUR grunts and OTTO walks away. NOAH is about to walk off,
MARIA stops him and puts him into one side.
MARIA
Why are you doing this, why now?
NOAH
Arthur needs this
MARIA
How’s he been holding up
NOAH
Well what do you think, he lost everything. I should never have
left.
MARIA
You did what you had to do
NOAH
I left him when he needed me most. We both did
ARTHUR is looking over the banister. he has another hallucination
of the squad is getting ready for another mission.
MONTAGE OF HAIRCUT, TRAINING, SUITING UP. After the montage OTTO
discusses about the plan. Mentioning a laptop that they need to
retrieve, as it has everything of daemons and would be able to
backset his plans.
They are both standing at the door with OTTO. They finish
preparing, cocking back their weapons. ARTHUR picks up a beer and
takes a swig. He looks at NOAH and smirks.
ARTHUR
Old habits die hard
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ARTHUR, NOAH and OTTO proceed towards the facility. ARTHUR walks
into the facility before having a hallucination. He sees his old
squad die, being picked off one by one. ARTHUR becomes distressed
and grabs his head. NOAH walks over to him trying to calm him
down.
NOAH
Is everything alright
ARTHUR looks up at NOAH.
ARTHUR
Everything’s fine, let’s do this
They begin to go into the building.
MARIA
Arthur on your left
He turns and swiftly takes out the first guard. OTTO leads ARTHUR
and NOAH down the corridor, and they take out the next guard.
They make their way through the warehouse, taking out anyone in
their way. They move into a large area, where MARIA begins to
break up.
ARTHUR
Maria, do you see anything
MARIA
Be… care…fu-… i- losing… (Distorted speech)
ARTHUR
Maria, do you copy
MARIA cuts out.
DAEMON walks out with a person either side of him. They begin to
unload suppressive fire on ARTHUR and NOAH. ARTHUR and NOAH jump
behind cover.
ARTHUR
You got a plan?

NOAH
Nope, you?
ARTHUR
No… shit.
OTTO slide over into their cover.
OTTO
I got a plan
ARTHUR
Well thank god for that
OTTO
Daemons laptop, it just over by the crates, But I need a distraction
ARTHUR
I’ve got an idea
Listen, I need you to take this, keep it safe
NOAH
That’s your promise ring, I can’t take this
ARTHUR
I know what it is, and I need you to keep it safe for me
NOAH
What are you doing Arthur? You can’t do this Arthur!
ARTHUR
DAEMON!!!
The shooting stops.
NOAH
Arthur don’t
He grabs ARTHURS arm. Expecting ARTHUR to retaliate, he is
surprised to see him look back and smile
ARTHUR
Trust me
NOAH lets go

ARTHUR
You killed my squad, you killed my wife, how about you come
finish the job. Man to man, I wanna see you bleed. Stand your men
down… and let’s finish this.
DAEMON