1 BLACK.

NARRATOR SPEAKS

Screen is BLACK as the NARRATOR speaks to the audience.

Sounds of LEAVES in the WIND can be heard in the
distance.

NARRATOR
It is the root of all our feeling.
Humanity's most basic of emotion - the
desire for more. Yet something so simple,
binds humanity to one. A consciousness
untouched by our trifling rules. Many
have sought the meaning to existence; the
one tether that ties everything together.
Many speak of deities as this means. But
I speak of more treacherous ventures;
those whom are mortals amongst the gods.
Testing the very meaning of what is to be
alive. And it is in these Trails of the
Mind, we see the limitless power of the
human imagination.

Brief pause for title fade-in.

Over Black - Trials of the Mind

NARRATOR (CONT’D)
We begin near the end.

Over Black - The End

FADE-IN

2 EXT. METRO CITY STREETS - DAY

The camera opens on ANDREW ESNER, 18, standing outside in

the city streets. The sound of LEAVES and WIND fade as
the effects of EXPLOSIONS take precedent. Andrew thinks
to himself as war thunders in the background.

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

What am I doing here? I once spoke of
happy endings, only to find reality a sad
disposition to a chaotic future. I fear
this will be the end. It’s just a feeling
I can’t shake. But the end to what is the
question?

Andrew looks around, in an attempt to find something

familiar.
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3 EXT. METRO CITY STREETS - DAY

Off in the distance a shock-wave hits the streets causing

them to buckle down into the sewers.

The smell becomes overbearing, causing Andrew to fall to

his knees. The feeling is like a brick being forced
through his body.

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

I need to collect myself - focus Andrew.

In an attempt to do so, he sits back calming his body and

mind. He inhales harmoniously - soothing his senses. He
begins to count to himself. Each count causes his focus
to shift to a sight of a dead super, done in by the
mysterious villain.

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

(CONT’D)
One.

4 EXT. METRO CITY STREETS - DAY

A flash happens showing the audience the corpse of Naut,

38. Sprawled out dead amongst the rubble.

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

Two.

5 INT. METRO CITY BUILDING - DAY

A second flash happens, this time showing the dead body

of Vanessa hooked onto a scrap metal piece hanging from a
building.

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

Three.

The third and final flash occurs showing the audience

Mausk, 26, dead. His head pulverized by a layer of cured
concrete.

6 EXT. METRO CITY STREETS - DAY

From across the street the Super, Titan, 34, emerges from
the back streets dressed in a Super’s costume. A blue
line over the black cloth runs from his waste up to his
chest where is splits and runs down each arm-forming a T.
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TITAN
Esner!

Titan runs across the street. Touches Andrews shoulders

to sooth him. Andrew’s eyes open as he looks up at the
Super.

TITAN (CONT’D)
Andrew, we need to get moving, you don’t
need to be around this any longer.

ANDREW ESNER
(emotionless)
They’re dead, Titan. Naut, Vanessa, even
Mausk.

TITAN
I know, but we cannot focus on that right
now. There will come a time where we can,
but now is what we need to concern
ourselves with.

ANDREW ESNER
Death was their end and it should be
mine. We cannot leave with so many dead,
Titan.

TITAN
It’s not safe for you Andrew.

ANDREW ESNER
It’s not safe for any of us. It wants us,
it wants me. Why should more have to die
in cause of my existence?

TITAN
Because you’re not ready to face those
demons yet. You are young, life has just
begun for you, why even tempt fait?

Andrew walks away and more into the city. Titan SIGHS at
his stubbornness.

TITAN (CONT’D)
There will be many times to die, Andrew,
does it really have to be this one?

ANDREW ESNER
What better time than the one where it
matters? You know that Titan.

Titan walks to Andrew and become parallel with Andrew.

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TITAN
Who taught you that load of shit?

ANDREW ESNER
You.

Titan reflects sardonically, letting out a brief SIGH.

An EXPLOSION occurs in the distance, taking a 40 Story

building with it. Beat. The pulverized concrete creates a
thick cloud in the distance. Beat. From it emerges a BMW
car hurdling through the air. Beat.

ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

Um. Titan.

TITAN
I see it.

Titan plants his feet while Andrew takes a few steps to

the side. Beat. Titan catches the luxurious sedan. He
then smoothly tosses the car back towards the cloud from
which it emerged. Beat.

TITAN (CONT’D)
If that’s all, then maybe we don’t have
to worry.

Andrew notices something else emerge from the cloud, a

GAS TANKER TRUCK. Both Andrew and Titan’s eyes widen.

ANDREW ESNER
Well, now that’s different.

TITAN
Holy shi...

Titan grabs Andrew by each arm, as he hugs him closely,

bends his knees and launches into the air. Beat. The
TANKER EXPLODES on impact sending the airborne duo even
further into the sky. Beat.

7 EXT. ABOVE METRO CITY - DAY

Moments pass as the two are shot further into the

heavens, they enter the rain clouds above. Titan begins
to speak to Andrew, yelling, as the WIND makes it hard to
hear.

TITAN
We’re to high!
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ANDREW ESNER
What?! You mean your super strength can’t
help us here? Convenient.

TITAN
We’ll land like bugs on a windshield.

Titan and Andrew reach the height of their assent, just

breaching the clouds-revealing the dark blue SKY -
prefect and beautiful. Stars can be seen as faint specks,
with the sun just setting below the far horizon. Time
slows as Andrew reflects.

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

There are few moments I will always
remember, and this will be one.
Perfection has its many beauties,
constantly reminding us of once was. It
could be the reposing breeze, the stars,
or certain death. But it reminds me none-
the-less, of a time far less perfect.

FADE OUT

TEXT OVERLAY - “THE MIDDLE”

8 INT. THEREPY OFFICE - DAY

Andrew enters a room filled with warming feeling.

Trinkets fill every nook, while a huge fluffy green chair
sits next to the south wall. To the north wall a couch,
same color and style, lays inviting anyone to rest
amongst its down cushions.

JANE MITCHAL
Please take a seat.

ANDREW ESNER
Do I get the couch or the chair?

JANE MITCHAL
Well, people usually feel more
comfortable with the couch, but the chair
is far more relaxing.

ANDREW ESNER
The couch, please.

Andrew sits on the couch. Its not too soft, nor to film.
Jane takes our her trusty notebook to document the day’s
events.
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JANE MITCHAL
Andrew, I must start out by saying its a
shear pleasure to have you here. Your
mother has talked many time about her
wonderful son, and many a time I wished I
could get to meet you.

Andrew looks palsying around the room, anxious and

cautious in his stare. Examining at every little detail
for a flaw or mark that separates those perfectionist
from the dysfunctional.

JANE MITCHAL (CONT’D)

Would you care to start out by telling me
why you think you’re here?

ANDREW ESNER
I’m here...

He pauses in anticipation to the next phrase, not knowing

really why he was there.

ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

I’m here because my mother referred me to
you. Shes been coming here for several
month and you’ve worked wonders for her-
or so she says. And she’s hoping you can
do the same for me.

JANE MITCHAL
You don’t think you need therepy?

ANDREW ESNER
I never said that. I mean, everyone has
their problems, but I don’t necessarily
think you’re going to be able to treat
mine.

JANE MITCHAL
Why’s that?

ANDREW ESNER
Because I understand what’s going on,
it’s just process of getting from point A
to point B that I’m struggling with.

JANE MITCHAL
Andrew, I’ve dealt with many Supers
before. Most of whom say those same
words, verbatim.
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ANDREW ESNER
See, that’s the point I try to make. I am
not a super. I don’t have super abilities
that set me apart from normality of human
life. I am me, and that’s it.

JANE MITCHAL
Tell me about school.

ANDREW ESNER
No much to say. After semester I stopped
attending, and now Im here.

JANE MITCHAL
Why did you drop out?

ANDREW ESNER
I didn’t drop out. I..

Andrew pauses in recollection to the reality of the

question.

JANE MITCHAL
Because of what, Andrew?

ANDREW ESNER
Because I was in a coma for 2 months and
couldn’t finish the semester, so why the
rest of it?

ANDREW INNER THOUGHT

She knows... Damnit mother.

JANE MITCHAL
Why were you in a coma.

Andrew went silent at the realization that his mother had

talked about his being hospitalized and it worried him.
He didnt feel as though he needed to be fixed, nor
tinkered with, so why was he?

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

I’m sorry Curtis.

JANE MITCHAL
Andrew?

ANDREW ESNER
Isn’t our time up?

JANE MITCHAL
Yes, I think it is.
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Jane jots several notes down furiously. Then looks to

Andrew with one request.

JANE MITCHAL (CONT’D)

Andrew, I would like for you to do
something for me. Take this.

She reaches over the chair’s arm and into her leather
portfolio, emerging with a green spiral notebook.

JANE MITCHAL (CONT’D)

And write down anything you feel
important enough to write down.

ANDREW ESNER
Like a journal?

JANE MITCHAL
More like a diary of the inner thought.

Andrew takes the notebook from Jane and looks at her. She
leans back and smiles.

9 INT. ESNER HOUSE - DAY

Andrew gazes at the television looking for something to

inspire him. He stops on a movie of a normal man who
dresses up as a bat and saves other people - he laughs
and continues to search. He comes across the nightly news
and their top story of the night.

ANCHOR WOMEN
Tonight’s top story: Metro’s own Titan
once again acts as the masked savor by
rescuing a bus load of children from
certain death. The Markwood school bus’s
breaks we apparently cut. And launched
itself off a seaside cliff, Titan pulled
them to the rescue. From all of
Metroville, Titan, we thank you. Whom
ever you are.

This sparks copious amounts of reaction from Andrew. He

takes out his notebook given to him by Jane, ad begins to
document various Super’s activity, as seen on the nightly
news.

The voice of Andrew overlays with the top stories for 7

days with the written text blended in with the
background.
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ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

Entry 1: “Titan saves school bus children
form certian death” Why do Supers save
us? Better yet, why do they save us and
ask for nothing in return.
Entry 2: “Mirage rescue lost kitten from
drug lord.” It is with their acts kids
form virtues, but still no answer as to
why.
Entry 3: No Super Activity today and mom
made soup again. Bleh.

10 INT. THEREPY OFFICE - DAY

JANE MITCHAL
So, Andrew, did you find anything worth
documenting?

Andrew hands Jane the spiral journal. She leans forward

takes it from and resumes her lax position. Opening the
journal she finds that Andrew is filled with questions
regarding Supers. She ponders this over and then begins
to bounce her questions to Andrew.

ANDREW ESNER
So? Is this what you were looking for?

JANE MITCHAL
Well, to be honest, no. Truthfully, this
was an attempt on my part to learn more
about your past and how you got to be who
you are today. But this is good. Although
it wasn’t what I was “looking for” this
still gives me great insight into who you
are today. You have quite the fascination
with Supersheroes.

ANDREW ESNER
So..?

JANE MITCHAL
So we can use this to delve more into the
your mind and examine why.

Andrew hears this, and let out a resounding sigh.

ANDREW ESNER
Great.
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11 EXT. ABOVE METRO CITY - DAY

Titan and Andrew fall to the streets from the their

towering position beyond the clouds. Both keeping
moderately calm in leu of their current situation.

ANDREW ESNER
So, what, you’re telling me we’re going
to die?

TITAN
Unless you have any better ideas, yes!

They increase speed drastically bolting towards the

earth. Gravity takes hold of their flimsy, fleshy bodies
and hammers them towards the crust.

TITAN (CONT’D)
Hold on!

With one long camera shot, they re-enter the clouds, as

moisture cleanses their faces. They exit the clouds now
able to view the streets. Beat. They continue to increase
speed. Beat. They enter between the skyscrapers, people
are ants, and cars are the beetles roaming the wide
earth. Beat. A faint black speck grows larger from the
distance and then swallows to falling couple.

12 INT. ANDREW’S ROOM - NIGHT

Andrew wakes screaming from his nightmare. Heart racing

and in panic he sits there reflecting.

OS: ANDREW ESNER

I had a nightmare, last night.

OS: JANE MITCHEL

A nightmare? What was it about?

13 INT. THEREPY OFFICE - DAY

JANE MITCHAL
Andrew, what is it?

ANDREW ESNER
I was falling.

JANE MITCHAL
Falling... Where you alone?
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ANDREW ESNER
Yes..

He pauses in retrospect trying to find the words that

explain what it was that separates these from the
normality of humanity.

ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

It wasn’t so much as me falling, as it

was the world being taken from under my
feet. Everyone seemed so pleasant, but
they weren’t real - something about them
made them inhuman.

JANE MITCHAL
What about them made them inhuman?

ANDREW ESNER
They had no feeling. Everyone walked the
streets in uniform, solum and desolate.

Andrew’s mind jumps to the memory of said dream.

14 EXT. SOME CITY STREETS - DAY

In what seems as a circus of dark clowns, hundreds of

people line the streets uniformly dressed in business
attire. They stand at an intersection, still, and facing
towards the center of the crossways; at Andrew. Who is
too dressed in a uniform grey scale attire.

O/S: ANDREW ESNER

Everyone stood there looking at me. And
it was almost as if their eyes demanded
answers.

O/S: JANE MITCHAL

Answers to what?

15 INT. THEREPY OFFICE - DAY

JANE MITCHAL
What question are they trying to get
answered?

ANDREW ESNER
Why they can’t cry.

The two are interrupted by a loud KNOCK at the downstairs

doorway.
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Jane jumps slightly startled by the noise behind the

silence of the calm room. The air had become somewhat
tense in the room. She then remembers she had asked s
specialist to come talk with Andrew for a few moments.

JANE MITCHAL
Oh, yes. Andrew, I hope you don’t mind,
but I asked a close friend of mine to
come talk with you this week.

ANDREW ESNER
What?

JANE MITCHAL
I know this is a bit unorthodox but you
might find some answers by getting to
know him.

Jane steadily gets up out of her seat and continues down

stairs. Andrew can hear the SOUNDS of DOORS OPENING and
CLOSING with mixed mumbles of HELLO’s and other prequzing
dialogue.

JANE MITCHAL (CONT’D)

(faint in the distance)
He is up there waiting for you.

MICHAEL FISHER
Thank you, Jane.

Andrew then hears large foot steps making its way up the
stairs - And the quick KNOCK. The door opens to reveal
Michael Fisher,28, year old man, dressed in a suite and
red tie. His footsteps match his built body. Andrew looks
at Michael puzzled as to why the man is here.

MICHAEL FISHER (CONT’D)

And you must be Andrew.

ANDREW ESNER
And you are?

MICHAEL FISHER
Michael Fisher, but my friends call me
Titan.

16 EXT. METRO CITY STREETS - DAY

Titan kneels on the ground in attempts to wake the

unconscious Andrew. When he final comes to e is safely on
the ground.
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ANDREW ESNER
What the hell happened?

MICHAEL FISHER
As we were plummeting to our death, you
passed out and Stax saved us.

Andrew looks behind Titan and see’s Stax, 34, dressed in

red stretchy suit. Stax has the ability act as elastic
and stretch to nearly any size. He then faces Titan and
Andrew.

STAX
So this is him?

MICHAEL FISHER
Yes, now what do you have for me?

STAX
Nothing new. Other villains are taking
this opportunity to rummage about the
city wreaking havoc. I’ve already caught
several looters in electronic stores.

MICHAEL FISHER
Good work. What about...

Before titan could finish the Jupiter building to their

left explodes send shrapnel in every direction. A steel
bar is shot through the air striking Stax dead center
puncturing his flesh. Like a dart, Stax is thrown against
the opposite building, in lifeless body dangling.

Titan protects Andrew from several cement pieces that

could easily crush ay human. Andrew still on the ground,
protects his eyes from stray rubble.

The event calms, leaving it just Andrew and Titan.

Pulverized concrete hangs think in the subtle air. A
sense of power looms behind the masking cloud. Andrew
feels the presence of another, he knows he’s been found.
His name is called out elongated and hissed.

ERIS
Esner.

Andrew spins around looking for the origin of the sound.

In his turn he realizes Titan cannot be seen. He calls
for him.
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ANDREW ESNER
Titan!

ERIS
ESNER.

ANDREW ESNER
(louder)
TITAN!

17 EXT. SUBURBS OF METRO CITY - DAY

Trees hang to the sides of the street. The greens and

browns are profound. Andre and Michael walk on the
sidewalk talking about events and heroes.

ANDREW ESNER
So you can’t fly?

MICHAEL FISHER
As much as I would like to, no. Its more
of just a jumping really high.

ANDREW ESNER
Do those reporters know?

MICHAEL FISHER
No, but I let them have their fun.

A brief pause happens as Andrew contemplates to ask him

the question he’s been wanting to know since the
beginning.

ANDREW ESNER
Why are you here?

Michael thinks about this, pausing a few moments,

figuring the right words to address this sensitive issue.

MICHAEL FISHER
(clearing his throat)
I’m here for you. Jane told me about what
happened. Or what your mother told her
what happened. There has been much
speculation regarding the issue. A lot of
which even you’ve been kept blind to.

Andrew’s eyes look worried. He glances to the ground,

then to the green trees.
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ANDREW ESNER
I know what happened. Six hospitalized,
fifteen injured and two dead.

Michael sees the flaw in his numbers and regrettably

corrects him.

MICHAEL FISHER
That last number, Esner, has increase
since the last time you were told
anything.

Andrew reluctantly inquires as to how much it varied.

ANDREW ESNER
How many are...

Before Andrew could finish his question Michael tells

him.

MICHAEL FISHER
Ten.

Andrews steps pause, he swallows the guilt and anger,

ostracizing it to the chiasms of his consciousness.

ANDREW ESNER
But they told me..

Again, Michael interrupts Andrew’s question.

MICHAEL FISHER
At the time your peers were stable in the
hospital, but after some time most of
them began to fade away. Some stopped
eating, and some just stopped breathing.
They entered a stage the medical world
refers to as a waking-coma.

As Michael carries on with his dialogue Andrew’s mind

begins to swell with feeling. Michael’s voice slowly
fades out, until the last word is spoken - then silence.

MICHAEL FISHER (CONT’D)

Their minds seemed to separate from their
bodies and they just died - cold and
alone, they just laid there to pass on.

Fade Out
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18 EXT. METRO CITY STREETS - DAY

The cloud of pulverized concrete fills the air. Andrew

cannot find Esner. He spins searching thinking of his
demise and truly being alone. A voice calls out.

ERIS
Andrew Esner.

Amoung the dark clouds a figure takes shape. The dust

collects together to form a more dense figure. It takes
shape of semi coporeal women. Andrew’s eyes widen as fear
grips him. Andrew closes his eyes and tries to calm
himself.

ANDREW ESNER
One. Two. Thr...

ERIS
Counting won’t help. Your eyes cannot
simply shut to make all this go away.

Eris laughs.

The sound of her voice doesnt seem to be something of

this physically reality. It almost as if the sounds are
inside Andrew’s head.

ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

Titan where are you?

ERIS
Your friend Titan isn’t hear right now.
Can I take a message?

ANDREW ESNER
TITAN!

Eris laughs, bellowing loudly with a deep bombarding

undertone.

Andrew turns and runs opposite from where the figure took
form. Almost blind Andrew tries to navigate his way
through the wreckage.

After a moment of running and several times tripping,

Andrew emerges from the cloud. He takes a second to
reallocate himself but then sees Titan unconscious on the
ground.

ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

Titan...
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He runs over to the still body, colaspses to his knees

and checks his pulse. Steady and firm.

ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

Titan wake up. Titan.

He sakes his body slightly. Titans eyes slowly open and

he gazes up to Andrew.

TITAN
Esner. Where is Eris?

ANDREW ESNER
Eris?

ERIS
Here.

As Eris speaks her dialogue the Super goes from her semi
coporeal form among the concrete cloud, to seemingly
dissolve into flesh. Her skin is soft and firm. Her hair
melts with the air, spouting about like the concrete
clouds from her head. She takes foot, and begins to walk
towards them.

ERIS (CONT’D)
Right amongst you and your kind, Titan.
Quiet coincidentally it were the gods
that brought the great Titans to their
knees, defeating them.

Titan finds himself to his feet. Standing proudly.

TITAN
I never really liked Greek mythology.

Titan jumps to action. Lunging at the villain. He enters

with his right fist flaring to strike.

Before his blow lands, the Super dissolves into the

ether. Leaving Titan to stumble in dismay.

ERIS
Is violence really the only thing you
resort to? Tisk Tisk. I would imagine
someone like yourself would be gifted
with brawn and intelligence. Can you not
see I just want to have a little chat
with our friend?

Eris looks at Andrew and he stares back. Raising the

question in his mind.
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ANDREW’S INNER THOUGHT

Friend? Me? Why does she want me?

ERIS
I want you because of what you can do.
Has everyone neglected to tell you?

TITAN
Andrew don’t think or talk. She can read
your mind.

Andrew nods in affirmation to Titan comment but continues

on regardless.

ANDREW ESNER
Tell me what?

TITAN
Esner!

ANDREW ESNER
No, Titan. I want to know - I deserve to
know.

Looking from Titan to the aired witch.

ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

Tell me what?

ERIS
Haven’t you ever wondered how?

ANDREW ESNER
Everyday.

ERIS
They haven’t told you because they don’t
think you ready. But me? (laughing) Well,
I don’t really care. It’s time you
learned what makes you a Super.

19 FADE OUT

20 INT. THEREPY OFFICE - OVER BLACK

O/S: ANDREW ESNER

I think I’m ready to remember.

O/S: JANE MITCHAL

Are you sure? I know you’ve had your...
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Interrupting Jane, Andrew is stead fast on his decision.

O/S: ANDREW ESNER

I’m ready.

O/S: JANE MITCHAL

Alright. Close your eyes. On the count of
three I’m going to snap my fingers. One.
Two. Three.

SNAP

21 INT. METROVILLE SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED - DAY

22 FADE IN

Younger Andrew’s head lays sleeping on the cold dark

marble science table. A little drip of droll can be seen.

O/S: JANE MITCHAL

What do you remember?

SALLY
Esner, wake up!

O/S: ANDREW ESNER

I remember Sally Jacobs yelling at me
because I fell asleep in class again. She
was my lab partner. I really hated her.

Sally pushed a piece of paper on it with complex math

equations to Andrew. Demaning.

SALLY
Do these.

O/S: ANDREW ESNER

She wanted me to figure out how to
balance the chemical equation. But my
mind felt very light and seemed to wander
easily.

Younger Andrew’s eyes shifted towards Marcus, 17. He was

young and very attractive. He too was trying to solve to
chemical problem, but for some reason had a smile on.

O/S: ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

I looked over at Marcus, who had recently
become a love interest. I was fascinated
with him and he was with me. Young lust.
(pause) And that is when it started.
 20.

The room to Andrew became dim and everything seemed very

separated. His mind started to disconnect from his body
and he lost all control of movement. He fell to his knees
and managed to hug his chest. A sharp pain gripped his
heart, squeezing it. A high pitched SCREECH covered the
room, getting louder with every passing second. Andrew
closed his eyes and lost all memory. His peers, one by
one began to fall over from their seats - grasping their
ears has the fell.

O/S: ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

At first I just lost control of my body.
I fell to my knees. Then the lights
dimmed and my chest began to hurt. A
sound overtook my mind, screaming at me.
Screaming like an alarm, like I shouldn't
be there. It wanted me to leave and not
come back. They started to fall over and
I couldn’t save them. Then blackness. I
shut my eyes. I woke up I the hospital
room 2 months later.

23 INT. THEREPY OFFICE - DAY

JANE MITCHAL
Alright, Andrew. I’m going to count to
three and snap my fingers and when I do,
you’re going to come awake. One. Two.
Three.

SNAP

24 FADE OUT

25 EXT. METRO CITY STREETS - DUSK

The trio stand around unmoved since last seen.

ERIS
You killed them, Andrew. Everyone that
was in that room. You stripped their
minds from their bodies and left them
lifeless.

ANDREW ESNER
That’s not what I wanted.

ERIS
Of course not. But, that doesn’t change
the fact, you did.
(MORE)
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ERIS (CONT'D)
How do you live with the gilt of
murdering those innocent children?

ANDREW ESNER
I try not to think about it.

ERIS
How noble. That’s what this bafoon has
taught you? To ignore the truth.

TITAN
That’s enough.

ANDREW ESNER
Quiet Titan. Please let her speak.

ERIS
Andrew have you ever heard of the
collective unconscious?

TITAN
No! Andrew!

Titan bolts towards Eris in an attempt to stop her from

revealing the truth to Andrew.

Titan throws a punch towards the Super as she dissolves

away like before. But Titan being quick on his feat and
no falling for that same trick twice, catches his balance
and redirects his momentum towards her arrival point.
Striking her dead in the back.

Eris YELPS in pain as she flies forward hitting the

ground. For the first time she is fully coporeal.

ERIS
Why you son-of-a. I am going to rip you
apart limb from limb.

Eris hops of the ground. Titan rushes towards her ready

another strike. He jumps, she catches him. She throws him
to her left smashing him against the side building.
Again, to the right. She smashes him into the ground on
his front, then flips him around to his back.

ERIS (CONT’D)
Andrew, your mind having felt that
emotion connected with the great unknown
power that be. And some how managed to
enter that realm. By doing so the
emotions from all humanity entered your
mind and whom every you were connected
to.
(MORE)
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ERIS (CONT’D)
From there it spread from mind to mind,
like a virus - over loading them, frying
their brains. And if you do not open a
connection to the collective now, I will
kill him.

Andrew didn’t know how he accomplished such a feat and

stumbled on figuring out how.

ANDREW ESNER
I don’t know how I did it. It just
happened.

ERIS
Do it or HE dies!

Titan begins to scream as Eris starts to separate his

chest cavity with her powers.

ERIS (CONT’D)
DO IT!

Andrew closes his eyes and tries to calm his mind.

Remembering that day and the feeling he had. He tried to
make his mind light and abstract but he just couldn’t do
it. Tears began to run down his face in the presence of
such pressure.

ANDREW ESNER
I can’t!

In complete quietness.

ERIS
Fine.

ANDREW ESNER
No!

Eris spreads her hands. Titan chest bulges and his

screams get even louder. The high pitch RINGING from the
school quietly takes effect. Beat. Titan chest begins to
split and finally bursts throwing his blood everywhere.
Beat. Eris holds the still beating heart, letting the
blood and other flesh fall street side. Arteries still
connected. Beat. Andrew’s eyes widen as he finally gets
the will to move, he runs over to Titan. And right before
he gets there Eris rips the vessels from the heart like
cords from the wall.

ANDREW ESNER (CONT’D)

TITAN!
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Andrew slides over to his friend with just enough time to

watch his eyes close and body go still. The RINGING is
loud and over bearing now.

Eris begins to smile as she sees Andrew connect with the

field. The world goes dark and Andrew begins to separate
from his body. His eyes close.

ERIS
Let the power guide you, Andrew. Feel the
energy of the collective. Now...

ANDREW ESNER
Stop.

Eris looks dismayed at Andrew. Questioning him. Andrew’s

eyes are still closed. And the ring can still be heard.

ERIS
I have help you achieve this Andrew.

ANDREW ESNER
You have done nothing, but cause more
pain in my already dismal life. I stand
emotionless everyday because of people
like you. But no longer. I understand
what I must do to rid the world of people
just like you.

ERIS
What do you mean?

The ringing suddenly stops.

Andrew opens his eyes, revealing the collective to the

world. His body begins to rise and floats in the air. The
colors of the world brighten, and skyrocket in saturation
and contrast. Everything becomes very bright and clear.
Instinationiously Eris is incinerated as Andrew emits a
huge shock-wave filled with wonderful colors and hues.
Then quickly all the colors from the world are sucked in
the embodiment of the collective. The world is left with
shades of grey and no emotion.

Andrew’s body slowly descends back to the ground. His

eyes are open and aware of the alteration he just made
upon the world.
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26 FADE OUT

O/S: ANDREW ESNER

It is in their memory I live to be
another - a better - person. A person who
will lead humanity to a new theater, a
person who will alter the course of
reality - and in their absence become
something more. For I will take upon my
shoulders the dreams of all man, and
protect them, until they are ready to
face their own emotive nightmares.