FADE IN:INT. DREAM SEQUENCE, LIBRARY CHECKOUT DESK -- DAYA buxom CONSTANCE FAIRCHILD(18), in a blue dress, stands infront a library checkout desk facing a prim LIBRARIAN(30)with her hair in a bun. There is no one else present. Thelibrarian wears a prominent name-tag that says "Librarian".LIBRARIANThat book doesn’t exist anymore.CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDThat’s impossible!LIBRARIAN(calmly, as her face chars andmelts)There’s nothing I can do.The librarian bursts into flames. Constance looks down ather hands. The skin on Constance’s hands chars and fallsoff and she screams.A nuclear fireball consumes New York City.INT. CONSTANCE’S BEDROOM -- NIGHTConstance wakes, screaming. She checks her hands to see thatthey are OK. She gets up and puts on a robe.INT. HOTEL GIFT SHOP -- DAYYawning, Constance examines a watch held by the femaleCLERK(25). She wears typical college student attire andcarries a backpack of books. Dressed like a Secret Serviceagent, THOMAS FIELDS(45) looks on.CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDIt’s my birthday present to myself.CLERK(with a French accent)Happy birthday, Miss Fairchild.Constance puts on the watch.CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDI’m going to be late for class!Constance runs from the shop, followed by Thomas Fields.

2.THOMAS FIELDS(into his lapel microphone)Eagle’s moving. Location Bravo.EXT. WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK -- DAYGeorge and Constance stroll through the park as ThomasFields watches from a distance. Demonstrators chantingDun-ford, Dun-ford march in a circle carrying signs: "Longlive Apostle Dunford!" "Put Rapture Runways on Campus!"CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDThere’s something in the air. Ijust sense it.GEORGE PETERSON(smiling)I smell it too. It’s called agarbage strike.CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDNo! It’s the dream I had! Dreamsalways mean something. Mine do,anyway. Like echoes of thefuture...GEORGE PETERSONYou sound like this friend of myfamily ... this shaman. Uh ... uh(beat)Would you like to go out with me?To dinner or a movie?CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDOh! OK. When do you...?Constance’s cell-phone beeps, interrupting her. She listensand shuts it off.CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDI’m sorry George. I’ve got to go.My family business wants me forsomething.GEORGE PETERSONYour family has a business?CONSTANCE FAIRCHILDI’m the only one in my family. My... my parents ... a few years agothey died. Now the businesssupports me and pays for school.