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The Umbrella Academy: Trade 1 – Apocalypse Suite

Based on the Comic Book Series by Gabriel Ba and Gerard Way

Screenplay by Austin Maggs

OVER BLACK

“Introduction”

FADE IN:

INT. ARENA, WRESTLING RING – NIGHT

Several angry and excited fans cheer on opposite opponents. The “face” wrestler is a muscular man, built like the hulk. This is TUSSLIN’ TOM.

The “heel” wrestler is not human. The crowd boos the heel. A seven-foot-long tentacle swings across the ring and smacks Tom out of the ring.

The audience chants, “Let’s go Tom!”

The REFEREE isn’t counting Tom, in favor of him.

The heel opponent is revealed to be a large alien squid with razor-sharp teeth and tentacles with a glue-type substance covering the tentacles. This is RIGEL.

The referee picking favorites outrages Rigel. One of Rigel’s tentacles forcefully wraps itself around the referee. He screams in panic. Rigel brings the referee closer and bites down over the top of his body.

Blood sprays, covering the ring mat with puddles of blood. Blood sprinkles mildly onto audience members in the front row.

Tom smirks at the monster. He is covered in the referee’s blood.

TOM:

You think that’s supposed to scare me!?

Tom digs his arms deep in the apron under the ring. He pulls out a steel chair with barbed wire wrapped tightly over it.

Rigel’s tentacles try to smack Tom but tom impales the wired chair into the tentacle. The tentacle is stuck onto the chair as Tom ties it in between the ring ropes.

Rigel screams in monstrous pain.

Tom them draws a baseball bat from under the ring as Rigel continues to try to free is restrained tentacle. Tom reenters the ring and takes a forceful swing to Rigel’s head, followed by another. Rigel squirms in pain.

Green blood is splattering from Rigel’s skull onto Tom.

The crowd grows wilder with more chants.

Rigel appears to be bloodied and half dead. Tom drops the bat and taunts to the crowd, gaining more cheers. He steps onto the turnbuckle of the ring and delivers a big frog-splash finisher.

A second REFEREE enters and counts to three. Rigel doesn’t answer the count and Tom wins. He celebrates his victory with the crowd and his handed a championship belt.

Tom’s entrance theme, “I’m your Boogieman” by Rob Zombie plays loudly throughout the arena.

ANNOUNCER:

Here is your winner… TUSSLIN’ TOM!

The screen PAUSES, focusing on a picture of Tom holding the belt around his shoulder.

A narrator with a smooth, older, and mildly creepy voice (similar to Malcolm McDowell’s) begins to speak.

NARRATOR:

It was the same year Tusslin’ Tom Gurney knocked out the space squid Rigel from Rigel X9. It happened at 9:38 PM. It came from a frog splash dive. And in that moment, without warning, and in an occurrence of complete coincidence-

INT. SUBWAY TRAIN (MOVING) – NIGHT

CLOSE IN – a crying newborn covered in slime and blood lays helpless on the floor of the train.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

Forty-three extraordinary children were born.

PULL OUT – the passengers appear to either not notice or not care.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

To mostly single women, who had shown no signs of pregnancy, in seemingly random locations around the world.

An old Einstein look-alike, SIR REGINALD HARGREEVES AKA THE MONOCLE, picks up the baby and wraps a blanket around it. The baby’s cries quiet down.

The man smiles and talks to the baby.

MONOCLE:

You’re an extraordinary child. Yes you are!

The baby looks at Monocle and recognizes him as a father.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

This man here is Sir Reginald Hargreeves, a.k.a. The Monocle. A world-renowned scientist and wealthy entrepreneur.

EXT. EGYPT – DAY

The sun is beautiful but produces hot heat over several hard workers.

EXT. EGYPT, PIT – DAY

Monocle is shown defeating an opponent in a friendly round of fencing.

A tall body-builder-type bodyguard, ABHIJAT watches in the corner while sipping on a glass of water.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

Inventor of the Televator, the Levitator, the Mobile Communicator, and Clever Crisp Cereal, Reginald Hargreeves was also an Olympic gold medallist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for his cerebral advancement of the chimpanzee.

INT. HOME, MONOCLE’S BATHROOM – NIGHT

White walls with a green tiled floor. A wide mirror is placed in the main wall, covering the entire space above the sink.

Monocle approaches his sink. He digs his fingers into the skin under his chin.

The mask of what appears to be Monocle’s face is sat over a stack of magazines on the septic tank of the toilet.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

No one knew their beloved scientist was a space alien.

EXT. AIRSTRIP – DUSK

The sun sets over a private and deserted airstrip. A lit space vessel waits in the middle as the entrance platform slides down. Monocle and Abhijat run up the platform in a hurry.

The platform closes. The vessel takes off.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

For reasons unknown, Sir Reginald ser out with his bodyguard Abhijat aboard his private vessel, The Minerva… rumored to be powered by the remains of King Amen-Kharej IV. Using methods undisclosed, he sought to track down and adopt as many of the children as he could.

INT. HOSPITAL, NEWBORN CARE CENTER

Various shots of seven white glass cribs. Each contains a newborn with a mask covering their eyes. Two infants are pale, one is bald, one has white hair, and the other three appear to be normal looking (other than the mask).

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

He only found seven of them-

INT. PRESS CONFERENCE – DAY

Dozens of news anxiously curious reporters surround a very calm Monocle. Pictures are being constantly taken of him.

From Monocle’s back view, the crowd of reporters grows bigger and bigger with more questions. Monocle sits there, appearing determined.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

Wiping their identities and concealing the children from the world, Sir Reginald held a press conference in Stockholm in which journalist Cosimo De’Lostromo from Milan asked, “Why have you adopted these seven children?”

EXT. SIDEWALK – DAY

Rain is pouring over several heavily coated civilians, surrounding the windows of an electronics store. They watch Monocle’s press conference.

MONOCLE:

(From television sets)

To save the world, of course!

NARRATOR:

To which they asked-

EXT. NEWSPAPER STAND – DAY

A stack of issues of The City Paper is tossed in front of the stand. CLOSE IN on paper headline. The headline reads, “FROM WHAT?”

EXT. MONOCLE MANSION, STAIRWELL - DAY

Monocle walks down the steps, exiting his mansion. Abhijat and seven bodyguards in black with strollers follow Monocle.

Camera flashes are coming from all angles.

NARRATOR:

(Cont’d)

They received no answer. It was the last time Sir Reginald and the children were seen. Until-

OVER BLACK

Chapter One: “The Day the Eiffel Tower Went Berserk”

EXT. PARIS, CITY VIEW – DAY

A beautiful view on a sunny morning.

EXT. PARIS, CONCESSION STAND – DAY

Under the Eiffel Tower, A concession stand OWNER is organizing souvenirs for sale. He posts a large red umbrella over the top of it.

CRASH! A quickly seen figure crashes onto the concession stand, breaking it in half. The owner is puzzled and shocked.

He approaches his totaled stand. A bloodied and broken corpse lies over it.

EXT. PARIS, CONCESSION STAND – LATER

The owner is explaining what happened to a scrawny POLICEMAN.

OFFICER:

Just flew out of the sky?

STAND OWNER:

(Outraged)

Yes!

OFFICER:

You don’t think he jumped?

STAND OWNER:

No, he was pushed.

OFFICER:

That’s ridiculous.

A force is heard landing hard onto the concrete behind both men. They turn around and find it is another broken body.

Another body crashes onto the concrete in front of both men. A puddle of blood explodes out of the back of the body’s head.

Several more bodies appear falling, breaking, and exploding blood out of their skulls.

People on the surface begin to flee in panic.

OFFICER:

(To Stand owner)

Get out of here!

The Stand Owner runs and exits the frame.

OFFICER:

(On radio)

Send backup! We need more men and medics!

BOY:

(O.S.)

Officer?

The officer turns around and finds five CHILDREN with eye masks and dressed in black private school uniforms- THE UMBRELLA ACADEMY. The boy speaking has white hair and is the leader of the group. This is 0.01 AKA SPACEBOY (LUTER HARGREEVES).

SPACEBOY:

Can we be of assistance?

OFFICER:

(Confused)

Who the hell are you?

SPACEBOY:

Your Eiffel Tower has gone insane and needs to be stopped at all costs.

OFFICER:

(Confused)

What?

(Annoyed)

It is you children who are insane!

SPACEBOY:

(Pointing to girl in his group)

Allow me to introduce my subordinate, Number Three!

The children float off the ground.

0.03 AKA THE RUMOR (ALLISON HARGREEVES) begins to speak.

RUMOR:

Attention, citizens of Paris! I heard a rumor that the Musee D’orsay is giving away many of its finest paintings and they’re also serving crepes.

The rest of the panicked citizens, including the police, forget about the chaos at the Eiffel Tower and run the opposite direction for the art gallery.

SPACEBOY:

(Sighs)

Now we’ll have to recover those paintings!

0.02 AKA THE KRAKEN (DIEGO HARGREEVES) points up above.

KRAKEN:

(Pointing at Eiffel Tower)

Number one!

Green energy beams begin to build around the top of the tower.

BOOM! An explosion of green flames separates the children. All hell breaks loose.

0.06 AKA THE HORROR (BEN HARGREEVES) transforms the bottom of his body into floating tentacles.

The children spread out.

SPACEBOY:

(Commanding the Academy)

Spread out and attack!

EXT. SKY OF PARIS – DAY

Aerial View – hovering over the exploding Eiffel Tower is the Umbrella Academy’s official modified plane.

INT. ACADEMY PLANE – DAY

Abhijat is shown piloting the plane.

A member of the Umbrella Academy, 0.07 AKA WHITE VIOLIN (VANYA HARGREEVES), pouts as she watches over the action on ground.

SEVEN:

(In a down voice)

Dad, I mean Mr. Monocle, Sir? Why can’t I play with the others?

MONOCLE:

There is just nothing special about you, Number Seven.

SEVEN:

(Pouts)

Oh!

(Argues)

Where’s Number Five? I don’t see him down there!

MONOCLE:

He’s in the future, I presume. No doubt, run away from home. I can’t be sure, nor bothered. Why don’t you go play your violin?

Vanya leaves and begins to unhappily play her violin.

INT. EIFFEL TOWER – DAY

The children fly as fast as they can to the top on the inside of the tower.

0.04 AKA THE SÉANCE (KLAUS HARGREEVES) begins to think.

KRAKEN:

(To Séance)(Sighs)

What are you doing?

SÉANCE:

Don’t let go! I’m trying to contact a dead engineer from the spirit world! He can tell us to stop it.

KRAKEN:

(Bitterly)

Save your breath, we’re all gonna die!

SPACEBOY

Why don’t you shut up?

EXT. EIFFEL TOWER – DAY

BOOM! Part of the tower explodes furiously. The explosion sends the children flying.

The dismantled part of the tower collisions to the sidewalk.

Horror, Séance, Rumor, and Kraken follow Spaceboy.

SPACEBOY:

To the control tower! I got a hunch.

INT. CONTROL TOWER – DAY

An older android with a gruesome zombie appearance, GUSTAVE EIFFEL, appears to be controlling the tower.

CRASH! The Umbrella Academy kids forcefully crash through the wall.

SPACEBOY:

Just as I expected… Gustave Eiffel!

GUSTAVE:

(In French)

Mutant infants!

HORROR:

(Shocked)

You’re alive after all these years?

KRAKEN:

(Sarcastically)

Not for long!

Kraken draws a knife.

SPACEBOY:

(Attempting to stop Kraken)

NO!

Too late. The knife flies and impales Eiffel in the forehead. He falls dead onto the control panels.

The computers shut off automatically.

The legs of the tower begin to separate from the ground.

SPACEBOY:

(Yells)

Everyone out now!

EXT. GROUND – DAY

The Umbrella Academy exits the tower in a hurry. The Eiffel Tower launches from the ground like a rocket.

The kids appear shocked.

RUMOR:

(Confused)

Why is it taking off?

Monocle appears behind the children, unbeknownst to them.

MONOCLE:

Because it’s not a monument, children!

KIDS:

(At same time)(In shock)

Dad!

MONOCLE:

Don’t call me “Dad.” And while you lost the Eiffel Tower, you saved Paris. And you know what that means!

EXT. PARADE – DAY

French civilians are appreciative and chanting the Umbrella Academy for saving their city.

The kids are given ice cream cones while Monocle is given a key to the city as a reward.

Monocle notices Spaceboy appears melancholic.

MONOCLE:

What’s wrong, Number One?

SPACEBOY:

Mr. Monocle, Sir, I want to go into space when I grow up.

MONOCLE:

(Supportively)

And so you shall, Number One. So you shall.

OUTER SPACE

Insert Head: “Twenty Years Later”

EXT. MOON - DARK

A large astronaut stands over the moon. He is built like a giant.

CLOSE IN- Astronaut. He is half human and half guerilla. It appears to be Spaceboy.

ANNHILATION CONTROL:

(V.O.)

Come in Number One! You have a call.

SPACEBOY:

Tell them I’m busy!

ANNHILATION CONTROL:

(V.O.)

It’s Dr. Pogo on the phone.

SPACEBOY:

Keep him on the line!

Spaceboy launches his jet boots off the moon. He flies into his-

INT. SHIP, OFFICE – DARK

The walls are covered with newspaper articles and framed magazine covers.

One of the framed articles reads, “Mars Mission Failure: Spaceboy critically injured. Hargreeves performs experimental surgery to save his life.”

The picture shows Spaceboy in a guerilla-sized body with the same sized space suit.

Spaceboy enters. He picks up his phone.

SPACEBOY:

Pogo! Any good news from Earth? Is that it…? Negative Pogo… you know I can’t leave my post. A threat may finally-

(Unpleasantly surprised)

What? Oh. I see. I’m on my way.

INT. SPACE CAPSULE

A one-seater, Spaceboy steps inside and activates the launch program.

EXT. MOON – DARK

The capsule launches and takes off at fast speed from the surface.

EXT. THE CITY – NIGHT

The City is peaceful at night. Eerie-but-nice silence.

INT. SEVEN’S APARTMENT, BEDROOM – NIGHT

A messy bedroom with books scattered everywhere. A copy of “Extraordinary: My Life as Number 7” lies next to the phone on the nightstand.

RING! RING! The phone rings.

Seven stands up out of bed. She is tall and beautiful with a short haircut. He is only wearing a white tank top and a thong.

SEVEN:

(Answering the phone)(Half awake)

Hello?

INT. OFFICE – NIGHT

CLOSE UP on mouth of MYSTERY CALLER.

The conversation cuts back and forth between Seven’s apartment and the Caller’s office.

CALLER:

I suppose I didn’t expect you to be broken up. You wrote a lot of nasty things about your family in your book.

SEVEN:

(Fully awake)

What do you want?

CALLER:

I’m conducting a suite, the first of its kind. It appears my chair for first violin has been rendered vacant. I’d like you to audition.

SEVEN:

(Looking through window blinds)

Now why would I do that?

CALLER:

(V.O.)

Revenge! Be at the Icarus Theatre at noon tomorrow!

CLICK! The line disconnects.

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, HALLWAY – NIGHT

An isolated but luxurious hallway with several family portraits and art pieces hung on the walls. Spaceboy runs through the hall anxiously and bursts through the doors of the-

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, POGO’S OFFICE – NIGHT

SPACEBOY:

(Anxiously)

Dr. Pogo, is it true?

A talking chimpanzee sits behind the desk, dressed in a suit. This is POGO. There is a ten-year-old boy, who is a member of the Umbrella Academy next to him. The boy is 0.05 AKA THE BOY.

POGO:

Yes. Sir Reginald Hargreeves is dead.

BOY:

And something worse is coming!

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, SPACEBOY’S ROOM – NIGHT

Spaceboy is asleep in a king-sized mattress. He has an oxygen supply hooked up to his suit.

The sun peaks through the cracks of the blinds onto Spaceboy’s face.

More light enters as the curtains open.

POGO:

(O.S.)

Wake up, Spaceboy!

Spaceboy wakes up slowly.

SPACEBOY:

(Yawns)

What time is it?

POGO:

(Sipping on a cup of coffee)

Eight A.M.! Your sister has arrived.

SPACEBOY:

The Rumor?

POGO:

Allison, yes. She’s been standing beneath Ben’s statue for thirty minutes. You should go down and help her with her bags. She looks nervous…

EXT. ACADEMY MANSION, COURTYARD – DAY

Leaves blow around Rumor. She is now tall, slender, and beautiful but narcissistic. She stands in the middle of the yard, staring at a tall statue referred to as Ben’s Statue.

Spaceboy approaches Rumor from the front door.

RUMOR:

It wasn’t your fault, you know? I know everyone blames you for what happened to Ben. None of us knows what really happened that day.

SPACEBOY:

I wasn’t sure you’d come, Rumor.

RUMOR:

Still using code names? You’re even still wearing the mask.

(Pause)

I missed you, too… Where’s Mom?

SPACEBOY:

She’ll be here. Where’s Patrick? That’s his name, right?

RUMOR:

He filed for divorce eight months ago. He got the house and custody of Claire… How’s the moon? Any sign of a genocidal alien threat?

SPACEBOY:

(Surprised)

You have a daughter?

RUMOR:

Things change, Luther!

VOICE:

(O.S.)

You know what I love about funerals?

Spaceboy and Rumor look up. They see a tall pale man dressed in all black hovering above them- Séance.

SÉANCE:

(Cont’d)

Everything I own is black.

RUMOR:

(Sarcastically)

But some things never do…

SPACEBOY:

Séance.

Séance lands on the ground and walks towards the mansion.

SÉANCE:

I hope you’ve got a fresh pot on. I look like Death, but I gather that’s an appropriate occasion.

Séance enters the doors.

RUMOR:

(To Spaceboy)

It’s nice to see you, Space.

Rumor follows Séance’s way inside.

EXT. CARNIVAL – DAY

Kids are having fun while biting into cotton candy, screaming on rides, visiting with the clowns, etc.

A group of TERMINAUTS circles the crowd. They are shaped like garbage cans with red eyes and capital letters over the front of them.

L ROBOT:

Assessment! Translocation successful! Though it appears our presence has gone unnoticed.

T ROBOT:

Announcement! Citizens of the city. Irregularity 8767678 AKA The Umbrella Academy has a high chance of reformation in two hours, twenty-two minutes, and eleven seconds.

J ROBOT:

Interruption! We seek instant retribution! This area of recreation will serve as a suitable theatre fir eradication due to its high probability of civilian fatality!

All robots agree.

C ROBOT:

Observation! A disturbing lack of concern!

The robots go berserk. Their arms extend from their bodies and they set every carnival attendant in site into flames.

People are screaming from the massive pain of being burned alive.

OVER BLACK

Chapter Two: “We Only See Each Other at Weddings and Funerals”

BOY:

(V.O.)

Dad always warned me not to go too far into the future.

EXT. THE CITY (FUTURE) – DAY

The skies are red. Buildings are in flames or destroyed into pieces.

A newspaper with the heading, “IT’S A PERFECT DAY” floats across the screen through ashes and passed dozens of skeletons and burned corpses.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

Because he told me not to go back. And even though I hated him, and I tried to prove him wrong-

The Boy walks through the city. He shows little to no emotion over what the future is.

BOY:

I knew I shouldn’t have run away from home.

The Boy continues to explore the streets. He finds destroyed cars and the dead body of Pogo.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

Because what I found wasn’t just a place where I could hide. What I found was the end of the world.

BOY:

(Shouting out loud)

Hello?

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

It took me a few days before I figured out I was the last boy alive. But once I did-

EXT. THE CITY (FUTURE) – LATER

Various shots of The Boy running around with a long sword, decapitating statues and large stuffed animals.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

I was ecstatic. I was free. There was no one to tell you what to do. No one to make you feel small. No one to make you wear a mask. Of course it eventually occurred to me-

The Boy crouches at a corner and sheds a few tears.

BOY:

(To himself)

This is bad.

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

As I was filled with guilt, I began to think.

INT. LIBRARY (FUTURE) – DAY

Walls are destroyed and shelves of books are scattered on the floor, throughout the building.

The Boy flips through several damaged but readable books.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

A search through the library led me to a book written by one of us. She was called Number Seven when I knew her.

CLOSE IN – The Boy’s face is shocked when reading Number Seven’s book.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

I saw how bad things had gotten… How everything had gone wrong. How Number Six had died. How we had failed.

INT. CLASSROOM (FUTURE) – DAY

It is now further into the future. The Boy is now an old man with a long wizard-style beard.

He is facing a wall covered in calculations.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

Dad said it was impossible to travel back in time. He said it couldn’t be done. I spent the next fifty years trying to prove him wrong. As usual, it seemed he wasn’t.

The Boy stops for a moment. He appears he is about to give up.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

I gave up. Accepting my fate as a ghost among the ruins. And in that moment, just as all hope seemed lost-

The Boy looks over at his desk and finds a note carved into the desk that reads, “Subtract two from the One.” The Boy celebrates that he has solved the formula.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

I was going home. I could start again.

A light takes over the room and takes The Boy out of the time zone.

BOY:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

I’d be right back where I started, ten years old, the day before the Eiffel Tower went berserk. The day before I ran away from home.

INT. ACADEMY, CLASSROOM (PRESENT) – DAY

Spaceboy, Rumor, and Séance listen to The Boy as he tells his story.

Graded papers are hung up all over the walls.

BOY:

(Cont’d)

But something went wrong. Something pulled me out of the time stream much too soon.

SPACEBOY:

Hargreeves’s death!

BOY:

Possibly but he was dead by the time I arrived.

A masked man in a striped skull jumpsuit, Kraken, interferes with the talk. He fiddles with a knife while talking.

KRAKEN:

Coroner estimates the time of death at 7:02 P.M., but the security cameras on the estate mysteriously stopped recording at 6:44 P.M. How convenient. Lucky for you, I broke into The City morgue and ran an autopsy. Natural causes, apparently.

BOY:

Number Two, I presume.

RUMOR:

Diego. How lovely to see you. You know I heard a rumor-

KRAKEN:

(Cutting off Rumor)

Don’t try your witchcraft bullshit on me, sister! While you were busy playing house, I was picking bullets out of my shoulder and throwing nut jobs in the clink.

SPACEBOY:

Stand down, Kraken!

Kraken gets in Spaceboy’s face.

KRAKEN:

Still giving the orders, Monkey-Boy? Last I checked your-

POGO:

(Cutting off Kraken)(O.S.)

Stop right there, Kraken!

Pogo and Abhijat stand in the doorway of the classroom.

POGO:

You two stop acting like Homo sapiens so we can bury your father!

EXT. ACADEMY MANSION, BACKYARD – DAY

Spaceboy, Kraken, Rumor, Séance, Pogo, and Abhijat stand over a black coffin. It is an awkward funeral since The Academy kids are all dressed in costume and no one is saying anything in tribute of Monocle.

A pale woman dressed in all black appears from the shadows of a tree. MOM.

MOM:

He wasn’t the best father, and an even worse husband. But if he was guilty of anything, it was caring for the world so much that he sacrificed his personal relationships. Unfortunately, he never asked us how we felt about that.

MOM:

But that doesn’t make his death in vain.

Kraken is annoyed. He approaches Mom from behind and extends his arms, ready to grab for Mom’s coat.

RUMOR:

(Attempting to warn Mom)

Mom!

Kraken yanks off Mom’s coat. She appears to be a mannequin with human organs exposed. Mom begins crying in humiliation. Rumor puts the coat back over Mom.

SPACEBOY:

(Getting in Kraken’s face)

I’m warning you, Kraken-

KRAKEN:

(Sarcastically interrupting Spaceboy)

Or what? You going to beat your chest? Everything is a goddamn lie, Cowboy! Hargreeves left us with nothing but a fucking mausoleum full of questions, and a fucking piece of plastic for a mother. Her tears aren’t even real!

RUMOR:

(Crying)

But these are!

KRAKEN:

Then it’s too bad Yanya isn’t here. She could play her violin.

EXT. ICARUS THEATRE – DAY

The walls are held together with wood and nails. “For Rent” is read on the sign. The E in the caption is crooked.

Seven enters the doors with a violin case in her right hand.

INT. ICARUS THEATRE, STAGE – DAY

The audience section is dark and abandoned.

SEVEN:

Hello? Is anyone there?

Bright lights flash onto Seven. She holds her hand over her face as a shield.

SEVEN:

What the hell is this?

Unseen VOICES are heard.

VOICE #1:

(Shouts)

Play something!

VOICE #2:

(Shouts)

Anything!

SEVEN:

(Hesitates)

I haven’t played in like twelve years.

VOICE #3:

(Shouts)

Play!

Seven sets down her case and pulls out her violin. She begins to play. The music is beautiful with an even flow.

All goes well until a chord on the violin snaps.

Hundreds of claps and cheers are heard for Seven. She looks up and finds several audience members dressed in tuxedos, black dresses, and eye-masks.

A man sits in the front row by himself. He has a tuxedo with a white bow tie and a black cape. He is also bald and has stitches over his lips. This is THE CONDUCTER.

CONDUCTOR:

Lacking finesse but adequate.

SEVEN:

Um… thanks!

CONDUCTOR:

Can I interest you in destroying the world?

SEVEN:

(Confused)

What? Who are you?

The Conductor stands up and dances up to the stage.

CONDUCTOR:

(On stage)

We are the Orchestra Yerdammten. The finest musicians in the entire world. But a very unique collection of madmen and murderesses, too. Hearts and deeds as black as the very instruments we play. I am the Conductor and I’ve written a new piece called “The Apocalypse Suite.” It’s my life’s work. Two parts Faust, three parts La Boheme, a dash of Messiah, and a bit of my own Canada. The exact combination, if played in the right key, will destroy the world. It’s just missing one thing: you.

SEVEN:

What?

CONDUCTOR:

Could your father have been wrong about you after all? Could you really be capable of something great?

Seven walks toward the exit.

SEVEN:

Find yourself another violin and don’t follow me!

One of Conductor’s henchmen is about to follow Seven.

CONDUCTOR:

(Blocks Henchmen’s way)

Let her go! We should expect her back very soon.

EXT. ACADEMY MANSION, BACKYARD – DUSK

The sun sets over Spaceboy and Kraken. The two are in a bitter exchange of punches and kicks.

Kraken puts up quite a good fight against Spaceboy and tosses him like a softball through a tree. Spaceboy Shakes it off and charges at Kraken with his jet boots.

KRAKEN:

(Sighs)

You’re extremely sensitive!

Kraken pulls out a knife. He is about to throw.

Rumor runs and takes the knife out of Kraken’s hand.

Spaceboy slows down and stops.

RUMOR:

That’s enough! I see you two haven’t changed a bit.

The Boy appears.

BOY:

(With an annoyed tone)

Maybe I haven’t made myself clear that the world was destroyed just three days after Hargreeves’s death. Time is running out.

Spaceboy and Rumor both calm down.

Pogo appears and points north.

POGO:

The carnival is on fire!

Spaceboy looks ahead.

SPACEBOY:

The Terminauts!

BOY:

What?

SPACEBOY:

Dr. Terminal’s farewell “gift.” He built and programmed the Terminauts to activate should we ever reform. Which means Vanya must be somewhere in the city.

Spaceboy flies towards the carnival.

POGO:

(Looks Spaceboy’s way)

Space!

Kraken follows Spaceboy.

POGO:

(Looking Kraken’s way)

Kraken?

Rumor follows them both.

POGO:

(To Séance)

Aren’t you going?

SÉANCE:

Apparently yes!

Séance follows the other Academy members.

OVER BLACK

Chapter Three: “Dr. Terminal’s Answer”

EXT. CARNIVAL – NIGHT

Spaceboy, Kraken, Rumor, and Séance arrive in front of the carnival. They find it is in flames. Fearful screams are heard.

SPACEBOY:

We have to go in there and destroy the Terminauts! Apparently they think we’re a team again.

(To Séance and Kraken)

You two help me fight them off!

(To Rumor)

Rumor, get the children out of here!

Rumor is frozen in fear as she watches the fires grow.

SPACEBOY:

Rumor!

Rumor doesn’t respond.

INSERT CUT: A FLASHBACK of Rumor as a child bound to a chair. A man in a tin suit, DR. TERMINAL, approaches her and strikes a cleaver down.

SPACEBOY:

(Shouts)

RUMOR!

Rumor looks over at Spaceboy.

SPACEBOY:

Get these children out of here now!

Rumor runs for the kids. She evacuates a few into a safe zone. The J Robot follows her. He is floating silently. His arm is drawn, ready to fire flames.

J ROBOT:

Observation! There are fewer numbers of the Umbrella Academy than expected! And there’ll be fewer momentarily.

Spaceboy’s paws grab the J Robot and rip it in half.

SPACEBOY:

(To Rumor)

Rumor! Get them out of the carnival now! I need you!

SÉANCE:

(Yelling from a distance)

Space!

The D Robot flies towards their direction.

D ROBOT:

Announcement! Prepare for eradication!

Spaceboy jumps up and impales his fist through the D Robot’s body. He slams it onto the ground.

The B Robot is about to fire bullets at the Academy members.

SÉANCE:

This is bringing me down, man!

B ROBOT:

Imminent execution!

Kraken, out of nowhere, tosses a knife through the B Robot’s head. A bullet is shot into Kraken’s arm.

INT. CAB – NIGHT

Flames of the carnival are seen through the cab windows. Seven, in the backseat notices this.

The CAB DRIVER looks out the window.

CAB DRIVER:

The carnival is on fire!

SEVEN:

(Sarcastically)

It’s probably my family!

(Swallowing a pill)

Drive me there… fast!

EXT. BRIDGE – NIGHT

The Cab speeds in a hurry.

INT. CARNIVAL, TUNNEL OF DEATH – NIGHT

A horror-themed boat ride tunnel. A blood trail is shown starting at the entrance and leading to a corner. This leads to a badly wounded Kraken.

Two robots, the A and C, patrol the area.

A ROBOT:

Status! I have sealed off the exit and am closing in. Escape impossible! Decimation eventual!

Kid VOICES are heard in a boat.

KID #1:

(O.S.)

We’ll be safe in here.

KID #2:

I’m so scared!

Kraken peaks his head out of the shadows. He finds three panicked kids crouched in a boat.

KRAKEN:

You gotta be shitting me!

KID #2:

I don’t want to go back there!

KID #3:

I can’t swim!

KID #1:

(Quietly)

Shhh! I heard someone coming.

The A and C robots appear out of opposite ends of the shadows and surround the boat with their gun-arms drawn.

A ROBOT:

Ubiquitous bloodshed!

C ROBOT:

Fortune smiles!

Kraken comes out, bleeding with two knives drawn. He throws them both out of his right hand. They fly and nail both robots into the wall.

EXT. CARNIVAL – NIGHT

The F Robot blasts energy beams at a large rock. Spaceboy positions the rock as a shield for himself, Rumor, Séance, and the CHILDREN.

SÉANCE:

(Whining)

I was better off at Shinyview! At least you can get a sponge bath from a large ex-con.

SPACEBOY:

I don’t think this is the time or place, Séance!

F ROBOT:

Cowardice!

The F Robot continues to fire.

SÉANCE:

(Cont’d)

The papers all said I was cracked but I checked myself in the comatose ward. I preferred the company.

RUMOR:

(Annoyed)

Shut up Klaus!

The F, L, and V robots devise an ambush.

SÉANCE:

(Cont’d)

Ever wonder what a vegetable thinks about?

SPACEBOY:

(To Séance)

Séance please be quiet! I want you to break right and draw their fire!

(To Rumor)

Rumor, you stay with the children!

Séance flies out in the open. The robots turn their fire to him.

F ROBOT:

Excitement!

L ROBOT:

Adventure!

Spaceboy uses a curved metal sign as a battle ace on the F robot, splitting it into two.

L ROBOT:

(Firing at Spaceboy)

No escape!

Spaceboy swings the sign at the L Robot. It flies through the rock and shatters into pieces.

Seven appears out of nowhere in the middle of the chaotic battle.

She notices the V Robot with missiles prepared to fire.

SEVEN:

(Shouts)

Spaceboy!

The V Robot turns it’s attention to Seven.

V ROBOT:

Target number seven acquired!

The missiles launch towards Seven’s direction.

Kraken comes out of nowhere and pushes Seven out of the way.

KRAKEN:

(Yells)

What the hell are you doing there? You think you can just show your face after all these years?

SEVEN:

(Puzzled)

I—I wanted to help! There’s something I need to tell you!

The V Robot floats above Seven and Kraken. He locks another missile ready to fire at both.

Spaceboy chugs his sign like a spear through the V Robot. It self-destructs.

Everyone calms down.

KRAKEN:

(To Seven)

You left! The only thing you’re going to help us with is getting killed. And there’s nothing you can tell me that I want to hear. And to think, I thought I had a sister. But I’ve got nobody.

Tears pour down Seven’s face.

KRAKEN:

(Walking away)

Fuck off!

Seven runs off crying and leaves the carnival.

SPACEBOY:

Kraken!

KRAKEN:

Don’t start!

Rumor, Séance and the children walk towards Spaceboy. Kraken walks the opposite direction.

RUMOR:

Was that Vanya?

KRAKEN:

(Walking away)

Just a citizen, no one special!

SPACEBOY:

(Bitterly)

That was completely pointless!

RUMOR:

What are you talking about? We just saved the universe.

SPACEBOY:

No we didn’t, Rumor. Terminal programmed these things years ago. He hadn’t thought about destroying the world. Is the end of the world is coming, it’s going to be something much bigger than that. Let’s lend a hand then head back to the house! We need to bandage up and start researching. We’re running out of time!

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, MEDICAL LAB – NIGHT

The Boy is shirtless. His X-ray results are hung on a board behind him. He sits on a bed watching the news.

From the television set, a REPORTER delivers a story about the recently occurred events.

REPORTER:

Speculation that the Umbrella Academy would reform following the death of Sir Reginald Hargreeves had been heated. But this is a much different reunion than expected. Around the time of Sir Reginald’s burial, The Carnival Pier was attacked by a group of unidentified “killer” robots, which made their presence known by opening fire on a carousel. Torching over nine children and dozens of adults. Eyewitnesses confirmed that Spaceboy, The Rumor, The Séance, and The Kraken arrived and were locked in a life-or-death battle with said robots.

CLICK! The TV turns off.

BOY:

(Pouts)

I should have been down there. They needed me.

POGO:

I advise against any action or thought of action until we figure out what’s going on with your biology, which appears to be that of a perfectly healthy sixty-year-old man trapped in the shell of a ten-year-old child. But here’s the fascinating part: you aren’t aging.

BOY:

What?

POGO:

Scans show no signs of cell death, yet any signs of cell growth. It’s as if your body is stuck in time.

The Boy slides on his shirt and buttons it up.

BOY:

Well, the clock may have stopped on me, but it’s still ticking on the world, closing in on destruction. We need to start searching for numbers!

Mom appears.

MOM:

I don’t think that’s such a good idea, Number Five.

BOY:

(Tying his tie)

With all due respect Mrs. Hargreeves, I am not only an actual human being but a good thirty years older than anyone in this room. I appreciate you naming and raising my siblings, but I have little use for mothering. May I suggest you bake a soufflé?

The Boy puts on his blazer.

BOY:

(Heading toward the door)

Let’s go, Doctor!

Pogo follows the Boy.

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, RUMOR’S ROOM – NIGHT

Rumor tosses in turns, reacting from a nightmare.

INT. DR. TERMINAL’S HIDEOUT – NIGHT

FLASHBACK!

Rumor’s nightmare.

Ten-year-old Rumor is strapped down to a chair with her mouth gagged. Lights are flashed over her.

Dr. Terminal appears out of the shadows. He sees Rumor’s arm bound. He strikes a cleaver down onto her arm.

CLOSE IN- Rumor’s mouth screaming loudly through her gag.

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, RUMOR’S ROOM – CONT’D

Rumor wakes up and screams in fear. Spaceboy comes in and calms her down.

SPACEBOY:

You still dream about that?

RUMOR:

More than you ever know. That’s one of the other reasons that Patrick left me.

SPACEBOY:

(Pause)

I’m sorry. Do you want anything?

RUMOR:

No, just let me go back to sleep!

SPACEBOY:

Okay! Tomorrow we’ll go find Diego.

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – NIGHT

The Conductor and his symphony are practicing their orchestra. A violin player plays the wrong note.

CONDUCTOR:

Stop! How many times must we do this? It’s wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

The Conductor draws a .44 magnum. He raises it at the player.

BANG!

The bullet explodes through the violin player’ brains. Blood and brain matter splatter onto other members.

CONDUCTOR:

(Putting gun to his temple)

I am running out of bullets here.

Seven appears.

SEVEN:

Do you have room for one more?

The Conductor lowers his gun. He sees Seven and smiles through his stitched mouth.

SEVEN:

(Cont’d)

I used to think I had a family but I have nobody… Let’s give them a performance they’ll never forget!

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, HALLWAY – DAY

FLASHBACK!

A narrow hallway with chessboard floor tiles.

Ten-year-old Seven is heard screaming down the hall.

SEVEN:

(From bedroom)(Screaming)

I hate you! I hate you! I hate you!

Pogo peaks his head out of his room.

POGO:

(Concerned)

Vanya?

SEVEN:

(From bedroom)(Screaming)

I… HATE… YOU…

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, SEVEN’S ROOM – DAY

Seven smashes her violin repeatedly into the walls and onto the floor until it breaks.

SEVEN:

(Loudly screaming)

I DON’T BELONG HERE!

Seven breaks down crying.

SEVEN:

(Cries)

I don’t belong here.

Pogo opens the door slowly and steps inside the room.

POGO:

Vanya?

SEVEN:

What do you want?

POGO:

(Concerned)

I heard a noise. What’s wrong?

SEVEN:

(Cries worse)

I’m useless. I’m so w-w-worthless! There’s nothing special about me. I’m not like the others. I can’t do anything.

Pogo wraps his arm around Seven to comfort her.

SEVEN:

You’re right. You’re not like the others. But you don’t need to destroy things to prove yourself! You are special.

Seven stops crying and smiles. Her and Pogo hug.

OVER BLACK

Chapter Four: “Baby, I’ll Be your Frankenstein”

POGO:

(V.O.)

You’re more special than you’ll ever know.

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – NIGHT

PRESENT

The theatre is dark. On stage, Seven is strapped down naked to a bed. The straps cover her breasts and private parts.

Machines with chemicals have plugs inserted into Seven’s arms, legs, and forehead. The plugs are pumping the chemicals and toxins through her body.

Seven’s eyes open slowly.

SEVEN:

(Confused)

What’s happening?

Seven struggles to get up but finds she’s being restrained.

The Conductor appears.

SEVEN:

(Angrily)

What the fuck are you doing to me?

CONDUCTOR:

Now, now, Vanya! Watch the language.

SEVEN:

What are you doing?

CONDUCTOR:

Shhhhhhh… You wanted to help, didn’t you? Well, you’re helping. You’re just not ready yet.

SEVEN:

What are you talking about?

The Conductor reads a file.

CONDUCTOR:

Your father’s notes! You can get anything if you kill the right people. Sometimes it only takes two or three. But what’s the fun in that? Hargreeves ran extensive experiments on all of you, while you slept. And apparently, you’re the most dangerous one.

CLOSE IN- Seven’s eyes grow fearful.

The Conductor inserts a probe through Seven’s palm and pumps a mysterious liquid into her body.

CONDUCTOR:

How does that feel?

SEVEN:

(In pain)

It hurts so much! I’m getting cold.

CONDUCTOR:

He also figured out the means by which to make you shine. But I think his method was much less painful.

The liquids continue to pump through Seven’s body. Her grin grows angry and painful.

CONDUCTOR:

(Cont’d)

You see, the orchestra was doomed for failure almost from inception. Out souls are tainted. Painted black by the very deeds that make us so wonderfully individual. But if we are to destroy the world, we need one thing more. Something white. Something pure.

Seven’s skin grows white.

SEVEN:

(In pain)

I’m going to kill you!

CONDUCTOR:

And I’m going to make you into a star. Smile!

BOOM!

Green lightning and flames explode out of the machines. Seven screams loudly in pain. Symphony music echoes from Seven’s body.

EXT. THE CITY – NIGHT

The streets are busy but sleazy. Prostitutes flood the streets.

Sleazy and disgusting men attempt to pay the hookers for a “good time.”

The Boy and Pogo fly over the city.

BOY:

It’s a good thing these old levitator belts were lying around.

POGO:

(Jokingly)

Yes because there’s nothing conspicuous about a ten-year-old boy flying around with his monkey.

(Pause)

What exactly are we looking for?

BOY:

Oh… Burning buildings, massive explosions, incinerated children, the odd doomsday device. You know, the apocalypse!

The Boy and Pogo fly passed a porn theatre.

POGO:

Number Five, in those fifty years that you were alone, cut off from any human contact, or any familiar reality, had it ever occurred to you that you might have become disconnected? Or even-

BOY:

(Cutting off Pogo)

Insane? Are you suggesting I imagined it? The death and destruction? The annihilation of all mankind? Could I have driven to madness in my search for a way home? Yes, the thought had occurred to me. But what if I hadn’t.

The Boy and Pogo fly passed a strip club billboard.

BOY:

(Cont’d)

Precisely. The Terminaut’s attack on the carnival was far too simple to be an actual threat. Impeccable timing but a distraction at most. I saw what I saw, Pogo. My brothers and sisters have spent their lives being dissected by the people Hargreeves raised us to protect.

Pogo’s eyes turn to The Boy while flying.

BOY:

(Cont’d)

If I’m wrong, we’re once again guilty of trying to save the world from a false alarm. But if I’m right-

The Boy and Pogo fly passed a street brawl between two rival hookers. Homeless tramps cheer them on.

BOY:

(Cont’d)

Isn’t this worth saving?

OVER BLACK

Bloody music tabs and blood flows from all directions of the screen.

SEVEN:

(V.O.)(In nauseating pain)

What’s happening to me? I need my pills!

CONDUCTOR:

(V.O.)

You don’t need them anymore. You’re doing wonderfully.

OVER WHITE

CLOSE IN- Eyeball, Seven’s. It grows incredibly bloodshot.

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – NIGHT

Classical music plays over the darkness of the isolated theatre.

A grotesque white female figure is shown. It’s Seven, now mutated.

SEVEN:

(About the music)

Sounds like angels! Suffocating. I can hear it!

(Smiles devilishly)

It’s beautiful!

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, MAIN HALL – DAY

The doors swing open. The sun shines brightly inside the house.

Spaceboy, Séance, and Rumor enter.

RUMOR:

There’s still no sign of Diego. I wonder where he can be.

SPACEBOY:

We’ve got much bigger problems, including the fact you froze yesterday.

RUMOR:

Well, this isn’t the easiest thing to jump back into. Especially with flying garbage cans firing death rays.

They continue to walk and turn around the corner. They freeze and are stunned.

RUMOR:

(Worried)

Diego!

Diego is shirtless and blood is stained over his torso. He’s bandaging his wounds.

KRAKEN:

I’m fine.

SPACEBOY:

(Bitterly)

You know maybe you wouldn’t get your damn guts blown out if you didn’t go running off on your own.

KRAKEN:

You’re right. Maybe if I followed you, I wouldn’t have to bleed it out. Maybe I’d just get myself killed!

SPACEBOY:

(With hate)

Still pissed off at the world because Father didn’t love you?

Kraken slides his shirt on. It is torn and covered in dried blood.

KRAKEN:

(Raising his voice)

Don’t you get it? He didn’t love any of us! But you’re still trying to impress him after we just put him in the fucking ground.

Spaceboy’s face grows impatient.

SPACEBOY:

I guess you’re right. He didn’t love me. But I haven’t spent my life pretending he did. Like you have with Vanya.

KRAKEN:

What the hell did you just say to me?

SPACEBOY:

You damn well heard it.

Kraken and Spaceboy approach each other.

KRAKEN:

Say it to my fucking face!

SPACEBOY:

(Yells)

You and Vanya pretended father loved you! Are you happy?

Kraken spits in Spaceboy’s face.

KRAKEN:

You’re pathetic!

Kraken leaves the mansion and slams the doors behind him.

SPACEBOY:

(Wiping the spit off his face with his paw)

I’m going on patrol. Keep your ear on the communicator!

RUMOR:

What? Luther, you haven’t slept and you’re bleeding!

SPACEBOY:

No time!

RUMOR:

Then I’m coming with you.

SPACEBOY:

Fine. I’ll reset the televator.

RUMOR:

(To Séance)

I assume you’re going to bed?

SÉANCE:

I’m tagging along. I’ve been eating speed for the last three days and every time I close my eyes, I see centipedes.

RUMOR:

(Sarcastically)

That’s nice!

INT. COSTELLO’S DINER – NIGHT

The booths are empty. The Boy and Pogo sit and the front counter.

Another customer sits a few rows down, reading a newspaper.

The waitress, AGNES, approaches the Boy and Pogo.

AGNES:

(Writing down order)

What’ll it be?

BOY:

Two cups black, my dear!

Agnes laughs and walks off.

BOY:

(Annoyed)

They don’t believe me!

The bell on the front door rings, sounding the entrance of more customers.

The waitress looks up and drops her coffee cups, feared by the appearance of the customers.

Pogo turns around.

Three figured dressed in red and yellow contamination suits stand over The Boy and Pogo’s backs. These men are the TEMPS.

TEMP LEADER:

Who is the one called number five?

The Boy sips on his coffee and doesn’t turn around.

BOY:

I am. Who wants to know?

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – NIGHT

Red curtains block the stage and spotlights are focused on the Conductor.

The seats are filled with masked people in tuxedos and black dresses.

CONDUCTOR:

(Presenting to the audience)

Ladies and gentlemen! For years man has dreamt of finding the answer to a single question. “How do I unreservedly kill billions of people in the blink of an eye?” First there was the Fennler manual-feed machine gun, followed by the gas chamber, and eventually my personal favorite, the atomic bomb. Mere trifles. Failures. But tonight my friends-

(Enthusiastically shouts)

We make the dream a reality! For allow me to introduce to you the world’s greatest instrument of extermination! A wonder of modern science! And the most adorable little killing machine you have ever laid! Your! Eyes! Upon!

The Conductor wraps his hand on the tip of the curtains.

CONDUCTOR:

(Cont’d)

Orchestra Yerdammten meet La Viole Blanche! Or if you prefer-

The curtains spread open.

A naked chalk-white woman with white hair and black string tattoos stands in the middle of the stage- Seven.

CONDUCTOR:

(Presenting Seven)

The White Violin!

The audience claps madly.

The Conductor’s assistant offers Seven a white violin to play.

CONDUCTOR:

Your instrument! Don’t be shy.

The White Violin takes her instrument.

CONDUCTOR:

Now do what you were born to do!

Seven plays slowly. The music is eerie but beautiful.

The audience is intrigued. The Conductor smiles with joy.

As Seven continues to play, the Conductor’s body begins to violently twitch. Seven continues to play, making the twitching worse.

The audience worries over the Conductor. His body explodes into a splattering pool of blood.

Blood and guts splatter onto the front row of the audience.

The Conductor’s left part of his head hits the wall and slops down, leaving a long trail of smudged blood.

The audience is in shock and clap. Seven looks over them and stops playing.

SEVEN:

(In a commanding voice)

Brothers and sisters, listen to me! Gather your trumpets, your cellos, and your harps! Lend me your lives and prepare for demise! For tonight we end the Umbrella Academy! And tomorrow we end the world!

EXT. COSTELLO’S DINER – DAY

Police cars surround the front of the diner. Cops load three bagged bodies into the back of Hearst’s.

INT. COSTELLO’S DINER – DAY

Agnes sits at a corner. She is in shock. Her hands hold a hot cup of coffee and are rapidly shaking.

An older detective, LUPO, questions Agnes.

LUPO:

What’s your name, Ma’am?

AGNES:

A-Agnes.

LUPO:

Okay, Agnes. I want you to relax and tell me what you told the officer over there.

AGNES:

(Hesitates)

O-okay. I was working the late shift and this little boy and a monkey-

LUPO:

(Cutting off Agnes)

A chimpanzee.

AGNES:

Monkey, chimp they’re the same thing.

LUPO:

My colleague would disagree. Continue!

AGNES:

Well, they come in around five in the morning and order some c-coffee. And just as I’m handing it to them, these men walk in.

LUPO:

And what did they look like, Agnes?

INT. COSTELLO’S DINER – NIGHT

FLASHBACK to previous night.

Agnes is eyeing the bizarre appearance of the temps.

AGNES:

(V.O.)

They were strange.

LUPO:

(V.O.)

What did they do Agnes?

AGNES:

(V.O.)

They started asking questions, looking for someone with some kind of name that’s a number.

The Boy continues to calmly sit.

AGNES:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

And the little boy just sits there all calm like, and he says he’s the one they’re looking for.

The Temp Leader draws a red ray gun and raises it to the back of the boy’s head.

AGNES:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

And one of those weird-looking men pulls out some kind of gun.

LUPO:

(V.O.)

And then what happened?

INSERT CUT: PRESENT. Agnes is still in shock.

AGNES:

H-he killed them. He killed every one of them.

LUPO:

(O.S.)

Who killed them, Agnes?

The Boy dodges the ray blast from the gun. The blast destroys part of the wall.

AGNES:

(V.O.)

The little boy!

The Boy delivers a missile kick to the Temp Leader’s head. The leader’s head explodes like a watermelon. Chunks fly everywhere.

AGNES:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

He was so fast. He didn’t show mercy… he didn’t even flinch.

The other Temps attempt to draw their ray guns but The Boy quickly and violently dismembers both of them with their bare hands.

AGNES:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

It’s too horrible to describe what he did to them… I never want to remember that.

INT. LUPO’S DINER – CONT’D

PRESENT

AGNES:

(Cont’d)

And then it was over. He threw some money on the counter and then they walked out.

PULL OUT – Blood splatters exposed on all windows, counter stools, and booths. Forensics officers collect blood samples.

OVER BLACK

Chapter Five: “Thank you for the Coffee!”

EXT. LUPO’S DINER, FRONT ENTRANCE – DAY

Lupo steps outside.

EXT. LUPO’S DINER, PARKING LOT – DAY

Lupo approaches his car and slides a cigarette between his lips.

INT. LUPO’S CAR (MOVING) - DAY

While driving, Lupo sticks a lighter towards his cigarette.

A shadowy figure is seen in the backseat. Kraken.

KRAKEN:

Those things are going to kill you.

Lupo drops his lighter and quickly draws his .357 magnum. He points it at Kraken.

LUPO:

I bet this will kill you quicker!

He puts his gun away after seeing its Kraken.

KRAKEN:

How have you been, Lupo?

LUPO:

(Relieved)

I could’ve killed you, Kraken! I think you scared me on purpose.

KRAKEN:

What went down at Costello’s?

Lupo pulls out his car lighter and lights his cigarette.

LUPO:

Triple homicide! Apparently it was self-defense but the suspects took off. A chimpanzee and a boy wearing a black school uniform. You know anything about that?

KRAKEN:

I’ll work on it. I need help.

LUPO:

(Sarcastically)

Why? All your enemies are on ice. Or is it that time again? The end of the world?

KRAKEN:

Maybe… I’ve been searching. I got shit. I need a lead…

LUPO:

Hmph! Probably nothing, but there’s been an awful lot of violinists gone missing over the last two months. Virtuosos, all of them. There may even be a connection to other missing persons going back six years. All concert musicians of some sort!

(Pause)

Isn’t your sister a violinist?

EXT. ROAD – DAY

Following Lupo’s car, Kraken flies quickly through the back window and vanishes.

INT. LUPO’S CAR (MOVING) – CONT’D

Lupo doesn’t appear to be surprised. He keeps driving.

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, HALLWAY – DAY

Pogo walks down the hallway with a hot cup of coffee in his hand. He enters-

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, MONOCLE’S ROOM – DAY

Pogo enters Monocle’s bedroom. It is trashed head-to-toe.

The Boy digs through the drawers.

POGO:

I thought you could use a cup of coffee.

(Pause)

What exactly are you looking for?

BOY:

(Digging through drawers)

Hargreeves’s revolver! If the world’s going to end I’d prefer to go quickly, rather than be flattened by the jettisoned engine of a 747 or burned alive. If you like, I can take care of you when the time-

The Boy stops digging through the drawers. He finds an monocle and puts it on.

BOY:

(Changing subjects)

I suppose you want to talk about the diner?

POGO:

Quite frankly, yes!

BOY:

Just a bunch of Ruffians out joyriding for kicks! Well, they got them.

POGO:

(Surprised)

Ruffians? Carrying laser guns?

The Boy takes the coffee from Pogo and sips on it.

BOY:

There are things about me you don’t or wouldn’t understand.

The Boy approaches a window and looks over the view.

BOY:

(Cont’d)

You wouldn’t understand the things that I’ve done to get back here. It’s too complicated to explain!

POGO:

Why don’t you try me?

BOY:

Well, I don’t know where to begin. But I suppose I should start with the Kennedy assassination.

INSERT CUT: Mutated monkeys and a mutated Pogo are shown with green rotted fur. Monocle’s hands exchange money with the owner of a caged monkey.

BOY:

(In shock)

The lab! I never knew Pogo!

The shock results in blood pouring from The Boy’s nose.

The boy falls on his face and faints. The cup of coffee splashes across the floor.

EXT. THE CITY, BUILDING ROOFTOP – NIGHT

Gray clouds and minor mist over the building.

Spaceboy stands over the edge of the roof, watching The City. Spaceboy is exhausted and worn out.

Rumor appears with two paper cups of coffee. She hands one to Spaceboy.

RUMOR:

You looked like you could use some.

SPACEBOY:

Thanks!

Spaceboy notices Rumor is wearing her mask.

SPACEBOY:

(Pleased)

You’re wearing your mask!

RUMOR:

I’ve been having a hard time with all of this. I figured it would help me feel more comfortable in my own skin. More like myself!

SPACEBOY:

More like yourself or who you think you’re supposed to be?

RUMOR:

(Impatiently)

Luther! Don’t do that! Don’t play “team leader” with me. I’ve lived this whole other life since leaving the Academy. You know what I’m thinking about right now? I’m not worried about the end of the world- I wonder if my little girl got to sleep tonight, or if she’s up with Patrick right now. Or Patrick’s girlfriend.

SPACEBOY:

Her name’s Claire?

RUMOR:

That’s right. I told her all about you.

Rumor drinks her coffee.

RUMOR:

(Cont’d)

Her uncle on the moon.

SPACEBOY:

I’m worried about you, Allison. The other day with the Terminauts was almost a disaster. I haven’t even seen you use your power! Did you lose it?

RUMOR:

(Annoyed)

Luther! I’m talking to you about my real life and your niece. And all you care about is our goddamn powers? You’re still so obsessed with being a hero you can-

SPACEBOY:

(Cutting off Rumor)

Allison, look at me! How am I supposed to relate to anyone at all, let alone your feelings about your daughter? I would’ve loved to have had a daughter and a wife. But I think that focusing on our work is probably the healthiest thing for someone like me. So help me save the world for your daughter… For Claire!

(Pause)

I’d like to meet her someday.

There is a moment of awkward silence.

Rumor grows a seductive smile.

RUMOR:

You know Space? I heard a rumor that you’ve wanted to kiss me since you were eight years old!

Spaceboy stares at Rumor for a minute. Tension builds up between the two. Rumor jumps toward Spaceboy as he wraps his paws around her and they share a passionate kiss.

Rumor then stops and cuddles up with Spaceboy.

RUMOR:

(Mildly scared)

I’m scared, Space!

SPACEBOY:

I know. You should be.

Séance hovers over Spaceboy and Rumor. He is shocked and melancholic over everything he has seen.

INT. SEVEN’S APARTMENT – NIGHT

The apartment is dark and abandoned. CLOSE IN – Window. Kraken appears in front of the window. He slides it open and silently enters the apartment.

KRAKEN:

Vanya?

No answer. Kraken checks the bedroom and there is no sign of Seven.

INT. SEVEN’S APARTMENT, KITCHEN – NIGHT

Non-fresh coffee pot lies on the counter next to a stack of mail.

A sticky note with “Icarus Noon” written on it is next to the mail.

Kraken looks around and finds the note.

EXT. ACADEMY MANSION, COURTYARD – NIGHT

Thousands of shining stars moonlight over the courtyard.

Seven AKA White Violin and the rest of the orchestra appear in front of the courtyard.

Seven’s white body lights up the entire courtyard brighter than the stars.

ORCHESTRA MEMBER:

(Confused)

What are we doing here?

SEVEN:

Practice makes perfect.

Seven finds Ben’s Statue.

SEVEN:

(Eyeing the statue)

Give me something in D-Minor!

One of the orchestra members hands Seven her violin.

She mildly plays her instrument in front of the statue. It implodes into pieces of stone.

Seven turns her attention to the mansion.

SEVEN:

We should knock first!

Seven continues to play. The music grows louder and eerier.

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, POGO’S ROOM – NIGHT

Pogo hears the music coming from the courtyard. He looks out the window.

POGO:

(Screams)

No!

EXT. ACADEMY MANSION, COURTYARD – CONT’D

BOOM!

Half the mansion suddenly explodes with hellish flames.

Pogo runs towards Seven.

POGO:

(Anxiously)

Vanya! What are you doing? This is not the way to prove yourself!

SEVEN:

Father had to learn at some point. So did my brothers and sister. Quite frankly, so did you.

Seven plays her violin towards Pogo’s direction.

POGO:

(Screams)

NO!

The music rhythms blow Pogo’s brains out of the back of his head. He falls dead to the ground.

SEVEN:

(Standing over Pogo’s body)(Smiling)

You were right about me, Pogo. I am special!

(To the orchestra)

That’s enough of a warm up!

The Boy comes out of the flaming mansion with blood running profusely down his nose.

He looks over and finds Seven walking out of the courtyard.

BOY:

(Intrigued)

Fascinating!

Spaceboy, Rumor, and Séance appear.

SPACEBOY:

(Yells)

Number Five! What happened?

The four are all in shock.

BOY:

Something woke me up… An explosion… I found myself covered in broken glass and bleeding profusely from the nose. I pulled myself up… That’s when I saw pogo. He was gone.

Rumor And Spaceboy hold back their tears.

BOY:

(Cont’d)

I leaned out the window to see what was happening… Hargreeves’s monocle… It shows you things… Shows you what someone really is… I saw Vanya… She was changed… But it was her… She’s the end of the world! She’s going to destroy the world if we don’t stop her.

EXT. HILL – DAWN

The sun rises over a beautiful hill as a truck tosses out newspapers at the front steps of several houses.

The headline of the paper reads, “IT’S A PERFECT DAY.”

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – DAY

The orchestra members tune their instruments.

Seven stands in front of them with her violin in hand.

SEVEN:

Is everyone ready?

All members nod their head yes.

SEVEN:

(Smiles)

Good, let’s begin!

OVER BLACK

“Finale”

EXT. THE CITY - DAY

The orchestra’s music is heard with a low pitch that grows louder and louder.

Some pedestrians grow nervous from the music.

The music gets louder and eerier.

People grow insane and mercilessly attack each other.

BOOM!

Cars begin to explode throughout the street, both parked and moving.

A car in flames crashes into a gas station, creating a bigger hectic explosion.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a plane crashes from the sky, colliding through the streets and crashing into a bank.

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – DAY

Seven and the orchestra play more and more and put more of their passion into their music.

EXT. THE CITY – CONT’D

The music notes vaporize various citizens into splattering pools of blood.

The music gets louder and more buildings explode into flaming pieces.

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – CONT’D

Seven suddenly stops playing.

SEVEN:

(Giving order)

Stop playing!

The orchestra stops.

SEVEN:

I want my family here first before we send everyone to Hell! So give them some time to come!

EXT. THE CITY – CONT’D

Spaceboy, Séance, Rumor, and The Boy fly over the city. They look down and find they are flying over several destroyed buildings, torched cars, and hundreds of pools of blood.

There are screams of panic and riots beginning to occur.

SPACEBOY:

Rumor, I need you to calm everyone down!

RUMOR:

Sure!

(Yelling over the citizens)

Attention! I heard a rumor that you will find all your loved ones unharmed at your homes, plus one million dollars!

The citizens calm down and run with nativity to their homes.

SPACEBOY:

Good job!

SÉANCE:

At this point, there’s going to be no point in talking about my hunger for speed or wanting to go back to the asylum.

SPACEBOY:

Yeah, this isn’t really the place for that.

(To Boy)

Five, where did you say the orchestra was hiding?

BOY:

The Icarus Theatre! It’s the only active theatre left in town.

EXT. ICARUS THEATRE – DAY

The sign outside of the theatre reads, “End of the World.”

EXT. ICARUS THEATRE, ROOF – DAY

Kraken sneaks up onto the roof. A masked GUARD in a tuxedo patrols the roof with a rifle.

Kraken grabs hold of the Guard and executes him with a knife.

Music is heard coming from the inside of the theatre. This implodes the roof. Kraken falls down into the-

INT. ICARUS THEATRE – DAY

Kraken collapses to the ground and finds two orchestra henchmen charging towards him.

Kraken draws two knives and throws them both, impaling both men through their chests.

Kraken speeds towards Seven, grabs her by the throat, and sticks a knife towards her eye.

KRAKEN:

It’s time to cut this shit out Vanya!

SEVEN:

What exactly are you doing, brother?

Kraken moves the knife to her throat over the top of her violin chord tattoo.

KRAKEN:

Tell me why I shouldn’t kill you right here and now!

SEVEN:

Because I love you!

Seven sheds a mild tear. Kraken’s knife accidentally touches the tattoo. A music note is heard.

The impact of the music note from Seven’s neck forcefully throws Kraken across the stage into a wall.

The rest of the Umbrella Academy appears.

SPACEBOY:

You know Kraken? You really need to stop running off alone.

RUMOR:

(Pointing towards Seven)

Space!

Seven is about to start playing.

SEVEN:

Big brother! You’ve finally made it to one of my recitals. And you brought the whole family? That’s really touching but I’ve only been waiting nineteen years.

SPACEBOY:

Vanya, put the violin down so we can talk about this!

SEVEN:

You should have seen me my first time. I was so nervous my hands were shaking. I broke a string but no one cared. Pogo was there.

(To Spaceboy)

You guys were close, weren’t you, Space?

RUMOR:

I heard a rumor-

SEVEN:

(Shouts)

YOU SHUT UP!

Seven plays a note directed toward Rumor. Her throat explodes open with blood.

SEVEN:

(To her orchestra)

Kill them and we can finish playing!

The orchestra members draw pistols, knives, clubs, hammers, and chains.

Kraken and The Boy charge through them and beat them all to a bloody pulp. They’re all left broken.

Spaceboy flies out of the theatre with a badly wounded Rumor in his arms.

More henchmen charge towards Kraken and The Boy. The Boy begins to dismember several of them while Kraken tosses knives at them.

SEVEN:

There’s no use for fighting. We’re all going to die anyway!

Someone stands up in the audience. Séance under disguise.

SÉANCE:

That is more than enough young lady!

SEVEN:

(Confused)

Séance?

Séance is dressed in one of Monocles old suits and is wearing a monocle. He has a lit cigarette between his fingers.

Several children’s orchestra players and Ube Tribe members surround Séance.

SÉANCE:

No, actually. It’s father. And this is the famous composer Ivan Stravinsky along with the Manchester children’s orchestra and a few members of the Ube Tribe. We’re here to tell stop you by performing Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, at a very specific tempo. And quickly… I have to get the children back for supper.

SEVEN:

Like hell you are…

A Two ORCHESTRA MEMBERS appear.

MEMBER #1:

Madam Violin, what’s happening? You’ve stopped playing!

MEMBER #2:

You’re ruining the piece! You promised us destruction!

MEMBER #1:

You promised us death!

SEVEN:

(To Members)

So go hang yourselves!

(To Séance)

Don’t walk away from me, Hargreeves!

Séance turns around and casually heads for the exit.

SEVEN:

(Raising her voice)

I said don’t walk away from me!

Séance lights another cigarette and stays while everyone else leaves.

SÉANCE:

Were you speaking to me, Vanya? I’m sorry, but I’m busy at the moment… Putting a stop to your tantrum.

Seven aggressively gets in Séance’s face.

SEVEN:

Tantrum!? You’re calling this a tantrum? I’m about to end the fucking world here!

SÉANCE:

(Grins)

No you’re not. You’re losing.

SEVEN:

But-

SÉANCE:

(Cutting off Seven)

You were an utter disappointment as a child and an embarrassment as an adult. So you can play the violin. Big deal! You can’t even destroy the world properly. Face it, Vanya! You’re a failure!

Seven breaks down in tears.

Kraken runs up the stairs.

KRAKEN:

Vanya, don’t listen to him! All we ever wanted was for him to love us, and he fed us to the damn wolves… He never cared if we lived or died, as long as it fit in with his plans. Hargreeves never loved you. But that doesn’t matter… As long as someone does…

SEVEN:

(Sarcastically)

Is this the part where we all go home and act like a happy family?

BANG! The Boy fires a bullet into the back of Seven’s head from a revolver. Black blood splatters from Seven’s skull. She falls to the ground.

BOY:

No… This is the part where, due to a bullet scrambling your brain, your capillaries start to leak fluid, causing swelling that puts pressure on your motor neurons, and voluntary motor activity fails.

KRAKEN:

(Stunned)

What the hell did you just do?

BOY:

What you would have done if you had the balls.

SÉANCE:

(Covered in Seven’s blood)

I can’t believe she fell for it… Thought I blew it when I said big deal.

KRAKEN:

(Confused)

You aren’t Hargreeves?

SÉANCE:

Oh, c’mon! You really think I’d be able to channel the old bat? That son-of-a-bitch is even more stubborn as a corpse! Maybe I have a career in acting… I’ve been dying to get involved in interpretive dance.

SEVEN:

(Weakly)

It’s too late… I’d stop it but I can’t feel my fingers.

The Boy waves the gun in Seven’s face.

BOY:

(Yells)

Stop what? What are you talking about?

A loud scratchy noise is heard.

BOY:

What is that noise?

SEVEN:

(Weakly)

Even a failed performance comes to-

A bright light covers over the destroyed roof of the theatre.

SEVEN:

(Cont’d)

The finale!

BOY:

(Looking up at the sky)

You know something, Vanya?

EXT. ICARUS THEATRE - DAY

The light is a big rock in flames.

BOY:

(Cont’d)

I never liked you.

The rock crashes down hard on the theatre and creates a massive explosion over the entire city.

EXT. ICARUS THEATRE – LATER

Ashes pour like snow over the destroyed City.

Séance, The Boy, Kraken, and the children appear to be okay.

BOY:

(Intrigued)

Fascinating… We’re alive!

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)

We all knew The Séance was capable of telekinesis, but no one knew he could halt a forty-thousand-ton chunk of the moon rocketing toward us. I suspect not even The Séance had known this.

INT. HOSPITAL – DAY

Spaceboy sits next to Rumor’s bed. Rumor is asleep with a bandage over her throat.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

Doctors saved The Rumor’s life, although they said she would never speak again, as her vocal chords had been completely severed. Spaceboy was standing by her side when he finally received the distress call he’d been waiting for all these years.

EXT. MOON

A robot, BEN, is standing over the moon on radio.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

It was Ben, his robot stationed at Annihilation Control… Sonic vibrations emanating from the downtown area had caused large portions of the moon to break free, hurtling toward the Earth. Spaceboy told him not to worry.

INT. OPERATING ROOM – DAY

The room is dark except for the lights over the doctors operating on the back of Seven’s head.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

The surgeons at Huxley General also saved Vanya. We got her there just in time. The bullet had missed a vital portion of her brain by a millimeter, and the surgeons left it there for fear of disrupting the nerves. They were confident that her motor skills and memory would return. But unsure she would ever play the violin again.

EXT. ICARUS THEATRE – DAY

Lupo and other police officers arrest the remaining orchestra members.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

The surviving members of the orchestra Verdammten were promptly arrested by one Inspector Lupo, who was waiting outside the Icarus Theatre on a hunch. The trials start in two weeks. Some of the accused will go to Shinyview Hospital for the Mentally Ill. Most of them will get what they wanted in the seat of an electric chair.

INT. TRUCK (MOVING) – DAY

Two men, GIOVANNI and HORATIO give the Academy members a ride home.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

Outside the hospital, we met two brothers… piano movers named Giovanni and Horatio Goffo, who we asked for a lift home. As the house came into view, there was one more surprise waiting for us. The thinner and more talkative of the piano movers noticed it first.

EXT. HILL – DAY

A view of the Academy Mansion. It is completely destroyed.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

This was of course ironic but far from tragic.

EXT. COURTYARD – DAY

The Academy is stunned to find the house imploded into pieces.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

A house that held so many awful memories for us was gone and we were fine with that.

SÉANCE:

(Lighting a cigarette)

There goes all my shoes.

Spaceboy and Kraken walk through what’s left of the house.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)(Cont’d)

In one of the first civil exchanges I have ever seen between the two, The Kraken made a vague reference to ice cream, at which Spaceboy laughed. He then said-

KRAKEN:

Looks like you got your work cut out for you, Flyboy.

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)

To this, Spaceboy replied-

SPACEBOY:

We sure do.

INT. ACADEMY MANSION, KITCHEN – DAY

NARRATOR:

(V.O.)

He decided to start by making a sandwich.

Spaceboy spreads jelly over a slice of bread in what is left of the kitchen.

A carton of milk is displayed with a missing advertisement of The Boy.

Mom sits reading a newspaper with a head that reads, “APOCALYPSE AVERTED.”

FADE OUT:

THE END

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