Seed by Humberto Hidalgo
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FADE IN: EXT. SPACE Black. WALLY (V.O.) Are my eyes still closed? I cant tell the difference. Then from depth comes a bright light. WALLY (V.O.) (CONTD) A Star? A planet? (beat) Does my mission begin? INT. A ROOM - FLASHBACK The florescent lights cast a reminder of school days. A white board stands at attention in the front of the room. HOWARD and SAL sternly watch the clock. Both are aging and their button up attire screams their generation. In comes WALLY (9) slowly through the door. SAL Ah. There he is. Sal guides Wally in and shuts the door. SAL (CONTD) Have a seat young man. Wally sits. Howard takes a knee. HOWARD You know why youre here Walter? WALLY My name is Wally. HOWARD Well. You are very special Wally. Important. SAL
HOWARD Youve been granted a privilege.
2. SAL Youre a pioneer for humanity. Sal gestures a gun firing at Wally. Last hope? WALLY
HOWARD Not a suicide mission. Better-SAL
HOWARD Do you believe in luck? I dunno. WALLY
Howard gets up painfully. HOWARD Some would say its luck that were here. SAL And the draw of the short straw were going. HOWARD I dont believe that. We have the power to make our own luck. SAL (Sal points at Wally) Thats you, lucky. WALLY What do I have to do? Sit. HOWARD
Wally adjust himself in his seat unsure if hes sitting wrong. Sitting? Sitting. WALLY SAL
3. HOWARD For most of the journey. SAL You well essentially be humanitys panspermia-HOWARD What my associate is saying is... SAL Do you know about the birds and the bees? INT. SHIP CABIN - PRESENT A grown up Wally shakes lightly as the thrusters engage. Bald and tightly strapped into a chair, a red light is his only illumination. Tubes and wires cover his body. Specifically two tubes leading into his mostly unused mouth. WALLY (V.O.) Im hurdling at near light speed in space for god knows how long. My age is unknown, to me. At these speeds time has slowed for me. Ive out lasted my mother. Maybe even the entire Earth. INT. A ROOM - FLASHBACK On the white board is crude drawings of sperm swimming to an egg. SAL The vagina is a torturous sea of obstacles and false hope. Sal points to the sperm. SAL (CONTD) The goal of one of these vehicles is to reach an egg. HOWARD And fertilize it. Howard joins his two hands and interlocks his fingers. HOWARD (CONTD) This is how you were conceived.
4. WALLY In a vagina-SAL Yeah. But think of space as the vagina. Vast. HOWARD Were getting off topic here. Walter. Wally. WALLY
HOWARD Wally. You are like sperm. SAL You have the ability to fertilize an entire planet-HOWARD Sperm that will blast off into space on a rocket. In search of a planet where you will breed new life. INT. SHIP CABIN - PRESENT Wally continues to shake or tremble. WALLY (V.O.) Like male ejaculate we were thrown all over this galaxy in search of an egg. There were no guarantees. Riding on the back of the latest anti-matter engine. INT. A ROOM - FLASHBACK Howard holds a toy space ship as he is kneeled before Wally. HOWARD Our engines run off of a small amount of matter. SAL Powered by your excrement. What? WALLY
5. HOWARD Shit. Literally. Do-do. SAL
WALLY Really? What about farts? HOWARD Should power the engine for thirty minutes. Whoa. How? WALLY
SAL It collides with the anti-matter-HOWARD You dont need to worry about this too much. Howard hands Wally the toy ship and gets up. WALLY (looking at the toy) Cool. Wally makes a farting noise as he plays with the toy. HOWARD What we do need to tell you... SAL Since youll be flying through space for a very long time. HOWARD Theres a chance youll run out of food. Then what? WALLY
SAL At that point the ship runs on a feed back loop. Meaning... HOWARD
SAL Youll survive off of your own--
6. INT. SHIP CABIN - PRESENT WALLY (V.O.) Have I run out of food? The noise from an electric motor activates. WALLY (V.O.) (CONTD) Feeding time. Pumping in and up one tube into Wallys mouth is feces. Wally notices, he tries to jostle away to no avail. EXT. SPACE The ship thrust forward toward a star and planet system. FADE OUT.