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10,000 B.C.
by
Roland Emmerich & Harald Kloser Revisions by Roland Emmerich & Harald Kloser & Matthew Sand Revisions by John Orloff Current Revisions by Robert Rodat
1/23/06
file: TT 1.23.06
A BLACK SCREEN The sound of wind --
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EXT. HIGH VALLEY - DUSK \*
We fly over softly swaying high grass. As far as the eye can see. A NARRATOR speaks, his voice weathered and wise.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
It was already the last moon and on many days the air smelled of the white rain...
Huge black boulders. Fearsome mountain peaks covered by eternal snow. The land is beautiful, primal.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
But then the Mannak came later and later, and we feared that one day he would bring us his blessings no longer...
Far in the distance we can make out a human settlement. A dozen huts built from mammoth bones and hide. The settlement seems deserted, but, as we move closer, we see there's a fire flickering inside the biggest of the huts.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
It was the time when the world of the Yagahl was coming to an end and the Ancient Fathers spoke to Old Mother, our dreamer, about the fate of our people...
We hear CHANTING. Wild. Frenzied. The raspy voice of an old woman getting answered, again and again, by the shrill chorus of many other voices.
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EXT. OLD MOTHER'S HUT - NIGHT
Arms and hands-- Stretching out, shaking to the rhythm of the music, giving strength to OLD MOTHER. She is the shaman of the tribe. Her ancient face is painted bright blue. She stands in a circle, formed by her people. The whole tribe is taking part in the ceremony. They all eagerly watch as their spiritual leader gets herself deeper and deeper into her trance. Between the moving tribe members, we make out a handsome boy, about ten years old. He is YOUNG D'LEH. There is something very special about him, perhaps the intelligence in his eyes. Instead of watching Old Mother's ritual, D'Leh stares at a girl sitting across from him. She's about his age, and even more beautiful than he. She is YOUNG EVOLET. She looks at D'Leh through the intervening people, revealing stunning bright green eyes. D'Leh smiles at her. Then he looks up to his FATHER, who has the same features as his son. D'Leh's father wears a distinctive ivory bracelet. TIC'TIC, about the same age as D'Leh's Father, stands nearby, listening intently to Old Mother. Tic'Tic is a hunter, thoughtful, formidable, though slightly less so than D'Leh's father. He also stares at Old Mother, whose shaking builds and builds until... Abruptly and from unknown forces, she is thrown backwards, at least a dozen feet, collapsing into the open arms of her people, where she starts to whisper in a child-like voice.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
In her dream she saw the Mannak roam our valley in numbers beyond counting. And then she saw him wander to the Great Mountains forever...
All the older people move forward and close in a tight circle around her.
NARRATOR (V.O.)
But we shall not fear. A great hunter will arise, a warrior to whom the daughter of her daughter will bestow many children. And he will lead our people to a land where two suns rise with the morning dawn. And there, the Yagahl will hunger no more.
We hold on D'Leh's father and Tic'Tic, who look at each other...
NARRATOR (V.O.)
And Old Mother shared her dream with the elders of our people.
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EXT. VALLEY - NIGHT
Long grass sways in a soft breeze. A full moon casts shadows. A solitary figure, a young woman, hurries through the grass, searching. She stops before a ridge. We see her green eyes, and realize she is Evolet, the little girl from the ceremony, now a beautiful young woman of seventeen. SUPER and TITLE: 10,000 B.C. She sees two figures sitting on a ridge, silhouetted by the pale light of the moon. She moves quickly toward them.
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EXT. LOW RIDGE LOOKING OVER VALLEY - NIGHT \*
D'LEH (18) sits on a rock, carving a small piece of ivory with a sharp-edged stone tool. We realize from his face that he is the boy from the ceremony, now grown. He's working on a small, bead-sized mammoth, which is nearly finished. BAKU, 12, bright, impatient, sits next to D'Leh, playing with a stick, watching D'Leh.
BAKU
When will the Mannaks come?
D'Leh continues carving.
D'LEH
When they want.
BAKU
Why do they come later and later?
D'LEH
Why don't you ask them when you see them?
D'Leh finishes the carving. He pulls out a necklace made of a string of similar small mammoths, and ties on the new piece, completing the necklace.
BAKU
When will Tic'Tic let me join the hunt?
D'LEH
When you stop asking so many questions.
They hear FOOTSTEPS. D'Leh hides the necklace, and turns to see Evolet coming their way. D'Leh sees that she's troubled. She puts down a small food basket near Baku.
EVOLET
Hungry, little brother?
Baku digs in, MUMBLING his thanks through his stuffed mouth. Evolet gives D'Leh a look, then walks off. D'Leh rises and follows her, speaking back to Baku, as he goes.
D'LEH
Keep a good watch, eh?
Baku, MUMBLES, "yes," through the food in his mouth.
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EXT. BEHIND THE RIDGE - NIGHT \*
Evolet walks through the tall grass with D'Leh following, a few steps behind. He savors the moonlit view of her. She feels his eyes, but has something else on her mind, something urgent. She stops at a spot, far enough from Baku to afford them some privacy.
D'LEH
What's wrong?
EVOLET
Old Mother spoke with Tic'Tic in our hut today.
D'LEH
Tic'Tic came to your hut?
EVOLET
Old Mother told him he should not be the one to slay the Mannak when he comes.
D'Leh looks bewildered.
EVOLET
She wants Ka'ren to prove himself, so he can claim me. She thinks him the bravest of the young hunters, and she wants me to be his.
D'LEH
(shocked)
Ka'ren? He doesn't care for you, he thinks only of the hunt.
EVOLET
He considers me a worthy woman for a great hunter.
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EXT. RIDGE - NIGHT \*
Baku is still wolfing down the food from Evolet's basket. He doesn't realize that behind him a giant shadow has appeared, blotting out the stars. The shadow grows into a silhouette, and we slowly realize it has the shape of a mammoth. We hear a DEEP and RASPY BREATHING. Baku turns and nearly chokes on his food. The mammoth startles and lifts up his tusk. An ear shattering ROAR... IN THE TALL GRASS D'Leh and Evolet turn at the ROAR. D'Leh runs back toward the ridge, Evolet following. ON THE RIDGE Baku stands frozen in fear, before the great mammoth. D'Leh runs past, to the edge of the ridge. By the moonlight, he sees: A MASSIVE HERD OF MAMMOTHS More than a hundred animals. The Mannaks have arrived! D'Leh looks at Evolet and Baku. They all turn and start to run down the slope toward the village.
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EXT. GRASSLAND - NIGHT \*
D'Leh, Evolet, and Baku run. D'Leh shouts at Baku:
D'LEH
Go tell Tic'Tic!
BAKU
Why me?
D'LEH
Because I say it!
Evolet looks at her little brother sharply. Baku splits off and runs up a rocky ridge.
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EXT. TIC'TIC'S HUT - HIGH RIDGE - EARLY DAWN \*
The sky is turning a dark blue. Baku reaches Tic'Tic's hut, which is high above the village. Mammoth tusks line the entrance, a forbidding sight for Baku, who slows, and reluctantly enters the hut.
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INT. TIC'TIC'S HUT - EARLY DAWN \*
Darkness. Baku doesn't dare breathe. The boy looks around, trying to make out things. It seems the hut is empty. Baku sees something that captures his attention -- a distinctive, ivory-handled WHITE SPEAR. Baku is drawn to the spear, unable to keep himself from looking at it more closely. He starts to reach out, to touch it, when a SOUND behind him makes him spin. Tic'Tic appears right behind Baku. The old man's face is stern, his wiry body already painted for the hunt.
BAKU
The...the Mannaks are here.
Tic'Tic knows -- he's already painted and prepared.
BAKU
The whole valley is full of them. There are so many.
This has a profound impact on Tic'Tic. He passes the boy, and grabs the White Spear.
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EXT. MAMMOTH HUNTER'S CAMP - DAWN \*
The rising sun is still below the mountains. The hunters prepare. Checking their weapons; gathering their gear; putting on body paint; practicing throwing their spears at a target made of mammoth bones and hide. There are a dozen hunters. D'Leh is somewhat separate from the others. Among the young hunters are: KA'REN, about D'Leh's age, very imposing-looking, athletic. MOHA, somewhat smaller, cocky. LU'KIBU, same age, a follower. All are focused and intent -- this is serious business. Ka'ren grabs some spears and steps over to the target. He waits as two other hunters throw. Their throws are good, but not great. Ka'ren steps up and prepares to throw. Most of the hunters turn to watch. D'Leh pointedly does not. Ka'ren lets loose with a stunning throw -- the spearhead slams into the dead center of the target, sinking much deeper than any of the other throws. D'Leh glances over. Moha and Lu'Kibu look at D'Leh, and exchange a look.
MOHA
I can see it in his eyes.
LU'KIBU
So can I, it's fear.
They laugh lightly, coolly derisive.
LU'KIBU
He's afraid Ka'ren will win his woman today.
MOHA
Perhaps he'll run away, like his father.
D'Leh bristles. Ka'ren looks over, and speaks sharply, with authority.
KA'REN
Moha, Lu'Kibu, quiet. Your spears.
Chastised, but still sharing a smile, they turn their attention to their spears, checking the bindings that hold the heads to the shafts. Old Mother and Evolet arrive. Evolet hangs back with some of the other young women. D'Leh and Evolet see each other. On opposite sides of the gathered tribe, they lock eyes through the intervening people. Old Mother steps among the hunters. She stops in front of Ka'ren, who is tying a SMALL WOODEN BOWL to his waist. Old Mother MURMURS A BLESSING, which she finishes off by SPITTING on Ka'ren. Ka'ren expected it, but it's still a bit off-putting. He keeps himself from wiping off her spittle, and goes back to preparing his weapons. Old Mother moves on, blessing each of the hunters in turn, with the murmuring, and the spitting. One after another they submit, all somewhat reluctantly, to her ministrations. Tic'Tic walks into the camp, followed by Baku. Tic'Tic blows into a carved ivory hunting whistle, hanging from his neck. Old Mother stops chanting. Tic'Tic walks into the middle of the circle holding the White Spear. All eyes are on Tic'Tic.
TIC'TIC
The Mannak is great, and we are small, but yet, we kill him. We kill him because we hunt together, as one.
His eyes wander across the faces of the hunters. He stops at D'Leh's. Tic'Tic holds the White Spear.
TIC'TIC
Today, I will not pierce the heart of the Mannak. One of you will drive the final blow...
Tic'Tic looks at all the hunters, and then, again, at D'Leh.
TIC'TIC
One of you will claim the White Spear...
Several of the young hunters glance at Evolet. She looks back only at D'Leh. Ka'ren is not among the hunters who glance at Evolet.
TIC'TIC
May the Ancient Fathers, and the spirit of the Mannak, choose the best of you.
He rams the White Spear in the middle of their circle. Tic'Tic turns and strides off, with the hunters close behind. The other members of the tribe follow, to see them off. D'Leh LAGS WITH Evolet. D'Leh takes out the necklace he carved, and hands it to her.
D'LEH
I worked on this for many, many nights...
She looks at the necklace, deeply moved.
D'LEH
You are here...
(he touches his chest)
No matter who kills the Mannak, you will always be here.
She's overwhelmed. He gives her a last smile, then turns, and hurries after the hunting party. Evolet looks after him, holding the necklace tightly.
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EXT. GRASSLAND BY RIM - DAY \*
The sun peeks over the mountains. Shapes appear between the high grass, which gently sways in the wind. Tic'Tic is in the lead. The other hunters follow, crawling up the incline, hidden in the grass by their body paint. The CAMERA lifts over the rim and reveals a stunning image-- A HERD OF MAMMOTHS, GRAZING ON AN OPEN PLAIN More than a hundred of them. The hunters share anxious looks. None of them has ever seen a herd this big. We pan over the herd, passing a giant female nursing her baby. After sizing up the situation, Tic'Tic turns to the others and gives a hand signal. All of the other hunters follow his lead, as he moves towards the herd. D'Leh immediately starts to move faster than the others, getting a bit ahead of the group. Tic'Tic makes a CLICKING INSECT SOUND, getting D'Leh's attention. Tic'Tic motions for D'Leh to ease back, to stay tighter with the advancing group. D'Leh reluctantly slows, waiting for the others, joining with them, then pacing himself to stay with them. The hunters advance on the herd. Tic'Tic leads. The animals pick up their scent and begin to stir. Tic'Tic signals the hunters. They stop in a long, curving row. Tic'Tic continues, alone, moving deeper and deeper into the herd. He passes the female mammoth and her baby, very close. The baby eyes him curiously. Tic'Tic zeros in on a giant mammoth, the LEAD BULL. Tic'Tic carefully approaches. Sensing movement, the lead bull turns menacingly towards the approaching Tic'Tic. The other mammoths in the herd react to the lead bull's movement, and they turn as well. A pause, then they begin grazing again. Tic'Tic creeps closer still. The lead bull stops eating. His trunk sniffs the air and the animal makes a RUMBLING sound. The lead bull looks down towards Tic'Tic, trying to spot him with near-sighted eyes. D'Leh eases forward a bit. Ka'ren, and some of the other hunters, note D'Leh's movement. They're not pleased. Suddenly, directly in front of the lead bull, Tic'Tic leaps to his feet, waving his arms, SHOUTING wildly. The lead bull's feet tear up the ground. His massive head whips back and forth. Tic'Tic stands his ground. He goes closer to the lead bull, and thrusts his spear at the animal's face. THE MAMMOTH CHARGES. Tic'Tic ROLLS out of the way, barely avoiding being trampled. Tic'Tic BLOWS HIS HUNTING WHISTLE. At that signal, D'Leh and the other hunters leap to their feet, waving their arms and SHOUTING. The rest of the herd, spooked and furious, SNORTS, TRUMPETS, some rearing up on their hind legs. The herd charges after the lead bull with a sound like rolling thunder. Their stampede leads them into a valley. Far in the distance we make out a rock formation, a wide opening, which we later learn will lead into an increasingly narrow canyon. Tic'Tic joins the other hunters, running, giving them hand signals, deploying them. The hunters form themselves into a crescent, behind and to the sides of the running mammoths, herding them, directing the big animals towards the canyon opening. D'Leh runs alongside the herd, point man of one side of the crescent. D'Leh, focused only on the mammoths, and not on the other hunters, runs faster, putting distance between himself and the others. Tic'Tic sees D'Leh and CALLS OUT angrily to him, motioning him back with the group, but the thunderous sounds of the mammoths' stampede drowns out Tic'Tic's voice. Ka'ren looks angrily ahead at D'Leh. Moha and Lu'Kibu see D'Leh ahead of the group, and exchange an angry look. Picking up speed, D'Leh gets further ahead of the other hunters. D'Leh is now running ahead of some of the trailing mammoths, and some of those animals veer to the outside of D'Leh, driving him in among the main herd. Tic'Tic sees this happen. His anger grows, but there's nothing he can do about it. We see big boulders looming ahead. With D'Leh running among them, two of the mammoths in the center of the herd are spooked and start to veer off, away from the mouth of the canyon. Other mammoths in the herd respond, and start to veer away from the canyon mouth as well. Tic'Tic sees the herd starting to change direction because of D'Leh. Tic'Tic motions to Ka'ren, Moha, and Lu'Kibu, who tighten up on their side of the herd, yelling, driving the herd back toward the canyon mouth. The lead bull has passed the boulders, and now every animal has to choose its route. D'Leh runs between two massive animals who want to squeeze between two of the giant stone boulders. They scrape the rock and their bodies crash together. D'Leh's only chance is to duck down and dive under the body of one of the stampeding mammoths. For a couple of endless seconds he runs under the animal. But when the mammoth jumps over a smaller rock, which is too high for D'Leh, he has no choice other than to jump aside, tumbling to the ground, where he's nearly crushed by the feet of the other mammoths. Ka'ren, Moha, and Lu'Kibu shoot him harsh looks as they pass. D'Leh scrambles up, but he has lost his lead. Tic'Tic looks over, angry, but relieved that D'Leh is alive. They run on, now with D'Leh behind the other hunters.
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EXT. CANYON - DAY \*
Several elder hunters pull on two ropes. The ropes are attached to two heavy stones which are dragged up to the top of finger-like rocks which form a bottleneck in the canyon.. Baku, nearby, watches. He HEARS THE HERD APPROACHING, and he scrambles up the sloping side of the canyon, and sees the stampeding animals approaching.
BAKU
They are coming! They are coming!
The old men double their effort.
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EXT. MOUTH OF THE CANYON
The lead bull has reached the mouth of the canyon, which is wide at the opening but narrows more and more towards the other end. The mammoths's bodies start to scrape along the jutting walls of the narrowing canyon. Further ahead, the old hunters await the herd with growing anticipation. They crouch on top of the two stone fingers. They look down on the lead bull, which thunders past. Then group after group of animals does the same, raising huge clouds of dust. Baku stands on his lookout point, and watches the spectacle of the thundering herd and the hunters driving them into the canyon. The clouds of dust make it difficult for him to see and he strains to make out the end of the herd. When he is finally able to see that the last mammoth has passed, he starts to wave his arms furiously. This signals the old hunters that their prey is approaching the trap. We see the LAST BULL racing towards the bottleneck. The last bull is massive, nearly as formidable as the lead bull. At Baku's signal, the old hunters push down the two massive rocks on each side of the stone fingers. A heavy net, which was buried in the ground, pulls up in front of the bull and catches him in full stride. The animal screams out. The ropes stretch as the net barely contains the speed of the raging animal. For extra reinforcement the net is secured by other ropes which are also attached to heavy stones; they too now get dragged over the ground. The bull slows down. We now discover two other old hunters hidden behind a rock, yanking another rope up off the ground. It catches the legs of the bull, and he finally goes down with a terrifying roar. The hunters run in, with Ka'ren in the lead. But D'Leh is still far behind. The mammoth struggles, on its side, entangled in the net. KA'REN GOES IN FIRST, ready to take the day's glory. His spear raised, ready to throw, Ka'ren moves in, boldly, but patiently, waiting for the perfect moment... Ka'ren climbs onto a boulder to have a better line-of-sight. The struggling mammoth is not an easy target. His flailing legs are in the way of his heart. But then Ka'ren THROWS... His SPEAR hits the chest of the thrashing animal. A good throw, but because of the flailing legs it was deflected. The wound angers the beast more than debilitating it. All the other young hunters now move in. It is their chance to throw their spears. When D'Leh finally arrives, he sees Lu'Kibu and Moha throw their spears, but their throws don't do much harm. Now D'Leh moves in. It is his chance. But, as D'Leh prepares to throw, Baku screams a warning.
BAKU
Watch out!
D'Leh turns and sees Baku waving his arms in panic. Then everybody sees what Baku has seen: The giant FEMALE MAMMOTH with her BABY is stampeding towards them! D'Leh and the other hunters quickly jump aside to avoid being trampled. Storming through the bottleneck of the canyon, the mother animal crashes into the ropes and the net that is holding down the bull. The ropes rip away from the rocks! The baby mammoth follows and nearly gets caught in the torn ropes. As the baby SQUEALS, the mother lets out a terrifying ROAR and the mother and baby run after the herd until they are out of sight. The bull struggles to get back on its feet. D'Leh moves in on the madly thrashing mammoth, grabs a piece of the net, and pulls down. It's a mad, nearly suicidal move, but one that inspires the other hunters. Everybody grabs whatever end of the net they can reach. They delay the mammoth for a moment, but they are no match for the gigantic animal which manages to get back on its feet and starts to charge away, dragging all the hunters along as they cling to the net. The mammoth runs faster and faster, and one by one the hunters let go of the net. After a few hundred yards, only two hunters remain -- D'Leh and Ka'ren. Ka'ren and D'Leh look at one another. The mammoth turns, the net swings behind, and Ka'ren is smashed against the side of the canyon. He loses his grip on the net, and tumbles to a stop. D'Leh hangs on for another moment, then realizes that he, too, must let go. He lets go of his grip, then sees: His hand is tightly tangled in the net. He tries to free his hand, but can't. Tic'Tic runs behind, stopping, watching as D'Leh and the mammoth disappear behind a bend in the canyon. Moha and Lu'Kibu appear by Tic'Tic's side.
MOHA
He will get himself killed!
TIC'TIC
Go back, help the others.
Moha and Lu'Kibu run back toward the other hunters. Tic'Tic runs after D'Leh and the mammoth.
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EXT. HIGH PLATEAU - DAY \*
The other side of the canyon opens onto a wide expanse of savannah. The high grass cushions the rough ride as D'Leh is dragged by the bull. In the background we see the giant female and her baby join the rest of the herd, which is still agitated, but has slowed down. As the CAMERA MOVES UP, we see that the animal is racing towards a steep cliff. D'Leh still struggles to free his hand from the net. The mammoth passes a rock, the net gets caught in it and comes loose. D'Leh rolls to a stop. The mammoth comes to an abrupt halt at the cliff's edge. D'Leh is barely conscious. Dazed and hurt, he struggles to get up. The bull turns toward him. It REARS and BELLOWS in anger and pain! D'Leh continues to try to free himself from the net. The bull charges, thundering down on him. Unable to free his hand, D'Leh can only jump out of the way. The bull, unable to change direction as quickly as D'Leh, barely misses him. D'Leh rolls to his knees, still struggling. The bull turns and charges again. D'Leh finally manages to free his hand. He jumps out of the way, again narrowly avoiding being killed. As D'Leh scrambles to his feet, he sees three spears sticking out of the net. They're the spears thrown by Ka'ren, Moha, and Lu'Kibu. D'Leh pulls the spears out as the bull turns toward him again. This time, the bull does not charge immediately. D'Leh and the mammoth stand opposite one another, neither moving. One man against a mammoth, impossible odds. ON A HILL IN THE DISTANCE, Tic'Tic runs up to the crest from the other direction. He sees D'Leh and the mammoth. THE MAMMOTH ADVANCES SLOWLY, preparing to charge. D'Leh backs up, holding the three spears, looking around for cover. Nothing, other than a few flat rocks. THE MAMMOTH CHARGES... D'Leh throws the first spear. It is a good throw, but it misses. THE MAMMOTH KEEPS COMING... He throws the second spear, but it hits the mammoth in the upper leg. THE MAMMOTH KEEPS COMING... He backs away, holding the last spear pointed at the mammoth. Without looking, he backs into a rock outcropping, and the butt of the spear becomes wedged between two rocks. THE MAMMOTH IS NEARLY UPON HIM... D'Leh tries to free the spear, but there is no more time. At a full run, the mammoth hits the spear, which sinks deep into its chest, but does not slow the momentum of the heavy beast. D'Leh scrambles over some low rocks and dives between two of them. The BULL CRASHES DOWN on top of the two rocks, and on D'Leh who lies between them. There is a strange rush of air, then SILENCE. Tic'Tic stands on the hilltop, watching, astonished. He sees the other hunters run in, getting to the collapsed animal. Moha and Lu'Kibu are the first to arrive. There is no sign of life. They cautiously walk around the giant animal. They hear a strange MOANING. Moha discovers a bloody hand, sticking out from under the mammoth. He and Lu'Kibu grab it and pull out D'Leh. D'Leh is dazed. Other hunters run in, YELLING madly, celebrating the kill. They surround D'Leh, jostling him in congratulations. Baku comes running. He stops and looks at D'Leh with awed respect.
BAKU
You killed a Mannak alone...
D'Leh looks at the massive animal. It's still sinking in.
BAKU
No one has ever done that.
D'Leh looks up to Tic'Tic, who still stands on his ridge, watching... Ka'ren observes the scene wordlessly, in silent anguish. Then Ka'ren draws his knife, steps over to the mammoth, and slices into the neck of the animal. He catches the still warm blood in his small wooden bowl. Then he stands and presents it silently to D'Leh. D'Leh stares into the bowl for a moment. He looks again up to Tic'Tic. But Tic'Tic is gone... Then he drinks down the bowl in one gulp and smiles exultantly, with teeth red from the mammoth's blood.
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EXT. GRASSLAND - LATER \*
D'Leh and Baku carry one of the mammoth's tusks back toward the village. D'Leh has regained his composure.
BAKU
One day I will carry the White Spear.
D'LEH
I am sure you will.
BAKU
And with it, I will choose my own woman, instead of having Old Mother choose one for me. She would give me an ugly one.
D'Leh has to smile at the boy.
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - AFTERNOON \*
Evolet stares at the hillside with great anticipation. Her fingers nervously play with the necklace D'Leh gave her. She sees two figures appear, but can't make out who they are. The other members of the tribe, including Old Mother, step up, looking with her. Then, they can see that it's D'Leh, and that he's carrying a mammoth tusk. Evolet starts running towards D'Leh and Baku. The other tribe members exchange looks of surprise, which turns quickly into joy at the killing of a mammoth. They race after Evolet. Old Mother hangs back, watching thoughtfully, knowingly, troubled. She sees Evolet and the rest of the tribe surround D'Leh, celebrating, escorting him toward the village.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN PASS - DUSK \*
High in the mountains. Patches of snow glow in the fading light. A white mountain antelope is grazing peacefully. Suddenly we hear a sharp SWOOSH and we see the animal falling, an arrow having pierced its neck. The snow slowly turns red.
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - DUSK \*
Old Mother sits alone on a rock outside the mammoth hunter's camp. The SOUNDS OF CELEBRATION are heard from the village. We CLOSE in on her stoic face as she's staring towards the mountains with her eyes wide open, when we see-- A trickle of blood starts to run from her nose.
TIC'TIC (O.S.)
Your dream is coming true.
Old Mother doesn't turn around. She nods. We don't know if he's seen the blood on her face.
OLD MOTHER
I know.
(beat)
It should have been Ka'ren.
TIC'TIC
The Ancient Fathers have spoken.
Neither one of them is happy about it. They hear the SOUNDS OF CELEBRATION increasing.
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - DUSK
The tribe celebrates. Massive slabs of meat roast over the fire. Women and children work, happily stripping thin pieces of mammoth flesh, putting them on drying racks that surround the fires. A fermented brew is handed out. Many of the men are drunk, especially the hunters. D'Leh sits in the middle of the celebration with Evolet at his side. She's overjoyed. D'Leh takes a drink, then he sees, in the distance, Tic'Tic, standing on the ridge, near his hut... watching. Evolet notices.
EVOLET
Why does Tic'Tic not celebrate with us?
D'Leh looks at Tic'Tic. The solitary, distant figure makes D'Leh uncomfortable. He takes a drink, and tries to shake off his uneasiness.
D'LEH
Do not think of Tic'Tic.
She laughs, forgetting Tic'Tic, and hugs D'Leh, who sees Tic'Tic turn his back on the celebration, and enter his hut. NEARBY, Baku regales some of the younger children with the tale of D'Leh's bravery.
BAKU
...and then, one after another, they all let go of the net, and only D'Leh held on...
Evolet hears, and tightens her hold on D'Leh's arm. D'Leh has another moment of discomfort as he listens to Baku's tale. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GATHERING Ka'ren sits, drinking, watching. Moha and Lu'Kibu sit down next to him. They're drunk. Together they watch D'Leh.
LU'KIBU
Look at him, he nearly drove the Mannaks away from the nets. He thinks of none but himself...
MOHA
It's his blood. The father abandons us, and the son risks the hunt for a kill of his own.
LU'KIBU
It should have been one of us...
Ka'ren turns and looks at Lu'Kibu coldly. Lu'Kibu backs down.
LU'KIBU
It should have been Ka'ren.
Moha and Lu'Kibu wait for Ka'ren to agree. Instead, Ka'ren snaps at them, speaking quietly but harshly:
KA'REN
He has proven himself as none of us ever will.
Lu'Kibu and Moha retreat, seeing that Ka'ren is not angry at D'Leh, but at himself and his fate.
KA'REN
Do not speak against him again.
Ka'ren takes the bowl of brew from Moha, and drinks it down. Then he takes Lu'Kibu's bowl, stands and walks off into the darkness, unsteadily, to drink alone. AT THE CENTER OF THE GATHERING Old Mother steps into the light of the fire. D'Leh shares a look with Evolet, then he rises and walks over to Old Mother.
D'LEH
Old Mother, today I killed a Mannak.
D'LEH
I drove the final blow, piercing his heart. I claim the White Spear.
Old Mother looks at him closely.
D'LEH
And with the White Spear I will claim Evolet as my woman.
A moment. Old Mother hesitates, not pleased. She steps over to the White Spear, pulls it from the ground, and hands it to D'Leh. She does this in a way, that the whole tribe realizes that Old Mother is not pleased with the outcome of the hunt. D'Leh takes the spear and endures the muted congratulations of the tribe. But his eyes are on Old Mother, who walks away and sits down in the shadows by her hut. A BOWL Is filled and raised shakily to a mouth-- CUT TO:
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - LATER
Evolet sits beside D'LEH and has to watch how D'Leh gets more and more drunk. She instinctively feels there is something wrong with him.
EVOLET
Don't have too much.
D'LEH
Why not? We have to celebrate.
He takes another deep gulp.
EVOLET
D'leh, what is wrong?
D'LEH
(angry)
Nothing is wrong!
He immediately regrets the aggressive tone of his voice. But it is already too late.
EVOLET
Then why do you sound so angry?
He doesn't know how to answer. He gets up, takes his White Spear and walks away. Worried and confused, Evolet looks after him.
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EXT. GRASSLAND - NIGHT
D'Leh walks away from the encampment. He stops, and looks back toward the glow of the fire. Alone, and feeling it, he looks up at the stars -- the Big Dipper, the North Star. A moment. Then he turns, and heads toward the ridge on which we can see Tic'Tic's hut, separate from the others.
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INT. TIC'TIC'S HUT - NIGHT \*
Moonlight passes through the gaps of the hut and makes jagged patterns on the walls and the floor. Tic'Tic is sitting at the rear of the hut. He hears footsteps. D'Leh enters his hut, carrying the White Spear. Tic'Tic waits for him to speak.
D'LEH
I did not drive the spear into the heart of the Mannak.
TIC'TIC
I know. The Ancient Fathers played with us today.
(beat)
Why are you here?
Tic'Tic looks at D'Leh closely. D'Leh looks at the White Spear.
D'LEH
It matters to me what you think.
TIC'TIC
It matters more what you think.
D'LEH
When my father left, no one looked at me the same, no one treated me the same, no one trusted me. No one but you.
TIC'TIC
Your father was impatient, like you.
D'LEH
And he betrayed our people by leaving.
TIC'TIC
And you? Would you betray our people?
D'LEH
Never.
Tic'Tic waits.
D'LEH
If I give up the White Spear, I give up Evolet. How can I do that? She is everything to me.
Tic'Tic considers that.
TIC'TIC
And have you earned her? Have you made yourself worthy of her?
A long moment. Then D'Leh holds the White Spear out to Tic'Tic.
D'LEH
Here. Take it back...
Tic'Tic takes the spear.
D'LEH
...until I have earned it.
D'Leh turns and walks out. Tic'Tic, guardedly pleased, watches him go.
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EXT. D'LEH'S ROCK - NIGHT \*
D'Leh walks up to a rock and sits down next to it. The rock is covered with paintings of animals and human figures. There are also the silhouettes of two hands, a bigger one and a smaller one at its side. D'Leh stares at the smaller hand for a moment, then he puts his hand over it.
D'LEH
(whispering)
Evolet--
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EXT. HIGH PLATEAU - NIGHT \*
Thick fog drifts. Vultures tear at the carcass of the slaughtered mammoth. At a SOUND, the vultures startle and pull away from their meal. Sensing danger, they fly off. CAMERA follows their flight, coming to an extreme CLOSE UP of a dark, grim-looking WARRIOR, his black eyes scanning the horizon, in the direction of the mammoth hunters' camp. CUT TO:
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EXT. D'LEH'S ROCK - NIGHT
D'Leh sits alone, looking out at the night sky. He turns at a SOUND, and sees Evolet. Evolet walks up to him.
EVOLET
What is it?
He doesn't answer.
EVOLET
There is something wrong, D'Leh, I feel it.
D'LEH
I have given the White Spear back to Tic'Tic.
EVOLET
What?
D'LEH
I cannot claim you as mine...
EVOLET
Why would you do such a thing?
D'LEH
I did not kill the Mannak...
EVOLET
Of course you did. You held onto the net, you killed it alone...
D'LEH
My hand was caught in the net, I tried to let go, and the Mannak ran into my spear. I did nothing...
She starts to cry.
EVOLET
You gave away the White Spear, you gave away me...
He reaches out to touch her. She tries to pull away, but he holds her.
D'LEH
I cannot carry the White Spear unless I earn it, and I cannot have you unless I am worthy...
EVOLET
We should be one, together...
D'LEH
We will be. When it is right.
She tries to understand, but she can't. She cries. D'Leh looks to the starry sky.
D'LEH
Do you see that light? That one.
He points at the NORTH STAR. She looks through her tears.
D'LEH
It doesn't move across the sky like all the others do. It stays there. All the other lights go behind the mountains. But not that one. It is always in the same place.
EVOLET
How do you know?
D'LEH
Because I've watched it-- many times.
(beat)
That light is-- like me.
She doesn't quite understand what he means. D'Leh stands up and looks at her with sad eyes.
D'LEH
It will always be there, Evolet--
She turns to him.
EVOLET
And yet, you gave me up.
D'LEH
I gave you up, because of what I feel.
She looks at him with sad eyes, then she turns and leaves. For a moment we think that D'Leh will stop her, but he lets her go--
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - DAWN
Everyone except Old Mother is asleep. She sits beside what remains of the fire. She takes a last sip from her bowl, then gets to her feet, and heads for her hut, swaying a bit.
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INT./EXT. OLD MOTHER'S HUT - DAWN \*
Old Mother enters her hut. She looks at the beds in front of her -- Baku, his mother, and an empty bed. She hears a SOUND, steps out of her hut and sees something very strange, something she has seen in a dream. A shape appears out of the fog. She sinks to her knees, and starts to chant. Other members of the tribe startle awake. Stare in disbelief at: A DEMON... To us, it is a man on horseback, but to these people it is something the likes of which they have never seen. It wears a strange mask to terrifying effect, and its coverings seem to meld into the horse's body, making them one... This is the WARLORD of the Slave Raiders. Next to him, more horsemen appear out of the fog. Dark- skinned men riding on black horses. They are the Slave Raiders. To the tribe, they are a vision out of their most fevered nightmares. Moha wakes. He grabs his spear. As he jumps up, a HARD BLOW from the butt end of the Warlord's spear drops him... Lu'Kibu is the next to go for his spear, but he is hit savagely before he can reach his weapon. A net is thrown over him. INSIDE OLD MOTHER'S HUT Baku'S MOTHER wakes. She looks outside, and sees what is happening. She ducks back in, and pushes Baku under a stack of animal skins.
BAKU'S MOTHER
Do not breathe!
He is in darkness for a moment, then he looks out and sees his mother, a strained look on her face... Baku watches in disbelief as she gasps and slowly slides to the ground, blood trickling down her neck. Behind her he sees a gruesome-looking man with a face disfigured by scars. He is ONE-EYE, the Warlord's second in command. Baku ducks back under the skins, and watches through a tiny gap. Trembling with fear, he sees One-Eye search the hut by torch light. One-Eye comes within inches of Baku's hiding place, then he turns and leaves, throwing his burning torch back into the hut as he goes. Baku stares at the fire for a few long seconds, transfixed by the terror of the moment. Then, in a sudden move, he grabs one of the animal skins and throws it over the torch trying to suffocate the flames. CUT TO:
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EXT. HILL SIDE PATH - DAWN \*
Evolet walks slowly away from D'Leh's rock, toward the village. She hears SCREAMING. She runs to a ridge. Evolet's face freezes in horror. She sees the mammoth hunter's camp in flames! She starts to run toward the camp. CUT TO:
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EXT. CLIFF - DAWN
D'Leh hears the NOISES OF THE ATTACK. He's much further from the camp than Evolet was. He steps to the edge of a cliff, and looks in the direction of the camp. He sees the glimmer of fire in the fog. He races down the hill.
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - DAWN \*
Evolet runs into the camp. She sees that the slave raiders have already herded up about a dozen and a half young men and women. The slave raiders are binding the captives, tying them together in pairs, with yokes fashioned out of lashed- together wooden staffs. The pairs of captives are then roped in a line to the raiders' horses. Evolet can't believe what she's seeing. Trying to stay out of sight, behind the burning huts, Evolet runs toward her mother's blazing hut. THE WARLORD SEES EVOLET She stares up at this apparition in horror as he gallops toward her. Old Mother throws herself between Evolet and the Warlord.
OLD MOTHER
Please! Spare her, great demon--
With a grimace, the Warlord brutally kicks Old Mother in the face, and the old woman drops to the ground. CUT TO:
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EXT. PATH TO THE CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - DAWN \*
D'Leh rushes downhill. He is now closer to the violence and sees the first burning hut.
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - DAWN \*
D'Leh approaches the perimeter of the camp, and sees the burning huts, dead bodies, and the slave raiders starting to move out, their roped captives stumbling behind the raiders' horses. D'Leh doesn't even slow down. He pulls out his stone hand blade, and, as he passes one of outlying huts, he grabs a spear from the side of a dead hunter, lying on the ground. Then, suddenly, just before D'Leh reaches the main camp, he is TACKLED and brought to the ground. He raises his blade, about to kill his attacker, then stops as he realizes that it's Tic'Tic, who speaks to D'Leh in a sharp whisper:
TIC'TIC
Stay down!
D'Leh will have none of that. He struggles to free himself from Tic'Tic, but the old man is surprisingly fast, and surprisingly strong. Tic'Tic gets his hands around D'Leh's throat, holding him down and keeping him from making any loud noises.
TIC'TIC
Quiet! We can't help them...not now...
D'Leh sees Evolet among those being led off. Tic'Tic tightens his grip on D'Leh.
TIC'TIC
Not now! Not now!
In utter agony, D'Leh watches as the captives are led off. THE WAR PARTY The Warlord rides at the head of his raiders. He looks back at the captives, satisfied. As the Warlord scans the prisoners, he notices Evolet, looking back in anguish at the burning huts of the village. She sees the Warlord looking at her, and glares at him furiously. The Warlord smiles -- she is beautiful in her fury, perhaps because of it. The Warlord kicks his horse, and they ride on. The captives, hurrying, stumbling, pulled along by their ropes. IN THE VILLAGE As the War Party and captives disappear into the jagged rocks at the base of the Great Mountains, the survivors of the raid gather: children, old men, old women, a few young women who were able to get away. The slave raiders took only the able- bodied. D'Leh and Tic'Tic walk into the encampment. They see Baku crying, kneeling next to his mother's body. Tic'Tic gently lifts the boy to his feet.
TIC'TIC
Go, find any that were not taken.
All that matters to Baku is his mother, lying on the ground.
TIC'TIC
Go. There is nothing you can do for her now.
Baku's tears slow a bit. He looks out into the grasslands. Knowing every hiding place, he heads out.
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EXT. PATH TO THE MOUNTAINS - DAWN \*
The Warlord leads the Slave Raiders up into the mountains. Evolet and the other prisoners stumble over the rocks, trying to keep up with the horses. Evolet looks back towards the camp, and sees small figures, one of whom she can just barely make out as D'Leh. She reels, then her view of D'Leh is interrupted by a rock outcropping, and she's dragged on with the other prisoners.
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EXT. GRASSLAND - DAWN
Ka'ren lies in the tall grass. At first it appears that he's dead, then we see the empty bowls of brew around him, and we realize that he is sleeping, drunk from the night before. Baku, still weeping, finds him, and rouses him.
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EXT. CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - DAY
The women of the tribe are laying out the bodies of the dead, giving voice to their sorrow - a high pitched WAILING. Others sprinkle ash over their bodies and faces. Old Mother CHANTS, her voice guttural, haunting. Above, vultures circle. Ka'ren and Baku enter the village. Ka'ren goes up to Old Mother, and speaks shamefully.
KA'REN
Forgive me, Old Mother, for not being here...
OLD MOTHER
There was nothing you could have done.
They hear a sound, turn and see D'Leh grabbing weapons, clothing, spare flints and other supplies from the charred remains of his hut.
BAKU
D'Leh?
D'Leh doesn't answer, as he packs weapons and supplies.
KA'REN
What are you doing?
D'LEH
I'm going after Evolet.
BAKU
Over the great Mountains?
KA'REN
It is not possible.
D'LEH
They came over the Great Mountains, did they not?
KA'REN
They are demons, four-legged demons. Old Mother said so. Perhaps they flew over the mountains.
D'LEH
I did not see wings on them.
KA'REN
They are many, and you are all alone.
TIC'TIC (O.S.)
No, he is not alone.
Everyone turns and sees Tic'Tic, fully packed, the White Spear in his hand.
TIC'TIC
I am going with him.
Everybody stares at him.
TIC'TIC
Without the other hunters our people will not survive. There is no choice. We must free our brothers and sisters.
Old Mother steps up.
OLD MOTHER
What Tic'Tic says is true.
The entire tribe, what is left of it, realizes the seriousness of the situation. Little Baku steps forward.
BAKU
I will go too!
OLD MOTHER
No, Baku, you have not lived enough years.
BAKU
(protesting)
But I have to!
Old Mother gives him a sharp look.
OLD MOTHER
You will stay here...
(turning to Ka'ren)
But you, Ka'ren, will go with them.
Ka'ren doesn't dare to contradict her; he runs to get his things-- D'Leh and Tic'Tic exchange a look.
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EXT. EDGE OF CAMP - DAY \*
D'Leh, Tic'Tic, and Ka'ren finish strapping on their packs, and gather up their weapons -- spears and knives. Tic'Tic carries the White Spear. Old Mother CHANTS the same blessing she gave before the mammoth hunt. She steps in front of D'Leh, GATHERING HER SALIVA.
D'LEH
Do not bless us as hunters. We are hunters no longer. Bless us, instead, as warriors.
Old Mother nods. She starts MURMURING A DIFFERENT CHANT, one that is lower, more guttural, forbidding. D'Leh, Tic'Tic, and Ka'ren move out. Behind them, those who remain watch them go. Baku steps to the front of the group. Old Mother steps up next to the boy, puts her hand on his shoulder, and watches with him.
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EXT. MOUNTAINS, EAST FACE - DAY \*
The Slave Raiders and their captives climb up steep, broken ground, ascending in switchbacks. The captives struggle to keep up, their wrists and necks bloodied by the ropes and yokes that bind them. The Warlord stops and drinks from his water bag. Moha and Lu'Kibu are yoked together. Moha, injured in the attack, stumbles and falls to his knees. One-Eye rides over and whips him, YELLING at him to get up. Evolet steps between One-Eye and Moha.
EVOLET
Stop! Please!
One-Eye raises his whip, about to swing it. Evolet winces, waiting for the blow, but standing her ground. The Warlord blocks the lash of the whip. He BARKS something to One-Eye in their guttural language. One-Eye lowers his arm, resentfully. The Warlord looks at Evolet, who coldly holds his look. He tosses her his water bag. She drinks. The Warlord holds out his hand for her to give it back to him. Instead, Evolet gives the water bag to Moha and Lu'Kibu. Then she turns to the Warlord and waits for her punishment. For a tense moment, the Warlord looks at her. Then he smiles, and turns and speaks to one of his men. The slave raider laughs lightly. The Warlord kicks his horse, and takes his place at the head of the War Party.
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EXT. MOUNTAINS, EAST FACE - SUNSET
Tic'Tic and Ka'ren walk up the broken flanks of the mountain. D'Leh is walking ahead of them. The sun has passed behind the mountains and it is getting harder and harder for them to see their footing on the treacherous rocks. Tic'Tic stops.
TIC'TIC
We stop here for the night.
D'LEH
No, we go on, we are getting closer!
TIC'TIC
If we find them, we will be tired and hungry.
(decisive)
We eat and we sleep here. Be patient.
D'LEH
How can I be patient?
TIC'TIC
If they were going to kill them, they would be dead already.
KA'REN
And if they are going to do other things...?
D'Leh feels a wave of anguish. Tic'Tic touches him sympathetically.
TIC'TIC
We'll pick up their trail at first light.
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EXT. MOUNTAINS, BOULDER - NIGHT (LATER) \*
The hunters have eaten. They settle down to sleep, Ka'ren next to D'Leh, speaking quietly to him.
KA'REN
You do not carry the White Spear. Tic'Tic does.
D'Leh turns away.
KA'REN
Why?
TIC'TIC
Ka'ren, go to sleep.
Ka'ren looks over to Tic'Tic, who hasn't even opened his eyes. Ka'ren turns over and tries to get to sleep. For a long moment we hear only the whistling sound of the WIND, blowing down the mountain.
D'LEH
I do not think they are demons.
D'Leh stares up at the stars.
D'LEH
They are men...sitting on animals. Any of us could do that.
KA'REN
Any of us?
TIC'TIC
(again without opening his eyes)
Sleep, both of you!
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EXT. MOUNTAIN, HIGH PASS - NIGHT \*
The Slave Raiders have finished eating, and are settling down to sleep. Evolet sits among the captives. She touches her wrists. We see the dried blood on her wounds left by the coarse ropes. She turns and sees One-Eye staring at her with malevolent desire. The Warlord sees One-Eye looking at Evolet. He walks over and puts himself between the two of them, looking down at One-Eye with cool authority. The Warlord waits, as if challenging One-Eye. One-Eye is almost up to it, but not quite. One-Eye nods deferentially to the Warlord, and backs off. The Warlord turns to Evolet, and says something to her, as gently as he can in his coarse language. Then he walks away. Evolet exchanges a look with Moha. Neither one knows what the Warlord just said, but they can imagine.
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EXT. MOUNTAINS, SCREE FIELD - PRE-DAWN
The mammoth hunters are still asleep as the sky turns a pale blue. Tic'Tic opens his eyes, and finds himself staring at Baku, sleeping next to him. Tic'Tic jumps to his feet.
TIC'TIC
Baku!
He grabs the boy and pulls him to his feet.
TIC'TIC
Go back to Old Mother!
BAKU
I can help you. I can carry your pack.
Baku picks up Tic'Tic's pack. Tic'Tic grabs it from him.
TIC'TIC
You will slow us down! Go home!
Baku turns to D'Leh, who gives the boy a little shrug -- not my decision, sorry. Baku's shoulders slump as he watches the men gather up their weapons and packs, and move out.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN, HIGH PASS - DAWN
The Warlord mounts his horse, and shouts commands to his men who finish tying the prisoner to the horses, and mount up. Evolet makes sure that no one is watching, then she yanks a BEAD from the necklace D'Leh gave her. As they move out, she DROPS it on the ground, where it lands on a grey stone.
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EXT. MOUNTAINS, EVEN HIGHER - DAY \*
The mammoth hunters follow the path of the Slave Raiders, their eyes noting everything about the trail -- scraped stones, broken stems of mountain grass, drops of blood. A flash of movement behind them. Baku is still following. D'Leh spots him, smiles surreptitiously, and says nothing to Tic'Tic.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN, EAST FACE - DAY \*
Tic'Tic scans the steep and rocky slope above them. The ghost of a smile crosses his lips as his eyes track the switchbacks taken by the slave raiders.
TIC'TIC
Two legs may go where four cannot.
(to D'Leh)
The hunter gains on the hunted.
Tic'Tic starts straight up the slope.
D'LEH
And Baku?
Tic'Tic turns, questioningly. D'Leh nods to a rock, about twenty meters away, where Baku is hiding, not very well.
TIC'TIC
Baku! I told you to go home!
BAKU
Evolet is my blood, she is all that I have left.
D'Leh nods to Tic'Tic, who shakes his head.
TIC'TIC
He is not strong enough. Go home!
Tic'Tic starts to climb. D'Leh silently motions to the boy -- let's go.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN, CLIFF - DAY \*
Up the steep slope. Tic'Tic climbs steadily and deliberately. D'Leh and Ka'ren follow. Tic'Tic glares as they see Baku scrambling up the broken face like a mountain goat, easily passing them. As Baku reaches an outcropping, several meters above Tic'Tic, his foot DISLODGES A ROCK, which CAREENS down the slope, just missing Tic'Tic's head. Baku cringes, as Tic'Tic looks up at him angrily.
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EXT. TOP OF THE CLIFF - DAY \*
Baku stands on top of the cliff and looks over the edge, seeing Tic'Tic just below, struggling.
BAKU
There's a foothold, right there!
Tic'Tic ignores him, gets one hand on the edge, and starts to pull himself up. Baku leans forward to help, and, as he does so, Baku's water bag tips, and pours its contents onto Tic'Tic's head. Tic'Tic waits for the drenching to finish, then gives Baku an endless look. The old man then pulls himself onto the top of the cliff. Tic'Tic walks towards him, and Baku cowers, closing his eyes, expecting a beating. Instead:
TIC'TIC
You may come with us on one condition.
Baku gives him a disbelieving look...
TIC'TIC
Stop helping me.
D'Leh hears, and smiles slightly, as we see the first SNOW FLAKES drift past his face.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN, HIGH PASS - DAY \*
It is snowing harder now. The flakes are bigger and begin to stick. The mammoth hunters arrive at the pass where the Slave Raiders spent the night. D'Leh touches the fire pit.
D'LEH
The fire still lives in these stones.
BAKU (O.S.)
D'Leh.
Baku points at the bead Evolet dropped. D'Leh picks it up.
D'LEH
Evolet's.
BAKU
For us to track her.
Tic'Tic, D'Leh, and Ka'ren exchange looks, and smile at Baku's comment.
KA'REN
She didn't leave that to help us track her.
D'Leh grips the tiny piece of ivory tightly in his hand.
D'LEH
She left it to tell me she is still alive...
The snow falls more heavily. They move out. As they go, they reach into their packs, and pull out skins and furs, which they wrap around themselves. CUT TO:
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EXT. MOUNTAINS - DAY \*
The hunters, four tiny specs, trek across an endless snow field, dwarfed by the majestic crests looming over them. The hunters pass the massive walls of a glacier. CUT TO:
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EXT. HIGH VALLEY - DAY
Fog hangs low on a high valley that takes them down from the mountains. Suddenly, they see huge skeletons appear out of the fog. The further they walk, the more skeletons they see. As the fog clears, the mammoth hunters stop in their tracks and stare at: Skeletons of mammoths as far as their eyes can see. Baku has spotted something.
BAKU
Look!
He points at a small herd of mammoths, resting between patches of dirty snow. But something is wrong. Some of the mammoths are lying on the ground, emitting strange moans, while other mammoths stand close together, over them.
BAKU
What is wrong with the Mannak?
TIC'TIC
He is tired and laying down to rest. He is dying.
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EXT. ICE FALL - NIGHT
The hunters camp, huddled together within the confines of a hastily built snow structure that shields them from the biting wind.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN CLIFFS - DAY
They walk downhill, D'Leh in the lead, the others strung out behind him. D'Leh raises his eyes, and looks at something on one of the cliffs above. HE SEES: A MAN MADE STRUCTURE. A long abandoned stone building, constructed in front of a cave dwelling, with carvings around the cave opening. It's a striking-looking structure. Ancient. Mysterious. Perhaps a hundred years old, perhaps a thousand. None of the hunters has ever seen anything like it. But, exhausted by their trek, they trudge on past, even as they stare at it in astonishment.
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EXT. LOWER ALTITUDE SNOW FIELD - DAY
D'Leh and Tic'Tic kneel before a swath of human and horse tracks in the snow. Tic'Tic checks the crystals formed on the inside of one of the tracks, rubbing them gently between his thumb and forefinger. D'Leh does the same, as Ka'ren scans the horizon.
TIC'TIC
Less than a day.
D'Leh and Ka'ren nod in agreement. They move on.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN DOWNSLOPE - DAY
The hunters walk downhill. The snow cover is thinner, with patches of grass amid the ice. The grass grows thicker as the hunters enter a narrow valley which leads down out of the mountains.
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EXT. MOUNTAIN, WEST FACE - DAY \*
The hunters climb down a steep field of broken rocks beside a raging river choked with snow melt. D'Leh steps to the edge of a sheer cliff face, near a waterfall that drops to the valley below. A river snakes through the center of the valley. On either side of the river, thick, tall reeds. And further out from the reeds, fern meadows giving way to thick jungle. On the valley floor, D'Leh can just make out the tiny figures of people, some on foot, some on horseback. D'Leh motions to the other hunters, then points.
D'LEH
There.
They exchange looks, then move on.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / EDGE OF THE REEDS - DAY \*
Enormous dragonflies dodge around the reeds that grow eight feet tall. The War Party approaches the reeds. The Warlord signals stop. The slave raiders and their captives all stop. The Warlord looks out uneasily into the reeds. The height and thickness of the reeds prevents him from seeing very far, and he clearly is concerned about proceeding. No other alternative. He barks an order to his men, who tighten up their ranks, and become more wary. They push forward into the reeds. Evolet, Moha, and Lu'Kibu walk with the other prisoners, their progress through the high, thick reeds made very difficult by their yokes. The Warlord is riding next to her. He stares at her.
LU'KIBU
I think he wants to claim you.
Evolet shudders, repulsed by the idea.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / DEEP IN THE REEDS - DAY
The War Party moves through the reeds. POV SOMETHING MOVING, stalking, tracking the slave raiders and captives. SOMETHING MOVES suddenly through the frame. Very quick, barely seen. Human? Animal? A SOUND causes Moha, Lu'Kibu, and the other captive hunters to jerk their heads in the same direction... AT THE BACK OF THE WAR PARTY, a wiry slave raider, lagging a bit, kicks his horse to catch up... SUDDENLY, SOMETHING BIG, and very fast, seen only fleetingly, streaks past the camera, slamming into the trailing slave raider... TWO SCREAMS, ONE ANIMAL, the other, the DEATH SCREAM of the slave raider... Everyone turns, catching only the barest glimpse of a large creature, just as it reenters the reeds, carrying the slave raider, who SCREAMS IN AGONY... The Warlord, his spear drawn, rides back, and reins his horse to a stop, but there's nothing to fight... He grabs the reins of the terrified, riderless horse. He looks at the reeds, but they are too thick for him to see anything... He BARKS A COMMAND to his men. They tighten up their ranks even more, and they move on, the fear hanging over them. The captives move closer to the heavily armed slave raiders.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / UNDER THE TREES - AFTERNOON \*
The hunters move through the jungle, approaching the reeds. Tic'Tic notices a mark among the tracks. He points it out to D'Leh and Ka'ren. A PARTIAL FOOTPRINT, not human, not horse. Large, three-toed, clawed. The hunters exchange looks. They've never seen anything like it before. They move on.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / REEDS - LATE AFTERNOON
The hunters move silently through the reeds. Baku walks point. He stops, looking at the ground. D'Leh, Tic'Tic, and Ka'ren step up. They look at the ground before them, seeing the marks of the attack on the slave raider -- blood, bits of flesh, horse and human tracks, and the tracks of whatever killed the slave raider. D'Leh sees some torn cloth. He picks it up, and rubs it between his fingers.
D'LEH
Someone was killed here...then dragged off into the reeds...
POV SOMETHING MOVING, through the reeds, watching, stalking these four humans... THE HUNTERS sense something in the reeds near them. They grip their spears... A SHADOW MOVES...then a QUICK FLURRY OF SHADOWS in the reeds nearby... Then nothing...
BAKU
(whispers)
What is it?
TIC'TIC
Whatever killed here...is not just one... they are many...
They move on, weapons ready, carefully scanning the reeds as they go.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / CAMPSITE OF THE SLAVE RAIDERS - NIGHT
The slave raiders have set up camp at one end of a fern meadow. One side of the meadow is bordered by jungle, the other side is bordered by the reeds. Beyond the reeds is the river. A large campfire. The horses and the captives are tied up, near each other, on the fringe of the encampment, barely within the light of the campfire. The slave raiders eat. As they finish their food, they throw their scraps to the captives. The Warlord eats, his eyes on Evolet. He sees her pick up and eat one of the scraps. He rises and walks over to her. He SPEAKS to her, miming drinking water, then shaking his head. It is clear that he's telling her not to do with his food what she did with his water. She looks at him, unblinking. He gives her his piece of meat. She immediately tears it into several pieces, and gives them all to other captives. Then she scuffs through the dirt, finding the most unappetizing of the scraps and eats it, while glaring at the Warlord. The Warlord stares at her, then he grabs some more meat from a spit and sits down at the fire to eat with his men.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / HUNTERS' WATCH POST - NIGHT
D'Leh, Tic'Tic, Ka'ren, and Baku watch the War Party encampment from the far side of the fern meadow.
D'LEH
Tonight. We must free them tonight.
TIC'TIC
No, not here, not tonight.
D'LEH
Why wait?
TIC'TIC
This is not a good place.
D'LEH
But...
TIC'TIC
No. Be patient.
D'Leh reluctantly nods.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / HUNTERS' CAMP - NIGHT (LATER)
D'Leh, Ka'ren, and Baku sleep. A short distance away, on the edge of the meadow, Tic'Tic sits on watch, looking down the length of the meadow at the slave raider's camp. Tic'Tic rises, walks back to D'Leh, and prods him awake. D'Leh rises. Tic'Tic gives him the hunting whistle, then lies down, and goes immediately to sleep. D'Leh walks over to the watch post. He sits, staring intently at the glow of the slave raiders' fire.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / CAMPSITE OF THE SLAVE RAIDERS - NIGHT
Evolet lies among the captives, looking out into the darkness, listening to the SOUNDS OF THE NIGHT. She closes her eyes, trying to sleep, but sleep will not come. She looks up at the NORTH STAR, fingering the necklace D'Leh gave her.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / HUNTERS' WATCH POST - NIGHT
D'Leh looks at the NORTH STAR. Then he looks at the glow of the fire in the slave raiders' camp. He stands, feeling himself drawn to the slave raiders' camp, toward Evolet. D'Leh looks back at Tic'Tic, Ka'ren, and Baku, and sees that they're all asleep. He makes his decision. D'Leh heads off, moving low through the ferns, heading toward the slave raiders' camp.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / FERN MEADOWN - PRE DAWN
D'Leh stealthily approaches the slave raiders' camp. He sees the sentries, who are tired, not alert. The one sentry near the captives is sound asleep. The fire is lower, the captives are in the shadows. D'Leh crawls closer and closer, stopping just outside the light of the fire. He rises slightly and, for the first time, he sees Evolet. His breath comes hard. He decides that it is time... D'Leh gently blows Tic'Tic's HUNTING WHISTLE, emitting a BIRDLIKE TRILL...
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / CAMPSITE OF THE SLAVE RAIDERS - PRE DAWN
Evolet'S EYES SNAP OPEN. She hears the whistle in the night, and knows exactly what it is. She scans the darkness, trying to pinpoint where it's coming from... D'Leh blows the WHISTLE again... Evolet sees the dark figure of D'Leh approaching. As thrilled as she is by his attempt to come for her and free her, she is also very nervous that he will be captured. She looks around and discovers, about a hundred feet away, two guards with their horses standing post. D'Leh has reached her. Silently they embrace, desperately. They don't want to let go - until one of the guard's horses neighs. D'Leh quickly comes back to his senses. He cuts Evolet's hands free and then they both crawl over to the other captives. They shake the first two captives awake, neither of whom can believe what is happening. D'Leh has to signal them to stay quiet as he starts to work on their wooden yokes.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / EDGE OF THE CAMPSITE - PRE DAWN
Whatever is stalking the campsite has moved closer to the guards and their horses. It keeps hidden in the high ferns. Suddenly, one of the horses picks up a scent and spooks - it WHINNIES and rears up on its hind legs. The guard is about to lose control of the panicked horse. In an instant, the other horses start to panic as well!
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / CAMPSITE OF THE SLAVE RAIDERS - PRE DAWN
D'LEH, who has just started to cut through the thick ropes of the first two captive's wooden yokes, turns in surprise. He has no idea what is causing the commotion.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / CAMP OF THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS - PRE DAWN
Tic'Tic comes awake with a start. He looks around and realizes immediately that D'Leh is gone.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / CAMPSITE OF THE SLAVE RAIDERS - PRE DAWN
The din wakes the Warlord and his men. Just as D'Leh finishes cutting them free, the two mammoth hunters start to panic. D'Leh and Evolet can only watch as they jump up and run away. Immediately, D'Leh rushes over and starts working on the ropes of Moha and Lu'Kibu. The Warlord discovers them. He SHOUTS orders in all directions. Then he runs to his horse, leaps onto it and tears after them. D'Leh cuts the rope he was working on and frees Moha and Lu'Kibu. But Evolet makes him aware that One-Eye is rushing over to check on the captives. D'Leh realizes that it is impossible to free any more of his people and signals Moha and Lu'Kibu to slip away.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / FERN MEADOW - PRE DAWN
They all try to use the high ferns as cover. But when D'Leh turns he realizes that the Warlord and his men have already captured the other two freed slaves. At this moment One-Eye discovers him. He shouts a warning. The Warlord turns his horse and looks in his direction and the two men's eyes meet! For a split second time stands still... Then D'Leh turns to Evolet, Moha and Lu'Kibu and screams as if his life is in the balance--
D'LEH
Run!
Everybody starts to run, and the Warlord orders his men to follow him as he goes after D'Leh and Evolet. One-Eye jumps on a horse. When they have crossed half of the fern meadow, D'Leh sees Tic'Tic, Ka'ren and Baku up ahead in the shadow of the trees. Even from this distance, he can see that Tic'Tic is furious. He starts towards him as the Warlord and his men close in.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / EDGE OF FERN MEADOW - PRE DAWN
D'Leh, Evolet, Moha and Lu'Kibu reunite with Tic'Tic. Then they all start to run. The trees give them a slight advantage. They gain ground - but then Lu'Kibu stumbles and falls. The Warlord's men are on him almost immediately.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / SECOND FERN MEADOW - PRE DAWN
Tic'Tic and the others burst out of the trees onto another fern meadow. In the next moment, the Warlord and his men appear behind them. Riding through the ferns, they quickly close the gap. Tic'Tic realizes that the reeds to their left are their only hope.
TIC'TIC
This way.
Everybody sees him heading for the reeds. D'Leh, Evolet and the others follow him. When Tic'Tic and Baku reach the reeds, they turn and see that One-Eye has caught up with KA'REN. One-Eye throws a net and catches Ka'ren in full stride. The young hunter goes down. The Warlord and his men close in on Lu'Kibu. D'Leh and Evolet stop for a moment, only to see first Ka'ren and then Lu'Kibu get captured. Then they have to run again, because the Warlord is coming for them. There is fury in his eyes. D'Leh and Evolet make it into the reeds just in time before the Warlord can catch him.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / REEDS - PRE DAWN
Now united with Tic'Tic and Baku, they scramble into the reeds. The Warlord and his men follow. But their horses are too big and heavy. Their hooves sink deep into the ground. With his slim body, Baku can move through the reeds faster than Tic'Tic, D'Leh and Evolet. But suddenly the boy stops stock still. Ahead of him, he makes out an unhuman movement. Tic'Tic appears by his side. Sensing the same kind of movement to the left, he spins. When D'Leh and Evolet stop next to them, we make out movements everywhere in the reeds. But we gets only glimpses of something big - and fast. Baku clutches D'Leh.
BAKU
(whispering)
There!
D'Leh, Evolet and Tic'Tic turn. Now they can see more of what is stalking them. We make out huge beaks, ugly black bodies with pale feathers and savagely taloned three-toed feet-- A flock of TERROR BIRDS! One of the most relentless predators of the era. Enormous beaks serve as deadly scythes. Unable to fly, they pack-hunt their prey with merciless speed. When D'Leh and the others turn to run back, they see the Warlord and his men ride up. But the Warlord also stops in shock, his face an expression of utter disbelief. An OVERHEAD SHOT reveals-- The mammoth hunters and their pursuers alike are surrounded by more than twenty Terror Birds! Nobody dares to move. A deadly moment stills the reeds. Then the first bird attacks! A GIANT BEAK knocks one of the slave raiders off his horse! They all stare in horror as the creature rears its head. WHAM! WHAM!-- The bloody beak hammers into the helpless slave raider. D'Leh and Evolet are attacked. They duck as a BEAK three feet long slices through the air where their heads were an instant earlier. The reeds behind them are cut in half, as if by a razor. D'Leh pulls Evolet backwards. Baku stares with an open mouth! The boy is too shocked to move when the bird turns on him. Tic'Tic rushes to his rescue. He kills the bird with a mighty thrust of his spear. D'Leh, Evolet and Baku look on in horror.
TIC'TIC
Run!
They look at him with big eyes. Tic'Tic fends off the next bird.
TIC'TIC
(more urgent)
RUN!
D'LEH and Evolet grab Baku and pull him along. They dive into the reeds.
Tic'Tic stabs the bird - he doesn't kill it but buys some time to run after them.
He gets a last glimpse of the Warlord and his men as they also fight off the vicious attacks of these predators. Tic'Tic runs through the reeds, trying to follow D'Leh and Evolet. Suddenly he stops in his tracks.
A Terror Bird stands in front of him. He raises his spear.
D'Leh has stopped to wait for Tic'Tic. He can't make him out. But then he sees movement in the reeds. First one, then two and then a third Terror Bird has discovered them.
D'Leh, Evolet and Baku have no choice but to run.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / EDGE OF REEDS WITH TREE - PRE DAWN
Baku storms out of the reeds. He sees a tree ahead. He runs towards it and climbs it as fast as he can. When he looks down he discovers that the three birds have nearly caught up with D'Leh and Evolet.
BAKU
(shouting)
EVOLET! Here!
But they have no time to climb the tree - the birds are too close. They have no other choice than to keep running. Baku watches in panic as D'Leh and his sister disappear into the jungle with two birds on their heels. He hasn't noticed that the third bird has discovered him! In the next moment a beak rips the base of the branch on which Baku is standing. The boy leaps for another branch, grabs it and pulls himself higher. But again a beak smashes into it. He has to leap for the next higher one, just as the beak slices through the air beneath his feet. The bird jumps again and again trying to reach him when, finally, Baku pulls himself up to safety.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / REEDS - PRE DAWN
Tic'Tic is still battling his bird. With a swift move, he buries his spear into the flank of the animal. The bird goes down, but is still able to rip his beak into TIC'TIC's side. The Old Hunter goes down, seriously hurt. The world goes silent. The wounded Terror Bird still manages to rise again and appears above Tic'Tic. Laying on his back, with incredible effort, he raises his spear. Tic'Tic stares into the cold and unblinking eyes of the predator and for a moment-- Time stands still. Then-- WHAM!!! TIC'TIC rams his White Spear into the neck of the Terror Bird.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY, GIGANTIC TREE - PRE DAWN
D'Leh and Evolet run for their lives. They manage to duck under the root system of one of the gigantic trees. A mistake. They are cornered. Wherever they turn, one of the birds is slashing at them. D'Leh tries to stab them with his spear. The birds get frustrated and start to dig with their claws. The dirt flies. D'Leh realizes that they are in a trap. He turns to Evolet.
D'LEH
I must lead them away.
EVOLET
No.
D'LEH
This is the only way.
And before she can protest, he crawls out from under the tree's roots and starts to run. The birds pause at the unexpected move. D'Leh attracts them with a shout. The birds give chase. Evolet sees D'Leh and the birds disappear between the trees.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / REEDS - PRE DAWN
The Slave Raiders are still battling the Terror Birds all around them. The Warlord has to fend them off from all sides. Suddenly one of the birds grabs his horse by the head and it goes down. In the last moment, the Warlord manages to get off the falling animal. But on the ground he has lost the advantage of height - it is dire. He looks around and sees one of his men fighting nearby. The Warlord makes a gruesome, calculating decision. He throws his spear at one of his own men, hitting him deep in the chest. The wounded Raider SCREAMS out at the betrayal as he tumbles to the ground. All the birds immediately hack into him and the Warlord's horse. The Warlord grabs the dead raider's horse and mounts it. Realizing that the birds are distracted, he shouts for his remaining men to retreat.
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EXT. JUNGLE, BAMBOO FOREST - PRE DAWN
D'Leh dodges through the trunks of the bamboo, heading to where the bamboo grows thickest. The Terror Bird closest to him slams its beak into a bamboo trunk just behind him with a hollow BOOMING SOUND. D'Leh ducks and squeezes between two trunks in the last moment. The birds following him are too big to fit. D'Leh squeezes into a still narrower gap and the birds now CAW in frustration. The plants are too dense for them to follow. When they hear the feeding calls of their fellow birds, they move on. D'Leh sees them disappear and slumps against the bamboo barrier that saved his life, panting for breath.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY - GIGANTIC TREE - DAWN
The sky has turned a pale blue. Silence. Evolet listens to the now far-off calls of the Terror Birds. She crawls from under the roots and starts to look for D'Leh.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY, MOUNT WITH TREE - DAWN
Baku cautiously climbs down his tree and takes one fearful step on the ground. Eyes flitting left and right-- A twig breaks with a SNAP. Baku spins and sees-- Evolet! Evolet rushes to her brother.
EVOLET
Baku! You should not be here.
BAKU
We came to-- save you--
BUT in the next moment his face goes pale. Evolet turns and sees the Warlord standing there. When she looks to run in the other direction, One-Eye appears before them. The Warlord dismounts and walks to Evolet. She puts her arm protectively around Baku. The Warlord looks at the boy, and guesses their relationship. The Warlord reaches out, and grabs Evolet roughly by a hank of hair at the back of her head. He pulls her face toward his, and raises his fist to beat her... Then, he stops... He looks at her closely and lowers his fist. He relaxes his tight grip on her hair, but doesn't remove his hand from her hair. Instead, he strokes it once, gently... He ASKS HER A QUESTION IN HIS LANGUAGE, motioning to the jungle and the reeds.
BAKU
(to Evolet)
He's asking about D'Leh.
The Warlord looks at Baku with surprising tolerance. He likes audacity. The Warlord waits. He gets nothing from them. He didn't really expect to. He turns and strides to his horse, BARKING an order to two of his men who quickly bind Evolet and Baku.
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EXT. LOST VALLEY, JUNGLE AND GROUP OF TREES - DAWN
D'Leh turns. He has heard voices, he hears the neighing of horses. With a worried face, he rushes through the jungle. Hidden, he looks through the foliage and spots the Warlord's men who are just finished roping Evolet's and Baku's hands. The Warlord mounts his own horse and, with a last look around, rides off. D'Leh watches in pain, as Evolet and Baku disappear into the jungle. There is nothing he can do. CUT TO:
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / REEDS - SUNRISE
D'LEH is looking for Tic'Tic. Suddenly he hears loud noises and sees movement in the reeds. The whole flock of Terror Birds are fighting over the remains of the Warlord's horse. D'Leh discovers the body of the slave raider the Warlord killed. He can't make it out clearly, but sees enough to realize it is not Tic'Tic's body and backs away. CUT TO:
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EXT. LOST VALLEY / EDGE OF THE REEDS - DAY
D'Leh finally discovers Tic'Tic. He has obviously dragged himself to the edge of the reeds but lays now half covered in water, unconscious. D'Leh rushes over to him and discovers that he is still alive. But the side of his leg is ripped open and he is bleeding heavily. D'Leh picks him up and carries him out of the reeds. CUT TO:
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EXT. TOP OF BOULDER - SUNSET
The sun is turning red. D'Leh has made a stretcher out of bamboo sticks, on which he now drags Tic'Tic, barely conscious. We see the lost valley recede in the distance. When D'Leh reaches the top of the boulder he sees A SAVANNAH stretching out endlessly to the horizon in all directions. A few more steps ahead, he lays the stretcher with Tic'Tic down on the ground and catches his breath. On instinct he looks up... D'Leh can now see the caravan of the Slave Raiders! The Warlord and his troops are only a few miles ahead of them. CUT TO:
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EXT. SAVANNAH - SUNSET
Evolet is walking at the end of the slave caravan. She turns and looks at the big boulders which separate the Lost Valley from the savannah. She looks in vain for a sign of D'Leh... CUT TO:
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EXT. ON TOP OF BOULDER / BY THE POND - DUSK
Tic'Tic lies, unconscious, next to a small fire. D'Leh adds wood to the fire, then he takes from the flames a POINTED STICK, its end burning and glowing. D'Leh pulls off Tic'Tic's bandage, puts the burning stick on the wound, then firmly shoves it in along the deep gash... Tic'Tic's flesh HISSES AND BURNS. Even unconscious, Tic'Tic writhes and moans with pain... D'Leh holds to the task, carefully cauterizing the length of the open wound.... SMASH CUT:
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EXT. ON TOP OF BOULDER / BY THE POND - NIGHT
A star filled sky. Tic'Tic twists in his sleep, feverish and sweaty. D'Leh comes from the pond with a wet piece of leather and wipes the face of the Old Hunter.
D'LEH
Do not die, Tic'Tic, please, do not die. You said, be patient, but I would not listen. Please live, and if you do, I will listen, and I will learn...
D'Leh stands, and looks down at the nearly unconscious Tic'Tic.
D'LEH
First we sleep, then we eat, eh? ...We'll need food.
D'Leh looks at the White Spear on the ground next to Tic'Tic. D'Leh pointedly picks up his own, more modest spear, instead of the White Spear. Then he heads off into the darkness. CUT TO:
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EXT. SAVANNAH - NIGHT
D'Leh is stalking a herd of ANTELOPE. The moonlight shows us their sand-hued backs and long and twisted horns. He creeps closer to them with his spear ready. Fifty feet. Forty. Thirty. Twenty. Finally, D'Leh hurls the spear-- It hits one of the animals and it falls to the ground, dead. D'Leh can't believe his success. He hurries over to the fallen antelope to pull out the spear. A LOUD AND ANGRY GRUNT! He looks up and sees-- A BLACK RHINO, seven feet tall at the shoulder, five tons of armored muscle. It blinks at him and lets out an ANGRY, ROARING HISS! D'Leh is paralyzed! Slowly, he begins to back away. He manages to retreat a couple of steps. But then-- The rhino CHARGES at him in a fury! He turns and runs as fast as he can with the rhino barreling after him. D'Leh tries to find refuge in the thicket. He rips his side as he runs between two thorny bushes. At full speed he dives under a fallen tree. But the raging rhino smashes right through the brittle wood. In a frenzy, D'Leh changes his direction. But only moments later, the rhino is at his heels again! The animal is now so close that its ROARS are deafening. D'Leh can sense the POUNDING of its feet right behind him. There is no more room for escape. The rhino is upon him! D'Leh SCREAMS in horror as he sees its horn aiming for his legs. He jumps to the side, when suddenly-- The ground drops out from under him and he plunges out of sight!
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INT. PIT TRAP - NIGHT
His spear goes flying as he falls-- Into a PIT TRAP! D'Leh hits hard, scant inches from one of the thick wooden spikes protruding from the ground. They are sharpened to a needle-point. D'Leh is out cold. He doesn't see the two yellow eyes glowing in the dark! SMASH CUT TO:
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INT. OLD MOTHER'S HUT - NIGHT
Old Mother startles awake with a loud scream! Again blood runs from her nose. She is breathing heavily. She hears the voices of her people whom she has awakened with her scream. She looks towards the entrance of her hut. Snow flurries dance in the ice cold wind. From all sides, the remaining members of the tribe appear at the entrance to her hut, watching Old Mother with worried eyes. CUT TO:
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EXT. PIT TRAP - NIGHT
LIGHTNING and THUNDER rages. The first raindrops hit D'Leh's face. D'Leh wakes up. He licks the rainwater off his dried lips. He looks around, disoriented, shocked to still be alive. VULTURES are feasting on the body of an antelope, dead on a spike as rain begins to POUR into the pit. As the pit is situated on a slight incline, the water rushes in over the side of the pit as well. In the eerie moonlight, he can just make out the dimensions of the pit-- fifteen feet deep, with overhanging walls of packed earth. His spear gleams in the shadows on the far end of the pit. D'Leh gets to his feet and walks between the spikes to retrieve it. He reaches out to grab his spear and out of the darkness-- A huge SABER TOOTH TIGER lunges at him! Six inch teeth snap at D'Leh! The animal lets out a terrifying ROAR! And D'Leh jumps backwards and screams! Lightning flashes again, and we see the Tiger is STUCK, pinned beneath one of the logs that once covered the trap. Blood trickles from a wound on his side. The Tiger struggles to free itself, but its movements are futile. The animal finally lets out a FRUSTRATED and TERRIFYING ROAR which makes the VULTURES tear into flight in a frenzy. D'Leh realizes with concern that the water is rising faster and faster. This is a desperate situation. He decides to try to climb the walls, but they are too slippery from the rain and he falls back into the pit, nearly getting impaled on one of the spikes - again. He has now cheated death a second time in this pit. He slowly gets to his feet and assesses the situation. It is clear that this is a place of death. There is no clear way of scaling the wall - nothing long enough to reach the rim. Until he notices the log which pins down the tiger. It's broken branches could make for a ladder. The Tiger struggles. Unfamiliar territory for the predator. D'Leh makes a decision. Very carefully, he begins to move towards the Tiger. He looks the Tiger in the eye.
D'LEH
Ssshh...I understand your anger, brother hunter, but I did not make this trap.
The tiger GROWLS, RUMBLING, glaring at D'Leh, who continues to speak very softly.
D'LEH
Perhaps we can make a bargain. I need this piece of tree and I will set you free...
The water keeps rising... D'Leh reaches the log that has the Tiger pinned. The Tiger struggles more and more with the desperate situation. He watches D'Leh, who continues coming closer and closer.
D'LEH
It is not just me, brother hunter. There are others. If I die here, it is bad for them. Better if we both live..
The Tiger does not move. D'Leh takes another step closer, his heart in his throat.
D'LEH
Sssh-- Do not eat me when I set you free.
D'Leh touches the log. The Tiger struggles as the water rises. D'Leh makes his decision. He pushes hard on the log. Trying to roll it free of the Tiger. The animal GROWLS again with its chin dragging in the muddy water. D'Leh pushes harder on the log. It starts to shift. He strains and pushes with all his might.
D'LEH
(pushing)
Aaaahhhh!
The log pulls free-- And with his last strength, the Saber Tooth Tiger comes to its feet and sends the heavy log flying. The Tiger turns to look D'Leh in the eye and ROARS, teeth long as daggers. Then the huge cat leaps over D'Leh. Its talons carve into the muddy wall and the Tiger goes up with a burst of speed-- And the Tiger is gone. D'Leh doesn't lose any time. He grabs the heavy log and manages to lean it against the wall of the pit. Then he dives down and, after a long moment, comes bursting out of the water again, clutching his spear in his hand. Holding it tightly, D'Leh starts to climb up the log.
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EXT. EDGE OF PIT TRAP - NIGHT
D'LEH's hand appears and then with one last effort he pulls himself out of the pit. Then he lays on the rim of the pit for a while, panting and catching his breath. When he looks around, he sees the Tiger standing there, as if watching to see if D'Leh made it out. The Tiger then turns and disappears. D'Leh breathes a sigh of relief. CUT TO:
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EXT. SAVANNAH - DAWN
The night is over and the sky has turned pale again. D'Leh is back at the spot where he killed the Antelope. But a flock of Vultures is already feasting on the carcass. CUT TO:
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EXT. ON TOP OF BOULDER / BY THE POND - SUNRISE
D'Leh walks back into the campsite where he left Tic'Tic. The fire is out. Tic'Tic is nowhere to be seen. D'Leh, worried, looks around. He sees some tracks and follows them to a lookout point on the ridge, where he finds Tic'Tic looking at something in the distance. D'Leh is relieved.
D'LEH
I feared you were dead.
Tic'Tic says nothing.
D'LEH
Tic'Tic, I am sorry.
Tic'Tic brushes off the apology with a motion, and points in the distance, where columns of dark smoke rise. Tic'Tic gestures to him to stay down. D'Leh crawls next to him and looks also over the rim. Far in the distance he sees a village. Plumes of dark smoke rise from the burned huts. D'Leh looks puzzled. He has never seen such an advanced settlement. We realize that the settlement is surrounded by green fields. CUT TO:
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EXT. FIELDS NEAR NAKUDU'S VILLAGE - DAY
Tic'Tic and D'Leh approach the village. D'Leh has to support Tic'Tic as they walk. Smoke rises. No one is visible. The two hunters reach the tilled fields. D'Leh kneels to run his hands over the new green shoots of barley poking out of the ground. Then he discovers one of the WOODEN HOES the villagers have left behind. He picks it up and shows it to Tic'Tic.
D'LEH
This is not a spear.
They look at it, then toss it down, and move on.
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EXT. NAKUDU'S VILLAGE, SQUARE - DAY
Entering the destroyed village, very cautiously, they come by a ring of mud-walled huts. D'Leh scratches the wall with his fingernail, revealing the brown and porous mud beneath it.
D'LEH
(surprised)
These stones have a skin around them!
They venture deeper into the village and reach the center square. The doors to the huts stand wide open, broken pottery scattered everywhere, but-- No sign of life. They come by a huge earthen pot filled with grain. D'Leh smells it. He realizes it's food, but it's not particularly appetizing. Their hungry eyes spot a bowl of dried meat. They hurry over. D'Leh lowers Tic'Tic to the ground and they both start stuffing their mouths eagerly. THEY STOP AT APPROACHING SOUNDS. A shadow falls over them. D'Leh and Tic'Tic now stare up at a fierce looking warrior-- This is NAKUDU. He is from the tribe of the NAKU. He wears a headdress with two SABRE TEETH hanging down on each side of his face and his body is painted for war. When Tic'Tic reaches for his spear, he is brutally kicked in the face by Nakudu. As the Old Hunter goes down, D'Leh jumps to his feet and steps in front of Tic'Tic to protect him. Nakudu yells an order and a group of fierce looking warriors appear from behind the destroyed buildings. The Naku Warriors slowly begin to surround D'Leh. They form a tighter and tighter circle with their spears pointed at him. With quick moves, D'Leh turns to all sides, holding on tightly to the White Spear. But there is no chance for escape, when suddenly-- D'Leh stumbles backwards over the fire pit, landing in the ashes. Nakudu quickly moves in. He raises his spear ready to slay him-- But then Nakudu freezes! He slowly retreats with a look of terror on his face. The Naku Warriors backup. We hear a mighty ROAR! D'Leh turns. He sees a SABER TOOTH TIGER moving slowly, threateningly into the village square... The Tiger starts at Nakudu and his men! They all shy back, startled and scared. But then the Tiger turns and advances towards D'Leh. Tic'Tic has regained his bearings. He looks on in fear as the big cat reaches the young hunter. The animal paces around him and then moves over him and lowers its head. D'Leh stares paralyzed at its HUGE SABER TEETH, only inches from his face and discovers the wound in its neck-- THIS IS THE TIGER FROM THE PIT.
D'LEH
Brother hunter... you must remember me.
To the silent amazement of everyone, D'Leh talks to the tiger...
D'LEH
I set you free-- I am your friend.
The tiger looks up at D'Leh, then turns, and, for a long moment, stares right at Nakudu and his men. Then the TIGER lets out a GROUND-SHAKING ROAR, then turns and walks away. Everyone watches in awe. The Naku Warriors turn to each other, and speak amongst themselves, with Nakudu speaking with the most urgency... Nakudu steps from the group, to D'Leh.
NAKUDU
You speak to the Spear Tooth.
D'Leh and Tic'Tic exchange a surprised look. D'Leh turns to Nakudu.
D'LEH
How do you come to speak our words?
Nakudu turns to his men. They are having a heated argument. They chatter all at the same time, it seems, in their strange language, scattered with many clicks and hisses. D'Leh and Tic'Tic exchange looks. After a while the Naku men seem to have come to a conclusion. Nakudu steps up to D'Leh and Tic'Tic.
NAKUDU
Come.
Nakudu and his men stride off. D'Leh and Tic'Tic have no other choice but to follow.
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EXT. NAKU BOULDERS - DAY
Towering sandstone monoliths. Within sight of the village. D'Leh and Tic'Tic follow the Naku Warriors to the base of the sandstone monoliths. Nakudu stops and CALLS UP. One by one, women and children appear, looking over the edge of the platform. D'Leh and Tic'Tic exchange a look. D'Leh turns to Nakudu.
D'LEH
Is this where your people go when attacked?
Nakudu doesn't answer. His attention is on the platform, where three chairs, attached to ropes, are let down over the edge. Each chair holds a very old man, the tribal WISE MEN. As the old men are gently lowered to the ground, more ropes and rope ladders are dropped, and other members of the tribe climb down. The three old men reach the ground and are helped from their chairs. They speak for a moment with Nakudu, and are amazed at what he tells them.
D'LEH
What did he say?
NAKUDU
You are hungry. We will eat.
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INT. COMMUNAL HUT - NAKU VILLAGE - NIGHT
D'Leh and Tic'Tic have not eaten a real meal in days. They wolf down the food, scarcely pausing to chew. With them, on the opposite side of the room, sit the Wise Men, Nakudu and his men. Several other older men, women and children are crowded in the background, watching, listening. We notice that the walls of the hut have the pelts of Saber Tooth Tigers hanging from them-- clearly the animal is much revered here. D'Leh picks up a piece of flat bread. He looks at it curiously then bites in to it.
D'LEH
(to Tic'Tic)
The food is different-- but good.
He immediately gets cut off by the Wise Men. Nakudu translates.
NAKUDU
Not speak. Eat.
Tic'Tic looks around and realizes he has to finish eating before he can ask a question. He looks over to D'Leh and lets out a loud BURP. Nakudu's tribe reacts - everybody beats on the ground with their hands. After that they all stare at D'LEH. It is an unusual moment.
D'LEH
(whispering to Tic'Tic)
What do they want?
NAKUDU
You not like Naku food?
It takes D'Leh a few moments to understand what they expect from him... He finally swallows and lets out a mighty BELCH. This time the Naku people beat even louder and one of the Wise Men speaks. Nakudu translates.
NAKUDU
Now you speak.
Tic'Tic clears his throat.
TIC'TIC
We came over the mountains. We are looking for our stolen brothers.
NAKUDU
We know where you come from.
Tic'Tic is stunned. D'Leh cuts in.
D'LEH
How do you know? And how do you know our words?
Nakudu translates to the Wise Men. They motion Nakudu to answer him. Nakudu moves closer to D'Leh.
NAKUDU
A man came from the mountains before... He was looking for the land with two suns.... The Wise Men told me to learn his words.
These words have great impact on D'Leh and Tic'Tic.
NAKUDU
He taught us to build traps to kill the Spear Tooth, our enemy.
Nakudu pauses. Then he points to D'Leh.
NAKUDU
You have his face.
Amazed, D'Leh turns to Tic'Tic.
D'LEH
He speaks of my father.
Tic'Tic nods quietly. D'Leh turns back to Nakudu.
D'LEH
(trying to hide the emotion in his voice)
What happened to him?
Nakudu looks back and translates what was said to the Wise Men. They argue a while under themselves, then the oldest of them speaks to Nakudu, who turns to D'Leh and Tic'Tic.
NAKUDU
The Wise Men of the Naku want you to come.
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EXT. NAKU CAVES - NIGHT
The three Wise Men, Nakudu, and the Naku Warriors lead D'Leh and Tic'Tic to the mouth of some caves. The scene is lit by torches.
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