Bark at The Moon

Coming to a theatre near you in 2014.
 
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Cut to: Spector is lying unconscious in the desert. The sun is high in the sky. There's no sign of civilization anywhere; the desert seems to go on forever. Spector stirs. He touches his head.

Spector: Where? (he slowly rises and looks around) Right. Dumped here. Left to die.

He looks in all directions - everything looks the same. He closes his eyes and points then turns slowly around. He stops and opens his eyes.
Spector: That works. Gotta try.

He begins to trudge along.

Cut to: A long shot from above. Spector is a tiny figure moving through the vast desert. Different angles show us the passage of time. At one point, Spector makes his way through a blowing sandstorm, almost collapsing.

Cut to: Night. The moon is full and huge in the sky. Spector is crawling along now, barely able to move. The storm continues. But now, making it to the top of a dune, he somehow manages to stand. Shouts in a foreign language are heard.

Cut to: Several robed figures standing outside what looks to be a tomb. There are a few tents set up nearby. The men see Spector's silhouette against the moon.
Robed Man #1 (in Arabic or Egyptian or some language of the region): There's a man out there! We've got to help him.

They rush up to him just as he starts to collapse again. Two of them catch him and hold him up.
Robed Man #2: Quickly, get him inside before the storm starts up again.

Robed Man #1: Someone go get Missy from her tent. Maybe she knows him.

Robed Man #3 rushes off towards the tents while the other two take Spector, who has gone completely limp, inside the tomb. The chamber is lit by torchlight. As they lay him on the floor in front of an ancient statue, Marlene comes running in.

Marlene: Who is he, Jallad? Has he said anything?

Jallad: I don't know, Missy. He's not conscious. I do not recognize him. He is white.

As Marlene comes closer, Jallad checks Spector for a pulse then looks at his face.
Jallad: He did not make it. Allah, he is dead.

Marlene leans in to look closer.

Marlene: He's one of the mercenaries who attacked our dig. I'm glad he's dead. They killed my father, probably the others too. Just leave him here.

Jallad (rising); Very well. We'll get back to packing. We'll be set to leave once the storm passes.

Marlene (still looking down at Spector): Alright Jallad. That's fine. I'll be along in a moment.

Jallad leaves. Marlene is alone in the tomb with Spector. The statue gazes over them. She bends closer to the dead man.

Marlene: What was he doing all the way out here alone? He's the one who tried to help me. I can't really be glad he's dead. I...don't want to be like that.

She begins to weep softly. She takes Spector's head in her hands and looks at his face.
Marlene: He must have suffered horribly in the desert. He was...handsome. And now he's gone.

Cut to: The stony countenance of the statue that stands silently over them. Shadows from the flickering torchlight dance across its visage. Someone has draped a white robe over its shoulders.

Suddenly, Spector sits up, very much alive. Marlene leaps back.
Spector: Where am I? Who am I?

Marlene: You! You were dead! I saw it. No heartbeat. Nothing. You were gone.

Spector: Well, I'm alive now. Starting to remember who I am...

He turns and looks at the statue.
Spector: Him!  He...spoke to me. Said he'd bring me back, give me another chance. To....redeem myself after the life I've led.

Marlene: What? You mean Khonshu? But that's just a statue.

Spector: Yes, Khonshu. One of the gods of the moon. A taker of vengeance. A figure of terror.

Marlene: Well, yes. How did you know that? Do you study Egyptology?

Spector: No. No, he told me. Told me who he is. Who I am. What I have to do.

He stands and gazes up at the statue. Then he reaches up and pulls the robe from it.
Marlene: You're delirious. You've had a...shock to your system. What are you doing?

Spector fastens the cloak over his shoulders and pulls the hood over his head.

Spector: This is mine now. I'll wear it in Khonshu's name. I'm a ghost now. A spectre of the moon. Khonshu...he said I'm to be the moon's knight of vengeance and I've got work to do.

Marlene: Listen to you! You sound insane.

Spector runs out of the tomb into the night with Marlene following. He gets in one of the jeeps.
Spector: I'm borrowing this.

Marlene: Wait!  Where are you going?

Spector drives off into the night. Jallad runs up to Marlene.
Jallad: Missy, the jeep - what is happening?

Marlene: Never mind. I'm taking the other jeep.

Jallad: But the storm-

Marlene: Is abating. I'll be fine. I've got a ghost to follow.

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