from the beam. He is poised and ready to do the same.
They count down from three. Unhook both ropes. Let loose the projectile.
Jeremy's eyes wander over to Cecil's.
JEREMY (CONT’D)
Well?
Tara catches the comment.
CECIL
Agreed.
The beam hits bottom with a CRASH.
THUNDER echoes outward.
CHEERS carry throughout the cage. But this time, they all come from below.
INT. CECIL'S OFFICE - DAY
Cecil is sitting at his desk.
Jeremy enters. He produces the data crystal from his pocket.
JEREMY
Well, here it is. I have only one
condition. You can't ask where I got it.
CECIL
I already know where you got it. Is there
anything else on it other than the eighty
pages of schematics?
JEREMY
There is a file that wasn't hidden. I'll
include it if you want.
CECIL
You're kidding, right? Tell me about the schematics.
JEREMY
I ran an anomaly scan and found about two
thousand data fragments scattered
throughout the crystal. I copied all the
fragments into one file and it ended up
being about eighty pages long.
CECIL
Fascinating.
JEREMY
But I have no way of knowing what order
they should be in.
CECIL
Are you're sure there aren't any more
data fragments that you might've missed?
I've got some of the best scanning
equipment in the world right here. It
never hurts to double check.
JEREMY
I can't let you study it. If there was
something else there, you would have full
access to it. It's not that I don't trust
you, it's just that I need to hold on to
at least one bargaining chip.
Jeremy plugs the crystal into the drive on Cecil's computer.
He quickly locates an anomaly scanning program. Isolates the data fragments. Copies them into a file on Cecil's hard drive.
CECIL
If I didn't know better, I'd think that
you had used my computer before.
JEREMY
A computer's a computer.
Jeremy locates and copies the non-hidden file onto Cecil's computer. He then opens the non-hidden file.
CECIL
Are these the instructions Alec used to
attach the alien engine to his solo
submarine?
JEREMY
How do you know that?
CECIL
Your brother's article. Or should I say
THE BOOK OF ALEC.
JEREMY
Right. I've heard that some religious
