wackos have actually turned the article
into a chapter and verse religious text.
CECIL
Refresh me. How was the engine activated?
JEREMY
There was a tab that Steve pulled out.
CECIL
What then?
JEREMY
The sub just shot into the sky.
CECIL
When Alec returned home after his first
encounter, how much time had passed?
JEREMY
Three and a half years. But he said the
actual trip only felt like a few minutes.
CECIL
Time dilation?
JEREMY
That was our guess.
Jeremy opens the schematics file.
Cecil views the first few pages in awe.
He activates the intercom on his desk.
CECIL
DORIS, will you please transfer thirty
million dollars into the account I've set
up for Mr. Ash?
DORIS (V.O.)
Right away, sir.
Jeremy's eyes light up.
Cecil accesses the account on his computer. Waits for the transfer to clear. Then shows it to Jeremy.
CECIL
You never know. Even an anomaly scan can
miss things. I'll put my best man on it.
What do you say?
JEREMY
(handing him the crystal)
Okay, but we share the findings together.
CECIL
Of course.
CECIL (CONT’D)
(into the intercom)
Doris, please contact PROFESSOR KLEIN.
Tell him to drop whatever he's doing and
come to my office as soon as possible.
DORIS (V.O.)
Right away, sir.
Klein arrives. His thick glasses magnify his eyes.
Cecil hands him the crystal.
The professor looks at it, insulted.
KLEIN
What am I supposed to do with this?
CECIL
I want you to stop whatever you're
working on and run a complete analysis on
it at a secure terminal.
KLEIN
Is there something in particular that I
should be looking for?
CECIL
There are about two thousand data
fragments that have already been
identified with an anomaly scan. See if
you can make some sense of them.
Klein sighs loudly.
Cecil notices, but doesn't seem to care.
CECIL (CONT’D)
But what I'm really looking for at the
moment is anything that an anomaly scan
might've missed. There's a ten thousand
dollar bonus in it if you find something
new before noon today.
KLEIN
No problem.
CECIL
