from whatever departments you deem
necessary, to design a laboratory for the
creation of this organism. I expect a
rough draft and a ballpark cost analysis
by the end of the week. Then I'll
determine the next course of action.
Cecil deactivates the wall screen.
He begins fiddling with the buttons on his chair's armrest.
KLEIN
If there's nothing else, sir...
CECIL
Do you have anything to add, Jeremy?
JEREMY
Nope.
Klein is visibly perturbed that Jeremy was offered the last word. He nods and exits.
Cecil removes a small interface from the armrest.
CECIL
It's been a really long day. Do you want
to get out of here?
JEREMY
I thought you'd never ask.
Jeremy follows Cecil into the elevator.
Two railcars wait for them at the bottom.
Jeremy climbs into the singlecar.
Cecil climbs into a customized doublecar.
They debark in opposite directions.
INT. VENUS PROJECT LABORATORY - DAY
An array of high tech equipment is scattered among dozens of workstations.
A large, three dimensional model of the microbe hangs from the ceiling.
TEN SCIENTISTS, including Klein, Jeremy, and Tara are operating centrifuges, peering into microscopes, and working on computers.
Klein removes a vial from a centrifuge. Draws the vial's contents into a syringe.
MONTAGE - MICROSCOPIC VIEW:
A syringe needle pierces an empty cell. Unloads its contents.
A second injection into the cell causes strands of DNA to begin zipping together.
More injections into the cell.
More DNA combines.
The cell begins dividing.
A microbe forms.
Nutrients are injected into the microbe's environment.
The microbe feeds, then secretes complex soccer ball-shaped molecules along with a variety of simpler molecules.
The microbe divides, essentially cloning itself.
The clones feed, secrete, and divide until a colony forms.
INT. VENUS PROJECT LABORATORY - NIGHT
A monitor indicates that the soccer ball-shaped molecules are pure carbon.
The symbols for water, molecular oxygen, and other simple molecules surround the carbon.
PULL BACK from monitor. The lab is filled with pressurized tanks displaying the microbe's image.
EXT. UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF VENUS
The pressurized tanks are released by a probe plunging through the atmosphere.
The tanks spray out their contents which is swept away by fast moving clouds.
EXT. BEACHFRONT MANSION - DAY
MONTAGE:
Wedding decorations fill the backyard.
A small group, including Cecil and Gwen, are seated.
Jeremy and Tara are at the altar.
Jeremy slides a large diamond ring onto Tara's finger.
They kiss.
Cecil unveils a fancy mailbox out front.
The lettering on it reads 'Jeremy and Tara Ash.'
Cecil tosses Jeremy a set of keys.
He shakes Jeremy's hand with
