Why would these NASA guys give you one of
these organisms to study? They have to
know we're associated with Microcore and
the government hates Microcore. There's
more here than meets the eye.
TARA
This is about my experience as a
researcher. Our association with
Microcore is irrelevant.
JEREMY
No offense Tara, but I don't think this
is about your experience as a researcher.
They're up to something.
TARA
Maybe they know about the Venus organism.
JEREMY
As far as NASA or the government knows,
The Venus Project was just a bunch of
probes. If they ever found out that
Microcore released trillions of microbes
that were created from information
contained on an alien data crystal,
they'd tear Microcore apart looking for
it, and then lock Cecil and I deep
underground.
INT. MAIN LABORATORY - HIMALIA
Scientist #2 is still observing Jeremy and Tara on the monitor.
SCIENTIST #2
The Venus Project was just a cover to
seed the planet with the microbe's they
created. Open a secure channel to General
Hayes. We may finally have the evidence
he needs to obtain a search warrant for
Microcore.
SCIENTIST #3
I'm on it.
SCIENTIST #2
Someone find me a copy of the article
this kid's brother published about the
signal of 2018. Not that Book of Alec
nonsense, I want the original article.
SCIENTIST #4
I'll take care of that.
EXT. UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF VENUS
MONTAGE:
PULL BACK - CONTINUOUS
CLOSE UP on Venus microbe consuming atmospheric gases.
The microbe expels Carbon Sixty molecules, then divides.
The Carbon Sixty molecules fuse together under the pressure of the atmosphere.
The fused carbon condenses into larger clumps.
The clumps fuse into broad sheets of pure carbon.
The sheets collide and fuse together into darkened patches that blotch the bright clouds of Venus.
The blotches grow more prominent and more abundant.
INT. JEREMY AND TARA'S HABITATION MODULE
Earth's moon is visible outside the window.
Tara is pacing around the module like a rat in a cage.
Jeremy is slouched in a chair, staring blankly at the news.
