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INT- ABYDOS, TEMPLE, ROOM HALL- DAY
BRUCKE
This? This is all she offers?
[Brucke holds a piece of naquadah between his fingers]
LANGFORD
Well, you sound disappointed.
[Eva stops filming]
BRUCKE
I feel unappreciated, yes! I offer thousands!
[Aset looks after her baby, sitting on the throne]
BRUCKE
No, tens of thousands! Hundreds of thousands of able-bodied men and women! And she thinks I will march back home and flaunt for the adoring masters, her precious gift of a rock?
ASET
Naqada.
BRUCKE
What was that?
[Eva resumes her shooting]
LANGFORD
Naqada? Naqada?
BRUCKE
Yes, I heard. What does it mean?
LANGFORD
Well, Nagada was a city in ancient Egypt, also known as Nbwt. It was the center of their civilization.
ASET
Naqada?
[She gives her baby to her nanny and stands up. She speaks in her language]
LANGFORD (translating what Aset says)
Naquadah is life, death, everything in-between.
[Aset hands them a knife]
ASET
Na-nay naqada.
LANGFORD
No Naquadah.
BRUCKE
Yes, yes, this is very nice. Do I get this as well? A rock and my very own knive back.
[Serqet takes the blade and hits a huge rock with it. The blade shatters]
BRUCKE
Scheisse.
SERQET
Na-nay naqada.
[Serqet brings her spear to Aset]
ASET
Naqada.
LANGFORD
This staff has Naquadah.
[Eva continues to film. Aset hits the rock, it breaks in two. The blade is intact]
LANGFORD
Naquadah guarantees swift death to every enemy. Naquadah gives...eternal youth and beauty.
BRUCKE
Youth and beauty, forever? Imagine the power to grant eternal youth... or life. An everlasting Reich of my own! Don't look so worried, Professor. Perhaps I will grant you the gift of immortality, to serve me by my side, and watch how my empire grows.
INT- ABYDOS, ABYDONIAN CAMP- SUNSET
MOTAWK
Kasuf.
[Kasuf grabs the plate Motawk hands him. They are all around a table full of food. Kasuf smokes a pipe]
KASUF
Tae.
[Catherine takes the tray]
CATHERINE
Bread!
[Kasuf congratulates Catherine. Wasif and Motawk look at each other. Motawk invites Wasif to eat. He eats but spits in his hand before Motawk looks]
JAMES
What I wouldn't give for a shepherd's pie. Any of this look familiar to you?
WASIF
You must be joking.
JAMES
Sorry. It does look a lot like Egypt.
[Catherine feasts on the food]
WASIF
Not the food.
KASUF
Emissaries of Ra are most welcome. Aset will be most pleased. Many blessings on you and your friends!
CATHERINE
Blessings to you, Kasuf.
[Kasuf hands the pipe to Catherine]
JAMES
How are you doing this?
CATHERINE
It's remarkably similar to ancient Egyptian. Once Wasif told me the Coptic vowel placement to listen for. Try this. No, it's good. My father, he's the real expert. Imagining what the language of the pharaohs would've sounded like has long been a passion of his.
JAMES
Looks like it paid off.
CATHERINE
Funny.
[She hands the pipe to James. He smokes]
CATHERINE
I always thought it was a complete waste of time. That's why Brucke took him.
JAMES
What do you mean?
CATHERINE
He must've known my father would understand the language here.
JAMES
How could he have known that?
[A bell rings]
KASUF
Behold, Aset and Ra!
[Two Abydonians start a play]
KASUF
Long ago, Aset fell from Ra's favor. Now, Ra has resurrected Aset...
[Catherine looks in the notebook]
KASUF
... and has given her power to watch over us. Our goddess Aset!
[The Abydonians applaud. Wasif and James too. Catherine still looking at the notebook]
MOTAWK
Try this.
[He hands the pipe to Wasif]
WASIF
Thank you.
[Wasif takes a deep breath from the pipe]
MOTAWK
My name is Motawk.
WASIF
Wasif.
MOTAWK
Wasif?
WASIF
Wasif.
CATHERINE
He knew enough to open the gate in the first place. It's not crazy to think he knew what he may have found here. There are glyphs in here that I've never seen before, which believe me, is rare.
KASUF
The power to heal was gifted to us by our goddess! The Wand of Horus. And we reward Aset with great loyalty!
[Catherine takes another drag from the pipe and begins to hallucinate]
CATHERINE
What if I've never seen these before because they depict what happened here, on this world, not ours?
[Catherine takes another drag from the pipe and begins to hallucinate]
CATHERINE
This is about more than saving my father. The power to heal, the weapon we were attacked with. If the Nazis got a hold of any of this...
[Catherine takes another drag from the pipe and begins to hallucinate]
CATHERINE
We need to stop Brucke. Okay. We need to go. Kasuf! Kasuf!
ALL
Kasuf!
CATHERINE
Damn it, that's not what I meant. Okay, we need to go.
JAMES
Wait, no. Tomorrow. Tomorrow!
CATHERINE
We need to go now, we need to leave now.
JAMES
Cat. Cat. Play this smart, it's pitch black out there. All right. Let's settle. Tonight, we make friends and allies with these... fine people.
ALL
Fine people!
[They all raise their glasses]
CATHERINE
And tomorrow we beg them to join our cause and save our planet from unimaginable darkness and destruction.
JAMES
Wow. Touch dramatic.
CATHERINE
Or we at least get our guns back.
INT- ABYDOS, TEMPLE, ROOM HALL- NIGHT
[Eva starts filming]
STEFAN
Ready?
EVA
And, action!
BRUCKE
Dearest members of the Vril Society, I bring good news. Proof that our theories were correct.
[He approaches the throne where Aset is sitting with her baby in her arms]
BRUCKE
Come, meet Aset, the God who rules this world.
[He brings his hand up to her face but Aset tries to bite him]
BRUCKE
She has given me the power that we have been tirelessly looking for. The elusive Vril.
[He shows a piece of Naquadah in his hand, proudly]
BRUCKE
In return, I will deliver multitudes of our undesirables...
[Camera pans to Langford]
BRUCKE
... to toil at her command. A bold and prosperous partnership.
EVA
And a triumph for the Fuhrer.
[Stefan makes a Nazi salute]
BRUCKE
Yes, yes, that as well. Perhaps now he will fully appreciate. As will the rest of the world. Soon, every mortal shall bend the knee, and worship at the feet of the almighty...
INT- ABYDOS, ABYDONIAN CAMP- NIGHT
ALL
Aset!
JAMES
Beware, that is the man who likes to stab you.
[James looks at a piece of Naquadah in his hand]
JAMES
I found this. It's... dark and beautiful. Like you.
CATHERINE
It's a rock.
JAMES
Yeah, sure. Just... keep it?
[Catherine smiles and puts the pebble back in her purse]
JAMES
To replace your magic stick.
[They laugh. They hold hands and Kasuf clears his throat]
JAMES
What are you two on about?
CATHERINE
I think he just offered us his tent for the evening. Are you nervous?
JAMES
What? No.
[James dips his finger in a dish and tastes it]
JAMES
Mm. Mm.
KASUF
Bani way.
JAMES
Bani way?
KASUF
Tee-yu, bani way.
JAMES
Bani way! Must mean dessert or cream.
[Catherine strokes James' fingers]
CATHERINE
It means sweet. Very, very sweet.
JAMES
Bani way.
KASUF
Bani way.
[They kiss]
END CREDITS
POST-CREDIT SCENE
INT-WAREHOUSE-CATHERINE'S BEDROOM-DAY
HEINRICH
Symbols. Symbols. Symbols.
[Heinrich searches in a book and closes it energetically. He then angrily punches a stack of books on a table and a stack of files on the chair behind him.]