SCENE 1 – INT. SECRET LAB – NIGHT (DECEMBER 2015) Dark. Emergency lights flicker red. A SCIENTIST...

SCENE 1 – INT. SECRET LAB – NIGHT (DECEMBER 2015) Dark. Emergency lights flicker red. A SCIENTIST (40s) in a white coat 🥼 frantically types commands. Sweat. Panic. Behind a THICK GLASS WALL, a HUMAN-SIZED MACHINE hums violently. Two giant emitters on either side ABSORB BLUE ENERGY and transmit it forward in a straight beam. Alarms BLARE. SCIENTIST (whispering, shaking) It’s over… we’re dead. The machine’s beam SPLITS, bouncing off the walls. Glass cracks. Energy spirals uncontrollably — LASER B