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INT GERMAN LAUNCH SITE - “Sun Machine”
ZERO unlocks DAPHNE’S cage and releases her.
DAPHNE
He went that way! But be careful, the rest of the cultists are still around.
EXT GERMAN LAUNCH SITE
ZERO chases down SCHOPENHAUER. Out of the corner of his eye, ZERO thinks he sees JANUS. He shakes his head. It must be another mirage.
JANUS kills off the cultists one by one without even looking with godlike precience.
ZERO corners SCHOPENHAUER on a platform.
ZERO
I don’t know if I should kill you. It’s probably what you want. I should take you back as a prisoner of war.
SCHOPENHAUER
Death is inevitable. If you decide to let me live I will continue my work. Our intelligence tells us the American’s are working on their own atomic weapon. They would welcome me to join them.
ZERO raises his pistol and contemplates his decision. A shot rings out but ZERO turns to see where it came from. SCHOPENHAUER is dead and JANUS approaches the body to confirm it.
JANUS
If you want something done right you have to do it yourself.
ZERO
What are you doing here?
JANUS
I know you have already heard that Revisions has been completely overhauled. Your new mission is to pilot an aircraft to Russian territory. I have come to make sure you complete it.
ZERO
And if I refuse?
JANUS
I always have a plan B.
EXT GERMAN LAUNCH SITE RUNWAY
JANUS accompanied by CASSANDRA and other soothsayers carrying rifles, stand on the edge of a long runway next to the facility and a small hangar. ZERO and SHIVA are held prisoner, wrapped in chains.
JANUS
If you won’t fly maybe she will. Would you like to go on a mission for the Fatherland?
SHIVA
I would love to kill those Russian schweine.
JANUS
That’s the spirit! The aircraft is waiting for you in the hangar there loaded with the atomic weapon. Don’t try anything foolish, now. We will be tracking your movements and will detonate the device if necessary.
SHIVA
Ich Verstehe.
JANUS
As for you, Zero, it was never my intention to let you live. You have no identity, you are a Ghost and Ghosts don’t survive. Looks like you will be a part of that atomic test afterall. Auf wiedersehen!
SHIVA boards a sleek jet after being released from her chains and takes off from the runway. JANUS and his team jump in a jeep and drive away. ZERO struggles in his chains as a siren alerts him to the atomic test.
Realizing there’s not enough time, ZERO makes for the missile silo in the ground. He dives into the gap of the hatch covering the deep pit just as the blast wave washes over him. Suspended by his chain, he rides out the explosion and climbs back out.
On the surface ZERO doesn’t recognize the landscape now turned into an alien world. The molten sand reflects the sky perfectly with a glass horizon.
ZERO shakes off his chains and climbs into a second aircraft. He taxis to the runway now covered in debris. He makes a hard turn and moves onto the crystalized desert floor. The glass under his wheels begins to crack but supports the plane long enough for him to take off.
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