JACOB (out loud, and in shock -- this is the first time we hear his actual voice)
Aaaaaah...ggggggGGHHHHHH!
INT. SURVEILLANCE ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Jim and Maria hear the digtized cries and start to panic.
MARIA
Oh my God...
JIM
What's happening?
He slams his hand on the AUDIO BUTTON.
JIM (CONT'D)
What's happening to him?!?
Brahman looks up at the security camera with amazement.
DR BRAHMAN
It's working. He's feeling!
INT. JACOB'S ROOM - MOMENTS LATER
Streams of data roll across the monitors. The implant is registering at 65% capacity and increasing. Jacob's eyes desperately flutter to communicate:
JACOB
Help...HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!!!
Brahman jumps around the room, checking the readouts.
DR BRAHMAN
Stay calm. You wanted 'normal'...
(checking brain-scans) Pain is normal.
JACOB
Whywhywhy...WHY???!!!
Brahman dives beneath the bed and looks up at Jacob.
DR BRAHMAN (whispering - urgent)
Iron in the forge. Do you understand? Iron in the forge...
JACOB
(eyes wide in shock)
NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!
JOE (O.S.)
We're coming up there!
EXT. FRONT OF HOUSE - MOMENTS LATER
Eve pulls off the headphones and hears the 'scream'. She drops her lit cigarette and runs inside.
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RISEN (Screenplay)
Fiksi IlmiahLocked away in a remote orphanage, a disabled teen (JACOB SHEPHERD) has dark visions of a coming apocalypse. When a radical procedure restores his body and grants the power to access computers with a thought, Jacob realizes his purpose - to prevent...
