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INT./EXT. KENTUCKY DIG SITE - DAY

SUBTITLE: 8 YEARS LATER - PRESENT DAY

Marcus is now 69 years old. Marcus, is with Zalina who is now 24, and Leon who is now 26, (They both graduated College, with degrees in Archeology), and they're with a group of Archeologists. Zalina is wearing the Amulet Of Apollo, plus a black pair of camouflage pants, and a black tank top, with a black hooded vest, and carrying a book bag, that she's carrying her lab top in. Leon is wearing a Tan pair of Khakis, with a brown T-shirt, and carrying a book bag, that he keeps his lab top in.

They're underground, in a mountain in Kentucky, just outside of a Temple.

ZALINA

Where are we?

LEON

Good question.

MARCUS

This my dear children. Is the Temple Of Apollo.

ZALINA

The Temple of Apollo?

LEON

That's cool.

MARCUS

60 years ago, I myself was here, with my father. And this is where we made some excellent discoveries.

LEON

What kind of discoveries?

MARCUS

The first one, was that Amulet, that Zalina wears.

ZALINA

My amulet?

MARCUS

Yes. That amulet was on a statue of Apollo, in this very Temple, 60 years ago, when we first found it. I was only 9 years old then. It seems like a lifetime now.

LEON

What happened here?

MARCUS

This place, was in such shambles. Dust and debris everywhere. Broken walls, and a golden statue in the center of it all. Come, I'll show you.

They all walk into the Temple.

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INT. TEMPLE - DAY

The temple looks great, like there's nothing wrong with it. Apollo's statue is in the center, with two fountains on both sides. There's also statues of Nymphs on the fountains.

MARCUS

This is what happened back then.

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INT./EXT. UNDERGROUND CAVE - NIGHT

SUBTITLE: (FLASHBACK) 60 YEARS AGO

SHOWS a young boy named MARCUS who is 9 years old, and his father CARMINE who is 42 years old.

They're UNDERGROUND, in front of a TEMPLE. In the side of a mountain in KENTUCKY. The Temple is all beat up, and worn down. And dusty with debris everywhere.

Marcus, Carmine and Carmines digging group, are all there, walking around with flash lights, and digging gear. About 15 people all together. They all walk up to the Temple, and then walk into it.

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INT. TEMPLE - NIGHT

There's a gold statue of APOLLO in the center of the room. With a water fountain on both sides of the statue. And a wall behind the statue that has a piece of it broken off in the bottom right corner. There's also other statues in the room as well. Ones of NYMPHS, around the room. Some of the Nymph statues are sitting on the fountains.

The writing on the wall, is in a now dead language, that no one's ever seen before. It was written by the Gods, and only a God or Demigod can read it. Shows the men standing there, trying to translate the wall writings, but can't. And while they're trying to translate the wall.

Marcus is off exploring the rest of the room. SHOWS him walk up to Apollo's statue. Instead of the statue being in his normal pose, where he's shooting a bow and arrow. He's posed as he's holding onto a sword and shield. But, both the sword and shield are missing. Marcus sees a golden AMULET hanging off of the statue, from Apollo's waist. He takes the Amulet, and as the others are still in the background, staring at the wall writings. The statue of Apollo moves. It moves from the pose where he's holding a sword and shield. To where his hands are down, to accept an offering.

Marcus looks at the statue, and sees it wink at him. Marcus jumps, then screams and runs out of the temple. Shows his father Carmine, turn and see the statue is in a different pose.

CARMINE

What have we here?

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