Rise Of The Gods

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INT. OLYMPUS - THRONE ROOM - GREY DIMISH

Zalina and Ladon are landing on the balcony. Zalina climbs off, and walks into the Throne Room and see Nike, Bia, Cratus, and Zelus all laying on the ground, with their wings cut off.

Gaea is sitting on Zeus's Throne. Zalina glares at her

ZALINA

Ladon! Go get Apollo and the others!

LADON

Ok my lady!

Ladon looks over at Zalina for a few seconds, in hesitation.

ZALINA

I'll be fine. Now hurry!

Ladon hesitates for a few seconds, then he flies off. Zalina then turns towards Gaea. She's sitting on the Throne, smiling.

GAEA

So, you were pre-destined to defeat me? I don't think so.

ZALINA

It doesn't have to be this way, you know? I never had a problem with you.

GAEA

Oh, but, I did have a problem with you. The CHOSEN one? You look more like a weakly little human to me.

ZALINA

I may be a little weakly to you. But, inside, I have the soul of a million.

GAEA

What does that mean?

ZALINA

Something you couldn't possibly understand. You've always had power. And in the process, you took it for granted. Instead of using it for good. You squandered it.

GAEA

Spare me your lecture.

ZALINA

Me on the other hand. I didn't grow up with power. I had a little, but, not much. And I had to learn how to use it, which made me appreciate it more. So, in the end. You'd never understand. I heard once, that you used to be good. What happened to you?

GAEA

I'll tell you what happened. Something I saw, about five thousand of years ago.

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(FLASHBACK) EXT. EARTH - EDEN - NIGHT

SHOWS GAEA tending to the plants and trees in the GARDEN OF EDEN.

WE SEE greenery everywhere. Beautiful trees, and flowers everywhere, in a grassy land of trees. A WATERFALL, two stories tall, is in the background. Water flows off of the top of the waterfall, and lands down into a small pond, that then streams down, through the rest of the garden.

Gaea's in her human form. She's in the middle of creating the GOLDEN APPLE TREE OF KNOWLEDGE.

SHOWS a dragon named LADON, laying down on the ground, in front of it. Guarding the tree.

All of a sudden, Gaea looks up into the sky, and sees what looks like a shooting star flying through space, and slamming into MARS. Mars looked like Earth, with water and an atmosphere. A very beautiful site.

Noticing the force of the impact of when the shooting star SLAMMED into the planet. A SHOCK WAVE of destruction spreads across the whole planet of Mars.

Over a time span, of 666 years. She sees the energy of the planet, begin to slowly disappear, as though it's being SUCKED into the planet. Turning Mars into a red wasteland. Then, after the planet looks like it's been consumed. She sees what looks like a comet, coming from Mars, and SLAMMING into the other side of Earth.

Not knowing what was going on, and having feelings about the planet she's on. And having a PRESSURE in her chest, that something was wrong. She Sees the power that's being shown to her. She begins to get jealous, and wants that kind of power, because all she gets to do, is create plants and rock formations, in a garden.

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INT. OLYMPUS - THRONE ROOM - GREY DIMISH

Shows Gaea and Zalina talking.

GAEA

So a weakling like you, would never understand. I saw something more powerful then I had. And I wanted it.

ZALINA

What good is all that power, if you only do bad things with it? All you'll do in the end, is destroy everything, and maybe even yourself.

GAEA

I will never destroy myself. I'm immortal, and the first goddess. My power is supreme to all.

All of a sudden, Gaea sends a wave of ground, at Zalina.

Zalina uses her power, and sends a wave back, causing the waves to crash, and cancel each other out. The waves were chest high.

GAEA (CONT'D)

I see you've got the same abilities as I do? Let's see how you handle this?

Gaea creates a falling storm of rock boulders. Zalina dodges them, as they come crashing down from the ceiling.

Zalina creates a wave of water, that flies through the air, collecting all the boulders, and flying them out of the Throne room, and onto the balcony.

GAEA (CONT'D)

You know, if you weren't my enemy, you'd make a great ally.

ZALINA

The only way I'd ever be your ally, is if you decided to be good from now on. Now give me the amulets.

GAEA

Nah. I like the naughty life.

Gaea then does a gust of wind towards Zalina.