VERITAS: THE QUEST 1X06: SANGRAAL [UNAIRED IN U.S.] TRANSCRIBED FROM MASTER DUB TAPE Written by: GABRIELLE STANTON & HARRY WERKSMAN, JR. Directed by: PERRY LANG Transcript by Intrepid Courtesy of http://www.webphilia.com/~anthology/wnp.html Please do not archive this transcript without permission from the Transcriptionist RATING: TV-PG-V ========================== DISCLAIMER: ========================== "VERITAS: THE QUEST" and other related entities are owned, (TM) and (c) by Massett/Zinman Productions, Storyline Entertainment, and Touchstone Television. All Rights Reserved. This transcript was made without their permission, approval, authorization or endorsement. Any reproduction, duplication or distribution of this material in any form is expressly prohibited. It is absolutely forbidden to use it for commercial gain. CONDITION OF USE: (1) Do not alter the content of this file. 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She gently folds them.) ISABELLE: Hmm - nothing from the kitchen - ROBERT FRAISER: Hold that thought. (He puts her book on her lap and rolls out of bed as she chuckles.) (She watches him go, then turns back to her book.) [KITCHEN] (ROBERT opens the refrigerator. He reaches for the milk, then on second thought, he sees the opened bottle of wine. He takes it out and closes the fridge.) [BEDROOM] (ISABELLE hears a noise. She sits up in bed and looks in the direction where she heard the sound.) [KITCHEN] (ROBERT pours wine into two wine glasses. Suddenly, the lights go out.) ROBERT FRAISER: (quietly) Oh, great. (louder) I think we blew a fuse. (chuckles) I'll flip you for who goes down the basement. (Outside, lightning flashes and thunder rumbles. ISABELLE is quiet. ROBERT hears something unusual, puts the wine bottle down and moves a little to look into the bedroom where he sees the window open, the curtains blowing in the night wind.) ROBERT FRAISER: Isa? (ROBERT walks through the hallway heading back into the bedroom. Thunder rumbles and lightning flashes. He walks into the bedroom.) ROBERT FRAISER: Isa? (Behind him, a man dressed in black grabs him from behind and holds a knife against his neck. ROBERT drops the wine glasses spilling the wine on the carpet.) LEAD KNIGHT: We have your wife, Mr. Fraiser. She's alive for now and we'll keep her that way you'll do exactly as I say, you understand? (He nods.) Good. CUT TO: [INT. VERITAS FOUNDATION - LOBBY IN FRONT OF ELEVATOR - DAY] (NIKKO and VINCENT stand in the middle of the lobby in front of the elevator on the floor of the Foundation. VINCENT is teaching NIKKO.) (NIKKO throws a punch toward VINCENT, who smoothly moves aside avoiding any contact.) VINCENT: Close. (NIKKO automatically takes a step back to his original position, fists up, eyes closed. VINCENT walks around NIKKO to a different position.) VINCENT: Open. (NIKKO opens his eyes and throws a punch toward VINCENT, who again smoothly moves aside avoiding any contact.) VINCENT: Close (NIKKO retreats back to his original stance, his eyes closed. VINCENT moves around NIKKO.) VINCENT: Open. (NIKKO throws a punch at VINCENT. This time VINCENT has to raise a hand to deflect the punch.) VINCENT: Good. NIKKO: (frustrated) Good? How is this "good"? We've been doing this for an hour and I haven't hit you yet. VINCENT: Good for me, Grasshopper. This exercise is about reflexes, not accuracy. That comes later. (They both look up as they hear footsteps rushing down the stairs. SOLOMON runs down the stairs. VINCENT and NIKKO turns as SOLOMON reaches the lobby.) SOLOMON: It's Robert. He's on his way up. NIKKO: Dad, what's wrong? (The elevator doors open.) SOLOMON: I don't know. He didn't say. (ROBERT FRAISER walks into the lobby. SOLOMON walks up to him. ROBERT looks disheveled and a mess; his heavy valise tucked under his arm.) SOLOMON: What is it? What happened? ROBERT FRAISER: (solemnly) They kidnapped Isabelle. You've got to help me. (SOLOMON doesn't say anything. He turns around to look back at NIKKO who appears just as stunned by the news.) FADE TO END OF TEASER ROLL TITLE CREDITS FADE IN. [EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE (STOCK) - DAY] [EXT. VERITAS FOUNDATION BUILDING (STOCK) - DAY] ROBERT FRAISER: (v.o.) They want the Holy Grail, Solomon. [INT. VERTAS FOUNDATION - MAIN ROOM -- DAY] (SOLOMON talks with ROBERT FRAISER as the rest of the team listens discretely.) SOLOMON: Do you know who 'they' are? ROBERT FRAISER: The Knights of Sangraal. (VINCENT joins them and puts a cup on the table in front of ROBERT.) VINCENT: How can you be sure? ROBERT FRAISER: Because when he grabbed me, I saw his tattoo. (NIKKO joins the group.) ROBERT FRAISER: I've come across them before. When you're a Grail Hunter you tend to meet a lot of fanatics. (He picks up his cup and stares at it. SOLOMON explains.) SOLOMON: These Knights claim to be the descendants of the nine Templar Knights who found the Holy Grail in Jerusalem during the First Crusade. CALVIN: I don't understand, why would they take your wife, though? ROBERT FRAISER: Because they want the Grail for themselves. NIKKO: So, Isabelle's ransom for the Holy Grail. (ROBERT nods.) SOLOMON: Wait a minute, Robert, what makes them think that you can find it now? (ROBERT takes out a diary.) ROBERT FRAISER: Isa and I just discovered this diary in Scotland. It belonged to William St. Claire, a fifteenth century Scottish Lord, he was an ally and protector of the Templar Knights. (He opens the book to a bookmarked section of a drawn picture on the page.) ROBERT FRAISER: This is why I came to you. Look, here above the cross. It's a ring with the Templar's crest. I remember you had one. I think it's the key. (SOLOMON moves to stand next to ROBERT to look at the journal.) SOLOMON: Yeah, I found this ring in Southern France in a dig with Haley. This diary is in Hebrew. (He flips through the pages. In front of him, CALVIN watches.) ROBERT FRAISER: But in code. Isa and I began deciphering it. SOLOMON: Calvin? You're on. (CALVIN stands up. SOLOMON hands him the journal.) SOLOMON: As quick as possible. (CALVIN nods.) Something's up. These guys don't usually play this rough. ROBERT FRAISER: All my life, I've searched for the Grail. These things can't happen, Solomon. I just want Isabelle back. SOLOMON: Don't worry, we'll get her back. (SOLOMON turns away to get to work. Camera holds on ROBERT.) [INT. VERITAS FOUNDATION - STUDY - LATER] (SOLOMON stands in front of the fireplace. He picks up and looks at a framed photograph of He, HALEY and NIKKO with ROBERT and ISABELLE.) VINCENT: (o.s.) Solomon. (SOLOMON is startled out of his thoughts and nearly drops the picture. He sets the photo back on the shelf, shakes his head and turns around to look at VINCENT who had silently walked into the room.) SOLOMON: I hate it when you do that! VINCENT: Do what? SOLOMON: Show up out of nowhere. VINCENT: It's what you pay me for, man. SOLOMON: Good point. So, what did you find? (VINCENT walks into the room and reports.) VINCENT: I've swept Robert's apartment. The whole place is clean. Very professional job. (VINCENT sits down.) SOLOMON: It just doesn't sound like the Knights of Sangraal. They're obsessed with the Grail, but I can't believe they'd go to this extreme. VINCENT: Kidnapping sounds more like the way Dorna operates. SOLOMON: Think they're involved? VINCENT: I don't know. How else could the Knights of Sangraal know that Fraiser found the diary? SOLOMON: These Knights pride themselves on knowing everything about the Holy Grail and those who seek it. Now, if they're involved with Dorna, they're more dangerous than we thought. VINCENT: Are you going to tell Robert that Dorna could be involved? (SOLOMON considers the question, then slowly shakes his head.) SOLOMON: No. Not until we know for sure. The less he knows about Dorna, the safer he is. (SOLOMON walks past VINCENT toward the shelf. He takes out a small velvet jewelry bag stashed away between a box and the books. From the bag, SOLOMON takes out an old heavy ring. VINCENT stands up and walks behind SOLOMON to look at the ring.) SOLOMON: I'd almost forgotten about this ring. VINCENT: Templar Seal. Only Knights initiated into the mysteries of the Grail could wear it. SOLOMON: It doesn't solve the mystery. Let's see what William St. Claire's diary has to say. CUT TO: [INT. VERITAS FOUNDATION - MAIN ROOM] (ROBERT flips the page of the journal over. SOLOMON sits on the steps watching ROBERT and CALVIN work. CALVIN sits at the table with ROBERT, both of them going over the journal.) ROBERT FRAISER: We've deciphered a word: Hazor. CALVIN: It's some kind of polyalphabetic grid. You know, like letter- replacement cipher, we but can't find the key word to crack it. SOLOMON: Keep trying. It has to be in there. (NIKKO sighs and moves from the table to sit next to his dad.) NIKKO: Things are going pretty slow. SOLOMON: Archaeology takes time. NIKKO: Yeah. (smiles a bit) Robert never was much for waiting around. SOLOMON: Do you remember the time we went down to Mexico? All of us together? NIKKO: Yeah. I do. That was my fourth grade summer vacation in Tei Tiajuan(?). (He laughs. They both share a smile.) Who takes a nine-year-old to the Avenue of the Dead? SOLOMON: Well, your mom planned that trip. NIKKO: Yeah. I remember her-her and Isabelle went and bought all those stupid blankets. SOLOMON: Too many margaritas. NIKKO: (shocked) Who? Mom? SOLOMON: Oh, yeah. (NIKKO laughs. They lapse into silence.) NIKKO: So, uh, if this whole Holy Grail thing doesn't work, do you have, like, a Plan B? SOLOMON: I ALWAYS have a Plan B. NIKKO: You NEVER have a Plan B, dad. SOLOMON: (amends) I usually have a Plan B. NIKKO: Yeah. (They both laugh.) CALVIN: Dr. Zond, we got another word: Gazer. (SOLOMON and NIKKO stand up and walk over to the table where CALVIN and ROBERT work.) SOLOMON: Hazor and Gazer were two of the cities King Solomon built during his reign. CALVIN: No. I mean, yeah, they are, but they're not the key word. (Tired and frustrated, CALVIN puts the pencil down on the table.) ROBERT FRAISER: Uh, Megido. Megido was the last city that King Solomon built. SOLOMON: Try that. (On the alpha grid in front of him, CALVIN starts coloring the letters as he calls out under his breath.) CALVIN: Uh. ... R. E for O. T for S. I for B. O for R. (Leaning on the table, SOLOMON puts it together first.) SOLOMON: Rosburn. ROBERT FRAISER: Rosburn. It's, uh, derived from the Old Scottish. It means "Rosy Stream". CALVIN: Like, uh, like-like the Blood of Christ. (SOLOMON straightens and looks at ROBERT.) ROBERT FRAISER: Rosburn Chapel. It was built by the St. Claire's. It's in Scotland just outside Edinburgh. SOLOMON: Scotland. FADE TO: [FLYING JET (STOCK) - DAY] [EXT. SCOTLAND - DAY] (The camera travels across the ocean toward the island.) (Fade to: The green lands of Scotland.) LEGEND: SCOTLAND [EXT. CASTLE (STOCK) - DAY] LEGEND: ROSBURN CHAPEL [INT. ROSBURN CHAPEL - DAY] (ROBERT FRAISER, CALVIN, SOLOMON, NIKKO and VINCENT walk into the chapel. NIKKO takes pictures as he walks down the aisle.) NIKKO: Do you think William St. Claire built this whole church just to hide the Grail? SOLOMON: Uh, let's hope it's that easy. (The men reach the front of the church. NIKKO continues to take pictures. SOLOMON looks around. He lifts his eyes to look at the large statue of the KNIGHT next to the carved Templar Cross decoration on the wall.) SOLOMON: Legend says the Templar Knights used the Grail to fuel their rise to power after the Crusades. (As he talks, the camera moves across the wall where we see a series of large KNIGHT statues interspersed with Templar Crosses.) SOLOMON: When they were driven out of Europe, many fled to Scotland and lived under the protection of St. Claire. (VINCENT checks out the altar in the back.) (SOLOMON continues to look around the church and the camera shows the stone KNIGHT statues. In the center is a statue of a KNIGHT. SOLOMON steps next to ROBERT who has been looking at that particular statue.) SOLOMON: William St. Claire himself. Nice to meet you. ROBERT FRAISER: "Let the dead rest in peace. But for me, I shall remain ever watchful over the Secrets of the Temple." It's one of the passages Isa and I translated from his diary. SOLOMON: St. Claire's eyes are open. ROBERT FRAISER: Uh. (Camera fades over a close up of all the other statues to emphasize that the other statues eyes are all closed.) ROBERT FRAISER: The others are all closed. So, what's he looking at? (ROBERT turns to look at the statue.) (Starting from the open eyes of the stone statue, the camera moves past ROBERT and SOLOMON who turn around to look behind them. It moves past VINCENT who turns around to follow the stone statue's gaze and stops at CALVIN who stands in front of the stone altar in the center of the front of the church.) (CALVIN looks down at the altar. In its center is the Templar cross and the Templar Seal.) SOLOMON: An Altar. (SOLOMON, ROBERT and VINCENT all move toward the altar.) SOLOMON: Nikko! (NIKKO joins them. They all surround the altar, looking at the Templar Seal in the center.) ROBERT FRAISER: Hmm. (SOLOMON leans in to read the writing in between the cross design.) SOLOMON: It says, "Here beneath lies the Head of God". ROBERT FRAISER: The Head of God? (laughs) Ancient texts refer to the Grail as the Head of God ... (ROBERT kneels down to look at the side of the altar.) ROBERT FRAISER: ... because it holds all the answers knowable to man. I think we've found it. (He lifts his hand and lightly touches the seal on the side of the altar.) ROBERT FRAISER: They've even carved a Templar's mark. SOLOMON: Wait a minute, Robert. We don't know what we've found yet. (SOLOMON puts the back pack he's been carrying down on the floor next to him. He takes out a knife from his pocket and together, he and ROBERT work to remove the Templar's Cross on the top of the altar.) (As they work, VINCENT stands guard in the front center of the aisle a few feet away from them.) (SOLOMON uses the pocket knife and etches around the cross. Once it comes loose, he glances back at VINCENT nodding that they're going to remove the seal. VINCENT nods back.) (SOLOMON, ROBERT and NIKKO lift the seal off of the altar to reveal a fist-sized hole into the hollowed out altar.) NIKKO: What is that? (They look into the hole, which is much too dark to see anything inside.) (ROBERT puts his glasses on and peers into the hole.) ROBERT FRAISER: This -- (He blows the dust aside.) -- is a Templar wicket. At King Solomon's temple, the workers would reach in to receive their weekly payments. NIKKO: So, who's going to stick their hand in? VINCENT: Could be booby-trapped. CALVIN: It looks clear. SOLOMON: It always looks clear. (It's really no decision at all.) SOLOMON: All right. (SOLOMON lifts his arm up high and lowers his hand into the hole. VINCENT leaves the aisle and moves to the altar.) SOLOMON: (shakes his head) I don't feel anything. No, wait. I've got something. (He slowly lifts his hand out of the hole and brings out the rolled piece of parchment. He unfolds it and blows out the dust ... straight into CALVIN who has his hand over his nose. CALVIN coughs and rubs his eyes. NIKKO fans away the fine cloud of dust. ROBERT puts his glasses back on.) SOLOMON: (mumbles) Sorry. (SOLOMON takes out a brush from his inside jacket pocket and uses it to clear the piece of paper. Underneath the layer of dust is a map with the label: ESTOTILANDA.) SOLOMON: Estotilanda. (He looks up at them.) The fifteenth century name for New Scotland. ROBERT FRAISER: Nova Scotia. NIKKO: (no way) Canada? ROBERT FRAISER: Isabelle always suspected that the Templar Knights made it to America before Columbus. VINCENT: They brought the Grail with them? NIKKO: Well, it's actually pretty smart. I mean, who's going to look for the Holy Grail in Canada. (SOLOMON laughs.) SOLOMON: We are. FADE OUT. FADE IN. [EXT. JET (FLYING) -- DAY] [INT. JET (MOVING) - DAY] (NIKKO is reading a MAD magazine, the Knockout Issue. He lowers the magazine when CALVIN walks into the section. The two men eye each other.) (CALVIN walks over to the microwave oven and checks it out. NIKKO goes back to reading his MAD magazine. CALVIN turns to NIKKO.) CALVIN: What ya reading? (Wordlessly, NIKKO raises the magazine to show the cover to CALVIN.) CALVIN: Nice. (CALVIN smiles and points to the magazine. Let the ribbing begin.) CALVIN: Let me know if you need any help with the really big words. NIKKO: (flatly) You're so funny. Really. You've been using the joke generator at geek-dot-com again? CALVIN: Who's the one reading the comic book? (The microwave beeps. CALVIN turns and takes out the popcorn bag.) NIKKO: What? Better than reading Archaeology Today waiting for the Mummy Swimsuit Issue. CALVIN: Oh, yeah. That felt good, right. Like you've been waiting for that one, huh? NIKKO: And I didn't have to wait that long, did I, Chuck? (CALVIN smiles, shakes his head, turns and leaves. NIKKO shakes his head and goes back to his MAD magazine. He reaches the back of the magazine and comes to the fold-it page. He folds the back page, looks at the picture and smiles.) CUT TO: [EXT. VERITAS FOUNDATION (STOCK) - DAY] [INT. VERITAS FOUNDATION - MAIN ROOM -- DAY] (MAGGIE and JULIET work at the computer in teleconference with SOLOMON.) MAGGIE: Take a look at this, Solomon. The shape of the island is a ninety- eight percent match with an island called Elm Island off the coast of Nova Scotia. INTERCUT WITH: [INT. JET (MOVING) - DAY] (SOLOMON works on the computer.) SOLOMON: What about the maze? MAGGIE: Some kind of underground complex, but no indication where the entrance is. JULIET: We contacted a guy on Elm Island. His name is Willie Anderson. He's expecting you. We're catching the next flight up there. SOLOMON: Okay. I'll see you on the island. CUT TO: [EXT. ELM ISLAND (STOCK) - DAY] LEGEND: NOVA SCOTIA [INT. HOTEL -- DAY] (JULIET and MAGGIE open he doors and enter the hotel. All the patrons of the small bar - mostly old men - stop and stare at the two women.) JULIET: Not my idea of an island getaway. MAGGIE: Unless you're looking for a remote place to hide something. (SOLOMON raises his hand and waves to them. JULIET and MAGGIE walk over to the group.) SOLOMON: Welcome. You're making some friends. MAGGIE: Where's Vincent? SOLOMON: He's, uh, checking out the island. (SOLOMON pushes past them toward ROBERT behind them.) ROBERT FRAISER: I just grabbed a room upstairs; I'm going to go over my notes make sure I haven't missed anything. SOLOMON: Yeah, why don't you try and get some sleep. ROBERT FRAISER: (shakes his head) I haven't slept since ... SOLOMON: Robert, just try. I'll go talk to this Willie Anderson. (ROBERT takes his bag and leaves. SOLOMON turns and heads back to the group.) (Meanwhile, over at the bar, NIKKO settles himself next to CALVIN. He drops his jacket on the counter.) NIKKO: Excuse me. (Without a word, the bartender plops a glass full of beer in front of under-aged NIKKO with a thud spilling some of the drink carelessly onto the counter. NIKKO smiles at it and chuckles a bit.) NIKKO: Well, might not like the decor, but sure can't complain about the services. (He picks up the beer glass fully intending to drink it. But before he can get it to his lips, CALVIN takes the glass out of his hand.) CALVIN: Do you seriously think this place makes your brain cells less ... I don't think-- (MAGGIE reaches between the two men and grabs the beer glass out from CALVIN'S grip.) MAGGIE: Calvin. CALVIN: What? MAGGIE: I need your help with base camp. (She puts the beer glass back on the counter and turns CALVIN away, leading him away from the bar.) CALVIN: All right. MAGGIE: (insistent) Right now. CALVIN: (to NIKKO) Okay, you do what you want. You're all grown up. MAGGIE: Come on, baby. (MAGGIE and CALVIN leave the bar. JULIET settles next to NIKKO.) JULIET: You and Calvin should try getting along. NIKKO: Yeah, yeah. Maybe next week. CUT TO: [INT. BAR -- DAY] (SOLOMON talks with WILLIE ANDERSON in a secluded part of the bar.) SOLOMON: You own the entire island? WILLIE ANDERSON: Nothing goes on around here without my permission. SOLOMON: Well, uhm, Mr. Anderson. Elm Island might be of significant archaeological importance. We need to dig. WILLIE ANDERSON: Dig? (A glint comes into his eye.) WILLIE ANDERSON: We-e-ell. You'll need local permits. And, uh, approval from the Land Regent's Board. And then there's the Environmental Impact. (Without batting an eye, SOLOMON takes out his check book. He poises his pen over the paper.) SOLOMON: How much? (WILLIE ANDERSON smiles.) CUT TO: [INT. BAR - ROBERT'S ROOM -- DAY] (ROBERT is lying on the bed, his eyes closed. A stack of papers is clutched in his hand on his chest.) (SOMEONE approaches the bed.) (ROBERT surges up in bed, suddenly awake. The Knight of Sangraal is standing at the foot of his bed.) ROBERT FRAISER: Where's my wife? LEAD KNIGHT: Oh, she and I are having a lovely time. ROBERT FRAISER: Touch her and I'll kill you. (ROBERT sits up and weakly grabs the KNIGHT'S shirt. The KNIGHT grabs him by his throat and pushes him back down on the bed.) LEAD KNIGHT: Okay. Okay. (He takes out his pocket knife and holds it against ROBERT'S cheek.) LEAD KNIGHT: I don't think you're in any position to be threatening me, Mr. Fraiser. ROBERT FRAISER: Just leave her alone. I've done everything that you've asked. LEAD KNIGHT: Where's the Grail? ROBERT FRAISER: We're close. LEAD KNIGHT: Once you have it, your colleagues have agreed to turn it over to us? ROBERT FRAISER: Of course, Solomon would never do a thing to jeopardize Isabelle. LEAD KNIGHT: Oh, I hope you're right. (He removes the knife from ROBERT'S cheek and puts it away.) LEAD KNIGHT: Now, just keep this little meeting of ours a secret. Okay? For Isabelle's sake. CUT TO: [EXT. OCEAN SHORES (STOCK) -- DAY] (Waves lap against the shore.) [EXT. ISLAND GRASSY AREA -- DAY (VINCENT walks along the grassy area. He comes across a large boulder in the ground. He removes his backpack and takes out a flare gun. He loads the flare gun and fires it high into the air.) [EXT. OCEAN SHORES - DAY] (In the wooded area beyond the ocean shore, a flare shoots into the air.) SOLOMON: That's Vincent. He must have found something. [EXT. ISLAND GRASSY AREA - DAY] (SOLOMON and ROBERT back pack it to VINCENT'S location. SOLOMON turns and looks at ROBERT.) SOLOMON: You don't look like you got much sleep. ROBERT FRAISER: I didn't. So, when did the Knights of Sangraal become so ruthless? SOLOMON: They just want the Grail. (Behind them, off to the side, NIKKO follows them.) ROBERT FRAISER: Do you think they'll hold up their end of the deal? SOLOMON: I think Isabelle is just a means to an end, Robert. ROBERT FRAISER: Right. (SOLOMON and ROBERT meet up with VINCENT who stands in front of the boulder in the middle of the grassy area. He shows them the boulder.) SOLOMON: This looks interesting. VINCENT: Locals say these cobstones were here before the first European settlers arrived. They're scattered all over the area. SOLOMON: There's an inscription in Latin. Cor'tuum Seguer. VINCENT: Follow your heart. ROBERT FRAISER: Templar Knights must have left these as a clue to the Grail. (NIKKO shouts over to them.) NIKKO: Hey! You guys! There's another one over here. (ROBERT turns to walk toward NIKKO. VINCENT sees the boulder in front of NIKKO.) VINCENT: They're too far apart to see a pattern. (SOLOMON adjusts his head set.) SOLOMON: Let's get an aerial view. [EXT.BASE CAMP - SHACK - DAY] [INT. BASE CAMP - SHACK - DAY] (Inside the shack on the beach, MAGGIE has the laptop set up. CALVIN stands behind her looking over her shoulder.) MAGGIE: Calvin's using magnetic resonance to highlight the stones. He's pulling up the images now. CALVIN: Ready or not, here it comes. (On the monitor, various aerial satellite views of the land mass below appear on screen.) CALVIN: I hacked into the NOA's Weather Satellite to get these images. MAGGIE: Highlighting the Eastern end of the island. INTERCUT WITH: [EXT. GRASSY AREA IN FRONT OF BOULDER] SOLOMON: Yes. Transmit to hand-held. (The aerial land mass appears on SOLOMON'S hand held monitor.) ROBERT FRAISER: Is that an arrow? VINCENT: Seems a little obvious. SOLOMON: Wait, it's not done yet. Oh, here it comes. There. There. ROBERT FRAISER: Two arrows. SOLOMON: Pointing in opposite directions. (NIKKO turns his head to look at it from a different angle.) NIKKO: Wait a second. What if they're not arrows. Kind of looks like the Templar's mark. The one I saw at Rosburn Chapel. The one on the side of the wicket. SOLOMON: Calvin, did you hear that? Pull it up. CALVIN: Yeah, I heard it. (CALVIN works on the computer. When he's done, he takes off his gloves.) (On SOLOMON'S hand-held monitor, CALVIN has drawn lines to connect the boulders. The result is the Templar's Mark.) SOLOMON: (to NIKKO) You're right. Got it. (VINCENT affectionately pats NIKKO on the head. NIKKO smiles.) ROBERT FRAISER: So, the question is. How does the mark tell us where the entrance is? SOLOMON: We follow the heart like the inscription says. To the heart of the Templar's Mark is the Plum Line. Calvin, can you plot where the Plum line falls and adjust to scale to our position? (CALVIN nods as he takes off his jacket. He gets to work on it. He clears his throat as he types.) (On the hand-held, SOLOMON sees the readings appearing on the monitor.) SOLOMON: All right, I got it. (Everyone waits.) SOLOMON: About one kilometer northwest. Let's go. (The group picks up their things and heads in that direction.) (Fade to: The group reaches even more boulders on the ground.) VINCENT: Here. (They continue to walk past the boulders until they finally reach the center of the "Templar's Mark", a cluster of large boulders on each other.) (VINCENT steps up to the boulder cluster and looks at it. Not finding anything, he steps back and the others step forward to look at it.) (VINCENT looks at the boulders and clears off the leaves and other debris from the outermost boulder of the cluster. NIKKO watches him. On the top of the boulder, he finds a mark with a series of holes - two and four. This looks deliberate enough.) VINCENT: Solomon. (SOLOMON turns around to check out what VINCENT found.) SOLOMON: You're right. Here's something. VINCENT: Is it some kind of locking mechanism? ROBERT FRAISER: Well, the diary says only a true Templar Knight could bear witness to the secrets of the Grail. NIKKO: Here, it kinda looks like a bowling ball. (VINCENT puts his hand over the holes, his four fingers fit perfectly in the four holes and the thumb in one of the two holes.) SOLOMON: Careful, might be booby-trapped. (VINCENT smiles at the role reversal. Regardless, he still sticks his fingers into the holes.) VINCENT: I don't feel anything. (ROBERT steps forward and looks at the holes.) ROBERT FRAISER: You know, it does look like there's some kind of groove over that third finger. (Sure enough there's a groove.) SOLOMON: The ring finger. (He thinks about it for a moment, then remembers the ring. He takes out the ring hanging from a long chain secured around his neck. He removes the ring and looks at it and the groove in the stone.) SOLOMON: Only a true Templar Knight can bear witness. (SOLOMON puts the Templar ring on the ring finger of his right hand. He slips his fingers into the hole. The ring slips in also. He grips the stone and the ring catches, opening a latch.) (The square boulder in the ground sinks in and slides to the side creating an opening large enough for a person to slip inside.) (SOLOMON quickly kneels down to look into the hole in the ground.) SOLOMON: I love it when that happens. (Behind him, VINCENT looks in over his shoulder.) FADE OUT. CYNTHIA MARTELLS: (v.o.) Veritas: The Quest will continue in a moment here on ABC. FADE IN. [UNDERGROUND TUNNELS] (Camera moves quickly through the stone tunnels -- turning right and left. It's soon apparent that these underground tunnels are a network of tunnels interconnecting with no clear pattern to it.) (SOLOMON holds the map in his hand as he and ROBERT walk through the tunnels. VINCENT follows behind them.) VINCENT: Maggie, how's our signal strength? INTERCUT WITH: [INT. SHACK ON THE BEACH - DAY] MAGGIE: Steady. But weak. (ROBERT puts a hand on the stone walls.) ROBERT FRAISER: The walls are wet. VINCENT: Do these tunnels flood during high tide? CALVIN: No. I don't know. Maybe. The island has extreme tides. SOLOMON: It's all right. We'll get out before the tide comes in. CALVIN: Yeah, but some of the tunnels look like they're designed to ... draw water, like a hydraulic system of some kind. ROBERT FRAISER: And why would they need a hydraulic system? SOLOMON: I don't know. We probably won't like the answer. (The group continues on through the tunnels.) CUT TO: [INT. BAR - DAY] (NIKKO stands at the bar telling JULIET about the tunnels.) NIKKO: And then huge rocks, like, slides in, like, woosh! Ah, (sighs), I just wish you could have been there. JULIET: Too dangerous. Your dad knows what he's doing. NIKKO: What if it's not down there. Huh? What's he going to do, then? JULIET: We're going to get Isabelle back. We know how much she means to you. NIKKO: It's just ... I mean, she was there for me, you know, when I lost my mom and ... I just can't believe this is all happening, that's all. (WILLIE ANDERSON grabs NIKKO'S shoulder and turns him around.) WILLIE ANDERSON: I told you's to get permission. It's a matter of respect. It's my island. NIKKO: What are you talking about? JULEIET: You said we could dig. WILLIE ANDERSON: But not to dock a big boat without my permission. Not without some compensation. NIKKO: We don't have a big boat. WILLIE ANDERSON: Well, it's a yacht. So, if they're not here with you, then who are they? (He turns and leaves them standing at the bar.) WILLIE ANDERSON: I can't abide trespassers. (NIKKO doesn't like the sound of this.) NIKKO: Wait a second, what if it's the kidnappers? What if they brought Isabelle? JULIET: Come on, we've got to go tell the others. (JULIET turns to leave the establishment. NIKKO stops her.) NIKKO: Wait. Wait. Robert -- stop! All these notes upstairs about the Holy Grail, what if they get a-hold of them? We've got to g-- JULIET: They'll have the Grail itself soon. NIKKO: Only if it's here. What if it's not? Huh? Those notes are the only things keeping Isabelle alive right now. (NIKKO turns and heads for ROBERT'S room. JULIET follows him. He turns around and motions for her to hurry.) JULIET: Wait. NIKKO: Come on! CUT TO: [STAIRS] (NIKKO and JULIET head up the stairs to ROBERT'S room.) [ROBERT'S ROOM] (The door opens. NIKKO and JULIET walk into the room. NIKKO closes the door behind them.) JULIET: I don't like this. NIKKO: Well, you never do, do you. (NIKKO walks over to the small stove and stuff on the table top.) NIKKO: Want a snack? JULIET: (annoyed) Just stop fooling around. (JULIET searches the shelves. NIKKO searches the drawers.) CUT TO: [BAR] (The LEAD KNIGHT walks in through the front door. The patrons stop and stare at him.) [ROBERT'S ROOM] (NIKKO searches the drawers.) [STAIRS] (The KNIGHT walks up the stairs toward ROBERT'S room.) [ROBERT'S ROOM] (NIKKO picks up the metal container and shakes it. Inside is something heavy that clangs. NIKKO opens it and finds a black velvet necklace box. Inside the box is a large circular medallion with the Templar's Seal and lettering.) (JULIET stands next to NIKKO and looks over his shoulder at the medallion.) NIKKO: Look at that. It's just like the ring. (He flips it over.) NIKKO: You know, there's something on the back. (The door knob jiggles.) (NIKKO and JULIET turn around to look at the closed door. Someone's behind it trying to get inside.) [DOOR TO ROBERT'S ROOM] (The KNIGHT pushes the door open and finds the room empty. He steps into the room and closes the door behind him.) (He walks around the room looking at the underside of the lamp. He grabs the pillow off the bed and flips the mattress up on its side looking underneath it. He heads for the desk.) [CLOSET] (Inside the closet, NIKKO and JULIET wait patiently for him to leave. Through the cracks in the wooden door, they watch the KNIGHT search the small room.) (Just as they did, they watch him search the drawers, yet not like them, he pulls out the papers in the drawers tossing them to the floor.) (They watch him crawl under the table and pull out the journal. Then they watch as he calls someone on the cell phone.) LEAD KNIGHT: (to phone) (He says something in a foreign language. Then in English.) Its all here. I have the diary. No, the medallion's not here. Fraiser's underground, they'll have the artifact soon. (He hangs up, grabs the diary and leaves the room. The door closes behind them.) (NIKKO opens the closet door and walks out into the room. JULIET'S close behind him.) JULIET: That was way too close. (NIKKO heads for the room door and opens it.) NIKKO: I gotta warn my dad, okay? (Standing just outside the door waiting for them is the KNIGHT. He sees them and steps forward. NIKKO and JULIET'S eyes widen. Without thinking, NIKKO turns around and hits the KNIGHT in the face.) (The KNIGHT falls against the door frame, temporarily stunning him. He turns and grabs NIKKO by the shoulders and they struggle.) (JULIET turns around and grabs the pot. She swings it and belts the KNIGHT across the jaw knocking him out. NIKKO motions for JULIET to move.) NIKKO: Come on! Let's go! Come on! (They both run out of the room, past the down'd KNIGHT and down the stairs.) [INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS -- DAY] (SOLOMON, VINCENT and ROBERT continue to make their way through the tunnels. In the background through the walls, they hear water dripping.) (They reach a juncture and suddenly the tunnel gives out a loud creaking/ moaning/ groaning noise.) ROBERT FRAISER: What's that noise? (They listen. VINCENT is suddenly alarmed as he appears to recognize the noise. He yells.) VINCENT: Rob-bert! (He reaches behind him and grabs ROBERT'S back pack. He pulls ROBERT back toward him. In the exact spot where he was just standing, a heavy stone slab slides down from the ceiling sealing them in.) (SOLOMON turns around, alarmed. VINCENT looks around. He examines the stone slab.) SOLOMON: (over radio) Maggie! Calvin! You still there? INTERCUT WITH: [INT. SHACK] CALVIN: (to radio) What the hell was that? VINCENT: We're all okay. (ROBERT looks at the beam above the walkway.) ROBERT FRAISER: There's an inscription here. (SOLOMON moves next to ROBERT to brush aside the dust covered letters.) ROBERT FRAISER: Here, hold this. SOLOMON: It says, "Mea In Deo Est" My hope is in God. [EXT. SHACK] (NIKKO and JULIET run back to the shack and finds MAGGIE and CALVIN.) MAGGIE: Nikko, what is it? NIKKO: The kidnappers are on the island. (SOLOMON overhears this over the radio.) SOLOMON: What the hell is going on up there? (NIKKO talks to the mike.) NIKKO: Oh, uh. The Knights of Sangraal. They're here. One of them. I punched them. CALVIN: How do you know it was a Knight? NIKKO: Uh ... He was speaking some sort of strange language, like, uh, Sizmet Haiyuman? (SOLOMON turns and walks toward VINCENT. ROBERT continues to look at the walls, half listening to what's going on. VINCENT: It's the ancient language Dorna uses. SOLOMON: So the Knights of Sangraal are working with Dorna. ROBERT FRAISER: Who's Dorna? (silence) ROBERT FRAISER: Excuse me, who is Dorna? (SOLOMON looks at VINCENT. SOLOMON turns around and explains.) SOLOMON: They're an ancient organization searching for the same artifacts that we are. The only difference is that they want to hide them from the rest of the world. (Above them, the walls groan. VINCENT looks up.) SOLOMON: Keep the secrets and power for themselves. VINCENT: And dangerous. And ruthless. ROBERT FRAISER: Right. SOLOMON: Look, Robert. Dorna's our problem. I'm sorry you got dragged into this. ROBERT FRAISER: It's not just me that you dragged into this, Solomon, you dragged Isabelle into this, too. SOLOMON: Look, I - (creaking) SOLOMON: Wait. (SOLOMON looks up.) SOLOMON: It's coming down. Now is not the time. You have to trust us. ROBERT FRAISER: Trust you? I thought it was my work that was putting Isabelle in jeopardy and it wasn't my work, it was your work. SOLOMON: Robert, we're going to get Isabelle back. ROBERT FRAISER: Well, like you got Haley back? (SOLOMON stops dead in his tracks.) SOLOMON: What-What did you say? (ROBERT pushes past SOLOMON, grabs the map and runs out of the maze ducking under the stone wall as it comes down separating ROBERT from SOLOMON and VINCENT.) SOLOMON: Robert! Robert! ROBERT FRAISER: My Hope is in God! SOLOMON: Robert! (The stone wall seals them in, separating them from ROBERT and the map.) SOLOMON: (to radio) Maggie? Robert's AWOL and he's got the diagram with him. MAGGIE: We've still have the scanned copy. I'll talk you through it. VINCENT: Solomon! (VINCENT grabs SOLOMON. He sees the ceiling start to close down upon them.) SOLOMON: Talk fast, Maggie! MAGGIE: The diagram only shows one tunnel, but I'm pulling up the sonar -- just a few seconds. SOLOMON: We don't have a few seconds. (SOLOMON and VINCENT exchange a look, then together, they dive through the collapsing walls.) (They land with a thud on the other side.) [INT. SHACK - DAY - CONTINUOUS] (They hear the stone wall fall.) MAGGIE: Solomon, do you read me? (beat) Vincent? (Everyone listens.) MAGGIE: We've lost them. (NIKKO gets to his feet.) NIKKO: What do you mean, you've lost them? MAGGIE: Nikko, step back, I'm trying to work. (MAGGIE and CALVIN both work on the computers trying to re-establish contact with SOLOMON and VINCENT.) CALVIN: I can't get a signal. MAGGIE: That's because they're too far underground. [INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNEL] (SOLOMON and VINCENT are on the floor.) SOLOMON: Maggie, come in. (He waits for a response and gets nothing. He sighs as VINCENT smiles.) SOLOMON: Where's the radio? (They both get to their feet and look around.) VINCENT: We're cut off from the surface. No map, no idea what's ahead. SOLOMON: Just the way we like it. (What an understatement. VINCENT laughs.) [INT. BASE CAMP - SHACK -- DAY] CALVIN: It's like a big maze down there. I don't like the look of those hydraulics. NIKKO: Look, you guys. If they don't find the right tunnel, they're going to drown. CALVIN: I time at twenty minutes. NIKKO: Look, we're going to have to go after them. MAGGIE: No, Nikko. I'm going with Calvin. We're going to have to get them the diagram. (NIKKO looks at MAGGIE'S computer equipment.) NIKKO: Okay. Well, if this stuff works like a video game ... CALVIN: Maggie. You know, he's right. We need you here. (MAGGIE grabs the maps and shows it to them.) MAGGIE: These are the copies of the diagrams. I'll keep trying to establish communication. CALVIN: If Dorna's down there, you'll have to watch our backs. MAGGIE: I've got you covered. NIKKO: Let's go. (NIKKO and CALVIN run out of the shack.) [EXT. - DAY] (The ocean waves crash against the rocks.) [INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS] (SOLOMON and VINCENT continue to make their way down the tunnels. SOLOMON indulges in a bout of self-pity while VINCENT is the model of patience.) SOLOMON: Robert was right. It is all my fault. Dorna knew I had the ring all along. It was a set up. VINCENT: Dorna wanted us involved. SOLOMON: It's still my responsibility. Robert and Isabelle would never have come in contact with Dorna if it wasn't for me. VINCENT: You can't go through life second-guessing all your choices. SOLOMON: You're right. (SOLOMON comes to an intersection and stops. He looks around.) SOLOMON: Okay. Which way. (to VINCENT) You pick. And I'll second-guess YOUR choice. (VINCENT can't help but laugh.) [SHORE - DAY] (Two men help ISABELLE out of the rubber raft and onto shore. They're met up by an SUV. They force her into the back seat. The LEAD KNIGHT exits the vehicle's passenger seat. He claps the other MAN on his shoulder and leads him away for further instructions.) LEAD KNIGHT: Once you get the artifact, clean the location, okay? (The OTHER MAN nods.) LEAD KNIGHT: No witnesses. (The OTHER MAN heads back to the car. The LEAD KNIGHT stares out into the distance.) FADE OUT FADE IN. [EXT. - DAY] (The ocean waves crash against the rocks.) [INT. UNDERGROUND TUNNELS - ENTRANCE] (Inside the tunnels, CALVIN and NIKKO search the tunnels for SOLOMON and VINCENT.) NIKKO: It's ah - CALVIN: Okay, there's another fork in the road. NIKKO: I see it. CALVIN: You go left. NIKKO: Only if you want to get lost, you go left! CALVIN: No, it -- Look, the diagram says we go left. NIKKO: That's because you're reading it wrong. CALVIN: No. (They're racing against time and their tempers are already short. The two argue.) CALVIN: The tide is coming in, we do not have time for this. NIKKO: All right, then stop messing around, then! (They stuggle for the map, crinkling it in the process.) CALVIN: Ah! Nice job. (NIKKO looks down at the crinkled map and gets an idea.) NIKKO: Listen. CALVIN: What!? (NIKKO reaches down for the map.) CALVIN: (impatient) What? (NIKKO picks up the map and folds it in and over like he did with the MAD magazine using the Templar Seal on the boarders as the guide.) NIKKO: Give me a second. Look at this. (When folded over, the circles of the Seal match up with the familiar design on the medallion.) NIKKO: Look at that. Look. (NIKKO shows it to CALVIN.) NIKKO: Just like the medallion in Robert's room. (CALVIN looks down at the map. Sure enough.) NIKKO: It's a short cut to the treasure. (CALVIN throws up his hands in disbelief that it could be that easy.) CALVIN: Okay. How'd you figure that out? NIKKO: Well, it's like a fold-in in a Mad Magazine. CALVIN: You figured it out from a comic book. NIKKO: Well, if you prefer "paleographic literature". But, whatever. Come on. (NIKKO turns and hurries down the corridor.) CALVIN: (mutters) Yeah, whatever.) (CALVIN follows him.) [EXT. - DAY] (The ocean waves crash against the rocks.) [INT. TUNNELS - CHAMBER - DAY] (CALVIN and NIKKO turn the corner and find the chamber. In the center of the camber is a tower-like structure with a point at the top.) NIKKO: Hey, the chamber. We found it. (They enter the chamber and look at the chamber and the structure. On the structure, NIKKO sees something.) NIKKO: Hey, look at this? It's like the crest from Rosburn. (CALVIN turns around to look at it.) CALVIN: (reading) Itego Arcana Dei. ROBERT FRAISER: I can feel the secrets of God. (They turn around and see ROBERT walk into the chamber. He's alone. There's a manic look in his eyes.) NIKKO: Robert? Where's my dad? (He doesn't look at NIKKO; his eyes are on the structure in the chamber.) ROBERT FRAISER: (breathing heavily) We got separated. NIKKO: Is he okay? ROBERT FRAISER: I don't know. He's with Vincent. Help me open this box. (He pushes past NIKKO and CALVIN and puts both hands on the structure. He starts pushing at the structure.) ROBERT FRAISER: Help me open this, please. CALVIN: Robert. ... NIKKO: Just calm down. ROBERT FRAISER: My wife's life depends on this, please. CALVIN: Fine. Give him room. NIKKO: Here. (NIKKO hands the pick hammer to ROBERT who uses it to pry the crest off the structure.) (Just like the structure at the Chapel, behind the crest is a hole. ROBERT drops the pick hammer and reaches for the hole. CALVIN grabs his wrist and pulls him back.) CALVIN: Whoa-whoa-whoa Wait! Look. The thing could be booby-trapped, all right? NIKKO: It's always booby trapped, okay? (But ROBERT is beyond listening to them. He reaches his hand into the hole and searching inside for the Grail.) ROBERT FRAISER: The Templar wicket just like the one in Rosburn Chapel. CALVIN: That's a mistake, Robert. (He feels something.) ROBERT FRAISER: I can feel it. There it is. (CALVIN and NIKKO both take a step back. ROBERT continues to reach into the structure.) ROBERT FRAISER: I can feel a latch. (Something heavy inside the structure falls. It sounds like heavy metal slicing through something. ROBERT screams.) [SOLOMON and VINCENT] (The scream echoes in the tunnels.) (They both turn toward the sound.) VINCENT: That's not just the tide. (SOLOMON and VINCENT start running toward the sound.) [CHAMBER] CALVIN: Come on! Let's go! (CALVIN and NIKKO both have their arms around ROBERT trying to pry his arm out of the structure. ROBERT screams in pain.) CALVIN: Come on! (Finally, they get his arm out of the structure. His hand is a bloody mess. ROBERT struggles to get free of their hold.) ROBERT: No! (CALVIN and NIKKO, with ROBERT between them, both start to leave the chamber the way they came in.) NIKKO: The walls are closing in. (The walls on both sides of the passageway leading into the Chamber start to close in. It's the only way in and out of the Chamber.) CALVIN: Now we know what the hydraulics are for. (CALVIN looks at NIKKO and nods. They need to chance it anyway.) CALVIN: Come on! Let's go! (CALVIN and NIKKO pull ROBERT through the passageway.) NIKKO: Come on, buddy. (They reach the other side and meet up with SOLOMON and VINCENT.) SOLOMON: Nikko. What are you guys doing here? NIKKO: Saving your butts. VINCENT: (wryly) It's good to know. (NIKKO lets go of ROBERT and steps aside. SOLOMON checks on ROBERT.) SOLOMON: Are you okay? (ROBERT struggles against CALVIN'S hold trying to get back into the chamber.) ROBERT FRAISER: No, no, no! CALVIN: Robert! We have to go! (ROBERT looks at SOLOMON.) ROBERT FRAISER: No! The Grail! It's your life! (SOLOMON looks from ROBERT to the structure in the chamber and hastily runs through the passageway as the other yell for him to stop.) NIKKO: No, Dad! (SOLOMON reaches the inner chamber and quickly looks over the structure.) VINCENT: Solomon! (He ignores their yells and looks at the very top of the structure that comes to a point in the shape of a pyramid. On the side of the pyramid is an etching of an eye.) NIKKO: Dad! VINCENT: Solomon! We don't have much time! (SOLOMON turns and looks back.) NIKKO: Dad, come on! Hurry! (He silently turns back to the structure. He looks at the hole, then past it to the bottom of the structure. He appears to be looking for something.) NIKKO: Hurry! VINCENT: Watch out! The walls! (SOLOMON grabs the pick hammer off the floor and uses it to crack open the pyramid at the very top of the structure. Behind them, CALVIN holds onto ROBERT as he struggles to get out of his grasp. The walls in the passageway continue to close in.) CALVIN: Dr. Zond! (SOLOMON cracks open the pyramid at the top of the structure.) VINCENT: Solomon, come on! (SOLOMON removes a piece of metal from the pyramid pieces hidden inside the top of the structure.) ROBERT FRAISER: (yells) Do you have the Grail? SOLOMON: It's not here! (The passageway looks impossibly thin. Surely, too thin for him to pass through.) ROBERT FRAISER: It's got to be there! NIKKO: Dad! Please! Come on, dad! (SOLOMON runs through the passageway. Near the end of it, he trips and falls, stuck in between the squeezing stone walls.) (NIKKO and VINCENT grab and pull SOLOMON through. CALVIN releases ROBERT who rushes up to the passageway unable to get through. He watches the stone walls close shut in front of his face. He struggles to get back in, but they grab and hold him back.) ROBERT FRAISER: No! No! No! NO! (The walls close leaving ROBERT with his hands flat against the cold stones. NIKKO swallows and looks away. SOLOMON leans close to ROBERT.) SOLOMON: Robert, we'll find another way. We'll get her back. Come on. We got to go. (SOLOMON pulls ROBERT away from the wall. VINCENT follows them. CALVIN takes a breath then follows. NIKKO is strangely quiet as he follows them.) (They walk down the hallway that takes them out of the tunnels.) VINCENT: Dorna's going to be waiting for us. SOLOMON: I know. NIKKO: Do we have a plan? SOLOMON: Of course. Plan B. NIKKO: (under his breath) Oh, we're screwed. [EXT. OUTSIDE TUNNELS - DAY] (SOLOMON reaches the base of the hole leading back out of the tunnels. Communications with Base Camp resume.) MAGGIE: Solomon? (They start climbing out of the tunnels.) SOLOMON: Maggie! We missed you! Listen, we're on our way out, but Robert's hurt. MAGGIE: Dorna's on the move. Ready for some action? SOLOMON: It's what we live for. [EXT. WOODS OUTSIDE TUNNELS - LATE EVENING/NIGHT] (SOLOMON and the team trek through the woods. They clear the trees and bright car headlights shine in their eyes.) (The LEAD KNIGHT steps forward. ISABELLE is led forward also by the other two men.) LEAD KNIGHT: Successful expedition, Dr. Zond. SOLOMON: It depends on your definition of "success". LEAD KNIGHT: You didn't find the Grail. SOLOMON: No, I'm really sorry. Not today. Just the inscriptions on a piece of metal. (ROBERT sees ISABELLE.) LEAD KNIGHT: We'll take that. SOLOMON: You didn't think that I'd just walk out and hand it to you? LEAD KNIGHT: That was the idea. SOLOMON: Well, I don't have it. (CALVIN and ROBERT both turn to look at SOLOMON, surprised by this change in plans. The LEAD KNIGHT looks upward. NIKKO steps toward SOLOMON.) NIKKO: Let's make the exchange. SOLOMON: No, forget it. ROBERT FRAISER: What are you doing? SOLOMON: Look, I hid the artifact inside the tunnel. You give us Isabelle and I'll tell you where it is. (The LEAD KNIGHT scratches his beard.) LEAD KNIGHT: How can I trust you? (Off to the side, a vehicle speeds toward them.) SOLOMON: You can't. (VINCENT raises his flare gun and points it at the LEAD KNIGHT'S SUV. He fires. The flare hits the car and it explodes.) (MAGGIE stops the SUV in front of the group. VINCENT sees her and he pushes the team toward their escape.) VINCENT: Go! Go! (JULIET drives the second vehicle near the group. Everyone rushes to get into the cars. NIKKO reaches the back seat door, opens it and gets into the car.) (A fight ensues. VINCENT and SOLOMON hold the bad guys at bay as ROBERT grabs ISABELLE and helps her into the car.) ROBERT FRAISER: Come on, Isa, hurry! (CALVIN climbs into the car.) NIKKO: Okay, come on! Let's go! Good! (SOLOMON and VINCENT both climb into the cars. VOICE: Go! Go! Go! (MAGGIE and JULIET step on the gas and take off.) (The LEAD KNIGHT motions to his men.) LEAD KNIGHT: Come on! Let's go! Move! Move! Get in here! (They climb into their cars and follow.) [INT. CAR (MOVING) - NIGHT] (SOLOMON checks to see if they're following them.) SOLOMON: (to NIKKO) Told you I had a Plan B. NIKKO: (incredulous) Maggie's Plan B??? VINCENT: Maggie's ALWAYS Plan B. (MAGGIE smiles.) [EXT. ROAD] (The two SUVs travel down the road.) (MAGGIE talks on the comm.) MAGGIE: Yeah, well, they're coming your way. WILLIE ANDERSON: (from comm.) We're ready. (MAGGIE and JULIET drive past the bushes and past the car hidden behind the bushes.) (As soon as they pass, a gunshot is fired. The LEAD KNIGHT's SUV stops. In the middle of the road in front of them blocking their path and carrying a rifle is WILLIE ANDERSON. The LEAD KNIGHT and his men step out of the car.) WILLIE ANDERSON: This is my island. And I can't abide trespassers. (The LEAD KNIGHT looks around and sees the lights of the other trucks, SUVs and cars of the local townsfolk surrounding them. The locals step out of their vehicles, each carrying a weapon. Sounds of several guns cocking is heard. Camera holds on the LEAD KNIGHT who looks around him.) WILLIE ANDERSON: So. How ya doing? (The LEAD KNIGHT swallows and nods.) [EXT. JET (MOVING) -- DAWN] (The jet flies in the sky.) [INT. JET (MOVING) - DAWN] (NIKKO sits on the chair. SOLOMON walks into the room carrying an extra blanket. He hands it to ROBERT who has ISABELLE next to him.) SOLOMON: We'll be home soon. Here you go. ROBERT FRAISER: Oh, thank you. ISABELLE: Can't be soon enough for me. (SOLOMON takes a seat near them.) ROBERT FRAISER: Is it over? SOLOMON: (sighs) Well, Dorna knows that I have the artifact now, so there's no reason for them to come after you again. ISABELLE: Now, you're in danger. NIKKO: Naw, don't worry about that, we're used to - ROBERT FRAISER: Listen, we don't know how to repay you - either of you. ISABELLE: Thank you. And thank you, Nikko. SOLOMON: You and Isabelle safe is payment enough. (ISABELLE leans on ROBERT and closes her eyes.) (SOLOMON leans back in his chair. He glances behind him at NIKKO and smiles. NIKKO smiles back.) [EXT. NEW YORK CITY SKYLINE (STOCK) - DAY] (The clouds move across the sky.) [INT. VERITAS FOUNDATION - MAIN ROOM - DAY] (NIKKO looks at the writing on the metal piece through a magnifying glass as SOLOMON works on it.) NIKKO: It's an awful lot of work for a worthless hunk of metal. SOLOMON: Things aren't always what they seem, Nikko. NIKKO: Dorna was going to kill us no matter what, right? SOLOMON: I don't' know. I just did what I thought would keep us all safe. NIKKO: Well, what if the safest thing to do was to give the artifact to Dorna? Would you have done that? SOLOMON: I believe there are things more important than the Holy Grail. NIKKO: Yeah. yeah, I think so, too. SOLOMON: Besides, if Dorna had gotten away with the artifact, I would have just found a way to get it back. I don't like to lose. (MAGGIE walks into the room.) MAGGIE: You ready for this? The artifact is composed of a very rare Iron- Nickel compound found only in Antarctica. NIKKO: Oh, no. Wait a second, we're not going back there. (Behind them, CALVIN sits at the computer going through the scanned-in writing on the metal piece.) CALVIN: I'm still trying to figure out what language exactly these carvings are written in, but I have this much. Alliph. Mem. Tou. The first, middle and last letters of the Hebrew alphabet. SOLOMON: They spell Emmet. It's Hebrew. For "The Truth". NIKKO: Well, maybe it is the Grail. MAGGIE: Could be part of it. A clue to where it really is. SOLOMON: Or What it really is. (CALVIN stands up.) CALVIN: Yeah, well, whatever it is, we need to figure it out before Dorna does. (SOLOMON looks at NIKKO.) SOLOMON: Yes. Yes, we do. Looks like we got ourselves another quest. (Camera holds on the metal piece: the newest find.) FADE OUT. ======================== THE END ======================== Courtesy of http://www.webphilia.com/~anthology/wnp.html Contact the Transcriptionist at (intrepidly002@yahoo.com) Please do not archive this transcript without permission from the Transcriptionist. ======================== BEGINNING/TITLE CREDITS ======================== VERITAS: THE QUEST 1X06: SANGRAAL [UNAIRED IN U.S.] TRANSCRIPT FROM MASTER DUB TAPE Starring ALEX CARTER as Dr. Solomon Zond RYAN MERRIMAN as Nicholas "Nikko" Zond COBIE SMULDERS as Juliet Droil ERIC BALFOUR as Calvin Banks CYNTHIA MARTELLS as Maggie and ARNOLD VOSLOO as Vincent Siminou Created by: PATRICK MASSET & JOHN ZINMAN Guest Starring MICHAEL RILEY ALAN VAN SPRING Producer: I.C. RAPOPORT Co-Executive Producer: THANIA ST. JOHN Co-Executive Producer: RICK KELLARD Produced by: IAIN PATERSON Executive Producer: CRAIG ZADAN Executive Producer: NEIL MERON Executive Producer: PATRICK MASSETT Executive Producer: JOHN ZINMAN Written by: GABRIELLE STANTON & HARRY WERKSMAN, JR. Directed by: PERRY LANG ======================== END CREDITS ======================== Massett/Zinman Productions Storyline Entertainment Touchstone Television Consulting Producer: BRYAN SPICER Co-Producers: GABRIELLE STANTON & HARRY WERKSMAN, JR. Co-Starring CEDRIC GARTH as Willie Anderson MOE HELSO as Isabelle Directory of Photograph: DAVID MOHNESS A.S.C. Production Designer: MICHAEL NOVOTNY (c) 2002 Touchstone Television. All Rights Reserved. Dated:03/25/2004~lky http://www.webphilia.com/~anthology/wnp.html