EPILOGUE OF AURAS INC. - NECESSARY DEPTHS

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EXT. AERIAL VIEW OF THE MIDDLE OF THE OCEAN-ABOVE THE CANARY ISLANDS

ZOOM DOWN AND FADE TO- A SMALL NAVY SEAL-STYLE LANDING BOAT. WE SEE TWO FIGURES IN WET SUITS BOUNCING WITH EACH IMPACT ON THE WATER IN THE BOAT AS IT POWERS THROUGH THE OCEAN.

THE FIGURE IN THE FRONT OF THE BOAT LOOKS AT HIS WATCH AS HE RECEIVES A COORDINATES SIGNAL THAT BEEPS BLUE. HE TURNS TO THE DRIVER AND THROWS HIM A THUMBS UP AS HE DIVES OUT OF THE BOAT INTO THE OCEAN.

CUT TO- THE SPLASH UNDERWATER. AS THE BUBBLES SWIRL AND RISE AROUND OUR DIVER AS HE DESCENDS-

HE CHECKS HIS WATCH AGAIN AS AN AQUA REFRACTIVE HOLOGRAM EXPANDS A MAP AND SHOWS HIS POSITION AS WHERE HE IS AND WHERE HE NEEDS TO SWIM TO.

HE TOUCHES A SWITCH ON A PANEL ON HIS UPPER CHEST-ACTIVATING THE PROPULSION SYSTEM BUILT INTO HIS DIVE-SUIT. WE SEE A SOPHISTICATED UNBOXING OF MECHANICAL PARTS UNFOLD AND TRANSFORM FROM THE TANKS OR OXYGEN SYSTEM WHICH WE CAN SEE ARE BUILT INTO THE SUIT TO MINIMIZE WEIGHT. THE PROPULSION FANS EXTEND ON EACH SIDE AND START SPINNING. FINS EXTEND AROUND HIS FEET AND COMPLETE THE STREAMLINE OF HIS UNDERWATER APPARATUS.

CUT TO- CLOSE UP OF DIVER'S FACE THROUGH A FACE-SHIELD STYLE MASK.WE SEE A FIBER OPTIC BLUE LIGHT THAT LIGHTS THE DIVERS MASK FROM THE INSIDE.

SHOULDER MOUNTED LIGHTS LIGHT HIS WAY AS HE GLIDES THROUGH THE WATER EFFORTLESSLY THROUGH THE DEPTHS OF THESE WATERS. AMAZING AND ENDLESS MOUNTAINS OF CORAL WITH THOUSANDS OF FISH AND SCHOOLS OF FISH OF EVERY COLOR YOU COULD IMAGINE AND THEN SOME SWAM IN PATTERNS AS WELL AS RANDOM-WHICH MADE FOR AN AMAZING AND TRANQUIL VISUAL EUPHORIA. HOWEVER OUR DIVER BARELY NOTICES. HE'S FOCUSED ON REACHING HIS POINT B WHILE AVOIDING ATTENTION OF SHARKS. HE WAS ALMOST THERE. OXYGEN WAS STILL PLENTY.

AS HE APPROACHED A CORAL RIDGE, GLINTS OF REFLECTIVE METALS EMBEDDED IN THE RUGGED UNDERWATER LANDSCAPE BECAME VISIBLE AS HE CONTINUED TO GLIDE-HE WAS PAST THE RIDGE NOW. IN-WIRED OPTICS FLASH IN FRONT OF THE FACE SHIELD INDICATING ALL OF THE IMPORTANT NECESSARY INFORMATION: TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, OXYGEN, SPEED IN KNOTS,SONAR,ALONG WITH A HOST OF OTHER COMPONENTS AND ADVANCED EQUIPMENT THAT CANT BE DETAILED HERE- BUT FOR THIS MISSION- IT'S ENOUGH. THEN- HE SEES IT. POINT B.

CUT TO- WIDE SHOT. WE SEE A LARGE CANYON RIDGE WITH A LARGE CHUNKS OF THE METALLIC ELEMENT THAT WAS JUST MENTIONED AND WE CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THESE CHUNKS OF ROCKS HAVE A VERY UN- EARTHLY GLOW...

CUT TO MEDIUM SHOT- OUR DIVER GLIDES TOWARD THE LARGEST PART OF THE ROCK THEN RAISES HIS BODY VERTICAL TO STOP HIS GLIDE-MAINTAINING A SAFE DISTANCE FROM THE OBVIOUS GLOWING JAGGED MATERIAL. SCANNERS EMBEDDED IN THE SUIT BEGIN COLLECTING AND RECEIVING DATA BASED ON WHERE THE SHOULDER LIGHTS ARE TARGETED. MUCH OF THE INFORMATION WAS DISPLAYING IN HIS H.U.D AS "UNKNOWN"- ONCE THE SCAN WAS COMPLETE, HE ACTIVATES HIS GRAPPLE EXTRACTOR AND AIMS IT AT THE ROCK- TARGETS THE ANGLE HE LIKES-AND TAKES FIRE! THE TITANIUM- COATED DIAMOND TIPPED HARPOON ROD SHOOTS THROUGH THE WATER HITTING THE ROCK AND SHATTERING A LARGE ENOUGH SAMPLE PIECE THAT COULD BE STUDIED FURTHER.

HE COLLECTS THE BROKEN SHARDS AND ENCAPSULATES THEM IN A PROTECTIVE CASING THAT MORPHS AROUND THE FLOATING SHARDS.SOPHISTICATED NANO-TECHNOLOGY IMMEDIATELY CAUSES THE ENCAPSULATED SHARDS TO THRUST TOWARDS THE SURFACE.IT WAS IMPORTANT THAT THEY MAKE IT BACK TO HEADQUARTERS-EVEN IF HE DOESN'T...

JUST AS HE LOOKS UP BEFORE HIS OWN ASCENT OUT OF THE DEPTHS OF THIS DEEP BLUE SEA-HIS SONAR SCREEN LIGHTS UP IN HIS HUD AS SOMETHING IS MOVING TOWARDS HIM FAST.

THE MICRO CAMERAS HAD BEEN ROLLING SINCE HIS SPLASHDOWN-AND HE WAS READY TO RELAY VIDEO DIRECTLY BACK TO HEADQUARTERS. THEN HE SAW IT....THEY ALL SAW...IT. AN AQUATIC-HUMANOID-ESQE CREATURE WITH ITS OUTSTRETCHED BARNACLED ARMS.

OUR DIVER IS ABLE TO MOVE OUT OF THE CREATURE'S PATH AS HIS SCANNERS EMBEDDED ALL THROUGH HIS DIVE SUIT SCAN PARTS OF THE CREATURES BODY DURING THIS "CLOSE ENCOUNTER" IT TURNED QUICKLY-SHOWING FULL FACE-IT WAS DEFINITELY ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS WHERE-YOU JUST DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO NOT BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.

WHAT WE WERE SEEING WAS THAT THIS GROTESQUE "MAN-FISH" WAS DEFINITELY HOSTILE AS IT SWAM BACK AND PULLED UP WITH WOULD BE A PIERCING SONIC SCREECH AS IT EXPANDED ALL OF ITS SPIKY FINS-IF NOT FOR THE AUTO AUDIO ADJUSTMENTS MADE WITH HIS HELMET-HE'D HAVE SEVERE EAR DAMAGE. THE CREATURE SEEING ITS SONIC SCREECH INEFFECTIVE ON THE INTRUDER-POINTING ANGRILY BEFORE SWIMMING AWAY JUST AS QUICKLY AS IT HAD APPEARED.

WE HEAR HIS RADIO-A MESSAGE FROM HQ: VOICE OVER- "WE GOT IT TROY-YOU GAVE US MORE THAN WE COULD HAVE EVER IMAGINED." THE EXTRACTION TEAM IS ALREADY ABOVE YOU-AND THEY ALREADY HAVE THE PODS-SO THE SUIT HAS AUTO ENGAGED TO GET YOU UP-SO SIT BACK AND ENJOY THE RIDE.

WE SEE THE VIEW THROUGH TROY'S MASK AS HE ASCENDS UPWARDS QUICKLY AS THE WATER TURNS LIGHTER BLUE TO :

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