ZINDABAD

FADE IN:

INT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

TITLES READ, Budapest 1959 in black and white newsreel style.  A middle-aged man is holding his stomach grimacing in pain.  A rifle lies next to him, and a young boy is trying to comfort him.

EXT. CEMETERY - DAY

The young boy is standing by a funeral procession that is lowering a casket into the ground.

DISSOLVE TO:

A musical transition to a full color scene where a young man is running through a military obstacle course and climbing under barbed wire with a full pack.  Live bullets explode around him.

CUT TO:

TITLE  Wyoming 1988

INT. EQUIPMENT SHACK - DAY

INSERT: Picture

PAN TO:

Andros Zoltan is looking at his picture in the Navy Seals.  He is admiring it where it sits overlooking his simple bunk bed.  He blows dust off of it and then looks at the picture of himself with a young boy and beautiful brunette.  He puts it down and walks out to:

EXT. MOUNTAINSIDE - DAY

Andros Zoltan, a man of considerable build, uses his massive strength to turn the pile driver on his machine in a different
direction.  He hardly breaks a sweat.  He takes off his gloves, gets in and begins operations which consist of pounding the earth's surface.  He is watching closely on a scanner to see if he can pinpoint the most logical place for drilling.  He makes a series of arrows on a topography map that also has the subterranean area in vivid detail.

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Andros operating the same machine.  He looks at his watch and shuts down the machine and walks out.  The tremendous noise has stopped, and in the distance you can hear the sound of helicopter rotors.

INT. HELICOPTER - DAY

INSIDE THE HELICOPTER, helicopter pilot guiding the helicopter down right next to the large earth-shaking machine.  Andros ducks as the helicopter puts down.

EXT. FIELD - DAY

A man dressed in a large sheepskin jacket wearing a leather cowboy hat and very classy elephant boots gets out of the plane.  They greet each other.

PAN TO:

ANDROS
Mr. Emery, what brings you up here?  You curious about this new field?  We could be pumping 50 to 200 barrels a day if we get the reading right.

MR. EMERY
Relax, Andros.  I know your calculations are impeccable.  You've already made me rich beyond my wildest dreams.  I think we found the big one and I want you to take personal control.

ANDROS
The big one.  What do you mean?  This could be one of the largest fields in Wyoming.

MR. EMERY
As you know, we have invested with a Hungarian company that has done quite a bit of exploration offshore in Yemen.  (A closer angle reveals a vial with a soil sample.)  Here, this was taken from the sea bottom.  We've already had it analyzed.  It promises to be as rich as Libya or Saudi Arabia.  We've already got the leasing rights.  We just need to know where to drill.

ANDROS
I've never done undersea exploration before.

MR. EMERY
You've operated submarines in the Seals.  You can speak fluent Hungarian.  We need you.

ANDROS
When?

MR. EMERY
Tomorrow.  We can't keep a cap on this too long.  Every day we wait means someone else can come in and jump our leases.  These Arabian governments are funny.  Their only loyalties lie in how much money they are going to make.  Can you leave?

ANDROS
Can I say goodbye to my kid?

MR. EMERY
(Hands him a ticket.)  We booked your flight through Atlanta so you could spend some time with him.  I don't have to tell you--do this and you'll never have to work again.  Atlo Oil will become the largest producer in the world.

ANDROS
Yemen.  You said offshore.  Yemen's not on an ocean.

MR. EMERY
You're right.  You still know your geography.  It's the Red Sea.

ANDROS
Like Exodus?  Moses?

MR. EMERY
The one and the same.  Grab your things.  Let's go.  You leave for Atlanta in three hours.

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INT. RANCH-STYLE HOME - DAY

From inside the home you hear the doorbell ring.  A young boy of ten runs to get the door.

JONATHAN
Dad.

Jonathan runs into Andros' arms.

ANDROS
Son, you are getting bigger.  Soon you will be bigger than me.  Let me see those muscles.

Jonathan makes a muscle.  Andros squeezes it.

ANDROS
How strong you are as well.  Is your mother home?  

PAN TO: Stephanie walks out.

STEPHANIE
Hello, Andros.  No one told us you were coming to visit.

ANDROS
I'm not.  I have an assignment in Yemen and I wanted to say goodbye to Jonathan.  My layover is only until tomorrow morning.

STEPHANIE
Well, if you'd like, you can stay in the guest room.  I'm going out shopping with Gloria.  We'll have dinner here around seven.  Give you two a chance to catch up.

JONATHAN
Great, Dad.  We can take out the dirt bikes.

STEPHANIE
That's not very safe.

ANDROS
I'll keep an eye on him.  Here, son.  Help your old man with his bag.

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EXT. FIELD - DAY

PAN TO: Dirt kicks up

From the distance you hear the sound of two dirt bikes.  They ride into the frame side by side.  Both Jonathan and Andros have huge smiles of enjoyment on their faces.  

CLOSE UP: Frog jumps from lily pad to lily pad

PAN TO:

JONATHAN
Dad, why did you and Mom have to get a divorce?

ANDROS
I don't think there's ever a really good reason.  I think we just quit trying.  I was gone so much, and when I'd get back, I really didn't want to listen to her problems.  I had enough of my own.

JONATHAN
Do you still love Mom?

ANDROS
I'll always love your mom, son.  Love doesn't die.  It fades, but it never dies.

JONATHAN
What do you mean?

ANDROS
Once you love someone, you always love them.  It's just the choice whether those two want to work it out or want to walk away.  We both just decided to walk away.  I'm sorry, son.  I wish it could have turned out different for your sake.  Then I'd be here for you more often.

JONATHAN
Am I still going to get to spend Christmas vacation with you?

ANDROS
I'll be halfway around the world.

Jonathan stands up and skips a stone.

JONATHAN
I got to travel on a plane to visit Grandma and Grandpa in New York.  Why couldn't I come on a plane to see you?

ANDROS
All right.  We'll go get you a passport, and if it's alright with your mom, you can come visit with me this Christmas.

JONATHAN
You mean it, Dad?

ANDROS
Yea.  (Hand sign)  Scouts honor.

Jonathan laughs at the humorous hand sign.

JONATHAN
You were never a scout.  You were a Seal.

ANDROS
Same thing.  Let's have a race back.  Winner gets to pick out the movie.

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INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Jonathan and Andros are watching Starman.  He touches the deer and it jumps off the car and runs back into the woods.  Stephanie walks in.  She sets down her packages.

STEPHANIE
I thought I'd see you two in front of the television.  Jonathan come and help your mom set the table.

Jonathan acts like he isn't getting up and his father gives him the thumbs over sign.  He gets up.

INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT

They are all eating in solitude.  Jonathan looks at his dad and then looks at his mom.

JONATHAN
Mom . . .

STEPHANIE
Yes, what is it?

JONATHAN
You know how I spend Christmas holidays with Dad?

STEPHANIE
Yes, I know I've shipped you off every year.

JONATHAN
Well, even though . . .

STEPHANIE
No, no.  I'm not having you take him halfway around the world, Andros.  How could you put these ideas in his head?

JONATHAN
It wasn't Dad's idea.  It was mine.  I asked him.  Please, Mom.  I already applied for my passport.  I won't be gone any longer than if I was going to Wyoming.

ANDROS
It'll be perfectly safe.  He'll be with me.  I'll meet him at the plane.

STEPHANIE
Your visitation rights don't apply halfway across the world.  Do you think I want him to grow
 up like you?  Always halfway around the world.  Haven't you made it tough enough already?  (Stephanie throws her napkin down and gets up from the table.)  You just don't what it's like spending Christmas by yourself. . . . Maybe I'm being selfish, but that's just the way I feel.  If your father sends you a ticket, you can go.

ANDROS
Maybe he can leave after Christmas.  That way this year you can spend it with Mom.  (He looks at Stephanie.)  Would that be better?

STEPHANIE
(Wipes away a tear.)
Yeah, thanks.

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INT. 747 BUSINESS CLASS - NIGHT

Andros is uncomfortable with his seat and is squirming about.  The flight attendant walks by.

KIM
If you'd like, we have some empty seats in the first class section.  You could probably stretch out a little more.

ANDROS
I don't know if I should.

KIM
No, really, it would be no trouble.  There are two empty rows.  You're too big to be traveling in these regular seats.  Here, hand me your carry-on bag.  I'll show you where they are.  

They both walk up to the lounge section in first class.  He stretches out.

KIM
Can I bring you anything?

ANDROS
Sure, a beer.

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She brings him the beer and sits next to him.

KIM
So what are you going to be doing in Hungary?

ANDROS
I'm in the oil business.  Meeting with our Hungarian partners.

KIM
My daddy, rest his soul, was in oil.  He always said, "Kim, marry an oil man.  He won't be home much, but when he is, you'll be swimming in money."

They both laugh.

INNER CUT BETWEEN ANDROS AND KIM:

ANDROS
Well, that's precisely why I'm not married.  I wasn't home enough and we never did much swimming either.

KIM
I know how it is.  I can't remember the last time I got to sleep in my own bed.  I'm based out of London.  If you're ever there, maybe we could get together.

ANDROS
Sure.  (Shakes hands.)  I'm Andros Zoltan.

KIM
You don't have much of a Hungarian accent.

ANDROS
I came to the U.S. when I was still pretty young.  It's almost all gone.  Do you have a layover in Budapest?

KIM
Just one day.

ANDROS
Great then, I'll come by and take you around.  I still remember it.  You can meet my older brother.  He's a party man, never left.  Thinks I'm the world's most degenerate capitalist.

KIM
We stay at the Stanislaus.  You know where it is?

ANDROS
You kiddin?  It's one of our few real landmarks.  I'll come by at two for you.

V.O. ON LOUDSPEAKER
Would all passengers buckle their seat belts.  We are approaching the airport.  At this time, everyone should be in their seats.

KIM
Well, Andros, it's time for me to get back to work.

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Andros walks down the corridor for international arrivals.

INT. TERMINAL - NIGHT

A large man wearing an army uniform greets Andros.

GEZA
Andros, you capitalist.  Come, I am an important man.  There is no need for you to go through security.

ANDROS
(Steps back and looks him over.)
Full colonel.

They walk outside.  There is a waiting Zil limousine.

ANDROS
I'm impressed, Geza.  Rank does have its privileges.

They embrace.

INT. LIMOUSINE - NIGHT

They cruise through the streets and arrive at a large apartment complex.

GEZA
We wife insisted that you stay with us.  You can have my son's room.  How long will you be here?

ANDROS
Long enough to look over all the surveys and decide on the best drilling sites to inspect.

GEZA
Yes, oil's the blood of the world.  Stop the jugular vein and the world economy would collapse.  Hungary has no oil.  Just food and the proletariat.

ANDROS
There is no shortage of oil, Geza.  The earth's core is cooled with it.  It is only the greed of men that creates the shortages.  If the earth's riches were equitably divided, even the poorest on this planet would be rich beyond his wildest dreams.

The limousine pulls up to a parking spot.

EXT. PARKING LOT - NIGHT

GEZA
You must meet the wife and little Atilla.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT

The entire family is sitting at a nice table and Anika, Geza's wife, is scooping food into a bowl for Andros.

ANIKA
Here, have another bowl.

ANDROS
You keep feeding me like this and I will float away.  What a wife you have, Geza.  God must have smiled on you--and young Atilla.  You remind me of my own son, Jonathan.

ANIKA
What of your wife?

ANDROS
I'm not married.  The commitment in the western culture is not the same as here.  We have been divorced for five years.

GEZA
Tomorrow we will go and visit Papa's grave.  Now that we are no longer satellites to the USSR, we can come and go where we please.

ANDROS
Surely they did not pull out altogether?

GEZA
No, they still have their agents to spy on everything we do.  They still attempt to control us from within so the Hungarian hordes do not rise up and seize Mother Russia.  Not likely to happen.  We are a poor country left with a poor economy.  But have a glass of wine.  Tomorrow we go and you will see how little we have changed.

ANDROS
No, first I took the liberty of bringing you some gifts.  (He reaches down into his pocket and pulls out a small box.)  For you.  (Hands it to Geza.)

CLOSEUP: Rolex watch

BACK TO SCENE

GEZA
I never could have imagined owning a watch this nice.

ANDROS
For you Anika.  (He gives her a bottle of perfume.)  This is the finest in the western world.

ANIKA
Thank you, Andros.

ANDROS
For you, Atilla.  (Pulls out a bigger package and a pair of tennis shoes.)  The finest American shoes, Reebok.

ATILLA
Thank you, Uncle Andros.  (He puts them on.)

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EXT. STANISLAUS HOTEL - DAY - TO ESTABLISH

Andros is walking with Kim towards his brother's car.  Just as they are getting in the car, a lopsided pickup truck backs into them and hooks the bumpers.  His brother gets out and starts swearing in Hungarian.  They motion the truck driver forward.  He almost rips the bumper off.  Andros grabs the truck with his hands and physically lifts it off the bumper of his brother's car.  There is very little damage.

KIM
Amazing.  What were you, Mr. Universe?

Andros shrugs and walks away.

GEZA
I'm Geza Zoltan, Andros' older brother.  This is my son Atilla.  Andros said you work for the airline.

KIM
Yes.

GEZA
Well, it's nice to meet you.  There is a farm our uncle owns where we could do some horseback riding.  Would you like that?

KIM
I love to ride.  I'm from Texas.  Practically grew up in a saddle.

ATILLA
My mom made us a picnic lunch too.

Kim puts her hand on Atilla's head.

KIM
Well, let's go.  I've got all day.

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EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - DAY

Kim races her horse through a field while being chased by Andros.  They stop near a little stream.

KIM
It's hard meeting people that I may never get to see again.  I've never met anyone like you.  I feel so safe when I'm with you, like nothing could happen to me.

ANDROS
You're a wonderful girl.  Maybe we will see each other again.

KIM
Would you come visit me on your way back to the U.S. when you're done in Yemen?

ANDROS
Yea.  Hey, I'll race you back to the others.  I'm hungry.

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Andros and Kim ride through the field, their hair blowing in the wind.  Slow motion, lush pop music underscoring.

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INT. AIRPORT - DAY

Andros is holding a carry-on bag.  He gives Kim a kiss goodbye and turns away.

INT. LABORATORY - DAY

Andros is studying the oil survey and analyzing the chemical contents of the test tubes.  He makes several notes and walks to the assistant.

ANDROS
Would you fax this to Mr. Emery for me?

The assistant nods and walks away with it.  Andros walks out and goes to an office where he dials the telephone.

INT. OIL COMPANY OFFICE - MORNING

Telephone rings:

MR. EMERY
Andros, how are you?  Yes, this fax is sitting right in front of
me.  What do you mean? . . . Yes, that area is under Ethiopian jurisdiction.  We have no drilling authority there.  Those rights are owned by the Russians.  Can't we drill into the field at an angle . . . 

INNER CUT:

Andros on the phone.

ANDROS
Mr. Emery, it doesn't matter how we drill.  Most of the oil is going to be on the Ethiopian side.  You should make a deal with them.  It doesn't matter if they're communists.  They need the money.

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Reaction shot.

MR. EMERY
Just find the best place in our leasing area to drill.  The Russians are years behind us and it would take them years to get offshore rigs in the Red Sea.  By that time we'd have millions and millions of barrels pumped out.  Andros, I'm not telling you what to do.  I know you have
your principles.  Just go down there and tell me firsthand.  Do some new soil samples.  Check
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out the maps.  Maybe some of the coordinates are off.  Let's not let this window of opportunity close.

CUT TO:

The receptionist has taped the conversation.  She sticks the cassette tape in her purse after looking around.

CUT TO:

EXT. NIGHTCLUB - NIGHT

The receptionist, dressed differently, stands out in front of a Budapest nightclub.  A man walks by smoking a cigarette.

SPY
I understand you have some information.

RECEPTIONIST
Do you have the money?

SPY
Yes.  (Hands her an envelope.)  Do you have a picture of this man, this American Andros?

RECEPTIONIST
I have better.  This is where he is staying.  His brother is a Colonel with the police.

SPY
(Takes the information.)  I understand there were maps.  Do you have them?

RECEPTIONIST
No, he took them all with him.  If he comes back, I will get a copy of them.

SPY
(Gives her a mini camera.)  Here, this will help.

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INT. DINING ROOM - DAY

Andros is finishing eating.

ANDROS
Anika, I'm going out to do some things.  I'll be back later . . .

V.O. FROM OTHER ROOM:

ANIKA
O.K., pick me up some lettuce for supper, will you?

ANDROS
No problem.

EXT. APARTMENT COMPLEX - DAY

As Andros walks away from the building, a man reading a newspaper and smoking puts it down.  He is followed in by another man who follows the spy.

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INT. APARTMENT ELEVATOR - DAY

The tension builds as the three men ride the elevator to the Zoltan apartment.

CLOSEUP: Arrow spinning to the fourteenth floor.

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INT. STORE - DAY

Andros reaches in his pocket for his wallet and comes up with nothing.  He shrugs at shopkeeper.

ANDROS
I'm sorry, I must have forgotten my money.  I'll be back.

EXT. ZOLTAN APARTMENT - DAY

The one man knocks on the door.  He is wearing a building maintenance uniform.  Pushing Anika, he opens the door.  They force their way in.  She is held at knife point while the other looks through the apartment for the maps.  The one man is distracted and she makes a move away.  He grabs her hair and holds the knife to her throat.

SPY
It would be a shame to slice such a pretty neck.

ANIKA
What do you want?  We have nothing of value.  Do you know who my husband is?

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INT. ELEVATOR - DAY

Andros is riding it up and it stops on floor 10 for an elderly lady.  She gets on with two dogs.

ELDERLY LADY
Oh gracious, I thought it was going down.

ANDROS
Sorry, mam.

The lady takes her time getting out and the elevator continues to climb.  Andros gets out and walks to the apartment door.  Right away, he senses something is wrong.  The door is ajar.  He stealthily lets himself in and immediately crawls on the carpet and sees two men going through all the cupboards.  He looks down the hall and he can see the feet of Anika between the rungs of a chair.  The spy is holding her hair still.

SPY
Did you find them yet?

The one man looking comes down the hallway towards Andros.  Andros slips into the clothes closet.

He is gibbering in Russian with the other man.  One opens the closet door and

CLOSEUP:

The Russian is wide-eyed with fear when he sees Andros' fist come smashing into his face.

CUT TO:

Another man is searching the bedroom.  He is on his stomach looking at the area under the bed.  All of a sudden he is pulled out swiftly by the legs and broken over Andros' knee.

V.O.: The Russian spy is calling out their names.

SPY
Andre?  Stephana?  Did you find it?

He grows more nervous when he hears no reply.  He draws out his silver gun and walks down the hall.  The minute he steps past the bedroom door, Andros steps out behind him.  He turns and Andros delivers an elbow thrust crushing his esophagus.

Andros rushes over to Anika who is badly frightened.

ANIKA
Who are they?  What do they want?  They were talking about maps.  What are you working on?

ANDROS
I've never seen them.  We'd better get rid of them before someone starts asking a lot of questions.  Do you have any large laundry bags?

Anika nods.

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EXT. APARTMENT FRONT - DAY

Andros locates an automobile in front of the apartment.  He takes the men out of the bag and puts them in the seat of the vehicle.  He takes a bottle of vodka and pours it down the throat of the man he puts behind the wheel.  He takes off the parking brake and begins to push the car to the top of a small hill next to a park.  The park is surrounded by a brick wall and a large wrought iron fence.  Andros looks and sees no one in the way and pushes the car down the hill where it crashes into the wall.  He walks away from the scene.

INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT

Everyone is eating dinner very tensely.

GEZA
Two of those men who died, Andros, were police.

ANDROS
Well, then they were working for the Russians.  You are better off without them.  I am leaving for 
Yemen in the morning.  I am not going to bring any more danger to your family.  I am sorry for the danger I have brought so far.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

ATILLA
You got to go, Uncle Andros?  You said you'd show me basketball.

ANDROS
Someday, you can visit me in the United States.  There I'll show you.

ANIKA
Geza, you musn't be upset with your brother.  He only did what he did to save my life.

GEZA
It was him being here that put you in danger.

ANDROS
I am not at liberty to tell you everything, but I feel that I owe you an explanation.  My maps are of the Red Sea.  They pinpoint the location of one of the biggest oil fields to have ever been discovered.  It is in joint partnership with some leases your government owns.  I am at liberty to say no more.  I have already spoken too much.  Please excuse me.  I must pack and leave first thing in the morning.

EXT. AIRPORT - DAY

Andros puts his baggage in the chute tagged for Yemen.  He is trailed by a black Ethiopian businessman.

INT. AIRPORT - DAY

Andros is greeted by a Arab guide and an Englishman.  He is cleared through Customs without even being checked.  He is stared at by the Ethiopian in another check station.

EXT. CURBSIDE - DAY

They pile in a Land Rover and pull away from the curb.

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INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

Several official-looking Russians are sitting around an oval table.  The room is filled with cigar smoke.

SERGEI
The American alone knows where the drilling will take place.  What if it is on the Ethiopian side?  Should we help our Ethiopian comrades?

VICTOR
I say we detain the American and enlist his full cooperation.  An oil find like this could do much to enhance the economic condition of our Soviet Republic.

STEPHANA
This American is not someone you can just detain.  He is a former commando.  You can't just expect him to go quietly.  He's already destroyed one of our best agents in Hungary.  Who do we have in Ethiopia?

SERGEI
Boris Askeroy.  He is in charge of the Soviet Embassy security staff.  Very competent in chemical training.  He can persuade the American to talk whether he is willing or not.

VICTOR
Gentlemen, wouldn't it be better to let the Americans do all the drilling first and then simply assume control of the wells and riggs?  After all, think of the huge expense.

REACTION SHOT:

SERGEI
We could not do that without arousing international ire.  It would not be wise, comrade.  The Americans have already done the surveying work.  This Andros Zoltan is simply going to tell them where to drill.  He could just as easily tell us.  Would you like me to have him detained without incident?  Is this the best interest of the Soviet People's Republic?

VICTOR
That appears to be the best course of action.  Give him some time to finish his surveying.  Our surveillance report indicates he just arrived there yesterday.

He lifts a glass of vodka.

CLOSEUP:

VICTOR
Gentlemen, to the future economic development of our homeland.

INT. COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

Anisha is in a high-tech security clearance computer room.  She pulls out a special took and unlocks a box of disks.  She removes two of them that state Zindabad.  She slips them in a machine and makes two copies.  She places them back and goes tot he door and lets herself out.

EXT. MILITARY BASE SIDEWALK - NIGHT

As Anisha is walking back to the room, she is startled when she runs into Haile.

HAILE
Good evening.  Enjoying an evening walk?

ANISHA
Yes, I was.  (She moves her bag nervously.)

HAILE
What is in your bag?

ANISHA
Just some information for my superiors.  Now, if you don't mind, I need to get some sleep before our mission tomorrow.

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INT. ANISHA'S ROOM - NIGHT

Anisha removes a picture off the wall and puts the two computer disks between the matting and the glass.  She flicks off the light and gets in bed.

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EXT. DOCKSIDE - DAY

PUSH IN ON: Andros' face seen through the porthole of a small exploration submarine with robotic arms.  It is being lifted up out of the water by a crane and several operators.

The Englishman, Dr. Geller, directs the crane operators and they gently put the submarine on to its stand.  The hatch pops up and Andros walks out.

DR. GELLER
Well, did you find our maps accurate?

ANDROS
Yes, I don't think you have found the nipple.  I'd like to go further out tomorrow.  Can you hook up some auxiliary oxygen tank and give me four more hours of air?

DR. GELLER
You may end up in Ethiopia.

ANDROS
Not likely, unless the entire field is on the Ethiopian side.  Do you have the map?

CLOSE IN:

Dr. Geller spreads out the undersea map.  The drawing looks like a large pool with arrows indicating where soil samples have been taken along with elevations.

ANDROS
Right here, where the two main bodies seem to connect.  That is within one mile of the Ethiopian boundary.  That area could enable drilling into both areas.  It is the narrowest area of the field.  If that is where we choose to drill, if we are off even two hundred feet one way or another, we could miss the large field altogether and draw nothing but seawater.  I need to find the exact width of this bottleneck between the two
pools.  We could drill in and over to both of them and cover it from the same platform and
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stay well within the boundaries of our lease agreement.  Let me see them.

Dr. Geller hands him the drawing.

DR. GELLER
Why do you believe that is just a small bottleneck and not part of the larger field?

ANDROS
Your diver did.  They do continual depth figures or just every 1,000 meters as indicated here.

DR. GELLER
I don't see how that makes any difference with the accuracy of the soil sample.

ANDROS
This whole area (indicates on map) has a gradual rise and descent.  A swelling.  Your samples are from the middle of this bottleneck.  Tomorrow I want to explore the sea depth on the other side of this and see just how narrow this pipeline of oil between these pools is.  The soil samples indicate the degree and presence of oil.  They don't indicate where the best drilling points are.  That's why I am here.  Not to refute your research, but to interpret it

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 for the drilling team.  One or two dry hole at this expense would make any exploration very costly.  Our company cannot afford to miss.  Our leases only give us another nine months and we have to be operating or everything we have done here is a waste.

DR. GELLER
Very well.  I'll get you some additional tanks.  Ismael shall drive you back to the hotel.  You can use a rest.  I'll meet you for dinner, say eight?

ANDROS
Righto.

DR. GELLER
Jolly well, chap.  You are as sharp as Mr. Emery said.  Had he sent you months ago, we'd probably bloody well be pumping now and not having this damn timetable in front of us.  Watch out for their local brew.  It goes down smooth but packs a wicked kicker.

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Andros is riding in the Land Rover with Ismael.  They approach a small village hotel.  He gets out and walks to the front desk.  He hardly notices the Ethiopian reading a newspaper in the lobby.

CUT TO:

EXT. DESERT - DAY

A helicopter flies over the Red Sea and passes the port city of Hodeida.  The crew overhead takes pictures of the oil exploration ship and the portable submarine.  It swoops back over the sea and lands on the deck of a large barge.  Three Ethiopians and two Russians, one female and one male, get out of the helicopter.

BORIS
Anisha, check the air tanks of the divers.  This is the area they were surveying today.  See if Captain Wadduni has done the adjustment to the sonar unit I requested.

ANISHA
Comrade, it is not good to give direct orders to these people like they were your servants.  They have a certain amount of pride.

BORIS
Very well, I will go and inspect the sonar unit myself.  You are sure about Ben Saba and the transmitter?

ANISHA
Yes, and you can track it no matter how far down he goes.

CUT TO:

Ethiopian divers are checking the tanks, adjusting their weight belts.  Anisha walks in among them.  She is wearing a wetsuit.

ANISHA
We got the radio call.  He has left.  We will launch out in five minutes.

EXT. READ SEA - DAY - TO ESTABLISH:

EXT. SEA BOTTOM - DAY

In the waters of the Red Sea, Andros is riding in the one-man exploration submarine.  He is routinely checking out his survey map and making depth findings.  The undersea foliage is spectacular.

CUT TO:

EXT. SEA - DAY

A boat with the Ethiopian divers, Victor and Anisha glides over the waters of the Red Sea.  In the back of the boat is a giant winch with a long, metal cable.  The divers step over the side, readjust their masks, and two of them receive the long cable.

BORIS
Each of his stops is about five minutes.  He has been here just once.  This will be your only chance, comrade.

The divers go underwater.

CUT TO:

EXT. SUBMARINE - DAY - TO ESTABLISH:

EXT. SUBMARINE - DAY

Andros is busy reading his charts and doesn't even notice the group of five divers approaching him.  They approach the submarine from the topside and two of them attach the cable to the top.  One diver launches a spear to the surface.  The spear gives off a phosphorescent blue color.

EXT. SEA SURFACE - DAY

Boris watches from the launch and sees the purple dye and motions to start the winch.  It grinds quickly at first, then strains when it gets the line taut.

CUT TO:

CLOSEUP: Andros looks panicked as the submarine is being pulled up.  The divers are steadying it.  Andros puts on his scuba mask, tank and fins and opens up one of the hatches and floods the submarine.  The submarine becomes very heavy.

EXT. BOAT - DAY

Boris is on the deck of the boat.  The winch begins to break with the weight.  The Ethiopian comes over to him.  He is gesturing wildly to release the cable.  Victor doesn't seem to understand and is almost knocked over when the winch begins to rock the boat under the additional weight.

CUT TO:

INT. SUBMARINE - DAY

Andros swims out of the hatch past the other divers.  Several try to pursue him.  He kicks one in the face and rips the mask of the other one.  He swims rapidly the other way.

EXT. HARBOR-SIDE - EVENING - TO ESTABLISH:

EXT. HARBOR-SIDE - EVENING

A silhouette of Andros climbs out of the water exhausted and drops his scuba gear.  He lies prone on the beach.

EXT. HARBOR-SIDE - NIGHT

Andros goes to the phone and tries to make a call.  He can't even get a dial tone.  All the stores and shops are boarded up.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Andros walks along towards his hotel.  The moon is full and the warm air is blowing.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Anisha pulls her jeep around the bend and drives right past Andros.

ANISHA
Can I offer you a ride?

ANDROS
No, it is not much farther.

ANISHA
You look exhausted.  Where are you going?

ANDROS
My hotel.  It's about five kilometers.  It's not far.

ANISHA
You have no shoes.  Quit being a stubborn American and get in.

Andros gets in the jeep and they drive off.

ANISHA
My name is Gala Rubenstein.  (She extends her hand.)  And you?

ANDROS
Andros Zoltan.

ANISHA
American, you have no Hungarian in your accent.  What brings you down to Yemen?

ANDROS
Work.  What about you?

CLOSEUP:

ANISHA
I'm a photographer.

WIDE SHOT PAN IN ON:

Up ahead Boris is waving like he needs help.  His tire is dismounted and lying on the side of his vehicle.  The jeep pulls over.

ANDROS
Do you need some help?

BORIS
(Heavy Russian dialect)
These drivers don't know how to change a tire.

ANDROS
(Picks up the tire.)
No problem.

As Andros bends over with the tire, he is clubbed over the head with a tire jack.  He looks stunned.  He is hit again.  He falls unconscious. 

EXT. RED SEA - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

EXT. RED SEA - NIGHT

A search boat from the oil company is looking for the submarine.  Dr. Geller is looking through binoculars.

DR. GELLER
Captain, circle back that way.  He can't have disappeared without a trace. 

In the dark, the body of one of the dead Ethiopian divers is floating on the surface face down.

LOOKOUT ONE
Captain, a man floating here.

DR. GELLER
Get the gaffing hook.  Here.

Dr. Geller and the first mate both hook the body and pull it on board.  They turn it over.

PUSH IN ON: The Ethiopian

DR. GELLER
How odd, an Ethiopian . . .

CAPTAIN
Should we keep looking?  We might fare better in the daytime.

Overhead, a helicopter goes by.

DR. GELLER
No, we will stay here all night if we have to.  There's a man out here, captain, and a damn good one, I might add.

INT. HELICOPTER - NIGHT

Andros is handcuffed sitting between Victor and three Ethiopians.  

Anisha is in the cabin with the helicopter pilot.

Andros walks up and finds himself handcuffed.  He struggles and realizes that it is hopeless.

CLOSEUP:

Andros' hands begin to work their way out of the cuffs.  He bends them back and forth and back and forth.  The links begin to open up.  The noise is undetectable with the loud whirl of the helicopter blades.

EXT. MILITARY BASE - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

WIDE SHOT:

The helicopter approaches a large military aircraft ground base.  The control tower is well lit and several jeeps are driving back and forth.  The helicopter puts down next to another helicopter.

PAN IN ON:

Boris is the first to hop down from the helicopter.  Two of the guards grab Andros and begin to escort him out.  As one of the guards steps out of the helicopter, Andros is being pulled out by the arms.  He kicks him over and the other guard tires to react and is thrown out on top of the first one.  Boris reacts and begins to draw his gun to open fire.  Andros

(CONTINUED)

(CONTINUED)

reaches around and pushes the pilot out and grabs the girl as a shield.  He grabs a gun off the floor and opens fire on the Russian, pilot and Ethiopians.  Bullets are flying everywhere.  Andros drags the girl up to the cockpit.

INT. COCKPIT - NIGHT

Andros holds the girl by her wrists.  He points a gun at her head.

ANDROS
Start this or say your last prayer.

The girl switches on several toggle switches and the engines purr.

ANDROS
Let's go.

EXT. HELICOPTER - NIGHT

The helicopter is flying very close to ground altitude, still receiving ground fire.

CUT TO:

INT. COCKPIT - NIGHT

ANDROS
How soon till we can get back to Yemen?

ANISHA
We can't.  We'd wind up in the Red Sea.  There's only about ten minutes of fuel.  We also only have a three-minute head start.  It's best for our sake if we head into the bush.  Better to take our chances with the baboons.  Please, your gun is making me nervous.

ANDROS
(Puzzled)
What?

ANISHA
I took these keys from the pilot.  I wanted you to escape.  I'm an Israeli double agent in the KGB.  You know misinformation.  I'm tracking the Ethiopian-led terrorist activities in Israel.

ANDROS
Why capture me?  I'm in oil exploration.

ANISHA
I have to keep my assignments.  It took longer than I thought to gain the confidence of the security personnel and to be allowed access to the central computer room.  Mr. Zoltan, we only have . . .

REACTION SHOT: 

Andros grabs his seat as she takes a hard turn to avoid machine gun fire.

ANISHA
Use that on them.  I'll take evasive measures.

Andros climbs out of the cockpit and walks to the open helicopter door.  He braces himself in the doorway and begins to fire.  Neither helicopter is very visible except for the glow from the instrument panel lights.  Bullets ricochet off the door frame.

EXT. SKY - NIGHT

The pursuing helicopter goes around to the other side away from the machine gun fire.  Andros climbs onto the landing gear and wraps his legs around.  He opens a long burst and the pursuing helicopter begins to smoke and gyro control, leaking fluid.  The copter slowly travels downward and explodes in a ravine.

INT. COCKPIT - NIGHT

From the inside of the cockpit, the flash of the explosion reflects off the glass in a flash of bright light.

ANISHA
You are quite a shot.  You'll come in handy.

ANDROS
For what?

ANISHA
We've got to go back.  I left my computer disk copies with all the information hidden in my room.

REACTION SHOT:

ANDROS
You're crazy!  Back to the base, where they just tried to shoot us down?

ANISHA
It's all their information on all their terrorist names and contacts.  It could save thousands of lives.  I've got to go back.  I have an idea.

EXT. MILITARY BASES - NIGHT

The helicopter lands.  Andros rolls out undetected.  

Anisha is greeted by an Ethiopian military officer.

EXT. CAMP - NIGHT

Anisha runs alongside her building to the window to her room.  She climbs in and takes the disks out of the frame.

CUT TO: POV Ethiopian soldiers

Two Ethiopian soldiers see Andros filling the helicopter with gas.  One of the soldiers is smoking.

EXT. MILITARY BASE - NIGHT

Anisha climbs back out of her room and runs back towards the helicopter.

EXT. HELICOPTER - NIGHT

The one soldier comes up close to the fuel tank.  Close up, Andros looks at him smoking.

ANDROS
(In Hungarian)
Take a hike.  Can't you see I'm busy?

SOLDIER
(In Ethiopian)
By whose authority are you filling up this copter?

SOLDIER TWO
(In Ethiopian)
We must take you to the base commander.

He motions Andros with his gun.  Andros takes the nozzle out of the helicopter fuel tank and motions to put it back.  Instead, he uses it as a weapon striking the gun out of the soldier's hand.  Before the first soldier can react, Andros spins and kicks him with his other foot knocking him over.  Anisha walks up.

ANISHA
Two more.  Let's go.  I got them.  (She holds up the disks.)

In the background, several other soldiers approach the helicopter.

EXT. MILITARY BASE - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

WIDE SHOT:

As the helicopter lifts off the ground, the soldiers spot their comrades unconscious lying on the ground and begin to fire at the helicopter.  No bullets hit.  Anisha turns to Andros and smiles.  He gives her a lighthearted salute.

Anisha reaches in her fatigue coat pocket.

INNER CUT:

ANISHA
It's warm, but what the heck.  You deserve it.

She gives him a bottle of beer.  He looks at her puzzled.

ANISHA
What's wrong?  Don't all you Americans like beer?

ANDROS
I guess so.  (He untwists the top.)  To Yemen.

EXT. YEMEN HOTEL - DAWN - TO ESTABLISH:

INT. HOTEL - EARLY DAWN

Andros and Anisha walk through the lobby.  They both look worn and battle weary.  The clerk looks at him.

CLERK
Mr. Zoltan, we weren't expecting you back.  Mr. Geller had us empty out your room.  Your personal things are in storage.

ANISHA
Mr. Geller?

ANDROS
Mr. Geller is the oil project coordinator.  Ring his room, will you?

CLERK
This early! 

ANDROS
Yes, I'll take responsibility.

INT. HOTEL ROOM - EARLY DAWN

Geller is sound asleep.  His glasses lie on the table next to the bed.  The phone begins to ring.  He gropes for his glasses which he puts on to find the phone.

DR. GELLER
Yes, who is it?

ANDROS
It's me, Andros.  I'm back.

DR. GELLER
You can't be.  We found the sub empty filled with water.  Wait right there.

INT. LOBBY - DAY

Andros and Anisha sit in the lobby.  Geller comes out in a robe wearing glasses.

DR. GELLER
Who's this?

ANDROS
My guardian angel.  Anisha, meet Dr. Geller.

ANISHA
(In Hebrew)
A fellow Israelis.  Greetings.

DR. GELLER
(Responds in Hebrew)
How did you meet?

ANISHA
(In Hebrew)
We helped each other escape from Ethiopia.  They wanted the drilling locations.

ANDROS
English, please.

DR. GELLER
You look like you've been through a war.  Look, I talked to Mr. Emery.  He doesn't want to do any more exploration unless we get official military protection.  Why don't you get some rest?  The clerk can open up your old room.  And you, Ms. . . .

She fills in the blank.

ANISHA
Anisha Mugorsky, Russian descent.  I won't be of any trouble. I'll just share the room with Andros, if it's all right with him.

ANDROS
(Nervously)
Yeah, it's fine.

INT. ROOM - NIGHT

As Andros steps out of the shower, he sees Anisha reclining back in his bed.

ANDROS
So what's your plan now?

ANISHA
I'm sure that my cover is blown now.  It's probably best if I head back to Israel.  Do you wanna come?  I could give you a tour of the whole country.

ANDROS
I'm not sure.  I was thinking of going back to the states to visit my son.

ANISHA
Have him fly to Israel to visit.  Every kid should visit at least once.  Besides, my family owns a hotel chain.  It wouldn't cost you anything.  It's gonna be weeks before Geller can get military protection.  What else would you do--rot away here?

ANDROS
Alright, yeah, maybe I'll go with you.  But right now I'm going to get some sleep.

Andros pulls out the hideabed.

CUT TO:

EXT. AIRPORT - DAY - TO ESTABLISH - TITLE TEL AVIV

EXT. AIRPORT - DAY

An Israeli jet lands in Tel Aviv.

INT. AIRPORT CUSTOMS - DAY

Andros paces back and forth in front of an office while checking his watch.

ANISHA
Look, Andros, I've got to go through a debriefing.  I don't want you to have to wait.  (She pulls out a card.)  This is the address of my family's hotel.  Any of those cabs will take you.  I'll be along later . . .

CUT TO:

INT. AMERICAN KITCHEN - DAY

PHONE RINGS:

Jonathan answers the phone.  He throws his tennis shoes under the counter.

JONATHAN
Dad!

Stephanie walks over next to Jonathan.

JONATHAN
Yeah, Mom's right here.  O.K., hey, I'll see you in a little while, O.K.

STEPHANIE
Yes, Andros.  Mr. Emery called.  He told me what happened to you in Yemen.  I'm glad you're O.K.  Under the circumstances, I don't want Jonathan coming to visit you.

INT. HOTEL ROOM - NIGHT

ANDROS
Stephanie, the boy is growing up.  It would be good for him to see Israel.  There is no danger to the child here.  I haven't asked for much, Stephanie, but I would like to spend the holidays with Jonathan.  Just a week, it's all I ask.

Knock at door.  

ANDROS
Someone's at the door.  I'll call you later.

The door to the hotel room opens with Anisha accompanied by a mustached gentleman, David.

ANISHA
Andros, I'd like you to meet my older brother, David.

ANDROS
Weren't you at the front desk?

DAVID
Yes, I manage this property for our family.  I trust you are enjoying your room?  (He walks over the window and pulls back
 the curtain.)  And you enjoy the view?

ANDROS
Yeah, the view is great and the room couldn't be better.

DAVID
All in my family are grateful for your help in getting my sister back safely.  We were wondering if you could join us for dinner.

ANDROS
I'd be honored.  However, I didn't bring my best clothes with me.

DAVID
Not to worry.  This is Israel.  Come as you are.  Well, excuse me.  I'll be seeing you a little later.  Shalom.

ANDROS
Shalom.

David walks out and closes the door.

ANISHA
He likes you.

ANDROS
How can you tell?

ANISHA
Well, my family is very protective.  He invited you to eat.  He's only done that once before and that was for his best friend who was interested in me.

ANDROS
What happened to that guy?

ANISHA
He was a veterinarian.  Much too boring for me.  (She approaches him and puts her hands on his shoulders.)  I like your type much, much more.  (She gives him a kiss on the cheek.)

ANDROS
Are all Israeli girls so forward?

ANISHA
Forward?  Me?  Wait until you meet my younger sisters.  Remember, men are at a premium in this country.  A woman who finds a good one does not let go.  That is, if she is smart.

INT. ISRAELI SECRET SERVICE - NIGHT

Several secret service men are working at computer terminals.  Rows and rows of symbols appear on the screen in front of them.  The printer keeps putting out empty sheets.

An important looking military officer comes in the room.

COLONEL
Any luck, Eli?

ELI
Sir, we have made twenty-five copies of the disk.  Each time we get close to unlocking the information, the disk erases.

COLONEL
Maybe we had better get Miss Mugorsky back in here.  I was unaware that the Ethiopians had such elaborate anti-piracy programs.

ELI
It's not the Ethiopians.  It's the Russians.  Maybe if we put her under hypnosis, she'll
 subconsciously remember the

(CONTINUED)

(CONTINUED)

sequence that can unlock these disks.  If she only would have brought those numbers.

COLONEL
Brilliant idea.  We'll get someone over here right away.  Lev Davidov was very successful in unlocking those secrets from the Libyan.

ELI
Davidov the brain butcher.  Aren't his methods a little harsh?

COLONEL
No, they've no need to be when the subject wishes to be cooperative.

INT. BANQUET ROOM - EVENING

Andros walks in with Anisha.  Everyone claps when they see her.  There are some sixty or so people in the room ranging in age from 80 to newborn.  A massive buffet of food is set up and a trio consisting of a violin, flute and piano is playing classical style music.  Andros is crushed as so many rush towards her, welcoming her back.

GRANDMA ASHER
Little Anisha, my how you've gotten lovelier.

ANISHA
Grandma, I'd like you to meet a friend of min.  Andros Zoltan, this is Grandma Asher.  (The bodies continue to press in on them.)  And these are my sisters, Essie and Rachel.

ESSIE
Wow, too bad you didn't rescue me.  Then I'd owe you my life.

Anisha and Essie exchange comical glances and then break out laughing and hugging and kissing.

ANDROS
Nice to meet you, and I presume you are Rachel.

ANISHA
The shy one.  Well, no that shy.  Now come along.  You still haven't met my father, General Mugorsky.

ANDROS
Excuse me.

They stop by the buffet table and sample a few bites.

Andros turns to her when no one is listening.

ANDROS
Your father is a general.  I thought they were in the hotel business.

ANISHA
That's my mom's side of the family.  My dad's side is politicians and military.  Don't be scared.  He won't draft you . . .

General Mugorsky and wife walk over to Anisha.

GENERAL
Anisha, your mother and I have been hoping you'd come off assignment.  Now, just in time for Hannuka.  And who is this?

ANISHA
Andros Zoltan, former U.S. Navy Seal.  He helped to rescue me.

Anisha hugs her mother.  Andros shakes hands with her dad.

ANDROS
Great daughter you have, General.  Never saw anybody so calm under battle conditions.

GENERAL
Well, unfortunately with 200 million hostiles surrounding us,  it has become a way of life for all of us.  How long will you be staying?

ANDROS
Two or three weeks.

GENERAL
I'll be happy to give you a tour of our basis if you'd like.  Maybe you'd have some interest?

CLOSE UP:

ANISHA
Daddy, I think Andros has seen enough action.  Remember, I said former Navy Seal.

Anisha pulls protectively on his arm.

ANDROS
No, Anisha, I'd love to.

GENERAL
Very well, it's settled.  Tomorrow, say 9:00.

ANDROS
Great.

ANISHA
But, Daddy, we were going to visit Jerusalem.

GENERAL
Colonel Shapiro has other plans for you.  It will require your presence the better part of the day.

MRS. MUGORSKY
Honey, let your dad have his fun.  And come here.  Your cousin just had her third baby.  My sister has all the luck.  She's having grandchildren, while I get battle plans and espionage.  Even your brother David, he sees three different girls, tells me he can't make up his mind.

They walk off chatting.

INT. HOTEL - NIGHT

Andros is sitting in bed reading a book.  He hears a knock on the door.

ANDROS
Come in.

Anisha opens the door and walks in.

ANISHA
Do you like them?  My family.

ANDROS
The best.  It was like being in a comedy club.  Everybody had a story, a joke.  Your family is the best.  I loved it.

She walks over to his bed.

ANISHA
They loved you too.  My mom talked my ear off about you.  I'm worried about tomorrow.

ANDROS
You mean with Colonel Shapiro?

ANISHA
No, not him.  I'm just worried that . . .

ANDROS
What, how can I help?  If you won't tell me . . .

ANISHA
They want to put me under hypnosis.  They can't unlock the code and they think my mind can remember the sequence.

ANDROS
Don't you have a choice?

ANISHA
No, I am in service of the nation of Israel.  My needs are not as important as my country's.  Come, let's take a walk.  There is a full moon tonight.

EXT. ROADSIDE - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

CUT TO:

PAN IN:

Anisha and Andros are walking down the street in Tel Aviv.  She is holding onto his arm.  They stop by a huge olive tree and begin to kiss.

CUT TO:

INT. AIRPORT - DAY

A Russian and Ethiopian check in through customs.  The Russian is Taspa Akhmatov.  The Ethiopian is Haile Shebanu.  They take a cab to the Karmel Hotel.  They check in as Andros walks out with General Mugorsky.  He feels an icy stir at his back, but when he turns to look at them, they completely ignore him.

GENERAL
What was that?

ANDROS
I thought I had seen one of those men before.  I am curious if one of them is an Ethiopian.

GENERAL
Wouldn't be hard for David to check.  But we have thousands of ex-Ethiopians living here.

ANDROS
He wouldn't mind?

GENERAL
Not if it is an issue of state security.  We are not like the United States.  We cannot afford so many individual rights.  We have too many enemies on too many sides.  Let's check when we get back.

ANDROS
I wonder what they'd be doing here.  Well, where are we off to?

GENERAL
There's a base about thirty minutes from here.  One of our strategic ones.  By the way, I wouldn't be too worried about seeing an Ethiopian.  Many come here to work.  There are actually quite a few Ethiopian Jews, in case you didn't know.  Solomon and Sheba did have offspring.

ANDROS
Wow.  Never heard that before.

They get in back of an open jeep.  The lieutenant salutes them.

ANDROS
Quite a day.

GENERAL
This is my assistant, Lieutenant Gabriel.  Sit back, Mr. Zoltan.  Enjoy our lovely countryside.

EXT. STATE SECURITY CENTER - TO ESTABLISH:

CUT TO:

INT. LABORATORY - DAY

Anisha is strapped to a chair.  Lev Davidov has two assistants with him.  He looks like a version of Albert Einstein, except much heavier.  

Anisha is out unconscious.  The Colonel walks in.

COLONEL
You put her under?

LEV DAVIDOV
We've only used a small amount of the sodium pentothol.  We have to slowly take her back.  A visitation by a patient of even slightly traumatic moments can bring . . . well, you know.

COLONEL
Just make sure she comes out of this all right.  She is one of our best field operatives, not to mention her father is . . .

LEV DAVIDOV
I know her father.  I served under him in the Sinai campaign.  I was in his unit.  Don't worry, Colonel.  I treat her as if she was my own daughter.  My assistant will relay to your computer operator any information she might be able to give us. Now please, if you will excuse us, we are getting ready to start.

CUT TO:

EXT. MILITARY INSTALLATION - DAY

The jeep containing the General, Andros and the driver sweeps around the hills overlooking the military base.

GENERAL
Well, what do you think?

ANDROS
Very impressive.  Doesn't appear to have much security.

GENERAL
Don't let looks deceive you . . . Well, let's go have a look inside.

CUT TO:

EXT. SEAPORT - DAY

Several large wooden boxes are being unloaded from a fishing vessel.  The men doing it look around nervously.  A man drives up in a Volkswagen van, opens the van and hands the Arab a wad of money.  They exchange words in Arabic.  He leaves visibly perturbed.

CUT TO:

INT. CUSTOMS - DAY

A group of five Ethiopians dressed in business suits enter the customs clearance area.  They are scattered around and all in different lines.

CUT TO:

EXT. AIRPORT - DAY

The Ethiopians wave down cabs and get in one by one into different vehicles.

EXT. KOSHER MEAT PLANT - DAY - TO ESTABLISH:

INT. MEETING ROOM - DAY

Taspa is surrounded by five Ethiopians.  He has a map spread out in front of him.  The room is old and has tattered curtains.  Outside you can hear the sounds of an active marketplace.

TASPA
Comrades, for years Israel has been a thorn in the side of her Arabian brothers, and for years your Arabian brothers have controlled the international oil market.  Our plans can bring about swift changes.  My comrades have found out that at this military base Israel has launch-ready missiles that can reach Yemen.  We have persuaded one of their head scientists to betray his own country and give us classified information that will allow us to reset the missiles to strike Yemen.

HAILE
How do we enter?  Surely there is a sophisticated security system.

TASPA
We have already placed a large Ethiopian janitorial staff within the base.  They have been coming and going for the past nine months.  We will simply take their places.  Our success is assured.  We must strike while our enemies lie dormant and prepare for their holy days.

CUT TO:

INT. HOTEL - NIGHT

Taspa walks through the lobby of the hotel.  He passes by Anisha who is on the lobby phone.  Taspa walks into the gift shop and purchases a paper.  He pays, walks out and stands in front of the elevator.  Andros gets out and walks by him.  Taspa moves tot he side and walks straight in.  Andros and Anisha greet each other with kisses.

ANDROS
What's wrong?  You look like you've seen a spook.

ANISHA
I can't help but thinking I did.  I checked and there are four or five Ethiopians staying here.  But that fellow, I've seen him before.

ANDROS
The hypnosis--did it help?

ANISHA
Got to go back tomorrow.  He thinks he's on the right track.

ANDROS
How do you feel?

ANISHA
A little confused--disoriented.  Why?

ANDROS
Well, I've got some tickets to the symphony.

ANISHA
(Kisses him.)
You're wonderful.  I'd love to go.  When . . .

ANDROS
Tonight?  Can you?  It's not for two hours.  I'm meeting your dad
and some of his friends around the corner.  Go up and get ready and I'll see you in the bar in an hour.  Also, my son's coming this week.

They kiss goodbye.  Andros walks out of the lobby.  Anisha turns and takes the elevator back upstairs.

EXT. HOTEL PARKING LOT - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

EXT. HOTEL - NIGHT

As Andros walks through the parking lot, he notices two Ethiopians parking a Volkswagen van.  He checks it out and makes himself oblivious.

INT. BAR - NIGHT

Andros walks in and greets General Mugorsky.  A scholarly fellow, Dr. Benjamin Abrams, stands up and offers his hand.

GENERAL
Andros, this is Dr. Abrams.  He is the brains behind most of our military successes, one of our senior military computer strategists.

ABRAMS
(Laughs)
You are too generous with your words, General.  I understand, though, Mr. Zoltan, that you are

(CONTINUED)

(CONTINUED)

the real hero.  Those Ethiopians
must have given you quite a fright.  You are in the oil exploration business?

ANDROS
Yes, unfortunately, my company no longer feels it is safe to continue.

ABRAMS
So you will abandon the find?

ANDROS
No, we are seeking security protection from the jealous neighbors.  It is a large find and I don't think either side wishes to relinquish . . .

GENERAL
I took Mr. Zoltan on a tour of your missile base today . . .

ANDROS
I was surprised to see so many foreigners working in a sensitive place.  Is that normal?

The waiter comes up and they order.

GENERAL
Three gin and tonics, please.

ABRAMS
Not to quench your concern for our safety, but Israel is a country merely forty years old.  Not like your native Hungary or my native Russia.  Everyone goes through a thorough check.

ANDROS
Maybe I am just oversensitive to the Ethiopians I saw.

GENERAL
I tried to explain about Solomon.  We Jews are not a race, we are a religion of all sizes and colors.  Dark hair, blonde hair, African.  And in Israel, all are welcome.

The drinks arrive.

ANDROS
Well then, I'd like to propose a toast . . .

ABRAMS
By all means.

ANDROS
Next year Jerusalem.

They all laugh.

GENERAL
You possess a keen sense of humor, Andros.  Comes a real toast to you and my fairest Anisha . . .

Andros looks puzzled.

ANDROS
But . . .

GENERAL
Love sometimes knows no religion.  I like you, Zoltan.  We could use more men like you in Israel . . .

CUT TO:

Taspa dressed in a leather overcoat is standing at a bus depot in Tel Aviv.  Dr. Abrams walks over to him.

INT. BUS DEPOT - DAY

TASPA
I trust you were not followed?

DR. ABRAMS
If only the Americans knew really what you Soviets meant by Detente.

SERGEI
Did you bring me the key?

DR. ABRAMS
I should have just taken the honorable way out.

SERGEI
And leave your only daughter to suffer?  No, you would not do that.  One other thing.  Have they unlocked the disk from your friend's daughter?  The one she took from Ethiopia.

INT. OFFICE - DAY

ANISHA
It's $*#&@^ 643182.  Now he's entering code Z I N D A B A D.

LEV
Good, good.  Now we are going to bring you back slowly . . .

CUT TO:

INT. MILITARY ROOM - DAY

Lev is standing there with the Colonel in front of a soldier working on a computer console.

COLONEL
Let's hope this one does it.  If she came out from Ethiopia for nothing after spending all that time getting planted.

COMPUTER OPERATOR
The disk is beginning to unlock.

CLOSEUP: Computer Screen

All at once, the screen begins to fill up with sequences of numbers in large blocks.  The laser printer begins to respond rapidly.

LEV
Sometimes old fashioned methods work.

COLONEL
Yeah, no to find out the meaning of all these numbers.

CUT TO:

ABRAMS
(Looks around.)
That information is not part of our bargain.

TASPA
If they do, your daughter and granddaughter will rot in Siberia.  I'll personally give her to a battalion.  Then we'll send her back.  If she doesn't slit her own wrists.

ABRAMS
You mean to turn my country into a battleground.

TASPA
No, we just want to use you to punish our enemies.  Shall we say, the Hammer of God.

ABRAMS
Answer me.  Why Yemen:  Why no Afghanistan?

TASPA
Black gold.  Your new American friend, he knows.

ABRAMS
(Hands an envelope.)
See this gets to my daughter.

Taspa turns and walks away.

CUT TO:

INT. OFFICE - DAY

Anisha is sitting in a chair being hypnotized by Lev Davidnov.  He is talking to her calmly.

LEV
Now you are entering the computer room.  You are watching them type in a sequence of numbers.  Can you tell me what those numbers are?

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

CLOSEUP: Pictures of Russian woman and daughter in prison camp

As Abrams enters the kitchen, a woman with elderly, stern features looks up.

MRS. ABRAMS
You did it, didn't you?  Sold us out for your daughter.

ABRAMS
I didn't sell anybody out.  How can you say that?  It's my daughter we're talking about.

MRS. ABRAMS
What is the United States going to do when we bomb a country unprovoked or the rest of the world?  Do you think how it is going to make us look?

ABRAMS
Damn it, yes.  I thought of it.  I also thought of killing the Soviet dog.  But that wouldn't get my daughter back, would it?  Don't I have a responsibility to her?  All these years serving this country faithfully and now you call me a traitor.  (He stares at her from across the
room.)  I would gladly give myself, my future and even risk the enmity of being known as a Benedict Arnold to save my daughter.  I wish that God had given me another way out.  He didn't.

MRS. ABRAMS
I'm sorry for you.  (Starts weeping.)  Sorry for myself.  Sorry that we were ever born.  Sorry I couldn't have given you another family.

CUT TO:

EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

INT. AUTOMOBILE - NIGHT

Anisha and Andros are driving along a small stretch of highway.  They pass a sign in Hebrew that reads AIRPORT.

ANDROS
Are you excited to meet my son?

ANISHA
Is he anything like you?

ANDROS
Yeah, like his mom too, though.  He's a great kid.  You'll like him, I know.

ANISHA
Are you going back?

ANDROS
To Yemen?

ANISHA
Yeah.

ANDROS
It's my job.

ANISHA
What about here?  In Israel, there is so much you could do here.

ANDROS
We'll see.  (He turns to her and gives her hand a reassuring squeeze.)

CUT TO:

EXT. HIGHWAY - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

INT. VOLKSWAGEN VAN - NIGHT

The men in the Volkswagen look as Andros and Anisha speed by to the airport.

TASPA
The girl must be silenced before she can remember what the information on the disks really means.

HAILE
This will be our last chance if we are to strike tomorrow.  Let's get ourselves positioned.

The Ethiopians all exit the van and position themselves alongside the highway.  One checks his radio.

RADIOMAN
Testing, testing.

EXT. AIRPORT - NIGHT

In a black Mercedes, Sergei answers the signal.

SERGEI
Roger . . . don't get overanxious.  You're only going to have one chance.

CLOSEUP:

In the mirror of the black Mercedes, you can see Andros parking at the curb and getting out with Anisha.  They greet his son who is waiting with his bags.  They throw them in the trunk and drive away.

The gentleman looks at them as they drive by him.  He pulls away right behind them.

EXT. ROAD - NIGHT

As they are cruising down the road.

CUT TO:

Haile has his night scope set and, slowly, the license plate of the car comes into focus.

HAILE
(Into walkie talkie)
Like a baboon to the waterfall.

His trigger finger squeezes and the sound echoes.

INT. AUTO - NIGHT

Andros struggles with the steering as his Citrozen goes slightly downhill and begins to lose control.  Behind them the Mercedes hooks their bumper and begins to push them into the rail.  Several other shots ring out and the engine begins to steam.

ANDROS
Everybody down.  Anisha in the back.

She climbs over the seat into the back.

CLOSEUP:

Andros's blood vessels expand as he attempts to swing the Citrozen around.  He turns it hard into the rail and the Mercedes shoots by it on the driver's side.  The Mercedes plows into the rail and the driver is thrown into the window.  Andros ducks as he gets out of the car.

JONATHAN
Dad, what's going on?

ANDROS
Stay low.  Climb along the ground and get in the back seat of the Mercedes.  Anisha, give me your gun.  Stay low.  We may have a chance.

EXT. ROADSIDE - NIGHT

Andros opens the driver's door and pulls the man out.  He checks for identification.  There is no.  He pulls him out and waits by the roadside.  An Ethiopian with a rifle comes up to inspect the car.  Just as he is about to look in the back seat, Andros grabs his belt and pulls him to the ground and

(CONTINUED)

(CONTINUED)

breaks his neck.  His walkie talkie is going. Andros sees the shadows of four other men coming up the side.  He grabs the walkie talkie and gets into the Mercedes.  He starts it up.  At first it doesn't turn over.  Then it starts purring and he puts it into reverse.

ANDROS
Not dead yet.

Bullets ricochet off the Mercedes.

EXT. AUTO - NIGHT

The Mercedes speeds back up the hill with the tires burning.  He turns it hard and drives away.

JONATHAN
Wow, Dad.  You were awesome.

CUT TO:

EXT. HOSPITAL - NIGHT - TO ESTABLISH:

INT. HOSPITAL - NIGHT

Anisha is sitting on an examination table with a bandage on her forehead.  The Colonel paces back and forth.

COLONEL
What makes you so sure they weren't after you?

ANISHA
There were Ethiopians.  They had to be after Andros.  Look, can't I just sign out of here?  My neck's fine.  I just pulled it a little.  Now about the disk . . .

COLONEL
It's just a series of numbers.  We can't make anything out of them.  We're bringing in Abrams and some other programming experts.  We've got to ask you to stay put in your hotel.  We're going to assign Rubins and Jacobs.  We can't just go rounding up every Ethiopian in the country.  There are too many of them.

ANISHA
So I'm going to be the bait.

COLONEL
No, we just can't look after you if you are chasing around the whole countryside.  Andros is waiting for you.  Go ahead and go back . . .

ANISHA
What about his son?  We were supposed to show him around . . .

COLONEL
You're going to have to miss out.  At least until we dig further into this.

She gets up to get her clothes.

The doctor walks in the room.

ANISHA
I'm checking out.

The Colonel shrugs in agreement.

COLONEL
There's nothing wrong with her.  O.K., look, show him around.  Just don't go too far from your hotel.

EXT. KOSHER MEAT PLANT - DAY - TO ESTABLISH:

INT. MEETING ROOM - AFTERNOON

A group of ten Ethiopians and the Russian, Taspa, have a map laid out in front of them.

TASPA
No word yet, that the Israelis have unlocked what's on the disks.  We have to move tonight as scheduled.  Sergie is dead.  I am in charge.

HAILE
We can still get in the base as planned.  It is time to bring to our country the prosperity the rest of the world enjoys.

TASPA
Yes, with us as your partners, your country will be swimming in oil and the rest of the world will come to you with their hands out.  And our Israelite friends will find themselves more alienated than ever.

HAILE
What of the Israeli collaborator?

TASPA
I am going to see him in an hour.  Just have your men ready.  We want to go in when the shift changes at 11:00.

CUT TO:

INT. SECURITY ROOM - DAY

The Colonel is sitting with Dr. Abrams in front of the computer screen.

COLONEL
Do these numbers have any special significance?

Dr. Abrams can't hide his uneasiness.  He pulls his collar as the sweat rolls down.

DR. ABRAMS
Where did they come from?

COLONEL
One of our agents.  I believe you know her father, Mugorsky.  Brought them back from Ethiopia.  She believed that they were linked to some terrorists' activity.  Do you use any codes such as these in your programming?

DR. ABRAMS
Perhaps, if I could take them to my own computer system.  Can I get a copy?

COLONEL
Yes, only, I . . .

He turns to the computer operator.

COLONEL
Make a disk for the doctor, would you?  (He steps aside.)  Excuse me.

The Colonel steps into the corridor and then into a side room.  Two agents are lounging around watching the closed circuit television.

COLONEL
Lazar, I need you and Gideon to put a tail on the Doctor.  Now . . .

He leaves the room and meets Dr. Abrams in the hall.

DR. ABRAMS
I'll get back to you right away on the disks.

COLONEL
Thanks.  I am sure if anyone can unlock the code, you could.

CUT TO:

EXT. HOTEL - NIGHT

Anisha, Andros and Jonathan walk up towards the hotel.  They are carrying shopping bags.

ANISHA
I think that by staying here, we are just sitting ducks.  Isn't that what you Americans would call it?

JONATHAN
You don't have much confidence in my dad, do you?

Jonathan looks at his dad.

JONATHAN
You're not worried, are you, Dad?

A black sedan pulls by.  Haile is driving.  Andros gets a slight glimpse through the window.

ANDROS
Both of you, quick, back to the hotel.  Do as I say.  No questions.

He hands his package to Anisha.

ANISHA
I want to come with you.

The car begins to disappear down the street.

ANISHA
You can't just freak out every time you see an Ethiopian.  There are thousands of them here.

ANDROS
Give me your gun.  If I am not back in an hour, call your Colonel.

Andros practically grabs the gun out of her purse.  He runs at breakneck speed after the car.  An Arab is riding by on a bike.

ANDROS
I need your bicycle.  State security.

The man does not stop.  Andros grabs him and the bike so he is pedalling in the air.

BICYCLIST
(Swears in Arabic.)

Andros puts a fistful of money in his hands and rides off.

EXT. TEL AVIV STREETS - EVENING

Andros pedals furiously through rush hour traffic and notices the black car pulled to the side.  He stops and sees the Russian and Ethiopian getting out.  They walk into a restaurant.

INT. RESTAURANT - EVENING

Taspa and Haile are sitting at a table with Dr. Abrams.  They barely notice the two agents who trail in and sit down.  Andros looks in from the window and sees a heated argument and watches them leave together.  He slips around the corner and sees Abrams reluctantly getting in their car.

EXT. RESTAURANT - EVENING

The two agents get out and into their car.  They follow at a distance where they eventually overtake Andros on the bike.  One of them rolls down the window.

GIDEON
Get in.  We are all after the same fox.

They pull over.  Andros abandons the bicycle.

ANDROS
The Ethiopian.  I saw him before, just briefly.

LAZAR
Unless they pull over shortly, they will notice that we are following them.

The car continues and pulls into an alley.

EXT. KOSHER MEAT PACKING PLANT - NIGHT

CAMERA PANS rows of slaughtered animals de-skinned, hanging on meat hooks. 

The Doctor gets out of the car.  An Ethiopian comes up to him wearing an apron and carrying a large knife.

ABRAMS
This wasn't part of the deal, Taspa.  I gave you everything you wanted.  It wasn't my fault that the disks were stolen.

TASPA
No, I know, but unfortunately you can be linked back to me and I cannot permit that.

Abrams tries to run.  His way is blocked . . .

EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT

The agents are climbing up into the plant.  When they get to the top, they look at Abrams below them begging for his life.  Each of them are killed by a burst of automatic fire from a silenced gun.  They fall.

The Russian runs over.

HAILE
He was tailed.  They must have suspected.

SERGEI
Still, they must not know.  Let's move the van out now.

POV Andros is in the garage by the large white van.  Sides are painted to read: SOLOMON AND SHEBA MAINTENANCE SERVICE 08 1977

(CONTINUED)

(CONTINUED)

Andros climbs on the top and grabs hold of the edge.  The driver gets in and pulls next to the black car.  Two of the men are dragging off the body of Abrams.  They dump him in a vat along with the two agents.

TASPA
Take care of their car.  I don't want it found until morning.  Got me?  No prints either.

The Ethiopian nods and goes out with their keys.

The men all pile in the vehicle.  One man swings the gates open and the vehicle leaves.

CUT TO:

EXT. VEHICLE - NIGHT

Andros is holding on the top being bounced up and down.  His gun bounces out of his pocket and he tries to grab it and nearly falls off.  He hangs from the top of the vehicle and manages to pull himself back on the top.

CUT TO:

Long shot.

The van drives through the hills towards the military base.

CUT TO:

INT. HOTEL - NIGHT

Anisha is standing with the Colonel.

ANISHA
He thought he recognized the fellow driving.  It was an Ethiopian.

COLONEL
Why did you wait so long to call?

ANISHA
He asked for an hour.  It hasn't been much more.  I thought he'd be back.

General Mugorsky walks into the room.

GENERAL
Colonel, what a pleasant surprise.

COLONEL
I need to ask you something about your friend, Dr. Abrams.  Is there something in his life that would make him vulnerable to the Russians?

GENERAL
Why a strange question like that?  What has he done?

COLONEL
Nothing that we know of.  Well, he acted rather strange when I showed him the information on the disk your daughter brought back from Ethiopia.  I assigned two agents to follow him.  They haven't reported back yet.  Did he have any relatives in Russia?

GENERAL
Yes, a daughter and a grand-daughter.  But she was from his first marriage.  Years ago, he spoke a lot about her.  I have

(CONTINUED)

(CONTINUED)

barely ever heard him mention her.  I just assumed she had emigrated.

COLONEL
Maybe we'd better go out to the base and question him a little.

ANISHA
Now?

COLONEL
That's where he told me he was going.  If he has been compromised, perhaps we can minimize the damage.

EXT. MILITARY BASE - NIGHT

The van pulls up and shows their I.D.s.  The guard waves them through.  Once inside, they park and all get out one by one and rush to different areas.

Andros watches Taspa and Haile walk through a double glass door.  He jumps down and follows them.  As he is hiding, making sure they don't see him following, two Ethiopians dressed in janitorial outfits walk by.  He rushes over, drops to one knee and swings his right foot under both of their legs, sending them
both on the ground.  As quick as lightening, he punches them both in the nose, killing them instantly.  He drags their bodies off to the side and grabs their weapons.

INT. OFFICE - NIGHT

Two Ethiopians come upon an unsuspecting military security officer watching the closed circuit screens.  One of them holds up the plastic trash sack.  The moment the security guard opens the door, he is instantly shot in between the eyes with a silencer.  His body is dragged down the hall.

INT. COMPUTER ROOM - NIGHT

Haile and Taspa gain access to the main launching room using Abrams' I.D.  Several other Ethiopians accompany them.

SERGEI
I hope you can run this as well as you've claimed.

HAILE
Why you doubt the training that your countrymen have given me?

He walks over to the console.  (He takes out the two floppy disks.  They system immediately activates.)

SERGEI
Just do it quickly.  Someone may notice us here.

CUT TO:

EXT. MISSILE CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Andros sneaks up quietly on the missile control room.  Two other Ethiopians come down the hall and position themselves outside the door.  Andros reaches in his pocket and throws a set of keys in the corridor opposite where he is hiding.  Both of the Ethiopians come over to investigate.  While both of their backs are turned to him, he rushes them and snaps each of their necks.  He drugs them into an empty room.

CUT TO:

EXT. JEEP - NIGHT

The Colonel, Anisha and the General are driving through the hilly road on the way to the base.

CUT TO: CONTROL ROOM

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

The screens are lit up and Haile is programming.

CUT TO:

EXT. MISSILE SILOS - NIGHT

The hatches come off the missile silos.  A general stations warning begins to sound.

CUT TO:

INT. MISSILE ROOM - NIGHT

TASPA
Fool, can't you hear it?  The entire base is on full alert.  We may never get out of here alive.

HAILE
It matters to me little whether I live or die.  Only that I have served my country.  In four minutes no one will be able to stop the destruction of Yemen.  The oil will belong to us.

Taspa walks into the outer room and talks to one of the men.

TASPA
Where are the others?  They should have been back by now.

SOLDIER
We are the only ones who have come back.  There is no contact with the others.

Taspa spots the outer door opening to his left.  He sees Andros rush in and duck behind a large cabinet.  Taspa opens fire.  Andros jumps, rolls and fires his uzi into Taspa and the three soldiers.  They fall dead.  He rushes to the large sliding door into the main control room.  Haile reacts to the gunfire and the door begins to close.  Andros struggles and is wounded when a bullet hits him in the shoulder.  He manages to push the door open and enter the room.

Haile, sitting at the console, pushes the final firing sequence buttons and hides behind the console.  Andros crawls like a snake in complete quietness.

CUT TO:

EXT. MILITARY BASE - NIGHT

The jeep pulls up to the gate and is waved through.  They drive like madmen to the launch building.

GENERAL
Someone must have broken the code.  They must be planning on launching a missile.

ANISHA
Abrams a traitor?

They hop out of the jeep and enter the building.

Andros puts a bullet into the Ethiopian and rushes over to the computer screen.  It is counting down from 60.  He begins to type in commands to stop but can't.

GENERAL
(Rushes into the building.)
Andros.

ANDROS
It's on final command.  Your silos are about to launch against Yemen.

ANISHA
The power console.  Disconnect it.  It will abort the sequence.

COLONEL
Here, help me.

Andros smashes a metal chair on the floor and uses the leg as a crowbar to unpry the power console.  With the Colonel helping, they manage to disconnect several of the metal tubes that connect it to the wall.  Sparks begin to fly.

CLOSEUP:

Computer screen is counting down from fifteen seconds.

ANISHA
Hurry, hurry.  There are only fifteen seconds.

Andros moves the Colonel out of the way and grabs the console between his arms, and with superhuman effort, pulls it from the wall sending the room into total darkness and shutting down the computer.

GENERAL
Amazing.  Two seconds to go.  And world war three could have started.

EXT. BUILDING - NIGHT

Andros, the Colonel, General and Anisha stand and watch the bodies of the terrorists being carried out of the building.

GENERAL
Well, how about it?  Think you might stay?

ANDROS
I guess anything's possible in Israel.  Seems like your angels were watching over your country.

ANISHA
(Plants a kiss.)
You're my angel.

EXT. HOTEL - DAY - TO ESTABLISH

PAN DOWN:

In the courtyard of the hotel, wild music is playing and many people are dancing.

A CLOSER SHOT:

Reveals Anisha and Andros dancing.  Anisha is wearing a wedding gown.  

The crowd is gathered around them in a circle clapping wildly.