SCENE 17 BLUE SHIELD CLEOPATRA SELENE PATRICIA LEOPARD REPORTS POTENTIAL FIND OF ATLANTIS LOST CITY CIVILIZATION TO DR ROBERTA TREADSTONE APPOINTED ANTIQUITIES EXPERT AS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE SCRIPTWRITING FESTIVALS FILMFREEWAY COPYRIGHT JUNE 27TH 2025

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PATRICIA SELENE LEOPARD REPORTS POTENTIAL ATLANTIS FIND TO BLUE SHIELD

INT. ELIZABETH SWANN – COMMUNICATIONS DECK – NIGHT

Polished stainless fittings gleam under the dockside floodlights. PATRICIA LEOPARD adjusts the satellite receiver. A faint crackle sounds as she keys in the transmission frequency.

PATRICIA (into headset)

Blue Shield switchboard, Newcastle? I’d like to speak with Dr Roberta Treadstone. It’s urgent—archaeological.

A pause. The line clicks. The voice on the other end is clipped, brisk.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.)

Treadstone.

PATRICIA

Roberta! Patricia here, aboard the Swann. We just docked. Thought I’d call before the media sharks start circling.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.)

Well, well. If it isn’t Cleopatra herself. How’s life with the treasure hunters?

PATRICIA

John’s thriving. Just stumbled on another haul—gold again.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.) (amused disbelief)

Not again.

PATRICIA (smiling)

Yes. He seems to have a nose for it. But this time... we’ve found something else. A city. Sunken. Intact.

Beat.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.)

The Med?

PATRICIA

No. Atlantic.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.) (concerned)

Not the North African coast, by any chance?

PATRICIA (deliberate pause)

Can’t confirm. Location’s classified. We’ve already had—complications. John’s been through... let’s call it ‘governmental enthusiasm.’

Silence. Tone shifts. Heavy.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.) (low)

They tried to break him again?

PATRICIA

Waterboarding. Isolation. Threats!

HAL (O.S.) (sensing John’s unease)

And some.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.) (gently)

Tell him some of us still cheer for him on the outside. We envy his good times.

She pauses before switching tone.

So—what’s the twist this time?

JOHN

Hello Roberta.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.)

Good evening Captain Storm.

JOHN (sly smile)

One of our crew thinks she's found the Atlantis. Plato’s version. Reservedly.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.)

Patricia?

JOHN

Dr Cleopatra Selene Leopard. Time-displaced. And—incidentally—your deputy for antiquities, Africa-Egypt.

A stunned breath from the other end.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.)

You’re serious?

JOHN

Deadly.

PATRICIA

Would you sanction a confidential Blue Shield survey? If it checks out, we nominate for UNESCO heritage protection. John’s onboard, agreed to it.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.) (chuckling)

He is, is he?

JOHN (O.S.) (defensive but amused)

I did? Oh—of course I will. Dan too. Let’s rope Hal in while we’re at it.

ROBERTA (V.O.) (smiling)

That’s settled then.

John opens his mouth to respond, but closes it. DAN and HAL exchange a look—speechless.

JOHN (O.S.) (muttering)

We’ll want our names carved into ancient stone while we’re at it...

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.)

I’ll speak to Professor Daccord. But if it’s what you suspect—we’ll make sure the history books are rewritten.

PATRICIA (appreciative)

You always were the keeper of lost truths, Roberta.

DR TREADSTONE (V.O.) (playfully ominous)

And you, Patricia—are the harbinger of beautiful trouble.

The uplink hisses softly as the line closes.

SCENE 18 - GOLDEN OFFER >>>>

PROPOSED SCRIPT ORDER (90-110 pages) - V1.0 DRAFT SCREENPLAY

ACT 1.

SCENE 1. PROTESTS - Peaceful North Sea oil pollution protestors are framed and imprisoned, by a corrupt judicial system.

SCENE 2. PREDATOR - On release the Terramentals & smuggler Jorges Dicaprio, complete a mini-sub capable of sinking submarines.

SCENE 3. PHOENIX - Terramentals locate & hijack HMS Neptune in Irish Sea, Cumbria, using the Predator mini-sub - knocking out the crew.

SCENE 4. BRITISH PETROLEUM - Terramentals warn North Sea rig operators to stop. Claymore rig is torpedoed, Royal Navy respond.

SCENE 5. BBC WORLD SERVICE - Jill Bird reports Terramentals rig attacks, world shocked at pollution cover up. Charley Temple investigates.

SCENE 6. UNEP SOS - The UNEP ask John Storm to survey North Sea for oil pollution. Elizabeth Swann detects HMS Neptune radiation leaks.

SCENE 7. RADIATION ALERT - John & Dan twig radiation from HMS Neptune possible serious reactor damage. Must warn Terramentals.

ACT 2.

SCENE 8. STEALTH MODE - Storm spots Astute sub, Swann in stealth mode, detected as John warns extremists of sub radiation leakage.

SCENE 9. CHANGE OF COURSE - Terramentals change course, heading for the Straits of Gibraltar. Not believing radiation warning.

SCENE 10. U-BOAT 986 - Evading Swann, HMS Neptune navigates off transport lanes. Swann picks up magnetic signature of U-Boat 986.

SCENE 11. SENATE, UK & EU DEBATE - Sub hijacking & rig destruction, alarm bells around world. Deepwater Horizon shivers down spines.

SCENE 12. REACTOR LEAK - Terramentals realise John telling truth, as radiation rector damage detection system HMS Neptune triggers.

SCENE 13. RESCUE TOW - John rescues Terramentals. MI6 order Neptune sinking. MOD knew reactor dangerous, want evidence gone.

SCENE 14. LISBON PORT - Terramentals & Storm, shut Neptune's reactor. Tow, stricken submarine to Lisbon, prevent MI6 sinking evidence.

ACT 3.

SCENE 15. ROV ATLANTIS - Swann returns U-Boat stealth mode at night, to avoid tracking. Surveys site, discovers Atlantis & Nazi gold.

SCENE 16. TREASURE TROVE - John reveals gold find & threatened. US Linc Truman support. PM, Ed Thomas, & Sealord, royal support.

SCENE 17. BLUE SHIELD - Cleopatra alerts Blue Shield, Newcastle University, potential Atlantis find, suggests UNESCO world heritage site.

SCENE 18. GOLDEN OFFER - Claimants reward John U-Boat gold find. Agrees 1% cover costs 9% to Blue Shield surveys. UNESCO grateful.

SCENE 19. GREEN MOBILITY - Galvanized to action UK hit green H2 button, John gets grants low income families, Jill Bird, news item.

SCENE 20. IMO IS GO - The International Maritime Org green H2 & methanol, certification. USA in. China India stay with coal, gas & oil.

SCENE 21. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL - John & George amnesty, pirate caselaw & video proof set up. Harry & Johnson charged treason.

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In this fictional story, the characters and events are the product of the author's imagination.