Lilith: Screenplay

by Maximus Romulus

the room to deliver the disappointing news to his men.

  TAMIEL Is everything alright? Are they going to provide us with what we asked for?

  ANAK As far as the foodstuffs, yes, but, for the women, no, not a chance in hell.

  GADREEL We are inevitably doomed. We’ve come all this way for nothing.

  ANAK Well, not for completely nothing, at least we will have better foodstuffs.

  GADREEL What are we going to do? What are we going to tell the rest of the men back in Hazor?

  Gadreel starts to pace nervously up, and down the room.

  GADREEL (sternly) I’m not going back to Hazor without a woman.

  TAMIEL What are you going to do, carry three-hundred women on your back?

  GADREEL Do you have a better idea?

  ANAK Shut up, you two, let me think of something.

  Anak is tapping his fingers on the table, trying to think of what to do next.

  TAMIEL I have a proposition, but I fear you will not indeed agree to do this deed.

  GADREEL Let’s hear it Tamiel.

  TAMIEL What if we invite all the Jaredians to Hazor for a lavish feast, so that way, they are voluntarily bringing to us their sisters, mothers, and daughters, and in large numbers. After the feast is over, we kill all the brothers, fathers, and sons, and abduct their women.

  GADREEL Now you’re talking.

  ANAK Let us all swear an oath, and all bind ourselves by mutual imprecations not to abandon this plan, but to do this deed.

  That day, they swore an oath to each other, that they would execute this scheme when the time comes.

  INT. EARTH - MAGISTRATE OFFICE - DAY

  The people of the city have ensured that the visitors are fully loaded with foodstuffs for their journey back to Hazor. Wagons after wagons of wheat grain, rice, flour, and fresh vegetables, cheese, milk, and tea are made available to them. Gadreel and the others are standing outside the magistrate’s office with the provisions, while Anak and Tamiel are inside with Jared.

  ANAK On the behalf of the citizens of Hazor, I would like to express my deepest gratitude, for the generous hospitality, that you and your great city had bestowed upon us. We are forever in your debt, and in return to show our gratefulness, we are cordially inviting you, and all the residents of Jared to the inauguration of our newly developed city, Hazor.

  TAMIEL Your Excellency, I would like to present to you, this parting gift, a small token to show our appreciation for your extraordinary generosity.

  Tamiel hands over Jared a huge, one of a kind, ruby gemstone. He takes it, and he seems to be very pleased by the luster of this bright red-colored stone.

  JARED I’m pleased, and honored to accept your kind invitation. Rest assured that the citizens of Jared will be in attendance. We look forward to continuing the historic collaboration between your city, and ours. I bid you, farewell.

  VOICE OVER: The citizens of Jared went to Hazor for the sumptuous feast, and while they were inebriated with wine. Anak gave the signal to his men, and all the Jaredians men were killed, and their women were abducted to become consorts to the Nephilim.

  INT. HEAVEN - DAY

  The four cardinal angels are looking down to the earth through a vortex of angels spiraling down from heaven. The venerated heroes have gathered to seek each other’s counsel; they are worried about what is becoming of the earth.

  MICHAEL Do you see what the Nephilim had done?

  URIEL Humankind and angels were never meant to occupy the same realm.

  RAPHAEL Azazel taught mankind how to make weapons of war, and made known to them the minerals of the earth.

  GABRIEL They have taught all unrighteousness on earth, and revealed to humanity the secrets of the universe which an accursed mankind was forbidden to learn.

  URIEL And now, humanity is further defiled through the works that are been taught by them.

  RAPHAEL Behold, the souls of the Jaredian men who have died are crying out to me from the ground, their lamentations have ascended to the heavens, and are demanding justice.

  GABRIEL Samyaza and Azazel along with the other three-hundred Nephilim are to be punished.

  MICHAEL (To Raphael) Go forth, bind Azazel and Samyaza, make an opening in the desert, and bury them in the darkness, and let them abide there forever. Let this serve as an example for all angels who follies becoming human.

  RAPHAEL It shall be done.

  MICHAEL (To Gabriel) Proceed against the reprobates, and cause them to go forth; send them one against the other, that they may destroy each other in battle, for length of days shall they not have.

  INT. EARTH - FARMHOUSE - NIGHT

  A sick pale looking boy is lying in bed, coughing from time to time. He is playing with his wooden toys over a fur blanket, and then he’s hit by another spasm of coughing. He puts the toys down. The boy’s father enters the room, goes to him, fluffs his pillows, and briefly feels his forehead.

  AZAZEL Are you feeling any better son?

  ICARUS A little. I can’t fall asleep. Can you tell me a story?

  AZAZEL Sure. Have I told you about the Leviathans before?

  ICARUS No.

  AZAZEL Well, the Leviathans are completely fearless beasts who dwell in the sea. Their backs have rows of shields tightly sealed; each is so close to the next that no air can pass between. They are joined fast to one another; they cling together, and cannot be parted. Their snorting throws out flashes of light. Their eyes are like the rays of dawn, firebrands’ stream from their mouths. Smoke pours from their nostrils as from a boiling pot over a fire of reeds. Their breaths set coals ablaze, and flame darts from their mouths.

  Azazel suddenly makes a scary noise, trying to scare him. Icarus startles a bit, and giggles a little.

  AZAZEL (continuing) Their superior strength resides in their necks, dismay flees before them. The folds of their flesh are tightly joined. They are dense, and immovable. Their chests are as hard as diamonds. When they rise up, the mighty are terrified, they retreat before their thrashings. The swords that eventually strike; they have no effect, nor does the spears, the arrows, and the javelins. Weapons made of iron are treated like straws, bronze like rotten wood, and catapults do not make them flee, sling-stones are like chaff to them. They laugh at the rattling of the lance; a club seems to them but a breeze. Their undersides are jagged potsherds, leaving a trail in the mud like a threshing sledge. They make the depths churn like a boiling cauldron, and stir up the sea like a pot of ointment. They are...

  When Azazel finally looks over to the bed, Icarus was already fast asleep. He takes the kid’s toys off the bed, and put the fur blanket over him, and then he exits the room. He peeks through the doorway of the other chamber, and sees that his beautiful wife Ishtar is already fast asleep. He stares at her with sincere gratitude.

  AZAZEL (thinking to himself) Look at all the wonderful things, I’ve been blessed with.

  EXT. EARTH - FARMHOUSE - NIGHT

  Azazel walks outside his comfy cottage, to take a breath of fresh air. He strolls around, gazing over the desolate vista, and then he looks up for a moment at the stars. He hears an unusual sound coming near the stable, so he goes to investigate. Suddenly, the angel Raphael appears to him.

  AZAZEL (surprisingly) Raphael.

  RAPHAEL Azazel, you have been weighed on the scales of justice, and found woefully inadequate. You have reached the end of your years. Prepare to meet your doom.

  Raphael tosses the decapitated head of Samyaza to the ground.

  AZAZEL (frighteningly) Samyaza.

  RAPHAEL He is no more, much like you, soon will be.

  AZAZEL I was part of the legendary Grigori legion once. And, I’ve fought on heaven’s side to defeat Lucifer, and his followers. Please, allow me to live out the rest of my days on earth. I have a wife, and a son.

  RAPHAEL An abomination.

  AZAZEL I have not caused any wrongdoings to humanity, that in due time they wouldn’t have caused to themselves.

  RAPHAEL You have gone to t
he daughters of men, and have slept with them, and revealed to them all kinds of sins.

  AZAZEL (proudly) Sins? If it be a sin, ascending mankind from the stone ages, to the Iron Age. Then, I'm the most offending being alive.

  RAPHAEL Indeed, you are.

  AZAZEL They may have had Freewill, but never the freedom to use it. And now, through the preparation of nine charm herbs, many illnesses can be cured, from highly venomous snake bites, to simple bacterial infections. Without shields, and swords. How does a man protect his family against the ferocious beasts who prowls the land? Tell me Raphael?

  RAPHAEL (shouting) You gave them weapons of war.

  AZAZEL (shouting back) I gave them tools to fend for themselves. They chose to go to war with it. As I recall, not so long ago we angels did just the same.

  RAPHAEL (shouting) It is not the same.

  AZAZEL (passionately) You can shut your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel. Unlike the humans, I don't have a soul, but I know how to love, how to feel. It is love, not blind obedience that is stronger than death, Raphael. And so it seems, my amorous way is the sole cause of my punishment. I am deemed guilty, because I loved.

  RAPHAEL Azazel your day of destruction has come. I hereby, condemn you to an eternity in absolute solitude, and darkness, buried deep under the earth.

  Raphael procures two flaming swords, and attacks Azazel. He narrowly escapes Raphael’s syndicated attacks. Azazel dodges to his left, and then to his right each time barely evading Raphael’s attacks. He finally manages to secure one of Raphael's flaming swords from him. Surprisingly, he doesn't get burn by the intense heat of the sword like a regular human would. Azazel is now advancing offensively, clutching Raphael's own sword in his hand. Azazel and Raphael, fueled by supernatural speed, lunges at each other in a blurred ballet of fatal manoeuvres. They match each other blow for blow, until one makes a mistake. Their weapons locked together, and then, Azazel forces Raphael backwards. Azazel lands a powerful blow on Raphael's wings, the sword-edge biting deep into the flesh. Raphael screams. Azazel withdraws his sword for another strike.

  AZAZEL (gloatingly) Sometimes, even angels deserve to die.

  Azazel moves in for the finishing blow. Raphael leaps into the air, and over Azazel's head, and does an acrobatic stunt. He lands behind his adversary. He brings his flaming sword down in a slashing swing, cutting Azazel across his back, spinning him around. Azazel falls down hard to the ground in defeat.

  CUT TO: A rush of cool wind blows through the semi-open window of the cottage. Icarus is in bed, lying fast asleep on his back, the cooler breeze sweeps into his face, causing him to turnover on his side. As he does, he exposes his backside to the window. Suddenly, we see white feathers on his bed.

  CLOSE UP: A single white feather is blown away by the wind, and slowly falls down on the floor.

  INT. EARTH - HAZOR - NIGHT

  Anak is pacing nervously outside of his bedroom door, and inside of the chamber, behind the transparent linen drapes. A woman is in labor. She’s deathly pale, and surrounded by midwives. The woman is having increased difficulties delivering the child.

  MIDWIFE#1 Come on, push. A little more... Push.

  The woman’s belly is extremely large, and it appears to be getting even larger each time she tries pushing out the child. She is gasping aloud for air, sweat dripping into her eyes, her mouth stretching open to a cry of pain.

  MIDWIFE#1 Come on, push, push, push.

  The woman gives her best efforts to push out the child. She dies immediately after giving birth to a giant.

  FADE OUT.

  THE END