The Fifth Element

The ZFX200 shifts to the speed of light and vanishes in the star-studded cosmos.

INT. CHAPEL

David is asleep. He is woken by the sound of...

EXT. DESERT – DAWN

The ZFX200 is parked in the middle of the desert.

Korben walks ahead carrying Leeloo. Cornelius has the four Stones with him. Barely awake, Loc Rhod stumbles along. David appears at the door of the chapel.

DAVID

You're all safe. Thanks be to God!

CORNELIUS

Later, David! Later! There's not a minute to lose!

The small group enters the chapel.

INT. CHAPEL

Cornelius pushes the group onto the altar which is surrounded by a wooden barrier. Cornelius stands in front of the cross.

KORBEN

Excuse me, Father, but... could we pray later?

Cornelius bends the cross and pushes it down. A mechanism is set off lowering the altar like a service elevator.

The altar descends amid rocky walls.

INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

MUNRO

They just landed in the desert.

PRESIDENT

(sweating)

How much time is left?

EXT. SPACE

Earth is in view. The Dark Planet fills the screen and heads for the blue planet.

INT. PRESIDENT'S OFFICE

SCIENTIST

About nine minutes.

President Lindberg has trouble breathing.

INT. TEMPLE

Lit by torches, Korben sets Leeloo delicately on the altar in the exact center of the four elements. Cornelius looks over the four Stones every which way.

CORNELIUS

(panic-stricken)

Uh, this one... must be water!

It's obvious he doesn't know where to put it.