RELIC

                              KAWAKITA
                    Got to finish this thesis sometime.

                              MARGO
                    How about lunch?

                              KAWAKITA
                    Not today.  Besides, I think the
                    director of the museum is expecting
                    you.

                              MARGO
                    Okay.

     Margo exits.  Greg returns to his work.

     INT. HALLWAYS - MUSEUM - DAY

     Margo heads down the hall to the Director's office.  She walks through
     the new double oak doors to find DR. FROCK seated at Cuthbert's old
     desk.

                              MARGO
                    Dr. Frock?

                              FROCK
                    Look who's here, Margo.

     PENDERGAST and D'AGOSTA rise out of two high-backed chairs.  Margo
     smiles for the first time, takes Pendergast's hands.

                              MARGO
                    I'm so glad to see you.  What's the
                    occasion?

                              PENDERGAST
                    I'm in town on a case.  Dropped by to
                    see Vince and we thought we'd see
                    the new display.

     INT. HALL OF THE SOUTH AMERICAN MAMMALS - DAY

     Margo, Pendergast, and D'Agosta follow Frock past the familiar
     dioramas.

                              PENDERGAST
                    Dr. Frock, I was wondering.  What
                    happened to the rest of
                    Whittlesley's plants?

                              FROCK
                    They were sent to the Center For
                    Disease Control in Atlanta.

                              D'AGOSTA
                    Shouldn't a drug that powerful be
                    destroyed?

                              FROCK
                    The virus itself might have positive
                    applications.  They'll keep the
                    plants in secure lock up while the
                    studies are made.
                        (beat)
                    Greg isn't joining us?

                              MARGO
                    He's changed.  He's always working on
                    his thesis.  He comes in early, stays
                    late.  I tried to get him to join us,
                    but he never takes a break.

     They pause on a NEW DIORAMA.  It's huge, filling one entire end of the
     hall.  In the center is a life-sized representation of MBWUN standing
     on the tepui amid the plants.  Behind is a painting of John Whittlesley
     as he once was.  He wears the necklace with the two arrows, of silver
     and gold.  As Margo looks, she touches her own.  Pendergast turns to
     her, sympathy in his eyes.

                              PENDERGAST
                    We did the right thing, Margo.

     Margo smiles warmly.

                              MARGO
                    Yes.  I know.

     INT. MARGO'S LABS - DAY

     Greg Kawakita wears gloves, high powered glasses, works in solitude in
     the lab.  Suddenly he stands up, throws off the glasses, then he sits
     down again.  He seems to be struggling with himself.  He glances over
     his shoulder to make sure he's alone.  Quickly he moves to a locked
     drawer.  He opens it with a key from his pocket and takes out a small
     envelope, looks inside.

     INSERT... the envelope is full of the PLANT FIBERS!  Greg has managed to
     keep his own cache!

     Moving quickly, with jerky motions, he lays one fiber down on a slide
     with a shaking hand.  With an exacto knife, he cuts off a tiny sliver,
     pops it into his mouth.  He closes his eyes in ecstasy and savors the
     taste.  Then he cuts one more infinitesimal sliver, leaves it on the
     slide.  He takes a deep breath, returns the envelope to the drawer.  He
     turns the key carefully and we GO CLOSE ON HIS HAND...

     On the back is A ROW OF SCALES...

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