H.O.P.E.

Ext- city- sky- day

There is a huge explosion in the side of a building and a ball of energy like a bullet fires out the side (zoom into the energy ball) inside it is a man TARDIGRADE being held by the throat by a large grey rough skinned prism headed humanoid creature ENDNOIR the man is wearing a vest and has a short gun in his hand and pistols in holsters on his hips and his skin is burning slowly the man punches the creature in its eye to no effect and is desperation he headbutts the creature and the creature throws him out of the ball of energy and he falls and the camera follows the man is falling and is heading far away from the city

Ext- rib roster- parking lot- day

The man is falling and is on fire like a meteor and he hits the sign slowing his acceleration and he then crashes through the front door

Int- rib roster- dinning area- day

The man crashes through and people panic to get out of the way screaming and as they man crashes into them they get torn apart children cry and men scream the tile flooring is torn to tiny bits as the man comes to a stop by time he stops there is a four foot deep crater in witch the man rests

Int- destroyed rib roster- crater- day

Tardigrade

(hurt)Fuck

Tardigrade looks to his right and sees his arm snaped off and is only connected by a few damaged blood vessels

Tardigrade

(panicked/scared)OH MY GOD OH GOD NO

Endnoir lands right outside the destroyed entrance in the parking lot breaking the concrete below his feet Endnoir walks each step he seemingly teleports closer with lights flickering with his movements Endnoir stops right at the start of the crater and he lifts his foot up and then swiftly stomps his foot through Tardigrades chest splashing blood everywhere painting the walls of the once famous fast food restaurant a bloody red the blood drips from the ceiling and Endnoir opens his arms preparing to clap his hands together with tardigrade's head in the middle then in one swift motion Endnoir pops Tardigrade's head like a water balloon blood flying everywhere and Endnoir brushes bits of skull and brain off his hands into a puddle of bloody bits

Ext- destroyed rib roster- parking lot-a moment later-day

Endnoir walks out of the destroyed rib roster draging tardigrades body by his foot then Endnoir tosses tardigrades body onto the road Endnoir stands still facing the road as if he is thinking then a large bullet strikes Endnoir by the right side of his face and he turns to see a man NATHEN wearing a blue suit of advanced armor the armor is damaged half his face is showing and his suit is barley operational Nathen seems to be scared he frantically starts taking parts of his suit and tries to repair a wrist gun Endnoir

Ext-road-interstate-day

Endnoir charges down at Nathen and Nathen try's to run but Endnoir grabs him by the throat

Nathen struggles then ejects a knife into air and catches it like a trick shot then thrusters in his arm accelerate sending Nathen's arm instantly into Endnoir chest the knife shatters instantly and some of the base of the blade and hilt melt together into a flat plate Nathen drops the knife and his face becomes petrified Endnoir pulls his arm back and makes a fist and his eyes glow then he send his fist at Nathen but right before it lands and reduces Nathen's head to a bloody pulp things freeze.

Nathen(VO)

Wait what, what is this... OH I GET IT this is my brain slowing things down so my life can flash before my eyes well brain DO IT ALREADY come on show me all my mistakes embarrassments and make me feel guilty come on I'm ready... I'm waiting come on how long is this going to take.... Oh wait here it is

Images flash quickly showing Nathen's life it shows him being neglected as a kid and having to live up to high expectation because his family is wealthy and also how lazy he was.

Nathen(VO)

OH MY GOD... that was not as bad as I though...ummmm why are things still slow oh wait it has not flashed the super hero stuff yet any day now brain come on this is fucking ridiculous well if I'm going to just sit here I might as well reflect ummmm so maybe I should not have spent all that time jerking off to video game girls though why did they have so little clothes ummmm... oh snap I just realized the meaning of life its really (flashbacks start)OH SHIT I ALMOST HAD IT BRAIN SCREW YOU

Ext-rooftops-city-night

Nathen is wearing black clothes and a mask and he has lots of tools made for sneaking into places and stealing stuff Nathen is running jumping rooftop to rooftop then he stops on a roof with skylights at the coast of the city Nathen slices a circle into the glass and places a suction tool onto the glass cut then the glass falls and shatters in the warehouse

Nathen

SHIT

Guard

Did somebody just say shit eh must have been in my head

Int-warehouse-city-coast-night

A rope lowers and Nathen slides down it

Nathen

That was way too close I swear if I get caught, I'm suing Tomas

Nathen walks though the warehouse seeing experimental weapons and Nathen swipes all a variety of weapons and tosses them into a black sack then he passes a huge human sized case labeled project tank mark II then he turns back and pulls out a crowbar and tries to pry it open to no avail so he reluctantly pulls out a plasma rifle he stole and blasts a hole through the handle and then opens it and sees a suit of armor that appears to enhance physical strength the suit is black and grey with a red soviet union seal stamped onto it Nathen's eye open in sight of the seal and he turns to see soviet banners and many posters and he sees a guard turn around the corner the guard is in a soviet uniform the guard spots Nathen

Guard

HEY YOU THERE YOU ARE NOT SUPOST TO BE HERE

Nathen

(unconvincing lying) Oh I'm sorry uuhhh... (backs up and bumps into the suit)Sargent (Nathen looks at the suit) SARGENT {wisecrack insult threat TBD}

Nathen slams his fist onto a button and the suit opens up and he steps back into it and the guard seems slightly worried but confident he can win Nathen charges at the guard and a sword protracts out of the right wrist and Nathen panics and stops to try to retract it then the guard punches him and Nathen is knocked back into a shelf and the guard then almost lands a blow to the gut but Nathen instinctually dashes to the left and slices the guard with the sword causing the guard to start to bleed out but because he knows he will die he grabs a grenade off his belt and pulls the pin and throws it at Nathen then panics and looks at the suit and finds a two grips and he pulls them and then the suit starts to lift off and Nathen sees it activated a thrusters and Nathen fly's out the skylight

Ext-sky-night

Nathen is flying through the clouds scared and he then relaxes and starts to enjoy it but he then hears a beeping and he looks to see on the wrist is a fuel warning and the thrusters stop

Nathen

OH SHIT OH SHITTY SHIT FUCK SHIT BALLS OH HOLY FUCKAMOLE OH GOD NOOOOOO

Nathen falls from the sky and screams

Ext-streets-outside store-night

Nathen crashes into the ground and then he takes off the helmet

Nathen

God fucking damn it my fucking back. (looks around) ... How am I still alive how the fuck am I alive the suit must have had cushions or something.

Nathen notices a scrap of the suit broke off and is in his gut and Nathen starts to panic and then he spots a store and walks into it

Int-store-night

Nathen wonders around and the few people there look at him and the blood dripping off of him

A little girl walks up to him and offers him her stuffed toy Nathen them gives her the middle figure

Nathen

You see this little birdie it means FUCK OFF I don't need or want your damn toy so scram go VAMOS

Nathen grabs bandage and all he needs to patch the wound from the scrap

Nathen makes his way to the counter to pay for the stuff

Cashier

Is that all

Nathen looks at a bottle of pills on the shelf behind the cashier the bottle is labeled RegenX

Nathen

I also need a bottle of RegenX fun fact my company invented and produces them

Cashier

La de da. DO I look like I give a fuck that will be 89.99 a bottle

Nathen

89.99 A BOTTLE THAT'S PRACTICALLY ROBBERY DO I LOOK LIKE IM MADE OF MONEY

Cashier

Said the guy who claims to be Nathen gr.

A robber kicks down the door and yells at the cashier to hand over all the money in the register

Nathen lifts his hands in the air

Nathen

Well looks like the cashier is not the only CROOK here

Nathen give the cashier the middle figure and the robber points the gun at Nathen and then grins and laughs at his joke

Robber

Ah ha-ha ha damn right sir you know what I'm in a good mood yo creepy cashier give this man a what he wants and give me all the money in the register

Cashier

I'll call the cops

Robber

And I'll call your wife for a good night because she is a sleeping with everybody

The robber points his gun at the cashier and fires ending the cashiers life

Nathen

YOU KILLED HIM

Robber

(sarcastically)OH my god I feel so bad... NOT ah hahahahaha

Nathen

WHAT IF HE HAD A FAMILY

Robber

Oh he did and he wont be missed

Nathen aims his wrist and makes a fist and a bullet fires and kills the robber then Nathen panics and runs away out of the store

Ext-alleyway-dark-night

Nathen walks down a dark alleyway and then a homeless man throws a bottle at him

Homeless man

GO FUCK YOURSELF NATHEN YOU DID THIS TO ME

Nathen

What

Homeless man

My daughter was dying and newton tech was developing a drug to cure her sickness but then it went missing and oh just think about this your company suddenly started work on the same thing and finished it and sold it for what was it oh yeah 280 dollars I saved up every dollar I ever earned so I could buy the medicine but you stole it and sold it for too much and my daughter died in my arms and its on you HER BLOOD IS ON YOUR HANDS YOU MURDERER COME ON BOYS TAKE HIM OUT

A bunch of men in ragged clothes jump out of hiding spots and surround Nathen each one armed with crowbars bottles and knives

Nathen

Ok calm down you don't want this

You will become murderers yourself you would be no better than me

Homeless man

OH go fuck yourself you spoiled rich dick

The homeless men beat Nathen kicking him stabbing him and they tear apart his armor and then they all back up and the homeless man lifts a wooden plank with a nail in it

Homeless man

FOR ALLIYAH

The homeless man swings the plank and the nail goes into Nathen's head

CUT TO BLACK

Int-hospital-recovery room-morning

Nathen is a bed with stitches all over his body

Nathen

Where am I

Doctor

Good your awake a homeless man found you and brought you here and you were in critical condition you are very lucky to be alive

Nathen

When can I leave

Doctor

In a month is my guess the stiches need lots of time to heal but you should be able to leave in a month

Nathen

Ok

Int-Nathen's mansion- bedroom-noon

Nathen wakes up and gets out of bed he has no shirt on his body is covered in scars and he walks over to his closet and grabs a shirt off a hanger and puts it on

Int-Nathen's mansion-kitchen-noon

Nathen has a bowl on a table and he grabs cereal and fills the bowl with cereal and then he fills it with coffee and then he grabs a can of beer and spikes the cereal and eats it then after one spoonful he sees the gross mix of drinks and looks at his reflection and then gets up and walks towards a elevator

Int-Nathen's mansion-Lab-noon

Nathen steps out of the elevator and looks at the damaged suit on the table and then turns on the tv and watches the news and the new is about Nathen's cousin who just cloned a brainless human being so they could remove the need for donating organs and then it starts talking about his family's unique gift with technology and their innovative nature and all but Nathen have that gift Nathen starts to cry thinking of how he just ruins lives for his own gain

Nathen

WHY COULD I NEVER DO GOOD LIKE THEM

Nathen looks at a photo of his dad

Nathen

WHY DAD why did I never get the gift why did you never give me it why must I be a failure why.... (angry)ANSWER ME

Nathen crys and trys to grab a tissue but grabs a machine part instead

Nathen

Huh... wait this is a mechanical interlock the one from that car that was suppose to have seats for pets and animals WAIT if I use this plus a retracting switch blade and or folding nanometal hold on now that all could be used to enhance the suit the interlock can act as a open and close mechanism that cant be hacked and the nanometal can completely replace the steel used and the folding switch blade could be reused as a faster way to whip out the swords holy SHIT

Nathen starts collecting parts that are lying around and he gets to work on the suit

Ext-bank-city-back -alleyway-day

A man is running out of a hole in the back of a bank and all as cops yell we have you surrounded don't try anything the man is carrying bags of money then Blue ninja jumps down from above and kicks the guy and then the guy pulls out a rifle and starts shooting Blue ninja

Blue ninja

Dude you can stop this suit is made of a nanometal alloy no bullet can dent it

Bank robber

WHAT ARE YOU SOME KINDA HERO

Blue ninja

I guess you can say that

Blue ninja lifts his mask

Bank robber

WAIT YOUR NATHEN THE RICH GUY

Nathen

Damn right bitch

The bank robber starts shooting again but Nathen's mask drops back down and Nathen charges at the bank robber

Ext-bank-city-back -street -day

Blue ninja walks out the front door of the bank and tosses the bank robber on the ground for the cops the cops surround blue ninja

Chief of police

Who are you

Blue ninja

I'm this city's new hero anyway have a nice day officer

Blue ninja jumps and activates thrusters and fly's off and sees a huge explosion at his cousins building and he heads towards it

Ext-destroyed rib roster- parking lot-day-before blue ninja had his life flash

Tardigrade's body rests on the ground and his head starts to regrow and bits of brain come back and then a pebble lands on part of his regrowing brain and the screen flashes with light

Int-warehouse-city-coast-night

A guard is holding his cheat and he is bleeding out the guard calls for help and then another guard comes looks at the damage the other guard picks up the guard

Int-secret Soviet base-med bay-noon

The guard is recovering and the doctor walks in

Doctor

Sir I have grave news for you

Guard

What

Doctor

You will die

Guard

Is there anything that can be done

Doctor

Your organs literally fell out on the way and we barley have you alive now but we might have a option for you

Guard

I will not let those sick freaks at project tardigrade experiment on me

Doctor

Its your only hope they can fix you, Make you stronger, you can become a god amoung men a golden star child for the soviet union

Guard

I served long enough if god wants me dead then I shall die

Doctor

They can make you great maybe even as great as your hero

The doctor leans to the guard ear

Doctor

(whispers)we can make you as strong as soviet star

The guard sits and ponders it he looks at a inspirational poster of a large man with metal melted to his skin the guy has the soviet flag all over him and his little visible skin looks like fire and written on the poster is "anyone can be a soviet star"then the guard looks at a sign up sheet the doctor left behind then cut to a shots of the guard in a tube of water being torn apart and reduced to a skeleton with just what few organs he needs and the nanobots doing what they can so he has as little flesh left then whats left taken out onto a cold metal table and a pov perspective of what the guard sees and he sees his lungs get pumped full of drugs and serums and chemicals then it cuts to him back in the tube slowly regenerating then being destroyed and reduced to his brain then him on that cold metal table regrowing while being tased and tortured and then torn apart as he heals forcing him to heal faster and faster until his regeneration is quick then he is almost fully healed just lacking skin and he get shot stabbed and burned and drowned and it has a brief flash of his skinless face being injected with more chemicals then it cuts to black

Int-secret soviet base-combat room-dark

A huge room that is filled with ruins of homes houses and building and it looks post war Soldiers are sent in the room and they are well armed one enters a demolished house and a arm breaks through a wall and grabs the soldier screams and it cuts to other soldiers scared and then a shadowy figure with a hood hiding his face stands before them the soldiers all fire and the shadowy figure is torn apart by the heavy gun fire but he regenerates almost instantly the soldiers panic and run but the shadowy figure grabs a pillar and swings it taking out half of them then he punches the ground and the force knocks down all the running soldiers and the ruins collapse and fall onto the soldiers finishing them then one man steps out the entrance and claps

The man

Well done well done really you have proven your worth today this is really impressive you might live up to soviet star someday

The shadowy figure takes off his hood and he is tardigrade

Tardigrade

So I can go on my first mission

The man

Yes we have one so the stupid cunt Richard had gotten a sample of the serums we used to create you and though Richard is dead is son is not and he inherited the company and he is working on it he will make more you and as we know that can't happen if America had versions of you well we would have no chance at beating them so get ready

Int-secret soviet base-mission briefing

The room is dark and there are a few soldiers no super soldiers and in the center is a projector and screen a man walk in

The general

So troops you are tasked with stopping America from completing project tardigrade if they have their own version then out only super soldier will be completely useless he would not even make a good foot soldier so this mission is of the highest priority and over there(points at tardigrade) is out only super soldier he is the leader of this mission so (starts projector)(the projector shows a map or a building) this is the base we are to destroy you we sneak in through the sublevels and then make your way up to the top floor and there you are to kill on sight Johnathon j Gareth now on the day it is rumored Nathen Johnathon's cousin will show up so if you encounter him don't kill him he supply's us with plasma charges he is unaware of us to him we are a ice cream truck company and he is not one to question as long as he gets paid and if he ends our deal then we will have no ammunition for our prototype weapons speaking of witch you all will be armed with plasma rifles and under no circumstances should you ever cover the plasma vent if you do you will either lose your hand or the gun will explode so don't do that alright now all of you follow the me to our drill

Int-secret soviet base-drill deployment room

The general opens a door for a drill and the soldiers enter the general stops tardigrade

The general

Now son if they have created a super soldier you are to destroy it at all costs along with the serum and whatever other science stuff there is okay

Tardigrade

I understand sir

The general

Good kid

Int- Johnathon tower-sublevel 3-storage-midnight

In the storage room a drill breaks through a wall and the door opens and tardigrade and some soldiers march out and start shooting everybody

Tardigrade(on comms)

Sublevel 3 clear

They make their way up the stairs and to floor 1

Int-Johnathon-tower-floor 1-lobby-midnight

Tardigrade and his troops enter the lobby and kill everyone there except for the receptionist

Tardigrade

(yelling)WHERE IS THE ELAVATOR

Receptinist

(scared)down the hall on the left then take the first right and its on the left

Tardigrade

Good

Tardigrade shoots her

Int-Johnathon-tower-floor 1-elavator-midnight

Tardigrade enters the elevator and not all his troops can fit so he orders half of them to stay behinds he then gets annoyed with the elevator music and shoots the speakers and then the doors open

Int-Johnathon-tower-floor 29-lab-midnight

Tardigrade throws a grenade and blows up the lab instantly

Int-Johnathon-tower-floor 30-offiace-midnight

Johnathon panics seeing the camera and he rushes to a ladder to the roof

Ext-Johnathon-tower-roof-helicopter landing pad -midnight

Jonathan rushes to his helicopter but tardigrade shots a hole in the roof and jumps onto the roof then Johnathon grabs a emergency gun and shoots tardigrade in the eyes blinding him then Johnathan gets in the helicopter and gets in a metal coffin like thing and it glows and glass tube stick out and slowly empty and then tardigrade's eye regenerate back and he rushes and shoves the helicopter off the roof causing a large explosion then he jumps down and goes splat

Int-Johnathon-tower-entrance-road-sunrise

the metal box breaks open and Johnathon is now larger and stronger than tardigrade then tardigrade starts to get up and he puts back on his clothes then finishes regenerating and then once he puts his vest back on he opens his eye to see a fist hit him in the face and then Johnathon grabs him and slams him into the ground

Johnathan

So what makes you think I would have work on this super soldier stuff and not have a backup at the ready or better yet one for myself

Johnathan starts beating tardigrade into a bloody pulp and as he struggles he calls base

The general(over comms)

What

Tardigrade

Backup need backup Johnathan had one for himself he used it help

The general

We know we expected this and built in a fail safe

Tardigrade

Good what is it

The general

You are, there is a bomb in you anyway your job is served and you may finally rest

Tardigrade blows up and Johnathan is knocked back into a building and the soldiers tardigrade told to stay back because of the elevator show up and then Johnathan leaps back down and starts tearing them apart and a tiny bit of blood that was not vaporized by the explosion drips onto a blade of grass but cloaked women walk up to that drop of blood and zaps it then walks away then the drop of blood starts to grow into a puddle and it regenerates back into tardigrade and he then sees his troops being slaughtered and he rushes and tackles Johnathan and starts beating him and then tardigrade grabs his throat and tears his head off and then walks away and drops to his knees and his troops turn on him and start shooting him to bits and then blue ninja lands and shoots the troops and then government vehicles show up and troops arrive and knockout tardigrade and blue ninja

Int-super human agency-interrogation room-morning

Nathen and tardigrade are in a room both handcuffed to a table and the room is dark Nathen is awake while tardigrade is out still then the lights turn on and a man in a suit AGENT enters

The agent

Nathen you are exceptionally smart

Nathen

(confused)Umm thank you

The agent

Your welcome now lets get to the chase you want to be a hero and that's good but hero's have to have regulation you are smart and I read your file and watched footage of you stealing and leading

Nathen

I work alone I don't lead

The agent

But here is the thing I don't believe you I know ypu well I have seen you led a team to finish a drug that converts fat to mussel now sure it sucks and cant remove a any more than a few pounds but it worked and you met the deadlines you set and that I find admirable and we are trying to round up superhumans but you have no powers and we feel you can lead superhumans

Nathen

That was business not anything more and why now huh why take me now of all times and who is the guy next to me the guy I saved

The agent

That is the worlds first super soldier his people abandoned him and messed with his mind he is a superhuman but luckily the people who made him only had this one miracle we tested him and he is impossible he can't exist he is perfect but he is a soviet soldier and is loyal to them so we have to either kill him or contain him

Tardigrade wakes up

Tardigrade

THEY BETRAYED ME

The agent he is awake

Nathen

You never told me why now

The agent

Him he was betrayed and if we are to have him serve us instead and have him contained when not serving

Tardigrade

Why are you talking as if I'm not here

The agent

Because I want you to know my offer you can serve us and be a hero and as for you Nathen serve us and lead a team with him and you can be a hero

Nathen

I wont lead or work with anyone

The agent

Then you wont be a hero

Nathen

That's unfair that's unjust I have rights

The agent

You are a citizen not a police officer or soldier but you can be a hero under our command

Nathen

I don't have to be a hero

The agent

Well that's fine but didn't you become a hero to redeem yourself to clear your conscience

Nathen

Fine but I am the leader right

The agent

Yes

Nathen

ok but quick thing do I get paid and do I get any cool gadgets

The agent

You will be paid $300,000 a week and you are allowed access to some technology that is restricted from the public

Nathen

Ok

The agent

Now you

Tardigrade

(mocking)What going to recruit me?

The agent

You are nearly impossible to kill and you are the strongest man on this earth why would anyone waste your potential so yes we want you on the team

Tardigrade

Just kill me

The agent

We are incapable of killing you so we would have to lock you up till the sun blows up

Tardigrade

What do I get if I serve

The agent

You can have some freedom and if you do well maybe we can talk about retirement

Tardigrade

What would I do

The agent

Fight criminals and super humans and protect the world

Tardigrade

Fine but only because I have nothing else to do and have no purpose

The agent

Good

Nathen

Do we have anyone else on the team and follow up what is the team called

The agent

nope we have no other members but you will get to recruit new members and the team name is.....

the agent sets a card down on the table and walks out of the room

the card has H.O.P.E. written on it

Nathen

What the fuck dose hope stand for

Tardigrade

I think it stands for hero's official protectors uhm enforcers

Nathen

That's stupid like you

Tardigrade

Fuck you blue bitch

Nathen

Ah ha I can tell this the start of a (sarcastic)great friendship

Behind a mirror is the agent

Int-super human agency-interrogation room-viewing room-morning

The agent

These clowns better be enough when the time comes

On a monitor a map of the universe is shown and a large energy disturbance is seen heading on a direct course with eath

The end