S P L I C E   -  K L A U S  & EVA V O N  K O L R E U T E R

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<<<<<< INCUBUS

510,30’N, 00 – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

INT. CYBERCORE GENETICA – NIGHT

A high-tech lab gleams with ambient light. DNA strands spin holographically. EVA KOLREUTER (50s, sharp-eyed, composed) enters, coffee in hand. KLAUS VON KOLREUTER (60s, intellectual, methodical) studies a glowing interface labeled “CYBERCORE GENETICA.”

KLAUS (V.O.)
The genome... the ultimate cipher. Every twist a fragment of potential.

EVA (V.O.)
But for us, it’s not just data. It’s destiny.

INT. STUDY – NIGHT

Ancient Egyptian scrolls share space with lab notebooks. A book titled “Myths of the Nile Valley” lies open.

EVA (V.O.)
Rebirth. Eternal life. Maybe not myth... maybe memory.

INT. LAB – LATER THAT NIGHT

Both Klaus and Eva doze at their workstations.

DREAM SEQUENCE

EXT. STONE CHAMBER – DREAM REALM

Anubis, jackal-headed, towers before them. Beside him stands ISIS, radiant.

ANUBIS
Your quest echoes the prophecies. You approach a sacred threshold.

ISIS
Unlocking life and death... is no ordinary pursuit.

Klaus and Eva bow silently, awestruck.

INT. LAB – MORNING

They awaken, visibly shaken. Exchange a glance.

EVA
I saw them too.

KLAUS
Then it’s real.

INT. RESEARCH MONTAGE

—DNA sequences animate onscreen.

—A simulation titled “Reincarnation Protocol” activates.

—Anubis and Isis icons flicker faintly in the interface’s code.

KLAUS (V.O.)
A mission beyond science. One blessed by divinity.

INT. DREAM SEQUENCE – LATER

ANUBIS again stands before Klaus.

ANUBIS
You seek to defy death. Noble. Dangerous.

KLAUS
We seek knowledge... understanding.

ANUBIS
Then we shall guide your hand.

INT. EVA’S DREAM – BEDROOM

Isis glows in silver moonlight.

ISIS
Eternal life tempts. Use it to heal, not dominate.

EVA
We will bring hope.

ISIS
Then our blessing is yours.

INT. KITCHEN – MORNING

Klaus and Eva sip tea in silence. Deep in thought.

EVA (V.O.)
The power to create life... must be carried with grace.

INT. GENONIMO INVESTMENTS – OFFICE

A timeline of breakthroughs scrolls onscreen. A headline reads: “2010: Synthetic Life Achieved.”

KLAUS (V.O.)
As profound as Moon landings. Artificial life—born in a flask.

INT. CLAUS’S STUDY – NIGHT

Books on Watson, Crick. DNA models lit by warm lamp light.

KLAUS (V.O.)
Sugar. Phosphate. Protein. The alphabet of existence.

INT. FAMILY LIVING ROOM – DAY

Family photos line the wall. Klaus and Eva beam proudly beside their daughter.

EVA (V.O.)
She is us... written in code.

KLAUS (V.O.)
The perfect form... isn’t fictional. It’s programmable.

INT. DNA DESIGN LAB – NIGHT

Supercomputers crunch vast data. Highlighted traits: HEIGHT, COLOR, MASS, LUMINESCENCE.

KLAUS
Babbage dreamt it. Ford built it. Now it builds us.

ROBOTIC TECHNICIANS operate fluidly, replicating human motion. A DNA sequence assembles onscreen.

EVA
And the code learns... faster than we do.

INT. SECURE TERMINAL – NIGHT

A screen flashes: *HYBRID INTERFACE – ILLEGAL PERMUTATION DETECTED*. Klaus deletes files. Eva watches solemnly.

EVA
We erased the monsters. But they lived... even briefly.

INT. RESEARCH SEMINAR – FLASHBACK

Klaus lectures on species boundaries.

KLAUS
Tions. Ligers. But some pairings... should never exist.

INT. DOCUMENTARY MONTAGE

—Cattle bred for meat.

—Arabian horses sprint.

—Dogs evolve from wolves.

—Ant queens selected via royal jelly.

EVA (V.O.)
Nature selects. Man directs.

KLAUS (V.O.)
Ants choose destiny by diet. Imagine if we chose through DNA.

INT. CLAUS’S REFLECTION – BATHROOM – NIGHT

Klaus inspects his reflection, glasses resting on his chest.

KLAUS (V.O.)
I can sculpt myself... with data and discipline.

INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT

Klaus and Eva sit together quietly. DNA registry open. Their daughter’s photo rests nearby.

EVA
What if the “Book of Life” isn’t myth... but module?

KLAUS
And the spell is just... software.

EXT. SWISS SKYLINE – DUSK

Clouds drift over majestic peaks. The land of secrecy, science, and now, sacred resurrection.

FADE OUT

INT. VON KOLREUTER RESIDENCE – DAY

A tidy, modern space with antique accents. Klaus, short and stocky, examines himself in a mirror. His scalp freshly shaved. Silver-rimmed glasses dangle from a chain.

KLAUS (V.O.)
Inside every strand, a secret. Perhaps... perfection.

INT. FAMILY PHOTO WALL – DAY

Framed photographs show Klaus and EVA in lab coats. Another frame: their DAUGHTER as a baby, then a teen—sharp gaze, determined smile.

EVA (V.O.)
She carries our code. She carries our hopes.

INT. CYBERCORE GENETICA LAB – NIGHT

Screens pulse with data. A SUPERCOMPUTER scans millions of DNA sequences.

KLAUS (V.O.)
Thanks, Babbage. And Ford.
Without you, we’d still be in the steam age.

ROBOTIC ARMS manipulate vials with surgical precision. A chromosomal strand visualizes onscreen—highlighted sections glow with annotations: HEIGHT. MASS. LUMINESCENCE.

EVA (V.O.)
The puzzle is recursive. Life folds into itself.

MONTAGE – BREAKTHROUGH EVOLVES

—Plug-in modules add traits to human gene profiles.

—One labeled “Hybrid Interface” triggers a WARNING: *EXPERIMENTAL ZONE – ILLEGAL*.

—A strange creature appears onscreen. EVA deletes the file immediately.

KLAUS (V.O.)
We pushed limits. Some... too far.

INT. GENEVA BIOTECH CONFERENCE – FLASHBACK

Diagrams of lion–tiger hybrids, cattle variants, canine evolution. Klaus lectures with quiet intensity.

KLAUS
When DNA diverges too far... a new species is born.
Nature tolerates nuance. But not madness.

INT. LAB – NIGHT

EVA analyzes a behavioral anomaly log: “Rabbit A6 – Aggression Incident.” “Canine B2 – Wall-Climbing Behavior.”

EVA (V.O.)
Our simulations failed to predict everything. But we learned.

QUICK FLASH – DOG flinches as a steaming teabag nears its nose.

EVA (V.O.) (cont’d)
Sometimes the lesson... is in the pain.

INT. RESIDENCE BATHROOM – NIGHT

Klaus gazes into the mirror again. His eyes are sharper now, more contemplative.

KLAUS
We could do more than repair... We could refine.

INT. LIVING ROOM – NIGHT

Klaus and Eva sit together. A soft fire crackles nearby. His hand rests atop a leather-bound DNA registry. Hers touches a tablet showing sequences labeled “Divine Attributes.”

EVA
The Book of Life... it’s digital now.

KLAUS
And the spell is code.

They share a quiet moment. Eyes locked. Minds racing.

EVA
We could build something... ideal.

KLAUS
But perfection isn’t the goal. Understanding is.

INT. CYBERCORE GENETICA – NIGHT

Zoom out from the lab—a temple of science and myth. Faint glimmers of hieroglyphs etched into the infrastructure.

EVA (V.O.)
This was never just science.

KLAUS (V.O.)
It was sacred. A bridge. Between gods and mortals.

FADE OUT

TREMORS >>>>>>

THE BATTLE OF ACTIUM - Queen Cleopatra retreats leaving Mark Antony to lose against Octavian and seek a new deal with Rome.

CURSE - Cleopatra pleas gods of Duat, Osiris, Anubis, Ra & Thoth, when stars align once more, Isis, "Mother of All, weave my essence anew."

TANZANIA - THE STORM BREAKS - Fanatical DNA collector, John Storm, finds Homo erectus skull, Olduvia Gorge, in Tanzanian dig site.

WRATH OF THE GODS - 365BC destruction of Thonis and Alexandria, Anubis and Isis watch on in horror as Cleopatra is submerged.

ENIGMA - The birth of computers at Bletchley Park under Alan Turing, and his visits from Anubis and Isis, who see the potential in his ideas.

SYDNEY WILL READING - John's uncle Douglas vanished, declared dead, the adventurer inherits keys and a note from George Franks.

ANGEL OF DEATH - Anubis and Isis occupy Josef Mengele's and Adolf Hitler's subconscious as spirits steering their legacies.

INNER CIRCLE OF SIX - Joseph Mengele's Fourth Reich plans an escape to Brazil to develop Nazi-funded human research laboratories.

NELSON BAY - John visits the coordinates George gave him, to discover the Elizabeth Swann, ARK and Hal, AI computer.

BRAZIL BOUND - Doctor Death bargains for funding and logistics of relocation to Amazon South American base via Argentina.

NEW WORLD ORDER - A former Neo-Nazi plan to regenerate Aryan supremacy, develops into a cause for good.

REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE - Having reached the end of his PhD, William and Jane Bates have epiphanies, Will should follow his dream.

ROADBLOCK - Nobody would fund his R&D, William and Jane Bates are blanked by DARPA, computer and software houses.

THE AFTERLIFE - Cleopatra's tomb lay lost for centuries submerged and out of sight with little change of discovery.

QUANTUM LEAP - Jane and Will find backers, then US military and computer processor chip makers cyber attack, hack and bug them.

WASHING MACHINE - Inventor Franco Francisco comes up with the Incubus, artificial uterus concept while repairing his household appliance.

EXIT STRATEGY - Realising they will always be a target from industrial and military espionage, Jane & Will devise a cunning plan.

CYBERCORE GENETICA - Nano computer technology is purchased at an auction by a semi religious sect, New World Order.

INCUBUS - Roberta Ferrara secures the expertise of Franco Francisco for knights of the New World Order: Neuwelt Rittertum.

SPLICE - Klaus and Eva von Kolreuter find a way to live forever using cloning technology; Genonimo Investments, Geneva.

TREMORS - Cleopatra's feels vibrations after a shift in the tectonic plates triggered a tremor off the coast of Alexandria.

PANAMANIAN RUNNING MAN - The secret is out, an enhanced human is spotted running at unbelievable speeds.

THE ARK - NeuWelt Rittertum headhunt John Storm seeking access to his genetic DNA map of life on earth, but they fail to reach agreement.

MARJORIE BOYLE - Sam Hollis tracks down sexy backpacker, Majorie Boyle, to Brighton Point in Trinidad, beautiful Caribbean Island.

THE AMAZON - Charley agrees to meet John & Dan at Manaus, but is a little too inquisitive.

OPERATION LEVIATHAN - New World Knights, Klaus and Franco go to Plan 'B' to track and steal the Elizabeth Swann & The Ark DNA database.

TOMB RAIDERS - Safiya Sabuka and Musa Bomani dive among sifting sands to discover precious artifacts and golden treasures.

OPERATION ALEXANDRIA - Neo-Nazi occultists recover Cleopatra's sarcophagus from underwater tomb near Palace.

SALVAGE RIGHTS - Entering Cleopatra's mausoleum, locating sarcophagus and raising with air bags to the surface, Safiya Sabuka tomb raider.

COASTGUARD PATROL - Safiya and Musa surface off Alexandria to a waiting customs vessel, they pretend to be sports divers fooling the officials.

UNESCO - Catholic Church fear grave desecration heritage theft, asks agencies for help. Interpol issue Red Notice.

KIDNAP - Charley is taken prisoner but John rescues her, in the process becoming injected with a serum.

SARCOPHAGUS OPENING - The wooden inner casket is opened revealing Cleopatra's mummy, golden crown and death mask, perfectly preserved.

AWAKENING - In the afterlife, the DNA extracted from Cleopatra's mummy triggers a divine stirring with Anubis and Isis comforting the Nile Queen.

REPLICANT - The Society reproduce Cleopatra using Francisco's RepliVator™, uploading synapse sequence and implanted memories.

BRAIN CONDITIONING - Klaus and Franco upload digitally recreated memories in historical order to trigger correct learned synapse firing sequence

REBORN - The former Queen of Egypt speaks for the first time to her creators, proving that her brain is working, the implants succeeded.

FULL STEAM AHEAD - Storm speeds to Thonis, then uses the Swann's AI sensors and the Ark database to find tomb has been plundered.

PROPOSAL - Baron von Richhofen's gambit, a union of Royal ancient and Aryan blood, for strength and intellect, a powerful heir as her successor

RITUAL SACRIFICE - The Baron prepares Cleopatra for ceremonial impregnation, but Anubis and Isis know the man with a solar boat cometh.

MANAUS TO ALEXANDRIA - A hydrogen powered race across the Atlantic Ocean in nine days, John Storm guided by Anubis and Isis.

SANCTUM INTERRUPTUS - John finds secret Nazi hideout near Alexandria, disturbs ritual - rescues Cleopatra, arresting conspirators.

THE CHOSEN ONE - The reincarnated Cleopatra falls for her rescuer. John comes under her spell, despite her being a replicant.

MOVIES, WHAT ARE THEY - Reincarnated Nile Queen asks John and Dan to explain films, they show her 20th C. Fox 1963 Elizabeth Taylor biopic.

MUMMY DNA - Dan and Hal discover DNA from the Egyptian Pharaoh's teeth and run the Ark to confirm a match, modern Frankenstein

JOHN'S BLOODLINE - Dan and Hal trace trace John's noble lineage back to the iconic figures of Ancient Egypt & Roman General Mark Antony

DÉJÀ VU - Dan and Hal reveal John's family tree as being related to Roman General Mark Antony via Julia and Queen Drusilla of Mauretania.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION - Jack Mason talks John and Cleopatra into agreeing to a check up at Port Royal, Jamaica, working for NSA and CIA

GEORGE WARNS OF TORTURE - Franks radios Swann to tell John & Dan that New World Knights are being tortured at Guantánamo Bay, you're next.

JESUS CHRIST - Cleopatra asks about this man. John, Dan & Hal explain he is an ancient religious preacher from Galilee, son of Yahweh, Hebrew god.

BIOCORE BRAIN IMPLANT - Dan and Cleopatra drill John's skull, occipital bone implanting biological chip to interface with CyberCore Genetica.

DARPA, NSA & CIA - National security and military intelligence chiefs Iras Charmian and Dr Stefan Raengst, plot to remove all human obstacles.

MILITARY INTERVENTION - The military detain Cleopatra to appease stakeholders, despite media & medical protests. Storm distraught.

BATTLE ARMOUR - Thanks to some unexplained divine intervention, Dan Hawk talks John Storm into wearing a bullet proof suit.

GUANTÁNAMO BAY - History repeats itself, US military kidnap Cleopatra, John forced to rescue puts Elizabeth Swann at risk.

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE - Commander John Storm, in Navy SEAL mode, attacks the Cuban torture camp at Guantánamo Bay, in stealth mode, black op.

MISSILE LOCK - USA military try to hack into Hal, anticipating a strike, as the DOD launch Tomahawks, John hacks into NORAD, and redirects them.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN TRUMAN - Hails the Swann to find out why John is shooting missiles at Guantánamo Bay, Storm sets the record straight. FINALE

  KLAUS AND EVA VON KOLREUTER PERFECT A HUMAN CLONING DNA SPLICING METHOD AS A MEANS TO EVERLASTING LIFE AND GENOME ALTERATION - THE ADVENTURES OF JOHN STORM: CLEOPATRA & THE MUMMY REBORN OF THE AFTERLIFE

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