ASSASSIN'S CREED Writen by Leonardo Melo FIRST DRAFT - January, 2012. 1. INTRO. The screen is entirely black. We just hear some voices, we understand that belong to Desmond's parents, long time ago. VOICES Abstergo Industries. Pay attention, Desmond. You can NEVER trust them, you heard me? VOICES They are the Templars of our time. They want to domain the whole world. VOICES There will be a catastrophe, Desmond. The end is near. VOICES That's it, Desmond! You must strive! You are not a child anymore! VOICES Jump, Desmond! Jump! You can do it! VOICES You will become a great Assassin. It's your destiny. VOICES Desmond? Why aren't you striving like before? VOICES Desmond? Desmond? Where are you going? No, come back!!! VOICES Desmond....!!!! FADE IN. 2. INT. BAD WEATHER'S BATHROOM - NIGHT. DESMOND is at the washbasin, washing his face. He is like in the game: young man, short black hair, wearing jeans and a white sweatshirt with a hood. He seems to be a little disturbed. He finishes to wash his face and his hands and look to himself at the mirror. DESMOND: Why the fuck are you remembering this shit right now? The door of the bathroom opens, reveling STEVE. Like Desmond, he is a bartender at Bad Weather, a night club. STEVE Hey, Desmond! What the hell are you doing? The people are getting crazy here! Come on, man, help me up! DESMOND: I'm going, Steve. STEVE Hurry! Steve closes the door. Desmond dries his hands and his face. CUT TO: 3. INT. BAD WEATHER NIGHT CLUB - NIGHT. The club is crowded. Everybody dances with the techno music, the lights are blinking and spining in all directions. At one of the bars, Desmond, Steve and other bartenders are doing drinks and serving the crazy people who are screaming their orders. Desmond take a sip of a drink, lay down the cup near to the balcony and continues his working. Some guy screams to him while he makes some drink: CUSTOMER: Hey, Desmond! What is the name of that drink you made to me last time? DESMOND: Shirley Templar? CUSTOMER: Yeah! What do you use to do it? DESMOND: The usual, but with rum! CUSTOMER: I want four! DESMOND: Coming! Desmond finishes the drink he was making, delivers to a girl and begins to make the next. Another girl, a brunette, coming closer. She is pretty beautiful and draws attention to everybody near. This is MILLENA. Desmond don't know yet, but she works for Abstergo Industries. MILLENA: Hey, Handsome. DESMOND: (Continuing to make the drinks) Millena. Hi! How're doing tonight? MILLENA: (With a malicious smile) Pretty good. But better if you can escape for a little while... DESMOND: (Smiling, but paying attention to the drinks) Sorry, I can't right now. Today I'm mega-busy... as you can see! MILLENA: Oh, that's a pity. Well, give me a beer than, once you can't give me a kiss... DESMOND: Sure thing! Desmond turns back to take the beer from the refrigerator. This takes just one second, but one second is everything Millena needs. We see her putting something on Desmond's drink. He delivers the beer to her. They exchange smiles and she go. DESMOND: Here is. MILLENA: Thanks. See ya... Desmond backs to the drinks, laughing, and look to Steve, who shakes his head, laughing too: STEVE: You lucky bastard! CUT TO: 4. EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT. Desmond gets out from the club to an alley. He doesn't feel very well. He sweat and feel dizzy. We see trough his vision for a moment and everything seems fuzzy. He tries to lean on the wall and don't see three men approaching. Not until they stay closer. DESMOND: God... what... is happening... to me? One of the men is DOCTOR VIDIC, who works for Abstergo. He is a little different that the scientist we see in the game: he is a little old, but strong and we can see he will be a difficult opponent to any Assassin who crosses his way. He approaches to Desmond: DOC VIDIC: Mr. Miles? DESMOND: Y... yeah... who is it? DOC VIDIC: DESMOND Miles? DESMOND: Yeah, what do you want? There are no answer. One of the other men approaches with a baton and hits Desmond in the head. 5. INT. CAR - NIGHT They enter in a black car, Desmond on the back seat, between the two henchmen. Doc Vidic is in the front seat and another man drives the car. The car starts to move. Desmond is almost unconscious, his brow bleeds. DESMOND: What... what do you want from me? DOC VIDIC: We got you, Mr. Miles. Finally. And the best part is... you don't have a clue about who you really are, do you? DESMOND: What are you... talking about...? Desmond faints. 6. EXT. STREETS - NIGHT. The car continues to go. A weak drizzle falls while we approach to Abstergo building. The car enters at the parking underground and we can see the Abstergo logo at the top of the building. 6. INT. ABSTERGO BUILDING - NIGHT. The car parks and they all come out. The henchmen carry Desmond holding him in the arms. They steps into an elevator. Desmond is recovering conscience. The elevator leads into a floor with some offices. They continue to drag him trough, until they came into a vast chamber. We can see the ANIMUS at the center, it's a machine that seems a metallic recumbent chair with some devices and computers connected to it. They come into a cell. Millena and LUCY STILLMAN, a blonde young girl, are close to it. DESMOND: Hmm... where are you taking me...? They push Desmond into the cell, he falls. There aren't much inside: just a bed, a table, a chair and a little bathroom at the bottom. The transparent doors automatically close. Desmond look up, with difficulty. He recognizes Millena. DESMOND: What... Millena? What are you doing here? MILLENA: (Arrogant) Oh, Desmond... you're so silly. So naive. So easy to cheat. DESMOND: To cheat...? Wait... you? Did you drugged me? MILLENA: But you learns fast. She walk away, he approaches the doors of the cell. DESMOND: Wait! Come back here! What the hell is going on? LUCY: I now you have questions, Mr. Miles. But you need to get some rest for now. Tomorrow we´ll answer your questions. DESMOND: And who are you? LUCY: My name's Lucy. Don't worry. We won't hurt you. DESMOND: (Passing his fingers on the bleeding brow) It's a little late for that. DOC VIDIC: (Interrupting) Enough of this. You can thank Lucy here later. She think you wouldn't survive if we start now, once you're drugged. But tomorrow you won't escape, Mr. Miles. DOC VIDIC: Lucy, come. They walks to leave the room. DESMOND: Start? Start what? Escape from what? LUCY: Get some rest. See you tomorrow. They leave the room. The lights are turning off. Desmond stays alone in the dark. Shocked, injured and surprised. CUT TO: 7. INT. ANIMUS ROOM - DAY. It's next day. The doors of the cell are opening. Desmond suddenly wakes up from a few minutes sleeping. Vidic approaches. DOC VIDIC: Good morning, Mr. Miles. So, let's start? Desmond gets up and walk outside de cell. Lucy is there too. LUCY: Did you get some sleep? DESMOND: Almost nothing. DOC VIDIC: (Debauching and pointing the Animus) Sorry to hear it. Lay down here, Mr. Miles. DESMOND: What the fuck is that shit? What you gonna do with me? LUCY: (Putting a hand on his sholder) Trust me. I'll explain. Just do what he says. Reluctantly, Desmond obeys. Once he lays in the Animus, they start to connect his body on the devices. DESMOND: What is this? DOC VIDIC: This is the Animus, Mr. Miles. A machine that will allow us to search into your memories. DESMOND: My memories? Why? DOC VIDIC: Because you have information we need, of course. DESMOND: Information? I'm a bartender, for god's sake. What do you want, to learn how to make a vodka martini? I tell you: shaken, not stirred. DOC VIDIC: Stop this nonsense, Mr. Miles. We know who you are. WHAT you are. You are an Assassin. DESMOND: What? No! Is this what this all about? I'm not an Assassin! Not anymore! I leave when I was... DOC VIDIC: Sixteen. We now. But doesn't matter. You see, there is not YOUR memories that are interesting for us, Mr. Miles. But your ancestors. DESMOND: My ancestors? DOC VIDIC: You are descendent of Ezio Auditore da Firenze. He was an implacable enemy. DESMOND: (Trying to get free) An enemy? You are Templars! Am I in the Abstergo Industries? LUCY: Calm down! You will hurt yourself! DOC VIDIC: Listen to her, Mr. Miles. It's useless. Besides, it's better for you if you try to not resist. You don't hurt and once we get what we need, you can walk away. He stay a little more calm. DOC VIDIC: Good. DESMOND: How do you get the memories of this Enzio person trough me? DOC VIDIC: EZIO, you stupid ignorant! Don't you even KNOW the history of your family? DOC VIDIC: Let me explain for you. All living creature of this planet has GENETIC memory. That's how birds know where to go, how wolves know how to hunt. DESMOND: I thought that is instinct. DOC VIDIC: You are stupid, don't surprises me. But Animus can access the genetic memory. And that's how we get what we need from you. DESMOND: And this would be....? DOC VIDIC: An artifact. But doesn't concerns you right now. Let's begin. A arc of glass arises up to Desmond's head. He feels a little worry. DOC VIDIC: Oh, and remember, Mr. Miles. Help us, you get free. Try to resist, you take a bullet in your head, just like the others. DESMOND: Others? What others? Doc Vidic turn to Lucy: DOC VIDIC: Turn it on! Desmond inspires deeply. He closes his eyes. CUT TO: 8. EXT. FLORENCE STREETS - DAY. OVERLAPPING CHARACTERS: 1476, Florence, Italy. There is a group of young men at the square in front of "Santo Stefano del Ponte" church. One of them seems to be the leader. It's EZIO AUDITORE, with 17 years old. They all are laughing and screaming, until Ezio says: EZIO: Silence, my friends! Let me talk! They obey and Ezio continues: EZIO: I called you here today. It's time to put a stop quel bastardo, Vieri de'Pazzi, who are telling lyes about my family, defaming my name! EZIO: So, I want to ask you for help and together, we... A stone falls near his foot, interrupting the speech. It's VIERI who are approaching with his gang. VIERI: Enough of this bullshit, grullo. Ezio turn back and faces him. EZIO: Buona sera, Vieri. We're just talking about you. VIERI: You are really un bastardo, Auditore! I'm tired of your petulance! EZIO: Oh, my ciccione, what can I say? Your sister doesn't complain last night. Actually, she seems quite satisfied! Ezio's friends laugh. Vieri get angry and unsheathes the sword. VIERI: Enough! Kill the bastards!!! Vieri's friends throw stones against Ezio's group. One of them hit Ezio in the brow. He takes his sword too and the battle begins. He battles Vieri while his fellas fight against the other with punches and kicks. Ezio rapidly get the Vieri's sword down. Vieri, coward, avoid an attach from Ezio and run. He don't go so far. He's stopped by a punch from a figure that just arrived: FEDERICO, Ezio's oldest brother. FEDERICO: What, you're already leaving? The party was just beginning! VIERI: Bastardo! You, Auditore, are everywhere? FEDERICO: We do what we can. VIERI: Let's go, boys! Let's get out of here!!! Vieri runs away, his fellas follow him. Ezio approaches the brother. EZIO: Federico! What are you doing here? FEDERICO: You're welcome, fratellino. Oh, dear God, what is this on your brow? EZIO: It's nothing. Let's go, they're getting away. FEDERICO: Leave them. Let's go home. It's late. EZIO: But Vieri... FEDERICO: Vieri can wait. He's just a piece of mierda. EZIO: Hrm. Ok. Let's go home. Ezio starts to walk, but Federico stops him. FEDERICO: No, not this way. He signals to his brother, who immediately understand and smiles. They run to a wall, climb it and reach the roof. In a moment, they booth are running, jumping and crawling until a particular roof. EZIO: Hey, stop. FEDERICO: What? EZIO: You go first. I have one last stop before go home. He looks to a particular window. Federico understand. FEDERICO: Oh, come on. You'll wake up her. EZIO: Maybe she wants to. Federico hesitates. But he knows his brother, he won't give up. FEDERICO: Ok. But don't stay much longer. Papa needs you in the morning. EZIO: Ok! Federico run to a certain direction and disappears. Ezio climbs down the roof, take a little stone and throw it in the window. Soon, the window opens. It's CRISTINA, a beautiful young lady. CRISTINA: Who is it? EZIO: Cristina! It's Ezio! CRISTINA: Ezio? What are you doing? EZIO: May I come in? She signs. He climbs the wall and in one moment, he's inside her bedroom. 9. INT. CRISTINA'S ROOM - NIGHT. Cristina sees the cut on Ezio's brow. CRISTINA: You're hurt. What happened? EZIO: It's nothing. Just a scratch. CRISTINA: Let me clean this. She take a cloth and begin to cleaning the cut. CRISTINA: You're fighting de'Pazzi again, aren't you? EZIO: I cannot hide anything from you. He ignores the fact she's cleaning the cut and tries to kiss her. CRISTINA: Stay quiet! EZIO: I can't. He got a kiss. Then other. She desists to cleaning and in a moment, they are on her bed. 10. INT-EXT. CRISTINA'S ROOM - DAY. Next day. They are waking up with the noise from the street. And the voice of her father, ANTONIO CALFUCCI. MR. CALFUCCI: Cristina, it's time to wake up! Your tutor is coming! Ezio suddenly jumps from the bed and put his clothes. When Antonio opens the door, he's giving to Cristina one last kiss. MR. CALFUCCI: Come on, girl, don't... figlio di una putana!!! Smiling, Ezio jump through the window, rapidly climbing up and reaching the roof. Once there, he jumps to the other roof, in front of Cristina's window. Antonio come to the window, yelling while Vieri passes down on the street. MR. CALFUCCI: Someone! Catch this cimice for me! And I want the coglioni too! Vieri rapdly understand the situation and smile to Mr. Calfucci: VIERI: That will be my pleasure, sir! MR. CALFUCCI: Vieri! Catch this son of a bitch and I give you my daughter's hand! CRISTINA: Father! No! MR. CALFUCCI: Shut up! I deal with you later! VIERI: We have a deal! Vieri starts to run. 11. EXT. FLORENCE STREETS - DAY. Ezio runs through the roofs, Vieri try to follow him at the streets. EZIO: This is just what I needed... VIERI: Ezio! Come down here and feel my new blade!!! Ezio runs in the direction of some pigeons at the roof's edge. He smiles, recognizing the place. Vieri don't see what are his doing. Like a leap of faith, he runs and jump, letting his body to fall. He reaches precisely what he wants to: a car full of hay. He hides for a moment. Vieri come running, his sword in the hand. He stops next to the car, Ezio sees him and hold his breath. Vieri stays there for a long moment, looking for Ezio at the roofs. Then, says a little of dirty words and go. Ezio gets up and run straight to home. 12. INT. PALAZZO AUDITORE - DAY. Ezio walks into the house and meet Federico, worried. FEDERICO: You're in trouble, man. I told you. EZIO: Is he very angry? FEDERICO: Discover for yourself. He's waiting for you in the office. Ezio continues to the corridor until he comes at his father's office, in the first floor. There, GIOVANNI AUDITORE are waiting for him, serious face. EZIO: Would you want to see me, pa? GIOVANNI: Sit down. Ezio obeys. GIOVANNI: Do you think I'm blind and deaf, son? Do you think I don't know about your fight against de'Pazzi last night? Ezio opens his mouth to speak, but... GIOVANNI: Let me finish! GIOVANNI: And if this wasn't bad enough, you insist in to court Antonio Calfucci's daughter... and slept with her! GIOVANNI: Don't you concern about our family's reputation? Don't you? Do you know who these acts make me remember? Ezio let his head down. Your father, then, suddenly changes the serious expression and begins a smile. He gets up and go to the son to give him a hug. GIOVANNI: You little devil! You reminds me myself when I was in your age! Giovanni stay serious again. GIOVANNI: But don't you think I wouldn't punish you... if I didn't need you. GIOVANNI: Otherwise, I would send you to your uncle Mario and make him recruit you to his army of condottieri. EZIO: Uncle Mario has an army? GIOVANNI: Yes, he does. But this is a subject to another occasion. Now, let's to