Mimic Page #2

ANCHORMAN:

Blattida Germanica. The common

cockroach.

DIRECTOR:

(To a RUNNER)

Tell them we're ready for a live feed.

EXT. OUTSIDE VAN - CITY HALL - DUSK

The runner exits the News Van. Other such vehicles parked

nearby. A CROWD of ONLOOKERS, REPORTERS and a gaggle of

PROTESTERS with handpainted signs.

Gliding past them, we pick up sound bites...

REPORTER 1

...an insect that has proven virtually

immune to chemical control...

REPORTER 2

...the announcement by the Health

Department that an end to the nightmare

has finally...

REPORTER 3 is interviewing a Greenpeace PROTESTER who is

holding up a photograph of Susan.

REPORTER 3

...an ex-colleague of Doctor Susan

Wyeth...

PROTESTER:

...Susan has always been opposed to

biological tampering. A real advocate

for ecological causes, it's not...

MOVE past them to further inside of the perimeter...

INT. AUDITORIUM - CITY HALL

A NEWS CONFERENCE in progress. A packed house. T.V.

monitors spaced ever 10 seats or so. In the audience, the

MAYOR OF NEW YORK and various CITY OFFICIALS, listening to

Peter, speaking at the podium with the ease and enthusiasm of

a public servant still untainted by bureaucracy.

ON A TV MONITOR:

While Peter talks, a news title appears at the bottom of the

screen:
PETER TYLER. DEPUTY DIRECTOR, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

PETER:

(wrapping up)

...in Nature, evolution is a long,

leisurely conversation between an

organism and its environment. We,

however, did not have the luxury of

time...

Susan is waiting in the wings. She observes the audience.

She notices that the entire front row is composed of CHILDREN

who have survived Strickler's. Leg and arm braces, facial

scarring...

He nods at Susan, who takes the podium, adjusting her jacket,

slightly ill at ease in her business suit. She clears her

throat, speaks softly.

SUSAN:

With the aid of genetic labs throughout

the country, we recombined cockroach DNA

with genetic information from termites

and mantids. We were able to create a

biological counter-agent. A new ally, if

you will...

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