"Operation Vengeance" Written by Some One This screenplay takes characters from the 2015 EON Productions film "SPECTRE" and continues their story. There are characters in this screenplay who are owned exclusively by Danjaq LLC and, or EON Productions, as far as Someone is aware. No copyright infringement is intended. This is a work of fan fiction. The screenplay is intended for educational purposes and is being made freely available to the reader for that reason. It can be photocopied, or its contents divulged to any third party. It can not be sold. Please accord with the utmost care. This screenplay does not claim to be a recreation of the forthcoming 25th James Bond film, NO TIME TO DIE. Any similarities in the stories are entirely coincidental. OPERATION VENGEANCE's screenplay was completed in January 2019. 1. GUNBARREL - BOND - BLOOD IRIS OPENS on the face of IRMA BUNT INT. HELICOPTER - SUNRISE BUNT Check your weapons! A tall imposing woman, IRMA BUNT, walks through the cramped cabin between the heavily armed commandos she leads and stops at the side-door gunner. BUNT (CONT’D) All opposition must be eliminated. Bunt slides back the side-door, the gunner by her side, and looks out across the river Thames. EXT. ENGLAND - SUNRISE The helicopter flies over the river Thames flowing towards London. INT. ARMORED PRISON TRUCK - DAY ERNST STAVRO BLOFELD sits in the truck in chains. GARETH MALLORY and his former chief of staff, TANNER, are standing by its rear double doors, next to OFFICER WILLIAMS, MI-6 security guard. MALLORY Looking forward to your new maximum security jail, Blofeld? BLOFELD (hateful) And how’s your life, my dear Lieutenant Colonel Gareth Mallory? Reduced to accompanying me with private security. Not even M anymore, just a common soldier. TANNER And you’re a very long-term prisoner of Her Majesty’s government, Blofeld, or whatever you’re calling yourself these days. BLOFELD It is Mister Ernst Stavro Blofeld, to the likes of you, Mister Tanner. An ex-chief of staff to an ex-M. 2. CONTINUED: MALLORY Enjoy your cell. Tanner and Mallory exit the truck. Officer Williams locks Blofeld’s shackles and sits down opposite him. A giant private security company guard steps into the truck wearing a broad smile and closes the doors behind him. The enormous guard’s huge frame is seen in stark contrast to Officer Williams’ average build. His name is MISTER HINX and his neck can be seen to be badly scarred. EXT. HER MAJESTY’S PRISON BELMARSH COURTYARD - DAY Tanner and Mallory walk to their car, the courtyard’s gates are opening and the convoy of armored trucks, MI-6 security cars, private security trucks and police vehicles are slowly starting to depart. TANNER Is that all Blofeld has, Sir, glee over the double-o section’s demise? MALLORY He’ll spend the rest of his life in this new prison, Tanner. So, let’s get him there. EXT. COUNTRY HOUSE - DAY A tree lined drive leads to a magnificent country house and outside, an expensive sedan adorned with white ribbons. INT. COUNTRY HOUSE - DAY In an upstairs bedroom, DOCTOR MADELEINE SWANN is in her beautiful wedding gown, a stylist finishing her make-up. EXT. COUNTRY HOUSE - DAY Madeleine, the beautiful bride, steps out of the front door. The sedan’s chauffeur jumps out of the car and opens the door for the perfectly dressed lady. The sedan drives up the long tree lined drive. EXT. A BEAUTIFUL VILLAGE - DAY JAMES BOND, dressed in his morning suit, is driving his Aston Martin DB-5, and arrives on the outskirts of an old picturesque village. In the distance, the steeple of a Gothic church. 3. EXT. TRAFALGAR ROAD, LONDON - DAY As the Blofeld convoy races down Trafalgar road, police sirens fill the air. Above the convoy, a helicopter flies overhead, over taking the convoy. INT. MALLORY AND TANNER’S CAR - DAY TANNER What a day for Bond and Madeleine to get married. MALLORY Quite. Mallory and Tanner are startled to see a helicopter, with a strange antenna sticking from its nose, tracking the convoy. MALLORY (CONT’D) That doesn’t look good. TANNER No, Sir. I’ll call it in. EXT. COMBINED INTELLIGENCE SERVICE HQ - DAY SUPER: COMBINED INTELLIGENCE SERVICE UK HEADQUARTERS. By the north end of Vauxhall bridge, an impressive tower is now the Combined Intelligence Service headquarters. MI-6 is being absorbed into the new organization. INT. CIS HQ - DAY Q is sat confidently at MONEYPENNY’s desk, she stands beside him peering intently over his shoulder. Q There, I’ve fixed it. MONEYPENNY I wish you hadn’t, I actually have to finish my budget report now. Q And I.T. support is all I seem to be good for these days. Q’s cell phone rings. Q (CONT’D) Tanner. Yes, yes. OK, we’ll catch you up. MONEYPENNY They need us? Today? 4. CONTINUED: Q A suspicious helicopter. MONEYPENNY I’ll take the armed response team to meet them. Can the new drone center back us up? Q Yes, but only after I had the joy of our new leader, Lord Mosley, and his private sector minions crawling all over me. Q dials his cell phone. Q (CONT’D) Mosley’s drones should give this helicopter a big surprise. INT. CIS DRONE CONTROL CENTER - DAY CIS DRONE CONTROLLER Helicopter identified. Drone squadron launching now. EXT. WHITEHALL, LONDON - DAY Above Whitehall, the CIS drones, with machine gun nozzles protruding from their noses and missiles hanging from stubby wings on either side, race towards the Thames. INT. WEDDING SEDAN - DAY A radiant Madeleine looks out of her car window, smiling, the beautiful countryside passes by, pedestrians wave and cheer as the car drives past. Overtaking cars honk their horns in celebration. EXT. A CHURCH - DAY Bond pulls up near the church entrance. He gets out and strides towards the other guests who are filing in to find seats among the pews. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE - DAY The convoy drives on to Tower Bridge. INT. ARMORED TRUCK - DAY Blofeld looks at Hinx. 5. CONTINUED: BLOFELD Is it time? Hinx smiles and rams his fist into a surprised Officer Williams. Blofeld takes William’s radio. BLOFELD (CONT’D) Mallory, and his people, will suffer, truly suffer, for my incarceration. INT. A CHURCH - DAY Bond stands confidently before the grand alter, an old priest in attendance. Behind them, the chatting guests take up half the pews, but fill the church with noise. Their chatter is suddenly drowned out by the church bells, ringing for the bride’s imminent arrival. Bond smiles. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE - DAY At Tower bridge’s north end, the helicopter descends to street level and from its side-door the gunner sprays the oncoming convoy. The outriders are struck down and leading vehicles smash into each other as their drivers are maimed and killed. From the hovering helicopter, male and female commandos and Irma Bunt jump the last two feet to the ground, then the helicopter ascends. Bunt, her commandos, and suddenly the convoy’s own private security guards, open up on the vehicles, cutting down police and CIS security. The helicopter hovers above strafing vehicles which explode, surviving police and CIS staff fire back, taking up defensive positions behind the few cars and trucks that have not become blazing wrecks. EXT. MALLORY AND TANNER’S CAR - DAY At the rear of the convoy, private security blast Mallory and Tanner’s car. TANNER (O.S.) Good God! They’re Blofeld’s men! Tanner and Mallory leap from their car to take cover. EXT. A CHURCH - DAY As the sedan pulls up outside the church, Madeleine is still smiling. The bells are still ringing. A crowd of excited well wishers greet Madeleine as she gracefully exits the car and meets the priest who takes her arm and walks her into the church. 6. INT. BLOFELD’S ARMORED PRISON VEHICLE - DAY Blofeld adjusts the frequency on the radio. BLOFELD Frau Bunt, what is the situation? BUNT (O.S.) Mallory and his men are still resisting. BLOFELD Kill them all. Blofeld smiles at Officer Williams, who is lying on the truck floor nursing a split lip. INT. A CHURCH - DAY The priest and Madeleine reach the altar where Bond awaits. Bond and Madeleine exchange loving smiles. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE - DAY Gunfire fills the air. COMMANDO #1 The enemy are progressing on the south side. BUNT You know the plan, execute. EXT. MALLORY AND TANNER’S CAR Moneypenny and Q’s cars screech to a halt behind Mallory and Tanner. Q and Moneypenny and her heavily armed security team rush to reach the two embattled MI-6 veterans. MONEYPENNY What’s the situation, Sir? MALLORY The helicopter’s gunner is giving us hell, but our men and women are fighting back. Blofeld is stuck on the bridge. Q We can knock out the gunship, Sir. (into his cell phone) Standby drone control for permission to fire. The target is above Tower Bridge. 7. INT. TOWER BRIDGE CONTROL ROOM - DAY Commandos burst into the bridge control room, the staff cower behind their desks. COMMANDO #1 Raise the bridge. The terrified controller turns to the control deck, alarms can be heard coming from the bridge. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE SOUTH SIDE - DAY The bridge’s two halves start to rise, vehicles and dead bodies begin to roll and slide. Moneypenny grabs a security outrider’s motorbike and guns the engine, racing towards the rising bridge. Mallory, Q and Tanner watch as Moneypenny leaps off the end of the rising bridge. The three men scramble to the sidewalk railing as vehicles and bodies slide towards and past them. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE NORTH END - DAY Vehicles, bodies, private security staff, CIS security and commandos tumble and crash. Blofeld’s armored van tips and falls on its side as the bridge section is fully raised. INT. BLOFELD’S ARMORED PRISON VEHICLE - DAY Blofeld and Hinx adjust their clothing after their fall inside the sliding, toppling vehicle. Officer Williams grins at their upset. BLOFELD (into his radio) Frau Bunt, what is happening!? BUNT (O.S.) We are almost with you. Gunfire can be heard. Blofeld glares triumphantly at a grimacing Officer Williams. INT. CHURCH - DAY The church gathering sings a hymn and Bond and Madeleine kneel down before the priest. INT. DRONE CONTROL CENTER - DAY On the screens above the drone controllers, different views of Tower bridge from the squadron of attack drones can be seen. The drone controller fires the drones’ missiles. 8. EXT. ABOVE THE THAMES - DAY The drones’ missiles fly towards the bridge. INT. HELICOPTER COCKPIT - DAY The pilot pushes a button on his control stick. EXT. HELICOPTER - DAY The helicopter’s strange antenna is pulsing, sending out feint cones of microwave energy. EXT. ABOVE THE THAMES - DAY The microwave energy passes over the missiles and then the attack drones. The missiles go awry, some explode against nearby buildings. The drones whirl into each other, firing their missiles, guns blazing. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE SOUTH SIDE - DAY Moneypenny’s security team are struck down by the exploding missiles’ shrapnel and drone bullets raking the bridge’s south end. Trying to get to cover, Tanner cries out and collapses, Q runs to his aid, but is cut down by more drone bullets. Mallory dashes over to his colleagues. EXT. BLOFELD’S ARMORED PRISON VEHICLE - DAY Bunt’s commandos kill the last of the CIS security. Bunt raps her knuckles on the truck door. The door is opened by Hinx and Bunt steps in, bullet proof vest and helmet in hand. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE SOUTH END - DAY Mallory tries desperately to resuscitate Q’s body with CPR, in the background Tanner’s bloodied body writhes in agony. INT. BLOFELD’S ARMORED PRISON VEHICLE - DAY Blofeld and Bunt stand facing each other, the huge hulk of Hinx watches, commandos stand around them. Bunt respectfully places the bullet proof vest on Blofeld as if it was an investiture and hands him the helmet. Blofeld puts it on. BUNT And the most important piece. Bunt holds up Blofeld’s ring with the Octopus logo. Hinx grins. Blofeld raises his right hand. Bunt puts the ring on Blofeld’s middle finger. Bunt, Hinx and the commandos gently clap in celebration. Blofeld glares at Officer Williams. 9. CONTINUED: BLOFELD Mister Hinx. Hinx grabs Officer Williams by the head, gripping his temples and forcing his thumbs into Williams’ eye sockets. Williams struggles, cries out, and then passes out. His limp body, dropped by Hinx, crumples to the floor. BLOFELD (CONT’D) Shall we go? INT. CHURCH - DAY The priest blesses an emotional Madeleine and Bond. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE - DAY Bunt, Hinx and Blofeld exit the truck and stare into the barrel of Moneypenny’s pistol. Crawling out from behind wrecked cars, a sole female commando, wounded, bleeding, staggers forward, unseen by Moneypenny. MONEYPENNY Under the Special Measures Act of 2001, I am detaining you all on behalf of Her Majesty's government. The commando clubs Moneypenny with the butt of her pistol. Moneypenny collapses to the floor. BLOFELD Mallory should be dead at my feet, but she is enough. Hinx, bring her. Hinx lifts Moneypenny’s unconscious body. INT. CHURCH - DAY The priest gives Madeleine the sacrament, passing her the chalice of red wine from which Madeleine sips. A tiny red drop splashes on her white dress. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE SOUTH END - DAY Mallory cradles Tanner, covered in his blood. TANNER (painfully) Sir. MALLORY Save your strength, Tanner. 10. CONTINUED: TANNER Find. Bond. Get. Blofeld. MALLORY We both will, Tanner. TANNER For. me. Tanner stops breathing, life ebbs from his eyes. MALLORY If it’s my final mission, old friend. Even if it’s my, final mission. EXT. HOTEL CONCOURSE/SAINT KATHERINE’S PIER - DAY Blofeld’s entourage arrives at the hotel concourse where the helicopter has landed. From the murky waters of the river Thames, a submarine breaks the surface and its hatch opens. Blofeld climbs aboard the submarine, helped by Hinx who follows with Moneypenny slung over his shoulder. Bunt, the remaining commandos and private security staff board the helicopter and it lifts off into the sky. The submarine dives into the Thames. EXT. TOWER BRIDGE SOUTH END - DAY Mallory gently closes Tanner’s eyes and respectfully lays his ex-chief of staff down. Mallory stands up and stares at the departing helicopter, only vengeance on his mind. EXT. CHURCH - DAY Mister and Mrs James Bond emerge triumphant from the ancient church. They are showered in confetti by the throng of excited well wishers and guests outside. Confetti floats toward and down into the inky blackness of a nearby drain. MAIN TITLES. EXT. A HOUSE - DAY An old house sits amidst a wilderness. EXT. GARDEN - MORNING Madeleine stands in a large vegetable garden, trowel in hand, looking out to the horizon. A lone male figure can be seen running through a forest tree line. It is Bond and he is making his way back. Madeleine carries on digging her garden. 11. CONTINUED: Bond comes to a stop just before the muddy vegetable patch, a smiling Madeleine strolls up to her panting husband. MADELEINE New personal best? Bond greets his wife with a passionate kiss. BOND (smiling) Yes. Bond throws his arms around Madeleine. MADELEINE (giggling) Get off me, sweaty man! Bond kisses Madeleine. BOND No one can see us, out here in the back of beyond. MADELEINE You’re a bad, bad man. BOND And you’re a, dutiful, married, respectable, woman. MADELEINE Married to you! BOND Well, yes, that is one key difference to my past conquests. They embrace and kiss passionately. MADELEINE And now you can wash and put away the plate and cutlery you used for breakfast. Bond turns away, crossing his arms. MADELEINE (CONT’D) (playfully) Do I hear a sorry? You’ve been on your own too long. You’re with me now. BOND I know. 12. LATER: Madeleine finishes repairing an old wood window shutter. Bond, stripped to the waist, is forcefully chopping wood with a splitting axe. A smiling Madeleine hops over to her husband. MADELEINE Almost done? Bond drops his axe onto the splitting block. BOND I’ve got plenty of wood to stoke your oven. MADELEINE You do love what I can cook up. BOND I do. I’ll nibble every morsel. Madeleine throws her arms around Bond’s neck. MADELEINE But, tonight it’s your turn. BOND How about pan-seared swordfish? I can drive down to the fish market. MADELEINE I feel like steak. BOND I don’t like steak. And you like yours blue. MADELEINE Why not try it, you might like it? BOND I know what I like. MADELEINE You’re too stuck in your ways. BOND How about we meet in the middle? Deadly blowfish. MADELEINE You’ll be the death of me. A car is heard in the distance. MADELEINE (CONT’D) (anxiously) A car, here? 13. CONTINUED: Bond picks up his axe. BOND One of your relatives? Madeleine shrugs her shoulders. They walk towards the house and the sound of the car. EXT. DRIVEWAY - DAY Bond and Madeleine reach the front of the house as the car comes to a stop. The driver’s door opens, Mallory steps out. BOND M! MADELEINE Bonjour, M. Whatever are you doing here? MALLORY Good morning, Madeleine. Mallory sees the axe. MALLORY (CONT’D) (To Bond) I know you’re far from civilization out here, but I hope that’s not for me. BOND (humourously) Our new life, in the back of beyond. MALLORY Tell me more, James. INT. HOUSE - DAY Mallory, Madeleine and Bond walk INTO THE HOUSE. MALLORY No phone, no internet, how do you live? BOND Very well thanks. Bare chested Bond grabs a T-shirt off the back of a chair and puts it on. MADELEINE Would you like something to eat? MALLORY I don’t feel like eating. 14. CONTINUED: MADELEINE Non? Why so? Bond’s face hardens, he knows what’s coming next. MALLORY I came to tell you. Well, there’s no easy way to say it. (beat) Blofeld’s kidnapped Moneypenny and, Tanner’s dead. Madeleine stares at Bond, seeking a reaction. Bond can’t speak. EXT. GARDEN - LATE AFTERNOON Mallory, Bond and Madeleine sit around a patio dining table, a pitcher of something cold in the middle. MALLORY And Q almost died, I had to revive him and he’s still in hospital. He’s healing well, but it will be a while before he’s back on full-time duty. Bond and Madeleine sit silently hearing Mallory’s traumatic story. MALLORY (CONT’D) And after all that, now there is this. Mallory puts a small tablet computer on the table, activating a video as he does so. MALLORY (CONT’D) We received it 24 hours ago. Madeleine and Bond lean forward, uncertain of what they are about to watch. BLOFELD (O.S.) If you want Eve Moneypenny back, the list of chemicals shown at the bottom of the screen must be provided in their exact quantities and delivered to these specific coordinates. Bond and Madeleine look into infinity, as they absorb the strange ransom request. Bond focuses on Mallory. BOND Why these chemicals? 15. CONTINUED: MALLORY We think it’s a new type of weapon of mass destruction. BOND What have they got you doing? MALLORY I’m assisting the new Combined Intelligence Service boss, Lord Mosley. And they’ve reactivated my Northern Ireland Hereford regiment commission, I’m a Lieutenant Colonel again. BOND Mosley? MALLORY The Prime Minister appointed Lord Mosley to oversee this long gestating merger of MI-5 and MI-6 into what is a technology obsessed mess of a combined service. MADELEINE What’s happening in England? MALLORY One strategic blunder after another. And the old alliances just aren’t there anymore. Blofeld is powerful, with friends we didn’t know he had and in regimes where we thought we could make trade deals. All in all, we could do with your help, James. Madeleine stares at her husband, concerned. Bond tries hard not to show emotion and his welling sense of guilt. The three sit in an awkward silence for a moment. MALLORY (CONT’D) Look, I might not be M anymore, but we’re still a team. Me, Q, Moneypenny. She wanted to visit you both. BOND She did. Madeleine’s left hand clasps Bond’s right hand. Madeleine is close to tears, Bond has his emotional armor on BOND (CONT’D) I can’t give you an answer right now, M. 16. CONTINUED: (2) MALLORY I can understand, it’s a lot to take in. (writing on a note) This is my hotel. I fly out tomorrow evening. A disappointed Mallory pushes the note towards Bond. INT. HOUSE - EVENING Bond and Madeleine silently watch Mallory’s car drive away. MADELEINE (troubled) A penny for your thoughts. Madeleine takes Bond’s hand and gently squeezes it. He’s impassive. MADELEINE (CONT’D) So, you want to go? BOND That world, Blofeld’s, was also your father’s world. MADELEINE Until I met you, I had been running from it all my life. I thought we’d both finally left that all behind. BOND So did I. MADELEINE It’s not going to go away, is it. Bond’s fists clench, his face hardens. BOND Not unless I do something about it. Madeleine’s hand pushes Bond’s face to meet her’s. MADELEINE We do something. BOND You don’t have to go. MADELEINE I can’t sit here alone. I have to end this too. My own name, Swann, is fake, my family is a mystery to me because of them. (beat) (MORE) 17. CONTINUED: MADELEINE (CONT'D) After it’s all over, that’s it, yes? Madeleine searches Bond’s eyes for the truth. BOND I’m not going back for good. This is a last time, for us. Bond and Madeleine embrace and kiss deeply. EXT. A HOTEL - EVENING Dragging his one piece of wheel-on flight luggage, a depressed Mallory exits the hotel and hands his chit to the valet. MADELEINE (O.S.) Bonjour M. Mallory turns in surprise. MALLORY Madeleine. James! INT. A SMALL WHITE TILED ROOM - DAY Moneypenny’s eyes flutter partially open, the bright light of the medical room fills her vision. DISTANT VOICE (O.S.) Ah! She’s waking! A lone male blurred figure standing before Moneypenny comes into focus, he’s holding a white cat in his arms. BLOFELD Welcome back. How do you feel? Moneypenny realizes that she is sat upright in a cold metal chair, her wrists shackled to the armrests. MONEYPENNY I feel like killing you, Blofeld. Moneypenny strains against her restraints, lunging towards Blofeld. BLOFELD A precaution against such feelings. Please, don’t try to escape again, you are on our island. Frau Bunt tells me she has several men who will never work again. Moneypenny smiles. 18. CONTINUED: MONEYPENNY What a shame. Nice training area, I liked the flamethrowers. BLOFELD Frau Bunt makes good use of it, she is very good at what she does. I think you two have a lot in common. MONEYPENNY Good, she can show me the way off your island. Moneypenny focuses on the room she is in, a well-equipped infirmary with a single door and a large window into a larger white room are the only possible exits. BLOFELD Why would I let such a valuable person leave? Born in London’s Finsbury Park on a cold September sixth to immigrant Caribbean parents and rose to graduate in political science from Cambridge University, no less. And whose last job was personal assistant to one ex-M, Gareth Mallory. MONEYPENNY You’re well informed. BLOFELD I find if you take an interest in people, they take an interest in you. I think you would do very well here. MONEYPENNY I disagree. BLOFELD Tiago Rodriguez, Craig Mitchell, they turned to us. How has your MI- 6, if it still exists, treated you? Was there ever a black double-o? Moneypenny is silent, knowing there is some truth to the accusation. BLOFELD (CONT’D) No, I didn’t think so. You risk your life and they give you a slap on the back from Her Majesty. A lousy deal. 19. CONTINUED: (2) MONEYPENNY I do it to protect my family and friends, and all the decent people in my country and around the world who don’t deserve to be exploited by the likes of you; who killed their own father. BLOFELD Yes, biological father, but, we weren’t close. MONEYPENNY You left him to die on the side of a mountain. BLOFELD Something I have in common with James. Did you know his parents died on a mountain side? MONEYPENNY No. BLOFELD Ah, he never told you! So many secrets. Ask him about it when you see him next. MONEYPENNY He’s a long way away from wherever we are. BLOFELD For now. MONEYPENNY What sick game are you playing, Blofeld? BLOFELD A very simple one. You, Eve Moneypenny, are going to help me torment our friend James Bond, and exact my revenge on Gareth Mallory. MONEYPENNY Never. Blofeld walks defiantly out of the small room, its door, heavy and sound proof, closes and locks. MONEYPENNY (CONT’D) Never! GO TO HELL, BLOFELD! Moneypenny sees Blofeld through the large window. He lets the cat go and starts giving orders to a young beautiful brunette doctor who is operating a control panel. Moneypenny can’t hear what they are saying. 20. CONTINUED: (3) From above her, a chandelier like device with many small colored lights descends and moves closer, threateningly. BLOFELD (O.S.) (A booming echo of a voice) Are we sitting comfortably? I will tell you what to do. I will you tell you how. The chandelier device begins to spin and its multi-colored lights bathe the room while a deep throbbing sound from hidden speakers gets louder and louder. Moneypenny struggles against her shackles as the sounds and light become more and more intense. BLOFELD (O.S.) (CONT’D) It must be our secret, yours and mine. Our secret. INT. CONTROL ROOM - DAY Between Blofeld and the controller, Moneypenny can be seen writhing against her constraints under the bombardment of the throbbing sound and searing lights. BLOFELD And after you've done what I teach you, you'll forget it forever. I will tell you what to do. I will tell you when. Moneypenny convulses and screams in agony from the intense sound and lights. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY Q lays in bed, his upper body slightly raised, equipment monitors his vitals while he watches a flat panel television, listening through headphones. In walks Bond and Madeleine. BOND Lying down on the job again, Q? Q, startled, pulls off his headphones. Q Bond! Madeleine! BOND Don’t get up on our account. Q Same old singular wit I see. Hello Madeleine, lovely to meet you again. 21. CONTINUED: MADELEINE Bonjour Q. Madeleine looks at Q’s medical data on the screens around him. MADELEINE (CONT’D) Looking at your charts, I’d say you’re doing well. Q What hurts more is what happened to Tanner and Moneypenny. BOND Blofeld will suffer for what he’s done. Q I hope so, but he’s far stronger than we imagined. Technology turned out to be our Achilles heel. It was chaos, they destroyed our drones. BOND Mallory didn’t mention that. Q This Combined Intelligence Service is obsessed with drones and satellites replacing agents. MADELEINE (To Bond) They’ve replaced you with robots. Bond is not amused and ignores the cheeky remark. Q Q branch has been absorbed into an new all-powerful automation department. My boss isn’t Mallory anymore. I’m sorry I can’t help you. But, against Blofeld, it’s all up to you two. INT. LORD MOSLEY’S OFFICE - DAY LORD MOSLEY is a dignified looking man in his sixties, grey- haired, an air of superiority that comes with his noble background. LORD MOSLEY Her Majesty has given her assent to Operation Vengeance. MALLORY Excellent news, Sir. 22. CONTINUED: LORD MOSLEY As Blofeld can kill our drones, we’ll use a satellite to track his operatives after the exchange. MALLORY I will have the mission team members finalised for you shortly. LORD MOSLEY I’ve decided this mission to get Moneypenny will be led by my man, Draven. Mallory looks down at his shoes, irked by the decision. MALLORY Right you are, Sir. LORD MOSLEY Talk to Draven about the mission team later today. MALLORY The memorial for Tanner will be later today. LORD MOSLEY Afterwards then. And, Mallory, I won’t be attending the memorial. Mallory gives Lord Mosley a scathing look for his attitude towards Tanner’s death. INT. MI-6 CHAPEL, WHITEHALL Bond, Madeleine and Mallory are standing in front of a portrait of Tanner that sits on an easel beside the altar. MALLORY I wish Q had allowed me to explain things first. BOND What the hell is going on, Mosley lost Blofeld and it’s his drones that don’t work? MALLORY Lord Mosley is untouchable, he has been a close ally of the Prime Minister for years. He’s been a vocal supporter of the PM’s big idea, Global Trading Britain. MADELEINE So he wants Blofeld and his anti- drone technology neutralized. 23. CONTINUED: MALLORY Quite, Lord Mosley wants Blofeld and his weapon destroyed. It’s personal for him, Moneypenny’s rescue is a means to that end. BOND We’re here for Moneypenny, and that’s it. MALLORY Yes, this Mosley situation is not your fight. But. BOND But, what? MALLORY Lord Mosley refuses to involve the former double-os, because his technology must come first. MADELEINE How can we help then? MALLORY I’ve arranged for James to be with the SAS, under a different name. And I’ll provide a disguise. BOND And Madeleine? MALLORY We need a field experienced medic, which Madeleine is. Madeleine, I’ll take you to Q’s new boss, Patricia. She’ll have some equipment for you. MADELEINE When do we leave? MALLORY Tonight by military transport from Northolt. BOND First, I’m going to see an old friend. Drum up some more support. INT. AMERICAN STYLE DINER - EVENING Bond steps into the largely empty diner, a dishevelled Central Intelligence Agency agent FELIX LEITER is sat alone at the bar eating dinner. A beautiful waitress is preparing a plate of food at the end of the bar. 24. CONTINUED: BOND This is a long way off the beaten track for a Section Chief for South America. LEITER Or Rome, Italy, for you. The two men shake hands like old friends. BOND It has its pleasures. LEITER I met her, remember? BOND Congrats on the London posting. LEITER Congrats on getting hitched. Bond glances down at his wedding band with a slightly embarrassed half-smile. LEITER (CONT’D) I heard your government’s chasing Greene’s friends again. And now you want a favour from me, nothing has changed. BOND It’s not just for me, it’s for MI- 6, your allies, Felix. LEITER Is MI-6 around anymore? I hear different. And I’d heard you’d left. What the hell is going on? BOND And what is up with Langley these days? LEITER What's up with the White House is a better question. Sometimes I think the Russians know what our policy is before we do. BOND Simpler days fighting coca communism then. LEITER You bet. We’re living in uncertain times, brother, and your Lord Mosley doesn’t know what he’s doing. 25. CONTINUED: (2) BOND So, can you give me something, anything? LEITER Officially, forget it. But, for a pal, find the International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons and you’ll find Blofeld. EXT. MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE - NIGHT A military transport plane’s engines fill the air with the huge noise of its propellers. Pallets of special containers with chemical warning symbols on their sides occupy the centre of the aircraft. The special forces soldiers and Madeleine are taking their seats that run along the side of the plane. All are dressed in combat fatigues. DRAVEN boards the aircraft, physically he is the equal of Bond. DRAVEN Doctor Swann, I’m leading this mission, I’m Draven. Mallory’s file about you says very little, what’s your background? MADELEINE I’ve worked in war zones, charity medical relief for civilians. DRAVEN I hope that will be enough. We’re flying into ungoverned territory, utterly lawless borderlands. Do you have your phablet? Draven pulls out what looks like a cell phone with a much larger touch screen. Madeleine pulls out her phablet and smiles. MADELEINE Patricia explained it all to me. DRAVEN Good, it has data to help you. Stay close to my retrieval team when the exchange begins. Draven walks away to take his seat. Madeleine looks to her left. An SAS sniper with a large ginger beard sits next to Madeleine with his long sniper rifle, it’s Bond in disguise. BOND So, that’s Draven. 26. CONTINUED: MADELEINE What do you think? BOND I’ve met his type before. Bond scratches at his false beard between his helmet strap and his chin and grimaces. MADELEINE Itchy? BOND A little. MADELEINE James. In 24 hours, this could all be over. Madeleine pretends not to be apprehensive. BOND All that time with Medecine Sans Frontiers. Your father’s training. (smiling) It’ll all be over in the wink of an eye. Bond pauses and gives Madeleine an odd look. BOND (CONT’D) Phablet? MADELEINE Q’s new boss, Patricia. It’s her gadget for all field personnel. BOND It only gets worse. MADELEINE I won’t switch mine on. Mallory told me Blofeld might be able to track it. BOND You can stick that... The aircraft’s engines powering up to a deafening roar for take-off drown out Bond’s comment, but Madeleine’s grin says it all. EXT. ROYAL AIR FORCE BASE NORTHOLT - NIGHT The military transport plane takes off and flies into the cloudy, starless night. 27. INT. MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE COCKPIT - NIGHT DRAVEN What does the landing strip look like? The pilots are wearing night vision goggles and they stare out at the landscape ahead scanning for signs of danger. PILOT It will do. We have detected GPS jamming, as expected. DRAVEN (smiling) But, that won’t help them. INT. MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE - NIGHT Draven enters the cabin from the cockpit. DRAVEN Check your weapons! Snipers! When we land the side door will be opened, you’ll exit and go to your assigned locations. Stay silent on comms. If you spot Blofeld, kill him. Madeleine watches Bond checking his weapon, she bites her bottom lip. EXT. LANDING STRIP - NIGHT The military transport plane lands on the grass air strip, its cabin interior red light shining forth as the side door is opened and two figures jump from the rolling aircraft. The snipers tumble and then sprint off in different directions. EXT. EXCHANGE AREA - NIGHT The military transport plane comes to a stop and lowers its rear door ramp, red light shining forth illuminating the exchange area. Draven and his soldiers descend the ramp. Behind them a powered pallet truck is carrying the chemical containers. The pallet truck driver places the chemicals on the ground and returns to the ramp. EXT. BOND - NIGHT Bond lies in the grass his night vision scope trained on the exchange. He sees Spectre commandos walking forward and Draven’s pallet truck delivering more containers. 28. CONTINUED: A bespectacled man, a chemist, steps up to some of the containers and waves a small electronic nose over them, smelling the chemical contents for verification. From the shadows the huge shape of Hinx emerges. BOND Not so dead, after all. EXT. EXCHANGE AREA - NIGHT A light on the electronic nose turns green and the bespectacled chemist nods to his commandos. Hinx waves to persons beyond the lit area. Out of the darkness come forklifts. They lift the pallets and disappear into the darkness. Hinx and commandos slowly exit the illuminated area watching Draven’s men carefully. A weak Moneypenny emerges into the exchange zone, stumbling, she trips and falls to the ground. Madeleine and six of Draven’s men dash from the ramp with a stretcher. MADELEINE Roll her on to it, gently. Draven’s men unfold the stretcher, roll Moneypenny on to it, Madeleine checks her pulse and fits an intravenous drip. Madeleine notices Moneypenny's facial injuries. MADELEINE (CONT’D) (activating her throat mike) She’s stable, but, she’s, she’s been tortured, her face, the wounds are terrible. EXT. BOND - NIGHT Bond bristles upon hearing Madeleine’s words and cocks his rifle. EXT. MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE RAMP - NIGHT DRAVEN (into his radio) Exchange made. INT. CIS SITUATION ROOM - DAY Lord Mosley, Mallory and other CIS staff are listening intently to the radio communications from the exchange. LORD MOSLEY Excellent Draven, get everyone out of there. 29. CONTINUED: Q’s new boss, PATRICIA, a beautiful middle-aged woman, turns from her computer monitor. PATRICIA Sir, the surveillance satellite is being blinded! LORD MOSLEY How, Patricia? PATRICIA They must have a laser there to blind our satellite’s cameras! MALLORY What do we do? PATRICIA The laser can be small, it could be on any vehicle. LORD MOSLEY Draven! They have blinded our satellite, attack now. Mallory looks aghast at the knee jerk reaction. MALLORY No, not before Moneypenny is on the aircraft! LORD MOSLEY I’m in charge, Mallory! Draven, attack now! EXT. EXCHANGE AREA DRAVEN Attack, attack, attack! The silence of the exchange zone is shattered by gunfire from Draven’s men, anti-tank missiles flying from the CIS transport plane, vehicles exploding and Spectre commandos firing back. Draven’s men rush forward guns blazing, hand-to- hand combat with the commandos and Hinx ensues. It’s a war zone. EXT. BOND - NIGHT Through Bond’s night vision scope he can see Madeleine and two of Draven’s two men hurriedly carrying Moneypenny on a litter towards the military transport plane as tracer rounds of different hues zip past them. The other four Draven men beside Moneypenny's stretcher fire back, desperately covering the retreat to the aircraft. BOND (O.S.) You idiot, Draven! 30. EXT. BOND - NIGHT Bond shoots at the commandos, a miss, a hit, a kill, a maiming, another miss. EXT. EXCHANGE AREA - NIGHT As Madeleine and Draven's six men race towards the transport with Moneypenny, they are being cut down one by one by the withering fire from the overwhelming counter-attacking forces. EXT. BOND - NIGHT Through Bond’s night vision scope an armored vehicle appears, its heavy calibre gun, manned by Hinx, fires on Draven’s men. Bond shoots at Hinx, but his shots ricochet off the armored vehicle. Bond can see rounds from the heavy calibre gun striking the rear of the military transport plane, doing damage. An explosion of white light obscures the Moneypenny rescue team. EXT. EXCHANGE AREA - NIGHT In the wake of the explosion, Moneypenny and her escorts are motionless on the ground, Moneypenny partially off the stretcher. All but two of the men escorting Moneypenny are dead. The injured survivors slowly recover, Madeleine lies motionless to one side. The fighting continues around them. Walther PPK in hand, Bond sprints out of the darkness, madly shooting at the commandos, missing some, wounding others. Out of bullets, he fights viciously hand-to-hand trying to reach the motionless Madeleine. The remaining two injured men abandon the stretcher, lifting Moneypenny between them, limping forward, rounds zipping past. They carry her the last few feet to the military transport plane as Draven and the last of his soldiers standing on the plane’s ramp fire back at the commandos. Moneypenny and her two rescuers are hauled onto the ramp, Draven barks orders into the aircraft’s intercom and it rolls forward, accelerating. Draven’s soldiers sprint for the moving aircraft, some make it, but many die from the armored vehicle’s blazing gun. Draven's men on the ramp fire rocket propelled grenades at vehicles as their aircraft accelerates away into the night. Several grenades strike the armored vehicle, a huge ball of flame erupts. The military transport ascends noisily into the sky. What was a war zone is now silent, but for the crackle of burning vehicles. Bond reaches Madeleine, he checks her pulse, she's alive, Bond's face lights up. Madeleine stirs, coming back to life. 31. CONTINUED: BOND I’m here, Madeleine, you’re going to be OK. MADELEINE James. BOND Yes, I’m here. MADELEINE Moneypenny? Bond helps her sit up, she looks into his eyes, overwhelmed by the experience. BOND They got her aboard the plane, she’s safe. Madeleine embraces Bond, smiling. INT. CIS BUILDING, SITUATION ROOM - DAY LORD MOSLEY Draven, report. DRAVEN (O.S.) We have Moneypenny. Cheers go up in the situation room. MALLORY (To Mosley) Good news! LORD MOSLEY Casualties? DRAVEN We lost most of our men including both snipers. For a moment, Mallory fears the worst. MALLORY And our field medic? DRAVEN (O.S.) Dead. Mallory is silent, frozen in horror. LORD MOSLEY (To Draven) We’ve got Moneypenny, Blofeld has no leverage now. I can report that to the PM. We’ll find Blofeld another way. Good work, Draven. 32. CONTINUED: A despondent Mallory walks out of the celebratory situation room. EXT. EXCHANGE AREA - SUNRISE Bond forces the tire back onto a vehicle. Its windscreen smashed, its bodywork is riddled with bullet holes. Madeleine is dragging some rucksacks behind her, dropping them by the car they are clearly heavy. She looks across the blackened battlefield. MADELEINE What about all the dead? There’s so many. BOND Did you get it all? MADELEINE (angry) Yes! I scavenged all the guns, ammunition and explosives. What about the dead? BOND And I’m finished here. Bond leans into the car and the ignition starts. MADELEINE We can’t just leave them to rot! BOND What can we do for them? MADELEINE Don’t they at least deserve a decent burial? BOND Did you find a shovel? MADELEINE No. BOND Unless you want to bury, what, dozens with your bare hands, leave them to the animals. MADELEINE That’s cold, James, really cold. I don’t like that tone. Bond is dumping the rucksacks of weapons into the car. 33. CONTINUED: MADELEINE (CONT’D) We know Moneypenny is safe, what are we doing here? BOND We’ve got to catch up with those chemicals. We might be giving Blofeld a weapon of mass destruction. MADELEINE Catch up with them? We have no idea where they went. BOND Before we left England, a friend gave me a tip, find the International Brotherhood for the Assistance of Stateless Persons, and you’ll find Blofeld. MADELEINE It’s a front for him? BOND Yes. And it has an office in the port town, my guess is they’re going there. Bond takes a swig from a bottle of water and hands it to Madeleine. BOND (CONT’D) It’s a ten hour drive to the port, we’ve got to get started. MADELEINE And the dead, are just left for the vultures? BOND We can’t help them. Do you want their deaths to be for nothing? MADELEINE (humbled) No. Of course not. (she focuses on Bond) How’s your false beard? Bond feels his false beard. BOND I’d forgotten about it. It’s OK. Why? MADELEINE Not itchy or painful? 34. CONTINUED: (2) BOND No, why would it be? Madeleine rips off part of the fake beard to punish Bond for his cold attitude. Bond cries out in pain. Madeleine has a look of satisfaction. Bond pulls off the remainder of the false beard, visibly pained by doing it, then embraces Madeleine and they kiss deeply. Behind them the sun rises. INT. MILITARY TRANSPORT PLANE CABIN - DAY Moneypenny sits, slumped, between two of Draven’s wounded men. Over the aircraft’s loud speaker, the pilot speaks. PILOT (O.S.) We’ll be landing in 20 minutes. That’s 20 minutes before landing. Moneypenny slowly awakes, but she begins coughing hard, grabbing her throat as if in pain she suddenly starts convulsing. The two men beside her try to help, Moneypenny passes out and stops convulsing, they lay her on the deck trying to resuscitate her. Draven runs from his seat to the prone Moneypenny. Draven looks down at Moneypenny, her eyes open and lifeless. INT. Q’S LAB - DAY Mallory walks in to a very empty Q branch. Q is in a wheelchair amongst packing boxes and equipment strewn around, some of it is working, some of it is disassembled and ready for being put into storage. MALLORY Making progress, Q? Q As slowly as I am healing, Sir. MALLORY How’s the new boss, Patricia? Q She’s not my cup of tea. MALLORY Still, good to have you back, Q, even if its light duty only. Mallory looks everywhere except at Q. Q How did the mission go? Q stares at Mallory, not sure what to expect. 35. CONTINUED: MALLORY They retrieved Moneypenny. Mallory swallows hard. He’s finding it difficult to form the words. Q Retrieved? MALLORY It’s not good, Q, not good at all. Q You’re scaring me. MALLORY A lot of our people died. Moneypenny is dead. Q Dead?! Mallory buries his head in his hands, his grief overcoming him. MALLORY Lord Mosley’s incompetence. The mission was an utter shambles. We think Blofeld poisoned Moneypenny long before the exchange. Q And Bond and Madeleine? Mallory collapses into a chair, weak at the great feeling of loss. MALLORY Presumed dead. Q is shaking, tears well up in his eyes. MALLORY (CONT’D) I say presumed. I wouldn’t believe a word Draven says. Is the smart blood tracker switched on? Q Yes! INT. Q’S LAB/MEDICAL ROOM - DAY Q is before a computer terminal and a large wall screen at one end of a room littered with half-filled boxes of equipment. Q And you gave your regimental doctor the syringe I provided? 36. CONTINUED: Mallory and Q watch with hope the large screen as the tracking system comes alive. MALLORY Yes. He didn’t like injecting someone with a mystery solution, but I am his commanding officer. Q With the smart blood we can track Madeleine by satellite dead or alive. Blofeld will no doubt know this technology was officially mothballed when the double-o section was shutdown. No one will look for the signal. The computer display shows a map and zooms from a view of a continent down to a country, with its borders, and zooms further down to a city block. Q (CONT’D) Madeleine is not at the exchange location. Q points excitedly at the screen, buoyed by the apparent good news. MALLORY Where?! M relaxes as he realizes the truth could be brighter. Q They must be alive! She’s in a hotel, the Splendide Royale! INT. HOTEL’S PRESIDENTIAL SUITE - DAY HOTEL MANAGERESS As the hotel manageress, Mister and Mrs Bond, I welcome you to our presidential suite. MADELEINE It’s beautiful, thank you. HOTEL MANAGERESS And, Madame, our in-house stylists will be with you shortly, to arrange your, personal shopping experience. The beautiful hotel manageress looks up and down at Madeleine strangely as she is still dressed in her military camouflage outfit, and streaked with mud. Bond is the same. 37. CONTINUED: BOND We lost our luggage and only have these clothes from our hunting trip. HOTEL MANAGERESS Most unfortunate, Sir. One of my staff will assist you with your new wardrobe too, Mister Bond. The room bell rings. HOTEL MANAGERESS (CONT’D) Please, you’re butler will answer it. An elderly gentleman opens the door. It is the hotel chef, pushing a trolley with champagne on ice and meals under domed silver plate covers. HOTEL CHEF The caviar, as ordered Sir. And chilled Bollinger. HOTEL MANAGERESS Excellent. By the bed please. Well, we will leave you, thank you again for choosing our hotel. MADELEINE You’re welcome. HOTEL MANAGERESS And, Mister Bond, I’m happy to add that your credit will be good for our Casino. BOND (smiling) Even better. The butler, chef and manageress leave and the suite’s doors close behind them. Bond and Madeleine look at each other and burst into laughter. MADELEINE (coyly) What now? INT. PRESIDENTIAL SUITE BATHROOM - DAY The bathroom is steamy, the shower is running and Bond and Madeleine are stood under it, locked in a passionate embrace. INT. HOTEL CASINO - EVENING Bond and Madeleine descend the golden stairs into the casino, Bond in a tuxedo, Madeleine in a glamorous gown. 38. CONTINUED: MADELEINE The other dinner jacket would have been better. BOND I wanted to wear this one. Stopping by a blackjack table, Bond takes an interest in the unfolding game. A beautiful woman takes an interest in Bond, who smiles back in appreciation. Bond’s arm is grabbed, Madeleine stares disapprovingly. Bond is pulled away from the table, he shrugs at the beautiful woman. Standing by the long bar, drink in hand, is VILLIERS, long time MI-6 staffer. Bond and Madeleine walk up to the bar. BOND (CONT’D) Vodka martini, shaken not stirred. BARMAN And for the lady? MADELEINE A dirty Martini, please. The barman pours the drinks. BARMAN Room number, Sir? VILLIERS (O.S.) I’ll pay for these. Bond and Madeleine turn at the sound of the voice. VILLIERS (CONT’D) (dour) Mister Beech. Our paths cross once again, after a very, very long time. BOND (lost for words) Villiers. MADELEINE (looking askew at Bond) Enchanté. I’m Doctor Madeleine Bond. VILLIERS Lovely to meet you. MADELEINE Who’s this, Mister Beech? 39. CONTINUED: (2) BOND A very old cover name, I never used. VILLIERS Your husband wasn't one for playing by the rules. MADELEINE (coyly) Only his own. BOND You realise rules are pointless once you've played the game long enough. VILLIERS (with resignation) It's certainly been a journey for all of us. BOND How did you know we were here? Madeleine has a mischievous grin on her face. VILLIERS Mallory knew you were at this hotel. Need to know only, and all that. BOND (thoughtfully) It must have been my credit card. VILLIERS I thought the Casino was a good bet to find you. BOND Did they brief you about Blofeld’s chemicals? VILLIERS Yes. And by chance, a local source had told me about a chemicals shipment matching Blofeld’s. MADELEINE They know where they are? VILLIERS Maybe, I’ll find out tomorrow. BOND What do you know about the brotherhood of stateless persons here?
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