Star Trek 2009

Prologue I : Birth of Spock

OVER BLACKNESS, we HEAR a BACH HARPSICHORD CONCERTO. And then a WOMAN -- breathing hard -- straining, harder and harder -- until
finally we HEAR a NEWBORN BABY CRYING -- and we......
FADE IN:

EXT. VULCAN FAMILY HOME - DUSK

The image is spectacular, aglow in DUSK LIGHT: a beautiful BABY,
just born, held in a WOMAN'S HANDS. It is being cleaned; warm
water runs down its face and body.
TIGHT ON the MIDWIFE (female, 60's) who holds and cleans the
baby as it CRIES. Another, younger, Midwife can be seen behind
her, assisting with the pitchers of water. As she cleans the
baby, she says to someone OFF-CAMERA:
MIDWIFE
He is strong.
The baby, now calm, gets SWADDLED. He is then gently held out
to the new MOTHER:

AMANDA GRAYSON, late 20's. An original beauty. She lies on a
divan, spent but eager to hold her first child. She tenderly takes the infant into her arms, tears in her eyes, mesmerized. She holds the wrapped baby tight and whispers sweetly:

AMANDA : Hello.

CLOSE ON the YOUNGER MIDWIFE, standing at the rear of the room.
She raises an eyebrow as she quietly speaks:

YOUNGER MIDWIFE : The baby is healthy. Why does she cry?

MIDWIFE :(a beat; then) She is human.

A distant, quiet BUZZ -- and the elder Midwife stands, looking into the distance. And this is when we see, for the first time, that the Midwife has POINTED EARS. Sarek arrives.
The Midwife moves away -- we PUSH IN on Amanda, who looks up for
a moment, clearly disquieted.

XT. VULCAN LANDSCAPE - DUSK

A planet of massive, tortured ROCK FORMS, distant cities constructed atop and underneath them. A HOVER-SPEEDER in the mid-ground kicks up dust, backlit by the sun, as it traces the horizon. We PAN WITH IT, revealing a FAMILY HOME, built
seamlessly into a rocky mountainside.

A SUPER READS: STARDATE 2230.06.
The speeder parks outside the home

EXT. VULCAN HOME - DUSK

SAREK (late 40's, a Vulcan) comes out to the balcony through the rear doors of the home. He moves to Amanda and kneels. He looks at the child -- his child -- and says:

SAREK : Well done.

She looks at him for a beat, then says, flatly -- with just enough rancor:

AMANDA : Thanks.

He regards her. Knows he's inTROUBLE

SAREK : Your tone suggests disappointment. The Science Council required my presence for a session regarding--

AMANDA : Don't do that. You knew I wanted you here.

The Vulcan Midwives share a look.
The two women excuse themselves.
small touchpad -- the HARPSICHORD
clinically. Sarek glances at them. Nods.  Sarek reaches over, touches a
MUSIC STOPS.

Sarek: As you are aware, the Vulcan male is traditionally not present at the moment of delivery.

AMANDA : Well traditionally, I'm not the one giving birth. I moved here -- to another planet -- to be with you. I needed you to be with me today. Holding my hand and telling me.  I'm doing great, even when I'm just.. breathing the best I can.

Sad that she has to tell him this at all, she just looks back at
the baby -- finding comfort in his innocence. Sarek considers
this. He moves closer to her. Whispers intimately:

SAREK: You are correct. I should have been here. I am sorry.
(And with her free hand, she pulls Sarek closer -- and kisses him. And the two look at the baby.) I had a thought. That we might name the child after one of our respected early society-builders. His name was "Spock".  (She looks at the baby, not immediately taken by the name.) Your silence does not suggest enormous enthusiasm.

AMANDA : No... Spock. (smiles, touches his face) .... Spock. (She looks at Sarek) Spock it is.

SAREK: The child has your eyes.

She pulls back the baby's swaddling, revealing his ears. She
gently rubs the top of his right ear -- AND IT UNFURLS,
revealing a small, soft pointed VULCAN EAR.

AMANDA: ...and your ears.

And off the image of this TINY BABY, half-human, half-Vulcan,
we ... FADE OUT. And over BLACKNESS, we BEGIN TO HEAR an ALARM
SOUNDING -- GROWING -- and the SUPER

THREE YEARS LATER