HEXAPUSS

FADE IN:

THE SIXTH DIMENSION - TIMELESS

BLACK.

Almost the entire head of a BLACK CAT is swallowed by shadow. At most, the faint silhouette of one ear is discernible. The second eye, muzzle, nose, whiskers and fur remain concealed.

Only ONE EYE is clearly visible. Its iris glows deep ORANGE. The glow does not illuminate the rest of the face.

The pupil is a black VERTICAL SLIT with pointed ends, an elongated almond shape. It retains its feline shape throughout. Only the surrounding iris changes color.

The camera pushes steadily toward the eye at a constant speed. One continuous shot, without cuts, sideways drift or pauses.

As the eye grows in frame, ORANGE becomes GREEN. Color travels through the intricate radial patterns of the iris.

The forward movement continues. GREEN becomes PURPLE as the iris fills the view. The cat's head passes beyond the frame. Only the purple iris and black pupil remain.

The camera enters the pupil.

PITCH BLACK.

In this same darkness, a single VERTEX appears: a small point of light. A short, crisp pinball-machine sound marks its arrival.

A line extends from the first vertex away into depth. A second vertex forms at its far end.

As soon as the line forms, the camera begins fast, constant forward travel along it. A tiny, entirely SILVER PINBALL forms at the first vertex and travels toward the second.

Ahead, a third vertex appears. A new connected line extends the route toward it. The ball continues from vertex to vertex while new lines form ahead. The camera advances without waiting or slowing.

The connected route establishes the lower path of an emerging abstract tunnel. Around it, the space remains black. There is no floor, ceiling or complete corridor yet.

Each new vertex adds connections. The single line branches into multiple lines, joining into TRIANGLES. One glowing main path stays clear among the dim alternatives.

Connected triangular patterns gradually surround the route, creating the depth and repeating facets of a kaleidoscopic tunnel. The palette remains restrained: charcoal darkness, crystalline lines and rare orange, green and purple glints.

Nearby vertices and edges grow in perspective, move outward and pass behind the camera. Distant geometry approaches from ahead. The lens stays fixed; the camera physically travels through the space, without roll, reversal or abrupt sideways jumps.

One small triangular crystal forms in the UPPER-LEFT lattice. Inside its surface is a barely recognizable, abstract glimpse of the SCIENTIST, DR. LYRA VOSS.

The crystal remains anchored in the lattice. It approaches, grows and moves toward the upper-left edge. We pass it and it disappears behind us. The camera never stops or turns to hold her image.

The silver pinball continues along the glowing route. It stays small ahead of us, changing position and apparent size naturally as it travels.

More triangles form ahead. New connections develop within the existing structure, gradually creating SQUARES. Triangles and squares coexist while the square lattice takes shape.

The camera and ball continue at the same forward momentum. The main route remains connected and readable as crystalline material gains depth, transparency and reflection.

SQUARES gradually become PENTAGONS. Additional vertices and edges grow through the lattice. Square and pentagonal patterns coexist before pentagons dominate.

PENTAGONS develop into HEXAGONS. The changes unfold ahead through new connections, never through an abrupt replacement of one tunnel with another.

One small crystal in the UPPER-RIGHT lattice contains another image of LYRA. Her image is buried behind its reflective and refracting surface. The crystal remains a small part of the tunnel; surrounding crystals contain no faces.

The crystal approaches, grows and moves outward toward the upper-right edge. We pass it and it disappears behind us. The camera maintains its speed and route, without tracking the portrait.

New hexagonal connections continue forming ahead. More and more hexagons interlock into an increasingly intricate crystalline passage. The glowing main route stays clear.

Short pinball-style effects mark meaningful arrivals, with clean silent gaps. The decorative lattice and guiding glow remain silent. As the hexagons multiply, the sound builds momentum without piercing sustain or long overlapping ringing.

A BRIGHT WHITE VORTEX forms at the distant end: a spinning cosmic-horror passage, luminous spiral currents converging around a brilliant white center. The portal into our dimension is opening ahead.

The vortex rotates and expands. Its light illuminates and refracts through the surrounding crystals. Its circular motion and depth remain legible before brightness overtakes the view.

The vortex spins; the camera does not roll or orbit. We continue fast, constant forward travel toward its center. The pinball follows the connected path and disappears into the light.

We pass through the vortex, coming out of the sixth-dimensional passage toward our dimension. Its light fills the entire screen, replacing every trace of the spiral and tunnel with PURE WHITE.

The crescendo peaks during the approach and fades completely as the screen becomes white.

Hold PURE WHITE in COMPLETE SILENCE.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. OUTER SPACE - NIGHT

The darkness between the stars, cold and lifeless.

Then, a strange RIPPLE. Followed by another. As if something enormous is banging into it, trying to force its way in.

A moment later, a small inter-dimensional PORTAL opens up. A SILVER BALL shoots out - no larger than a pinball - and the portal winks shut.

The ball hurtles through space like a meteorite. Galaxies smear across its mirror surface. Faint etched rings pulse once, then go dark.

It enters our galaxy, rocketing past familiar planets like Saturn and Mars, heading straight for Earth...

EXT. NIGHT SKY - CONTINUOUS

The silver ball enters our atmosphere, streaking toward a bright collection of lights - A CITY.

EXT. CITY LIMITS - CONTINUOUS

Just beyond the city limits, the ground rises to a ledge with a clear view. The city lies below, lit up in the distance.

The ball cuts through the clouds and slams into the ground in an EXPLOSION of dirt and rocks. When the air clears, the Silver Ball sits nestled in a smoking crater - unscratched, reflecting the city lights below.

It begins to rotate. A chorus of INHUMAN CRIES rings out - not from inside the ball, but from the air around it. Magic-circle reflections race across the chrome, until a FLASH of blinding light reveals:

A sleek GLOWING WHITE CAT in the crater. The silver ball rests at its paws.

A MAGIC CIRCLE appears around the cat. Inside the magic circle in the center is a GLOWING WHITE CIRCLE. The white circle flickers and a lattice is formed inside the magic circle in the shape of three circles touching each other in a triangle arrangement, ORANGE, GREEN AND PURPLE. These circles surround the white circle.

The magic circle animates: The white circle glowing brightly, all other circles exist only in lattice form. Energy from the white circle gets drained from its circle, the energy gets pulled equally into the 3 color circles, orange, green and purple. When the orange, green and purple circles are filled with the energy of the white circle, the white circle has completely drained its energy, and the white circle disappears.

At this point the glowing white cat becomes a black cat. The black cat then divides into 3 cats, orange, green and purple. The same colors as the magic circle colors. The three different colored cats' tails move in sync, and eventually move individually as the magic circle fades away and disappears.

The orange cat takes the silver ball in its mouth and leaps out of the crater, followed by the green cat, followed by the purple cat. The motion of each cat leaping out of the crater is identical, unnatural.

The three cats quickly become sleek black cats that are only distinguishable by their colored tails: ORANGE, GREEN AND PURPLE. The cats sit side-by-side, looking out at the city below. Then they look up to the sky, again as one, and let out a terrifying CATERWAUL that sounds like "HEXAPUSS!".

The orange cat's eyes flash white, a magic circle appears around the orange cat. Inside the magic circle is an orange circle in the middle. The orange circle divides in two, creating the same orange circle and a new CYAN CIRCLE, touching each other in the middle of the magic circle.

The orange cat divides in two, creating the same orange cat and a new CYAN CAT. The two different colored cats' tails move in sync, and eventually move individually as the magic circle fades away and disappears. The two cats quickly become sleek black cats that are only distinguishable by their colored tails: ORANGE AND CYAN. The silver ball stays with the orange cat.

They are now four cats and they head off toward the city in unison, walking in step. It's an unnatural sight.

EXT. SKYSCRAPER - NIGHT

A high-tech building uptown. A sign above the revolving glass doors reads "Scientific Corporation". The ORANGE-TAILED CAT, silver ball in its mouth, runs into the revolving doors as an EMPLOYEE is leaving.

INT. SKYSCRAPER - CONTINUOUS

The cat moves stealthily across the lobby, unseen by the SECURITY GUARD, and slips into an open elevator.

INT. LAB - NIGHT

The cat walks into the lab. An attractive woman in a white lab coat sits at a computer bay. The cat MEOWS like a kitten.

She looks down, startled. A name tag reads "SCIENTIST".

The Orange-Tailed Cat jumps up on her desk and drops the SILVER BALL beside the keyboard. It sits there, reflecting her face.

She picks up the ball. Too heavy. Too perfect. Her reflection warps - for a second, a magic circle stares back.

The cat's eyes begin to GLOW ORANGE. She stares in wonder, watching as it squats and releases a GLOWING ORANGE TURD. A fine mist of orange-hued particles lifts from it, drifting into the air like living spores. Toxoplasmosis, weaponized.

Something passes between them TELEPATHICALLY. The Scientist stiffens, then turns to her computer, eyes GLOWING ORANGE. She opens a new folder and titles it: "HEXAPUSS".

She places her hand on the MONITOR and information fills the screen, high-tech schematics resembling a PINBALL MACHINE - built around that same silver ball.

EXT. STUDIO - NIGHT

A rundown MUSIC STUDIO on the wrong side of the tracks.

The GREEN-TAILED CAT moves past the railroad tracks towards the music studio building.

The green cat's eyes flash white, a magic circle appears around the green cat. Inside the magic circle is a green circle in the middle. The green circle divides in two, creating the same green circle and a new MAGENTA CIRCLE, touching each other in the middle of the magic circle.

The green cat divides in two, creating the same green cat and a new MAGENTA CAT. The two different colored cats' tails move in sync, and eventually move individually as the magic circle fades away and disappears. The two cats quickly become sleek black cats that are only distinguishable by their colored tails: GREEN AND MAGENTA.

The GREEN-TAILED CAT moves down the block toward the front door. The cat assesses the situation, then leaps up onto a garbage can, and enters through an OPEN WINDOW.

INT. STUDIO - CONTINUOUS

The cat surveys the room from the window ledge: The small rehearsal space is littered with fast food wrappers and beer cans. A three-member METAL BAND are sitting around dejectedly.

They look defeated: The DRUMMER is passed out, the GUITARIST is tuning his guitar, the SINGER is pacing with a pad and pen.

The cat purposefully knocks over an empty can as the Singer passes by. She looks over at the Green-Tailed Cat.

She moves closer to the cat.

The cat's eyes begin to GLOW GREEN as it defecates, dropping a GREEN GLOWING TURD onto the ledge.

A green-hued MIST is released from the turd into the air. The Singer's eyes GLOW GREEN. She stiffens, then rushes to a table and wipes the junk off, spilling everything onto the floor.

The other band members look up - What's happening?

The Singer writes furiously in her pad. Her bandmates crowd around, looking at the musical notes spilling out of her.

And above the notes, a single name, underlined

The Singer keeps scribbling like she's possessed. Then the green-hued particles hit her bandmates. Their eyes GLOW GREEN too. They all reach for their instruments.

EXT. SKYSCRAPER - NIGHT.

The building's windows are all dark save for one.

INT. FABRICATION ROOM - CONTINUOUS

The Scientist works at a giant 3D PRINTER connected to dozens of wires and monitors that feed into a supercomputer.

The silver ball rests on the console, waiting. She watches anxiously as the PINBALL MACHINE is printed. The Orange-Tailed Cat PURRS in satisfaction and rubs up against her.

EXT. CONCERT VENUE - DAY

The PURPLE CAT moves towards a large CONCERT VENUE

The purple cat's eyes flash white, a magic circle appears around the purple cat. Inside the magic circle is a purple circle in the middle. The purple circle divides in two, creating the same purple circle and a new YELLOW CIRCLE, touching each other in the middle of the magic circle.

The purple cat divides in two, creating the same purple cat and a new YELLOW CAT. The two different colored cats' tails move in sync, and eventually move individually as the magic circle fades away and disappears. The two cats quickly become sleek black cats that are only distinguishable by their colored tails: PURPLE AND YELLOW.

The PURPLE-TAILED CAT enters a large CONCERT VENUE on the heels of an EMPLOYEE carrying a box of coffee and donuts.

INT. CONCERT VENUE - DAY

The cat moves down the hall and stops at a door labeled "Venue Manager". It uses a paw to push the door open.

A heavy-set man sits behind a desk covered in paperwork.

The cat saunters forward and leaps onto the chair in front of his desk. It's eyes begin to GLOW PURPLE. The Venue manager watches in horror as it squats and drops a GLOWING PURPLE TURD.

EXT. CONCERT VENUE - LATER

The cat watches as the Venue Manager directs WORKERS putting the finishing touches on the new MARQUEE: "Tonight Only - HEXAPUSS!"

EXT. COLLEGE CAMPUS - DAY

A grassy city college quad filled with STUDENTS between classes. The CYAN-TAILED CAT moves along the main path, emitting GLOWING CYAN-COLORED FECES at regular intervals. Each tiny turd spreading cosmic spores.

Student's eyes FLASH CYAN before reverting to normal.

INT. SUBWAY - DAY

A crowded SUBWAY CAR comes to a stop. PASSENGERS enter and exit. The YELLOW-TAILED CAT slips in, eyes GLOWING YELLOW.

The cat starts moving between the passengers. As it does, it starts dropping GLOWING YELLOW TURDS. A yellow cloud spreads out and people's eyes start FLASHING YELLOW.

EXT. CITY STREET - DAY

The MAGENTA-TAILED CAT walks down a seedy block. It stops in front of a TATTOO PARLOR with some SKATEBOARDERS doing tricks out front. The cat squats and takes a GLOWING MAGENTA crap.

As the magenta-hued cloud spreads, the skateboarders jerk to a halt, one wiping out. Their eyes FLASH MAGENTA.

The others reply with "Epic!" and "It's on!".

EXT. STUDIO - DAY

The studio looks even worse by day than it did at night.

A VAN with a Scientific Corporation logo stops in front. The Scientist exits and walks up to the door. Behind her, the Orange-Tailed Cat sits on the dashboard, watching.

The studio door is opened by the Singer -

The Scientist smiles knowingly in reply. The Green Cat appears by the Singer's leg, and makes eye contact with its counterpart in the van, giving it a subtle wink.

INT. STUDIO - LATER

A large open CRATE with a Scientific Corporation logo rests on a dolly. Nearby, an epic PINBALL MACHINE is set up. The name "HEXAPUSS" is displayed prominently on the artwork.

On the playfield: the same SILVER BALL from the crater.

The band watch the Scientist bend down and plug it in.

The machine comes alive with a blast of sound and light.

The Singer steps up to play. When she takes hold of the plunger, her eyes GLOW WHITE. She lets go of the plunger and there's a loud CRACK as it strikes the silver ball. Her bandmates' eyes all LIGHT UP, glowing white as well.

OFF TO THE SIDE, the Orange-Tailed Cat and the Green-Tailed Cat sit next to each other, their tails swishing in synch.

The band crowds around the singer as she plays. When he completes the MULTIBALL game mechanic, chaos erupts!

The machine vibrates and reconfigures, seemingly melting into a VORTEX OF ENERGY.

As the band members race to their gear, the vortex EXPANDS, spreading out and engulfing the whole studio.

EXT. CONCERT VENUE - NIGHT

Outside the venue the place is mayhem. There's a huge MOB surrounding the entrance and blocking the street.

INT. CONCERT VENUE - CONTINUOUS

The show is sold out. The wild-eyed CROWD is made up of all the people seen earlier being influenced by the Cyan, Yellow and Magenta-Tailed Cats.

ON STAGE, the band materializes, instruments in hand. The six cats appear as well, lined up on stage like some kind of feline security team.

The band launches into their NEW SONG. The crowd goes nuts.

AT THE OTHER END of the venue, the Scientist is at the MERCH BOOTH. Her lab coat is off, as she pull's a T-Shirt on over her naked torso. The VENDOR stares at her in awe.

She turns, a sly grin on her lips, wearing a tight black concert tee with "HEXAPUSS" printed in heavy metal font. She then lets down her hair and takes off her glasses, replacing them with sun glasses. She looks over the crowd, toward the MOSH PIT. In front of the stage, concert-goers throw themselves at each other with abandon, moving in a circle.

ABOVE THEM,

A tricolored ball of ENERGY forms mid-air, made up of ORANGE, GREEN and PURPLE light. It draws power from the moshers, driving them into a frenzy. Violence breaks out. They start tearing each other apart in a SPRAY OF BLOOD.

ON STAGE, blood hits the Singer in the face, like war paint -

The crowd let's out a PRIMAL SCREAM and rips into one another with greater fervor. In reply, the ball of light grows even larger, supercharged, splitting into three solid colored balls of ORANGE, GREEN and PURPLE that hover overhead.

As the song crescendos, the three balls SLAM together creating a BLINDING WHITE LIGHT which opens a massive COSMIC GATE. Behind the light, something very dark approaches...

The Singer, EYES GLOWING WHITE, roars into the mic

The crowd, eyes also GLOWING WHITE, yell back at her as one

The Scientist, blood-spattered, writhes in ecstasy.

The crowd is driven totally mad as an ELDRITCH BEING, hungry to enter our dimension, floats toward the open gate...

It looks like a ginormous black cat head, bigger than a house, with shining eyes and six monstrous tentacles

HEXAPUSS!

The creature pushes fully through the COSMIC GATE. Its six tentacles unfurl as it enters our dimension.

HEXAPUSS keeps expanding. Its colossal head rises against the ceiling. Steel beams buckle. The roof tears open in an explosion of concrete, metal and shattered lights.

EXT. CONCERT VENUE - NIGHT - CONTINUOUS

Hexapuss erupts through the roof, swelling until it towers over the entire concert venue. The building beneath it is dwarfed by its monstrous form.

Its six tentacles rear back, then LASH DOWN. The blows rip through the remaining roof and hammer the walls inward. The entire concert venue collapses beneath the creature, crushed into a mountain of wreckage.

Dust and debris billow around HEXAPUSS as it looms over the ruins.

CUT TO BLACK.