INT. PALACE CHAPEL. DAY
PHILLIP: I want it brought to me.
MOLAY: You couldn’t get an army big enough to take it.
PHILLIP: The Pope will send every Christian man, woman, and child.
MOLAY: They’ll be burned to ash before his eyes. Let the Templars go and we will bring you the Ark.
CLEMENT: He’ll declare war as soon as you release him.
MOLAY: Consider your debts to the Templars forgotten.
PHILLIP: You are most generous, Sir Molay.
CLEMENT: It’s the Devil’s money!
MOLAY turns violently on Clement, forcing Clement back toward the Cross.
MOLAY: I’ve done more for your God than you’d care to imagine.
PHILLIP: I think you’re right, Sir Molay. Such a weapon should be carefully inspected before it’s presented to the Pope.
MOLAY: And the Templars know how to handle it.
CLEMENT: If you let them go, no man sees the Ark again.
PHILLIP: Will it be recognized as property of France?
MOLAY: Only protection from France would allow us to reveal the Ark has been reclaimed by Christ.
PHILLIP: The Vatican has a temple to house it.
MOLAY: Paris may be more secure. The Templars would be redeployed in its defense.
CLEMENT: No invader would dare set foot on Roman soil!
MOLAY: The Ark would inspire some to try.
CLEMENT: The Templars wish to keep it for themselves!
PHILLIP: Sir Molay is quite wise.
MOLAY steps between Phillip and Clement.
CLEMENT: The Pope will make you Holy Roman Emperor!
MOLAY: Even Charlemagne failed to find the Ark.
PHILLIP: The Ark of the Covenant comes to France... where it will be safe.
CLEMENT: The Pope himself will take up the Cross!
MOLAY: I hope France can find better advisors than the kitchen staff!
CLEMENT: The Saracens would tremble before us.
MOLAY: Us?
CLEMENT: The streets of Jerusalem will be ankle deep in blood once more.
PHILLIP: The City of God will be restored.
MOLAY: And Phillip will be Holy Roman Emperor.
Continued tomorrow.
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