Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg

Chapter One

     "Oh no." Five seconds on the clock. Zorg, a supposed art dealer, turned on his heel and ran, with a gimp, back to his ship. Which was gone.
     GONE! He couldn't believe his eyes. "Oh no." he repeated, looking frantically around the deck. A pod! His breath of relief was preceded by his frantic grabbing, pulling, and jumping action as he dove into the pod. The door latched and he frantically pressed the buttons. Within moments he realized it was one of his own creations, and slammed the handle forward, sending the little pod shooting out of the battered hole in the wall. "That makes things easier." he said to himself, pushing the code for the route to Earth. Suddenly the pod shook, and explosions could be heard, sounding all around him. The thick pane in front of Zorg became clouded by blinding light and smoke, along with reflections from flying metal debris. Eyes widened and chest heaving, he made his way through the smoke, zipping around debris as the radar recognized it.
     Lightyears later Zorg let out a massive sigh of relief.
     "So much for doing things myself." he mumbled to himself.
     
     Zorg arrived in the Milky Way galaxy at roughly 20:31, but there was something there before him, heading towards Earth.
     "Oh dear." came the worried, soft, and slightly frightened voice. He began to analyze the trouble he had caused, and sat in the pod, stiff with shock. He didn't know what to do. He had basically invited the massive ball of flames to decimate them, not even knowing it.
     "When in doubt, stay away." he said to himself in a fearful voice, turning away from the sight of the flying fire ball.
     Blinding light swept over him and the pod, and an explosion occured, shaking the pod, moving it as if it were on water.  The light lingered for a few seconds before disappearing.
     "Wha-" he turned back, and saw only floating, ashy remains of what once was the fire ball. Charred peices passed the pod by, and he stared. The Earth was still there.
     "It seems life will go on." Zorg laughed to himself, still slightly nervous. "Told him, told him! Only by destruction can we preserve life." He finished with another laugh, then cut it short and put the pod on a high speed route towards Earth.
     The landing bay accepted him, and he jumped out of the pod as soon as it was grounded, hailing a cab. He wanted to talk to Father Cornelius.
     "Cornelius!" he slammed his fist on the door to the priest's pad. "CORNELIUS!!"
    With no answer he turned on his heel and made for the cab.
     "I need to go to Egypt."
     The cabbie shook his head, "Can't do it man, too far. Rules."
     "NOW!! No trip, no job, no pay. Get it in gear!" Zorg shouted. "I OWN THIS CAB."
     Shaking, the driver nodded.
     "O-o-okay." he said, hardly able to speak.
     "Better. I may have to fire more of my employees after all." Zorg mumbled to himself, "Disappointment isn't my thing."
     The trip took a few hours, despite his request to be there immediately. Nonetheless, within a few hours he found himself face to face with Cornelius, along with Leeloo and Korben.
     "I .. Commend.. you for such a good job. Now I will ask for those stones."
     Cornelius shook his head.
     "They preserve life." he said, "We need to keep them."
     "Preserve by destruction!! You saw what it did!"
     Cornelius nodded.
     "The evil was destroyed."
     "That evil wanted-" Zorg cut off. "Oh, no.. I was helping him."
     "It." Cornelius corrected. "It wanted you to have the stones when it arrived, so that it could kill us all."
     Zorg's eyes were wide, and he looked about, nervous.
     "I stand by my decision, dumb as it was. I didn't realize what was what, but he threatened to kill me if I didn't get him the stones."
     Cornelius shook his head. "It. And It would have anyway."
     Glaring, Zorg waved a hand. "Well you saved the world."
     "And your life." the priest reminded him.
     "True, but I spared yours as an even bargain."
     "Not so, we are far from even. You didn't save me, you merely threw me out." he said, following it with a smirk and the thought of 'from embarrassment.'
     "Out!" Leeloo said with a laugh, pointing at the door jokingly. "Now."
     Zorg glared towards her, "I leave when I want."
     Leeloo only chuckled, "Out."
     "I SAID-" Zorg began, only to be cut off.
     "Don't you raise your voice at her!!" Korben interrupted, raising a fist. Zorg balked, but straightened and stared him down.
     "Pardon me, but you weren't a part of this conversation. I'm afraid I don't like being interrupted." he said.
     "OH yes, I am a part of this." Korben's voice held an unfamiliar tone as he turned to look at Leeloo, "She's my fiance, after all."
     Zorg's mind clicked after a few seconds of shock. The only thing he didn't have, what seemed to be the fifth element.. love.
     "Ah. Well you certainly have become attached to our Supreme Being." he said to Korben, who had come to realize that his lies about them being in love were in fact mostly true. Leeloo smiled.
     "Love." she said, and grinned, pointing at herself. "I Supreme Being, with love, fifth element."
     Korben's smile was genuine, loving, even soft. He watched as Leeloo smiled at Zorg.
     "What of the stones?"
     "They are safe, that is all you should know. Besides, with the world saved, what do you need them for?"
     Zorg shrugged.
     "You make a valid point. There isn't a use for them, at least not to me." He reached towards his hip, where a laser pistol sat, but Leeloo caught his arm.
     "Find your fifth element, Zorg-man." she whispered, releasing him. Deep inside, Zorg felt a sort of emotional twang, as if someone had plucked a string inside of him. He crossed his arms.
     "I must be going." Zorg said with a glare for each of them. He turned on his heel and made for the door.
     "Good-bye!" Leeloo said, waving and smiling.
     "Bye." Zorg muttered, stalking out the door and towards the waiting cab.
     Pulling the door to the cab open quickly, he glared at the cabbie.
     "Zorg enterprises. Now. I want to be there immediately." he said as he seated himself and slammed the door.
     The cabbie shook his head at the command, but punched the numbers in despite the seemingly angry customer in his back seat. The cab sped off, heading back to Zorg's main building.




Story idea copyright Cali Mennone
Original movie/characters copyright (I believe) Luc Bresson.