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The Winged Beast jerks back, towards the propeller, causingthe whole wing of the plane to tilt, and the ragdolls toslide. 5 and 6 tumble into the plane’s engine room.

46.

7 clutches her staff. 9 slides by her and grabs on to theharpoon, still lodged in her leg.

9’s staff slides by, and 9 catches it just before it fallsoff the wing. As 8 climbs up onto the same buttress fragmentthat 7’s spear is lodged in, 1 slides down the wing, past 9.

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9 (cont'd)

(to 1; holding out his

staff)

Grab on!

1 grabs 9’s staff. Dangling, he sees that the Winged Beastis close behind, snapping at him with its beak.

9 sees 5 and 6 in the engine room.

9 (cont’d)

(shouting to 5)

The propeller! Start the

propeller!

6 nods. 5 points to the wires. 5 and 6 gather wires and setto work. They ZAP the propeller to life and it GROANS... thenwhines into motion as it starts taking up the power it hadgenerated. It goes faster... faster...

Even as the Beast is slowly drawn towards the propeller, itstruggles forward and grabs 1’s cape in its beak.

As the Winged Beast pulls 1 closer, 9 strains to hang on to1, and 7 strains with the added weight on the harpoonsticking out of her wounded leg.

1

My... my cape!

9

Let it go!

1 glares furiously, hesitates, then undoes the clasp. TheWinged Beast falls backwards down the wing, DIRECTLY INTO THEDEADLY BLADES.

It is instantly shredded.

Claws, feathers, and strange mechanical debris shower down.

1, 9, and 7 look in relief as the Beast is finally destroyed.

After the clasp is released, 1 has meanwhile recoiled into9’s arms. There is a brief moment of awkwardness as 1 and 9

realize how close they are physically to each other.

47.

1 begins to climb up the side of the wing, using dangling 9and 7 as a ladder.

Perched on top of 7’s staff, 1 reaches up for 8, who iscrouched on the edge of the buttress. He grabs 8’s hand,

gesturing imperiously to 8 to pull him up.

9 looks at 7 urgently, nodding to her. She gets itimmediately and grabs 1’s leg, stopping him.

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1

You fool! We can still save

ourselves!

The plane teeters down to a 90 degree angle. 5 and 6 look upat the rest of the ragdolls from farther down the wing. 5 is

concerned and almost panicked. 6 is almost zen-peaceful, as

though he can foresee it will be all right.

9 looks around and sees the rope tied around 7’s waist.

9

(to 7)

Your rope.

7 throws it down to 9 who ties it to his own waist. The planetilts... it’s hanging even more precariously now... about tofall out of the side of the Cathedral entirely...

9 suddenly jumps down into the flames just as the planestarts to fall. 7 shouts with stress.

The plane EXPLODES as it hits the ground, smoke rising fromthe crash. The rope pulls taut, and after the smoke settleswe can see 9 dangling with 5 and 6.

8 pulls the hanging chain of ragdolls up and onto thebuttress fragment.

As 1 recovers himself and straightens his hat, he glancesup... towards the smouldering clock tower...

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Seq. 155 - Sanctuary lost

SEQ. 155 - EXT. LIBRARY GARDENS - TWILIGHT

We can see, in the distance, the Cathedral, on fire.

48.

The ragdolls have come to the library. Embers from the

burning cathedral drift down like burning snowflakes.

1

(broken-hearted)

Oh... my sanctuary...

The others try to avoid the embers. 9 moves purposefullytowards the library. 1 stands, mourning his sanctuary. His

staff is charred and ruined. He lets it drop. 8 takes 1’s

arm and urges him to follow the others.

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Seq. 157 - Seamstress being constructed

SEQ. 157 - INT. FABRICATION FACTORY - SAME TIME

Inside the factory, a shot of the Fabrication Machinereaching its arms out and gathering remnants and detritusthat we will see later as part of the SEAMSTRESS. [TheMachine is clearly tethered to the Factory.]

One of the machine’s arms discovers 2’s body. The arm seems

horribly interested.

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Seq. 160 - Library

SEQ. 160 - INT. LIBRARY - NIGHT

9, 5, 1, 8, and 6 have come to a clearing in the debrisoutside the globe. 6 has dropped to the floor and is drawinghis pattern. 1 looks angrily up at the glass ceilings.

1

It’s not safe here!

8 shakes his head, agreeing with his boss.

8

No.

49.

1

(to 8, keeping his sense

of responsibility)

Stand lookout.

1 points out into the gardens.

1 (cont’d)

I’ll search out a safer retreat.

1 moves away, looking for what he might find in the way of asafer retreat.

8, proud to receive orders, strides off towards the garden,

taking care to STEP ONTO 6’s DRAWING and smear it. He laughsmeanly.

6 shakes his head sadly and takes another piece of parchmentto start over. He is drawing the talisman.

9

(looking up at the sky; to7)

There will be more, won’t there?

7 nods grimly. 9 looks worriedly after 1’s retreating form.

7

(looking after 1’s

retreating form)

Forget him.

The twins appear in the crack of the globe. They flash theireyes and gesture for 9 to come in. 9 moves away into theglobe. 6 sees the twins and, happily, skitters towards them.

5 and 7 are left alone. 5 works deftly on 7’s leg.

5

(quietly)

You wanted us to forget you, too?

ALT:

5 (cont’d)

(quietly)

Why did you leave us?

7 looks around, trying to find the right words. Finally:

7

I couldn’t sit and hide, just

waiting.

(MORE)

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7(cont'd)

(apologetically)

I just couldn’t. It’s...

(contrite, trying to

explain herself to her

friend)

It’s not in my nature.

5 nods, smiling ruefully. He knows.

7 (cont’d)

(gently)

And perhaps, no longer in yours,

either?

5 smiles and nods, almost shyly. He’s finished fixing herleg. She flexes it and smiles at him. Now she looks

around, worriedly, sensing something.

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Seq. 162 - 8 & the seamstress

SEQ. 162 - EXT. LIBRARY GARDENS - SAME TIME

8 plays with his magnet, foolishly.

A FLASH of something slithering.

8 looks around, but continues to play.

A FLASH again of something slithering closer. Somethingmenacing.

8 looks up in horror. Lights flash on his face.

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Seq. 164 - Confrontation

SEQ. 164 - INT. THE GLOBE - SAME TIME

CLOSE on a DRAWING OF the TALISMAN’S RUNES in ancient

illuminated manuscript. Pull back to see the twins have

found this and are showing it to 9. 5 and 6 crowd around.

is clutching his drawing of the talisman.

51.

7 looks out of the globe, intuitively startled, her scout’ssense unhappy. She senses something.

9 looks at her, but also now studies the drawings and thewritings around them that explain them. He studies the

drawings of the RUNES.

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