Clash of the Titans Page #13

TIAMAT:

People of Joppa, hear me. For the

sacrilege of this arrogant

creature, I will loose Leviathan

upon you.

The people react in terror. Cassiopeia starts to faint,

but Tiamat snaps her back to consciousness --

TIAMAT:

I'm not finished. Hold your gaze.

(to the people)

For thirty days, Joppa shall

suffer the scorn of Leviathan.

And on the final day, you will be

wiped from the earth.

(as the crowd quakes)

Unless...

Instant silence.

TIAMAT:

unless you sacrifice that body

so impertinently compared to this

GODDESS --

(TURNING TO

ANDROMEDA)

-- your beloved, worthless

Princessa.

Andromeda GASPS. Shock everywhere.

(CONTINUED)

42.

CONTINUED:

TIAMAT:

This is my will, Joppa.

Desolation or sacrifice. Choose

your penance. You can thank

your...

(looks at Cassiopeia)

. sickly, aged Queen.

Clouds of black sea ink swirl and swallow Tiamat, then

implode. Tiamat is gone. Cassiopeia, palsied and

withered, collapses. Kepheus and Royal Aides rush to

her.

EXT. OCEAN FLOOR - NIGHT

An immense school of fish is SUDDENLY SPOOKED. An EERIE

GLOW swells in the gloom -- Tiamat glides TOWARD us,

stops and raises her palm. The silt SWIRLS and RIPPLES.

A VAST PRIMORDIAL SHAPE SLOWLY RISES in clouds of ocean

mud. It's impossible to see what this creature looks

like, but it is big. We hear a deafening ROAR, which

drives a SHOCKWAVE across the silt.

EXT. OCEAN SURFACE - NIGHT

The sea bulges and a TSUNAMI rolls toward the shores of

Joppa.

EXT. JOPPA'S LOWER WHARF - NIGHT

Dark docks and shanties under the cliffs, populace

asleep.

A lone FISHERMAN unloads nets from his boat. Suddenly,

the water under his boat is sucked out to sea. A deep

RUMBLE shakes the ground.

The fisherman is mesmerized as the horizon CLIMBS higher

and higher, a WALL OF WATER. In seconds, the colossal

wave breaks and falls, obliterating the boat, the docks

and the low-lying shanties.

INT. ROYAL CHAMBERS - NIGHT

Cassiopeia lies blank and wan. A LOW DRONE grows.

Kepheus rushes to the window. And then, a deep, EARTH-

SHATTERING BELLOW from the creature. The room SHUDDERS.

KEPHEUS:

Leviathan awakes...

43.

INT. BASILICA - CORRIDOR - NIGHT

A figure passes by a window in silhouette -- Andromeda

steals through the shadows toward the Throne Room.

INT. BALCONY ABOVE THRONE ROOM - NIGHT

Andromeda edges into position to see the room below.

AMOUN (O.S.)

. Leviathan -- First dweller of

the deep. Hewn by Tiamat from the

dark blood of the earth...

HER POV:

A council of VICEROYS and MINISTERS gathered before

Kepheus, who seems lost in thought, head down. Perseus

stands off to the side.

INT. THRONE ROOM - NIGHT

Amoun reads from a scroll.

AMOUN:

. All monsters of the sea are

but shadows of Leviathan the

Kraken -- colossal, rapacious, and

nigh indestructible.

The men turn to Kepheus; when he raises his face, he

looks exhausted.

KEPHEUS:

My Queen lies near death. Am I

now to choose between the survival

of our state... and the life of

Andromeda, my only child?

Amoun watches Perseus, at the fringe of the group,

expectantly. But Perseus looks only perplexed, an

observer.

MINISTER OF DEFENSE

I beg you, do not even consider

such a sacrifice --

KEPHEUS:

(RAGING)

Do you tell me only what you think

I wish to hear!

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

44.

CONTINUED:

KEPHEUS (CONT'D)

The citizens of Joppa are fighting

for their lives. Would you have

me gamble the city to save one

girl?

Again, Amoun looks to Perseus.

MINISTER OF DEFENSE

You need make no such choice, Your

Highness. Andromeda must.be

saved, and the city too.

REPHEUS:

Impossible.

AMOUN:

(TURNING FROM

PERSEUS)

No... We need only the will to do

it.

KEPHEUS:

You spoke the words -- the monster

is indestructible!

PERSEUS:

(QUIETLY)

How can that be?

Amoun alone takes notice: he spins toward Perseus, with

relief.

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