Clash of the Titans Page #28

SPYROS (O.S.)

Perseus, I think she's hit!

PERSEUS (O.S.)

Where?

SPYROS (O.S.)

Near to the left!

Medusa's enraged attention shifts back and forth between

the VOICES of the two men, deciding which to attack.

Perseus tries to control his shakes, jumping at every

sound, head swiveling blindly. From a distance --

SPYROS (O.S.)

Perseus... I don't hear her near

me!

Perseus steps back and BUMPS into a column.

90.

ABOVE HIM F-

Medusa is coiled around the column, harpoon stuck in her

bloody side. She CRAWLS DOWN toward Perseus.

Perseus against the column. FROM THE TOP OF FRAME,

Medusa's fingers reach for his blindfold. She pulls the

knot and the blindfold falls.

Eyes closed, Perseus slashes the air, sweeping the sickle

about until it SMASHES into the column -- BRINNNGI The

SOUND ECHOES, then FADES.

Perseus waits and listens. Then, PING!, one drop of

Medusa's blood lands on his shield.

Perseus opens his eyes and peers into his shield. In the

reflection on the bronze, he SEES: Movement. Snakes.

Searing eyes... Medusa!

Eyes shut, he windmills his weapon above him. Medusa's

talons DEFLECT the blade and the sickle flies from his

grip.

Perseus scrambles for it on his hands and knees. Behind

him, Medusa SLITHERS down the column and heads for

Perseus.

Perseus reaches the sickle. He lifts his shield up in

front of him and sees Medusa's reflection growing closer

behind him.

He shuts his eyes and wheels around, blade sweeping. A

soft F-THMMP as the blade slices through something...

SILENCE. Perseus turns away and opens his eyes, looking

into the shield. Still, Medusa looms behind him!

But suddenly, Medusa's head THUDS and rolls on the

ground. The headless reflection topples over, dead. r-

EXT. TEMPLE OF TARTAROS - MAGIC HOUR

THE AFTERMATH:
the survivors -- Vidalia, Amoun, Mongke,

and Tamburlane -- take mournful stock of their losses.

Mongke sees something, smiles and SWEARS in his language.

They all turn to see:

Perseus and Spyros, spent and saddened, stand at the top

of the Temple steps. Perseus grasps the canvas sack.

Now it holds Medusa's head, which bloodies the whole bag

and sends a crimson drip to the stones. There is still

movement in there -- squirming serpents.

91.

EXT. JOPPA'S LOWER WHARF - NIGHT

Rain and waves pound the Lower Wharf, the water choked

with debris and rotting corpses.

EXT. THE BASILICA (JOPPA) - HIGH PARAPET - NIGHT

Kepheus stands in the rain with his MINISTER OF DEFENSE

and GENERALS at his side. A massive tent town has been

pitched in the piazza. VOICES -- frequent and angry --

SHOUT CURSES at the Basilica.

KEPHEUS:

The relief fleet is lost.

Monsters gather outside our walls.

Soon I won't be able to keep my

own people at bay. And still, no

word from the Expedition.

Kepheus raises a spyglass to survey the view beyond the

city walls.

SPYGLASS POV - TIAMAT'S ARMY

on the plain outside the city. BONFIRES RAGE, monster

regiments assemble. Siege towers roll toward the city.

BACK TO SCENE:

KEPHEUS:

Tiamat commands a massive horde.

How many days remain?

MINISTER OF DEFENSE

Four, Majesty...

Kepheus lowers the glass, looking grim.

GENERAL ANDOR:

Our forces prepare. We have cards

yet to play. We'll buy the time

we need until...

KEPHEUS:

Until the Expedition perhaps

returns?... Until we're saved by

the fisherman's son?

MINISTER OF DEFENSE

My king, remember and take hope...

he is not truly the son of a

fisherman.

(CONTINUED)

92.

CONTINUED:

KEPHEUS:

(SKEPTICAL)

From your lips, I pray, to his

true father's ear.

Andromeda has appeared. All are shocked to see her. She

addresses the others with an authority we've never seen.

ANDROMEDA:

I would speak with the King in

private.

MINISTER OF DEFENSE

Princess, let us find a protected

PLACE --

ANDROMEDA:

We can speak here, in the elements

our subjects endure.

The King's men exchange looks, then bow discreetly away,

leaving father and daughter alone. Andromeda looks down

at the tent city.

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