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105.

CONTINUED:

She stops, picks up Andromeda's knife and hands it to s

her. Andromeda accepts it with resolve.

PESHET:

Good.

EXT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE ANDROMEDA'S CHAMBERS - NIGHT

Peshet leads Andromeda out.

ANDROMEDA:

We must get to my mother and

father.

A VOICE from the darkness:

AGENOR (O.S.)

Your father is dead and your

mother has been relieved of her

suffering.

The four Cloaked Rebels step into the light. Agenor

wipes his bloody dagger on his cloak as all four advance.

AGENOR:

The Princessa is coming with us.

She has a rendezvous to keep.

Peshet WHIPS HER DAGGER through the air; it THUDS into

the neck of the First Rebel, killing him on his feet.

Before he can fall, Peshet leaps to him and pulls out her

knife. She plants herself in front of Andromeda.

PESHET:

Come and get her.

Agenor and the other two circle Peshet. She moves with

feline agility, but is separated from the Princess. To

the Second Rebel --

AGENOR:

Take the Princess -- alive!

The Second Rebel circles around Peshet toward Andromeda.

PESHET:

Run, Princess! Save yourself.

Peshet leaps on the Third Rebel.

Andromeda runs away from the Second Rebel, who easily

closes the gap.

(CONTINUED)

106.

CONTINUED:

SECOND REBEL:

You're not going anywhere, Your

Highness.

He grabs her in a bear hug from behind. She spins, tiny

within his massive arms, and is suddenly facing him. He

JOLTS in surprise, Andromeda's knife in his belly. He

falls on her, dead.

Peshet wins her struggle with the Third Rebel, sinking

her dagger in him. She GASPS. Agenor has thrust his

blade into her ribs. She totters and COUGHS -- deep and

bloody. Peshet falls against the wall.

Andromeda WAILS at the sight. She is pinned beneath the

dead weight of the Second Rebel, unable to move. Agenor

finishes off Peshet and turns to the Princess.

EXT. WOODED RIDGE - DAY

The survivors -- Perseus, Vidalia, Spyros, Mongke, and

Tamburlane -- crest a hill in the RAINY DAWN LIGHT.

Vidalia is almost transparent. The Expedition reacts in

shock to what they see.

FROM BEHIND THE GROUP

They're on a shelf above the wide, flat basin that lies

outside Joppa. A limitless INHUMAN ARMY -- Centaurs,

Minotaurs, Monsters of every stripe -- fills the plain,

right up to the city walls.

EXT. BEHIND THE WALLS OF JOPPA - DAY

Among the regiments of Joppans waiting nervously for the

battle are ranks of fifteen-foot AUTOMATA (CLOCKWORK

SOLDIERS). OPERATORS feverishly work the mechanisms of

the steel soldiers, which flex their artificial limbs and

weigh their massive weapons.

EXT. WOODED RIDGE - DAY

Mongke and Tamburlane exchange words. For the first

time, they look impressed -- but also delighted. This is

what they live for.

Spyros looks over at his adopted son.

(CONTINUED)

107.

CONTINUED:

SPYROS:

If it should come to pass, tell

your mother and sister I loved

them much.

Perseus reaches out and touches his foster father warmly.

PERSEUS:

You'll have to tell them yourself.

Vidalia's voice has become weaker.

VIDALIA:

The people are frightened. But

they can triumph.. They need only

one thing.

Perseus turns to her, a question on his face -- "Tell

me... 11

VIDALIA:

A hero. They're waiting for you,

Perseus.

Perseus looks back toward the city. At last, there is no

uncertainty in Perseus --

PERSEUS:

I will not fail them.

He turns toward the Goddess, but Vidalia is gone.

PERSEUS:

Vidalia?

(realizing,

ANGUISHED)

No.

It's too late. She's disappeared.

EXT. CLIFFS OF JOPPA - DAY

PELTING RAIN. HUNDREDS OF ONLOOKERS have gathered.

An IRON WINCH sits on a GRANITE PLATFORM on the cliff's

edge. Fantasos and his cohorts wait beside a huge BRONZE

GONG.

Agenor brings Andromeda barefoot through the mud. The

onlookers jostle for a better view, some spiteful, some

sad, all curious.

L:

(CONTINUED)

108.

CONTINUED:

Agenor removes Andromeda's cloak, revealing her tattered

nightgown. Fantasos inspects the MYSTERIOUS SYMBOLS

inked on her naked back, streaked by rain.

Agenor's thugs chain her to the winch at the precipice,

hundreds of feet above the raging sea. As the winch is

cranked, the chain lifts Andromeda upside down from the

ground.

Agenor pulls Andromeda close and flashes a cruel grin.

She spits in his eye. He wipes his eyes and lets go of

the chain.

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