Constantine Page #16

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He leans up, winded. Watches in delight as Balthazarstrains to take his final breaths.

BALTHAZAR:

I will see you very soon...

JOHN:

Not really, no.

BALTHAZAR:

You can't cheat it this time...

you're going back to Hell.

JOHN:

True. But you're not.

John removes that small BLACK BOX from his coat.

Balthazar tries not to be concerned until John unlatches

it and removes the one weapon he hardly ever uses --

A Bible.

BALTHAZAR:

What are you doing?

JOHN:

I'm reading you your last rites.

Balthazar reacts. This isn't good.

BALTHAZAR:

Your remedial incantations have no

relevance to my kind.

JOHN:

Aren't you half human?

Balthazar doesn't have to answer.

JOHN:

You see, that makes you eligibleto be forgiven. You do know what

it is to truly be forgiven? To be

welcomed into the kingdom of God?

Balthazar's worst nightmare.

JOHN:

A demon in heaven --love to be a

fly on that wall...

BALTHAZAR:

You're not a priest, you have no

power...

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JOHN:

--I escaped hell, who else do youknow that has the power to dothat?!

Balthazar is now doubting his own beliefs.

JOHN:

Just tell me how Mammon is

crossing over and you can go backto your shithole.

Balthazar isn't convinced.

John stands --raises the Bible and starts to read --

JOHN:

'May the merciful God have mercyon you and grant you the pardon ofall your sins...'

He places a hand on Balthazar's forehead. Balthazar

glares at it as John's voice rises with commandingauthority.

JOHN:

'Whosoever sins you remit on earththey are remitted unto them inheaven. I absolve you from --'

BALTHAZAR:

--It may not even work...

JOHN:

How? How's he doing it?!

Balthazar looks scared as sh*t to tell him.

JOHN:

(bellowing out)

'Grant your child entry into thykingdom in the name of the Father,

and the Son and the Holy Gh --'

BALTHAZAR:

... Sangre de dio.

John is stunned --did he hear right? Balthazar nods.

JOHN:

How?

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BALTHAZAR:

What killed the Son of God will

give birth to the son of thedevil.

John's mind races and he finally puts it together.

JOHN:

He's found the Spear.

Balthazar's expression confirms it.

CLOSE ON THE PRISONER'S RELIC

It's tucked between the folds of an AIRLINES blanket.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (V.O.)

(over com)

Ladies and gentlemen, we've beencleared for landing. Please make

sure your seats are in theirupright and locked position.

Hand COMES IN, grips the relic. WIDEN to see...

INT. 747 -MID-FLIGHT

Prisoner in an aisle seat, trying to keep calm. He looks

behind him as if being watched. Just nerves again.

FLIGHT ATTENDANT (V.O.)

(over com)

We should be on the ground in Los

Angeles within ten minutes.

EXT. BZR BROKERAGE -FRONT AREA

ANGELA moves through the gathered crowd looking up at thebuilding. As she makes her way through, the amuletbrushes against bodies --swinging from side to side.

Angela suddenly stops in the center of the street,

turns...

ANGELA:

Something's coming...

She stares at her surroundings with an increasing senseof dread. Then hears the RUMBLE and TIRES SCREECHING.

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Angela spins, spots John's BARRACUDA exploding around the

corner. It barrels up the street and slides to aSQUEALING stop in front of her. Passenger door swings

open.

JOHN:

What happened to staying in thecar?

ANGELA:

You were in danger.

JOHN:

Well now there's a premonition.

SIRENS crack the air. Angela jumps in and John PEELSOUT.

INT. BZR

Balthazar is taking his last breaths when the sound ofWIND filters through the room. He looks up as a shadowdrapes across him. Eyes widen.

BALTHAZAR:

One more chance...

Shadow darkens and his decimated form shudders.

JOHN (V.O.)

Jesus didn't die from being nailedto a cross.

EXT./INT. BARRACUDA -MOVING

John takes a turn at 70 as Angela stares into John'sBible.

JOHN:

He was finished off by a soldier's

spear.

He points in the Bible at a detailed painting of theevent --Jesus hanging on the cross --being pierced by asoldier's spear. It matches that child's drawing Johnremoved from the fridge --now lying on his seat.

ANGELA:

I'm Catholic, John --I know the

crucifixion story.

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JOHN:

Then you know what this spearwould mean to a demon trying to

cross over.

She doesn't.

JOHN:

The stains on its edges?

Angela looks back at the painting, notes the liquidflowing from Jesus' wound. Angela can't believe it --

JOHN:

Mammon needed divine assistance -how's

the blood of God's only son?

Angela sits stunned for a moment.

ANGELA:

So that's it --he's goteverything he needs to escape...

JOHN:

Not quite.

(glances at her)

Twins.

Angela gives him a look. Something in the rearview

mirror catches his gaze.

JOHN:

Here we go --

John floors it and Angela glances out the back window,

spots something in the traffic --bounding over vehicles,

hitting the pavement on all fours --

ANGELA:

What is that?

JOHN:

A hound on the hunt.

A blur of muscle and bone leaps over cars at incrediblespeed --denting in roofs, CRACKING a WINDSHIELD -causing

general chaos. Cars brake --SLIDE into each

other. And still this thing keeps coming.

JOHN:

Hang on --

BARRACUDA slides into an alley, races toward the other

end.

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Angela looks back, sees their pursuer enter the alley.

It makes huge strides along the walls, defying all mannerof physics.

ANGELA:

Impossible.

The beast goes right up the wall and disappears above the

building.

ANGELA:

I lost it.

BAM, something lands hard on the roof, denting it a goodfoot.

A huge clawed TALON punches into the sheet metal, startsshredding it right over Angela. Talon thrusts in.

Angela dodges it --her amulet swinging wildly.

John HITS the BRAKES and the beast flips off the roof andonto the hood --right INTO VIEW.

A muscular anomaly with eyes that are unmistakablyBalthazar's. He lashes against the windshield with anextra appendage. Thank God for safety glass.

He jerks back his embedded talon, pulls the entirewindshield out with it, smashing it on the hood. GLASS

PARTICLES EXPLODE into the car.

John throws the car into a spin, slamming the Barracudainto several parked cars. Balthazar is uprooted, isthrown from the car.

Angela looks back, sees Balthazar rolling into traffic.

ANGELA:

He's down --

JOHN:

He's not down. Gimme your phone.

Angela pulls out her cellular.

EXT. DOWNTOWN

A BRITISH COUPLE sit in the back of Chaz's taxi, staringout at the seedy side of town as if it were "Wild

Kingdom."

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BRITISH MAN:

They mark their territory withgraffiti instead of urine butthey're still very much animals.

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