Constantine Page #18

JOHN:

Hang on, Angela.

EXT. SKY -CLOSE ON ANGELA

moving in a surreal fashion across an evening sky. Below

her the City of Angels sweep past. Her eyes drift openand widen in horror as she sees beyond reality --

REFLECTION IN HER EYES

The city is ON FIRE. It's a repeat of Isabel's propheticvision before she jumped.

MIDNITE (V.O.)

Listen to my voice inside...

INT. MIDNITE'S -STORAGE ROOM

Midnite kneels in front of John who is now handcuffed to

the chair, cables draped from every limb.

MIDNITE:

I'll try and guide you out.

JOHN:

Try?

MIDNITE:

Mammon was forced out of that girlwhen she jumped so unless he founda holding vessel to wait in, hewould have fallen back to Hell.

JOHN:

No, he's still here. I'm sure of it.

MIDNITE:

Then watch yourself. He could be

in anyone out there.

John nods. Midnite lifts a palm of INSECT WINGS in frontof his face.

JOHN:

Roach wings? What happened tousing lilac pedals --?

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99.

CONTINUED:

Midnite cranks the JUICE on the panel as he BLOWS and Johnreacts as if being hit by a blast of wind. His head slams

back against the slats. His skin ripples from the force.

STAY ON his face as the sound of POWER courses through John.

MIDNITE:

Peter do caelis, Deus, miserenobis. Fili Redemptor mundi,

Deus, Miserere nobis...

A FLASH turns into a streak behind John's face -stretching

to infinity.

MIDNITE (V.O.)

Find the possessor and the Spearwill be revealed... find them...

find them and follow...

The flash whips back TOWARD us and John is suddenlysomewhere else. He looks O.S.

INT. PRISON CHAMBER FROM THE OPEN

FROM that MYSTERIOUS POV, we watch the Prisoner hold theSpear for the first time. Like before, he turns andlooks behind him where --

John now stands. Watching. John centers on the Spear inthe Prisoner's hand.

FLASH AHEAD -INT. ISTANBUL AIRPORT

That same MYSTERIOUS POV of the Prisoner in line. He

turns as he did before and it's -

--John behind him. Watching. Prisoner turns away.

FLASH AHEAD -EXT. LAX TERMINAL -EVENING

MYSTERIOUS POV is ON the Prisoner at the exit doors. He

looks back, suspiciously, and there's -

John. Watching. Prisoner turns, heads to the minivan.

FLASH AHEAD -EXT. EAST L.A. -MYSTERIOUS POV -NIGHT

of a minivan still smoking from a recent impact against alarge iron ENTRANCE GATE. Prisoner is running from it,

glances back -

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100.

CONTINUED:

John is there. Watches as the Prisoner enters the

abandoned wing of --Ravenscar. John reacts. How did he

miss this?

FLASH AHEAD -INT. SLEEP ROOM

Fifty beds with fifty patients. Asleep. The Prisoner

kneels next to one of the beds. John walks over, toucheshim and he rocks to the floor. Dead. Body reveals theSpear on the blanket of the bed.

John reaches out to touch it when the boy BARRY suddenlySITS UP from under the blanket and grabs him by thethroat. NOTE the boy's BLACKENED FINGERNAILS.

John struggles to pull him off but the boy's grip islocked tight. John grabs at his hands --chokes out the

name --

JOHN:

MIDNITE!!

John's hands suddenly become MIDNITE'S as his ally pullshim back into --

INT. MIDNITE'S -STORAGE ROOM

John's face is held tight in the life-saving fingers ofMidnite's grip. John gasps as he comes back --nods to

Midnite and finally --

JOHN:

Ravenscar. The abandoned wing.

He's in the boy.

EXT. OVER HILLSIDE -FLYING -EVENING

WINGED SHADOW glides across the landscape, sweeps acrossmanicured grounds and rises to reveal Ravenscar Hospital.

INT. MIDNITE'S OFFICE -LATER

Midnite piles ASSAULT RIFLES, SHOTGUNS, GLOCKS onto atable.

MIDNITE:

You know these won't kill them.

John adjusts the flames of a butane heater under a pan.

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101.

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MIDNITE:

You probably won't even get closeenough to use them.

In the pan is that RELIGIOUS RELIC he brought from India.

It's now MELTING. Midnite has trouble watching itdissolve.

MIDNITE:

And it's not just the boy.

John coughs, pours the melted gold into several smallcasting blocks.

MIDNITE:

You better worry about whoever'shelping him.

John gives the big guy a glance, dips one of the castingsinto a pot of water --HISSSSSS.

MIDNITE:

As much as I admire your blindfaith even in the most dire

situations --expecting to justwaltz into a facility that isabout to become the floodgate ofHell is reaching a bit, even for

you.

John stops the work, centers on him and Midnite justknows what he's thinking. Midnite sighs, heavily.

MIDNITE:

Well I suppose two fools can diejust as easily as one.

John almost smiles.

MIDNITE:

Hey, you think I'm trusting you tosave the world?

John taps the casting and out falls a GOLD-TIPPED BULLET.

MIDNITE:

But we're going to need more thana few magic bullets to get inside.

John centers on the Sparkletts bottles positioned aroundthe room. Just like John's. Hmmmm...

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102.

CONTINUED:

JOHN:

That ritual you do with the water,

can you do more than one bottle ata time?

Midnite raises an eyebrow.

EXT. RAVENSCAR -NIGHT

The motorized MAIN GATE is jammed --opening and closingon a crashed VAN. The van the Prisoner carjacked. The

abandoned hospital wing stands ominous against a moonlitnight. Vague figures move about near the emergencyentrance.

John's BARRACUDA IDLES up with its headlights off. John

stares out, points up to the WATER TANK --on the roof.

MIDNITE:

(sighs)

Figures.

INT. RAVENSCAR -PHYSICAL THERAPY ROOM

Therapy machines look like medieval torture devices inthe dimly-lit room. BARRY stands waist deep in a largehydrotherapy tank inset into the tile floor. His skin is

pale, sickly looking. Obviously containing Mammon takesits toll. Especially on a child.

His hands are below his waist and now we see they'relowering a still-unconscious Angela into the water. Her

face floats just above the surface as he bucklesrestraining straps around her wrists.

INT. RAVENSCAR -ABANDONED WING

Front glass doors swing open and John and Midnite calmlystrut inside. Stop.

HEAR the O.S. MURMURS of an unseen crowd.

This EMERGENCY ROOM is crammed with people. Lawyers.

Brokers. Soccer moms. Truck drivers. Etc... Most are

crowded in front of a set of double doors.

Room goes dead silent as all eyes lock on our guys.

John steps from Midnite, raises his hands like a riot

cop.

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103.

CONTINUED:

JOHN:

Okay --let's cut the scratch and

call it a night. Meeting's over.

That's got their attention. As entertainment. A few

chuckle. John is surprised to see Ellie stepping fromthe crowd. Still that bundle of sexual energy.

JOHN:

Ellie?

ELLIE:

Oh, John, you know how much I loveit on this side. This was just anopportunity to make it permanent.

JOHN:

You think his son will be anydifferent? He'll just turn thisplace into his own Hell and thenwhere will you to party, Heaven?

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