Demolition Man Page #31

INT. COCTEAU COMPLEX - COCTEAU LOBBY - NIGHT

The elevator slides open. Danzig, Elvin and Francis

spray it with GUNFIRE. It's empty. Spartan and Huxley

slip in through a side door around the corner.

SPARTAN:

Old trick.

HUXLEY:

Old criminals.

He looks at her. She's a little cocky. Spartan steps

out into the hall. Sees a giant shadow.

SPARTAN:

Elvin!

Elvin steps out. Spartan SHOOTS him through the chest.

SPARTAN:

Thought it was you.

Danzig and Francis look a touch more concerned. They

split up.

Spartan moves cautiously down the hall. Huxley a pace or

two behind. High above in an overly futuristic frieze

looking much the modern gargoyle, is Danzig. Grins.

Dives on Spartan.

Spartan is slammed to the ground. We can feel the breath

knocked out of him. Tussles with Danzig as ---

Huxley pulls out her stun baton. Pokes at them, pulls

back, pokes again -- unable with the twisting, turning

struggling bodies to be sure she won't get Spartan.

And misses the fact that Francis is coming up from

behind. He slaps the baton out of her hand. Grabs

her around the neck, lifts her in the air. Begins to

strangle her to death. She kicks and claws at him

without effect.

Spartan's still busy with Danzig. She starts to choke.

Francis brings her closer to watch her die. A beat of

this, and Huxley reaches down and yanks the GUN out of

his belt and SHOOTS him repeatedly.

Half a beat later, Spartan finishes with Danzig. The

CRRRUNNNCH of his BACK breaking.

Huxley's in a state of shock.

HUXLEY:

This man has died at my hands. I

have taken all his future from

him...

SPARTAN:

Him or you, Huxley.

HUXLEY:

(somewhat mollified)

There is that.

INT. COCTEAU'S OFFICE - NIGHT

Spartan bursts in, gun drawn. No one's there. Spins,

checks everywhere. Spots a very dead Raymond Cocteau.

Huxley sees him a moment later.

HUXLEY:

Horrors. Oh horrors. Sic

Transit Raymond Cocteau. Oh, John

Spartan, civilization as we know

it will come to an end.

SPARTAN:

It does that every once in a

while.

The computer screen catches Spartan's eye.

SPARTAN:

What's this?

HUXLEY:

(checks it out)

Ooh. This is bad. Very bad.

(as Spartan looks

over her shoulder)

He's accessed the cryoprison.

He's about to defrost the entire

multilifer wing.

(beat)

Most of them don't like you.

SPARTAN:

Most of them didn't even like

their mothers. These are bad

people.

(then)

How many?

HUXLEY:

Eighty.

SPARTAN:

(beat; dry)

We have to stop that.

INT. COCTEAU COMPLEX - COCTEAU LOBBY - NIGHT

On the run, stepping over dead cryocons. Huxley keys

her BadgeRadio ---

HUXLEY:

All units, all units.

ProtectServe Cryoprison. Simon

Phoenix assumed to be en route.

(lifts the send

button)

Should I announce the demise of

Doctor Raymond Cocteau?

SPARTAN:

Nah. I think we're gonna cause

enough panic on our own.

EXT. CRYO PRISON - NIGHT

Prison is ringed by a high circular fence. Giant stainless

steel gates in front of the prison, a la the Federal

Reserve, are shut tight. A dozen futuristic squad cars

strobe the area in red and blue. The GTO RUMBLES up.

Spartan gets out. Huxley follows suit.

GARCIA:

He's inside already. And it's

completely sealed.

Spartan takes only the briefest reconnaissance look

around. Shakes his head sadly ---

SPARTAN:

This is crime against nature...

Leans into the GTO. Pushes in the cigarette lighter.

Puts it into neutral. Wedges the accelerator down. The

GTO BELLOWS. The cigarette lighter pops out and Spartan

uses it to light the fuses on the explosive devices.

Drops the car into gear. Pulls his head out just in time

as it ROARS off.

The GTO SMASHES into the front GATES. Wedges itself in

from the impact. Half a beat later, a long, low,

THUNDEROUS EXPLOSION. Smoke everywhere. Smoke clears...

It ain't much, but a man can get through now. Spartan

loads the spent cartridges in the guns from his ammo

belt. Huxley double-checks her stun baton.

HUXLEY:

(nervous as hell)

Okay, look, I wasn't at all pleased

to cause the fatality of that

deranged cryocon, but I understand

now that sometimes under

particular circumstances that

violence is necessary...

SPARTAN:

Good.

Takes the stun baton from her and nails her with it mid-

sternum.

SPARTAN:

Then you'll understand this.

She falls into Garcia's arms.

SPARTAN:

Hang on to her. See she doesn't

get herself into trouble.

GARCIA:

You too.

SPARTAN:

Yeah.

Spartan turns, starts towards the Cryo prison. As he

walks --- Takes a deep breath. Loosens up his right

shoulder. Loosens up his left. Checks the gun on his

right hip. Checks the gun on his left. They're both

set to cross draw. Steps through the breach.

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