Demolition Man Page #34

Simon lifts the MTL towards him. It almost reaches

up to the landing above. Spartan hurls the VIAL at

Simon's feet.

It SHATTERS. Nothing happens. The heat from the MTL

has boiled off all the water in a ten foot circle nearby.

The MTL flame comes closer. In a moment Spartan will

get cooked. Instead of running away, he moves closer.

Stands up on the railing of the second landing. And

just as his clothes begin to catch fire from the heat,

leaps --

Over the oncoming thermal flame as it arcs up towards

him. And over and past Phoenix.

Spartan lands behind him, coming around with an elbow

into Phoenix's kidney, causing Phoenix to drop the MTL.

Outside their circle of heat, the tiny chip hits the

water. Melts. And again, like the opposite of watching

ice shatter, the water everywhere goes steel solid,

stuttering out in all directions.

Phoenix still has a free hand. Smashes a nerve center

on the side of Spartan's neck. Spartan twitches visibly

from it. Grunts.

Spartan punches him right, left, right in the sternum.

Phoenix coughs blood, spits it away.

Steps back to launch a mighty blow at Spartan and --

His heel just steps into a puddle of water. The tiniest

rivulet drifts over, connects it to the main ice solid

locked water.

Simon feels his foot stuck. And as he looks down in

consternation, realizes in shock what's happened and

then looks up, Spartan hits him straight from the

shoulder with everything he has left, dead in the face,

as Phoenix solidifies.

Phoenix's head snaps clean off.

Hits, like a ball bearing on polished steel. Bounces

with a CLANG. Rolls off. CLANG, CLANG, CLANG, CLANG,

CLANG.

Spartan reaches desperately for the still spewing MTL

as the rivulets close in towards him.

Grabs onto it just in time. Spins, melts off a

protective circle around him.

Looks up at the peanut gallery of cryocons.

SPARTAN:

All right, who's next???

Nobody moves. Nobody can move. Every last one is

dead. Frozen in place.

The building continues to collapse around Spartan. More

LIGHTS BLOW OUT. A giant beam comes crashing down.

SPARTAN:

(a massive

understatement)

I think it's time to go.

Carefully melting a path to the door, Spartan comes

through --

INT. CRYO PRISON - STARK WHITE CORRIDOR - NIGHT

MTL still blazing, the hall bursts into flame around him

as he leaves. He takes no chances. Continues to melt

and burn his way out.

EXT. CRYO PRISON - NIGHT

Outside the building, but still inside the gate. Spartan

pauses, still holding the flaming MTL, thinks about it a

sec, torches the rest of the whole evil f***ing place.

GATE:

As Spartan steps through, the MTL sputters to a halt.

He tosses it aside. The cryo prison burns, explodes,

freezes, contracts, expands behind him.

A far greater crowd has gathered. Police, citizens,

Scraps. They watch in silent awe and shock as Spartan

re-emerges. Katherine walks up. Deadpan as her

father --

KATHERINE:

Good to see you again, Dad.

(kisses him on

the cheek)

Come by sometime for dinner.

(re:
the

destruction)

I'll cook.

He kisses her back on the cheek. She smiles, they

hug. Lenina watches from nearby.

HUXLEY:

That was it? That's the whole

kissing thing? What was Cocteau

so worried about?

Spartan grabs her. Lays a real kiss on her. Long and

hard. She comes up for air, gasping, eyes shiny.

HUXLEY:

Oh. My.

(then)

Is the rest of fluid transfer

activities like this?

SPARTAN:

(beat; dry)

Better.

HUXLEY:

(beat)

Better??! Oh. My.

She kisses him. Long and hard. Breaks.

HUXLEY:

Welcome to the future, John

Spartan. Now that you've

destroyed everything.

He throws an arm over her shoulder. They turn and walk

away. They head off into the sunrise...

SPARTAN:

Yeah, I think I'm gonna like it

here.

(a beat; then)

There's one thing I want to

know though. How does that

damn three seashells thing

work?

And as the MUSIC COMES UP and obscures her explanation

we --

FADE OUT.

THE END:

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