Event Horizon Page #11

INT. EVENT HORIZON - WEIR'S DUCT

Weir stops before module E-12. Hears a faint HISSING and

POPPING.

WEIR:

There you are.

He uses a screwdriver to open up the module. Reveals a series

of circuit boards. One SPARKS. Weir plucks the damaged chips

and starts running a by-pass.

His flashlight flickers. He bangs it against the duct wall.

It grows dimmer. Goes out.

WEIR:

Um. Captain Miller? I, uh, I seem to

have a problem with my light.

A single DRIP of water in the darkness...

WEIR:

(beat, hushed)

Captain Miller?

Another DRIP, then a woman's VOICE like a distant echo:

VOICE:

Billy.

Weir starts at the sound. He recognizes the voice.

She speaks again, no longer far away, but a close WHISPER in

his ear:

CLAIRE (O.S.)

Billy. Help me. I'm so cold.

Weir's eyes open wide in hope and fear.

INT. EVENT HORIZON - SECOND CONTAINMENT

Even the emergency lights go out. Total darkness.

MILLER:

We just lost all power in here. Dr.

Weir...?

Miller's voice trails off as he looks towards the Core. A

red glow reflects across his eyes. He takes a few steps away

from the reactor. He stares...

...at the BURNING MAN, standing before the Core. The deep

ROAR of its conflagration fills the containment.

It slowly turns and raises its arm and points at Miller in

accusation.

BURNING MAN:

Don't leave me...

Miller stares as the Burning Man turns and vanishes into a

bulkhead, leaving the wall blackened and burned with his

passing.

INT. EVENT HORIZON - WEIR'S DUCT

Total darkness. Weir's breath ECHOES in the cramped metal

space.

WEIR:

(a whisper)

Claire...?

Weir bangs his flashlight. Again. Again...

CLAIRE (O.S.)

Help me. I'm so cold.

The flashlight flickers...

Claire's face is inches from Weir's.

CLAIRE:

So cold.

His flashlight flickers again, snaps on...

She is gone. Weir lets his head fall to the floor of the

deck, breathing in ragged SOBS.

CUT TO:

INT. EVENT HORIZON - BRIDGE ANTECHAMBER

The crew, except for Cooper. DJ whets a scalpel against the

leg of his jumpsuit, an unconscious gesture. FLICK. FLICK.

FLICK.

DJ:

Carbon dioxide poisoning produces

hallucinations, impaired judgement...

MILLER:

Goddammit, DJ, it was not a

hallucination! I saw a man, he was

on fire. And then he disappeared.

STARCK:

Maybe one of the original crew?

MILLER:

No. It was someone else.

STARCK:

Who?

MILLER:

(ignoring the question)

Dr. Weir, you were right there, you

must have heard something, seen

something...

WEIR:

No. I saw nothing.

PETERS:

I did.

All heads turn to her.

PETERS:

About an hour ago. In medical. I saw

my son. He was lying on one of the

examination tables and his legs

were...

(she trails off)

WEIR:

Isn't it possible that you were

traumatized by finding the body on

the bridge?

PETERS:

I've seen bodies before. This is

different.

She falls silent, unwilling to say more.

MILLER:

Peters is right. Its like something

reaching into your mind. Seeing your

thoughts and making them real. Smith,

did you or Cooper experience anything

unusual?

Smith, leaning against the doorway:

SMITH:

I didn't see anything and I don't

have to see anything. This ship is

f***ed.

WEIR:

Thank you for that scientific

analysis, Mister Smith.

SMITH:

(exploding)

Hey! You don't need to be a scientist

figure it out...

MILLER:

Smith...

Weir's face is stone.

SMITH:

...you break all the laws of physics,

you think there won't be a price?

You already killed the first crew...

MILLER:

That's enough!

DJ lays one hand on Smith's shoulder to calm him...

Smith reacts violently, turning on DJ, shoving him back. DJ

uses Smith's momentum to spin the pilot into the wall. He

presses his scalpel just below Smith's ear...

MILLER:

DJ!!

DJ freezes. The scalpel falls from his hands. He releases

Smith.

DJ:

I'm sorry, I... I don't know why I

did that.

WEIR:

(wry)

Carbon dioxide.

Smith goes for Weir.

SMITH:

He's f***ing lying, you know

something...!

Miller heads him off, grabs him.

MILLER:

That's it, that's enough for one

day, Smith! I need you back on the

Clark, I need you calm, I need you

using your head, you make a mistake

out there, none of are getting home,

you understand?

Smith calms.

SMITH:

Sir.

MILLER:

Get outside, go back to work. I'll

join you shortly.

Smith leaves.

MILLER:

We're a long way from home and we're

in a bad place. Let's not make it

worse. If anyone has any constructive

suggestions, now is the time.

WEIR:

I think I can stabilize the fields

around the singularity, that should

prevent another power drain.

MILLER:

Do it.

DJ:

To conserve our oxygen, we should

severely restrict our activity. Anyone

who can should get some sleep.

MILLER:

I don't need sleep, DJ. I need

answers.

Miller exits. Starck follows.

INT. EVENT HORIZON - GENERIC CORRIDOR

STARCK TRAILS MILLER:

STARCK:

Miller...

MILLER:

(not slowing)

What is it, Starck?

STARCK:

...I ran the bio-scan with the DNA/RNA

filter. The results were bio-readings

of indeterminate origin...

MILLER:

(simultaneous)

"...bio-readings of indeterminate

origin," don't you have anything

useful to tell me?

STARCK:

I've got a theory.

Miller stops.

MILLER:

Go ahead.

STARCK:

There was a another surge in the bio-

readings right before you... you saw

what you saw. We picked up a similar

readings right before the Clarke was

damaged. What if there were a

connection between the two? The

gravity waves, the hallucination,

all part of an defensive reaction,

like an immune system...

Miller starts walking again.

MILLER:

I don't need to hear this.

She rushes to follow.

INT. EVENT HORIZON - AIRLOCK BAY NO. 2

Miller and Starck enter the Airlock Bay:

STARCK:

You've got to listen...

MILLER:

To what? What are you saying? This

ship is alive?

STARCK:

I didn't say that, I said the bio-

readings correspond to what happened

to you, the ship is reacting to us...

MILLER:

We're hanging on by our fingernails

and you're giving me bullshit

stories...

She grabs him by the arm.

STARCK:

It's not bullshit, it's the only

conclusion the data supports...

MILLER:

Starck, do you know how crazy that

sounds? It's impossible.

STARCK:

I know that.

Beat. Miller allows himself to relax.

MILLER:

If you knew it was impossible, then

why'd you waste my time?

STARCK:

I thought you wanted an answer. And

that's the only one I have.

Miller pulls an EVA suit from the wall, starts putting it

on.

MILLER:

What I want is to survive the next

ten hours.

STARCK:

(checks her watch)

Nine hours and twenty-two minutes.

MILLER:

I'm going outside to work on the

Clark. And Starck... don't tell anyone

what you just told me. We've got

enough to worry about.

She nods. He locks his helmet into place.

CUT TO:

EXT. EVENT HORIZON - MODEL

Establish.

INT. EVENT HORIZON - GENERIC CORRIDOR

The ship seems to breathe. The lights flicker...

INT. EVENT HORIZON - MAIN ACCESS CORRIDOR - WITH AIRLOCKS

ANOTHER ANGLE. The ship seems to breathe. The lights

flicker...

INT. EVENT HORIZON - MAIN ACCESS CORRIDOR - NO AIRLOCKS

ANOTHER ANGLE. The ship seems to breathe. The lights

flicker...

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