Godzilla Page #16

Something is making Godzilla more cautious this time.

Unsure he vacillates between moving forward and staying

within the shelter of the tall buildings.

ANGLE - O'NEAL - CENTRAL PARK

SERGEANT O'NEAL

(into radio)

Don't fire until he's cleared the

buildings and has moved into the

park.

ANGLE - GODZILLA

Still unsure, he ROARS out, frustrated with his own

indecision.

SERGEANT O'NEAL

Come on, come on!

152 INT. TUNNELS - SAME - NIGHT152

Nick leads the team through the cross town tunnel

created by Godzilla. Climbing over the debris, they make

their way to another opening. We FOLLOW them as they

clamber through the hole and into...

153 INT. PENN STATION - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT153

The largest subway/rail station in New York. Godzilla

has torn it to shreds. We get the feeling this is where

Godzilla has spent most of his time. Scattered fish

abound.

High above, there is a immense black hole in the tall

ceiling. Wherever it leads to is very dark. Nick and

Raymond stare at the hole together.

RAYMOND:

What is up there?

154 EXT. 34TH STREET - MOMENTS LATER - SUBWAY ENTRANCE -154

NIGHT:

Climbing the stairs out from the subway, Nick et all

walk up onto the street to SEE...

MADISON SQUARE GARDEN

The team cautiously approaches the building.

155 EXT. CENTRAL PARK - SAME - NIGHT155

Carefully moving out from between the buildings Godzilla

takes a step into Central Park.

SERGEANT O'NEAL

(into radio)

Prepare to fire!

Guns are cocked, locked on and hoisted. Suddenly

Godzilla gets cold feet and starts to turn around.

156 INT. COMMAND TENT - WAR ROOM - SAME - NIGHT156

The RED BLIP suddenly begins to move away from the

park.

MAJOR HICKS:

(into radio)

Damn it! Fire! Shoot it before it gets

away!

157 EXT. CENTRAL PARK - SAME - NIGHT157

SERGEANT O'NEAL

Fire at will! Fire at will!

All the weapons surround the area FIRE AT ONCE. Several

more Cobra Helicopters ZOOM DOWN out of nowhere.

Plunging downward, they FIRE at Godzilla.

The firepower ripping up everything around him, Godzilla

ROARS and deftly DIVES out of the park and back between

the buildings.

But as he bounds over to 57th street, there is a

contingency of MOBILE ROCKET LAUNCHERS waiting. They

FIRE. Godzilla DODGES and the rockets DESTROY PLANET

HOLLYWOOD as Godzilla races by.

With the helicopters right on his tail, Godzilla makes a

westward run across 57th street. Smashing parked

vehicles and his tail SWIPING buildings as it DASHES.

WEST SIDE HIGHWAY

Godzilla is heading straight for it, the helicopters

SHOOTING from the air. Suddenly Godzilla LEAPS higher

than we've seen before. He hurls himself OVER the West

Side Highway and SPLASHES DOWN into the Hudson River,

vanishing beneath the water's surface.

158 INT. COMMAND TENT - WAR ROOM - SAME - NIGHT158

Furious, Major Hicks throws his headset against the

console violently. ADMIRAL JOHNSTON leans down into

frame.

ADMIRAL JOHNSTON

Don't worry. The Navy has a little

something there waiting for him.

THREE NUCLEAR SUBMARINES

In the murky waters of the Hudson river.

159 INT. NUCLEAR SUBMARINE - THE ARIZONA - SAME - NIGHT159

The alarm KLAXONS are RINGING OUT as everyone rushes to

battle stations. The CAPTAIN moves over to a sonar

screen; a large MASS nearby blips on the screen.

CAPTAIN:

(into radio)

We've got him on sonar. Arizona

closing in.

160 INT. COMMAND TENT - SAME - NIGHT160

Different monitors have put up a three dimensional

schematic of the Hudson river. We SEE outlines of the

three nuclear subs approaching their target.

RADIO VOICES:

(filtered)

...Indiana, closing in...Calvin

Coolidge, closing in...

161 INT. LOBBY - MADISON SQUARE GARDEN - SAME - NIGHT161

The doors are pried open. It's very dark in here, only

the assault team's flashlights illuminate. As they enter

the lobby, the team splits up into different search

groups.

Nick, Raymond and Jean-Claude move down the large front

lobby and turn down one of the many hallways surrounding

the main auditorium.

ANGLE - HALLWAY - ENTRY LEVEL - CONTINUOUS

Cautiously they move towards us. In the distance we see

the rest of the team moving the other direction. Raymond

and Nick arrive at a door leading to the main

auditorium. Nick is about to push the door open when

Raymond stops him.

RAYMOND:

Jean-Claude.

On command, Jean-Claude snaps together his automatic

rifle as Raymond pulls out his semi-automatic pistol. He

nods "okay" to Nick who slowly opens the door.

As the door opens a small pile of FISH tumbles down over

their feet. They step over the fish and enter.

162 INT. AUDITORIUM - ENTRY LEVEL - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT162

Total darkness. Nick, Raymond and Jean-Claude cautiously

step over the fish inside. Only their flashlight beams

can be seen.

NICK'S P.O.V. - TRASHED AUDITORIUM

His beam cruises over the area nearby. It's been gutted.

Fish lay strewed on the floor everywhere. Suddenly Nick

spots a strange cluster of OBJECTS. He moves closer.

Raymond follows. With their combined light we can

SEE...

THREE ENORMOUS EGGS

A pile of reptile eggs nearly twice as tall as they are.

Raymond walks behind the egg, illuminating it from the

other side, making it partially translucent. We can SEE

THE EMBRYO inside the egg and IT'S MOVING!

NICK:

Three eggs. I thought there would be

more.

RAYMOND:

You were right.

Slowly Nick turns and SEES what Jean-Claude is staring

at open jawed...

DOZENS OF EGGS:

Together their beams of light scan across the main

auditorium floor surrounding the gaping hole to discover

DOZENS OF EGGS piled in clumps everywhere.

NICK:

That can't be. That's got to be over

twenty eggs.

163 INT. OTHER HALLWAY - SAME - NIGHT163

Another of Raymond's men (R-MAN #2) has found a

switchboard, he examines the switches.

164 INT. PENN STATION - SAME - NIGHT164

Animal and Audrey are wandering through the debris.

AUDREY:

Okay, where'd they go from here?

165 INT. OTHER HALLWAY - SAME - NIGHT165

R-MAN #2 locates the switch he's looking for and hits

it.

166 INT. AUDITORIUM - SAME - NIGHT166

Nick, Raymond and Jean-Claude are stunned as the work

lights suddenly TURN ON illuminating the room,

revealing...

HUNDREDS OF EGGS

All over the main auditorium floor. A stunning tableau.

Nick is speechless. Raymond turns to him.

RAYMOND:

Start counting.

167 INT. PENN STATION - SAME167

The light filters down from the gaping hole in the

ceiling.

ANIMAL:

They must have climbed all the way up

into there.

Together they notice some large metal piping that has

fallen from the auditorium. They move over to it and

begin to climb.

168 EXT. UNDERWATER - HUDSON RIVER - NUCLEAR SUB - NIGHT168

The Arizona races past us.

169 INT. COMMAND TENT - WAR ROOM - SAME - NIGHT169

We follow a runner who hands a report to the Admiral who

is conferring with the General and Major Hicks by the

schematic. The Admiral reads the report.

ADMIRAL JOHNSTON

They've surrounded the target just at

the mouth of the Hudson river.

170 EXT. UNDERWATER - GODZILLA - SAME - NIGHT170

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