Heavy Metal Page #11

H-h-hey, Hanover ...

n-now take it easy, Hanover,

I'm sure we can talk this ov ...

Instinctively, STERNN leaps back as FISTE'S giant hands come

smashing down in the spot where STERNN stood. The gallery

scatters screaming as STERNN runs for the door. Slavering,

FISTE thunders after him. STERNN runs through the exit,

bolting the door behind him. FISTE follows, tearing the

door apart, and bringing the entire courtroom wall down in

the process.

CUT TO:

STERNN:

Running down a hallway, STERNN passes a group of Regolian

cops, who raise their weapons in an attempt to block the

rampaging FISTE.

REGOLIAN #1

Halt, clik, in the name of the

Federation, clik. Where is your

corridor pass?

(to other Regolians)

Unco-operative humanoid, clik,

blast him.

They open fire, but FISTE is unstoppable. Still growing,

he grabs the Regolians's weapons, crunches them up and eats

them.

REGOLIAN #1

You are now in violation of Code

103-N-17, clik, paragraph A-64 ...

unauthorized consumption of Federation

property. Please come quietly, clik,

... thenk yew.

With a single clap of his enormous hands, FISTE crushes the

Regolian's metal skulls together into an accordian the thickness

of a dime.

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STERNN:

He races through a metallic hallway, and ducks into a boiler

room, then down a long dark tunnel. At the end of the tunnel,

STERNN comes to a dead-end, and stops to rest.

STERNN:

Oh, this looks good.

FISTE:

(growls)

STERNN:

Oh, duck under here ...

FISTE:

I'll get you!!

STERNN:

I think I'll turn here!

(runs, gasping)

Come on feet, don't fail me now!

FISTE:

Sternn!!!

STERNN:

Uh oh ...

(runs)

Ah, gasp, ah whew, lost him!

FISTE:

STERNN!!

STERNN:

Okay, Hanover, you've had this

coming!

Taking a deep breath, STERNN reaches into his pocket, pulls

out a wad of bills, and counts them out as he hands them to

FISTE.

STERNN:

Let's see, thirty-three, thirty-

four, thirty-five thousand zuleks.

Thanks Hanover.

FISTE:

(taking money)

S'nothin, boss.

Counting his money, FISTE starts shrinking back to his

normal size.

STERNN:

And Hanover ...

FISTE:

Yes?

STERNN:

Goodbye.

STERNN pulls a lever, which opens up the floor below FISTE,

who screams, falling out into space. As FISTE slides out,

STERNN grabs the money from FISTE'S hand and smiles.

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THE OUTLANDS:

All is quiet across this vast expanse of rusted pipes and

barren desert. The silence is broken by a whistling sound which

gets louder and louder. Then, thud!

A green ball lands in the dirt in front of us. Fluttering down

around it are HANOVER FISTE'S tattered clothes. Then the

burnt ashes of Hanover's body land in a small pile beside his

clothes. Panning up we see TAARNA flying on her bird in the

distance.

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TAARNA:

She swoops down and flies through a maze of rusting pipes and

cables which look like the ramnants of an ancient power station.

Then she steers her bird through a hidden opening in the rotting

floor, and enters a magnificent secret hideaway cut deep into

the rock.

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INSIDE TAARNA'S HIDEAWAY

Landing her bird on a circular slab of gleaming marble, TAARNA

dismounts and walks over to a shimmering pool. Here she disrobes,

and picking up a small gold pitcher, she pours an ancient oil

over herself. It shines and sparkles as it touches her skin.

Then she steps into the water, where her body seems to sparkle

even brighter.

Finishing her sacred bath, she steps out and walks to a stone

wall. When she touches it, a rock panel slides away to reveal

a gold chest. TAARNA opens it.

Inside the chest lies a glistening set of armoured garments,

so bright that TAARNA must shield her eyes for a moment. Then,

as she looks down at the armour, the voice of TAARAK THE

DEFENDER comes into her head.

TAARAK:

(V.O.)

To defend - this is the Pact.

but when life loses its value,

and it taken for nought, then

the Pact is ... to avenge!!

Through a series of dissolves we see TAARNA'S hands sensuously

fitting the various metallic pieces over her firm body. Finally

we pull back to see her fully.

Standing before us, glistening in the torch-light, she looks

magnificent. Reaching once more into the chest, TAARNA pulls

out a golden sword. As she holds it, it seems to vibrate,

almost buzzing in her hands. Suddenly she swings it, slicing

cleanly through one of the stone torches on the rock wall. As

the burning torch falls to the ground, TAARNA leaves.

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THE SKY:

From over our heads, TAARNA comes soaring past, her armour

gleaming in the rays of the setting sun. Below her, she

sees a metallic holiday-town filled with barbarian soldiers.

Drunken blue men fight in the streets, strange animals run

around loose, and dead or drunken bodies lie in the gutters.

Looking down, amidst the melee, she sees three winged creatures

tied up in front of a bar. The camera zooms in on one of the

creature's saddlebags. It has a silver medallion set into the

leather, identical to the one which TAARNA pried from the

Elder's fingers.

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INSIDE THE BARROOM

Barbarian honky-tonk music fills the crowded room, as

various barbarian soldiers sit drinking and fondling the

bar-girls who are dressed in cheap, flashy metal outfits.

Three of the blue barbarians are particularly drunk and

rowdy as they push a non-barbarian down, dump a drink on his

head, laugh and kick him.

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THE BARROOM DOOR

TAARNA walks in through the swinging silver and plexiglass

doors, past the three soldiers kicking their victim. She sits

down at the bar.

The three brutish blue soldiers finish stomping the man and

walk over to the bar, crowding close around TAARNA.

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