Heavy Metal Page #14

DISSOLVE TO:

ARD'S THRONE ROOM

The beast-Captain keeps his machine gun trained on DEN as

the soldiers lead him into the cavernous room.

DAN:

(V.O.)

They split us up and took me to

this weird castle-type place.

I wanted to find out where they'd

taken Katherine, but none of these

guys seemed to speak English.

In the middle of the room there is a round stone pedestal

with a throne carved into it. On the throne sits ARD, a

child-like ruler with a sadistic glint in his eye.

ARD:

They tell me you are Den of Earth,

the one who dared to steal the

female sacrifice from the Queen.

DAN:

(V.O.)

This guy was a shrimp so I figured

I'd play it tough.

DEN:

Where is the girl?

ARD:

I am Ard - supreme leader of

the revolution and the next

ruler of the world.

DEN:

(tougher)

The girl!!

ARD:

Well, aren't we fierce?

If you are truly as tough as

you seem, then you will serve

me well. But first, a test.

Guards! Castrate him!

DAN:

(V.O.)

Uh oh.

Two bestial guards approach from behind, brandishing curved

short-swords. DEN turns instinctively, dodges the first thrust

and delivers a bone-shattering elbow to the beast's head,

crushing his skull.

Spinning with his own momentum, DEN throws a rock-hard fist

into the second guard's chest, snapping his rib-cage and

sending him flying across the room.

Without pausing, the bald muscleman grabs the nearby beast-

Captain and lifts him into the air by his machine-gun. The

Captain hangs on as DEN twists the gun, butts it into the

creature's groin and then drives the weapon through the

Captain's jaw.

The creature crumples, leaving DEN with the gun.

DAN:

(V.O.)

Boy! I was pretty good at this

stuff.

ARD:

Excellent. You are worthy to

serve me.

DEN:

(aiming machine-gun at him)

Give me the girl or die.

ARD:

(taking it lightly)

Well, if I have a choice, I'll

take death.

DEN:

So be it.

DEN fires, spraying a row of bullets across ARD'S body. The

bullets blast big yellow holes in ARD'S chest, but there is

no blood. ARD looks up and laughs.

ARD:

Ha ha ha! You'll have to

do better than that.

As DEN looks on, ARD'S wounds miraculously close up and heal

themselves over.

DAN:

(V.O.)

I could see why they made this

guy their leader.

ARD:

(standing up)

... but if you're really interested

in the girl; I've had her encased in

glass.

ARD pulls the velvet covering off of a glass box to reveal

KATHERINE, unconscious, sealed inside.

DEN:

She's dead.

ARD:

Actually no. She's sleeping,

but only I can awaken her.

DEN:

What do you want of me?

ARD:

I want you to steal the sacred

Loc-Nar.

DEN:

What is this Loc-Nar?

ARD:

The Queen's glowing sphere, you

fool. The sacrifice to Uluhtec

can only be performed by the

possessor of the sacret Loc-Nar.

(calling out)

Norl!

NORL, a huge gorilla-man, in a purple cloak, steps forward.

ARD:

(to Den)

This is Norl, my bravest warrior.

You will go with him to the Queen's

castle and steal the Loc-Nar. Then

I will give you the girl.

DEN:

And if I refuse?

ARD:

If you refuse, you die, she dies,

everybody dies.

DAN:

(V.O.)

Sounded reasonable to me.

DEN looks down at KATHERINE'S motionless body.

DISSOLVE TO:

RIVER BANKS NEAR THE QUEEN'S CASTLE

In the moonlight, DEN and NORL lead a squad of beast-warriors,

armed with automatic weapons, along the river towards the Queen's

castle.

NORL:

(to Den)

Ssh. Guard post ahead. We

must go underground.

NORL lifts a rock to reveal an underground passageway.

DAN:

(V.O.)

This guy Norl seemed to know what

he was doing. And, for a gorilla,

his English wasn't half bad.

DEN and the warriors enter the underground passage.

CUT TO:

UNDERGROUND TUNNEL

The group, carrying torches, moves along the dark tunnel. They

pass a bubble-window with shark-faced eels swimming on the other

side.

NORL:

(to Den)

We're underneath the castle moat.

DEN nods. An ugly growl echoes through the tunnel up ahead.

the warriors freeze and murmur to each other in their own

languages.

DEN:

(to Norl)

What are they saying?

NORL:

They talk of the savage beast who

prowls these catacombs with a fierce

hunger and sharp teeth ...

(gestures)

six inches long.

A dog-faced warrior shakes his head and says something to NORL.

NORL:

Sorry ...

(indicating)

... sixteen inches long.

Suddenly, a savage beast appears and chomps his long, razor-sharp

teeth into one of the warriors at the end of the line. DEN, NORL,

and the remaining warriors run on through the tunnel as, behind

them, the monster pulls his victim apart.

CUT TO:

DOORWAY IN CATACOMBS

DEN, NORL, and the remaining warriors arrive at a door in the

rock wall.

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