Hellbound: Hellraiser II Page #13

She picks it up and turns it around in her hands, studying each

of its faces intently.

She begins trying to move the interlinked pieces within it. At

first she has no success; the box appears to be one solid

construction with no internal movement possible.

She stops her attempts and studies it again for a moment, her face

still impassive. Then she gives a tiny smile and begins again.

Her movements are faster now, less tentative.

Suddenly, there is a click and one of the panels on-the box

slides out slightly. The little music-box tune begins to play.

To TIFFANY this is a marvelous reward - something the jigsaw

never offered - and she lets out a little sound in response,

somewhere between a sigh and a delighted giggle. It tempts her to

even greater skill and her delighted fingers fly over the box.

Another panel moves. Then two more. The tune is prettier and

fuller.

73 INT. OBSESSION ROOM ALCOVE DAY

MALAHIDE stares fixedly through the window, nervous but terribly

excited. He is breathing rapidly and shallowly.

Through the glass, TIFFANY's success continues. Small flashes of

intense blue light begin to buzz around the box. The room grows

darker and cracks begin to appear in its walls.

JULIA seems quietly amused - both by what is going on in the room

and by MALAHIDE's heated response to it. She glances from one to

the other, her eyes twinkling.

JULIA:

You're sure this is what you

want?

MALAHIDE doesn't take his eyes from the window.

MALAHIDE:

It's what I've ALWAYS

wanted. A view of ...

beyond.

He pauses. Perhaps he is being ungallant. He turns slightly

towards JULIA and takes her hand.

MALAHIDE:

You were almost enough, Julia

but...I have to see. I have to

KNOW.

JULIA smiles indulgently. She nods.

JULIA:

Oh, I quite understand.

74 INT. OBSESSION ROOM DAY

TIFFANY is completely engrossed in the box. She seems blissfully

unaware of the changes taking place in the room.

The cracks have widened in the walls and, in some places, pieces

of plaster have fallen away, revealing the slats beneath.

Blue light begins to stream into the room, ignoring the geography

of what should lie beyond its walls. Where the light comes

through the slats, it is as broad beams of light, given contrast

by the shadows of the slats. But it also comes through the

smaller cracks and enters the room in intensely bright and very

thin beams that criss-cross through the room almost like a laser

display.

Suddenly, TIFFANY's solution is complete. The central core of the

box rises up and twists itself around into its final position.

75 INT. OBSESSION ROOM ALCOVE DAY

MALAHIDE takes an almost involuntary step backward. His

excitement has now reached the pitch where it is beyond obvious

physical manifestation. He is perfectly still, his face perfectly

impassive.

MALAHIDE:

She's done it.

JULIA:

She certainly has.

MALAHIDE:

It's coming.

JULIA:

It certainly is.

MALAHIDE turns away to meet her eyes.

There is a beat or two where absolutely nothing happens.

The mirror explodes inwards into the alcove.

76 INT. OBSESSION ROOM DAY

The room is filled with smoke and suffused with blue light.

Two of the walls simply part physically, revealing entrances into

the corridors of Hell. These corridors are lined with gray walls

and seem to run for a great distance.

TIFFANY still sits cross-legged in the middle of the floor,

staring about her in astonishment.

Surrounding her, in various parts of the room, are the four

CENOBITES from HELLRAISER.

The FEMALE CENOBITE smiles and advances towards TIFFANY.

The leader of the CENOBITES, PINHEAD raises a hand.

PINHEAD:

Wait.

The FEMALE stops and looks questioningly at PINHEAD.

PINHEAD, at a more leisurely pace, crosses towards TIFFANY and

looks down at her. She stares back at him, the remnants of her

insanity a temporary defense against fear, her face registering

nothing.

PINHEAD looks up.

PINHEAD:

No.

The FEMALE looks across at him.

CENOBITE:

No?

PINHEAD shakes his head.

PINHEAD:

No.

He glances down at TIFFANY again.

PINHEAD:

It is not HANDS that call us...

He looks up and stares directly at the shattered two-way mirror.

PINHEAD:

... It is DESIRE.

77 INT. OBSESSION ROOM ALCOVE DAY

The wall opposite the shattered mirror has also opened up to

reveal a way into Hell.

MALAHIDE and JULIA are no longer in the alcove.

We hear the ringing of their footsteps. They are making their way

down the corridor.

78 INT. OBSESSION ROOM DAY

The four CENOBITES have gone.

TIFFANY looks around the room again. She stares from one entrance

to the other. Her manner is reminiscent of when she is making

decisions during her solving of puzzles.

79 INT. BLOOD-BOUDOIR DAY

KIRSTY is still on the floor in the boudoir of blood. This room

too is now suffused with blue light and smoke. There are no

gateways to Hell in the walls but there are several cracks in the

plaster and these appear to be spreading.

KIRSTY moans and opens her eyes gingerly. She puts a hand to her

face, rubbing at the place where JULIA hit her.

Still a little groggy, she lifts herself slowly to a sitting

position, her legs stretched out. Only when she has blinked a few

times, shaken her head, and rubbed her jaw again, does full

consciousness return - at which point she looks quickly about the

room ( possibly expecting another attack from JULIA) and notices

the light and the smoke.

She has been in this atmosphere before. She knows precisely what

it means. Her mouth opens and her eyes grow nervous again.

KIRSTY:

Oh, sh*t.

KIRSTY scrambles quickly to her feet and rushes through the door

to the stairs.

80 INT. OBSESSION ROOM DAY

KIRSTY enters the room just as TIFFANY is about to go down one of

the corridors. KIRSTY screams at her.

KIRSTY:

NO!

TIFFANY stops, startled, and looks at the doorway and KIRSTY.

KIRSTY raises her hands in a placatory gesture and speaks more

softly.

KIRSTY:

Wait. Wait.

KIRSTY begins to move into the room slowly and shakes her head

gently.

KIRSTY:

Hey, remember me? From the

hospital? I was in the next room?

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