Hellboy Page #6

Hellboy selects a clip full of bullets and a speed loader.

HELLBOY:

Would'ya look at this babies? Made

'em myself. Holy water, silver

shavings, white oak: the works.

ABE:

(pulling his hand

away)

Behind this door. A dark entity --

Evil, ancient and hungry.

Abe quickly starts scanning a few leather-bound volumes of

ancient magic.

HELLBOY:

Oh, well. Lemme go in and say "hi".

As HELLBOY opens the big doors, a flickering amber glow

illuminates him. He steps inside.

INT. "MAGIK EXHIBITION" HALL - NIGHT

BLUE emergency lamps are on. The exhibits are destroyed;

piles of debris are burning. Hellboy walks past a fallen

display case.

He moves around cautiously. A couple of large carvings and

statues startle him.

On the floor:
boots, half chewed. Bitten belts and shreds of

uniforms and hats.

HELLBOY:

(whispers into radio)

Blue:
It stinks in here -- Finely

aged roadkill.

The sickening sound of snapping bones and mastication reaches

his ears. Hellboy reacts to a smell, raises his eyes to

discover --

A huge pale CREATURE hangs from the ceiling, chewing slowly.

SAMMAEL:
equipped with powerful arms, a head full of tentacles

and two well-muscled hind legs. Most of its face is hidden,

but the jaws are shiny with blood.

HELLBOY:

Hey. Stinky. Kitchen's closed.

(beat)

Whatcha havin'? Six library guards,

raw? Plus belts and boots? Man, you're

gonna need some heavy fiber to move

that out --

ABE:

(in earphone)

Red, I found something --

INT. MAIN CORRIDOR / MACHEN LIBRARY (SET) - NIGHT

Abe has found a small, medieval engraving of Sammael in one

of the books.

ABE:

There's not much here: the entity's

name is Sammael, the desolate one,

son of Nergal --

INT. "MAGIK EXHIBITION" HALL - NIGHT

Sammael releases himself, lands on the floor. Part of the

neck is exposed:
white, slimy skin, cracked like old marble

and criss- crossed with blue veins.

HELLBOY:

Hold it --

(beat)

Hey, Sammy, whaddayasay we work this

out?? Peacefully. I'm not a great

shot, but --

(raises his gun)

"The Samaritan" here, uses really

big bullets, so whadyasay we work

this out?

Sammael stands and turns around -- CRACK-KKK!!! His waist

twists him 360 degrees!!

Screeching, Sammael leaps away!!!

Hellboy shoots. The high-caliber ammo rips a few columns

apart and finally catches Sammael. The bullet goes through

it and destroys a statue and a large window behind him. The

monster squeals and goes down. With a rattling cough, it

grows still.

OMIT:

INT. MACHEN LIBRARY - MAGIK EXHIBIT HALL - NIGHT

HELLBOY:

That's all for you, Sammy.

ABE'S VOICE

(in earpiece)

Red -- you need to hear the rest of

the information --

Hellboy turns away for a moment. Puts his gun away, like a

gunslinger.

HELLBOY:

Nah -- he's taken care of.

INT. MACHEN LIBRARY - EXHIBIT CORRIDOR DOORS - NIGHT

ABE:

No, listen this:
Sammael, the desolate

one, lord of the shadows, son of

Nergal --

INT. MACHEN LIBRARY - MAGIK EXHIBIT HALL - NIGHT

ABE'S VOICE

hound of resurrection --

HELLBOY:

See? I don't like that --

ABE'S VOICE

-- Hound of resurrection?

Hellboy looks back at the corpse: it's gone!

ABE'S VOICE

harbinger of pestilence, seed of

destruction --

HELLBOY:

Skip to the end, willya? How do I

kill it -- ?

ABE'S VOICE

It doesn't say --

BAMMM!! From out of nowhere, Sammael appears and swings an

arm!! Hellboy CRASHES into the brass doors!

INT. MACHEN LIBRARY - EXHIBIT CORRIDORS - NIGHT

The doors bulge and crack under Hellboy's impact.

Abe and Broom backpedal fast. Myers pulls out his gun, and

starts looking for another way in. Broom observes this,

pleased.

INT. MACHEN LIBRARY - MAGIK EXHIBIT HALL - NIGHT

Sammael lashes out with a massive punch.

HELLBOY goes K-KKRASH!!! K-KKRASH!!! through SIX glass

cabinets, then hits a window, falling --

EXT. AN ALLEY - BEHIND MACHEN LIBRARY - NIGHT

-- two stories down, landing sideways in an industrial garbage

bin. Hellboy fights to stay conscious. Blood drips from his

mouth

GRIGORY'S VOICE

Child...

Hellboy looks up: standing in the alley, like an apparition,

is Grigory, in a black suit and overcoat, his eyes shielded

by pitch-black sunglasses

GRIGORY:

All grown up, I see.

Hellboy's in shock, confused.

HELLBOY:

That voice --

GRIGORY:

I sang the first lullaby you ever

heard, my child. I ushered you into

this world.

(beat)

I alone know your true calling, your

true name.

HELLBOY:

Don't tell me, it's Zeppo.

Hellboy catches sight of his big gun, lying on the ground.

He goes for it but, BAMMM!!!! SAMMAEL lands before him.

GRIGORY:

I can see that you're still young

and don't know your place.

(turns to Sammael)

Teach him.

Before Hellboy can reach the weapon --

WSHHHP!!! A 7-foot tongue lashes out from Sammael's mouth

like a whip. It's arm-thick, with yellow sacs billowing from

its sides. It wraps around Hellboy's right arm.

Hellboy falls to the ground, writhing, grinding his teeth.

The tongue squeezes and pulls. Smoke pours from Hellboy's

skin.

EXT. AN ALLEY - BEHIND MACHEN LIBRARY - NIGHT

Then -- BANG! BANG! BANG! Myers appears at the end of the

alley, firing round after round into Sammael's tongue. AMBER

BLOOD explodes in the air. The tongue recoils with an infernal

SQUEAL!!

Hellboy manages to roll away.

Myers goes for HELLBOY's gun... and grabs it! He takes cover

behind the trash container. HELLBOY is there.

HELLBOY:

What do you think you're doing??

Myers proudly shows him the gun.

MYERS:

Helping you -- I just --

HELLBOY:

No one ever helps me. It's my job.

He grabs his gun and tries to reload, but his arm hurts too

much.

HELLBOY:

Damn -- Okay. Here --

He hands him the gun and a fresh clip. Reaching into his

belt, Hellboy extracts a vacuum-sealed packet.

HELLBOY:

(throws it at Myers)

-- Then load this.

In the packet:
A SINGLE BULLET.

HELLBOY:

It's a tracking bullet. Crack the

pin. Load it.

KLANG!!! The tongue punches through the steel like a ramrod.

Again and again... Hellboy and Myers can barely dodge it.

Myers cracks a safety pin. The glass head on the bullet glows

like a chemical flare.

MYERS:

Jeez... What the hell is that?

He's looking at Hellboy's smoking arm. Inside a bloody gash,

a big, black stinger is gleaming.

Hellboy pulls it out, then steps on it. It pops like a ripe

grape.

HELLBOY:

Lemme go ask --

Hellboy steps from behind the container. Sammael's tongue

instantly wraps around the gun's muzzle.

BAM! BAM! Hellboy shoots repeatedly. His face lit weirdly

green as the tracking bullet lodges within the gun. Then --

BAM!!!!

INSIDE GUN SHOT:

The glowing bullet flies through the barrel and out towards --

EXT. ALLEY

-- Sammael, still in mid-air.

It hits him square in the chest: an explosion of green goo!!

With a shriek, the thing leaps over a wall. Hellboy scrambles

after it.

EXT. LOADING ALLEY - NIGHT

On the empty sidewalk, Hellboy sees a trail of GLOWING GOOP.

He hits full stride, following it around a corner. Myers

lands a second later, cradling his arm, chasing after him.

MYERS:

Wait! No, what are you doing?

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