Hollow Man Page #10

INT OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

Carter picks up the phone and dials.

A beat then.

CARTER:

Yeah, it's Carter. We got a problem.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

The elevator doors open and Sebastian pushes past the

Marine Guard.

MARINE GUARD:

Hey, Doc. Haven't seen you for awhile?

Sebastian keeps his face turned away as he crosses to his

Porsche.

SEBASTIAN:

Yeah, well. You know how it in

sometimes.

MARINE GUARD:

You got that right, sir. I was

beginning to worry 'cause your car

hadn't moved.

SEBASTIAN:

Thanks, but everything's cool.

Sebastian starts his car. It chugs a few times before

turning over and speeding out of the warehouse.

INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT

The door opens and Sebastian switches on the lights.

He looks around his apartment and sighs. It's good to be

home.

INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT

Sebastian enters the bedroom, clicking on the light. He

looks at the ceiling, "You Should Be Working", and

smiles.

INT. LINDA'S APARTMENT BUILDING, PARKING GARAGE - NIGHT

Linda and Matt each rush to their respective cars.

MATT:

He could be anywhere. Hell he could be

right behind us.

LINDA:

I'll meet you at the lab. I'm gonna

swing by his place, just in case.

MATT:

See you there.

Matt tries to give her a quick pack. Linda backs away.

LINDA:

(quietly, looking around)

I don't want him to see.

MATT:

(looking around too)

What a mess.

They get in their cars.

INT. SEBASTIAN'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

Sebastian packs up a few personal belongings in an

overnight duffle. He crosses to his bookcase and pulls

out some books and throws them into the bag.

But as he does, he notices a light come on in the window

across the courtyard. Sebastian turns off his bedroom

light and moves toward the window. He peers across the

courtyard into the Brunette's apartment.

He watches the Brunette as she comes into the living room

from her front hallway. She drops her keys on the table

and begins unbuttoning her blouse as she crosses to the

window. Just as the blouse slips off her shoulder, she

pulls her blinds shut.

SEBASTIAN:

Sh*t.

Frustrated, Sebastian steps away from the window and then

stops. Something has occurred to him.

SEBASTIAN (cont'd)

Don't even think it...

He looks down and notices his hand is trembling. His

breathing is a little heavy. A little nervous. He catches

a glimpse at himself in the mirror.

SEBASTIAN (cont'd)

(almost whispering)

Once...just once.

The Brunette's living room light switches off and the

bathroom light switches on. We see him fighting an

internal battle and we see him lose it. He grabs a hold

of his hand and peels the latex skin off.

EXT. APARTMENT BUILDING - NIGHT

Linda drives Sebastian's apartment. She spots his black

Porsche in the parking lot. She pulls over to the curb,

jumps out of her car and heads into the building.

INT. BRUNETTE'S APARTMENT, BATHROOM - NIGHT

Wearing just a robe, the brunette turns on her shower.

The doorbell rings. With a frustrated sigh, the brunette

rises.

AT THE FRONT DOOR

She peers through the peep hole. No one's there. But as

she turns she hears the doorbell again. She opens the

door, steps out into the hallway and looks around. Empty.

Puzzled she heads back inside her apartment.

We follow her as she crosses to her bedroom, but a moment

later, the bedroom door closes on its own.

We hear a SCREAM come from the other side. Then another.

Then a muffled struggled. And we...

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY, SEBASTIAN BUILDING - NIGHT

Linda exits the elevator and heads down to Sebastian's

door. She knocks. Waits. No answer. She knocks again.

Waits.

And then she tries the door. It's unlocked. She pushes

the door open.

LINDA:

Sebastian?

INT. SEBASTIAN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Linda pushes through the living room, into the bedroom.

LINDA:

Sebastian?

She notices that the bathroom light is on.

BATHROOM:

On the floor she finds Sebastian's clothing and on the

vanity she sees his latex face and hands.

LINDA:

Oh sh*t.

She scramble for the bedroom phone and quickly dials.

LINDA (cont'd)

Yeah, Matt, it's me. He was here. No.

He's taken his make-up off. I don't

know...He must be outside somewhere.

I don't know where he went. I'm coming

back to the lab. How? How'm I supposed

to do that? I CAN'T F***ING SEE HIM!

We're going on alpha call. I want

everyone at the lab now. We're gonna

need thermal visors and we may need

tranqs.

As she hangs up the phone, and heads out. The CAMERA

doesn't follow, but instead pushes through the blinds and

out the window. As we cross the courtyard, we begin to

hear muffled cries of terror. We hold on the Brunette's

window as we...

CUT TO:

INT. BRUNETTE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

The bedroom door opens and we see the Brunette, nude and

curled up on the bed, sobbing. We follow the sounds of

heavy breathing to the front door of her apartment. The

door opens and we push out into the hallway. We can see

indentations of feet appear on the hallway carpet.

INT. CORRIDOR BY SEBASTIAN'S APARTMENT

The elevator doors open and Linda steps inside. The doors

close shut behind her. A beat later we see the

indentations of footsteps come around the corner. We

follow the breathing and stumbling footfalls back into...

INT. SEBASTIAN'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

We push over to the bathroom sink. The faucet turns on

and the water starts running.

We see the water cup under the faucet and splash against

Sebastian's face. His face appears briefly in the water.

Then the water slips away.

For second it sounds like he's crying, but then we hear

something far worse. He's laughing. Nervous laughter.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM - NIGHT

Matt hands out thermal goggles, while Frank loads and

passes out tranquilizer guns.

JANICE:

What are the tranqs for?

LINDA:

Use your imagination.

JANICE:

Are you saying he's dangerous?

MATT:

We're just saying we need to be

cautious.

LINDA:

The Metro stops running after midnight

and he's on foot, so he can't have

gotten too far.

CARTER:

Look, this isn't a monkey we're

talking about. It's Dr. Caine. Don't

you think you're over reacting?

LINDA:

This program is classified. If he's

out there it means someone might find

out about him. He could destroy the

whole program.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Relax, Linda. No one's gonna find out.

They all turn around. At the door is Sebastian, back in

his latex outfit.

MATT:

Where the hell have you been?

SEBASTIAN:

I got a little stir crazy, so I went

to my apartment to pick up some stuff.

LINDA:

Bullshit! I went to your apartment and

I happen to know you did a helluva lot

more than pick some stuff up.

SEBASTIAN:

What are you talking about?

LINDA:

You, of all people How could you?

Caught dead to rights, Sebastian sinks into his chair. He

thinks she knows.

LINDA (cont'd)

You put yourself and this project at

risk.

SEBASTIAN:

Just what did you see in my apartment?

LINDA:

I saw your face and your clothes.

MATT:

It was bad enough you left without an

escort, but to take off the...

(he motions to his face)

out in public?

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