Hollow Man Page #13

Matt reaches behind Linda and unhooks her bra. He kisses

his way down her neck to her breasts. Linda pulls him to

her.

Suddenly the window shatters. Startled, both Matt and

Linda jump back covering themselves.

We hear Sebastian's footsteps as he retreats down the

fire escape.

A moment later Matt reaches the window and peers out. He

sees the fire escape ladder slowly rise back up down

below.

LINDA:

What was it?

MATT:

I don't know. I don't see anything.

Matt picks up a piece of glass and examines it.

MATT (cont'd)

It's like something hit it.

Linda picks up the phone and dials.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

Carter picks up the phone.

CARTER:

Hello?

Carter looks at the security monitor of the recovery

room. Sebastian's heat signature lies still on the bed.

CARTER (cont'd)

No. No. He's here No, I'm staring at

him. He's right there in his room.

INT. LINDA'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Linda breathes a sigh of relief.

LINDA:

Thanks. No, just checking. 'Kay, bye.

(hangs up phone)

Phew.

Matt pulls her into him.

MATT:

Relax... it's nothing. Where were we?

INT. RECOVERY CHAMBER - NIGHT

BARKING can be heard in the background. That horrible

repetitive barking that grates the soul like Chinese

water torture.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Be quiet!

A photograph of Linda drifts through the air and settles

atop a flaming candle. It ignites into fire, twisting and

turning in mid-air, then falling on the floor as ash. A

beat later water runs from the sink faucet. It forms in

the shape of hands and splashes against his face,

dripping away.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

And the cyclops screamed out, "Who is

it who blinds me?" and Odysseus

replied "Nobody is my name". And the

Cyclops raged to his friends "Nobody

is killing me. Nobody".

The barking continues. A moment later the chamber door

slides open. We push down the...

HALLWAY OF THE HABITATS

... until we are face-to-face with the unhappy barking

dog.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Shhhh. It's Nobody-It's nothing.

The Plexiglas door to the doggie's cage swings open and

some invisible force grabs little doggie around the neck.

The force squeezes its little fur ball throat until the

barking stops.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

The force keeps squeezing until the little doggie goes

limp. Then the dog smashes against the Plexiglas over and

over until blood spills out its mouth. The Plexiglas door

swings closed again and moments later the door to

Sebastian's cubicle closes as well. The water runs in

Sebastian's sink washing the blood away from his now half

visible hands.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. HABITAT'S CORRIDOR - NEXT MORNING

Sarah sees the dead dog lying prone on its bedding. She

eyes it curiously and opens the cage door.

INT. RECOVERY CHAMBER - LATER

Sarah stares at the empty chamber.

SARAH:

You awake?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

I am now.

The sheets raise and drape off of him.

SARAH:

Notice anything unusual last night.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

No. Why?

SARAH:

Franklin Three. He's dead.

Sebastian pulls a sheet around him. He moves across the

dimly lit room like a ghost.

SEBASTIAN:

What of?

SARAH:

His neck was broken and his windpipe

collapsed.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

How'd that happen?

SARAH:

I thought maybe you could tell me.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Sarah... You saying I had something to

do with it?

SARAH:

He was alive last night when I left

and he was dead this morning. And you

were the only one down here.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

I was in my room all night.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY

Sarah sits with Carter as they run through the security

video tape. Matt and Linda look over their shoulder.

CARTER:

That's all twelve hours.

LINDA:

He never left the room.

SARAH:

A windpipe doesn't just suddenly

collapse. Someone or something killed

it.

MATT:

You saw the tape. The man was in his

chamber.

SARAH:

Then we have a problem, because I the

cage was locked from the outside. That

means it was opened, the dog was

killed and the cage was closed and

locked again. Only a human could do

that.

CARTER:

Well, it wasn't me.

MATT:

And it wasn't him.

LINDA:

Are we sure?

INT. RECOVERY CHAMBER - NIGHT

Linda passes Sebastian's chamber. Sebastian's in latex.

SEBASTIAN:

Any big plans for tonight?

LINDA:

Quiet night at home. Maybe a book.

SEBASTIAN:

Really? Whatever happened to that guy

your were seeing?

LINDA:

He's still in the picture. Why?

SEBASTIAN:

Being locked down here, I'm forced to

live vicariously. Someday you'll have

to tell me what he's like.

LINDA:

Maybe someday I will. See you in the

morning.

SEBASTIAN:

Au domain.

Sebastian watches Linda walk away. He glances at the

camera and starts to peel off his face.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

The elevator door opens. It's empty.

SEBASTIAN'S POV - as we push past the guard and down onto

the street.

EXT. STREET - NIGHT

Empty street. We hear whistling. Splashes of water splat

out from shallow puddles,,as Sebastian walks through

them.

SEBASTIAN'S POV - A car approaches. As it drives by we

see Matt and Linda inside, heading back to the warehouse.

The footsteps stop.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Hmmm.

We see the footsteps start to head back toward the

warehouse.

INT. WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

Linda and Matt exit their car and cross toward the

elevator.

LINDA:

(to Marine Guard)

Forgot something.

INT. STREET IN FRONT OF WAREHOUSE - NIGHT

As we watch the footsteps head back through the puddles

toward the warehouse, we see Frank pass us in his car.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

What the hell?

He breaks into a run. Feet splash water and he races back

toward the warehouse.

INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT

Empty. The elevator door opens and we push out into the

hallway. Sebastian's POV

INT. HALLWAY OF HABITATS - NIGHT

We follow Sebastian down the hallway to his cubicle. But

as he rounds the corner, he quickly ducks back. The

entire research team is in his cubicle. Sebastian slowly

approaches and watches as Frank takes down his video

board.

FRANK:

Pretty clever really. All it does is

recycle the signal. He flips this

switch, it takes a snapshot and that's

all we see.

LINDA:

A**hole.

JANICE:

And you think he's violent?

SARAH:

He killed a dog with his bare hands.

FRANK:

Dogs aren't people. Are we in any

danger?

Linda doesn't know.

LINDA:

Either way, we aren't equipped to

handle this. We have to inform the

committee.

Everybody murmurs in agreement.

JANICE:

What if he doesn't come back?

LINDA:

They'll go after him.

(beat)

Who has tonight's shift?

JANICE:

I do.

LINDA:

Pretend nothing's wrong. Everyone just

do what you're doing so he doesn't

become suspicious. Okay? Matt and I'll

go tell Doctor Kramer and we'll lot

the committee deal with it.

Sebastian's POV - He backs away and races down the hall.

EXT. DR. KRAMER'S HOUSE - POTOMAC MD - NIGHT

Rate this script:3.0 / 1 vote