Hollow Man Page #15

THERMAL POV - The chamber is empty.

CARTER:

He's not in there.

Linda enters the chamber. She notes that Sebastian's face

and makeup are on the sink vanity. Linda crosses to the

phone and hits the "PAGE BUTTON"

LINDA:

Okay, Sebastian. Fun's over. Tell us

where you are.

She waits. Then...

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

I'm sorry. But I can't lot you turn me

in.

LINDA:

Sebastian... where are you?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (INTERCOM)

You have no idea what it's like. The

power of it. The freedom. I can't let

that go.

LINDA:

C'mon Sebastian. You're scaring me.

Tell me where you are and we can talk

about it.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (INTERCOM)

There's nothing to talk about. See ...

I've done things that can't be undone.

A long beep as the intercom clicks off.

LINDA:

Sebastian! Sebastian!

(beat)

I want search parties. Thermal goggles

and tranquilizers.

INT. CORRIDOR

Linda and Matt, wearing thermal goggles and clutching

tranquilizer pistols, walk down the hallway, scanning

back and forth.

INT. SEBASTIAN'S OFFICE

Janice enters the office.

JANICE:

Dr. Caine? Are you in here? Dr. Caine?

Suddenly, Janice jerks back.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

I'm here.

INT. HABITAT'S CORRIDOR

Sarah scans all the habitats with a thermal scanner.

Listening intently.

INT. SEBASTIAN'S OFFICE

Janice struggles with her unseen assailant, slamming into

walls and knocking into filing cabinets.

INT. LABORATORY

Frank and Carter search the lab with their thermal

scopes.

FRANK:

Doctor Caine?

INT. SEBASTIAN'S OFFICE

Linda and Matt knock.

LINDA:

Sebastian?

No response. They push through the door. The room seems

deserted. Signs of a struggle. File cabinets opened,

drawers tossed.

MATT:

This is bad.

THERMAL POV - Linda surveys the room, spotting a slight

heat signature peeking from the corner.

LINDA:

There's something over there.

Linda moves toward it. Whatever it is its hidden from

Matt's POV by the supply cabinet. As Linda gets close she

pulls of f her thermal goggles to see...

JANICE -

Her face blue, eyes bulging. An I.V. cord wrapped around

his neck. Linda jumps back.

LINDA (cont'd)

Jesus. Oh my god.

Matt rushes over. Sees the lifeless corpse.

MATT:

What happened?

Linda lowers the body to the floor.

LINDA:

She was strangled. Multiple blows to

her head.

Linda begins a medical check of the rest of the body.

Matt stoops down and examines Janice's face.

LINDA (cont'd)

We got a big problem here.

A lamp tumbles from the desk and smashes to the floor.

Both Linda and Matt jump. Linda frantically dons the

thermal visor and scopes the room again. Nothing. Matt

notices the lamp cord beneath Linda's leg. Points it out

to her. She sighs with relief... she pulled the lamp off

the table.

LINDA (cont'd)

Get everybody to the conference room.

Now!

Matt picks up the phone. Clicks the hookswitch. Clicks

the hookswitch again.

MATT:

Intercom... the phone lines. They're

dead.

LINDA:

Gimme that.

She checks the phone, punches some numbers. Nothing.

LINDA (cont'd)

It was just working.

MATT:

What the f*** is going on here?

INT. CORRIDOR

Matt and Linda head toward the lab.

Linda suddenly stops.

MATT:

What?

LINDA:

Shhh.

Linda takes a few cautious steps. Senses something.

LINDA (cont'd)

Give me the visor.

Matt, suddenly concerned, hands her the visor.

THERMAL POV - Linda checks out the corridor. Empty. Linda

takes Matt's hand.

LINDA (cont'd)

C'mon.

They move quickly up the corridor. See Frank, Sarah and

Carter.

FRANK:

Did you find him?

LINDA:

Janice is dead.

INT. CONFERENCE ROOM

Linda scans the room with her thermal scope.

LINDA:

It's clear.

Matt, Frank, Janice and Sarah step in, locking the door

behind them.

SARAH:

The man has checked out of reality.

FRANK:

What happened? I don't understand.

CARTER:

Isn't it obvious? Right now, we're the

only ones who knows he exists. If he

gets rid of us, no one knows and he

becomes the most powerful man on

earth.

FRANK:

But he's not a killer.

They all look at Linda.

LINDA:

He wasn't. He is now.

MATT:

Can you fix the elevator? Restore our

codes?

FRANK:

It'd take hours to crack the

encryptions.

MATT:

Right now that sounds like good news.

CARTER:

So what do we do until then. Sit

around waiting for him to kill us off?

Everyone looks around for some leadership. Finally.

LINDA:

No. We find him, before he finds us.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

The group moves quickly, passing under an air vent. As

they round the corner the vent slowly swings down and an

air disturbance drops to the ground.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM

As they enter...

CARTER:

You sure this'll work.

Linda sits down at a computer terminal, activates it.

LINDA:

We designed it to help find the rats

we kept dropping in year one. They

were too small for thermal scans.

A map of the compound appears on the screen.

MATT:

Systems hot. Activating motion

detectors.

Matt toggles a switch. Linda stares at a map of the

compound. Blips appear on the display... in the

observation room... in the Habitat Area and in one of the

corridors.

LINDA:

I've got movement in Corridor Six.

MATT:

That's him.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

A shadow edges down the tunnel. It settles for a moment,

disappearing completely, then is back on the move. At the

tunnel's edges, motion detectors light up as the thing

passes by.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM

Carter checks his Tranq pistol & Matt rummages through a

locker.

MATT:

Got 'em.

Matt pulls out a pair of walkie-talkies. He tosses one to

Linda.

LINDA:

(into walkie)

Check. Check.

Her voice echoes from the other unit.

LINDA (cont'd)

Be careful.

MATT:

Just watch our backs. Hey Carter,

ready?

CARTER:

Let's do it.

Matt and Carter exit. Linda locks the door behind them.

INT. TUNNEL

Matt and Carter trot toward corridor six.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY

Linda huddles over the display, tracking the two.

LINDA:

(into Walkie)

Take a right at the next accessway.

He's working his way back to the

offices.

We see Matt and Carter on one of the working video

screens as they push down the tunnel.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

Matt and Carter move cautiously, listening for any sound.

MATT:

(Walkie - sotto)

If we split up, can we trap him on

corridor eight?

LINDA (V.0.)

If he keeps heading in that direction.

Matt nods to Carter. The pair splits, heading down

separate accessways.

MATT:

Going Thermal.

Matt pulls the visor down over his eyes.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - DAY

Linda watches the two separate and come around Sebastian

in a pincer move.

Suddenly, the blip that was Sebastian disappears. Linda

grabs the walkie.

LINDA:

I lost him. Matt, I lost him.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

Matt makes his way forward.

MATT:

He probably just stopped moving.

But Matt becomes more cautious with his footsteps. Slowly

... approaching a corner...

He rounds the corner and sees a heat signature at the far

end of the corridor. He levels his pistol, ready to fire.

CARTER:

It's me.

Matt pulls off his goggles.

MATT:

Do you have anything?

CARTER:

Nothing.

MATT:

How did he get by us?

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