Hollow Man Page #18

Matt puts his hands on her shoulder to calm her. She

pushes him off.

FRANK:

Yeah? And just what are we supposed to

do now?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Now? Now you die.

The three of them whip around.

LINDA:

He's here!

MATT:

Where?

LINDA:

Sebastian!

Silence. The three cautiously move out. They stand back

to back, each one facing out. They move toward the door

of the Chamber.

LINDA (cont'd)

Sebastian. Sebastian, listen to me.

No response. They all their tranq pistols level waiting

for some sign. Hearing each other breathe. They slowly

move outside the Chamber into the corridor.

LINDA (CONT1D)

I don't know if you can understand

this, but what you're experiencing is

a psychological breakdown. This isn't

who you are.

A beat.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

I would say that what I am

experiencing is psychological

awareness. I like you being in

complete and absolute control.

They identify the general area the voice is coming from:

Back inside the Chamber! They slowly move toward the

Chamber door. With lightning speed they slam the door

shut, locking Sebastian inside the Recovery Chamber.

LINDA:

You goddamn bastard! You goddamn

bastard. You're gonna pay for this.

I'm going to bring you back to

visibility and then I'm going throw

your ass in jail.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

You're never gonna bring me back

Linda. I never want to come back.

LINDA:

F*** you!

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Or maybe I'll f*** you. One last time

for old times sake.

Linda slams her fist against the wall of the Chamber.

MATT:

Don't listen to him. It's not worth

it.

FRANK:

Come on, Matt. Let's go get the

elevator back on-line so we can got

out of this hell hole.

Matt gives Linda a kiss...

MATT:

He does anything, anything at all,

come get us. I'll be back to check on

you in five.

Matt and Frank head off down the corridor.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Imagine you two, carrying on right

under my nose. Out of curiosity, what

did he give you that I couldn't?

LINDA:

Shut up, Sebastian. He's more of a man

than you'll ever be.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - CONTINUOUS

A VIDEO SCREEN shows Linda pacing outside the Chamber

door. The chair moves forward toward a microphone.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Okay, sweetie. I'll be quiet. If

that's what you want...

Sebastian TOGGLES the intercom switch OFF. We pan over to

one of the working video screens ... Matt and Frank

stride down the hallway. The chair swivels and the

observation room door swings open slightly.

INT. CHAMBER

Linda still holds his tranq gun toward the door. Nothing

moves. Nothing. Linda walks over to the Plexiglas ...

stares in. Can't see anything, anyone. Just the dead

Sarah.

Then she sees it. The little red light on the intercom.

Its on.

LINDA:

Sebastian? Sebastian? No.. No...

Linda bangs on the glass. She looks. No movement, no

nothing. She listens. Sh*t. She takes off running.

LINDA (cont'd)

Matt! Frank!

Tracking with Linda as she rushes down the hall.

LINDA (cont'd)

Matt! Matt! Frank!

INT. LABORATORY - DAY

Linda breaks in the room to see Frank slicked in blood,

his throat cut, and Matt bleeding from multiple stab

wounds with an extension cord around his neck being

pulled tight.

LINDA:

Jesus!

Linda rushes over and slams into Matt. They fall to the

ground. Linda crawls over to Matt, but her head snaps

back and her lips erupt with blood.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Figured it out? You were always so

clever.

Matt's pulled back across the lab by the cord around his

neck. He grabs at the cord trying to breathe. Linda

watches him being pulled away.

LINDA:

No!

She clamors over to him. But Matt rises in the air and is

tossed against the lab table. Linda levels her dart

pistol and fires haphazardly at the air. She hits nothing

but objects jerk and move in a line as Sebastian heads

for cover. Linda manages to grab Matt and pull him to

her.

LINDA (cont'd)

Hang on!

MATT:

Get out of here!

Linda pulls Matt toward the door.

LINDA:

(yelling)

You won't get away with this. They'll

find out about you. They'll hunt you

down.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

The villagers with their torches? Lock

up your daughters! Sorry, Lin. It's

not gonna happen that way.

Linda hits the lights. The lab is now very, very dark.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

See, I've spent all my time down here

thinking up this plan. When they find

you, they'll find a pile of charred

corpses. The result of a terrible

accident, I'm afraid.

Linda reacts to the voice as it grows nearer. She

navigates the maze of equipment, heading toward the crack

of light at the front door.

LINDA:

How can you be so brutal?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

I guess because I don't have to look

at myself in the mirror anymore

(beat)

Remember that first night I was out? I

did something bad, just to see if I

could get away with it. And when I

did, I realized I could have it all. I

can kill in broad daylight. And

nobody's gonna tell the police they

were f***ed by a ghost. Anything I

desire I can make happen, but not if

people know.

Linda and Matt have reached the door of the lab. She

pushes through it and slams it behind her.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

Linda pulls Matt along.

MATT:

I'm dizzy. I can't feel my legs.

LINDA:

Just keep going. I'll fix you later.

INT. CORRIDOR, LAB DOORS - DAY

The doors explode open.

INT. SUPPLY ROOM - DAY

Linda looks up and down the hall and pulls Matt inside

the supply room. It's still blood soaked from earlier.

Linda closes the door, sliding the deadbolt into place.

Linda lots him drop like a heap onto the floor. She falls

to her knees beside Matt, lying on the ground.

LINDA:

Matt... Matthew. Stay with me now.

Linda pulls his scrubs open. The wounds are many and

deep.

MATT:

He surprised us. We weren't

expecting...

LINDA:

Shhh. Don't talk.

BAM! Something slams against the door. Bam! Slams against

it again. The old deadbolt is buckling. Linda looks

around the room and sees the storage freezer.

LINDA (cont'd)

We gotta move. Hang on.

Linda helps Matt up and into the storage freezer.

INT. STORAGE FREEZER

Linda grabs a metal bar and slides it between two hooks

on the door and the jam.

BAM! The storage room door blows open. Linda leans down

next to Matt.

MATT:

Lin...

He entire shirt is stained with blood. He's having

trouble breathing.

MATT (cont'd)

I can't feel anything.

Linda picks up his hand. Grips it tight.

LINDA:

You feel that?

Matt smiles.

MATT:

A little...

She rips his shirt open... and sees his wounds. She grabs

a vial of alcohol and dumps it on her hands and then

probes the wound.

LINDA:

Your losing blood, but he didn't hit

the vitals.

She looks around.

LINDA (cont'd)

Sutures and thread.

She rises, and looks outside the porthole into the room.

Suddenly it fogs up and she almost sees a face. She

stumbles backward, and the door starts rattling. Linda

scrambles over to hold the metal crowbar in place.

Sebastian pulls and rattles on the freezer door. To no

avail. It's not gonna budge. Finally he gives up. The

door stops shaking. Linda is relieved, briefly. Still.

Then she hears the click of the door locking.

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