Hollow Man Page #20

Half of Sebastian's head MELTED AWAY, his latex facade a

gruesome smoke-damaged mass. His clothes are half burned

revealing large blistering bubbly welts underneath, like

deformed blackened bubble wrap.

Sebastian crawls to his feet, but Linda hits him with

another shot of flame.

Sebastian pulls at his clothes as he crawls around the

corner.

SEBASTIAN:

Oh God!

Linda stalks toward him.

LINDA:

You wanna see God? I'll show you God.

Linda turns the corner to see a heap of smoldering latex

and clothing strewn about the corridor floor. Sebastian,

looking like some ugly creature, pushes down the

corridor. He throbs with his blackened skin blistering

and cracking up and down his body. Linda lets loose

another jet of flame. It's smaller than the first and

doesn't quite hit Sebastian. Linda checks the tanks

pressure gauge. It slowly drops. Linda follows the

blackened horror into the maze of tunnels. But as he

pushes along the corridor, his burns slowly re- absorb

themselves. Sebastian is no longer visible. A quiet

moment in the hallway as Linda realizes how vulnerable

she is. She looks around for him desperately. Nothing.

But something on the ceiling catches her attention. She

blasts it with the last jet of her dying torch. THE

SPRINKLER SYSTEM, hit by fire, comes to life. Water

sprays down on the tunnel. Sebastian is caught in the

downpour, his invisible frame outlined by water. It comes

toward her, the hot skin steaming in the water. He grabs

Linda and slams her against the wall. His watery hand

smashes her across her face. Linda reels. On the floor,

she looks to see Sebastian stalking toward her. She

crawls away, but he grabs her by her hair, pulls her to

her feet and slams her against the wall.

SEBASTIAN:

I'm gonna find everyone in your family

and kill them-. Your sister... she

never liked me. I think I'll go after

her and her little boy first.

Sebastian smashes her head against a metal post. Her head

cuts open, blood dripping down.

SEBASTIAN (cont'd)

I just wanted you to know that before

you die.

Linda collapses to the floor. Sebastian's foot presses

against her neck, squeezing it. Linda gags for breath.

But through the shoot of water that is Sebastian, we see

something also... a watery smudge.

BAM!

MATT - smashes Sebastian with the metal bar. Sebastian

slams against the corridor wall and sinks down.

Matt staggers. It's taken all his strength to got there.

He drops the crowbar and seeks the wall for support, he

sinks to his knees by Linda.

MATT:

Thought I'd... thought I'd save you

for a change.

He gives her his hand and pulls her up into his arms.

MATT (cont'd)

Let's got out of here.

Just as the two turn, Sebastian rises with the crowbar.

He swings it with a yell. Matt pushes Linda out of the

way, his arm glancing the blow into a conduit. The

conduit splits open and severs ELECTRICAL wiring. The

VOLTAGE shoots up the crowbar and into Sebastian. As the

current pulses through his body, Sebastian vibrates. His

blood vessels yank back to visibility, followed by his

skeletal structure and major organs. Sebastian is slowly

electrified. Smoke pours off him and he becomes more and

more visible. Finally he collapses. His body throbbing in

and out of visibility. Matt and Linda stumble away.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

Just outside the lab... Linda tries to pry open the

sealed doors with the crowbar. But she can't.

Through the doors porthole she sees a collection of

chemicals and the fire raging from the earlier explosion.

LINDA:

Nitro...

Matt peaks inside.

MATT:

He said it himself... All they'll find

is a pile of charred corpses.

She sees the centrifuge... The timed counter on its face

counts down from a minute. Fifty nine. Fifty eight. Fifty

seven...

LINDA:

He's rigged the centrifuge.

MATT:

In an enclosed space, he'll wipe out

the whole lab.

INT. TUNNEL

Linda and Matt move as fast as they can. They reach the

burned out elevator. What the hell are they gonna do? We

know the damn thing doesn't work. She swings her crowbar

at the ceiling. The maintenance hatch comes down.

LINDA:

Grab on.

Linda hooks the crowbar onto the hatch lip and pulls

herself up. She reaches back down for Matt.

MATT:

Forget about me. You go.

LINDA:

F*** you. Give me your hands.

Linda grabs Matt's hands and pulls for all she's worth.

She struggles, but they both manage to got him through

the hatch.

INT. LABORATORY - DAY

Three... two... one. The centrifuge springs to life.

The centrifuge spins the two dozen vials slowly at first.

INT. VENT

Linda and Matt are on top of the elevator.

Linda's hands search the wall. Bar fingers run across the

smooth metal surface.

From the little light below she can see a maintenance

ladder that spans the entire height of the vertical tube.

They look up and see it disappear into the darkness.

LINDA:

Climb!

MATT:

But...

LINDA:

Climb!

Matt starts up, rung after rung. Linda climbs right

behind him.

INT. LABORATORY

The centrifuge spins faster and faster. The vials are

starting to rattle.

INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT

Linda and Matt pull themselves up the ladder as quick as

they can.

MATT:

I can't. I'm going to pass out.

LINDA:

Keep moving.

He does, through sheer force of will. Blood from his

wound drips down on Linda's face. No telling how much

further they have to go in this darkness. Light leaks in

from the maintenance hatch below.

INT. LABORATORY

The centrifuge's whine has reached a fevered pitch. The

vials shake violently.

Then... one of the vials shatters.

A FLASH OF LIGHT. A HUGE EXPLOSION rips through the

laboratory.

INT. TUNNEL

The EXPLOSION rips through the lab doors. A MASSIVE

FIREBALL rolls down the tunnel swallowing everything in

its path.

One of the phase shifted animals gets caught in the

flames. We see its shape briefly before it disappears In

a wall of fire.

INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT

The ladder begins to shake. The entire shaft begins to

rumble. Linda pushes Matt up as they scramble toward

safety.

INT. EXHAUST VENT

The FIREBALL blows into the vent. Starts rolling down it

also.

INT. TUNNELS

More explosions.

CHAIN REACTIONS. BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

THE EXPLOSIONS rolls toward the OPEN ELEVATOR. Slamming

into it... The elevator flies upward.

INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT

The rumbling worsens. The two desperately cling to the

ladder. They looks down to see...

The elevator...

SURROUNDED BY FLAMES flying up toward them, lifted by the

explosion's SHOCK WAVES.

LINDA:

Oh God!

MATT:

Don't look.

The carriage accelerates toward them, faster and faster.

Its loose cables whip around the shaft, slapping the

walls around the pair. Its gonna hit them! Linda pulls

herself close to the ladder and closes her eyes. She's

pressed against Matt. The elevator... 50 feet... 40 ...

30 ... W0000000SH! It flames RIGHT BY THEM.

When Linda opens her eyes, the elevator is HUNDREDS OF

FEET ABOVE THEM and a wall of fire is below them, closing

in.

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