Hollow Man Page #21

LINDA:

Move!

Panicked, Linda pushes Matt up the ladder as she stares

down at the rising fire wall. But the fire dissipates

before it hits them, though a stray tongue of flames

reaches up to lick the soles of her feet.

They hear a terrifying moan and looks up to see the

elevator peaking far above her. It slows to a stop and

BEGINS TO FALL.

MATT:

It's coming down!

FASTER AND FASTER. Coming back toward them in complete

free- fall. It's emergency brakes clamp down, slowing it.

Metal against metal. Sparks flying. One of the brakes

shears. Then another. The elevator unseats from it's

tracks, SLAMMING against the walls as it TUMBLES. Linda

sees that the elevator is out of control, and watches as

it ping-pongs toward them... smashing into the access

ladder, smashing into the wall. The elevator slows, but

continues slamming side-to-side. Linda cringes as the

elevator crashes into the wall above them. But it jams

there, stopping. They pull their heads away from wall and

look up. The elevator just hangs there, suspended.

There's a small crawlspace between the elevator and the

ladder.

LINDA:

C'mon. Before it slips.

They begins to climb up again. Matt shimmies through the

tight hollow, and squeezes out the other side, followed

by Linda. She breathes a sigh of relief and just hangs

there a moment when ... Ah! Something grabs her. A singed

throbbing hand emerges from the darkness, gripping at her

leg.

LINDA (cont'd)

It's him.

She kicks at it and sees a dark dirty face - a swirl of

dirt, grime and smoke with hollow eyes - rise up the

ladder.

MATT:

Sebastian, you f***.

LINDA:

Get off me.

Sebastian pulls himself up Linda's body. Translucent

dirty hands paving at the fabric of her clothes. Linda

tries to climb with this thing on her. But Sebastian

grabs her around the neck. She begins choking for breath.

Linda fights to keep her grip on the ladder... She looks

down at the ten foot drop to the elevator and then... She

lets go!

MATT:

No!

She and Sebastian plummet through the smoky haze and slam

against the top of the elevator. Linda seems to hover a

few above the elevator, Sebastian's shadowy outline below

her. Matt painfully lowers himself down the ladder. But

metal groans and the elevator drops another five feet.

Linda struggles to her feet. Sebastian rises. A menacing

dark figure stalking toward her. Linda pushes back from

him. Sebastian grabs her by the hair and pulls bar over

to the ladder. The elevator strains and groans.

LINDA:

Let go of me.

Sebastian presses her up against the ladder. Presses into

her from behind. He has her trapped. His dirty hand

reaches out and strokes her hair.

SEBASTIAN:

Remember the day we met? You were

wearing a red dress and you were so

pretty. Now... Now look at you.

MATT:

Get off of her!

Sebastian pulls her hair back and kisses her neck with

his filthy, dirt-smeared mouth and half-burned away face.

MATT (cont'd)

Sebastian, stop it.

Linda and Sebastian struggle. Matt reaches down to try

and grab her, help her.

SEBASTIAN:

You f***ed it all up.

Linda looks at her feet. The last elevator emergency

brake grips its cable. She grits her tooth and grabs hold

of the ladder.

LINDA:

Go to hell.

Linda stamps on the brake release. The ELEVATOR TUMBLES

... along with Sebastian. It slams into the fiery abyss a

hundred yards below. Linda hangs, one hand holding onto

the ladder, the other holding onto Matt. Matt pulls her

back onto the ladder, using all his remaining strength.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - DAY

Linda and Matt stumble out into the blazing sunshine.

Emergency crews close from all directions, sirens

roaring. A trail of smoke drifts higher and higher into

the sky.

An ambulance pulls up next to them and the paramedics hop

out, immediately putting a blanket around her and

treating Matt's wounds.

MARINE GUARD:

What happened?

LINDA:

We lived.

Linda looks over her shoulder at the traces of the ruin

and she sees a shimmer of heat rising from the ground...

almost as if something was there.

FADE:

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