Hollow Man Page #6

CARTER:

Holy sh*t.

Then as if someone had poured acid all over the bones,

the skeleton evaporates into nothingness.

SARAH:

Pulse is dropping. 170..

150 .... 160..

There is NOTHING left of Sebastian Caine.

LINDA:

Bio-quantum phase shift occurred at

18:
26.

The screaming continues and the restraints continue to

twist and turn. Suddenly the restraints go limp.

MATT:

Is he dead?

Linda checks the readouts.

LINDA:

No. He passed out from the trauma.

SARAH:

Vitals returning to normal. Pulse 110

... dropping. Blood pressure 130 over

75.

A long beat as everybody's eyes stare at the instruments.

FRANK (V.O.)

Electrical activity is stabilizing.

SARAH:

Pulse steady at 70.

A long beat.

MATT:

Un-f***ing-believable.

A reverent pause as Linda runs her fingers over what

would be his skin. Small electrical charge dance around

her fingertips. She gasps.

LINDA:

(whispers in his ear)

You did it, Sebastian. You're the

first.

CARTER:

Let's get him into recovery.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. RECOVERY CHAMBER

The chamber is half constructed out of Plexiglas at the

end of the Hallway of Habitats.

On the recovery bed, a sheet drapes over Sebastian's

invisible body. The gentle bleatings of medical machinery

pound out a dulling rhythm.

Linda sleeps in a corner chair as Matt slips into the

room. He checks the readouts on Sebastian then takes a

seat by Linda. She wakes with a start.

MATT:

S'okay. You nodded off.

LINDA:

His breathing's hypnotic. How long's

it been?

MATT:

Seventeen hours.

LINDA:

Where are the others?

MATT:

In the lab crunching numbers. We've

got enough data there for two

lifetimes of research.

Linda rubs her temples and gestures to the bed.

LINDA:

I keep looking at that hole, wondering

if he's really there.

She notices something out of the corner of his eye. The

sheet twitches.

LINDA (cont'd)

Did you see...

The sheet twitches again.

MATT:

He may be coming out of it.

Linda and Matt watch intently. Then suddenly... the

sheets thrash violently. A yell of pain.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

The lights! Turn off the goddamn

lights! Ah Christ!

Linda jumps up and crosses to Sebastian. Matt rushes to

the wall and turns off the lights. Darkness. The room is

lit by the glow of machinery.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

I can't... I can't close my eyes. I

can't close my eyes.

LINDA:

Your eyelids are transparent.

The sheets slowly stop thrashing.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

So I ... I'm...

LINDA:

Yes.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

My arms. I can.. where? ... I can feel

them...

LINDA:

Your arms ... your whole body... It

worked, Sebastian. It worked.

The sheet rises and slips away. The wires, seemingly

connected to thin air, spread out like a spider's web and

then fall away one-by-one. The monitors all go dead.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Mirror. I ... I want to see.

MATT:

Over here in the corner.

Matt motions to a dark corner of the room, toward a

mirror and sink. We push in on the mirror. No reflection.

Suddenly it fogs up ... Sebastian's breath. A finger

tracing appears in the fog ... but of course we see no

finger. The sink faucet twists on and water runs. It cups

into the shape of hands and lifts into the air, splashing

against the surface of Sebastian's face. Beads of water

cling to his f ace, outlining it I shape f or a moment

before dripping away.

MATT (cont'd)

What was it like?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

I ... It's hard to think.

Sebastian's voice is now behind him. Matt turns around.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

The transformation... I remember every

molecule in my body shattering.

MATT:

It was painful?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

At first... but then everything went

black. I couldn't see or hear or feel

anything. It was all just black...

like I wasn't connected.

LINDA:

Your system received quite a shock.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

At least my senses are starting to

return... You're wearing your

Shalimar, aren't you?

Linda realizes that he's standing very close by. Her hair

lifts slightly and Sebastian inhales. Chills go down her

spine.

LINDA:

Sebastian.

Linda's hair drops back to her shoulders.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

This is weird. I'm looking through

myself at the floor. I'm looking right

through myself. I can't tell ...

He bumps into a chair.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

... where my body is.

A moment of silence.

LINDA:

Sebastian?

No answer. Linda and Matt look at each other, slightly

alarmed.

MATT:

Sebastian?

An indentation forms on the bed a moment later.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

You really can't see me. Can you?

LINDA:

Gimme symptoms. Dizziness, nausea,

headache, body-ache, disorientation.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

No, just tired.

(beat)

It's funny. I can see everything...

more than before... but I can't see

myself.

INT. LABORATORY - DAY

Carter, Frank, Janice and Sarah work at various research

stations. The door opens and Linda and Matt enter.

CARTER:

Hey. How's he doing?

LINDA:

Why don't you ask him?

Linda motions to the gap between her and Matt. The four

of them stare at the nothing.

SARAH:

Sebastian, how do you feel.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Not to bad, considering.

They turn round. The voice is coming from behind them.

The group rises from their various workstations and turn

toward where the voice came from.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

Odd, isn't it?

A rheostat switch on the wall turns and the lights dim.

Though it's a simple act, it feels somewhat ominous.

LINDA:

He can't close his eyes so they're

sensitive to light.

Linda's explanation puts everyone at ease.

JANICE:

So, what was it like?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Over here.

Sebastian has moved. As everyone turns toward him again,

he can't stifle a slight giggle.

LINDA:

C'mon Sebastian. Knock it off.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

His voice again come s from somewhere else in the room.

FRANK:

I feel like we're playing Marco Polo.

MATT:

Well, I see the procedure hasn't

changed your personality.

Frank pulls on a pair of THERMAL GOGGLES.

FRANK:

No worries. I'm on it.

THERMAL POV - Every body in the laboratory shows up as a

heat signature, including Sebastian. Frank points.

FRANK (cont'd)

Gotcha, big man.

THERMAL POV - The HEAT SIGNATURE reaches for a chair.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Boy, you people have no sense of

humor.

A chair slides back from a desk and bends under

Sebastian's weight.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

Show me. So ...

CUT TO:

INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT

Frank and Janice shuttle the playback controls as a VIDEO

MONITOR re-plays various angles of Sebastian's phase

shift.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Stop there.

Frank halts the tape.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

Index that. That was when it started

burn. Epidermal reaction.

JANICE:

Index Mark. 112125.

Janice scribble the numbers in her notebook. Linda

crosses, nursing a cup of coffee.

LINDA:

It's late. Time you got some rest.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Just a little longer.

LINDA:

Hate to pull rank, but you're my

patient now and you need rest. We've

got a busy day tomorrow.

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