Hollow Man Page #7

Heavy sigh.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Fine.

INT. THE RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT

As Linda enters she points to a small camera in the upper

corner of the room.

LINDA:

We've set up a thermal camera for

observation and I've arranged one of

us to be here 24/7 in case you need

anything. The team's gonna be on alpha-

call alert for the duration. If

anything goes wrong, we can all be

here within...

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Thirty minutes. Yes,,_I know. I wrote

the procedure.

LINDA:

I was trying to be reassuring.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

You like this don't you?

LINDA:

What's that?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Being in charge.

It's clear she does. But she's certainly not going to

admit it.

LINDA:

Please. I'm just doing my job.

CUT TO:

CLOSE ON:
A video screen. A thermal lump lays stretched

out on the bed.

Pull back to reveal SARAH staring at the screen. We are.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

A bank of monitors display the various angles of the Hall

of Habitats, the laboratory and, of course, Sebastian in

the recovery room.

Linda hands Sarah a cup of coffee.

LINDA:

You gonna be okay?

SARAH:

Fine. It's not like I have anything

else going on in my sad pathetic life.

LINDA:

Carter'll be in at six to spell you

and I'll be in by nine. Call me if

anything happens, okay?

Through the glass wall, Linda sees Matt knocking and

waving her out.

SARAH:

I'm fine. Go on ahead.

INT. CORRIDOR - NIGHT

The rest of the team straggles into the elevator.

Yawning. Exhausted from the day.

CARTER:

Man, I'm tired. That was a long day.

LINDA:

Days only get longer from here.

Linda catches Matt's eye. Gives him a look. "You coming

over?" Matt nods, "yes", imperceptible to everyone but

Linda. She smiles.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT

Deserted and dark.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

Late. Sarah rubs her temples. Her eyelids are heavy.

She's having real trouble staying awake. The buzzing

fluorescent light isn't helping either.

INT. RECOVERY ROOM - NIGHT

The sheets ruffle and the indentation disappears from the

bed. We can hear breathing and soft sound of bare feet

shuffling against linoleum.

CAMERA SLOWLY PANS toward the door, as if we, are

following someone walking.

The door handle turns and the door pushes open.

INT. HALLWAY OF HABITATS - NIGHT

WE SLOWLY TRACK DOWN the Hallway of the Habitats. We hear

the sounds of sleeping creatures. A couple of them growl

at something unseen. The growling follows the invisible

something as it passes by.

INT. LABORATORY - NIGHT

The laboratory door opens and shuts again. Ghostly. We

see papers shuffling at one of the work stations. A glass

moves slightly.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

Sarah reclines in her chair. Fast asleep, Behind her is

the glass wall, revealing the empty hallway behind it.

But a small portion of the glass fogs, as if someone had

just breathed on it. As the fogged part quickly clears,

we see the door to the observation room quietly open.

ON SARAH, still sleeping. We hear a whisper.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

(whispering)

Sarah. Are you awake?

Her heavy breathing mixes with Sebastian's.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE (cont'd)

(barely audible)

Hmm.

Sarah's hair moves slightly, as if a hand were running

through it. And then we see her shirt move, like fingers

were tracing over it. Down from the shoulder to her

breast. Around her nipple. Sarah moans slightly, as if

she were dreaming, but she doesn't stir. And then her

breasts cup slightly, as if they were being touched...

softly... gently. Her breathing becomes harder, more

labored, erotic... and then she... BOLTS AWAKE. Bar eyes

wide with fear. She jumps and cups her own breasts and

looks around the room. It's empty, of course. She jumps

over to the monitor and checks on Sebastian's room. The

heat signature isn't there.

SARAH:

Dr. Caine! Goddamnit, Dr. Caine! Are

you in here?

She listens. It's silent. She tries holding her breath,

listening for his breathing. But there's nothing.

Sarah reaches over to a microphone. Hits a few switches.

SARAH (cont'd)

Dr. Caine?

VARIOUS SHOTS OF THE COMPOUND

- LABORATORY

SARAH (V.0.,LOUDSPEAKER)

Dr. Caine, please report in.

- HALLWAY OF HABITATS

SARAH (V.0.,LOUDSPEAKER)

Dr. Caine, report in please!

INT. OBSERVATION BOOTH - CONTINUOUS

Sarah waits. No response.

SARAH:

Sh*t.

She looks around the room. He must be in here.

SARAH (cont'd)

Dr. Caine? Sebastian? Come on, this

isn't funny. I know you're in here.

Nothing. No response. Sarah waves her hand around,

reaching out, trying to find him. After a few beats she

stops and rubs her head.

SARAH (cont'd)

I must be going crazy.

Suddenly, Sarah gets an idea. She quickly exits the

observation room.

EXT. CORRIDOR - NIGHT

At a wall storage box, she removes a pair of Thermal

Goggles and slips them on.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - NIGHT

Sarah enters wearing the thermals. She scans the room.

THERMAL POV - The room is empty.

She pulls the goggles off in frustration, and when she

glances over at the video screen, she sees Sebastian's

thermal image lying on the bed in the recovery room.

Sarah sinks into her chair, a tad disconcerted.

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - MORNING

Linda and Matt finish listening to Sarah's story.

SARAH:

I found him later in the lab, running

samples.

LINDA:

Why didn't you call me?

SARAH:

Because I wasn't sure. I'm still not.

I mean, I could've easily been

dreaming.

MATT:

It doesn't sound like something

Sebastian would do.

SARAH:

God, I feel so stupid.

LINDA:

I can talk to him.

SARAH:

No. I mean...

(she torn, unsure of herself)

It was probably nothing. I

shouldn't've mentioned it.

MATT:

You sure?

SARAH:

Yeah, I'm sure. I mean, y'know, why

would he do that, right? Just, this

place at night can be kinda creepy,

y'know.

INT. RESEARCH LAB - DAY

Sebastian, wearing surgical scrubs sits in an examination

chair. Wire leads sprout from the electrodes covering his

head and arms. The electrodes seem to outline his body.

MATT:

So, how was your first night?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Restless. Hard to sleep when you can't

close your eyes.

As Sebastian talks, we can see the electrodes around his

jaw pump up and down.

MATT:

Yeah? What'd you do?

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Got up a couple of times. Knocked

about.

MATT:

Yeah, Sarah mentioned you weren't in

your cubicle. She said she called you

over the intercom and you didn't

respond.

SEBASTIAN:

I guess I didn't hear. I had the radio

on.

MATT:

It'd be helpful to us if you'd tell

whoever's on duty where you're going

to. I mean, if something were to

happen, we'd want to know where to

find you.

SEBASTIAN:

I didn't think it was a problem.

MATT:

It isn't. I just don't want it to

become one.

Machines pump out EEG, EKG readouts. Matt studies them.

MATT (cont'd)

Readings are normal.

SEBASTIAN'S VOICE

Next I want to run a VV and UVF

analysis of the platelets.

MATT:

We'll have to draw some more blood.

CUT TO:

Sarah rolls up Sebastian's sleeve, revealing empty air.

She wraps a bungee cord around the nothing, pulls it

tight and sprays the inside of his elbow with dye. She

acts very self conscious.

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