King Kong Page #17

There's a SENSE OF RELIEF amongst the CREW. TWO SAILORS lift DENHAM up

and support him between them.

AT THAT MOMENT! A ZIPPING SOUND fills the air ... a VOLLEY of ARROWS,

DARTS and SPEARS fly towards the SAILORS! Within SECONDS 7 SAILORS fall

dead, including the TWO supporting DENHAM. He runs with incredible

speed and throws himself behind a wall. ENGLEHORN and the 12 SURVIVING

SAILORS take shelter and FIRE WILDLY in all directions.

DENHAM:

(panicked)

We've gotta get outta here!

(grimly)

That's going to be more difficult than you think ...

NUMEROUS HEAVILY ARMED NATIVES are fleetingly visible ... darting

behind RUINS and TREES - cutting the SAILORS off from the beach.

EXT. KONG'S LAIR - NIGHT

ANN'S FEVERED POV SURREAL IMAGES of KONG STATUES ... of FLAPPING BAT-

THINGS --- of ALLOSAUR JAWS ... of FIERY CARVED FACES ..- and finally

of KONG'S EYES - staring LOVINGLY at her.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. KONG'S CAVE - EARLY MORNING

CLOSE ON ... ANN. She wakes up, looking rested and calm

IT IS CLEAR THAT HER FEVER HAS PASSED.

WIDER ... ANN is CRADLED in KONG'S HAND. He is lying on his side,

ASLEEP ... holding ANN close to his face like a child would sleep with

a teddy bear. KONG stirs, suddenly opening his mouth in a HUGE YAWN. He

opens his eyes, and for a few quiet moments, he and ANN stare at each

other.

KONG sits up, placing ANN on the ground ... They are deeper into KONG'S

CAVE. ANN can see that the back of the cave leads to a way out as

DAYLIGHT streams in. A SMALL, but DEEP LAKE fills part of the CAVE,

surrounded by smaller ROCK POOLS.

KONG sits on his haunches, looking for all the world like the king of

his domain. A SHADOW flutters over ANN as a BAT-THING makes an attempt

to GRAB HER ... KONG reaches forward and snatches it out of the air. He

bites the head off the BAT-THING ... RIPS OFF one of it's LEGS ...

drops the BLOODY LEG on the ground in front of ANN!

ANN looks aghast at the OFFERING as KONG eats the rest of the BAT-THING

with a certain amount of RELISH. She backs away from the MEAT ... KONG

leans forward and pushes it closer to her. ANN steps away and SHAKES

HER HEAD.

ANN:

No ... thank you.

KONG SHAKES HIS HEAD! ... and pushes the MEAT closer. ANN holds her

nose and P A FACE. KONG puts a FINGER UP TO HIS NOSE and PULLS A FACE'.

He pushes the meat closer ... ANN takes a big step backwards and ...

trips over a rock' KONG looks ALARMED for a moment.

ANN (CONT'D)

I'm ok ... see ...

ANN stands and with GREAT DRAMATICS, she deliberately falls over! KONG

gets excited ... he SLUMPS BACKWARDS against the WALL. ANN stands up

and with a SQUEAL, she goes into a FORWARD ROLL! KONG is HIGHLY

EXCITED! He ROLLS FORWARD on his side!

ANN LAUGHS at him ... she does a CARTWHEEL! KONG paces from SIDE TO

SIDE like an over-excited kid. He suddenly turns and disappears out of

the back entrance of the cave.

ANN is a little nervous ... she clutches her shoulders against a cold

rush of morning breeze ... she hears a FLUTTERING OF BAT-THINGS WINGS.

KONG hurries back into the cave he holding a TINY OBJECT between his

THUMB and FOREFINGER. With great DELICACY, he drops a RIPE MANGO at

ANN'S FEET! ANN bites into it, suddenly realizing how hungry she

actually is.

ANN (CONT'D)

(eating)

Good! More? More?

KONG acts COYLY at this praise ... he rushes out of the cave again ...

returning with the ENTIRE MANGO TREE, which he drops at' ANN's feet!

ANN laughs and KONG ROLLS FORWARD ... out onto the LEDGE.

In the distance we can see the "VENTURE" and just HEAR the distant

SOUND of SPORADIC GUNFIRE from the NATIVE CITY.

KONG SNIFFS the MORNING AIR ... He FROWNS ... suddenly gets AGITATED.

KONG looks up ...

... over 20 BAT-THINGS are MASSING on the CLIFFS above the LAIR,

clearly preparing an ATTACK to get ANN!

KONG races into the CAVE, just as another 20 BAT-THINGS flutter in

through the BACK ENTRANCE!! He scoops ANN to his breast, ROARING

DEFIANTLY at them.

CLOSE ON A NARROW FISSURE in the VOLCANIC ROCK towards the back of the

cave. JACK and PEEK are HIDDEN from view as BAT-THINGS flutter above

them. PEEK looks around terrified ... JACK spies on KONG and ANN.

The BAT-THINGS suddenly ATTACK EN MASS!! They swoop on KONG and ANN

like a swarm of giant Bees. KONG ROARS and THRASHES OUT at them in the

FRENZY! With, every sweep of his ARM, several BAT-THINGS are KNOCKED TO

THE GROUND. KONG keeps moving, twisting and turning, to make it harder

for them to get at ANN ... she presses herself close to KONG'S CHEST.

BAT-THING TALONS strike at her, slashing KONG'S FINGERS instead.

With the BAT-THINGS totally occupied, JACK takes his chance to get

closer to ANN ... He leaves the shelter of the FISSURE and hurries

across the CAVE, ducking into the shadows on the far side. He crouches

behind a rock, but is TOTALLY VULNERABLE.

SEVERAL BAT-THINGS are gripping and CLAWING KONG'S BACK in an effort to

weaken the huge ape ... He suddenly POUNDS HIS BACK against the WALT.

Of the CAVE, SQUASHING THEM All.

The BAT-THINGS wheel away from KONG, HISSING ANGRILY ... 16 lie on the

cave floor STUNNED or DEAD. They FLUTTER AROUND preparing their NEXT

ATTACK. KONG swipes at BAT-THINGS that get too close.

PEEK hears a NOISE ... he turns and WHIMPERS at the sight of a BAT-

THING PEERING AT HIM through a crack in the ROCK. The BAT-THING

SCREECHES ... attracting others! They can't reach PEEK, but that

doesn't stop him dissolving into a FRIGHTENED PANIC! Sweat spills down

his face ... he claws at the floor of the ROCK FISSURE ... PICKS UP A

ROCK.

PEEK THROWS THE ROCK ACROSS THE CAVE TOWARDS JACK!

PEEK:

(panicked whisper)

Get him!

The ROCK CLATTERS at JACK'S feet! SOME BAT-THINGS react to the NOISE

... they SWOOP towards JACK!

JACK runs across the CAVE ... TALONS REACH FOR HIS HEAD ... JACK

suddenly throws himself forward ...

... diving into a deep ROCK POOL!

UNDERWATER JACK holds himself under the water, as TALONS claw at the

SURFACE, a couple of feet above his head.

The BAT-THINGS are working themselves into a FRENZY, diving at the

ROCK-POOL ... diving at KONG and ANN.

PEEK is left alone ... he sees his chance to escape! Quietly climbing

out of the FISSURE, PEEK turns to flee out the back entrance of the

CAVE ...

He runs straight into the ENORMOUS JAWS of an ELASTOMOSAUR - a LARGE

SEA-SERPENT DINOSAUR, with a LONG NECK!!

The ELASTOMOSAUR has emerged FROM THE LAKE, having crawled up onto the

SHORE ... It lifts PEEK high into the air! He S as the JAWS crunch his

TORSO.

ALL THE BAT-THINGS instantly dive towards PEEK ... In a frustrated

BLOOD-FRENZY they RIP INTO PEEK and the ELASTOMOSAUR!!

KONG SNARLS ... he places ANN on the CAVE FLOOR - under an overhang -

and CHARGES at the BAT-THINGS!

KONG thunders past the ROCK POOL just as JACK surfaces, gasping for air

... he scrambles out, racing towards ANN!

ANN:

( amazed)

Jack!!!

JACK EMBRACES ANN!

There's not much time - KONG is preoccupied swatting BAT-THINGS at the

BACK OF THE CAVE ... JACK desperately looks around for an ESCAPE ROUTE

... NOTHING but a 1000 foot drop off the LEDGE into the JUNGLE below!

They are TRAPPED!

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