Krull Page #5

At the bottom of the cliff, the red eyes appear above a rock

- only a few yards from Colwyn. But before it can attack, a

trident flashes through the air and strikes the thing square

in the face, the outer prongs of the weapon piercing the red

eyes. We hear a death grunt, then the sound of a body

falling.

Colwyn turns, but sees nothing. He lowers Ynyr to the ground

and they set off across the valley floor.

EXT. FOREST CLEARING - JUST BEFORE DAWN

The golden glaive stands upright on Colwyn's outstretched

palm. Ynyr kneels beside him.

YNYR:

Focus on the glaive.

Colwyn tenses with concentration. The glaive begins to spin,

at first slowly, then faster and faster until it's a golden

blur.

YNYR:

Reach out with your mind. Reach out

to Lyssa.

Colwyn furrows his brow in concentration.

COLWYN'S TELEPATHIC SEARCH - INTERCUT

Through a translucent image of Lyssa we see stretches of

terrain moving past: bizarre forests and valleys, gargoyle

mountains, rainbow lakes.

COLWYN:

(sweating)

There is nothing.

YNYR:

Reach out farther. Call to her.

COLWYN (OVER)

Lyssa ... Lyssa ...

EXT. FORTRESS OF KRULL, IN THE MOUNTAINS - JUST BEFORE DAWN

A LONG SHOT SHOWS only a series of jagged peaks, but as we

MOVE IN, we SEE the outlines of a gigantic fortress,

designed to blend into the mountains.

Lyssa walks along the parapets of the fortress, a cold wind

whipping at her light garments. The occasional glint of

talon or beak, the quick flash of a red eye, tell us that

she is closely watched and guarded.

COLWYN (OVER)

(faintly at first, then

louder)

Lyssa ... Lyssa ...

LYSSA (OVER)

Colwyn.

INTERCUT COLWYN AND LYSSA

COLWYN (OVER)

Have they harmed you?

LYSSA (OVER)

No. They watch me closely, but they

haven't harmed me.

YNYR:

(to Colwyn)

Where? We must know where she is.

Colwyn's face is bathed in sweat, his hand clenched tight.

COLWYN (OVER)

Lyssa. Where are they keeping you?

LYSSA (OVER)

In a great fortress in the

mountains. Wait. Something's

happening.

As the twin suns edge above the horizon, the fortress fades

and disappears. The whistle of the wind changes to ...

EXT. FORTRESS OF KRULL, IN THE JUNGLE - DAWN

... tropical bird sounds as the Fortress appears in the

midst of the jungle, its walls covered with liana vines.

LYSSA (OVER)

Everything's changed. Now the

fortress is in the jungle.

Colwyn's body is shaking from the strain of maintaining

contact. Ynyr grips his shoulder.

YNYR:

Enough, boy.

But Colwyn continues to concentrate.

YNYR:

Enough!

Ynyr slaps him sharply, knocking him backward. The boy lies

exhausted, breathing heavily.

YNYR:

You must break when the strain

becomes too great, or you will harm

yourself. And you must concentrate

your powers for when they are needed

most. What did she answer?

COLWYN:

She was in a great fortress, first

in the mountains, then in the

jungle. How is that possible?

YNYR:

It is the Fortress of Krull. I know

it only from the stories of wars on

other worlds. They did not use it on

our world in the first great war,

for it costs them enormous power.

This time they mean to conquer, at

all costs.

COLWYN:

The Fortress moves?

YNYR:

Yes. Each dawn it rises in a

different land:
sometimes in the

mountains, sometimes in the jungle,

sometimes the desert, sometimes the

sea. Never in the same place twice.

COLWYN:

Then even if Lyssa tells us where

she is, we'll never be able to reach

her, for they will never allow the

Fortress to rise near us.

YNYR:

No. They occupy the Fortress, but

they cannot control its movement. It

is moved by Fate. And, sooner or

later, Fate will place it near us.

COLWYN:

Then we must be ready. Five leagues

from here is the Eastern Tower. I

know the Barons who hold it. Good

men, and brave. They will help us.

YNYR:

You have not slept in two days.

COLWYN:

Nor will I, till my bride is beside

me.

They set off through the forest.

RESUME - LYSSA

LYSSA:

(calling)

Colwyn. Colwyn.

She hears the scrape of a taloned foot behind her and

hurries along the parapet. She stops and looks down at a

small clearing in the jungle, outside the walls.

EXT. JUNGLE CLEARING - INTERCUT - DAY

A fawn grazes in the clearing, unaware of a white leopard

poised on a branch above it. As the leopard is about to

pounce, it glances up and sees Lyssa staring down from the

Fortress wall. As if in answer to her summons, it jumps to

the ground and heads for the wall.

The leopard leaps onto the walkway in front of Lyssa, then

moves obediently to her side. They set off down the walkway

together.

Suddenly the leopard whirls and roars as it hears the scrape

of a taloned foot behind. But other Dark Ones are in front

of them. Lyssa is forced to descend a stone staircase. The

leopard, acting as rear guard, roars its defiance as it

backs down the stairs.

EXT. FOREST BROOK - DAY

Colwyn and Ynyr are about to cross the tiny stream, when

suddenly a small white cloud materializes above the water,

bulging and gyrating, affording brief glimpses of feet and

hands, as if a small man were trying to escape. As Colwyn

jumps back, drawing his sword, the cloud vanishes with a POP

and the small man, ERGO, is plopped on his seat in the water

(which is only a few inches deep).

ERGO:

Help! Help! I'm drowning!

COLWYN:

I doubt it. The water is only an

inch deep.

ERGO:

(stands)

It could have been quicksand! I

might have been sucked to my death.

(jumps out of the water)

Where is this place?

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