Labyrinth Page #5

SARAH:
The first part! What comes after that?

HOGGLE gets down on his knees and starts to crawl through the door.

HOGGLE:
Then there's the Garden Maze, then the Forbidden Forest ...

SARAH:
That sounds inviting ...

He is through the door. He is still talking but SARAH can't hear him.

She quickly tries to follow.

SARAH:
Wait! Wait! I can't hear you ...

21INT:
LABYRINTH - DAY

HOGGLE is through the door.

HOGGLE:
... then comes the castle ...

SARAH's head appears.

HOGGLE:
... that's surely where Jareth's keepin' the babe ...

He looks down at SARAH, she is through the door to her waist and

straining to get the rest of herself through. HOGGLE sighs and grabs

her hand. With a groan he tugs on her and pulls her through the

doorway. She lands flat on her face.

HOGGLE:
Ya don't seem ta be able ta do nuthin' without my help, do ya?

He chuckles and SARAH gives him a look that could kill as she gets up

and dusts herself off. She looks around and the environment seems

rather benign. The brick walls are open to the sky, here and there a

flower peeks through a crack.

SARAH:
Oh, I think I can handle it. In fact, this place doesn't seem

so bad at all.

And with that, she jauntily heads down the nearest corridor.

22INT:
CORRIDOR 1 - DAY

SARAH turns a corner and comes face to face with a FACE. It is huge

and grotesque and protrudes out of the wall.

FACE:
Go back! Go back before it's too late!

SARAH screams and backs away from it, moving further down the

corridor. She backs into something and whirls around. It is ANOTHER

FACE.

FACE 2:
Turn back while you still can!!

SARAH turns and runs back the way she came.

SARAH:
Hoggle!

23INT:
LABYRINTH - DAY

HOGGLE is still standing by the door, an amused smile on his face.

SARAH comes rushing toward him.

SARAH:
Oh, I'm so glad you're still here! They were horrible ...

HOGGLE:
You don't mean the False Alarms, do ya?

He shakes his head and goes off in the direction that SARAH just came

from.

HOGGLE:
If ya gonna let a little thing like them scare ya, Missy, ya

haven't a hope o' makin' it to the castle.

SARAH quickly follows.

SARAH:
False Alarms?

24INT:
CORRIDOR 1 - DAY

The corridor of faces. HOGGLE enters and the FACES start in on their

routine. SARAH comes up behind him, shuddering at the ghastly sight.

FACE 1:
This is the path of no return!

FACE 2:
Beware! Beware!

HOGGLE:
Just ignore 'em.

SARAH:
Are you sure?

HOGGLE sighs and turns to the NEXT FACE.

FACE 3:
Abandon all hope ...

HOGGLE:
Oh, shut up, will ya?

SARAH is wide-eyed at HOGGLE's defiance.

FACE 3:
But I was just getting to the best part!

HOGGLE:
All right. But don't expect us to pay any attention.

FACE 3 (winks at Sarah): You're going to love this ... Abandon all

hope ye who enter here, for this is the road to destruction!!!

HOGGLE (bored):
Very nice ...

SARAH is dumbstruck. HOGGLE takes her hand and yanks her along.

FACE 3:
Come back any time ... I mean, you're doomed, doomed!

25INT:
CORRIDOR 2 - DAY

HOGGLE and SARAH continuing down a similar corridor.

HOGGLE:
Ya see, things aren't always what they appear to be around

here, Missy ...

SARAH (shrugging): Whatever. All I'm interested in is getting my

brother back from that creep.

She starts to look around for something.

HOGGLE:
I admire yer determination, but it takes more'n that to beat

Jareth.

SARAH picks up a rock.

SARAH:
Well, maybe I'm beginning to get the hang of this labyrinth

business.

She takes the rock and uses it to mark an X on the floor.

SARAH:
See, now I'll know which way we came in case I get lost.

HOGGLE (sighs):
Missy, goin' back the way ya came is par fer the

course around here, what ya want to do is go forward.

SARAH:
Look, Hoggle! I've got to find Freddie and I don't need you to

discourage me!

HOGGLE:
And I don't need to be wastin' me time goin' around in

circles with you!

SARAH:
That's fine with me! (she starts off) I know you're only after

my ring, anyway!

She turns a corner and HOGGLE looks after her, hurt and pity crossing

his face. He takes a few steps in her direction and an officious

little creature, a BRICKKEEPER, emerges from the brickwork of the

floor, takes out the cobblestone that SARAH marked, and replaces it

with the marked side hidden. It looks up at HOGGLE.

BRICKKEEPER:
Some people got no respect for property!

HOGGLE sticks his tongue out at the CREATURE just as it goes back

into its hole.

26EXT:
AERIAL SHOT - DAY

The WHITE BIRD flies over the maze and WE SEE SARAH marching along.

She thinks she's going forward but she's heading right for HOGGLE.

27INT:
CORRIDOR 2 - DAY

SARAH emerges into the corridor and comes face to face with HOGGLE.

SARAH:
But ...

She whirls around to look behind her, then back at HOGGLE again.

SARAH:
... but you were just behind me! I'm sure of it!

HOGGLE shakes his head as she runs by him and looks down at the floor.

SARAH:
My mark! It was right here!

HOGGLE comes up beside her.

HOGGLE:
I told ya, Missy. Things aren't what they appear to be around

here ...

JARETH (VO):
Except when they are.

ANOTHER ANGLE:

JARETH, in all his glory. SARAH and HOGGLE whirl around and BOTH gasp

with surprise and fear.

JARETH:
We meet again ... Sarah.

SARAH:
Where's Freddie?!! What have you done with him!?

She starts to rush toward JARETH but HOGGLE holds her back.

JARETH:
Nothing ... yet.

He walks toward them and they automatically step backwards. He looks

down at HOGGLE.

JARETH:
And what have we here ... Hoghead, isn't it?

HOGGLE is humiliated.

HOGGLE:
Me name's Hoggle.

JARETH:
Ah, yes. Now I remember. (he moves closer to Hoggle) You're

the greedy little coward who lives outside the gate. Shouldn't you be

back there minding your own business ... Hedgehog?

He chucks HOGGLE under the chin, and is quite rough about it. HOGGLE

fumes silently. SARAH doesn't like this.

SARAH:
Why, why don't you pick on someone your own size?

He looks her up and down.

JARETH:
Whom did you have in mind?

SARAH tries to brazen it out.

SARAH:
I don't have time for any games. I want Freddie, and I want

him now!

JARETH throws back his head and laughs.

JARETH:
Ah, Freddie. An adorable little imp. I'm really growing

rather fond of him.

SARAH:
Where is he?!!

JARETH:
He's in my castle, and seems to be enjoying himself immensely.

He ambles toward them and they can't help themselves, they BOTH step

backwards.

JARETH:
In fact, he likes being with goblins so much, I'm considering

turning him into one.

SARAH thinks this is crazy.

SARAH:
You can't do that!

JARETH (grinning): Oh yes I can.

SARAH looks down at HOGGLE and speaks under her breath.

SARAH:
Can he?

HOGGLE nods glumly.

JARETH:
But let's make it interesting. I won't do it for ... thirteen

hours. If you make it to the castle before then you might be able to

save him. If not, well, I think little Freddie will mike an adorable

goblin prince, don't you?

He laughs and holds up both hands and WE SEE that they are empty. He

then closes them and when he opens them again there is a gold watch

in one hand. He throws it to SARAH, but HOGGLE intercepts it and eyes

it greedily. Annoyed, SARAH snatches it out of his hand. She looks at

it and sees that it has 13 hours marked on it. When she looks up

again, JARETH is gone.

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