Leviathan Page #16

DEJESUS:

Typhoon?!

JONES:

Twelve hours!

COBB:

At least we get time and

a half. That's in the contract.

JONES:

F*** double pay, man! I

want out of here!

Their argument is suddenly cut short by a NOISE from the

corridor. A THUMP! The crew stops their grumbling and

listens. A moment later we hear another THUMP! Beck looks

at Jones.

BECK:

(motions for Jones

to come with him)

Jones...

(to the others)

Stay here.

RING CORRIDOR:

Beck leads the way slowly toward the Infirmary where the

sound is coming from. Outside the door they hear it once

more. THUMP!

Carefully he enters the Infirmary and WE SEE the

examination table is empty! Beck goes to the Sick room and

stops in the doorway. Jones moves behind him and his eyes

suddenly widen.

WHAT THEY SEE:
Both bodies now are in a motionless, hideous

conglomeration on the the table.

SLAM CUT TO:

CLOSE ON HEAVY ZIPPER

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. It is quickly pulled shut, running the

length of a heavy plastic bag, closing both bodies inside.

INT. CORRIDOR "B" - LATER

Dressed in their rubber latex suits Cobb, Jones, DeJesus,

Beck, and Willie carry the body of Sixpack and Bowman in the

zippered bodybag. Now, well over three hundred pounds, the

bodies strange shape and dead weight make it difficult to

transport.

DEJESUS:

C'mon, Cobb...you're slacking...

COBB:

(angrily)

I ain't, goddamnit...It's

Jones!..

Before Jones can argue, Beck cuts them off.

BECK:

Shut up, all of you.

COBB:

Mr. Beck, the contract states that

no body can be disposed of without

authorization of---

JONES:

F*** the contract, man!

The group turns into the Swamp where Doc waits for them by

the Lift Lock. Rounding the corner Cobb bangs into the side

of a bulkhead and drops his corner of the "package." Like

dominoes, Willie also looses her grip, then DeJesus. The

bodybag splashes into the grimy bilge water making it even

harder for everyone to get a handhold.

BECK(cont'd)

C'mon...Lift!

The group struggles to raise the bodybag and just get it to

their shoulder when suddenly we go tight on DeJesus's face.

DEJESUS:

Hey!...I feel something.

It's moving! He's alive!

COBB:

I feel it, too...Someone's trying

to get out.

Cobb drops his end intentionally and he kneels looking for

the zipper.

JONES:

Cobb, what're you doing!

COBS:

But he ain't dead! He ain't

dead.

BECK:

Cobb! Stop!

But Cobb grabs the zipper and starts to unzip the heavy bag.

Beck tries to stop him when suddenly, WHAM! a DARK

APPENDAGE RIPS through the zipper and flails like a

pressurized firehose. It beats wildly for several second,

then lashes out at Cobb--ripping a gash on his forearm.

While Cobb screams in pain, Beck yanks the appendage off

Cobb's arm revealing a mouth full of needlesharp teeth and a

sharp tongue-like proboscis which has stabbed Cobb like a

dagger.

COBB:

It bit me! It bit me!

While Beck and Willie wrestle the strong flopping appendage,

Doc rushes to the Lift Lock.

DeJesus and Jones struggle to force the lurching bodybag

into the Lift Lock.

JONES:

Push Hazy!

The bodybag shudders like a huge cocoon about to lose its

occupant. Jones digs his shoulder down into the task just

as the bag suddenly RIPS in several places. A tear RIPS

OPEN next to Jones' head revealing the head of BOWMAN, her

vacant eyes only inches from Jones' face.

JONES:

Oh, Jesus Christ! I ain't

never gonna sleep again!

Suddenly a WHINING NOISE sounds behind them. Beck looks

back to see Cobb approaching with a battery operated

underwater chain saw. He's clearly intending to cut the

Creature with the whirring blade.

BECK:

No!

COBB:

It bit me!

DEJESUS:

It's Sixpack!

COBB:

I'm going to kill it!

DeJesus turns to block Cobb while the others continue to

wrestle the bodybag into the Lift Lock. The bag suddenly

splits and a scaly arm protrudes. It reaches out grabbing

DeJesus. Beck pulls him free and yells.

BECK:

Close the Lock! Now!

Doc hits the lever. The elevator doesn't move!

RRRRRRIIIIIPPP! A scaly leg rips out of the body bag!

BECK(cont'd)

Hit it again!

Doc hits the elevator switch again, harder.

NNNNNNN! The Lift Lock door whines closed and a horrifying

SCREAM rises from the Lock.

CLOSE ON THE LIFT LOCK

The end of the appendage is severed in the closing door,

disappearing unseen into the greasy bilge water.

BECK(cont'd)

Flush it!

Doc flips a switch and the SCREAM OF THE VACUUM PUMPS drown

out the SCREAM in the Lift Lock, the wails of Cobb, and the

splashing sounds of the severed three-foot section of gory

muscle which slip silently and undetected under the

workbench.

A second later the elevator returns empty, silent,

bloodstained.

Beck turns on the video monitor of the exterior Lock. The

exterior worklights illuminate millions of bubbles from the

flush and the struggling movements of the bodybag before it

grows still once again and disappears beyond the range of

the Shack lights...into the darkness.

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