Logan's Run Page #8

LOGAN (guiding her)

Just follow--no matter how it seems...

JESSICA (doing her

best)

But what is this--why?

LOGAN (as they enter

the corridor)

The Cubs. When they're flying on muscle

there's no way to catch up. Without the

dazzle, they'd just go past us--

(gesture)

too fast

JESSICA:

Muscle? I don't know that one.

Logan is leading her down the zigzag corridor. It's stop and go--a

fun house in which you can get hurt.

LOGAN:

It's unauthorized. No good for any-

one over thirteen anyhow--shakes you

to pieces--speeds everything up to a

blur--

(he is amused)

you can see what happens when some

flying Cub tries to go through this

on muscle--splat!

Jessica reacts...to what Logan has said...then: A moment later:

124ANOTHER ANGLE

As they approach the end of the corridor, a small FIGURE in a

tattered garment approaches them. She stops SINGING as she sees

Logan and Jessica.

JESSICA (gently)

Don't be afraid.

We see that it is a little GIRL of seven. Her face is grimy and hair

is tangled.

JESSICA:

What's your name?

MARY:

I'm Mary 2.

JESSICA:

Where do you live, Mary?

MARY:

Here.

JESSICA:

Why aren't you in Nursery?

MARY:

I'm very smart.

JESSICA:

When do you go up?

MARY:

I never go upstairs. You're a

nice old lady.

As soon as she finishes her last sentence, Mary grabs at Jessica's

clothing...tearing a pin (piece of Jewelry) off...and running away

swiftly.

As Jessica instinctively starts after her...Logan... holds her back.

LOGAN:

(shaking his head)

Not here. Might be a decoy.

Cautiously, Logan and Jessica exit from the wall, stepping out into-

125EXT. - CATHEDRAL ITSELF

An area of rubble and dilapidated buildings.

Logan crouches, holding the transceiver and fanning the area,

listening...

SOUND:
a soft beeping which abruptly grows louder and holds steady.

Logan gestures to Jessica to follow him, and moves carefully in the

direction of the BEEPING, quartering occasionally like a hunting

dog. Coming up to an angle of wall, he stops, flicks the sound off,

puts the machine back onto his belt. He gestures to Jessica to stand

still then he straightens, steps out, calls:

LOGAN:

Runner!

Silence. Jessica involuntarily moves to him and as she does, the

Runner moves from behind an upright and stands.- The figure is

shadowed, the arms out, palms facing in a kind of gesture of

surrender. In the Runner's left hand, the tiny red crystal pulses on

and off. The Runner is a woman!

There is an instant of frozen confrontation and then suddenly

Jessica gasps, grasping at him.

As Logan whirls:

125X1ANOTHER ANGLE

Suddenly, from everywhere out of the shadows, a pack of snarling

Cubs materializes--moving with blinding speed. At their appearance

the Runner whirls and races off into the dark shadows. Logan makes a

futile gesture after her, then turns to face the Cubs.

A strutting, feral-faced fourteen or fifteen year old heads the

pack, dressed in fierce-looking tatters and hung with rip-off

trophies. He gestures to one of his followers to stand still.

BILLY:

(speaking of the Runner)

Don't worry about her. We'll have that

one later. Right now I think we've got

a Runner and his pairup. And what a Runner!

The CAMERA PANS the other Cubs...mean, filthy.

A VOICE:

We're going to have ourselves a time,

we are. Right, Billy?!

There is a chilling laughter of agreement from the rest.

LOGAN:

I'm a Sandman!

BILLY:

I cut up a Sandman yesterday. They

said I'd never get him...but I cut

him up good, I did.

LOGAN (firm tone)

I feel sorry for you, boy!

Some murmuring as the pack watches their leader.

BILLY:

For me? Better feel sorry for your-

self, Sandman!

LOGAN:

No, for you! How old are you, Billy?

Billy is silent.

LOGAN:

Fourteen? Fifteen? Your days are running

out. How long can you last? A year. Six

months?

(he points to the yellow

flower in Billy's palm)

What happens when you're sixteen and

you go green?

BILLY (lashing out)

Nothing will happen! I make the

rules as I go!! Cubs do what I say!

Always have! Always will! I got

Cathedral and I'll never let go!

LOGAN:

No cubs over fifteen, Billy! Ever

heard of a cub with a green flower?

You'll leave Cathedral then, Billy,

when you're on green, because they

won't let a green stay here.

(slightest beat)

If you try to stay the young ones will

gut-rip you apart!

BILLY:

Shut up! Shut up your damn mouth!

Logan falls back into a fighting crouch...but before he can strike a

blow..he is grabbed and slammed against the wall of an abandoned

building.

ANOTHER VOICE:

Let him suck Muscle! That'll shut

his mouth! Let's watch him shake

himself to death!!

We see the Cubs take out drugpads. They squeeze the pads and inhale

the "Muscle." At once their movements become blurringly rapid. They

take menacing positions - some leaping overhead.

A VOICE:

Give him some Muscle!!

Like lightning they change positions and flash around Logan and

Jessica

126CLOSE ON - JESSICA

Watching..terrified.

127CLOSE ON - LOGAN

Being held against the wall by Cubs as:

ANOTHER VOICE:

Shake him to death!!

A VOICE:

Kill him!

128ANOTHER ANGLE - INCLUDING BILLY

moving a drugpad against Logan's face.

Logan is holding his breath...desperately trying not to breathe the

"Muscle" directly from the pad into his system.

BILLY (chilling laugh)

He's trying to hold his breath...

As Billy presses the pad tighter against Logan's face:

With all his might, Logan wrenches his arms loose... drops to the

ground and pulls out his gun.

He fires and fire girdles a pillar...and they start to back away.

BILLY:

We can rush him...we can take

can take himagain, we can!!

The pack hesitates...stops backing away.

LOGAN:

(moving the gun slowly

back and forth)

All right! How many of you want this to

be Lastday?!

The pack moves back again...and disperses, leaving Billy facing

Logan alone.

LOGAN:

Come on, Billy...come on...you cut

a Sandman, didn't you?!

Logan tucks the gun back into his waist.

LOGAN:

Come on, Billy...cut me...Come on

After a beat, Billy turns and runs away.

Logan comforts the shivering Jessica for a moment then takes out the

small box from his pocket and turns it...until it starts BEEPING.

The CAMERA PANS Logan and Jessica...following the SOUND.

They move over the rubble...and cautiously around abandoned

buildings.

We HEAR A SCREAM...and HEAR the Cubs who've only obviously found and

attacked someone. The SOUND is coming from a different direction

than where the beeping is coming from.

LOGAN:

(shaking his head)

They've got someone else! Why would

anybody come here?

Jessica shudders as the scream dies abruptly.

The BEEPING is now very loud.

Logan homes in on an abandoned building, enters, crosses swiftly to

a door inside and kicks it down.

We SEE the Runner. The WOMAN cringing, expecting death.

129FULL SHOT - LOGAN AND THE WOMAN

frozen for a moment. In f.g. a figure stirs, moves and we see it is

Francis. His weapon is drawn and aimed, but as he watches, he lowers

the barrel and smiles. The is Logan's job.

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