The Crow: City of Angels Page #14

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picture read:
"WISH YOU WERE HERE".

ASHE:

I've been here.

Ashe stares at the picture, entranced, caught up in a moment

of wistful nostalgia for the life he's lost.

ASHE:

I took Danny last summer. We went up on the bike, rode all the

way up the coast...

(BEAT)

It was cold up there. I remember we could see each other's breath.

Ashe catches himself, setting the postcard down. He turns his

back to Sarah, hiding his face form her, overcome by emotion.

Sarah stands, drawing near. She reaches out to console him, touching

his shoulder. She alone, among all the souls of the world, understands

the isolation that is consuming Ashe.

SARAH:

Look at me.

But Ashe won't.

SARAH:

Ashe. Look at me.

Ashe finally turns around, a sense of deep and profound loss

in his eyes...

Something unspoken passes between them. Sarah leans into Ashe,

tentative, eyes searching. It's one of those fragile moments

where things could go either way. And then...

ASHE:

(pulling back)

No...

(turning away)

We can't do this...

The spell has been broken. Ashe starts away from her.

ASHE:

I have to finish what I started. I have to find the others.

SARAH:

I know.

Ashe moves to the door, hesitant, a terrible sense of longing

gnawing at his heart.

SARAH:

I wish I'd met you before.

Ashe nods, then turns to leave. There's nothing else to say.

INT. SARAH'S LOFT - NIGHT

Sarah watches from her window as Ashe strides to his motorcycle.

She raises her hand up, as if to say good-bye.

EXT. SARAH'S LOFT - NIGHT

As Ashe climbs aboard his bike, he catches sight of himself in

the...

DISPLAY WINDOW OF A BAKERY

Within the bakery are mountains of sugar skulls, candy skeletons,

and pan de muerte (bread of the dead). Ashe's reflection is superimposed

over this morbid tableau.

Ashe fires up the bike's engine. He takes off down the street...

CUT TO:

INT. JUDAH'S TOWER, CAMPANILE - NIGHT

Judah moves back to the stag beetle, watching its Sisyphean efforts.

SCRITCH! SCRITCH!

JUDAH:

So the Crow is Ashe's familiar...

(to Sibyl)

Can his power be taken?

SIBYL:

The bird is the key, the life-force that flows within it...

JUDAH:

(UNDERSTANDING)

The blood of the Crow.

Judah whirls around, his eyes glowing with a manic fervor.

JUDAH:

(to Curve)

The tattoo on your chest, who gave it to you?

CURVE:

Some b*tch down at the Gargoyle, but what's that got to do with...

Judah grips Curve's shoulders tightly, shaking him.

JUDAH:

Everything, you idiot! Find her. If she gave you his mark, then

she's connected to him in some way. She can lead us to him.

CUT TO:

EXT. DOCKS, COMMERCIAL WATERFRONT - DAWN

Ashe stands at the end of the pier, staring down into the silent

waters where his natural life ended. He takes something from

his coat...

THE PAINTING:

which Danny had been working on. It's got bullet holes in it

now.

Ashe throws his arms back and lifts his face to the heavens,

SCREAMING, cursing his fate.

ON ASHE,

as seen from afar. A tiny figure dwarfed by the endless expanse

of ocean and sky.

CUT TO:

INT. GRAY GARGOYLE TATTOO SHOP - MOMENTS LATER

SUPER TITLE:

"NOVEMBER 1ST - NOCHE DE LOS MUERTOS"

Curve and Kali have duct-taped Noah to one of the dentist chairs

- even his mouth and nose have been sealed shut. Curve lets Noah

thrash a moment, then violently rips the tape from Noah's face.

NOAH:

(frightened, gasping)

Look, what do you people want?

CURVE:

A house in the country, a dog, a wife and two kids...

(GRINS)

...your f***ing head stapled to my saddlebags.

KALI:

We're looking for Sarah. Where is she, Noah?

NOAH:

I'm not going to tell you that...

KALI:

Oh, but I think you are...

Kali sites astride Noah. She reaches for one of the tattoo machines.

She motions to Curve, who hits the treadlight foot switch. Noah

eyes the sparking tattoo machine with rising apprehension as

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