The Crow: City of Angels Page #24

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We get one final glimpse of horrified Judah's face, eyes wide

with terror, before the tidal wave of black wings engulfs him.

JUDAH:

lets loose a DEATH-SHRIEK that all but splits the sky as the

myriad beaks and talons rend him limb from limb.

DOWN IN THE STREET,

Ashe returns to Sarah's side, lifting her up off the ground and

cradling her in his arms.

ASHE:

You can't die, Sarah... I stayed for you.

SARAH:

(GASPING)

There's a balance that needs to be kept...someone had to cross

over...

Sarah takes a ragged breath, wincing as a wave of pain washes

over her.

SARAH:

I didn't want it to be you...

Sarah looks up at Ashe, tries her level best to smile. She's

at death's door now - one foot already over the threshold. Her

face is pale, having lost so much blood. Tears spill down Ashe's

cheeks, causing the war-paint makeup to run in rivulets.

ASHE:

(in anguish)

I can't go with you, Sarah. I have to stay here now.

(cursing his fate)

I have to stay.

SARAH:

Do you love me?

Ashe nods.

Sarah reaches down to the wedding ring which hangs from her neck

on the chain. She tugs at the chain, snapping it apart. She holds

the ring out to Ashe.

SARAH:

Take...this...

Ashe takes the ring from Sarah. She closes Ashe's hand around

the ring, gripping his fist tightly.

SARAH:

I'll wait for you. Forever, if I have to.

She shuts her eyes, riding through another wave of pain.

ASHE:

Oh God...

SARAH:

Listen...if two people really love each other...

She inhales sharply. Breathing has become a labor for her now.

SARAH:

...nothing can keep them apart.

(her voice fading)

...nothing.

Ashe nods, trying to let this thought reassure him. It's the

only thing he has left to cling to.

SARAH'S POV

Ashe's face, surrounded by a nimbus of light. We're falling away

from him. Down, down, down. And as we fall, we hear a FLUTTERING

OF WINGS.

ON SARAH'S FACE

Her eyes lose focus. Her head goes slack in Ashe's arms. She's

gone.

Ashe lowers his lips to her, kissing her one final time.

Ashe cradles Sarah's lifeless body in his arms, gently rocking

back and forth, tears streaming down his cheeks.

And as we pull back from them, we realize that the scene mirrors

the prophetic image from Sarah's own painting - the woman dying

in the arms of her lover, surrounded by a gallery of skull-masked

celebrants.

Ashe stands, lifting Sarah in his arms. He turns to leave...

THE DAY OF THE DEAD CROWD

slowly part for him, revealing a path of marigold petals leading

away down the street. It's almost as if, by silent consensus,

the crowd has come to understand what has happened here this

night.

ASHE:

moves through the crowd carrying Sarah in his arms. The people

close ranks behind him and we...

CUT TO:

INT. JUDAH'S TOWER, CAMERA OBSCURA - NIGHT

Sibyl stands over the camera obscura. On the table's focusing

surface we see the street below.

ASHE:

is carrying Sarah in his arms, moving through the crowd of silent

witnesses.

SIBYL:

nods to herself, satisfied. We see what might be a trace of a

smile cross her lips.

Sibyl turns and exits the camera obscura.

INT. JUDAH'S TOWER, CAMPANILE - NIGHT

Sibyl approaches the table where the stag beetle is tethered.

Removing a pair of scissors from within her robes, Sibyl cuts

the thread which binds the beetle.

THE STAG BEETLE,

free at last, quickly scurries out of the box and across the

table, disappearing into the shadows.

Sibyl follows suit, gathering her robes about her and stepping

on into the darkness.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. INNER-CITY CHURCH - DAWN

The same church we visited the night before. Ashe, still carrying

Sarah in his arms, enters the sanctuary.

The church is aglow with candles. Ashe lays Sarah's body down

in front of the offrenda, folding her arms across her chest,

leaving her in a state of repose. He stands, taking in one last

look.

As Ashe moves to leave, he sees the elderly priest he had spoken

to earlier.

PRIEST:

Why are you still here?

ASHE:

Because I have nowhere left to go.

Ashe steps past the priest, moving towards the doorway and the

daylight beyond.

PRIEST:

What will you do, then?

ASHE:

(looking back)

This city is filled with shadows. One more won't make it any

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