The Fantastic Four Page #11

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REED:

Sue...look at your hands.

She raises her hands, but we don't see them. We only see a

medical waistband...floating. Her watch...floating. Her

clothes appear to be suspended in mid-air.

Sue is invisible. She shrieks and gets up -- knocking a

GLASS off the table...

SLOW MOTION:
The glass flies off the table, tumbling... Reed

instinctively reaches for the bottle: his arm stretches two

feet out of his sleeve -- grabs it just before it hits --

Then snaps back into place. Reed stares at his arm in

disbelief. Sue's eyes widen as well. The rest of Sue

reappears. They look at each other: mutual alarm.

JOHNNY (O.S.)

You guys will not believe what just

happened!

They look up to see JOHNNY in the doorway, NAKED except for

the nurse's PINK PARKA wrapped around his midsection.

INT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - VICTOR'S OFFICE - EARLY EVENING

CLUNK. The candles burn low on the table. Victor strides

out, heading for the door. He runs his hand through his hair

to comb some strays. A CLUMP comes off in his fingers. He

PAUSES. He steps to a mirror, stares at his hair. His SCAR.

It is longer than the bandage now (as if it SPREAD). Victor

peels back the bandage, and sees the scar is bluish-gray.

Deep, unhealthy, maybe infected...

INT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - HALLWAY - EARLY EVENING

DOUBLE DOORS burst open. Reed, Sue, and Johnny urgently

walk.

SUE:

It has to be the cloud. It's

fundamentally altered our DNA.

REED:

Let's not jump to conclusions, we need

a massive amount of evidence before

making that leap.

Reed glances over his shoulder. He stares. Sue follows his

gaze to see:
Johnny's FINGERTIPS are on fire. He SNAPS his

fingers. They GO OUT. He's totally unharmed.

JOHNNY:

Now what is up with that?

REED:

(deadpan)

The cloud has fundamentally altered

our DNA.

JOHNNY:

Cool. What'd it do to you guys?

SUE:

Apparently I can disappear.

JOHNNY:

Please tell me you go silent too.

Only one thing on Reed's mind --

REED:

We have to find Ben.

EXT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - OUTSIDE BEN'S ROOM - EARLY EVENING

Johnny snaps his fingers -- which generate small explosive

bursts of flame. He turns it on and off, like the "CLAPPER."

JOHNNY:

Flame on, flame off. Flame on, flame

off --

SUE:

Johnny.

He does it again. Flame on, flame off.

SUE (CONT'D)

Stop it.

JOHNNY:

Okay, "mom."

Reed's about to knock on Ben's door when he hears the

banging, moaning and pleading inside. Johnny smiles.

JOHNNY (CONT'D)

Oh, you dawg you. Better not be my

nurse!

INT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - BEN'S ROOM - EARLY EVENING

REED (O.S.)

Ben, are you there?

A creepy rippling movement begins beneath the sheet and

gradually intensifies, reflected in the fabric's surface: the

contours of Ben's body are changing, inflating, growing rough

and craggy. SOUND of grinding heavy rocks.

SUE (O.S.)

Open up Ben, we need to talk.

It all stops. A beat, then all four legs of the bed give way

and it crashes to the floor. Under the covers, he groans in

pain, and his voice is DEEPER, GRAVELY, but definitely CLEAR:

BEN:

LEAVE ME ALONE!!!

INT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - OUTSIDE BEN'S ROOM - EARLY EVENING

Reed decides they can't wait any longer. He kneels to the

floor. He concentrates, not sure if it will work...

Suddenly, his arm STRETCHES, THIN ENOUGH TO CREEP UNDER THE

DOORJAMB.

INT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - BEN'S ROOM - EARLY EVENING

Reed's arm wriggles under the door. It bends upward, swiping

clumsily, until it finally grabs the knob. Rubbery fingers

find the latch and unlock the door.

INT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - OUTSIDE BEN'S ROOM - EARLY EVENING

Reed focuses, and pulls. His arm snakes out from under the

door and snaps back into place. His flesh and bones

reforming before their eyes. Johnny stares at Reed.

JOHNNY:

Ewwwwwwww. That is disgusting.

They hear a tremendous SMASH from inside the room.

INT. VON DOOM COMPOUND - BEN'S ROOM - EARLY EVENING

They open the door. The room is trashed. Every stick of

furniture smashed to splinters.

REED:

...Ben?

Their eyes adjust; there's a huge hole where the window used

to be. They rush to it. Looking out they see SOMETHING

LARGE in the distance, running away.

JOHNNY:

What is that thing?

SUE:

I think that thing is Ben.

Reed looks out, emotions roiling. Is that his best

friend...? Suddenly, Victor comes around the corner (bandage

bigger).

VICTOR:

What's going on?

SUE:

Victor, are you feeling alright?

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