Thirteen Ghosts Page #10

KATHY:

So what do these do?

RAFKIN:

At the moment they're keeping usalive

ARTHUR:

Just ignore him. Bobby!

KATHY:

Let's go back for a second to theecto-thing...

RAFKIN:

You mean the poltergeists.

KATHY:

Poltergeists?

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RAFKIN:

(sighs)

Alright, ghosts. And not Casper thefriendly kind either. Cyrus had athing for hunting the more powerfulof the species. Why, I got no idea.

ARTHUR:

I thought you didn't want to gothrough it again.

RAFKIN:

You know, you're right. I've wasted

enough time on small minds tonight.

KATHY:

Hey!

RAFKIN:

I was talking about your father.

MAGGIE:

Excuse me... did you say hunted?

RAFKIN:

Yup, and his trophies are alllocked up in the basement.

MAGGIE:

This basement?

RAFKIN:

What's with you people? Are you

slow? Of course this basement.

If it was next door I wouldn't

give a sh*t. Here, I'll prove it...

Rafkin pulls out his glasses.

RAFKIN:

You can see them with these.

They're spectral viewers.

MAGGIE:

I gave Bobby a pair of those.

This gets Arthur's attention.

Maggie walks over and takes them out of Rafkin's hand.

Slips them on.

MAGGIE:

(looking around)

I don't see any ghosts...

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RAFKIN:

(rolls his eyes)

That's because they're alldownstairs.

MAGGIE:

... just more of that crazy Latinshit all over the floor.

Rafkin takes the glasses back. Looks down. Impressed.

RAFKIN:

Huh. Hidden barrier spells. Cyrusmust've needed more protective zones.

MAGGIE:

Protection? You mean like oregano isto a vampire?

RAFKIN:

(sarcastic)

Yeah... something like that...

ARTHUR:

(had enough)

Look, Raf-kin, is it? Do me a

favor, spare us the haunted houseravings... at least 'til we getoutta here. Okay?

48A INT. BASEMENT DOOR -TOP OF STAIRS 48A

They come to a staircase, leading down into the basement.

Arthur starts down it.

RAFKIN:

Whoa!

They stop and look at him.

RAFKIN:

What did I just say? There's a

petting zoo in the basement? No,

Arthur, I succinctly said thereare ghosts in the basement.

ARTHUR:

You also said they were locked up.

RAFKIN:

Uh-uh. No way.

Rafkin won't budge. Arthur knows it.

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ARTHUR:

Listen, I'll make you a deal. I'll

pay you whatever Cyrus owed you.

Just... help... me... find my son.

Arthur extends his hand.

ARTHUR:

Deal?

Arthur extends his hand. And for the first time Dennis

Rafkin isn't afraid of the gesture. Not that he takes it,

of course.

RAFKIN:

Deal.

Rafkin pulls out a bottle of prescription drugs, swigs itdown, swigs it all down, then joins them down the staircase.

49 INT. BASEMENT 49

The group comes to the bottom of the stairs, then movesinto the glass-lined passage. Rafkin's head is beginning

to throb again. Arthur, taking note.

ARTHUR:

You going to be okay?

RAFKIN:

Yeah. Just keep an eye on me, okay?

The four search the empty basement hallways, findingnothing but more glass and shadows. They come to an

intersection in the huge labyrinth.

Rafkin checks one of the containment cubes, finding itsdoor still locked.

ARTHUR:

The place is too big. Kathy and

I'll go this way, you two head

down there.

RAFKIN:

Sure. Ignore the professional...

Look, don't go too far. A straight

line then turn around. We'll meet

back in five --alright?

Arthur nods. Takes Kathy by the arm, and they head off inone direction, leaving Maggie and Rafkin to go the other way.

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50 INT. CLOCKWORK ROOM 50

On the hour the huge gears turn again. Faster than

before. We MOVE PAST them, IN ON the control panel.

Three levers shift, and the sign of the jackal, along withothers, slides forward, clicking into place.

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51 EXT. REAR OF HOUSE -CONTINUOUS ACTION 51

FROM the BACK of the house, we see the ARCHITECTURE

SHIFTING as if under orders, the huge EDIFICE GROANINGwith Herculean effort.

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51A INT. BASEMENT GLASS CORRIDORS -VARIOUS SHOTS 51A

Behind Kathy and Arthur, and elsewhere near Rafkin andKalina three more doors slide open, unnoticed.

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52 INT. BASEMENT GLASS CORRIDOR -WITH RAFKIN AND MAGGIE 52

Which is exactly what Rafkin didn't want to hear...

especially in the basement. Maggie doesn't look too

worried about things. Taking things rather nonchalantly,

while Rafkin appears the frightened rabbit.

RAFKIN:

Look, you don't believe me, do you?

See for yourself...

Rafkin puts the Ghost Glasses on Maggie, and pulls herin front of the first glass cube.

MAGGIE:

I thought we've been over this.

I can't see any ghosts.

RAFKIN:

There.

Rafkin points into one of the cubes.

MAGGIE:

Where?

Maggie looks around intently, but comes back confused.

Rafkin looks at her, wondering. He pulls the glassesoff her face and puts them on his own. He's shocked.

The first two cubes are empty.

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RAFKIN:

(panicking)

Oh, no...

Rafkin paces in front of the cubes. He peers worriedly

into the next cube. At first he sees nothing, whensuddenly, a hammer slams against the glass. Rafkin

whoops and jumps backwards. He grabs his heart.

RAFKIN:

Never fails... they always waitfor you to put your face right upnear the glass...

Maggie eyes him warily. Rafkin takes off the glasses

and puts them on Maggie. She looks into the cube. And

screams.

THROUGH GHOST GLASSES

A hugely-built middle-aged BLACK MAN appears, dressed inlayers of viciously torn leather, with a blacksmith aproncovering what remains. In addition, nails and spikes arehammered into his body, from his head down to the sledgehammer

that's been nailed to his handless arm.

MAGGIE:

Oh my God... it's a... it's a...

RAFKIN:

That's right, we're surrounded by'em all the time. Most of 'em

can't hurt us. Most of 'em don't

want to hurt us... but there are

exceptions.

The apparition glares at Rafkin. He takes hold of a

spike embedded deep in his shoulder and pulls. All eight

inches of rusting metal comes out. He thrusts it at the

glass, and pulls it across the surface in a shower ofsparks, as if carving a hello from Hell.

MAGGIE:

What's he doing?

RAFKIN:

Just saying hi. I helped put him

here.

The ghost lowers his spike. Into the glass he has etched

the phrase "U MYN." Dennis takes a beat, then licks the

glass.

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RAFKIN:

(acting tough toghost)

I love you too.

Lightning quick, the apparition lifts his hammer andsmashes it against the glass. Sparks explode across the

corridor. Maggie jumps back into Rafkin's arms.

MAGGIE:

Okay, I wanna go now...

Maggie swallows hard. Rafkin, half smiling, gesturesdown the corridor, and reluctantly, she follows.

At the last moment, Rafkin turns and flips the hammer thebird. But the ghost is gone...

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