Thirteen Ghosts Page #15

ARTHUR:

Powering it up for what?

KALINA:

To open the Ocularis Infernum.

RAFKIN:

The Ocularis? What's that?

ARTHUR:

It's Latin. It means the Eye of

Hell.

MAGGIE:

The Eye of Hell?

RAFKIN:

Come on, Arthur. This is

bullshit.

MAGGIE:

I saw a man carrying his own head.

The Eye of Hell isn't a stretch.

ARTHUR:

Go on.

KALINA:

In Hell, there's an eye that seesthe whole world. Past and future,

heaven and earth, the blessed and

the damned. If knowledge ispower, then the man who controlsthe Ocularis would be the most

powerful man on earth. Your

uncle was planning to become God.

A beat passes...

ARTHUR:

So how many ghosts have been setfree?

Kalina checks the book.

KALINA:

Eleven.

ARTHUR:

And it needs twelve ghosts topower it up?

Rafkin shakes his head.

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RAFKIN:

Uh-uh. Uh-uh. What about this

thirteenth ghost? Even Damon

mentioned it.

KALINA:

It's a fail safe. Yes. In order

to stop the process. The house

needs a sacrifice of life, instead

of death.

(beat)

A willing... human... sacrifice.

The sacrifice of the Broken Heart.

All eyes turn on Arthur.

RAFKIN:

... the thirteenth ghost...?

KALINA:

Exactly. The thirteenth spiritstands before the eye as the finalconfiguration culminates. As the

eye opens, the spirit uses thepower of life to, essentially,

short circuit the system.

ARTHUR:

Uses the 'power of life'...?

Kalina swallows hard.

KALINA:

By leaping into the eye.

ARTHUR:

Thanks for painting the picture.

RAFKIN:

(scoffing)

Power of life...

(re:
her book)

Let me see that...

Rafkin studies the book, looking at it from differentangles. It's obvious he doesn't know what he's looking

at.

A beat passes...

MAGGIE:

Isn't there any other way?

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KALINA:

We can try it the old-fashionedway... but nobody's going to beable to brag about it later.

She opens her bag. Shows Maggie and Rafkin the dynamite.

A long beat passes...

KALINA:

Whatever we decide, we have to

come up with a game plan soon.

Time's running out.

Rafkin takes a seat next to Arthur on the couch.

Kalina's out of earshot, working out their plan.

Arthur thinking, while fidgeting with Rafkin's Power andLight tool belt, left there from before.

RAFKIN:

Hey, I know why you feel you haveto do this...

ARTHUR:

Get away from me.

RAFKIN:

Psychics call it linking... welinked earlier. I know everything.

About Jean. About you...

ARTHUR:

Shut up.

RAFKIN:

Believe me. You did the right

thing.

ARTHUR:

I'm not gonna listen to this from

you.

RAFKIN:

But Kalina's talking suicide,

Arthur.

ARTHUR:

Yeah, and if it saves my kids -

RAFKIN:

But how do you know she's right?

Think about it for a second. It

just doesn't add up.

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ARTHUR:

And what does? Huh, Dennis? How

much of this f***ing equationmakes sense!? You got a betteridea because I'm fresh out of

sanity at the moment!?

RAFKIN:

Just think about it for a minute,

that's all.

ARTHUR:

In case you haven't been countingI'm out of time here. There

aren't many options to consider,

Mr. Psychic.

RAFKIN:

What happend to Kathy and Bobby'soptions? You gonna give up onthose, too?

Arthur grabs Rafkin by the shirt and pins him to thewall.

ARTHUR:

You can go to hell!! You hear me,

you son of a b*tch!! To hell.

All I can think about are my kids.

Goddammit, I don't even know if

they're alive...

Arthur is just about to lose it when Rafkin approaches.

RAFKIN:

Then let's find out, Arthur. For

them. While there's still time.

So you'll know. So we'll all know.

After listening to Rafkin, Arthur recollects himself.

One last time.

ARTHUR:

(to Kalina)

No matter what happens to me, tous all, do you think you can stopthe machine?

KALINA:

I got enough dynamite here to blowthis place back to the FifteenthCentury if that's the question?

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ARTHUR:

Okay. How many flares do you have

left?

KALINA:

One. Why?

ARTHUR:

We're going out again.

MAGGIE:

Arthur! That's crazy!! Those

things out there will kill you!

ARTHUR:

Not if we take that.

Arthur points at one of the doors in the library. He and

Rafkin remove the hinges off the spell-etched glass door,

using the tools from the belt. Written inside are the

spells. He hands the door to Rafkin.

RAFKIN:

Alright... we got ourselves a

Captain America shield baby.

KALINA:

You have about ten minutes before

the last ghost is released and the

ectoplasmic sh*t hits the cosmic

fan.

Arthur nods. Maggie and Arthur share a last look, thenfollow Rafkin out the door of the library.

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They're both holding opposite sides of the door. The

corridor's empty. Covered with dark patches. Theycarefully inch their way down the corridor, passingdark areas.

They reach a couple of dark patches, and slowly walk

past. Prepared for anything...

When suddenly, out of the shadows, the '50s Kid swingshis bat, and smacks the door --sparks fly.

RAFKIN:

Sh*t --he's swinging for the

fence.

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ARTHUR:

Ram him on three...

Rafkin and Arthur brace themselves.

continues to whack away at the door.

RAFKIN:

(fast count)

One-two-three!

The '50s Kid

They drive the '50s Kid into the wall. Pressing the door

against him. Sparks light up the corridor. The '50s Kid

is going crazy. There's a huge burst of ecto-plasmicsparks, then he vanishes.

ARTHUR:

That's more like it.

Arthur spots an opening behind them.

ARTHUR:

This way...

Arthur guides them down another corridor.

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74A INT. HALLWAY -BASEMENT 74A

After flashing a flare before them, Kalina and Maggiedrop through the ceiling, back into the basement.

They make their way through the glass hallway, coming toa door. As Kalina approaches it, she stumbled acrossBen's sliced corpse.

Maggie gasps at the remains.

MAGGIE:

Oh... God... Looks like we found

the lawyer.

KALINA:

Hold the flare still. I'm almost

there.

Kalina reaches around the doorway, clicks the door open.

75 INT. BASEMENT -CLOCKWORKS ROOM 75

The GEARS are spinning and GRINDING at the highest speed.

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Kalina quickly rushes over to the base of the machinewith the Arcanum, trying to figure out how it works.

A shadow figures moves past the door outside theclockworks room.

MAGGIE:

Hurry up!

KALINA:

I'm working on it!

Kalina's following the manual. She studies the different

levers and what each does.

Maggie turns and comes face-to-face with Cyrus's ghost.

She jumps, then quickly jabs the flare at him. But to

her surprise, he doesn't react...

Instead, he takes a step towards her. She tries to ward

him off again with the flare... but he takes another

step.

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