Thirteen Ghosts Page #18

RAFKIN:

(in FLASHBACK)

It just doesn't add up.

Arthur holds his hands before his eyes. 12. There are

twelve ghosts on the ring.

ARTHUR:

If I'm the thirteenth...

86C INT. MAIN FLOOR CORRIDOR -CONTINUOUS ACTION 86C

Arthur looks back into the hallway. There still stands

Cyrus's ghost. Arthur slowly takes off his glasses.

Cyrus is still standing there.

ARTHUR:

You... son-of-a-b*tch...

(CONTINUED)

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Cyrus realizes he's been made. Arthur runs over and

grabs his uncle, throwing him into the wall. Arthur

throws a punch, landing a hard right on Cyrus.

ARTHUR:

Stop the machine!

Arthur punches Cyrus again. And again. Cyrus stumblesbackwards, regains himself, smiles, then goes afterArthur.

CYRUS:

Well, well... it's nice to see

you have some of the family blood

in you after all.

The two men go at it.

Arthur's fighting for his life. He's like a wild man,

throwing everything he's got, hitting Cyrus everywhere.

In the face, the body...

ARTHUR:

You took away everything I loved,

you monster. Everything!

(with every blow)

Now. I. Want. It. Back!

But Arthur has never been a warrior. Cyrus, spotting his

opportunity, retaliates. Cyrus connects with Arthur inthe face, knocking him down. Then he kicks Arthur in the

gut a few times, making sure he stays down.

CYRUS:

How dare you stand in the way of

history, Arthur! You are nothing,

you hear me. Nothing! I

dedicated my entire life to this.

Every goddamn day. When have you

ever shown that kind of dedication?

Huh? To anything?!

He kicks Arthur repeatedly, like a sick mind kicking adog to death.

CYRUS:

You make me sick.

87 INTERCUT -CLOCKWORKS ROOM 87

Maggie slowly comes to, awakened from the irritatingnoise of the CHANTING. The huge gear works before her

are spinning madly now.

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She notices Kalina's bloody, squashed remains in theglass beyond.

MAGGIE:

(reacting to Kalina)

Jesus...

(rubbing her head)

Man, what is that noise?!

Then she notices the reel-to-reel machine on the table.

Maggie reaches the machine and looks for an off switch.

Can't find one. The CHANTING sound is unbearable.

She finally shoves the MACHINE off the table, and it goesCRASHING to the floor.

88 INT. GREAT HALL 88

Arthur regains himself... when Cyrus appears over him.

CYRUS:

(out of breath)

The world hasn't time for small

people, Arthur. People like you,

or Dennis. Or Kalina. It needs

those who are willing to do

anything, without question, for

what they believe in.

ARTHUR:

You sonofabitch!

Arthur rises to attack, but Cyrus stops him with a steelsword he pulls from his cane. He points the blade

beneath Arthur's chin. Arthur's eyes dart around,

searching for a last way out. Cyrus spots Arthur

thinking...

CYRUS:

I'm sorry, Arthur. Unlike Jean,

you haven't got a choice this

time. Now make the sacrifice. Or

your. Children. Will. Die.

The CHANTING sound suddenly ENDS. Silence.

Cyrus looks around in shock and confusion. As does

Arthur.

That's when he sees Bobby's scooter come rolling behindCyrus from the other side of the corridor.

(CONTINUED)

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Arthur quickly seizes the moment and kicks Cyrus's legs,

throwing him off balance and stumbling backward, rightinto the path of the scooter.

Like a banana peel, Cyrus slips on it and lands on his

ass.

Arthur scoops up the cane, as Cyrus struggles to getback to his feet.

When Cyrus turns back around, Arthur cracks him acrossthe chest with the cane... sending Cyrus sailing downthe hall. He lands at the opening of the Great Hall,

stunned by what just happened.

He glances back at the scooter, then over to where it

came. Nothing. He slips on his glasses for a moment,

and there standing casually in the corridor is the ghostof Dennis Rafkin.

RAFKIN:

... never bet against humannature, Arthur. You'll always

lose.

Arthur smiles in thanks.

CUT TO:

CYRUS:

just as he comes to on the floor. He looks up and

there's nothing there. Arthur puts on his glasses andsees 12 very deadly ghosts standing around Cyrus. The

ghosts of the house reach down and grab Cyrus -CYRUS

Get away!! No!!!!

Arthur watches as the ghosts tear into Cyrus. It's a

feeding frenzy. The last one in to tear in is the

Breaker. Cyrus suffers a horrible ending.

CYRUS:

Let me go! Noo!!!

88A INT. GREAT HALL -GHOST POV 88A

Cyrus is borne into the hall on the shoulders of theghosts he enslaved.

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CONTINUED:
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FROM CHILDREN'S POV

He's floating in, kicking and screaming all by himself.

BACK TO SCENE:

The children aren't sure what to think. They only knowthey too will join their uncle unless something happens.

Their father rushes to the door -

ARTHUR:

(to his kids)

Don't look...

GHOSTS' POV

The ghosts lift Cyrus above their heads, all bloody andbroken bones, bleeding and mangled... and throw him intothe spinning gears of the Ocularis.

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Blood and Bones and flesh go flying.

This, and the damage Maggie has caused down in thebasement causes the Ocularis to go haywire.

88B INT. CLOCKWORK ROOM -CONTINUOUS ACTION 88B

Maggie stands before the mad machine as it whirls out ofcontrol.

MAGGIE:

Oh, sweet Lord. What did I do?

Maggie backs toward the door. The clockworks are

breaking apart all around her. She tries the handle.

It's locked.

MAGGIE:

Mutherfucka...!

The clockworks begin flying apart. Gears and bits of

machinery start bursting through the glass walls of theclockworks room.

88C INT. GREAT HALL -CONTINUOUS ACTION 88C

The GREAT GLASS GROANS DEEPLY as the torquing of theclockworks causes sheets of glass to fall from theirframes.

Two more rings have FLIPPED UP, the blades getting closerto the center of the Ocularis and the kids.

GLASS begins to BREAK UP all around Arthur. Shards of

glass rain down. He knows he hasn't much time.

Kathy holds Bobby close, protecting him.

BOBBY:

Daddy!!

Arthur doesn't know what to do, but he does know that he

can't leave them there the same way he did with Jean.

ARTHUR:

Just hang on! I'm coming!

Arthur backs up, and takes a running jump through thespinning blades, just barely landing on the center islandof the Ocularis, with Kathy and Bobby.

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He looks for a way off but between the glass and theblades he knows there's no way they're getting out ofthere.

Arthur holds them both tight, covering their eyes.

ARTHUR:

Don't move! Keep your head down!

88D

INT. CLOCKWORKS ROOM -BASEMENT 88D

As Maggie's eyes go wide.

88E

INT. BASEMENT GLASS CORRIDORS -VARIOUS ANGLES -SAME 88E

TIME:

Huge bits of the clockworks come flying out the walls ofthe clockworks room, SHATTERING all the GLASS in the

basement.

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