Thor Page #8

LOKI:

I'm sorry?

HEIMDALL:

The freezing cold of Jotunheim. It

will kill you all in time, even

Thor.

(THEN)

You think you can deceive me? I,

who watch all? I, who can sense

the flapping of a butterfly's wings

a thousand worlds away?

He fixes his eyes pointedly at Fandral.

HEIMDALL (CONT'D)

Or can hear a cricket passing gas

in Niffelheim?

Fandral looks gob-smacked.

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FANDRAL:

That was just a bit of a jest,

really...

Loki goes into damage control.

LOKI:

You must be mistaken. We're not--

THOR:

(STEPPING FORWARD)

Enough.

(TO HEIMDALL)

Heimdall, may we pass?

Heimdall stares him down.

HEIMDALL:

For ages have I guarded Asgard and

kept it safe from those who would

do it harm. In all that time,

never has an enemy slipped by my

watch -- until this day. I wish to

know how that happened.

THOR:

Then tell no one where we've gone

until we've returned.

Thor walks past Heimdall as the Gatekeeper lets the group

pass. Volstagg walks beside the frustrated Loki, needles

him.

VOLSTAGG:

What happened? Your silver tongue

turn to lead?

LOKI:

Get me off this bridge before it

cracks under your girth.

Volstagg and Fandral share a laugh.

30 INT. HEIMDALL'S OBSERVATORY - DAY 30

Thor and the others enter the Observatory, step onto a

platform. Heimdall climbs into the large control apparatus

at the center of the room and readies the Observatory.

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HEIMDALL:

Be warned. I will honor my sworn

oath to protect this Realm as its

Gatekeeper. If your return

threatens the safety of Asgard,

Bifrost will remain closed to you.

You'll be left to die in the cold

wastes of Jotunheim.

THOR:

I have no plans to die today.

HEIMDALL:

None do.

Heimdall inserts his sword into the control panel, and the

apparatus of the Observatory starts up.

31 EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE 31

The Bifrost energy quickens along the Bridge, feeding into

the Observatory.

32 INT. HEIMDALL'S OBSERVATORY 32

Heimdall turns his sword in the control panel. The

Observatory's giant turret swings around, aims toward a

section of space. As a final step, Heimdall plunges his

sword deeper into the control panel. The great turret FIRES,

the RAINBOW LIGHT of Bifrost energy blasts out of it.

The Bifrost opens at the end of the platform upon which Thor

and his five comrades stand.

HEIMDALL:

All is ready. You may pass.

VOLSTAGG:

Couldn't you just leave the bridge

open for us?

HEIMDALL:

To keep this bridge open would

unleash the full power of the

Bifrost and destroy Jotunheim with

you upon it.

VOLSTAGG:

Ah. Never mind, then.

Thor starts towards the Bifrost, turns back to the others,

grins.

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THOR:

Come on. Don't be bashful.

The others join him at his side, then step towards the

Bifrost. Their bodies stretch towards the maelstrom,

changing shape, as if every atom of their being is being

elongated by the pull of it. In an instant, they're jerked

off the platform and inside the vortex.

33 EXT. BIFROST LANDING SITE (JOTUNHEIM) - DAY 33

A hole in the sky rips open, and the Bifrost comes shooting

out of it. Snow flurries up when the Bifrost hits, as Thor

and his band touch down. RUNES from the Bifrost are

imprinted on the ice around them.

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Volstagg loses his footing, falling backwards. Thor quickly

grabs him by the belt. We see the warrior dangling

precariously on the edge of a sheer cliff on the planet's

inner ring, opening up to the black abyss of space beyond.

THOR:

Come on, big fella. Up...!

With an effort, Thor pulls the burly warrior back onto the

ice and, tremendously relieved, he proclaims:

VOLSTAGG:

This belt! This belt is now my

lucky belt! I will never remove

it! Even when bathing!

FANDRAL:

You bathe?

Thor and the others turn and stare out in horror and wonder

at the frozen alien wasteland before them. The whole planet

is a massive flattened ring of jagged ice, slowly breaking

apart. Huge CHUNKS OF ICE calve away from its outer edges

and float off into space. The planet's icy surface cracks

and melts as far as the eye can see. The ruins of a Jotun

city lies in the distance.

HOGUN:

We shouldn't be here.

THOR:

Too late now.

FANDRAL:

Actually, it's not. We could turn

right around, hop back to Asgard,

share a mug by the fire. Could be

nice.

Thor ignore him, heads off. Loki looks around, anxious.

LOKI:

Perhaps we should wait.

Thor turns back to his brother.

THOR:

For what?

LOKI:

To survey the enemy. To gauge

their strengths and weaknesses from

a distance.

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