THX 1138 Page #12

LUH faints. THX is barely able to stand, but he goes to

her.

THX:

LUH!...Help us..OMM, OMM help us.

He pulls her into his arms and rocks her. He is crying.

THX:

OMM forgive us for our sins. Save

us. We are one, mass is one, OMM

is one. OMM Help us.....

FULL ANGLE:

The front door opens, and two chrome policemen enter the

room.

POLICEMAN:

(voice of OMM)

I am here to help you. Relax. You

have nothing to fear. I am here.

The policeman pull them apart. THX's hands are taped behind

his back. (Fade out)

CUT IN:

38. PRISON CHAMBER

SILENCE:

A small black dot appears on a white background. It is

THX huddled in a white limbo prison chamber. He is fresh

and clean. All of his cuts and sores are gone.

CLOSE ANGLE:

THX is in a state of extreme terror. Suddenly he flinches,

shrinks further into a ball, and peers out into the white

void. Slowly he relaxes, then tenses again as he thinks

he sees something.

CLOSER ANGLE:

THX has not slept in a great while; which shows in his

eyes..He slowly drifts into a light sleep.

FULL ANGLE:

THX wakes with a start as he hears footsteps. Panicked,

he looks in all directions trying to discover where the

sound is coming from. The footsteps become louder, and

louder. THX rises in trembling horror.

OVERHEAD ANGLE:

THX runs around in circles. He stops short as a chrome

policeman appears holding a long electronic pole. THX

continues to run in circles as two more policemen appear

with poles, and surround him.

They slowly close in on him, occasionally prodding him

with the long poles; which make an electronic sound,

causing THX extreme pain.

MED ANGLE:

The policemen close on THX until he is again a huddled,

quivering ball. They stand over him, prodding him every

few moments, until he begins to weep in desperation.

FULL ANGLE:

Momentarily the prison chamber goes blue, and the policemen

return into the white void. THX sits alone, cowering in

fear.

T.V. IMAGE

The screen is filled with a TV monitors long shot of THX

in the white limbo prison. He is sitting with his feet

spread out in front of him. We hear an off screen voice

speaking quietly with clinical authority and disinterest.

OS VOICE:

Increase.

The image changes instantly to an extreme long shot. THX

is merely a dot in the center of the screen.

OS VOICE:

No... here... hold this down.

The image changes instantly to a close shot of THX. He is

in shock staring into the white limbo. He is talking

quietly to himself. We cannot hear what he is saying.

OS VOICE.

Audio...

2ND VOICE

Audio is already on.

THX continues to speak soundlessly.

2ND VOICE

I can't hear him.

1ST VOICE

Cortex bonding....possible

temporary. Before you report a

possible equipment malfunction,

you check the subjects....?

2ND VOICE

Stress category.

1ST VOICE

Correct. (pause) Origin?

2ND VOICE

Birth born....UMMM...Sexact.

1ST VOICE

Violation?

The numbers 3278-927 still appear on the bottom of the

screen.

2ND VOICE

Drug evasion with....

1ST VOICE

triple three, triple three!

easy.....

2ND VOICE

Drug evasion with assorted

perversions

1ST VOICE

Correct. Now secure a sinex drop

reading.

We hear a low throbbing sound, but THX shows no reaction.

The word psynix -4675 appears on the bottom of the screen.

1ST VOICE

A sinex drop reading of less then

2000 degrees with an accompanying

loss of greater then 350 degrees

since admission may indicate....?

2ND VOICE

Permant cortex bond.

1ST VOICE

Correct.

THX is still talking silently to himself.

1ST VOICE

This really isn't a very good

subject because with a cortex bond,

we're restricted to about a quarter

of the boards potential. .....All

this over here is wasted on him.

See, we could run a system

H.....Watch.

A pause, and then a high frequency sound is heard. THX

begins to twitch uncontrollably, becoming more and more

violent, slamming up and down against the floor. He looks

terrified, but there is nothing he can do about it.

1ST VOICE

Normally, there would be no visual

evidence of a system H. We're not

even getting a reading.

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