THX 1138 Page #14

PRISON CHAMBER:

THX lies sleeping. The sound of footsteps wakes him, and

he jumps up, crouching, staring into the white limbo.

As THX stares, a figure slowly appears out of the whiteness.

It is LUH. When she sees THX, she stops walking and stares

at him.

They watch one another for a long while; finally THX stands.

THX:

Are you...are you real?

LUH?...LUH?

She rushes into his arms and they spin in an embrace.

They kiss.

THX:

Are you all right?

LUH looks at him, frightened and unable to answer.

THX:

What did they do to you?

There is a long pause.

LUH:

I'm going to have a child.

THX is alarmed.

THX:

no...no, no.

LUH:

Oh, THX... hold me, hold me, THX

holds her tightly, tears in his

eyes. They kiss, and LUH hides

her head in THX's chest.

THX:

It's the end.

LUH:

I'm not afraid...I'm not afraid.

THX:

It's wrong; so wrong, what we've

done....

He drops to the floor, clinging to her legs. He is crying.

THX:

I didn't want this. How did it

happen? Don't leave me... stay

here with me.

She goes down to him, embracing and comforting him.

LUH:

You have to be strong.

(pause, softly)

You're going to have a son.

They both sit silently. She is rocking him in her arms.

EXTREME LONG SHOT

They lie huddled together in the vastness of the white

limbo.

LONG SHOT:

They kiss

MED ANGLE:

They become passionate and begin to take off each others

clothes.

CLOSE ANGLE:

They begin to make love.

CLOSER ANGLE:

They make love.

The same image appears over a TV monitor.

VOICE:

Neron activity has risen to +942

Carbon rating +22.3. Tri-base off

.732. Contrast.....

The image returns to the white limbo.

THX and LUH are sleeping, cuddled next to one another.

Faint footsteps are heard, slowly getting louder. LUH

wakes with a start. Muffled voices are heard. LUH shakes

THX awake.

A man dressed in yellow appears with two chrome policemen.

THX and LUH freeze in terror, still half asleep. The robot

grab them and pull them to their feet.

MAN:

No person held to service in one

section under the laws thereof,

escaping into another, shall, in

consequence of any law or regulation

therein, be discharged from such

service, but shall be delivered up

on claim of the party to whom such

service may be due.

LUH is held as THX is taken away.

LUH:

(crying out)

THX!

THX:

(screaming)

No!...No!...

He is struggling as he disappears into the whiteness.

COURTROOM:

THX is escorted by two chrome policemen down a hallway and

into a courtroom. It is rather dim and small - the twenty

or so people in the room are lit with narrow beams of light.

THX is seated in a large, highbacked chair. The Proctor

reads the charge in a ritualistic, sing-song voice which

is only occasionally understandable.

PROCTOR:

1138 prefix THX charged with

violation index 3278.927, appendix

445 to 613. Drug evasion, malicious

sexual perversion, unconditional

response and transgression. Justice

proceed. Pontifex 606 presiding.

The Pontifex is sitting behind a high dais, with a large

portrait of OMM in the background. He makes a ritualistic

gesture.

PROCTOR:

Begin.

PROSECUTOR:

Mercicontrol respectfully places

its evidence before you.

He places four rolls of computer tape before the Pontifex.

PROSECUTOR:

9198,5116, and 1447. These negative

documents are certified by A.N.-

O,T.O. and registered at files,

tomb 34.

The Defense, sitting in front of THX, jumps up and blurts

out a quick sentence of partially inaudible phrases.

DEFENSE:

....nondrug, nondrug total excuse.

1138 is unstable condition...not

responsible for acts. Nondrug,

asylum....asylum.

THX sits quietly, with his head hung low.

PROSECUTOR:

Mercicontrol respectfully submits

a 5254, immediate destruction, on

the basis of an ECO TR-X 314;

totally incurable chemical imbalance

with socially deteriorating

consequences.

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