Watchmen Page #14

JANEY SLATER:

Aww, Jon, look--you've got cotton candy

on the side of your mouth

(CONTINUED)

52.

CONTINUED:

JON OSTERMAN:

You do too. Here, let me get it for you.

He pulls her close. They giggle like the young lovers they

are and then kiss, passionate

BACK TO:
Dr. Manhattan walking on mars' surface. He

approaches a LARGE ROCK FORMATION which blocks his path.

He PARTS the rock formation telekinetically, like Moses

parting the sea--

--and we FLASHBACK, mirroring the parting of the rock

formation to the parting of two SLIDING DOORS, in the LAB OF

A NUCLEAR TESTING FACILITY, as Jon steps into the REACTOR

CHAMBER€”

JON OSTERMAN (CONT'D)

(YELLING)

I'll catch up with you guys--I left my

watch inside .

Jon backs into the chamber without noticing the DIGITAL CLOCK

above the doors counting down: 3 2 1--"TIME LOCK

INITIATED"--the doors CLOSE .

BACK TO:
Dr. Manhattan on Mars as he stops to pick up a

STRANGE ROCK. It's beautiful--the colors, the crystals--

unlike anything we've ever seen--

--and we FLASHBACK to Jon's lab COLLEAGUES watching in horror

as Jon retrieves his WATCH, oblivious. They try to open the

door, but it's no use--the time lock can't be overridden.

Janey arrives, SCREAMS when she sees Jon inside. Jon turns,

sees all the terrified faces staring at him.

JON OSTERMAN (CONT'D)

Janey? What's wrong?

JANEY SLATER:

The time lock, Jon!

As it dawns on Jon, he hears the hum of the REACTOR

INITIATING, the big mechanical parts moving. Jon runs to the

door, BANGS on it.

JON OSTERMAN:

Janey:
Oh my god!

TEARS stream down Janey's face as she looks at him through

the thick glass, helpless, hopeless. Inside, the chamber

starts to GLOW .

(CONTINUED)

53.

CONTINUED:
(2)

JANEY SLATER:

I'm sorry, Jon, I can't--

Janey can't bear to watch--she runs out of the lab as the

reactor initiates

JON OSTERMAN:

JANEY!

. and with a BLINDING FLASH--Jon and his watch are

OBLITERATED to bits .

BACK TO:
Dr. Manhattan on Mars, as he obliterates the strange

rock he was holding to bits

and we FLASHBACK to the lab CAFETERIA. Janey sits at a

table, crying softly, being consoled by her colleagues

CUT TO:
OUTSIDE THE NUCLEAR FACILITY, by the barbed wire

fences, A DISEMBODIED BRAIN, A SET OF EYES, AND A SPINAL

COLUMN MATERIALIZES .

BACK TO:
Dr. Manhattan on Mars, as he RISES into the air. At

a thought, the RED SAND FUSES into a beautiful, PINK GLASS

STRUCTURE--

--and we FLASHBACK to the cafeteria KITCHEN as a COOK SHRIEKS

at A WALKING NETWORK OF HUMAN VEINS--

BACK TO:
The pink glass structure on Mars which SPREADS OUT

INTO COMPLEX GLASS PATTERNS, RISING FROM THE PLAIN at Dr.

Manhattan's command--

--and we FLASHBACK to the cafeteria HALLWAY as a SKELETON

passes two terrified GUARDS

BACK TO:
Dr. Manhattan, now dwarfed by the RISING, EVOLVING

GLASS STRUCTURE, which begins to resemble parts of a WATCH--

--and we FLASHBACK to the cafeteria. Janey's still crying.

One of her Colleagues reaches for her hand when STATIC SPARKS

snap around them. All over the cafeteria, the METAL UTENSILS

begin to SPARK. In the center of the room, GLOWING BLUE

PARTICLES begin to collect, SLAMMING INTO EACH OTHER with

amazing force

and in a BLINDING FLASH, THE PARTICLES FORM DR.

MANHATTAN, hovering over the room like a newborn god.

Everyone in the cafeteria looks up in awe, in fear and--

JANEY SLATER:

Oh god . Jon is that you?

(CONTINUED)

54.

CONTINUED:
(3)

--recognition.

BACK TO:
Mars, where Dr. Manhattan's GLASS PALACE rises in

its full glory. A home fit for a god.

INT. ROCKEFELLER BASE - COMMUNICATIONS ROOM - NIGHT

PULL OUT FROM:
A SATELLITE IMAGE of MARS. NOISE filters back

in, as TECHNICIANS buzz this way and that, desperate.

AGENT FORBES:

There must be some way to contact him.

Laurie sits in the room, largely forgotten.

LAURIE:

Agent Forbes.

AGENT FORBES:

(distracted, annoyed)

What?

LAURIE:

I need to go to the bathroom.

Agent Forbes gives her a look, then waves for a SECRET

SERVICE AGENT to escort her.

INT. ROCKEFELLER MILITARY BASE - HALLWAY - NIGHT

Laurie heads to the bathroom, trailed by the Secret Service

Agent. As she reaches the bathroom door--

--she suddenly SPINS and ELBOWS the agent in the GROIN. The

Agent buckles; Laurie grabs him by his coat, SHOVES his head

through the bathroom door and SLAMS THE DOOR on his head.

INT. BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

Laurie drags the groggy Agent into the bathroom. She takes

his GUN, pulls it on him.

LAURIE:

You're getting me out of here.

SECRET SERVICE AGENT

We're only detaining you for national

security purposes. Don't you understand?

LAURIE:

Don't you understand that sitting there

with a bunch of high tech radios and

monitors isn't going to bring him back?

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

55.

CONTINUED:

LAURIE (CONT'D)

Only one thing can bring ion back and

that's Jon. If he wants to find me, he's

quite capable of doing so on his own.

I've been a prisoner in my live long

enough. You are taking me out of here

because if you don't, and Jon does come

back, I'm going to let him know who was

naughty and who was nice. And he won't

give you a lump of coal--he'll turn you

into one, understand?

The Agent eyes her, then reluctantly gets to his feet.

INT. DAN DREIBERG'S HOUSE - BEDROOM - DAWN

Dan sleeps peacefully in his bed when a SHADOW moves over Dan

. dropping a NEWSPAPER on his LAP, waking Dan with a

gasp. Rorschach hovers beside the bed.

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