Willow Page #11

Willow angrily jumps up and down, swiping at the baby.

MADMARTIGAN:

(high voice)

They get too excited.

With a swing of the hip, Madmartigan butts Willow aside

and maternally puts the baby against his chest. Llug

houd-dogs him around the room, finally cornering him

and staaring lecherously into his eyes.

LLUG:

Wanna breeeeeeed?

Madmartigan protects himself by holding the baby up in

front of his face. Then he smells the baby. He winces

and groans.

WILLOW:

(mischievously)

Time to change her diaper.

MADMARTIGAN:

Time to leave.

Madmartigan throws open the door and dashes out. But

he doesn't get very far. Several NOCKMAAR SOLDIERS

push him back in. Then they grab madmartigan and Wil-

low, and Llug and his wife, and haul them all outside.

INT. TAVERN - HALLWAY - DAY

Madmartigan is slammed against a wall. The Willow.

Then Llug and his wife. In the b.g. Nockmaar troops

are rousting the tavern, taking babies away from

frightened mothers and inspecting them.

Heavy bootsteps thud toward them. Willow looks out and

recognizes Sorsha, the black-helmeted knight from the

bridge.

SORSHA:

You! Are you the mother of that

child?

MADMARTIGAN:

No.

(looks at Llug; in a high voice)

I mean yes.

Sorsha strides over to Madmartigan, her sword drawn.

SORSHA:

Let me see it.

Madmartigan looks at Willow then back at Sorsha.

MADMARTIGAN:

(high voice)

I can't.

SORSHA:

Let me see it.

WILLOW:

No! You can't!

Madmartigan looks at Willow then back at Sorsha.

MADMARTIGAN:

(high voice)

I can't.

SORSHA:

Why not?

MADMARTIGAN:

(to Willow)

Why not?

WILLOW:

Because she's sick.

MADMARTIGAN:

(to Sorsha)

Because she's sick.

SORSHA:

Give it to me!

Sorsha stabs her sword into the floor like a spike.

She grabs for the baby. Instinctively, Madmartigan el-

bows her away, whacking her hard and knocking her off-

balance against a nearby bench. The soldiers tense up,

pointing their swords and spears.

Sorsha regains her balance. She rips off her black

helmet. Long wild red hair tumbles over her shoulders.

She is a young woman, and Madmartigan's eyes pop open.

He does his best to keep up his femal facade.

MADMARTIGAN:

(high voice)

Gawd...you're...beautiful...

SORSHA:

You're not a woman.

Sorsha comes right up to Madmartigan, squinting into

his eyes. The she rips away his kerchief and muffler.

LLUG:

Not a woman??!!

All hell breaks loose. Llug charges for Madmartigan's

throat. Madmartigna tucks the baby under his arm and

dashes right out the window. Llug bulldozes Sorsha and

her Lieutenant, and the tavern patrons take advantage

of the chaos and stampede for the stairs. Willow dives

out the window after Madmartigan.

SORSHA:

After them!!

She grabs her sword and waves it at her soldiers who

clatter toward the stairs, flinging people out of their

way.

EXT. ROADSIDE TAVERN - DAY

Madmartigna jumps off the upstairs balcony and lands in

the wagon below. The two iron-workers look up with

concern. Then they react with surprise as Madmartigan

rips away his disguise.

WILLOW:

Madmartigan! Wait!

Up above, Willow charges along the balcony. Madmarti-

gan juggles the baby and whips the reins. The wagon

pulls away, iron-workers scrambling after it. Willow

flings himself off the balcony. The brownies tumble

out of his pocket. They all land in the back of the

wagon as it takes off.

It has stopped raining. In the stable under the

tavern, horses smash together and people fall in the

mud, and the Nockmaar soldiers get tangled up in the

traffic jam.

EXT. ROAD - CHASE - DAY

As Madmartigan lashes the horse, Willow crawls up to

hum and takes the baby.

WILLOW:

We could've been killed, Madmarti-

gan!

In the back, the brownies boucne all over the place

amid wooden kegs and other objects. When they finally

get their balane they look back in alarm.

Chasing them are two Nockmaar HORSEMEN plus a DEATH DOG

and a war chariot.

Willow ducks low and peeks out, protectively hugging

the baby. The wagon bounces and flies along, but the

minions are quickly gaining. Rool and Teemo spring

into action. They struggle with all their might and

manage to kck small wooden kegs off the back of the

wagon.

The kegs bounce onto the road, and the minions lose

some ground trying to avoid them. But soon the horse-

men flank the wagon. One leaps off his galloping horse

and climbs on board. The other draws an arrow and gets

ready to fire.

Madmartigan is about to be shot between the eyes. He

quickly rolls into the back. The archer firse! and

hits the other minion in the chest. Madmartigna snaps

a wooden stake off the wagon side and smashes

the wounded minion off the wagon: he crashes onto the

road.

Willow harnesses the papoose to his chest and grabs the

reins. At the same time the minion archer leaps

aboard. He and Madmartigan fight in the back.

WILLOW:

Heeyah! Heeyah!

Then there's a terrible howl right beside Willow. The

Death Dog is leaping alongside the wagon, gnashing and

trying to board. Willow yanks the reins and swerves

the wagon into the dog, which yelps furiously. In the

back, Madmartigan and the minion are thrown by the

swerving jolt.

WILLOW:

Oh no!

Up ahead Willow sees an exposed tree root in the road.

The wagon is headed straight for it! The wheel hits

the root hard and Willow is dumped onto the wagon floor

and very nearly goes overboard.

In the back, Madmartigan and the minion keep fighting

as the wagon clatter along out of control. The Death

Dog catches up again and this time spring aboard.

DEATH:

Bordak!!

The dog snaps at the baby. Willow scurries under the

wagon seat. The dog stands up on its hind feet.

DEATH:

Bordak!!

It gets ready to attack. But WHACK! an overhanging

tree branch hits it and Willow looks up from under the

seat and sees the mangled dog twitching and dangling

from the tree, rapidly disappearing in the distance.

In the back, meanwhile, the minion draws a knife. Mad-

martigan ducks out of his way, hanging onto a post at

the edge of the tailgate. The minion comes after him.

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