manhounds keep coming. They’re not even
armed. Griggs lifts his gun with both hands.
TRAGER
Griggs, fire a
warning shot.
Griggs squeezes off a round. The gun CLICKS.
Then Dyana is on him. She grabs his head on both sides. She TWISTS. We hear the
SNAP as his neck breaks. Then everything happens at once.
MONDRAGON
pulls the trigger. The gun CLICKS. Ice
curls his hands into fists. Six-inch STEEL CLAWS spring from his knuckles. He SLAMS
his fist hard into Mondragon’s gut.
A BOLT OF ENERGY
crackles down from the palanquin, touching
first one car, and then the other. The vehicles EXPLODE and BURN.
THANE
strides through the carnage, straight for
Cat. She backs up, looks behind her. We see her REACT.
CAMERON
tries to face Dyana hand to hand. She
blocks his karate blow, pulls him off balance, and slams him down across her
knee, snapping his spine like a dry stick.
TRAGER
unlocks Tom’s cuffs, gives him the keys.
TRAGER
Get her out of
here.
Tom runs toward Cat. Trager turns, and ...
A BOLT OF ENERGY
from the palanquin fries him where he
stands.
ANGLE ON THE MEN’S ROOM
A pale blue GLOW shines through the crack
beneath the men’s room door. Cat throws herself against the door. But with her
hands cuffed, she can’t open it. Tom reaches her at a run. He has the keys.
TOM
Turn around. Hold
still,
(unlocks cuffs)
We’ve got to ...
Too late. Thane is there. He grabs Tom
contemptuously, and FLINGS him aside like a child. Cat tries to claw out his
eye. Thane catches her hand, holds her prisoned by her wrist. She glares at him
defiantly.
THANE
Look. Look at he
who gave you mercy, and was repaid in shame.
Tom RABBIT PUNCHES Thane from behind.
TOM
Let go of her, you
son of a—
Thane whirls, and tears into Tom, a brutal
barehand attack. Blow after blow drives Tom back across the lot, staggering.
ANGLE ON THE DOOR (SFX)
Cat OPENS the men’s room door. Beyond is
chaos, a portal of strobing light. The light is a brilliant BLUE-WHITE. Somehow
it hurts the eye to look at it.
Within the light, images flicker past too
fast to follow, almost subliminal. For just an instant, the path is clear. Cat
could step through at will. But she hesitates ...
RESUME TOM
Thane is murdering him with his bare hands.
Tom FALLS to his knees beside Cameron’s corpse. Thane grabs him by the hair,
lifts his fist for the killing blow ... and Cat comes hurtling through the air
and lands on his back, pummeling him with blows.
QUICK CUT - THE DOOR
The light has faded to a DEEP MIDNIGHT BLUE.
We sense the portal is closing.
RESUME
Thane pulls Cat off his back, and hits her
a single terrible backhand blow across the face. She falls.
TIGHT ON TOM
On the ground. Dazed. He wipes blood from
his mouth. Then he sees Cameron lying there, still and dead. He crawls to the
body, fumbles in the agent’s jacket, and pulls out the hand cannon.
ANGLE ALONG THE HAND CANNON
Tom aims at Thane, but he’s too close to
Cat. Instead he swings the cannon UP at the palanquin, and FIRES.
THE PALANQUIN
is rocked by a tremendous EXPLOSION. The
darkfield protects the rider, but we see one of the manhounds FALL, screaming,
wreathed in flame. A moment later, the massive palanquin itself CRASHES
DOWNWARD.
QUICK CUTS
The manhounds stare in horror.
Ice and Dyana are both directly under the
palanquin. They look up in shock as it falls. Dyana drops and ROLLS out. Ice
isn’t quite quick enough. He SCREAMS as the palanquin crushes him.
Thane moves to help his master.
TOM
staggers over to Cat, sliding the cannon
away. She is unconscious on the ground. Beyond her, the door has faded to a DEEP
PURPLE GLOW. It’s almost closed. Tom scoops up Cat in his arms, and RUNS.
THANE
sees, and comes after them. But too late.
Tom LEAPS through the door.
armed. Griggs lifts his gun with both hands.
TRAGER
Griggs, fire a
warning shot.
Griggs squeezes off a round. The gun CLICKS.
Then Dyana is on him. She grabs his head on both sides. She TWISTS. We hear the
SNAP as his neck breaks. Then everything happens at once.
MONDRAGON
pulls the trigger. The gun CLICKS. Ice
curls his hands into fists. Six-inch STEEL CLAWS spring from his knuckles. He SLAMS
his fist hard into Mondragon’s gut.
A BOLT OF ENERGY
crackles down from the palanquin, touching
first one car, and then the other. The vehicles EXPLODE and BURN.
THANE
strides through the carnage, straight for
Cat. She backs up, looks behind her. We see her REACT.
CAMERON
tries to face Dyana hand to hand. She
blocks his karate blow, pulls him off balance, and slams him down across her
knee, snapping his spine like a dry stick.
TRAGER
unlocks Tom’s cuffs, gives him the keys.
TRAGER
Get her out of
here.
Tom runs toward Cat. Trager turns, and ...
A BOLT OF ENERGY
from the palanquin fries him where he
stands.
ANGLE ON THE MEN’S ROOM
A pale blue GLOW shines through the crack
beneath the men’s room door. Cat throws herself against the door. But with her
hands cuffed, she can’t open it. Tom reaches her at a run. He has the keys.
TOM
Turn around. Hold
still,
(unlocks cuffs)
We’ve got to ...
Too late. Thane is there. He grabs Tom
contemptuously, and FLINGS him aside like a child. Cat tries to claw out his
eye. Thane catches her hand, holds her prisoned by her wrist. She glares at him
defiantly.
THANE
Look. Look at he
who gave you mercy, and was repaid in shame.
Tom RABBIT PUNCHES Thane from behind.
TOM
Let go of her, you
son of a—
Thane whirls, and tears into Tom, a brutal
barehand attack. Blow after blow drives Tom back across the lot, staggering.
ANGLE ON THE DOOR (SFX)
Cat OPENS the men’s room door. Beyond is
chaos, a portal of strobing light. The light is a brilliant BLUE-WHITE. Somehow
it hurts the eye to look at it.
Within the light, images flicker past too
fast to follow, almost subliminal. For just an instant, the path is clear. Cat
could step through at will. But she hesitates ...
RESUME TOM
Thane is murdering him with his bare hands.
Tom FALLS to his knees beside Cameron’s corpse. Thane grabs him by the hair,
lifts his fist for the killing blow ... and Cat comes hurtling through the air
and lands on his back, pummeling him with blows.
QUICK CUT - THE DOOR
The light has faded to a DEEP MIDNIGHT BLUE.
We sense the portal is closing.
RESUME
Thane pulls Cat off his back, and hits her
a single terrible backhand blow across the face. She falls.
TIGHT ON TOM
On the ground. Dazed. He wipes blood from
his mouth. Then he sees Cameron lying there, still and dead. He crawls to the
body, fumbles in the agent’s jacket, and pulls out the hand cannon.
ANGLE ALONG THE HAND CANNON
Tom aims at Thane, but he’s too close to
Cat. Instead he swings the cannon UP at the palanquin, and FIRES.
THE PALANQUIN
is rocked by a tremendous EXPLOSION. The
darkfield protects the rider, but we see one of the manhounds FALL, screaming,
wreathed in flame. A moment later, the massive palanquin itself CRASHES
DOWNWARD.
QUICK CUTS
The manhounds stare in horror.
Ice and Dyana are both directly under the
palanquin. They look up in shock as it falls. Dyana drops and ROLLS out. Ice
isn’t quite quick enough. He SCREAMS as the palanquin crushes him.
Thane moves to help his master.
TOM
staggers over to Cat, sliding the cannon
away. She is unconscious on the ground. Beyond her, the door has faded to a DEEP
PURPLE GLOW. It’s almost closed. Tom scoops up Cat in his arms, and RUNS.
THANE
sees, and comes after them. But too late.
Tom LEAPS through the door.
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