Raiders of the Lost Ark Page #2

Indy gives the whip a short pull and Barranca’s arm is jerked

down, where it involuntarily discharges the gun into the

dirt. Barranca is amazed, but feels some slack in the whip

and immediately raises the gun toward Indy again, cocking it

with his free hand.

Indy’s face goes hard. And sad.

Indy sweeps his arm in a wide arc. Barranca spins around,

enclosed in the whip, his gun hand stuck tight against his

body. Indy gives one more short jerk on the whip handle and

Barranca’s gun fires. Barranca falls dead.

Indy looks quickly at Satipo, who is shocked and frightened.

He raises his arms in supplication.

SATIPO:

I knew nothing! He was crazy!

Please!

Indy looks him over, then nods. He frees the whip from

Barranca’s body and picks up the man. His eyes sweep the

surrounding woods.

INDY:

Let’s go.

3 INT. TEMPLE - INCLINED PASSAGE - DAY 3

Indy and Satipo, carrying a torch, walk up the slightly

inclined, tubular passage from the main entrance. The

interior is wet and dark, hanging with plant life and

stalactites. Their echoing footsteps intermittently overpower

the sounds of loud dripping, whistling air drafts and

scampering claws.

4 HALL OF SHADOWS 4

Indy leads the way down a twisting hallway, Satipo’s torch

barely lighting his way from behind. Indy disappears in a

shadow and when he reappears a moment later a huge black

tarantula is crawling up the back of his jacket.

5.

Indy doesn’t notice and disappears into another shadow,

emerging with two more tarantulas on his back.

.

Satipo sees them and makes a frightened grunting sound. Indy

looks at him, sees what he’s pointing at and casually brushes

all three spiders off with his rolled whip, as he would a

fly. Satipo pirouettes for an inspection and Indy flicks one

off the Peruvian’s back.

Indy begins picking up little pocket-sized artifacts from the

niches and ledges of the Temple. He continues to do this as

the men penetrate the Temple. His collecting is quick and

expert, evaluating the pieces in an instant, discarding some,

stuffing others into his clothes, and never stopping his

forward progress.

5 CHAMBER OF LIGHT 5

The men reach an arch in the hall. The small chamber ahead,

which interrupts the hall, is brightly lit by a shaft of

sunlight from high above. Indy stops, looks it over.

SATIPO:

What’s wrong? Are you lost?

Indy picks up a stick and throws it through the shaft of

light. Giant spikes spring together from the sides of the

chamber with a ferocious CLANG! And impaled on the spikes are

the remains of a white man, half-fleshed, half skeleton, in

explorer-type garb. Indy reaches out and takes hold of the

man’s carcass. As the spikes slowly retract, Indy pulls it

free and seats the remains gently on the floor.

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