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... her village in the valley below, ablaze.
Panic -- screams -- crashing timbers -- animals stampeding
-- wolves drag corpses from gutted buildings -- and
through the midst of the tumult tears Jeanne, still
dragging the sword she found. She runs inside a farm
cottage...
INT. JEANNE'S HOME - NIGHT
The low, dark building we saw earlier -- now empty, lit by
the fires of the houses on the far side of the street.
Jeanne runs in, searching about --
JEANNE:
Mother...?
No response. She begins to panic -- runs through into a
smaller room beyond, calling out --
JEANNE:
Catherine?!
Suddenly a door swings open and a hand reaches out --
Jeanne screams, then turns to see her elder sister,
CATHERINE, who's been hiding in a cupboard...
CATHERINE:
Jeanne!
Catherine embraces her, hugging her in relief --
CATHERINE:
Are you alright? Did they hurt you?
JEANNE:
No no, I'm fine, really...
CATHERINE:
I was so worried -- we've all been
looking for you! The English are
everywhere! O thank you, lord!
She hugs her again -- then freezes, hearing the SOUND of
horses, the clanking of armor. But Jeanne hasn't heard...
JEANNE:
I was in church...
Catherine glances about, ears tuned...
CATHERINE:
Really?
JEANNE:
I was talking to the priest, and do
you know what he said to me?
Catherine puts her hand across Jeanne's mouth --
CATHERINE:
Shhh... tell me later...
She hears the drunken laughter getting closer...
CATHERINE:
Quick -- hide in here...
JEANNE:
What about you?
CATHERINE:
Don't worry about me -- just stay in
here... and don't move!
JEANNE:
But where are you going to be?
CATHERINE:
I'll be right here... I promise.
Catherine quickly lifts Jeanne inside the cupboard, locks
the door, then turns to confront THREE hefty ruffians
calling themselves soldiers. The biggest and ugliest has
a jet black beard.
BLACKBEARD:
Now that's what I call booty!
Blackbeard turns back to his comrades, who are sharing out
a roast chicken between them. Catherine picks up the
sword dropped by Jeanne as Blackbeard swaggers up to
her...
BLACKBEARD:
A woman with a sword?
(to his comrades)
Hey, take a look at this --
Frenchmen are such cowards that
they've left all the fighting to
women!
CATHERINE:
If that's God's will, then so be it!
Blackbeard's comrades start tucking into their food,
leaving Blackbeard to his pleasure.
BLACKBEARD:
Fine with me. I love women.
He undoes his buckle. From her POV behind the cupboard
door, Jeanne can just about see Blackbeard's face through
a crack. Catherine raises the heavy sword as Blackbeard
advances, then brings it sweeping down. But he intercepts
it effortlessly, grasping the blade as though it were a
twig...
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