Blast from the Past Page #7

HELEN:

To you maybe.

Calvin flicks a wall switch and we HEAR A SERIES OF

LIGHTS COMING ON. The echoes of the sounds suggest a

large, cavernous space. All we can see is the cinder

block wall behind them and the hatch door, which Calvin

begins to shut by putting his body into it.

Just then there is a TREMENDOUS DOUBLE EXPLOSION FROM

ABOVE which knocks them to the floor. (Note: Helen hangs

on to the roast, trying her best not to drop it.) The

LADDER, CORRUGATED TUBE, ROOF, AND LOTS OR DIRT AND ROCK

BEGIN TO CRASH DOWN INTO THE ANTEROOM. Calvin struggles

to his feet and gets the vault door shut just in the nick

of time.

HELEN:

What was that?!

CALVIN:

Are you all right?!

Hanging on to the roast she nods vigorously, trying to be

brave.

HELEN:

Yes, I think so.

Calvin hurries to a bright RED METAL BOX on the wall.

Next to the box is a LARGE THERMOMETER OR GAUGE that's

labeled "Radiation Count." There are OTHER GAUGES that

are dropping to zero.

CALVIN:

Oh, no! It's happened! Look at that

heat!! All my surface indicators are

knocked out! Oh, my Lord...it's

actually happened!!

INTER CUT - CU OF BOX AND THERMOMETER

The box has a dial on it, next to which is a large lever.

A foreboding sign reads HATCHWAY TIME LOCKS, USE EXTREME

CAUTION. Calvin pulls the lever.

BACK TO SCENE:

The chrome and steel EXIT HATCHWAY AUTOMATICALLY LOCKS

with great noise, precision and...finality. There is the

SOUND OF A REAR DOOR doing the same thing.

HELEN:

What's that noise?

CALVIN:

The locks.

HELEN:

The locks?

CALVIN:

To keep us from trying to leave. After

an atomic blast there's a radiation

half-life that lasts thirty five

years.

HELEN:

Thirty -five years!

CALVIN:

Then after that it's safe.

HELEN:

It's safe.

She continues to stare at him.

CALVIN:

To go up.

HELEN:

To go up.

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