Lord of Illusions Page #2

On Swann, as he brings from his car three very bizarre pieces

of METALWORK. We get only a tantalizing glimpse of them, as

he slips them into his pocket.

SWANN:

No. He's gone too far.

PIMM:

So he took a child.

JENNIFER:

He'll kill her.

PIMM:

No he won't.

SWANN:

(determined)

He's not going to get the chance.

Quaid checks a gun, then slips it into his belt.

QUAID:

If he gets in our f***ing heads he'll drive us crazy.

SWANN:

So stay out here.

Swann starts towards the House. Jennifer is the first to

follow, with the other two on her heels.

INT. NIX'S HOUSE - HALLWAY - DAY

Butterfield comes to the door, as Swann steps inside.

BUTTERFIELD:

He's expecting you.

Behind Swann, Quaid and Pimm exchange nervous looks.

SWANN:

(to others)

Look around. If you find 'the

child, yell. She's got blonde

hair, that's all I know.

Butterfield turns away, smiling to himself. Swann follows

him.

INT. NIX'S HOUSE - "MEDITATION" ROOM - DAY

Quaid looks into a large circular room where FIVE CULTISTS

(three men and two women) still sit. One of the women is

breast-feeding a baby.

1ST MAN

Hey, Quaid. I thought you said you

weren't coming back.

QUAID:

I changed my mind.

1ST WOMAN

Come and join us.

She smiles a crazy smile. Reaches out for Quaid. A SNAKE

appears from around the back of her neck. Quaid recoils.

And now we see that there are snakes everywhere. In the

Cultists' clothes and hair. Even on the baby. Quaid turns

away. And - shock! - there's a SNAKE on the door frame,

winding around his hand. He strikes it to the ground, and

drives his heel down on its head.

SNAKE-HANDLER CULTIST

(angry)

Don't do that!

The Snake-Handler gets up. Quaid retreats from the door.

Snake-Handler picks up the dead snake and, lifting it above

his head, dribbles its BLOOD onto his face.

INT. NIX'S HOUSE - "BEDROOM" - DAY

Jennifer enters a gloomy room. She goes to a mattress where

a BLONDE GIRL lies with her bare back to us.

JENNIFER:

Don't be afraid.

The Blonde Girl, BARBARA, turns over. She has a dirty cloth

pressed to a wound between her breasts. It is not the Girl,

of course. She stares up at Jennifer, clearly drugged.

BARBARA:

I'm not... want to see?

She pulls the cloth away. She has carved the cult SIGIL into

her FLESH. The BLOODY KNIFE lies beside her. Jennifer

retreats to the door, and exits back out into --

INT. NIX'S HOUSE - PASSAGEWAY - DAY

Pimm is standing against the wall, clutching a CRUCIFIX. He

is ashen with terror. Jennifer snatches the crucifix from

his white-knuckled fingers.

PIMM:

He's going to kill us all...

JENNIFER:

Where did Swann go?

Pimm points down the passageway towards Nix's room.

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