Panic Room Page #7

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Here in the hall, just outside Sarah's bedroom, a closet door

is ajar. We squeeze through the gap and into the closet.

IN THE CLOSET,

it's completely dark. Can't see a thing. But then a sliver

of light appears, coming from above. We look up.

There is a ladder that's bolted to the wall in this closet,

it leads up to a square panel in the ceiling.

Roof access. And that roof access panel is moving, ever so

slightly, moonlight spilling in as it twists in its setting.

A shiny silver something slides through the crack along the

edges of the portal.

It slithers along the edge of the hatchway, searching for

something. It finds a small round nub in the crack. The

silver something stops. It HUMS with electricity for a

moment, then there is a bright spark and a soft CRACK.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT

In the master bedroom, a message appears on the alarm panel:

ZONE 19 DISABLED

INT. CLOSET - NIGHT

In the closet, the silver something withdraws and the roof

access panel is removed. A million stars are visible in the

night sky above. But we're inside.

And in a moment, so is this intruder. The Man peers down,

through the open hatchway, then slips through the opening and

climbs silently down the ladder.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM - NIGHT

In bed, Meg stirs. An alcohol sleep is a restless one, and

she's suffering.

She sits up groggily, chugs a glass of water. Lies down

again.

INT. FOURTH FLOOR HALLWAY - NIGHT

One floor up, the Man steps into the hallway and starts for

the stairs, moving quickly and confidently. Knows where he's

going, knows what he wants. He starts down the stairs,

happens to glance to the side as he does so.

He freezes. He's looking in the open doorway of the top

floor bathroom, staring hard at something that clearly

disturbs him.

A nightlight. Plugged into an outlet in the baseboard in the

bathroom. (For the record, it's the Power Puff Girls.) The

Man climbs the stairs again, concerned, goes to the door of

the bathroom. He looks from the nightlight to the

countertop.

There's a moving box on the countertop. His eyes widen.

This is news to him, bad news.

He takes a step back and a breath. He turns, looks to the

end of the hall. His eyes now adjusted to the darkness, he

notices something he didn't see before, something coming from

under the door to the fourth floor bedroom.

Light. From inside. From another nightlight.

INT. SARAH'S BEDROOM - NIGHT

In the top floor bedroom, a nightlight burns in another

outlet. Nearby, Sarah is asleep in bed, the covers kicked

off.

The door to Sarah's bedroom glides open, terribly slowly.

The Man stands in the doorway, staring, aghast, at the

mountain of moving boxes piled in the room. His gaze falls

on Sarah in the bed.

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