The two boys land with a thud on a couple of horses and find themselves
riding them with ease.
The riders on horseback cross the desert. From this distance they appear to be a company of Army Cavalry Soldiers.
CLOSER ANGLES ON THE RIDERS reveal only details of saddles, hooves and uniforms. The riders are silhouetted against the rising sun as they ride into an ancient CLIFF PUEBLO.
The OFFICER IN COMMAND raises his hand halting his troops.
OFFICER: Dis-mount!
RIDERS climb down from their mounts... and only now do we realize that this is a TROOP OF HOGWARTS STUDENTS, all of them about fifteen years of age. The "Commanding Officer" is only their POTIONS MASTER, Professor Snape.
One of the Students, a kid named HARRY, steps away from his horse, bends over and pukes. The other Students rag on him.
FIRST STUDENT Harry's horsesick!
A BLOND STUDENT, however, befriends Harry. He has a thatch of straw-colored hair and the no-nonsense expression common to kids whose curiosity and appetite for knowledge exceed what they teach in school. Additionally, he has adorned his uniform with an authentic HOPI INDIAN WOVEN BELT.
SNAPE: Chaps, don't anybody wander off. Some of the passageways in here can run for miles.
Two students climb up the rocky base of the cliff.
INT. THE PASSAGEWAY - DAY
The two boys head down the passageway. It's dark, and the temperature drops several degrees. Spiders have built huge webs that get caught in the boys' hair.
HARRY appears very uncertain as to the wisdom of this enterprise, but he's drawn on by his companion's adventurous curiosity.
CONTINUED:
HARRY:I don't think this is such a good idea.
LAUGHTER is HEARD; the Blond Student pulls Harry forward toward its source.
The VOICES GROW LOUDER now as the boys get closer to their source. The light of kerosene lanterns dances on the tunnel walls ahead. The boys approach cautiously, careful to stay hidden.
HARRY: What is it?
This is what they see:
FOUR MEN digging with shovels and pick-axes. They have broken into one of the pueblo's SECRET CHAMBERS... called "Kivas."
The men are ROUGH RIDER (his name describes his dress), GOYLE (a Bowery Boy bully of 14) and HALFBREED (with straight black hair that cascades over his shoulders).
And the fourth man wears a LEATHER WAIST JACKET and BROWN FELT FEDORA HAT. He has his back turned to us, but we would be willing to bet anything that this is DRACO MALFOY (As INDIANA JONES.)
However, when the man turns, and his face is illuminated by the lantern's glow, we are shocked to discover that it is someone else.
We'll call him FEDORA.
* * *
The TWO BOYS are mesmerized by what they see.
Now we realize that the Blond Student is actually young DRACO MALFOY.
FEDORA: Peter, did you get anything yet?
MAN: Nothing. Dig in.
Two of the men stand and look at ROSCOE who steps forward holding a box in his hands.
ROSCOE: Hey, I've got something!
Whoops from the other men.
ROSCOE: I got something, Tom!
CONTINUED: (2)
ROSCOE rushes forward and gives FEDORA the box. Fedora steps toward a lantern resting on a rock.
ROSCOE I got something... I got something right here.
More whoops from the other men.
FEDORA puts the box on the rock next to the lantern. HALFBREED pushes ROSCOE as he jumps with excitement. ROUGH RIDER steps forward to look at the box as Fedora opens it.
ROSCOE(more whoops; then): Oh, look at that! (more whoops) We're rich! We're rich!
HALFBREED: Shut up. Shut up.
FEDORA takes a BEJEWELED CROSS from the box and holds it aloft. Fedora's comrades practically salivate at the sight of it.
ROSCOE: Well, we're rich, ain't we?l
DRAY takes off his hat and looks down at the action.
HARRY: Dray? Dray? What are they doing? Draco? Draco?
DRAY: Shhh!
FEDORA blows dust from the Cross, turning it in his hand, silently appraising its beauty... and its value. He seems aloof from the others; somehow superior to them.
HALFBREED: Hey, we got to find more stuff to bring back.
DRAY stays hidden, but is astounded by what he sees.
DRAY: (hushed; urgent)It's the Cross of Coronadol, Cortes gave it to him in 1521
CONTINUED: (3)
FEDORA continues to admire the Cross, then places it on the rock next to its box and the lantern.
DRAY turns back to observe the men.
DRAY: That Cross is an important artifact. It belongs in a museum.
A look of resolve comes into DRAY's expression, and he turns back toward HARRY.
DRAY: Run back and find the others. Tell Snape that there are men looting in the caves.
HARRY doesn't seem to be listening. Instead, he watches in wide-eyed horror as a SNAKE SLITHERS ACROSS HIS LAP.
DRAY: Have him bring the sheriff.
DRAY matter-of-factly picks up the snake and tosses it aside. HARRY gasps.
DRAY: It's only a snake.
DRAY grabs HARRY's Gryffindor scarf and pulls him closer.
DRAY: Did you hear what I said?
NEVILLE: Right. Run back. Snape. The Sheriff. What, what are you gonna do?
DRAY: I don't know... I'll think of something.
DRAY releases the scarf, gives Harry a pat and Harry dashes off. Dray sees the Cross on the rock next to the lantern. As the Robbers continue to search for additional valuables, Dray is able to work his way unseen to within arm's reach of the Cross...
FEDORA looks over at the men digging in a hole.
FEDORA: Dig with your hands.
DRAY picks up the Cross.
CONTINUED: (4)
FEDORA: Not with your mouth.
As FEDORA stands watching the other men digging, DRAY puts the Cross in his pants and begins to pull himself up a rope hanging nearby. As he climbs, Dray's feet break a wooden beam, attracting the men's attention.
ROSCOE: He's got our thing!
HALFBREED: Get 'im!
The three Robbers are so eager to get their hands on DRAY, they almost knock each other over in the attempt.
Only FEDORA is unperturbed. He casts a disgusted glance in the direction of his fleeing companions-then sets off after Dray.
EXT. THECLIFFS - DAY
DRAY EMERGES from the darkness of the Pueblo into the brightness of day.
He pauses-squints-shields his eyes-looks in all directions.
DRAY: Snape?! Anybody?! Everybody's lost but me!
He hears RUNNING FOOTSTEPS BEHIND HIM and dashes off. ROUGH RIDER, HALFBREED, and ROSCOE are quick to appear and run after him.
FEDORA: There he is!
MEN: (AD-LIBS)Let's go! Let's get him! Let's go!
Dray jumps from one rock to another; the STUDENTS HORSES are below. Dray puts two fingers in his mouth and WHISTLES for his horse, who trots over. Dray puts the Cross in his belt.
DRAY PREPARES TO JUMP into the saddle. Hesitates. Then... he JUMPS. But the horse moves exactly at the wrong moment and Dray lands flat on his feet in a standing position. The impact sends a shock wave up his body that rattles his back teeth. Dray stands up and successfully mounts his horse.
FEDORA AND HIS MEN ARRIVE at the roof's edge in time to see DRAY climb into the saddle and gallop off.
CONTINUED:
DRAY: Hyah! Hyah!
ROSCOE: Hey! Come back here!
FEDORA puts two fingers in his mouth and WHISTLES... and A VINTAGE TRUCK AND AUTOMOBILE come ROARING OUT from behind the Pueblo (Driven by two more gang members). Now we glimpse...
THE MAN IN THE PANAMA HAT
The passenger in the car. His face is concealed by the hat's wide brim. His arm is out the window, however, and we see an olive-colored hand protruding from the sleeve of an expensive white linen suit. He gestures to the Robbers, now in the truck.
PANAMA HAT: Come on. Get him!
DRAY SPURS his mount on to greater speeds but the autos not only keep pace with his horse... they begin to squeeze in on it.
Speeding Autos. Thundering hooves. Rushing wind. Flying dust. DRAY crouched low and leaning forward in the saddle, his heart pounding, his adrenalin pumping.
DRAY VEERS OFF in a new direction-toward a RAILROAD TRACK.
EXT. A CIRCUS TRAIN - DAY
The train is barreling down the track. DRAY rides up beside it. He glances over his shoulder and sees the car and truck gaining on him. No other choice... he LEAPS FROM HORSE TO TRAIN.
He clings to the side of a BOXCAR, as HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER leap from the truck onto the train.
HALFBREED tries to grab DRAY, but Dray leaps onto another boxcar. Halfbreed runs after him but Dray leaps from the boxcar onto some covered boxes stacked on a flatcar.
Dray loses his balance but regains it. With HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER still running after him, Dray enters the trap door of...
INT. THE REPTILE CAR - DAY
and finds himself CRAWLING on a CATWALK suspended from the car's ceiling. Several feet below are NUMEROUS VATS containing all manner of reptiles: Alligators, crocodiles, giant lizards, etc.
CONTINUED:
Then, HALFBREED ENTERS through the trap door-followed by ROUGH RIDER. Halfbreed grabs hold of Dray's feet, but Dray kicks at him and he loses his grasp.
Dray crawls away, toward an opening on the opposite side. HALFBREED grabs at Dray's feet again; Dray rolls away and we SEE large bins of squirming snakes.
The combined weight of the three people is more than the catwalk was intended for, and the BOLTS BEGIN TO RIP FROM THE CEILING.
Everyone holds their breath, afraid to make another move. Too late. SEVERAL BOLTS TEAR FREE. HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER SCREAM... but it's Dray's end of the catwalk that DROPS DOWN... PLUNGING INDY to the floor of the car.
He lands hard, with a SPLASH into a vat of water... where he finds himself eye-to-eye with an-
ENORMOUS ANACONDA
The head of this snake is so damn big, it looks more like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
DRAY: Oh...
DRAY jumps back in horror... only to land with a SQUISH into the SNAKE VAT.
DRAY: Oh... Oh...
Hundreds of slippery, squirming snakes. DRAY sinks into them. They cover him. Engulf him. Almost smother him.
DRAY jumps out of the side of the vat, freeing himself.
DRAY locates a clean-out door at the bottom of the car and uses it to escape.
HALFBREED, meanwhile, tries to open the closed window of the car. He groans. ROUGH RIDER moves to assist him.
ROUGH RIDER: Here, let me.
EXT. THE TRAIN- DAY
DRAY stops, checks to see the Cross still lodged in his belt. Suddenly he looks worried as he frantically reaches into his shirt, REMOVES A SNAKE FROM IT and tosses it away.
ROSCOE APPEARS atop the reptile car and manages to grab DRAY. Dray kicks at him. Roscoe grabs onto the side of the reptile car as Dray moves on to...
EXT. A FLATCAR - DAY
DRAY climbs over canvas-covered circus equipment. ROSCOE follows, grabbing a long stick with a hook on it. He reaches forward and trips Dray, who falls onto the roof of the rhino boxcar.
INT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY
A lamp falls from the ceiling with the impact of Dray's fall, hitting a HUGE BLACK RHINOCEROS.
EXT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY
ROSCOE grabs DRAY by the ankle and yanks him off his feet. The two struggle, rolling from side to side, coming perilously close to rolling right off the edge. Things get even more serious when Roscoe PULLS A KNIFE.
IN THE BOXCAR BELOW
... THE FEROCIOUS BLACK RHINO is becoming extremely agitated by the commotion going on atop his cage. Finally, he raises his head and THRUSTS HIS HORN THROUGH THE ROOF.
BACK TO THE ROOFTOP
as the horn SMASHES through the wood only inches from DRAY's head. Dray and Roscoe stare at the horn in amazement as they continue to struggle. SMASH! The horn comes up again-RIGHT BETWEEN DRAY'S LEGS.
DRAY: Holy smokes!
DRAY kicks ROSCOE away. Roscoe rolls to the edge of the car but keeps from falling. Dray flips over onto his stomach.
EXT. THE REPTILE CAR - DAY
The WOODEN TRAP DOOR EXPLODES as a BULLET is FIRED from within. The door is pushed open and HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER hurry out of the car.
EXT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY
DRAY gets to his feet-looks ahead-sees a WATER TANK alongside the track directly up ahead. Dray gets an idea...
In an instant, he calculates his approach-times the distance-and LEAPS for the tank's WATER SPOUT.
CONTINUED:
He catches it perfectly... but his velocity causes the water spout to ROTATE A FULL 360 DEGREES. With Dray hanging on, feet kicking, the water spout deposits him back on the train, onto the ROOF OF A STOCKCAR, where he looks up to see FEDORA walking toward him.
FEDORA: Come on, kid. There's no way out of this.
As Dray edges away from FEDORA, a portion of the STOCKCAR'S ROOF COLLAPSES and Dray FALLS THROUGH into the car below.
INT. THE STOCKCAR - DAY
DRAY CRASHES down from above. Dust rises.
DRAY: Ohhh!
DRAY's eyes take a moment to adjust to the dark. A bit of sunlight leaks in through the cracks between the boards.
Then DRAY sees it. At the far end of the boxcar. Rising slowly to its feet... an AFRICAN LION. The Lion ROARS. The boxcar walls shake. Dray gasps. Dust swirls up into the shafts of sunlight.
And DRAY has one more surprise in store: The Cross of Cortes has been dislodged from his belt during the fall...
DRAY glances around, sees a coiled LION TAMER'S WHIP hanging on a nail. He carefully takes it down by the handle. The Lion sees this and GROWLS SOFTLY.
DRAY swallows hard and gives the whip a try. It unravels awkwardly, its TIP flying back and HITTING DRAY IN THE FACE... CUTTING his chin.
The Lion GROWLS LOUDER. DRAY quickly gathers up the whip, wets his lips, and tries again. This time-success! The WHIP CRACKS SHARPLY. The Lion BELLOWS and SWATS the air... and steps back.
DRAY looks amazed and delighted. He CRACKS the whip again. The Lion backs away even more. Dray inches forward-bends down (never taking his eyes off the Lion)-picks up the Cross-and steps back again, sweat pouring down his face.
But now... how to get out?
He looks up at the opening through which he fell and sees FEDORA LOOKING DOWN AT HIM. Fedora extends his hand.
FEDORA: Toss up the whip.
EXT. THE ROOFTOP OF STOCKCAR
FEDORA, assisted by HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER, "reels" DRAY out of the Stockcar as the Lion ROARS and lunges and Dray screams.
The men, including ROSCOE, pull DRAY through the hole in the roof. He stands to face them as ROUGH RIDER points a gun in his direction.
FEDORA: You've got heart, kid. (indicates Cross) But that belongs to me.
DRAY: (takes Cross from his belt) It belongs to Coronado.
FEDORA: (overlapping)Coronado is dead. And so are all his grandchildren.
DRAY: This should be in a museum.
ROSCOE: Now give me that!
ROSCOE makes a grab for the Cross-but DRAY doesn't let go. A tug-of-war ensues until a SNAKE WIGGLES OUT FROM DRAY'S SHIRTSLEEVE and WRAPS AROUND Roscoe's hand.
ROSCOE SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER-releases his grip on the Cross and tries to shake off the snake. This is all the opportunity Dray needs. He LEAPS ONTO THE NEXT CAR.
FEDORA: Don't let him get away!
IDRAY swings down to the caboose. He sees a sign above the caboose door reading "DR. FANTASY'S MAGIC CABOOSE."
DRAY: Magic?
He glances back at the men and quickly opens the door to the caboose, stepping inside.
FEDORA puts out his arm, gesturing for the others not to follow Dray.
FEDORA: Hold it. Make sure he doesn't double back.
INT. THE CABOOSE - DAY
which contains the circus MAGIC EQUIPMENT. DRAY rushes to the rear door of the caboose but can't open it. He hears FEDORA coming, and dives into a MAGIC BOX.
FEDORA: Okay, kid. out of the box. Now.
FEDORA smiles confidently and advances toward the box. The box unexpectedly collapses; all four sides flop away... revealing NOTHING. DRAY has completely vanished.
FEDORA is mystified, frustrated and angered. Then he feels a breeze at his back. He turns and discovers that the caboose door is open. He rushes out onto the balcony and sees:
DRAY RUNNING along the tracks, turning up a street of modest clapboard houses.
FEDORA: Damn.
Draco see's Harry standing a far way in front of him, a brown felt fedora hat blows down the road and he picks it up, recognizing it as the the very same hat worn by fedora, he puts it on but before he can do anything else, they are again pulled into THAT vortex...
The riders on horseback cross the desert. From this distance they appear to be a company of Army Cavalry Soldiers.
CLOSER ANGLES ON THE RIDERS reveal only details of saddles, hooves and uniforms. The riders are silhouetted against the rising sun as they ride into an ancient CLIFF PUEBLO.
The OFFICER IN COMMAND raises his hand halting his troops.
OFFICER: Dis-mount!
RIDERS climb down from their mounts... and only now do we realize that this is a TROOP OF HOGWARTS STUDENTS, all of them about fifteen years of age. The "Commanding Officer" is only their POTIONS MASTER, Professor Snape.
One of the Students, a kid named HARRY, steps away from his horse, bends over and pukes. The other Students rag on him.
FIRST STUDENT Harry's horsesick!
A BLOND STUDENT, however, befriends Harry. He has a thatch of straw-colored hair and the no-nonsense expression common to kids whose curiosity and appetite for knowledge exceed what they teach in school. Additionally, he has adorned his uniform with an authentic HOPI INDIAN WOVEN BELT.
SNAPE: Chaps, don't anybody wander off. Some of the passageways in here can run for miles.
Two students climb up the rocky base of the cliff.
INT. THE PASSAGEWAY - DAY
The two boys head down the passageway. It's dark, and the temperature drops several degrees. Spiders have built huge webs that get caught in the boys' hair.
HARRY appears very uncertain as to the wisdom of this enterprise, but he's drawn on by his companion's adventurous curiosity.
CONTINUED:
HARRY:I don't think this is such a good idea.
LAUGHTER is HEARD; the Blond Student pulls Harry forward toward its source.
The VOICES GROW LOUDER now as the boys get closer to their source. The light of kerosene lanterns dances on the tunnel walls ahead. The boys approach cautiously, careful to stay hidden.
HARRY: What is it?
This is what they see:
FOUR MEN digging with shovels and pick-axes. They have broken into one of the pueblo's SECRET CHAMBERS... called "Kivas."
The men are ROUGH RIDER (his name describes his dress), GOYLE (a Bowery Boy bully of 14) and HALFBREED (with straight black hair that cascades over his shoulders).
And the fourth man wears a LEATHER WAIST JACKET and BROWN FELT FEDORA HAT. He has his back turned to us, but we would be willing to bet anything that this is DRACO MALFOY (As INDIANA JONES.)
However, when the man turns, and his face is illuminated by the lantern's glow, we are shocked to discover that it is someone else.
We'll call him FEDORA.
* * *
The TWO BOYS are mesmerized by what they see.
Now we realize that the Blond Student is actually young DRACO MALFOY.
FEDORA: Peter, did you get anything yet?
MAN: Nothing. Dig in.
Two of the men stand and look at ROSCOE who steps forward holding a box in his hands.
ROSCOE: Hey, I've got something!
Whoops from the other men.
ROSCOE: I got something, Tom!
CONTINUED: (2)
ROSCOE rushes forward and gives FEDORA the box. Fedora steps toward a lantern resting on a rock.
ROSCOE I got something... I got something right here.
More whoops from the other men.
FEDORA puts the box on the rock next to the lantern. HALFBREED pushes ROSCOE as he jumps with excitement. ROUGH RIDER steps forward to look at the box as Fedora opens it.
ROSCOE(more whoops; then): Oh, look at that! (more whoops) We're rich! We're rich!
HALFBREED: Shut up. Shut up.
FEDORA takes a BEJEWELED CROSS from the box and holds it aloft. Fedora's comrades practically salivate at the sight of it.
ROSCOE: Well, we're rich, ain't we?l
DRAY takes off his hat and looks down at the action.
HARRY: Dray? Dray? What are they doing? Draco? Draco?
DRAY: Shhh!
FEDORA blows dust from the Cross, turning it in his hand, silently appraising its beauty... and its value. He seems aloof from the others; somehow superior to them.
HALFBREED: Hey, we got to find more stuff to bring back.
DRAY stays hidden, but is astounded by what he sees.
DRAY: (hushed; urgent)It's the Cross of Coronadol, Cortes gave it to him in 1521
CONTINUED: (3)
FEDORA continues to admire the Cross, then places it on the rock next to its box and the lantern.
DRAY turns back to observe the men.
DRAY: That Cross is an important artifact. It belongs in a museum.
A look of resolve comes into DRAY's expression, and he turns back toward HARRY.
DRAY: Run back and find the others. Tell Snape that there are men looting in the caves.
HARRY doesn't seem to be listening. Instead, he watches in wide-eyed horror as a SNAKE SLITHERS ACROSS HIS LAP.
DRAY: Have him bring the sheriff.
DRAY matter-of-factly picks up the snake and tosses it aside. HARRY gasps.
DRAY: It's only a snake.
DRAY grabs HARRY's Gryffindor scarf and pulls him closer.
DRAY: Did you hear what I said?
NEVILLE: Right. Run back. Snape. The Sheriff. What, what are you gonna do?
DRAY: I don't know... I'll think of something.
DRAY releases the scarf, gives Harry a pat and Harry dashes off. Dray sees the Cross on the rock next to the lantern. As the Robbers continue to search for additional valuables, Dray is able to work his way unseen to within arm's reach of the Cross...
FEDORA looks over at the men digging in a hole.
FEDORA: Dig with your hands.
DRAY picks up the Cross.
CONTINUED: (4)
FEDORA: Not with your mouth.
As FEDORA stands watching the other men digging, DRAY puts the Cross in his pants and begins to pull himself up a rope hanging nearby. As he climbs, Dray's feet break a wooden beam, attracting the men's attention.
ROSCOE: He's got our thing!
HALFBREED: Get 'im!
The three Robbers are so eager to get their hands on DRAY, they almost knock each other over in the attempt.
Only FEDORA is unperturbed. He casts a disgusted glance in the direction of his fleeing companions-then sets off after Dray.
EXT. THECLIFFS - DAY
DRAY EMERGES from the darkness of the Pueblo into the brightness of day.
He pauses-squints-shields his eyes-looks in all directions.
DRAY: Snape?! Anybody?! Everybody's lost but me!
He hears RUNNING FOOTSTEPS BEHIND HIM and dashes off. ROUGH RIDER, HALFBREED, and ROSCOE are quick to appear and run after him.
FEDORA: There he is!
MEN: (AD-LIBS)Let's go! Let's get him! Let's go!
Dray jumps from one rock to another; the STUDENTS HORSES are below. Dray puts two fingers in his mouth and WHISTLES for his horse, who trots over. Dray puts the Cross in his belt.
DRAY PREPARES TO JUMP into the saddle. Hesitates. Then... he JUMPS. But the horse moves exactly at the wrong moment and Dray lands flat on his feet in a standing position. The impact sends a shock wave up his body that rattles his back teeth. Dray stands up and successfully mounts his horse.
FEDORA AND HIS MEN ARRIVE at the roof's edge in time to see DRAY climb into the saddle and gallop off.
CONTINUED:
DRAY: Hyah! Hyah!
ROSCOE: Hey! Come back here!
FEDORA puts two fingers in his mouth and WHISTLES... and A VINTAGE TRUCK AND AUTOMOBILE come ROARING OUT from behind the Pueblo (Driven by two more gang members). Now we glimpse...
THE MAN IN THE PANAMA HAT
The passenger in the car. His face is concealed by the hat's wide brim. His arm is out the window, however, and we see an olive-colored hand protruding from the sleeve of an expensive white linen suit. He gestures to the Robbers, now in the truck.
PANAMA HAT: Come on. Get him!
DRAY SPURS his mount on to greater speeds but the autos not only keep pace with his horse... they begin to squeeze in on it.
Speeding Autos. Thundering hooves. Rushing wind. Flying dust. DRAY crouched low and leaning forward in the saddle, his heart pounding, his adrenalin pumping.
DRAY VEERS OFF in a new direction-toward a RAILROAD TRACK.
EXT. A CIRCUS TRAIN - DAY
The train is barreling down the track. DRAY rides up beside it. He glances over his shoulder and sees the car and truck gaining on him. No other choice... he LEAPS FROM HORSE TO TRAIN.
He clings to the side of a BOXCAR, as HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER leap from the truck onto the train.
HALFBREED tries to grab DRAY, but Dray leaps onto another boxcar. Halfbreed runs after him but Dray leaps from the boxcar onto some covered boxes stacked on a flatcar.
Dray loses his balance but regains it. With HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER still running after him, Dray enters the trap door of...
INT. THE REPTILE CAR - DAY
and finds himself CRAWLING on a CATWALK suspended from the car's ceiling. Several feet below are NUMEROUS VATS containing all manner of reptiles: Alligators, crocodiles, giant lizards, etc.
CONTINUED:
Then, HALFBREED ENTERS through the trap door-followed by ROUGH RIDER. Halfbreed grabs hold of Dray's feet, but Dray kicks at him and he loses his grasp.
Dray crawls away, toward an opening on the opposite side. HALFBREED grabs at Dray's feet again; Dray rolls away and we SEE large bins of squirming snakes.
The combined weight of the three people is more than the catwalk was intended for, and the BOLTS BEGIN TO RIP FROM THE CEILING.
Everyone holds their breath, afraid to make another move. Too late. SEVERAL BOLTS TEAR FREE. HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER SCREAM... but it's Dray's end of the catwalk that DROPS DOWN... PLUNGING INDY to the floor of the car.
He lands hard, with a SPLASH into a vat of water... where he finds himself eye-to-eye with an-
ENORMOUS ANACONDA
The head of this snake is so damn big, it looks more like a Tyrannosaurus Rex.
DRAY: Oh...
DRAY jumps back in horror... only to land with a SQUISH into the SNAKE VAT.
DRAY: Oh... Oh...
Hundreds of slippery, squirming snakes. DRAY sinks into them. They cover him. Engulf him. Almost smother him.
DRAY jumps out of the side of the vat, freeing himself.
DRAY locates a clean-out door at the bottom of the car and uses it to escape.
HALFBREED, meanwhile, tries to open the closed window of the car. He groans. ROUGH RIDER moves to assist him.
ROUGH RIDER: Here, let me.
EXT. THE TRAIN- DAY
DRAY stops, checks to see the Cross still lodged in his belt. Suddenly he looks worried as he frantically reaches into his shirt, REMOVES A SNAKE FROM IT and tosses it away.
ROSCOE APPEARS atop the reptile car and manages to grab DRAY. Dray kicks at him. Roscoe grabs onto the side of the reptile car as Dray moves on to...
EXT. A FLATCAR - DAY
DRAY climbs over canvas-covered circus equipment. ROSCOE follows, grabbing a long stick with a hook on it. He reaches forward and trips Dray, who falls onto the roof of the rhino boxcar.
INT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY
A lamp falls from the ceiling with the impact of Dray's fall, hitting a HUGE BLACK RHINOCEROS.
EXT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY
ROSCOE grabs DRAY by the ankle and yanks him off his feet. The two struggle, rolling from side to side, coming perilously close to rolling right off the edge. Things get even more serious when Roscoe PULLS A KNIFE.
IN THE BOXCAR BELOW
... THE FEROCIOUS BLACK RHINO is becoming extremely agitated by the commotion going on atop his cage. Finally, he raises his head and THRUSTS HIS HORN THROUGH THE ROOF.
BACK TO THE ROOFTOP
as the horn SMASHES through the wood only inches from DRAY's head. Dray and Roscoe stare at the horn in amazement as they continue to struggle. SMASH! The horn comes up again-RIGHT BETWEEN DRAY'S LEGS.
DRAY: Holy smokes!
DRAY kicks ROSCOE away. Roscoe rolls to the edge of the car but keeps from falling. Dray flips over onto his stomach.
EXT. THE REPTILE CAR - DAY
The WOODEN TRAP DOOR EXPLODES as a BULLET is FIRED from within. The door is pushed open and HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER hurry out of the car.
EXT. THE RHINO BOXCAR - DAY
DRAY gets to his feet-looks ahead-sees a WATER TANK alongside the track directly up ahead. Dray gets an idea...
In an instant, he calculates his approach-times the distance-and LEAPS for the tank's WATER SPOUT.
CONTINUED:
He catches it perfectly... but his velocity causes the water spout to ROTATE A FULL 360 DEGREES. With Dray hanging on, feet kicking, the water spout deposits him back on the train, onto the ROOF OF A STOCKCAR, where he looks up to see FEDORA walking toward him.
FEDORA: Come on, kid. There's no way out of this.
As Dray edges away from FEDORA, a portion of the STOCKCAR'S ROOF COLLAPSES and Dray FALLS THROUGH into the car below.
INT. THE STOCKCAR - DAY
DRAY CRASHES down from above. Dust rises.
DRAY: Ohhh!
DRAY's eyes take a moment to adjust to the dark. A bit of sunlight leaks in through the cracks between the boards.
Then DRAY sees it. At the far end of the boxcar. Rising slowly to its feet... an AFRICAN LION. The Lion ROARS. The boxcar walls shake. Dray gasps. Dust swirls up into the shafts of sunlight.
And DRAY has one more surprise in store: The Cross of Cortes has been dislodged from his belt during the fall...
DRAY glances around, sees a coiled LION TAMER'S WHIP hanging on a nail. He carefully takes it down by the handle. The Lion sees this and GROWLS SOFTLY.
DRAY swallows hard and gives the whip a try. It unravels awkwardly, its TIP flying back and HITTING DRAY IN THE FACE... CUTTING his chin.
The Lion GROWLS LOUDER. DRAY quickly gathers up the whip, wets his lips, and tries again. This time-success! The WHIP CRACKS SHARPLY. The Lion BELLOWS and SWATS the air... and steps back.
DRAY looks amazed and delighted. He CRACKS the whip again. The Lion backs away even more. Dray inches forward-bends down (never taking his eyes off the Lion)-picks up the Cross-and steps back again, sweat pouring down his face.
But now... how to get out?
He looks up at the opening through which he fell and sees FEDORA LOOKING DOWN AT HIM. Fedora extends his hand.
FEDORA: Toss up the whip.
EXT. THE ROOFTOP OF STOCKCAR
FEDORA, assisted by HALFBREED and ROUGH RIDER, "reels" DRAY out of the Stockcar as the Lion ROARS and lunges and Dray screams.
The men, including ROSCOE, pull DRAY through the hole in the roof. He stands to face them as ROUGH RIDER points a gun in his direction.
FEDORA: You've got heart, kid. (indicates Cross) But that belongs to me.
DRAY: (takes Cross from his belt) It belongs to Coronado.
FEDORA: (overlapping)Coronado is dead. And so are all his grandchildren.
DRAY: This should be in a museum.
ROSCOE: Now give me that!
ROSCOE makes a grab for the Cross-but DRAY doesn't let go. A tug-of-war ensues until a SNAKE WIGGLES OUT FROM DRAY'S SHIRTSLEEVE and WRAPS AROUND Roscoe's hand.
ROSCOE SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER-releases his grip on the Cross and tries to shake off the snake. This is all the opportunity Dray needs. He LEAPS ONTO THE NEXT CAR.
FEDORA: Don't let him get away!
IDRAY swings down to the caboose. He sees a sign above the caboose door reading "DR. FANTASY'S MAGIC CABOOSE."
DRAY: Magic?
He glances back at the men and quickly opens the door to the caboose, stepping inside.
FEDORA puts out his arm, gesturing for the others not to follow Dray.
FEDORA: Hold it. Make sure he doesn't double back.
INT. THE CABOOSE - DAY
which contains the circus MAGIC EQUIPMENT. DRAY rushes to the rear door of the caboose but can't open it. He hears FEDORA coming, and dives into a MAGIC BOX.
FEDORA: Okay, kid. out of the box. Now.
FEDORA smiles confidently and advances toward the box. The box unexpectedly collapses; all four sides flop away... revealing NOTHING. DRAY has completely vanished.
FEDORA is mystified, frustrated and angered. Then he feels a breeze at his back. He turns and discovers that the caboose door is open. He rushes out onto the balcony and sees:
DRAY RUNNING along the tracks, turning up a street of modest clapboard houses.
FEDORA: Damn.
Draco see's Harry standing a far way in front of him, a brown felt fedora hat blows down the road and he picks it up, recognizing it as the the very same hat worn by fedora, he puts it on but before he can do anything else, they are again pulled into THAT vortex...