Chapter 3
(Vito Scaletta and Joe Barbaro are watching Anya.)
Vito (yelling): What the heck are you doing in here in our hideout!
(Anya is startled. As she runs back up the stairs to the landing of the ballroom, Vito and Joe chases after her.)
Vito: SHOOT!
Joe: She's getting away Vito she'll report the cops that were here and get us arrested!
Vito: Not on my watch she doesn't!
Joe: Let's Go!
Vito: Hey! Hey! Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop, hold on a minute. Hold on!
(Vito's POV. Anya turns, caught in a ray of moonlight, directly in front of the image of Anastasia in the frieze He sees that the resemblance is striking.)
Vito: Now, how did you get in he-here?
Joe: Hey Lady you got any problem to show up here in the first place huh?
(CLOSE on Vito as slow smile that spreads across his face He elbows Joe.)
Vito: Joe! Joe, do you see what I see?
Joe: No Vito I don't what your telling me.
(Vito puts Joe's glasses on him. He gets it.)
Joe (CONTID): Oh yes, now I see Vito.
Vito: Hmm, a dog…
Anya: Are you Mr. Scaletta?
Vito (CONT'D):… cute.
(Vito hands Pooka to Joe and walks up the stairs to Anya.)
Vito (Leading): That's Vito Scaletta to you, at your service Ma'am.
Anya: My name is Anya … I need travel papers… (whispered) They say you're the man to see even though I can't tell you who said that.
(Vito smiles again and starts circling her.)
Vito: hmm, hmmm
Anya (CONT'D): Hey and why, why are you circling me? Were you a vulture in another life?
Vito: I'm sor…I'm sorry Enya.
ANYA: It's Anya, Anya
Vito: Anya yeah whatever I heard the first time lady, it's just … just that you look an awful lot like … whatever … Now, you said something about travel papers?
Anya: Uh, yes … I'd like to go to Paris.
Vito: You'd like to go to Paris?
Anya: Mhmm.
(Vito gives Joe a knowing look.)
Joe (laughter): Who is this here nice puppy I always I want a puppy for Christmas as a kid don't you think Vito? He kinda likes me though.
Vito: Nice Dog
Joe: I can't help it but hug the dog probably feed some steaks or dog food or something probably have him chase cats or mice.
Vito: Ok let me ask you something, Anya was it … Is there a last name that goes with that?
Anya: Well, actually … This is going to sound crazy … I don't know my last name. I was found wondering around when I was 8 years old.
Vito: Ok And before that … before you were eight or somethin?
Anya: Look, oh look, I know it's strange but I don't remember. I have very few memories of my past.
(ANGLE on Vito.)
Vito: (whispers to Joe) Hmm, that's, that's perfect.
(Vito Scaletta knows now that this is the "girl")
Anya: Well, I do have one clue, however, and that is Paris.
Vito: Paris.
(Vito rolls his eyes.)
Anya: (relieved) Right. So, can … so can you two, help me or not?
Vito: (whispers to Joe) Hey, Joe, Joe tickets! (to Anya) Yeah sure would like to … in fact, oddly enough, we're going to Paris ourselves me and Joe are actually going so.
(Joe pulls the tickets out of his pocket, we see that they are Moscow Circus tickets. He hands them to Vito anyway.)
Vito (CONT'D): … Ah, ah, and I've got three AW … well, this one is, but I've got tickets here …
(Anya tries to grab the tickets.)
Anya: oh I
Vito (CONT'D): … But, Unfortunately the third one is for her, Anastasia.
(Vito gestures to Anastasia's portrait in the frieze. Anya looks up.)
Anya: Oh.
(The two men take Anya by the arm leading her to a portrait of Marie.)
Joe: We are going to reunite the Grand Duchess Anastasia with her grandmother.
Vito (setting her up): Yeah and You do kind of resemble her.
Joe: The same blue eyes.
Vito: The Romanov eyes.
Joe: Nicholas' smile.
Vito: Alexandra's chin.
(Joe takes her by the hand.)
Joe: Oh, which you look at that she even has the grandmother's hands!
(ANGLE on Anya as she pulls her hand away)
Vito: She's the same age, the same physical type.
Anya: Are you trying to tell me that you think that I am Anastasia?
Vito: All I'm trying to tell you is that I've seen thousands of girls all over the country and not one of them looks as much like the Grand Duchess as you do. I mean look at the portrait.
ANYA (To Vito): I knew you were crazy from the beginning, but now I think you are both mad. HMM.
(Anya walks away.)
Vito: Oh Yeah lady? You don't remember what happened to you…
Joe: Vito's right No one knows what happened to her.
Vito: You're looking for family in Paris.
Joe: And her only family is in Paris.
Vito: Ever thought about the possibility?
Anya: That I could be royalty?
Joe & Vito: Mmm-Hmm
(They both nod.)
Anya: Well I don't know … it's kind of hard to think of yourself as a Duchess when you're sleeping on a damp floor. But sure, yeah, I guess every lonely girl would hope she's a Princess.
(Anya, caught up in the fantasy is now right next to them. Vito then turns and walks away.)
Joe: And somewhere … One little girl is. After all, the name Anastasia means "she will rise again".
(Vito, exasperated that Joe is still talking to her, turns and walks back to them to retrieve Joe.)
Vito: Really wish we could help you lady, but like I said to you before the third ticket is for the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
Anya: Sigh!
Vito: Good luck.
(Vito and Joe start walking down the stairs.)
Joe: What's going on with you Vito you could've told her about our brilliant plans at least.
Vito: Look all she wants to do is go to Paris. Why give away a third of the reward money which is waste of our time.
Joe: You know I hope she's not planning lead us to the cops if she think we're just using her just for some cash as reward.
Vito: I'll keep that in mind Joe.
Joe: You think she'll try to bring cops here that we're staying in this old abandon palace Vito?
Vito: Look Joe I'll doubt she'll even try to that if were setting her up.
Joe: She'll probably won't remember where she even met or found that great grandmother that we showed her in that portrait.
Vito: Look why don't you leave me with all the thinking ok?
Joe: What about Eddie if he knows anything back in Chinatown place Vito.
Vito: (Sighs) I don't know about what Eddie is going through Joe I mean he told me about whoever is working with Henry back then started to massared a lot of the triads in Chinatown.
Joe: Then what happened next.
Vito: The Triads think it was either them or the Vincis and have already started threatening Vinci. He says that if the situation doesn't get settled fast, We're all in deep trouble.
Joe: Then?
Vito: He asks one last time either me or you know anything about this I told him no.
Joe: Shoot we would be in deep trouble if Eddie knows about this Vito.
Vito: Look let's just keep this secret from him ok Joe?
Joe: Ok at least I gave you the money to pay back to Bruno.
Vito: Yeah I did he even asked me if the situation between the Chinese and the Vincis has anything to do with money we borrowed.
Joe: What you say?
Vito: Nothing I really didn't care what I had to say.
CUT TO: UNDERSCORE: "THE MUSIC BOX THEME"
(Anya, alone on the landing, looks at the frieze of Marie and young Anastasia.)
CUT TO: (Vito and Joe.)
Joe: (whispered) I'm telling you Vito … We're walking away too soon … about all of this and whatever happens back there with that Girl
Vito (whispered): Not to worry, I got it all under control, All right… but walk a little slower.
(Anya as she fiddles with the key then touches the portrait She looks up at Marie's face.)
Anya: Hmm...
(Vito and Joe walking down the steps)
Vito (silently): Three … Two … One.
Anya: Vito Scaletta!
(Vito smiles.)
Joe: Did she really called you Vito
Vito: Do I care about this Joe?
(Vito turns and looks back at Anya on the stairs.)
Anya: (shouts) Mr. Scaletta, wait!
Vito (innocent): Di … Did you call me Lady?
Anya: if I don't remember who I am, then who's to say I'm not a princess or a duchess or a whatever she is … Right?
Vito: Yeah and…..
Anya: Yeah, and if I'm not Anastasia, the Empress will certainly know right away … and it's all just an honest mistake.
Vito: Sounds plausible.
Joe: But if you are the princess lady, then you'll finally know who you are and have your family back for sure.
Vito: (both laughing): You know, you know he's right! Either way, it gets you to Paris.
(Anya puts her hand out for a handshake. Vito, a little taken aback, shakes it'. She gives him a solid shake. He grabs his hand in pain.)
Anya: Right!
Vito: OW!
CUT TO: INT. RANSACKED PALACE RAFTERS
(DOWNSHOT Bartok's POV of Vito Scaletta, Joe Barbaro and Anya. )
Vito: May I present her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
(As Vito and Joe bow, the "Anastasia" echoes throughout the room. Even the tapestries shutter in response to the name, as Vito and Anya exit the hall they bicker.)
Anya: Pooka we are going to Paris!
Vito: The dog stays.
Anya: What are you talking about, the dog goes.
Vito: The dog does not go.
Anya: I say he's going.
Vito: I'm allergic to dogs.
(TILT UP as a breeze seems to carry the ECHO up to the rafters. The Reliquary glows behind Bartok, unnoticed as he looks down at the trio below. SMOKE wisps ominously from its top.)
Bartok: Anastasia. Yeah, just one problem there fella, Anastasia's dead. All the Romanovs are dead. They're dead, dead, dead, dead …
(A Minion emerges from the Reliquary, hovering beside Bartok.)
Bartok (CONT'D): (to Minion) … Am I right my friend. I mean, how could that be Ana … (realizing whom he's talking to)
Bartok: Aah … YAAAAGH!
(Minions pour forth from the Reliquary, eagerly reaching toward Anya but disappearing in a puff of smoke inches from their unearthly home…)
Bartok: Oh, come on now. Am I supposed to believe that thing woke up after all these years just because some guy claims she's a Romanov?
(The Reliquary glows bright, shaking violently.)
Bartok: (spooked) Okay! Okay! I get-the message! Enough already with glowing and the smoke people!
(He takes another look at Anya, far below.)
Bartok: (amazed) If that things come back to life it must mean Anastasia's alive.
Vito: Just leave the dog here lady.
Anya: I am not leaving the dog.
Bartok (CONT'D): … and that's her.
Joe: Look let her take her dog Vito come on we've got a train to catch.
(The Reliquary takes off like a rocket, dragging Bartok with it' They dive straight-for the floor, Bartok covers his eyes as he crashes through the floor.)
Bartok: Whoah!
(The Reliquary pulls him down into the icy water pulling him further and further down. He hits the bottom of the lake and is now in the soil under the water, continuing to do down.)
(He continues to go down further into the earth at a tremendous speed.)
Bartok: Mayday, Mayday. Hey I ooh, ooh,ooh, waah, ooh yuck, yuck, wow, help, oh,oh, oh, oh, hot it,s hot, aah, oh oh … wow …
INT. RASPUTIN'S CHAMBER - THE NETHER WORLD
(Rasputin is crashing around, trashing stalactites, etc. when the Reliquary rockets Bartok into the underworld, slamming him intothe ground.)
Bartok: - Oh boy. Ow. what. Ow! I tell you
Rasputin: Who dares intrude on my solitude? Get out! Get out! OUT!
(Rasputin picks Bartok out of the rubble squashing the very breath out of Bartok's little body.)
Rasputin: Bartok?
Rasputin (CONT'D) Is that you?
Bartok: Ahh, Ooh…Master? alive …? You're…
Rasputin: Yeah, In a manner of speaking!
(Rasputin drops Bartok. Rasputin's eyeball pops out and lands in Bartok's arms.)
Bartok: Whoa, that fell right out of there sir.
Rasputin: Something's happened.
Bartok: Yeah! Woopsey!
Rasputin: I knew it! I could feel the dark forces stirring.
Bartok: I'm not surprised because I saw her. Anastasia … Oh!
Rasputin: Anastasia?! Alive?!
(Rasputin's lips pop off.)
(Bartok can't take is eyes off them.)
Bartok: Ah, sir, your lips they're ah
Rasputin: That Romanov brat!
Bartok: Wow … Yeah, ain't that a kick in the head. I guess a curse just ain't what it used to be, huh sir? (Rasputin, in a rage, grips Bartok in one fist. He doesn't even know he's holding the bat as he squeezes for emphasis.)
Rasputin: That's why …
Bartok: Wow, wow …
Rasputin (CONT'D): … I'm stuck here in limbo!
(He raises Bartok for the final blow. Bartok SQUEAKS in terror. Rasputin finally realizes he's about to crush Bartok.)
Rasputin (CONT'D): My curse is unfulfilled.
(He flings his hand. His hand still gripping Bartok, disconnects and hits the wall. He stops, realizing his hand is gone.)
(Bartok carries Rasputin's hand, over to him. collapsed onto his bed, filled with-self-pity.)
Bartok: Wow, Ooh, Oh … (HUMMING AND GRUNTING AS HE CARRIES THE HAND)
Rasputin: (Crying) Look at me. I'm falling apart. I'm a wreck.
Bartok: Actually, considering how long you've been dead you look pretty good.
Rasputin: (Crying)
Bartok: Sir, you do, you do
Rasputin: (Truly flattered) Really?
Bartok: Sir is this the face of a bat who would lie to you? Come on, for a minute there, you had your old spark back.
Rasputin: If only I hadn't lost the gift from the dark forces, the key to my powers.
(Bartok picks up the Reliquary from the rubble.)
Bartok: What? You mean this Re1iquary?
(Rasputin's eyes widen.)
Rasputin: Oh, Where did you get that?
Bartok: Oh, I found it …
Rasputin: ( Interrupts) GIVE IT TO ME!
(He grabs the Reliquary.)
Bartok: Alright, Alright, Don't get so grabby.
Rasputin: (Stroking the Reliquary) My old friend, together again . (Holding it, closing his eyes) Ah, Ha Ha! Now my dark purpose will be fulfilled, and the last of the Romanovs will DIE!
Bartok: Wow …
IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT
Rasputin: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT I WAS TOSSING AND TURNING. AND THE NIGHTMARE I HAD …
Bartok: Wah, wah …
Rasputin: WAS AS BAD AS CAN BE-
Bartok: Oh, oh
Rasputin: It SCARED ME OUT OF MY WITS, A CORPSE FALLING TO BITS. THEN I OPENED MY EYES AND THE NIGHTMARE WAS … ME.!
Bartok: WOW, WOW, WOW, OH!
Rasputin: I WAS ONCE THE MOST MYSTICAL MAN IN ALL RUSSIA. WHEN THE ROYALS BETRAYED ME THEY MADE A MISTAKE! MY CURSE MADE EACH OF THEM ONE LITTLE GIRL GOT AWAY! LITTLE ANYA, BEWARE, FOR RASPUTIN'S AWAKE!
Creatures IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT: EVIL WILL FIND HER!
Bartok: Ow! Ow! Ow! OH, OOH!
Creatures: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT JUST BEFORE DAWN! AAH …
Rasputin: REVENGE WILL BE SWEET
Rasputin, Creatures: WHEN THE CURSE IS COMPLETE!
All: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT
Rasputin: She'll be gone.
Bartok: Hi ladies … listen…
Rasputin: I CAN FEEL THAT MY POWERS ARE SLOWLY RETURNING!
Bartok: Ah, ha!
Rasputin: FIND A COMB FOR MY HAIR TIE MY SASH AND A DASH OF COLOGNE FOR THE SMELL! ALL THE PIECES WILL FALL INTO PLACE …
Bartok: Wow!
Rasputin: WHEN I SEE HER CRAWL INTO PLACE! DASVIDANYA, ANYA, YOUR GRACE, FAREWELL!
Creatures: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT TERROR WILL STRIKE HER.
Rasputin: Terror's the least I can do!
Creatures: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT EVIL WILL BREW. OOH!
Rasputin: SOON SHE WILL FEEL THAT HER NIGHTMARES ARE REAL
All: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT!
Rasputin: She'll be through!
Creatures: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT EVIL WILL FIND HER.
One Creature: FIND HER!
Wormettes: OOH!
Creatures: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT TERROR COMES TRUE.
Bartok: Hi, yah!
One Creature: DOOM HER!
Rasputin: MY DEAR, HERE'S A SIGN
Rasputin, Creatures: IT'S THE END OF THE LINE
All: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT.
Rasputin: COME, MY MINIONS, RISE FOR YOUR MASTER LET YOUR EVIL SHINE
Creatures: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT
Rasputin: FIND HER NOW YES, FLY EVER FASTER
All: IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT IN THE DARK OF THE NIGHT
Rasputin: SHE'LL BE MINE!