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Leprechaun 4 Script Part 4 |
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Written by Dennis Pratt
Blue Rider Pictures
The more interesting variations from the finished movie are marked in red.
85 ENTERTAINMENT CENTER - as Metal Head SINGS seductively and slinks toward Books.
METAL HEAD: "...On the silver screen, he melts my foolish heart in every... scene."
Metal Head pivots and pulls a medieval mace from somewhere, whirls the spiked ball around on its chain and whacks Books across the head, delivering a glancing blow that knocks Books on his butt. Books gets to his feet, blood dripping from a wound on one side of his forehead. Metal Head turns, pulls a bayonet with a serrated edge. He smiles at Tina.
METAL HEAD: "Although I'm quite aware, that here and there..."
Sticks and Tina come up, ready to fire.
BOOKS: Wait!
Metal Head lunges at her with the bayonet and Tina parries his thrust with her rifle. He thrusts again and again she blocks him with her rifle.
STICKS: Books... I gotta take him out!
Books gets to his feet and puts himself betwen Tina and Metal Head who continues to SING.
BOOKS: No, Sticks! He saved my life... I owe him...
TINA: He'll kill you!
BOOKS: Sarge? It's me... Books!
Metal Head lunges at Books with the bayonet and Books sidesteps him, capturing Metal Head's right arm underneath his left so that they are face to face.
BOOKS: (continuing) Sarge... wake up! It's me!
Metal Head picks Books up and throws him across the room. Books crashes into a table as Metal Head does a pirouette and throws the bayonet. Books ducks and the bayonet STICKS in the table beside his head.
METAL HEAD: "I'm just... mad about the boy..."
86 INT. SHIP'S CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
We see the ship's computers, etc. And spider webs... everywhere, covering the entire room. PAN to the back of Dr. Mittenhand's head. He turns suddenly and we see that he's acquired a spider's mandible, and that he's slobbering and drooling repulsively. PULLBACK to show that Mittenhand is now half-spider, half-man.
DR. MITTENHAND: (laughs insanely) I can... WALLLLLLK!!
He staggers a couple of steps and turns to see his reflection in the mirror. He's startled at first, afraid of the monster looking back at him from the mirror. He touches his face, the mandibles and realizes he's looking at his own reflection. He lets out a blood curdling SCREAM.
87 INT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE. NIGHT.
Metal Head is still doing his chanteuse number, and doing it very well. Books, Tina and Sticks form a semi-circle around him, trying to contain him.
BOOKS: We gotta get outta here... the creature's probably on his way to the shuttle. We'll leave the Sarge here and come back for him later.
STICKS: I'll distract him... you guys go for the door.
Sticks moves toward Metal Head. Books gestures for Tina to move toward the door.
STICKS: Hey, Sarge... wanna dance?
Tina makes a move toward the door, but Metal Head is too quick for her, doing a pirouette and cutting her off from the door. He pulls a nanchuker and makes a threatening move toward her. Tina backs off. He does a series of those show-off moves with the nanchuker and takes a swipe at Tina, who parries the nanchuker with her rifle so that it wraps itself around her weapon. She tosses them aside.
TINA: Okay... that's it! I think we've been very patient with you, Sergeant. Now we're going to have to get serious.
Tina assumes a karate stance and Metal Head makes a move toward her. She spins and kicks him in the gut, staggering him.
STICKS: Hey... nice move.
88 CORRIDOR - NEAR A COMPUTER TERMINAL - as the Leprechaun stops to look at the computer terminal. The Princess hurries over to him.
PRINCESS ZARINA: Why are you stopping?
LEPRECHAUN: I don't want anyone following me to my gold. They'll have to be destroyed. All of them.
PRINCESS ZARINA: Well, it's about time! (off his look) Do it, do it!
LEPRECHAUN: (under his breath as he punches in data) Bitch.
PRINCESS ZARINA: (under her breath) Twerp.
They look at each other, both innocent. They turn away, malevolence replacing innocence as the Leprechaun jams his shelaleigh into the computer and a crackling, green light envelops it.
89 INT. MITTENHAND'S OFFICE. NIGHT.
Mittenhand typing data into the computer.
MITTENHAND: (as he types) Due to interference... my experiment... has gone awry. I have become... mutant... my brain... slowly losing human perspective... I am... no longer Mittenhand... I am... now... Mitten... spider.
90 COMPUTER TERMINAL - we see the message, "ACTIVATE AUTO-DESTRUCT MECHANISM?" PULL BACK TO SHOW the Leprechaun as he lifts his finger and pauses.
LEPRECHAUN: Now... off with their heads.
He punches a key and the computer is enveloped in a green light as a SIREN WHOOPS.
COMPUTER VOICE: (echoing down the corridor) Attention... attention... all personnel... the ship's auto-destruct has been activated. You have twenty minutes to abandon ship!
91 INT. ENTERTAINMENT LOUNGE. NIGHT.
Tina blocks a kick from Metal Head and spins out of the way.
COMPUTER VOICE: Repeat... the ship's auto-destruct mechanism has been activated. You have twenty minutes to abandon ship!
BOOKS: What the hell??
STICKS: We're toast, dude.
TINA: Let's get...
Metal Head swipes at her with a sword. She ducks and then kicks him in the gut.
TINA: (continuing) ...outta here!
Metal Head staggers backwards and comes up with a bayoneted rifle. He turns and fires a burst at Books who dives for cover. Turning toward Sticks, Metal Head fires another burst, but Sticks makes a running leap over the bar. Metal Head turns to Tina and sees her scoop a rifle off the floor. She aims it at Metal Head who tilts his rifle up and begins SINGING again as if the rifle barrel were a microphone. Tina keeps her weapon pointed at Metal Head as he moves toward her, SINGING.
BOOKS: Take him out, Tina! You've got no choice!!
STICKS: Do it, lady! It's you or him!
Metal Head lunges at her with the bayoneted rifle and she parries the thrust with her own weapon. She backs off as he lunges at her again... and again. Each time she parries his thrust until finally, he knocks it out of her hands.
BOOKS - hustles over to scoop up his weapon off the floor. He brings it up, taking aim on Metal Head. He hesitates, taking his eyes from the sight to look once more at the man who carried him fifteen miles to safety. He has to save Tina. He sights in again and squeezes off a round.
METAL HEAD - raising his weapon to finish Tina off. A bullet from Books' rifle ricochets off his skull plate. He staggers and does a half circle.
METAL HEAD: (dazed, holding his weapon up) This is my rifle... (grabs his own crotch) ...this is my gun... one is for killing, one is for fun.
Books realizes his weapon is jammed and lowers it, trying to work the slide to free a spent casing.
Metal Head turns on Tina again. She backs up and he goes into a crouch, rifle extended in front of him.
METAL HEAD: KILLLLLLLLLLL!
Metal Head rushes toward Tina who staggers back until she hits the wall. On comes Metal Head, ready to plunge his bayonet into her. At the last second she pivots and Metal Head thrusts the bayonet into the wall where it pierces an electrical outlet. SPARKS FLY as jolts of electricity rip into Metal Head's body. Tina makes a run for it. Metal Head spasms and shakes, unable to let loose of the rifle.
Tina runs to Books and they are joined by Sticks as they watch Metal Head being fried.
Metal Head's skull plate begins to smoke and turn black as the lights above flicker on and off. Finally, Metal Head explodes.
Books, Tina and Sticks flinch as Metal Head explodes, debris flying past them. After a beat, we FOLLOW them as they walk over to look down at Metal Head's corpse. We see wires and cables, etc.
STICKS: Damn...
BOOKS: He wasn't even human...
TINA: Cyborg.
BOOKS: (reaches to touch the burnt metal of his face) He wasn't even...
STICKS: Well... human or not... he was a Marine.
BOOKS: The best.
TINA: Are you okay?
BOOKS: I always wondered how he could have carried me fifteen miles over a mountain. Now I know.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... attention... you have eighteen minutes to abandon ship!
They look at each other.
BOOKS: That little bastard's probably headed for the shuttle.
Books gestures and Sticks pulls Tina away as they head for the door.
92 omit
93 LEPRECHAUN AND PRINCESS ZARINA - approaching intersecting corridors.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have seventeen minutes to abandon ship!
PRINCESS ZARINA: You know, my father may not want to give up the throne.
LEPRECHAUN: No problem, I'll kill him.
PRINCESS ZARINA: How dare you?! He's my father! (as they move out of frame) I'll kill him.
94 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
The place is filled with spider-webs. Mittenhand, sitting at the computer, listens to the COMPUTER VOICE.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have sixteen minutes to abandon ship.
MITTENHAND: (his own voice) Nooo... you can't... my work... (guttural spider voice) ...flies! I need flies! (his own voice) Everything will be lost! (guttural spider voice) Feed me... bring me flies! (his own voice, forcing himself to concentrate) NOOO!! I must... save the ship... my work!
He starts punching data into the computer, wanting to thwart the auto-destruct mechanism, but his spider brain is interfering. The computer screen shows us, "ENTER CODE FOR AUTO-DESTRUCT INTERRUPT." Mittenhand struggles to remember a code he himself devised.
MITTENHAND: The code... (trying to remember) ...the code... I have to remember... the code... (mumbling as he types) Mittenhand code sequence... 6993329, input... break... bring... me... F-L-I-E-S... flies?? Bring... me... flies?? (looks up, realizing) I... must... have... FLIIIIIIEEEEEESSSSS!!!!
95 INT. CARGO BAY #1. NIGHT.
The shuttle waiting. The Leprechaun and Princess Zarina enter. The doors close behind them.
LEPRECHAUN: HA!! (locking the doors) We made it!
The Leprechaun turns and points his shelaleigh at the shuttle. A green ray zaps the shuttle, encasing it in an angry green force field, reminiscent of "Forbidden Planet."
PRINCESS ZARINA: What are you doing, you fool?! We need that thing to escape!
LEPRECHAUN: Yes, my queen, but first we must find me gold. The force field is to make sure no one leaves without us. (to himself) Ya ball-bustin' bitch.
PRINCESS ZARINA: What did you say??
LEPRECHAUN: Rich... you'll be rich, when we find me gold... so help me so we can get out of here!
He hurries over to the connecting door that leads to the other cargo bay. She follows haughtily and they disappear into the other cargo bay.
A95 Books, Tina and Sticks run along the catwalk to the airlock doors, leading to the cargo bay corridor.
96 CORRIDOR
Books, Tina and Sticks arriving at the doors to cargo bay #1. They try to open them, but they're locked.
COMPUTER VOICE: (O.S.) Attention... you have fourteen minutes to abandon ship.
TINA: Is there another way in?
STICKS: What about the ventilation system?
BOOKS: We'll try it, but we're running out of time... somebody's gotta neutralize that auto-destruct program in case we lose the shuttle. Sticks? Yer up.
STICKS: Talk to me...
BOOKS: See if you can get into the control room...
TINA: Dr. Mittenhand has a code book for everything he put into the computer system. I saw Harold with it, once. It has a red cover!
STICKS: I'll find it. Listen... if I can't crack it... you guys take off without me.
BOOKS: We all go together, or nobody goes at all.
Books looks at Tina who nods. They look at Sticks.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have thirteen minutes to abandon ship.
BOOKS and TINA: Go.
STICKS: I'm already gone.
Sticks takes off down the corridor. Books and Tina look at each other.
BOOKS: We're up.
TINA: I'm ready.
They take off, headed for the ventilation system.
97 INT. CARGO BAY #2. NIGHT.
The Leprechaun and Princess Zarina searching through the islands of containers in the cargo bay, trying to find the gold.
LEPRECHAUN: I know it's here... I can smell it!
PRINCESS ZARINA: We don't have time for this!! We have to get out of here!
LEPRECHAUN: I won't leave without me gold. You want to go, then go! I won't stop ya!
PRINCESS ZARINA: I can't fly the shuttle.
LEPRECHAUN: Aw, what a pity. Then yer stuck, aren't ya?
PRINCESS ZARINA: You know, you're not the only wealthy suitor I've had! I could marry someone else!
LEPRECHAUN: With that face? I doubt it, my love.
PRINCESS ZARINA: (laughs) What are you talking about? I can have anyone I want! I'm beautiful!
LEPRECHAUN: Not quite, my love. You've got a tiny little blemish... right... there.
He reaches out with his shelaleigh and touches her forehead.
98 VENTILATION SYSTEM - Books and Tina crawling through the ventilation system.
COMPUTER'S VOICE: Attention... you have twelve minutes to abandon ship.
99 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Sticks bursts through the doors and runs into a mass of cobwebs.
STICKS: What the hell???
He uses his rifle to swipe at the cobwebs, clearing his way to the computer. He sets his rifle down and wipes away the cobwebs covering the computer before sitting down at the terminal.
STICKS: (continuing) Awright, Sticks... do your thing, man... be a hero... (sifting through some BOOKS beside the terminal) ...let's see... somethin' with a red cover... yeah... (finds it) ...got it. (flips it open) Now, lemme see... auto-destruct.
He's flipping through the pages when suddenly a shadow falls over him and he looks up.
STICS' POV - we see Mittenhand dropping down from the ceiling, his spider mandibles clicking open and shut as he drools over his prey.
MITTENHAND: Feed me...
Sticks SCREAMS.
100 INT. CARGO BAY #1. NIGHT.
We see a panel with "VENTILATION SHAFT 3" painted across its surface. It slides open as Books and Tina appear and drop down to the floor. They look over at the shuttle.
BOOKS AND TINA'S POV - we see the shuttle with a green force field surrounding it.
TINA: The shuttle, what's he done to it?
BOOKS: A force field of some kind. Touch it and we fry.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have eleven minutes to abandon ship.
BOOKS: Let's find the little bastard and see if we can't make a deal.
They head for the door to Cargo Bay #2.
101 CARGO BAY #2 - the Leprechaun and the Princess looking for the gold. Her back is to US.
PRINCESS ZARINA: If we don't leave now, we're doomed! Do you hear me?!
The Leprechaun finds the box containing his gold and YELLS in triumph. He opens the box and sees a bunch of small nuggets.
LEPRECHAUN: Me gold!! What have they done to me gold??!!
The Princess moves to look into the box.
PRINCESS ZARINA: This is it?? We spent all this time looking for pebbles?
LEPRECHAUN: They've shrunk it down to nothin'!
PRINCESS ZARINA: You stupid, ugly little fool!
She said the wrong thing. The Leprechaun turns sharply, giving her a violently malicious glare.
LEPRECHAUN: Ugly am I? Have ya looked in the mirror lately, my darlin'? Do ya know what ya look like, my sweet?
PRINCESS ZARINA: What are you talking about? I know exactly what I look like! I'm perfect... I'm breathtaking... I'm...
The Leprechaun pulls out a large mirror. He holds it up in front of her. She turns toward US and we see these huge, pustulent eruptions all over her face. She sees her reflection and SCREAMS. He LAUGHS.
LEPRECHAUN: Shut yer cake hole, ya great heavin' zit!
He waves his hand and the Princess' head is suddenly encased in an iron mask, muffling her SCREAMS. She staggers about, bumping into things, oblivious to everything around her.
102 BOOKS AND TINA - entering Cargo Bay #2 from the door leading to Cargo Bay #1. They hear Zarina's SCREAMS and move in that direction, weapons ready.
103 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Sticks wrapped up in a webbed cocoon, hanging upside down over the computer as he works one arm free and reaches down to turn the pages of Mittenhand's program book. He finds what he wants and punches some data into the computer.
STICKS: Yeah... awright... we're in... now... one step at a time...
He punches in more data, then turns the page of the book.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have nine minutes to abandon ship.
104 INT. CARGO BAY #2. NIGHT.
The Leprechaun trying to figure out the controls on the reduction ray.
LEPRECHAUN: I'll have it all back the way it was... beautiful, shining gold...
He reaches to grasp the switch in his hand.
BOOKS: (O.S.) Hold it!
The Leprechaun turns to see Books and Tina pointing their weapons at him.
LEPRECHAUN: You again. Don't know when to give up, do ya?
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have eight minutes to abandon ship.
BOOKS: You hear that?? Look, you can keep yer stinkin' gold, and we'll let ya take that bimbo from hell with ya! Just show us how to neutralize the damned auto-destruct mechanism.
LEPRECHAUN: I'll neutralize somthin' for ya!
The Leprechaun flips a weapon into view and sends a burst of gunfire at Books and Tina who dive for cover before opening up on the Leprechaun.
LEPRECHAUN - taking cover. Fires another burst from his automatic weapon.
105 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Sticks punching in data with one hand. We get a look at the computer screen and see the words, "PASSWORD TO NEUTRALIZE AUTO DESTRUCT?"
STICKS: Password... what password?! Damn!
Sticks punches a button on a control board next to the computer.
STICKS: (continuing) Books!! Tina!
106 CARGO BAY #2 - Books and Tina firing from a prone position. The Princess staggers past them, clutching at her mask, trying to rip it off as she babbles incoherently.
STICKS: (O.S.) (voice coming over an intercom) Books! Can you hear me?
BOOKS: Sticks, nice of you to call!
STICKS: I got kinda hung up...
BOOKS: What?
STICKS: (O.S.) It's a long story... look, I need a password! I can't stop it without a password!
BOOKS: We gotta get up there... maybe we can figure it out!
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have seven minutes to abandon ship.
TINA: Somebody's gotta take that bastard out first. Cover me!
She makes a break toward the Leprechaun.
BOOKS: No! Tina!
Books moves to try and stop Tina and gets hit by a burst from the Leprechaun. He's thrown onto his back, wounded.
LEPRECHAUN - moves away from the machine to gather up gold scattered on the floor by the exchange of gunfire. Tina sneaks up but at the last moment, the Leprechaun sees her. He aims his gun.
TINA - reaches the reduction ray apparatus just as the Leprechaun fires a burst. Tina ducks, lurches against the machine and accidentally pulls the lever.
CLOSE ON TINA'S HAND - as it hits the control lever, shifting it to ENLARGE.
LEPRECHAUN - moving toward Tina to finish her off.
LEPRECHAUN: Now, me lass... yer finished!
BOOKS - getting up. We see that the body armor around his left arm and shoulder has been shredded by the Leprechaun's bullets. A thin trickle of blood slides down his arm. He grabs his weapon and fires a burst at the Leprechaun.
LEPRECHAUN - flinching as the bullets from Books ricochet around him, distracting him momentarily from finishing off Tina.
TINA - pulling herself up, aiming the device at the Leprechaun, she pulls the trigger and it's a green light instead a blue light that zaps the Leprechaun.
The Leprechaun is caught in the green light, his whole body lighting up as he YELLS in agony. His limbs twitch and spasm as his facial muscles convulse.
Books runs over to join Tina.
BOOKS: Nice shot.
TINA: You're wounded.
They both react to something happening to the Leprechaun.
TINA: (continuing) Oh, my God...
LEPRECHAUN - as he begins to grow. He's still writhing in agony as his body begins to increase in size.
BOOKS: Sonofabitch is on steroids?
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have six minutes to abandon ship.
The Leprechaun continues to rapidly expand upward and outward until he's a giant. He looks around and realizes how powerful he has become. He LAUGHS.
LEPRECHAUN: I'M HUGE!!! I'M... MAGNIFICENT!!
He LAUGHS wickedly and takes a giant stride toward Books and Tina. Books pulls Tina toward the exit as they break into a run. Tina trips and falls. Books has to stop and help her to her feet. The Leprechaun catches up to them, his giant foot coming down almost on top of Tina, but Books pulls her out of the way just in the nick of time. They run toward a stack of crates and duck behind it.
BOOKS AND TINA - hiding behind the crates.
BOOKS: At least we won't have any trouble finding him now.
STICKS: (O.S.) Books! Are you guys still there! I need help, man!! Hurry!
TINA: Let's get out of here!
LEPRECHAUN - taking a giant step forward, looking for Books and Tina. Princess Zarina staggers blindly into view. A shadow falls over her and she looks up. Her POV, we see the Leprechaun's foot coming down on her. She SCREAMS.
BOOKS AND TINA - see the Princess squashed. They react, turning their eyes from the horrible sight.
LEPRECHAUN: Now who is king!!
He LAUGHS and plods heavily towards Tina and Books.
BOOKS: (grabbing Tina) Now!
They dart away from the crates as the Leprechaun's foot comes down, crushing everything beneath it.
BOOKS AND TINA - ducking down behind some containers.
BOOKS: We'll have to split up... one of us get to that ventilation shaft over there... (hands her the pistol he's been carrying in his belt) I'll distract him... you make a break for it.
TINA: No... you go... I'll...
He grabs her and kisses her. She looks startled.
BOOKS: Just in case.
She leans in and kisses him this time. They look at each other and then he takes off, firing his weapon. The Leprechaun stomps past her. She makes a break for the ventilation shaft.
BOOKS - as he leaps out of the way of the Leprechaun's foot crashing down nearby. Books rolls and comes up on his feet, moving sharply to his left to avoid another attempt by the Leprechaun to squash him.
LEPRECHAUN - thoroughly enjoying his size. He pulls the front of his pants out and looks down.
LEPRECHAUN: (his voice echoing) AWW-RIIIIGHT!!
His LAUGHTER fills the huge cargo bay as he looks around for Books again.
LEPRECHAUN: (continuing) BIG... IS GOOD!
LEPRECHAUN'S POV - we see Books running between two rows of containers. The Leprechaun stomps after Books.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have four minutes until detonation.
TINA - glances back in Books' direction, then touches a button on the wall and the sliding panel to the ventilation shaft opens.
BOOKS - running. He smacks into a huge hand that slides into frame from nowhere. He falls back, doing a backward somersault so that he comes up on his feet. The hand slides toward him and he runs to his right.
LEPRECHAUN - bringing his hand up, looking into it. No Books. He ROARS his disapproval.
107 INT. VENTILATION SHAFT. NIGHT.
Tina making her way down the ventilation shaft. She runs into a series of cobwebs and has to fight her way through them. She's repulsed as the webs stick to her body, getting in her hair, etc. She comes abreast of a wire screen and a spider claw rips through the screen to clutch at her feet. She looks back and sees a drooling, leering Mittenhand through an adjacent screen. She SCREAMS.
DR. MITTENHAND: (spider voice, slurred) Don't be afraid... my dear... I'm... not going to eat you... right away...
He tries to pull her toward the opening, but she fires two shots towards him and kicks herself free, leaving him with her shoes clamped in his claw.
108 INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT.
Tina scrambling down the shaft. She passes another wire screen and again Mittenhand smashes through the screen with his claw and grabs her near the waist. Tina SCREAMS and fights desperately to get away, firing another couple of rounds at Mittenhand. Her pants come loose and are ripped away by Mittenhand who clamps them greedily to his mandibles before realizing there's nothing inside them. She loses the pistol in the struggle.
Tina, dressed in just her panties and a t-shirt now, scrambles down the ventilation shaft.
A109 VENTILATION SHAFT EXIT. OUTSIDE CARGO BAY DOORS.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have three minutes until detonation.
Tina scrambles out and runs towards the exit to the catwalks.
B109 CATWALK
Tina runs full pelt down the catwalk to the bulkhead doors.
110 INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT.
Books gets to the doors again and tries to get the lock to work. We hear the Leprechaun's CRASHING FOOTSTEPS in the b.g.
111 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Tina runs into Mittenhand's office. She reacts to the spider webs everywhere. She stumbles and then rights herself.
STICKS: Tina!!
Tina turns toward Sticks just as Mittenhand crashes out of a dark heavily cobwebbed corner of the room. She turns, startled.
MITTENHAND: Feed me.
A cat and mouse struggle ensues all over the room as Mittenhand tries to corner Tina.
STICKS: Get outta here, Tina! You and Books take the shuttle and go!
Tina gives him a look as she backs into the wall, trying to figure out a way to save them all. She glances up and to her left. There are two tanks built into the wall. One of them is labeled "OXYGEN," and the other is labeled "LIQUID NITROGEN." She looks at the approaching Mittenhand, grotesque and drooling. She grabs the hose connected to the Liquid Nitrogen tank.
TINA: Stay back!!
MITTENHAND: Feed me...
Mittenhand keeps coming and is almost upon her when she sprays him with the liquid nitrogen. Mittenhand SHRIEKS in agony and staggers away from Tina.
MITTENHAND - enveloped in a cloud of icy steam, SCREAMING in agony.
Tina reacts to Mittenhand's agony, turning away, then sees Sticks' fallen rifle. After a suitable pause, she looks at him and we see that Mittenhand is frozen solid, except for his mandible.
MITTENHAND: (tiny, squeaky voice) Help meeeee... helllp meeee...
Tina reacts with horror and revulsion to this pathetic plea and slowly brings the rifle up.
TINA: (softly) I'm sorry...
She pulls the trigger and the bullet from her pistol shatters Mittenhand into a thousand glassy fragments. Tina reacts and slumps back, exhausted.
112 INT. CARGO BAY. NIGHT.
Books gets the lock to work and yells for Sticks.
BOOKS: STICKS!! TINA!!
113 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Tina helping Sticks who is down off the ceiling now as Tina tries to rip the webbing off of him.
BOOKS: (O.S.) Sticks! Tina!
TINA: (yelling into the computer console) What is it, Books?!
BOOKS: (O.S.) Open the outer doors to the cargo bay!
TINA: Books... are you sure?!
114 INT. CARGO BAY #2. NIGHT.
Books opening the doors to the corridor.
BOOKS: Yeah, I'm sure!! Do it now!! NOW!
LEPRECHAUN - stomping toward Books.
115 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Tina searching the control panel for the right button.
STICKS: There! On the left!
Tina finds the button and punches it.
116 INT. CARGO BAY #2. NIGHT.
We hear a WARNING BUZZER as the outer doors to the cargo bay start to open.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have two minutes until detonation.
LEPRECHAUN - turning to look behind him.
LEPRECHAUN'S POV - we see cargo being sucked out into space as the doors slide open, showing us the stars. The Leprechaun realizes he's doomed unless he can get out of the cargo bay. He turns and runs for the exit.
117 BOOKS - going out the doors and then trying to pull them closed behind him. The Leprechaun gets there and STICKS a finger between the doors, jamming them open.
LEPRECHAUN: NOOOOOO!!!!
The Leprechaun is sucked backward, his finger pulled free of the doors. Books pushes them shut and they latch closed.
118 LEPRECHAUN - being sucked toward the open outer doors. He tries to grab onto anything that will stop him, but everything is being sucked out with him. We see the Princess stuck to the bottom of his shoe. He SCREAMS in terror.
119 EXT. OUTER SPACE. NIGHT.
We see the Leprechaun being sucked out into space, leaving the Behemoth behind. As he is propelled toward US, we see his body swelling to enormous size until he explodes into huge pieces.
120 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Sticks and Tina staring at the monitor.
STICKS: Did Books make it??
TINA: I don't know... the monitor went dead...
Tina, devastated at the thought of losing Books, looks over at Sticks.
COMPUTER VOICE: Attention... you have one minute until detonation.
Tina turns to the keyboard, looks at the monitor. We see the words, "PASSWORD TO NEUTRALIZE AUTO-DESTRUCT?"
TINA: Uh... password... uh... Mittenhand... (punches it in, no good) ...spider... (punches it in, no good) ...uh... scientist...
121 CORRIDOR - Books sprinting down the corridor.
COMPUTER VOICE: You have thirty seconds until detonation.
122 INT. CONTROL ROOM. NIGHT.
Tina punching different code words into the computer, none of them working. She slams her hand down on the keyboard.
TINA: I don't know!! I don't know!! I can't think!
STICKS: Oh, man...
Books bursts in through the doors. They turn to look at him. He sees the shattered chunks of Mittenhand and reacts as he hurries over to the computer.
TINA: It's no use! Nothing works!
COMPUTER VOICE: You have fifteen seconds until detonation.
TINA: Nothing works!! I can't do it!
Books hurries over to the computer.
COMPUTER VOICE: Ten seconds until detonation.
BOOKS: (calm, cool) Awright...
TINA: Nothing works!!
COMPUTER VOICE: Nine seconds...
Books pulls her to him and kisses her. She blinks up at him.
COMPUTER VOICE: ...eight...
BOOKS: Think.
COMPUTER VOICE: ...seven...
TINA: (suddenly calm) He was an ego maniac... he thought of himself as a genius...
COMPUTER VOICE: (as Tina punches in "genius") ...six...
TINA: (genius is no good) ...no... uh... uh...
COMPUTER VOICE: ...five...
TINA: ...a brilliant scientist... uh...
COMPUTER VOICE: ...four...
BOOKS: When we first saw him...
COMPUTER VOICE: ...three...
TINA: You mean...
COMPUTER VOICE: ...two...
BOOKS: What'd he say...
COMPUTER VOICE: ...one...
TINA: I don't...
BOOKS: Wizard!!
Tina's fingers fly over the keys.
COMPUTER VOICE: ...deton...
Everybody stands there frozen, waiting for the computer to finish their death sentence. Silence. They look at the monitor.
The word "WIZARD" blinks on and off on the computer monitor. And then... "PASSWORD ENTERED. AUTO-DESTRUCT NEUTRALIZED."
A beat and then the three of them let out a YELL of triumph. They grab each other in an embrace.
TINA: (looks up at him) That was close.
BOOKS: Had it all the way.
Books leans in and kisses her again. Something floats by the big port-hole that looks out into space. Sticks walks into frame as Books and Tina part from their kiss.
STICKS: Looks like somebody went all to pieces out there.
TINA: Completely fell apart, didn't he?
They all watch as the Leprechaun's giant hand floats into view. It revolves slowly, turning over as the middle finger unfolds, flipping them off.
BOOKS: Same to you, pal.
END
