An American Werewolf in Paris

Andy lifts himself out of the pile and looks at Claude, who lies on the floor finishing his transformation. His right side is catching up with his left and his head is now more beast than human. All the while he glares at Andy and doesn't appear vulner able.

Andy takes advantage of the moment to get the hell away- he runs into the tunnel, leaving Claude behind to finish transforming.

Andy makes a few quick turns through the maze- it seems he has evaded Claude for the moment. He pulls the GRENADE from his pocket, turns off his flashlight and pads along softly, listening for the beast.

Suddenly a sharp sound from behind him makes Andy jump.

VOICE

(French- screaming)

STOP WHERE YOU ARE! HANDS UP!

Andy turns around. A scared COP is aiming his gun at him, shining a flashlight in his face. Andy puts his hands up.

COP

(English)

It's you. You should be dead in that wreck with Bazin and Racine!

andy

Shhh! Be quiet, man! We're not alone-

cop

Shut up! Save your stories. The only thing I want to hear is you begging for your life. I want to see you suffer, like they did.

(he sees Andy's look of terror)

Haha! You're scared now, eh? Come on. Where's the scary monster now huh? Ha ha... We'll see who-

A ROAR cuts him off. The cop spins around- the beam from his flashlight flooding THE BEAST with light as it springs through the air at him. Andy runs.

cop

(French)

My God!

He gets off one shot- it hits the beast in the arm, but it's too late. The beast clamps it's massive jaw onto the cop's neck and bites his head clean off. THE HEAD rolls across the floor and comes to rest in a pile of skulls.

cut to:

SERAFINE'S BODY

In the tunnel. Two queasy cops stand over it. Leduc approaches them.

LEDUC

(French)

What have you got?

cop

(French- disturbed)

It's the girl. Someone cut out her heart.

LEDUC

(Matter of factly)

Good.

The cops look at him like he's nuts.

cut to:

ANDY

is crouched at a corner of two catacomb tunnels, grenade clutched in his hand. He hears something and carefully peers around the corner.

ANDY'S POV

At the end of the long tunnel of bones, the beast lurks at another intersection, sniffing the air and growling, some forty yards away.

Andy ducks back around the corner. He holds up the grenade, pulls the pin, and whispers a quick prayer...

andy

(to himself)

Just throw a strike...

With a determined grunt, he pitches the grenade around the corner and then ducks back. Suddenly the beast's growling stops. Andy grits his teeth and closes his eyes, awaiting the explosion. Just silence. Then a small skittering sound close by. He opens his eyes.

THE GRENADE

skitters to a stop, a couple of feet from him.

andy

Shit!

He bolts and gets five steps from it when

KA-BOOM!! It explodes behind him, launching him through the air along with a spray of bones and rubble. He lands twenty feet away and clutches his left leg, wincing in pain.

ANDY

Ahh! Son of a bitch!

LEDUC

and the cops turn towards the sound of the blast.

LEDUC

(French)

Let's go.

ANDY

struggles to his feet. He clicks on his flashlight and sees the blast has caved in the tunnel- a wall of rubble seals Andy off from the beast.

Andy breaths a sigh of relief. At least he's got time. He starts limping away from the wall of rubble...

SMASH!! The rubble explodes again as the beast crashes through it like a freight train, sending rocks and bones flying.

Andy runs as fast as he can with his bad leg. The beast closes in on him quickly. Andy jumps up for a NARROW OPENING in the tunnel ceiling. He grabs the metal rung inside and pulls himself up into the vertical shaft as the beast pounces. The beast catc hes Andy's foot with its claw. Andy pulls out of his sneaker and just barely eludes the beast's grasp.

Andy climbs up the metal rungs in this old service shaft- barely wide enough for his body. The beast claws and gnashes his teeth at the opening but can't fit in- for now.

Andy reaches an iron grate, pushes it up and crawls out into

ANOTHER DRIPPY TUNNEL

Like the ones near the party- no skulls. There's a lot of water in this one. It looks familiar.

CLAUDE

is transforming back into human shape. His face is now more human than beast. He screams into the vertical passage in a growling, not quite human voice.

claude

You have no advantage, Andy! My body has no limits!

ANDY

looks around in the tunnel. He sees something (we don't). He limps off towards it.

CLAUDE

in his human shape, crawls into the vertical service passage and climbs up the rungs.

Claude emerges from the shaft into the dark tunnel. Andy's no where in sight. We hear only dripping water.

claude

So this is how you choose to die. Hiding like a scared rabbit. Just praying I don't find you...

ANDY

crouches under a concrete ledge in a very dark space. Claude's voice sounds distant, echoey, and competes with the closer sound of trickling water.

CLAUDE (cont'd- O.S.)

Well I assure you, your nervous sweat glands will give you away soon enough my trembling little rabbit.

CLAUDE

begins transforming. He falls to the ground and groans with joyous pain as his body noisily transforms.

CLAUDE (Cont'd)

AHHHH! IT'S FUCKING GLORIOUS! AAAARRGGGHHH!!

ANDY

huddles in his hiding place, looking out into the darkness.

andy

(to himself)

C'mon already...

A glint of light appears in a puddle on the ground. Andy's eyes widen.

CLAUDE

His head is transforming- his exaltations become more animalistic.

claude/beast

RRAAAAAARRRRRRGGG!!

LEDUC

still in the catacombs, hears Claude's yell echo through the tunnels. He thinks it came from above. He runs towards a stairway.

THE BEAST