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~Compliments of the Chippewa Falls Dawsons~ |
**Rose has just jumped off the lifeboat and has run to Jack. In a flash of jealousy Cal runs after them, trying to shoot them. Cal just said "I put the diamond in the coat...I put the coat on her!"**
He turns to Lovejoy with a sickly expression, his eyes glittering.
CAL
I give it you...if you can get it.
He hands Lovejoy the pistol and goes back up the stairs. Lovejoy thinks about it...then slogs into the water. The icewater is up to his waist as he crosses the pool to the dining saloon.
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INT. DINING SALOON
Lovejoy moves along the tables and ornate columns, searching...listening...his eyes tracking rapidly. It is a sea of tables, and they could be anywhere. A silver serving trolley rolls downhill, bumping into tables and pillars.
He glances behind him. The water is following him into the room, advancing in a hundred foot wide tide. The reception room is now a roiling lake, and the grand staircase is submerged past the first landing. Monstrous groans echo through the ship.
ON JACK AND ROSE, crouched behind a table, somewhere in the middle. They see the water advancing toward them, swirling over the floor. They crawl ahead of it to the next row of tables.
JACK (whispering)
Stay here.
He moves off as--
Lovejoy moves over on row and looks along the tables. Nothing.
The ship GROANS and CREAKS. He moves another row.
ANGLE ON A METAL CART...five feet tall and full of stacks of china dishes. It starts to roll down the aisle between tables.
ON ROSE as the car rolls toward her. It hits the table and the stacks of dishes topple out, EXPLODING across the floor and showering her. She scrambles out of the way and--
Lovejoy spins, seeing her. He moves rapidly toward her, keeping the gun aimed--
That's when Jack tackles him from the side. They slam together into a table, crashing over it, and toppling to the floor. They land in the water which is flowing rapidly between the tables.
Jack and Lovejoy grapple in the icy water. Jack jams his knee on Lovejoy's hand, breaking his grip on the pistol, and kicks it away. Lovejoy scrambles up and lunges at him, but Jack GUTPUNCHES him right in the solar plexus, doubling him over.
JACK
Compliments of the Chippewa Falls Dawsons
He grabs Lovejoy and slams him into an ornate column. Lovejoy drops to the floor with a splash, stunned.
JACK
Let's go
Jack and Rose run aft...uphill...entering the galley. Behind them the tables have become islands in a lake...and the far end of the room is flooded up to the ceiling.
Lovejoy gets up and looks around for his gun. He pulls it up out of the water and wades after them.
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INT. GALLEY/ STAIRWELL
They run through the galley and Rose spots the stairs. She starts up and Jack grabs her hand. He leads her DOWN
They crouch together on the landing as Lovejoy runs to the stairs. Assuming they have gone up (who wouldn't) he clomps up them two at a time.