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52 CONTINUED: 52

53 INT. SHIP, CAPTAIN'S CABIN - CONTINUOUS 53

An inferno. Portholes SHATTER as their panes shift. Ben
and Riley finally bust through the door and scramble out.
54 INT. SHIP, HIDDEN ROOM - CONTINUOUS 54
The BARREL OF GUNPOWDER burns, fully engulfed.
55 INT. ICE CAVE, SHIP'S DECK - CONTINUOUS 55
Ben and Riley emerge from below and look across the way to
find that THE ROPE LADDERS are gone! They're trapped.
BEN
They pulled up the ladders.
Riley regards his surroundings, resigned.
RILEY
Why do I ever listen to you? I was
two credits away from graduation.
BEN
That was seven years ago.
Ben spots a SWIVEL CROSS-BOW HARPOON mounted on the deck
and hurries to it.
RILEY
Intel offered me a job with my own
cubicle.
Ben ties a rope to a spear and loads it into the harpoon.
BEN
Do we have to go over this every
expedition?
RILEY
Until I get rich, yes.
Ben wheels the harpoon around and aims it at Riley's head.
BEN
Fine. Now, duck!
Ben releases the harpoon...WHOOSH! The spear ROCKETS over
a ducking Riley up to the CAVE's ceiling. THUNK!
Ben grabs the ROPE. Pulls hard. The ice ceiling caves in,
opening a hole just above the ship's bow.
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56 EXT. ARCTIC LANDSCAPE - CONTINUOUS 56

Ben and Riley clamber out of the ground just where the lady
figurehead pokes through the ice. They race to the Endeavor.
57 INTERCUT: The barrel of GUNPOWDER. It BLOWS...KA-BOOM! 57
58 INTERCUT: The arctic landscape. The ground shakes 58
violently. Ben and Riley dive into THE ENDEAVOR just as...