R Rasputin
[Bartok just ended up in Rasputin's section of Limbo]
WHO DARES INTRUDE ON MY SOLITUDE?! [kicks a slab of stone with his foot] Get out! Get out! [squeezes Bartok very hardly with his hand, but suddenly realizes who it is] Bartok? Is that you?
Bartok
Master? You're alive?
R Rasputin
[scoffs]
In a manner of speaking. [his right eyeball falls out of its socket.]
Bartok
Whoa. That fell right out there, sir.
R Rasputin
Something has happened. [Rasputin pops it back in] I can feel the dark forces stirring!
Bartok
I'm not surprised, because I saw her, Anastasia!
R Rasputin
Anastasia? Alive?! [his mouth begins to sag through his beard]
Bartok
Uh, sir, your lips, they're, um...
R Rasputin
That Romanov brat!
Bartok
[adjusts Rasputin's lips to their rightful place]
Yeah, ain't that a kick in the head? I guess a curse just ain't what it used to be, huh, sir?
R Rasputin
That's why I'm stuck here in Limbo! My curse is unfulfilled! [stretches out his arm with Bartok in his hand, his hand flies of his arm and hits a wall. He sees this, gasps, and begins to sob] Look at me! I'm falling apart! [sobs] I'm a wreck!
Bartok
Actually, considering how long you've been dead, you look pretty good! [Rasputin sadly scoffs] Sir, you do, you do.
Bartok
Sir, is this the face of a bat who would lie to you? [puts on a cute face] Come on, for a minute, you had your old spark back!
R Rasputin
If only I hadn't lost that gift from the dark forces... the key to my powers...!
Bartok
What, you mean this reliquary?
R Rasputin
[gasps]
Where did you get that?
Bartok
Oh, I found it--
R Rasputin
[Rasputin grabs his reliquary and his hand]
GIVE IT TO ME!
Bartok
Alright, alright! Don't get so grabby!
R Rasputin
[screws his hand back on]
My old friend! Together again! [laughs] Now my dark purpose will be fulfilled! And the last of the Romanovs will DIE!!
Bartok
[Rasputin is screaming and throwing a temper tantrum over an unsuccessful attempted murder of Anya. As he does so, his thumb pops off]
Uh, wow. Take it easy there. You know, sir, really you should watch your blood pressure. My nephew Izzy just keeled over one day, mid-mango. Stress - it's a killer, sir. And he's a fruit bat. No meat. No blood, even. [screws Rasputin's thumb back on to his hand]
R Rasputin
How could they let her escape?!
Bartok
Eh, you're right, it's very upsetting, sir. I guess this reliquary's broken. [tosses the reliquary aside]
R Rasputin
YOU IDIOT! [stretches out his hand and catches it before it can hit the ground, then glares at Bartok]
Bartok
Alright now, sir, take it easy there. Just remember what I said to you about stress.
R Rasputin
I sold my soul for this. [grabs Bartok] My life, my very existence, depends on it. And you... [chuckles, then turns angry] almost destroyed it! [slams Bartok nose-first against the reliquary]
Bartok
I get it, I get it! You break it, you bought it!
R Rasputin
See that you remember, you miserable rodent! [throws Bartok back across the room]
Bartok
Oh sure, blame the bat. What the heck? We're easy targets.
R Rasputin
What are you muttering about?
Bartok
Anastasia, sir. Just wishing I could do the job for you, sir. I'd give her a HA! And a HI-YA! And then a OUU-WA! And I'd kick her, sir.
R Rasputin
Oooooh! I have something else in mind. Something more enticing. Something...really...cruel. [he scratches the reliquary with his finger nail as he grins evilly]
D Dimitri
[Cut to: Enter Ransacked Palace Rafters] [Downshot Bartok’s POV of Dimitri, Vladimir and Anya.]
May I present her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess Anastasia.
A Anya
[As Dimitri and Vladimir bow, the "Anastasia" echoes throughout the room. Even the tapestries shutter in response to the name, as Dimitri and Anya exit the hall they bicker.]
Pooka, we are going to Paris!
A Anya
What are you talking about, the dog goes.
D Dimitri
The dog does not go.
D Dimitri
I’m allergic to dogs.
Bartok
[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.]
Anastasia. Yeah, just one problem there fella, Anastasia’s dead. All the Romanovs are dead. They’re dead, dead, dead, dead …
Bartok
[A Minion emerges from the Reliquary, hovering beside Bartok.] [to Minion]
… Am I right, my friend? I mean, how could that be Ana … [realizing whom he’s talking to]
Bartok
Aah … YAAAAGH!!!
Bartok
[Minions pour forth from the Reliquary, eagerly reaching toward Anya but disappearing in a puff of smoke inches from their unearthly home…]
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?
Bartok
[The Reliquary glows bright, shaking violently.] [spooked]
Okay! Okay! I get-the message! Enough already with glowing and the smoke people!
Bartok
[He takes another look at Anya, far below.] [amazed]
If that things come back to life it must mean Anastasia’s alive.
D Dimitri
Just leave the dog.
A Anya
I am not leaving the dog.
Bartok
… and that’s her.
Vladimir
Come we’ve got a train to catch.
Bartok
[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.]
Whoah!!!
Bartok
[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.]
Mayday, Mayday! Hey! Aah! Oh! Yech! Ooh! Oh. Waah! Help! Oh, oh, oh! Hot. It's hot! Aah! Oh, oh…
Bartok
[Enter Rasputin’s Chamber - The Nether World] [Rasputin is crashing around, trashing stalactites, etc. when the Reliquary rockets Bartok into the underworld, slamming him into the ground.]
- Oh, boy. Ow. what. Ow!! I tell you.
R Rasputin
Who dares intrude on my solitude? Get out! Get out! OUT!
R Rasputin
[Rasputin picks Bartok out of the rubble squashing the very breath out of Bartok’s little body.]
Bartok? Is that you?
Bartok
Ahh, Ooh… Master? You're alive? You’re…
R Rasputin
Yeah, In a manner of speaking.
Bartok
[Rasputin drops Bartok. Rasputin’s eyeball pops out and lands in Bartok’s arms.]
Whoa, that fell right out of there, sir.
R Rasputin
Something’s happened.
Bartok
Yeah! Woopsey!
R Rasputin
I knew it! I could feel the dark forces stirring.
Bartok
I’m not surprised because I saw her. Anastasia … Oh!
R Rasputin
Anastasia?! Alive?!!
Bartok
[Rasputin’s lips pop off.] [Bartok can’t take is eyes off them.]
Ah, sir, your lips they’re... ah...
R 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?
R Rasputin
[Rasputin, in a rage, grips Bartok in one fist. He doesn’t even know he’s holding the bat as he squeezes for emphasis.]
That’s why …
Bartok
Wow, wow …
R Rasputin
… I’m stuck here in limbo!
R Rasputin
[He raises Bartok for the final blow. Bartok squeaks in terror. Rasputin finally realizes he’s about to crush Bartok.]
My curse is unfulfilled.
Bartok
[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.]
Wow, Ooh, Oh … [humming and grunting as he carries the hand]
R 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.
Bartok
Sir, you do, you do.
R 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.
R Rasputin
If only I hadn’t lost the gift from the dark forces, the key to my powers.
Bartok
[Bartok picks up the Reliquary from the rubble.]
What? You mean this Re1iquary?
R Rasputin
[Rasputin’s eyes widen.]
Oh, Where did you get that?
Bartok
Oh, I found it …
R Rasputin
[Interrupts]
Give it to me!
[He grabs the Reliquary.
Bartok
All right, All right, Don’t get so grabby.
R 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…
R Rasputin
["In the Dark of the Night" plays]
♪In the dark of the night I was tossing and turning♪ ♪And the nightmare I had♪
Bartok
Wah, wah …
R Rasputin
♪was as bad as can be♪
Bartok
Oh, oh.
R 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!!
R 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 pay♪ ♪But one little girl got away♪ ♪Little Anya beware, Rasputin's awake♪
Creatures ♪In the dark of the night, evil will find her♪
Bartok
Ow! Ow! Ow! Oh, ooh!!!
C Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, just before down♪ ♪Aah♪
R Rasputin
♪Revenge will be sweet♪
RA Rasputin and Creatures
♪When the curse of complete♪
A All
♪In the dark of the night♪
R Rasputin
♪She'll be gone!♪
Bartok
Hi, ladies. Listen…
R Rasputin
♪I can feel that my powers are slowly returning♪
Bartok
Ah, ha!
R Rasputin
♪Tie my sash, add a dash of cologne for that smell♪ ♪As the pieces fall into place♪
Bartok
Wow!
R Rasputin
♪I'll see her crawl into place♪ ♪Do svidaniya, Anya, Your Grace♪ ♪Farewell♪
C Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, terror will strike her♪
R Rasputin
♪Terror’s the least I can do!♪
C Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, evil will brew♪ ♪Ooh!♪
R Rasputin
♪Soon she will feel that her nightmares are real♪
A All
♪In the dark of the night♪
R Rasputin
♪She'll be through!♪
C Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, evil will find her♪
OC One Creature
♪Find her♪
C Creatures
♪In the dark of the night, terror come true♪
Bartok
Hi, yah!
OC One Creature
♪Doom her♪
R Rasputin
♪My dear, here's a sign♪
RA Rasputin and Creatures
♪It's the end of the line♪
A All
♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪
R Rasputin
♪Come, my minions♪ ♪Rise for your master♪ ♪Let your evil shine♪
C Creatures
♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪
R Rasputin
♪Find her now♪ ♪Yes, fly ever faster♪
A All
♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪ ♪In the dark of the night♪
R Rasputin
♪She'll be mine!♪
A Anya
[Cut to: Enter. Ship – Night] [Anya, Dimitri, Vladimir and Pooka are in a cabin. Dimitri is sound asleep, his backpack beside him on the floor. Anya is wrapped in a blanket. Vladimir is braced against the ship’s beams, not weathering the storm well.] [whispering to Vladimir]
Oh … are you all right?
Vladimir
Fine, fine. Just riddled with envy., Look at him. [Indicating Dimitri] He can sleep through anything.
A Anya
[The ship tilts, timbers groaning. Pooka-climbs inside of Dimitri’s backpack knocking it over and The Music Box slides out of it and stops near Anya. She picks up the Music Box. Anya immediately has a sharp recollection, a shock. She cradles the box lovingly.] [gasp]
Vladimir
Pretty jewelry box, isn’t it?
A Anya
Jewelry box? Are you sure that’s what it is?
Vladimir
What else could it be?
A Anya
Oh well, something else … Something special … something to do with a secret. [Laughs] Is that possible?
Vladimir
[Angle on Pooka, licking Anyals feet, wanting attention.] [Vladimir climbs into his berth.] [Anya laughs.]
Anything’s possible. You taught Dimitri how to waltz, didn’t you?
Vladimir
[She secures the Music Box in the backpack.] [Pooka begs at feet of Anya to be picked up. She picks him up. She climbs into her berth, Pooka climbs up on her tummy.]
Sleep well, your majesty.
A Anya
[Vladimir’s large body traps Pooka between him and Anya. Anya uses her foot to move Vladimir]
Sweet dreams, Pooka.
Bartok
[Enter. Underworld Cut to: Night] [Rasputin and Bartok gaze at the image of Anastasia falling asleep.]
There she is, master, sound asleep in her little bed.
R Rasputin
And pleasant dreams to you, Princess. I’ll get inside your mind, where you can’t escape me. [As he says this, smoky images begin to collect around the Reliquary, images of faces, trees, a lake all blur together.]
A Alexi
[Rasputin chuckles with delight. He blows at the cloud of images sending them shooting skyward.] [Cross Dissolve to: Ship’s Cabin – Night] [From under the door smoky images silently slither. They move over toward Dimitri sleeping on the floor. Recognizing that he is not the right person they float across the cabin to her shoes then up over her berth and swirl around Anya.] [Close on Anya’s closed eyes as the Smoky Images wait for the opportunity to enter her mouth when she yawns. She smiles as Rasputin’s dream begins. Images of Butterflies appear and circle around her face.] [Cut to: Enter. Forest - Day - In Her Dream] [Anya is sleeping peacefully in a sunny open meadow. Alexi, Anastasia’s young brother, walks up, surrounded by large Mystical Dream Butterflies. He waves to her, she waves back. He motions the Butterflies toward Anya. They approach her and fly around her.] [Cut to: Ship’s Cabin - Reality] [Anya’s eyes are closed as she smiles in her sleep and sits, up in bed. The Dream Butterflies still swirl around her head. She gets out of her berth following them, sleepwalking to the cabin door it opens and she exits. As it closes …] [Angle on Pooka as he wakes up.] [Cut to: Enter. Ship’s Hallway – Night] [Anya sleepwalks down the hallway toward the stairs following the "Dream Butterflies”. The ship pitching violently in the storm.] [Cut to. Enter. Ship’s Cabin] [Pooka whines scratches at the cabin door, crying, and looking Anya.] [Angle on Dimitri sleeping. Pooka jumps on him trying to wake him. He just rolls over.] [Enter. Ship’s Deck] [Cut to: Rolling on a giant swell. Anya sleepwalks to the upper deck. In her dream, Alexi and the three butterflies lead her up a rock embankment and through a field of daffodils. Anastasia’s three sisters in swimsuits in the distance. Alexi points to them as they leap to the pool below.] [Pull Back to Reality] [Anya has climbed over the railing of the deck and is looking into the black ocean. Smiling she slides back against the ships railing.]
Come on!!
D Dimitri
[Enter. Ship’s Cabin] [Close on Dimitri and Pooka. begs for him to wake up.] [still half asleep]
What, what, what, what, what, Pooka? Pooka, what? [Dimitri looks up at Anya’s empty berth and sees that she is gone.]
D Dimitri
Anya, Anya, Anya …
N Nicholas
[Dimitri scrambles from his makeshift bed and runs toward the door. Pooka and Dimitri burst out the door and run toward the stairs. Pooka remains stranded at the bottom of the stairs.] [Cut to: Enter. Ship’s Deck] [Anya, holding the guide line, is teetering on the ships railing.] [Enter. Forest - Day - In Her Dream] [Anya holds on to a vine at edge of precipice overlooking a beautiful swimming pool. Little Alexi points down toward the offstage swimmers, the family looking up, is waving to her. Anya watches as little Alexi leaps toward the blue pool and she giggles.]
Hello, sunshine.
S Sisters
Come into the water!
N Nicholas
Jump in, jump!
D Dimitri
[Enter. Ship’s Deck – Reality] [Anya stands on the ships railing, holding on to the guide wire, inching toward death.] [Angle on Dimitri racing toward camera as the stormy sea crashes over him.]
Anya!
D Dimitri
[Dimitri is washed up into the crow’s nest and suddenly sees Anya.]
Anya, stop!
D Dimitri
[He grabs on to a rope line and swings out to rescue Anya about to leap to her death.] [Enter. Forest - In Her Dream] [Close on Anya in her dream. Nicholas waves for her to jump into the clear pond and join them. Anya nods and moves to jump in. Just as she is about to jump, Nicholas, face turns Hideous and Frightening, suddenly becoming Rasputin.]
Anya, NO!
R Rasputin
[Rasputin continues to grow into an evil god-like figure as the dwarfed Anya rises on a column of skulls. Flying bat-like Minions swarm in a circle around Anya. She reacts in fear. A giant Rasputin towers over her on the column of skulls. His harpy-like Minions are grabbing at her, encouraging her to jump.]
The Romanov curse!
D Dimitri
[A Flying Minion grabs Anya around the waist, from behind …] [Enter. Ship’s Deck – Reality] [Dimitri is holding her around the waist she struggles, rescuing her from the fall into the stormy sea.]
Anya! Anya! Anya, wake up, wake up.
A Anya
[Anya jolts awake, terrified to see what almost happened to her. Dimitri lifts her to the other side of the railing. Anya, shaking and almost crying with fear, still half in a dream, throws her arms around Dimitri.]
The Romanov curse. Curse.
D Dimitri
The Romanov what? What are you talking about?
A Anya
I keep seeing faces... So many faces.
D Dimitri
[Anya hugs Dimitri and cries.]
It was a nightmare. It’s all right, you’re safe now.
R Rasputin
[Cut to: Enter. Underworld – Night] [Rasputin watches the image-of Anya and Dimitri’s embrace, seething. He moans, grasping his head in frustration, his fingers actually sinking into his skull. Rasputin’s neck is stretching and starting to tear as he pulls on his own head.] [Bartok backs away from the impending explosion.] [Screaming]
No, not again!
Bartok
Easy, Master, wow… This is no time to lose your head.
R Rasputin
[Rasputin exerts a monumental effort to control himself.]
You’re right. [A Soothing Mantra] I am calm. I am heartless. I have no feelings whatsoever.
Bartok
Sir.
R Rasputin
[Rasputin opens his eyes, suddenly smiling.]
I feel a sudden onset of clarity, Bartok. I’ll have to kill her myself. In person.
Bartok
[amazed]
What, you mean -- physically?
R Rasputin
You know what they say. If you want something done right…
Bartok
But that means … going topside?!
R Rasputin
Exactly. I have so many fond memories of Paris. And killing the last of the Romanovs with my own hands, will be so dee… licous! Well, time to go.
Bartok
But you’re dead! You’re falling apart! Sir, how do you expect to get to Paris in one piece?
R Rasputin
I thought we’d take the train. [Laugher]
Bartok
[Rasputin raises the Reliquary. Thunder and lightning crack. Billowing smoke fills the room as Rasputin rockets thru the ceiling.]
Wow!!
A Anya
[Cut to: Anya hurries over to Dimitri, who lies there, still unconscious. She gently strokes his hair.]
Ooh… Oh, no.
P Pooka
[whines]
Anya: Dimitri. No.
Pooka: [howls]
A Anya
[Suddenly he growns!] [upon hearing Dimitri] [Gasps]
D Dimitri
Ow, ow, ow, ow. Oh, no, let go. Let go, easy.
D Dimitri
[Dimitri picks himself up as Anya pulls back. He smiles.]
Yeah, I know. I know. All men are babies.
A Anya
[Suddenly their faces move closer together. Both are so happy the other is alive that their love can’t help but sputter out…]
I thought you were going to St. Peter……
A Anya
You didn’t take the…
D Dimitri
[Their lips are about to meet when Pooka barks (off-screen). The romantic spell is broken.] [They pull apart to see Pooka with the crown in his mouth. Dimitri takes it and hands it to Anya.]
Oh. They’re waiting for you.
A Anya
[Anya looks at him, at the crown. At him. The crown.] [Enter. Grand Palais Green Room - Night] [A hat box sits opened on a table. The crown sits next to it. Sophie cries tears of joy as she stares at the note that came with it.] [voiceover]
Dear Grandmama, wish me luck. We’ll be together in Paris again soon. A bientot.
Sophie
They’ve eloped. Isn’t it romantic. It’s a perfect ending.
Marie
[Vladimir enters the room. Marie, regal and wise, stares out a window at a distant boat on the Seine.]
No. It’s a perfect beginning.
A Anya
[Marie wipes away a tear before Sophie can see it. She gives the boat one last look: happy and sad, then turns to go.] [Cut to: Enter. Riverboat - Night] [Dimitri and Anya are dancing on the riverboat.] [Laughter]
Bartok
[Finally, Anya and Dimitri kiss. Pooka blushes.] [Pan up to see Bartok imitating their dancing. Suddenly a female bat flies down and joins him. He’s shy. She takes the upper hand and kisses him.]
Ah, hello. [Kiss] Wow! I tell you what, WOW! [giggles] So long, everybody! Ah ah!!!!
[As Bartok says his line, he pulls the shade down.] [Fade Out: The End]
