Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald by J. K. Rowling Read Free Book Online Page B

TINA is trying to wake up KAMA with a
bottle of smelling salts. He moves slightly.
The Predictions of Tycho Dodonus
slips out of his pocket onto the floor. TINA picks it up and opens it to the prediction KAMA has
underlined.
    NEWT’S case is open on a table. The Zouwu roars from inside. TINA turns to look at it, listening.



SCENE 76
    INT. NEWT’S CASE, ZOUWU ENCLOSURE—AFTERNOON
    A wild Chinese habitat. NEWT is curled up in dense undergrowth. The Zouwu picks him up and dangles him from a claw.

    SCENE 77
    INT. FLAMEL HOUSE—AFTERNOON
    JACOB enters and sees TINA watching the case. She hastily looks back at the book.
    JACOB
    (calling into case)
    Hey, Newt, buddy. Tina’s up here. She’s all by her lonesome and maybe you want to come up and keep her company?
    (beat)
    I’ve been looking for food, and I ain’t found any. I guess I’m gonna go upstairs and try my luck in the—I dunno—the attic!

    SCENE 78
    INT. NEWT’S CASE, ZOUWU ENCLOSURE—AFTERNOON
    Still dangling from the Zouwu’s claw, NEWT soothes and coaxes her until he can reach her harness and remove it. The Zouwu is finally freed from her chains.
    NEWT
    You’re all right.
    JACOB (O.S.)
    Okay!

    SCENE 79
    INT. FLAMEL HOUSE—AFTERNOON
    JACOB is about to leave when NEWT clambers back out of the case.
    NEWT
    She’s responded well to the Dittany. She was born to run, you see. I think she’s just lacking in confidence—
    He glances at TINA. She pockets
The Predictions of Tycho Dodonus
and speaks, not quite looking at NEWT.
    TINA
    Mr. Scamander, have you got anything in your case that might help revive this man? I need to question him. I think he knows who Credence really is. The scars on his hand suggest
an unbreakable vow—
    NEWT
    (eager, overlapping)
    —unbreakable vow. Yeah, I noticed that too—
    They examine the unconscious KAMA.
    NEWT
    Lumos
.
    NEWT’S and TINA’S hands brush as NEWT advances his lit wand-tip to look in KAMA’S eye. Both jump. NEWT stares into KAMA’S eye. The tiny flicker of a
tentacle, swiftly withdrawn—
    TINA
    (gasps)
    What was that?
    NEWT
    (serious)
    There must be a water dragon in that sewer—they carry these parasites, you see. They . . . Jacob?
    JACOB
    Yeah?
    NEWT
    In my case, in the pocket there, you’ll find a pair of tweezers.
    JACOB
    Tweezers?
    NEWT
    They’re thin and pointy—
    TINA
    Thin, little pointy things.
    JACOB
    Yes, I know what tweezers are.
    NEWT
    (to TINA)
    You might not want to watch this . . .
    TINA
    I can handle it.
    NEWT succeeds in catching and pulling at the tentacle in KAMA’S eye.
    NEWT
    Come on. You’re all right. Jacob, will you take that for me?
    He has extracted something like a spindly, waterborne spider, which he hands to JACOB.
    JACOB
    Ew! Calamari.
    KAMA has started muttering, distraught, semiconscious.
    KAMA
    I must kill him . . .
    TINA
    Who? Credence? Who—?
    NEWT
    It may take him a few hours to recover. The parasite’s poison is quite strong.
    TINA
    I’ll have to go to the Ministry with what I’ve got.
    (a wobble in her voice)
    It was nice to see you again, Mr. Scamander.
    She strides from the room, leaving NEWT perplexed and upset.

    SCENE 80
    INT. FLAMEL HOUSE, HALLWAY—AFTERNOON
    JACOB follows TINA into the hall.
    JACOB
    Hey, hold on one second, will you? Well, hold on! Wait! Tina!
    She leaves. As the front door closes, NEWT appears at the drawing room door.
    JACOB
    (to NEWT)
    You didn’t mention salamanders, did you?
    NEWT
    No, she just—ran. I don’t know . . .
    JACOB
    (firm)
    So you chase after her!
    NEWT grabs his case. He leaves.

    SCENE 81
    EXT. RUE DE MONTMORENCY—END OF DAY
    TINA is hurrying up the road. NEWT hastens to catch up.
    NEWT
    Tina. Please, just listen to me—
    TINA
    Mr. Scamander, I need to go talk to the Ministry—and I know how you feel about Aurors—
    NEWT
    I may have been a little strong in the way that I expressed myself in that letter—
    TINA
    What was the exact phrase? “A bunch of careerist hypocrites”?
    NEWT
    I’m