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His head whips around, looking at the pillars around the room. He sees what he wants. He grabs one of the oil canisters, looks back to the spot on the wall he’s chosen and splashes oil on the floor in that direction, then lights it. A path opens toward that wall.
INDY
Come on!
Marion is frozen in her spot. Indy drags her after him. He splashes oil the rest of the way to the wall. It lights and Indy pulls Marion over to the wall. He pours the remaining oil in a circle around them, creating a safe zone there.
INDY
Stay here!
MARION (grabbing him) Where are you going?
INDY I’ll be back in a minute. We’re going through this wall.
Marion looks at the wall, which looks like all the rest to her. She thinks he’s crazy.
INDY Just keep your eyes open and get ready to run. No matter what happens to me.
MARION
(panicked) What do you mean?
Too late. Indy runs back through the path of flames to the center of the room. Snakes strike at his flying heels. Indy reaches the base of the pillar which he touched briefly on his original descent. He uses the torch to clear away the scattered snakes climbing on it, then pulls out his whip. He draws it back, then wraps it solidly around the pillar 15 feet up. With the torch in his mouth, he beings climbing the pillar. It moves ominously under his weight. The last two torches still burning on the floor go out. Now the only light in the chamber is provided by the torches held by Indy and Marion and the dwindling oil flames. Snakes move in and surrond the base of Indy’s pillar. The path between Marion and the center of the room is overrun. The circle of flame around Marion is dying down.
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