INT. FRODO'S DELIRIUM -- DAY DELIRIOUS IMAGES AND SOUNDS.... ARWEN (V.O.) What grace is given me, let it pass to him. Let him be spared. Save him.
IMAGE:
A BRIGHT LIGHT suddenly flares...Frodo squeezes his eyes shut, gasping.
FRODO:
(frightened) Where am I?
A FAMILIAR VOICE cuts through the swirl of sound.
GANDALF (O.S.) You are in the House of Elrond, and it is ten o'clock in the morning on October the twenty-fourth, if you want to know.
INT. FRODO'S BEDROOM -- DAY Frodo's eyes flicker Open He is lying in bed next to an Open Window...Dappled sunlight plays on richly carved timbers...the sound of a nearby waterfall drifts through the Vista of Fir Trees.
FRODO:
(weak relief) Gandalf!
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ANGLE ON:
GANDALF IS SITTING NEXT TO FRODO'S BED... softly puffing on his pipe. He smiles at Frodo.
GANDALF:
Yes, I'm here and you're lucky to be here, too. A few more hours and you would have been beyond our aid. You have some strength in you, my dear Hobbit.
Frodo sits up, looking at Gandalf questioningly...
FRODO:
What happened, Gandalf? Why didn't you meet us?
GANDALF:
I'm sorry Frodo.
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Gandalf... troubled. His eyes drift away.
GANDALF (CONT'D) I was delayed.
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EXT. ORTHANC SUMMIT -- NIGHT SARUMAN stands over Gandalf, gloating...
SARUMAN:
Get up! So much for the power of the Ring or embrace your own destruction!
With the power of his staff, Saruman raises Gandalf from the ground, then sends him crashing to the floor.
GANDALF:
There is only one Lord of the Ring. Only one who can bend it to his will...and he does not share power.
SUDDENLY! GANDALF lurches to his feet and Throws himself off the Tower! Saruman watches Gandalf fly away from Isengard...on the Back of a GIANT EAGLE.
SARUMAN:
(chilling) So you have chosen death!
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EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAINS--DAWN Gwaihir the Eagle soars majestically over the mountains, carrying Gandalf towards the dawn.
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INT. FRODO'S BEDROOM--RIVENDELL Frodo raises himself up and looks at Gandalf.
FRODO:
Gandalf! What is it? Gandalf returns his attention to Frodo.