Monday, March 7, 2016

Two Winters Past



EXT. HIGHWAY. TWILIGHT. 

LOGAN, AIDEN, TIFF, HOLT, and BARABAS overlooking an open hillside. An abandoned truck stop is in the distance. One monster has already cleared the parking lot and is thrashing through the weeds. Two more have come out of the buildings and are following.

LOGAN grabs the rifle off HOLT’s back. He opens the gun.

LOGAN: What’s in here? I see one on the chamber.

HOLT: Nothing.

LOGAN points rifle at HOLT.

LOGAN: We ditch our prisoners and we can get up on the rock face before those things get here.

TIFF: Please. Please. Please. Aiden, tell him, you got to tell him.

LOGAN: These boys got spears they cut outta shovels, and they’re real good at putting those things down.

AIDEN: You can't leave us tied up!

LOGAN fires twice. The first monster is hit, but only staggers. The second monster falls on its back, but the first is running before the second hits the ground. Second monster gets up running, ignoring its blasted, bloody guts hanging from the hole in its flank.

LOGAN: You gotta aim low, take out the legs so they can't run.

The third monster is closing distance fast, but still far. LOGAN aims carefully and fires. Monsters thigh is blown apart, and it falls.

LOGAN glares at HOLT. 

HOLT: Can’t be more than that.

LOGAN aims and tries to shoot, but the gun is empty. LOGAN throws down the gun.

LOGAN: We gotta cut you loose while we’re running. Any funny business and you’re going to lose a hand.

The highway slopes up a hill above Deposit, through a deep groove cut into the bedrock, shielding the town from the traffic. As they run, BARABAS cut loose TIFF and AIDEN.

Monsters are closing when the group reaches a rope ladder.

AIDEN and TIFF go up first, followed by two BARABAS.

LOGAN: You two stay down here until we get up to the top. You go up after me. (Points to HOLT)  Make sure this one don’t get any bright ideas. (To HOLT) You gonna be a good boy?

HOLT: Go fuck yourself.

LOGAN hits HOLT in the jaw.

LOGAN: Listen, you sack of meat. I know you’re all pissy because I killed your whore, but you gonna be a real valuable soldier. So shut that filthy mouth of yours and get up that rope.

BARABAS: Go! Go!

LOGAN cuts HOLT’s bindings and climbs. BARABAS pushes HOLT up the ladder.

Monsters reach the group. BARABAS plunges a spear into a monster and uses his foot to rip the weapon free.

BARABAS 2 slashes and knocks down two monsters and braces himself to catch another on his spear. BARABAS 1 spears another, pushing the spear through and driving back another monster, knocking it on its back.

Impaled monster gets a hold of BARABAS 1 and bites his face. BARABAS 1 fights and tries to escape, but his struggles only help monster get a better grip, pulling its impaled body down the shaft of the spear, biting BARABAS 1 about the face and neck again and again.

Looking up, we see BARABAS 2, and the rock cliff face behind him. He tries holding back monster with his spear, but it gets him. As he fights, we see LOGAN reach the top of the ladder and pull himself over the edge. HOLT follows close behind.

EXT. CLIFF EDGE. TWILIGHT.

When LOGAN is safe, he grabs HOLT and drags him up. AIDEN and TIFF help.

Below, monsters are busy eating bodies of the two BARABAS.

When the last BARABAS is over the edge, LOGAN pulls up the ladder.

LOGAN: Come on. Those bodies won't hold their interest long.






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