Two Winters Past

EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE. NIGHT.

Wind blows. BLYTHE and SPIDER enter from inside the house. She has been cleaned up, but her eyes are distant and she only stumbles along. BLYTHE leads her by the hand. He carries a torch made from a furniture leg wrapped in cloth. His axe is slung across his back. They walk and BLYTHE talks, mostly to himself.

BLYTHE: First thing Turner did was pick a weapon to train us with. Knives were too short. Needed to kill them zombies before they got in arms reach. We wasn’t in the Castle yet. We was in a town. There was plenty of axes. Every house had a wood fire stove. We all collected the axes and started practicing our swings in the park.

BLYTHE looks back at SPIDER. She shows no recognition.

BLYTHE: Spider, baby, you’ve got to hang in there, yeah? Yeah? Yeah, we get to Sprague, and he’ll have found a cure. You’re going to be just fine.

Wind dies down. BLYTHE hears a rustling and a moan.

BLYTHE: What was that?

The shuffling is getting louder with more moans.

BLYTHE freezes, looks around.

A monster emerges from a backyard. Another is close behind it.

Two more monsters come from the other side of the house.

BLYTHE: They heard all our noise! Run!

BLYTHE runs, pulling SPIDER with him.

In the distance motorcycle engines roar.

Five monsters now pursue SPIDER and BLYTHE, but the growl of the approaching motorcycles attracts their attention.

BLYTHE stops on a knoll to see the monsters have given up chase, and a small pack has gathered to meet the approaching vehicles.

RANGO is at the lead with TIP behind him, and a third TRIANGLE at his side.

The riders are surprised by the monsters, but take advantage of the situation, plunging into the fray with axes, chains, and a saber, cutting down the monsters as they pass. The TRIANGLES criss-cross, laughing as they attack, avoiding clumsy attacks until all of the monsters lie dead.

BLYTHE drags SPIDER into cover beneath the bushes by a house.

The battle is over and the TRIANGLES dismount to congratulate each other. RANGO passes a brown liquor bottle to the others.

RANGO: Search these. I want to know if Blythe was one of them. Tip, you look for the girl.