Eradication (4) GUNMAN 1 (appearing at the doorway) No! Leave her. We must find the specimen. The two figures moved again, and again at the same time. They disappear into the forest. The gunman looks over at Michelle with a sneer ON HIS face. ZOOM ON: Mark, lying on the ground. He is covered in blood. His eyes are NOT moving. Chapter 25 EXT. OF HOUSE-FOREST Katie and Tommy have stopped running. They are next to a tree, and Tommy is sitting down, with his BACK to it. KATIE God Tommy, you�re bleeding bad. She is almost hysterical. She has never been in anything like this before. Her clothes are streaked with blood and her hair isn�t all that good. KATIE I don�t know what to do! Why is this happening? TOMMY It�s gonna be okay. We�ll get out of this. Suddenly a faint shout is heard KATIE What was that? TOMMY It sounded like Michelle. KATIE (yelling) Michelle! Michelle, where are you? TOMMY Shhhhhh. Katie, be quiet. They can�t know where we are. KATIE Yeah, you�re right. Tommy, I�m scared. TOMMY So am I. But we�ll be all right. KATIE I wonder where Sarah is. Katie looks down, as she already knows the answer to that. She is dead. PAN ACROSS Katie and Tommy leave view and another tree, no more than twenty feet away, comes into view. ZOOM What is it? Soon we can see that it is-- SARAH! She is tied up still, but she is topless and has the same cuts as all the others. (Across, and up) Her face is CUT and it hangs limp and her eyes are open. The look on her face is one of anguish, betrayal, and terror. EXT. OF HOUSE-FOREST-KATIE/TOMMY Tommy is starting to feel the effects of the cut. He has lost a lot of blood. His speech is a little slurred. He needs medical attention. TOMMY Katie, we need to get out of here. KATIE What about Mark and Michelle? Tommy looks at her with a solemn look, and Katie knows that they aren�t alive. Then-- Tommy is drug along the ground, as if someone is pulling on his legs. Soon he is OUT of view!! Katie is left ALONE. She stands up with her back on the tree. Out of the darkness comes the cloaked figure; the �Yima� with the machete. It stops about TEN feet from Katie. Its face is hidden beneath the dark, mysterious cloak. Katie looks at the figure with FEAR in her eyes. YIMA 1 Hello Katie. Its voice is a little distorted, but is definitely human. Katie stares AT the man. The voice is FAMILIAR. KATIE What do you want with me? YIMA 1 I don�t want anything from you. My bosses do. And I cannot argue with my bosses. Katie is staring very hard now. She just can�t quite place the voice.... YIMA 1 You�ve grown a lot since I saw you last. KATIE What are you talking about?! YIMA 1 (with clarity and slowness) I loved you Katie. Katie puts her hand up over her mouth and gasps! FLASH! We are in a living room. Jack, Katie�s DAD, is sitting next to a young Katie. JACK I love you Katie. FLASH! Katie is breathing hard and trying to compose herself. Could it be? YIMA 1 Yes, Katie. Remember. KATIE No, it�s not possible. YIMA 1 And yet you know it is. The Yima takes a step towards Katie and lets the machete FALL to the ground. KATIE I-I don�t believe it. No. YIMA 1 Yes Katie. It is true. I am Jack Thompson. KATIE No. No. The figure reaches its hands up and slowly pulls back its HOOD. Revealed is a face that is familiar. The man in Katie�s dream-the sinister face? This is it. JACK THOMPSON�S face. But his eyes. His eyes are black. No pupil, no iris. Just BLACK. YIMA 1/JACK That�s right Katie. Now come with me and you will make this a lot easier on yourself. KATIE (In shock) How can it be? YIMA 1/JACK It just can. Now come over here. KATIE Never! She turns and RUNS. She runs as fast as she can, until there is no chance her father could have followed her. She stops, breathing hard. She puts her hand on her face, and lets out a sob. She leans against the tree and pulls her KNEES up to her chest. She closes her eyes and starts ROCKING. KATIE Oh God. He came back. Oh my God, my father has come back. PAN BACK About twenty feet back. ZOOM IN KATIE (murmuring under her breath) He came back, he came back, he came back.... EXT. OF HOUSE-FOREST-YIMA 1/JACK His hood is back on and he is walking along SEARCHING. YIMA�S POV We come up behind a tree where a GIRL IS sitting.... TO KATIE The Yima/Jack brings his hand down on Katie�s shoulder. Katie looks up and gasps. The hooded figure stares down at her. YIMA 1/JACK I warned you. Chapter 26 INT. OF HOUSE-LIVING ROOM All the people are there-The four gunmen, Louis, and the second Yima. On the couch are the survivors-Tommy and Michelle. The door opens and the YIMA 1/JACK comes in holding Katie by the neck. He is carrying the machete again. He pushes Katie towards the couch and stands next to the other Yima, putting away the machete. Their cloaked HEADS stay perfectly still. Katie�s hands are TIED behind her back and she is sat down in the chair next to the others. Tommy is looking a little weak. Louis gets up and WALKS OUT. Probably to take a leak. GUNMAN 1 Remarkable, aren�t they? Seven years of testing and researching to get the result. MICHELLE Please let us go! GUNMAN 1 I think not. First you will see exactly what is going on. By the look on your face, Katie, I take it you already know part of it. But believe me, you don�t know it all. He motions and the two Yimas come and stand in front of the couch. GUNMAN 1 We named them after the ancient Iranian philosophy of the Yima, or the progenitor of the human race. After all, that�s what they are. The dawn of something new and remarkable. Something the world has never seen before. KATIE Which is what, exactly? GUNMAN 1 Ohhh, it�s incredible. He nods to the two cloaked figures. They both reach up at the same time and pull off their hoods. Two normal human faces are there, except for the eyes. The eyes are still the MYSTYFYING black. GUNMAN 1 Look at them. Do you know who these people are, Katie? KATIE That is my dad and Sean. (to Tommy and Michelle) My dad�s old business partner. GUNMAN 1 Very good. Although, you�re not quite right. These two people aren�t Jack and Sean anymore. They stopped being those people a long time ago. You see, Katie, I work for a government run program called Rofana. Rofana found a substance out in the Nevada desert. It was never discovered what it was. --FLASH! We are in the desert, and we see the first gunman and a couple of other people standing around looking at SOMETHING. MYSTERIOUS MAN 1 What the hell is it? MYSTERIOUS MAN 2 I don�t know. ZOOM ON THE THING It is a green substance in a jar. The same as in the house that Katie saw!! It is moving SLIGHTLY. MYSTERIOUS MAN 2 Where�s the doctor? MYSTERIOUS MAN 1 He�s on his way. MYSTERIOUS MAN 2 It�s moving. The fucking stuff is moving. Is that even possible? They both look at the substance, MYSTIFIED. FLASH TO PRESENT ENTER POV-ZOOM ON Katie�s hands behind her back. She is trying to WIGGLE them free. EXIT POV GUNMAN 1 We found that the substance had special properties, but those are classified. It was never discovered whether it was human or something else. All we knew was that we needed subjects to test the substance on. We had a hunch that it would be remarkable. We found your father and Sean here in their lab. They worked with DNA, so they were the perfect candidates. We took them right away. ENTER POV She is still working. GUNMAN 1 Once they were injected with the substance, immediately we noticed some changes. EXIT POV GUNMAN 1 The two were becoming stronger. They also started to be less resistant to our methods and what we were trying to accomplish. It was decided that Jack should be injected with more of the substance. It was remarkable. Not only was his strength and accuracy growing, but he was developing mind powers. ENTER POV The ropes are starting to loosen. GUNMAN 1 He could move things with his mind. We were astounded. He could also take over some people�s minds. You�ve found that out yourself, Katie. (So that�s what was with Jessica. It was Jack! And with the figure in the bathroom. It was mind manipulation--mind games!!) EXIT POV GUNMAN 1 They are a new race of humans. But now, we want more. We need more subjects, but it can�t be just anyone. Jack�s blood seemed to blend extremely well with the substance. We need someone of the same bloodline to continue our experiments. ENTER POV She is almost there. A couple more seconds.... EXIT POV GUNMAN 1 That is you, Katie. You are our experiment and the next in line to join a program about to revolutionize the world. But, unfortunately, your friends must be eradicated from existence so as not to expose what happened here. Katie I won�t let you hurt them. GUNMAN 1 Well I�m afraid you have no choice. Besides, once we inject you with the serum containing the substance, you won�t care anyway. Just one shot, that�s all it takes to become more powerful than everyone you know. ENTER POV--She has it. Her hands are free. EXIT POV GUNMAN 1 Think about it. You would be greater than anyone ever dreamed of. You would be the next thing in evolution. And with your help we could create a new race, one far beyond anything we could have ever imagined. Katie I don�t want to be something great. I just want out of here. GUNMAN 1 Well I�m afraid that isn�t going to happen. You�re coming with us. You can either come peacefully, or we will be forced to take you by force. ZOOM ON Katie�s eyes. They dart to the left. KATIE�S POV One of the gunmen has left a pistol lying on the chair. If only she could get to it-- KATIE (with fake confidence) By force, huh? GUNMAN 2 Yeah. That means we get to drag your pretty little ass out of here and then teach you a lesson. Would you like that? The rest laugh. Katie squirms nervously. KATIE You wanna touch my pretty little ass, do you? The gunman snickers and looks at his colleagues. KATIE I know you want to. How about I come over there, and I�ll let you touch whatever you want. GUNMAN 1 You will do no such thing. GUNMAN 2 Don�t be hasty. (To Katie) Why don�t you come on over here? TOMMY Katie, don�t. Katie ignores him and gets up, making sure to keep her UNTIED HANDS facing away from the gunmen. She walks slowly over to the man and gives him a SEXY smile. GUNMAN 2 Why don�t you just turn around, little baby. Katie looks at the gun. Just a couple feet away. KATIE Sure. She turns around, and the gunman sees her free hands. GUNMAN 2 Shit! Chapter 27 Katie flips over to her right, grabbing the GUN and pointing it at the gunmen. Without thinking, she starts pulling the trigger. The gunmen are blown away one by one. The men are startled, so they don�t react QUICKLY. Finally she turns to the unarmed man standing next to the Yimas. She is about to shoot, but changes her aim and fires at the second Yima/Sean. He doesn�t flinch. She shoots again. Nothing. The gunman looks on with a smile. Then Katie changes AIM again and shoots him in the head. He takes a step back. Katie FIRES AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN until there are no bullets left and all that�s left are clicks. The Yima/Sean, pelted full of holes, doesn�t show any emotion at all. He just stares ahead. The gunman, however, nods to him and Sean lurches forward and quickly grabs Katie�s arms and PINS them behind her. GUNMAN 1 Very good Katie. You have just proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that you are the one we need. But you did it entirely the wrong way. Oh well, we still have you. Besides, he can�t be killed like that. You should have known that. Were you not listening to me? He points to the Yima holding Katie. GUNMAN 1 These are the future. If they could be killed with mere bullets, how much help would they be to us? Stupid girl. PAN BACK The room is full of the dead gunmen and the one Yima. EXT. OF HOUSE Mark�s body lies on the ground. The wind starts PICKING UP. Leaves bluster around and the BRANCHES start to quake. INT. OF HOUSE-LIVING ROOM GUNMAN 1 Now we have a mess. He goes up to Katie and BACKHANDS her. GUNMAN 1 That�s what you get, you little bitch. He slaps her AGAIN. ZOOM ON: Tommy. He has his hands undone and is looking menacingly at the gunman. He slowly, while they are occupied, turns over to Michelle and undoes her bonds as well. The gunman goes to slap Katie again, when Tommy and Michelle LUNGE and Tommy TACKLES the gunman. He hits him again and again. His anger is COMING THROUGH. Michelle rams the Yima, but he lets go of Katie and hits her as hard as he can. She flies BACK over the COUCH. He advances on Tommy. LOUIS (O.S.) Stop now! The Yima stops and Tommy and Katie look over. LOUIS is standing in the doorway to the other room. Chapter 28 LOUIS Katie, Katie, Katie. Why did you do this? You could have saved yourself so much grief. You were the perfect specimen. I asked you all the questions, and you answered correctly. You knew what you would do with your future. You were strong willed. But no. No, you had to go and do this. Tommy SLUMPS down to the ground, UNCONSIOUS. His wound is taking its toll on him. Katie looks down at him, worried. LOUIS (Slowly walking towards Katie) You think you can save him, too? Think you can just wave a wand, and make this all better? Katie, you are ours. There�s nothing you can do about it. It�s over. Give up. KATIE So you never cared about any of us? You just acted your way through it all. LOUIS No, I did care about Sarah. But she was second compared to my duties to Rofana. I pledged my loyalties to them long before I met her. But enough about me. Its time you come with me. KATIE Louis, I trusted you. (She starts inching towards the door) I thought you were my friend. LOUIS (Agitated) Katie, just come here. You know there�s nothing you can do. KATIE Watch me. She BOLTS to the left, straight for the door. She flings it open and runs outside. The wind is strong now; the branches are bending and the leaves are FLAPPING profusely. Katie runs down the porch but STOPS when she sees Mark�s body. She lets out a cry and puts her hand over her mouth. Chapter 29 LOUIS (At the doorway) Yes Katie. There is no way out. Katie turns around suddenly and RUNS AT Louis. He is ready for her, and kicks her back on the ground. LOUIS You can�t win. Katie walks slowly back, her right hand CONCEALING a rock behind her back. Louis walks toward her, a look of triumph on his face. LOUIS Come on, Katie. Give it up. KATIE Why, Louis? Why would you do this? She is stalling for TIME. LOUIS We�ve already went over this. Now come here. KATIE Okay. But you can�t kill me. You need me. Katie runs at him with the ROCK in her hand. She reaches him, and hits him in the head with the rock. He is taken aback, and Katie takes that opportunity to throw him to the ground and hit him again. Then he catches her hand and THROWS her over to the side. He follows her, straddling her as she LANDS on her back. LOUIS Resourceful girl. I like that. And you�re wrong. I don�t really care whether you live or die. I really don�t care anymore. You will be eliminated, Rofana be damned. Katie tries to punch him, but he pins her hands above her head. LOUIS You know Katie; I always had a thing for you. He leans down and TRIES to KISS her. She resists. He straightens up. The wind INCREASES. The decibels are loud, making it turbulent and hard to hear. LOUIS (Yelling) You can�t fight me, Katie! He leans over again. Katie cries out. KATIE Leave me alone! Louis ignores her. Katie brings her legs up and KICKS Louis, consequently causing him to lunge forward and release his grip on Katie�s arm. She pushes him OFF of her, straddles him, and punches him again and again, crying. Louis is getting weak. Katie picks up a rock and looks down at him, tear STAINED face showing nothing but hate. KATIE I said leave me alone, YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE!!! LOUIS (Yelling to someone) ERADICATE HER!!!!!!!! She brings the rock down, hard, on Louis�s HEAD. He goes limp. Katie straightens up. Chapter 30 Katie is abruptly flung off of Louis by an unknown force. She is drug along the ground. When she stops, she looks up at the doorway. YIMA 1/JACK is standing in the doorway. She inhales. She knows this is bad. Very bad. YIMA 1/JACK raises his hand, and Katie is flung BACK. The Yima 1/Jack jumps off the PORCH, flies through the air, and lands a couple feet from Katie. KATIE Are you going to take over my mind? YIMA 1/JACK That only works on weak minds. He raises his hand and Katie is drug to her feet. Yima 1/Jack advances on her. He grabs her NECK and holds her up against a tree. PAN DOWN Katie�s feet are completely OFF the ground! INT. OF HOUSE-LIVING ROOM Amidst the bodies and blood, Tommy STIRS. He is regaining consciousness.... EXT. OF HOUSE-FRONT YARD KATIE (struggling to speak) P-please stop. Y-you�re m-my f-father. The Yima 1/Jack tosses her to the side. The wind is still going, BLOWING Katie�s hair. It blows out people�s voices, so they are really yelling now. YIMA 1/JACK I am not your father! That man died a long time ago. I am so much more now. And you must die. My master has commanded me. KATIE FORGET ABOUT YOUR MASTER! LISTEN TO ME!!! YIMA 1/JACK YOU ARE NOT MY MASTER! Suddenly he STOPS. Dead in his tracks, he just stands there, looking straight ahead with his BLACK eyes. Katie is stumped. Then she realizes this is a chance to escape. She jumps up and runs away from the figure, still standing there, MOTIONLESS. Katie runs down the path away from the house. The Yima is still standing. Then, from out of the shadows comes a figure dressed completely in BLACK. He is a young man (Zack Baker) with a THICK GOATEE. He is gloved in black and has on a black cap with the ROFANA SYMBOL on it. He walks up to Jack and pats him on the shoulder. ZACK BAKER Very good. You are exceeding my expectations. YIMA /JACK What of Rofana? ZACK Rofana has taken this operation too far. They were only supposed to capture Katie. Instead they have created a massacre. YIMA 1/JACK And what of the specimen? ZACK Let her go. She has nowhere to go. YIMA 1/JACK What shall I do? ZACK Pretend that she got away. Do what they say. Do not let them suspect that I am here. They fired me once I completed work on you and your brother. They said I was no longer needed. But I won�t let my hard work go to waste. I will be here, but I won�t be seen. Now go. YIMA 1/JACK Yes. He walks off and Zack walks back, FADING into the BLACKNESS of the woods. EXT. OF HOUSE-PAHTWAY Katie has slowed to a walk and is panting. She stops and looks around fearfully. All is silent around her, but she knows she isn�t HOME FREE. The trees are swaying down a lot from the GUSTING winds. Katie is at a loss on what to do. Her friends are still back in the HOUSE, and she can�t leave them. All of a sudden she hears a noise in the distance. It is faint and unclear, but getting LOUDER with each passing second. It sounds like a pickup TRUCK. Katie looks around, searching for a place to HIDE. She does the only thing that she can-run and hide in the forest that BORDERS the driveway. She ducks behind a TREE and peeks out as the noise, most definitely some kind of a truck, gets louder and louder. Then it goes down in decibels and then stops, as if someone has TURNED OFF the engine. All is silent. Katie is left breathing hard in the trees. Then she walks forward a little ways until she can see the source of the noise that is in VIEW. KATIE�S POV A truck, a big semi with full fledged boxcars is PARKED in the ENTRANCE of the driveway. There are no markings on it, and nothing is MOVING, but something doesn�t feel right about it to Katie. There are voices of men that filter into our hearing. UNKNOWN MAN 1 I�m here. What do you want me to do? UNKNOWN MAN 2 Just leave the truck here. Don�t release any of them until the boss has cleared it. I�ll go up and talk to him. He should be at the house. UNKNOWN MAN 1 Things must have gotten pretty bad if they had to call us. I mean, they were so sure that it would be easy. They have those big ass motherfuckers with them after all. The voices stop, and Katie strains to hear. Then she gasps and ducks BACK into the safety of the trees, for the man is walking up the path TOWARDS Katie. He walks past Katie and we see his attire. The standard Rofana symbols decorate his clothing. He doesn�t notice Katie as he briskly walks by. Katie waits until he has gone by and then, keeping low to the ground, makes her way forward towards the truck. The leaves twitter as she BURSHES past them on her way. INT. OF HOUSE-LIVING ROOM Among the utter DEVASTATION that has befallen this room, there is still life. GUNMAN 1 is twitching. Then he opens his eyes. He is groggy and bloody, but he manages to SIT UP and look around. Katie�s outburst killed all of his men and almost killed him. Then he sees YIMA 2/SEAN standing over in the corner with his back towards him. GUNMAN 1 You. The Yima turns. YIMA 2/SEAN Master. You are still alive. GUNMAN 1 Quite alive. Where is your brother? YIMA 2/SEAN He is outside taking care of the subject. GUNMAN 1 Good. Come. We must continue our mission. The subject cannot escape. We need her. The Yima helps Gunman 1 up to his feet, and the two of them look around. GUNMAN 1 Look what that little bitch did. I just lost most of my team. I can�t believe it. He shakes his head, and, grabbing a weapon from the ground, heads out the door past CHAD�S BATTERED BODY in the kitchen. PAN ACROSS Tommy is lying among the bodies with his eyes OPEN. He has heard what transpired and that they are still planning to attack Katie. Now that he is alone, he sits up painfully. He is losing blood from his CUT and he is still in shock over what HAPPENED to them all. He manages to GET UP and looks around. TOMMY Michelle? Michelle can you hear me? A faint GROAN is heard from across the room. TOMMY Michelle? Where are you? EXT. OF HOUSE-SEMI TRUCK Nothing is moving. It appears that the driver has LEFT the vehicle and the second man has disappeared. We see Katie come from the side of the truck, crawling to avoid detection. She gets to the back of the truck and tries to pry a door open. It won�t BUDGE. Not giving up, she tries again, this time pulling as hard as she CAN. Suddenly the door clangs open with a loud CRASH!!!!!! and Katie is thrown back. She DUCKS TO THE GROUND, hoping the noise didn�t attract anybody. She sees no one is coming so she stands up and looks in the truck. KATIE�S POV In the black shadows and emptiness of the truck there are dog kennels. Lots of dog kennels. At least FIFTEEN. In the front of the car, which is mostly hidden in blackness, contains what looks like weapons. There are racks on the sides that contain instruments of some KIND. The dogs in the kennels see Katie and start GROWLING. She gasps and backs up, finally sprinting away, LEAVING the door to the truck OPEN. Chapter 31 EXT OF HOUSE-FRONT YARD Gunman 1, along with the two Yimas and an unknown man, are talking in the center of the yard. The wind makes it hard to HEAR. GUNMAN 1 You got here right on time. Good. DOGKEEPER What do you want to do? GUNMAN 1 Did you bring the dogs? DOGKEEPER Would I be here if I hadn�t? GUNMAN 1 Okay. Okay then, here�s what we�ll do. Release a few of the dogs, not many. They�ll search her down and then we�ll inject her with the substance and leave. We�ve spent too much time here already. It�s almost light out. We have to be gone by then. DOGKEEPER It�s done. He walks down the path and disappears from view. The gunman walks over to LOUIS�S body, broken by Katie. GUNMAN 1 Jack?
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