RECURRING CAST:
1. Nate Kinsey (AintItFun)
2. Miles Scott (rawr121)
3. Sage Peizer ( Logie56)
4. Ashley Banks ( dvs194)
5. Jessica Banks (dvs194)
6. Ofelia Sanchez (IceIceBaby)
7. Libby Clark ( TomokoKuroki)
8. Bruce Johnson ( Garrett5)
9. Corey Beckett ( RyanAndrews)
GUEST STARS:
1. Zelma May ( Aydanmac01)
2. Chance Utann (Aydanmac01)
3. Barret Libonette ( epicwafflez23)
4. Richard Cline (imprincearthur)
5. Luca Ferrari ( TheStan)
6. Sofia Ferrari (TheStan)
7. Raymond Jung (TheStan)
8. Aisha Rodgers (AintItFun)
9. Maverick Reynolds (Logie56)
10. Vincent Reynolds (Logie56)
11. Naomi Walters (carlyjordan14)
12. Finn Stanton (UNASSIGNED)
13. Lena Dawson ( aria_grande)
14. Holli Biel ( aria_grande)
15. Darren Hamilton ( wwecmw)
16. Zoe McKinney (UNASSIGNED)
:::::SCENE 1:::::
*August 9, 2017*
With a thud, Richard falls onto the roof of the building next to the government building. Grimacing from the pain of the fall, he struggles to get up and starts limping towards the roof’s entrance. Hurrying as fast as he can, he goes down the stairs until he makes it to the second floor.
Richard rushes towards a room on the left with thoughts of death swirling his brain. Once inside the room he stops in his tracks, looking on is near horror. On the floor of the balcony, Meredith groans and slowly struggles to rise. He closes his eyes as tears begin to run down his face.
RICHARD: No. No. God, no.
MEREDITH: Ri…Rich…ard.
He quickly snaps out of his grief and realizes she isn’t one of the living dead. Rushing to her side, he drops to his knees and pulls her close to him.
RICHARD: I thought I lost you.
MEREDITH: I…don’t…die.
He lets out a chuckle and the two look into each other’s eyes. For a brief moment, the world fades away as they reignite the connection they at one time had. He gently moves the hair away from her face and cups her cheek.
RICHARD: You’re going to be ok.
She grabs his hand and removes it gently as she slowly sits up. Looking over at the government building, Meredith sees movement in the room across from them.
MEREDITH: We have to finish this.
RICHARD: You need to rest. You just fell off a roof for Christ’s sake.
MEREDITH: I’m fine. We…we can’t let them win.
RICHARD: They can win. As long as you’re alive and safe, I could care less.
MEREDITH: Stop. Richard, this community…it’s in danger.
RICHARD: We’re past that point don’t you think?
MEREDITH: We have to try. I have to try.
Meredith slowly stands and holds onto the wall nearby. Glaring at the government building, a fire inside her roars to life.
MEREDITH: This. Isn’t. Over.
——Cut To——
Inside the Revco government building, Darren sits in the office with his feet up on the desk and a grin on his face. Lena and Finn stand near the windows looking out at the sea of zombies below. Ofelia, out of breath, walks into the office.
DARREN: My, if it isn’t the Revco Rouge. I assume you handled the situation upstairs.
OFELIA: Where are your guys? That horde is going to destroy the town soon.
DARREN: Patience. I radioed them a few minutes ago. They’ll be here.
OFELIA: What exactly is the plan?
DARREN: Relax. It will be taken care of.
Ofelia raises her gun at Darren, causing Lena and Finn to quickly train their own guns on her. Darren chuckles and raises a hand, signaling for Lena and Finn to lower their weapons.
DARREN: My crew will be flying over with a helicopter and picking us up on the roof. They will then lead them out of the town with the noise. Once led away far enough, we high tail it back to the base, load up in a truck pre-equipped with supplies and head back here to handle things.
Ofelia lowers her gun but maintains eye contact with him.
OFELIA: You have it all figured out.
DARREN: Never doubt me.
OFELIA: And our deal…
DARREN: It still stands. We clear out Revco, you keep producing food for us and keep the leader title. Revco is yours. It’s a win-win.
THUD!
DARREN: What was that?
LENA: I’ll go check it out, sir.
Lena exits the office and heads downstairs to the lobby. Looking around she listens for movement. With her gun raised, she swiftly peeks around every corner with caution.
BRUCE: Who are you?
Lena turns around quickly and aims her gun at Bruce.
LENA: Get on your knees. Now!
——Cut To——
Next door, on the roof, Meredith and Richard look over the edge and see the zombies still snarling. Grabbing each other’s hand, they share one last look before standing back, running forward and jumping as far as possible.
The two barely land on the roof of the government building, with Richard rolling on top of Meredith.
RICHARD: You ok?
MEREDITH: You’re crushing me.
RICHARD: Oh. Sorry.
The two stand up and make their way towards the roof’s entrance. With the door locked, Richard manages to bust it open using his shoulder.
BOOM!
——Cut To——
DARREN: What the fuck was that? Did you not kill him?
OFELIA: I…
Finn raises his gun at her just as Lena shoves Bruce, on his knees, into the office.
LENA: Found this one downstairs covered in blood and guts.
DARREN: What the fuck?
Darren starts to laugh but quickly stops as Richard and Meredith walk into the room. Richard aims his gun at Darren.
DARREN: Welcome back, Dicky.
RICHARD: Meredith, take Ofelia’s gun.
Ofelia quickly turns around and aims it at Meredith.
OFELIA: You’re outnumbered.
DARREN: This is finally getting fucking interesting!
OFELIA: Let’s go.
Ofelia moves forward, forcing Meredith out of the office. Meredith and Richard exchange a nod as she disappears out of sight. Finn aims his gun at Richard while Lena maintains hers on Bruce.
DARREN: It seems we have come to the point of this epic turn of events where one or more must die. I must say the thought of all of us dying and turning together, at the same time…fuck! If that is not beauty and art at its finest, then I don’t know what in the holy hell is.
Darren grins as he slowly reaches down and picks up a gun, aiming it at Richard.
DARREN: Lower your weapon. I might even find a place for you in my crew. Deal?
RICHARD: The true art of the deal is knowing when negotiations are over.
Richard rushes behind Lena and points a gun at her head.
RICHARD: Drop it.
She looks at Darren, who nods. With a smirk, she starts to pull the trigger to shoot Bruce.
BAM!
Her eyes widen as blood seeps down from the gunshot wound on her forehead. Darren watches as she falls to the ground next to Bruce. Looking up at Richard, who is shocked, he laughs.
DARREN: Seems you lost your leverage.
——Cut To——
Ofelia shoves Meredith into another office and locks the door. Meredith glares at Ofelia who continues to have her gun aimed at her.
MEREDITH: Get it over with.
OFELIA: I’m not going to kill you. Unless provoked.
Ofelia lowers her gun and takes a seat in a chair that blocks the door. She grimaces as she reaches down to clutch her stomach. Meredith watches intently.
OFELIA: The baby.
MEREDITH: You’re pregnant?
OFELIA: I have been since before the outbreak.
MEREDITH: Richard’s?
OFELIA: Of course.
MEREDITH: You need to lie down.
OFELIA: Oh no, you’re not going to fool me.
Ofelia raises her gun but quickly lowers it in pain.
MEREDITH: The bunker. You had your family in there.
Ofelia looks up at Meredith searching for words.
MEREDITH: They’re dead. I had them put down.
OFELIA: You fucking bitch!
Ofelia jumps up to charge at Meredith but quickly falls to her knees in pain.
MEREDITH: What sick psycho would keep those things?
OFELIA: It was my grandmother. My brother. My…my…my daughter.
Ofelia begins to sob and uses one hand to pound on the floor with a closed fist.
OFELIA: My baby. She deserved to live!
MEREDITH: She was already gone.
OFELIA: You don’t know that! You don’t know anything about those things!
MEREDITH: I’m a scientist in case you forgot. She was dead. It wasn’t her in that body. Not anymore. What she was. What she became is a threat to all living beings.
Ofelia looks up at Meredith with anger in her eyes.
OFELIA: What mother kills their own child?
Meredith glares at Ofelia as the words hit her like a ton of bricks.
MEREDITH: My son had turned. I had no choice. He was going to kill me.
OFELIA: You should have let him. He deserved so much better than you for a mother.
Ofelia tries to grab her gun, but Meredith kicks it away from her reach. Meredith grabs Ofelia and forces her to stand.
MEREDITH: You’re a heartless, wicked woman. I can only hope that child growing inside of you doesn’t eat you alive…from the inside.
Ofelia’s eyes widen as fear sinks in at the thought of her child being dead inside her. Meredith grabs her by the shoulders and throws her towards the wall. Ofelia hits her head on a picture frame and falls to the ground unconscious.
Meredith watches her for a moment before picking up her gun and exiting the office.
:::::SCENE 2:::::
*37.5% voted for Miles and Sage to both go left.*
Inside the military base, Sage and Miles take a left at the crossroads and wander down a hall with several doors. At the first door, Miles opens it and finds it to be full of cots.
MILES (whispers): A lot of beds. Keep your eyes and ears open.
Sage nods and the two continue down the hall to the next door. They open the door and find it completely stocked with weapons of all types. Knives, guns, grenades and more. The two wander into the room and begin examining their findings.
SAGE (whispers): We hit the jackpot.
MILES (whispers): Yeah. Could use some of these to take care of the horde.
SAGE (whispers): At the very lea…
The two look towards the door as a female soldier stands there with her eyes set on them.
SOLDIER #1: Well? Did you find it, Zoe?
ZOE: Yup. I found them.
Zoe leans her head out of the room to talk down the hallway.
ZOE: I’ll get them and meet you guys at the helicopter.
SOLDIER #2: Don’t take forever. Darren’s waiting.
Zoe looks back towards Miles and Sage who both have their guns pointed at her. She quickly closes and locks the door.
ZOE: Guns down, Rambo One and Two. Don’t bother trying to explain why you’re here. We don’t have much time.
She moves to the other side of the room and opens up a large metal cabinet. The guys watch her suspiciously as she pulls out two sets of military fatigues. Zoe closes the cabinet and tosses the fatigues at the guys' feet.
ZOE: Come on! Put them on.
MILES: Why would we do that?
ZOE: In case you didn’t notice, numbnuts, this is a military base. Do you want to get shot on sight?
SAGE: Why? Why are you trying to help us?
ZOE: Help you? More like help me.
She rolls her eyes and gestures towards the fatigues on the ground.
ZOE: Do you not know how to dress yourselves? Hurry up!
Sage and Miles exchange a glance and begin putting on the fatigues as Zoe fills a bag with grenades. Miles watches her intently.
MILES: What’s going on?
ZOE: The short version is, outbreak happened. People died. People lived. The base was home. Leader Darren got contact from a nearby community. Deal made. Deal achieved.
Miles and Sage finish getting dressed as she gives them a once over.
ZOE: That will do. Now lay low. Don’t cause chaos. If asked, you’re new recruits.
Zoe heads towards the door and prepares to open it.
MILES: Wait. Hold up. Why are you doing this?
She lets out a sigh and turns to look at him.
ZOE: Look I don’t know why you’re here. I don’t care. I have been stuck here from the beginning of all this. I’ve…done things. Have had things done to me.
She takes a deep breath and stands up straighter.
ZOE: Things are lined up. I don’t know why, but this is my one shot of this hell hole and I’m taking it. So are you going to help save that community and get me out of here or not?
Miles and Sage exchange one last look before turning back to Zoe.
SAGE: Lead the way.
——Cut To——
Zoe, Miles, and Sage head towards the right side of the military base. Once they reach the door, the trio enters and come face to face with the two soldiers from earlier.
SOLIDER #1: Hey, who are…
ZOE: They’re with me. Let’s go.
SOLDIER #2: Hold up. I’ve never seen them around before.
ZOE: They’re my recruits. Is the helicopter ready?
SOLDIER #1: Yes, but…
ZOE: But what, soldier?
Zoe gets very close to the soldier’s face, just barely leaving space between their noses. The soldier looks terrified as Sage and Miles look on.
ZOE: Do not forget that even in the apocalypse, I still and will always outrank you.
SOLIDER #1: Yes, ma’am.
Zoe stands back and forces a quick, sarcastic smile at the two soldiers.
ZOE: I’ll be flying the helicopter alone today with my new recruits.
SOLIDER #2: I’m afraid I can’t allow that. With all due respect, you’re not a pilot.
ZOE: With all due respect, soldier, I am more than capable of flying any bird, plane or Superman that comes my way. Now get out of my sight.
The two soldiers look at each other uncertain of what to do but quickly make their way back inside the military base. Zoe snickers and walks towards the helicopter.
SAGE: Impressive.
MILES: Yeah, that was pretty cool.
ZOE: Enough of the flattery, boys. Get in.
Zoe enters the helicopter as Miles starts to follow, but is stopped by Sage.
SAGE: Are you sure about this? Following her?
MILES: My aunt is back there in that overrun town. Innocent people too.
SAGE: Yeah I know. But we could easily handle this ourselves.
MILES: I don’t doubt that. But she’s our best shot out of here at the moment.
Zoe pops her hear out looking irritated.
ZOE: Hey! Either you’re coming or not. Which is it?
SAGE: Ok. Let’s go.
Sage and Miles enter the helicopter. Soon after Zoe lifts the helicopter off the ground and they head towards Revco.
:::::SCENE 3:::::
*50% said to try and get through the air vent*
Under the Revco church, inside the bunker, Braxton lays Zelma’s body down on the far side of the room. Blood seeps from a wound made on her forehead to prevent her from turning. Behind him, Ashley and Naomi hold each other as tears stream down their face. Krista walks over and places her hand on Braxton’s shoulder comfortingly.
KRISTA: I’m sorry. I’m sorry for lashing out.
Braxton turns to her and pulls her close into a warm embrace.
BRAXTON: We will get out of this alive. I promise you that.
Taking a step back, Braxton looks up at the air vent questioningly.
BRAXTON: I have an idea.
——Cut To——
Braxton and Jeremy set up a ladder under the air vent with a gun and knife in each hand. Braxton turns towards the group standing near the bunker stairs.
BRAXTON: Jeremy and I are going to head up through the air vent. Once we make it up, we will work to clear as many of the dead as we can. Once we can reach the church doors and secure them, we’ll work to get the bunker doors open. No matter what, you stay right where you are. Don’t come near the air vent.
Krista walks up to Braxton as Jeremy goes to kiss Penny on her head.
KRISTA: I’m going up there with you.
BRAXTON: No you’re not.
KRISTA: I can handle myself and you need the help. This isn’t up for debate, Braxton.
Braxton starts to try and argue back but stops himself.
BRAXTON: Ok. But damn it be careful.
KRISTA: I will.
BRAXTON: Ready?
JEREMY: Let’s do this.
Braxton climbs the ladder and removes the air vent, revealing a hole just large enough for two bodies. As he’s about to climb up, a zombie drops to the floor of the church trying to reach him. Quickly, Braxton stabs the zombie in the head.
BRAXTON: Fuck.
KRISTA: You ok?
BRAXTON: Yes. Just need to be quick.
Braxton pops his head up into the church and looks around quickly. Inside, the room is overflowing with zombies. A couple quickly spots him and start to stalk towards him.
BRAXTON: Shit.
Using his gun, he fires at them bringing the attention of the zombies towards him. Quickly, he starts to climb down the ladder.
BRAXTON: Hand me the vent! Hurry! They’re coming!
Jeremy hands Braxton to the air vent, but as he goes to put it back up a zombie falls through the hole knocking Braxton off the ladder. Screams are heard throughout the bunker as more zombie begin to fall through the hole. Braxton, Jeremy, and Krista quickly try and kill the zombies.
BRAXTON: Damn it!
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Soon there are ten zombies inside the bunker. While Reina, Ashley, and Naomi stand as far back as they can, Jeremy and Braxton are shooting at the zombies while Krista uses her knife to stab them.
JEREMY: There’s too many of them!
As more zombies fall through the hole, Jeremy runs out of bullets. He pulls out his knife and tries to kill as many as he can but soon becomes surrounded. Taking one final look at Penny with fear in his eyes, he is knocked down and torn into by two zombies. Reina watches in horror while trying to shield Penny’s eyes.
PENNY: Daddy! Daddy!
A straggling zombie wanders towards the sounds of the screams.
REINA: Oh God.
Naomi watches in fear as the zombie stalks towards her and the orphan baby boy she holds in her arms.
NAOMI: I rebuke you in the name of Jesus! No weapon formed against me shall prosper!
As the zombie reaches out to grab her, Ashley uses a knife to stab it in the head. Naomi looks into Ashley’s eyes while trembling in fear. Tears stream down her cheeks as she struggles to speak.
ASHLEY: Are you ok?
NAOMI: I’m…oh, God!
Naomi looks behind Ashley and sees a zombie appear out of nowhere and bite into Ashley’s neck.
ASHLEY: Ahhhh!
Blood squirts out of Ashley’s neck as she is devoured by the flesh-eating beast. Reina quickly picks up Penny and rushes up the stairs leading out of the bunker with her baby in her other arm.
REINA: Naomi! Naomi! The baby!
Naomi continues to watch in horror as Ashley’s body is torn into.
REINA: Naomi, look out!
Naomi turns and watches as a zombie bites into her cheek. She cries out in pain, drops the infant on the ground and falls to her knees as another zombie joins in on the feast of two warm bodies. Reina sobs while holding the toddler and baby close to her.
——Cut To——
Above, inside the church, Chance and Todd slowly enter while covered in zombie guts and blood. As quickly and cautiously as possible, the two manage to secure the door shut leaving them alone in a church full of around 25 zombies. With their guns and knives at the ready, the two begin working fast to take down the zombies around them.
TODD: We need to get to the bunker.
CHANCE: Wait, do you see that?
Todd follows Chance’s gaze and sees a group of zombies is struggling to get through the hole that was once an air vent.
TODD: The bunker. Someone must have opened it and now their falling in.
CHANCE: We need to get down there now.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Todd and Chance begin firing their guns and pulling the zombie’s attention towards them.
——Cut To——
Down in the bunker, Krista looks up at the hole in the ceiling and notices the zombies have gotten stuck. Looking around the bunker, Braxton kills off the last four zombies that were eating Ashley and Naomi.
In the stillness of the bunker, Braxton looks around at the blood and bodies littering the floor. Tears start to form as he looks over to see Jeremy’s dead body with eyes staring right at him.
KRISTA: Braxton? Do you hear that?
Braxton listens and hears the sound of gunshots being fired up above.
BRAXTON: It’s too late. It’s too late.
——Cut To——
After finishing clearing the church of zombies, Chance and Todd manage to get the bunker doors open allowing Reina and the children to come up.
REINA: Thank you. I…just thank you for coming when you did.
TODD: It’s ok. Is there anyone else alive down there?
BRAXTON: Just us.
Braxton and Krista ascend the stairs leading up to the church. Chance’s face falls.
CHANCE: Zelma? Naomi?
REINA: I’m sorry. They…didn’t make it.
Chance begins to sob alone as the group stands in silence with dead zombies all over.
:::::SCENE 4:::::
Inside Luca’s restaurant, zombies begin to enter as Sofia continues to fire at the glass windows with a smile. Holli quickly jumps up and dives behind the bar where Aisha, Vincent, Maverick, and Jessica are.
HOLLI: This bitch is going to get us all killed!
AISHA: She’s lost her fucking mind.
VINCENT: What are we going to do?
Maverick looks around the side of the bar and sees the zombies stalking toward Sofia who continues to smile. He turns back around and sees the door to the kitchen.
MAVERICK: She’s drawing them to her, we can make it to the kitchen and block the door.
VINCENT: Let’s go.
The group move fast and quickly make their way to the kitchen. Sofia watches them with a chuckle. Next to her Raymond sweats profusely as he tries to keep the zombies at bay.
RAYMOND: There’s too many! What the fuck did you do!?
SOFIA: This is it! This is what needed to happen. This. Is. The. New. World.
She tosses her gun to the side and grins as three zombies push her to the wall and begin tearing into her neck. She smiles as they eat away at her flesh. Raymond watches in horror. From the kitchen door’s window, Vincent watches Sofia be eaten and Raymond become overpowered.
RAYMOND: Ahhh!!!
Vincent turns away in disgust as Maverick moves him away from the door.
MAVERICK: Come on, we need to block this door.
Maverick goes to move a shelf at the door, but two zombies push through and reach out to him. He shoves them back as hard as he can.
MAVERICK: The freezer! Get in the freezer!
Aisha rushes to the freezer door and opens it. Maverick carries Jessica inside as Aisha and Holli follow. Zombies begin to fill the kitchen as Vincent rushes to get into the freezer. As he goes to close the door a zombie latches its teeth into his forearm.
VINCENT: Fuck!!!
Holli shoots the zombie in the head and quickly slams the door closed. Vincent falls to the ground bleeding heavily and hyperventilating.
VINCENT: Oh God, oh God, oh God!
Maverick rushes to his twin brother’s side and wraps his arm in a towel.
VINCENT: I’m going to die. I’m going to die!
MAVERICK: Relax. Breathe. It’s going to…It’s…
Maverick breaks down into tears as Vincent clings to him sobbing. Holli and Aisha look on in fear and sadness while Jessica lays on the ground unconscious from the gunshot wound Sofia gave her. Outside the freezer, zombies claw and snarl at the door knowing their next meal is just on the other side.
:::::SCENE 5:::::
In Corey’s apartment, he and Emmalina passionately kiss as tears stream down her face. She clings to his body as he kisses down her neck. She lifts off his shirt revealing his chiseled body that she runs her fingers down. He rips open her blouse revealing her bra as he pushes her against the wall.
With one hand, Corey reaches down and slides his fingers down her pants. His touch against her bare skin sending shivers down her spine. As she moans, he passionately kisses her lips.
EMMALINA: Oh, God. Corey.
COREY: Yes?
EMMALINA: Don’t stop.
He looks into her eyes with an intense lust for her pleasure. He pulls down her pants and panties while she unbuckles his belt. Seconds after his pants fall around his ankles, Corey has her pinned again the wall. Her legs wrap around his waist as he thrusts harder and deeper inside her with each moan she lets escape her lips.
——Cut To——
As the two being to get dressed, Emmalina looks out the window and towards the building where Dillon is locked in a cell. She shakes as tears begin to stream down her cheeks. Corey comes up behind her and wraps his arms around her.
EMMALINA: I…I loved him so much. I…
She looks down and sees Corey’s arms wrapped around her and quickly moves them away.
EMMALINA: I can’t believe I just…my husband…he is dying and I just…oh, God!
She runs to the bathroom and vomits into the toilet. Corey looks on with a look of guilt. She comes back into the room and meets his eyes.
EMMALINA: I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done this. I…
COREY: Emmalina.
He lets out a sigh and pulls out the key to the cell from his pants. Her face falls as the realization that he had the key to save Dillon the entire time.
EMMALINA: No. No. No! No!
Just then Zale and Eden burst into the room with guns raised. Corey and Emmalina look at them shocked.
ZALE: Sorry, we heard the screaming and thought…
Corey and Emmalina take in the smell and sight of Zale and Eden with blood and guts smeared on them.
EDEN: It camouflaged us from them. That’s how we were able to get into Revco.
ZALE: Without it, we’d never have made it back.
EMMALINA: You mean you can move around among them?
EDEN: Yes. For the most part without bringing attention.
Emmalina flashes a determined glance at Corey.
EMMALINA: Give me the key. Now!
Corey hands the cell key to her which she snatches from his hand.
EMMALINA: Dillon, my husband, he’s locked in the holding cell. I thought the key was missing. Please, you have to save him. You have to get him out of there.
Zale and Eden look at each other before taking the key from Emmalina.
EDEN: We’ll get to him, but I can’t promise we can make it back here with him.
ZALE: It was tough enough trying to get here without causing too much chaos.
EMMALINA: The government building. It’s across the street from the cell. We can make it there.
EDEN: We?
EMMALINA: I’m not staying here another moment. Not when my husband could be saved.
EDEN: Ok.
ZALE: Wait, it’s dangerous out there. You’re the mayor.
EMMALINA: And as mayor, I’m going to see this through.
COREY: I’ll go with in case…
EMMALINA: No.
She gets close to his face while seething with anger.
EMMALINA: You will fend for yourself.
Emmalina follows Eden and Zale out of the apartment but stops to turn back to Corey.
EMMALINA: If you survive this, you’re out of here.
She turns and exits leaving Corey alone and full of guilt.
——Cut To——
Smeared with zombie blood and guts, Eden, Zale and Emmalina exit the apartment complex and begin making their way towards the building with the holding cell. As zombies pass by, Emmalina struggles to maintain a stoic face as fear rages through her body.
Sensing her fear, Eden reaches her hand back slowly for Emmalina to grab. The women exchange a glance and continue forward. After a few minutes, the trio makes it to the building. Once inside they notice a group of zombies struggling to get inside the locked holding cell.
Zale manages to shut the door to the building and locks it leaving them in the room with 20 or so zombies. Eden hands Emmalina a knife, which she takes reluctantly.
EDEN: Gunshots will just draw more of them. Aim for the head. You got this.
Emmalina hesitantly nods her head and watches as Zale and Eden step forward to kill the dead. She takes a deep breath and marches forward approaching her first zombie. Coming face to face with the snarling monster, she struggles to raise the knife. Quickly it catches on that she is truly among the living and starts towards her.
In fear, she drops the knife and staggers back towards the wall. The zombie reaches for her and she pushes it back as hard as she can.
EMMALINA: Oh, God! Stay away! Help!
Zale quickly runs over and kills the zombie, causing Emmalina to stare at the body motionless. He picks up the knife she dropped and hands it back to her.
ZALE: Here.
He turns back and continues to help Eden clear out the zombies. As she gets a clear view of the cell, Eden’s eyes widen. She looks at Zale who kills the final zombie. Shock consumes them and prevents the duo from stopping Emmalina before she runs forward to see inside the cell.
EMMALINA: Dillon! No…no!
Inside the cell, Dillon’s zombified body snarls at them while hanging from a makeshift noose made out of a sheet. Emmalina falls to her knees and sobs as Eden and Zale continue to stare at Dillon’s zombified body thrashing about, desperately trying to reach them.
:::::SCENE 6:::::
Up on the roof of the clinic, Libby and Danielle lay on their stomachs looking over the edge at the horde down below.
LIBBY: What are we going to do? We’re stuck.
DANIELLE: Honestly, I don’t know.
Danielle moves back and sits up leading Libby to do the same.
DANIELLE: All we can do is wait.
LIBBY: For what? Help? A rescue team? We could stave up here. Die of thirst.
DANIELLE: Maybe it will rain.
Danielle smirks and playful shoves Libby who struggles to keep from laughing.
DANIELLE: Come on, it’s going to be ok. Even if we do die up here…at least we’re not alone. We have each other.
She grabs Libby’s hand and kisses it.
LIBBY: Even facing imminent death you still try and charm me.
DANIELLE: Well if I’m going to die, might as well be smiling.
Libby moves forward and the two begin to passionately kiss.
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In the office of the government building, Darren aims his gun at Bruce while Finn aims his at Richard, who aims his at Darren.
DARREN: Seems we got us a standoff, Dicky.
RICHARD: Seems we do.
DARREN: Now, I am willing to let this whole thing go on account that you join my crew.
RICHARD: That’s rich. Come in here, a town now overrun by the dead and you still believe you’re in charge. That…that is brilliant. Honestly, you have masted the capability to bluff even yourself.
Darren grows irritated as Richard smirks at him.
DARREN: Seems you made your choice.
Darren prepares to shoot Bruce, but Meredith quickly enters the room and shoots Finn in the leg causing him to drop his gun.
FINN: Fuck!
Bruce reaches for Finn’s gun and aims it at him while Richard and Meredith aim theirs at Darren, whose face is washed over with anger and rage.
DARREN: You stupid bitch.
MEREDITH: Drop the gun.
Darren places the gun on the desk and raises his hands in surrender. He looks at Richard and smiles.
DARREN: Sadly for you, even if you do kill me, I have an entire army on its way here now.
RICHARD: It’s too bad they won’t have a leader to turn to.
BANG!
Darren’s eyes instantly become empty as blood runs down his forehead. Meredith looks on in shock and turns to Richard.
MEREDITH: You killed him.
RICHARD: I did.
He glances at her briefly and moves to exit the room.
RICHARD: Bruce, get him patched up. I don’t want him dead just yet.
He leaves the office and heads down the hall leaving Meredith and Bruce with a wincing Finn.
——Cut To——
Richard enters the office where Ofelia lays unconscious on the ground. He lifts her up and places her on a nearby couch. Meredith enters the room.
RICHARD: You sure did a number on her.
MEREDITH: You killed him. He was unarmed.
RICHARD: He was going to kill us.
MEREDITH: “Was” is the keyword.
He turns to her in anger as she crosses her arms.
RICHARD: I did what needed to be done.
MEREDITH: No, you did what you wanted. Nothing new for you though.
RICHARD: In this world, you do things to survive.
MEREDITH: Murder isn’t necessary.
RICHARD: You killed our boy!
MEREDITH: He was already dead! He turned and was going to kill me. That…thing wasn’t our son. It wasn’t him. It was this beast. This animal masquerading as his then cold and greenish body.
She starts to tear up and struggles to hold them back.
MEREDITH: It killed me. It killed me to do that, but I had no choice. He was never coming back.
RICHARD: You don’t know that!
MEREDITH: Is that why you kept Ofelia’s family in the bunker?
RICHARD: We did it because we had hope. Hope that this could be cured. Hope that the dead would rise again and be among the living as the living.
Richard scoffs and looks back down at Ofelia.
MEREDITH: She’s pregnant. She was pregnant before the outbreak.
RICHARD: I know. But it’s not mine.
MEREDITH: I know.
Richard turns to look at Meredith.
RICHARD: When I had that vasectomy years ago it was because we didn’t want more kids.
MEREDITH: You didn’t want me to go through surgery, so you chose to.
RICHARD: I think deep down I always wanted more.
MEREDITH: So did I. But, I couldn’t because it was too risky. After nearly dying while giving birth to our son…we decided together that it was best to not have another.
She wipes away tears as he watches her; his anger softening.
RICHARD: I’m glad I did it. Had the vasectomy. I can’t imagine bringing another child into this hell of a world.
He turns back to Ofelia, who remains unconscious.
MEREDITH: Are you going to tell her? Tell her the truth?
RICHARD: In time.
Just then, the two begin to hear the sound of a helicopter nearing. They look out the window and see one heading in their direction.
RICHARD: Must be his army.
MEREDITH: Just when today was already great.
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In the helicopter approaching Revco, Zoe is in the pilot seat while Sage and Miles sit in the back. Alerts and alarms begin to sound from the control panel in front of her.
SAGE: What’s going on!
ZOE: The helicopter is running out of gas fast! I’m going to try and land it!
MILES: Where!? There’s no place to land!
ZOE: On that building!
She points towards the government building and starts to head in its direction. Just then the helicopter begins to severely jolt.
ZOE: Oh, God!
SAGE: What’s happening!?
She turns back to look at them with fear in her eyes.
ZOE: We’re going down!
Before any reactions can be made, the helicopter beings to spiral downwards.
MILES: Everyone, hang on!
SAGE: Fuck!
ZOE: Oh, God!
The helicopter slams into the horde in the center of town and slide on its side briefly before coming to a stop. Dead zombies litter the ground while those remaining begin making their way towards the helicopter.
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