Infected – Episode Four:

Dead End

By

Sean Elwood

© 2006

seanel12@yahoo.com

INT. NEIGHBORHOOD – DAY

It’s still raining hard, and Max and Valerie’s hair are tangled and matted. Valerie’s mascara has run from her eyes and cascades down her cheeks, giving her a gothic look. Max’s hair gets in front of his eyes, and his five o’ clock shadow begins to fade in.

The rain begins running down the street and gurgles into the rain gutters. The houses, once beautiful with a thriving residence, have now been damaged, almost every window broken and a few doors that have been torn from their hinges.

A crack of thunder rolls through the neighborhood, bouncing off the walls of the run down houses and creating a never-ending effect of thunder.

Max stops, but Valerie continues to move. She turns around and stops walking, and sees Max staring off into the neighborhood. Lighting rips through the sky.

VALERIE
What are you doing! We have to get to my house!

MAX
I’m trying to figure out why there aren’t any of those things around here.

VALERIE
They’ve probably all left! Come on!

Max still doesn’t move. Valerie drops her hands to her sides and walks over to Max. She grabs his arm and begins dragging him down the street.

MAX
Valerie we have to be careful around here. Those things could still be in some of these houses.

VALERIE
My husband hunts. We can get guns at my house and then we can get out of here.

MAX
I’m just saying that maybe this isn’t the safest idea.

VALERIE
What’s not safe about it?

MAX
Look we should just stay in one of these houses until the rain at least stops.

VALERIE
We can’t stop! My house is just down there! We may not have time for the rain to stop!

Max stops Valerie and spins her around.

MAX
Valerie! Please! Listen to me for once!

Valerie is speechless.

MAX
I know more about those things than you do. I’ve been through this more than you have. Just listen to me. We need to take shelter. Even though we can’t see those things, they can probably see us. We need to stay in one of these houses until the rain stops, until it is nighttime.

VALERIE
But——

MAX
If we stay in this rain, we could get sick, and trust me, you do not want to get sick during this.

Valerie stares at Max.

MAX
Please, Valerie...

He lets Valerie loose. She backs away, staring down at her feet. She looks at the house behind her. Only a few windows are broken and the doors are still attached. Some of the bottom windows are boarded up.

VALERIE
(Upset)
That house looks the safest out of these. We’ll stay in this one until nighttime.

She walks down the pathway towards the front door, arms folded across her chest. Max stands there, watching her walk up to the door. She pushes it open, turns around, and sees Max still standing in the street.

VALERIE
(Upset)
Well are you coming or what?

Max begins walking down the pathway towards the house.

INT. HOUSE ENTRYWAY – DAY

Valerie opens the door all the way, stepping inside. Max follows in, shutting the door. The sound of buzzing flies comes from the kitchen and a few things have been knocked on the floor.

MAX
We should check the place out, just to make sure it’s safe.

VALERIE
I’ll check the downstairs.

Max walks over to the stairs and looks up, afraid of might what be up there. He takes a step, the step creaking beneath his feet.

INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY

Valerie walks in and observes the room. She picks up a piano bench and sets it in front of the piano, picking up the song sheets that were on the floor also.

She walks over to one of the windows and opens the blinds, looking through as she does so. She walks over to the window and opens the blinds.

Right there, in the garden next to the window, is a dead zombie, a shovel going through its head. Maggots and worms are sliding through its empty eye sockets and wriggling through its mouth and nose. Most of its body has decayed away due to the maggots, worms, and rain.

Valerie gasps and covers her mouth, trying not to scream. She trips back, but catches herself.

INT. UPSTAIRS HALLWAY – DAY

Max opens up the doors to all the rooms he sees, looking in each one before checking the next. The door he opens leads to a large, master bedroom. He walks in.

INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY

Valerie walks back over to the window, trying to ignore the corpse. She closes the blinds and walks away, picking up a few magazines that fell on the floor. She sets them on the glass coffee table.

INT. KITCHEN – DAY

Flies swarm the sink full of dirty dishes with scraps of food and other sticky substances. Large trash bags with trash flowing out of them sit next to the trash compactor, and mold has already begun growing on the counter tops.

Dry blood stains the white cabinets where tiny, black flies try feeding on it. Valerie walks in and all the flies begin swarming around, as if expecting her arrival. She coughs at the unbearable smell and keeps her mouth covered.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM – DAY

The bed sheets are almost pulled off the bed, brown stains scattered on the yellow sheets. Max walks over to a closet and opens it up, searching through the hanging clothes. He sees a small box and opens it up.

He pulls out a picture, a colored photo.

INSERT ON PHOTO

It’s a family consisting of four: a dad, bald with a scruffy handlebar mustache and sort of overweight. A mom, her hair cut short, wearing large, black sunglasses and a large garden hat sits on top of her head.

In front of the two parents are two smaller kids: a boy, about seven, holding an inner tube and a bucket for building sand castles. And a girl, with long, shiny brown hair, an open smile with a few missing teeth, and looks about six.

The family is in their swimming suits, and behind them is a large, vast ocean, the waves about to crash on the shore, and a small sailboat is sailing across the sea.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM – DAY

Max continues to stare at the pictures, but then sets it down lightly, searching through the rest of the box. All he finds is more photos of the same family, but beneath them, a magnum, along with several bullets.

EXT. HOUSE – DAY

Valerie throws each trash bag out of the house and onto the front lawn, trash spilling out and rolling down the lawn into the rain gutters.

INT. MASTER BEDROOM – DAY

Max sticks the magnum in his pocket and puts the bullets in his other pocket. Also inside the box are two walkie-talkies. He picks them up and turns them both on.

MAX
(Into walkie-talkie)
Hello?

He hears his voice echo into the other walkie-talkie and clips them onto his belt.

INT. SHELTER HALLWAY – DAY

Two boys, both 15, walk down the hallway towards the water fountain with an empty water bottle in their hands.

BOY #1
And I saw one of those things attacking this lady...man it was some brutal shit.

BOY #2
That’s nasty, man. You make it sound like you enjoyed it.

BOY #1
Enjoyed it? Why the hell would you think that?

BOY #2
I’m not saying you did enjoy it, I’m just saying that is sounded like you did.

BOY #1
Whatever. Just hurry up and get that filled up. This place gives me the creeps.

BOY #2
Baby...

Boy #1 pushes Boy #2 as he is filling up water. Boy #2’s water bottle flies from his hand and water splashes on Boy #1’s arm, right on a large cut, not healed up all the way yet.

Boy #1 grabs his arm and gasps in pain, trying to hold in a few yelps.

Carl opens the door to the hallway and looks at the two boys.

CARL
Hey, what are you two doing?

BOY #2
We’re just getting some water.

Boy #2 drinks some water from the fountain and Boy #1 still gasps in pain.

CARL
(To Boy #2)
Hey...is he okay?

BOY #1
I’m fine. He just splashed some water into my cut.

Suddenly, Boy #1’s body jolts, his body straight from head to toe. He chokes a little, and his body makes a sharp jolt again.

Carl looks at Boy #1 in concern and Boy #2 walks over to him.

BOY #2
Hey, man, don’t act like an idiot.

Boy #1 bends over and throws up. But it’s no ordinary throw up. It’s BLOOD, and it sprays all over Boy #2. He falls back and Boy #1 falls on the floor, going into sharp and violent convulsions.

Carl runs over to Boy #1 and tries to keep him still. More blood begins flowing from his mouth and cascading down his cheeks.

As Carl tries to calm Boy #1 down, Boy #2 begins going to even more violent convulsions, blood coming from his mouth and nose.

CARL
What the hell!
(Screaming at the doors)
Hey! Hey somebody help me here...!

More blood sprays from Boy #1’s mouth and onto Carl’s face and chest.

EXT. SHELTER – DAY

The zombie woman begins inching near Darren and Hannah, Hannah scared stiff. Darren picks up a plank of wood and runs over to the zombie woman.

He smacks her against the face with it, knocking her to the ground.

DARREN
Hannah! Get inside!

She’s unable to. She’s too scared, and is only able to back up a few steps.

Darren hits the woman on the back of the head as she is getting up.

INT. SHELTER HALLWAY – DAY

Both the boys stop convulsing and become still. Carl checks the pulse of both boys and crawls back. He slowly gets up, and once he gets to his feet, the two boys quickly sit up, their eyes white and vacant like the rest of the corpses outside.

EXT. SHELTER – DAY

Darren sets the piece of wood against the wall next to the door and runs over to Hannah, grabbing her shoulders.

DARREN
Come on!

INT. SHELTER – DAY

Just as Hannah and Darren come through the doors inside the shelter, Carl comes through the metal double doors the lead into the hallway.

DARREN
They’re here! They’ve gotten through the barricade!

CARL
It’s the water! The water’s what caused this!

Boy #1 jumps on Carl’s back, attempting to bite at the nape of his neck. Carl spins around, knocking the boy off of him.

Everyone gets up and backs away, panicking. Boy #2 comes through the doors, looking at all the victims around him. He sees an old woman sitting on her cot, terrified.

He jumps on her, chewing on her neck. She screams and falls off her cot, falling on the floor with Boy #2.

EXT. SHELTER ENTRANCE – DAY

The zombies break through the barricade and begin heading for the entrance of the shelter. The army officers begin shooting at undead horde, but do little damage by hitting them below the head.

The corpses tackle the officers to the ground, beginning to feast on them. Lt. James runs to the side of the shelter, panicking. He is met with another large group of zombies who grab at his body.

He screams in terror and pain and is pushes to the ground where the dozens of creatures begin feeding on his flesh and organs.

The zombies stumble up towards the windows of the shelter entrance, pounding on them, cracking the windows. They break the windows, shards of glass sticking into their hands and face, but they don’t have a care in the world.

INT. SHELTER – DAY

Most of the people in the shelter hear the glass break, but are also trying to pay attention to the zombies boy who begin attacking close and weak people.

Sherry grabs Ben and holds him tight. Darren runs up to her with Carl.

CARL
We have to get out of here or we’re dead!

SHERRY
Where are we going to go?!

CARL
Anywhere but here!

Carl grabs Sherry’s arm and begins pulling her towards the door where Darren and Hannah had come through.

CARL
Here, let me take Ben!

He picks Ben up and puts him in his arms. Sherry opens the door and they run out. Darren tries looking through the crowd of squirming people.

DARREN
Hannah!

SHERRY
Darren come on!

DARREN
I have to get Hannah!

Hannah runs through the crowd of people and sees Darren. She jumps up and down, trying to get his attention. She runs over to him with Gary.

DARREN
Come on, we’re getting out of here.

HANNAH
Wait, I need to find my mom!

GARY
I’ll get her. You just get out of here.

HANNAH
Wait, Dad! I’m not going to leave without you!

GARY
Just go! I’ll get your mom and we’ll meet up with you!

HANNAH
Wait——!

Darren grabs Hannah and begins pulling her out the doorway. She screams for her dad, but he disappears into the panicking crowd of people.

EXT. SHELTER – DAY

Darren and Hannah run over to the waiting Carl and Sherry, splashing through the puddles and getting soaked by the falling rain.

A large gust of wind blows through the shelter area and begins shaking the plank of wood. It falls over, slipping behind the doorknob and creating an outside lock for the door.

INT. SHELTER – DAY

Gary pushes through the people who scamper around like animals in a forest fire. The zombie boys are attacking more people and the old woman gets up, now part of the ranks of the undead.

The zombies from the entrance of the shelter break through the doors and get into the large shelter room, attacking the nearest victim they see.

Gary sees Julie amongst the crowd and he pushes his way through, getting through as quickly as possible.

JULIE
Gary!

They embrace and Gary looks at her.

GARY
Come on we’re getting out of here!

JULIE
Wait, where’s Hannah?

GARY
They’re outside waiting for us! Come on!

He pulls her towards the door they’re supposed to get out of. The zombies begin attacking more people, blood spraying on the walls and the room filling up with people’s screams.

Julie and Gary run to the door. Gary tries pulling the door open, but it’s stuck!

EXT. SHELTER – DAY

Gary continues to try pulling the door open, but the piece of wood caught behind the doorknob prevents it from opening, and it doesn’t have any plans of breaking.

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY – DAY

Tucker walks down the dark and empty hallway, ready for anything that jumps out in front of him. He stops and thinks about something, pulling the walkie-talkie from his pants.

TUCKER
Hey...Dawn...you there?

INT. ROOM – DAY

Dawn pulls out the walkie-talkie.

DAWN
Yeah, I’m here. What’s up?

TUCKER (O.S.)
(Filtered)
Are there any stairs that I am able to come down on that is close to the room you’re in?

DAWN
Ummm...Yeah I think so. What’s your plan?

TUCKER (O.S.)
(Filtered)
I’m going to come back down and try killing the rest of those things down there. I don’t think this is the best place to be at.

DAWN
There should be a staircase for emergencies right down the hallway you’re in.

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY – DAY

Tucker looks ahead of him and sees the emergency exit staircase. He walks towards it, keeping the walkie-talkie in his hand.

INT. STAIRCASE – DAY

He opens the door and steps in, looking down and seeing the long drop to the bottom of the hospital.

TUCKER
(Into walkie-talkie)
Okay, I’m in.

He begins to descend down the stairs, his footsteps echoing through. He reaches the bottom of the stairs and walks up to the door that leads back into the hospital corridors.

He opens the door and looks through. It’s all clear.

TUCKER
(To himself)
Where did they go?
(Into walkie-talkie)
It’s all clear.

INT. ROOM – DAY

Dawn gets up and walks out of the room.

INT. HOSPITAL HALLWAY – DAY

Tucker comes out of the stairs just as Dawn walks out of the room, shutting the door as quietly as she can.

DAWN
We need to pack up a few things if we’re going to leave. Food, water, the usual.

TUCKER
Hopefully we can find something in the cafeteria.

INT. CAFETERIA – DAY

They walk in and the smell immediately gets to them. They cover their mouths, trying not to breathe in the putrid air.

Dozens of dead bodies lie on the ground, swarming with flies and maggots. They step over a few bodies, trying not to touch anything.

The tables are scattered with plates with old, expired food and drinks. A few seats are knocked over and a few tables have been flipped on their sides.

TUCKER
We do they usually keep the food?

DAWN
There’s a freezer back there. Maybe we can find something.

They walk behind the food bar where people normally grab their food and put it on their trays. They into the hospital kitchen.

INT. HOSPITAL KITCHEN – DAY

Pots and pans decorate the floor along with other cooking utensils.

DAWN
I’m sure they have water bottles somewhere.

Tucker walks over to a large refrigerator and opens it up. Inside are drinks and only drinks. The top two shelves are just water bottles, while the others are V8 Splashes and Sodas.

TUCKER
Try and find some bags we can put these in.

Dawn begins searching through cabinets, trying to find any bags she can find. She opens up a cabinet and pulls out a few trash bags, bringing them back to Tucker.

TUCKER
You put the waters and V8 Splashes in there. I’ll check the freezer.

DAWN
Be careful...You don’t know what can be around the corner...

TUCKER
The only way we can find out is by checking.

Dawn begins putting water bottles and V8 Splashes in the bag. She puts a few Diet Cokes and Cokes in the bag, but not too many. She grabs a few pots and pans and sticks them in the bag along with the drinks.

Tucker turns the corner into a small hallway. A large freezer sits at the end of the hallway, undisturbed. He walks over to it and opens it up. Frozen hotdog and hamburger buns sit on the shelves, along with bread and meat.

He gets out another trash bag and begins putting the food in there, the bread on top.

TUCKER
(Into walkie-talkie)
I have some meat and bread, Dawn.

All he hears is static.

TUCKER
(Into walkie-talkie)
Dawn?

A voice comes in through the walkie-talkie. It’s Max’s.

MAX (O.S.)
(Filtered)
Hello? Who’s there?

Tucker is amazed. Another survivor! He picks up the bag of food and runs back into the kitchen, holding the walkie-talkie in his hand. He runs up to Dawn.

TUCKER
We have another survivor.
(Into walkie-talkie)
This is Tucker Walsh, I’m part of the U.S. Army. May I ask who you are and where you are located?

MAX (O.S.)
(Filtered)
This is Max Mandwell and I am in the neighborhood Crystal Mountain in the suburbs of the city.

TUCKER
(Into walkie-talkie)
Okay, Max, I need you to stay where you are. I have someone else with me, and I am at the city hospital. We’ll come and get you as soon as possible and take you back to a shelter the U.S. Army has set up. Do you have anyone else with you?

MAX (O.S.)
(Filtered)
Yes I have a woman named Valerie. We’re trying to look for her son and husband.

TUCKER
(Into walkie-talkie)
Well just stay put. There may be a big chance that they’re at the shelter. Just try and stay where you are.

MAX (O.S.)
(Filtered)
No problem. We seem to be doing fine right now, but try and hurry.

TUCKER
(Into walkie-talkie)
Copy that.
(To Dawn)
Time to get out of here.

DAWN
Wait, we should get canned foods. Probably the best food we can get.

TUCKER
Alright, you get them, I’ll take these bags to the truck outside.

Tucker takes the bag of drinks and pans from Dawn and walks out of the kitchen. Dawn searches for the pantry, walking into the small hallway. She sees a door at the opposite end of the freezer.

She walks to the door, opening it up. Cans and other foods sit on wooden shelves, neatly stacked and packed. She searches through the foods, grabbing any cans she can see. She drops them into the bag and walks further into the pantry.

She grabs a few cans of canned peas and beans. She drops them in the bag when, out of nowhere, two pairs of hands shoot through the shelves, thrashing at Dawn.

She screams and drops the bags, hitting the shelves behind her. Cans fall to the ground and two zombies begin crawling through the shelves, one of them is Dr. Johnson.

EXT. TRUCK – DAY

Tucker throws the food and drinks into the back of the truck and pulls the walkie-talkie from his pants.

TUCKER
(Into walkie-talkie)
Max if you can hear me, we’re just about on our way. Dawn, I need you to hurry it up in there.

INT. KITCHEN PANTRY – DAY

Another doctor crawls out with Dr. Johnson, knocking several cans on the floor. Dawn grabs the bag and begins walking out. Dr. Johnson falls to the floor, slipping out of the shelves. He grabs Dawn’s ankle and pulls her to the floor.

She screams and hits the concrete floor hard, her head beginning to bleed. She tries to kick herself free, but isn’t able to get out of his grasp.

She lifts up her foot and looks at Dr. Johnson. He looks back at her, and for a second, she sees a hint of sadness in his eyes. She brings her foot back, ready to kick.

DAWN
I’m sorry...

She kicks Dr. Johnson in the face, making him let go. The other doctor zombie falls against the wooden shelf, knocking it over. It falls on the other shelf, the cans spilling on top of Dr. Johnson and him.

The shelf snaps in half, and a large piece of splintered wood positions itself right above Dr. Johnson’s face, still connected to the shelf.

Dawn sees her opportunity and pushes all of her weight down on the shelf, breaking it in half all the way. The splintered wood slides into Dr. Johnson’s eye, killing him. The rest of the shelf collapses and falls on the other doctor zombie.

Dawn gets up, grabs the bag, and runs out of the pantry, leaving Dr. Johnson’s twitching body.

INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY

Valerie sits on a nicely made couch in front of the windows, humming a soft tune to herself. Max walks in, a smile on his face.

MAX
(Showing Valerie the walkie-talkies)
I found these in the closet up in the master bedroom and I was able to contact an officer from the U.S. Army.

VALERIE
What did they say?

MAX
They have a shelter near the middle of the city and they’re coming to get us to take us there.

VALERIE
But what about my husband and son?

MAX
They said that they may be at the shelter.

VALERIE
But what if they aren’t?

MAX
What’s with you and ‘what ifs’?

VALERIE
You don’t know what it’s like to lose someone who means a lot to you do you?

MAX
I’m just saying that they may be at the shelter...

VALERIE
They could be and they couldn’t be. If we go there and they aren’t there, they could be back here and we wouldn’t even know!

MAX
When the officer comes to get us, we can quickly check and see if they’re there, and if they aren’t, there may be a big chance that they’re at the shelter.

Silence fills the room. The rain soon begins to slow down and finally, it stops and the clouds begins to dissipate, showing off the evening sky.

VALERIE
(Getting up)
I’m going to get them right now.

MAX
That’s stupid, we should just wait for the officer. He may have guns!

VALERIE
Apparently my family isn’t that important to you as it is to me.

MAX
Valerie don’t do this...

VALERIE
Do what? Try and save my family?

MAX
I’m sure they’re all right——

VALERIE
You’ve been saying that ever since I told you about them! What if they’re not all right? What if they’re in trouble right now and they need our help?

MAX
That’s what I’m saying! We should wait for the officer——!

VALERIE
There may not be enough time for us to wait!

MAX
We just need to wait until they get here, and we will get to your house immediately.

VALERIE
(Sad and upset)
But it’s just down the street...

MAX
I don’t care if it’s next door, we’re not going out there...

Valerie stares at him with tears piling up on top of one another in her eyes.

MAX
...Look I’m not being a bitch to you, I’m trying to protect you. We need to try and save everyone we can. Now if you can understand, we can wait until the officer gets here. They’ll be here shortly. They’re at the hospital right now.

Valerie rubs her forehead and walks out of the living room and into one of the bathrooms, shutting the door lightly. Max throws his arms at his side, letting out a long, angry sigh.

He lies down on the couch, staring at the pistol. He sets it on the glass coffee table, setting the two walkie-talkies next to it.

He closes his eyes, rubbing his temples.

INT. BATHROOM – DAY

Valerie sits on the toilet, her face buried in her eyes. She’s crying as softly as she can, sniffling and wiping away the tears on her face.

She reaches into her pocket and pulls out her car keys. Attached to her keys is a small keychain, a picture of her family.

It’s a photo taken by a professional, the three of them sitting in front of a grayish brown background. The three of them are smiling, the perfect family.

She unlatches the keychain from the keys and throws the keys in the toilet, flushing them. She walks out of the bathroom, sticking the keychain in her pocket.

INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY

She sees Max asleep on the couch, breathing softly, looking peaceful. She sees the magnum and the walkie-talkies and stares at them.

She wipes her nose and quietly grabs the magnum, staring at it. She observes it, and finally sticks it in her pocket. She grabs one of the walkie-talkies and steps out of the house as quietly as she can.

Before she leaves, she looks back at Max, still in the same position as before. She lets in a deep breath and shuts the door.

EXT. HOUSE – DAY

She slowly walks out, the sky hazy and the air a little chilly. She wraps her arms around herself, shivering a little bit.

She holds the magnum out in front of her, walking out onto the streets, keeping the walkie-talkie in one hand, the gun in the other. Water still flows into the rain gutters, creating the only sound besides her own breathing.

She walks down the street, looking around her, keeping an eye out for any movement.

INT. TRUCK – DAY

Tucker drives through the city, Dawn in the passenger seat.

TUCKER
Where do I go now to get to Crystal Mountain?

DAWN
There’s a shortcut that you can take. Take a left here.

Tucker takes a left, but comes to an immediate stop. In front of them, cars are piled up on top of each other, worse than what Tucker and Drake had to dig through.

TUCKER
Is this the only way?

DAWN
There’s another way, but it’s longer...

TUCKER
Then we’ll take the long way.

He backs up and drives off down the long road.

INT. NEIGHBORHOOD – DAY

Valerie continues down the street, the magnum still pointed in front of her. Suddenly, voices come in on the walkie-talkie.

TUCKER (O.S.)
(Filtered)
Hello? Is anyone there? Max, if you can hear us, we’re going to take a while. Apparently there was a block in the road so we had to take a longer way to Crystal Mountain. I don’t know how long we’re going to be——

INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY

Tucker’s voice wakes Max up.

TUCKER (O.S.)(CONT’D)
(Filtered)
——But we’re going to get there as fast as we can.

Max sits up and rubs his eyes. He realizes that the gun and one of the walkie-talkies have been taken away.

MAX
Valerie? Valerie are you still in here?

He picks up the walkie-talkie.

MAX
Copy that, Tucker. Valerie, where are you?

INT. NEIGHBORHOOD – DAY

MAX (O.S.)(CONT’D)
(Filtered)
I know you took the gun. What the hell? I told you not to leave. Tucker’s going to be here in a while.

VALERIE
(Into walkie-talkie)
I’m sorry, Max, but I would risk my life to find my family and that is what I’m going to do. Once I find them, we’ll come back to the house.

MAX (O.S.)
(Filtered)
Valerie, I——

Valerie turns off her walkie-talkie and sticks it in her pocket.

INT. LIVING ROOM – DAY

MAX
——And I want you to get...back...here...

He stops talking and realizes that he is only talking to dead air. He grips the walkie-talkie hard and puts his hands up to his head, keeping himself from screaming.

TUCKER (O.S.)
(Filtered)
Max, just tell Valerie that she can’t fire off her gun if she’s going some where.

MAX
(Into walkie-talkie)
Why’s that?

INT. NEIGHBORHOOD – DAY

Valerie walks down the street towards a dead end.

TUCKER (O.S.)
(Filtered)
Those things are attracted to sound.

FADE TO BLACK