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High up, dropping down. Mighty Lake Ontario’s shoreline shines to the south. The van makes a left, towards the grey water. Off to the right, a large trucks sits, tarps lashed down tight.
We pull down, behind the van. Nothing else moves. As the van passes, we pan right, to the truck…underneath the tarps, hundreds of dog carcasses. Blood and other liquid have formed a thick, black pool behind it.
INT. VAN
Jack There’s another one…every couple miles.
Sam I know…I’ve seen them. Is that…
Jack Yeah…dogs…dog carcasses.
Samantha looks at the map, her finger tracing the faint red line.
Sam That’s fucked.
Jack Could be good news…like the military cleaning things up.
Sam Yeah, I guess…I don’t think so though. Kingston is only a few miles south of us, right on the Lake.
Jack looks over, smiles.
Jack Anything else around here you see?
Sam Golf course to our immediate left, town straight ahead.
Jack looks left, a funny smile on his lips. He turns the wheel, onto the parkway, heading towards the course.
Sam Uhhh, Jack? What’ are we doing?
EXT. BELLE PARK FAIRWAYS
The van heads straight towards the greenery. It pulls up and stops just outside the club.
The parking lot is full of cars of all makes and models…several bodies lie in full golf attire, as if they were just unloading their clubs into their cars. Big black ravens feast, sending up “caws” into the surrounding silence.
INT. VAN
Jack looks left and right.
Jack Sam…
Sam Why are we here?.
Jack You feel what I’m feeling?
Sam looks unsure.
Sam No, but I’ve got a feeling…a feeling you need to do something, right?
Jack Exactly…I do…
EXT. BELLE PARK FAIRWAYS
The two walk together along a path, towards a putting green. Jack has a putter and two sleeves of new balls in his hand. Sam looks left and right. She seems nervous.
Sam C’mon Jack, let’s make this quick, OK? I don’t like it here. I’ve got a bad feeling.
Jack Too good to pass up, Sam. Could be the last time I ever get to hit a putt. We’ll be outta here in 2 minutes. Promise.
The green is off by itself, away from the rest of the course. Calm waves lick the shoreline a few feet away. It’s silent out here except for the wind, which whistles in between the leafless branches of the trees, overhead.
Sam What happens if you make all your putts?
She smiles, but it doesn’t look sincere.
Jack If I make all six putts, I’d say we get married in Niagara Falls, have a few kids, and live happily ever after…how’s that sound?
Sam Funny, Jack. I’m not sure if I should be routing for you or against you.
Jack drops the balls in a line, about ten feet away from the pin. He lines up the nearest ball, and takes a practice swing.
Jack OK Samantha, here we go. All kidding aside, I think you’re great. Wish we could have met under better circumstances.
Their eyes lock momentarily. They each smile.
Jack hits the first putt, and it runs left of the hole.
Jack Damnit! That’s not a good start.
Sam Looks like the Honeymoon’s over before it even began.
He putts the next ball, and it too misses the hole.
Jack What the…?
The third putt rims out.
Sam Is this a bad omen, or are you just a shitty putter?
Jack looks up. He has a funny expression on his face.
Jack Well, I’m really not a shitty putter. Maybe this was a bad idea.
Behind them, there’s movement in the no longer calm water. A great serpentine head breaks the surface, some twenty feet away.
Sam Just make the next three, and we’ll call it good. C’mon, I’m with you now!
Jack hits the fourth putt, and it too rims the hole and misses.
The snake is absolutely huge! The head alone is two feet long. Inside its wicked mouth, three inch fangs lurk.
It’s perfectly silent as it slithers out of the water towards the green. Jack and Sam still have their backs turned to it, completely oblivious.
Putt number five isn’t even close.
Jack This is unreal. Seriously, I can’t believe I can’t make a frickin’ putt here.
Sam Maybe I’m making you nervous. I’ll head back up to the car, and I bet I hear you scream.
Jack OK, sounds good…get ready, the crowd’s about to go wild.
Sam walks away. Jack lines up his final putt. He pulls the club back, and strikes the ball with a pendulum-like motion. The ball heads straight for the hole, and vanishes.
Jack raises his arms and lets out a scream. Sam turns around with a big smile on her face.
Her smile disappears instantly. The snake is now right behind Jack.
Sam Jack! Behind you…
It rears up and towers over Jack. Damn, it’s big…must be at least forty feet long and four feet around.
Jack turns, but it’s already too late. The wicked mouth engulfs his head and upper body completely, lifting him into the air. The putter drops to the ground. His legs kick violently, but also helplessly.
Sam screams.
Sam Noooo! Jack! Nooo…
She turns and runs back toward the parking lot. Tears stream down her face.
In two gulping motions, Jack is gone, inside the mighty serpent. His legs continue to kick inside the beast.
The snake lies still on the green, digesting its meal.
INT. VAN
Sam drives away from the course. Her hands shake on the wheel, as tears run down her face.
She grabs the CB mic, and flips the unit on.
Sam Albert? Albert, are you out there? Jack’s dead! Albert? Come back…
Eddy (OS) Albert’sssss dead asssss well. Hi Sssssam…I missssss you…
The hot sun beats down on the dry road and surrounding earth. A barren landscape void of life.
A silhouetted man staggers down the middle of the road.
He has an unkempt appearance and walks with his eyes shut. His police uniform is tattered and torn.
MAN Bauman... who am I? ...Bauman... John... is it? ...Bauman... John... ssss... NO!
He drops to his knees and rips clumps of his hair from his scalp.
MAN No! No! (hitting head) ...Give me back... John... I'm... I--
He slams his head down onto the road, then falls on his back and sobs.
Something stirs within him, causing him excruciating pain. He screams as his body twists and contorts, as if battling with itself.
He pulls his handgun, but immediately his hand pulls itself down to the roads surface. He strains against his own strength to lift the gun.
He springs to his feet and aims his gun at the sun. With a bellow of rage he unloads the gun.
He discards the empty gun and clutches his head. He scratches his face till it bleeds.
MAN Give me! ...Give me! ...back--
Suddenly he stops and looks around, as if he just heard something.
MAN What? ...no, Bauman... John... not Piscivorus... yes... yessss....
His demeanor is calmer now. Tears continue to roll down his cheeks, but his face shows no emotion.
MAN My love is yours if you'll save me... me... Piscivorus... Pisss-civor-usss...
He turns sharply at the sight of a truck approaching in the distance.
INT. TRUCK
Cordelia, Heidi, and Innocence sit in the back. Cordelia sleeps with her head on Innocence's shoulder. Colin drives with Bruce riding shotgun.
Bruce fiddles with the radio.
COLIN Can you stop that please, not only are you not going to find anything, but it's really frickin' annoying, and I swear it's giving me a headache, and on top of everything else that's happening in this screwed up world, the last thing I need is a headache!
Bruce rolls his eyes and leaves the radio alone.
Colin's attention is caught by Piscivorus stood at the side of the road further up.
Colin brings the truck to a slow stop beside him.
Bruce regards Piscivorus's beat up appearance.
BRUCE What happened to you?!
Colin nudges Bruce disapprovingly.
COLIN Are you okay?
Piscivorus stares at them for a moment, his eyes roam to the passengers in the back, then land on the sleeping Cordelia.
PISCIVORUS Name's Bauman, John Baumn.
His face twitches slightly as he says that name.
PISCIVORUS I'm a cop from Nigara. Dunno how I wound up here, but when I woke I...
BRUCE The worlds gone to shit, none of us really know anything.
HEIDI Tell him we're going to Niagara, tell him.
COLIN We're heading to Niagara if you wanna tag along. None of us have been before, so having someone who knows the area would be ideal.
PISCIVORUS Why Niagara?
INNOCENCE Why not?
Innocence looks at him suspiciously.
PISCIVORUS I c-come with you?
BRUCE That's what he just said right...
PISCIVORUS I-okay... yes.
Codrelia wakes up. Her blurred vision momentarily sees a strange aura around Piscivorus. She rubs her eyes and it's gone.
Piscivorus looks at her piercingly. Cordelia is uneased.
CORDELIA There's something wrong with him...
INNOCENCE What is it?
HEIDI Calm down, he's a cop.
CORDELIA No!
She locks the door before Piscivorus can open it.
BRUCE What the shit are you doing?!
HEIDI Let him in, we need his help.
CORDELIA No!
COLIN Quit fooling around!
BRUCE Damn kid!
INNOCENCE Back off alright! She's just scared.
Piscivorus interrupts the bickering by slamming his fist into the glass of the window, cracking it but not breaking through.
Cordelia screams. Pisicivorus covers his ears.
BRUCE Whoa!
INNOCENCE Bastard!
Innocence unlocks the door and slams it outward into Piscivorus, knocking him over.
EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY
She gets out of the truck and runs at Piscivorus with a mighty kick to the head. She continues to kick him whilst he's down. Taken over by some inner rage.
INNOCENCE You bastard! Stay away! Stay away from her!
Tears stream down her cheeks as she attacks him.
Colin and Bruce exit the truck and pull her away from him.
BRUCE What are you crazy?!
Piscivorus lunges at Bruce and bites deep into his forearm.
Bruce screams and knocks him away. Blood gushes from the wound.
BRUCE Sonuva bitch! Shit!
HEIDI Let's go! C'mon!
COLIN Come on!
Colin pulls Bruce and Innocence back into the truck and they speed off, leaving Piscivorus at the side of the road.
Piscivorus lays flat on his back and laughs up at the sky.
PISCIVORUS Gifts I send to you... love you give to me...
INT. TRUCK
Bruce tears a piece from his shirt and wraps it tight around his wound.
HEIDI What the hell was with that guy?! (to Bruce) Is it bad?
Colin looks over and notices Bruce looks faint.
COLIN Bruce? ...You with us buddy?
The color has drained from Bruce's face, and his eyes struggle to stay open.
BRUCE ...s-son-uva... sss... some w-water or somethi...
He loses consciousness and slumps against the passenger door.
COLIN Oh my god!
Colin pulls the truck over.
INNOCENCE Bruce?!
HEIDI Is he?!
Cordelia remains silent, frozen as she stares at Bruce.
Colin presses his fingers against Bruce's neck and checks for a pulse. His face drops. He turns to the others...
EXT. HIGHWAY - DAY
He laughs sinisterly to himself.
PISCIVORUS Love you give to me...
A forked tough flaps around his lips as he hisses with delight.
EXT. WOODS - DAY From a nearby hill, A form approaches the edge of the woods. It looks down onto a station wagon parked next to the entrance of a superstore in the valley below.
The parking lot is empty with the exception of a few empty cars and shopping carts. The hills and woods surround it.
INT. STATION WAGON - DAY Leona lays sprawled out in the backseat of the station wagon with her eyes are closed. She looks to be sleeping, but the rosary’s in her hand and her constant bead thumbing say otherwise.
Father Holmes plays with the device James found.
FATHER HOLMES Okay, so we’re in Hamilton and we need to get to...Niagara.
He pushes a few buttons and a map comes up.
FATHER HOLMES Good, good. We’re on track. It’s only a few hours away. We should get there sometimes tonight.
LEONA Do we really want to be there when it gets dark?
FATHER HOLMES What are our other choices?
A walkie talkie on the passengers seat comes to life with Michael’s voice.
MICHAEL (O.S.) There is nothing good left in here. The place has been raided.
Father Holmes puts the walkie talkie up to his mouth.
FATHER HOLMES Keep looking, and don’t forget the oil. We don’t need this car dying before we do.
INT. SUPERSTORE - DAY Michael stands on a nearly empty aisle with a cart full of hand held baskets, each with something in them.
In one basket are bottles of oil and a car air freshener.
MICHAEL Yeah, Yeah, Yeah. One step ahead of you.
He lowers the walkie talkie and kneels down to a shelf full of instant noodles.
MICHAEL Guess no one liked noodles.
INT. STATION WAGON - DAY Father Holmes sets the walkie talkie on the passenger’s seat.
FATHER HOLMES It’s quiet out here...too quiet.
LEONA You know what they say...the eye of the storm.
Father Holmes turns to her and notices the rosaries in her hand.
FATHER HOLMES You look like you are missing a few beads on your rosary.
LEONA I am.
Father Holmes nods. He doesn’t know what else to say.
He turns back forward and looks into the doors of the store.
LEONA I still don’t think he should have gone by himself.
FATHER HOLMES He can handle himself.
LEONA And you don’t think I can?
FATHER HOLMES I never said that. I just think we should start you know...planning out our movement so we don’t have another accident.
LEONA What are you worried about? It’s us young ones that seem to be getting the boot.
FATHER HOLMES Which is exactly why we need to be planning out our movements.
Father Holmes chuckles. Leona doesn’t find it funny. Father Holmes sighs. There is silence again.
FATHER HOLMES Look, I’m sorry about your friend.
Leona’s eyes open and she sits up. She looks down at her beads. Silence again.
LEONA Yeah.
FATHER HOLMES Us fighting won’t do anything to bring him back.
She doesn’t respond to that. Father Holmes turns to her.
FATHER HOLMES So lets not, okay?
She nods her head. Father Holmes turns around facing front.
FATHER HOLMES Besides, he did a heroic thing for us. Saved our lives, no doubt about it.
Father Holmes watches her in the rear view mirror. She turns her head to the side momentarily then wipes a tear from her eye. She looks to Father Holmes and he looks away. She nods her head again, deep in thought and sighs.
LEONA No big deal though. We are all bound for death, you know? Some just reach there faster than others.
Father Holmes nods. Leona closes her eyes and thumbs her beads.
EXT. WOODS - DAY
A hand unwraps a package of beef jerky and brings it up to a mouth. WOLF, a scruffy man who looks as though he’s lived in the mountains for the past ten years of his life, bites the beef jerky and sets his hand on his knee.
A nostril sniffs around the beef Jerky and Wolf pushes it away. It comes back, this time with more force. Wolf sighs and hands the rest of the jerky to TIMBER, his pet timber wolf. Wolf stares forward at the car and chews inquisitively.
WOLF What do you think they are doing down there, ey boy? They’ve been there for a while.
Wolf turns, reaches past his hunting rifle and into his backpack. He pulls out another strip of beef jerky.
WOLF Think they’ll give us a ride?
Wolf turns to Timber who happily chews on the jerky. He smiles and ruffles his fur.
INT. STATION WAGON - DAY
Father Holmes continues to watch Leona as she thumbs her beads.
FATHER HOLMES I’ve never seen someone so devoted to prayer. It’s refreshing but... saddening at the same time.
LEONA You’re a man of faith, right? You should understand more than anyone.
FATHER HOLMES Sometimes. Sometimes I do. Not so much now, though. I’ve travelled many places and seen many horrible things but I still found love and compassion. Since this virus, I’ve seen nothing...only chaos. Only sin.
Leona nods. She looks down at her beads.
LEONA They belonged to mother.
Father Holmes is confused. Leona holds up the rosaries.
LEONA The beads. After the virus hit I was traveled with a group back home...
FATHER HOLMES Another group? There are other survivors?
LEONA No. They all died before we reached Nashville.
FATHER HOLMES Oh.
LEONA The point is, they said the exact same thing. But it’s not about sin. It’s about faith. Guidance. These are dire times, true, but they don’t have to be bad times. You don’t have to be deterred by all the bad things around you, but inspired. Inspired to change and grow. To...have faith that it will all be better.
Father Holmes nods his head. He smiles.
FATHER HOLMES You talk like you truly believe that.
LEONA I do. It’s all about understanding.
FATHER HOLMES I don’t think we’ll ever understand why any of this happened.
LEONA Then why are you going to Niagara Falls?
FATHER HOLMES I don’t know anymore.
He’s lying. She knows it.
LEONA You want to kill it, don’t you?
They lock eyes.
EXT. WOODS - DAY
Timber chews on the last piece of beef jerky. Wolf continues to watch the car.
In the woods behind Wolf and Timber a twig snaps, something approaches. Timber turns to the woods and growls. Wolf turns and reaches for his rifle.
WOLF What is it?
INT. SUPERSTORE - EVENING
Michael is at the sporting section of the store. He stares into a glass case at a long knife. He eyes it with a twinkle in his eyes.
FATHER HOLMES (O.S.) How are we doing in there?
Michael is startled for a second before grabbing the walkie talkie.
MICHAEL Just making my last stop.
FATHER HOLMES (O.S.) Okay, Good. Everything is clear out here.
He sets the walkie talkie down on the glass counter and pulls out a tattered piece of paper.
MICHAEL (to himself) Shotgun shells.
He looks around and notices a box of shotgun shells sitting inside the glass case. He walks around the counter and tugs on the door. Locked.
Michael looks for something to break the glass with. He turns and passes a white and read sticker on the glass that says, “Alarm will sound when broken.” He moves through the aisle and a smile comes to his face as he sees racks of Baseball bats. He approaches them.
MICHAEL Simply gorgeous.
He pulls out an aluminum baseball bat, looks at it, then swings. He smiles.
MICHAEL You’ll do just fine.
He walks, the bat angled down towards the glass.
MICHAEL (humming) DA NUH NUH NUH, DA NUH NUH NUH, DA NUH NUH-NUH NUH NUH!
He raises the bat, and SLAMS it into the glass, sending pieces shattering away. An alarm goes off and he looks up.
MICHAEL Fuck.
INT. STATION WAGON - EVENING
Father Holmes and Leona look at each other as they hear the alarm.
LEONA Shit.
FATHER HOLMES That can’t be good.
They both get out of the car in a hurry. Father Holmes pops the trunk and raises the walkie talkie to his mouth.
FATHER HOLMES Let’s go!
EXT. WOODS - EVENING
Timber’s ears raise high as the alarm goes off. Wolf shakes his head.
WOLF This is not going to be pretty.
Timber turns back to the forest behind him, on his feet now and growling. Wolf turns back to the forest and stands. They both stare off into the woods, Wolf’s gun at the ready, waiting.
Father Holmes and Michael hurriedly pack all the goods into the back seat.
LEONA I hope it was worth it.
FATHER HOLMES Just get in the car. We need to be ready to leave before we attract unwanted attention.
Leona raises her hands and backs away slowly. She turns to enter the car when she sees something at the end of the parking lot.
She squints her eyes to make sure she sees what she sees. Standing there, in the middle of the lane is Faith. Her long dark hair is wet and clings to her face. The red hoodie is also wet. She stares out confused and fearful, her left hand clenched into a fist.
LEONA (to herself) Faith?
She walks forward, unsure whether what she is seeing is real.
LEONA Faith?
She says it louder this time, but Faith doesn’t respond. Her fist unclenches and out drops a dark red bead, similar to the kind Leona has on her rosary.
Michael looks up and sees Leona in the middle of the parking lot. The look in Michael’s eyes tell it all. he grabs Father Holme's arm. Father Holmes looks up too. Full of fear, Michael walks forward as though he were walking on glass.
MICHAEL Leona.
Leona doesn’t respond, she keeps walking forward. Eyes glazed over.
MICHAEL Leona!
She turns to him. He shakes his head.
MICHAEL Get into the car.
LEONA But she needs our help. She has to come with us!
Michael looks at Leona strangely.
MICHAEL What are seeing?
Leona turns and points to... a mountain sheep. Its long curled horns stand proudly on the top of its head. Her eyes grow wide. It wasn’t Faith.
It stares straight at Leona, foam dripping from its mouth. Michael speaks softly and calmly.
MICHAEL Come on.
Leona starts to back up. The sheep walks forward slowly. Tension grows in Michael's voice.
MICHAEL Come on!
EXT. WOODS - EVENING A coyote appears from between thick brush. A small smile appears in the corner of Wolf’s mouth.
WOLF Hey Timber, who invited your cousin?
He laughs and turns to see Timber is gone.
WOLF Timber?
He turns to the parking lot, Timber runs full force towards the mountain sheep.
EXT. SUPERSTORE - EVENING
MICHAEL Come on!
Leona turns and runs back to the car. The mountain sheep pursues. They don’t see Timber coming from the side.
Father Holmes opens the passenger side door, and pulls out Leona's shotgun. He aims it at the mountain sheep.
EXT. WOODS - EVENING Wolf spins his gun around and takes aim at the charging Sheep. The coyote snarls and charges.
WOLF Steady...steady.
He takes a shot just as the coyote POUNCES on him. The bullet diverts and hits Father Holmes in the back.
EXT. SUPERSTORE - EVENING Father Holmes gets hit, falls and pulls the trigger accidentally. The spray hits Leona in the leg. She collapses as she runs and turns to see the sheep only feet away from her and charging.
EXT. WOODS - EVENING Wolf SLAMS the butt of his rifle into the side of the coyote’s head. The coyote cries and falls over.
Wolf stands, aims and shoots. The shot rings out. He turns to the parking lot to see Michael staring directly at him. Michael’s eyes divert to Timber, now only feet away from Leona.
EXT. SUPERSTORE - EVENING Michael panics and runs towards Father Holmes, he pries the shotgun from his hands. Father Holmes looks at him in shock, a pool of blood forming beneath him. Michael stands, aims at Timber and...
BOOM!
The shotgun FLIES out of Michael’s hands. He is startled, his hand stings from the force of the bullet. He turns to the woods nearby to see Wolf lowering his weapon. Leona screams.
He turns just in time to see Timber POUNCE onto the mountain sheep, knocking it off of its course. They all stare in shock as Timber tears the sheep into pieces. Michael turns towards the woods and sees Wolf descending into the valley. He turns to Father Holmes.
Leona grabs her foot in pain.
Michael RIPS open Father Holmes' shirt. Father Holmes just stares at him, at a loss of words to say.
MICHAEL It’s not gay if you’re dying.
Father Holmes smiles.
FATHER HOLMES Who are you trying to convince?
Michael turns him over and sees the entry wound. No exit wound.
WOLF (O.S.) How’s he doing?
Michael turns to see Wolf approach the car. He stands infuriated.
MICHAEL You shot him, you asshole!
He pushes Wolf.
WOLF Hey! Calm down there chief. It was an accident. There are coyote’s in the woods, and I think if we stay here any longer there are going to be more of them.
MICHAEL We?
WOLF Yeah. My wolf saved your friend there.
MICHAEL Well your crappy shooting is killing my other friend.
WOLF Didn’t say I was perfect.
Michael turns and kneels next to Father Holmes.
MICHAEL It’s okay, you’re fine. You’re going to be fine.
Wolf turns to Leona. She sits a few yards away from the car, in pain. He approaches her, noting Timber enjoying his feast of Sheep. He kneels down near Leona and holds out his hand.
WOLF Wolf. That there is my buddy Timber. Nice to meet you.
She looks at him, gauging how dangerous he is. She reaches out and grabs his hand.
LEONA Leona.
WOLF Pretty name, need a lift?
He stands her up and throws her arm around his shoulder. They walk to the car. They approach the car. Michael drags Father Holmes towards a nearby light pole and sat him upright.
Father Holmes is pale. Michael stands up and sighs. Leona and Wolf approach.
LEONA How is he?
MICHAEL Not good. He’s not going to make it.
FATHER HOLMES I can hear you, you know.
Leona painfully kneels next to him.
LEONA How are you feeling Father Holmes?
FATHER HOLMES Call me Bobby, and not too good. I don’t think I’m going to make it. Wolf chuckles inappropriately. Leona and Michael both give him mean looks. Leona turns back to Father Holmes.
LEONA You’ll be fine.
FATHER HOLMES You know what I said about young people dying? I lied.
LEONA You’re young at heart, right? That has to count for something. He smiles.
FATHER HOLMES Does that mean you’ll live forever?
WOLF Look, I don’t mean to impose but...we better leave soon. The sun’s going down and we don’t want to be here when it gets dark.
FATHER HOLMES Just go.
Leona doesn’t say anything. Michael approaches the car and gets into the drivers seat.
He turns the car on.
Leona reaches into her pocket and pulls out her rosary. She unties a knot at the bottom, takes off the cross and pulls two beads from the chain. She places a bead in the pocket of his ripped shirt.
LEONA I’m not a sentimental person, but I do understand. I understand feeling lost and confused. It’s a horrible thing to die while questioning your faith and yourself. People shouldn’t have to die with questions left unanswered.
FATHER HOLMES Thanks to you, I won’t have to.
She forces herself to smile. She places the other bead in his hand.
LEONA Give this one to James for me, will yah?
The light above Father Holmes turns on. He looks up. He smiles. His eyes go dull and his smile drops.
Leona nods and Wolf helps her up. She looks at Father Holmes one last time and they approach the car.
She gets in. Wolf whistles and Timber looks up from his meal. He comes running. Timber jumps into the back seat and Wolf closes the door. Wolf gets in the passenger seat. The car pulls off.
MICHAEL (O.S.) You know, that was really sweet. I guess, you aren’t a heartless bitch after all.
LEONA (O.S.) Fuck off Michael.
MICHAEL (O.S.) I spoke too soon.
WOLF I take it you two fight like this all the time?
LEONA AND MICHAEL (O.S.) Shut up.
LEONA (O.S.) I like how you invited yourself into our car.
The car turns and exits the parking lot.
EXT. ROAD - DAY The car passes a sign that says “Niagara falls” then lists the number of miles. The car passes it.
LEONA (O.S.) And why do I have to sit next to the wolf?
Sam wipes at her tears, looks at the mic, swinging with the motion of the van. She exhales…her face turns hard as she picks up the mic and hits the call button.
SAM (with a soothing voice) Eddy, come in…what happened to Albert? Where are you?
The CB cracks to life.
EDDY (OS) He’ssss with Betty now Ssssam. You’re on the wrong sssside Ssssam…time to change if you want to live.
Sam drops the mic to the floor, recognition in her eyes. She puts both hands on the wheel…her grip is tight - her knuckles turn white.
SAM (V.O.) Damn you Eddy!
She slaps her palms on the steering wheel and takes a deep breath.
SAM What if all I know and believe can’t help me through this? Grandmother…I need you…
She pulls up in front of a small church. She sits, motor running, her eyes move from side to side, watching. Nothing moves, she reaches to the back seat and grabs her back pack.
Keys slide into her pocket, as she gets out of the van.
INT. SMALL CHURCH – DAY
Cautiously she enters the church. Everything looks normal…unscarred by the times. As she walks slowly to the front, she touches the backs of the smooth wooden pews.
Sam stops and looks up at a beautiful stained glass window, the primary focus of the sanctuary.
The sunlight angles softly on the communion table in front of her. On the table is an engraved plate that reads, “Peace be with you…Peace be in you.” She takes some matches from her pack and lights the two candles on either side of the plate and sits down. She closes her eyes, bows her head, her lips move in a silent prayer.
Tears drip from her cheeks, onto her folded hands in her lap. She opens her eyes, wipes the tears away and pulls out an old, worn, leather bound book from her pack titled, “Book of Mysteries”.
SAM (speaking to herself, echoes throughout the church) There has to be a key to all this…something to help me understand what is going on.
She flips through the pages and stops.
SAM (reading out loud) In the years that are black, a presence will find release in the few that remain. Some with dark souls, some filled with light. Those few, will find each other in their journey. Both will struggle…only one side will remain. Your spirit must be open to see what is the truth, and what is the lie in this dark day...in this darkest of time.
She turns the page and sees a picture of a being that is both, male and female, dark on one side and illuminated on the other. She stares at the picture and traces its outline with her fingers. She closes her eyes and falls to sleep.
INT. SMALL CHURCH – EARLY EVENING
Sam wakes with the book on the floor. It is dark now, the only light comes from the candles burning on the table. She stares into the glow of the candle’s flame.
SAM (whispers) The hours of darkness…have melted down…the burning candles…yellow gown. When darkness falls, reveal your light…into the world…into the night…
She puts the book back into her bag and inhales deeply and blows the candles out.
EXT. VAN – NIGHT
Sam travels through the small town of Kingston. Ahead of her, a fancy sign reads, “Vintage Cars.” She pulls in. She gets out of the van.
EXT. VINTAGE CAR LOT
A candy apple red Barchetta sports car is parked next to the office. Her lips curve into a big, warm smile.
SAM (rubbing her hands together) This will do just fine!
Bending over the car, she runs her hands over the smooth shiny surface.
SAM Grandmother, I remember our rides in your Barchetta…we had so much fun on those windy roads in Novara…that was forever ago. Thank you for letting me know you’re with me.
EXT. BARCHETTA – NIGHT
The car races along the quiet streets. Sam pulls up in front of a motorcycle shop. Bikes are lined up out front.
INT. MOTORCYCLE STORE
She pulls on a pair of tight black leather pants, a jacket with metal reinforcements and calf high boots with metal buckle latches on the side. On her way out the door she stops at a rack of bandanas and selects a red one. She pulls her long dark hair into a pony tail with her fingers and ties it tight.
EXT. STREET – NIGHT
At the car, she checks to make sure both Ruger pistols are loaded before slipping them into her hip holster.
EXT. BARCHETTA – NIGHT The Baretta double barrel shotgun sits shotgun in the driver’s seat. She jumps into the low profile car. The V-12 engine comes to life as she pulls from the curb.
SAM Okay boys…I’m ready. This is for you!
Sam turns on the CB and presses the talk button.
SAM (distressed) Eddy…you out there? Come back?
Nothing but silence.
SAM Eddy…something is happening to me.
EDDY What do you mean Sssam?
SAM I need to sssee you. I was a bitch to you before…now I feel different.
EDDY Okay Sssam…take highway 401 to Oakville…look for a blue pickup at mile marker twenty asss you enter town.
SAM Oakville…mile marker twenty…I’ll be there.
EXT. PICKUP – NIGHT
Eddy pulls to the side of the road and stops.
INT. PICKUP – NIGHT
EDDY (Evil Laugh) Well, well. Sssounds like Sssam hasss made a change. He stretches as he leans back in the seat and closes his eyes.
EXT. BARCHETTA – NIGHT
Sam races through the night, turns sharply, dodging cars and trucks, as she makes her way down the highway. She flies by mile marker seventeen.
We zoom in close on her face. Her eyes are steel, her lips are tight…dry. She licks them.
SAM Okay Eddy. The game is on!
The blue pickup comes into view. The Barchetta pulls over, Sam gets out.
EXT. SIDE OF THE ROAD – NIGHT
Sam looks around. No Eddy anywhere.
SAM (calling out) Eddy…I’m here.
The sound of feet on gravel to her left…she doesn’t respond.
She walks to the right side of the car.
EDDY Sssam…
Eddy stands at the front of the car, watching her.
SAM I thought you were heading to New York.
EDDY Change of plansss.
He lights a cigarette as he moves closer…his eyes rake over her as he takes a drag and exhales the smoke. He takes a hold of her left arm.
EDDY You look…deliciousss Sssam.
Sam smiles and looks directly into Eddy’s eyes.
SAM Not bad for a girl.
Eddy licks his lips with his forked tongue. She tries to turn away, but Eddy tightens his grip on her arm.
EDDY What happened to you Sssam?
With Steely eyes, she holds his stare.
SAM The sssnake spoke to me. Told me there were thingsss I needed to do.
EDDY Like what Sssam?
SAM Like, there are two sssides Eddy, just like you said.
Eddy lets go of her arm and runs a finger over her face and down the side of her neck and pauses there before placing his hand around her neck. He pulls her to him.
Sam doesn’t flinch.
SAM (sarcastically) You going to bite me Eddy?
He takes another drag and releases her.
EDDY (laughing eerily) You’re a sasssy bitch. I like that.
SAM No…I’m a pisssed off bitch and there’s a difference.
Eddy stops laughing as Sam pushes him back. Quickly she pulls the pistol from its holster and fires a shot into Eddy’s gut. He staggers back, his face expressionless.
Sam fires again, hitting him in the right shoulder. Eddy stands in the same place…he twitches…a wicked smile forming on his face.
EDDY You can’t kill me Sssam.
SAM Hmmm…you know what they say Eddy…one sure way to kill a snake is to take off his head.
Eddy makes a quick move towards her…she brings the shotgun up and pulls the trigger. One barrel goes off, then the next. Eddy lies on the ground, his legs twitching as blood pools where his head used to be.
EXT. BARCHETTA – DAY
The sun is up, the water on Lake Ontario sparkles as Sam drives along the coastline heading south on Highway 401.
INT. BARCHETTA – DAY
Sam sees the road sign as she enters Hamilton.
SAM I’m hungry…guess I better find a store…and stop talking to myself.
She turns the corner, just in time to see a station wagon pull out of a parking lot just ahead of her.
SAM Oh my God…PEOPLE!
She punches the gas and speeds up. She passes the car.
INT. STATION WAGON – DAY
Four faces watch her, eyes wide.
EXT. BARCHETTA – DAY
Sam pulls the Barchetta to the side of the road. The station wagon pulls up behind.
EXT. ROAD – DAY
Sam gets out of the small car. She stands there smiling as a happy Timber sniffs cautiously, then runs up. Sam reaches down to pet him.
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Colin drives. Everybody is silent. Cordelia stares down at dried bloodstains on the floor as Heidi glares at her.
INNOCENCE You sure you’re okay?
CORDELIA I’m fine…
HEIDI Yeah, tell that to Bruce, you little b****.
Colin rolls his eyes. Oh, boy. Innocence stands up and walks near Heidi.
INNOCENCE Excuse me?
HEIDI I think you heard me just fine, butch. If little Miss Screamer here hadn’t gone ape s*** he’d still be alive.
Violent quaking followed by a boom noise cuts their quarrel off. Innocence stumbles back into her seat. Heidi and Cordelia scream as Colin struggles to control the bus.
INNOCENCE What the hell is that?
COLIN I don’t know!
EXT. GREYHOUND
The truck triggers small blasts as it rolls over several tiny rigs scattered on the road. Mines. It swerves out of control and flips over. BLACKNESS
INT. ABANDONED FACTORY - SMALL ROOM – NIGHT
Rundown surroundings. Moonlight pours through a window. Heidi wakes up to the sound of ad-libbed VOICES, a bruise on her head. Cordelia lies beside her.
CORDELIA Hey.
HEIDI Just what I f*****g need. Where am I?
CORDELIA We’re safe. (pause) Listen, I know you liked Bruce. I’m sorry. But that man John – he wasn’t who he said he was.
HEIDI How would you know?
CORDELIA Because…he is a little bit like me.
Heidi stares at her with wary eyes before walking out of the room. Cordie follows.
INT. FACTORY
The entire place has been redecorated into improvised living quarters. RUGGED MEN lie on top of rugs serving as beds. Some load up rifles. Colin walks up to her.
HEIDI Just what the hell is going on here?
COLIN You were knocked out pretty good, thought you were dead. Greyhound’s busted. These guys are hea—
HEIDI North.
COLIN You guessed it. Seems that’s where everybody’s headed.
HEIDI Where are we?
COLIN Rochester. They’re telling me this place was a factory before it caught fire about twenty, thirty years ago.
Innocence motions to Cordelia. Colin’s eyes follow her as she leaves them for her.
COLIN You know, I might’ve been wrong ‘bout that kid. She stood by you the whole time.
HEIDI That’s actually more horrifying than comforting, actually.
COLIN Miss, you don’t know what horrifying is.
HEIDI Oh, believe me baby, I do. I was married to a Rock star for six years. I know ‘horrifying’.
Colin smiles shortly until several of the men close around Cordelia and Innocence, eyeing them with mad stares. Colin walks up to them.
COLIN Hey, what’s going –
WHAM! He’s smacked with the butt of a rifle.
INT. FACTORY - NIGHT
Colin wakes; sat on a chair tied and gagged, his vision blurred. He looks to his sides. Cordelia, Heidi, Innocence…all bound and struggling, positioned in front of a fifteen-feet-deep pit. The Men, now dressed in unassuming dark robes, stand around them in a circle--seven of them.
COLIN What the f—what the hell is this…?
OCCULTIST That Greyhound you were in. It wasn’t yours, was it? The Seer and her escort were supposed to come here in that vehicle.
COLIN Yeah, well, she got a bullet in the brain. Sorry.
The Occultist smiles and shakes his head.
OCCULTIST Nevertheless, it is good you are here. All four of you. People who see are always better than people who don’t. You will make a fine tribute to our master.
COLIN Master?
The Occultist approaches Cordelia, grabs her softly by the chin.
CORDELIA I believe you would know, wouldn’t you?
INNOCENCE If you hurt her, I’ll tear your eyes out!
HEIDI Not helping our situation here, butch! Kid, do that thing you did a while ago!
CORDELIA I...I can’t…
COLIN Listen, just let us go—
The Occultist switches sight to Colin.
OCCULTIST You bore me. But you still see. It would be a waste to kill these talented young ladies. (beat) Throw him in.
INNOCENCE O’Riely!
Three Occultists grab Colin’s chair and drag him near The Pit—within it…snakes, dozens of them, of all types.
CORDELIA No!
COLIN Oh, f*** me.
The Occultists throw him in without a second thought. He screams as he falls to the bottom of The Pit. Snakes hiss in menacing reaction as his chair is smashed apart. A COBRA bites into his hand. He screams in pain.
INNOCENCE O’Riely, don’t move! Just don’t move!
OCCULTIST Now, who would be next? It is not too bad, really. We are all underlings to Shiva. It is an honor to be fed to it.
Suddenly, the doors open wide. PISCIVOROUS stands at the doorway, armed with a rifle. Two YELLOW-EYED MEN stand at his sides, armed and dangerous. Gunshots ensue. Piscivorus and his men take cover behind store-boxes and shoot at the Occultists.
PISCIVORUS Death to the blassssssphemers. Protect the ones who ssssee.
Piscivorus and his men fight bravely, but they are outnumbered and outgunned. One of them is shot down.
INNOCENCE What the hell is going on?!
Colin is heard grunting in agony. Cordelia shuts her eyes tightly and whispers under her breath.
CORDELIA Please, God.
And she opens her mouth…and SCREAMS! Ear-piercing, deafening. The Occultists lose focus and Piscivorus’s and his ally shoot some of them down. Inside the Pit, the snakes are dazed and disoriented, but Colin gets paler by the second.
Piscivorus closes in on a withdrawing occultist with serpent-like swiftness and slits his throat open with a small dagger. He cuts Cordelia’s bounds off as Yellow-Eyes shoots at the remaining cultists, still at a number advantage. Piscivorus then cuts Heidi and Innocence loose. They take guns from the dead cultists’ corpses.
INNOCENCE Don’t think for a second--
PISCIVORUS Never. For the mean time, shoot to kill. I will help your friend.
Piscivorus’s partner is finally overwhelmed and shot down by the remaining occultists. Heidi and Innocence take positions and fight on.
Cordelia looks down at Colin inside the Pit, serpents still biting at him. Her face is a mix of terror and uncertainty. Piscivorus stands behind her, yellow eyes gleaming.
COLIN Help me…please…help me.
PISCIVORUS If you wish to sssave him, you need to accept what you are becoming.
Cordelia shakes her head violently.
CORDELIA I can’t! I can’t...please do it…you do it…please.
PISCIVORUS He means nothing to me.
Piscivorus leaves her and joins the gunfight. Cordelia’s face looks down at Colin as her expression slowly turns to sheer determination. Her eyes glow a snake-like yellow as she swan-dives into the pit.
IN THE PIT
Cordelia stares at the snakes, her face growing more reptilian. They stare back. A bodily language is understood by both sides. The serpents calm down. Colin looks at her—though weak, his eyes are widened.
INNOCENCE (O.S) Cordelia!
Cordelia looks up. Innocence lowers a long metal pole. Cordelia grabs Colin, struggling with his weight.
INNOCENCE It’s okay, they’re dead. Grab hold!
CORDELIA (raspy) Grab it.
Colin is helped out with the combined efforts of Innocence, Cordelia, Heidi, and even Piscivorus. Piscivorus alone helps Cordelia out of The Pit. Cordelia’s face is completely human again.
They put Colin on the ground, wheezing his last breaths.
INNOCENCE Come on, O’Riely…
Innocence starts sucking the poison out of his wounds. She spits it out. Cordelia and Piscivorus do the same. Heidi stands there in horror.
INNOCENCE Don’t just stand there, idiot, help out!
But Colin stops breathing, eyes staring off blankly. Cordelia’s face scrunches in pain at the sight of his body.
PISCIVORUS Too little…too late.
Innocence’s face fumes with anger. She doesn’t even look at Piscivorus as she closes Colin’s eyes.
INNOCENCE Who were these people?
PISCIVORUS (enraged) Fakes! Lamebrains. They yearned, what they did not have, the power to see. Now, they are no more. That'ssss good. Anarchy...disssgusstsss me.
INNOCENCE What do you want from us?
PISCIVORUS I have a score to ssettle in Niagara Falls.
INNOCENCE With who?
PISCIVORUS Sssso many names, only one identity. He has killed twice already. I'll hang his skin on a wall.
INNOCENCE What the hell are you?
PISCIVORUS Not human.
Innocence's eyes well-up. Heidi can’t help but look down. Cordelia puts her arms around her.
PISCIVORUS You have ssssomeone you wish to meet there as well. I sssee it in your eyes.
INNOCENCE (side-steps) Why do want to kill one of your own?
Piscivorus’s features turn human. He smiles warmly at her.
PISCIVORUS Let's just say...we do not meet eye to eye. I have a vehicle outside. Shall we go?
Sam sits on the ground, scratching Timber�s head.
Leona walks back and forth.
Wolf looks at the engine.
MICHAEL (O.S.) No book!
Michael slams the car door shut.
LEONA No one knows how to fix a car.
Everyone�s stumped faces are enough of a reply for her.
WOLF We�re going to have to walk then.
WOLF walks to the back doors.
MICHAEL We�re going to die.
LEONA Great attitude Michael.
MICHAEL It�s the truth!
LEONA We don�t need to hear it though!
SAM We�ve made it this far.
WOLF (O.S.) Timber.
Timber leaves Sam. With his backpack strapped, Wolf scratches Timber�s head.
WOLF I don�t about you guys but I have no problem walking.
He walks away from the group, Timber at his trail.
Sam follows.
SAM C�mon guys.
Leona and Michael grudgingly follow.
EXT. HIGHWAY 83 - NIGHT
Wolf still walks in front, Timber at his trail. Sam, Leona, and Michael barely keep up, trailing a couple of feet behind.
SAM Hey, Wolf�
Sam stops. She slowly sits down.
MICHAEL Mind taking a rest.
Leona trips. Michael quickly catches her.
MICHAEL You alright?
He slowly helps her down.
WOLF Don�t. Over their.
He points to the side. A park.
WOLF Wood for fire. Water. And a lot of exit points in case of trouble.
MICHAEL (to Leona) C�mon.
He carries her in his arms.
MICHAEL (to Timber) Get Sam.
WOLF (to Sam) Do you mind?
SAM No.
Timber walks over and carries her. Both Michael and Timber walk off with the two females.
EXT. FIFTY POINT CONVERSATION AREA - NIGHT
They set the females down gently on the ground.
WOLF (picking up a branch) Timber, get some branches. Go on.
Timber dashes off.
Wolf and Michael gather nearby branches. They bring it back where Sam and Leona sleep. Timber pops up at times, gives Wolf branches, and dashes off again.
Once the collection is done, Wolf goes to his bag and takes out a flint striker.
He lights the branches. Fire is born.
He takes out a pan.
WOLF I�m going to get some water. Take my gun. The shells are inside the bag.
MICHAEL What about you?
WOLF I got Timber.
Wolf walks off.
MICHAEL This so blows.
Michael walks over, grabs the gun, opens the bag, and takes out the shells.
FROM THE WOODS
Michael returns back to the fire, sitting closer to Leona.
The voyeur is Wolf. He walks away, this time, with a smile.
LATER
Wolf comes walking back. Timber settles near Sam.
Michael reclines his back against a tree.
WOLF Thirsty?
MICHAEL Sure.
Wolf holds the pan of water over the fire.
WOLF You�re a good man Michael.
MICHAEL Thanks.
WOLF How long have you known the young one?
MICHAEL More than Father Holmes.
WOLF Does she know you like her?
MICHAEL What?
WOLF It�s obvious you like her. But does she know it?
MICHAEL I don�t know what you�re talking about.
WOLF Sure. Hypothetically if you are, my advice, tell her before it�s too soon.
MICHAEL Why you telling me this?
WOLF Because you�re good. And I help good people.
MICHAEL (V.O.) Easy for you to say. You�re not the second guy. I don�t exist for her. To no one.
WOLF What�re you thinking? You seem hard in thought.
MICHAEL I need to take a piss.
Michael stands. He passes the gun to Wolf and walks off. Timber tracks him.
A COUPLE FEET AWAY
Michael stands still, frustration on his face. He looks up. Sees a star shine. He�s face relaxes immediately.
He looks back at the fire where his friends and love are.
MICHAEL (V.O.) I take it back. Thanks for this.
Behind, a branch CRACKS!
Michael sees Timber up and BARKING. Wolf turns with his gun aimed. Sam and Leona awake.
Michael hears low, guttural GROWLS.
MICHAEL (V.O.) Ha! Well, what did you know? WOLF Don�t move!
Michael looks up, now at an empty dark sky.
Wolf moves to the side.
MICHAEL (V.O.) I�m not the one to make it, ain�t I? Not a surprise. It�s for the best.
He turns and comes face to face with an animal�s open mouth.
Black. Gunshots ROAR! SCREAMS!
EXT. HIGHWAY 83 � NIGHT
A huge sign reads �ST. CATHERINES�
Three people and an animal walk: Sam, Leona, Timber and Wolf.
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No ordinary water burbles along, a dark purple cast of beauty.
It must be healing waters. A beautiful metallic patina glazes over its flowing surface.
Faint drums beat in the distance. The distance behind us; the distance that guides us.
This might be the chant that rises too, but how would we know? Well, Albert would know. It’s sung in Hindi.
Cordelia lounges underneath a pink sky, sucking a blood red lolly. In between sucks, she recites to the shadow that stands over her - the shadow of Piscivorus.
Cordelia lies down, looks up at him, his presence looming above her, larger than life.
Pisco regards her for a soft moment, then looks back up.
CORDELIA The river’s edge where Pisco stands, His serpent eyes, His human hands, Reflecting back from water’s glory, Playing out the age old story.
Pisco takes a long drag from his cigarette. As he blows out, he fashions perfect smoke rings that break and whirl upwards in coils.
Piscivorus offers Cordelia a drag.
CORDELIA No thanksss. (pulling out the sucker) I got this.
PISCIVORUS Uh.
Piscivorus waits, uncomfortable.
PISCIVORUS Weather’sss good.
CORDELIA Yur sstallin’
Piscivorus snorts.
PISCIVORUS Me? Sssstall? I’m Pisco Vorusss. Wise and ssstrong. Living, fighting, dying... I’ve faced fear all my livesss.
CORDELIA It’sss ... not the fear. It’s me isn’t it?
PISCIVORUS You’re a comrade. What can I say?
CORDELIA Just go.
Piscivorus strips down to his underwear.
Cordelia regards his manly form.
Pisco looks back once before diving into the water.
INT. UNDERNEATH THE RAINBOW WATERS
Down. The watery world spills around him as he swims into the depths to an underground cave where Rudra dwells.
It’s black until the golden eyes of many snakes light the water around him.
Further back, the water ends. Piscivorus swims through the barrier where the water's gone and a dry dark tunnel begins.
Before him appears a woman, she offers a golden robe. She doesn’t speak but points still deeper into the cave.
He looks confused by her, but walks onward- into the greenish glow of the tunnels.
If you look close, but it needs to be real close, like the seers, you’ll see the animals living on the cave’s walls.
PISCIVORUS Rudra?
Something appears from a twist at the back of the cave. It’s Wolf.
WOLF Rudra sleeps now. Until we wake Him with our battle.
PISCIVORUS If we don’t wake him, we both die. (a beat) For good.
WOLF Helluva choice.
Piscivorus follows Wolf through the dark maze.
The sound of a great sleep surrounds them, breathing and the beat of a mythic heart.
Now enter a great dining room, a table overladen with food sits omnipresent in its middle.
They sit down to eat, plating food.
First, in silence.
Forks and knives scrape the plates meticulously.
A heaviness hangs in the air.
PISCIVORUS Why does Mirus not speak?
WOLF Rudra took her voice away. If the blasphemers come to learn the mysteries, if they even think of using methods of high persuasion, she will not speak the words.
PISCIVORUS No resonance, no spell. Rudra must believe they are desperate.
WOLF Hungry is a better word.
Wolf CARVES deeply into his steak.
Piscivorus draws railroad tracks in his mashed potatoes. Hesitates.
Wolf looks up, a large piece of steak hanging out of his open mouth.
Piscivorus makes an “N” using pickle strips at the top.
Wolf crinkles his nose up, curious.
PISCIVORUS I don’t get it. All these people with this dream to head north and most of them don’t make it? Sounds like-
Wolf grabs his forehead. A “not this again” look on his face.
WOLF Like life Pesco. You know that- better than I.
His words start to roll out like: You know the drill. It seems he’s trying to make light of the situation as he drones on:
WOLF I’ve got my agenda; you’ve got yours. We give people a reason, a challenge...
Piscivorus breaks into a slight smile. Is it real? He has a chuckle then. Something about Wolf he likes and it shines in his eyes.
Wolf picks up on it.
WOLF Drink up, it’s tradition.
Piscivorus darkens suddenly.
PISCIVORUS We lose our heads and that’s tradition? There has to be more.
WOLF (shrugs) I don’t know this is pretty damn good food I’d say.
PISCIVORUS More than hunger.
WOLF What is more than hunger?
Piscivorus drops his fork and knife and turns away.
WOLF Look, you know we have to fight. This is our stand. What’s come over you all of a sudden? It’s the ancient battle- the good fight...
PISCIVORUS It’s Cordelia. I don’t know.
WOLF Sentiment won’t help her grow. You sick or something?
PISCIVORUS Yeah. Hah... Maybe I’ve got the virus right?
WOLF We both work for Rudra. In different ways- but remember Circe?
PISCIVORUS Circe, yes, Rudra’s creation. She’s plenty good with remedies too.
WOLF Rudra has all the remedies. She’ll be quenching this virus when the time is right.
Piscivorus, shakes his head then lifts his countenance.
PISCIVORUS (raising his glass) To the right time!
WOLF To death!
PISCIVORUS To death! ... (a very long study of Wolf)
WOLF No Pesco, I DON’T know if this round goes to me.
Piscivorus gives a questioning look.
WOLF How the Hell would I know?! Have I ever-
Piscivorus looks like he must be losing it for a moment.
PISCIVORUS Sorry. I guess it just gets to me after awhile.
WOLF You?!!! It gets to you?!!! What about me?!!!
PISCIVORUS We’re both fucked aren’t we?
WOLF Here’s to being fucked!
PISCIVORUS I just offered a 13 year old a cigarette.
WOLF You remember her as the woman she was. It’s understandable.
Piscivorus gets up suddenly.
PISCIVORUS I don’t want her to suffer!
WOLF (standing) She MUST die!
PISCIVORUS No!
Piscivorus lunges at Wolf, with his steak knife.
Wolf draws back, both his hands up and back in submission.
WOLF Easy Pesco. Let’s save this for the right time or we’ll have the blasphemers settling the score not us.
Wolf breathes hard, his eyes hold some real fear.
WOLF Who do you trust more for doing this the right and honorable way. Me or them?
Piscivorus eases off. Wolf takes the knife out of his hand and places it gently on the table.
Piscivorus blinks slowly. Wolf smooths the lines in Piscivorus’ robe.
Piscivorus places one hand on Wolf’s shoulder as if to say something...
He sits back down. So does Wolf.
Carillon bells chime.
WOLF It nears the twelve.
CORDELIA’S VOICE Almost 12 around the one. Almost 12 and I’ll be done.
Piscivorus’ eyes are glazed with liquid.
PISCIVORUS She knows. Shiva’s child. My wi-. Was. Shit.
Wolf rubs at the hair on his chin. He sniffs, apparently some kind of tears flowing in the back of his sinuses.
Over against the far wall of the strange dining theatre, a clock.
This clock has on its face: Faces of the 12 seekers.
And in each numbered place around-
The instances of death are found:
1. Albert dies in flames.
2. James blasts his high power gun.
3. Jack, eaten by a great serpent in his round of golf.
4. Bruce bleeds to death by the bite of Piscivorus.
5. Father Holmes in the accident - shot by Wolf
6. Eddy, shot by Sam.
7. Colin, thrown into the snake pit.
8. Michael, killed by some kind of animal.
WOLF Four left and then the new circle begins.
Piscivorus doesn’t say anything.
A bell starts dinging. It’s Mirus-
The mute woman is desperate as she rings a brass dinner bell. Frantically she points to the entrance.
Piscivorus doesn’t response, transfixed in the distance he sees several tiny white glows tinted red, wavering as the wind picks up.
His fork tongue slithers out slowly. It motions up and down before it snaps back.
PISCIVORUS Don’t you hear that?
HEIDI NO.
INNOCENCE Hear what?
Piscivorus looks back at Cordelia.
PISCIVORUS Cordelia, you hear it, don’t you.
Innocence brings Cordelia closer to herself, as she stares transfixed into the distance.
CORDELIA (Slowly) Yes. Drums. Faint drums.
Cordelia looks up to Piscivorus whilst holding on to Innocence.
CORDELIA What does it mean?
PISCIVORUS Yesss, that’s right. I’m not quite sure myself. I do have a gut feeling that we’ll be okay.
The group continue to walk onwards.
THIRTY MINUTES LATER
EXT. GOAT ISLAND
The drums BELLOW in the stale night air. ECHOES eerily fill the surrounding area. The sounds of wildlife are distinctly absent.
HEIDI I don’t like this. It’s not right.
PISCIVORUS It’sss alright, I’ll protect you all. Just don’t go near the water.
HEIDI Excuse me but I think I’ll reserve my judgement.
INNOCENCE It’s not right. This place creeps me out. Let’s go.
She puts a hand on Cordelia’s shoulder.
PISCIVORUS I th-
Cordelia brushes of Innocence’s hand and steps forward.
CORDELIA No. I must go on.
Cordelia sees the same glowing lights as Piscivorus, this time they’re all lined up in rows.
She continues to walk on. Heidi and Innocence look at each other before Piscivorus gestures his hand for them to start walking.
EXT. THREE SISTERS ISLANDS
The group stand at the forest edge and look towards a crowd of FOLLOWERS bowing towards a statue of SHIVA holding a TRIDENT. Shiva’s on a mound with an empty throne next to him.
LIGHT from the crescent moon’s face pierce OBLIQUE SHADOWS that stand still around Shiva.
A rectangle mount with Hindu writing adorns its sides, sits in between Shiva and the followers.
The wind scoops up ASHES from the mount.
A fork tongue juts out quickly from Cordelia. She looks up at Piscivorus whose eyes glow.
Innocence has her hands on Cordelia’s shoulders and looks at Heidi with a concerned expression.
A snake slithers along the ground. Slowly it makes its way to Shiva. The Followers stop, their eyes fixed on the snake as it ignores everyone it passes.
The Oblique Shadows move out of the snake’s path.
The snake slowly twists itself around Shiva. It loops itself around Shiva’s body and arms, before its head finally stops and rests on the upper right hand’s open palm.
Shiva’s eyes begin to glow.
Carillon bells chime to signal the start of a new procession.
CORDELIA Let go of me! I want this.
Cordelia breaks free away from Innocence’s grasp and runs towards Shiva. She runs through the middle of the pack of Followers, past the mount and stops at the feet of Shiva.
INNOCENCE Come back.
Innocence runs after Cordelia, followed by Heidi and Piscivorus.
Innocence, Heidi and Piscivorus disrupt the worshipping Followers.
They stand up and grab hold of them.
Cordelia’s head bows to Shiva.
CORDELIA I’m here to serve you, my sage.
A Follower walks over to Cordelia and points to the empty throne.
FOLLOWER Take your throne Cordelia.
Cordelia looks up, mystified at how this stranger knows her name. She walks over and takes her seat.
The Follower turns to face the congregation.
FOLLOWER Tonight we’ll bring back Rudra and Piscivorus will be no more. You shall offer your body as a vessel for Rudra.
Piscivorus perplexed as to what’s going on. Stops struggling to try and catch a glimpse of this Follower’s face.
The Follower pulls his hood down to reveal Wolf.
Wolf points to Heidi.
WOLF You will offer your life as a sacrifice to bring Rudra back.
Heidi, Innocence and Piscivorus struggle to break from free from their human constraints
The ROAR of crashing, churning water replaces the drums as the followers stop playing and form a circle around the clearing.
Heidi is dragged by her hair and dumped onto her knees in front of the statue.
Held back, helpless to do anything, Piscivorus and Innocence watch on...
HEIDI Who are you?
Wolf looks at down at Heidi, something is happens to his face...it contorts...twists...blood vessels bulge...it is now Bruce who stares into Heidi's eyes.
HEIDI What the?
A smile from Bruce...a lick of his lips...
SHAIVAS I am Shaivas, who were you expecting?
...a forked tongue...giant eyes...something dark, something only Heidi sees.
She SCREAMS.
Shaivas grabs her face and pulls it close to his.
It is now the face of a boy, his own face.
SHAIVAS Silence. You are chosen. It is an honor.
She spits in his eyes. He pushes her to the ground and LAUGHS.
SHAIVAS (to everybody) Does anybody here doubt the power of Rudra?
FOLLOWERS (in unison) Rudra. Rudra. Rudra...
He pulls a sword from within his robe, lifts it hight into the air, the chanting increases...
FOLLOWERS (in unison) Rudra. Rudra. Rudra.
SHAIVAS Then let it begin.
Shaivas grabs Heidi by her hair,pulls her up onto her knees and swipes down with the blade.
Heidi's body slumps to the floor, blood gushes from her open wound.
He holds her head high into the air and the followers ROAR with appreciation.
Innocence is sick, she is thrown to the floor in disgust by her captor, she sits on the ground in tears.
SHAIVAS Rudra!
He tosses Heidi's head to Cordelia, she catches it with one hand.
SHAIVAS Drink the blood of the chosen one, summon Rudra to our midst.
Cordelia lifts Heidi's head high above her head and allows blood to drip onto her tongue.
She swallows Heidi's blood, wipes the excess from her smiling, ruby lips, stands to face the followers...
CORDELIA Rudra!
FOLLOWERS (in unison) Rudra!
Suddenly everything goes deadly silent, not a sound can be heard. The followers stop and scan the tress around them.
Cordelia walks slowly to the edge of the clearing. She smiles at Shaivas.
CORDELIA It is time.
EXT. HORSESHOE FALLS
The river slows to a trickle, the falls is now nothing more than a dry cliff face, the water below it as still as a lake.
Real silence. For the first time since the ice melted and gave birth to these lands not a sound can be heard.
The ground shakes... Harder...faster...
The sound of RUSHING WATER...stronger...louder with every second.
The water rises up and begins to rush back up the river, the Horseshoe Falls is now a waterfall in reverse. Water flowing upriver, cascading foam defying gravity and all logic.
FLASHES OF LIGHTENING and CLAPS OF THUNDER reverberate overhead.
A storm is coming.
EXT. THREE SISTERS ISLAND
A bolt of lightening strikes the statue of Shiva, sparks and flames shower the followers.
Innocence sees an opportunity and makes a run for it. She disappears into the trees.
SHAIVAS Don't let her get away!
A powerful gust of wind blows through the Island, people grab whatever they can to stop themselves been carried away.
Followers are blown through the trees, scattered into the river below.
Piscivorus stands unaided and watches Cordelia, all around her is complete chaos while she is the calm in the eye of the storm.
They stand facing each other, eyes locked, a hint of a smile on their lips.
Shaivas is at the edge of the clearing, watching the events unfold. Something catches his eye... Innocence has almost reached the bridge, her fingers claw her way from tree to tree, she tries to keep her balance in the strong wind.
Shaivas launches himself to his feet and sprints towards her, ignoring the wind.
He reaches her as she gets to the bridge, his hands grab her and spin her around.
She has the sword.
Without hesitation she pushes it into his stomach.
Shaivas does not utter a sound, he can only look down at the blood now seeping from his own body.
She withdraws it and again pushes it deep into his flesh...Blood trickles from his lips...his hands shake by his side.
Innocence withdraws the sword and lifts it high above her head... she brings it down on top of him.
Shaivas catches it in his hands and lifts it up, taking Innocence off the ground with it. He spins round, slowly at first but building speed...Spins around and around...Innocence desperate to hold on.
He lets go.
Innocence SCREAMS as she is released, like a rag-doll she is thrown into the raging torrent of the Niagara river and disappears from view.
Shaivas looks down at himself and watches as his wounds slowly heal by themselves.
He turns and walks back towards the clearing, for a second he is Eddy...cigarette in mouth...confident walk.
He reaches the clearing and is Shaivas again.
The storm has passed, the sky clear. He reaches the clearing.
Cordelia is alone.
SHAIVAS Where is he?
CORDELIA Gone.
SHAIVAS I wanted him to remain here.
CORDELIA He is more useful out there.
SHAIVAS Out there?
CORDELIA The others are almost upon us...She is almost here.
SHAIVAS Then we must be prepared.
They both turn towards the north and stare across the river to the city.
As Shaivas and Cordelia stare upon the lights of the city, they blur like when you stare too long.
... Into the crossed bars of something. Pull back to find a lowly shopping cart tipped on its side.
FATHER HOLMES' DREAM
AT THE MOMENT OF DEATH - THE PRIMAL SCREAM
FLASHBACK
EXT. SUPERSTORE - EVENING
MICHAEL It's okay, you're fine. You're going to be fine.
FATHER HOLMES V.O. I knew he was right. Completely.
A crow settles on A NEARBY LIGHT POLE.
LEONA How is he?
MICHAEL Not good. He's not going to make it.
FATHER HOLMES I can hear you, you know.
FATHER HOLMES Call me Bobby, and not too good. I don't think I'm going to make it.
Wolf chuckles inappropriately.
FATHER HOLMES V.O. (chuckling)
He had a right to laugh...
The light above Father Holmes turns on.
He looks up. He smiles. His eyes go dull and his smile drops.
FATHER HOLMES V.O. I forgot about that.
The crow flies away. Michael and Leona leave.
FATHER HOLMES V.O. It seemed so long ago- to feel this way again. Like slipping into forever.
The wind blows through the evergreens.
FATHER HOLMES V.O. And you know there's forever.
Into THE EVERGREENS.
Into:
EXT. RURAL ROAD - CUT THROUGH PATH
Little-legs-running-shoes bouncing a ball. A long narrow path towards a school.
FATHER HOLMES V.O. Oh the places you'll go... Remember? Remember Dr. Seuss? The places you'll go?
...On and on you will hike and I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
The feet trip. We hit the dirt. Black.
FLASHBACK: BOBBY'S CHILDHOOD
Over the black.
MOTHER'S VOICE Bobby? Bobby you ok?
EXT. SIDEWALK - DAY
Bobby looks up into his mother's caring eyes.
LITTLE BOBBY (shock breaks into a smile) Yeah. I'm OK.
CUT TO:
Complete blackness. It's as though it's over, not just this, but everything.
A small point of light pierces the screen. It grows as we approach. It's Father Holmes approaching us. He looks different somehow. He looks at us. He sees someone else.
FATHER HOLMES (speaking to us it seems) I don't know what to tell you... It's like remembering and forgetting at the same time.
The person he's talking to is an aspect of himself.
Reverse and find:
FATHER HOLMES 2 (chuckling like Wolf) Multiple personality disorder or what?
FATHER HOLMES It would be so lonely otherwise.
FATHER HOLMES 2 Indeed.
FATHER HOLMES I can't decide if I want to hang out for awhile or what?
FATHER HOLMES 2 Well, it won't be hanging out this time.
Questioning look.
FATHER HOLMES Why?
FATHER HOLMES 2 We've got a predicament on our hands.
FATHER HOLMES We've always had a predicament on our hands. That's the point.
FATHER HOLMES 2 It's different this time. There's always been two sides fighting. The side of the wolf...
The second Father Holmes becomes nothing more than a vapor now-- and then, completely gone.
FADE IN:
INT. LITTLE BOBBY'S BEDROOM
Father Holmes is little Bobby again, staring up into his mother's blue eyes.
Bobby's in bed with a collection of toys that he fidgets with as his mother reads.
She holds an over sized book in her hands. THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES.
MOTHER The primitive side is wild-- untamed and beautiful. The wild horses-- free. Completely free.
Into Bobby's eyes.
INSERT BOBBY'S IMAGINATION:
The wolf, in glossy thick fur. The fluttering of bat wings. The animals-- all in a silken black opalescence. That evening you remember shouldn't have ended.
BACK TO SCENE
MOTHER And then there's the side of The Serpent...
Mother points to an illustration.
The perfect garden, a sprinkler...
FLASH
The sprinkler is THE FALLS, loud and magnificent
BACK TO SCENE.
No. Not a garden hose. A snake, and:
The illustration comes alive.
EXT. GARDEN - DAY
A WOMAN rests under a nearby tree. Propped up like Father Holmes when he died.
The snake slithers up to greet The Woman and whispers in her ear.
Hssss... Hush... Hydra... Hissstory...
As mother tells the old story, Bobby's garden comes to more life still and the stillness, it shifts. More color. More motion.
The garden splits right down the middle into two distinct parts.
Aerial:
One is civilization. The other is unblemished wilderness.
MOTHER V.O. The wise one, using knowledge, skill. The side of society and culture.
The images of tame and wild are good. Good and sometimes good and disturbing.
FLASHES
Like the bird that is caged and The Office Men in their little boxed cubicles, clinking away on their computers.
If there's a moon in the sky, they wouldn't know it if they hadn't been told it was so.
MOTHER V.O. So too are The Primitives wanting their life. *
INSERT:
EXT. PRIMEVAL WORLD - NIGHT
THE PRIMITIVES: Like Cavemen. These ones, clothed in animal fur don't feel bad about crawling on the ground to move.
They're up and down, but the soft ground is good for them.
The heart of their world: the flames of a fire inside the open cooking pit. It lashes at the night time feast. *
MOTHER V.O.
They are the group fighting to keep Rudra on the spiritual side of the veil. They don't want her to create healing-- not yet. They know that humans, in their worst form are also a virus. The Primitives treasure their freedom above all else.
BACK TO SCENE
INSERT:
The book shows a SERPENTIAN, one who travels back and forth between the veil. Golden eyes, human wit and willful hands holding an axe.
MOTHER For The Serpents, it's about control before freedom.
BOBBY What's control?
MOTHER Well it's... power over yourself and others and things. When you bounce your ball, you control how high it will go- IF it will go at all.
BOBBY Oh.
Mother They want that. To bring Rudra back now to begin the healing now. Maybe too soon. The Followers are too intelligent sometimes for their own good. ... And now there have grown up amongst both groups those ones who don't respect the boundaries.
INSERT:
INT. FACTORY - NIGHT
Colin wakes; sat on a chair tied and gagged, his vision blurred. He looks to his sides. Cordelia, Heidi, Innocence…all bound and struggling, positioned in front of a fifteen-feet-deep pit.
The Men, now dressed in unassuming dark robes, stand around them in a circle-- seven of them.
MOTHER V.O. They are the Blasphemers.
BACK TO SCENE:
LITTLE BOBBY What's a blasphemer?
MOTHER Someone who spits on a flower. Someone who won't play a game fairly. Someone who loves to make suffering without any reason at all.
INSERT:
EXT. SNAKE PIT
The Occultists throw Colin in without a second thought. He screams as he falls to the bottom of The Pit.
Snakes hiss in menacing reaction as his chair is smashed apart. A COBRA bites into his hand. He screams in pain.
MOTHER V.O. The Black Arts Masters, the ones who would prevent Piscivorus and Wolf from fighting again as they have for Aeons.
FLASH:
EXT. MOUNT OF ANNIK - NIGHTFALL
Wolf and Piscivorus on the greatest mount of all. So bloody high up it scares the hell out you.
You don't want to be up on a ledge so high and think that you might fall.
Wolf and Piscivorus sort each other out as they move slowly in circles, swords in hand. Very special swords that have fire in them and glow like embers, sparking, spitting.
MOTHER V.O. They have no respect for the boundaries of the wild and the tame. They seek a certain thrill. A terrible thrill.
BACK TO SCENE
Bobby's father enters, his handsome face lit up somehow, but equally dark.
FLASH:
Occultists so ugly, they've taken on the look of their evil. Living garbage and filth, their mouths twisting out of shape from their putrid words. Their hair mangled, matted. Pustules developing on their faces. So ugly it would make Shiva The Terrible want to vomit.
FATHER V.O. They seek to bring Shiva The Terrible to play for them like a puppet. For their amusement. They must be stopped. They enter people's heads and play with their thoughts. They make people lose sense of their own identities. They mock the goodness of the fire and ash. When you grow up Bobby, you will learn how vile they are. They will make you lose your faith in God.
EXT. WILDERNESS NIGHT
A primitive man with his pet wolf looks up to the fullest silver moon you've ever seen.
The man falls to his knees and lets out the loudest PRIMAL SCREAM that crushes inside your bones. The wolf joins in, howling. If a wolf could cry, this one might. His eyes are drenched in sadness - black as a cats. Go into this void. It would make you scream too.
INT. SMALL CHURCH – EARLY EVENING
Sam wakes with THE BOOK OF MYSTERIES on the floor.
It is dark now, the only light comes from the candles burning on the table. She stares into the glow of the candle's flame.
SAM (whispers) The hours of darkness… have melted down… the burning candles… yellow gown. When darkness falls, reveal your light… into the world… into the night…
She puts the book back into her bag and inhales deeply and blows the candles out.
The sun glimpses on the horizon, casting long shadows ahead of the four travelers. They struggle on, their heads drooped.
Sam and Leona huddled together, Wolf and Timber ahead of them. Wolf stops and glances over his shoulder.
WOLF It's not far now. It should just be --
Timber jolts forward. BARKS with urgency.
Wolf smiles and turns back ahead.
WOLF -- up ahead.
Sam and Leona raise their heads, force themselves forward with more urgency.
Ahead of them...Niagra Falls.
Leona breaks off, alone. Her face lights up with wonderment.
LEONA It's beautiful.
Sam joins her and wraps an arm around her waist. They share a smile as Wolf stands by them. Timber, now at his side, BARKS again.
Leona's gaze turns to confusion. She squints.
LEONA The water...
Wolf squats down. Runs his palm roughly down Timber's thick coat.
LEONA It's going...the wrong way.
They all look closer. Wolf shakes his head, eyebrows raised in surprise as he stands back up.
WOLF This just keeps getting stranger and stranger. Doesn't it?
They walk on, toward the falls.
EXT. NIAGRA FALLS - LATER
A camp site...close to the cliff's edge. One solitary FIGURE sits in the shadows, hunched over. The figure's head turns constantly, ever watching...stops, yellow eyes fixed dead ahead.
The figure raises his face to the sky...lets out a bloodcurdling PRIMAL SCREAM.
Three figures walk in the distance, silhouetted, just on the other side of a bridge. Another figure ahead of them, smaller, maybe a dog.
EXT. RIVER ROAD
Timber runs on, towards the bridge.
Leona and Sam follow. Wolf, now hesitant, brings up the rear. His eyes fixed ahead.
A DISTANT SCREAM...
Wolf stops.
The SCREAM...louder.
Wolf's eyes go wide.
WOLF Stop!
Leona and Sam turn.
SAM What is it now? We're nearly --
WOLF Shut up! Just listen, I hear someth --
Timber rushes towards them...
Wolf squints, confused.
WOLF It can't be...
Leona and Sam turn back to face --
A stampede of PRIMITIVES rush off the bridge in front of them, hunched over, some on all fours, others on two feet but it doesn't seem natural for them.
WOLF Whatever you do, don't run!
Wolf grabs hold of Leona and Sam. They all stand together, compact...strong.
Sam, panicked, looks to Leona's determined face. The Primitives close on them.
SAM Wolf, who the hell are these...people?
Wolf looks to the sky, lets out a sigh, turns back to them.
WOLF They won't harm us. As long as we don't run, they won't harm us.
The Primitives surround them, grunting. Human, but a much more primitive kind. Almost like cavemen.
Sam, Leona and Wolf stand strong together. Their heads held high in defiance.
The figure from earlier, the only one with the yellow eyes, breaks forward. He tilts his head, eyes fixed on Leona. Moves closer, his heavy breath obviously repulsive based on her look of disgust. He seems to be the LEADER.
Leona gazes into his yellow eyes, mesmerized.
LEADER (slavvering, mumbled) What - what do you seek here? This is our place! Our falls.
He points to the falls behind them. Snaps his gaze back to Leona. Screams...
LEADER What do you seek!?
Wolf puts himself between the Leader and Leona.
WOLF We seek what you protect. We seek...Shiva.
A smile breaks onto the leaders face, eyes light up. He turns to the other Primitives.
LEADER Protect? What we protect!?
He lets out a sputtering, horrific LAUGH.
Wolf's eyes dart between the Leader and the other Primitives, closing their circle around them.
The Leader takes a step closer to Wolf...now just inches apart. Their eyes fixed, Wolf seems frozen to the spot.
The Primitives grab hold of Leona and Sam, lift them into the air and walk back onto the bridge.
The Leader closes his eyes. Sweat beads form on Wolf's brow, his entire body shaking.
Wolf lets out an agonized SCREAM as a tiny snake pierces out of his eyeball.
Soon, another snake bursts from the other eyeball.
Wolf remains frozen in place as the Leader, shakes with the stress, eyes still forced shut.
Wolf falls onto his back, writhing about blindly, in agony...
... The Leader opens his eyes, looks down to see Wolf with snakes instead of hands. Their tongues protrude teasingly, tasting the air around Wolf's face.
Both of their mouths open...they move closer to Wolf's face...
...Wolf's head dissapears into one of his snake-head arms. Further...half of his body inside the snake now.
The Leader turns, walks back up the bridge and smiles, shaking his head.
LEADER What we protect.
Another disgusting LAUGH as he dissapears over the bridge.
A group of eight Primitives proceeds South East along the New Rainbow Bridge. Sam and Leona are slung over the shoulders of the last two. Yellow Eyes brings up the rear, some fifty yards behind the group.
Sam makes eye contact with Leona, as they bounce along.
Sam (whispering) Is your shotgun loaded?
Leona nods.
Sam (whispering) OK, girl, here we go…
In a flash, Sam pulls out both Rugers from their holsters, and simultaneously fires into the back of her captor’s thighs. He goes down to his knees instantly, howling in pain.
When Sam’s feet hit, she flips herself up like an acrobat, immediately sending two more rounds into the legs of the Primitive holding Leona.
Leona’s captor falls face first. Leona scurries to her feet, as the rest of the pack turn at the commotion.
Sam unloads four more shots into the two downed beasts.
Yellow Eyes HOWLS from behind them, and runs forward at full speed. Unbeknownst to him, Timber gives chase from behind.
A large, female Primitive reaches out a furry hand at Leona. Bang! A hole the size of a watermelon appears in her upper torso, as she’s blown backwards. Leona stands tall, her shotgun smoking.
Leona Fuck you, you ugly Bitch!
Sam spins around, fires four quick shots into two advancing Primitives. All four shots hit home, and they fall backward. Black blood spills from the still smoking holes in their chests.
Leona fires again, this time taking off the right arm of a smaller, more human-looking Primitive. A spray of blood shoots out, but it continues to advance. Sam spins to her left. Two small explosions escape her Rugers, as the top of the one-armed Primitive’s head is blown clean off.
The final two Primitives stop in their tracks, confused by the sudden massacre around them. Both raise their heads to the sky and let loose a horrific scream.
Sam and Leona both turn towards the final two. They make eye contact with each other.
Sam You OK?
Leona Yeah, I’d say we’re kicking some serious ass.
Sam turns around as Yellow Eyes advances, now only a few feet away. The other two Primitives rush forward as well.
Sam We’re not done yet…
Leona takes aim and pulls the trigger, but she’s out of shells. The last standing female Primitive swats her in the face with a mighty paw. She slams into Sam, and both go down. The female reaches down and picks Leona up by her hair.
Sam unloads multiple shots from both pistols into the female’s lower torso. The beast falls sideways and down. Leona is catapulted into the railing of the bridge. Her shotgun falls over the edge, into the rushing current below.
Yellow Eyes reaches the fray, and leaps at the still downed Sam. Timber leaps as well from behind, affixing his jaws around Yellow Eyes’ throat. Sam rolls to her left, avoiding the two warring creatures.
Timber’s on top, and tearing at Yellow Eyes throat and face. Blood spills from multiple punctures, but the great beast doesn’t give up the fight, and in a single massive thrust, sends Timber flying backwards through the air. He hits the top of the railing and tumbles into the Niagara River, below.
Sam gets to her feet, sees both Primitives advancing on her. Leona lies unconscious against the railing, a few feet away.
Holding out both pistols in front of her, screaming at the top of her lungs, Sam fires away. Sparks spray out of both muzzles at an alarming rate.
Yellow Eyes and his last remaining partner take hit after hit, their bodies rocking back and forth in an oddly choreographed dance of death. Both fall backwards and finally down.
Yellow Eyes raises an unsteady hand and clenches it into a fist, staring directly into Sam’s eyes. He opens his mouth to speak.
Sam Here’s one more for Timber, you cocksucker.
She raises her right hand, and blasts a final shot into Yellow Eyes face. Blood flies out on impact, and Yellow Eyes and his horde are no more.
Sam turns to Leona, who has come to. Leona looks around, as she pushes herself to her feet.
Leona Are they…
Sam Yeah, they’re all dead, Leona…we did it.
Leona And Timber?
Sam shakes her head.
Sam No, he didn’t make it, but he saved my life. I knew from the second I saw him that he was here for a reason.
Leona takes a step, and almost falls down.
Leona Shit! My leg’s about done.
Sam puts her Rugers back in their holsters, gives a hand to Leona. They struggle back the way they came.
EXT. RAINBOW PARK
A strange, low lying mist hovers above the ground, as Sam and Leona walk toward the Rainbow Bridge.
Sam You gonna make it, girl?
Leona I’m OK. I got hit with some pellets in my leg a few hours ago, but nothing went through.
Odd chanting and drum beats begin somewhere in the distance.
Sam There we go, sounds like a welcoming party.
Leona You know where we are?
Sam Yeah, my heart tells me we need to get to the old Rainbow Bridge…it’s up here a ways.
Leona Weren’t we just on it?
Sam That was the New Rainbow Bridge. It was built about 15 years ago, when they reinforced the old one. Those things wanted to take us over, and that’s why I’d rather go a different way. Something I feel…
Leona stops, looks over at Sam, a smile on her parched lips.
Leona Sam…I’m so glad you found us. You saved my life…
Sam I think its fate that we found each other. Whatever’s up there is waiting for us. It’s you and me now, Leona. It’s up to us.
Leona reaches into her pocket, pulls out her beads. She rubs them together in her hand, and looks to Sam.
Leona And God…don’t think we’re all alone Sam, cause we’re not.
Cordelia leads her followers off of the pedestrian bridge from Goat Island heading towards Rainbow Bridge. They chant “Om Namo Bhagavathe Rudraya.” (Om Salutations to the God who is Rudhra).
GROUP Namasthe Rudhra manyava Uthotha Ishave Nama Namsthosthu Dhanvane Bahubyam Uthathe Nama. (translation) Salutations to your Ire, Rudhra and also salutations to your arrow.. Salutations to your bow and also to your both arms.
EXT. RIVER ROAD – DAY
Sam supports Leona as they walk down the road towards the Canadian side of the Rainbow Bridge. The chanting continues under their scenes.
SAM Almost there. How're you doing?
LEONA As you might expect.
EXT. PEDESTRIAN PATH – DAY
Cordelia and her followers continue marching towards the bridge.
GROUP Yatha ishu siva thamaa shivam babuva the dhanu, Shivaa sharavyaa yaa thava thaya no rudhra mrudaya. (translation) Bless us with happiness our Lord, With that arrow of thine, which is holy, With that bow of thine, which is begetter of good, With that quiver of thine, which is sweet.
EXT. HIRAM STREET – DAY
Sam and Leona continue their walk turning onto the road that will lead them to the old Rainbow Bridge.
SAM Did I ever tell you about the vortices of Sedona, Arizona?
LEONA You mentioned it once. Why?
SAM People say there’s power in that place. Four vortices that represent masculinity, femininity, and the balance while the fourth binds them all together.
A sound comes from off the road. Their eyes snap in that direction. They see nothing. They glance at each other and continue walking.
EXT. PEDESTRIAN PATH
Cordelia and her followers draw closer.
GROUP Yaa the shivaa thanu raghoraa papakasini, Thaya nasthanuva shantha maya gireesam thaabhi chakashihi. (translation) Oh Rudra, who showers happiness on us from the Mount, With your aspect which is peaceful, Which is giver of good always, And that, which is bereft of sin, And which is the road to salvation, And which takes us to taller heights, Reveal to us the principle of the soul.
EXT. HIRAM STREET – DAY
The walking continues.
SAM But those people are wrong. There is a fifth vortex in Sedona. I found it. Or rather, it found me.
LEONA What was it?
SAM It made everything so clear. This was before anything ever happened, and yet I saw it all when I was in that place. There was so much power there. So much clarity.
EXT. PEDESTRIAN AREA PARKING LOT – DAY
GROUP Yaa mishum giri shantha hasthe Bhibarshya sthave, Shivaam girithra thaam kuru maa himsi purusham jagat. (translation) Oh Rudra who feeds us sweetness sitting on the mount, And who gives us solace sitting on the mount, Please make the arrow in your hand, Which you have brought to punish the sinners, Peaceful and do not give trouble to people and the world.
EXT. FALLS AVENUE – DAY
SAM They were wrong about the vortices, though. About what they represented.
Sam looks at Leona, who looks a little scared.
SAM The other four are the ego, destroy and rebuilder, healer and preserver, and the creator. And the fifth shows them for what they are for the fifth is the eternal.
LEONA The eternal what?
Sam looks off the road at something that seems to hide there.
SAM The eternal Shiva.
Leona’s eyes grow wide.
SAM It showed me my destiny in such a powerful way that I can never stray from it.
She glances off the road again to find that the standing shadow has gone.
EXT. ENTRY TO RAINBOW BRIDGE – DAY
The group passes out of the parking lot onto Niagara Street that leads directly onto the Rainbow Bridge.
GROUP Shivena vachasaa twaa gireesaacchha vadaamasi, Yadhaa na sarva mi jjagadhaa yashmamsumanaa asath. (translation) We praise and sing about you so that we attain you, Oh, God who lives on the top of the mountains, Be pleased to protect our relations and cows, Grant them all, a disease free life, And make them live with love towards each other,
EXT. FALLS AVENUE – DAY
They walk onto the entry to the Rainbow Bridge.
SAM And now looking onto this place, I know for a fact, I have come to where I need to be. I see now what I saw then, and the time is almost done.
LEONA The time for what?
EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE ENTRY – USA – DAY
Cordelia and her followers stop. She turns to them.
CORDELIA It is time for all things to come to their end. Here we come to the place we have long sought. My friends, let not your hearts be fearful of what will happen next, for it has all been ordained for us by he who has orchestrated it from the beginning.
PISCIVORUS (O.S.) You speak as one who possesses great wisdom, child.
Cordelia does not turn. Piscivorus stands behind her as if he has appeared out of no where.
CORDELIA Is she there?
PISCIVORUS She is.
CORDELIA Then do what must be done. May the one to whom we have pledged all devotion forgive me for my presumptions.
PISCIVORUS That fate lies yet before you.
CORDELIA Then you must send me.
Piscivorus raises a pistol aimed directly at the back of Cordelia’s head. He fires.
EXT. RAINBOW BRIDGE ENTRY – CANADA – DAY
The shot rings across the bridge. Leona looks up in surprise. Sam’s eyes are fixed on the far end of the bridge.
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