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# Invasion of the Killer Tapeworms

# Invasion of the Killer Tapeworms

### Screenplay Format

Terry A. Parker

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Copyright 2013 by Terry A. Parker

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Introduction

' **Invasion of the Killer Tapeworms' started out in 1984 as a novel of sorts called 'GUTS: Governmental Underground Testing Species'. From there it grew larger and more bloodier than I first expected. Soon, I thought why not a screenplay instead of a novel? Well, here's the result for better or worse.**

Thank you for downloading it or buying it in hardcopy.

T. Allen Parker 2013

FADE IN:

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - MORNING

TITLE CARD: ALLENTOWN, TEXAS

We see several dozen Humvees and military vehicles. They cruise up and down the streets. Houses line up the neighborhood on either side. A black Humvee SLOWS to a crawl. HALTS out front of one home.

A homeless man greets the driver. They talk unheard words. The homeless man gestures toward the house behind him. We see three soldiers step from the Humvee. They slowly approach the tucked away home.

Two of the soldiers are short. One flanks the rest, perhaps a good foot and a half taller than the other two. This is CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON of the elite task force 'Red Squad One'.

FULL SHOT SOLDIERS APPROACHING HOME

They carry semi-automatic weapons. All aimed forward. Captain John Harrison leads the way. They hold a battling ram.

ANGLE ON HOME

it seems a typical house. Tucked just off the street, surrounded by hedges and freshly cut grass.

FULL SHOT HOUSE FROM STREET P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The soldiers slowly advance on the house. Closer inspection reveals it is run down. Wood hangs loose from several dozen places. Paint has long PEELED OFF. The front porch lies hazardously close to falling. The front screen door is ASKEW.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HOUSE -- MOMENTS LATER

We see two, young couples cross-legged on a carpet. They are drinking and smoking crack.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HOUSE -- CONTINUOUS

A loud CRACK is heard. The front door FLIES inward, barely missing the couples.

The soldiers rush in. Weapons aimed. Battling ram is dropped.

ANGLE ON COUPLES

they SCREAM with terror. The soldiers are around them, dragging them from the front room and out of the house.

FULL SHOT HOUSE FROM STREET P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The soldiers lay the KICKING and SCREAMING couples to the grassy ground. Captain John Harrison lowers his M-16. Eyes the two females.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(authority)

I'm Captain Harrison from Red Squad One. No doubt you've heard of us.

He sees the crack pipe fall from one of the girl's hands.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

And...I'm sure...that isn't the reason we're here.

He KICKS the pipe to the nearby sidewalk. A dog runs up to it. Picks it up and disappears.

FULL SHOT HOUSE FROM STREET P.O.V. -- MOMENTS LATER

The couples are now standing, SHOUTING at the soldiers.

The scene is chaotic. Captain Harrison draws his pearl handle pistol. SHOOTS up in the sky. Everyone on the grass quiets down.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

Shut the hell up!

Nobody says a word. Even his soldiers seem afraid to speak.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

If you'd paid attention to your local news station...you'd see that there's a plague eating at the very heart and soul of our country! That's the reason we're here today, people!

He looks to where the dog with the pipe has disappeared.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Not for stupid crack smoking! But of course...we can always take that into consideration, if you know what I mean.

FULL SHOT FIRST COUPLE -- CONTINUOUS

The young man easily steps forward. Shaking. In his hand he is STILL CARRYING a beer can. It FALLS to the grass. He looks at the tall leader of the soldiers.

FIRST MAN

(nervous)

Yes...sir...we know of the disease. It's all over the news...and papers. But what's that gotta do with us? We're just...partying...that's all.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he HOLSTERS his pearl handle pistol. Stares at the young man.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(slowly)

Well...son...it has everything to do with you, and your friends. We were told of this house...just moments ago. The person warned us about...

His eyes slowly DART back and forth from each of the couples.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

...the possibility of one of you having it!

ANGLE ON COUPLES

the couples SCREAM their disbelief.

A girl from the second couple tries to RUSH the soldiers. She is held back by her boyfriend.

FIRST MAN

(shocked)

No fuckin' way, dude! Ain't no one here got that fuckin' disease! Don't you think if that was the case, that we'd be hanging out...?

FULL SHOT HOUSE FROM STREET P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see the man from the second couple fall to the grassy ground. He screams in agony, while holding his belly. He tears at his shirt, exposing his rolling gut.

FULL SHOT MAN'S BELLY -- CONTINUOUS

It rolls up and down like something was trying to get out.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

We've got a rogue! Quickly...

It is too late.

ANGLE ON INFECTED MAN

his belly caves open gushing forth his bloody guts. They spill to the ground like a nest of snakes.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he leaps backwards; knowing all to well what would happen if he did not. His other guards aim their weapons.

FULL SHOT HOUSE FROM STREET P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The other couples leap away from their dying friend. The animated intestines slide from him like earthworms from a can.

The captain has his rifle.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(screaming at the other couples)

Get the fuck out of the way!!

We witness the guardsmen open fire at the horrifying scene. The young man's face MELTS away as bullets RIP through it.

The bloody intestines manage to CRAWL some feet from the lifeless body of the man. They rise ten feet into the air like some freak joke of a cobra from an Arabian Knights' tale. Then just as suddenly the ropy coils collapse into a long string of pulsating, lumpy matter. They become still.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he falls to one knee, thankful.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(using cell phone type radio)

This is Captain Harrison of Red Squad One. We discovered the rogue. All is clean...at least here anyway. We need a mop up team right away.

He puts away the radio-cell. Watches as the other couples are inspected and released.

FULL SHOT HOUSE FROM STREET P.O.V. -- LATER

We see armored-type vehicles parked on the street. Two guys in protected suits are doing the dirty job of cleaning up the mess. The young man's body is placed in back of a hearse. The thing that came out of him is placed in a round drum and sealed shut. Outside were the words: ROGUE #256.

A tall, black soldier walks up to Captain Harrison. He has his weapon shouldered. This is SHEPARD, Captain Harrison's 1st in command.

SHEPARD

(concerned)

Sir...I just thought you gotta know...none of those kids had their Health Card. Or for that matter...their Plague Meds.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(puzzled)

What? That's the second time this week. Shep...I guess we've better write it down like before. And when we get back to HQ, I'll have another talk with Doc.

Shepard nods his head. He watches the hearse and armor vehicles drive away.

SHEPARD

Well, sir, at least this area's clean.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

we see him rubbing his pearl handled pistols. He looks up at the black man and grins.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Is it really, Shep? Is it really clean?

He turns, walks back toward his Humvee. Shepard looks at him leave and SHAKES his head with wonder.

CUT TO:

INT. MARY SUE IN CAR -- MOMENTS LATER

We see a young woman (in her 30's). She inserts a CD into her radio. 'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' POPS on loud and clear. Her fingers TAP the steering wheel, going along with the old, 80's music. This is MARY SUE, Captain John's wife.

She TAPS her Bluetooth device in her ear. Dials her husband's cell number. After a few attempts, she halts it.

MARY SUE

(frustrated)

Dammit, John, don't you ever answer your cell?

FULL SHOT STREET LIGHT TURNING RED

We see her look in surprise. She SLAMS on the brakes.

BACK TO MARY SUE IN CAR

She is FORCED to the steering wheel then back against the seat. We hear her groceries in the back as they slide, CRASHING against the back of the seat.

MARY SUE

(pissed off)

Goddam street lights!! And...my groceries? I bet they're just ruined!!

We hear a LOUD TAPPING noise on a window. It's Mary's driver side window. With closer inspection, we see it's a city cop. He is holding paper work in his hands.

POLICE OFFICER

(shouting on other side of window)

Roll 're down, ma'am! You've just ran a red light...going 40 in a 25...and just stopped right in the middle of the street, blocking traffic. Now...roll it down, please!

ANGLE ON MARY SUE

we see by the look on her face that she is not pleased.

MARY SUE

(still upset)

Oh...okay, Officer.

She ROLLS down the window. Stares at the officer's mirrored sunglasses. They reflect her face right back.

MARY SUE

Sorry, sir, wasn't paying no mind. None at all.

FULL SHOT CAR FROM STREET P.O.V.

We see the police officer from the driver's side window. Mary Sue behind the wheel.

POLICE OFFICER

Ma'am...I need your driver's license...insurance...and proof of plague card.

MARY SUE

Oh...yes sir.

She DIGS through her purse. PULLS out the documents. HANDS them to the officer. He takes them.

POLICE OFFICER

(surprised)

Oh...if I knew you were John's wife...I let you go. But things being the way they are and all...

MARY SUE

Yes, sir, I know.

The police officer hands back her documents, plus the driver license size plague card.

POLICE OFFICER

If I hadn't written down on this ticket...I could let you go...with just a warning.

We see him TEAR the ticket up. PITCH it up in the air. It RAINS back down in pieces.

POLICE OFFICER

Hell with it. Mrs. Harrison...just be careful next time...alright?

She puts her stuff back inside her purse. SNAPS it shut.

MARY SUE

(surprised)

Thanks...but won't you get into trouble?

The police officer stands and smiles.

POLICE OFFICER

No, ma'am...don't believe so. As long as your Health Card is active...and no serious damage was done...the law says it is up to the officer at the way he handles all traffic stops. Besides...me and the Sheriff go way back.

Mary looks up at him. Again sees her reflection in his sunglasses.

MARY SUE

Ah...thanks again.

The officer just waves her on. Other cars behind her follow, picking up speed.

ANGLE ON POLICE OFFICER

we see him stare as Mary drives away. He SMILES. Gets in his patrol car. Starts it. Drives the opposite way.

BACK TO MARY SUE IN CAR

She PULLS up into her driveway. Gets out. COLLECTS the groceries. Goes into the house.

INT. INSIDE HOUSE -- DAY

Mary Sue WORKS her way through the doorway. FIGHTS with the groceries. Her cocker spaniel comes out of hiding. LEAPS UP AND DOWN like a spring gone crazy.

MARY SUE

(breath of exhaustion)

Hello...Dollar Bill...how you doing? Now get down, boy, get down.

She finally makes it inside the house. UNPACKS the groceries.

MARY SUE

Honey...I'm home!

There's no reply from John.

Going to the frig, she PUTS away the eggs, milk and meat, and as she thought, drinkable ice cream.

MARY SUE

Dam red lights!!

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Dam what?

We see him entering the kitchen. He kisses her on the neck.

MARY SUE

(upset)

Oh, honey, I almost got a ticket today. I mean...it's not like I didn't deserve one...

John puts his hand to her lips. She stops talking.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(slowly)

Not fair to others...but it helps having a captain for a husband these days.

FULL SHOT - KITCHEN

They put away the rest of the groceries.

MARY SUE

I guess...I better take a shower, honey.

She goes toward the bedroom. Takes her shirt off. Disappears within the darken room.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. DINING ROOM -- EVENING

Mary enters the dining room. Discovers the table arranged for a queen. Candles sit on either side of two plates of hot, steamy food.

DOLLYING BEHIND as we follow her to the kitchen. She discovers John withdrawing a large bottle of champagne from the frig.

MARY SUE

(surprised)

Oh, John, you shouldn't have! I...mean all the trouble you must have gone through!

We see John meet her halfway. They kiss.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(softly)

You always do it...so I thought it was about time I did. Besides, I bought a cookbook the other day and was dying to try it out.

They hug one another with laughter. After, they sat at the table. John pours the wine into the glasses.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

How was work today, honey?

MARY SUE

Oh, 'bout the same, except for the 'almost ticket' ordeal. After that ...I guess it was come and go, you know. What 'bout you?

He puts the champagne back into its ice holder. Stares at her.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(slowly)

Another one was found, honey. It was a rogue. It was between Nurse Street and Paul. Just a bunch of kids actually, using drugs. None of them had their Health Cards, though. Also, they didn't have their anti-plague medicines.

MARY SUE

(sadness)

I'm...so sorry, John.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Goddam sickness! If they would just take their pills, it's that simple, Mary.

He looks away toward the open window.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Mary, baby, let's not discuss this anymore tonight, okay?

Mary sees the sadness in his eyes. Also the anger.

MARY SUE

Sorry, honey.

We see her face. It turns to almost horror.

MARY SUE

Honey...did you take...

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(interrupts her)

Yes, I did. You?

MARY SUE

Just about to...after we finish eating.

PAN TO WALL CLOCK

we see it READS 7:10.

BACK TO SCENE

the couple finish their supper. They place the dishes in the dishwasher. Mary glances over at John. We see he has retreated to the living room.

Mary PRESSES the dishwasher button. It KICKS on. She gathers up the scraps to feed their cocker spaniel, Dollar Bill. She gives him two oval-shaped pills. The dog swallows them like they were chicken bones.

MARY SUE

Now...Dollar Bill...you won't catch that nasty, old bug.

We see the dog wag its tail, happy as all out hell.

INT. LIVING ROOM -- MOMENTS LATER

We see John leaning back in a Lay-Z Boy recliner. He is watching the flat panel TV that hangs from the far wall. On the screen, we see the World News.

CLOSE SHOT - WORLD NEWS ON TV SCREEN

We see a news anchor on the screen. This is TED NELSON, the World News Anchor of channel 12 news. He is behind his desk. Behind him is a picture of dead cows in a clearing covered with dead grass.

TED NELSON

(smiling widely)

This is Ted Nelson, coming to you from TV News 12. Where your world is known...and live.

The anchor straightens a bunch of papers up in front of him. He reads from one.

TED NELSON

This just in. More dead cows from England has been identified as having the dreaded disease known as Zr74. As you well know, the horrid disease was discovered at the crash sight of the space shuttle, Guide II.

Ted Nelson turns to face another camera. Smiling as he always did, no matter what the news.

TED NELSON

Yes, we remember that it was discovered in Section Zr74 in the plains of New Mexico. The shuttle was using the bacteria for studies on diseases of the future. It should also be noted that the virus, Zr74, was a bacteria that has been dormant for well over 50 million years.

PAN TO CAPTAIN HARRISON

he sips a bottle of beer. His wife hugs up next to him. She is drinking a wine cooler.

CLOSE SHOT - TV SCREEN

TED NELSON

You know, the scientists brought the microbes back to life. Within Guide II, they took the bacteria to outer space to do research. But, as luck would have it, the shuttle crashed on re-entry.

Ted grabs a new set of papers. Begins to read.

TED NELSON

The London Times reports this is where this horrid monster of a plague came from. But, people, I don't believe that for one minute. My opinion is that this...whatever it is...has come to us for other reasons unknown to us. But whatever the reason, space crash or other, don't worry, people.

He smiles BIG for the camera.

TED NELSON

Our government has got it under control. With the Anti-plague medicines you can get at any pharmacy, the disease won't even harm you. Some say it's now as extinct as the dinosaurs are.

Ted Nelson GRINS. Reads another report.

TED NELSON

And as of yesterday, the space shuttle's escape pod has been placed in a...yet undisclosed location. My sources say that is where the 'things' were actually hatched from. But, once again, I think otherwise.

PAN TO CAPTAIN HARRISON

he uses the remote. Turns Ted Nelson off.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(pissed)

Extinct...my ass! Let that bastard ride with me sometime. I'll show him extinct!

He gets off the chair. Helps Mary up also.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Common, baby, let's get some sleep. I've got a feeling tomorrow's going to be a big day.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. OLD MILLER ROAD -- NIGHT

We see a patrol car hidden behind a large oak tree. An old Apache Chevy pickup SPEEDS by the patrol car doing at least seventy-five miles per hour. Dirt and dust FLY all about.

ANGLE ON PATROL OFFICER

we see that it is the same officer that almost gave Mary her ticket. This is Officer WILLIAM WALKER.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(pissed off)

Goddam speeder!

He FLIPS his flashing bar lights on. Pulls onto the road. He stomps the gas, going after the truck. He now turns on the siren as the truck fails to slow. We hear the siren SCREAMING through the becoming darkness.

Officer William turns on the police radio.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

This is Unit 35. I'm in hot pursuit of a tan and blue '68 Apache Chevy pickup. License number is...

He peers through the dust of the looming dirt road they had just ran upon.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

...Nancy Zebra Yellow 457. Request backup to block the end of Old Miller Road...now SH 67. Over.

We hear DISPATCH answer.

DISPATCH

Have received, Unit 35. Sheriff MacAurther says he's on the way. ETA is...15 minutes. The license you called off belongs to Larry S. Jickens. Residence: Centerville, Route 45. Over and out.

FULL SHOT PICKUP FROM PATROL CAR'S P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The Apache PU SPINS its back tires SPRAYING the black and white with rocks and sand.

PAN TO PATROL OFFICER

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(mad)

Goddam you, Jickens, just wait until I catch up with you boy!

He STOMPS the gas. Glancing at the MPH he discovers he is going 65 and gaining.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

If I ruin this patrol car...I'll have that kid's...

The patrol officer GRUNTS in pain. His insides seems to tie up in a knot. Just as fast as it came on, the pain ceases.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

I've...got to remember to take my...meds!

FULL SHOT - PICKUP TRUCK

We see the Apache PU try going down a logging road. It appears against it at the last second. SKIPS back onto the dirt road. The truck SWIRLS to and fro almost hitting the ditch.

PAN TO SIGN POST

we see that it reads 'Pearl Lake 1 Mile'.

ANGLE ON JICKENS

he sits behind the truck's steering wheel. WIPES sweat from his forehead.

JICKENS

(scared)

Oh...shit! Oh...shit! If not for that damned parole I'd pulled over five miles back and got my ticket with a smile. But...man...I ain't goin' back to jail! Hell no!

He STOMPS the gas with a grin. He spies the Pearl Lake sign.

CLOSE SHOT - REAR-VIEW MIRROR

Jickens sees nothing but SWIRLING dust. No sign of the cop.

JICKENS

(laughing now)

Where'd you go, Smoky? Lost in my dust, are you?

FULL SHOT - CHEVY TRUCK -- CONTINUOUS

We see Jickens turn his truck sharply to the left. He SLAMS on the breaks while doing so. The Apache PU comes to a cloudy halt. The black and white patrol car SPEEDS out of the flying dust and toward the pickup.

FULL SHOT PEARL LAKE ROAD -- MOMENTS LATER

We see the PU come to a cloudy halt. The black and white WHEELS to the right, just missing the truck. The patrol car CRASHES through a thicket and PLUNGES into the lake. It starts to go under.

ANGLE ON JICKENS

he stares through the darkness. Sees nothing. We hear only the patrol car BUBBLING as it goes beneath the water.

Jickens LEAPS from his truck. Runs for where he thought the patrol car went under the waves.

JICKENS

(terrified)

Oh...Lordy! Lordy!!

He DIVES into the dark water. Comes back up empty handed.

JICKENS

Good God...what have I done? I just...killed someone! Hell...a cop at that! Shit...I'll be hunted for the rest of my...life!

Spying his Apache pickup nearby, Jickens RUNS toward it. LEAPS into the front seat. He is about to start it. Discovers the keys missing.

JICKENS

What...the fuck? Where are they?

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER (O.S.)

Looking for these, son?

Turning toward the voice, Jickens sees a hand holding a pistol. It's aimed at him. The other hand holds his dangling, pickup keys. The owner of the hands is none other than the patrol officer. He is drenched as a sponge.

We see Jickens fall back in his seat. He's greatly stunned at the turn of events.

JICKENS

(scared)

Oh...Officer...I can explain, sir.

FULL SHOT OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER -- CONTINUOUS

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

Yeap...you sure as hell can, son. Oh, by the way...you're under arrest.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. JOHN HARRISON'S HOUSE -- NIGHT

We see Mary Sue open her pulse. She removes a small medicine bottle. Clearly written on it are the words: A-Meds Class 2. She takes out two, oval-shaped, blue pills. Pops them into her mouth followed by a full glass of water.

MARY SUE

(smiling)

There...won't catch it now.

We follow her as she goes to the bathroom, then retrieves to the bedroom. She rubs her belly with a grin.

MARY SUE

Oh...I hate that feeling it leaves in your belly. Kinda like tiny... bubbles.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yeap...that's what the physicians tells everyone at the clinic...or the hospitals for that matter. They say that's how you can tell it's working.

We see him enter the bedroom from the kitchen.

FULL SHOT BEDROOM -- CONTINUOUS

The light is on. The couple are in bed. Mary Sue rubs John's forehead.

MARY SUE

You sound skeptical, honey.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Why wouldn't I be, Sue? Hell... everyday they're telling us it's getting better and better. Shit...to hear them talk, you swear the damn crisis was over with.

Mary removes her glasses. Lays them on the night stand.

MARY SUE

(wondering)

But...isn't it? It's slowing down somewhat surely, John?

We see him grin at his wife. They kiss long and hard.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(loving)

Yeah...honey...I guess it is.

With this, he checks the thermostat. Adjusts it to 65 degrees. Crawls back under the covers with Mary.

ANGLE ON MARY SUE

she glances around the room. Sees her husband's clothes thrown about.

MARY SUE

(jokingly)

John...when are you gonna stop throwing your clothes around? I mean ...here you are, Captain of the elite force known as 'Red Squad'.

She crawls on top of him, giggling like a little girl.

MARY SUE

Captain? Can you dig that?

Again, she laughs, hugging him as she does so.

MARY SUE

Honey...I know how hectic your job is. I'm just...trying to make you laugh a little.

John smiles at his loving wife as they hold one another.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I know, baby.

He looks around the room. Sees his clothes hanging from chairs, the computer, and even a pair of underwear halfway in and out of the bathroom. He laughs aloud.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I...see what you mean, Sue.

As suddenly as he starts laughing, he quits as a wall calendar catches his eye.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(low whisper only his wife could hear)

Oh, God, tomorrow is...another day. Honey...I don't know...if I can stand the pressures anymore.

He looks deep and loving into Mary's eyes. They hold one another tight under the sheets.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(sadness)

Sweet, sweet, Mary Sue...what can I do...to stop those bastards? I mean ...once and for all?

He seems on the verge of crying. Mary moves closer. Caresses his rough face.

MARY SUE

(talking slowly)

Don't do this to yourself, John. You have an important role to fulfill. If not for you, honey, many of the citizens of this town...would be in danger. You keep...the streets safe for them, and their families.

She smiles deeply. Lips closer to her husband's.

MARY SUE

Remember...what you told me when you became a member of Red Squad, just right after you returned from Iraq?

John nods as Mary's fingers rests on his left shoulder.

MARY SUE

You said that the work of this job would never get to you...eat at you like a...virus itself. You said...it was the outcome of it that really matters. When you see a mother and daughter walking down the street...or shopping at the mall...you knew that they would be safe from that monster. The monster that made terrorists seem like toy GI Joe dolls.

John's stares down at her soft neck.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(softly, with love)

Yes...I remember, honey. But most of that was...before this goddam plague.

She rubs his arm, pushing the sheets away from his naked body.

MARY SUE

But, darling, your job...mission...is to protect the citizens...no matter what.

Mary's lips moves onto his. John was unwilling at first, but then gives in.

MARY SUE

(softly in John's ear)

And...John...they need you now... more than ever before.

He embraces her. Rolls her on top of him. Their bodies melt into one. Mary's nightgown falls away as they make love.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. JOHN HARRISON'S HOUSE -- MORNING

We watch as John finishes his breakfast. He checks his watch. It is almost seven in the morning. He gets up from the table. Starts checking himself. Making sure everything was ready. He is wearing a two-piece, black smart, armor suit. Two, pearl handle pistols hang from his hips. Around his waist is the cartridge belt.

John draws the right pearl handle pistol. Firmly holds it in his left hand. Checks the chamber. It's loaded and ready for the day that lays ahead.

We hear Mary coming. He quickly holsters the pistol. They meet at the room's threshold. Kiss.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I guess it's time to go, Sue. You watch yourself today...okay?

He eases toward the front door. Mary stops him. Turning, he sees a faint smile on her face.

MARY SUE

(slowly)

John...you be careful, too, alright?

She kisses him goodbye.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(smiling)

I will, honey. They need me out there. At least that's what a wise and wonderful woman once told me.

Mary closes up next to him. Whispers.

MARY SUE

You know...that wise woman was right.

FULL SHOT OUTSIDE DOOR OF HOUSE FROM STREET P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

John steps onto the walkway. Their cocker spaniel greets him. Tail wagging.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Hey, Dollar Bill, how you feeling today? Now get down, boy, get down.

This goes on until John reaches his military Humvee that's parked out front. He glances back at his wife who is still wearing her night gown.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(grinning)

Hon...don't forget your morning meds...and Dollar's too.

MARY SUE

Don't worry, John. It'll be just fine.

FULL SHOT HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

John gets inside, closes the door. It cranks up. Pulls onto the street. Soon disappears from sight.

ANGLE ON DOLLAR BILL

he bites at invisible ghost. Goes to his hiding place underneath the house. The cocker spaniel curls into a ball and lays still with small CRIES of pain.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. RED SQUAD'S HQ -- MORNING

John pulls the Humvee into the parking lot right next to a dark, Chevy van and a small, Vega station wagon. He KILLS the engine. Stares at the three story building just to his left.

John opens the door. Gets halfway out. Hears a SCREAM of bloody murder.

Looking in the direction in which it continues, John sees a badly dressed man RUNNING his way. The SCREAMING man RUNS in and out and around parked vehicles.

We see two soldiers behind the running man. They are WELDING M-16's, but wasn't using them because of the parking lot and possible bystanders.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he SLAMS the Humvee's door. DRAWS one of his pistols as the SCREAMING man comes closer still.

ANGLE ON SCREAMING MAN

he TRIPS and FALLS belly first on the parking lot's asphalt. We hear a skull-crushing THUD.

Keeping their distance, the two soldiers reach his side. Their weapons AIMED and ready just in case. Captain John reaches the soldiers and downed man. We see the SCREAMING man now appear to be SQUIRMING in agony.

Bending down next to the man, John looks up at the soldiers.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Is this man...infected?

One of the soldiers, a tall, muscular black man, steps forward. We see that is Shepard, dress in full, smart-body armor.

SHEPARD

(pushes his helmet back on his head)

Ah, yes, sir, we believe so. We found him wandering down next to the lake. He was just like this...screaming and running. So...we took after him.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(wondering)

What the hell do you mean by that? Does he...or doesn't he...have the plague?

FULL SHOT SCREAMING MAN ON GROUND -- CONTINUOUS

No one has to answer the Captain's question. The man stops SCREAMING and lies still. His blue jeans begins to BULGE from the butt. The fabric STRETCHES to unknown limits. It RIPS apart THROWING blood and tar-looking wastes all about like a horrid baby being born.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(screaming)

Holy...shit...it's a rogue!

FULL SHOT JOHN, MAN AND SOLDIERS FROM SKY'S P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

John LEAPS to one side, AIMS his pistol. Behind the pouring void, we see a slimy, snake-like head OOZE out, followed by a long, slender body created from the man's own intestines.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Now...goddam it! Shoot the sonofabitch now!!

Captain John puts a single bullet into the man's skull. It BLOWS away with FLYING brain matter.

The two soldiers BLASTS the dead man. His JUMPING body looks like a bloody doll full of pin holes.

The slimy, snake-like creature makes it halfway through its host's anus. It falls to the ground. Lies dead in a puddle of blood and smelly wastes. Flies have already found their dinner.

FULL SHOT JOHN AND THE TWO SOLDIERS

John lowers his pistol in horror. The black soldier stands there wide eyed at seeing something straight out of a horror movie. The other soldier, a young man, falls to the ground, knees first. He GAGS. THROWS up his early breakfast of oatmeal and eggs onto the pavement with a SPLAT!

FULL SHOT JOHN, MAN AND SOLDIERS FROM SKY'S P.O.V. -- MORNING

In their hearse-like vehicle, the Scrub Unit (SU) drives up. They wear yellow, protective suits. They start the task of removing the corpse and the eerie creature that came from it. As the Scrub Unit's driver closes the rear door, John approaches him with dead-like eyes.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Why...is this happening?

The DRIVER, a young man, SHAKES the bubble helmet that covers his head.

DRIVER

(sadly)

Mister...if I knew that...I sure as hell put a stop to it.

His voice is MUFFLED by the balloon helmet he wears.

He CROSSES over to the driver's side. Opens the door. Climbs into the front seat. He is surprised as two, strong hands GRAB him by the protective suit's neck attachment. YANKS him out of the hearse and to the ground.

It is Captain John. He PICKS the driver up again. THROWS him once more to the pavement. Helmet SMASHES against ground.

DRIVER

(terrified)

No...please...sir...no!!

Again, the MUFFLED voice.

John reaches for the young driver again. His hands WRAP around the suit's protective layer. Reaches the man's throat.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(pissed)

Tell me, son, those pills we take don't work...do they? Goddammit it ...tell me boy!!

He is about to SLAP the kid. The black guard pulls him away. Holds his arms back.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Lemme go,dammitt...lemme go!!

The black soldier pays him no mind. The young driver gets off the ground. WIPES the blood from his nose. Looks at the crazed captain.

DRIVER

(mad)

Mister...your commanding officer will hear 'bout this!

He grins at the captain who's still being held by Shepard.

DRIVER

Yeah...buddy...you'll be lucky if you get a job in the wasteland of...

The driver LEAPS for the safety of his hearse. The black soldier releases John. RUSHES for him. The door SHUTS in the soldier's face. The window is down.

Grabbing the young driver's protective shirt collar, the black guard grins.

SHEPARD

(angry)

Kid...if you're still here when I count to ten, I'll finish the Captain's job for him!! Now...get!!

He lets go of the driver. The hearse starts up. Takes off down the street in the direction in which it drove up.

The black soldier slowly walks up to John.

SHEPARD

Sorry, sir, but you may had hurt him, if allowed any further action.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(shakes odd feeling from himself)

Or...maybe...got some answers from the little bastard. Well...ain't no since crying over spilt milk...let's go, men. We still have a big day ahead of us.

We see the threesome turn. Head for Red Squad HQ's.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. DIRT ROAD -- DAY

We see a black and white turn down an old dirt road that resembles more of a goat trail actually. This is Officer William Walker. He is on patrol.

ANGLE ON PATROL OFFICER

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(whispering to himself)

Why is it fights always take place twenty miles from nowhere?

He laughs with every word.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

What am I suppose to do when I catch them? Give 'em tickets for speedy fists? Hell...this is the city's job...not mine. Shit...I'm highway patrol ...not a city cop. But...Sheriff Johnny Dean wants me on it...so here I am.

We see him smile at himself in the rear view mirror. Adjusts his sunglasses.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

Yeah...thanks a lot...Sheriff!

FULL SHOT PATROL CAR FROM SKY'S P.O.V. -- DAY

We see the telephone poles slowly disappear with the rest of civilization. The patrol car is traveling through goat trails of dirt. Then almost nothing to call a road.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

Well...I always wondered what Bum Fuck Egypt looked like. Now...I know.

We see an old, wooden house with a wrap around screen porch. Officer Walker pulls in beside a red, four wheel drive Dodge. He stops the patrol car.

ANGLE ON PATROL OFFICER

he stares around the surroundings. Sees nothing but the old house, uncut weeds and the forest right behind it.

He steps from the patrol car. SCREAMS. COLLAPSES to the ground. Walker RUBS his belly in agony.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

Damned...hot peppers. Should of cut 'em from that sandwich. But...to be on the safe side...

He slowly stands. WOBBLES some. Withdraws a bottle of pills from his pocket. Takes the lid off. POURS four, green-looking pills into his palm. Quickly DRY SWALLOWS them. We can hear shortly afterward that Officer Walker's belly starts to GROWL AND POP like a massive gas attack...then quits as soon as it starts.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(patting his belly)

Now...that should kill anything down there. Yeah...I feel better already.

He smiles. Watches the house.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(jokes to himself)

Yeah...pop, pop, fizz, fizz...oh what a relief...it is!

He LAUGHS aloud. Watches a blue jay fly from one tree branch to another.

He closes the car door behind him. DRAWS HIS PISTOL. Advances to the four-wheel drive. PEERS through one of the open windows. Sees nothing but cut-off shorts and beer cans. Strangest of all we see the keys still in the ignition.

Officer Walker crosses over to the truck's hood. Places a hand on it.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(wondering)

Just as I thought...cold. Those kids must've of been here for sometime now. But...where in hell have they gone off to?

He advances over to the old house. CLIMBS the unstable porch. Eases up to the front door. OPENS IT. WALKS INSIDE.

INT. OLD HOUSE -- CONTINUOUS

It is cluttered with torn chairs, coaches, broken dressers and tables. The walls had graffiti written all over them. They said things like: LUCY GIVES GOOD HEAD. JOE'S A GOOD FUCK. YOU'D FOUND THE HANGOUT, ect. The ceiling was hanging down in some places. Roaches seemed to have made residence here. In one corner, a large rat runs for cover behind an old, broken stove.

Officer Walker enters the first room. He PANICS. Makes sure his pistol is loaded.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

Please...Jesus...don't let these poor kids...have it!

Searching the surroundings, he sees nothing but whisky bottles and beer cans galore.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(smiling)

Well...at least now I know where the local hangout is. Even says so on the wall.

He advances back outside, pistol still ready. Heads toward his car. Something in his front seat DRAWS HIS ATTENTION. It is long and red. He eases closer, gun at the ready. YANKS his driver side door open, ready to shoot.

FULL SHOT PATROL CAR

To his AMAZED EYES, the reddish cat he'd ever seen LEAPS from the front seat. It HITS THE GROUND. Takes off toward the woods.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(grinning with sweat)

Goddam fuckin' cat! Should of blasted your ass!

He GRABS his radio mike. PRESSES the button.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

Unit 35 to HQ. Unit 35 to HQ. I'm at the Ole Miller's place. So far...no sign of the kids. Just their pickup. Over.

We hear his radio CRACK THEN POP. Soon a female voice comes across the waves.

HQ

This is HQ, Unit 35, the sheriff wants to know if you need backup?

It is a female's voice.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

Negative, HQ, I'll search a while longer. Most likely kids pulling a prank. Over.

HQ

That's a Big 10-4. Over and out.

The radio goes silent. Hanging the mike up, he FALLS TO HIS KNEES in agony.

OFFICER WILLIAM WALKER

(pain)

Shit!! Do...I have...to go to the bathroom...now? Goddam ulcers! They'll be...my undoing one day...sure as hell!

He reaches under the front seat. GRABS a roll of toilet paper. Heads for the distant forest.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. A NEARBY LAKE -- LATER

The place is surrounded by trees giving the resemblance that the lake is the only thing here.

We see three teenagers skinny dipping. One is a female (GLORIA). The other two are male (BUBBA and ROBERT). The female SWIMS over to a nearby, muddy bank. PULLS HERSELF up onto the weeds. Her large breasts glistens in the sunlight. Her two friends still swim about.

GLORIA

(leans next to a log)

Hurry up you two. That five-oh'll be here any second! And you know who they'll send?

The teenage boys SPLASH her with water.

GLORIA

(giggling)

Hey...fuck you!

FULL SHOT LAKE -- CONTINUOUS

Gloria DIVES back in. Underwater, she sees her friends' legs, and on up.

The boys splash about. Robert YELLS. GRABS himself. Bubba laughs aloud. Gloria comes up beside him. Pushes the wet hair from her face. She laughs also.

Robert, who grabbed himself, stares at her.

ROBERT

(joking with anger)

You...little bitch! You just took a bite out of my...dick!

He swims toward her. CHASES HER to the muddy bank. Bubba swims to the other side of the lake giving the two privacy.

ANGLE ON ROBERT AND GLORIA

side-by-side on the muddy bank Robert RUBS Gloria's large tits.

ROBERT

My turn...Gloria!

She does not protest. Robert SLOWLY RUBS her right breast, moves his hand downward.

CUT TO:

EXT. WOODS -- DAY

We see the patrol officer's pants down to his knees. He SCREAMS. FALLS OVER. SCREAMS MORE. A fifteen-foot tapeworm PULLS ITSELF from the JERKING MAN'S ANUS. Blood and intestines GUSH out behind it. Its long, narrow body is free of the host. Like a slimy snake it moves through the underbrush. MUCUS CASCADES from its bloody body leaving a trail behind.

FULL SHOT TAPEWORM -- CONTINUOUS

We see it RISE UPWARDS LIKE A MORBID 12 FOOT COBRA. It halts. Using its bloody, football-shaped head, it STARES AROUND its surroundings for prey.

Its MOUTH CAVES OPEN. Reveals rows of sharp, shark-like teeth. From it comes a CRY like that heard from no other creature known.

Falling back to the ground it SLITHERS into the thick weeds.

CUT TO:

EXT. LAKE -- DAY

We watch as Robert and Gloria make love.

GLORIA

(moaning)

Oh....Robert!! Robert!!!

Robert slows down his love making. Gloria CLAWS his back.

Bubba watches from a moist root nearby. Half his body submerged in the water.

BUBBA

(smiling)

Goddam that boy!! He sure as hell can fuck a girl!

He JUMPS with start. Nearby bushes move. Something is moving through them. Bubba removes his eyes from his two friends. Stares at the distant underbrush.

Bubba eases toward the root-filled bank. Reaches for the bushes. Spreads the leaves back. Makes ready to catch whatever it is.

To his surprise nothing is there. Withdraws his hand.

BUBBA

Dammit...its gone. Sure hoped it was a snake. Love those little fellows...even the bad ones.

He turns, heads back toward the lake. DIVES In. SWIMS toward his friends.

BACK TO SCENE

Gloria wipes herself off. Robert does the same. Still nude, they walk to were their clothes lay.

Picking up his blue jeans, Robert turns toward Gloria.

ROBERT

Well...baby...how was it?

He pulls his pants on. FASTENS them.

Pulling her cut-off shorts up, Gloria stares at Robert.

GLORIA

(grinning)

As always, honey, it was the greatest. I swear!

We watch as they slowly put the rest of their clothes on. Bubba climbs out of the lake. Lays back, stalk naked. Genitals in full view.

BUBBA

(tired. out of breath)

Got...got to...rest!

Robert and Gloria eye one another with silent laughter.

GLORIA

Well...don't rest too long, Bubba. Our meds are due anytime now.

FULL SHOT WOODS -- MOMENTS LATER

Gloria and Robert walk down a trail. They follow it until sight of the two vehicles. They come to a brisk HALT. DASH behind a large, fallen tree. We hear the patrol car's radio. The disembodied voice of the dispatcher fills the air.

HQ (O.S.)

(worried)

Repeating...do you need assistance, Unit 35?

FULL SHOT ROBERT AND GLORIA -- CONTINUOUS

ROBERT

(surprise)

Shit...he's here already.

She eyes the patrol car with quarter-size pupils.

ROBERT

I guess we should of listened to you.

GLORIA

(surprised also. worried)

You can say that again! How I wish we'd never made that stupid prank call 'bout us fightin'.

We see Robert move his head back and forth for a better view of the patrol car.

ROBERT

Well...I never once thought they take it seriously this time? Hell...we must of made that damn call a dozen times before...and the five-oh never once showed up.

GLORIA

(sarcasm)

Well...this time...I'm afraid they did.

ROBERT

Well...where the hell is he...or them for that matter?

GLORIA

Donno...hey let's get Bubba...and get the shit outahere before...

Her words fade. A terrifying SCREAM pierces the woods. It's Bubba.

Gloria and Robert LEAP up. DASH for the lake. There they HALT in terror.

FULL SHOT BUBBA FROM COUPLES P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see Bubba CRYING aloud. His bare chest and hairy belly HEAVES UP AND DOWN at every thrust he makes.

GLORIA

My God...he's got it!

BUBBA

(screaming)

Help meeeeee!!

ANGLE ON ROBERT AND GLORIA

they watch in TERROR. White as ghosts.

ROBERT

(scared. concerned)

I've got...to help 'em!

Gloria tries holding him back. He BREAKS loose. DASHES for his fallen friend.

ROBERT

Bubba!! Bubba!! What's da matter? Where does...it hurt?

One look is all it took. Robert knew where his friend was hurting. GRABS Bubba by the shoulders. PINS them to the ground.

ROBERT

(yelling)

You gotta stay still...or you'll hurt yourself even more! Gloria... Gloria...get the pills! Hurry!!

FULL SHOT GLORIA -- CONTINUOUS

She turns. RUNS up a grassy trial. Makes a clearing. Makes it to the four-wheel drive. YANKS the driver door open.

We see her RUMMAGING through the console. She finds the bottle of green pills. Bubba SCREAMS. Robert YELLS, trying to reassure him. Gloria FUMBLES the bottle with fear. Gets out of the truck. DASHES for the trial and toward her friends.

DISSOLVE TO:

FULL SHOT ROBERT AND BUBBA -- MOMENTS LATER

Robert lays Bubba against a tree. He is no longer screaming. Holds his belly. Gloria is next to Robert. They SLIDE Bubba's jeans on. FASTENS them.

GLORIA

(concern)

Is he...gonna be ok?

Robert SHAKES his head.

ROBERT

Well...it appears the pills are taking effect...but I'm afraid we've got to get him to the hospital.

GLORIA

It's...that bad?

ROBERT

I...wish I knew, Gloria. I wish I knew!

CUT TO:

FULL SHOT TAPEWORM -- AFTERNOON

We see the grotesquely shaped tapeworm. It SLITHERS into a wide clearing. CURLS Up beneath two milkweeds. Appears weak, dying. Stares about its surroundings with HUNDREDS OF UNBLINKING EYES. SLUMPS next to the weeds. It is dead.

BACK TO SCENE

we see Gloria and Robert. They are about to carry Bubba.

ROBERT

We've got to get him outahere fast. I'll carry him to the truck. You find that cop...if the bastard's still around.

He grabs up Bubba. Eases him over one shoulder.

GLORIA

What if he's not? What...if he has it too?

Walking up the trial, Robert turns toward Gloria.

ROBERT

Do...you feel like looking for him?

GLORIA

Yes, Robert, I do. He might...just need help also.

Adjusting Bubba on his shoulder, Robert walks a little more.

ROBERT

Okay...if he's not around, get your ass back up here, alright?

We see Gloria nod. They approach the two vehicles. The cop is no where around. Robert GENTLY LAYS Bubba in the dual cab of the truck.

ROBERT

(to Gloria)

Just ten minutes...alright?

Gloria nods. RUNS toward the beat up house. The cop is not inside. RUNNING out the front door, she glances at Robert and shakes her head.

GLORIA

(shrugging)

He's not there, Rob. Lemme check the woods!

FULL SHOT WOODS -- CONTINUOUS

She RUNS for the forest. LEAPS a bush, HITS THE GROUND, SLIDES HEAD FIRST into a dead body. We see it is the cop's. Blood and wastes SLOUCHES all over Gloria, some gets in her wide, SCREAMING MOUTH.

She JUMPS TO HER KNEES. The stuff in her mouth gags her. She begins THROWING Up as the smell and sounds of insects get to her.

GLORIA

(screaming)

My God!!!! Robert!! Robert!!

FULL SHOT GLORIA -- CONTINUOUS

She JUMPS, SCREAMING. She SLIPS IN THE SLIMY SUBSTANCES again. Her right hand COLLAPSES into a puddle of swarming maggots. It sinks an inch into the dead man's excrement.

Still SCREAMING, she PULLS HERSELF FREE of the bloody scene. We see a hand reach out for Gloria. It grabs her by the arm.

Gloria SCREAMS at this new horror.

FULL SHOT ROBERT AND GLORIA -- CONTINUOUS

The hand belongs to Robert. He helps her to her feet. His face white as a ghost.

ROBERT

(terrified)

Goddam!! Let's get the fuck outahere!!

The twosome run back to the PU. They get inside. Make ready to leave.

Robert tries starting the four-wheel drive. It doesn't crank.

ROBERT

(crying)

Start...dam you...start!

We hear the engine as it just WHINES. Gloria sits next to Robert. Watches the action with terror and horror.

GLORIA

(terrified)

What's wrong? Why won't it start?

Robert halts the fruitless attempt of cranking the PU. He SLAMS HIS FISTS against the dashboard.

ROBERT

(pissed)

Shit if I know, Gloria! It's a fuckin' Chevy you know!!

ANGLE ON ROBERT AND GLORIA

we see them in the front seat of the PU. They are HITTING the truck. CRYING and TERRIFIED. A GRUNT of pain makes them stare in fear at Bubba. He's in the rear of the truck. GRUNTS in intervals.

GLORIA

Are...there any pills left?

We see Bubba. His knees SLAM to his chest in a CRY OF GREAT PAIN. His bare belly WRIGGLES with waves of lumps.

Robert quickly hands Gloria the medicine bottle.

ROBERT

(yelling with wide eyes, seeing the lumps)

Here...give him some more!

Gloria takes the bottle. OPENS it. POURS two in her hand. CLIMBS in the truck's back compartment. She LIFTS Bubba's head. He see the meds.

GLORIA

(calmly)

Here...take these, Bubba. You'll feel better...I promise.

ANGLE ON BUBBA AND GLORIA

with what strength he has left, Bubba takes the pills. SWALLOWS them without water. Rests his head against a small pillow.

Gloria smiles at her friend. She reaches out to rub his aching belly. We hear the PU crank up. Gloria JUMPS WITH FRIGHT. The TRUCK BACKFIRES TWICE.

ROBERT

Hold on you two...we're getting the shit outahere!!

FULL SHOT PICKUP FROM PATROL CAR'S P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE SPINS BACKWARDS. SLIDES around aiming frontward. It takes off THROWING DUST AND ROCKS all about. It is gone from sight of the house.

The patrol car's radio POPS on. CRACKLES.

HQ (O.S.)

Unit 35...you still there? Are you all right? We're sending backup... rather you like it or not! Sheriff Johnny Dean says he'll be right there! You stay put...you hear?

No one answers the patrol car's radio. The dust clears. The place is empty of all life.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. ALLENTOWN -- EVENING

We see the town clock right above The First National Bank. It has LCD words ROLLING ACROSS ITS BOTTOM HALF. We see through the TITLE CARD what they say.

TITLE CARD:

GET YOUR ANTI-PLAGUE PILLS AT HALF COST TODAY AND EVERY DAY AT YOUR FRIENDLY ALLENTOWN'S DRUG STORE. TEMP. 89 -- TIME IS 2:37PM. IT IS SATURDAY, JUNE 1. HAVE A GOOD ONE, CITIZENS OF ALLENTOWN. REMEMBER IT'S ALMOST TIME TO RENEW YOUR HEALTH CARDS.

We see the same thing ROLL BY AGAIN AND AGAIN. A FAT MAN in huge blue jeans and pull over T-shirt watches the words SCROLL by. His huge gut HANGS over his jeans. He RUBS his fat fingers through his thinning hair. SPITS to the sidewalk. Walks over to a theater.

The poster out front reveals the movie to be a sci-if: 'NOON ONE'.

ANGLE ON FAT MAN

he LAUGHS at the crazy movie poster of a Viking, a massive ship, and a round-shaped reddish planet. SNICKERS at the show's rating of PG-13. We follow him. He heads toward the booth. A young woman sits behind the booth with the largest tits the fat man has ever seen. His EYES GROW MARBLE SIZE with shock.

FULL SHOT FRONT OF THEATER -- CONTINUOUS

The woman sees the man. She just BLOWS a bubble. POPS it aloud. Gestures to a nearby sign with the longest of fingernails.

WOMAN

(still chewing and popping gum)

Box Office doesn't open till three-thirty, Mister. You'll have to come back later.

She PICKS Up a nearby file. Begins cleaning her nails.

The fat man still stares at her breasts.

FAT MAN

(slowly)

Well, then, Love, that'll give us preddy long time to get to know one another...don't ya think?

He leans against the counter. Trying to regain her attention.

FAT MAN

Common, doll, let's say you...and me make a movie of our own. Like...a porno or somethin'?

She looks up at the man. Does not smile.

WOMAN

(angry)

I'd rather screw one of those tapeworms that's in the news! Now...beat it...or I'll have you hauled off!

She smiles now. POPS ANOTHER BUBBLE. This time bigger and louder. POP!

WOMAN

That is...if there is somethin' large enough to pick that ass up of yours!

ANGLE ON FAT MAN

he looks sorry about the way he acted.

FAT MAN

(softly)

Gee...please forgive me, miss. I didn't mean anything by it. It's just that...

He looks downward at his feet. Sees only his fat gut hanging over his jeans.

FAT MAN

I'm...I'm real sorry, ma'am. I won't...bother you again.

He starts to leave.

WOMAN

Sir...it's okay, I guess. Here...the show's on me, alright.

She hands him a free movie pass.

The man takes it. SMILES.

FAT MAN

(happy)

Thanks alot, ma'am.

We see him leave the theater. He walks to the middle of the street.

FULL SHOT STREET FROM THEATER P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The fat man FALLS BACKWARDS. CRIES IN PAIN. HIS OVERSIZE GUT ROLLS. PUSHES UPWARDS with unseen fingers. The skin gives way close to the navel. It RIPS. BURSTS WIDE OPEN SPRINGING FORTH LIVE INTESTINES. Dripping blood slings about. THE ENTRAILS HEAVE BACK AND Forth. Pulls the rest of themselves from the still, SCREAMING man. Behind them come SLITHERING THE REST of the innards. THEY CRAWL ONTO THE STREET like a nest of slimy snakes.

ANGLE ON TICKET WOMAN

hearing the SCREAMS, she RUSHES out into the street. Sees what's taking place. SCREAMS. FALLS TO HER KNEES. Vomits on the brick wall in front of her.

FULL SHOT STREET FROM THEATER P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The horrid tapeworms hear the woman screaming. They quickly SLIME TOWARD HER like racing snakes. The ticket woman looks up in time to see the creatures lining up for attack.

She TRIES LEAPING Up. The creature of blood and intestines JUMP her. Some DIG their way up her skirt. Another one ATTACHES TO HER FACE. Disappears down her throat.

JUMPING AND JERKING, she falls to the pavement. Dies with blood flying all about.

We see a group of bystanders on the street. Seeing the gruesome sight, and hearing the screams, they halt, YELLING their terror as well.

Two of the bystanders overcome their fear. DASH for the monsters. The tall, towering snake-like things are stunned as the humans LEAP onto them. SLIME POURS from a flesh wound as one man beats a tapeworm senseless.

A woman among the bystanders YELLS at her boyfriend.

WOMAN BYSTANDER

Harry...for God's sake...don't!!

The tapeworms open their mouths SCREAMING a horrid noise of pain as they are PULLED APART, segment by segment. STICKY, SEMEN-LIKE LIQUID SPEWS from the creatures' nubs.

STRIKING what he believes to be the grotesquely, shaped head, one of the men, HARRY, LAUGHS ALOUD. The monster appears to fall dead. Harry's pants, shirt and face is SPLATTERED with the thing's own life-giving blood. Harry continues. POUNDING in the knob-shaped head (the scolex) into oatmeal.

The other man with Harry GRABS for the other tapeworm's head. It opens its mouth. We see strings of mucus HANGING from RAZOR BLADE HOOKS FOR TEETH.

We see the thing's head dive for his neck. He SCREAMS in pain. It INSERTS its hook-teeth. SPITS POISON.

HARRY

(horrified)

Goddamn...sonofabitch!!

He tries PULLING his comrade from the tapeworm. The tapeworm CLAWS for dear life. ENTANGLES AROUND THE MAN'S NECK like a python. His friend PULLS LOOSE from Harry's grasps. DASHES about, SCREAMING in agony. The snake-like thing's body SQUEEZES tighter. The man's neck SNAPS!

He FALLS near the theater, dead. The tapeworm sucking a massive hole in his neck.

FULL SHOT STREET, THEATER AND CROWD -- MOMENTS LATER

We see three Army Humvees and three ambulances HAULING ASS TOWARD THE SCENE. The vehicles BREAK TO A HALT. DOORS FLY OPEN. Six soldiers file out of each Humvee. Eighteen in all, they RUSH to the scene. Weapons ready.

The bystanders are quickly administered meds and released from the horrid scene. Some are taken to the nearby hospital for wash up and inspection.

The street is soon cleared of all bystanders by LOUD PA SPEAKERS. The Scrub Units (SU's) arrives in their hearse-like Humvees.

Captain John Harrison and Shepard inspect the victims of the plague: the first is the body of the fat man.

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN JOHN, SHEPARD AND DEAD BODY -- CONTINUOUS

We see a DARK, RED CAVITY where the fat man's mid-section once was. BLOOD AND SLIME covers all of the dead man's features.

Not far away was another victim. This one has a tapeworm around his neck. It seems to be BREATHING. Its blood-covered body MOVES UP AND DOWN. It slowly UNCOILS itself.

ANGLE ON END OF STREET

we see a barricade. It keeps out bystanders that still peer from their stores or cars. The soldiers hold M-16's. Warning them not to pass the barrier. It appears the entire town has come out of their shops to see what's happening. Shepard, the black guard, holds out a hand toward the gathering people.

SHEPARD

Capt'n...what we do? Looks like we've got a party brewing here!

BACK TO CAPTAIN HARRISON

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Just keep them outahere! We don't need no more...

A DARK SHADOW CROSSES John's face and cap. We hear Shepard YELL a warning.

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN JOHN, SHEPARD AND DEAD BODY

Like a twelve-foot snake, the TAPEWORM UNCOILS from the dead body. WRAPS AROUND SHEPARD'S BOOT. HE TRIPS. LOOSES HIS RIFLE.

Captain John PULLS his magnum. Tries for a shot. The monster is SWIFT. He SHOOTS anyway. Misses. Shepard YELLS for help. The strange, HORRID CREATURE RISES above one of the street lamps like a WOBBLING POLE all its own. It ROCKS BACK AND FORTH like a pendulum.

SHEPARD

(scared)

Capt'n...for Jesus' sake...do somethin'!!

The soldiers at the barricade hear the commotion. THEY RUSH toward the action. Weapons at the ready.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(angry)

Stand still...damn you!!

He takes careful aim. PULLS THE TRIGGER. FEELS THE RECOIL. The monstrous tapeworm is BLOWN apart. SPEWS SEMEN-LIKE BLOOD all about. It FALLS DEAD. SMASHING AGAINST THE THEATER AND SIDEWALK.

Shepard quickly PULLS the fire hose-like thing from his boot. JUMPS FREE. Regains his rifle. Aims at the down monster.

SHEPARD

(angry)

Suck me...you bastard!!

He SQUEEZES THE TRIGGER. LAUGHS. The creature is MOWED TO SHREDS.

FULL SHOT STREET FROM THEATER P.O.V. -- MOMENTS LATER

The Scrub Units slowly back their Humvee-shaped hearses up to the scene. Get out in protected suits. SPRAY THE DEAD Bodies of the humans and tapeworms. Put them in metal drums marked 'ROGUE #296'. They slowly drive away, toward the hospital.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. PARKING LOT -- AFTERNOON

Mary Sue PULLS into a parking spot. KILLS THE ENGINE. Steps out. Stares at the distant Sav-A-Lot Store. People come and go out of it in regular intervals. PEERING around the parking lot, she sees car after car. It seems safe enough.

She PUSHES her glasses up on her nose for a better fit. Starts across the asphalt toward the store. It LOOMS BEFORE HER like a ship afloat on a sea.

FULL SHOT INSIDE STORE -- MOMENTS LATER

She PUSHES a shopping cart down an aisle. Comes to the soup section. Selects four cans of soup. She visits the frozen foods, milk, eggs and coffee sections. WHEELS THE CART up front to the check-outs aisles.

We see the person ahead of her. An OLD MAN in his mid- seventies. His cart is full of soda pops and chicken.

The old man hands the CASHIER his groceries. She collects them. RUNS THEM through the scanner. Totals them up.

CASHIER

(smiling)

That'll be ten dollars and seventy-five cents, sir. Oh...and I'll need to see your health card. Make sure it's undated and everything.

The old man FUMBLES through his wallet. PULLS out the money and his health card.

OLD MAN

(grinning)

Do I get a discount fer showing me health card?

The cashier smiles at him. COLLECTS THE MONEY. SCANS THE HEALTH CARD through another computer. It beeps, indicating it has past.

CASHIER

Only on Wednesdays, sir. I'm sorry.

She hands him his change.

CASHIER

Have a nice day, sir.

He leaves with his groceries, as a SIREN SOUNDS around the store. Two checkout counters down, a young woman's health card did not pass inspection. Two soldiers QUIETLY ESCORT her from the store. she doesn't protest.

Mary checks out, shows her health card. Leaves the store. Heads toward her car.

FULL SHOT PARKING LOT -- MOMENTS LATER

We see Mary. She's almost to her car. A YOUNG MAN in his thirties RUNS FOR HER. Mary sees this. RUNS to her car almost loosing her grocery cart.

Almost to her car door, she sees the man almost upon her. She FUMBLES for her keys.

MARY SUE

(screaming)

No!!! Stay away!

He GRABS HER. Her grocery cart rolls away. Its STRIKES a Ford Pickup.

YOUNG MAN

(panicing)

No...I don't...have the plague!

He sounds as if he's been running for hours, if not days.

YOUNG MAN

You're...Captain John's...wife?

Mary stares at the man's face. It appears afraid. Sweat pouring from every muscle.

MARY SUE

(somewhat scared)

Yes...now please lemme go!!

She TRIES PULLING loose. YELLS at the same time.

YOUNG MAN

Got to warn you! Someone!

He looks around the parking lot like a frighten child.

YOUNG MAN

The pills!! The pills!! They...are... no...good! They contain...

We hear a loud BLAST. The man's lets loose of Mary. COLLAPSES TO THE ASPHALT, JERKING. A bloody wound appears on his back. Blood SPEWS from it. Mary brings her hands to her face. SCREAMS in all out terror.

She feels faint. FALLS, almost striking the dead man. Two soldiers RUSH UP BESIDE THE CORPSE and Mary. One holds a shotgun. The other carries a M-16. a Humvee pulls up. The dead man is thrown aboard it.

We see the parking lot grow with spectators. They have heard the commotion. One of the soldiers tells them to stand their ground. Not to come any closer.

The TALL SOLDIER helps Mary to her feet. RETRIEVES her grocery cart.

MARY SUE

(shaken)

What...what just happened?

She FISHES through her purse for her cell phone. Can't locate it.

MARY SUE

I...must call John!

FIRST SOLDIER

(military fashion)

The plague, Miss. He had it. Wasn't rogue yet. Just in its early stages. We've been tracking him for days.

The soldier easily holds Mary's hand.

FIRST SOLDIER

Do you need help, Miss? A trip to the hospital maybe?

Mary rubs her forehead.

MARY SUE

(confused)

No, I...don't believe so. Just seeing...all of this. It happened so... fast.

She stares the soldier in the face. He wears dark sunglasses.

MARY SUE

Do...you...know my husband?

The soldier grins.

FIRST SOLDIER

Yes, Miss, we all do. And believe me, I know how you feel. Here...let me help you to you car.

Getting into the front seat, see watches the other soldier fill her back seat with her groceries. She stares at the soldier once more.

MARY SUE

(smiling)

Thank you, sir, you've been so kind.

FIRST SOLDIER

All in a day's work, Miss. Sure you don't need medical assistance? I could call in ahead.

MARY SUE

No. No, thank you though. I'll be alright. I'm headed home right now.

The car door CLOSES. The soldier steps aside. The car drives out of sight. The two soldiers face one another. Weapons held at knee level.

FIRST SOLDIER

You know...that was Capt'n Harrison's ole lady. Do you think she believed him? That is...if he had a chance to tell her.

The SECOND SOLDIER looks to where the blood stain still ran about the asphalt.

SECOND SOLDIER

If she really believed he had the plague...then I don't think she believed him.

He holds his rifle up toward the sky.

SECOND SOLDIER

But...if she starts asking questions, then you know the routine. Wouldn't want to piss the boss off...if you know what I mean.

He pats his M-16. Smiles. They slowly walk toward their vehicle. Get in. Drive away from the scene.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. HOSPITAL -- NIGHT

Robert and Gloria help Bubba through the ER. Four medics await them. Medical equipment ready. A DOCTOR rushes to them.

DOCTOR

(alarmed)

Is...he infected?

ROBERT

(tired. afraid)

Yes, I'm afraid so. We...gave him ...his meds. He's alright now...it appears. We...brought him here... just in case.

Bubba is put on a stretcher. PUSHED AWAY by the medics.

A YOUNG NURSE steps up to Robert and Gloria. The doctor joins the medics.

YOUNG NURSE

Are you relatives?

She leads them to the waiting room. They sit down. A TV in the far corner talks about the new outbreak of the plague. A few terrorists attacks in the Mid-East.

GLORIA

(still shaken)

No...just friends. Where are they taking him?

YOUNG NURSE

To be examined. Don't worry yourselves...those medics are experts about this disease. I bet you two could use a drink.

Robert SLIDES down in the chair. Stares at Gloria and nurse.

ROBERT

No...not really.

YOUNG NURSE

It's on me. How 'bout it?

She puts a hand to Gloria's knee.

YOUNG NURSE

Please...it'll help, I promise.

ROBERT

Alright, Nurse, we'll have something to drink.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. O.R. -- LATER

Bubba is giving a CAT Scan, then taken to the operating room. He is giving an injection and put to sleep. The four medics and doctor make ready. The head medic RUBS an oily substance on Bubba's belly. MAKES AN INCISION from the navel up. The SKIN IS BROUGHT BACK AND HELD OPEN open by special tools. Inside, the intestines are in perfect condition. The belly sack is empty say for the regular stuff.

DOCTOR

(wide eyed)

Lemme see that picture again.

One of the nurse's PULLS out the CAT Scan. The doctor studies it. We clearly see something that looks like a round bag next to what looks like intestines.

DOCTOR

Just what I thought! Nurse...hand me my scolex tool...quick! If this is what I think it is...

His voice trails off. We clearly see the sack. Its stuck behind the large intestine.

The nurse hands the tool to the doctor.

NURSE

(tensed)

Here...you are, Doctor.

He selects the tool. HANDLES it by its square-like head. HOVERING above Bubba's open belly, the doctor PRESSES A BUTTON.

The device starts WHINING. Then BEEPS.

DOCTOR

(excited)

We've got...somethin'. Here...take this!

He hands the tool back to the nurse. Reaches down with gloved fingers. Gently moves the intestines.

FULL SHOT BUBBA'S OPEN BELLY -- CONTINUOUS

We see the doctor's fingers. They MOVE THE BLOODY innards to one side. Behind it is a sack-like thing composed of a thin, transparent membrane. It moves like an egg about to hatch.

DOCTOR

(terrified)

Good Jesus...it's a living sack...full of those sonsabitches!

FULL SHOT O.R. -- CONTINUOUS

We see Bubba on the operating table. The doctor and medics surround him. The doctor's hand is still in the open belly.

DOCTOR

Quickly...hand me the laser! I'm getting rid of these bastards!

The nurse hands the Doctor the pistol-like device.

He AIMS THE TOOL toward the sack. We see him JUMP. The sack LEAPS the doctor like a wet sponge gone insane.

The medics SCREAM. Run for the exit. The door is locked. They POUND AND SCREAM at it.

The doctor SLIPS. FALLS to the polished floor. The sack pulsates on his chest.

DOCTOR

(screaming)

Goddam...get it off!! Get it off!!

The laser tool FLIES FROM HIS REACH. SLIDES near the door.

FULL SHOT DOCTOR -- CONTINUOUS

He SLAPS at the moving sack. It EXPLODES. Tiny, earthworm-like things ATTACH themselves to his cheek, face and forehead.

DOCTOR

Help!!

He continues HITTING the WIGGLING THINGS. They PUSH their way into him. Some in his eyes, some up his nose, dozens inside his mouth. He GAGS, THROWING UP. The tiny monsters FALL out. Quickly LEAP back where they were before.

FULL SHOT O.R. -- CONTINUOUS

The medics try the doors once more. They almost open it. A nest of the tiny, snake-like things JET across the floor.

The medics SCREAM. Some SLIP over their own feet. One goes for a phone, FALLS OVER THE FALLEN LASER TOOL that fell during the creatures' first appearance. He HITS the wall. Blood flies from his head wound.

The WIGGLING THINGS seem to FLY THROUGH THE AIR ATTACHING themselves all over the medics. The creatures DRILL their way to blood.

FULL SHOT OUTSIDE HOSPITAL -- MOMENTS LATER

We see police cruisers SKIDDING to a stop out front. Humvees filled with soldiers SLIDE IN NEXT. The entire hospital is quarantined off. Soldiers and police RUSH through the entrances.

We hear SCREAMS from within. People RUSH OUTSIDE. Massive tapeworms attach to their bodies like GIANT LEECHES.

GUN SHOTS are heard. It's like a war is braking out within the walls of the hospital.

Hearse-like vehicles pull out front. Bodies are collected. Carried away. The police leave. The soldiers remain out front guarding the entrances to the hospital.

A LOUD noise is heard. Someone has JUMPED FROM THE TOP FLOOR. His body CRASHES to the pavement. Blood engulfs everything. The massive tapeworm that is entering his mouth and eyes expels out. Is quickly blasted by the soldiers' rifles.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. JOHN HARRISON'S HOUSE -- NIGHT

John Harrison walks inside his house. UNFASTENS his gun belt. Discovers his wife setting up in bed. She's wearing a see-through nightgown.

Sliding in beside her, she helps remove his clothes.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I really do need a shower...honey.

She RUBS his hairy chest.

MARY SUE

Not until afterwards.

She moves on top of him. Circles his birthmark with her finger. LICKS his left nipple.

MARY SUE

(slowly)

John...I think I know what hell you face everyday. Let's get on with life before it's too late.

John easily PUSHES her away.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(concerned)

What do you mean? Honey...what happened? My God...you didn't see...

Mary BREAKS out in tears.

MARY SUE

(sobbing)

Oh, Jesus, yes! Baby...it was horrible!!

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

How? Where?

He LOOKS to the ceiling. Eyes wide with horror for his wife. Was about to say something. Decides against it.

MARY SUE

It was at...the store, John. I...was making ready to leave...when this man grabbed me. He was screaming somethin' 'bout the pills.

She looks out the window. Sees a flowered curtain hanging there.

MARY SUE

I...think he needed one. Maybe he was out of them. I...don't really know for sure. Well...after that...he was...he was...

She CRIES aloud. John holds her close to him.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I'm so sorry, Sue. I wish...I was there with you. But...I hate to say it...but it's sort of like the terrorists thing, you know. It could happen anywhere...to anyone.

He brushes the hair from her eyes.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

You don't have to go on if you don't want to.

MARY SUE

(sad)

But...I've got to, honey. I know that I...could face such things out there...but you try and block it out, you know. At least...until it happens to you.

John kisses her on the lips.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Alright, baby, if you want to...go on.

MARY SUE

After he ran up to me...he was shot and killed. I think I fainted or somethin', because when I came to, a soldier helped me to the car. He was very polite and all. Anyway, John, now I know what you...must face everyday...in and out.

She smiles wide. WIPES the tears from her eyes.

MARY SUE

Like I was saying, honey, let's live life while we can.

She kisses John. PUSHES him back on the bed. She rises up on top of him. MOANS as they make love.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. JOHN HARRISON'S HOUSE -- LATER

We see John and his wife in bed. The bedside clock reads MIDNIGHT. The phone on the table RINGS. John JUMPS up. Moving away from Mary, he turns the lamp on. It lights up. On the tabletop we see two paperback novels, a large bottle of pills and a half box of rifle ammo. Next to these is the RINGING TELEPHONE. John PICKS up the receiver.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(whispering)

Who is this?

He checks the time. Frowns.

We hear the VOICE on the other end. It is broken into cracks, like the person was talking but not trying to be heard.

VOICE

(slowly. shaken)

Is...this...Captain...Harrison...of Red Squad One?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(suspiciously)

Yes...I am. Who the hell is this?

VOICE

Captain Harrison...the plague pills. They don't...work...as they say they do!

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

What? Just who in the hell is this? Do you know I could arrest you right this very second? Mister...if this is some sort of sick joke...

John's voice trail's off. The man's voice continues.

VOICE

Sir...I swear...I'm telling...the God's honest...truth. Please...you must believe me! You're...our only hope!

John PUSHES the covers away. Sits up in bed. He is totally nude. Mary SHIFTS behind him.

MARY SUE

(half asleep)

Who...who...is it, dear?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(slowly, to his wife)

Just...a friend, honey. Go back to sleep, alright?

He continues with the voice on the phone.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(angry)

Okay, mister, tell me why I should believe you?

We hear the voice SIGH.

VOICE

Okay, Capt'n. Today...your wife... meet a friend of mine. He...was killed...trying to tell her...just what...I'm trying to tell you...now.

The voice SIGHS again.

VOICE

Now...Capt'n Harrison...do you believe me?

John quickly STANDS. GRABS up a shirt hanging from the wall. Starts putting it on.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Alright...you've got my attention... for now. I want to see you...face-to-face, hear me? Where the hell are you?

VOICE

(startled)

You...mean...right this second?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(pissed. puzzled)

If what you say is true...the sooner the better, if you know what I mean. Now...one more time...where in the hell can I find you?

He finishes putting on his shirt. PULLS up his pants. Goes for his weapons.

VOICE

(afraid. more cracks than before)

I'll...be...at the ole...warehouse ...near...Parker and Fifth...Street.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(pissed)

You've better be on the up-and-up, son, 'cause if you're not...you'll see Humvees in your dreams...if you know what I mean.

He HOLSTERS his pistols. SWAPS ears with the phone.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Alright...I'm on my way.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. OLD WAREHOUSE -- LATER

It resembles an old ghost house. All of the windows in the three story building has been broken out. The outside seems to be falling apart, board-by-board.

John's Humvee eases to the curb. He eyes the large, black building. He KILLS THE ENGINE. Everything goes black. No streetlights on this street were working.

He slowly STEPS from the Humvee, pistol ready. Walks toward the building. Finds a metal door. PUSHES on it. It does not give. He soon discovers another entrance with better results. It opens. All we see is total darkness.

He WITHDRAWS a tiny flashlight. Smiles.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(whispering to himself)

I never leave home without it.

INT. OLD WAREHOUSE -- CONTINUOUS

We watch the flashlight's beam. It SKIPS ACROSS OLD, unused crates, tables, walls, a cement floor and faraway things covered with webs.

John SLOWLY ENTERS the place. Listens for any signs of the man he is searching for. Looks around. Calls out.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

It's Captain Harrison...the one you called...remember?

He almost TRIP on something. The beam of light REVEALS a long, tube-like thing on the dusty floor. It is some sort of air vent. John almost SHOOTS it, thinking it to be one of the creatures.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(whispering to himself)

Goddammit! Maybe...it wasn't such a good idea to shout that loud? No tellin' who's in this Godforsaken place with that asshole!

He comes to an aisle surrounded by ancient crates. Each filled with spider webs and darkness.

His pearl-handled pistol AIMS toward empty air. He grins knowing all too well it could be used anytime. Anywhere.

FULL SHOT INSIDE WAREHOUSE -- CONTINUOUS

Captain John's flashlight's beam HITS A FAR WALL. He sees a window that is boarded up from the inside. We see the captain isn't far from this spot.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he comes to a halt. COCKS HIS HEAD. LISTENS. He hears nothing.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(authority)

Hey...Mister! Look...I don't have all night, you know! Like I said before...it's Captain Harrison, the one you called. Now, why don't you just common out so we can talk. You're not in trouble...I promise!

He COCKS his head. LISTENS again. We hear a noise. It sounds like a vehicle driving down the street. It drives away from hearing range.

Walking once more, John reaches the corridor of the back wall where the crates were stacked up, one atop the other. He RUNS A FINGER across top of one of the crates. It is almost an inch thick with dust.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Jesus!! Don't they ever clean this place!

We watch as he turns left. A loud BANG is heard. WOODEN CRATES STRIKE the floor.

John DUCKS BEHIND the crates for cover. He PEERS to one side. We see total darkness. Whatever it is was in that direction, toward the far corner of the warehouse.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(concerned)

Mister...that you? What you up to...trying to get my attention? Well, son, you've got it! Now... come out or I'm leaving!

He stands, AIMS HIS FLASHLIGHT. Its batteries were dying. The beam wouldn't light much of the darkness up.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(getting pissed)

Mister...get out here now...or I'll throw your sorry ass in jail where it belongs!!

He turns toward the faraway exit. Is about to leave. Almost trips over something. This time it isn't just tubing. It is the man who had called him. He's dead. Three bullet holes in his chest.

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN JOHN AND DEAD BODY -- CONTINUOUS

He SEARCHES THE BODY. DISCOVERS nothing but a torn out piece of white paper. We clearly see by John's dying flashlight beam that it says "Anti-Plague Pills: Do They Really Work or Do They Contain..." This is where the paper ends. The rest is missing.

John Harrison curses thin air. He looks at the piece of paper.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

What...the shit...do they contain?

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. OLD WAREHOUSE -- MOMENTS LATER

We follow John to his Humvee. He POCKETS THE PAPER. Starts the vehicle. Drives down the street. Turns right a block ahead. Disappears. We see another Humvee driving from the opposite side of the warehouse. It FOLLOWS JOHN'S at a slow pace.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. JOHN HARRISON'S HOUSE -- MORNING

We hear THUNDER. See LIGHTNING through the windows. The rain starts to POUR like never before. John wakes up. Rises up in bed. It THUNDERS again. Mary wakes up as well.

MARY SUE

(afraid)

John...what's that noise? Shit...it's not raining, is it?

She COCKS her head. Listens to the POURING RAIN.

John walks to the window. PEERS outside.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I'm afraid so, Sue.

He DROPS the flowered curtain. Stares at his wife.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Still planning on going to church?

MARY SUE

Not if this keeps up. By the way... what time is it getting to be?

She rubs her sleepy eyes.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Little after seven. Want breakfast?

MARY SUE

Now? Can't it wait another fifteen minutes?

John heads for the bathroom.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Don't worry, dear, I'll make it after I shower.

ANGLE ON MARY SUE

she PUSHES the sheets from her nude body. FORCES HERSELF out of bed. STRETCHES. Eyes her meds on the coffee table by the bed.

She UNSCREWS THE LID. POPS out two pills. Stares at the elongated pills. They look odd shaped. Out of proportion somehow.

MARY SUE

What...the shit's wrong with these things? Did they get overheated or somethin'?

She SQUEEZES HER EYES shut. SHAKES HER HEAD. Once again looks at the two pills. They were shaped differently. Looks like half-moon candle or something.

MARY SUE

John!! John!!

She HEARS the SHOWER RUNNING.

She SHRUGS. Makes ready to POP THE PILLS in her mouth.

We see a hand QUICKLY GRABBING her's. Forces her hand away from her mouth. Mary JUMPS WITH FRIGHT. Smiles.

MARY SUE

(giggling)

You...scared the shit out of me!

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he just got out of the shower, naked. His face MASKED with worry.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

No...don't take those!! They're defects. I bought them just yesterday ...and discovered they were no good just last night.

He takes the pills from his surprised wife. Plus the whole bottle.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

On the web...Sue. They've got this entire blog devoted to defected pills ...like these!

He stares at the pharmacy number on the side of the bottle. Sees the numbers.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

See...these numbers match the ones on the internet. They are to be... returned right away...with no delay.

He turns. HEADS for the bathroom. FLUSHES the pills down the toilet.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

But...I'll just get rid of these... no sense making a run just for these meds. I'll pick more up tomorrow, alright, Sue.

He walks back into the bedroom. Mary Sue stops him dead in his tracks. She puts her arms around his neck. Brings their naked bodies together.

FULL SHOT BEDROOM -- CONTINUOUS

MARY SUE

(softly)

John...I may be the female stereotype in some men's eyes...but, baby, I wasn't born yesterday.

John tries looking elsewhere. Anywhere but his wife's blue eyes. Finds he cannot.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(grins)

What's...that suppose to mean? Of course you weren't born yesterday. You were born in October...1975.

He smiles. Looks at the bed. The walls. The pouring rain out the window. Then to Mary's eyes.

Mary pushes her body against his. Tight. Arms circling his neck, then his waist.

MARY SUE

John...you know what I mean. Now...what's wrong...with the pills?

We see John trying to pull loose. She holds him in a death lock.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Like I said...they were...only defects.

MARY SUE

Oh huh...then why not wait in trade them for another bottle...rather then flush them away?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Like I said...Sue...I'll get more tomorrow...the drug store's closed today. It's Sunday...remember?

Mary grins big. Pushes John onto the bed. Rides on top of him.

MARY SUE

Honey...if you're trying to protect me from not knowing somethin', then you can stop. Baby...I promise...I can handle whatever it is.

John lays beneath his wife. He's defeated.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

You're right, honey, I am trying to protect you. But maybe...knowing is more of protection...than not knowing.

She smiles. Moves up and down some.

MARY SUE

I...just want the truth, baby. That's all I asked.

John moans a little. Smiles up at his wife. Shakes his head.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Again...you're right. I'll tell you. Let's retreat to the kitchen for breakfast.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. KITCHEN -- MOMENTS LATER

We see the two around the table. They're having breakfast. Mary looks up at John.

MARY SUE

(concerned)

Thanks for telling me, honey. I didn't mean to press the info from you...but I just had to know. Every since that man at the store...I knew something was up.

She finishes her plate. Smiles.

MARY SUE

But, John, what do you think are in them?

John kills his orange juice and eggs.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I've been racking my brain all night 'bout that, Sue. At first...I thought the man was crazy...or at best... trying to pull a fast one. But now... since he was killed and all...and that man you meet was killed...I am beginning to believe somethin' is goin' on. But just what...I can't put a finger on it. And what they might contain...I don't have the foggiest.

Mary puts both elbows on the table. She looks up. We see her trying to figure out something. Anything.

MARY SUE

John...have you ever taken a course in Biology?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yes...but that was a million years ago. What does one have to do with the other?

MARY SUE

(excited)

It has a lot to do with it! Do you remember the parasites?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(smiles)

If I were to take an exam right now... I would fail like shit. But yes, to answer you question...I do remember some of it. Like the plague we're fighting now. Some scientists believe tapeworms are the main cause. Mutated tapeworms. You know...from that space shuttle crash some years back, with the virus Zr74.

He leans back. Smiles at his wife.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Well...am I correct so far...Teacher?

Mary grins back. Pushes her plate away.

MARY SUE

You've got an 'A' on my exam.

She reaches across the table. Holds his hands.

MARY SUE

Now...do you recall how the tapeworms made their way into one's body?

John looks to the ceiling. Scratches his head.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(in triumph)

Insufficiently cooked meat! But that doesn't make any... . Hey, wait just one minute! The other day...I was just thinking 'bout this. I read it in a article...I believe. But for the love of me...I can't remember it!

Mary smiles at him. They lean close. Kiss.

MARY SUE

Honey...I think we're getting somewhere. The insufficient meat would be insane to place inside the pills. But then again...whoever is behind all of this...has to be insane to began with. Am I right?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I sure hope you are, honey. The thought of an intelligent person doing this takes my breath away. The guy...or guys...has to be smart to think up such a scheme in the first place!

He rubs one of her soft hands.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

But...what would he...or they...have to gain from such a conspiracy?

Mary shrugs. Looks out the window. The rain has slowed.

MARY SUE

I truly...don't know, honey. Hey...do you feel like carrying on this crazy question and answer game? Baby...I don't know why...but all of the sudden ...I feel kind of...afraid. What if this is all real? I...mean...surly it can't be true?

He nods. Kisses her again.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

You're right, Sue, let's stop this crazy talk. But...it does beat popping pills that may contain...

Suddenly, his head spins wildly. His thoughts rush back years ago. To school.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Good God...Sue...back in school...I remember having a teacher who made a joke 'bout all the weight watchers out there buying pills. He joked 'bout putting...tapeworm cysts into capsules. Holy shit...that's it!! The pills contain...tapeworm cysts!! Or...at least some new form of genetically engineered tapeworm cysts!

Mary yells with terror. Runs to the bathroom. Throws up. Trying to get rid of any of the pills she may had taken in the past 24 hours. John does the same. They both flush their bodies clean in the next three hours by taken any thing that would make them throw up, go to the restroom, or anything else.

Later, they regroup in the dining room.

MARY SUE

Good Lord, John, you've got to be right!!

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I'm...afraid so. That would...be the simplest way in doing such a thing.

Mary looks out the window.

MARY SUE

Well, John, why don't you have some of the pills looked at? Maybe... your friend back at the office could take one and...

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he looks at his wife. Smiles. Waves a hand in a 'not now' motion.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(whispering)

Sue, baby, if it's gone as far as someone...or some organization... putting cysts in pills, then I'm afraid...we can trust no one. At least...not at the moment.

Mary appears worried. Crosses her arms. Rocks back and forth.

MARY SUE

But...what 'bout the FDA? They passed those pills with flying colors...didn't they?

FULL SHOT DINING ROOM -- CONTINUOUS

John rubs his wife's shoulders.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(softly)

Dealing with the Food and Drug Administration...I can honestly say that they don't check every damned pill...or for that matter...food.

He looks out the window as well. It has stopped raining.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

And...in this day and age...whose to say you couldn't find one...buy him, or her off, and go 'bout your business like nothing was wrong.

Mary nods in agreement. Appears afraid. She stands up. Hands on both hips.

MARY SUE

(sure of herself)

Well, John, now that we know what causes this horrible thing...what are we to do 'bout it? If anything can be done? Hell...whoever's doing this has already killed two people. Maybe even more...who knows?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

We're not going to do a dam thing, Mary. I on the other hand...will talk to General Nelson and see what he has to say.

Mary holds John's hand. Rubs it. Kisses it.

MARY SUE

(softly. worried)

Honey...sure you can trust him?

He looks about the dining room. Studies a picture for a moment, then looks at Mary again.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Surely...he knows nothing 'bout this. Hell...we go all the way back to the First Gulf War. I trusted him then... I trust him now.

Mary points a finger at John.

MARY SUE

Darling...you know that I'm going with you. Even if I have to drive behind you...I'm there.

John laughs aloud.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Not...if I hogtie you and throw your ass in jail.

Mary appears surprised.

MARY SUE

You wouldn't?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(grinning)

Baby...you know...I've got friends in low places...even the town jail.

He laughs aloud.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

You know...that would never happen. Hell...besides, if not for you, I'd still be trying to figure out what all this shit was 'bout.

She smiles. Kisses John.

MARY SUE

You would of figured it out soon enough for yourself. Remember...you have a high IQ.

John kisses her back. Moves hair out of her eyes.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yeah...but you got my mind working on solving the problem...not thinking 'bout what it causes: death. Sickness. Sadness.

His laughter subsides. His face appears afraid. Mad at the same moment.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(pissed)

If I get my hands on the sonoabitch who's doing this...I'll personally pour a jar of those fuckin' pills down his throat!!

MARY SUE

Then...I'm in?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yes...you are, honey. Besides I've just came up with somethin'.

Mary appears interested. Like a detective about to solve a crime.

MARY SUE

(grinning)

Got a plan...have you?

John grins. Crosses his arms.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yeah...one just came to me. Are you sure you really want to help? You know...you can back out anytime. Even right this second if you want.

MARY SUE

Back out hell! I'm in this all the way. Now...

She draws closer to John, like a con artist or thief about to embark on a mission.

John grins. Leans in closer to her.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Alright, then. Just remember...I gave you a chance. Besides...with this conspiracy taking place...right here in our own back yard...I don't think it would be wise for you to stay put anyway.

Mary grins.

MARY SUE

Okay, John, I got it. Now, please, get on with this plan of yours.

We see him snicker.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Now...I know why I married you.

He kisses her once more.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Alright, here goes: I was going to the General with this...but let's assume for the record that you're right. That he may be the one, or knows of the ones, doing this.

He looks down at the table. Sees his reflection.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Hell...if they're capable of lacing pills...who knows what they can do.

He pulls out a blue, entrance card. It went to where he works.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I know of two soldiers I would give my life for...or vice versa. No doubt 'bout it. We start with them.

Mary stands. John does the same. They hug, kiss one last time.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. LARGE WAREHOUSE JUST OUTSIDE ALLENTOWN \-- MORNING

We see John's Humvee. It's parked outside a massive, metal building, behind a large group of tree, hidden from sight. Out front is a sign that reads 'ALLENTOWN PHARMACEUTICALS'.

No one else is on the street at this time of the morning.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

We see Captain John, Shepard and Robert. They are dressed in black, jump suits. Robert looks past the front windshield, toward the building.

ROBERT

Is this the only place, Capt'n?

John glances at Robert. We see Shepard in the back seat. He is holding a large, type weapon. It resembles a skinny rocket launcher.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(softly)

Mary and I searched the town on the internet just last night. According to what we saw and read, this is the only storage plant for the pills, if you don't count the two drug stores in town. Yes, it contains a whole lot of shit, not to mention almost everything else one can think of. Hell, it's like a little China in there: everything for everyone.

He checks his watch. It's 4:30 in morning.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Alright...it's almost time. The place doesn't open for several more hours. We should just have enough time.

We see Shepard wiping down his gun with a white cloth.

SHEPARD

And...according to town records, this is where they ship the dam things from. From here...

He gestures toward the distant building. Smiles.

SHEPARD

...they transport the pills all over town...some even out of the county. No telling where they head from there.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Men...make sure your weapons are ready. Use them only in self defense. I don't won't anyone in there getting hurt...unless of course they ask for it.

Shepard and Robert nod their heads. Captain John PULLS A SKI MARK over his head. His men follow suit. They resemble terrorists about to embark on a mission.

They slowly step from the hidden Humvee, weapons drawn. John has his M-16. Robert holds his rifle. Shepard is still holding his rocket-looking rifle.

FULL SHOT JOHN AND THE TWO SOLDIERS -- CONTINUOUS

They ease toward the warehouse. Watching for any people or workers. John waves his men on. They follow.

At the front entrance, John tries the door. It's locked. John kicks it down. DANG! It flies open revealing only darkness from within.

Withdrawing flashlights, the three separate, going about their various jobs.

FULL SHOT INSIDE WAREHOUSE -- MOMENTS LATER

Shepard discovers the light switches. Flips them on. We see the entire warehouse light up revealing everything in sight.

The place is nothing but aisles and aisles of shelves containing everything from Playboy magazines to DVD's to coffee filters.

Shepard stares up, then all around at the rolls and rolls of stuff.

SHEPARD

(surprised)

Holy...shit!!

DISSOLVE TO:

FADE IN:

INT. MARY SUE IN WHITE VAN -- MOMENTS LATER

She CHECKS HER WATCH. BREATHS A SILENT PRAYER. CRANKS UP THE VAN she was in. She slowly puts it into gear. Takes off toward the distant warehouse. Ahead of her, the street appears deserted.

FULL SHOT LARGE WAREHOUSE JUST OUTSIDE ALLENTOWN -- LATER

We see the white van. It backs up to the docking bay of the warehouse. Mary, now wearing black clothes and a ski mask as well, glances into the back of the van. The back doors are open. It appears that three terrorists were stacking crate after crate into the back of the van.

We see one of the terrorists. He looks up at Mary. BLINKS AN EYE. The last crate is placed into the van. John SLAMS the van doors shut. SLAPS THE SIDE of the fender for the all clear sign.

Mary nods. Makes ready to leave. John crawls in the front with her. Shepard follows.

MARY SUE

(wondering)

Where's Robert?

SHEPARD

He's taking the Humvee. If anything happens...we can maybe split up, confusing whoever's after us.

Mary smiles. Pulls the van out into the street. Removes her mask. Shepard and John follows suit.

ANGLE ON VAN

it travels down the main road back toward town. It passes a sign. It reveals 'ALLENTOWN 7'.

INT. VAN -- MOMENTS LATER

Mary almost STRIKES A MAILBOX. Misses it by feet.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(grinning)

Kinda of jumpy...aren't we?

Mary THROWS A QUICK GLANCE at John.

MARY SUE

What gives you that idea. Hell...I'm use to goin' 'round robbing places everyday.

John smiles at her.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Remember...I gave you a chance to get out?

MARY SUE

I...I remember, John. It's just that...

She halts her sentence. We HEAR DISTANT SIRENS.

SHEPARD

(stunned)

Cops!!

Shepard stares out the front windshield. We see tiny lights in the distance. They were gaining.

SHEPARD

(smiling to himself)

Someone narked us out! I bet it's that Robert! I never liked his white ass anyway!

John looks out the window. The lights and sirens where closer now. Just crossing over a semi-dark hill.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Most likely a silent alarm went off. I guess we should of cut them off first.

Mary smiles at him.

MARY SUE

You think?

John withdraws a small metal box. Takes out two cigars. Lights one up. Hands one to Shepard.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Mind if we smoke, Sue?

MARY SUE

(pissed)

What? We've just robbed almost every drug in Allentown...the laws are after us...and you have the nerve to...smoke?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Ah...yeah!

MARY SUE

(grinning)

Okay...gemme one, dammit!!

John grins. GIVES HER ONE. LIGHTS it up. All three smoke in the van.

FULL SHOT VAN -- CONTINUOUS

We see it skip back and forth. The police cars heading toward them. Almost upon them. The van slowly pulls in a small, gravy driveway to hide. The cop cars fly by, heading toward the warehouse.

MARY SUE

What...now...boss?

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he peers into the back of the van. Its completely filled with crate after crate.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Well...let's get this cargo to the spot we picked out. Then...we'll head to town...to hit the drug stores. If nothing else... the pills won't be in Allentown...at least until the next shipment arrives.

FULL SHOT SHEPARD -- CONTINUOUS

SHEPARD

(grinning)

When that happens...we'll be waiting. Right, Capt'n?

John grins. Rubs his pearl handled pistol.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

That's right...my friend. That's right.

Mary puts the van into gear. Eases out onto the road.

MARY SUE

Okay...ready...here we go.

FULL SHOT VAN FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see the van taking the pavement. It heads west.

ANGLE ON MARY

MARY SUE

(concerned)

What 'bout Robert? Will he be alright?

FULL SHOT INSIDE VAN -- CONTINUOUS

John touches Mary's arm. Smoke blows from his cigar.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Robert? Honey...just ask Shepard. Robert's the best at getting out of tight places. Hell...back in the Gulf War he practically pulled me and Shepard from enemy fire.

SHEPARD

(laughing aloud)

Might not trust his white ass...but he's still the one you can count on. Leave it to Ole Rob...and I promise...you've nothing to worry 'bout.

He places his large gun to the van's floorboard.

FULL SHOT VAN FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

The van soon disappears from sight as it enters a clove of trees. We watch as the three unload the crates, placing them behind the trees.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. VAN -- MORNING

Mary parks behind the first drug store. She checks the dashboard clock. It is ten in the morning. She eyeballs John.

MARY SUE

(softly)

Honey...please be careful. The place is open now...with people all around.

John smiles at Mary. Kisses her.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(smiling)

Haven't I always been. Hey...don't worry, okay. I'll be just fine, I promise.

He pulls the ski mask back on. Watches Shepard do the same.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(to Mary)

Remember what to do if the police arrive?

MARY SUE

(seems afraid)

Yeah...I'm to drive from here... taking the back way out of town.

John smiles at his wife. Winks.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

That's right, Sue. Don't worry, alright. Just think of it as another one of my jobs.

He stares at Shepard.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Ready?

Shepard grins. Picks up his weapon.

SHEPARD

As I'll ever be, Capt'n.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Alright...that's it then. Common!

He and Shepard exit the van. The door slams shut behind them.

Mary looks about her surroundings. People were everywhere it seemed. On the streets, going about their daily activities, window shopping, ect. She checks the van's fuel level. It's half empty. Keys were still in the ignition, ready to be turned on if need be.

MARY SUE

(to herself)

I love you, John Harrison.

Through her window, she sees John and Shepard enter the drug store's rear entrance.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. DRUG STORE -- MOMENTS LATER

We see about a dozen people walking the aisles of the store. They scream as two terrorists run in from the rear fire exit, holding M-16's. A young woman screams. Faints.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Don't anyone panic! We're not here to harm you! All we want are the anti-plague pills!

He throws a large plastic bag to the guy behind the counter.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Fill her up...nothing but pills. The plague pills...if you please!

Two pharmacists come into the open. The HEAD PHARMACIST looks at the two terrorists. He has fear in his eyes.

HEAD PHARMACIST

(scared)

But...the pills? We would have no immunity...from the plague! Why... in God's name would you do somethin' like this?

John walks up to the old man. Hands him a plastic bag.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Believe me, mister, you'll be better off not taking the dam things anyway. They contain...tapeworm cysts! Hell ...most likely the virus Zr74 itself!

FULL SHOT PEOPLE IN DRUG STORE -- CONTINUOUS

Everyone screams their horror. The lady who fainted hears the horrid news. Faints again.

ANGLE ON JOHN AND SHEPARD

the bags are quickly filled with bottles of pills, packages containing pills, single doses of the stuff, and even a few things that resembles lollipops.

Taking hold of one of the lollipops, John looks to the head pharmacist.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(disbelief)

What the hell's this? It looks like some sort of candy?

The pharmacist seems afraid.

HEAD PHARMACIST

Ah...ah...yes, they're new. Just arrived today. You know...for the younger kids...like babies and so forth.

John throws the lollipop back in the bag. Slams his fists into a solid wall.

The people back away. Some hit the floor, screaming, trying their best to cover their bodies from bullets.

Shepard calms John down. Reassures everyone.

SHEPARD

Folks...he's not pissed at you. just the bastard...or bastards...who think it funny to feed not just us with parasites...but our young babies, too.

John snaps out of it. Looks at the head pharmacist.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(forcing a smile)

Tell me, sir, just how many of those...things have you sold?

The head pharmacist appears scared to death.

HEAD PHARMACIST

(shaking like a leaf)

Ah...mister...we don't sell them.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Then how?

HEAD PHARMACIST

They're...

We see him swallow hard. Like a watermelon going down.

HEAD PHARMACIST

They're...free...giving to the mothers of the babies!

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he almost looses it again. Regains his posture.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Sir...it's not you I'm angry at...it's the ones who would do such a thing.

Shepard grabs up the bags. Heads for the back exit. John runs after him, but stops. Goes back to the counter.

Sees a little girl sucking on a lollipop. He yanks it from her mouth. Turns to run, as the SECOND PHARMACIST pulls a double barrel shotgun on him.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Oh...shit!

SECOND PHARMACIST

(shouting)

That's right...bud! Now...it's time for me to aim rifles...giving orders. So...drop that oversized toy, Mr. Terrorist! I'll get a reward for this...fer sure! Hell...it's probably ole Bin Ladin himself! Remember... they never caught the bastard!

FULL SHOT SHEPARD -- MOMENTS LATER

He re-enters the drug store. Sees the pharmacist holding the shotgun right at John's head.

We see Shepard shaking his head. He aims the large, rocket-launcher toward the ceiling.

SHEPARD

(whispering)

Please...Lord...don't let anyone be walking 'bout up there.

With this, he squeezes the trigger. The gun goes off. Bullets spray the ceiling. Plaster and wood rain to the floor.

FULL SHOT DRUG STORE -- CONTINUOUS

The results worked. The pharmacist drops his shotgun. Puts his hands up.

SECOND PHARMACIST

(slowly)

Sir...it was empty...I swear it!!

Captain John says a silent prayer. Throws the lollipop into the plastic bag. Finds three more in the kid's pocket. Throws them in as well.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(to the pharmacist)

Sir...is that all of them? I mean...candy and all?

HEAD PHARMACIST

Oh...yes, sir...that's it...I promise.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON AND SHEPARD

they walk backwards from the store. Shepard blasts more of the ceiling, making all within hit the floor.

Once outside, they leap inside the van. The plastic bags are thrown into the back.

Mary puts the van in gear. Drives away.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. FRESHLY MADE HOLE -- LATER

We watch as John throws the plastic bags of medicines and lollipops into the deep hole. He pours gasoline on top of them. Lights a match, throws it in the hole. It blazes up instantly.

Standing around the flames we see John, Shepard and Mary.

SHEPARD

Are you sure we're doin' the right thing, Capt'n?

He holds his nose as the smoke reaches him.

SHEPARD

(disgusted)

Goddam...that shit smells!

John glances to the tall, muscular black man.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Tell me, Shepard, what would our government do if they discover the pills contain cysts from tapeworms?

SHEPARD

Most likely...burn 'em, sir.

He takes his hand away from his nose.

John looks about his friends. Wife.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Well...we've more drug stores...and warehouses to hold up. Are...we game?

We see them all nod their heads in agreement.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. ALLENTOWN'S SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- AFTERNOON

We see the sheriff behind his desk. Paperwork clutters the entire top. Pictures of family and friends sit here and there. A map of an old dirt road shows a way to some farmhouse.

This is SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN MACAURTHER'S office, just inside Allentown.

He's going through a file. We see that it is of the recent robberies of warehouses and drug stores.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(whispering to himself)

Why are the terrorists interested in the plague medicine? Why in heaven's name would anyone want to get rid of them?

He pulls out some pictures. They reveal the masked terrorists as they robbed the drugstores.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(grinning)

Yeah...you know that I know.

He's speaking to the pictures.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

You think you can come into my town...hold all of the pills hostage. The pills the citizens desperately need to get rid of that damned disease. Yeah...hold 'em so you can blackmail Allentown into giving you no telling how many millions of dollars.

He grins. Taps one of the pictures with his figure.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Then what, huh? Go out in blackmail the entire country...maybe even the world? Well...my friends...not here you ain't goin' start. Not in my town.

The sheriff smiles. Throws the pictures back onto the table.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

No sir! Sheriff Johnny Dean MacAurther ain't goin' stand fer it! No...I ain't! Not on my watch!

He fumbles through his top, desk drawer. Pulls out a large bottle of pills. It clearly states on the label: ANTI-PLAGUE PILLS -- TAKE FOUR A DAY.

So, Sheriff Johnny Dean takes a handful of the pills. Washes them down with a cold Budweiser, then drinks another one just to make sure.

We see him tap a picture of another drugstore. It's Quick-N-Safe Drugs.

The sheriff picks up the phone. Dials a number.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Hello...Mr. Miller. Yes, this is Sheriff Johnny Dean. I believe that your store is next on the terrorists' hit list, so I'm sending some plainclothesmen down there.

MR. MILLER

(softly, over the phone)

Okay, Sheriff, if you think dat's best. What'll they be doin'...the plainclothesmen?

The sheriff pops another pill. Smiles. Answers the question.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

They'll be just roaming your store...like plain customers and such. Don't worry...no one will get hurt...of course unless they're the terrorists.

MR. MILLER

(afraid, over the phone)

Alright, Sheriff, I trust you. You do know that me and Lucy voted fer you at the last election?

The sheriff smiles. Drinks another beer, just in case.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Yeah...of course I do, Mr. Miller. Now...they'll be over there shortly.

MR. MILLER

How...will I know them?

The sheriff shakes his head in disbelief.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Good grief...Ted...it'll be Roger and Sam...they'll be packing .357's.

He hangs the phone up. Laughs aloud.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Let's just see these terrorists rob Quick-N-Safe now.

FULL SHOT SHERIFF -- CONTINUOUS

He leaves the office. Heads across the street. We see Quick-N-Safe just to the right of another store. The sheriff stands there, then enters. Peeks around the corner so he can see all of the action.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. VAN FROM SKY P.O.V. -- LATER

It pulls next to the run, down warehouse where the man was killed that had called Captain Harrison day's before.

The foursome enters the building. The doors shut behind them.

FULL SHOT INSIDE WAREHOUSE -- CONTINUOUS

They rest somewhere in its middle. They all seem disturbed about something. The place is lit up with sunlight shinning through the glass roof.

MARY SUE

(despair)

John...what now?

We see John lay his rifle down.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Honestly...I don't know for sure. How was I suppose to know they'd catch on this fast?

Robert leans up against a support beam.

ROBERT

I guess we just underestimated Sheriff MacAurther...that's all.

Shepard holds his gun. Points it toward empty space, as if waiting for something - anything- to leap out.

SHEPARD

Well...I'd say that it was just good ole luck that we'd heard 'bout the plainclothesmen that were placed in Miller's store. Good thing the sheriff uses that radio as much as a police band.

He pulls out a cigarette. Lights it. Blows smoke with pleasure on his face.

Mary walks around some crates. Knocks away spider webs with her rifle barrel.

MARY SUE

Please...let's cut the small talk and figure out our next move.

We see everyone in the group stare at her.

Then John steps forward. Waves his hands at everyone.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Well...as I see it, we have two choices. We can try the drugstore ...taking a chance of being shot...or us shooting someone...or just leave it alone...and pray that maybe those pills there aren't tainted. Hell...maybe what we've done so far will draw the ones out who's responsible?

He looks at everyone, especially his wife.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Will...what will it be?

Robert walks around a large, metal barrel.

ROBERT

What if we wait a few days? Maybe by then, Sheriff MacAurther will stop looking for us. In the meantime, we could keep watch on that other warehouse making sure no more meds arrive there.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

That's a good plan, Robert, but I don't really believe the sheriff will give up that easily. Oh, he might let all of the plainclothesmen leave, but he'll still be expecting something to happen. Therefore, he'll always have an edge on us.

John sits on a dusty crate. A spider runs off into the shadows.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

About the warehouse...we can keep an eye on it, just to make sure no more tainted pills reach it. Or maybe...stake ourselves somewhere out of town...watching for any trucks delivering the shit here.

ANGLE ON MARY SUE

she looks at the sunlight that's flooding through the roof's windows.

MARY SUE

But...what if whoever's behind this never comes out in the open?

She checks her watch. It was close to one in the evening.

MARY SUE

(upset)

Hell...we could watch that place for months.

FULL SHOT WAREHOUSE -- CONTINUOUS

John shifts his weight. Looks over to Mary.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Okay...then we'll watch for two weeks. By then...if he doesn't come out of hiding...then he probably never will.

The foursome look at each other. They still resembled terrorists. The sun grew lighter.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. CAFE -- EVENING

We see people ordering food. A nearby TV plays a baseball game. It is quickly interrupted by a special news bulletin. It's the sheriff. He's being questioned by a Channel 13 REPORTER.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(loudly)

Like I've been saying fer sometime now...the terrorists are to be considered armed and dangerous. So far as we now, there's only three. Others may be hiding...perhaps in the getaway van that has been seen at all the locations.

The sheriff spits tobacco juice all over a nearby, running dog. It barks. Runs off.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(laughing)

The van is kinda of a white color. There's no license plate...so far none we've seen.

The news reporter moves in closer. The cameraman gets closer to the sheriff.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

So far...think God...no one has been killed...or taken hostage as of yet, but one drug store owner did report a terrorist blasting holes through his roof for no apparent reason.

We see the sheriff shift his cowboy hat for a better fit. The camera is only feet away now. The reporter's microphone is right at the sheriff's mouth.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(smiling deeply)

The terrorists seem interested in obtaining the anti-drug pills, as we call them. Why they are doing this, is not yet known.

The reporter smiles.

REPORTER

What do you believe they're up to, Sheriff MacAuther?

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

I believe they're trying to blackmail Allentown into paying millions to get the pills back.

REPORTER

What 'bout Red Squad, Sheriff? Can they help bring 'bout these terrorists?

We see the sheriff grin from ear-to-ear. He spits more tobacco.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

The Red Squad? Let me tell you, citizens of Allentown...I believe they're in on it. Don't ask me how or why...but my gut tells me so.

The news reporter gets closer.

REPORTER

(grinning)

In on it? But Sheriff...I thought they were here to protect us...from those things?

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(laughing)

If I'm wrong...I'll quit! But...tell me...where the hell are they now that this shit... . Can I say that on TV?

The reporter nods. The sheriff continues.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Like I was saying...where are they...since this...crap's been goin' on?

REPORTER

Maybe they are, Sheriff, I pray not. But taking all of the pills...for profit?

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Hell yes, son, and by the time we do get the money to pay them...our guts will be bustin' open like ripe melons!

REPORTER

(sick. scared)

Ah...yes...I see.

The crowd of people behind the sheriff start to chant and shout about the whereabouts of The Red Squad. Some picks up rocks and throw them toward the headquarters of the squad. Windows are broke. Wood chipped.

The sheriff smiles. Laughs aloud. The cameraman draws in closer still.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

INT. INSIDE VAN -- EVENING

The van is miles from town. Robert turns the portable TV off. Shepard is in the van with him.

ROBERT

(pissed)

Can you imagine that? We're blackmailing Allentown into giving millions? Hell..we're trying to save their fuckin' asses!

We see Shepard. He's on the passenger side.

SHEPARD

(grins. then stops)

Know what I think?

ROBERT

What?

SHEPARD

I think that we made a mistake listening to the Capt'n.

Robert looks at the road. Shifts in his seat.

ROBERT

(angry. interested)

What's that suppose to mean, Shep?

SHEPARD

Think 'bout it for yourself. It most likely won't take them long to figure out that we're behind this. Hell, you heard the sheriff, didn't you? Hell...he believes it already. And that crowd behind him? Looks like they were getting pretty pumped up, if you ask me.

Robert glances at a distant group of trees they were driving up to. Behind them stood Captain Harrison and his wife. Robert puts the bag of groceries in the front with him.

ROBERT

Maybe he won't wait those two weeks, Shep. Then...we'll terrorists right along with him.

Shepard shifts his large frame in the front seat. Pulls out a soda from the bag. Opens it. Drinks it down.

SHEPARD

You know what? I think we're just paranoid 'bout all this. You know as well as anyone that the Capt'n will do the right thing.

They shut up as Captain Harrison and Mary come up to the window.

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN HARRISON, MARY AND VAN -- CONTINUOUS

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Have any trouble getting the supplies?

Shepard looks out the window. Smiles at Mary.

SHEPARD

No, sir, Big John gave it to us just as you said he would. All the adjustments you ordered for the GPS was done...at least that's what John said.

FULL SHOT VAN FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see Shepard and Robert get out of the van. They hand Captain Harrison a large, brown bag. He takes an object out of it. Closer inspection reveals it to be an GPS tracking device.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(grinning)

If he says it's done...then it's done. That John's a wiz when it comes to units like this one. With this...we should have an edge on that sheriff.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON AND SHEPARD

the unit pops on. We see right away on the miniature screen a small dot with a road map behind it.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

This is our location, Shep.

He taps a button. The machine makes a noise. The screen pops to another location. It's Allentown.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

And of course...as you can see...this is our hometown. Every dot on the screen is that of a vehicle. You see this red one?

Shepard and Robert nod.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

That's the sheriff's vehicle. John had it bugged a month ago...just in case we needed it. And it looks like...we did.

Smiling, he gets inside the van with the rest. They start the vehicle. Drive away from the trees, toward town.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. GROCERY STORE -- EVENING

We see Sheriff MacAuther and his deputy. This is sheriff's MacAurther's only nephew, DEPUTY JOHNNY MACK. They hide behind a large, wooden table. The sheriff has his binoculars, spying out the window at the store right across the street. Through the dirty window, we see the is Quick-N-Safe. Citizens of Allentown walk up and down the sidewalk. Some peer into the window trying to see the sheriff. He waves them on. One little girl (the one with the lollipop earlier) waves at him.

The Sheriff grabs up his radio. Presses the speak button. Talks to JIMMY.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(angry)

Jimmy...get those people away from here! Hell...this ain't no goddam exhibit...and I sure as hell ain't no dam zoo animal. Now...get them outahere or I'll have 'em all arrested fer obstruction of justice!

He releases the button. Slams the radio on the dusty floor. His deputy stares at him. Disbelief in his eyes.

JOHNNY MACK

(upset)

Ah...Uncle Johnny...they don't mean any harm. Especially little Susie there...she's just curious is all.

ANGLE ON SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

he looks in awe at his nephew. Throws up his hands. Blows out of his mouth like he just ran a hundred miles.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(mad)

Fer the last time...it's Sheriff Dean...even to you, Nephew!

FULL SHOT GROCERY STORE -- CONTINUOUS

JOHNNY MACK

Ah...sorry, Uncle...I mean, Sheriff Dean! But still...all and all... they mean no harm...just curious.

We see the sheriff reach for his pistol. Think twice about it. Shakes his head.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Well...if they keep it up...they'll be curious in my jail...I promise you that.

The radio cracks on. The sheriff and Mack jump with fright. We hear Jimmy's voice over the racket of the street outside.

JIMMY

Alright, Sheriff MacAuther, I'm right on it.

We see that right outside the window, a tall man in blue jeans and a cowboy hat was starting to tell people to leave the street. He was yelling.

JIMMY

(his voice was muffled by the stained glass window)

Okay...the Sheriff says everyone off the street...or he'll arrest everyone of you!

Sheriff Dean MacAuther lowers his head. Looks to his nephew, then back out to the street where people were being ushered off by three more deputies.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(in shock)

Goddammit...is everyone's brain dead with those worms? Hell...I might as well nail a sign out front telling those terrorists I'm in here watching them!

We see Johnny Mack hold his belly as he laughs aloud.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

That's 'bout right! Laugh it up...but when all those pills of yours are gone 'cause of those dam terrorists...you'll wish you...

We see Johnny Mack grab his belly harder. He starts to scream. Hits the floor. Rolls into the shadows knocking over a table.

ANGLE ON SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

his face grows with fear. His eyes bulge like saucers. Sweat pours from his forehead.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(terrified)

Holy shit...Johnny...you all right? Got any pills...with yer?

He fishes in his pants pocket. Pulls out a small bottle of pills.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Here...Johnny...here! I've got...

He quits talking. Johnny has stopped screaming. Now we hear what sounds like someone pulling their legs out of a mud hole. The sound goes on forever.

FULL SHOT CORNER OF STORE IN SHADOWS -- CONTINUOUS

We see what looks like three snakes inching upwards toward the ceiling. The shadows almost cover them but clearly they were there. The things pull their way toward the sheriff.

FULL SHOT INSIDE GROCERY STORE -- CONTINUOUS

We see the sheriff go for his pistol. It comes out of its holster. Falls. Hits the floor. A slimy snake-like thing quickly grabs it up. It disappears in the shadows.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(scared)

Johnny! Johnny! You...there?

There's no answer. We hear the noises like sucking mud, grow louder.

The sheriff looks out the window for help. No one's there. The street is empty. He goes for his radio on the floor. Another slimy tendril pulls its away.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(screams)

For God's sake...someone help me!!!

No one answers his call. The sounds of wood breaking gets his attention. We clearly see three tapeworms emerge from the darken shadows. Their slimy heads scratching across the ceiling.

The Sheriff cowards in a corner.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. HUMVEE -- AFTERNOON

We see Captain Harrison's Humvee. Its hauling ass down the highway toward town. Shepard is in the passenger seat. Behind him, in the rear, is Robert and Mary. They're all armed to the teeth.

Shepard's using the GPS tracking device. It's beeping. On the small screen we see dozens of dots moving this way and that like ants.

SHEPARD

(upset)

There it is again, Capt'n! Something's goin' on in town...and I mean it's goin' insane! Hell...ain't nobody drives like that!

Mary stares at the device.

MARY SUE

He's right! I don't know what's up, but it looks like everyone's leaving town, but coming back at the same time. It makes no sense.

Robert makes ready his M-16. Smiles.

ROBERT

(glad)

It does to me! Those bastard things' done gone wild! The entire town's infected by now. I say...we just hang guns out the window...drive-by 'em all!

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he looks in the rear-view mirror. Sees Robert smiling.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Soldier...we do as I say...nothing else...understand?

Robert nods. Looks out the window.

Mary touches John's hand.

MARY SUE

We will, honey. It's a good thing we picked this up where Robert stashed it. I don't believe that old van would hold up much...in case all hell breaks loose.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

John slaps the steering wheel. Tries the dashboard radio again. Nothing but static.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I hope...nothing like that's happened!

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. GROCERY STORE -- LATER

We see the sheriff. He grabs up a heavy chair. Tries breaking the glass. Nothing happens. He does it again. The chair breaks.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(pissed)

Holy...shit! What's dis thing made out of?

He quickly looks around. Sees the tapeworms. They were now crawling across the ceiling like snakes. Bloody slime oozes from them like pouring sweat.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Goddammit! Break...you sonofabitch!!

This time, he grabs a iron locker. Throws it at the window. It strikes. The glass shatters throwing shards all about. He laughs. Jumps out the window. Screams as his holster gets caught on a giant, rusty nail.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Holy...fuck...now what?

He sees the nail. Tries getting it off his belt. It's good and tight, going no where.

We hear hissing noises now.

The sheriff looks up.

ANGLE ON TAPEWORMS

they quickly glide toward the caught man. Their mouth's are open. Hissing noises come from them, just like that of snake's.

We see they are now only feet above the sheriff's head.

FULL SHOT INSIDE GROCERY STORE -- CONTINUOUS

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Fuck! Shit! Come...loose you bastard!

We see him finally undo the gun holster. It falls free. He leaps from the busted window just as the three tapeworms fall to where he was moments before.

The sheriff takes one last look. Turns, runs down the street. Still no one else is out.

FULL SHOT STREET FROM GROCERY STORE P.O.V. \-- CONTINUOUS

He tries for the drug store that he was watching. We see Mr. Miller run from it. His mouth lashes open. A giant, bloody tapeworm vomits from it.

The sheriff yells for help. Sees one of the army Humvees. It turns a corner, crashes into the theater.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(shouting for help)

For God's sake...help me!

We see Miller collapse to the street. The tapeworm is now all the way out of his mouth. His face looks like it has been stretched beyond length.

Sheriff MacAuther reaches the armed Humvee. He is about to leap in it when the driver's door flies open. The driver falls to the ground. A cobra-like tapeworm was devouring his neck. You could hear sucking noises like that of someone finishing their soup.

The sheriff falls to the ground, knees first. The tapeworm from Miller's mouth is now only inches away. The one from the soldier is hovering above the sheriff's head.

FULL SHOT MAIN STREET -- MOMENTS LATER

We see Captain Harrison's Humvee. It flies around the corner, almost hitting the first Humvee. It comes to a stop. Captain Harrison, Shepard, Robert and Mary quickly leap out of it. Weapons ready. They were dressed like terrorists.

The four blasts the two tapeworms to nothing. The sheriff falls to the street. Hands to his face, praying.

Just as quickly, the sheriff stands up.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(scared)

You're...the fuckin' terrorists that's been...

Shepard steps forward. Smiles. Pulls his mask off.

SHEPARD

(angry)

Yeah...we are, Sheriff. We're the fuckin' terrorists that just saved your sorry ass!

The sheriff sees who it is. Captain Harrison, Mary and Robert take their masks off as well.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

I'll...be a sonofabitch! I told...'em news reporters it was you all the time! Why...I should...

We see him reach for his pistol that isn't there.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he steps forward. Grabs the sheriff by the shirt collar.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(mad)

Why...you bastard! We've just saved your ass...and you want us dead! Why don't we...just feed you to those things!

At that moment, we hear a nearby window shatter. Someone screams.

FULL SHOT TOWN FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see a young woman fall from one of the motel's windows. She hits the ground. Tries getting up, falls again. Right behind her leaps a huge tapeworm. It is at last sixty feet long. Has the head of a python. Its mouth's open. Fangs like a snake's, protrudes outwards.

The girl screams as the thing leaps for her.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(shouting)

Eat this...you bastard!

He aims both pearl-handled pistols. Fires at the horrible-looking creature. The shots are true. They blasts the thing's head to mush. It falls dead on the street. The girl slowly crawls toward her rescuers.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(terrified)

Holy...shit!

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Like I was saying, Sheriff. Join us...or join that thing there.

He gestures toward the still, dying creature.

ANGLE ON SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

he slowly looks to the monster, the screaming girl, then the squad that's now terrorists.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(slowly)

Well...I guess I'll be joining your group.

FULL SHOT STREET FROM THEATER P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see Shepard banging on the GPS tracking system. It's beeping like crazy. Small dots run all about its screen.

SHEPARD

(puzzled)

I don't understand it...Capt'n. It's like the entire town's driving their vehicles...but no one's around.

We see everyone halt in their tracks. Even the girl that jumped from the window stays put. Noises like that of a hundred motors suddenly tear the air up.

Mary puts her hands to her ears trying to muffle the sound. The sheriff looks about like someone lost.

Captain Harrison, Robert and Shepard quickly ready their weapons. The sounds grew louder.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(to Robert)

What's that you were saying some hours ago? Something about those 'things' done went wild?

Robert looks up at John.

ROBERT

(smiling)

Yeap...that's it, Capt'n. That's what I said. And don't forget... let's just hop in our Humvee there, hang the weapons out the windows, and give 'em one hell of a drive by.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

he grins. Makes ready his pistols.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

People...let's head for the Humvee. I think...Robert's right 'bout this!

FULL SHOT STREET FROM HEADQUARTERS' P.O.V. \-- CONTINUOUS

About three blocks from the Red Squad's Building, we clearly see the people get into their vehicle. The sounds of engines grow louder by the second. Now a thick cloud of dust can be seen coming from out of town. It's getting closer.

FULL SHOT HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

Once everyone's inside, windows roll down. Rifle barrels and pistols pop outward.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

Let's get the fuck outahere!

SHEPARD

Look...here they come sir!

We see his rifle barrel point outwards more, gesturing to what he was talking about.

ANGLE ON FAR-END STREET

from here we can make out about twenty cars, pickups and other assortment of vehicles. They are moving like a bunch of drunks were behind the wheels. Some took out street signs out. Others hit sides of buildings. One ran over a hot dog cart. Side-by-side, behind each other, the vehicles dash downtown in a dust cloud from hell.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

Shepard points like a madman.

SHEPARD

(yelling)

Here they come!

Mary leans in for a closer look.

MARY SUE

(confused)

But...who the hell are they?

The sheriff smiles. Laughs. Spits tobacco to the carpet.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Your welcome committee!

Seeing the sheriff spit on his floor, John reaches back and slaps him across the face.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(pissed)

Don't spit in my car! Now...you sonofabitch...what's this welcome committee you're talking 'bout?

Robert sits up in the back seat. His M-16's barrel hangs out the window.

ROBERT

Like I said...Capt'n...those things' gone wild!

Mary points with a finger. The sheriff's badge almost stabs her right breast.

MARY SUE

(to sheriff)

Watch it...mister! Sheriff...or no Sheriff...I'll knock the fuck out of you!

The sheriff backs off. Mary looks again at the ocean of vehicles. They move slowly now. Form a complete circle until every way out of town is blocked.

Captain Harrison looks at all of this with wonder.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Now...Sheriff...again, what's this 'bout a welcome committee?

ANGLE ON SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

we see his face grow with anger, then it eases up some.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Why...didn't you know, Captain Harrison?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Know what?

The sheriff looks at all of the ones in the Humvee. Smiles. Reaches into his front pocket. Pulls out a small, metal container about the size of a matchbox.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

What the hell's that? More of your meds to kill those creatures?

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

We watch as the sheriff brings the small box up to his face. It glistens in the sunlight.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

You know that those pills are what's causing this whole mess, don't you?

The sheriff laughs aloud. Starts opening the tiny container.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

The pills? The cause of this plague?

He almost has the box open. Mary looks at the still parked vehicles, then to the sheriff. She frowns with suspicion.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

That's why we did what we had to. If anymore of those drugs got in the hands of anymore citizens no telling how many would of came down with it.

FULL SHOT TOWN FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We watch as the cars, trucks and other assortment of vehicles move slowly toward the parked Humvee. We clearly see that they are trapped with no way out.

The woman who jumped from the window slowly stands. Makes her way toward the parked Humvee that was a good block away. Before she gets ten feet, a four-wheeler driven by what resembles a redneck drunk, speeds toward her. She sees it. Tries jumping to one side, but its too late. The front bumper hits her lower legs. She collapses. The four-wheeler stops. A giant guy gets off of it. Runs to her.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

Meanwhile, everyone in John's Humvee sees what was happening. Shepard tries getting out. John stops him with a strong hand.

SHEPARD

(yelling)

Don't stop me, Capt'n...she needs help!

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(softly, but loud enough to be heard)

I'm sorry, Shep, but I've got a feeling 'bout all this.

Robert leans forward. Mary does the same.

ROBERT

(curious)

You mean...it's a trap?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I'm...afraid so. Look around you. Where's our men? They're nowhere to be found. And all of this...if it's happening like this everywhere, then where's backup from Washington?

Mary leans away from the sheriff, who's has the tiny box right up to his eyeball, looking inside it.

MARY SUE

Then...we're all alone then?

John looks at his wife. Holds her hand for a second. Smiles.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I'm afraid so, honey. The only way out of this, is to fight our way out.

He stares at Robert. Pats him on the shoulder.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

You had the right idea all alone, my friend. Drive through those sonsofbitches with our guns blasting. Surely with enough firepower...we can at least get...

He's cut short as Mary screams bloody murder.

John looks in the back seat. Sees that the sheriff has what looks like a miniature night crawler in his right hand. It is swirling about like a top, then it stops, lifts itself up. Hisses at the atmosphere it sees.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

Goddam...it's you! You're the one behind all this! Everybody...get out now!

All at once, everyone in the Humvee quickly opens a door. Leaps out.

FULL SHOT OUTSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

Robert looks in terror as the tiny worm seems to shape into a dart. Flies toward him. Sticks him in the right eye.

Robert screams. Falls next to the Humvee. Hits the pavement. John, Mary and Shepard has exited the vehicle. They see what has happened.

MARY SUE

Noooo! Robert!

John yanks her away from the vehicle. Robert strikes the ground. His body jerks. His head swells to the size of a beach ball. Blood vessels the size of balloons pop up on the forehead. They bursts. Blood spews about. The top of his head splits open. Brains topple out and to the ground. Behind this vomits a large, green tapeworm. It pulls itself out with Robert's spine and shoulder bones attached to it.

John, Mary and Shepard dash toward the distant squad headquarters. Behind them they hear the hissing of the creatures. The vehicles start. Speed toward them like charging tigers.

ANGLE ON WOMAN HIT BY FOUR-WHEELER

she tries getting up. She screams. Both her legs are broken, the knees have come loose and fall to either side, making them bend opposite ways than normal.

She stares up at the man who hit her. He towers above her. Smiles. Opens his mouth wide. A thing like a falling, bloody ball spits from his mouth, hits her face. It explodes sending hundreds of tiny worms all about her head and mouth.

She screams again. The things fall inside her mouth and up her nostrils. She gags. Can't breathe. Her face turns white as a ghost. She dies.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON, MARY AND SHEPARD

they make it to the squad building. The vehicles are upon them. Kicking open the front door, John rushes in with his wife and Shepard right behind.

ANGLE ON SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

we see him step from the Humvee. He walks over to Robert's dead body. Bends down. Welcomes the tiny night crawler thing back into his hand. Slowly he places it back into its metal container. Pockets it. The large, green tapeworm crawls toward the squad building. Robert's shoulder bones and spine go with it. It disappears into the water drain.

Laughing, the sheriff stares at the distant building. It is surrounded by over a dozen vehicles. The drivers slowly step out, stare toward Sheriff MacAuther.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Yes, soon my pets...we shall have 'em all. Now...we wait.

He looks one last time at the building, laughs, spits tobacco to the pavement. Slowly walks toward his office.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. RED SQUAD'S HQ -- LATER

Captain Harrison, Mary and Shepard make it to the control room. No one's there. The entire place is empty.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Let's try making a call. You never know.

He plows into the seat. Presses a series of buttons. A control panel in front of him lights up. On the screen is nothing but static.

He grabs up a nearby mike.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

This is Captain John Harrison of Red Squad! We have complete breakdown! I repeat...we have complete breakdown! The rogues have taken over! We need assistance right away!

He releases the switch. Listens. Nothing but static.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(pissed)

Dammit...it's not working!

Shepard finds three more M-16's. loads them. Hands them to John and Mary.

SHEPARD

At least...we can hold out here for awhile.

Mary musters a smile. Accepts the rifle. Puts it next to her other one.

MARY SUE

(upset)

Thanks...and you know...I'll use every dam bullet if I have to.

Shepard pats her shoulder. Grins.

SHEPARD

I sure do...doll...I sure do.

Meanwhile, John tries the radio again. Gets the same results. Throws the mike to one side. Gets up. Picks up the second M-16. Places it on a nearby table. He pulls one of his pearl-handled pistols. Makes sure it's ready.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

The sheriff? I...can't believe it. And what of the pills? Were they the cause...or not?

Mary walks over to him. Takes a seat.

MARY SUE

Of course they were. Remember those people who warned us 'bout them? They gave their lives for us to know.

We hear a loud speaker click on from somewhere outside. The threesome jump. Look about the place. Sees nothing unusual.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN (O.S.)

Hello in there! Can you hear me good?

It's the sheriff. He is out front using a bullhorn to talk.

John steps to the window. Peers outside.

FULL SHOT OUTSIDE WINDOW -- CONTINUOUS

We see the sheriff. He's standing a few hundred yards away. The bullhorn is at his mouth. Beside him stand over a dozen men, women and children. Most of them look deformed. Some of their heads are lopsided. a few have no hair, only moving lumps. A couple have their shirts torn off. We see their chest cavities exposed. Intestines hang halfway out. Tapeworms can clearly be seen swirling around in their open cavities like large snakes in holes.

One in particular stands out the most. It's the little girl from the drug store. She's licking on a green lollipop. It has little black things moving about on the candy part. She's grinning. One of her shirt-sleeves has been torn off. Instead of a human arm, John sees a dangling tapeworm. Its body and head was moving back and forth across the pavement. Its black, lifeless eyes was staring straight at John and the others.

FULL SHOT RED SQUAD'S HQ -- CONTINUOUS

Captain Harrison almost falls to the floor. He starts to cry. Mary holds him close as he sobs like a baby. Shepard looks out the window. Sees what John just saw.

SHEPARD

(pissed)

That...goddam bastard! He's got the entire town on his side...even the children!

Mary tries looking out also. John pulls her back.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(stops crying. getting angry)

No...Mary...don't look. That what he wants. Oh no...we're not playing his little game...at least not yet.

He ransacks the office. Finds a switch that reads OUTSIDE PA. He quickly picks it up, squeezes the button.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(angry)

Alright...you bastard! What is it you want? I ask you that...'cause you sure as hell ain't getting it. Not from us...not on my watch!

We hear the sheriff laugh aloud over the bullhorn.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN (O.S.)

(crying with laughter)

What...do I want, John? Well...I guess it's pretty obvious...I want you dead...I want you to join the rest of us...out here on the street.

John looks at Mary and Shepard. Smiles.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Kinda of hard to do that, you know. We kinda of like the living part of being human and all.

We hear the sheriff laugh again. Spitting over the bullhorn.

He says nothing at the moment.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Tell me...Sheriff...how did you come to be the one? You know...the head of those earthworms out there?

He LAUGHS so that the sheriff could hear it outside.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN (O.S.)

Well...since we've got a little time...or should I say...you and your kind has a little time left...I'll tell you. Well, I'll tell you as much as you should know. Maybe I'll tell you over supper.

We hear him LAUGH aloud once again, like a devil about to start some hell on earth.

FULL SHOT STREET FROM HEADQUARTERS' P.O.V. \-- CONTINUOUS

We see the sheriff. He's laughing like a mad man. He puts the bullhorn down. Looks to the people surrounding him.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Make ready...my pets! Soon...you can have those also!

He puts the bullhorn back up to his mouth.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Capt'n...remember the ill-fated space shuttle crash not so long ago?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yes...I do know of it. Guide II was its name. I was there at the crash sight.

The sheriff smiles widely.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(loudly, in bull horn)

Yes, right so far, my friend. In that flight...they brought the virus Zr74 with them. Well...Capt'n...in this certain virus was parasites like the world's never seen before. Of course...at the time, the scientists didn't know this. They just thought it a virus to someday cure all diseases. With me so far?

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON, MARY AND SHEPARD

the captain eases to the window. Peers out once more.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

So far...the shuttle crashes. So what? Everyone on board was killed ...even Zr74 was boiled to nothing.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN (O.S.)

Right 'bout everybody dying, my friend. But one thing did survive that fatal crash: Zr74. I know this ...'cause I was there. Capt'n...I was one of the scientists at the crash sight. Of course, I didn't promote that I was there. No one here knew of this...so I ran for sheriff...and won.

We see Mary and Shepard ease up behind the captain. Their rifles were still ready. Aiming here then there.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(suspicious)

Okay...say we believe that. What's that got to do with the pills?

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN (O.S.)

(laughs)

Pills? My dear friends...those pills were the only hope for mankind. And with my help, and yours, now there almost all gone. At least from this part of the country.

He LAUGHS aloud over the bullhorn.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN (O.S.)

Once again...my many thanks to you and yours.

Captain Harrison and the others appear stunned for a moment. They look out the window. Then to the back of the room they are in.

MARY SUE

(whispers to John)

Is he right? Did we help bring about this...this tapeworm revolution?

Shepard slams his fist into a computer desk. Pencils and paper fly all about.

SHEPARD

(mad)

Goddam him! That sonofabitch staged this entire ordeal so we'd help him get rid of the medicine! So help me...if I get hold of him...I'll...

He quiets down as a loud noise is heard above their heads. Something was moving about. Something big.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(whispering)

I'm afraid so. And us saving his ass some while ago...also staged for our benefit. I hate to admit it... but I guess we...were terrorists!

SHEPARD

Listen! Hear that? Somethin' crawling 'round up there!

He gestures with his rifle barrel.

SHEPARD

You...think...what I'm...thinking?

ANGLE ON SHERIFF MACAUTHER AND THE MOB

we see them laughing aloud. They have heard what was said by Captain Harrison, Mary and Shepard.

He slowly brings the bullhorn to his mouth. Spits before he speaks again.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Capt'n? You can cut off your PA speaker you're using. I had the place wired to hear a mouse fart. Oh...yes...my intelligence goes when beyond what you may think. And that sound above your heads...in the squad's office...it's a little...or should I say...big surprise I have waiting for you!

He laughs aloud. Throws the bullhorn at the building. It strikes the ground. A large wheel from a gigantic four-wheel drive truck smashes it flat.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(laughing aloud)

Yes, John, I know you can't hear me at the moment...but I saved the virus. I nourished it back to life. When it survived...it gave me everlasting life...by entering my body. Now...I am one with them...and they are one with me.

He LAUGHS. Points toward the nearby building.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Now...my pets! Do as you will. They're all yours!

He motions them onward. SPITS again. SMILES to the faraway, open window where he knows the threesome were hiding.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Yes, Capt'n, we thought that the dinosaurs were killed off by meteorites or some other natural disaster...but no, my friend...they were killed off by parasites! And now...they have come back to finish off your race as well!

FULL SHOT STREET FROM HEADQUARTERS' P.O.V. \-- MOMENTS LATER

We see the dozen or so people slowly walk toward the building. Some of them with tapeworms popping out of their mouths. Others collapse to the ground, as the things pushed their ways out of their asses. Bellies slice open, splashing forth the creepy-crawly creatures. All-and-all, everyone, or everything, inches their way closer to the building. Behind they left the mother of all oil slicks.

The sheriff just stands there in the street. LAUGHS like a man gone insane. He pulls out his little metal box again. Opens it. The tiny, earthworm thing pops up like a jack-in-the-box. It's tiny, bug size head LOOKS up to the sheriff. Its mouth caves open revealing miniature, razor-sharp teeth.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Yes...my friend...your time has finally arrived. Soon...this species...as the dinosaurs once were...will be no more!

The tiny creature appears to LAUGH. It LOOKS toward the distant squad building. Spreads what looks like wings. It takes to the air like a morbid butterfly. We see it SOARING toward the building.

LAUGHING, the sheriff steps back toward his office. Disappears within the place.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. RED SQUAD'S HQ -- MOMENTS LATER

Shepard and Mary quickly discover more M-16's inside the weapons' room. They bring them to John who is still in the main office. He checks them one at a time.

We hear the noise grow louder within the roof. Mary looks upward. The roof's vent gives way. The massive tapeworm that came from Robert's body fills the vent's threshold. It collapses to the floor right in front of the threesome.

Its green, python-like body rises upwards, the shoulder bones and spine zigzagging behind it. Its gruesome head scratches the ceiling.

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN HARRISON, MARY AND SHEPARD \-- CONTINUOUS

They back away as the thing slams to the polished floor. Mary SCREAMS her horror at seeing the horrid creature. Shepard aims his M-16. makes ready to shoot.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

Shoot the bastard...before..!

ANGLE ON TAPEWORM

it leaps forward, going for the threesome. We see them dive to one side. The monstrous thing slams into file cabinets and computer consoles. Sparks and flames shoot about. The monster tapeworm pivots, tries for the three humans again.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON, MARY AND SHEPARD

we see them dive out of the thing's path. They all three try their weapons. Bullets fire but nothing happens.

SHEPARD

(surprised)

Shit...goddam blanks! That sonofabitch thinks of everythin'!

John tries his again. It fires doing no damage.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

It's a trap! That bastard lured us in here! He made sure...all the weapons here were useless.

Mary looks out the window. Sees the sheriff going inside the sheriff office.

MARY SUE

(shouting)

That...sonofabitch...is goin' back...to his office! If...I could reach him...I'd show him...a good time!

She takes the rifle barrel. Pretends to ram it in thin air.

ANGLE ON TAPEWORM

the massive thing regains its senses. Flies toward them again. Again, it misses, as the threesome jumps out of the way.

The massive tapeworm's body hits the far wall. It makes cracks up and down from floor to ceiling.

FULL SHOT RED SQUAD'S HQ -- CONTINUOUS

We see the thing and the threesome. They are within mere feet of each other. Captain Harrison pulls both of his pearl-handled pistols.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Let's see the sheriff stop this!

He fires both guns. They rain bullets into the creature's neck and head. Blood spews from various wounds. The thing's mouth drops open. Four rows of shark-like teeth can be seen. Bloody liquid drips from the fangs.

SHEPARD

(shouting)

That's it...Capt'n...show the bastard's who's...

We see the monstrous tapeworm lounge for the black man. He tries jumping to one side. It is too late. The tapeworm's massive jaws latch on to Shepard's neck. Blood spews from the wound.

SHEPARD

(screaming)

For...God's sake...help!!

Mary jumps with freight. John aims both pistols again. Fires. They both click.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

Goddammit...I'm out of bullets!!

FULL SHOT SHEPARD AND TAPEWORM -- CONTINUOUS

We see them dance around the room knocking over chairs and tables. Shepard tries pulling the thing off. It just coils around his neck and face leaving a morbid mask of evil.

Shepard collapses to the floor. Kicking. Blood pours from his wound. The monster squeezes harder. We hear a SNAP! The black man stops moving. The tapeworm uncoils itself leaving what used to be a man's head. It now resembles a busted watermelon with fluids and brain matter oozing to the floor.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON AND MARY

they back out of the office and into the hallway. All at once we see the place go black as the electricity goes out.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Ah...oh...this ain't good! Not... good at all!

Mary CRIES as we hear the massive serpent-like thing slithering toward them.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- MOMENTS LATER

We see Sheriff MacAuther behind his desk. He's using a cell phone.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(laughs)

Yes...any minute now, General, and the town's yours. Yes...yes...just a few more bugs to iron out...then you can have it. Alright...I'll see to it. Yes, yes, they're ain't no problem for this old, country sheriff. Okay...see you then. Yeah...you to, General.

He turns the cell off. Peers out the window. Laughs again.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Oh...my...Red Squad must've forgot to pay their electric bill? Oh, well, as my Mama used to say...it's always better to eat in the dark anyway. At least that way...you can't see the food...and think it's nasty!

He leans back in his cushion chair. Cowboy boots on the desk top. Hands behind his head.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

Yes, my friend, you fell for my trap...hook...line...and sinker!!

We hear him laughing more, as he stares out the open window.

ANGLE ON RED SQUAD'S HQ

we see what the sheriff sees: the tall building is completely dark. Even the front entrance lights were out. And just outside was waiting the dozen citizens of Allentown. We could see them striking the front entrance with their morbid, snake-like arms. Some using massive tapeworm bodies to crash windows. And the little girl with the tapeworm arm eases next to the front entrance. She uses her mutant arm to knock the door from its hinges. It flies inward, out of sight.

The creatures all enter the place, one-by-one. The little girl goes in last.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. RED SQUAD'S HQ -- EVENING

We can barely make out Captain Harrison and Mary. They dash down a long, winding hallway. At the end they plow into a door. There's light coming out from underneath it.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(out of breath)

An exit! If...I can...just get this bastard opened!!

He tries the knob. It's locked. Next he pulls a pocket knife. Tries it in the knob. It's useless, nothing would work. The control panel next to it was completely darken.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Dam...if we had lights...I could punch in the code...and we'd be home free!

Mary hears the slithering coming closer behind them. It sounds like a very large snake going through dry underbrush.

Again, John slaps the door. Then the panel. It pops off. Hits the dark floor.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Wait...one second!

We watch him in semi-darkness. His fingers work with the wiring within the console. A small spark of light strikes Mary's attention.

MARY SUE

(horrified. curious)

What...what the hell's that?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

The exit panels! I don't know if the sheriff knew or not...or anyone told him of it...has its own power. It's used just in case of a power failure...or doing a disaster!

Mary looks down the long, dark corridor they just came down.

FULL SHOT DARK CORRIDOR -- CONTINUOUS

We see nothing but blackness. Something like a large alligator seems to be inching its way through the dark.

ANGLE ON MARY SUE

she once again looks at John. She taps him on the shoulder.

MARY SUE

Oh...John...I don't think we have time for diagrams on how it works...just do it...please?

He quickly runs his finger over a few wires. They fall loose. He puts one against a blue wire. It sparks again. We hear a LOUD CLICK! The door pops open a few inches. Sunlight floods the corridor.

FULL SHOT DARK CORRIDOR -- CONTINUOUS

We hear what sounds like a snake hissing. Then scratching as Robert's bones hit the sides of the corridor. The snake-like creature sees the twosome about to escape. It leaps forward in a last attempt to get at them.

The door slams shut in its gruesome face.

FULL SHOT BACKDOOR OF HQ -- CONTINUOUS

We see John and Mary holding the door closed as the tapeworm plows into it again and again. Mary almost falls. John catches her. The door halfway opens. The tapeworm's horrible head pops out. Mouth wide open. Fangs exposed with dripping fluid.

Mary SCREAMS with horror. John looks at what she is screaming about. He turns white as a ghost. Pulls his pistol. Hammers the thing's face with it. Blood spews from what must of been an eye.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Let's...get the fuck outahere!

The twosome release the door. The massive, green tapeworm emerges dragging the grisly bones behind it. Soon other people infected with the tapeworms walk from the open door. They follow the twosome, as they run down a side alley.

We see the little girl emerge last from the back doorway of the Red Squad's HQ. She's smiling. The dangling tapeworm for an arm seems to be leading her onward. She accepts the path and follows the others.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- MOMENTS LATER

Sheriff Johnny Dean MacAuther leans up in his chair. Spies a distant Humvee nearby. He sees Mary and John get inside it.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(upset)

What...in the shit? It...can't be! They should be dead by now!!

He picks up his desk phone. Throws it through the glass window he was looking through.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(pissed)

Goddammit...it just can't be! It can't be!! It's not suppose to happen this way!

We watch him walk around his desk. Grabs up a high powered rifle that was hanging from the wall. Using the scope on it, he clearly sees Mary getting into the passenger side of the Humvee.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

That...little...bitch!!

He reaches for a box of shells. Opens them. Takes one out. Holds it up in the air for closer inspection. We can clearly see that it was alive. Looks like the other earthworm-like thing he had earlier on. But it was stiff, like a bullet.

He smiles. Laughs. Inserts the parasite shell into the rifle.

Aiming through the scope, he laughs even more.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(giggling like a mad man)

No...my friend...you don't get away that easily. No...not at all!

He slowly squeezes the trigger.

FULL SHOT JOHN THROUGH RIFLE SCOPE'S P.O.V. \-- CONTINUOUS

He gets behind the wheel of his Humvee. Mary's beside him. Behind them, we see the dozen town folk emerging. Their bodies deformed even more than before. Some collapse to the pavement, as tapeworms push their way out of the bodies. Some of the worms crawled. Others appear to be sliding their bodies upright, like cobras in the wild.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(laughing more as he sees his pets maturing)

Yes...my babies...you are almost fully grown!

Smiling, he squeezes the trigger all the way. The rifle fires.

CUT TO:

INT. INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

John bends down. Grabs up a pair of hidden keys. The windshield CRACKS and EXPLODES sending shards of glass all over Mary and John.

John still has his head lowered. Keys dangling in his hands.

MARY SUE

(yelling)

Sniper!!

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(shouting)

Take...cover! I'll start it!

Mary looks at the head cushion behind John's head. The bullet had went through it. The busted fabric starts peeling forward like banana peels. A gruesome-looking head emerges. It's a tiny tapeworm, like the one that killed Robert.

MARY SUE

(screaming)

John...behind you! The headrest!!

John pivots around. Sees the thing pulling itself out of the seat. He jumps from the vehicle. Pulls off one of his boots. Hits the seat as hard as he can. The miniature thing tries flying at him, but falls to the pavement. John's other boot flattens it to just a bloodstain.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

How many more tricks does that sheriff have up his sleeve?

John leaps back up into the Humvee. Its surrounded by mutating people. They strike the windows with worm-shaped hands. Some spit saliva onto the windows. The saliva swirls around with microscopic worms crawling about the vehicle, trying to get in.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

Hold on!! We're goin' for a ride!!

He starts the Humvee. Puts it into gear. Slams the gas. The vehicle takes off.

FULL SHOT HUMVEE FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see the Humvee take off from a sitting position. It plows through six of the people. Its wheels flattening them. Their bodies burst open. Worms spill out like maggots.

The vehicle flies down the street, toward the sheriff's office. The people, zombie-like, follow behind as if they could catch the thing.

FULL SHOT SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS

We see Sheriff Johnny Dean loading another parasitic bullet into the rifle. He aims it toward the oncoming vehicle. Pulls the trigger. The rifle jams.

SHERIFF JOHNNY DEAN

(shocked)

Oh...fuck!

He tries to un-jam the rifle. The Humvee is a block away and gaining. The sheriff looks up just as the vehicle plows right through the wall.

FULL SHOT OUTSIDE SHERIFF'S OFFICE FROM ROOFTOP P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We watch as the Humvee drives right through the front wall of the sheriff's office. Bricks and glass fly about. The Humvee disappears inside the place. More debris falls covering it up. The tapeworm people finally reach the building also. They crawl and scratch at the collapsed structure trying to get inside.

FULL SHOT INSIDE SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS

We see the sheriff get struck by the Humvee's front bumper. He flies against the far back wall. Plaster and metal beams fall all around like rain. Dust covers everything.

The driver's door of the Humvee opens. Knocks over a fallen beam. John steps out. He has one of his pearl-handle pistols out.

He reaches in the back of the vehicle. Pulls out a box of shells. Reloads the pistol.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(quietly)

Now...let's see the nice Sheriff stop this shit!

We hear the people out front digging and clawing their way into the place. Pieces of plaster fall to the floor. Mary steps from the Humvee. She goes for the rifle the sheriff dropped as the Humvee hit him.

FULL SHOT BUSTED CORNER WHERE SHERIFF FELL \-- CONTINUOUS

As Mary picks up the rifle, a hand from the debris flies outward. Grabs her wrist.

FULL SHOT MARY -- CONTINUOUS

Mary screams. John aims his pistol. Fires twice into the place where Sheriff Johnny Dean MacAurther was. The bullets tear up more plaster and metal. The hand falls from Mary's wrist.

She aims the rifle at what she thinks is the head.

MARY SUE

This is for Robert...and Shepard... you bastard!

She fires the rifle. It recoils. The bullet disappears into the head of the sheriff.

FULL SHOT INSIDE SHERIFF'S OFFICE -- CONTINUOUS

The tapeworm people finally bust through. They inch inside the place. John and Mary leap back into the Humvee. It cranks up. Flies backwards taking out two more of the people. We see the girl with the lollipop grab hold of the back bumper.

She is pulled behind it as the vehicle makes it to the street. We see her pulling herself upward. At the back glass, she uses her tapeworm-formed arm to break the glass. She quickly leaps inside. Her deformed arm's mouth falls open. Liquid pours from the fangs hanging from it.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

We watch Mary aim the rifle toward the little girl's head as she makes it to the back seat.

MARY SUE

(sobbing)

Sorry...baby...God be with you!

She pulls the trigger. The rifle clicks. It's empty.

MARY SUE

Shit, John, the rifle's empty!

She tosses it out the window. It strikes the ground. A curious dog looks at it. Runs away.

John looks in the rear view mirror. We see the little girl climbing into the back seat. She falls into it. Her mutant arm weaving back and forth like some morbid snake. It bites into the seat right behind John's head.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(yelling)

Holy...shit! Watch out...honey... we're goin' for another wild ride!

FULL SHOT HUMVEE FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We watch as it weaves back and forth, going through the streets of Allentown. It almost takes out a large sign that reads: WELCOME TO ALLENTOWN -- WHERE LITTLE THINGS MATTER.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

We see the little girl fall to the left then to the right, as the Humvee takes sharp curves. At one turn, she strikes the right window pane with her face. Blood pours from a wound.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(to Mary)

Hold the wheel!

She takes the steering wheel. John pulls his pistol again. Turns, places the barrel into the girl's mouth. We see tears running down her young face.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(screams)

God...help me!

He pulls the trigger. The little girl's head explodes. She flies all the way back to the back, broke window. She falls out it and onto the pavement.

Mary cries aloud. The Humvee runs out of control.

FULL SHOT HUMVEE FROM SKY P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

It crashes into a large building. Wood and metal fall onto of it.

We watch as three hearse-like vehicles drive pass the Humvee. They drive up to the little girl. Two men in protected suits get out. Grab up the girl's body. Place it inside large drums marked as 'ROGUE #467'.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HUMVEE -- CONTINUOUS

John's head slams against the steering wheel. Mary flies against the dashboard.

MARY SUE

(screaming)

You...alright...honey?

John easily leans back in his seat. Rubs his head.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Dam...fuckin'...headache! What... the hell happened to the airbags?

Mary eases back in her seat. Rubs her nose.

MARY SUE

(slowly)

Don't know...John...look!

She points out the back window.

Her and John watch as the three hearses slowly drive by. They force their way from the wrecked Humvee. Watch as the scene takes place.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(puzzled)

What...in the hell? I...thought with all this goin' on...that they'd be dead...or on the run...like everyone else 'round here.

Mary watches as some of the men in plastic-protected suits lifts the little girl's body up, then place it inside the drum. They snap the lid back on top. Re-enter the hearse and drive on down the street. They do this until everyone that was killed is placed within the drums. Afterwards, they re-enter their hearse-like vehicles. Drive off in the direction in which they came.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

No way...this is happening?

CUT TO:

EXT. HEARSES LEAVING TOWN -- EVENING

We watch John and Mary. They steal the sheriff's car and slowly follow the three vehicles. They travel east out of town. Ten miles down the road we see a gigantic warehouse in the middle of nowhere.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I...don't believe it. I been doing this job for three years...and I never knew this was out here.

MARY SUE

What do you think it is?

John slows the sheriff's car down. Following close, but not too close, behind the hearses.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

All I can think of...is where they been carrying all of the infected...or dead people to all this time.

He checks his pistol. It's has three bullets left.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Wonder what goes on in there?

FULL SHOT SHERIFF'S CAR FROM SKY P.O.V. -- LATER

We see the car pull into a parking lot. The hearses disappear within a parking garage with a giant metal door. Before the door shuts, John and Mary rush inside.

FULL SHOT INSIDE PARKING GARAGE -- CONTINUOUS

It is lit by hundreds of overhead lights. Only the three hearses are visible. We watch as John and Mary hide behind one of the vehicles. The men from the hearses step out. Enter through a side door that has a sign overtop that reads: ROGUE ENTRANCE PERSONNEL ONLY.

John and Mary barely make it to the door as it shuts. They wait about one minute. John tries the door. It's unlocked. They both walk inside.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. GIGANTIC FACTORY COMPLEX -- EVENING

We see what looks like a plastics factory. Conveyor belts line the far back of the place. They are running. Things like long, black trash bags come off of them. People wearing protected suits place the six-foot bags in wooden boxes. Thousands of the things are placed individually into separate crates.

Hidden behind a large, metal trash bin, John and Mary watch closely.

MARY SUE

(whispering)

What...are they making?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(quietly)

Don't know for sure. We better get a closer look.

We watch them inch around the trash bin. Three of the hearse people come out of a distant doorway. With them are a dozen drums that they used earlier to put the dead people and dead tapeworms in. Using large-wheeled carts, they inch the drums to what resembles a large, circular washing machine made into the ground. It's at least sixty feet in diameter.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON AND MARY

they eye one another with wonder.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(quietly)

Wonder what they keep in there?

Mary shrugs her shoulders. Watches intently at the proceedings.

FULL SHOT GIGANTIC FACTORY COMPLEX -- NIGHT

The three hearse people look down at the vertex that resembles a washing machine's face. They go around the wheeled-carts. Press a series of switches on its side. The cart rises upward. The drums drop one-by-one into the pit. The pit's massive door slowly closes.

We see them turn toward where Mary and John was hid.

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON AND MARY

they quickly dodge behind what looks like a metal door as the hearse people stare in their direction. Peering around to see if it is clear, John sighs a breath of relief.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

It's alright, honey, they're gone. I...don't know how...but they're just gone. Wait a minute?

MARY SUE

What is it?

She finally peeks to where John was looking. Her eyes grow large as saucers.

MARY SUE

(shock)

I...don't believe it! It can't...be!

John leans back against the door. Checks his pistol. We see only three bullets left.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Now...we know who's the head boss is!

MARY SUE

But...I thought...he was one of the good guys?

John looks at his wife. Makes ready his pistol.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Baby...in this game...I don't believe they're any good guys at all!

They both now peer over the edge of the door, looking an amazement.

FULL SHOT GIGANTIC FACTORY COMPLEX -- CONTINUOUS

We clearly see that the massive door that shut earlier was now laying wide open. A man in a general's uniform was standing next to it. His name tag reads GENERAL NELSON.

He looks down into the deep vortex. Smiles. Wipes what looks like a knife blade off with a cloth.

GENERAL NELSON

(laughing)

Yes...I know, Master. Welcome them over here? As you wish!

He turns. Looks right to where Captain Harrison and Mary hid behind the door.

GENERAL NELSON

I hate to bother you two...but why hide where you can't be seen? Spying isn't no fun. Believe me, son, I did it for well over twenty-five years: Iraq, Iran, Russia...hell, even here in our own little U S of A. Now...why not come out...and join the party?

ANGLE ON CAPTAIN HARRISON AND MARY

they look at each other in disbelief.

MARY SUE

(whispering)

Think he's trying to bluff us? Just to see if anyone's here?

John shakes his head.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

No, honey, I believe the bastard knows that we're here. I don't know how...but he just knows. Most likely hidden cameras or somethin'.

Mary smiles as she kisses her husband.

MARY SUE

Honey...you know when you ask me if I was in this all the way?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yeah...I remember.

MARY SUE

I wouldn't change my mind for the world.

John smiles. Kisses her back. Slowly hides the pistol in the back of his pants.

They walk around the door in plain sight. They slowly walk to where the General stood.

FULL SHOT GIGANTIC FACTORY COMPLEX FROM CEILING P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see John and Mary walk toward the General. He smiles wide. The vortex seems to glow with bright light. John glances upwards. Sees some sort of laid out pipe that runs crisscross alone the inside of the roof. Steam spits out at intervals. It runs right toward the back of the place and disappears from sight.

Once at the General's side, the twosome stop.

FULL SHOT GENERAL NELSON, JOHN AND MARY -- CONTINUOUS

GENERAL NELSON

Welcome, Capt'n John Harrison. You know...you were right in not calling me to begin with.

We see John's expression of surprise.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

How...did you know that?

GENERAL NELSON

If you didn't know before...you will now. My friend...the entire town's bugged. Oh...when I say bugged, I don't mean microscopic computers.

He reaches inside his pocket. Pulls out a small metal box that looks like the one the sheriff had earlier.

GENERAL NELSON

(laughing)

I mean this kind of bug.

He opens the box. The lid hits the ground. There, inside, looking like it was asleep, was a tiny, worm-like thing.

GENERAL NELSON

Yes, my friend, they're all over Allentown...possibly the entire country by now. They listen...tell us what we need to know. The sheriff was only the first...of our puppets... there are others...others in higher places.

Mary watches in horror.

MARY SUE

You mean...those things are all over the country?

The General nods. Laughs. Picks the lid back up. Closes the metal box. Puts it away.

GENERAL NELSON

They will be...at least by tomorrow night.

He looks at the gigantic vortex as he notices John and Mary staring at it.

GENERAL NELSON

Ah...yes! I see you're wondering what this is. Well...if you must know, it's the shuttle's escape pod. It was brought here months ago.

John and Mary stare at one another in amazement.

MARY

John...Ted Nelson...the news reporter? Remember...he said something about the escape pod being taking to some...undisclosed location?

With this, we hear what sounds like thunder. Then a sinister voice like that of a demon breaks the silence. This is the MASTER within the escape pod.

MASTER

(deep voice)

Enough...you give away...too...much information. They...do...not... need to know...such things. Not... unless...I see fit...to tell...them!

The vortex glows more than before. A dark shadow rises from it. It goes on and go until it almost touches the ceiling that was seventy feet up. The rest of its body remains in the vortex. The gigantic, black tapeworm coils downwards. Its bloody, cut up face inches from the General's. Its face was flat like a bull dog's. Hundreds of slit-like eyes cover most of its features. A massive, shark-like mouth falls open. Razor sharp teeth drip acid-like liquid.

John and Mary almost fall down in shock. John instantly goes for his pistol. He gets it. Aims at the creature's face. Fires a shot. It hits the massive tapeworm. It seems to have no effect on the monster.

MASTER

Oh...human toys. How...I...love... them!

With this, a thousand tentacle-like arms reach forward. Coil around the pistol. Rips it out of John's hand like candy. The Master looks at it closely. Opens its mouth. Swallows it up. Belches like a drunk.

MASTER

Yes...love...your toys! Now back to...you...General. No...more...info ...unless I...say...so!

The General falls to his knees. Cries.

GENERAL NELSON

(sobbing)

Forgive me...my Master. It won't...happen again!

MASTER

(laughing)

Make sure...you keep your word, ole friend. If not...then I'll swallow you as I did the pistol...and those people with the drums. Oh...they... were so tasty!!

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they watch in all out terror. The thing before them was at least sixty feet tall and ten feet wide. And what was beneath it inside the escape pod was anyone's guess.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Do...do we get...introduced?

He smiles, just a little.

Mary throws a glance in his direction. He winks at her. She grins back with terror in her eyes.

FULL SHOT GIGANTIC FACTORY COMPLEX -- CONTINUOUS

General Nelson smiles. Stands. Looks to the massive blob of flesh that rose up behind him like some morbid jack-in-the-box.

GENERAL NELSON

Oh, yes, this is our new king...he likes to be called...Master!

John appears to bow. Eyes Mary at the same time.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Well...nice to know you...Master.

The massive, tilting creature appears to grin. Its teeth appearing like saw blades in a convention where the tools have gone wild.

MASTER

Yes...humans...you are greatly honored to have...me as your...new Master. Do...not...forget...your...place... here!

John shakes his head.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Never crossed my mind. Master, was it?

MASTER

Don't...play with me, silly human! I...know...you are planning an escape as you speak! Don't worry, though, you can not worry about that. Here... you will stay...and die...in just minutes!

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN HARRISON, MARY AND GENERAL NELSON -- CONTINUOUS

We see John. He eyes the pistol at the general's side. He dives for it. Quickly gets the weapon. Shots the general in the forehead. The general looks shocked. Falls backward into the pit. Gets caught between the massive tapeworm and the vortex.

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it starts straining to get out of the pit. Finds that it is stop because of the general's body. It has lodged between its body and the escape pod like a wedge.

MASTER

(yelling and spitting)

Dam...you...stupid...human! Now... you die more horribly than...I first envisioned!!

The gigantic worm leans its head back. Its tentacle-like arms trying to grab John or Mary and pull the general out at the same instant. It opens its mouth. Makes a high pitch scream that breaks every glass object within the factory. John and Mary hold their ears as the scream, more like a whistle, deafens them.

FULL SHOT GIGANTIC FACTORY COMPLEX FROM CEILING P.O.V. -- CONTINUOUS

We see the conveyer belts come to a halt. Their motors burn up with smoke and fire. The crates were the long plastic bags were crumbled to pieces. The plastic bags start squirming like something was alive inside them.

The bags rip open. Tapeworms emerge. They stand up on what resemble flat-looking feet. The feet soon begin to flip, then flop. The creatures start moving toward John and Mary. Slowly at first, then they gain speed. Their flat-shape heads wiggle this way and that. Tiny holes emerge. Out of these tiny holes barrels-like things stick out. The tapeworms aim these at the twosome.

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witnessing this, the twosome turn to run for the exit. The gigantic tapeworm that is still trapped within the vortex, squeezes its body even more. It soon breaks loose of the dead general's body. It pulls itself from the deep escape pod. Mary and John see that the monster was at least a hundred feet tall. Its massive head scratches the ceiling. Its centipede-like arms reach out grabbing things that wasn't tied down: crates, wooden beams, a long hearse personnel that happens by. It takes his body, holds it to its many teeth mouth. Chews his head off, then his shoulders, then spine and on down until the man was no more. The giant monster spies the twosome. Laughs.

MASTER

Run...run...if...you wish...it'll do you no...good here! My worm soldiers will get you...if not...then I'll have...fun hunting you down...then bite by bite...I'll make your death fun...for me!!

His laughter was like thunder mixed with some demon's voice. It made Mary almost fall, as John quickly grabs her back up.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

We've...got to get goin'! I...don't know how...or why...but that thing...is controlling...our movements! My...guess...is vibrations from its voice!

We see the two as they make their way toward the doorway where they first entered the factory. It is locked. They glance behind. See the massive creature snaking toward them, eating everything in its path. Behind it was the worm soldiers. Their number was uncountable. It appeared the whole factory was moving. All you could see was tapeworm after tapeworm in groups of twenty. All right behind their king.

MARY SUE

Good...God, John, we're done for! There's no...way of stopping that thing! And those smaller ones... did you see those things that came out of their faces?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(out of breath)

Yes...like tiny pistol barrels. And if I remember correctly...didn't our friend the sheriff use those...worms for ammo?

Mary appears sick.

MARY SUE

You don't think?

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

I pray not! We better find another way out of this place...and hurry!

FULL SHOT GIGANTIC FACTORY COMPLEX -- CONTINUOUS

We see the giant tapeworm. It's almost upon the twosome. The humans resemble tiny bugs trying to escape a massive snake. And behind all of this the worm soldiers advance. Shooting what looks like tiny darts. The darts stick to walls and tables. Upon impact, tiny maggot-looking worms spill forth, taking over whatever they hit.

John and Mary leave the locked door. They quickly make a dash for another doorway that is on the opposite side of the factory. They leap over fallen tables, broke conveyer belts, flames from burnt motors, and other odds and ends.

The massive tapeworm sees this. It coils its body like a rattlesnake. Leaps toward the two people. Barely misses them. The worm soldiers turn also. Shooting parasite missiles that come close to striking Mary's legs. She jumps a toppled computer console. Falls with John right out in front. They soon regain their posture. Continue onward toward the faraway doorway. The Master creature slams into walls and motors until it makes a straight line to John and Mary.

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they are within inches of the doorway. They make it. John quickly turns the knob. He pushes Mary out the door. Slams it shut behind her. We hear her pounding on the door from the outside. John turns around, faces the Master Tapeworm and its cohorts. He pulls out the general's pistol. Aims it at the massive tapeworm's body mass.

FULL SHOT MASTER TAPEWORM AND WORM SOLDIERS \-- CONTINUOUS

They stop feet from John. The gigantic tapeworm opens its mouth. Breaths all about the tiny human. The soldiers stop somewhere behind their master, awaiting orders.

MASTER

(breathing deeply)

At last...human...you have giving yourself...a little more time...but that has now come to an end. Your mate...has made her freedom...but within this new revolution of mine ...it will be only temporary. Only temporary. Captain John Harrison... make ready to die!

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN HARRISON AND MASTER TAPEWORM -- CONTINUOUS

We see the tapeworm's enormous head lower toward John's upper torso. John's hair blows askew as the creature's breath strikes his head. John aims the pistol toward the monster. The worm soldiers just wait.

MASTER

(loudly)

What...shall you...do with that... toy, human? Surely...you saw what happened the last time you tried shooting me? I...am not harmed by such things. So...I insist...shoot away...it shall be your last act in this world!

John looks at the pistol. The giant creature seems to smile. Awaits the shot.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(wise crack)

Yes...I remember...you fat blob of lard! The bullet just disappeared within your ugly head! But...I'm not going to shoot you!

The Master tapeworm's head eases backward. Confused.

MASTER

What...do you mean, human? Please explain while I make room for you in my thirteen bellies!

We see John look at the monstrous tapeworm. Then the soldiers behind it. Now John's attention is drawn upwards. The massive tapeworm follows his direction.

FULL SHOT ROOF OF FACTORY -- CONTINUOUS

As we look up, we clearly see a gigantic pipe used to transport hot liquids back and forth between the machines where the conveyer belts are. The pipe runs all the way back to the far wall where it runs down the wall and into the furnace room.

FULL SHOT MASTER TAPEWORM AND WORM SOLDIERS \-- CONTINUOUS

They eyeball this all the way to where it enters the furnace. The Master tapeworm looks confused. Then it strikes him.

MASTER

Kill the human! Quick!

It's too late.

FULL SHOT CAPTAIN HARRISON AND MASTER TAPEWORM -- CONTINUOUS

John shoots the pipe just above the tapeworm's head. It explodes. Hot liquid pours out like a busted dam. It covers the gigantic tapeworm's head and upper body. Steam shoots about. Its black-like skin starts to peel from all of the extreme heat. It screams bloody murder. Everything in the factory seems to crash and break. Even the stone wall start to crack open. The worm soldiers try running, only to slip in the hot, scalding water. They scream also. Their bodies melting into puddles of wax. Washing down the drain holes.

Captain John dives to one side. The spewing-hot liquid barely misses his two legs. He makes the door. Shoves it open. Slams it shut behind him.

The monstrous tapeworm screams. Slams its body against the walls of the place. More flames shoot outward, the pouring liquid adds to it. Together they create a spark. The flames grow more intense. The entire factory is soon covered in nothing more than swirling flames licking at everything it comes in contact with. The massive tapeworm's body collapses to the stone floor. Flames eating at it.

FULL SHOT OUTSIDE FACTORY -- NIGHT

John and Mary quickly climb a nearby hill. Find one of the hearses that was used earlier. Get inside. Start it. Head toward town. Behind them we see the entire factory exploding. Flames and smoke reach way above the tree tops. The night sky lights up like day.

The hearse-like vehicle disappears over a distant hill.

FULL SHOT INSIDE HEARSE -- CONTINUOUS

John and Mary hold hands. They kiss. Mary looks at her husband. Forces a small smile.

MARY SUE

(softly)

You know...I do love you.

John smiles. Kisses her again.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yeah...I know.

MARY SUE

Now...what?

John turns a sharp curve. Hits a hole. Keeps going.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

(softly)

What do you suppose we do?

Mary looks in the glove box. Finds nothing but paperwork and one newspaper.

MARY SUE

I suppose we find the rest...of those people...that that Master thing referred to as his...puppets.

CAPTAIN JOHN HARRISON

Yeah...but where do we start...and who do we look for?

Mary smiles. Holds his hand.

MARY SUE

I'd say...let's start with the President.

She holds up the newspaper that she found in the glove box. On the front cover was the picture of the President of the United States. He was waving. Throwing kisses to the crowd of people standing around him.

Underneath the picture, in large red writing was:

THE PRESIDENT. GUN CONTROL HIS MOTTO.

A smaller picture below this was showing the President holding a tiny, metal box. It looks exactly like the ones that the sheriff and General Nelson had used earlier on.

FADE OUT

