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Leonard slowly comes to in a hospital bed. The same nurse

from earlier is by his side.

NURSE:

It’s alive!

LEONARD:

What happened?

NURSE:

Gas leak.

LEONARD:

My mom, she’s...

NURSE:

She’s fine. They’ve taken her into

surgery. She blew out her knees

somehow. We’re trying to get your

father on the phone right now.

LEONARD:

I...

NURSE:

Shh. You need your rest.

Everything is fine now.

EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - DAY

Jacob straddles his bike, watching a crew spread cement over

the foundation of a house. Jacob appears lost in thought.

He looks at a picture of Rudy and himself together.

Jacob touches his face in the photograph. He traces his

finger along the outline of his birthmark.

KENNY (O.S.)

Tonight, we ride.

EXT. TRAILER PARK - BESIDE KENNY’S TRAILER - DUSK

Jacob and Kenny share a cigarette.

KENNY:

We got sleeping bags, a tent,

canteens and a lantern.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

92.

CONTINUED:

KENNY (cont'd)

I heard it’s supposed to rain, so

I’ll bring ponchos.

JACOB:

(half hearted)

Cool.

Kenny eyes Jacob.

KENNY:

You’re acting weird. You gonna

chicken out?

JACOB:

No.

KENNY:

You better not. I already packed

twice the amount of sh*t. I can’t

carry it all alone.

JACOB:

I’ll be there.

KENNY:

Good. I’m telling you, man. It’s

gonna be great.

JACOB:

I guess.

KENNY:

Come on. You can’t be a p*ssy all

your life.

JACOB:

(beat, hauntingly)

I know.

KENNY:

I’ll see you tonight. Don’t be

late.

Kenny rides off. Jacob watches him go. He has a lifeless,

almost calculating look in his eyes.

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - NIGHT

Grace lies in a hosptial bed, watching TV. Leonard enters,

dressed in a hospital gown. Grace turns to him, smiling.

GRACE:

Leonard!

(CONTINUED)

93.

CONTINUED:

LEONARD:

I’m sorry, mom. I didn’t mean to

leave the gas on. It was an

accident. And everything that

happened, I... I just thought that

maybe, I could help you.

GRACE:

Leonard, my mother died at 52. We

had to cremate her body because

they didn’t make a coffin big

enough for her to fit in. Even if

they had, no one could have carried

it.

(tearing up)

I loved her so much. I don’t want

that to happen to me.

LEONARD:

It doesn’t have to.

GRACE:

Even if I can manage the food...

Can you honestly see me, running a

marathon?

LEONARD:

You don’t have to run a marathon.

You just have to run to the end of

the block. It’s not so hard as you

think it is.

GRACE:

I’ll try.

Leonard leans over and kisses his mother’s forehead.

GRACE (cont’d)

I spoke to your father. He and the

girls caught a flight. They should

be here by morning.

LEONARD:

Did you tell him what happened?

GRACE:

I told him there was a gas leak.

LEONARD:

I meant...

(CONTINUED)

94.

CONTINUED:
(2)

GRACE:

I know what you meant. I didn’t

tell him. I don’t think I will.

Leonard smiles.

INT. JACOB’S HOME - BEDROOM - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

Jacob lies awake, staring out the window. A heavy wind

blows.

SFX:
WATCH ALARM

Jacob sits up and silences his watch alarm.

Keith awakens as well, but remains silent. He watches as

Jacob grabs a bag and exits the house through the window.

Once he’s gone, Keith gets off the top bunk, crosses to the

window and watches as Jacob runs off.

Immediately, Keith crosses to the closet. He removes the

lock box and begins trying combinations to open it.

EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - SHORT TIME LATER

A heavy rain begins to fall as Jacob rides up. He sees

Kenny, standing inside of a partially, constructed house.

KENNY:

You’re late.

JACOB:

I’m here.

Kenny throws Jacob a PONCHO.

KENNY:

Put this on.

Jacob removes his backpack and puts on the poncho. Then he

opens his backpack and removes his HOCKEY MASK. (The same

mask he was wearing at the beginning of the movie.)

KENNY (CONT'D) (cont’d)

What the f*** is that?

JACOB:

If people see me riding around in

the middle of the night, we’re

screwed. You didn’t bring a

disguise?

(CONTINUED)

95.

CONTINUED:

KENNY:

Who gives a sh*t what I’m up to.

The boys start riding off in opposite directions.

KENNY (CONT'D) (cont’d)

The main road is this way.

JACOB:

Yeah, but if we cut through the

construction site, we’ll hit the

railroad tracks. It’s faster and

no one will bother us.

KENNY:

Good point.

Kenny files in behind Jacob, and the boys make their way deep

into the construction site. Thunder and lightning crash.

INT. JACOB’S HOME - BEDROOM - SAME TIME

Keith has forgone opening the lock box via a combination and

now tries to pry the top open with a SCREWDRIVER. He works

frantically, fearing Jacob’s return.

EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - SAME TIME

Jacob and Henry make their way to the edge of the

construction site. Suddenly, Jacob stops in his tracks.

KENNY:

What’s wrong?

Jacob lifts the hockey mask.

JACOB:

I can’t do this.

KENNY:

What?!

Jacob begins rummaging through his backpack.

INT. JACOB’S HOME - BEDROOM - SAME TIME

Keith pries the box open. It’s EMPTY. No gun or bullets.

96.

EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - SAME TIME

KENNY:

Son of a b*tch! I knew it. I knew

you’d chicken...

Jacob rises, holding the gun. He points it at Kenny.

KENNY (CONT'D) (cont’d)

What the f***?

Jacob shakes, frightened and reluctant to do what he believes

he has to do.

JACOB:

I can’t let you leave, Kenny. You

have to pay for what you did.

KENNY:

Whoa, whoa hold on. Alright, I...

I won’t go. I’ll stay here. I’ll

do my probation.

Jacob c*cks the gun. Tears stream down his checks.

JACOB:

You killed him. I gotta do this...

for my family. It’s the only way.

KENNY:

Jacob, I told ya, it... it was an

accident. I swear. Please, don’t.

This isn’t you.

JACOB:

I know. But I can’t be a p*ssy all

my life.

Jacob fires. Kenny is hit in the head. He drops to the

ground instantly.

The force of the gun, knocks Jacob to the ground. As he

falls, the hockey mask comes down over his face.

Jacob sits for a beat, staring at Kenny’s lifeless body.

Lightning flashes, illuminating his blue eyes through the

hockey mask.

EXT. CONSTRUCTION SITE - SHORT TIME LATER

Jacob is inside one of the UNPAVED house foundations, digging

a hole. He cries, struggling to finish what he has done.

(CONTINUED)

97.

CONTINUED:

Once a hole is dug, Jacob throws Kenny’s body inside and

starts covering it up with dirt.

INT. JACOB’S HOME - BEDROOM - LATER THAT NIGHT

Jacob climbs through his window, soaking wet. He crosses to

his closet and begins to change. Keith lies in bed, watching.

Jacob removes the gun from his pocket and places it back

inside the lock box. His hands shake violently. As he puts

the box back inside the closet. He finds Rudy’s glove. He

smells the leather and smiles.

Jacob takes the glove and crosses over to his bed. He places

the glove beside Keith.

KEITH:

I thought I wasn’t supposed to

touch this.

JACOB:

You’re awake.

KEITH:

Yeah.

JACOB:

It’s yours. Just don’t leave it

outside. If it gets wet, the

leather will crack.

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