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RUDY (CONT'D) (cont’d)

Let them go.

The fireworks display begins. As they turn to watch it...

INT. TWIN’S HOME - BOY’S BEDROOM - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT

We SCAN the room and come to a set of BUNK BEDS.

SFX:
ELECTRIC WATCH ALARM

A body in the top bunk sits up and turns on a small bed

light. Reveal, it’s RUDY. Rudy grabs his watch from the

post and silences the alarm. Jacob sits up in bed.

(CONTINUED)

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JACOB:

Rudy.

RUDY:

Unless you’re coming with me, I

don’t want to hear it.

Jacob lies back in bed, silent. Rudy jumps off the top bunk,

gets dressed and grabs a BASEBALL BAT. Before leaving, Rudy

looks back at Jacob and shakes his head, disappointed.

RUDY (cont’d)

You know, you can’t be a p*ssy all

your life.

JACOB:

What?

RUDY:

Jeff and Kenny pick on you all the

time, and you don’t do sh*t.

JACOB:

It’s my problem.

RUDY:

No, it’s mine too. Cause we’re

brothers. That’s what brothers do.

They fight for each other, kill for

each other, die for each other.

JACOB:

I don’t feel that way.

RUDY:

Cause you’re a p*ssy. So stay

home, keep your head under the

blankets. I’m gonna fight.

With that, Rudy disappears out the window.

FADE TO BLACK:

DARKNESS... SFX:
CREAKING DOOR. A FLASHLIGHT illuminates the

location. We are...

INT. TREEHOUSE - LATER THAT NIGHT

Leonard and Rudy enter with the help of a flashlight.

Leonard reaches inside his backpack and removes a number of

SNACK CAKES from his backpack.

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CONTINUED:

LEONARD:

(re:
snack cakes)

Some provisions.

RUDY:

We’re only gonna be here a couple

of hours.

LEONARD:

When two o’clock rolls around,

you’ll be begging for one of these.

Rudy shakes his head, removes his BAT from his backpack.

LEONARD (cont’d)

(re:
baseball bat)

I didn’t bring my glove.

RUDY:

Moron, the bat is for Jeff and

Kenny. You know, to scare them a

little.

He swings it hard.

RUDY (cont’d)

Maybe it’s best if we don’t talk.

Just listen. Listen for them, and

don’t fall asleep.

LEONARD:

I’m wide awake. I could stay up

all night.

EST. EXT. WOODS - LATER THAT NIGHT

The treehouse is illuminated by the full moon, which rests in

the sky above. The thunderous sound of a million crickets

fills the air.

INT. TREEHOUSE - CONTINUOUS

Both boys lie asleep. A mosquito flies in through the window

and buzzes past Leonard’s ear. He haphazardly swipes at it

in his sleep, wakes himself up.

LEONARD:

Oh, sh*t.

Rudy jumps awake.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

RUDY:

What... What is it? They here?

LEONARD:

No.

Leonard rises, picks up his bag and opens the TRAP DOOR in

the floor. He is about to exit.

RUDY:

Where you going?

LEONARD:

They’re not gonna show up, I’m

goin’ home. It’s three o’clock-

Suddenly, a FLAMING COCKTAIL comes flying through the window.

It hits Rudy in the head, explodes and engulfs him in flames.

EXT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Jeff and Kenny stand a few yards away from the treehouse.

Both laugh at the sight of the flames inside.

KENNY:

Now yours. And aim for the window.

Jeff lights his COCKTAIL. It misses the window and smashes

into the side of the tree house.

KENNY (CONT'D) (cont’d)

Ha ha, you suck.

Jeff and Kenny hear Leonard and Rudy screaming from inside.

JEFF:

You hear that?

INT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Rudy, now covered in flames, rolls on the floor, screaming.

RUDY:

Put it out! Put it out!

Leonard struggles to put out the flames with his backpack,

but it’s of no use. He spins around and finds the wall

behind him, engulfed with flames. He screams, terrified.

EXT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Jeff and Kenny are frantic.

(CONTINUED)

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CONTINUED:

JEFF:

They’re in there! They’re in

there!

Jeff turns around and runs back home through the woods.

INT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

Leonard backs away from Rudy. Unfortunately, he doesn’t

realize that the door in the floor is open.

EXT. TREEHOUSE - SAME TIME

We watch over Kenny’s shoulder as Leonard falls from the

treehouse, smacks his head on the tree trunk and comes to a

crash upon some rocks. Kenny runs over and finds Leonard

unconscious.

KENNY:

Wake up! Wake up, kid!

Off the treehouse, which is now a towering inferno

INT. TWIN’S HOUSE - PARENT’S BEDROOM - SAME TIME

Ashley jumps up from a deep sleep. There is terror on her

face. She rushes over to her DESK and turns on the LAMP.

Ken is awakened by her.

JIM:

Ashley? What is it?

ASHLEY:

I forgot to deposit your paycheck

last week.

JIM:

But I already wrote some checks.

ASHLEY:

I know. With the cookout and

everything, I forgot. I’ll deposit

it tomorrow. The holiday should

buy us an extra day.

JIM:

Write yourself a note so you don’t

forget again.

ASHLEY:

I just did.

(CONTINUED)

18.

CONTINUED:

Ashley turns off the desk lamp and returns to bed.

ASHLEY (cont’d)

Goodnite.

FADE TO BLACK:

SFX OVER BLACK :
TELEPHONE RINGING

FADE IN:

EXT. GRAVEYARD - WEEKS LATER - AFTERNOON

ON JIM and ASHLEY, watching Rudy’s casket as it is lowered

into the ground. The once spirited, couple now looks tired

and pained. They are accompanied by a number of mourners.

PRIEST:

Rest in piece, Rudolph Eugene

Carges. May God hold you in the

palm of his hand.

Jacob stands beside his parents. Tears stream from his eyes,

across his birthmark and off his chin. So stricken with

grief, Jacob barely has to energy to wipe the tears away.

We continue on through the crowd and find Malee. Embarrassed

by the tears, she brings a black veil down over her face.

INT. YACCO’S OFFICE - LATER THAT DAY

Malee enters, still wearing the veil. She crosses to the

couch and sits beside A PATIENT, GUS MAITLAND (30), long

haired, hippi-type with a moustache and beard. Gus eyes

Malee, intrigued.

GUS:

Friend or family?

MALEE:

Huh?

GUS:

The person who died.

MALEE:

Friend.

GUS:

I’m sorry. You’ll like Dr. Chung.

This is only my second session, but

she’s good.

(CONTINUED)

19.

CONTINUED:

MALEE:

I’m not a patient. I’m her

daughter.

Malee lifts her veil and looks at Gus.

GUS:

Oh. I can see the resemblance.

MALEE:

Are you trying to make me sick?

Gus shoots Malee a look just as Yacco exits her office.

YACCO:

Mr. Maitland?

Gus rises and enters the office.

YACCO (CONT'D) (cont’d)

I’ll be with you in a second.

Yacco crosses to Malee and sits beside her.

YACCO (CONT'D) (cont’d)

So, how was it?

MALEE:

It was a funeral, Mom. How do you

think it was?

YACCO:

I’m sorry I couldn’t make it. Let

Rudy’s parents know I’m available

if they need to talk. I won’t

charge for the sessions.

Malee looks to Yacco, stunned by her comment.

YACCO (CONT'D) (cont’d)

You know, it’s okay to cry.

MALEE:

I know it’s okay to cry. I don’t

need you to tell me, it’s okay to

cry. If I want to cry, I’ll cry.

YACCO:

Okay.

Yacco re-enters her office. A beat.

(CONTINUED)

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