Cherry Falls Page #14

CUT TO:

EXT. STREET

Jody rides down the street, just pedaling fast, as fast as she can.

She's in her own world, very upset.

A car comes toward the intersection on the other street but doesn't slow

down, knowing the light is about to change.

A boy in a passing car whistles at Jody, waking her out of her stupor.

Jody looks up just as the light turns red. She hits her brakes and skids

into the tail of the oncoming car. She glances off it and goes sliding off

the road, into a few garbage cans.

The car nicks another car and pulls over.

Across the street, we see that the Killer's IMPERIAL is stopped at the red

light.

Jody gets up, shaken. He knees and elbows are badly scratched.

The OWNER of the car comes running over to Jody.

OWNER:

Are you O.K.?

JODY:

I'm ok.

CAR OWNER:

Are you sure?

JODY:

Yes.

LEONARD(O.C.)

You don't look OK.

Jody turns around. Her teacher Leonard Marliston is there. The killer's

IMPERIAL is parked behind him. Jody wipes away the tears.

JODY:

(starting to cry)

I am.

LEONARD:

My house is just a couple of blocks

away. Why don't you come on over and

clean those cuts up.

JODY:

Ok. Should I put my bike in the back

of your car?

LEONARD:

Can you just follow me?

The back is full?

JODY:

Sure.

CUT TO:

EXT. PARTY HOUSE

Kids are still arriving from all over but there's no more room in the

house so the party starts spilling out into the backyard.

One couple spreads out on the roof.

A cop car has pulled up in front and the deputy is just keeping a watch on

the house.

EXT. TOWN SQUARE

Kids are starting to gather and hook up in the town square. As the police

try to break up one gathering, another one starts.

CUT TO:

INT. CAR

Leonard drives down the road. He smiles into his rear view mirror.

EXT. STREET

In Leonard's rear view mirror we see Jody pedaling behind him.

A couple of boys lean out of their cars and invite Jody to the go to the

party. Sirens scream out in the distance.

EXT. LEONARD'S HOUSE

Leonard pulls into his driveway. Jody pulls in behind. She leans the bike

on the front porch and they head into the house.

LEONARD:

You aren't going to the party?

JODY:

You know about that too?

INT. LEONARD'S HOUSE

Mr. Leonard opens the door to his house. Jody walks in behind him.

LEONARD:

of COURSE. You're not scared?

JODY:

Of course I'm scared.

LEONARD:

Then you should go.

JODY:

You think I should go to

the party, Mr. Marliston?

LEONARD:

I really do. For your own

safety.

Jody doesn't know what to make of this. It's not what she expected to hear

from her teacher.

Leonard goes into the kitchen. Jody sits on the couch and looks around.

She's immediately sensing that something is off about the place. It's

certainly not the way she imagined a teacher's house to look. It has all

sorts of city plans, maps, and drawings on the walls. Years of Cherry

Falls yearbooks and newspapers are stacked in piles.

He reappears with two beers and a pot filled with soapy water. He hands

her a beer.

JODY:

I just feel so manipulated.

By everyone. My dad, my boyfriend,

and now some psychopath I don't

even know.

SHE TAKES THE BEER, surprised he's giving her alcohol. He kneels down in

front of her and begins to clean the wound on her leg.

LEONARD:

We're all manipulated. From the moment

we're born. The event that fatalistically shaped

my life happened before I was even born.

JODY:

Really?

LEONARD:

Yes. We have no real freedom.

You of all people should understand

that. This may sting.

Jody is beginning to feel strange. There's something off kilter about this

whole encounter.

JODY:

Me? Why me?

LEONARD:

Because of your father.

The way what his sins shaped you.

He starts putting a disinfectant on her wound.

JODY:

What do you know about my father?

LEONARD:

He's a rapist. Like mine.

She grimaces. The disinfectant hurts.

JODY:

(a little scared)_

Your father raped someone?

LEONARD:

Lisa Sherman was my mother.

Do you know who that is?

JODY:

Yes.

LEONARD:

I was born nine months after she was

raped. One of the four men who raped

her is my father. I have no idea which one.

JODY:

You're the killed.

LEONARD:

Yes that's the whole point. This is

what I was put on this earth to do.

Rape the town that raped my mother.

Steal its pristine innocence like it

stole hers. I've planned this since I was

a very little boy. You have no real freedom

either. Your father has cast a shadow that

you've never eluded.

Jody gets up and starts backing away from him but he gets up quickly. He's

not letting her get away.

Jody bolts for the door but she doesn't have time to open it.

Leonard grabs her and throws her across the room.

Jody smashes into a table. He bends down to pick her up, but she pulls a

book case over on him, narrowly escaping.

She runs for the back door.

INT. BACK DOOR

Jody opens the back door and gets halfway out when Leonard runs up to her,

pulls her away from the door, and slugs her in the face, sending her

sprawling to the ground. He picks her up and punches her a second time,

breaking her nose, knocking her half out. He picks her up by the waist and

carries her to the basement stairs.

INT. BASEMENT STAIRS

Leonard throws Jody down into the dark basement. She tumbles down the

stairs, hitting her head on the cold stone floor.

He comes charging down after her, closing the door behind them.

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INT. PARTY HOUSE

The CD is now skipping. Kids are in every corner, bed , and closet, making

out. Every square inch of the house is being taken as the party shifts

into higher gear. It's a sea of sheets and blankets rippling with bodies

under them. Giggles and moans are heard every second.

INT. A CLOSET

Sandy and Mark are gently kissing in the closet, still standing up. Mark

studies Sandy's face for a second, then slowly lifts her dress, sliding

his hand on to her thighs.

MARK:

You're so beautiful.

SANDY:

So are you.

MARK:

Now don't be nervous.

SANDY:

You're the one who's hand is shaking.

Mark smiles, embarrassed. They kiss. They're falling in love.

ECU - ELECTRONIC beeps come off a computer screen as a warrior armed with

a huge plasma gun fights his way into a dark cave, shooting plasma

everywhere.

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