Feast Page #31

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BOZO:

I'll give you gas cocksucker.

From outside the car, we see the Beast leap in.

Bozo screams.

The remaining THREE CARS race down the road. Beasts swoop

through the air RAMMING into the sides of the cars.

BOMP! A Beast holds on the side of Adulterer's car. It busts

the rear left passenger glass and claws for him.

Tuffy sees this and side-swipes Adulterer's car, SQUASHING

the Beast.

Adulterer nods his gratitude and veers off the RIGHT SIDE

ROAD. Tuffy follows.

Roadie turns down a LEFT SIDE ROAD and tears away.

Adulterer and Tuffy's cars hurtle forward. Heroine glances

over to Tuffy. Tuffy is slack-jawed.

Heroine looks straight ahead. She gasps.

A rising SEA OF CREATURES appear in the front of them. Beyond

terrified, the two women are awe-struck by the massive wave

of death before them.

The sea of Beasts SWOOP down on the cars, shrieking.

They brace for impact, eyes shut.

And...

Nothing. Not a scratch. The Beasts disappear.

The women look up as the SUN begins to creep up over the

horizon.

The last fluttering sound of the Beasts can be heard

distancing.

The car SCREECHES to a halt.

The two women sit alone, a couple miles from the carnage.

They breathe heavily.

TUFFY:

Did we make it?

HEROINE:

I think --

BOOM-BOOM-BOOM! They both jump and look over to see Adulterer

smiling, at Tuffy's window.

ADULTERER:

Are you two all right? Did you see

that!? They left! We made it! I think

we made it!

HEROINE:

They'll be back.

ADULTERER:

Oh, come on! Can't you be happy for

one split second? They're gone!

Heroine smiles as Tuffy pulls a CIGARETTE from the armrest.

TUFFY:

We're safe until dark, but we need

to get to that bomb shelter.

Heroine pushes in the car lighter, grabs a cig.

HEROINE:

You know where it is?

ADULTERER:

Um, yeah, thirty miles east.

PING! The lighter springs out, hot. Tuffy lights up and passes

the lighter to Heroine.

HEROINE:

We'll meet in three hours?

ADULTERER:

I don't wanna go home alone... I

don't wanna see what might have...

TUFFY:

Don't worry about that. Just go.

ADULTERER:

Right.

Moment of silence as Adulterer and Tuffy look down the

desolate road.

ADULTERER:

(to Tuffy)

I'm sorry about your son.

TUFFY:

Thank you.

She affectionately touches his hand.

ADULTERER:

Where are you two going?

HEROINE:

We're going to get my little girl.

Adulterer nods and stands up straight.

ADULTERER:

I wish you luck.

The car peels off.

Adulterer watches the car tear down the road.

He glances up at the RISING SUN.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. PRAIRIE ROAD -- DAY

A sign reading "DURANT" swings lazily in the breeze. The car

rolls by.

Tuffy and Heroine coast down an abandoned road. There are

random POOLS OF RED BLOOD in the white snow.

They pass a gas station, no one in sight.

Tuffy slowly turns the dial on the CAR RADIO. Static.

They pass a house, abandoned.

They creep through a shopping area, not a soul.

Heroine rubs her locket.

EXT. TOWN ROAD -- DAY

Adulterer drives along a small town road. There's no sign of

life here either.

EXT. HEROINE'S GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE -- DAY

The car pulls up to the HOUSE. The only sound is the wind.

INT. TUFFY'S CAR -- CONTINUOUS

Heroine finishes loading The Judge. They look at each other

and proceed with caution.

INT. ADULTERER'S CAR -- DAY

He pulls up in front of his house. The front door is swinging

open, BANGING against the doorframe.

INT. HEROINE'S GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE -- DAY

Heroine enters the house, led by her shotgun. Tuffy follows.

The place is ransacked.

INT. ADULTERER'S HOUSE -- DAY

He enters his house. It too, is a mess.

He moves through the house, searching.

INT. HEROINE'S GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE -- DAY

They look down the stairs to the basement. Nothing. They

move up the stairs to the second floor.

SECOND FLOOR:

SMACK! They spin to the noise.

SMACK! A shutter NAILS a busted window pane.

INT. ADULTERER'S HOUSE -- DAY

He moves up the stairs to the master bedroom.

BANG! There's a noise at the end of the hall. BANG!

INT. HEROINE'S GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE -- DAY

They cautiously move to the last room in the hall. A

scratched, closed door without an outside handle.

HEROINE:

Oh no...

BASH! Heroine kicks in the door and...

There's a note on a teddy beer that says, "WE WENT TO THE

SHELTER. LOVE GRANDMA AND CHARLIE."

They both sigh.

TUFFY:

They're alive!

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