Life After Beth Page #6

- Because Beth came back too.

That's where I've been going at night.

I love an attic. I'm going up.

Well, stay. We can talk.

- No, I'm going to the attic.

- No, no, stay. Stay. Come on.

They really like attics for some reason.

- I'm going up to the attic.

- So go already.

- Well, I don't have to go.

- Well, which is it?

Will somebody please tell me

- what the f*** is going on here?

- (DOORBELL RINGS)

- Don't point.

- Who is that?

- Who is that? Who is that?

- JUDY:
Okay.

Okay, relax, Kyle. Aah!

(KYLE SCREAMS)

MAN:
What are you doing in our house?

- What happened to all the Formica?

- NOAH:
Oh, my God!

It's the old owners.

- Who are you, with the gun?

- This bastard's the one that shot me.

- Poppy, it's me. It's Kyle.

- Kyle?

Okay, Mom, Dad, Kyle,

we need to get out of here, okay?

It is not too late.

Nobody move. Everybody just put

your hands where I can see them.

I paid $28,000 for this house.

Twenty eight... When was that?

(TELEPHONE RINGING)

- What are you...

- Stop it already. Enough.

We have got to get out of here. Come on.

MAN:
I'm not going anywhere.

This is my house and my attic.

I fought in World War

ll, and I know attics.

- NOAH:
Don't get upset. Sit.

- Just a minute.

NOAH:
Do you want something?

- ZACH:
Hello?

- MAURY:
We got to talk.

Grandpa came back,

and the old owners are here,

and Kyle's shooting everybody,

and I just really want to sleep.

We need to find a scientist.

MAURY:
You broke your promise, Zach.

I'm waiting outside right now.

Is Beth there?

- Yes.

- Okay.

POPPY:
How about Freddie Fischman?

- He passed away.

- Ah.

- Thank God.

- Yeah, you never liked him.

- I got to go.

- Where are you going?

Maury's outside. I'll be back in a second, and

then we can all leave before it's too late.

You're gonna go play chess now?

Are you nuts?

Just start packing, and I will be back.

Is that Chuck Brenner?

JUDY:
Oh, wow. It is.

I used to love him. Good eye, Kyle.

Okay, so finally, they're done with

the stupid emergency broadcast test.

It is not a test.

The dead are coming back, okay?

Just start packing. I'll be back.

- JUDY:
Wait.

- (SIRENS WAILING)

Unbelievable.

POPPY:
I think it's believable.

Where's Beth?

Get in.

What do you want?

Zach, I need you to talk to Beth.

I need you to tell her she's not dead

and take back whatever it was you said.

No, I can't do that, okay? It's the truth.

- I need to get...

- No, no.

You broke your promise,

and the world has gone to sh*t, Zach.

- That's not my fault.

- Yes, it is, and you need to take it back.

Look, I tried to keep this a secret, okay?

But things got out of control.

She blew up a lifeguard stand,

and she attacked this girl.

Well, she never should have left the house.

You did that.

Pearline can fix this.

Okay, she's from Haiti.

They make zombies. She knew.

Pearline could barely make the beds.

You really think Pearline had something

to do with my daughter's resurrection?

Yeah, resurrection as a zombie.

- Stop staying that.

- (FAINT GUNFIRE)

I've had enough of this Dracula sh*t.

Look, I will take it back,

but you have to give me Pearline's address.

- F*** Pearline.

- She'd help.

- Pearline is a dead end.

- What have you got to lose?

Huh? Just give it a shot, all right?

What is the worse that could happen?

All right. Fine.

You will talk to Beth,

and you will tell her she's not dead,

and that you'll be together forever.

All right? Okay, right now. No. Right now.

Right now, we have to go right now.

(SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE)

Beth. Zach, you have to tell her.

Beth, honey?

ZACH:
Beth, we need to talk.

- Shut up. I'm on the phone.

- ZACH:
With who?

- Andy.

- ZACH:
Andy? Who the f*** is that?

Somebody that actually cares about me.

What, are you jealous?

She's on the phone.

She'll be off in a minute.

- She's on the phone. She's talking.

- Zach, I need you to focus, okay?

You'll talk to her. You'll tell her.

Don't worry. You guys will work this out.

- Honey! Oh.

- (GLASS SHATTERING)

Beth. Oh, Bethy, honey.

- GEENIE:
What was that? What's that noise?

- Door. She went through the door.

- Oh, no, the sliding glass door...

- What the f***?

- It's your fault, Maury.

- It's my fault?

- ZACH:
F***. Oh, God. F***.

- The door works when you lift and pull.

She walked through the door.

Oh, Bethy, what did you do, honey?

What? I'm dead. I'm alive.

I'm dead. I'm alive.

Zach, you have to tell her.

BETH:
I'm alive. I'm dead. I'm alive.

I beg of you. Please, Zach. Please.

I don't know...

(BETH SCREAMING)

Motherf***er!

Zach, go and tell her

you're gonna be together forever.

Are you f***ing crazy?

Please, I really don't know

how much more of this I can take.

Look, if I tell her she's not dead,

that's not gonna make anything any better.

It's worth a shot.

She's going to eat me.

BETH:
Zach!

He's coming, honey.

(GRUNTING)

Make it end. Please, Zach, make it end.

Look, where's the address?

- What?

- What address?

Pearline's! Pearline's address.

- No, I called her. She's not there.

- When? Like just now?

- You need Pearline's address?

- Yes.

Listen, drop the address.

You need to talk to Beth.

- Look, we had a deal.

- I can get it.

- I know Pearline's address. What?

- Geenie, what are you doing?

GEENIE:
There it is. It's here.

- Hey.

- We had a deal.

- Geenie!

- What?

What are you doing?

Why did you give that to him?

- Don't yell at me!

- Whose side are you on?

(HELICOPTER HOVERING)

(ENGINE SPUTTERING)

What the f***?

- Hey.

- Beth, this isn't a good idea.

- You should go back inside.

- Why?

- Zach.

- Sh*t! He's coming. He's coming.

Zach.

Zach.

I'm dead. I'm alive. I'm dead. I'm alive.

I'm dead. I'm alive. I'm dead. I'm alive.

(CAR HONKING)

I'm dead. I'm dead. I'm alive.

- Will you f***ing stop?

- Why are you being mean to me?

Because we're taking a break.

You shouldn't even be here.

Dad said we're going to

be together forever.

Beth, you ate a guy.

Oh. What do you want from me, Zach?

I'm a f***ing zombie! Zombies eat guys!

(SMOOTH JAZZ PLAYING ON RADIO)

(BETH GRUNTING)

- Hey, I will be right back, okay?

- F*** you. You want me to go away.

Beth, just chill out.

Everything's going to be fine.

We're going to make this better,

and then we'll go hiking.

- Really? You promise?

- Yeah.

Just go easy on the interior, baby.

(CRASHING)

(GUNSHOTS FIRING)

- MAN:
Who's there?

- It's Zach Orfman. I'm looking for Pearline.

- MAN:
Is anyone else out there?

- No, it's just me. It's cool.

- Pearline is my cousin.

- Where is she?

- She took off a couple days ago.

- Okay, where did she go?

I don't know, man.

She just packed her sh*t and took off.

Well, did she know something

about the zombies? Is that why she left?

- Why? Because she's Haitian?

- Uh... Yeah.

- We don't all do voodoo, you know.

- So she had nothing to do with this?

- What did I just tell you?

- Okay, I'm sorry.

- Are you sure that she's not in there?

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