Mimic Page #19

Peter takes a bit of torn cloth, puts it to the wound, then

tenderly raises her hand to keep the bandage in place.

PETER:

Just keep holding it. Can you do that

for me?

(No reponse.)

Susan?

Susan nods silently. Her hand weakly presses the compress.

MANNY (OS)

Doctor Tyler?

He turns to Manny, who sits solicitously next to Leonard.

His wound is wrapped with makeshift bandages. He begins to

stir.

Peter gets up, but Susan's hand is closed tightly around his,

like the jaws of the Mimic. He kisses her gently, then

slowly manages to release his hand.

He walks to Leonard, inspects his wound. Touches the sole of

his foot.

PETER:

You feel anything?

LEONARD:

Yeah, I feel like ripping your

f***ing eyes out...

PETER:

Leonard, listen. I need to see if

there's any nerve damage before we

carry you back.

(No response.)

Look, I'm trying to help you here...

LEONARD:

Oh, you helped me here, all right, white

boy. You and your goddam memo. You

needed to prove your point, uh?

PETER:

I'm sorry. But I don't think letting you

bleed to death is the best apology.

Peter touches his foot again. Leonard finally nods.

Manny gazes at the Mimic carcass at the end of the car.

MANNY:

Where the hell'd that thing come from?

Peter looks at Susan. She remains silent.

PETER:

(Quietly)

A mistake.

LEONARD:

"Mistake"? What's that supposed to...?

PETER:

It doesn't matter, all right? It's dead.

LEONARD:

How you know that? Sh*t, it was runnin'

around with its buttside gone and a

f***ing pipe through its heart...

SUSAN:

(Quietly)

It doesn't have a heart.

Peter looks up at her.

SUSAN:

Just inner chambers...

MANNY:

But it look like a man. It... I saw it.

SUSAN:

No...

She gets up, finally moving.

SUSAN:

That's what it wanted you to see.

CUT TO:

OUTSIDE CAR:

The subway car sits at the end of the platform, windows dimly

glowing in the dark. The door opens, and Manny and Peter

snatch the lower half and wing pieces back into the car.

INSIDE CAR - A LITTLE LATER

The lower half of the insect has been moved into the car.

Susan is reassembling it.

PETER:

So, you're saying this is like those bugs

that -- that look like twigs or leaves

or...

SUSAN:

(shakes her head)

That's camouflage...

Susan displays the partly-charred head.

SUSAN:

This is mimicry. They evolve to mimic

their predators. A butterfly can look

like the eyes of an owl. A catterpillar

can copy a snake...

Susan closes the multiple mouth parts into a self-contained

bud shape, then pushes back the "face" mandibles.

SUSAN:

This has evolved to mimic the most

dangerous predator it's ever had...

She holds it in her hand, like Yorick's skull. The mimic's

head obscenely mirrors her own. She inserts it into the

shoulder cavity.

She stands back.

SUSAN:

Us.

CAMERA cranes up and reveals that the thing now looks like

THE OVERCOAT MAN.

SUSAN:

Mantids can mimic. We gave the Judas

that code...

MANNY:

(quotes)

"...and behold he will come that walks as

a man, yet is not a man- ..."

SUSAN:

This, is our baby Peter. Yours and

mine. Aren't you proud?

OUTSIDE OF THE CAR - IN THE TUNNELS

We see four shadows move fast, scuttling on the walls and

ceiling...

...heading towards the car...

INSIDE THE CAR:

A SUBWAY MAP on the wall. Red, blue, and orange lines

branching through the boroughs like veins.

SUSAN:

All these...they're like tunnels of an

insect colony. Once these things hit a

certain population density, they'll have

to move out, form new colonies.

The realization hits the others.

SUSAN:

We have to get help down here. Burn

the tunnels before...

She's interrupted by a CLICKING from the tunnel ahead.

It's answered by CLICKING from the tunnel behind.

LEONARD:

Get the doors!

A brief glimpse down the car shows too many OTHER DOORS to

close in time.

PETER:

Is there a switch?

LEONARD:

Third rail is dead.

(To Manny and Susan.)

Get me up. There must be a manual

override in the booth.

Manny and Susan help Leonard up.

SUSAN:

(Whispering to Peter)

The lights!

Peter turns off the flashlights.

Susan and Manny help Leonard to the car's CONTROL BOOTH.

Peter looks

OUTSIDE:

where the silhouette of a MIMIC moves to the rear of the car.

CONTROL BOOTH:

Leonard opens a box on the side-wall marked MANUAL OVERRIDE.

Inside, there is a large, HEXAGONAL SHAPED HOLE.

LEONARD:

(Starts looking around)

Where's the damn crank?!

OUTSIDE:

The Mimic is only yards away.

OTHER SHADOWS emerge from the distant dark.

INSIDE:

Manny leaves Leonard and Susan to look for the lever crank.

He runs to help Peter try and shut the doors manually.

But it's useless. Many of the doors won't budge.

PETER:

(hissing a whisper)

They're coming!

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