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him, trudging over the newly flattened forest, BLACK

SMOKE EVERYWHERE --

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Lost in the smoke, Loki moves up alongside the RV. He

peers through the portal glass on the side door:

A giant branch has punched through the windshield,

reaching all the way to the back of the RV. Nobody’s

there. He tries the door, it’s locked --

22 INT. RV - CONTINUOUS 22

The side door, as it’s SMASHED IN. Loki moves inside,

gun at the ready -- COUGHING -- his crazed eyes scanning

the RV’s dark interior... He sees something, aims his

gun down at...

A disheveled man cowering under the little kitchen table,

his head bleeding from the crash, 34, thick glasses, big

bushy beard. This is ALEX JONES.

LOKI:

Show me your hands. Get down on

your stomach -- on the floor --

Jones complies, looking terrified. Loki puts his foot on

Jones’ back while he cuffs his hands --

LOKI (CONT’D)

Where are they?

Jones doesn’t answer. Loki gets up and starts

frantically tossing the RV. Wedge and Carter move inside

--

LOKI (CONT’D)

They’re not here.

Loki looks down at Jones, grabs him, lifts him to his

feet --

LOKI (CONT’D)

They in the woods? Come on --

you’re gonna take me to them right

now -- right now --

Loki walks a cuffed Jones out of the RV --

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Loki pushes Jones out of the RV, Carter and Wedge right

behind them --

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Loki pushes Jones towards the edge of the woods where the

RV was parked. Jones trips -- Loki pulls him up --

shoves him, but Jones won’t move --

LOKI:

Go -- WALK! I’m gonna f***ing

shoot you if you don’t start

walking --

Carter and Wedge flash their flashlights around the edge

of the woods, illuminating a slurry of leaves, slush and

mud -- there’s nothing there --

Loki grabs Wedge’s flashlight, shines it in Jones’

eyes...he looks completely out of it --

LOKI (CONT’D)

What the f*** are you on?

Loki breathes out, hands Jones off to Wedge --

LOKI (CONT’D)

(to Wedge)

Put him in the car -- see if you

can sober him up --

The two uniformed cops who were driving the other patrol

car come running over --

LOKI (CONT’D)

Victims might be in the woods.

See if PSP can loan us their scent

dogs.

Loki motions around at the rest stop --

LOKI (CONT’D)

Seal all this off, the entrance --

all of it.

(to one of the cops)

You -- come on --

Loki rushes into the woods, Carter and one of the two

uniformed cops following after, the other uniformed cop

gets on his radio, watching as Wedge puts Jones in the

squad car --

24 EXT. FAIRMOUNT CIRCLE - NIGHT 24

Ralph trails Keller, the two of them marching across a

neighbor's lawn, shining their flashlights, searching.

A GROGGY MAN, 52, peeks his head out the front door.

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GROGGY MAN:

What the f***’s going on?

He sees it's Keller and loses the bravado quick.

KELLER:

Looking for my girl. Anna’s

missing.

Groggy Man gets his glasses on and sees the throngs of

people walking down the street with flashlights.

25 INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - POLICE STATION - NIGHT 25

Cut-up from the crash, Alex Jones stands against the

wall. He seems spacey if not downright schizophrenic,

staring blankly at the picture of Anna and Joy, Loki

holds in front of his face.

JONES:

No.

LOKI:

No? They weren’t playing on your

RV?

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26 THE RV AS FORENSICS TEARS IT APART 26

FORENSICS GUY, 55, pulls out ceiling panels one by one --

two FORENSICS TECHS and a POLICE MECHANIC in the bg.

JONES (V.O.)

I didn’t see them. Can I sit

down?

The grungy carpet of the RV as Forensics Guy rips it off

the floor.

LOKI (V.O.)

Where do you usually park the RV?

An old eight track tape -- Heaven's Gonna Be A Blast --

as Forensics Guy pops it out of the dash.

JONES (V.O.)

My aunt’s house.

27 EXT. BACKYARD - HOLLY JONES' HOUSE - NIGHT 27

The house:
squalid, small and yellow.

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JONES (V.O.)

She lets me park it in the back

yard. The grass don’t grow back

there anyway.

Loki paces around in the backyard. There’s a beat-up

Trans Am parked on the lawn, covered in dirt.

Jones’ Aunt, HOLLY JONES, 53, comes out the back door,

hugging herself against the cold. She has a regal face,

her long greying hair grown down past her waist.

HOLLY JONES:

(hollering to Loki)

It was my husband’s. It’s for

sale if you want it.

LOKI:

No thanks.

Loki rubs some dirt from one of the Trans Am’s windows

and peers inside. Nothing there.

28 INT. HOLLY JONES' HOUSE – NIGHT 28

Holly Jones leads Loki through cramped hallways, past

little rooms clogged with old furniture.

LOKI:

Does he sleep in the RV?

HOLLY JONES:

In the summertime he does, but

this time of year he sleeps on the

couch.

She motions to a frayed sofa bed, where a MONGREL DOG is

curled up sleeping.

LOKI:

Where are his things?

29 INT. LAUNDRY ROOM - HOLLY JONES' HOUSE - NIGHT 29

Holly leads Loki into the small room. Atop a chest of

drawers sits a framed photo of her, circa 1970s, young

and beautiful, sitting inside the then brand new RV, with

her long haired, hippie husband.

HOLLY JONES:

My husband. We had a fight...God,

almost five years ago.

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He walked out and didn’t come

back.

Alex loved him like a father.

LOKI:

What happened to Alex’s real

parents?

HOLLY JONES:

My husband’s brother and his

girlfriend. They died in a car

accident when Alex was six.

She opens the top drawer and presents it to Loki: some

sorry looking clothes. A little Matchbox RV.

HOLLY JONES (CONT’D)

He doesn’t have much.

30 EXT. FAIRMOUNT CIRCLE - NIGHT 30

Keller and Ralph about to walk another lap around the

circle when Franklin pulls up in his car and rolls down

his window --

FRANKLIN:

They found the RV -- girls weren't

inside. Parked on that rest stop

near the south woods. They're

putting together a search party.

Keller and Ralph get into the car and Franklin takes off -

-

31 INT. GARAGE - POLICE STATION - NIGHT 31

What’s left of the RV. Sitting inside at the little

kitchen table is Forensics Guy -- smarter than most,

likes his job. He’s thinking, head leaned back, eyes

closed. Loki walks inside and SLAPS the table --

LOKI:

What do we got?

Forensics Guy takes a moment to think of something that

makes him frown.

FORENSICS GUY:

This thing's clean. I mean it's

filthy as sh*t, but we didn't find

anything.

Loki seems unfazed by this piece of news, thinking --

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HOLLY JONES (CONT'D)

(CONTINUED)

LOKI:

They could have been wearing

winter hats and mittens the whole

time they were in here. So no

prints, no hair fibers.

FORENSICS GUY:

If he just used this thing to

transport them I might buy that,

but if there was a struggle in

here I would have found something.

I’d start searching the woods near

the rest stop.

LOKI:

Yeah, half the cops in the state

are doing that right now.

Loki walks off --

LOKI (CONT'D)

When you’re done with this thing

take a team over to his Aunt’s

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