THE MORBID SEVEN RISE AGAIN Page #5

INT. MORGUE - SAME DAY - DAY

The morbid seven do things in unison, but in a rather rigid robotic fashion. They are programmed to act like synchronized robots during the first thirty minutes after resuscitation.

They all get up together, and in weird jerky movements, walk around in different directions, examine the morgue surroundings. They move around, stop, look at each other but with no recognition whatsoever. Then they stop.

Then, as if on cue, they all look at the ceiling. Walk back to their seats, sit, cross their legs, check the time on the wall, on their watches, and then on their mobiles, give themselves a nod of approval, stand up, look from left to right, then right to left, and then, still with jerky movements, turn towards the door and make their way out of the building … in a perfect line.

They never focus on the person next to them and they never utter any words.

INT. MORGUE - SAME DAY - DAY

NOVAK (51) stays back. He looks at Elena who now sits in Luther’s chair. They exchange a gentle smile. But there is a puzzled look in Novak’s eyes. She now has a worried look. Novak still sits motionless.

Elena picks a piece of paper and covers her face from Novak. She uses her thumb to feel if her fangs are out. Then, a sigh of relief.

ELENA:

(drops the paper)

Boohoo! There you are. You’re smiling at last, as you used to. Life could at least be as good as it used to be. I look great. We both look forty.

NOVAK:

My old friend... Luther. Where is he?

She points in the opposite direction. Novak looks the way she is pointing. She quickly checks her fangs. She points at the far end of the room which was curtained off. Behind it lies Luther’s body. Judging by the claw-like look on his fingers, the body seems to be getting rigid fast.

NOVAK:

How did this happen?

She points out to her neck, then points to Luther’s.

NOVAK:

(shocked)

A vampire bite?

Novak looks puzzled. She then motions him to follow her and walks towards a locked room.

EXT. VAMPIRE ROOM - DAY

She inserts the key, turns the handle, the door opens.

An immediate burst of shrieking follows. It reveals a dimly-lit room. Inside, nine vampire bats hang upside down on a washing line. Novak is taken aback by the sudden shrilling.

She closes the door.

ELENA:

I think Luther was experimenting.

INT. MORGUE - SAME DAY - DAY

Novak and Elena are still inside. He asserts control of running the morgue - immediately.

NOVAK:

Help me to drag him out. Embalming table. Fetch the instruments. We’ll wash him, dress him, insert the Chip, put him back in the freezer and will decide later.

Elena fetches his shoes, socks and proceeds to put them on.

NOVAK:

Stop, Stop, Stop. No shoes.

ELENA:

Still full of superstitions. Nancy Sinatra. You find her sexy huh. Boots are meant for walking. Luther wears shoes, not boots. Idiot.

NOVAK:

Don’t call me an Idiot. Here, put this tag around his toe. Let’s put him in the one I was in. Okay let’s push him in.

ELENA:

No nuclear battery in his phone?

NOVAK:

Will figure it out later. Get my own file out please.

ELENA:

(slamming it on desk)

There you are.

NOVAK:

(examines file)

This all looks good. I’ll make a couple of notes.

He examines an AI Chip under the microscope.

NOVAK:

I will alter some coding on this old computer. See if my body gets a better boost. Bring the other six files.

ELENA:

Who the f*** you think you are. Fresh from the box and talking to me and treating me like sh*t. F*** you.

Elena chucks the rest of the files on his desk - the Goldings, Garner, Petrescu, von Garten and Heisenberg. She walks away.

INT. MORGUE - SAME DAY - DAY

Novak decides to study the files further. Elena walks towards the door. Novak’s eyes follow her, examining the curves on her body as she makes her way out. The door is slammed shut. Elegant, but … he moves his head from one side to the other almost in slow motion.

He looks briefly at all the files. Then he opens Zach’s file again and reads it carefully. He closes it. He puts it to one side. He is in a pensive mood. He opens it again and examines it further. His gentle nodding indicates the content is of interest. He dials Zach.

NOVAK:

Zach, this is Novak. I was the one sitting at the end. I control the Cryogenics Facility now. Looking at your file, it seems you are on track to make big money.

ZACH (V.O.)

The name on my phone shows otherwise. Where is Luther? He’s the man.

NOVAK:

Still around. I know jack sh*t about banking. But I know a lot about behavioral change controlled by the AI Chip that’s inside you. I am the master of this piece of technology.

ZACH (V.O.)

What does that mean?

NOVAK:

It means you and I will make heaps of money beyond our dreams. And without the Chip inside you, or with it turned off, you’re back to being a corpse. I control your destiny. I control if you live or if you die.

Novak terminates the call. He looks at the portrait on the wall.

It is Luther’s. The gaze seems to be focused on Novak. Novak feels a shiver down his spine every time his eyes make contact with Luther’s. After all, Luther was the pioneer and founder of Eternal Cryogenics.

Although Zach was in the same profession at the time, he had never met Luther in person. So, his conscience is clear, more precisely, he does not need to look him in the eyes before he makes any controversial decision.

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