ACT III

EXT. MANSION - ENTRANCE GATE - MORNING/DIM - SECONDS LATER

Beyond the castle-like, Russian styled mansion, Elmore stands before a tall, golden gate, staring out onto a long narrow road covered by the vines of nature. A pitiful expression on his face.

ELMORE P.O.V: The long road before him phases to the Atlanta street, where Tami and Elliot survey the dead survivors.

ELMORE
Your hero complex will lessen your power.

Elliot tilts his head in the direction of Elmore's voice. Sadly. Lifelessly.

ELMORE (CONT'D)
Break away from it, trust me...everything will change for the better.

Elliot takes a few DRAGGING STEPS to the curb. Guilt weighing down his shoulders. He sits on the curb, rubbing the sides of his head with his hands, vigorously. Elmore eyes lower to him with severity.

EXT. ATLANTA STREET - NOON - SECONDS LATER

Tami stays frozen in place, as her son stares, wide eyed at his mother, tearing up.

ELLIOT
Those kids...
(sadly)
They're orphaned...because of me.

Tami shakes her head indefinitely.

TAMI
(whispers)
No...no this is not your fault, you had no control over that.

Her son nods his head, his hands trail down from the side of his head to his eyes. Massaging them roughly.

ELLIOT
It's my fault...

Elliot lets his head hang past his rigid shoulders.

INT. RESTROOM/ UNDERGROUND BASE - LIGHT - AFTERNOON

CC WALKS the safe base, observing nursing stations as he does. Kids RUN from room to room playing tag. To a men's restroom he goes, he GRABS the knob, then halts. MOANING is heard beyond the door. SEX NOISES. His eyes pop open and he opens the door. The restroom is light blue and cream. A group of teens PERFORM SEX by the sinks. Doggy style. Missionary.

CC
(awkwardly)
Umm....hey stop!

TEENAGER
Fuck off!

The teen flashes a middle finger while THRUSTING their body.

CC, lets the door CLOSE and HUFFS as he heads over to the women's restroom. Eyeing the hall, both sides, before WALKING to it. Inside, the women's room is decorated in light pink and cream. A few girls STOP TALKING and eye him as he goes to a stall and LOCKS the door. He UNFASTENS his jeans and PEES, eyeing the wall before him, which has a swirling, cute design. He glances behind him at the stall door, hearing WHISPERING before a DOOR OPENS. He ZIPS his pants and FLUSHES the toilet. To the sink he goes to PUMP OUT soap from a wall dispenser and place his hands under an automatic sink which SPRAYS OUT WATER. He WASHES his hands.

INT. MANSION - SUNLIGHT - MINUTES LATER

At the front door of the mansion, CC OPENS it and stares out at the bricked, landscaped garden with a gazebo in the distance. His eyes travel down the long driveway, which is empty. Impatiently he searches it. The bare gravel. No cars. A closed gate. He PACES down the hall of the foyer, WALKING a few feet, before glancing back, expectantly. The top of a car shines off sunlight. CC smiles. Relieved. The jumbo RV ROLLS the concert. CC makes his way to the RV, POWER WALKING. Shielding his eyes from the sun with an outstretched palm. He gazes down the driveway again, confused. No other cars arrive.

At the door of the tall RV, he waits. No one gets out. He STEPS up the stairs of the vehicle and PULLS at the door lever.

CC
Hey...where are the others?

Tami sits at the driver seat, her son sits unresponsive beside her. Brooding and quiet.

TAMI
No one else came back?

CC
No.

He eyes Elliot suspiciously.

TAMI
Oh, no...

Elliot gets out of the passenger seat and heads into the mansion, with a tensed body form.

CC
(curious)
Did something happen?

INT. UNDERGROUND BASE - MINUTES LATER

Elliot stands in the white, luxurious, round lobby, which holds hundreds of doors that wrap. The glass, see through, levels above hold a few teens. The rec rooms SOAR with LAUGHS and GAMING SOUNDS. Elliot crosses to the center of the lobby. His eyes burdened and regretful. A teen peeks out from a gaming room, beaming.

TEEN
Hey they're back!

The teen RUNS from the room, followed by other youngsters, from both that room and others. The kids occupying the upper levels DESCEND the stairs in haste. The youthful faces approach him, the kids and teenagers gather around Elliot. Some confused, some full of joy. Looking for their family members.

ELLIOT
I'm sorry.

TEEN
For?

A little kid TUGS at Elliot's sleeve.

KID
Where's mommy?

ELLIOT
(swallows hard/hoarse voice)
Something bad happened...I'm so sorry.

Innocent eyes of kids watch him, oblivious and focused. Teenagers glare at him, becoming upset.

TEEN
(emotionally)
WHAT HAPPENED?!

TEEN #2
NO. NO, DON'T SAY IT!!!

TEEN #2 knees WOBBLE in shock.

TEEN #2
AHHHHH!!!!

The little kids start to CRY, lost and scared.

TEEN #3
YOU GOT THEM KILLED DIDNT YOU!!!

ELLIOT
(whispers)
I didn't mean to...

The teens SHOUTS at him angrily, their VOCIES TANGLING. They express rage, approaching him, all heated and hurt. Like a mob. Tami and CC enter the lobby, noticing the scene and HUSTLING over. Some teens group CHARGE at him violently. A few teens hug themselves, clutching their heads, CRYING, some FALL to the floor, WAILING or fainting. The little ones just stand still, little eyes and faces full of tears, SOBBING. CHAOTIC VOICES CLAMOR. The mob BOMB-RUSH Elliot, KNOCKING him down to the floor in a STAMPEDE, ATTACKING. KICKING. PUNCHING. YELLING in grief. LAYING HEAVY BLOWS to Elliot's body and face.

Elliot accepts the beating. His arms at his side, not defending himself. His face holding a look of expectance.

Tami attempts to nudge them away.

TAMI
STOP! NO!!!

She gets SHOVED to the floor by a pissed of teen.

INT. UNDERGROUND LAB - LIGHT - MOMENTS LATER

The six large, metal cages holding the test subjects, begin to BRUTALLY VIBRATE. The metal DENTS outwards, CREAKING. STRETCHING. Taking the form of the heads of the creatures inside. GROWLS. BANGING. BANGING. The metal doors of each cage CLASH OFF, RICOCHETING onto walls that are thirty feet away. HEAVY FOOTSTEPS PRESS onto the floor, CRUSHING in footprints. The huge, mutant bodies RACES up the walls, POUNDING. SHAKING the room. EXPLODING through the ceiling's concrete. Leaving heaps of dust and DEBRIS behind.

INT. UNDERGROUND BASE - LIGHT - AFTERNOON

CC helps Tami pull the teens off of Elliot, who's unconscious and bleeding. Wounded face, bloody shirt.

THUDDING FOOTSTEPS come from down the hall.

The little children YELL, RUNNING, and hiding in nearby rec rooms, pointing in fear. Their small faces terrified. Tami stops pulling at rowdy teenagers, her head whips to what the kids are pointing at and hiding from. The scythes.

The pale, abnormal creatures approach the fight scene, CIRCLING the teens, menacingly. Red eyes SPARKING. The animals ROAR VIOLENTLY. LOUDLY. RIPPLING THE AIR. Everyone cover their ears and recoil away from the beasts. Elliot JOLTS AWAKE.

ELLIOT P.O.V:

His eyesight goes in and out. Flashing from darkness to light. Blurry. The creatures surround him, the people around FLEE. His sight goes in and out again, to see the creatures ROAR; CREATING RIPPLE AIR WAVES, before sitting in a circle position around him. Guarding him. Their red eyes threatening the survivors. Amplified, muscular, and starch skinned. Twelve feet tall. One of the beasts look back at Elliot protectively.

Elliot eyes blackout.

END EPISODE

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