BEE DEAD

By
Philip Hirzel

Philip Hirzel
506 Williamstown Road
Ottawa Ohio, 45875
(419)-796-0354
INT.NICE STUDY.
NARRATOR
Allow me to take you on a
journey... If I may. It’s the year
2010, and Global Warming is heating
things up for Planet Earth.
Glaciers melting, seas rising, many
a sloppy ice creams. Honey Bees
decided they want none of that, and
started to go extinct. However,
since bees populate over 1/3 of the
World’s Food Supply, scientists
decided to set out and create a
"Super-Bee" that would right this
wrong and surely save mankind. But
things went horribly wrong. Worse
than anyone could ever imagine. And
instead of saving the human race,
they had made a species that would
surely destroy it. The bees were
eliminated and the projects
abandoned. The hives themselves
were left along the side of the
road, presumed empty and devoid.
But how wrong they were. How very
wrong...

EXT.COUNTRYSIDE.DAY
A truck dives down a back country road. It’s a picturesque
fall day, and there are two guys in the truck; ZAC and
MITCH. They are two normal guys who look exactly like what
you’d expect two guys who grew up in a small farming town to
look like. ZAC is driving, MITCH is in the passenger.
They speak as they drive.
ZAC
Listen, all I’m saying is, you’re
being a complete idiot.
MITCH
How?

ZAC
How is hunting with a rifle not
being a "true hunter"?
MITCH
Because it’s such a cop out.

(CONTINUED)
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ZAC
You aren’t saying why.
MITCH
You want me to explain it? Is that
what you want Zac?

ZAC
That’s what I’ve been saying Mitch.
MITCH
Fine. I’ll explain it.
MITCH waves his arms around for a moment while trying to
think up the right things to say.
MITCH
When I went on my first hunt, I
used a bow. My dad took me. I was
twelve. We went out to woods, and
sat in the stand for nearly five
hours before we seen anything. But
along comes this gorgeous
five-point buck. Dad said it was
one of the most beautiful things
he’d seen.
ZAC
(cutting in)
Well after seeing your mom, that’s
not really saying much.
MITCH
Yeah, shut up asshole. Anyways. He
puts that bow in my hand, and tells
me to take aim. I’d been out to the
range plenty of times before, so I
was confident, but I was nervous.
My hands were sweating, but--

ZAC
(cutting in)
Are you recounting your first hunt,
or the first time you had sex? Who
was that with, Cheryl? She looks
more like a pig to--

MITCH
Will you just fucking shut up?
There’s a pause for a moment, MITCH glares at ZAC while ZAC
laughs to himself.

(CONTINUED)
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MITCH
(continuing)
I took aim, and he told me to hold
in my breath, steady my hands. I
let go, and the arrow soared right
through the air and hits target. We
followed it for two miles before we
found it down. I was so excited I
was shaking the rest of the day.
ZAC
Yeah that’s a real snazzy story, it
got a nice point it’s coming around
to?
MITCH
Point is, with a bow you have to
get close. It has to be personal.
You have to be right there. With a
rifle you can sit hundreds of feet
away and just blow it’s brains out.
ZAC
How close you are to an animal
doesn’t decide the difficulty, and
neither does using a bow for that
matter. Would you ever hunt a bear?

MITCH
Yeah sure, if I had the chance.
ZAC
Would you ever do it with a bow?

There’s another pause. MITCH gazes forward while ZAC awaits

a reply.
MITCH
Fuck you.

ZAC
Thought so.
The truck moves along, and up along the side of the road the
two spot something. MITCH points ahead.

MITCH
Hey what’s that?
ZAC looks, and sees a set of beehives along the side of the
road.

(CONTINUED)
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MITCH
Are those bee hives? They are. Pull
over.
The truck pulls over to the side of the road. It stops and
the engine is cut, and the two get out. They walk back to
the beehives and take a look at them. ZAC opens it up.
ZAC
Well it looks like something lived
in it, but they must have flown the
coop.
MITCH looks around as if he’ll see a traveling group of bees
somewhere. He sees nothing and looks back at the hives. ZAC
looks up from the empty hives at him and shrugs his
shoulders.

ZAC
Well, wanna take them?
MITCH
Yeah, why not? We can keep at your
place.
ZAC
What’s wrong with yours?
MITCH
What the hell am I going to do with
beehives? Tony would kill me.
ZAC
You live in fear of that man.

EXT.FARM.DAY.
The truck pulls up behind a barn and drives back past a
pasture. It pulls to a stop and the two get out again. They
open the hatch on the back of the truck and begin to pull
out the hives.
ZAC
It’s weird they’d just leave these
lying on the side of the road.

MITCH
Yeah, they seem in pretty decent
condition at least.

(CONTINUED)
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ZAC
Shame, so many people in the world
ready to get rid of something just
cause they--ow!

ZAC drops the beehive and swats at his arm, a buzzing is

heard. The two look and watch the bee fly off, ZAC looks
back at his arms.
ZAC
Damn it! Little bastard stung me.

MITCH
Guess there may be a few strays
left in there. You ok?
ZAC
What do you think I am? Some
fucking wimp? It’s just a bee
sting. It’s not gonna kill me.
MITCH shrugs his shoulders, and the two of them unload the
last of the hives. They slam the hatch shut.

TITLE CREDITS
TITLE: BEE DEAD

EXT.CAMPUS.DAY
NATHAN stands alone, leaning against a brick wall. He’s a
nice enough looking guy with a youthful vigor and charm. He
hears his name called out and looks around.

NICK
Hey, Nate!
He spots NICK and KYLE, and waves.

The three of them sit at a picnic table on campus, KYLE is

eating a sandwich.
NICK
You know what I was thinking about
last night?

KYLE
Sex.
NICK
Yes.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 6.

KYLE nods his head and goes back to eating his sandwich.
NICK smiles contently and looks around. NATHAN looks at the
two of them for a moment before speaking.

NATHAN
Is that seriously the story?
NICK
It very well could be.

NATHAN
Incredible Nick, simply incredible.
NICK
Ok, fine. What I was going to say,
is. I was lying around smoking some
weed, watching Discovery Channel.
KYLE
Ohh that sound good.

NICK
I know, right? Anyways. There’s
this show on about man eating
lions. And it got me to thinking.
How insulting is that?

NATHAN
Is what?
NICK
Being eaten!

NATHAN shrugs his shoulders.

NATHAN
I don’t know Nick, how insulting is
it?

NICK
Just listen. Think about it. You’re
sitting around in a woods, then out
of nowhere a bear comes out and
bites off your arm. Then like,
eight hours later, it literally
shits your arm out. What it takes
from you, part of your body, it
literally turns into poop.
NATHAN
It’d only be insulting if the bear
preemptively decided to eat your
arm just for the purpose of
crapping it out.

(CONTINUED)
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NICK
He knew it was gonna happen!
NATHAN
Yes. But you don’t eat something
because you just love to poop, do
you?
KYLE
I do.

NATHAN
Kyle aside.
NICK
It doesn’t matter if they
preemptively decided it or not. He
turned your arm into shit! If a
bear ever ate part of me, I’d
dedicate the rest of my life to
tracking down that bear and
destroying it. I would fuck that
bear up. And its cubs, if it had
any. I’d fuck that whole bear
family up.
No one says anything, NATHAN just stares at NICK while KYLE
finishes his sandwich.

NATHAN
Anyways on a more realistic note.
We’ve got an upcoming project in
Wong’s class, and I want you guys
on my crew.

KYLE
Aren’t we always on your crew?
NICK
Aren’t the two of us "your crew",
like in its entirety?
NATHAN
Yes, yes. I’m just saying, clear
your schedules. I think we have to
make a documentary.

NICK and KYLE both make pained faces as if they’d just seen
someone crash on their skateboard.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 8.

NICK KYLE
(simultaneously in (simultaneously in
disgust) disgust)
Oooh. A documentary? Oooh. A documentary

NATHAN
Probably about something school
appropriate.

NICK and KYLE make even more of a reaction, as if that

skateboarder had just crashed his head into a wall.
KYLE NICK
(simultaneously in (simultaneously in
disgust) disgust)
Seriously? Seriously?

NATHAN
So I’m thinking that we should do
something about the migratory
pattern of bumble-bees.

NICK and KYLE make the biggest reaction this time, as if the
skateboarder had just crashed his crotch into a metal pipe.
NATHAN
What’s wrong with that?

KYLE
Someone just crashed on their
skateboard over there.
NATHAN looks over his shoulder and then looks back at the
two of them.

NICK
Plus, bees don’t migrate.
NATHAN
They don’t?

NICK
Nope.
NATHAN
What do they do during the winter
then?
NICK
They hibernate.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 9.

NATHAN
Like a bear?
NICK
Like a bear.

NATHAN ponders that for a moment.

NICK
Speaking of something that’ll never
wake up. How’s your love life,
Nate?
NATHAN
It’s good. And none of your
concern.

KYLE and NICK look at NATHAN with raised eyebrows, awaiting

the truth.
NATHAN
It’s nonexistant. Why?

NICK
(pointing)
Because there goes Julie.
NATHAN spins around on the bench very quickly and watches
JULIE as she walks by, a smile on his face.

KYLE
What class do you have with her?
NATHAN
Women’s Studies.

KYLE
Women’s Studies? Why are you
taking--

NATHAN
Shut up. Plus we were in a play
together. We had a kissing scene.
KYLE
And how was it?

NATHAN
I don’t know. I choked up during
dress rehearsal and nearly threw up
on her. They had the understudy
play the part.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 10.

NICK
Well you’ve been carrying that
torch long enough to start the
Olympics. If Kyle here were in your
position, he’d have been in and out
and walked away clean by now.
The two of them make a "bro" laugh towards each other and
high five one another, NATHAN turns to them with a glare.
NATHAN
Yeah, and tell me. When was the
last time either of you went on a
date?
The two of them shyly look at the ground and avoid NATHAN’s
eye contact.

NATHAN
Thought so. Julie is someone who
means something to me. I don’t want
to ruin that by jumping into
something before it’s ready.

NICK
And what have you done to prepare
for it?
NATHAN
Haven’t quite figured that out yet.
NICK
Plus doesn’t she already have a
douchey boyfriend?

NATHAN
Yeahhhh.
He turns back and watches as JULIE meets up with her douchey
boyfriend.

KYLE
(high pitched voice)
Awkward.
//CUT AWAY//

The three of them are walking down the path towards classes
now. As they do they spot COURTNEY, up ahead, walking
towards them. COURTNEY is extremely pretty, and decked out
in make up, purse under her arm.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 11.

NICK
Ah shit. It’s Courtney.
KYLE
Who’s that?

NATHAN
Mitch’s "girlfriend".
COURTNEY sees them all, and a giant smile spreads across her
face. She speaks at rapid pace.

COURTNEY
Oh my God! Hey guys!
NATHAN
Hey there Courtney, how’s it going?

COURTNEY
It’s great. You won’t even believe
this story I have to tell.
NICK
(under his breath)
Wish we didn’t have to.
COURTNEY
So like, this last weekend. Me and
the bitches, you know, Tiffany and
Samantha, are out at this party.
And Tiffany is totally like, trying
to hit on this one guy, but he was
way out of her league.
NATHAN
Fascinating. How about we--
COURTNEY
But he totally wanted me instead,
you know? So like, I told Samantha
she should go and bother Tiffany so
I could totally like hit on him and
stuff.
NICK
Class.

COURTNEY
I know, right? But anyways. So she
does, and I go and start talking to
the guy. And like, he asks if I
wanna like, go back to his place,
and like, have sex. But I told him
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 12.

COURTNEY (cont’d)
I had a boyfriend, so instead we
went out back behind the bar and we
made out in his car.

NICK
You skank.
COURTNEY
I know, right?

NATHAN
Aren’t you dating Mitch?
COURTNEY
Everyone is single till they’re
married, Nathan.

She leans in.

COURTNEY
(whispers to Nathan)
Something you should keep in mind.

She leans back out and winks at him. NATHAN gulps, then
looks around.
NATHAN
Well, almost time for class. Gotta
be going?
COURTNEY
Oh yeah, me to. And hey, if you run
into Mitch could you find out
what’s wrong with him? He’s been
really quiet lately.
She looks around and lowers her voice.
COURTNEY
I think he may be cheating on me.
(Dramatic pause)
On me.
She presents herself when she emphasizes me, and then
smiles.

COURTNEY
Bye boys!
She walks off, and the three watch her go.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 13.

NICK
She’s going to be the death of him.
They then look at one another, and NATHAN shrugs. They turn
and MITCH is standing right there, they all jump. NATHAN
regains himself.

NATHAN
Uh, hey there Mitch.
MITCH doesn’t answer.

NATHAN
Helloo?
MITCH looks up at them, snapped out of his daze.

MITCH
Oh, hey guys.
NATHAN
You ok there bud? Look a little
spaced.

MITCH
Oh yeah. Just...
NICK
Yeahhhhh. I hate it when "just"
happens.
NATHAN
Listen, we just talked to Courtney,
she said you’re acting strange...

MITCH
I’ve seen too much.
NATHAN
What?

MITCH
I’ve seen too much.
NATHAN
Listen Mitch, we’ve all been in the
locker room at the Y before, I’m
sure you’ll get over it.
MITCH
No. Nothing like that. It’s Zac...
he’s different.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 14.

The three just kind of look at each other, then back at

MITCH.
NATHAN
You mean less of a dick, or has he
gone through with a sex change?

NICK
That’d still make him less of a
dick, wouldn’t it?

NATHAN
Well--
KYLE
(interrupting)
Well, he’d certainly have less of a
dick, if that was the case.
NATHAN
Thank you for the brilliant insight
Kyle, but I think that’s what Nick
was getting at was--

He looks back to where MITCH was standing.

NATHAN
(cont.)
Wait, where’d he go?

The other two look to see that MITCH is gone. They all look
at each other and quickly shrug their shoulders.
NATHAN
Well, I’ll see you guys later
tonight?
NICK
Yeah. Drinking?
KYLE
Hell yeah.
NATHAN
Just a little. I have class
tomorrow, remember.

NICK
Don’t we all?
NATHAN parts ways from the two of them, and enters into the
building.
 15.

INT.CLASSROOM.
NATHAN sits in the back of the classroom, some other
students are in there as well. Soon enter HUTCH and MATLOCK.
The two of them look over and see NATHAN sitting by himself,
and quickly snatch up the seats behind him. HUTCH starts
speaking to NATHAN in that snobby Australian accent that
dictates they are so much more smug than you.
HUTCH
’Ello there Nate-y. How’s it goin?

NATHAN
Hutch.
He turns and looks at MATLOCK.

NATHAN
Matlock.
MATLOCK nods at NATHAN. HUTCH speaks back up again.

HUTCH
So the way I understand it, we’re
going to start up a pretty big
project here soon.
NATHAN
Boy Hutch, your powers of deduction
are really quite something. Did you
read the syllabus perchance? Or has
the whiteboard given it away?
NATHAN points to the whiteboard and they all look. Written
up on it is "BIG PROJECT: NEXT FEW WEEKS".
HUTCH
Alright then mate. Be a smart ass.
I was about to ask if you wanted to
be on my team--

NATHAN
(interrupting excitedly)
Wait, really?!

HUTCH
But if you’re going to be more
fickle than a koala on an alabaster
farm--
NATHAN
Is that even a phrase? Do they even
farm alabaster?

(CONTINUED)
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HUTCH
Then I’ll just have MATLOCK here do
all the work.
MATLOCK nods again.

HUTCH
Really guerrilla like. Show you how
to make a real documentary.
NATHAN
If you two have it all figured out.
What are you doing yours on?
HUTCH nearly answers, but stumbles on words and looks at
MATLOCK foolishly, who just shrugs his shoulders.

NATHAN
Huh.
At that moment, Professor WONG comes into the classroom.
Everyone kind of comes to attention the way students do when
a professor enters the class. He looks around at everyone
and smiles.
WONG
Good morning everyone. How has your
week been?

A mumbled response comes from most the audience. Except from

HUTCH, who shouts out.
HUTCH
It’s been fantastic Professor Wong.
How has yours been?

WONG
It’s been perfect. Thank you for
asking Mr. Hutch.

NATHAN
(under his breath)
Brown noser.
HUTCH
What’d ya say there, mate?

NATHAN
I called you a brown noser. Because
you kiss so much ass. Get it?

(CONTINUED)
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WONG
Before we get into anything, has
anyone worked on any productions in
the last few weeks?

No one raises their hands.

WONG
No one?
Still nothing.

WONG
Ok then... Well, has anyone seen
any films recently?
Still no one raises their hands. WONG rolls his eyes.

WONG
Seriously? You are all film majors,
and you haven’t watched a single
movie recently?

A STUDENT
I watched Independence Day.
The whole class scoffs or makes some disapproving noise.
WONG throws a marker at the student.

WONG
Independence Fucking Day!
A STUDENT
It was on TV!

WONG regains his posture, and smiles back at the class.

WONG
Ok. Anyways. Since no one seems to
be doing any real production work,
apparently at all, I cannot wait to
see the results of this assignment.
He hands out some papers to the class.
WONG
If we take a moment and look over
the paper, you will see that our
next project is a documentary. It
has to be 10 minutes in length, and
can cover any subject that you
wish. However, remember, this is a
school project, and I expected the
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 18.

WONG (cont’d)
work to be school appropriate. So
what do we say?
ENTIRE CLASS TOGETHER
No porn.
WONG
Thank you. Now you can pick your
own crews, and they don’t
necessarily have to be in this
class. So apart from that...
He pauses, thinking of what he was going to say next.
WONG
Get to work?

EXT.CAMPUS.DAY
NATHAN walks out of the building and starts across campus,
he’s looking around and at the ground and doesn’t see where
he’s going till he runs right into JULIE.
He looks up at her and jumps back in surprise.
NATHAN
Ahhhahhhh--I mean. Hey there.
JULIE
Oh Nate! Hey, how’s it goin?
NATHAN
It’s going. You know. This and
that, up and down. Like a roller
coaster. Or a sea. I always seemed
to get sick on those.
JULIE
So stage fright isn’t the only
thing that makes you throw up.
NATHAN starts to laugh to cover up his anxiety, but really
winds up overdoing it. JULIE looks embarrassed after a
moment and looks around to make sure no one is staring.

NATHAN
That’s a good one!
JULIE
So, are you ready for the test next
week?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 19.

NATHAN
Test. Test? Test!
JULIE
Did you forget about it?

NATHAN
Of course I did--not. No, I was
just testing you there.
JULIE
On what?
NATHAN
And you passed! So congratulations!
JULIE
I really think you should listen to
the way you talk sometimes.
NATHAN
Only around you.

JULIE
What?
NATHAN
Nothing. I think I might have hit
my head or something today.

JULIE
Well I thought I’d ask and see if
you wanted to study with me.
NATHAN
Really? Like, seriously?
JULIE
As opposed to me asking jokingly?

NATHAN
I mean, there aren’t cameras around
anywhere just waiting for you to
shoot me down, are there?
JULIE
I’m just asking you to study with
me. It’s not a date.
NATHAN
It’s---of course it’s not. Yes.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 20.

JULIE
Yes you will study with me?
NATHAN
Of course I will.

JULIE
Like tomorrow at say... six?
NATHAN
Six sounds like a date--time.
Sounds like a good time. Sounds
like it’ll be a good time. I cannot
wait.
JULIE
Six it is then.

She smiles at him, and then her douchey boyfriend CHAD walks
over.
CHAD
Hey bro.

JULIE
Hi Chad. Have you met Nathan?
CHAD
Oh hey bro.

He holds out his closed fist, and NATHAN reluctantly "hits

the rock". As he does, he notices the bandages on CHAD’s
hand.
NATHAN
Hurt your hand?
CHAD
Yeah bro. Was at the clubs last
night, and some chick just came up
and bit me on the hand. It was some
freaky shit. Really had to push her
to get her off, almost didn’t want
to though, know what I’m saying?
Freaky girls man.

He’s still smiling, but then looks at JULIE, who is glaring

at him. He covers.
CHAD
Not that I’d ever think of screwing
anyone but you babe.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 21.

JULIE rolls her eyes even more. NATHAN looks down at the
ground.
CHAD
Well anyways, we’re gonna go watch
Transformers 2. So we’ll see you
round, little man.
CHAD obnoxiously wraps his arm around JULIE’s back, putting
his hand in her butt pocket, and they walk off. NATHAN
shakes his head.

NATHAN
What kind of parenting makes people
like that?

EXT.PARK.DAY
NATHAN walks back to his apartment from campus. As he does,
he makes his way through the park. He passes by the baseball
diamond, and sees a couple standing in it, kissing. As a
JOGGER passes by he looks closer though, and sees the woman
biting the man on the neck, his body slumped against her.
The same JOGGER continues to run back and forth between them
as NATHAN tries to get a better view. The JOGGER stops in
front of him, jogging in place, changing songs on his iPod.
NATHAN
Hey.
The jogger doesn’t hear.
NATHAN
Hey.

Still doesn’t hear.

NATHAN
HEY!

The JOGGER turns and looks at him, pulling out a headphone.

NATHAN
Can you move?

JOGGER
I’m jogging. I think that proves I
can.
NATHAN
Listen smart ass. Jog on. Now.
 22.

The JOGGER rolls his eyes, then keeps jogging on. NATHAN
looks back towards the baseball diamond, but the man and
woman are gone, no traces. He looks around, and shrugs, and
continues walking on. As he does, unseen to him the JOGGER
is being eaten alive by the man and woman.

INT.NATHAN’S APARTMENT.

NATHAN enters into his apartment. He sets all his stuff

down. NICK and KYLE are seen playing video games on the
couch. He looks at the two of them.
KYLE
How do I kill him?

NICK
You grab that branch over there and
hit him on the head.
A moment later, KYLE exclaims with joy.

NICK
Noice.
NATHAN
I’m home.

The two of them jolt up, forgetting the video game entirely.
NICK
Let’s drink!

NATHAN
It’s only four.
NICK
We’re already late!

They run into the kitchen and start grabbing the liqueur.
NATHAN looks at the two of them.
NICK
Come on Nathan. Be a big boy now,
have some shots.
NATHAN
Just one, ok? Tomorrow I have class
early.

KYLE
Isn’t it that film class that’s
taught in the basement?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 23.

NATHAN
Yeah.
NICK
Why do they teach it in a basement?

NATHAN
Cause who gives a shit about the
film department?
KYLE
Isn’t that the class that you said
you’d be fucked in if the
apocalypse happened?
NATHAN
Yup. I’d be stuck in a basement.

KYLE
Well at least that’s not scheduled
for a few more years.
NICK
In the meantime, let’s get wasted.
NICK passes out shots to everyone. They all look at one
another.
NICK
Here’s the end of the world!
NATHAN KYLE
Cheers! Cheers!

NICK
Cheers!

They all clink their glasses together, and down them.

The montage begins. A series of shots of them drinking an
overwhelming amount of alcohol to BLUR’s song "THE
UNIVERSAL", which is suddenly cut off by NATHAN hurling
violently into the toilet.
KYLE and NICK come into the bathroom as well. KYLE sitting
in the shower, and NICK leaning in the doorway. NATHAN hangs
over the toilet.
NICK
You ok?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 24.

NATHAN
(sarcastically)
Yeah I’m fine.
(panicked)
No. I’m dying. I’m puking my guts
out!
KYLE
Grody.
NATHAN slops over onto the floor next to the toilet. He
pouts a little bit, then looks up at the two of them.
NATHAN
Should I ask Julie out?
NICK
Doesn’t she have that douchey
boyfriend?
NATHAN
I mean, I really like her. I think
I fell in love with her when I
first saw her. I want to spend
summer nights with her, I want to
spend my autumns curled up with her
watching the leaves turn, I wanna
spend winter under blankets in
front of a fire place, I want to--

KYLE
Have anonymous gay sex.
NATHAN
What?
NICK
No, I see where you were going with
that Kyle. Cause you sound really
gay right now Nate.

NATHAN
That’s because you’ve never been in
love.
NICK
So being in love is like being gay?
Well Nate, you should probably sell
that phrase. You could earn some
bucks off of it.
NATHAN shuts up, looking at the floor pouting again.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 25.

NATHAN
She’s never gonna love me!
NICK and KYLE look at each other, then down at NATHAN, and
move in next to him. NICK wraps his arms around him.

NICK
Listen, we’ll help you get her. No
matter what it takes. And if she
knocks you back--you know, "if".
Then we’ll be there to pick you up.

NATHAN looks at the two of them with bright eyes.

NATHAN
Really?

NICK
Yeah.
NATHAN
You two are the best friends ever.

He smiles at the two of them. They smile back at him. He

spins around and vomits in the toilet again.
//CUT AWAY//
The next morning, NATHAN wakes up. He looks at his watch. It
says 10:30.
NATHAN
Well, shit.

EXT.APARTMENT.DAY
NATHAN leaves the apartment, groggily walking towards
campus, books under his arm. Apart from him, no one else is
outside. The streets are barren, and there’s a dissonant
silence in the air. But NATHAN is hung over, and tired, and
doesn’t take note.

EXT.CAMPUS.DAY

NATHAN gets on campus, and continues walking towards class.

In the background someone is seen running as quickly as they
can, looking behind them in fear, but apart from that, it’s
empty.
 26.

INT.CAMPUS BUILDING.
NATHAN enters in the building, and makes his way down the
stairs to the basement. The basement is dark and dreary, and
by no means should any classes be taught down there. He
makes his way down the hallway, and turns into the classroom
to find it empty.
He stands around looking in.
NATHAN
I’m not that late, am I?
He checks his watch.
NATHAN
Should be a good five minutes of
class left.
He stands in the doorway for a moment, then hears a noise
coming down the hallway. He looks down both ways, but
doesn’t see anything. But he hears it again, the sound of
some footsteps.

He walks down the hallway a little bit, and sees a man

standing at the end, shuffling his feet around.
NATHAN watches him for a moment, before calling out.

NATHAN
Hey. You ok?
The man doesn’t answer, and remains looking away, shuffling
about.

NATHAN
(to himself)
Well at least I’m not the only one
who came in after a late night.
(to the man)
Party hard, huh?
The man still doesn’t answer, and NATHAN grows a little
irritated. He cups his hands over his mouth.
NATHAN
Can you hear me?!
The man makes no gesture, NATHAN shakes his head.
NATHAN
Christ, it’s like dealing with
Helen Keller.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 27.

Right then though, the man turns around. His face is covered
in blood, as is the front of his clothes.
NATHAN
A very bloodied and beaten Helen
Keller. You alright man?

The man starts stumbling towards him, and NATHAN grows

uneasy, but remains where he’s standing.
NATHAN
Listen, if you need to go to the
hospital I could point you towards
the health center...
The man keeps approaching.

NATHAN
I may not be a doctor but it would
appear you’re bleeding out of every
orifice...
The man gets closer.

NATHAN
I really wish you’d stop walking
towards me like that, it’s giving
me a very eerie feeling...

The man is just feet away.

NATHAN
Please, please, please! Just stop.
The man is right next to him.

NATHAN
Fine. Have it your way.
He slugs the man in the face, who falls over on the ground.
NATHAN stands over top of him, shaking his hand.
NATHAN
I tried to warn you. But you were
kind of asking for it, bud. Not
much regard for personal space. Now
if you don’t mind, I’m going to go,
I can even call the health center
if you want. Might leave out the
part about me hitting you though.
The man just moans, NATHAN shakes his head.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 28.

NATHAN
Fine. Well I’m sorry that I hit
you. I’m leaving no--
As he turns around, he sees three more people stumbling
towards him, all bloodied as well.
NATHAN
-ow--ahh!!
He starts stepping back as the three approach, the man on
the floor also gets up, and soon all are coming closer and
closer. He’s backed into a corner this time, and they move
in. He looks around for anything to use against them,
opening their mouths and reaching out for him.
NATHAN
What the hell are you trying to--
Inside his head his thoughts play out. A man is walking
around and then has a heart attack and dies. His family
buries him. Then he comes busting back out of the ground
with the words "ZOMBIE" flashing over his head. He then
chases his family and eats one of them.
NATHAN
Zombies. Zombies? Zombies!
NATHAN’s eyes widen as he sees that he is about to be eaten
himself. He looks under his arm and sees his text book, and
holds it out in front of him. The closest zombie goes in for
a bite, but NATHAN smacks it across the head with the book,
knocking it to the floor. The next two are coming, and he
does a run tackle towards them, knocking them both out of
the way.
The fourth shambles about towards him, and NATHAN quickly
side-swipes it across the face with the book, and it falls
to the floor. He runs down the hallway a bit before stopping
and turning around to see them slowly getting up.

NATHAN
Wow. You guys are really easy to
deal with.
NATHAN’s eyes widen again as he has another idea.

Inside his head the zombie continues to eat the family

member, but then his thoughts back away to reveal NATHAN,
NICK, and KYLE filming the whole ordeal.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 29.

NATHAN
Oh. My. God.
He comes back too, and starts running back up the stairs.

EXT.CAMPUS.DAY
NATHAN runs outside, and sees a number of zombies shambling
about. He stops in his tracks and looks around.

NATHAN
Holy hell!
As he exclaims, all the zombies turn and look at him.
NATHAN
Oh shit.
He turns and starts running. As he does, he pulls out his
phone and starts to make a call.

INT.NATHAN’S APARTMENT.
NICK’s phone starts to ring, as he is passed out on a couch
in the basement. Nearby KYLE lies on the floor. NICK wakes
up, and slowly reaches out and grabs it.

NICK
(half asleep)
Hello?

EXT.CAMPUS.DAY

NATHAN speaks as he runs. The shots change back and forth

between the two of them as they speak, everytime NATHAN
speaks he’s in an entirely different location.

NATHAN
Nick, it’s me!
NICK
That’s cool man. Good to know. I’ll
talk to you later.

NATHAN
Don’t hang up!
NICK
What is it?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 30.

NATHAN
Some shit has gone down!
NICK
What?

NATHAN
Just don’t go outside till I get
home!
NICK
Why not?
NATHAN
Please just don’t.
NICK
Can Kyle?
NATHAN
No! Neither of you! Just both of
you stay in the apartment!

NICK
When are you gonna get here?

INT.NATHAN’S APARTMENT.

NATHAN busts through the basement doors. Both of them still

on the phone with each other.
NICK
So... soon then.

NICK hangs up the phone, and the snap of it closing wakes up

KYLE.
KYLE
Was that Nathan? Tell him he’s a
dick.
//Quick Cut//
NICK and KYLE are sitting on the couch while NATHAN paces
back and forth.

NICK
The zombie apocalypse, huh?
NATHAN nods his head as he nervously paces.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 31.

NATHAN
Yeah.
NICK and KYLE look at each other, KYLE shrugs his shoulders.
They both look back at NATHAN.

KYLE
Well how bad is it?
NATHAN
It’s the apocalypse! Do the math!

NICK
Well, why don’t we just stay
inside, be quiet, maybe get a
little drunk--

He nudges KYLE on the shoulder.

NICK
(cont.)
And then when the undead have gone
back to the God given state of
dead, life can return to
normal...ish.
NATHAN
No. We can’t just stay here.

NICK
Why not Nate? Literally minutes ago
you told us not to leave. Are you
afraid they’ll be our there
forever? Cause I got bad news for
you; zombies aren’t made to
survive. Look at it, they’re dead.
Their bodies don’t regenerate
tissue. They can’t heal from day to
day damage. Any injury they endure
will stay with them forever. Not to
mention in the heat they’re just
going to rot and putrify till their
just a pile of puss. Do you know
how long it takes for a body to
decay? Around two weeks it’s pretty
bad. And do I even need to mention
how crazy hunters are gonna go when
they find out they can just shoot
at things without any limit?
NATHAN
That’s not why we can’t stay here.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 32.

NICK
Then why?

NATHAN
Because we need to film this. We
need to document this event so that
when it’s over, the rest of the
world can know what happened here.

He stands dramatically in front of the two of them.

NATHAN
Boys, we’ve got something to make
our documentary on. This is our
time to shine.

//Quick Cut//
They open up the camera case and KYLE starts looking over
it, meanwhile NICK checks out the boom mic and pole. NATHAN
stands over the two of them looking down at them.

NATHAN
Now this isn’t going to be a walk
in the park guys. These things
could kill you with just one bite.

NICK
That’s another thing I forgot to to
mention, do you know how terrible
biting is as a method of
transmitting diseases? You have to
literally be right next to the
infected person to get it. All the
best viruses spread from distance;
the flu, black plague.
KYLE
What about STD’s?
NICK
That’s spread through sex. People
like having sex. Proximity isn’t
going to be a problem.

NATHAN
Are you two just incapable of
listening to me?
NICK
I’m just saying. Zombies aren’t
really anything to be afraid of.
They’re slow moving, stupid,
incapable of--

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 33.

Right at that moment a pound is heard from the window, and

they all spin and look out it. A zombie stands just right
outside, staring in at them. NICK and KYLE quiet down and
eventually freeze.
NICK
So you were talking about being
safe...

The zombie pounds the window again, before eventually

walking off.
KYLE
(high pitched voice)
Awkward.

EXT.PARK.DAY.
The three of them head across the park, there are no signs
of zombies. NATHAN looks around cautiously, while NICK and
KYLE casually waltz about.
NICK
What do you know, it really is just
a walk in the park.

NATHAN
Shut it. Don’t attract any
attention to ourselves.
KYLE
I don’t see anything.

NICK
You sure it’s not just some sort of
flash mob?

NATHAN
What kind of flash mob would dress
up like zombies and try to eat
people?
NICK
A damn good one.
NATHAN stops dead in his tracks. The other two keep walking
till he throws his arms back and stops them.
NATHAN
Look. Over there.
They all look, and see the JOGGER from the day before, now a
zombie, stumbling around.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 34.

NICK
How do we know he’s a zombie?
NATHAN
Well, first off he’s wearing a
jogging outfit and is obviously not
jogging.
KYLE
Maybe he’s taking a break.

NATHAN
And secondly...
The JOGGER turns around, biting and chewing on a hand.
NATHAN
Yup. Secondly cause he’s chewing on
someone’s disembodied hand.
NICK
Ok fine. You win this one.

KYLE
Look at all the blood.
NATHAN stands in front of the other two, and motions with
his hands.

NATHAN
Alright, let’s get everything set
up.
NICK puts the headphones on, and holds the boom up, but KYLE
remains staring.

NATHAN
Kyle?
KYLE still doesn’t say anything.

NATHAN
(shouting)
Kyle!
KYLE snaps out of it and looks at NATHAN. NICK violently
reacts, pulling the boom out of the way and pulling the
headphones off his head.
NICK
What are you trying to do? Make me
go deaf?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 35.

Meanwhile, as they are yelling at one another, the JOGGER

has noticed them, and starts approaching towards them.

NATHAN motions again with his hands for the two of them.
They do, KYLE holding the camera up and NICK putting the
headphones back on.
NATHAN
Ready?

NICK
Steady.
KYLE holds his hand up, and brings it down in a slice as he
speaks.

KYLE
Go.
NATHAN waits a moment, before starting to speak.

NATHAN
Hello and how are you, America. My
name is Nathan Reynolds, and I’m
here to bring you some terrifying
news. If you look behind me you’ll
be able to see... wait wait. Stop.

He waves his hands and breaks his own concentration, KYLE

and NICK remain filming. The JOGGER zombie continues to get
closer and closer.

NATHAN
Should I introduce it as "the
zombie", the "hellspawn from hell",
or the "thing from the deep that’ll
rip your stomach open and feast on
your pancreas"?

KYLE
I stress against the last one.
NATHAN
So then one or two?

KYLE
The first one.
NATHAN
Ok. Let me restart: Hello and how
are you, America...
As he’s speaking, the zombie gets closer and closer to him.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 36.

NATHAN
My name is Nathan Reynolds, and I’m
here to bring you some terrifying
news. If you look behind me
you’ll...

The zombie is basically on top of him right now. KYLE points

and NICK nods his head.
NICK
Hey Nate, look out.

NATHAN
What?
He turns around right as the zombie latches onto him.

NATHAN
Jesus Christ!
He quickly thrusts his body forward, throwing the zombie
over his back and onto the ground. He jumps back, feeling
all over his body.

NATHAN
Did it bite me?! Did it get me?!
KYLE
Doesn’t look like.

NATHAN
Why did you warn me earlier?!
KYLE
It was a great shot, I didn’t want
to ruin the moment.
NATHAN looks at NICK.
NATHAN
You weren’t looking at the camera,
what’s your excuse?!
NICK
Uhhhhh.

NATHAN shakes his head.

NATHAN
Ok. We’ll retry.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 37.

KYLE
We’re still filming.
NATHAN
Really? How’d it look?

KYLE
Pretty good.
NATHAN
Alright then. Let’s continue with
that, shall we? We’ll do some
editing. Alright, and ready?
NICK
Steady.

KYLE brings his hand up, keeping the camera pointed at

NATHAN. As he does the zombie pops up right next to NICK.
KYLE
The zombie isn’t in the shot--

The zombie latches onto NICK, who panics. He starts spinning

the boom-mic around. KYLE grabs hold of it and pulls it out
of his hand, setting it and the camera safely away on the
ground.
NICK
Get it off me! Get it off me!
NATHAN rushes over to his side.
NATHAN
How?!

NICK
You grab that branch over there and
hit him on the head!

NATHAN looks over and sees a big branch lying on the ground.
He runs over to it and grabs it, he bounces it in his hand,
testing the weight, then runs back over to NICK. He looks
down at the zombie, and then at the branch in his hand.
NATHAN
Sorry.
NICK
Don’t apologize to the damn thing!
Get it off me!

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 38.

KYLE comes up from behind NATHAN, and pushes him out of the
way a little bit. He takes the branch from his hand. He
holds it up, and swings it down, clubbing the zombie in the
head. The body goes limp and falls to the ground on a clump
next to NICK, who looks over himself to make sure he wasn’t
bit. He then looks at the body next to him.
NICK
Noice.
NATHAN
You killed it.
KYLE
That’s kind of the point.
They all look at the body for a little bit more. Then NATHAN
looks at KYLE again.
NATHAN
Get any of that on film?
KYLE points over at the camera, which is aimed at all of
them.
KYLE
All of it. Sound might be a bit off
though.

NATHAN
That’s fine. We can work with that.
NICK looks off in the distance.
NICK
Oh god.
NATHAN
What?

NICK points. NATHAN turns and sees HUTCH and MATLOCK walking
over towards them.
NATHAN
Son of a bitch. Kyle, Nick, hide
the equipment before they steal any
ideas.
NICK and KYLE turn around and start walking over to the
equipment. HUTCH smiles his Aussie smile and spreads his
arms out welcomingly.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 39.

HUTCH
Well would you look at this! Three
of my favorite mates out in this
weather!

NATHAN
What do you want, Hutch?
HUTCH
Nothing from you fellas. Just
wanted to see what you boys were
doing out with the end of the world
going on and all.
He looks down at the body at NATHAN’s feet, then back up at
him.

HUTCH
Ah, popped yer cherry, huh?
He then notices KYLE and NICK getting the camera equipment.
HUTCH
Hold a sec. What’s this? Filming
someone, eh?
KYLE and NICK try to hide the equipment behind their backs.
HUTCH
So, looks like we had the say
brilliant idea, ay mate? Zombies
come along, and we all dig out our
cameras and start filming.

He points his thumb back at MATLOCK, who holds up their

camera.
NICK
Oh yeah? Where’s your sound guy?

HUTCH
Don’t need one. Got our own studio,
gonna re-dub the whole thing for a
real nice crisp sound.
HUTCH smiles and stands prouder, preparing to brag.

HUTCH
You should have seen us earlier.
Got some great footage back in
town. The whole place is a wreck.
We got a nice shot of me blowing up
a car for a distraction and taking
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 40.

HUTCH (cont’d)
out seven of those undead-buggers
at the same time. It’ll be a
beautiful slow motion shot, me
running and jumping away from the
explosion.
None of the three say anything in return, HUTCH just smiles
at them. NATHAN stands boiling in anger.
HUTCH
Well either way, ain’t safe around
here anymore. We’re heading out to
the country side, hole up
somewhere. You’d be best to follow
suit. You can actually even just
come with us, if you want.

NATHAN perks up.

NATHAN
Wait, really? We can go with you?

HUTCH
Naw mate. Was just fibbing there.
You’d only slow us down, probably
get us all killed.
NATHAN goes back to seething.

HUTCH
But hey, best luck to all of you.
Remember; get out of town, it’s
dangerous there. If there’s anyone
still in there, just leave them.
This ain’t the time for daring
heroics.
He turns back to MATLOCK and winks.

HUTCH
Unless it’s us, ain’t that right
Matlock?
MATLOCK nods his head. He turns back to NATHAN, who isn’t
listening to him at all. Words are echoing in his head
"...if there’s anyone who’s still in there...". His mind
jumps back to JULIE.
NATHAN (OS)
"...daring heroics...".

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 41.

NICK and KYLE come up and tap NATHAN on the shoulder. He

snaps out of it and turns back towards both of them.

NATHAN
It’s time for some daring heroics.

INT.NATHAN’S APARTMENT.

They enter back into the apartment. NATHAN is in a hurry,

and NICK and KYLE hurry after him.
NICK
So wait, after Hutch, you know, one
of the most bad ass guys that goes
to this whole college, tells us not
to go into town, you immediately
decide to go into town?
NATHAN
Yup.

NICK
A girl who, for all we know, might
already be dead?
NATHAN
Yup.
NICK
A girl who, might I add, already
has a boyfriend?

NATHAN
Yeah, something like that.
NICK
Well, mind if I sit this one out?

KYLE
Yeah, me too actually.
NATHAN stops in his tracks and looks at the two of them.

NATHAN
Wait, what? What happened to what
you were saying last night, about
helping me out, no matter what it
takes.

NICK
Yeahhhh that was kind of before the
whole, imminant death, zombie
thing.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 42.

NATHAN
You were just saying this morning
how they aren’t dangerous.
NICK
Yeahhhh, and that was before one of
them tried to eat my brains.
KYLE
I think he was going more for the
neck.

NICK
Yes, thank you Kyle. Eat my neck.
NATHAN looks at the two of them for a moment.

NATHAN
Fine, but when I do something
extremely heroic you’re going to
wish you had caught it on film.
NICK
No, I think you will wish we’d
caught it on film.
NATHAN starts heading out the door.
NATHAN
You’re gonna regret it!
NICK
Really don’t think we will.

NATHAN’s about to close the door behind him, when he sees

his text book from earlier sitting on a table. He grabs it
and slams the door behind him.

EXT.JULIE’S APT BUILDING.DAY

NATHAN rolls out of some bushes into a parking lot. Apart

from sirens, screaming, and random crashes heard in the
distance the coast seems clear. He steps quietly across the
parking lot towards the apartment building that looms
overhead.

He gets to the door and creeps inside. The coast seems clear
again, and he starts making his way up the steps. He gets to
her floor, and knocks on the door. There’s no answer. He
looks around, then knocks again.

//Quick Cut-5 Minutes Later//

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 43.

He’s standing outside the door, looking bored out of his

mind. He knocks on the door again, and then looks at this
watch. He then reaches forward and grabs the handle and
twists it, it opens with ease.

NATHAN
Oh what the hell.
He presses the door open, and then walks in. The apartment
seems empty, but no signs of a struggle. Behind him the door
closes and something lunges out at him. He’s hit over the
head with a baseball bat, and he falls to the floor.
//Quick Cut//
He wakes up on the couch. Outside it is now dark, and he
sits up, rubbing his head. Someone has wrapped guaze around
it for him. He looks around, and sees JULIE in the kitchen
area making coffee.
NATHAN
Did uh... did you knock me out?

JULIE
(startled)
Oh! You’re awake!
NATHAN
And in pain.

JULIE
Yeah, sorry about that. You kept
knocking, and I thought that if you
weren’t one of them you would have
either said something or gone away
by that point.
NATHAN
Well I’m persistant.

JULIE
Sorry about the bump.
NATHAN
Oh I’ll get over it.

JULIE
Coffee?
She walks over to him, handing him a mug. He smiles and
takes it.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 44.

NATHAN
Are you ok?
JULIE
Yeah. I barricaded myself in here
last night when I heard all the
screaming in the hallway.
NATHAN
The front door was unlocked though.

JULIE
Yeah we never could get that thing
to lock right.
NATHAN
Or at all.

JULIE
Or at all, yes. Why did you come
here?
NATHAN
To... rescue you?
JULIE
Really? Why did you bring your
textbook?

NATHAN looks down at it In his hands.

NATHAN
A weapon?
JULIE
Really?
NATHAN
Nevermind. Listen, this place isn’t
safe. I came here to get you out of
here.
JULIE remains sitting, and looks at him.
JULIE
We can’t.

NATHAN
What? Why?
JULIE
What about Chad?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 45.

NATHAN
Oh. Just leave him.
JULIE
He’s locked in his room.

NATHAN turns his head down the hall to see the door closed
with a dresser pulled in front of it. He slowly turns back
to JULIE.
NATHAN
Why do you have his door more
barricaded than the front door?
JULIE avoids his eye contact and looks into her cup of
coffee.

JULIE
You remember how he said he was bit
yesterday...
NATHAN’s eyes widen and he looks back towards the door, and
suddenly hears a pounding on it. He twists his head back
towards JULIE.
JULIE
He’s not the same...
NATHAN
Julie, we need to leave like, now.
Like, pronto.
JULIE
But what about Chad?

NATHAN
I don’t think you understand; Chad
is dead.
JULIE
No he’s not! He’s pounding on the
door.
The pounding gets louder.
NATHAN
Yes I can hear that!
JULIE
Dead people don’t pound! He’s just
sick!

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 46.

NATHAN
We don’t have much time to discuss
this!
JULIE
But Nathan!
NATHAN
I don’t think you understand the
gravity of the situation. The
second he busts through that door
he’s going to go for our throats
and...
He hesitates, considering the situation before saying
anything else.

NATHAN
He’s not who you think he is.
JULIE starts to get emotional.
JULIE
Nathan, I can’t just leave him.
NATHAN
Why not? He’s the perfect guy to
"just leave". He’s a slob, he’s a
womanizer, he’s a dick. What do you
see in him?
JULIE
Well, the sex is great.
NATHAN rolls his eyes and throws his hands up in the air and
lets out a heavy sigh.
NATHAN
Not what I want to hear right now!
Listen to me Julie. Look at me.

She sniffs and looks up at him.

NATHAN
You can do so so much better than
Chad.

JULIE
(sniffs)
You think so?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 47.

NATHAN
I know so.
JULIE smiles at him, and he smiles back at her.
NATHAN
Somewhere out there, I know,
there’s a guy who’d die to have you
at his side. Who’d go through
perilous life threatening danger to
make sure you’re safe.

NATHAN stands there with his arms kind of outstretched, as

if presenting himself to her.
JULIE
Maybe he’ll be foreign too...

NATHAN lets out another heavy sigh and drops his arms. He
stands back up straight.
NATHAN
Can we go now then?

JULIE
But even so... I can’t just leave
Chad here...
NATHAN looks at her for a moment.

NATHAN
Ok. Tell you what. You go and wait
downstairs, and I’ll deal with him,
ok? I’ll make sure he’s cool with
all of this.

JULIE
Ok.
NATHAN
Sound good?
JULIE
Yes.
JULIE stands up, and NATHAN helps her out the door.

NATHAN
Won’t be anymore than 2 minutes.
I’ll be there soon. I promise I
won’t leave you.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 48.

JULIE
Well I mean, I’ll be at the door,
you’d have to go by me anyways.
NATHAN
Right. Two minutes.
He pops back in the door and closes it behind him. He looks
around the apartment, he’s alone now. He picks the book up
and holds it tightly in his hands. He looks over at the
doors. Suddenly something starts pounding on them again.

NATHAN very cautiously walks over to the doors, and pulls

the dresser out of the way, having much difficulty.
NATHAN
How the hell did she move it on her
own?
He eventually gets it out of the way, and stands in front of
the door. The pounding continues, and he holds the book up
at the ready. He starts reaching out for the doorknob, and
he’s about to twist it when suddenly he has a realization.

NATHAN
Wait. She’ll never know. Why don’t
I just tell her Chad and I talked
it out?

He pulls his hand back from the door and starts walking back
down the hallway when he stops again.
NATHAN
Is that really how you want to
start off your relationship though?
By lying?
He turns around, and walks back over for the doorknob. More
reluctantly reaching for it this time. He stops again.

NATHAN
I think lying about not killing
their zombie-fied douchey boyfriend
could be ok though...
He stands there for a moment, pondering it. Before shrugging
his shoulders.
NATHAN
Eh, fuck it.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 49.

He turns around, and right as he does, the door busts open.

It hits him on the back and knocks him flying forward onto
the floor. He rolls over onto his back and sees CHAD,
lookign douchey as ever, but definitely a zombie, coming at
him.
He tries to get up, but CHAD grabs him and throws him
against a wall. He falls back to the floor, and begins
crawling away, grabbing the book as he does. CHAD grabs at
his ankles and tries pulling him back, but he swings the
books and hits CHAD’S fingers, making him let go.
NATHAN gets up and starts to run for the door, and slams
into it. He tries to twist the knob, but it’s jammed.

NATHAN
You’ve got to be kidding me.
He turns around and CHAD grabs onto him again, slamming him
into the door. He crumples down to the floor, in a daze.

NATHAN
Why are you so strong?!
He looks up just in time to see CHAD descending on him;
mouth wide open. He holds the book out in front of him, open
and closes his eyes. When he opens then he sees CHAD’s face
stuck inside the book.
NATHAN
I don’t know if irony is the right
word to describe this right now.

He looks at CHAD for a moment and then laughs.

NATHAN
Hey uh, Chad. You wanna look it up
for me and tell me if it is?

He laughs again. Then realizes he’s still stuck in the room

with him. He looks around the room, and sees the baseball
bat lying on the ground next to him, then back at CHAD. He
grabs the baseball bat, and then pushes CHAD back with the
book, before standing up, holding the baseball bat at ready.

NATHAN
Alright, let’s do this thing.
//QUICK CUT//

The front door to the apartment goes flying open and NATHAN
goes flying backwards, soon after his book goes flying at
him, which he dodges.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 50.

NATHAN
Ok, nevermind then! That’s not
going to work.
He gets up, grabbing the book and baseball bat quickly.

He looks over and sees an open window. Then back at CHAD,

who is quickly coming for him.

EXT.JULIE’S APT BUILDING.NIGHT

The book goes flying out the open window first. It’s a few
stories up, and falls down quickly to the ground. Next out
is the baseball bat. NATHAN mounts the ledge, and looks
down.

NATHAN
Oh Jesus. This is higher than I
thought.
He looks back in at CHAD, who is in the hallway now, and
coming for him. He looks back down, and eventually moves so
he’s hanging by his fingers. He looks down one last time,
then back up at CHAD, before letting go. With a scared
expression he drops, and lands on the awning. He looks back
up at CHAD, who hangs half his body out the window, reaching
down for him.

He jumps off the awning, and then goes back into the
building.

INT.JULIE’S APT BUILDING.

He sees JULIE waiting there.

NATHAN
Looks like I did get past you
without you noticing.

JULIE
How did you do that?
NATHAN
Just magic. You should see it when
I pull the chicken out of my pants.
JULIE looks at him for a moment, furrowing her brows.
JULIE
What?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 51.

NATHAN
You should... see it when I pull
the chicken out of my pants?
JULIE shakes her head, and walks past him outside. NATHAN
smacks his forehead.
NATHAN
Why would you repeat that twice?

EXT.JULIE’S APT BUILDING.NIGHT

Outside he sees JULIE standing a distance in the parking
lot, looking up at the building. He goes out and stands next
to her, turning back to the building to see what she’s
looking at. Through the window CHAD is still reaching out
towards them.
JULIE
Look, he’s waving goodbye.
NATHAN
Pretty sure that’s not the case.
NATHAN starts pulling on her sleeve, leading her away from
the building.
JULIE
He doesn’t want me to go...
NATHAN
I’m pretty sure he doesn’t mind.
Let’s go please.

NATHAN pulls her into the bushes, and they disappear.

EXT.NATHAN’S APT.NIGHT

Hiding across the road, NATHAN and JULIE spy on NATHAN’S

apartment. They don’t see anything, but the front door of
the place is wide open, and all the lights are out. NATHAN
is holding the book while JULIE is holding onto the baseball
bat.

NATHAN
I don’t like the looks of this.
JULIE
The place looks empty. All the
lights are out.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 52.

NATHAN
I told them to stay there. Where
would they have gone?
They continue to look around. They still see nothing.

NATHAN
Ok. We can at least check it out,
see if they’re there. On the count
of three, we’ll make our way across
the street, ok?

JULIE
Ok.
NATHAN
One... two... th--

Before he can count three though, he’s tackled out of

nowhere, and he screams. He’s pinned to the ground by
something.
NICK
Be quiet! You’ve got to be quiet!
NATHAN
Don’t eat me!
NICK
I’m not going to eat you, just
listen to me!
NATHAN
I don’t want to be eaten!

NICK
I’m not going to fucking eat you!
Now shut up before they hear us!
NATHAN looks up to see that it’s NICK, he looks over and
sees KYLE standing by JULIE.
NATHAN
Nick?
NICK
No, it’s the muffin man. Who else
would be telling you he’s not going
to fucking eat you while trying to
shut you up?
KYLE giggles, NATHAN looks over at him, then back at NICK.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 53.

NATHAN
Are you two high?

KYLE goes quiet. NICK makes a guilty face.

NICK
No. Yes. Yes we are.
NICK gets off of him, and NATHAN gets up.

NATHAN
Why aren’t you two in the
apartment? I thought you weren’t
going anywhere?

NICK
Yeahhhh. About that. When I told
someone...
NICK glares back at KYLE.

NICK
...to air out the apartment he
opened the front door and they kind
of just waltzed right in.
KYLE shrugs his shoulders.

KYLE
Whoops.
NICK
Yeah. Whoops.
NATHAN
Dammit Kyle. Now what are we going
to do?

NICK and KYLE look at one another, then back at JULIE and
NATHAN.
NICK
Actually the two of us were
talking. And we think we figured
something out.
NATHAN
Wait, what? You two figured
something out?

NICK
Well. If you remember correctly,
yesterday everything was hunky
dory, correct?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 54.

NATHAN
Correct.
NICK
Except as we were walking to class,
right after we were done staring at
Julie as she walked by...
NATHAN’s eyes widen and he looks back at JULIE and makes a
nervous smile.

NICK
Then we passed by that skank, then
by Mitch. And he was acting
strange.
NATHAN
Yeah, he said...
NICK
He said that something was wrong
with Zac. He said...

NATHAN
He said that he’d seen too much.
JULIE
Aww, it’s cute. You two are
completing each others’ sentences.

They all look at her. She shrugs.

NICK
We think that Mitch may know
something. That maybe he can help
shed some light on all of this.
NATHAN
Do you know where Mitch lives?
NICK
On a farm right outside of town.
NATHAN
Then what do you say we pay Mitch a
visit?

NICK
I say hell yes.
NATHAN
Julie?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 55.

JULIE
Uhhh.... sure?
NATHAN
Kyle?

KYLE giggles.

EXT.WOODS.NIGHT

The group hikes through a dark woods, NATHAN in front

hugging the text book, followed closely by JULIE who is
holding the baseball bat, KYLE is filming behind them and
NICK holding the boom mic. They are obviously nervous, and
look around constantly, making sure everything is clear.

NICK
Explain to me again why we couldn’t
just take a car?
NATHAN
Because we all left our keys in the
apartment.
NICK
Right. Well either way, why did we
choose the dark woods? Vision is
pretty nada out here.

NATHAN
Because it’s the quickest way to
get to Mitch’s.
NICK
I mean, I don’t know if everyone
else here is aware of it, but the
dark scary woods is always where
the group gets picked off one by
one--

JULIE
(to Nathan)
He talks a lot, doesn’t he?
NATHAN
You have no idea.
NICK
--Usually starting in back and
moving forward, which means I would
be first.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 56.

KYLE looks back at him, then slows down his pace, so that
NICK is in front of him.
NICK
Kyle, you don’t have to do that for
me.

KYLE
No, it’s ok.
NICK
You sure?
KYLE
Oh yeah. I wouldn’t mind being a
zombie.

NATHAN
Wait, really?
KYLE
Yeah, I think it’d be kind of fun
to see what it’s like. You know, to
have died and come back.
JULIE
But what about your humanity?
Living without a soul? You wouldn’t
know love, or fear.

KYLE
I don’t really know those anyways.
A branch cracks in the distance, they all halt.

NATHAN
Everyone, be quiet.
NICK
No shit, Sherlock.

NATHAN
I said be quiet!
NICK mocks NATHAN to JULIE, who looks away with disgust.
NICK shrugs his shoulders. They all quietly look around,
they don’t hear anything.
JULIE
(whispered to Nathan)
What do you think it was?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 57.

NATHAN
(whispered back)
I don’t know. It could be anything.
Maybe a zombie... or it could just
be a squirrel, maybe it’s another
survivor... or a vampire.
JULIE
(skeptically whispering)
A vampire? Seriously?

NATHAN
(whispering)
I mean, you never know. Did you
think zombies were real a day ago?
NICK
(whispering)
Stop keeping secrets! What are you
talking about up there?
JULIE
(whispering to Nick)
Vampires.
NICK
(whispering)
Don’t tell me you two are in on
that stupid vampire shit. That’s
all I ever see on the TV is shit
about vampires. I mean take
Twilight for example. He doesn’t
give a shit about her. And she just
mindlessly stalks him. Doesn’t she
try to kill herself just so she can
see him? How abusive does that guy
have to be to scare her away?
Christ, what kind of role model is
that for children--

NATHAN
(whispering angrily)
Will you shut up already? We’re
trying to be quiet he--
Right at that moment a gun cocks, and NATHAN turns his head
to see the barrel pointed right at his face. He looks up to
see a man completely covered in hunting gear, with a gas
mask on his face. He drops the book and raises his hand in
surrender, as does everyone but KYLE, who keeps filming.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 58.

NICK
Way to give away our position Nate.
The man in the mask speaks.
TONY
Come with me if you want to live.
//Jump Cut//
The group is walking through the woods. The masked man
follows them, the gun trained at their backs. No one speaks
for a bit.
NATHAN
So, what did you say your name is?

TONY
I didn’t.
NATHAN
Are you going to?

TONY
Shut up.
NATHAN does so. They are quiet for a little bit longer, till
they hear a scream off in the distance somewhere. The group
all freezes. The man in back looks around, then back at the
group.
TONY
We need to move faster. Now.
He starts walking, physically pushing the others this time.
They stumble forward.
NATHAN
Do you mind telling us where we’re
going?

TONY
We have a camp. It’s secure. I’ve
been following you for some time,
you’ve been literally walking in
circles.

NATHAN
How did you find us?
TONY
The Italian breathes so hard I
could have shot him in the dark.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 59.

Everyone looks back at KYLE, who just shrugs.

KYLE
Whoops.
NATHAN
Well how much longer till we’re at
the camp?
TONY points, and up ahead they see a light from a campfire.

NATHAN
Oh... so soon then.

EXT.CAMP.NIGHT

They start approaching the campfire, there are two small

tents set up as well. The tent flap opens up, and COURTNEY
comes out. She looks like she’s in a constant state of
shock, her arms wrapped around herself, but her purse is
still underneath her arm.

NATHAN
Courtney?
She looks at all of them, and her stare blank.
NATHAN
Courtney, is Mitch with you? Is
Mitch here?
TONY
She hasn’t talked much since the
shit went down.

COURTNEY
I had to kill my roommate with a
frying pan... and my dog.

NICK
Wait, it’s spreading across
species?
TONY
Separate incidents. She just
accidentally ran over her dog.
COURTNEY
I loved that dog.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 60.

NICK
So wait a second. Which one was
your roommate? Tiffany, or
Samantha?
COURTNEY
Both of them.
NICK
Oh, ok. Gotcha.
NATHAN
Courtney, we need to find Mitch. It
could be very critical.

COURTNEY looks at all of them, and she’s about to speak, but

then just starts crying.
NICK
Jesus. She’s hysterical. Go figure,
she never shuts up until we need
her to talk.
JULIE
Will you stop being such an
insensitive prick?

JULIE goes over and wraps her arm around COURTNEY, and the
two of them take a seat on a log.
TONY
Ok, So. What the hell are you doing
out here?

NATHAN
Well we could ask you the same
question. And while we’re at it,
why do you have a gun still pointed
at us?
TONY
Because we’re trying to stay alive.
NATHAN
And we’re just lining up to die?
TONY
You’re carrying a text book as a
weapon. And what are they carrying?
Is that a camera? And a... boom
mic?
KYLE and NICK shyly look at the ground. TONY looks over and
points at JULIE.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 61.

TONY
You’re telling me the only person
actually carrying weapon is the
girl?

JULIE
What are you trying to imply?
TONY
Nothing ma’am. It says more about
them than it does of you.

JULIE
Well, ok.
NATHAN
Listen. We don’t want any trouble.
We were trying to find Mitch,
Courtney if you--
TONY
What do you want him for?

NATHAN
He may know something that could
help us.
TONY suspiciously raises his eyebrows at NATHAN.

TONY
Help you with what?
NATHAN
The other day, before all this
began, he was acting weird. Just
ask Courtney, she’s his
"girlfriend."
NICK
(under his breath)
She’s a skank.
COURTNEY sobs even louder. JULIE throws a stick at NICK.
NICK
Ow! Like we weren’t all thinking
it.
NATHAN
Anyways. When we talked to him, he
said he’d "seen too much". We think
he may know something about how
this all started.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 62.

TONY
Mitch has always been weird. A bit
spineless too.
NATHAN
Wait... How do you know Mitch?
TONY
Because he’s my brother.
No one says anything for a moment, until NICK speaks.

NICK
Oh shit! That means you’re Tony!
You scare the shit out of Mitch.
TONY
Good.
NATHAN
Listen, we just need to see what he
knows so we can--

TONY
So you can what? What exactly are
you trying to do, save the world?
Why put yourself in so much danger?
NATHAN doesn’t answer, but TONY looks back at KYLE and NICK,
who are still filming. He nods and looks back at NATHAN.
TONY
Ohh. I see how it is. You’ve got
your little film crew here, and you
want to play hero, do you? You want
to save the world and have it all
on camera.
He shakes his head at them.

TONY
Well listen here, bud. The world
doesn’t work like that. Heroes die
fast. I was in the war, I saw kids
just like you who wanted glory. I
saw how quickly they went down. It
ain’t nothing but theatrics in
their heads. Only difference here
is you have a film crew. Only
difference here is the rest of the
world will be able to see you when
you fail.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 63.

NATHAN remains still, looking at TONY in the eyes as he

speaks.

TONY
Turn around now before it’s too
late boy. Before you’re just
another Johnny Jim Boy who gets his
dick blown off by an ill timed
grenade throw. You aren’t a hero,
and never will be.
Nothing is said for a moment, NATHAN just glares at TONY
before finally speaking.
NATHAN
No one is trying to be a hero here,
comrade. We’re just trying to make
a goddamn documentary so the world
can know what happened here. We’re
just doing what we can, and I don’t
appreciate the way you talk down on
us.
TONY
Need I remind you how I could have
just blown your brains out in the
woods, and no one would have ever
known?
NATHAN
And need I remind you that while
the world turns to shit you coop up
and hide in the woods? Behavior I
think you coined your brother
"spineless" for?
TONY
Are you implying--

NATHAN
Oh I am, Tony. I’m implying that
you’re spineless. So what are you
than just a little girl in a little
skirt?

TONY starts raising the gun slowly, NATHAN’s hands tighten

on the book. KYLE starts filming. But then suddenly a voice
comes from the tent.
MITCH
It happened so fast...
Everyone stops moving and looks over at the tent. KYLE
shakes his head in disappointment.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 64.

KYLE
That would have been a great fight.
MITCH steps out of the tent, and looks at everyone. He
thinks for a moment, then speaks.

MITCH
Zac and I had found some empty
bee-hives along the road. We
decided we might as well load them
in the back of the truck, they
looked like they were in decent
condition.
He looks up at the rest of them.
MITCH
But they weren’t empty like we
thought. They still had a few
living bees left in them. One of
them stung Zac. He wasn’t allergic
or nothing, so we thought nothing
of it.

The others listen intently.

MITCH
But he changed. He changed so
quickly. He started coughing up
blood, and shaking a lot. I thought
he was going to have a seizure.
Then he fell to the ground, I felt
his pulse. He was dead.
He looks at everyone, his face twisted with sadness, and
fear.
MITCH
But then he got back up! He tried
to attack me. I ran back to the
truck and got in. There was nothing
left of Zac in that face. I drove
off, and he chased me for as long
as he could, till he was just a
speck in the review mirror. I
think...

His voice trails back off, he looks to the ground then back
up at the rest of them. He sits down on a log next to the
fire.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 65.

MITCH
...I think he started all of this!
He buries his head in his hands. Everyone stands there
looking at him.

JULIE
Poor thing.
TONY
Spineless.

NATHAN walks over to MITCH, and puts his hand on his

shoulder, and looks him in the eye.
NATHAN
Mitch. You can still help us out.
You can tell us where the beehives
are.
MITCH
They’re at Zac’s family’s farm.
It’s just over that way about
fifteen miles.
He points. NATHAN looks at everyone else. They all just
stare at him.
JULIE
So what happens now?
NATHAN
I think we should move--
TONY
If you’re going to be doing
anything, I suggest you wait till
morning. The woods is no place to
be wandering around blindly in the
dark.

NICK
Thank you. I tried to tell them
that earlier.
TONY
You’re welcome to stay here with
us, the girls can have one tent.
He points to one of the tents. All the guys look back at
him.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 66.

NATHAN
And the guys are all going to pack
into the other one?
TONY
No. Mitch and I get that tent, you
three sleep out here. Keep guard.
NICK
It’s a bit cold, don’t you think?

TONY
Then we’ll get you a sleeping bag.
KYLE
Sleep over!

//Quick Cut//
The group is settled around the campfire. MITCH and COURTNEY
sit together, MITCH has his arm around her. Meanwhile NATHAN
sits next to JULIE. KYLE and NICK sit next to each other,
NICK smoking a joint. TONY stands at the edge of the group,
leaning against a tree, and looking off into the distance.
Everyone is silent.
NATHAN
Anyone want to sing some campfire
songs?
No one says anything. He looks at JULIE, who just shrugs her
shoulders. He looks back around.
NATHAN
You guys are all a bunch of talkers
tonight, huh?
He turns back to NICK.

NATHAN
Come on Nick. Anything?
NICK
Yeah. Quit killing my buzz.

NATHAN
Ok... fine.
He sits back. There’s a pause of silence.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 67.

JULIE
Yesterday morning, I was in a rush
to get to school. I’d woken up
late, and I had an exam, and I
didn’t want to miss it. So I took a
quick shower, and was getting
ready, and as I was straightening
my hair, Chad...
NICK
(to Kyle)
Douche.
NICK and KYLE both giggle to themselves.
JULIE
...was calling my name from the
other room. So I went to go see
what he wanted. And after pounding
on the bedroom door for a while, I
found out he was was still asleep.
So I went back to the bathroom,
only to find out I’d put my hair
straightener on my white shirt, and
had burned a nice hole in it.
No one says anything.
JULIE
But I still made it to class, and
did the exam. And don’t think I did
too badly either.
Still nothing.

JULIE
The point is, unexpected bad things
happen every day, but yet we make
it through.

Everyone thinks about this for a moment. NICK coughs as he

takes a hit.
TONY
When I was overseas, we had to deal
with so much. IED’s, attacks from
everywhere. Enough to drive anyone
crazy. But you know what our
biggest problem was?
Everyone just looks at him, NATHAN shakes his head.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 68.

TONY
Cats. Cats everywhere. At night
they’d come into your barracks, or
wherever you were sleeping, and
they’d try to cuddle up with you.
They smell the food around your
lips, and they’d try to lick it off
of you. Normally I wouldn’t care
about that.
He pauses and looks at everyone again, with a grin.

TONY
But these were the same cats that
were eating the dead bodies that
were lying on the streets. The same
mouths that ate chunks of your
friends were licking your lips. The
second you woke up and saw one of
those things looking at you, the
stench of decay on their breath,
you grew more cold than you ever
had before.

There’s another pause, TONY looks off into the distance.

NATHAN
What did you do to get rid of them?

TONY
Set out poisoned cans of tuna every
night.
They all get quiet again. TONY chuckles to himself and looks
out into the woods again.
NICK
I worked as a cashier once. A mom
and her kid were going through the
line, and the kid kept moving stuff
around. The mom told him she’d give
me his gameboy if he didn’t stop.
So instead he just threw a hand
full of coffee grind into my face.
She never gave me his gameboy.

COURTNEY finally speaks up for the first time.

COURTNEY
Life is never what you think.
Everyone looks over at her.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 69.

COURTNEY
I used to only care about how I
looked. What was in style. Which
celebrity was dating which. I never
once thought that it would all end
in one day.
She looks around at everyone else.

COURTNEY
Do you think that it’ll ever be the
way it was before? Or has it all
changed forever?
No one answers at first, but then KYLE speaks up.

KYLE
Well. To say that everything
"changed" is a bit ambiquous.
"Change" isn’t really graspable. We
never really change, and neither
does life. It just alters. We just
accept a difference. We’re always
the same people we always were. And
for all we know, this could only
literally be happening to us, the
rest of the world could be living
as it always was. For all we know,
two miles down the road someone is
eating a pancake, the same way they
do every day.

Everyone is silent, staring at KYLE in disbelief.

NICK
What the fuck are you going on
about.

NATHAN looks over his shoulder, and sees a blanket lying

next to the tent. On the blanket are a few guns, and a bow
and arrow. TONY sees him looking at it, and speaks up.
TONY
Private stach.

NATHAN
Preparing for the end of the world,
huh?
TONY
I was right to, wasn’t I?
NATHAN gets up and walks over to them, looking down at them.
TONY walks up to his side, the two look over all of them.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 70.

TONY
Beauties, aren’t they?
NATHAN
Yeah, they’re mighty fine piece of
equipment.

TONY picks up a rifle, and puts it in NATHAN’s hands, he

looks it over.
TONY
You know how to use one of those?
NATHAN
Point, pull trigger, boom?
TONY
Fucking poetry, man.
JULIE stands up next to them, and she looks at the bow and
arrow.
JULIE
Who’s is that?
TONY
Mitch’s. But somehow I doubt he’ll
be using it much anymore.

They look back at MITCH, who has his arms wrapped around
COURTNEY.
TONY
You ever used one before?

JULIE
My dad used to take me out to the
range every now and then as a kid.
But it’s been years.

She reaches down and picks the bow up, holding it in her
hand while using the other to run down the frame. She grips
it tightly.
NICK
Ok. Nate was right. This silence is
really harshing my buzz.
He begins to sing "John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt". Slowly
but surely everyone is chiming in, including COURTNEY, and
even TONY smiles at their fun. But he quickly sees something
off in the woods, and steps out, looking into the darkness.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 71.

TONY
Be quiet, all of you.
The song dies off. They all look at TONY, who is staring off
into the darkness.

TONY
There’s something out there, but
it’s too fast to be a--
He’s cut off as whatever is out there comes dashing straight
towards him. He tries to go for his gun, but it tackles him
to the ground first. He holds it off while it tries to bite
and thrash at him, the others all jump back. COURTNEY
screams.
NATHAN
What the fuck is that?!
TONY holds the zombie off of him, but his gun is knocked out
of his hands.
TONY
Somebody help me!
The two wrestle violently on the ground, NATHAN aims his gun
about while everyone else watches.
TONY
Shoot her!
NATHAN keeps aiming. He can’t get a clear shot.
NATHAN
I can’t get a clear shot!

TONY
Shoot her!
NATHAN keeps aiming.

NATHAN
I can’t do it!
COURTNEY
Yes you can!

NATHAN
I can’t!
TONY
Yes you fucking can!

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 72.

And with one final aim, NATHAN takes shot, and blows the
zombie clear off of TONY, who very quickly freezes so as to
not get shot. He sits up, and looks at his arm, he’s been
bitten, he pulls his sleeve down over it and looks at the
rest. Everyone is looking at the body, except JULIE, who is
looking at him.
NATHAN
Have you ever seen a fast one
before?

TONY
No. But zombies never travel alone.
They slowly back up towards the campfire more. They hear
more motion out in the woods, NATHAN aims his gun and looks
out into the darkness. KYLE begins filming again, and NICK
gets the sound equipment out.
Something runs past in the darkness. TONY aims his gun at
the ready. COURTNEY stands, shaking, while MITCH holds her.
JULIE holds the bow and and arrow in her hands.

COURTNEY
I can’t do this.
MITCH
Courtney, it’s ok.

COURTNEY
They’re going to kill us!
MITCH
Courtney, please calm down.

COURTNEY
They’re going to get us, and
they’re going to eat us alive!
NICK
Will someone please tell her to be
quiet! She’s really popping on the
gain.
COURTNEY
We’re, like, all going to die!
We’re going to die!
TONY
Mitch, shut her up.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 73.

MITCH
Courtney, babe, I need you to be
quiet.
JULIE
Courtney, it’s going to be ok.
COURTNEY
They’re coming to get us, Julia!
JULIE
My name is Julie.
And with that, COURTNEY breaks from MITCH’s grasp, and runs
off away from the campsite. MITCH screams at her.
MITCH
Courtney!
MITCH runs off after her.
TONY
Mitch!

NICK
Uh, Tony?
JULIE
I’m going after them!

NATHAN
Julie! Stay here!
JULIE doesn’t listen, and runs off after the other two. TONY
stares off at them.

NICK
Tony!
TONY spins towards NICK.

TONY
What?!
NICK
They’re here.

TONY looks in the direction NATHAN is looking, and sees some

slow zombies stumbling out of the woods towards them. He
aims the gun and starts firing. NATHAN jumps in surprise at
first, as he’s looking back towards where JULIE ran off, but
then starts firing as well.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 74.

NICK
Hey, you know who isn’t armed?
TONY looks back at them.
NICK
Us!
TONY pulls a pistol out, and tosses it to KYLE, who looks at
NICK, and smiles.

NICK
Seriously?

EXT.WOODS.NIGHT

MITCH runs through the darkness, COURTNEY’S voice barely

audible anymore. Gunshots are also heard in the distance. He
looks around in panic to see if he can see her, but he’s
alone. He keeps going.
He around a tree to see a zombie standing up ahead, he stops
dead in his tracks. The zombie stumbles around, not having
seen him yet. MITCH takes slow steps, trying to get out of
sight. He starts stepping around the trunk, and bumps into
something. He turns around to see a zombie. He screams.
//

COURTNEY is running aimlessly, no direction at all.

Stuttering to herself the whole time as well.
COURTNEY
They’re going to kill us.

She keeps running aimlessly.

//

JULIE runs around a corner to see the same zombie MITCH saw
earlier, and stops. She slowly starts backing up the same
way MITCH did, and even goes to the same tree. She starts
turning around it, and bumps into something. She jumps, but
sees it’s just another tree. She quickly hides behind it.

EXT.CAMP.NIGHT
TONY kneels on the ground, stabbing at a zombie repeatedly
with a knife, while NATHAN slowly backs up, firing shot
after shot into the same zombie.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 75.

NATHAN
Why won’t you die!
He fires another shot, which takes the zombie down. He
smiles.

NATHAN
I got another one!
TONY stabs the knife into the zombie one last time, then
stands up.

TONY
That’s great kid, don’t get cocky.
NATHAN
Look out!

TONY turns to see a zombie right next to him. He grabs it on

the back of the head and pulls it close to him, while
grabbing a pistol out with the other hand. He sticks it up
against the zombie and pulls the trigger a number of times.
The zombie crumples. NATHAN shrugs his shoulders.

KYLE is aiming the gun in front of the camera like a first

person shooter, and continues to shoot down zombies. NICK
meanwhile is violently attempting to turn down the volume on
the mic.

NICK
Would you please stop that!
KYLE
Would be a bit counter-productive.

NICK
(sarcastically)
Oh that’s totally fine. Just making
me go deaf, is all.

NATHAN backs away from a zombie, reloading. He eventually

gets it, and then shoots, taking down the zombie in the
first shot. He smiles to himself.
NATHAN
I’m getting better at this!

He turns and looks into the woods, to see a fast zombie dash
out towards him.
NATHAN
Why can they run now?!
 76.

He lifts his gun to aim, but the zombie knocks it out of his
hands first. It then grabs onto him, and throws him out of
the light of the fire.

EXT.WOODS.NIGHT
COURTNEY runs a bit more, before she stops. Up ahead she
sees MITCH, turned away from her, shambling back and forth.
She stops and looks at him.

COURTNEY
Mitch?
MITCH stumbles away from her still, and she starts walking
over to him. She reaches out to him.

COURTNEY
Mitch, babe? Hello?
She gets closer and closer, and taps him on the shoulder. He
spins around to reveal his front is covered in blood.
COURTNEY screams. MITCH tries to bite her, but she swings
her purse, and hits him in the head with it. He falls over
to the ground, but starts to get back up.
COURTNEY hurriedly digs through her purse, until she pulls
out a can of mace. She sprays it in MITCH’s face and he lets
out a loud groan and grasps at his eyes.

COURTNEY steps back, looking around at the ground. MITCH

slowly starts to get up, still grabbing at his eyes.
COURTNEY looks at the ground to see some big rocks lying
around. She reaches down and tries to pick up a heavy one,
but it weighs too much and she stops, and then goes for a
smaller one. She puts it in her purse.
MITCH shambles towards her, but she swings the purse again,
the rock in it this time. It hits MITCH on the head with a
thud and he falls to the ground. She then stands over him
and repeatedly beats him with the purse.
She stands back, exasperated.
COURTNEY
Oh my God. I’ve killed my roommate,
my dog, and my boyfriend.
Something snaps a branch behind her, she spins around.
COURTNEY
Hello?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 77.

She turns back around, nothing is behind her either, just

MITCH’s dead body. But while she looks at it, a zombie pops
up from behind her and pulls her down with a scream and
devours her on the ground.

//
JULIE sneaks around on her own, still looking for the
others. She steps around a corner and sees the zombie
crouched over COURTNEY’s body, eating it, while MITCH’s body
lies next to them. JULIE stops dead in her tracks and turns
around, going back towards the camp.

EXT.CAMP.NIGHT
At the camp TONY fires one last shot into a downed zombie.
He reaches into his pack and pulls out a water bottle,
taking a drink while shooting down another.
Two zombies are coming for NICK and KYLE. KYLE aims the
pistol and pulls the trigger, but it just goes click. He
looks at NICK who’s eyes widen with fear. KYLE throws the
gun to the ground, and shoves the camera into NICK’s hands,
taking the boom mic from him.
KYLE turns back to the zombies, and then starts flailing the
boom mic at them. After the first couple of hits, NICK rips
the headphones off his head.

NICK
That’s it! I quit!
NATHAN gets thrown up against a tree. He’s battered and
seemingly out of it, but gets back up. He looks at the
zombie.
NATHAN
Zombie likes to play rough, huh?

He grabs a branch and swings it at the zombie. It does

little. He runs at it and tackles it to the ground, and hits
it in the face. But it throws him off of it. He tries to
stumble to his feet, while it comes at him.
NATHAN
A little help, anyone?
The zombie is almost on top of him, but with a whiz through
the air and a thud it goes stiff and falls over, an arrow
sticking out of it. JULIE stands in the distance, bow still
in hand. NATHAN looks at the body then at her.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 78.

NATHAN
Every now and then?
JULIE
Ok. At least twice a week.

Back at the camp NICK watches as JULIE pulls the arrow out
of the zombie and helps NATHAN up.
NICK
Holy hell, that girl has some
balls.
KYLE finishes beating the zombie to a pulp with the boom
mic, and drops it to the ground, battered and covered in
blood. All the zombies are gone. NATHAN and JULIE walk back
towards the campfire, where TONY, and NICK and KYLE stand.

TONY
Did you find them?
JULIE
They’re gone, Tony... I’m sorry.

TONY closes his eyes, and looks to the ground. After a

moment he looks back up to NATHAN.
TONY
So what happens now?

NATHAN
We do what has to be done.
TONY
Which is?

NATHAN
That beehive is the very epicenter
of all of this. It started it, and
I think it can end it.

He looks around at everyone, making eye contact.

NATHAN
(cont.)
I think they’re all connected as a
hive mind. That’s why they always
show up in groups. I think that if
we pull the root, all the other
weeds will die... again. We may be
the only ones who know about it
though, and if we don’t stop it,
then I don’t know who will. You all
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 79.

NATHAN (cont’d)
have come this far with me, and I
don’t expect you to come any
farther.
There’s a slight pause, everyone is silent. A zombie on the
ground by his feet makes a groan, he shoots it.

NATHAN
But the company would be nice.
He starts walking away.

KYLE
So what are you doing exactly?
NATHAN stops in his tracks and looks back up at him.

NATHAN
I’m going to destroy that beehive.
He turns to go again, but NICK stops him.
NICK
Let me ask you a question. Why
exactly are you the one to do this?
NATHAN
Someone has to.

NICK
Last I saw it, you’re the least fit
to lead this operation. You’re not
the brightest, and certainly not
the bravest. You act brashly in
order to impress the girly over
there, we’ve had to save your asses
numerous times. You lead us in the
wrong directions. Not to mention
you haphazardly risk our lives in
order to get good footage for some
school project. Now we’re to
blindly follow you on a suicide
mission to destroy a beehive,
which, as far as we know, may do
nothing at all. Am I the only one
who sees the danger here?

He looks around at the others, TONY nods.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 80.

NICK
How do we know we won’t all just
wind up body counts on your hit new
film?

NATHAN slugs him, and pins him to the ground, JULIE and
moves in, KYLE intently films. Meanwhile TONY looks at his
arm, which is still bleeding.
NATHAN
Don’t you ever even dare speak to
me like that again. All you ever do
is bitch and moan put everything
down while sitting on your high
ground. What have you ever done to
deserve anything? If you’re so
worried about losing your precious
life, then you can just stay right
here.
He lets go of NICK, and walks away. JULIE follows after him,
and TONY eventually does too. KYLE walks up next to NICK,
who stand up, bashfully.

NICK
That was probably just an act to
spice up the footage, right?
KYLE looks at him and shrugs his shoulders, and keeps
walking. NICK stands alone for a moment, then starts
following. TONY walks up alongside of NATHAN.
TONY
You do know that to get there from
here, we’re going to have to cross
the old factory, right?
NATHAN
What’s wrong with that?

TONY
A lot of places to get trapped in,
there. Could be festering with the
undead.
NATHAN
What other choice do we have?
TONY
Not anything much better.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 81.

NATHAN
Then we follow the blood splattered
road.

They walk a bit more.

NATHAN
I am sorry about Mitch.

TONY
It’s ok. I’ve got a feeling I’ll be
seeing him soon.

EXT.WOODS.DAY.

The group hikes through some woods, it’s morning now. TONY
stands a good number of feet ahead of the group, while JULIE
and NATHAN walk together, bow and shotgun in hand. In the
back KYLE and NICK follow, KYLE holding camera in hand and
NICK holding baseball bat.

JULIE lowers her voice.

JULIE
(to NATHAN)
Nathan, I want to talk about
something.
NATHAN looks around, and then back at her.
NATHAN
Go on.

JULIE
I think someone in our group is
keeping a secret.

NATHAN
Julie, I’m sure everyone has
secrets. We’re all human, just
because we have feelings doesn’t
mean they should be judged for
that...

JULIE
If you were keeping a secret, and
you knew if you told someone about
it, it would change the way
everyone looks at you entirely, but
if you did tell someone, then it
might be for the better. If nothing
else you get it off your chest.
Would you tell it?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 82.

NATHAN ponders for a moment.

NATHAN
Well maybe you’re keeping it secret
because you’re afraid of what
they’ll say. What if thy don’t
greet it with open arms? Maybe
they’ll reject and you’ll have to
deal with that. And in a time like
this when you all have to stick
together, it could get a bit
awkward, possibly even dangerous.
JULIE
But wouldn’t it be more dangerous
to not tell anyone until it was too
late, until it’d taken a hold of
you in its entirety?
NATHAN
What’s wrong with embracing it?
JULIE
(harsh whisper)
You could get everyone killed!
NATHAN
How is my love going to get anyone
killed?

JULIE
Love? What are you talking about?!
I think Tony’s been bitten!
NATHAN
Wait, like by a zombie?
JULIE
Yes.

NATHAN
Like a zombie bite?
JULIE
For the second time; yes.

NATHAN
Oh thank God. I thought you were
talking about me and--well
nevermind. So bitten, huh? That
sucks. You think he’ll ever tell
us?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 83.

JULIE
Nathan, please take this seriously.
If he turns into one of them, he
could put us all at risk. We need
to do something about it, we need
to--
TONY
(interrupting)
Need to do what?

TONY stops and turns around, facing them. Everyone else

halts as well. He lowers the gun so that the barrel is
slightly pointing at them.
TONY
Shoot me in the back like some
coward?
JULIE
Tony I--
TONY
I heard everything you were said,
no need to re-iterate.
No one says anything for a moment. KYLE nudges NICK.
KYLE
Think I should film this?
NICK
If it doesn’t get us shot.

JULIE looks at TONY.

JULIE
Tony, if you--
TONY rolls up his sleeve, revealing the bite.

TONY
There. No more secrets. But while
we’re revealing secrets; Nate, why
don’t you go ahead and tell little
miss Julie there what you really
think of her? I’ve been watching
you fawn over her all night, it’s
starting to make me sick.
JULIE looks at NATHAN who tries to cover.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 84.

NATHAN
I have no clue what you’re talking
about.
(to JULIE)
Julie, you’ve always been just a
good friend to me. Nothing more. No
need to feel awkward or anything.
TONY
Jesus Christ.
TONY starts walking forward, holding the gun at NATHAN who
immediately steps back, dropping his gun and raising his
hands in the air. TONY doesn’t say a word till he’s standing
right next to NATHAN, the gun pressed up against him.

TONY
I know how it works. It’s only a
matter of time before I turn into
one of them. And when that happens,
I won’t be watching your backs,
I’ll be eating them. And that, my
friends, is a pickle.
No one says anything, he has their full attention. He looks
around at all of them, then at NATHAN. He then flips the gun
around, holding it out to NATHAN.

TONY
And I don’t want to die knowing
that was the last thing I did.

NATHAN looks at the gun, and slowly takes it from TONY.

NATHAN
So what do you want us to do? Do
you want us to... put you out of
your misery?

TONY
What? No. Second last thing I want
to do is be killed by the likes of
you.

NATHAN
Soo... what then?
TONY
You’re going to take my gun, and
you’re going to continue to head
for the beehive. I meanwhile, am
going to stand around here till I
turn into one of those... things.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 85.

KYLE
(to NICK)
You detect some zombie racism here?
NATHAN and TONY look at each other for a moment.

NATHAN
Thank you.
TONY
Don’t think anything of it.

NATHAN
For the guns, I mean.
TONY
You’re welcome.

NATHAN
Alright everyone, let’s go.
NATHAN starts walking forward, the rest follow. TONY remains
standing as they go. NICK sets down the bat and picks up
NATHAN’s old gun. TONY puts his hand on NICK’s shoulder, and
hands him a pair of binoculars.
TONY
You may need these.

NICK
They don’t work.
TONY still pushes them into NICK’s hands, who takes them and
keeps walking.

TONY
(calling to NATHAN)
And Nathan?
NATHAN stops and turns around.

TONY
Don’t fuck this up.
NATHAN nods, and they keep going. TONY watches them.

EXT.FACTORY.DAY.
It’s dusk now. The sun is getting lower. The group leans
against a hill, looking at the factory up ahead. Everything
is quiet. NICK is looking through the binoculars.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 86.

NATHAN
How’s it look?
NICK
I mean, it looks pretty clear.

NATHAN takes the binoculars and looks through them. He sees

a group of fast zombies lurking about.
NATHAN
Are you kidding? There’s a pack
right there.
NICK
Is that what we’re calling groups
of them now? "Packs"?

NATHAN
What’d I call them earlier?
NICK
You just said "groups".

NATHAN
Whatever. Regardless, if you look
just right over there, you’ll see
them.
NICK takes the binoculars and looks again.

NICK
Yeah, I still don’t see anything.
These things are junk.
NATHAN takes them and looks, and NICK is right, they aren’t
there.
NATHAN
Where did they...

He looks around some more, and then sees a much closer pack
running straight for them.
NATHAN
Oh shit oh shit oh shit. Run!

JULIE
Will someone tell me what’s...
NATHAN
Run!

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 87.

NATHAN starts to stand up, but before he does, something

dashes by him and pushes him back to the ground. He looks up
and sees it’s TONY, running past them.
NATHAN
Tony?
TONY
Stay down!
TONY runs across the field, and the pack starts chasing
after him. He cuts in a different direction and they follow
him.
The group looks around at one another, and then NATHAN
springs up.

NATHAN
Ok now the coast is clear. We need
to go, now.
They all get up and start running across the field, making
their way towards the factory.

INT.FACTORY.
A garage door stands open, and TONY comes busting around a
corner. He sees the door and starts running for it. He
quickly dashes inside and presses the "Close" button. A fast
zombie dashes towards him, and he punches it in the face. It
falls to the ground, and the garage door gets jammed on it.
TONY turns and starts running away, as the rest of the pack
reaches the door and starts trying to crawl under it.
TONY makes his way down a hallway, and through a door. He
finds himself in a dark break room, the light from the
vending machine shining. He walks over to the vending
machine and looks in. As he does, in the background a tarp
moves, and a slow zombie stumbles into the darkness of the
room.
He puts some change in, and presses a button. A candy bar
falls and he bends over to pick it up. When he stands up, he
hears a noise. He turns around and the zombie lunges at him.
He pushes it off, and runs for the nearest door.
He closes it behind him, and finds himself at the top of a
staircase, while the zombie pounds on the other side of the
door. He flips a switch, turning on the lights, and then
walks down the stairs.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 88.

At the bottom of the stairs he comes across a big room. The

lights are flashing on and off at random. He steps inside
and looks around. He stands still, the lights start going
out. He looks at the one above his head, and then it fades.
The light then suddenly comes back on, but he’s surrounded
by zombies. He looks at all of them.
TONY
Clever... things.
All the zombies dive in towards him, and the light goes back
out.

EXT.FACTORY.DAY.
The group makes its way around the side of the building.
NATHAN in the lead, followed by JULIE, then NICK, and
finally KYLE. NATHAN peeks around the corner of the
building.

NATHAN
It’s clear, let’s go.
They start creeping along the building, but NATHAN sees a
zombie pop around the corner, he presses them all into
hiding against the wall. The zombie looks around, having
heard something.
The group remains quiet along the wall, NATHAN looks around
and sees a ladder that leads up to the roof.

NATHAN
(quietly)
That ladder may lead to the roof.
If we get up there, we may be able
to cut across here as quick as pie.

JULIE
(quielty as well)
Is that a real saying?
NATHAN
(quietly still)
Just keep quiet till it’s gone. We
don’t know how many may be around.
We don’t want to give away our
pos--

Right then, KYLE’s phone loudly starts going off. He quickly

reaches into his pocket and pulls it out, looking at it. He
laughs and looks at NICK.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 89.

KYLE
Hey Nick! Guess who’s calling me?
Your mom!
NICK
You bastard!
NATHAN
Shut that thing off! Shut up!
He tries to shut it off himself, and NICK tries fighting
KYLE, and the three get into a little scuffle. Tripping and
falling onto the ground.
JULIE
Guys.

They roll around a little bit.

JULIE
Guys!

They don’t hear them.

JULIE
Jesus Christ! GUYS!
They all stop and look back at her. She points. They turn
and look and see the one zombie staring at them.

KYLE
Awkward.
NATHAN
Get to the ladder!

JULIE starts running for it, and the other scramble to their
feet. The zombie starts dashing towards them. NICK grabs his
gun and aims it as the others run.
NICK
There’s only one of them for
chrissake.
Right then the rest of the pack comes running around the
corner, seeing them and running towards them.

NICK
Oh hell.
NICK turns and starts running, the zombies right behind. He
gets to the ledge and KYLE pulls him up. JULIE is making her

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 90.

way up the ladder, with NATHAN right behind her. NICK starts
climbing up, and KYLE films all the zombies running towards
them before he starts to climb. However as he does, a zombie
grabs his foot and starts pulling.

KYLE
Guys! Some help?
Everyone turns around. NICK’s eyes widen, and he reaches
down for him.

NICK
Take my hand!
KYLE
I can’t!

KYLE motions the camera in his only free hand.

NICK
Drop the camera!
KYLE
I can’t.
NICK
DROP THE CAMERA!
KYLE
I’m sorry Nick. I can’t do that.
NICK looks at him, confused.
KYLE
Nick, they’ve got me.

They all look down and see a zombie biting into his ankle.
Everyone is horrified, except KYLE, who is quite calm.
KYLE
It’s too late to save me. You’re
going to have to let go.
NICK
I don’t want to though.

KYLE
I’ll let you know what it’s like to
be a zombie.
KYLE looks up at NATHAN, who is teary eyed.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 91.

KYLE
Nathan?
NATHAN
Yeah?
KYLE
The camera’s still rolling. Don’t
be a wuss and censor this, ok?

NATHAN
I won’t.
KYLE looks back to NICK, who is very teary eyed, looking
down at him.

KYLE
I love you.
NICK
I love you too Kyle.

KYLE laughs.
KYLE
Why do you have to make everything
so gay?

He looks back up at everyone.

KYLE
See ya.

KYLE lets go and falls back into the ground of zombies, who
tear him away from the ladder. NICK screams for him. The
camera in KYLE’s hand points at him, as the group of zombies
start tearing him apart.
NATHAN reaches down to NICK, who is still on the ladder.

NATHAN
Come on Nick!
NICK tears himself away from what’s going on below, and
climbs up the ladder.

INT.FACTORY.
The group finds themselves the second floor of the factory.
With the sun going down not much is visible to them. They
make their way across, NATHAN in the front, JULIE in the
middle, and NICK in the back.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 92.

JULIE
I thought you said this would lead
to the roof.

NATHAN
Just give me a second, there has to
be something around here.
JULIE
I don’t like this. I can’t see
anything.
NATHAN
You think I do?

NATHAN goes to a toolbox that’s nearby and opens it. He

reaches inside and pulls out a lamp, which he turns on.
NATHAN
There. At least now we can see.

They hear a noise suddenly. Some crashes in the distance,

they all spark in attention and look around.
JULIE
What was that?

They hear it again. JULIE huddles closer to NATHAN, while

NICK slinks off, disappearing into a shadow.
NATHAN
Nick? Nick!

NICK doesn’t answer. The two look at each other. Another

crash nearby.
JULIE
I don’t like this.

NATHAN
Really? Cause I was just starting
to have fu--
Right then a zombie runs out of the shadows at them. NATHAN
smacks it with the butt of the gun and they turn and start
running. The pack chases after behind them.
NATHAN
Over there! Look! The roof!

They look ahead and see a doorway that leads to the roof.
They run up to it, and force it open. JULIE starts going
through it, while NATHAN turns around looking at all the
zombies running towards them.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 93.

NATHAN
Must go faster, must go faster.
JULIE gets through, and NATHAN jumps through as well just as
the zombies reach him.

EXT.FACTORY ROOF.NIGHT
They slam the door behind them on the roof and stand away.
The sun has now set, the lamp that NATHAN is holding is the
only light. He jumps back from the door as the zombies pound
on it, but they aren’t getting through.
NATHAN
Woo! Eat that you zombie pieces of
crap! You thought you could get us,
huh? Well tell you what? When the
sun comes back up, it’s game time!
I’m going to hit you so hard you
won’t see what’s coming. Then I’m
going to burn you so bad you’ll
just be a pile of ash on the
ground... then I’ll jump on the
pile of ash, till you think you’ve
had enough. Then I’ll do it again!
JULIE stares at him.

JULIE
Feeling better now?
NATHAN
Yeah, sorry. The adrenaline is
really kicking right now.

But the roof is clear, and the two of them are safe. JULIE
looks at the gun as NATHAN sets it down.
JULIE
I’m starting to think you should
use that more often.
NATHAN shakes his head.
NATHAN
It’s out of ammo. Tony gave it to
us empty. You know, hollywood
really misportrays the ammount of
ammo you can carry for a weapon.
They look around.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 94.

JULIE
So, what’s the game plan? We wait
up here till morning, then head
out?

NATHAN
No.
JULIE
Then what?

NATHAN
Well... that’s mostly the plan.
Except one difference.
JULIE
Which is?

NATHAN
You’re staying here.
JULIE
No. You’re not doing this alone.

NATHAN
Do you see what has happened today
when people follow me? Do you?
Mitch, and Courtney? Tony is
presumably dead. Who knows where
Nick is now. I watched them tear
Kyle apart, like a little
tissue-paper man. No more. You stay
here where it’s safe. In the
morning, I go and destroy the
beehive. I’ll come back to you
after.
JULIE
Nathan.

NATHAN
I’m not going to lose you!
NATHAN pauses, JULIE looks at, taken back a little.
NATHAN
I think I... I think I love you.
JULIE
Really?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 95.

NATHAN
Yes. Maybe? Yes. I want to go out
with you. Will you go out with me?
JULIE
Nathan, do you really think now is
the time to discuss this?
NATHAN
I’m sorry, it’s just...

NATHAN walks over and sits down. JULIE watches him.

NATHAN
I’ve had a rough day Julie.
JULIE walks over to him, and sits down next to him. He
buries his head in his hands. She puts her hand on his back
and rubs it.
JULIE
I know you have Nathan. I have too.

NATHAN looks up at her, and she smiles at him.

JULIE
But the day’s over now.
JULIE leans in and kisses him. They look at each other, and
then start kissing again.
//Fade Out//

EXT.FACTORY ROOF.DAY

//Fade In/
NATHAN awakes on the roof. JULIE is still sleeping. He looks
around, and then starts to get up, being very careful as to
not wake her up. As he’s tip-toeing away from her though,
she softly calls to him.
JULIE
Where are you going?

NATHAN stops dead in his tracks and turns around, smiling at

her.
NATHAN
To go... pee?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 96.

JULIE
Are you standing me up?
NATHAN
Uh... not quite.

He stands there guiltily, she looks at him and raises her

eyebrows.
NATHAN
I figured if I left before you woke
up... you wouldn’t try to follow
me.
JULIE
(sarcastically)
Good logic.

NATHAN
Yeahh... I didn’t think it entirely
through.
JULIE sits up, and looks at him.

NATHAN
I can’t stand the thought of losing
you.
JULIE stands up and walks over to him.

JULIE
If you do this, do you promise not
to get yourself killed, or
otherwise killed and reanimated?

NATHAN
As best as I can, yes.
JULIE
And you promise that when you do
whatever it is you have to do,
you’ll come back tome?
NATHAN
As long as you promise you’ll be
waiting for me.

JULIE
I’ve got nowhere else to go.
She smiles at him, and they embrace. She holds him very
close.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 97.

JULIE
Please don’t get yourself killed
out there.
NATHAN
Yeah.
She kisses him, then stands back and looks at him.
JULIE
If you would have kissed me during
that play. I think I would have
fallen in love with you.
NATHAN
That might be the cheesiest thing
I’ve heard in a while.

They laugh, the hushed laugh of lovers who fear they may
never see each other again. They look into each other’s
eyes.
JULIE
Promise me you’ll do what you have
to.
NATHAN
Trust me, it’s about time someone
showed these zombie pieces of shit
what a real bitch they can be.

INT.FACTORY.
The door closes behind him, and he makes his way through the
factory. It’s lit now, and quiet. No signs of anything
around. He gets to the back door, and presses a button. The
garage door opens up, and he steps outside. He looks around.
And sees a bike sitting out back.

EXT.ZAC’S HOUSE.DAY
He rides the bike up into the driveway. An old barn sits in
front of him. Everything is quiet. He gets off the bike and
looks around. He is once again unarmed, and steps into the
barn quietly.
 98.

INT.ZAC’S BARN.
He walks through the barn quietly. Everything is eerie and
the only sound he hears is the wind. He gets to the second
floor of the barn, and opens up a door. He peers out and
pulls out the binoculars. He looks across a field to see the
lone beehive sitting out back behind the field. This is his
target.

He climbs back down, and starts to exit the barn.

Back behind the barn in the field he sees one lone beehive
sitting there. This is his target.

EXT.ZAC’S HOUSE.DAY
He closes the barn doors behind him, and goes to turn, but
hear’s a noise. A gun clicks from behind him. He raises his
hands.

NATHAN
I don’t want any trouble.
NICK
For reals?

NATHAN turns around to see that it’s NICK. The two look at
each other, NICK still has the gun aimed at NATHAN. NATHAN
nods to it.
NATHAN
Are you going to put that down?
NICK
Are you bitten?
NATHAN
No.
NICK
Where’s Julie?
NATHAN
She’s safe.
They continue to stare at each other for a while. No one
says anything still.
NICK
I almost had him, you know. He was
this far away from me. I could have
pulled him up. If only it wasn’t
for your little film.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 99.

NATHAN doesn’t say anything back.

NICK
But hey. Doesn’t matter now. He’s
scattered in bits for about a
twenty foot stretch. Checked last
night. Don’t worry though, the
camera is still in tact. It’s still
over there, if you’re still looking
for it. The battery is dead though.

NICK’s fingers reallign themselves on the trigger, the gun

still aimed steadily at NATHAN.
NICK
So where do we go from here? Who’ll
film now, Julie? What happens when
she’s gone?
NATHAN still doesn’t say anything.
NICK
Who will host if you’re gone?

NATHAN
The films over Nick.
NICK
But this isn’t.

NATHAN
Nick, you know just as well as I
do, that I would do anything I
could to bring Kyle back.

NICK doesn’t say anything for a moment.

NICK
I know.

He lowers the gun.

NICK
You’re doing the right thing Nate.
NATHAN lets out a sigh of relief, then looks at the gun.

NATHAN
How many shots do you have left in
that thing?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 100.

NICK
Like, three.
NATHAN
How’d you get out here?

NICK
That pack, or group, or whatever,
that got Kyle last night. After
they gave up on you guys, they ran
off. So I followed them. They came
back here, like it was their home
base or something. I figured the
beehive is here. You see it yet?
NATHAN
Yeah, it’s out back. Any ideas on
how to destroy it?
NICK
Already ahead of you. Follow me.

INT.BARN.DAY.
They’re back on the second floor of the barn, in the loft.
NICK reaches down and picks up a bottle of whiskey with a
rag stuffed in it, and then pulls out a lighter.

NICK
Slept here. Might have got a little
baked last night. And while I was
so, had a craving to get drunk. So
I snuck into the farmhouse, and
found this. Then while I was drunk,
had the brilliant idea to make a
molotov and just torch the whole
beehive.
NATHAN
Wow... drugs and booze actually do
some good for a change.
NICK
I know right? If only we could get
sex and rock and roll a good name
too. Anyways, so we just light this
baby, pitch it, then boom goes the
Dynomite.
He smiles at NATHAN, then his smile suddenly fades. He looks
at NATHAN.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 101.

NICK
Do you hear that?

He quickly climbs down the ladder, NATHAN following him. The

two of them run over to the door, and NICK peers out. His
eyes widen.
NICK
Oh shit. Oh shit.

Outside two fast zombies are searching about, looking down

at NICK’s bike, which is toppled over on it’s side on the
ground. NICK turns back to NATHAN.
NICK
Hide.
NATHAN
What about your gu--
NICK
Just hide! Get up the stairs!
They go to the stairs and NATHAN is about to climb up, when
something pounds on the door.
//Quick Cut//

The doors to the barn bust open, and the two zombies come
in, searching about. Out of sight in a stall NICK and NATHAN
crouch. They pass by the stall door, and into the other
room, NICK looks to NATHAN.

NICK
If we get up the ladder, we can
just hide up there. No way they’d
find us up there.

They peer around the corner, in the other room the two
zombies stand and sniff about. Growling to one another. NICK
runs from the corner to the stairs, and quietly crawls up
them, he gets to the top of the steps though and comes face
to face with a thing of hay. NATHAN comes after.

NATHAN is only a few steps up, when suddenly NICK sneezes.

Both zombies spin around and see NATHAN.
NICK
NATE! RUN!

NATHAN jumps off, and runs out the doors, and the two
zombies chase after him. NICK tries to aim the gun, but
can’t get a shot. He slides down the ladder and runs out the
barn door.
 102.

EXT.ZAC’S BARN.DAY
He turns the corner and sees one zombie and fires. The
zombie quickly goes down, but the other one and NATHAN is
out of his vision. He runs around the corner.

NATHAN runs for the gate, but stops. He turns and jumps over
a fence, and slides down a ditch. He runs for an underpass
and dives into it. The zombie quickly stumbles down after
him right as NICK gets to the top, he tries to aim but can’t
get a shot.

NATHAN scrambles down the tunnel, the zombie right behind

him. It grabs onto his ankle, but he kicks at it and knocks
it free. He continues to scramble and it gets closer and
closer. He dives out the other end just in time and stumbles
up the ditch. The zombie comes right after him, but is
suddenly stopped by NICK shooting it down. NATHAN looks in
disbelief.
NICK cheers for himself.
NICK
Not too bad, huh? Especially for
the guy who "doesn’t do anything
but complain". No one eats my
friends and gets away with it!
NATHAN
Ok. Fine. I’ll give you that, you
have a good shot.
NICK
Nate, I was raised in the
generation of first person
shooters. Of course I’m--
But NICK is cut off by another gunshot. NICK stutters with a
gasp, and then looks down to see he’s bleeding.

NICK
Well, shit.
The gun falls out of his hand, and he falls over.
NATHAN
Nick? Nick?!
NATHAN gets up and runs over to him, holding him in his
arms. But NICK is dead. NATHAN hears footsteps, and looks
up, only to see the butt of a gun hit him in the face. He
blacks out.
 103.

INT.ZAC’S BARN.
//Fade In//
DUSK

He slowly comes too. He’s tied up and lying on the barn

floor. The first thing he sees are a few jars of honey
sitting next to him. He rolls over and bumps into something.
He looks at it to see it’s a boot.

Standing over him is HUTCH. NATHAN tries to lash out at him

in rage.
HUTCH
Well, ’ello there mate. Fancy
seeing you here, huh?

NATHAN
Hutch? It was... it was you?! You
shot Nick!
HUTCH
Brilliant you are. You know that,
right? Waste of my last bullet, if
you ask me. You realize how
mis-portrayed ammo conservation is
in Hollywood? Luckily I just traded
in for his, huh?

HUTCH holds up NICK’s gun.

NATHAN
You son of a bitch! You’re going to
pay for that!

HUTCH
Oh come on Natey, it’s not like he
wasn’t holding you back. I know
you’re potential. You are so much
better off without your "crew".
NATHAN glares at HUTCH, but says nothing.
HUTCH
We think alike, you and I. When the
zombies started showing up, what do
we both do? We start filming it.
Things start going to shit
everywhere, where do we go? The
countryside. Then finally,
everything becomes hell, and what
do we do? We find out that the hive
(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 104.

HUTCH (cont’d)
is the center of all this. Destroy
that, we end it all.

NATHAN
Why am I tied up? And what’s with
the honey?

He walks over and picks up the bottle of whiskey and shakes

it.
HUTCH
Molotov, eh? Pretty clever mate. I
wasn’t quite sure how I was gonna
do it myself. But hey, I can still
take your idea.
He walks back over to NATHAN and crouches down next to him.
NATHAN
Where’s Matlock?
HUTCH
He... couldn’t keep up. And for the
sake of the film, I had to let him
go.

NATHAN
For the sake of the film? You let
him die?! Do you know how crazy you
sound?

HUTCH
Oh come now Nate, he’s not all
gone.
HUTCH walks over to a barn door, and slides it open. Inside
the stall is a zombified MATLOCK, with a rag stuffed in his
mouth. MATLOCK stumbles for the door, but HUTCH closes it
back up again. As HUTCH walks away MATLOCK pounds on the
door.
NATHAN
You’re insane!
HUTCH
Oh shut it! Do you know how
incredibly famous this film is
going to make me? They’ll make me
ruler of the world! And why not? I
saved it, didn’t I? Shouldn’t I get
some recognition?

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 105.

NATHAN
You haven’t done shit.
HUTCH
Wrong boyo. I’m going to end this.
And you know what? I’m going to
have it on camera.
He walks over and opens a case, pulling out the camera.
HUTCH
(cont.)
The world will see who saved its
sorry ass. Which is actually why
you’re tied up there. You see, I
can’t have you mucking things up.
So we’re going to have to deal with
you.
NATHAN
You are one messed up bastard,
Hutch.

HUTCH
And as for the honey, well, we need
a distraction. It seems a swarm is
still living in that hive. And I
can’t get near without danger of
being stung, and we can’t have
that.
He walks over to the jars of honey, and holds one.
HUTCH
But if we were to say... draw them
out to you. Then that makes my job
so much more simpler. So, I guess I
should thank you Nate. Thanks for
being the final sacrifice needed to
save this sorry--

Suddenly NATHAN lashes his arms out, and hits HUTCH on the
leg. He falls over, and the jar of honey falls, smashing on
the ground. NATHAN scrambles up. HUTCH gets up as well, and
tackles NATHAN. They fall to the floor, and HUTCH starts
beating NATHAN. NATHAN rolls him off though, and stands up.
HUTCH starts getting up, but NATHAN whacks him a good one
across the back of the head. HUTCH lands back down on the
honey that’s on the floor, it gets on his shirt.
NATHAN stands back, and HUTCH starts getting up again.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 106.

HUTCH
Do you really think you’ll win?
You’re tied up for fuck’s sake.
NATHAN
Yeah, except one thing.
HUTCH looks at him, confused.
NATHAN
You’re so used to having others do
the actual work for you, you forgot
what it was like.
He jerks his wrists apart, the knots come undone and his
hands free.

NATHAN
You’re not good at knots, Hutch.
HUTCH is still confused, and NATHAN uses this moment to hit
him across the face. HUTCH falls to the ground, and NATHAN
stands over him. MATLOCK still pounds on the stall door.

NATHAN
And you were wrong. We don’t think
alike. I don’t sacrifice people’s
lives.

Nathan turns and walks away. HUTCH lies there, looking

pitifully up at him. NATHAN starts walking away, when he
hears HUTCH scramble.
He turns around to see HUTCH pointing the gun at him.

HUTCH
NO! THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE!
HUTCH pumps the shotgun and the shell goes flying out.

NATHAN
No it’s not.
HUTCH pulls the trigger, and it just clicks.
NATHAN
Because that was your last shot you
pumped out. You watch too many
movies, Hutch.
HUTCH looks at the gun in disbelief, and takes a step back.

(CONTINUED)
CONTINUED: 107.

HUTCH
I just wanted to be the hero. I
just wanted people to know my name.
He continues to step back, and steps on a jar of honey. It
smashes underneath his boot, his foot now covered in honey.
NATHAN
Hutch...
HUTCH
I just wanted everyone to like me!
NATHAN goes quiet, and HUTCH does too. They hear a drone of
humming. HUTCH looks down at the honey on his shirt, and on
his shoe, then back at NATHAN.

HUTCH
You have to save me.
NATHAN backs away.
HUTCH
Help me!
Right then a swarm of bees flies into the barn, and covers
HUTCH. HUTCH starts screaming, and slams up against a wall.
NATHAN starts backing away, and soon something starts
pounding on the barn door. NATHAN turns and hears zombies on
the other side.
HUTCH
Oh god! I’m covered in bees! Get
them off of me!

Right then MATLOCK manages to slide open the stall door, and
grabs hold of HUTCH, holding him there while he continuously
gets stung. The barn door starts to open, and zombies start
trying to squeeze in. NATHAN takes off running for the
stairs, grabbing the molotov and the rag and lighter.

As he dashes up the stairs the zombies swarm in and go

straight for HUTCH. HUTCH’s screams are muffled by the
shrieks and groans of the zombies as he’s overwhelmed.
NATHAN dashes across the second floor of the barn, and goes
for the window. A few zombies come running at him. He jumps
out the window.
 108.

EXT.ZAC’S BARN.DUSK
NATHAN lands on the ground with a thud. The sun is setting,
but what light he does have, he sees the beehive. He readies
the bottle in his hand, doing everything but lighting it.

He starts running, some fast zombies escaping the barn and

running after him. He dodges about them, until he’s close
enough to the beehive. He holds the bottle out.
NATHAN
This better work.
He lights it, and pitches it. Right as he does a zombie
tackles him, and he falls to the ground. The bottle smashes
against the beehive, catching flame. He holds the zombie
off, and sees more running towards him.

Right then the beehive explodes. It bursts apart and is

completely obliterated. At that exact moment, the zombie he
was holding off goes limp. He looks around and sees all the
other zombies spazz, and then crumple down onto the ground,
lifeless once again.

He looks back at the flaming remains, and then rolls the

zombie corpse off of him. He stands up, and looks around.
The soul survivor in a field of corpses. The look on his
face goes from one of caution to one of extreme joy. He
begins jumping up and down, shouting for joy.

EXT.FACTORY.DAY.
It’s early morning, and NATHAN is back in front of the
factory. He walks over scattered bodies and into the
building.

INT.FACTORY.
He walks throught the empty building, a smile on his face.
He approaches the door, only to find it wide open. His smile
quickly fades away, and he runs out onto the roof.

EXT.FACTORY ROOF.DAY

He stands on the roof. At his feet are two dead bodies with
arrows sticking out of them. He looks around.
NATHAN
Julie?!

(CONTINUED)
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No answer comes. He runs across the roof, but doesn’t see

her or any signs of her anywhere. He shouts out again.
NATHAN
JULIE?!!

Still no reply. He looks around, and realizes that he is the

only living being anywhere in the vicinity.
THE END.