• INT. ASSEMBLY ROOM.

    Everyone is sitting down in the assembly room. Family,
    friends and everyone in town.

    Kierra, Damon, Mitchel and Xavier are just getting inside.
    They stand near the wall when they see most of the seats are
    taken already.

    MITCHEL
    I wonder what this is all about.

    DAMON
    Maybe he’ll tell us what we’ve been
    wanting to know.

    XAVIER
    Hopefully we hear something along
    the lines of being rescused.

    MITCHEL
    Heh, that’d be nice.

    Kierra looks over to the side and sees a toddler being held
    by his mother. The toddler smiles at Kierra and she smiles
    back. Kierra waves at the child, and he turns around in
    shyness.

    DAMON
    I wonder when he’ll get here...


    INT. NURSES’ OFFICE.

    Sarah is sitting by Phoenix, keeping him company. Phoenix is
    lying down with his hands behind his head, staring up at the
    ceiling. Sarah is looking down, in deep thought.

    PHOENIX
    Ugh i’d kill for some bud right
    now...

    SARAH
    (giggles)
    Doesn’t surprise me.

    PHOENIX
    Say, I cant remember if it was you
    or Kierra around Halloween when we
    had that smoke party? In your dads
    basement?

    SARAH
    It was me AND Kierra.

    PHOENIX
    Wow really? How long have you
    smoked?

    Sarah laughs.

    PHOENIX
    What?

    SARAH
    Doesnt surprise me you have no
    brain cells left.

    PHOENIX
    Whatever. You shouldve said
    something I would’ve smoked you out
    awhile ago.

    SARAH
    Ive had fun without you too, dont
    worry.

    They both laugh

    Long pause.

    SARAH (CNT’D)
    So when do you think this is all
    going to be over?

    PHOENIX
    Sooner or later I guess.

    SARAH
    Just kind of seems surreal...what
    we saw at the gas station. It feels
    like it’s the end of the world.

    PHOENIX
    Yeah, well, I’m not done living my
    life yet. End of the world or not.

    (Beat)

    PHOENIX (CNT’D)
    Want to do me a favor?

    SARAH
    Sure, what is it?

    PHOENIX
    See if you could possibly go get me
    a bottle of water? No one offered
    us anything to drink since we got
    here.

    SARAH
    Yeah, sure...i’ll be right back.

    PHOENIX
    Break open the vending machines
    with your fist or anything.

    SARAH
    (laughs)
    Sure.

    She leaves and Phoenix lays down on his side.


    INT. HALLWAYS.

    Sarah is walking through the quiet school, trying to find a
    vending machine. She sees two guys at the vending machine,
    trying to get it open. As she walks closer she sees it’s
    Phoenix’s friends, Craig and Juno.

    JUNO
    Hey, look! It’s Phoenix’s cousin!

    CRAIG
    Hey, um...what’s your name, is it
    Sally?

    JUNO
    No, I think it was Sabrina, is your
    name Sabrina?

    SARAH
    It’s Sarah...

    CRAIG
    Sarah! Yeah, that’s the one. How
    are you doing?

    SARAH
    Just fine, I guess.

    JUNO
    That’s good to hear.

    SARAH
    What’re you guys doing?

    JUNO
    Trying to get this damn thing open!

    CRAIG
    Yeah. I don’t even know why no one
    did this earlier. Where is Phoenix
    anyway? Is he ok?

    SARAH
    Yeah he’s in the nurses’ office
    actually.

    JUNO
    What happened to him?

    SARAH
    Nothing, he just got hurt real bad
    is all. He’ll be ok. I actually
    wanted to get him a bottle of
    water.

    CRAIG
    Try and break it if you want.

    SARAH
    Hey, where’s the rest of your trio?
    I know Phoenix had 4 people in his
    "circle".

    CRAIG
    Marcus...

    SARAH
    Did something happen to him?

    Pause. Craig and Juno look at each other.

    JUNO
    We were just walking back home
    right after seeing Phoenix...and we
    came across some of those who were
    infected...

    CRAIG
    They grabbed him...bit him and
    just...tore up apart.

    SARAH
    (a bit scared)
    What did you guys do?


    (CONTINUED)

    CONTINUED: 37.



    CRAIG
    What could we do?

    JUNO
    We just ran...he was screaming for
    our help, begging for us to save
    him...

    (Beat)

    CRAIG
    I’m still beating myself up over
    it. Even though he wasn’t the
    nicest person...no one deserved to
    go like that.

    JUNO
    He was our friend...not much we can
    do now.

    SARAH
    I’m sorry to hear that...were you
    guys bit at all?

    JUNO
    Almost. We got away before they got
    up to me and Craig.

    Long pause.

    SARAH
    So, how about this vending machine?


    INT. ASSEMBLY ROOM.

    Jaxon comes up on the stage. Damon watches close attention.
    Officer Carlos and Nick are beside him. We see Ryan and
    Emily standing up near Ryan’s friends. Xavier looks at
    Officer Nick, and looks at his gun.

    JAXON
    (to everyone)
    Can I have everyone’s attention,
    please?

    Everyone quiets down.

    JAXON (CNT’D)
    I understand a lot of you are
    scared. I also understand alot of
    you want answers on what’s going
    on...but no matter what happens we
    (MORE)
    (CONTINUED)

    CONTINUED: 38.



    JAXON (CNT’D) (cont’d)
    need to keep calm and keep our
    heads together, okay?

    (Beat)

    JAXON (CNT’D)
    Earlier today while I was looking
    for more people, I drove past the
    fire department and hospitals in
    the near by town...there’s no sign
    of anyone in those places.

    Everyone is shocked and start whispering to each other,
    worried.

    JAXON (CNT’D)
    But please don’t let this alarm
    you. There’s a nearby grocery store
    with enough food to last us
    awhile...we can keep shelter here
    until help arrives.

    We can see half of the people in the assembly are
    disagreeing with the decision. People are saying "No!" "What
    about our families?" "We can’t stay here forever!"

    Jaxon looks at the angry crowd, trying to think of something
    to say. Damon is looking around.

    JAXON (CNT’D)
    This is the BEST thing we can do.
    You’ve seen those things attack and
    for those of you who didn’t it’s
    VERY dangerous and the infection
    could be contagious. We have
    medical care, we have strong walls!

    CITEZEN #1
    What if there’s too many? What if
    they start piling around the
    school? We can’t stay here!

    FEMALE SURVIVOR
    Who know’s what it’s like outside,
    we have to stay put! It’s safe, we
    have children!

    Everyone starts argueing.

    DAMON
    This isn’t good...


    (CONTINUED)

    CONTINUED: 39.



    JAXON
    Everyone just please stay calm! I
    know we may have our differences
    but we can’t risk any lives. I’ve
    seen what those infected have done,
    it’s something NONE of you guys
    want to see....we stay here for a
    day or two. Then we’ll see where
    everything goes.

    Everyone starts to mutter things to each other.


    INT. HALLWAYS.

    Sarah, Craig and Juno are walking in the hallways with the
    water in their hands. As they’re walking they hear a slight
    moan coming from one of the stairwells.

    JUNO
    What the hell was that?

    SARAH
    I don’t know...

    She goes to stairwell door and looks through the small
    window. Nothing.

    SARAH (CNT’D)
    I don’t see anything.

    CRAIG
    Should we check it out?

    JUNO
    Hell no dude, it might be on of the
    infected.

    SARAH
    What if it’s someone else? What if
    someone’s hurt?

    CRAIG
    Come on, Juno...

    Sarah and Craig go in the stairwell and Juno follows.










    40.



    INT. STAIRWELL.

    They slowly creep down the stairs. It’s empty and quiet. As
    they are about to go upstairs, Craig spots something and
    he’s scared.

    CRAIG
    Guys, look...

    They look and see a small blood trail mark going down the
    stairs.

    JUNO
    (quietly)
    What the ********...?

    SARAH
    Jesus...

    CRAIG
    Come on, someone might need our
    help.

    JUNO
    OR someone could be infected. I’m
    not going down there.

    CRAIG
    Fine. Stay here. I’m going by
    mself.

    As he heads for the stairs, Sarah follows him. They both
    creep down the stairs to the basement door.

    SARAH
    Trails leads behind here...

    CRAIG
    Ready when you are...


    INT. BASEMENT.

    Sarah opens the door and as they go in, they see zombies
    from a far distance down the hall. Sarah and Craig quietly,
    but quickly close the door. They look at each other in total
    shock, and look through the basement window, as they see the
    shadows of zombies hidden in the only shelter left in the
    town.

    TO BE CONTINUED!!!!