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to let her drink
from you.
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(CONTINUED)
MITCHELL
Becca, Becca, look at me.
Becca’s eyes are rolling in her head. But they find Lauren,
and she makes a sound; a childish, frightened sound.
LAUREN
It’s Ok, honey, he’ll save you.
He’ll make this all go away.
With what little strength Becca has left, she tries to claw
back away from Lauren, terrified of her.
LAUREN (CONT’D)
He just needed to be shown, you
see, that this whole thing is
ridiculous.
GEORGE
Mitchell? Can you save her?
MITCHELL
I can’t... I can’t...
GEORGE
She’s losing consciousness...
LAUREN
Yeah, you should get a move on.
She’s about two pints away from
being an organ donor.
GEORGE
Mitchell, DO something.
Mitchell is weeping. He shakes his head.
MITCHELL
Not another one... I can’t...
Even Lauren is a little surprised. She looks at Becca,
lifeless and bloody. At George, sick and shocked. And at
Mitchell, weeping and cradling Becca in his arms.
LAUREN
You did this.
Lauren steps away, melting back into the shadows.
LAUREN (CONT’D)
You made me this, Mitchell. This
is all your fault.
And she’s gone. In the distance, the wail of sirens.
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(CONTINUED)
People have spilled out from the bar now, crowded around
the fire exit, watching in shock. George looks on, as
Mitchell holds the dying Becca.
MITCHELL
I’m sorry... I’m so sorry...
78 INT. THE HOSPITAL. CORRIDOR. NIGHT 3. 21:32. 78
A blood soaked George sits on chairs in the corridor.
Further along, Mitchell - also covered in blood and dirt
from the alley - is with a group of police, uniformed and
plain clothed. A doctor arrives. Shakes his head.
The Police talk among themselves, talk to Mitchell. After a
moment Mitchell breaks off from the group and walks towards
George. George stands, steeling himself for the inevitable.
GEORGE
Is this how it ends then? They
connect her to you, you to
Lauren. Everything gets blown
open. We lose it all.
MITCHELL
No. They have ways of doing this.
Come on.
GEORGE
What do you mean?
MITCHELL
We’ve been around for thousands
of years. You think it’s the
first time something like this
has happened?
He looks back down the corridor at the group of Policemen.
One of them is watching Mitchell and George. It’s Herrick.
And by his side, Seth.
MITCHELL (CONT’D)
We have branches everywhere.
79 INT. THE HOSPITAL. RECEPTION. NIGHT 3. 21:57. 79
Mitchell and George wander out through a conspicuously
quiet reception.
GEORGE
Wait here. I’ll see if I can find
a cab.
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(CONTINUED)
He scurries out. Mitchell just stands where George has left
him, still dazed and shaken.
HERRICK (O.S.)
Hey, Mitchell.
Mitchell looks up. Herrick has followed them out, Seth
trailing in his wake. They are standing on a little balcony
that crosses reception.
HERRICK (CONT’D)
It’s all about to start. We’re
drawing up lists. It’s make your
mind up time.
Mitchell thinks for a moment. The next thing he says will
determine the rest of his life.
MITCHELL
I choose them.
Herrick’s expression remains utterly inscrutable. But his
eyes scorch black as he regards Mitchell.
HERRICK
Pity.
He steps back, moving away into the shadows.
HERRICK (CONT’D)
Be seeing you.
SETH
(a sly grin)
And your little dog.
He too turns, strolls back into the darkness.
80 INT. THE HOUSE. LIVING ROOM. NIGHT 3. 22:27. 80
Mitchell is sat on the floor of the empty living room. His
eyes wet with tears. He stares ahead, lost and shattered.
His clothes still caked with Becca’s blood.
81 INT. THE HOUSE. KITCHEN. NIGHT 3. 22:27. 81
Annie and George, in his dressing gown, are watching
Mitchell from the doorway to the kitchen. Their voices low.
GEORGE
I’d forgotten what they’re like.
The others. They’re predators.
Every inch of them.
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(MORE)
(CONTINUED)
Just hunger and fury.
(looks at Mitchell)
The energy it must take him,
every minute every day, not to be
like that...
ANNIE
You think he should have saved
her?
GEORGE
I think he did.
Annie moves back into the kitchen, starts making tea.
George watches his friend for a moment, then turns.
GEORGE (CONT’D)
We should go out.
ANNIE
What?
GEORGE
To the pub. Anywhere. It’ll do us
all good.
ANNIE
I don’t know... I think I want to
stay in the house.
GEORGE
Let me put some clothes on and -
ANNIE
I want to stay in the house now.
(beat)
Please. I’m sorry. I just feel
safer here. There are monsters
out there. But here, when it’s
the three of us, I feel like
nothing can touch us then.
George sighs. He nods. Ok.
Annie smiles, grateful, and walks through to the living
room. She sits next to Mitchell, her arm around him, pulls
him close to her. She looks back to George. Smiles again.
George picks up his blood splattered clothes from a pile on
the floor and dumps them in the sink. He rolls his eyes as
the tap clanks and splutters.
82 EXT. STREET. NIGHT 3. 22:28. 82
The kitchen window, seen from the street outside.
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GEORGE (CONT'D)
(CONTINUED)
A figure is watching the house. His face lost in shadows.
He steps forward, and the beam of the street lamp
illuminates his face. He's handsome, unshaven, with sharp
intelligent eyes. He watches George, standing at the sink,
oblivious. A predator watching its quarry.
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