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Warning: The author has noted that this contains the highest level of violence.
Chapter 6 of the book Infected
The infection continues, plans are made.
"Action and Reaction"
by Michaelk
Fade In:
INT. FROST CREEK 911 CENTER.
Joseph keys in the sequence to unlock the door to the 911
center. As soon as he opens the door he is assaulted by sound.
Radios are squawking, alarms are going off, and one frazzled
middle aged operator is standing in the middle of the room
holding a microphone in one hand and a telephone up to her
ear.
BETTY
(Into telephone) Pervert! (She
slams down the reciever)
JOSEPH
Rough day?
BETTY
(Jumps, surprised) Oh, it's only
you. Don't do that!
JOSEPH
Sorry. What happened here? Usually
on Wednesday the fire trucks only
move far enough to make room for
the bingo players.
BETTY
It's been a nightmare. Three fires,
seven assaults, ambulance runs like
crazy, but most of all a bunch of
crank calls.
JOSEPH
Really? Who would be stupid enough
to do that?
BETTY
I wrote down all the numbers, the
Sherriff's department is supposed
to look into them when they get a
chance.
JOSEPH
I just can't imagine.
BETTY
The funny thing is, most of the
calls were the same. A scream,
followed my moaning.
JOSEPH
Maybe it was some stupid college
kids having an orgy.
BETTY
That's disgusting.
JOSEPH
Just sayin'.
BETTY
Well, I hope you have a quieter
shift than I did. I'm going home,
take some Tylenol, and go to bed.
JOSEPH
Good night.
She was barely through the door when the phone started ringing.
JOSEPH
Emergency dispatch, what's your
emergency?
Fade out:
Fade in:
EXT. MAIN STREET. FROST CREEK
Camera focused in tight on a traffic light that has turned
red. Camera slowly pulls back and pans down behind Sherriff
Secrest and two of his deputies who have positioned their
squad cars as a barricade, blocking the main street. Dozens of
infected are slowly advancing on them.
SHERRIFF SECREST
(Into megaphone) Disperse. return
to your homes.
DEPUTY ONE
I don't think they're listening,
Sherriff.
SHERRIFF SECREST
Disperse or we will be forced to
open fire.
Infected continue to advance, as if they can't hear or don't
understand.
DEPUTY TWO
W...what do we do, Sherriff?
SHERRIFF SECREST
(Grabs a tear gas rifle and fires
several rounds into the crowd of
infected) That should slow them
down.
The infected appear completely uneffected by the gas and
continue to advance.
DEPUTY ONE
Now what?
SHERRIFF SECREST
(Whips around and shoots an
infected that has grabbed deputy
two and bitten into his shoulder)
DEPUTY ONE
Oh my God. You just shot Ned
Haskins, the owner of the hardware
store.
SHERRIFF SECREST
(Mumbles) His prices were too high
anyway.
Sherriff Secrest and Deputy one grab Deputy two and throw him
in the back seat of the cruiser. They speed away just before
being overrun.
DEPUTY ONE
(Panicked) What do we do?
Cut to:
INT. FROST CREEK HOSPITAL.
ORDERLY ONE
(Looking back and forth between
Tevist and the hoard of infected
pounding on the window of the room
they are trapped in) What do we do?
As the window begins to crack, Tevist holds out his hand to
Orderly one. He takes it and gives it a slow shake.
TEVIST
It's been an honor working with
you. Thanks for sticking around to
help out.
ORDERLY ONE
(Smiling) You still owe me
overtime.
TEVIST
(Smiles back as they disappear in a
hoarde of infected)
Camera pans back to show a hospital totally overrun by
infected. One shadowy figure slips out of a side door and
disappears.
Cut to:
FROST CREEK PRISON. BRIEFING ROOM.
ALBRIGHT
What do we do?
ROBERTS
There's only one thing we can do.
Face facts. The Warden and Deputy
Warden haven't been able to be
reached in two days, half the
officers have quit to go be with
their families, we're working with
a skeleton crew and the inmates are
on the verge of rioting.
ALBRIGHT
So what do you suggest?
ROBERTS
We survive.
Twenty minutes later, all the officers have gathered in the
briefing room.
ROBERTS
I called you all here because it's
time we made some decisions. We all
know what's going on outside.
TYLER
Yes, I told you all for years the
Zombie Apocolypse was coming, would
you listen?
ROBERTS
(Rolling eyes) Okay Tyler, you were
right. Happy now? Can we move on?
TYLER
As long as you admit it.
ROBERTS
Okay, we have a plan but it's
completely voluntary. I don't think
the paychecks will be coming
anymore. We need to take care of
ourselves.
TYLER
Yes! Survival time.
ALBRIGHT
Exactly. Now what we have in mind
is fortifying this building.
BETCH
What? You mean live in a dirty,
stinking prison?
TYLER
You don't have to stay, you could
go powder your nose or something.
BETCH
Listen here punk, I was working
here when you were still in junior
high.
TYLER
(Mumbles) And it shows.
BETCH
What?
TYLER
I said, I didn't think they hired
aging cheerleaders back then.
BETCH
(Reaching for Tyler and having to
be restrained)
ROBERTS
Enough of this! Here's the plan. We
go one at a time, get our families,
and bring them here. I think most
of us would agree that this is the
most defensable building in the
area.
Nods all around except for Betch who just glares at Tyler.
Cut to:
FROST CREEK SHERRIFF'S DEPARTMENT
SHerriff Secrest loads a shotgun and lays it on his desk next
to four others while talking on the phone.
SHERRIFF SECREST
That's great, thank you. So, when
will you be here? 0800 tomorrow
morning? Can't you come sooner? No,
I understand, Thank you very much.
(Hangs up phone) We're on our own
for the night.
DEPUTY ONE
But this is an emergency.
SHERRIFF SECREST
I know, they just need time to form
up and get here.
DEPUTY ONE
I always thought the national guard
was always ready to go at a
moment's notice.
SHERRIFF SECREST
Well, at least they're coming in
the morning. Now let's go check on
our patient.
They walk back to the open cell and look in on deputy two who
appears to be asleep.
SHERRIFF SECREST
(Whispering) Let's leave him be.
DEPUTY ONE
Are you kidding me, you don't need
to be quiet, that boy sleeps like
the dead.
Fade out:
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Author Notes
Thank you so much to all those who have been following along with this script. I appreciate and greatly value your support and input.
Thanks to suenethery for her great image 'Unmarked Grave'.
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