Interlude #1 Molly Coates

INT. MOLLY'S BEDROOM - NIGHT


SUPERIMPOSE: 12:16 AM


Six year old MOLLY COATES lays wide awake in bed with the covers wrapped tight as she listens to her parents, DALE and ANNA arguing in the other room.


                              ANNA (O.S.)
                    Dale, he could be anywhere!


                              DALE (O.S.)
                    So what are we supposed to do, just
                    sit here and pray he comes home?


                              ANNA (O.S.)
                    What else can we do?


                              DALE (O.S.)
                    We can go out there and bring him
                    home!


                              ANNA (O.S.)
                    Dale, you saw how bad it is out
                    there on the news, and the last
                    report was almost an hour ago. Who
                    knows how much worse it's gotten
                    since then.


                              DALE (O.S.)
                    All the more reason to get him and
                    bring him someplace safe!


                              ANNA (O.S.)
                    But Dale, it's suicide!


                              DALE (O.S.)
                    I KNOW THAT!


                              ANNA (O.S.)
                    SO THEN WHY DO IT?


                              DALE (O.S.)
                    BECAUSE, I CAN'T JUST SIT HERE AND
                    DO NOTHING KNOWING MY ONLY SON
                    MIGHT BE OUT THERE SOMEWHERE BEING
                    EATEN ALIVE!


There's a brief silence that prompts Molly to slide out of bed and quietly move towards her bedroom door for a better listen.


                              DALE (O.S.)
                    Look, I just can't let the last
                    things I say to him be the last
                    things I said to him. Can't you
                    understand that?


Anna doesn't argue anymore and Molly's left with silence for a few moments.


                              DALE COATES (O.S.)
                    I'll be back in an hour, two at the
                    most.


There's another brief silence as the two kiss and Molly inches forward a little closer to the door.


Just then the sound of SHATTERING GLASS rings out from the living room startling Molly back to her bed and under the covers.


                              DALE COATES (O.S.)
                    Anna get away from the windows!


More GLASS SHATTERS as Anna and Dale scream for their lives.


Molly drops off the bed and drags herself underneath it, scared out of her mind as she listens to the sound of her parents being eaten alive.


Eventually the only sound left is the shuffling feet of zombies as they make their way towards Molly's bedroom.