EXT. COPPICE CABANA APARTMENT COMPLEX - NIGHT
SUPER IMPOSE: SAWYER COUNTY, WI 6:11 a.m. JUNE 30th, 2007
We see an ESTABLISHING SHOT of the outside of a five story apartment building as a light in one of the building's windows flicks on and off.
An ELDERLY HOBO stumbles around outside the entrance as a twenty-something, DARREL, drunkenly stumbles his way down the sidewalk.
As Darrel gets closer the old man begins to approach him with his hands out but Darrel just swats him away and enters the building.
INT. MRS. MATHERSON'S APARTMENT - NIGHT
CARL ARCHULETA, the building's Manager, stands in the entrance of MRS. MATHERSON'S kitchen flipping the light switch on and off.
MRS. MATHERSON
You see what I mean, the way it
flickers so much before it comes
on?
Carl just rolls his eyes as he lets out a deep sigh.
CARL ARCHULETA
Mrs. M, I told you last night that
that's normal. You've got nothing
to worry about.
MRS. MATHERSON
Are you sure? I don't mean to be a
pest, it's just that I'm afraid
it's going to start some sort of an
electrical fire, or something.
CARL ARCHULETA
Mrs. M, I assure you that I would
never put you in harms way. You're
perfectly safe.
Carl pulls out his cell phone and flips it open.
CARL ARCHULETA (cont'd)
I gotta run, Mrs. M. Call me if you
need anything.
INT. APARTMENT HALLWAY - NIGHT
Carl shuts the door on Mrs. Matherson's apartment just in time to see Darrel coming out of the stairwell down the hall.
CARL ARCHULETA
You just getting in?
Darrel grins from ear to ear.
DARREL
Damn right.
CARL ARCHULETA
Shit, I wish I had your stamina.
DARREL
Yeah, but I'll probably end up
hittin' the bed and sleeping until
the sun goes back down.
CARL ARCHULETA
You wanna trade lives?
DALE COATES
Not a chance.
CARL ARCHULETA
Didn't think so.
They both chuckle a bit as they pass.
DARREL
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. That
homeless dude's out front again. He
was a bit more aggressive this
time. Pretty much attacked me for
my change.
CARL ARCHULETA
Fuck, this is turning out to be the
morning from hell.
DARREL
It's better that way.
CARL ARCHULETA
How's that?
DARREL
You get all the shit out of the way
early and you can just sit back and
enjoy the rest of the day.
CARL ARCHULETA
Yeah, I kinda doubt it.
INT. APARTMENT ENTRANCE - NIGHT
Carl gets to the front door to find the Elderly Hobo banging on the glass and rushes to open it.
CARL ARCHULETA
Hey man, what the fuck are you-
As soon as the door is open the Elderly Zombie lunges at Carl and takes a bite into his neck.
Carl backs away, stumbles back and falls to the floor holding his neck as the Elderly Hobo continues to approach him.
Carl starts to scramble away when a gun shot rings out and the hobo hits the ground.
Carl looks up to see a group of six men wearing riot gear file into the building.
RIOT COP #1
Damnit, did he bite you?
CARL ARCHULETA
What the fuck does it look like? He
damn near chewed off half my neck!
RIOT COP #1
Martin get over here with that
syringe! Somebody get that transfer
board in here, now!
MARTIN, the youngest looking of the riot cops, rushes over with a syringe ready, making Carl even more uncomfortable.
CARL ARCHULETA
What the fuck is that?
RIOT COP #1
It'll help slow down the infection.
Martin injects the fluid directly above the wound on Carl's neck.
MARTIN
We gotta get him back to H.Q. As
soon as possible.
Two more men in riot gear come running up carrying a transfer board and set it down next to Carl while Martin and Riot Cop #1 tip him over onto his side.
CARL ARCHULETA
What's going on? Why am I so dizzy?
They set Carl back down onto the transfer board and four men lift him up.
MARTIN
That's just a side effect of the
medicine we gave you Sir, you're
going to be fine.
Carl slips out of consciousness as the Riot Police carry him out of the building.
THE END
COMMENTARY: Well there it, my second interlude. I gotta say I'm really happy about the way this turned out. So far I'd say it's my favorite piece, although I am pretty excited about the next few chapters. I haven't even begun scripting Chapter 4 yet so I can't give you an exact date as to when I'll get part one posted but I've got the first nine parts mapped out in my notebook so it shouldn't take too long. I should have the new Table of Contents image up by either tonight or tomorrow though just to give you a little teaser of what to expect. One last note for anyone confused about how to find the first interlude. Take a look at the image on the top of the page and click the little ~ (whatever that thing's called) in between chapter 1 and 2.
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