Screenplay: Killer Clique

Killer Clique
by
Nina Tryggvason
(c) 2006 Lavender Productions

 

I think that this is the actual last original script I wrote. I tweaked earlier ones for a while.
EXT. LOVER’S LANE – FRIDAY NIGHT
A wooded bluff over looking a small town is the local make
out area for teens.
A row of recent model cars with steamy windows lines the
edges of what seems to be a dirt parking lot in the forest.
Some cars are bouncing more than others.
INT. CHASE’S CAR – CONTINUOUS
CHASE MORTON (17, football captain) is making out with
CHANTAL GLADWIN (17, head cheerleader).
Chase slides his hands under Chantal’s skirt.
CHANTAL
Stop, stop it.
Chantal smacks his hands.
Chase raises his hands in surrender and leans away from
Chantal.
CHASE
It was your idea to come here.
CHANTAL
I told you it was first base only
tonight.
CHASE
Yeah, and I told you Coach lied
about no sex before a game.
Chantal slides off of Chase.
CHANTAL
So stupid, it’s not about you, I’m
on the rag.
Chase scrambles away from Chantal and out of the car.
CHASE
Gross!
Chase frantically brushes the front of his unmarked jeans.
Chantal gets out of the car and slams the door.
There is a distinct pause in most of the other bouncing cars,
as windows roll down slightly to listen.
CHANTAL
Nice, really nice. You should be
glad, considering I’m late, Mr.
Won’t Shower in a Raincoat.
Chase glares at the other cars.
CHASE
We can talk on the way home.
Chase grabs Chantal’s arm too rough as he tries to force her
back in the car.
Chantal struggles against him, bumping her head.
CHANTAL
Forget it, I’d rather walk, you
selfish prick.
Chase lets her go.
CHASE
I’m not chasing after you.
Chantal walks towards the dirt road, passed cars resuming
their bouncing.
She glances back at Chase.
Chase heads into the forest.
EXT. DIRT ROAD TO LOVERS LANE – LATER
Chantal rubs her arms as she walks. She alternately glares
and then glances back to Lovers Lane, looking for a car to
hitch a ride.
CHANTAL
I should get pregnant, that would
see him right. Say goodbye to your
scholarship, Chase Morton.
An older model car drives slowly from Lover’s Lane.
Chantal flags it down.
The car stops a bit up the road. The high beams come on.
Chantal shields her eyes.
CHANTAL (cont’d)
Hey, butthead, turn down the beams!
2.
The ENGINE REVS.
Chantal flips off the unseen driver and turns her back to the
car.
The car jumps forward, swerving to bump Chantal.
Chantal tumbles head over heels, SCREAMING.
Chantal lands in the gravel roadside, knees, hands and face
bleeding. But nothing broken. Yet.
The car holds back, waiting, REVVING.
Chantal pushes herself up to a kneeling position.
CHANTAL
Sonovabitch.
Chantal stands, painfully. Her hip is sore. She rolls her
shoulders.
The car pulls forward a few inches, menacing her.
CHANTAL
You’re so fucking tough, get outta
the car, face me, MoFo.
The car REVS as both the gas and brake are applied. TIRES
SQUEAL.
Chantal pees in fear.
The car lurches forward.
Chantal heaves her purse at the car, striking the windshield.
CRACK
Chantal turns and runs down the road.
The car purposefully stays a foot or so behind her as she
weaves.
Almost tripping, Chantal jumps sideways and heads for the
trees.
The car speeds up quickly, striking her hard and sending her
head first into a large tree trunk. SCREEEEAAAAM. THWACK.
3.
CAR DOOR OPENS.
The KILLER (baggy clothes disguising the height/gender) moves
to Chantal and turns her over.
Her head lolls in a distinctly dead manner. Eyes are glassy.
Grabbing her feet, the killer drags her partway back to the
car.
The killer drops her feet and looks up and down the road.
Moving quickly to the trunk, the killer pulls out a shower
curtain.
The curtain is pre-folded in a first aid stretcher fold
(lengthwise, half-folded like a map, the rest extended). The
Killer tucks the curtain along Chantal, and then pulls her
over the folded part.
Reaching across her body, the Killer reaches underneath
Chantal and extends the folded shower curtain out from under
her. The killer then rolls her up like a carpet.
Dragging her the rest of the way to the car, the killer
bodily lifts Chantal and stuffs her in the trunk.
The killer SLAMS the trunk and then jumps into the car.
The car PEELS down the road, leaving a cloud of dust in the
air.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – MONDAY MORNING
STUDENTS (all cliques from grade 10 to 12) head into the main
doors from buses, parent drop off and a few with their own
cars.
A Police car pulls up.
THREE STONER KIDS run for it.
OFFICER SARA TODD (30’s, butch) and OFFICER SURJIT SANGHA
(30’s) head into the school through the parting students.
Officer Sangha carries a file box.
The students close rank behind them.
Chase waves over his football pals – TOM (17), STEVE (17) and
DOUG (17).
4.
CHASE
Whaddya think that’s about?
TOM
Not the stoners, cops didn’t give
them a second glance.
STEVE
Isn’t it like career day?
DOUG
Who cares? So, Chase, you and
Chantal broken up or what?
Chase glares at Doug, who does not back down.
DOUG (cont’d)
Hey, I’m the only first stringer
she hasn’t done yet, and I’ve been
patient.
Tom and Steve nod sagely. Chase caves.
CHASE
Have her then. I’m done with her
stupid games.
“PLAIN” JANE McCORMICK (17, ugly duckling) walks by and
smiles at Chase.
Chase ignores her. Tom notices and nudges Chase.
TOM
Hey, you got them lining up
already.
CHASE
Get standards, Tom. Plain Jane?
Seriously.
Plain Jane is crushed and she rushes into the school.
INT. PRINCIPAL TYLER’S OFFICE- CONTINUOUS
The office is small and precision organized. You get the
feeling the plastic was just taken off the guest chairs.
PRINCIPAL TYLER (50’s, thin nervous man) looks palely at a
file folder.
Officers Todd and Sangha look grim and official.
5.
OFFICER TODD
She was found by hikers, up near
the bluffs.
OFFICER SANGHA
Lover’s Lane, as the kids call it.
Principal Tyler closes the folder with crime scene photos.
OFFICER TODD
We need to know who hated Chantal
Gladwin.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
She was head cheerleader…
OFFICER TODD
So, everyone then.
Officer Sangha nudges Todd.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
Sorry. Chantal ever report anyone
threatening her or do you have
anyone who would fit the profile?
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Profile? We don’t have a lot of
bullying, we’re a small school in a
small town, there’s only 100
students here, most of these kids
grew up together.
OFFICER TODD
The usual suspect is a creepy,
ineffectual male who is a victim of
bullies, not a lot of friends.
OFFICER SANGHA
Sometimes people harbour grudges
for a long time, this could be
related to elementary school
events.
Principal Tyler opens a drawer and pulls out an industrial
sized bottle of antacid tablets. Only one tablet falls out.
He pulls out a second, sealed bottle and opens it. Dry
swallows two more tablets.
He glances down at the file folder – a photo of Chantal, her
bashed in face made up like Tammy Faye Baker Junior, has
slipped out on his desk.
6.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Chantal didn’t wear make up like
that, she was a very fashionable
girl.
Officer Todd and Sangha exchange concerned looks.
OFFICER SANGHA
We were going to ask about that.
OFFICER TODD
A lock of her hair was also taken.
Looks like we may have a problem.
He presses the intercom button.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Miss Gravely, get me the number for
that grief counselling service.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – MONDAY MIDDAY
Students are pouring out of the school, gathering in their
groups, ad hoc gossiping about Chantal’s murder.
A White Panel Van pulls up to the school – marked HAVE COUCH
WILL TRAVEL COUNSELLING SERVICES.
Two TV media Vans pull up.
The NATIONAL MEDIA CREW pour out of their van and start
taking immediate pick up shots.
The LOCAL NEWS CREW amble out of the van, nods to a few
students.
Students wander over, hoping to get picked for interviews.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – MONDAY LATE AFTERNOON
The flag is at half-mast and surrounded by flowers, pom-poms,
stuffed toys and other memorial offerings appropriate to a
teen girl cheerleader.
Chase, Tom, Doug and Steve congregate near the flag pole.
CHASE
I can’t believe Chantal….
7.
DOUG
Do the police suspect you?
CHASE
Let me check, you guys are on my
side right? You’re my friends?
TOM
Hey, c’mon, of course you didn’t do
it. But….you guys were fighting
pretty loud.
CHASE
Chantal and I argued all the time.
I didn’t kill her, I…had feelings
for her.
STEVE
Don’t spaz, just talking, you saw
her last.
CHASE
No, I saw her second to last.
Tom, Doug and Steve back down.
STEVE
Hey, it’s just what they say on cop
shows.
Chantal’s cheerleader friends, GWEN (17), AJA (17) and TAWNEE
(17) slink over to the boys.
Gwen pairs up with Doug and Aja with Tom.
Steve moves to put his arm around Tawnee, but she stands
close to Chase.
Chase shifts uncomfortably.
Steve’s face hardens. He looks around the courtyard, but
there are no other cheerleader calibre girls to be seen.
On the front steps, Plain Jane talks with SULKY SUE (17, mild
Goth).
Steve stares at Chase, pointedly.
Chase looks at Tawnee.
CHASE
Hey, Tawnee, I think you’re making
Steve feel left out.
8.
TAWNEE
I’m just worried about you Chase, I
mean, I just got promoted to head
cheerleader and now you don’t have
a homecoming date.
CHASE
Some respect, Chantal was your
friend.
TAWNEE
Chase, Homecoming’s this Saturday,
how much time do you need?
Steve and Chase walk away in disgust.
Tom and Doug extract themselves from Gwen and Aja and run
after Steve and Chase.
Tawnee looks at Gwen and Aja.
TAWNEE (cont’d)
Being upset is no reason to not be
practical, we’re not going to stop
living. Am I right?
AJA
So, Steve’s free then?
Tawnee turns on her.
TAWNEE
As soon as Chase gets the stick out
of his ass.
GWEN
I don’t have to trade up if I don’t
want to, do I?
Tawnee gives Gwen a hard up and down look.
TAWNEE
No, Doug’s the kicker, that’s as
high in the team as you’d
realistically get.
Gwen takes this as a compliment.
Tawnee and Aja walk away.
Gwen gets it.
9.
GWEN
Hey…
Tawnee gives her a hard look over her shoulder.
Gwen caves.
GWEN
Wait for me.
Plain Jane and Sulky Sue (wearing iPod, fiddling with a
Blackberry) watch the adjusted Cheerleader Squad enter the
school.
SULKY SUE
They are too shallow to even
realize how shallow they are.
(chipper)
Hey, I got interviewed by three
different news programs, I can burn
all the clips to a DVD if you want.
PLAIN JANE
My computer doesn’t play DVDs.
SULKY SUE
You can watch the clips on my blog,
I’m an A-lister now that’s
something big’s finally happened in
this one horse town.
PLAIN JANE
So, you’re not riding out when it’s
your turn for the horse?
SULKY SUE
Depends on if things quiet down
before it’s my turn.
PLAIN JANE
If things don’t quiet down, I’d
think you’d want to get out. I
would.
SULKY SUE
If there’s one thing I know, it’s
that killers go after girls they
can never hope to get, Plain Jane.
Plain Jane bristles at the nickname.
10.
PLAIN JANE
Well, Sulky Sue, I think I am a
little above the dating league of
some creepy killer. I could do a
make over.
SULKY SUE
Pl…Jane, seriously, a make over
is not going to make you a
cheerleader, you need to go goth,
sexy ugly is always in.
PLAIN JANE
That only works if you’re making
sexy ugly, not the other way
around.
Sulky Sue checks her blackberry.
SULKY SUE
Hey, my blog just got it’s
millionth hit!
Sulky Sue wanders away, enamoured with her little toy.
PLAIN JANE
I gotta get something from my
locker, wait for me?
Plain Jane enters the school.
INT. SCHOOL HALLWAY – DAY
Lockers, classroom doors, trash bins, drinking fountains and
posters for tickets for the Homecoming Football game on
Friday and the Homecoming Dance Saturday night.
STUDENTS move in clique packs through the halls, ignoring or
teasing each other.
A single rose is taped to a locker. Tawnee, Gwen and Aja
approach it.
TAWNEE
Do you think Chase put that there?
GWEN
I think he cared for Chantal, she
was more than a pair of great
boobs.
11.
AJA
We should probably clean it out,
give her personal stuff back to her
parents.
TAWNEE
The school will do that, but
there’s is some stuff we should get
out that she wouldn’t have wanted
her parents to know about.
Tawnee touches the locker almost reverently. She unlocks it.
The door swings open. There’s pictures of the cheerleading
squad, a big picture of Chase, the locker is neat and
decorated. Books are neatly stacked and a long coat hides the
bottom of the locker.
Tawnee pulls out a make up bag from the top shelf and opens
it. It’s full of condoms, lube, birth control pills. Tawnee
puts it in her bookbag.
Gwen takes the coat and puts it on.
GWEN
I always loved this coat.
AJA
What’s that big jar in the bottom?
The three step back.
It’s a glass gallon jar with two round pink breasts.
TAWNEE, AJA AND GWEN SCREAM.
Students gather, look, stare in shock, SCREAM.
Aja runs in a blind panic down the hallway.
Tawnee slams the locker shut.
TAWNEE
Gwen, go get a teacher.
Gwen is frozen in shock.
TAWNEE
GWEN!
Gwen looks at Tawnee, her face white and tears welling in her
eyes. She crosses her arms over her chest.
12.
TAWNEE
Get a teacher, now. Go.
Gwen nods and starts to move down the hall.
Tawnee slides to the floor, her back firmly pressed against
the locker.
Crying, she looks up at the crowd of students.
TAWNEE
Get to class you freaks! Peep
show’s over.
The students mill away.
Tawnee covers her face with her hands and just cries.
INT. SCHOOL FOYER – DAY
A blow up of Chantal hangs in the foyer, a memorial wreath
and a Book of Grieving for people to sign.
Plain Jane looks at the line of silent and solemn STUDENTS
far below Cheerleader social standing waiting to sign the
book.
JACQUELYN (17, Prom Committee Chair) flanked by TWO PRETTY
GIRLS enters the foyer.
JACQUELYN
Okay, we’re gonna need that taken
down, and I want streamers from
that corner to over here, and criss
crossed…
PRETTY BLONDE jumps the line of students and starts taking
down the Chantal display.
AD HOC PROTESTS
Hey, we didn’t sign yet.
What are you doing?
Who do you think you are?
Jacquelyn turns fiercely on the group.
JACQUELYN
I know this won’t mean much to you
people, but Homecoming is two weeks
away and we have a lot of
organizing to do.
13.
GREEN HAIR GEEK BOY
We want to sign the book.
JACQUELYN
You really think her parents want
to read “Glad you’re gone bitch”
that many times?
GASPS, AD HOC PROTESTS
Jacquelyn grabs the book.
JACQUELYN (cont’d)
This is those grief counsellors
trying to do a grief study, get
real. Chantal wouldn’t have given
any of you the time of day.
MR. TURNER (40’s, creepy ineffectual male who watches the
girl’s breasts constantly) enters.
MR. TURNER
What’s this disturbance?
Jacquelyn turns sweetness and light, and plumps out her chest
for good measure.
JACQUELYN
Mr. Turner, my committee and I are
just trying to respectfully take
down this display and start
decorating for Homecoming.
MR. TURNER
Very good, carry on Jacquelyn. To
class with the rest of you, to
class.
Students disperse.
Mr. Turner heads to the administration office.
Plain Jane follows him.
PLAIN JANE
Mr. Turner?
Turner stops and turns. He quickly scopes Plain Jane out and
then talks to her face.
MR. TURNER
Yes?
14.
PLAIN JANE
Is it true? Did they find..part..of
Chantal in her locker?
MR. TURNER
I don’t think I should talk to you
about this, there will be something
later. Go to class, Jane.
Plain Jane steps back.
PLAIN JANE
Okay, sorry for asking, Mr. Turner.
Just some kids were talking, and I
just couldn’t beleive it.
Mr. Turner scopes Plain Jane out again.
MR. TURNER
You don’t have anything to worry
about, it’s probably a one off and
the perp long since out of town.
PLAIN JANE
Gee, I feel so much better, Mr.
Turner. You tell me, how does a
drifter opportunistically kill a
girl and put her body parts in her
locker?
Plain Jane turns on her heel and walks away quickly.
Mr. Turner opens and closes his mouth.
Students look at him in some horror.
GOSSIPING STUDENTS
She’s right.
It has to be someone local.
Who knows her…
INT. PRINCIPAL TYLER’S OFFICE- CONTINUOUS
Principal Tyler eats more antacids.
MS. PHETT (30’s, classic elegance) stands near the bookcase.
Mr. Turner enters. He stops short when he sees Ms. Phett.
MR. TURNER
Miss Fit…
15.
MS. PHETT
That’s Miz Phett, Mister Turner.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Good of you to both attend, I won’t
keep you long, we all want to get
home. Please be seated.
They each take a seat, Ms. Phett more aggressively.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
With the retiring this year of Mr.
Rumple, and no budget to hire a
third science teacher, I will be
promoting Ms. Phett to the
department head position.
Mr. Turner stands.
MR. TURNER
I’ve been teaching here a lot
longer than….she has.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Mr. Turner, Jack, sit down. This is
not about seniority. Ms. Phett is
simply the better candidate.
Mr. Turner moves to the door.
MR. TURNER
I have a class, congratulations,
misfit.
MS. PHITT
Mr. Turner, before the next science
department meeting…
MR. TURNER
Yes?
MS. PHITT
Write out my name 100 times and
learn to pronounce it.
Mr. Turner storms out.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Ms. Phett, was that strictly
necessary?
16.
MS. PHITT
You and I agreed, he has to be the
one to quit, the union….
PRINCIPAL TYLER
I know, it’s just…
MS. PHETT
Yes?
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Something that police woman said,
about creepy ineffectual males…
Ms. Phett looks at the door with almost respect.
MS. PHETT
Point taken, I’ll try not to rattle
his cage too hard.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
You know what was found in Chantal
Godwin’s locker?
MS. PHETT
I understand from the student
rumour mill, that her breasts
where.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Yes, they were. The police told me
that the killer had also removed
another body part, but they didn’t
say what.
Ms. Phett and Principal Tyler look at the doorway.
MS. PHETT
You said something about creepy and
ineffectual males?
EXT. TOWN STREET @ JACQUELYN’S HOUSE – MONDAY EARLY EVENING
Jacquelyn breaks off from her Homecoming Committee Pretty
Girls and heads up the walkway to her house.
17.
JACQUELYN
(on cell phone)
Sure, Tawnee, no problem, yeah, I
can’t imagine having all those
losers signing a memorial book for
me either. Chantal must be
spinning.
Jacquelyn pauses to look up at the sky.
JACQUELYN
Tawn, are you okay? I mean,
seriously, I heard about
the…Sure, I understand.
Jaquelyn spies Chase lingering in the bushes.
JACQUELYN
Hey, uh, yeah, my Mom’s waving at
me, I gotta go, you take care of
yourself, stay home tomorrow, you
deserve it. Gotta go, bye.
Jacquelyn turns off the phone. She perks up and slinks over
to Chase.
JACQUELYN
Hiding in my bush, Chase?
Chase blushes and steps out of the bushes.
CHASE
Sorry, I didn’t mean, to um,
startle you, I just, didn’t want,
those media vans are still around
and I…
JACQUELYN
Wanted some privacy to talk to me?
CHASE
Yes, I did. Can we go inside?
Jacquelyn grabs Chase’s hand and practically drags him up the
stairs.
Plain Jane and Sulky Sue walk by.
A media van slowly cruises the street half a block down.
SULKY SUE
I guess Homcoming Committee Chair
is going for Homecoming Queen slut.
18.
PLAIN JANE
You mean slot, Homecoming Queen
slot.
SULKY SUE
No, I didn’t.
INT. JACQUELYN’S LIVINGROOM – CONTINUOUS
The room is pastel modern decor with one wall painted Hunter
Green as a feature wall. The furnishings are modular and
there are only a few blown glass ornaments. There is nothing
cosy or family comfortable in this room.
CHASE
I wanted to-
JACQUELYN
Take me upstairs?
Chase steps back toward the door.
CHASE
No, I wanted-
JACQUELYN
Take me to Homecoming?
CHASE
Thank you for taking down that
Chantal display, it was morbid, too
hard to look at.
Jacquelyn advances on Chase.
JACQUELYN
Chase, I’d do anything to make it
easier for you, I mean, you have to
concentrate on the big game Friday.
CHASE
Thanks, Jacquelyn, for
understanding.
JACQUELYN
I can be very understanding.
CHASE
I don’t understand.
19.
JACQUELYN
C’mon Chase, I’m throwing myself at
you, my parents aren’t due home for
like an hour.
Chase brightens up.
CHASE
Oh, sure, Jacquelyn, I’m flattered.
JACQUELYN
But you’re still too upset over
Chantal?
CHASE
Well, no, I mean, I am upset over
Chantal, but seriously, you’re hot
and I’d be stupid to turn you down.
I thought you were just teasing.
Jacquelyn grins big time and grabs Chase’s hand.
Through the front window on the street, Plain Jane tugs on
Sulky Sue’s arm.
EXT. TOWN STREET @ JACQUELYN’S HOUSE – CONTINUOUS
PLAIN JANE
You were right.
The two girls continue walking.
The media van drives by them.
Sulky Sue waves. VAN REPORTER squints, recognizes Sulky Sue,
waves back and signals the driver to keep going.
SULKY SUE
I guess my fifteen minutes are
over. Unless someone else dies. I
hope Tawnee gets it too.
PLAIN JANE
Sue! That’s horrible, take it back.
SULKY SUE
What? It’s not like she’s a nice
person.
PLAIN JANE
Doesn’t mean you can say awful
things like that. It’s creepy.
20.
Sulky Sue looks down at her Goth clothes and then looks at
Plain Jane. Seriously?
EXT. TOWN STREET @ JACQUELYN’S HOUSE – MONDAY NIGHT
Jacquelyn takes the trash to the curb.
Glancing over her shoulder back at the house, and not seeing
anyone, she pulls out her cell phone.
JACQUELYN
Tawnee? You’re never going to
believe who I am going to
Homecoming with….Chase…he came
over to my house today and we did
it…yes, I called to rub your face
in it. I know I’m being a bitch,
but I’m too happy to care about
that right now.
Rustling in the bushes.
Jacquelyn looks coyly at the bushes.
JACQUELYN
I have to go, I think he came back
for more. And I am going to give it
to him.
Jacquelyn tucks her phone away and saunters over to the
bushes.
JACQUELYN
Chase?
A hand reaches out of the bushes and beacons Jacquelyn in.
She parts the branches and steps in. THUMP.
Jacquelyn falls just inside the bushes, an arm extending out
to the yard.
Her arm disappears into the brush.
EXT. CLEARING ON THE BLUFF – NIGHT
Jacquelyn is tied up and gagged, laying on her back near a
campfire. Ropes run from each wrist and ankle to stakes in
the ground and then to deeply bent over trees surrounding the
clearing.
21.
She has a lump on her forehead. She struggles against her
bonds, as she can’t see the trees for the forest.
An open suitcase of name brand cosmetics is on the other side
of the fire.
A closed and slightly larger matching suitcase lies beside
it.
FOOTSTEPS approach.
Jacquelyn strains her head to try to see if it’s her captor
or rescue.
A shadowy killer, wearing baggy jeans and a hoodie pullover
with the hood up and over the face prevents the identity
being revealed. Of course.
JACQUELYN
(gagged)
Pleathe, pleathe, hlet me gowww.
The killer opens the suitcase, full of blunt and sharp
weapons, a few dildos and bottles of lube.
Jacquelyn SCREAMS.
The killer strokes a very large double ended dildo.
The killer’s shadowed face turns to Jacquelyn.
JACQUELYN
Pleathe, I..anythwing, do
anythwing…
The killer puts the dildo down and picks up a penis gag. The
killer walks to Jacquelyn.
Jacquelyn cries and turns her head side to side, struggling
against the ropes.
The killer hesitates.
Jacquelyn’s struggles loosens her right arm stake.
The tree, no longer bound by the stake, straightens up –
jerking Jacquelyn’s arm right out of the socket – WET POPPING
SOUND OF JOINT RIPPING.
Jacquelyn SCREAMS. Her upper body is partly raised, her arm
pulled outward and out of it’s socket.
The killer shakes their head.
22.
Jacquelyn weeps.
The killer removes her cloth gag.
JACQUELYN
Please, please, let me go.
The killer forces the penis gag into her mouth, tying it
tightly at the back of her head.
Jacquelyn can’t talk anymore, but she’s too afraid to
struggle further. Her eyes plead with the killer.
The killer turns and calmly selects a heavy golf club.
The killer uses the club to knock the stake near her left leg
from the ground.
The rope tightens sharply as the tree straightens up, yanking
Jacquelyn viciously in a tug of war between the two
diagonally opposite trees.
Jacquelyn SCREAMS.
The killer pushes down on the penis gag, choking off her
cries.
The killer moves to her right leg stake – THWACK – MUFFLED
SCREAMS
A SICKENING WET CRUNCH of a leg joint popping out of it’s hip
socket.
Jacquelyn passes out from pain. Everything goes dark.
THWACK. SICKENING WET ARM POPPING CRUNCH
EXT. TOWN STREET @ JACQUELYN’S HOUSE – TUESDAY MORNING
Plain Jane and Sulky Sue walk by Jacquelyn’s house.
A police car is parked out front.
Chase pulls up, but pulls away quickly when he sees the
police car.
SULKY SUE
Hey, do you think Jacquelyn’s dead?
PLAIN JANE
Cops could be here for a lot of
reasons.
23.
SULKY SUE
Then why’d your boyfriend just race
out of here?
PLAIN JANE
Sulk, why would you say such a
thing?
SULKY SUE
Something to say. Hey, if enough of
these bimbos die off, you would be
the prettiest girl in school.
PLAIN JANE
That’s a horrible thought.
SULKY SUE
You don’t know me at all, do you?
Plain Jane looks hard at Sulky Sue, like Plain Jane is the
most alone person in the whole universe.
Sulky Sue is to self absorbed to get it.
PLAIN JANE
We know each other as much as
anyone can ever know someone else.
SULKY SUE
I’ll bet we could find out who the
killer is.
PLAIN JANE
How?
SULKY SUE
We skip school and act like it was
us – that would force the killer to
kill again, because people who do
this want to get caught – no sense
doing a crime and not getting the
credit for it.
PLAIN JANE
Not that if you can’t be famous, be
infamous theory again.
SULKY SUE
But it’s true, people want to be
famous, hey, if we crack the case,
my blog hits will go through the
roof.
24.
PLAIN JANE
Oh, well, as long as it;s for the
right reasons, sure, let’s get in
the middle of the police
investigation.
Sulky Sue sulks as they walk.
PLAIN JANE
Look, I didn’t mean to dump on your
idea.
SULKY SUE
Well, for not meaning to….
PLAIN JANE
Okay, I give. I know what we have
to do. We just follow the pretty
girls, see what they do, become
one, be the bait.
SULKY SUE
Jane Goodall didn’t get a species
change, we just need to observe.
Plain Jane sulks. Not as well as Sulky Sue, but the attempt
is solid.
SULKY SUE
Jane, isn’t the lesson of all those
hokey movies you watch to accept
and love yourself?
PLAIN JANE
Yes, but not usually until they’ve
had a kick at the can at how the
other half lives. You want me to do
this half-assed?
Sulky Sue glances at Plan Jane’s ass.
SULKY SUE
I see you don’t do anything by
halves.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – TUESDAY
Students arrive at the school, hook up with their fellow
cliques and walk solemnly passed the growing Chantal memorial
around the flagpole.
Police Car pulls up.
25.
Officers Todd (carrying file box) and Sangha get out.
Steve, Tom and Doug stand near the edge of the court yard.
Chase pops out of the bushes, and taps Steve.
Steve SHRIEKS. Chase ducks down.
CHASE
It’s Chase, stupid.
Everyone looks.
Steve waves.
STEVE
(sing songy)
I’m okay, saw a spider.
Students go about their business.
Steve turns and looks in the bushes.
STEVE
Why are you hiding?
CHASE
Jacquelyn’s dead.
DOUG
What? How do you know?
CHASE
Police car outside her house this
morning.
TOM
Maybe they got broken into.
CHASE
When’s the last time anyone got
broken into in this town?
STEVE
Maybe her mom called the cops on
her dad for hittin’ her or
something. How do you know?
Chase steps out of the bushes.
CHASE
Don’t be stupid, why else are those
cops here. Same ones as for
Chantal.
26.
Steve sizes Chase up.
STEVE
Yeah, I guess that makes sense.
TOM
Why were you going by her house
this morning?
CHASE
Because Jacquelyn and I hooked up
last night.
Steve looks relieved.
STEVE
So, you’re not interested in
Tawnee?
CHASE
C’mon Steve, I wouldn’t take your
girl. Chicks are chicks, but we’re
friends.
DOUG
If hot chicks keep getting killed,
there won’t be any for any of us.
TOM
Yeah Chase, leave some for us.
A chill falls over the group.
CHASE
I don’t wanna be a monk, but I’m
starting to get a complex.
DOUG
Maybe there’s some chick who’s
obsessed with you and will just
keep bumping off girls until you
date her.
CHASE
That’s just great, Doug, thanks.
STEVE
Well, don’t look at me, I have
standards.
TOM & DOUG
EEEEeeeeewwww, don’t even joke.
27.
They glance around at the mix of hot girls and plain ones
heading into the school.
TOM
Some of the plain ones would
probably be hot with a makeover.
CHASE
It takes more than make up to make
someone hot. We have to figure out
who’s doing this and stop them if
we’re gonna have any hot chicks
left in town.
Steve whips out his cell phone and taps a few buttons.
STEVE
You’ll all chip in for the
websurfing fees, right?
They all nod solemnly.
Steve continues to tap. He scans quickly.
INT. SCHOOL COMPUTER LAB – DAY
Tawnee, Gwen and Aja are standing behind a BESOTTED COMPUTER
GEEK sitting at a computer.
Besotted Computer Geek casually stretches up his hand in
front of, but not touching, Tawnee’s breast and grins
broadly.
GWEN
You seem to really enjoy
stretching, tell us what it says.
BESOTTED COMPUTER GEEK
Usually males who are socially
isolated.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – CONTINUOUS
Chase, Tom and Doug huddle around Steve.
STEVE
They are frequently bullied, but
believe that those in authority
refuse to help them or that the
authority hierarchy form part of
the bullying culture.
28.
EXT. GIRLS WASHROOM – CONTINUOUS
Sulky Sue reads from her blackberry to Plain Jane.
SULKY SUE
They believe there is a conspiracy
to prevent them from succeeding or
getting promoted.
INT. SCHOOL COMPUTER LAB – CONTINUOUS
Tawnee, Gwen and Aja exchange looks and then look down at the
Besotted Computer Geek.
BESOTTED COMPUTER GEEK
The decision is never a snap one,
it is always a long time in
planning, holding grudges,
gathering weapons. Unless the
pattern is broken, the only
decision is “today.”
GWEN
Um, correct me if I’m wrong, but
you know a lot about internet.
BESOTTED COMPUTER GEEK
Yes.
GWEN
So, we’re looking up serial killer
profiles, not going postal people.
Tawnee looks in disgust at Besotted Computer Geek, and does
up a couple of blouse buttons.
The three girls stalk out of the computer lab.
Besotted Computer Geek looks down, ashamed.
MEDIA COMPUTER GEEK bounces in.
MEDIA COMPUTER GEEK
Here, download the pictures and
we’ll photoshop boobs on Tawnee and
post them.
Besotted Computer Geek takes card out of the camera and puts
it in the computer.
29.
BESOTTED COMPUTER GEEK
Cool.
On screen is a picture of the Besotted Computer Geek
stretching up and from the angle, looking like he’s touching
Tawnee’s breast with Gwen and Aja flanking her.
BESOTTED COMPUTER GEEK
Let’s add boobs to them too.
MEDIA COMPUTER GEEK
That’s not remotely realistic.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – CONTINUOUS
Steve puts away the phone.
Tom, Doug and Chase nod sagely.
CHASE
So, who around here fits that
description?
TOM
I dunno, hey, we better get to
biology class.
They head into the school.
INT. BIOLOGY CLASS – CONTINUOUS
The biology lab is partly cluttered and part way tidy. A new
skeleton hangs in the corner.
Mr. Turner is erasing the reproductive cycle of blood flukes
on the board.
Plain Jane and Sulky Sue sit at the front of the class.
They look from Mr. Turner to each other. Plain Jane narrows
her eyes. Sulky Sue scowls and nods.
Chase and Tom enter the room.
Plain Jane turns in her seat and looks lustfully at Chase.
Chase looks at Mr. Turner, a flash of shock on his face, and
then he scowls. He looks at Tom and nudges him.
Tom looks at Plain Jane and LAUGHS. He nudges Chase and
points.
30.
Chase focuses on Plain Jane. He gives Tom an “I’m so sure”
look, and smacks Tom.
Plain Jane turns around, mortified, in her seat.
INT. PHYSICS CLASS – CONTINUOUS
Tawnee and Gwen watch Ms. Phett diagram a planetary gravity
well on the board.
Gwen passes Tawnee a note.
Tawnee opens it.
INSERT NOTE
There is a cartoon drawing of Mr. Turner with steam coming
out of his ears with the words “He must have been pissed to
be passed over, AGAIN.”
BACK TO SCENE
Tawnee nods and looks at Gwen.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – LATE AFTERNOON
Officers Todd and Sangha watch students leaving the school.
Many STUDENTS pause at the flagpole, where a growing mound of
memorial items rest at the base. Flowers, pom poms, stuffed
toys.
Some students add cards or notes.
STUDENTS SCREAM and back away from the memorial. OTHER
STUDENTS run over for a look.
Several students throw up or very nearly do.
Officers Todd and Sangha run to the memorial.
In the flowers, a fresh bunch of Dahlias is clutched in a
human hand – Jacquelyn’s hand and arm lay among the memorial
items.
OFFICER TODD
(into radio)
We’re going to need back up at the
high school. We’ve found another
body part.
31.
Chase, Tom, Steve and Doug stroll by, heading to Chase’s car.
Officer Todd steps forward.
OFFICER TODD
Chase Morton?
Chase stops.
CHASE
Yes?
Officer Todd motions to the car.
Chase looks ready to bolt, but Steve puts his hand on him.
OFFICER SANGHA
We just want to talk for a few
minutes.
Officer Sangha opens the backdoor.
CHASE
I have football practise.
Officer Todd gives him a hard look.
OFFICER TODD
We don’t need you for long. Officer
Sangha, secure this crime scene.
I’ll go chat with Mr. Morton.
Chase and Officer Todd head to the police car.
INT. POLICE CAR – CONTINUOUS
Officer Todd and Chase get into the car.
CHASE
This going to take long, I have
practise, remember? Homecoming game
this Friday.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – CONTINUOUS
Tom, Doug and Steve watch.
STEVE
He was the last to see both girls.
The three boys exchange wary looks.
32.
Mr. Turner strolls by them to the parking lot. His shabby
briefcase barely closed with all the papers crammed in it.
INT. POLICE CAR – CONTINUOUS
Officer Todd hands Chase crime scene photos of Chantal and
Jacquelyn.
Chase glaces at the first two and then puts them face down on
the seat.
OFFICER TODD
Don’t like pictures?
CHASE
What kind of person would I be if I
did?
OFFICER TODD
Probably under arrest.
CHASE
I knew those girls.
OFFICER TODD
I’d like to know how well you knew
them.
CHASE
Chantal was my girlfriend for the
last year. Jacquelyn, well, we all
knew each other since elementary
school.
OFFICER TODD
Did you have sex with Jacquelyn?
CHASE
What kind of question is that?
OFFICER TODD
A very pointed one, so I want you
to think about your answer very
carefully.
Chase looks anywhere but at Officer Todd.
OFFICER TODD
Chase, you’re the big guy on a very
small campus in a very small town,
and that makes you a very small
fish in the big world.
33.
CHASE
What’s that supposed to mean?
OFFICER TODD
It means you’re not in the NFL with
a battery of high priced lawyers to
cover your kinky ass. I expect to
have some lab results that will
give you a very different life path
than the one you are planning on.
CHASE
Aren’t you supposed to have my
parents here?
OFFICER TODD
You’re not charged, we’re just
talking.
CHASE
So, you won’t stop me from leaving?
Officer Todd gets out and opens the door.
OFFICER TODD
You are free to leave and become my
number one suspect at any time.
Chase looks at the murder photos – both with heavy make up –
Chantal with a bashed in head and Jacquelyn with her limbs
stacked neatly beside her.
Chase gets severely queasy.
Officer Todd looks almost sorry for him.
CHASE
I had sex with Jacquelyn that
night, it was early, right after
school, in her bedroom. I left by
4:30 pm.
OFFICER TODD
Just days after Chantal was killed?
CHASE
I’m sad about Chantal, that’s got
nothing to do with Jacquelyn.
Chase accidently touches the Jacquelyn photo. He looks down
at the photo, and then up at Officer Todd.
DISTRESSED STOMACH GURGLE
34.
Chase flings himself out of the police car, falls to his
hands and knees and power pukes.
Officer Todd calmly gathers up the photos, no distress at all
at seeing them, and puts them in the files. She glances at
Chase, grossed out.
OFFICER TODD
We’re finished here. For now.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – PLAYING FIELD – TUESDAY NIGHT
Chase sits on the bench in a dirty football uniform as the
LAST PLAYERS are heading the showers.
Aja spies Chase and runs to greet him.
CHASE
Aren’t you worried to be seen with
me?
AJA
No, why?
CHASE
I don’t seem to be much of a good
luck charm for girls, lately.
Aja touches Chase’s arm.
AJA
Chase, I know you’d never hurt me,
or anyone. At least, off the
football field.
Chase looks vulnerable and scared.
Aja softens and runs her hand through his hair.
He melts a bit against her touch.
AJA
You know, you don’t have to go
through this alone.
CHASE
I really appreciate that, Aja, but
I can’t risk putting you in danger.
I’m getting a bit of a complex as
it is. The guys think it’s a crazy
jealous girl.
35.
Aja looks around the empty field.
AJA
There’s no one here to see
anything.
Aja steps forward and kisses Chase.
He pulls away from her.
CHASE
I have to go find the guys.
AJA
Did you know no girls came to
audition for cheerleading? Not that
there’d be time to get them up to
speed for the game Friday.
CHASE
I don’t know that that’s surprising
right now.
AJA
The homecoming committee hasn’t
been able to replace Jacquelyn,
either.
Aja moves close to Chase then moves coyly away again.
AJA
I was thinking of joining it and
was sorta hoping you and some of
the football guys would too, it’s
for you guys in a way, you should
have some say in it.
CHASE
We’ve got too much with the game to
think about decorations. There must
be some guys in drama club who’d be
great on the committee.
Chase looks around.
Aja is disappointed.
CHASE
Look, Aja, I really-
AJA
I heard that the police talked to
you.
36.
CHASE
They showed me crime photos.
Aja gets a clue.
AJA
Bad?
Chase just nods.
Aja gets a chill.
CHASE
You should probably get home, I
don’t think it’s safe….
Aja gets coy again.
AJA
Maybe I could wait and you could
take me home?
CHASE
Sure, I guess I shouldn’t send you
home alone. I just have to shower
first.
Chase heads in side.
Aja watches his butt as he walks away.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – WEDNESDAY MORNING
Boys and dowdy girls approach the school from buses or parent
cars – no students are driving themselves anymore or walking
to school.
Chantal and Jacquelyn’s yearbook photos hang from the
flagpole, which is surrounded by more memorial items and
flowers.
There’s a big sign on the front doors: ALL STUDENTS Report to
the Gym.
Chase, Tom, Steve and Doug meet near the double memorial by
the flagpole.
Tawnee, Gwen and Aja, barely recognizable, join them.
They all hesitate to stand to near the pole, there is still
some remains of police tape.
37.
TAWNEE
How did the killer get Jacquelyn’s
arm in there without anyone seeing?
CHASE
Middle of the night, it’s not like
this area’s closed off.
Everyone looks at Chase like he’s thought that out a little
too well.
CHASE
Oh, c’mon all ready. Would I tell
you how I did it if I was the
killer?
STEVE
You’re not the killer, it’s just
creepy.
CHASE
Change the subject.
Chase looks at the girls. Steve, Tom and Doug look at the
girls.
Tawnee, Gwen and Aja squirm a bit, feeling exposed and plain.
CHASE
Wow, starting to understand false
advertising laws.
TAWNEE
Like you’d advertise being a
quarterback if football players
were being targetted.
GWEN
Yeah, Homecoming’s gonna be great
in my brother’s hand me downs.
AJA
My mom’s threatening to not let me
even go. Like there’s even a reason
to go if I can’t be pretty in my
Homecoming dress.
Tom nudges Aja.
TOM
Of course there’s still a reason. I
don’t care what you wear.
38.
STEVE
As long as it’s easy to remove, hey
Tom.
AJA
As if.
Chase, Steve and Doug all stare at Tom.
Tom looks anywhere but his friends.
Plain Jane walks by and smiles at Chase.
Chase notices that she looks prettier than some of the girls
around the courtyard. His eyes narrow and then he shakes his
head.
Plain Jane meets up with Sulky Sue near the doors.
PLAIN JANE
Did you see the cheerleaders? Woof.
Sulky Sue LAUGHS.
PLAIN JANE
I never imagined getting to feel
prettier than a cheerleader! I
didn;t even do anything different
or special this morning.
Plain Jane grabs Sulky Sue in a hug.
DOWDY PRETTY GIRL
Lesbos! Lesbians in the courtyard!
Lesbo alert!
Plain Jane and Sulky Sue let go like boiling oil was poured
on them.
All the boys strain to see and when they do, they are
disappointed.
PLAIN JANE
Why does nothing that feels good
ever get to last?
SULKY SUE
Even fleeting moments of joy are
more than most people experience.
PLAIN JANE
Don’t get started on Africa again.
39.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL GYM – MORNING
A subdued student body – boys far outnumber the girls – and
teaching staff assembles.
On stage, Principal Tyler, Ms. Phett, Mr Turner and SIX
TEACHERS stand awkwardly.
Tawnee, Aja and Gwen sit in front of Chase, Tom, Doug and
Steve.
Plain Jane and Sulky Sue sit a few bleacher seats up.
Principal Tyler looks out at the high number of empty chairs.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Thank you to all those still
attending school.
Officers Todd and Sangha enter.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
I want to assure each of you that
the school will do everything to
ensure your safety. We will be
starting mandatory self defence
classes for all female students.
GIRLS CHEER, BOYS MIXED REACTION
Principal Tyler raises his hands.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Budget permitting, the classes may
be open to male students once all
the girls have gone through the
course. The reality is that boys
have not been targets of this sick
individual.
Officer Todd, are you here?
OFFICER TODD
Yes, Principal Tyler.
He waves her up. Officer Todd gets up on the stage.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Officer Todd will answer what
questions she can about the ongoing
investigation, please, keep your
inquiries tasteful and on point.
40.
Principal Tyler yeilds the floor mic to Officer Todd.
OFFICER TODD
Since this in an on-going
investigation, there is not a lot I
can tell you.
BOOING
Officer Sangha stands next to
Officer Todd.
Officer Todd raises her hands, the students quiet down.
OFFICER TODD
I will say that both murders
were…different from each other,
but there was one similarity which
makes us think that they are
connected. Before rumours and
speculation occur, each girl’s face
was done in a rather garish make up
style that was not consistent with
their normal appearance.
DOWDY REDHEAD GIRL
Do you have any leads?
OFFICER TODD
We are following up on several
tips.
TOMBOY BLONDE
How can we protect ourselves?
OFFICER TODD
First, don’t go out at night.
GROANS, PROTESTS
OFFICER TODD
If you do go out, stay in a group
and within town limits.
TAWNEE
But Jacquelyn was taken from her
yard. I was on the phone with her,
just before.
GASPS.
Tawnee turns and looks hard at Chase.
41.
Everyone stares at Chase.
Officer Todd follows Tawnee’s head snap, smiles grimly.
CHASE
What? I was at home, ask my Mom.
GWEN
And you the last one with Chantal.
CHASE
She left, everyone up there saw her
leave alone.
TAWNEE
And what were you doing at lover’s
lane by yourself?
MEAN LAUGHTER
Chase looks shocked and hurt. He
stands.
CHASE
I lost my girlfriend, I’m a victim,
you golddigging whore.
Chase storms out.
Doug and Tom get up and follow Chase.
Steve hesitates, looks sadly at Tawnee, then turns and
follows Chase
Officer Sangha slips out after Chase.
OFFICER TODD
What’s your name, young lady?
TAWNEE
Tawnee Michals
OFFICER TODD
And you haven’t come forward?
TAWNEE
I figured you would have her cell
phone records and if you wanted to
talk to me, you would have done it
already. Like the tv cops.
Officer Todd steps away from the mic and rubs her temples.
42.
OFFICER TODD
(sotto voce)
TV generation.
She moves back to the mic.
OFFICER TODD
If anyone had any contact with
either victim in the last 24 hours
before they were killed, or if you
have any information that can help
at all, please come forward after
assembly to me or Officer Sangha –
or call the police station tip
line. The best way you can help
yourself and your classmates is to
come forward and share any
information you have so we can stop
this killer before they strike
again.
Principle Tyler moves to the mic. Officer Todd steps back.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Miss Michals, please come up here.
One last thing, we were considering cancelling the Homecoming
dance.
PROTEST HOWLS
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Please, calm down – we are not
cancelling, please. We have hired a
security firm to patrol the grounds
and parking lot – any students may
request escourt from the school to
their cars at the dance, now,
please, go to class.
Principal Tyler dry swallows a handful of tablets.
Officer Todd gives him a sympathetic look. Principal Tyler
smiles weakly.
TAWNEE
You wanted to talk to me?
OFFICER TODD
Yes, tell me about your cell phone
call.
43.
TAWNEE
Jacquelyn phoned me to brag that
she’d had sex with Chase.
OFFICER TODD
To make you jealous?
TAWNEE
I’m dating Steve. So, no, just to
brag.
OFFICER TODD
And she told you what?
TAWNEE
That Chase had come back for
seconds. And then she hung up on
me.
OFFICER TODD
Who else have you told?
TAWNEE
No one.
OFFICER TODD
Did you call the tip line?
TAWNEE
No.
OFFICER TODD
Someone did.
Officer Todd scans the students leaving the gym.
TAWNEE
Hey, can I get into witness
protection after Homecoming?
Officer Todd looks at her incredulous.
INT. GIRL’S BATHROOM/CHANGEROOM – DAY
Tawnee, Gwen and Aja primp in front of the mirrors in the
change room area.
TAWNEE
Ooo, make up feels so good.
GWEN
At least we can look good in class.
44.
AJA
So, what’s the plan for tonight?
In the bathroom area, Plain Jane and Sulky Sue listen in.
TAWNEE
We follow Mr. Turner, see who he
targets next, duh.
GWEN
There’s not more?
TAWNEE
We could dress up as guys.
AJA
Maybe we could go pretty and see if
he tries to grab one of us. We’d
have him for sure then.
GWEN
I don’t want to be the bait.
They look at each other.
TAWNEE
Fine, I’ll be the bait. The things
I do.
In the bathroom area, Plain Jane and Sulky Sue sneak out.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL HALLWAY OUTSIDE OF BATHROOM -CONTINUOUS
PLAIN JANE
So, we follow them?
SULKY SUE
We could dress up as guys.
Plain Jane laughs.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL PLAYING FIELD – AFTERNOON
Chase, Steve, Tom and Doug throw footballs in pairs, away
from the rest of the practising football team.
Chase misses an easy catch.
STEVE
Chase, dude.
Chase picks up the ball.
45.
CHASE
Fucking Tawnee. What’s so great
about cheerleaders anyway?
The three guys stare at him.
TOM
They’re hot.
CHASE
I want more than hot, I want a girl
I can talk to. Who won’t play mind
games.
STEVE
All hot chicks play mind games.
CHASE
Maybe I’m done with hot chicks
then.
STEVE
How hard did I hit you with the
football?
CHASE
Not that hard. Anyway, Turner. I
say we follow him tonight.
DOUG
We’re not going to dress up like
girls are we?
CHASE
Did you get hit with a ball when no one was looking?
EXT. TOWN STREET – MR TURNER’S HOUSE – NIGHT
A neat and tidy near suburban street – with clean houses with
neatly mowed lawns, maintained flower beds and a few farm or
Christmas themed lawn ornaments.
Mr. Turner’s house is mildly weatherbeaten and has a gravel
front lawn dotted with weeds. There is a cross shaped grave
marker near the front corner which reads “The last dog to
poop on my yard.”
Mr. Turner gets out of his beat up older model 2 door car.
He moves to the passenger side and opens the door.
46.
Trash drifts onto the curb from the overflowing back seat
(food wrappers, books with torn off covers, jackets).
He pulls his cramed shut breifcase from the passenger seat
and a bag from a fast food joint.
Looking up and down the street and seeing no one, Turner
kicks the trash under his car and SLAMS the door shut.
He clicks the key fob to set the car alarm. BEEP-BEEP.
He stomps into the house.
From the neighbour’s bushes, Tawnee, Aja and Gwen appear.
Tawnee waves Aja and Gwen to go around the sides of the
house.
Aja takes the farther side and slinks around the house. Gwen
heads down the closer side.
Across the street, Plain Jane and Sulky Sue watch from a tree
branch.
PLAIN JANE
I want to take a closer look.
SULKY SUE
I’ll stay here.
Plain Jane shimmies down the tree.
At the end of the block, Chase, Steve, Doug and Tom eat take
out food in Chase’s car.
INT. CHASE’S CAR – NIGHT
CHASE
I don’t think this is a good idea.
STEVE
Why not?
CHASE
Because I don’t think I should be
slinking around town when the
police are handling this. They’ve
already questioned me.
DOUG
So you want to sit at home to have
your Mom as an alibi?
47.
TOM
Yeah, we’re with you.
CHASE
Do they let accomplises share jail
cells?
STEVE
What?
CHASE
If the cops decide I’m the one,
don’t you think they’d just frame
you guys too?
TOM
Maybe they’d think we lied to
protect you.
STEVE
Chase, you didn’t kill Chantal or
Jacquelyn.
CHASE
Do you think that matters? The
police have to get someone and
soon, the town’s freaking out and
they don’t care who pays as long as
someone does.
STEVE
Calm down, you’re freaking me out.
CHASE
You don’t think Rampaging Teenage
Boys kill Two girls is a likley
headline?
TOM
You thought this was a good idea
earlier.
CHASE
Changed my mind, I want to stay far
away from anything that’s outside
of my normal routine. Anything I
can’t explain to the police
reasonably….
STEVE
Chantal and Jaquelyn are dead,
doesn’t that mean anything to you?
48.
CHASE
Of course it does, but me going to
jail isn’t going to bring them
back. Me being the focus of the
police means they are not looking
for the real killer. Get out of my
car, I’m going home.
Doug and Tom slip out.
Steve looks shocked at Chase.
CHASE
You go play cowboy cop.
STEVE
I woulda thought you’da cared more.
Chase fights tears.
Steve gets out of the car.
Chase REVS the engine and drives away.
Steve, Tom and Doug watch his tailights disappear.
A figure darts to Turner’s yard as Chase drives by.
TOM
Did you see that?
DOUG
Let’s go. To bad Chase is missing
out.
Tom, Doug and Steve sprint to Turner’s house.
EXT. TURNER’S HOUSE – NIGHT
Tom heads down the same side as Aja did.
Doug down the far side after Gwen.
Steve lingers in the front yard, looking to see if any
neighbours are watching.
EXT. TREE ACROSS THE STREET FROM TURNER – CONTINUOUS
Sulky Sue shifts to type in her blackberry.
SULKY SUE
A million hits, cool. Hey,
comments….
49.
Sulky Sue is engrossed in her blackberry.
EXT. SIDE OF TURNER’S HOUSE – CONTINUOUS
Trees overhang from the neighbour’s yard. The fence is in
poor condition.
The gravel continues, but there is a concrete walkway that
allows Aja to silently creep to the window.
Aja peers into the window.
INT. TURNER’S LIVINGROOM – CONTINOUS
The house is squalid – stacks of newspaper, laundry, piles
and piles of books, dirty dishes. There is so much stuff that
Turner has trails leading from room to room.
Turner is throwing darts at a dartboard that Ms. Phett’s
yearbook photo has been stuck to.
THWACK – dart to the left eye.
Turner alternates between biting his hamburger, throwing
darts and muttering.
EXT. SIDE OF TURNER’S HOUSE – CONTINUOUS
Aja takes off her sweater and folds it on the ground so she
can kneel at the window.
Tom sneaks up behind her.
TOM
(stage whisper)
It’s Tom, don’t scream.
Aja startles, but doesn’t make a sound. She turns and grins
at him.
AJA
(stage whisper)
What are you doing here?
TOM
(stage whisper)
I could ask you the same.
AJA
(stage whisper)
You think it’s Turner too?
50.
TOM
(stage whisper)
He fits.
Aja points inside.
TOM
(stage whisper)
Is that Ms. Phett’s picture?
Aja grabs Tom’s arm, her mouth opening and closing.
TOM
What?
THWACK – a 2 by 4 smacks Tom in the head. He drops like a
rock.
The Hoodie wearing Killer holding the bloodied 2 by 4 and
moves to Aja.
AJA SCREAMS.
Aja tries to scramble backwards.
THWACK the 2 by 4 comes down on her head. She collapses.
INT. TURNER LIVING ROOM – CONTINUOUS
Turner swallows his burger bite.
TURNER
Damn kids.
He pushes his way through debris and turns on his radio.
Classical music muffles any more sounds..
EXT. OTHER SIDE OF TURNER HOUSE – CONTINUOUS
Gwen and Doug are facing off.
GWEN
Did you hear a scream?
DOUG
A TV?
GWEN
Aja’s on the other side.
Gwen and Doug run to the front of the house.
51.
EXT. TOWN STREET @ TURNER HOUSE – CONTINUOUS
Sulky Sue has shimmied down from the tree.
SULKY SUE
Jane?
GWEN
Have you seen Aja or Tawnee?
SULKY SUE
Have you seen Jane?
DOUG
We better check the side.
They head to the side of Turner’s house.
Front DOOR SLAMS OPEN.
Turner fills the doorway.
MR. TURNER
What are you doing at my house?
DOUG
We don’t have time to explain, the
girls are in trouble.
MR. TURNER
What girls?
GWEN
Tawnee and Aja
SULKY SUE
And Jane.
MR. TURNER
Why are these girls in trouble at
my house exactly?
SULKY SUE
We’re playing a game someone just
scream from down there.
Mr. Turner looks hard at them and then heads to the side of
the house where Aja and Tom had gone.
Mr. Turner sees Tom lying crumpled.
MR. TURNER
Oh dear lord, call an ambulance!
52.
Doug and Gwen run forward.
DOUG
Tom!
Doug and Gwen run to Tom.
GWEN
Where’s Aja?
DOUG
Don’t move him, head injury!
Sulky Sue runs into Mr. Turner’s house.
Mr. Turner runs into his house.
INT. TURNER LIVING ROOM – CONTINUOUS
Sulky Sue takes in the squalor.
MR. TURNER
Phone’s over here.
Mr. Turner weaves through the piles of stuff and grabs the
phone.
EXT. SIDE OF TURNER’S HOUSE – CONTINUOUS
Doug holds Tom’s arm.
DOUG
I don’t think he’s breathing.
Gwen touches Tom’s hand.
GWEN
I’ve never seen anyone….
Crying, Doug looks up at her.
GWEN
There must be something we can do…
Mr. Turner returns.
MR. TURNER
Police and ambulance are on the
way. Grab that sweater and slip it
under his head.
53.
DOUG
I don’t think he’s breathing, do
you know CPR?
MR. TURNER
No, I’m sorry, Doug, I don’t.
GWEN
That’s Aja’s sweater.
MR. TURNER
Aja? What’s going on here?
GWEN
Where’s Aja is a more important
question.
SULKY SUE
And Tawnee and Jane.
MR. TURNER
Three girls missing? At my house.
Perfect, just friggin perfect.
DOUG
No disrespect, Mr. Turner, but
aren’t the girls in a whole lot
worse trouble than you?
Mr. Turner catches himself.
MR. TURNER
Certainly, Douglas, I just hope
they’re okay, perhaps they’re
playing a trick on you and they’ve
already gone home?
GWEN
They killed Tom and went home? Are
you serious?
MR. TURNER
Oh, right, the boy. No, then, I
don’t suppose it is a trick.
SIRENS. The ambulance and police car pull up.
Porch lights up and down the street come on. NEIGHBOURS come
out on their porches to look.
54.
EXT. FREEWAY OVERPASS – NIGHT
The killer’s beat up car is parked on the overpass. A rope
end is trapped in the closed passenger side door. The rope
travels from the car to Aja, laying bound against the
overpass railing.
Aja’s bare feet are duct taped together and her hands are
duct taped behind her back. Several layers of duct tape cover
her mouth.
Her face is already made up in lurid clashing make up
colours.
The baggily dressed killer puts a noose around Aja’s throat,
running the rope down and around her wrists as well.
Aja struggles, her SCREAMS MUFFLED by the tape.
The killer gets a machete from the trunk.
Aja tries to wriggle, but doesn’t manage to crawl very far.
Grasping a lot of Aja’s hair, the killer uses the machete to
cut a 50 cent piece sized scalp.
Bloods seeps everywhere.
Aja CRIES.
The killer puts the scalp in a grocery plastic bag.
Positioning themselves at Aja’s feet, the killer brings the
machete down again, severing her big toe.
Aja SCREAMS.
Picking up the toe and draining it slightly, the killer then
puts the toe in the bag.
The baggie and machete go into the trunk. TRUNK SLAMS SHUT.
The killer looks over the railing.
Semi-Trucks approach the overpass on the freeway below.
The killer bodily hoists Aja up, forcing Aja to see the
approaching trucks.
Aja struggles, but cannot break free.
The killer strikes her in the throat.
55.
Aja chokes a little.
With a mighty heave, the killer pushes Aja against the waist
high railing.
Aja, unable to stop herself, topples over the railing head
first.
Her body is jerked to a stop by the noose, her arms ripped
backwards out of their sockets.
Her body dangles only for a moment before the semi-truck,
unable to stop, smacks into her.
The truck SQUEALS to a stop, nearly going off the road.
The killer rushes to the car on the overpass and drives away.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – THURSDAY MORNING
Principle Tyler and Ms. Phett watch as very few students get
off the bus and shuffle pass the flag pole and it’s sad
memorial.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
If any more parent decide to home
study, we’re going to have to turn
this place into a senior’s centre.
The police car pulls up. Officers Todd and Sangha get out.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Just once I’d like to see a police
officer besides Sara Todd.
Ms. Phett looks Officer Todd over. She likes what she sees.
MS. PHETT
Oh, I don’t know….
PRINCIPAL TYLER
I miss the days when you could go a
whole school year and never see a
police officer.
Plain Jane walks alone behind Officer Todd and Sangha.
Officer Todd gives a curt smile to Mz. Phett.
56.
OFFICER TODD
Principal Tyler, I’m sorry to have
to see you again. There’s three
girls reported missing last night.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Three?
OFFICER TODD
Aja Freisen, Tawnee Brown and Jane
McCormick.
Plain Jane stops cold.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Officer Todd, there’s been some
mistake, Miss McCormick is right
behind you.
Officer Todd turns around quickly.
OFFICER TODD
Miss McCormick?
PLAIN JANE
Yes, Ma’am. I’m Jane McCormick.
OFFICER TODD
Your friend, Sue Gravely reported
you missing near Mr. Turner’s
house.
MS. PHETT
Mr. Turner’s? What were you doing
there?
OFFICER TODD
Perhaps we better go to the admin
office?
INT. PRINCIPAL TYLER’S OFFICE- CONTINUOUS
Plain Jane sits in a guest chair.
Principal Tyler and Ms. Phett are behind the desk.
Officers Todd and Sangha stand near Plain Jane.
57.
OFFICER TODD
Your friend Sue told us that you
and she were out and you vanished
on her near Mr. Turner’s house.
PLAIN JANE
I didn’t vanish, I went home.
OFFICER TODD
Without telling her?
PLAIN JANE
I got scared, I heard people coming
and I ran, I didn’t have time to
check in with Sulky Sue. I went by
her house this morning, she’d
already left.
OFFICER TODD
We’ll come back to that, why were
you at Mr. Turner’s house?
Ms. Phett’s ears perk up.
MS. PHETT
He hadn’t invited you, had he?
PLAIN JANE
No, we were, we were following the
cheerleaders.
OFFICER TODD
Why?
PLAIN JANE
They’re who the killer wants, we
thought we could catch the killer.
OFFICER SANGHA
But why Mr. Turner? You think he’s
the killer.
PLAIN JANE
I guess the cheerleaders do.
MS. PHETT
He fits your creepy ineffectual
male profile.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Ms. Phett!
58.
MS. PHETT
Can you honestly say he doesn’t?
Lives in his mother’s house, never
married, pass over for promotion,
he has a hard time with women in
authority roles. It’s rubber stamp
classic.
OFFICER TODD
Perhaps we could keep the focus on
the young lady.
OFFICER SANGHA
Jane, why would you try to catch
the killer? Why not just bring any
information you have to the police?
PLAIN JANE
I thought, I thought if I could
catch the killer, I’d be popular.
Officer Todd rolls her eyes.
OFFICER TODD
So, you don’t know why the
cheerleaders were at Mr. Turner’s
house.
PLAIN JANE
The creepy ineffectual male thing.
He seemed the obvious suspect.
OFFICER TODD
So, what happened that scared you?
PLAIN JANE
We saw Tawnee, Gwen and Aja go
around the house and I climbed down
from the tree and followed them. I
hear someone following me, so I
ran.
OFFICER TODD
Well, it might have saved your
life.
PLAIN JANE
Why? What happened?
OFFICER SANGHA
A young man, Tom Duncan was killed
at the scene. Tawnee is missing.
59.
(MORE)
Aja was found by a trucker on the
freeway.
PLAIN JANE
She’s okay then?
OFFICER TODD
No, she was thrown from the
overpass onto the freeway in front
of the trucker.
Principal Tyler gets into his drawer for the antacids.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Oh my.
SEVERAL SCREAMS FROM DOWN THE HALL.
Everyone runs out of the office to the foyer.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL FOYER – CONTINUOUS
STUDENTS gather around the trophy case.
Hanging from the big trophy is Aja’s scalp.
OFFICER TODD
Everyone get back – don’t touch
anything.
The students take a collective step back, leaving Chase
standing closest.
Chase stares that the hair. He starts to cry.
Steve and Doug grab Chase and drag him away before too many
people see.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Perhaps we should cancel the dance,
no one’s going to let their
children out anymore.
VARIOUS STUDENTS
No, please don’t.
I’m not coming, who cares?
Dance’s aren’t worth dying for.
But it’s Homecoming….
What about the football game?
You can’t cancel football!
But cancelling the dance is okay?
60.
OFFICER SANGHA (cont’d)
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Silence! Everyone to the gym.
Please, go now. Ms. Phett, please
go announce everyone to the gym.
Ms. Phett heads back down the hall.
Mr. Turner slinks in. He flinches when he sees the police,
and tries to back away.
PRINCIPAL TYLER (cont’d)
Mr. Turner, you’re late.
Officers Todd and Sangha turn to look at him.
Officer Todd’s eyes narrow as she scopes out the nervous Mr.
Turner.
Mr. Turner breaks out in a flop sweat.
MR. TURNER
Car troubles.
Mr. Turner backs away, clutching his briefcase close to his
chest.
MR. TURNER
Got to get to class, papers to
grade. Tests to give.
Mr. Turner all but turns and runs down the hall.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
I’ll call an assembly of what’s
left of the students, can’t see the
point of classes today.
OFFICER SANGHA
I’ll call for a technician.
Officer Todd nods grimly while looking into the trophy case.
Plain Jane is reflected in the glass.
Sulky Sue enters.
SULKY SUE
Jane!
Sulky Sue grabs Jane in a hug, then just as suddenly,
releases her and tries to put her detached Goth persona back
on.
61.
Plain Jane nods to move down the hall.
Plain Jane and Sulky Sue start to leave.
OFFICER TODD
Miss McCormick, we’re done for now,
but we’ll want to talk to you
again.
PLAIN JANE
It’s not like I’m leaving town,
officer.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL – HALLWAY – CONTINUOUS
Sulky Sue and Plain Jane get to their lockers.
SULKY SUE
Where did you get to?
PLAIN JANE
I went down the side of the house,
I wanted a closer look and I got
spooked.
SULKY SUE
By what?
PLAIN JANE
There was someone else there.
Footsteps.
SULKY SUE
It was probably Tom. Hey, you don’t
know.
PLAIN JANE
I know Aja and Tawnee are…
SULKY SUE
Tom’s dead, he got whacked on the
head. We thought the killer had
whacked him and took the three of
you.
PLAIN JANE
Poor Tom.
SULKY SUE
I shoulda known you were okay, I
mean, this whacko’s after
cheerleaders.
62.
Plain Jane stiffens with anger.
PLAIN JANE
Thanks Sue, great, now I’m too ugly
to get killed.
SULKY SUE
Jane, I didn’t mean it that way.
Plain Jane walks away.
PLAIN JANE
How exactly am I supposed to take
it.
SULKY SUE
Hey, you want to get killed, then
fine, it’s your choice.
MS. PHETT
(over PA system)
All students report to the
gymnasium. Classes are cancelled,
all students are to report to the
gym.
A few classroom doors open and a SMALL NUMBER OF STUDENTS
file out.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL – GYM – CONTINUOUS
Fewer than THIRTY STUDENTS, mostly boys, are seated in the
gym.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Because of the number of students
being withdrawn from classes, and
the danger our community’s youth is
facing, the town council is looking
at several options.
BAD BOY STUDENT
Close the school!
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Yes, well, that is an option being
considered.
Stunned silence.
63.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Not my preferred choice. We are
going to continue with classes. We
are asking parents to escort their
teens to and from school or that
all students will be using the
dedicated school buses.
All after school clubs are
cancelled.
CHASE
What about the game tomorrow?
PRINCIPAL TYLER
The game will go on as planned,
it’s too late to cancel.
CHEERING
Gwen stand and raises her hands for silence.
GWEN
And the dance?
Principal Tyler squirms.
GWEN (cont’d)
Jacquelyn worked so hard for that
dance. We can’t let this maniac
make us be afraid to live our
lives.
Gwen looks at the students.
GWEN (cont’d)
Dance!
(clap)
Dance!
(clap)
Dance!
(clap)
STUDENT BODY
Dance!
(clap)
Dance!
(clap)
Dance!
(clap)
Principal Tyler raises his hands for silence.
The Chanting peters out.
64.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
Since you all seem to agree and
feel so strongly, we will not
cancel the dance.
CHEERING
PRINCIPAL TYLER (cont’d)
There will be extra security and
there will be no after parties,
everyone is to return home, their
own homes, after the dance,
escorted by parents or, we will
make transport arrangement by
school buses.
CHEERING
PRINCIPAL TYLER (cont’d)
There is one more announcement
before you cheer when I send you
home. Officer Todd will be in the
school giving self defence classes
to any female student who remains.
Everyone, the buses are waiting
outside, or you may use your own or
the office phone to call your
parents.
Students start to drift out.
STEVE
Self defence for girls. What about
Tom?
DOUG
Self defence wouldn’t have helped
him, he was hit from behind.
CHASE
Let’s go check the biology lab, and
Turner’s car.
STEVE
When did you get back in the game,
Mr. Chantal’s not worth going to
jail for.
CHASE
This guy is killing people all
around me, I’m not waiting for him
to whittle down my friends to get
to me.
65.
Steve and Doug clap Chase on the back.
STEVE
Good to have you back.
Chase, Steve and Doug exit the gym.
Plain Jane stays in the bleachers.
Sulky Sue watches her.
Plain Jane glances over her shoulder to see if Sulky Sue is
looking.
She is.
Plain Jane shifts over, to make room beside her on the
bleacher.
Sulky Sue comes over and sits.
PLAIN JANE
Sorry I freaked out.
SULKY SUE
Jane, I think you’re better than a
cheerleader; you won’t be confused
when high school is over.
Plain Jane laughs.
PLAIN JANE
So, self defence?
SULKY SUE
A good offense is the best defence.
Officer Todd waves for the TEN GIRLS, including Plain Jane,
Sulky Sue and Gwen to come closer.
No one stands near Gwen.
GWEN
Beauty isn’t contagious.
The girls shift further away.
SULKY SUE
Doesn’t hurt to not put yourself at
risk.
66.
GWEN
Thanks very much, only Goth girl in
town.
SULKY SUE
Well, now you’re the only
cheerleader in town. So, rubber,
glue.
OFFICER TODD
Don’t be stupid girls, you’re gonna
be working in partners, so huddle
up.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
Girls, the conventional wisdom of
don’t fight back is not going to
work at all in this case and in my
opinion, in any situation.
Most attackers are not expecting
you to fight back, they are
counting on you being afraid, being
nice little girls and of not
knowing how to defend yourself.
That ends today.
GIRLS CHEER
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
The few attackers who are prepared
for you to fight back are planning
to kill you. So why make it easy
and nice for them? You may escape
with your life at best and at
worse, do enough damage for police
to identify who killed you.
Girls are shocked into silence.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
So far, four of your schoolmates
have been killed – Chantal,
Jacquelyn, Aja and Tom. Tawnee is
missing. This isn’t a video game
where you have another life or
restart or a TV show where you come
back on another program. You get
one trip through this life, and I’m
here to make sure that it’s as long
and safe for you as possible.
Officer Todd looks hard at each girl.
67.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
What I tell you today, I want you
to tell your friends. Share this
information, it can save your life.
Now, I want everyone to empty their
purses or backpacks, and I’m going
to show you how many weapons you
have that you don’t know you do.
INT. BIOLOGY CLASS – CONTINUOUS
The biology class is perfectly organized, everything is
labelled.
Chase, Steve and Doug poke around.
Chase discovers the cabinet with the chemicals is unlocked.
He opens the cabinet, there are bottles of chemical, all
neatly labelled with a corresponding label on the shelf. Each
shelf is sorted by chemical type.
The Acids shelf is missing the hydrochloric acid.
CHASE
The hydrochloric acid’s gone.
STEVE
Is there any formaldehyde?
CHASE
Why do you want that?
STEVE
The cops said that body parts are
taken, the killer’s taking
trophies. Don’t you want cop tv
shows?
DOUG
Don’t you? The acid is missing.
STEVE
So?
DOUG
You can dissolve bodies with that
acid.
CHASE
Is it enough to go to the police?
Maybe the bio class used it all?
68.
STEVE
That cop said to come to her with
anything.
CHASE
I want to go with more, let’s go to
Turner’s house.
EXT. TOWN STREET @ TURNER’S HOUSE – EVENING
Chase, Steve and Doug stroll down the street.
Every porch light is on and most houses have block parent
signs in the window.
There are FOUR ADULT MALE SAFETY VEST WEARING VOLUNTEERS
walking around on patrol.
SENIOR ADULT PATROLER
Hey boys, Chase, isn’t it?
CHASE
Yes, sir.
SENIOR ADULT PATROLER
Shouldn’t you be resting for
tomorrow’s game?
CHASE
I will be sir, right after we talk
to Mr. Turner, have to clear up
some homework questions.
SENIOR ADULT PATROLER
Not home, car’s been gone all day.
CHASE
Oh, well, thank you sir, we’ll be
on our way then.
SENIOR ADULT PATROLER
See to it, we can’t afford to be
down a quarterback day before the
big game.
The Patrollers stroll off.
The three head back down the way they came.
STEVE
Now what? We’ll never get close to
his house.
69.
CHASE
Back yards from the next street
over.
EXT. TURNER’S BACK YARD – CONTINUOUS
Chase, Steve and Doug climb over Turner’s back yard fence.
They sneak down the side of the house that Tawnee went down.
The basement window is boarded up.
They look around fro a tool.
Doug pulls a multi-tool from his jacket pocket.
DOUG
What? I used to be a boy scout.
CHASE
Whatever, pry that end off.
Doug uses the screwdriver bit to pry the board off enough for
the three to get a good grip.
They pry the board off the broken basement window. It’s dark.
Chase lowers himself into the window.
CHASE (cont’d)
It’s gross in here, stacks of crap
everywhere.
Steve hands him down a flashlight.
Steve and Doug keep their eyes peeled.
Chase’s hand passes the flashlight back up.
CHASE (cont’d)
Pull me out.
Doug and Steve pull Chase out of the basement.
DOUG
Did you find anything?
Chase holds out Tawnee’s earring.
STEVE
I bought her those.
Steve takes the earring. He starts to tear up.
70.
CHASE
No time, we’ve got to call the
police.
Chase runs to the front yard.
The volunteer patrols come over.
SENIOR ADULT PATROLER
I thought I sent you boys home.
CHASE
Sir, Mr. Turner’s the killer, we
found this.
Chase grabs Steve’s hand and makes him open it to show the
earring.
The Senior Adult Patroler takes the earring.
SENIOR ADULT PATROLER
Well, I doubt it’s Turners. Where
exactly did you find it?
Chase swallows and looks at the other two. They both grimly
nod.
CHASE
The girls were spying on him, the
night Tom was killed on the side of
his house, and Aja taken. We went
to the other side and found a
window boarded up, I went in and
found that. Tawnee always wore it.
She may still be alive.
The Senior Adult Patroler looks amazed at Chase.
SENIOR ADULT PATROLER
Good work boys. Let’s call the
cops.
EXT. TOWN STREET @ TURNER’S HOUSE – NIGHT – LATER
Mr. Turner pulls onto his street and parks in front of his
house.
He gets out of the car and reaches in for his briefcase.
He walks up to his house.
Officer Todd and Sangha step out of the dark.
71.
OFFICER TODD
Mr. Turner, we have a warrant to
search your house, including any
computer hard drives inside, car
and your briefcase.
Mr. Turner clutches the briefcase close to his chest. Then
crumbles in defeat.
MR. TURNER
It wasn’t my fault, I can explain,
I was afraid.
OFFICER SANGHA
Are you waiving your right to
remain silent?
MR. TURNER
It’s about the girl, Tawnee, isn’t
it.
OFFICER TODD
Yes.
MR. TURNER
Yes. I am then. I was afraid you’d
blame me, I didn’t know she was
there, I found her too late.
OFFICER SANGHA
Found her?
MR. TURNER
I’ll show you.
INT. TURNER’S LIVING ROOM – CONTINUOUS
The house is still cluttered with papers, stuff, clothes and
trash.
Mr. Turner leads them along a trail in the room to the
basement stairs.
He opens the door and turns on a light.
From the top of the stair, it’s clear the downstairs is even
worse.
72.
MR. TURNER
I found her, she’d come in the
window, that stack of papers fell
on her. Killed pretty quick, I
think. It’s heavy.
OFFICER TODD
Why didn’t you call us?
MR. TURNER
I didn’t want you to think I killed
her.
Officer Sangha notices the dartboard with Ms. Phett’s photo
with hundreds of holes in it.
OFFICER TODD
What did you do with her body?
MR. TURNER
I’ve been dissolving it.
Both officers step back in shock.
OFFICER TODD
Dissolving it?
Mr. Turner looks down the stairs, he seems quite
disinterested in the subject.
Officer Sangha makes a “crazy?” gesture to Officer Todd.
MR. TURNER
Hydrochloric acid, it’s quite
strong, but it gets used up.
OFFICER TODD
You better show us where the body
is, for her parents.
MR. TURNER
Okay, I can do that. There’s not
much left to identify, but you
probably can confirm some DNA from
the fatty tissue in the sludge.
OFFICER TODD
Mr. Turner, you are under arrest
for indignity to a body, illegal
transport of a body. You have the
right to an attorney…
73.
EXT. TOWN STREET @ TURNER’S HOUSE – NIGHT
The Volunteer patrollers, Chase, Steve and Doug stand vigil
as Officers Todd and Sangha bring Mr. Turner out.
MR. TURNER
Hi boys, good luck on the game
tomorrow.
Officer Sangha puts his hand over Mr. Turner’s head and helps
him get into the police car.
Mr. Turner makes himself comfortable in the seat. He falls
quickly to sleep.
MR. TURNER (cont’d)
(muttering)
It’s over. It’s over.
OFFICER TOOD
Thanks boys, he confessed to
Tawnee, we’ll get a confession for
the others from him.
Officers Todd and Sangha get into the car. They drive away.
Chase and Steve weep.
Doug puts a hand on both their shoulders.
DOUG
At least it’s over now. Let’s go
home.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL – FRIDAY MORNING
The Flag is flying half mast, but the memorial goods are
gone.
Students arrive at school on buses, parent’s cars, by foot or
their own cars.
Students great each other joyfully and in congratulations at
surviving the ordeal.
Principal Tyler greets each student as they walk up the
steps.
74.
EXT. PLAYING FEILD – FRIDAY NIGHT
The stands are packed for the big game – banners, big foamy
fingers, hand lettered signs – everything you need for a game
except cheerleaders.
Chase leads the team on the feild.
The crowd ROARS.
Officers Todd and Sangha sit cheerlessly on the bench where
the cheerleaders would have been.
Principal Tyler takes centre stage with a microphone to greet
the crowd.
PRINCIPAL TYLER
I want to thank you all for coming
and supporting our students, our
school and this fine team.
CROWD ROARS
PRINCIPAL TYLER (cont’d)
This game is dedicated to the
students who were taken from us
this week, they will be missed,
Chantal Gladwin, Jacquelyn Hanson,
Aja Freisen, Tawnee Brown and Tom
Clark. A moment of silence.
Everyone bows their head.
PRINCIPAL TYLER (cont’d)
This game is dedicate to their
memory.
SPORTS MONTAGE
– Ball is hiked to Chase, he looks for a receiver and throws.
– opposing team scores a touchdown
– Chase is distracted by Officer Todd talking to Officer
Sangha and is tackled
– scoreboard shows the opposing team winning by 21 points
– people are leaving early
75.
– Plain Jane looks down at the cheerleaders for the opposing
team and at Gwen sitting between the two pretty homecoming
girls a bench over.
END MONTAGE
Plain Jane leaves the bleachers and enters the cheerleading
area.
PLAIN JANE
2-4-6-8-Who do we appreciate?
Cougars Cougars Rah Rah Rah
People leaving hesitate. A hush.
Plain Jane tearfully looks into the crowd for support
PLAIN JANE (cont’d)
Let’s go cougars lets go
(clap clap)
Let’s go cougars lets go
(clap clap)
MAN IN CROWD
You suck!
PLAIN JANE
I’m trying to help, you’re leaving.
CROWD LAUGHTER
Gwen looks ashamed. She looks at the two committee girls.
They stand up.
GWEN AND COMMITTEE GIRLS
Give us a C
Crowd sits on their hands.
Gwen and two committee girls join Plain Jane.
GWEN AND COMMITTEE GIRLS (cont’d)
Give us a C.
FOOTBALL CROWD
(half-hearted)
C
Gwen strips down to her bra.
The Crowd starts screaming.
The committee girls strip down to their bras.
76.
The crowd goes wild.
Chase yells to the football team to get into position.
The roar of the crowd electrifies them.
GWEN AND COMMITTEE GIRLS
Give us a C.
FOOTBALL CROWD
(enthusiastic)
C
Plain Jane starts to slink away.
GWEN
Join us!
TWO COMMITTEE GIRLS
Give us an O!
Plain Jane basks in the glow of acceptance.
She peeks down her top.
PLAIN JANE
Laundry day bra.
Gwen shrugs and waves Jane to join them.
FOOTBALL CROWD
O
Plain Jane throw off her top to expose her white cotton full
support bra.
The Crowd CHEERS.
Plain Jane glows and joins haphazardly in the cheering.
Insert final scoreboard: Cougars win by 7 points.
The football team carries Chase on their shoulders.
The cheerleader bench is empty.
The crowd rushes the field to celebrate.
77.
INT. HIGH SCHOOL – GYM – SATURDAY NIGHT
The gym is barely decorated and it’s a far more somber dance
than the celebration after the game.
Girls are dressed up and boys are handsome.
Few people are dancing.
Chase, Steve and Doug get a cup of punch. They make a toast.
CHASE
To Tom!
STEVE AND DOUG
To Tom.
They drink. They all make a face.
CHASE
Man, no one even spiked it.
They toss their paper cups in the nearby trash bin.
The doors open.
Plain Jane makes her entrance, she’s gorgeous. Her hair is up
and she’s entirely made over – a swan at last.
Boys stop and stare.
Chase steps forward and the other boys step back.
CHASE (cont’d)
Thanks for making us win the game
yesterday.
PLAIN JANE
You were the ones playing.
CHASE
Couldn’t have done it without your
cheering us on.
Chase holds his hand out.
CHASE (cont’d)
May I have this dance?
Plain Jane beams. He puts her hand in his.
Chase leads her out to the dance floor. They dance.
78.
Sulky Sue, although all in black, has made an effort to fancy
dress. She sulks along the wall, unhappy at this turn of
events for Plain Jane.
Gwen sits on a bench along the wall.
Sulky Sue sits beside her.
SULKY SUE
Hey.
GWEN
Hi.
SULKY SUE
I’m sorry about your friends.
GWEN
I’m just glad it’s over. A teacher,
creepy.
SULKY SUE
He was kinda a creepy teacher,
always looking at your boobs.
GWEN
They got him on Tawnee, I just wish
he’d confess to the rest of it, get
this horribleness behind us.
Sulky Sue looks at Plain Jane dancing with Chase. She’s so
happy and beaming with sheer joy.
SULKY SUE
Yeah, horribleness.
GWEN
So, are we all Goth now? Being
touched by death and all that?
Sulky Sue LAUGHS
SULKY SUE
You want an excuse to shop for new
outfits?
GWEN
No, I don’t want to think about
death again for a long time.
SULKY SUE
I don’t want to either.
79.
Sulky Sue slides off her lacy jacket, revealing a white
blouse underneath.
GWEN
It’s definitely a start.
Sulky Sue smiles.
GWEN (cont’d)
You have a pretty smile.
SULKY SUE
And you have more brains than I
thought you had.
GWEN
Want some punch? I hear it’s all
soda and juice, no one’s spiked it.
Sulky Sue reaches into her jack pocket.
SULKY SUE
Let’s go fix that right now.
Gwen and Sulky Sue race across the nearly empty dance floor
to the punch bowl.
Chase twirls Plain Jane and then pulls her close.
Plain Jane flushes slightly.
PLAIN JANE
Is this a dream? I feel like I’m
dreaming.
CHASE
It’s not a dream.
Plain Jane puts her head on his shoulder and they switch to a
slower dance.
In the back ground, Sulky Sue and Gwen have a cup of punch.
EXT. HIGH SCHOOL – NIGHT
Parents and buses pick up some students. Other students leave
in cars they are driving.
Chase and Plain Jane stroll outside.
Chase takes a deep breath.
80.
CHASE
Do you have a ride home?
PLAIN JANE
I was hoping to not be going home
quite yet.
CHASE
Oh?
Plain Jane leans in and kisses Chase. He doesn’t respond at
first.
Plain Jane slides her hand into his hair.
Chase kisses her back, trailing his fingers along her neck.
PLAIN JANE
Why don’t we go somewhere, more
private?
CHASE
Where?
PLAIN JANE
Lover’s Lane?
Chase winces.
PLAIN JANE (cont’d)
I’m sorry, it’s just that there
won’t be anyone there now, since
it’s colder.
CHASE
It’s not that, it’s that it’s the
last place I saw Chantal.
Plain jane steps back, horrified at her faux pas.
PLAIN JANE
I’m sorry, I should have
remembered, I just got carried
away, it was so wonderful dancing
with you and the punch-
CHASE
Which finally got spiked.
Chase looks at Plain Jane, even more attractive in the
starlight.
81.
CHASE (cont’d)
I can’t be afraid anymore, you were
so brave yesterday in front of that
crowd.
PLAIN JANE
Okay, now you sound hokey.
Chase LAUGHS.
CHASE
Let’s go.
Plain Jane grabs his hand.
They exit to the parking lot.
Sulky Sue and Gwen stagger out, LAUGHING.
SULKY SUE
I cannot remember when I ever had
fun at a school function.
GWEN
Me either, it’s great to just be a
person at one of these things, just
me. Not a cheerleader
not…anything.
Sulky Sue looks around.
SULKY SUE
Do you see Jane anywhere?
Gwen looks.
GWEN
Nope, why?
SULKY SUE
We’re supposed to walk home
together.
GWEN
I think she dumped you for Chase.
They walked out ahead of us.
Sulky Sue looks sad.
SULKY SUE
I guess she got what she wanted
then.
82.
GWEN
What was that? Chase?
SULKY SUE
Pretty much.
GWEN
My parents are picking me up, we
can give you a ride home.
Doug comes trotting up to them.
DOUG
Gwen.
DOUG (cont’d)
Doug.
DOUG (cont’d)
Gwen, are you drunk?
GWEN
No, of course we’re not drunk.
Gwen giggles.
DOUG
There’s an after party at mine, I
thought you’d come with me?
GWEN
Well, you should have asked me
before now.
Sulky Sue starts to walk away.
SULKY SUE
It’s okay Gwen, I’ll get home.
GWEN
No, I am not doing that to you, I
promised you a ride home.
SULKY SUE
Or we could go to the party?
Doug looks at Gwen then at Sulky Sue.
DOUG
Are you wearing make up?
83.
SULKY SUE
Gwen gave me a make over in the
bathroom.
DOUG
I’d be happy to bring you both to
the party.
Gwen and Sulky Sue nod. Doug steers them towards his car.
EXT. LOVER’S LANE – NIGHT
Only Chase’s car is parked.
Chase and Plain Jane are sitting on the trunk, leaning on the
back window looking at the stars.
CHASE
I didn’t think I was going to be
able to come back up here.
PLAIN JANE
I’m glad you did.
Chase grins at her.
CHASE
Me too.
Chase slips his arm around her.
Jane cuddles into Chase, sighing contentedly.
A SCREECH OWL flies over head, startling them.
Chase falls off the car.
Plain Jane slides off, and LAUGHING, helps him up.
CHASE (cont’d)
Well, that blows my cool for the
next hundred years. Stupid owl.
PLAIN JANE
I won’t tell anyone.
Plain Jane looks into Chase’s eyes.
He leans down and gently kisses her.
She kisses him back a little too eagerly.
84.
Chase breaks off the kiss.
PLAIN JANE (cont’d)
We don’t have to stop.
CHASE
Yes, we do.
PLAIN JANE
Why? Did I do it wrong?
CHASE
No, you kiss fine, great, I just..
PLAIN JANE
Aren’t interested in me? Then why
did you dance with me?
CHASE
Jane, a dance isn’t a relationship,
it’s just a dance.
Plain Jane looks like she’s going to cry.
CHASE (cont’d)
You’re nice and smart and pretty-
PLAIN JANE
You did say pretty?
CHASE
Yeah, you are pretty and other
things that are more important than
pretty.
PLAIN JANE
I never imagined that you’d think
there’s something more important
than pretty.
CHASE
Lots of things, brains, kindness,
but that’s not what this is about.
PLAIN JANE
Then why?
CHASE
I dated Chantal for a year, I cared
about her and she’s gone, you don’t
get over that in a week.
85.
(MORE)
Besides, this is senior year and
then college, I don’t want to start
a new relationship when everything
changes when I go away, and you’ll
go away too.
PLAIN JANE
But it doesn’t have to end at
college.
CHASE
Jane, this isn’t the beginning of a
fairytale where we end up married.
Plain Jane steps away and turns from Chase.
CHASE (cont’d)
C’mon Jane, we’re 17, you can’t be
thinking marriage, I don’t even
know what I want to do after
football.
PLAIN JANE
I want to go home.
Chase steps to the side of the car and opens the door for
her.
CHASE
That’s best.
INT. DOUG’S HOUSE – NIGHT
The party is in full swing. Couple are making out, people are
drinking and/or dancing.
Gwen and Sulky Sue are drinking together.
Doug is pacing, trying to get Gwen’s attention.
SULKY SUE
He’s trying to get you to notice
him.
GWEN
I’ve noticed, tonight is girl
night! To friendship!
Sulky Sue clinks her glass to Gwen’s.
SULKY SUE
Friendship.
86.
CHASE (cont’d)
GWEN
So, do you think Jane let Chase go
all the way?
SULKY SUE
Probably. Why wait for the prom
rush?
Gwen laughs.
GWEN
I wish I did. Aja was waiting.
SULKY SUE
That seems almost backwards.
GWEN
Yeah, poor Aja. Tom too I guess,
they were a couple forever.
Sulky Sue raises her glass.
SULKY SUE
To Aja and Tom.
Gwen clinks. They drink.
SCARED BOY bursts in the room.
SCARED BOY
Cops!
DOUG
Shit, it’s the basement, we’re
busted.
Officers Todd and Sangha enter.
OFFICER TODD
Underaged drinking.
Officer Sangha turns off the music.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
Break up the party, leave your cups
on the floor, everyone out. Go
home.
Officer Todd spies Sulky Sue.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
Where’s your friend Jane?
87.
The party guest put down their drinks and start to file out.
SULKY SUE
On a date with the quarterback.
Officer Todd looks surprised.
OFFICER TODD
That reminds me, I’d like to ask
you a question.
Sulky Sue sits down. Gwen sits down too.
Doug hovers.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
You don;t have to stay.
DOUG
I live here.
OFFICER TODD
Then go upstairs.
Doug follows the last person out.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
Wednesday night, what happened?
SULKY SUE
Jane and I decided to follow the
cheerleaders following Mr. Turner.
OFFICER TODD
You knew they were following Mr.
Turner?
SULKY SUE
Yeah, we over heard earlier. But we
thought the killer might be him
independently. We were at his house
first, in the tree across the
street.
OFFICER TODD
And Jane followed Aja down the side
of the house, before or after Tom
went down that side?
Sulky Sue thinks.
88.
SULKY SUE
You know, I’m not sure. After I
think. But that doesn’t make sense.
Sulky Sue puzzles it out.
OFFICER TODD
None of the evidence from other
others ties back to Mr. Turner,
we’re still waiting on DNA, but I
don’t think it’s going to point to
him.
SULKY SUE
But that dartboard…
OFFICER TODD
He might have been building to
workplace violence, but it was not
directed or focussed on students.
Sulky Sue looks at Gwen, ashamed.
SULKY SUE
Jane was angry at the cheerleaders,
really jealous.
OFFICER TODD
Where’s Jane’s house?
Sulky Sue stand up.
SULKY SUE
I’ll show you.
EXT. DIRT ROAD TO LOVERS LANE – NIGHT
Chase drives slowly down the road.
CHASE
This is where it happened.
Plain Jane looks. There’s no crime scene evidence or damage
to the trees.
PLAIN JANE
I think it was farther down.
CHASE
Farther? Are you sure?
89.
PLAIN JANE
There’s no marks on the tree or
police tape.
Chase peers into the trees.
CHASE
I guess you’re right.
Chase looks uncomfortable at Plain Jane.
A few more feet and they see the remnant of police tape.
Chase pulls over.
Plain Jane gets out, a smile on her lips. She closes her eyes
slightly.
EXT. TOWN STREET @ JANE’S HOUSE – NIGHT
Officer Todd knocks on the door.
A light comes on.
MARTHA (Jane’s mother, late 40’s) answers.
MARTHA
Can I help you officer? Is
everything alright? That man’s
still in jail?
Officer Todd smiles.
OFFICER TODD
Ma’am, would you allow me to look
in your daughter’s room?
MARTHA
What’s this about? Her room? Is
Jane okay? Sue, is that you?
SULKY SUE
Yes, Ms McCormick, it’s me, we
don’t think anything’s wrong, we
just need to check Jane’s room, she
left the dance without me and…
Martha opens the door and waves them inside.
90.
MARTHA
You think Jane’s run away? Her
room’s upstairs, first door on the
right.
Officer Todd looks at Sue. Sue takes the lead.
INT. JANE’S BEDROOM – NIGHT
The room is tidy and a bit fairy princess in decor, the room
of a much younger girl than Jane.
Officer Todd opens drawers, closet doors.
OFFICER TODD
Where would she hide secret things?
Officer Todd taps floorboards.
Sully Sue looks around, her eyes fall on a large unicorn
stuffed toy.
She goes to the unicorn, feels along the seams and finds a
velcro section.
VELCRO RIP
Sulky Sue peers inside.
SULKY SUE
Ohmigawd.
She holds the toy out for Officer Todd.
Office Todd looks in and pulls out a jar containing three big
toes.
Officer Todd takes her radio off her belt.
OFFICER TODD
(into radio)
Sangha, we need a warrant for the
house and an APB for Jane
McCormick. We found the trophy
toes.
Officer Todd puts her radio back on her belt.
OFFICER TODD (cont’d)
Sue, I’m gonna ask you to keep this
off your blog for a while.
91.
SULKY SUE
You read my blog?
OFFICER TODD
I read all the blogs by kids in the
town. But only yours for fun.
Sulky Sue smiles.
Officer Todd puts the toe jar back in the toy and prepares to
leave with it.
EXT. DIRT ROAD TO LOVERS LANE – NIGHT
Chase stares at the tree with damaged bark that Chantal had
struck.
His hand traces the damage in the bark.
Plain Jane stares in disbelief at the back of his head.
PLAIN JANE
She wasn’t nice to you even.
CHASE
It’s not about what kind of
girlfriend she was, it’s that I
don’t want to date anyone, even
nice, pretty and smart.
PLAIN JANE
Then it was all for nothing.
CHASE
What was?
PLAIN JANE
Nothing.
Chase turns around.
CHASE
What are you talking about?
PLAIN JANE
Clear that you’re just pretty and
brainless.
Chase steps towards Plain Jane.
92.
CHASE
You’re upset, I get it. Sorry, but
you and me weren’t going to work
out.
PLAIN JANE
You weren’t even willing to try.
CHASE
And I don’t have to, sorry, but
there you have it. You’d rather I
string you along?
Plain Jane steps towards the trees.
PLAIN JANE
You’re all the same, shallow and
selfish.
Plain Jane runs into the woods.
Chase is stunned.
CHASE
Jane! Come back, the woods aren’t
safe, it’s dark. You could trip and
get hurt!
Chase runs into the woods after her.
INT. WOODS – NIGHT
Plain Jane leads Chase deeper into the trees.
EXT. TOWN STREET @ JANE’S HOUSE – NIGHT
The unicorn safely in the police car, Officers Todd and
Sangha wait for Sulky Sue.
Sulky Sue leaves Martha on the porch and approaches them.
SULKY SUE
Best bet is lover’s lane, it was a
fantasy of hers that she go there
with Chase.
OFFICER TODD
Can you stay here, I don’t think we
should delay in taking you home.
93.
SULKY SUE
I live next door, besides, Jane was
never after me. We’re friends.
Officers Todd and Sangha get into the car and drive away.
EXT. WOODS – NIGHT
Plain Jane gets to a campsite. She uncovers an axe and a
machete.
Chase enters the campsite. He stops when he sees Jane with
the weapons.
CHASE
I’m not going to hurt you.
PLAIN JANE
You already did.
CHASE
Jane, c’mon, let’s go back.
Plain Jane approaches Chase, a weapon in each hand.
Chase gets nervous and starts to back away.
CHASE (cont’d)
Jane, you don’t need those.
PLAIN JANE
But I do, they’re called
equalizers.
CHASE
What?
PLAIN JANE
You got me up here and tried to
rape me, I had to defend myself,
lucky I got away, but you chased me
and I came across this campsite,
where..
Chase turns and runs into the woods.
PLAIN JANE (cont’d)
In the middle of a conversation,
he’d make a lousy example of
manners to our children.
Plain Jane runs into the woods after him.
94.
Chase is making too much noise and not sure of his direction.
Jane runs ahead, cutting him off and appears on the loose
trail ahead of him. She swings at him with the axe, cutting
him deep enough for blood, but not enough to really injure
him.
Chase turns directions and runs hard into the woods.
Plain Jane keeps up the pursuit.
Chase stops at a large tree and considers climbing it, but
hears Plain Jane closing in.
CHASE
This is crazy, I’m not ready to
date. Then die, Chase. Fucking
chicks, they’re all crazy.
The ground starts to slope, Chase slows down. He sees the
bluff ahead.
He looks back, there’s a fairly worn trail, easily run along.
He looks ahead to the bluff and the big drop beyond.
CHASE (cont’d)
Might work.
Chase heads down the trail towards Plain Jane.
CHASE (cont’d)
(yelling)
Jane, is it too late to change my
mind?
PLAIN JANE (OS)
Just a little bit, Chase.
CHASE
We could go steady. Or just be
engaged now.
Plain Jane appears on the path.
PLAIN JANE
Now Chase, you don’t think I can
trust you, know that I know it was
me.
CHASE
Hey, I’m just pretty, what do I
know?
95.
Chase turns and runs hard down the trail to the bluff edge.
Plain Jane, huffing and puffing a bit, runs hard after him,
lowering her head to focus.
Chase turns a corner and grabs a tree, his feet swinging out
over the bluff, but swinging himself around the tree and back
to safety.
Plain Jane doesn’t seen the trail’s abrupt end.
Chase creeps to the edge, it’s too dark to see.
Chase walks back to
EXT. DIRT ROAD TO LOVERS LANE – NIGHT
The police car is parked by his car.
Chase emerges and sees Officer Todd.
CHASE
Glad to see you. It was Jane.
OFFICER TODD
Seems we figured it out the same
time as you.
CHASE
She wanted to marry me.
OFFICER TODD
How deep are you cut?
Chase looks at his blood soaked shirt.
CHASE
Not too, enough to go to the
hospital.
OFFICER TODD
Where is she?
CHASE
Bottom of the bluff, she came for
me, and I tried her into chase me
over the bluff. I grabbed a tree
and swung back around. She was
carrying two weapons.
96.
OFFICER TODD
It’s too dark to search the ravine
tonight, let’s get you to the
hospital.
EXT. RAVINE – DAY (CONTINUOUS)
Police and volunteers search the bottom of the bluff.
Volunteer brings a bloodied axe to Officer Todd.
VOLUNTEER
That’s all we can find.
Officer Todd looks up the bluff to where trail ends.
OFFICER TODD
Too big a drop to survive. Keep
searching.
Fade out.