INT. CORRIDOR
Matt turns to face the corridor. It’s turning red. Matt
sees some movement in the thermal cloud. Opens fire. But
the thermal signature disappears into the heat. Matt
can’t distinguish anything through his goggles anymore.
He pulls them off and holds him gun in front of him
sweeping the hallway.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
Marco...Polo... Marco... Polo...
His voice keeps shifting. Matt fires.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont'd)
Not even close.
Matt sweeps his front leg back and forth, like a blind
man using a cane. But his foot isn’t hitting anything. He
sees a FIRE EXTINGUISHER mounted on the wall. He rushes
it, turns it on the hallway and sprays. And SOMETHING
LUNGES through the foam. GRABS HIM, sending him tumbling
down the tunnel. Matt is thrown against the wall. Blood
coming from his brow. He scrambles away, spraying more
foam. Sees a shape in the mist, raises his pistol and
FIRES. The shape leaps away. The DART FLIES. Doesn’t hit.
Matt scrambles back into a corner. His pistol is empty.
SEBASTIAN
So... just out of curiosity, how long
has my best friend been fucking my ex-
girlfriend.
MATT
Sebastian. Get a hold of yourself. You
aren’t thinking rationally.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
She’s a pretty sweet fuck, isn’t she?
MATT
Calm down, Sebastian... we can talk
this through. It’s not too late.
The Shape parts the low hanging mist, the fine powder
swirling in clouds behind it. Coming toward him.
MATT (CONT’D)
C’mon Sebastian. Don’t do this. I’m
your friend.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
I’m sorry, but I just feel that our
friendship is holding me back. I’m
sure you understand.
THE DOOR OPENS. Linda reaches through, grabs Matt. She
pulls him to his feet and through the door.
INT. TUNNEL
Frank and Sarah, holding their Tranq pistols, fly down
the corridor.
SARAH
This way.
They shear off the main corridor into the side corridor.
Carter lies crumpled up ahead. Sarah slides to his side.
Carter’s head rests in a pool of blood. She checks his
pulse while Frank takes a protective position.
SARAH (cont’d)
Pulse is weak. Breathing... shallow.
FRANK
He’ll be okay.
SARAH
It’s pretty severe. We have to get him
to the lab.
FRANK
He’s got to be okay.
Frank stands frozen.
SARAH
For godsakes, help me.
Frank snaps to. Grabs an arm. The pair hoist Carter up
and carry him down the hallway.
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM
Linda pulls a handle and doors slide shut behind them.
MATT
He was going to kill me.
Linda pulls him close.
LINDA
I know. He’s gone.
MATT
We’ve got to got out of here.
Linda checks the screen -- see Sarah, Frank and Carter
headed toward the Laboratory.
MATT (cont’d)
Where is he? Goddamnit, where is he?
Isolated in the Hallway of Habitats is a single blip.
LINDA
Habitats.
MATT
Oh god. That’s right between us and
the lab.
INT. LABORATORY
Frank and Sarah lift Carter onto a medical table.
SARAH
His pulse is faint.
Sarah grabs a sheet from the counter top. Folds it and
presses it against the head wound.
SARAH (cont’d)
He’s lost a lot of blood. Here. Hold
this.
She guides Frank’s hands to the wound.
SARAH (cont’d)
Keep applying pressure.
Sarah pulls out a saline solution I.V. bag and slap it on
the rack. She fumbles with the needle as she tries to
find a vein.
SARAH (cont’d)
Don’t move your hand until I got back.
Sarah heads to the door.
FRANK
Where are you going?
SARAH
This’ll hold him but he needs blood.
FRANK
But...
SARAH
Supply is right down the hall. I’ll be
two seconds.
FRANK
Sarah, wait for the others
SARAH
If I wait, he’ll die. Keep pressure on
the wound.
INT. CORRIDOR
Sarah exits the lab. Checks the corridor. Down at the end
of the cramped tunnel is the supply room.
She swallows her fear and heads toward it, all the while
glancing side-to-side and behind her.
INT. SUPPLY ROOM
Spooked, Sarah bursts into the room. She goes to the
supply fridge/freezer, pulls open the door, and sorts
through blood bags.
INT. TUNNEL
Matt and Linda push along the corridor; Matt spraying
with the fire extinguisher in short controlled bursts,
Linda clutching her tranquilizer like a commando.
A noise behind them. Footsteps.
Matt turns to blast with the extinguisher. The white
chemical dust sprays out, outlining a shape in the
tunnel. But it isn’t a human shape.
Matt’s uniform shreds. Something with fierce sharp claws
fells him. Tearing into his flesh. We see a angry, hungry
face... jabbing for a moment through the lingering fog.
MATT
Ahh! Shit!
Linda tries to get a clear shot off through the smoke.
Matt trips and goes sprawling. Something yelps. A howl.
Linda shoots. Her dart jabs into something which
collapses to the ground. A moment of calm. As the dusty
chemical foam settles, the outline of a great ape
appears, still twitching.
MATT (cont’d)
Karl Three. Nice shot.
LINDA
He’s let the animals out. It wasn’t
him we were tracking.
Linda leans against the wall, still clutching her tranq
gun at the ready. The heat is getting to bar. Bar scrubs
are soaked, her hair’s a mess. She wipes the sweat from
her brow.
LINDA (cont’d)
You okay?
MATT
It won’t kill me unless it gets
infected. You?
LINDA
Me .... Don’t ask about me. If he
freed all the animals, we could have
dozens running around the lab.
MATT
So he could be anywhere right now.
Matt sprays the whole tunnel, putting down a gentle cloud
mist. Nothing else appears.
MATT (cont’d)
What do we do?
LINDA
Get to the lab, lock the goddamn doors
and pray to God Frank can reprogram
the elevator.
INT. SUPPLY ROOM
Sarah finishes collecting blood bags and shuts the door
to the fridge/freezer.
The DOOR SLAMS behind her. She freezes and slowly turns.
SARAH
Frank?
She eyes the supply room, looking for a sign of movement.
SARAH (cont’d)
(frightened whisper)
Who’s there?
She listens. Is that breathing she hears? Now she’s
starting to panic.
SARAH (cont’d)
Dr. Caine?
She starts to back away, but she’s already in the corner.
She clutches her tranquilizer gun, but there’s nothing to
aim at. The vials of blood on the shelf gives her an
idea. She reaches over, grabs a vial and throws it on the
floor. GLASS SHATTERS and BLOOD SMEARS across the
linoleum. Sarah tosses another vial and another. Becoming
more and more hysterical. Splattering more and more
blood. But she runs out of vials. Shaking with fear, she
searches the blood looking for a footprint, or movement.
But there’s nothing there. Sarah waits a beat, clutching
the tranquilizer gun. Takes a step. Waits a beat longer.
Finally she relaxes. It was just her imagination. She
heads toward the door when she hears a terrifying whisper
in her ear.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
You missed.
Her hair flies up, and she swings against the wall. She
tries to move, but she’s pinned there. Her hands
struggling against the force.
SARAH
Please no. Let me go. Oh god, let me
go.
The arm holding the tranquilizer gun begins to move.
SARAH (cont’d)
What are you doing? No!
Sarah fights, but her arm moves nonetheless
SARAH (cont’d)
Help me! Oh God. Somebody help me!
FRANK!
Slowly, deliberately, her own arm moves down the wall and
around, until the tranquilizer gun points right at her
stomach.
Sarah watches in horror as her own body betrays her.
SARAH (cont’d)
No... please. Don’t do this to me.
She struggles, shaking back and forth. Writhing. In
anguish and in fear.
SARAH (cont’d)
What do you want?
SEBASTIAN
You.
The trigger pulls .... Pop!
A dart explodes from the gun and imbeds in Sarah’s
stomach. She whimpers as her eyes glass over. Suddenly
she’s released. She stumbles backward and falls lifeless
to the floor. A moment of stillness, all we can hear is
the sound of someone breathing.
On Sarah’s face... a slight-indentation runs down her
cheek..
Almost sweet... almost tender. And slight indentation
runs across her breast and strokes down her body. The
sense of violation and vulnerability is awful. Sebastian
sighs.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
I’ve always liked your feistiness.
Sarah’s head shifts slightly. Her head shifts violently,
accompanied by the celery crunch of her neck snapping.
Sebastian exhales, his breath filled with the
intoxication of power.
INT. LABORATORY - DAY
Frank applies pressure to the wound, waiting for Sarah to
return. Carter’s vital signs are weakening..,.
FRANK
Sarah! Sarah!
(to Carter)
Goddamnit. Stay with me now. Don’t you
let up... Sarah! Sarah!
No response. Frank doesn’t know whether to stay or go
after her. He starts toward the door several times but
can’t leave Carter. Finally the door opens.
FRANK (cont’d)
Sarah! I’m losing him.
But it’s Linda and Matt.
FRANK (cont’d)
Did you see her?
Linda rushes over to check on Carter.
LINDA
Where is she?
FRANK
She went to the supply room. Carter
needed blood.
Linda grabs a stethoscope and listens to Carter’s heart.
LINDA
I said no one goes anywhere alone.
FRANK
She didn’t listen.
She-slowly pulls Frank’s hand away from the wound.
FRANK (cont’d)
But...
LINDA
He’s dead.
Linda would love to cry about it, but doesn’t afford
herself the luxury.
INT. CORRIDOR
The three of them approach the supply room door slowly.
Blood trickles from under the door and bloody footprints
extend down the hallway.
They swing open the door.
The floor is covered in blood and broken glass. But no
body.
INT. CORRIDOR
Sarah, broken, is dragged toward the chair, eerily
jerking down the hallway... seemingly on its own.
INT. CORRIDOR
The three scientists follow the bloody footprints down
the hallway past the empty cages in the tunnel of
habitats.
All clutch their tranquilizer pistols.
The footprints lead past the habitats to Sebastian’s
chamber.
They see Sarah’s body in the dim light.
LINDA
Oh god. Sarah!
The group breaks into a run. Linda pushes into the
chamber and falls at Sarah’s side. Matt cradles Sarah’s
head. They look for some sign of life as Linda fights
back the tears.
LINDA (cont’d)
No...
FRANK
Her too?
Matt nods. Linda slams the cubicle wall with her fist.
LINDA
This didn’t happen. This hasn’t
happened.
MATT
It happened alright. Now we have to
deal with it.
Matt puts his hands on her shoulder to calm her. She
pushes him off.
FRANK
Yeah? And just what are we supposed to
do now?
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
Now? Now you die.
The three of them whip around.
LINDA
He’s here!
MATT
Where?
LINDA
Sebastian!
Silence. The three cautiously move out. They stand back
to back, each one facing out. They move toward the door
of the Chamber.
LINDA (cont’d)
Sebastian. Sebastian, listen to me.
No response. They all their tranq pistols level waiting
for some sign. Hearing each other breathe. They slowly
move outside the Chamber into the corridor.
LINDA (CONT1D)
I don’t know if you can understand
this, but what you’re experiencing is
a psychological breakdown. This isn’t
who you are.
A beat.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
I would say that what I am
experiencing is psychological
awareness. I like you being in
complete and absolute control.
They identify the general area the voice is coming from:
Back inside the Chamber! They slowly move toward the
Chamber door. With lightning speed they slam the door
shut, locking Sebastian inside the Recovery Chamber.
LINDA
You goddamn bastard! You goddamn
bastard. You’re gonna pay for this.
I’m going to bring you back to
visibility and then I’m going throw
your ass in jail.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
You’re never gonna bring me back
Linda. I never want to come back.
LINDA
Fuck you!
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
Or maybe I’ll fuck you. One last time
for old times sake.
Linda slams her fist against the wall of the Chamber.
MATT
Don’t listen to him. It’s not worth
it.
FRANK
Come on, Matt. Let’s go get the
elevator back on-line so we can got
out of this hell hole.
Matt gives Linda a kiss...
MATT
He does anything, anything at all,
come get us. I’ll be back to check on
you in five.
Matt and Frank head off down the corridor.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
Imagine you two, carrying on right
under my nose. Out of curiosity, what
did he give you that I couldn’t?
LINDA
Shut up, Sebastian. He’s more of a man
than you’ll ever be.
INT. OBSERVATION ROOM - CONTINUOUS
A VIDEO SCREEN shows Linda pacing outside the Chamber
door. The chair moves forward toward a microphone.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
Okay, sweetie. I’ll be quiet. If
that’s what you want...
Sebastian TOGGLES the intercom switch OFF. We pan over to
one of the working video screens ... Matt and Frank
stride down the hallway. The chair swivels and the
observation room door swings open slightly.
INT. CHAMBER
Linda still holds his tranq gun toward the door. Nothing
moves. Nothing. Linda walks over to the Plexiglas ...
stares in. Can’t see anything, anyone. Just the dead
Sarah.
Then she sees it. The little red light on the intercom.
Its on.
LINDA
Sebastian? Sebastian? No.. No...
Linda bangs on the glass. She looks. No movement, no
nothing. She listens. Shit. She takes off running.
LINDA (cont’d)
Matt! Frank!
Tracking with Linda as she rushes down the hall.
LINDA (cont’d)
Matt! Matt! Frank!
INT. LABORATORY - DAY
Linda breaks in the room to see Frank slicked in blood,
his throat cut, and Matt bleeding from multiple stab
wounds with an extension cord around his neck being
pulled tight.
LINDA
Jesus!
Linda rushes over and slams into Matt. They fall to the
ground. Linda crawls over to Matt, but her head snaps
back and her lips erupt with blood.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
Figured it out? You were always so
clever.
Matt’s pulled back across the lab by the cord around his
neck. He grabs at the cord trying to breathe. Linda
watches him being pulled away.
LINDA
No!
She clamors over to him. But Matt rises in the air and is
tossed against the lab table. Linda levels her dart
pistol and fires haphazardly at the air. She hits nothing
but objects jerk and move in a line as Sebastian heads
for cover. Linda manages to grab Matt and pull him to
her.
LINDA (cont’d)
Hang on!
MATT
Get out of here!
Linda pulls Matt toward the door.
LINDA
(yelling)
You won’t get away with this. They’ll
find out about you. They’ll hunt you
down.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
The villagers with their torches? Lock
up your daughters! Sorry, Lin. It’s
not gonna happen that way.
Linda hits the lights. The lab is now very, very dark.
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE (cont’d)
See, I’ve spent all my time down here
thinking up this plan. When they find
you, they’ll find a pile of charred
corpses. The result of a terrible
accident, I’m afraid.
Linda reacts to the voice as it grows nearer. She
navigates the maze of equipment, heading toward the crack
of light at the front door.
LINDA
How can you be so brutal?
SEBASTIAN’S VOICE
I guess because I don’t have to look
at myself in the mirror anymore
(beat)
Remember that first night I was out? I
did something bad, just to see if I
could get away with it. And when I
did, I realized I could have it all. I
can kill in broad daylight. And
nobody’s gonna tell the police they
were fucked by a ghost. Anything I
desire I can make happen, but not if
people know.
Linda and Matt have reached the door of the lab. She
pushes through it and slams it behind her.
INT. CORRIDOR - DAY
Linda pulls Matt along.
MATT
I’m dizzy. I can’t feel my legs.
LINDA
Just keep going. I’ll fix you later.
INT. CORRIDOR, LAB DOORS - DAY
The doors explode open.
INT. SUPPLY ROOM - DAY
Linda looks up and down the hall and pulls Matt inside
the supply room. It’s still blood soaked from earlier.
Linda closes the door, sliding the deadbolt into place.
Linda lots him drop like a heap onto the floor. She falls
to her knees beside Matt, lying on the ground.
LINDA
Matt... Matthew. Stay with me now.
Linda pulls his scrubs open. The wounds are many and
deep.
MATT
He surprised us. We weren’t
expecting...
LINDA
Shhh. Don’t talk.
BAM! Something slams against the door. Bam! Slams against
it again. The old deadbolt is buckling. Linda looks
around the room and sees the storage freezer.
LINDA (cont’d)
We gotta move. Hang on.
Linda helps Matt up and into the storage freezer.
INT. STORAGE FREEZER
Linda grabs a metal bar and slides it between two hooks
on the door and the jam.
BAM! The storage room door blows open. Linda leans down
next to Matt.
MATT
Lin...
He entire shirt is stained with blood. He’s having
trouble breathing.
MATT (cont’d)
I can’t feel anything.
Linda picks up his hand. Grips it tight.
LINDA
You feel that?
Matt smiles.
MATT
A little...
She rips his shirt open... and sees his wounds. She grabs
a vial of alcohol and dumps it on her hands and then
probes the wound.
LINDA
Your losing blood, but he didn’t hit
the vitals.
She looks around.
LINDA (cont’d)
Sutures and thread.
She rises, and looks outside the porthole into the room.
Suddenly it fogs up and she almost sees a face. She
stumbles backward, and the door starts rattling. Linda
scrambles over to hold the metal crowbar in place.
Sebastian pulls and rattles on the freezer door. To no
avail. It’s not gonna budge. Finally he gives up. The
door stops shaking. Linda is relieved, briefly. Still.
Then she hears the click of the door locking.
OUTSIDE THE FREEZER
CLOSE ON THE REGULATOR as the dial turns from forty-five
degrees, down to negative twenty.
INSIDE THE FREEZER
Through the porthole, Linda sees the bloody footprints
heading toward the door. She removes the metal bar and
pushes on the door. It won’t move.
LINDA
Goddamnit.
Linda looks around the storage room. She grabs a roll of
duct tape and pulls off a length.
MATT
What’re you doing?
LINDA
This is temporary.
She takes paper towel and cleans off Matt’s wound. She
tapes it, using duct tape.
LINDA (cont’d)
You still with me?
MATT
Barely.
A beat later, the compressor begins pumping Arctic air
into the freezer.
LINDA
Just keeps getting worse.
Linda returns to the door. Shakes it.
INT. CHAMBER - DAY
We hear WHISTLING as we see a sheet of flesh fill out
into a head as Sebastian slides on his latex head piece.
INT. STORAGE FREEZER
Linda continues shaking the door. The lock holds. A tear
rolls down Linda’s cheek, but a strange thing happens.
The tear drops freeze. Linda shivers as she pulls the icy
tears from her face.
LINDA
Oh shit.
The inside thermometer has dropped to five degrees.
Linda grabs the metal bar and starts smashing it against
the porthole. The metal bar just bounces off the glass.
INT. SEBASTIAN’S OFFICE
A drawer opens, revealing a set of clothing neatly
folded. Shirt, pants, shoes. They begin to move.
INT. STORAGE FREEZER
Linda drops the metal bar and slides down the wall,
defeated.
MATT
There’s no way out.
LINDA
There’s got to be.
MATT
They say freezing to death isn’t so
bad. You just kinda pass out.
Matt’s head rolls back.
LINDA
Matt! MATT!
She checks his pulse. Thank god he still has one, but
he’s not gonna last long. They’re both already starting
to turn a little blue. Linda stares desperately up at the
shelves, trying to find some sort of advantage. Then she
sees something. She looks back at the door lock and then
she rises ... and grabs AN EXTENSION CORD coiled on the
shelf.
LINDA (cont’d)
We’re not dying in here.
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