ARE WE ALONE? (8 page)
Authors: Bruce Durbin
They all look up at the sky, as Anthony runs to the cameras,
checking them. POV changes to the cameras, focusing up into
the sky and the surrounding area.
We're good to go.
Anthony and Gina look up at the sky, waiting for the return
of the LIGHT, as Christina looks at the balloon.
CHRISTINA
Nineteen...sixty-four?
Christina looks around.
CHRISTINA (CONT’D)
The old man?
FLASH IMAGE: OLD MAN TALKING WITH STUDENTS.
CHRISTINA (CONT’D)
He was taken up by aliens in...
FLASH IMAGE: OLD MAN SHOWING HIS FINGER WITH THE BUMP.
CHRISTINA (CONT’D)
Nineteen...sixty-four. He said,
they, they put something...
POV switches, watching the teenagers. POV slowly moves in a
circle around them. Suddenly, a LIGHT FLASHES ACROSS THE
SKY, then stops, hovering above them. They're all in awe.
Anthony comes out of his shock, moving to a camera. POV
switches to camera, as a SPACESHIP comes into view.
Are you getting this?
ANTHONY
Yeah.
Anthony runs to another camera, focusing on the spaceship
from a different angle. POV switches to camera, as SPACESHIP
just hovers. Anthony runs to another camera.
I’m a believer.
with the balloon drifting upwards.
CHRISTINA
We, we should...
Suddenly, the spaceship is gone. They all spin around,
looking in every direction, but failing to see the spaceship.
Anthony runs to the cameras, playing the scene back, with the
camera showing different angles of the spaceship.
ANTHONY
(excited)
This is unreal. We did it. We
fuckin’ did it.
spaceship.
GINA
(excited)
We did. We really did it.
Christina is looking around them, away from the cameras.
CHRISTINA
We, we need to leave.
Anthony and Gina are still excited and are replaying the
video of the spaceship.
ANTHONY
Everyone was right. All the people
we talked to. All the witnesses.
This is the spot. This is where
they come.
GINA
Professor Simmons is going to be
blown away. Wait...
GINA (CONT’D)
Forget Simmons, we’ll take the film
to the media. Work out a deal.
Sell the film.
We’re going to be...
CHRISTINA
Dead.
Gina instantly frowns and turns towards Christina, seeing her
back.
GINA
Come on, Christina, we saw the
spaceship and it left. We caught
it on film. We’re going to be...
Christina slowly raises her arm, pointing away from the camp.
Gina slowly looks in the direction that Christina is
pointing.
Gina slowly turns around, seeing BLURRED SHAPES surrounding
the camp. Anthony is still looking at the camera.
ANTHONY
I can make a short clip, throw it
up on you tube and then start
amassing hits. When the clip goes
viral, then we can contact the
media. This is so...
Anthony stops and looks up. He sees Christina and Gina
slowly turning in a circle, pointing. Anthony follows their
gaze, seeing the BLURRED SHAPES.
the camera, then runs to the next camera, grabbing it.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
Get our stuff. Get to the car.
Christina and Gina seem to be mesmerized by the BLURRED
SHAPES and just continue to point towards them.
Anthony looks up from the last camera, seeing that girls
haven’t moved.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
(almost SCREAMING)
Gina? Christina?
Gina breaks from her trance and turns around, looking at
Anthony.
The car, get to the car.
Gina grabs Christina and pulls her towards the car, as
Anthony finishes getting the camera off of the tripod. He
starts to move after the girls, but drops a camera.
Anthony struggles, dropping down to his knees, trying to pick
up the camera, while maintaining his grip on the other
cameras. He struggles and gets back up to his feet. He
hurries towards the car, just as Gina rips open a rear door
and pushes the dazed Christina inside. Gina rips open the
driver’s door and jumps inside.
Gina turns, seeing Anthony making his way to the car. Gina
smiles, then reaches down to the ignition. She instantly
frowns. THE KEYS ARE GONE.
EXT. CAR - DUSK
Gina, holding the keys to the car, starts to open the door,
when she comes face-to-face with Christina. They both
SCREAM, with Gina dropping back to the ground and dropping
the car keys.
Christina opens the door, as Gina starts to get up from the
ground, with Chaz having moved up to her. Chaz looks down at
the car keys and picks them up, putting them in a pocket.
INT. CAR
Gina looks out of the window, seeing Anthony running up to
the car. Anthony moves around the other side of the car,
struggling to get the door open. He gets the door open and
gets inside.
Go.
Anthony is putting the cameras down on the floorboard, as he
closes the door, looking out of the window, seeing the
BLURRED SHAPES.
Go, damn it.
GINA
Chaz...
ANTHONY
If him and Yasmine didn’t make it
back, then...well...
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
We have to save ourselves.
GINA
Chaz...
ANTHONY
(instantly angry)
Forget Chaz. Start the car.
Anthony looks out the back window, seeing approaching BLURRED
SHADOWS. Anthony turns back around and SLAMS his hands on
the dash.
Get us the fuck out of here.
GINA
Chaz...He has the keys.
Suddenly, the car is engulfed in brilliant, blinding BRIGHT
LIGHT.
CHRISTINA
(almost sobbing)
They’re, they’re going to take us.
I, I don’t want to...
LIGHT, coming in through the front windshield.
GINA
This, this can’t be...
WHAM!!!
Everyone almost SCREAMS, as Gina jerks to the side, seeing a
figure at her window.
OFFICER
Mam’? Would you roll down your
window?
RANGER uniform. Gina swallows.
OFFICER (CONT’D)
Mam’? Are you okay?
Gina controls her fear and starts to lower the window, but
then realizes that the car isn’t turned on. Gina steadies
herself and starts to open the door, with Officer stepping
back.
Gina steps out of the car and looks towards the blinding
WHITE LIGHT, seeing that it’s coming from the spotlights of a
marked PARK RANGER vehicle. Gina takes deep breaths of
relief, as Anthony and Christina get out of the car and join
her.
You kids okay?
GINA
No, we, our friends...
Gina looks towards the slight hills and slightly points.
GINA (CONT’D)
They were over there, but...
ANTHONY
A U-F-O. It hovered over there...
Anthony points.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
And, then there were these,
these...
Aliens.
GINA
That surrounded us and...
They stop and look at Officer, who is trying not to smile.
OFFICER
Okay. I saw the glow of your
campfire and stopped to tell you
that campfires are prohibited.
Chaz...
GINA
And, Yasmine. They took them.
Please, you have to do...
OFFICER
Your friends are in my patrol car.
Found them wandering around.
GINA
Chaz and Yasmine?
OFFICER
Yes, mam’. They’re a little tired,
but they’re fine.
But...
OFFICER
This really is no place to be
camping out. We’ve had some
coyotes killing goats and pet dogs.
Don’t think they’d harm humans, but
you never know.
OFFICER (CONT’D)
Why don’t I get your friends and
then maybe you should pack up and
head on back into the city.
OFFICER (CONT’D)
Okay?
GINA
But we saw...
OFFICER
A lot of people see a lot of things
that turn out to be nothing but
their imagination playing tricks on
them.
car.
BRIEF PAUSE and then Officer returns with Chaz and Yasmine,
who both look very subdued.
ANTHONY
Chaz, we thought...
CHAZ
We’re fine. We just got lost.
GINA
The keys? Do you have the keys?
Chaz searches his pockets, then holds out the keys. Gina
grabs the keys.
GINA (CONT’D)
(to Chaz)
Get the tripods. We’ll get the
sleeping bags and other stuff.
GINA (CONT’D)
Thank you. We’ll be leaving, just
as soon as we get packed up.
Good. Oh, and put out that fire.
ANTHONY
Will do.
Officer looks at the students, then lightly nods his head,
and walks back to the patrol car.
BRIEF PAUSE, then the lights dim, as the patrol car backs up,
and then turns around, leaving the area.
POV switches to the surrounding hills, watching the
headlights of the patrol car move away and then silhouettes
of the students, as they move up to the camp site and then
back to the car.
The students get into the car, with Gina quickly locking the
doors.
ANTHONY
Lets get out of here.
Gina puts the key in the ignition and turns the key. Nothing
happens. Gina looks over at Anthony. She turns the key
again. Nothing happens.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
Pop the hood.
Gina reaches down and pulls the hood lever, as Anthony grabs
a flashlight, gets out and runs to the front of the car,
raising the hood.
Anthony shines the flashlight into the engine compartment,
sweeping the area. He stops, shining the flashlight on
dangling spark plug wires. He stares at an empty place,
where the distributor cap is suppose to be.
Anthony drops into the car seat, with Gina looking at him.
GINA
What’s wrong?
ANTHONY
Someone stole the distributor cap.
GINA
Can’t you fix it?
ANTHONY
No...We’re not going anywhere.
Gina looks in the rearview mirror, seeing Christina, Chaz,
and Yasmine, who are very subdued, almost in a trance.
Gina looks past the students, through the rear window and
sees BLURRED SHADOWS.
GINA
What the fuck do they want?
Anthony sees Gina looking in the rearview mirror and turns
around, looking out the back window, also seeing the BLURRED
SHADOWS.
Anthony turns and looks out the front windshield, seeing the
RED BRAKE LIGHTS of the Ranger’s patrol car. Anthony looks
back out the rear window.
ANTHONY
Whatever they want, they’re moving
slow. We could outrun them.
Gina looks out the side windows, failing to see any BLURRED
SHADOWS. She looks out the front window, just as the RED
BRAKE LIGHTS disappear around a corner.
GINA
then...
ANTHONY
Yeah.
Anthony reaches down and grabs the cameras, quickly putting
them in with his laptop. Gina grabs a flashlight and opens
the door, as Anthony also opens the door. Anthony then turns
back towards the back seat.
We have to leave...NOW.
No response.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
(SCREAMING)
They will fuckin’ kill you.
No response. Anthony looks across the car to Gina. In
silent agreement, they move to the back doors, open the
doors, and pull Christina, Chaz, and Yasmine from the car.
They start jogging down the dirt road, with Gina in front and
Anthony in the rear, trying to push Christina, Chaz, and
Yasmine, as they keep slowing down to a walk.
Anthony looks behind, failing to see the BLURRED SHADOWS. He
nervously scans the sides, again, failing to see the BLURRED
SHADOWS. He looks up at Gina, who just happens to look back.
I don’t see them.
Gina turns back around and looks to the sides, failing to see
any BLURRED SHADOWS. She smiles, as she continues forward.
Suddenly, a BRIGHT LIGHT appears above the road and then
lowers, with the LIGHT blinding the students. Without
thinking, Gina runs to the side, with Anthony pushing the
other students.
Anthony has shoved the other students off of the road and he
chances a look back, seeing the BLINDING LIGHT. He turns
back around and runs after the students.
Gina looks back, seeing the students, who are silhouetted
from the LIGHT, coming from the road. She turns back around,
continuing to run. She crests a slight hill and sees a small
cabin. She runs for the cabin, as Anthony brings up the
rear, urging the other students.
Gina reaches the cabin and HAMMERS on the door. No response
and she tries the doorknob, turns it, and then swings the
door open.
silhouetted in the doorway.
GINA
Hello?
No response.
POV switches to Gina, as she turns on her flashlight and
shines it around the cabin, revealing that it’s empty, with
cobwebs and dust covering an old table and some chairs, which
have been turned over.
Gina enters the cabin, with the other students then entering.
Anthony is the last and he takes one look behind him, looking
at the LIGHT, which has turned into faint RAYS, cutting beams
through the area.
Anthony slightly smiles, then turns to go inside the cabin.
He senses something and turns to the side. He sees BLURRED
SHADOWS, slowly moving over the crest of the hills. Anthony
frowns, enters the cabin, and shuts the door, leaning his
back against the door. He looks across the cabin at Gina.
They’re, they’re following us.
Gina drops her head. The other students just stand in the
middle of the floor, unmoving. Gina looks up at them.
GINA
What is wrong with you?
No response. They just blankly stare at Gina. Gina suddenly
cracks, as she moves forward, facing Yasmine.