ARE WE ALONE? (9 page)
Authors: Bruce Durbin
GINA (CONT’D)
Can’t you see what’s happening?
No response. Gina loses it and swings her hand, intending on
slapping Yasmine. At the last possible second, Yasmine
quickly raises her hand and grips Gina’s hand, stopping Gina
cold.
Gina struggles to release her hand and then steps back,
looking at Yasmine. She looks past Yasmine, seeing Anthony.
Gina moves around the students, moving up to Anthony.
What’s wrong with them?
ANTHONY
They could be in shock.
Anthony moves to a window and peeks out. Gina moves and
joins him, also looking out. They don’t see anything. They
scan the other direction and still see nothing. They look
back towards the road, with the LIGHT having vanished.
What do you think?
ANTHONY
If we stay here, we’re trapped. If
we go outside, then we’ll be out in
the open. They could easily cut us
off from making it to the road.
Anthony looks around the cabin, seeing another door. Anthony
reaches into his pocket and pulls out his cell phone. He
looks at the dial, seeing “NO SERVICE.” Gina does the same
thing, with the same result.
What are we going to do?
ANTHONY
(instantly angry)
Why the fuck do you keep asking me?
How should I know?
GINA
You did the research. Maybe, you
remember some story, something that
helped others to...to escape.
Anthony ignores Gina, takes out a flashlight, and moves to
the other door. He looks down at the doorknob, hesitating,
as Gina moves up behind him.
Anthony reaches and slowly turns the doorknob. He swings the
door in and then slowly walks into the room.
Anthony and Gina slowly sweep the room with their
flashlights, with the beams falling on weathered newspaper
clippings, detailing U-F-O sightings and MISSING PERSON
FLYERS.
The room is also cluttered with an assortment of clothes,
just tossed on the floor.
ANTHONY
(softly)
The author, the one we interviewed.
In his book, he said that large
numbers of people have vanished
from various parts of the world
without leaving a trace. My, my
research of this area...
smiling face of a young GIRL.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
(reading)
Last seen, December
tenth...Nineteen seventy-one.
PERSON FLYER, showing the face of an OLD WOMAN.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
(reading)
Last seen, June fifth....Nineteen
sixty-eight.
Your, your research...
Anthony turns around in the room, shining the flashlight on
the walls, which are literally plastered with U-F-O and
MISSING PERSON clippings.
ANTHONY
I dumped all data from U-F-O
sightings into a spreadsheet and
then dumped all data from missing
person files into the same
spreadsheet.
Anthony moves to a wall, puts his back to the wall, and
slides down, sitting on the floor, as Gina nervously looks at
him.
GINA
ANTHONY
95 percent of all last seen
locations for missing persons were
within a two mile radius of U-F-O
sightings. Some people argue that
there is no plausible explanation
for people to go missing, except
for...alien abduction.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
Think about it. Aside from the
work of a serial killer, how can a
person completely vanish from this
world?
Gina looks at Anthony, then slowly shines her flashlight
around the room. She suddenly stops, focusing on a MISSING
PERSON FLYER.
Look.
ANTHONY
It’s pointless. We might as well
accept...
It’s the old man.
Anthony doesn’t understand, but gets up and moves beside
Gina. They look at the MISSING PERSON FLYER, seeing that it
is a younger version of the Old Man.
GINA (CONT’D)
(reading)
Last seen, July fourth, Nineteen
sixty-four.
We can’t stay here.
GINA
But...you said that going out
there...they could surround us.
MISSING PERSON FLYER.
ANTHONY
They were last seen, last month.
Whoever’s keeping track, putting up
these clippings, must be helping
them.
Them?
ANTHONY
The aliens. He’s gotta be
supplying them with...with
specimens. Come on.
Gina spins around, looking at the clippings, as Anthony heads
through the door. Gina hesitates and then follows him. She
almost bumps into the back of Anthony.
Gina looks up, seeing that the other students are gone, with
the door open. They scan the room, failing to see the
students.
They don’t see anything.
GINA
Why? Why would they leave?
ANTHONY
Maybe, they didn’t leave.
Maybe...Someone took ‘em.
GINA
We, we should see...see if we can
find them.
as he starts over a slight hill.
ANTHONY
(pointing)
There.
Anthony runs out of the cabin and after Chaz, with Gina
following.
EXT. FIELD - NIGHT
Anthony and Gina run after Chaz, seeing Chaz crest a hill and
then disappear.
As they start to move up the hill, BRILLIANT BRIGHT LIGHT
comes from the other side of the hill, causing Anthony and
Gina to stop, just below the top of the small hill. They lay
down and carefully start to crawl towards the top.
Gina starts to look over the top, then stops, realizing that
Anthony isn’t following her. She turns and looks at Anthony,
seeing that he’s fumbling with a camera.
(whispering)
What the hell are you doing?
Anthony jerks up, looking at Gina.
ANTHONY
I was going to...
Anthony stops and looks down at the camera and then back up,
looking at the LIGHT shooting rays above the top of the hill.
Anthony moves tup to Gina and then they both inch above the
crest of the hill.
They see just the outline of a SPACESHIP, which is above the
ground, hovering, with a column of BLINDING LIGHT going from
the spaceship to the ground.
Anthony fumbles with the camera and then begins filming.
They watch, as Christina and Yasmine walk into the column and
then disappear.
LEADER” - still turned around), as he watches.
GINA
What are we going to do?
ANTHONY
What can we do?
Suddenly, the column of light flows up into the spaceship.
The spaceship hovers for a moment and then vanishes. Chaz
moves to the side and picks up the handles of a wheel barrel,
pushing it closer to the spot where the column of light had
just been.
What is he...
Gina jumps up and starts running towards Chaz. Anthony
hesitates and then gets up, running after Gina.
EXT. LANDING SPOT - NIGHT
As Gina moves towards Chaz, she seems to sense something and
slows down, as Anthony moves up behind her.
GINA
Chaz? What are you...
Chaz turns around and becomes recognized as Old Man, who is
wearing Chaz’ T-shirt.
OLD MAN
Doing?
Old Man moves a little closer to where the column of light
had been, bends down, struggles, and then lifts something
into the wheel barrel.
Just cleanin’ up.
Uncertain, Gina steps closer, as Anthony moves up to her
side, holding the camera.
ANTHONY
Chaz?
Old Man moves slightly, with Anthony seeing that it’s Old
Man, not Chaz. Old Man moves back to where the column of
light had been and again struggles, then places something
into the wheel barrel. Anthony and Gina slowly move forward.
OLD MAN
Expecting it’s too much for you two
to help?
Anthony and Gina look down into the wheel barrel, seeing the
torsos of Yasmine and Christina, but no heads. Gina SCREAMS
and drops to her knees, covering her face, as Anthony steps
back.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
Unusual sorts. Can never tell what
they’ll take and what they’ll toss
back.
(beat)
Sometimes, they keep everything,
sometimes, they toss everything
back. Sometimes, I seen them put
heads on different bodies. Can
never tell. But...one way or the
other, they all come back.
Anthony slowly looks up, seeing Chaz’ T-shirt (reading “I AM
YOUR LEADER”).
Chaz? What have you done with...
Old Man looks down at the T-shirt and slightly pulls it away
from his chest, looking down. He then looks up at Anthony.
OLD MAN
I reckon he was different, caus’n
they took all of him, ‘cepting his
clothes of course. Seems they
don’t have much call for clothes.
Old Man turns, picks up the handles of the wheel barrel, and
starts to push it away, with one of Christina’s arms flopping
out of the wheel barrel, and lightly brushing Gina’s head.
Gina jerks up, sees the hand, and SCREAMS.
Screamin’ don’t do no good.
Old Man turns back around, looking at Gina and Anthony. He
gives an evil smile.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
You’ll see.
As Old Man starts to push the wheel barrel away, Anthony and
Gina look past him, seeing BLURRED SHADOWS on the crest of
the hill.
towards them.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
(looking at shadows)
They like to walk around...Watch
man in his natural element. Like
they were on a field trip.
Anthony and Gina start to back up.
They turn around, seeing that they’re surrounded by the
BLURRED SHADOWS.
Anthony stumbles backwards and falls to the ground. He moves
and sees a ROCK. He picks the ROCK up, seeing that it’s
similar to the ROCK that Old Man had shown them.
and doesn’t even turn around.
Don’t fuckin’ touch that.
In shock, Anthony drops the ROCK. He looks at the ROCK,
which beings to GLOW.
Gina looks at the ROCK and then they slowly look around,
seeing that they’re in a circle of slightly GLOWING ROCKS,
which matches the area where the column of light had been.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
(still walking away)
You’re never know what happened.
One minute you’re here. The next
minute you’re gone and you don’t
know no damn different.
Except...sometimes, you get a flash
of what you had been. What you’ll
never be again.
Gina figures it out before Anthony and grabs his arm,
dragging him out of the circle, just as a column of LIGHT
shoots down.
Gina and Anthony start to run, then stop, seeing the
approaching BLURRED SHADOWS. They turn back, looking at the
column of light, then back to the BLURRED SHADOWS.
They start running towards the BLURRED SHADOWS. As they
reach the shadows, they stop and hesitantly look at the
shadows, seeing a face.
FLASH IMAGE: FACE ON A MISSING PERSON FLYER.
They turn slightly, looking at another face.
FLASH IMAGE: FACE ON A MISSING PERSON FLYER.
They turn slightly, looking at another face.
FLASH IMAGE: FACE ON A MISSING PERSON FLYER.
closing their eyes, gripping each other.
BRIEF PAUSE.
They open their eyes, failing to see the SHADOWS. They turn
slightly, seeing that the SHADOWS have walked past them and
are walking towards the column of LIGHT.
BRIEF PAUSE.
The column of LIGHT disappears. Anthony and Gina look at
each other.
ANTHONY
The road.
They look around and then start running.
EXT. FIELD - NIGHT
Anthony and Gina run, periodically looking behind them, but
seeing nothing. They crest a small hill and see the outline
of the road below.
They both slightly smile, as they start down towards the
road. Gina makes it to the road first and then looks down
the road, seeing approaching headlights. She waves, smiles,
and then turns around towards Anthony.
We made it.
Anthony starts towards the road.
WHAM!!!
Anthony staggers and then drops to the ground. Gina is
confused, then slowly looks behind Anthony, seeing Old Man,
holding the shovel. Old Man starts to move closer.
OLD MAN
Some...the damn aliens take.
Some...
is in shock, as Old Man swings the shovel.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
I take.
Gina drops to the ground, watching Old Man’s boots, as he
walks over to Anthony and hoists him into the wheel barrel.
Old Man wheels the wheel barrel closer to Gina, who now looks
past Old Man’s boots, seeing a slightly GLOWING ROCK.
OLD MAN (CONT’D)
Some...we share. Deja vu ain’t
nothing more than seeing where you
already been. It’s a game they
play. You think invasion means
they’ll kill us?
(MORE)
Nope, they’re smarter. They’ve
just been replacing us...one at a
time.
SCENE CUTS TO
BLACK:
CHAZ (V.O.)
It’s never gonna fit, Gina.
FADE IN:
EXT. HOUSE - DAY
The shapely buttocks of Gina fill the screen of a video
camera, as she seductively moves her buttocks back and forth.
Gina moves, looking back at the camera, as the VIEW EXPANDS
OUT, showing Gina putting bags into a CAR.
Gina is wearing low cut T-shirt and tight fitting cargo
shorts. She’s very attractive, but seems to be unaware of
her attractiveness, displaying a more business minded
attitude.
Several more bags of equipment and a couple of sleeping bags
come into view, next to the CAR. Gina stops and straightens
up, looking at Chaz.
Chaz?
Gina feels something and looks down, seeing a pendant. She
pulls the pendant away, seeing a slightly GLOWING ROCK. She
slowly looks at Chaz.
GINA (CONT’D)
(softly)
Aliens could look just like us.
They could be the clerk at the taco
joint. They could be a professor.
They could be some old crazy guy
walking the streets.