EXT.
CHESTNUT STREET DAY
Caleb
sits on the front porch, looking around the neighbourhood through binoculars.
He pauses, spotting Sangy on the roof of her own house.
We
CUT TO Zack's backyard, and watch through the Tommy-shaped hole in the roof of
the shed as Zack and Tommy unload shovels from the shed.
CUT
BACK to Caleb. He puts his binoculars down and shouts at Sangy
CALEB
Hey, hey Sangy, dude! What are you
doing with that gun!
SANGY
Just shut up and paint your erudamn
house!
CALEB
Woah! Fine!
SANGY
(pulls out the antenna on the walky-talky, talks into it)
Task Force One, this is Red.
We
cut to Tommy and Zack as they start to climb the fence.
SANGY (on walky-talky)
You are aalll clear.
Tommy
grabs the walky-talky and speaks into it
TOMMY
Roger, Red, we're going over.
Cut
to Sangy
SANGY
Roger. Red rover, red rover, let Zack go over.
She
looks over and watches Zack climb the fence
SANGY
Good. Now, red rover, red rover, let Tom
go on over.
Tommy
does so. Sangy buzzes with excitement.
SANGY
That's great. Over.
FADE
TO: MARTINEZ BACKYARD AFTERNOON
Zack
works on digging a hole, while Tommy lies in one that's already been dug, in
the shade of a dead tree.
TOMMY
Man, it's really getting hot out here.
ZACK
Yeah. Yeah it is getting hot, Tommy.
(walks over. Tommy quickly gets up)
Why don't you dig one of your own
holes, huh?
TOMMY
I was just checking this one. Besides, the
radio I was monitoring
you know, this is
turning out to be a lot more
work than we thought
it was gonna be. Why don't
we why don't we go
check the house? It's gotta
be a lot cooler in there.
start in the basement and
just work our way up.
They
start walking towards the back door
TOMMY
You know, Zack, I'm thinking the reason we didn't
find anything in the
backyard is because they
probably weren't burying
anybody in the backyard.
They were digging bodies up
and they probably
buried them in the basement
of the house here.
ZACK
(breathless)
That's a possibility, Tommy.
TOMMY
I say we start in the kitchen. They've probably
got some cold beer in there.
Or some knockwurst or
somethin', I'm starving.
Zack
tries the door
ZACK
It's locked. Hey, give me a credit card.
Tommy opens his fried wallet, yanks a stack of cards out of it, all melted together, and tries to separate them. Zack shakes his head and gets one of his own credit cards, then slides it in between the door and the jamb
TOMMY
Where'd you learn how to do this?
ZACK
I don't know how to do this.
The credit card snaps in half.
TOMMY
eh, it's a crap store anyway.
Zack looks around. He spots a flower pot, grabs it, and breaks open one of the window-panes in the door with it, then reaches in and unlocks the door. Tommy rolls his eyes
TOMMY
Zack, do the words 'breaking and entering' mean
anything to you?
CUT TO: SANGY
She's still on the roof, setting up one of those binoculars-on-a-tripod-things. Caleb shouts at her over the music he's got blaring from his stereo.
CALEB
Hey, Sangy! Hey! I wanted to introduce you to my
friend. This is Maya.
Maya waves
CALEB
She's here to watch the show this afternoon.
SANGY
Great.
CUT TO: Tommy and Zack sneak down the hallway and down to the basement (from which a rhythmic clicking sound is coming)
CUT TO THE BELLS
More of Caleb's friends have arrived, and more are pulling up (driving right onto the lawn) as he talks with them. Maya goes over and shouts at Sangy
MAYA
Hey, when's the big unveiling, huh? I gotta go to work
in a couple hours!
SANGY
Hey, piss off! Caleb!
CALEB
Yo!
SANGY
Get this hosebeast out of your yard!
CALEB
Hey! Get outta my yard, hosebeast! Hey!
MAYA
What's her problem?
CALEB
Get outta my yard!
Sangy, satisfied, enjoys her snack of animal crackers and a cup of apple juice.
CUT TO Martinezes' basement. Zack rips off the curtains (squares of torn up fabric nailed to the walls) that cover the basement windows.
TOMMY
Zack, look at the size of this furnace. This thing's
gotta be 80 years old! These old places have got to
be hell to heat, huh?
ZACK
This house isn't that big, though what the hell does
he need a furnace
like this for?
(walks over, inspects the giant furnace)
you know I think there's been some modifications on
this. This conduit's brand new. And look, it runs all the way
back there and up through a hole in the ceiling I saw some
of that in their living room.
TOMMY
And
a thermostat on a home furnace, is that
supposed to go to 5,000 degrees, do you think?
ZACK
That must be what all the noise was, look at all this
stuff they've put together down here!
TOMMY
They've got this whole place wired with batteries!
ZACK
There's gotta be forty of 'em.
TOMMY
Look, we got we got power here.
Tommy flips a switch on one of the various technical heat-y doodads they've got set up. The furnace whirs to life, humming and shaking. A giant bloody plume of fire shoots out of it.
ZACK
this is no ordinary furnace.
CUT TO the street; the whirring and rumbling from the furnace grows louder. Cale and his buddies look around, frowning.
Sangy's gun slides down the roof a little bit. She carefully walks over to get it.
Caleb jumps the fence and runs over to her
CALEB
Sangy!
She jumps at the sound of her name, goes flying down the roof and lands on the ground. She accidentally pulls the trigger on the gun, which fires, shatters a car window and sets its alarm off. Caleb's friends gather around, awe-struck
MAYA
Awesome!
They all start applauding. Caleb runs over to Sangy and helps her up.
CALEB
Sangy, you okay?
SANGY
Yeah, yeah, I'm alright.
CALEB
That was very cool, man.
CUT BACK to the basement. Zack spots loose dirt underneath a table and starts digging
ZACK
Tommy! Tommy look, I found it!
TOMMY
that's loose dirt!
Zack moves the table to the side
ZACK
They must have burned the bodies up in the
furnace, and then buried their bones right here.
TOMMY
What do we do now?
Zack gives him a look, grabs the shovel and digs s'more. Tommy pulls out the antenna on the walky-talky
TOMMY
I'll call in and tell her that they built a
crematorium down here.
ZACK
No, don't tell her that. She'll just want to come
down. Just wait 'till we find something.
TOMMY
Zack, that could take all night!
CUT TO the others. It's dark now, and Caleb and his friends are lying on blankets all over the yard. Caleb goes around handing out flashlights
CALEB
Hey, Sangy! You guys managed to knock out
the power on the entire block. Probably the whole
south end of town.
SANGY
Cale, shut up.
Maya walks over to Cale
MAYA
Listen, we're gonna make a run to McD's, you
want anything?
CALEB
Oh no way! You guys can't go now, it's the best
part! I called for pizza!
MAYA
Alright!
They run over to join the others. The Martinez-car drives up the street. They stop short, giving each other looks and watching their house, and the light flaring up from the basement. Then Martin, who's driving, turns the headlights off and slowly backs out of the neighbourhood.
CUT TO the basement
Zack's still digging, and the loose dirt has now turned to a nice, watery sludge.
TOMMY
Zack, I think we can give up. They'd never bury
him this deep. Who would dig th besides us
who would dig this deep into this kind of
sludge?
Zack brings the shovel down again, and it hits something with a clank. They both jump
TOMMY
That was metal! That was metal! You hit a
crypt! They buried them in a crypt! I I'll go
get my blowtorch, I'll first I'll call it in. I'll
call it in.
(grabs the walky-talky)
Hello! Hey uh Red, this is Wolfboy, we have
found the Greenleafs!!!
We found the Greenleafs!
I'll be out in a minute!
(throws it down, points at the hole)
Dig there! Dig there! Oh yes we found them!
CUT TO Sangy. She looks at the house and grins to herself
SANGY
We caught ya, Maria. You've been playing us for
saps, but you were wrong.
She looks over and stops dead as the Limovan comes down the street. Cale and Fin watch it, squinting as the headlights pass. Cale walks over to get a better look; Sangy's eyes widen as the Limovan pulls into Crunk's driveway and the Greenleafs get out, unloading the car
Tommy runs out of the Martinez house, covered in mud. Caleb runs over to him and points madly at the Greenleafs
CALEB
Tommy! Tommy, look over there! Look!
Right now!
Tommy loosk over; his eyes widen.
SANGY
(whispers)
Legs!
Tommy blinks a few times, as if the Greenleafs might not really be there. Sangy speaks softly into her walky talky
SANGY
Zack. Zackary! Listen up real carefully,
mister. We got a real problem!
CUT TO the basement; camera focuses on the walky-talky, lying by the side of the hole as Zack continues to dig.
SANGY (on
walky-talky)
Hey, Zack, guess who's not in the
basement? The
Greenleafs! They're back!
They're baaack!
Zack doesn't hear it and keeps digging, burying the walky-talky in sludge.
CUT TO the street as the Martinezes drive down it. Followed by a police car.
SANGY
(eyes widen)
Martinezes! With coppers!
TOMMY
Caleb, keep 'em busy. Keep 'em busy, I'll get
Zack keep 'em busy!
He runs back into the house. Caleb blinks
CALEB
Alright. Okay. Alright!
He runs and jumps right in front of the Martinez-car. They stop for a minute
CALEB
STOP! Stop right there! Don't go any further
you're going! Stop!
They drive around him. He shakes his fist and looks around for help, or an idea then he gets one and throws himself onto the hood of the police car, squishing his face against the windshield
CALEB
Hey! Officer, wait! There are these people, and
they're in my parents house, and they're they're
they're eating all their food!
CUT TO the basement. Zack brings the shovel down again and when he pulls it up, the sludge starts bubbling. His eyes widen. Tommy runs downstairs
TOMMY
Zack, the Greenleafs showed up! And the Martinezes!
I got Caleb down there
ZACK
I HIT THE GAS LINE TOMMY RUN!
Tommy runs off, screaming "GAAAAS", leaving Zack to try to climb out of the hole he dug.
CUT TO the street. The police-guy gets out of the car and frowns at Caleb
OFFICER
What is the problem here?
CALEB
(gets off the car)
Thank God you're here officer
Sangy runs over, as does Martin, Maria and Mario
SANGY
There's no problem, sir! This is not a police matter!
Martin opens his mouth to talk, but is interrupted by Tommy, who runs screaming out of the house
TOMMY
AHHH WE HIT A PIPE! There's all kinds of
gas! It's gonna blow!
He makes it to the sidewalk as the house explodes in a big, fiery, explosion thing. Caleb's friends cheer.
MAYA
Caleb sure knows how to throw a party!
Crunk stares with the 'O.O' face from her window. Sam runs out of his house, also 'o.o'ified, and runs over to Sangy. Maria watches in horror as her house burns and collapses in front of her. Then the giant, pointy, steeple-looking thing that was always on the top of the Martinez house flies through the air and lands right through the hood of the police car.
OFFICER
Was that your house?
She nods shakily. Martin shakes his head sadly. Suddenly Tommy's face falls
TOMMY
zack
We leave Tommy to mourn for a few minutes. Then Sam frowns and looks at the flaming remains of the house
SAMWISE
Somethin's movin' in there.
We look closer. And wait. And then Zack staggers out of the house, covered in dirt, clothes burnt to a crisp. Tommy's face lights up. He runs over to greet Zack as the rest of the house collapses and falls, and helps him walk
TOMMY
Zack Zack, you found it, right? Pal, before
it blew you found it, right? Tell me you found it
you found it, right? Before everything went off, you
had to have found it.
Sangy pokes Maria in the shoulder and speaks over the wailing of the siren
SANGY
You got a lawsuit on your hands, missy.