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Jeff Long's 'Werewolves' [Part 4 of 4]
By Aragorn
INT. HOTEL – LOBBY – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff finds Gentry and runs up to him.
JEFF
Where’s Kathryn?
GENTRY
She ran off.
JEFF
Damn her. She knows better then that. Where
did she go?
GENTRY
I don’t know. All she said was ‘I managed
To get him killed’ and then took off.
JEFF
I think I know where to find her.
Jeff starts walking to the doors.
GENTRY
Jeff?
JEFF
Yeah?
GENTRY
You should hurry. She didn’t look
good.
Jeff nods, understanding.
GENTRY
Need backup?
Jeff lifts the bottom of his shirt to show he has his two guns
on him.
JEFF
That’s all the backup I’ll need.
And with that Jeff takes off into the storm.
INT. ABANDONED HOUSING COMPLEX – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff walks inside a half-wrecked housing complex, rain pouring
down through holes in the roof. Debris lays everywhere.
JEFF
Kathryn?
KATHRYN
(V.O.)
Over here.
Jeff makes his way through some rubble and finds Kathryn sitting
on the floor. There is an empty bottle of painkillers next to her.
JEFF
Oh god Kathryn. I thought you were over
this.
Jeff rushes to her and kneels down in front of her.
JEFF
How many?
KATHRYN
(Weakly)
A couple handfuls. I feel so dizzy.
JEFF
Ok Kathryn, look at me. Don’t let my face
faze out, ok? Just concentrate on it. Now
I want you to make yourself throw up.
KATHRYN
(Weakly)
Jeff…
JEFF
Just do it! Jesus Christ, and you are these
people’s leader? You always do this every
time something doesn’t go your way?
Kathryn looks at him, hurt on her face.
JEFF
I thought you were past all this.
KATHRYN
(Weakly)
I was. I thought I was.
JEFF
Look Kathryn, I don’t want to do this, but
I have to.
Kathryn looks at him questioningly, and before she can react,
Jeff has his fingers down her throat. She starts gagging and he
takes his fingers out just in time. Kathryn leans over and starts
throwing up. After a few minutes of throwing up, she stops and
wipes her mouth.
KATHRYN
(Weakly)
You son of a bitch…
JEFF
Don’t you dare start! You promised that
we’d get through this and live a different
life. We can’t do that with one of us dead!
KATHRYN
That bastard’s killed my entire team except
for a couple. Seth…He meant more to me then
any of the others.
Jeff leans in and hugs her.
JEFF
I know he did. Yvonne told me all about it.
It’s never easy loosing someone that close
to you. Trust me, I know. I lost both my
parents, and then I lost you. But right now
I need you. More then ever. And the rest of
the team needs you.
They stop hugging and Kathryn looks at him, tears in her eyes.
Water drips from her hair.
JEFF
Kinda wet, isn’t it?
Kathryn doesn’t answer.
JEFF
I had a feeling you’d come here. Our first
place together. Our only place together.
Such a shame they decided to rip it down.
KATHRYN
I just want to be left alone.
JEFF
Kathryn, we have a job to finish. It’ll be
over this time tomorrow. Then me and you
can leave and go do whatever. Live a real
life away from all this. With me. But we need
to finish this job.
Kathryn smiles slightly.
KATHRYN
Well we just changed places real fast.
Last I checked it was me saying that to
you.
Jeff smiles back.
JEFF
Come on, get up off the floor before you
get a cold. We need to get going. We need
to hide someplace for tonight, just incase.
KATHRYN
Got a smoke?
Jeff smiles again.
JEFF
Yeah. Yeah I do. But they’re back at the
hotel.
He reaches his hand down and helps Kathryn to her feet.
JEFF
I remember when we were younger. You were
The one that got me into smoking, and
then almost right after, you quit.
KATHRYN
What could I say? Smoking kills.
They chuckled as they headed back to the hotel.
INT. HOTEL – LOBBY – NIGHT – STORMY
Kathryn and Jeff get back inside the hotel lobby.
JEFF
You stay here. I’ll get your stuff. There’s
no reason for you to have to go up there
and see the body.
Kathryn nods.
KATHRYN
Ok.
Jeff leans in and kisses her.
JEFF
I’ll be back down with the others in a
couple minutes.
And with that, he turns and takes off up the stairs.
INT. HOTELROOM – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff walks in and everyone turns to him, concern on their
faces.
GENTRY
How is she?
JEFF
She’ll be fine.
MARK
Thank the Lord.
JEFF
Pack up your things. Yvonne, help me with
Kathryn’s stuff. I told her to wait in the
lobby for us.
YVONNE
Sure thing.
JEFF
We’re hiding out for tonight, and then
tomorrow we’re heading back to that town.
It ends tomorrow. Either we all die, or
They all die. No middle ground this time.
I want every single last one of us to fight
until there’s none of us left. After tonight,
no more running. No more hiding.
Everyone moves around the room, packing up whatever they can find
of their stuff. When everyone has everything, they all rush back
down the stairs, into the lobby, and meet up with Kathryn. Jeff
passes Kathryn her bags.
KATHRYN
Thanks.
Suddenly out of nowhere, the lobby windows shatter, shards flying
everywhere. Everyone drops their bags to protect themselves from
the glass. When everything clears and all the glass has fallen,
a werewolf in ‘wolf’ form is standing in the lobby. Suddenly
from behind it, three werewolves in ‘humanoid’ form walk in.
Jeff raises his guns and fires a few rounds off, killing a couple
of the werewolves, before his guns run on empty.
One of the werewolves grab Gentry, who is the nearest person, and
pulls him toward it, about to take a bite. Jeff takes a candy machine
and holds it like a bat. He swings it down, shattering the glass
over the werewolf’s head, distracting it. It throws Gentry across
the room as it turns to Jeff.
Mark runs to the receptionist desk, the receptionist wide-eyed
in shock. He jumps over the desk and runs to a paper cutter,
ripping the blade off, and running and jumping back over the
counter.
KATHRYN
(Calmly)
I knew it…we’re all going to die.
JEFF
Yvonne! Take Kathryn and Gentry and get out
of here! Kathryn’s in no state to fight!
Yvonne gabs Kathryn by the arm.
YVONNE
Kathryn, come on.
She drags Kathryn by the arm for a few seconds before Kathryn starts
running on her own. Along the way Yvonne helps Gentry to his feet,
and they turn down a narrow hallway, but not before the werewolf
in ‘wolf’ form spots them and takes off running after them.
Jeff hits a werewolf in the side of the head with the metal
pole of the candy machine. He goes to swing again, but the werewolf
grabs it and crushes the end of it in its hand. It swings it from
the end it’s grabbing hold of, causing it to swing Jeff. Jeff
flies through the air and hits the wall, falling to the floor,
knocking a garbage can over.
Mark swings the blade down, chopping off a werewolf’s arm, causing
it to howl in pain as blood flows. It turns, clawing at him with
its other hand, but he blocks with the blade as he steps back.
He swings the blade around, to get away from the claws, and then
swings it sideways, decapitating the werewolf.
Behind the counter, the receptionist franticly pushes a button
under the desk, over and over.
Jeff gets back to his feet and spots a rusted exacto-knife that
had fallen out of the garbage. He takes it up in his hand just
as the werewolf that had thrown him, approaches him. Jeff moves
forward and rams the blade into its side, and then steps back, all
in one fluid, quick movement. It yelps, but continues moving towards
him. Jeff jumps and rams the blade forward, jamming it into the
werewolf’s eye. It howls as it backs up and starts clawing at the
knife sticking out of its eye. Jeff uses this time to run around
it.
Mark is fighting with a werewolf with a series of stabs and blocks,
when another werewolf grabs him from behind. Mark rams the blade
back, over his head, jamming it through the top of the werewolf’s
head. He takes it out and then twirls, slicing the blade through
the werewolf’s neck. He comes back around and his arm gets blocked
by the werewolf he was fighting. It lifts him off the floor, but
Mark lets the blade drop from his hand, only to grab it with his
free hand and jam it into the werewolf’s chest. It drops him as
it howls, and he yanks the blade out.
Jeff stops running and starts looking around the lobby for something
to use as a weapon. He spots a werewolf moving towards him, but
a bang! Stops it, causing it to turn and look. Jeff does as well.
Four security guards are standing in the entrance to the lobby,
guns drawn.
SECURITY GUARD #1
Open fire!
They all start firing at the remaining werewolves, but none of
the shots are doing much damage.
MARK
The heads! Aim for the heads!
But his voice is droned out from the gunfire. One of the werewolves
comes up behind the security guards and bites into one of them,
causing him to scream and blood to gush out. One of the security
guards turns and goes to fire at it, but it grabs the gun in a
swift motion and crushes it in its hand. It swipes at the security guard, scratching him across the face. He backs up, screaming as
blood trickles down his face. The other two security guards turn
around and the werewolf grabs one and sinks its teeth into his
face, while a werewolf hand bursts through the chest of the last
remaining security guard, blood spraying everywhere. It brings
its hand up with a quick movement, causing the guard’s body to
split in half.
Mark and Jeff shout to the only guard that’s still alive (The one
with the scratched face).
JEFF AND MARK
Come on! This way!
The security guard turns and runs with Jeff and Mark in the
direction that Yvonne, Gentry, and Kathryn went.
INT. HOTEL – STAIRASE – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne, Kathryn, and Gentry are running up a staircase.
YVONNE
It’s right behind us, move!
Yvonne chances a look back and sees the wolf-form werewolf bounding
up the stairs after them.
GENTRY
They’re attacking in the middle of a
city!
KATHRYN
(Calmly)
The evolved werewolves don’t fear much.
They reach the top of the stairs and throw the door open, running
through. They slam it shut, just as there’s a bang from the other
side. The door dents a bit. Another bang and it dents a bit more.
YVONNE
Ok, from here we can take an elevator back
down to the main floor, at the back, and
go out there.
KATHRYN
What’s the point in running? They’re going
to kill us eventually anyway.
YVONNE
Kathryn, snap out of it!
The door suddenly opens as the werewolf, now in ‘humanoid’ form,
opens the door and walks through.
GENTRY
Shit!
YVONNE
Run!
They take off running down the hall. The werewolf takes half a
minute to change back to its ‘big wolf’ form and runs after them
down the hall, turning the corner at the end.
After they had left, a door to a room opens up and an old man
looks into the hall, seeing nothing.
OLD MAN
Damn kids…
INT. HOTEL – STAIRCASE – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff, Mark, and the security guard, who’s nametag read ‘Rick Arnold’,
are running up the stairs that the other three had been on minutes
before.
MARK
How do we know were they went?
They reach the top and see the state that the door is in.
RICK
Something tells me they went this way.
Jeff opens the door and they run out into the hallway.
INT. HOTEL – ELEVATOR – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne, Kathryn, and Gentry are in an elevator, heading down.
GENTRY
At least we’re safe in here. There’s steal
doors up there. No way it can open those.
Yvonne and Kathryn are silent.
GENTRY
Right?
YVONNE
Just pray we’re at the bottom by the time
it does.
Suddenly sparks fly everywhere as a werewolf’s hand breaks through
the roof, severing wires and such, putting the elevator into darkness.
Everyone screams, but Gentry screams the loudest as he gets pulled
up through the roof.
INT. HOTEL – ELEVATOR SHAFT – NIGHT – STORMY
The werewolf, in humanoid form, sinks its teeth into Gentry’s shoulder.
Gentry screams and tries to squirm away, but the werewolf grabs
his arm and yanks to pull him back, but instead rips his arm off.
Gentry screams even more high-pitched as the werewolf throws his arm
away and continues ripping into him.
INT. HOTEL – TOP FLOOR HALLWAY – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff, Mark, and Rick reach the damaged elevator doors, which are
ripped open in jagged pieces. Jeff looks down and sees the elevator
far below, the werewolf on top, eating something.
JEFF
Damn.
RICK
There’s only one set of stairs, and those
are the ones we came up. The other elevator
leads back to the lobby. This is the only
way.
Jeff looks back down and sees the werewolf tear a bigger hole
in the roof and jump through.
JEFF
Alright, now’s our chance.
He pushes the button for the elevator, and it starts coming back
up. The mangled corpse of Gentry comes into view better. His head
is pretty much crushed and ripped apart as well.
MARK
(Quietly)
Our father, who art in Heaven, Hallowed
be thy name.
Mark continues reciting The Lord’s Prayer as Jeff and Rick talk.
RICK
What are these things?
JEFF
Exactly what they look like. Werewolves.
RICK
Am I going to turn into one?
JEFF
Yes. As far as I understand anyway. But
we might still need you, so you’re safe
from us until you Turn.
The elevator reaches them and the outer doors try to open, but
due to the bent and twisted metal, it locks up and jams. They
walk quickly but carefully through the hole, and then into the
elevator.
INT. HOTEL – BOTTOM FLOOR – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne and Kathryn run down a hallway, the werewolf, deciding to
stay in the humanoid form, running after them.
KATHRYN
I told you that we’re all going to die,
but did you…
YVONNE
(Cutting her off)
Shut up Kathryn. Shut up right now. It
can’t go after both of us. We split
up, up here where the hall goes into
different directions. Whichever one it
doesn’t follow, makes it outside and gets
the weapons from the van.
They reach the area and split up, the werewolf right on Yvonne’s
heels. Yvonne picks up her pace a tiny bit, and spots a fire
extinguisher on the wall. She reaches for it as she runs by and
grabs it. She stops and turns around, spraying it on the werewolf.
The werewolf thrashes and makes different guttural noises. Yvonne
stops spraying the freezing foam and bashes the extinguisher on
the werewolf’s head. She moves back and bashes it over its head
again.
The werewolf snarls and snaps at Yvonne, but she moves the extinguisher
up as she ducks. The werewolf sinks its teeth into the extinguisher,
causing it to explode. Cold foam flies everywhere, and after it
clears, Yvonne, who had ducked and put her hands over her head,
stands up and sees the werewolf’s body, now with most of its head
missing.
INT. HOTEL – BOTTOM FLOOR – BACK DOORS – NIGHT – STORMY
Kathryn runs towards the back doors, but suddenly stops in her
tracks when one flies off its hinges. A werewolf in humanoid
form stands there, snarling at her. Kathryn and the werewolf lock
eyes and Kathryn knows it’s the main one. She takes out her sword.
KATHRYN
I’m not afraid of dying anymore. Are you?
It snarls and rushes towards her.
INT. HOTEL – BOTTOM FLOOR – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff, Mark, and Rick rush down the hall, when they come to a
three-way split.
RICK
These two side halls both have exits, but
the one to the left is closer to where you
said your van is parked.
JEFF
Then that’s the way we’ll go.
They rush off down that hall. As they do, Rick notices the hair
on his arms has grown a bit longer.
EXT. HOTEL – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne runs through the pouring rain to the van. She slides open
the side door and jumps in.
INT. HOTEL – BOTTOM FLOOR – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff, Mark, and Rick rush down a hall and turn a corner. All
three stop when they see Kathryn, with her sword out, facing off
with a werewolf.
The werewolf charges and Kathryn makes her stand. It reaches her,
and as it tackles her, they both fall to the floor. The werewolf
lowers its head to her neck just as Kathryn swings her sword out
and across, cutting off the werewolf’s head. The head rolls around
on the floor, and comes to a rest. Within seconds it transforms back
to the head of the Trench Coat guy.
Jeff rushes to Kathryn and shoves the dead body off her.
JEFF
Kathryn that was…
Jeff stops. Kathryn can no longer hear him. She has a huge gash
in her neck, a chunk missing.
JEFF
Kathryn! Oh god, Kathryn.
Tears start rolling down his eyes as Mark and Rick rush to him.
MARK
Jeff, you know what has to be done.
JEFF
No, I can’t…Oh Kathryn…
MARK
You have to.
JEFF
She’ll heal.
MARK
When she turns.
JEFF
So what? We’ll just lock her up on full
moons.
MARK
She’ll be an evolved werewolf.
JEFF
Then we’ll lock her up at nights. She’ll
understand. She’ll still be normal during
the day.
MARK
Jeff, you have to think about what she’d
want. She’d want you to do this. Do you
think she’d want to live the rest of her
life as a werewolf? She wants them wiped
out. It’d be her last wish if she could
speak. Would you deny her that?
JEFF
I…I just can’t.
MARK
Then let me.
JEFF
Mark…I feel so dizzy.
MARK
Then just sit down and breath easy. I’ll
do it for you.
Mark moves towards Kathryn’s fallen sword, but Jeff stops him.
JEFF
No. I have to do it. Kathryn would have
wanted it to be me. If I don’t do this,
she’ll never rest peacefully. She has
saved me in more ways then one. It’s the
least I can do for her.
INT. HOTEL – LOBBY – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne runs into the lobby with a dufflebag. In her hands is a
gun. The lobby is empty, all the werewolves gone; only the body
of the three security guards are there. The body of the receptionist
lays behind the counter.
Yvonne starts to make her way through the lobby when she sees one
of the security guards sit up, his skin rippling. One of the other
security guards does the same. Finally the third does as well.
Yvonne aims her gun at one of the changing bodies and fires, blowing
its brains out the back of its head. She fires at one of the other
bodies, but hits it in the neck. Yvonne turns and runs as the two
transformations finish.
INT. HOTEL – BACK DOOR – NIGHT – STORMY
Rick falls back against a wall as his skin starts rippling. Mark
and Jeff turn and notice.
MARK
He’s turning! Hurry Jeff, do it!
Rick’s hair starts growing rapidly as his eyes change color
and turn into wolf eyes.
MARK
Jeff, you must…
Jeff, tears streaming down his face, lifts the sword above Kathryn’s
neck, but holds it there. Rick begins to scream as the bones in
his body crunch.
JEFF
Oh Kathryn, please forgive me. I love you
so much.
Jeff swings the sword down as hard as he can.
INT. HOTEL – HALL – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne rushes down a hall, trying to follow the path Kathryn had
taken. She stops when she hears a thudding noise coming from
above, and then screaming. People run from a hallway that joins
into the one she’s in, screaming as well. Yvonne steps away as
she sees a werewolf chasing after them. It grabs one of the people
in the back of the group and pulls him back as it begins tearing
at his flesh.
She turns and runs faster then ever.
INT. HOTEL – BACK DOOR – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff falls to his knees, dropping the sword to the floor. Rick’s
transformation completes and Mark raises his blade. The Rick-wolf
snarls and steps towards Mark. Suddenly blood and brain matter
splatter Mark as the werewolf drops to the floor. Yvonne stands
right behind were the werewolf stood, gun still raised. Her eyes
spot Kathryn’s body, and Jeff kneeling next to it, crying.
YVONNE
Oh no…
MARK
You brought weapons. Good.
Yvonne puts the bag on the floor as Mark goes to it. He drops the
sword to the floor as he takes out one of the metallic guns and
loads it up with explosive rounds. Yvonne goes to Jeff and bends
down, helping him to stand.
YVONNE
Come on Jeff, I brought you some ammo.
The werewolves are attacking the hotel.
We need to stop them.
MARK
It’ll be impossible. We have no idea how
many people are bitten or scratched. There
could be literally a hundred of these werewolves
by the end of the night. If any get out
and into the city, there could be thousands.
YVONNE
Then we have to blow the building while
we still can.
MARK
There could be innocents…
YVONNE
It’s either that or the possible destruction
of all humanity. I don’t think now’s a time
to be choosy!
Yvonne helps Jeff walk over to the bag. At that moment, three
people run by, chased by a few werewolves. All the werewolves
except one, stop when they see the Hunters, and start moving
towards them.
Mark fires once, blowing up the head of one of the werewolves.
Yvonne fires her gun, but only nicks the arm of one. Jeff falls
to the floor and slowly and calmly starts digging through the
bag.
Yvonne and Mark both fire, but fired at the same werewolf by
accident. Safe to say it didn’t survive. More werewolves start
pouring into the room. Now about a dozen fill the porch, all
moving in on the three humans.
MARK
We must be the only fresh meat close by.
He fires, but a werewolf ducks, causing the shot to hit the ceiling.
Part of it explodes and debris falls down. Yvonne fires, misses,
Fires again, hits a werewolf in the chest, and fires once more,
hitting it in the head. The werewolves are practically on top
of them now.
Jeff stands up, his two guns pointed out, his eyes glazed over.
BangBangBangBangBangBangBangBang. Within 5 seconds, half of the
werewolves lay dead. Jeff ejects his clips and loads more in.
BangBangBangBangBangBangBangBang. More werewolves fall, dead. One
remains. Jeff fires one shot, which sores through the air and splatters
the werewolf’s brains across the back wall. Jeff keeps his guns raised.
Yvonne puts a hand on his arm.
YVONNE
It’s ok Jeff, they’re dead. You got them
all. It’s ok.
Jeff breaths in and then out, and finally lowers his guns.
YVONNE
There were some bombs in this bag
when I picked it out of the van. I say
we bring them down to the boiler room
and set them off.
MARK
Half to the boiler room, half to the
electric room. Hopefully that’ll do
the trick.
YVONNE
Right. I’ll take the boiler. You can take
the electric room.
MARK
What about Jeff?
YVONNE
He can go with you.
Mark nods.
MARK
Come on Jeff, we’re gonna go kill tons
of them.
Mark runs over to a dead person, and takes a backpack off his
back. He takes half the explosives out of the bag and puts it
in the backpack and puts the backpack on. He takes off running,
Jeff not far behind. Yvonne takes the dufflebag, slings it over
her shoulders, and heads for the boiler room.
INT. HOTEL – HALL – NIGHT – STORMY
Mark and Jeff stop by a map of the hotel that’s on a wall, showing
the fire exits.
MARK
According to this, the electric room is
on the third floor.
They take off running down the hall again.
INT. HOTEL – STAIRS – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne heads down a staircase, going into the basement. The walls
in the basement are concrete, as is the floor. The door to the
boiler room is opened slightly. Yvonne approaches it cautiously.
INT. HOTEL – STAIRCASE – NIGHT – STORMY
Jeff and Mark are going up a staircase, when they pass a person
running down, screaming. A werewolf leaps from the top of the
stairs and lands near Jeff and Mark. Mark aims his gun up and
fires, blowing its head up. They continue on up for a minute,
until a door slams open and a werewolf walks out into the staircase.
It spots them and snarls. Jeff raises his guns and plants several
bullets into the werewolf’s head.
INT. HOTEL – BASEMENT – NIGHT – STORMY
Yvonne walks slowly through the basement. We hear snarling and
ripping noises. Yvonne takes out a flashlight from the bag and
turns it on, shinning it around the room. It falls upon a werewolf
with its back turned to her, enjoying a meal of ‘maintenance
worker’. It suddenly stops and turns its head, blood dripping
from its jaws. It opens its mouth to howl, but before it can get
a sound out, Yvonne fires, blowing a hole through its head. She
fires one more time just to be safe.
INT. HOTEL – 3RD FLOOR – NIGHT
Jeff and Mark run down the 3rd floor hall, and as they do, they
pass a window. They notice that the storm has stopped and that
dawn is approaching, light sky in the distance.
MARK
We have to hurry.
They continue to run and as they do, they pass by many opened
hotel room doors, and in some of them lay mangled corpses. They
reach a door marked ‘Electric Room. Hotel employees only’. Mark
goes to open it, but finds it locked.
JEFF
Allow me.
Mark steps back as Jeff fires a single shot, blowing the handle
off. Jeff pushes the door open and they rush into the room, turning
on the light.
INT. HOTEL – BASEMENT – NIGHT
Yvonne is kneeling down by the furnace, setting the explosives.
She presses a button and a timer begins, counting down from ten
minutes. She stands and turns to leave, but a werewolf is standing
there, breathing into her face.
Yvonne raises her gun, but the werewolf knocks it away with lightning
speed, and then pounces on her as she screams.
INT. HOTEL – ELECTRIC ROOM – NIGHT
Mark stands up, having planted the explosives.
MARK
We have ten minutes. I hope Yvonne has
planted hers and is on her way out.
They turn to leave, but three werewolves block their path – two
in the hallway and one in the doorway. Jeff raises his guns and
fires a couple shots. The first werewolf goes down, but then his
guns click on empty. Mark raises his gun and fires, blowing up
one of the other werewolves, but when he fires again, his gun
also clicks on empty. The third werewolf snarls and steps into
the room.
MARK
Now what?
JEFF
Now pray for a miracle.
The werewolf gets closer as Mark closes his eyes and mutters a
silent prayer. Jeff gets into a fighting stance.
JEFF
I want to join Kathryn so bad, but she’d
hate it if I just gave up like she almost
did.
The werewolf reaches for them, but at that second the first rays
of dawn shine through the window. The werewolf stops as its skin
starts rippling.
JEFF
Come on Mark, now’s our chance!
Mark opens his eyes and him and Jeff take off running, but the transforming werewolf holds up his arms, blocking the way. Suddenly
it goes flying forward, another transforming werewolf on top of him.
Jeff and Joel look back and see, through what features they can pick
out, that it’s Seth.
SETH
(Mixture of human voice and growls)
Go!
As Seth wrestles with the other transforming werewolf, Jeff and Joel
run past them.
MARK
We’ve only got a few minutes left!
They pick up their pace as they rush down the hall. Jeff throws
open the door to the stairs and they start going down.
EXT. HOTEL – DAWN
Jeff and Mark run out of the hotel and continue on across the
street to the van. They get in.
MARK
Yvonne must still be inside!
JEFF
There’s no time! We have to go now! It’s
going to explode any second!
Mark hops in the driver’s seat and starts the van up. As they
drive away, they see a half-werewolf/half-human run out of the
hotel, in the process of changing back to a human.
JEFF
Shit! One got out!
Suddenly there’s a gigantic explosion that engulfs the entire hotel and
street, including the transforming werewolf. The shockwave knocks
over several cars and pushes the van forward some as Mark screeches
it to a stop.
Fire has engulfed what is left of the hotel and thick smoke billows
up into the sky. Sirens are heard in the distance. Mark crosses
himself.
MARK
May God rest Yvonne’s soul.
They watch the scene for a minute in silence, but then Jeff sees
a lone figure slinking away from the hotel.
MARK
Is that Seth?
JEFF
He must have made it out in time. Stay here.
Jeff grabs a handgun and hides it on him as he opens the door and
steps out of the van. He jogs to catch up to Seth and starts
following behind him.
JEFF
Seth!
Seth turns to face him.
SETH
I took out a couple of them in the hotel.
Jeff takes out the gun and points it at Seth.
SETH
What’re you doing?
JEFF
You know it has to be done. You’re the
last of the evolved werewolves. You can’t
be allowed to live.
SETH
I stopped others from leaving. There were
some that were going to leave the hotel
long before the explosion, but I fought
them. I was a werewolf and I still helped
you guys escape. I think you owe me something
in return.
Jeff pulls back on the hammer.
JEFF
Exploding round. It’ll be fast and painless.
I promise.
SETH
Please…
Jeff looks Seth in the eyes. His finger tightens on the trigger.
JEFF
I’m sorry.
Jeff fires.
Seth moves with super-speed and dodges the bullet.
SETH
What made you think I’d let you kill me?
Jeff checks the chamber of his gun and looks back up at Seth.
JEFF
When we come looking for you, and we will,
we will hunt you down, and we will kill you.
Seth smiles.
SETH
We’ll see.
Seth turns and starts walking away. We see the chamber of Jeff’s
gun and see that it’s empty. Jeff closes the chamber and puts the
gun away, walking back to the van. He climbs in.
MARK
How will we know where to find him?
JEFF
We listen. We listen to the news, to
traveler’s stories. We pay as much attention
as possible and we investigate even the
slightest possibility.
MARK
Just the two of us?
JEFF
No. We’ll need to recruit more. I don’t
know where we’ll start, or how we’ll go
about it, but it needs to be done.
Mark starts the van up and drives away.
EXT. WILDLIFE PRESERVE – A MONTH LATER - EVENING
The van, along with two cars, sit at the entrance to a
wildlife preserve. Jeff stands in front of a group of four people,
Mark standing beside him.
JEFF
Ok people, we’ve heard reports of creatures
here that match the description of werewolves.
I’ve talked with the manager and he’s
agreed to keep this place closed for a
couple days. Now I know this is the first
time hunting for all of you, so be careful.
Watch each other’s backs. These werewolves
are more advanced then the average pack,
so if anyone wishes to back out, now’s the
time to do it.
Silence.
MARK
If that’s the case, then welcome to Team
Jeff.
JEFF
Let’s rock and roll.
The Team, all holding weapons, begins to walk into the wildlife
preserve. We lift up to an aerial view and
FADE OUT.
THE END.
9/13/2004 3:33:26 PM
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