INT. SHED - AFTERNOON April SMACKS Will with the pillow. He’s in no mood. He fights back. John breaks them up, scolds April. Points at his daughter, motioning for her to leave.
April sulks away, angry. Steps outside the shed and STOPS.
She sees the RED FLOOD LIGHTS ARE ON. She panics, runs back to the shed and grabs her father. He starts to get scared when he realizes how scared she is.
EXT. FARMHOUSE - AFTERNOON John runs across the lawn as fast as he can. Throws the front door open. No time for shoe covers.
INT. FARMHOUSE, UPSTAIRS - AFTERNOON Sprints up the stairs.
INT. FARMHOUSE, BATHROOM - AFTERNOON Finds his wife in the bathtub. She’s in labor.
EXT. SHED - AFTERNOON Will and April run off in the opposite direction of the farmhouse. It’s as if they’ve been rehearsing for this moment for months.
EXT. WOODS - AFTERNOON They enter a small patch of forest. Fast as they can.
EXT. WOODS, PATH - AFTERNOON April trips and falls. Will doesn’t stop to help her.
INT. WOODS, HORSE STALL - AFTERNOON Will lunges into an empty horse stall. He tips over a TOOL BOX and grabs a pack of MATCHES.
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INT. FARMHOUSE, BATHROOM - AFTERNOON Mia’s face is flush and sweaty. A pool of blood surrounds her. She breathes heavy as... A NEWBORN BABY BEGINS TO CRY - EXT. WOODS, PATH - AFTERNOON -- April gets very still. She turns up the VOLUME on her hearing aid.
Just faintly, through the high frequency static, we hear the baby CRYING in the distance.
April stifles her breathing.
The sound of SOMETHING else continues breathing behind her.
OUT OF FOCUS, JUST TEN FEET AWAY, WE SEE IT MOVE SLOWLY TOWARDS THE SOUNDS.
INT. FARMHOUSE, UPSTAIRS - AFTERNOON Mia takes the crying baby in her arms. She covers it with a FLEECE BLANKET, trying to dampen the cries.
John looks out the window at the shed. Wondering how to get there safely.
AND THAT’S WHEN THEY HEAR THE FLOORBOARDS CREAKING DOWNSTAIRS. SOMETHING IS INSIDE THE HOUSE WITH THEM.
Tears stream down Mia’s face. A look that says, “It’s too late. We’re already dead.”
EXT. WOODS, TRACTOR - AFTERNOON Will arrives at his destination. Out of breath and sweating.
He reaches under a RUSTED-OUT TRACTOR, searching for something. His hand sweeps back and forth we see a BLACK FUSE just barely out of reach. His fingers getting closer closer CLOSER!
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INT. FARMHOUSE, UPSTAIRS - AFTERNOON The FOOTSTEPS creep up the stairs. Nails scrape and click against the wood. They don’t sound human.
EXT. WOODS, TRACTOR - AFTERNOON Will reaches as far as he possibly can grabs the FUSE and LIGHTS IT. It takes. The spark disappears under the tractor.
