PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE There’s a BODY forty feet away. She’s not moving. It’s Iris.
John stumbles to Iris. Picks her up. She’s dead.
JOHN:
NO PLEASE NO IRIS PLEASE IRIS IRIS April stands behind John. Her ears are BLEEDING.
52.
INT. FARMHOUSE, LAUNDRY ROOM - SUNRISE John stops by the MARKER BOARD labeled BABY NAMES.
He crosses off HOLLY and re-writes IRIS.
EXT. VALLEY - MORNING John travels through the valley. The backpack around his shoulders.
EXT. LAKE - MORNING John pulls himself across the lake.
EXT. WELL - MORNING John reaches inside his backpack for a TIMER. He winds the DIAL. Places it on the well. It starts counting down:
TIMER #1:
59 minutes John inputs the corresponding time into his WRISTWATCH. He’s using the timers as LURES.
EXT. HILLTOP - DAY John travels into the deep horizon. The scenery is truly breath-taking.
He checks his watch: 42 minutes EXT. WIND FARM - DAY John comes upon a shortgrass prairie. He sees a dozen WIND TURBINES in the distance. They each have three PROPELLER BLADES and make up what is called a WIND FARM.
John checks his watch: 30 minutes We sense he’s nervous about the time. John unpacks the second TIMER and winds the dial.
TIMER #2:
29 minutes SUDDENLY, THE TURBINE PROPELLERS START TO MOVE -A heavy WIND rips across the field, carrying a flurry of DEAD LEAVES into John’s path.
54.
INT. TURBINE, BASE - DAY John climbs into the turbine. Leaves the door WIDE OPEN.
The first thing we notice are the DEAD BODIES. Probably WIND TECHNICIANS slaughtered by the monster long ago. They are decomposing. The smell of rotten flesh is unbearable.
They have one important thing in common - their necks are broken and all of their VOCAL CORDS have been ripped out.
Above is a mostly HOLLOW TUNNEL, with a single LADDER that runs all the way to the top of the tubular steel tower.
The tower itself is bisected by 3 platforms along the way, each with a GATE that can be opened or closed.
John is nervous. Keeps checking his watch. The journey took longer than planned.
He sets the final TIMER and starts to climb the ladder.
