Episode 1 - A New Day for Hopkins
The story begins in Atlanta in the woods where the two boys from Bullworth Academy are: Jimmy Hopkins and Pete Kowalski
Jimmy and Petey walk to the woods. Pete only wants to relax and enjoy a mother nature better than staying at Bullworth while Jimmy just wants to relax but doesn't enjoy mother nature.
Petey: Time to far away from that dump academy, Jimmy. We are in Atlanta to enjoy mother nature.
Jimmy: This is so boring. This nature thing can't relax my mind, Pete.
Petey: Yeah I know that. Sometimes we have to take a break from staying at the Academy to see the wonders of nature.
Jimmy: Yeah, but at least this is better than being in a class. And Gary is expelled from Bullworth for good.
Petey: Yeah and I heard he's been sent to the asylum too.
Jimmy: What?
Petey: Oh nobody tells you, huh? Well, Gary's in the asylum because of his ADD.
Jimmy: Yeah, he deserved that for making Principal Crabblesnitch expelled me.
The boys hear a noise coming from the woods, it sounded like a gunshot.
Pete: Oh dear! What was that sound?!
Jimmy: It sounds like a gunshot and it's come for there!
Jimmy runs to the direction where the gunshot was heard.
Petey: Jimmy, wait for me!
Petey goes after Jimmy.
Hopkins and Kowalski arrive at where the gunshot was heard and in horror, they see a man who has dark skin, his leg's injured, has a shotgun, a crashed car and a dead cop who doesn't have a head. The man looks at the boys and throws his gun away.
Man: I... I...
Petey: What's happening here?!
Man: I didn't mean to... I tried to wake him up and... He woke up and tried to eat me!
Jimmy: What?! You just shoot the cop but you make a nonsense excuse! You're gonna be in jail!
Petey: I don't know, Jimmy. But this guy's leg injured
Man: Well, it's a long story.
Suddenly, they hear noises coming from the bushes. Some dead people come out and the two boys and the man are shocked
Petey: What the hell?!
Jimmy: Are those zombies?!
Man: We have to get out of here!
Jimmy and Petey help the man and they are trying to get out of the forest and more zombies show up and this scares Petey and the man even more but Jimmy trying his best to find the way out from the woods. They see a fence, they climb on it and they get on the other side. They are at a house. Jimmy, Petey and the man get away from the fence and the zombies are about to break it but another gunshot is heard and the zombies go away.
Petey: Man, that was close.
Jimmy: What do we do?
Man: We are going to enter the house. Maybe someone will help us.
Petey: Good idea. We never heard your name, Mr...
Man: It's Lee Everett. And you two are?
Jimmy: My name is James Hopkins but people called me Jimmy.
Petey: My name is Pete Kowalski but called me Petey.
Lee: Ok, Jimmy, Petey. Let's see if someone will help us.
Jimmy, Petey, and Lee are at the house, in front of a glass door. Lee knocks on the door.
Lee: Hello! Anybody home? We need some help!
Jimmy: I don't know if they are going to hear us.
Lee opens the glass door.
Petey: Woah, Woah, Woah! We can't just enter the house.
Lee: But we need some help, Petey. Maybe someone will help us out.
Petey: Okay.
Lee: We're coming in! Don't shoot ok?
Jimmy: This is no what we're planned, Petey.
Lee and the two boys enter the house. Lee grabs his leg in pain.
Lee: Ah shit! Hello, we are not strangers! Or one of them…
Lee and the two boys see that the house looks like a disaster.
Lee: It looks like these people need more help then we do...
Jimmy: Oh that's great! Lucky us I say!
Petey: JIMMY!
Jimmy: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Trying to be good, I supposed.
Lee: Let's check the house.
Lee goes to the kitchen and he slips on the puddle of blood and Petey help him get up.
Petey: You have to be careful, Mr. Everett.
Lee: Thank you.
Jimmy checks the kitchen and he finds a walkie-talkie in a drawer.
Jimmy: Hey, I found a walkie-talkie and it still works.
Petey: Maybe we should keep it. It may useful to get help from someone with the walkie-talkie.
Lee looks around and he sees an answering machine. Lee presses the button.
Answering Machine: Message 1. Left at five-forty-three p.m.
Woman: Hey, Sandra, this is Diana. We're still in Savannah. Ed had a little 'incident' with some crazy guy near the hotel so we had to get him back to the ER and have it checked out. Anyway, he's not feeling well enough to drive back tonight, so we're staying an extra day. Thanks so much for looking after Clementine and I promise we will be back before even your spring break!
The message ends.
Answering Machine: Message 2. Left at eleven-nine-teen p.m.
Diana: Oh my God, finally! I don't know if you tried to reach us, all the calls are getting dropped. They're not letting us leave and aren't telling us anything about Atlanta. Please, please, just leave this city and take Clementine with you back to Marietta. I've got to go back to the hospital. Please let me know that you're safe.
The message ends.
Jimmy: Oh man…
Answering Machine: Message 3. Left at six-fifty-one p.m.
Diana: Clementine? Baby, if you can hear this, call the police. That's 9-1-1. We love you... We love you... We love y-
The message ends.
Petey and Lee look sad while Jimmy stayed neutral.
Jimmy: Man, this is really screwed up.
Lee looks next to the answering machine and he sees a photo of a little girl and her parents.
Petey: Is that Clementine?
Lee: Maybe...
Voice: Daddy?
Jimmy, Petey, and Lee jump back when they hear the voice of a little girl. Jimmy checks his pocket and he gets the walkie-talkie. He presses the button.
Jimmy: Hello?
Voice: You need to be quiet.
Jimmy: For what?! You better show yourself!
Petey: Jimmy, please…
Petey grabs the walkie-talkie.
Petey: Excuse me, sorry about my friend. He's always like that.
Voice: Who are you?
Petey: My name is Petey. You must be Clementine? Am I right?
Voice: Yes! My name is Clementine! How do you know?
Petey: Ummm... We saw a picture of you and your parents.
Clementine: Ok.
Lee grabs the walkie-talkie.
Lee: How old are you?
Clementine: Eight.
Lee: And you are all alone?
Clementine: Yes. I don't know where everybody is. How old are you?
Lee: I'm thirty-seven.
Petey: I'm Fourteen
Jimmy: Fifteen
Lee: Where are your parents?
Clementine: They took a trip and left me with Sandra. They are Savannah I think, where the boats are.
Lee: Are you safe?
Clementine: I'm outside in my treehouse. They can't get in.
Lee: That's smart.
Jimmy, Petey, and Lee look at the window and they Clementine opening the door of the treehouse.
Clementine: See? Can you see? I can see you three.
Lee waves at Clementine and Petey do the same. Suddenly, Clementine screams and gets back in the treehouse. Lee and the two boys look at a zombie who looks like a woman jumps on Lee. Lee pushes her against the oven and when they try to run away, Lee falls again. The zombie is approaching Lee but Jimmy kicks it in the face and Petey helps Lee get up. The zombie grabs Lee by his leg and he falls down again. Jimmy sees Clementine at the door with a hammer.
Clementine: The hammer!
Jimmy opens the door and grabs the hammer from Clementine.
Jimmy: Take this!
Jimmy give the hammer to Lee who uses it to smash the zombie in the face. He smashes her face four times until the zombie stops moving.
Lee: Man... Hi there.
Petey: I think I'm gonna be sick.
Clementine: Did you kill it?
Lee: I think something else did, before me I think.
Clementine: I heard her scream two nights ago. Maybe one of the monsters got her.
Lee: Two nights ago? Yeah, maybe. You've been all by yourself through this?
Clementine: Yeah... I want my parents to come home now.
Lee, Jimmy, and Petey look at each other with worry and sadness in their eyes.
Jimmy: I don't think they come back for a while.
Clementine: Oh.
Lee: Look, we don't know what happened. But we will look after you till then.
Petey: Yeah. We won't leave you alone.
Clementine: What should we do now?
Lee: We need to find help before it gets dark.
Clementine: Yeah, it's not safe at night.
Jimmy: I agree.
Petey: Me too.
Lee takes Clementine's hand.
Lee: Let's go.
To Be Continued...
