CUT TO:
INT. WOODSBORO HIGH SCHOOL – SWIMMING POOL – CONTINUOUS
JUDY leads SIDNEY, KIRBY and GALE by gunpoint through the entrance to the swimming pool. The water reflects an eerie glow across their faces.
JUDY
Anyone fancy a dip?
GALE
Fuck you.
JUDY
Who's the one with the gun here?
GALE shuts up.
JUDY
(CONT'D)
That's what I thought.
KIRBY
Why are you doing this?
JUDY
Oh, well that's just the best part. Maybe you should sit down.
SIDNEY
Why Kirby?
JUDY laughs.
JUDY
Kirby? You still think this is about Kirby? What the fuck do I want with a High Schooler?
JUDY aims the gun at SIDNEY.
JUDY
(CONT'D)
It's you, Sidney. Just you. Kirby was just a distraction. You think we'd be here right now if you were the reason people were dying? Again? No. I didn't think so. I couldn't risk you going back in to hiding. God knows you're good at that.
JUDY stops to the sound of a door opening behind them.
The group look up. ERIN and DANNY enter.
KIRBY notices the gun in ERIN'S hand.
KIRBY
Erin, help!
ERIN points the gun at her. She smiles.
ERIN
Time to shake things up a bit.
ERIN and DANNY walk toward them. JUDY doesn't take her eyes off SIDNEY.
JUDY
You know better than anyone else that I couldn't have done this on my own. Erin was easy to convince. But Danny? He took a little more persuasion.
KIRBY stares at ERIN and DANNY in disbelief.
DANNY
Don't look so surprised. I'm not here to be original.
JUDY whirls around and aims the gun at DANNY. ERIN aims hers at SIDNEY.
JUDY
You changed the rules.
DANNY
What?
Judy
You stabbed me.
DANNY
You took a fucking shot at me!
JUDY
I was improvising.
DANNY
Yeah, well let's just say I acted in self defence. Thanks for your vest, by the way.
DANNY pats his chest with a smirk on his face. JUDY scowls.
GALE
Look, I hate to interrupt but you could you just get to the fucking point?
FOCUS ON
JUDY aims her gun back at SIDNEY. They stare each other down.
JUDY
Oh Sidney. What a tragic life you must lead. I've waited for this moment for a very long time.
SIDNEY
What are you talking about?
JUDY
It all goes back to you, Sid. You and your whole fucking family. You think Billy fucking Loomis was the only one holding a grudge against you after your mother tore his family apart? Do you?
A moment passes. SIDNEY'S eyes are fresh with tears as the memories come flooding back.
JUDY
(CONT'D)
After your mother died, your Dad found comfort in the only way he could. In the arms of my mum.
Confusion washes over SIDNEY. KIRBY and GALE watch on in anticipation.
JUDY
(CONT'D)
I guess you could say he took notes from the best. I saw them, Sidney. With my own God damned eyes. He was all over her.
SIDNEY
Stop…
JUDY
Oh, but Sidney! You haven't heard the best part! All those business trips your Dad was going on? All those hotels he booked himself in to? He never left the fucking neighbourhood!
SIDNEY
Judy, please…
JUDY
It was only after what happened with your bastard ex boyfriend that your Dad had a change of heart. He didn't want to become exactly like the woman that broke him. After all, my mother had a husband. A family. She had it all going for her, Sid. And Daddy dearest just dropped her to the side of the road like a piece of fucking trash.
SIDNEY is overwhelmed. She can't make sense of what's going on.
ERIN
It's called 'additional retroactive continuity'. We're here to fill in the missing background details. We've got to support this interesting plot twist, right?
JUDY
After your father left my mother, she was an emotional wreck. It wasn't long before she left town, leaving my dad to look after Erin and me. Fast forward two years later and he was a shadow of his former self, Sidney. Your dad ruined him. He… He died of a broken heart.
JUDY seems genuinely upset.
SIDNEY
You're fucking crazy.
JUDY
Wrong.
FOCUS ON
KIRBY, her eyes wet with tears, turns toward DANNY.
KIRBY
What's your excuse?
DANNY
I had to. It was all for you, Kirby.
KIRBY
Bullshit!
DANNY
I'm sorry.
ERIN
Danny here was a needle in a haystack. There's not many guys who would be happy to stick a knife in someone's back for the sake of someone else. But once me and Judy realised we needed to make this about 'Kirby'… well, it all just sort of fell into place.
KIRBY
What?
ERIN
Don't be coy, Kirby. You know how he feels about you. Once we told him that we would kill you if he didn't contribute, it didn't really leave him with much of a choice. Love hurts, right?
KIRBY turns her head toward DANNY. He lowers his head to the floor.
ERIN
(CONT'D)
I like to think of it as emotional blackmail. Call it what you will.
DANNY looks torn with emotions. Sick with grief, guilt, humiliation and defeat.
DANNY
I'm sorry.
JUDY
This was never about you, Kirby. But you're a part of it now.
ERIN aims the gun at KIRBY. She cocks it.
ERIN
You can thank Jill for that.
DANNY
NO!
DANNY charges into ERIN as she fires the gun! BLAM! It fires up into the air!
ERIN is knocked to the floor. DANNY grabs the gun with his hands. He points it at ERIN.
JUDY
What the fuck are you doing?
DANNY
This wasn't the plan! You said Kirby wouldn't get hurt.
JUDY shrugs her shoulders.
JUDY
I lied.
BLAM! JUDY fires her gun at DANNY. The bullet flies into his right shoulder! DANNY stumbles backward and collapses to the floor. He lies still.
SIDNEY seizes her chance. She leaps forward and races ERIN for the gun. SIDNEY grabs it first! She aims it at ERIN.
JUDY
(O.S)
Do it and I will kill her.
SIDNEY turns round. JUDY has grabbed KIRBY and holds her gun to the side of her head, the barrel pressed against her temple.
KIRBY
Shoot her, Sidney! Do it!
SIDNEY shifts her gaze between ERIN and JUDY with KIRBY. She tightens her grip on the gun.
JUDY
Careful, Sidney. Don't make me do anything you're going to regret.
SIDNEY lowers the gun. She can't do it.
JUDY
(CONT'D)
That's a good girl. Now give me the gun.
SIDNEY hesitates. JUDY cocks her gun. KIRBY winces.
JUDY
(CONT'D)
You don't want to shoot me yet, Sidney. I've got one more surprise for you.
SIDNEY
I've had enough surprises for one day.
JUDY
I'm sure you've got room for one more. Erin?
ERIN smiles devilishly. She gets to her feet.
ERIN
Oh Sidney, you're gonna love this.
They watch as ERIN gets up and walks away. She exits through the door she came in through.
SIDNEY glances toward KIRBY and GALE. They stare at each other for a moment.
JUDY
She really is a good girl, you know. I think my Dad done a bang up job raising her. What do you think?
Before anyone can answer, ERIN bursts back through the doors, pulling an office chair on wheels behind her. Someone is tied to the chair…
It's NEIL. He has tape around his mouth.
SIDNEY
Dad!
SIDNEY gets ready to run forward, but JUDY cuts her off.
JUDY
Not yet, Sid. Do you know how it felt, watching my father pick up the pieces after mum left? I watched him fall apart. It killed him.
ERIN wheels NEIL up behind JUDY. He's trying to wriggle free but it's no use.
JUDY
(CONT'D)
I watched my father die, Sidney. And now you get to see what it feels like.
JUDY whirls around. SIDNEY charges forward.
SIDNEY
NO!
BANG! JUDY fires the gun. It hits NEIL square in the chest! The chair flies back and rolls toward the edge of the pool. He falls in!
SPLASH!
The chair sinks to the bottom of the pool. The water turns red with blood.
SIDNEY reaches breaking point. She DIVES toward JUDY and tackles into her side. JUDY fires another bullet!
BANG! It hits the floor, inches from ERIN'S feet!
ERIN
Fuck!
ERIN jumps back. Suddenly, GALE rushes forward and PUNCHES ERIN in the face! She staggers back, dropping the gun.
GALE
Kirby!
KIRBY reaches down for the gun, but ERIN manages to kick it out the way. It slides across the floor.
ERIN
What are you gonna' do, shoot me Kirby? Huh? What kind of a fucking friend are you?
BLAM! A gunshot rings out from behind ERIN. A bullet fires into her back!
KIRBY and GALE watch on in confusion. SIDNEY and JUDY stop wrestling.
FOCUS ON
ERIN stands there for a moment, before she sinks to her knees and falls face first to the floor. Behind her, DANNY stands with the gun raised. His hands are shaking.
JUDY lets out a war cry! She fires her gun!
BLAM!
SIDNEY'S head snaps back. Blood sprays on the tiled floor. She goes limp and falls down on to JUDY.
She KICKS SIDNEY away from her. DANNY whirls around and points the gun at JUDY.
JUDY aims back at him in a twisted standoff.
JUDY
You don't have the guts, kid.
DANNy
Try me.
BANG! He slugs JUDY right in the gut!
Her eyes go wide. She stares down at her bloody stomach. She looks up at DANNY and then…
BLAM!
A bullet fires through the back of her head! It's DEWEY!
GALE
Dewey!
JUDY collapses to the floor. She's dead.
DEWEY aims his gun up at DANNY. DANNY drops the gun, and raises his hands in the air.
KIRBY
Dewey, don't!
DEWEY turns to face KIRBY. She's shaking her head. DANNY looks hopeful.
KIRBY
(CONT'D)
He's not worth it.
DANNY'S shoulders sag.
SIDNEY suddenly coughs!
KIRBY, DEWEY and GALE rush over to her!
The top right of her head is caked with blood. The bullet must have just whisked by her. She's still in a bad state.
KIRBY
Oh my God, Sidney!
GALE is holding SIDNEY'S head in her hands.
GALE
Hang in there, Sid. We're gonna' get help.
SIDNEY clutches GALE'S arm.
CUT TO
EXT. WOODSBORO HIGH SCHOOL – EARLY MORNING
The school is overrun with ambulances, police cars and news vans. We get a huge sense of déjà vu.
KIRBY sits on the back of an ambulance with a blanket around her shoulders. GALE stands with her.
They both have their eyes fixed on DANNY as he is being led away in handcuffs. He doesn't put up a fight. He's forced into the back of a police car. DANNY looks up and catches KIRBY'S eye. He stares at her coldly for a moment before KIRBY looks away.
FOCUS ON
Paramedics come rushing out of the main doors, carrying SIDNEY away in a stretcher. DEWEY is by her side.
KIRBY and GALE both get to their feet and rush over to them.
PARAMEDIC
Step back. Step back, please.
They follow SIDNEY over to an ambulance. She's loaded into the back of it.
FOCUS ON
SIDNEY'S face is bloody. Her hair is wet. She's slipping in and out of consciousness.
She closes her eyes as we…
FADE TO BLACK