Chapter 11:
INT. WOODSBORO PENITENTIARY – NIGHT
Billy is roughly shoved back into his cell. James is already lying on his cot. Billy bangs on the glass cell doors.
BILLY: Let me out of here! You gotta believe me, I'm innocent!
JAMES: It's no use. Plus that glass is soundproof. You might as well be banging on air.
BILLY: And why are you so relaxed? Huh?
JAMES: Well let's see, there's another killer on the loose and I'm in the most secure place in the entire state. (shrugs) Besides, just because I mask my emotions better doesn't mean I'm fully relaxed.
BILLY: And what do you have to be worried about?
James swings his legs over the side of the bed and raps his knuckles on Billy's forehead.
JAMES: Hello, earth to Billy! There's another murderer on the loose. You're in here. So who do you think his target is going to be?
BILLY: … Tatum … shit I really got to get out of here!
JAMES: Good luck. This place is impenetrable. Only someone on the inside could use the codes to hack us out. (stares out the window) Which means I can't protect Tatum.
BILLY: Seriously? I'm supposed to believe you still have feelings for her?
JAMES: Regardless of what you think, I'm not a monster, Billy. I still love Tatum and yes – I'm worried about her.
BILLY: For all the good that worrying is gonna do now …
INT. PENITENTIARY MAINFRAME – NIGHT
Cyrus walks into the mainframe area with Angelique. Ned is swiveling in a spinny chair as he works on a computer.
CYRUS: All good for the night?
NED: The mainframe is operating at peak efficiency. There's no penetrating these firewalls.
CYRUS: (turning to Angelique) And the guards?
ANGELIQUE: All accounted for. Except for one – the new guy.
CYRUS: Hicks? Loafing off?
ANGELIQUE: Probably.
CYRUS: These damn new kids – maybe he needs some time in the chair!
Ned looks up to say something, but his monitor begins to go on the fritz!
NED: (confused) What the?
He begins typing away furiously.
CYRUS: What's going on?
NED: The mainframe just went … offline …
CYRUS: What do you mean?
NED: I don't understand – it's impenetrable! My firewalls are unbreakable!
ANGELIQUE: Maybe not as much as you thought …
CYRUS: Damn it! Get the system online immediately.
NED: (typing) I'm locked out! Whoever the hacker is, he's bypassed all my defenses. (Looks up at Cyrus with concern) He's in control of this facility now.
CYRUS: (to Angelique) Get all guards ready. Now! I've never had a breakout before and I'm not about to tonight!
Cyrus is about to storm out when the loudspeakers across the entire facility BLARE ON! A voice comes through and can be heard throughout the entire evening.
GHOSTFACE: Good evening! We're going to play a little game of guards and prisoners!
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The guards standing throughout the facility stand in awe at the sound of the killer's voice blaring throughout the facility.
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Billy and James stand up, looking around, bewildered.
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Ned is typing furiously, sweat beading down his head. He adjusts his glasses.
NED: It's no use, I'm completely locked out of the system.
CYRUS: Can you triangulate his position?
NED: I can't even log in! But I can tell you one thing for sure – the mainframe can only be accessed from inside this prison!
ANGELIQUE: Which means -?
NED: He's in here with us.
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Shots of prisoners standing in their cells, listening as Ghostface addresses them all.
GHOSTFACE: My fellow murderers and ghouls – hasn't it been too long that you've been locked up here? Unable to satisfy your most PRIMAL urges? Don't you miss the screams? The helpless pleading of your victims? The feeling of a knife penetrating flesh and scraping the bone beneath?
Many of the prisoners are nodding, grinning. Others are cheering.
GHOSTFACE: But now, you've been locked up, your needs and urges caged like animals. That just doesn't seem fair to me. After all, we are a gifted lot, skilled in the art of killing. Should our skills be contained?
PRISONERS: NO!
GHOSTFACE: Should our most primal inhibitions be denied?
PRISONERS: NO!
GHOSTFACE: Who is ready to UNLEASH their animal urges on Woodsboro?!
The prisoners are cheering.
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Billy and James look at each other.
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NED: (horrified) He's cutting the power to the prison cells!
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Across the cell blocks in the prison, the glass doors SWING OPEN! The prisoners cheer and jeer as they rush out of their cells.
The PANTHYR guards rush, rifles aimed. But it's too much. They're overwhelmed by the sheer hordes of the escaped prisoners. Several of the prisoners steal the rifles and begin opening fire on the guards.
ANGLE ON:
Billy and James watch as the prisoners in their cell block rush the guards.
JAMES: Welp, you wanted a way to get out and help Tatum – here it is!
BILLY: Wha -?
James grabs Billy's arm and thrusts him out into the corridor as they join the swarms of now free prisoners who have taken control of the prison.
The main gate swings open, under the control of Ghostface. There's shooting as the prisoners gain more arms and weaponry, driving the allegedly unstoppable PANTHYR guards back through sheer numbers.
And above, Cyrus watches as his allegedly unescapable prison is emptied of its prisoners.