We PAN OVER TO CLAIRE who makes a smacking sound with her lips, her eyes still tightly shut.
DISSOLVE
INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
It's dark, lit with light from some undescribable source above. The walls are lined with portraits of Alfred Ashford, Alexia Ashford, Wesker, zombies, and Tyrants. The hall seems to stretch on forever.
CLAIRE is walking through it slowly, looking very pretty in a simple black dress. Her hair isn't it's usual plain pony tail, it's long, hanging over shoulders, curled slightly at the ends.
She looks, well, beautiful.
CLAIRE
(almost a whisper)
I don't know who you are...
FLASH CUT: Leon lying in a pool of blood.
CLAIRE
(contd)
But if you don't stop following
me...
FLASH CUT: The Being in a dark alleyway, hardly visible.
CLAIRE
...I'm gonna rip your head off.
Claire stops, looks over her shoulder.
CLAIRE
Stop following me.
A LICKER drops down from the ceiling, hissing at her venomously.
ADA (O.S.)
Oh, don't worry about him.
Claire turns around to discover ADA walking up to her, in the same cave-woman attire she wore in Leon's dream.
ADA
He won't hurt you. He hasn't
grown up yet.
CLAIRE'S POV: The licker stares at her, with an almost child like fascination.
CLAIRE
(concerned)
Where's his brother?
THE LICKER climbs up onto the wall, scratching Alfred's portrait as it does so.
CLAIRE
His brother should be taking
care of him.
ADA
Oh, that's only for lower
beings like you.
CLAIRE
(slightly angry now)
I don't know you.
ADA
Not a lot of people do.
I'm not to be seen, or to
be heard by human eyes and
ears. I'm invisible and
everywhere.
CLAIRE
So what are you?
ADA
Everything and nothing at the
same time.
(looks at Claire, hard)
I'm here to guide you. I'm
here to guide all of you.
CLAIRE
I don't need guidance.
Claire turns around, heading back from where she came from.
ADA
You've needed guidance all
your life. Chris. Leon. Steve.
CLAIRE
(not turning back)
Get out of my dream.
ADA
Not until you meet him.
CLAIRE
Meet who?
ADA
You'll see.
OFF CLAIRE
as she stops, turns around, and gives Ada a stare of horror.
SMASH CUT TO
INT. ANTARCTIC BASE - RESIDENT EVIL MANSION - NIGHT
Basically, the "duplication" of Spencer Mansion found in Resident Evil: Code Veronica. The only one there is Claire, in her clothing gear from the same game. She's sitting on the stairs, playing a GAMEBOY ADVANCE.
She smiles at it warmly.
CLAIRE
You're cute when you're all
pixel-y.
CLOSE UP - The GBA screen. On it is, well... Steve.
STEVE
It's not like I've never been
pixels before.
CLAIRE
That's true.
Silence.
STEVE
One of these days, you should let
me out of here.
CLAIRE
That won't happen any time soon.
STEVE
It's a little confusing in here.
And smelly. Real smelly.
CLAIRE
You should get used to it.
FLASH CUT: The Being looming over Claire's shoulder. It's gone in a second.
STEVE
I think you should go find your
friends. They'd help you.
CLAIRE
They don't wanna look after a
little kid.
STEVE
They've been looking after you
forever.
SHERRY appears at the doorway, smiling coyly, running into the sterile room.
CLAIRE
Sherry... don't go in there!
It's too late. Claire sets the GBA on the stairs and quickly runs to catch up with Sherry. She opens the doors to the sterile room and enters-
INT. RACCOON CITY - STREETS - NIGHT
The areas outside of the RPD in RE2. Claire's now in her RE:CV gear. A bowgun is clutched in her shaking hand.
CLAIRE
Sherry?
No reponse. Just an echo. Claire takes a step forward, towards the RPD, when...
A LARGE SNEAKER CLAD FOOT
comes crashing down onto the ground next to her. Claire shakes and falls to the ground at the impact.
WIDER - revealing a huge-ass giant sized CHRIS REDFIELD, standing prominently, head in the clouds. He surveys the ground.
CHRIS
Has anybody seen my sister?
BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
Leon and Jill, equally as giant sized, come walking up beside him. But their simple footsteps are like earth quakes for Claire. She looks up at them in total awe.
JILL
She's nowhere to be seen.
CHRIS
I don't understand. She's my
very good sister. Why would
she just run away?
LEON
You're asking the wrong people.
CHRIS
Oh, screw it. Let's go to
Alexia's house to play.
JILL
(excitedly)
Alright!
They stomp away, out of sight. Claire looks devastated.
CLAIRE
(very small)
Chris... I'm here...
She sighs, looking dejected. Her bowgun is now very tiny, about the size of a mouse.
ADA (V.O.)
How many times have your friends
let you down?
CLAIRE
Leave me alone...
ADA (V.O.)
How many times has your face
slipped away...
Claire throws her bowgun into the trash, and walks to the RPD. She hears a low, growling sound.
A FIGURE lurks in the shadows, out of sight, hidden, but it's presence is menacing enough for Claire to sense.
CLAIRE
Somebody's here.
ADA (V.O.)
You've known that all along.
Claire turns her back to it (which, as you all can guess, is The Being) and looks at the door. There's a symbol on it. It looks like a somewhat obscure and bloody "C".
CLAIRE
I don't get it.
ADA (V.O.)
Perth. The Goddess of Mystery,
Initiation. The force of change,
the wound of the aftermath.
Thoroughly creeped out now, Claire turns and sees the hideous creature (that we still do not).
ADA (V.O.)
Rise and soar on wings of the
renewed soul. What looked
familiar will seem strange...
The Being closes a gnarled hand around Claire's throat effortlessly. She doesn't fight back. The thing raises her quietly into the air.
ADA (V.O.)
The flight of the eagal...
The victory of the battle...
CLAIRE is being choked to death. Her face turns pale. Her eyes lifeless and empty.
ADA (V.O.)
Know that externality matters
only to those who embrace it.
Change. Be changed.
THE BEING raises his other razor-claw laden hand and PLUNGES IT into Claire's stomach. She GASPS with pain and horror.
CLOSE UP - Claire's eyes. We see the vague, distorted reflection of the monster that's killing her.
CLAIRE
(weakly)
You can't... change me...
INT. JILL'S LIVING ROOM - THE REAL WORLD
Claire JERKS wildly, still asleep, and still in her dream. The CAMERA pans lower, to the floor, where Chris is sleeping.
DISSOLVE
INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT
It's dark, lit with light from some undescribable source above. The walls are lined with portraits of Alfred Ashford, Alexia Ashford, Wesker, zombies, and Tyrants. The hall seems to stretch on forever.
CLAIRE is walking through it slowly, looking very pretty in a simple black dress. Her hair isn't it's usual plain pony tail, it's long, hanging over shoulders, curled slightly at the ends.
She looks, well, beautiful.
CLAIRE
(almost a whisper)
I don't know who you are...
FLASH CUT: Leon lying in a pool of blood.
CLAIRE
(contd)
But if you don't stop following
me...
FLASH CUT: The Being in a dark alleyway, hardly visible.
CLAIRE
...I'm gonna rip your head off.
Claire stops, looks over her shoulder.
CLAIRE
Stop following me.
A LICKER drops down from the ceiling, hissing at her venomously.
ADA (O.S.)
Oh, don't worry about him.
Claire turns around to discover ADA walking up to her, in the same cave-woman attire she wore in Leon's dream.
ADA
He won't hurt you. He hasn't
grown up yet.
CLAIRE'S POV: The licker stares at her, with an almost child like fascination.
CLAIRE
(concerned)
Where's his brother?
THE LICKER climbs up onto the wall, scratching Alfred's portrait as it does so.
CLAIRE
His brother should be taking
care of him.
ADA
Oh, that's only for lower
beings like you.
CLAIRE
(slightly angry now)
I don't know you.
ADA
Not a lot of people do.
I'm not to be seen, or to
be heard by human eyes and
ears. I'm invisible and
everywhere.
CLAIRE
So what are you?
ADA
Everything and nothing at the
same time.
(looks at Claire, hard)
I'm here to guide you. I'm
here to guide all of you.
CLAIRE
I don't need guidance.
Claire turns around, heading back from where she came from.
ADA
You've needed guidance all
your life. Chris. Leon. Steve.
CLAIRE
(not turning back)
Get out of my dream.
ADA
Not until you meet him.
CLAIRE
Meet who?
ADA
You'll see.
OFF CLAIRE
as she stops, turns around, and gives Ada a stare of horror.
SMASH CUT TO
INT. ANTARCTIC BASE - RESIDENT EVIL MANSION - NIGHT
Basically, the "duplication" of Spencer Mansion found in Resident Evil: Code Veronica. The only one there is Claire, in her clothing gear from the same game. She's sitting on the stairs, playing a GAMEBOY ADVANCE.
She smiles at it warmly.
CLAIRE
You're cute when you're all
pixel-y.
CLOSE UP - The GBA screen. On it is, well... Steve.
STEVE
It's not like I've never been
pixels before.
CLAIRE
That's true.
Silence.
STEVE
One of these days, you should let
me out of here.
CLAIRE
That won't happen any time soon.
STEVE
It's a little confusing in here.
And smelly. Real smelly.
CLAIRE
You should get used to it.
FLASH CUT: The Being looming over Claire's shoulder. It's gone in a second.
STEVE
I think you should go find your
friends. They'd help you.
CLAIRE
They don't wanna look after a
little kid.
STEVE
They've been looking after you
forever.
SHERRY appears at the doorway, smiling coyly, running into the sterile room.
CLAIRE
Sherry... don't go in there!
It's too late. Claire sets the GBA on the stairs and quickly runs to catch up with Sherry. She opens the doors to the sterile room and enters-
INT. RACCOON CITY - STREETS - NIGHT
The areas outside of the RPD in RE2. Claire's now in her RE:CV gear. A bowgun is clutched in her shaking hand.
CLAIRE
Sherry?
No reponse. Just an echo. Claire takes a step forward, towards the RPD, when...
A LARGE SNEAKER CLAD FOOT
comes crashing down onto the ground next to her. Claire shakes and falls to the ground at the impact.
WIDER - revealing a huge-ass giant sized CHRIS REDFIELD, standing prominently, head in the clouds. He surveys the ground.
CHRIS
Has anybody seen my sister?
BOOM. BOOM. BOOM.
Leon and Jill, equally as giant sized, come walking up beside him. But their simple footsteps are like earth quakes for Claire. She looks up at them in total awe.
JILL
She's nowhere to be seen.
CHRIS
I don't understand. She's my
very good sister. Why would
she just run away?
LEON
You're asking the wrong people.
CHRIS
Oh, screw it. Let's go to
Alexia's house to play.
JILL
(excitedly)
Alright!
They stomp away, out of sight. Claire looks devastated.
CLAIRE
(very small)
Chris... I'm here...
She sighs, looking dejected. Her bowgun is now very tiny, about the size of a mouse.
ADA (V.O.)
How many times have your friends
let you down?
CLAIRE
Leave me alone...
ADA (V.O.)
How many times has your face
slipped away...
Claire throws her bowgun into the trash, and walks to the RPD. She hears a low, growling sound.
A FIGURE lurks in the shadows, out of sight, hidden, but it's presence is menacing enough for Claire to sense.
CLAIRE
Somebody's here.
ADA (V.O.)
You've known that all along.
Claire turns her back to it (which, as you all can guess, is The Being) and looks at the door. There's a symbol on it. It looks like a somewhat obscure and bloody "C".
CLAIRE
I don't get it.
ADA (V.O.)
Perth. The Goddess of Mystery,
Initiation. The force of change,
the wound of the aftermath.
Thoroughly creeped out now, Claire turns and sees the hideous creature (that we still do not).
ADA (V.O.)
Rise and soar on wings of the
renewed soul. What looked
familiar will seem strange...
The Being closes a gnarled hand around Claire's throat effortlessly. She doesn't fight back. The thing raises her quietly into the air.
ADA (V.O.)
The flight of the eagal...
The victory of the battle...
CLAIRE is being choked to death. Her face turns pale. Her eyes lifeless and empty.
ADA (V.O.)
Know that externality matters
only to those who embrace it.
Change. Be changed.
THE BEING raises his other razor-claw laden hand and PLUNGES IT into Claire's stomach. She GASPS with pain and horror.
CLOSE UP - Claire's eyes. We see the vague, distorted reflection of the monster that's killing her.
CLAIRE
(weakly)
You can't... change me...
INT. JILL'S LIVING ROOM - THE REAL WORLD
Claire JERKS wildly, still asleep, and still in her dream. The CAMERA pans lower, to the floor, where Chris is sleeping.
