Werewolves versus Modern Science
INT: Hospital Room
An eye opens.
Pan out to reveal Merton's eye than Merton himself. He's lying in a hospital bed. Allison walks in with a cast on her arm.
Merton: Hey.
Allison: Hey.
Merton: Nice cast.
Allison: Nice bump.
Merton feels his head and there is a bump covered by a bandage.
Merton: What happened?
Allison: We got our asses kicked.
Merton remembers something.
Merton: Where's Tommy?
Allison: He's not in the hospital.
Merton: That guy with the metal hand, he took him. We have to find him.
Allison: We wouldn't know where to begin.
Merton gets up, still in the hospital gown.
Merton: Come on let's go.
Allison: Merton, nudity.
Merton: No time.
Merton stomps out the door with a determined look on his face. An uproar of laughter can be heard from out side the room. Merton walks back in with his head down.
Merton: Tommy can wait five minutes.
INT: Dark and Spooky Room
Tommy lays sprawled out on the floor in almost total darkness, we can barely make out his form. He tries to sit up but he realizes he's strapped to the floor by his wrists and ankles. He lifts his head up and looks around, squinting to see.
Tommy: Merton? Allison?
The camera starts to pull away to show the hugeness of the room.
Tommy: Anybody?
The camera goes back until it goes through a window where two doctors look inside and monitor the room; Tommy is just a dot.
Tommy (meek): Mommy?
(Theme Song)
INT: Hospital Lobby
Close up on Merton's stuff as it's put into a box by a nurse.
Nurse (putting a black cloak into the box): You know, maybe I should keep this one out, it's kinda cold out there.
Merton bursts into a fit of incredibly fake exaggerated laughter.
Merton: Oh right, cause of the naked thing.
He grabs his side and pounds his fist on the table. He abruptly stops and snatches the box from the nurse's hands.
Merton and Allison turn away and walk toward the door.
Nurse: Cover up now.
They don't look back. Before they get to the door, two guys in suits stop them.
Guy 1: Are you Merton Dingle and Allison Walker?
Allison: Yeah.
They flash police badges.
Guy 2: I'm agent Jones, this is agent Finn. Would you please come with us, we need to ask you a few questions.
Allison (aside to Merton): We don't have time for this.
Guy 2: It'll only take a moment.
INT: Creepy Sterile Room
Tommy's POV as he blearily opens his eyes and looks up at the two doctors from the teaser looking down on him (The same doctors from 6 Vision Girl)
Tommy: Um, hi.
Doctor 1: Hello Tommy, how are you feeling today?
Tommy: Fine, I guess.
Pan down to reveal he's strapped to a bed.
Tommy: But I have the feeling that if I wasn't tied down I would be clawing at your eyes right about now.
Doctor 1: Well thank goodness for that.
Tommy looks around the room. We see lab technicians operating scary equipment with casual indifference.
Tommy: This may be a stupid question but why am I here?
Doctor 1: There are no stupid questions Tommy, and you're here to serve your country.
Tommy looks at the machines again.
Tommy: With lasers?
Doctor 1: Of course with lasers, you can't have creepy government experiments without lasers.
Tommy: Experiments.
Doctor 1: Yes Tommy, you may not realize it but you are a gold mine of knowledge. The information gained from your mutilation and eventual dissection is invaluable to our nation's continued superiority, be proud Tommy.
Tommy: Yay.
INT: Interrogation Room
Merton and Allison are sitting on one side of the table with the cops on the other side.
Jones: Okay, let's go over this again. So you and your girlfriend went to the Factory to have a good time.
Allison: That's right.
He reaches under the table and hauls up Merton's super soaker.
Jones: With a super soaker full of liquid silver?
Merton (meek): Par-tay.
Jones: Than a mysterious figure, with a lot of facial hair…
Merton chuckles.
Jones: Starts a huge fight and runs away.
Allison: I'm pretty sure that's what happened.
Merton: Weird but true, can we go now?
Finn: You still haven't told us why you were at the junkyard.
Merton: Our car broke down.
Jones: Your car's in the impound lot, it works perfectly fine.
Merton: Must have just been vapor lock.
Finn: We have witnesses placing you at the seen of both the riot at the factory and what looks like a ritualistic sacrifice at the town junkyard.
Allison (under her breath): Good guess.
Finn: What was that?
Allison: Nothing.
Jones: Care to explain any of this.
Merton: I'm sure I could if you give me a little time.
Finn: You're not leaving until we get some answers.
There's a knock at the door behind the cops, Finn opens the door a crack and talks to an unseen person behind it. He turns back around.
Finn: Okay, you're free to go.
Merton and Allison look confused.
INT: Hallway
Merton and Allison walk out of the Interrogation room and meet up with Evil Merton, leaning against wearing jumbo dark glasses.
E. Merton: Hey kids.
Merton jumps back and comes up in a karate stance.
Merton: Just back off man, nobody gets hurt.
E. Merton: Merton, I have your memories and you don't know karate.
Merton: I could know karate if I wanted to.
Allison: Sure you could.
E. Merton: Could you please come with me without a fuss right now.
Merton: And why would we do that?
E. Merton: Look, I wouldn't break you out of jail just to lure you back to my secret lair and kill you, it's not logical.
Allison: I would, I mean if I were evil and hated us.
E. Merton: Actually that does sound like something I'd do but that's not what's happening now.
The look at him incredulously.
E. Merton: Okay, I need your help.
Merton raises his eyebrow.
EXT: Hospital, Day
Allison and the two Mertons are leaving the hospital.
Merton: So how did you get us out of there anyway?
E. Merton: Jedi mind trick.
Merton: No way that never works.
E. Merton: It helps to have arcane magic.
Merton: Really?
INT: Sterile Room
Tommy's POV looking up from the bed, a light looks directly into the camera until it is pushed aside by one of the surgeons. Tommy looks around groggily.
Tommy: I don't know how you guys do things here but shouldn't I get some anesthetic of something?
From this point Doctor 1 will be referred to as Dr. Lazarus, it was in the original version of this and I'm tired of using Doctor 1.
Lazarus: Well that would defeat the whole purpose.
He pushes the laser into view (the one used on Lori in Vision girl).
Lazarus: Low setting.
An intern flips the switch on the side of the laser and it starts to cuts into Tommy. The camera swoops past Tommy and swoops back to show him wolfed out and screaming in pain. Tommy looks like he's about to pass out.
Lazarus: High setting.
The laser flares up and Tommy screams again.
Lazarus: Record Mr. Dawkins' tolerance to pain and time of change.
Intern: Yes sir.
Tommy's eyes flash yellow before they close and he passes out. Tommy's POV looking up at Lazarus.
Lazarus (sounding farther and farther away): Fascinating.
Tommy's eyes close.
EXT: Hungry Bucket, Day, Establishing
INT: Hungry Bucket
Evil Merton sits on one side of a table taking way too long to finish a piece of chick while Merton and Allison sit at the other side waiting impatiently.
E. Merton: Mmm, this place is amazing.
Merton: Yeah it is, what do you want.
E. Merton: Hmm?
Merton: You needed our help?
E. Merton: Oh yes, that thing.
He swallows the last bit of chicken.
E. Merton: As you probably know I've been experimenting with certain spells, summoning demons, body switching, that sort of thing.
Merton: Yes, in an effort to kill us.
E. Merton: A little bit.
Allison: What do you need our help with.
E. Merton: Something bad happened last night and I think I might have unintentionally caused it.
Merton: A lot of bad things happened last night, you'll have to be more specific.
E. Merton: Very well, I think there's an evil entity in Pleasantville that I inadvertently created with a spell last night.
Allison: And what? You want us to help you find and control it so you can sic it on us.
E. Merton: Now that you mention it, that would be interesting.
Merton: I think we'll be leaving now.
Merton starts to get up.
E. Merton: But really, other dimensional evil is more trouble than it's worth.
Merton: We're going. Come on.
He starts to pull at Allison's shirt.
Allison: Wait a second Merton, if there is something evil in Pleasantville than we should stop it before it hurts anybody, that's what we do right?
Merton: There is something evil in Pleasantville and you're eating chicken with it.
E. Merton: Why can't I ever get past this prejudice of evil clones possessed by ghosts.
Merton: We don't have time for this.
E. Merton: Why, because Tommy's been kidnapped and taken to an unknown location?
Merton sits back down.
Merton: What did you do to him?
E. Merton: I didn't do anything.
Allison: But you know where he is.
E. Merton: I don't know anything except that he a werewolf hunter was looking for him and found him.
Merton: Oh I believe that.
E. Merton: (sigh) kids, I have what is called an evil master plan; one that, if this were a TV show, would take several episodes to accomplish. I wouldn't do anything as crude as hire a mercenary to kidnap Tommy; I'd use some elaborate scheme that you wouldn't fully understand until it was too late.
Allison: Makes sense.
Merton: But how do you know about Tommy then?
E. Merton: I have spies everywhere, infact there's one right there.
He points to a guy at the next table over eating a chicken sandwich.
E. Merton: Hey Bob!
Bob waves back.
Merton: Well, that's new.
E. Merton: I'll make you a deal, if you help me find this thing than I'll help you find your friend.
Merton and Allison still look suspicious as Evil Merton goes back to his chicken.
EXT: The Street by the Hungry Bucket, Day
A van is parked by the building across the street. Inside the van, the hunter watches their conversation through binoculars. He looks down at a picture of Merton.
Hunter: (sigh) you could have told me he was an alien clone when I had him the first time.
Binocular POV: The viewfinder moves from Merton to Merton.
Hunter: Oh, this is just great.
He looks at the picture again and then back to the binoculars.
Hunter: Okay, eeny meeny miny moe.
Binocular POV: The binoculars land on good Merton.
Farther away shot: The van drives away.
Close Up on a door
Sign: Evil Government Agency Offices open 9:00 to 5:00
A Metal hand pushes the door open and the hunter walks in.
INT: Offices
The hunter walks up to the reception desk.
Hunter: Excuse me, is Doctor Lazarus in?
Receptionist: I'm sorry, he's in an operation right now and he can't be disturbed.
Hunter: That would be 318 right?
Receptionist: Yes sir but you can't go up there.
Hunter: He's expecting me.
The hunter breezes past the desk and pushes a security guard down with little effort on his way to the elevator.
INT: Operating Room
Tommy lies on the bed in agony with sores all over his body. Lazarus watches over him.
Lazarus: You are indeed a unique creature Tommy Dawkins.
Tommy: That's great man.
Lazarus: Now that didn't sound too enthusiastic.
Tommy: Well I guess I should be siked about serving my country right?
Lazarus: I suppose you should.
Tommy: Even though I'm probably not gonna live through this and you all sound suspiciously British.
Lazarus: First off, I'm from Queens; it's an evil thing, we all sound like this. Secondly, we have not intention of killing you, and you'd be surprised what a werewolf can live through.
There's a knock at the door.
Lazarus: Let me just get that.
Lazarus runs to the door and opens it. The hunter walks in without being invited.
Hunter: Where's my money, Lazarus?
Lazarus: Where's my clone, what ever your name is?
Hunter: We had a deal, a thousand for the werewolf immediately after the fact.
Lazarus: You'll get your money, don't worry. Go and get my alien.
Hunter: There's a problem.
Lazarus: What?
Hunter: Well, there are two of them.
Lazarus: He wouldn't be a clone if there was only one of him.
Hunter: How do I tell the difference.
Lazarus: Just get both of them, we'll sort it out later.
Tommy has been listening to the conversation and pipes up.
Tommy: You!
Hunter: Who me?
Tommy: When I get out of this bed your goin' down.
Hunter: Really?
Tommy starts to wolf out from anger but reverts back to a human in the middle of it.
Lazarus: You're too weak to change, Tommy.
Tommy (wiped out): I noticed.
Hunter: So this is where you're hiding him.
The hunter walks up to Tommy's bed.
Hunter: How they treatin' ya boy?
Tommy: I don't think I like you.
Hunter: Nobody likes me, I kidnap teenagers so scientists can probe them. (to an intern) Are you probing him?
Intern: We're playing it by ear.
Hunter: Good job (to Tommy) have a nice time.
He turns and leaves
Hunter (to Lazarus): I'll deal with you later.
Tommy starts to go out again when his wounds start to heal up.
Intern: He's regenerating, doctor.
Lazarus: Record it.
The intern writes something down on a clipboard. Doctor Lazarus walks over to Tommy to expect his healing wounds.
Tommy: What do you want with Merton?
Tommy: I don't want your friend for anything, it's the evil plant that looks like him that I'm interested in.
Tommy: I hope he slits that guy's throat.
Lazarus: No you don't Tommy, because you're a good werewolf.
INT: Junkyard, Day
The two Mertons and Allison stand at the entrance to the junkyard and look at the aftermath of the carnage of last night.
Merton: What are we doing here?
E. Merton: Since I summoned this thing I can sorta tell where it's going, I feel something here.
Allison: Maybe it's just a happy coincidence.
E. Merton: What?
Allison: Nothing.
E. Merton: What happened here.
He lifts up a chunk of wood that turns out to be the giant cross (WOW he's strong).
Merton: I thought you said you had spies everywhere watching us.
E. Merton: I do, why?
Merton: Than you would know what happened here last night.
E. Merton: You mean you did all this?
Merton: Some of it.
E. Merton: Chock it up to carelessness on my part, my agents were a little bit busy what with me summoning a demon and all.
Merton: But you saw Tommy get kidnapped?
E. Merton: That's all I saw.
Merton: You didn't see where the guy took him?
E. Merton: Could we focus on one problem at a time here, please. I'm sure Tommy's fine…he probably hasn't been skinned yet (chuckle).
Allison is in another part of the junkyard (near where the Leader died) looking around. She steps in something that makes a squishy sound.
Allison: Eww, wolf chunks.
She hears a weird whisper and looks around for the origin. She turns to the two Mertons bickering.
Merton: Now you cannot in good conscience say that Star Trek 4 is the best sequel.
E. Merton: I have no conscience Merton, I'm an embittered ghost in an alien plant body, but I'm still right. They returned home and Spock learned about profanity, all 2 had was Ricardo Montoban and mind control bugs.
Merton: Your insane aren't you, your fragile little clone mind is melting away isn't it?
Merton sighs a little bitterly but Merton doesn't notice.
Allison: Guys!
Mertons in Unison: What?
Allison: Did you hear that?
Merton: I know, The Voyage Home, can you believe that?
Allison: No, not that, the voice.
E. Merton: I didn't here anything except your boyfriends inane prattle.
Merton: Inane?!
Allison hears it again.
Allison: Shut up.
Nothing happens.
Allison: Where is that coming from.
E. Merton (aside to Merton): I think you picked a psycho.
Merton: Hey!
Allison: Shhh!
(pause)
E. Merton: I don't think we're going to find anything here, maybe I was wrong.
Just at the end of his sentence a hideously deformed, partially see-through monster shoots out of a pile of rubble and shrieks in rage, floating a little bit off the ground.
Allison: Is that it?
E. Merton: No, it's the other one.
Merton: If you'd just said it was hopeless when we got here, we'd have gotten done a lot quicker.
The creature rears up for an attack.
Allison: Hey guys.
Mertons in unison: What?
Allison: Did we think about how we were gonna kill this thing when we found it?
Merton: Actually that would have been a good idea.
Merton picks up a plank of wood and wields it like a bat.
Merton: Maybe I could hit it with this big stick.
The creature zooms at Merton and he swings, his weapon going right through the monster like air. The creature's tail whips though Merton's head and his face warps into a weird demonic visage for a second, then changes back. The demon flies away and Allison and Evil Merton rush over to Merton.
Allison: Are you all right?
Merton: Think I yeah so.
Allison: What?
Merton: Yeah I think so.
Allison (to Evil Merton): What just happened.
E. Merton: Oh, the demon doesn't have a complete physical body in this world so it possesses other people to get one.
Allison: You couldn't have told us that earlier.
E. Merton: I honestly didn't think it would come up.
Merton (back to his senses): Where did it go?
E. Merton: It's gone, I'll have to try to pick up the scent again.
Merton: Well go to it smell hound.
Evil Merton walks away in pursuit; Merton and Allison share a look of impatience and follow.
INT: Dark Corridor
Tommy is being lead by two guards down the hall. Cells line the walls but we can't see inside them, all we hear is the pounding and growling of what's inside them. The guards turn a corner and chuck him into a dank cell. He lands in a puddle of something.
INT: Cell
Tommy: Thanks for being so gentle, I'd hate to land in a big pile of EWWW!
Voice (off screen): Hi guy.
Tommy looks up and his eyes flash yellow (his face is silhouetted so we only see the eyes and then the hair start to grow). In the back of the room a 17 or 18 year old kid sits in the corner trying to start a fire by rubbing two sticks together.
Kid: Calm down Doggy, sit, stay.
Tommy: Don't do that, I hate that stereotype.
Kid: Sorry Doggy.
Tommy: Call me Tommy.
Kid: Okay Tommy.
Tommy: What are you doing?
Kid: Making a fire.
Tommy: I don't think you can in here it's kinda damp.
Kid: I like fire.
Tommy: Really?
Kid: Yeah, they put me in here 'cause I liked it too much I guess.
Tommy: You know I think I should be in a different cell.
Kid: I don't think you want another cell.
Tommy: Why not?
An agonizing growl and pounding can be heard from the cell next to them.
Tommy: Oh, right.
INT: The Lair
Evil Merton is looking around the Lair. He picks up a glowing orb and looks into it. Merton grabs it from him.
Merton: Don't touch that!
E. Merton: Is it magical?
Merton: No, I just don't want your germs on my stuff.
He rubs the fingerprints off the orb with his shirt. Allison sits at the computer.
E. Merton: I don't understand why we're here at all, we should be out there hunting that thing down.
Merton: Why do you even care?
E. Merton: Because I'm such a good person and I want to stop this thing before it hurts any innocent people.
Merton just stares at him incredulously.
E. Merton: Okay fine, since I conjured this thing I think it might want me dead.
Merton: Is that why it attacked me, thinking I was you?
E. Merton: Well nobody likes you.
Merton: Allison, do you have anything.
She types a few keys.
Allison: Not on anything we saw.
E. Merton: You're not going to find anything.
Merton: Why not.
He takes off his sunglasses to rub his temples revealing his eyes are mushy green and the skin is cracked up all around them showing the glowing green stuff beneath.
E. Merton: The texts I used were lost for centuries, I doubt they'd have a web site on them.
Merton: I'll buy that but EWWW WHAT THE HELL IS UP WITH YOUR EYES!
E. Merton: Oh this, it's nothing, doesn't concern you.
Merton: But they're all ugly and mushy.
E. Merton: It's just my body slowly destroying itself, it's why I did that summoning spell in the first place.
Merton: So you were trying to make that thing.
E. Merton: Not necessarily that one. I was calling Entok, he's a lower level demon who might've been able to create a new body for me when this one crapped out on me; I opened up the portal and that thing popped out.
Allison: Do you know anything about it?
E. Merton: I'm kinda linked to it and I can sense that it wants to feed, on what I don't know.
Merton: So we can just assume its humans.
Allison: If we don't get to it soon it might get a chance.
E. Merton: I naturally don't care all that much as long as it dies before it kills me.
Merton: What about Tommy, how can we find him?
Allison: Let's start with that guy with the metal hand who took him.
Merton: You think you'll find him on the Internet?
Allison: Got him.
Merton: Wow.
Allison: His name is Seth Barker, he's a bounty hunter that deals specifically in the supernatural.
Merton: He has a fan page?
Allison: It's a most wanted list.
Merton: Oh.
EXT: Merton's House, Dusk
The Hunter stands at the bottom of the tree outside Merton's window. He starts to climb.
Hunter: I hate climbing this damn tree.
He gets to a branch next to Merton's window and looks in.
Hunter: There you are.
INT: The Lair, a little later
Camera rushes up to Evil Merton (with his glasses back on) as he notices something.
E. Merton: I think I know where it is.
EXT: Park, Night
The two Mertons and Allison are stalking the park with weapons.
Allison: Okay, we've got weapons, we've got protection.
Merton pulls on a riot gear helmet.
Merton: No freaky monsters are getting in my head again.
Allison: And we've got bait.
E. Merton: I really don't appreciate that.
Allison: Well tough, you're bait; you know it, we all know it, so just act baity.
E. Merton: Well I'm not gonna be happy about it.
Allison: Not a problem 'cause I don't care. What time is it?
Merton: 8:00, which marks four hours that we could have spent looking for Tommy.
E. Merton: You keep reminding us.
Merton: Only because it's the only reason we're out here looking for your stupid extra dimensional monster.
Allison: Plus it's probably eating people.
Merton: yeah, well…
E. Merton: Lost in thought there, Merton?
Merton: Okay, so where is it? You said it was out here but I don't see it.
They wait.
Merton: See, I said it wasn't out here and it didn't ironically jump out of the bushes, so where is it?
Allison: Right there.
She points to the demon who's coming up behind a guy reading a paper on a bench.
Merton: Hey you!
The guy turns around and sees the creature, but its too late and the demon jumps into him. They walk up to the bench where he has fallen down, apparently asleep.
E. Merton: Yeah, this is the part where he pops up and it's supposed to be all scary.
The guy jumps up and his face demonic. He growls and lunges at Evil Merton.
E. Merton: Help!
Merton: Why?
Allison: I got it.
She swings a metal baseball bat at the guy's stomach and he falls to the ground.
Allison: That was easier than I thought.
E. Merton: He's just gonna jump up again.
The guy flies up and starts to float above the ground (Think that blond guy from Evil Dead 2). Instead of attacking anybody he flies up into the air and starts to writhe in pain. His skin starts to shrivel up until the guy looks like a chunk of wood. The dry husk falls to the ground and lands in a broken pile.
Allison: Okay, what just happened?
Merton: It sucks blood.
E. Merton: That answers that question.
Allison goes to inspect the body.
E. Merton: I wouldn't do that.
Allison: Why?
The demon flies out of the body and zooms right by her head.
Allison: Whoa.
The demon stops at the two Mertons and looks at them. Merton points to Evil Merton and mouths "eat him". Evil Merton slips a blue gem out of his sleeve which the others don't notice. The demon looks at both of them until it starts to scream and then fly away.
Allison: It's getting away!
E. Merton: Get it!
INT: Cell
Their cell door opens and a guard comes back in.
Guard: Tommy Dawkins?
Tommy: Yeah.
Guard: We have to take you to this thing, do you want to walk or should I drag you out kicking and screaming?
Tommy: Kicking and screaming, definitely.
INT: Dark Corridor
Tommy is dragged out kicking and screaming by two guards.
INT: Dank Hole
The guards throw Tommy in front of a gate. The leave and close the door behind them.
Tommy: Hello?
The gate slides up beckoning Tommy to go in.
Tommy: Ooooh, spooky.
Tommy walks in and the gate slides down.
INT: Lobby
Tommy walks into a room with four doorways and a TV screen hanging from the ceiling. The TV clicks on and Lazarus' face appears on the screen.
Lazarus: Hello Tommy.
Tommy: Hello head.
Lazarus: Well, I see you've found your way to my maze.
Tommy: No, your guys dragged me here.
Lazarus: Well anyway, here it is.
Tommy: It's nice.
Lazarus: Thanks, I spent a lot of time on it, I really think it came out well.
(pause)
Lazarus: So are you gonna go into it.
Tommy: Oh, I didn't realize.
Lazarus: Yeah, it's got a bunch of genetically created monsters in it, we're studying your behavior by how you get past them and get to the end.
Tommy: I get it, like an oversized rat in a maze.
Lazarus: That's a little much.
Tommy: Hey, it's your maze.
Lazarus: Whenever you're ready.
Tommy looks back at the exit and picks the first door to the right.
Time lapse a few minutes.
Tommy runs out of the room and a giant flame shoots out of the doorway which he barely dodges.
Tommy: Let's try another one.
EXT: Woods, Night
Allison and the two Mertons are walking through the woods with flashlights.
E. Merton: Do you see anything.
Merton: Which one of us are you taking to?
E. Merton: Either one of you.
Merton: No.
Allison: No. Are you sure it's out here?
E. Merton: Of course I'm sure.
They walk through the woods a little bit more.
Allison: Hey Merton?
Mertons in unison: Which one?
Allison: The evil one.
E. Merton: Yes?
Allison: If you know Tommy's a werewolf, why haven't you spread his secret?
E. Merton: Why do you ask?
Allison: Well, you're evil, I just wondered.
E. Merton: It's a very complicated thing. Sure I could go out and tell people Tommy's secret but how would I go about it? Should I post up flyers or maybe make a web site; www.tommydawkinsisthepleasantvillewerewolf.com? (If this comes up as a link, don't click it.) Where's the diabolical sense of evil?
Allison: That's very interesting
E. Merton: People just don't understand the thought you have to put into evil, it gets trying at times.
There's a rustling in the bushes.
Merton: What was that?
All the flashlights turn to where the rustling was heard.
Allison: Maybe it was just a vampire.
Merton: Maybe.
Evil Merton notices something and shines his flashlight on a patch of bushes next to him.
Merton: What?
E. Merton: I thought I saw something.
Evil Merton moves his flashlight to another spot just as the demon comes up behind him, nobody notices.
E. Merton: Let's move on.
The demon slips into the shadows.
Allison: Wait a minute, isn't that the tree where we found all the demon skin?
Merton: Yeah it is.
He looks in the whole and instantly brings his head back out, ready to puke.
Merton: Which we neglected to clean out.
E. Merton: Let me see.
He looks in.
E. Merton: Fereck demon.
He pulls his head out and the demon flies up behind him.
E. Merton: You took on a Fereck demon? Wow.
Merton and Allison start to back away from the tree with looks of dread on their faces.
E. Merton: What?
They point to the creature behind him and he looks.
E. Merton: Oh.
He jumps out of the way as the demon lunges.
Allison: Did those ancient texts of your say how to kill this thing?
E. Merton: I got it.
He pulls out the blue gem and the creature turns to him.
E. Merton: Come to papa.
The demon goes inside him and his face changes from the demonic visages, to the plant monster visage, then back to his normal human look. Merton and Allison back away from him.
E. Merton (to the demon inside of him): Uh huh, yeah, I can do that, we have a deal then?
Evil Merton flares up a nasty pair of fangs.
Merton: Oh crap.
Suddenly a metal arrow shoots into Evil Merton's chest from behind. He turns to see the Hunter holding up a crossbow. Evil Merton pulls the arrow out of his chest and the wound heals instantly.
E. Merton: Is this yours?
Hunter (backing down): Um, sorry about that, I think I'll just be going now.
Evil Merton slings the arrow at the hunter and it goes into his shoulder, he goes down (Wow, he's so evil). He turns back to Merton and Allison.
E. Merton: We gotta go.
He runs off into the woods.
Merton: I have a feeling we were just the victims of a ruse of some sort.
Allison: You think?
She throws her flashlight down in anger leaving them in darkness.
INT: Maze
Montage of Tommy running through the maze, meeting up with several monsters and narrowly avoiding them. Use your imagination.
INT: Room in the Maze
Tommy walks into a circular room with an identical exit in front of him, only with a gate blocking it. In the middle of the room is a podium with a block of cheese on it which he walks up to.
Tommy: Cute.
He goes to pick it up but his hand goes right through it. The hologram changes to a sign that say WRONG and two scabby demons drop down from the ceiling, wrapped in chains and decked out in ninja gear. Tommy starts to back off, preparing for an attack.
Tommy: Okay guys, I think we can handle this thing like adults.
They draw out their ninja swords.
Tommy: Or I could kick your asses.
A fight breaks out with Tommy ducking sword swipes and throwing punches.
Tommy: I've gotta warn you, I've seen Fist of the North Star 238 times.
He flips over the podium and kicks one of the demons into the wall. Tommy grabs the end of its chain and pulls, unraveling the demon into dust. He then whips the chain around the other's neck and sends him to the ground. He reaches down off screen and pulls up a chain; we hear the demon turn to dust and the gate opens.
Tommy: Is that the best you got?
A giant flame shoots out of the doorway he came in and he starts running the opposite way.
INT: Factory
Merton and Allison sit at the bar with their drinks, Phil is tending bar.
Allison: I can't believe he tricked us. He was looking for that thing to join it all along.
Merton: Yeah, I can't believe my evil clone would do something so bad as lie to us.
Allison: I knew I shouldn't have trusted that guy.
Merton: So did I, as I mentioned it multiple times today.
Allison: What are we gonna do about Tommy?
Merton: I don't know; we have no leads and it looks hopeless.
Phil has been listening to the conversation.
Phil: Hey kids.
Merton (ignoring him): This doesn't look good.
Phil: Hey you guys.
Allison (ignoring): If only we had something to go on.
Phil: Hey!
They both turn to him.
Merton: What?
Phil: I know what happened to your friend.
Allison: You do?
Merton: What do you know.
Phil: It was last night before that riot broke out, this guy came in…
Merton: Did he have a metal hand?
Phil: Now that's just rude, I'm trying to tell a story and you interrupt.
Merton: Sorry.
Phil: Can I keep telling my story?
Allison: Go on.
Phil: So anyway, this guys comes up to and asks about Tommy. So I ask why he wanted to know and he says.
Hunter (off screen): I took him to the Government Facility just outside of town.
Phil: Dammit!
The hunter sits down on a stool next to Merton and he puts up his fists.
Hunter: Calm down kid, I'm not gonna hurt ya.
Allison: What are you doing here.
Hunter: Well it was about when I was pulling out an arrow from my shoulder when I realized I don't want to work for these people, and if I can screw em over by letting you get the wolf boy then that's just extra.
Merton: You're sure he's there?
Hunter: Of course I'm sure, I put him there.
Allison: Then let's go.
Hunter: I'll get you in, I have some unfinished business with that doctor.
INT: Security Room
Doctor Lazarus watches Tommy go through the maze with a series of monitors.
Security Guard: He's close.
Lazarus: He's almost finished it.
Security Guard: Should I send the team to meet him?
Lazarus: Just wait a little bit longer.
The camera pushes in on one of the monitors as Tommy enters the room.
INT: Maze
Tommy walks into a room with no exit except the way he came. He notices a console with two buttons on the far wall. He walks up to the console and squints to read what it says. There's a label above the buttons that says ONE BUTTON=DEATH, OTHER=EXIT.
Tommy: Okay.
He pushes the button on the right and a spear shoots out of the wall, he moves out of the way just in time.
Tommy: Well that would be the death.
Tommy pushes the other button and a cage falls on top of him.
Tommy: Hey, that's a misleading label!
Lazarus and two guards walk in.
Tommy: How'd you get here so fast?
Lazarus: It's my maze Tommy, I know the safe way.
Tommy: This isn't much of a reward for winning.
Lazarus: I could take you back to the laser room if you want.
Tommy: You know what, I'm fine.
A third guard runs up from behind Doctor Lazarus.
Guard: Doctor, he might have a problem.
Lazarus: What is it?
Guard: You better come with me sir.
Lazarus: Very well, Tommy, I have to go now.
Tommy: You're just gonna leave me in a cage?
Lazarus: Well yeah.
They leave Tommy in his cage.
EXT: Back of the Building, Night
Merton, Allison, and the Hunter stand in front of a door. Merton tries to open it.
Merton: It's locked.
Hunter: Oh no, what should we do? Maybe you should bust the door open with your metal hand. Really you think? Why don't you try it.
The hunter punches in the door and opens it.
Hunter: Ta da.
INT: Hallway
They walk into the building and down a hallway.
INT: Security Room
A security camera shows Merton and the group going into the building.
Lazarus: Send a team.
Guard: All our men our out at the moment.
Lazarus: What are they doing?
He points to another monitor that shows a battle between soldiers and monsters.
Lazarus: What in God's name happened down there?
Guard: Someone left the gates open.
Lazarus: Well, we can assume the intruders are looking for their friend, let's just hope they get caught up in the war.
Guard: What should we do about the werewolf?
Lazarus: Leave him in the cage.
Guard: But there are still some monsters in the maze.
Lazarus: So what, we have all the information we need from him.
INT: Maze Room
Tommy is backed into a corner of his cage with six monsters advancing on him.
Tommy: Crap.
INT: Different Hallway
Merton and the group walk down the hall.
Merton: Okay, where would Tommy be.
Hunter: Why don't we ask someone.
He kicks down a door next to him and pulls out a scientist.
Hunter: A werewolf was brought in here recently, where is he?
Scientist: I don't know.
Hunter: You do realize that I could literally choke the life right out of you, don't you.
Allison: I don't doubt it.
Scientist: Okay fine, he's probably in the maze.
Merton: The maze?
The hunter drops the scientist.
Hunter: Yeah, I think I know where that is.
Merton: let's go.
INT: Dark Corridor
The group runs down the hallway, past Tommy's old cell.
INT: Cell
The kid stops trying to make a fire and notices that his cell is open. He gets up and walks out.
INT: Maze Entrance
The group runs up and sees the four doors.
Allison: Which way do we go.
Hunter: I don't know, I never actually went through this thing.
Merton: What about that.
He runs over to the fourth door which has a sign on it.
Sign: Safe Way, Employees Only
They run in.
INT: Maze Room
Tommy sits in a ready position in the middle of his cage when the group runs in. They stop when they see the monsters around the room watching them.
Tommy: Hey guys.
Merton: Tommy!
Allison: Are you all right.
Tommy: I'm good.
Merton runs up to the cage.
Tommy: I wouldn't do that.
Merton: Why not?
Merton grabs the bars and is shocked with electricity.
Tommy: Cause of that. There's a button on the wall, the left one.
Allison runs over and pushes it; the cage rises up.
Hunter: What are the monsters doing?
Tommy: I don't know, let's get out of here.
Merton (recovering from the shock): I'm with that.
The walk out the way they came in.
INT: Hallway
The group walks into a war zone with monsters fighting guards.
Merton: What happened?
Tommy: I think the monsters escaped.
Merton: Thanks Tommy, cause I never would have guessed that that was what was happening.
The hunter starts whooping on both armies to clear a path.
Hunter: You kids better get out of here.
Five Monsters leap in between them leaving the hunter and Allison on one side and Tommy and Merton on the other.
Merton: Allison!
Hunter: I'll get her out, just go!
A Monstrous claw slams in front of Merton and they run down a hall to get away from it.
INT: Hallway near exit.
The hunter and Allison are almost to the exit when Doctor Lazarus turns a corner behind them and shoots the hunter in the back.
Hunter: Go!
Allison runs off. Doctor Lazarus runs off too just as the hunter hauls himself up.
INT: Hallway
Tommy and Merton are running down the hallway.
Tommy: Wait up, is this the right way?
Merton: Well it's right in the sense that it's away from the bad things.
The run into a door and it slides up like in Star Trek.
Merton (as he runs in): Hey, that's just like Star Trek.
INT: Operating Room
Tommy and Merton run into the room and stop in their tracks when the see…
T&M POV: Doctor Lazarus who turns around in his evil swivel chair.
Lazarus: Well this is a nice surprise.
They run back to the door but it slides down before they reach it.
Lazarus: I think you'll find escape is impossible.
Tommy: The window!
Lazarus: Unless of course you want to jump to your death than by all means.
Merton summons up some courage and steps up to face the doctor with Tommy coming up behind (but not in a slash way or anything lol).
Merton: You know what? This guy doesn't look so tough; I think I could take him.
Tommy: I think you could do it.
Merton (backing down a little): Or you could just do it.
Tommy: It all right buddy.
The sound effect of the door sliding open can be heard in the back ground and clomping footsteps shake the ground. Lazarus gets up.
Lazarus: I don't think that's a good idea.
A giant green creature appears behind the two, towering over them and breathing down their necks.
Tommy (stiff but not looking back): Help me out Merton, is there a giant monster behind us?
Merton reaches back and feels around with his hand without looking.
Merton: Maybe if we don't turn around it won't do anything.
Lazarus pushes a button on a remote control and a collar on the monster's neck socks him a little. The monster grabs them and lifts them off the ground.
Tommy: So much for that.
Lazarus sits back down in his chair and pushes a button on the arm, activating a communicator.
Lazarus (to the speaker): Is there a team ready?
Speaker: Yes sir, we have everything under control.
Lazarus: Good, then send a retrieval team to room 318, I've apprehended the werewolf.
There's a knock at the door.
Lazarus: Wow, that was quick.
He pushes a button on the door and The Hunter walks through. He points to the doctor.
Hunter: You die now.
He lunges after him and the doctor jumps to the back of the room.
Lazarus: Oh, um I didn't catch your name.
Hunter: You won't be here long enough for it to matter.
He climbs over the operating table and advances. Merton struggles to get out of the monster's grip. He notices the remote on the ground next to him.
Lazarus: Look, I think we can work this
Merton reaches for the remote and grabs it.
Lazarus (to the hunter): Wait.
The hunter stops. Merton pushes the button and they both fall to the ground, the monster slumps down.
Lazarus reaches over and throws a switch on the wall and a cage comes down over the hunter.
Lazarus: They're paying for themselves now.
The hunter clutches the bars.
The Hunter: Oh you are so gonna die.
Lazarus: I doubt that.
Merton (off screen): Really?
Merton steps up holding the remote to the monster. Lazarus holds up a spare remote and pushes the button, causing the monster to jump back up. What follows is a button war between the two, each push making the monster go crazy. Finally the creature rips off the collar enraged and throws it on the ground. Everyone takes a few steps back.
Monster (in a dignified British accent): That's much better.
Everyone looks at him.
Monster: Bye.
The monster makes a break for the window and dives out, shattering it.
EXT: Building, Night
The monster falls to the ground and lands in a heap. He gets up, dusts himself off, and nonchalantly walks away.
Merton advances on the doctor. Tommy gets up wolfed out and joins him.
Lazarus: Okay guys, we could work this out.
The Hunter (from the cage): That's what you said about me and I'm in a cage.
Merton: The man's got a point.
Lazarus: Don't listen to him.
Tommy and Merton step over the operating table, which was overturned in the scuffle with the monster.
Tommy: What's the matter Doctor? You always wanted to study werewolf behavior, now you've got a front row seat.
Tommy grabs him by the neck and lifts him up toward the shattered window.
Merton (apathetic): That's a pretty long way down.
Tommy: And I think I might be loosing my grip.
Lazarus struggles to get out but Tommy just pushes him further out the window.
Lazarus: But…you're a good werewolf.
Tommy: Well I don't think I'm feeling that good right now.
Lazarus is out of the window now with only Tommy keeping him in.
Merton: Yeah Tommy, I'm all for scaring this guy but maybe you should bring it back a little.
Lazarus: I agree.
Tommy looses it.
Clips of Lori getting kidnapped and being experimented on are intercut with Tommy being shot at with the laser, the scenes shoot bye at lightning speed to make it edgy. Tommy's eye flare up and he chucks Lazarus out the window.
EXT: Building
Slow motion drop to the ground, Lazarus lands in a bloody heap.
INT: Operation Room
Merton stares down at the body in shock and Tommy just stares at his hands.
Merton: That…
He lets the word drop.
Tommy: That…was a very bad man.
The Hunter (from the cage): That was great.
Merton: Bad.
Tommy: He…did very…bad things.
Merton: Sure…yeah.
Tommy starts to pace around the room looking down at the floor.
Tommy: Okay, he was evil right?
Merton: Yeah.
Tommy: I think we did a service to the community.
Merton: But he was human.
Tommy: Yeah I know but he…
Merton: Was a human being who could have been turned over to the police.
Tommy: He's government, they would have covered it up.
Merton (really not believing): Maybe.
Tommy: Yeah, you're right that's stupid but…what are we gonna do?
Merton: Lazarus called a team to come get us before he…maybe we should just get out of here and sort this all out later.
Tommy: Yeah, I'm cool with that.
Tommy and Merton stiffly walk out of the room. Camera pans to the hunter in his cage.
Hunter: Hey guys, what about me?
Tommy and Merton are gone. He punches the bars with his metal hand and it shakes his whole body.
INT: Hallway
Tommy and Merton are walking out, not talking to each other and ignoring the frenzy of soldiers fighting monsters going on around them.
Tommy: Wait up.
Tommy stops Merton with his arm and pulls him to the door from #6: Vision Girl where he and Darien his out in.
Merton: Tommy, we gotta get outta here.
Tommy: Just wait.
Tommy walks into the room despite Merton pulling him in the other direction.
INT: Room
Tommy enters the room and goes straight for the computer. Merton runs into the room and calls out to Tommy.
Merton: Come on man, we gotta go.
Tommy: Just a second.
Tommy is typing on the keyboard and calling up files. He puts the mouse over a file marked WWOLF2 and clicks.
Merton (watching the battle outside in horror): Oh god (turns to Tommy) dude, you gotta check this out.
Tommy: Just a second!
Tommy pulls a disk out from one of the shelves and puts it into the computer. The mouse highlights SAVE and clicks. Tommy ejects the disk and slips it into his pocket.
Tommy: Okay, let's go.
Tommy gets up and walks out of the room with Merton following behind.
Security Camera POV: We see Tommy and Merton as they escape the Facility.
INT: Dark Conference Room
Guys in suits stare at the monitors in front of them.
Guy 1 (aside to Guy 2): This isn't good.
Voice (off screen): No it isn't.
Camera pans menacingly to the head of the table where an evil looking figure head turns around in his chair. (If you haven't noticed yet, swivel chairs mean evil!)
Figure Head: So what are we gonna do about it?
INT: The Lair
Tommy and Merton sit in silence, Allison sits at the computer.
Allison: Well, I'm glad everything's all right.
Tommy: Yeah.
Merton: Sure.
Allison: So how about a victory party.
Merton: No.
Tommy: No.
Allison: Okay.
Tommy turns the computer disk over and over in his hand.
Allison: Well I gotta go anyway; I'll see you guys later.
She kisses Merton on the side of the forehead, expecting his to turn around; he shows no response.
Allison: Bye guys.
Allison leaves via the stairs.
Close up on the disk spinning in Tommy's hand.
(Tommy's Inner Monologue): I think the line's been drawn.
A flash of Tommy wolfing out and throwing Lazarus out the window shoots by.
(TIM): I don't want this thing in me anymore. It's caused too much pain and it has to go.
The End
