EXT. ARKLAY FOREST - CAMP SITE - NIGHT

TWO PEOPLE are sitting by a campfire, looking at the stars. They are JARED and ANNE, both in their early thirties. A big tent is seen in the back. A little further is an SUV.

ANNE

Jared?

JARED

Yeah?

ANNE

Do you love me?

JARED

Anne, that's a stupid

question.

ANNE

Well, then tell me.

JARED

Okay. I love you.

ANNE

Oh, Jared...

They kiss passionatly. Jared then looks at at the receding fire.

JARED

Listen, the fire is getting

small. I'll go in the woods

to to get some more fire wood.

ANNE

Hurry up. Remember the cannibal

murders?

Jared rolls his eyes.

JARED

Anne, we are miles away

from that spot.

Jared kisses Anee, takes a hatchet lying next to the camp fire, picks up a flashlight from a nearby backpack and heads for the woods.

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EXT. ARKLAY FOREST - NIGHT

Jared, clutching the hatchet in one one hand, flashlight in the other, is wondering around the endless trees, bushes, and grass.

JARED

There has got to be a fallen

down tree somewhere...

Jared keeps wondering around, shining The light on The darkness, until he reaches a small lake, with a few red herbs growing next to it.

JARED(CONT.)

Cool! It's those rare red

herbs! You don't see these

often these days...

Suddenly, A DULL GROWL of a beast fills the night air. Jared, confused, turns around and starts frantically shining yhe light from his flashlight around the dark forest.

JARED(CONT.)

What the hell... Is somebody

out there?

The growl is heard again. A dark shape of something that looks like a wolf can be seen from behind a big elm tree, right behind Jared.

JARED(CONT.)

Where The hell is this growling

coming from?

The growling stops as suddenly as it began. A still silence sorrounds The forest once again.

JARED

(self reassuringly)

Must have imagined it. Now

where are these fucking

branches...

Jared is about to turn around and leave, when a quiet rustling of grass is heard.

JARED

Anne? Is that You?

Jared slowly begins to turn around.

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EXT. CAMP SITE-SAME TIME.

Anne, huddled by the fire, hears Jared's scream, emitting from the woods.

ANNE

Jared?

Anne gets up and runs into the woods..

EXT. ARKLAY FOREST - NIGHT

Anne runs up to the lake where Jared was just a moment ago.

ANNE

Jared? Where are you? This

isn't funny.

Anne starts searching around the area, shining the light from the flashlight.

ANNE(CONT.)

Jared... Come on!

Suddenly, A DARK SHAPE lunges itself onto Anne. She screams and thrashes in terror as the creatue throws her on the ground.

ANNE

No! No!

Nothing seems to be happening, besides the fact that something is on top of Anne. She stops her thrashings and realizes it is simply Jared, grinning wickedly.

JARED

Gotcha.

ANNE

I could just slaughter

you.

JARED

Ooh! I guess I discovered

the Arklay Ripper.

ANNE

Oh, shut up!

Anne pushes Jared off of herself and the two of them sit up in the grass.

JARED

You know, the best thing

is that I had this planned

out all along.

ANNE

Jared, you jerk, how could

you!

Anne gets up and is about to walk away, but Jared grabs her sleeve. She sighs and sits back down

JARED

No, wait. Anne, this isn't

all I had planned out.

ANNE

Then what else? A jack in

the box?

JARED

No. This.

Jared takes out a small velvet box.

ANNE

Is this?

JARED

It is.

Jared opens the box and takes out a diamond ring. He puts it on Ann's hand. She adores it for a second and then kisses him.

ANNE

Jared, it's gorgeous.

JARED

Anne?

ANNE

Yes?

JARED

Will you---

He never has the chance to finish the sentence, because with a loud snarl, A BLACK SHAPE, REMOTELY RESEMBLING A LARGE HOUND, jumps out of nowhere and slams Jared, still smiling and totally oblivous, out of view.

Blood spurts on Anne's shocked face. Almost petrified, she grabs the flashlight and shines it off to the side. As she sees what the light is bouncing off of, she shrieks.

The dark shape has mounted itself on Jared's convulsing body, feasting on his throat. Anne sees Jared's face. Blood is bubblinmg from his mouth, his face is splattered with gore and his eyes are wide oepn is shock.

ANNE

(shrieking)

No! My god, Jared! No! No!

The creature hears her screams and slowly turns its head towards Anne.It is nearly impossible to see its face due to the darkness of the night, but Anne's flashlight shines on some of its glistening, exposed flesh.

The creature climbs off of Jared, who is no longer breathing, and chrages for Anne. She screams, drops her flashlight, and runs off.

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EXT. ARKLAY FOREST - CAMP SITE - NIGHT.

With the beast's snarls getting closer, Anne races to the backpack. She empties it, dropping all the items on the ground. She digs around them.

ANNE

Where are the goddman

keys?!

The growling is louder, The black shape os the creature can be now seen a couple off hundred yeards away.

Anne finds the keys and runs to the SUV. She picks out a key from the cahin, and opens the car's driver seat door.

As she shuts the door, the the creature slams its weight into the car.

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EXT. CAMP SITE - SAME TIME.

Anne, huddled by the fire, hears Jared's scream, emitting from the woods.

ANNE

Jared?

Anne gets up and runs into the woods.

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EXT. ARKLAY FOREST - NIGHT

Anne runs up to the lake where Jared was just a moment ago.

ANNE

Jared? Where are you? This

isn't funny.

Anne starts searching around the area, shining the light from the flashlight.

ANNE(CONT.)

Jared... Come on!

Suddenly, A DARK SHAPE lunges itself onto Anne. She screams and thrashes in terror as the creatue throws her on the ground.

ANNE

No! No!

Nothing seems to be happening, besides the fact that something is on top of Anne. She stops her thrashings and realizes it is simply Jared, grinning wickedly.

JARED

Gotcha.

ANNE

I could just slaugheter

you.

JARED

Ooh! I guess I discovered

the Arklay Ripper.

ANNE

Oh, shut up!

Anne pushes Jared off of herself and the two of them sit up in the grass.

JARED

You know, the best thing

is that I had this planned

out all along.

ANNE

Jared, you jerk, how could

you!

Anne gets up and is about to walk away, but Jared grabs her sleeve. She sighs and sits back down

JARED

No, wait. Anne, this isn't

all I had planned out.

ANNE

Then what else? A jack in

the box?

JARED

No. This.

Jared takes out a small velvet box.

ANNE

Is this?

JARED

It is.

Jared opens the box and takes out a diamond ring. He puts it on Ann's hand. She adores it for a second and then kisses him.

ANNE

Jared, it's gorgeous.

JARED

Anne?

ANNE

Yes?

JARED

Will you---

He never has the chance to finish the sentence, because with a loud snarl, A BLACK SHAPE, REMOTELY RESEMBLING A LARGE HOUND, jumps out of nowhere and slams Jared, still smiling and totally oblivous, out of view.

Blood spurts on Anne's shocked face. Almost petrified, she grabs the flashlight and shines it off to the side. As she sees what the light is bouncing off of, she shrieks.

The dark shape has mounted itself on Jared's convulsing body, feasting on his throat. Anne sees Jared's face. Blood is bubblinmg from his mouth, his face is splattered with gore and his eyes are wide oepn is shock.

ANNE

(shrieking)

No! My god, Jared! No! No!

The creature hears her screams and slowly turns its head towards Anne.It is nearly impossible to see its face due to the darkness of the night, but Anne's flashlight shines on some of its glistening, exposed flesh.

The creature climbs off of Jared, who is no longer breathing, and chrages for Anne. She screams, drops her flashlight, and runs off.

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EXT. ARKLAY FOREST - CAMP SITE - NIGHT.

With the beast's snarls getting closer, Anne races to the backpack. She empties it, dropping all the items on the ground. She digs around them.

ANNE

Where are the goddman

keys?!

The growling is louder, The black shape os the creature can be now seen a coupe off hundred yeards away.

Anne finds the keys and runs to the SUV. She picks out a key from the cahin, and opens the car's driver seat door.

As she shuts the door, the the creature slams its weight into the car.

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INT. TRUCK - NIGHT.

The black shape of the dog is scratching the outside of The truck, slamming its wieght into it, while snarling demonically. Anne is sitting behind the driver's seat.

ANNE

My god... What are you?!!!

Anne ignites the engine. The truck's motor comes to life and through the window it is seen that the car is moving away from the beast.

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EXT. ARKLAY FOREST - CAMP SITE - NIGHT

The SUV drives off into the darkness. The creature does not follow, as if knowing that it will not be able to catch up. Instead, it sits calmly on the ground, and howls at the moon.