EXT. OUTSIDE MANSION WALLS – NIGHT

The three meet up a good distance away from the main shack, shrouded in the shadows. Elk makes a signal with two fingers, and he leaves the group. Aida and TNT dart to the wall, remaining under darkness. They press themselves against the side, slowly making their way to the guard shack. The woman crouches low, keeping under the windows. She pulls a bottle and a rag from her pockets.

APARTMENT LIVING ROOM (FLASHBACK)

The trio is standing around the table.

ELK
Aida, you're a med. student. I'm gonna need you to use something to knock out the guard. He's our biggest obstacle.

OUTSIDE WALL (END FLASHBACK)

Aida opens the bottle and douses the rag. She turns the corner and rushes the guard. He's sleeping. Aida stands there motionless for a second. She effortlessly covers his mouth with the rag. There is no change. She kicks him. He doesn't respond. Aida waves her hand and signals to TNT. The man nods and runs underneath the camera watching the front gate, keeping out of it's field of vision. He withdraws a tool set including screwdrivers, pliers, and other devices.

APARTMENT LIVING ROOM (FLASHBACK)

ELK
TNT, you're gonna need to do something about that front camera. It needs to be taken out just long enough for me to get inside.

FRONT GATE (END FLASHBACK)

TNT has already opened the camera's case. He pulls a plug that was connected to the circuit board. TNT waves and Elk comes racing from the darkness. At his full speed, he leaps towards the gate and pulls himself over. Right when his feet touched the ground, TNT re-inserted the plug back into the camera. Elk races across the grounds.

INT. SECURITY ROOM – NIGHT

It's a dark room illuminated by the glow of several monitors. Each screen represents a camera on the premises, including those on the inside. Two are left blank. Reno is watching the feed, along with ONE OTHER behind the controls. They had just watched the front gate go blank and then come back on.

RENO
What was that?

MAN
Don't know. Looks like we lost the feed for a moment.

Reno butts in and takes control of the security system.

RENO
Let me take a look.

EXT. INSIDE THE MANSION GATES – NIGHT

It's a vast open field, and Elk has a lot of ground to cover. He zigs and zags along the path that he had drawn on the map, keeping himself from being captured on screen.

INT. SECURITY ROOM – NIGHT

RENO
What was that?

Reno had caught a brief glimpse of something on a monitor.

MAN
What?

Reno uses the joystick, but the picture doesn't move.

MAN
Ah, that one's stationary. Switch to B-SET.

EXT. OUTSIDE MANSION – NIGHT

Elk is crouched underneath a window. There are no lights on inside. He produces a screwdriver from his back pocket.

APARTMENT (FLASHBACK)

ELK
I have to make a bit of a racket, nothing too flashy, but flashy enough. That's why, after I get inside...

EXT. OUTSIDE MANSION WALLS (END FLASHBACK)

TNT and Aida have just dragged the unconscious guard off to the side of the road. Aida pulls out her cell-phone and dials a number.

OPERATOR
Hello, 911 emergency.

APARTMENT (FLASHBACK)

ELK
...after I get inside, call 911.

TNT and Aida both flinch.

TNT/AIDA
What?/Why?

ELK
I can't possibly sneak into a heavily guarded mansion, break free Mew, and fight my way out. To consider such a thing is ridiculous. But if the police come, and I cause enough of a scene, they will be forced in. Hopefully I can expose the truth.

AIDA
But Elk! For you, it's a lose/lose...

TNT extends his arm in front of the woman. Aida looks over to him with wide eyes of concern. The man shakes his head.

TNT
Is this the way you want it?

ELK
Yeah. If I can save her, it'll be worth it.

OUTSIDE WALLS (END FLASHBACK)

AIDA
Hello, operator?

OPERATOR
State the nature of your emergency.

AIDA
I just witnessed someone breaking into the Dimitri Mauser Mansion.

INT. SECURITY ROOOM – NIGHT

Reno controls the camera and scans the area. He notices something out of place.

RENO
There!

He zooms in to reveal that a window has been broken.

MAN
When did that happen?

RENO
I don't know. That's on the empty wing. It could have happened awhile ago and nobody noticed it.

Reno briefly feels the holster under his coat.

RENO
I'm gonna check it out.

EXT. OUTSIDE MANSION WALLS – NIGHT

TNT is playing around with the guard's solitary monitor. It shows a picture of the front gate just a few yards away.

AIDA
What are you doing?

TNT
Everything goes to hell if we can't get the cops inside. If I can get this camera to see what's going on in there, it should smooth out the process.

INT. MANSION HALLWAY – NIGHT

Reno is cautiously walking his way down to the empty wing. He is moving slowly, trying his best not to make a sound. He peeks around a corner and sees Elk trying his best not to be seen. Reno places his hand on his gun, but he doesn't draw. He watches the young man head off out of sight.

RENO (V.O.)
Impressive.

INT. MANSION HALLWAY

Elk stalks across to an open door. There is a lot of noise coming from inside. He peeked in to see a large game room. There were several men in black enjoying themselves by partaking in drinking, billiards, darts, and other assorted games. There was no sign of Mew, or any woman for that matter. Elk passed by this room and into a

KITCHEN

The cooking area was quite large. It had all the food and appliances of that of four star restaurant. There wasn't anyone preparing meals at this moment. Towards the back, past the meat locker, was a door that looked very out of place. Elk slowly made his way there, passing by a set of knives. He stopped and peered at the instruments. As he continued his stride, Elk pulled a long, sharp knife from it's holder and made his way to the door. He opened it only to be welcomed by darkness. There was no light coming from inside, and the smell made the young man quickly cover his nose. There were stairs, and they were going down.

ELK
(whispers)
Of course.

Elk slowly begins down the stairs.

INT. SECURITY ROOM – NIGHT

Reno enters the room. The man is still watching the monitors.

RENO
It was nothing.

He pulls his gun and slams the man on the side of his head with the steel grip. The operator falls to the ground unconscious. Reno takes over the controls and starts turning off all the cameras. He then turns on two that were previously left off. One shows Elk walking down the stairs to the basement, and the other shows Dimitri and Mew in an isolated room. Reno clicks the button for sound.

EXT. FRONT GATE – NIGHT

The screen TNT and Aida were watching went blank.

AIDA
What happened?

TNT is messing with the monitor circuit board.

TNT
I don't know. It looks like someone turned off the security cameras.

Eventually, TNT picks up a picture of Elk walking down to the basement.

AIDA
It's Elk.

INT. BASEMENT – NIGHT

Elk left the lights off in hopes of remaining undiscovered. Visibility is low, but sharp, CRACKING sounds can be heard from somewhere nearby. As he follows his ears, something grabs his leg. He lets out a silent shriek and starts swinging wildly with his knife.

WOMAN
(whispering)
Help.

The soft, trembling voice quickly pulled the boy out of his rampage. He looked down to see a hand extending from a steel cage. It belonged to a young woman, scantily dresses in some kind of fur. The fake ears and tail made her look like a dog. The cage itself was only tall enough for the woman to stand on all fours, the same as Mew's normal posture.

DOG GIRL
(whispering)
Help, please.

Elk kneeled down to face the woman.

ELK
(whispering)
What's going on here?

DOG GIRL
Dimitri, he, he is keeping us as slaves. He's been gathering girls and 'training' us to act like his household pets.

Elk turns and looks around. He discovers more and more woman trapped in cages. Each of them are pressed against their cages, silently watching the young man. The CRACKING sounds are still occurring.

ELK
Where's M...Felicia?

The woman points to a door.

DOG GIRL
Felicia, she, she's been here the longest out of anyone. She's been through more 'discipline' then I care to imagine. She's completely lost her humanity. A while ago she managed to escape, but now she...

Elk stood up and began walking to the door, gripping the knife in his hand tightly.

DOG GIRL
Please, help us.

The young man stopped and turned. He had a wide smile on his face.

ELK
This is your last night as a pet.