Left 4 Dead 2: The Movie
Written by Charlie "Gaston" Cucinotta
Scene 7: Four's A Crowd.
They finish their lunch, Dan takes the plates to the big stall, Emma takes the backpack to the truck while Jason takes the duffle bag to the Atrium. Jason is starting to come down the ladder when a tank breaks down the door on the northwestern side of the barn.
Dan: SHIT! WHAT WAS THAT?
Jason runs across the atrium to the west side. He sees the tank punch a home-made chariot with a scarecrow (something I found only a week ago) across to hit an ATV, blocking the ground path to the side of the barn that has the truck.
Jason: DAMN IT! The tank's blocked the path. Grab some supplies and get up the ladder, NOW!
Emma tosses up a shotgun and rifle. Dan grabs an ax that is lying on a nearby wall and starts up the ladder. The tank, frustrated with its attempts to squeeze between the wall and the boat, knocks the boat on its side into a pile of chopped wood. Jason take a big case from the pile and opens it. Pulling out an AR-15, Jason takes aim and unleashes a full mag of FMJ rounds on the behemoth. Dan, having gotten up the ladder, grabs the hunting rifle and starts to shoot the tank. Emma makes her start up the ladder as the tank, seeing her, starts to make his way over to the rubble pile that was once an AVT and a chariot.
Jason: Shit, he sees you, GET UP NOW!
Emma: I'm going, I'm going, *pant pant* you trying to climb up a ladder with a bag of food on your back.
Emma gets up the ladder and grabs her shotgun. The 3 make their way across the Atrium.
Dan: So, how are we going to get to the truck?
Jason: Well….we were going to jump onto the boat and hop to the ground…..
Emma: Damn it, we have to find another way, we don't have enough ammo to kill that thing.
Dan: THE LADDERS!
*TIME TO BREAK THE 4th WALL: Now I know that you will not be able to visualize this very well, I'm not that good at describing this stuff, but bear with me, I will try to upload either pictures of these places, or post a video with commentary.*
Seeing that the survivors are at the other end of the barn, the tank tries to jump up and grab the ladders. Dan, spying the elastic that keeps the ladders in place, jumps onto the ladders and starts to make his way to it.
Jason: ARE YOU MAD? IT'LL CRUSH YOU.
Emma: *starting to run to make the jump* Not if it gets crushed first.
Jason hesitates, then jumps and goes over to Dan and Emma. The tank is just coming out on the top of the ladders, when Dan undoes the elastic, causing the ladders the tank is holding onto to slide off and crush him. Dan Emma and Jason, whose ladders are starting to slip, try to gain a footing.
Dan: GET READY TO JUMP!
The 3 jump onto the 2 ladders that are on top of the struggling tank, who lets out a yell of pain. They jump over the fallen ladders and run to the truck just as the tank is getting to his feet. Dan sits on one of the benches as Emma gets into the passenger's seat. Jason gets into the driver's seat, closing the back door of the truck as he gets in. He turns the key and the engine roars.
Emma: PUNCH IT!
The tank throws a ladder at the truck as it reaches the breakable wall, pushing it through. The truck goes blaring down the road where Dan first came in, a horde following.