SEA OF THE DEAD

by

F.B. Small

570-588-3102
 SEA OF THE DEAD

FADE IN:

EXT. END OF GANGPLANK - DAY

A small group of business people assemble at the end of a

gangplank to a large cruise ship. The name of the ship is
the H.S. Sea Siren. She is sleek and modern with soft
feminine curves. She resides at 'Canada Place',the main
cruise ship terminal for the region, and the starting point
for Vancouver's Alaska cruises.

Bill Hemmer, 55, although professionally dressed, exudes a

slightly "used-car salesmen" persona, he stands in front,
speaking loudly to the rest of the group.

HEMMER
Ladies and gentlemen, chairman of
the board. Many of you know me, I
am the Managing Director on the
fantastic ship behind us.

The audience--14 men 6 women. Expensive suits, discreet

colognes, costly yet understated watches--smile and nod as
they listen...

HEMMER
Two weeks from today, the H.S. Sea
Siren takes it's maiden voyage, en
route to Hong Kong via Hawaii. It
seems only fitting that you, the
generous investors get a chance to
see your investment up close.

Cool, financial eyes look on...

HEMMER
If you follow me, we can start our
exclusive tour. We're the only
people on the ship today, so we
can see anything we like.

Hand gesturing up to the ship, Bill leads the group up the

gangplank and onto the ship.
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INT. CASINO LOUNGE - DAY

They enter a casino area. Its design is more Monte Carlo

than Las Vegas. There are no flashing lights and there will
be no loud noises. One envisions men and women in black tie
clothing, silently betting millions.

HEMMER
We cater to an extreme upmarket
client. Our casino games are
baccarat, roulette and some high
stakes poker tables. No slots, no
bingo and no keeno.

Hemmer pronounces this last word with a practiced disdain.

"Keeeen-noo". Investors smile at the inside joke and glance
at each other in approval.

INT. SECURITY OFFICE - DAY

Jose, 65 sips his coffee as he sits in his small security

office area aboard the H.S. Sea Siren. He is the temporary
caretaker for the ship until the main crew comes to prepare
it for it's first voyage. He browses his newspaper and
listens to his small radio before he makes his next
appointed rounds.

RADIO VOICE
...and God Said, Man in his
ARROGANCE will cause EVIL to rain
down upon him....The DEAD will
walk the earth...and lo, it has
come to pass. When...

Jose's head pops up at this, he glances down at the cover of

his National Enquirer----"Are the dead Rising?", under that
the subhead reads "or viral video movie tie-in". He doesn't
understand that part, so he grabs the St Anthony medal
around his neck and stands up. Crossing himself, he closes
his eyes for a second, then pauses. he takes off his badge
and his utility belt and lays them on the desk. He knows
it's time to go home to Rosa, to await whatever God has in
store for them.

RADIO VOICE
(gaining)
fornicators...lust seekers,
pleasure seekers...
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INT. CLOSE UP OF DUTY SHEET-SECURITY OFFICE - DAY

He takes a small golf pencil and writes in large letters

across the duty sheet. "I QUIT". The H.S Sea Siren is now
without a caretaker.

INT. MAIN DINING ROOM - DAY

Hemmer enters a large hushed dining room. He gestures

towards the Sleek and contoured interior, there is no harsh
brass, only soft lighting, lush fabrics and spectacular
center pieces complimenting the amazing view of the sea.

HEMMER
We've hired Jacque LeSac as chef
for the main dining room, and he's
designed a menu specially for the
Sea Siren. We expect the
restaurant to be able to cater to
all tastes...Chef LeSac has even
invented a few desserts especially
for the us.

Hemmer smiles and whispers.

HEMMER
And I won't tell you what THAT
cost

The investors nod at the well appointed dining room and move
on.

INT. PROMENADE SHOPS - DAY

We enter a large rounded area, open to floors above. On all

sides are expensive shops, selling everything from handbags,
to clothes to convenience items.

Hemmer leads the group down the granite floored galleria and
stops in the middle at a podium of brochures. He hands out
small brochures to each of the investors, they all open them
to see what the whole ship has in store.

HEMMER
Here is the official brochure,
showing all the shopping available
as well as a map of all the
decks...as you see, only the best
for those aboard this ship. Look
around you at all the well known
names.
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One woman breaks from the group to go over to a window

selling hand-painted scarves...

WOMAN
(whispering under
breath)
lovely...

Hemmer turns around and continues to walk through the

shopping area, speaking as he walks...

HEMMER
Now, I know we're not supposed to
go there, but I'd like to take you
down to our engine room. All this
is lovely...

he gestures to the shops around them...

HEMMER
but the real difference between
the H.S Sea Siren, the H.S.
standing for "Hydrogen Ship",
happens in the engine room.

He leads them to the top of a wide carpeted staircase going

down...

INT. BOTTOM OF STAIRWAY OUTSIDE BULKHEAD DOOR - DAY

Arriving at the base of the steps and in front of the engine

room door, Hemmer picks up a yellow warning cone blocking
the entrance and puts it aside. The cone says "no entry".

INT. ENGINE ROOM - DAY

Hemmer punches a code into the number pad outside the door.

The door opens to a wide and spacious engine room. It is

immaculately clean, with minimal actual machinery other than
a large lighted control panel.

HEMMER
You'll notice this main engine
room is much closer to the rest of
the ship than normal. That's
because the hydrogen engines are
so much quieter. The mechanics can
almost wear white gloves as it is
also so much cleaner.
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HEMMER
(smiling)
Feel free to look around. We're
alone so we can't get in
trouble...

The machinery makes soft shushing sounds in the stainless

clean engine room. An older Asian man, Mr Tachito, hands
behind his back, moves closer to some equipment to get a
better look. An out-of-place screwdriver on the ground,
causes him to miss his step and fall backwards.
Falling, his head hits the corner of the machine base and he
hits the floor hard. Blood smears the floor and continues to
pour out from the back of his head. As his eyes close, the
group excitedly gathers around him to help.

Hemmer pushes forward. As he reaches the now still body of

Mr Tachito, the bulkhead door slams shut.

INT. CONTROL PANEL ON BRIDGE - DAY

A timer controlling ships power and main light, is 1 second

from shut down...... the digital clock counts down. TICK,
TICK...shutdowm. The monitors displays "Shutdown Mode".

INT. ENGINE ROOM - DAY

Black descends on the interior of the engine room. The only

light is from a small dim backup light far in the back,
giving off a red/gold glow.

HEMMER
oh no...

MAN 1
what do you mean "oh no"?

WOMAN
What's happening?

HEMMER
The powers on energy saving mode.
The keypad won't work in this
mode.

Simultaneously, all the investors pull out their cell

phones.

MAN 2
Hemmer, I'll have your head for
this...
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WOMAN
no signal...

MAN 1
(angry)
me either....how do we get out of
here????

MAN 2
There has to be some sort of phone
down here?

WOMAN
(panicking)
I can't breath.

MAN 3
Oh SHUT UP woman.

MAN 1
Don't tell her to shut up!

HEMMER
I'm sure someone will come by
soon.

WOMAN
But you said we were alone?

Bill Hemmer, continues to look out the small bulkhead

window, hoping to see Jose, the caretaker on his rounds.

The light, so dim, it doesn't reach the panicking group.

They begin calling out for help.

COMBINED GROUP
Help! Help!

WOMAN
(whimpering)
OW! Something just bit my ankle.
OOOOWWWWW!

MAN 3
Did you bring that yapping dog?

WOMAN
NO I DIDN'T. Something else bit me

General and frantic panic starts to glide through the group

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MAN 1
(scared)
somethings on me!

shuffling sounds---as if the man is trying to kick something

away.

MAN 3
Arrrrggh!

Someone in the dark, falls down.

The engine room becomes quiet as the inhuman sounds of soft

gurgling noises are followed by a low groan.....and another
scream.

INT. NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM, MAIN GALLERY - NIGHT

The Egyptian Gallery of The National History Museum is

hosting the National Advertising Awards dinner. It's
proceeded by a cocktail party, black tie, champagne glasses
and real diamonds sparkle. Shahira, 28, darkly exotic,
returns with drinks to an older white haired man in a
tuxedo.

GORDAN
Thank you Lovely.

Shahira smiles wanly. Another night being shuttled on the

arm of the older man. Although she has a Masters in
Journalism she writes advertising copy during the day and
sleeps with the boss when he calls. She's looking for a
better way.

GORDAN
(talking to
another couple)
Shahira here fancies herself
another Christiane
Amanpour...wants to set journalism
on fire and solve all the worlds
injustices. I keep telling her to
keep her head out of the clouds...

SHAHIRA
(under her breath)
and in your lap....

GORDAN
(sternly)
what's that?
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SHAHIRA
Nothing....if you'll excuse me,
I'd like to go the powder room...

Shahira turns and moves into the crowd. Her black dress
whispering as she goes.

On the way, she overhears a couple speaking

WOMAN
...some kind of disease, you go
crazy or something. I didn't hear
the whole story.

MAN
I did, they say dead people are
getting up and walking.

WOMAN 2
(smiling)
That's crazy...was it FOX news?

WOMAN 2
Darling, I think you must have
misheard? That would mean we're
in the midst of the "Rapture". And
I refuse to be a "bible thumper"!

The four break out in loud, yet sophisticated laughter.

Shahira shakes her head in disbelief, we wonder if it's at

the news, or the peoples reaction to it.

INT. LADIES ROOM - NIGHT

Sitting down on the toilet to get away from everything, she

opens her bag and lights a cigarette. Chin in hand she
contemplates life. She looks down at her cheap shoes, bought
by herself, and at her Rolex watch, bought by Gordon. She
never wanted to be one of "those" girls. Deeply exhaling,
she smiles and puts the cigarette out.

INT. NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM, MAIN GALLERY - NIGHT

Returning to the Egyptian Gallery and the cocktail party,

Shahira walks up to Gordon, now talking to the 2 presidents
of a huge agency.
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GORDAN
...I told them that the size of
their account wasn't the issue,
the visuali...

SHAHIRA
(smiling sweetly)
And you know all about small
sizes, don't you darling?...

GORDAN
(shocked and angry)
What do you...

The two ad agency presidents barely contain their amusement

and snicker under their breadth.

Shahira spins on her heels and heads towards the exit. But
while in the midst of the crowd, she turns...

SHAHIRA
(loudly)
Oh Gordon? By the way, I ALWAYS
faked it!

The crowd is silent, mesmerized on the fun little drama

playing out in front of them. One man guiltily takes 2
steps to the right of the young woman on his left.

Smiling, Shahira trots toward the museum's front doors,

pushes them open and heads out to the night.

INT. TAXI-CONTINUING - NIGHT

After leaving the party, Shahira sits in the back seat of a

taxi...

SHAHIRA
(to cabbie)
First and third st please.

SHAHIRA
(on cellphone)
Adam, something just feels wrong.
The news says there's some weird
shit going down. We can take mom
and dad's boat out for a couple of
days till things calm down....you
have nothing else to do, come on!

pause
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SHAHIRA
Great. I'm ten minutes away. Hurry
up and pack.

Shahira grins and sits back. Out the window people shuffle
by, stopping to watch as the taxi drives by. The Taxi stops
at a light and a face slams up against Shahira's window
making her jump.

SHAHIRA
Can you please go faster?

CABBIE
Something bad in the city tonight
miss. Very bad

SHAHIRA
yeah I feel it too...

There are more people on the street, they begin to come

towards the cab on both sides. The cabbie starts to drive
faster and tries to avoid them at the same time. When one of
them jumps directly onto the windshield, the cabbie swerves,
but hits the curb and the car lifts. Rolling twice, it lands
upside down. Inside, Shahira has passed out. The fate of the
cabbie is unknown.

EXT. OUTSIDE CAB - NIGHT

Blood slowly dripping down her forehead, Shahira wakes up.

She is upside down, her dress is ripped and she is dazed.
She pushes herself toward the broken back seat window, when
she feels a hand curling around her ankle. Looking back, the
cabbie has been impaled with a street sign, he can't move,
but he emits a low sorrowful moan and pulls her ankle closer
to his mouth.

Shahira screams. She pulls back her ankle and pulls herself
out of the cab. she stands up and is greeted with a closely
approaching crowd.

SHAHIRA
(crying)
What do you want?

A low moan comes from a woman on the left in a business

suit. The front of her blouse is open and her pearls are
broken, hanging crazily between her breasts.

She walks faster.

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On her left, a young man in workout cloths, limps forward to

her. Half of his face is gone, the opening to his mouth,
just that much larger.

SHAHIRA
Get AWAY from me!

She backs up from them, walking faster down the street,

deserted except for this ominous crowd.

EXT. OUTSIDE BROTHERS BUILDING - NIGHT

Surrounded by high gray buildings, she runs down a side

street and looks up. It's her brothers building. She rushes
to the front door of his building and buzzes him, looking
around her the whole time. Three of those people, a cop and
2 others spot her, turn and head her way.

SHAHIRA
(to speaker)
ADAM, let me up Quick!

The door clicks, letting her in. She runs for the elevator

INT. ELEVATOR - NIGHT

Repeatedly pushing the elevator button, it finally arrives

and she gets into it. As the elevator door closes, a hand
slips in. She backs against the elevator, expecting one of
those strange people from out on the street. The door opens
and Shahira relaxes as she sees it's an older man in a
business suit carrying a newspaper.

OLDER MAN
(concerned)
Miss, haven't you been watching
the news? Its not safe out there,
all those sick people...

SHAHIRA
Yeah, I know, I've just come to
get my brother and get out of
town.

OLDER MAN
A good idea. A very good idea. I
wish you luck.
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INT. AT ADAMS DOOR - NIGHT

After exiting the elevator, Shahira runs down the hallway to

her brothers door. Knocking loudly, She waits for the door
to open. She looks around the hallway, all the time feeling
as if eyes are on her.

SHAHIRA
(knocking)
Adam! Lets go!

The door opens, Adam is standing with a large knapsack in

one hand and a baseball bat in the other. He is 26 and
red-headed, taking after their Irish father.

ADAM
lets go! Hey, you aren't ready,
you can't go in those clothes?!

SHAHIRA
Don't ask, just lets go!

They head back to the elevator going down. The doors close.

INT. DOORWAY OF BUILDING - NIGHT

Exiting the elevator, Both head towards the front door.

Standing at the door with his back up against the wall is
the older man from the elevator. A younger woman is clawing
at his face and he is desperately trying to keep her away.

Adam runs forward and swings his baseball bat at the woman's
head. Shahira screams at her bother in shock. The strange
woman steps aside, but comes at Adam instead. One more hit
to the head and she falls to the ground. All three run out
the front door just as she is getting up again.

EXT. OUTSIDE STREETS - NIGHT

Jogging down the darkened, and quieting streets, Shahira

glances over her shoulder. The woman is now standing
watching them leave. She has blood all over her face and a
glassy, yet intent look in her eyes.

SHAHIRA
What's wrong with her?

ADAM
Sherri, Don't look! Just keep
going.
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OLDER MAN
(huffing)
hold on, I can't keep up...

Adam grabs the older mans arm and helps him run, concerned
with what he sees around him.

Crowds seem to form as they jog the few streets to their

parents marina. Hungry eyes follow them, all the while
shuffling faster.

OLDER MAN
(out of breath)
please....just a couple...

ADAM
Just a minute then.

From around the corner of the building, a grisly

blood-soaked face appears, it's mouth opens as it clamps
down on the older mans cheek. He screams and tries to get
away, but another man appears. Dressed in a blue open-back
hospital gown, It grabs the older man and drags him to the
ground. Both Adam and Shahira recoil in terror as they watch
them attack and bit him. Backing up, they turn and run,
picking up speed. Shahira covers her face in pain as the
last thing they hear rounding a corner, is a loud and
guttural scream.

They stop on the corner and rest against the building.

EXT. MARINA - NIGHT

The night has turned foggy, the lamps along the marina are
now misty golden orbs. Both Adam and Shahira run down the
pier, trying to locate their parents boat.

SHAHIRA
(panicking)
Where IS it?

ADAM
It's supposed to be HERE!

Looking back towards the entrance to the pier, they see dark
silhouettes coming towards them. Desperately looking for a
boat, they quickly jump into the one closest, a small dingy.
Adam unties it and pushes off, but not before one of THEM
jumps into the boat and on his sister...

It's a DEAD Navy man trying to bite her shoulder. But before
it gets too close, Shahira leans back and aims her foot at
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it's face, pushing her high heel into it's eye. Showing no
response, it just keeps grabbing at her. She screams, and
pushes harder. It falls limp on top of her. She throws it
off and into the water with disgust where it slowly sinks.

SHAHIRA
(gasping)
...and they say high heels are
"bad for you".....

EXT. DRIFTING AT SEA - NIGHT

The golden lights of the pier grow smaller as the small boat
drifts out to sea. They both lean back, resting after their
recent activity. Quiet is then interrupted by splashing....

ADAM
What's that?

A voice calls out...

VOICE (OS)
help HELP!

Shahira looks out to the darkness

Adam puts his hand on his sisters arm.

ADAM
Don't! we don't know who it is!

SHAHIRA
We can't just ignore him?!!!

Shahira pulls her arm away from her brother and leans over
the side of the boat

SHAHIRA
Who's there.....where are you?

More splashing, and a voice...

VOICE (OS)
over here!

Following the sound, Adam begrudgingly rows the dingy

towards the sound and pulls a tired, wet young man on-board

YOUNG MAN
(breathless)
Thanks!......
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ADAM
Yeah, well, you're safe now, just
rest and chill out.

Shahira notices blood seeping from the mans arm.

SHAHIRA
you're bleeding

YOUNG MAN
bit me.....gotta
rest....awhile.....

He passes out. Shahira lays her head down to rest on the

bottom of the boat while her brother stays up on watch. The
sound of water softly laps the sides of the boat as it
drifts on into the night.

EXT. OFF THE COAST OF VANCOUVER BC-MORNING - DAY

Shooting stars glide over the early morning dawn. The sky
brightens to white morning sunlight and shines off the
windows of an old tugboat, partially converted into a house
boat. Two fishing poles hang off the side next to 1 plastic
lawn chair.

INT. BEDROOM OF TUGBOAT - MORNING - DAY

Jake, good-looking, recently-divorced veterinarian 38, wakes

up suddenly as if in the midst of a bad dream. He is
surrounded on one side by Molly, 5 year old female border
collie, and on the other side by Hatchet, a 6 year old male
border collie. Sitting up, he puts his feet on the floor. He
rubs his face, in bad need of a shave and stands up. He
heads into the small kitchen galley followed by both
tail-wagging dogs.

KITCHEN

Piles of dirty clothes, beer bottles and dirty dishes sit in

the sink, Jake opens a cabinet revealing only 1 can of Alpo
dog food. Molly, looks up at him and slowly wags her tail.
Hatchet whines disapproval.

JAKE
(yawning)
...Why can't you just like fish?.
Looks like we need food.

Hathcet barks. Jake leans down and affectionately scratches

both dogs necks and heads back to the bedroom
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EXT. ON DECK OF TUGBOAT-MORNING - DAY

Now dressed, Jake walks to the railing of his home tugboat

and looks toward the distant and cloudy coast. Molly pads
behind him and sits down next to him.

JAKE
I think I've been talking to you
for too long...

He pauses, looks down at his right hand and touches his gold
wedding band. He tugs at it and pulls it off, revealing a
thin pale band of skin. Looking at the band for a long
moment, he throws it far into the ocean, turns around and
heads back inside, followed by Molly

INT. BRIDGE OF TUG - DAY

The bridge of the tugboat is neat and clutter free. With the
look of someone who is proud of his achievements. The brass
is newly polished and the wood has been recently varnished.
Jake stands at the controls and stares out the window. He
cranes his hearing, but the sea today is silent.

JAKE
(talking to molly)
quiet out here today...

EXT. REAR VIEW OF TUG - DAY

Foam kicks up from the engines of the tug. On the back of

the hull is a mostly-finished, hand-painted name, spelling
out "What's Left" in fancy scroll lettering.

The tug heads closer to the approaching coast.

EXT. BURRARD INLET - AFTERNOON - DAY

Late morning sun is warm as Jake pulls into Burrard Inset.

He looks around for port security--usually pretty active
around Vancouver's major port. But there are none to be
seen. Neither are there any other ships or pleasure boats
sailing. Craning his head up, he looks for seagulls. The
normally loud and raucous sea birds also seem to have
deserted the area.

JAKE
Where is everybody Molly?
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INT. CANADA PLACE - DAY

He frowns as he docks along the southern side of Canada

Place, not something the law allows, but there's nobody
anywhere. On the northern side of the pier, directly
opposite, sits a silent cruise ship. The "H.S.Sea Siren"
with flying banners and empty decks. it's passenger gangway
is pulled up. The only sound is the flapping of the flying
banners.

While tying off his boat, he hears voices, raised in the

distance. He slowly lowers a small motorbike already hanging
from a home made pulley to the pier and straps a messenger
bag around his shoulders. Two large milk crates are attached
to the back of the bike like saddlebags. Once settled he
starts the scooter. Instinctively, each dog jumps into a
milk crate and Jake takes off toward the beginning of the
pier. Turning left onto Burrard St...he travels along quiet
streets until he sees a small boutique grocery store and
stops.....

INT. SMALL GROCERY STORE - DAY

The small grocery store is one of those fancy ones, selling

select organic produce to select tourists. It appears
deserted. Although there is a TV, it's only showing snow.
Going up to the cashier, Jake sees that the store is NOT
deserted. There is one employee frantically stuffing things
in duffel bag. Jake thinks he sees the flash of a gun
disappearing into the bag. The nervous storekeeper stops
still when seeing Jake...

STOREKEEPER
(incredulously)
What are you doin here?

JAKE
I came to shop...where is
everybody?

STOREKEEPER
You're kidding right?...there's no
money just go and leave me
alone...

Jake raises his hands and slowly backs up.

JAKE
I just need to buy some
food---relax.
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STOREKEEPER
(scared)
Take what you want, I'm outta
here.

The Storekeeper grabs his large duffel bag and heads to the
glass door. He stops for a moment, looking both ways before
opening it, then runs out into a side street.

Jake looks around then heads down one of the aisles and
begins to fill his bag with canned dog food. He goes down
another aisle, putting an apple in his mouth on the way and
grabbing soup and pasta. Both dogs growl loudly, looking
toward the front doors.

JAKE
What is it guys?

Jake raises his head and notices the TV. Static still dances
across the screen. He's starting to feel strange, standing
in places normally populated by many, yet echoing their
absence.

He looks outside as he hears a helicopter fly overhead and

walks to the cashier counter and lays down a 20 dollar bill.
A noisy car with a bad muffler races down the street in
front of the store. It's wheels screech as it turns down a
distant side street.

JAKE
(concerned)
Molly! Hatch! Come

EXT. OUTSIDE GROCERY STORE - DAY

Jake heads outside to his bike and puts the bag across his
shoulders. He looks left and right, but other than a few
random cars, the area is deserted. Knowing that something
is terribly wrong, yet not able to identify it, Jake decides
to head back to the safety of his boat.

He starts up his bike as both dogs jump into their crates

and begins to drive back toward Canada place--both dogs
bark nervously.

EXT. OUTSIDE OF CRUISE SHIP - DAY

Moving at a quick pace and swerving around an illegally

parked supply van, Jake and the dogs arrive back at Canada
Place. He glances at the cruise ship "H.S. Sea Siren" and
notices that the passenger gangplank is now lowered. On
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board on the MAIN DECK are 6 people screaming and waving to

him.

EXT. ON DECK OF CRUISE SHIP - DAY

SMALL CROWD ONBOARD

Hey! Hey! Up here!

EXT. OUTSIDE CRUISE SHIP - DAY

Jake looks up to them...

EXT. ON DECK OF CRUISE SHIP - DAY

SMALL CROWD ONBOARD

(excited)
Come up here! COME UP HERE! GET
UP NOW! NOW!

EXT. AT ENTRANCE OF PIER - DAY

A distant, low moan comes from the direction of the pier

entrance.

EXT. ON PIER OUTSIDE OF CRUISE SHIP - DAY

Jake stops his bike just short of the gangplank and looks
down the pier. Both dogs jump out of their milk crates.
from about 500 feet away, a large group of people is quickly
moving closer.

INT. ON DECK OF CRUISE SHIP - DAY

SMALL CROWD ONBOARD

(frantic)
COME ON!

INT. OUTSIDE OF CRUISE SHIP - DAY

Jake looks away from the waving people and back at the
people moving closer on the pier. Something about the crowd
of people seems odd. They move quickly but oddly, almost a
quick shuffle. Both dogs look down the pier take a step
closer to the crowd and growl deeply. Jake guns his bike and
swiftly drives up the gangplank, through the door, and turns
his bike to face the door. Both dogs are still at the end
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of the gangplank, and the group of 50 or so people are now

much closer.

INT. CRUISE SHIP ENTRANCE - DAY

JAKE
Molly! Hatch! Get in here!

Brian, 53, has his hand on a wall switch

BRIAN
We have to close the door!

Jake pushes Brian aside and stands in the doorway...

JAKE
WAIT. MOLLY, HATCH COME!

Both dogs look in Jake's direction. When the crowd is about

40 feet away, both dogs start running towards the gangplank.
Running fast, they both crash into Jake in the cruise ships
doorway.

JAKE
Good boy...good Molly

Brian pushes a button on the wall near the door, which

slowly disengages the gangplank from the pier, but not
before 2 of the strangely moving people get on it. The
gangplank folds closer to the ship, the footing of the 2
people slips, sending them both into the water. The
remaining 50 or so people line up on the edge of the pier
and stare at the cruise ship. Brian slams the door shut.

All 7 follow Jake as he runs out to the railing of the

cruise ship to watch what's happening at the piers edge.

EXT. MAIN DECK RAILING - DAY

JAKE
(Pointing at
people on shore)
What the hell was that?

Nessa, 29, black, extremely pretty, comes over to him.

NESSA
you OK?
 21.

JAKE
(looks at Nessa)
Yeah, think so...What's wrong with
them? What the hell is going on?
Where IS everybody?

Bob, 25, overweight grocery store manager with bad skin,

interjects...

BOB
you get bit?

JAKE
Bit? No....why would I get bit?

Bob grins and shakes his head.

BOB
Dude, where you bin?

A small little girl hugging another woman's legs looks at

both dogs, still panting...

KRISTEN
(shyly)
We knew you were OK cuz you had
dogs. No dogs for a long time.

Beth, 35, handsome, reaches toward her daughter

BETH
shush Honey

Nessa looks at Jake long, trying to figure out if he's

telling the truth. she walks further down the boat railing.
The 6 other ships occupants follow with Molly and Hatchet in
the rear.

NESSA
Where have you been for the past 3
weeks?

Jake stares out at the strange people accumulating at the

edge of the pier, waving toward them he says...

JAKE
you telling me all this happened
in 3 weeks?

BRIAN
(stronger)
WHERE have you been?
 22.

JAKE
I've been out on my boat for the
past month.

Jake reaches down to both his dogs and reassures them...

BRIAN
...and you have no radio? No
news?

Jake looks over to the older man and shakes his head.

JAKE
No, been trying to avoid it.

BRIAN
(incredulously)
And you have no idea what's been
going on???

NESSA
(nodding to DEAD)
Lets get out of here, I can't
stand listening to them..

Jake takes a final look at the horror staring back at him

and follows Nessa into the ship...

INT. LARGE STATEROOM WITH VIEW OF PIER - NIGHT

The stateroom is huge, it has a sitting room, kitchenette

and large bedroom. From the living room Jake can see it's
lush fabrics and soft carpeting. He turns back to the small
group of people.

Nessa hands him a bad cup of instant coffee and sits down
next to him at the small table...

NESSA
They say it started about 3 weeks
ago. The news originally said
somewhere in the Southwest. Some
guy was found eating his dead
wife. I mean LITERALLY eating his
wife. They thought he was some
kind of cannibal serial killer
until all the police that arrested
him, and all the hospital staff
that treated him started attacking
THEIR families and eating them.

Drinking his coffee, Jake stops and looks at Nessa...

 23.

JAKE
You're kidding.

NESSA
I wish I was. The news said it was
some kind of disease...

Curt, 38, ordinary looking, speaks for the first time...

CURT
That's what the media and the
government WANTS you to believe.
They've been pissing on our legs
and telling us it's raining for
years!

NESSA
...then they were claiming a
biochemical attack from the
Mideast, then the conspiracy
theorists claimed it was caused by
us, or rather, by the
government---some mutant gene
escaping from the research
facility on Plum Island.

CURT
It's not that crazy you know!

BRIAN
Then the environmentalists said we
had unfrozen some pathogen in the
melting ice of the Arctic. The
last I heard, it was God's
punishment...

JAKE
So we have NO IDEA what it is or
how it started.

NESSA
Pretty much.. Then everything went
silent. We haven't had any news
for 10 days now.

JAKE
Cellphones? Internet?

BRIAN
Both went dark about 5 days ago.
Before that, Youtube had videos of
this starting to happen all over
the world. China, England, Russia.
We couldn't always understand what
(MORE)
 24.

BRIAN (cont'd)
they were saying, but we
understood the pictures....and it
looked just like it does over
here.

Jake looks back to Nessa...

JAKE
So nobody knows what's going on?
But it's happening everywhere... I
heard a helicopter overhead and
heard a car... Have you tried
finding other people?

BRIAN
We've tried, we've listened on the
ships radio, we think there might
be other out there....there has to
be, we can't be all that's left.
We've had no radio for the past
week.

JAKE
(gesturing to
group)
How did you all get here?

Brian stands up and goes to the stateroom window. He looks

out at the gathering DEAD.

BRIAN
We all got here by mistake...
I was on board when I heard Nessa
screaming and let her aboard. She
had one of those things chasing
her. Curt and Bob were also
running away from them.

BRIAN
Beth and Krissy locked themselves
in a car, then ran here...we were
all just trying to escape whatever
was chasing us.

CURT
The only thing we do know is you
don't want them to get to you. And
if they bite you, you turn into
one of them.

JAKE
holy shit..............
 25.

Kristen steps towards Jake.

KRISTEN
(shyly)
Can I play with your doggies?

Kristen's mom reaches for her daughter to pull her back.

BETH
Krissy honey, don't bother the
nice man.

Jake looks at Beth, then looks around the group of 6 and

smiles at Krissy.

JAKE
Sure you can. By the way, I'm
Jake.

He looks down at Kristen and pets both of his dogs.

JAKE
And this is Molly, and this is
Hatchet. Say hello to Krissy
guys.

The dogs tails wag at the attention.

Bob brightens up...

BOB
(snorting)
Ha! I get it! That's funny!

He becomes serious.

BOB
I'm Bob, Bob Ramos.

Jake looks round the room.

BILL
Bill Holt, chief engineer of this
ship. I'd just gotten aboard when
the shit hit the fan.......oh
'scuse me Beth, didn't mean to
cus.

BETH
That's OK, Krissy has seen worse
in the past couple weeks......I'm
Beth. just Beth. And this, you
know, is Krissy
 26.

BRIAN
I'm Brian Jones, I'm a teacher,
History.

Jake turns his attention to the last of the group.

I'm Vanessa Daniels. just call me Nessa. I WAS a pilates

instructor. a real useful occupation huh?

Nessa smiles a beautiful warm smile.

Both dogs wag their tails as Krissy comes closer to pet

them. Molly decides to lay down and present her belly to be
rubbed. Krissy giggles and sits down with both dogs
contentedly scratching and petting them. After a quiet
moment watching the child and the 2 dogs...

JAKE
(incredulously)
So what? There's no cure? Those
people can never be cured?

BRIAN
We don't know, but the last thing
we heard on the radio before they
went off was...

Byron agitatedly rubs his hand through his hair...

BRIAN
And this is crazy, but all the
person kept saying was "THEY'RE
DEAD--THEY'RE NOT SICK--THEY'RE
DEAD" over and over. You're the
only real person we've seen in a
week and we only let down the
gangplank because you had
dogs...we had to be sure you were
OK.

The small group all start to get up and leave, When a loud
scream is heard from outside the ship.

Everybody runs outside towards the sound...

EXT. IN DINGY - NIGHT

Screams pierce the coming evening, as a small dingy floats

by on the port side of the Sea Siren. Inside, a dark haired
young woman is trying to pull a man away from another man.
The attacker is viciously trying to get at the other mans
face. The screaming woman picks up an oar and aims it at the
 27.

neck of the Attacker. As it is held sideways, the oar cuts

partly into the attacker's neck. It turns around to face
her, It's eyes glint in the evening light and it decides to
attack her instead. Its just like one of those DEAD people
on the pier. The man it was attacking reaches out slightly,
his hand landing on a flare gun. The DEAD turns back to
him, and the man fires the flare gun into the DEAD's mouth.
His head momentarily starts to glow, getting brighter and
brighter until his eyes and ears pop sparks. The DEAD stops
moving and slowly falls over the side of the dingy.

EXT. RAILING OF CRUISE SHIP - NIGHT

BILL
(shouting)
Get those 2 life preservers

Nessa grabs 2 of the hanging life preservers from the

railing and throws them to Bill.

Bill throws them both over the side and yells down to the
boat people...

BILL
Grab it and put it around you!

Both occupants of the dingy hold their arms up in

anticipation.

EXT. IN DINGY - NIGHT

The man looks up at the descending life preserver, grabs it

and gets in, but the woman is having some problem and takes
a little longer. The man is pulled halfway up when the woman
is ready to go. Just as she is about to be lifted, an arm
reaches up from the water at the side of the dingy. It
clutches her ankle and won't let go. A grisly face with no
eyes appears out of the water, it's charred mouth moving as
if to bite. Finally it's grip loosens and it sinks back into
the water and she is pulled up to the ship.

EXT. RAILING OF CRUISE SHIP - NIGHT

BRIAN
Are you OK?
 28.

SHAHIRA
(gasping)
OHMYGOD he just woke up and
started to attack us. We saved
him, he almost killed us....

Adam comes forward and holds his sister to comfort her, he

looks up at his saviours thankfully.

Nessa kneels down and puts her arms around Shahira, lifting
her up, she leads the woman into the ship.

ADAM
Thank you. He nearly killed us.

BOB
Welcome to the LOVE Boat!

Adam looks at Bob quizzically, Brian puts his arm around

Adam and leads him towards the inside of the ship

BRIAN
(walking away)
Pay no attention to our little
friend here, he has a rather odd
sense of humor...

EXT. AT SHIPS RAILING- MORNING - DAY

4 in the morning. Jake wakes up to the sound of gunshots.

Hearing another shot, he heads up the stairs towards it. He
cautiously turns a corner,and sees the gunmen silhouetted
against the grey morning light about 15 feet away. The
gunman gets off another shot then chuckles...

BOB
HA! Gotcha!

Jake recognizes the voice and calls out to Bob...

JAKE
You know, they used to be people.

BOB
Well they ain't anymore

Bob lifts the skeet rifle once again and takes aim...

Jake moves to the rail, folds his arms and looks out to the
pier, about 20 feet down. Bobs rifle goes off and one of the
DEADs heads explodes sending bits of blood and gore
splattering on the other dead standing next to him.
 29.

JAKE
Anybody ever told you you're a
sick sonofabitch?

BOB
Only EV-ER-RY day!

Jake rolls his eyes and starts to walk away when he hears
the sound of a large splash...He returns to the railing...

Bob lowers his rifle...

JAKE
What was that?

BOB
Been hearing that all night. I
think they're jumping in the
water.

JAKE
Why would they do that?

BOB
dunno, but they...

Another splash is heard, down below they watch another dead

slowly put a foot over the side of the pier and fall into
the area between the pier and the boat. There is no sight of
it as it sinks to the bottom.

BOB
crazy dead mothafuckas...

3 more jump in.

Bob returns to the rail and takes aim once more.

BOB
(yelling at DEAD)
you givin me movin targets now!
It's on baby, it ON!

Jake turns away from the railing. From behind him he hears
the rifle go off twice in quick succession...

BOB
Ha Ha! Take that you dead fuckers!
 30.

EXT. PORT SIDE RAILING-MORNING - DAY

Beth is with her daughter at the port side railing, pulling

hard she brings the jerryrigged lobster pot on board. As it
lands on the deck, she goes to inspect it and quickly jumps
away in disgust. Inside, instead of crabs or lobsters, is a
partially decomposed arm.

BETH
Arrgh! disgusting! don't touch it
Krissy!

Beth goes to the 2 fishing poles and reels them in. One has
nothing on the end, the other has a lump of flesh and part
of a plaid shirt. She quickly drops them back to the sea.

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

Brian walks a corridor, Beth comes up flustered behind

him...

BETH
We have a problem. There's no
fish. No fish for 3 days now.

BRIAN
Great. Wonder if it has anything
to do with the STIFFS jumping into
the water.

BETH
The lobster pot had body parts in
it. It's disgusting.

Brian rubs a hand through his ruffled hair, he hasn't slept

well in weeks.

BRIAN
How are we for food?

BETH
We're REALLY low, we're going to
have to start rationing soon

BRIAN
just hang on Beth, we'll think of
something.
 31.

EXT. STARBOARD RAILING - DAY

The next morning is cloudy with threatening rain clouds. At

the waters edge, the crowd of DEAD has doubled overnight to
around 100. Many of them are well dressed, some casual, and
some wear hospital gowns or nothing, as if their deaths and
ultimate transformation were spontaneous and random. But
none look as if they have been DEAD long. The pier is
gradually filling up with the strangely shambling horde. All
is silent, no cars, no boats no airplanes, and no birds.
Nothing except for the strange low moan coming from the
gathering crowd. In the distance, are still more, coming
down to join those already there, as if they instinctively
know that Jake and the shipmates are different, and that
they need to get to them.

Jake walks out to the railing to see what has happened over
night. As he approaches the side, the crowd of DEAD moan
louder, excited at the prospect of getting one of the living
people.

Brian joins Jake at the railing.

BRIAN
You're up early.

JAKE
Yeah well, the early bird gets
eaten first.

Brian, chuckles, then sees what Jake's looking at...

BRIAN
They keep coming and coming...A
week ago, there were only a
few....I think they smell us

JAKE
I think we're going to start
smelling THEM soon.

Molly and Hatch both put their noses up in the air and
sniff. Hatch gives out a low growl as if he doesn't like
what he smells.

JAKE
Dog don't seem to like them. They
must sense something different
about them....
How are you for supplies? Do we
have food and water on the ship?
 32.

BRIAN
Food's a problem. I don't think
the ship was fully loaded for
supplies yet. the ship makes it
own water and we have some canned
goods, instant coffee, but that's
about it. We really need to do a
deep sweep of the ship and see
what we have, but something keeps
popping up...

JAKE
what with all the dead people and
everything...

BRIAN
Yeah.

BRIAN
You know...Bill was the chief
engineer---he says this ship was
the first of it's kind. It
hydrogen based, no fuel, just
processes the sea water or
something. Besides water, it makes
it's own electricity, so other
than food, I think we've lucked
out.

Beth walks over to the railing and joins the 2 men

BETH
We rigged up a lobster pot and
made a couple of fishing
poles...got them on the other side
of the boat facing the sea.
Haven't caught much, but enough so
far. With more people we might
have to find another way to get
food.

JAKE
What about weapons? Anything we
can use?

BRIAN
Bunch of flare guns,and some small
caliber rifles for the skeet
shooting.
 33.

JAKE
Yes, I noticed Bob found them.
What do you say we go take a look
around?

BRIAN
Now?

JAKE
You got other plans?

Nessa walks up to Beth and the two men and says...

NESSA
I'm coming too

Jake nods his head.

INT. ELEVATOR - DAY

At the main elevator, Beth stands behind Krissy, her hands

on her daughters shoulders. Nearby are Adam and Shahira and
Brian. The search team of Curt, Jake, Bob,and Nessa are
ready to go. Each has a large bag over their shoulders. Bill
arrives with an armful of small caliber rifles.

BILL
Here take one of these, they're
only for skeet shooting, but they
should offer SOME protection

CURT
Protection from what? You said we
were alone on this ship. We
would've seen something by now.

BILL
Make me happy. Take a gun.

Bill hands each of the search team one of the rifles.

NESSA
You keep it, I don't like guns.

She holds up a piece of metal pipe to show shes not

unprotected. Bill nods.

BILL
And these.... don't everybody talk
at once.
 34.

Bill hands each a radio for communications to the team, and

an additional one for Brian.

BILL
Brian, You can keep everybody else
company. If we need you we'll
call.

The small elevator closes, and goes up to the topmost deck.

Each with a bag to carry whatever they might see and need.
And each has some type of protection...just in case

JAKE
Stay together. Don't go off on
your own. If you get in trouble
YELL. Don't do anything stupid.

Bob rolls his eyes and looks sullen.

BOB
(mumbling)
Who made you the fuckin boss...

INT. OBSERVATION DECK - DAY

The elevator opens to the observation deck. All 5 walk

toward the railing.

A wide sweeping panoramic of the city of Vancouver, shows

just what is happening to the world out beyond the Canada
Place" Pier.

BILL
It's the end-times out there...

BOB
Man! the shit has hit the fan!

CURT
...and this is how we end....

NESSA
(whispering)
They're everywhere

The observation deck has a view over the treetops and

building tops of the surrounding area. There are streets
with cars stopped in the middle with their doors opened,
fire and smoke in the distance, a small group of DEAD
shuffling after a stray dog, and large puddles of blood.
Gunshots are heard in the far distance. But the overwhelming
image is of the DEAD walking aimlessly around.
 35.

JAKE
Let's go. There's nothing up here.

Nessa takes a longer look out over the city before running
back to the elevator.

INT. POOL DECK - DAY

All 5 exit the elevator on the pool deck. Potted trees and
plants surround a tropical themed swimming area. A
waterfall lies quiet, and brand new deck chairs are
scattered around. The pool is full, but cloudy as there's
been no one to care for it.

JAKE
We should probably drain the pool.
We could use it for rainwater.

BOB
Aw! I like the pool. Can't we keep
it?

CURT
I thought the ship made it's own
water?

BILL
It does, but it can't help to
collect rainwater, we don't know
how long we'll be here

Bob rolls his eyes as if he thinks all this long term

thinking is over the top. They all walk over to the side of
the pool, where there is a sun-room made from a geodesic
dome. Inside it's warm and humid,

JAKE
Hot in here!

BILL
This could work as a greenhouse.

BOB
GREENHOUSE?? How long you
thinking we have to stay here?

Jake and Bill walk over to the starboard side of the boat
and look at the DEAD at the pier

JAKE
Don't know. But it doesn't look
like it's going to get better fast
out there. There's even more
(MORE)
 36.

JAKE (cont'd)
today.

BOB
Shit. I was hoping this whole
thing would be over in a week!

CURT
Yeah. just like your love-life!

Bob snorts, Curt punches him in the shoulder, and they all
turn around back to the elevator.

INT. PASSENGER DECK - DAY

Arriving on one of the lower passenger decks, the elevator

closes behind. In front of them---a long carpeted corridor
with dark wooden doors on either side. All 5 go down the
hallway and start opening the unlocked doors.

A whistle of surprise comes from 1 room halfway down

Everyone follows the whistle sound to see

Curt stands over a long box that he's pulled from under a
bed, the box says champagne on the side in fancy scroll
letters. He opens the box revealing 2 rifles and a large bag
of marijuana.

BOB
(smiling)
SOMEONE had a little business
going here!

BILL
Must be crew. we knew some people
smuggled a little weed back and
forth...didn't know about the guns
though...

Bob offers his team a gun, when they decline he smiles,

putting one on each shoulder. Everybody continues opening
doors to empty rooms all along the hallway towards the ships
public areas

INT. CORRIDOR - DAY

The group comes to a T in the corridor, it continues left

and right with a arrow pointing right on the wall saying "to
restaurants".
 37.

JAKE
Lets split into groups. I'm
heading this way

NESSA
I'm coming with you

Curt points left.

CURT
We'll go this way

Jake and Nessa round a corner and are met with with a
disgusting smell. Somewhere between a dead animal and
garbage. The look at each other, as if expecting the worse
and enter the arched restaurant in front of them.

INT. RESTAURANT AREA - DAY

NESSA
(holding hand over
mouth)
My god, what IS that.

Jake looking alarmed, puts out his arm, barring Nessa.

JAKE
Did anyone check out this ship
before you all decided to live on
it???

NESSA
What do you mean......

Jake is alert, but continues further into the restaurant.

JAKE
(loud whispering)
Did anybody check to see it there
were any of those "things" on
board?

Jake stops in the middle, surrounded by cloth covered tables

NESSA
Bills been on board the longest, I
just assumed he knew...

JAKE
oh GREAT!
 38.

The smell seems to be coming from the kitchen area at the

back of the restaurant. They both move forward slowly, Jake
with his skeet rifle and Nessa with her metal pipe.

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

Nessa and Jake both enter through the swinging kitchen

doors. A huge gleaming stainless room with many cabinets
and doors. The smell is the worst in here. Nessa sees knives
hanging from a magnet on the wall. she opens a drawer
revealing 10-20 large knives.

NESSA
We got knives....lots of knives

Jake gives her a questioning look

NESSA
Hey...you can never have too many
knives...right?

While Nessa packs the knives in her bag, Jake walks towards
the freezers in the back.

JAKE
uggggggh! Here's the smell.

A small hand-truck has the remains of what once was 2 prime

sides of beef. Left out of refrigeration for this long, they
have partially decomposed, full of maggots and flies.

Nessa joins him, with her shirt pulled up over her mouth.
Jake eyes the freezer doors....

JAKE
Hey maybe we still have something
in here?

Jake steps into a large working freezer. There are shelves

with frost covered items on them. Nessa follows him in.
Hanging from a hook about 8 feet from the doorway is a large
side of beef, frozen solid. Towards the back there is
another side of beef on the freezer floor.

JAKE
Hey there! we got beef!

NESSA
How we going to get it out of
here?
 39.

JAKE
leave it here 'till we need it.

Nessa pats the large carcass and turns to leave. Jake

follows behind her, when the deeply frost covered wall of
the back freezer starts to make a tiny crack, and minuscule
pieces of ice fall down.

At the sound, Jake turns to look back into the freezer.

Suddenly, Near the fallen side of beef, the frost covered

wall comes alive. An ice covered arm reaches out as one of
the DEAD steps out of the embedded ice of the wall. It's
frost covered shirt reveals an embroidered patch reading
"Metro Beef Distribution, The Masters of Moving Meat" The
thing steps forward, both hands reaching out, It takes a
step forward, frozen eyes staring ahead, it's joints creak
as it strains against it's own frozen flesh...

NESSA
(yelling)
JAKE! Watch..ou.........

Jake spins around, stopping quickly, as Nessa gets behind

the thing and brings her pipe down directly on top of the
DEAD's head. The frozen head shatters into many red and
white chunks..... and the DEAD goes down, nothing left of
it's head except a white frozen stump.

JAKE
(breathless)
You're pretty good with that
thing...

NESSA
(out of
breath-grinning)
I had lots of ex-boyfriends.

INT. OUTSIDE MEDICAL CENTER - DAY

The walkie talkie speaks...

JAKE (VO)
(on radio)
We found one of those dead things
in the freezer. Be careful we
might not be alone.

Curt, Bill and Bob look at each other for a moment and raise
their guns...
 40.

Standing outside a door marked Medical Center, with the help

of Curt and Bill,Bob kicks down the locked door. Inside is a
basic, but well equipped emergency room. empty medical
cabinets stand to the side, waiting to be filled for the
ships first voyage. Clean sheets fit a small hospital bed.

BOB
looks CLEAR.

Seeing nothing, they move on down the corridor, coming to a

corner with a small convenience store outlet.

INT. CONVENIENCE KIOSK - DAY

BOB
Hey, look chips

Bob stuff the packages of potato chips into his bag, then
moves on to the pretzels and corn chips, emptying the whole
small stand.

CURT
look at this!

Curt stands before a wall, with dozens of small packets,

each containing some small version of a personal hygiene
item.

Curt picks up a tiny jar of Vaseline.

CURT
Four dollars for this? What are
they? Crazy?

BILL
Three dollars for 2 aspirins?
Shit. You can get a whole bottle
for that. This ships's a ripoff!

BILL
Well they're yours now. Take them
and lets go on.

Curt and Bob, as well as Bill stuff as many items as they

can in their bags and continue on.

INT. OUTSIDE RESTAURANTS - DAY

Nessa and Jake leave the restaurants area

 41.

NESSA
You think there's anymore of those
things?

JAKE
Don't know, I thought this ship
was empty...

NESSA
Bill said he was the only one
aboard before we all got here

JAKE
yeah....well Surprise!

Jake and Nessa go down another corridor, passing a small

library filled with books and a comfy sofa, they both look
in. Nothing moves.

NESSA
Wait...

Nessa walks in, goes to the children's section, grabs some

coloring books and crayons and stuffs them in her bag.

JAKE
For Krissy?

NESSA
(smiling)
yeah.

They continue down the hallway towards the ships shops

INT. GALLERIA - DAY

They make no noise on the granite floors as they pass the

many shops in the galleria. Liquor stores, hi-tech gadget
stores, clothes and an empty jewelry store.
Nessa walks up to the dummy in the women's high end clothes
store and stares at the gold embroidered chemise on the
mannequin. She looks for a price tag and finds none.

NESSA
(under her breath)
I guess if you gotta ask, you
can't afford it...

Jake overhears her.

JAKE
You can NOW.
 42.

Nessa thinks for a moment, then drops her bag and grabs the
blouse. She folds it delicately and puts it in her bag.

NESSA
(in "Posh" accent)
You know Daaarling, I'm going to
need shoes to match this.

Jake is on alert, watching the corners of the Galleria, but

basically good natured, he turns to Nessa...

JAKE
(grinning-also in
"posh" accent)
I'll have James bring the car
around for you to do a little
shopping

NESSA
OH thank you Daaarling!

INT. DISCO LOUNGE - DAY

Curt, Bill and Bob edge their gun muzzles around the corner
of the ballroom. It's wooden dance floor leads up to a large
stage. 2 floor Microphones sit on the stage, massive plasma
screens line the walls.

Curt drops his bag and jumps up onto the stage.

CURT
thank you! thank you....try the
veal!

Bill rolls his eyes.

Bob goes around the back of the stage to the audio panel. He
flip a few switches....a dull hum echoes in the ballroom. He
flips another switch and dazzling lighting effects go
through the room. Lastly, he flips a switch and the sounds
of Britney Spears Toxic blares for a moment, Bob quickly
switches it off.

BOB
Rich people have bad taste in
music.

BILL
Lets keep going.
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INT. BAR - DAY

Nessa and Jake continue to the bar areas. The first bar,
with piano, small stage and a 1940's theme. Jake walks up to
the piano, sits down and does a passable rendition of Piano
Man.

NESSA
so TALENTED! A Singing
veterinarian

Jake stands up and walks away from the piano.

JAKE
That's one of the ways I got
through vet school. Playing at
night, dog poop in the day!

Continuing on cautiously, they enter the champagne bar.

Nessa goes behind the bar.

NESSA
HEY, there's champagne here! I
guess they got time to get the
alcohol onboard

Jake joins Nessa behind the bar and picks up a champagne

bottle.

JAKE
And the GOOD stuff, too.

INT. CASINO - DAY

Curt, Bill and Bob walk through the arched entrance of a

large room. Curt reaches on the wall and turns on the
lights, revealing a large casino.

BOB
looks empty.

Wood paneled walls and spot down-lights illuminating the

centers of tables, thus leaving the rest of the area bathed
in darkness.

BILL
Wow. Last time I saw this, it
wasn't finished.

Curt and Bob enter the center of the room. Standing between
2 baccarat tables, Bob suddenly gets an idea.
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BOB
You think there's any money??

He trots to an area marked Cashier on the side, runs around

the counter and begins opening drawers. Curt joins him. One
drawer after another...no money.

CURT
(sadly)
BUBKAS!

They all walk towards the exit.

CURT
So Bill, why were you on this ship
in the first place?

BOB
Wife died a while back. I've been
living on ships since then. I was
waiting for the crew to come
aboard.

BOB
So you, like, know how to drive
this thing?

BILL
(smirking)
You don't "drive" a ship Bob, you
gently steer her in the direction
you'd like to go. And Yes, I can
steer this ship.

Continuing to talk as they walk to the elevator.

CURT
But I thought you wuz a
maintenance man?

BILL
Been pretty much everything on the
sea in my life. I retired for a
while, only came back cause I
wanted to see this ship.

Bill stands still for a moment gazing around him.

BOB
It's a nice ship.
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EXT. RAILING LOOKING OVERBOARD - NIGHT

Rifles facing forward, they all head outside towards the bow
of the ship. Curt looks down at the DEAD still gathering at
the edge of the pier and notices something new. He
approaches the rail and looks down into the water.

CURT
(shouting)
HEY, check this out!

Bill, joins Curt at the railing and looks down. Bob Follows

The water has an odd bluish glow about it.

BILL
(thoughtfully)
What the....?

EXT. BARS - NIGHT

BILL (VO)
(on radio)
Jake, something weirds going on.
Come up front on the main deck.

EXT. OUTSIDE BAR AREA - NIGHT

JAKE
On our way.

Both Jake and Nessa hurry to an elevator. It closes.

EXT. PORT SIDE RAILING - NIGHT

Bill and Curt go over to the port side of the boat, and
stand next to their lobster pot and fishing lines. Deep
below the water, are hundreds of individual glows.

Jake and Nessa arrive and look down in the water where Bill
points.

NESSA
what IS that?

BILL
I don't know. but I know where we
can see better. Come with me.
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INT. ANCHOR ROOM - NIGHT

Jake, Nessa, Bob and Curt follow Bill down a corridor to a

stairway leading to the anchor room. When reaching the
bottom of the stairs, Bill pushes a button and a door opens
flat, creating a platform low on the ship, hanging about 4
feet out over the water.

BILL
come'ere.

They all walk out onto the platform and lean down to take a
closer look in the water.

Looking down presents an eerie sight. The DEAD that have

been jumping into the water, now stand at the bottom...all
looking up at the ship

JAKE
...they're all around us...

NESSA
But why are they glowing?

BILL
Must be some kind of
bio-luminescent algae or plankton
or something. I've see it before
on beaches, but it must have
attached itself to the dead
tissue. Wow, didn't realize just
how many there were.

BOB
...I see dead people...

CURT
Idiot!-----
Guess that's why were not getting
any fish.

EXT. UNDERWATER - DAY

Their arms reaching up towards the ship, hair flowing in the

water, seaweed moving around their feet. The luminescent
DEAD stand on the bottom of the sea, eyes locked on the
living above.
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INT. CASINO LOUNGE - DAY

All the crew-mates are gathered in the lounge of the main

restaurant.

SHAHIRA
OK, we're running out of
everything. We only have about 20
cans of soup and 15 of vegetables.
The beef you found helps, and the
junk food, but that won't last
forever. And now we're not getting
any fish. I think the dead people
on the bottom are somehow keeping
the fish away.

BOB
How long you thinking we'll be
here?

CURT
(angry)
Take a look outside! You tell me
how long it'll take??!!

Bill leans forward in his chair...

BILL
Jake, when you rode your bike down
the pier, do you remember seeing a
van parked in the middle?

JAKE
Yeah I think so, why?

BILL
That was the supply company coming
to load the ship up. I don't know
what's inside, but it might be
food.

BOB
How do you think we're going to
get it? It's right in the middle
of all those dead things out
there.

Adam leans closer to the conversation.

ADAM
What about if we cause a
diversion?
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JAKE
What are you thinking?

ADAM
We get those things attention
somewhere else. I get their
attention and you scoop in and get
the food while they're not
looking.

Bill rubs his chin, thinking for a moment.

BILL
It could work...but it's crazy.

ADAM
I think you can safely say, we're
living in crazy times.

INT. PORT SIDE RAILING - DAY

Adam looks over the side, down below is an inflatable dingy.

Jake holds the end of the life preserver rope as Adam places
it around himself.

JAKE
Adam, you ready?

ADAM
man....deja vu in reverse!
Yeah, go.

Adam jumps over the side of the ship and is slowly lowered
down to the dingy by Jake. The rope comes up and Adam gives
a thumbs up. He starts to row around to the farthest end of
the pier.

INT. GANGPLANK--SHIPS ENTRANCE - DAY

Jake stands in the open doorway with the gangplank ready to

be extended, watching for the DEAD's reaction. Bill stands
next to him, his hand on the gangplank controls. Jake hears
a distant shout, and watches the DEAD slowly move away from
the ship and towards the noise. From the ship, Jake can see
that Adam has jumped on top of a small building, dancing
around and singing, he draws the attention away from what
Jake is intending to do.

Jake lowers the gangplank. The Dead pay him no attention

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His small bike makes soft sputtering sounds as Jake judges

when to go

INT. PIER - DAY

The area is mostly clear. He guns his bike down the

gangplank, racing the half mile to where the supply truck is
parked. Behind him, the gangplank starts to go up,
disconnecting the pier, and Jake, from the safety of the
ship.

INT. SUPPLY VAN - DAY

Driving faster, Jake spins around facing the back end of the
truck. The back end is open, with an inclining ramp for easy
unloading.
He drives up the ramp and into the back of the truck. He is
surrounded by cartons and boxes. He shuts off his bike, and
runs around and up to the drivers seat. As he closes the
drivers door, a few of the newly excited dead gather round,
hands up to the glass, moaning in anticipation.

Since the keys are in the ignition, hem starts the van,
dragging the unloading ramp, and a few random dead who've
attached themselves to the side of the door. As the van
picks up speed, they lose their grip and fall off.

INT. TOP OF SMALL BUILDING - DAY

Adam stands just out of hands way, on top of a small kiosk

building. Strutting back and forth, he's singing "Hot
Blooded" at the top of his lungs and clapping his hands. The
DEAD cluster around him, all pressing together as if at some
bizarre rock concert. Adam looks over as he hears the supply
truck pull down the pier, aiming for the ship...he stops
singing.

The loud noise of the supply trucks diesel engine, gets

louder. Some of the dead start to wander away from the kiosk
to where the louder noise is coming from. A few persistent
ones stay, looking up at Adam in his bright tie-died
t-shirt.

INT. PIER - DAY

Jake slows down, approaching the ship. He turns the truck

around and backs up to the end of the gangplank area. The
DEAD shuffle a little faster towards him as he opens the
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truck door, climbs up on top of the cab and walks across the
back of the truck above the open back door.

Jake looks across the pier at a waving Adam...who suddenly

disappears, as if falling straight down and backwards.

JAKE
ADAM!

No answer. just the full brunt of the dead heading Jake's

way

Behind him, Jake hears the gangplank being lowered. Curt and
Bob both appear, each with one of the found rifles. Jake
jumps down to the inside of the truck and starts to move one
of the crates, he hands it off to Bill, who quickly moves it
up to Brian at the entrance of the ship

JAKE
This better be worth it, Adam just
disappeared.

Holding the carton, Bill looks off in the distance to where

Adam should be and sees nothing.

Brian, and Nessa come down the gangplank to help Jake, who
keeps the crates and cartons coming.

BOB
Behind you!

He calls to Curt, who while bashing the head of one of the

DEAD, has another one about to take a bite out of his arm

Curt pulls his arm away as Bob shoots it dead center in it's
forehead

A small child tries to creep under and around the side of

the truck to get to Bob, Bob sees it, and using the back
handle of his rifle like a golf club, he knocks the child
off the pier and down into the water

BOB
(yelling)
ohhhhhh....that ain't right!

Curt shoots his rifle at the head of a grandmotherly type

old woman, but gets a double shot as the bullet passes
through her head and enters the dead person behind her. They
both fall into the water.

With the last carton in his arms, Jake looks towards the end
of the pier again.
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JAKE
ADAM! Adam!

Jake backs up the gangplank, flanked by Bob and Curt,

shooting at anything that appears around the sides of the
trucks.

JAKE
Get ready to pull the gangplank.

The three make it on the ship, just as the far end of the
gangplank lifts off the pier, pulling 2 of the DEAD with it
as it goes.

INT. INSIDE ENTRANCE TO SHIP - DAY

Shahira stands with one of the crates in her arms

SHAHIRA
Where's Adam?

JAKE
I don't know. He's probably still
out there.

Shahira drops her crate and runs up the stairs to the deck
above and runs to the starboard railing.

INT. STARBOARD RAILING - DAY

SHAHIRA
Adam! Adam! Can you hear me?

The rest of the crewmates join her, calling out to where he

was last seen.

CREWMATES
Adam! Adam!

There is no answer.

INT. PORTSIDE RAILING DUSK - NIGHT

The sun sets as Shahira sits cross-legged, looking out from

between the ships railings to the sea, hoping for sight of
her brother Adam. She rocks back and forth, tears running
down her face.
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INT. PORTSIDE RAILING MORNING - DAY

As the morning sun rises, Shahira still sits on deck, facing

the sea, her head leaning on one of the railings, she
sleeps.

BETH
(whispering)
Shahira, you have to come in, it's
freezing out here.

Beth hunches down, puts her arms around Shahira and rubs her
arms, feeling how cold they are.

SHAHIRA
NO! Adams coming, I'm waiting for
him.

BETH
I'm sure you're right, but you can
wait for him inside right?

Shahira allows herself to be lifted and led towards the

inside of the ship. He head resting on Beth's shoulder.

INT. CASINO - DAY

NESSA
OK, we have over a hundred jars of
olives, pickles, roasted peppers
and garlic. toilet paper and
millions of these little bottles
of shampoo. and get this...10 cans
of CANNED TUNA!

BOB
Thank god for the toilet paper!

Nessa continues

NESSA
There's a couple of boxes of
pasta, not much and there WERE
vegetables and fruit,but they were
all rotten. I hate to say it but
we can't live on this.

BOB
What if we ration it?
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CURT
You want a daily ration of pickles
and garlic? Can't live on that.

BOB
We still have the beef? right?

NESSA
Yeah. If we ration THAT, with 10
people, we should have enough for
about 10 days. After that we're on
our own, and we're still not
getting any fish. Those THINGS
seem to be scaring them away.
We're going to get hungry FAST.

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

Beth, Curt Krissy and Bill are in the kitchen putting away
the food they got from the van

SHAHIRA (VO)
screammmmmmmmmmmm!!!!!

BILL
What the hell was that?

INT. STARBOARD RAILING - DAY

Shahira clutches the railing and screams. Bill Curt, Krissy

and Beth run up to her

SHAHIRA
(pointing)
It's him...there he is...we have
to help him!

BETH
Wha...where...what are you
pointing at?

SHAHIRA
It's Adam. He's out there, can't
you see him?

INT. PIER - DAY

Adam has joined the front line of the dead at the pier-side.
His arms are badly bitten, his cheek is missing, and part of
his neck, but he wears the same brightly colored tie-die
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t-shirt he wore when his sister last saw him. He sways back
and forth, a gargling sound coming from his badly damaged
and bleeding neck.

INT. STARBOARD RAILING - DAY

BETH
oh my god. Go inside Krissy, go
play with the dogs...Shahira,
that's not your brother, it just
has a shirt like him...

Bill helps restrain Shahira with Beth, they both try to get
her inside. Beth looks pleadingly at Bill, pleading that he
do something.

BILL
(whispering)
Curt!

Bill nods at Curt, who returns the nod knowingly.

Shahira is led into the ship, still sobbing

SHAHIRA
We can't just leave him there!

BETH
Come on honey, come inside.

A few moments go by...

A single gun shot rings out.

INT. CASINO - DAY

BILL
I think we're gonna have to make a
trip into town

CURT
You're crazy! You seen what's goin
on out there??? We already lost
one person.

BOB
(smiling and
patting rifles)
I got Pro-tect-tion
 55.

CURT
You screwing those things too?

BOB
(sarcastic)
ha ha

JAKE
We should get get my boat.

Brian looks quizzically at Jake

BRIAN
Why, we have the life boats.

JAKE
We can use one of the rafts back
and forth from the shore, but my
boat can travel further, hold more
stuff. Gives us transport for
short trips.

Brian puts hands on knees and stands up.

BILL
He's right. His boat is more
maneuverable.

CURT
How we gonna do this.

JAKE
If we go at night, they won't see
us. We row to the tug, take the
tug up the shore, get what we need
and come back.

NESSA
You make it sound real easy.

CURT
It won't be easy, those things are
everywhere.

JAKE
you got another suggestion?

It becomes quiet as they all try to think of an alternate

idea.

CURT
Alright...I'm in.
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EXT. RAFT - NIGHT

Jake, jumps off the last rung of the emergency hanging

ladder, leading down to one of the Sea Sirens small
inflatable life rafts, he joins Bob, Curt, Nessa and Bill
already in the boat. There is an additional, empty life raft
in tow.

CURT
(pointing down)
look!

15 feet below them in the clear Canadian water, they see

hundreds of eerily glowing objects moving slowly at the
bottom of the sea. They seem to be beginning to cluster
underneath the life raft.

Bob jokingly tries to push Curt over the side of the boat

BOB
(whispers)
Watch out!

CURT
Asshole!

BOB
(surprised)
Relax, I was just kidding!

JAKE
(whispering)
QUIET!

The soft lapping of water, and the strange blueish up-light

give the group a surreal look. Oars quietly going in and
out, until the life raft goes completely around the end of
the pier, aiming for Jake's docked tug. There's movement
aboard the tug.

BILL
(to Jake)
Oh hell! Now what?

JAKE
Shit! Just hit anything that comes
near us...and aim for the head.

INT. TUG - NIGHT

Jake jumps aboard and ties the 2 life rafts to the tug, the
remaining 4 quickly pounce onto the ship, surprising the 3
 57.

silhouettes on the boat. There is one DEAD trying to get on

the tug from the pier, but it becomes unbalanced and falls
in the water, another takes it place. The same thing
happens.

Nessa runs up towards the front of the boat to a slow moving

DEAD policeman and quickly sinks her crowbar into it's head.
It goes down, but the crowbars stuck. Behind her, a DEAD
woman in work-out gear shuffles toward her unseen...it's
mouth already open and dripping liquid onto it "juicy"
jacket. Bob leans back "Rambo-style" and shoots MANY bullets
into the dead woman's head, causing it to slowly
disintegrate--one piece falling after another until there's
only a bloody stump. The DEAD woman slumps to her knees and
falls face first on the boat deck. Nessa frees her crowbar.

NESSA
THANKS!

Curt walks towards the engine room of the tug and opens the
door into the dark room, it seems clear. Closing the door,
reveals a DEAD teenager standing behind it. It pushes
forwards, causing Curt to fall and slip down. Before he has
a chance to get up, it's on him.

CURT
(yelling)
HEY! HEY! HELP!

Jake appears around the corner and comes to Curt. He kicks

the DEAD teenager in the head, hoping to dislodge it, but
only enrages it instead. The DEAD turns it's head, revealing
a mass of maggots in it's eye socket, and turns on Jake.

Pushing Jake up against the ships wall, Jake turns his head
just as 2 maggots from the things eye falls on his chest.
There's a loud shot as the thing slides down and away.
Jake's head is still turned as he lowers his sky-pointed
rifle. The bullet entered under the things chin and exited
out the top of it's head, taking a hefty chunk of brain on
it's way. It falls over.

JAKE
God, I hate these things.

Jake runs around to the rope tying his tug to the pier.
Nessa helps loosen it, and drop it to the deck.

NESSA
I'll stay here, you go move this
thing
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BOB
Yeah, I'll keep'em off.

Bob parts his legs, and aims at the DEAD on the pier tying
to get closer. He randomly shoots a few bullets into the
crowd as the ship slowly starts to move away.

EXT. TUG - NIGHT

Through the grey evening fog, the tug travels the few miles
north along the Vancouver shoreline. Patches of darkness are
interrupted by dim lights. All along their journey, the DEAD
wander around, bewildered, in what's become of their world.
Leaving the tug about 100 feet from shore. The crewmates
strap on their bags and get into the first life raft,
leaving the empty raft for supplies, and prepare to row
toward the nearby shoreline town

EXT. LIFE RAFT - NIGHT

Coming ashore near some rocks, they leave the rafts and
crouch toward the shore and stores. Above them the DEAD moan
mournfully.

EXT. IN TOWN - NIGHT

There are few lights here, darkness sits in the corners.

Hordes of DEAD wander the streets, grouping together under
what little lighting there is. They are now more tattered.
Their hair hangs limp as it's been raining, and many look
like they have been rolling in mud....or blood.

The group of 5 hides behind a fence, The four men have

rifles pointed towards the DEAD, Nessa has a length of metal
pipe in her hand.

NESSA
(whispering)
They're everywhere.

BRIAN
(shocked)
Look at them! This is what we'll
turn into

BOB
Not me. I'll shoot myself first.
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JAKE
They're not us. There's nothing
inside. Remember that.

BILL
Follow me. There used to be a
stripmall with a hunting store in
it.

Using the evening fog as cover, they crouch low and scramble
behind some flowerbeds. Crossing an alley they come to the
back of a group of stores.

Each back door has a large dumpster, There is an old Camry

and a new SUV parked nearby.

JAKE
Bob! follow me!

Jake runs to the side of the SUV, Bob follows him.

JAKE
Can you get her to start?

Bob grins

BOB
Yeah.

JAKE
I'm going to need you to do it
later. Get it open first.

Bob nods yes. Jake goes back to the group at a back door of
one of the stores. Bob stays with the car, getting the doors
open.

INT. GUN STORE - NIGHT

Bill uses his gun butte to bust open the back door of the
first store. Its the gun store. They all enter. Bob follows
15 seconds later.

BOB
(in awe)
Whooo! Look at all this stuff.

JAKE
We can't eat guns, leave room for
the stuff we really need.
 60.

The men spread out among all the available weapons. Picking
up some and judging their weight and feel. Eventually, each
chooses something to replace their skeet rifle, however, Bob
fills his pants with as many guns as his belt will hold.

Bob hands a 45 pistol to Nessa

NESSA
NO. I'll stick to what I've got.

Bob shrugs and moves on to an area with fishing gear. Jake

sees where he's heading and follows.

JAKE
Good idea, get what you can carry.

Arms full of fishing gear, they head out the back door.

Before leaving Nessa looks out the glass windows at the

front of the gun store, and watches the bodies of the DEAD.
Unaware that the living are near.

INT. BACK OF STRIPMALL - NIGHT

The SUV's back hatch door is lifted, they run to it and put
all their stuff in.

EXT. SECOND DOOR BACK OF STRIP MALL - DAY

Assembled at the back of the next door, they again bust

through, and enter a pharmacy. Jake goes to the back of the
pharmacy and starts to load up.

JAKE
Grab anything with a "cillin" or
"iacin" at the end. Anything that
looks like it might be an
antibiotic.

BILL
What about Aspirin---that kind of
stuff?

JAKE
Yeah good. we need that too.

As the men are filling up their packs with the stuff Jake
tells them to take, Nessa goes towards the front of the
pharmacy, on the way grabbing boxes of birth control pills
and condoms. She stuffs them in her bag and looks out the
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drug store windows. The DEAD are moving differently, All

coming towards the front of the STORE.

NESSA
Hey guys...I think we need to get
moving...

Jake comes up behind her closing his bag

JAKE
They know we're here...

CURT
But we still need food. we may not
get another chance to get it...

Jake stands inside the back door, listening...

He opens the door.

EXT. OUTSIDE STRIP MALL - NIGHT

One DEAD has made the trip around to the back of the
stripmall. It's a woman in a nightgown, looking strangely
benevolent, as if just woken up. This image is shattered as
deep moan comes out of her throat. Jake runs up to her,
aware not to alert the other DEAD, and, grabbing Nessa's
pipe, jams it into the woman's ear. The pipe appears out the
other side, dark and wet. The woman drops to the ground.

BILL
(nodding to Bob)
Take these. Meet us at the next
one.

Bill hands his bag to Bob to take back to the SUV. The rest
leave their bags with Bob to empty also.

JAKE
comon, lets go...

BILL
This way.

They run/crouch from behind the strip mall, across the

street to a food store. On the way, the DEAD feel something
different in the air, and begin to shuffle towards what they
can't see but can sense.

Hiding behind a smelly dumpster, they break into the rear of

the food store.
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INT. GROCERY STORE - NIGHT

NESSA
ugggggh!. stinks! it's all rotten

CURT
Not everything...

He grabs a bag of M&Ms.

NESSA
Leave that. we have that stuff on
the ship. Get real food

Curt drops the bag, and goes down the aisle grabbing food in
cans.

Jake heads to the pet aisle, filling up on dog food.

Across the store, a jar breaks. Everybody stops, and

quietly moves toward the sound. Curt goes back and gets the
m&ms and stuffs them in his bag.

Nessa comes down one aisle with Bill, Curt down another with
Jake...Another glass crashes towards the produce department.

Coming around the corner, near what was the tomato section,
is what is left of a store clerk. He looks intact, nothing
missing, except that he is obviously one of the DEAD. He
drives a shopping cart back one step, forward one step, each
time going further into a shelf of salad dressing. The floor
around him is littered with broken bottles and slippery
dressing.

The DEAD store clerk looks up from his cart, and starts to
walk towards Nessa. It's feet slip out from beneath it in
the slippery goo, and it lands on it's back. Legs kicking,
arms flailing, it frantically tries to get to Nessa, but
can't get traction. Nessa stands watching it in
fascination, just as Bob appears. In 1 shot, it stops it's
flailing and Bob lowers his gun.

NESSA
I kinda feel sorry for him. He's
just a kid.

CURT
A DEAD, mindless, HUNGRY kid that
would rip your throat out without
thinking....but yeah, just a kid
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BOB
They're bags of meat. Don't get
attached.

BILL
Come on people, lets get stuff and
get out of here.

NESSA
Wait! We need any canned meats
you see, and things in packets.

JAKE
We're on it.

The group spreads out to different areas of the store,

picking up pasta, cans, and many other things, stuffing them
in their bags.

Minutes later, their bags full, the assemble at the back

door of the store.

Just as they are leaving, Nessa notices a revolving stand

with a "BURPEE" sign. Below are hundreds of little seed
packages. Nessa stops and stuffs all of them in her sack.
She joins the others.

JAKE
Lets get the hell out of here.

BILL
I'll drink to that!

Heavily laden, all five make there way back to the SUV and
fill the back with their bags.

JAKE
Bob, do your thing.

The group waits for Bob to hotwire the car. A small group of
DEAD are forming at the end of the rear shopping mall.

CURT
Any time now would be good!

BOB
Give me a fucking second here.

BILL
We're gettin a little company here
Bob....
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The crowd of DEAD moves closer, the moan is so loud it can

be heard from it's distance of 50 feet.

Jake looks in the car to see what Bob is doing

JAKE
you can do this right?

BOB
yeah yeah yeah

The SUV starts up with a cough followed by a reassuring

rumble.

They all get in and close the door. Bob is driving, he

speeds up when he is 30 feet away from the crowd. Some are
hit and fall down, Most slap the SUV, smacking it's windows,
leaving blood and other fluids dripping down it's sides. The
car moves slowly ploughing it's way through the wall of
DEAD.

CURT
there's more coming...just keep
GOING!

BOB
I'm going I'm going!!!!

The car rides rough over the fallen bodies, rolling from
side to side over their forms. The cargo rams from one side
of the back to the other as the slapping on the windows
increases to banging.

JAKE
Can you go any faster??

BOB
Workin on it!!!!

The car makes it out of the largest part of the crowd and
stops just short of the trail down to the water and their
rafts.

Bob, Curt and Jake jump out and take defensive stands,
protecting the car while the rest remove the stuff from the
back.

NESSA
This is going to take a couple
trips. You guys alright?

BOB
yeah GO!
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Nessa and Bill take 2 trips down to the raft with the bags
and other items.

In front of Curt and Bob are about 25 DEAD slowly shambling

their way over to him from around the town. On the other
side of the SUV, Jake is looking at 10 DEAD.

Gunshots go off as Bob drops 3 of them, Curt damages 4

enough to stop them walking.

Jake's rifle jams, nothing happens as 3 of the gooiest DEAD

make their way over to him.

JAKE
(yelling)
Got a little problem here!!!...

Curt turns around, shooting a fat DEAD man in a black

bondage outfit, just before it's reaching arms touch Jake.
Jake uses his rifle as a baseball bat and hits the head of
the librarian DEAD that inches up on his left.

Nessa runs up from the raft.

NESSA
This is the last! Come on!

All run down to the already loaded raft, and push off from
shore, just as more DEAD appear at the SUV. They watch from
the shore as the raft rows away.

BOB
fuckin creepy.

EXT. TUG - NIGHT

Back on the tugboat--it leaves the pier. Loud splashes are

heard in the dark as the agitated DEAD try to jump to the
boat, but miss. They reach out frantically from the pier,
falling into the water, increasing the numbers of those
already deep at the bottom

INT. RESTAURANT LOUNGE - NIGHT

Canned goods, boxes of food and medicines, spill out onto

the restaurant table in front of Shahira and Beth.

BOB
Maybe we should have a party?

Bryan puts his arm around Bob.

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BRIAN
You know, that may not be a bad
idea. What do you all think?

BETH
I think it's a great idea. We need
something to celebrate. What do
you think Krissy? You like a
party?

Krissy smiles and claps her hands.

Shahira is glassy eye-ed and silent.

NESSA
I'll bring the champagne!

INT. STATEROOM - DAY

Nessa looks in the mirror and adjusts the gold embroidered

chemise she got in the Galleria earlier. She tries it tucked
into her jeans, and decides she likes it better outside. At
the last moment, she decides to take her bra off. Still in
the chemise, she unhooks it, pulls the straps down and off
her arms and pulls the bra out from the side armhole. She
smiles and runs her hands through her hair.

INT. DISCO - NIGHT

Smiling as she gets off the elevator, Nessa hears loud

blaring music. It gets louder as she walks down the corridor
and into the Disco. Inside the crewmates are already
gathered. Bill is sitting at one of the tables with Beth and
Shahira, Krissy sits on the floor playing with Hatch and
Molly. Curt, Bob, Jake and Brian all sit around a table
laughing. As Nessa enters, Jake stands up.

NESSA
Hi.

She feels like an idiot, in her shiny shirt, saying hi to

someone, who just an hour ago was killing DEAD people with
her.

JAKE
Hi.

Jake pulls out a chair for her, The vision of Nessa "cleaned
up impresses him.
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NESSA
I brought the champagne, but it
looks like there's already enough.

BETH
You look nice Nessa.

NESSA
Thanks...just a little something I
had lying around.

Curt is talking to Bob.

BOB
You think Xena is DEAD? I hope
she's not DEAD.

CURT
Maybe New Zealand got spared?

BOB
She lives in Hollywood...

CURT
Uh, then she's definitely DEAD.
Hollywood was dead even before
this!

Amazed and confused, Jake turns to talk to Nessa

JAKE
So....Pilates? That must be
interesting.

NESSA
Not really. I did that to get
through school. I was going for my
fine arts degree.

JAKE
Like painting?

NESSA
Yes, I even had a small studio.

NESSA
I suppose the last thing this
world needs now is an artist. It
needs engineers and doctors and
things.
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JAKE
I disagree. Artists are the souls
of a civilization. They make us
look at ourselves and give us hope
that things can be more beautiful.
We need beauty now more than ever.

NESSA
You sure you're a vet?

JAKE
(mock offended)
Vet's can be sensitive!

NESSA
(laughing)
OK, I guess they can!...Where the
food Mr Sensitive!

Nessa gets a plate of food and comes back. the music in the
ballroom as changed to a more slow pace, good for dancing.
Bill and Beth get up under the muted ballroom lights and
dance together, slowly to the slow rhythms of the music.

Jake looks at Nessa and nods at the dance floor.

Nessa thinks for a moment and gets up, taking his

outstretched hand. together they move as one, both in sync
with each other. Off to the side, Krissy watches her mom and
Bill and smiles seeing her mom happy.

BOB
You got any family?

CURT
Father and 2 brothers.

BOB
Think they're OK?

CURT
Lets not talk about it, OK?

BOB
OK. I got a sister. It's just me
and her. We were really close,
she's older so she always looked
after me. We lived in our parents
house. The last time I saw her, we
fought as she went off to work.

There's a small catch in Bob's throat.

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CURT
We fought cause I ate the last
donut.

Brian shuts off the music and comes back to the party. The
dancers go back to their seats.

BRIAN
I'd like to say a little
something....To all those we knew
and loved, may you rest in the
arms of a kindly god.

Brian lifts his glass, the rest of the crewmates do too.

BETH
Krissy, I think it's time for your
bedtime? Comon

Beth stands, takes Krissys hand and leads her away. Molly
and Hatch come and sit by Jake.

Bill gets up to leave also, following Beth and Krissy

NESSA
I think I'm going out for air,
I'll see you around.

JAKE
Goodnight.

Jake looks down at Molly.

JAKE
What do you think MOl? You like
Nessa?

Jake heads up and out also, Molly and Hatch slowly padding
behind him, leaving Curt and Bob sitting at the table.

CURT
You still got it??

Bob smiles and shows him the remaining bag of marijuana

CURT
FIRE it up!

INT. STARBOARD SIDE DECK - NIGHT

Nessa sits on the deck, back against the ship, arms around
her knees, looking out towards the DEAD. They know she's
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there, they both see her and smell her. Some of them shake
the railing of the pier in frustration, and a few climb over
it, arms reaching out, only to fall into the water. The
ocean glows with the underwater walking dead.

JAKE
Hey. Thought you were going to
bed?

NESSA
Too nice a night, even with them!

Nessa points to the DEAD.

Jake slides down the wall, landing in a sitting position

next to Nessa.

They both stare out at the agitated crowd for a few minutes.
No one speaks...

NESSA
I have a family out there. I keep
hoping they made it up north,
where there's less people.

JAKE
I'm sure they got out before it
got to this.

NESSA
My little brother has his first
girlfriend. He's so cute! He
wanted me to help him pick out her
birthday present.....

Nessa covers her face with her hands and cries.

NESSA
(crying)
He WAS so cute. I have to learn to
say he WAS so cute.

Jake reaches out and puts his arm around her to comfort her.

NESSA
Nes, you don't know what happened.
Try to think the best...if they
had any brains, I bet they saw
what's going on and got out fast.

Nessa wipes her eyes. She stays in Jake's arms.

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NESSA
What about you. You don't talk
about your family.

JAKE
There's not really much to talk
about, We're pretty spread out.
Fathers in Germany, Sisters in
France, Mother died about 10 years
ago. It's just me and my dogs.

NESSA
You love them a lot, don't you?

JAKE
(smiling)
The more I know people, the more I
like my dogs.

Both of them sit that way for moment...Nessa holds Jake's

hand, tracing the small pale band of skin on his finger...

NESSA
And this?

Jake looks down at this finger, rubs it with the other hand
as if trying to make the mark go away....

JAKE
That's an old story....

NESSA
Looks pretty recent to me.

Jake leans his head back against the ship, listening to the
moaning of the dead. He is quiet for a few moments...

JAKE
She found someone else. Said I
never had time for her, and she
was lonely. I guess I never really
believed her until one day I came
home and she wasn't there. What's
really sad, was it took a couple
of days for me to notice...that's
how disconnected I was.....seems a
long time ago now.

NESSA
The world seems a long time ago.
What are we supposed to do now?
Does the world go on? Does
anything matter anymore?
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Jake looks down at the quietly crying Nessa

JAKE
It always matters. It's all we
have. We have no choice but to go
on. We have to find a way to make
this work until it's all over.

NESSA
You think there's an end to this?
Look at them. They're already
dead, how do THEY end?

JAKE
Basic science says they can't go
on forever. They'll wear out,
dissolve, disintegrate whatever.
We just don't know when so we've
got to wait it out

JAKE
so we're talking years here?

JAKE
that's my guess.

Both sit that way, under a full moon, up lit with the eerie
glow from underwater. Jake starts chuckling to himself

NESSA
What's so funny?

JAKE
Moonlight, ocean view, beautiful
girl...if it wasn't for all the
dead people, it might be kind of
romantic.

NESSA
(smiling)
It's still kind of
romantic....kind of.

Jake looks down at Nessa, still in his shoulder.

JAKE
yeah?

His face moves slowly towards hers

NESSA
(whispering)
yeah....
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They kiss lightly, gaining in intensity.

INT. NESSA'S STATEROOM - NIGHT

While still kissing, Nessa raises her arms over her head,
helping Jake pull up the expensive gold embroidered chemise.
It falls to the ground, he tightens his arms around as they
continue to kiss. Nessa grabs the bottom of Jake's T-shirt,
pulling it over his head as they stumble towards the
stateroom bed. Nessa giggles as Jake kisses her neck and
drops her to the bed.

INT. ENGINE ROOM - NIGHT

Past the luxurious stores, past the potted plants and costly
furnishings, down a long staircase....a loud booming sound
gains strength, as the hands of 20 dead people bang the
walls and door of the dimly lit engine room.

EXT. CENTER ATRIUM - DAY

Sitting on one of the stairs in the large center atrium,

Curt and Bob giggle and snort, passing the HUGE joint back
and forth.

BOB
Are you kidding me...Kirk could
beat Picards ASS!

CURT
That's cause Picard THOUGHT his
way out of things.....he didn't
stick his dick into every female
alien he saw!

BOB
(thoughtful)
If they're alien, how do you know
where to stick it?

CURT
(pontificating)
If you go with the theory that we
all have a basic ances.....

Krissy appears in front of Bob and Curt. They quickly hide

the joint behind their back...Bob plans to hold his smoke in
until the little girl walks away. He exhales behind his back
as Krissy suddenly sits. She has a small ball in one hand.
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Across from her sits down, an ALERT border collie, ears up

and only the tip of the tail wagging.

KRISTEN
Ready Hatch?

Kristen throws the ball along the ground. Hatchet pounces

after it, getting it in his mouth just before it falls down
the long center staircase of the atrium.

He runs back to Krissy, deposits the ball in her lap and

goes back to his ALERT position across from Krissy.

KRISTEN
(giggling)
ewwwwwwwww....it's wet

She holds the wet ball gingerly and throws it again. This
time however, she throws it farther than before, and the
ball goes down the stairway before Hatchet can get it.

CURT
Don't go far Krissy!

Both Hatchet and Krissy go down the stairway to find the

ball. it bounces down 3 flights and stops in front of a
large bulkhead door near a yellow emergency cone.

Krissy bends down to grab the ball, and then pauses as a

loud BANG is heard coming from the other side of the
bulkhead door. There is a small window up high in the door,
Krissy tries to see it on her tiptoes, but its way too high.
Another BANG. Krissy steps back.

KRISTEN
lets go up Hatch...

Krissy runs up the staircase, followed by Hatch, to Bob and

Curt.

KRISTEN
Bobby I heard something.

BOB
(snorting)
What did you hear Krissy?

KRISTEN
Banging on the big door.

Mid breath, both Curt and Bob look at each other

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EXT. MAIN RAILING - DAY

Curt and Bob walk up to Brian.

CURT
Get Jake and Bill...we have to
check something out.

INT. AT BULKHEAD DOOR - DAY

Standing on the bottom step of the long staircase, Brian and

Jake walk towards the engine room door...

BANG......BANG....BANG BANG.

BRIAN
This can't be good

Another BANG.

Jake and Brian walk up to the door avoiding a bright yellow

cone with "no entry" on it, and each stand to one side. Jake
slyly takes a look into the small bulkhead window. Bob and
Curt watch from the base of the steps. He instantly pulls
back.

JAKE
Shit! They're inside. Take a
look!

Brian looks in the window. A HAND slams on the glass,

leaving a smear of blood. Brian pulls back, then slowly
looks again. This time he's greeted with the gray sunken
face of one of the DEAD. It's vacant eyes lock with his, and
it's mouth opens, emitting a low guttural sound. it starts
to bang the door faster.

JAKE
How strong do you think this door
is?

BRIAN
I don't know, they've been here a
while, it's metal, it looks pretty
strong to me...but we can't just
leave them here. This area is
maintenance. We're going to have
to go in eventually...

Jake takes another look inside the window. The DEAD is

clawing at the glass, but Jake is able to look past it to
see that this one DEAD is not alone. He counts 22 shuffling
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corpses in the background. Two of them dressed in

maintenance coveralls, the rest are business people. The
DEAD at the window has embroidered over his pocket, "Jerry".

JAKE
Our boy Jerry here has friends
with him. I counted 22, there may
be more.

FUCK!

INT. CENTER ATRIUM - DAY

Standing at the brass rail, looking down the 3 stories in

the 3 story atrium of the cruise ship, Jake is tying a thin
metal cable to a thick strap around a grand piano. On the
other side of the atrium, Curt is tying the other end of the
thin metal cable around a commercial dishwasher. Both the
piano and the dishwasher have been lifted to the height of
the brass rail, and there, they teeter, only stopped from
falling because they are lightly held in place by Curt and
Jake. The cable lays across the brass rails and crosses in
the middle.

BILL
Someone still has to go and open
the door...

Jake looks at Bill squarely, his mind is made up...

JAKE
Yeah that's me.

BRIAN
wait, I have an idea...

JAKE
Good. I don't want to be a hero.

INT. DOOR OUTSIDE ENGINE ROOM - DAY

Brian sits behind a partially closed closet door. In his

hand is the end of a piece of rope. The other end is tied
around the latching bulkhead door handle. He sweats, not
because he's afraid, but because he wants to get this thing
going. He hears his cue. From high above, the cruise sound
system starts playing loudly. Britney Spears "Toxic" blasts
down the staircase, enraging and exciting those dead souls
banging on the door.

He pulls the rope, he reels it and pushes back and closes

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himself in, his legs bracing himself in the small closet.

Now all he can do is wait....and pray.

INT. OUTSIDE ENGINE ROOM DOOR - DAY

Their shuffling increases, now with a focus on the slightly

open door--- open just enough for them to push. They spill
out to the base of the staircase. The music propels them
forward, hoping that something is waiting for them at the
top. Slowly, but determinedly, they climb the stairs.

INT. ATRIUM - DAY

Curt is located on one side of the atrium, Jake on the

other. Between them in the center of the atrium, the wire
cable crosses and quivers. Both men stand behind their heavy
weighted object, ready to push when the time is right. Bob
stands in the center/back of the atrium. One rifle in each
arm, cocked like some sort of disturbed commando.

Swaying to the blasting music, the DEAD make their way up

the staircase. Moving faster as they see Bob in the center.
They extend their arms and open their mouths. Dry mouths and
shriveled tongues hope for a piece of Bob.

BOB
WOOOOOOHOOOOOO! Come and get a
piece of THIS!

The dead move faster towards Bob.

JAKE
(Shouting)
NOW!

Hatch, enraged, Leaves where he and Molly were being held by

Nessa, and leaps forward, Growling deeply. He runs up to one
of the DEAD in the front row and grabs onto it's pantleg.
The DEAD reaches down to Hatch, falling, as it's leg is
pulled out from beneath it. Hatch growls and doesn't let go.

Curt and Jake push their heavy bundles forward at the same
time. The load teeters, then falls down the empty air space,
building up speed. The metal cables whip across the brass
railings, Cris crossing each other, then slam against the
wall near the staircase leaving a red smear, the piano and
the dishwasher swaying free in the air.

CURT
(softly)
Did it work?
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JAKE
Hatch! Get over here!!

Hatch lets go, his face blood covered as he returns to his

masters side.

Bob quickly shoots the DEAD lying on the ground with 1

bullet.

The rest of the DEAD stand still, their arms reaching out,
their mouths ready, they have stopped moving forward.
Slowly, softly, almost gently, the head of Jerry, with his
embroidered coverall....juicily slides off his body. In dead
silence, the heads of the DEAD behind him also slide off.
ALL of the heads of the remaining DEAD slide off their
bodies, landing with a moist thwack to the marble floor of
the atrium.

JAKE
WHOOOOOHOOO!

The small group congratulates themselves with manhugs all

round.

Bob stoops to look into the neck cavity of one of the Dead.

BOB
(smiling)
LOOK, ya can count the rings and
see how old it was!!!

Hatch runs back to Molly, lays his head down on his paws, a
small puddle of blood collects under his belly.

INT. MEDICAL CENTER - DAY

Holding a bleeding dog, Jake rushes to the medical center

aboard the ship. He gently lays Hatchet on the bed and
immediately runs his hands over the whole dogs body. He
looks closer at the dogs neck wound...

JAKE
Hold on buddy. Just hang on!

Nessa, Bob and Shahira run to the medical center door, as

Jake is looking for something to staunch the blood.

SHAHIRA
What happened?

BOB
Hatch got hurt.
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SHAHIRA
(whispering)
How?

BOB
He went after one of the dead
people on the stairs. We didn't
know he was hurt...until we saw
all the blood. He lost a lot of
blood.

Jake holds a bandage to his dogs neck, it quickly becomes

bloodsoaked.

JAKE
I gotta close this wound. WHERE IS
EVERYTHING????

Jake goes around the room, opening drawers, opening

cabinets, finding nothing he can use to help. He goes back
to his dog.

Molly waits in the corner of the room, intent on Jake and

Hatch.

JAKE
Hatch!

Nessa moves closer to the bed and puts her hand on Hatchets
back and gently comforts him. Hatchet whimpers...

NESSA
Jake...

Hatches eyes close and his breathing becomes laboured.

JAKE
(at Nessa)
Stop it. STOP IT!

Nessa backs away from the hospital bed, and slowly moves
toward the door. She pauses at the door taking one long last
look at the sad scene before her before she leaves...

NESSA
Comon, lets leave him be.

Curt, Bob, Nessa and Shahira quietly leave.

Jake leans down until his face is close to Hatches. He puts

his hand on Hatchet's head.
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JAKE
(whispering)
Hatch buddy, you're going to be
fine...comon big boy! Stay with
me!

Hatch has the strength to thump his tail one last time as he
looks at this master and closes his eyes... for the last
time....

Jake lowers his head.

JAKE
(softly,
emotionally)
you been a good dog Hatch.
a....good dog.

Molly moves closer to Jake, lies down at his feet and

whimpers

INT. GREENHOUSE - DAY

Beth pats Shahira's back with encouragement as she shows her

and Krissy how to plant the seeds. Curt and Bob drag in
another of the ships many plant filled containers from
around the ship.

BETH
That's good Krissy.

Krissy smiles and digs another small hole, dropping another

small seed in it.

CURT
(breathing heavy)
Where you want this?

BETH
Over here.

Beth indicates an area next to a bunch of other finished

planters.

BETH
How many more are there?

CURT
This is just ONE deck
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Beth smiles. She walks over to a red-eyed Shahira, bent over

her planter. She's been crying for days, But as Beth walks
over to her she smiles a sad smile.

BETH
Both of you, you just wait! We'll
have fresh veggies and fruit in
just a few months now.

Beth wipes her brow from the humidity in the geodesic

greenhouse and looks out the window to see Bill working on
emptying the pool. He looks up, smiles and waves at her

Beth touches her lips and raises her hand, waving back.

INT. PORTSIDE RAILING - DAY

Shahira pulls hard on the crab pot, raising it to the deck

of the ship. She leans down to open it.

SHAHIRA
Damn!

Bob walks up to see what she found.

BOB
Anything?

SHAHIRA
Nope, still nothing. The fish
aren't coming back.

BOB
Yeah, the dead are still glowing
too. If this keeps up, we're going
to have to start eating EACH
OTHER!

Shahira smiles at this, and Bob turns bright red.

BOB
I mean...that's not what I meant,
I meant that.....

SHAHIRA
(smiling)
Yeah.... I know what you meant. Go
ask Bill if he has any ideas,
maybe I'm doing this wrong
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BOB
What about the fishing poles?
Anything there?

SHAHIRA
Nothing!

INT. BRIDGE - DAY

Bob walks onto the ships bridge. Bill is looking out the
front window at the sea

BOB
Bill, did you talk to Shahira?

BILL
Let me guess...still no fish?

BOB
Yeah. Nothing on the lines either.

BILL
I've been thinking....maybe you
should get everyone together in
the restaurant lounge. I'll be
there in 5 minutes.

Bob leaves the bridge, Bill goes over to the ships controls,
flips a few switches and stares at the computer screen.

INT. RESTAURANT LOUNGE - DAY

Everyone finds a seat in the lounge, just as Bill comes

down.

BILL
Shahira, Beth, how are we with the
food we got onshore?

SHAHIRA
We have lots of everything except
meats. No proteins.

Bill thinks for a moment....

BILL
It may be time to leave port, go
further out to sea. And we might
be there for a while, we don't
know how long the DEAD will be
around. It can't be forever, but
we can't keep raiding the shore
(MORE)
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BILL (cont'd)
for stuff when there's a perfectly
good food source out at sea.

JAKE
Can you run this ship?

BILL
Yeah, it's a little more fancy
than I'm used to, but I can figure
it out. However, I don't think I
can dock it, so once we're out,
the only way back and forth would
be your tug.

NESSA
Love it! Lets get the hell out of
here!

BETH
Oh dear lord, just think, no
constant moaning from those things
at night!

CURT
Gets to me too..

BILL
OK, well.....why wait!

INT. WATCHING SHIP LEAVE PORT - DAY

Shahira, Curt, Jake, Nessa, Beth and Krissy stand on the

topmost observation deck on the Sea Siren. The wind blows,
almost drowning out the sounds of moaning from the pier.
From this height, the view of the changing world is immense.
The fires are mostly out, just a few wisps of smoke on the
horizon, but the numbers of the DEAD have increased to where
they completely fill the pier. Shoulder to shoulder they
rock back and forth, facing the ship and the people on
board.

Nessa points...

NESSA
Look how many!

JAKE
All the way to the end of the
pier!

He puts his arm around her.

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JAKE
All this time and we never saw
anybody else.

NESSA
There's still a chance, this is
just a small part of the world.

Beth scans the sky...

BETH
Still no birds...

KRISTEN
Mommy look!

Krissy points to the pier, slowly moving way as the ship

makes it's maiden voyage.

CURT
We're moving!

Curt looks over to where Shahira stands, watching the

receding coast. Bob walks over to him.

BOB
You know you idiot, she's never
going to know unless you tell her.

CURT
I can't

BOB
Dude! You'll never have a better
time! You've got no competition!

Curt looks over again. Shahira sees him and smiles!

BOB
You're crazy if you don't!

Curt wipes his hands on the front of his jeans, takes a

breath and walk over to Shahira. Hands on the rail, he looks
out at the water with her.

The ocean wind blows stronger, lifting all the crewmates

hair, the ship gently rocks as it meets it's future.

INT. ON PIER - DAY

The dead rock back and forth.. In the front row, Jose, still
in his security uniform, watches the ship move away. No
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longer trying to get to his Rosa, he moans and staggers,

unfocused and dull. Disinterested, the rest of the huge
crowd of DEAD slowly begins moving away from the pier.

INT. POOL DECK - DAY

Krissy stands between her mother and Bill. Jake and the rest
of the crewmates stand behind. Clutched to her chest, Krissy
holds something she deems precious. She steps forward, to
one of the large potted Palm trees on the pool deck, and
gently lays a small plaque at the base of the tree. Hand
drawn, it depicts a little girl holding the paw of a black
and white dog. Scribbled in child-like letters is "We Miss
you Hatch, love Krissy"

Shahira, walks forward and places a small picture of Adam,

next to Krissy's plaque.

SHAHIRA
(under her breath)
Goodby Adam. I love you

Krissy steps back to her place beside Bill and Beth,

reaching up to hold each of their hands.

INT. GREENHOUSE - DAY

Krissy and Molly run past Bill as he enters the hot and
humid glass dome. He smiles as she passes and walks up to
Beth

BETH
Bill! Look!

Beth grabs his arm and pulls him over to one of the
planters. She points down.

BETH
look, look LOOK!

Bill peers down to where she is pointing. Hundreds of Small

seedlings sprout.

JAKE
Heeeeey! You got plants!

BETH
This means we'll be able to grow
our own food!
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They both look at each other for a moment, Beth reaches up

to his new scruffy beard. He runs a hand over it

BILL
You like?

Beth smiles, leans forward and plants a kiss lightly on his

lips.

BETH
Very much!

Looking over Bills shoulder, Beth sees something.

BETH
(in awe)
Look at that.

She runs out of the greenhouse and to the railing of the

pool deck. Further up the deck, perched on the rail is a
seagull.

Bill comes up beside her

BETH
That's the first we've seen in
months.

BILL
What does it mean?

Beth runs to tell the others, as she's running, she looks

back at Bill...

BETH
It means HOPE. It means there's a
future, it means we're not
alone!!!!

INT. OBSERVATION DECK - DAY

Krissy and Bill look out at the choppy water. He runs a hand
over his now, full beard. The low hiss of the ships radio
radio is in the background. It speaks for the first time in
2 months...

RADIO VOICE
...survivors. We are at 30 degrees
latitude by.....tude. We are
broadcasting...........survivors.
Come to......
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Krissy runs from the window and out the observation deck.

EXT. MAIN DECK - DAY

Running towards Jake and Nessa. Krissy calls out...

KRISTEN
There's a man on the radio. A MAN
ON THE RADIO.

Brian, Bob, Curt, and Shahira all excitedly run towards the
control room.

RADIO VOICE
...survivors. We are at 30 degrees
latitude by.....tude. We are
broadcasting...........survivors.
Come to......

The message repeats, over and over. The crewmates jump and
hug in joy, then run to the rail to look out over the water.

Bill looks at a computer screen...

BILL
That's about 20 miles south of
here.

More jumping for joy all round.

INT. OBSERVATION DECK RAILING - DAY

Jake walks up to the railing where the rest of the crewmates

gaze into the evening sunset, scanning for the source of the
transmission.

SHAHIRA
There!

She points to the horizon.

LATER

As the ship gets closer, Jake walks to the railing holding a

small black and white puppy in his arms, held tightly to his
chest. Nessa sits on a blanket with Molly and plays with the
rest of the puppies as Molly looks on benevolently. Hatchet,
no longer with us, has proved that although mankind will
face extinction many times in its history, the best of us
can still go on.
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In the distance....huddled together in a maritime version of

circled wagons, are 2 cruise ships, numerous large pleasure
ships and one air craft carrier. Even from this distance we
can see that on board the air craft carrier, are small
trees, animals and people. There's people on all the cruise
ships and all the pleasure boats. And as the Sea Siren slips
into their circle, all the people on all the boats are
enthusiastically waving...welcoming them to their new
future.

AUTHORS NOTE:

Registered with WGA

The End