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"Chapter Two- And The Doorbell Rang…"

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1- Tight close up, Tony lifts a wooden spoon covered and marinara sauce to his mouth.

2- He tastes a little of the sauce…

3- He swirls a little around in his mouth…

4- Tony makes a disgusted, sour expression. The sauce did not go down easy.

5- Widen out a little, Tony is standing in his kitchen, staring into the pot of sauce. He looks depressed.
TONY
And it costs how much?

LOUIE (O.P.)
Two dollars.
(2) It tastes like ass.

PAGE FORTY-SIX
1- Wide shot of the kitchen, Tony's making lunch using some very substandard ingredients while Louie and Ashley put away groceries. Ramona is sitting at the kitchen table, coloring.
TONY
Two dollars a jar is too expensive.

ASHLEY
It was the cheapest brand they had.

TONY
Next time go to the discount store.

LOUIE
We did!
(2) That stuff is two dollars and I'm telling you it tastes like ass.
(3) Ass in a jar.

2- Tony starts stirring the substandard marinara sauce. Ashley leans against the counter beside him.
ASHLEY
We need more money.

TONY
You don't think I know that?

ASHLEY
I think you didn't realize exactly how hard it would be to feed fifteen kids on a Catholic stipend and a handful of government checks.
(2) Couldn't you ask your friend…what was his name?

TONY
Jordan can't release any more money until the GAO audits his department.
(2) We'll make due with what we have.

ASHLEY
We don't have anything.
(2) We've been here less than a month and we're already broke, Tony.

TONY
You could get a job.

3- Tight on Ashley.
ASHLEY
I already have a job protecting you, remember? Until you figure out a way to make that pay we're broke.

4- Tight on Louie, he's got a crayon and he's helping Ramona color.
LOUIE
We could ask Dad for a little cash.

5- Tony glares at him. That is clearly NOT a popular subject. Ashley drops her face into her palm as if to say "why did you mention Dad, Louie?"

6- Same shot as 4, Louie sighs.
LOUIE
Never mind. Forget I mentioned it.

PAGE FORTY-SEVEN
1- Tony wipes his hand with a dish rag while placing a cover on the sauce pot. He's seething.
TONY
I do not beg for money, Louie.

LOUIE
Geez, I said forget it.

TONY
I do not need to contact…that man…for money.

2- Ashley and Louie roll their eyes as Tony moves towards the door, he wants out of the room.
ASHLEY
Alright, fine, don't ask Dad.
(2) But we need money!
(3) Tony?
(4) Are you listening?

3- Tony's in the front hall now, his eyes are unfocused and a little angry. He does not like talking about his father. He's just about to walk past the front door…
TONY (muttering)
A house full of freeloaders and children who won't stop eating.
(2) This was not covered in Seminary.

4- Tony freezes at the sound of the door bell; he grits his teeth with annoyance.
S.E.
Ding-Dong

TONY (muttering)
Now what?

5- Tony throws open the door, revealing a small group of hot teenage girls standing on the doorstep, carrying copies of "Twilight" and wearing low cut blouses. Vlad's fan club.
GROUPIE 1
I-I know it's day time but is he…awake?

6- Tony looks over his shoulder; Vlad is standing in the shadows…wearing a tuxedo and a cape. He looks sexy and ridiculous at the same time.
VLAD
Good evening, ladies.

TONY
Evening? It's noon.

VLAD
I am…Vlad.

TONY
Your name is William.

PAGE FORTY-EIGHT
1- Tony sighs as the girls rush into the house, nobody is listening to him as they head for the basement door.
VLAD
Come ladies, into my lair.

TONY
It's not a lair, it's the basement and there will be NO funny business down-

2- The basement door slams shut behind them.

3- Tight on Tony, annoyed.
TONY
-there.
(2) That's gonna be a problem later, I just know it.

4- Tony reaches for the basement door, ready to give them a piece of his mind but the door bell rings again.
S.E.
Ding-dong!

5- Tony throws open the door again to reveal the Coach standing on the door step in a cheap suit and slicked back hair. He's not used to dressing nice.
TONY
If you're here to see "Vlad", I'm calling To Catch a Predator.

COACH
Uh, no. No sir, I'm here about Colin. The werewolf boy?

6- Tony pinches the bridge of his nose as the Coach beings his pitch.
TONY
You're the idiot who left all those messages.

COACH
I just wanted to take a moment and see if you changed your mind about signing your son's permission slip-

TONY
Ward.

COACH
Beg your pardon?

TONY
Colin is my ward, not my son.

7- Tight on the Coach, he's a little nervous.
COACH
Yes, I see.
(2) Anyways…
(3) Now your, er, ward has a lot of talent and I really think that football would really help him-
(4) Wait. That's not right.
(5) I mean to say…
(6) It builds character.

PAGE FORTY-NINE
1- Tight on Tony, he raises his eyebrow. He is not amused.
TONY
Character?

2- Two shot, Tony is shorter then the Coach but he leans forward as if trying to "loom" over the beefy meat head. It kind of works, the Coach looks nervous.
TONY
A dozen steroid dosed morons running up and down a field in front of a thousand overweight blue collar fools is an event that builds "character"?
(2) Listen to me, Mr. Matthews, for the last time. I have no intention of allowing that boy to be exploited by you or any of your fellow lunkheads just so you can hold a plastic trophy over your head.
(3) Football and all other spectator sports are a pathetic attempt by greedy individuals to exploit an innate human need for "glory" through large outdoor displays. Do you want me to rattle off the number of third world dictators who use soccer to control their populations? Or the number of impoverished American cities that raise millions to build a baseball field at a middle school but refuse to buy books for the science department? Perhaps you'd like me to list, in alphabetical order, the cities where sports riots ended in a double digit death toll?
(4) Our Lord Jesus Christ builds character, Mr. Matthews, Sports builds stupidity.

3- Side view, the Coach tries limply to fight back. Tony doesn't budge.
COACH
Hey, now there's no need to-
(2) I talked with the kid; he seemed really excited about joining the team.

TONY
And I will be sure to discourage that excitement the next time I see him.

4- In the front hall, behind Tony, Colin is eavesdropping. He looks really sad and disappointed. The football is clutched limply in his left hand.
TONY (O.P.)
No football. Period.

5- Tony slams the door in the Coach's face.

6- He turns to see Colin standing there with the football.

7- Tony opens his mouth to say something…

8- …Colin walks away.

PAGE FIFTY
1- Tony tries to go after Colin but that doorbell rings yet again.
S.E.
Ding-dong!

TONY
This is quickly approaching ridiculous.

2- Tony throws the door open one more time…

3- Brian is standing on the doorstep, holding up the file from the previous chapter.
CHIEF
You didn't return my phone call.

4- Tony shuts the door…

5- Brian sticks his foot in the doorsill.

6- Two shot, Tony looks like he's ready throw a punch at Brian's forehead.
TONY
I'm not a lawyer but I'm pretty sure that this could be considered harassment.

PAGE FIFTY-ONE
1- Brian holds up a picture of Officer Cole.
CHIEF
Know who this is? That's Sergeant Cole. Real nice guy, married with two kids.

2- He waves a second picture in Tony's face, it's Cole on the ground with his chest torn open and his arms and legs torn off.
CHIEF
This is also Sergeant Cole; this is how we found him a month ago.
(2) I've got six other bodies just like this one in the morgue and the corner can't even give me a straight answer about the cause of death. I can't really call it a serial killer since we don't know if the perp is human-

TONY
Get to the point.

3- Tight on Brian.
CHIEF
People are dying in my town and the one guy who might be able to help me won't look at a lousy file.

4- Tony's eyes turn to picture of Officer Cole.

5- Cole's eyes are staring at him, accusing him of something.

6- Tight on Tony.
TONY
Goodbye, officer.

FIFTY- TWO
1- The door shuts in Brian's face.

2- He notices a large mail box hanging on the wall next to the door.

3- He stuffs the file inside the mail box.

4- Ashley has been watching everything from the front window and watches Brian getting into his car.

PAGE FIFTY-THREE
1- New scene, a dank and dirty basement filled with dusty books and old jars of strange, disgusting things. Some of the labels on the jars are visible with names like "Eye of Newt", "Hanged Fat", "Widows Womb", "Virgin Blood", "Cat Tongues", and other really awful magical ingredients. A thin, human like shape sits at a work bench. There's a gigantic map of Peoria on the wall in front of it with pins stuck to each murder location. The room's only light comes from a single desk lamp, it looks old and Victorian.

2- CU on fingers as they write something in a small notebook, the writing inside is inhuman and definitely not English.

3- CU on two eyes, gold and strange looking. The skin around the eyes is a pale pinkish.

4- Wide shot of the room over the "shape's" shoulder, there's something moving in one of the far corners…

5-It's the Trogg, chained to the wall with a heavy steel manacle. The beast is too big for the basement; it can't stand up and must stay seated or curled in a ball.
TROGG
Hurrrrrr……

6- The "shape" reaches into a bucket near the desk, pulling out an uncooked lamb chop.

7- He tosses the Trogg the chop.

PAGE FIFTY-FOUR
1- The Shape goes back to work while his partner munches down the lamb chop, he picks up his desk calendar then makes a note of something.

2- Now he moves to the big map on the wall, pulling out a small box of red colored pins.

3- He checks the notebook he's been writing in.

4- The shape places the pin. The corner of a place called Niles and Fort.

5- Tight close up on the shape's smile.
CAPTION
"Why don't you just tell him?"

PAGE FIFTY-SIX
1- New scene, Colin and Clive are in their room, a large two bedroom loft in the attic with Christmas lights strung through the rafters and Chinese lanterns everywhere. Clive's area is neat and tidy; Colin's is rather sparse and unkempt. Colin's on his bed, tossing the football into the air over and over again. Clive has some sort of massive poster and he's trying to find a large enough wall to hang it.
COLIN
I can't.

CLIVE
You can.

COLIN
I can't.
(2) Father Tony is the only family I've ever had. He's like…he's like my dad.

2- Tight on Clive, he does not understand his roommate.
CLIVE
I have a dad too; he's the most powerful Rakshasha warlord in Western India. Every monster in Mumbai asks "how high?" when he says "jump".
(2) And when he found out I was gay, he went through the roof and demanded that I "stop dishonoring him".
(3) Sooner or later you have to resist your parents or you'll never be happy so I told him to go fuck himself.

3- Tight on Colin, still tossing that football.
COLIN
And now you live thousands of miles away on another continent surrounded by strangers.

CLIVE
Touché

COLIN
Father Tony is all I have. He rescued me, pulled me off the streets. I kind of owe him for that and I don't want to let him down.
(2) If he says I shouldn't play football…

CLIVE
Whatever. It's your life.

4- Clive puts the poster on the wall, it's Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Colin makes a face.
CLIVE
Perfect fit!

COLIN
Ew, gross.

CLIVE
Shut it Wolf boy, you're the one who wants to spend hours running around a field with sweaty dudes.

5- New angle, down the attic stairs, in the hallway near the door, Louie can hear everything the boys are saying. He looks amused.
COLIN (O.P.)
I don't want to do that anymore.

CLIVE (O.P.)
Whatever.

PAGE FIFTY-SEVEN
1- New scene, Ping and Ramona are watching TV like regular kids. Ramona's jaws hang open and her teeth glisten in the reflected light.
PING
It is time for Spongebob but I do not know where to find him!
(2) Where are you Spongebob?

2- Wider shot, Ashley is at the back of the room, carefully cleaning a few of her guns. Her beloved M1911A1 Colt 45 ACP Model 70 is resting on a white cloth in front of her; the slide and barrel have been disassembled. She's in the process of oiling and disassembling her HK94A3 while a Colt Commando lies fully disassembled in pieces right beside her. Oils, brushes, foam cleansers and even a packet of non-abrasive cotton cloths are all in arm's reach.
ASHLEY
Try channel 56.

PING
56 is stupid news station.

ASHLEY
I know, I just want to see if the Mets won.

PING
But Spongebob is on!

ASHLEY
It'll just take a second.

3- Ramona reluctantly changes the channel; Ping pouts about the missing Spongebob.

4- TV shaped panel, B-Roll from some sort of CNN channel. Hundreds of people are running and screaming from a massive fire.
TV VO
…ew York Police still have no leads concerning the so called 'Mad Bomber'-

5- Tight on Ashley, she stops what she's doing.
ASHLEY
Change the channel.

6- Same shot as 4, An MSNBC type channel with b-roll dead bodies being loaded on to a stretcher.
TV VO
…Over 89 unsolved murders in the Los Angeles area alone-

7- Same shot as 5, even tight, Ashley looks depressed.
ASHLEY
Change it.

8- Same as 4, some kind of documentary channel, a pair of sad parents hold up a picture of their missing daughter while reporters take dozens of pictures.
TV VO
…Kimmy Gimble's body was discovered two weeks later. A spokesman for the Randall County Sheriff's Department believes that her killer may still be at large-

FIONA (O.P.)
Pathetic.

PAGE FIFTY-EIGHT
1-Fiona enters the room, souring Ashley's already darkening mood.
FIONA
The only thing your species does better then watch that glowing box is kill each other.

ASHLEY
Jesus, kid, not today.
(2) I ain't in the mood.

2- Fiona walks in front of the TV, into Ashley's eye line. What is this girl's problem? Ping and Ramona already sense a fight coming and shrink down a little, they just want to watch Spongebob.
FIONA
Were-cat society does not have such silly conflicts; we would never-

ASHLEY
Do you want me to hog tie you in the drive way again or just beat your ass? 'Cause that's the direction you're headed in.

3- Fiona raises her eyebrow with cold disregard.
FIONA
Your filthy kind will die off and then my people will rise to power.
(2) And as far as I can see, none of you care enough to stop stuffing your faces with processed meat and potatoes to recognize that you are sowing the seeds of your own destruct-

ASHLEY
Shut the fuck up.

4- Fiona recoils in fear as Ashley sets her gun on the table, rising to her full height. She looms over the younger girl.
FIONA
I'm…you…you're not allowed to hit me. T-Tony said-

ASHLEY
What part of shut up did you not understand?

5- Fiona goes shrieking from the room, tears in her eyes.
FIONA
I hate you! No one speaks to me in this manner!

6- Tight on Ramona and Ping.
PING
Can we watch Spongebob now?

PAGE FIFTY-NINE
1- A determined look passes over Ashley's face as she watches the chaos unfold on the tv screen.
PING (O.P.)
Miss Ashley?
(2) May we watch…

ASHLEY
Whatever.

2- A few minutes later, Ashley opens the front door…

3- She grabs the case file out of the mailbox.

4- She slams the door shut behind her.

PAGE SIXTY
1- New scene, Close up on a laser printer as it finishes the first page of a permission slip with the title "Peoria District Schools Athletic Waiver"
COLIN (O.P.)
Oh thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou!

2- Louie is standing in front of the computer, filling out each page of the form as it comes off the printer. Colin is standing next to him, jumping for joy like a little kid.
COLIN
I mean this is…you're the greatest Mr. Bionel!

LOUIE
Call me Louie and remember our deal: you tell all the hot 18 year old girls at your school how cool I am and that I'll buy them beer.

COLIN
Anything! Anything you want!

3- Louie finishes the form and goes into the office to find some envelopes…
LOUIE
Also if you go pro, I want ten percent of your signing bonus if you go pro-

4- Tony is already in the office on the phone, he looks really worried about something. Louie and Colin freeze in terror.
TONY
What do you mean overdraft charges? There's still money in the account. But there was more than enough money in the account! Let me speak to your supervisor.

5- Tony looks up at Colin and Louie. He covers the phone with his hand.
TONY
Something wrong?

6- Louie puts the permission slip behind his back.
LOUIE
Nope.

TONY
What's that piece of paper?

LOUIE
Nothing.

PAGE SIXTY-ONE
1- Tony glares at Louie.
TONY
Whatever.

2- Same shot as 1, Tony goes back to his phone call.
TONY
Yes I'm still on hold.
(2) Fine, transfer me.

3- Ashley charges into the office, pushing past Louie and Colin.
ASHLEY
Move.

LOUIE
Hey!

4- She drops the file on the desk, glaring at Tony.
ASHLEY
Read it.

TONY
I'm on the phone.
(2) And that better not be what I think it is.

5- Tight on Ashley.
ASHLEY
Seven months, seven people dead, each in completely random locations, with no discernible pattern.
(2) It's a case. It's a damned good case, the kind you used to love.

PAGE SIXTY-THREE
1- Wide shot, Tony, Ashley and Louie all in one place. Louie is still holding that paper behind his back, Colin has retreated out of the room.
TONY
"Used to" is the important phrase here.

ASHLEY
Oh why don't you get your head out of your ass!
(2) This is life or death, Tony!

LOUIE
Look, since I'm clearly not a part of this conversation, can I leave?

ASHLEY
Shut up, Louie!

2- Tony decides to ignore his sister completely, he returns to his phone conversation.
TONY
Get that case file out of my house.
(2) Yes, hello?

3- In one motion, Ashley snatches the phone out of Tony's hand…

4- And slams it back into the cradle.

5- Tight two shot on Ashley and Tony.
ASHLEY
That cop came to you for help, once upon a time when someone did that you jumped to the rescue. What the hell happened?

6- Tight shot on Tony.
TONY
Don't you dare lecture me!
(2) I have spent a lifetime saving lives and do you know where it got me? Central Illinois.

PAGE SIXTY-SIX
1- Three shot, Tony, Ashley and Louie. There's this look of bitter pain on Tony's face. It's affecting Louie and Ashley in a way they never anticipated.
TONY
I could've been a dean at Norte Dame by now or an advisor at the Vatican; do you know why I'm not? Because every time some cop came to my door I went with him. I was out there looking for proof of some shadow world of the supernatural and finally I was vindicated. Proof positive that things went bump in the night.
(2) And they torpedoed me for it!

2- Tight on Tony.
TONY
Do you know why we don't have any money? It's because I don't have any friends in the Church, I mean nobody. I traded every favor I had just to get this house opened. It's the whole reason I'm here in Illinois! They put me here, out of sight, out of mind, because they want to keep me and those kids at arm's length. They don't like me and they don't like those kids.

3- Three shot again.
TONY
I will not risk what little credibility I have left to go gallivanting around the country-

ASHLEY
Fine, whatever. Make all the excuses you want, but I know you.

4- Ashley sets the file next to Tony; he suddenly can't take his eyes off it.
ASHLEY
You've been investigating anything and everything since your sixth birthday.
(2) You'll take that case because it's who you are.

5- Ashley leaves as Tony sighs, dropping his head into his palms.
ASHLEY
I just hope you figure that out before more people die.

6- Same shot as 5, Louie awkwardly pokes his head into panel view.
LOUIE
So can I'm just gonna-

TONY
Shut up, Louie!

PAGE SIXTY-SEVEN
1- In the kitchen, Clive, Colin, Ramona, Osiris, Missy and Samuel are in the kitchen. Colin is so excited, he's waiving the permission slip around.
COLIN
…so as long as Father Tony doesn't find out, I can play football! Isn't it great?

OSIRIS
Yeah, spectacular.
(2) What is football again?

2- Clive is poking through the refrigerator, intently searching for something.
CLIVE
Football is a game where you run up and down somebody's yard.
(2) Basically it's like full contact gardening.

COLIN
That's not foot-…what are you doing?

CLIVE
Stealing Louie's beer.

3- Clive snatches a beer from the fridge while Colin panics.
COLIN
Are you crazy? When he finds out…

CLIVE
When he finds out, you'll take the rap for me naturally.

COLIN
I'm not taking the-

CLIVE
Or I'll tell Tony about football.

4- Ashley and Louie storm into the kitchen, towards the garage door. Ashley's fuming, sliding her coat on one arm at a time. Clive quickly shoves the beer into Colin's hands.
ASHLEY
I swear to god, he's just so…ugh!

LOUIE
Kids, I'm taking Ashley to get a beer so she can calm down. Don't cause any trouble while we're gone.

5- Louie notices the beer. Colin looks trapped.
LOUIE
What are you doing?

COLIN
*sigh* Stealing your beer.

6- Louie continues about his business, he really should not be allowed to raise children.
LOUIE
Cool…
(2) Use a coaster.

PAGE SIXTY-EIGHT
1- Back in Tony's office, he's staring at the file on his desk. It just sits there like a bad omen.

2- He picks it up, ready to toss it in the trash.

3- Something on the desk catches his eye…

4- It's his check book, it's open to the most recent edition: Tony is negative 500 dollars.

5- He stares at the file again, he looks queasy.

6- Tony looks up at the crucifix on his wall.
TONY
You can be a real jerk sometimes, you know that?

PAGE SIXTY-NINE
1- New scene, Brian gets off the elevator…
TONY (O.P.)
Officer?

2- Tony is sitting on the bench near Brian's office.
TONY
We need to talk.

3- Tony holds up the file as Brian unlocks the door.
CHIEF
I'm pretty sure this qualifies as harassment, father.

TONY
Don't get cute.
(2) You want my help, there are some strings attached.

4- Over head angle, Brian opens his office door and Tony follows him inside.
CHIEF
Strings?

TONY
Number one I don't work for free, you're going to pay me for this.

CHIEF
Fine. I'll move some money around, massage the budget a little.

TONY
Number two, this is it. One case and I'm out. Understand?

5- CU on Tony.
TONY
One case, in and out.
(2) Routine.
(3) Run…

PAGE SEVENTY
1-Big panel, Tony's standing in Brian's office and hanging on the wall in front of him are plaster casts of the trogg's giant foot prints.  
TONY
-of the mill.

2- Brian looks vindicated, relived. Finally someone's listening. Tony's jaw hangs open in disbelief.
TONY
Son of a bitch.

PAGE SEVENTY-ONE
1- Back at the house, Fiona pulls her luggage down the stairs to the front door. A few of the kids (Abena, Yoshi, Vlad, and Missy) are sitting in the front sitting room trying to study. Colin is following her down the stairs, he is trying really hard to keep this hopeless crush alive. Clive is sitting on the stairs; he's stolen one of Louie's beers.
COLIN
Please stop Fiona! Just put the suitcases down and…and…

FIONA
I'm sick of this place!
(2) I'm sick of being insulted! Sick of sharing a bathroom with peasants! And I'm sick of all of you!

2- The kids in the living room don't even look up from their books.
MISSY
Good riddance.

ABENA
Please don't come back.

YOSHI
I hope you starve to death.

3- Fiona is standing in front of the front door, her hand on the doorknob. Colin has this pathetic look on his face; he REALLY doesn't want her to leave. Clive takes a swig of beer.
FIONA
I am going now.
(2) And when this door closes I will be gone forever.

CLIVE
Yeah. Sure. Whatever.

COLIN
Clive, stop talking like that!

FIONA
I am serious!

4- Fiona opens the door a little, turning back to yell at her housemates…
FIONA
I hate you! I hate all of you! I hate you so-

5-All of the children stop what they're doing and look towards the door. Colin sniffs the air and Fiona's ear twitches. Clive stops himself in mid sip of beer.

6-Same panel as 5, the children get agitated as their heightened senses tell them something's wrong.
CLIVE
Does anyone else smell gasoline?

7- Fiona and Colin open the door all the way, but react in surprise at what they see on the other side…

PAGE SEVENTY-TWO
1- Big panel, Colin shields Fiona with his body as a gigantic fireball explodes into the room. All of the front windows are blown out and the other children frantically dive for cover. Clive, ever the leader, ditches his beer and pulls Missy and Abena to the ground.
S.E.
KA-FOOOOOOOOOOOM!

2- As the fire ball subsides, the kids pull themselves to their feet and dust themselves off.
ABENA
*koff-koff*

3- Tight three shot of Clive, Colin, and Fiona as they recover from the blast. Colin is looking over his shoulder, through the open door at the source of the blast.
CLIVE
Is everyone okay?

FIONA
I-I am fine.

CLIVE
Good for you.
(2) Is everyone who I actually care about okay?

FIONA
Why you insufferable-

COLIN
Look!

4- Big panel. The entire front lawn is on fire, burning out of control and at the center of the blaze is a burlap dummy wearing a crude catholic priest's outfit. It's hanging from a wooden pole like a scarecrow with a noose around it's neck as the flames from the yard lick the bottom of the dummy's feet. There's also a sign stapled to it's chest that reads: "Death to Freak-Lovers!"