Scene 1
[The camera travels through the countryside, it passes by nearly empty motorways, we see a few cars drive into the city, we pass the London eye and Big Ben before the camera zooms in on one of the smaller streets. Adults are walking around with white masks on, which cover their noses and mouth’s. Most of the shop windows and doors are boarded up, a few shops are still open, and the camera pans to the hospital, the busiest place in the city and focuses on a single boy watching TV in the hospital waiting room. ]
News Reporter: More cases of the aging virus have been reported throughout London killing anyone over the age of eighteen, police advice people to stay at home and only go out if necessary, we are also advised to stay in after dark due to street fighting. An increase of police and armed forces will be patrolling the streets to stop any violence and looting. Please remember to wear your face masks at all times…
[The screen goes blank as the boy turns off the TV. Sighing he puts his head in his hands then heads towards one of the nearby rooms, a younger boy asleep in a chair can be seen and a pale aged woman lying on the bed as he sits next to her, silent tears run down his face before the screen goes blank]
Scene 2
[Camera pans round to show a school hall full of students, people are shuffling uneasy in their chairs, and there is a distinct lack of teachers at the front of the room. The view then changes to two teenagers sitting next to each other, a blonde haired girl and boy; the boy squeezes the girl’s hand as the voice of the face-masked head master echoes through the hall]
Head Master (speaks through mask): Now as most of you are aware, there is a pandemic spreading through the country. So far, it has not yet reached critical status London, although there have been cases of looting, fighting and people running away, which I am sure you will have seen on the news. It has been decided by the government, that children will not be allowed to travel. At the moment, you will go between school and home, no other form of interaction if allowed.
[A large uproar can be heard from the students, and several people stand up in protest]
Head Master: Sit down! You may not realise how serious this is. People are dying and you could well die. So heed my words, do not break the rules or there will be dire consequences, for some of you that may well be your life. Now as I was saying, in addition to the curfew that is now in place, you may well increased police and army presence in the city. Again, I remind you these are here for your own protection do not fight them or give them any trouble. They may well reprimand you in any way they see fit…
[The blond guy squeezes the girl’s hand tighter and smiles weakly at her]
Head Master: One final thing before you go, if pupils aren’t at school. That may be because they have sick relatives, and have been given precedence. I wish you all the luck in the world while this thing continues, and hope that we all make it through… Dismissed!
[The camera zooms to the feet of the students, as sounds of scuffing feet can be heard, and the camera pans around to show the few adults in the room standing against the walls, careful to avoid any contact. The camera shows the last student leave and then focuses on the two remaining blond haired people]
Girl (speaks shakily): We’ll be okay… won’t we?
Boy (nods): Of course, we will…
[The boy hugs the girl, the doubtful look in his eyes the last thing that’s seen before the camera goes to black]
Scene 3
[Camera fades back in; we see a large graveyard where several funerals are taking place. The camera zooms in as a large group of people walk away all dressed in black leaving two teenage boys in tuxedos and a girl in a black dress alone in front of a freshly laid grave]
Sebastian: (Undoes the top button of his shirt) So that’s it then?
Trevor: (Sadly) I guess so
Sebastian: (looks at his brother) Do you think we will be coming back here?
Tara: Maybe…one day
Sebastian: Where we going now?
Tara: Home…
Sebastian: How long will that be for?
Tara (shrugs): I don’t know Seb I just don’t…
Trevor: We’re screwed… whatever way you look at it…
[Trevor and Tara turn away and stars to walk away but Trevor stops when he realises Sebastian is not at his side, turning back around he waits for his twin brother to catch up, before they all start walking away together, the camera zooms in on the graves before fading out]
Scene 4
[Camera cuts in from previous scene to show Malcolm sitting in a doctor’s office, her voice sounds mumbled as he struggles to comprehend what the doctor is telling him, his mother is dying and there is nothing that can be done. Malcolm is shocked out his numb state when Bon Jovi’s ‘It’s my life’ starts playing and he realises it’s his phone. Picking it up, Malcolm recognises the number and flips it open.]
Malcolm: Josie?
[Josie is one of the blonde kids from earlier in the episode; she is walking home hand in hand with her boyfriend]
Josie: Mal… how are things?
Malcolm: Bad… what’s up?
Josie: Aunt Jen and Uncle Dawson are dead Mal…
Malcolm (sighs): Stuart?
Josie: He’s enroute to come stay with us…. It’s bad Mal… really bad…
Malcolm (nods): Yeah I know… I have to go, my mum…
Josie (nods): I know… take care… love you…
Malcolm; Love you too…
[Malcolm closes the phone as he walks out of the hospital and tries to breathe in some air, feeling as though he can’t breathe. The sight of the facemasks on makes him feel sick as he retches where he stands and breaks down in sobs before the camera fades to black.]
Scene 5
[Camera fades in from black to show Lesley walking down the quiet streets; she hugs her friend’s goodbye and mumbles to them, before she opens the door to her house. The key turning in the lock is slow motion as Lesley pushes open the door and stands there for a long time wondering whether she should even go in.]
Lesley (quietly): Mum? Dad?
[Slowly Lesley walks into the house, creeping up the stairs as she worries what she will find, but knowing it at the bottom of her heart already. Pushing open the door to her parent’s house, a silent tear falls down her face as she sees what she already knows. Her parents dead in their beds. Lesley does not move, more tears run down her face as the key that was in her hand clatters to the floor and echoes gravely before the camera fades to the next scene.]
Scene 6
[Camera shows one of the empty streets, as the camera zooms into the two blonde kids sitting on the curb.]
Josie (sighs): Nath… I want you to know that whatever happens I’ll always love you… and if we get split up or sent away, you’ll always be my true love…
Nathaniel (reaches up to gently touch Josie’s face): I love you… and I’ll never let you go, whatever happens… I’ll be there for you… you know that don’t you?
Josie (nods): Yeah… I know… it's just scary what’s happening out there. I mean you see things like this on TV and no one thinks it will ever happen….
Nathaniel (sighs): Yeah but it is happening…
Josie: I know…
[Nathaniel wraps his arms around Josie’s waist as he pulls her closer to him, and the two of them rest their foreheads against each others… looking deep into each other’s eyes]
Nathaniel: I love you Josie… and I will follow you to the end of the earth…
Josie: And I vow the same to you…
Nathaniel (whispers): I’d die for you…
[Nathaniel pulls Josie close for a kiss as the camera zooms close to the pained expression on the couple’s faces. Just as the kiss depends, the sound of a car off screen is heard as a taxi stops next to the curb and Josie jumps up.]
Josie: Stuart?
Stuart (less than enthusiastic): Yeah…
Josie: Thank god, you’re safe…
[Josie pulls her cousin into a tight embrace before the camera pans out and fades to black]
Scene 7
[The sound of shouting and crying turns into laughter as the camera fades back in, this time to central park, a large group of girls are laughing and smoking, one of the girls is sitting on a bench the rest are standing around them or sitting on the floor, Bags are also spread on the floor]
Darlene: (In between laughs) And I said to him…you can’t tell me what to do old man, your going to die any day soon.
[All the girls sitting around her break out laughing]
Girl 1: (Lights up another fag and leans back on the bench) So where are we going from here?
Darlene: No idea, but it better be a good place…cause when all the adults are dead the city is going to need a leader and who else is better then me?
[No one replies in fear of their lives]
Darlene: (nods) That’s right no one.
[An old looking woman walks past them coughing; Darlene gets up and walks over to her]
Darlene: (In a soft voice) Are you ok?
Woman: (looks up and smiles) Yes thank you
Darlene: (Shouts) Good…now get out of my area and stop coughing all other the place.
[Darlene push’s the women, who falls to the floor, Darlene walks back to the others and picks up her bag]
Darlene: Come on then let’s go
[Darlene starts to walk away and the others follow, camera zooms in on the old woman lying on the floor before going blank]
Scene 8
[The camera cuts to a hospital out of London, it travels down the packed corridor, dead bodies and sick adults occupy beds in the corridors and wards. Nurses and Doctors work with their facemasks on, the sound of crying children fill the halls, we see a teenage girl being held by one of the nurses. The camera passes behind one of the closed blue curtains; a young boy with messy brown hair is curled up on a chair and asleep.]
[The young boy stirs as his attention switches to the figure in the bed who is coughing uncontrollably]
Timothy (concerned): Mum?
Isabel (rasped): Timothy?
Timothy (nods): Yeah, it’s me…
Isabel: (Smiles weakly) Now promise me, you will take good care of yourself and Malcolm.
Timothy: (Tries to hold back his tears) I Promise…
Isabel: (Reaches out with her other hand and runs her hand down his cheek, as tears run down hers) My beautiful son.
Timothy: (Breaks down) Please don’t die…
Isabel: (Places a finger on her son’s lips) Shhh…everything is going to be ok…you have to be strong for your brother…and me
Timothy: (wipes his eyes with his free hand) It’s not fair
Isabel: Life isn’t fair babe, things happen for a reason and we need to cope the best we can…
Timothy: (Softly) Mum?
[Isabel lets out a small sigh before closing her eyes]
Timothy: (Crying) Mum?
Isabel: (Opens her eyes a little) I love you and Malcolm, always remember that…we both did.
[Isabel gives her son a last smile before closing her eyes for the last time; Timothy rests his head on his mother’s chest wrapping his arms around her body crying into her shoulder. The camera then pans around as the door to the room opens and Malcolm walks in.]
Malcolm: Timmy?
[Timothy looks up at his big brother, needing no other words Malcolm runs to his little brother as the two of them hug and cry for their mother, the camera zooms out before going blank]
Scene 9
[Camera cuts in to show Malcolm and Timothy walking away from the cemetery, Timothy sobbing quietly as Malcolm picks up his phone. The scene then flips to Josie who is sitting in her garden with Stuart; she looks at the phone and frowns, before picking up the call.]
Josie (concerned): Mal?
Malcolm (chokes): We’re coming…
Josie (tears form in her eyes): It happened?
Malcolm (nods): Yeah… um…
Josie: What do you need? ‘
(The phone goes silent for a moment, as Josie frowns)
Josie: Mal?
Malcolm: Um… station, can you meet us?
Josie: When?
Malcolm: Next train... Timmy and me, we’re on it…
Josie: We’ll be there…
Malcolm: Okay…
[The camera cuts to black as Josie hangs up on her phone.]
Scene 10
[Sebastian throws clothes into his bag, as Trevor sits on his brother’s bed with his arms crossed]
Sebastian: Well? Aren’t you going to pack?
Trevor (sighs): Do we have to go? I mean… what’s wrong with staying here…
Sebastian (rolls his eyes): I told you, there’s nothing here… London is the place to go…
Trevor: Do I have to?
Sebastian (zips up his bag): Well I’m going… you can stay if you want…
[Sebastian walks out the room, and pulls on his shoes as he glances back at Trevor]
Sebastian: Good luck bro… it’s not as if you’ll ever make it anyway!
Trevor: Hey, I’m not useless; I just think we need to stay here… at home…
Sebastian: And how are we supposed to eat… what chew on grass like the cows! (Sebastian laughs loudly)
(Trevor picks up a vase and throws it at Sebastian’s head)
Trevor: Next time it’ll be a brick…
(Sebastian, ready to snack Trevor is held back as a figure emerges from the doorway)
Tara: Don’t you two ever learn?
Sebastian: He started it…
Tara (smirks): That’s a no then… look Trev, Seb’s right about food, we need to find some, what we have in the village won’t last forever… okay (winks at him)
(Trevor looks at the ground and then relents)
Trevor: Okay… I’m coming… just give me a damned chance to pack…
[Trevor runs into his own room and quickly packs his stuff as a triumphant Sebastian stands in the hallway waiting]
Sebastian: Well? You ready?
[Trevor emerges from his room]
Trevor: Yeah… what’s the smirk for?
Sebastian: Oh, I knew you’d change your mind…
Trevor (narrows his eyes): How?
Sebastian: I ain’t your brother for nothing…
Tara: Yeah, but neither of you are as pretty as me!
[Trevor hits Sebastian playfully on his arm as they leave the house, both of them rolling their eyes at their sister. Trevor casting a backwards glance at the place as Sebastian and Tara trudge on determined to get to London]
Scene 11
[Camera travels around an old looking apartment block, shopping trolleys lay upturned on the over grown grass, the camera goes through the front door and up the stairs before entering a compartment, two teenage girls are sitting at a small kitchen table watching an old black and white TV]
TV Reporter: More reports have come in about fights breaking out thought the streets, trains are no longer operating, the virus have wiped out city after city only under eighteens are surviving this virus….
[The TV scrambles and cuts out, Jenny breaks down crying, Francesca stands up and moves in front of her best friend before kneeing in front of her and takes her hands into her own]
Francesca: (softly) Shhh…everything is going to be ok
Jenny: (Upset) How can you say that…the radio just cut out…we are all alone
Francesca: It will be ok…we have each other, enough food to last us for two days...
Jenny: (Starts to panic) What are we going to do when the food runs out?
Francesca: Jenny, calm down everything is going to be ok I promise, when the food runs out we simply leave the apartment and find some more
Jenny: What if we ca…
Francesca: We will just find some…
Jenny: Fran I’m so scared
Francesca: (Pulls her friend into a hug) I know hun…I’m scared to but there’s no use getting upset about it, things are different know…we are on our own
[Camera fades out]
Scene 12
[Camera fades in to show a scrunched up newspaper blowing across the station like wind through a ghost town]
Timothy: It’s so creepy here… I don’t like it
Malcolm (puts his arms around Timothy): Me either… we only have to stay until the train gets here…
Timothy: Mal… why did the adults die?
Malcolm (looks at his younger brother): You know what Tim, I don’t know…
Timothy: Do you think they’re being punished?
Malcolm: For what?
Timothy (shrugs): I don’t know… why didn’t the virus kill us as well then?
Malcolm (sighs): Oh Tim, I don’t know… but don’t start thinking like that…
[Malcolm puts him arm around his brother and hugs him as the rumbling of a distant train can be heard. The camera then cuts to the next scene.]
Scene 13
[Camera shows a pair of black high-heeled boots clonking on the side walks as ‘These Boots are Made for Walkin’ by Nancy Sinatra plays.]
[In the distance a fight breaks out between some younger kids and some adults still alive, Darlene smirks as she picks up a nearby stone and throws it up and down in her hand a couple of times before starting to march towards the fight]
Darlene: Hey you…
[The fight stops briefly as Darlene throws the stone at an adult and her group of friends follows. The kids cheer as they all follow suit and start chucking stones]
Darlene (smirks): This is my city…
[Camera moves back around to show the view of Darlene’s shoes as the song plays and she walks away followed by a group of girls as the song and camera fade.]
Scene 14
[Camera pans around to show Sebastian and Trevor standing outside the village train Station, Sebastian has a smile on his face while Trevor looks dubious and jumps at every noise]
Sebastian (smiles): Not far to go now…
Trevor: Seb… I don’t think we should go any further. I mean the city’s a dangerous place… who knows what’s going on in there. We really don’t know what we’d be getting ourselves into…
Sebastian (frowns): Why are you being such a sissy Trev? Since when are you such a cry baby?
Trevor (stamps his foot): I am not a crybaby… I’m being practical, since you’re being an idiot!
Sebastian: An idiot huh? Well at least I’m not a wimp!
Tara: Am I going to have to gag the both of you? You’re both being bloody annoying… Quit it!
[Trevor looks shocked and hurt, and turns away from Sebastian who shrugs and carries of down the road]
Trevor: I’m not going any further Seb… you can go by yourself and you can’t ask Tara to!
Tara: Hey… don’t drag me into this, I’m a big girl!
Sebastian: Fine… I don’t care! I don’t need you anyway!
[Sebastian rolls his eyes and carries on walking, by now he is some 500 yards from where Trevor is]
Trevor (sighs and mumbles to himself): Why do you have to be this way Seb? Why can’t you just for once listen to a word I have to say? I only wanted to say that I thought we’d be better off in the countryside and you get all macho and defensive… (Shrugs sadly) I only want you to listen to me…
[Sebastian sighs and turns back to go to Trevor who is now looking very downhearted...]
Sebastian: Look Trev… I’m sorry okay. But please, trust me… London is where we need to be… Please, come with me. I don’t want to go on alone…
Trevor (sighs and nods): Okay… but I’m not keen on the idea, and if it all goes wrong it’s your fault… okay?
Sebastian (smiles): Okay… so lets drive…
Tara: Huh?
Sebastian: You know… take a car…
Tara (slaps him playfully): I know what a car is… you saying you can drive one…
Sebastian (raises an eyebrow): Yeah… can’t you?
(Tara and Trevor look at each other)
Sebastian: Been doing it for years… now let’s go find one with petrol in…
[The camera zooms out from where they’ve been standing as Sebastian walks towards a car, breaks the window and sticks his head inside, a few moments later the car roars to life as he smirks at his brother and sister. The three of them jump into the car as the camera fades to black]
Scene 15
[The camera cuts to an empty train tunnel but soon it lights up as a train zooms past the camera, the camera cuts into the train, mostly kids occupy the seats. We see Malcolm and Timothy sitting opposite each other with a table between them. Timothy has his face pressed up against the glass looking into the dark tunnel; Malcolm is reading an article about the virus]
Timothy: (looks away from the window) What you doing?
Malcolm: (Looks up from the newspaper and gives his younger brother a small smile) Reading a newspaper
Timothy: (smiles back) Really?
Malcolm: (Folds the newspaper up) Yeah…well I was
Timothy: (looks out of the window again) Are we there yet?
Malcolm: (Shakes his head) Does it look like it? Has the train stopped?
[The train rumbles as several people fall into each other and a young boy falls almost on top of Malcolm]
Dominic (bumps into Malcolm): Oh god… I’m sorry…
Malcolm (turns around): No problem… Do you guys need a seat?
Dominic: Yeah…
[Dominic and his companion sit down as Timothy rolls his eyes and sticks his head back against the window]
Malcolm (nods): I’m Malcolm…
Dominic (smiles): I’m Dominic… and this (points to Juliet who’s blowing bubble gum) is my sister, Juliet…
Malcolm: Nice to meet you… this lump (points to Timothy) is my little brother, Timothy…
[Juliet joins the guys and rolls her eyes as they exchange pleasantries… as a man coughing and sneezing walks down the aisle way and brushes past her]
Juliet: Hey…
Dominic: Juliet… don’t you know to be quiet now… you don’t want to catch the virus do you?
Juliet (rolls her eyes): In case you didn’t know dumbass… it only affects adults…
Dominic: So… where are you headed?
Malcolm: Kings Cross… gonna meet my cousins…
Dominic: Cool… Juliet and me were left by my parents… they died… nice of them to dump us with nothing, so we came to London…
Malcolm (looks at Dominic with confusion): Sure… whatever…
[Camera shows the small group sitting awkwardly on the train… with Juliet blowing bubblegum and Dominic dragging his feet]
Scene 16
[Camera fades in from black to show Jenny asleep on the small sofa in Francesca’s apartment, Fran checks that her friend is asleep before she goes into her parent’s room. Sitting down on the bed, Fran picks up a family picture of her, her mum and dad. Wiping her hand softly over the image she smiles softly before bringing it to her lips and kissing the picture. Her lower lip starts to tremble as she breaks down into a sob and bursts into tears.]
Fran: Oh god… I miss you so much, so very much…
[Fran then collapses down into her mother’s pillow and cuddles up into the fetal position, inhaling the familiar smell as she sobbed more and more, trying to muffle out the sound by hugging the pillow closer but only succeeding in sobbing more, before the camera fades to black.]
Scene 17
[Camera shows Miranda in her room throwing clothes out of her wardrobe, as Natalie walks into the room, rolling her eyes while she is hit on the arm by a stray shoe]
Natalie (rubs her arm): Hey… watch it!
Miranda (turns around): Well don’t get in my way…
Natalie: Right… we’re leaving in ten minutes and if you don’t decide what to take by then, I’m leaving…
Miranda: Whatever…
[Natalie sighs and goes back to her own room, her small rucksack packed neatly as she brushes her hair and ties it back in a lose bun]
Miranda (sighs and brushes her messy hair from her face): What am I supposed to take? It’s not fair… why do we have to leave this place, I like it here… I suppose we’ll end up in some DUMP!
[Natalie’s eyes narrow as she hears Miranda sounding off… storming into her sister’s room she glares at her]
Natalie: What did you say?
Miranda: I said we’d probably end up in some dump…
Natalie: My god… you are such an airhead…
Miranda: Well at least I’m not a frigid cow…
[Natalie takes a couple of deep breaths]
Natalie: Right… you asked for it…
[Natalie then picks up a pile of Miranda’s clothes and dumps them out of the third storey building…]
Natalie: You can’t decide… then they all go out the window…
Miranda (screams): You bitch!
[Natalie laughs and walks away…]
Natalie (calls out); Told you to make up your mind… oh and (looks at her watch) five minutes before I go…
[Natalie slams Miranda’s door as Miranda screams at her and throws a lamp, glaring as it smashes against the door]
Natalie (sighs): I’m trying dad… I really am…
Flashback
[The girl’s father lies in his private bed, in his private hospital, which still cannot save him from the virus]
Father: Promise me…
Miranda: I promise… (Swallows) …we’ll look after each other…
Father: Natty?
Natalie (cries): I promise daddy… please don’t leave me…
End flashback
Natalie: (eyes narrow): She’s just such a pain…
[Camera then fades to black.]
Scene 18
[The camera cuts to an empty train tunnel but soon it lights up as a train zooms past the camera. All of a sudden, the train comes to a screeching stop, sending some of the passengers flying]
Malcolm: The train has stopped…
Timothy: (Grins) Yeah it has. Do you think we’re there?
Malcolm: (stands up and looks around) Very funny.
[Timothy starts to laugh but stops as the lights flicker of and others start to scream]
Timothy: (Cries) What’s happening?
Malcolm: (Sits next to his brother) I don’t know.
Timothy; (Wraps his arms around Malcolm’s waist) I’m scared
Malcolm: (Hugs his brother) It’s ok, don’t you worry…I’m with you
[An adult comes up to them and pulls his face mask down]
Man: (in between coughs) The Train has stopped, you heading for London?
Malcolm: (Nods) Yeah
Man: We are trying to get the doors open then we will walk the rest of the way to London.
Malcolm: How far away are we?
Man: About half an hour
Malcolm: Oh, right
Man: Just stay seated for now, and I’ll get you when they are open
[The man puts his mask back on before walking away and stopping at the next group of people]
Malcolm: (Turns back to Timothy) See I told you we will be alright
Timothy: (Looks up sadly) That man…he’s going to die like mum and dad isn’t he?
Malcolm: (Nods) Yeah.
Juliet: Over dramatic much…
Malcolm: Hey…
Dominic: Look, let’s just walk down this damn tunnel and get out of here…
[Camera shows the small group walking alongside the train line… with Juliet blowing bubblegum and Timothy dragging his feet]
Scene 19
[Camera fades in from the previous scene to show Darlene striding down the street, no cares and no worries in the world, walking as though she owns the street. Seeing a lone figure in the street, Darlene smirked as she picked up her pace before stopping besides the person and putting her hands on her hips.]
Darlene: Well, well… what do we have here?
Vivian: Someone who doesn’t have a problem putting you down…
(Vivian spins around to face Darlene)
Darlene: Glad to hear that you’re still my girl…
Vivian (smirks): I ain’t no one’s girl… but yeah I learned from the best.
(The two girls laugh, before clasping hands, neither wanting to hug each other.)
Darlene: So what you been up to? (Nods towards Vivian’s bag) Stealing?
Vivian (Shrugs): Maybe, what’s it to you?
Darlene (cocks her head): Don’t play me… you know the way it works, half of yours if mine… always has been, always will be…
(Vivian glares at Darlene for the longest time)
Darlene: You can’t win… no one can…
[Vivian sighs in frustration as she chucks Darlene half of the loot; the camera follows the two girls as they stride down the street, before the camera cuts to the next scene.]
Scene 20
[At the train station, Josie and Nathaniel stand next to each other, Nathaniel’s arm around Josie… as Stuart paces up and down…]
Stuart: Something’s wrong…
Josie (sighs): Don’t say that…
Stuart (yells): Well it is…
Nathaniel: Look Stu… there’s no point in yelling. Last time we managed to get a mobile signal, they said the train had stopped and they were on their way here…
Stuart: But…
Nathaniel (shouts): No buts! Now sit down and shut the hell up (points to a wooden bench)
[Stuart glares at Nathaniel and goes to sit where he’s told, his arms crossed and an angry scowl on his face. Josie and Nathaniel sit on a bench far away as Josie rests her head on his shoulder]
Josie: Do you think they’ll make it?
Nathaniel: Of course, they will… it’s just a short walk if they follow the railway lines…
Josie (nods and sighs)
[Camera fades to black]
Scene 21
[The camera shows several streetlamps flickering, as onlookers appear puzzled and worried]
Girl #1: What’s going on?
Boy #1: Looks like something’s wrong with the lights….
[Another girl comes running up, out of breath and looking confused]
Girl #2: It ain’t just the lights… electricity all over is going berserk…
Girl #1: What?
[Camera pans out, showing simultaneous images of computers, microwaves, stereos… all types of electrical equipment losing power, as an uproar comes from the city, kids go charging out of where they’ve been hiding to see what happened to the electricity… as fights start to break out, some kids getting badly beaten, whilst others set about destroying any electrical equipment they can find]
[Camera shows a bemused Darlene]
Darlene (smirks): I guess somebody turned out the lights…
[Camera fades to black]
Scene 22
[Footsteps can be heard, as the camera pans to show feet emerging from the tunnel and moves up the party of people as the group of dirty travelers emerge]
Malcolm (points to the three people on the benches): There they are Timothy… I told you they’d be waiting…
Timothy (smiles): Josie!
Josie (smiles back at the group): Malcolm! You made it…
Malcolm: Yeah… no thanks to some people
[Malcolm shoots a look at Juliet who is worriedly dancing around because of a speck of soot on her shoes, and Dominic stands there with his arms crossed laughing]
Timothy: Can we go now?
Malcolm: Yeah… nice meeting you Dominic and Juliet, good luck with everything…
Dominic (slightly sad): Yeah you too…
Juliet: Whatever… oh god, look at my shoes…
[Nathaniel raises an eyebrow as Malcolm hurries the group towards the exit, glad to have escaped Dominic and Juliet.]
Scene 23
[Camera cuts in to show Sebastian driving the car around the M25, moving amongst the already crashed cars or those on the road. Tara sits in the passenger seat with Trevor in the back]
Tara: Are you sure, you know how to drive?
Sebastian (laughs): This is like riding a bike… you never forget…
(Trevor groans from the backseat)
Trevor: I’ve never felt this sick in a car before…
Sebastian: Back seat driver!
(Sebastian glances over his shoulder at Trevor and laughs as Trevor looks green, before winding down the window and sticking his head out)
Sebastian: We’ll be there….
Tara (screams): Sebastian!
[Things happen in slow motion as the camera moves back around to show the view from the driver’s seat, Sebastian screams as he tries to swerve but its too late and the car heads straight into a lorry, the sound of the twins and Tara screaming can be heard as the camera cuts to black.]
Scene 24
[The sound of a spade hitting dirt can be heard for a few seconds before the camera fades in to show Lesley standing over two heaps of dirt, she wipes her brow, spreading dirt over her face as she sobs some more. Dropping the spade Lesley places something below each headstone. ]
[Below her mother’s stone, she lays a yellow rose, a photo of her and her grandmother and a small fluffy rabbit. Beneath her father’s grave, she lays a ‘greatest dad’ mug, a small cactus and a photo of her dad in a chef’s hat]
[Lesley sits there for the longest time before she picks up her bag and looks back sadly. She walks out the side gate and pulls it shut tight. She doesn’t dare look back at the house for fear of seeing things; instead, she trudges on slowly down the road, the camera zooming out to show her small figure walking down the road.]
Scene 25
[The camera fades in to show five figures walking up the now broken escalators, small talk being made between them. The camera pans around to show the five figures, Malcolm holds Timothy’s hand as the young boy sobs quietly, Nathaniel has his arm around Josie’s shoulder as the two lean into each other, Stuart pushes past them all and takes the lead, pulling out a torch as the five walk into the dark and into the unknown.]
