• INT. HALLWAYS.

    Kierra sees Phoenix and Craig smoking a cigarette near the
    auditorium. She approaches them.

    KIERRA
    Hey.

    PHOENIX
    Hey. You holdin up ok?

    KIERRA
    Yeah I guess...you guys okay?

    PHOENIX
    So what’re they going to do with
    his body?

    KIERRA
    I don’t know. I was with Olivia
    earlier and she tried asking her,
    but...she just...doesn’t want to
    talk to anyone.

    PHOENIX
    Poor girl. I don’t blame her.

    Short pause.

    KIERRA
    I don’t know why, but it’s weird
    seeing you guys smoke in here.

    PHOENIX
    Right? Isn’t it cool?

    KIERRA
    Why though?

    CRAIG
    Well you can’t expect us to have
    one out there, now can you?

    They all laugh.

    KIERRA
    Mind if I have one?

    PHOENIX
    Excuse me?

    KIERRA
    What?

    PHOENIX
    You’re serious?

    KIERRA
    Yeah. I’m old enough.

    Phoenix and Craig look at each other. Phoenix takes out his
    pack and holds it open towards her.

    PHOENIX
    Go ahead.

    Short Pause.

    Kierra reaches for it, but Phoenix takes it back and puts it
    back in his pocket.

    PHOENIX
    Don’t think so.

    KIERRA
    Hey, what was that about?

    PHOENIX
    You’re suppossed to be the good
    child. You’re our only hope for our
    next generation.

    KIERRA
    (giggles a bit)
    You can’t do that.

    PHOENIX
    Yes the hell I can.

    KIERRA
    Well, mister, that would just make
    you a big hypocrite.

    PHOENIX
    Yeah, but I’m your older brother.
    And I can do that.

    He smiles at her. They then laugh.


    INT. NURSES’ OFFICE.

    Damon slowly walks in and sees Sarah staring out the window.
    He closes the door behind him and slowly approaches her.

    DAMON
    Hey...

    (Beat)

    DAMON
    Listen, I’m real sorry that you had
    to go through that. I can’t even
    imagine how you must be feeling
    right now. You’re so young...only
    18.

    Short Pause.

    DAMON (CNT’D)
    With Mitchel’s body...they told you
    what they’re plan was...are you
    sure you’re okay with that.

    SARAH
    It doesn’t matter...he’s dead now.

    DAMON
    Well, it does matter. Dead or not,
    he’s still your dad. And he will
    always be your dad. We all know how
    much he meant to you.

    SARAH
    "Meant" is in the past.

    DAMON
    Look, I’m not here to make things
    harder for you. I’m here because I
    love you, and I will do anything to
    protect you. Your dad had always
    talked about how if anything were
    to happen to him...he would want me
    and Trish to look out for you.

    Pause. Damon looks down and sits on the bed, near her.

    DAMON (CNT’D)
    I just want you to know just
    because Mitchel is not here
    physically...he’s still going to
    watch over you. We all are. You
    don’t have to feel all alone if
    that’s how you’re feeling. I
    remember when Trish died, that’s
    how I felt. You just need to sit
    tight and count your blessings as
    life passes you by. Because it goes
    by so fast.

    Pause. Sarah doesn’t seem to acknowledge him. Damon sighs
    and gets up.

    DAMON (CNT’D)
    Do you need anything? A glass of
    water? Something to eat? Anything?

    (Beat)

    DAMON (CNT’D)
    (sighs)
    If you need anything let me know.
    I’m a call away.

    Damon goes around the bed and goes to hug her, but Sarah
    jerks away. They look at each other for a short second, and
    Sarah walks away, locking herself in the bathroom.


    INT. CLASSROOM. NIGHT.

    Jaxon is looking at the picture of his daughter. He runs his
    index finger across the picture.

    Pause.

    JAXON
    Wherever you are...safe or
    alone...holding off strong or
    breaking down...feeling like
    there’s no hope left...I will do
    anything I can to make sure I find
    you.

    (Beat)

    JAXON (CNT’D)
    I know this isn’t a goodbye...I
    will see you again...I know I will.


    INT. BATHROOM.

    Sarah is sitting in the corner, crying softly. She’s staring
    off at the ceiling and she spots a small knife on the floor.
    She stares at it, contemplating on whether she should pick
    it up or not.

    She crawls to the knife and slowly rises up. She stares into
    the mirror, taking a deep, hard look at herself. She doesn’t
    look the same as before. Her eyes are red with a dark shade
    under her eyes.

    A minute passes by and tears start rolling down her cheeks.
    She looks down and sees that she’s slicing her wrist with
    the knife, as blood pours down her wrist onto the sink.

    We hear her skin rip and she collapses on the ground, and
    the knife falls right beside her.

    INT. NURSES’ OFFICE.

    Phoenix is carrying Sarah’s body out the bathroom.

    KIERRA
    Oh my God is she okay??

    OLIVIA
    Get her on the bed, quick!

    Phoenix slowly places her on the bed. Xavier is looking at
    her in total shock. Kierra is crying, hugging Phoenix.
    Olivia and Emily are getting things ready. Olivia is
    gathering things so she can stitch up her wrist.

    EMILY
    She’s losing too much blood!

    OLIVIA
    We need to get a blood tranfusion
    going.

    PHOENIX
    I’ll do it. Just hurry.

    EMILY
    (pulling out a chair)
    Sit here.

    Olivia is getting the needle and syringe ready. She injects
    the needle into Phoenix’s arm and the blood travels through
    the tube going into Sarah’s arm.

    XAVIER
    Why Sarah? Why?

    OLIVIA
    She’s going to be just fine.

    Kierra continues to cry, hugging Xavier tightly. Phoenix
    stares at Sarah, as a tear slowly rolls down his cheek.

    BLACKOUT


    INT. NURSES’ OFFICE. EARLY MORNING.

    Sarah slowly opens her eyes. She looks around the room and
    slowly sits up, in pain. She grunts and looks at her wrist.
    It’s stitched up. She turns to her side and sees Kierra and
    Phoenix sleeping on the other beds.

    Sarah looks up at the clock. It isn’t working. Sarah looks
    at her wrist again, and gets up from her bed.

    INT. COMMONS.

    Sarah, still in pain, is walking through the commons. Its
    extremely quiet. She walks through the main lobby and looks
    out the windows. We see zombies still scattered out, a bit
    less than there were before.

    She looks at them closely. We see them hissing and
    screeching. We see two zombies eating an animal near a tree.
    Sarah looks up at the second floor and goes to the
    stairwell.

    She walks up three sets of stairs and makes her way onto the
    rooftop.


    EXT. ROOFTOP.

    She slowly walks onto the roof and the sounds of zombie
    hissing and screeching is already heard. The cool chill of
    the wind blowing makes her shiver a little.

    She slowly walks over toward the edge. She sees zombies near
    the trees. She walks over to the edge of the rooftop and
    sees about eight zombies near a trash can, eating another
    animal that looks to be a raccoon.

    A zombie looks up and sees Sarah near the edge. The zombie
    screeches and reaches up at the wall. The other zombies join
    it and they’re all reaching their arms up, screeching
    towards her.

    Sarah swallows and takes a deep breath. She slowly puts on
    foot on the edge of the roof. A few more zombies in range
    from the dumpster join the other infected.

    Sarah takes another step onto the edge of the rooftop, ready
    to jump. She closes her eyes and takes a huge breath.

    SARAH
    I’m sorry...dad...

    We hear running stomps from behind her. As she leaps off,
    Trevor grabs her hand just in time.

    TREVOR
    WHAT’RE YOU DOING?!?!

    Sarah screams, and looks down as zombies are trying to grab
    onto her, growling. She looks up at him and Trevor tries
    pulling her up. His hand slips and he quickly grabs hold of
    her again.

    Sarah screams as zombies are grabbing onto her shoes. She’s
    trying to kick them away. She kicks one zombie’s head in and
    it’s teeth fly out.

    Trevor takes out his handgun with his other hand and shoots
    some of the zombies grabbing onto her. Trevor then manages
    to pull her up and get her back on the roof.

    They both breath rapidly. They both exchange looks.

    Pause.

    TREVOR
    What the hell were you thinking??

    Sarah turns her head down to the zombies as the small crowd
    is wired and screeching loudly.

    TO BE CONTINUED!!!!!