Wednesday November 14, 2007

Tracy bolts to her feet, careful not to cause herself to fall into the huge hole in the ground.

Tracy says, "Benji!... Oh, my God."

She looks into the pit and can see him laying lifeless at the bottom.

She turns and runs to get help, but as she does, she hears a faint cry from behind.

Turning back, she's hears Benji!

"Help..."

Tracy frantically looks around and grabs for a trench coat she sees nearby.

She throws it into the pit and holds it tightly at one end with both hands.

Benji's eyes, still closed, struggles to reach out with his only good arm....

"I can't see! Oh my God! I can't see!"

*****

Byron races his way across to the roadway after Xavier, but a car driving down the road unexpectedly prevents him from crossing without getting hit.As Byron slows to a stop and waits on the car, he watches Xavier limp away quickly, disappearing off into the distance.

He's escaped. Again. Bryon thinks.

"Oh, no." Bryon mumbles to himself, defeated.

*****

Mark Summers limps too.
Blood, dirt and debris from his fall outside worsen the pain from the gunshot wound to his leg damage.

Entering the Williams' main house through the back door, he makes his way upstairs in search of Professor Williams...

Upstairs, Professor Williams carefully pulls the bullet out from Trevor's chest.
He gets up and looks out the window to take breath and check on Byron outside.
He realizes things outside must have gone badly. Byron is nowhere to be seen...
He turns, walks back, and slumps himself next to Trevor in a large chair bedside. He looks at Trevor.

Thinking deeply for some time, his hand finally reaches for the telephone sitting on the bedside table.
He dials-

Tuesday November 13, 2007

The ground of the cave floor is muddy, like damp clay.

Tracy lays down to rest, exhausted from the hike there. Benji rests beside her...

Without saying a word, Tracy removes her wig and lays it next to her painting.

Benji smiles.

He begins to kiss her passionately... the light from between the trees shines all around them making them look as though they are two bears in hibernation.

Benji gets up gently and walks over excitedly to where his photos are.

As he turns and walks back towards Tracy, as if out of nowhere, the dirt below his feet crumbles and gives way. The earth literally disappears from beneath him. Swallowed by the earth- not enough time to hear his scream. It is dark and Tracy can barely see enough to comprehend what she is really seeing...

"Ahhhhhh!" the shriek from her voice is enough for anyone for miles to hear as she realizes what has just happened....


*****

Professor Williams tests Trevor's blood levels over again. Nothing.

In the professor's analysis, Trevor appears to be slipping into a comatose state...

He cuts open Trevor's shirt. He picks up a set of large tweezers and carefully begins to operate.


*****
Bryon's car screeches to a halt as Xavier looses control and spins violently and erratically into an narrow street way.
Xavier crawls off the ground, supports himself against the wall. He looks back just as Bryon slams the car door shut-