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Germ Warfare - Working Title.

Written By

Joseph Crouch



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INT. DUGOUT - MORNING

It is dark. Somewhere, out in the distance, we hear theshelling of artillery.

Inside, A LAMP is turned on, and the surroundings are

illuminated. We are in a DUGOUT.

An incredibly drained looking PVT. COLLIS sits hunched,fervently scribbling on some paper.

PVT. COLLIS - (V.O.)My dearest wife, I trust that youand Nathaniel are well. I do notknow how to start this letter. Onlythat it must be written. I am notto post this letter in the hopesthat should something happen to me,

it is perhaps posted on my behalf.I'm sorry I haven't writ these pastweeks. But, it strikes me now, thatI fear this will be my lastcorrespondence. I write this onlyso that you know what happenedhere. I put my stock in god that IfI do not see you again in thislife, then he will assure that wemeet in heaven. I am alone now...

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EXT. FRONT LINE TRENCH - BEFORE

The FRONT LINE TRENCH - spanning a near infinite length eachway. Never-ending. Replete with a ramshackle lookout, andMACHINE GUN parapet.

Behind the FRONT LINE TRENCH lies the communicationtrenches, connecting to the secondary trench and finally theartillery line. We see a BIPLANE, under tarp.

The soldiers:PVT. COLLIS - COLISTINPVT. PEN - PENICILLINPVT. DOX - DOXYCYCLINEPVT. VANCO - VANCOMYCINSGT. PIPER - PIPERACILLIN

PVT. COLLIS, PVT. PEN, PVT. DOX, PVT. VANCO and SGT. PIPERare flattened along the trench wall. SGT. PIPER is gingerlypoking his head out of the trench, holding a pair of



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BINOCULARS.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)...PEN, DOX, VANCO and PIPER. Wewere left here to hold the line,whilst the others regrouped. But,

one of them appeared across thefields...

SGT. PIPER sees something on the horizon of NO MAN'S LAND.Out of the haze of the mustard gas, he sees it. A creature.It is making its way towards the soldiers. The landpetrifies where it lays it's many 'feet'.

PIPER turns to his comrades, shakes a sleeping PVT. VANCOawake. The others shift focus to SGT. PIPER as he moves backto his spy.

He madly gestures towards NO MAN'S LAND. The others stare athim, stupefied.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)...PIPER. Was taken. Out, past ourlimits, where the rest of us darednot follow. We hadn't expected theywould reach us...

He is snatched away, past the barbed wire, to the precipiceof NO MAN'S LAND.

The soldiers unfurl a few rounds at the fleeing creature,eventually felling it. It lays there, twitching. SGT. PIPERlaying somewhere underneath its bulk.

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EXT. FRONT LINE TRENCH - LATER

PVT. PEN is keeping lookout atop the trench. Keeping hisrifle aimed in the general direction of the creatures

corpse.

The other soldiers are snoozing.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)PEN was the first to notice therest of them. They came for the onewe killed. He swore blind as if OldHob himself had come to visit. Hesaid, they tore at him, looked likethey were taking bitsand...absorbing them.



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PVT. PEN lets off a round at the corpse.

The soldiers rouse. Meeting PEN at his lookout. They fireblindly for a while before running out of ammo.

It's silent for a while.

Then they hear it. The bellows, a curse of a mad titan,deep, erupting from the yellow gas on the horizon.

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The gas on the horizon draws closer.

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It is morning, the soldiers sleep.

PVT. PEN is nowhere to be seen.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)Then it was PEN himself.

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EXT. NO MANS LAND - THE NEXT DAY

The remaining soldiers, PVT. COLLIS, PVT. VANCO and PVT. DOXstand at the corpse of the creature.

The yellow haze is much closer now.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)We mustered what nerve we hadremaining and went out to look forhim.

The remnants of the corpse jutted out of the soft ground. It

had been stripped bare.

Behind the tank traps and barbed wire. The ground moves.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)But I fear darling, that we shouldhave left with the others,consequences be damned.



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A creature erupts from the land and swipes at the bones ofthe smaller creature. Grabbing PVT. DOX in the process. Theothers fire but it is too late.

They run.

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EXT. FRONT LINE TRENCH - CONTINUOUS

PVT. VANCO jumps to the MACHINE GUN and fires.

The creature takes the hits and falls, Crushing PVT. VANCObefore he can evacuate the MACHINE GUN fortification.

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EXT. ARTILLERY LINE - CONTINUOUS

PVT. COLLIS sneaks towards the BIPLANE. He removes it'scoverings.

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EXT. SKY OVER NO-MAN'S LAND - LATER

PVT. COLLIS flies the BIPLANE towards the encroaching gas.

He sees the source of the gas. A huge creature. It is anamalgamation of the smaller creatures. Corrupting the landwith its touch.

It wheezes its foulness onto NO MAN'S LAND.

PVT. COLLIS flies to intercept the creature.

It bats at him madly, becoming enraged as PVT. COLLIS dipsand dodges through it's arms. PVT. COLLIS fires theBIPLANE's machine guns into the beast.

It swats at him, clipping one of the BIPLANE's wings.

As the plane goes down, PVT. COLLIS flies directly into thecreatures maw, firing as he goes.

He connects, the plane explodes.

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EXT. NO MAN'S LAND

The wreckage of the BIPLANE lays amongst the corpse of thecreature. PVT. COLLIS emerges from the wreckage. He surveyshis surroundings.



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PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)I'm sorry. I'm sorry that I won'tbe back.

On the horizon he sees multiple, larger creatures.

He gets up and flees towards the trenches.

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INT. DUGOUT - NOW

PVT. COLLIS finishes his letter, wraps it in an envelope andputs it in his pocket.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)Goodbye, All my love, Preston.

PVT. COLLIS turns the lamp off.

Outside, the ground booms. The boards fortifying the dugoutcreak, dirt falls from the ceiling.

FADE TO BLACK.

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