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- 2. 1. SCENE ONE FADE IN: EXT. BEACON- EARLY MORNING Time lapse of Thomas and his friends watching the sun rise on the beacon. (Title Sequence) EXT. TOWN - MIDDAY The group of friends walk through an abandoned town because they are the only ones left after a deadly disease killed everyone else. Despite everything that’s happening, the friends stay positive and think about the bright side of the situation. The group are wearing colour coordinated clothes to show that Thomas is beginning to lose his mind and become insane. THOMAS Do you know what I always think about? MATT What? THOMAS It’s weird how out of everyone in the world, we’re the only ones left because of this disease. Like why us? What makes us different from everyone else? MATT I really don’t know THOMAS Do you reckon there’s anyone else like us? MATT (bluntly) No, I don’t think so. THOMAS (Disappointed) Oh, okay. It doesn’t matter.
- 3. 2. JENNY You shouldn’t be thinking like that, you should just be happy that we are all alive. We are a family now. THOMAS Yeah I know, it’s just weird that it’s only us. TORI Thomas, it’s okay, don’t think about it too much. We have each other. SCENE TWO INT. SCHOOL - LUNCH Flashback of Thomas in school with his friends. They are not wearing coordinated clothing to slightly show that they were killed by the disease. The friends are sitting in the canteen eating lunch, and discussing the upcoming prom. THOMAS Guys, I wanna ask Tori to prom but I think she’s into Jacob. MATT Nah, bro, she's deffo into you. THOMAS How would you even know if she likes me? JENNY OMG, everyone knows, it’s so obvious THOMAS What, really? (Friends nod) THOMAS Sh, she’s coming.. Tori approaches, and sits down next to her friends opposite Thomas. TORI Hey guys, what’s going on?
- 4. 3. THOMAS Erm, nothing… Matt winks at Thomas and nudges Jenny. MATT Guys, we gotta go, catch you later Matt and Jenny leave. THOMAS (Nervous) So…Uh…How you doing? TORI I’m doing good, you? THOMAS Uh…yeah I’m okay……it’s just I need to ask you something. TORI Yeah sure, what’s up? THOMAS Erm…well…are you going with someone to prom? TORI (Grinning) No, not yet. THOMAS Oh well, would you go with me? TORI Me? THOMAS (Nervous) (looking down) Oh well, I heard you're into me so I’m kinda into you so I just thought - TORI (TOP) Oh stop mumbling, of course I’ll go with you. Thomas looks up, with a hopeful and happy smile on his face. Tori giggles.
- 5. 4. SCENE THREE INT. HOME - DAY Transitions from close up of Tori giggling, to her looking depressed. THOMAS Tori, what’s up? TORI Oh, it’s nothing, I was just thinking about the prom, and how we never got to go together. THOMAS Yeah I know, but we are here, together, right now. That’s all that matters TORI I just wish we could’ve had prom before everything happened. THOMAS We just gotta be happy that we’re alive, here, in this moment. Matt starts coughing looking pale. MATT hey guys, I'm just gonna lie down for abit. JENNY You alright? MATT Yeah, just feel a bit dodgy. Matt goes and lies down, and it flickers between the past and the present when he really died, and the reenactment now. You see him coughing up blood and he dies and Matts face gets super imposed to a skull. Thomas walks into the room where Matts skeleton lies. He's startled, but then Matts skeleton disappears indicating he wasn't really there.
- 6. 5. SCENE FOUR EXT - TOWN - DAY Similar to the first scene, Thomas, Tori and Jenny are walking though the town. Thomas and Tori are talking leaving Jenny out because she is irrelevant, she's only remembered in Thomas’ mind because of Matt. Both Jenny and Tori flicker, indicating that they’re a figment of Thomas’ imagination. At the end of the flickers, Jenny disappears. Tori and Thomas walk in silence for abit longer without Jenny. THOMAS I can’t believe they've just left us, both of them. TORI yeah, I know. THOMAS Do you think we should move somewhere else…to try and find other people like us? TORI I don’t think that’s a good idea THOMAS Why not TORI because, say if we find people, they might not be like us. THOMAS What do you mean, they’ll be on their own, just like us TORI yeah, they might be like us in that sense, but you don’t know what the loneliness has done to them, it could've driven them insane. THOMAS what if it hasn’t, we’re perfectly fine…it hasn't affected us. TORI and think about it, we’re fine here, we have enough supplies from all the shops around here to last us a long time.
- 7. 6. THOMAS but what if… TORI (TOP) No Thomas…don’t think like that. We don’t need anybody else, we’re in this together, till the end…you and me. THOMAS yeah, you’re right, I’m sorry Tori, it’s just that, if something happens to me, i just don’t want you to be on your own. TORI Nothings going to happen to you, I wont be on my own and neither will you, I’ll always be there Thomas. SCENE FIVE INT - HOME - NIGHT Flashback of Thomas and Tori talking about prom, and how excited they are. When suddenly, Tori begins to go pale and cough. It just gets worse and ends up falling into Thomas’s arms. TORI I can't believe how soon prom is THOMAS I know, you looking forward to it? TORI Of course I am, I’m going with you. Thomas smiles shyly. Tori begins to cough lightly THOMAS You’re gonna look beautiful Tori giggles, which makes her cough get worse. Thomas’s smile begins to fade, showing how worried he is about her. THOMAS ar..are you okay Tori? do y…you want some water?
- 8. 7. TORI erm..yes please Thomas quickly stands, but Tori coughs even harder and coughs up blood. Thomas quickly sits down and holds her. She looks even paler than before. TORI (struggling to talk) Thomas… before I go THOMAS no, you’re not leaving me. Not now, not ever. TORI (Struggling to talk) I’m sorry Thomas, i…i lov… Tori’s body becomes lifeless in Thomas’s arms. The scene transitions into the present, showing Thomas sitting there in the same position, looking at his arms, but now they're empty. Tori is gone. (fades out) SCENE SIX EXT - BEACON - NIGHT Thomas is slowly walking up the path towards the bench, he looks depressed and lonely. He sits on the bench where he and his friends used to go. W/S behind showing ghostly figures of Tori, Jenny and Matt. Tori walks over to Thomas and puts a hand on his shoulder, Thomas doesn’t move as he doesn't know she's there. Camera pans around other shoulder and when it gets to the front of Thomas Tori and the others are no longer there. TORI Voiceover I’ll always be there Thomas. W/S showing Thomas on his own, time-lapse of the sun set. fades to black. THE END