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Chapter 2 - CITY ESCAPE

Wind howls. Broken buildings. cast long Shadows,Max, ruby and robert run frantically through a ruined street, pursued by mutants.

Robert (breathing heavily): "It's gaining on us!"

Ruby(Terrified): "W-We're not gonna make it! It's too fast!"

Robert (determined): "split up! Hide! Meet back when it's Safe.

Max grabs Ruby's hand and drags her under a large truck with a container attached.

Ruby(shackingly): "I-I can't breathe... It's "right there...!"

Max: "shh... stay silent."

shadow of the creature passes by . It pauses... Then slowly bends down, Peeking under the truck but they are gone.

Max and ruby huddle close inside the container ruby is hugging Max tightly, trembling.

Ruby(whispering): "I was so scared..."

Max (quietly); "We'll be fine". Just don't make a sound".

Outside, the screeching and stomping continues for another 10 minutes. Then silence.

Max slowly opens the container, checking carefully. Robert's voice echoes from outside.

Robert: "Hey! Where are you guys!It's gone!"

Max(emerging): we hid in her. Ruby looks up and see a label" LUBE - industrial Grade."

Ruby (blushes intensely, flustered): "U-uhm...!"

Robert: "you were hidding in a lube truck?"

Max: "I didn't read the label, sorry."

Ruby thinks silently while looking at Max.

Ruby(inner monologue); "He's so handsome have sharp jawline, muscular body,green eyes and crystal clear skin but I...I want to intimate with him. I'm the only girl he's seen in five years but he never smile back whenever I try to stay close to him.

Max: "we need stuffs. Anything to help us survive.

Ruby:"Maybe some meds or food, too..."

Suddenly, A small, grostesque 8-legged pink mutant (about 1ft long ) Scurries out from under a car, covered in insects and parasites without eyes,nose or ear.

Ruby: "W-What is that?!""

Robert, Kicks the mutant away, Max Charges and slices it Cleanly in two with his axe.

Max: "Don't afraid I kill this bitch",

Both halves begin to wriggle and come in existence, shrieking horribly.

Pink mutant shout than hundred of pink mutants pour from walls, under the cars and even manholes. The group sprints.

Ruby(scared):"wh...what...what should we do now?"

Max: "only thing we can do is RUNNN!!"

Ruby(firing arrows): "There's too many!"

Robert: "Down that street! Go, go!" rush They spot a supermarket - Run inside. They rush in, slamming the door behind them, Breathing heavily.

Robert(Breathing heavily): "That... Was way too close..."

Suddenly sound of something Crashing from the 2nd floor.

Ruby: "AHH!!"" (she hugs Max tightly,) Startled by a loud THUD upstairs.

Max(exhausted, bravely): "something's up there ,let's check it out".

They go upstair.Max open the door Slowly. A figure lunges but he grabs her hand mid swing

Max: "Whoa! stop!. We're not enemies!"

A teenage girl like a cute doll,long black hair, blue eyes like a blue sapphire and not a single pimple or freckle or anything,just smooth,glass skin.Sharp metal stick in hands and breathes heavily.

Max: "It's okay calm down. We won't hurt you."

Jenny: (trembling); "s-sorry. I thought. you were one of them...

Max:" what's your name?"

Jenny:Jenny

Robert: "How long have you been here?"

Jenny,:"Two and a half years..."

Ruby: " Alone... All this time?

Jenny: Yes

Robert: you should come with us"

Jenny (hesitant): "I... want but only if we go south."

Max: "what's there?"

Jenny (looking down): "My father, He's at the southern Research centre. He... left me here,he said he come back bu...but...but he never comeback and she starts crying.

Jenny(crying,sad):he... he is a Scientist... We were gathering research here... and then those pink mutant came.. he told me to hide here. He ran... towards his car but The mutants cover car's window but my dad drive the towards the south.

Max: "We'll help you find him.Don't cry."

Ruby(courage): "yeah, you're not alone any more."

Robert(excitedly): "let's find that research.

Max (firmly); " If your father's alive, he might know how to stop all this.

All of them together: "We're coming, south?"

Next day, Supermarket interior early morning sunlight leaks through the broken window. They all are packing their bags.

Robert(tightening his backpack straps):"we move south as planned."

Scene cut

Robert climbs the roof with a dusty binaculars. He found in a broken shelf.

Robert (narrating to himself):"Hmm... Two in front and seven in the back Damn..."

He climbs back down and meet the team.

Robert(seriously):" There are two in front but the back is worse–seven of them. still, the front is risky. Too many manholes, wrecked cars... Places for more for those things to hide."

Ruby: "so we take the back... less Cover for them means fewer surprises but how do we fight? Even if we cut them, they regenerate!"

Max (serious expression): "I've got a plan but we'll need to act fast.

Scene cut

Max silently opens the rusted back door. One of the pink mutant hisses and charges forward. Max steps out and swing his axe, slicing it down in one clean strike.

Remaining mutants rush at them. Ruby and Robert Shoot arrows from their crossbows.

Max: "Don't let them surround us!"

They cut down the last of the Creatures but one starts writhing and regenerating again.

Max(shout):"Jenny! Do it now!"

Jenny who watches in fear, clutching a gasoline canister runs forward, pouring gasoline over each twitching body.

Jenny (frightened):"Get back!"

She strikes a match throws it. The flames erupt, engulfing the pink corpses. Screeches of echo in the smoke–filled air

Ruby(panting):"Did...did that work?"

Max(sweating):"yes but let's move. Stay quiet and stay together. Burn anything that follows."

The group sprinting, avoiding mutants. Whenever one appears, they fight and burn it quickly without wasting any time. They run until they reach the city's edge. Everyone breathing heavily,covered in sweat and blood.

Robert(breathing heavily, exhausted):"we need shelter. Fast. It'll be dark soon."

Max(breathing heavily):"yeah...we can't survive a night out in open."

Ruby(looking through

binaculars):"southeast... There's an old farmhouse. It's look safe".

Scene shift

The group enters the house. It's dusty and little bit damaged but safe. They drop their bags.

Robert(sighs):"That was too close. I thought they was going to eat my dick."

Ruby (sighs):"I have little meal left... Just enough for today."

Jenny (opens a small pouch):"Actually , I might have something."

Everyone looks at him with curiosity.

Jenny(smiling):"My dad gave me this before he left me. Just one drop of this on soil and crops grown in one day. My dad invented this. but there's a catch–if we won't harvest the crops within 2 days they rot and the smell attract those mutants. But I have only five doses left."

Robert(smiling):"our food problem is solve I think we have to stay here for few time until our bag full with food.

Everyone says yes

Jenny(excitedly): I want to know your backstory,so we work more like a team.

They decided to tell the story. The story was that...

Screen starts to fade black episode finally ends

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