Paranormal Activity Page #3

INT. CAMRY --SAME DAY

Rural road. Josh driving, Athena riding shotgun. Through the

rear window, we can see Collin following them in a PANEL VAN.

JOSH (V.O.)

I’m not sure if Athena’s a bruja or

not but I liked what she said in

her interview.

INT. (FLASHBACK) JOSH’S OFFICE/PCI --DAY

Athena interviewing with Josh.

ATHENA:

My whole life I knew I was special

but I didn’t know how or why.

8.

EXT. (FLASHBACK) STREET --NIGHT

The barrio. Athena hanging with her rowdy HOME GIRLS,

drinking and laughing.

ATHENA (V.O.)

And I was cool with that. Lots of

people are ordinary, right?

INT. (FLASHBACK) LIVING ROOM/GRANDMOTHER’S HOUSE --DAY

Athena’s GRANDMOTHER, gripping Athena by the shoulders,

imploring her, impassioned, her eyes ablaze.

ATHENA (V.O.)

But one day my grandmother called

me over to her house and told me

that I was a bruja like her and

that if I didn’t nurture my gift I

would lose it.

INT. (FLASHBACK) JOSH’S OFFICE --DAY

Josh and Athena, the interview continuing.

ATHENA:

She said other people could waste

their time but I didn’t have the

right. (beat) I had a calling.

RESUME SCENE:

Josh and Athena still driving.

ATHENA:

I’m surprised this dairy farmer

didn’t just put the cow down.

JOSH:

He could have, but what if the rest

of his herd had the same problem?

ATHENA:

So he calls a paranormal consultant

before he calls a vet?

JOSH:

A vet might report the cow’s

symptoms to the Department of

Agriculture. They could quarantine

his farm.

ATHENA:

Rock and a hard place.

9.

JOSH:

Like a lot of our clients. They

have a problem they can’t go public

with so they go online, look for

help. Eventually they find us.

ATHENA:

Speaking of somebody who needs

help, what’s up with Collin?

INT. PCI VAN --CONTINUOUS

Collin driving, brooding.

JOSH (V.O.)

Collin was a grad student in

physics, top of his class.

INT. (FLASHBACK) DORM ROOM --NIGHT

A manic Collin working at his laptop, surrounded by stacks of

textbooks, complicated charts and diagrams.

JOSH (V.O.)

He wrote his thesis on a variation

of the big bang theory that

included a race of cybernetic

aliens.

INT. (FLASHBACK) OFFICE/UNIVERSITY --DAY

Collin yelling at his PROFESSOR, then ripping a page out of

his THESIS and eating it.

JOSH (V.O.)

When his professor demanded

revisions, Collin refused, saying

he’d eat his thesis before he

changed a word of it.

RESUME SCENE:

JOSH:

He was booted out of school,

humiliating for a guy like him.

(beat) He’s got something to prove.

Up ahead, they can see the dairy farm. Jim and Ellen waving.

JOSH:

I think we’re here.

EXT. DAIRY FARM --MINUTES LATER

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