The X-Files Page #3

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3RD BOY (O.S.)

Hey, Stevie....

But Stevie cannot answer him. CAMERA CONTINUING UP to

the boys above. Looking down at their friend. Their eyes

go wide.

2ND BOY

You okay?

But what they see next answers that question for them.

THEIR POV OF STEVIE

His face suddenly alive with the subcutaneous worms.

Moving toward his eyes which begin filling with BLACK

OIL. Looking much now like ALIEN EYES.

CLOSE ON THE BOYS ABOVE

Freaked by what they see. And doing what any kid would

do now.

3RD BOY

Hey, man. Let's get outta here.

And they do. Bolting from the hole in the top of the

cave. CAMERA PUSHING UP THROUGH THIS HOLE to REVEAL we

are:

EXT. SMALL DIRT FIELD - NORTHERN TEXAS - DAY

In a dirt hole that was being dug by the three kids.

RISING UP out of the hole to REVEAL the parched dirt

patch where THREE KIDS are running away from us, as fast

as their feet will take them. Toward A NEW HOUSING TRACT

(five floorplans to choose from, including the model

home.) Disappearing into the neighborhood. A LEGEND

appears:
NORTH TEXAS, 1998.

CAMERA CONTINUES RISING ABOVE THE ROOFTOPS to see the

surrounding expanse of empty Texas flatland. And in the

distance, the DALLAS SKYLINE.

As CAMERA SETTLES, there are a few moments of nothing

but the sound of the wind gently whistling across the

landscape. In which we bury a short TIME CUT.

EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD - NORTHERN TEXAS - DAY

Then we HEAR it, before we see it: FIRE ENGINES pulling

into the neighborhood, sirens WAILING. CAMERA DROPPING

AGAIN as the lead engine pulls up. FIREMEN are hopping

off, moving to the hole the boys dug.

LOW ANGLE UP FROM BELOW GROUND LEVEL, IN THE DUGOUT

HOLE:

TWO firemen carrying a ladder clamber down PAST CAMERA,

THREE OTHERS appearing on their heels. The other two

firemen clamber down, too. THE CAPTAIN at the edge of

the hole watching them. Holding a radio.

FIRE CAPTAIN:

This is Captain Miles Cooles...we've

got a rescue situation in progress...

INT. CAVE - CONTINUOUS

As the LEAD FIREMAN steps down the ladder into the cave.

He scans the darkness, illuminated only by the shaft of

light permitted by the hole above. As the 2ND FIREMAN

drops down next to him. The both stand motionless now,

as if sensing something.

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