Elle Page #6

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Michelle nods. Of course.

20 INT. MICHELLE’S HOUSE -- LATER THAT NIGHT 20

Michelle sits on her stairs, absently stroking Marty the cat,

staring at the entry hall where the rape took place.

21 FLASHBACK TO- INT. MICHELLE’S HOUSE -- DAY 21

Michelle is walking through the living room with a cup ofcoffee. She hears the cat loudly WHINING. She follows thesound and sees that the pantry door is standing slightlyajar. Michelle puts down her coffee and goes out onto theside patio to retrieve the cat. Marty jumps into her arms.

MICHELLE:

How’d you get out there, numbskull?

Michelle tries to close the door but finds she’s havingtrouble. The weather-warped door won’t close properly. She’sin the middle of her third attempt when the door suddenlybursts inward, knocking her back, making her drop the cat.

A MASKED INTRUDER now steps into the house. Eyeing her,

flings the door closed behind him.

For a moment, Michelle is frozen by terror. Then the Intrudertakes a step toward her and she rediscovers her legs. Sheruns but the Intruder catches up to her in the hall. She’s nophysical match for the much bigger man and, soon, all she cando is keep screaming as the Intruder takes her, Martywatching on, an indifferent witness.

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22 BACK TO- INT. MICHELLE’S HOUSE -- NIGHT 22

Michelle closes her eyes, opens them. Like a ritual purging.

She holds up the cat, makes him looks at her.

MICHELLE:

If you couldn’t claw his eyes out,

you could’ve at least scratched

him. I’m just saying.

23 INT. MICHELLE’S HOUSE - STUDY -- NIGHT 23

Michelle is looking at a preliminary animation on her laptop.

More Lovecraftian monsters. She gets a TEXT MESSAGE.

She looks at her phone. Unknown caller.

Just as she’s about to retrieve the message, her phone dies.

She curses to herself as she has to get up and plug in hercharger. It takes a moment for the phone to reboot.

When it does, she finds an ominous message staring at her:

“You were tight for a woman your age.”

Michelle feels ice water down her spine. She moves to thewindow, looks out. A few more Xmas lights twinkle in thestreet but nothing stirs.

24 INT. GUN SHOP -- DAY 24

Michelle talks with an orange-vested SALES ASSOCIATE in frontof a case filled with PEPPER SPRAYS. She’s handling one.

MICHELLE:

So this is the most powerful?

SALES ASSOCIATE:

With pepper sprays power can be

measured in terms of potency and in

terms of distance...

MICHELLE:

I want both.

25 INT. GUN SHOP -- MOMENTS LATER 25

On her way to the checkout counter, Michelle passes a displayof HATCHETS. She tosses one of those in her basket too.

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26 EXT. STREET -- DUSK 26

Michelle can’t find a parking space. She attempts a parallelparking job anyway, backing in hard. Her rear bumper makes anaudible CRUNCH. She keeps going anyway, forcibly moving theother car to make room for hers.

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