Script for The thing. (Screen goes from fuzz to the friends face. He looks up.) Friend: (suddenly) I never meant for it to happen. Rules are made to be broken. Rules are made to be broken. (screen goes black and in white text) Rules are meant to be broken. Credits (Heaven. Three people in white praying, standing. Julia sits, obviously not praying, sort of daydreamy.) Julia: (in yellow text because jackie is thinking it) They have this habit of calling me an angel. A habit isn't an easy thing to break. Friend: You aren't praising. Julia: I can't today. Friend: How is today differerent than yesterday? Julia: That's the trouble with this life, it doesn't change, it's all the same, ev- Bystander: Sh! Friend:(in a low voice) Then why don't you change it? Julia: By falling?! Friend: Of course not. Why don't you just get some air? I'll cover for you, just go take a break. (Julia leaves and the camera stays on Friend as he watches her go.) (Beach. Julia is doing somthing or other, reading or somthing, I dunno. Zach kinda just pops up.) Zach: Interesting. Julia: What? Zach: You. Julia: Your pickup line could use work. Zach: Not line. Merely observation. Julia: Alright then (puts away book and gives him her attention) what exactly is so interesting about me? Zach:That's the trouble with really interesting things, you can't explain what makes them that way. Julia: (looks uncomfortable. Er.) Zach: Sorry. I'm gonna go. Julia: No, no it's alright. Whats your name? Zach: Zach. Julia: I'm Julia. Zach: Well, Julia. Julia: What? Zach: I like saying your name. (A non cheesy way to show the passage of time. Maybe we'll just have it so the sun is going down or whatever in the park, and they will be all cozy schmozy.) Zach: So you're telling me you can't stay because you're an angel? Julia: Right. Zach: And I'm supposed to be believing this? Julia: If you want. Zach: Well Miss angel, why aren't you in heaven? Julia: Because I'm not sure of who I am anymore. Zach: Well that just explains it. (Gives her a small kiss on the cheek) Julia: (lean on him) What you said earlier..you're right. Zach: Huh? Julia: The trouble with interesting things.. Zach: Yeah. (Alright, big kiss. Fade out. Fade back in and they are in the same place except all asleep and junk. But on closer inspection, Zach has his eyes open and is white as a sheet and dead as a door knocker, little blood dribbling out of the orifice of his choice. Eyes are my personal favorite. Anyways, Julia wakes up and runs some fingers over him all lovey and stuff. Goes to kiss him or somthing and sees that he's dead and flips, pushes him off and scoots away, and is shocked to discover that she is in fact giggling.) (In a dark space, three figures face us and are huddling around a light source, tv maybe, but we can't see the light source, get what im saying?) Deamon 1: Would you look at that? Deamon 2: I would. Deamon 3: Didn't Zach know about messing around with angels? 1: He knew perfectly well. 3: Suicidal..bleep! 2: He's gone...? 1: Doesn't matter, we can have fun with the girly at least. Her mind's half gone, I can smell it. ~steps out from behind tree~ What a pretty dead body Zach makes. Julia: I didn't do anything! 3: of course you did. People don't just...(looks over Zach) die and rot, you know. Julia: It's not my fault! I woke up and he was- (covers mouth to hide the outbreak of giggles) 2: Don't you know what they say about angels and deamons mixing? Julia: (let it sink in) Deamon?...he's a deamon? 1: Was a deamon. 3: You shouldn't be walking around ignorant of yourself and others. We have to be careful don't we? 2: You killed him. Julia: Who are you people? He didn't tell me! 1: Well, there isn't much you can do for him now. And not much you can do for yourself either..unless.. Julia: What? 1:Kill. And drink. 2: Blood is life. 3: And lif is love! If you love Zach, then he'll come back! Julia: But i didn't love him! (disgust) 3: (shoves the body away and laughs) Then who cares? 2: Riight. Save yourself, he's the one who did it after all. 1: Careless people deserve to die. Not you, my dear.Right? Julia: ...right.. 3: Don't forget the catch! 1: That's right, how stupid of us not to mention it before. You must take the blood of only one kind. Julia: What kind? 1 2 3 : Your own kind. (Back to heaven, only this time Julia is at the bottom of the bridge shouting up) Julia: Hellooo? Angel: Yes? (sweet and smiley) What is it Julia? Julia: (trying to hold herself together) C-could you come down here a minute? I forgot my access card. Angel: Certainly! (Angel comes up and Julia looks at her intensely for a moment. Angel says somthing and we don't know what. Julia grabs her and CHOMP.) Angel: Oh my God! Oh my! (grabs at her neck and screams) What did you do!? What did you do!? (sees blood and flips) Are you insane!!! Julia: (camera focuses on her for longer than is comfortable) .....I think I just might be. Angel: (collapses) (two other angels run up to the sounds of the screams) A1: What's going on? A2: (stands and stares at Angel's body covering mouth) A1: What's going on here?! What happened? Julia: Leave me alone.. A1: (grabs Julia and shakes her) What did you do? Julia: Why do you peole keep asking me questions!!?? (grabs him and bites him, takes his blood with little fighting effort from A1. Julia lets him fall to the ground and looks ashamed.) A2: Oh God..Oh please don't ...come near me..(backs up slowly and clutches herself, starting to cry) (Devil) (Julia) (A2) Julia: I don't like it anymore than you do...(starts toward A2) A2: (flips) Julia: ..but it's either you or me...and I never really liked you anyway (In that dark room where the three deamons first started out, Deamon 1 is alone staring at the light source.) Deamon 1: She's rotting from the inside... Devil: Enough. (Suddenly from nowhere grabs Julia from behind) Julia: (screaming and trying to get away) Don't you see it!?!? It's here!! (points to heart) It's all here and I'm alive! Devil: There's nothing there, you are delerious. Julia: (stops struggling) And you're as good as dead. Devil: Am I? I think you'd better take a closer look. (He whips her around and forces her to look at his face) Devil: Look at me. Those three fooled you. You're dying. You're dying and theres nothing you can do about it. Julia: You're so dead wrong. Angel blood is keeping me alive. Devil: I know how easy that must be to believe -LOOK AT ME- but you will die. Julia: (pauses for a moment) Then I'm taking the world down with me. (Julia shoves him off and leaves. Devil is left alone with A2 who is still hyperventilating) Devil: She's crazy. Or am I crazy? God..this whole world is crazy, and I'm too young for this stuff. (leaves) (Jackie is spewing up blood and you can see that she comes to the realization that she is indeed dying. She wanders to the foot of heaven and leans against the fence Julia: I hurt myself today (slides down fence) To see if I still feel I focus on the pain the only thing thats real the needle tears a hole the old familiar sting try to kill it all away but i remember everything What have I become? My sweetest friend everyone I know goes away in the end You could have it all My empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt (Friend slowly walks up to Julia. She's not startled, She reaches out and He takes her in his arms. He appears right after "everyone I know goes away in the end") Julia: I wear this crown of s--t on my liars chair full of broken thoughts I cannot repair beneath the stains of time the feeling disappears Friend: You are someone else I am still right here. Julia: What have I become? My sweetest friend? everyone I know goes away in the you could have it all my empire of dirt I will let you down I will make you hurt (desperately) if I could start again a million miles away I wouold keep myself I would find a way. (Julia dies in Friends arms. Friend rocks her.) (black screen ~ then Julia's eyes are in an extreme closeup) Julia: I dont know where angels go. When they die. Among other things. (pan down to mouth) I have so many unrelated things to tell you. The End. ~afterword from Jen~ You wont understand this. If you do, God bless you. But hopefully when it comes into being, not just words on a paper, you'll realize what it is. until then i thank you for helping me out with this, i owe you one.