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War of the Germs

Written By

Joseph Crouch

 

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INT. DUGOUT - MORNING

It is dark. Somewhere, out in the distance, we hear the boomof artillery.

Inside, A LAMP is turned on, and the surroundings are

illuminated. We are in a DUGOUT.

 An incredibly drained looking PVT. COLLIS sits hunched,fervently scribbling on some paper.

PVT. COLLIS - (V.O.)I do not know how to start thisletter. Only that it must bewritten. I am not to post this inthe hopes that should somethinghappen to me, it is perhaps foundon my person. It strikes me now,

that this will be my finalcorrespondence. I write this onlyso that someone knows what happenedhere. I am alone now...and theGerms are coming.

FADE TO BLACK.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)We were supposed to stop them intheir tracks, eradicate alldisease. That's what we were told. At first we did. Culling them

before they could even reach thecell wall, saving millions fromannihilation, but then the tideschanged...PEN, DOX, VANCO andPIPER. We were left here to holdthe line, whilst the othersregrouped. But, now they're deadan' I'm all that's left...

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[A SERIES OF STILL IMAGES, SHOWING THE DEATHS OF THESOLDIERS]

- PVT. COLLIS, PVT. PEN, PVT. DOX, PVT. VANCO and SGT. PIPERare flattened along the trench wall. SGT. PIPER keepslookout.

- SGT. PIPER is snatched away, past the barbed wire, to theprecipice of NO MAN'S LAND.

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PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)SGT. PIPER was taken. Out past ourlimits, where the rest of us darednot follow. We hadn't expected they

would reach us. At first, they weresmall, manageable, even. But as weslew them, and their bodies piledhigh, they began to adapt.

- The other soldiers fire on the tiny assailants, killingmany of them.

- PVT. PEN is on lookout.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)PEN was the first to notice. They

came for their dead. He was as paleas if Old Hob himself had come tovisit. He said he could hear them,eating their own. Stripping thembare.

- Then he isn't.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)The next morning, PEN was gone. Welooked for signs, Only to have oneof the creatures attack us. It wasdifferent, larger. Harder to put

down. Our rifles barely pierced itshide...

- A savage creature is attacking the soldiers. It has PVT.DOX and PVT. VANCO in its grasp.

- PVT. COLLIS kills the creature.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)...I killed the one that got DOXand VANCO. But, that's it. I'm thelast. The last at the cell wall.Once I'm gone there'll be nothing

to stop them breaking through.Nothing holding them back.

- On the horizon he sees multiple, larger creatures.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)I only hope I can outlast them, for

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in my failure, lies our

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.) (CONT'D)

destruction.

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INT. DUGOUT - NOW

PVT. COLLIS finishes his letter, wra ps it in an envelopeand puts it in his pocket.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)

If only we'd held back. If wehadn't been so damned concernedwith winning the battles and moreconcerned with winning the war. Weonly made them stronger in our zealto eradicate them. Blast. I thinkthey're coming.

PVT. COLLIS turns the lamp off.

PVT. COLLIS (V.O.)This is PVT. COLLIS, last upon theCell Wall, goodbye and godspeed.

Outside, the ground booms. The boards fortifying the dugoutcreak, dirt falls from the ceiling.

FADE TO BLACK.