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The Patient
Created by: Chloe Coleman
Screenplay by: Chloe Coleman
MOBILE: 07511772304
EMAIL; [email protected]
FADE IN:
EXT.
EDITING
SUITE
DAY
(AFTERNOON)
SOPHIE is watching her footage in an editing suite.
INT.
EDITING
DAY(AFTERNOON)
SUITE
SOPHIE begin to rummage through her bag and pulls out
a tape.
SOPHIE
What?
(Panning shot from hand to face.)
SOPHIE examines the tape and puts it in the tape
deck.
SOPHIE
That's not my footage?
THE FOOTAGE
(73 YEARS EARLIER)
DISSOLVE TO:
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
Dr Cane is browsing through files.
DR MARCUS CANE
I am Dr Marcus Cane, The date is the 4th July 1942 and it
is approximately 12:41 pm. Myself and my colleagues are
attempting to create an antidote to counteract the
effects of the recent gas attack. Here at the
Butterfield Asylum,we plan to test the gas on a small
focus group of inmates to monitor the side effects and
the viruses progress within the body. I shall be making
weekly diary entries to act as evidence.
Our test subjects are as follows;
Tina Jones,Lauren Walker, David Harp, Christopher Smith
and Rhona Black.The subjects will n be placed into the
confinement chamber,where the room will be filled with the
gas. Our first experiment is to see how the biological
agent damages the respiratory system.The next diary entry
will be on the 11th, giving us a week's worth of data to
collate.
FADE TO:
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
Dr Cane is writing on the whiteboard and reading the
experiment results.
DR MARCUS CANE
I am Dr Marcus Cane. The date is the 11th July 1942 and
the time is approximately 13:05pm. Last week's experiment
showed that inhalation of the gas can erode the internal
organs and cause festering burns on any exposed skin. Test
subject 02, Lauren Walker suffered 3rd degree burns on her
face and neck and has also been complaining of a
tightening feeling in her chest.
Subject 05, David Harp has been coughing up what seems to
be blood and chunks of his insides. Further examination
has shown that he is in fact coughing parts of his small
intestine.We will continue to monitor his condition.
Nothing else to report.
FADE TO:
JORDAN LIDDELL
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
Dr Cane is typing up his lab notes on the computer.
DR MARCUS CANE
I am Dr Marcus Cane. The date is the 14th July 1942 and
the time is approximately 15:56pm. The test subjects have
become very aggressive. Symptoms such as foaming at the
mouth and blindness have become visible in each patient.
Alongside this each patient's organs have began to erode
and rot from the inside out. Subject 02 has suffered more
burns, this time on her arms. The burns have become so
infected that Lauren was witnessed noring at her own skin
to try and remove the affected areas.
Tomorrow afternoon we will shut off the gas and
individually examine the inmates to measure the viruses
progress and see if any of the test subjects have
developed an immunity.
FADE TO:
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
DR MARCUS CANE
(Grabs bridge of nose)
Dr Marcus Cane, 15th July 1942. The time is 14:00pm. The
examine of the inmates resulted in 2 soldiers becoming
injured. One suffering a laceration to the neck after
being bitten by subject 03. Solder number 2 received a
broken nose while transporting test subject 01 from the
quarantined area.
DR CANE WALKS OVER TO THE TABLE AND PICKS UP A FILE. (TRACKING
SHOT)
After turning off the gas, all of the inmates began to
howl and scream, demanding that the gas be turned back on.
The search for the antidote isn't looking hopeful.
FADE TO:
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
DR MARCUS CANE
(Aggressive tone)
(TRACKING
SHOT)
Dr Marcus Cane, 17th July 1942. After the recent days
events, I have been ordered to shut down this experiment.
The patient's aren't stable enough to be reintroduced into
the asylum and if they higher ups were to find out about
what's being going on here, I would be thrown into prison.
The only solution is to keep them in isolation and wait
for the disease to take over and kill them. An airborne
anesthetic will replace the gas to ease the pain of the
patients. All evidence will have to be destroyed.
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
DR MARCUS CANE
(Looking in disbelief)
Dr Marcus Cane, 18th July 1942, 11:00am. Private Rays that
was bitten during the trials should have become infected
with the virus within the first 2 days. Assuming that he
was going to die, we have been trying to ease any pain he
may feel but after various tests we found that the
soldier's blood was clean of the virus and had in fact
fought off the pathogens. The cure is in his bloodstream.
We've extracted numerous amounts of blood from the soldier
and have created the antidote. After informing the
appropriate people the antidote will be shipped off to an
institute where they will mass produce it and make it
available to those affected. We've just made history.
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
DR MARCUS CANE
(Voice breaks)
Dr Marcus Cane, 18th July 1942, 17:30pm. While loading the
antidote, a test tube was dropped and smashed. While I was
picking up the glass I cut my thumb. The cut was only
minor, so I gathered up some paper towels and applied
pressure to the wound. After I lifted the paper to look at
the wound I spotted a dark, wet patch in the corner of one
of the paper towels. After looking at it further I found
that I'd used a towel with infected blood on it. I've
performed various tests on myself and have even did the
old trick of swelling it under a tap but it was too late.
The virus is in my blood stream. Examinations have shown
that the erosion of my internal organs has already
started, I have days to live.
INT. TV STUDIO/LABORATORY - DAY
DR MARCUS CANE
Dr Marcus Cane, 21st July 1942, 01:00am. As a safety
precaution,I have been isolated to this laboratory. As you
can see, the virus has already caused my skin to blister.
My lower left forearm was heavily infected so to try and
stop the infection from spreading further I have amputated
it. My moods have been ranging between suicidally
depressed to violently angry. I can predict that I am most
likely in the 3rd out five stages of this disease.
2 ARMED SOLDIERS WALK IN AND RESTRAIN DR CANE.
DR MARCUS CANE
Private Rays? You're okay? My antidote worked? I can't
believe this! w...w.wait, what are you doing? I'm okay,
I'm not contagious! Let me go! Who authorized you to do
this? ANSWER ME!
(DR CANE STARTS TO VIOLENTLY SHAKE AND FOAM AT THE MOUTH.)
PRIVATE RAYS
DON'T LET HIS SALIVA TOUCH YOU! The virus can be passed on
through blood, sweat and saliva, not just the gas. I've
been ordered to put him in with the patients. He's not
stable. No one must find out about this, do you
understand?
SOLDIER 2 NODS.
INT. BASEMENT - DAY
PRIVATE RAYS JUMPS DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT SECURES SOME ROPE TO
A SHACKLE ON A WALL.
PRIVATE RAYS
(Mummered regrettably)
Throw him down....but cover his mouth first.
POV SHOT - DR CANE.
DR MARCUS CANE
Private, please don't do this, I helped you?
PRIVATE RAYS CONTINUES TO TIE THE DOCTOR TO THE SHACKLES.
PRIVATE RAYS
I'm just doing my job. The gas will be pumped in to sedate
you, you won't feel a thing. I'm sorry.
PRIVATE RAYS HEADS FOR THE LADDER
(TRACKING SHOT)
DR MARCUS CANE
(Screams aggressively)
You can't do this!
FADE TO BLACK.
INT. EDIT SUITES - DAY
SOPHIE
(Raises her hand to her mouth)
Oh my god. I... what?
SOPHIE JUMPS OUT HER CHAIR AND RUNS TO HER FRIENDS EDIT SUITE.
JOE RAYS
(Jokingly smiles)
Woah is everything alright? Came in a bit fast there?
Are you okay you don't look to good?
SOPHIE
(Panting)
Do you have any idea what this building was before it
was the college, you know just out of curiosity?
haha...
JOE REGARDS SOPHIE'S BEHAVIOR.
JOE RAYS
Umm it used to be a testing facility
during the war, they'd bring in patients from the
local asylum and do drug trials with them. Why?
SOPHIE
How do you know all of this?
JOE RAYS
My great grandfather was a soldier in the war
her
said all sorts of twisted shit happened
here.
Here didnt go into too much detail but
from what
he did tell me was pretty disgusting.
SOPHIE
Okay, umm thanks for the help.
SOPHIE EXITS AND GOES BACK TO HER SUITE AND GRABS HER
STUFF.
SOPHIE
Private Rays is Joe's grandfather. He was the
that imprisoned Dr Cane in basement. The
basement behind our theater! I doubt he's still
alive, wait could be,no.
one
SOPHIE RUNS TO THE BASEMENT AND UNLOCKS THE DOOR. SHE IS MET BY
A SHIELD OF SMOKE.
SOPHIE
(COUGHS)
I can't see a thing down here. *coughs* Where's
my phone?
A RATTLE IS HEARD AND DR CANE APPEARS FROM THE SMOKE, TIED TO
THE WALL AND FOAMING AT THE MOUTH.
SOPHIE
Oh my god! Are you okay? who are you? *coughs*
How long have you been down here?
DR CANE BEGINS TO JUMP UP AND DOWN, WHILE TIED TO THE WALL.
DR CANE
(Slurring his words)
You need to leave.
SOPHIE
I know what private Rays did to you, I'm here
to help.
DR CANE TRYS TO TELL HER ABOUT THE CREATURE BEHIND HER.
SOPHIE
What is it? Tell me, I can hel..AHHHHH.
SOPHIE IS DRAGGED INTO THE DARKNESS AND DR CANE BOWS HIS HEAD.
FADE TO BLACK
