Chapter III - Zombies Rising (transcript)

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CHAPTER III
ZOMBIES RISING

ACT I
{BGM START: The Omen – 666}

'''INT. HOSPITAL WARD, COLUMBIA KK HOSPITAL.'''

''[We see Johnny unconscious on the hospital bed, the EEG machine beside him still beeping. The camera then zooms to his left eye, which opens. He then wakes up from his stretcher in a zombie-like fashion and removes the medical attachments before getting out from the bed.]''

{BGM START: Silent Hill – Don't Cry}

[Johnny then enters Isabel's ward]

JOHNNY: It is time. Rise.

[Isabel opens her eyes and wakes up in a zombie-like fashion.]

''[The scene then cuts to the other ward with the four girls: Yue Lin, May, Yun and Anne, each waking up and getting off their hospital beds, throwing down their attachments in the process. The camera then cuts to the corridor where the doors open and the six ZOMBIES come out of them. They leave the doors open and head towards the ward room containing Sheila.]''

'''INT. HOSPITAL WARD'''

''[The door is kicked open by Johnny. The zombies approach Sheila who is lying on her hospital bed.]''

JOHNNY: It is time. Rise.

[No response from Sheila.]

JOHNNY: I SAID, RISE!!!

[Sheila opens her eyes and wakes up]

SHEILA: What?

JOHNNY: Now let's go pick on somebody.

SHEILA: For what?

JOHNNY: Listen, everyone. We are now zombies. Our job is to pick on somebody.

'''INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR.'''

''[The scene cuts to the hospital corridor, where the zombies encounter the same team of doctors: Dr. Raymond, David and Aisha. They are joined by another doctor, Livia.]''

ANNE: What about them? Should we pick on them?

JOHNNY: OK, We'll try.

''[The camera then cuts to the hospital lobby we see the three doctors walking towards the exit. They happen to hear some footsteps]''

RAYMOND: Did you hear anything?

DAVID: Uh... No.

LIVIA: I think I just heard something.

{BGM START: King Kong Coming}

DAVID: Who's out there? Show yourself.

[The zombies appear from behind them]

AISHA: David, behind you...

DAVID: Huh?

[Johnny appears in front of the terrified doctors]

JOHNNY: Boo.

DAVID: What is this madness? I thought you all were dead.

YUE LIN: Yes. We are. But we're zombies now. We want your eyeballs!

DAVID: Impossible.

AISHA: No! Not our eyeballs!

JOHNNY: Wait a minute. Yue, what do you mean by ripping out their eyeballs?

YUE LIN: Well, that's what zombies do.

JOHNNY: Uh... OK. Attack them now!

LIVIA: We're doomed.

RAYMOND: Run for it!

{BGM START: Dead Space – The Necromorphs Attack}

''[The four doctors flee towards the exit while being chased by the zombies Johnny, Isabel, Yue Lin and Sheila. As the doctors reach the exit, Johnny leaped towards them and catches Livia by the leg. Livia falls over and is held hostage by Johnny. Isabel grabs her other leg and Yue Lin grabs her arm.]''

JOHNNY: Don't anybody move!

[David and Raymond pause for a moment and are shocked when seeing Johnny, Isabel and Yue Lin holding Livia captive while Sheila aims a syringe filled with an unknown substance at Livia's neck.]

JOHNNY: If one of you moves, we will stick her full with this!

DAVID: Not the B-Virus! This is our first and only sample.

'''MEANWHILE... INT. HOSPITAL WARD.'''

''[May, Yun and Anne look at the emaciated body of a female patient who had recently died. Strangely, she wasn't irradiated nor was she probably involved in the incident. May raises the cold hand of the corpse.]''

MAY: Poor fellow. What should we do with her?

YUN: Do you know her?

MAY: I used to see her face at school.

ANNE: I have a bold idea.

[Anne brings out a suitcase, slams it onto the medical table and opens it, revealing a set of syringes.]

MAY: Where did you get these?

ANNE: Watch and learn. [Takes a syringe from the suitcase and injects May's shoulder with it]

MAY: Hey! What are you doing to me?

ANNE: [fills the syringe with May's blood and removes the needle from May's shoulder] Let us begin.

[Anne proceeds to inject the lifeless patient with May's blood.]

{BGM START: Star Wars Episode III - The Death of Padmé}

ANNE: What's the patient's name?

[May reads the patient record left on the table.]

MAY: "Vaness".

[The EEG machine beside the hospital bed begins to beep.]

ANNE: VANESS, I CALL YOU TO RISE!!!

[The patient, Vaness, awakens in a zombie-like fashion.]

VANESS: Where's my morphine pills?

ANNE: You can get your pills once you do us a favor.

VANESS: OK. What is thy bidding? [gets off the hospital bed]

ANNE: You are a zombie now, just like us. Join us and do our bidding and you shall survive.

'''INT. HOSPITAL LOBBY.'''

[Anne, Yun and May walk back to the lobby. Johnny notices them.]

JOHNNY: What's taking you girls so long?

ANNE: We just found a way to turn others into zombies.

JOHNNY: Good. Now we will do this to the rest of KK. Show us how later.

ANNE: Right.

JOHNNY: FELLOW ZOMBIES! We now have a new mission. WE'LL TERRORIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD!

'''EXT. COLUMBIA KK HOSPITAL, OUTSIDE THE MAIN ENTRANCE'''

{BGM START: Eva 3.0 - It Will Mean Victory}

''[The seven zombies walk in a zombie-like fashion out of the hospital entrance and take to the streets. They search everywhere for victims to pick on. However, they did not manage to find anyone outside.]''

ISABEL: I don't see no one to pick on.

YUE LIN: No eyeballs to pick either.

JOHNNY: Then keep searching!

ANNE: Let's march!

''[The zombies continue to patrol the streets. The camera then pans into the sky and pans downwards as a transition to Act II]''

ACT II
'''EXT. KYLAR'S HOUSE'''

[We see Joshua and Kelvin come out of a police car which is parked near Kylar's house.]

JOSHUA: Ah. Finally here.

MATHURA: [Holds out a card with the letter M and her phone number written on it] Joshua, call me if you need me.

JOSHUA: Thanks.

''[Joshua and Kelvin proceed towards Kylar's house. Joshua rings the doorbell.]''

'''INT. KYLAR'S HOUSE'''

MICHELLE: I told you the cops would find us here.

KYLAR: What's even wrong with that, Michelle? [He proceeds to open the door, only to find Joshua and Kelvin outside.] Good evening, Joshua.

JOSHUA: Evening.

MICHELLE: Hi Joshua! Didn't expect you to visit here. And who is this friend of yours here?

JOSHUA: This is Inspector Kelvin of the Police Force.

KELVIN: Good evening. I'm here to investigate something.

KYLAR: Nice to meet you, Kelvin. I'm Kylar, and this is my girlfriend, Michelle.

MICHELLE: You can come in.

KELVIN: Thank you.

''[Joshua and Kelvin enter Kylar's house and take their seats on the living room couch. Just as Joshua enters the living room, he is shocked to see Jo also inside the house, sitting on a sofa.]''

JOSHUA: Jo! You just gave me a surprise.

JO: I was here too. I might appear suddenly.

KYLAR: Oh great! I forgot something. Joshua, Kelvin, Jo, I and Michelle are going out to get some drinks for you all.

JOSHUA: OK. Be sure to be back before 8.

KYLAR: OK.

MICHELLE: See ya!

[Just as Kylar and Michelle leave the house] 

ACT III
EXT: MEKD RESTAURANT

JOSHUA: (narrating) MekD restaurant. Spelled M-E-K-D due to international copyright laws. It's the most popular fast food restaurant in KK which is open 24 hours a day. And every evening till night, it's always crowded.

{BGM START: Damien Omen II - All The Power}

[We see the seven zombies approaching the restaurant]

JOSHUA: (narrating) But tonight isn't like any other night.

INT: MEKD RESTAURANT

''[The restaurant's interior is chock full of diners, who are oblivious to the presence of the zombies entering the restaurant. One diner, Aida, notices them walking like zombies.]''

AIDA: These dudes look... strange. Look at how they walk.

JOHNNY: Strange, you say? [He flings a machete at Aida's neck]

''[The entire crowd of diners are shocked. Most of them gasp at Johnny's sudden action. One is seen dropping his soft drink cup which spilled on the table]''

JOHNNY: Listen up everyone! We are zombies! We want your heads mounted on our wall! Submit to us or she dies first!

''[The entire crowd of diners scream in horror and begin to run out of the restaurant. Aida manages to break free from Johnny's hold.]''

AIDA: Please save me! I don't want to lose my head!

YUE LIN: Now that's how we like them. Scrambled. [snickers]

'''MEANWHILE, INT. KYLAR'S HOUSE'''

[Kelvin's walkie-talkie began to ring, transmitting a message from Mathura.]

MATHURA: [through walkie-talkie] Come in, Kelvin! Come in, Kelvin!

KELVIN: Yes, officer.

MATHURA: We had just received reports of an armed attack at the street near the MekD restaurant.

KELVIN: OK. I'm on the way. [Looks to Joshua] I have to go. Officer M needs me on an urgent matter.

JOSHUA: OK. Be safe.

[Kelvin goes out of the house and into the police car, and the car sped off into the background.]

EXT: MEKD RESTAURANT

[The police officers notice a crowd of people running out of the MekD restaurant towards their car.]

KELVIN: We're almost there.

''[Aida runs towards the car window. Mathura presses the brakes.]''

AIDA: They're coming! They're alive!

MATHURA: Who?

AIDA: Zombies! They want to kill us all!

MATHURA: Zombies? Are you serious?

KELVIN: Did you say zombies?

MATHURA: Snap out of this, Kelvin.

AIDA: Please listen to me! These zombies are real!

KELVIN: Trust her. This is Operation Yuen Ling. Yuen Ling will be proud if her namesake operation succeeds.

MATHURA: Uh, OK. We're going there immediately. Lady, there's no need to panic because we're always here to defend our town of KK.

AIDA: Thanks, officer.

[The police car speeds towards the MekD restaurant.]

MATHURA: Zombies? All of you must be crazy. Maybe it's because they watch too much zombie films?

KELVIN: Yes, I do. I loved "Dawn of the Dead". The OG version.

''[The car eventually reaches the restaurant and parks near the drive-thru. The two officers get out of the car.]''

MATHURA: [notices the large "M" sign near the restaurant] Hey! That's my nickname!

KELVIN: My trusty radiation detector had just sensed unusual levels of radiation. It must be coming from inside the restaurant.

MATHURA: So this might be why they're called "zombies" in the first place. It might be just me or everyone here believed in zombies.

KELVIN: I guess everyone watched too much zombie films.

MATHURA: Whatever. I'm going in. Check for more radiation signals.

KELVIN: Roger.

INT: MEKD RESTAURANT

[Inside the restaurant, Johnny is seen threatening a cashier for not giving Yun a cheeseburger.]

JOHNNY: She needs her cheeseburger now!

SHEILA: [looks out at the glass door and sees the two police officers outside] Oh, no. Cops.

JOHNNY: [distracted] Cops? Where?

[The cashier can be seen running away from the restaurant while Mathura barges into the restaurant.]

MATHURA: Freeze! KK Police Force! Put your hands up where I can see them!

MAY: Hey! I'm still eating my cheeseburger.

MATHURA: You may look like regular diners, but we will be catching you all. Exactly how many of you are there?

MAY: Seven?

MATHURA: Yes, all seven of you. We suspect you for intentional violence, extortion and battery. If guilty, you'll be sentenced to three years of community service.

MAY: No! Not community service!

ANNE: But we did not do any battery. We swear.

MATHURA: By looking and behaving like this, people would think you're real zombies!

MAY: Yes, we are.

MATHURA: Aren't you all supposed to be dead?

MAY: Oh yeah. For like, half an hour.

[Isabel returns from the drive-thru, holding two bags filled with cheeseburgers.]

ISABEL: I'm back! [sees Mathura] Oh, my! Is that a cop?

MATHURA: Let's see. There's one, two, three, four, five, six of you. Where's number seven? And is someone biting my hand? [she holds up her hand to look at it] Oh, yeah. Someone has bitten my hand. [Screams in pain]

YUN: Sorry, I was so hungry.

{BGM START: Damien Omen II - All The Power}

''[Johnny turns to Mathura, who is holding her injured hand. He holds out a shotgun and proceeds to shoot the police officer on the knee. Mathura falls to the floor and the resulting shot splats the floor with her blood. Johnny fires another shot onto her other knee, rendering her unable to walk.]''