Chapter II - Seven Deaths (transcript)

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CHAPTER II
SEVEN DEATHS

ACT I
{BGM START: Friday the 13th Part VII – The Pier}

'''EXT. COLUMBIA KK HOSPITAL'''

NARRATOR: Columbia KK Hospital, a place where we have skilled medics and the nearest hospital to our neighborhood. It has been three days since the dreadful event that struck the Physics lab, and the seven volunteer students who are hit by the radiation have been hospitalized.

'''INT. COLUMBIA KK HOSPITAL - WAITING AREA'''

JOSHUA: (narrating) Besides being the narrator of the story, I am also one of the major characters of this story. It began when the class made me the head because Johnny is one of the victims. All the victims are those who hold high places in the class and somehow the school, as we are Form Five students. And it’s not just Johnny. We also lost the class secretary, who is Anne; the Head Prefect Isabel, our best athletes Yue Lin, May and Yun; and of course, Sheila, the teacher's pet of our class.

JOSHUA: (speaking) [looks at the clock] It’s 3.00 pm already and I haven’t had my lunch. Lucky I brought their homework. I got to visit Johnny.

{BGM START: Plecotus – The Dark Knight Rises Fan Soundtrack}

'''INT. HOSPITAL WARD'''

[Joshua opens the door after knocking]

JOHNNY: Yes, come in.

JOSHUA: Evening, Johnny. I’ve got your tuition homework.

JOHNNY: Oh, thank you. So, how’s your day?

JOSHUA: Uh… yes, it’s fine. Just without you guys around. What about you?

JOHNNY: I feel unwell. That small explosion you said is a form of radiation. It’s just us seven who are affected and we feel very sick.

JOSHUA: Oh, my. That’s unusual. Only seven of you but not the rest of the class.

[Enter Dr. Raymond]

JOSHUA: Evening, Doctor.

DR. RAYMOND: Evening.

JOSHUA: So, how’s Johnny now?

DR. RAYMOND: He is now under the condition of acute radiation syndrome. Symptoms include radiation burns, loss of blood cells and prolonged dizziness.

JOSHUA: How long will he be treated?

DR. RAYMOND: Two weeks, if we’re lucky.

JOHNNY: Joshua, do you have any homework to share with us?

JOSHUA: Uh... no. We came back to class at 12.55 pm. The history teacher asked us about your whereabouts, and we explained the whole thing.

(Suddenly Joshua is reminded of a visit from his pen pal)

JOSHUA: I guess I’ll be making a move. My friend will be visiting me in 30 minutes.

JOHNNY: Uh... OK, Joshua. Be safe.

JOSHUA: Get well soon, Johnny. Bye. Thanks, Doctor.

ACT II
{BGM START: Ultraman Tiga – Fun Days (2:02 marker)}

'''INT. JOSHUA'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM'''

''[At Joshua’s house, Joshua is impatiently waiting for his friend to drop by at his house. He goes to the dining room to get a drink when he hears the doorbell.]''

JOSHUA: She’s here.

[Joshua runs to the door in a sped-up scene and opens it, revealing it to be none other than his idol, horror novel writer Jo]

{BGM START: Ultraman Tiga – Fun Days (1:30 marker) }

JO: Evening.

JOSHUA: Evening, Jo. Come, take a seat.

[Joshua leads Jo to the living room and offered her a seat on the couch.]

JO: Thanks.

JOSHUA: We have something to discuss today.

JO: Is it about the school experiment incident?

JOSHUA: Uh... yes. How did you know about that?

JO: I knew it from a friend of mine at Twitter.

JOSHUA: Oh. I never used Twitter.

'''EXT. JOSHUA'S HOUSE'''

{BGM START: Games Played in the Dark}

''[Two police officers arrive at Joshua's house while Joshua and Jo talk about the incident. Following them is the plump inspector, Kelvin.]''

REMY: Kelvin, you look outside for any sign of radiation while I and officer Mathura try to enter the home of "suspect number one".

KELVIN: Roger.

'''INT. JOSHUA'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM'''

JOSHUA: Wow! Every time there is an incident like this you have an idea for a new book. How is that even possible? I thought you always wrote about aliens.

[The doorbell rings.]

JOSHUA: Yes, come in.

{BGM START: Caped Crusader}

''[Joshua goes to the door and opens it. He finds two police officers Remy and Mathura at the door. Joshua is shocked but mustered his courage to try to talk to them.]''

JOSHUA: Good evening, officers.

MATHURA: Evening. Can I have your identification please? If you decline, we will call you "Suspect Number One".

JOSHUA: "Suspect Number One"? Of what?

MATHURA: You're around at the lab incident that morning, aren't you?

JOSHUA: Uhh... yes. Well, actually, I'm having a hard day today. I had homework to do and I am entertaining a guest here too. Anyway, my name is K Joshua and I'm a Fifth Form student at KK High School. I am one of the students of the class involved in the incident. My friend sitting at the couch there is Jo. She's an author of over 40 bestselling novels, 10 of which won readers' choice awards.

JO: Hello.

MATHURA: Oh. I can't believe you have such a famous friend, Joshua. Anyway, Jo, I can't believe I met you at such an unlikely place. [Shakes Jo's hand] I'm such a huge fan of your books. The one with the alien serial killer is my favorite!

JO: Why thank you.

REMY: Good evening, guys. My name is Remy and I'm a police officer. And you've met officer Mathura.

JOSHUA: Evening to you too, officer Remy.

MATHURA: You can just call me "M".

JOSHUA: OK. Hi, "M".

REMY: We're here because our inspector is checking for signs of radiation around here. We are also looking for suspects and witnesses of this morning's incident. Based on the identification details that you gave us earlier, you must be one of the students of the class that was involved.

MATHURA: Right now, we are also figuring out the name of our current operation.

[The door opens and inspector Kelvin enters the house]

{BGM START: Enter the Dragon}

KELVIN: Hello guys!

JOSHUA: Who is that?

REMY: That's our inspector.

KELVIN: Call me Kelvin. I work for the Police Force.

JOSHUA: That's cool.

KELVIN: I'm thinking of the operation name too. Any ideas?

JOSHUA: Uhh...

JO: Uhh...

REMY and MATHURA: Uhh...

[After some serious thinking, Joshua finally gets an idea]

JOSHUA: Bingo! How about "Operation Fusion"?

JO: "Operation Neutron Strike"?

REMY: What about "Operation Yuen Ling"?

[Joshua, Jo, Mathura and Kelvin are caught off guard by Remy's suggestion]

JOSHUA: Who's "Yuen Ling"? This name sounds like a friend of mine who got involved.

REMY: Uhh... That's my former colleague. She is currently working at a nuclear science research facility in Japan.

KELVIN: OK then. I think "Yuen Ling" seems to be the most suitable choice for now.

JOSHUA: Maybe we can help with the investigation. Anyway, the victims of the incident are in the hospital. And the unusual thing is only seven students are affected by the radiation from the mystery substance we have used in the experiment. I and most of the other students are unaffected and showed little to no sign of radiation.

KELVIN: Well, that's strange. I guess this is a case that we need to work together to solve. This operation Yuen Ling now has a new agenda.

JO: Let me join too.

KELVIN: You're in.

JO: Cool!

MATHURA: Then what are you waiting for? Let the operation begin!

[The police officers and inspector Kelvin leave the house]

JOSHUA: OK, let's get back to our conversation.

ACT III
'''INT. COLUMBIA KK HOSPITAL'''

NARRATOR: The next day...

[Cut into the corridor where we see a pair of twins named Andrea and Annie who are holding some gifts while visiting their ill friend]

ANNIE: [Sees the inside of the ward] Whoa! Isabel's got a number of visitors.

{BGM START: Plecotus – The Dark Knight Rises Fan Soundtrack}

ISABEL: Hello, twins. I mean Andrea and Annie. Take a seat.

ANDREA AND ANNIE: Thanks.

ISABEL: Any word on the prefect meeting next Wednesday?

ANDREA: I heard that the school will be closed for two weeks; so there's no meeting next Wednesday.

ISABEL: Ah, man. I really had something important to announce for my fellow prefects this time. I'm worshipped by my fellow prefects.

[Meanwhile in another ward, we see Yue Lin who is in the same ward as May.]

ANNE: Gosh. Two days and I'm still on the hospital bed.

YUE LIN: Yeah. I feel dizzy.

MAY: Our ward is getting full of our visiting friends. [She turns to two girls who are talking] Hey! can you please turn down the volume?

[Cut to the corridor where we see Joshua.]

JOSHUA: (narrating) Although the school is closed for two weeks, we still had to learn our syllabus through tuition classes. And my, these tuition classes are making my head spin, and I had to attend them due to my poor grades. More to say, I also had rivals in my high school life.

[Joshua meets his rival Edmond at the hospital.]

JOSHUA: (narrating) And he is one of them. His name is Edmond, and he is the class bully since I was in the first form. He somehow has an unusual obsession with Sheila.

JOSHUA: Hi, Edmond.

EDMOND: Curse you. I'm here to see my girlfriend.

JOSHUA: I'm here to inform her of today's homework.

EDMOND: Let me see her first, OK?

JOSHUA: Well, alright. Be sure to inform her of today's History homework.

[Later, Edmond enters the ward where Sheila is lying on the hospital bed.]

EDMOND: Sheila!

[Ironside Siren plays in the background]

SHEILA: Edmond?

EDMOND: Yes. Mond, Ed-Mond.

SHEILA: You haven't phoned me for six months.

EDMOND: Oh, yeah. I forgot about it. I'm here to tell you about our History homework.

SHEILA: You didn't call me for SIX LONG MONTHS!!! You've crossed the line, Edmond.

{BGM START: Death Trap}

EDMOND: But Sheila, it's only six months.

SHEILA: HOW COULD YOU?!?!? Were you out with another girlfriend?

EDMOND: Unfortunately, yes.

SHEILA: SO WHO AM I TO YOU NOW??? When you said that just now, I think my head is going to EXPLODE!!! [She suddenly gets a headache] Ahh... my head...

[Joshua enters the ward, followed by a doctor named David and nurse Aisha who provides Sheila with medications]

JOSHUA: So, doctor, how's the condition of the patients?

DR. DAVID: It looks like some of the patients' radiation levels are off the charts. They might be suffering from a rare kind of radiation sickness.

JOSHUA: A rare kind of radiation sickness. I see. How severe is it?

DR. DAVID: For them, quite. They will be treated for around two days.

DR. AISHA: Patient Sheila here is in a critical condition.

EDMOND: So how? I've just apologized to her after making her mad.

DR. AISHA: She would have to be confined at the ward for further treatment for another five days.

JOSHUA AND EDMOND: FIVE DAYS???

JOSHUA: That means she would have to spend a total of seven days in hospital.

JOSHUA: (narrating) Seven days in hospital, that is. It looks like they had to miss one week of tuition classes for treatment. However, two days later, things get very wrong.

ACT IV
{BGM START: Classic Soap 14}

[The camera cuts to each of the patients as they seem to be losing their battle with the unknown radiation sickness.]

MAY: I feel bad.

'''CUT TO: INT. HOSPITAL LOBBY.'''

[Joshua is seen running to the elevator; the scene is sped up.]

JOSHUA: [sighs] Finally here after this traffic jam. Gotta inform them about their tuition homework immediately.

''[The elevator stops after a bell sounds, and Joshua runs out, with the scene sped up. Joshua heads to Johnny's ward first]''

JOSHUA: Hey, Johnny. Johnny?

[There is no response from Johnny who is lying on the hospital bed]

JOSHUA: No answer. [He notices Dr. Raymond who enters the ward] Oh. Dr. Raymond. How is Johnny here now?

RAYMOND: I feel sorry for your friend here. I fear his radiation level had reached a terminal stage that we wouldn't be able to cure.

JOSHUA: Oh, no. What about the other six?

RAYMOND: They all had the same problem. They might have only 24 hours to live.

JOSHUA: I have to tell my friends about this. Anyway, thanks for the info, doctor. [He leaves the ward]

''[Just as Joshua left the ward, the wave signals shown in an EEG machine near Johnny show a flat line after a few seconds. The intercut signals of the other patients are then shown, signifying that they have died of the radiation sickness]''

'''CUT TO: INT. HOSPITAL LOBBY.'''

[Joshua comes out of the elevator only to see Kelvin waiting for him]

JOSHUA: Oh, Kelvin. How did you get here?

KELVIN: Officer Mathura is in the restroom. We're here for a spot check.

JOSHUA: I have just visited the patients. The doctors say that they have 24 hours to live.

[Kelvin and Joshua sit at a table in the hospital diner]

{BGM START: Plecotus – The Dark Knight Rises Fan Soundtrack}

JOSHUA: Seven lives are in deep peril because of that experiment. They shouldn't have carried it out as they are inexperienced in handling radioactive substances.

KELVIN: So we would suggest that the experiment should be banned in schools.

JOSHUA: Yes, it should. For putting students' lives in danger. It's like the bromine experiment that gone wrong in another school.

KELVIN: OK, we'll take this into consideration.

[Just then, Officer Mathura returned from the restroom.]

MATHURA: Well, did I miss anything?

KELVIN: Lots of things, M.

JOSHUA: [Notices doctors Raymond, David and nurse Aisha hurriedly rushing through the hall] Why are the doctors in a rush?

[Just as the doctors approach the diner, Kelvin proceeds to introduce himself to the doctors.]

KELVIN: Evening, doctors. I'm Inspector Kelvin of the KK Police Force.

RAYMOND: Evening. I'm Dr. Raymond, and this is Dr. David and Dr. Aisha.

KELVIN: Evening.

JOSHUA: So, how are the patients now?

RAYMOND: My friend, we couldn't save them. They left us at around 6:30 PM.

DAVID: All seven of them. At the same time.

JOSHUA: [Gasps] So how? I had to tell my friends. Kelvin, take us to Kylar's house immediately.

KELVIN: Roger.

{BGM START: Electromagnetic Waves - Invasion of Astro Monster}

[The camera then moves into the ward, where we see the EEG machine suddenly receives a live signal, noted for the beeping noises it makes]

[End of sequence and fade to black]

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