24. In Dreams - Leslie




• FADE IN:


• EXT. COUNTRY ROAD - NIGHT


• BRIAN speeds through the night, enjoying the rush of cruising around the tight curves in the road.


• His headlights catch the shape of something in the road, and he breaks, swerving to avoid it. As he drives past, he winces as he sees a dead HEDGEHOG in the middle of the road. It looks oddly human, as if a little furry man had been killed right there. It’s head is bloodied, it’s face pushed into the road.


• Brian shudders, a chill running down his back.


• He hits the peddle and keeps going.


• He looks in his review mirror and jumps.


• The hedgehog stands, dressed in a crisp suit and bowler hat; it’s bloodied head hanging to the side.


• He blinks and looks again; the hedgehog is still there.


• Brian shakes his head and stares down the road, determined not to be shaken.


• He takes a long breath and turns his head.


• A LARGE RABBIT in a tuxedo points menacingly and yells in a strangely muted voice.


• LARGE RABBIT
• The turtles have taken over, the turtles have taken over, the...


• Brian hits the gas and speed past.


• He is panting heavily now.


• A school of fish swim past the window and explode in rainbow colors.


• He slams on his breaks, and his car dissolves around him, leaving him in the center of a mercury puddle, it’s metallic surface reflecting the night sky.


• Brian looks around, trying to find some kind of escape route.


• He turns around, then turns around again and sees a squad of turtles slipping past him in the fields of wheat. They walk upright and are covered in military gear and thick gas masks. They carry massive guns in their fins.


• Brian is beginning to develop a slightly desperate look.


• He turns to his original position and screams, but nothing comes out of his mouth.


• Alice and Dorothy are walking slowly towards him, heads tilted in opposite directions, staring at him.


• Dorothy wears a lopsided grin.


• Alice hold a large saw in her hand and Dorothy carries two ruby spikes.


• He tries to say something, but nothing comes except for soft panting noises.


• He tries again, but can only managed the hoarsest whisper.


• BRIAN
• Wake up, wake up!


• A liquid darkness seeps from around the girls and slowly flows towards him.


• Alice grins, revealing rows of sharp teeth and the ground begins to sink below Brian’s feet.


• ALICE
• There’s no waking up my darling, my darling. This is reality.


• They move closer, the tendrils of darkness flowing towards him.


• BRIAN
• Wake up, wake up!


• ALICE
• You’re mumbling my dear.


• BRIAN
• Wake up, wake up!


• ALICE
• Go to sleep darling, we’ll be here when you wake.


• INT. BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING


• Brian sits up in bed, gasping.


• FADE TO BLACK.