329. Little Red - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• EXT. DESERT - DAY


• ISAAC walks wearily across the empty landscape, thirsty for a simple change in scenery.


• He walks with a slow and steady pace, his well-worn boots thumping rhythmically on the sand.


• A flask of water is flung around his shoulder and his carries a full backpack.


• A group of rocks rises out of the horizon and Isaac walks quicker, moving towards them.


• He blinks as he catches sight of red cloth billowing in the wind from the rocks for an instant, then it is gone.


• He moves even faster.


• EXT. ROCK FORMATION - DAY


• Isaac finally reaches the rocks.


• He looks around for the flash of color.


• RED steps out from behind a column of rock above him.


• She seems to tower above him from her rocky perch.


• She is wrapped in a red hood that shadows her eyes.


• She wraps the cloth around her, knee-high black boots peeking out from behind the cloth.


• ISAAC
• Was I sent here to see you?


• RED
• And who sent you?


• ISAAC
• God told me to come here.


• RED
• Well, it's time for you to leave. The wolf is coming.


• Isaac shakes his head.


• ISAAC
• But I'm supposed to be here. Where am I supposed to go?


• RED
• No, it's time for you to leave. You need to leave now. Think hard, who are you?


• ISAAC
• Isaac.


• RED
• Where did you come from?


• ISAAC
• I...I, God sent me.


• RED
• You can't remember.


• ISAAC
• God sent me.


• RED
• Hurry, think harder.


• ISAAC
• I, I really can't remember. Am I crazy?


• RED
• You're just shifted.


• ISAAC
• Shifted?


• Red holds her hands palms out in front of her face and moves them apart.


• RED
• No one's really crazy. They've just shifted dimensions. Bits of them in one, bits in the other. But you, you need to get out before it's too late. The wolf is coming.


• ISAAC
• I'm so confused.


• RED
• Please, concentrate. I can hear him, he's coming.


• Isaac closes his eyes.


• The very distant sound of snarling comes from beyond the rocks.


• ISAAC
• I can't.


• She reaches down and grabs him by the arm, pulling him up to her.


• RED
• You get behind me. Work on getting out of here.


• ISAAC
• How do I unshift if I don't even know what shifting is?


• RED
• You just look for that memory, that one memory beyond the desert.


• A large wolf appears beyond the rise of the hills, snarling, his teeth bloody as he charges for the rocks.


• Red pulls a massive gun from beneath her cloak and brings it to her shoulder.


• RED
• You get out now; as long as you're here, I can't hold him off forever.


• Isaac squeezes his eyes shut, concentrating hard.


• ISAAC
• I think, I remember, something...it's, it's all white.


• He begins to fade.


• Red glances back.


• RED
• Good! Go, go, hold that memory.


• ISAAC
• How about you?


• RED
• Go! I'll be just fine, I've killed the big bad wolf before.


• Isaac flickers.


• Red sights along the barrel and fires as the wolf prepares to leap.


• The wolf dodges and leaps into the air, fangs bared.


• Isaac disappears and Red fires again, the impact of the bullet freezing the wolf in midair before he collapses onto the desert floor.


• INT. SNAKE RIVER HOSPITAL - DAY


• saac blinks, inhaling sharply.


• He sits, straitjacketed on a cot in a white room.


• FADE TO BLACK.