Post by SCF on Mar 14, 2008 13:53:15 GMT -5
(The opening credits roll on the dark screen. The screen fades to darkness, then to a full moon in a dark and cloudy sky. The camera pans down, and we see a vast graveyard. Fog runs through the air, enshrouding the various headstones. We see two figures moving throughout the stones, with shovels in their hands. The camera zooms up, and show the two ragged men walking with seemingly no direction through the grave yard.)
Grave Robber 2: Who we looking for?
Grave Robber 1: No one ya idiot, just trying to find one of the distant stones so it takes the cops longer to find out.
Grave Robber 2: Good idea mate, let’s keep moving, this moon is giving me the creeps.
(The two continue walking through the headstones, and finally reach a distant headstone placed right near a tree. The camera cuts up to the full moon again, giving it some importance. The lead grave robber kneels down by the grave and looks at the stone.)
Grave Robber 1: Sam Miller. Rest in Peace.
Grave Robber 2: Poor Chap.
Grave Robber 1: And he’s just about to get poorer. Start digging.
(The two begin to dig into Sam’s grave, shoveling the dirt into a pile. They continue digging until the lead grave robber halts.)
Graver Robber 1: I think we got him. Here, help me get the body.
(The two wade themselves into the grave, and hoist the corpse of Sam up onto the ground. Sam is dressed in a button up shirt and black pants. The secondary grave robber shivers at the site of Sam’s body.)
Grave Robber 2: This is the guy who killed all those people right? They said he was insane.
Grave Robber 1: Yea but he’s dead now. Come on, help me lift the body.
(The two lift the body up, and begin to walk out of the graveyard with Sam’s dead body on their shoulders. The camera zooms up to Sam’s pale face. Suddenly, his eye opens. The robbers continue walking, unaware of Sam’s revival. Miller begins to transform into his werewolf form, fur sprouting all over his face, which is the only visible hair we can see. His hands grow claws, and his shoes are forced off his feet. The Wolf Man snarls, causing the robbers to drop him.)
Grave Robber 2: OH! OH GOD!
(The Wolf Man pounces on the poor man, and tears out his throat. The lead grave robber tries to run, but Sam catches up to him easily, and pounces on his back. We see the Wolf Man’s claws swipe down rapidly. Sam howls to the moon, blood dripping from his maw.)
(The screen fades to black, and the title cuts across the screen. FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN. The screen cuts to a police station. All sorts of shady looking figures walk through the detaining center. The camera moves through the hallways to a room labeled “Interrogation” The door opens, and inside we see a police officer sitting across a table from Sam Miller. Miller looks dead, very pale.)
Officer: I just want a simple answer. What do you know about the two men that were found dead last night only a mile from your unconscious body.
(Sam smiles sadistically and looks the officer straight in the eyes. Sam’s visage is chillingly evil as he goes to respond.)
Sam: You want an answer? I’ll give you one. On one condition.
Officer: What might that be?
Sam: I want release from this cruel fate. I am a werewolf. A lycanthrope! I am cursed by the sign of the beast! I killed those two men when I couldn’t control myself. I should be dead!
Officer: I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Where are you from?
Sam: Ellicott City, Maryland. I should be dead officer; those men revived this curse, this beast within me!
Officer: We’ll see about that. Sit tight in here Miller.
Sam: You must believe me!
(The screen fades out, and back on to the same officer in his office, on the phone. He’s chatting to someone, and his door opens. In walks a man with short blonde hair, and a trimmed moustache and goatee. He looks distinguished and proud. The one officer holds his finger up, as if to tell him to wait.)
Officer: Ok, thank you very much. Bye. Yes, Carraway?
Carraway: Who is that ragged looking man in the interrogation room?
Officer: We found him in the street. He had blood over his face, and a bullet hole in his chest.
Carraway: How is he alive?
Officer: No clue. He says he is a werewolf. What a nut.
Carraway: Who were you on the phone with?
Officer: Police Department from Ellicott City.
Carraway: They said?
Officer: Sam Miller died 1 year ago. He was shot in the chest. They say the man we have up here is an impostor.
Carraway: Mind if I speak to him?
Officer: Go ahead Mike. Get whatever out of him you can.
(Carraway leaves the room, and walks down the hall towards the Interrogation Room. Michael grabs the handle of the room, and opens the door. Sam quietly stares ahead as Michael takes a seat across from him)
Carraway: My name is Detective Michael Carraway.
Sam: Sam Miller.
Carraway: I know you’ve probably been through this many, many times now, but please, tell me what you know.
Sam: I would tell you, but just like the guy before you, you won’t believe me.
Carraway: What wouldn’t I believe? We have two dead bodies and you, now please, enlighten me sir.
Sam: I am a werewolf.
(Michael snickers as Sam grows a look on sadness and desperation on his face.)
Sam: Please, you must believe me! I kill people when there is a full moon!
Carraway: Is that your “gimmick”?
Sam: Gimmick? You think I would lie!? I am not criminally insane! I AM A MURDERER BY BAD LUCK, NOT BY CHOICE! You think I would kill innocents, no, the beast inside of me does. All I want is death, release from this curse!
Carraway: You want death? I’d have them give you the needle this fast pal, but its America. I can’t do that, yet.
Sam: Needles? You think that would work!? I must be slain by silver. End me, or there will be more victims!
Carraway: Is that a threat?
Sam: No! It is the truth!
Carraway: Come on buddy, we’re getting you into a cell.
Sam: Those iron bars won’t stop me from my bestial rampage! I should be dead! But they invoked the light of the full moon upon me!
(Carraway and 2 guards haul Sam away. We cut to Sam lying in a bunk in a cell, seemingly asleep. The bed sheet lightly covers him. All off a sudden, the full moon shines through the cell window bars, down upon Sam’s face. Miller awakens from his sleep, and looks up at the cursed moon with a gaze of terror. He begins to grab his hair as the transformation takes place. His human face slowly begins to grow fur, and becomes canine looking. He grows a small snout, and fangs replace his normal teeth. The Wolf Man looks around predatorily, and then rips his sheet off. The creature stalks around his small cell, and grabs the window bars. Sam rips them out easily, and uses his agility to climb out of the cell. Sam roams through the open field and out into the night, leaving behind nothing but a ripped out window. The screen fades to the morning, where the police station is in a frenzy. Carraway rushes down the hallway to Sam’s cell, where already a number of other officers standing there. A team is in the cell, investigating the bestial scene. Sam’s bunk is torn up, along with his sheet. There are scratch marks all over the wall. But most importantly, all 4 bars that block a window are torn out, scattered on the floor. They are all bent in different, violent ways. Carraway enters the jail cell and looks around with a mixture of shock and anger on his face)
Carraway: What the hell happened here?
Officer: We don’t know Mike.
Carraway: Where the hell is that Miller guy? This was his cell right?
Officer: Yea it was, he must’ve gotten through the window. I don’t know how he did it, the bars are pure iron.
Carraway: He was a mental case. We just need to find him, and put that son of a bitch back where he belongs.
(The screen cuts out to a forest. Sam Miller lays on the bank of a small lake. The water slowly crawls up to his prone body, soaking into his clothes. Miller begins to stir, and slowly raises up to his feet. Miller looks around cautiously, and dizzily. Sam groans, and begins to walk. He slowly begins to speed up into a run, until he reaches the edge of the forest. Sam stops on a road, and looks around. Miller starts to follow the road north, walking on its dirt path. No cars pass him as he treks to a destination unknown to him. As Sam continues walking, a truck begins to slowly travel behind him. Sam stops and looks at the truck as it comes to a stop next to him. A man begins to talk out of the window.)
Man: Sam Miller?
Sam: Who are you? How do you know my name?
Man: I want to help you.
Sam: By turning me in to the police? I’ve escaped that hell, and I am trying to rid myself of the true hell within.
Man: I know your curse, Sam. I can help you.
Sam: Who are you?
Man: I am Professor Albert Romano. I am interested in the secrets of life and death. I can help you. Get in the car, and let me explain.
(Sam walks over to the passenger side, and opens the door. Sam gets his first good look at Romano. He is in his mid 40s, with short, light brown hair. He has an aura of intelligence, and his homely face smiles easily.)
Romano: I heard about you on the news, multiple times.
Sam: Really? What’ve they been calling me? A lunatic? Mad man?
Romano: Of course, but it is the police. They can’t come out openly about you being a werewolf. They’d look like fools.
Sam: I have to ask, why are you helping me? Nobody has been this kind to me, or this understanding.
Romano: Because, like you Sam, society outcasts me. They find my….experiments too realistic for their cushioned life style.
Sam: Experiments? What exactly do you do Romano?
Romano: I can perhaps explain that later, but for now, let me take you back to my place. If we want to get you cured, and my experiment to be complete, we are going to need to get out of the States.
Sam: Why? Why can’t we do it here?
Romano: Legal complications. You see, we are known here. In Europe, we can do this quietly and safely, if that is a good word for it.
Sam: How do you plan on getting to Europe safely? Not to mention the fact that there might be a full moon when we cross the sea.
Romano: I have it all planned out. Trust me. We will be departing for Europe in one day.
Sam: One day? I just met you man. Do you really expect me to trust you that fast?
Romano: If you wish to end your curse, you must.
(The car rolls down the road as we cut to Romano’s house.)
(Sam is hurried into the house by Albert, who quickly shuts the door behind him)
Sam: Live by yourself?
Romano: Yes. I don’t think neighbors would be interested in my work, let alone a spouse.
Sam: They’re not worth it in the end. Especially after you tried to kill them.
Romano: At least you could get away with it. I am not yet hunted by the law, which I guess is a good thing. Sam, tell me your story. I’m interested in this curse, as you call it.
Sam: It’s quite simple really. I was out in the woods with my friend Mary. We heard a howl and a scream. I rushed out, and found a giant wolf. Said wolf bit me, but I killed it. I turned into a werewolf on the night of a full moon, Doctor. I killed people. Only one person believed me, but he was also using me for money. You don’t know how many deaths were related to me. I lost one of my best friends. I thought it ended one night. I stalked them through the woods. You have to realize something, Romano. You know what you do when you’ve transformed. It’s like you’re in an uncontrollable body. I saw my friends, and my first instinct was to kill, even though my mind was screaming not to. You can’t even imagine the pain, hunting some random, innocent person, and then pouncing on them, unable to defend themselves.
Romano: What happened the one night, Sam?
Sam: As I was saying. I saw my friends, and every instinct I had urged me on. I killed the one man who had tried to exploit me. Just then, I attacked. My friend was able to throw me off, but I knocked him away. I grabbed the girl I loved, and I looked into her eyes. Doc, have you ever seen a pair of eyes so frightened that they could freeze you. When I looked, I stopped. My animal instincts shut off. It was almost as my love for her stopped me. Just then, I was shot. From there, I don’t remember anything but seeing my whole world spin around, fogged. I saw her staring at me, a mixture of fear and compassion and him, confused. I never got the chance to tell her that I loved her.
(Sam stares coldly into the night sky, where a crescent moon sits, much to Sam’s relief.)
Sam: Doc, you have to help me. I can’t stand the pain of this curse any longer. I must die, permanently.
Romano: Sam, I promise that I can help you. I need a promise from you however. You must not tell a soul of my experiments, or what we are doing. We must get out of the States immediately.
Sam: When do we leave?
Romano: Tomorrow, if all goes as planned. The boat is here, but I must gather some things. One last question.
Sam: Yea?
Romano: What does the transformation feel like?
(Sam contemplates the question, and sits down on a chair.)
Sam: For a second, a second only, your body completely freezes. Your veins turn cold as ice, and you are stopped dead in your place. Then, your entire body seems to erupt, the pain unbearable. The only thing that you control, and even for a short time is the volume of the yells you let out as you writhe in agony, the beast within taking over. Hair sprouts over your entire body, and your face is distorted to a twisted mix between a man and a wolf. That’s how it feels like. Now, if you don’t mind, Doctor, I’d like to get some sleep.
Romano: Of course. Use the guest room.
(Miller walks down the hall, and enters a room. He closes the door behind him as we cut back to Romano. Albert sighs, and picks up a notebook, which looks ragged and used. Romano opens it, and takes out a pen, beginning to write.)
(The screen cuts back in the morning, to Miller’s room. Sam is just waking up, as he pulls the sheets off of his muscular body. Sam stretches his arms out, and throws a white shirt on. Miller leaves his room, and goes into Romano’s kitchen. Sam sits down in a wooden chair, and stares at his hands. Just then he notices something at the far side of the table, Romano’s journal. Miller reaches across the table, and grabs the book. Sam opens it, and slowly begins to flip through the pages. He stops at one page, and raises his eyebrow.)
Sam (reading the book): Secrets of life and death…He is at 75% health. Strong. Mutters words…..need a brain…..
(Just as Sam begins to flip through more of the pages, Romano enters the room from behind him. Miller throws the book across the table, and tries to act innocent as the doctor walks around him.)
Romano: Morning, Mr. Miller. I see you’ve found the clothes I left you.
Sam: Yea…yea I did. Thank you. I couldn’t help but notice that book.
Romano: Ah, my journal. I must’ve forgot it here before I went to bed. Oh well. No harm done, right?
(Miller nods slowly, almost suspiciously.)
Romano: Well, we best get going soon.
Miller: Aye. When do we leave?
Romano: In about an hour. I want to make sure I have everything. All of my lab equipment is secured in the ship already, so I do not think it will be that much time.
(Romano walks out of the room, after gently taking his diary off the table. Miller sits back in his chair and seems to ponder what he saw in the diary.)
(Cut to later. Romano and Sam are walking out of his house, and into Romano’s truck. Albert starts the vehicle up, and backs out of the drive way. Sirens can be heard in the background.)
Miller: Oh no, it’s the police. Albert, what the hell is going on?
Romano: No time to explain. We have to get out of here.
(Romano shifts the truck into gear, and books it down the road, and towards the docks. 3 cop cars chase him. We see them on the highway, weaving through traffic, as the 3 white and black cars chase after them like sharks on a wounded prey. The cars race down, until we fade to the docks, where Romano’s truck is seen hurdling into. They quickly skid across the lot, and hurry out. Romano grabs his gear, and both men sprint towards the boat, yelling at the crew to start. The boats engine begins spouting, and the ropes are unlatched from the decks. Romano hops into the boat as Sam leaps in, just barely making it. The cop cars pull in, but just too late. The boat is already a good 100 feet out into the bay. We scroll back to the police cars where Carraway steps out from the passenger seat. His face is distinctly pissed off as he stares into the sailing ship. Cut back to Miller and Albert.)
Romano (Gasping): And that’s why….being a doctor….is never worth it.
(Sam can only smile as we fade out)
Grave Robber 2: Who we looking for?
Grave Robber 1: No one ya idiot, just trying to find one of the distant stones so it takes the cops longer to find out.
Grave Robber 2: Good idea mate, let’s keep moving, this moon is giving me the creeps.
(The two continue walking through the headstones, and finally reach a distant headstone placed right near a tree. The camera cuts up to the full moon again, giving it some importance. The lead grave robber kneels down by the grave and looks at the stone.)
Grave Robber 1: Sam Miller. Rest in Peace.
Grave Robber 2: Poor Chap.
Grave Robber 1: And he’s just about to get poorer. Start digging.
(The two begin to dig into Sam’s grave, shoveling the dirt into a pile. They continue digging until the lead grave robber halts.)
Graver Robber 1: I think we got him. Here, help me get the body.
(The two wade themselves into the grave, and hoist the corpse of Sam up onto the ground. Sam is dressed in a button up shirt and black pants. The secondary grave robber shivers at the site of Sam’s body.)
Grave Robber 2: This is the guy who killed all those people right? They said he was insane.
Grave Robber 1: Yea but he’s dead now. Come on, help me lift the body.
(The two lift the body up, and begin to walk out of the graveyard with Sam’s dead body on their shoulders. The camera zooms up to Sam’s pale face. Suddenly, his eye opens. The robbers continue walking, unaware of Sam’s revival. Miller begins to transform into his werewolf form, fur sprouting all over his face, which is the only visible hair we can see. His hands grow claws, and his shoes are forced off his feet. The Wolf Man snarls, causing the robbers to drop him.)
Grave Robber 2: OH! OH GOD!
(The Wolf Man pounces on the poor man, and tears out his throat. The lead grave robber tries to run, but Sam catches up to him easily, and pounces on his back. We see the Wolf Man’s claws swipe down rapidly. Sam howls to the moon, blood dripping from his maw.)
(The screen fades to black, and the title cuts across the screen. FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLFMAN. The screen cuts to a police station. All sorts of shady looking figures walk through the detaining center. The camera moves through the hallways to a room labeled “Interrogation” The door opens, and inside we see a police officer sitting across a table from Sam Miller. Miller looks dead, very pale.)
Officer: I just want a simple answer. What do you know about the two men that were found dead last night only a mile from your unconscious body.
(Sam smiles sadistically and looks the officer straight in the eyes. Sam’s visage is chillingly evil as he goes to respond.)
Sam: You want an answer? I’ll give you one. On one condition.
Officer: What might that be?
Sam: I want release from this cruel fate. I am a werewolf. A lycanthrope! I am cursed by the sign of the beast! I killed those two men when I couldn’t control myself. I should be dead!
Officer: I don’t know what the hell you’re talking about. Where are you from?
Sam: Ellicott City, Maryland. I should be dead officer; those men revived this curse, this beast within me!
Officer: We’ll see about that. Sit tight in here Miller.
Sam: You must believe me!
(The screen fades out, and back on to the same officer in his office, on the phone. He’s chatting to someone, and his door opens. In walks a man with short blonde hair, and a trimmed moustache and goatee. He looks distinguished and proud. The one officer holds his finger up, as if to tell him to wait.)
Officer: Ok, thank you very much. Bye. Yes, Carraway?
Carraway: Who is that ragged looking man in the interrogation room?
Officer: We found him in the street. He had blood over his face, and a bullet hole in his chest.
Carraway: How is he alive?
Officer: No clue. He says he is a werewolf. What a nut.
Carraway: Who were you on the phone with?
Officer: Police Department from Ellicott City.
Carraway: They said?
Officer: Sam Miller died 1 year ago. He was shot in the chest. They say the man we have up here is an impostor.
Carraway: Mind if I speak to him?
Officer: Go ahead Mike. Get whatever out of him you can.
(Carraway leaves the room, and walks down the hall towards the Interrogation Room. Michael grabs the handle of the room, and opens the door. Sam quietly stares ahead as Michael takes a seat across from him)
Carraway: My name is Detective Michael Carraway.
Sam: Sam Miller.
Carraway: I know you’ve probably been through this many, many times now, but please, tell me what you know.
Sam: I would tell you, but just like the guy before you, you won’t believe me.
Carraway: What wouldn’t I believe? We have two dead bodies and you, now please, enlighten me sir.
Sam: I am a werewolf.
(Michael snickers as Sam grows a look on sadness and desperation on his face.)
Sam: Please, you must believe me! I kill people when there is a full moon!
Carraway: Is that your “gimmick”?
Sam: Gimmick? You think I would lie!? I am not criminally insane! I AM A MURDERER BY BAD LUCK, NOT BY CHOICE! You think I would kill innocents, no, the beast inside of me does. All I want is death, release from this curse!
Carraway: You want death? I’d have them give you the needle this fast pal, but its America. I can’t do that, yet.
Sam: Needles? You think that would work!? I must be slain by silver. End me, or there will be more victims!
Carraway: Is that a threat?
Sam: No! It is the truth!
Carraway: Come on buddy, we’re getting you into a cell.
Sam: Those iron bars won’t stop me from my bestial rampage! I should be dead! But they invoked the light of the full moon upon me!
(Carraway and 2 guards haul Sam away. We cut to Sam lying in a bunk in a cell, seemingly asleep. The bed sheet lightly covers him. All off a sudden, the full moon shines through the cell window bars, down upon Sam’s face. Miller awakens from his sleep, and looks up at the cursed moon with a gaze of terror. He begins to grab his hair as the transformation takes place. His human face slowly begins to grow fur, and becomes canine looking. He grows a small snout, and fangs replace his normal teeth. The Wolf Man looks around predatorily, and then rips his sheet off. The creature stalks around his small cell, and grabs the window bars. Sam rips them out easily, and uses his agility to climb out of the cell. Sam roams through the open field and out into the night, leaving behind nothing but a ripped out window. The screen fades to the morning, where the police station is in a frenzy. Carraway rushes down the hallway to Sam’s cell, where already a number of other officers standing there. A team is in the cell, investigating the bestial scene. Sam’s bunk is torn up, along with his sheet. There are scratch marks all over the wall. But most importantly, all 4 bars that block a window are torn out, scattered on the floor. They are all bent in different, violent ways. Carraway enters the jail cell and looks around with a mixture of shock and anger on his face)
Carraway: What the hell happened here?
Officer: We don’t know Mike.
Carraway: Where the hell is that Miller guy? This was his cell right?
Officer: Yea it was, he must’ve gotten through the window. I don’t know how he did it, the bars are pure iron.
Carraway: He was a mental case. We just need to find him, and put that son of a bitch back where he belongs.
(The screen cuts out to a forest. Sam Miller lays on the bank of a small lake. The water slowly crawls up to his prone body, soaking into his clothes. Miller begins to stir, and slowly raises up to his feet. Miller looks around cautiously, and dizzily. Sam groans, and begins to walk. He slowly begins to speed up into a run, until he reaches the edge of the forest. Sam stops on a road, and looks around. Miller starts to follow the road north, walking on its dirt path. No cars pass him as he treks to a destination unknown to him. As Sam continues walking, a truck begins to slowly travel behind him. Sam stops and looks at the truck as it comes to a stop next to him. A man begins to talk out of the window.)
Man: Sam Miller?
Sam: Who are you? How do you know my name?
Man: I want to help you.
Sam: By turning me in to the police? I’ve escaped that hell, and I am trying to rid myself of the true hell within.
Man: I know your curse, Sam. I can help you.
Sam: Who are you?
Man: I am Professor Albert Romano. I am interested in the secrets of life and death. I can help you. Get in the car, and let me explain.
(Sam walks over to the passenger side, and opens the door. Sam gets his first good look at Romano. He is in his mid 40s, with short, light brown hair. He has an aura of intelligence, and his homely face smiles easily.)
Romano: I heard about you on the news, multiple times.
Sam: Really? What’ve they been calling me? A lunatic? Mad man?
Romano: Of course, but it is the police. They can’t come out openly about you being a werewolf. They’d look like fools.
Sam: I have to ask, why are you helping me? Nobody has been this kind to me, or this understanding.
Romano: Because, like you Sam, society outcasts me. They find my….experiments too realistic for their cushioned life style.
Sam: Experiments? What exactly do you do Romano?
Romano: I can perhaps explain that later, but for now, let me take you back to my place. If we want to get you cured, and my experiment to be complete, we are going to need to get out of the States.
Sam: Why? Why can’t we do it here?
Romano: Legal complications. You see, we are known here. In Europe, we can do this quietly and safely, if that is a good word for it.
Sam: How do you plan on getting to Europe safely? Not to mention the fact that there might be a full moon when we cross the sea.
Romano: I have it all planned out. Trust me. We will be departing for Europe in one day.
Sam: One day? I just met you man. Do you really expect me to trust you that fast?
Romano: If you wish to end your curse, you must.
(The car rolls down the road as we cut to Romano’s house.)
(Sam is hurried into the house by Albert, who quickly shuts the door behind him)
Sam: Live by yourself?
Romano: Yes. I don’t think neighbors would be interested in my work, let alone a spouse.
Sam: They’re not worth it in the end. Especially after you tried to kill them.
Romano: At least you could get away with it. I am not yet hunted by the law, which I guess is a good thing. Sam, tell me your story. I’m interested in this curse, as you call it.
Sam: It’s quite simple really. I was out in the woods with my friend Mary. We heard a howl and a scream. I rushed out, and found a giant wolf. Said wolf bit me, but I killed it. I turned into a werewolf on the night of a full moon, Doctor. I killed people. Only one person believed me, but he was also using me for money. You don’t know how many deaths were related to me. I lost one of my best friends. I thought it ended one night. I stalked them through the woods. You have to realize something, Romano. You know what you do when you’ve transformed. It’s like you’re in an uncontrollable body. I saw my friends, and my first instinct was to kill, even though my mind was screaming not to. You can’t even imagine the pain, hunting some random, innocent person, and then pouncing on them, unable to defend themselves.
Romano: What happened the one night, Sam?
Sam: As I was saying. I saw my friends, and every instinct I had urged me on. I killed the one man who had tried to exploit me. Just then, I attacked. My friend was able to throw me off, but I knocked him away. I grabbed the girl I loved, and I looked into her eyes. Doc, have you ever seen a pair of eyes so frightened that they could freeze you. When I looked, I stopped. My animal instincts shut off. It was almost as my love for her stopped me. Just then, I was shot. From there, I don’t remember anything but seeing my whole world spin around, fogged. I saw her staring at me, a mixture of fear and compassion and him, confused. I never got the chance to tell her that I loved her.
(Sam stares coldly into the night sky, where a crescent moon sits, much to Sam’s relief.)
Sam: Doc, you have to help me. I can’t stand the pain of this curse any longer. I must die, permanently.
Romano: Sam, I promise that I can help you. I need a promise from you however. You must not tell a soul of my experiments, or what we are doing. We must get out of the States immediately.
Sam: When do we leave?
Romano: Tomorrow, if all goes as planned. The boat is here, but I must gather some things. One last question.
Sam: Yea?
Romano: What does the transformation feel like?
(Sam contemplates the question, and sits down on a chair.)
Sam: For a second, a second only, your body completely freezes. Your veins turn cold as ice, and you are stopped dead in your place. Then, your entire body seems to erupt, the pain unbearable. The only thing that you control, and even for a short time is the volume of the yells you let out as you writhe in agony, the beast within taking over. Hair sprouts over your entire body, and your face is distorted to a twisted mix between a man and a wolf. That’s how it feels like. Now, if you don’t mind, Doctor, I’d like to get some sleep.
Romano: Of course. Use the guest room.
(Miller walks down the hall, and enters a room. He closes the door behind him as we cut back to Romano. Albert sighs, and picks up a notebook, which looks ragged and used. Romano opens it, and takes out a pen, beginning to write.)
(The screen cuts back in the morning, to Miller’s room. Sam is just waking up, as he pulls the sheets off of his muscular body. Sam stretches his arms out, and throws a white shirt on. Miller leaves his room, and goes into Romano’s kitchen. Sam sits down in a wooden chair, and stares at his hands. Just then he notices something at the far side of the table, Romano’s journal. Miller reaches across the table, and grabs the book. Sam opens it, and slowly begins to flip through the pages. He stops at one page, and raises his eyebrow.)
Sam (reading the book): Secrets of life and death…He is at 75% health. Strong. Mutters words…..need a brain…..
(Just as Sam begins to flip through more of the pages, Romano enters the room from behind him. Miller throws the book across the table, and tries to act innocent as the doctor walks around him.)
Romano: Morning, Mr. Miller. I see you’ve found the clothes I left you.
Sam: Yea…yea I did. Thank you. I couldn’t help but notice that book.
Romano: Ah, my journal. I must’ve forgot it here before I went to bed. Oh well. No harm done, right?
(Miller nods slowly, almost suspiciously.)
Romano: Well, we best get going soon.
Miller: Aye. When do we leave?
Romano: In about an hour. I want to make sure I have everything. All of my lab equipment is secured in the ship already, so I do not think it will be that much time.
(Romano walks out of the room, after gently taking his diary off the table. Miller sits back in his chair and seems to ponder what he saw in the diary.)
(Cut to later. Romano and Sam are walking out of his house, and into Romano’s truck. Albert starts the vehicle up, and backs out of the drive way. Sirens can be heard in the background.)
Miller: Oh no, it’s the police. Albert, what the hell is going on?
Romano: No time to explain. We have to get out of here.
(Romano shifts the truck into gear, and books it down the road, and towards the docks. 3 cop cars chase him. We see them on the highway, weaving through traffic, as the 3 white and black cars chase after them like sharks on a wounded prey. The cars race down, until we fade to the docks, where Romano’s truck is seen hurdling into. They quickly skid across the lot, and hurry out. Romano grabs his gear, and both men sprint towards the boat, yelling at the crew to start. The boats engine begins spouting, and the ropes are unlatched from the decks. Romano hops into the boat as Sam leaps in, just barely making it. The cop cars pull in, but just too late. The boat is already a good 100 feet out into the bay. We scroll back to the police cars where Carraway steps out from the passenger seat. His face is distinctly pissed off as he stares into the sailing ship. Cut back to Miller and Albert.)
Romano (Gasping): And that’s why….being a doctor….is never worth it.
(Sam can only smile as we fade out)