Roadside Assistance
Scene 71-80
Revised 2/20/00

71.  Ext.  Outside Adam's Apartment Building, MInutes later

Officer 3 pulls into the parking lot, and gets out of his car, 
turning it off.  He walks inside to the front door, and 
unlocks the door.  

END OF SCENE 71

72.  Int.  Adam's and Officer 3's Apartment Bldg, continiuos

He gets in the elevator, and punches a button.  

He gets to his floor, and goes to his apartment, opens the door, 
turns the light on, and places his keys on the desk.

END OF SCENE 72

73.  Ext.  Outside of Officer 3's apartment, simultaneous

The Dark One pulls into the parking lot, and gets out of the car.  

He starts to walk around to the front of the building.

END OF SCENE 73

74.  Int.  Officer 3's Apartment, continious

Officer 3 is standing in front of the mirror, washing his face 
with the water.  Now no longer wearing his gun belt, but has 
on his uniform, the front of it is soaked in water.  He grabs 
a towel, and wipes away the water from his face.  He takes a 
long hard look at himself.  Then he looks up to the ceiling.

Officer 3
That psycho lived right above 
me.

He shakes his head.  There is a knock on the door behind him.  
He turns away from the mirror, tired.  He goes to the door, and 
looks through the peep whole.

Iris shot.  No One is out there.  

Officer 3 unlocks the dead bolt, and opens the door for just 
a crack to look outside.  The door bursts open in on the Officer 3, 
and he falls back to the floor.  Officer 3 is slow to recover as 
The Dark One bends down, and his greasy hands enclose around the 
throat of Officer 3.  The Dark Ones Knees fall down pinning 
both of Officer 3's arms.  

The door is bounced close behind The Dark One

Extreme close up of Officer 3's eye.  It is frantic at the 
recognization of the Dark One, and also with the feeling 
of the life that is being seeped out of him.

Extreme close up of Officer 3's lips.  A deep breath is 
released.  His last breath.

Close up of The Dark Ones hands as they release slowly from the 
throat.

The Dark One closes the door behind him as he starts to walk 
away.

END OF SCENE 74

75.  Int.  Cameron's Apartment-living, nearly six.

Annette's sister comes into the room from the outside, and walks 
into the living room.  A look of shock comes over her face.  

Full shot of Cameron standing in the center of the room.  He 
is breathing heavily and it looks like he just stopped smashing 
up the room when he seen her come in.   He has a metal bat in 
his hand.  In a rage he turns

He turns toward a small wooden coffee table and slams the bat 
down on it with all his might, smashing the table.  

Close up of the wooden table is it crumbles 

Full shot of Cameron as he drops the bat and turns to Annette's 
sister.

Annette is scared and starts to back out of the room.  She is 
beginning to wonder about his story of Annette being run over 
by someone.  After all, here is Cameron on a rampage with a bat.  
Annette's Sister looks off to the side.

Medium shot of two young children peeking out of a door, 
both look terrofied, and not wanting to turn their backs on 
their father in case he came after them, they could run before 
he got to them.

Annette's Sister starts to back away, and starts to go to the 
door.

With a very fast motion by Cameron, he is at the door, keeping 
her from opening it.

Cameron
I'm better, I just needed to 
work out some frustration.

Annette's Sister is scared, but just seems to nod as she steps 
back away from him.

Cameron
The basterd not being released.  
They don't believe me saying 
that I couldn't see him in the 
dark and some shit like that.

Annette's Sister
O..Okay Cameron, just wait.  
They can't hold him past tomorrow,  
unless they've charged him.

Cameron
I know.  

He slams his fist into the door and walks away.  

Annette looks to the door seeing that now she can escape, 
but afraid of what he would do if he caught her.  She looks back 
to Cameron who is now sitting on the couch.  He is close to 
tears.

Annette's Sister
Cameron, do you want me to 
watch the kids for you while 
you go out.

Cameron
Go out?

Annette's Sister
Yeah, I think you need to get 
away for awhile get out the 
house.

Cameron
Yeah, I'd appreciate that.

He slowly rises walks to the door, and grabs his coat.  He 
walks out of the door.

Annette's sister looks to the children.

Annette's Sister
It's okay.  It's safe to come
out.

END OF SCENE 75

76.  Int.  Officer 1's House-Kitchen, Nearing 8p.m.

Officer 1's wife as she is preparing dinner.  She is chopping 
some onions, and crying, but it is not because of her onions 
that she is crying.  She is crying out of killing Officer 2.  
It was all because of her, that he was there at the car wash.  
It was her who had turned him away, when he told his wife.   She 
stops chopping momentarily to try and stop crying.

END OF SCENE 76

77.  Int.  Officer 1's House-Living Room, simultaneous

Officer 1 is sitting on the couch, with low lighting in the 
room.  He has a picture of in his hand.

Close up of the picture.  In the picture is Officer 2 and Officer 1
together near a grill.  They are both smiling, happy, and posing
for the picture.  

Officer 1 sets the picture down onto a coffee table near the 
couch.  On the coffee table is two cans of coke, a bottle of 
rum, and a glass.  He grabs the glass and takes a drink.  
He sets the glass back down.  

The Power goes out

Close up Officer 1's face in the dark blues.  

Medium shot of him as he stands and goes to a picture glass 
antique case.   He opens up a drawer and inside of it is some 
candles.  He puls one out and lights it.  He reaches back in 
for a base.

END OF SCENE 77

78.  Int.  Officer 1's House-Kitchen, simultaneous

The wife is startled by when the lights go out, but she 
continues to act casual thinking it is apart of the Chicago 
blackouts.    She goes over to the kitchen table, and lights one 
of the candles.  She takes the candle back to where she was 
cutting.  She grabs one of the pans and take both the candle and 
the pan over to the sink.  

She starts to wash it immediately.

A shot through the kitchen window of her working on the pan.  
The Dark One, face hidden, comes up slowly behind her.

Medium close up of her face as his shoulder is at her head level.  
His right hand comes around and cups her mouth.  

Profile shot as her pulls her back.  His head is bent forward, 
down so that her head blocks his.

Close up his left hand as it reaches for her knife.

Close up of her eyes-at first shock, but then they dim as the 
life seeps out of her.

END OF SCENE 78

79.  Int.  Officer 1's House-Living Room, simultaneous

Officer 1 is sitting on the couch, layed back.  He hears a 
thump coming from the kitchen.

Officer 1
Honey? ......  You okay in 
there?

He starts get up off the couch.

END OF SCENE 79

80.  Int.  Officer 1's House-Kitchen, continious

He enters the kitchen and sees her there on the floor.  
He becomes cop, instead of bathing in emotion.  He reaches 
down to study the wound, grabbing her candle on his way down.  
He dips his hand in the wound.

Close up Officer 1's face as he looks pained.  Heavy mood music 
starts to play.  Officer 1's head quickly whips around to look 
to the living room.

He stands while also quickly making a reach for where he usually 
keeps his gun under his coat.  There is no gun there, and he 
isn't wearing his coat.  He looks down at his empty hand.  He 
slowly starts to move to the living room.  He is slow and 
cautious.

END OF SCENE 80
Scene 81-THE END