What Happened To Us

UTRA 9

"Kunle comes out through the back door as the beast breaks the front glass. The beast jumps to where Kunle is, grabs him and chew on his flesh."

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INT. TRAIN

"The military arrive in helicopters and vehicles."

CHIDINMA
What is that noise?
(Looks through the window.)

FRANK
The military is here.

STEPH
Thank God.

MILITARY MEN
Step out of the train with your hands above your head.
I repeat, step out of the train with your hands above your head.

"Toju looks around."

TOJU
Where is Henry?

STEPH
I think he is on the other end of the train.

TOGU
Henry!
(Walks into the room.)

"The room is filled with blood; Henry is lying lifeless on the ground."

TOGU
Henry!

HENRY
(Coughs out blood)
There is nothing left for me in this world.

TOGU
(Sees a knife stained with blood in Henry's right hand.)
What have you done?
(Turns around)
Help!
Somebody help us!
(Tears stream down his cheeks.)
The military is here to save us.

HENRY
(Smiles at Togu)
What is the point?
I am not worth saving.

TOGU
Don't say that.

HENRY
I'm sorry
(Gives up on the ghost.)

TOGU
No, no.
Henry!
Somebody help!

"Some of the military men enter the room."

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INT. MILITARY BASE, ABUJA.

"Col Linda walks in."

COL LINDA
General, they are here!

"General Emeh rushes out of the room."

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"Gen. Emeh scans through the room and approaches everyone."

GEN. EMEH
Where could they be?

STEPH
(Recognizes her father's height and posture from behind.)
Dad!

GEN EMEH
(Turns around)
Steph!
(Tears roll down his cheeks as he hugs her tight.)
I'm sorry.

STEPH
I missed you.
(Tears roll down her cheeks.)

GEN. EMEH
Where is your mother?

STEPH
(Cries uncontrollably.)
Mummy is gone.
She was infected.

"Gen. Emeh pulls Steph into his arm as they both weep uncontrollably."

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"Rita and Ijeoma sight Togu from afar."

RITA
Togu!
(Approaches him)

TOGU
Rita!
(Hugs her.)

RITA
Where is Sam?

TOGU
(Weeps)
I'm sorry.

RITA
No, no!

TOGU
Sam was infected.

RITA
No!
(Cries out uncontrollably.)

TOGU
I'm sorry.

IJEOMA
Togu.

TOGU
Ijeoma?
How come?
We thought you were dead.

IJEOMA
Why would you think so?

TOGU
We found your body in your room.

IJEOMA
That's not possible.

TOGU
But your necklace was around the neck.
The one Henry gave to you.

IJEOMA
That was Rukky
(Places both her hands on her mouth.)
We have been looking for her too.

TOGU
But how is that possible?

IJEOMA
She borrowed the necklace to wear to her sister's marriage.
Where is Henry?

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"Military personnel open the mortuary door for Ijeoma and Togu to go in."

IJEOMA
No!
(Cries out loud as she gazes at Henry's corps)

TOGU
(Cries out.)
I'm sorry Ijeoma.

IJEOMA
No, Henry why?
Why did you leave me?
(Cries uncontrollably.)

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"Gen. Emeh appears confused."

GEN, EMEH
So, you are saying you guys have no clue about what happened to your train and where you have been in the last three years?

FRANK
Exactly, sir.
To us, it was barely an hour
We arrived only to step out of the train and see that things had changed.

COL LINDA
Wow, that's weird.

Mrs. AJAYI
Not as weird as walking into a world filled with mysterious creatures.
What happened why we were gone?

CHIDINMA
Things were fine when we left.
How did all of these happen?

COL LINDA
It all started when our government signed a treaty with Natron.
On paper, it was a partnership to strengthen and build the economy of the nation to advance technology in Nigeria.

GEN EMEH
But behind closed doors, it was an agenda to get answers to science's biggest mystery.

FRANK
What is that?

GEN EMEH
They want to know what is out there.
They were obsessed about it.
I'm certain some of us are familiar with flat earth theory.
Well, it turned out that all of it was true.

COL LINDA
The earth is a closed system and for years, Natron and other tech companies have been trying to break through the firmament but none of their attempts was successful till they came here.

GEN. EMEH
They were able to create cracks on the walls of the firmament which caused some unearthly materials to leak into the earth.

CHIDINMA
Wait a minute I do not get it.
So, you are saying that leakage is what brought the virus into our world?

GEN. EMEH
Exactly.

FRANK
None of these makes sense.
The Earth is spherical, and we live in a solar system.

GEN. EMEH
(Chuckles.)
I thought so too till all of these happened and I saw things I could not explain.
Natron and others have been lying to us.
The solar system is all an agenda to distract us from the truth.
There is no such thimg as mecury venurs or mars.

STEPH
Wow.

FRANK
But that is not possible.

GEN EMEH
I said the same thing till I got hold of information and document proving it was all made up and we were just a pon in their game.

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"Col. Linda seats opposite Chidinma."

COL LINDA
Relax.

CHIDINMA
I just want to know what this is about.

COL LINDA
You are aware your blood proved resistant to the virus and your kind is rare.

CHIDINMA
So, I heard.

Dr. IJEH
We believe your blood is the key to finding a cure.

CHIDINMA
How is that possible?

Dr. IJEH
That is something we may not be able to explain to you in a way that you can understand.
We can't force you into this. But we just thought you should about it.

CHIDINMA
But you can do this without me.
I am not the only resistance that you have at your disposal.

COL LINDA
The more the better.
We are the most populated country in Africa with over two hundred and fifty million people One-third of this population is infected and another one-third are carriers. If we want to get rid of this infirmity, we will need all the resources we can get.
The decision is yours to make.

CHIDINMA
Can I think about it.

COL LINDA
Of course, dear.

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JOB37:18
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