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Chapter 10 - The Netherworld

SOMEWHERE IN THE MORTUARY 

THE TALL MAN watches as a SENTINEL comes into the ROOM and sets itself in his hand, THE TALL MAN nodding as he looks down at at GURNEY with LIZBETH tied to it, LIZBETH looking up at him as he smirks. 

THE TALL MAN

They have come for you. It is a shame, that they will not find you ever again. 

LIZBETH'S EYES go WIDE as as THE TALL MAN smiles. 

INT. THE MORTUARY 

JODY, MIKE, and REGGIE head down the hallway as the loud humming begins to emanate from behind a nearby room. 

JODY

This it? 

MIKE

Yeah. 

The THREE come up to it slowly as the DOOR was decorated with the decorum of Greek mythology. 

MIKE and JODY look at each other as JODY begins towards it, but as he does something from behind him grabs him. 

REGGIE screams startled and turns to aim but MIKE stops him as JAYSON looks at them astonished. 

JAYSON

What's up. 

MIKE

JAYSON...You ain't dead!

MIKE hugs his friend as JAYSON hugs him back, REGGIE smiling as JODY smirks and pats JAYSON on the shoulder as MIKE steps back grinning. 

JAYSON

Yeah and I ain't three foot two either. 

JODY

JAYSON...What's happening man? 

JAYSON

I don't know, JODY...I got knocked out back at the house, I come to and these LURKER'S are putting me on this gurney, bout to drill one of those damn sphere's into my head. 

JODY

How'd you get out? 

JAYSON

I came to right as it was happening, knocked one off of me and bolted out of the room, been running around here for like ten minuets, finally heard something down this way and well...took a shot that you weren't some LURKER. 

JODY

Well, JAYSON...

JODY pats JAYSON and pushes him up front towards the DOOR. 

JODY

After you. 

JAYSON

Seriously? 

JODY pumps the SHOTGUN. 

JODY

We'll cover ya. 

JAYSON looks unsure as MIKE hands JAYSON his MACHETE, JAYSON nodding as he comes over towards the door, JODY, REGGIE, and MIKE all backing away as JAYSON continues towards the door, JAYSON gulping as he grabs the handle and opens the door, before quickly scooting back. 

INT. THE WHITE ROOM

PURPLE PODS line all along the wall as the ROOM was solid white, with nothing but PURRPLE PODS of all sizes lining all across the WALL. 

JAYSON, JODY, REGGIE, and MIKE step inside as they scan about suspiciously as JODY comes over and checks about some of the pods as REGGIE just scanned about, JAYSON looking at how high the PODS stacked up as MIKE came over towards the humming noise, which was situated towards the back of the room where TWO RODS stood THREE FOOT from each other. 

JODY looks inside as he see's the forming face of a DWARF, JAYSON checking another as a LURKER was seen inside in stasis. 

JAYSON

What the hell is this?

JODY

Stasis pods? For what though? MIKE.

MIKE turns and as he does, MIKE notices his hand disappear between the TWO RODS, MIKE quickly pulling his hand back as he looks at the TWIN RODS before coming over to JODY. 

MIKE

Yeah? 

JODY

What do you make of this? 

MIKE

I don't know...they're all asleep right? 

REGGIE

Yeah, they're all different sizes too...there's a few that's our size...got a lot of dwarf's and a few in-between.

MIKE

Come over here...I wanna show y'all this. 

JODY has a hard time prying himself from the PODS but he comes over as JAYSON and REGGIE come and stare at the TWIN RODS. 

REGGIE

What the hell? 

MIKE

That's not the strangest part...

MIKE bends down and slowly pushes his hand between the rods, the others watching as his hand and arm begin to disappear. 

JODY

MIKE...

MIKE

I'm fine, it's just..

A strong current kicks up and like a suction, MIKE screams as he is sucked inside. 

EXT. NETHERWORLD

MIKE begins to free fall but stops in mid air as he watches a STRANGE DESERT LIKE WORLD unfold below him, a series of roads lead up towards a STRANGE CITY far off in the distance but as he dangles he see's DWARF'S unloading the PURPLE PODS as LURKER'S where carrying the POD'S to VEHICLES, MIKE watching this with assessing eyes as suddenly he is jerked backwards into the sky. 

INT. THE WHITE ROOM

JODY pulls MIKE back as MIKE is smoking, JAYSON and REGGIE patting them both down as JODY breaths in heavily as MIKE just stares looking at the TWIN RODS. 

JODY

Jesus...I just grabbed him there...But it was like...like he was being pulled down...

MIKE

Gravity...

JODY

What? 

MIKE

And the heat....

REGGIE

MIKE?

JAYSON

What did you see? 

MIKE

It was...like another world...another planet. 

JODY

What? 

MIKE

Yeah...and it was hot, really hot...and the gravity...it was crushing ...that's why he does it. That's why the TALL MAN crushes so many of the bodies? 

REGGIE

Yeah...crushing them down so they can adept to the weight of their world...

JAYSON

And those rods...

MIKE

That's the gate to their planet. 

JODY

And these guys are all ready to go then huh? 

MIKE

Yeah..he's offloading our dead, his army to that planet. Keeping what he needs here and shipping the rest off back to his world. 

JODY

So then...how the hell do we close this thing? 

JAYSON

Where are the GRENADES? 

MIKE

Long story. 

REGGIE

We need to find LIZBETH...and stop the TALL MAN. 

MIKE

I'll do that. 

JODY

Not alone you're not. 

REGGIE

Me and JAYSON will find a way to take this thing out. You guy's go find LIZBETH. 

JODY

JAYSON, where did you escape from? 

JAYSON

Back end of the MORTUARY, best bet. 

JODY

Come on, MIKE...And REG, JAYSON...be careful. 

REGGIE

See you on the other side?

JODY nods as MIKE slaps JAYSON across the face. 

JAYSON

What the hell?!

MIKE

Don't get taken again, or next time it will be worse. 

JAYSON

Yeah...you too. 

MIKE follows his brother as REGGIE grips the FOUR BARREL and looks about. 

REGGIE

So...what now?