1 INT. BARE ROOM - DAY
Fade in to black and white. In a bare room a computer
desk is set up on the far wall. Summer light streams in
through the window. An unidentifiable person is sitting
in a high backed chair in front of the computer desk.
Time lapse photography begins, passing from day to night
to day again. Cans of coke and plates of food pile up
around the person. Occasionally the man gets up, but
never their head is always out of frame. The time lapse
slows down to reality, the setting remains exactly the
same, but the person fades out of the picture. The
camera slowly pulls out of the room, the door is shut
behind it. Cut to black, hold for a second, then the
title cuts contrast to the black.
2 EXT. DANNY'S DRIVEWAY - DUSK
A silver sports car pulls into a gravelly and decrepit
looking driveway as a tall, lanky man gets off his steps.
He bends down and grabs the strap to a dufflebag laying
on top of a computer monitor and slings it over his
shoulder. He then lifts up the computer tower and walks
towards the car to greet the drive, who stays in the car
as the tall character puts his stuff in the trunk.
3 INT. NATHAN'S CAR - DUSK
An interior shot from the back seat of the car as it
reverses out of the driveway. The driver doesn't even
turn his neck to look behind him to reverse, he just uses
his mirrors. On the left is a rather serious, or
unhappy, looking man in his early twenties who barely
gives his passenger any notice.
DANNY
Thanks for picking me up, Nathan, I
really appreciate it.
NATHAN
No problem, Danny.
DANNY
No, really. I do appreciate it man, I
know it's out of the way and you didn't
have to pick me up, my brother is just a
dick.
NATHAN
Don't worry about it.
The car drives out of the subdivision while the two
remain silent. Generic sounding techno music plays over
the car's speakers as Nathan stares straight ahead.
Danny looks at the CD player, looks at the burned CD he
has in his hand labeled "driving mix", looks at Nathan's
expressionless face and slides the CD into his pocket and
innocently turns to look out the window.
4 EXT. JEREMY'S HOUSE - DUSK
Nathan's Scion TC slows down before pulling into the
driveway as he realizes it is already filled with cars.
Nathan sighs and parks the car in the culdesac. The two
get out of the car and look back at the house.
DANNY
Man, there's alot of people here already.
I didn't think very many people were
invited. I don't wanna have to carry all
my stuff over that hill.
NATHAN
Get over it.
Nathan pops the trunk which contains Danny's bag, tower
and monitor. The only thing of Nathan's to be seen is a
tower and a small back pack.
DANNY
Hey, where's your monitor?
NATHAN
I'm gonna use one of Jeremy's extra ones.
DANNY
What the hell! I asked him if he had any
extra ones and he told me no!
NATHAN
Well Danny, I guess he lied to you.
Danny tries to carry his bag and computer tower at the
same time, but can't manage it so he sets the duffle bag
down. Nathan easily carries his tower and back pack and
heads on over the small hill before Danny even has a
chance to close the trunk. Danny jogs to catch up with
Nathan before he reaches the door.
5 INT. JEREMY'S HOUSE - DUSK
Nathan opens the door and the two walk in. The house is
the kind where just past the front door are a few small
steps that lead down into the house. To the left is the
kitchen/dinning room area, downstairs is the living room.
There are computers and people on every level of the
house. Danny looks around in amazement at all the
people. The pair are greeted by Jeremy, the person whose
house it is.
JEREMY
Hey Nathan.
NATHAN
Hey man...
DANNY
Hey Jeremy!
JEREMY
How's it going, Danny?
As Danny begins to answer he is cut off by a yell from
across the room.
ADAM
What the fuck is up, Nathan? Long time
no see.
NATHAN
Not much, just -
ADAM
- How did Danny get here?
NATHAN
(reluctantly) He messaged me as I was
leaving so I had to give him a ride.
ADAM
Danny, you're such a damn mooch!
DANNY
Hey, fuck you, Adam! Way to leave your
own brother without a ride.
ADAM
Get a license then you loser. You're 20
years old, still live with mom and you
can't even drive.
DANNY
Shut up, Adam...
ADAM
Or what, you'll kick my ass like you did
to those 9 year olds?
DANNY
They weren't 9, they were like 17.
ADAM
No, Danny, they were a bunch of nine year
olds.
DANNY
Whatever.
ADAM
Nathan, did I ever tell you about that?
NATHAN
(exited to be talking to anyone who isn't
Danny) No, what happened?
ADAM
We had just gotten back from Taco Bell
and we were heading back to my Mom's
house so I could drop Danny off. I stop
at the stop sign at the corner of our
street and there were four or five of
these little kids riding down the street
on their bikes like they own the place or
something. They start riding in front of
the car, slowing us down and so I yell
out the window to tell them to get the
fuck out of the way. Then one of the
kids actually has the balls to spit on my
fucking jeep. Now, I'm not gonna start
anything because they're in elementary
school and I'm not about to go to jail
for beating some little kids senseless,
but then dickshit here gets out of the
car and starts yelling and cursing at the
kids. He starts running after the kids
all goofy like, like Frankenstein because
his legs are longer than his entire body.
One of them falls off his bike, I'm
assuming scared out of his mind from
seeing this freak chasing him down. So
Danny here picks up the bike and lifts it
over his head, shaking it up and down
like a gorilla and starts smashing it on
the ground!
The kids are scared shitless because
compared to them Danny is a giant. Then,
to top it off, as the kids are running
for their lives Danny hurls the kid's
bike at them! I mean, what the hell is
wrong with you, Danny?
DANNY
Dude, that isn't what happened at all.
First of all, they were at least 17 -
ADAM
No they weren't, Danny. They probably
weren't even in middle school. I'm sure
they ran home and cried to their parents
about the gargantuan freak who broke
their bike and then threw it at them!
DANNY
Whatever, Adam -
Nathan and Jeremy both start laughing.
ADAM
- Wanna hear what our dad said the other
day during our obligatory monthly family
get together?
NATHAN
Sure.
ADAM
He asked me if I was getting any pussy
since Michelle and I broke up. I told
him no and he points to Danny and goes,
"well why don't you fuck Danny, he's a
big pussy!"
More laughter, this time even from people set up in the
room and not directly involved in the conversation.
DANNY
Whatever.
Danny turns to Jeremy.
DANNY
Where can I set up?
Danny looks around the room and sees an empty spot.
DANNY
Can I set up next to you, Doofy?
NATHAN
Nah, I got that spot.
DANNY
Fine. I'm setting up next to you, Josh.
Josh, a rather large individual is situated on an equally
large table with ample space for another computer.
JOSH
No you're not. There isn't enough room
at this table for more than one person.
Set up on the dinning room table, that
thing is completely empty.
ADAM
You can't set up on that, that's what
we're gonna play beer pong on.
DANNY
Who else is here?
Danny heads down the small steps, ducking under the low
ceiling, into the living room. A few heads look up, but
no one seems to be interested. He turns farther and
peers down into the basement only to be greeted by
further blank faces. He returns upstairs.
DANNY
Then where the hell am I supposed to set
up?
JEREMY
Well did you bring your own table?
DANNY
No because fucking Adam took it!
JEREMY
Well, you can set up on the Kitchen
table...
Jeremy points to a tiny kitchen table facing the corner
of two walls.
DANNY
Man, that thing is tiny and it's in the
corner of the room away from everyone!
ADAM
Good.
DANNY
Fuck you.
ADAM
Shut up and go get your stuff.
DANNY
Fine. Can someone help me carry my stuff
in?
Danny looks around the room but gets no response other
than people pretending to have not heard him because
they're playing games.
DANNY
Will you help me, Nathan?
Nathan looks around the room, but realizes no one else is
going to volunteer themselves.
NATHAN
I guess
ADAM
Well you're gonna have to bring your
stuff all the way around the house and up
the back deck.
DANNY
Why?
ADAM
Because I'm setting up right there.
Adam points at the space in front of the door they came
in from.
DANNY
That's retarded. Why the hell would you
set up in front of a door?
ADAM
Because that's where I'm setting up,
Danny.
DANNY
I hate you. Comeon, Nathan.
Danny turns and leaves out the front door.
6 EXT. JEREMY'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Nathan and Danny are walking across the lawn, over the
hill, back towards the silver sports car.
DANNY
I really hate him.
NATHAN
Why? He's hilarious...
DANNY
No he isn't. You didn't grow up with
him. He's a dick.
They reach the car and Nathan opens the trunk.
DANNY
Can you get the monitor?
Nathan looks down into the trunk at the rather bulky CRT
monitor. His look returns to Danny blankly.
DANNY
Dude, I sprained my back today, it hurts
to lift shit.
NATHAN
How did you sprain your back, you don't
do anything.
DANNY
I do plenty. I do more than any of you
guys do.
NATHAN
Sure, Danny. Sure you didn't sprain it
jacking off?
DANNY
No, ass, I did it cleaning. You've seen
my house!
NATHAN
(agreeing) Yah, I have.
Nathan reaches down and lifts up the monitor, remarking
how heavy it is. Danny grabs his tower under one arm and
reaches up to bring the trunk down. They both walk over
the hill, Nathan slightly leading the way. They had
around the side of the house into the darkness.
They emerge around the rear of the house, illuminated by
one of the spotlights above the lower portion of the
deck. Nathan, keeping the monitor in his arms, unlatches
the gate on to the deck.
DANNY
I didn't know Jeremy had a hot tub?
NATHAN
Maybe that's because he hates you.
They walk past the hot tub and up the stairs to the upper
portion of the deck, under the gazebo and onto the
portion that connects to the dinning room. A long
extension cord is running from the dinning room door,
across the floor of the deck and off the edge of the
other side of the deck. Danny looks inside and can see
Adam setting up his table on the other side of the room,
far away from the front door.
DANNY
I knew it. That asshole just wanted me
to carry my heavy shit half way around
the house.
Nathan looks at Danny, but doesn't say anything about the
huge monitor in his hands, as compared to the relatively
light tower Danny is carrying.
NATHAN
Just open the door.
Danny goes to open the door, but his pants get snagged on
a knife sitting on the corner of a BBQ. The sharp knife
tears through his pants pocket, causing it's contents to
spill out over the edge.
DANNY
Just fucking great.
NATHAN
What?
DANNY
This fucking knife tore my pants open and
I lost my inhaler! Just fucking great!
Hold on while I go find it.
Danny sets down his tower and pushes past Nathan back
down the steps. Nathan becomes obviously pissed off as
he stands there holding the 21' monitor.
NATHAN
(yelling) Hurry up!
DANNY
I can't find it, hold on!
NATHAN
I'm going inside.
Nathan sets the monitor carefully down on the top of the
corner of the flat panel on the propane BBQ, resting half
on the grill, half on the edge of the railing. He walks
to the dinning room door, enters and closes the door
behind him without looking back.
7 INT. JEREMY'S HOUSE
ADAM
Where's Danny?
NATHAN
He ripped his pants open and dropped his
inhaler. He's down there looking for it.
Laughter.
ALEX
Who invited him anyway?
JEREMY
I know I didn't.
NATHAN
He always finds out somehow and then
guilt trips be into giving him rides.
More laughter.
8 EXT. JEREMY'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Danny is on his hands and knees, combing the grass for
his inhaler, but all in vain. The inhaler can be seen
across the grass, in the shadows.
DANNY
I can't find it, can you get a flashlight
or something, Nathan?
No response.
DANNY
Nathan?
9 INT. JEREMY'S HOUSE
Nathan is finished setting up his computer and is looking
for somewhere to plug in his computer as it won't reach
the extension cord coming in from the deck.
NATHAN
The extension cord won't reach, it needs
more slack.
ADAM
Just yank it.
Adam, who is standing by the extension cord, bends down
and yanks the cord forward violently, giving it enough
distance to reach Nathan. Behind Adam, through the glass
door we can see the cord snag the wheel of the BBQ grill,
causing the monitor to wobble a bit before falling over
the edge of the railing. An overhead shot shows the
monitor as it topples over the side, directly above
Danny's head as he turns to look up. Cut to a full body
shot of Danny silhouetted in black, his head snapping
quickly upward only to have the glass portion of the
monitor make contact with his face within a split second.
Danny's entire body crumbles under the weight and
momentum of the monitor. Cut back to an overhead shot,
revealing Danny's head crushed underneath the monitor,
blood seeps out onto the grass. The camera lingers on
his twitching body before drifting back to the empty
deck.
10 INT. JEREMY'S HOUSE
NATHAN
Where the hell is Danny, what's taking
him so long?
ADAM
He's probably in one of his vagina moods
and went sulking off into the woods. He
does that all the time.
NATHAN
Yah, I remember when he disappeared at my
house for like 3 hours, we all thought he
went and killed himself.
ADAM
Well screw him, I'm setting up his tower
as a dedicated server.
Adam gets up from his table and opens the door to the
deck. He walks across it towards the railing where Danny
had left his tower. He reaches down for the tower, but
does not see his brother's body spasming below him. He
walks back inside, while the camera remains on the deck.
It looks down at Danny's increasingly motionless body.
SLOW FADE TO BLACK
CUT TO: BRIGHT KITCHEN
11 INT. BEAU'S HOUSE - DAY
We're now in a very well lit kitchen, completely
different from the house previously seen. A young, clean
shaven man enters the room from the dining room. He
passes an older woman, his mother, who looks at him
curiously as he sets his monitor down on the floor next
to his tower.
MOTHER
What are you doing?
BEAU
I'm going over to my friend Alex'
house...
MOTHER
You're bring your computer?
BEAU
Yeah, it's called a LAN party.
MOTHER
You've never done that before...
BEAU
Yah, it's the first time I've done it,
but the guys have been doing it for
years.
Beau opens the door, grabs his monitor and motions for
his mother to pick up the tower, she does and they walk
out the door into the sunlight.
12 EXT. BEAU'S DRIVEWAY - DAY
Their conversation continues outside as he loads his car
with various computer equipment and accessories.
MOTHER
How many people are going to be there?
BEAU
I don't know, I think about twelve or
so...
MOTHER
(surprised)
And they're all bringing their
computers!?
BEAU
Of course.
MOTHER
I can't believe all their parents let
them do this...
BEAU
It's not that big of a deal. Like I
said, they do it all the time.
MOTHER
What exactly is it that you're going to
be doing all night long?
BEAU
Drugs.
His mother gives him a stern look of disapproval.
BEAU
All we're going to be doing is playing
games. It's nothing to be worried about.
MOTHER
Well in that case, I think it sounds very
cute.
BEAU
(embarrassed)
Great...
MOTHER
What? It is! All you buys carrying your
computers over there, hooking them all up
together and playing computer games all
night. It's adorable! What girl
wouldn't find that cute?
BEAU
I think I could name a few.
His mother starts to open her mouth, but he cuts her off.
BEAU
I'm gonna go, Mom. I'll be back tomorrow
afternoon.
MOTHER
Okay...well be safe and be sure to tell
Alexua's parents I said hi.
Beau finishes loading up his car.
MOTHER
Do you have your toothbrush?
BEAU
What's it matter, my teeth'll rot out
from all the crack we'll be smoking.
MOTHER
Hah, hah, hah. Verry funny, mister!
Beau gets into the driver's seat and starts his car. He
says his goodbyes and reverses away, his mother waving
behind him.
13 EXT. JON'S HOUSE - DAY
An establishing shot of the landscape, which features a
very large front lawn, pool, two garages and the main
house.
14 INT. JON'S GARAGE - DAY
The left side of the small garage has been converted into
a small, one bedroom apartment. Inside are three college
aged guys, two of which look to be in great physical
shape.
PABLO
So what time are you guys going to the
LAN at Alex' house?
JON
Not sure, I guess we'll leave in a couple
minutes.
PABLO
Sean isn't going to be here with the
stuff for another couple of hours, not
until he gets off work.
JON
I know and I wanted to smoke before we
got there, too.
PABLO
Well, I can call you guys when I meet
Sean and get the stuff?
JON
Word. So you're not coming?
PABLO
I don't have a computer to bring...
JON
So? Just use someone's whenever they go
afk...
PABLO
Nah, I'll just wait around for Sean.
Probably going to go to the gym for a
while, I've been slacking on my workout.
BOBBY
Good, don't be a pussy.
JON
Gotta be diesel like Bobby!
BOBBY
I ran five miles this morning, barely
even broke a sweat.
JON
Nice, nice.
PABLO
Yah, that's good and all, but we'll see
how you hold up when we box.
BOBBY
I will destroy you.
JON
Alright, well if I can't smoke now, lets
at least go get this LAN over with until
we can. We gotta pick up Wilt along the
way.
15 INT. ALEX' KITCHEN - DAY
Two bags of luggage can be seen down the hall, waiting by
the door. In the kitchen are Alex Alex, a youngish
looking nerd who looks mopey, his mother and step-father,
both dressed in business attire, and his sister,
Courtney, wearing sweat pants and scrounging through the
fridge.
STEP-FATHER
You ready to go, honey?
MOM
Yah, just one second.
She turns away from sorting through her purse and faces
Alex.
MOM
Do you have all the numbers and our
itinerary?
ALEX
Yah, it's all on the fridge.
MOM
Okay, good. Call us if anything goes
wrong, anything at all.
ALEX
I will...
MOM
Your little brother is at your father's
house, don't forget to pick him up from
school Monday afternoon. We'll be back
late Sunday night and I'll be in meetings
all day Monday so I won't have time to
make it to his school.
ALEX
Fine.
Alex' mom turns to his sister, who has left the kitchen
and is now watching TV in the living room, her feet
proped rudely on the table.
MOM
And don't you go anywhere, young lady!
COURTNEY
It's not like I could go anywhere
anyways, you took my keys.
MOM
And you won't be getting them back for a
very long time either.
COURTNEY
Whatever.
MOM
(turning back to Alex)
Watch the house and keep an eye on your
sister as well. We won't be gone too
long, it's only a weekend conference.
ALEX
See ya.
MOM
(addressing both her
children)
Love you two.
ALEX
Yah, love you too.
His mother leans over towards the living room to look at
Courtney, who isn't responding.
MOM
Well, have fun. We'll give you a call
tonight when we get in.
The parents grab their luggage, shout final goodbyes and
head out the door towards their minivan. Courtney walks
over to the window and watches her parents load the van
and drive away.
COURTNEY
Good, they're gone. Give me your car
keys.
ALEX
No.
COURTNEY
Come on, I got a date with the captain of
the football team.
ALEX
That's nice, I would have thought you'd
of gotten bored with the entire team by
now.
COURTNEY
Oh, shut up, not you too!
ALEX
You're not taking my car.
COURTNEY
Don't be a dick, Alex!
ALEX
I'm having friends over anyway.
COURTNEY
(slightly curious)
For what?
ALEX
For a LAN
COURTNEY
Our parents go out of town for the
weekend, out of the state even, and
instead of having a real party you and
your geeky little friends are coming over
to play computer games?
ALEX
Yah. They are.
COURTNEY
You are so lame.
ALEX
At least I'm not a slut. Just make sure
you stay in your room.
COURTNEY
Why would I want to hang out with your
dorky friends anyway? They probably
don't even know how to unhook a bra -
ALEX
(under his breath)
- Not like you need one anyways..
COURTNEY
(ignoring the comment)
- AND typing it online doesn't mean you
can do it in real life.
ALEX
Just stay in your room.
COURTNEY
Whatever.
Alex goes over to his computer, which is set up next to a
fish tank just outside the kitchen, and sees an IM has
pooped up from PhreekGarden asking when they can all head
over. He replies with "now" and shuts down his computer
and begins to move it down into the basement. We then
see Courtney looking out the window and yelling to Alex.
COURTNEY
One of your friends is here...
ALEX
Who is it?
COURTNEY
I don't know, I don't recognize the car.
ALEX
It's probably Beau...
16 EXT. ALEX' DRIVEWAY - DAY
Alex goes outside to meet Beau just as he is getting out
of his car.
BEAU
Hey!
ALEX
Sup.
BEAU
Is anyone else here yet?
ALEX
Just you so far. Do you need some help
carrying your stuff in?
BEAU
Sure.
Beau slings his back pack over his shoulder and lifts his
monitor out of the back seat. Alex takes the tower and
they head inside.
17 INT. ALEX' HOUSE
ALEX
We're in the basement, the door is over
there, right in front of the kitchen.
BEAU
Nice house...
ALEX
Thanks.
Beau enters the kitchen looking around the place and sees
Courtney sitting on the couch, wearing booty shorts and a
tank top, still watching TV and eating popcorn out of a
large bowl. She leans over and checks out Beau from head
to toe. Beau gives her an awkward smile and then she
plops back down into the couch, uninterested as they head
down the stairs.
18 INT. BEAU'S BASEMENT
BEAU
Is that your sister?
ALEX
Unfortnately.
BEAU
What's her name?
ALEX
Courtney...
They round the corner and enter the basement, revealing
the bare concrete floors and unplastered walls. They
take a right, walking past a pin ball machine, and take
another right into a rather large empty space. There is
nothing on the walls and wires can be seen dangling from
unmounted sockets. Alex' computer sits alone atop a card
table setup against the farthest wall. They enter the
room and set down Beaus' computer equipment.
ALEX
Did you bring a table?
BEAU
Uh...no...was I supposed to?
ALEX
Nah, doesn't matter, I was just
wondering. Someone will bring big tables
with them later. I've got another small
table you can use. I'll go get it.
Alex exits the room to go upstairs and retrieve the
table.
19 INT. BEAU'S KITCHEN
Courtney sees Beau emerge from the stair case leading
into the basement and then turn to go upstairs. She
waits a second to make sure he is gone and quickly heads
downstairs. She slinks around the corner to a confused
and slightly startled Beau.
COURTNEY
Hi, Beau...
BEAU
Hi...Courtney...
COURTNEY
I haven't seen you around here before.
BEAU
Yah, this is my first time going to a
LAN.
COURTNEY
That's cool. So, how do you know Alex?
BEAU
We have computer science together.
Courtney walks past Beau and sits down on her brother's
computer. She launches a game of Counter-Strike and
starts to play. Beau is practically staring at her in
amazement.
COURTNEY
So what kind of stuff do you do for fun,
Beau?
BEAU
I guess the same things your brother does
for fun.
COURTNEY
(looking up from the game
she's playing)
So, no girlfriend then?
BEAU
(shying away from the
question)
You play computer games?
COURTNEY
When I'm not doing better things.
She looks up from her game and gazes directly into Beau's
eyes. At this point Alex can be heard coming down the
stairs. He rounds the corner with a poker table in his
hands. He sees his sister in front of his computer,
looking up at Beau, who is in turn looking back at Alex.
ALEX
Get off my computer!
COURTNEY
Relax.
She stands up from the monitor.
COURTNEY
I was just chatting with your lovely
friend Beau.
ALEX
Aren't you supposed to be in your room?
She gets up from the computer and starts to leave the
room.
COURTNEY
What are you going to do about it?
(she pauses for a second and
turns her gaze back.)
See ya' later, Beau.
BEAU
See ya'.
Alex begins to set up the table for Beau.
ALEX
Ignore my sister, she's retarded. Here
ya' go, set your computer up on this.
Beau doesn't say anything, but distractedly begins to set
up his computer.
ALEX
Cyrus and other people should be getting
here soon.
20 EXT. ALEX' DRIVEWAY - DAY
Several cars pull up. Joey's jeep, raised up on gigantic
wheels, Chris' Explorer and Cyrus' car. Joey and
Jonathan get out of Joey's jeep, Cyrus and Avery out of
Cyrus', Chris and Kyle out of of the explorer. Joey is
tall, slightly muscular, with a shaved head. His younger
brother, Jonathon, is a few inches shorter, meatier and
with glasses. Avery stands out as being the only black
guy in the crowd. Cyrus looks of middle eastern decent.
Chris actually looks the youngest of the crowd, even
though he is 23 years old. Kyle is incredibly pale, with
a scrappy beard and long hair tied back in a ponytail. A
talk breaks out as they all begin to unload their stuff.
CHRIS
Why the hell did I have to ride with
Kyle?
KYLE
(faking surprise)
What!?
CHRIS
He wouldn't shut up about all the stuff I
really didn't want to hear about.
KYLE
What? I was just telling you about LA
Blue Girl...
AVERY
What's that?
KYLE
It's awesome, you gotta see it to
understand!
CHRIS
No, it's fucking gross and you're fucking
sick, Kyle! Nobody but you wants to see
tentacle rape.
CYRUS
Where do you get this stuff?
KYLE
A channel on irc I idle in. I queued up
like 3 gigs of hentai and it finally
finished. As soon as I got home, I went
to my room, locked the door - my pants
hit the floor adn my bare ass did not
move from that seat for a solid day. It
did make a pretty impressive sweat stain,
though.
CHRIS
Don't ever talk to me again, Kyle. I'm
not giving you a rid ehome.
KYLE
You'd like it if you saw it.
CHRIS
And I'm not clicking any links you send
me ever again.
KYLE
Why not!?
CHRIS
Because I hate you.
JOEY
Shut up you girls. Let's go in.
They all grab various pieces of equipment and head
towards the front of the house. Joey knocks on the door.
CHRIS
Just go in!
Joey ignores the demand and waits. Courtney answers the
door, in yet another outfit.
COURTNEY
Hello, Boys!
Joey tries to smile attractively at her, but is
interrupted by Chris yelling from behind him:
CHRIS
Hello, Slut!
Courtney gives him a look and a head tilt and steps aside
to let them all in. When chris passes she slaps him on
the back of the head.
CHRIS
Don't touch me, slut! I don't want any
of your herpes!
COURTNEY
I don't have herpes, asshole.
AVERY
Want some?
COURTNEY
Eww, not from you...
AVERY
(smiling)
Once you go black, you never go back...
Courtney shoots him a disgusted look. They all head down
into the basement. Courtney watches them all go down and
then heads back to the couch to watch TV.
21 INT. ALEX' BASEMENT
JONATHON
(in a very nerdy voice)
Hoo-hoo, look who brought the Mountain
Dew!
ALEX
Seriously!?
CHRIS
No.
ALEX
Awww, why must you get my hopes up just
to smash them against the cruel rocks of
misery!
CHRIS
We can just go to Food Lion once we all
get set up.
JOEY
When do Ed and Joe get here?
CHRIS
I just talked to Ed, he said they'd be
here soon. I think they were lost
somewhere on the parkway.
ALEX
Did you bring tables?
CHRIS
Yah, they're in the back of my truck.
I'll need help carrying them in - help
from everyone but Kyle.
KYLE
Do you even realize how lazy I am?
ALEX
Everyone who hasn't met him, this is
Beau. Beau, this is everyone.
Beau goes around the room and introduces himself to
everyone and then volunteers to give Chris a hand with
the tables. This is where we get our first major
character traits of this new batch of characters. Joey
and Chris talk about playing quake as Joey shows his
Quake tattoo to Beau. Jonathon and Avery talk amongst
themselves, while Kyle explains to Cyrus how godly his
computer is. What a bunch of fucking nerds.
22 EXT. ALEX' DRIVEWAY - DUSK-ISH
Chris slides a large table wooden table out of his car,
followed by two more, and passes them down a line created
by the guys. Cyrus and Avery take hold of the first one,
Joey and Jonathon the second, Chris and Beau the third.
They start to carry them inside and have a conversation
along the way.
23 INT. ALEX' HOUSE
AVERY
Alex' sister is pretty hot...
CHRIS
She's also a complete slut. Know why she
is grounded and stuck here?
AVERY
No, why?
CHRIS
Alex came downstairs one day to get a
twinkie because he's Alex and he over
heard his mom and sister in an argument.
His sister was asking why she couldn't go
out that night and her mom told her that
she knew damn well why she couldn't go
out. Courtney screamed something about
how it wasn't fair and her mom yelled
back, "then maybe you shouldn't have had
sex with eight guys in the locker room!"
AVERY
Oh, God! And what did Alex do?
CHRIS
He said he lost his appetite, turned
around and just walked back up to his
room.
JOEY
That is messed up.
BEAU
She seems kind of cool to me, I mean, how
many girls play Counter-Strike?
The conversation about Courtney dies down as they enter
the basement where Alex is. They reach the back room and
start to set up the tables when a honk can be heard from
outside.
CHRIS
That must be Ed and Joe.
BEAU
Who?
ALEX
Ed and Joe Grill. They live in New York.
They're in uK, which is all of these
guys' CS clan.
BEAU
They drove all the way down from New York
just for this.
ALEX
(smiling)
Yep.
24 EXT. ALEX' DRIVEWAY - DUSK-ISH
Two men are standing outside of a Nissan Sentra,
stretching. Ed, the older looking of the two, has a full
beard and a stocky build.
Joe is taller and much more muscular looking with a solid
goatee. They look up and are greeted by an excited swarm
of nerds.
ED
Jeez, this place was hard to find.
JOE
Yah, seriously.
CHRIS
It's not that hard...
ED
The Prince William Parkway has like five
different names...
CHRIS
Yah, that'll happen in Northern Virginia.
JOE
(nonchalantly)
I really gotta take a crap.
JOEY
How long did the drive take?
ED
Not that long. What do you think, Joey,
like 6 hours?
JOE
Six easy.
CYRUS
Did you guys bring tables?
ED
Yah, we drove all the way down from
Warwick, New York in my Nissan Sentra and
we packed in two picnic tables for the
both of us.
JOE
Let's bring this stuff in and play some
games. I gotta nerd it up after that
drive.
JOEY
(laughing)
I thought you had to poop?
JOE
It comes and goes.
ED
Shit happens...
Ed waits for a reaction of laughter, but everyone just
looks at him like he is retarded
ED
Oh come on, that was gold right there!
Everyone laughs.
25 INT. ALEX' BASEMENT
Ed is coming down the stairs carrying his computer,
followed by Joe and the trail of nerds. They see the
bare, concrete floor and enter into the open basement.
ED
Holy Cow! How big is this place?
ALEX
Yah, um, we're all set up on the other
side of the room.
ED
(surprised)
There's another side1?!
They walk around the center wall to reveal the rest of
the group already setting up their computers.
ED (CONT'D)
Where's Jon?
CHRIS
He, Bobby and Jeff Wilt are on their way.
They should be here soon, assuming they
didn't get high and forget about it.
JOE
No, they don't even have anything to
smoke.
ED
And how would you know that, Joe?
JOE
(ignoring the question)
We're going to have to get some food and
drinks soon, I'm starvin'!
ED
Yah, Joe and I didn't make any stops on
the way down, so we're gonna have to
stock up on the snacks.
CHRIS
Yah, we're all ready gonna make one food
run soon, just waiting for the stragglers
to arrive, they'll be bitching if we
leave without them.
ED
Who else is all coming?
CHRIS
Well, Jon and them, plus Cody and Gercken
should be here soon and I'll pick up
Scott when we go to Food Lion. I think
that's it?
JOE
Hey, where's the bathroom?
ALEX
It's upstairs and to the right.
JOE
Gotchya.
Joe leaves to go find the bathroom.
26 INT. ALEX'S KITCHEN
He heads up the staircase and into the kitchen, but is
surprised to find Courtney in there. Courtney looks him
up and down, clearly equally as surprised.
COURTNEY
Hello...
JOE
Hi there.
COURTNEY
Who are you? I haven't seen you at one
of these things before.
JOE
I haven't seen you at one either.
COURTNEY
I'm Courtney, Alex' sister.
JOE
Alex has a sister?
COURTNEY
I think so and I would know...
JOE
Wow, I didn't know that at all.
COURTNEY
So who are you?
JOE
I'm Joe, from New York.
COURTNEY
You drove all the way down here from New
York for this?
JOE
Yah, me and my brother did. I know, I
know. I'm a huge nerd.
COURTNEY
At least you don't look like the rest of
the nerds Alex hangs out with.
JOE
Well, ya know...
A brief pause of awkward silence.
COURTNEY
If you were looking for the bathroom,
it's right over there.
Courtney points at the bathroom door.
JOE
Uh, no, I wasn't looking for it...I was
just going to get something out of the
car.
COURTNEY
Ah, I see...
JOE
Well, Courtney, I'll see you around.
COURTNEY
(nodding)
Yes, you will.
27 EXT. ALEX'S DRIVEWAY - DUSK-ISH
Joe heads out the front door, pretending like he is going
to his brother's car to get something. Jon, Bobby and
Jeff Wilt arrive. They greet each other and chat about
the drive down etcetera.
JOE
So, did you get any yet?
JON
Nah, not yet. We're still waiting on
Sean.
JOE
How come no one told me Alex had a hot
siter?
JON
Yah, but she's a slut.
JOE
So, who cares? I'm only here for the
weekend anyway. I came upstairs having
to take a dump, but couldn't find the
bathroom and found her instead. And then
I couldn't say I was going to go take a
shit because it'd gross her out, so I
came out here pretending to need to get
something from the car.
Laughter all around.
JON
Nice one.
Joe gives them a hand carrying their stuff inside.
FADE OUT.
FADE IN:
30 INT. ALEX' BASEMENT
Everyone has gathered at this point. Jon and co. are
just setting up when Cody and Gercken arrive. They all
exchange greetings etc. Funny jokes, haha. I don't feel
like typing any new dialogue right now, so just pretend
this is a ten minute segment of funny stuff.
CHRIS
What the hell took you guys so long?
CODY
Lord Glauckus here took forever to pack
his shit up.
GERCKEN
What!? I was in a raid. And then some
noob challenged me to a PK so I had to
destroy him.
Kay, so, the above is just temp. Keep imagining.
ED
So are we going to get something to eat
any time soon or are you just going to
starve us poor New Yorkers?
JOE
Yah, seriously.
ED
Let's go to that one place we went to
last time. What was it called? Food
dog?
CHRIS
Food Lion.
ED
Well, whatever it's called, let's go.
JOEY
Who all is going?
Who all is going/driving gets worked out along with who
all is going to pick up what for the various people who
aren't. At the end of all the commotion everyone goes
except for Alex, Kyle, Jonathon, Avery, and Cyrus.
31 EXT. - ALEX' DRIVEWAY - NIGHT
Everyone is figuring out the car scenario. Chris doesn't
want to drive so he makes Jon drive the Jeep, Joey takes
his Jeep and they all go to Scott's house before they
head to Food Lion.
32 EXT. - SCOTT'S DRIVEWAY - NIGHT
A door to Jon's jeep opens and Scott piles in, ignoring
entirely that there are already three people sitting in
the back and squeezing himself in.
SCOTT
(in a lisp)
Hey guys! How's it going!?
CHRIS
Get off my lap!
SCOTT
Don't be so rough! I hate it when you're
rough!
BOBBY
Are you rubbing my leg?!
SCOTT
If you want me to, sailor!
Beau is staring at Scott in bewilderment. Scott notices
the stare just as Jon does and stops himself.
JON
Beau this is Scott, Scott this is Beau.
Beau gives him an awkward smile.
SCOTT
Wow, you must think I'm really gay right
now? I'm really not.
CHRIS
Don't listen to him.
SCOTT
It doesn't count if you suck dick for
coke.
(pausing)
Right guys?
CHRIS
If we have to ride with you crammed in
the back here, touching all up on me,
we're all riding in silence.
The silence lasts for about 30 seconds.
SCOTT
(enthusiastically)
So there I was, tigers to the left of me,
tigers to the right of me - and I pick
the worst time to start jacking off!
33 INT. FOOD LION - NIGHT
They've all separated off into groups. Jon, Jeff, Bobby
and Beau are in a group. Scott, Joey, Chris, Ed and Joe
are in another. Cody and Gercken are off by themselves.
Ed is in a debate as to whether or not it's more cost
effective to buying a 6 pack of Yoo-Hoo or just a bottle
of water. Jon and Co. are in the chip isle. Down the
isle from them is a girl by the checkout line.
JON
She's pretty hot...
JEFF
I bet she gives great helmet!
BEAU
(staring at her)
She's in my first period class.
JON
At ECPI?
BEAU
Yeah...
JON
That girl goes to ECPI?
BEAU
(very affectionately)
Yeah, she does.
JON
Man, I really shouldn't have taken this
semester off.
BOBBY
Go talk to her man, you look like you're
in love.
BEAU
She's just awesome is all.
BOBBY
Go talk to her.
BEAU
No way, there is no way I could go to
talk to her.
BOBBY
If you don't I will.
JON
Ut oh, Italian stallion going to steal
your girl?
The girl finishes checking out and leaves the story,
barely glancing back at the pack of boys.
BEAU
She wouldn't even talk to me if I did...
34 INT. ALEX' BASEMENT
Avery notices Kyle getting up from his computer and going
over to Chris'.
AVERY
What are you doing?
KYLE
I'm setting Chris' background to
goatse.cx
ALEX
I thought that website got taken down?
KYLE
Yeah, unfortunately it did.
ALEX
So how are you going to get the picture?
KYLE
I have it saved on my harddrive.
ALEX
You're sick Kyle. You really are.
Kyle laughs.
JONATHON
What picture?
Jonathon turns to take a look. Kyle twists the monitor.
KYLE
This picture.
The picture is of a man bent over, ripping his anus wide
open. Jonathon jerks away in disgust.
JONATHON
Why the hell do you have that on your
computer?
KYLE
For a Photoshop Friday for Something
Awful.
AVERY
Oh, the Nazi flag thing? Cody told me
about that.
KYLE
Yeah, it didn't win, but oh well.
ALEX
What did you do?
KYLE
I photoshopped a picture of Nazi's
marching, all holding flags with this
picture on it.
ALEX
So you had to stare at each picture
hundreds of times while you photoshopped
it in?
KYLE
Yeah. Doesn't bother me, I'm used to it.
ALEX
You're sick.
KYLE
I actually kind of like it.
AVERY
You're joking, right?
KYLE
(shrugging it off)
Wanna hear about a dream I had last
night?
ALEX
Not really, but I'm sure you're going to
tell us anyway.
KYLE
Of course! So it took place in the
future, not sure when, but I was in this
warehouse place. We were in the middle
of some sort of war that was going on or
we were escaping or something like that -
either way something hectic was going on
outside the building. I think it may
have been a derelict insane asylum.
Anyways, I was with this girl. This
really young girl. Like 12 or 13 years
old. And we were escaping from these
people for whatever reason. So we're
running and all of a sudden this little
girl pulls me into this closest thing.
And search lights were bursting through
all of the windows. Out of no where she
starts talking about how much she wants
me to fuck her. And I can tell by here
eyes that she was dead serious. I looked
down at her begging me to fuck her. And
I knew it was wrong. I knew that it was
the most messed up thing I could to do
and I kept feeling like whoever these
people chasing us were they were going to
catch up to us and bust in on me having
sex with this 13 year old girl. But then
I got afraid that she was going to tell
on me and that I would get caught because
she blabbed to someone. But I didn't
care. I started fucking her anyway. And
I remember looking down and seeing her
tight pussy and remember distinctly how
hard it was to actually stick my cock in
because of how tight it was. But the
absolute last thing I remember about the
dream was why I didn't care about fucking
this 12 year old girl. Because I knew I
wasn't going to get caught, because I
knew I was going to kill her as soon as
it was done.
I had this plan that as soona s it was
done I was going to choke her to death.
And once this thought start flashing
through my head and I pictured choking
her naked body I just started fucking her
harder and harder until I woke up.
Pauses all around.
ALEX
Don't ever talk to me again, Kyle. Check
that, get out of my house!
He points to the otherside of the room.
KYLE
Hey man, even I thought it was a messed
up dream.
JONATHON
What the hell does a dream like that even
mean?
ALEX
It means Kyle is going straight to hell.
Kyle laughs, but is cut off by the sound of everyone
starting to come back down the stairs. Kyle quickly gets
up from Chris' computer and turns off the monitor.
Everyone starts to round the corner, each carrying bags
full of snacks of various kinds. Everyone sits down at
their computers and starts unbagging their goods and
distributing out whatever they bought for other people.
Chris turns on his monitor and spits up his drink.
CHRIS
(angrily)
Fuck you, Kyle!
Kyle just starts laughing.
CHRIS
What the fuck, you fucking faggot! If
you ever touch my shit again I'll kill
you.
JOE
Why, what happened?
Joe leans over to look at the monitor.
JOE
Not bad. I'd do him.
Scott finishes bringing his stuff in. Avery looks up
from his computer.
AVERY
Yay! Scott's here!
SCOTT
The Barron of Spank has arrived to give
everyone their vanilla tears.
JOE
Save 'em for later, I wanna play some
games.
SCOTT
I've got a game we can play. Let's play
who can take off their clothes the
slowest!
Scott yanks his pants down.
SCOTT
(enthusiastically)
I loose!
CHRIS
(to Avery)
Still glad Scott's here?
AVERY
A little less than before.
Scott starts setting up his stuff.
ED
So what do you guys wanna play? Quake 3
CTF? CS?
CYRUS
The Ship!
JON
Fuck that game!
CYRUS
Oh my god, best game ever!
JON
If people start playing that game again
they're never going to stop.
CYRUS
It owns joo!
CODY
Hey, have you guys ever heard the LAN
party legend?
Confused responses from everyone indicate that no one
has.
CODY
Ya know, the legend about the dead kid?
ALEX
Ray Brower?
CODY
No, not him. Well, I guess it isn't
really a legend since it happened a year
ago and obviously no one else has heard
of it, but it goes like this. One night
this guy was having a LAN at his house.
Everything was going good until this one
kid, Danny, showed up. Danny was the
kind of kid who everyone went out of
their way to not tell about the LAN.
CHRIS
Kind of like us with Kyle!
Kyle smiles.
CODY
Yah, exactly. So this kid shows up. He
had weaseled a ride out of one of the
other guys beacause he couldn't even
drive himself. So he shows up and it's
obvious no one wants him there. There is
no where for him to even set up and
everyone is being a dick to him. The
only person who isn't is the guy who gave
him the ride in the first place, he at
least helps him carry his stuff in. They
have to go around the back of the house
and up the deck to get inside. They're
about to go in when the Danny guy drops
something over the side of the deck. So
he asks the guy carrying the monitor to
wait wait for him while he goes and finds
it. Well, this guy is tired of holding
the monitor so he sets it down on the
side of the deck. He goes inside to play
some games and leaves Danny outside all
alone.
Danny is down there looking for this
thing he dropped when all of a sudden
someone inside yanks on a power cord,
which causes the railing to shake and the
monitor to fall through the air, glass
side down - crushing Danny's head. The
only thing is, he didn't die right away.
The monitor fractured his skull and all
the broken glass fucks up his face, but
he isn't actually dead, he just can't
move. But no one noticed that he was
even gone. No one even cared to go look
for him, they just took his tower and set
it up as a dedicated server.
JOE
And this is supposed to be real?
CODY
Yeah
JOE
That's messed up.
CODY
Yeah, well there is more. The story goes
on to say that Danny did die that night,
but from bleeding to death about an hour
later. But he comes back to life. Well,
not to life, but you get what I'm saying.
He comes back and kills every single
person at the LAN, which was like 15
people. The kid who was having the LAN's
parents were out of town, but they came
back the next day to find the house
filled with bodies. People's throats had
been slit, they were choked with mouse
cords, ahd their heads smashed in with
monitors etcetera. All kinds of stuff.
JONATHON
So they all died?
CODY
Well, all but one. There was one kid
left who was just sitting in his chair,
playing CS by himself. He was just
staring blankly at the screen like he was
hypnotized and all he was doing in the
game was running around in circles. The
police had to pry him from his computer.
JONATHON
Wow, that guy is so hardcore!
GERCKEN
That's what I would do if any of you guys
messed with me!
AVERY
You'd come back from the grave and kill
us all?
GERCKEN
Hell yeah, that's what you assholes would
get!
JOE
So that's the "legend"?
CODY
Well, the legend part is that if you
create a server at a LAN with the same
name as the one created on Danny's
computer, then he comes to your LAN and
kills everyone there. Well, really he
kills whoever leaves the game. See, he
is supposed to be punishing everyone,
because no one would actually help him
when he was dying, because they were all
playing games. So he lets you play games
all you want, but if you ever stop
playing the game and leave the server, he
comes and kills you.
CHRIS
And what was the server's name?
CODY
"I Scratch my Knife With My Throat"
Chris types quickly on his keyboard.
CHRIS
Server's up!
AVERY
Are you seriously doing that?
CHRIS
Yep!
GERCKEN
If he comes here, we'll just own him.
I'll just challenge him to a duel. My
level 60 Rogue can destroy him! So
powerful!!!
JON
So we all playing?
CHRIS
The server is up...
JON
Kay, joining.
They all progressively join the server. There are
arguments about people leaving World of Warcraft or Quake
to play CS, but eventually everyone joins in.
JON
What the hell, you have a mod running on
this server?
CHRIS
Yeah, just some random admin mod I
downloaded.
ED
What's it do?
CHRIS
Not much, I was tired of these assholes
team killing or going afk for rounds at a
time so it kicks you for TKing or not
moving for 45 seconds.
There is some commotion as expected, some people don't
feel like playing CS, but eventually everyone joins.
After being in the server for about 5 minutes people
start complaining about how boring pubs are and how some
of them want to scrim. Obviously a scrim would leave
some people out, seeing as how there are 15 of them they
can't have an even number, so Scott volunteers to leave,
saying he'd rather watch Anime anyway.
CHRIS
So you come to a LAN just to watch Anime?
SCOTT
Don't be silly, I come for the strapping
young boys!
Scott leaves the game, puts on his headphones, opens a
bag of chips and leans back to start watching Anime on
his computer. People start bickering over who goes on
what team etc, what map they're going to play, all while
Scott snacks in the background. All of a sudden Scott
starts coughing. People just kind of look over casually,
but then he starts coughing louder and harder.
Standing up grabbing at his throat, knocking his computer
chair over. He falls over, dead. People start
applauging.
ED
Not bad, not bad.
KYLE
Eh, I've seen better acting in porn.
No one actually gets up from their computer to go check
on him. Avery is sitting closest to him and keeps
looking down at him, calling his name. After no response
and what looks like no signs of breathing, Avery gets up
to actually check on him. Avery kicks him with his foot
a little, then cautiously checks his pulse.
AVERY
What the fuck!
Everyone yells back at him.
AVERY
Guys, I think Scott really did just
choke, I don't think he was faking.
JOEY
What?
AVERY
Seriously, I think he's actually dead.
KYLE
Good, I've got dibs on his RAM.
At this point some people have started to stand up a
little from their computers, but their hands don't leave
their keyboards. Jonathon, being closest to Avery, gets
up from his computer. We can see in the background that
Avery has already left the game, as Jonathon bends down
to check out Scott his monitor goes black as well. As he
leans in his leg hits an ethernet cord and unplugs Cyrus.
CYRUS
What the hell Jonathon, you unplugged me!
Plug me back in!
JONATHON
I think Scott really is messed up.
CYRUS
Oh mah gawd, Jonathon, plug me back in
before I kill you.
Cyrus' screen goes black.
CYRUS
Great, now I lagged out, Jonathon!
Jonathon reluctantly turns away from Scott, who is still
being poked by Avery. He goes under the table and tells
Cyrus to back up because he can't reach the cord. Right
as he is plugging the cord back in his hand hits the
switch on the gigantic surge protector that all of their
monitors were plugged in to, turning it and the lights
off. Everyone yells at Jonathon with nerdy cries of
protest. Despite the yells the sound of a kinfe going
through skin can be heard, followed by a gurgling sound.
JOEY
What the hell was that sound?
AVERY
I think Cyrus just farted.
CHRIS
Jonathon, turn the lights back on!
Jonathon hits the switch on the surge and the lights come
back on. People start cursing in surprise. Cyrus is
standing on top of his chair, his hands trying to reach
his throat as blood pours out of it and down his shirt.
Everyone stares in awe and confusion.
GERCKEN
This is the best prank ever.
JOEY
That's awesome!
The body begins to tilt forward slightly, until it
topples forward like a redwood onto the large table that
Cyrus and Jonathon were set up on. The table crushes
under the weight and comes crashing down on Jonathon's
head. The metal bar that ran along the outter edge of
the table connects with Jonathon's skull, right along
temple. Jonathon's skull splits open as the table
continues downwards, finally clashing with the floor.
The opposite end of the table catches Avery's table,
flipping it upwards slightly and causing his monitor to
smash down on him as he is crouched over Scott's body.
Avery stands up from it and has a gigantic shard of the
monitor's glass deep in the base of his neck. He doesn't
scream as everyone stares in horror, but hesitantly
reaches and slowly pulls the piece of glass out of his
neck, causing blood to gush forth form the gaping wound.
No one knows how to react.
Avery's demise is met with stares of bewilderment from
everyone in the room. His body collapses to the floor
from lack of blood.
CHRIS
Alright, no one move. What in the fuck
just happened?!
JOEY
Is anyone else thinking about the story
Cody told?
Some slight nods.
CHRIS
No, that's bullshit. That's not real.
KYLE
You did make the server.
CHRIS
Yeah, as a joke! That shit is not real!
Where the hell did you hear about that
anyways, Cody?
CODY
I don't remember where, some forums on
the internet.
KYLE
I'm sure as hell not leaving the game.
GERCKEN
Me neither.
JON
What, the, fuck.
BOBBY
I dunno dude.
At this point people start sitting back down in their
chairs, moving their stuff around to give themselves
plenty of space.
ED
Shouldn't we call the cops or something?
JOE
And tell them what, Ed? We're being
killed by a LAN Party Legend?
ED
I don't know, Joe, but that can't be
real. Someone needs to know about this.
BEAU
They did all leave the game, I could see
their screens...
ED
So what do we do now?
JEFF
Don't leave the game?
Anyone whose attention wasn't completely on the game now
looks down at their monitors.
ED
Well we can't just not do anything...
JOE
You want to be the one to call and
explain this to the police? If they even
come here, I'm not moving from my
computer.
ED
Actually, I would Joe, but my phone
doesn't get reception down here.
JON
No one's does.
CHRIS
Alex lives out in the middle of nowhere.
Alex doesn't even have the energy to respond.
JEFF
This sucks.
BOBBY
(looking down at Scott's
body)
There is something in Scott's mouth.
CHRIS
What is it?
BOBBY
I don't know, it's in his throat.
JOEY
I'll see what it is.
Joey gets up from his computer and walks across the room
to look at Scott. As soon as Joey gets up, Cody
stretches over while still moving his mouse and starts
moving Joey's as well. Joey steps over the pile of
bodies, his shoes sloshing in the mess that was his
brother's head. He bends down and looks in to Scott's
mouth.
JOEY
It's a mouse ball.
CHRIS
A track ball?
JOEY
Yeah, that's what it looks like.
CHRIS
I know scott doesn't have a trackball
mouse. Does anyone here even use one any
more?
Heads shake all around, followed by a few "no"s.
ALEX
So he choked on a mouseball and none of
us have a mouse that actually uses a
trackball?
Silence.
JOE
That is the lamest thing I've ever heard
in my life.
JEFF
So what do we do?
CODY
Well no one should leave the game until
we figure something out.
GERCKEN
What is there to figure out?
ALEX
There has to be something we can do if
this is really happening...
CODY
(in a very nerdy voice)
I know, we've gotta hack the Gibson!
Everyone laughs.
JOE
What?
ALEX
Haven't you ever seen Hackers?
JOEY
Ya know, it's fucked up that we're
laughing and I'm standing in a puddle of
what used to be my brother's head.
JON
Well what the hell are we supposed to do?
BOBBY
We could all leave the game at once.
KYLE
I'm not going anywhere. I hate this god
damn game, but I'll play it for the rest
of my life if I have to.
GERCKEN
Yeah, I'm not going anywhere either.
ALEX
Me either.
ED
Make sure the map doesn't change so we
don't all get disconnected.
Chris types away quickly at his keyboard. Bobby, Jon and
Jeff all look at each other. Ed sees them.
ED
What, are you guys seriously thinking of
leaving right now?
JON
What else are we going to do?
ED
I don't know, we'll think of soemthing.
Where the hell would you go anyway?
ALEX
(somewhat calmly)
They're going to go abck to Jon's house
and smoke.
JON
(ignoring Alex)
We said we'd meet Pablo and Sean at my
house.
ED
So you're just gonna leave and pretend
like none of this happened?
JON
No, we'll come up with something once
we're there.
KYLE
(sarcastically)
Sounds like a great plan.
ALEX
Not to mention leaving the scene of a
crime.
BOBBY
What crime? We all saw it, none of us
did a damned thing.
JOEY
I'm coming with you guys.
CHRIS
(surprised)
What!?
JOEY
It's better than sitting around here and
waiting for something to happen.
(he turns to Jon)
We're stopping off to get beer. If I
die, I'm gonna be drunk as shit when I
do.
JON
That's fine.
ALEX
You guys are stupid.
BOBBY
It's better than staying here.
CODY
You're all going to be kicked from the
game if you leave.
BOBBY
That's fine because I just quit anyway.
JEFF
Me too.
The four of them start to leave the room.
ED
You're not even going to call the police?
BOBBY
They'd just think it was a prank call.
Joey steps over Jonathon's body and looks down at it.
JOEY
Yeah, we're going to need a lot of beer.
The four go up the stairs. The remaining Chris, Joe, Ed,
Alex, Kyle, Cody and Beau all exchange looks.
CHRIS
Fucking idiots.
Silence.
KYLE
So...anyone want to order a pizza?
INT. COURTNEY'S ROOM
Courtney is busy about her room, trying on outfits,
looking into a standing mirror, listening to music. She
hears the front door close and looks out her window to
see Jon, Jeff, Bobby and Joey leaving in Jon's Jeep.
INT. ALEX' BASEMENT
JOE
I can't believe Joey just left with them
with what just happened to Jonathon.
ALEX
He just doesn't know how to deal with the
situation.
ED
No, we all know how to deal with the
situation, it's just that no one wants to
actually deal with it.
Silence.
EXT. JON'S HOUSE
Jon's jeep pulls into the driveway. There are no other
cars around.
JOEY
Are your parent's home?
JON
Well, my dad has been in Canada for the
past 8 months for his job and my mom said
she was probably just going to sleep at
the house she's remodeling because it's
getting close to the deadline.
BOBBY
Pablo shoulda been here by now.
JON
I know.
Joey opens a beer.
JOEY
Kay, well, I'm drinking.
JON
Go ahead man.
JOEY
Actually, I'm gonna go walk around for a
bit and clear my head.
JON
That's cool, we'll all be over here just
chilling.
Joey downs the contents of the can and picks up a six
pack.
JOEY
And I'm taking these with me.
INT. ALEX' BASEMENT
The remaining people (Chris, Cody, Alex, Kyle, Beau, Ed
and Joe) are all sitting in silence, staring blankly at
their computer screens while they're hands mindlessly
move about their keyboards. Chris' server lets out an
audible beep.
ALEX
What was that?
Chris inspects the computer.
CHRIS
Fuck!
ALEX
What is it?
CHRIS
The temperature of my CPU went up.
ALEX
You have all of that stuff in your
computer so analy organized and you're
still overheating?
CHRIS
Fuck!
ED
How high is it?
CHRIS
60 degrees.
GERCKEN
That's not very hot.
CHRIS
Celsius.
GERCKEN
Oh.
ED
That's still not all that bad.
CHRIS
Yeah, but it's not getting any colder
down here. Hold on -
Chris bends over with one hand still on his laptop's
keyboard and unscrews the side panel to the server and
slides it off.
ED
Did that do anything?
CHRIS
It dropped a degree.
Chris looks around the room and sees the fan pointing
into Alex' open case.
CHRIS
Alex, give me your fun!
ALEX
Fat chance.
CHRIS
If the server overheats and locks up it's
not just me that leaves the game, you all
leave the game.
CODY
He's right.
ALEX
No, if I don't have this fan I'll over
heat really fast.
CHRIS
I don't care, I need that fan.
ALEX
How about I just crank up the AC?
CHRIS
You can try it, but unless the vent can
stretch to the ceiling directly into my
computer, I'm still gonna need that fan
soon.
ALEX
I'm gonna go upstairs and crank up the
AC.
Alex looks at Gercken for a few seconds before he
realizes what the look means.
GERCKEN
No!
ALEX
I'll only be upstairs for a second or
two.
GERCKEN
No, because with my luck I'm gonna lean
over to your computer, my chair leg is
going to break and I'll fall over and
snap my neck on your table.
CHRIS
Well then let's hope the chair can take
the weight.
GERCKEN
Wow, sad.
Alex looks at Beau
ALEX
Beau...
BEAU
Yeah, I'll do it.
Beau stretches over to Alex' computer and begins to move
him around the screen.
ALEX
I'll be back in a minute.
Alex jogs up stairs.
INT. KITCHEN
Alex is pressing buttons on the thermostat on the wall.
His sister enters the room and starts to speak.
COURTNEY
Tell me about your friend Joe, from NY...
ALEX
Go to your room.
COURTNEY
I just want to know some things about
him...
ALEX
Not right now Courtney, go upstairs.
He finishes with the thermostat.
COURTNEY
Fine, I'll just go ask him myself.
She heads towards the door to downstairs, but Alex cuts
her off with force.
COURTNEY
Don't be a dick!
ALEX
I'm not kidding around courtney. Not
now, not today.
She starts to speak but he cuts her off.
ALEX
The only way you are gonna make it down
these stairs tonight is if I kick you
down them.
COURTNEY
Fuck you!
She tries to move past him.
ALEX
I'm dead serious.
She stares him in the eyes.
COURTNEY
You are such a loser, no wonder you can't
ever get a girl.
ALEX
That's fine, go upstairs.
Alex watches her leave towards her room and then heads
down into the basement.
INT. ALEX' BASEMENT
Alex comes from around the corner.
KYLE
What took you so long?
ALEX
I had to stop my sister from coming down
here.
BEAU
Why'd she want to come down here?
CHRIS
To give everyone syphilis.
ALEX
Well, at least Joey syphilis.
GERCKEN
Wow, sad. We're all about to die and I
still can't get a chic.
EXT. JON'S HOUSE
Jon, Jeff, and Bobby are sitting on a bulldozer.
JEFF
I wonder what Joey is thinking about
right now.
BOBBY
I'm surprised he hasn't punched a hole in
a wall yet.
JON
He's probably just in shock.
JEFF
You guys don't think we shoulda called
the police?
JON
What would they do? Everyone witnessed
it as an accident, it's not like any of
us did anything wrong.
JEFF
Uh, leaving the scene of a crime?
BOBBY
What crime?
JON
Exactly.
A loud crack can be heard in the distance.
JEFF
What was that?
BOBBY
I think Joey just punched a hole in
something.
Cut to Joey behind the pool, punching a large sheet of
plywood that was propped up against a tree.
JOEY
Fuck!
Joey picks up his drink, realizes it is empty, crushes
the can with one hand and throws it into the field. He
then heads back to the pool where his now 2-pack is
floating in the water. He pulls it out and takes out a
beer, dropping the remaining one back into the pool. He
opens it and heads over to the guys.
JOEY
Do you still have that stick sword thing?
JON
The ?
JOEY
Yeah, that thing.
JON
Yeah, why?
JOEY
Isn't it supposed to be unbreakable?
JON
I have no clue, but I don't even care if
you do break it.
JOEY
Good, because I'm about to go beat the
shit out of a tree.
JON
It's up in the attic above the garage
somewhere.
JOEY
I'll find it.
Joey goes up to the large storage room and turns on the
light, though they only partially light the room. Joey
heads into the half-darkness and eventually finds the
sword in a pile of real blades.
JOEY
You have a real sword?
JON
Yeah, got it when we were living in India
for my dad's job.
FIX ALL OF THE ABOVE
EXT. POOL
Joey walks over to the pool to get another beer. The
last remaining can is floating just out of reach of the
diving board. Joey walks out onto the edge of it with
the second sword, poking it in the water in an attempt to
knock it closer. He sees underneath the water the shadow
of a body. He curses inquisatively and pokes at it with
the sword. On the third poke something grabs a hold of
the sword yanking him in. He falls at an odd angle and
smashes his head forcefully against the concrete and
sinks into the pool.
EXT. GARAGE
Upon hearing the splash.
JEFF
What was that?
BOBBY
I guess he just felt like swimming.
EXT. POOL
Underwater, Joey's body faces the bottom of the pool.
His eyes open and his face is met with Danny's, who is
standing on the bottom of the pool like his feet are made
of lead. He shoves Joey's bleeding scalp onto the bottom
of the pool. Joey tries pushing himself off the ground,
but to no effect. Danny holds him down until his body
stops moving. As his body begins to float to the
surface, Danny breaks his neck.
EXT. GARAGE
A figure is approaching Jon, Jeff and Bobby.
JEFF
Is that Joey?
BOBBY
I don't think so...
Jon hits the lights on the bulldozer, revealing Danny as
he continues on his path towards them. Bobby, with the
sword in his hand, stabs Danny directly in the chest. To
the surprise of Bobby, Danny walks further into the
blade, closer to Bobby until he kicks his kneecap from
the side, breaking the bone with a loud snap. Danny
picks up a pole from the ground and runs it vertically
through Bobby, suspending his body in the air. Danny
pulls the sword out of his own body and uses it to chop
off Jeff's leg. He then throws the sword into Jon, who
puts the bulldozer into gear, which runs over the head of
Jeff.
INT. - BASEMENT
Ed breaks the awkward silence of everyone being absorbed
into their own screens.
ED
We have to at least do something about
the bodies.
ALEX
You can drag em to the other side if you
want.
ED
Whose gonna do it?
JOE
I'll do it.
(Joe looks at the bodies with
disgust)
It's grossing me out anyway.
ED
Are you sure?
JOE
Yeah, just make sure I don't leave the
game.
Joe gets up, Ed leans over to Joe's computer and starts
pressing keys. Joe drags the bodies to the other side of
the hall.
GERCKEN
You can still see them...
ALEX
Bring them all the way around and put
them in the storage space on the other
side of this wall.
JOE
Yes, sir.
Joe drags the bodies yet again to the otherside of the
wall Alex pointed to.
JOE
(yelling from the other room)
Got any towels?
ALEX
Why?
JOE
Well now there is blood all over the
place. Might as well clean it up while
I'm at it.
ALEX
There should be a container full of them
in that room.
Joe searches and quickly finds the container.
JOE
Found it.
Joe throws a towel on the floor and moves his foot
around, absorbing all the blood. He makes his way back
to the main area of the basement.
CHRIS
You're so nice, Joe!
JOE
That stuff'll stain.
ALEX
I think that is gonna be the least of my
worries at this point, but thanks.
ED
What the hell are we gonna do, guys?
Joe throws an armfull of the towels onto the large pool
of blood where the accident happened.
ED
We really need to call the police.
ALEX
While I agree, we all know they're not
going to be able to anything.
KYLE
They're just going to come, find four
bodies and force us all off of our
computers.
GERCKEN
Yeah, and there is no way I'm getting off
this computer.
ED
How about if I at least go get the phone?
CHRIS
What are you going to do with it?
ED
This can't be real. It doesn't make any
sense. It was just a chain of freak
accidents and we need to actually do
something about it.
ALEX
Like what, Ed? We've gone through all
the options.
ED
(After hesitating)
I'm gonna go upstairs and prove to you
guys that this isn't real. Don't even
bother keeping me in the game, Joe,
nothing is going to happen to me.
JOE
When the hell did you get such big balls,
Ed?
ED
It's not balls, it'