Chapter 6 (The White Shapes)

Chapter 6 is the sixth chapter of The White Shapes. It was written by Donald Newton.

Plot
Clay leads a group of police officers in search for his sister and Chris. But things end badly for the group when they are faced against the Shapers.

Full Chapter
EXT. EMERSON FIELD - DAY

The large herd of Shapers are walking through the field once more. It is plainly clear that these creatures are NOT human by how they look, stand, and walk. These are something inhuman and other wordly.

This is seen by Amanda, Oswald, and Gage in the distance, who are seeing them for the very first time. They are shocked.

OSWALD: This shit is fucking crazy.

GAGE: I thought this was all just a joke.

Amanda decides to change the subject.

AMANDA: So Sheriff Lopez's friend, Clay...cute, huh?

Oswald and Gage turn to Amanda with a "WTF" expression on their face.

AMANDA: What? I think so.

Oswald and Gage turn to each other and chuckles.

Clay, who was positioned somewhere else, rejoins them.

CLAY: There are like 130-140 of them.

AMANDA: What the hell are these things? They're fucking creepy.

OSWALD: (to Gage) Have you ever seen anything like this before?

GAGE: No. Never.

OSWALD: (to Clay) So what do we do?

CLAY: Split up. The three of you come with me to the west. Jackson, Anton, and Erikson go east. Martin, Westley, and Overman go north. The rest go south. We keep in contact. Make sure that we're not seen by these things. Let's go.

Clay, Amanda, Oswald, and Gage move on away from the Shaper's view.

As the group leaves the area, we focus on the herd of Shapers. Most of them continue their walking, unaware of the group's presence. However, one of the Shapers stops walking as if it senses the group. The Shaper turns it's head towards where the group was. Rather it sees or knows that the group is nearby is uncertain. But one thing is for certain -- The Shaper senses a threat to it's herd.

We DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. EMERSON WOODS - BARN - NIGHT

The sun has gone down and it is dark out in the woods. Clay, Amanda, Gage, and Oswald find the Barn.

CLAY: Let's check the barn.

They all pull out flashlights as they approach the barn.

INT. BARN - NIGHT

The four enter the barn, shining their lights all around the barn.

CLAY: Nicole?! Chris?!

AMANDA: Nicole Foster?!

GAGE: Chris Monroe?

CLAY: Are you guys here?

OSWALD: I don't think they're in here.

Then they hear...

NICOLE'S VOICE: (o.s.) WE'RE IN HERE!!

The four rush over the spot where they heard Nicole's voice.

CLAY: Nicole, it's Clay. Where are you?

NICOLE: (o.s.) We're under here.

Clay moves the hay from the spot on the floor, revealing a hidden small door to a floor compartment. Clay opens the stoage unit and finds -- NICOLE AND CHRIS.

CLAY: Thank God!

The four help pull Nicole and Chris out of the storage unit. Nicole hugs her brother.

CLAY: (to Nicole) Are you okay?

NICOLE: Yeah.

CLAY: Let's get you guys out of here.

Clay, Amanda, Nicole, Chris, Oswald, and Gage proceed to leave the barn.

EXT. EMERSON WOODS - NIGHT

The herd of Shapers walks through the woods. Not far from them behind a tree is Amanda. She walks away from them to rejoin the others.

At another section of the woods, Oswald, Gage, Chris, and Nicole standby as Clay observes the tires of his car -- which have been slashed. Amanda rejoins them.

CLAY: They slashed our tires.

GAGE: Which means that they know that we're here.

AMANDA: They're all over our trail. They're blocking every section. All except one. The Old Emerson mansion property. But they're so close to us that we might not make it out.

CLAY: You guys take Nicole and Chris and head out in that direction. I'll call in Jackson and have him meet you with the van. I'll stay behind and draw them to the other direction. Then I'll ditch them and meet you back at Cosgrove.

Nicole is horrified at the thought.

NICOLE: No, Clay. We can't leave you behind.

CLAY: I'll be alright. Just go, Nicole. Get home to Mom and Dad.

AMANDA: Let's go.

Amanda, Oswald, Gage, Nicole, and Chris head for their escape route. Clay runs to the opposite direction.

CLAY: (into the radio) Jackson, we need you to get to the van to the Emerson Mansion Property to pick up Nicole, Chris, and my team.

JACKSON: (over radio) Roger that, Clay. On my way.

EXT. EMERSON WOODS - ANOTHER SECTION - NIGHT

Clay stands by a tree, hidden from view of the herd. He can see the herd walking towards the direction that the others are heading. Clay pulls out his gun and shoots a round in the air. BANG!

This is to get the herd's attention. But it doesn't work. So he fires multiple shots. But the herd completely ignores them and continues on in the path of the others. Almost like they know that this was meant to be a distraction.

Clay watches in shock and horror as the herd gets further and further away from him -- GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE OTHERS. It finally dawns on him that they realized what he was doing and decided to ignore him in favor of going after the bigger group of people.

CLAY: Oh, shit!

EXT. EMERSON MANSION PROPERTY - NIGHT

Amanda, Oswald, Gage, Nicole, and Chris enter the gated property of the old abandoned Emerson Mansion. There is a gated entry at the opposite end of the property, which is where they are to meet Jackson at.

They notice that the herd is still coming for them despite Clay's distraction.

MANDA: They're still on us.

GAGE: We have to go.

They continue on through the property as the Shapers begin entering the property. They eventually find the gate.

AMANDA: There!

GAGE: Jackson's not here yet.

Then they see much to their horror -- Another herd closing in towards the entry, which is their escape.

AMANDA: Oh, my God!

OSWALD: We're trapped.

Oswald realizes what is going to need to happen as the Shapers zero in on the group.

OSWALD: (to Amanda) You take out those heading for the gate out there. Gage and I will take care of the ones here.

Amanda turns to the gate and starts open firing on the Shapers heading for the gate entry. Oswald and Gage pulls out their guns and proceeds to shoot at the Shapers heading towards them on the property. But the bullets don't seem to faze them.

GAGE: (confused) What the fuck?

OSWALD: Keep shooting.

They continue shooting the Shapers all over. From head to toe. Nothing seems to work. They become frustrated.

OSWALD: Fuck you, assholes!

Oswald points his gun at a Shaper's chrome covered eye. BANG. The bullet lodges into the chrome cover -- DAMAGING IT. The Shaper seems disturbed by this.

OSWALD: That hurt?

Oswald fires another round into its head -- KILLING IT. Oswald and Gage are surprised. They have just discovered their weakness.

OSWALD: Its their chrome eyes. Shoot their chrome eyes. It'll make them vulnerable.

Amanda has heard this and proceeds to shoot their chrome eyes and killing many Shapers heading for the gate.

Oswald and Gage proceed to start shooting the Shapers' chrome eyes before shooting them in other parts of their bodies. The bodies of the Shapers start to rack up as this discovery is working.

Suddenly -- A VAN APPEARS and CRASHES into the herd that was outside the gate. The window opens -- It's Jackson.

JACKSON: Let's go!

AMANDA: (to Nicole and Chris) Come on. (to Jackson) Shoot them in the left eye before shooting them in other body parts.

Amanda escorts Nicole and Chris to the van as Jackson, sticking out of the window, proceeds to shoot the Shapers that he ran over in the chrome eyes as they start to pick themselves back up.

Oswald and Gage are still fighting the Shapers.

OSWALD: (to Gage) Go! I got this!

Gage starts to head for the gate. He doesn't see the Shaper right behind him. But Oswald sees it and immediately spins around, shooting it in the back of the head. While this wouldn't harm the Shaper, the bullet goes through its head and damages the chrome eye, thus killing the Shaper.

Oswald turns in front of him and fires multiple rounds into the eyes of the Shapers in front of him. He's a good shot. He is massacring them.

Gage has made it into the van with Jackson, Amanda, Nicole, and Chris.

GAGE: Oswald, get out of there!

Oswald turns to the gate. Everyone has already gotten out of the property. He is the last one left. He heads for the gate. Two Shapers stand in his way. He immediately dispatches the first one by shooting it in the chrome eye at point blank, killing it instantly.

The other one, who is much bigger than Oswald, turns to him. Oswald attempts to shoot him. But -- CLICK! CLICK! CLICK!

OSWALD: Oh, shit!

Before Oswald can pull out magazine clip -- THE SHAPER GRABS HIM BY THE THROAT. The Shaper lifts him up in the air.

OSWALD: (choking) LET ME GO, YOU MOTHER FUCKER!!!

The Shaper ignores his request by ramming a knife into his heart. Oswald screams out, spewing out blood in the process. The other officers, who have witnessed this, are horrified by the attack of their friend.

GAGE: NOOOOO!

The Shaper releases Oswald, who drops to the ground and doesn't get up. Enraged at seeing their friend's murder, Amanda, Jackson, and Gage jump out of the van and charge at Oswald's Killer Shaper. But before they can attack it -- MORE SHAPERS APPEAR OUT OF NOWHERE.

The fight is back on. The Cosgrove Police vs the Shapers. The Officers open fire on the Shapers, hitting their chrome eyes, killing many of them.

Oswald's Killer Shaper stands there for a moment, preparing to fight. But before he can --

VOICE: HEY!

Oswald's Killer Shaper turns around -- BANG! SHOT IN THE CHROME EYE and the single shot went past the chrome eye -- Killing it. Oswald's Killer Shaper drops to the ground, revealing his shooter to be -- CLAY -- who joins the fight.

The battle continues with the humans finally easily defeating the mysterious creatures. After a minute of fighting...the Officers have won this battle. They are in shocked, exhausted, and most likely traumatized by what has just happened.

Gage approaches Oswald's body. He drops to his knees and cries upon realize that his friend is dead.

AMANDA: What the hell are these things?

Clay kneels down to a dead Shaper. He uses his flashlight to get a better look at the creature. He is shocked upon seeing the creature up close.

CLAY: This is definetely not fucking human.

The others come by to see it. They are shocked and horrified by it.

JACKSON: Looks like some kind of alien.

AMANDA: Or a more human version of the Rake.

CLAY: Whatever this is, it's something that I've never seen before.

Suddenly -- FOOTSTEPS ARE HEAD EVERYWHERE. The Officers, Clay, Nicole, and Chris start panicking as they realize that even more Shapers -- more than before -- are starting to corner them from within the dark.

AMANDA: Oh, God!

The Shapers begin to materialize through the dark, showing a MUCH LARGER army than the previous ones. It doesn't look too good for the group. They are extremely outnumbered and running out of ammo to fight these creatures.

Deaths

 * Officer Steven Oswald - Stabbed in the heart by a Shaper.
 * Oswald's Shaper Killer - Shot in the eye by Clay Foster.
 * Multiple Shapers - Shot by Clay, Amanda, Gage, Jackson, and Oswald.

Trivia

 * The first chapter where a major death occurs and is witnessed by the main characters.
 * Officer Oswald's death is the first major death that effects the main characters.