Chapter 15 (The White Shapes)

Chapter 15 is the fifteenth and final chapter of The White Shapes. It was written by Donald Newton.

Plot
The group must take a risky move to escape Anthony's house now surrounded by Shapers.

Full Chapter
EXT. MAIN STREET AND EAGLE POINT - DAY

A large herd of Shapers have crowded the main street entering the Eagle Point neighborhood.

EXT. EAGLE POINT NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY

The entire neighborhood's street is crowded with Shapers heading for the Lopez house after hearing the activity that took place in Chapter 14.

EXT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - DAY

The herd is surrounding the Lopez house. Anthony and Clay are still standing there in the aftermath of Wexler's death. His dead body lies on the grass as Shapers checks on his body, confirming that Wexler has been killed.

LINDA: (o.s. - from inside) BOYS! GET INSIDE!

Anthony and Clay rush into the garage and slam it shut before any Shapers can get in.

INT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Clay and Anthony rejoin their families and friends in the living room. Dani hugs her husband.

DANI: Are you okay?

ANTHONY: I'm fine.

GAGE: We're in some serious trouble here, guys. How do we get out of this?

Anthony looks out the window to the backyard. The fence is being crowded against by Shapers. The fence won't hold for long. He turns back to see that the living room window and front door are also being crowded on against. They're trapped.

ANTHONY: I don't know. There's too many of them and we don't have enough ammo or weapons to take them out. Not with this much.

Sierra and Andy start crying. Linda and Dani holds them both.

DANI: We have to do something. We can't just be sitting ducks here.

ANTHONY: What else can we do?

CLAY: Only thing we can do is carefully kill one by one if possible. But chances are...not all of us...if any of us will make it out.

Nicole elbows Chris, reminding him of something.

NICOLE: Tell them!

Everyone turns to Nicole and Chris.

SAM: Tell us what?

CHRIS: That first day when Nicole and I were chased by the Shapers...we both fell into a puddle of mud. We were covered from head to toe. When we got out of the mud, we found ourselves in the middle of a large crowd of Shapers. But they didn't see us at all. They didn't even know that we were there. Not until the mud started coming. They can't see through mud.

CLAY: So what you're saying is that we should cover ourselves in mud and walk through that large crowd?

CHRIS: I know it's risky. But it's better than nothing.

NICOLE: Would you rather die doing nothing...or would you take a chance at surviving by doing something that we've already done before?

DANI: We really have to try something.

SAM: If Nicole and Chris survived doing that...then we should be able to as well.

Anthony and Clay glance at each other. Then they nod.

CLAY: I guess it's worth a shot.

ANTHONY: Everybody! Out to the back!

EXT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - BACKYARD - DAY

The fire is put out with water bottles by Anthony and Clay. Amanda and Sam pour water, sodas, and other non-flamable fluids onto the dirt to create mud.

Linda slathers mud all over Sierra and Dani slathers mud all over Andy. Everyone proceeds to cover their entire bodies with mud.

Everyone is now entirely covered with mud.

SAM: Before we go out there...let's test and see if this still works.

Everyone nods in agreement. Anthony walks over to the side gate and opens it -- Allowing a few Shapers into the backyard. The Shapers walk past Anthony without seeing him.

The Shapers walk through the backyard, looking around, unable to see the group covered in mud. One Shaper gets extremely close to Chris's face, who confidentally just stands there fearlessly. Clay steps right in front of a Shaper's face. He is shocked upon realizing that the Shaper does not see him at all.

CLAY: It's working.

ANTHONY: It is.

SAM: We should walk out of here together.

EXT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - DAY

The Shapers continue to crowd further and further at the front of the Lopez home. At any moment now, they could start breaking down doors and windows.

INT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Everyone is by the front door. The two little girls are in the middle with Dani and Linda by their side. Everyone else; Clay, Anthony, Sam, Amanda, Gage, Jackson, Chris, and Nicole surround them. This is to protect the children and the weaker women.

CLAY: Whatever happens...no matter what...keep the children in the middle and protect them at all cost.

Everyone nods in agreement.

CLAY: Try to preserve your ammo and use other weapons to avoid drawing any attention. Everyone ready?

Everyone glance at each other. Taking deep breaths. Preparing themselves for what could become extremely dangerous.

CLAY: Okay. Let's do this.

Clay carefully, slowly, and cautiously opens the front door. Shapers start storming in through the door. But they don't see the group caked in mud. They walk past them.

CLAY: (whispers) Let's go.

Clay pushes an incoming Shaper out of the way and steps outside. The rest follows, squeezing by many incoming Shapers.

EXT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - DAY

The entire group carefully steps out of the house and walks into the EXTREMELY MASSIVE herd of Shapers. The survivors outside the middle of the group pull out weapons just in case they have to defend themselves. Sierra and Andy squeezes the hands of Linda and Dani respectively as they become scared.

DANI: (to Andy) It's okay, Andy. We're okay.

LINDA: (to Sierra) Just stay with Grandma.

The group sneaks through the herd across the yard and onto the street.

EXT. EAGLE POINT NEIGHBORHOOD - DAY

The group proceeds to walk away from the house through the crowded street. They're still very intense and scared as they pass through several Shapers that don't see them.

A Shaper turns directly to Gage. But despite it not being able to see him, Gage doesn't take any chances. He uses the brass knuckle to damage it's chrome eye and stabs it in the head. The Shaper's body drops to the ground. This gets the attention of nearby Shapers, distracting them from the group.

CLAY: Come on, let's go.

The group proceed to run through the crowd of Shapers. The Shapers become confused among the crowd as they see "running masses" (which is what they see when people are covered in mud). But they don't take any action due to not detecting any kind of threat.

Some Shapers get too close to the group and they are taken out by the men. Their bodies dropping continues to distract other Shapers away from the group.

The group eventually makes it to the end of the neighborhood.

EXT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - DAY

The entire Lopez house is now being trampled on from outside.

INT. LOPEZ RESIDENCE - DAY

Throughout the entire house, Shapers crowd the house, destroying furniture and objects all around. The house is being destroyed.

EXT. MAIN STREET - DAY

The group finally walks into Main Street, slowly getting out of reach of the herd as the herd has mostly now moved into the neighborhood.

CLAY: We're almost out of danger.

The group and the herd are now in a position where they are safely walking in the opposite direction from each other. The line between them is finally reached. The group is finally safely out of the herd's way and out of danger.

Everyone smiles in relief.

AMANDA: (quietly) We made it.

ANTHONY: We did it.

CLAY: We're gonna be okay.

SAM: Let's not stop. Let's keep going.

ANTHONY: Right. Let's go.

Everyone starts running off into the city.

CLAY: (narrating) So we defeated Wexler and his gang. We escaped the herd. Now we walk into uncertainty. Uncertain where we will go now and how we'll move on. I don't know what will happen next. But what I do know is...we'll never stop fighting to survive.

WE CUT TO BLACK.

TO BE CONTINUED

This is the end of THE WHITE SHAPES: EPISODE I - THE RISE OF THE SHAPERS

We will return with THE WHITE SHAPES: EPISODE II - ON THE ROAD TO SURVIVAL

Deaths

 * Multiple Shapers - Killed by Clay, Anthony, Sam, Gage, Jackson, and Amanda.

Trivia

 * Final appearance of the Lopez house, which served as the primary shelter for the group of survivors.