Chapter 5 (The White Shapes)

Chapter 5 is the fifth chapter of The White Shapes. It was written by Donald Newton.

Plot
Clay and Anthony plan a rescue search for Nicole and Chris.

Full Chapter
EXT. EMERSON WOODS - DAY

The swarm of Shapers are still looking around for Chris and Nicole. The couple are slowly and carefully walking through the herd, trying to be careful not to be caught.

SHAPERS' POV.

As the Shapers search around for their targets, they see the MASS (which is Nicole and Chris caked in mud) moving and walking. But because their vision doesn't detech any threats or targets, they ignore the moving MASS.

BACK TO SCENE

Chris and Nicole walk for the end of the herd and carefully run out of the herd. They run into a Shaper-free area of the woods and hides behind the trees.

CHRIS: How are we going to get out of here?

NICOLE: I'll text Clay. Get him to get Anthony to help us.

Nicole takes out her phone.

INT. THE WAVE - DAY

Clay is working behind the counter as customers start to come into the store.

MILOS, KIRK, and LANA (20s), loyal frequent customers, enter the store.

CLAY: Hey, guys. What's up?

MILOS: Nothing much. Just coming to our favorite store to hang out with our favorite dude.

Clay blushes.

CLAY: Oh, you guys.

LANA: How was Sierra's birthday party?

CLAY: Pretty good. She had a lot of friends come over. One that I didn't even know was coming. But no harm. It was a fun evening.

KIRK: That's good. We would have gone. But we had stuff to deal with.

CLAY: It's all good. I'll send her your love.

LANA: Please. I love it when you bring her to work. She's a sweetheart.

Clay hears his phone getting a notification.

CLAY: Excuse me for a moment.

Clay checks his notification and finds a text message from Nicole.

TEXT MESSAGE FROM NICOLE: We're at the Emerson woods and we're trapped. We're surrounded by these "things."

Clay is confused by this message from his sister. Then a VIDEO MESSAGE from Nicole is downloading. Clay watches the video -- THE HERD IS WALKING AROUND.

Clay is disturbed by the video.

WE GET A NICE TRANSITION -- Clay watches the video and we zoom out to:

INT. COSGROVE POLICE DEPARTMENT - DAY

Clay is showing the video to Anthony and his parents. Linda is terrified at the thought of her daughter being trapped and in danger. Sam tries to stay strong for his wife. Anthony is also disturbed by the video.

ANTHONY: Regardless if these are people pulling pranks...this is too many even for a prank. We need to get your sister and her boyfriend out of there.

EXT. EMERSON FIELD - DAY

Nicole and Chris run out of the woods and runs back into the field in the middle of the woods. The mud is starting to come off of them, making them visible to the Shapers.

They discover that in every opening of the woods are lines of herds coming in their direction. They are screwed if they don't find a place to hide. Chris sees something and points it out to Nicole. They nod in agreement and run for this direction -- AN ABANDONED BARN.

INT. BARN - DAY

Chris and Nicole run into the barn, closing the door. They look around the place to hide. But they don't have much time as the herd finally reaches the field outside. They hear Shapers coming for the barn.

CHRIS: Behind the hay.

They jump behind a large stack of hay near the back. The barn door opens and walking in are -- THREE SHAPERS.

CHRIS: (quietly to Nicole) Don't make a sound.

The Shapers look around the barn. Searching with blood lust. Frustrated. It's almost like they're vampires thirsty for blood and the longer they go without it, the more aggressive and frustrated they become.

This horrifies Chris and Nicole, who understands that they are looking for them. Chris looks at something behind them, which we don't see.

A Shaper is getting closer and closer to their spot. Nicole begins to panic. Chris takes one more look behind them like something behind them can be important to their safety.

The Shaper finally notices the pile of hay that the couple are hiding behind. It decides to check this out and walks closer and closer to the hay. We get back and forth shots between Nicole's frightened eyes and the Shaper walking to the hay. The background music gets intense as the scene becomes terrifying. You actually feel scared for Chris and Nicole right now.

The Shaper looks behind the hay -- THEY'RE GONE. The Shaper is irritated that he hasn't found his target. But where did Chris and Nicole go? The Shaper walks away to join his fellow Shapers in their search for the couple.

We PAN AWAY from Chris and Nicole's original spot to a spot on the floor that is covered with loose hay. We find that it's covering a storage door. Underneath is Chris and Nicole safely locked in the storage unit. They are safe...for now.

INT. COSGROVE POLICE STATION - CONFERENCE ROOM - DAY

Anthony is at the head of a confrence table, consisting with multiple police officers around the table. To name a few; AMANDA MCKENZIE (31), STEVE OSWALD (30s), GAGE EDWARDS (30), and JACKSON ECKHART (35). Clay is also present.

Amanda would often eye at Clay and smile. Clearly, she finds him attractive. Clay notices and smiles back politely.

ANTHONY: Nicole and her boyfriend Chris are trapped and surrounded by these "things." Human or not...they are in danger. Something is going on out there with these creatures. Now we need to find Chris and Nicole and those creatures before they step into the populated area.

AMANDA: Do we know anything about these creatures?

ANTHONY: We don't. Until now, we didn't even know that they actually existed.

GAGE: Could it be that they are just imagining that they're creatures? I mean they could be traumatized and scared after all these "sightings."

ANTHONY: I saw the video, Gage. This is real. Either way, rather they're people or not...we don't know anything about them or their intentions. So when you guys go out there...be careful. Now, since I am staying, I am deputizing my good friend Clay Foster to assist you. He's going to lead you in the search for Nicole and Chris and for these creatures.

Amanda smiles with excitement over this. Jackson has no reaction. He just follows orders. But Oswald and Gage glance at each other with concern. A civilian getting involved in a police situation?

OSWALD: Are you sure that we should allow a civilian to assist in this?

ANTHONY: Clay is a tough guy. He served in the Marines. He'll know what to do. You got a problem with that?

Not wanting any trouble with their new boss, Gage and Oswald shake their heads.

OSWALD: No, sir.

ANTHONY: Good. Now go find Nicole and Chris and track down these creatures. Be very careful out there.

Everyone gets up from their seats and leaves the conference room.

EXT. COSGROVE POLICE STATION - DAY

Clay is putting stuff in his car. We find that he is wearing a DEPUTIZED BADGE (for Deputized Civilians). His parents approach him.

SAM: Are you sure that you want to do this? I won't think less of you if you are too scared.

CLAY: I'm a Marine, Dad. I don't back down from danger when my people need me. And right now...my sister needs me.

LINDA: We just want you to be careful. We're scared that we may lose Nicole. We don't want you in danger either.

CLAY: I'll be okay. I've seen action. Creatures in the woods don't scare me.

LINDA: My brave boy. Be safe and find your sister.

CLAY: I will, Mom.

Clay hugs his mother and she gives him a kiss on the cheeck. Then he turns to his father and hugs him.

SAM: Come back to us with your sister.

CLAY: I will, Dad.

Clay gets into his car. He sticks his head out of the window and turns to the other officers in their cars.

CLAY: You ready?

OFFICERS: READY!

CLAY: Let's head out!

And with that, Clay leads the parade of police officers through town and into the woods. They are met with cheering and applauding from the civilians, hoping that they will stop the creatures that are scaring them.

Deaths
None.

Trivia

 * First appearance of:
 * Amanda McKenzie
 * Gage Edwards
 * Steven Oswald
 * Jackson Eckhart
 * Milos
 * Kirk
 * Lana
 * The Shapers show human emotions. They show frustration and aggression when they cannot find Chris and Nicole.