DARK WARD

"Pilot"

Written by

Spiro Skentzos

Based on the book

"Nightshifted"

Written By

Cassie Alexander
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INT. UNDISCLOSED SPACE - FLASHBACK

CLOSE ON EDIE, 12, Latina, shoulder-length black hair, olive-

skin, protector-type, hugging her younger step-brother JAKE,
10, big eyes. Only this isn’t a tender sibling moment - Jake
shakes with fear, as they’re both --

Hiding under a kitchen table -- table cloth draped almost to

the floor -- a few inches of light silhouette their terrified
faces as feet stomp around the room -- furniture turned over,
torn up, smashed -- they’re hiding from a home invasion.

A loud CRASH -- a few lego pieces tumble under the table --

Jake reaches out for them -- something to comfort him -- Edie
pulls his hand back just as a wet, muddy BOOT stops right in
front of them. Edie pulls Jake towards her torso, protecting
him as much as a 12-year-old can -- as the other boot lands.

Edie eyes the boots -- which turns into cloven hooves -- and
back into boots again. WTF?! She gasps. She hears a sloshing
sound - dark shadow-tendrils enter under the space between
the tablecloth and the floor. Edie joins her brother --
clenching her eyes shut -- holding him tighter, as we --

SMASH TO:

INT. EDIE’S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - MORNING

EDIE SPENCE, now 25 wakes with a start -- was that a shadow

in the corner of her room? No, it was nothing. She sits up
and looks under the bed. Shakes her head -- what am I doing?

INT. EDIE'S APARTMENT - MORNING - VARIOUS SHOTS

Edie, dressed, focuses with determination at a map of Chicago

taped to the wall. Hand-colored squares highlight the
different neighborhoods, some of which are crossed off with
black marker.

The apartment: used furniture, worn carpet, a stack of unpaid

bills on the floor.

CUT TO:

Edie opens the refrigerator -- sparse and just as worn as the

apartment: an open can of soda, old condiment jars and a
plate of leftover chicken.
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She smells the chicken, wrinkles her nose. She sprinkles it

with salt and pepper. Smells it again. That’s better.

She opens a drawer. Amongst the silverware - none of it

matching - she spots an unused SYRINGE and stops.

CUT TO:

She puts the syringe in a box, which holds a collection of

personal belongings, and slides it back under the sofa.

Edie pops in her earbuds and scrolls through her phone until
she stops on a song and presses play:

MUSIC CUE: DEPECHE MODE’S “STRANGELOVE”

She gathers a large, deflated medic pack and stuffs it into

her messenger bag, swings it over her head and walks into -

INT. EDIE'S APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Shutting her door, Edie clocks a door opening down the hall.
Edie rushes away, pulls up the hood on her hoodie, to avoid:

MISS ADA, 100-years-old if she’s a day.

MISS ADA
Hey, you haven’t paid this month’s
rent still.
EDIE
(pretending not to hear)
You have a great one too.

Edie rounds the corner, ignoring her plea.

EXT. CHICAGO STREET - AFTERNOON

Heavy clouds darken the sky as Edie walks the seedy and rough-
looking area. She continues towards:

EXT. COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL

Gothic-looking in its neglect.

Edie quickly looks around - the coast is clear - then darts

behind the building. She reaches her goal: A side entrance.

She pulls out an ID -- a man’s face on it -- it’s obviously

stolen. She swipes it and enters. Her eyes look back out as
she closes the door. No one can see her.
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INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - LOWER-LEVEL - MOMENTS LATER

She cautiously moves down the hall, looking around - no

cameras. She approaches a door labeled: “MEDICAL SUPPLY
ROOM.” She swipes the ID again and enters -

INT. MEDICAL SUPPLY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

DARKNESS. Edie fumbles until she finds -

CLICK. The lights throw an eerie green hue as they flicker -

a strobe-like effect as she walks through the cavernous room.

Several shots as she grabs handfuls of: Medication, gauze,

alcohol preps, Epi Pens, etc. She checks her watch and moves
faster.

She kills the music and stuffs all the supplies into the
large medic pack while she keeps an eye out for anyone.

INT. WOMEN’S RESTROOM

Edie stands precariously on a toilet seat. She clocks the

“MISSING: JAKE SPENCE” flyer on the inside stall door -- she
stares a beat -- with new determination --

She reaches up and pulls out a ceiling tile and rests it on

the floor. Next to it is the now-loaded medic pack, which she
HEAVES above her head and up into the ceiling.

She replaces the tile. The ceiling seems to droop from the
weight of the bag. But it’ll hold. It has to.

She’s about to step down when she hears the echo of footsteps
in the hall. Then the CREAK of the restroom door opening.

PHIL, hospital security, 60s, peeks through the opening.

PHIL
Security. Anyone in here?
He looks under the stall. From where he stands - nothing.
PHIL (CONT'D)
(into com)
Basement’s clear.

CREAK again, and he’s gone. A beat and we see Edie’s feet
quietly touch the floor in front of the toilet. She exhales.
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INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - LOWER-LEVEL HALLWAY - MINUTES LATER

Edie slowly opens the bathroom door - hallway’s clear - when:

A HAND grabs her arm. She’s startled to see:

PHIL
(lets go of her arm)
Miss Spence! I could’ve maced you.
Whatcha doing down here?
EDIE
I just needed privacy. Girl stuff.
PHIL
(say no more)
Oh, okay.
Phil tips his hat and awkwardly walks off.

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - STAFF CHANGING ROOM - MINUTES LATER

Edie enters -- looks around to make sure she’s alone.

She stops at a locker labeled ‘Dr. Martin’ and slips the ID

she just used through its slats.

She continues down the aisle to another locker labeled ‘Edie

Spence, RN’ -- undoes the lock -- takes off her shirt. She
seems to scowl at her nurse scrubs hanging inside the locker.

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL E.R. - PATIENT ROOM – LATER

Edie works with another nurse, CRYSTAL, 25, a scrappy bundle
of energy from Cicero, to change the bedsheets of a patient,
MR. WALLACE, elderly, close to death. He occasionally moans --
Edie and Crystal exchange looks -- it’s not good.
EDIE
Hang on Mr. Wallace, relief’s
coming.
CRYSTAL
Yeah, the dedicated Dr. Martin is
on his way. If a pair of tits
hasn’t stopped him.
Edie clocks the irritation on Crystal’s face - Edie knows the
pain it’s masking.
EDIE
How’s your mom?
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CRYSTAL
Another week, another specialist.
Edie looks at her with sympathy.
EDIE
If you need anything...
Edie gives her a hug and a reassuring smile. They’ve been
best friends since they met in nursing school.
JOHN MARTIN, 40s, Doctor with a God complex, face buried in
his smart phone, enters.
DR. MARTIN
So, you paged me --?
EDIE
Three times. He’s in a lot of pain.
He looks up from his phone finally.
DR. MARTIN
We have him on pain management.
EDIE
I think we need to increase his
dosage.
He pulls out a prescription pad and writes out his order and
hands it to her.
DR. MARTIN
Point five cc’s of hydromorphone.
EDIE
He needs more than that.
On Dr. Martin’s face -- not used to being challenged.
DR. MARTIN
It’s standard, Nurse Spence.
EDIE
I assured him he wouldn’t die in
pain.
He stares at her a beat – she’s too emotionally involved.
DR. MARTIN
Don’t make promises you can’t keep.
You should know better.
He looks back to his phone and walks out. Edie steams.
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EDIE
(re: Dr. Martin)
So fucking entitled. Can’t even do
his damn job.
Crystal watches as Edie pulls out a pen from her pocket.
CRYSTAL
Don’t.
Edie adds a ‘one’ in front of the ‘point five’ on the scrip.
She crosses to Mr. Wallace and touches his shoulder.
EDIE
Help is on the way.
Edie leaves. Crystal shakes her head at her friend’s caring
and tenacity as she throws the bed linens into a bag.

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM - NURSE STATION - LATER

Edie and Crystal file charts as their boss ZELL VEDLI, 50s,
bow tie, fatherly but direct, approaches Edie.
ZELL
Let’s talk.
He gestures and they both step aside.
EDIE
Oh, hi Zell, I’m just fine, thanks
for asking. How are you?
ZELL
There’ve been some issues with you.
EDIE
Wait - “issues” with an “s”? You
have a plurality of issues with me?
He raises a calming hand.
ZELL
You are an excellent nurse, but a
team player...? Not so much.
EDIE
I thought not letting a patient die
in pain was being a team player.
ZELL
You’re up for review. The raise
you’ve been asking me for every day
the past month? That comes with
team work.
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He gives her a reassuring smile and walks off. Edie, fuming,

turns to Crystal.
CRYSTAL
Let it go.
(off Edie’s look)
I know: Rage is one of your charms.
But you keep pissing off men with
fragile egos, you’ll get fired -
then I’ll have no friends left
here. It’s all about me, right?
EDIE
(off Crystal’s grin)
If Dr. Martin’s mad now, wait ‘til
he finds out how his ID was used.
CRYSTAL
And...she’s back.
They chuckle, thick as thieves. Edie’s mind wanders and her
face becomes serious, she leans in conspiratorial.
EDIE
I need the supplies. People out
there are counting on me. And it
might help me find Jake.
CRYSTAL
But the police -
EDIE
He’s just another junkie to them.
Crystal nods, heartbroken for Edie. Puts a hand on her
shoulder, this might be hard -
CRYSTAL
I know, but it’s been months, you
have to prepare yourself for the
worst -
EDIE
He’s alive. Ok?
CRYSTAL
You get his journal yet?
Edie shakes her head ‘no’.
CRYSTAL (CONT'D)
Want me to call the shelter for
you?
EDIE
No.
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CRYSTAL
‘Cause I know how to harass some
bitches.
Edie doesn’t smile. Crystal sees her friend is going
somewhere dark. She reaches in to give Edie a hug -
EDIE
See you at the club tonight?
Crystal pulls back, surprised.
CRYSTAL
Don’t play tough girl with me.
Let’s Netflix and chill at your
place.
EDIE
I wanna go out - I need noise. Meet
up after my night rounds?
CRYSTAL
OK, Doctor Edie. If you’re feelin’
it, we’re doin’ it.
Crystal grabs a patient file and walks off. Edie turns, walks
down the hall and ducks into -

INT. EMPTY PATIENT ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Edie shuts the door and takes a small, worn manila ENVELOPE -
already opened - from her back pocket. She pulls out from it
a pocket-sized black journal - she lied to Crystal.

Edie opens to a page - to see illustrations of horrifying

images. She turns the pages - more of them. And still more.

She clocks a weird image -- The Ouroboros. (A snake eating

its own tail, forming a circle.) She traces the image with
her finger - WTF is all of this? She holds the journal to her
chest, worried for her brother.

She puts the book into the envelope, which reads “Friends
Halfway House.” A long exhale - and she opens the door.

EXT. STREET – NIGHT

A menacing full moon looms over the gritty streets of

Chicago’s South Side. The opulent downtown skyline shines in
mockery just blocks away.
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Homeless people have set up camps on the sidewalks. A man

relieves himself on a wall. Further down another man shouts
into the night sky, almost animal-like.

Edie walks along, jacket over her hospital scrubs, heaving

that large military medic pack on her back. It looks like
it’s about to burst. She’s ready for anything - we even clock
a taser in her back pocket.

Edie approaches FRANK, a homeless person camped out in front

of “Friends Halfway House.”
EDIE
Hey, Frank.
She hands him a styrofoam container. He waves it off.
FRANK
Sorry, Doctor Edie, I haven’t seen
Jake in weeks.
EDIE
You still need to eat.
He takes the food and she gives him an encouraging smile. She
looks down the street - tent after tent are set up. Gonna be
a long night. Edie turns her flashlight on.
CLOSE ON AN IMPETIGO-MARKED FACE - RED, PUS-FILLED SORES:
PULL BACK to reveal Edie tending to JOHN, 40s. Wearing
gloves, she examines his face.
EDIE (CONT'D)
You still applying the topical?
JOHN
I lost it.
He looks guilty. With a sympathetic smile, she pulls out a
small tube and hands it to him.
JOHN (CONT'D)
Thanks, Doctor Edie.
She pats him on the shoulder and pulls out Jake’s photo: he’s
early 20’s, nose pierced, sweet looking but troubled. John
shakes his head.
CLOSE ON A NASTY LEG BURN:
PULL BACK to reveal Edie tending to MEL, 50s. She wipes down
the burn and wraps it.
EDIE
Someone tried to set you on fire
while you slept?
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MEL
It’s not the first time.
EDIE
If anything like this happens
again, you come find me in the ER
like, yesterday, ok?
MEL
(nods, appreciative)
They took my radio too.
EDIE
I’ll get you a new one.
MEL
You look tired, Doctor Edie. You
been working too hard.
She grimaces. He’s not wrong.
MEL (CONT'D)
Can I get something, you know, for
the pain?
She studies him a beat - this poor man wants to numb all of
the pain -- she gets that. Edie reaches into her bag and
pulls out Jake’s photo. Mel, disappointed it’s not drugs,
shakes his head at the photo.
MEL (CONT'D)
Sorry.
Edie reaches in to her bag again and pulls out a small packet
labeled ‘valium’ and gestures for him to take it.
MEL (CONT'D)
Thanks, Doctor Edie.
She stands to leave. Mel grabs her arm, startling her.
MEL (CONT'D)
Jake’s out there somewhere.
He lets go. She puts on a hopeful smile and grabs her medic
pack - it’s noticeably lighter now. She turns and spots
something coming out from the dark alley across the street --
DAN, 40s, stumbling out from the alley holding his protruding
left radial bone with his right hand, blood dripping from a
split lip. Edie bolts across to the -

EXT. ALLEY – CONTINUOUS

She drops her medic pack -- he’s in shock.
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EDIE
What happened, Dan?
He mumbles something, points into the darkened alley.
EDIE (CONT'D)
It’ll be OK, hang on.
She dials on her cell: “911”
Dan pulls away from her, TERRIFIED -- turns to run.
EDIE (CONT'D)
Where’re you -?

When she hears something and - WHACK!

A blow sends her sprawling across the alley, hitting the back
of her head on a garbage dumpster with a BANG. Rats scatter
from behind it into the darkness.

She rubs the back of her head in pain -- a moment of double

vision. Then she hears it – Grunting. Heavy breathing.

She sees something swing at her – it’s a man’s arm –

No, it’s an arm without a hand! Just a raw stump.

She ducks and grabs a metal post off the ground and swings it
- WHAM! - right at his face, but he’s still coming at her.

Fueled with adrenaline, Edie jumps out of the way of the next
swing and whips out her taser – BZZT! Right in his solar
plexus, and the man drops to the ground with a thud.

She shines her flashlight -- gets her horrific first look -–

he’s huge and his skin is charred and peeling.

Edie, panting, looks around - WTF?!

CUT TO:

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL – EMERGENCY ROOM – PATIENT ROOM - LATER

On Edie from above: Asleep in bed, curtains drawn around her.

As the camera zooms in on her, we see Edie’s not sleeping

well - her head twitches, her brow furrows, as we -

MATCH CUT TO:

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INT. EDIE’S CHILDHOOD LIVING ROOM - FLASHBACK

EDIE, 12, furrows her brow as two adults - her PARENTS -

argue in the next room -- staccato pace, peppered with
outbursts. (We hear, but don’t see the parents.)

Edie looks at her step-brother JAKE, 10, creative - eyes

welling with tears. She pulls him in for a hug.

YOUNG EDIE
It’s ok, Jake, they’re just
talking.

The shouting gets more intense - Edie grabs a nearby packet

of colored pencils and a notebook.

YOUNG EDIE (CONT'D)

Let me see you draw some more.

YOUNG JAKE
...Ok.

He begins and immediately we see he’s talented. But his line

work is wild -- this kid’s working through some trauma.

Jake winces from an OFF SCREEN SMASH from their parents’

argument. Edie watches as he draws more frenetically. Edie
puts her hands to her temples. We hear an eerie NOISE – like
liquid sloshing.

YOUNG EDIE
Draw something happy.

Jake stares at her a beat - sweat building on his brow.

Jake bursts into flames!

Edie begins to literally melt - but she’s not on fire - as

the SLOSHING NOISE escalates and the room grows darker.

BACK TO:

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL – EMERGENCY ROOM – PATIENT ROOM - RESUME

Edie shoots upright with a gasp. She thinks she sees a shadow
out of the corner of her eye. But nothing’s there.
A nurse, LITA, 50s, seen it all, whips open the curtain. Edie
looks at her.
EDIE
Is Dan ok?
(off Lita’s look)
The homeless man?
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LITA
He’s being treated.
EDIE
...the man who attacked me?
LITA
I don’t know, but EMTs found you
unconscious. I’d worry more about
yourself than -
EDIE
I’m fine -
Edie attempts to get up, has a head rush. Lita gently pushes
her back down.
LITA
You know the rules.
Lita is called away, closes the curtains and walks off. A
beat and Edie throws off her blanket, gets up and with a
slight limp, walks out into -

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL – EMERGENCY ROOM – HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

Edie spots Dr. Martin talking to a police officer, BEN, 30’s,
whose connection to Edie’s attack become clear in the series.
Ben sees Edie approaching, nods to the doctor, and quickly
leaves. Dr. Martin turns to see Edie and rolls his eyes.
EDIE
Who’s that?
DR. MARTIN
(duh)
Cop. Wants to talk to Ty Baxter.
EDIE
Who?
DR. MARTIN
The man who attacked you.
EDIE
Wait, he’s alive?
DR. MARTIN
(shrugs)
‘Divine Intervention,’ I guess. I
doubt he survives. He’s in room
four, about to go up to Burn Unit.
EDIE
Doctor Martin, about earlier, I’m
sorry if I overstepped -
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DR. MARTIN
(not having it)
Go lie down. I’m not getting blamed
if you faint from a hematoma.
EDIE
(I tried)
Right.
Edie turns and limps down the hall until she reaches -
ROOM 4:
Empty. Confused, Edie steps back into the -
HALLWAY:
And that’s when she sees HIM - TY BAXTER - way down at the
end of the hall. A tall NURSE escorts him to the elevator.
Edie limp/runs down the long hallway to catch them.
The elevator doors close just as Edie arrives. She
immediately pounds the call button. The door quickly opens
but - No one’s there. How can that be?

INT. ELEVATOR - CONTINUOUS

She steps onto the elevator - no one inside – WTF? She looks
up to the elevator’s ceiling and sees the emergency door.

She uses the railings to give herself a lift and climbs up,
popping open the ceiling door. She looks up – and up and up –
the elevator shaft is dark and makes strange creaky noises.

LOUD RING. Startled, Edie realizes it’s her cell phone. She
drops down to read --

A text from Crystal: “You weren’t at the club. Did you go

home and crash or did you hook up with Bent Dong again?”

Edie begins to text back when she spots on the floor: a lapel
PIN of The Ouroboros - in her PTSD state, this doesn’t
register to her, but we notice it. She picks it up and holds
on to it as she presses floor number two.

MONTAGE

BURN UNIT: A nurse shakes his head.

Several shots of the elevator doors opening on floors 3; 4;

7; 9; 11. A few shots of Edie gesticulating about the
incident to nurses on each floor shaking their heads.
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INT. ELEVATOR

Edie gets back on at the 12th floor and looks at the panel in
the elevator. The next floor is 14. She pushes it and the
elevator doors close and it begins to move.

Her eyes widen in pain and she opens her hand --

EDIE
Coño!

The pin now glows.

The elevator stops. Edie sees the digital display reads “13”
but on the panel there is no 13th floor button to choose.

EDIE (CONT'D)
Wait, what?
(bangs on the door)
Hey!

As she reaches for the emergency phone, the doors suddenly

open -

INT. DARK WARD – CONTINUOUS

Edie steps out onto a hospital floor like she’s never seen
before: Grey walls, no windows, metal grating covering a wall
clock, what looks like a tranquilizer gun mounted on the
wall, and – are those claw marks on the floor?

Juxtaposed with the raw look is the latest in medical

equipment, computers, etc. It’s Medieval meets Future.

Edie cocks her head and hears whispers of strange languages

and even stranger noises – growls and shrieks in the
background.

There’s a nurses’ station right in front of her, but no one

attending it. Edie takes a tentative step -

EDIE
Hello?

Background noises STOP a beat -- then resume. But no answer.

The elevator doors close ominously behind her. She turns to

get on before they close, but it’s too late. She reaches to
push the call button – but there isn’t one.

EDIE (CONT'D)
(calls out)
Anyone? How do I get out of here?
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EDIE (CONT'D)
(sotto)
And where the hell is ‘here’?

Scared but resolved, she steps further onto the ward. She
thinks she hears footsteps around the corner -- she follows --

And steps tentatively towards what looks like a jail cell -

it’s pitch black inside. There’s a gnawing sound coming from
the darkness. She sees it’s locked.

A dim spotlight turns on in the cell, revealing: A human-

sized COCOON -- translucent -- inside a body twitches.

The light in the cage goes out. Edie tugs at the door.

EDIE (CONT'D)
(into cage)
Can you hear me? Are you ok?
(to the floor)
Helloooo! Anyone?!

To get a better look, she pushes her face against the metal -
her nose sticking through the bars. Did she just hear
something SLITHER?

In a flash, vicious JAWS lunge at her from the darkness. Edie

jumps back just before the jaws snap shut, missing her nose
by millimeters. She pulls herself back against a wall --

EDIE (CONT'D)
That did not just happen. This is
just another one of my fucked up
dreams. Wake up, Edie!

She slaps herself -- looks around -- she’s still here. She

hears the caged creature move in the darkness, and Edie bolts
-- rounds the corner -- rushes down the hall -- she slows as
she approaches an actual PATIENT -- white female walking down
the hall, pushing her IV pole along.

EDIE (CONT'D)
Who’s in charge here?

The woman doesn’t answer but morphs into a Native American

man. Edie gasps, stumbling backwards as the person walks on.

EDIE (CONT'D)
No, no, no.

Edie rushes to the elevator and searches frantically for some

hidden button or motion sensor, but she can’t find one.

An unknown POV observes as a grateful Edie watches the

elevator doors suddenly open and she gets on.
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EDIE’S POV: She mashes the ‘door close’ button. As she looks
up, she notices a design affixed to the front of the nurses’
station: THE OUROBOROS.

Realizing she knows, Edie looks at the pin -- the same design
-- but wait -- she pulls out Jake’s journal -- flips through -
- finds an Ouroboros of the same design - Jake’s been here.

Edie stares at the nurses’ station in shock as she tries the

door open button -- too late -- it doesn’t work. She’s
sweating, looks pale, as the doors shut.

SMASH TO:

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - EMERGENCY ROOM - EDIE’S ROOM

Edie’s wakes back in her bed, Crystal standing over her. Edie
gives her a confused look.
CRYSTAL
Nurse found you in the elevator
babbling some shit. You ok?
Edie nods. Crystal gives her an admonishing slug on the
shoulder.
CRYSTAL (CONT'D)
Why you scare me like that?
Edie, growing more lucid, looks around - spots Jake’s journal
on the table next to her bed. Crystal spots it too. Crystal
begins to reach for it. Edie moves fast and snatches it from
her. Crystal looks at her - what the hell?
EDIE
It’s Jake’s.
Crystal sees the hesitant look on her face.
CRYSTAL
What?
Edie shows her some of the frightening images, including the
Ouroboros. Crystal hides how gross she thinks it is.
EDIE
I know this sounds fifty-one-fifty,
but there’s a floor on this
hospital with this image on it. And
a creature in a cage, and this
woman turned into a man -
Edie sees Crystal’s incredulous look and stops.
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CRYSTAL
You always have the most fucked up
dreams. I’m going to go find the
doctor to see if we can get you the
hell out of here.
Edie nods. Crystal leaves. Edie pulls back the sheets.

INT. ELEVATOR - MOMENTS LATER

Edie holds the pin as the elevator climbs floors. DING. The
display reads “13” and Edie looks up to find:

INT. DARK WARD

Edie looks around cautiously before stepping off the

elevator. No one’s around. She spots the Ouroboros on the
nurses’ station, clutches Jake’s journal and she steps off
with determination - she wants answers.

EDIE
Jake... Jake, it’s me.

She walks down the hall, and turns into --

INT. DARK WARD PATIENT ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

To find a pale, gray and still WOMAN lying on the bed. Edie
turns to leave. The patient lets out a deathly rattle.

Edie turns back to her. She has to help. Edie looks around
and finds her chart, trying to make sense of it all.

EDIE
What’s your name? Who’s your
attending physician?

The patient opens her eyes - they’re completely bloodshot.

With all of her strength she whispers.

DYING WOMAN
Water.

Edie spots a cup next to her table and helps her sip. She
stares at her a beat - what the hell disease does she have?

Edie clocks on the side table - an Ouroboros lapel pin, and

realizes it’s just like the one she’s been holding.

EDIE
Where’d you get this?
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As the patient whispers something in return, Edie notices she

has what looks like small FANGS for teeth.
EDIE (CONT'D)
What’d you say?
She leans in closer to hear her whisper -
DYING WOMAN
They have your brother.
ON EDIE’S FACE: How is this possible?
EDIE
Jake?! Who has him?
The patient opens her mouth to speak when:
MEDICAL ALARMS go off as she goes into arrest. Edie begins
performing CPR.
EDIE (CONT'D)
Come on!
The woman’s eyes pop open and she opens her mouth to speak.
EDIE (CONT'D)
Where’s Jake?
But instead of speaking, THE WOMAN SCREAMS, and -

She explodes and disintegrates into a sticky, grey ash.

It sprays all over Edie, covering her in it.

With the woman’s death goes Edie’s best lead on her brother.

Edie holds up her hands in front of her, noticing she’s

covered in the woman’s ashes. Edie’s hands tremble in terror.
She wants to scream, tears swelling in her eyes.

EDIE (CONT'D)
What the fucking fuck!

She turns to get the hell out, only to run right into:

A nurse, MORGAN, tall and very androgynous with a severe

look, seems 30, but could be 50. (Morgan is gender-free and
we will use the pronouns they/them/their for them.)

Morgan has lots body modification: tattoos, piercings, a

forked tongue - and a very dramatic persona.
MORGAN
Careful, that’s flammable.
Morgan hands Edie a towel, and motions for her to follow -
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INT. DARK WARD - HALLWAY

Edie’s wiping the sticky ash off of her, still in shock.
EDIE
What the - ?
MORGAN
It happens here sometimes.
EDIE
How the hell is that a thing that
happens at all?!
Edie looks at Morgan: a mix of shock and incredulity.
EDIE (CONT'D)
And where’s here?
MORGAN
The thirteenth floor.
EDIE
I know everything about this
hospital and I’ve never been on
this floor.
MORGAN
Then you don’t know everything
about this hospital.
Edie sizes Morgan up a beat -- realizes --
EDIE
You. I saw you take Ty.
MORGAN
I brought him here to heal.
Edie’s head spinning as she cleans herself off.
EDIE
Who was...?
(re: the ash explosion)
She said - she said she knew Jake.
MORGAN
(shrugs)
I’m sure she knew a lot of people.
EDIE
Do you know Jake? Jake Spence?
MORGAN
I’m not good with names.
Fed up, Edie shoves his photo in Morgan’s face.
EDIE
Do you know him?
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MORGAN
I can’t tell from that photo.
Growing more desperate, Edie pulls out Jake’s journal and
opens to an Ouroboros drawing.
EDIE
Why did he paint this over and
over?
MORGAN
That’s nice work.
Edie slams the book shut - that’s it.
EDIE
(to room, looking about)
Crystal, are you getting me back
for filling your car with water-
condoms on your birthday?
Looks to an expressionless Morgan -- nothing. Continues.
EDIE (CONT'D)
You can come out now. This is way
beyond that - I’m impressed. And
over it.
No response. Freaking out, Edie takes in the place again --
looks down at herself -- spiraling --
EDIE (CONT'D)
Wait, I hit my head out there and
I’m in a coma, right? This is some
“Vanilla Sky” shit?
MORGAN
I assure you, your life’s never
been more real.
EDIE
What the hell is this place?
MORGAN
This ward cares for supernatural
creatures.
EDIE
Bullshit it does. Tell me what Jake
has to do with this floor, or I’m
going to admin.
Edie turns to leave.
MORGAN
You’re in no position to make empty
threats.
Edie turns back to Morgan as the lights flicker. She looks
around and hears that strange sloshing NOISE again.
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From the darkened corners of the room, the SHADOWS begin to

appear – ink black tendrils which creep out along the floor,
expanding. As they move towards Edie:
MORGAN (CONT'D)
I, on the other hand, have
something to offer you: You can
come work here and hopefully find
out more about your brother -
(Edie reacts, how does
Morgan know he’s my
brother)
Or I can let them have their way,
and you won’t remember a thing.
The Shadows begin to take the shape of Edie.
Edie shakes her head in disbelief – this must be a dream.
As they close in on her, a look of horror grows on her face –
this is no dream, this is for real. Morgan sees her fear.
MORGAN (CONT'D)
The more frightened you are, the
more they’ll enjoy it.

Morgan smiles. On the Shadows -- closer still -- about to

touch Edie. She’s paralyzed with indecision and fear.

She stares at Morgan - rage, hurt, fear - not knowing what to

do. Edie clocks the Ouroboros at the nurse’s station,
tightens her grip on her brother’s journal. She looks back to
Morgan - there’s no question.

EDIE
OK. I’m in.

On her defiant look, we --

CUT TO:

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - STAFF CHANGING ROOM - NEXT DAY

Edie, dark circles under her eyes, furiously pulls personal

effects from her locker - toiletries, clothing, etc.

Next to her rests a letter stating her raise is approved.

Edie spots a PHOTO of Jake and her on the inside locker door -

DISSOLVE TO:
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INT. CHICAGO CITY JAIL - MORNING - FLASHBACK

Edie paces, worried, until a BEEP and the door opens,

revealing JAKE, 20s, looking worn and embarrassed.

JAKE
Hey.

Relieved he’s alive, Edie rushes him with a warm hug.

EDIE
I was so worried.

They break. She pulls his sketchbook from her side-bag, hands
it to him. You can feel the relief, the comfort it brings him
just to hold it. A beat, then considers the reality.

JAKE
My bail?

EDIE
Don’t worry about that.

JAKE
Where’d you get the money?

EDIE
I robbed an old lady. OK, a bank.
It was an old lady who worked at a
bank.
(his laugh reassures her
he’ll be ok )
School loan.

JAKE
Edie, no.

EDIE
(shrugs, covering the
hardship it is)
I’ll get a job to pay it back.

JAKE
A first year Med student? You don’t
have time for that. I’m getting
clean, Edie, and I’m getting a job.

She looks at him - she wants to believe him, but they’ve been
down this road before.

EDIE
Let’s get you sober, I’ll worry
about the rest.
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JAKE
Can we go get breakfast?

EDIE
Leftover pizza and some coffee at
my place work?

He smiles - that’s sounds perfect. She put her arm around

him, and they walk out.

BACK TO:

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - STAFF CHANGING ROOM - RESUME

Edie gently places the photo safely in Jake’s journal.

Crystal enters, passing a “MISSING: JAKE SPENCE” flyer on the

employee bulletin board. She sees Edie -- a look of relief.

CRYSTAL
Edie.

EDIE
Hey.

CRYSTAL
(annoyed)
“Hey?” You ghosted me last night.
What the fuck, E?
(notices her packing)
What’re you doing?

EDIE
I gotta make some changes.

CRYSTAL
You’re quitting? Sure you don’t
want to think about this for a sec?
See a trauma counselor maybe?

EDIE
I’m fine. Just got to focus
completely on Jake.

CRYSTAL
I know you’re worried, but you have
to live your life. Let’s grab a
drink and talk about it.

Crystal put her hand around Edie’s arm to prod her to get up.
Edie pulls away.
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EDIE
I can’t just party all the time.

Crystal, stung, recovers.

CRYSTAL
He’s your brother, I get it; but
this isn’t on you.

EDIE
You don’t understand.

CRYSTAL
He hurt me too, you know.
(gentler)
You can’t change him. He needs to
do it by himself.

EDIE
He can’t do it by himself. He needs
me.

Crystal sees she can’t get through. Deep breath.

CRYSTAL
I’m just worried you’re not going
to find the closure you hoped for.

EDIE
I gotta do this, Crys. I’ll call
you this week - promise - we’ll get
a drink.

Edie gives her a quick hug and is out the door.

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL - NURSES’ STATION

Zell holds Edie’s raise letter - ripped in half.

ZELL
It’s the most I could authorize.

EDIE
Money’s not everything.

She shakes his hand, turns to leave, then walks back to him.

EDIE (CONT'D)
I’m sorry; you’ve been great. But I
have to find my brother and I know
how to do that now.
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She suddenly grabs him for a hug. Startling herself, she

immediately breaks the hug, turns and runs off.

EXT. EDIE’S APARTMENT - LATER THAT NIGHT

Edie stands in front of her run-down, two-story apartment

building. She tugs at the building’s door to open it. She
notices one of the hinges is busted.

EDIE
(sotto)
Keeping it classy, Miss Ada.

She slams the door closed behind her.

INT. EDIE’S APARTMENT BUILDING - HALLWAY - MOMENTS LATER

Several of the overhead lights flicker. Edie kicks a crumpled

aluminum can out of the way as she approaches her apartment
door. She suddenly stops:

Her apartment door’s been bolted from the outside.

EDIE
For fuck’s sake -

VOICE BEHIND HER

I warned you.

Edie jumps, turns around to find MISS ADA, her landlord.

MISS ADA
Pay up and you can sleep in your
bed again.
(notices Edie’s bruised
face)
You’re not living right.

EDIE
Obviously, if I’m renting from you.

Edie turns and walks off. Miss Ada gives her the stink-eye.

EXT. EDIE'S APARTMENT BUILDING - MOMENTS LATER

Edie storms out down the walkway, turns to get a look at the
apartment building. Sizes it up.

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EXT. EDIE’S APARTMENT BUILDING - MOMENTS LATER

Edie climbs the drainpipe -- it bows from her weight.

SNAP. A strut pops off and dangles. This won’t hold long.

INT. EDIE'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER

She tumbles through the window and into her darkened

apartment, Jake’s journal falls out of her messenger bag with
a thud. She cringes and looks at the door. No one heard.

As she turns back to close the window she spots:

A strange MAN standing on the sidewalk staring up at her.

She ducks, then looks again to see it’s actually a WOMAN,

smoking, who moves on harmlessly. Am I seeing things?

Edie closes the curtain. She picks up the journal, shoves it

in her medic pack, and puts the pack on her back.

EXT. STREET – THAT NIGHT

Edie stands up from one of her patients, putting her

brother’s photo back in her pocket. Another dead end.

She spots a MAN, 30s, tattered clothing, nervous and gaunt,

walking on the other side of the street, he’s got a backpack
on. As he walks under a streetlamp she sees:

His backpack has the same style of graffiti on it as in

Jake’s book -- complete with a large Ouroboros on the back --
this is Jake’s backpack. She runs towards him.

EDIE
Hey!

He takes off running. She pursues.

EDIE (CONT'D)
That’s Jake’s.

We see he recognizes that name, but he doesn’t look back. She

books after him into --

INT. DERELICT BUILDING - HALLWAY

Where he runs around a corner. A beat then Edie hears a yelp

and a boney-fleshy snap.
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EDIE
(calls out)
You can keep the bag. I just want
to talk to you about Jake.

She pulls out her flashlight and taser as she turns the
corner - he’s gone.

She spots a liquid on the floor -- dabs at it with some

crumpled newspaper -– it’s blood.

She freezes. She feels something’s behind her.

She turns to find herself face-to-face with a human-like

CREATURE, fangs bared, blood dripping from his mouth, holding
the man, now dead.

Edie gasps, horrified -- realizes she’s at the end of the

hallway and there’s no escape. She waves her taser at the
creature and he CACKLES in response.

With preternatural speed, he pins her against the wall,

knocking the taser out of her hand.

The CREATURE gets closer to her -- bares his fangs -- she

can’t believe the horror staring her in the face. Just as his
jaws open, he sees her pin glow.

He gives her a look – is he afraid? – and he drops her. She

watches as he runs down the hall with a horrifying shriek --
then up the wall, and into an open air vent.

Edie sits where he dropped her, panting in fear, relieved to

be alive. She looks at the pin - what does it do?

INT. DARK WARD – A LITTLE LATER

Edie steps off the elevator -- rattled from her experience --

shirt stained with sweat. She finds Morgan at the nurse’s
station going over a chart. Morgan looks up.

MORGAN
You’re late.

EDIE
I literally just almost had every
drop of blood drained from my body.

MORGAN
That’s no excuse.

Edie pulls the lapel pin off, tosses it at Morgan.

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EDIE
What does this do?

MORGAN
It allows you in here...And marks
you as a ‘Protected Commoner’ so
the Chthonics won’t hurt you.

EDIE
Chthonics?

MORGAN
It’s the general name for these
creatures - our patients - and
employers. You should wear it all
the time for your protection.

Morgan reaches for Edie’s neck. Edie jumps back, uncertain,

until she realizes Morgan is trying to pin the Ouroboros back
on her collar. Edie’s shaken, but covers as only she can -

EDIE
You couldn’t have told me that
before I almost pissed my pants
tonight?

MORGAN
Fear is a good motivator. You had
an interaction with one?

EDIE
(duh)
Yeah.

MORGAN
(moves in closer, serious)
Not all the Chthonics play by the
rules so the pin won’t protect you
from all of them.

EDIE
Great. Well, that’s just - yeah. So
all these creatures are out there
and I’ve never seen them?

MORGAN
People see only what they want to
see.

EDIE
In that case, then can I see a five-
hundred dollar advance?
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MORGAN
That’s not possible.

Edie hides being startled as NURSE GINA, 29, a bleached-

blonde hellion, her don’t-fuck-with-me look hiding her
insecurities, approaches. Now what?

MORGAN (CONT'D)
You’ll be shadowing Gina today.
She’ll get your scrubs. And Edie -

EDIE
Yeah?

MORGAN
Take a shower. Your smell will
overstimulate many of our patients.

ON Edie - gross, what does that mean? She turns to size Gina
up – is she one of them? Gina’s not pleased with the pairing
either. Edie rolls her eyes and heads for the Changing Room.

JUMP CUT TO:

INT. DARK WARD - HALLWAY - A LITTLE LATER

Edie walks out in fresh scrubs -- same color as in the ER,

but a little Ouroboros stenciled on the left shoulder.

Gina nods and Edie tentatively follows her as they walk down
the hall. Edie’s eyes dart around taking it all in, unsure of
the decision she’s made.

EDIE
How long have you worked here?

Gina glares at her a beat.

GINA
I was supposed to have the day off.
But I had to come in and train you.

Gina shoots Edie her best bitch face. Edie pulls out a photo
of Jake, puts it in Gina’s face.

EDIE
You seen this guy?

GINA
You ask too many questions.

Gina turns and walks away -- Edie following into --

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INT. DW PATIENT ROOM - JEROME

Edie follows Gina into the room to find JEROME, late 20s with
rough and tumble good looks, lying in a patient bed. Edie
takes it all in -- the regular trappings of a hospital room --
until she clocks a rusted-looking neck collar with chain
hanging on the wall and all she can think is -

EDIE
(sotto)
This place is fucked.

GINA
(to Jerome)
Are you faking sick just to see me
again? There’s no deductible to
call me.

Gina leans in close, runs her fingers through his hair. Their
eyes meet - you can feel the chemistry.

JEROME
After our last date, I wasn’t sure -

She tugs on a fistful of his hair, pulling his head back. He

smiles, turned on.

GINA
I’m sure.

He wants to caress her back, but - CLINK! His wrists are

handcuffed to the bed’s metal frame.

As Edie reaches for his chart, she notices a unique tribal

tattoo on his forearm. Edie, trying hard not to look at this
really inappropriate sexuality in the workplace, flips
through the chart as she comes across the word:

Lycanthrope.

Edie looks at Jerome again, fascination and concern on her

face. She clocks dirt under his fingernails - tinged red.

EDIE
(re: the restraints)
What does he need those for?

GINA
Still a full moon.

Edie’s staring at Jerome, she still can’t believe this.

EDIE
You’re a - werewolf?
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Jerome and Gina share a look and a knowing smile.

JEROME
Oh, newbie.

GINA
Werewolves are children’s tales.
He’s a Lycanthrope - the real deal.

EDIE
So you actually transform?

Jerome suddenly turns to Edie and his teeth morph into larger
wolflike teeth as he snaps at her. She jerks back, freaked,
until she hits the wall behind her. Gina and Jerome laugh.

GINA
Any other questions?

Gina pulls at Jerome’s restraints with a sex-filled smile.

GINA (CONT'D)
(to Edie)
I’ve got this, why don’t you go
clean a bedpan.

EDIE
Your dedication as a health care
provider is inspiring.

Edie fumbles to hang up the chart and leaves.

INT. DARK WARD – NURSES STATION - MOMENTS LATER

Edie approaches the computer’s keyboard, checks that no one’s

around and starts typing away.

She keeps hitting backspace to correct her typing. She looks

at her fingers - they’re trembling.

SEARCH: “first name: Jake. Last name: Spence”

The screen flashes: NO PATIENT FOUND

Another search: “Patients by cause of death”

The most recent is at the top of the list: “By Combustion”.

That’s the woman who knew about Jake.

She clicks on it - no patient name or address found.

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EDIE
(sotto)
Dammit!

She senses SOMEONE sneaking up behind her and turns around

with a start to see CHAZ, African-American, late 20s, emo -
loves Fall Out Boy - X-Ray tech.
CHAZ
You must be the newbie.
EDIE
I have a name. It’s Edie.
CHAZ
Sorry, I’m just glad they can’t
call me that anymore now. I’m Chaz.
Getting settled?
EDIE
I’m living a nightmare, working
with no rule book but hey, NBD.
(collects herself)
Sorry.
CHAZ
That feeling will go away.
EDIE
(hopeful)
It will?
CHAZ
Actually, no, it never does.
Frustrated, she shakes it off. Anyway -
EDIE
I was just trying to update a
patient’s chart, but not sure how
the system works.
CHAZ
Which patient?
EDIE
The one who - exploded yesterday.
CHAZ
Oh yeah, the Daywalker. Had no ID
on her. Too late to get one now.
She was probably from out-of-town.
Even the Consortium has a hard time
tracking them.
EDIE
What’s the Consortium?
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Chaz deflects and looks past her and reads the screen.
CHAZ
You have a bacitracin wash in room
seven.
He walks off and she looks at the screen to see that room
seven is where Ty Baxter - the man who assaulted her - is.
She stares at his name a beat in disbelief.

INT. DARK WARD - HALLWAY

Approaching Jerome’s room, Edie hears the distinct erotic

moans of two people getting it on. She notes that for every
female moan, there’s a male moan that sounds animalistic.

The curtain is drawn around Jerome’s bed, but she sees the
silhouettes of Gina straddling Jerome (still restrained) in
his bed. Edie stares - a mixture of disbelief and something
else - interest? She sees the silhouette of Jerome’s fingers
begin to stretch and morph, shaking Edie’s out of her leering
moment. She walks off, visibly disturbed.

INT. TY’S RECOVERY ROOM

Edie enters, holding the medical ointment and sponges on a

tray, which rattles from her shaking fingers. She stops in
her tracks when she sees Ty, asleep. This is her assailant,
but he doesn’t look as frightening now.

She guardedly approaches him – he’s still unconscious. It’s

awkward for her as she has to pull back the sheet.

FLASH TO:

EXT. ALLEY - NIGHT - FLASHBACK

A terrified Edie gets whacked across the alley by his stump.

BACK TO:

INT. TY’S RECOVERY ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Edie shakes it off. She stares at his body and considers the
charring all over him. Tentatively, she wipes his chest and
works her way down his arm – the one missing a hand.

She stops when she gets to his stump and her eyes widen as
she watches - his hand is slowly growing back -- and she can
see the skin gradually growing back over the bone.
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EDIE
No fucking way.

Edie leans in closer, watching the regrowth, fascinated. She

looks back to Ty - who is he?

INT. BUS - THAT EVENING

Edie steps onto the packed bus. There’s only one seat open -
next to a STRANGE GUY, 40s - darkly dressed, sunken eyes.

Edie walks down the aisle until she approaches the seat.

EDIE
Is this taken?

He doesn’t acknowledge her. Whatever. She sits next to him.

He stares straight ahead, almost trancelike.

She turns and looks him up and down - rough life? Or one of
those creatures?

She looks at her Ouroboros pin -- not glowing. She holds it

between her fingers towards the guy - will it light up?

She stretches further, leaning into him. Strange Guy catches

her out of the corner of his eyes and turns to her, his hand
out in a clutching fashion, as he... grabs the holding pole
attached to the seat in front of her and pulls himself up -

STRANGE GUY
Freak.

He brushes past her as he leaves. She notices others are now

looking at her.

EDIE
(after him)
Whatever, Jack Skellington.

Embarrassed, she reaches into her bag and pulls out her
earbuds and pulls her jacket up around her, leaving just the
top of her head sticking out, like a turtle.

EXT. STREET / COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL - NEXT DAY

Crystal walks towards the hospital, a block a way. She stops

in her tracks when she thinks she sees in the distance:

Edie walking up to the hospital and rounding the corner into

an alley behind the hospital. Curious, Crystal speeds up.
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ON EDIE: As she walks around the hospital - past the door she
entered in the teaser - and around the other side until she
approaches a tall electrical unit against the wall.

Edie’s pin glows and the unit slides open, revealing a secret
door. She steps into it and it closes behind her.

Crystal comes around the corner one second after. She stops,
so confused. She could have sworn she saw Edie. She shakes
her head and walks back to the front of the hospital.

INT. DARK WARD

The elevator opens revealing Edie in her regular scrubs. She

sticks her head out onto the floor -- shakes her head.
EDIE
(sotto)
Shit, it’s still here.
She sees Morgan approaching, opens her mouth to say ‘hi’ -
MORGAN
(re: her regular scrubs)
Those won’t do. Change into our
scrubs, then check in on Jerome.
Morgan marches by. So much for ‘hello’.
EDIE
(sotto)
And good morning to you.
Morgan looks at their watch and without turning their head -
MORGAN
It’s after noon, by the way. Good
afternoon.
On Edie: Does Morgan have super-hearing?
Edie shakes it off and turns and walks towards a door labeled
“Staff Changing Room,” when Gina intercepts her.
GINA
Jerome’s in room three.
EDIE
But I’m supposed to -
GINA
(let’s go)
I can’t do all your work for you.
Gina drops Jerome’s file into Edie’s hands.
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GINA (CONT'D)
Go.

Gina takes off. Edie turns around, not changing, heads for -

INT. PATIENT’S ROOM - JEROME

Edie enters to find Jerome sleeping. She approaches

cautiously -- hanging over a chair is his jacket -- are those
blood stains on it? She pauses a beat, then takes his pulse,
makes notation in his chart. Then she leans over him to check
his IV on the other side of his body. While doing so -

Her scrubs make contact with his skin and he wakes SCREAMING.

Jerome’s cuffed hand grabs her wrist and pulls her in close --
his eyes dilated, morphing -- panic rises on Edie’s face.

His screaming subsides and his eyes return to human form. A

shocked Edie manages to break away as Morgan comes running in
to find Edie looking guilty but not knowing why.

Morgan looks at her and at Jerome’s burn and puts it

together. Morgan, menacing, steps closer.
EDIE
I didn’t -
MORGAN
I told you to change for a reason.
Regular scrubs contain silver
particles - like work-out clothes -
to minimize bacterial buildup.
Edie realizes -
EDIE
Silver really burns Lycanthropes?
MORGAN
Not only them. When I tell you to
do something, you do it.
(then, decidedly)
You know what, you’re fired.
Edie opens her mouth to protest - this job is the only lead
she has on Jake.
EDIE
No, wait -
MORGAN
It’s over. Get out.
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Morgan shoots her a pissed off look and motions for her to
leave. Dejected, Edie turns to walk off.
JEROME
Hang on a sec.
Edie turns around.
JEROME (CONT'D)
(to Morgan)
It’s what, her second day? If she
didn’t know the rules, that’s on
you.
Morgan bristles then stares at Edie a beat, sizing her up.
MORGAN
(to Edie)
Go change and get back here for
rounds. And Edie -
(Edie turns back)
No third chances.
Understanding the stakes, Edie runs out.

INT. DW HALLWAY - CONTINUOUS

As Edie rushes past Gina -- sporting a bitchy smile -
GINA
My bad about the scrubs. Sorry to
see you go.
EDIE
(right back at you bitch)
Actually, your boyfriend had my
back; sexy when he’s mad, huh?
Edie turns and shoves open the door labeled ‘Staff Changing
Room’ and enters, leaving an irritated Gina.

INT. PATIENT’S ROOM – JEROME – MINUTES LATER

Edie enters in DW scrubs. Jerome shoots her a steely look.
JEROME
What are you going to do to me now,
newbie?
Edie stares at him, uncertain. Then he smiles at her. She
half smiles back, not knowing what to think.
DR. JANINE TURNAS, 40s, resentment on her face, enters. She
gives Edie a clinical glance.
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DR. TURNAS
What do we have?
EDIE
The patient, Jerome Foster, 28,
Lycanthrope, presents with symptoms
including periodic abdominal pain,
nausea, vomiting.
DR. TURNAS
Probably a bug. What have you been
eating?
JEROME
That’s offensive.
Dr. Turnas begins to press on Jerome’s abdomen. He hides his
squirming from discomfort.
DR. TURNAS
Probably some kind of noro-virus...
Campylobacter...
EDIE
(to Jerome)
Is your vomit sometimes green?
Dr. Turnas turns to Edie, pissed.
DR. TURNAS
I know you’re new here, but I’m the
Doctor, I’ll ask the questions.
An awkward beat, then Dr. Turnas turns to Jerome’s chart.
Edie rolls her eyes - another asshole doctor.
JEROME
Yes.
They both turn to him. He looks to Edie.
JEROME (CONT'D)
It’s green. Sometimes.
EDIE
Could be Intussusception.
DR. TURNAS
(to Jerome)
Is the pain intermittent?
JEROME
Yes.
Dr. Turnas turns to Edie, crosses her arms.
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EDIE
Pain is intermittent because the
intussuscepted bowel segment
transiently stops contracting.
DR. TURNAS
I know how it works. But that’s not
the diagnosis here. You’re
dismissed.
Jerome groans and pulls his legs to his chest.
EDIE
He’s pulling his legs to his torso
due to intermittent cramping and
abdominal pain. It’s
Intussusception, Doctor.
They stare daggers at each other while Jerome exhales, the
pain gone. Dr. Turnas considers him -- looks back to Edie.
DR. TURNAS
Run a blood test for microbials.
Edie looks deflated - she lost the fight.
DR. TURNAS (CONT'D)
And get him an ultrasound of his
abdomen. To be on the safe side.
EDIE
Right away, Doctor.
Dr. Turnas scowls at Edie and exits. Edie catches Jerome’s
impressed expression.
JEROME
You must have bigger balls than I
do.
She turns around to grab a vial, and smirks to herself.

INT. DARK WARD – HALLWAY / ELEVATOR

An exhausted Edie shuffles towards the elevator, messenger
bag slung over her shoulder. She hears footsteps and turns to
see Gina approaching, glaring. The elevator doors open.
EDIE
Long day?
GINA
(sneers at her)
Seems like they keep getting
longer.
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EDIE
Get used to it. I’m here to stay.
They get in. Gina turns to her with a smile.
GINA
Let me give you some advice.
Thinking she’s made a connection, Edie leans in.
GINA (CONT'D)
Be careful what you wish for - once
you’re here, they own you.
The doors open and Gina gets off, leaving Edie gobsmacked.
CUT TO:

INT. CLUB – THAT NIGHT

A small local joint blasting music so loud, you feel it in
your chest. Edie and Crystal walk towards the dance floor.
CRYSTAL
So, how’re you doing?
EDIE
Bruise is fading.
Crystal takes her hand, concerned friend.
CRYSTAL
No, how are you doing? Like, life?
Work?
EDIE
Don’t worry, I’m fine. I got a job
in a private facility.
CRYSTAL
Where?
EDIE
Gold Coast. Fancy, I know.
CRYSTAL
Could have sworn I saw you today at
County.
Edie covers.
EDIE
That’s so funny - I thought I saw
you at my new gig. We’re having
shared separation anxiety! Let’s
dance.
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Edie gets on the floor and feels the music. She dances for
herself - her style is on lock down she gives it all. Seeing
the release on Edie’s face, Crystal is reassured.
DISSOLVE TO:

INT. CLUB - LATER

Crystal and some GUY freak each other on the dance floor.
Edie spots ASHER, early 30s, dirty good looks, at a corner
table. They eye-fuck each other as she keeps working it on
the floor, full of confidence.

INT. CLUB - LATER

In a dark corner, Edie makes out with Asher. He cups her
breasts and in response she slides her hands down his pants.
ASHER
I wanna fuck you.
Edie’s eyes light up and she leans into his ear.
EDIE
Me first.
Off his curious look, we:
CUT TO:

INT. ASHER’S APARTMENT - BEDROOM

Asher is on all fours on the floor with Edie behind him,
strap-on on, pegging him, in complete control.
He buries his face in a pillow and moans. She pauses.
EDIE
Too much?
He lifts his head up and looks back.
ASHER
It’s not my first time.
She resumes pounding him.
CUT TO:
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INT. ASHER’S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - LATER

They’re on the bed now. Edie rides him cowgirl style. They
moan together. When Edie arches her back, she doesn’t see:

Asher’s irises dance with various colors as he climaxes.

CUT TO:

INT. ASHER’S APARTMENT - BEDROOM - LATER

Post coital. Asher comes out of the bathroom, towel around

his waist to find Edie dressed and tying her shoes.

ASHER
You’re not staying the night?

She looks up at him - he’s hot as hell.

EDIE
I’ve got my own apartment.

ASHER
But I don’t even know your name.

EDIE
I know.

She stares at him a beat - grabs her bag and exits.

INT. EDIE’S APARTMENT - LATER

Edie, alone plays Pitfall on an old Atari 2600 -- her heart’s

not in it. She turns to her right and now Jake is next to
her, holding the other joystick, and we’re in -

INT. EDIE'S APARTMENT - FLASHBACK

As we turn back to Edie, she’s now wearing something

different (because Flashback) -- a bag of microwave popcorn
between them. She watches as Jake jerks his hand over the
joystick, turning and twisting his body in gamer-style -- she
smiles, enjoying her time with her brother.

BACK TO:

INT. EDIE'S APARTMENT - RESUME

Edie’s alone in front of the TV, zoned out in her reverie as -

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FLASHING ON THE SCREEN: “HIGH SCORE! ENTER NAME!”

She snaps out and looks at the three high scores listed:

“EDIE” “JAKE” “EDIE”

She begins to type “EDIE” -- spots the other joystick laying

under the TV stand -- deletes her name and types: “JAKE”

She shakes her head, turns off the TV and walks away.

INT. DARK WARD – ELEVATOR/NURSES’ STATION – NEXT DAY

Edie at the computer with Ty’s file up on-screen, but there

are no details of his address, next of kin, nothing.

She hears voices coming and closes the window as Morgan and
Dr. Turnas head for her -- Edie knows this means trouble.
EDIE
Good morning, Morgan, Doctor
Turnas. Something wrong?
DR. TURNAS
Your attitude. I’m the doctor. You
don’t question me in front of
patients.
EDIE
But the ultrasound showed I was
right. I saw the report.
Dr. Turnas is apoplectic. Morgan calms her with their hand on
Dr. Turnas’ shoulder.
MORGAN
(to Edie)
Yes, you’re right. But, as the
doctor, Dr. Turnas has to make the
diagnosis.
(hands Edie a file)
You failed to label this file.
Edie gives a quizzical look - what file? - as Morgan and Dr.
Turnas turn to leave. Edie opens the file to find five one-
hundred dollar bills. Morgan look back over their shoulder to
Edie and nods. Morgan’s not so bad after all.

INT. TY’S ROOM - LATER

Edie swaps out a low IV bag for a fresh one. She looks down
at a sleeping Ty –- down to his stump -- can’t believe
there’s even more growth -- up to the metacarpal now.
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She considers him – he’s the guy who attacked her, and now
she’s taking care of him. Through the looking glass stuff.

Edie leans over close to him, staring at his face a beat --

there’s noticeable improvement -- and she can’t help to think
- he’s pretty cute for a burned guy.

She adjusts his pillow with care, gently smooths his sheets.

She reaches over him to hold the wrist of his other arm to
take his pulse. His eyes pop open.

Edie jumps back, alarmed, bumping into some equipment.

TY
(weak, with a slight
southern accent)
I’m sorry.
Edie gathers herself, covers.
EDIE
I was too close.
He shakes his head ‘no.’
TY
About before.
EDIE
When you tried to kill me in the
alley?
TY
I wasn’t trying to – I wasn’t quite
in my right mind. Sorry I hurt you.
She plays it cool.
EDIE
When I’m knocked down, I just get
back up. Story of my life.
TY
You’re like a Weeble.
She cocks her head, doesn’t get the reference.
TY (CONT'D)
“Weebles wobble but they don’t fall
down.”
(off her look)
You don’t know what I’m talking
about, do you?
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EDIE
I think my grandfather had
those...?
A look of alienation and he turns away from her.
TY
Never mind.
An awkward beat, then -
EDIE
How’re you feeling?
TY
Better. How do I look?
EDIE
Less burned. Somehow.
TY
You’re new.
She nods. He considers her a moment - not in a predatory way,
but appreciative. Then closes his eyes to sleep.

INT. JEROME’S PATIENT ROOM

Edie takes his temp with a temporal artery thermometer.
EDIE
One hundred. You feeling sick?
JEROME
Just hot-blooded, baby.
(off her uncertain look)
We usually run warmer than
Commoners. No offense.
She shakes her head and smirks. He considers her.
JEROME (CONT'D)
You saved me. Not a lot of
Commoners go out on a limb for us.
EDIE
It’s my job.
JEROME
You’re a great doctor.
EDIE
Just a nurse, but thanks.
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JEROME
You’re a bad-ass nurse, doing the
doctor’s job too.
He notices her bitter expression.
JEROME (CONT'D)
Did I just offend you again?
EDIE
(shakes her head)
It’s just - I was going to be a
doctor and then - never mind.
She’s about to turn away when he reaches out with his chained
hand and touches her hand resting on the bed frame.
JEROME
You saved my life. You’re more than
my nurse. We’re sinyinyis.
(off her look)
Kindred. You’re part of my pack.
(He sees her soften)
Tell me.
EDIE
I dropped out of medical school to
look after my brother - he’s got
problems.
(admitting)
I freaked out on him a month ago.
He ran off.
(pulls out Jake’s photo)
Name’s Jake. Have you seen him
around? Around here?
Jerome pauses, hates that he can’t help. Shakes his head.
JEROME
I’m really sorry.
She puts it back into her pocket, disappointed.
EDIE
I don’t know if he’s ok, or -
Realizes she’s getting a little emotional - too much sharing.
JEROME
Oh, hey, woah.
She shuts down and removes her hand from his touch.
EDIE
It’s fine. Let’s prep you for
surgery.
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JEROME
I’m sorry about your bro, but
you’ll find him - you’ll make up.
(off her look)
You will. And as far as being my
nurse, you know your shit more than
the doc did.
She looks at him a beat - someone’s finally recognizing her.
EDIE
Sorry about before. I didn’t know
the silver in my scrubs would burn
you, because, well, I’ve never had
a Lycanthrope for a patient.
JEROME
How did you know it was
Interspection?
EDIE
“Intussusception.” It’s not
uncommon in canines. I had a dog
once who had it.
JEROME
I’m not a dog.
EDIE
I know - you’re some kind of big
bad wolf… with a jacked-up colon.
He smiles. Edie’s got a great bedside manner.

INT. DW – NURSES’ STATION

Gina files a chart and closes the drawer when she sees Chaz
approaching. She gets up and walks to the elevator.
CHAZ
Where’re you going?
She turns to him, her back to the elevator.
GINA
Lunch.
CHAZ
Want company?
GINA
I see you all day long.
She sees she’s stung him, but she owns it. She hears the DING
of the elevator and turns to get on. The doors open -
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And a bloody body falls into Gina’s arms, startling her.

Chaz approaches to help, but she waves him off.
GINA (CONT'D)
Get Dr. Turnas.
He runs. The body is MATT, 20s, clutches his chest, labored
breathing. She gently gets him to the floor. She puts
pressure on his bloody chest. He attempts to speak -

GINA (CONT'D)
Don’t.

She notices a tattoo on his arm - just like Jerome’s but a

different flourish. She knows what this means.

GINA (CONT'D)
Christ.

She keeps the pressure on his wound as she desperately waits.

INT. OPERATING ROOM - MOMENTS LATER

Dr. Turnas, Gina and Chaz roll Matt in, hook up monitors.
GINA
Lycanthrope. Lung punctured - chest
stabbing.
DR. TURNAS
Is this street warfare shit of
theirs on the rise again?
CHAZ
Two Lycanthropes here during a full
moon.
GINA
From rival packs, no less. They’ll
be marking their territory on every
corner in the ward.
Chaz takes the just-removed bloody clothing and leaves.

INT. JEROME’S ROOM

Edie searches through a cabinet, her back to Jerome. He

sniffs the air and his pupils dilate. He shakes it off.

JEROME
Can you loosen my restraints?
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Edie stops in thought, as we -

SWIPE TO:

INT. PSYCH WARD PATIENT ROOM - FLASHBACK

Edie stands over Jake, restrained in a gurney, 5150 in

process. He’s shaking, sweating, gaunt.

She clocks his wrists covered in bandages, the result of a

suicide attempt. Her eyes well with tears.
JAKE
Every time I sleep I see them. Do
you see them too - the tendrils?
Dark. Wet. Cold.
Edie reacts to this - from his condition or because she does
know that feeling?
EDIE
I love you, Jake. I want you to
feel better.
JAKE
Will you help me?
EDIE
Anything. You know that.
JAKE
In my left shoe, under the insert.
An odd request. Edie finds his shoe, lifts the insert to
reveal - a dime bag. She sighs, wipes more tears.
JAKE (CONT'D)
That’s it. Please, give me some
relief.
EDIE
(re: bag)
Jake, this is why you’re here.
JAKE
(begging)
Every bone in my body hurts.
She approaches him - he has hope as he eyes the bag as she
gets closer. She puts it in her pocket. He freaks out.
JAKE (CONT'D)
No! I need it.
EDIE
Jake, rest up. I’ll get the doctor.
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JAKE
Don’t leave me!
(then)
Don’t come back! You never cared
about me, Edie! Edie!
Edie runs out -- tears streaming down her face, we’re --
BACK TO:

INT. JEROME’S ROOM - CONTINUOUS

SOUND OVERLAP: Jake’s desperate cry for his sister. Jerome

sees Edie lost in thought.

JEROME
Edie, you ok? Restraints? I wanna
text Ma that I’m OK.

She shakes it off -- looks at him -- a Lycanthrope who’s a

mama’s boy. She loosens his restraints and exits.

INT. DARK WARD – OPERATING ROOM

Matt’s on the table -- Gina and Dr. Turnas try stabilize him -
- he tosses about in pain -- not making it easy for them.

GINA
Sit still. We’re trying to help
your dumb ass.

Urine darkens his pants and drips to the floor in a puddle.

He SCREAMS in pain. The scream becomes a HOWL.

He begins to morph: thick fur shoots from his skin.

Gina and Dr. Turnas swap concerned looks - he’s morphing into
his Lycanthrope state.

DR. TURNAS
Sedation! Now!

GINA
On it.
Gina turns and preps a needle as Dr. Turnas tries to snap
Matt’s hairy wrist into a restraint.
Matt rips his hand from Dr. Turnas and shoves her...
She stumbles back into Gina...
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Who hits the ground...

Sedation needle flying across the room...
As Dr. Turnas hits the ground with a THUD, unconscious.
Then all hell breaks loose.
Cages throughout Dark Ward RATTLE and we hear human SHOUTS
become guttural, animal.

INT. JEROME’S ROOM

Jerome, phone in his hand texting, senses Matt’s morph and
drops his phone. It hits the ground with a crack.
Jerome begins to morph. We see the horror close-up:
The whites of his eyes grow dark, more wolf-like.
His teeth grow fangs.
His hands, loosely bound thanks to Edie, contort.
SNAP! One of his now-hairy claws breaks free of its
restraint. Then the other. And we hear him growl.

INT. DARK WARD – E.R. ROOM

ON GINA: On the floor, sits up, dizzy. She spots Dr. Turnas
splayed out unconscious on the floor. She looks up to see:

A fully morphed Matt, terrifying in his Lycanthropic state.

He’s still bleeding from his wound. He HOWLS like hell.

GINA
Oh, shit.

Matt turns towards a terrified Gina.

GINA (CONT'D)
Et secundum legem debet. Non est
hic homicidium. (Translation: You
must obey the law. There is no
killing here.)

Gina looks around - the syringe is out of reach. She sees:

A TRANQ GUN

On the other side of the room. She slowly pushes the gurney
around to make a barrier between her and the creature. Each
time she tries to go for the gun, he lunges at her.
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He pulls the gurney away, flipping it across the room. Gina

scrambles back and slips on the urine-stained floor. He’s got
her cornered now. The creature reaches out to grab her -

But it’s not Matt’s arm.

Jerome’s hairy, clawed Lycanthrope arm has protruded through

Matt’s chest.

Jerome reaches through with his other arm and rips Matt in
half, splattering blood and chunks of flesh all over the room
and on a shocked Gina.

Jerome looks at Gina, about to lurch at her. He sniffs in her

direction.

GINA (CONT'D)
Jerome. It’s me. Come back to me,
baby.

A terrifying second for Gina as he stands over her - is he

going to kill her? He runs off.

A beat and Edie rushes in and stops in her tracks, horrified

to see this Grand Guignol. Edie looks around the room,
terrified - is what did this still here?

Sensing it’s safe, she helps a shaken Gina to a stool. Gina

pulls her hand away from her.
GINA (CONT'D)
I’m fine.
EDIE
What happened?
GINA
Jerome morphed full Lycanthrope and
killed a patient.
EDIE
He murdered him?
GINA
He was protecting me.
AN ALARM RINGS OUT
Edie notes the look of sudden terror crossing Gina’s face.
GINA (CONT'D)
He’s accessed our stairwell that
connects to the Commoner levels.
Edie realizes what this means, looks to Gina with dread.
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EDIE
He’ll kill everyone.
Edie looks from Gina to where the tranq gun hangs. Without
missing a beat, Edie grabs it and runs out -

INT. STAIRWELL

Edie bolts down the stairs, skipping as many steps as she

can, following a trail of blood. She pauses a beat as a howl
echoes through the stairwell.

INT. COUNTY HOSPITAL E.R.

A medical shelf swings away from the wall, on a hinge, hiding

a secret stairwell door for DW access only, as Lycanthrope
Jerome pushes through.

Patients and workers SCREAM and run as he chases them. He’s

covered in Matt’s blood and looks like a living nightmare.

Edie enters through the same door, tranq gun in hand.

EDIE
(to the floor)
Everyone down.

Edie gathers two terrified NURSES and pushes them into a

patient’s room.

EDIE (CONT'D)
Lock the door.

Edie shuts them in -- turns to see -

The morphed and blood-thirsty Jerome corner a NURSE, who

shakes in fear for her life. Edie runs towards him.

EDIE (CONT'D)
Hey!

Jerome’s head snaps around and he advances on Edie as the

nurse gets away.

With a trembling hand she aims the tranq gun and pulls the
trigger – and it locks! She can’t get a shot off.

He’s on her now and all she can do is SMACK him with the butt
of the gun -- he’s momentarily stunned.

Edie does the only thing she can - she runs.

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As she passes an open patient door, Crystal steps out and

sees the carnage, hears the screaming.

CRYSTAL
What the fu -

Crystal sees the Lycanthrope running towards them and gasps.

EDIE
Just - run!

Edie pulls her by the arm, and they run into –

INT. PATIENT ROOM

A panicked Edie slams the door shut, locking it. Crystal

tries to keep it together.
CRYSTAL
(increasing hysteria)
What is that? What does it want?
EDIE
It’s ok, I’m gonna get us out of
this.
Crystal looks at her friend, perplexed.
CRYSTAL
Why are you here? With a gun?
EDIE
Shh.
Then they hear SNIFFING outside the door. A terrified Crystal
holds on to Edie, who pushes Crystal into the room’s
bathroom, and slams the door, shutting Crystal in. Edie turns
just as Jerome tears open the room door.

Edie runs at him with the gun, she’s gonna whack him with it
again, but he knocks her aside. She crashes into some medical
equipment, knocked-out.

INT. PATIENT BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

Crystal hears the crash outside as she curls in the corner

shower stall, with the curtain closed.

CRYSTAL
Justanightmare. Justanightmare.

A beat of silence. Then the door EXPLODES off it’s hinges.

Crystal gets her first real look at Jerome and screams. He
knocks Crystal out and drags her to -
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INT. PATIENT ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Edie comes to in time to watch with horror as -

The Lycanthrope enters dragging Crystal behind him. She comes

to, terrified as he lifts her close to his snout and take a
big, long sniff. Drool and snot drip onto her face.

CRYSTAL
(whispers, in fear)
Edie?!

He opens his jaw wide to bite into Crystal.

EDIE
Noooooo!

Edie moves fast. She grabs the tranq gun, hitting it on the
ground to try to un-jam it. Only one way to see if it works -

She FIRES – the tranq blasts out, hitting Jerome and he goes
down. Crystal falls onto him, unconscious.

EDIE (CONT'D)
Crystal!

Edie runs and drags Crystal away from him, checks Crystal’s
pulse, relief washes over her face.

Edie turns and notices blood pooling around Jerome. She looks
at him - blood’s gushing out of his torso.

WTF? Tranq guns don’t do this.

It’s then she notices the spent gun shell from the gun on the
floor - there was a bullet in the tranq gun!

Horrified at what she’s inadvertently done, Edie jumps into

nurse action.

EDIE (CONT'D)
I need a crash cart!

She knows no one will come. She runs into -

INT. BATHROOM - CONTINUOUS

Edie grabs tampons from the dispensary and rushes back -

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INT. PATIENT ROOM - CONTINUOUS

She tears them open and uses them to apply pressure to

Jerome’s wound.

EDIE
I’m sorry, Jerome. Come on, stay
with me. You’re gonna be fine.
(calling out)
I need help!

Jerome bleeds out and dies in her arms. Edie is soaked in his
blood. Devastation washes across her face. Her new friend is
dead, and she killed him.

Gina, bloodstained from earlier, rushes in to see Jerome in

his Lycanthrope state, Edie holding him, crushed.

Gina, realizing he’s dead, is destroyed. She drops down to

Jerome and tenderly strokes his face, silently sobbing.

Edie watches with remorse -- gets up to give her some space.

EDIE (CONT'D)
I’m so sorry.

Gina looks up at Edie - rage growing on her face.

EDIE (CONT'D)
Gina, it was an accident.

Gina jumps up and heads for her.

EDIE (CONT'D)
There was a bullet in the tranq
gun!

Gina begins to wail on Edie, who defends herself. They begin

a struggle - SMACK, PUNCH, REPEAT. They slide on the blood
pooled on the floor and fall,‘female blood wrestling.’

Gina straddles Edie -- wraps her hands around her neck to

STRANGLE her. Edie lashes about reaching for Gina’s face.

Chaz enters and sees the women covered in blood.

CHAZ
Gina stop!

Edie finally reaches up and -

Shoves her fingers into Gina’s eyes. Gina screams out in pain
and rolls off Edie, covering her eyes with her hands.
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Chaz pulls Gina away from Edie, who struggles to breathe from
her near strangulation. Gina resists Chaz, but he restrains
her with a big hug.

CHAZ (CONT'D)
That’s enough. We have to go, the
Shadows are coming.

Edie -- on the floor breathless, watches as Chaz gets Gina

out the door.

A beat as Edie looks around the room: the destruction, her

nearly killed friend, and Jerome dead on the floor -- and
she’s no closer to finding her brother.

And then that tough facade she’s worked so hard to build over
the years crumbles like the Parthenon. She begins sobbing --
tears stream down her face. A beat and Edie looks up to see -

Morgan looking down on her. Edie sobers up -- dreading this.

Morgan takes in the scene, see Jerome’s body.

EDIE
I’m sorry.
Edie, knowing this is the end of the line for her, removes
her pin and stretches her hand up to give it to Morgan.
EDIE (CONT'D)
“No third chances.”
Morgan takes the pin, looks at Edie.
MORGAN
You’re a stubborn, myopic, know-it-
all who doesn’t know her place.
(beat)
You’re everything this job
requires.
Morgan helps a surprised and confused Edie up.
EDIE
But I killed him.
MORGAN
And in doing so, secured the
protection of these Commoners. You
are just what the ward needs.
EDIE
Crystal.
Edie turns to get Crystal. Morgan pulls her back.
MORGAN
She’ll be fine. Watch.
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As if on cue, the room dims as The Shadows enter from the

darkened corners of the room. The inky tendrils just like we
saw them before and their eerie sloshing noise.

Morgan directs Edie to look out of the room. She sees -

The Shadows are everywhere. They creep around the rest of the
floor – suspending anyone who saw the Lycanthrope attack.

People are frozen in time as the shadows wrap themselves

around the witnesses, erasing their memories.

In the patient room where Jerome died, the Shadows do the

same thing – they wrap themselves around a suspended Crystal.

Edie watches, freaked out, sees exactly what kind of forces

she’s working with. It’s completely spine-chilling.

Then the Shadows approach Edie, almost as if they’re sniffing

her, and she holds her breath in terror –

Her pin glows and the Shadows retract, leaving Edie and
Morgan alone.

They surround Jerome -- wrap around him like a shroud -- they

dissipate -- leaving him in human form -- still dead.

On Edie: in so far over her head.

Morgan’s been watching her reaction the entire time.

MORGAN (CONT'D)
Come.

As the Shadows recede, Edie follows Morgan into -

INT. E.R. FLOOR

Edie is stunned to see the floor is trashed from the attack.

People stumble around as if they’re confused. Morgan directs
her around the corner before anyone sees them.

Edie turns back for a glimpse at Crystal, who’s just come out
of the patient room, seemingly not sure why she was there.
Crystal shakes it off as a nurse grabs her attention.
NURSE
You ok? He didn’t bite you?
CRYSTAL
Who?
NURSE
A rabid dog got onto the floor.
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CRYSTAL
What?
(confused, maybe she
doesn’t remember)
Oh, yeah... I remember now.
Edie sees the look on Crystal’s face - confusion and fear.
Crystal pulls her sweater up and closes it tight around her
torso, unnerved. Edie closes the secret door.

INT. VARIOUS SHOTS

We watch as the Shadows seep back into the woodwork, into the
darkness, as they...

Travel into depths of the hospital – and we continue to

follow them – and the disturbing noise they make, into
darkness...

Until we find them enter a –

INT. SUBTERRANEAN CAVE

Where we follow them as they join more Shadow filaments and

streams coagulating. A TORCH burns, throwing light around.

We hear moaning - someone’s in pain.

In the corner, there’s a MAN trapped in a cage, writhing in

pain. Medieval-looking shackles cut into his wrists and
ankles, suspending him in the air. Needles and a syringe on
the ground - he’s high on something.

Despite his matted hair, the dried blood and sweat on his
face, we clearly see this is JAKE, Edie’s brother she’s been
desperately searching for.

Several Shadow streams gather in front of him, like coiling

snakes, ready to strike. Jake lifts his head - fear and
anticipation. Jake clenches his eyes shut -- we see the same
little boy from our opening sequence -- waiting for the
inevitable. A beat. The Shadows lunge.

FADE OUT:
Jake screams over the darkness.

End of Pilot