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CABIN - MORNING - EXT
Still gripping her scrubby weapon, Shay is standing on the
grass before the half-wrecked cabin. She is also inching
towards it.
SHANNON
I can’t believe what they did.
It’s just stupid. How could
they?
A dark cloud drifts across the mostly clear sky, leaving
the cabin half in shadow.
SHANNON (CONT'D)
How could...
She crosses the threshold into the house.
LOUNGE - CONTINUOUS - INT
A heat haze buzzes through the main room. One window is
smashed, shattered ornaments litter the floor and wooden
beams from the walls have been torn away.
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Overturned furniture and paperwork carpet the floor between
the pieces still standing.
SHANNON
Grandad? Ky? Where are you
guys?
There is no answer to her calls. She wanders over to a
wall of framed photos. One or two have tiny cracks, some
have dropped to the floor and glass crunches beneath her
feet.
A shadow flits across the window, the front door flies
open, footsteps thunder over to her. Bare arms close
around her waist.
CRASH
Thank God. I thought you might
have been hurt. I dreamt up a
storm and then there was a scream
and Lee’s not home so ISHANNON
I’m okay. I haven’t seen Lee but
maybe that’s good.
CRASH
How can that be good? She might
be hurt, waiting for me to find
her and take care of her.
Shay takes his head in her hands and forces him to look
around the room. Tears start to brim but he blinks them
away and yanks his face away.
SHANNON
My cousin Ky and Granddad have
disappeared. This is all I have
left of my home. I win.
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