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He dismisses it right away with a flick of a hand. He does not want to listen to her, and goes
back to his CD collection. He has his own stuff in the rack - Metallica, AC/DC, Guns n Roses.
There are few dodgier albums in here - Atomic Kitten, Girls Aloud - childish musical offerings
like that. Above him are a row of toppled American horror paperbacks. He selects a GnR CD
and gets up. He passes an old faded photo of the couple on the edge of the bookshelf, but
doesn't notice.
Ashlee is not convinced by his excuse of a cat and pads to the window to look out.

JAMIE (CONT'D)
Fancy some music

No reply.

JAMIE (CONT'D)
Ash Music?

Still no response.

JAMIE (CONT'D)

Whatever. It's going on whether you like it or not.

He turns the stereo ON and slots CD in. It closes and he takes a quick look at the sleeve to
see what track he wants. Takes remote control, presses play, turns the VOLUME UP, and
leans back on the unit. His weight on the unit, and the speaker vibrations, cause the old
photo to JUDDER off the shelf and it FALLS to the floor.
ANGLE ON: The glass front cracks along the centre.

CUT TO:

EXT - STREET - NIGHT/ EARLY MORNING
The old man from the pub is walking down the street, hands in pockets and eyes on floor.
The street is sign-posted at the corner as CALL STREET - CUL DE SAC. The man is a cross
between a detective from a 50s whodunnit movie, and Inspector Gadget. An ambulance
races by him, BLUES AND TWOS going great guns, and he turns to watch it pass with sad
fascination. As the SIRENS DIE OUT, he stops in the middle of the street and stares up at the
building at his side with the steely blue gaze of some-one who knows exactly what he will
see.
A few seconds later, it all kicks off, right on cue. He checks his watch just before, it TICKS for

15 seconds until it is just after 2AM. The light on a third floor window suddenly goes dark,
but the moon and starlight are reflected off the glass. There is a SCREAM, high, loud and
long. Something HITS the window, a shadow without form, at incredible velocity, making