Till Death Do Us Part

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In the final chapter of FRANKENSTEIN IN LOVE, science genius nerd Frankie Stein and his reanimated dead cheerleader 'girlfriend' Shayla Petrie have their last stand on the roof of the Old Mill ... while the cops, the media, their parents and the lynch mob look on in horror ...


EXT. THE OLD MILL - NIGHT
Brub sneaks off to the side
near his truck.

Aims his weapon at Frankie.
Vita sees him.
RUSHES over.

VITA
NO --

She GRABS Brub’s rifle.
They struggle for control.

Chet and Beck whip their heads
in their direction.

The gun FIRES.
A glass window in the mill SHATTERS.

Beck takes aim.
SHOOTS Brub in the head. BANG.

He falls over, THWUMP. Dead.
Vita SCREAMS.

RED-FACED REDNECK
Quietly moves away behind them.

Hides behind a massive, old oak tree.
Raises his rifle.

ON THE ROOF
Frankie and Shayla hear the commotion.
Look down.

Shayla inches forward
toward the edge of the roof.

SHAYLA
What are all those people doing here?

FRANKIE
(grabs her hand)
Careful, don’t fall --

SHAYLA
(WHIPS her hand away)
DON’T TOUCH ME --

ON THE GROUND
Red-Faced’s beady eyes squint
on the gun site. Taking aim.

ON THE ROOF
Shayla PUSHES Frankie over.
Moves to where he was.

FRANKIE
NOOO --

He FLIES DOWN toward the
giant, rotating blades.

GRABS onto one.
Starts slowly descending to the ground.

Bullets FLY through the air.
Start HITTING Shayla.

Her body JERKS like a puppet
without strings in a dance of death.

ON THE GROUND
Everyone watches in horror as --

ON THE ROOF
Shayla weaves back and forth
at the edge of the roof.

SHAYLA
I don’t feel so --

She falls off the side,
PLUMMETS DOWN --

ON THE GROUND
And HITS the soft earth
with a sickening THWUMP.

SHAYLA
Good.

She slowly closes her eyes.
Finally at peace.

CHET AND BECK
Stare in complete horror.

WILLIS
Sees her. Runs over.

Drops to his knees.
Starts weeping.

DEL DUNN
Looks into the TV camera.
Tears in her eyes.

DEL
Oh, the humanity.
Words can’t begin
to describe the horror.
To see young love cut to
ribbons by bullets -- I -- I --
(chokes back a sob)
Even after death,
life can be so fragile.
(blinks her eyes rapidly)
This is Del Dunn,
on the scene at The Old Mill,
where a young girl’s
hopes and dreams have just ended --
(beat)
A second time.

PEGGY HECK
Looks at her TV.
Shakes her head. Sighs.

ADELLE PETRIE
Watches the report on TV at home.
Starts SOBBING.

JULIE STEIN
Shuts off her TV.

Goes to her bar.
Pours a drink.

DEL DUN
Turns to Large Cameraman.
He shuts the light OFF.

LARGE CAMERAMAN
That was GREAT.

DEL
Pulitzer Prize, here I come.

TWO COPS
Bring Frankie over to Chet and Beck.
He’s been handcuffed.

CHET
Do you realize the TROUBLE
you’ve caused, young man?

FRANKIE
I know. I’m sorry --
(beat)
Am I -- going to jail?

CHET
You bet your ass you are.

BECK
Hold on.
I need to take him back to DC.

CHET
But what Josh Bohner?
He KILLED somebody.

BECK
You can have him after
we’re done with him.

CHET
(to the cops)
Uncuff him.

One of the cops shrugs.
Starts taking off the cuffs.

BECK
Or -- you could come with me.
Keep an eye on the evil genius.

CHET
Well, I do have
some vacation time coming --

They keep talking as CAMERA
moves in on Frankie and Vita.

FRANKIE
You look -- different.

VITA
Finally decided to lose
the Juno-tomboy thing.
(coy)
You like?

FRANKIE
(shy)
Yeah --

VITA
Why, Frankie? Why her?
She was a superficial, needy bitch.
Not to mention a complete slut.

FRANKIE
I was -- stupid.
Chasing a fantasy.

VITA
Well, that’s really dumb.
You’re not going to find
any happiness doing that.

FRANKIE
Yeah.
I found that out --

VITA
Do you remember our vows?

FRANKIE
(thinks)
Uh -- to have and to hold --

VITA
From this day forward, for better,
for worse --

FRANKIE
For richer or poorer --

VITA
Too love and to cherish --

FRANKIE
Till death do us part.

He stares at her with wonder.
Eyes get bright with tears.

FRANKIE
I’m, uh -- going to have to
go away for awhile.

VITA
And I’ll be here --
waiting for you.

Pause.

FRANKIE
Could we still --
play Dungeons and Dragons?

VITA
Of course, silly.
(beat)
You’ll always be my wizard --

And they kiss.

EXT. THE OLD MILL - GROUNDS - NIGHT
Shayla lies on a gurney in a body bag.

Gets loaded into an ambulance.
The EMS techs close the doors.

INT. AMBULANCE - MOVING - NIGHT
One of the techs sits on a jump seat
next to Shayla’s body.

Murmurs into his cell phone.
Distracted.

The body bag starts slowly UNZIPPING --
and a BLOODY HAND starts reaching out --

FADE TO BLACK