It's Not Nice To Fool Mother Nature

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In Chapter 46 of FRANKENSTEIN IN LOVE, Shayla's father Brub leads the vigilantes and the cops to the old mill, where Frankie tries to explain to Shayla why he brought her back to life ...


EXT. THE OLD MILL - NIGHT
The vigilantes’ cars ROAR
down the road to the mill.
SCREECH to a stop in front.

Brub and the rest pile out
of their vehicles.
Stand and look at the mill.

Shayla appears in an upstairs window.
Then disappears.

BRUB
There SHE IS.
She’s UP THERE.
RED-FACED REDNECK
(KA-CHINKS his shotgun)
Let’s get ‘er done --

The police cars FLY toward them
in a CRUNCH of gravel.

Come to a stop.
The cops get out.

Point their shotguns
at the vigilantes.

Willis’ truck appears.
Parks behind them.

CHET
Hold it right there, Brub.
Everybody put DOWN
your weapons, NOW.

BRUB
Yeah, right.
You don’t have the NERVE.

INT. OLD MILL - SECOND FLOOR - NIGHT
A large, dark room filled
with rows of machinery
for sifting and sorting grains.
Now ghostly and spooky.

Shayla stands at the far end
holding a pitchfork.

Frankie comes up the stairs.
Creeps in the darkness,
trying to see.
He BANGS into something.

FRANKIE
Ow --

SHAYLA
STAY AWAY from me.
You RUINED my life --
I mean, my DEATH.
(low, nasty)
It’s not NICE to
fool Mother Nature.

FRANKIE
Shayla, please.
I just want to talk.

SHAYLA
Fuck YOU.

She THROWS the pitchfork at him.
He DIVES to the side.

It HITS a pillar and
CLANGS to the floor.

Shayla sees a ladder on the wall
going up to the roof.
She starts climbing it.

Frankie sees her going up.
Starts after her.

FRANKIE
Shayla, WAIT --