Going Rogue

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In Chapter 11 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Merk gets himself ejected from the Republic of Manhattan by pretending to be infected with the zombie virus ... so he can look for his sister Gaga who was ejected because she was infected ...


EXT. DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN - THE WALL - NIGHT
A three-story-high wall
of cinder blocks now
surrounds the city-state.

Coils of barbed wire on top.
A sentry station at each block
with armed guards.
Searchlights sweep the area.

All is quiet.
It’s past curfew.

Merk walks west toward the
end of Christopher Street.

Backpack loaded with supplies.
Face smeared with green makeup
for that ‘infected’ look.

He gets near the wall. Stops.
Looks up at the sentry box.

MERK
Oh, great soldier of
the Republic, what say you?

A spotlight WHOOSHES
across the dark sky.

Lands on Merk, illuminating
him in its bright light.

NASTY GUARD (O.C.)
HALT.
Who goes there?

MERK
It is I, Merk Rowe,
here to give myself up.
I have become infected
with the virus and
wish to leave, sire.
I simply wish a
safe exit without harm.

A giant net FLIES DOWN,
trapping Merk.

The rope YANKS UP, and
he’s lifted into the air.

MERK (CONT'D)
Thank you, my lord.

EXT. NEW JERSEY WATERFRONT - STREET CORNER - NIGHT
We recognize the area
as the same place where
Gaga ended up
earlier in the story.
Deserted. Ominously quiet.

Merk comes around a corner,
looking bruised and battered.
But okay. He holds a lantern.
Picks his way through the rubble.

MERK
Okay, now if I
were newly-infected
seventeen-year-old-girl,
where would I go?