Until The End Of Time

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In Chapter 36 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Rommy and Jool flee the pack of rabid zombies and escape to the roof of the building, where Rommy has his last stand with the infected mutants ...


INT. CHEMISTRY LAB - NIGHT
Rommy injects Jool’s arm
with the vaccine. Watches her.

Waits for some sign of life.
Takes her pulse.

ROMMY
Better, better --

He gives himself an injection.
Holds his arm up. Rubs it.

Looks at Jool. Still nothing.
Walks over to the window.
Looks out. Goes white.

ROMMY (CONT’D)
Holy shit.

JOOL (O.C.)
Where are we?

Rommy SPINS AROUND. Sees Jool.
Sitting on the counter top.
Sleepy-eyed. Scared to death.

JOOL (CONT’D)
That was some gnarly-ass nightmare.
(beat)
Could you hold me?

He RACES over to her.
Hugs her for dear life.

ROMMY
You’re okay. You’re OKAY.

JOOL
Can we -- get some ice cream?

ROMMY
There’s no time for that right now.
Zombies are coming into the building.
We gotta go.

JOOL
(hugs him tight)
Will you protect me?

ROMMY
Until the end of the time.

He helps her down.
Grabs her hand.

ROMMY (CONT’D)
C’mon, follow me.

INT. HUNTER COLLEGE BUILDING - FIRST FLOOR FOYER - NIGHT
A pack of screaming, chattering ZOMBIES
run into the building, now
smelling uninfected human flesh.

IN THE STAIRWELL
Rommy leads Jool by the hand
as they stumble up the stairs.

He looks over the railing,
sees them coming from below.

ON THE SECOND FLOOR STAIRS
The wave of creatures
FLIES UP the steps.

AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
Rommy and Jool get to
a door to the roof.

He tries to open it,
but it’s LOCKED.

ROMMY
SHIT.

Jool looks at her hand.
It’s normal. She looks at him.

JOOL
The vaccine?

ROMMY
Yeah. We’re both good.

He KICKS it open, BANG.
They RACE OUT onto --

EXT. HUNTER COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - ROOF - NIGHT
Rommy SLAMS the door shut.
Sees a bunch of construction
equipment and lumber.

Abandoned during the apocalypse.
He walks over. Picks up a nail gun.
Looks at Jool.

ROMMY
Go find the fire escape.
I’ll nail the door shut.
They’ll be up here any SECOND.

She nods. Races off across the roof.
He grabs a board.

Starts NAILING it across
the door with the gun.
BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.

Grabs another board.
Starts nailing it.

Suddenly there’s BANGING
and SCREAMING on the other side.

ROMMY (CONT'D)
SHIT.

A mutant head CRASHES through
the door above the board.

He SHOOTS it between the eyes
with the nail gun.

It SCREAMS and POPS,
drenching him with goo.

ROMMY (CONT’D)
FUCK.

He grabs another board.
Starts nailing it over where
the head crashed through.
BANG, BANG, BANG.

A pair of mutant arms
BURSTS through above that.
Then ANOTHER. And ANOTHER.

ROMMY (CONT’D)
NO, NO, NO --

He WHIRLS around. Sees a CHAINSAW.
GRABS it. YANKS the cord. The motor ROARS.

He SAWS through the arms --
CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH, CRUNCH.
Gets SPRAYED with blood.

JOOL
Walks around the perimeter, searching.

JOOL
They don’t have a fire escape?

She makes it all the way around.
No dice. Then realizes.

JOOL (CONT’D)
That’s what they were BUILDING.

ROMMY
Stands in a bloody mess
of zombie arms and limbs.

NAILING a giant piece
of plywood over the door.
BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.

He finishes.
Takes off his sweater.
Wipes his face.

Jool RACES over.
Puts her arms around him.

JOOL (CONT’D)
Rommy.

ROMMY
God, you feel so GOOD.

JOOL
So do you.

ROMMY
I missed you so much.

JOOL
I missed you MORE.

They hold each other.
Suddenly more BANGING on the door.

ROMMY
That’s not going to hold very long.
You find the fire escape?

JOOL
There ISN’T ONE. We’re TRAPPED.

ROMMY
Then we’re fucked.

JOOL
I don’t mind dying,
now that I’ve got you back.
(beat)
At least we had these --
last few moments together.
(eyes fill with tears)
My whole life I’ve forced
myself to be strong -- and -- and --
(GASPS)
I can’t do it anymore.

She starts CRYING.
Rommy strokes her hair.
Comforts her.

ROMMY
Shhh. It’s gonna be okay.
You’re with me now.
We’re not gonna die.
You hear me?
We’re NOT gonna die.

The plywood starts to BUCKLE.
A hand PUNCHES through.

Jool SCREAMS. Another hand
PUNCHES through. And ANOTHER.

ROMMY (CONT’D)
Oh, NO you don’t --

He GRABS the chainsaw.
RIPS the cord.
It ROARS to life.

ROMMY (CONT'D)
Stand BACK.

Jool RACES out of the way.
The board FLIES off the doorway --

And a pack of zombies CHARGES at Rommy.
He SWINGS the chainsaw back and forth,
RIPPING THEM TO SHREDS --

DRENCHING him in blood,
brains, skull, guts and goo.

ROMMY (CONT’D)
Got you NOW, mother-FUCKERS.

Chemistry Class

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In Chapter 35 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Rommy hurriedly makes a new batch of the vaccine to give to Jool before she succumbs to the zombie virus. Meanwhile, Gaga and Nin have their last stand against the invasion ...


EXT. HUNTER COLLEGE BUILDING - NIGHT
Old. Stately. Carved in stone
above the door: SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
The SWAT truck pulls up in front. Stops.

Gaga sits the behind the wheel.
Nin rides shotgun. Rommy hops out.

Puts Jool over his shoulder.
SLAMS the door.

ROMMY
We won’t be long.
Just stay in the truck.
You’ll be safe.

Gaga and Nin nod.
Rommy races inside.

INT. HUNTER COLLEGE - CHEMISTRY LAB - NIGHT
A maze of beakers, test-tubes
and bubbling liquids have been set up
on a work table like
something out of Frankenstein.

Jool lies on top of
another table, fast asleep.

Rommy watches the chemicals working.
He’s exhausted. Spent. Eyes are slits.

Every muscle in his body is aching.
He looks at a tube that’s
dripping liquid into a beaker.

ROMMY
(reads the sheet of paper
with the formula)
Then add five cc’s
of contaminated blood.
(grabs a syringe, unwraps it)
We’re almost there --

He JABS the needle in her arm.
Fills the syringe with blood.

SQUIRTS it into the beaker.
Stirs it with a glass rod.

A door BANGS OPEN behind him.
He turns and looks.

It’s a late-stage INFECTED PROFESSOR.
Just about to turn.

He starts walking toward them.
Points at Jool. Licks his lips.

LATE-STAGE INFECTED PROFESSOR
Hungry --

Rommy GRABS a length of steel
tubing off the table --

ROMMY
Stay away from my GIRLFRIEND.

And SHOVES it in his eye with a CRUNCH.
He COLLAPSES to the floor, THWUNK.

Rommy DASHES over to the work table.
Starts filling a pair of
syringes with the vaccine.

INT. SWAT TRUCK - AT THAT MOMENT
Gaga and Nin sit in the truck,
watching for zombies.

NIN
I wonder what’s taking them so long?

GAGA
Dunno.

NIN
Are you okay?

GAGA
I miss my brother.

NIN
I’m sorry. What was he like?

GAGA
God, he was AMAZING.
He developed the vaccine, you know.

NIN
No, I didn’t.
(sees something)
OhmiGOD.

GAGA
(turns, looks)
What.
(sees)
Oh, NO.

EXT. SWAT TRUCK - NIGHT
A WILD, RABID PACK OF ZOMBIES
ATTACKS the truck.

Swarms all over it
like bees on a hive.
POUNDING on it, SCREAMING.

IN THE TRUCK
Gaga and Nin hug each other
for dear life.

GAGA
I can’t TAKE THIS ANYMORE.

NIN
Our father, who art in heaven --

The zombies BURST THROUGH the windows
and start RIPPING THEM TO SHREDS
and FEASTING ON THEM.

Women And Children First

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In Chapter 34 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Rommy, Jool and Ginger fight their way through the zombie attack and escape off the roof onto the building next door ...


ON THE ROOF
Ginger closes the hatch. Examines it.

GINGER
It bolts from the inside.
It’s not gonna buy us much time.

ROMMY
We gotta figure out a way
to get over to the next building.

Ginger pulls a coiled length
of black rope off her belt --

GINGER
Check it out.

Holds up a black metal
rod attached to it.

She presses a button on the handle
and a GRAPPLING HOOK flies out.

She deftly TOSSES IT across to
the building on the other side.
It HITS the ledge with a CLANG.

Ginger pulls out a handle
with a snapped-hook.
Attaches it to the rope, CLICK.

ROMMY
So we grab onto that and
slide down to the other side.

Ginger nods. Ties the other end
of the rope to a chimney. Pulls it TIGHT.

GINGER
We’ll have to go one at a time.

ROMMY
Gaga, you go first.

GAGA
Okay.

She grabs the handle.
Pulls it along the cord
to the side of the building.

Looks at the other side.
Then at them.

GAGA (CONT'D)
Wish me luck.

And then TAKES OFF. She FLIES
down the cord with ease and LANDS
on the roof with a SLAP of her feet.

IN THE PANIC ROOM
The door starts to BUCKLE as
the screaming zombies BATTER it.

ON THE ROOF
Rommy looks at Nin.

ROMMY
Now you go.

Nin nods. GRABS the handle.
Look across to the other side.

NIN
Here goes nothing --

And FLIES down the cord.

IN THE PANIC ROOM
The steel door BURSTS off its hinges,
and the room quickly fills
with SCREAMING ZOMBIES.

ON THE ROOF
Ginger nods at Rommy.

GINGER
You go next.

ROMMY
You go. Women and children first.

The trap door FLIES OFF.
A pair of RABID ZOMBIES FLY OUT
onto the roof and start RUNNING at them.

Ginger pulls out her semiautomatic weapon
and starts SHREDDING THEM TO RIBBONS.

GINGER
GO, GO, GO -- I don’t know how
much longer I can hold ‘em off.

ROMMY
(nods, freaked out)
Fuck this hero shit --

He takes Jool in his arms.
GRABS the handle and goes
SAILING down to the other side --

Just as a dozen zombies EXPLODE
through the door and start EATING GINGER.
She SCREAMS as her body is TORN APART.

ON THE OTHER SIDE
They all watch in horror.
Jool wakes up again.

JOOL
What’s -- going on?

ROMMY
(turns her head)
Don’t look.

NIN
That poor woman.

GAGA
She saved us.

ROMMY
And now it’s time to save ourselves.
(to Nin)
Where can find a chemistry lab?
I need to whip up a batch of the vaccine.

NIN
Hunter college. It’s just a few blocks away.

ROMMY
Okay, great.
(to Jool)
Just hold on. Okay?
You think you can make it?

JOOL
Yeah.
(feels something)
Uh-oh --

And she VOMITS a GREEN-BROWN SPEW.
Closes her eyes.

Rommy wipes her mouth
with his sleeve.
Picks her up.

ROMMY
Stay with me, Jool.
(beat)
Stay with me --

The Great Escape

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In Chapter 33 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Brick, Gaga and the surviving revolutionaries try to escape the zombie invasion by racing up to the roof of the building. Meanwhile, up on the roof, Rommy tends to an increasingly infected Jool, and turns to Ginger to try figure out a way to escape ...


EXT. CARLING’S MANSION - NIGHT
Gaga and Brick RUN into the building.

INT. CARLING’S MANSION - FOYER - NIGHT
They SLAM the door shut.

BRICK
That’s not gonna hold ‘em long.

GAGA
(nods)
C’mon -- UPSTAIRS.

Gaga and Brick start RUNNING
up the grand staircase.

ON THE ROOF
Nin turns to Ginger.

NIN
We better go warn them.

GINGER
Uh, YEAH.

They RACE toward the trap door,
then BOLT down the ladder.

IN THE HALLWAY
Rommy holds Jool in his arms.
He sees the lesions.

There’s now more of them.
He kisses the top of her head.

ROMMY
You’re NOT gonna die on me.

JOOL
(opens her eyes)
Rommy -- ?

ROMMY
Hold on.
You’re gonna be okay.
You’re gonna be okay.

JOOL
Okay --
(eyes go glassy)
Need to -- sleep.

And she PASSES OUT again.

IN THE FOYER
The front door FLIES OPEN
and the pack of zombies RACES INSIDE.
Start FLYING UP THE STAIRS.

AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS
Gaga reaches the top.
But Brick, still really high,
TRIPS and FALLS. He groans.
Grabs the railing.

BRICK
My ankle --

The zombies RUN UP THE STAIRS
and ATTACK him. Start FEASTING.
Gaga SCREAMS. RUNS down --

THE HALLWAY
Where she sees Rommy
holding a lifeless Jool.

GAGA
They’re COMING THIS WAY --
(off his stare)
Is she okay?

ROMMY
(hoists Jool over his shoulder)
I don’t KNOW.

SCREAMING behind them.

GAGA
C’mon, LET’S GO --

They turn and RUN toward
the steel door, which FLIES OPEN,
revealing Nin and Ginger.

GINGER
Get IN HERE.

Rommy and Gaga FLY into the room.
Ginger and Nin SLAM the door.

Everyone looks at each other.
Breathing heavily.

ROMMY
Thanks. Holy shit was that close.

He carefully lays Jool
down on the bed.
Strokes her hair.

Looks up at them.
Sighs. Then realizes.

ROMMY
Hey. Where’s Brick?

GAGA
Didn’t make it.

NIN
(to Rommy)
Is she okay?

ROMMY
I think so -- for now.
But we gotta hurry.

GINGER
You’re the boyfriend.

NIN
(half-smile)
His name is Rommy.

ROMMY
Nice to meet you. Nin, right?
(off her nod)
Okay, listen to me.
I’ve got a vaccine.
We need to get out of here
so I can go make some.

She keeps going in
and out of consciousness --

GINGER
You’ve got a VACCINE?

ROMMY
Yeah, but it’s not going to
do us any good if we’re DEAD.

The zombies start BANGING
on the door. Everyone looks.
Horrified. Rommy turns to Nin.

ROMMY (CONT'D)
How strong is that door?

NIN
It’s -- pretty strong, but --
(gestures helplessly)
I dunno.

ROMMY
(sees the ladder)
That goes up to the roof?
(off her nod)
Then LET’S GO.

One by one, they start
going up the ladder --
first Gaga, then Nin, then Ginger,
then Rommy, carrying Jool.

Love Me Do

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In Chapter 32 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, after desperately searching the republic for her after they tragically got separated, Rommy finally finds Jool ...


EXT. CARLING’S MANSION - FRONT ENTRANCE - NIGHT
The SWAT truck is parked
in front by the curb.

Rommy, Brick and Gaga
stand on the sidewalk.
Look at the building.

BRICK
Nice digs.

GAGA
So this is how the other half --
(beat)
Uh -- lived.

ROMMY
I’ll go inside first.
You guys stay outside
and keep a lookout.

ON THE ROOF
Jool waves frantically.
Beaming. SO fucking excited.

JOOL
ROMMY. Up HERE.

ROMMY
Looks up. Sees her.

ROMMY
Ohmigod, JOOL. THERE you are.
I’m COMING UP.

JOOL (O.C.)
I’m coming DOWN --

IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING
Rommy RACES inside.

ON THE ROOF
Jool RUNS to the trap door.
FLIES down the ladder.

ON THE MAIN STAIRWAY
Rommy RACES up the stairs.

IN THE PANIC ROOM
Jool WHIPS the door open.
RUNS into --

THE CORRIDOR
Where Rommy RUNS toward her.
They FLY into each other’s arms.

ROMMY
I thought I’d lost you FOREVER --

JOOL
I KNEW you’d come find me.

They gaze into each other’s eyes.
Jool strokes his face.

JOOL (CONT'D)
You DID get infected.

ROMMY
It’s okay. We have a vaccine.

JOOL
You DO?

ROMMY
Yeah. It’s gonna be okay --
(studies her face)
You’re infected, too.

JOOL
I’m okay. Just feel a little --

She COLLAPSES in his arms.

JOOL (CONT’D)
Tired.

And goes out like a light.

ROMMY
JOOL.

ON THE ROOF
Nin and Ginger scan the horizon.
See something.

GINGER
Oh, no. The zombies in the park --

NIN
Are coming THIS WAY.

ON THE STREET
Brick and Gaga stand
in front the building.

GAGA
Do you hear that?

The sound of SCREAMING
gets nearer and nearer.

BRICK
(looks)
Oh, SHIT.

DOWN THE STREET
A pack of RABID SCREAMING ZOMBIES
is coming right at them.

Signs Of Life

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In Chapter 31 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Rommy, Brick, Gaga and the rest of the revolutionaries recover from surviving the zombie attack. Meanwhile, Jool searches the skyline for any sign of Rommy ...


INT. SWAT TRUCK - NIGHT
Rommy’s behind the wheel.
Grim. Determined.

Brick rides shotgun,
eyes bleary from too much weed.
Wasted.

BRICK
(sings)
'With their tanks and their bombs,
and their bombs and their guns --
zombie, zombie, zombie -- '

GAGA
So where to next?

ROMMY
First we go get Jool,
then find somewhere
to make the vaccine,
and THEN go to the media.
(turns, looks at them)
So no more Doobie Brothers, okay?

GAGA
I’m fine. Just have a mellow buzz.
Still fully functioning --
(looks at Brick)
Not like Zombie Garcia here.

BRICK
Chill OUT. Relax.
I’m just blowing off
some steam, okay?
Surviving a zombie
apocalypse is STRESSFUL.

ROMMY
Yeah, and so is having
your romantic rendezvous
FUCKED UP by ARMED GUARDS.

GAGA
That must of been rough.

ROMMY
Yeah, well the story’s
gonna have a happy ending.
(looks out the window)
We’re almost there --

Rommy pulls the picture
out of his pocket.
Sneaks a look.

It BLOWS out the window.
He tries to grab it --

ROMMY
Shit.

EXT. CARLING’S MANSION - ROOF - NIGHT
Jool, Nin and Ginger sit
on the ledge of the roof.

Look down below at the devastation.
Searching for signs of life.

JOOL
Look. Over there in the park.
There’s another pack of them.

GINGER
Zombies in the park.
That’s a LONG way
from the Globe Theater.

JOOL
(sees something)
Ohmigod. ROMMY. He’s HERE.
I KNEW he was coming.

Blood Sucking Freaks

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In Chapter 30 of ZOMBIE & JULIET, Jool discovers that her uncle Carling has been infected with the zombie virus during the invasion, then rescues her nanny in the nick of time, and then barely escapes into their panic room ...


INT. CARLING’S MANSION - FOYER - NIGHT
Ginger and Jool tip-toe
across the marble floor.

Point their weapons.
Eyes scanning the room.

GINGER
This room is bigger
than my whole apartment.

Jool leads the way toward the study.

JOOL
This way --

Suddenly Carling appears down the hall.
He’s been INFECTED. Badly. Late-stage.
Skin mottled. Bloody. Eyes BLAZING.

JOOL (CONT’D)
(horrified)
NO --

He RACES toward Jool and Ginger.
They FIRE at him.
BANG. BANG. BANG. BANG.

His head EXPLODES
in a RED-BROWN MIST.

They lower their guns.
Jool looks at him sadly.

GINGER
I’m so -- sorry.

JOOL
(eyes tear up)
That -- wasn’t my uncle anymore --

GINGER
What about your parents?

JOOL
They were killed by infecteds
when I was seven --
(realizes)
NIN.

GINGER
Who’s that?

JOOL
My nanny.
(thinks)
Maybe she’s in the panic room.
C’mon, follow me.

She trots over to
the grand staircase.

Ginger follows her.
They RACE up the steps.

INT. UPSTAIRS CORRIDOR - CONTINUOUS
Jool BANG, BANG, BANGS on the
steel door to the panic room.

Ginger stands guard,
weapon pointed down the hallway.

JOOL
NIN, it’s ME, JOOL.
Are you in there?

GINGER
Maybe we should check
the rest of the --

The door OPENS.
Nin looks at Jool, then Ginger.

NIN
Thank god you’re okay.

JOOL
Thank god YOU’RE okay.

NIN
Your uncle --

JOOL
I know.

NIN
(sighs)
C’mon in.

INT. PANIC ROOM - CONTINUOUS
A very large room outfitted
like a studio apartment.

The best of everything.
Very comfortable.
Ginger looks around.

GINGER
Fanciest panic room
I’VE ever seen.
(looks at them)
Well, now that you’re both safe,
I should get going.

JOOL
Wait, could you stay a
little while and protect us?
I have to wait for Rommy.

GINGER
How is he going to find you
if you’re holed up in here?

JOOL
Oh, that’s no problem.
We can access the roof over there.
(points at a ladder up to a ceiling hatch)
Please? Just for a little while?

PUSH IN ON Ginger’s face.
Her face softens. She sighs.

GINGER
Okay. Let’s go up --