ACT 5- When You Make A Monster

[NOTICUS CRASHES THROUGH THE DARK ROOM AND QUICKLY SPOTS VEIN.]

NOTICUS WIERAK- VEIN! Come on, we gotta go!

[NOTICUS WALKS OVER REALIZING THE GASH IN HIS ARM AND SEES VEIN NOT MOVING AT ALL.]

NOTICUS WIERAK- Vein, come on!

[VEIN REFUSED TO LOOK AT HIM. HIS FACE ONE OF DEFEAT.]

NOTICUS WIERAK- Vein?

VEIN HELTZ- There is no point fighting him, I've seen him crush bigger opponents than us with a click of the finger.

NOTICUS WIERAK- You've been repeatedly worn down by him for 6 years, no wonder you feel so defeated.

VEIN HELTZ- So leave, you are cured, and he will at least release the existence of a cure.

NOTICUS WIERAK- Under a huge pouch of pennies, sure. But we want this plague to stop. 

[NOTICUS PULLS VEIN TO HIS FEET. AND THE LIGHT TURNS ON.]

NOTICUS WIERAK- We just need to make it into the elevator, and we will be safe. The lights are on, so we don't have much- [LIFE-LOCK BURSTS THROUGH THE DOOR COCKING HIS WEAPON] time…

[VEIN SHOVES NOTICUS TO THE WALL AS A BULLET TEARS THE AIR PAST THEM. LIFE-LOCK HISSES AS HE STARTS TO LOAD MORE AMMUNITION INTO THE WEAPON. IN THE PROCESS VEIN AND NOTICUS SPRINT OUT THE DOOR PAST HIM. THEY RUN DOWN THE HALLWAY AND AS THEY TURN A CORNER MORE BULLETS FLY PAST THEM. LIFE-LOCK RUNS AFTER THEM AND WHEN HE TURNS, THEY'RE NOWHERE TO BE SEEN.]

LIFE-LOCK- God you are such a pest. I am so close to becoming richer than any human to live, and you pesky do-gooders must ruin it. Can't a guy be evil around here in peace?!

[LIFE-LOCK LOOKS DOWN TO SEE THE TRAIL OF FRESH BLOOD LED TO A JANITOR'S CUPBOARD. AND HE CHUCKLED, MUFFLED BY HIS MASK. HE KNOCKS ON THE DOOR FOR THE THRILL BEFORE OPENING IT. ONLY VEIN INSIDE.]

LIFE-LOCK- You!

[LIFE-LOCK FORCES VEIN OUT THE CUPBOARD BY HIS COLLAR YELLING:]

LIFE-LOCK- Where's your nanny?

[VEIN GRABS THE WEAPON AS ITS FORCED UNDER HIS CHIN BUT AS LIFE-LOCK CLOSES THE DOOR NOTICUS APPEARS LANDING A TRAINED AND HEAVY BLOW TO HIS FACE, THE MASK DOING NOTHING TO COVER THE BLOW AS IT FLIES OFF LANDING WITH A CLAP ON THE POORLY TILED FLOOR. AS VEIN FALLS BACK AND LIFE-LOCK IS SENT REELING FROM THE BLOW HIS WEAPON GOES OFF CAUSING THE ROOF TO PARTLY COLLAPSE ONLY SOFT DIRT AND ROCK PILED THROUGH. THE REST OF THE CEILING HELD BY A PIPE THAT DARED TO SNAP TOO. LIFE-LOCK LANDS ON THE FLOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POURING MUD. HIS HAIR STILL COVERING HIS FACE.]

[VEIN NOW HAD THE WEAPON AND NOTICUS PUSHED VEIN BACK AS HE READIED FOR LIFE-LOCK TO RETALIATE. LIFE-LOCK STOOD HIS HAIR COVERING HALF HIS FACE.]

LIFE-LOCK- You, you aren't safe! I'll make bigger, better versions of this weapon and I'll sell them to that mob. You wait Vein! You won't be able to sleep without knowing, that I'm alive and I am not gonna stop until all of you and your pathetic friends are dead.

[VEIN SCOWLS AND AIMS THE WEAPON UP AT THE BASE OF THE PIPE AND SHOOTS, HE THEN GRABS NOTICUS'S ARM AND PULLING HIM TO RUN. ALL NOTICUS SEES IS THE PURE HORROR IN LIFE-LOCKS EYES AS THE EARTH ABOVE HIM CAVED IN ON HIM.]

[THEY BOTH RAN TRYING TO KEEP IN FRONT OF THE CRUMBLING BASEMENT BEHIND THEM AND JUST BY A JUMP THEY LAND WITH A THUD IN THE SAFETY OF THE BASEMENT LEVEL THAT HAD THE BUILDING ABOVE IT.] 

[THEY BOTH GASP AND PANT FOR BREATH, NOTICUS STARES AT THE CAVED IN WALL IN FRONT OF THEM AND LOOKS BOTH THRILLED AND HORRIFIED. VEIN IS FACE DOWN GASPING FOR AIR.]

NOTICUS WIERAK- WOOO! Hell yeah!

[VEIN LOOKS AT HIS CELEBRATING FRIEND AND LAUGHS BEFORE CHEERING WITH HIM. NOTICUS IS MET WITH A GROUP OF POLICEMAN AND DOCTORS RUSHING TO HELP THEM.]

JARRD- VEIN HELTZ and Wierak. We have recovered your friends, DR. Wierak and Kirkman. Come with us and we will get you to safety.

VEIN HELTZ- Sir, you should take this! [VEIN HANDS JARRD THE WEAPON.]

JARRD- What is the worlds is this?

NOTICUS WIERAK- It's the weapon that could cause the damage in the halls through there. 

JARRD- Thank you gentlemen. We heard you have found a cure. I'm sorry this is the first way you are thanked by the community.

[THEY ALL STAND MAKING THEIR WAY THROUGH THE PLETHORA OF PEOPLE.]

NOTICUS WIERAK- Nothing like a bit of jealousy to make you feel good!

[NOTICUS SMILES DOWN AT VEIN AND HE ROLLS HIS EYES BEFORE HES TAKEN ASIDE BY A DOCTOR TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WOUNDS.]

[AS THEY LEAVE THE ELEVATOR, THEY ARE GREETED WITH OTHER SURVIVORS AND ARE TAKEN TO WHERE THEY WOULD RECOVER. MONTY WAS LAID ON A BED WITH AN IV DRIP STARTING TO PUT HIM UNDER PAIN MEDICATION FOR HIS LEG. MAYA HAD THE GHOST CLUB TAKE PICTURES OF EVERYTHING, THE DOTTED LINE ON HER NECK, MONTY'S LEG, SAVIUS AND BELLAVA'S BULLET WOUNDS AND FINALLY VEINS ARM.] 

MAYA WILLS- So, everyone but us got hurt in some way, what now?

NOTICUS WIERAK- Let be doctors! [HE SMILES BEFORE HE QUICKLY HEADS OVER TO THE DOCTORS STRUGGLING TO RANGLE VEIN IN TO LET THEM HELP HIM.]

(In Noticus' voice) Out of all of us, my sister recovered first and on the day of her release she was demanded to not return work until after Christmas as an apology and for time to heal. Within the first week of her vacation, she got news that she was now the Head Supervisor of the clinic. Vein recovered fast too, he was kept as a precaution that he was sleeping and had correct blood levels again. Though he was now aloud to freely roam out the hospital he didn't leave the kids, the children were treated given 2 weeks of recovery and collected by members of their remaining families. Monty earned himself a prosthetic completely in thanks from the community, he went through 6 weeks of treatment before he was walking like normal, however he denied the holiday as he wanted to take his new role as head ghost club seriously. Savius survives as the bullet hadn't hit any vital organs and he is free in similarly 6 weeks too. Maya joined the Ghost Club with a little crush for Monty and it's not long until those two become an item.

But the children…[IT WAS OBVIOUS GETTING CONTACT WITH FAMILY OF THESE CHILDREN WOULD BE DIFFICULT, IT HAD BEEN 6 YEARS. BUT SLOWLY THEY ALL FOUND THEIR HOMES EXCEPT FOR LILY-BLU

[NOTICUS ENTERS THE ROOM AND LILY-BLU CHEERED.]

LILY-BLU- Notty!

NOTICUS WIERAK- Hiya, Blue Jay.

VEIN HELTZ- Anything?

[NOTICUS SHAKES HIS HEAD AND LILY-BLU SIGHS.]

LILY-BLU- They're not coming for me. Are they?

[THEY BOTH LOOK AS SAD AS SHE UNTIL NOTICUS SPEAKS.]

NOTICUS WIERAK- Come on. I'll take you to the children's ward.

[THEY ALL LEAVE FLOOR 6]