Just saw 10 Cloverfield Lane. A Thriller/suspense/ sci Fi film about a girl that wakes up in a bunker rescued and kept safe by a mad man. Reminded me of when I lived with Liam *shudders* John Goodman was great. Also the girl is Ramona Flowers -Mary Elizabeth Winstead. She is awesome in this. I love her.
Writing exercise: alien invasion. How do I find out, where do you go, who do u want to be with. The story is in my head. Right there. Here it comes
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Carrie.
I snap awake. Where am I?
I'm in my car. Engine off.
Head lifts off the steering wheel. Blood drips from my nose. I grab a wad of napkins and shove it in my nostrils.
Hand grabs phone. Screen is smashed.
Press on button. Lights up for a second.
I can see her last words.
Me: Do you need a ride?
Carrie: No thanks. Rick is going to pick me
Me: up
Carrie: Scott, something wr
Me: what's wrong
Carrie: hel
Her phone dying. I text back.
Carrie: are u OK? I'm coming for you. Stay where you are if you are safe.
Sending... Connection problems
She doesn't want me. She wants him.What if she's hurt or worse? What if theyre waiting for me. It would be safer to hide. Wait it out.
No. I have to check. Something happened. I don't know what exactly. A flash. I see fire in the distance. Bright lights in the sky, blurry shapes fly overhead. Stay still, quiet. Loud reverberating engines. I watch it swim through the sky. Somehow metallic like a bulldozer, yet organic like a whale. How do they not see me? Don't they have infrared scanners? X-ray? Some tech we haven't discovered?
Aliens. You know the Meme.
I heard something had hit downtown. Town hall and main Street is destroyed
Fires rage. I saw it all below me. From the overlook where i like to sit and smoke from my C-3PO pipe. I see the winding road into the valley where she lives with her bf. I swear she's in love with my doppelganger.
I try to start my car. Nothing. Engine is smoking. And it's not feeling as good as I am. I didn't know what was going on. I just wanted one last trip into the Twilight Zone and now it is my reality.
Quick inventory. Hoodie slightly torn, 4 cigarettes, half bottle of water, flashlight, lighter, keys, phone- screen now black. I take it and grab my charger and chord. The one that save my life once before.
I get out of the car and run toward the trees next to the road. Down the embankment into the woods taking a side trail I knew by heart. Still I stumble on the jagged rocks along the path.
The alien machine is off in the distance. I hear gun fire, a helicopter, explosions
Fuck, this must be a dream! Michael Bay is now directing my dreams.
I run-stumble roll down the hill, cross the road several times. Into the valley, I creep past houses. No one. Anywhere. There must have been an evacuation.
Car. I need a car.
Nearest house with a car in the drive. I sneak to the back door. No lights. No sound. Except the real life space invaders going on in the distance.
The sliding glass back door is cracked
I pick up a rock from the driveway and smash the glass.
Inside.
"Hello?"
Silence. Something rubs my leg. I jump.
"Shit! Oh."
Cat. Black cat. I reach out my hands. It hisses for a moment then snuffs, rubs my hand with its head and nose. I look on the collar "Elliot"
"Eliot, this time E.T. is not so nice."
I opened the fridge. Chicken
Take a leg and toss a peice to my new friend. I gather supplies pack them into an empty backpack I found.
Some food, water bottles, first aid kit, keys. "Let's go Elliot. Wait."
I leave a note.
I will return the car if I can.
Eliot runs to the front door. Thanks, Scott Hammond
Outside I get into the car. Eliot sits on the porch mesmerized by the noise and lights.
"Come on, Elliot."
I light a cigarette. A white flash in dark clouds. A loud boom overhead like thunder. Eliot runs off into the brush.
"Later then."
Raindrops splatter the windshield. I start the car. More raindrops. I plug my phone into the car charger in .
Light vibration. Screen.
Carrie: hurry, I need u
Delivered at 11:38 p.m.
Me: I'm coming. Elliot jumps in the window.
And Elliot is coming with me
I'm scared. I could be vaporized, abducted, probed. But she needs me. Bring it, E.E.T.(evil E.T.).
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