NUMB HUMOR STUDIOS PRESENTS:
PLANET Z
Season 3 Episode 7
"The Battle of the Dead"
Written by
William Fry & Michael Ledesma
EXT. MIAMI - DAY
The zombified Genesis soldiers run towards the surviving citizens of Miami.
HENDRICKS
Get to the shelters!
The Miami citizens run away from the horde of zombies. Dion is still holding RJ’s body. The zombie soldier with an ax in its chest stumbles towards Dion.
A look of fury appears on Dion’s face. He gets up and walks up towards the zombie. He pulls the ax out and decapitates the zombie. He picks up RJ’s knife and turns towards the zombies and charges at them.
Hendricks and Romero lead the citizens to the shelter. The zombies chase after them. Hendricks and Romero shoot at them but they run out of bullets. Violet and her Riders carry injured citizens.
The citizens reach the shelter but zombies block the entrance.
HENDRICKS
Get to the Marquis!
The citizens run towards the Marquis skyscraper. Many of the citizens are tackled and eaten by the zombies. Their screams echoing in the night.
Romero reaches the entrance and opens the door for the citizens, who rush in. Hendricks picks up a rifle off the ground and starts shooting.
ROMERO
Hendricks lets go!
A zombie tackles Hendricks. The zombie tries biting at Hendricks but he puts the gun in the zombie’s mouth and holds it back.
Romero runs towards Hendricks with a knife. He raises it and prepares to stab the zombie. The zombie lunges at Romero and bites his hand. Romero screams in pain.
Hendricks pulls out a knife and stabs the zombie in the head. The horde closes in on the two.
ROMERO
Shoot me.
HENDRICKS
What?
ROMERO
It bit me, shoot me!
HENDRICKS
I don’t have any bullets.
Dion appears. He is covered in zombie blood.
HENDRICKS
Dion, do you have any bullets?
DION
No. Why?
HENDRICKS
Romero got bit.
DION
Where?
HENDRICKS
Hand.
Dion wipes his ax and swings it. He chops Romero’s hand off. Romero falls to his knees, screaming in excruciating pain.
HENDRICKS
Dion!
DION
Let’s go!
Hendricks and Dion help Romero up and drag him to the entrance to the building. Hendricks, Violet, and the citizens barricade the door. The zombies reach the building and slam and bang against the windows.
INT. MARQUIS SKYSCRAPER - DAY
VIOLET
Now what?
HENDRICKS
I don’t know. Somehow, they’re all infected now.
VIOLET
That’s not possible, there weren’t any zombies.
HENDRICKS
I know.
Ava appears. Hendricks sees and runs to her, the two hug.
HENDRICKS
Are you ok?
AVA
Yeah. We have a lot of wounded.
HENDRICKS
What about Romero?
AVA
I stopped the bleeding. As for the infection, I don’t know yet. Dion may have saved a life. Hey, where’s RJ?
Dion sits against a wall.
HENDRICKS
Dion, where’s RJ?
DION
He died. He died.
Hendricks bows his head in sorrow.
AVA
Frank’s alive.
HENDRICKS
I know.
AVA
We have to go get him.
HENDRICKS
Ava we have our own problems right now.
AVA
He’s our friend. Those people may not keep him alive.
HENDRICKS
Ava I’m sorry. Frank is capable of helping himself. We need to focus on the problem at hand.
Hendricks turns toward the crowd of terrified citizens.
HENDRICKS
Everyone! Grab whatever you can and start blocking the doors and windows; we need to keep them out for as long as possible.
The citizens start barricading the windows and reloading their weapons.
Ava grabs a bag. She puts medical supplies in it and a revolver. She straps a knife to her side. Dion notices this.
Ava goes to an emergency exit. She is about to open the door.
DION
What’re you doing?
AVA
I’m going to go get Frank.
DION
What about the wounded?
AVA
There are plenty of other doctors.
DION
Ok then. Let’s go.
AVA
Dion-
DION
I’m going with you. I wasn’t able to save Frank but I can now. There’s no point in arguing about it.
Dion holsters his sawed-off double-barrel shotgun along with his pistol. He sheaths his ax and slings a backpack on his back.
AVA
Ok then. Let’s go.
EXT. MIAMI - DAY
Ava and Dion exit through the emergency exit of the Marquis. They sneak past the zombies who are too busy trying to get into the building. They leave the city and go to the docks climbing onto the nearest boat.
DION
We still don’t know where Frank is. Just that he’s on some island.
AVA
I think you know someone who knows all about the ocean. Someone who would know about an island with people on it.
DION
Absolutely not.
AVA
Do you want to help Frank?
DION
Fine. We’ll go ask Cyrus and his men for help.
Dion starts the boat and the two drive the boat out into the ocean in the direction of the pirates’ haven.
END.