MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION

Mother and Child Reunion (An Oz Zombie story)

© 2014 Danny Nolan

PAGE ONE

Panel 1

 It is midday on a cool winter day in Melbourne. The once leafy streets of posh Kew have got a bit out of hand. The nature strips are over grown and the large hedges have lost their neat symmetrical shapes, but here there are lots of high walls and gates jammed when the electricity failed.

Our protagonist is Jay Bean, He is dressed in a thick ski jacket with lots of pockets. He has jeans with leather chaps covering his thighs and shins. He is wearing a beanie.  An assortment of knives can be seen on his waist belt. There are other things that can kill concealed all over his body but we can’t see them.

Jay is looking to use one of these big well protected properties as a place to kip

At the present moment he is dispatching a zombie, a man in a suit who happen to be in his way by cutting off his head.

CAPTION JAY: “With rents plummeting you’re bound to get some shitty tenants”

Panel 2

While staring in the gate of the house that takes his fancy he turns to hear the shuffling from the hedge.

Panel 3

From the hedge come two zombies. Old skinny ladies dressed in summer frocks and wearing expensive jewelry. Jay hadn’t noticed the over grown hedge had concealed a smaller side gate

Zombie ladies:

“MOOOAAAN!”

Jay:

“What’ya know. Wallflowers”

Panel 4

Jay dispatches the zombie ladies with a round house of his samurai sword, Which he decapitates both heads with one swing.

Jay:

“Sorry ladies dance cards full”

Panel 5

Jay cleaning his sword on a piece of dress he steps over the bodies and walks through the hidden gate.

PAGE TWO

Panel 1

Jay steps into a large front yard with garden furniture and pot plants strewn everywhere among the high grass. The long grass boarders a path leading to a grand entrance with columns and an ornate wooden  front door. 

Panel 2

Jay closes the garden gate.

Panel 3

Jay at the ornate front door he tries the knob, it turns.

CAPTION JAY:” I once dated a girl from ‘’round here before the…. Anyway she was screamer. Heh, these days all they do is moan”

Panel 4

POV  Jack . He pushes the door and it swings opens freely.

Panel 5

INT- POV Jay in doorway. A nice neat house no signs of any violence.

CAPTION JAY: “Hmmm, definitely not your current post apocalyptic décor.

Panel 6

CU Jay, sniffing

Jay:

“Oh Oh”

PAGE THREE

Panel 1

Jay steps down the hall and double doors open to reveal a large living room. Hanging from the chandelier is a woman in her mid twenties. She is wearing a woolen jumper, jeans but no shoes. She has soiled herself and the floor. The chair she used to stand on has been  knocked over to one side. She has used electrical chord intertwined with a scarf of silk to hang herself.

Jay (off):

“That explains the smell”

Panel 2

CU of girls face back of Jay’s head in shot indicating he’s inspecting her.

Jay:

“Hmm, looks like I just missed the action.”

Panel 3

Jay with sword still drawn walks through to an adjoining room. A sitting room it is mostly empty but neat.

CAPTION JAY: ”You see a lot of this, people last this long and then something in their head says “That’s enough””

Panel 4

Jay walking past a door and stops abruptly, something has caught his attention.

Jay:

“Woah”

Panel 5

POV from door a nursery a large dead tree branch has fallen through the roof and landed on something large. It is squashed but it is clearly a baby’s cot.

Panel 6

CU of branch on basinet and a tiny hand is just visible.

Jay (off):

“That explains a lot more”

PAGE  FOUR

Panel 1

Jay turns to a sound coming from outside the room. He is on full alert.

SFX:

Chunka! chunka!

Panel 2

Jay moves like a Ninja back towards the living room

Panel 3

The girl hanging from the chandelier is now rocking and kicking violently. Her eyes are open and milky white. Franticly trying to move and break free.

Panel 4 (insert Panel 3)

As the girl struggles it reveals two long scratches on her forearm.

Panel 5

Jay swings his sword and separates the head from the body

CAPTION JAY: “Looks like I’m house cleaning instead of house hunting”

PAGE FIVE

Panel 1

The head falls on the body as Jay leaves the room towards the front door.

Panel 2

Jay taking a cautious look out through the hedge gate.

CAPTION JAY: “Seems as if she was saving the baby from herself but Mother Nature decided She knew better.”

Panel 3

Jay walking down the street with sword still drawn in the distance we can see a zombie or two roaming. The desolation is evident as we get a better view of the once upper class street.

CAPTION JAY: “Never did like this neighbourhood much anyway”

Panel 4 Inert into corner of Panel 3

The branch covered basinet in the Nursery. The tiny hand twitches.

FIN

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