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EXT. SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN
A deep, almost eerie wooded area. In a clearing lies a secluded
CABIN.
An old VAN drives up to the cabin, parks.
DARREN
(V.O.)
Well, we're here.
INT. VAN
In the drivers seat is Darren (21, dark hair). In the passenger's
seat is Raven (19, black hair). In the back sit John (19)
and Ellen (17).
RAVEN
Oh, Darren! It's great!
John skeptically eyes the cabin.
JOHN
Looks like a dump.
ELLEN
Oh, Johnny! Don't say stuff like
that.
JOHN
Well, it does.
DARREN
Come on, quit complaining. It's
heated and it's got a bathroom.
Plus we got it cheap.
RAVEN
That's always a bonus.
JOHN
Ah, yes. Same old Darren; thinking
with his wallet.
Darren turns back to John.
DARREN
You think you could've done better?
John looks at his feet.
JOHN
Well, no...
DARREN
Well, there you have it. Let's get
our stuff.
EXT. WOODS
A BALL OF FIRE descends from the sky, CRASHES, leaves a crater
in the dense forest.
As the smoke clears, we see that the meteor is a sleek SPACE SHIP.
It opens a bit, and we hear a distinctive CLICKING...
INT. CABIN
Raven and Darren have just finished moving their stuff into one
of the rooms.
They move out into the main room, where John and Ellen are playing
HALO 2.
DARREN
Hey, you two. We're going on a
picnic. Wanna come?
ELLEN
What, we just got here now you
wanna go somewhere else? No way.
RAVEN
C'mon, please?
JOHN
Forget it, some people have
picnics, others decide to save the
world from the Flood.
RAVEN
Alright, but your going to miss a
good time.
DARREN
C'mon, let's go.
The two exit.
JOHN
(Without turning from the
game)
Have fun on your boring picnic.
EXT. WOODS
Raven and Darren walk along the forest, Darren carrying a picnic
basket. Darren takes out something from his pocket; an
ARROWHEAD.
DARREN
See this? It's a genuine spear
head.Ancient warriors would carry spears
and swords into battle, and paint their
faces to make them look more fierce.
Some cultures even used animal
skins, like Berserkers.
RAVEN
How do you know so much about
ancient warriors?
DARREN
Must I remind you that I am an
ancient history major. It's what I
love most, studying things from the
past. I even like carrying the past with
me.
RAVEN
Ah. Hence the spear head.
DARREN
Exactly.
They reach a nice, sunlit clearing. Raven lays down the blanket
for the picnic.
DARREN
Perfect.
EXT. CRATER
THROUGH THERMAL VISION
The crash site is visible. The view sweeps across the wreckage,
ends up looking upon a BROKEN CANISTER.
INT. CABIN
John and Ellen are still playing Halo. Ellen is blowing away Covenant
with ease while John is killed for the umpteenth time.
JOHN
I hate this game!
ELLEN
You're just saying that because
you're losing.
JOHN
No, it's just a dumb game. Only
stereotypical computer nerds play
games like this.
ELLEN
Oh, really? You liked it twenty
minutes ago when you were winning.
JOHN
Well... that was different.
ELLEN
Why was that different?
JOHN
(Mumbling)
Because I was winning.
EXT. WOODS - TWILIGHT
Back in the woods, Raven is asleep on the blanket. She opens
her eyes and reaches for Darren, but he is gone.
The wind has become colder. Raven wraps a second shirt about her
shoulders.
RAVEN
Darren?
No answer. She stands, worried.
RAVEN
Darren, where are you?
THERMAL VISION
Watching Raven, her words distorting, being played out.
RAVEN
(distorted)
Where are you?
NORMAL
It's getting darker, so Raven moves quickly through
She gets going pretty fast, then stumbles over a log. She begins
to rise when she sees something.
BLOOD.
Dripping into a shallow pool. She looks up and sees where the
blood is coming from.
A MUTILATED BODY
Skinned, hanging upside-down from a tree.
Raven screams, turns to run when she is halted by the sound of
a snapping branch.
She stands, listens.
Nothing.
Suddenly, something JUMPS from the bushes, looking like a giant
spider with a tail. It LEAPS up, GRABS onto her face, wraps
its tail about her neck as we
SMASH TO:
INT. CABIN
John and Ellen are still playing Halo. Suddenly, they hear a KNOCK
on the door.
JOHN
What the...
He gets up, moves to the door, opens it.
In the doorway stands RAVEN, looking haggard, beaten.
JOHN
Raven, what --
Raven almost collapses, but John catches her.
RAVEN
He's... dead...
JOHN
Who's dead? Darren?
RAVEN
He was... he had no skin...
something skinned him...
JOHN
Did you see his face? Are you sure
it's Darren?
RAVEN
I- I- don't know. I feel asleep,
and then I couldn't find him- And
then I started running and I saw
him- Then...
Her eyes widen, as if seeing something terrifying. Maybe she is.
JOHN
What, Raven?
RAVEN
Something was there... attacked
me... I must've blacked out... hit
my head or something... I don't
remember...
JOHN
I'll go see if I can find Darren...
If what you said is true... I don't
know... I'm not sure what happened.
John turns to leave, but Raven grabs his arm.
RAVEN
Don't go! That thing'll get you
too!
John gently takes her hand off his arm.
JOHN
Raven, it'll be alright.
Ellen comes up, gently takes Raven by the shoulders and
leads her out as John heads out the door, taking a
flashlight.
In the main room, Ellen quickly saves her game on Halo,
turns off the TV. Raven sits down on the couch.
RAVEN
I'm really hungry. Can I have
something to eat?
ELLEN
Sure.
She moves into the kitchen.
EXT. WOODS
John moves from the clearing into the woods as the sun sets.
THERMAL VISION
Following him, listening as John calls for Darren.
VOICE
(V.O.)
Where are you?
INT. CABIN
Raven lies on the couch, almost asleep. She subconsciously strokes
her stomach...
EXT. WOODS
John finds the picnic basket and blanket, picks the basket up,
examines it;
IT'S SOAKED WITH BLOOD.
John quickly drops it, his expression one of horror as he suddenly
hears a branch SNAP loudly, followed by a low HISS.
John looks about, terrified.
Turns, sees A DARK FIGURE that rises into the moonlight.
About seven feet tall, biomechanical with an elongated head lacking
eyes.
The creature's eyeless gaze transfixes the human before it. It
rises to its full height, about to strike when suddenly
A ROAR resounds, feral, inhuman.
UNEARTHLY.
In a tree above the creature, a HUMANOID FIGURE
materializes. About as tall as the other creature, but with
bulging muscles, silver armor, a menacing mask, dreadlocks,
a shoulder mounted cannon.
THE PREDATOR
jumps down from the tree, lands directly on top of the
Alien. It unsheathes blades from its wrist, slices the
Alien's throat. Its blood flies everywhere, onto the ground,
which begins to MELT.
Having dispatched the Alien, the Predator now turns to
John, scared almost to the point of wetting himself, turns, runs.
The Predator doesn't pay him any heed. He simply kneels,
begins to claim his trophy of the Alien's head.
INT. CABIN
ELLEN
John's been gone too long. I'm
gonna go after him --
RAVEN
No! Please don't go out there.
ELLEN
I'm just gonna step outside and
shine the light into the woods. I
won't go far.
She opens the door, steps outside. She shines the flashlight about,
sees nothing.
ELLEN
(Calling)
John? Darren?
She begins to turn back to the cabin, but suddenly something stops
her. She looks down, sees a BARBED TAIL sticking through her
midsection.
Blood trickling from her nose and mouth, she slumps to
The Alien looks at the dead body for a split second, then turns
its attention to the cabin. SHRIEKS.
INT. CABIN
Raven hears the shriek, runs to the door, SLAMS it shut. She runs
to the kitchen, finds two large KNIVES. She runs to the
corner of the room, crouches, waiting.
The main door slowly opens.
Raven grips the knives, prepares --
JOHN enters, looking exhausted.
RAVEN
John!
She runs over hugs him.
JOHN
Raven... there's something here.
They're... I don't know. But we're
in the middle of a war.
RAVEN
What do we do?
JOHN
I put a gun in a cabinet in the
kitchen. We could --
He never finishes his sentence, for he is suddenly IMPALED upon
two INVISIBLE BLADES.
John convulses, looks down as the blades UNCLOAK, along with their
owner -- the Predator, who has entered through the open
door.
RAVEN
Please...
The Predator's shoulder cannon comes to life, three dots lighting
up Raven's forehead.
Suddenly, the ALIEN attacks the Predator, who unsheathes another
set of wrist blades from his other hand. The Alien
continually tries to impale the Predator's head with its
inner mouth, but the Predator GRABS it, RIPS it out of the
Alien's face. Rolls over, pins the Alien, puts its blades through
its throat. It stands, ROARS in victory.
It looks at Raven, who is now backed into the corner.
PREDATOR'S P.O.V.
As it switches from thermal to bioelectric imaging, sees INSIDE
Raven. Sees the ALIENS IN HER STOMACH.
Yeah, ALIENS. You heard me right. Three of them. And one of them
is a QUEEN. A little "starter hive".
NORMAL
PREDATOR
(Distorted, gravelly)
Where are you?
The Predator walks up, and Raven shrinks away and the creature
reaches for her.
From outside, we suddenly hear an ELECTRIC CRACKLE.
Fizzling, hissing.
A sudden BURST OF LIGHT.
Quietness...
Suddenly, the door is KICKED down, a figure stepping from
the shadows --
Calm, rough features, built like a rock, expressionless. He
totes a lever-action shotgun in each hand like big swords
that go "boom".
He wears black leather, black sunglasses.
He is the TERMINATOR.
The Predator spins, his targeting laser trained on the
Terminator's forehead. Terminator notices this, leaping out
of the way just as Predator's shoulder cannon BLAZES,
blowing a hole in the nearby wall.
In midair, Terminator cocks a shotgun, BLOWS Predator's
caster into steaming shrapnel.
The Predator lets out a bloodcurdling ROAR, his twin blades
sliding from each wrist once more. He swings at Terminator,
but the blow is caught in mid-swing, the Terminator holding
it in place, looking at it indifferently.
The Predator takes a second shot with his left blade, this
one connecting with Terminator's face. A METALLIC SCRAPE is
heard as HALF TERMINATOR'S FACE IS RIPPED OFF.
Terminator grabs Predator's other arm, KICKS him square in
the chest.
As the Predator is sent reeling, Terminator calmly takes off
his ruined sunglasses, tosses them aside. Beneath, his flesh
is peeled away, his exposed mech eye glowing BLOOD RED.
TERMINATOR
Don't do that.
The Predator once more leaps for Terminator, but the cyborg
leans down, hoists his shotguns, and turns the Predator's
head into green mush.
TERMINATOR
You're terminated.
The Terminator steps over the twitching body of the
Predator, crosses to Raven.
TERMINATOR VISION
As the Terminator files through a list of files, looking for
the identity of the girl before him. He pulls up one list in
particular; it lists four people:
MAXWELL, SGT. DARREN - 4TH PLATOON
STATUS: TERMINATED
KANE, CPL. ELLEN - 4TH PLATOON
STATUS: TERMINATED
ROME, CPL. JOHN - 4TH PLATOON
STATUS: TERMINATED
WILLIAMS, LT. RAVEN - 4TH PLATOON
STATUS: AT RISK - MISSION FAILURE IMMINENT
NORMAL VISION
Raven cries out, clutches her stomach.
TERMINATOR
Raven Williams?
Raven manages to nod.
TERMINATOR VISION
He sees Raven's fluctuating heartbeat, detects three
smaller, faster ones.
NORMAL VISION
The Terminator slings his weapons, offers a hand to the
pained Raven.
TERMINATOR
Come with me if you want to live.
SMASH TO BLACK
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