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breaks from her trance and turns around, looking at
Anthony.
The car, get to the car.
    Gina grabs Christina and pulls her towards the car, as
Anthony finishes getting the camera off of the tripod. He
starts to move after the girls, but drops a camera.
    Anthony struggles, dropping down to his knees, trying to pick
up the camera, while maintaining his grip on the other
cameras. He struggles and gets back up to his feet. He
hurries towards the car, just as Gina rips open a rear door
and pushes the dazed Christina inside. Gina rips open the
driver’s door and jumps inside.
INT. CAR
    Gina turns, seeing Anthony making his way to the car. Gina
smiles, then reaches down to the ignition. She instantly
frowns. THE KEYS ARE GONE.
FLASHBACK: BEGINS
EXT. CAR - DUSK
    Gina, holding the keys to the car, starts to open the door,
when she comes face-to-face with Christina. They both
SCREAM, with Gina dropping back to the ground and dropping
the car keys.
    Christina opens the door, as Gina starts to get up from the
ground, with Chaz having moved up to her. Chaz looks down at
the car keys and picks them up, putting them in a pocket.
FLASHBACK: ENDS
INT. CAR
    Gina looks out of the window, seeing Anthony running up to
the car. Anthony moves around the other side of the car,
struggling to get the door open. He gets the door open and
gets inside.
ANTHONY
Go.
    Anthony is putting the cameras down on the floorboard, as he
closes the door, looking out of the window, seeing the
BLURRED SHAPES.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
Go, damn it.
GINA
Chaz...
    ANTHONY
If him and Yasmine didn’t make it
back, then...well...
Anthony turns towards Gina.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
We have to save ourselves.
GINA
Chaz...
ANTHONY
(instantly angry)
Forget Chaz. Start the car.
    Anthony looks out the back window, seeing approaching BLURRED
SHADOWS. Anthony turns back around and SLAMS his hands on
the dash.
ANTHONY (CONT’D)
Get us the fuck out of here.
GINA
Chaz...He has the keys.
Suddenly, the car is engulfed in brilliant, blinding BRIGHT
LIGHT.
    CHRISTINA
(almost sobbing)
They’re, they’re going to take us.
I, I don’t want to...
Gina and Anthony shield their eyes from the blinding BRIGHT
LIGHT, coming in through the front windshield.
GINA
This, this can’t be...
WHAM!!!
Everyone almost SCREAMS, as Gina jerks to the side, seeing a
figure at her window.
    OFFICER
Mam’? Would you roll down your
window?
Gina blinks her eyes and sees OFFICER (45), dressed in a PARK
RANGER uniform. Gina swallows.
OFFICER (CONT’D)
Mam’? Are you okay?
    Gina controls her fear and starts to lower the window, but
then realizes that the car isn’t turned on. Gina steadies
herself and starts to open the door, with Officer stepping
back.
    Gina steps out of the car and looks towards the blinding
WHITE LIGHT, seeing that it’s coming from the spotlights of a
marked PARK RANGER vehicle. Gina takes deep breaths of
relief, as Anthony and Christina get out of the car and join
her.
OFFICER (CONT’D)
You kids okay?
GINA
No, we, our friends...
Gina looks towards the slight hills and slightly points.
GINA (CONT’D)
They were over there, but...
ANTHONY
A U-F-O. It hovered over there...
Anthony points.
    ANTHONY (CONT’D)
And, then there were these,
these...
CHRISTINA
Aliens.
GINA
That surrounded us and...
They stop and look at Officer, who is trying not to smile.
    OFFICER
Okay. I saw the glow of your
campfire and stopped to tell you
that campfires are prohibited.
ANTHONY
Chaz...
    GINA
And, Yasmine. They took them.
Please, you have to do...
    OFFICER
Your friends are in my patrol car.
Found them wandering around.
Gina shields her eyes, looking towards the patrol car.
GINA
Chaz and Yasmine?
    OFFICER
Yes, mam’. They’re a little tired,
but they’re fine.
ANTHONY
But...
    OFFICER
This really is no place to be
camping out. We’ve had some
coyotes killing goats and pet dogs.
Don’t think they’d harm humans, but
you never know.
Officer looks at the students, who appear to