My Furry Bat_Part 3

Man5: "We would also like to keep the press away, for now. Nope, no dead bodies as of yet." [Man5 is talking to the sheriff on the telephone. He is seated in the GIV and he has started the engine of the GIV. Man4 and Woman3 are poking at the wreckage of the Victorian Mansion which is mostly a pile of lumber with a front porch. The sun is fully up and the landscape is well lit. Man5 finishes his phone call and climbs partway out of the GIV.]

Man5: (To Man4 and Woman3) "Hey stop that. I've got a man lift on the way."

Woman3: "We can't stand here and do nothing."

Man 4: "An all-terrain man lift?"

Man5: "You two are only making matters worse. We need to check the fireplace before deciding how to proceed. And yes, an all-terrain man lift."

[A piece of wood wiggles in the wreckage.]

Man2: (His voice emanating from the GIV dashboard console) "Hey, do you see this piece of wood I'M moving? Remove this one, it is not attached to anything."

Man5: (Climbs back in to the GIV, now speaking to the GIV dashboard console) "Do you think that's wise?"

Man2: (voice) "Yes, we've got to get some air in here. Woman1 is choking. (cough cough) Have you got it on your end? I am pushing the board out (wheeze)."

[Woman3 uses her board to sort of lift and move the board that Man2 is pushing. Man4 tries to assist by poking and lifting with his board. Woman3 and Man4 are each using a second class lever, so the lifting is difficult. Finally, the moving board put aside, we can see Man2 inside through the resultant opening. We can also see some type of note attached to the moving board.]

Man4: "Hey, there's a note!"

Man5: "Let me see it. I will scan it into the console." [Man5 stares levelly at Man4] "Before something happens to it!"

Man4: (sheepish) "Okay, okay. [Hands Man5 the note.]

[Inside the GIV, Man5 and GIV Console scan the note into computer memory. Man5 is reading the note.]

[Near the wreckage Man4 looks in at Man2. Man2 appears to be aggrieved since Man4 already read the note, Man2 can only nod silently. Man1 cones to the opening and says to Man4] Man1: "Vid… Vid… (cough) Video playback. Look at it!"

Man4: "That isn't important right now. We've got to get you out!"

Man1: "We did something wrong! Released something! It was trapped here, and now it's out there!"

Man4: "You fellows are in danger, first I've got to…"

Man1: "It flew out. It flies, whatsoever it is. First you've got to review the video. What was it? What if it's dangerous to humans? What if it comes back? What if it comes back and bites you? We might be safer in here! (cough )" [Man1 is distraught and has a hard time forming words. He looks away from the opening to see Man2 bringing Woman1 over to the opening so that she can breathe some air.]

[Woman3 brings her rucksack and opens it to reveal some plastic water bottles. Woman1 can see this and she almost cries.] Woman3: "Catch!" [she tosses a bottle of water toward the opening.]

Man2: [Catches bottle of water, then promptly loses his composure] "WATER!" [Regains composure] "Oops, I mean have some water, Woman1." [Man2 has a hard time with sharing, but Woman1 gives him that starving puppy look so he gives her the water].

[Woman1 rinses her mouth and spits out some mud (it was dust), then rinses again, and soon she is gulping down the entire bottle of water.]

Man1 and Man2: [To Woman3] "More water please!"

[Woman3 is happy to be doing something positive and she manages to smile a little. After all, she didn't read the note. She lobs another bottle of water toward the opening.]

Man4: [standing next to the GIV while looking all around, nervously] "Man1 says that something flew out of the building. He is worried that it, whatsoever it is, might be dangerous to us."

Man5: [Rolls up the window of the GIV most of the way] "What does he suggest?"

Man4: "That we should review the surveillance video and try to figure out what it was. Or is." [Man4 continues looking all around.] "If it wasn't a ghost then it is probably hungry."

Man5: "Okay, I'll rewind the video a little. You stand guard!".

[Man5 puts the video in reverse as he watches the TV display on the GIV dashboard console, the building seems to un-collapse, then the ghost chasers can be seen walking backwards toward the GIV. Man5 puts the in forward mode and it isn't long before he sees it.]

[Video Footage shows a flying creature actually landed on the hood of the GIV, directly in front of the surveillance camera. It looks kind of like a bat, and it has sharp fangs and claws sticking out from it's brown fur. The furry bat would be kind of cute without the fangs and claws. In the video, the bat preens a little and shows off, perhaps it was viewing it's own reflection in the GIV windshield. The bat seems to have stripes in a mottled appearance, something like a deeply knitted scarf. It is all the same color but the deep texture causes a bunch of darker shadows which resemble zebra stripes if light brown and dark brown.]

Man5: "Oh, oh, oh! That is something… unexpected."

Man4: "What, what is it?" [Man4 looks through the window of the GIV to see the video display.]

Man5: "It looks like… a brown, zebra stripe bat."

Man4: "Let's hope it isn't a vampire bat."

Man5: [freeze video frame of furry bat showing it's fangs as threat display] "Actually, I think it is a vampire bat."
Fin