the way to 0. Where, however, the elevator does not stop.
Monica presses the number 0 several times, but nothing
happens. The elevator continues its ride down to -1,
where it stops and the doors open.
8 – INT / GARAGE / NIGHT
Monica slowly exits the elevator, looking terrified. She
wanders into the dark garage where visibility is low,
there’s a broken neon emitting intermittent light and a
sizzle in the distance. Monica wanders around looking for
the exit.
Then she hears that noise again. A disgusting sound of
something being gnawed on greedily. Walking slowly, her
eyes wide open and with her suitcase still clutched in
her arms, Monica reaches the area where the noise seems
to be coming from. Suddenly she hears the squeak of a
mouse, coming from a hidden, dark corner of the basement.
One step at a time Monica approaches the place from which
the noise is coming from. With each step closer that
obscene noise becomes louder and sharper.
She reaches the corner of the large dark room, lit only
by a cold neon, a sort of morgue light. And, as she is
starting to turn the corner, she hears another chilling
noise. A subtle squeak, a sort of a shrill, as if a mouse
had seen something horrible. And, a moment later, a
duller, more horrible noise. The sound of bones braking.
Monica remains chilled, staring at the wall, then takes a
step and turns the corner and to her utter surprise sees…
Behind the wall, crutched down next to a car, is the old
man from before, still naked, with a black veil over his
face. He is kneeling, bent over something he is
apparently gnawing on, under the veil. There’s a mouse on
the ground, just under the veil, missing some body parts.
The man with the veil picks up what is left of the mouse
and brings it under the veil. The horrible sucking noise
resumes.
Monica screams, runs away throwing the suitcase on the
ground. Then she blindly runs between cars, slams into
SOMEONE and falls to the ground. She raises her head, and
sees the doorman in front of her, motionless.
Recognizable only because he is still wearing the same
clothes from that evening. He too has a black veil over
his head. And from under his veil comes the same
disgusting noise.