Just Another Zero (Chapter 5)

## Locations

* The Pale City
* The Island
	+ The Core

## Script

### The Art Shop

*Zero, Six, Jennifer, Benny, Mono, Seven, and The Witch are walking on a long bridge on an island. It’s above a dark abyss with endless darkness.*

**Seven**: (groans) Ugh, we’ve been walking for hours! Can you carry me, Six?

**Six**: (looks back at Seven, annoyed) No, this pocket is for Zero, and Zero only.

**Zero**: bogus! Can you let him join?

**Six**: (groans) fine! (Picks him up and puts Seven in her pocket) you kids are lazy

**Seven**: Yay!

*The Witch, floating, sees the enterence to The Island.*

**The Witch**: We finally made it. Sorry for the bridge being so long…

**Zero**: Finally, hopefully we can end this whole madness. (Sees a boy drawing on the dirt by an old building.) Hey, little boy, can you hear me?

**Blue**: (sees Zero and gasps) Flesh Kids! They found me! (Runs to the window and jumps through)

**Zero**: Wait, little dude! (Reaches for him) Six! Let me down! (Jumps down and runs to the window and peaks through) Hello? (Sees the building decorated with arts and crafts. She sees two tall man crafting something. The Sculpture and The Artist) Oh, boy. That boy’s gonna die. I don’t leave kids behind!

**Witch**: You wanna risk dying?!

**Zero**: (opening the window) Gladly! (jumps in and whispers) Hello, blue kid?

*Zero sneaks past to two tall man. The Artist smells Zero’s fear and turns around to see Zero sneaking past. Zero spots Blue climbing a bookshelf. The Artist opens his mouth ride and uses his scissor hand to attempt to cut Zero. Zero jumps and runs towards the book shelf. Six watches.*

**Six**: I knew this was a bad idea! (Attempts to bust down the door) Urgh! This door is tuff!

**Mono**: Six! Stop! (Teleports them in) there. All better. NOW LETS GET ZERO OUT OF HERE

*The Sculrper turns around and shows a mutated kid who’s been stitched together using multiple parts. The Mutated Kid becomes alive and gets off the table. It’s the same size as Zero.*

**The Witch**: What In the ever lasting fu-

*The Artist kicks The Witch and attempts to stab Six. Six gets her arm and leg cut while fighting the three monsters.*

**Six**: WHY DOES EVERYTHING KEEP GOING FOR ME?!?

**Mono**: (pulls them off and looks at the smaller kids) Zero!

**Zero**: (still on the shelf) Hold on! (She looks up and sees the kid gone) No! (Sees he ran out of a window and to a much bigger swamp town like area) What is that place?! Hmm, I wonder (Six and Mono get thrown into Zero and they all fall down the hill of spikes and they land in the swamp like abandoned town. It has gooey and mud like smell. The buildings were made out of tree like material. Blue is seen running through the town.

**Blue**: (looks behind him) Those flesh kids are still after me?! What’ll make them stop?! (Sees an axe and pulls it out of the ground and chops a tree building down. The building falls and blocks there path) that’ll take care of those flesh kids.

**Zero**: NO!!! (Stops and attempts to push the giant building) its stuck! Help Me!

*Benny, Jennifer, Seven, Six, Mono, and The Witch try to help Zero but it’s extremely hard to push off.*

**Zero**: (crying a little) I try to save a child and I get attacked for it!

**Mono**: Look, it’s probably just a misunderstanding!

### The Factory

*Benny and Jennifer see a giant factory with a horrible smell. Benny and Jennifer approach it.*

**Benny**: Guys! We found something! It’s a factory we can walk them, but it’s the back door. We gotta make it to the front!

*They walk inside the factory and the entire thing has acid leaking from the ceiling. The building is huge enough to make it seem like Six and Mono is a normal child. Mono and Six carry the little ones in their pocket.*

**Mono**: (sighs) We came here for one purpose only and now we’re wondering inside an old basement.

**Six**: Craps never easy!

**Zero**: Hey, I never let myself get killed and now look where I am. I got new friends. And I promise myself, I will help every kid we see! (Gets cut off by a alien like roarj

**Six**: W-what was that?!

**Mono**: (Puts his fists up) Whatever it is, we can do it together!

**Zero**: (thinking about Blue) I just hope that kid is okay…

*Mono and Six look up and see A giant spider monster know as the Experiment crawling on the ceiling but it doesn’t notice them. The monster is leaking acid from its mouth.*

**Mono**: Holy Crap! That’s it! I’m having Hospital flashbacks! I ain’t dealing with this (turns around)

**Six**: Mono, you puss!

**Mono**: (steps aside) Alright, step aside, Banana face. (Throws a random rock at the monster)

*The monster spits acid and them and it sprints away fast. Mono moves back with Benny and Jennifer nearly falling out. Mono looks at the acid nervous*

**Mono**: Oh, well, we tried! (Leaves but gets pulled on by Six)

**Six**: Oh, no you, don’t! Your going through this with all of us!

**Mono**: (slaps her hand) fine!

*Mono and Six keep walking through the factory with glimpses of the spider monster creeping around. Mono and Six get sperated by a fork in the road. Six goes right while Mono goes left. Six sees a room filled with flesh. She jumps in the middle*

**Six**: (Jumps on it) I hate this gross stuff!

*Spider legs pop up from the ground and try to pull her inwards. Six screams trying to pull them off.*

**Six**: GET THE FREAK OUT OF HERE!!!

**The Spider Experiment**: (spits out gooey acid at her)

**Six**: (dodges but her leg gets bitten and scratched.) Agh! (Falls over)

**Zero**: Six! Are you okay?!

**Six**: No! My leg! (Kicks the spider in the face)

**The Spider Experiment**: (gets flung back at the wall and grows bigger and towers over Six completely. It hangs her up on the ceiling)

**Six**: (yelps) Zero! Quick! Get out of here! Wait, where’s The Witch!

**Zero**: Why does she always disappear when we need her the most?! (Runs away) I wish someone else was here with me. (Climbs up the flesh wall and into a flesh hole)

*Zero crawls through and Six is swallowed by the Flesh Monsters and Spider Experiment. Zero keeps crawling and finds the boiler room.*

**Zero**: (sits at the wall for a while) Six… (looks ahead of her and sees a broken boiler) does this thing even work?

**Benny**: of course it doesn’t…

**Zero**: Benny?! Jennifer?! Seven?! Where were y’all?!

**Jennifer:** We were with Mono but then this weird Doctor thing attacked us!

**Zero**: (confused) Weird Doctor thing?

**Benny**: Yeah. He’s big, fat, face was saggy and loose, his eyes were pure white, and his arms and legs were just fleshy limbs. He looked burnt

**Zero**: That isn’t good…

**Benny**: so it’s the 4 of us for now…

**Zero**: (crying) great, now my mom and dad are dead…

**Jennifer**: you’re what?!

**Zero**: Nothing! I said Six and Mono! (Wipes her tears)

*They walk into another room and sees kids sitting on beds hooked up to flesh wires coming out of their heads and their blood is being sucked from them.*

**Zero**: (nearly vomits) That was disgusting!

**Seven**: (covers Zero’s mouth) Shut up! We gotta blend in! (Grabs some wires and tapes it on there heads) there, this should work

**Benny**: This’ll never work…

*As they walk through the horde for a few seconds. Zero starts crying out of fear.*

**Seven**: Z-Zero…calm down…everything’s gonna be okay. Don’t cry (whispers)

**Jennifer**: Zero! Your crying is alerting them! (Whispers)

**The Patient Kids**: (surrounds them)

*Zero, Seven, Benny, and Jennifer group together and start to act like the patients In order to blend in.*

**Patient Boy**: You think we’re stupid, don’t ya?

**Patient Girl**: (rips the fake wires out of their heads)

**Zero**: N-Now! We can explain!

*The Patient Kids carry the 4 kids to The Doctor who was working on blobs of flesh. It moans in the background. Benny gulps*

**Benny**: I swear I’ve seen that Doctor before…

**Jennifer**: Yeah, from Pale City.

*The Doctor turns around and grabs the 4 of them. He lays them on the table.*

**The Doctor**: (giggles and Grunts)

*The Doctor grabs a giant chainsaw and his Patients watch him. The Spider Experiment watches from the ceiling. Zero, Benny, Jennifer, and Seven squirm to get free.*

**Zero**: This is all that boy’s fault! If he hadn’t blocked our path! Who is he anyway?!

**Seven**: ZERO, WE ARE ABOUT TO DIE!!!

*The Doctor drops the chain saw on the edges of their feet and it cuts the table in half. Zero, Benny, Jennifer, and Seven manage to slide themselves free and they make a run for it. The Doctor and The Experiment chase after them. The 4 kids get chased down a look hallway until they jump over a huge cliff but The Doctor and The Experiment slip and fall to there deaths. The Patient Kids try jumping to but they all fall down to the abyss. They go into a sewer and make it out towards The Swamp City and see a giant museum.*

### The Museum

*Zero sees Blue from earlier stacking some trash up to climb on them. He climbs towards the window and lets himself in. Zero is still angry at him*

**Zero**: if it weren’t for him, I would still have Six with me! Once I get to him! I’m gonna

**Benny**: Gonna do what?

**Zero**: let’s just follow him. (Runs to the trash pile)

*Zero climbs the trash pile and enters the museum and sees three directions. Zero sees Blue look at the three choices. The choices are The Circus, The Magic Show, and The Cave Adventure. Blue chooses The Circus. Zero chases after him. Benny. Seven, and Jennifer show up but they are too late. Seven chooses The Cave Adventure while Benny and Jennifer walk down the Magic Show.*

**Seven**: okay let’s split up since Zero left us! I’ll go into the cave area

**Benny**: we’re separating?!

**Seven**: Look, I don’t know where to go! (Goes to the cave area)

**Jennifer**: Come on, Benny, (Holds his hand)

**Benny**: I swear to god, we’re gonna die!

*Zero is shown walking through a creepy clown area. She sneaks behind Blue following him. Blue enters a mirror room. Blue looks up and sees the head of The Clown stretch down and grabs him with his teeth. Zero rushes in to see The Clown’s head disappears. Blue’s hat falls on the ground. Zero holds it and cries a little.*

**Zero**: I never got to say “hi”…

*Zero sits down on a chair in an empty Ringmaster show stage. Zero looks around and waits for Benny and Jennifer but sees their not coming.*

**Zero**: My friends…there all gone [squeezes Blue’s hat] I don’t feel like myself… [shakes a little] Agh! [throws the hat behind the curtains] Whoops… [reaches behind the curtain and grabs the hat] Wait- what is [pulls out the hat and looks up]

*Zero stumbles back and the curtains open. A giant mutated magician comes out of the curtains. He looks around and then looks at Zero. He uses a magic wand to make Zero float to him. Zero whimpers not knowing what to do. The Magician holds Zero softly. The Magician sees Blue’s hat. The Magician smiles and shows Zero a drawing of him and Blue.*

**The Magician**: He doesn’t come here anymore…I miss him…

**Zero**: That Blue Kid?

**The Magician**: Yes, I never hurt kids who come through here. The Clown forces me to! After we got mangled like this somehow, The Clown changed entirely. Blue came to see if we were okay but abandoned us after The Clown tried to eat him. If I may ask, why do you have his hat?

**Zero**: Blue was running away from me for some reason! He was taken by the clown monster!

**The Magician**: I have an idea! [puts Zero in his hat] Hide up there! I can sneak inside and let him escape! [Teleports himself behind The Clown’s stage] I see him.

**The Clown**: [Has Blue tied to a table, demonic voice] I’m gonna put a show for you! Just wait Here! [walks off]

**The Magician:** [Goes up to Blue and frees him] don’t worry, child, I’m on your side! [holds Blue softly and takes him to a nearby window] Quicky! Escape when you have the chance.

**Blue**: [looks at The Magician, still missing his hat. Hugs his hand and then jumps down the window and goes to a giant ancient castle]

**Zero**: [from under the hat] Wait! I need to get out to! [moves The Magician’s hat, slides down The Magician and falls out the window] Wait- [sees The Ancient Castle in the distance] Holy…

*Zero starts to catch up to Blue.*

**Zero**: [holding out Blue’s hat] Wait! Wait! [hears The Magician Scream and slaughtering sounds] M-Magician [looks back and sees The Magician’s corpse hanging out of the Museum’s broken wall] N-No! [sees Benny and Jennifer runout and hide behind Zero.] Guys! Where were you?!

**Benny**: [angry] WHERE WERE YOU?!? YOU NEED TO STOP RUNNING OFF!!! [shoves her]

*The Clown, The Astronomer, and The Scavenger emerge from the wall. They are covered in The Magicines blood and organs.*

**The Clown**: [points to them] End their lives!

*The 3 monster chase the three kids all the way up to the ancient castle. Zero, Benny, and Jennifer enter through a trap door that leads them to the castle’s basement! They land in the prison room.*

**Zero**: Ow…[looks up] Huh, this looks familiar!

**Benny**: [rubs his head] Ugh! I hate this place!

**Zero**: [holds Blue’s hat and begins to wear it] For some reason, this hat gives me courage! [gets up from the floor] I’m gonna get us to the source of this place! But how do we get up there!

*A pair of rubber arms stretch out of a cell. A rubber man presses himself against the jail bars.*

**The Rubber Man**: Ooo~~ Need an exit~~ I can help~~ if you free mee~~~ [stretches his tongue out of his mouth]

**Benny**: Zero, I don’t think-

**Zero**: Sure, what do we need to do?

**Benny**: [face palms] UGH!!!

**Rubber Man**: Just unlock the door! The keys are on a hook!

**Zero**: [climbs up on a chair and jumps and grabs the keys] Got them! [swings and makes the keys fall]

Zero lands on Benny, crushing him. Jennifer picks up the keys and frees Rubber Man. Rubber Man walks out of his cage and picks up the 3 children. Seven stands and is patient.

**The Rubber Man**: Thank you, kids! I can help you out now [puts them on his head]

The Rubber Man takes the 4 kids deeper down into The Ancient Castle. He finds a black gore like room. He sees wooden like Libary around and a dinner table. The Rubber Man puts the kids on the table.

**The Rubber Man**: Wait here! [walks off]

**Jennifer**: Wait- don’t- [sighs and sits down]

**Benny**: I suppose we can wait…[turns his head] Zero? [sees shes gone] Oh, of all the lazy! Why does she keep wondering off?!

**Seven**: Calm down, Ben. She’s right over there…

**Zero**: I’m over here! [looking at a shadow of her] Theres something here…

**Fake Zero**: [walks towards Zero from the shadows]

**Zero**: What the…[reaches for her]

**Fake Zero**: [forcefully grips her arm and crushes it painfully] Hehe~

**Zero**: [whimpers and pulls her hand back] Yelp! What was that for?!

**Fake Zero**: [scratches her face] Hehe~ yummy blood~ [bites Zero’s cheek]

**Zero**: [kicks her off and then knocks her teeth out] Get away from me! What even are you?!

Benny and Jennifer rushes over to help Zero

**Fake Zero**: [quickly grabs Zero and forces her to switch places] Hehe~ [now in Zero’s body]

**Zero**: [in Fake Zero’s body] Agh! What did you do to me?!

**Benny**: Zero?!

**Fake Zero**: Help! That fake me is hurting me, Benny!

**Zero**: [clenches her chest] It’s me, Benny! Don’t buy their lies!

**Benny**: [tackles and punches Zero, who’s in Fake Zero’s body] Leave our friend alone, you…you…

**Fake Zero**: [hugs Jennifer] Get her away!

**Seven**: [holds down Zero] Sorry, faker! And why are you so torn up?!

**Zero**: Seven! Benny! It’s me! She stole my body!

**Benny**: Shut up! [covers Zero’s mouth]