S.M.A.R.T.

EVERY STORM RUNS OUT OF RAIN

EXT. FLOWER COMPLEX

AERIAL SHOT A half-built housing complex. Flying away it 
becomes visible that the roads and cul-de-sacs form a simple 
flower shape. Like a child's drawing. At the center is a tower.

TITLE OVER:

CENTERS IN PAIN

EXT. COMPLEX XIV - MORNING

This house, like all the others, is plastic white with blue and
grey details. Piles of old snow in the yard. 

The front door has a hexagon window covered by black plastic 
from the inside. Someone opens it carefully. It is a boy five 
years old with grey eyes, wearing denim overalls. 

EXT. COMPLEX XIV - BACKYARD

CLOSE UP:

A jacket lying on the ground with a badge sewn to the arm:
JUDITH 14. The boy's shoes enter the frame. He picks up the 
jacket.
		
				MARTHA O.S.
			from inside the house
		Where is my little star?

Judith walks away from Martha's voice toward a modular storage unit.

EXT. WOODS

Half-melted snow with footprints. Trees tangled in dead vines.
It is raining.

MOVING:

We follow Judith into the woods. He is now carrying an entry shotgun. 
Shoe laces dragging behind him.

				LISA O.S.
		If someone is there, please help me.
		
We see LISA through a layer of old growth woods.

				LISA
		I've been wandering around here for days.

Her running clothes are distressed. She is wearing black earphones.

				JUDITH
		There is a road close by. You're 
		going to be alright.

Lisa staggers behind him exhausted. After awhile Judith stops. 
Turns to her.

				LISA
		Judy?

She steps backwards and trips over a tree branch. A single 
earphone falls out. We hear the faint sound of Shane's Theme. 
Holds a hand up like shielding her eyes from sunlight.

INT. COMPLEX XIV

Through a honeycomb shaped window on the second floor we see 
Judith emerge from the woods wearing black earphones. His 
jacket is missing. He kneels to tie his shoe laces.

				YOUNG MAN V.O.
		Wapato is a jail built 9 years ago. 
		After its completion in 2004 it was 
		abandoned due to a lack of operating 
		funds. I'm one of three maintenance 
		workers at the facility. We keep the 
		plumbing from rusting, preventing 
		chronic issues, and handle cosmetic 
		needs. An iron sculpture that looks 
		like the skeleton of an oil tanker 
		is sinking into the courtyard and 
		destroying the underground drainage 
		system that passes sewage to the 
		nearest waste reservoir.

CUT TO:

A DROP OF MEDICINE

INT. COMPLEX XIV - LIVING ROOM

On an aging designer sofa MARTHA stares into space. She is 
mid-forties, blond hair, wearing a ragged shirt and blue jeans.

CLOSE UP:

Hands in her lap with spots of pale light from an open window 
nearby.

ON SCREEN:

10 DAYS AGO

Judith is stopped halfway down the living room staircase 
turned toward Martha. She is frozen in thought.

				JUDITH
		Have you seen Beatrice?

He descends the staircase and stands by her side. 

				JUDITH
		Anyone home?

Grabs her leg and shakes it. Martha squints as though she 
just woke up. Shields her eyes from the pale light with a 
throw pillow.

				MARTHA
		What did you say little saint Judith?

				JUDITH
		I haven't seen Beatrice for a couple 
		of days.

Sets the pillow on the floor. Kneels to Judith's height. 
A foggy look on her face like a hospital patient's. Places a 
slender hand on his shoulder.

				MARTHA
		The world is sick Judy. Everyone is 
		a drop of medicine. Even you, a tiny 
		star.

We hear the sound of a faucet turning off and on in the next room.

INT. KITCHEN

CLOSE IN:

The kitchen sink sprays water than abruptly stops. Starts again. 
Stops. Above the sink is a window without glass. Snow is falling. 
A plane goes by.

CUT TO:

BLOOD IN THE SNOW

EXT. COMPLEX XII

A young man standing in a snowy driveway. This is SHANE.

				VAGRANT 0.S.
		My family is at 43 on the other side of 
		the tower. We need food. I have a son, Carl.

PAN FROM SHANE TO VAGRANT:

Lying on the ground. Blood dripping from his nose. One eye 
swollen shut.

INT. COMPLEX XIV - JUDITHS ROOM

Judith lying in his bed listening to a hand-held tape recorder. 
We hear a voice through the speaker.

				LISA V.O.
		I was 11 when my real dad showed up at our 
		complex. We were eating with my stepfather, 
		Carl. When he answered the door my dad 
		dragged him out into the snow. He started 
		hitting him in the face and wouldn’t stop.
		I’ll always remember the blood in the snow.

Judith stands out of bed. Passes by a bedside table with a 
picture frame turned face down. Walks to his window to see 
Shane towering over the vagrant.

EXT. COMPLEX XII

				SHANE
		You are weak. Like birds are weak. 
		You let Flower Complex change you.

				VAGRANT
		Don't do this.

Honey approaches Shane and places a hand on his shoulder. 
She is tall with long brown hair in a pony tail.

				HONEY
		He doesn't want anything from us.

				SHANE
		If I let him go he will come back 
		to hurt you or Judy. He's obviously 
		lying. I wouldn't hurt him if he 
		needed food for a hungry child.

Still image of Shane with Honey behind him. A number 
eight tattoo on his shoulder. Eyes half open.

CUT TO:

10 DAYS AGO

INT. DETECTIVES CAR

Two men inside a moving black sedan with dark windows. 
Beige leather interior. The man in the passenger's 
seat turns to his partner.

				DETECTIVE 2
		You've been here before haven't you?

WINTERS stares straight ahead silently.

				DETECTIVE 2
		My sister used to go here when we were 
		kids to stargaze from up on that tower.

EXT. COMPLEX XII

They pull into the driveway. License plate SG13 71U. Honey's 
face watching them through the hexagon window on the front door. 
They get out of their vehicle. DETECTIVE 2 lights a cigarette.

				WINTERS
		We aren't here to discuss the bloody 
		snow in your driveway.

She opens the door slightly.

				HONEY
		Then why are you here?

				WINTERS
		A woman has gone missing. 
		Her name is Lisa.

INT. COMPLEX XII - LIVING ROOM

Honey sits opposite the detectives. Winters is holding a 
cup of coffee.

				DETECTIVE 2
		Where is your brother today?

				HONEY
		Shane's probably at VIII.

				DETECTIVE 2
		Do you know what he does when 
		he goes to Complex VIII?

Winters spills coffee on his tie.

CUT TO:

MARTHA

INT. MARTHA'S VAN - APF3915

Still image of Martha sitting in the backseat. She is 
wearing a black turtle neck underneath a spinal brace that 
looks like scaffolding.

				MARTHA V.O.
		I was a proctor at St. Jude for the 
		better part of my life. One boy was 
		especially bright. I can't remember 
		his name which is strange. I usually 
		remember the names of my patients.

EXT. CENTER TOWER - BASE

Construction workers wandering around with rolled up plans. 
Martha looks up to the top of the tower.

AERIAL SHOT A crane placing windows into center tower. 
A pick-up truck towing a housing module.

CUT TO:

PROTECT ME

INT. COMPLEX XII

Shane is kneeling beside a slim rectangle table pushed against 
a wall near the front door.

CLOSE UP:

White, blue and grey answering machine.

				LISA V.O.
		Hi I'm not here right now and neither 
		is anyone else apparently. Which is 
		strange because we usually are here 
		but not today. Anyway, leave a message 
		and I promise that we will get back 
		to you.

He grabs a tangle of chords from beneath the table and pulls 
them toward his chest.

Honey is watching him from down the hall.

				SHANE
		At St. Jude's they told me that 
		every storm runs out of rain. 
		I have tried to be patient but the
		clouds continue to turn us away.

CUT TO:

VIII

INT. COMPLEX VIII - ROOM

CLOSE UP:

A turtle crawling on the concrete floor. The room is mostly 
empty save a pile of distressed clothes in one corner. 
Judith picks up the turtle and looks into it's eyes. In the 
background we see Honey enter.

				HONEY
		You shouldn't be here, Judy. It's not 
		safe. Think how Shane would feel if 
		he knew you were here alone. 

He sets the turtle down.

				JUDITH
		I wonder what Shane sees in that
		turtle.

				HONEY
		He thinks it was theirs. His and 
		Lisa's. From when they were kids.

She looks down at Judith's untied shoe laces. The turtle is 
climbing onto them.

EXT. FLOWER COMPLEX - PATHWAY

A sidewalk that runs along the perimeter of Flower Complex. 
Judith is following it home. His hair and clothes are wet 
from rain. 

				WINTERS V.O.
		Think back as far as you can remember 
		and start there.

				YOUNG MAN V.O.
		I remember a long car ride. It is 
		unsettling because I don't know who is 
		driving or where they are taking me. 
		At St. Jude's they say your journey 
		is a snowflake. It can't be taken or 
		given.
		
He arrives at Complex XIV and walks through the front door.
		
CUT TO:

EYE ON THE DISEASE

EXT. WOODS

A bird flying from tree branch to tree branch. It lands on 
the ground and walks for awhile. The bird flutters and lands
on Lisa's body lying face down. 

Winters and his partner are examining the scene. Judith's 
jacket covers Lisa's face. DETECTIVE 2 lifts the jacket 
slightly to discover a tattoo on the back of her neck: 
X/XXXI/MMXIV.

				DETECTIVE 2
		I've never seen anything like this.

Winters puts one hand on his partners shoulder.

				WINTERS
		Clear eyes, full heart. You're going 
		to be alright.

AERIAL SHOT rising from the woods. In the distance
we see an institutional building surrounded by fences.

CUT TO:

ST. JUDITH CHILDREN RESEARCH HOSPITAL

EXT. CENTER TOWER - ROOFTOP - MORNING

The sun is just beginning to rise. The light is blue through 
the rainy clouds. Martha is kneeling to Judith's height and 
has a hand on his shoulder.

				MARTHA
		Do you remember what I used to tell 
		you?

				JUDITH
		That I'm your star. You pulled me 
		out of the sky.

Martha pinches the air.

				MARTHA
		All my little stars. Pulling them out 
		of the sky. That's how I said it.
		
CUT TO:

THE FAMILY AFTERWARD

INT. COMPLEX XIV - JUDITHS ROOM

CLOSE UP:

The picture frame on Judith's nightstand turned face down.

PAN TO a honeycomb shaped window. Looking out from the second 
floor we see Judith pick up a jacket from the front yard and 
walk toward the woods.