Cirque de Soledad

Cirque de Solidad is the 5th episode of the 1st season of Ben 10: Eternal Forms.

Teaser
TEASER EXT. DESERT ROAD - NIGHT It’s dark. A long, dusty road stretches through the flat wasteland. It’s cracked and eroded from lack of care. There is no life in sight. A car rolls up from the distance, headlights cutting through the night. It slows to a stop on the side of the street. Inside, a college age couple, a BOYFRIEND and a GIRLFRIEND, examine a map. BOYFRIEND I think we’re on 304...                                                              GIRLFRIEND Are we even in the right state? BOYFRIEND Umm...                                                                               GIRLFRIEND Admit it, Drake, we’re lost. The boyfriend, Drake, hesitates for a moment, looking embarrassed. DRAKE We’re not... okay we’re lost. GIRLFRIEND Well we better get un-lost soon. She points to the dashboard. The gas is almost on empty. Drake sighs in defeat, looks around. He notices something on               the horizon. He points to it. It appears to be some sort of                long concrete wall, with a few towers of the same color sticking out above it. GIRLFRIEND Is that... a town? Out here? DRAKE Looks like it. GIRLFRIEND Looks more like a fort to me... 2.                                     DRAKE Come on, let’s see if they have a                                          gas station. He shifts the car into drive and starts towards it. EXT. OUTSIDE WALL - NIGHT The couple stands there, looking up at the wall. It must be                at least 15 feet tall. There don’t seem to be any obvious entrances. Drake is holding a flashlight. GIRLFRIEND (nervious) I think... we should go. There’s no                                        way in, anyway. She starts backing away, but Drake takes hold of her arm and smiles at her. DRAKE Oh come on, Tasha, there’s nothing to worry about. I’ve got you. Now let’s go see if there’s an entrance around back. Tasha smiles at him, takes his hand. They begin walking the perimeter of the curved wall. Behind them, a dark shadow of a figure flits by on the ground. EXT. OUTSIDE WALL - OTHER SIDE - NIGHT There’s on a different part of the wall now, though it looks almost exactly the same. TASHA (half-joking) If we get arrested for trespassing on government property, I’m so                                             breaking up with you. Suddenly, a loud wooshing sound bursts from the air around them. Startled and frightened, Tasha pushes up against Drake for protection. TASHA W-what was that? 3.                                     DRAKE Probably noth- He stops dead midsentence as the sound of heavy, raspy breath echos around them. The couple backs up towards the wall warily. All of a sudden, three tendrils shoot out of the darkness and wrap themselves around Tasha. She screams until one of                 them covers her mouth. They drag her off out of Drake’s arms. DRAKE (screaming) TASHA, NO! He runs after her, but collides with a large fist-shaped object, making him drop his flashlight. All we can see now is an oversized black boot on the ground. Screaming. A crunch. A thump. More screaming. A long, loud exhale. Silence. END OF TEASER

Author's Note
This will likely not be updated or finished until after November due to National Novel Writing Month.