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Fever- Pilot by Alex Murchison

DRAFT 1 May 31st, 2013

2. INT. NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL A group of panicked doctors and nurses bring in a woman on a stretcher, slamming through doors in a hasty attempt to get to the ER. The group is led by head physician DR. DAVID MAHONEY. The woman, MARISSA BAILEY, has just passed out in the street, after attacking a man, and spitting an acidic substance on the man, which is believed to spread a mysterious infection. The man, THOMAS CHAPMAN, is being brought in right behind her. Marissa is beet red, sweating profusely, and Thomas does not look much better. It is believed that in the attempt to subdue Marissa by a few citizens, more of them may have been infected. DR.DAVID MAHONEY What's her fever at now? NURSE #1 115! DR.DAVID MAHONEY (Looks aghast) How..but...how is she still alive? NURSE #1 If we don't find out what this is soon she won't be! DR.DAVID MAHONEY Alright. I need someone to find Dr. Carmichael, he may know something related to this. Call the CDC, see if they have ever heard of anything this extreme. DOCTOR #1 What's the other patient at? NURSE #2 About 109, but it's spiking fast! DR.DAVID MAHONEY Quarantine him immediately, and find out if anyone else was infected by the attack! Nurse #1 leaves to find out more about the attack NURSE #2 The victim is still bleeding profusely, we need to begin surgery.

3. DR.ANNIE NEIL We can't, he's too unstable. NURSE #2 If we don't stop the bleed he'll die. We need him to find out what happened. DR.ANNIE NEIL Is there any of the acid left on his body? Or in the wound even? DR.DAVID MAHONEY If we gather enough from the wound and the exterior of his body we may have enough to analyze it. If we determine it's chemical make-up we may be able to figure out what other symptoms it may induce next. Dr. Neil rushes off to begin carefully closing the wound, a team of nurses is carefully trying to extract some of the toxin from Thomas. CUT TO: EXT. RUSH STREET, CHICAGO A man, DALE BENNETT, a bystander who witnessed the attack on Thomas, is being interviewed by ALISHA WALSTON, a local reporter for CNTV, because of what he saw in the attack. ALISHA WALSTON So, can you describe what you witnessed earlier? DALE BENNETT Well, I was walking up Rush Street, the guy, the one that got attacked, Tom? Thomas. He walked by me. A few seconds after he walked by me, I heard a, just am awful, horrifying shriek. Then she was just beating him, pounding his face into the sidewalk. She spit this gross like, vomit on him, some of it splashed on my arm a bit. Then, she just wailed, and started to... (Sound of Dale speaking about his

4. experience fades as it cuts to an image of Dale's brain. An unknown virus starts spreading through the brain.)

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