EXT. NEIGHBORHOOD STREET. NIGHT.
CAMERA overhead snow covered street. Snow is falling. Everything is quiet, slow moving, and peaceful...
Over this, NARRATOR begins. Depressed sounding.
NARRATOR:
Every night it's the same.
...Suddenly, there is a muffled bang. HUNTER COLLINS collapses onto ground...
NARRATOR (CONt'D):
I don't know how or why, but for some reason I'm lying in the middle of the street. As the snow falls on my face, I feel this... feeling. It's neither good nor bad. Just... there.
...CAMERA pans in.
COLLINS looks confused then changes to serene. Suddenly, blood starts to ooze out of COLLINS' chest. Lights start to blink in the distance and Silent Night starts to play quietly in the background.
NARRATOR (CONT'D):
For some reason, I'm blaming myself. I *feel* as though I deserve what's happening to me.
...COLLINS look serene. And, on his CLOSE UP -
INTERCUT, fast, somewhat violent - CU of COLLINS' MOTHER dying, ANNA, COLLINS pulling the trigger of a gun and killing -
COLLINS blinks. Silent Night starts to crescendo.
Blood starts to appear on the snow underneath COLLINS.
Muffled voices yell, obviously yelling someone's name. Perhaps even orders.
...CAMERA zooms in on COLLINS slowly.
Woman runs over to COLLINS and crouches down.
...CAMERA changes to COLLINS' POV.
Woman appears over COLLINS. This woman is -
COLLINS:
(whispers)
Anna.
ANNA is hovering over COLLINS'. She looks concerned and frightened. There is a small amount of light behind her. It appears to make her glow...
NARRATOR (CONT'D):
I don't know who she is. I don't even know if she's real. All I know is that she was there...
...ANNA is saying things to COLLINS, however no one knows what she is saying. Her voice is distant and echoes...
NARRATOR (CONT'D):
Every single breath I took was a struggle. Before I knew what was happening, it felt as though some greater force was pressing down on me. Then... suddenly...
...Light becomes more intense behind Anna. Contrast gets heavier, then becomes less.
All sound ceases and all that can be heard is the NARRATOR and Silent Night...
NARRATOR (CONT'D):
I let go. Every part of me starts to go numb. And, ever so slowly, everything fades away.
...ANNA becomes panic stricken. She looks around and starts to yell.
Silent Night is very loud...
NARRATOR (CONT'D):
I wanted to tell her that it's okay. That everything will be fine. But, another part of me... one that I haven't heard from in a long time... is scared.
...ANNA grabs COLLINS' hand and starts talking again. No words are coming from her mouth.
Slowly, things start to fade...
NARRATOR (CONT'D):
And, then, just like that...
...Everything has faded to black. The only thing that can be heard is the NARRATOR.
Silent Night is abruptly cut off.
NARRATOR (CONT'D):
...I wake up.
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TITLE SEQUENCE.
