TANK FARM

TANK FARM

CAST:

KEVIN GUSTIN: Asphalt pumper in Tank Farm Depart.
JANET GUSTIN: Wife of Kevin
WALT MULLEN: Head operator in the Tank Farm
STEVE NOON: #2 operator in the Tank Farm
JAVIER WATSON: Railcar loader
SHERRY WHITE: Scale Master
RALPH: Security
DARWIN BENNETT: Head operator in the Crude Unit
JACK CLARK: Darwin's #2 operator
ERIC TAYLOR: Board operator
RUDY DIAZ: Crews sampler
DAN CAMBELL: Night Supervisor
BIG RED: Truck driver
MIQUEL & RAYMOND: Pump Mechanics
WILSON: Lab tech.



TANK FARM

FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE - NIGHT

Across the screen a roll up appears:

In a Galaxy light years away, a planet infested with evil
entities, take to space every century to visit new
planets. Their goals are for one purpose only. To destroy
and kill the creatures of the visiting world, for their
fun and entertainment only.

CUT TO:


FADE IN:

EXT. SPACE - EARTH TIME - DAY

A bluish-green vapor cloud is heading towards Earth's
outer atmosphere. Its waves bounce through the ozone
layer.

SMASH CUT:

INT. KITCHEN - DAY

KEVIN GUSTIN walks into the kitchen wearing his blue
coveralls. He is thin man with wavy brown hair and thin
mustache. Stands around five foot ten. His pregnant
wife, JANET, who is a few inches taller, with black hair
and some silver high lighting streaks, places a sandwich
and bottled tea into his pack.

Kevin kisses her on the cheek and sits at the counter
that separates the small kitchen and the dinning room.
Kevin is sitting on the dinning room side while Janet is
on the opposite side of the counter, in the kitchen.

KEVIN
One more night and I'll be off for
three days.

Kevin raises his arms over his head, in relief.

KEVIN
Any plans for us?

JANET
Not really. My dad called last night.

KEVIN
Let's not get into this right now. I'm
not a good salesman. I don't even like
salesmen, and you expect me to be one.
I wouldn't be happy stuck inside a
small cubical for eight hours a day.

JANET
That's just it. You would be working
only eight hours, not twelve hours like
you do now. Plus, you would be home
nights with your wife and newborn.
Where you belong.

JANET
My dad will teach you everything you
need to know. And you two like each
other. The Refinery is just too
dangerous...you have a family to think
about now.

KEVIN
I am thinking about the family. I would
be miserable working at the dealer's.

JANET
You need to be home nights once our
baby is here. Is work more important
than your family, Kevin?

KEVIN
It's not like that.

Kevin grabs his pack.

KEVIN
We'll talk about this later!

Kevin walks out the front door. Janet follows.

JANET
You'll work with my dad, or we are
leaving. Is that what you want?

She holds one hand to her stomach. The other hand slams
the door.

SMASH CUT:

INT. HOME OFFICE - DAY

WALT MULLEN sits at his desk in his office. He calls it
his bunker room. Two of the walls are wood paneled. The
other two are a dark green. On one of the paneled
walls, he has his military medals and citations hanging,
along with his plaques. Walt's hair cut is of a
military style, flat top. He has a foo-man-chu
mustache.

He is a little over weight for his height of five-foot
seven. He opens the five prescription bottles in front
of him and places a couple of pills from each bottle
into his pill box. He pops some into his mouth and
washes them down with a diet coke.

He drinks his coke starring at his medals and citations
that are hanging on the wall. There are bronze stars,
certificates of appreciation (signed by Richard Nixon),
army commendation medals and more.

WALT
Fuckin' war.

SMASH CUT:

EXT. BACK PORCH - DAY

JAVIER WATSON is on his home gym, bench pressing with
the weights. The backyard patio is made out of wood, and
has wooden slats running across the top, but is open
between the slats. The back door opens and his wife
pops her head out.

WIFE
It's about that time.

Javier sets the weights down on the bar.

JAVIER
Thank you, my lady.

Javier is a small Mexican American, but stocky from
weight lifting. Sitting on the bench, he wipes his
forehead with the towel.

Grabs a bottled water from the concrete floor, takes a
drink, then pours the rest over his head.

SMASH CUT:

INT. LIVING ROOM - DAY

STEVE NOON sits back on his couch, talking to his mother
on the phone. The room is cluttered with magazines and
newspapers on the floor, chairs and table. Steve is
tall and with his long hair, looks like Howard Stern.

NOON
What are you going to do now, mother?
Punish me like when I was small? You
and father going to go through your
fuckin rituals again. Those days are
gone, bitch! You piss on your fucked
up husband's face now. He'll like it.
You're both a bunch of crazy ass fucks!

Steve Noon throws the phone down hard, knocking it off
the couch. He kicks over the coffee table in front of
him.

NOON
Sick bastards.

SMASH CUT:

INT. DOORWAY - DAY

SHERRY WHITE passionately kisses her girlfriend goodbye.
LAURIE stands about four foot ten, with jet black hair.
Sherry's head is shaved clean, which seems to go with
her hour glass shape.

SHERRY
You get those batteries charged up in
our toys. We have three days and nights
to catch up on.

LAURIE
I'm going to get some smoke that will
put us in our own lust-filled world.

They kiss again. A neighbor walking down the hall gives
the ladies a look of disgust. They both chuckle.

SMASH CUT:

TANK FARM - DAY

Two maintenance men are working jointly at a rapid pace
on a pump between two large storage tanks.

MIGUEL
No way will we finish this by five
o'clock. And they aren't going to pay
us overtime, ese.

RAYMOND removes his hard hat and wipes the sweat off his
forehead with his forearm.

RAYMOND
Mucho trabajo!

Raymond gets up and sits on the back of their work cart.

RAYMOND
We both don't need to be here. Take
off, vete. I'll just finish putting in
the packing. Manana we'll be ahead of
the game.

Miguel hurries to pick up his tools and places them on
the cart.

MIGUEL
I'll leave the cart here for you.

RAYMOND
No, take it. I just need the packing
and my tool belt. Need to see the
operators before I go...it's faster
walking through the tank farm.

MIGUEL
Gracias! See ya manana Ray.

RAYMOND
Don't forget to lock up the cart before
leaving.

MIGUEL
Si, I won't forget.

Miguel jumps into the cart and backs up slowly to avoid
running into one of the storage tanks. Turns the handle
to "forward" and vanishes around the tank.

CUT TO:

EXT. TANK FARM - DAY

The bluish-green mist floats over the storage tanks. A
crow flies into the cloud. Inside the mist, a hellish
electrical storm is taking place. Electrical charges
are producing massive fork lightning strokes inside.

The crow shoots out from the mist. It gains control of
its flight a few tanks away.

The mist drifts slowly down behind the storage tank,
next to Raymond.

CUT TO:

EXT. TANK FARM - DAY

Raymond is placing the packing into the pump and hears a
hissing sound around the far end of the tank. He gets up
to investigate, still holding a screw driver.

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EXT. TANK FARM -DAY

He walks around the tank and stumbles back at the sight
in front of him. The air between the two tanks has a
greenish film to it.

An enormous, grotesque leech-like worm stands in the
middle of it. Raymond makes the sign of the cross, at
the same time, appendages fly out from the creature,
wrapping themselves around Raymond.

Raymond starts stabbing the demon's arms with the screw
driver. A yellowish-green substance squirts out all
over Raymond and he begins screaming for Miguel.

The talons tighten around Raymond's chest. Crushing it
with great force. Raymond's body falls forward into the
green mist, which is moving under the rows of piping.
It drags Raymond with it, beneath the pipes.

SMASH CUT:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - DAY

Kevin sits at his desk reading the passbook from the
previous team which just left. Walt is explaining the
nightly orders to his number two operator, Steve Noon.
Kevin listens as Steve complains. Kevin can feel Steve's
anger.

NOON
What the fuck did they do today?

Noon answers his own question.

NOON
Nothing is what. This is bullshit!

WALT
Twenty-four operation here, Steve. We
do what we can in the twelve hours we
are here. What we can't finish, the
next crew will take over. You've been
here long enough to know that.

KEVIN (V.O.)
(to himself)
I'm glad Walt is here. I like Walt.
Even with his PTSD and his feelings on
the management. I sure can't say the
same about Steve Noon. He makes me
feel uneasy.

Javier Watson, the rookie on B-team, walks out from the
lunchroom with a hot cup of java in his hand.

JAVIER
Just made some high octane coffee back
there.

Javier places the cup on Kevin's desk and pulls up a
chair from the south wall.

JAVIER
What do they have for us tonight, Mr.
Kev?

KEVIN
Looks like you may be loading rail cars
tonight.

He riffles through the paperwork on the clipboard.

KEVIN
I don't see the manifest here. We'll
have to check with the Scale house.

WALT
Think I'll take you up on that mud,
Javier.

Walt gets up and heads to the lunchroom. Steve mumbles
something under his breath about the work load, then
gives Javier a dirty look.

Javier continues to sip his coffee, not saying a word.
Steve throws the nightly orders on his desk and walks to
the restroom.

Javier gets on the phone and calls the Scale house.
Walt comes back into the control room with a nod of
approval.

WALT
Good blend there.

JAVIER
Thank you.

Javier gets off the phone and speaks to Kevin.

JAVIER
Sherry is going to look for the
manifest. She says there's a.r. four
thousand truck on the scales.

Kevin looks at the passbook.

KEVIN
It's okay, it's in the heater.

SHERRY (O.S)
Pumpers cummm-inn, pump-her!

The crew loves the way Sherry makes her transmissions
sound so sexy. Sherry has been working in the Scale
house as a weight master for ten years.

She is an attractive woman, even with her shaved head
and rumors of her being bisexual.

SHERRY (O.S)
Have an a.r. four thousand truck here
guys, are you hot and ready?

KEVIN
We are my lady. Let him roll. Rack
one.
(to Javier)
I'll finish the heater readings...you
can go check the Scales and see if
Sherry found the manifest.

JAVIER
Will do. Can I use the pumper's bike?

KEVIN
Right on, Javier.

CUT TO.

EXT. OUTSIDE OF PUMP HOUSE - DAY

Javier takes off on the bike. Kevin's looking over at
the loading racks. The a.r. four thousand truck is
already at the rack, spouted up and loading.

Anguish creeps into Kevin when he sees the driver. It's
Big Red. A rebellious driver who is always causing
trouble with the pumpers.

CUT TO.

EXT. RACK ONE - DAY

Rack number one is one of three truck loading racks
north of the pump house. The racks are design for top
loading. The loading spouts are ten feet up on a graded
platform. There are stairs at both ends of the rack.
There is a hydraulic switch to lower the loading ramp
down, so the driver can get to the top of his truck.

Five feet above the platform is a sheet metal roof
covering the rack.

Red is a tall man in his thirties, with sunset hair.
Just as Kevin fears, Big Red is motioning for him to
come over.

CUT TO.

EXT. HEATERS - DAY

Kevin walks over to the three foot brick wall
surrounding the two asphalt heaters. he places the
clipboard on the wall, then heads to rack one.

CUT TO.
EXT. RACK ONE - DAY

When Kevin gets to the bottom of the stairs, Red starts
in on him.

BIG RED
Get your skinny pumper's butt up here
now!

Kevin walks slowly up the stairs, watching Red's every
move.

Red is standing out on top of the trucks compartment,
looking down into the dome of his truck.

BIG RED
Come and look at this. I can piss
faster than what is coming out of this
spout. Put on another pump, so I can
get my truck loaded and get out of this
shit refinery.

Without saying a word, Kevin moves over to the loading
spout and slams it shut.

BIG RED
(shouting)
What the hell do you think you're
doing,stopping my loading?

KEVIN
Peedmont has very strict rules about
wearing safety equipment while
loading. No gear...no product.

Kevin wishes his insides were feeling as calm as he
sounds.

BIG RED
This will be reported to my bossman,
shithead.

Kevin rolls his eyes impatiently at his ignorance.

KEVIN
Refusing to wear your safety gear while
loading is something I would run and
tell my boss.

Red rushes off the truck and onto the loading ramp.
Kevin moves quickly to one side, avoiding Red.

BIG RED
(talking as he runs down the
stairs)
My hat and safety glasses are in my
cab.

When Kevin sees Red bring out his hard hat and glasses,
he shoves the valve back open.

KEVIN
You're back in business.

Red makes his way up the stairs, Kevin walks to the
opposite end and moves down the stairs, avoiding anymore
contact with the mad trucker.

CUT TO:

INT. SCALE HOUSE - DAY

The entrance of the scale house has a small area, where
the truck drivers wait while their truck is being
weighed. The main office is fully enclosed with glass.
There is a counter top that runs around the sides and
front of the office. Javier stands in the small waiting
area of the Scale house.

A Dutch door separates this from the main office area.
The top half of the door is open. Javier is watching
Sherry as she tries to find the rail car manifest.

Sherry is the only one working in the refinery not
required to wear Nomax coveralls, since she stays in the
office all shift.

In her tight Levis and tee shirt, she is looking hot.
Javier is intrigued by Sherry White. He thinks it may
have to do with her shaved head and rumors of her being
bisexual.

SHERRY
(leafing through a stack of
papers)
I know I saw it somewhere.

Javier leans on the bottom half of the closed door,
looking around the office. Papers are scattered all
over the counters everywhere.

SHERRY
(relieved)
Here it is!

Sherry hands the manifest over.

SHERRY
How are you doing out there?

JAVIER
Great. Going to try and get some
training in with Kev after the loading
the rail cars.

Sherry rubs his arm.

SHERRY
You got the best one there to train
you.

JAVIER
I think so, too.

CUT TO.

EXT. ASPHALT HEATERS - DAY

Kevin is taking readings off the pressure and
temperature gauges under the two asphalt heaters. These
two heaters stand on concrete pillars, six feet high.

The heaters themselves are over fifty feet high. The
tubes inside have asphalt circulating through the
heaters to heat up the product to four hundred degrees.

SHERRY (O.S)
Kevin, cummm-in baby.

Kevin leans against the brick wall and speaks into the
mic.

KEVIN
Go ahead, scales.

SHERRY (O.S)
Red is overloaded. Pump off at rack 16

KEVIN
Roger that. Rack sixteen.

Kevin heads back toward the pump house.

CUT TO.

EXT. RACK SIXTEEN - DAY

Big Red's truck turns left off the main roadway onto a
dirt road where large storage tanks occupy a large part
of the refinery.

Red pulls up onto a cement slab, trying to line up the
off-loading hoses to his truck's fittings.

Red jumps out from the cab and before closing the door,
he throws his safety gear into the cab.

BIG RED
Screw those damn pumpers.

While hooking up one of the hoses, he gets a whiff of
something awful.

BIG RED
Damn idiots are killing us with these
toxic fumes.

Red grins from ear to ear.

BIG RED
A great potential here for a lawsuit.
A.Q.M.D. will be interested in this
shit.

Red looks around, making sure no one is around. He
walks around the right side of a large white tank. Red
can smell the stench getting stronger.

CUT TO.

EXT. TANK FARM - DAY

Red reaches the opposite side of the tank. There are
more tanks in front of him, and pipes just a few feet
above ground, branching off in many directions.

Red steps up on the pipes and straddles two pipes. He
uses small shuffling steps to move down the pipes.

Red sees movement beneath the pipes up ahead.

BIG RED
There it is.

He gets down on his hands and knees and starts scooting
closer to the mist under the pipes. The rotting odor
stops Red.

The fumes are bluish-green. It begins to move in Red's
direction. Sweat begins to build on his forehead. The
smell is making Red feel sick.

Behind Red, protruding out of the mist, is a long, slimy
leech-like worm. It slithers along the pipe towards
Red. The fumes become too strong, so Red starts to move
backwards.

Red lets out a loud scream as the the worm wraps itself
around his foot and crushes it with incredible force.
It drags his leg into the mist.

As Red tries to get his leg out, another worm pops up in
front of his face. It opens up like a flytrap and
sprays out a thick brown liquid with small worms
crawling in it.

The brown slime completely covers Red's face. He pukes
out a large glob of it, gasping for air. Red collapses
on the pipes.

Then as fast as a blink of an eye, Red is pulled under
the pipes and into the mist.

CUT TO:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - DAY

Walt's at his desk, looking at the tank levels and
movements on his computer screen. Kevin is behind him,
finishing the heater readings from the control panel
when Steve comes out from the back hallway with a
flashlight in hand.

NOON
(looking at Walt)
Yeah that's right...it will be dark by
the time I make it back.

WALT
Before you leave, did you read the
orders on tank fifty thousand eight?

NOON
Tank twenty thousand seven is pumping
over there now.

WALT
Right, but they also want tank fifty
thousand seven pumping over at the same
time.

Steve slams his hard hat down on his desk, causing Kevin
to jump.

NOON
(defiant and disgusted)
All the fuck that will do is slow down
the twenty thousand seven transfer.
Hell, lets finish pumping...

Walt cuts Steve off short.

WALT
Listen Steve, I didn't write these
orders. I have no idea why they want
us pumping both tanks at the same
time. Maybe they need these two tanks
to blend together into fifty thousand
eight. I don't know...but what I do
know is, I don't want to be getting a
call tomorrow morning from the Area
Manager, asking me why I didn't follow
the nightly orders.

Steve grabs his hard hat and straight arms the door on
his way out. Kevin places the clipboard on his desk and
sits down.

KEVIN
I'm glad you're the head operator. I
don't think I could handle that psycho.

WALT
Don't cut yourself short...you will
make a good head operator.

KEVIN
I don't think I'll be working here long
enough to find out.

WALT
You're not planning to quit on me now,
are you?

KEVIN
I love this job...it's my wife. She
thinks it's too dangerous. Wants me to
be a salesman, working in a car
dealership with her dad.

WALT
I hate sales people. Anyway it's more
dangerous driving to and from work.

WALT
Hey, I'm getting a Coke from the
fridge. Brought extras, would you like
one? They're diet.

KEVIN
No thanks, Walt.

WALT (V.O.)
(in back room)
I used to hate the taste of diet, but
my doctor says if I have to drink
sodas, drink diet. Well now I couldn't
go back to the regulars if I had
to...they're too sweet tasting. Plus I
love the taste of aspartame. Need the
aspartame all around my brain.

KEVIN
Your starting to sound like a nut case
yourself back there.

WALT (V.O.)
According to the VA, I am. That
reminds me, I must take my meds now.

Walt walks into the control room with a diet coke in his
hand. He walks over to the base radio up against the
north wall. The clock on the wall reads seven o'clock
pm.

Walt speaks into the stand-up mic.

WALT
Steve. Come-in, Steve.

NOON (O.S)
Speak to me.

WALT
Steve, you can line up tank twenty-five
thousand five for the gasoline blend.

Silence.

WALT
You copy?

NOON (O.S)
I'll put it on my list. I can only do
one thing at at a time.

JAVIER
(disguising voice)
That's what she said!

Back door opens. The refinery sounds can be heard
filtering through the back. Sounds of loud horns
blowing, alarms ringing, and the banging coming from the
water hammer in the pipes.

The Night Supervisor, DAN CAMBELL enters the control
room. He is a big and rugged. A Davey Crocket type.

DAN
Gentlemen, Steve out of control again?

WALT
No more than usual.

DAN
Call me if he gets beyond that point.

Dan picks up the time sheet hanging on the South wall
and signs it. The reason I'm down here so early is we
have a new security guard tonight and he's already
locked his keys in his locker. Gotta get back up
there.

WALT
Sounds like Peedmont material to me.

DAN
He's a spooky one. By the way, have
any of you seen Raymond Flores? His
wife called, says he hasn't made it
home yet.

WALT
No, Kevin?

KEVIN
Haven't seen him in the tank farm.

DAN
Okay, if you do hear from him...tell
him to call home, his wife is worried.

Dan leaves.

SHERRY (O.S.)
Cummm-innn, Kev, babe.

Walt and Kevin both grin.

KEVIN
Go ahead Sherry.

SHERRY (O.S.)
If you get time, can you check on Red?
He hasn't came back from rack 16 yet.

KEVIN
I'll check on him right now.

SHERRY (O.S.)
Thank you babe.

WALT
Is she talking about Big Red?

KEVIN
The one and only.

WALT
I thought for sure he would have been
fired by that truck Company by now. He
caused a lot of trouble when I was an
asphalt pumper.

KEVIN
He still does.

WALT
Come on...we'll take the cart.

Kevin gets up, pulling his radio out of his holster and
removes the battery, replacing it with a fresh one from
the charger.

CUT TO.

EXT. PUMP HOUSE - DAY

Walt and Kevin walk over to the orange Taylor Dunn
electric cart. Walt removes the extension cord and
hangs it over the fire hydrant.

WALT
Lets roll!

CUT TO.

EXT. MAIN ROADWAY - DAY

Overlooking the main roadway, the cart moves down the
road. At the crossroads, the cart is seen turning
right. A little further down, they pull behind a semi-
truck.

CUT TO.

EXT. BACK ROADWAY - DAY

WALT
Could be sleeping in the cab?

Walk knocks on the cab's door. Kevin checks out the
rack. Hearing nothing, Walt opens the door, only to see
the hard hat and safety glasses lying on the driver's
seat. Walt stares out in the Tank Farm.

WALT
(to himself)
Where are you, big guy?

KEVIN
I better disconnect our off-loading
hose from his truck.

WALT
Good idea. When we get back to the
control room, I'll call Sherry...tell
her to call Red's dispatcher to have
someone come out and pick up their
truck from our rack. Maybe this time
they'll do something about this guy.

KEVIN
I sure hope so.

In the cart, Walt steps on the accelerator, making a
sharp u-turn, heading back towards the crossroads. Walt
hits the brakes.

KEVIN
You see Red?

WALT
Another problem child.

Walt points in the direction of the gasoline tanks on
the other side of the crossroads.

CUT TO.

EXT TANK FARM - DAY

Steve is walking the firewall. He shoots both arms
straight up in the air, then back down and up again.

Steve is shouting something but Kevin and Walt are too
far to hear what he is saying. They continue watching
Steve until he walks down the stairs and is out of
sight.

EXT. TANK FARM - NIGHT

Steve opens a valve on a gasoline tank. Sweat pours
down the sides of his face. The sensor lights come on
in the Tank Farm.

Steve throws his hard hat up against the large white
tank, and then notices a crow perched on top of a lamp
post.

NOON
(talking to the crow)
They're all pumpfucks! They can talk
about me at the shack...but not out
here.
(screams)
Out here is my place!

The crow takes off, swooping down on Steve. He dodges
the crow. It lands on the handrail of the stairs that
crosses over the firewall.

NOON
Stupid fuckin birdo.

Steve picks up his hat and slowly walks over to the
stairs where the crow sits. Much to Steve's surprise,
the crow does not move when Steve sits down on the
bottom step. He notices some brown fluid dripping from
the crow's beak.

NOON
Are you sick, birdos? You keep hanging
around this place, you're going to be
deados.

The crow caws, takes off and flies towards the asphalt
tanks. Steve heads out into the Tank Farm, singing an
old Loudon Wainwright the Third song called "Wine with
Dinner."

NOON
(singing)
Went downtown to get in trouble, I
accomplished that. Had some drinks,
flew off the handle, right off of the
bat. Oh, drinks before dinner and wine
with dinner and after dinner drinks...

CUT TO:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Javier comes over the radio.

JAVIER (O.S)
Mr. Kev. I got the manifest. Line me up
with a.r. four thousand. I'm at the
rail car rack now, getting two cars
ready to load.

KEVIN
Okay, roger that. I'll get you lined
up.

Beep! beep! beep! The continuous blast of horns from the
number two heater alarm is loud and ear-piercing in the
control room.

Kevin jumps up and looks at the heater control panel.
The low flow light is on. He pushes the acknowledge
button. The blast from the horns stop.

Looking at the chart, Kevin sees only one unit of flow
registering.

KEVIN
(panicking)
I lost flow on the number two heater.

WALT
Check out your circulating pump first.
Call me if we have to line up another
pump.

KEVIN
Will do.

Kevin closes the gas valve shut on the board, then walks
out the door.

Javier enters the pump house through the back door. He
enters the control room where Walt is standing at the
heater control panel.

JAVIER
I heard the horns going off coming over
here. What happened?

WALT
(still looking at the chart)
Kevin lost flow on the number two
heater. He's checking out the pump.

Javier pulls out the manifest from his pocket and places
it on Kevin's desk, and walks over to Walt.

WALT
Something happening now...see the
needle jump?

JAVIER
Yeah, what's it normally set at?

WALT
Between five and ten units. The alarms
go off if it drops below three units.
He was showing zero units, but the
needle is jumping now from three to
five.

The needle on the heater chart jumps up to seven units
and holds there.

WALT
He must have found the problem.

Walt gets on the base radio.

WALT
Kevin, you're holding at seven units.

KEVIN (O.S)
Roger that. Pump is back on. Looks
okay, discharge pressure is normal.
Walt, I'm going to re-set the safety
latch. I'll call you when you can turn
the gas back on.

WALT
Standing by.

JAVIER
Steve Noon.

WALT
What about Steve?

JAVIER
I bet he shut off Kevin's pump.

WALT
Why would Steve do something like that?

JAVIER
Steve is Steve. There's no
rational thinking when it comes to him.

KEVIN (O.S)
Okay, Walt, latch it up.

Walt turns the gas knob back to auto.

WALT
Gas is on.

KEVIN (O.S)
Thank you, Walt.

A minute later, Kevin enters the control room.

KEVIN
Glad that went well. I get nervous
when things like that happen.

WALT
Did you have to re-set the breaker?

KEVIN
No, the breaker switch didn't trip.
So I just went over to the pump, hit
the start button and it kicked back on.

Javier sits down at Steve's desk.

JAVIER
I rest my case.

KEVIN
(looks at Walt)
What does he mean?

WALT
For some reason, Javier thinks Steve
shut your pump off. I can't see it.

Kevin is watching closely at his units of flow for the number
two heater.

KEVIN
I don't think I've done anything to get
him pissed off at me.

The control room door flies open, startling all. Steve
comes in, sweating.

NOON
(to Javier)
Get the fuck out of my chair, rail car
loader.

JAVIER
Why did you shut off Kevin's pump,
asshole?

What happens next, happens very fast. Too fast for Walt
to get between them. Steve is a blur and on top of
Javier before Javier himself even knows what is
happening.

Steve closes his hands around Javier's neck and lifts
him right out of the seat. He shoves Javier up against
the gasoline panel board. Javier's face smashes into
the control buttons. All the while Steve is screaming.

NOON
I'll kill you...you motherfuck...don't
accuse...I'll kill you, pumpfuck.

Walt gets between them, but not before Javier lands a
left uppercut to Steve's jaw. Blood flows from Steve's
mouth. Kevin backs up against the heater panel.

WALT
(angry)
It's over...back off, Steve. Don't give
me any more reason to call the night
super in on this. Both of you
would be fired, guaranteed.

Steve backs up to his desk. Javier moves next to Kevin.

WALT
Javier, have a seat at Kevin's desk.
Steve, outside.

CUT TO.

EXT. OUTSIDE OF PUMP HOUSE - NIGHT

WALT
What the hell were you thinking, Steve?

Steve spits out blood, wipes his mouth with his arm.

NOON
You heard him accuse me of shutting off
Kevin's pump. What fuckin' pump? Fuck
this place. I was looking for a job
when I found this one.

WALT
Look, Steve, I don't want either of you
two to lose your job over this. Take a
walk out in the Tank Farm. Cool off.

Steve Noon gives Walt a nod and walks off.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Javier is rubbing the side of his face. Walt walks in.

JAVIER
I'm very sorry, Mr. Walt. I didn't
think he would go ballistic on me. And
I hit him out of self defense.

WALT
You're right, you didn't think. Now what
happened here, stays here. Are we both
clear on that?

Kevin and Javier speak over each other.

JAVIER
Yes sir.

KEVIN
Understood.

WALT
Javier, stay away from Steve tonight.

JAVIER
Will do, Mr. Walt

Walt sits down at his desk and the phone for the outside
line rings.

WALT
Peedmont refinery, tank farm
department.
(pause)
He's right here.

Walt raises his arm behind his head toward Kevin.

KEVIN
Thanks...hello?

Janet is on the other end. She is standing in their
living room, facing the television. On the screen is a
tank fire from some refinery in Texas. Very bright
orange flames shooting up into the night sky with dark
smoke billowing out from the flames.

JANET (O.S)
There's a refinery fire in Texas.

KEVIN
I suppose you want me to quit right now
and come home?

JANET (O.S)
No, but you can give them your two week
notice. I don't want to be a widow with
child. There are eight men missing.
You know what that means. Eight men
dead!

KEVIN
(pissed)
Not necessarily. Look, I can't talk
about this right now.

JANET (O.S)
(upset)
Oh we are going to talk or we are going
to talk divorce.

KEVIN
Is that what you really want? I can
not talk now. This is not the right
time, Janet. Later, when I get home.
Bye.

Kevin hands the phone to Walt and walks into the
lunchroom.

KEVIN
(walking to lunchroom)
There's a refinery fire in Texas, guess
I better quit now.

Walt and Javier can see that Kevin's upset.

WALT
Listen, these rail cars don't have to
be ready till Monday afternoon, being
it's only Friday, why don't you load
just two cars then train on the asphalt
side with Kevin. Might do both of you
some good.

JAVIER
That would be great. Thanks, Mr. Walt.

Walt takes off outside. Kevin enters the control room
again with a bottled tea.

JAVIER
Walt said I can train with you after I
load two rail cars.

KEVIN
(still upset)
That will be fine.

Kevin sits back down at his desk going over his notes,
sipping his tea.

JAVIER
Mr. Kev, if it ain't too much of a
problem...can you tell me how we make
asphalt?

Kevin places his notes back into his pocket.

KEVIN
Sure. We receive crude from our
pipeline into the storage tanks. From
there we pump it to the crude unit.
The unit pumps it through a pre-heater
which heats up the oil to six hundred
degrees.

KEVIN
From there it is pumped to a
distillation tower. See crude is made
up of a mixture of hydrocarbons...so
they heat the crude in this tower...if
you get lost or have a question let me
know.

JAVIER
Will do, Mr. Kev.

Javier is happy to see Kevin beginning to calm down.

KEVIN
At different sections of the tower, the
crude is heated at different
temperatures. Different products boil
off at different temperatures...for
instance, diesel fuel boils off at five
hundred and fifty degrees. Kerosene at
four hundred and ten degrees.

KEVIN
LPG at one hundred and seventy
degrees. The less temperature, the
lighter the product. Like for gasoline
blends. The bottom and highest temps are
is the residuals; the asphalt. You
with me still?

JAVIER
Think so.

KEVIN
I'm not going to get too deep into this
tonight. When the product is boiled
off, it turns into vapors which is feed
through another column, some type of
heat exchanger which cools down the
vapors so it turns back into a
liquid.

KEVIN
But all you need to know right now is
what tanks hold what products and what
products are lined to the racks. Plus,
I'll teach you how to switch tanks in
and out of the heaters at the shipping
pumps.

JAVIER
Sounds great.. I'm ready. Don't want
to be a loader all my life...I want to
become an operator.

KEVIN
You will, everything is repetitious
around here.

Kevin drinks his tea.

CUT TO:

INT. SCALE HOUSE - NIGHT

Steve stands in the staging area, Sherry is talking on
the phone. She hangs up and walks over to Steve and
opens the bottom section of the Dutch door.

SHERRY
How's my outlaw operator doing tonight?

NOON
You smell delicious, Sher.

SHERRY
(sexy smile)
I've been told I taste even better.

NOON
I bet you do. And I want to taste your
taste...so how would you like a tour of
the Tank Farm tonight.

SHERRY
Tonight is perfect. I have no more
trucks scheduled in tonight.

Sherry places her arms over Steve's shoulders.

NOON
Oh, you're going to have something coming
in tonight.

Sherry giggles.

SHERRY
Will I need coveralls?

NOON
I'll get those for you. In fact that's
all you will need. Understand dear?

Sherry lifts up her tee-shirt. Her black bra hugs her
breast.

SHERRY
The bra and panties will go also.

NOON
That's what I'm talking about.

Sherry kisses Steve on the lips.

SHERRY
My girlfriend is off work tonight.
I'll call her. She's getting some
dynamite weed. She can bring us a
joint.

NOON
You haven't called her yet!

WALT (O.S)
Steve. Come in, Steve.

Steve moves away from Sherry looking disgusted.

NOON
Speak to me.

WALT (O.S)
You can start the gasoline blend up. I
have recorded all the numbers on the
blending panel.

Steve pretends to press down on the mic, switch.

NOON
Well whoopy-do you logged in some
numbers. Maybe next time you can get
your lazy veterans ass out of your
chair and get out here and twist on
some fuckin' valves.

Steve does a little jig.

WALT (O.S)
You copy, Steve?

This time he presses down on the mic, switch.

NOON
Yeah, I copy.

SHERRY
You're terrible, Steve.

NOON
That's why you like me baby.

Steve does his jig out the door. He walks down the
main road and hears the motor of a VW Bug. He turns to
look and sees a shiny blue bug pull up to the front of
the scale house.

NOON
(thinking)
Must be Sherry's girlfriend.

Steve moves quickly to the side of the road and climbs
over the firewall to the other side. He removes his
hard hat and slowly scoots back up and peeks over the
top.

Sherry comes out and walks over to the VW. A small-
framed woman comes out of the vehicle and hugs Sherry.
Steve cringes.

NOON
Sherry has to be the man in that
relationship.

The two women begin to kiss. Steve's stomach turns, but
something makes him stay and watch.

NOON
I'm going to make you forget about your
girlfriend tonight Sherry. She's
looking for something hard, girlfriend.

The small woman pulls something out from her jacket
pocket.

NOON
The joint!

Steve slides down the firewall and heads off into the
asphalt tank farm.

CUT TO.

EXT.TANK FARM - NIGHT

Steve walks in the middle of the main road. At the
crossroads, he glances over to the asphalt tanks and
sees something floating under the rolls of pipes between
the tanks. He heads over to investigate.

Steve hears the cawing of the crow.

He looks up and sees the crow perched on a steam line, up
on the overhead pipe rack. The crow's talons are
smoking.

NOON
Get off that steam line, you stupid
fuckin' birdo.

Steve picks up a rock and throws it at the crow.
Steve's hat falls off. It's a direct hit but the crow
does not move.

The rock is absorbed by the bird. Steve leaves the bird
and hard hat behind. He heads over between the two
tanks where the mist is under the pipes.

Standing there surrounded by four large asphalt tanks,
Steve stares at the bluish-green mist that is now moving
out from under the pipes and in his direction.

Steve smells raw sewage coming from out of the mist.

The mist stops. It changes shape and color, forming
into a large diameter circle and is now a thick, dark
green slurry.

The slurry is stewing and seething right in front of
him.

NOON
(sings softly)
Don't go out tonight, it's bound to
take your life. There's a bad moon on
the rise.

Small clumps of dead vegetation are randomly popping up
in the circle of slime. Steve does not move, it's as if he's
in a trance.

In the middle of the bubbling slurry, a hideous stump
with over fifty long tentacles slowly comes up to the
surface. Some of the tentacles slither out of the boiling pit.
They twist and turn moving towards Steve.

NOON
(coming from pit)
Destroy all pumpfucks without
retribution. You are you but you may
become us.

NOON
(feeling calm)
Yes, I am you...was always you.

Some of the tentacles wrap themselves around Steve. The
small slits on the tentacles look like toothless
mouths. They are secreting a brownish fluid as they
open and close. More of these demon arms begin wrapping themselves
around Steve.

As Steve opens his mouth to say something, a tentacle
quickly slips down his throat. They all drag Steve toward
the murky slurry.

The large stump sinks down into the pit taking its
tentacles and Steve down with it.

CUT TO:

EXT. - NIGHT

Walt walks out the back door of the pump house and turns
south towards the crude unit. He walks down a cement
slab, with rows of pumps on his left and right. The
pump at the end (left side) is making a sound as if it
is pumping marbles.

WALT
Crude unit come in, unit.

DARWIN BENNETT (O.S)
Go ahead, my man.

WALT
Darwin, your southeast pump on the slab
is cavitating.

DARWIN (O.S.)
Got a man coming out now...you stopping
by?

WALT
I'm at your backdoor, buddy.

Walt is close to the building, when a rugged looking man
comes walking out. It is JACK CLARK.

JACK
Thanks, Walt. This pump has been
gassing up ever since we came on.

Jack continues on towards the pumps.

INT. CRUDE UNIT CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt enters from the side door and hears:

ERIC (V.O.)
Crawl for them, boy.

DARWIN (V.O.)
In yo dreams, punk...Domino!

Bam! The slamming down of an ivory cube is heard. Walt
walks around the large panel board and into the main
room. DARWIN BENNETT sits on one side of the desk,
while ERIC TAYLOR sits on the opposite side. RUDY DIAZ,
a small man of about 5ft. 4in. stands at the far desk
putting pint sample cans into a carrying rack.

DARWIN
What bees the deal, my brother?

Darwin scoops up the green tiles.

WALT
The usual...Steve is out of control.
One truck driver is missing. Left his
truck at rack sixteen.

Darwin picks up a tile, tossing it in the air. Looks at
Walt as he catches it.

DARWIN
You used to give me some competition as
I recall.

WALT
I learned to quit while behind.

DARWIN
They come and they go.

Darwin looks toward Rudy.

DARWIN
Where are you going, brother?

RUDY
It's time to pull the rundown samples.

DARWIN
No, Eric lost this game...he'll pull
the samples. Eric, out of the chair.
Rudy, get ya ass in this chair.

WALT
(to Eric and Rudy)
I'll come back sometime, you guys, and
tell you some stories about your head
operator when he worked over in the
Tank Farm department.

ERIC
Yeah, we would dig that.

DARWIN
And speaking of the Tank Farm...it
sounds like it's falling apart over
there. You may want to get your white
ass back over there.

Walt Laughs.

WALT
You may be right about that, my
brother.

Darwin tosses another tile back and forth.

DARWIN
You know where to find me, if you change
your mind.

CUT TO:

EXT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Looking through the small glass window pane on the north
door of the pump houses control room, is a face with very
thin brown hair, a balding head and a dazed look in the
eyes.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Kevin comes out from the lunchroom and sees the face
looking in and waves him to come on in. The small but
heavy-set man walks in. He just stands there but,
doesn't say a word.

KEVIN
Can I help you?

SECURITY RALPH
I'm your new security guard. My name
is RALPH. You can call me security
Ralph.

KEVIN
Okay, security Ralph, you can call me
Kevin.

They shake hands.

SECURITY RALPH
The super wants me to go around to all
the departments and meet all of you.
Haven't met everyone yet.

Kevin sits at his desk, looking through the drawers.

KEVIN
Damn! Ralph, you have access to the
front offices, right?

SECURITY RALPH
I have the keys to the front offices.

KEVIN
Can you get us a couple of reams of
printing paper, the regular size?

Ralph salutes.

SECURITY RALPH
Security Ralph out.

Ralph leaves the control room out the north door. Walt
comes in through the back door (west).

KEVIN
I just met our new security guard. I
think Dan is right...straight from the
twilight zone. Not a bad person just a
little out there.

WALT
Better take my meds.

KEVIN
No need. He's not like Steve. He's
more timid, I would say.

WALT
No, it's time. In fact it's time to
eat. I pack more than I can eat so how
about some homemade bean and ham soup?

KEVIN
Sounds good. I can have it with my
sandwich. Hell, now I'm excited to eat.

Walt chuckles.

WALT
I think we are all a little out there.

KEVIN
What are you trying to say there, Walt?

Both men laugh.

CUT TO:

INT. SCALE HOUSE - NIGHT

Sherry takes a long look at Steve as he walks into her
office. He looks younger, stronger. His hair looks
clean and freshly combed.

He carries a pair of coveralls over his left shoulder.

NOON
This is for you, baby.

Steve lays them on Sherry's lap. Sherry grabs both his
hands as she sits in her chair.

SHERRY
(excited)
You're looking very hot to me, Steve. I
don't get too many chances to have the
pleasure of hard meat inside of me.
Give it to me hot and hard tonight, ok,
baby?

NOON
I will have you boiling inside tonight.

Steve hands Sherry a piece of paper.

NOON
This is the map to the place we will meet.
When you hear me on the radio, saying
the famous last words of Gary Gilmore;
"LETS DO IT," it will be time.

SHERRY
I don't know who Gary Gilmore is, but I
will be ready, Freddy.

Steve kisses Sherry on top of her bald head, then walks
out.

SHERRY
Who was that man?

She reaches for the small post-it labels and writes on
it:STEVE'S CODE-->LETS DO IT.

CUT TO:

INT. LUNCH ROOM - NIGHT

Kevin and Walt are in the lunch room eating when they
hear the front door to the control room open. They hear
footsteps then silence.

KEVIN
We're in the lunch room.

Security Ralph walks in with a ream of paper under each
arm.

KEVIN
Alright you pulled it off.

SECURITY RALPH
(confused)
Huh?

KEVIN
You completed your mission.

SECURITY RALPH
Oh yeah, there's a whole cabinet full.

Walt gets up, taking the paper from Ralph and placing it
on the table.

WALT
My name is Walt. I'm the head operator
in this psycho ward. You must be
security Ralph.

Walt shakes his hand.

WALT
A pleasure to meet you.

SECURITY RALPH
You can call me security Ralph.

WALT
Well security Ralph, how about sharing
some homemade soup with Kevin and me?

SECURITY RALPH
Okay...are there any onions in the
soup?

WALT
I think there may be. I just put in
what I can find around the house.

Walt grabs a bowl from the cupboard. The soup simmers
on the stove. Walt gives Ralph a spoon and a bowl of
soup. He picks up the reams of paper and walks into the
control room.

SECURITY RALPH
Thank you...if I see any onions I'll
just take them out.

WALT (V.O.)
You can even take out the lizard heads
if you want.

SECURITY RALPH
(to Kevin)
Is he joking, I hope?

KEVIN
Whatever is in here, it's delicious.

Walt comes back in and continues eating. Ralph stirs
the soup thoroughly. Walt thinks he's looking for the
onions. Kevin knows it's the lizard heads he's looking
for.

SECURITY RALPH
I have to visit the Crude Unit group
next.

WALT
Have you met Sherry yet?

SECURITY RALPH
(serious look)
She makes me feel uneasy. She gets
right up next to me when she talks.
Touches my arms.

WALT
You lucky bastard.

JAVIER (O.S)
Mr. Kev. Ready to load the rail cars.

KEVIN
Damn, I forgot about him.

Kevin gets on his radio.

KEVIN
Javier, give me a few minutes. I'll get
you lined up.

JAVIER (O.S)
Message received and noted, my friend.

WALT
Have him come down for some soup.

KEVIN
Good idea.

Kevin has the mic up to his mouth.

KEVIN
Javier, come down to the pump house.
Walt just heated up his homemade soup.

JAVIER (O.S)
Thank you, I'll be there.

CUT TO:

EXT. FRONT OF PUMP HOUSE - NIGHT

Walt drives towards the pump house in the cart. Kevin
is coming back from lining up Javier to load tank cars.
He sees Walt approaching and waits outside. Walt pulls up and gets out with an armful of
paper.

KEVIN
I'll get the door.

WALT
Thanks. I'm beginning to feel more
like a secretary than a refinery
operator.

CUT TO

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt tosses the paper on his desk while Kevin moves
around to the heater charts, keeping a watch on the flow
charts. A loud thud comes from the lunch room.

WALT
What the hell was that?

A rotting decaying voice comes over the radio waves.

(O.S.)
It's time to rock and roll, PUMPFUCKS!

DAN
Enough of that on the radio.

KEVIN
It didn't sound like Steve but that's
his favorite word it seems.

WALT
Lets see what that noise was.

CUT TO.

INT. LUNCH ROOM - NIGHT

Kevin switches on the light in the lunchroom causing the
fluorescent lights to flicker before illuminating the
room.

Right away Kevin notices the ceiling panel partially
opened at the far West end of the room.

KEVIN
Walt, back corner.

Both slowly walk up to the opening in the ceiling. They
hear noises. Humming and fluttering sounds.

WALT
What is that noise?

KEVIN
Rats maybe?

WALT
Lets move the table over here.

They move the lunch table in the corner, right below the
opening of the panel.

WALT
Still not high enough to look in. We
need a chair.

KEVIN
Got it.

Walt jumps up on the table. Kevin hands him a chair.

WALT
Grab my flashlight, it's near the base
radio.

Walt lines the chair under the opening then steps up on
it. Kevin enters the lunchroom, handing Walt his Mag-
Lite.

WALT
Hold the legs of the chair steady.

KEVIN
Be careful.

INT. ATTIC CRAWL SPACE - NIGHT

Walt pops his head in the small crawl space. He turns
on his flashlight. He sees conduit wires running along
the ceiling floor.

He points the light down to the west end where the
sounds seem to be coming from. Walt sees a large dust
cloud.

KEVIN (V.O.)
Can you see what's up there?

WALT
Too much dust stirring around up here.

WALT
(whispers to himself)
What is that?

The fluttering sounds are getting louder and the dust
cloud seems to be moving towards Walt.

WALT
Hooooly shiiit!

Walt quickly ducks his head out of the opening.

INT. LUNCH ROOM - NIGHT

KEVIN
What is it?

Walt attempts to slide the panel closed but is too late.
The swarm of flying cockroaches flees from its dark hole,
knocking Walt off his chair and onto the table.

Kevin helps him to his feet. The winged roaches
continue to pour out of the opening.

WALT
(screaming)
Out of the room!

They make it out, slamming the door shut behind them.
Some of the roaches make it out also. A few land on the
wall in the hallway.

Some land on Kevin's back. Walt slaps the roaches off
and they immediately attack Walt's face. He fights them
off as they run out the backdoor.

EXT. ASPHALT HEATERS - NIGHT

They lean up against the three foot brick wall that
surrounds the two asphalt heaters.

WALT
Damn, I've seen weird ass insects in
the Nam, but that's expected...we were
in a jungle. But this...where in the
hell did these things come from?

KEVIN
I think down in Mexico, where the
weather is hot...they could have flying
roaches like these, I think.

Walt gets on the radio and calls Ralph.

SECURITY RALPH (O.S)
Security Ralph here.

WALT
Ralph, we need you to get in the
warehouse and bring some bug spray to
the Pump house. Bring a case if you
can.

SECURITY RALPH (O.S)
Security Ralph out.

KEVIN
Maybe we should go with something with
a little more punch.

WALT
Suggesting?

Kevin leans back and points to the portable torch in the
left corner.

WALT
As long as we don't burn down the
building...that may become plan B.

Five minutes pass before the Company jeep is seen coming
down the back road heading their way.

Ralph drives up to Walt and Kevin. Walt walks over to
the passengers side.

SECURITY RALPH
There's half a case in the back.

Kevin takes out the box from the back.

KEVIN
Thank you, Ralph.

Kevin takes the box to the brick wall.

SECURITY RALPH
You won't need my help, will you? I'd
rather not be around bugs. They give me
the willies.

Walt leans into the jeep.

WALT
Yeah, we feel the same way about these
babies. If this doesn't work...we have
plan B.

Ralph grins with his lips tightly shut.

SECURITY RALPH
Good luck, you two.

Ralph makes a u-turn and drives back up front.

WALT
Looks like it's just the two of us,
partner.

Kevin pulls out two cans from the box and pops off the
tops with his thumbs. He twirls the cans in his hands,
then holsters them to his side as if he is holding a
couple of six shooters.

WALT
Okay, Billy the Kid, I hope your aim is
just as good.

Walt grabs two cans also. Drops the caps in the box.

CUT TO.

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

They move inside the hallway, at a cautious pace. Walt
gets to the lunchroom door and places his ear up against
it.

KEVIN
You hear them?

WALT
It's quiet, but we go in spraying.
Take no prisoners.

KEVIN
Okay, ready!

Walt grabs the handle and lets the door fly open. They
both go into the defense attack, spraying and
screaming.

They both stop. Feeling somewhat foolish. The room is
empty.

KEVIN
Where did they go?

WALT
Straight to hell, I hope.

Walt rushes over to the table and gets back on the
chair. Kevin holds the chair legs again. Walt slides
the panel closed. Walt gets off the table.

NOON
Lets do it!

WALT
I'll put in a work order for
maintenance to fumigate up there first
thing Monday morning. Better put a
note in our passbook to keep that panel
shut.

CUT TO:

EXT. TANK FARM - NIGHT

Sherry White walks out of the Scale house wearing only
the coveralls Steve gave her. She can feel the night's
cold air and shivers as she walks down the main
roadway.

She gets to the crossroads and veers off to the left.
Sherry stops and reads the map again. Map reads:
TURN LEFT AT THE CROSSROADS. WHEN YOU
GET TO THE FIRST TWO TANKS ON YOUR
RIGHT, THE ONES WITH ALUMINUM
INSULATION, WALK BETWEEN THEM. ONCE ON
THE OTHER SIDE, YOU WILL SEE TWO TANKS
IN FRONT OF YOU. WALK OVER TO THE TANK
ON YOUR RIGHT. SIT ON THE STAIRS OF
THE TANK. BE READY FOR IT!

Sherry tears up the note and tosses it into a green
trash can on the side of the road. She makes her way
over to the rendezvous tank.

She sits on the bottom step of the stairs and pulls out
a match book and one joint from her top pocket. She
strikes the match across the striking pad. A yellowish-
blue flame appears at the tip of the match.

She takes her first hit, holding it in while gazing out
into the night's Tank Farm. She exhales slowly. The
smoke drifts low to the ground due to the nights
dampness.

Sherry gets up takes another hit and leans up against
the tank's wall. She hears noise out in the distance.

The humming of pumps. Loud banging sounds, are making
her giggle. She pictures a man out there banging on a
pipe with a hammer.

SHERRY
Oh this is potent. Not so scary out
here now.

Sherry pulls the zipper of her coveralls down to her
naval. She begins to fondle her tits with one hand,
while puffing on the joint with the other.

She hears noise coming from the far side of the tank.
Steve appears from around the corner.

SHERRY
(handing the pot to Steve)
You're going to do me fast and hard, baby.

Steve, not saying a word takes the joint and swallows it.

SHERRY
Hey!

Steve kisses her hungrily on the mouth. Her passion
grows. She can feel her hot juices running down her
legs.

Sherry runs her hands through Steve's thick hair. She
feels something slimy between her fingers. Looking up
she notices Steve's hairs turning into pink worms.

Before she can scream, Steve grabs her face and
smashes her head against the side of the tank. She
fades in and out of consciousness.

She comes to. One of Steve's hands is tightly wrapped
around her throat.

STEVE'S FACE - NIGHT

His head of worms is blowing in his self made wind.
There are dark sockets instead of eyes. Deep gashes on
his face are oozing out yellow pus. A cockroach squirms
out of one cut and crawls back into another.

Sherry would scream if she only could. Steve slaps her
face.

NOON
Don't pass out on me now, bitch. I have
something hot for you.

With one hand around her throat and a knee in her gut,
Steve brings his other hand out from behind his back.

STEVE'S HAND - NIGHT

A bubbling black glob of four hundred degree asphalt, shaped like
a tiny Buddha, sits on his palm. It's tiny arms reach
out to Sherry. Smoke and fumes emanate from the boiling
Buddha.

Steve forces the hot asphalt into her mouth.

NOON
(screeches)
Hot ass-phalt cummm-innng in. Are you
hot and ready?

You can see her terror and pain in her eyes, as the
burning asphalt makes its way down her throat inside
her. It burns her tissues, organs, and muscles on its
way down.

In a simultaneous blast, the hot tar shoots back up and
out of her eyes, nose, mouth and ears.

A long and grotesque tongue spirals out from Steve's
mouth and wraps itself around Sherry's neck. Steve
drags her lifeless body across the Tank Farm.

SMASH CUT.

INT. LAB - NIGHT

The working section of the lab has three long tables, well-equipped with microscopes, beakers, testing machines for different types of test.

Wilson, a small Oriental, sits at the end of one table, dialing Walt's extension.

WILSON
Walt, I still haven't...

The side door opens and Steve walks in with a smile.

WILSON
Never mind, he just walked in.

CUT TO.


EXT. RAIL CAR LOADING RACK - NIGHT

Located at the far south side of the refinery is the
rail car loading rack. It stands fourteen feet up and
runs about fifty yards from east to west.

Javier is on top of a rail car, opening the dome. He
walks off the car onto the ramp and back on the walkway over
to the hand crank.

He is lowering the loading spout into the empty rail
car's dome.

SEXY WOMAN'S VOICE INSIDE RAIL CAR
(V.O.)
Party with me down here.

Javier immediately turns the crank in the opposite
direction to raise the spout out of the car.

JAVIER
(panic in his voice)
Hang on, lady, I'll get you out. You
could have been killed.

The loading spout is cleared and Javier gets back on top
of the rail car. He gets to his knees and pulls out his
flashlight. He shines it down into the car. The light
dims, then goes out completely.

JAVIER
Damn it. I can't see you.

SEXY WOMAN'S VOICE INSIDE RAIL CAR
(V.O.)
Party with me Jav...cum on me.

JAVIER
(now excited)
Who's down there? How do you know my
name?

Now more interested in the woman, Javier tosses his hard
hat over to the ramp. He grabs hold of the outer rim of
the dome and slowly lowers himself into the rail car.
He hangs there, finally lets go and makes a three point
landing. (feet, ass, and head).

CUT TO.

INT. RAIL CAR - NIGHT

Except for the lighting from the rack, shining down
into the rail car, the rest of the car inside is pitch
black at both ends. Javier can see clear around him, as
long as he stays beneath the open dome. Javier rubs his
head from the fall.

JAVIER
Hey lady...where are you?

At that moment down at the west end, a bright greenish-
glow radiates from the corner. Javier hears a voice
coming from within the green glow. The voice sounds inhuman.
It has a gritty sound as if it has gravel in its
throat.

VOICE IN CORNER OF RAIL CAR (V.O.)
Party with me...cum on me...get the
fuck in here with me.

JAVIER
I'm not in control here.

Just then, Steve pops his head into the dome from up on
top. Javier sees him.

JAVIER
Steve, get me out of here. There's
something in here with me.

NOON
(calm)
Did you get your bodily entry permit
and your confined space permit, before
entering this vessel?

JAVIER
(screaming)
Stop screwing around and get me out!

The green-glow lights up bright enough for Javier to see
two giant leeches sliding along the inner walls heading
in his direction.

NOON
Nothing to it, but to do it.

Steve moves off the rail car to the walkway and starts
to crank the loading spout back down into the rail car.

NOON
(yells)
Can you reach up to the loading spout?

JAVIER (V.O.)
Yeah!

NOON
Okay, hang onto it and I will pull you
up.

JAVIER (V.O.)
I'm on...crank it up now.

Steve does just that. Cranking it up fast. The loading
spout moves up, out from the dome. Javier is hanging on
tightly. Steve locks it into position. Javier steps on
the rail car letting go of the spout. Steve runs back
on the rail car to Javier.

JAVIER
We need to get Walt out here. There's
something down in this car.

NOON
If there is...let's get rid of it.

Steve grabs hold of the loading spout valve and shoves
it into the open position. The four hundred degree
liquid asphalt comes out with a blast. That's when
Javier notices Steve's hair is now silver. Small chunks
of his flesh fall from his face into the rail car. A
wicked grin comes across Steve's face.

NOON
Nothing to it, but to do it!

With effective speed and super strength, Steve grabs
Javier at his ankles, lifting him right off his feet. He
shoves the upper part of Javier's body into the rail
car's dome.

The boiling liquid burns off his face and skin to his
upper torso. Steve lets go of his legs and the burning
corpse falls into the car as it fills up with asphalt.

SMASH CUT:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt is sipping on his Diet Coke. Kevin is writing in
his passbook. Walt's phone rings.

WALT
Pump house.

CUT TO.

INT. SCALE HOUSE - NIGHT

Security Ralph is pacing back and forth looking out the
bay window.

INTERCUT:

SECURITY RALPH
(nervous)
Security Ralph here. I'm at the
Scales. Sherry called me to bring down
some computer paper. Said she was
out...but she is nowhere around.

WALT
Relax, Ralph. I'm sure she'll be back.
Probably went up front to get something
to eat from the vending machines.

SECURITY RALPH
(flops in chair)
Okay, I'll wait here awhile.

Ralph hangs up.

CUT TO:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt takes a big swig from his Coke.

WALT
Our security guard is in a panic. He
can't find Sherry.

KEVIN
Speaking of missing persons, Javier was
supposed to call me when he got product
flow.

Kevin walks over to the base radio.

KEVIN
Javier, are you getting any flow yet?

No answer.

WALT
Maybe Steve has seen them.

Walt gets on the base radio.

WALT
Steve. Come in, Steve.

No answer.

WALT
Steve call the Pump House if you can
hear this.

Walt looks over to Kevin.

WALT
Probably has his radio shut off. He
does it enough. Look I'm going to take
a ride to the Scales and check on
Ralph. If you like, we can stop by the
rail car rack and check on Javier.

KEVIN
Great.

CUT TO.

EXT. TANK FARM - NIGHT

Kevin unplugs the cord from the outlet as Walt jumps
into the drivers seat. They pass the Crude Unit and see
Darwin and Jack out on the pump slab.

WALT
I wonder if they're still having
problems with that pump?

They wave as they go by. Kevin leans out of the cart
watching for any type of movement up on the rail car
rack.

KEVIN
Looks deserted up there.

They pull up to the East end of the rack.

CUT TO.

EXT. RAIL CAR RACK - NIGHT

They walk up the stairs and stop to stare down the long
deserted walkway. A mist filters through the dim lights
along the rack. Walt and Kevin slowly make their way to
the west end of the rack. Kevin leans up against the
railing, looking out at the deserted land in front
of them

KEVIN
Why did they build this refinery so far
away from the city?

WALT
Zoning laws, I expect. Too dangerous to
be planted right in the middle of town.

KEVIN
You know, because of the gas rationing,
my friends are asking me to steal some
gas for them.

WALT
What do you tell them?

KEVIN
Hell, I won't take any for myself.
Afraid of getting caught and losing
this job.

WALT
It would be easy, though. A five-gallon
can...take it from the sample spout of
the tank. I even heard that someone
drove their car in. Drove it right up
to a tank. Hooked up a rubber hose to
the sample line and filled his car up.

KEVIN
Who? Do you know who?

Walt laughs.

WALT
If I tell you, I would have to kill
you. You're right, though. It's not
worth losing your job, for five gallons
or a fill-up...look, everything seems
to be secured up here. Let's go see
how our Security is holding up.

CUT TO.

EXT. BACKROAD - NIGHT

The cart heads down the bumpy dirt road. They pass the
lab and Walt hits the brakes.

KEVIN
You see one of them?

WALT
No, but all the lights are off at the
lab.

Walt switches into reverse and slowly backs up to the
lab. A small dim light shines in the back of the lab.

Walt and Kevin walk in.

WALT
Wilson! You here?

WILSON
(sitting at the back table, dim
light behind him in storage
room)
I'm here.

WALT
Why are the lights out?

WILSON
I do this when I'm on break. Relaxes
me. Kind of a zen thing.

WALT
That's okay...just never saw the lights
out like this before.

WILSON
You never came during my break before.

Kevin and Walt both felt creepy in there. Wilson looks
a little creepy also.

KEVIN
Hey Wilson, you haven't seen Javier,
Sherry or Steve lately?

WILSON
Steve was in here earlier with the
samples. He only brought in two
quarts. I told him I needed four
quarts, total. He's going to bring the
other two soon I hope. Haven't seen
the others.

WALT
Well call us if you see Javier or
Sherry.

Both of the men were near the door on their way out when
Wilson spoke.

WILSON
(muttering)
Fuck a pumper.

CUT TO.

EXT. BACK ROADWAY - NIGHT

They jump in the cart and take off.

KEVIN
Wow! That was weird.

WALT
This whole night is turning out weird.

CUT TO.

EXT. LAB. - NIGHT

Back at the lab looking in from the outside, barely
seeing Wilson but seeing enough as four arms on each side of his body, swing and flap around, knocking over
the beakers on the table. Wilson hisses.

CUT TO.

EXT. BACK ROADWAY - NIGHT

The cart heads down the bumpy dirt road and both men
notice Big Red's truck at rack sixteen is gone.

WALT
Great someone finally picked up Red's
truck. Hope they do something about
that man this time. He's been a thorn
in Peedmonts side for too many years.

CUT TO.

INT. SCALE HOUSE - NIGHT

Kevin and Walt enter the staging area. Walt reaches
over the lower part of the dutch door, opens it and they
enter the office.

WALT
What's up, Ralph?

SECURITY RALPH
She's nowhere. I took the jeep up
front. She wasn't there, either.
Nothing!

KEVIN
Well don't go ballistic on us, but we
can't find Javier or Steve, for that
matter, either.

SECURITY RALPH
Holy shit!

WALT
Calm down, Ralph. Here's what we are
going to do. I'll check the gasoline
side. Kevin, will check the asphalt
side. And Ralph, you patrol the back
roads and perimeter. If we come up
empty-handed, I'll have to get Dan in
on this but I'm sure they'll show up
before then.

Ralph jumps up from his seat.

SECURITY RALPH
(excited)
Got it. Security Ralph is on the hunt.

Ralph leaves the Scale house. Kevin has a bewildered look
on his face as he turns to Walt.

WALT
I guess that's what they're geared up
for.

Walt looks through some papers, scattered on the front
counter. Kevin moves to the side counter and does the
same.

KEVIN
What are we looking for?

WALT
I have no...

Kevin breaks in.

KEVIN
Walt, look at this.

Walt slides the chair over to Kevin. Kevin hands Walt a
small yellow post-it pad. It reads: STEVE'S CODE-->LETS
DO IT!

WALT
(surprised and puzzled)
They are together. Steve is tapping
Sherry.

KEVIN
You don't think Javier is with them?

WALT
There's not enough love between Steve
and Javier for a threesome. Lets check
out our areas. I know the first place
I'll be looking.

KEVIN
Where's that?

WALT
The gasoline truck loading building.
Remember they shut down loading to
repair the sprinkler system.

KEVIN
Right...do we meet back here?

WALT
Right on, my friend.

CUT TO:

EXT. TRUCK LOADING AREA - NIGHT

Walt keeps his eyes on the building. The lights around
the outside of the building are off. Only one light
shines through a small window from the bathroom. It
outlines the side of the building. Walt opens the gate.
He stays close to the fence keeping away from the
loading lights. He walks up to the main entrance
opposite the bathroom. The area is dark and the door
is partially open.

CUT TO.

INT. LOADING BUILDING - NIGHT

Walt steps inside and stops to listen for any movement
or noise. Only silence fills the building. He
continues toward the bathroom. Walt opens the door just to find it
empty. Walt moves over to the waiting room. The door
is ajar.

It creaks as he pushes it open. Walt runs his hand up
and down the wall to find the light switch, flips the
switch up, but no light comes on. Tries again, but no luck. He
pulls out his Mag-Lite and surveys the empty room. An
old rickety table and a few chairs occupy the room.

WALT
Damn, I really thought they would be
here.

Walt walks over to the window and stares outside. A
voice speaks out from the far corner of the room behind
him.

BIG RED
(shrieks)
I can piss faster than this.

Walt spins around so fast, he drops the flashlight and
the light goes out. He gropes for it in the dark, finds
it and turns it on. Walt shines it around the room to
where he hears the voice coming from.

The light finds Big Red standing in a corner of the
room. He looks like he is auditioning for "Night of
the Living Dead."

BIG RED
(voice cracks)
I won't need my safety gear.

White worms fall out from Red's mouth.

BIG RED
Could piss faster...

WALT
Nooooo!

Walt runs out the room and out of the building, not
stopping till he reaches the gated fence. He is out of
breath.

WALT
(to himself)
Need to double up on the meds. I'm
cracking up. Fuckin' Nam.

In a daze, Walt heads back to the Scale house.

SMASH CUT:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Darwin Bennett enters the control room. The receiver is
cranked up and the song, "I go Wild," by The Rolling Stones is playing.

DARWIN
Damn...we all hard of hearing in here.
Where is everyone?

Darwin walks over to the receiver and shuts it off. He
checks out the lunch room. Empty. He knocks on the
bathroom door.

DARWIN
Anyone home?

Darwin enters.

CUT TO.

INT. BATHROOM. NIGHT

The restroom is small. To his left is a sink. The
urinal is just right of that. The stall for the toilet
is enclosed and just right of the urinal.

Darwin sees large clumps of dark hair on the floor and
inside the sink's basin. He looks into the urinal and
finds more hair mixed with blood and urine. Darwin
steps back in disgust.

Then the stall door flies open and Steve jumps out.
Darwin lets out a small scream.

DARWIN
Damn, Steve...what bees the deal?

Steve looks like some kind of bizarre psycho. There are
only small patches of hair left on his head. He is
bleeding from the cuts and gashes on his scalp. Blood
runs down his face.

DARWIN
Who did this, Steve? You okay, brother?

NOON
Mighty fine!

The receiver comes back on again, the same song
blasting out in the control room.

NOON
My name is Steve Noon. I'm a loon, a
real moon goon.

Steve crams both hands into his mouth and stretches it
to the far sides of his face. It is as if he is made of
elastic. No longer looking like a mouth but a dark
cave, it's oozing out brown fluid.

The sliding door latch shuts itself with great
force. Darwin never hears it. His concentration on
Steve is hypnotic.

The creature shoves Darwin's head into it's dark pit.
The elastic mouth snaps back tight making it impossible
for Darwin to pull his head out.

Darwin immediately starts kicking frantically at the
door behind him. The creature swings Darwin's body
around, throwing him against the walls.

Darwin gets his feet up on the sink, trying to get
control, but the sink breaks away from the wall. The
pipes break spraying water everywhere.

Darwin's screams become muffled as the creature chomps
with sharp crunching sounds. Darwin's body goes limp.

He drops headless from the creature's mouth. In the
background, you can still hear the song, "I GO WILD."

CUT TO.

EXT. SCALE HOUSE - NIGHT

Walt comes around the corner of the scale house and sees
Kevin walking down the middle of the roadway also
heading towards the Scales. Walt peers into the window
and sees no one inside. He gets in the cart to meet
Kevin. Kevin gets in.


KEVIN
Didn't see anyone...did you find them at
the loading rack?

Walt looks over to Kevin. Kevin can see him shaking and a
look of fear on his face.

WALT
There is something wrong here. You may
think I lost it...and maybe I did. But
it was real to me. I need my meds.
Hell, maybe it's the meds that made me
see that.

KEVIN
(concerned)
See what, Walt?

WALT
In the keyrack building. I saw Big
Red...but he wasn't alive.

KEVIN
What?

WALT
He stood in the corner, spitting out
white worms. He was dead. You think
your head operator has gone over the
edge? I wouldn't blame you. I think
I'm losing it.

KEVIN
I don't know what you saw, Walt. But if
you said you seen it, I believe you. I
can't put my fingers on it, but when we
were up on the tank car rack, I felt
something evil near. Don't know what it
was but there was a presence there. And
it didn't make me feel good.

WALT
Thank you in believing. Look, we are
missing people, I saw some type of
apparition. We got to let others know.
Lets get back to the pumphouse so I can
call everyone.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

The phone is ringing as Walt and Kevin enter. Walt
reaches over his desk and picks up the receiver.

WALT
Pump house.

No one on the line. After hanging up, Walt heads to the
lunchroom.

WALT (V.O.)
Pills, pills, I need those pills.

Walt comes in with pills in one hand and his Diet Coke
in the other.

WALT
I'm a friggin' basket case.

KEVIN
Anyone who spent time in combat, in
the jungles of Vietnam and can run this
tank farm department is doing better
than all of us.

WALT
Thank you.

Walt swallows the pills. He slides his chair over to
the base radio. Kevin sits down to see what Walt is
going to say to the night super.

WALT
Supervisor, come in, Dan.

DAN (O.S)
Dan here.

WALT
Dan, this is Walt. Can you make it
over to the Pump house?

DAN (O.S)
Give me ten minutes, Walt, I'm with
Steve right now.

Walt turns and looks at Kevin. Both have surprised looks
on their faces.

WALT
(turning back to the radio)
Steve Noon is with you.

DAN (O.S)
Yes he is Walt...you need him?

WALT
Ask him if he seen Javier or Sherry.

After a moment of silence, Dan gets back on the radio.

DAN (O.S)
Yes, he said he saw them both up front,
getting some snacks from the vending
machines.

WALT
(relief)
That's all I need to know. No need to
stop by Dan. And tell Steve to turn
his radio back on.

DAN (O.S)
Right. Glad I could help.

SECURITY RALPH (O.S)
I heard...all accounted for.

WALT
Thanks Ralph.

Walt spins his chair back in Kevin's direction.

WALT
It must be these meds.

KEVIN
I'm not on meds and I felt
evil out there.

WALT
I don't know.
Why is Steve talking to Dan?

KEVIN
Do you think he's telling Dan about the
fight? Trying to make it look like
Javier's fault?

WALT
God, I sure hope he hasn't stooped that
low. Damn, Steve.

KEVIN
Going to take a leak, then I need to
hand-gauge one of my tanks. We asphalt
pumpers don't have the luxury like the
light oil operators, whose tanks are
all monitored on a computer.

WALT
(smiles)
I remember those days. At least you
stay in better shape climbing those
tanks. But I heard from a good source
they are talking about putting in a
Sabb gauging system for the asphalt
tanks.

KEVIN
By the time they get those in, I'll be
working the gasoline side.

WALT
You are probably right about that.

CUT TO.

INT. RESTROOM - NIGHT

Kevin walks into the bathroom where the grotesque
elimination of Darwin Bennett took place. But there is
no sign of that. The restroom is spotless as if it were
just cleaned. Nothing is broken.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt still feels uneasy because of what he saw in the
building. Hoping his pills will put him back on the
right track. Kevin comes out, picks up his red hard hat
and starts to leave.

WALT
You be careful out there.

Kevin gets to the door and does his Arnold
Schwarzenegger impersonation.

KEVIN
I'll be bak!

CUT TO.

EXT. SAMPLE SHACK - NIGHT

Kevin picks up a bucket with a tape gauge in it. This is
used to gauge tanks.

CUT TO.

EXT. TANK FARM - NIGHT

He walks past the two asphalt heaters and makes his way
to the dirt trail made by the heavy foot traffic of all
the pumpers.

Kevin stares down the pathway. The trail is looking dim
and murky. The overhead pipes begin to shake above
Kevin, making a loud banging sound.

He continues on. He hears the humming of the shipping
pumps just a few yards ahead.

Down at the pumps an overhead light begins to flicker.
It completely turns off then comes back on again.

This cycle continues as Kevin approaches the pumps.
Kevin veers off towards the south when he gets to the
pumps. He walks between two tanks and heads over to the
northeast tank. (Sherry White's tank)

Kevin walks up the stairs that wrap around the tank.
When he reaches the top, the light goes out.

KEVIN
Damn it!

There are chattering sounds coming from somewhere close
by. Panic hits Kevin.

KEVIN
(to himself, as he walks down
the stairs)
I'll shut down this transfer...there's
enough product in here to last all
weekend.

He gets halfway down when he stops suddenly. He closes
his eyes then opens them again just to find them still
there.

A few steps below Kevin and beyond are small skull heads
occupying the steps. With chomping mouths, they are
chattering in place. The heads look up at Kevin and
become louder.

Heart racing, Kevin takes several steps down then stops
just above the skull heads that fill the steps. He
slides his left boot in between the heads without
incident.

Some of the skulls turn toward the boot that infiltrated
their step. Kevin continues on with slow but steady
movements. He makes it down four steps when a loud high
pitch screeching comes from the bottom of the tank.

Kevin freezes. A screaming skull head comes flying up
at Kevin as if it is shot from a cannon. Kevin tries to
hit it with his bucket but misses.

The small head clobbers Kevin in his chest and clamps
its teeth into his flesh. Kevin screams as he pulls it
off his chest. He throws it over the railing.

It hits the ground hard, splits in half but the two
halves keep on chomping.

Kevin feels the heads biting his boots. No longer
moving slow, he takes off running down the stairs,
kicking any skulls he comes in contact with. One head
jumps into his bucket.

Kevin heaves the bucket over the side. A couple of
skull heads attach themselves to his coveralls. They
tear through the Nomax material. Kevin screams from the
rush of pain coming from the bites on his legs.

He loses balance near the bottom steps and falls face
first in the dirt, knocking off his hard hat and
glasses. One of the heads pop off his leg. A billow of
dust comes up from beneath Kevin.

He crawls on his hands and knees. He gets up and runs
as fast as he can. He runs around the shipping pumps
with one skull head still hanging on his leg.

He stops on the trail and bends down with both hands,
trying to pry it off.

KEVIN
(anger mixed with fear)
Get the hell off me...you son of a
bitch shithead!

Kevin gives one more yank and screams when he feels his
flesh tear as he finally pulls it off. Kevin tosses
it.

The head wedges between two vertical pipes. It still
has some flesh and blood in its mouth as it continues
chomping away. In a fast limping pace, Kevin makes his
way back to the Pump House.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Kevin enters the control room.

WALT
(shouts)
Jesus Christ...what the hell?

Kevin drags himself to his chair. Coveralls torn, blood
dripping from his chest and legs.

WALT
I'll get the first aid kit. Did Steve
do this to you?

Walt hurries over to the medicine cabinet on the wall.

KEVIN
It's not Steve...not Steve. Most
important, it's not from this World.

Walt brings back some anti-infection spray, hydrogen
peroxide and a box of sterile gauze. Walt hands the
peroxide to Kevin.

I'll let you pour while I get the gauze and wraps
ready. Kevin pours the peroxide over his chest while
Walt is spraying the anti-infection solution onto the
gauze pads with the ties.

Kevin pours more peroxide over his leg wounds.

Walt wraps up Kevin's wounds.

WALT
You need medical care. I'm going to
call Ralph to take you to Wiliken
Medical Center.

KEVIN
No way! You have no idea what's out
there.

WALT
I'm afraid I do. Remember Big Red?

KEVIN
Right. I was attacked by small skull heads.

The phone rang, causing both of them to jump. Walt
picks up the phone.

WALT
(talking on the phone)
No, haven't seen him. Look Jack, I
need to talk to you, and tell Eric and
Rudy not to leave your control room, if
they have to go out use the buddy
system. See ya soon.

KEVIN
What's happening over at the Crude
Unit?

WALT
(looking worried)
They can't find Darwin. You know we
haven't heard from Javier or Sherry
since Steve said he saw them. I'm
beginning to think Steve lied, but
why? I'll call the Scales on the
phone, you try Javier over the radio.

The Scale house just rings and Kevin is getting no reply
on the radio.

WALT
Security Ralph come in.

SECURITY RALPH (O.S)
Security Ralph here.

WALT
Ralph, I need you at the Pump house.

SECURITY RALPH (O.S)
Security Ralph out.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt and Kevin hear the back door open. They turn to
face the back hallway. Frozen in fear they hear
footsteps of someone or something slowly coming up the
hallway. A big smile comes over both their faces as
Jack Clark walks in the control room.

JACK
Holy Mother McCraidy! What happened
Kevin?

WALT
Sit down Jack.

Walt is leaning against the blending panel when Ralph
walks in. After he sees Kevin, he stops in his tracks.

RALPH
What happened to Kevin?

WALT
Grab a chair.

Ralph sits in Steve's chair. Jacks in Walt's.

WALT
Stand-by guys.

Walt presses down on the mic switch of his radio.

WALT
Supervisor come in, Dan.

DAN (O.S)
Ste...at...cam...pump...ack...

WALT
Dan, your breaking up, repeat.

There is no return answer.

WALT
Jack, call Dan's extension.

Jack gets on the phone, turns to Walt

JACK
Phones are down.

WALT
Dan, if you can hear my transmission,
please report to the Pump House.

A loud ear piercing sound comes over everyone's radio.

SECURITY RALPH
(panicking)
What's that?

WALT
Listen up people. We have a bad
situation here. There is something
evil that seems to be taking over the
Tank Farm. Where it came from, I have
no idea. Why it's here I do not know
that either.

WALT
But what I do know is we can't give it
a chance to get to us. Kevin is lucky
to be here with us. It got to him but
he escaped it. I saw something at the
gasoline loading rack. I escaped that.
Some may not have been so lucky. We
are missing, Sherry, Javier, Darwin and
Steve.

SECURITY RALPH
(to Kevin)
Are they dead?

WALT
We don't know Ralph. But we will
survive this. We all have jobs to do.
Ralph, you have two things to complete.
First: You get Kevin over to Wiliken.
Second: You high tail it to the
Peedmont Police Department. Tell them
we are missing people and one had to be
taken to Wiliken. Jack, stay inside
with your people if all possible.

JACK
The Unit is running fine. No reason to
be out there. We can watch everything
from the board.

WALT
What about that pump you guys were
having problems with earlier?

JACK
We took it off line. Switch over to
the spare pump.

WALT
Good.

KEVIN
Walt, you listen to that late night
radio program that are always talking
about ghost and things coming from out
of space...did they ever mention
anything like this?

WALT
Hell no. They said that certain plants
are from other Galaxies but are
harmless. This feels like their
purpose here is just for evil intent.
Why a refinery? Are they just hopping
from one place to another at random for
fun? Can't tell you, Kev.

KEVIN
Walt, I just remembered, I need to shut
down a transfer. I have a tank filling
up.

WALT
Okay, it's too dangerous to block in
the whole line-up. Ralph, on your way
out, stop by the pump. Just shut off
the pump, close the discharge valve and
get out of there. I have a transfer
going, but it will take two shifts to
complete, and as far as the gasoline
blend...

Walt turns around to face the blender. Turns a couple
of knobs from the on position to the closed. The green
lights above the switches turn red.

WALT
Done.

Ralph stares at Kevin's computer.

SECURITY RALPH
(points to computer)
Look you guys.

They all look. The screen is changing colors, from red
to green, to purple to black. In large red block
lettering, coming across the screen from left to right,
are the words: ALL PUMPFUCKS MUST DIE!! The message
continues repeating itself on all the computers in the
room.

KEVIN
That has to be Steve...it's his
favorite word.

WALT
Who ever it is, must be using the main
computers up front.

Walt helps Kevin out of the chair.

WALT
Everyone keep your radios on. We might
break through at times. Okay,
everybody to their jobs and good luck
to us all. May God be with us.

Jack heads out the back way as the rest move out through
the front door.

CUT TO.

EXT. OUTSIDE OF PUMP HOUSE - NIGHT

Walt helps Kevin into the jeep. Ralph gets in and
starts up the jeep.

WALT
(to Ralph)
I'm counting on you to get this done.

SECURITY RALPH
(with an edge)
Sure will, Walt.

Walt closes the passenger's door and gives them a
salute. Kevin salutes back. Ralph's is more like a
half salute and a wave. They take off and head towards
the main roadway.

CUT TO.

INT. SAMPLE SHACK - NIGHT

Walt walks into the sample shack not knowing why or what
he is in there for. He spots two, quart sample bottles
with liquid inside them. He removes the cap and sniffs.

WALT
Jet Fuel.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt walks in with both bottles and places them on his
desk.

CUT TO:

EXT. TANK FARM - NIGHT

The jeep moves slow on the dirt roadway. They pass rack
16 then turn left into a entrance that runs over the
firewall and down into the dyke area of the two largest
tanks in the Refinery.

The jeep pulls up to the pump and idles.

KEVIN
See the small switch box, just left of
the pump?

SECURITY RALPH
I see it.

KEVIN
The bottom button is the off button.
The small valve, up over the pump is
the discharge valve. That's the one to
close.

SECURITY RALPH
Got it.

Ralph backs up the jeep then directs the jeep so the
headlights are shinning on the pump. Ralph gets out and
heads towards the pump.

Between the two large tanks, standing on the firewall
are four figures. One has a crow on it's shoulder.
Kevin sees them.

KEVIN
(panic in voice)
Ralph hurry up...I see something.

Ralph begins twisting on the valve faster. He runs back
to the jeep.

SECURITY RALPH
What was it?

KEVIN
Something on the firewall. It's gone
now.

SECURITY RALPH
So are we.

Ralph puts the gear in reverse and steps on the gas,
making a quick u-turn. They drove up over the firewall
and back on the roadway.

When they turn right to leave the Refinery, Kevin sees
Steve walking up the main roadway.

KEVIN
There's Steve!

Ralph doesn't even look. He keeps driving. He has a
mission to complete for Walt.

SMASH CUT:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt is at his desk, checking the phones again when
Steve Noon comes into the control room. Steve is
looking better than ever. Hair neatly combed, coveralls
cleaned and pressed.

WALT
(bothered and perplexed)
Where the hell have you been?

NOON
After the fight with Javier, I went
down to the Scales. Sherry and I made
plans to meet in the Tank Farm...you
know, for a secret rendezvous. She
never showed up so I went back to the
Scales but she was nowhere to be found.

Steve sits at his desk.

WALT
You said you saw her and Javier up
front when you were with Dan.

NOON
I lied. I just wanted to get out of his
office.

WALT
Sherry, Javier, and Darwin are all
missing. I thought you were among
them...but I'm glad your here.

NOON
Where is Kevin?

WALT
Our new security guard is taking Kevin
to Wiliken. There is something evil in
our Tank Farm. That is why we are
staying inside. Did you see anything
out of the ordinary while you were out
there?

NOON
No, but I felt like I was being watched
the whole time I was out there.

Steve pulls out some printing paper from his desk drawer
and begins writing.

CUT TO:

EXT. ROAD TO CITY - NIGHT

Kevin keeps thinking about Steve Noon walking down the
main roadway and the feeling is bad.

INT. JEEP - NIGHT

KEVIN
You ever have those feelings you can't
explain. Like a six sense?

SECURITY RALPH
I think so...once maybe.

KEVIN
After I seen Steve walking down the
road, I knew something was wrong.
We're wasting time here. Get me back
to the Refinery.

SECURITY RALPH
Walt wants me...

Kevin cuts him off.

KEVIN
Walt is going to die, if we don't get
back there. New orders. Drop me off at
the Pump house, then get the police.

SECURITY RALPH
But you're still bleeding.

KEVIN
Want to be next.

Ralph hits the brakes.

CUT TO:

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Walt and Steve Noon are still at their desk. Steve Noon
is still writing.

WALT
(jokingly)
What are you writing Steve, a novel?

Steve Noon ignores Walt's question and continues writing
without letting up. The right side of Steve's face is
twitching with small spasms.

WALT
You okay Steve?

NOON
Fine and D-A-N-D-Fuckin-Y.

Steve Noon gets up, giving Walt a (I'll get ya) kind of
look, then heads to the bathroom. Walt immediately
slides his chair over to Steve's desk. He picks up a
few sheets of paper. All pages read:

All pumpfucks must die! ALL PUMPFUCKS
MUST DIE. ALL PUMPfucks will die. all
pumpFUCKS can DIE! all pumpfucks must
die. die all you pumpfucks. All
pumpFucks will die!

These words are on all the pages Steve Noon has been
writing on.

Steve Noon is standing at the entrance way.

NOON
Time for your oblivion pumpfuck!

Walt gets up quickly, dives over his desk and is on
his feet in seconds. Steve Noon stands at the
entrance.

The spasms are increasing in size and motion, looking
like bubbles in boiling water, moving more rapidly each
time.

Walt glances over to the Jet fuel bottles on his desk.
He picks up one bottle removing the cap.

WALT
Here, let me help...Pumpfuck!

With an under arm toss, he splashes the Jet Fuel in
Steve's face. His bubbling face smokes. Chunks of
flesh hit the floor, sizzling. Then as if someone takes
a sledgehammer to a block of ice, Steve's head shatters
into little pieces.

What protrudes from the opening of it's neck cavity, is
a giant leech. Much smaller leeches are breaking
through the coveralls in hundreds. Walt runs outside.
CUT TO.

EXT. OUTSIDE OF PUMP HOUSE - NIGHT

Walt, rigid with terror, does not know where to run.
The large creature comes busting out the door, knocking
it off its hinges.

It lets out a high pitch shriek and a cluster of leeches
fly off the shredded coveralls, hitting Walt in the
face. Walt tries to pull off the worms as they pore
into his face.

Walt runs off, tripping towards the asphalt heaters,
with the creature right behind him.

CUT TO:

EXT. REFINERY - NIGHT

Ralph and Kevin drive into the Refinery, passing the
Scale house which is deserted. The jeep moves fast down
the main roadway.

It picks up more speed as it comes around the asphalt
racks. The jeep skids to a stop and is covered in a
cloud of smoke.

Kevin gets out, stiff and sore.

KEVIN
You did right Ralph, now go get the
police.

SECURITY RALPH
I'll be back, promise.

Kevin shuts the door and Ralph takes off spinning the
tires, leaving Kevin in another cloud of dust.

When the dust clears, Kevin looks towards the Pump
house. He can see inside the control room because the
door is gone.

Kevin walks up to the Pump house from the corner of his
eyes he sees something moving near the heaters.

KEVIN
(yells)
Walt, is that you?

No response, except the blowing of the wind. Kevin
stops at the doorway. He sees the door torn off its
hinges.

The control room is filled with worms and leeches of all
different sizes. They are sliding down the walls,
crawling over the desks and squirming along the floor.

Muffle screams are coming from the heaters. Kevin takes
off towards the screams. As he gets close, he sees
something very large inside the three-foot wall that
surrounds the heaters.

He drops fast and feels the pain in his legs but keeps
crawling slowly towards the heaters.
CUT TO.

EXT. ASPHALT HEATERS - NIGHT

He gets to the brick wall and leans up against it.
Kevin turns around and peeks over the wall. He feels
his sanity slip away.

A ten foot leech stands erect between the two heaters.
Kevin low crawls away from the heaters.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

Again Kevin stops at the entrance of the control room.
The entire place is covered with the nasty looking
legless invertebrates.

Kevin enters the room and walks over to his desk. As
his boots come down on the swollen worms, he can hear
them pop. Globs of green jelly-like fluid oozes out.

He opens the drawer, it is also filled with leeches. He
pushes them around till he sees the "DO NOT OPERATE
TAGS".

Kevin takes out the tags, pulling the wires off, and
places the wires into his pocket. He hurries out of the
control room.

CUT TO.

EXT. BREAKER PANEL - NIGHT

Just East of the asphalt racks is the breaker panel for
all the pumps in the Tank Farm. Kevin walks a little
stiff legged but still is moving pretty fast for his
injuries.

He gets in front of the large enclosed panel doors and
grabs both handles, pulling them down and the doors
open. He finds the breakers to the circulating pumps
for the heaters and turns them both off. The low flow
alarms for the heaters go off.

Kevin heads back to the control room. This time he
doesn't stop at the doorway but continues in, over to
the heater panel.

The loud sound from the horns are vibrating the worms
off the wall. Kevin swipes his hand across the panel
board to find the acknowledge button for the alarm
horns. He finds it, pushes it in and the horns stop.

Worms are falling from the ceiling. Kevin brushes them
off his head. He can see the leeches on the desk
standing up, sniffing and moving in his direction.
Kevin gets out of there.

CUT TO.

EXT. ASPHALT HEATERS - NIGHT

Kevin gets back to the brick wall. He shuffles himself
to the center, where the safety latches are located.

Due to Kevin shutting the pumps off the safety latches
are down, which stops the gas from entering the heater.

Kevin takes the wires from his pocket and ties up the
latches into the on position. The giant leech is moving
over to the right corner and is spinning a web.

He focuses in to see a body laying in front of the
creature, being woven into a cocoon. Small leeches pop
off the large one and scurry on the ground, then jump
into the cocoon body.

KEVIN
(quietly)
Walt?

Kevin lifts his wounded legs over the wall. The wind is
blowing dirt and dust everywhere. Kevin looks for the
portable torch and finds it in the left corner.

He picks it up, opens the gas valve. Finds the striker
chained to the canister. He squeezes the handle across
the flint and the spark ignites the end of the torch.
Kevin adjusts the size of the flame.

Kevin slowly moves towards the creature, screaming at
Walt to get up. He makes another adjustment on the
torch, increasing the size of the flame.

He points it in the direction of the giant leech. It
shrieks. Kevin bends down on one knee tearing the webs
off of Walt.

KEVIN
(panicking)
Get up Walt! Get up! Gotta go now!

Walt pops up like a jack-in-the-box. He comes to,
hearing the shrieks from the large leech as Kevin aims
the torch closer to the creature.

Walt helps Kevin rip the webs off himself. Tearing and
kicking, Walt makes it up on his knees.

Kevin throws the burning torch at the Leech. The
shrieking becomes much louder. Kevin helps Walt to his
feet. Both men throw themselves over the wall. Lying
in pain, Kevin yells out. Walt helps Kevin up.

KEVIN
I got a plan.

They continue to head towards the Pump house.

WALT
You know that thing out there use to be
Steve. Looks like you never made it to
Wiliken...Thank God you didn't. You
saved my life back there.

KEVIN
The emergency was here...it was always
here. Look, we gotta move fast while
it's still under the heaters. I wired
up the safety latches. The pumps are
down. All we have to do is go inside
the control room, which by the way is
full of leeches, turn on the gas to
100% and turn those heaters into
rockets. Once the heaters are full of
gas and starts to leak out the port
holes and hits that flame from the
torch, BAM!

WALT
Lets roll.

CUT TO.

INT. CONTROL ROOM - NIGHT

When they get to the entrance a big relief comes over
Kevin. The control room is free from worms and
leeches. The room looks everyday normal. As they
enter, the Crude Unit sampler, Rudy Diaz, walks in from
the back with Darwin.

Mr. Bennett looks as if he gained two hundred pounds.
The extra weight comes from his stomach area, though his
face is also bloated. Darwin's demeanor is of someone
who is lost and confused.

WALT
Rudy, step away from Darwin.

DARWIN
I feel like I'm going to pass out.
Hold me up Rudy.

Rudy grabs Darwin's arm.

WALT
Rudy, Steve Noon, who looked very
normal is now a friggen leech. Step
away!

KEVIN
Do what he says.

Loud and sharp crackling sounds come from within
Darwin's stomach. He moans painfully. His stomach
breaks open and sharp, long teeth protrude from the
gaping hole.

Two things happen simultaneously:

Kevin runs to the heater panel, turns the gas valve open
to one hundred percent. Also Darwin shoves Rudy's head
into the mouth in Darwin's stomach.

With one downward chomp, Rudy is decapitated. His body
staggers into the wall before it drops.

WALT
We're out of here!

They bolted from the room.

CUT TO.

EXT. ASPHALT HEATERS - NIGHT

Kevin and Walt stop near the heaters. The giant leech
is bent under the West heater.

KEVIN
What's it doing?

WALT
Smelling the gas, I believe. The
portable torch is still on. Lets get
away from here, before these heaters
blow.

Both of them make it over near the asphalt racks when
they are knocked down by the first blast from the
explosion of one heater.

It is only seconds later, when the second heater goes up
in a ball of flames. A fireball rises tinting the sky
bright orange.

KEVIN
Walt, look up...not at the fire, but to
the left.

Still on the ground, Walt focuses on over a hundred red
glowing globes ascending high in the sky. They hover
awhile then shoot out in different directions and vanish
from the sky.

KEVIN
It's gone...I feel it.

Walt shakes his head in agreement.

CUT TO.

EXT. FRONT OF PUMP HOUSE - NIGHT

Walt and Kevin are sitting in the cart just watching the
fire when the Company fire truck rolls up next to them.
Jack and Eric jump out.

JACK
Are you two okay?

WALT
Jack, we have been through hell and
back. I would appreciate you guys if
you take care of the fire for us. We
would owe you two.

JACK
You owe us nothing there buddy. You
stay put. I'm sure the Peedmont Fire
Department already got their wake up
call.

ERIC
Hell, you know the Fire Department is
going to stand back, till we get it
under control...so lets go tackle this
baby.

KEVIN
What do we tell the Authorities? They
won't believe an evil entity from
another Galaxy took over our Tank
Farm. They'll put us in the loony bin.

WALT
Kevin's right. The story will
be...Steve Noon went on a killing
spree. I'll fill you guys in on what
really happened later. I think Steve
also killed Dan, when he was in his
office. And Jack...Darwin and Rudy
were among the casualties. I'm very
sorry.

Jack hugs Walt.

JACK
Later...come on Eric, lets go fight a
fire.

They climb back into the fire truck and drive around the
asphalt racks to the heaters.

CUT TO:

EXT. MAIN ROADWAY - NIGHT

On the main roadway, you can see whirling red lights
fragmenting on the side walls of the gasoline tanks as
the fire trucks, police cars and paramedic vehicles make
their way up the main road with Security Ralph leading
the pack.

KEVIN
Ole Ralphie did alright in this night
of hell.

WALT
In deed he did. You did very well
yourself. Don't think I would be here
if it wasn't for you.

KEVIN
You can save me the next time.

Walt pulls out his pocket watch and laughs.

KEVIN
What's so funny?

WALT
It's almost time for shift change. How
do I write this passbook?

KEVIN
Don't forget to tell them about the
skull heads on tank twenty thousand
two.

Both men look exhausted as the vehicles pull up and
around them. The phone rings in the control room.

KEVIN
The phones are working again.

Walt runs in and picks up the phone. Lays it down and
walks back out.

WALT
It's for you.

KEVIN
Hello?

JANET (O.S)
I'm sorry Kev. I couldn't sleep. I am
wrong forcing you to quit your job.
Will you forgive me.

KEVIN
I'll do more then forgive you, Janet.
I will quit this job. We had a heater
fire and an employee went berserk. I'm
going to be talking to your dad on
these next days off.

JANET (O.S)
Are you okay?

KEVIN
A little bruised up, but I'll live.

JANET (O.S)
I love you Kevin.

KEVIN
Their probably going to take me to
Wiliken, if you want to meet me there.

JANET (O.S)
I'm on my way. What happened?

KEVIN
I'll tell you all about it when I see
you. I love you too "J".

SMASH CUT:

EXT. BACKYARD PATIO -DAY

The sky is bright blue with only a few cumulus clouds
around. Kevin and Walt sit in the patio.

WALT
(wearing bi-focal glasses)
We are all going to miss you at the
Refinery. Your a part of that place
you know?

KEVIN
I'm going to miss you guys...but not
that refinery. Walt, don't you worry
about it coming back again?

WALT
(chuckles)
I have security Ralph to help me.

KEVIN
I can't believe he's staying.

WALT
Did you read in the newspaper. Said
that all the victims were found piled
up on one another, between the two
burnt down heaters. They were all
fused together.

KEVIN
I can't believe your going back.

WALT
When you get my age the choices become
limited.

KEVIN
Your glasses...that's why you look so
different.

WALT
(places glasses on the patio
table)
Just picked them up yesterday. Can't
get use to these bi-focal's. But
doctor says if I want to read...getting
old is such a pain. You'll get there
some day.

KEVIN
I feel like I'm there now.

WALT
Yeah, how are your injuries?

KEVIN
Healing well. Will probably start
working down at the dealership next
month.

WALT
Just remember, you always have a place
at the refinery.

Janet stands in the doorway.

JANET
You men ready for some dinner?

WALT
Yes Maam!

KEVIN
Lets eat.

Kevin heads towards the door. Walt gets up reaching for
his glasses and knocks them on the ground.

WALT
(muttering)
Pumpfucks!

KEVIN
(standing half in and half out
of the doorway)
What was that Walt?

WALT
I dropped these damn glasses...never
going to get use to them.

KEVIN (V.O.)
(enters inside)
I can smell the pork chops.

Walt makes sure Kevin is inside. He looks down at the
glasses. A black long tongue lunges out of Walt's mouth
and wraps itself around the pair of glasses and snaps
back into his mouth. Walt puts his glasses back on.

WALT
(gritty sounding)
Rock and roll Pumpfucks!

KEVIN
(pops his head back out)
You okay?

WALT
Mighty fine!

FADE TO BLACK

THE END