The Stain!

Synopsis: From the Godfather to Titanic, these films have tackled some of the greatest stories of all time. Now comes another legendary tale quarreling the major conflict that exists between mankind and nature. This time, a woman must tackle her most formidable challenge yet: a gigantic, deadly red stain.

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BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.

FROM BLACK:

INT. WOMAN'S BEDROOM - EARLY MORNING

CLOCK READS 5:00AM.

The WOMAN raises immediately from her bed. Leaving her bed she exits her pristine, perfectly organised bedroom.

INT. BATHROOM - EARLY MORNING

She places a perfectly shaped pea-sized toothpaste on her toothbrush and brushes in a full 360 degrees motion. Spits out revealing straight, pearl-white teeth.

INT. KITCHEN - EARLY MORNING

Two pieces of toast shoot up and she grabs them. The WOMAN smoothly spreads a slab of butter on each toast.

INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE ROOM - EARLY MORNING

She locks her door, securing all three locks. Stepping back, the WOMAN perpendicularly aligns her WELCOME mat. She smiles.

If you had not have guessed already, the WOMAN performs every action with perfection. She is always striving for excellence in what ever she does. But that need for purity sometime comes at a price........

MONTAGE VARIOUS

INT. CAFE - DAY - The WOMAN places an equal dab of chocolate over the entire top.

INT. TRAIN - DAY - Sits on the train, symmetrical and upright.

INT. BOARDROOM - DAY - In a presentation, writes on the board; has text-type handwriting.

INT. OFFICE - LUNCH - Places her utensils, equidistant apart.

INT. OFFICE - AFTERNOON - Types on a keyboard, raising her hands, singularly and with one finger.

INT. BAR - NIGHT - Carefully, picks a wine glass with both hands.

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT - The WOMAN recenters the mat before entering her apartment.

INT. - KITCHEN - NIGHT - She is cooking a succulent steak-like meal placing every drop of oil and every drop of salt exactly to the gram. Finally, she places the food in the center of the oven tray before placing it in the oven and setting the timer till: 45 minutes.

END OF MONTAGE

INT. LIVING ROOM- NIGHT 

It has been a long, long, long day.

Carrying a mid-level glass of red wine, she sits in the center of her cream sofa which perfectly complements her light-colored carpet below.

Laughing hysterically at JOEY actually enjoying eating some of RACHEL's Shepherd's Pie-trifle, the red wine floats below the rim of the glass. She has probably seen this episode several dozen times but, who doesn't love FRIENDS?

RACHEL

So, the bird just came and took it?

Another burst of laughter erupts as the blood-like liquid lifted above the surface. But, it drove back into the glass.

CHANDLER

If it's any constellation, the bird seemed to enjoy it before dropping it on the sidewalk.

She chuckled loudly vibrating her shoulders, her arms and...her hands causing the glass to slip out of her hand. She grabbed it immediately, allowing all of the liquid to run back into the glass, all but one, single, tiny, little, drop.

In slow motion, the WOMAN's face transformed from relief to shear panic as she witnessed the red blip fall. Slowly, but dramatically, it dived into the speckless carpet forming a miniature, blood-red stain to form in the carpet. FRIENDS doesn't seem funny anymore.

The WOMAN FREAKS THE FUCK OUT. Panting and breathing heavily, she keeps wiping it down with a tissue but nothing happens. How did she let this happen? She was always so careful. She keeps scrubbing and scrubbing but the liquid molecules had already penetrated the deep fibers of the carpet.

No progress was being made so she ran-

INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT

Past the timer which noted that 20 minutes were left, the WOMAN reached a special, locked room titled "EMERGENCY". Opening it revealed a whole load of soap, vinegar, sprays totaling triple digits in financial value. She grabs everything and races back-

INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT

Throwing everything at the drop, nothing was happening. The deep circle continued to taunt her as she kept scrubbing and scrubbing. Suddenly, she lifts one of the cloths to notice that the drop was fading out. She released a sigh of relief.

But, her happiness took a hold of her too soon. The drop had faded but, the red color had spread outwards. She made the infection worse. It was dissipating rapidly. She knew the medication was not working; she needed to create a new serum. It was the only way to prevent contamination and quarantine the disease.

MONTAGE VARIOUS

INT. B&Q - MIDNIGHT - Ramming around the detergents isle, she grabbed virtually everything that said "clean" in its name.

INT. CAR - MIDNIGHT - She raced home, even though she was at 60 on a 40 mph limit road, she did not care. She had to got back as soon as possible.

INT. HALLWAY - MIDNIGHT - She didn't even bother to align the mat-oh wait, she came back to straighten it.

INT. KITCHEN - MIDNIGHT - Grabbing a bucket from the "EMERGENCY" closet, she somehow raced past the extremely loud timer and heavy smoke surrounding it. More pressing matters lied a head.

INT. LIVING ROOM - MIDNIGHT - Like a witch with her cauldron, the WOMAN poured everything into the bucket producing a bubbling, furious thick slab of fluid. It looked like the radioactive chamber the Joker fell into before becoming the villain.

END OF MONTAGE

Using a brush, a dab of the fluid was carefully applied into the infected region. Using a bit of water she washes the liquid off the surface and removes it with a wipe. Unsurprisingly, the blood clot remained.

The WOMAN angrily grabs a whole load of it and applies onto the surface, making sure it doesn't reach her skin. She leaves it to settle for a bit..............................

NOTHING HAPPENS.

Furiously, the WOMAN topples the bucket over and pours a bit directly from it. Slowly and steadily, she allows the ooze to flow onto the dot submerging the surface.  On her finger tips, she tightly holds on. The liquid continues to escape.  As it flows, she uses a cloth to scrub the region. She can feel her hands slipping. And suddenly...

DROP.

The liquid shoots out across the living room startling the WOMAN. Splashing everywhere, the fluid jumps onto her cream walls. A gigantic, thick stream of dark ooze continues to flow down to the river until it reaches its mouth: the kitchen. That's when she sees it. And that's when she hears it.

SMOKE.

Thick clouds of mist surround the room. Loud fire-alarm sirens dominated her senses. She had been too focused on THE STAIN that she forgot about her food.

All of a sudden, an orange light emerges from the clouds of smoke. The dark ooze continued to flow travelling closer and closer towards the kitchen. Inches away from meeting until........

TOUCH.

The fluid lights up. Immediately, a furious fire enrages. Raging with ferocity, the river of fire spouts across the room.

The WOMAN screams. Panting heavily, she runs towards the door. Opens it and runs.....

INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE ROOM - UNKNOWN

Sealing the door shut, she leaps down the hallway leaving the "WELCOME" mat out-of-place.

TO BLACK

UNKNOWN The source was at the center of the kitchen. Looks like the cooker was left on far too long. And the fire that resulted joined with a flammable liquid. Do you understand what I am saying ma'am?

FADE IN:

INT. LIVING ROOM - MORNING

BURNT.

The entire living room was destroyed. Cream carpets were burnt to a crisp. White wallpapers were dripping off the sides. With the oven oozing with tar, the scene of the crime was clear.

The WOMAN sat gazing downwards while a man dressed in a firefighter's costume holding a notepad stood in front of her.

FIREFIGHTER

Your home insurance have said that it will take 3 months to repair. Have your organised a place to stay? 

She nods while continuing to stare downwards at her deceased carpet.

FIREFIGHTER

Luckily, the fire was contained to your apartment. Unluckily, all of your property got destroyed.

She notices the region where she poured the cleansing fluid.

FIREFIGHTER

Honestly, it could have happened to anyone.

She looked at the space and noticed a gaping, white hole in the middle of the burnt carpet.

The STAIN was gone.

The infection was eradicated.

She smiled.

END.