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BENSON
(soft)
There was a minor altercation. She stormed out on their dinner about twenty
minutes ago. I tried to get over here to tell you.
Ford looks at Benson, appears curious, and smiles.
FORD
I actually like the sound of that.
Ford slips Benson the twenty then slides his chair back and smiles to the other men.
FORD
Gentlemen, I'll have to excuse myself. Forgive me, but something extremely
important has come up. Enjoy your dinner.
Ford stands and leave the dining room. Carlton chuckles.
CARLA
Sounds like someone has a hot date.
Moments later. Everyone appears to be having a good time. We see a woman get up from her table, clutch her stomach, and collapse to her knees. Her husband runs to her side. Dr. Jenkins hurries across the dance floor. We hear a shrill scream. A woman leaps up from her table as he husband falls to the floor. Before Dr. Jenkins even reaches the first woman, we see three more passengers collapse. Capt. Reeves jumps up from his table and looks around. We se men and women collapsing throughout the dining room. Men and women being to panic at the fallen passengers. Dr. Jenkins tends to the first person he reaches. Capt. Reeves hurries to him as he examines the woman.
REEVES
What's happening? Is it food poisoning?
Jenkins looks from the dead woman to the captain with concern.
JENKINS
It's more serious than that.
Reeves appears stunned. Both look around the dining room. We see passengers tending to others. Many more begin to collapse.
JENKINS
Radio for emergency assistance.
Reeves hurries for the nearest phone and contacts the bridge. Jenkins stands and suddenly clutches his stomach.
EXT. DECK -- EVENING
Harley and Loni laugh like old friends. Loni remains in a drunken state of giddy.
LONI
Let's get something to eat and have a couple of drinks. Then we're going to hit
the nightclub and flirt with everything male.
HARLEY
You can have my half of the male population. I'll come along for the drinks.
Both laugh and leave the deck.
INT. DINING ROOM
Harley and Loni enter the dining room and immediately stop. Both stare with stunned looks. Everyone within the dining room is lying dead on the floor or across the tables.
LONI
Harley--
Harley slowly and uncertainly approaches a dead crew member lying face down. She gently turns him over. We see Capt. Reeves with a gunshot to his head and a pool of blood beneath him. Harley gasps and falls onto her backside. Loni helps pull Harley to her feet as she scrambles frantically with a look of horror in her eyes. Both look around the dining room. There are over one hundred dead men and woman.
HARLEY
My God--it's a massacre. We need to get to the bridge. They'll know what to do.
Loni remains stunned as she appears to quickly sober. Harley pulls her from the dining room.
