JASON VS. MICHAEL

Written by Derek Sharp

EXT. THE VOORHEES HOUSE, NIGHT. Rain pounds the surface and hits the
dirt (angles on the ground), where the mask of Jason Voorhees lays untouched
since THE FINAL FRIDAY. There is no other noise except the rains pounding,
which is almost silent. LIGHTING crackles and the dirt begins to shift (The
camera shifts to lay on the ground) and a hand bursts up out of the ground. It
clenches then another arm climbs out and places itself, where it can grab a hold
of the ground. With a single movement the ground bursts and Jason stands(like in
THE FINAL FRIDAY) with his hockey mask on. (Camera zooms into Jason's face
to see his eyes, that search the area.) For only a moment, he stands and looks
down at his chest, where the knife remains. He places his hand on it and pulls it
out and tosses it to the ground and begins walking off.

EXT. THE PRIVATE SCHOOL, NIGHT. Cops and people are everywhere.
JOHN rushes over to LAURIE, who is sweating and exhausted.

JOHN
Are you, all right?

LAURIE
I've been better. You?

JOHN
I'm living...that's more then I can say for my friends.

LAURIE
Molly, you?

MOLLY
I'm okay, Ms. Tate. Just a little scared that's all.

CUT TO THE PRIVATE SCHOOL HALLWAYS. Michael stands in the
window watching as everything happens below; his face is covered in shadow
since he's not wearing his mask. (The camera zooms in on his face and into his
eye.)

A FLASH. MICHAEL stabs WILL, Laurie’s former boyfriend.

FLASH. MICHAEL puts his mask and clothes on WILL.

FLASH. He grabs another set of clothes, that are almost duplicates from before
and gets dressed.

(THE CAMERA pulls back from Michael’s face and sets up for a wide shot.)
MICHAEL turns and walks away down the empty hallway.

CUT TO THE CROWD. MICHAEL moves through the crowd unnoticed.

EXT. THE CRASH AREA. MICHAEL moves down to the body and removes the mask from what
remains of the body. He places the mask back on and turns to the camera. (The
camera zooms in on his deep black eyes and everything goes to darkness.)

TITLECARD "JASON VS. MICHAEL"

EXT. A ROAD, DAY. The road is small and there is little to nothing in sight. One lone truck drives by below.
(The camera zooms in onto JOHN and MOLLY.)

LAURIE (on the other line of John’s cell phone).
So what are you two planning on doing?

JOHN
Taking a boat out on the lake and watch the stars.

LAURIE
Where at?

JOHN
Camp Crystal Lake.

LAURIE
And this is?

JOHN
A peaceful campground out in the middle of nowhere, where Molly and I can relax...and hopefully get your brother
out of our systems.

LAURIE
Well, you know my rules.

JOHN
No sex, no drugs, no beer...yea, yea...I know them by heart.

LAURIE
Don't break them.

JOHN
Got it...I'll see you soon, okay.

LAURIE
Wait...don't hang up...

JOHN moves the phone closer to his ear.

JOHN
I'm here.

LAURIE
Keep in contact will you?

JOHN
I will.

LAURIE
And one last thing...enjoy it... because I want you both back in one piece.

JOHN
See you in a week.

JOHN hangs up the phone and turns to MOLLY, who is watching the countryside.

MOLLY
It's beautiful isn't it?

JOHN
Very.(He smiles.)

EXT. THE TRUCK passes the CRYSTAL LAKE sign, which reads:
WELCOME TO CRYSTAL LAKE, population 200.

EXT. THE TOWN OF CRYSTAL LAKE, DAY. The truck pulls to a stop at a small gas station.

MOLLY
This place is quite.

JOHN and MOLLY look out the windows of the truck but see no one moving about the town.

JOHN
It's a small town, that's the way they are.

MOLLY
Not this quite.

JOHN
There's gotta be somebody.

MOLLY
So you wanna go searching...don't you?

JOHN nods and climbs out the driver's side door.

JOHN
It's the only thing we can do.

MOLLY climbs out behind him and joins JOHN at his side.

CUT TO THE TRUCKBED, where the blue tarp has covered it over. Slowly part of the tarp rises and Michael's face appears. (The blue tarp is removed off screen.)

CUT TO JOHN and MOLLY walking into the gas station.

JOHN
Hello. Anybody here?

MOLLY
Is there anybody here?

JOHN turns and walks down an aisle, while MOLLY does the same.

JOHN
Hello.... anybody here?

THE STATION is dead silent until...

A NOISE is heard at the backdoor of the station. JOHN walks slowly to the front of the store with MOLLY rejoining him.

MOLLY
What's that?

JOHN
Don't know...just follow me.

THE NOISE continues as they walk through the station until they reach the backdoor.

MOLLY
Is there anybody out there?

NO ANSWER. JOHN turns to MOLLY.

JOHN
Stay back.

JOHN puts his hand onto the doorknob and turns...

THE DOOR SWINGS OPEN TO REVEAL NOTHING but an empty alleyway. JOHN turns back to assure MOLLY but...

THE STATION WINDOW comes crashing in. MOLLY screams and JOHN pushes her out into the alleyway. JOHN turns back and grabs onto the door to look inside the station. In the distance, MICHAEL is moving toward JOHN and MOLLY slowly. JOHN slams the door shut.

JOHN
This is not good.

MOLLY
What?

JOHN holds the door down and talks.

JOHN
When I say run...run. Got it?

MOLLY nods. JOHN holds the door back until...

THE DOOR starts to BOLT forward. JOHN puts his weight on the door trying to hold MICHAEL from getting out but...

AFTER only a few hits the door opens and MICHAEL stands in the doorway.

JOHN
Run!!!

JOHN and MOLLY take off running as fast as they can but MICHAEL is walking slowly behind him. The two cut down a alley and run into...

STEVEN FREEMAN, who holds a shotgun in one hand. MOLLY screams.

STEVEN
Relax...I heard screaming.

MOLLY
Help us...please.

STEVEN
What were you attacked by?

MOLLY nods.

IN THE DISTANCE, MICHAEL'S shadow is cast on the wall. Slowly MICHAEL appears and STEVEN lifts his shotgun.

STEVEN
Yo (HE WHISTLES)...

MICHAEL looks up and continues walking towards them. STEVEN fires six shots into MICHAEL knocking him back hard onto the ground.

STEVEN
Are you, okay?

STEVEN turns back to JOHN and MOLLY. Neither answers instead they watch as...

MICHAEL rises back up. MOLLY starts screaming.

STEVEN
What?

STEVEN turns with his shotgun ready to find MICHAEL on his feet slowly walking towards them.

STEVEN
But that's impossible I shot him...six times...six times...

STEVEN fires again knocking MICHAEL back but MICHAEL continues toward them. JOHN and MOLLY take off running, while STEVEN continues to shoot MICHAEL until the shotgun is out of bullets and when it does he tosses it to the ground and starts running.

INT. ALLEY, NIGHT. JOHN and MOLLY run through the opening back to the main street of Crystal Lake.

MOLLY
Where to now?

JOHN
The police station.

JOHN catches sight of the truck but turns away from it and runs further into the town with MOLLY.

CUT TO STEVEN, with MICHAEL right behind him. STEVEN runs as hard and as fast as he can but still MICHAEL remains behind him until he runs to the alley exit then MICHAEL is no longer behind him.

STEVEN stops for a moment and glances around for any sign of MICHAEL but there is none. STEVEN catches his breath and listens, he can hear footsteps. He turns and looks around but there is NOTHING. He starts running towards the station until...

MICHAEL steps out in front of him. MICHAEL tries to grab STEVEN but Steven ducks and continues running.

EXT. THE STATION. JOHN and MOLLY stand at the front door trying to get it open but they can't. JOHN looks back to see STEVEN running towards them.

CUT TO STEVEN, who is pulling out the police station keys as he runs. He reaches the door and puts a key in...

But it's wrong. MICHAEL continues approaching in the distance. STEVEN pulls out another key and tries. WRONG, again. MICHAEL is almost to the door and...

STEVEN gets the right key and opens the door.

STEVEN
Get in. NOW!!

JOHN and MOLLY run in and STEVEN is behind them. Just as STEVEN gets in MICHAEL's hand gets through the door. STEVEN slams the door against it but MICHAEL won't move it. STEVEN slams it even harder and MICHAEL pulls his hand out and STEVEN slams the door shut. He locks it and pulls the bars across the inside of the door.

MICHAEL stands in the door with a hard stare on STEVEN, MOLLY, and JOHN for only a couple of seconds then he walks away.

INT. THE POLICE STATION, MAIN OFFICE. JOHN and MOLLY sit peacefully, sweating but alive. STEVEN is standing. The station is completely empty. The only people are the three survivors of MICHAEL's wrath.

STEVEN
Who are you people...and what was that?

JOHN
I'm John...this is Molly.

STEVEN
And that thing was?

JOHN
Michael Myers.

STEVEN
From the Haddonfield Murders.

JOHN nods.

STEVEN(cont'd)
What's he gotta do with you? I mean, I thought he only went after that Strode girl.

JOHN looks at MOLLY and back to STEVEN.

JOHN
It's a long story. First, I want to know who you are.

STEVEN
Name's Steven Freeman.

MOLLY
What's with this town?

STEVEN
What did you two just arrive here?

JOHN
What does it look like.

STEVEN
To make it short and simple it's...Friday the 13th.

JOHN and MOLLY
What?

STEVEN
Alright, you might wanna sit down.

STEVEN walks over and turns on a nearby computer.

STEVEN
Well...in the beginning Crystal Lake was just your average small town. You know where you could bring your family or friends. But at Camp Crystal Lake...

MOLLY
That's where we were planning on going.

STEVEN
Mrs. Voorhees son supposedly drowned on Friday the 13th, while two counselors were making out and when she found out it drove her over the edge. Over the years, she would remain in her home where no one would ever hear from her, again, until around the 1980's on the anniversary of Jason's death. When a group of counselors decided to reopen Camp Crystal Lake she took her revenge and murdered almost every counselor except one girl...that managed to survive only by killing her. Here's where the story gets interesting...her son, Jason Voorhees returned and exacted murdered for his mother's death and remained in Crystal Lake continuing what his mother had started.

MOLLY
Jason drowned didn't he?

STEVEN moves and grabs a file from a police officer's desk and hands it to JOHN.

STEVEN
Sadly, no...He's been around Crystal Lake for years, doing what he intended.

JOHN opens the folder to reveal a drawing of JASON VOORHEES with his hockey mask. JOHN turns another page and finds a stack of homicide files.

JOHN
How many people has this guy killed?

STEVEN
A hundred or so, I believe. Mostly teenagers breaking the rules.

JOHN
Is he still around?

STEVEN
Don't know. I've been waiting seven years to find out.

MOLLY
So what happened to the town?

STEVEN
A hiker was murdered a week ago, up where Camp Crystal Lake used to be. After that, two cops were sent in and they didn't come out and most of the town figured Jason was back. For fear of attack they left.

MOLLY
They left for their own safety?

JOHN
Why are you still here then?

STEVEN
Unfinished business between Jason and myself.

MOLLY
What he do to you?

STEVEN
He killed everyone I knew and took my life away. I...we sent him to Hell but...he's back.

MOLLY
You don't know that.

STEVEN
Then explain the murders.

JOHN and MOLLY look at one another.

STEVEN
You can't...that's why I'm going out there. I've gotta know.

JOHN
But Michael's out there.

STEVEN
I come prepared.

INT. WEAPONS ROOM, THE POLICE STATION, NIGHT. STEVEN steps in and pulls down a shotgun from a shelf. JOHN comes in behind him.

STEVEN
Stay out of this.

JOHN
No...I can't, Michael is after me, not you.

STEVEN
Then stop him. I'm going to check something out...you and your girlfriend are staying here.

JOHN
What do we do until then?

STEVEN
Take a shotgun and be ready for anything.

JOHN takes a shotgun off the rack.

STEVEN(cont'd)
I'll be back shortly.

STEVEN walks out of the room and down a corridor, that leads to a backdoor. JOHN stops and watches until STEVEN vanishes.

EXT. THE BACK OF THE POLICE STATION, NIGHT. STEVEN steps out and shuts the door behind him. He glances and looks back and forth as he locks it. The alley is dead quiet and nothing is around but a shadow looms in the distance.

STEVEN turns and starts walking towards his truck with his shotgun held at his side. In the distance, footsteps can be heard. STEVEN ignores them but remains aware and gets into his truck. As quick as he can he starts the truck and takes off.

INT. THE POLICE STATION, MAIN OFFICE, NIGHT. MOLLY sits and waits. JOHN walks in and puts the shotgun down.

MOLLY
Where'd he go?

JOHN
Don't know but I think we're going to be here a while.

EXT. A ROAD LEADING THROUGH A FOREST, NIGHT. STEVEN's truck speeds by barely edging the road. Within seconds, Steven stops the truck in front of the Voorhees house. He climbs out and looks it over. Not much has changed since the FINAL FRIDAY, the window is still open where Jason had came through. He looks around in every direction until he finds the knife that was in JASON's heart, on the ground.

STEVEN
No...this is not happening...

STEVEN glances the knife over to make sure it's the true knife but he knows it is. He starts back toward the truck but inside the floorboards begin to CREAK.

STEVEN turns back to look at the house and he freezes. He turns back to the truck and grabs his shotgun. Slowly, he starts approaching the house. Instead of going through the front door, he steps through the broken window.

STEVEN
Alright, whoever you are come out!

NO ONE ANSWERS. He holds the knife in one hand and the shotgun in another. He moves through the house slowly until he reaches the dinning room and he stops. (The camera moves up to STEVEN's eye much like it did with MICHAEL.)

FLASH. STEVEN getting pushed out the window by JASON, who stands his ground.

FLASH. JESSICA jamming the knife(sword) into JASON's heart.

FLASH. JASON getting pulled down into the ground.

ANOTHER CREAK, that's LOUDER. STEVEN's mind returns to the moment (the camera pulls back to a wideshot). He continues walking until he reaches the closet, where he hid in THE FINAL FRIDAY. THE CREAKING comes from there. Slowly, he approaches and opens the door to reveal...

NOTHING but the floorboards break below STEVEN and JASON's hands grab onto his legs causing him to fall towards the floor, his keys fall out. The knife falls in another direction but the shotgun remains in his right hand. STEVEN fights but can't win, so he shifts and JASON starts pulling him down but...

STEVEN gets his legs stuck on the broken floorboards. There he aims his shotgun down at JASON, whose hockey mask is staring directly at him.

STEVEN
Remember me?

HE FIRES and JASON doesn't let go. AGAIN, he fires but still JASON won't let go, so he aims for his hockey mask and nails JASON. JASON lets go but STEVEN fights to get a hold on the floorboards since there breaking apart. He grabs one but it starts to break, just as he grabs a hold of it...

STEVEN tosses the shotgun to the side and shifts his weight so he can get back up but...

JASON stands with his machete ready to attack, once STEVEN is back on the floorboards, that are solid. JASON slowly starts walking towards him but before STEVEN can get up JASON is on him. STEVEN dodges the machete and grabs his shotgun and turns to JASON.

STEVEN
I realize it's your day but I know how to...

JASON picks up the knife and breaks it into two.

STEVEN
Stop you.

STEVEN jumps up and starts running back towards his truck. STEVEN makes it to his truck and tries to start it but...

THE ENGINE won't start. JASON approaches and grabs at STEVEN. STEVEN fights but JASON won't let go. Once, again, STEVEN lifts his shotgun up to JASON's face and fires. JASON lets go and the truck starts. JASON watches as the truck drives out into the road and vanishes in the distance.

INT. THE POLICE STATION, MAIN OFFICE, NIGHT. JOHN flips through JASON's folder, while MOLLY watches the windows.

JOHN
Now, I can see why, mom stays away from Haddonfield...

A CREAKING DOOR OPENS FROM A HALLWAY.

MOLLY
You hear that?

JOHN climbs up and puts the file down, while MOLLY joins his side.

JOHN
Yea.

JOHN grabs his shotgun and walks slowly down away from the main office into a hallway, that leads outside.

MOLLY
Steven is that you?

NO ANSWER.

JOHN
Anybody there?

STILL NO ANSWER instead FOOTSTEPS can be heard coming toward them. JOHN cocks the shotgun.

JOHN
Alright, who or whatever you are show yourself!

VOICE
If you insist.

FROM THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE HALLWAY, A MAN IN BLACK steps out. JOHN turns the shotgun on him.

JOHN
Freeze! Whoever you are.

THE MAN IN BLACK moves slowly and doesn't freeze.

MAN IN BLACK
Afraid I can't do that, John.

JOHN
Who are you and how do you know my name?

MAN IN BLACK
Why so many questions when your lives and others are at stake.

JOHN
Shut up and answer me!(JOHN puts the gun directly in THE MAN IN BLACK's face.)

MAN IN BLACK
If you put it that way...let's just say everything you've ever thought about at night will be answered.

JOHN
What?

MAN IN BLACK
All your dreams and desires will have a true meaning, tonight, whether or not you choose. It is your fate.

JOHN
What are you saying?

MAN IN BLACK
Only time will tell you.

JOHN keeps the gun up and ready for anything. THE MAN IN BLACK lifts his hand and puts it out to reveal the tattoo of THE THORN, that was cut into his wrist. THE MAN IN BLACK puts it down and turns to the door and vanishes through the doorway.

FROM A FAR OFF ROOM, A PHONE RINGS.

JOHN pushes the door shut and locks it from the inside. Then both JOHN and MOLLY run toward the ringing phone. Eventually, they come to a dispatch room, where they find the hook.

JOHN picks it up.

JOHN
Hello?

MALE VOICE(Deep voice almost angered)
Who is this?

JOHN
Who's this?

MALE VOICE
Elias Voorhees, I'm stuck up near Cunningham Way, where a tree has fallen. Can you send dispatch?

JOHN
There's one problem.

ELIAS VOORHEES
What's that?

JOHN
Nobody's in town.

ELIAS VOORHEES
Then what are you doing there?

JOHN
I can't explain...(THE PHONE LINE IS CUT)Who's this, again?(THERE IS NO ANSWER, JUST SILENCE.)

MOLLY
What?

JOHN
We've got a problem.

EXT. THE FOREST, NIGHT. STEVEN's truck speeds into town until he makes it to the back of the police station. He stops the truck and puts it into gear. He looks in his rearview mirror to see a shadow cross. At first, he doesn't move then he grabs his shotgun. He checks to see if he has anymore bullets but the gun is empty.

STEVEN
Oh, great.

THE SHADOW crosses, again, but this time it's closer. STEVEN reaches for his keys but there not there. He jumps out of the truck in hopes of making it to the door and starts running.

IN THE DARKNESS OF THE ALLEY, MICHAEL MYERS steps out into the light with an axe in hand.

STEVEN
Oh...no.

STEVEN makes it to the door and starts slamming and screaming for help.

STEVEN
John, Molly! Help me!

MICHAEL gets closer.

STEVEN
Open up the door!

MICHAEL swings his axe and hits the door but STEVEN is out of the way and on the ground. JOHN opens the door. MICHAEL swings, again, this time the axe gets close to leg but STEVEN rolls out of the way.

JOHN opens the door.

JOHN
Get in...Oh no.

STEVEN
I would if I could.

MICHAEL swings again but edges STEVEN's leg.

STEVEN
A little help here would be nice.

STEVEN starts to drag himself away from MICHAEL but MICHAEL stays on him. From behind, JOHN jumps up onto MICHAEL's back and grabs his throat. MICHAEL doesn't struggle but instead drops the axe to the ground.

JOHN
You want me Michael, you got me.

MICHAEL lifts one hand and grabs onto JOHN's arm and throws him to the ground. STEVEN drags himself further to the point, where he can get to MOLLY.

STEVEN
Get shotgun.

MOLLY runs back in to find the shotgun. STEVEN turns back and drags himself back toward the battle.
JOHN climbs back up and punches MICHAEL but MICHAEL doesn't react.

JOHN
Oh, Give a break.

MICHAEL grabs JOHN and throws him into a nearby wall. JOHN falls onto the ground and climbs back up on all fours.

JOHN
That's going to hurt in the morning.

STEVEN comes from behind and swings at MICHAEL's leg with an axe. The axe hits but does nothing but make MICHAEL turn around and lift STEVEN open by his neck.

JOHN coughs and crawls to the axe. At first, he struggles to get back up but he manages.

JOHN
You know something Michael...

JOHN swings and hits MICHAEL hard in the shoulder.

JOHN
You just don't know when to quite.

MICHAEL turns back and drops STEVEN.

STEVEN
Any brilliant plans?

JOHN
One...I run...two...I fight.

STEVEN
Run.

JOHN tosses the axe to the ground and dives off to the side of MICHAEL and rolls. JOHN picks up the axe and starts to pull STEVEN back in.

JOHN
Can you walk?

STEVEN
Don’t' know.

JOHN
Try.

STEVEN tries to climb up but his leg is cut and bleeding. JOHN puts his arm around him and lifts him and they both manage to make it to the door. JOHN slams it shut and locks it from the inside.

STEVEN
That was close.

JOHN
Too close.

FROM THE DISTANCE glass shatters.

STEVEN
What was that?

JOHN
Glass breaking. You know where?

STEVEN
The old part of the jail.

JOHN
You gonna be, alright?

STEVEN
I should be until you get back.

JOHN follows the sound until he reaches an area, that is covered in darkness. He tries a light but it doesn't work.

JOHN
Anybody in here?

NO ANSWER. JOHN turns back and finds a flashlight sitting on a table.

FEMALE VOICE
Jason's coming.

JOHN steps in and silence.

JOHN
What?

FEMALE VOICE
Jason's coming.

JOHN
Who said that?

SILENCE.

JOHN
If there's anybody here answer.

FEMALE VOICE
Jason's coming. It's Friday the 13th.

JOHN follows the voice to a cell, that is in the darkness. A girl (CHRIS from PART 3) sits with her hands crossed. Her hair is a mess and she hides her face.

JOHN
Who are you?

CHRIS
My. Name. Is. Chris.

CHRIS rocks back and forth.

JOHN
Chris, do you know how to stop Jason?

CHRIS doesn't answer.

JOHN
Do you?

CHRIS
You can't. I couldn't. And many others have tried. But...

JOHN
But...

CHRIS
They failed.

CHRIS approaches JOHN and feels his face but as she does she starts screaming. Blood flows down her mouth and JOHN pulls back. As he does, CHRIS vanishes into thin air.

FLASH. JOHN flips through the files and finds Chris’s name near the beginning. THE TOP OF PAGE READS: CAUSE OF DEATH: HOMICIDE.

(THE CAMERA PULLS BACK FROM A WIDESHOT.) JOHN is lying against the wall catching his breath.

FROM THE DISTANCE, FOOTSTEPS can be heard stepping on glass.

JOHN
No...Jason must have got to her.

JOHN climbs back up and follows the sound until he comes to a door, that he opens quickly...

TO REVEAL MOLLY SCREAMING.

JOHN
Molly, oh...

MOLLY hugs JOHN.

JOHN
What are you doing in here?

MOLLY
Looking for a shotgun.

JOHN
Did you hear that glass breaking?

MOLLY nods.

MOLLY
It's coming from there.

MOLLY points to a small window that has been shattered. JOHN walks in slowly, lifting his axe and checking the room out. He stops at the window and climbs up to look through.

JOHN
We can fit through here.

JOHN put his head through the window and...

A MACHETE nearly hits him. JOHN pulls back and remains back to see JASON waiting below.

MOLLY
What just happened?

JOHN
We've got more company.

MOLLY
Can he get through the window?

JOHN
I don't think so.

JOHN and MOLLY take off running, shutting the door behind them.

FROM ANOTHER normal WINDOW, JASON's image can be seen walking by the old police windows. JASON stops and smashes one open and climbs through with machete in hand.

MOLLY
Any ideas?

CUT TO STEVEN laying against the wall in the hallway. He looks down at his leg and finds the cut, where the axe came through, it's bloody but no major damage. The hallway is completely silent until...

THE BACKDOOR IS SLAMMED AGAINST. At first, the door doesn't move and then there is another hit. This time the door falls open to reveal MICHAEL MYERS, with a kitchen knife now in hand.

STEVEN
Oh...no.

STEVEN struggles to get up but he falls against the wall. So he walks and puts one hand against the wall, barely standing but managing to walk.

MICHAEL gives him a cold stare and begins walking towards him.

CUT TO JOHN AND MOLLY running and stopping in a hallway.

MOLLY
Which way?

JOHN
Right.

MOLLY
No, left.

BEHIND THEM, JASON appears with his machete ready to strike one of them.

JOHN grabs MOLLY and goes right just as the machete cuts into the wall behind them.

JOHN
Right, it is.

JASON pulls the machete from the wall and continues following them.

CUT TO STEVEN with MICHAEL behind him. STEVEN continues to struggle but somehow he manages to keep going. MICHAEL is as silent as ever but he remains right behind him.

A DOOR IN FRONT OF STEVEN flies open to reveal JOHN and MOLLY.

JOHN
What are you doing?

JOHN turns and looks at MICHAEL.

STEVEN
Funny, I was about to ask you the same question.

JOHN
No, time to explain.

JASON appears behind them and STEVEN tries to run further. JASON and MICHAEL look each other for a moment, then continue on with their business, ignoring one another.

STEVEN
Don't.

JOHN grabs STEVEN and helps him around by holding him up but still, he carries an axe in one hand.

STEVEN
You gonna you use that?

JOHN
I will when we need it.

STEVEN
We need it.

JOHN turns and throws the axe at MICHAEL but it hits the wall in the hallway and MICHAEL puts the knife back in his pocket and takes the axe.

JOHN
You have any more brilliant ideas?

STEVEN
I didn't say anything.

MOLLY
Where can we go?

STEVEN
Follow the halls.

JOHN, MOLLY, and STEVEN follow the hallways until they come to a DEAD END, MICHAEL and JASON have been lost for the moment.

MOLLY
Now what?

STEVEN
Window.

JOHN
Molly, first then you. I'll go last.

QUICKLY, JOHN lifts MOLLY to the window. Once she's at the top, she presses it forward and falls through.

JOHN
Molly, you okay?

MOLLY(from outside)
Fine, now Steven.

JOHN lifts STEVEN up and leaves him in the window. JUST AS HE GETS UP, JASON appears with MICHAEL nowhere in sight.

STEVEN
Come on, John. Give me your hand.

STEVEN holds out his hand. JASON gets closer with his machete. JOHN jumps and misses the first time, the second time...

JOHN makes it up just before JASON's machete hits. STEVEN drops and JOHN looks back to find JASON nowhere in sight.

JOHN
We've have to keep running.

STEVEN
Where can we possibly go we're powerless against those two.

JOHN
I don't know but we have to keep running until...

MOLLY
What about the truck and the cell phone?

JOHN
We've got to get to the truck.

STEVEN
You still have the keys?

JOHN
Always.

EXT. FORMER CAMP CRYSTAL LAKE, NIGHT. The woods are empty and silent, nothing is moving except a shadow of a man that appears by the lake. At first, his appearance is normal almost like JASON's but he moves with a limp. (He also holds a cell phone in hand.)

ELIAS VOORHEES
Daddy's home.

(THE CAMERA moves up to his face), THAT HAS A DEVILISH GRIN. He lights his cigarette and watches the Lake's water shift.

ELIAS
Did they actually think you died? Please, you were smarter then that. You came to me seeking salvation from your abusive mother's hands...your death literally, drove her nuts. Pity, too. She wasn't ready for you, Jason but...I was and you betrayed me for your mother.

ELIAS glances down at the LIGHT, that he has set on the dock.

ELIAS
You were still her son, anyway and you cared for her. But your were just a kid then...when she was murdered you decided to sell your soul to the devil for a curse of being a walking corpse and look where it's got you. Finishing off your mother's unfinished business. I didn't see it that way, you could have been a normal kid but...

THE MAN IN BLACK APPEARS.

MAN IN BLACK
He sold his soul.

ELIAS turns and looks at the MAN IN BLACK.

ELIAS
Who are you?

MAN IN BLACK
That's of no concern, Mr. Voorhees...and nice little touch but you in fact, were abusing Jason.

ELIAS
What?

MAN IN BLACK
Don't lie, we know your secrets.

ELIAS
No, that's impossible.

MAN IN BLACK
No it is not, I'm afraid.

ELIAS
What do you want?

MAN IN BLACK
Nothing but an answer to a question, that has plagued my people for years.

ELIAS
What?

MAN IN BLACK
How can one man keep returning to a town, that has been his home since birth, to vist the people he has lied to many times and keep the truth of Jason Voorhees hidden from those who have been attacked.

ELIAS
Why? Well, let me ask you a question.

MAN IN BLACK
If you must.

ELIAS
What kind of man comes dressed in a black robe on a night like this?

MAN IN BLACK
The Thorn, of course.

ELIAS
Who?

MAN IN BLACK
A secret society that has many secrets like you, Mr. Voorhees.

ELIAS
Since you know my secret, reveal one of yours?

MAN IN BLACK
Afraid, I can't.

ELIAS lifts his shotgun.

ELIAS
Afraid you can.

MAN IN BLACK
Michael Myers, a subject of ours has been looking for John Strode.

ELIAS
Subject?

MAN IN BLACK
A boy that we cursed from birth, who is almost completely immortal. In a way, he is like your son.

ELIAS
How?

MAN IN BLACK
He's a killer that hides his scars under a mask.

ELIAS
What about the Strode kid?

MAN IN BLACK
His replacement...if he fails.

ELIAS
Has he?

MAN IN BLACK
No, not that I know of.

ELIAS
Is that why you're here?

MAN IN BLACK
Yes and no.

ELIAS
Then what else are you here for?

MAN IN BLACK
For the showdown.

EXT. THE ALLEY, NIGHT. JOHN, MOLLY and STEVEN make an escape and find the truck sitting, where it was before.

JOHN
When I say go we're going to run...

MICHAEL steps out with axe in hand.

STEVEN
GO!!!!

JOHN, MOLLY, and STEVEN take off running. STEVEN feet drags but JOHN and MOLLY manage to carry him to the back of the truck. With what strength they have they put him in the back of the truck and JOHN jumps into the front seat and tries to start the engine, MOLLY jumps in the back with STEVEN. At first, the truck engine won't start, while MICHAEL approaches but with a little work on the gas pedal, the engine turns over and pulls away but...

MICHAEL has a hold of the truck, while the axe remains in his other hand.

JOHN looks back and notices it in the rearview mirror.

JOHN
You just don't give up do you.

MICHAEL shifts and slams the axe into the back of the truck bed. MOLLY moves back.

MOLLY
JOHN!

MICHAEL climbs up into the truck bed.

JOHN looks back again and swerves the truck causing MICHAEL to fall back.

JOHN
Come on.

MICHAEL gets back up but this time with the axe.

JOHN
No you don't.

JOHN swerves, again, but this time it's harder causing MICHAEL to actually fall out.

JOHN
Where to?

STEVEN
Crystal Lake.

THE TRUCK DRIVES AWAY FROM THE TOWN AND COMES TO A SUDDEN STOP AT A FALLEN TREE ALMOST HITTING ITWITH ITS SIDE.

JOHN
So...how do we get there?

JOHN CLIMBS OUT OF THE FRONT OF THE TRUCK and goes to the back to get STEVEN and MOLLY.

STEVEN
The woods.

JOHN pulls MOLLY out and helps STEVEN down and helps him walk into the woods.

STEVEN
I need something for my leg...

JOHN
I know...can you just hold on for a little longer.

STEVEN
It depends on how much longer.

JOHN, MOLLY and STEVEN walk until...

THEY FIND JASON'S CABIN, it looks the same as before except it's in shambles. Parts are lying everywhere and the trees around it have been burned.

JOHN
What's this?

MOLLY
Safe haven?

STEVEN
Not quite....more like Jason's cabin.

JOHN
What?

STEVEN
Jason had a cabin...just outside Crystal Lake, where he lived....before...he was killed. Or that's at least what I heard. From the....townspeople.

JOHN
I'm going to check it out.

MOLLY
What are you nuts?

JOHN
It's worth a look.

INT. JASON'S CABIN, NIGHT. THE DOOR opens and JOHN steps in. The inside of the cabin is a mess, items are scattered all over the floor. JOHN slowly moves in until...

HE FINDS JASON'S MOTHER'S HEAD with the blue sweater. At first, JOHN pulls back at the sight but he walks in.

JOHN
Jason has a shrine.

FEMALE VOICE
Jason.

JOHN searches the room for the voice.

JOHN
Who said that?

FEMALE VOICE
Jason, come here and be a good boy.

JOHN turns back to see JASON'S MOTHER'S HEAD talking.

JOHN
What? No.

FEMALE VOICE
Yes.

JOHN turns and starts running back outside but he stops at the front door.

JOHN
This isn't happening. A head is talking to me. Maybe it's my imagination.

JOHN turns and finds a pipe and picks it up.

JOHN
Maybe not.

JOHN steps back in and holds the pipe behind his back.

FEMALE VOICE
Come sit, child.

JOHN bends to his knees in front of JASON'S MOTHER'S HEAD.

FEMALE VOICE
What have you to tell, Jason?

JOHN
I've come with a surprise for you, mother.

FEMALE VOICE
Show it, Jason.

JOHN swings the pipe and knocks the head behind a table.

JOHN
Newsflash, I'm not Jason.

FEMALE VOICE
Then where is Jason?

JOHN
Going back to hell.

JOHN walks over to the head and lifts the pipe and nails it in the face. The room goes silent. JOHN turns and walks out with the pipe in his hand.

EXT. THE WOODS, NIGHT. JOHN, STEVEN AND MOLLY walk slowly toward Crystal Lake.

STEVEN
Anything in there out of the ordinary?

JOHN
Nope, not a thing.

CLOSE BY A VOICE CAN BE HEARD.

VOICE
What's going on in this place? It's like it's going to hell...

STEVEN
It's coming from the Lake.

JOHN, STEVEN and MOLLY walk as quick as they can until they meet ELIAS VOORHEES.

ELIAS
Who are you?

JOHN
I'm John...this is Molly...and Steven.

STEVEN
Who are you?

ELIAS VOORHEES
Elias...

STEVEN
Voorhees...oh no. Not you.

ELIAS lifts his shotgun.

JOHN
Your Jason's father.

ELIAS
Correct, you are...Johnny boy.

JOHN
What do you want?

ELIAS
Well, let me think...I want...a...uh..you dead.

JOHN lifts his hands.

STEVEN
Why? He doesn't even know who Jason is?

ELIAS
But he brought a challenger for my son. So if I kill him...this Myers' fellow leaves. You get the idea, Mr. Freeman.

STEVEN
How do you know who I am?

ELIAS
Word travels a lot around Crystal Lake about you and your so called mission to stop Jason....It's a pity but you've gotta go, too.

THE MAN IN BLACK enters.

MAN IN BLACK
Whoa! Mr. Voorhees...I don't mean to be intruding...but this isn't going to solve your problem.

ELIAS
What do you mean?

A KNIFE cuts through ELIAS chest and ELIAS drops to the ground, revealing MICHAEL MYERS with an axe in one hand.

MAN IN BLACK
Michael....

JASON steps out of the woods and walks toward MICHAEL. He looks his father's dead body over and looks MICHAEL in the eye. For a moment, there is nothing but silence until JASON swings his machete. JOHN, STEVEN and MOLLY take off running toward the woods.

MAN IN BLACK
Jason.

THE MACHETE HITS MICHAEL'S arm. MICHAEL takes the hit and continues forward.

CUT TO JOHN, MOLLY AND STEVEN.

JOHN
What are we doing?

MOLLY
Running.

STEVEN
What is there anything wrong with that?

JOHN
I've got to go back.

STEVEN
That makes two of us...but...I've got one minor problem.

JOHN turns and looks back.

MOLLY
I think I can make a splint.

JOHN
Do it...I'm going after Michael.

STEVEN
I'm going after Jason...with or without a splint.

STEVEN and JOHN begin heading back.

IN THE DISTANCE, THE MAN IN THE BLACK watches.

MAN IN BLACK
Going exactly as I planned.

THE MAN IN BLACK BEGINS CHANTING.

CUT BACK TO JASON AND MICHAEL. MICHAEL attacks JASON nailing him in the chest but they continue fighting. Weapons striking one another until they figure out, that they need no weapon to kill each other. JASON looks up at MICHAEL and drops his machete to the ground.

MICHAEL drops his axe and grabs JASON by his neck but can't pick him up. AND THEN IT BEGINS, MICHAEL goes into a trance. JASON nails him in the face with a punch causing MICHAEL to land on the ground.

(THE CAMERA moves to MICHAEL.) MICHAEL is almost lifeless but his mind wanders. (The camera zooms in on his eye that is wide open.)

FLASH. MICHAEL as a boy playing peacefully with a neighborhood boy on an October day. The fall leaves cover the ground and a pumpkin sits on the porch.

FLASH. Two men (MEN IN BLACK) appear and talk to his parents.

FLASH. MICHAEL is in a room almost completely dark except for candles that barely light the room. A MAN IN BLACK grabs onto MICHAEL's hand and begins chanting, while a "THORN” symbol begins to appear on his wrist.

FLASH. HALLOWEEN NIGHT, Michael grabbing the clown mask.

FLASH. His parents at the door looking him over curiously.

FLASH. JOHN appears holding out his wrist and the "THORN" symbol appears.

MICHAEL snaps out of it and stops JASON just before he can land his machete in MICHAEL's chest.

CUT TO JOHN and STEVEN, STEVEN cuts off running to the left and JOHN joins the battle between MICHAEL and JASON. He dives for MICHAEL's axe and freezes. JASON stares JOHN down.

JOHN
Oh boy.

MICHAEL dodges the hit and knocks JASON down into the waters of Crystal Lake. MICHAEL climbs up and looks at JOHN. With what he energy he has he starts to speak.

MICHAEL
Thorn.

JOHN cocks his axe.

MICHAEL
Stop....THORN!

MICHAEL lifts his hand and shows JOHN his wrist.

JOHN
We'll finish this later.

MICHAEL turns and heads into the water to battle JASON.

THE WATER ABOVE THE LAKE SHIFTS AND ROCKS but nothing can be seen. STEVEN watches and waits in the distance.

STEVEN
Come on, Jason. This is just between you and me.

CUT TO JOHN running.

JOHN
Where are you, Mr. I'm so powerful-I know everything!

MAN IN BLACK(from behind)
Right here.

JOHN punches him and knocks him back.

MAN IN BLACK
What is this going to solve?

JOHN
My answers and your problems.

JOHN nails him, again.

JOHN
Whose going to live?

MAN IN BLACK
That's for you to find out.

THE MAN IN BLACK pulls out a knife and stabs JOHN in the arm. JOHN swings his axe and hits the tree.

JOHN
Now give me answer.

MAN IN BLACK
That's for the fates to decide.

JOHN takes off running.

CUT TO THE LAKE, THE WATER SIMMERS and silence falls onto the lake.

STEVEN
Come on...
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ENDING PART 1: THE JASON ENDING

THE WATER EXPLODES TO REVEAL JASON with MICHAEL'S mask in hand. STEVEN turns and looks around for a weapon, anything that he can use but there is nothing.

STEVEN
Okay, problem.

JASON quickly reaches the shore...just as STEVEN dives and grabs JASON'S machete. JASON attacks STEVEN and grabs onto his neck, slowly lifting him into the air.

STEVEN
Alright, you asked for it.

STEVEN slams the machete into his heart.

STEVEN
That's for me.

STEVEN pushes it in.

STEVEN
That's for me and...

STEVEN kicks it one last time.

STEVEN
That's for me.

JASON throws him to the ground.

STEVEN
Take it as that wasn't enough for you.

JASON looks at STEVEN and turns back to the lake, leaving MICHAEL'S mask behind on the shore.

STEVEN
Maybe another time.

CUT TO JOHN, who has reunited with MOLLY.

MOLLY
Are you, okay?

JOHN doesn't answer instead he walks up to her, REVEALING THE "THORN" MARK ON HIS HAND. (THE SCREEN GOES BLACK AND SCREAMING.)

END CREDITS ROLL.
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ENDING PART 2-THE MICHAEL ENDING

THE WATER EXPLODES TO REVEAL MICHAEL, who quickly makes it to shore. MICHAEL ignores STEVEN and heads directly toward the MAN IN BLACK. MICHAEL grabs his neck and squeezes the MAN IN BLACK until he lays lifeless on the ground.

MICHAEL drops JASON'S mask to the ground and turns to JOHN.

MICHAEL
Next...Halloween.

EXT. THE TOWN, NIGHT. JOHN, MOLLY AND STEVEN take off in JOHN'S truck.

STEVEN
So is it over?

JOHN
Until...

MICHAEL(voice-over)
Next...Halloween.

EVERYTHING FADES TO BLACK.

ROLL CREDITS .
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JASON, STEVEN FREEMAN, CRYSTAL LAKE are owned by New Line Cinema. MICHAEL MYERS, JOHN, MOLLY, and LAURIE owned by Dimension Films. The following script has been copyrighted, if you'd like a copy contact me here.
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After completing this script, I now know why it is so hard to get a decent FRIDAY THE 13TH or HALLOWEEN script out. It takes a lot of hard work to fill in the blanks, that the other writers left behind. It was no walk in the park figuring out Jason or Michael's origins...it involved hours of research and continuous questions, I thought I would never answer. Not that I won't mind going back to Camp Crystal Lake, one more time or two.

For those of you, who want to see part of JASON X...the original JASON ending involved the beginning of X but due to lack of time I couldn't put it in.

MICHAEL's ending went as planned, though.