Dan, Jesse, Curt, Randy, Ernie and His Son: (to the girls):  “Get out!  Get out of the house!  Climb out the window!  Get out!”

The girls do so.  The camera follows them closely as they climb fearfully and awkwardly out the window, teetering precariously on the narrow windowsill.

The boys shout directions at them, as Jesse and Randy continue their battle with the cactus-creatures, flinging the last of their gas canisters at them and setting them on fire.

“To your right!”  “Hang on to the roof, and climb to your right.”  “We’ll come and catch you!”

The girls make their way, single file, along the narrow strip, till they make their way to the roof of the porch.  It is in flames below them, but close enough to the ground that they can jump off without breaking any bones.  They hang from the porch, even as it is burning, and drop to the ground.

The boys are right there and pick the girls up, carrying them away to safety.

Quick shot to interior of the burning house.  We see it crowded with flaming cactus-creatures.  They snap, crackle, and burn.

Cut to exterior shot – we see an overview of what was once a quiet desert town.  The sun begins to rise.  Almost all is in ruins.  Many fires are burning.  We still hear sporadic shotgun blasts.  Close up to the teenagers, haggard and ragged, faces scorched and scratched.  They are shocked and traumatized.

The camera moves through the ruined town.  The cactus creatures have been defeated.  Everywhere we see the charred bodies of the things and we see various of the survivors mopping up – setting the odd surviving creature on fire, or cutting it down with a shower of shotgun blasts.

The sun slowly rises.  Long shot of the sunrise over the town.  Eventually, we see a few cars driving at a snail's pace away down the desert road.  We sense that this town has died this night.  It will be written off the maps forever.

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