DEPUTY KALISH is filling out some paper work. He looks up and notices...

A DEPUTY'S PATROL CAR
in front of the Sheriff's station. It's headlights are on and red lights FLASHING.

BACK TO DEPUTY KALISH
he gets up from behind the desk. Moves outside.

We are shooting from behind the patrol car. Close on the front doors as Kalish moves out... we zoom back as he approaches car.

CLOSE ON DEPUTY KALISH
as he peers into the driver's window...

CLOSE ON JOE
he's dead. But he's sitting behind the wheel.
Slowly... RUMPELSTILTSKIN'S UGLY FACE peers up from behind Dead Joe, as we...

CUT TO:

as the coffee is being poured into a mug. We pull back to reveal Deputy Barnes carrying a mug of coffee to the front desk.

He moves to the front desk. Deputy Kalish is nowhere to be seen.

Play the suspense as Deputy Barnes moves past the front desk. He turns as if he heard something. Then he continues on and we see:

DEPUTY KALISH
hanging up on the wall skewered through a flag-pole with the American flag on it!
Dead.

ON DEPUTY BARNES
as he moves back towards the coffee room... he suddenly stops. Did he hear something this time?

SUDDENLY!!

RUMPELSTILTSKIN
drops down from above!
Landing face to face with Deputy Barnes.
Rumpel grabs the Deputy's face. Pulls it down and...

BITES HIS NECK!

The Deputy staggers back, draws his revolver.
FIRES!

Then drops to the ground... dead.

Rumpel moves to the dead deputy. Grabs him by the head.

--written by
Mark Jones