CLOSE ON THE CASE as Jacob throws it down onto his bed. He looks up at a portrait of his grandmother, which hangs on the wall.

Jacob sits down at his desk, hanging his head in his hands, downcast, tired. Behind him, one of the catches on the case flies open. Jacob turns…

A tiny, dirty room, the furnishings sparse and shabby.

INT. JACOB'S ROOM -- DAY

He sits down on the bed and examines the case. The second catch now flicks open of its own accord, and the case begins to shake, emitting aggressive animalistic sounds. Jacob slowly backs away.

The Murtlap lunges forward, biting Jacob on the neck, sending him crashing through furniture and tumbling to the floor.

Tentatively, he leans forward… Suddenly the lid flies open and out bursts a Murtlap -- a rat-like creature with an anemone-style growth on its back. Jacob grapples with it, holding it tightly in both hands as it struggles.

JACOB: "I'm sorry, Grandma."

We whip back to the case, which flies open once again as an invisible being shoots out, crashing into the ceiling before smashing through the window.

The room shakes heavily, and the wall holding the picture of Jacob's grandma begins to crack before exploding, as more creatures escape off-screen.