The Highway Trap 🛣

🎬 THE HIGHWAY TRAP – Season 2, Episode 4

“CITY OF THE FIRSTBORN”

⭐ COLD OPEN — “THE DROWNED SKY”

Black screen. A single heartbeat echoes.
THUMP. THUMP. THUMP.

Blue light flickers.
Then — Antoinette awakens underwater, breathing normally.

She’s not drowning.
She’s empowered.

Her eyes reflect a glowing underwater kingdom stretching miles in every direction — massive crystal towers, floating lanterns, and symbols etched into the seafloor that pulse the same golden color as her DNA.

Antoinette whispers:
“Where… am I?”

A voice answers behind her:
“Home.”

Camera cuts to the title:

Episode 4 – “CITY OF THE FIRSTBORN”

🌀 A-PLOT: THE ORIGINAL CITY

SCENE 1 — “THE AWAKENING CHAMBER”

Antoinette steps forward.
The entire city lights up, reacting to her presence like she’s the missing key to a system dormant for thousands of years.

A Frozen One (the titan from Ep 3) kneels to her.

Frozen One:
“You were chosen before the oceans formed.
Your arrival activates the Covenant.”

Antoinette:
“What covenant? And why me?”

He gestures to a massive wall.
It lights up, showing holograms of ancient wars — Reptilians, Vampire clans, and a third species of light beings who walked the Earth before humans.

Frozen One:
“You are of the lineage of the Lightwalkers.
You carry the spark that decides the fate of all species.”

Antoinette steps back, overwhelmed — yet calm.
Her power feels familiar.
Like she was born for this.

SCENE 2 — “THE THRONE OF MEMORY”

A golden orb floats toward her.
It contains visions — not dreams, but memories.

She sees:

Herself as a child in NYC staring at shadows only she could see

A Watcher appearing to her for a split second

Creatures stepping away from her in fear

A moment when her grandmother whispered:
“You ain’t from here, baby.”

The orb enters Antoinette’s chest gently.
Her breath glows.
Her aura expands.

She is evolving.

SCENE 3 — “THE MESSAGE”

The Frozen One touches the ground and the water forms words:

“THE REPTILIANS MOVE.
THE VAMPIRES HUNT.
THE WATCHERS CHOOSE.
ANTOINETTE DECIDES.”

Antoinette:
“I’m not running anymore.
Show me what I need to do.”

The city rumbles — as if responding to her courage.

🦇 B-PLOT: THE HUNT BEGINS (NYC & NJ)

SCENE 4 — “DAYWALKERS IN MANHATTAN”

Times Square — early morning.
Hundreds of people everywhere.
But three men in all-black outfits and dark shades move unnaturally smooth.
Daywalker vampires.

They scan crowds using retinal enhancers.

A woman who resembles Antoinette walks by.
One vampire speeds next to her — sniffing.

Vampire #1:
“Not her. Blood signature too weak.”

They keep moving.

They aren’t just looking for Antoinette.
They’re hunting anyone connected to her.

SCENE 5 — “REPTILIANS IN PLAIN SIGHT”

New Jersey — a suburban neighborhood.
Two reptilians disguised as cops knock on doors.

Fake Officer 1:
“We’re doing a welfare check.
Have you seen this woman?”

They show a picture of Tasha.

Inside a house, a man peeks through blinds.
His skin flickers green for a second.
He whispers:

“She’s in danger.”

But he stays quiet —
because he’s afraid of his own kind.

SCENE 6 — “THE TRAP IN PENNSYLVANIA”

Back where the original flat tire happened —
the same highway.
A group of vampire-reptilian hybrids stand around the exact hole Antoinette fell victim to.

Hybrid Leader:
“She escaped once.
She won’t escape again.”

They pour something glowing into the hole — a supernatural lure.

The hunt is officially active.

👁‍🗨 C-PLOT: THE WATCHERS INTERFERE

SCENE 7 — “THE INVISIBLE ONES”

NYC — 34th Street.
A homeless man watches the daywalkers pass by.

When nobody’s looking —
his entire body shifts into a being of pure light.
He’s a Watcher.

He looks directly into the camera (breaking the rules of reality), then fades into the air.

A message appears where he stood:

“PROTECTED.”

Someone — or something — is keeping Antoinette alive.

🌑 SCENE 8 — “THE NEAR CAPTURE”