Being Human - Part 4 of 4
INT. BASKETBALL COURT - NIGHT
Stu is playing basketball with the guys and the games it getting physical. Stu is not letting up. He is really fired up. He finally breaks and pushes a guy down. He gets kicked off the court and even his own teamates are disapproving.
INT. STUART’S CAR, PARKED - NIGHT
Stuart storms through the carpark, rips the car door open, gets in, smashes the steering wheel a few times. He’s losing control.
INT. STUART’S CAR, MOVING - CONTINUOUS
Stuart makes his way to the place where the incident happened and the same guys are there.
Stu suddenly feels the consuming weight of living with injustice. Why does that guy across the road who started all of this get to be all care free and Stu is feeling like he is losing grip.
His thoughts are interrupted as The Ringleader goes to move off and says goodbye to everyone. Stu suddenly becomes the hunter. He gets out of his car and follows The Ringleader.
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
He follows him a few blocks and sees him go into an APARTMENT BUILDING. He can’t believe his eyes when he sees this guy through a window holding a small CHILD.
His facial expression shows his first gut reaction and is to calm down - then we see his expression as his mission kicks back in. He needs to put fear into this guy.
He needs to take something from this guy as a way for himself to get over it.
Still in his sweaty basketball gear he searches around the dodgy area. Almost as though he is looking for ways and means to exact revenge. He pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket and pulls out his mobile phone.
He is back in his car driving. Still in his basketball gear, we see him pull into a dark area. He gets out, a SILHOUETTED FIGURE emerges from the shadows and walks towards him. They stop, shake hands and begin to talk, their conversation barely audible.
Cut to:
INT. STU AND EMMA’S APT - NIGHT
Stu whisks in and grabs some dark clothes in a bag. As he runs back out the door;
STUART
... I’m off to the gym.
Cut to:
EXT. CAR, MOVING - NIGHT
He heads to the same dark dodgy area he was in last night. The massive figure of a man (the same silhouetted shape we saw earlier in the alley) gets into Stuart’s car. They drive off.
Cut to:
EXT. RINGLEADER’S APARTMENT - NIGHT - LATER
Stuart pulls up outside the apartment he followed the Ringleader to the night before. He and the big guy get out and they go and stand near the entrance.
Stuart looks into the face of his accomplice, the knowledge of what they’re about to do now fully apparent. For the first time we see the deep-set eyes of the huge man, vacant of any emotion or sense of premature remorse. He smiles at Stuart...
After the longest pause, Stuart stares back with complete resolve. BEAT, THEN;
BLACK
EXT. THE RINGLEADER’S APT. NIGHT
V.O – We follow BIG GUY into Ringleaders apartment as this conversation is played as voice over. The V.O. explains the inspiration for what we do not see the BIG GUY do.
BIG GUY
It is no problem. I have done hundreds of these.
STU
But wait. This is not one of those hundreds. I need you to take something from him.
BIG GUY
Whatever I get I am takin a cut of.
STU
No that’s not it…
I need you take his dignity. I need you to make him ashamed, weak and especially embarrassed in front of those he loves. I need you to express this to him… and replace it with fear.
I need you take something from him.
He continues talking - the Big Guy comes back out. He gets in the car and Stu drops him back to his point. His expression is not happiness but a feeling that he can now move on.
EXT. STU AND EM’S APT. NIGHT
He walks in shoulders slumped and there are no words. They exchange looks. Em knows that he has done something.
EMMA
This doesn’t make it right Stu.
STU
I know.
I just needed to breathe again. Now I can see you again.
-end-
By Troy Benton
Stu is playing basketball with the guys and the games it getting physical. Stu is not letting up. He is really fired up. He finally breaks and pushes a guy down. He gets kicked off the court and even his own teamates are disapproving.
INT. STUART’S CAR, PARKED - NIGHT
Stuart storms through the carpark, rips the car door open, gets in, smashes the steering wheel a few times. He’s losing control.
INT. STUART’S CAR, MOVING - CONTINUOUS
Stuart makes his way to the place where the incident happened and the same guys are there.
Stu suddenly feels the consuming weight of living with injustice. Why does that guy across the road who started all of this get to be all care free and Stu is feeling like he is losing grip.
His thoughts are interrupted as The Ringleader goes to move off and says goodbye to everyone. Stu suddenly becomes the hunter. He gets out of his car and follows The Ringleader.
EXT. STREET - NIGHT
He follows him a few blocks and sees him go into an APARTMENT BUILDING. He can’t believe his eyes when he sees this guy through a window holding a small CHILD.
His facial expression shows his first gut reaction and is to calm down - then we see his expression as his mission kicks back in. He needs to put fear into this guy.
He needs to take something from this guy as a way for himself to get over it.
Still in his sweaty basketball gear he searches around the dodgy area. Almost as though he is looking for ways and means to exact revenge. He pulls a piece of paper out of his pocket and pulls out his mobile phone.
He is back in his car driving. Still in his basketball gear, we see him pull into a dark area. He gets out, a SILHOUETTED FIGURE emerges from the shadows and walks towards him. They stop, shake hands and begin to talk, their conversation barely audible.
Cut to:
INT. STU AND EMMA’S APT - NIGHT
Stu whisks in and grabs some dark clothes in a bag. As he runs back out the door;
STUART
... I’m off to the gym.
Cut to:
EXT. CAR, MOVING - NIGHT
He heads to the same dark dodgy area he was in last night. The massive figure of a man (the same silhouetted shape we saw earlier in the alley) gets into Stuart’s car. They drive off.
Cut to:
EXT. RINGLEADER’S APARTMENT - NIGHT - LATER
Stuart pulls up outside the apartment he followed the Ringleader to the night before. He and the big guy get out and they go and stand near the entrance.
Stuart looks into the face of his accomplice, the knowledge of what they’re about to do now fully apparent. For the first time we see the deep-set eyes of the huge man, vacant of any emotion or sense of premature remorse. He smiles at Stuart...
After the longest pause, Stuart stares back with complete resolve. BEAT, THEN;
BLACK
EXT. THE RINGLEADER’S APT. NIGHT
V.O – We follow BIG GUY into Ringleaders apartment as this conversation is played as voice over. The V.O. explains the inspiration for what we do not see the BIG GUY do.
BIG GUY
It is no problem. I have done hundreds of these.
STU
But wait. This is not one of those hundreds. I need you to take something from him.
BIG GUY
Whatever I get I am takin a cut of.
STU
No that’s not it…
I need you take his dignity. I need you to make him ashamed, weak and especially embarrassed in front of those he loves. I need you to express this to him… and replace it with fear.
I need you take something from him.
He continues talking - the Big Guy comes back out. He gets in the car and Stu drops him back to his point. His expression is not happiness but a feeling that he can now move on.
EXT. STU AND EM’S APT. NIGHT
He walks in shoulders slumped and there are no words. They exchange looks. Em knows that he has done something.
EMMA
This doesn’t make it right Stu.
STU
I know.
I just needed to breathe again. Now I can see you again.
-end-
By Troy Benton
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