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Love Games

Script by

Ryan Herman

Love Games

Scene One: The Intro

Present Day, Marcus, Severe Haircut Lady, and two guards sit at a table in a windowless, dirty room. One single lamp hangs from the ceiling.

SEVERE HAIRCUT LADY

“Give us the code God Damnit! We are the DHS, we will get it from you, one way or the other.”

MARCUS

“I don’t think so! Never shall I give the code to you! You are all evil!

SHL

“I will not be talked to like this! You give me what I want or I’ll get one of these guards to get it from you.”

MARCUS

“I just want to leave.”

An awkward look overcomes SHL’s face, she looks as though she’s thinking of the past. She looks as though she’s heard a voice she hasn’t heard in years. She looks startled, then almost happy.

Flashback to 1995, a man and a beautiful woman sit at a table in a very nice house. They are arguing intensely.

MAN

“you can’t keep doing this to us! With you work always comes first! When are you going to start caring about this family?!”

WOMAN

“I do care about this family! You just don’t understand what I have to go through with work! This is unbelievable, without me, this family is nothing! How would you pay for this house? Your Car?”

MAN

“Unbelievable Sarah, just unbelievable. I’m leaving you and I’m taking Angela with me. I just want to leave.”

WOMAN

“You won’t Jerrod! you’re too weak, you’d never leave me and you know it. Good luck!”

The scene cuts

Scene Two: The Realization

It’s the day after Marcus had his talk with SHL, he is brought back to the interrogation room. This time, the guards are told to leave the room and SHL pulls out her listening device and turns it off .

SHL

“Hello Jerrod, how are you feeling today? Sorry about yesterday, I just have a lot of pressure on me lately with the bombings. But you don’t need to worry about that. You have bigger things to worry about.”

Marcus looks puzzled and cannot muster a reply to what she’s just said to him. He figures it is a tactic to get him to talk and give her the codes.

SHL

“Very talkative as usual I see, huh Jerrod? Don’t worry, all you need to do is escape this place!”

MARCUS

“I have no clue what you’re talking about.”

SHL

“Oh Jerrod! It’s so good to see you again! I’ve changed! I really have, I know that this place is evil and I’m planning on breaking you out just to prove it to you.”

MARCUS

“What do you mean? This is all crazy.”

SHL

“Oh don’t you worry about that, I’ll take care of it all

Flashback to a day after the big argument. Sarah walks into the empty kitchen with a note in her hand. She is crying profusely and can barely speak. She sits down and reads what the note says:

SARAH

“Dear Sarah, you have caused a break in this family. You’re work has taken over your life and I can’t do it anymore. I wish you still loved me. I’ve taken Angela with me, don’t worry, we’ll be fine.”

She continues to cry and runs into the bathroom. She grabs scissors and cuts her hair, leaving a severe set of bangs. Audience realizes that she is Severe Haircut Lady. Scene Cut

Scene 3: The Revitalization

Marcus sits in his cell, just having visited SHL for the second time. He thinks about how sincere the woman was and whether or not it was a trick. He falls into a deep sleep and is awakened by SHL.

SHL

“Hello Jerrod, please just listen. I don’t have much time.”

MARCUS

“Wha, what? What’s going on?”

SHL

“Just listen Jerrod, it’s Sarah! I’m going to tell you exactly how to escape. Tomorrow night at 1 AM I am going to relieve the guards in the wing of duty. Your door will open and you will have a clear path to the front door. You will need to go quickly so as not to be seen by other guards. You will exit the front door and run to the large boulder sitting on the beach. There you will wait for me. I will come and we can get onto the boat to escape. I have to go now, but remember, at 1 you must escape. Be safe my dear.”

MARCUS

(thinking it’s a dream)

“Uh, okay sounds good, goodnight.”

Flashback to Sarah, this time it is 5 years after her break-up with her husband. She is in an apartment now, sitting at the kitchen table, holding a picture of a 10 year old girl in her hand. She flips the card over to read:

SARAH

“We’ve really made a beautiful little girl didn’t we”

She sits down suddenly and begins to weep uncontrollably, the lights dim and the scene cuts.

Scene 4: The Escape

The night after Sarah comes into Marcus’ cell, he sits in the darkness still questioning whether or not she is sincere. Suddenly the cell door swings open.

MARCUS

“huh, well its better than sitting in here.”

Marcus walks to the door, revealing that there are no guards either direction. He walks out and decides to follow Sarah’s directions. He does exactly as she says and gets to the boulder, where he is surprised to find Van waiting for him.

VAN

“It’s about time! Sheesh c’mon let’s go we have no time!”

MARCUS

(realizing that Sarah isn’t around)

“Where’s Sarah? Isn’t she supposed to meet us?”

VAN

“Who the heck is Sarah?”

MARCUS

“The woman that was interrogating us! She - Her name is Sarah.”

VAN

“Oh, she got shot and a guard was able to grab her while she was running out, I barely escaped myself. But hey we gotta go! Let’s run to the boat on three. Three, two, one, go!”

They run to the boat, Van starts it and is able to take off, she turns her head and sees noone is following them. They speed off into the darkness.

Flashback to Sarah sitting in a fancy home office with a fireplace roaring in the background. Books line the shelves and she sits in a chair opposite an man in a large desk chair facing away from her. An expensive office desk separates them.

MAN

“look Sarah, we all know what you’ve been through, with Jerrod and all. But you need to focus on the task that’s at hand.”

SARAH

“Yes I know, in order for you to be president you just need me to be head of DHS.”

MAN

“Exactly, and you’re going to do that aren’t you Sarah?”

SARAH

“Yes, Father.”

Scene 5: The Aftermath

It is the day after the escape, Marcus awakes in his own bed next to Van, who is already up and staring at him intensely. Marcus is disoriented and when he remembers last night he thinks it was just a dream.

MARCUS

“Woah Van, where are we?”

VAN

“We’re at your house stupid!”

MARCUS

“La, last night was real?”

VAN

“Well of course dummy, how else would we get here?!”

MARCUS

“Wow, then Sarah actually died for us then.”

VAN

“Well, yeah. You don’t remember do you? You passed out as soon as we got onto the boat. It was a real bitch getting you up into bed last night.”

MARCUS

“Wow, I-I wish I coulda said goodbye.”

Cuts to months after the invasion, and after Marcus has met Ange. Scene shows Ange and Marcus sitting on Ange’s couch at home. Her dad walks into the room and introduces himself to Marcus.

ANGE’S FATHER

“Hello I’m Jerrod, Angela’s father, its great to finally meet you Marcus.

Scene Cuts with audience realizing that Ange is Sarah’s daughter.