Episode 1 - Scene 6 A Deal

Cut to
INT - JOSEPH’S DORMITORY - MORNING

JOSEPH is laying down in his bed, asleep. JOSEPH’S phone is out on the desk. It begins to ring. JOSEPH reaches out. He picks it up, answering it.

EDWIN
Hello, Joseph.

JOSEPH sits up.

JOSEPH
Who’s this?

EDWIN
My name is Edwin. I trust that you have heard some bad things about me. You must know that none of them are true.

JOSEPH
What do you want?

EDWIN
You have something that I want. And I have something that you want. If you ever want to see your mother again, come and meet me. I shall text the location to you. You have two hours to get there. And please come alone.

EDWIN hangs up on JOSEPH. JOSEPH puts the phone down. He quickly climbs out of the bed. He gets dressed. He puts his trainers on. He opens the door, only to see PADDY standing there.

PADDY
Where are you going?

Cut to
INT – OUTSIDE JOSEPH’S DORMITORY - MORNING

JOSEPH walks out of the dormitory. He starts to walk along the corridor.
PADDY runs after JOSEPH. He holds onto JOSEPH’S shoulder. JOSEPH turns to face him.

PADDY (softly)
Talk to me, Joseph.


JOSEPH
I have to save my Mum. Edwin called me. He said that he wanted to meet me.

PADDY
He’s setting you up, Joseph. He wants you.

JOSEPH begins to cry. PADDY hugs him.

JOSEPH (tearfully)
I want my Mum back. I want her back.

Cut to
INT - THE LABS - MORNING

JOSEPH, PADDY and CJ are standing inside the labs. There are some other people working inside the room. CJ hands a microchip that is the size of a sim card to JOSEPH. He looks at it.

JOSEPH
What’s this?

CJ
It’s a tracker. Put it in your phone. If they take you, it will allow us to know your exact location.

JOSEPH takes out his phone from his right trouser pocket. He takes the back of it off, and he puts the microchip inside it.

Cut to
INT - EDWIN’S OFFICE - MORNING

EDWIN is standing inside the office. LINK is also standing inside the room. ENZIO comes inside the room. EDWIN turns to face him.

EDWIN
Take a seat, Enzio.

ENZIO sits down at the desk.

ENZIO
What can I assist you of this time?

EDWIN
I need you to pick someone up for me.

EDWIN nods to LINK, who takes out a small folder from his jacket. He hands it to ENZIO, who looks inside it. There is a photo of JOSEPH inside it. He nods. He gets to his feet, then he walks out of the room. He closes the door behind himself. EDWIN turns to face LINK.

EDWIN
I want you to follow him. Let me know how it goes.

Cut to
INT - PADDY’S CAR - MORNING

PADDY’S car is parked on the edge of the road. PADDY is sitting in the
driver’s seat. JOSEPH is sitting in the front passenger’s seat. They both have their seatbelts on. PADDY has a watch on his right wrist. PADDY faces JOSEPH.

PADDY
Are you sure you want to do this?

JOSEPH
Yeah.

PADDY
I will be watching. If they do anything to harm you, I will get you out.

PADDY looks at the time on his watch.

PADDY
It’s time for you to make a move.

Cut to
EXT – OUTSIDE PADDY’S CAR - MORNING

JOSEPH climbs out of the car. He closes the door behind himself. He begins to walk down the street.

Cut to
EXT - A STREET - MORNING

JOSEPH is standing in the street. He is looking for EDWIN. He can’t see him. There are several people walking around the street. ENZIO walks over to JOSEPH, who faces him.

JOSEPH
You’re not Edwin. He said that he’d be meeting me here.

ENZIO
Edwin’s not coming.

ENZIO opens his jacket, revealing a gun. JOSEPH looks at it.

ENZIO (continued)
Don’t make me use it.

JOSEPH
What are we waiting for?

ENZIO
Our lift.

JOSEPH moves towards ENZIO, who takes the gun out of his jacket. JOSEPH grabs hold of the gun, moving it upwards. ENZIO pulls the trigger. A bullet goes into the air. The crowd screams, and they start to run away. JOSEPH punches ENZIO in the face.
ENZIO drops the gun. It rolls across the floor. JOSEPH punches ENZIO in the face. ENZIO grabs hold of him. He pushes JOSEPH up against the wall. JOSEPH kicks ENZIO in the privates. He lets go of him, groaning. JOSEPH starts to run away. ENZIO runs after him. A van stops at the end of the street. A MAN climbs out of it. He grabs hold of JOSEPH, pulling him inside it.

Cut to
INT – THE VAN - MORNING

There are THREE MEN in the back of the van. ENZIO gets inside the van
a moment later. He closes the door.

ENZIO
Let’s get out of here.

The van starts to drive down the street. ENZIO grabs JOSEPH by the throat.

ENZIO (angrily)
If you think of doing something like that again, I will kill you. Do you
understand me?

JOSEPH doesn’t answer him. ENZIO lets go of him.

Cut to
INT - PADDY’S CAR - MORNING

PADDY is driving the car down the street. He drives in-between all of the cars. He stops the car at some traffic lights. He counts five seconds on his
watch, then he accelerates. He races down the road. The van goes past
him. PADDY drives into the side of it. The van rolls onto its side. PADDY stops the car.

Cut to
INT – THE VAN - MORNING

JOSEPH slowly opens his eyes. He has a bloody lip. All of the men, including ENZIO, are laying in a heap on the floor. JOSEPH opens the side door. He runs onto the street. He sees PADDY standing by his car.

PADDY (shouting)
Get in!

Cut to
INT – PADDY’S CAR - MORNING

JOSEPH quickly climbs inside the front passenger’s seat of the car. A
MAN climbs out of the van. PADDY takes out his gun. He shoots the MAN in the stomach. PADDY puts the gun away. He climbs back inside the car.
He faces JOSEPH.

PADDY
Are you okay?

JOSEPH
Yeah.

PADDY switches the engine on. He starts to drive away. The MEN get out of the van. They start to shoot at PADDY’S car. He continues to drive away.

Cut to
INT - LINK’S CAR - MORNING

LINK’S car is parked in a lay-by. LINK is sitting in the driver’s seat. He
has just seen what happened. He takes out his phone from his right trouser pocket. He starts to ring EDWIN. The phone connects a moment later.

LINK
He got away.

Cut to
INT - PADDY’S CAR - MORNING

PADDY is still driving the car down the street. JOSEPH looks out of the window to see where they are going.

JOSEPH
Where are we going?

PADDY
There’s a hotel on the other side of town. We’re gonna stay there for a while.

Cut to
INT - EDWIN’S OFFICE - MORNING

EDWIN is sitting down at his desk. KAT, mid-thirties, comes inside the room. She is wearing scantily clad clothes. She starts to walk towards EDWIN.

KAT
I understand you ran into a spot of trouble.

KAT sits on EDWIN’S lap. She wraps her legs around EDWIN’S waist.

EDWIN
Enzio failed to get Joseph. I want you to find out where he’s gone to and get him.

KAT
You should never let a man do a woman’s job.

KAT kisses EDWIN on the cheek.

KAT (continued)
Consider it done.

KAT gets to her feet and she walks out of the room.

Fade Out



To Be Continued...