Vengeance: A tale of two Riots
Written by
Sheri Vaega
FADE IN:
EXT. GRAVEYARD - DAY
Rain pours down on the twins KAZIAH RIOT and LEARA RIOT, as they look down, emotionless, at their parent’s grave.
Rain pours down on the twins KAZIAH RIOT and LEARA RIOT, as they look down, emotionless, at their parent’s grave.
A branch snaps, the twins run for cover. The sound of a battle rages on
in the distance.
EXT. GRAVEYARD EXIT - DAY
KAZIAH and LEARA walk over freshly dead bodies. KAZIAH wipes blood off his sword with his cloak.
EXT. TOWN STREET - DAY
The twins reach the town, they see families shopping together and they
look at each other with pained memories.
FADE TO BLACK:
FADE TO BLACK:
INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT
KAZIAH and LEARA are stirred from their sleep. They sneak to the door
and peek through. Blood is everywhere, their parents lie lifeless on the floor.
A group of men are searching the house for the children.
KAZIAH and LEARA silently gasp and flee to the window.
FADE TO BLACK:
EXT. TOWN - DAY
KAZIAH and LEARA are psyching each other up. When KAZIAH gets hit in the face with a ball, he yells at a bunch of kids as they approach the twins retrieving their ball.
KAZIAH
AHHHH, Watch what
your doing.
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Riots 2.
KAZIAH has a vision of himself and his sister at their age, he realised
these kids are orphans like himself, he stops and calms himself down while
introducing his sister and himself.
KAZIAH
Ahhh sorry about that, just you have terrible aim…. (Sighs) I’m KAZIAH and this is my sister LEARA.
Ahhh sorry about that, just you have terrible aim…. (Sighs) I’m KAZIAH and this is my sister LEARA.
Most of them hang back in awe, but one kid, KANE, comes forward.
KANE
Hi im Kane… Woah, so where did you get your sword… Can I hold it?
Hi im Kane… Woah, so where did you get your sword… Can I hold it?
KAZIAH
Ok, here just don’t
scratch it.
KANE
You should come play
soccer with us, it will be cool please.
KAZIAH looks to LEARA for approval she smiles and nods and leaves the boys
to play as we hear KAZIAH boasting about how good he is.
KAZIAH
I don’t think you’re ready for this because ya know im awesome at everything.
I don’t think you’re ready for this because ya know im awesome at everything.
EXT. SOCCER FIELD – DAY
KAZIAH
KAZIAH
Ha, In your face.
KAZIAH is winning at soccer, but is suddenly distracted.
EXT. SHOPS – DAY
LEARA gets hit by a tranquilizer dart and falls to the ground.
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Riots 3.
KAZIAH turns and looks to where the tranquilizer was fired, two men
stand aiming at him, and he puts his sword up just in time to deflect the dart.
He turns sees the men kidnapping LEARA as they take her away, he turns
again and yells at the kids to run as more enemies come out of the bushes.
KAZIAH
Run, get out of here.
Run, get out of here.
All get away except for KANE, They are surrounded and KAZIAH tries to
protect him but a man distracts KAZIAH while another stabs KANE in the chest
making him fall to the ground and die. KAZIAH screams in rage.
KAZIAH gets into battle stance, eyes his opponents carefully, within
seconds he has killed all the assailants.
KAZIAH picks up KANES body and walks off the field.
EXT. ORPHANAGE DOOR - EVENING
KAZIAH, still holding KANE, knocks at the orphanage door, the matron answers, wailing in distress. KAZIAH hands over the child and he whispers something in her ear, she nods and closes the door.
KAZIAH turns, visible anger on his face, puts his hood on and runs into
the night.
EXT. FOREST - EVENING
EXT. FOREST - EVENING
KAZIAH is running swiftly through the forest, tracking the path of the
kidnappers.
KAZIAH stops, hears yelling, finds a good vantage point hiding in a
tree, to observe.
EXT. ABANDONED WAREHOUSE – NIGHT
KAZIAH examines from a distance as enemies carry LEARA up to the
entrance. An unknown man bursts out of the main door yelling at everyone.
KAZIAH watches with confusion, not understanding who he is.
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Riots 4.
UNKNOWN MAN
Where’s my nephew? You had one job, to get both of
them, useless the lot of you.
KAZIAH waits and watches, when he knows everyone is inside he climbs the
building up to a vent and enters.
INT. VENT - NIGHT
KAZIAH crawls through vent, staring into each room as he quietly passes. Through the fourth vent he sees her.
INT. VENT TO LEARAS ROOM - NIGHT
LEARA is whispering to a MAN whose face KAZIAH cannot make out. He finally sees his face, he thinks it is the same man he saw outside the warehouse earlier.
INT. LEARAS HOLDING CELL - NIGHT
KAZIAH drops down in front of LEARA and stabs his blade through the man’s stomach, he starts coughing up blood, KAZIAH looks into his eyes confused as the ENEMY smiles back at him.
ENEMY
You have done well my
son.
The man is their father, KAZIAH frozen in place as LEARA pushes him out
of the way and pulls the sword out of their father.
Door unlocks and swings open as UNKWOWN MAN walks in, KAZIAH confused
noticing the man he just stabbed wasn’t the man from outside.
KAZIAH
What the shit!
There’s two of them.
UNKWOWN MAN laughs and points at ENEMY on ground.
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Riots 5.
LEE
HAHA, so I see you have already met my brother...
will someone get in here and fix him up!!! Can’t have him dying yet, wouldn’t
that ruin a family reunion… That’s right I’m LEE by the way your uncle.
Then LEE turns away slamming the door shut behind him.
KAZIAH frozen in place looks towards LEARA, she reassures him that their
father is still alive.
LEARA
It’s true… Their twins as well and our father is
still alive well… maybe not for long.
The room fills with smoke. The twins are getting drowsy, they look at
each other then they fall unconscious.
TO BE CONTINUED