 
Courage of a Velvet

Usama Mehmood

March 04, 2015

1. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – FOREST – SOMEWHERE IN INTERIOR SINDH – 2 PM

ANNIE, who was kidnapped yesterday when she was coming back from her college had left the college that day with four of her friends.

Because ANNIE's house was the most furthest amongst those five girls, she was walking alone in a deserted street under the scorching heat.

She never liked the idea of a Veil or Abaya or Burkha.

She believed it confines the minds of a women and physically makes them more vulnerable between men. A woman is already half defeated in the competition with the men if she is wearing a veil; well that's just her believes.

She was 17 years old, beautiful fair skin, dark luminous black eyes and two toned long hair, the sort that gives almond color shine in bright sunlight and black shine in dimmed light.

A high-roof car stopped in front of her in the street, two men with bare naked face grabbed her with shoulders and her feet; and threw her in the car.

The car flew off.

They put a blind fold on her eyes, taped her mouth and cuffed her hands behind.

She was taken to an unknown destination and was put in a room with other girls, door closed outside.

She sat at that room on the floor, uncomfortably for aroud thirty minutes.

Two women aging almost 45 years old, entered in that room and picked her up and started ripping her clothes off.

WOMAN I

Don't worry child, I have a daughter too, take me as your mother. Stop resisting. We just want to see if you have any birth marks or any deficiency on your body.

They kept on ripping her college uniform, her bra and finally her panties until she was standing there blind-folded, tapped mouth, bare naked.

That blind-fold was then almost wet because of her tears.

WOMAN II (to WOMAN I)

I think she looks perfect amongst these lots.

She was referring to other girls kidnapped and put on that room.

ANNIE was still wearing her college shoes.

ANNIE realized that those girls were there sitting bare naked too.

Her heart was pounding like an atom bomb on every beat.

Her house was just in the next street, she thought to herself standing naked there and thinking if she could have walked more quickly, she would have been lying on her bed comfortably, eating 'biryani', MOM promised in the morning she was making Chinese for lunch, the thought of that broke her already shattered heart even more.

WOMAN I (to ANNIE, holding her cheeks with her two palms)

Okay Beta, you can sit now, my beautiful princess.

Bidding is about to start in 15 minutes.

The two women pushed her shoulder down to force her to sit back.

ANNIE mumbled through her tapped mouth but no one could hear her.

Bidding starts. The two women were showing them girls.

Men with big moustaches, some with beards, some with no hair on their heads, some so aged, they could go for as far as grandfather of ANNIE.

They must be 10 men, all at once in the dirty, isolated room.

SOOMRO saw ANNIE.

WOMAN I

O you saw one of our precious possessions.

SOOMRO

How much?

WOMAN I

She is virg—

SOOMRO (slightly louder)

How much? (continuously staring bare naked body of ANNIE and ignoring WOMAN I face)

WOMAN I

For our regular client like you, Rs. 500,000—

SOOMRO

Done. (he didn't even let the WOMAN I complete the sentence)

WOMAN I (excitingly)

Excellent!

SOOMRO left the room.

WOMAN II grabbed ANNIE with her right arm and quickly dragged her to the next room. She was forced to put traditional Sindhi clothes by WOMAN II.

When she was ready, still blind-folded and tapped-mouth, she was dragged by two men who kidnapped her two hours ago and put on the back seats of the Vigo.

SOOMRO was driving that Vigo car.

The car took off like a bullet, from Karachi to somewhere interior Sindh.

ANNIE sat in that car for twenty more hours. SOOMRO drove the car silently.

Her eyes are all dried up, she hasn't drank or eaten anything since her lunch-time yesterday in her college.

The car stops at a Villa, middle of nowhere in the forest somewhere in Sindh.

She is taken out of the car and put in a room in second floor of the VILLA.

March 18, 2015

1A. INT – DARK ROOM – ABANDONED FLAT – DESERTED BUILDING – KARACHI – 4 AM

Phone is ringing for quite sometimes, HARRIS (35 years old), is in deep sleep after drinking desi-alcohol till 2 am. The apartment had no furniture. A dirty-rotten smelly couch and an old table next to it. On the table, there are bottles and paper plates and cups used days ago. It's a one bed apartment in a building which was stopped almost from full construction because of the dispute between a resourceful politician and a successful businessman. Both claiming their rights to the land. Case pending in the court for almost a decade now.

Harris has been living here for a year. The building is a safe haven for criminals, convicts and drug-addicts. The smelly-aroma from the building gives impression of it being built in Mughal era.

Phone is still ringing. Harris gives up the resistance of ignoring the ringing voice which was hitting to his brain as a continuous hammer to his head. He stands sit, tries to find the phone on the couch or sheet he is using to cover from the chilly weather.

HARRIS

For fuck sake...Where the hell are you.?

His hangover head can't figure out the direction of the ring. He begins browsing through the things on the table, throwing them down the floor after checking them. He eventually finds the phone in a paper cup. The phone is a small old Nokia.

He looks for the caller id but his vision is still blur due to hangover.

HARRIS

Yeah? Who the fuck is this?

MAN

I need two kg's of apples cut in pieces for the audience.

HARRIS

Wait, I haven't gotten the last—

MAN hangs up the phone.

HARRIS

Fucking hell!! (throws the phone against the wall, which opens up into two parts)

He grabs the edge of the sheets, lie down and cover himself. We see his red eyes wide open and gradually the eye lid shuts down as he loses the urge to stay awake.

Cut to black screen.

2. INT – DARK ROOM – ABANDONED FLAT – DESERTED BUILDING – 1 PM

There is a heavy knock on the door. HARRIS has been incorporating that knock in his dreams for last a couple of minutes and he doesn't want to wake up. The noise from the door is like of someone trying to break the door open. HARRIS eventually wakes up. Take a deep breath and looks around his surroundings. Life is still shit. He is only wearing under garments.

He walks towards the door, avoiding to hit on any stuff lying around the floor. He opens the door.

BABA (barges in the flat)

Where have you been? I have been knocking for hours.

HARRIS

I was sleeping.

BABA

It's afternoon. This stuff was here when I visited two months ago.

HARRIS being hangover don't have energy to stand for a few more minutes, he walks to the couch to sit down but his father grabs him right at the time when he is about sit.

BABA

Listen, ALY is missing for last four days.

HARRIS

What? (squirting his eyes) Four days?

BABA

I thought he was with a college friend's house.

HARRIS

For four days?

BABA

That's what he told your AMMA when he left. He didn't even reach at his friend's.

HARRIS (shadowing his eyes from his palms)

Okay, okay. What should we do now?

BABA

Put on some clothes and let's find your brother.

HARRIS puts some old shirt and pants lying on the couch while BABA picks up things from the floor and put them aside in the edge of the room to be picked up for garbage later.

3. EXT – STREET – DESERTED BUILDING – 1.15 PM

We see the actual condition of the building, the unclean street, heroin addicts lying around, high. Young kids with gangster-oily-hairstyles with guns and knives.

4. EXT – GATE – POLICE STATION – 2 PM

They don't talk much during the commune. BABA takes him to the police station. HARRIS is hesitant in entering. He looks at the sign "Police Station" in blue & red and a shivering wave goes around his body.

BABA

Are you coming or what?

HARRIS sighs and steps in. The policeman at the gate gives him a long hard stare that makes him more uncomfortable.

5. INT – FIR OFFICE – POLICE STATION – 2.03 PM

BABA greets the policemen in a customary desi-manner. HARRIS keeps quiet, head down, not making any eye contact and follows BABA's lead.

He wants to leave the place as soon as possible.

POLICEMAN

What seems to be the problem?

BABA

Sir, my young boy hasn't come home for four days.

POLICEMAN (rudely)

What do you want us to do about it?

BABA (hands closed, kneeling down)

Could you please file the FIR and help me find my ALY.

POLICEMAN

Do you have 25,000 rupees?

BABA (puzzled)

What? No? Why?

POLICEMAN

Look old-timer, you seem a good guy to me so I will you this advice once. Listen carefully. Call or visit all the possible friends you know of your kid. Try to—

BABA (interrupts)

Sir, we have already done that.

POLICEMAN gets agitated with the interruption. He pauses and back to writing on the paper which he was doing when the two entered.

BABA (confused and looks at HARRIS and then)

Sir...

POLICEMAN (not looking, still writing something)

Visit hospitals nearby and Edhi centre. Thank you. Bye.

BABA

But sir...

POLICEMAN points at the door with his index finger of left hand while writing from right hand, still not looking.

BABA looks at HARRIS with sympathy again who grabs his father's shoulder and non-verbally tells him to let's leave.

6. EXT – OUTSIDE GATE – POLICE STATION – 2.15 PM

The two are outside, not talking, worried, and thinking. BABA sighs.

BABA

There is one hospital a few blocks away.

7. INT – RECEPTION – HOSPITAL – KARACHI – 2.30 PM

We see them enter.

RECEPTIONIST

Sir, this is a private hospital and we don't accept any wounded patient without a paper work.

BABA

He is yay-height, fair and wearing the college uniform.

RECEPTIONIST

Please stop wasting my time. Try any public hospital.

BABA's face is showing more wrinkles than before. HARRIS grabs his father again and they walks out.

8. INT / EXT – PUBLIC BUS – ROAD – 2.40 PM

We see them travelling in a crowded bus. HARRIS grabs some skinny guy sitting on the seat, from the collar and pushes him away in the bus. HARRIS gives him the red-eye stare that is enough for skinny guy not to respond. He lets his father sit on the seat while he grabs the pipe to stand still.

They travel to a public hospital.

9. INT – RECEPTION – PUBLIC HOSPITAL – 3 PM

A crowded reception. BABA sits in queue for the inquiry counter.

It's been five minutes and queue hasn't moved. HARRIS sees his father worried, an anger waves through his blood.

He pushes and shoves people around the counter and goes straight to the glass window. Those who had something to say got the red-eye stare.

RECEPTIONIST

Sir, you have to be in the queue. I—

HARRIS grabs the RECEPTIONIST's shirt and pulls him towards himself.

HARRIS

Listen fuck face, you want to die right now? Haan?

HARRIS calls his father to come at the counter. BABA moves towards the counter, cutting through the angry sweaty crowd, feeling ashamed.

HARRIS grabs the RECEPTIONIST neck from behind.

HARRIS

Answer this man carefully.

RECEPTIONIST keeps quiet. HARRIS hardens his grip on the neck.

RECEPTIONIST

Yes, Sir. You want to ask me something?

BABA (still ashamed)

Son, I am looking for my son who hasn't been at home for four days, the police told us to visit hospitals.

Have you seen a 17 year old boy, yay-height, fair, black hair?

RECEPTIONIST (whose neck is still in constraint)

Sir, what's his name?

BABA

Aly.

RECEPTIONIST shifts head towards HARRIS and gives a stare, like trying to say that his neck has to be let go if they want "Aly's" name to be checked from the record.

HARRIS gets the hint and let go.

RECEPTIONIST straightens himself and looks through the record.

RECEPTIONIST (towards BABA)

Sir, we don't have any one admitted to the hospital by this name or the description.

HARRIS

Look carefully. (Staring)

RECEPTIONIST (to HARRIS)

I did. (then towards BABA) Sir, you should for your confirmation try the mort-room.

HARRIS gives him the facial expression as if it's all the last words RECEPTIONIST has uttered from his mouth.

RECEPTIONIST

Just to be on the save side, you know, SIR!

BABA grabs the right fist of HARRIS and:

BABA

Where is the mort-room?

RECEPTIONIST

It's underground. Take the stairs down and on your first left. It's easy, you can't miss the smell.

BABA snatches HARRIS out of the crowd and they walks down the stairs.

10. INT – UNDERGROUND – PUBLIC HOSPITAL – 3 PM

He was right, the smell is unbearable. They put their sleeves to the nose to tackle the smell.

There are too many doors with unreadable signs. There is no one on the whole floor.

The two used to be butchers for living but cows and goats dead bodies don't make that hideous smell. They smell is so strong that they could even taste it.

HARRIS begins knocking on the each door thinking someone might be there to guide them proper way.

He is knocking and moving quickly down the aisle, the breath he has been holding for a few seconds is uncontrollable to the point he feels nauseated. Someone appears wearing the green mask-cover (surgeons wear during surgery) and in white coat.

RESIDENT

Why are you guys here?

BABA (his sleeves covering his mouth and nose)

We are sent here by the RECEPTIONIST.

RESIDENT (holding the scalpel)

So?

HARRIS

Did you receive any body of a roughly 17 years old in last four days?

RESIDENT (sarcastically)

We receive bodies every day? Can't you smell?

HARRIS (clearing himself)

Of-a-roughly-17-years-old?

RESIDENT

NOOO...

BABA

Okay, let's go.

Just when they are about to leave and use the stairs—

RESIDENT

Wait!

They stop but their sleeves back on the mouth and nose to cover the smell and look back.

RESIDENT

What did you say his height was?

BABA looks at HARRIS in discomfort.

HARRIS

5'6" or 5'7"

RESIDENT

Let me show you something.

11. INT – MORT ROOM – PUBLIC HOSPITAL – 3.15 PM

RESIDENT removes the white sheet covering the head of a dead body. It is a 100% burnt body, barely recognizable.

The dark reddish body isn't providing any clue and all three are checking it out thoroughly for any sign.

BABA

O yeah, check his teeth!

RESIDENT

Wait, what now?

BABA

My son had his upper front tooth got broken years ago. It's like half cut tooth. (pointing at his own tooth)

RESIDENT

Okay..

RESIDENT uses scalpel to figure out if there is any tooth broken under the burned lips.

The teeth are all black due to burns.

RESIDENT

Which one is it again?

BABA

It's this one—

HARRIS pushes the RESIDENT with his shoulder and grabs his scalpel.

HARRIS

Move a side.

His amateur way of using the scalpel is apparently disgusting to his father.

HARRIS

This isn't Aly.

BABA

Oh thank God.

BABA almost couldn't control his weight and half way falling into the ground, HARRIS catches him.

HARRIS

Calm down, BABA. It means he is alive.

BABA

Yeah—

RESIDENT

There is one more body.

BABA

One more? I can't take it anymore...

RESIDENT

Let me check if they have buried it or not?

BABA (still being hold by HARRIS)

I can't, I just want my son back.

HARRIS

He is alive, believe me BABA.

The two follow the RESIDENT to another cold storage.

RESIDENT removes one by one sheet above the heads of the dead bodies to find out the one he was referring to.

RESIDENT

I think it's this one.

The two are still outside the room.

RESIDENT looks back at the two:

RESIDENT

Oh for fuck sake, its cold storage you guys are letting the temperature down.

The two slowly comes in, looking from the far at the body the RESIDENT left the head open from the sheet.

RESIDENT closes the door himself and quickly walks towards the body.

RESIDENT

So, it's your best day. They hadn't buried it yet.

The two's facial expressions are gradually changing as they slowly walks towards the body.

Whatever RESIDENT is saying, it's audible in the background.

RESIDENT

We wait for a week at most here after which we send it to EDHI to bury the unclaimed bodies. You see, it's a public hospital and we don't have that much capacity here...

BABA first recognizes Aly.

BABA

NOHHH!

BABA falls down. HARRIS doesn't catch.

HARRIS is still walking towards the body, he still can't believe his eyes.

RESIDENT

I see, it's yours. (Takes out the file)

He was shot on the head. You could see the wound from the left side of the head. The blood drained with few minutes on the spot. The subject was dead when they brought him here.

HARRIS (clears his throat and gathers words)

Where did they find the body?

We could see BABA unconscious lying on the floor.

RESIDENT

It doesn't say. They couldn't find any identity card or cell phone to call someone to pick his body.

HARRIS (tears resisting to hold on to his lower eye lashes)

Who killed him?

RESIDENT

Well it's not my job to find out but majority of bodies being brought here are victims of Target Killers.

Tears begin jerking off his eyes involuntarily when he hears "Target Killers."

HARRIS gathers his senses and looks back at his father; he didn't know he felt down. He runs and kneels down to pick him up.

RESIDENT

I will tell someone to do the paper work to release the body.

RESIDENT leaves.

BABA gains consciousness.

BABA (opens his eyes, a small pause)

What will we tell your mother?

HARRIS doesn't respond, tears flow down momentarily, now running down like a flood.

12. EXT – PAVEMENT – OUTSIDE HOSPITAL - PUBLIC HOSPITAL – 3.50 PM

HARRIS is sitting beside the road. He is looking down, in his own thoughts. He sees two ants fighting for a piece of cockroach's leg on the road. He feels calm watching them in the scorching hot afternoon.

Someone put a small piece of paper in front of his knelt-down head. He slowly looks up with disgrace. They are a really old couple in really old clothes like of village people.

HARRIS frowned with the blunt gesture of the couple.

OLD MAN

Son, could you please guide us this address? May God help you!

HARRIS

Leave me alone... (he mumbles something more)

OLD LADY

We came from Sukkur this morning to meet our son. No one has guided us properly. We haven't eaten anything all day.

OLD LADY hits the OLD MAN with her elbow and tells him with her eyes to forward the piece of paper with the address again.

HARRIS after a big sigh glances at the address. It is such a badly hand-written; he doesn't care to give a try to figure it out what is written.

HARRIS

I don't know the address.

OLD MAN

Thank you Son, may God help you.

HARRIS (sarcastically)

Yeah right...

The old couple moves on slowly walking away.

He calls his father on cell phone.

HARRIS

When are we leaving with 'him'?

BABA

The police has been called to do some formalities, they will release him after that. It might take an hour or two...

HARRIS while listening looks at the same old couples, asking some other stranger the same address.

HARRIS

Okay, I have some work to do, will be back later.

BABA

What the hell, are you going to leave—?

HARRIS ends the call, stands up and moves towards the old couple.

HARRIS (politely now)

Hello, let me see the address again... (Snatches the address from the stranger who is trying to figure out what is written)

HARRIS (Continues)

Hey that's the same address of my building. (Fake joy)

What was the name of your Son again?

Old couple gets excited, the innocence of villager is apparent in their behavior.

OLD LADY

RAB NAWAZ.

HARRIS

RAB NAWAZ, RAB, I know the guy. He is my neighbor.

I am going back to my apartment if you guys want to come you can come.

OLD MAN (grabs HARRIS hand and hold it)

That would be really helpful of you Son, God help you.

HARRIS

Whatever...

HARRIS stops a taxi, let them sit on the back, he sits in the front.

HARRIS (serious mode)

Mehran Apartments. (To taxi driver)

13. EXT / INT – TAXI – ROAD - 4 PM

We see HARRIS extremely sad, lost in his thoughts and old couples enjoying the ride, they get to see new places during the commune towards the apartment.

Music is playing, Old couple asks something from the HARRIS, who doesn't listen, and he is still thinking about the dilemma he has found himself in.

The driver looks at HARRIS, waiting for him to respond to the old couples but then responses himself.

They were asking about how far is the building.

14. EXT – TAXI – ROAD – 4.30 PM

We see HARRIS paying for the fare.

They then get along with the HARRIS towards the building. The old couple don't care about the situation the building is in or the sort of people it inhabits outside the building.

HARRIS

It's on third floor. Will you guys be able to climb the stairs.

OLD LADY (excitedly)

We have been trying to find our son since morning, these stairs wouldn't stop us now.

The OLD MAN grabs OLD LADY's hand and they climb one stair at a time slowly climbs upward.

15. INT – THIRD FLOOR - STAIRS – BUILDING – 4.40 PM

All three eventually climbed to third floor.

HARRIS

This is RAB NAWAZ's apartment.

OLD MAN

But it's—

HARRIS

He works hard all day.

OLD LADY

Too hard, we think. We have been calling him for two weeks but his number is off.

HARRIS

Yeah, you can't beat the hard work.

There are two apartments per floor. The apartment he is referring to belong to a criminal serving two year sentence in the jail. The other apartment belongs to HARRIS.

Apparently one could get an apartment for free here if one is criminal enough or ready to work for criminals.

HARRIS (while opening the door)

Well, this one is mine. You guys could wait till

RAB NAWAZ comes back.

OLD GUY

That would be really helpful of you Son, God help you.

HARRIS mumbles something while opening the door.

16. INT – HARRIS APARTMENT - THIRD FLOOR - BUILDING – 4.45 PM

He unlocks the door. The moment he gets in, he begins cleaning the couch and table. BABA did some cleaning this morning but more needed to be done.

He let them sit at the couch.

HARRIS

Have you guys eaten anything today?

OLD LADY

We eat the tastiest daal-chawal from—

HARRIS

How about tea?

OLD LADY

I haven't had tea since this morning, at Sukkur we have had five or six—

HARRIS

Okay, you guys sit tight and let me get some tea.

OLD MAN

If it isn't any hassle—

HARRIS

No hassle.

HARRIS goes into washroom, which looks like hasn't been cleaned since it was constructed. He grabs something out of counter and leaves the apartment.

OLD LADY

Such an honest person. What was the name he said.

OLD MAN

He didn't.

OLD LADY

Well he is helping us for an hour and you didn't bother to ask him his name.

OLD MAN

No one stopped you to ask—

OLD LADY

How preposterous. This isn't Sukkur.

OLD MAN

My RAB NAWAZ works way too much, he hasn't spoken to his bride for three weeks. What kind of person does that?

OLD LADY

Don't talk to me about that Daiyyan. Sleeps around all day. Freeloader.

OLD MAN

She works, I have seen her work. Stop giving her such a tough time all the time.

Their meaningless conversation continues.

17. INT – OUTSIDE HARRIS APARTMENT - THIRD FLOOR - BUILDING – 5 PM

HARRIS just climbs to third floor with the tea in plastic bag. He is out of breath. Before opening the door, he opens the rubber-band of the plastic bag in which the tea is and takes out a small brown glass bottle and pours all of it in the tea, stitches the rubber-band back and without making a noise opens the door.

HARRIS

Hey, I am back.

OLD MAN

Thank you Son, you have been really kind.

OLD LADY

We have been talking about you, how you have been going miles to help us strangers.

HARRIS (begins pouring the tea in TWO cups)

It's nothing. GUL NAWAZ is a very good friend of mine.

OLD LADY (still not suspicious like a normal person)

RAB NAWAZ.

HARRIS

Yes, yes, RAB NAWAZ. It's the heat actually.

OLD MAN

Yes, we were wondering how you could live here without a fan.

HARRIS

Believe me, it gets so chilly at night here, you feel it's December in July.

HARRIS is done pouring and serves them the tea.

OLD LADY

You would have one?

HARRIS

I don't like tea. (while kneeling back all the side wall and watching them drink it)

OLD MAN

How do you know RAB NAWAZ?

HARRIS

Well, where should I start? I met him at a Pathan Dhaba.

OLD LADY

That is my RAB NAWAZ, he loves pathans karak tea.

They all laugh momentarily.

HARRIS

You are right, absolutely right. (Looking down, sliding his

feet against the floor)

OLD MAN (while sipping tea)

But he didn't invite you to his wedding.

HARRIS

Yeah, I was meant to come but I had this accident in my leg and couldn't move for two months.

OLD LADY

Oh God, are you okay now?

HARRIS

I am alright now. RAB NAWAZ helped me with the money so

I could work.

OLD MAN

That's sad.

HARRIS quickly takes out the knife from his back, hiding under his waist and jumps on the OLD LADY. He slides her throat. A shower of blood wets his whole face.

He looks at the OLD MAN, the trick worked on him promptly; he is subconscious, laid back on the couch with mouth open.

HARRIS

Okay. (takes a deep breath, Camera zoom out) Okay...

18. INT – HARRIS's APARTMENT - THIRD FLOOR - BUILDING – 5.30 PM

He is in his under garments.

There are chopping and cracking of bones sounds clearly being heard. HARRIS is breaking the old couple's dead bodies into pieces. He just have this one sharp long knife that he used to cut OLD LADY's throat.

Whenever that knife encounters any bone during the cutting process, HARRIS had to break the bones with his bare hands. It's a tough process.

He splits the two heads aside. Four arms and legs into sixteen pieces.

He saw the time; it took him two hours to do that. It's 7.30 PM.

He grabs the sheet from the couch, he was using to cover himself during the night and put all the pieces in to that sheet. There is a thick layer of blood on the floor.

He goes into washroom, washes his arms, face, neck and feet off the blood. He still reeks of blood.

There is an unwashed old shirt and pants hanging in the washroom, he wears them.

At 7.40 PM, he leaves his apartment.

19. INT – FRIEND'S APARTMENT - SIXTH FLOOR - BUILDING – 7.41 PM

HARRIS is out of his breath. He climbed three floors in one minute.

He knocks on the door of an apartment. The doors at the building look all the same. The dirtiness, rustiness and difference is the smell, always some weird smell from each apartment.

The friend is a stoner. HARRIS is banging the door for last two minutes; he knows the friend is in there, he never goes out.

Eventually, slowly opening all the locks at the door and there are too many locks.

FRIEND

Okay, okay, dude, I am opening it.

HARRIS still keeps on banging.

FRIEND

It takes time, you know, wait it out, fucker

The door is opened.

HARRIS

I need your car keys.

FRIEND

No way man.

HARRIS

Listen this is no time to fuck around. I need to do this job.

HARRIS cellphone rings. He checks, it's his father.

HARRIS

FUCK. (Puts his hand on the face and slides it to his hairs)

The phone is still ringing. He eventually picks up.

HARRIS

BABA I will be there in 30 mins.

BABA (on the other side)

You better be, everyone is here. Your brother's dead body is lying in next room. We will bury him without you.

HARRIS

30 mins BABA (BABA ends the call) Hello? BABA?

He takes off cell from his ears and checks the phone. The call is dropped. He closes his eyes while standing in front of his friend and pauses for a few moments.

HARRIS (moves forward and grabs friend's shirt collar)

Listen carefully, my only brother is dead. I found out today he was killed by a target killer like me four days ago. So if you don't want to live through tonight, just don't say NO to the question I am about to ask again. Got it?

FRIEND nods.

HARRIS (sighs)

Where is your car key?

FRIEND

It's right there. (Pointing out the direction with his eyes)

HARRIS looks at his back; the keys are hanging on the wall on a small nail.

HARRIS let go off the FRIEND, picks the keys and leaves.

FRIEND (shouts)

You are welcome!

20. INT – HARRIS's APARTMENT - THIRD FLOOR - BUILDING – 7.50 PM

HARRIS opens his apartment's door quickly; the door bangs into the wall. The sheet covering the pieces of the old couples is now filled with blood.

HARRIS grabs the sheet, its heavy; he uses both hands and drags it to his apartment's door. He locks the door, picks the sheet again and climbs down the stairs.

The blood is dripping on the stairs but no one in the building cares.

The Sun is about to set.

21. EXT – OUTSIDE BUILDING - 7.55 PM

HARRIS knows where his stoner FRIEND parks the car.

He is slowly moving towards the car, there are people outside the building, they could notice the red sheet and the dripping blood but they don't bother.

He opens the trunk and put the pieces into the car.

22. INT – FRIEND'S APARTMENT - SIXTH FLOOR - BUILDING – 7.56 PM

Friend is watching from his balcony.

FRIEND (to himself)

No, no, nooo. It will smell of blood.

He picks and throws something down; the moment he throws he realizes he is throwing it at his own car.

HARRIS starts the engine and backs up the car.

FRIEND (stupidly prays while watching that thing going down)

Oh God, please don't hit my car.

It doesn't. His stoned mind wasn't accurate enough.

FRIEND

Thanks God.

23. INT / EXT – CAR - ROAD – 8.07 PM

It's almost dark outside.

HARRIS has been driving around the posh area of the city. He is after a nice spot where he could dumb the bodies and make horrific impact on the residences of the area.

HARRIS sees a traffic signal a few meters away right in front, a luxury car with a police van drives pass his car. They stop at the signal.

HARRIS slowly and carefully pulls over his car behind them. He feels uncomfortable behind a police van. There is only one policeman but he is staring at HARRIS continuously, waiting for any sudden move. HARRIS's car is 20 years old model and not in a good condition.

HARRIS is looking at the light to turn green. It's taking hours to turn green. He is anxious and the policeman could notice that.

Finally, signal opens, the two moves straight forward, HARRIS to avoid this love/hate moment at the next signal turns left. A few meters on the street, he sees a supermarket, with a big parking lot. He takes his cell phone out, it is 8.10 pm.

His young brother's body is waiting at his parents' house to be buried.

24. INT / EXT – CAR – PARKING LOT – SUPERMARKET - 8.12 PM

He takes another left turn and pulls over in the parking lot. Parking lot is almost deserted. It is already dark. He waits for his moment to dumb the bodies.

A car after a few seconds later emerges from the same entrance HARRIS came in.

The car is parked 50 meters away from HARRIS's.

A driver quickly comes out of the car and opens the back door. A teenage kid emerges.

HARRIS's blood pressure increases, his facial expressions changes to being angry involuntarily. The outrage inside him is apparent. He knows this kid and the same car from his past.

25. INT – SUPERMARKET - 8.13 PM

TEENAGER name is AYYAN.

AYYAN enters in the supermarket. He grabs a cart and begins wandering around the aisles. A smoothing music in the Mall is playing.

He is pushing anything he feels remotely interesting in his cart. Arrogance is apparent. He turns his almost filled cart quickly to another aisle and runs over the foot of a woman.

WOMAN

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH, can't you see? HAAN?

AYYAN ignores and pushes forward his cart and starts filling with other stuff.

WOMAN

HELLOOO? Can you even listen?

Still ignoring. He grabs a Mars bar and opens the wrapper and put it in his mouth.

He is in exercising and body building material aisle. He is going through the weight gainers and protein shakes. A particular protein powder tub strikes his interest. But it's in the upper most shelf.

He extends his hand and legs to reach for it but it's still far.

He climbs on a rod above the wheels of the cart; he can now touch the lower part of the tub, which looks like at least over 6 pounds heavy.

Suddenly, the cart rolls forward, AYYAN slips, his head hits the edge of a dumb bell in the lower shelf and a moment later that tub falls on his face.

He is unconscious. The aisle is deserted. No one comes promptly to help him. A minute later, blood comes out of his head, on the floor, it is spreading.

26. INT / EXT – CAR – PARKING LOT – SUPERMARKET - 8.17 PM

HARRIS again checks his cell for the time.

Someone comes out of the supermarket and shouts:

GUY

Who is with AYYAN? WHO CAME WITH AYYAN? (louder)

Apparently someone finds him on the floor, checks his pockets and finds a cinema ticket booked with the name AYYAN. They couldn't unlock his cellphone to call someone he knows.

The driver anxiously comes out of the car and cries:

DRIVER (runs towards the guy)

ME, ME!! Why? What happened?

That's all HARRIS could listen, the two runs inside the supermarket.

That's the moment he is waiting for. He checks the rare view mirror. Parking lot is still deserted.

He gets out of his car and walks towards AYYAN's car. Driver didn't lock the car in this mayhem.

HARRIS opens the door and looks for the button to open the trunk. He has never drove a luxury car, he browses around for any sign for the trunk and checks at the supermarket gate if anyone is coming. No one is coming.

He presses the possible buttons he thinks might be of trunk, after some attempts, one of them works. A sound comes out from the back of the car.

He quickly comes out and closes the door. He runs towards his car, starts it and drives it near to the AYYAN's car.

Opens his car's trunk and grabs the sheet with body parts, pushes open AYYAN's car trunk and fills it. Closes both trunks, checks around if anyone saw him, he believes no one. Get into his car and drives fast out of the parking lot.

27. INT / EXT – CAR – ROAD – 8.30 PM

He checks the time from his cell. It's been an hour since his father called. He is driving stupid fast, breaking signals to make up for the time.

28. EXT – PARENTS HOUSE - 8.45 PM

He pushes break right outside the street of his parents' house. The street is already filled with people, some he knows, some stranger to him.

They are taking the body to a funeral-designated van. Strangers are shouldering his brother's body; others are consoling with his father for the demise.

He gets out of the car and slides through the crowd. People whispering each other about him being the elder son and not present all day there.

His mother out of nowhere runs towards him and grabs him around the chest, to his surprise and begins sobbing.

He pauses for a minute but they are leaving with the dead body.

HARRIS

They are leaving, I have to go now.

He tries to get out of the grip of his mother, leaves her aside in front of the house and runs towards his father.

He stops behind the father and calls him.

The father looks back and:

BABA

Why did you even bother? Haaaaan?

BABA pushes him away. He backs out momentarily and then jumps to grab BABA from behind, his arms covering his father to the chest.

We see him cry for the first time, his father loses his control too and let go the showers he was holding on to in order to perform the funeral arrangements.

29. INT / EXT – FUNERAL BUS – ROAD - 9 PM

It begins raining. We see HARRIS sitting right next to bus driver, silent, lost in his thoughts. The van is on its way to the graveyard.

Others with his father have made all the arrangements.

30. EXT – GRAVEYARD – 9.30 PM

He gets to give shoulder to his younger brother's dead body. It's pouring strong rain. A temporary lightening is done above the recently dig grave.

His clothes are reeking with blood of old couple. He is watching others lowering down ALY's body to the grave.

He is confused. He left religion two years ago when AYYAN ran over his eight months pregnant wife, the love of his life, right in front of him on the road next to his butcher's shop.

He is an atheist. He left the world. He doesn't care any more about anything.

He finds no reason to live when he wakes up daily in the morning.

30. INT – LIVING ROOM – PARENTS' HOUSE – 11.30 PM

Everyone have left. HARRIS and BABA are sitting on an old furniture sofa, lost in their thoughts.

MOTHER is praying silently and blowing on the air after every few seconds.

HARRIS's cell rings that take both of males come out of their thoughts.

He checks who is calling. It's THE MAN.

He goes out of the house and receives the call.

THE MAN

Samphere Hospital, tomorrow 6 in the morning, sharp.

HARRIS

But, HEY, I AM OU—

Call ended. He couldn't respond. He calls back at the number. The number is switched off.

He comes back to the living room and whispers at his father's ears.

BABA stares back at him silently. He finds his shoes and tip toes to the gate but--

MOTHER

You are leaving us alone?

He stops, stand still.

BABA (sarcastically)

Let him. We don't need him anymore.

He doesn't look back, opens the gate and leaves the house.

31. INT – HARRIS'S APARTMENT – BUILDING – 12.15 AM

We see darkness in apartment, HARRIS unlocks the door from outside and when he opens it, a strong smell hits his nose.

He rolls down his right sleeves and covers his mouth and nose with it.

The smell of blood reeked the whole apartment.

He closes the door and opens all the windows and a fans in the apartment.

He lies down on the couch, mouth and nose still covered with sleeves. He feels chilly but then his only sheet was used to shift the old couple.

He is tired. This is one of those situations where you feel so tired and just want to sleep but sleep is million miles away.

He spends hours till 5.30 am in the morning staring at the ceiling or with eyes closed trying to bring any sleep. Insomnia, it's back again.

He is thinking about his dead wife. The day when she was coming to bring lunch for him and his father, her eight months pregnant body, her glowing face even in that scorching heat that day.

He saw her across the street. An involuntarily smile on his face.

He fell in love with her when her family moved in a house in his street. Their family was carpentering and his were butchers for decades.

A match made in heaven.

Best part of his days were to find her in the balcony when he was a teenager and when the two, after way too many hassles, got married, he was the happiest man in the world.

He didn't kill any cow or goat for a month; he didn't want the reek on his body to make her uncomfortable.

He constructed a washroom in his shop just to be super clean after work.

She totally changed his life for good.

And they were expecting a beautiful girl in three weeks.

But then that happened.

She was crossing the road, carefully, there weren't any cars around but then a car dragged into the road from the adjacent road, stretching the wheels, she was holding the lunch box, and she moved backward to save herself but the kid, whose face HARRIS could never forget.

The kid was wearing blue shades; long hair and a cigarette on his mouth, there were other kids in the car, all enjoying some Indian song in heavy woofers.

The kid just rolled over her under his car, both front and back wheels ran over her. Her stomach burst like a balloon.

Harris ran towards her holding his big chopper but she was taking her last breaths.

He held her head in his hands; the accident was so shocking to him that his eyes weren't even ready to shed any tears.

She touched her stomach.

MAIRA

My girl, I have lost it na?

That was the last thing she said.

HARRIS

No, no, don't go MAIRA, she is here. Our daughter is still here.

False promises were enough, she let her soul free.

HARRIS looked at the direction, the car didn't even stop.

HARRIS cried so loudly amongst the large crowd gathered to see.

HARRIS

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH (a pause) AAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

His father was amongst the crowd, watching HARRIS rage and a loss of hope to live further.

A song is played, his five hours on the couch, thinking, are summed up in that song.

32. INT – HARRIS'S APARTMENT – BUILDING – 5.05 AM

He checks his cell phone (which is being charged for five hours) for the time and stands sit.

He feels more tired than before.

He puts some water on his face and looks at himself on the mirror for a few moments. No expressions.

He grabs the car keys and leaves his apartment.

33. INT – FRIEND'S APARTMENT – BUILDING – 5.15 AM

He puts the car keys on side of the door, outside the FRIEND's Apartment.

Ironically, the criminals who live in the building don't rob each other.

34. EXT – STREET – ROAD – 5.20 AM

Samphere Hospital is five miles away from his building. It's one of the public hospitals in the city. The Man doesn't have the name. People know him from different names but none of them is his real.

He is walking besides the road. The roads are deserted in this hour. He used to wake up in this hour all his adult life when he was a butcher but it's been a couple of years since he is awake at this hour.

He is turning streets, taking short cuts and crossing bridges.

It took him 45 minutes to walk to that hospital.

35. EXT – SAMPHERE HOSPITAL – GARDEN – 6.05 AM

He enters at hospital gate. It has a huge garden surrounding the hospital in the center. The garden is filled with people having relatives or friends in the hospital as a patient but they themselves aren't allowed to wait inside, so they are sleeping on the benches or the grass of the garden.

He looks across to find The Man, who has always been punctual. HARRIS doesn't have any clue why is he called for a meet up. He has only met him once and since then they have been in conversation over cell phone where instructions were given either for any kill or for the cash amount to be picked up from somewhere.

He is still trying to find him on any of the benches.

There is a guy right at the edge of the garden looking straight at HARRIS. HARRIS eventually notices him, he can't properly see his face but he walks towards that direction.

When he gets a bit nearer, he recognizes The MAN.

THE MAN (without greeting, serious mood)

Sit next to me.

HARRIS takes a big sigh and sits silently.

There is a pause, both are looking at different directions for no purpose.

THE MAN (breaks the ice)

That thing you did yesterday, has fucked us on the ass.

HARRIS still silent, he is not sure what he is referring to.

HARRIS

What thing?

THE MAN

Wha...Fucking hell. (Moves his head angrily, his face is red) You fucking asshole.

HARRIS (sighs again)

You have to be specific.

THE MAN

You fucking cunt of a delusional douchebag, who told you to kill the old people?

HARRIS

You did. (calmly)

THE MAN

WHEN THE FUCK DID... (Realizes he is too loud)

When the fuck did I say that?

HARRIS

You said pick some fucking bananas or mangoes or oranges or whatever the fucking fruit it was and to cut them and serve them to your audience.

THE MAN

It was apples.

HARRIS

What?

THE MAN

The fucking apples. (he is losing it)

HARRIS

Whatever.

HARRIS's unprofessional don't-give-a-fuck behavior is pissing The Man off.

He pauses for a few moments, calms down.

THE MAN

Did you know the kid?

HARRIS

What kid?

THE MAN

You know whom I am talking about and I know you knew you the whole scene and planned it that way.

HARRIS

Look I don't know what the hell you are referring to but I am leaving, I don't care about these shits anymore.

THE MAN

Police is after you.

HARRIS

So what? Police is after me for last two years.

THE MAN

They saw your face in the cameras.

HARRIS

What fucking cameras?

THE MAN

The same fucking cameras that saw you last night dumbing those bodies into that kid's car.

HARRIS

Stop fucking with me. There weren't any cameras there.

THE MAN

There were four cameras there you stupid fuck.

HARRIS is worried; he thought he had thoroughly covered the whole the parking lot.

HARRIS

I saw it properly, there weren't any!

THE MAN

Okay, I think you aren't taking it seriously.

Let me ask you this: How many times have we met before?

HARRIS

Once or twice may be. (He knows exactly how many times he met with him)

THE MAN

Do you think I am gay for you?

HARRIS

What?

THE MAN

Nah...Answer me. Do you think I am gay for you?

HARRIS

No...I don't know. I hope not.

A pause.

...Are you?

THE MAN

No fuck face, it was a rhetorical question. I am not here to look at your disgusting face or your dead-rat-fucking smell. I am here because you made a big mistake last night—

HARRIS shrugs off his shoulders and looks the other way that pisses THE MAN even more.

THE MAN

...it has consequences. I have to bear the consequences.

HARRIS

I have always followed your instructions.

THE MAN

Did I tell you to put the dead-fucking-bodies in the trunk of the car of the kid of the same guy that pays you to fucking eat daily or gave you that fucking apartment to live in, you unthankful cunt.

There is a rage inside HARRIS.

AYYAN is the same kid who killed his wife and HARRIS had been living and killing for his father's money. The dilemma is unmistakable.

HARRIS

I will kill him too.

THE MAN

Are you fucking mental? He is one of the famous Politicians of the country. You should be thankful that he is busy with the kid in the hospital.

HARRIS

The kid—

THE MAN

He might live. BOSS has flown best surgeon from Dubai to operate on him.

HARRIS

What happened to the kid?

THE MAN

What? I think you decided to come gun blazing and fuck me sideways, right?

HARRIS

Wha? What? Nooo. That's disgusting.

THE MAN

Let's be honest—

Someone comes towards their bench all of the sudden. It surprises them both.

It is the gardener, an old man, who wanted to open the motor to water the garden. The two waits till he leaves. The old man takes his time.

Finally he leaves.

THE MAN

You need to go underground.

HARRIS

What? No fucking way.

THE MAN

Look fuck face, if it wasn't me, you would have been dead by now. He told police to find and kill you on the spot.

HARRIS

I will wait for him.

THE MAN sighs. He is not the type of man to convince people around but HARRIS has been following his instructions for almost two years and never hesitated to kill anyone.

THE MAN

Do you know how many you have target killed for us?

HARRIS

I never counted.

THE MAN

We count, we count properly.

HARRIS (arrogantly)

Impress me!

THE MAN (still tolerating HARRIS behavior)

127. One-hundred-and-fucking-twenty-seven.

HARRIS

Hmm.

THE MAN

You are one of our best assets. I don't want to lose you.

HARRIS

I lost my brother yesterday—

THE MAN

Your parents will lose you too if you don't \start listening to me.

HARRIS

What do you want me to do?

THE MAN (calmly)

You are coming to the railway station with me right now—

HARRIS

Right now?

THE MAN

Yes, they must be looking for you everywhere now. I called you here because no one suspects us here in the hospital.

HARRIS

I should leave just like that?

THE MAN

You are going to leave just like that.

HARRIS

No way.

THE MAN

They will come after your parents.

HARRIS looks straight into his eyes.

HARRIS

What the hell.

THE MAN

They think you tried to frame his son. What were you even thinking?

HARRIS

What will happen to my parents?

THE MAN

Nothing if you do as I say. Leave the city right now.

HARRIS

Do you promise me nothing will happen to them?

THE MAN

I promise. Now move we there is a train living at

8 am and you need to catch it.

HARRIS doesn't say anything and they stand up and leave the hospital.

36. EXT / INT – RICKSHAW – ROAD – 6.45 AM

We see them sitting silently in auto rickshaw, commune towards railway station.

The traffic is still light on the roads.

HARRIS sees a transport car filled with freshly cut pieces of cow meat.

That makes him remember his years as butcher, waking but at 4.30 am daily and being at slaughter area at 5 am.

Life was simple back then.

37. EXT – TICKET COUNTER – RAILWAY STATION – 7.30 AM

THE MAN is in line to buy HARRIS the ticket. HARRIS waits around anxiously, his clothes still reek of blood, he feels so tired, his eyes are reddish, prominent dark circles appears on his eyes. He doesn't shave very often anyways but right now he looks like a 50 year old.

THE MAN runs back with the ticket.

THE MAN

This is a ticket to Lahore but you wouldn't be going to Lahore. You will leave the train at a station which is around the border of Sindh and Punjab.

HARRIS

I have never been outside of Karachi well there was once when I was little but that's it.

THE MAN

Well there is this option to stay here and get yourself killed and your parents too.

HARRIS

What's the name of the station?

THE MAN

That's the beauty of it. It's not officially a station, it used to be one but then those rural Sindh's notorious robbers turned it into a deserted station.

HARRIS

How will I know the train has reached to that station?

THE MAN

If train doesn't stop anywhere unnecessarily then you will get there around 9 to 9.30 pm.

HARRIS (sarcastically)

Oh that's very helpful.

THE MAN (still tolerating)

This is your ticket, here is some money. (he reaches his pocket and takes out a roll of PKR 500 notes)

That will be enough to survive you for months.

HARRIS

Where will I stay? And—

THE MAN

When you leave at the station, the right station, then there will be a donkey-cart guy waiting for you outside, he will take you to the safe house. Use the cellphone you have been using, do not call me, I will call you.

HARRIS

How long do I have to stay there?

THE MAN

I will let you know. Now move your ass.

38. EXT – OUTSIDE TRAIN – RAILWAY STATION – 7.40 AM

HARRIS follows THE MAN towards the train, which just got there and passengers are filling in.

THE MAN grabs the ticket from HARRIS's hand and reads it to find the right budgie. When they get close to the right budgie, THE MAN puts the ticket himself in the front pocket of HARRIS's shirt and says:

THE MAN

Sit tight there. It's tough at the safe house.

Do not leave the place no matter what. And the station has "Sindhi Saeen" written in red on the wall. If you see it, that's the right station.

THE MAN pauses and waits for HARRIS's response, it never comes.

THE MAN

Okay, find your seat now. Try to keep a low profile.

Okay? Anything going on that douchebag there? (pointing at HARRIS's head).

HARRIS sighs and jumps on the train without a response.

THE MAN shakes his hand in disbelief.

He follows HARRIS from outside the train, looking through those windows until HARRIS finds his seat. He stares at him long and hard.

HARRIS is already lost in his thoughts.

THE MAN doesn't leave until train starts moving.

39. EXT / INT – TRAIN – RAILWAY TRACK – 8.05 AM

HARRIS suddenly realizes he hasn't eaten for a day.

An old malangy sort of a man with colorful cape, deadlocks in his head and a black-iron bowl with "Ya Ali" written with white paint, comes dangling around in the moving train comes towards HARRIS and sits in front of his seat.

HARRIS has been looking outside the window for a few minutes and hasn't noticed the guy.

He notices someone staring at him; he looks back at the guy who have a big weird smirk on his face.

HARRIS decides to ignore the freaky fella.

He closes his eyes because of the pain behind his eye balls when he hears a voice:

MALANG

Why so sad? (That is the third time he said it)

HARRIS opens his eyes.

HARRIS

You talkin' to me? (A pause) You talkin' to me?

MALANG

Here's looking at you, Kid!

HARRIS

What?

MALANG

Why so serious? Kid!

HARRIS

I am serious, and don't call me kid.

MALANG

Say hello to my little friend.

MALANG shows HARRIS the gun he is hiding under his pants belt and quickly hides it under his cape. MALANG's smirk gets even wider.

HARRIS

This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.

HARRIS and MALANG laugh involuntarily, others passengers around them look at them confusingly.

HARRIS

Go ahead, make my day.

MALANG

You can't handle the truth.

HARRIS

Try me!

HARRIS seems to have forgotten about his tiredness.

MALANG

It was like beauty killed the beast.

HARRIS

Nobody's perfect.

MALANG

Haven't you heard anything yet!

HARRIS

Do I look like I give a damn?

MALANG

Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn, too.

STRANGER (sitting next to MALANG)

Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This isn't a war room.

MALANG

I see dead people.

HARRIS

I am shutting my eyes tight so everything goes black.

MALANG

You are not an asshole. You are trying so hard to be.

HARRIS

They're here.

HARRIS points out the policemen coming towards their seats, searching and looking hard at every passenger.

MALANG

They call me Mister MALANG.

HARRIS

Yeah?!

MALANG

I'm not bad. I'm just drawn that way.

HARRIS

Ain't we all, ain't we all...

The policemen finds MALANG and they immediately grabs him and drags him away.

HARRIS (shouts)

May the force be with you!

The connection with MALANG was like when you meet someone and instantly everything clicks and like the two minds synchronizes into a symphony.

That is the most joyful moment he had for months.

HARRIS shuts his eyes and tries to empty his head from all the worries.

40. EXT / INT – SUKKUR - TRAIN – RAILWAY TRACK – 3.15 PM

HARRIS opens his eyes, checks time on cell phone. He have slept for almost seven hours.

The train is stopped at SUKKAR City Station.

HARRIS sees people selling some food. He quickly goes out of the train and buys all of the junk food and sodas a single 500 rupees note could.

When he comes back to his seat he have three small bags of food, one large soda bottle and some snacks.

He opens the soda and pours it in his mouth. He had been thirsty far too long. He opens all three bags of meal and starts eating from all three of them.

Other passengers around his seat notices his wild-unsophisticated way of eating.

He doesn't care.

He is finished when he train resumes its journey.

He cleans his face with the same reeking clothes.

HARRIS is wandering through the window of a fast running train when suddenly someone disturbs his peaceful mind.

MALANG

I am back, baby.

HARRIS

You never left me.

MALANG

I am going to make you an offer, you can't refuse.

HARRIS

I am listening.

MALANG whose hands are cuffed, takes out the gun from his pants' belt and through it at HARRIS, who fails to grab it in panic, not expecting the gesture from the MALANG.

The gun, 9mm, falls to his laps. He quickly grabs it and hides it under his shirt.

HARRIS

What is the meaning of this?

MALANG

Hasta la vista, baby.

MALANG leaves as quickly as he came.

HARRIS looks around at other passengers who are all looking at him. They all saw the gun.

HARRIS chooses again to ignore them and folds his arms around his chest, closes his eyes and tries to bring the same sleep, he finally found a few hours ago.

41. EXT / INT – SUKKUR - TRAIN – RAILWAY TRACK – 6.55 PM

Ironically, he slept a few more hours.

When he wakes up again, he checks the time. He decides he has had enough sleep already.

HARRIS (asks a passenger)

We are still in Sindh right now, right?

The passenger just looks at him silently and does not respond.

HARRIS sighs and waits for next station to get a clue.

42. EXT / INT – DARK VALLEY - TRAIN – RAILWAY TRACK – 8.30 PM

It's been over an hour and half and no new station emerges so he could get a clue. The train is moving on a track in the area where there aren't any lights or humans. He is feeling anxious.

He stands up and walks towards washroom. He doesn't have any luggage so he is not afraid of being robbed. However, he still holds the gun in his pants.

Washroom is like a public toilet is supposed to be, messy, smelly and dark.

HARRIS puts down his pants and something falls down with a noise. He forgets he is holding the gun.

He puts the pants back on, and tries to find the gun by the sliding his shoes over the ground in the pitch dark washroom.

He can't see anything, he crumbles but finds something to hold on to, opens the door, tries to see if he the gun is any visible.

It is and it is on a big pile of turd.

He doesn't know that, he kneels down to grab it, finds something sticky as well with the gun. Washroom is already so stinky that he can't find the difference.

He puts the gun under his waist, cleans his fingers over his shirt (there isn't any water in the tap) and comes back to his seat.

If those who haven't noticed the fishy blood smell from his clothes or his encounter earlier with the MALANG, they are well aware of the new smell he brought with himself from the washroom.  
He didn't care.

43. EXT / INT – DARK VALLEY - TRAIN – RAILWAY TRACK – 9.10 PM

Train stops at a station momentarily, he sticks his head out of window to find the text written in red on any wall, there isn't.

The train resumes its journey.

He sits back on his seat, disappointed.

44. EXT / INT – DARK VALLEY - TRAIN – RAILWAY TRACK – 9.45 PM

He checks his cell phone again for time. His anxiety is at its peak.

He sticks again his head out with train running 100 miles an hour speed, the stunt again creates curiosity amongst the passengers sitting beside him, they don't say anything.

They are afraid to talk to a physically built person.

The train slows down gradually. He hopes this to be his station but he can't find the text.

The train starts moving after three minutes stay, he is still watching outside the window.

He sees a red text "Sindhi Saeen' on a small pillar but the train is moving, he quickly stands up and runs towards the door, pushing and shoveling passengers in between.

The train has picked enough pace and left the station to jump off casually.

He thinks for a moment, the time is of the essence. He looks ahead to where the train is moving, closes his eyes and jumps.

45. EXT – DARK VALLEY - RAILWAY TRACK – 9.51 PM

There are bruises all over his body. He is still lying down on the sand in the dark. The train has gone.

He lays there for a few seconds then gathers energy to sit up. The pain is agonizing.

He decides it's stupid to waste more time lying there so he stands up and slowly limbs back to the station where he saw the red text.

The station is a 'has been' with only two lights brightening the whole place. There is no one at the platform.

He finds a small wooden broken door and opens it which leads to the hallway and then outside the station.

46. EXT – OUTSIDE STATION – 10 PM

He is outside the station. There is no light as far as he could see. He sits down on a pavement and looks at the scratches on the body.

A few seconds later, he hears a donkey sound and someone lights his cigarette. He stands up slowly, squeezes his eyes to focus who is out there.

He moves slowly, limping and his right hand on his right thigh which had suffered most bruises.

HARRIS

Are you my ride?

It is an old guy with a small white BEARD. He doesn't say anything but inhales and exhales his cigarette like it's his last one.

He is sitting on a donkey cart. THE MAN told him not to speak with this guy.

HARRIS stares at him for a moment then glances around the dark surroundings if there is any other donkey-cart. There isn't.

HARRIS hops on the cart.

BEARDED GUY waits till he smokes his whole cigarette.

The cart moves.

Bumpy roads, no light anywhere, every part of his body itches with agony on every bump the cart takes.

They sit there silently. HARRIS isn't sure where is the cart going, no one could see anything in this darkness. They might as well be going in circles.

It has been almost an hour on the ride and they are still moving.

HARRIS wants to ask the BEARDED GUY where this safe house is actually but he then decides that there is no point.

With the all the bumpiness, HARRIS still finds his eyes heavy with sleepiness. He snoozes a bit when suddenly the ride stops. He wakes up in surprise; he actually thought he has to travel all night.

The cart is standing in front of an old chalet.

HARRIS looks at the BEARDED GUY, who is ignoring him and rather watching straight at something in darkness.

HARRIS gets off the wagon.

The cart moves on, leaving HARRIS behind.

46. EXT / INT – CHALET – 11.20 PM

HARRIS knocks at the wooden door of the chalet. He does this a couple of more times, taking a pause after each time. No one answers. He then pushes the door, which opens up with a cracking sound.

He lights up the chalet with his cellphone torch.

It's a small 10 X 12 feet cabin, with two hard wooden beds, one gas chamber for may be cooking and a couple of shelves each over those beds. The shelves had culinary items.

He tries to find any electric switch for the light through his cell's torch but could find any.

He sits down on one of the bed and takes a deep breath.

He pushes recent calls option on his cellphone and thinks about calling his father but then decides against it, put aside his cellphone and lie down on the bed.

His nose hits with a really funny smell, he thinks its old wood of the bed and ignores it.

His eyes are still heavy. He covers himself with a sheet.

He is asleep instantly.

46. INT – CHALET – 6.40 AM

HARRIS is deep asleep.

Someone puts something really cold on his forehead. He opens his eyes in disbelief.

JAMI

Who the hell are you?

It is a rifle on his forehead, not his gun, his one is small, and this one is big.

HARRIS is still in shock and doesn't respond.

JAMI

Are you going to talk or do I have to shoot you?

HARRIS

THE MAN sent me here.

JAMI

Show me your hands so I be sure you aren't hiding anything under the sheet.

HARRIS takes out his hand

JAMI

Slowly.

He slows down and shows him the empty hand.

JAMI

Who sent you?

HARRIS

THE MAN.

JAMI

Do you like playing riddles when someone is pointing a gun to your head?

HARRIS

I swear THE MAN sent me here.

JAMI (angrily)

Who the fuck is this man?

HARRIS

I don't know his name, no one does.

JAMI

And you obeyed the command of a man whose name you don't even know. That's very intelligent of you.

HARRIS

If you let me explain myself, I will tell you the whole thing.

JAMI

Why should I trust you, han?

HARRIS

I don't know. You can take this gun off my head, sit over there at the bed and we will talk.

JAMI

So I should start taking instructions from you and then you will be the one pointing the gun on my forehead.

HARRIS

Is this your bed I was sleeping on?

JAMI

You are damn right, professor.

HARRIS

You want me to pee in that bed? Do you? Because if you point that thing for a minute more than I might not be able to control any longer.

JAMI

For fuck sake, you dirty bastard.

JAMI slowly takes off the gun from HARRIS forehead and sits at other bed, four feet away.

He is pointing the gun at HARRIS's chest.

JAMI

Talk professor.

HARRIS

I was told by THE MAN—

He puts his hands up.

...I know, I know. I don't know this guy's name.

But we have been in contact for two years. He have been giving me work over phone, always from a new number.

JAMI (takes aim at HARRIS head)

Did he send you to kill me?

HARRIS

No, no, no. Calm down. He sent me to this safe house because I did something wrong in my last job and—

JAMI (still aiming)

And he thought you would be safe here, didn't he?

HARRIS

He bought me the ticket, told me to get off at a station with "Sindhi Saeen" written in red and look for the donkey-cart guy and he would show me the safe house.

JAMI

You mean that white BEARDED mute guy?

HARRIS

Yeah, yeah, exactly.

JAMI (smiling, puts his rifle on the bed)

You should have said it earlier.

HARRIS

You know that guy?

JAMI

No. But you should never talk to the guy.

HARRIS

That's what THE MAN told me too.

JAMI

Did he give you money?

HARRIS

Yeah, why?

JAMI

We will be using it 'because I am out of cash.

HARRIS doesn't say anything.

JAMI unloads and cleans his rifle. HARRIS just watches as a still.

After a couple of minutes.

JAMI

Okay, let's make some tea.

JAMI stands up, walks over to HARRIS and extends his hand to the shelves over the bed HARRIS was sleeping on. HARRIS is still silent and watches JAMI whose is not holding the rifle now.

JAMI is a bit older and shorter than HARRIS but can't match the physical aspect with HARRIS.

JAMI goes out with a kettle to fill some water.

HARRIS quickly takes out the gun he put aside, it is under his pillow. He for the first time notices the brownish stuff on the gun, he brings it nearer to his nose, the smell hits him to the brain, and he feels nauseated.

He cleans the gun with the sheet he was covering himself during the night, thinking it is JAMI's bed and he wouldn't be using it again.

He hides the gun in his back waist of the pants.

He goes out of the chalet too.

47. EXT – OUTSIDE CHALET – 7 AM

JAMI is trying to take out some water from a well.

HARRIS has never seen a well in his life. He walks closer to it.

JAMI

Name's Jami.

HARRIS

Harris.

JAMI

So Harris, what did you do to deserve to live like cave people.

HARRIS

I killed an old couple, chop them and framed the kid who murdered my wife.

JAMI

That's the most extraordinary one sentence I have ever heard.

HARRIS

It wouldn't be the last one.

JAMI

Excellent. We will have some good time in future if you don't come in my way—

HARRIS

I have absolutely no intention to.

JAMI

We work manually here; there is no house three kilometers in the radius. There is no electricity, we have to fill the gas every four days for the food and yes we have to travel an hour each day to get some vegetables.

HARRIS didn't understand what a 'radius' means.

HARRIS

Fine to me.

JAMI

Don't touch my shit, I wouldn't bother you again.

And—

HARRIS

Okay.

JAMI

Let me finish. And every other day one has to go to

Sikh's shop at midnight to charge the cells.

HARRIS

Where is it?

JAMI

Good question. It's eight kilometer north-west direction.

Two hours walk each way.

HARRIS

Fuck me.

JAMI

Exactly.

48. INT – CHALET – 7.15 AM

HARRIS watches JAMI makes the tea. They have very limited supplies. The chalet is in the middle of nowhere but the important thing is, it's surrounded with the greenery. It never gets too hot in the day or too cold in the night.

They taste the tea, it's not the worst HARRIS has had in his life.

JAMI (while sipping his tea)

There is nothing in here to kill time. Not that I needed anyone before but you having here would be just fine.

HARRIS raises his tea cup above his head.

HARRIS

Great!

49. INT – CHALET – 10.30 AM

It's still morning and some of the people might not have woken up in the City but here it feels like afternoon already.

They are lying down on the bed. JAMI hasn't turned his pillow or used the sheet yet (it isn't chilly at 10.30 in the morning) to adventure that disgusting smell from the gun, HARRIS have.

HARRIS

Is it always that quiet in here?

JAMI (his eyes closed)

It used to be. (trying to sleep)

HARRIS doesn't get the sarcasm.

HARRIS

Why are you here?

JAMI

I am not good with words to sum up my mistake in a sentence.

HARRIS

You can try.

JAMI

Okay let me think.

Three minutes has passed, HARRIS thinks JAMI is asleep.

HARRIS opens his mouth to ask if he is really asleep.

JAMI (suddenly says)

I electrocuted the whole bus filled with religious people, later found out it was the wrong bus, apparently it was a sunni killing day.

They are talking to each other, lying on the bed and staring the ceiling of the chalet.

HARRIS

O yeah, those were tough days, finding a Sunni to kill one day and a Shiite another day.

JAMI

It didn't matter to me.

HARRIS

What is your specialty?

JAMI

I used to be pretty good darn Electrician.

And you?

HARRIS

My family business was botching.

JAMI

See that's what I like about you, you didn't say

I was a butcher. It means you aren't into it that much.

HARRIS

I wouldn't choose it as a profession if I had the option to choose.

JAMI

How come? You seem to be good at it.

HARRIS

Being good at it, is one thing, taking it as a passion is another thing.

JAMI

May be you're right.

There is a silence again.

There is no record when HARRIS goes into deep sleep.

50. INT – CHALET – 2.05 PM

HARRIS wakes up with the sound of cell phone ringing. He checks his cell which is dead because of low battery, it is JAMI's cell.

JAMI is still sleeping, he hasn't woken up yet, HARRIS glances over to the cell, to see who is calling, and he couldn't read.

JAMI finally wakes up, the vibration from the phone, was annoying him too much to incorporate the ringing and vibrating into his dreams. He travelled all night last night; he has to get some more sleep.

JAMI picks the cellphone and goes outside the chalet to speak with whoever is calling him. He walks away from the chalet as he is speaking over the phone.

HARRIS couldn't hear the conversation.

JAMI is standing next to the well, still in conversation.

HARRIS is still trying to ease drop through a small hole in the door.

The conversation concludes. JAMI is coming back to the chalet. HARRIS quickly jumps on his bed and pretends to sleep.

JAMI

Are you awake?

HARRIS

Han? What? What's happening? (worst actor ever!)

JAMI

Lunch?

HARRIS

Sure. What are we having?

JAMI

We are having air. Have you seen a fridge here somewhere?

HARRIS

Of course not.

JAMI

Then Professor, we have to walk five kilometers in that direction and use your money to buy some veggies.

HARRIS

I am ready.

HARRIS stands up, ready to go. The disgusting smell greets JAMI's nose with a strong presence.

JAMI

And some clothes for you.

JAMI grabs his rifle and they walk outside without locking the door.

51. EXT – OPEN GROUND – GREEN VALLEY - 2.40 PM

They have been walking far too long for HARRIS liking. The sight of their chalet has long gone.

JAMI (walking)

Why did that kid murder your wife?

HARRIS

What? Why do you care?

JAMI

Exactly, I don't care. But conversations make the journey shorter.

HARRIS (sighs)

Do we have to travel like this every day?

JAMI

Unless you are willing to eat rotten veggies.

HARRIS

How much longer?

JAMI

Over that hill.

HARRIS

He rolled his car over my eight months pregnant wife.

JAMI

Why did he do that?

HARRIS

High on youth, I suppose.

JAMI

I had to kill kids too you know.

HARRIS keeps silent. He has demons too but he isn't ready to open up with him yet.

JAMI

Those people exploit us like we are some shit.

HARRIS

I didn't want to go back to becoming a butcher.

JAMI

That much hate for it, han?

HARRIS

Yeah.

52. EXT – OPEN GROUND – GREEN VALLEY - 2.55 PM

We see open field filled with different crops. A man sits under the shadow of a huge tree.

JAMI

Here is our guy.

JAMI points at the direction of the FARMER.

They walk towards the huge tree.

JAMI (to FARMER)

What's fresh today?

FARMER (smoking his hookah)

Everything is fresh for anyone with the money.

JAMI

Don't worry. We have cash.

FARMER

Where did you get this smelly bastard?

HARRIS furiously moves towards the FARMER to hit him but JAMI grabs his arm.

JAMI (smiling)

He just came from the city.

FARMER

So are you guys here to see my lovely face or will I see some cash soon?

JAMI directs HARRIS with his eyes to give the FARMER the cash.

HARRIS brings out the roll of 500 rupees notes and take one out.

JAMI grabs the note from his hand.

JAMI (putting the note right in front of

FARMER's eyes)

You see this note old man, we could buy all these veggies on your field. (JAMI splashes his arm 0 to 180 degrees)

FARMER

Son, this barely covers the amount of veggies you have already taken from me in past month.

JAMI

Okay, so my tap is clear and I want some of those fresh tomatoes, corianders, onions, potatoes and yes loads of ginger.

FARMER

I don't have ginger.

JAMI

Stop fucking around old man, you always have ginger.

FARMER

Not today.

JAMI

Okay I want one of those chickens.

Desi chickens are wandering around the field.

FARMER

You have got yourself a deal.

JAMI brings forward his hand towards FARMER to shake it; FARMER totally ignores him, stands up and walks towards the field.

52. EXT – OPEN GROUND – GREEN VALLEY – 3.15 PM

The two are walking off holding veggies and a chicken.

HARRIS

Why did we have to pay? You have a gun you could—

JAMI

He has bigger gun than me and four sons.

HARRIS

But still—

JAMI

You should thank me; we get to eat chicken today. If you live in that shit-hold for last three months you would know the importance of eating a chicken after such a long time.

HARRIS

We should've gotten a roaster too.

JAMI

I don't like roasters, there meat taste like shit—

HARRIS

Stupid fuck-face, I meant it for the chicken. We could have been eating eggs daily. That's farming 101.

JAMI feels embarrassed for the first time.

53. EXT – OUTSIDE CHALET – 4.20 PM

They are back at their chalet.

HARRIS cuts, skins and chops the chicken while JAMI does the rest.

54. INT – CHALET – 5.10 PM

Food is cooked, they are eating their dinner.

JAMI

You are eating your dinner.

HARRIS

We should have left the chicken for the eggs.

JAMI

You have plenty of money, we can get more chickens.

HARRIS

What did you do when you ran out of money?

JAMI

Ask for a tap with the FARMER if that stops working then I used to hunt for rabbits and squirrels.

HARRIS

What?

JAMI

Exactly.

HARRIS

How long?

JAMI

For over two weeks until you came along.

THE MAN didn't tell HARRIS that he had to live with another person at the safe house.

55. INT – CHALET – 7.30 PM

It's dark after sunset.

The two are lying on the bed after a wholesome meal.

HARRIS

Have you heard of a lantern?

JAMI

Your sarcasm would look stupid when those looking for us, find us because a stupid lantern is on in dark.

HARRIS

They could find us in day light. What's your point?

JAMI

I meant the police. And the people we work for, if they had decided to kill us, they would have done it by now.

HARRIS

What are we so useful for them being here?

JAMI

I don't know. You should have asked your so called

'The Man'.

HARRIS

I am only here because he said, they will kill my parents—

JAMI

How do you know if they already have? And your friends or love-ones?

That makes HARRIS thinks.

A dead silence.

HARRIS (breaks the ice)

I want to charge my cellphone.

JAMI

In a day or two.

HARRIS

You just show me the way, I will go there myself.

JAMI

At this time, with this darkness? You will be dead by wolves.

HARRIS

Okay, give me your cellphone then. I will use my sim.

JAMI

I am not giving you my cell. I need to preserve the battery for any calls.

They stop talking.

56. INT – CHALET – 11.10 PM

HARRIS wakes up from the sleep and glances over at JAMI who is snorting.

HARRIS carefully gets out of the bed without making any sound and tries to look for JAMI's cellphone at his bed.

It is full moon tonight, providing enough light in the chalet through holes and open windows that HARRIS able to look for the cellphone.

He finds it besides JAMI's pillow. He picks it up, puts it in his pocket and opens the wooden door ever so carefully so that it wouldn't make a cracking sound.

57. EXT – CHALET – 11.14 PM

He is out now. He runs towards the well without any shoes on.

He is sitting next to the well. He split opens the back of each of the cellphones and replaces JAMI's sim with his.

He switches on the cellphone which makes a 'hello' sound; HARRIS covers the cellphone with both of his palms to lower the volume of "hello" music.

We see a wolf looking at HARRIS from a distance; the wolf is attracted because of the 'hello' music.

HARRIS sees its glowing eyes. The phone is open, his heart is melting down because of the fear of the wolf but he has to call his parents.

He looks for his father's number in contact list and frequently looks up at the wolf whether it moves towards his direction.

The wolf is just standing still, staring.

He puts the cell at his ears, operator says his father's cellphone is switched off and he should try again later.

He called his FRIEND whose car he took two days ago to do the gig.

His number is switched off as well.

HARRIS looks worried, he takes the phone off his ear and right at the time he is about to take the battery out from the cell's back, a text comes.

He again covers it with his palms.

When the whole message's tone is over, HARRIS looks at the cell's screen, a text from unknown number.

He pushes the button to open the text. It says only "call".

HARRIS pushes the option menu where he finds the 'call' option. He pushes it.

He is hoping it's his father who has texted him but again he has never received a text message from his father.

The call rings, someone picks it up, HARRIS keeps quiet. Finally that someone speaks. It's THE MAN from the other side.

THE MAN

HARRIS?

HARRIS recognizes that heavy voice of THE MAN.

HARRIS (whispers on to phone)

Yes, it's me.

THE MAN

Why the hell was your cell switched off?

HARRIS

Because of one powerless chalet!

THE MAN

Didn't I tell you to wait for my call?

HARRIS

Again how could I wait if I don't have a working phone.

THE MAN

That's not my business. I gave you enough money.

HARRIS

Yeah about that, how much days do you think will this cash be useful.

THE MAN

Stop whining like a stupid child.

HARRIS (frustrated)

What the—

THE MAN

Look I have an important job for you.

HARRIS

Oh no, I am not doing any shit from here.

THE MAN

It's for your own good.

HARRIS

Did you check on my parents? Are they ali—

THE MAN

I will check on them later.

HARRIS

Later when? I am worried, they aren't picking my calls.

THE MAN

Didn't I fucking tell you to not contact anyone?

HARRIS

I had to make sure that they were okay.

THE MAN

They are okay.

HARRIS

How do you know? You just said, you will check on them later.

THE MAN

I meant, they must be okay since you comply on my instructions yesterday.

HARRIS

You got to promise me you will check on them, my father's cell is off, his cell is never off.

THE MAN

I will if you do what I say.

HARRIS

And what the hell is with this JAMI guy? Han?

THE MAN

What? Why?

HARRIS

You didn't tell me, there will be another guy?

THE MAN (sarcastically)

So you thought, you have done such an amazing job in framing the BOSS's Son, we will send you on a trip alone at a beautiful cottage? Han?

HARRIS

I didn't say that?

THE MAN

No, no. What's left to complete your desires is girls,

I better send some girls too you know to make you feel comfortable and like home.

HARRIS

Okay, I am ending the call. I can't take this bullshit.

THE MAN

Wow, Mr. Uncomfortable can't take the bullshit from a guy who just saved his ass. Very nice of you.

HARRIS

I meant only that I wasn't told about the weird

JAMI fella.

THE MAN (now a bit calm and sensible)

He has done a mistake like you.

HARRIS

You should've told me about him earlier.

THE MAN

At that time I didn't want you to behave like you are behaving right now.

HARRIS

He has a rifle.

THE MAN

How the hell he got a rifle?

HARRIS

Exactly. I am pissing my pants here 24/7. I don't trust this maniac.

THE MAN

Look I don't care if you are living as a king there or wandering around like a fucking rat. If you want to live, that's all I got.

HARRIS

Uhhmmm.

THE MAN

Are you calm now?

HARRIS

Whatever.

THE MAN

Now listen carefully. All your issues can be resolved there, do as I say.

HARRIS

Okay.

THE MAN

You have to find a way to kill JAMI tomorrow.

HARRIS

What the fuck?

HARRIS quickly realizes he just said that loudly.

HARRIS

What the fuck! (now whispering)

Are you gone bonkers?

THE MAN

JAMI has to go, if you want to live.

HARRIS

But why?

THE MAN

Did I ever give you reason to kill anyone?

(he waits for HARRIS response)

HARRIS

No. But—

THE MAN

Don't expect now.

HARRIS

I—

THE MAN

Do it tomorrow. I will call you again. Keep your cell switched on.

HARRIS

Hello? Hellooooo?

The call ends.

In this mayhem, he has forgotten about the wolf. He looks at the area the wolf was standing a few minutes ago. It isn't there now.

He looks at the chalet which seems the way he left earlier.

He quickly changes the SIM from JAMI's cell, switches the cell open and immediately covers it with his palms.

He walks towards the chalet and on the way runs over something sharp and small. It hurts his feet. He controls the pain by chewing his fingers.

58. INT – CHALET – 11.45 PM

He is in the chalet.

The cellphone is put back where it was found.

JAMI seems to be in deep sleep.

HARRIS carefully jumps back to his bed. It's a bit chilly so he uses the sheet on his bed, when he covers his body with it, he smells something disgusting.

He realizes JAMI had exchanged the sheet some point of time at night when he was asleep.

He throws it away angrily.

59. INT – CHALET – 5.30 AM

HARRIS wakes up with the sounds of small wild creatures outside the chalet, in the valley.

He glances at the JAMI's bed, he isn't at the bed.

He remembers the conversation with THE MAN last night.

His head feels heavy, he wants some tea.

He gets out of the bed, put on his shoes and picks the kettle.

60. EXT – CHALET – 5.35 AM

It's so peaceful outside, he thinks.

He walks towards the well.

He is at the well; he kneels down, pulls the liver and out comes the water.

He is pouring down the water when:

JAMI

Do exactly as I say and it will be over in a gest.

JAMI has his rifle on the back of HARRIS. He is smoking a cigarette too.

HARRIS lets lose the kettle, which falls down the ground, splashing water.

HARRIS

What do you want from me?

JAMI

Nothing. Just calm down.

HARRIS

I have the money, you can take it.

JAMI is still standing behind HARRIS's back.

JAMI (laughs)

Don't worry I will have it when you are dead.

HARRIS

Why are you doing this? I haven't—

JAMI

Look man, I never liked your presence in the first place. I am a lonely guy. I can't tolerate anyone.

HARRIS

I will leave right now.

JAMI

It's too late now.

HARRIS (sigh)

Okay. Just do it.

JAMI takes a good long inhaling of his cigarette and pulls his rifle to the back of HARRIS head.

We see HARRIS face, as he closes his eyes.

JAMI pulls the trigger.

The rifle doesn't fire.

JAMI is puzzled, he pulls the trigger again, still the same.

Bullet is jammed in the chamber.

We see HARRIS opens his eyes and quickly pulls of the gun from back of his waist of the pants.

He stands up, turns behind and points it at the JAMI's head.

JAMI is surprised seeing HARRIS with a gun.

JAMI (holding cigarette in his lips)

Where the fuck did you get that?

HARRIS

None of your fucking concern.

JAMI

Fuck my life.

HARRIS

Absolutely.

JAMI

Promise me one thing; you wouldn't chop off my body.

HARRIS

I can't promise you that my friend.

JAMI (sarcastically)

You are one fucking psychopath, aren't ya?

HARRIS

Why the hell would you want to kill me?

JAMI

Why does it matter now, you are going to kill me any way.

HARRIS

Well let's make a deal. I wouldn't chop your dick off if you tell me the truth right now.

JAMI

Thank you Mr. Gay Khan.

HARRIS

Okay, as you wish. (he loads his gun)

JAMI

Okay, okay, okay. Can I finish this cigarette?

HARRIS

Well I don't have anything to do all day so—

JAMI

Okay. (he sits on the round wall of the well)

HARRIS

Actually do you have one of these more?

JAMI takes out the cigarette box and throws at him.

HARRIS catches it with his left hand, takes out a cigarette, lighter is in the box, he lights his cigarette while continuously pointing the gun at JAMI's chest.

JAMI

JAFFERY told me to.

HARRIS

Who's that?

JAMI

The same guy you call THE MAN. His actual name is

JAFFERY.

HARRIS

Fucking hell.

HARRIS sits down on the around wall of the well, next to JAMI, who is surprised that HARRIS isn't pointing the gun at him anymore.

HARRIS takes a long inhale of his cigarette.

HARRIS (continues)

That fucking bastard.

JAMI is still surprised but he doesn't have a working-gun advantage between the two, so he keeps his silence.

HARRIS

He called me and said to kill you last night.

JAMI

What the... When? But your cell phone is dead.

HARRIS

I used yours. (smiles)

JAMI

You fuc--

HARRIS

Na, na, na. (he shows him the gun again)

They finish their cigarettes in silence.

JAMI

What now?

HARRIS (sighs)

Do you want to die right now?

JAMI

What sort of question is that? Of course not.

HARRIS

Do you want to kill me?

JAMI

I don't know.

HARRIS

Wrong answer, man. And I thought you are the clever one between us.

JAMI

I meant, if they come after me—

HARRIS

Stop talking.

HARRIS thinks for a second. JAMI is not used to being told around but he obliges.

HARRIS

Tell them you have killed me when THE MAN calls.

JAMI

Why?

HARRIS

Give me your rifle.

JAMI thinks, he doesn't want to give it but he doesn't have any option.

He handovers him the rifle which HARRIS throws it on the well.

JAMI (stands up)

What the fuck, you stupid fucking cunt—

HARRIS

Calm you dick down. It was no use any ways.

JAMI stares at HARRIS in despair and anger; who is looking at the chalet and thinking.

HARRIS

We are leaving this shithole right now.

JAMI

No way. Are you out of your mind?

HARRIS

Listen, THE MAN will call you later today. Tell him you have killed me. He will eventually send someone here and tries to kill you like he tried with me.

JAMI

Oh, so you want to old time switcher.

HARRIS

Exactly.

JAMI

Then what.

HARRIS

He will keep on sending someone unless we both are dead and so on.

JAMI

I need we need to burn down this chalet.

HARRIS (smiling)

Now you are talking.

JAMI

Where will we go?

HARRIS

We will figure it out.

HARRIS puts his gun in back of waist of pant.

They both walk in the chalet for the last time.

Bed sheets are cut down to pieces and tie together.

JAMI puts one edge of the long thread, made up of that bed sheets, on the gas slander and takes the edge of it outside while HARRIS gathers some necessary belongings and put them in the remaining bed sheet piece.

They are outside. JAMI uses the lighter to light the edge of the thread. The thread burns slowly and then picks paces until it reaches inside the chalet with it is tied with the gas slander.

The robe have some of the fabric with shit from the gun, which helps it burns faster and smoothly.

A big boom.

We see two of them walking away from the chalet while it burns behind them.

61. EXT – GREEN VALLEY – 8.15 AM

They have been walking for two hours.

HARRIS

Let's check again.

JAMI stares at HARRIS, he is not convinced.

HARRIS (continues)

You know for safety.

JAMI digs a small hole of three inches deep and five inches wide in the dirt.

HARRIS fills in water from the bottle he had taken amongst the necessary belongings he took earlier from the chalet.

JAMI finds a leaf and put it on the water, HARRIS takes out a cigarette and puts it on the leaf.

The leaf moves around in circle then settles in one direction, that's north.

The two had to move in south. They are trying to go back to Karachi for their revenge. But they don't want to take the route of deserted train station where they came from. It is too risky.

They are going in right direction.

JAMI

I know my stuff, don't fucking question it again.

HARRIS

Alright, big shot.

62. EXT – GREEN VALLEY – 11 AM

They walked for three more hours, sometimes in deserted open land and other times in green lush valleys.

They stop and sit under a tree. They have some veggies left from yesterday they bought from FARMER. They shared that. The heat is scorching hot at so early in the day.

JAMI picks the water bottle from HARRIS and finds a well somewhere near and fills it, while HARRIS rests under the tree.

JAMI comes back and handovers the bottle to HARRIS and says:

JAMI

This plan of yours better work--

HARRIS

Trust me, it will.

63. EXT – GREEN VALLEY – 11.45 AM

They are slowly walking, they had left the necessary belongings they picked from the chalet under the tree except the water bottle and split the bed sheet.

They are now using the bed sheet over their head to protect them from sunlight.

As they are walking in one straight direction to the south, JAMI suddenly grabs HARRIS left hand and puts his index finger over his lips.

He has heard some sound from somewhere.

There are small hills surrounding them and they have been climbing and covering them for last 30 minutes to move in the straight direction.

JAMI tells non-verbally to HARRIS to follow him quietly.

They hide behind a hill. JAMI thinks it's the sound coming from the other side of the hill.

JAMI climbs the hill slowly and reaches the top; he carefully glances over to the other side of the hill.

HARRIS due to his physique is having trouble climbing but he finally reaches the top.

It is the BEARDEDED GUY, the same man with donkey-cart who dropped HARRIS to chalet and JAMI too, a couple of months ago.

They see him riding his cart, making so much sound with a can, to provoke the donkey to keep on walking. As usual he have a cigarette stuck to his mouth.

They climb back down.

HARRIS

Was that fuck-face following us?

JAMI

If he was, he is not good at it.

HARRIS

We have walked what 10-12 kilometers. How is it possible we meet him here?

JAMI

I am not sure. He is one strange GUY.

HARRIS

What should we do now?

JAMI

He is walking at our direction.

HARRIS

Why don't we kill him, get his cart, we don't have to walk on our feet then.

JAMI

Okay we are doing that.

HARRIS

You go to him from left and I will attack from right.

JAMI

Use your gun when we catch him somewhere.

HARRIS

Yeah, yeah. Now move, he is getting away.

They both run in a V shape. JAMI is quick but HARRIS physical presence is letting him down. He can't run that fast so long.

JAMI is keeping up with BEARDED GUY but he could see from his right, HARRIS is still far behind.

He keeps up with the cart, careful not to make any move so BEARDED GUY would notice him, until HARRIS catches them.

HARRIS gives up. He is out of his breath.

JAMI sees HARRIS stopping, he is disappointed but he doesn't have the gun. He picks a rock big enough to his hand and runs back to the cart.

He climbs the cart from behind and jumps at the BEARDED GUY and hits the rock to back of his head.

BEARDED GUY goes down to his right, the donkey moves to the right but there is a hill in the right.

JAMI quickly grabs the ropes attached to the donkey. He doesn't know what to do; he has never ridden a donkey before.

When he is trying to stop the donkey to run over the hill, the BEARDED GUY grabs JAMI's right foot and bites at his ankles.

JAMI screams. He grabs the hair of the GUY and while holding ropes in his left hand.

He pushes BEARDED GUY off the cart while the donkey is running to the right side of the track towards the hills.

HARRIS has been running behind them when he saw JAMI climbing the cart.

He reaches near to the exact spot where BEARDED GUY falls down.

HARRIS stops; looks down the GUY whose eyes are closed, HARRIS takes his gun out from the back, loads it.

BEARDED GUY slowly opens his eyes and sees HARRIS pointing a gun at him. THE GUY is still silent.

JAMI calls for HARRIS who looks up and his direction. JAMI is not able to control the donkey.

HARRIS leaves the GUY and runs towards JAMI.

HARRIS (screams from behind)

Pull the rope, just pull the rope.

JAMI

I am pulling it.

HARRIS

Pull it like a man you stupid cunt.

JAMI hears being called a cunt, he angrily stretches the robe with all the power he had.

Donkey eventually stops, a few seconds more, that donkey would have climbed the hill and might destroy the wheels of the cart.

HARRIS finally reaches the parked cart.

HARRIS

You can't control a stupid donkey, for fuck sake.

JAMI (sarcastically)

You are welcome.

HARRIS

Why didn't you kill the GUY?

JAMI

That fucker bit my ankle.

JAMI shows his ankle and scratches of teeth marks.

HARRIS

What should we do with him?

JAMI

Kill that fuck-face.

HARRIS

Didn't you hit him with the rock?

JAMI

It might not be enough.

HARRIS looks back, TH EGUY is lying down the same spot.

HARRIS

I am not going back that far. Just leave him, he might die in a few minutes.

JAMI

You are one fucking lazy cunt of a guy.

HARRIS (climbs the cart)

Whatever, I am not going back. You can go and kill him with your rock.

JAMI

What? With this ankle? No fucking way.

HARRIS

Okay then leave him there. Let's move.

JAMI

I am not riding this cunt again.

HARRIS

Give me that rope.

JAMI handovers the rope.

HARRIS (continues)

Watch and learn, Son. Watch and learn.

HARRIS rides the donkey as smoothly as the BEARDED GUY was riding earlier.

JAMI looks behind the BEARDED GUY, who was still lying down the ground.

63. EXT – DONKEY CART - GREEN VALLEY – 12.05 PM

It's been a few minutes as they are riding on the cart.

JAMI (smiling)

Where did you learn to ride a donkey?

HARRIS

We used to bring meat at our shop on donkey carts when I was a teenager. My father thought me.

JAMI

And you butchered that donkey one day and sell its meat as a cow meat, didn't you?

HARRIS (hesitantly)

NOOOOOO. NOOOOOOOOO.

JAMI smiles and looks at the other direction.

HARRIS

Are we on the right path?

JAMI

Looks like it.

Suddenly, JAMI's cell phone starts ringing.

JAMI

Stop it, stop that cunt.

HARRIS stops the cart.

JAMI picks out the cell from his pocket, it's a call from unknown number.

JAMI

It most probably be JAFFERY.

HARRIS

Who?

JAMI (panicky)

THE MAN, THE-FUCKING-MAN!!!!!!!!!

HARRIS

Okay, okay. Just say him as we discussed.

JAMI nervously picks the call.

HARRIS listens carefully in silence.

JAMI (over the phone)

It's done.

JAMI pauses, we don't get to listen what THE MAN says on the other side.

JAMI

I burned his body.

A pause.

JAMI

I burned it in day light behind the chalet. No one saw me—

Pause.

JAMI

Yes. I will wait for the call. Yes, I took his money.

Call ends.

HARRIS

Did he buy it?

JAMI

I hope so.

HARRIS

What else did he say?

JAMI

He will call me tonight with more instructions.

HARRIS

That's one part done. Let's find a station and go to Karachi.

HARRIS loses the grip on the robe and donkey starts moving.

64. EXT – DONKEY CART - GREEN VALLEY – 3 PM

The heat is at its peak. The two men are covering the head with the pieces of bed sheet.

JAMI is lying down on the cart behind HARRIS who is riding it.

HARRIS (calls JAMI)

Give me some water.

JAMI (with his face covered with bed sheet)

I drank the last of it.

HARRIS

What the fuck.

JAMI

We have to find a well.

HARRIS

No shit, Sherlock!

A black Vigo comes from behind on the road their cart is moving. The car is coming fast towards their direction.

JAMI removes the cover from his face and glances over the road.

JAMI

We have a company.

HARRIS looks back, the car is getting nearer. HARRIS nervously moves the donkey and the cart to the left, off the road.

The car moves pass them in a light. Its windows are tilted black.

But it brakes and stops some 100 meters away from their donkey-cart.

They both look at it surprisingly.

The car reverses back with the same speed it moved pass them. It stops right next to their cart.

HARRIS puts his right hand behind his back slowly. (for the gun)

Three men come out of the car, holding AK-47. They all have big moustaches and long black beards. They are wearing Sindhi traditional cap.

Door opens of the driver seat, a man over 50 years old in white shiny clothes and a crane on his left hand, comes out. The three men take aim with their AK-47s at HARRIS and JAMI.

SOOMRO (pointing with his expensive crane)

This cart, where did you get this?

HARRIS opens his mouth to say something but:

JAMI

A friend gave it to us?

SOOMRO

A friend, haan? So where is that friend? (waves his crane around in the air)

HARRIS

He is at his house, resting.

SOOMRO

Why? What happened to him?

JAMI

His wife beat him last night.

HARRIS looks back at JAMI and gives him the stare.

SOOMRO (evil laugh)

Oh, he has a wife too.

JAMI couldn't back out with wife story, he plays along.

JAMI

Yeah, a bitchy one.

SOOMRO (laughs again)

You. (points at JAMI)

My friend, is a funny guy. You like jokes?

JAMI

Everyone loves jokes except the joker.

SOOMRO (thinking looking down)

Yeah, yeah. You're right.

SOOMRO moves towards the cart.

He is standing next to donkey. He is doing inspecting of the donkey like a quality control auditor, checking out every part of the body of the donkey.

He touches the head of the donkey while looking at the two men sitting on the cart.

SOOMRO

Donkeys, haan. We don't give them that much credit for their work.

JAMI

Their meat is tasty too, you know. You should try that.

SOOMRO (smiling)

Yeah, yeah. You're right.

SOOMRO

Where are you guys from?

JAMI

We—

SOOMRO (pointing at HARRIS)

Nah, nah, nah. I want this one to say it.

HARRIS

We are from Karachi and our way back to the city.

SOOMRO (smiles)

What, on this donkey?

HARRIS pauses and thinks what to answer for that.

SOOMRO is moving around the cart now, inspecting it closely.

JAMI

We are trying to save petrol.

SOOMRO (laughs and put the edge of the crane at JAMI's forehead)

Do you see any cameras here?

JAMI

No, unless you are hiding one—

SOOMRO (screams)

Then who the fuck, are you making those jokes for? Haan?

JAMI silently stares at SOOMRO.

SOOMRO (continues)

Do you like making love to this donkey? Haan?

JAMI keeps his silence and HARRIS doesn't look back.

SOOMRO (continuing)

You city guys are weird perverts, aren't ya?

There are planes, trains, buses, cars but no, you guys like to ride on donkey-cart to 1,000 kilometers to Karachi, haan? Why? This donkey keeps your bed warm at night along the journey? Haan?

HARRIS (without looking back)

We are on our way to nearest train station—

SOOMRO (takes crane out of JAMI's forehead)

Oh, its train station now. Where will this donkey go when you reach the station? Or you have booked a ticket for this beautiful donkey too?

HARRIS

Our friend will pick this donkey cart—

SOOMRO

But this fella said he is all beaten up by his wife.

HARRIS doesn't have anything to respond.

SOOMRO (continues)

You know what I think?

JAMI

Why does it seems like next thing you going to utter from your mouth will be shit again.

SOOMRO pauses, he wasn't expecting such a blunt response from JAMI.

SOOMRO laughs for no reason.

He walks towards one of the nearest guards holding the AK-47s and gives him his crane and takes his gun. He moves towards the cart while loads the chamber of the gun.

SOOMRO (pointing gun at Jami's forehead)

And what will this gun utter if I let it open its mouth?

JAMI

No shit like you, I am sure.

HARRIS finally turns back and looks at JAMI, who is staring into the eyes of SOOMRO.

SOOMRO touches his moustache and gives himself a chance to think.

A dead silence.

HARRIS

We have you know a train—

SOOMRO (still talking to JAMI)

You know what I think?

JAMI

That you want to try to make love with our donkey too?

SOOMRO

Hahaha. No, I think you guys killed WADDA SAEEN.

JAMI

Who the fuck is this guy?

HARRIS

We didn't kill anyone—

SOOMRO (still ignoring HARRIS)

WADDA SAEEN is one hellava guy. He farms one of best quality weed and marijuana. (He steps closer to JAMI's face)

He is my weed guy.

JAMI

And we thought you're hooked on heroin. This guy agrees with me. (pointing with his eyes and eyebrows towards the guard from whom SOOMRO got the AK-47)

GUARD looks at SOOMRO, he is afraid of him and shook his head.

SOOMRO (smiles)

You are trying way too hard to get yourself killed today.

JAMI

You don't have balls big enough to kill me, you pervert.

SOOMRO (laughs and points the gun at

JAMI's crouches)

Do you even have balls, you donkey-fucker.

JAMI feels really uncomfortable, having a gun touching his balls.

JAMI

Oh, you would love to see them, don't you?

HARRIS

Our train must be—

SOOMRO (to JAMI)

Why are you sitting on my weed, fuck-face?

HARRIS

We don't have your weed--

JAMI

Cause you like the smell of my shit on your weed.

SOOMRO (finally looks at HARRIS)

So you are trying to say, under this cart, there isn't a pack of weed stuck?

HARRIS

Why would there be? We don't know any WADDA SAEEN.

SOOMRO (back to JAMI, pushes gun a bit more towards his crouches)

Are you feeling lucky, today, donkey-lover?

JAMI

You tell me, ass-licker.

SOOMRO doesn't laugh. He throws the gun towards the same guard who catches it cleanly.

SOOMRO kneels down and looks under the cart. He smiles.

There is a pack of weed stuck under the cart. The package is covered with plastic bag. BEARDED GUY / WADDA SAEEN was smoking cigarettes made out of his weed when he gave HARRIS the lift four days ago.

He takes out the package, stands up and smells the packages while looking at JAMI.

SOOMRO (to JAMI)

I love the smell of your shit. (and laughs loudly)

JAMI looks at HARRIS, who doesn't look good too.

SOOMRO throws the weed at the guard who is already holding the crane and his gun, he catches the package on his forearms.

SOOMRO walks towards the guard, snatches his crane from him and moves towards the car.

SOOMRO (while walking towards the car)

These donkey-fuckers are coming with us and kill their beautiful lover.

Guards start firing at the donkey, which dies within seconds.

They grab the two men off the cart and load them on the back of the VIGO.

SOOMRO opens the door of the driver's seat, sits in and closes the door.

JAMI and HARRIS don't resist. They saw what happened with donkey and this is not how they wanted to die, not after they been through.

SOOMRO is again driving the car way too fast on the dirty road, throwing dust all over the place, along the way.

He drives for over 20 mins.

65. EXT – VILLA – 4.05 PM

They are suddenly into some kind of forest. SOOMRO is still driving the car too fast. The two men and the guards are going up and down in the back because of the inconsistent, jumpy roads.

He breaks the car in front of a three story Villa in the heart of forest. There are so many other cars parked around the Villa.

SOOMRO with his attitude already looks wealthy enough, but with all these cars, the two men are seriously impressed.

SOOMRO gets out of the car, doesn't looks at the two men or the guards and says:

SOOMRO

Put them with the others.

And he storms inside quickly.

The guards grab them from their collars and drag them down the car and towards the back of the Villa. Two guards are holding HARRIS and one is holding JAMI.

There is a small white door there, one of the guard knocks at the door and wait.

The door has a small peep-hole. Someone looks through it and opens the door.

GUARD

BABA SAEEN said to put them with the lot.

BOOKIE

Go ahead.

BOOKIE moves aside and let the guards take the two men down the stairs and to the underground floor.

66. INT – VILLA – 4.10 PM

The underground floor reeks of very strong smell. HARRIS knows the smell; he smelt it at the hospital underground floor when he and his father were looking for ALY.

There are five small congested rooms and one big hall room in the underground floor.

One room stinks the most.

The two are put in the room with approximately eleven more men sitting on the floor.

The door is closed from behind.

The two men look around the room. The walls have orange marks all over the place. A big electric circuit board is on the wall in the corner of the room.

All men are slim, poorly dressed and look super worried.

HARRIS and JAMI seem the healthiest amongst them.

The two sit down the dirty floor.

HARRIS (stands up suddenly and addresses the crowd)

Hello everyone, I would like to introduce you to most intelligent person amongst us. You will never meet such a clever guy in your—

JAMI (grabs and pulls HARRIS's arm down)

Sit down, for fuck sake. It's no time for this shit.

No one gives a shit to their argument. Everyone is dead scared.

HARRIS

Oh yeah. Why don't you enlighten us about your plan. Haan?

JAMI

Do you have your gun?

HARRIS

Obviously.

JAMI

Then why the fuck didn't you use on those guards?

HARRIS

Yeah and get killed with their three AK-47's, haan?

JAMI

We would've managed that easil—

Someone slams open the door, every one other than the two get dead scared.

BOOKIE

Five minutes, you guys have five minutes.

And BOOKIE closes the door again.

HARRIS (asks to person to his left)

Five minutes for what?

He doesn't speak rather starts crying. It's absolutely awful seeing a grown man cry like a child.

HARRIS (to JAMI)

Ask the guy next to you.

JAMI shrugs off the shoulder of the guy sitting next to him to get his attention.

JAMI (to STRANGER)

What the hell was that guy talking about?

STRANGER

Horror.

Some half a dozen people start crying after listening to the stranger said the word "horror".

JAMI (grabs the STRANGER's collar)

Stop fucking riddling the shit—

STRANGER (takes the knife out under his shirt and put the edge of it on JAMI's neck)

Leave me alone, okay. I want to be left alone right now.

JAMI (puts both of his hands in the air)

Okay, okay. You got it.

JAMI looks back at HARRIS, who have his hand behind his back, he was about to take his gun out if the STRANGER was to make any stupid mistake with JAMI.

JAMI (continues)

What do you think?

HARRIS

I don't know.

67. INT – UNDERGROUND - VILLA – 4.15 PM

The door slams open again. The BOOKIE enters with the three guards holding the same AK-47s.

BOOKIE

Okay, contestants. Make a line. We need to allot you numbers.

No one is willing to stand up, everyone is either crying or lost in their thoughts.

BOOKIE gives direction with his eyes to one of the guard.

The guard starts firing haphazardly with his AK-47 over the ceiling of the room.

68. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.16 PM

A girl is tied to a pipe with the cuffs. She was unconscious for sometimes but when she hears the firing underground, she wakes up nervously with the thinking that she is being fired at.

Her name is ANNIE.

She is tied and being used as a sex slave by the owner of the Villa, SOOMRO.

She was kidnapped in Karachi three weeks ago when she was on her way to her home from college in afternoon, then sold to a pimp who letter sold her to SOOMRO for Rs. 500,000/=

The room has just one bed (she is tied to the pipe of the bed), one chair, a closed door from outside and a window.

She has got an idea to escape from this shithole.

69. INT – UNDERGROUND - VILLA – 4.16 PM

White dust comes down the hair and heads of the 13 men inside. They all begin coughing at the same time.

BOOKIE

That's it, stop.

The guard stops.

BOOKIE

Are we all clear now? Are we?

Half of men were almost up, now all of them stand up, they have no other choice.

BOOKIE

Okay, make a line, you all.

The nearest to the door starts making line.

HARRIS and JAMI, are still confused, coughing, dust on their hair, mouths and nose, stands up are the last ones in the queue.

One by one, men start going outside the room and a circular paper tags are being put on their clothes, over their chest.

JAMI is given number 12 and HARRRS's number 13.

They all enter into a big hall room, surprisingly, the room is odorless.

There is big stool where BOOKIE climbs and sits on.

HARRIS and JAMI, notice that the room is divided into two halves.

One half, right side of the door from which they entered, it have a big round table and some thick books on it.

Left side, where they all are standing, have that big stool with BOOKIE on it, sitting.

BOOKIE have a bulb hanging next to his head with a thread.

JAMI (whispers to HARRIS)

Why the hell are we here?

HARRIS

Ask your sense of humor.

JAMI

What? This is no time to argue.

BOOKIE

Okay. Like we agree, all your families will receive

25,000 Rupees cash tomorrow for you participation in this duelet.

HARRIS (to BOOKIE)

What? We did participat—

JAMI

Yeah, we don't want to be here. We didn't agree—

BOOKIE

You guys are here for just fun.

The two men move towards his stool, cutting down the crowd of 11 men.

HARRIS (to BOOKIE)

I want to leave right—

BOOKIE (kneels down to talk to two men)

Only one of these contestants is leaving today hope it will be one of you two.

JAMI

What? Are you out of your fucking mind? Haan?

BOOKIE ignores the two and starts writing something on his small notebook.

HARRIS

Hey, you fuck face, we are talking to you.

BOOKIE keeps on ignoring.

JAMI takes HARRIS aside to next wall of the room and whispers.

JAMI

Give me your gun.

HARRIS

And what? Can you shoot three guards at once?

You will be dead in a second.

JAMI

I can take one of them or may be two, you have to handle the third one.

HARRIS

What then? There must be more guards outside—

While they are arguing a group of people start filling the round table on the other side of the room.

Those men are all well dressed and look like sindhi vaderaas. One thing is common between them, they all look aged, and none of them are young.

SOOMRO is among them too.

They all are holding a black briefcase. They put them on the table in front of the chair they sit on. They are all bidders.

70. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.25 PM

ANNIE drags and pulls the wooden chair with her left foot towards herself, she is still wearing her college shoes. She wasn't given any opportunity to clean herself or change her clothes. She doesn't have the blind-fold or tape on her mouth though.

She only has her right hand to work with; her left hand is cuffed to the pipe.

It is an old wooden chair. She gathers all her energy to use it to break the chair. She is pulling the chair's one leg with her right arm and pushing the other leg of the chair away with her right leg.

The chair begins creaking up.

71. INT – UNDERGROUND - VILLA – 4.26 PM

BOOKIE (shouts to those bidders)

Okay, it's first round. The limit is 100,000.

Odds are same to all players. Place your bet carefully.

A guy comes and quietly asks each bidder for the number of the contestants he is bidding on and writes on thick book.

BOOKIE (continues)

Bring out the guns.

JAMI (to HARRIS)

Guns?

A guard brings out a bowl containing thirteen revolvers.

Revolvers have six spots or holes in their chambers to put bullets on. It means a maximum of six bullets can be put in the revolver.

That chamber is a round in shape, means when bullets are put in the chamber, the person holding the gun can rotate the chamber in circular motion.

Every contestant picks a revolver; HARRIS and JAMI jump too, to pick the revolvers.

The two men still hasn't got a clue, what's happening with them.

They know how to use the revolver though.

BOOKIE (to 13 men)

Okay, all the contestants will be given one bullet for the revolver. You guys are to put it in the chamber and roll the chamber until I say so, then put the gun on the head of person standing in front of you, of course a gun will be on your head too, by the person standing behind you, when I pull the thread on this bulb, the room goes dark and you guys has to open fire. Everyone clear?

No one answers but they all are looking at each other.

BOOKIE

Okay then, make a circle now in numerical order.

No one listens to him, but men are scared shit for their lives.

GUARD (screams)

MAKE A CIRCLE NOW!

They all see towards the guard, that's the same guard who opened fire haphazardly a few minutes ago in the last room, they were all in.

All poor eleven men who signed the agreement start making a circle in the room. HARRIS and JAMI, don't.

BOOKIE gives instructions to the guard with his eyes.

GUARD (screams right on their faces)

Do you guys need special invitation?

JAMI

I like foreplay before being fucked.

GUARD angrily fires a single bullet through his AK-47 at the left knee of JAMI.

GUARD

Is this foreplay enough for ya? Haan?

JAMI falls down the floor, his leg is bleeding.

HARRIS grabs JAMI from the right arm.

SOOMRO is super angry and stares at BOOKIE who is super mad with the second stupid mistake of the GUARD.

BOOKIE (to bidders)

Don't worry gentlemen. We will give you enhance odds on Number 12 contestant.

The man keeping the score on the thick book, begins taking bids from bidders.

The black briefcases, bidders came up with are all filled with cash. They all open their briefcases and hand over the bid amount to the guy with the thick book.

HARRIS (whispers in JAMI ears)

We have no choice, just stand up.

HARRIS helps JAMI in standing up and the two men join the circle.

JAMI barely able to stand, is behind the number 11 contestant.

Behind JAMI is HARRIS and behind HARRIS is number 1 contestant.

The circle is complete.

BOOKIE (goes through the circle)

Okay then, handover them the bullets.

Another guard obeys the command and brings a bowl filled with thirteen counted bullets.

Everyone picks a single bullet while the guard closely observes them doing so.

72. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.42 PM

The chair is about to be broken, ANNIE just needs one last pull and push. She screams in pain while giving all her energy towards the chair.

The chair breaks.

ANNIE is out of breath. She breathes heavily and rest for a second.

One leg of the chair is broken out of it. No worries, she thinks. She only needs one leg for her cuffs.

She grabs the wooden leg with her right arm and aims at the chain between the cuffs. It's only a five inches chain between the cuffs tight to the pole and her left hand.

She has to be careful in hitting at those chains. She could hurt her left arm too.

She waits for sound of gun firing.

73. INT – UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.44 PM

BOOKIE

Everyone have a bullet in their revolver?

No one answers.

BOOKIE

Okay then, I will count to ten, you guys have exactly ten seconds to roll the chamber of your revolver.

One...Two...Three...

While the BOOKIE counts down to ten, everyone rolls their chambers with a heavy heart.

Everyone is hoping that the guy behind him doesn't stop the chamber at the bullet otherwise that person would be dead.

BOOKIE (to 13 men)

...Nine...Ten. Stop. Now take aim at the back of head of the guy in front of you.

When a revolver is put to the back of the head of every person, a wave of current passes through that person body. Everyone is having the same feeling.

JAMI who could barely stand has HARRIS put the gun over his head. JAMI closes his eyes. His leg is still bleeding blood. He is already feeling weak.

The bidders are bidding on the persons who will survive the duelet.

The odds are 3/1, means if they put the bet of Rs. 100,000 to a numbered contestant and if he survives, they will be given Rs. 300,000.

Survival is of course dependent on the guy behind you, doesn't have the bullet in the chamber's one of the six holes, when he fires. The bullet wouldn't come out if it's not in the hole of the trigger. It means surviving chances are 5/6, 83%.

BOOKIE (to the man with thick book)

All bets are placed?

The man nods.

BOOKIE (to contestants)

Ready guys?

No one answers.

Everyone's hands are shivering and shaking while aiming to others heads.

BOOKIE (holding the thread of the bulb)

FIRE!

As he says 'fire', the pulls the thread which switches off the bulb, making the room all dark for a split of a second but then all 13 contestants open fire.

Those whose revolvers fire the bullet, brightens the part of the room.

The bidders cheer when the bullets are fired.

BOOKIE (to contestants)

Stop!

He pulls the thread again, the bulb is switched on.

We see four men down the ground with their heads blow up.

BOOKIE (to bidders)

Contestant's number 3, 7, 9 and 10 are dead.

It means, out of thirteen contestants, only four had the bullet in their trigger, all other nine missed the bullet in remaining five holes of the chamber.

HARRIS and JAMI survive the first round. They all look back to the person holding the gun behind their head.

They all are scared shit right now, seeing the four men lying on the floor with blown up heads.

JAMI couldn't control himself and almost falls down the floor with HARRIS catches him.

74. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.45 PM

This Russian duelet happens every week at SOOMRO's Villa.

ANNIE has heard of the firings twice in three weeks she is there. That's her third time.

She doesn't know who and why is everyone firing downstairs but she knows it happens every 15 minutes.

She is waiting for firing and is aiming at the chains of the cuff.

When the shots are fired downstairs, she begins striking the wooden chair leg at the chains.

The sound of shots fired downstairs would lower the sound of her striking the chains.

The guards wouldn't notice her trying to escape.

75. INT – UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.45 PM

HARRIS (to BOOKIE)

This guy needs medical attention for fuck sake.

BOOKIE (kneels down while sitting on the big stool)

He will already be dead in second or third round—

HARRIS

What the fuck? There are more rounds too?

HARRIS have the same revolver in his hand, he aims at the BOOKIE and starts firing. He pushes the trigger but bullet doesn't come out.

He does that three more times until the GUARD puts AK-47 at back of his head.

GUARD

Do it one more time, you will be amongst these four dead men.

HARRIS stops and let do off the revolver from his hand.

SOOMRO watches from the round table and smiles while whispering in to the ear of the person sitting next to him.

BOOKIE (to remaining contestants)

Okay contestants, you have 10 minutes to rest.

Their revolvers are taken from them.

All nine men are taken away to the same room they were in a few minutes ago.

HARRIS is holding JAMI and helping him walk towards the room.

They all sit down the floor.

HARRIS takes off JAMI's shirt, rips it apart from the lower part to make a single long thread.

He then tightens the thread just over the wounded knees of JAMI and makes a strong knot.

JAMI is half conscious. He has lost too much blood.

HARRIS is thinking, JAMI is the same guy who was trying to kill him this morning from the instructions of THE MAN and in a few hours' time, he is helping and trying to save JAMI's life.

HARRIS (shakes JAMI's head with his hand)

Hey, don't go to sleep, c'mon man—

JAMI (barely able to speak)

I can't take it anymore.

HARRIS

We aren't meant to be here. I will get us out of here.

76. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.53 PM

The strikes haven't hurt the chains yet.

She is sitting down, waiting for the next firing. She looks at the wall clock in her room.

Seven minutes more.

76. INT – UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.53 PM

Guards have quickly removed the four bodies and to some extent, clean the room of the blood.

The man with thick book has recorded the winners and losers of the bet.

He is whispering something with the BOOKIE, who is kneeling down while sitting on the big stool.

Their conversation ends.

BOOKIE (to GUARD)

Call the contestants back.

GUARD obliges.

77. INT – ROOM - UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.53 PM

The door slams open of the room, the men's already weak hearts burst with the sound of the room. They panic as the messenger has arrived with the announcement of their death.

GUARD (screams)

STAND UP!

They know this GUARD is a maniac and the slim chance of one of them surviving the duelet would be diminished if they don't obey his command, he has already shot JAMI in the leg.

JAMI isn't bleeding anymore. He is a bit stable.

HARRIS

Okay, we need to move now.

HARRIS grabs JAMI's right hand and pulls him up and drags him to the big room with the others.

78. INT – BIG ROOM - UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 4.55 PM

The men enter the big room.

BOOKIE (to bidders)

Round two: Maximum bidding limits is Rs. 500,000.

They all open their black briefcases again and take out the money and gives it to the man with the thick book, who notes down their bets.

BOOKIE (to contestants)

Same revolver but you guys will have two bullets this time. You can put those two bullets in any of six holes of the chamber.

The guard brings the big bowl with nine revolvers. They are trying to pick the one they had before, a superstition, they think that particular revolver to be their lucky one.

They couldn't differentiate one with the other, all revolvers look the same. Finally everyone has a revolver.

BOOKIE (continues)

Guys you know the drill, make a circle.

They don't have any other option but to oblige.

JAMI could barely stand up.

BOOKIE (continuing)

Bring the bullets.

The guard brings the 18 bullets counted in a bowl from the other room.

BOOKIE (to contestants)

Pick two bullets, please.

The guard watches closely as everyone picks two bullets.

They put the bullet in the chamber; some put the one bullet in first hole and other one in third or fourth hole.

Taking those bullets apart from each other would have less chance of coming in the trigger.

HARRIS and JAMI do the same.

We see contestant number 1, who is behind HARRIS, puts the bullets in the holes to each other.

The contestant shows HARRIS the chamber how he has put his bullets in and smile.

HARRIS has never seen the guy in his life and is confused why that guy would do that.

BOOKIE

Now roll your chambers as I count to ten.

He counts as all nine of them slowly roll the chambers.

Bidders watch the contestants closely and discuss with each other, who they should bet on. No one is betting on JAMI to survive as he is already injured with wound.

BOOKIE

...Ten. Stop. Take aim at the contestant in front of you.

They all do and close their eyes and pray.

BOOKIE (holding the thread of the bulb)

Ready guys?

No one responds.

HARRIS is scared as hell; he could see his death in front of him because of the guy behind him. He doesn't want to kill JAMI too.

He is hoping he doesn't die of the revolver on back of his head and at the same time hopefully he has roll the chamber enough so that the any of the two bullets, isn't in the trigger.

BOOKIE (screams)

FIRE!

Bulb switches off, pitch dark room, shots are fired, room lights up with the revolvers' fire.

79. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 5 PM

Shots are fired at exactly 5 PM.

ANNIE starts striking the wooden leg at the chains of her cuffs.

She does that eight times.

The chains are significantly damaged.

She stops. It's all silent downstairs.

She has to wait for another 15 minutes.

78. INT – BIG ROOM - UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.01 PM

Five bodies are down. Remaining ones open their eyes and start breathing heavily. They couldn't believe their luck work for the second time.

BOOKIE (to bidders)

Contestants' number 1, 4, 5, 8 and 11 are dead.

The man with thick book starts recording something on the book.

JAMI killed the man in front of him.

The bidders who lost the bid sigh, winners cheer with SOOMRO.

The guy behind HARRIS died.

HARRIS, JAMI, contestants' number 2 and 6 are remaining.

Number two contestant starts crying and saying he can't take this madness any more. He puts the revolver his mouth and starts pushing the trigger, before the guards could react to take the gun out of his mouth, revolver fires, the guy kills himself.

79. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.03 PM

ANNIE is confused with the shot fired downstairs. She takes the opportunity and strikes the chain a couple of more times and then stops.

78. INT – BIG ROOM - UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.04 PM

HARRIS and JAMI are filled on their faces with the blood of the person who committed suicide.

The bidders are in argument with each other regarding the impact it would have on the odds of the next round's bit.

SOOMRO is standing there with anger. BOOKIE tries to calm the situation.

BOOKIE (to bidders)

Don't worry bidders, we will give you 5/1 odds for our next round and rather than increasing to three bullets, we will give them four bullets.

BIDDER (one of the bidder)

How the hell will this help us with the bid?

SOOMRO (replies to him)

You can bid on who dies or lives in the next round.

This news is greeted with cheers amongst the bidders.

BOOKIE (to remaining three contestants)

10 minutes to rest, guys.

80. INT – ROOM - UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.06 PM

The three men are sitting on the floor in the closed room.

Contestant number 6 is lost in his thoughts.

HARRIS (to JAMI)

We will die if we don't do anything right now.

JAMI (who is stable)

You still have the gun of yours.

HARRIS checks his back waist, gun is still there.

HARRIS

I have it.

JAMI

They will give us four bullets. That's eight bullets between us.

HARRIS

Yeah.

JAMI

Your 9mm gun must have 10 more bullets in it.

HARRIS takes out the gun carefully and checks its chamber.

The chamber is full, filled with 10 bullets.

JAMI sees that.

HARRIS

That's eighteen bullets between two of us.

JAMI (holding his knee with both hands)

Yes. Help me stand up.

HARRIS grabs JAMI's right hand and helps me stand up.

JAMI

Take me to that electric board.

HARRIS does.

JAMI opens the big board, it has all those different colors wirings moving in all sort of directions.

JAMI clears his eyes and tries to concentrate of which wires are connected to what.

JAMI

Look after the door.

HARRIS leaves JAMI alone and walks towards to the door. He puts his ear on the door to listen closely if anyone is coming.

Contestant number 6 doesn't care what's happening around him. He is still lost in his thoughts.

JAMI takes a few wires out of their connector carefully and joints some of the wires together while two wires open to the circuit.

He is a good electrician like he told about himself at the chalet.

JAMI

Okay, I am done.

HARRIS runs towards JAMI and grabs him. The two men sit on the floor.

JAMI

There are wirings above the wall next to round table where bidders are sitting.

HARRIS

Okay.

JAMI

When the bookie said 'fire', I will aim for the wirings, you have to take those guards out.

HARRIS

What about this guy? (pointing via eyebrows at No. 6)

JAMI

I will take his gun before firing at wires.

HARRIS

What will happen if you hit wirings?

JAMI

A blast.

HARRIS

What the fuck? How do we get out of here?

JAMI

We have to run for our lives for the door upstairs.

HARRIS

What about the guards outside?

JAMI

We will worry about them when we get out.

HARRIS

But—

The door slams open again.

81. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.11 PM

ANNIE has one eye on the clock and other on the window. She has planned to break open the window with the same wooden leg of the chair.

There is a big tree ten feet away the window. She is hoping to jump on it.

The time is ticking way too slow for her liking.

82. INT – BIG ROOM - UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.14 PM

BOOKIE has explained the final round to the bidders and the three contestants.

We see all the three of them standing in triangular shape.

HARRIS has his revolver on JAMI's head, who has it on Number 6's head and who has it on HARRIS's head.

All the bidders are watching and screaming in excitement.

HARRIS sees all three guards' positions.

BOOKIE

FIRE!

Room goes dark.

Following scene is happening in slow-motion.

JAMI steps forward quickly and grabs Number 6's revolver so he wouldn't be able to fire at HARRIS.

HARRIS fires in the dark at the three guards, he hits two of them cleanly but the maniac one moved from his position. HARRIS takes out his 9mm gun from his back and moves forward towards the guard and fires at him in the dark, the bullet hits the guard but he has wasted five of the bullets on the guard. He has five bullets remaining in his gun.

Slow motion continues.

As JAMI takes aim at the wirings with his revolver, he used all his four bullets but couldn't hit.

The bidders are all in slow motion panicking and going down the table to cover themselves.

SOOMRO is standing tall, staring in dark at JAMI.

JAMI throws his revolver, uses Number 6's revolver, steps forward and takes aim, first bullet hits the wirings on the wall, a blue wave of gas penetrates throw the wirings and the room in which the electric circuit is, blows with the blast.

JAMI is still moving forward until he reaches at the round table, the blast and the fire on the other room make enough brightness to this room that JAMI can clearly see SOOMRO standing next to table.

JAMI stops and puts the revolver on the head of SOOMRO and says:

JAMI (to SOOMRO)

Do you still want to see how big are my balls?

SOOMRO (angrily)

FUCK YOU, DONKEY-FUCKER!

JAMI opens fire and blows SOOMRO's brain out.

HARRIS

We need to move now! The fire—

HARRIS sees JAMI tumbling down the ground, he runs and catches him.

HARRIS is holding JAMI's chest with his left hand and dragging him towards the stairs but the maniac GUARD grabs JAMI's wounded leg. JAMI screams.

HARRIS looks back, takes aim with his 9mm and blows the GUARD head out.

The fire is spreading quickly, the bidders are hiding under the table, and they are still scared that the contestants would kill them if they come out of the table.

83. INT – SECOND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.25 PM

ANNIE frees herself from the pole, her chains are broken. She throws the broken chair at the window which breaks the glass outside. She uses the wooden chair leg to clean the sharp glasses still sticking around the border of the window.

She then climbs on the window. She can see from above the smoke coming inside the lower floors.

She jumps at the big tree.

84. INT – STAIRS - UNDERGROUND FLOOR - VILLA – 5.25 PM

HARRIS is dragging JAMI above the stairs, they haven't yet encounter with any more guards yet.

HARRIS slams open the door and they both come out. HARRIS is coughing because of the gas and aches.

It's a back door of the Villa. All the other guards with the bidders and their cars are at the front side of the Villa.

As HARRIS gains his breath and grabs a JAMI from his chest to drag him, a beautiful girl falls down from the tree.

HARRIS

What the hell?

ANNIE is holding that wooden leg of the chair and when she stands up and sees HARRIS holding his 9mm, she steps forward quickly to strike at his arm.

JAMI is unconscious.

HARRIS moves to his left quickly, ANNIE misses his arm.

HARRIS

What the hell are you trying to do woman?

ANNIE

Leave me alone, I just want to go home.

HARRIS

Go home then, why are you hitting me.

ANNIE

You aren't one of the guards?

HARRIS

We are trying to escape too, woman.

ANNIE

Why?

HARRIS

I don't have time to explain, there are guards coming if we wait any—

ANNIE

Follow me then, I know a way.

ANNIE runs down the forest so fast, HARRIS was given the time to respond to her.

He doesn't have any other option.

He grabs JAMI chest properly and follows her.

85. EXT – FOREST – 5.40 PM

They are running without looking back.

A big blast echoes behind them, that's the Villa being blown up.

HARRIS (screams)

Wait, wait.

HARRIS stops.

ANNIE looks back.

HARRIS

I can't keep up with you like that.

ANNIE replies from some 50 feet away.

ANNIE

We aren't that far away from them.

HARRIS

Please wait a bit.

HARRIS puts JAMI on the ground and sits down to catch his breath.

ANNIE comes back towards HARRIS and stand next to him.

ANNIE

Why are you carrying a dead body?

HARRIS

He isn't dea—

HARRIS looks down at JAMI, whose face is now turned blue.

JAMI is dead.

HARRIS has tears in his eyes. His head is kneeling down, he's sobbing.

ANNIE sits down next to him.

ANNIE

Look I was being raped daily by an evil-man daily, and I might be half your age. You don't see me crying.

HARRIS looks up at her eyes.

Never a beautiful girl in his life spoke to him, except his wife but of course he isn't thinking of her when someone like ANNIE is sitting next to him.

He reeks of all the blood he have on his body for last five days.

But still...

ANNIE (stands up)

Let's go.

HARRIS clears his throat and says:

HARRIS

Where are we going?

ANNIE

I hear a train running pass every night, there must be a train station somewhere.

HARRIS stands up, looks down at JAMI one last time and then they both start running at a straight direction.

HARRIS left his gun where he was just sitting.

85. EXT – FOREST – 6 PM

They are running for 20 minutes in the forest and there is still no sign of any train tracks or station. Trees, trees and some more trees.

ANNIE is young so she is well ahead of him.

As HARRIS is running, trying to keep up with her, someone tackles him from his right side and takes him down. It is so unexpected for him that he couldn't react properly.

He is being stabbed multiple times on his chest, he opens his eyes with the agonizing pain his chest and tries to see who the hell it is.

It is BEARDED GUY. HARRIS didn't kill him and left him on the road.

He isn't speaking while stabbing HARRIS again and again. HARRIS screams in pain.

ANNIE hears him, looks behind. An old guy is sitting on HARRIS chest and stabbing him with the knife.

ANNIE quickly finds a big rock and runs towards HARRIS.

She strikes the rock on the head of the old guy, who falls down to his left, blood starts coming out of back of his head.

HARRIS is taking his last breathes.

ANNIE is confused what to do.

She kneels down; HARRIS is trying to say something.

HARRIS (barely able to speak)

May-I-have-a-hug—--

ANNIE hesitates, she doesn't know this guy and last three weeks experience with SOOMRO taught her not to trust any man but his facial expressions and the way he said it, it touches ANNIE to the heart.

She gives him a hug momentarily.

HARRIS dies.

Apparently, it was a bit of love, all that he wanted in his life.

ANNIE stands up, takes a one last look at HARRIS and leaves him behind.

She is running fast wearing the same college shoes.

She wants to be at her home as quickly as possible.

She wants to lie down at her conformable bed and yes, eat that 'biryani' her mother promised to cook specially for her for the lunch that day.

THE END.

