SCENE: EIGHT
THE TOP SECRET REVEALED
(The Eagles kingdom prepares for their
final attack)
King Richard: It looks like everything is as
planned
Simon: ☺ yes my lord , now all that is left
is escorting the people from that
kingdom and using them as slaves
King Richard: yes they are going to work
in one of my Gold mines. (he waits a
moment then continues) Simon you
have worked with me for a long time
now and I think I can trust you on this
one
Simon: (confused) what do you mean my
lord?
King Richard: I used Cocoa farms as an
excuse, I mean I'm not interested in
those grains of theirs. You take a good
look at me do you think a KING like me
can have interest in mere farms ohh
please!
Simon: please enlighten me my lord.
King Richard: Kalahari Kingdom has a lot
of Diamond beneath those farms, so I
was planning to open a diamond mine
after our mission.
Simon: Why did you decide to make it a
secret my lord?
King Richard: I lied because king Nareen
is part of our plan, see all the weapons
used here, are his. So I told him about
the cocoa farms because if he knows
about the diamond I bet hell demand a
fortune from us.
Simon: clever I see.
King Richard: please Simon keep this as a
secret. I don't want all of my plans to go
to waste. see I'll give you 30 million
dollars after the last attack.
Simon: (excited, he has no words to
express his feelings)
SCENE: NINE
THE FINAL ATTACK
(Big trucks, escorting people of the
Kalahari by force, what can be done as
blood was being split without second
thoughts, there's nothing left except
getting in those trucks without even
knowing where they were going. When
they left the village was all empty. No
sound of humans at all. It rained more
than usual that day. When they got to
Europe they were put in big cells with no
proper beds at all only blankets that
were not even enough)
SCENE: TEN
THE START OF SLAVERY
Shaniqua: (talking to herself)
I have failed them, all the thousands of
beings. My mother left them in my
hands but what have I done to help,
nothing. look at them now, they are
about to be turned in to slaves all
because of me. I knew that this was
going to happen but I never told them to
escape at least. They could have escaped
and left me all alone in my father's land.
Father, my father must be disappointed
in me. I'm just a princess who failed her
people , (she cannot help herself, she
ends up crying)
All of the sudden the Eagles warriors
shows up in the cells
Simon: Joking time is over now, I'm here
to let you know that you all are going to
work in the Gold mine from tomorrow
morning. I just felt like you all should be
notified.
Shaniqua: who, us work in your mines?
what is it in for us? I mean workers
should be registered and paid wages or
salaries? so far we haven't seen
ourselves signing anything.
Amber: Shaniqua you should be clever
enough to know that you are no longer a
princess but a slave!
Simon: (surprised) a princess?
Shaniqua: pardon?
Simon: You two (points at Shaniqua and
Amber) you're odd to work as maids,
there aren't enough maids in this palace
so you two can be of a greater use. I'm
out
Amber is all excited
Amber: wow, so I am not going to work
as a slave I mean, all of the hard labor at
the mines. Haha!
Shaniqua: (frustrated, she disperses
from the crowd and went to sit alone)
SCENE: ELEVEN
WHAT'S IN THE FUTURE
(Everyone is preparing for the day,
Shaniqua and Amber heads to the
kitchen while others are preparing to go
to the mines)
Chief maid: hey you, please take these
meals to the prince.
Amber: who, me?
Chief maid: Nop that darker girl.
Shaniqua: Shaniqua, that's my name.
Chief maid: Ahh no one cares just do
what is required of you.
(Shaniqua takes the meals to the prince)
Shaniqua: knock knock! She enters
without permit.
Prince Jaden: who said you should
enter? Ohh, you are new here. Dark?
Never mind you're late by 5 minutes I
usually have my breakfast at 8:00 o'clock
and its 8:05 now.
Shaniqua: late by 5 minutes. Not that
Bad right? It's not good to do things on a
routine like that, I mean you need to be
flexible.
Prince Jaden: You remind me of my
mother now. She used to scout me on
doing everything on a routine. She said
days aren't going to be the same
forever!
(a moment of silence)
Prince Jaden: you seem lost in your
thoughts mem are you alright?
Shaniqua: (she looks at Jaden's tea) my
father liked this tea a lot. It is made of
cocoa! He never spent an entire day
without having it.
Prince Jaden: What happened to him?
(All of the sudden the chief maid
summons for Shaniqua, and she leaves
without answering his question. In the
afternoon Shaniqua notices that Amber
never kept any lunch for her, she is
surprised by her actions and decides to
ask why she had done that)
Shaniqua: (Sad) Amber the chief maid
said she gave you my food!
Amber: And?
Shaniqua: I've not ate anything since
morning, remember in the morning you
people were eating bacon and I'm
allergic to it.
Amber: And?
Shaniqua: And what … you ate all the
food without baring me in mind. What
have I ever done to you Amber why do
you hate me so much?
Amber: (smiling) please chill, you aren't
a princess any longer so we are equal
now. Yep I've ate your lunch and there's
nothing you can do about that. spoilt
brat.
(Shaniqua furiously left Ambers side, and
went to sit in the palace garden)
Prince Jaden: by your actions it is clear
that you are new here!
Shaniqua: what? What do you mean by
that?
Prince Jaden: This garden is meant only
for royalties, no maids are allowed to sit
here, when I recall well the last maid
who did that was judged to death.
Shaniqua: well I'm not scared of death. I
mean, all my ambitions are dead so.
what am I still doing in this world.
Prince Jaden: Ambitions? (interested)
can you please explain further.
Shaniqua: Ohh please, I'll never share my
used to be ambitions with you, as what
really? Please excuse me I need to be
alone.
Prince Jaden: why are you so nasty?
You're even chasing me out of the
garden meant for royalty.
Shaniqua: Royalty this, royalty that I'm
out, you can enjoy your garden all alone.
(she left)
Prince Jaden: (shouting) Your name?
(by that time she is all gone)
SCENE: TWELVE
THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
(It's late at night, Shaniqua is stressed up
she just needs someone to talk to.
Bearing Gaddafi in mind she decides to
go to him)
Shaniqua: Hi, you must be angry right?
Gaddafi: why?
Shaniqua: I've spent days ignoring you.
Gaddafi: Who said I'm keen to have your
attention, as what really?
Shaniqua: I never thought you'll say that.
How sad. Well I've not eaten anything
today. Amber ate my lunch.
Gaddafi: (smiling) do I look like I care?
see Shaniqua I'm not interested in you
and I've never been interested in any of
your sayings.
(Amber shows up)
Amber: look who is here, my love what is
she doing here?
Gaddafi: I don't know, eyy I bet she's
lost.
(They both laugh)
Shaniqua: Gaddafi, you never told me
our relationship is over you barged out
without notifying me. And moved on
with Amber for that matter. Your action
says it all that you've never loved me.
sad but I accept it, it is all my fault I
should have seen it coming … I
Amber: save your paragraphs Shaniqua,
we aren't interested please leave us
alone.
(Shaniqua spent the whole night crying,
imagining all the moments she spent
with Gaddafi, only to notice that they
were all a movie, Gaddafi was acting up.
On the other side Gaddafi is confused,
he is not sure if He loves Shaniqua nor
Amber. He knows that Amber was just
his desire while Shaniqua was a catch, he
knew deep inside that no one knows him
better like Shaniqua does. His feelings
are not clear and for that he ends up
being angry at himself)
SCENE: THIRTEEN
CONTINUITY OF THE FUTURE
(The next day Shaniqua fails to go to
work as she was sick)
Chief maid: where is she? the dark girl.
Amber: I don't know, she told me that
she is tired already and won't work for
today.
Chief maid: who does she think she is? A
princess? She thinks she is better than
other maids, lazy jerk.
(the chief maid went to the slave cells to
confront Shaniqua)
Chief maid: look at you sleeping. As if
you've got no chores at all,
Shaniqua: I'm sick.
Chief maid: you are faking it, please get
up who do you think will do your chores
when your sleeping. There's food for the
prince in the kitchen, I'm sure you
already know what to do.
(Shaniqua woke up and brought food to
the prince, she entered his room without
knocking)
Shaniqua: here (she puts the food on the
table then heads out)
Prince Jaden: wait! Madam you seem
sad today. Unlike yesterday.
Shaniqua: don't you dare call me a
madam again, in my culture that's stated
as being rude, disrespectful at such.
Prince Jaden: ohh I see, entering peoples
room without knocking is seen as being
respectful? Where are you from ,
heaven? Your ideology seems lost.
Shaniqua: Lost indeed. I have to go!
Prince Jaeden: you're leaving again
without introducing yourself? I think It's
time I let you know that I hate being
around strangers.
Shaniqua: My aura doesn't allow me to
introduce myself for I am known by the
history of my people.
Prince Jaden: meaning? Save it, mind
joining me at the library, 4:00 p.m?
Shaniqua: well, a library is a place I'll
love to see myself in soh it's a deal.
SCENE: FOURTEEN
THE AMAZEMENT
King Richard: (Amazed) Simon, I'm
confused, I mean since we've cleared
the Kalahari kingdom rain have been
falling nonstop. I cannot even launch the
work equipment.
Simon: well that sounds like witchcraft. I
mean why must it keep raining when
we've got a serious mission at hand?
King Richard: I wouldn't decline that fact.
But why? I mean it has been 1 week now
and the land is all wet. I've got many
questions and I need answers!
Simon: from my knowledge, every village
has customs and laws it follows, maybe
they were supposed to do something
traditional before they left.
King Richard: please don't tell me you
believe in those stereotypic actions.
Simon: from what's happening now you
might as well believe in them. Summon
one of the villagers maybe they may
have answers on why it's raining
nonstop.
(They summon one of the villagers and
Shaniqua is the one who was randomly
picked)
Shaniqua: you people called me!
King Richard: have it ever rained
nonstop in your village? Shaniqua:
(confused) what?
Simon: are you deaf? he asked why is it
raining nonstop in your village
Shaniqua: such questions are meant for
God. I mean talking from the history of
my village it only rains nonstop when its
people are not happy.
King Richard: meaning this have
happened before?
Shaniqua: yes, about 85 years ago my
kingdom was ruled by an uncaring,
heartless king called Scar he never cared
for our people, so they ended up being
sad then it rained nonstop.
King Richard: I hate fairy tales. Now what
happened for the rain to stop?
Shaniqua: King Scar had to change his
sinful ways.
King Richard: please go, you're
mumbling in fact giving useless
information
Shaniqua: I hate to say this but for as
long as we're not happy it will never stop
raining. Nothing good will to come out of
that land please free us.
Simon: Guards, please take this girl out
of here