FRANKLIN
What are you doing here?
Sumi walks up to the angel and kicks him in the shins. The
angel yelps in pain and hops around, clutching his leg.
SUMI
Come on. We need you right now.
Sumi walks over to Franklin and grabs his hand, pulling him
away from his dream.
FRANKLIN
Wait. Just let me say goodbye
first.
Franklin reaches out to Colette but Sumi tugs on his hand
harder.
SUMI
We have to leave now.
Colette smiles at Franklin and waves.
COLETTE
It's okay, they need you more than
I do.
CUT TO:
INT. CHURCH - DAY
Franklin is shaken awake by Sumi. He groans and stretches
before sliding open the box window to check on Bach. He's
missing.
FRANKLIN
Why'd you wake me up?
Sumi's face is stained with tears.
BACH
We missed out on quite an event
last night.
Franklin hears Bach's voice outside of the box. He opens the
door and steps out of the confession box into ashes beneath
his feet.
He looks around and notices that half the building is burnt.
Bach is standing by the organ that is badly damaged.
52.
FRANKLIN
Where's Goh?
Sumi shakes her head.
FRANKLIN (CONT'D)
Do you think he started this and
left us?
SUMI
No. They took him.
Franklin studies the area closer and notices bullet casings
on the ground.
FRANKLIN
How did we sleep through all of
this? Why didn't we burn with the
rest of this building?
BACH
We were both intoxicated. It
started raining half way through
the fire. God was watching over us.
FRANKLIN
Yeah well, not so much over Goh.
Sumi begins to cry again.
BACH
Oh... she must have witnessed the
event. She couldn't have slept
through it like we did.
Franklin approaches her and kneels down to comfort her.
FRANKLIN
Hey listen. We'll get find him; but
you need to tell us what happened.
SUMI
(between tears)
They came... they were shouting
once they found him. They kept
asking for you... I was too scared
to peak out of the box, I just
listened. After a while they
started the fire and left.
Franklin nods and looks around the environment again to study
any signs of clues.
53.
FRANKLIN
Well we didn't find him here. That
means he's still alive. They must
have taken him captive to try and
figure out where I am.
BACH
I don't understand. Didn't he
poison them all?
FRANKLIN
I'm sure there were still several
survivors. If this poison was
potent, the first batch of soldiers
that showed symptoms would have
scared off the rest from drinking.
We need to leave before they come
back.
CUT TO:
EXT. FOREST NEAR CHURCH - DAY
Bach, Sumi, and Franklin are hiding in a bush a distance away
from the burnt church. A dozen Soldiers now march around it,
surveying the area.
Sumi notices Goh among them, tied up and being dragged
around. Franklin has to calm her down to remain hidden in the
bushes.
FRANKLIN
Shhhh hey, hey! Listen... I have a
plan. We'll get Goh back but I need
you guys to stay quite and remain
hidden here.
Sumi takes a deep breath and nods. She holds up her pinkie
finger. Franklin wraps his pinkie around hers, sealing the
promise.
BACH
What will you do? We have no
weapons and they outnumber us.
FRANKLIN
Pray for a miracle.
Franklin turns to leave but looks back just as he is about to
exit the bush.
54.
FRANKLIN (CONT'D)
Oh, I hope you don't mind but...
I'll be borrowing your weed and
whiskey. I wouldn't expect to get
them back... It'll be for a good
cause though.
Bach mutters a prayer under his breath, not for Franklin's
success, but for his precious drugs.
Franklin slowly makes his way to the church. Scurrying from
bush to bush, until he is only several meters away.
Soldiers walk around the bush he is hiding in. They aim their
riffles at the woods as they survey the area.
COMMANDER
Where is he?! Find him!
SOLDIER
Sir, there's a trail leading into
the woods.
COMMANDER
Ah you useless bag of tomato cans
can't even tell that that is a
false trail. I know Franklin.
He has been trained to hide himself
well. That trail will only lead you
wandering in the forest for hours
before you find his real location.
The commander lights a cigar and deliberately puffs the smoke
into the face of the soldier.
SOLDIER
(coughing)
Sir, we'll keep looking. They can't
be far.
The commander shakes his head in disapproval.
COMMANDER
Has the captive given any
information yet?
SOLDIER
No sir. He seems to be a veteran. A
tough one to fold under our
methods. I'm not sure he will be of
much use to us.
55.
The commander flicks his cigar into the dirt and stomps on
it, twisting his heel to burry it deeper and extinguish it.
COMMANDER
Oh he will be. Bring him to me. Let
me have a go at him.
Franklin nervously shifts in the bushes as he hears this and
glances at one of the crates of supplies. A pair of soldiers
are designated to guard them. A brief case with a red marking
of a "classified" stamp on it is atop one of the crates.
Food, weapons and other goods are shown within the rest.
Franklin slowly sneaks his way near the crates and hides
himself inside one of them by carefully taking out a few of
its contents.
SOLDIER
Here he is sir. He's in rough
shape. We've already beat him
pretty badly.
Goh is dropped at the feet of the commander. His face is
swollen and bruised. His hands and feet are tied. But Goh
still manages to keep his composure and glares up at the
commander.
The commander grins and squats down to Goh's level. He
reaches to slap Goh's bruised cheek but Goh ducks it and
spits in the commanders face.
Franklin watches all of this from a slit in his crate. He
fidgets something out of his pocket. He holds a match and a
bottle of whiskey in his hands.
He pulls out his wife's picture in his breast pocket, rolls
it up, and tucks it into the bottle top.
COMMANDER
Bring me a shot gun.
The soldier obeys. The commander steps back, cocks the gun
and aims it at Goh's head.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Where are they?!
Goh laughs but gets interrupted by a blast to his left leg.
It blows apart in chunks, leaving it completely mangled and
detached from the knee down.
COMMANDER (CONT'D)
Tourniquet his leg.