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***Money Conflict***

***by William Lardner***

***Jun 19, 2017***

***EXT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Movie opens underscored. A handheld shot leading us into the Academy of Crime***

***and Revenge, cut between shots of our main characters. Title cards introduce***

***us to the plot. Our handheld establishing shot finally leads us to the***

***window, where we see Colin for the first time, pacing and thinking.***

***INT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Colin is on the phone to Lazarus***

***LAZARUS***

***This is very important.***

***COLIN***

***This will work.***

***LAZARUS***

***I’ve got one simple question before we send her on our mission.***

***Zoom close up on Colin’s face. Colin looks curious.***

***LAZARUS***

***What is the Wi-Fi code?***

***Colin sighs.***

***COLIN***

***S. Capital P. Ten.***

***LAZARUS***

***Hold on!. S, capital D?***

***COLIN***

***No! Capital P! P for Percy.***

***LAZARUS***

***Who’s Percy?***

***Cut. Percy the Butler is washing dishes.***

***PERCY***

***You called sir! What do you need?***

***Cut. Back to Colin.***

***COLIN***

***Oh shut up, you blithering idiot!***

***Pause***

***T…***

***Cut. Percy pouring a cup of tea.***

***PERCY***

***Alright, on its way sir.***

***COLIN***

***F. Pound Symbol. Six, and Y.***

***LAZARUS***

***Got it. Good luck agent.***

***EXT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***A mysterious female character (Agent Wilson) enters the gates.***

***INT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Colin gets up and pulls a small camera out of his pocket. He holds it up to***

***his face. Cut to a handheld shot from said camera.***

***COLIN***

***Camera rolling? Good.***

***EXT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Agent Wilson approaches the doors of AOCR.***

***INT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Colin places the handheld camera on the mantle.***

***EXT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Agent Wilson approaches the door. She taps on the door. It’s already open.***

***She pushed it and enters.***

***INT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Agent Wilson enters and closes the door behind her. She sits down in front of***

***Colin. Over-the-shoulder shot.***

***COLIN***

***And what time do you call this?***

***He picks up the clock.***

***You are 0.235 seconds late!***

***WILSON***

***Sorry, sir. Must have been the traffic.***

***COLIN***

***Well don’t be late again. Or you’re out of the deal.***

***Cut. Lazarus shouts into his phone.***

***LAZARUS***

***Good job agent! You’ve got her.***

***COLIN***

***[Overlapping Lazarus]***

***Argh! Ow! Argh! I know!***

***WILSON***

***Are you okay sir?***

***COLIN***

***Just got an earache. Happens all the time.***

***LAZARUS***

***It’s working.***

***COLIN***

***Argh! Ow! Ah! Oh! Yes, of course its bloody working! Now shut up!***

***A beat. Colin realizes Wilson is still here.***

***COLIN***

***Working out! We’re working out for the mission tomorrow! Yes, it requires a***

***lot of physical strength.***

***Cut. Same setting.***

***COLIN***

***Now, Alex Smith.***

***Percy enters.***

***PERCY***

***Cup of tea sir. Here you go. First date, yeah?***

***Cut. Mid shot. Colin and Wilson look towards the camera at Percy, confused.***

***PERCY***

***Oh, okay.***

***Cut.***

***COLIN***

***Your mission is the find Alex. Alex Smith. Located <stock music plays>.***

***WILSON***

***What mission?***

***Colin sighs.***

***COLIN***

***You are being employed to break into his house, hack into his laptop using a***

***USB we will provide, and send us twenty five million pounds that he should***

***not own.***

***We start at midnight tonight. Good luck.***

***Colin unwraps a boiled sweet and places it into his mouth.***

***Fade.***

***TITLE CARD: MIDNIGHT AT ALEX SMITH’S HOUSE***

***INT. ALEX SMITH’S HOUSE***

***Agent Wilson holds up a flashlight.***

***WILSON***

***Let’s go and get this thing.***

***Over the shoulder shot. Agent Wilson navigates the dark corridors of Alex***

***Smith’s house. She runs down a corridor and kicks down the door at the end of***

***it.***

***INT. ALEX SMITH’S ROOM***

***An alarm begins to sound. Agent Wilson enters a dark room with a high-tech***

***computer set-up. She looks around briefly before running towards an open***

***laptop. She unravels a USB cable and hastily plugs it into the laptop. She***

***begins typing as green code appears on the laptop’s screen.***

***Cut.***

***The laptop screen displays Alex Smith’s PayPal. Agent Wilson transfers all of***

***his money to AOCR, before hastily exiting.***

***EXT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***Night time. Mid shot. Lazarus stands alone in the dark.***

***Over-the-shoulder shot. Colin exits AOCR and shuts the door behind him. He***

***stands in front of Lazarus.***

***LAZARUS***

***So how did she do?***

***COLIN***

***Extremely well.***

***Cut.***

***EXT. ALEX SMITH’S HOUSE***

***Alex Smith approaches his door. He looks suspiciously familiar.***

***ALEX***

***That was a good night.***

***Alex enters his house and walks upstairs into his room.***

***ALEX***

***What’s going on here?***

***[He turns on the light]***

***No, no, no, no! What’s going on here? Where’s all my money?***

***Smash fade.***

***EXT. ACADEMY OF CRIME AND REVENGE***

***LAZARUS***

***I had many doubts.***

***COLIN***

***I did, but she has performed well. We will use her in the future.***

***Colin and Lazarus walk off into the darkness.***

***Cut.***

***Zoom on the contents of Alex Smith’s bank account. His balance is £0.85.***

***ALEX***

***Argh! Damn it!***

***[He flips over a chair]***

***I will find them, and they will pay. Every penny.***

***He exits, looking very broad.***

***Fade.***

***TITLE CARD: TO BE CONTINUED…***

***END***