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EXT. DAY. PARKING LOT ENTRANCE OF MEDICAL FAC. Bus pulls away revealing RAPHAEL. Raphael crosses parking lot into medical offices INT. MEDICAL FACILITY. DANNY (Raphael's Son) and Raphael inside medical office Danny "Hey dad I guess I'm gonna die" Raphael long reaction shot Danny "What do you think? Will I get into heaven? Nah taught me not to believe that lie" MONTAGE BEGINS WITH SOUND OF RAPHAELS FOOTSTEPS ECHOING DOWN HALLWAY LOUDER AND LOUDER INTERCUT WITH: Raphael entering chapel sitting and almost putting his palms together in prayer then clenching his fists Raphael walking down hallway Raphael talking with HEALTH WORKERS Raphael staring at ocean Raphael waiting for bus Raphael with MEDICAL OFFICIAL Medical Official "I understand your concerns but your coverage doesn't extend to these procedures" Raphael in lobby of financial institution sitting down with FINANCIAL AGENT Financial Agent "As long as this lawsuit is pending we won't be able to accept your home as collateral. I am genuinely sorry" Raphael staring at television in his home, putting his head in his hands CONT. Raphael and INSURANCE AGENT Insurance Agent "Mr. Carlson, I'm afraid .. well your situation is .. lets say .. my specialty within our company. Now its not that I am accusing you of any sort of .. lets say insurance fraud .. However the terms of the policy you are requesting and.. well it would seem with your beneficiary in your proposed life insurance policy well .. it would seem to be at least one way to cover your son's medical needs. Still hold on .. may I suggest a rather unique alternative? Raphael completing his echoing walk down hallway and opening a door and entering SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS ENDS AS RAPHAEL ENTERS ROOM INT. DARK ROOM. BALD MAN SITS BEHIND TABLE BESIDE A VIDEO CAMERA ON A TRIPOD. BRYAN SITS IN A CHAIR IN FRONT OF A STACK OF FORMS AND HIS LEGS FOLDED. RAPHAEL CROSSES ROOM AND SITS IN CHAIR AT TABLE ALONGSIDE BRYAN BALD MAN TAKES PACKET FROM TABLE AND TOSSES IT TO RAPHAEL. RAPHAEL OPENS PACKET. NEXT TO BRYAN WHO LOOKS BORED. Bald Man “Read aloud Mr. Carlson” Raphael “My name is Raphael Carlson, I am aware that I am engaging in conspiracy to commit fraud. Bryan BEGINS LAUGHING EXT. NIGHT Raphael and Bryan exit building together. Bryan “So.. you wanna get something to eat?.. My treat! Whudya say Mexican sound good? RAPHAEL NODDING AT BYRAN EXT. NIGHT. PATIO OF MEXICAN RESTAURANT RAPHAEL AND BRYAN SIT DOWN AND OPEN MENUS Ryan "You all look tripped out by all this. Y'know don't let it get to ya. My first time it was knife fight in a pitch black room. Whooo! My best buddy in college. Its just the law of the jungle. Dog eat dog. Y'know, I mean you seem like a nice guy.. I got no hard feelings however it turns out" Raphael "you've done this before?" Ryan "Yeah yeah yeah, what else man, I tried other stuff but this.. one on one with a million buck payout .. whew! Anyways what hooked you up with the club?" Raphael "My son he's sick.. He's about your age and..." Ryan "Bummer man. hope that all works out.. this game should be cool ..last one was silenced pistols in backpacks. Intense man. But this.. Hand to hand but .. I know some arts (GOES INTO A KATA STANCE) “ but you got a definite shot” (PUNCHES RAPHAEL ON ARM) "oh shoot is that where they gave you the shot sorry man" RYAN GETS UP FROM TABLE Ryan "I dunno, its gotta beat working for a living ..well good luck you know may the best man win and all that." RAPHAEL PULLS DEVICE FROM POCKET. SETS IT ON TABLE AND STARES AT IT. -FLASHBACK- INT. DARK ROOM WITH TRIPOD BALDY SETTING TWO DEVICES ON TABLE Bald man "You are both going to be injected with an undetectable neuro pathogen. Completely harmless in itself. BALD MAN HOLDS UP DEVICE Bald man "Provided you are not exposed between twelve and twenty four hours after inoculation to this Hydrogen Dioxide Enzyme solution. So by all mean neither of you should apply any of this solution to yourself. -END FLASHBACK- Ryan "Careful with that, all right buddy, see you tomorrow unless you see me first" RAPHAEL EXITS PATIO ALONE, WANDERS DARKENING CITY ENDS UP IN COFFEE SHOP, STARING AT DEVICE AND LAPTOP COMPUTER HE PULLS FROM A BACKPACK. INT. COFFEE SHOP Waiter "Wow, you've been here all-night" Raphael "I am a waiter also, have been for ..off and on for more than twenty years. How do you like the work? Waiter "I'm just working night to help pay for college. Jeez twenty years" RAPHAEL OPENS LAPTOP AND PLUGS IN EARPHONES. SOUND OF COFFEE SHOP CUTS OFF AS RAPHAEL PLUGS IN EARPHONE. VOICE OFF CAMERA: "WELCOME TO BATTLE GAME. YOU ARE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS RAPHAEL CARLSON. YOUR GPS, LOCATION AND PARTICIPATION IS CONFIRMED. YOUR NEAREST CROSS STREET IS ELM AND FIRST ZIP CODE 91010 YOU'RE OPPONENTS NEAREST CROSS STREET IS DONNER AND EUCLID, ZIP CODE 92118 GOOD HUNTING AND GOOD LUCK" RAPHAEL WRITES DOWN INFO ON A NOTEPAD. CLOSES LAPTOP. TAKES OUT FOLDED CITY MAP AND STARES AT IT. EXT. MORNING. STREET RAPHAEL WALKS STREETS LOOKING ABOUT HIM. EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES CHECKING LAPTOP WITH EARPHONES AND INTERCUT P.O.V. SHOTS OF CITY STREETS AND POSSIBLE AMBUSHES. RAPHAEL BEGINS LOSING HIS COMPOSURE. RAPHAEL STOPS AND LISTENS TO A STREET PREACHER RAPHAEL WALKS AWAY. HE BEGINS TO SHAKE. HE HOLDS HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS. RAPHAEL BUYS A SACK OF FOOD AND WALKS TO A PARK. RAPHAEL SITS ON A PARK BENCH AND OPENS HIS LAPTOP AND SITS AND EATS AND WAITS. RAPHAEL WATCHES PARK ACTIVITY. RAPHAEL SITS ON BENCH WHILE BEHIND HIM BRYAN BEGINS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND HOLDING DEVICE. -CONFRONTATION- (so I thought a lot about this and I would like the camera to veer off and show nothing. like the ear cutting in RESERVOIR DOGS, or the camera veering off on the chainsaw sequence in SCARFACE, let the audience worry about what is happening by not showing it. Bryan, “Damn I can't believe you got me RAPHAEL HOLDS DEVICE IN HIS SHAKING HANDS AND STANDS HESITANTLY OVER BRYAN. Bryan “Go ahead then, at least they'll be able to fix your kid” RAPHAEL HANDS KEEP SHAKING RAPHAEL MOANS Raphael “I can't” Bryan “What kind of father are you? To let your kid die for me? RAPHAEL STARES AT CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET AND WALKS AWAY FROM BRYAN. THE CHURCH DOORS ARE LOCKED. RAPHAEL KNEELS DOWN AND PRAYS. Raphael "Forgive me" THE END (I WOULD LIKE TO SHOOT IT BOTH WAYS WITH RAPHAEL WIPING BRYAN WITH SOLUTION RESULTING IN HIS DEATH AND ALSO LETTING HIM OFF THE HOOK. EITHER WAY WE KEEP THE MOAN AND CHURCH STEPS PRAYING) Heres some deleted scenes, EXTRA SCENES Possible dialog. RAPHAEL "Is that your real name?" BRYAN "Hey just call me Mr. Beneficiary" RICHARD WALKS BY TWO HOMELESS MEN ON STREET HOMELESS 1 "You know when you draw or make music or like write a story even it kinda like you taking wood and making it alive" HOMELESS 2 "Wood was alive when it was trees" HOMELESS 1 "No I mean like god breathin life into dirt y'know" HOMELESS 1 NOTICES RAPHEL HOMELESS 1 "DUDE HE'S BUGGIN" HOMELESS JUMP UP TO HELP RAPHEL HOMELESS "Hey brother, are you allright?" RAPHAEL CROSSES PATH OF STREET PREACHER/BIBLE THUMPER PREACHER "And Ecclesiastes nine four says as long as we are alive we still have hope just as a live dog is better off than a dead lion we know that we will die but the dead don't know a thing, nothing good will happen to them they are gone and forgotten"

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oo I was thinking of using salt shakers for weopens, as if they had been loaded with a toxin but I have a couple of cheap fake guns now. check it out, I have locations mapped out in my head. EXT. DAY. PARKING LOT ENTRANCE OF MEDICAL FAC. Bus pulls away revealing RAPHAEL. Raphael crosses parking lot into medical offices INT. MEDICAL FACILITY. DANNY (Raphael's Son) and Raphael inside medical office Danny "Hey dad I guess I'm gonna die" Raphael long reaction shot Danny "What do you think? Will I get into heaven? Nah taught me not to believe that lie" MONTAGE BEGINS WITH SOUND OF RAPHAELS FOOTSTEPS ECHOING DOWN HALLWAY LOUDER AND LOUDER INTERCUT WITH: Raphael entering chapel sitting and almost putting his palms together in prayer then clenching his fists Raphael walking down hallway Raphael talking with HEALTH WORKERS Raphael staring at ocean Raphael waiting for bus Raphael with MEDICAL OFFICIAL Medical Official "I understand your concerns but your coverage doesn't extend to these procedures" Raphael in lobby of financial institution sitting down with FINANCIAL AGENT Financial Agent "As long as this lawsuit is pending we won't be able to accept your home as collateral. I am genuinely sorry" Raphael staring at television in his home, putting his head in his hands CONT. Raphael and INSURANCE AGENT Insurance Agent "Mr. Carlson, I'm afraid .. well your situation is .. lets say .. my specialty within our company. Now its not that I am accusing you of any sort of .. lets say insurance fraud .. However the terms of the policy you are requesting and.. well it would seem with your beneficiary in your proposed life insurance policy well .. it would seem to be at least one way to cover your son's medical needs. Still hold on .. may I suggest a rather unique alternative? Raphael completing his echoing walk down hallway and opening a door and entering SOUND OF FOOTSTEPS ENDS AS RAPHAEL ENTERS ROOM INT. DARK ROOM. BALD MAN SITS BEHIND TABLE BESIDE A VIDEO CAMERA ON A TRIPOD. BRYAN SITS IN A CHAIR IN FRONT OF A STACK OF FORMS AND HIS LEGS FOLDED. RAPHAEL CROSSES ROOM AND SITS IN CHAIR AT TABLE ALONGSIDE BRYAN BALD MAN TAKES PACKET FROM TABLE AND TOSSES IT TO RAPHAEL. RAPHAEL OPENS PACKET. NEXT TO BRYAN WHO LOOKS BORED. Bald Man “Read aloud Mr. Carlson” Raphael “My name is Raphael Carlson, I am aware that I am engaging in conspiracy to commit fraud. Bryan BEGINS LAUGHING EXT. NIGHT Raphael and Bryan exit building together. Bryan “So.. you wanna get something to eat?.. My treat! Whudya say Mexican sound good? RAPHAEL NODDING AT BYRAN EXT. NIGHT. PATIO OF MEXICAN RESTAURANT RAPHAEL AND BRYAN SIT DOWN AND OPEN MENUS Ryan "You all look tripped out by all this. Y'know don't let it get to ya. My first time it was knife fight in a pitch black room. Whooo! My best buddy in college. Its just the law of the jungle. Dog eat dog. Y'know, I mean you seem like a nice guy.. I got no hard feelings however it turns out" Raphael "you've done this before?" Ryan "Yeah yeah yeah, what else man, I tried other stuff but this.. one on one with a million buck payout .. whew! Anyways what hooked you up with the club?" Raphael "My son he's sick.. He's about your age and..." Ryan "Bummer man. hope that all works out.. this game should be cool ..last one was silenced pistols in backpacks. Intense man. But this.. Hand to hand but .. I know some arts (GOES INTO A KATA STANCE) “ but you got a definite shot” (PUNCHES RAPHAEL ON ARM) "oh shoot is that where they gave you the shot sorry man" RYAN GETS UP FROM TABLE Ryan "I dunno, its gotta beat working for a living ..well good luck you know may the best man win and all that." RAPHAEL PULLS DEVICE FROM POCKET. SETS IT ON TABLE AND STARES AT IT. -FLASHBACK- INT. DARK ROOM WITH TRIPOD BALDY SETTING TWO DEVICES ON TABLE Bald man "You are both going to be injected with an undetectable neuro pathogen. Completely harmless in itself. BALD MAN HOLDS UP DEVICE Bald man "Provided you are not exposed between twelve and twenty four hours after inoculation to this Hydrogen Dioxide Enzyme solution. So by all mean neither of you should apply any of this solution to yourself. -END FLASHBACK- Ryan "Careful with that, all right buddy, see you tomorrow unless you see me first" RAPHAEL EXITS PATIO ALONE, WANDERS DARKENING CITY ENDS UP IN COFFEE SHOP, STARING AT DEVICE AND LAPTOP COMPUTER HE PULLS FROM A BACKPACK. INT. COFFEE SHOP Waiter "Wow, you've been here all-night" Raphael "I am a waiter also, have been for ..off and on for more than twenty years. How do you like the work? Waiter "I'm just working night to help pay for college. Jeez twenty years" RAPHAEL OPENS LAPTOP AND PLUGS IN EARPHONES. SOUND OF COFFEE SHOP CUTS OFF AS RAPHAEL PLUGS IN EARPHONE. VOICE OFF CAMERA: "WELCOME TO BATTLE GAME. YOU ARE POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS RAPHAEL CARLSON. YOUR GPS, LOCATION AND PARTICIPATION IS CONFIRMED. YOUR NEAREST CROSS STREET IS ELM AND FIRST ZIP CODE 91010 YOU'RE OPPONENTS NEAREST CROSS STREET IS DONNER AND EUCLID, ZIP CODE 92118 GOOD HUNTING AND GOOD LUCK" RAPHAEL WRITES DOWN INFO ON A NOTEPAD. CLOSES LAPTOP. TAKES OUT FOLDED CITY MAP AND STARES AT IT. EXT. MORNING. STREET RAPHAEL WALKS STREETS LOOKING ABOUT HIM. EVERY FIFTEEN MINUTES CHECKING LAPTOP WITH EARPHONES AND INTERCUT P.O.V. SHOTS OF CITY STREETS AND POSSIBLE AMBUSHES. RAPHAEL BEGINS LOSING HIS COMPOSURE. RAPHAEL STOPS AND LISTENS TO A STREET PREACHER RAPHAEL WALKS AWAY. HE BEGINS TO SHAKE. HE HOLDS HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS. RAPHAEL BUYS A SACK OF FOOD AND WALKS TO A PARK. RAPHAEL SITS ON A PARK BENCH AND OPENS HIS LAPTOP AND SITS AND EATS AND WAITS. RAPHAEL WATCHES PARK ACTIVITY. RAPHAEL SITS ON BENCH WHILE BEHIND HIM BRYAN BEGINS APPROACHING FROM BEHIND HOLDING DEVICE. -CONFRONTATION- RAPHAEL SURPRISES BRYAN WITH PEPPER SPRAY AND/OR TAZER RYAN SCREAMS AND WRITHES ON GRASS AS RAPHAEL REMOVES HIS DEVICE FROM HIS POCKET AND APPROACHES BRYAN BRYAN “Damn I can't believe you got me RAPHAEL HOLDS DEVICE IN HIS SHAKING HANDS AND STANDS HESITANTLY OVER BRYAN. Bryan “Go ahead then, at least they'll be able to fix your kid” RAPHAEL HANDS KEEP SHAKING RAPHAEL MOANS Raphael “I can't” Bryan “What kind of father are you? To let your kid die for me? RAPHAEL STARES AT CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET AND WALKS AWAY FROM BRYAN. THE CHURCH DOORS ARE LOCKED. RAPHAEL KNEELS DOWN AND PRAYS. Raphael "Forgive me" THE END (I WOULD LIKE TO SHOOT IT BOTH WAYS WITH RAPHAEL WIPING BRYAN WITH SOLUTION RESULTING IN HIS DEATH AND ALSO LETTING HIM OFF THE HOOK. EITHER WAY WE KEEP THE MOAN AND CHURCH STEPS PRAYING) EXTRA SCENES RAPHAEL "Is that your real name?" BRYAN "Hey just call me Mr. Beneficiary" RICHARD WALKS BY TWO HOMELESS MEN ON STREET HOMELESS 1 "You know when you draw or make music or like write a story even it kinda like you taking wood and making it alive" HOMELESS 2 "Wood was alive when it was trees" HOMELESS 1 "No I mean like god breathin life into dirt y'know" HOMELESS 1 NOTICES RAPHEL HOMELESS 1 "DUDE HE'S BUGGIN" HOMELESS JUMP UP TO HELP RAPHEL HOMELESS "Hey brother, are you allright?" RAPHAEL CROSSES PATH OF STREET PREACHER/BIBLE THUMPER PREACHER "And Ecclesiastes nine four says as long as we are alive we still have hope just as a live dog is better off than a dead lion we know that we will die but the dead don't know a thing, nothing good will happen to them they are gone and forgotten" CAST/CREW RAY STORYBOARDS DANILLO MAKE-UP JOHNATHON (ANTAGONIST, COMPOSER) MATHEW (LOAN AGENT, COMPOSER) RAPHAEL (PROTAGONIST) RICHARD (PROTAGONIST) OTTO (INSURANCE AGENT) EARL (VOCAL PERFORMANCE, HOMELESS MAN) WAITER MEDICAL BUREAUCRAT DANNY