Ch. 7

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EXT. FORREST. DAY.

Young Seneca runs through the forest as they go through the trees and jump off the hills and land on rocks and small animals.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Hang on!

As he jumps over a cliff, landing in the meadow.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

Aah! Wow your fast!

A boar squeals as he lands on it back.

YOUNG SENECA

sorry.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ah!

He still runs fast as he dodges the tree coming. Until they reach the meadow of where his safe house is.

YOUNG SENECA

Were here.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Wow!

Young Memphis gets inside his house. He opens door as he walks to the cabinet getting tired as he grabs his packet of First aid.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

Fix my leg first.

He sets a table as he sits in the chair.

Young Seneca wraps her leg around with a bandage as he fixes it

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

(blushing and frowning)

Ah Thanks.

Young Seneca fixes the wound on her leg.

YOUNG SENECA

You better?

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ugh(moves leg fast) yeah but we have to go now!

She gets off the table.

YOUNG SENECA

Right before my brother. On no!

The door is opened with his brother, VALISS with a gun in his hand.

YOUNG SENECA

…Oh …Valiss.

YOUNG VALISS

Ndunda.. Who is this.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ugh!

Memphis goes back to the table.

YOUNG VALISS

What's going on here?(holds rifle) who are you? Who the hell is she Ndunda? get down now!

He aims the rifle down at her.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Help me, help me please!

Memphis mind controls Seneca.

YOUNG SENECA

(mind controlled)

what ugh!

YOUNG VALISS

Who are you another Arkyen? A kid?!

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Quick get his gun!

YOUNG SENECA

mind controlled… He rushes Valiss as he tackles him.

YOUNG VALISS

Ugh!(fighting him) what what are you doing!

Young Memphis she rushes as he limps over and grab things)

YOUNG VALISS

No roux stop(as they wrestle) what are you doing!

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(runs to the door)

Im sorry.

Young Valiss pushes Seneca down as he goes to door before she does and Valiss blocks it as he closes it. As he grabs her

YOUNG VALISS

Stop!

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(fighting him)

Aahh.

YOUNG VALISS

(shakes here)

What did you do to my brother?!

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(crying)

Ahahah help let me go!

YOUNG VALISS

Who are you?!

Young Seneca hits him as he falls down.

YOUNG VALISS (CONT’D)

(passes out)

Ah! Ugh…

Young Seneca is still under her control.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ugh... im sorry..

She runs out and leaves. Runs off. And then Seneca is free.

YOUNG SENECA

Ugh.. What happened? …Valiss oh no

He checks him and sees that he passed out as he goes outside to the door and sees Memphis running)

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

Hey!

He sees her running and grabs his rifle as he loosk down at him.

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

oh.

Runs after her.

KHAD SOLIDER

Over her I heard something!

YOUNG SENECA

(sees the men coming)

Ugh!

Khad soldier notices. Seneca goes back into the room.

SENECA

Oh god!

Closes door and grabs his brother as he hide him. Covers him up.

KHAD SOLDIER

(door knocks)

Help any one home! Hitting on door! Hello open up!

Young Seneca goes to his brother's knocked out body. As he pulls him.

YOUNG SENECA

Sorry i'll be back I promise...

He covers him with items going through the escape exits. He takes the axe and runs as she keep running.

KHAD SOLIDER 2

There she is get her!

He sees them aiming and shooting as a gun shot is fired.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ugh!

KHAD SOLDIER 3

Hey who is that?

NAS

A man a with gun!

Nas' brother comes by, shooting the two soldiers as the other Khad Soldier heads into the woods after the Memphis.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Oh god!

EXT. HOUSE. DAY

Nas and Seneca's brother knocking knockin hard.

NAS

Hey, who's there? break down this door! Damn it, its raining.

Thunder roars.

(not knowing)…(exits.

YOUNG SENECA

They wont find him, they wont they wont find him, uhg(see here trails) where did she go?

He sees her running up trail as he chases her.

EXT. FOREST. DAY

She runs to her father through forest as she hears gunshots.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

ugh…

KHAD SOLIDER 3

Right there! Shoot!

They fire again.

She keeps running until she finds her Father.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

dad dad get up please get up I need you, I need you, help I messed up please please get up..

Augustus lies on the floor, dead.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

Dad.. here what do I do.. Here drink this hey!

She feels his now cold skin in tears as it rains on her and her dead father.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

ugh… whats wrong(slaps him) stop it stop playing dead(shakes him crying)… ugh!-(gun shot get closer)(stops)…(sniff) wake up! please(put head on him)(crying) don’t leave me alone…

A shadow appears behind her. The Khads find her with her Father.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

Ah Dad wake up…(sniff) dad, wake up!

KHAD SOLDIER

You!

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(stomping hard)

Dad dad…

KHAD SOLDIER

Well that just said isnt it?

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ugh!

KHAD SOLDIER

It okay…

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(turns around and is shocked)

Ugh…

KHAD SOLDIER

ill burry him along with you!

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(crawls back)

Aaah!

The Khad Soldier laughs aiming his gun at her.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

Aah!

The Soldier fires a shot at her.

SENECA (PRELAP/OVERLAP)

aah!

INT. APARTMENT. DAY

Seneca wakes up panting from his dream with water on his face and water drippin on his head.

He wipes his face and looks up as the water comes down his face and sees a hole in his ceiling.

SENECA

what that it like a devil jumped oin my dream…. Ugh get out of there!(hitting the side of his head)

He walks to see the mirror and places it in other spot where a hole is.

SENECA (CONT’D)

(from a book)

You're not perfect… so don’t ever compromise or try to be…. What does that mean….just Another damp morning I guess…(looking as the aurora rises) Aurora chance for a new beginning(title of book about Aurora goddess) thousands of these books are meaningless on all the gods.. But this one(reads) Shanith shantih shantih… it’s as the human said it…. a infertile world thats lost it way and only seen to be brought back by those with eyes of enlightenment in to seeing the love therefore in it but thuse denying it along their journey…

Throwing ball in air over and over again catching it oddly over each time as its thrown in different direction as he drops the ball from a miss of hesitation. It rolls over to table where the artefact is kept in a tin box.

SENECA (CONT’D)

I never should have taken that.

He walks over to the box and open it as he looks at the artifact.

He close it as he take the box to his set as the kick the ball over to the side.

He pulls out the artifact as he presses it a look to see hes in the same world as hes sitting from the same position he was before. And look to see the people and theres the noise of a boom as people panic.

SENECA (CONT’D)

Aah!

He sees a large wall of fire come as it consumes the cities blocks in front of him.

As he stares with fear.

SENECA (CONT’D)

Oh…

JADA

Dad! dad!

SENECA

Ugh!(drops artifact as he wakes back up from the world in Arecte) ah was I dreaming but how did she get in that dream… god I don’t know anything(cover his face) ugh…(puts the arftact in his room) the world is just an awful place…(lays down).

EXT. CITY. DAY

Seneca walks back to artifact and grabs it and tries again, awaking the city again.

He sees the people there and hears the explosion as he sees the wall of fire as he is here.

JADA

Dad dad!

Jada runs towards him. Seneca pauses, he see the fire wall comes in and then consume her as it throws him and her to the ground and she screams and reaches for him.

He reaches for her and then they slowly burn.

JADA (CONT’D)

Dad!

SENECA

Ah!

JADA

aaaah

Let's go of the the artefact.

SENECA

Ah!(painting hard) who was that?(picks up the artifact)(he tries again sa he looks to his vision as he appear infront to of the crowd of people in the city is the sound goes off again and the bombd again as before.

JADA

Dad dad!

Seneca sees her and rushes to save her then clinging on to her as they get capture by the flames.

JADA (CONT’D)

Aaah!

SENECA

Aah!(wakes up from the same vision again)Ugh…let me try one more time

Meanwhile on the ship where memphis is, one soldier comes by asking to see the soldier she has mind controlled. Memphis tries to hide it.

KINGLAIGLVE SOLDIER

Hey can Rae come with me fore second

MEMPHIS

What do yo need her for?

KINGLGAIVE SOLDIER

Thats for her personally

MEMPHIS

(use her power)

She cant go

FEMALE SOLDIER

She right I cant go im sorry

KINGLIAVE SOLDIER

(walks off)

Ugh okay Rae, fine..

MEMPHIS

Ugh this is getting out of hand you where supposed to use your power yet… forget everything you heard since yesterday and sleep.

INT. SHIP . NIGHT

The soldiers parties on the board of the ship drunk and dancing.

SOLDIERS

Haha

Memphis gets to her room and gets on her bunk.

MEMPHIS

…Ugh… how did I end up here?

SHe pulls out the blood diamond and curls up.

She goes to sleep once again.

CUT TO:

LATER:

Water drips on her forehead as she sleeps and then to her dreams with the rain.

MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

(sleepy)

ugh..

Thunder and lighting in the distance. Tired and sleepy, she closes his eye to dream

BLACKOUT as the sound of rain fills her ears.

EXT. FORREST. RAIN. NIGHT.

where he back in the spoke where he left off were Memphis and her father are in trouble where he has just died.Raining)

KHAD SOLIDER

Hold still I don’t want to miss

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ah!

Nas shoots him with blood on tree and Augustus' dead body face and Memphis face in fear)

The Khad soldier falls down.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

Ugh…

(raining)

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

(clinging to her father)

Ah.

Young Seneca stands right next to him.

NAS

stay back Ndunda…

She walks up to her and her father with his gun aimed down. Young Memphis stands next to her father, crying. Young Seneca walks closer.

NAS (CONT’D)

(drops the weapon)

is that your father?

Young memphis cries silenlty in her father's lap.

YOUNG SENECA

Is that your father? I wish I was here earlier but theres nothing I could do…. I just cant do anything right

The crying intensifies.

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

It just not right… It just not fair… sorry.. I cnat do more…ah why does this have to happen…\ why cant things just go right.

A Khad Soldier yells from afar.

KHAD SOLDIER

Hey im getting wet god damn it find her

NAS

Ugh hey we need to move there coming!

Memphis can't let go of her Father, she's frozen clutching on to him.

YOUNG SENECA

What why arrent you moving there gonna come and get us!

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Let them come….

YOUNG SENECA

Ugh what did you say

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Just let them come and kill me… I don’t what to be in this life anymore... Not if I have to live like this every second…(looking numb)

YOUNG SENECA

Ugh. come on if you don’t move(nudges her) (grabs her by her cloth and pulls her) come on move... Ugh I cant move you unless you feel to move..

He looks into her eyes as he sees she's broken. Memphis sobs some more.

NAS

Who is she Ndunda?

YOUNG SENECA

She's an arkyen don’t hurt her she was afraid!

NAS

Ugh…. the rebels are looking for him roux…

He pushes her and checks his body as roux holds her as she cries. Young Memphis cries as its rains.

NAS (CONT’D)

Ive seen that look come on she must be a rebel against the regime on the run maybe a migrant( he (pulls her). And i'm not gonna just let them come and kill you is a bad move (trying to move her)

KHAD SOLDIER

I think I heard something

YOUNG SENECA

Please get up if you don’t move things will get much worse

Young memphis looks numb in her eyes.

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

This is something your father would not have wanted…

NAS

Shh Ndunda be quite!

He pulls her as they move into a bush.

YOUNG SENECA

Im sorry she scared im trying!

EXT. BUSH. NIGHT

All hiding in the bush

NAS

Shh!

They spot Khad soliders walking up the hill.

KHAD SOLDIER

Aha!

NAS

I see them… the Khad…(gulps)

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Oh my God!

YOUNG SENECA

Please… if you dont move they are gonna kill you… i dont want to leave you. I can't fight them off like this.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

I'm sorry

YOUNG SENECA

What?

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Im sorry I did that to you and made you hit your brother…(her face drops) you should have let them kill me…I deserved it.. This is why it is happening..

YOUNG SENECA

Ugh no its okay…

He hugs her, picking her up as he pulls her away to bush where Nas is watching out for the khad.

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

Ugh… what wrong with you… you still need to live.

Memphis lays on the ground, turning away from him as she holds a bag of the blood diamond anentus stone. Thunder strikes as Nas see the Khad walk by. The soldiers come by seeing Augustus' dead body.

KHAD SOLDIER 1

Wow what happened

KHAD SOLDIER 2

They must have bveen fighting

KHAD SOLIDER 3

ugh da- he worthless noting but a traitor to his own nation let him rot here

Young Memphis cries on ground. Roux sees her and covers her mouth

YOUNG SENECA

Please don’t let them hear you

KHAD SOLDIER

How are we going to explain this one to the captian tepez… they both must have fought each other to the death. Look more foot prints

NAS

Ugh..

KHAD SOLDIER 2

They lead this way grab the body and trace those steps, we have the crow the traitor and pick up Sherbert… that stupid idiot died in the battle

KHAD SOLDIER 3

What about the blood diamond

KHAD SOLDIER 1

We have no map idiot search him Mal pick up sherbet

KHAD SOLDIER 2

He was always a creep

Solider 3 and 1 grab him and start to take his body away.

KHAD SOLDIER 2

I cant find anything

They quietly watch through the bush.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Guh…

NAS

Hold on…Looks there are three of them..

The khad soldier pulls her father to the ground off of the tree. The Soldiers search for him and find nothing.

KHAD SOLDIER 2

Nothing! Keep checking you idiots were not leaving until we find it

KHAD SOLDIER 3

It raining and dark I cant see a thing

YOUNG SENECA

(sotto)

When are they levaing

Young memphis starts to cry again.

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

No please not again…

KHAD SOLDIER 2

Find take his body the dame probably has more on his worth something to tepez anyway

KHAD SOLIDER 1

Alright

KHAD SOLDIER 3

Can we go this idiot is heavy

KHAD SOLDIER 4

The damn bastard was a traitor I'm glad he died along with his damn wife.

Young Memphis cries. Young Seneca looks at her and then at them.

KHAD SOLDIER 2

Alright lets move you take him to the calvaery in the front. While we go check for the house we saw and then you go find more of our missing soldiers

They pick up Augustus' body as they move. The three soldiers split up as one carries him on his back.

Nas gestures to leave.

NAS

I'll be back I promise…

YOUNG SENECA

I'll come too

Young seneca goes after them slowly as he lays low to the ground.

KHAD SOLDIER 2

Ah goddam savages…

One of the Soldiers goes to pee by a tree. Nas waits until the thunder hit after the lighting.

KHAD SOLDIER

What the! Hey!

Lighting and Thunder strikes. Nas shoots the Soldier, killing him. The thunder covers the sound of the shot.

KHAD SOLDIER 1

Oh

KHAD SOLDIER 3

Ugh what was that

KHAD SOLDIER 2

That jerk always making us do all the work he goes off to take a piss and tell us to go carry these bodies come on…

They wait in the bushes for their 3rd comrade

KHAD SOLDIER 3

Where still ganna kill that Sulan kid right when we get back or should we sell him?

NAS

Ugh..(mad) they where in our house(following them)

KHAD SOLDIER 3

Ah there no worth a dime to savages. end his suffering once we return

Nas comes out of bush and fires as thunder hits with lighting. He fires twice as fast.

KHAD SOLDIER 1

Aah

KHAD SOLDIER 3

Ugh

Nas kills them both. The body drops.

Nas look at it and sees that its not her father Augutus he picks up the body with blood on Augustus face and drags his body back to Memphis

YOUNG SENECA

Hey

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ugh. you brought him back how

NAS

I took care of the guys who killed him I hope everything is okay now

He lays him down. Young Memphis sobs uncontrollably.

YOUNG SENECA

I’m sorry it now it not okay… I know what t like or when people just come in and mess with you for no reason.. It really unfair…it’s the world…maybe we should give him a proper burial…

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Why did this have to happen he didn’t hurt anyone... capable of saving him

Young Seneca places his hand on her shoulder as she falls in and crying on him.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

he was only hiking, now he's gone…im so lonely now without him

YOUNG SENECA

Hey hey… your not lonely.. Im still here as friend…

NAS

… (looks at him)Ah… how horrible...he hasn’t left you… (then hugs seneca)

YOUNG SENECA

Sorry to say that but it the same thing my brother said when my family left

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Thank you... Thank you for helping me…i do wanna bury him.. Can you help me…

NAS

Okay i’ll get to it… they don’t know but they will kill her if they find her father watch her Ndunda.

Memphis holds a knife behind her back crying with her eyes closed.

LATER:

They slowly place AUGUSTUS' BODY into the hole they dug for him.

NAS (CONT’D)

Done…

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Thank you

YOUNG SENECA

Hey where is my knife?

Young memphis discretely holds the knife behind her back, squeezing it tightly.

Nas pants, tired. The sun comes out after the night is over and it stops raining.

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

The night's over…

They both look at the sunrise as the blood diamonds shines.

YOUNG SENECA (CONT’D)

Wow look at that we made it… im sorry about your dad but at least your still here I remember what it was like when I lost some of my family. Thats why I kind of reacted when I hit my brother

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Im sorry…

NAS

Ndunda(seeing from behind) she has a knife

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(pulls it out)

I need to get to a boat!

NAS

please listen don’t do anything wrong where with you be calm down give me the knife

YOUNG MEMPHIS

please he said don’t trust any body

NAS

she probley doesn’t have any place tp go

NAS (CONT’D)

you can stay with us even though it was you who did that thing to y little brother

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Maria… please common trust me it okay

Young memphis hands him the knife.

YOUNG SENECA

It okay…

He takes the knife, hugs her then they start walking back.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

I just gotta learn to not take him for granted

YOUNG SENECA

My whole life I just felt I ive been rewarded for someone being there. Like that s all that mattered just someone or one person help me sometime quite often just myself. But then I realized on me and my brothers adventure… thats was more than just me and him and just me. there... lots of people willing to help us feed us take care of us and be nice to us. It just nice to notice when you lost something everything just not gone it just little different a from now and out. Just the very first nights the hardest

The way is see...You just take one day at a time form now on out

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Ugh…

YOUNG SENECA

Its an Sulan proverb something my sister and brother said my dad would always say.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Where are your parents?

YOUNG SENECA

…I don’t know… I never met them…I wish I knew.. I wish I could understand but I think cant…

YOUNG MEMPHIS

And your mom

YOUNG SENECA

She was nurse doctor and soldier… I kind of wanna be like her

YOUNG MEMPHIS

boy nurse…

Young Seneca smiles at her and then frowns when he sees her wiping a tear.

Young memphis wipes her eyes as she looks at her father's grave on edge of cliff

YOUNG SENECA

But most of all I am always grateful … your still here… I think you made the right decision by moving by the way... because you new it was the right thing to do.. And I think its what your father may have wanted.... You to stay alive and just doing the right thing

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Do the right thing huh…

YOUNG SENECA

Yeah… it something my dad would always say…. I kind of als miss him when he says it so just do it to remember him.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

and that why you dug the grave?

YOUNG SENECA

Yeah.. It because it was the right thing to do

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Where are you and your brother going

YOUNG SENECA

To some boat that will take us to Arcete. There were gonna become something but we don’t have any moves we were gonna salvage ad beg for some money before the boat leaves but now it Where did he say you need to go?

YOUNG MEMPHIS

There was a boat… he was trying to take me there… and here I have money… maybe I can repay you back

NAS

Oh you don’t have to keep that for yourself young girl. its okay will take care of you the Khad rebel are starting there regime. we need to move.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(takes it)

Thank you

YOUNG SENECA

No problem it just was the right thing to do…

They stare at each other as the sun continues to shine on them. Nas is done covering the grave up.

NAS

Done. I'm sorry young girl ….

Sad, Young Memphis looks at his grave as he holds her hand and she moves hers. He tries again as she grasp it on his second try.

YOUNG SENECA

Im sorry..

NAS

Lets go ugh… what is that your holding in the sack

YOUNG MEMPHIS

I thinking to was what my father was talking about….what they wanted from him

YOUNG SENECA

Oh well you better get it think he want you to have it…

He gets up off of the cliff and reaches his hand out for her. She grabs it and walks down the mountain. She holds sack with the orb in it. Her stomach hurts as they walk.

YOUNG MEMPHIS

(upset about her father)

Ahh

YOUNG SENECA

She still upset!

NAS

Carry her Ndunda..

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Noo. Go away…

NAS

Ill wait

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Why cant you leave me here to die

She kneels on the ground holding her stomach. Nas stops walking.

YOUNG SENECA

I'm sorry but we cant juts do that to you…

NAS

Be strong Memphis.

Seneca walks back to her and holds her up.

YOUNG SENECA

Is it that thing you need me to hold it

YOUNG MEMPHIS

No

NAS

You're better then?

YOUNG MEMPHIS

No

She covers her tearful face.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

ahahahah it just still bad… it like it not over my stomach hurts cah!

She gets off his back and then walks over to stream, sniffing as she sits by it.

YOUNG MEMPHIS (CONT’D)

I'm just sad...

Seneca sits by here and hugs her.

YOUNG SENECA

Don’t worry we'll find a way out

NAS

Hold on let me just talk to them and tell them we found her

YOUNG MEMPHIS

Don’t leave me alone…

YOUNG SENECA

I wont… you’ll be never alone…

Seneca looks around them.

FADE OUT

THE END