SOLDIERS

  whoaaaaa!

  MEXI’CAN

  Taco he was born in beloved Mexico and Me in America. He workie by night and me by day. I love ta fight! go Shultz!

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (3)

  20.

  Big Black German the size of a mountain yoddles out.

  SHULTZ

  (deep German accent, Yoddling)

  Yoddlie, yooooo. Yoddle yooooooo!

  Yankeeeeeeooooo.I am Erik

  Gunterooooo. Yeeeee. Ooooo. I am

  German born an no nazi. I hate Me

  Nazi past. I love

  everybodieeeeeee.Oooooooo. And I

  know nuthing...Absolutely nuthing

  an I am married with beayifulooooo.

  White womaaaaaaaan.

  Yummmyuoooyodleoooo. Yoldeeeeooo.

  Yodleooo. Yooooo...

  TESS

  (interrupts)

  Thanks Shultz. We’re almost there men. So quick version. Now! Go.

  PVT. JACKSON

  black, single...

  CPL. YOUNG

  (interrupts)

  An a virgin! Ha. Ha. Ha.

  PVT. JACKSON

  No I’m not. I am an extra and will most likely die. Young?

  CPL. YOUNG

  Me too. Hence. No backstory’n all. Oh, yeah, Cpl. Young is my name with no handle. Not good. Tryniski?

  PVT. TRINISKI

  (polish accent)

  I too am extra an not shure if I survive next scene o no. I be Pvt. Polish national. Lastly.(pointing)

  PVT. EVANS

  (sissy voice)

  I be Pvt. Evans an am too a extra and last on the list so. Probably first ta die.

  TESS

  Ready men! Crewchief. This is good as any spot. Open’er up.

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (4)

  21.

  CREWCHIEF

  Yes ma’am! Get ready. Openin up

  now!

  BRRRRRRRRRT! CRACK! CRACK!—Dings hitting APC as door opens up.

  CRACK!—PVT. EVANS is shot in the chest.

  ANGLE ON PVT. EVANS FACE—With smile he winks at camera and dies. TESS looks sadly down as Medic looks up. Shakes head. Dead.

  COWBOY

  Monkey’s butt!

  LT.PAYNE

  Contact. Contact!

  MEXI’CAN

  Freakin Freak kest!

  TACO

  Dey, got Evans. We call’em

  marijuana lips.

  TESS

  You’re startin ta pee me off. Git outta this tin can men!

  TESS sadly looks out the rear as bullets like yellow jackets sting the dirt kicking up all around them.

  TESS(CONT)

  follow me! Shoot’n manuever! Feel me?

  SOLDIERS

  Whoaaaaaa!

  ANGLE ON TUPOC who looks at MARTINI.

  TUPOC

  Music, is powerful man. It gits in you. and shapes you.

  MARTINI

  Whatever ya say there Tupoc.

  ANGLE ON REAR OF APC as TESS with AR-15 BLARRING leads men out who too are shooting like crazy as APC gunner unloads rounds in same direction of TESS and MEN.

  SMASH CUT TO:

  22.

  24

  MONTAGE OF AKITA BEGINS HERE:

  24

  Inside the Debate

  room and AKITA is definatgely the leader

  as she is facing a good looking Rick Hale a Senior who is an

  18 year old black

  linebacker, built like a brick outhouse

  smiles with teeth

  missing. AKITA lifts hand and all goes

  quiet with the noise of snoring.

  FOLLOW SNORING—With feet proped on desk is the fat white female who is a 50 something teacher with spittle running down her left cheel, air bubbles protruding out of nostrils.

  STUDENTS laugh as AKITA takes charge.

  AKITA

  As my ma always says, "A

  predictable attack has a

  predictable...

  TEENAGE BOY—Jimmy James, is a skinny, nerdy, super smart, witty, John Lenon glasses, Sophmore of 16 years of age with crush on Akita interrupts.

  JIMMY

  Outcome. We know. We know Akita. But we have not won state finals in over...

  AKITA

  30 years! I know. That is why we

  must be...

  PRISCILLA BAILY who is a very sharp white Senior girl who is very confrontational wanting the captain position of Akita interrupts.

  PRISCILLA

  (smart, sharp, serious) Unpredictable. We know Akita. What is your brilliant plan to defeat the state champions next week. Who. By tha way has won debate in the last 15 years. As we have read and read. And read some more. We took out Shannon High taking Districts and then Regionals. No what?

  AKITA

  You done flappin your lips Prissy?

  PRISCILLA

  (nods yes)

  And?

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (2)

  23.

  AKITA

  An.

  Look around the room at all of the players.

  25 SUPERIMPOSE: A NAME: OVER EACH PERSON - DEBATE TEAM 25

  ALL are facing AKITA as she points at whiteboard talking.

  Serious. Nervous. Slight sweat on forehead.

  AKITA SHUTE 18 Senior Captain

  MATT GEO 16 Junior Runner-Up

  LOENARD FRANKLIN 17 Senior Runner-Up

  HENRY LEE 17 Senior#4

  PRUDENCE DIAZ 17 Junior #3

  PRISCILLA BAILY 17 Junior #2

  JIMMY JAMES 16 Sophmore #1

  KNOCK! KNOCK!—Loud knock heard at door as a BOY with prostetic leg named: Byran Bates. Nickname is Booger Bates as he has downsyndome and is the score keeper for the debate team.

  TEACHER still snoring and snoting.

  AKITA is tough and waves rudely for Byran to come.

  HENRY

  Booger Bates. glad you could join

  us.

  AKITA

  Keep your insults to yourselves.

  Now Booger...

  STUDENTS all break out into laughter.

  ANGLE ON BYRON as he sadly smiles and walks to the group.

  Stands near the white board next to AKITA.

  AKITA pushes him away from her in disgust.

  RRRRRRING!—Bell rings and all jump up. Grabbing gear.

  Walk quickly past the snoring teacher.

  BYRAN stands nest to the whiteboard wiping tears.

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (2)

  24.

  HOLD.

  AKITA EXITS debate room. 5 BOYS of differing ages, shapes, sizes, and ethnicities who are like dogs in heat stand facing her. AKITA ignores them all as she crashes past them sending them in all directions as kids laugh and point at them.

  26 6 BOYS: SUPERIMPOSED: ON CHESTS 26

  MARK MARTIN LINEBACKER

  HERBERT GARCIA NO BODY

  SEBASTIAN ROBERTS FOOTBALL CAPTAIN

  ISAAC GREEN BASKETBALL CAPTAIN

  CHIP HALL CHESS CHAMPION

  ALL look at each and disperse pushing laughing kids to the floor as they leave slightly humiliated by scene.

  AKITA is charging down the hallway and is joinEd by her 5 best FRIENDS who all LOOK BACK at the follwing 5 BOYS. GIRLS are walking like peacocks into a room with SIGN: DANCE HALL and GIRLS enter. BOYS stop. Look inside smiling.

  AKITA is in dance tights of school colors along with her best FRIENDS and other dance team members.

  27 SUPERIMPOSE: A NAME: POINTING STRAIGHT UP OVER HEADS OF EACH 27

  AKITA Captain SUZIE-Q Excellent MARY MEJIA Really Good ALEXA TAYLOR Excellent SARAH DAVIDSON Okay MARY MEJIA Terrible WILLIAM YOUNG Excellent MICHAEL HARRIS Really Good RUBIE BISHOP Excellent

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (2)

  25.

  JUDY PEARSON Okay

  PATRICIA NELSON The Best-Better Than all combined so she thinks-NEMESIS of AKITA

  HOLD

  HOLD PLEASE.

  AKITA is leading a dance routine with EDM(electronic dance music) playing loudly. ALL work out the routine beautifully as 5 BOYS stare in haply.

  AKITA leading the team as disco lights them up and the routine is sharp. Hard. Amazing. PATRICIA handstands past AKITA messing up the routine and all stop.

  AKITA raises hand and music stops. She claps her hands loudly and song starts over and routine continues with Akita out front and team is behind her. Large glass mirror is out front.

  MARK MARTIN looks at FOUR.

  MARK

  (deep voice)

  They are good. Really good.

  HERBERT

  (accent)

  Yeah, tha best. But do they stand a chance at state this year?

  CHIP

  (squeeky voice)

  They killed it at districts and

  regionals. but state?

  SEBASTIAN

  (serious, sly)

  Yeah dudes. They stand a great

  chance. But no one. An I mean no

  one has ever defeated.

  CLOSE-UP ON SEBASTIAN.

  SEBASTIAN(CONT)

  Richwall Academy. 10 years and

  still undefeated. Best I ever...

  ISACC

  (interrupts)

  Yeah, dude. They be good. XBox

  after?

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (3)

  26.

  ALL

  Yeah!

  AKITA exits sweaty knocking the 5 BOYS out of the way knocking them backwards and two hit the ground as best FRIENDS exits behind AKITA and they step on fallen boys.

  INSIDE a big room are seated dozens of CHESS PLAYERS who are hitting clocks and moving chess pieces. AKITA is walking past a long line of players who are sitting alone and she moves a chess piece as player looks on in amazement. AKITA walks to next table does the same. Next table with same response. Next table. Check mate. Head of opponent goes down. white nerdy looking 40 something TEACHER is following AKITA amazed. Clutching boney hands together smiling freakily. AKIKA walks to the last chess table with a big fat white boy with pimples looks at Akita like he may have beaten her. AKITA smile slyly.

  SLOW-MO ON AKITA moving the queen piece and places it in front of BOYS king piece.

  28 SUERIMPOSE: TITLE: CHECKMATE OVER FACE OF BOY 28

  AKITA walks past. BOY in a rage. Flips table and runs to attack Akita. She turns.

  ANGLE ON AKITA’S FOOT STRIKING THE GROIN OF BOY.

  BOY goes down groaing and holding his package.

  ANGLE ON AKITAS SLY WICKED SMILE.

  We are at a High School football game as SEBATIAN is quarterback facing his team mates in a huddle. In background we can hear AKITA’S loud voice. Let us follow that voice to the sidelines.

  AKITA and her best FRIENDS are the Cheerleaders. Kicking ups. Singing cheers loudly with AKITA as captain out front staring at football players.

  SEBASTIAN and team scream out.

  TEAM

  Break!

  ALL line up for the play. Sebastian drops the ball. Fumble. Other. Bigger team grabs ball. SEBASTIAN reaches out helpless to stop him.

  PLAYER runs downfield as loud screams and cheers ring out.

  TOUCHDOWN! PLAYERS celebrate game winning victory.

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (2)

  27.

  ANGLE ON SEBASTIAN looking at AKITA from his still frozen postition of deafeat. AKITA shakes head in sisgust. Looks away from him and walks away with her best FRIENDS with their bags of gear. EVERYONE is in leaving mode. COACH looks at SREBASTIAN shakes his head and leaves with head down defeated team.

  ANGLE ON SEBASTIAN who has fought the best team and lost. Sits cross-legged and then goes into a fetal position with thumb in mouth.

  RODNEY,AADYA, AND SIMON join AKITA from the stands and all walk together towards the crowd filled parking lot while hundreds of vehicles try to leave at the same time. AKITA is walkign behind the THREE. RODNEY turns to wave her up and Akita ignores him as she is taping on her cell. RODNEY sad places two hands over his TWO kids and they walks to a Chinese made Truck:Mahindra is on tailgate. AKITA throws her bag in rear. Walks to passenger side still looking at screen that shines up her smiling face. She enters inside and slams door shut. SIMON is sitting sadly in the back of the truck with is simple cell phone tapping as well. Playing a game that makes spaceship shooting noises.

  INSIDE the truck is RODNEY who is the drivers seat. Next to him riding in the middle is AADYA. Next to her in the passenger side is AKITA who is not giving them the time of day as she taps on frantically.

  Sadly, RODNEY looks over at Akita and starts the truck.

  From the rear SIMON taps on the window. RODNEY slides open window and both whisper in Chinese. Akita lokks up disgusted.

  AKITA

  Dude, we live in America. Speak

  English and not that.

  RODNEY

  What? Chink. Is that what you were gonna sayee?

  AKITA

  (pride, sly)

  I would never say anything like

  that Rodney.

  AADYA

  Com’on you two. I am tired and I am hungry. Not tongith. K?

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (3)

  28.

  RODNEY

  She. She try to dishonor me.

  AKITA

  first you have ta have some. before ya get it. Got it! Remember Rodney. I am a tough black woman. Not some weak. Tiny Chinese.

  BRRRRRRRRRING!—AKITA’S cell goes off. She answers ignoring all.

  RODNEY in disgust. Puts truck into gear. Backs out.

  SCREEEECH!—Almost hits a passing car. AKITA looks up in disgust at Rodney and smiles. AADYA sit super dad with tears running down her face with SIMON in the back looking through window with tears as well flowing to hit wet shirt.

  ANGLE ON RODNEY looking back from rearview mirror at Simon.

  AKITA looks up from cell.

  AKITA (continued)

  An I don’t know why you named your kids black names.

  RODNEY

  What you mean?

  AKITA

  See. I am full-on black. Pure. You named Aadya a black girls name and Simon a...

  RODNEY

  You stop now. Or. You walk home.

  AKITA

  Rodney. I am not like you. I am a winner. As you can see from tonight. We lost the regional championship. An I hate ta loose. Actually. I despise it. Get me?

  RODNEY

  You. Git out. Now!

  AADYA

  (in Chinese)

  Pa. No. Ma will get made.

  (CONTINUED)

  CONTINUED: (4)

  29.

  AKITA

  (cruel)

  English. Remember? America?

  SCREEEEEEH!—RODNEY slams on the brakes when AADYA hands him her cell phone. HE looks down and angrily answers.

  RODNEY

  Hello Sweety bun. Yeah. Yeah. Her

  she is.

  RODNEY hands phone to AKITA who looks at phone and becomes serious but intimidaged.

  AKITA

  Ma.

  TESS(O.S.)

  Don’t you ma me. You better shape

  up and give Rodney your respect.

  You got that?

  AKITA

  Yes, ma’am.

  CLICK!—AKITA hungs up phone and throws it to the floor board and jumps out the truck that is stopped int he traffic from football game. SHE goes to rear ignoring Simon. Grabs gear and walks towards the football field. She sees ALEXA in her 1980’s Corvette and enters inside. BOTH spin off fishtailing away as RODNEY looks on sadly with same cell up to his ear talking.

 

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