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Roy :

Get your ass out of here!

Steven :

What happens if I don’t?

Roy :

Are you fucking stupid?

Are you ready to sign death with your own hands? Do you have a slightest idea that this equipment is mine?!

(gets closer to intimidate him)

(Steven leaves anxiously the spot)

Steven :

Whatever man!

Roy :

I don’t have much left from my sentence ‘cause otherwise we would have a different conversation! To show you where you belong motherfucker.

(Roy continues to use the equipment and train for himself)

INT. DR.DANTE’S OFFICE. EVENING

(Dr.Dante sitting on his office chair, legs on top of the office table checking his watch from time to time, has a Wrench key in his right hand, looks as if he wants to do something with it)

EXT. HOSPITAL PARKING STAFF LOT. NIGHT

(Dr.Will walking towards his car, indentifies Dante’s car still parked at the parking lot. Scene reflects Dr.Will reversing his car and Dante’s car is the main zoomed frame)

EXT. THE HOSPITAL GARDEN. TRAINING FACILITY. MORNING

(A group of prisoners are seen at the garden, their upset faces and movements, lets to be known that something terrified happened. Blood streaming caught in camera in one shot that leads to the lying body, who seems dead at the first sight. It is Roy the prisoner. A metal fell on his head)

NARRATOR’S INFO :

“It can happen in a hundreds of seconds, bench’s bar to drift and kill you. If not being enough careful, any bar equipment falling on your neck can cause airway obstruction”

(Roy’s deceased body, forensics capturing pictures of the scene. A police officer is heading towards Dr.Will)

Policeman ( to Dr.Will ) :

He was lifting 600lbs *272kg* in bench press. One of the weight plaques wangled, the bar itself weights around 45pounds *20kg*, we both know that prison weights and bench bars weight a lot more than the usual ones in the regular gym!

The bar fell in his Sphenoid Bone and his skull instantly bended. There was not decent oxygen to begin with!

Dr.Will :

Thank you for such detailed explanation officer.

( touches his arm in thankful pattern )

(Police cars and ambulance withdrawing from the scene, taking Roy’s body to coffin’s van)

INT. LIVING ROOM. DANTE’S HOUSE. MORNING

(Dr.Dante going down the stairs from his 2nd floor of his own house to get into the kitchen and make a morning coffee. Ring’s a bell. Dr.Dante is wearing a night gown, goes to open the door)

Postman :

Goodmorning!

Dr.Dante :

Goodmorning!

Postman :

Mail for Mr.Dante Robinson!

Dr.Dante :

Yes ( signs the mail document )

Postman :

Thank you, have a good day.

(Dr.Dante accepts an envelope and opens it whilst being at the door)

Dr.Dante ( talking by himself ) :

New name, new money, somebody is going up, somebody is going down

(sings it like a llullaby)

(Dr.Dante’s wife voice is heard)

Sarah :

Sweetheart, who was at the door?

Dr.Dante :

Nobody honey, Jehovah’s witnesses ( in teasing way )

(Sarah’s foot steps are heard coming down the stairs)

Dr.Dante :

Honey, I have made you a cup of coffee.

Sarah :

Thank you sweetheart!

( kisses him in the lips )

(Dr.Dante drinking coffee out of Sarah’s sight, he is writing an anonymous letter to a prisoner to deceit him for the future plan)

INT. THERAPY ROOM. DAY

(Dr.Dante creates an invitation letter pretending that Juan Rodriguez’s family will be deported from United States back to Mexico, family visits won’t happen to Juan because of that and he is sentenced to 40 years in prison. Juan is the main bait to execute Dr.Dante’s plan)

(Prisoners are taking their medicaments in therapy room and some are entering Dr.Dante’s office)

Dr.Dante :

Here Juan, come sit here. How are you feeling today?

Juan Rodriguez :

Worst than ever!

Dr.Dante :

For what kind of reason? What happened?

Juan Rodriguez :

I have 40 years in prison, man! And now the news of my family getting deported within this week, this shit is crazy man, I need a new dose to get in therapy so I can calm down my nerves.

(Dr.Dante waited for this moment to hear such words from Juan, stands up from the chair and closes office’s door with key. Juan is baffled with this move and is waiting an explanation from him)

Dr.Dante :

You are a lost cause Juan, 40 years in prison, family far away. I can change your therapy and help your family but you have to do something for me in exchange!

(Juan looks Dr.Dante all surprised, didn’t expect these words from him)

Juan Rodigruez :

What do I have to do?

(Dr.Dante looks at Juan in harmful way)

INT. LUNCH TIME. PRISONER’S BUFFET

(Scene where prisoners are hanging in together, eating food, talking, camera focuses at other group of prisoners circled around Juan Rodriguez’s table. Juan isn’t eating, he is staring at other table, Juan is holding a knife in his left hand, a knife made in prison surroundings. Juan stands up and goes to a prisoner named Michael, hides knife under his prison uniform *forearm* until he gets close to Michael, punches him in the face and in the neck many times until he is dead. It gets chaotic at the buffet, many other prisoners start to fight with each other, security guards get involved, alarm goes off)

INT. RESTAURANT. DINNER TIME. EVENING

(Dr.Dante having dinner with the mysterious person, by coincidence Dr.Lynda sees Dante from afar at the restaurant’s parking lot, where Lynda’s sister works as a manager)

Mysterious Person :

You’re doing a great job! Better than I expected. Requests are higher and belief at us is considerable!

Dr.Dante :

I take great responsibilities!

Mysterious Person :

Forthwith we have different requests and different price!

Dr.Dante :

What kind of requests?

Mysterious Person :

Escaping from prison. I will help you from outside!

(Pulls from pocket an envelope and hands it over to Dr.Dante)

(All Mysterious Person’s envelopes have goat sign)

Dr.Dante :

I need to see the name!

(takes the envelope and opens it, camera focuses the name, after he reads it, puts it behind pants pocket)

Killings happened because we masked it as incidents, how do we put an act in escapings?

Mysterious Person :

As I told you, you will gain outside help. I will help you out. You should find prison shortcomings also you will get inside help. You know every inch of the prison, it won’t be challenging, it will be a piece of cake to turn the situation into your advantage!

Dr.Dante :

Allright! Let’s go!

Mysterious Person :

Go ahead first, I’ll pay the dinner!

(Dr.Dante goes out of the restaurant, his envelope has fallen down without noticing it)

EXT. THE RESTAURANT’S PARKING LOT. NIGHT

(Dr.Lynda sees Dr.Dante getting in his car, driving of the parking spot, she gets out of her car and walks to the restaurant, she sees an enevelope where Dr.Dante was parked, takes the envelope)

INT. THE RESTAURANT. NIGHT

(Dr.Lynda entering the restaurant sits at the bar, immediately her sister Daniela greets her)

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