Eye In The Sky Page #2

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Dear Corporal Allen

Do not lose hope. Once you recover, I promise to assist in

reassigning you...

As she types, an INCOMING EMAIL ALERT pops up on her screen.

Subject:
“More news on Ben.”

Powell stops writing her reply to the first email.

She hesitates, then opens the new one.

We READ:

This was posted an hour ago.

http:
//www.al-news.org/watch_now/

Still can’t believe we lost him.

Good luck this morning.

Talk later.

Frank

POWELL steels herself. Then reluctantly clicks on the link in

the email.

A NEWS VIDEO CLIP opens.

It shows HAND HELD FOOTAGE of A YOUNG, DEAD, AFRICAN MAN in

plain clothes lying in filth in an alley. He has been shot in

the back of the head. Blood pools around his shoulders.

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The VOICE of a REPORTER plays over the footage, which cuts to

various images of Al-Shabaab Militants chanting with weapons

raised, and graphics of the geographical area described.

REPORTER’S VOICE

Somali Al-Shabaab militants have

posted this picture of an unnamed

man they say they have executed in

Nairobi. The group claims he was

working for British military

intelligence attempting to

infiltrate their international

recruitment networks. Al-Shabaab

want to impose their strict version

of Sharia law across the horn of

Africa. They bitterly resent the

role of Britain and the Kenyan

military in propping up the UN

backed Somali government in

Mogadishu. The Ministry of Defense

has declined to comment, but

denounced the execution as

“sickening.”

Affected, but stoic, POWELL watches in icy silence.

9 EXT. LAS VEGAS - NEVADA - EVENING 9

FROM HIGH IN THE SKY we drift ominously over suburbs of

tract homes that pattern the Nevada desert at last light.

ON SCREEN:
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, USA - 20h44

10 INT. BEDROOM - STEVE’S HOUSE - LAS VEGAS - NIGHT 10

Dark. A large digital alarm clock reads: 20h44

A sleeping body is dimly visible with covers over its head.

The clock clicks to 20h45 and the radio comes on: Indie rock.

STEVE WATTS, 25, reluctantly moves the covers aside and flips

on a side lamp.

He lies staring at the ceiling for a moment, listening to his

music, still half asleep, not wanting to get up just yet.

The room is sparsely decorated. On his bedroom wall is a

single, large framed aviation art painting by Randy Green of

“The Boys from Richmond” fighter jets against a striking sky.

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On a small desk is a framed picture of Steve graduating from

University in Nevada, a plaque from a Reserve Officer

Training Corps showing him commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant,

and an Undergraduate RPA (Remotely Piloted Aircraft) training

certificate. Finally there is a photo of Steve himself posing

in a flight suit next to a training aeroplane.

11 EXT. COUNTRYSIDE - SURREY - DAWN 11

We drift over beautiful English countryside as dawn breaks.

ON SCREEN:
SURREY, ENGLAND

12 EXT. COUNTRY LANE - SURREY - DAWN 12

POWELL, now in Wellington boots and a weatherproof jacket,

walks with Jesse. There is a weariness about her. A profound

sadness lurking just beneath her tough exterior.

She tosses a stick for her dog. There’s an edge of

aggression, of unexpressed anger in the throw.

Jesse chases it, happy.

13 INT. BEDROOM - STEVE’S HOUSE - LAS VEGAS - NIGHT 13

(NOTE:
This scene was formerly scene 21.)

STEVE, slim and fit, listens to indie music as he runs a good

pace on a treadmill.

14 INT. KITCHEN - POWELL’S HOUSE - SURREY - DAWN 14

POWELL walks in with Jesse.

LIZZIE - a pretty late-teen girl wearing T-shirt and knickers

-looks inside the fridge. She reaches for a bottle of

expensive bottled water. POWELL is not amused.

COLONEL POWELL:

Hello?

LIZZIE:

Oh, I’m sorry.

COLONEL POWELL:

Who are you?

LIZZIE:

Lizzie.

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COLONEL POWELL:

What are you looking for?

LIZZIE:

Some water.

COLONEL POWELL:

Try the tap.

LIZZIE:

Oh, okay. Sorry.

POWELL watches LIZZIE close the fridge door, go over to the

sink, look for a glass, find a mug and fill it up.

COLONEL POWELL:

Are you with Robert or Andrew?

LIZZIE:

Robert.

She walks toward the door - with her water.

LIZZIE (CONT’D)

Thank you. Sorry.

She walks out.

15 INT. ALIA’S HOUSE - EASTLEIGH - NAIROBI - MORNING 15

ALIA has a well-used school mathematics book open in front of

her and some spare paper.

MUSA, is helping her with an exercise. She concentrates hard.

Looks to him for approval as she completes a problem.

MUSA MUSA (CONT’D)

Good! See, not so difficult! Wanaagsan! Bal eeg, ma si

adag!

16 INT. KITCHEN - POWELL’S HOUSE - SURREY - DAWN 16

POWELL pours milk into a bowl of cereal at her kitchen table,

claiming her space back.

ROBERT, 19, walks in, lazy and bleary-eyed. He looks

dishevelled and weedy in his boxer shorts.

COLONEL POWELL:

Who is she?

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ROBERT:

Um, her name’s Lizzie.

COLONEL POWELL:

I know her name.

ROBERT casually goes to the fridge and opens the door.

ROBERT:

She goes to St. Ada’s.

COLONEL POWELL:

Does she. You should have asked me

if she could stay.

ROBERT:

Dad said she could.

ROBERT takes a bottle of water out of the fridge.

COLONEL POWELL:

She’s already got water.

ROBERT:

She doesn’t like tap.

ROBERT walks out.

17

EXT. SINGAPORE - DAY 17

We drift over the magnificent high-rises of Singapore.

ON SCREEN:
SINGAPORE - 13h00

18

INT. ARMS FAIR - SINGAPORE - AFTERNOON 18

A huge hall filled with a maze of stands showcasing MILITARY

HARDWARE:
Missiles, machine guns, armored vehicles...

IBS (Integrated Battlefield Solutions) operate on Stand B59.

FOUR COMPANY MANNEQUINS demonstrate military clothing. One

wears undergarments, the second fatigues and the third is in

full operational military body armour.

JAMES WILLETT, British Foreign Secretary, pale and sweaty in

the heat, stands in front of the company name and slogan -

Soldier Safety First -as he speaks to a small audience

gathered around the stand.

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JAMES:

On behalf of the British

government, I am proud to introduce

Integrated Battlefield Solutions, a

UK company leading the field in the

production of life-saving,

lightweight military clothing.

Protecting our soldiers in the

field of battle is at the core of

my government’s commitment to our

armed forces. Soldier safety first

is why we are in partnership.

IBS director, NIGEL ADLER, beside him, nods vigorously.

JAMES (CONT’D)

And so I am very pleased to

introduce you to IBS managing

director, Mister Nigel Adler.

A ripple of applause from the BRITISH REPS - but most of the

people watching are invited FOREIGN BUYERS and they wait in

silence for ADLER to speak.

Also watching are KATE BARNES (25), PR to the Foreign

Secretary, and TOM BELLAMY (28), his aide.

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