On the edge of the future Page #10

LOLA (LOOKING AT THEM)

Are you too?

MADINA (SIGHING) No, I can't, now for sure.

Goes on. Lola also follows her. She's angry.

LOLA (LOOKING AT MADINA IN AN ANGRY TONE) Who did this?

MADINA (LOOKING STRAIGHT)

Commander Crowley and his right-hand man Rustam. The two of them are greedy for children.

Lola is silent and looks at her feet. They walk in silence. Lola looks up.

LOLA:

Crowley? Why Knight and Crowley? What nations are they?

Madina stops. Raises her eyebrows up. Lola stops too.

MADINA (UNCOMPREHENDINGLY)

Nations? What's it?

LOLA:

Well, this is based on what language they speak or where they come from. For example, I am Uzbek. There are also Russians, Americans, Koreans, and so on.

MADINA:

No. We have no nations. We speak the same language and there is no name for this language, we just talk and that's it. Only the names are different so far. Since 2075, the law on the unity of people on earth has been in effect. At least that's how it should have been.

She looks down. Goes on. Lola followed her.

LOLA:

You know the history very well.

MADINA:

Here in the mountains people live by knowledge. With the help of knowledge, God protects us, shows us the way. We are the only ones outside the city who were able not only to survive, but also to live fully. Have you seen the skeletons below?

Lola shivers.

LOLA:

Yes, I saw it, it looks creepy.

MADINA (GRINNING) That's what you're saying now. Do you know about the animal world? The beast does not enter the territory of another animal. They leave their mark so that others do not enter their territory. Whoever enters will pay. Fortunately for us, cannibals are also animals in their own way, they live exclusively by instincts and they have completely lost the ability to feel. They are like animals and their rules are also like animals.

LOLA:

So skeletons are needed to-

MADINA (NODS HER HEAD)

So they don't stick their noses in here. We're guarding the entrance just in case.

Madina walks in silence for 2 seconds.

MADINA (POINTING TO THE SIDE)

People don't sit idle here.

She points with her hand to the corner where people are sitting on the ground, reading books.

MADINA:

There are such great sacred books as the Koran, the Bible and others. We have historians, biologists, physicists, philosophers, they are living sources of knowledge.

We see people doing these things, one person is giving a lecture, another is looking at plants.

MADINA (POINTING TO THE SIDE)

See the little fields?

Lola looks there. We see the harvest up close.

Fruits, vegetables and grains grow there. People take care of them.

MADINA:

We are perfectly settled here.

Lola nods her head smiling. She thought about it too.

MADINA:

We are now the keepers of knowledge. When all this is over, people will start life anew and it will be necessary to give them knowledge anew.

Sighing, he looks at her.

Lola becomes ashamed of her refusal.

LOLA (CHANGING THE SUBJECT)

And where do you get the water from?

MADINA (SPREADS HER HANDS TO THE SIDES)

We're in the mountains. There is a source here.

Lola looks at Madina, sniffs herself and winces.

MADINA:

I'll show you the way there, you can wash there.

Madina is happy, smiles more often. Lola raises her eyebrows and looks after her in surprise. She's changed.

LOLA:

Thank you.

Lola smiles. Madina too.

They go on. There's a room in the corner.

INT. BEDROOM FOR MOTHERS

There are hand mattresses on the ground, animal skins on top. The bed is made of carved stone, with an animal skin on top.

There's another room nearby. Lola looks there.

INT. GAME ROOM

Children quietly play toys of various works: embroidered and made of stone and wood. Looks at them for longer than 3 seconds. An OLD MAN ABOUT 80 YEARS OLD appears behind her, with a long white beard and white hair tied back. From clothing, long clothes of a grayish color and wide trousers of the same color under it. He is completely covered with clothes and only his head and wrists are open.

THE OLD MAN (IN A CASUAL TONE)

Bunyod said you will save us.

Lola jumps on the spot and looks at the old man.

THE OLD MAN (LOOKING DOWN AT HER IN A SYMPATHETIC TONE)

I'm sorry, I didn't want to scare you, I'm already old, I'm not used to it.

LOLA (LIFTING HER CHIN)

How does he know that it is I who will save you?

OLD MAN (WITH SARCASM IN HIS VOICE AND SQUINTING HIS EYES)

Is that you, Lola from the past?

He smiles with the corners of his lips and walks away slowly. Lola, opening her mouth, remains without having time to say something. Madina, smiling after the old man with a nod of her head, leaves the game room and walks towards Lola

MADINA (POINTING WITH THE OLD MAN'S HAND)

This is our senior, Sultan Juraevich. He was once a doctor of sciences in philosophy. His knowledge from God saved and helped to arrange life here and so far no one has regretted that he agreed to be with him.

Lola looks after him with raised eyebrows.

INT. BATHHOUSE

Madina gives Lola clothes in gray shades in her hands.

LOLA (LOOKING AT THE CLOTHES IN HER HANDS) Thank you for everything.

MADINA (LOOKING UP AT HER)

Not worth it. I would help everyone if I could. And believe me, many of us are of the same opinion.

Lola lowers her head. She is embarrassed by her words.

MADINA (PURSING HER LIPS AND SMILING)

I'll be here, don't worry. It's safe here.

Lola nods and Madina goes out, closing the door. Lola turns around and looks at the interior of the bathhouse. There is a spring flowing here and a dry stone and a basin of water nearby. Lola puts her clothes on a stone and leans against the walls and rolls down. She starts crying. She is only now giving free rein to her feelings. She's scared. BLACKOUT

INT. INSIDE THE CITY - AT THE SAME TIME.

A 5-year-old boy is playing with a soft gray bear. Two more children 2 years older than him are playing next to him. Looking at him, one of them smiles. Going up to the other, he whispers in his ear. He looks at the boy with his hand over his mouth and laughs. He nods. The boy continues to play. These two approach him, one of them takes away the bear. The boy who took the bear shows his tongue to the boy. The boy runs after him and tries to pick up his toy. He does not give a toy, the boy is crying. Two children laugh at him and the one holding the toy in his hand throws the toy into the road, where people walk back and forth and run away laughing. The boy stands crying and covering his eyes with his hands. Night picks up the bear from the ground and goes up to the boy and gives him a toy in his hands. The boy wipes his tears and smiles at him. Night pats the baby's head. Goes to the side. Walking down the corridor, he remembers his childhood.

INT. ROOM

7-YEAR-OLD NIGHT is sitting and watching a video on the Internet, on the screen news about how children are dying of hunger and lack of water. Night stares. He feels sorry for the children.

His father comes into the room. Night looks at him, tearing himself away from the news.

NIGHT BOY:

Dad, why do children die?

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