2100 - an excerpt

Written in 2018

2100 (excerpt)

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INT.RYAN’S HOUSE- DREAM

A 15 year old Ryan East, innocent looking little boy, speaks
with his older brother Collin East. Ryan is sitting down in
his bed as his brother gets ready to departure New LA.
                    COLLIN EAST
          You see Ryan (he walks impatiently

          around the room, staring everywhere
          but at Ryan) everything in this
          world happens for a reason. Take
          the Great Heating of the world for
          example. It was humanity’s fault
          for not respecting mother nature.
          Now we have beasts to deal with,
          and we can never leave New LA.
Collin takes a knee in front of Ryan as he pats one of his
younger brother’s knees and sighs.
                    COLLIN EAST
          You are probably still too young to

          understand this, but in here in New
          LA everyone lives by what the city
          government tells them.
Collin stands up again and heads to a small window in the
room, stands alone and stares at nothingness.
                    COLLIN EAST
          Before the Great Heating, people

          used to live free to do whatever
          they wanted too. It was possible to
          travel to different places, some
          very far away from New LA, by land,
          air and even by sea. Now, whatever
          the government or the head of
          security says, we have to do or not
          do.
                    RYAN EAST O.S
          I don’t understand what you’re
          saying. Mom and dad are happy. You
          are about to become part of the
          Police Force. I want to become part
          of the police force when I am
          you’re age!






                    COLLIN EAST
          Remember this brother. It’s better

          to die free and standing, than to
          live an entire life forced to kneel
          down.
Suddenly the camera changes and we see as Collin attempts to
go through the protective fence of New LA along with other
cadets.
We now see a holographic projection of the news being
broadcasted all over New LA. Pictures of different cadets
are projected, as a voice says that these are all rebellious
cadets who broke the rules of New LA, attempted to cross the
protective fence, and were all shot down by an effective
police response team.
                    NEWS REPORTER O.S
          The reasons why these cadets
          decided to go over the fence are
          still unknown. We remind all
          inhabitants of New LA that rules
          and laws are expressed clearly
          everyday to avoid these type of
          tragic circumstances.
The photos of the cadets who attempted to cross the fence
are flashed one by one. As Collin’s photo appears, Ryan
wakes up abruptly from his dream.
INT. MORNING- DAY

Ryan wakes from his dream sweating. In his face you can see
he looks tired. He gets out of bed and enters the bathroom.
He then exits the bathroom prepared for the day, wearing his
cadet uniform as he makes his way down the stairs of their
big mansion and joins the rest of his family for breakfast,
still looking restless.
His father Gregory, a stern serious looking man (52), speaks
on the phone as he leaves the house to go to work.

His mother, Ana (46) she has a fit body for her age, and
long dark hair; and younger sister Alexa (15), looks very
similar to her mother when she was her age, sit around a
kitchen island as they watch a holographic image of the news
and eat their breakfast.
                    ANA
          Good morning son. (She looks at him

          and notices the tiredness in his
          face) Did you have that dream
          again?






                    RYAN EAST
          Yes. Why are you always watching
          the news mother? And why do you let
          Alexa see the news? She is way too
          young to see reports of how humans
          kill beasts that were once animals.
                    ALEXA
               (As she eats what looks to be
               like organic, non sweetend
               cereal) 
          I am old enough to see this. In
          school, we are learning how beasts
          are bad, and will kill you as soon
          as they have the chance. Do you
          learn in training how to kill
          beasts Ry?
Ryan ignores his sister’s question, but not in a rude way.
He stares at her and pats her in the head.
                    RYAN EAST
          I wish I could explain to you what
          beasts used to be before the Great
          Heating of earth.
                    ANA
               (As she hands Ryan a plate of
               the same cereal and a big
               glass of orange juice which
               she serves directly from the
               fridge as though it were
               water)
          I wish you would stop saying stuff
          like that. That type of thinking is
          what drove your brother to
          insanity. It’s what drove him to
          defy the rules and laws of our
          society. That is why he was
          categorized as a menace to the well
          being of New LA and our people.
                    RYAN EAST
          Our people? You people, you all
          live stupefied by what the news is
          saying! Live you’re life the way
          the government wants you to! And do
          whatever that old hag of Mitch
          Louis says!
                    ANA
               (As she clears Alexa’s plate,
               and puts it into a futuristic
               looking dishwasher)






          That old hag is your leading
          officer. Head of all police,
          security and cadets in New LA, and
          therefore your boss. Plus, you’re
          father and I had to beg him to let
          you enter cadet training after what
          your brother did.
                    RYAN EAST
          Whatever...
                    ANA
               (As Ryan leaves the house)
          Dont forget tomorrow night we are
          invited to a dinner party at
          Mitch’s house.
Camera fades to black as it flies over the holographic
report of the news one more time.
EXT. CADET TRAINING FACILITY- DAY

Ryan and the rest of the cadets jog around a field at a high
pace as a ranking officer watches them and times them from a
sideline. As he screams for his cadets to keep up the pace,
Mitch Louis (59) a serious faced, not very tall, and semi
fat man appears and joins the officer.
                    MITCH LOUIS
          How are they doing?
                    OFFICER
          All good sir. They are doing good
          time, and none show signs of
          exhaustion.
                    MITCH LOUIS
          Good! How is Collin’s East brother

          doing?

                    OFFICER
          Exceptional as always sir. He

          displays the same talents his
          brother did before him.
                    MITCH LOUIS
          Let’s hope that is the ONLY talent
          he displays.

                    OFFICER
          I understand. It would be a dull

          day if we had to shoot him down
          like you did to Collin.






A smirk of impatience and uneasyness appears on Mitch’s
face. He walks away from the officer and calls for Ryan to
approach him.
Ryan looks at his girlfriend Kim Rhymes, she looks backs
with a look that says: just go. He jogs over to Mitch, and
greets him with formal salute.
                    MITCH LOUIS
          At ease. How is your training going
          cadet.

                    RYAN EAST
               (With a bit of irony)
          Same as always sir. Couldn't be
          better.
                    MITCH LOUIS
               (With a mischievous smirk)
          I see. I wanted to talk to you...
                    RYAN EAST
               (Interrupting)
          Again...

                    MITCH LOUIS
          Yes cadet again. I wanted to talk   
          to you because I wanted to tell you
          that there is another date coming
          up for you to attempt to pass the
          psychological test, and once and
          for all join my police force.
                    RYAN EAST
          Thank you sir. I appreciate your
          concern as always.
                    MITCH LOUIS
          Are you still drinking often? You
          know we do not approve of that in
          New LA, much less here in the
          police force. Maybe that is what is
          preventing you from passing the
          psychological test.
                    RYAN EAST
          I will keep it mind sir.
                    MITCH LOUIS
          Now get back to training. And
          please, let your parents know I
          said hi.






Mitch Louis always ended their conversations by saying that.
Ryan had never understood what it meant. His parents always
seemed too normal when he said it to them.

Mitch Louis leaves training. Just when Ryan is about to join
the rest of the cadets back for the jog, a young kid appears
from a bleacher.

                    BOY
          Are you Collin’s East brother?
Ryan does not answer.
                    BOY
          I know you are. I have seen the
          footage from that day when him and
          other cadets attempted to cross the
          fence.
Now the boy had captured Ryan’s attention.
                    RYAN EAST
          Who are you kid? What do you want?
                    BOY
          Did you’re brother ever say
          something before he left? Did he
          tell you why he left?
Ryan looks extremely confused.
                    KIM RHYMES O.S
               (Interrupting Ryan’s   
               conversation with the boy)
          RYAN!!
Kim (20) was a brown colored girl with blue eyes. Slim with
a perfect body, a beatiful smile and long black hair.

The boy leaves as he sees Kim approaching.
                    KIM RHYMES
          What’s going on Ry? Who were you
          talking to? You look a little
          disoriented, are you okay?
                    RYAN EAST
          Yes, it’s nothing. Just a little
          tired I guess.
                    KIM RHYMES
          Come! Let’s finish what we have
          left to jog. I want to go to the






          Hollywood sign today. If we finish
          training early enough, we will be
          able to see the sunset through the
          fence.
Ryan and Kim join the rest of the cadets for the rest of
training.
EXT. HOLLYWOOD SIGN - DUSK

Ryan and Kim sit on what reamins of the Hollywood sign. Kim
has her head on Ryan’s lap. Yellow rays of sunlight
penetrate through the fence just enough to light up where
they are sitting.
                    KIM RHYMES
          What did Mitch want this time?
                    RYAN EAST
               (Letting out a small laugh)

          Same as always. He calls me over
          and always says its for some other
          reason, but I know he just like to
          keep me close. Everyone seems to be
          scared to death I am going to turn
          out just like Collin.
                    KIM RHYMES
          You have to understand Ry. You’re

          older brother made a selfish

          decision. I dont know if he was
          insane or if he really believed he
          would be able to survive on the
          other side of the fence, but he
          still went against all rules of New
          LA. He put the entire society in
          danger. The rules exist for a
          reason, our safety, the safety of
          New LA. When he made his decision I
          dont think he was thinking of
          anyone but himself. Even worse, he
          put you, your parents and Alexa in
          imminent danger.
Ryan was used to these seminars, it’s something he really
liked from Kim. You could see her sincere concern in her
eyes whenever she spoke about the subject.
                    RYAN EAST
          I know, I guess your right as always.   










As he finishes his last sentence, Ryan kisses Kim, and they
flirt momentarily.

                    KIM RHYMES
          By the way. Who was that little boy

          who was talking to you after Louis
          left?
                    RYAN EAST
          Honestly, I don't know.
                    KIM RHYMES
          What did he tell you?
Even though Ryan trusted Kim more than anyone he knew this
was something better kept to himself.
                    RYAN EAST
          Nothing. He was just another young

          kid making remarks about my
          brother.
                    RYAN EAST
          Are you going to the dinner party

          at Mitch’s tomorrow?
                    KIM RHYMES
          Are you serious? You know he has

          never invited my family to any of
          his dinner parties. He doesnt like
          me or my family because we are not
          as wealthy as you or him. The only
          reason he let me enter cadet
          training is because he knows how
          talented I am with a weapon.