Hanru Sazuki

(Kenneth is strapped to a wooden chair in the forest in front of Shaun's dug up graveyard. Kenneth wakes up confused and panicking. He calms down after a few seconds and looks at the grave in front of him. Kenneth comes out of nowhere and rips the tape off Kenneth's mouth.)

Kenneth: I'm going to kill you, you little freak! I'm gonna get out of here, and when I do, I'm going to rip your spine out of your throat!

Shaun: THEN DO IT! I've attempted that many times before in the past; I've killed all my victims in many different ways! Yeah that's right; I'm confessing!

(Shaun slams his hands on Kenneth's thighs and yells directly in his face.)

Shaun: I KILLED YOUR WIFE!

(Shaun backs away and paces back and forth in front of Kenneth.)

Kenneth: I'm going to kill you... I'm going to kill you...!

Shaun: Ah, shut up already! Kenneth, you are consumed by hatred for me. Even right now, your eyes are dilated black with blood lust and evil.

Kenneth: You did this to me.

Shaun: I know I did, but you can't blame me for everything that is wrong with you. Yeah sure I am the root and core of your darkness, but you need to take some responsibility for yourself. You see that grave in front of you? That is your wife's grave. Her body was buried right below your feet. Someone came here to my sacred place and dug up every single one of these bodies except for your wife's. Your wife's body is still in the ground. If you want me to, I can dig her up and give her to you so that way you can give her a decent burial.

Kenneth: You're sick...

Shaun: I KNOW I'M SICK! I'm trying to get better don't you see?! I'm trying to confess and make up for all my sins before I go in the ground myself and die!

Kenneth: Monsters like you don't deserve to be forgiven.

Shaun: But who are you to judge?! You are not my father, you are not my mother, you are not my creator. Only my creator judges me, whoever it or they may be! You have no say so in whether I deserve to be forgiven or not! You can choose whether to forgive me or not, but you do not choose if I deserve to be forgiven or not.

Kenneth: Do you really think I would ever forgive you? For what you did?

Shaun: (Kneels down beside Kenneth) I'm hoping you would, detective Powell.

Kenneth: You're dreaming if you think you could easily be forgiven just like that.

Shaun: I'm not asking you to forgive me so soon, Kenneth; I'm begging you to please forgive me before the time comes when I die.

Kenneth: No. I can never and will never forgive you, Shaun. You murdered my wife. You covered up your evidence so good that not even the FBI could solve it. I even planted evidence and had a perfect plan tying you to her death. But the FBI saw through that and I lost my job. My daughter hates me, I have nothing left now but my hatred for you.

Shaun: That's all you choose to have! You had no proof that I killed your wife; you only had a feeling! You had no proof your wife was even dead cause her body was never found! You must have had some psychic link with your wife, Kenneth, cause there was a one in a million chance that I killed her, yet you knew it was me just by looking into my eyes and being in the same room as me for 10 seconds. What you had was real love. And Kenneth I... I am truly sorry for taking that away from you. I could say "you have no idea how terrible this makes me feel" but I know you feel worse than I do. Kenneth, please know that your wife did not suffer like the rest of my victims did. I tied her up.

Kenneth: Don't.

Shaun: I tied her up...

Kenneth: No, no, no, stop, just shut up. Please just shut up.

Shaun: I stripped her naked... And I used a butcher knife to stab her in her stomach.

Kenneth: (Tears roll down his face) Why are you telling me this, what is your problem?

Shaun: I watched her bleed out. She was so cold... She was shivering. All she wanted was her darling husband to come save her. As she lied there on the table, the thought of getting back to you and your darling daughter was the only thing keeping her alive. Despite her loss of blood, she held on to the memory of her darling loved ones. Her love was so strong that not even I could’ve killed her. I could not watch her suffer, but I couldn't risk getting caught either. After you accused me of killing your wife so many times, I did something you never knew about. I kept her alive.

Kenneth: What?!

Shaun: That's right, Kenneth. I kept her alive. I held her hostage. After the police cleared my name, I threw your wife in the trunk and brought her here with me. She was suffering in my cabin all alone and exhausted. So I decided to put her out of her misery. I put her in a coffin and buried her alive.

Kenneth: I can't believe you.

Shaun: You wanna know something ironic, Kenneth?! I only buried your wife 2 feet deep under the ground and I put no lock on the coffin. I didn't check on your wife's grave until many weeks after I buried her. A rotting ting female corpse was in there being eaten by maggots. Why your wife never left the coffin... I have no idea.

Kenneth: She could still be alive... What if that body in that grave isn't hers?

Shaun: I took some DNA off the body and had it tested; it was a blood sample actually. I had the DNA tested and it was your wife’s.

Kenneth: I can't believe this, you sick freak!

Shaun: What do you want then, Kenneth?! Do you want to kill me?! Do you want me dead because I killed your wife?! Is that really what you want?

Kenneth: What I really want... is for you to... Be brought to justice. I want you to pay!

Shaun: If I untied you and gave you a knife right now, would you kill me?

Kenneth: I would.

Shaun: You would really sink down to my level? You would really let revenge furthermore consume you?! You know your daughter doesn't want you to take your revenge out on me. Your wife wouldn't want that either. No one in this world wants you to take revenge on me and kill me. That's all you, buddy. You want to kill me for your own selfish purposes. You're not even sure why you want me dead so much, so you look for an excuse. You use your wife as an excuse to want revenge on me! And in the process of you focusing all that anger and hate on me, you didn't realize that you have been destroying your daughter. The one person who was desperately trying to reach out to you. She lost her mother. She's going through the same pain as you, but you let your dark ambitions and evil motives cloud the truth of what was really going on. I'm giving you a choice, Kenneth. Come after me and satisfy your thirst for revenge, or chose the path of forgiveness and go back for your daughter; the last person you have left who loves you.

Kenneth: What kind of choice is that?

Shaun: Some people have more difficult choices, Kenneth; some have easier ones. All you need to do is choose the path of revenge or forgiveness. Remember, there is always a choice of good and evil. In major decisions such as this one there is always a good and an evil side. You need to really stop and think about which path you want to follow. Do you want good or evil? Most people can't think for themselves and let their emotions cloud their judgment. They then choose evil. Go ahead, Kenneth; I accept if you choose the evil path to kill me.

(Shaun walks behind Kenneth and cuts the ropes off. He then throws the knife on Kenneth's lap. Shaun spreads his arms wide open and stands in front of an open grave. Kenneth grabs the knife and stands up. Shaun turns his back to Kenneth. Kenneth jams the knife into the back of Shaun's shoulder and throws him into the grave. Kenneth looks down at his wife's grave. He opens it up and finds a file. Kenneth looks through the files and is shocked at what he sees.)

Kenneth: Wait a minute... This isn't my wife. She has the same face and the same hair but...

(Kenneth continues to read the file)

Kenneth: No... No, no, no, it can't be...

(A woman walks up and stands 10 feet away from Kenneth with a black pistol in her hand. Kenneth stands up and turns around to see who it is.)

Kenneth: C-Carry?

(This woman is a beautiful temptress. Her makeup is done very well, she's wearing a beautiful black dress, her hair is light orange with fluffed up and some curls on one side. Her eyes are green and her lipstick is dark red. Carry Smiles and points her pistol at Kenneth before letting off a shot on his shoulder. Kenneth falls to the ground holding his shoulder in pain.)

Carry: (Casually puts her gun down) I gave you everything and sacrificed everything all for you. But then my sister came into the picture and you had an affair with her. You didn't think I knew about that, did you? Well I did... I decided to let you and my sister be happy so I chose to leave. My maniac sister got plastic surgery to look exactly like me. And she decided to be your new wife. She was going to pretend to be me, and she was going to fake amnesia so she wouldn't have to remember memories you and I shared. She was going to completely replace me. I agreed to let her do it, so after she got the plastic surgery, she was going someplace discrete to fake a head injury. She accidentally stumbled upon Shaun and Shaun captured her as a victim. Shaun killed my sister who looked like me and acted like me in almost every single way. I figured this was a perfect time for me to disappear so I moved on. So you see, honey... I never died... Your wife never died... Your wife's sister was killed in her place. And I was a witness for seeing Shaun kidnap my sister. I was then kidnapped. Some other guy has been spying on Shaun for years and when he saw me in the area, he took me. He helped give me a new identity. And unlike you, he remained faithful to me after all this time.

Kenneth: Wait, Carry! Why are you like this? What happened to you?

Carry: Shut up, Kenneth. Shaun gave you a choice and you chose wrong. You chose the path of darkness. You chose to get revenge and for that you suffer consequences. You better hope Shaun is still alive cause the man that's been following Shaun around all this time, is not yet done with him. If Shaun is dead, so are you.

(Carry walks away into the forest and leaves Kenneth behind.)

Motel Room

(Hanru and Teegan are both sitting on the bed. Hanru is very hesitant toward Teegan right now after she's kissed him.)

Teegan: Hanru, please say something.

Hanru: Teegan... (Sighs) I can't be with you; I'm sorry. You're a nice girl and all, but I'm not in any position to be in a relationship right now.

Teegan: (Turns away) Oh... It's okay I understand. I'm sorry.

Hanru: Don't be sorry just... (Sighs) I'm sorry.

Teegan: I'm just vulnerable is all right now. And I just want to be taken advantage of.

Hanru: I never share my personality with anyone, Teegan, and there's a reason for that. Maybe I'll share with you my issues, but just not right now, okay?

Teegan: Yeah, sure.

Hanru: I'm going back to see what's going on with your father and Shaun. You should come with me because I don't want you to be alone.

Teegan: Yeah, okay, fine.

Hanru: Just stay clear of your father right now. I feel it would be wise to.

Teegan: Yeah, Yeah, I... Understand. I get it.

(Airport)

(The very friendly receptionist lady hands Debbie her passport back and offers her a charming smile.)

Receptionist: Here you are, Ms. Elizabeth Shaw. Have a nice flight.

Debbie: Thanks; you too- have a good day I mean.

(Debbie and Timothy both walk away. Debbie looks back for a second to make sure the receptionist or anyone around the area can hear them talking.)

Debbie: (Says silently to Timothy) Elizabeth Shaw?

Timothy: Don't ask cause I won't tell.

Debbie: (Grins and teases) Oh... so it looks like this Elizabeth Shaw was the chick to wrap the great macho Timothy Young. She broke your heart, didn't she?

(Timothy remains silent as the two of them continue to walk.)

Debbie: Yeah, you fell in love with her and she dumbed you.

Timothy: Okay first of all, cut that out, it's not funny. Until you feel the pain of loss; you shut up and keep your mouth shut.

Debbie: Sorry, I didn't know this was such a touchy topic for you.

Timothy: Well maybe you should've thought about that before stirring me up inside. Look you've lived with me for months now and not once have I mentioned her. Even hearing her name brings back a lot of old feelings. It was hard enough making that fake passport for you with your photo so just be happy and drop it.

Debbie: Ok, but-

Timothy: NO; you got it?!

Debbie: (Sympathetic) I got it.

Timothy: Good, now we get on this plan and I don't want to hear another word come out of your mouth.

(LJ's basement)

(LJ watches Karen and Ray as they remain tied up to wooden chairs. Karen's cell phone rings. LJ grabs her phone and answers it and puts it on speaker. He silently shushes Karen and puts the phone up to her mouth.)

Karen: Yes?

Anne: I'm here at our meeting spot; where are you with the girl?

Karen: I've uh... (Looks at LJ; LJ glares at her with an evil look) I've decided to kill two birds with one stone. Ray and I have gotten both the young girls Holly and Jessica. Holly's father gave us a hard time though but we managed to shake him.

Anne: Hurry up and get down here right now! I'm not a patient person!

Karen: No worries, we're coming now.

(Anne hangs up the phone. She stands in the middle of a warehouse. Her sister Janie walks up behind her and places her hand on Anne's shoulder. Anne seems really unsure and upset about something.)

Anne: Janie... Why are we doing this? Why are we trying to make this poor boy suffer?

Janie: Because his brother killed Kristen. Kristen didn't deserve what happened to her. She didn't deserve to be murdered like that; the way she was!

Anne: I know but it wasn't Hanru's fault; it was Lawrence, his brother, and that blonde chick Israel.

Janie: (Looks Anne in her eyes and stands in front of her) Look, you love Kristen, don't you?

Anne: Yes, with all my heart, yes.

Janie: Then you wouldn't question why we're doing these things. Our sister must be brought to peace. The only way she can rest in peace, is if her killer rests in pieces. So we will kill everyone he loves and anyone his little brother loves. Then Lawrence will have no choice but to come out of hiding and that's when we'll have our revenge.

Anne: I don't know if I want revenge, Janie. I may be messed up in the head but I still do have a heart. I don't think we should be going after the people his little brother Hanru cares for.

Janie: Like I said, little sister; if you really love Kristin, you wouldn't question this. (Walks away)

(Sazuki Home)

(Justin walks into Leo's home and sees a whole party of people sitting around the living room- Leo, Ada, Ronda, Kwan, and Helena.)

Justin: (Nervous and confused) Am I interrupting some sort of family reunion or... Wait, there are two of you?

Ada: This is my sister, Ronda. Ronda, this is Justin; one of my closest friends and co-workers.

Justin: (Walks up to Ronda and the two of them shake hands) It's nice to meet you.

Ronda: Mm, likewise. (Both stop shaking hands) You know with longer hair you'd actually look pretty cute. I'm not much attracted to men, but you've got yourself a pretty little look to you.

Justin: Thank you, ma'am; same goes for you. You're looking very gorgeous today.

Ronda: Mmm, like always, darling. (Grins)

Leo: Can we just stick to the point? Justin, why are you here?

Justin: Superiors gave me orders to find your whereabouts. Obviously you're fine.

Leo: As fine as I'll ever be.

Justin: What do you mean by that?

Leo: The poison that hospitalized me is still in my system and is still slowly killing me. Before you got here, I had a discussion with my family here, and of course Ronda, who I'm just finding out about; our discussion was about how I'm going to be spending the last remainder of my days.

Justin: What are you talking about? Are you going somewhere or...

Leo: No, Justin... I've accepted my fate.

Justin: You mean you're just gonna give up...? We can cure you of this poison. It's slow-acting; you can get tested and we can stop you from dying! Leo...

Leo: (Sincere) Justin...

Justin: (Emotionally stressed) No... Leo you have been my partner for over 3 years... We are like family; you are the brother I never had. I'm not just gonna accept that you're giving up on life and choosing to move on.

Leo: (Trying to be sincere) I'm done in this life. Justin, cry all you want, but it's not going to change the way I feel about this. Justin I've done a lot of wrong in my life and now I just wanna make it right again. I wanna undo all the wrong I've done in my life-time before I go. But just be glad I've accepted this... I'm happy with this.

Justin: You told me about those gangsters you were once involved with. Are you going to fix the issues you had with them?

Leo: I am.

Justin: Are you going alone...?

Leo: ... I am...

Justin: No you're not. We're brothers, man. I'll be there by your side the whole way.

Leo: I can't let you do that. You have your whole career to think about and your whole life. You're a workaholic, no family, no friends, no children, no wife, no girlfriend... And you're still young.

Justin: I've devoted my entire life to being in law enforcement; fighting for justice and doing the right thing. Well by helping you, I'm fighting for my beliefs and doing the right thing by helping my fellow man- my fellow main man.

Leo: You do realize that you may be throwing your entire career away. Everything you worked for could be jeopardized.

Justin: (Sighs) I know that, Leo... But... sometimes you just gotta take a leap of faith... That's all you can do...

Ada: (Sympathetic) Leo... I know we've already talked about this but... I really don't want you to go...

Leo: (Hugs Ada) I know... I know... I'm sorry...

(Leo's cell phone rings. LJ is in his car driving. Leo answers his phone.)

LJ: Opportunity calls! You wanna be a hero to your nephew; I got a job for you.

Leo: You criminals are always experts at stalking people for their numbers, aren’t you?

LJ: It's not stalking; it's hacking; not that you're smart enough to know what hacking even is.

Leo: Why did you call me?

LJ: Some women are coming after your nephew- some poison chicks. Now I'd rather not kill these women; for once I wanna set a good example and do something right for a change, sorta like you.

Leo: So you want me to bust these chicks is what you're saying?

LJ: Hey you are smarter than you look!

Leo: I'm no longer with the police. I'm making things right for all those I've done wrong towards. So when it comes to those poison chicks, I say we throw them in a hole and leave them to rot.

LJ: This is the most interesting conversation we've ever had.

(Forest)

(Hanru walks up to Shaun's cabin and sees the front door open. He hears someone raddling inside.)

Hanru: (Thinking) Knowing Shaun, I don't think he'll leave his front door open like that.

(As Hanru takes one silent step forward, someone comes out of the house.)

Hanru: Who are you?

Carry: Kenneth hasn't mentioned me? Oh what a bad husband he is; keeping me secret.

Hanru: You're Carry?! His wife Carry?!

Carry: I don't have time to chat, kid, so you do me a favor and pretend you never saw me, and I'll just be on my way.

(Carry walks pass Hanru and gets about 20 feet away from him. Hanru turns around to face her.)

Hanru: You know you destroyed him.

Carry: (Stops walking) Yeah I... I know... (Turns to face Hanru) But he cheated on me with my sister and now he had to pay.

Hanru: So he cheated once and you completely turn this man's world into a shell of self-loathing and pity. He can't even forgive himself and he nearly killed his own daughter because of how traumatized and blinded he is by your death.

Carry: He knows I'm alive now. But hopefully he won't be alive for long from that tiny hole in his shoulder.

Hanru: You shot him?

Carry: (Points pistol at Hanru) I did; right after he stabbed Shaun in the back. It's pretty sad actually that things turned out the way they did, but life is unpredictable and sometimes mistakes are made that could end up being fatal. Hanru, you have a lot of people on your tail, so I suggest you lie low for a while and really think about the loose ends you’re tied to.

Hanru: You don't need to worry about me.

Carry: Oh but you've got to worry about yourself you see. You are connected to at least 5 serial killers from 3 years ago.

Hanru: I've made peace with all of them.

Carry: You've worked with the MOB and befriended the don of one of biggest mafia gangs in the state.

Hanru: His gang split up and he disappeared. No one knows he's alive and the people who know about our connection are either dead or buddies of mine.

Carry: And what about Shaun? He's a brutal serial killer. You have no idea how ruthless he is. He may come off as a nice guy, but he suffers from great darkness.

Hanru: I know he does. But so do I; or at least I use to. Shaun is trying to get better. The only hope he feels comes from his belief in a higher power.

Carry: And why should I care?

Hanru: It's so easy to completely exclude the thoughts and feelings and emotional depths of religion once someone mentions it. When people begin to talk about religion or God or Jesus, people begin to mentally and spiritually secure themselves. Whenever you try and point out the benefits of religion and you try and explain it to them, they don't want to hear it. They completely lose interest in the conversation and wish for things to go back to their ordinary everyday lives. And also, if you try and make sense out of religion and God, they come up with excuses for why not to believe you and why to think you're crazy or a liar.

Carry: Faith is a powerful thing; I know this. Jumping in with both feet is a less extreme word for it. But listen, kid. Most people do not want to believe in God for their own reasons.

Hanru: I know. I know that. I'm just pointing things out from Shaun's point of view. Shaun believes in God and wants to follow God because it's his only light in his own world of darkness.

Carry: Listen, kid, I am unable to kill you right now, but at the same time, I cannot chit-chat with you. I best be on my way. If you wanna find your buddies, they're by the graves.

Hanru: I'm guessing you dug up those graves... along with another man who helped you carry the bodies?

Carry: (Grins) Maybe...

Hanru: Was this man named Jason?

Carry: Maybe...

Hanru: Jason would be the only person to keep tabs on me after all these years and he would be the only one to take a personal interest in a serial killer such as Shaun.

Carry: I see you're smart.

Hanru: If you're working with him, and if he's keeping tabs on Shaun, and if Israel ended up going back to his group a few months ago, that only means that he's recruiting. Jason must be planning on making his guild of serial killers even bigger.

Carry: (Smiles) You know too much; I wish I could kill you right now.

Hanru: You do me a favor, you tell Jason to meet me face-to-face, and we'll talk about this.

Carry: He has nothing to talk about with you right now.

Hanru: I have Shaun. I'll tell Shaun to flee someplace where he will never be found by Jason. All of Jason's stalking would be pointless and all his plans for Shaun will come to an end before they even begin. You could tell Jason what I'm planning to do and he could act now on his plan to recruit Shaun, but then that would mean re-planning and you and I both know how much Jason hates re-planning things.

Carry: Fine, kid... You make a good point; I'll be sure to set you two up on a date. Bye, bye for now... (Turns around and walks off) Oh and one more thing: Even if you do have proof God exists, people still wouldn’t believe it. People say there is no proof of God’s existence but the proof is everywhere, we just purposely overlook it with logic and science. But when you really think about it, logic is somewhat nonexistent, just something we choose to believe in because it makes sense to us. Without perception, there is only truth. Just stop to think about that.

(Shaun's Cabin 1 hour later)

(Kenneth's arm is being stitched up by Teegan on the porch stairs. Hanru and Shaun are sitting on the bench.)

Kenneth: (Annoyed) What, you think you can look down on me just because I'm in worse shape than you? Mentally, obviously not, but emotionally, yeah I am.

Shaun: I'm not looking down on you.

Kenneth: You can't even feel emotions, can you? Yeah... yeah that's right you can't, because you're a sick freak of nature. You're an abomination to society and to the world. You don’t deserve to live on this planet. If I don't get to you first, I hope a train comes and drags your body till it's nothing but a pile of hot steamy mush!

Teegan: Dad!

Shaun: I understand; you don't forgive me. And you say I look down at you; vise-versa. At least I'm trying to find my way to peace in this life. You're just a sad, tired, man who is a terrible husband and a worthless father!

(Kenneth quickly gets up and stands up tall in front of Shaun. Shaun bulks up in front of Kenneth and the two of them face off.)

Kenneth: You know what... I do look down to you. Unlike you, I've experienced love. I've experienced pain! If you weren't such an emotionless demon, you would understand what it's like to be in my shoes. You would know what it's like to suffer. I look down on you because I've experienced life as a human and not a sick monster.

Shaun: Every sickness has a cure.

Kenneth: Yeah, well there's no cure for insanity.

(Teegan runs off to the side of the cabin.)

Kenneth: She'll be okay.

Shaun: Don't you wanna go check on your own daughter to make sure she's okay?

Kenneth: She's not your responsibility; don't worry about her. I've dealt with her much longer than you have. If she's anything like her mother, space is all she needs to calm down.

Shaun: (Sighs) This just proves you're a bad father. Making sure your daughter is okay should be a priority for you.

Kenneth: Are you a pedophile too? What kind of sick man worries about another man's daughter?

Shaun: One who actually has a slight care for the innocent.

Hanru: Alright, you too take a break for now and when I come back you can continue this argument with round 2. For now, you two just... separate and don't say a word to each other.

Kenneth: Hey, he's the one who started this.

Hanru: Kenneth... just go sit on the steps and ignore him. Be the bigger man.

Kenneth: Since you put it that way, fine. I will be the bigger man; not that I'm not already.

Hanru: Penis jokes, alright then. (Walks away)

(Hanru walks around the corner and sees Teegan sitting on the ground crying. Her shoulder is bleeding and she's holding a sewing needle in her blooded hands. Hanru stands right next to her.)

Hanru: You need me to get you some alcohol?

Teegan: (Sniffs and shakes her head) No. I'll be okay.

Hanru: When you're father stood up, I saw him accidentally push that needle in you. Is your shoulder okay?

(Teegan ignores Hanru and silently cries and sniffs.)

Hanru: Are you okay?

Teegan: My mother is alive... My mother is alive and... (Sniffs) My father is still not happy. Hanru, please help me bring me and my father closer together again, please.

Hanru: Unfortunately, I can't do that, Teegan. Your father must face this journey alone. He needs to come to the realization himself that he needs to forgive and let live, and continue loving his own daughter and going on with his life.

Teegan: I just don't see that happening... I mean I've tried and tried and tried, to make my father love me and be proud of me, but he... he just doesn't notice me. I'm just a tiny speck in his world; a speck that's not even noticeable.

Hanru: I've never known my parents. I've never wanted to look up to anybody. So I can't tell you that I've found a solution to this problem you're having, but I can say that faith is key to everything in this world. Have faith in the thought of knowing that your father will someday again find you and reunite with you. Everything will work out, I promise.

Teegan: Please... Don't tell my dad about him accidentally pushing the needle in my arm.

Hanru: I got it.

(Hanru and Teegan both walk on the porch to face Shaun and Kenneth.)

Hanru: You girls done bickering or do I have to referee another senseless argument?

Shaun: Ask Kenneth; he's the one always starting these arguments.

Kenneth: And there you go blaming everything on me. You can't ever man up and just admit to your own faults, you always gotta blame others.

Shaun: I admitted to killing your wife, right to your face! WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?!

Kenneth: I'm never gonna be happy until you are gone and out of my life for good!

Hanru: Alright, enough! You two need to kiss and make up or either set your feud aside a moment cause right now, we need to focus on Carry and how we're gonna catch her.

Kenneth: I guess I can cool off a moment while we figure things out.

Shaun: So let's begin the brainstorming.

Teegan: (Holding the side of her head in pain) Ouch... Ah my head hurts. I'm getting a headache.

Kenneth: I'll go get you some medicine for that, Teegan.

Teegan: No... Thanks, dad, but I think... I think I've got it under control; it's going away now.

Kenneth: Alright then.

(Tammy's studio apartment)

(Jessica walks into the studio apartment to find Tammy naked on bed with a strange man. Neither of them notice her walk in. Jessica remains quiet. She has a hard time deciding whether or not to leave. She doesn't want to get yelled at again by Tammy, but at the same time, she wants to just relax here in the only place she's able to call home. Tammy and the strange man kiss while wrapped up in the covers. After a few seconds they both lay down on opposite sides of the bed. The man is very satisfying but Tammy seems to have a lot on her mind. She stares at the ceiling.)

Man: (Sighs) You know, we could always go again. I haven't heard you come yet, and you know... I would really like to...

Tammy: You didn't pay me to cum; you paid for me to make you cum, so I think we're done here.

Man: Come on, I'll pay you extra.

Tammy: If you wanna go a second round, I'm gonna charge you double what you paid for the first time, and there are no guarantees I'd cum for you.

Man: Fine. I guess I know now not to pay for your services anymore.

Tammy: Like I have nothing better to do than to swallow your bitter tasting fluids and have your wrinkly floppy hotdog in my mouth.

Man: I see you're very insulting as well.

Tammy: Only when I'm trying to scare off my customers.

Man: Yeah, whatever.

(The man quickly gets out of bed and begins putting his clothes on. Jessica leaves the room before she is seen. 10 minutes pass and Jessica walks back into the studio apartment. Tammy is smoking all her problems away through a cigarette as she sits emotionless on the couch in her white robe. Jessica closes the door and sits on the red chair beside the red couch that Tammy is sitting on. Tammy doesn't look Jessica in the eyes at all. She just continues to smoke with a blank expression.)

Jessica: I'm sorry I haven't been here in a while.

Tammy: I was worried.

Jessica: About me?

Tammy: (Clears her throat and puts her cigarette down in the ash tray) ... Yes... I uhm. (Clears throat again and looks at Jessica) I know I haven't exactly made it easy for you living here. I'm sorry I yelled at you before. I was really upset about something else and I took my frustrations out on you. I apologize for that.

Jessica: It's fine. It's ok. You know I've never lived an easy life. My parents left me a long time ago and passed me down to some random family who treated me like Cinderella. They made me wash all the clothes, cook all the meals, clean everything. After a while it got easier, but then when I turned 18, my adoptive parents kicked me out and I went to live with my first real and only boyfriend who used me to take my virginity and now I'm forced to live here with you. So far, living with you has been the easiest lifestyle I've ever had.

Tammy: I'll make it easier from now on, ok? (Grabs another cigarette and begins smoking after she lights it) I owe money to someone. I started off independent but then I was forced to work for him. Now every time I go out and sell myself, he gets almost all the profit. I only get a tiny share. If I didn't pay him the exact percentage, then he would... He would bury me dead. And he would make sure my body was never found. Jessica, what do you wanna do after college?

Jessica: Well uh... I never really gave it much thought. I never actually planned on going to college.

Tammy: I wanted to be a nurse, or a doctor. I wanted to be someone smart and successful. I wanted to make my crack-head mother and prison-homed father proud! But I messed up. I tried so hard to make them proud and I rushed out into the world, thinking I could take it all on, on my own. But then when I found myself unable to manage school and work, and when my roommates left me alone with rent due, I had no choice but to quit school so I could focus on work. But then I ended up getting fired. And I was unable to go back to school, my mother wouldn't accept me back. So I sold myself for money. It was the most humiliating and self-disrespectful thing ever. But you know... in the end, I realized that selling myself may not be so bad cause of how good the money is. So now I'm stuck doing the same thing- selling myself. This is a very dangerous job, Jessi and, I just want you to know that being a woman in this world is hard enough. You still have a chance to be successful and you should take that chance. Also... I want you to tell me where you are at all times. I worried sick about you for days! I wasn't sure whether you were even alive or not.

Jessica: I am alive. I'm here breathing. Although I shouldn't be...

Tammy: What happened while you were MIA?

Jessica: I was kidnapped.

Tammy: If the two of us are going to confess our emotional stories to each other all night, perhaps we should get something to calm our nerves.

Jessica: (Joking) What like weed?

Tammy: (Serious) Exactly what I was thinking. You read my mind.

(Tammy gets up and walks into the bathroom to look for her stash.)

Jessica: You know I was only joking right?!

(Warehouse)

(LJ’s tinted black SUV pulls up. Out of the driver seat comes Karen and out the passenger seat comes Ray. They both close the doors. Karen walks up to the two women Anne and Janie; Ray opens the back seat and pulls out Holly. Holly has her wrists tied behind her back. Ray takes a deep breath and pushes her in front of him as they begin walking.)

Janie: Where’s the second girl?

Karen: Complications happened. We weren’t able to bring her to you.

Janie: I’d rather not say those same words to you about your son little Bobby. Now where is she?

Karen: While we were driving, she jumped out of the back door and ran off. A cop was near so we just played casual and didn’t draw attention to ourselves.

Janie: (Crosses arms) Why do I have the distinct feeling you’re lying to me?

Karen: What reason could I possibly have for lying? You have my son; I wouldn’t jeopardize his life over a lie.

Janie: Uh-huh. You see it’s just… I’ve seen a lot of people beg for their lives moments before they died and when it comes to life or death situations, usually the victim would say anything to get themselves out of the bind they’re in. You have all the symptoms of a scared victim lying to keep themselves alive.

(Ray and Holly both stand next to Karen. Ray has a pistol pointed at the back of Holly’s head.)

Karen: I am scared… Yeah… (Chuckles in nervous emotions) I am terrified of losing my son. I will do anything to save him. (Shakes her head slowly) But I will never work for the enemy to save him. I am his mother and I do what’s best for my child!

Janie: A call will be made to the hospital now to dose your son with an untraceable lethal injection. You weren’t much of a help at all. Now you could kill me right now if you wanted to, but either way, your son has no chance. The call is being made as we speak and one of my sisters is posing as a nurse at the hospital he’s currently in. Now you could run to the hospital to try and save him, or you could grab that gun from your little affair buddy and shoot me with it. (Spreads her arms wide open.) So what’s it gonna be?

Karen: I choose to die for my son. When seeking revenge, you dig two graves. My son is already gone. His grave is dug. The second grave is for me. Cause I choose to die with my son. I will hunt you and your sisters down and I will kill each and every one of you with my bare hands. You will be the last one I kill. I will make you suffer with the pain of loss over those you love! So YOU will know how it feels to lose someone you care about and love!

Janie: Believe me I know what it’s like. My sister Kristin was family! She was killed! And she didn’t deserve it! She really did not deserve such a cruel fate.

Holly: But you guys murder people all the time. You poison them from the inside. They have no hope of living and no chance to even defend themselves. My dad told me about your sister. Lawrence was not the one who killed her. It was Lawrence’s girlfriend.

Janie: But Kristen was Lawrence’s girlfriend.

Holly: Yes but only for a short time. They got together soon after Lawrence broke up with his previous girlfriend. But then she came back and once she saw Lawrence and your sister together, she killed your sister.

Janie: If he’s so innocent, why is he in hiding then?!

Holly: He’s not in hiding. He left out of the state for a while to find himself in life. Look, if you don’t even have your facts straight, then obviously your whole plan is nothing but a reason to senselessly murder innocent people. What have I done to you? What has Hanru done to you? We did nothing. Lawrence did nothing!

Anne: Janie. She does have a point. Look Kristin is dead. She was murdered. But just look at what we do. Look at how many people we’ve killed. Look at how many families we have destroyed because of our own selfish reasons. Maybe we all deserve this. Maybe we all deserve worse than this.

Janie: So that’s it, huh? We just end it all here?

Anne: There’s no reason for us to continue on with this senseless bloodbath.

Janie: Kristin would want us to avenge her!

Anne: Yeah and Kristin would also want us to do what was right. Killing these people isn’t right. Please… just give her the cure for the poison and let her son go. It’s almost Thanksgiving. We need to be focusing on our time together as a family. We may not have Kristin but what remains of family can still come together and make things right.

Janie: AH!

(Janie yells at the top of her lungs and dramatically walks away toward the warehouse feeling conflicted, disappointed, and angry.)

Anne: I think you all better leave now before things get more out of hand.

(Ray points his pistol at Anne.)

Ray: Sorry, but if you haven’t noticed, we’re not only your pons. We’re also working with LJ. LJ wants us to take you all in. That means you and all your sisters. LJ’s in the car waiting for us right now.

Karen: I forgive you all, but what you did to my son… That’s just plain cruel.

Anne: So what are you planning to do with us, once you’ve caught us?

(As Janie continues to walk away, she is shot in the back of the shoulder by something and she falls to the floor unconscious. Anne is then shot in the shoulder, but not by Ray. LJ walks up to everyone with a silenced pistol in his hand. He wraps his arms around Holly and hugs her close to him.)

Ray: Just in case you were wondering, I had the pistol on safety.

LJ: The trigger was jammed on that piece anyway. You really think I’m gonna trust someone like you to put a loaded gun up to my daughter’s head?

Ray: Right, sorry.

Karen: What about the hospital? My son Bobby is still in there. How will I know he’s alright?

LJ: I’m pretty sure everything will work out with your son. Hopefully you’ve learned your lesson about getting people caught up in your lies and deception.

(At the hospital hours later at night)

(Bobby is sleeping in his hospital bed peacefully. Karen kisses Bobby’s forehead very gently and whispers she loves him. Ray, LJ, and Charlie are all three in the dim-lighted hospital room.)

Charlie: I can’t believe this happened to our son. What would possess someone to do this to a child? We should just be grateful he’s still here with us.

Karen: Charlie… (Clears throat) … Charlie… (Turns around to look Charlie in the eye as he sits on the bench next to the door) I have been having an affair with Ray… And… Bobby may not be your son. In fact… He isn’t… your son. He’s Ray’s.

Charlie: (Sighs in betrayal and looks down at the floor) Why…? (Looks up at Karen) Why would you do something like this to me? No to us?!

Karen: Because, Charlie… (Sighs) It’s not just the fact that you’re a cop and you’re always putting your life in danger. It’s not even the fact that you’re gone most of the time. Charlie, I love you, but… I don’t know, it feels like the passion between us has died. I still want you and I still love you, but I sometimes feel like I need something… more. Just the rush of having an affair with you and not knowing when I would be caught was just such an amazing feeling. The thought of knowing how much power and control I had over not only you, but another man was exhilarating. I just needed some kind of control, some kind of excitement in my life.

Charlie: Whenever we were intimate with each other, I always gave you complete control. I knew that’s what you wanted and I purposely gave up my personal freedom so that you could feel more in control! Tell me what can I do to fix this?

Karen: (Turns around to face her son and rest her hands on the bed) Charlie, it’s not your fault I’m this way. I did this to myself. My lies almost got our son killed. My lies almost destroyed not only our relationship but many other relationships as well. I’m sorry.

Charlie: I always knew you were a complicated person. And you know, I did all I possibly could to make you happy. I didn’t want to be a cop, I wanted a different career. I wanted a different life. Just to make your life as perfect as I possibly could, I gave up what little I had!

Karen: I never asked you to do that.

Charlie: Yeah, well you didn’t asked for me to love you either, but I do! And what you did ask for was a perfect life! So because I love you, I made the necessary sacrificed to give you as perfect of a life as I possibly could. You’re welcome.

Karen: I’m sorry, Charlie. I just don’t like feeling tied down and trapped.

Charlie: Marriage isn’t about feeling trapped. Marriage is about forever being with the one you love forever! Love and Marriage aren’t about feeling trapped; they are about freedom and letting go of all things burdening you without having to do it alone! I’ve done the very best I could with you. All you want is to feel superior to other people because you feel you don’t have enough control over yourself!

Karen: I just needed a rush. I’m a fast pace person; I am not one who enjoys being tied and slowed down! You are my ball and chain! (Turns to face Charlie and takes a few steps towards him) I’m sorry, but this is just the way I am. I cannot change myself!

Charlie: Being married to you and dedicating my life to you, I’ve picked up on some things. I always knew how manipulative and power hungry you were. So I‘ve always expected this day to happen. Unlike you, I honor the sacred meaning which symbolizes our marriage, so I’m not abandoning you. I’m going back to our home where we can BOTH! Agree on the fate of our marriage!

(Charlie gets up and leaves the room without saying another word.)

(Rundown apartments)

(Leo and Justin both sit around a round wooden table. Two skinny Mexican gangsters give Leo the evil grin. One is smoking weed right in Leo’s face and doesn’t seem to be intimidated by the fact he’s law enforcement.)

Leo: Nice tattoo. Did you mom do that for you?

Gangster: (Chuckles) Nah, man. This here symbolizes untamable. How many fools you know in these streets can take down a dragon?

Leo: (Smiles) You’re staring at one right now.

Gangster: (Inhales weed and nods twice then exhales) This tattoo is on my left shoulder cause I spit hot fire at any fool coming into my territory; thinking they can talk to me any kind of way.

Leo: You want me dead; I get that. I arrested some of your criminal “homies” and now you feel like a lost little puppy with no one to play with. Most of your buddies who have been arrested had evidence planted on them or they were set up to get locked up. Most of them by yours truly.

Gangster: So uh… you think pretty boy here will stop me from putting a bullet through you right now?

Leo: He’s here as backup for me, yeah.

Gangster: What was your purpose for coming here and telling me this?

Leo: My family thinks I’m dying from a slow acting poison and that I’m making things right with all my enemies before I go. It is true that I am attempting to make peace with all of those who hate me before I die, but what’s not true is that I’m really not dying from poison. I feel my time is coming soon though. I don’t know when or how it’ll happen, but all I know is it’s coming soon. And if I’m wrong, I want a clean slate.

Gangster: I don’t get it; why keep up the lies to your family?

Leo: Because I want them to prepare for my death. I want them to know that I’m not always gonna be here. And when I go, I want the impact to not be so critical.

Justin: It would’ve been nice if you told me this, Leo.

Leo: You know now.

Gangster: Ok, so, what do you expect me to do?

Leo: Man to man… I ask for forgiveness for what I did to you and your buddies.

Gangster: No. I ain’t forgiving nobody for anything. It sucks about your little fairytale epiphany thing, but it’s not a problem I’d rather deal with. So get out right now before I put one in you right now.

Leo: Sorry for bothering you.

(Leo and Justin both leave the apartment. The second Mexican gangster sits in the seat where Leo was just sitting at.)

(Hanru and Shaun both stand in front of the motel room alone under the night sky. Hanru has just walked outside.)

Shaun: Do you think I’ll ever be forgiven?

Hanru: I don’t know. I couldn’t tell you the answer to that. Kenneth is…

Shaun: I’m not talking about Kenneth. Do you think God will ever forgive me?

Hanru: I believe God can forgive everyone. But you also need to learn to forgive yourself.

Shaun: (Stares up at the stars) Do you believe in God? No fears of judgment, I want to hear an honest answer from you. Do you believe in God?

Hanru: … It’s getting late. We should all get going.

Shaun: I don’t think I deserve to be forgiven. I’ve lived in solitude my entire life and all of a sudden I find love. Love can change an entire world.

Hanru: It can.

Shaun: But then why do I continue to have these urges? Why does my world still revolve around murder?

Hanru: I’ve found love once. I found a very powerful love and that darkness within me just… slowly faded. I know it was mainly God who helped cure my soul, but finding love is also what helped me. You will be cured of this darkness, Shaun. I promise you the day will come when you no longer have to be a slave to your own mind. But you can’t force yourself to be cured. You just gotta have faith in God and have faith in yourself that one day you’ll be lifted of your burden.

Shaun: You have no idea how powerful these demons are. They’re urging me to kill right now. I don’t think I have the strength to fight against them. I just wish I could give up.

Hanru: You’re sweating. I understand exactly how you feel right now. I’ve been through an addiction too. I haven’t really told many people about it though.

Shaun: Did you ever overcome your habit?

Hanru: … It doesn’t matter. You need to focus on yourself and your own methods. There’s always a cure to everything, even insanity. You can’t just stop cold turkey. When you tell yourself you’re going to stop something for good, those demons inside you will only make your urges stronger. Relapsing is a part of healing. But just because you slip up from time to time, doesn’t mean you should feel sorry for yourself and admit you’re weak. That’s gonna lead you to falling right back into your addiction. If you really wanna stop killing, you gonna pace yourself first. Pace your killing. You need to… make a schedule. Cut back on your habit first than slowly over time, go longer and longer periods of time for when you can give into your habit. Now it’s not going to be easy resisting the urges, but do whatever you can to resist. I promise you; eventually over time, your urges will fade away.

Shaun: I try putting my faith in God and it doesn’t work. I stop killing so that way I could follow God and be forgiven, but the urges get to be too overwhelming and I give in to them.

Hanru: Maybe… (Sighs) Maybe you gotta ask yourself why you wanna change for yourself and for the people around you, if you have any. The cure to an addiction starts with admitting you have the addiction and opening up that addiction to other people. You gotta be open with people who aren’t your victims. You gotta be open with other people who you feel need to know your story.

Shaun: It’s getting late. You should head off to bed.

(Hanru pats Shaun’s back twice then walks back inside. As everyone sleeps and Hanru sits in the dark alone. He can’t help but to plainly watch as both Kenneth and Teegan sleep in different beds. Hanru just sits on the floor in a slight state of depression.)

Hanru: (Thinking) How can they do it? How can they just sleep through all of this? I appear to be the only one effected by this situation, but that only leads me to question myself why. I feel myself changing. For better or for worse; the answer remains unknown to me at this time.

TO BE CONTINUED…