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“N I I L O”
EPISODE 1.01 “DEMOLISH” (the PILOT)
WRITTEN BY: GARY BENJAMIN HOLT JR.
(Fade In)
ACT ONE: Scene A
INT. GAS STATION - DAY
It’s a hot summer afternoon. Two “cool” looking convertibles are parked outside a gas station in the middle of a dry, empty road.
One of the convertibles is spray painted bright orange with a fire design going across it. The other convertible is a simple red one.
Several minutes later, the door to the old, dirty gas station opens. Two teenage males walk out. One is a visibly older, very tall, brown skinned African American male, DAVID MURPHY.
The younger second male is STEVEN RAHMAN. He has the same complexion as David. He has his brown dreadlocks stopping a little past his shoulders. His style of clothing is unique and eccentric.
Steven stretches his arms.
STEVEN
(Sarcasm) Well, that was fun.
He looks at David.
STEVEN
Say, David, must you always drag
your stepsister along everywhere
we go? We can live without her
irritating, “look at me, look
at me!” attitude.
David laughs.
DAVID
Sorry Steve, but I have to. My mom
wanted me to introduce her to my
friends so she wouldn’t feel so
alone. When you get to know her
better, Paige isn’t really all
that bad.
STEVEN
I think we all know enough about
her already. She never stops
talking.
Suddenly, two girls walk out the gas station, both the same age, PAIGE SMITH and CHRISTINA (Christy) CHARLES.
Paige is a beauty with the looks of a model. She’s tall, has light skin, with long light brown hair. She’s dressed in tight clothing and long boots.
CHRISTINA is more average looking than Paige. She’s athletic and it shows. She’s dressed in sporty clothes and carries herself in a tough, tomboyish manner.
Paige, as a ditzy valley girl, is carrying a conversation with Christy, who looks uninterested in what Paige is saying. Steven and David look at Paige.
STEVEN
See? Look at her, still talking.
Paige begins giggling like a typical girly schoolgirl to Christy, who’s playing games on her cellular phone while occasionally nodding her head.
David shakes his head. He and Steven take the gas pipe and stick in their cars. The two girls walk to the boys. Paige, wearing “cute” sunglasses, takes out an umbrella to shield herself from the heat.
PAIGE
Oh my God, it’s like, so hot
out here. I feel my face
melting.
Christy begins to look annoyed. She answers Paige in, “a-matter-of-fact” like.
CHRISTY
Well it is ninety degrees out.
Christy walks to Steven.
CHRISTY
Arturo should be out soon. I
guess he’s getting his last
minute shopping done.
PAIGE
That’s his name?
Christy, and Steven look at her. Christy nods.
CHRISTY
Yeah, Arturo Andres Rodriguez.
Paige giggles in an annoying, teeny bopper-ish voice.
PAIGE
He’s hot!
CHRISTY
I’m glad you seem to think so,
but I’m not into the whole long
hair, androgynous look.
PAIGE
Why? You threatened?
Christy rolls her eyes. David quietly chuckles to himself.
Paige then looks at the gas station’s mini-store as Arturo walks out, carrying a bag of Doritos. Paige takes out a blow pop and begins sucking on it in a seductive matter.
PAIGE
All that matters is what’s in
his pants.
David, Steven and Christy look at Paige with a disgusted look on their faces as she giggles.
Arturo is same age as everyone else. He is of Spanish dissent with very long, wavy brown hair. He is a Spanish male and has dark, brown eyes.
Arturo’s style of clothing are long shirts and baggy jeans nearly twice his size. He has a small frame, especially for a male.
Arturo walks to David. He begins to feel uncomfortable as he notices Paige staring at him. After pumping their gases, David and Steven take the gas pipe out of their cars.
DAVID
Is everyone ready?
Steven nods.
STEVEN
Yup.
David hops in his red convertible.
DAVID
Then let’s go!
Christy waves at David and Arturo while winking cutely.
CHRISTY
Byyyye!
Christy gets in the fiery convertible along with Steven. Arturo begins to get in David’s car, however, Paige stands behind him, eyeing him up and down, looking very pleased.
Uncomfortable again, Arturo opens the door and sits in the backseat. Paige perkily walks to the other side of the car and sits in the seat next to Arturo.
They look at each other. Arturo looks somewhat scared, while Paige looks happy.
PAIGE
Hi!
Arturo shyly waves. David and Steven pull out from the gas station and speeds down the long, empty, road.
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ACT ONE: Scene B
EXT. FOOTBALL STADIUM - DAY
Arturo, Paige, David, Steven, and Christy are watching an intense football team from their home state, Delaware, and a team from another state, Maine.
Maine scores a field goal. The audience cheers loudly. Steven shakes his head and David yells in anger.
DAVID
What the hell!? What are they
doing!? At this rate, I’m gonna
lost my fifty bucks!
Christy chuckles.
CHRISTY
So David, when are you gonna
pay me?
Arturo watches the game in slight amusement. Paige looks at him and offers him some of her popcorn. Arturo simply stares at it, not knowing what to do.
PAIGE
Popcorn?
ARTURO
Uh… Sure.
Arturo takes a handful of popcorn and stuffs it in his mouth. Paige giggles.
PAIGE
God. I might as well have
given you the whole bag.
She and Arturo both begin to laugh. Christy looks at the direction of the laughter. She looks a little bothered by it.
The audience cheers loudly again, much louder than before. David moans loudly in anger and hangs his head down in shame.
Christy looks at David and smiles deviously. Angered, David digs in his pocket, takes out the money and slams it in Christy’s hands.
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ACT ONE: Scene C
EXT. ARTURO’S HOUSE - NIGHT
David pulls up in front of Arturo’s house. It’s a simple one-story home surrounded by trees, almost isolated from the rest of the city.
DAVID
Well… Here we are…
ARTURO
Thanks.
Paige looks at Arturo and smiles.
PAIGE
Bye. Maybe we’ll see each other
around. School?
Arturo nods.
ARTURO
Yeah. I guess.
Paige slightly giggles. Arturo gets out of the car and walks to his house. Paige waves as David drives off.
INT. ARTURO’S HOUSE (Living Room) - NIGHT
Arturo walks in his house. He closes the door behind him.
ARTURO
Dad! I’m home!
He doesn’t receive a response.
ARTURO
Dad!
Once again, he doesn’t receive an answer. He slowly begins to walks through the living room.
INT. KITCHEN
Arturo enters the kitchen. A small notepad is lying on the kitchen tape, signed by “Noel”. Arturo rolls his eyes.
ARTURO
Yay. Good news.
Arturo picks up the note and begins reading it. It reads: ‘Arturo, I won’t be home now. Unfortunately, there has been a change of plans. Bible study will be longer than originally planned, so I won’t be home. There are some fish sticks in the freezer. I won’t be home until late, so please fix them yourself. I’m sorry for the inconvenience. Your father, Minister Noel.’
Arturo groans in annoyance.
ARTURO
Just what I wanted to hear.
He sighs and tosses the note back on the table.
INT. ARTURO’S ROOM – NIGHT
Arturo walks in his dark room and shuts the door behind him. He turns on the lights. The sudden brightness of the room causes him to rubs his eyes.
He takes off his shirt hangs it up in his closet. He stretches his arms as he yawns.
He takes off the rest of his clothes and throws them on the floor, too lazy to hang them up. He turns off the lights and goes to bed.
Moments later, sounds are heard coming from outside. Arturo gets up and walks to his window to see what the sounds are.
He opens the window and a confused look strikes across his face.
ARTURO
What the f…?
Countless people are running around, screaming for their lives. It is frighteningly bright outside. Arturo looks at the sky, as the bright light gets even brighter.
He gasps in shock as a gigantic comet surrounded in giant flames slowly makes its way towards his house, destroying everything in sight.
The enormous, immensely bright, fiery comet lands, setting off a huge explosion killing everyone and everything. Arturo closes his eyes and shields them as the explosion makes its way to him.
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ACT ONE: Scene D
INT. ARTURO’S BEDROOM – DAY
Arturo suddenly wakes up, quickly sitting up on the bed’s headboard. He’s sweating and breathing heavily. He begins wiping the sweat off his face with his arms.
He looks around his room. Everything’s intact. He sighs in relief. His door then opens. A dark man, fifty years of age, wearing a typical Minister’s robe, enters the room.
It’s quite obvious he and Arturo aren’t blood related.
ARTURO
Hi… Dad.
Arturo yawns and stretches. The man, NOEL, smiles at him.
NOEL
Good morning, son. Are you
planning sleeping all day?
That’s a good way to keep a
job.
Arturo’s eyes perk up in a fearful shock.
ARTURO
I’m getting fired?
Noel laughs.
NOEL
No, son. I’m just pulling your
leg.
Arturo sighs in relief.
NOEL
But… If you want to get there
on time, I suggest you get up
now. I have to drive over to a
friend’s house for a private
sermon, so you’ll have to walk.
Arturo sighs in disappointment.
ARTURO
Is it ever any different?
NOEL
No, but that’s life.
Noel throws a towel at Arturo’s face and exits the room, closing the door behind him.
INT. CLOTHING STORE – DAY
Arturo, in his black work uniform, is putting new clothes on the rack. Two of his coworkers, a male and a female, are felling all over each other, giggling annoyingly.
Arturo is trying to cover his obvious agitation, but it doesn’t work.
Someone, a mysteriously looking seventeen-year-old girl, enters the store, catching everyone’s attention. The boy and the girl quickly get off each other, smiling nervously.
The girl takes out a comb and begins combing her hair.
FEMALE COWORKER
C-Can we help you?
The mysterious girl has a unique presence and look to her. She’s a pale skinned Caucasian girl, with long, bright blue hair that matches her eye color, eyebrows and colored lips.
She’s dressed in a simple dress and a pair of boots. She’s pretty, but something about her is suspicious. Arturo looks at her as well.
The girl walks to Arturo is. The male and female look at her and quietly laugh amongst themselves, making fun of her.
ALLISON
Slow business today, huh?
ARTURO
Tell me about it.
Allison chuckles.
ALLISON
It’s so boring here. It kinda
makes me miss school.
ARTURO
I don’t think I can agree on
that one.
Allison laughs. She smiles at Arturo.
ALLISON
I’m Cooper----Allison. You?
ARTURO
Arturo.
ALLISON
Rodriguez?
Arturo looks at Allison in slight confusion. He’s alarmed.
ARTURO
How did you know?
Allison smiles and shrugs nonchalantly.
ALLISON
What can I say? I’ve been
around.
Arturo looks at Allison even stranger.
ARTURO
…”Been around”? As in, the store,
right? Not like… You know… “Around”.
Allison walks even closer to Arturo, who appears to be intimidated by her. She looks at with a seductive look in her eye.
ALLISON
Say… I’m going to going, but
here’s my number.
Allison gives Arturo a tiny piece of paper with her number written on it. She winks.
ALLISON
Call me.
ARTURO
Stalk y—Oh, sure. Definitely.
Allison giggles as she exits the store. The male and female coworkers are laughing at Arturo. He turns to them.
MALE COWORKER
“Stalk you”?
ARTURO
Shut up. My mind was… Full.
MALE COWORKER
Right. So, are you gonna call
her?
Arturo looks towards the entrance of the store. He begins shaking his head.
ARTURO
Neh.
FEMALE COWORKER
I wouldn’t either. That girl
screams “psycho”.
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ACT ONE: Scene E
EXT. ARTURO’S HOUSE - NIGHT
Arturo walks to his doorstep of his home and takes out his keys. He begins to open the door until he hears a noise. He looks around his dark neighborhood.
He sees nothing. He shrugs it off and continues to open his door. He now hears another noise.
It’s obviously that he is not the only one there. Someone, or something is there with him… Watching him… He turns around again. He sighs in relief.
ARTURO
Oh, Allison.
Arturo’s suddenly widen in shock.
ARTURO
Allison!?
Allison smiles.
ALLISON
What’s wrong? Weren’t expecting
company?
Arturo laughs at his own stupidity.
ARTURO
Sorry. No, I wasn’t. Or at
least not this late.
Allison smiles deviously.
ALLISON
You’re wondering how I found
your address.
ARTURO
Basically.
Allison moves closer to Arturo, freaking him out. Deviousness and sadist suddenly appears on her face. She glares at Arturo straight in his eyes.
ALLISON
I waited until you were released
from work, and I followed you
home, waiting for the right time
to…