BEAUTY AND THE BEAST THE MOST DANGEROUS UNKNOWN SECRET SEASON.VOL 1

𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐘𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐔𝐍𝐊𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐒𝐄𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐓#𝟑

NEW YORK HOSPITAL - ER - DAY
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
A MALE HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR SITS IN FRONT OF A COMPUTER AS ROZONDA AND TIONNE SHOW HIM LISA PHOTO
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
We just want to talk to anyone who knew him well, colleagues, friends...?
Hospital administrator honey, it's a hospital database, not
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
He was a doctor, right?
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
ROZONDA SPOTS AN OLDER NURSE, CLEARLY BEEN VENTING TO ANOTHER RN
𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄
Again with the Jello rationing?
They want budget cuts, they should talk to me
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
WE FOLLOW ROZONDA AS SHE PEELS OFF TOWARDS
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Excuse me
𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄
Intake's down the hall.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
I'm a homicide detective.
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL -
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
ROZONDA and Tionne are in mid-conversation with the nurse
𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄
You see a lot of things in this job,
But that day...
Lopes siblings were in the towers,
She kept waiting for them to be brought in...
Never came to work after that.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Right, she enlisted, but u haven't seen her since?
𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄
For a Detective, u don't know very much.
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
No, we know she's supposedly dead.
𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄
Supposedly? There's a plaque in the
lobby with her name on it.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Do you remember who she hung out with, anyone she might've reached out to?
𝐍𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄
Lopes wasn't exactly social, she was all about the patients.
Wish she were running this place...
But u know, she did have a roommate.
Researcher, always coming down here to get samples.
Haven't seen him since around the time lopes quit.
Kinda doughy, PJ, JD, it was oh yeah I believe it was Tupac or something like that...
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
Rozonda and Tionne share a look -- could this be a lead?
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
You sure this is it?
EXT. ROZONDA CAR/CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE - DAY
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
ROZONDA AND TIONNE PULL UP IN FRONT OF AN ABANDONED INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
If the CHAINLINK FENCE isn't enough to keep you away,
SIGNS warning "BIO-HAZARD" should do it.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
According to IRS, Lopes's former
roommate Tupac Shaku works for Straker Pharmaceutical.
And we know he was a medical researcher, so maybe chemical plants are his thing?
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
THEY GET OUT, HEAD TOWARDS THE DILAPIDATED BUILDING AS...
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
Or it's a meth lab.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
My sister would say he's just my type.
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
A little Ginuwine rebound.
Perfect, u can make out in that.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
TIONNE POINTS TO A BEAT-UP CHEVY IMPALA --
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Unless he's married.
Then you can have him.
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
Very funny, but we broke up. NYPD!
No answer, but it's unlocked.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
They head inside...
ABANDONED CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE - DAY
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
A cavernous, full of rubble and rusting equipment.
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
This is where he lives?
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Hello? Anyone here?!
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
NO RESPONSE.
THEY MOVE THROUGH THE CREEPY SPACE, CLUTTERED WITH BIKES, UMBRELLAS, CONTAINERS OF BASKETBALLS/FOOTBALLS...
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
He needs a new decorator.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
AS ROZONDA SPOTS A STACK OF BOOKS HE SURE LIKES TO READ.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Poetry?
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
A romantic.
The sound of faint R&B music
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Except for his musical taste.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
THEY FOLLOW IT TO A DOOR LABELLED "OFFICE". ROZONDA KNOCKS
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Hello, Mr. Shaku? then, shouts louder
Mr. Shaku, NYPD.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
THE DOOR OPENS SLIGHTLY TO REVEAL A HANDSOME TYPE IN HIS EARLY 30'S,
TUPAC SHAKU PEERS OUT, CLEARLY NOT USED TO VISITORS, LET ALONE COPS.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
TUPAC SHAKU? I'm Detective Thomas, this is Detective Watkins --
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Uh, this isn't about that speeding ticket, is it?
Because I'm gonna pay --
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
No, we're here to talk to u about a former roommate, Lisa Lopes?
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Whoa, haven't heard that name in a while.
It was pretty fuck up u know what happened,
You know, so young.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Look, this may sound odd, but u haven't heard from her recently?
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Like voices or?
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
No, like her.
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Ha! Sounds like u need a new fingerprint smh
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Her prints just showed up at a crime scene.
WAREHOUSE - LIVING SPACE/BEDROOM -
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
UNAWARE OF A WOMAN WHO HIDES BEHIND A DOOR.
EYES PIERCING THROUGH THE LISA LOPES! SHE STOPS, SENSING SOMETHING
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Unless is there any reason Miss. Lopes might want people to think she's dead? Maybe she was in trouble, or --
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
LISA PEEKS OUT AT THE DETECTIVES, HER GAZE LANDS ON ROZONDA.
SHE'S UTTERLY TAKEN BACK
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
She was in Afghanistan, of course, she was in trouble.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
She ever writes to u, indicates some sort of plan?
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
LISA CROSSES TO A DESK COVERED WITH SCIENCE EQUIPMENT, RIFLES THROUGH A DRAWER
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Do you think she faked her death? Lopes was a stand-up woman,
Never broke a rule in her life, including speeding.
But look, I really gotta get to the office.
Still paying off Christmas shopping.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
LISA FINDS WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR
A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
It's September.
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Hey my family is big and crazy around that holiday
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
Handing TUPAC my card
Well, if u think of anything
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
BUT TUPAC HAS ALREADY SHUT THE DOOR ON THEM.
𝐑𝐎𝐙𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐀
That was weird.
𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐍𝐄
Guess no backseat romance for u.
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
ROZONDA SMILES.
THEY HEAD OUT, BUT SHE CAN'T HELP GLANCING BACK, SUSPICIOUS,
HER GUT TELLING HER THERE'S MORE HERE AS...
CHEMICAL WAREHOUSE - Lisa ROOM - DAY
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
TUPAC marches towards a door,
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
YANKS it open, they are gone now
Do you care to tell me what the fuck u did?
𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑
LISA, STUNNED, JUST HANDS THE NEWS PAPER TO TUPAC,
WHO LOOKS AT IT
ANGLE ON A HEADLINE: "
MURDER VICTIM'S DAUGHTER CLAIMS 'BEAST' SAVED HER," WITH A PHOTO OF ROZONDA, 2003.
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Lisa that was her?
𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐀
Slowly nodding my head
𝐓𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐂 𝐒𝐇𝐀𝐊𝐔
Holy shit looking at the newspaper
𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐔𝐄...