INT. BUHIGH PRISON.
-The Cell doors open.
"Dante and others are about to leave their Cell."
"Gerald and some men walk into their cell."
GERALD
Where is he?
DANTE
Where is who?
GERALD
Don't answer my questions with questions.
JUDE
You leave us with no choice when you are the ones asking weird questions.
GERALD
(Pins Dante to the wall and places a knife on his throat.)
Where is Efe?
MOHAMMED
Hey, man, what are you doing?
(Attempts to interfere)
"The men in the room stop him."
DANTE
I don't know!
GERALD
Don't fu*cking lie to me.
He can't just disappear.
DANTE
I told you already.
I don't know where he is!
GERALD
You know he cannot escape this, and you are only delaying the inevitable.
JUDE
You have a knife to his throat; don't you think we would tell you if we knew anything about his whereabouts?
GERALD
(Turns to Jude)
Then explain to me where the Fu*k he is?
MOHAMMED
We do not know!
And killing us won't make him magically appear.
GERALD
(Let's go of Dante.)
I know you are hiding him, and when I have proof of that, I will be back to slice all your throats.
(Walks out of the Cell alongside others.)
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EXT. ROAD.
"Zino grows impatient."
ZINO
Ella!
I asked you a question.
Which of the boys did this to my brother?
ELLA
(Sighs)
I'm sorry.
I think this is a mistake
(Turns to leave.)
ZINO
(Pulls Ella by the arm, pins her to the side glass of her car and points her gun at her)
Not so fast.
Make this easy for both of us.
I am only going to ask one more time: which of them is behind this?
ELLA
This is not necessary.
ZINO
By the time I count to number three, I swear to God I will blow your brain.
ELLA
Don't you understand? This person is my friend too.
I can't do this.
ZINO
One.
ELLA
Please try to understand that I don't want to get caught up in the middle of this.
ZINO
Two
(Places the gun on Ella's forehead)
ELLA
(Feels the cold sensation coming from the metal mouth of the gun.)
Fine, I will tell you.
ZINO
Three!
ELLA
Cheta!
I think he was the one.
ZINO
You think, or you know?
ELLA
He did it.
ZINO
(Let's go of Ella, but still keep the gun on her forehead.)
What's your proof?
ELLA
This.
(Plays the tape she recorded on her phone.)
ZINO
(Takes the phone and listens to the tape.)
When was this recorded?
(Takes her gun away from Ella's head.)
ELLA
A week ago
ZINO
Alright.
(Turns to leave)
ELLA
So, what are you going to do?
ZINO
(Turns back to Ella)
Precisely what I should have done if you had come to me earlier enough.
(Turns to leave.)
ELLA
Please, don't kill him. You promised not to remember.
ZINO
(Turns to Ella)
I will do my best to keep that promise.
ELLA
Don't you need the recording as proof?
ZINO
No, I don't.
ELLA
So, how do you intend to make him confess to it?
ZINO
I have my ways.
(Walks into her car and drives away.)
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EXT. THE AZUKA'S HOUSEHOLD.
"Ngozi Knocks on the door."
NGOZI
Seems nobody is home.
(Pulls out her key from her bag and opens the door.)
FRANK
Alright, I guess I will see you in school tomorrow.
NGOZI
Or you could come in.
FRANK
Are you sure?
NGOZI
Don't act like you don't want to grab me right now.
(Takes a few steps into the building.)
FRANK
Someone has been reading my mind.
(Walks into the house and closes the door behind him.)
"Frank slowly wraps his hands around Ngozi's waist and begins to kiss her slowly. Ngozi pushes him to the couch and sits on his laps."
NGOZI
What have you done to me, Frank?
FRANK
I wish I had an answer to the question you are asking.
NGOZI
I can't even get you off my mind.
Every time I shut my eyes, I see your hands all over my body.
FRANK
That is because you belong to me now.
NGOZI
And you belong to me, too.
(Drops her lips on his.)
"Frank slowly unbuttons her top and reaches for her boobs."
FRANK
(Gaze at the light brown nipples)
Your nipples!
NGOZI
What about them?
FRANK
They are one of a kind.
NGOZI
You are only saying that because you are with me.
FRANK
No, I mean it.
(Slowly kisses them)
They are tender!
(drop his wet tongue on the left nipple.)
NGOZI
Frank!
(Moans)
FRANK
They are so warm and beautiful
(Switches to the right as he simultaneously stimulates the left nipple with his fingers.)
NGOZI
Frank, you are killing me.
Please don't stop.
(Pulls his head closer to her chest.)
"Someone approaches the door entrance door."
FRANK
What's that?
NGOZI
(Catches a glimpse of a human figure through the window.)
Someone is coming.
(Quickly gets up from Frank)
FRANK
Shit, we forgot to lock the door.
(Picks up his bag)
NGOZI
What do we do?
(buttons up)
FRANK
Let's hide in your room.
NGOZI
(Hears the door open)
It's too late!
"Frank hides behind one of the couch."
"Cheta walks in."
NGOZI
Hey.
CHETA
Hey!
NGOZI
Good Afternoon.
CHETA
Good Afternoon.
Are you okay?
NGOZI
Yeah, I'm fine.
Why wouldn't I be?
CHETA
I don't know, you look tense.
(Sights Franka leg behind the couch)
YOU ARE READING
Behind Bars
Teen Fiction"Behind Bars" is a screenplay that tells the story of Efe a 19-year-old genius who was framed for a drug-related crime while on his way to pursue a better life abroad. Efe is sentenced to prison, plunging him into a world of despair and misery. The...
