INT. BUHIGH PRISON, CELL.
"Dante paces around the room."
EFE
I thought I was the one who should be worried.
DANTE
I am responsible for you here. Do you get that?
If anything happens to you, I am a dead man.
EFE
Nothing is going to happen to me.
There is no way Shagba will allow Big Shark to harm me.
JUDE
Don't be so certain about that. With that look on Big Shark today, bro, you should expect anything!
I have never seen that level of rage
EFE
Which is normal; I humiliated him.
DANTE
More reasons why we should plan a way to keep you safe.
Maybe you should go to Shagba and ask for his protection.
EFE
That will make me look weak.
Shagba hates weakness; I am a member of the Cartel now; I should be able to handle minor issues with a fellow cartel member.
MOHAMMED
So, what do we do?
EFE
Nothing!
By the way, I need a recorder.
DANTE
Recorder?
EFE
Yes, like a digital recorder.
DANTE
What do you need a recorder for?
How would a recorder help you stay off Big Shark Raider?
EFE
It wouldn't.
I need it for something else.
MOHAMMED
I know a guy.
EFE
(Turns to Mohammed)
Can we borrow it?
MOHAMMED
I don't know, maybe.
EFE
Do everything you can to get it!
MOHAMMED
Okay, but why?
You still haven't told us why you need a recorder.
EFE
It will help me in my first attempt at the prototype.
JUDE
How?
EFE
The safe!
DANTE
What about the safe?
EFE
(Smiles)
I have a plan.
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EXT. LAGOS.
"Zino approaches a private residence alongside others."
ELLA
So, what now?
ZINO
(Opens the door to the house.)
We get to her before it's too late.
"They all go into the house."
ELLA
(Pulls her laptop from her bag and place it on the table.)
Okay, she's still at her location.
ZINO
(Assemble some of her guns)
Perfect.
We move at sunrise.
ELLA
Why not now?
Let's just get this over with.
Besides, it's dark; she won't see us coming.
ZINO
It's standard procedure that security at night is double the usual during the day, so it will be more difficult to get to her.
ELLA
But you heard her phone call with Von; his boys will be coming to pick her up in the morning. Wouldn't it make it more difficult to get to her?
ZINO
No, it wouldn't
ZARA
Actually, it will do the opposite for us.
(Assembles a sniper in front of her.)
ELLA
(Turns to Zara)
How?
I don't get it.
ZINO
If we go after her now, we will have to go inside the building to get her, which would be nearly impossible because of the tight security.
ZINO
But when Von's boys come for her in the morning, we will be waiting for them outside.
(Bits on the apple in her hands)
ZINO
Easy and stress-free.
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INT. VERA'S RESIDENCE.
" Tracy, rushes out of her room."
VERA
(Turns to Tracy)
Did you dress your bed?
TRACY
No!
(The six-year-old rushes back to her room to dress her bed.)
"Vera's phone rings."
VERA
(Picks up the phone)
Hey.
How are you?
"Hear's footstep from the sitting room."
VERA
Give me a minute; I will call you back.
(She hangs up the phone, slowly reaches for the gun in her drawers, and slowly moves towards the sitting room.)
MAN
Ma'am!
VERA
(Sighs in relief as she recognizes one of Von's boys)
You guys scared me.
MAN
I'm sorry, Ma'am.
We are here to escort you to the airport.
VERA
Okay.
We are ready; Tracy is just dressing her bed.
Give me a minute, let me get her, and then we can go.
(Walks towards Tracy's room.)
MAN
Okay, Ma'am.
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EXT. OPPOSITE VERA'S RESIDENCE.
"Zara touches the ear phone on her right ear."
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