Team Leader – 30+ years-old – Any Race – Team Leader oversees the Swat Team operation. They are a disembodied voice. If possible, they should sound as if they a speaking through the radio.
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Synopsis:
Five criminals come together, for the first time, to celebrate their latest heist. Coordinated by the mysterious Azeban, these criminals share their individual stories about how they were recruited and what they were tasked to do. Unbeknownst to the group a Special Forces Unit looks on and patiently waits for the orchestrator, Azeban, to arrive. When will Azeban appear, or has he already?
Setting:
- An apartment overlooking the Merrimack River in Manchester, NH
Themes:
- Redemption of ones Actions
- The mystery of Azeban
- Perceptions vs Reality
Cast of Characters: 2 Females, 3 Males, 3 Any Gender
ArchAngel – 28+ years-old – Any Race – ArchAngel is a sniper who lays in the audience and communicates with Team Leader. They have a lot of experience as a sniper, which means they have spent a lot of time being alone and controlling the situation on their own. They have issues with not knowing the full scenario of any situation.
Azeban – Any Age – Any Race – Azeban is a mysterious figure who is always masked and always speaks with a disguised, modulated voice. ArchAngel and Team Leader are trying to determine who Azeban is so they can arrest them.
David Andwar – 35 to 45 year-old – Native American – David Andwar is a meticulous planner. He makes his living as a thief and master criminal. He doesn’t drink alcohol or dull his senses in any way. He is always calm and collected in any situation. His light skin makes people think he is Italian more than Native American.
Charlie Xavier – 45 to 50 year-old – Caucasian – Charlie is a hacker. Charlie has lived as many different people in his lifetime, starting with Charles Chapman. He hacked noble institutions to fill his pockets because their systems were easy to infiltrate. Charlie hates modern hackers because they don’t have the skills he believes hackers should have. He is a little maniacal and frantic.
Megan Simmons – 28 to 33 year-old – Caucasian – Megan is a private investigator. She is great at her job, so much so, that not only does she get the job done, but she blackmails different parties to fatten her wallet. She has a brother she committed to the NH psychiatric hospital so he wouldn’t compete with her business. She is calm and collected but gets swept up in the situation easily.
Amita Shaan – 30 to 35 year-old – Indian American – Amita is a demolition expert. Her parents, immigrants from Arga, India, wanted her to grow up American and never told her about their homeland. Amita, not wanting to be siloed into conventional female roles, became a demolitions expert because it was unexpected for a woman to dominate the field.
Colby Lake – 28 to 35 year-old – Caucasian – Colby is a corporate lawyer who has spent his life finding loopholes in the legal system to the advantage of himself and his clients. His unscrupulous nature makes him perfect for crime because not only does he protect himself but makes sure his clients are protected from every angle as well.
Inspiration:
This was inspired by a writing prompt to create a script that included a group of individuals talking at the same time.
Excerpt:
DAVID
My story’s very much like yours. Azeban reached out in way that made me believe the existence. I followed the rules … and now we’re here celebrating.
My story’s very much like yours. Azeban reached out in way that made me believe the existence. I followed the rules … and now we’re here celebrating.
AMITA
That’s rather evasive, David.
MEGAN
(typing on her phone)
Give me a second. I’ll find something.
ARCHANGEL
Do we have eyes on that phone, Team Leader?
TEAM LEADER (O.S.)
That’s not the phone we bugged, ArchAngel.
(to someone else)
Where did that phone come from?
CHARLIE
(pointing at MEGAN’s phone)
What is that? I’ve never seen a phone like that.
MEGAN
I got it from David. Didn’t you get a phone with your instructions?
CHARLIE
Nope.
CHARLIE pulls out a USB drive.
CHARLIE
I got this USB drive. It contains a key that unlocks any security system. It’s amazing.
MEGAN
Interesting.
(looking at the phone)
This says David here is a thief. He’s stolen over half a billion in art.
DAVID
I’ve done well for myself.
MEGAN
It appears you like to steal artifacts as well. Iraq, Egypt, China.
(questioning)
You stole the remains of an Iroquois War Chief?
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DAVID
Not quite. First, Iroquois is a french term. Indigenous people call themselves Haudenosaunee. Second, The Haudenosaunee are made up of six nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora. Third, The leaders of the nations were “Sachems” not War Chiefs. Lastly, I stole the remains of a Oneida Clan Mother from a collector who thought it was a good idea to display her as a trophy instead of letting her ancestors give her a proper internment. Yeah, I’ve stolen a lot of antiquities from museums and collectors. And I’ve done well for myself in doing so. But I have too much respect for history and those who sacrificed to let disrespectful individuals mistreat our important heritages.
CHARLIE
You’re incredibly secretive, David. I had trouble finding things about you. I knew about the Native remains, but that’s really all I could find out about you. That’s some good sleuthing, Megan.
MEGAN
It’s this phone. It has a search tool that gives me access to so much information.
CHARLIE
Wait a second.
CHARLIE takes the phone away from MEGAN and looks at it.
CHARLIE
This is my program. This was one of the first tools I ever wrote. It accesses most of the United States alphabet agencies: FBI, CIA, NSA and several others.
COLBY
Does it search Interpol and MI6?
CHARLIE
Mine didn’t, but this one does. This program taps into Mossad, China’s Ministry of State Security, The Bunder … The Bund …
COLBY
The Bundesnachrichtendienst in Germany?
CHARLIE
Yeah. How did you know?
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COLBY
I was told to submit a patent request today for the search engine you’re talking about. It sounded far fetched. The technical ability you would need to gain access to those systems is completely unfathomable. The best hacker’s in the world couldn’t get access to all of that level of information.
I was told to submit a patent request today for the search engine you’re talking about. It sounded far fetched. The technical ability you would need to gain access to those systems is completely unfathomable. The best hacker’s in the world couldn’t get access to all of that level of information.
MEGAN
Did you submit the patent?
COLBY
No. The last thing I wanted to do was bring unwanted suspicion to our group. I figured I would wait a couple of days if not weeks.
DAVID
That’s smart. Do you still have the application?
COLBY gets his briefcase and opens it. COLBY pulls out a folder, places it on the table and opens it.
COLBY
Here you go.
CHARLIE, MEGAN, and AMITA look over the folder. DAVID is waiting patiently for their reactions.
CHARLIE
(reading the file)
This is my program amped up to 11.
MEGAN
The applicant for this patent is
(pronouncing slowly)
W’skinnos Aligw8zik. (Woh.skeh.nohs Ah.leh.gwo.zehk)
AMITA
That’s made up.
COLBY
This from the girl named, Amita.
MEGAN
Hold on, guys. I’m running it through the search engine.
(a beat)
It says they’re Abenaki (aa.bah.naa.key) words.
DAVID
It’s pronounced Ah-ben-ah-key.
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