EXT.
DIMLY LIT STREET - NIGHT
A long shot of a dark, empty street, lit by a single
streetlamp. A man, wearing a dark blue hoodie, loiters in the
area. No one's around.
ZAFAR (V.O)
(calm, chilling)
They took my eyes, but they didn't
take my vision. They think I don't
see... but I do. I see everything in
ways they didn't even imagine.
CLOSE UP on his anxious face. He leans against the wall,
rubbing his face, stressed.
ZAFAR (V.O)
(muttering to himself)
I can do this... This is it. Nothing
to lose.
He looks up at the sky. His hands shake. CLOSE UPS of his
hands and legs.
ZAFAR
(pauses, breathing heavy)
It has to be done.
He pulls out a burner phone. His fingers dial, but his eyes
don't focus on the phone. They wander. The clicks of the
buttons are louder than normal. He exhales deeply.
INT. ALIYA'S HOUSE - KITCHEN - NIGHT
The kitchen is soft, pastel, and light-everything clean and
neat. Aliya is listening to loud rock music on her
headphones, she seems unbothered. She removes the headphones,
setting them aside on the kitchen counter. There is no more
music.
Aliya makes a strawberry jam sandwich. She seems calm, almost
detached. The TV murmurs in the background, talking about ex-
gang members found dead. She seems unfazed by it.
TV NEWS ANCHOR (V.O.)
(reporting)
Authorities are investigating the
suspicious deaths of several ex-gang
members, believed to be targeted
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because of their criminal pasts. No
suspects have been identified, and
investigators urge anyone with
information to come forward.
She spreads jam on the bread with a sharp knife. The camera
moves between MID SHOTS, CLOSE-UPS, and OBLIQUE ANGLES. Aliya
licks jam from her fingers, messily, unbothered. A bit of jam
on the counter, crumbs scattered.
Her phone RINGS, startling her for a moment. It's a cheerful
ringtone.
CLOSE UP on the clock: 1:11 PM as she glances towards it. She
pauses, concerned.
INT. ALLYA'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - NIGHT
Takes the sandwich, no plate, and sets it on the table
infront of the TV, nonchalantly.
CLOSE UP of her hand grabbing the remote, changing the
channel to a murder thriller-Betrayal.
PHONE RING CONTINUES.
Aliya picks up, sees "UNKNOWN NUMBER." She answers without
speaking.
EXT. DIMLY LIT STREET - NIGHT
CLOSE UP on the Zafar's mouth as he speaks, calm yet
threatening.
ZAFAR
(coldly)
I wonder how you sleep at night. I
wonder how you've hidden for so long.
I know you know me, and I know you -
pause - I know what you've done.
As he speaks, he pulls out a pair of glasses from his hoodie
pocket, putting them on. CLOSE UP on his hands, then CLOSE UP
on the walking cane leaning against the wall beside him.
ZAFAR
(calm but threatening)
You've made a mistake, Aliya. A
terrible mistake.
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INT. ALIYA'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM- NIGHT
CLOSE UP on Aliya as she smirks, her face relaxed. She wipes
jam off her face with her hand and grabs the knife down
covered in jam residue.
ALIYA
(casually, into the phone)
She leans back on the sofa she's sitting on and sighs.
EXT. DIMLY LIT STREET - NIGHT
CLOSE UP on the Zafar's feet as they step forward. The
walking cane taps the pavement. CAMERA PANS UP as he walks.
His fingers trace the wall as he paces. He mutters under his
breath.
ZAFAR
(calmly, to himself)
I'm coming.
He throws the phone on the ground, hard. CLOSE UP on the
phone smashing against the ground. The camera rises to reveal
his face as he pulls the hoodie off, revealing a blind man
with nothing to lose.
INT. ALIYA'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Aliya finishes her sandwich, licking the knife clean. She
hears the doorbell. She looks towards the door, expecting the
sound.
She takes the knife behind her back, calmly walks towards the
door. CLOSE UP on her hand gripping the handle, the knife
held tightly in the other hand.
EXT. ALIYA'S HOUSE - NIGHT
The man stands outside the door, hands in his pockets. A
CLOSE UP reveals a knife, hidden behind his back.
INT. ALIYA'S HOUSE - NIGHT
Aliya opens the door. We get a HIGH ANGLE SHOT from over her
shoulder. The door creaks open.
EXT. ALIYA'S HOUSE - NIGHT
A CLOSE UP on the PIZZA GUY, smiling, holding a pizza box.
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PIZZA GUY
Are you Aliya?
The camera cuts to black, followed by a scream in the
distance.
A knife clatters to the floor, blood splattering around it.
FADE
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