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FADE IN.
INT. CLINIC - WAITING ROOM - DAY
The waiting room is small with only a dozen or so chairs.
Several PREGNANT GIRLS, all of them very young, are waiting
to be seen by someone. A couple of the girls have their
PARENTS with them.
A nurse comes out of a door from the back.
NURSE
Isadora Reyes?
ISADORA REYES, a young Hispanic girl with a slightly bulging
stomach, gets up and waddles over to the nurse, followed by
her PARENTS. Her eyes are low. She doesn't want to be here.
NURSE
Follow me, please.
They disappear back inside the door.
INT. CLINIC - HALLWAY - NEXT
The nurse moves in a very business like manner, leading
Isadora and her parents to a waiting room.
NURSE
The doctor will be in to see you
soon.
INT. CLINIC - EXAMINATION ROOM - NEXT
Isadora heaves herself up on the bed. She swings her leg back
and forth and fidgets with her fingers.
Her father takes her hand in his and kisses her forehead.
INT. CLINIC - BATHROOM - NEXT
A DOCTOR in a shirt and tie with a white overcoat whistles
while he pisses into a urinal.
TILT UP to the small window above his head.
A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL (glass bottle with a flaming rag) crashes
through the window and smashes against the wall opposite the
doctor.
The sink counter lights up in seconds. The doctor yelps in
fright and runs out of the bathroom. Urine from his penis
sprays down his pants as he struggles to put it away.
INT. CLINIC - EXAMINATION ROOM - NEXT
Another Molotov is thrown into the window next to Isadora.
She and her parents screams and tries to run, but a MASKED
MAN bursts through the window and tackles Isadora to the
ground.
Her parents jump on the masked man and are SHOT from behind
by another masked man standing outside the window.
The first man puts a damp cloth over Isadora's mouth and
she's out in mere seconds. He scoops her up in his arms and
hands her to another masked man standing outside the window.
Then he barricades the door with the bed and makes his
escape.
INT. CLINIC - WAITING ROOM - NEXT
More Molotovs are thrown into the windows. The waiting girls
and parents scream and run for the exits.
Large MOVING TRUCKS pull up to the windows, blocking them
off.
The terrified victims try to open the doors but they won't
budge.
EXT. CLINIC - DAY
All of the doors are CHAINED and PADLOCKED.
INT. CLINIC - WAITING ROOM - NEXT
The victims start coughing as the smoke from the fire invades
their lungs.
The smoke fills the screen, blocking all of them from view.
INT. MELKITE CATHOLIC CHURCH - MAIN CATHEDRAL - DAY
SALOME leads ANALECIA LITTLE, a visibly pregnant black girl
about her age, down the aisle.
BISHOP is leading a small group in prayer.
BISHOP
Amen.
GROUP
(collectively)
Amen.
The parishioners start to get up and collect their
belongings.
BISHOP
Next week, we'll start on
Leviticus. Have a good evening,
everyone.
The group disperses for the exits.
BISHOP
(nodding to Salome)
Who's this?
SALOME
This is Analecia Little, my friend
I was telling you about.
Bishop smiles to Analecia, who flinches and looks away.
BISHOP
Shall we talk in my office?
ANALECIA
(dismissive)
Yeah, sure. Whatever.
INT. MELKITE CATHOLIC CHURCH - BISHOP'S OFFICE - NEXT
PAN AROUND the office. The walls are decorated with crosses
and paintings of religious figures (the Virgin Mary, angels,
etc).
Salome holds the door open for Bishop and Analecia to enter
ahead of her.
Bishop positions himself behind his desk. Salome and Analecia
sit down in chairs on the other side of it.
BISHOP
Miss Little, I can tell you don't
particularly want to be here, so
I'll skip my usual anecdotes and
analogies.
ANALECIA
Okay.
BISHOP
Why do you want an abortion?
Analecia scoffs and laughs to herself.
ANALECIA
You serious?
Bishop leans forward and interlaces his fingers in front of
his face.
BISHOP
Very.
ANALECIA
That punk ass nigga that knocked me
up ain't trying to have nuttin' to
do wit' me. My momma don't wanna
hear nothing about me keeping this
baby. What else can I do?
BISHOP
Do you want the baby?
Analecia smacks her lips and crosses her arms. She looks out
the window.
ANALECIA
Ain't about what I want.
BISHOP
It's always about what you want.
Analecia doesn't answer. Bishop turns to Salome.
BISHOP
Salome, can you get us some water?
Salome nods and leaves, pausing to give Analecia's shoulder a
squeeze. She doesn't completely shut the door behind her.
BISHOP
Analecia, do you want to have this
baby?
Analecia sniffs and turns her head back to Bishop.
ANALECIA
Yeah.
(gulps)
Like I said tho, my momma ain't
gonna let me. I'm a minor, so it
ain't really my decision.
BISHOP
She can't force you to have an
abortion, Analecia.
ANALECIA
Might as well. Talking 'bout she
gonna put me out if I don't.
BISHOP
Has she always felt like this? I
ask because judging by your
appearance, you've only got a
couple of weeks before you can't
legally abort the fetus.
Analecia uncrosses her arms and sighs. Bishop tilts his head
to the side, trying to read her.
ANALECIA
Salome said you was on the level.
You for real? This stays between
us?
BISHOP
Yes.
Analecia shifts in her chair again and clears her throat.
ANALECIA
Aight, well, the baby's daddy is my
daddy. My stepdad.
Bishop somehow keeps his reaction subdued, only bringing his
head up straight again.
BISHOP
Oh.
ANALECIA
Yeah. Momma was all gung ho about
being a grandma 'til she found out.
Already threw his broke ass out and
he ain't been returning my calls.
They still fucking though. She just
trying to put up a front like she's
still mad at him. She blames me
though. I can tell.
BISHOP
I see.
Analecia's eyes start to water up.
Salome peeks her head inside the door. Bishop subtly waves
her off. Salome nods and disappears.
Analecia runs her hands over her stomach.
ANALECIA
(choking up)
I might not ever get a chance to
have another baby. Why she wanna
make me get rid of it?
Bishop wheels himself around the desk to Analecia's chair.
BISHOP
What if I talked to your mother for
you?
ANALECIA
She ain't gonna listen. She's too
pissed at him to care about me.
BISHOP
Let me try. I didn't get to use any
of my clever anecdotes and
analogies with you and I've got
some new ones I'm itching to try
out.
Analecia half coughs, half laughs and SNIFFLES.
Bishop smoothly pulls a tissue from a box on the desk without
looking at it and hands it to her.
BISHOP
Okay?
ANALECIA
(nodding)
Okay.
Bishop takes her hands in his own.
INT. PROJECT HAVEN - KITCHEN - DAY
TANYA, wearing workout shorts and a sweat stained tanktop,
gets two bottle waters from the fridge.
ROX is sitting at a nearby table with her feet propped up in
another chair. She has a bag of ice on her shoulder.
Tanya tosses Rox a bottle that she ungracefully drops,
earning a snort of laughter from Tanya.
BEKAH comes in, carrying a suitcase.
ROX
(grinning)
Bekah!
Tanya's face lights up when she notices Bekah's entrance.
TANYA
(smiles)
Hey, Jiggles! Welcome back!
They swap kisses on the cheek.
BEKAH
Were you good little boys and girls
while I was gone?
Tanya circles an invisible halo over her head, then cups her
hands together and looks up to the sky. Bekah smirks in
response.
BEKAH
Saw the news about those kiddie
slavers. Pretty creative way to
deal with 'em.
ROX
Cops already had a list of all
their clients. I think it was
something like fifty people that
got arrested?
TANYA
Yeah, 'Kesh and Priest got a little
personal with the whole thing.
'Kesh has been hibernating in his
cave ever since.
ROX
Priest went upstate for the weekend
to see his Grams and clear his
head. He left this morning.
TANYA
(snorts; to Rox)
My ass he's clearing his head.
(to Bekah)
He's ducking Daddy Dearest 'cause
the old man was heated about the
corpses Priest left on some
pedophiles' lawn.
Bekah sits her suitcase down and opens the fridge.
A moment later, she double takes and looks back to Tanya.
TANYA
So how was your trip?
Bekah glances to Rox. Tanya notices the looks.
TANYA
What?
LOKESH (O.S.)
Hey.
Bekah and Tanya turn around to see an unshaven LOKESH
standing at the entrance to the kitchen.
TANYA
Hey, the hermit emerges.
LOKESH
Saw something on the news I think
you all need to see.
Bekah pulls out a tub of ice cream from the fridge.
INT. PROJECT HAVEN - CONTROL ROOM - NEXT
Lokesh leads Tanya and Bekah into the control room. Bekah is
spooning ice cream from the tub.
SAGE is asleep at the console.
Lokesh KICKS the chair to wake him up.
SAGE
(frantic; caught)
Oh, hey guys. I was just backing up-
LOKESH
Shut up and turn on the news.
Sage changes the main monitor to the news where SUMMER DE
ZAVALA is in the middle of a report.
TANYA
God, she is so fucking fine.
Everyone gives her a look.
TANYA
She is.
A picture of Isadora Reyes appears in the upper right corner
of the screen.
SUMMER
Reyes's body was found mutilated in
an alley several blocks from the
site of the fire.
Lokesh presses a button on the console and the report mutes.
SAGE
What's that about?
LOKESH
An abortion clinic got torched this
morning. Doors and windows were
blocked. No survivors.
BEKAH
Dang. And the girl?
LOKESH
Apparently, she was there. Her
parents were found extra crispy in
one of the exam rooms. She gets
dropped in an alley three blocks
away, but that's not all of it.
Salome comes into the room at this point.
LOKESH
The girl was pregnant. The fetus
was cut out of her stomach. She
bled out right there in the alley.
ROX
Oh, Jesus.
SALOME
(disgusted)
They cut the fetus out?
All heads turns to Salome. Tanya's eyes widen.
TANYA
Hey, Brat. I don't-
SALOME
We're going after these assholes,
right?
(beat; emphatic)
Right?
Tanya and Bekah share an uncomfortable look.
INT. BISHOP'S QUARTERS - LIVING ROOM - DAY
Tanya, Rox, Salome, and Bekah stand in a semi-circle around
Bishop.
Lokesh is sitting on Bishop's couch in the background.
BISHOP
Alright. Sage, let's get all the
police intel and work from there.
Sage gently grabs Rox's arm and pulls her towards the exit.
SAGE
Come on, Foxy Roxy, you need the
practice.
ROX
Never call me that again.
SAGE
How about Fox-anne? That's sassy.
Once they're gone:
BISHOP
Bekah, with Priest out of town, I
want you running the show.
BEKAH
(smiles)
I haven't even unpacked.
She leaves. Tanya crosses her arms and sighs.
BISHOP
What is it? If you're upset I'm not
giving you a shot at running the
team-
TANYA
No, that ain't it.
(beat)
I don't think the brat needs to be
involved with this. We just went
through this personal attachment
problem with Priest.
RACK FOCUS to Lokesh.
LOKESH
Hey, I'm sitting right here.
BACK TO Tanya and Bishop.
BISHOP
And we don't need a repeat, I
agree. I'm not pulling her off, but
we'll keep a tight leash.
TANYA
(not agreeing)
Alright.
(beat; smirks)
And yeah, you should've given me a
shot.
She lightly slaps Bishop on his shoulder and leaves.
Bishop clears his throat and turns his chair to face Lokesh.
BISHOP
You're still here.
LOKESH
I know that look. You were gonna
ask me to stay. Didn't see the
point in trying to leave.
BISHOP
Lokesh, understand that-
Lokesh stands up and puts his hands up to stop Bishop from
talking.
LOKESH
I understand fine. You wanted to
lynch those dicks and thought I
wouldn't go for it.
BISHOP
You didn't go for it. You stormed
in when it was all over ready to
bite my head off.
Lokesh bites his bottom lip and looks away.
BISHOP
Ms. Asher was kind enough to send
over the exam results on Gehenna's
warden. She said from his injuries,
she wouldn't be surprised if the
Warden had put the gun in his mouth
himself and blew his brains out to
end the pain.
LOKESH
That's not how it happened.
(beat)
While we were talking, a news
report came on about the mob.
BISHOP
Before or after the pummeling?
Lokesh is silent. He plops back down on the couch.
LOKESH
We're not cops, Bishop. I can't
turn it on and off like that. Not
like you can.
BISHOP
I wasn't always able to.
LOKESH
What changed?
BISHOP
I got old.
A beat.
LOKESH
So why'd you even send me to the
Warden in the first place? Why the
games? Could've just called me in.
BISHOP
Just because I'm not happy with
what you did doesn't mean I wasn't
expecting it.
Lokesh's agitation fades, leaving a look of shock on his
face.
LOKESH
You... turned me loose on him? On
purpose?
BISHOP
I saw an opportunity.
LOKESH
Opportunity for what?
BISHOP
Which felt better, the beating or
the kill shot?
Lokesh starts to answer, but thinks better of it. He sighs
and closes his eyes. Leans his head back.
BISHOP
You each need to learn where your
limits are. The only way to do that
is to go past those limits and
realize that you did.
Lokesh opens his eyes and nods.
LOKESH
Yeah. I got it.
BISHOP
Good because this is the only time
we'll have this conversation.
Believe it or not, I'd like to
retire one day.
LOKESH
Yes, sir.
Lokesh gets up and leaves. Bishop doesn't watch him go.
INT. PROJECT HAVEN - CONTROL ROOM - DAY
Sage is standing over Rox, who is working on the console.
Bekah comes in, now wearing her Preacher suit, sans mask.
BEKAH
Anything?
SAGE
Cops haven't entered any reports,
so nothing to pull there yet.
Rox turns around to face Bekah.
ROX
Maybe we could start with the local
embryo coddlers and go from there?
Bekah pauses and glances at Rox. She raises an eyebrow.
SAGE
(shrugs)
She's a fast learner.
BEKAH
(smirks)
Okay.
Well, it's a good a place as any.
Sage, suit up.
(to Rox)
Can you get us a list of all the
local pro-life groups, sugar?
ROX
(turning around)
Sure.
BEKAH
Let's make it happen then.
Bekah winks and leaves. Rox and Sage turns back to the
console.
SAGE
It's nice having her in charge.
Much less yelling.
ROX
(grins)
Get going. I'll get a list
together. I'll just cross check-
(pauses; blinks)
Holy shit.
SAGE
What?
Rox turns to look at Sage.
ROX
When did I start going geek?
SAGE
Been years since you were totally
sober, right? Maybe you've always
been a nerd.
Sage ruffles Rox's hair and heads for the exit.
ROX
(under her breath)
Asshole.
INT. SALOME'S QUARTERS - BEDROOM - DAY
Off screen, a toilet flushes.
Salome, fully suited up now, comes in and picks her phone up
from the bed. She frowns and makes a call.
AUTOMATED LINE (V.O.)
(via speakerphone)
You have one new message.
The phone BEEPS.
ANALECIA (O.S.)
(prerecorded; solemn)
Hey, Lunch Meat, it's Lecia. I
asked Momma to come in and talk to
the good Reverend. She came back
with an appointment to give my kid
the needle.
Salome's face tightens and she sits down on the bed.
SALOME
Shit.
ANALECIA (O.S.)
Set it up a few days ago. I'm at
the clinic over on Euclid in the
bathroom. Just wanted to say I
'preciate you tryin' to help. Guess
it wasn't meant to go my way.
INT. MELKITE CATHOLIC CHURCH - BISHOP'S OFFICE - DAY
Bishop turns a few pages in a Bible and makes a few notes.
There's a knock at the door.
BISHOP
Come in.
Salome walks in. Bishop frowns instantly.
BISHOP
What have I told you about being up
here dressed out?
Salome puts her hands up defensively.
SALOME
I snuck up the back stairs. Nobody
saw me.
BISHOP
(stern)
What do you want?
SALOME
Analecia left me a voicemail about
an hour ago. Her mom dragged her to
an abortion clinic.
Bishop bows his head and sighs.
SALOME
Yeah.
BISHOP
I'm sorry.
SALOME
Me too.
Bishop's intercom BEEPS. He presses the speaker button.
BISHOP
Yes?
ROX (O.S.)
(via intercom)
It's Rox, a fire just got reported
at another clinic.
Salome's eyes widen.
SALOME
Where?
ROX
The one over on... Euclid?
Salome's out the door in the flash.
EXT. ABORTION CLINIC - DAY
Just as advertised, the entire building is on fire.
Several fire trucks and police cars pull up in front.
CUT TO a close up of the double doors making up the front
entrance. The victims are pushing on it, but the CHAINS hold
the doors shut.
INT. ABORTION CLINIC - LOBBY - DAY
Flames everywhere. The walls. The cheap shag chairs.
Everywhere.
Families are screaming and coughing, all of them frantically
looking for an escape.
TILT UP to a skylight as three PREACHERS drop through it into
the fray.
TANYA
Get them to the doors!
One of them, shorter than the other two, looks left and right
before disappearing into the back rooms.
SAGE
Hey! Where are you-
(groans)
God damn it!
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