Ranger Wars (A Power Ranger Prequel) Pt 2

Ranger Wars (A Power Ranger Prequel) Pt 2

A Screenplay by Daniel Rodriguez
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Part two of the script. I may add more to it later or put the other part up as part 3, not sure. But here we get to intimately know our two heroes in this brief moment of peace.

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INT. BAR - DUSK

A group of soldiers are coming in, they have been out celebrating the days previously, Sev’s glories, and his being selected to be part of the Ranger training program.

 

DRUNK STUDENT

This guy!

 

SEV

No.

 

DRUNK STUDENT

This guy! What a jerk!

 

SEV

Hey!

 

DRUNK STUDENT

Don’t lend this man any of your money!

 

SEV

I resent this.

 

DRUNK STUDENT

I paid him to get laid, did he do it? No!

 

SEV

Um, this is not the place.

 

DRUNK STUDENT

A toast, for all you lads out there that wont take up a friend on his offer to get some high quality tail!

 

There is laughter.

 

SEV

You are embarrassing me.

 

DRUNK STUDENT 2

Hush now. I want a drink. Something that will send my future wife on her a*s.

 

BARTENDER

Okay, I think I may have something.

 

DRUNK STUDENT 2

Make it a triple.

 

BARTENDER One each?

 

DRUNK STUDENT 2

No, for me.

 

DRUNK DUDE

Hey! Why you screaming so loud?

 

DRUNK STUDENT

Don’t you know? This boy right here? He is going to be Warrior Sev of Mars. Official title and all that special stuff.

 

DRUNK DUDE

Him, granted a warrior title?

 

DRUNK STUDENT

You didnt see the things he did.

 

SEV

I, got admitted into the Ranger Program.

 

DRUNK DUDE

So has half of the people in here!

 

Sev looks around, he sees a bunch of people wearing similar designs to him, slightly different ages but outside of the old folk, alot of young, youthfull, potential canidates can be seen too.

 

DRUNK STUDENT 2

Well Sev here can kick all their asses!

 

TOM

Can he?

 

Tom is looking dead at them, he is about Sev’s age, bigger build. If Sev is of an agile build, Tom is more of a Stregnth build.

 

SEV

Are you also part of the program?

 

TOM

Of course.

 

SEV

Well it is a pleasure to meet you.

 

TOM

I would say likewise but an interesting theory has come up.

 

SEV

And what is that?

 

TOM

I really want to know, do you think you have a shot? Tomorrow will be our first day, from then on, it will be completely professional but at this moment.

 

Tom gets up.

 

SEV

Um....

 

TOM

Do you think you can take me on? Because if you can’t I dont think you have a shot. I wont let a weakling pass over me for the honor of being granted the title Leader Red.

 

On the other side, hidden in the back... Ji is talking into a moniter.

 

JI

We seem to have a situation here.

 

MARISTA

(on the video)

Ji, do you think they may be monitering you?

 

JI

Not a chance, too many overzealous children wanting to play hero.

 

MARISTA

Thats funny. You are an overzealous child who thinks he has to play hero.

 

JI

Do we really have to go over this?

 

MARISTA

Come now, when was the last time we really spent time together?

 

JI

We see eachother all the time.

 

MARISTA

I mean me and you, just me and you. You know, you parade around with business, and we work together as a group, but group dynamics cannot always compare to an intimate conversation, existing with another person, just two people.

 

JI

I...

 

He looks up to see people arguing.

 

TOM

I want you to hit me. What is wrong with that?

 

SEV

I don’t want to fight you.

 

TOM

I am not asking you to fight me, I want to taste what you have to give. Right now.

 

SEV

I don’t want to hurt you.

 

TOM

Trust me, those stick arms of yours wont hurt anyone.

 

MARISTA

Ji, I am right here.

 

JI

Hold on, I think something is going on.

 

SEV

Look, I told you, I wont hit you.

 

Tom grabs Sev’s wrist and squeezes.

 

TOM

Now, Either I will crush your wrist or you hit me. Your choice.

 

The drunk people instantly back up and Sev bites his lip, the pain is intolerable, but there is a flash in his eye. The cookie cutter good guy is gone, an inferno replaces it.

 

A slam on Toms jaw hits home. Tom lets go, but does not budge. It was inneffective.

 

TOM (CONT’D)

So, you are just a weakling. Let me guess. You have good shooting accuracy and somehow you think that makes you good in a physical fight?

 

Sev lowers his guard.

 

TOM (CONT’D)

You aren’t worthy to be here, get out!

 

Tom turns Sev and pushes him face first into the chairs, knocking them over.

 

JI

This is about to get serious.

 

Sev instantly jumps up, blood streaming from a section on his forehead, a cut.

 

SEV

Strength doesn’t matter as long as I can hit you as many times as I want. You dont understand, your body is a canvas, my fists are my medium.

 

Tom blocks Sev’s punch, but Sev roundhouse kicks Tom in the jaw. Tom shakes it off.

 

Both are standing, Tom has no visable damage. Tom attacks but each swipe, punch, and kick, is simultaniously answered via Sev with a counter. The flury of strikes that Tom gives is really a flury of hits that Tom takes on his face and body.

 

There is a pause. Tom stumbles, his equilibrium is off.

 

Sev looks at the bartender.

 

BARTENDER

Break it up.

 

Sev turns around. Other future students and cannidates are watching. Is this what lies in store?

 

JI

He’s good.

 

MARISTA

Who is?

 

JI

This guy, just wobbled a man twice his weight size.

 

MARISTA

If you don’t want to talk to me fine. If you want to be on a mission rather than spending a brief moment with a person whose been there for you when you found out your family died, than I say you go introduce yourself to him. It will be a good way to get to know what the potential oppisition has in store.

 

JI

Roger.

 

MARISTA

Wait!

 

He flips off the laptop. Instantly Ji’s serious face turns into that of warmth. A smile here, wide bright eyes there.

 

Instantly as he aproaches Sev’s station, his two drunk friends stand guard, they think the fight might continue.

 

JI

Bar guy, mind if I order this friend of mine a drink?

 

Bartender looks suspicious. Ji responds to the friends with a warm smile. Sev is just wipiing what little blood is left with a napkin.

 

SEV

You’re not looking for some?

 

                    JI

Hardly. How comes that drink bartender?

 

BARTENDER

(smiling)

Looks like you made yourself a friend.

 

JI

Keep them coming all night.

 

Ji slips some extra money.

 

BARTENDER

Sure thing just don’t go puking up the place. Broken bodies I can handle. Bodily waste, not so much.

 

SEV

Who are you?

 

JI

Name’s Ji. And you are one hell of a fighter.

 

SEV

Fighter eh?

 

Ji flashes a look at Tom, still catching his grip.

 

JI

So, you must have parents right?

 

SEV

Yeah...

 

JI

Good, for a second I thought you might not have received a name!

 

SEV

Name’s Sev.

 

JI

Warrior Sev. I am sorry, Leader Red Sev.

 

SEV

You making fun of me? It’s bad enough I had to deal with the lardness over there.

 

Sev points to the muscle guy he beat.

 

           JI

Lardness...he looks well built up there.

 

SEV

I think all his body fat retreated to his brain.

 

JI

So, I guess we are both in the candidate program.

 

SEV
How did you get in?

 

JI

Oh let’s say I know some people who knew people.

 

SEV

Knowing people? That must be nice. I got in the other way?

 

JI

Oh?

 

SEV

Frontline Unit.

 

JI

Never heard of them.

 

SEV

You aren’t from around these parts?

 

JI

No, definately not these parts. Its actualy kinda scary, never been in a town.

 

SEV

Yeah, towns are very rare these days. Mostly we have megacities, the idea of a small town in such a place... Anyways Frontline unit, we were in charge of putting down a small insurection. I took out a cruiser.

 

JI

A cruiser?

 

SEV

Freak accident I swear.

 

           JI

A cruiser?

 

SEV

It wouldnt happen twice.

 

JI

How exactly does that happen?

 

SEV

Luck, as I said.

 

JI

That doesnt explain how you know how to fight. You got some good moves. One more bartender.

 

SEV

We drinking to something?

 

JI

To the Rangers!

 

SEV

(laughs)

The noblest toast I’ve heard. So, what brings you here. I mean they say you know someone who knows someone...

 

JI

I’ll be honest, and I do not mean this as a threat, but I am really good with my fists. Trained really hard.

 

SEV

Half the people are good with their fists.

 

DRUNK STUDENT

I am good with my fists!

 

DRUNK STUDENT 2

I got a good fist, look at those knuckles!

 

JI

It’s scary out here isnt it?

 

SEV

Maybe.

 

          JI

We are probably the same age, yet you took down a cruiser? Now, here you are, alone, no family, no military base to call home.

 

SEV

Yeah, it is scary.

 

JI

You could die tonight, and...

 

SEV

I was actually thinking that. Some straggler, with a need for money, could knife me in the back behind some alley...

 

JI

Wouldn’t happen though.

 

SEV

Why?

 

JI

Becuase you are good with your fist. If you could beat the lardness over there, a begger with a blade wouldnt touch you.

 

SEV

You know, I don’t think we shook hands yet.

 

JI

(extending his hand) Ji, fought his way out of the dirtiest streets of the capital.

 

SEV

(shaking his hand) Sev, of the Third Frontline Unit, Private.

JI

You took down a cruiser and you’re only a private?

 

SEV

Well I am here as my reward.

 

Time passes

 

Sev and Ji are drunk, barely standing.

 

SEV (CONT’D)

And that was the first girl...Hey, you havent told me, do you have a girlfriend?

 

JI

I wasnt really afforded the luxory of having pretty girls around. The ones I was surrounded with were...

 

SEV

Uglier than the trash they slept under.

 

JI

There was one.

 

SEV

Huzzah for pretty women. Lets drink to it!

 

JI

You have never been drunk before, have you?

 

SEV

Huzzah to first times for everything! So who was she?

 

JI

She wasn’t pretty. I mean she was actually really plain. It was something about her though.

 

There is a flash of this face. A young Ji is looking to this girl, his age. She smiles.

 

SEV

What was it?

 

JI

She looked into my soul, and smiled. In her eyes, were an infinite vacuum that I could call home...if just for that moment.

 

SEV

What happened?

 

JI

(bluntly, breaking cover) I was told I couldn't see her again. We were of different worlds.

 

SEV

She... She was my first love. Only love. Well it wasnt really love...She smiled, and I never wanted to see her cry. She told me she liked me, and from those days, I dreamt of her after.

 

JI

Did they know?

 

SEV

Parents dont care where the hearts of their children lie. She snuck out the night before they moved. We just spent the evening cuddling, looking at the starts. Cursing fate.

 

Ji’s eyebrow raises.

 

SEV (CONT’D)

We were too young to you know. I can’t tell if that night was my favorite moment, or worst. She cried on my shoulder as she told me she had to go back home. Funny, I can’t even recall what she looks like. Its a blur. I remember the arrangement though of her smile, it was...

 

JI

Come on, its going to get daylight soonish, and we need to sleep before the facility opens tomorrow.

 

Ji lifts Sev’s shoulder.

 

BARTENDER

Good luck you two.

 

SEV

I am Leader Red Sev, I don’t need luck!

 

Ji genuinely laughs. His face then corrects itself, in his drunken state, he isnt sure which him is him. Sev has a smile on his face.

 

BARTENDER

Careful out there.

 

EXT. BAR

The duo are walking down the streets. They stagger here and there. Ji’s communicator’s light is going off, there is a message waiting for him, however he is not picking it up.

 

Sev is just walking as if on a high.

 

SEV

Man, I didn’t think we would be there all night. I feel kind of bad.

 

Ji is a quiet drunk. He doesnt respond, perhaps human thoughts plague his mind.

 

SEV (CONT’D)

Ah, tomorrow will be a great day.

 

JI

It will?

 

Tom and a group of people aproach.

 

TOM

It is already a good day.

 

JI

The Lardness!

 

He scowls.

 

TOM

A leader knows when to fight and how to fight.

 

SEV

What do you want? Another butt kicking?

 

TOM

You two are drunk, I told these boys that with you out of the picture...

 

SEV

So, you see yourself a leader of men thinking you can organize a group of hopefulls to beat me.

 

TOM

Of course. You seem to be atleast half smart.

 

JI

Good news. We can take these guys.

 

SEV

We? Are you good with your fists?

 

JI

Better than you most likely, but I hate to brag.

 

TOM

You are both drunk!

 

Sev inhales, and exhales, he starts to get his footing and equilibrium correct. Ji, takes a moment, closes his eyes, and then is also there, in the moment. Their eyes may be glazed over, but they seem to be ready.

 

SEV

Prove your worth Ji.

 

JI

You handle the Lardness, I will handle...

 

A Canidate kicks Ji, upside the face before he can finish the statement. Ji takes two steps back and shakes it off. He is now being quickly encircled.

 

SEV

How much did he pay you guys?

 

TOM

Less talk or do you think...

 

Sev isnt there when Tom realizes that Sev has come up with a brutal uppercut!

 

Tom takes two staggers back.

 

Ji instantly has slammed a canidate into another, knocking the two foes down.

 

Another attacks him, Ji seems content with blocking every move that the poor lad can throw at him. Ji holds him, and Sev kicks the canidate down.

 

Instantly, Sev and Ji revert to being back to back, protecting one another. They take up a defensive stance.

 

SEV

So, it looks like this is going to be a full blown battle.

 

JI

Just be careful not to fall, they are circling us. I dont want to worry about being flanked.

 

SEV

That guy is getting up.

 

JI

I thought I told you to keep him down.

 

The circle around them is around five to their two, plus Tom is now moving in.

 

JI (CONT’D)

I think...

 

SEV

On three, we move.

 

Before even one is counted, both Ji and Sev blitz their perspective side.

 

Ji blocks one move, holds the guys arm, and with a flury of kicks, knocks his opponent while connecting with the one to his left, taking them both down.

 

Sev dodges a a swipe, tackles person number two, uses that momentum to aproachh person number three, who strikes at Sev. Sev parries the blow and counters with a spin kick.

 

The first person who he dodged comes charging. Sev counters a kick and a punch with his own, turns it into a grapple, then throws Person 1 onto Person 3 knocking them both down. 3 for the count. As person 1 gets ready to recover, Sev sweeps a foot across his face knocking him out.

 

Sev and Ji isntinctively back up into one another, they jump to look at who the other is, but then turn their full focus on to Tom who is moving towards them.

 

They move from back to back, to side by side, with a little distance between them. It is as if they are psychicaly connected.

 

Tom charges Sev. Sev blocks three strikes, and lays a stray kick that Tom parries. Ji jumps in and kicks at Tom, taking the offensive. Tom hits Ji knocking him back.

 

Sev tries to tackle down Tom and starts slamming his fist into Tom’s kidneys.

 

Tom looks up, and a jumping roundhouse is given to him by Ji.

 

Tom is pushed spinning onto his back and tries to recover. Ji and Sev take sides flanking Tom.

 

SEV (CONT’D)

I could take him by myself. I didn’t need your help.

 

JI

I know.

 

Tom stumbles to get up.

 

Ji and Sev both charge at the same time.

 

Tom tries to fight, but all his moves let them hit him with a counter. They are overwhelming him, almost bouncing him back and forth between them. Ji and Sev are getting closer together until, they are standing shoulder to shoulder and ultimately Tom is completely woozy.

 

Ji and Sev look to eachother as there is a pause in the action.

They nodd, and charge for a finishing blow.

 

Cut to, Tom finishes falling on the floor. Sev looks around at their destruction.

 

SEV

I told you I didn’t need your help.

 

JI

You were right. But where is the fun in being right?

 

SEV

Thanks for that.

 

JI

For?

 

SEV

Having my back.

 

JI

I wish there was more of them.

 

SEV

I dont like fighting to be honest.

 

JI

Me neither, but it makes a great team building excersise. Plus its fun using self defense.

 

SEV

I think you need your head examined.

 

JI

You know your thinking the same thing.

 

SEV

We shall see how I feel about it tomorrow.

 

JI

Don’t you know? Tomorrow is today!

 

SEV

Come on, lets go. I don’t want this to look bad on my record when they found out we did this.

 

JI

You did this, remember, you didnt need my help.

 

SEV Exactly.

 

They walk off.

 

EXT. MARTIAN RANGER FACILITY Establishing shot.

 

INT. MARTIAN RANGER FACILITY

 

Sev has a backpack around his shoulders. He is in a group with fellow soldiers, and other people from different walks of life, touring, in some form of strange flowing formation as the Guide shows them around.

 

As they walk, we see statues of Rangers past, strange designs, perhaps Zords, and other things. Pictures of the Martian Imperial Family, past and present. Maps, other museum like stuff.

 

GUIDE

And this is where you will be spending the next year of your lives. I hope you are prepared for this. Leader Red has officially announced that as of Last year, he will be stepping down from comman 

That means one of you lucky people will be filling his shoes if you can prove worthy enough. You know why you are here, I don’t need to be going over again and again what an honor this is. The position of being a Leader Red is the most important role in the team. You guys are not training to just to be a ranger, but to be the head of them.

 

He points to the statues of the Dark Rangers.

 

GUIDE (CONT’D)

These people, they will answer to you. Here, you will earn that right to lead these great warriors, the best this planet has to offer.

 

The door opens. A bright light envolops the room.

 

Ji is breathing heavily.

 

GUIDE (CONT’D)

 And you are?

 

JI

I am...here for the camp sir!

 

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM

A group of observers, F. RED (Former Dark Red Ranger) out of costume, is looking down.

 

F. RED

So, Ji, you have been sent to keep an eye on us.

 

OBSERVER

You know this man?

 

F. RED

Keep an eye on him.

 

OBSERVER

His name is...

 

F. RED

I know who he is. The next coming weeks shall prove to be interesting.

 

INT. MARTIAN RANGER FACILITY

 

GUIDE Soldier!

 

Ji straitens up.

 

JI

Yes sir!

 

GUIDE

What do you know of the great Ranger War?

 

JI

Only rumors sir!

 

GUIDE

Elaborate.

 

JI

They say it was the only time Mars and Earth battled. The war was fought to a standstill, when both sides refused to risk the right arm of their planet!

 

GUIDE

So, your not completely useless. Welcome to camp! Form in rank with the rest of the sea of failures.

 

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM

 

OBSERVER

You sure we should keep an eye on him?

 

F. RED

Tell me and be honest.

 

OBSERVER

Yes?

 

F. RED

Are we planning war?

 

OBSERVER

War?

 

F. RED

I was asked to step down.

 

OBSERVER

You were?

 

F. RED

Something is in the wind I can feel it. If he is here, that means someone on Earth is feeling it too.

 

OBSERVER

He is a spy?

 

Observer goes for...

 

F. RED

Let it be. For respect reasons, we shall keep him here. If he tries something, I would rather be able to have my eye on him, than let the snake strike from the dark.

 

OBSERVER

I really...

 

F. RED

You didn’t answer my question though.

 

OBSERVER

Leader Red, I...

 

F. RED

Is Mars planning anything?

 

OBSERVER

That is classified information.

 

F. RED

Even for me?

 

OBSERVER

Even for you.

 

F. RED

So, Lord Zedd is to marry Princess Rita.

 

OBSERVER

I don’t listen to celebrity gossip.

 

F. RED

This isn't gossip, this is politics. The most important kind!

 

OBSERVER

It’s just a royale wedding...

 

F. RED

Between two of the three major powers! I do not like that you treat me like a fool.

 

OBSERVER

Who is he?

 

F. RED

That kid? He is just some guy with past ties to Earth. Just keep an eye on him.

 

OBSERVER

We could just take him out.

 

F. RED

No, we don’t want a scandal.

 

Observing, we see Ji and Sev get close to one another. They are talking inaudibly.

 

F. RED (CONT’D)

(to Ji, a voice unheard by anyone)

So, Leader Red of Earth...please, I hope this is a peacefull mission. I would hate to cross swords with you a second time.

 

Flash to images of them clashing for a brief clip, then image of RED standing victorious over Dark Red.

 

JI

(voice only, a voice of strange warm compassion) I hope I was not too harsh.

 

F. RED

(voice. A memory)

Youth should never be this strong. I fear the day should we be enemies.

 

JI

(VO)

I fear the idea of us being real enemies.

 

OBSERVER

Sir?

 

F. RED

The recruits look good. Please, don’t send them to any early graves any time soon.

 

Observer is silent. F. Red lowers is head, he knows there is darkness in the air.

 

INT. MARTIAN RANGER FACILITY

Ji and Sev are walking together.

 

Sev points to a statue.

 

JI

Who is that?

 

SEV

That? You really don’t know who she is? I thought you were mister nerd!

 

JI

I am not a nerd. I just brushed up on some history before I came here.

 

SEV

She is not just history. This is

Eve, the second recorded Female

Leader Red. She headed the Noble

Army during the Second North Incursion. Two of her fellow teammates defected to the other side. She best both of them in battle, yet spared their lives.

 

JI

They were executed once they had their powers stripped from them.

 

SEV

You know your history.

 

JI

I remember this story.

 

SEV

A goddess. Never knew defeat, not even in training.

 

JI

So outside of being one of the few females to lead the rangers, why is she so idolized?

 

GUIDE

It is a story of pure devotion. Sacrifice. If you do not understand the moral of the story, you are not fit to be a ranger.

 

SEV

I disagree with the moral of the story.

 

GUIDE

Trainee Sev, be careful what you say.

 

SEV

The Earthian rangers are bound by duty. I understand the truth is same with us Martians. But, duty should be for justice, not blindly following the interest of your superiors. Especially if you are Leader Red.

 

GUIDE

But Leader Red is the head of the right arm.

 

SEV

Has not history also shown, that favor lies with the allegiance of the Rangers? During earlier times, it was not uncommon for the Rangers to endourse other families.

 

JI

History always favors the victors.

 

SEV

Not on this battle. As you say, her tale is about blind devotion, fighting for a cause that she knew not to be right. Killing her friends in the process. History has looked at the Imperial family as despots of its time. The right was with the invading forces, made up of exiles who wished to reform at the time.

 

GUIDE

Well when you two are done debating history, you should get some rest. Tomorrow, we begin.

 

Guide leaves, leaving some of the students to look around, the place is vacant compared to its earileir moments, but there is a serenity as the youth contemplate history.

 

JI

Do you idolize her?

SEV

She lived a life of sadness you know.

 

JI

She did?

 

SEV

She killed two people she trusted. Lived the rest of her life after she retired as a hermit.

 

JI

That doesnt mean she was sad.

 

The statue, shows a face undamaged by its true history.

 

SEV

She lies. She cried for them the day they died after she got them to surrender. She wanted to save them. But she was betrayed by those she killed to protect. And those who sought her protection, were killed.

 

JI

She was a goddess you said.

 

SEV

Oh yes, definately. Her strength and purity was that of a goddess. Her heart, was human though. Its why she never lost a battle, but gave up the life of a warrior.

 

JI

What do you base all this on?

 

SEV

The heart. If we do not have one, being a Ranger is worthless. When I look into my heart, look at this statue, its like I can see the world through her eyes.

 

JI

Then what is she saying now?

 

SEV

The guy next to you smells.

 

JI

Very wise of her to....Wait What!?

 

SEV

Heh, just kidding.

 

JI

That was not funny. Where I am from that is a big insult.

 

SEV

Oh yeah, what parts are you from?

 

JI

 Um...

 

SEV

Im from the Third Crater. Born, bred, built.

 

JI

The Capital. Raised on the streets.

 

SEV

 Liar.

 

JI

What?

 

SEV

Your air, its too noble to be street.

 

JI

(recovering)

Thats what my mom used to always tell me!

 

SEV

Small world where everyone is an extension of your mother.

 

JI

Don’t remind me. Fortunately you look nothing like her.

 

SEV

Nah, I got all my looks from my dad. Did you look like your mother.

 

Ji touches his own face, pondering. Truthfully...

 

JI

I do not know. I lost her when I was young.

 

SEV

You look at your dad?

 

JI

Never had one.

 

SEV

So that is why you joined the army.

 

JI

Benifits got me and what little family I had out of the slump very quickly.

 

They share a silence. The statue not ignoring them, but as if to bask in the moment, being shared with them. A trio of sorts as they contemplate one another.

 

SEV

Lets go get some grub then I can show you some of the others!

 

Sev leaves.

 

Ji puts his hand at her feet. The memorial tablet, he rubs his palm against it.

 

JI

Fellow Red, I feel your pain. Please, forgive me for following your footsteps.

 

She answers him with her blank stare.

 

JI (CONT’D)

I wonder, is it worth the sadness?

 

Instantly Ji turns around, he sees a playback, in his mind perhaps, of the events that transpired. In the fields of battle in days past. FEMALE DARK RED faces off against Dark Yellow and a Female Dark Blue.

 

There is a worrisome pause between them.

 

Subtitles show as their is no volume of the dialogue

 

DARK YELLOW

I do not want to fight you.

 

FEMALE DARK RED

Please, give up now.

 

FEMALE DARK BLUE

No. We have to fight. You have to see that you are wrong.

 

The fight is cut with images that are not pleasant, that of pain and strife, friend fighting friend, ugly emotions bottling up, and blind explosion of betrayel. We see their faces, and ultimately...

Her two enemies are brought to their knees. She takes off her helmet and reaches our her hand.

 

FEMALE DARK RED

They will forgive you. I don’t want you guys to die.

 

They however just stare down, the look of beaten animals in submission.

 

The subtitles of “I love you guys.” is seen.

F. Red comes up behind Ji.

 

F. RED

So, Warrior Ji of Earth. Ji turns around.

 

F. RED (CONT’D)

Are you defecting?

 

JI

I am here under official business. I ask that you step aside.

 

F. RED

Official business of spying?

 

JI

Our people are not at war. You know I am within my right.

 

F. RED

If I were to deny you, that could be seen as an act of agression is that what you are saying?

 

JI

Think of it with me as an exchange student. Interest of Earth and all that.

 

F. RED

I understand.

 

JI

Who else knows?

 

F. RED

The general, but no one in the imperial family.

 

JI

Are we okay?

 

F. RED

 Depends. Are you here for ill purpose?

 

JI

Not at the moment.

 

F. RED

Keep it that way. I don’t want to see people die.

 

JI

Me neither.

 

F. RED

Should I be worried?

 

JI

Depends on what Mars is planning.

Are you guys going to war with us?

 

F. RED

So, this is a response to the royal wedding?

 

JI

We just want to make sure you have a worthy sucessor.

 

F. RED

So what do you think of the recruits so far?

 

JI

Weak lads, most of them.

 

F. RED

Most of them? I heard you and Trainee Sev got into a big fight.

 

JI

As I said, most.

 

F. RED

If something were to happen, and be honest with me, between Earth and Mars...

 

JI

We both know the answer to that.

 

F. RED

As I feared. Well, pray for peace then.

 

JI

I look around this room, and I see a bunch of dead people. What does that mean?

 

F. RED

You see the past as history, in it’s failures and faults. There is a reason empires fell, and these people died the way they did despite all they gave to make one planet great.

 

JI

What do you see?

 

F. RED

I see how this place makes folk like you respond. To some, its a paradise, of knowledge and morality tales. There is always something about the past that it still can make the present act, and the future forseeably unforeseeable.

 

JI

What do you think of being forced to retire?

 

F. RED

 You heard the backstory?

 

JI

Its my business to know this stuff.

 

F. RED

I fear the future.

 

JI

Me too.

 

F. RED

So enjoy the now.

 

Sev comes back.

 

F. RED (CONT’D)

Don’t tell him who I am. Not yet.

 

JI

Your secret is safe.

 

F. RED

So is yours, unless you cross the line. But I got people watching you just incase you change your mind.

 

SEV

I got us a place, there are these two beautiful girls, just gorgeus, I need a wingman on this one!

 

JI

I am coming.

 

F. Red is by himself. He looks at his predecessors.

 

F. RED

This is how the world ends?

 

He contemplates the weight of his own words. Then walks away.

© 2015 Daniel Rodriguez


Author's Note

Daniel Rodriguez
This part may change in the coming days or hours, depending. this is really the opening to the second act. As stated this is an original story but please feel free to leave feedback. And dont worry, we will get to Rita on the moon soon enough ;p

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Hello, my name is Daniel Antonio Rodriguez and I am a wannabe writer. I am 27 years old and have been actively writing for the past 12-13 years. I enjoy writing scripts and breaking out into niche gen.. more..

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