Free ARIANNA: An Original Screenplay by Mehul Desai

MARKET - ELLORA TOWN CENTRE - NIGHT
     
    Bodies surround us. Mostly men but also children and the elderly.
     
    DISSOLVE TO.
     
    EXT. MAIN SQUARE - NIGHT
     
    The girls that were rounded are also dead, piled up on each other.
     
    The whole of Ellora a silent grave.
     
    DISSOLVE TO.
     
    EXT. FIELD - OUTSKIRTS OF ELLORA - NIGHT
     
    A masked figure walks alone, Xylock.
     
    He stops and kneels down, looking up at one of the Eyes in the night sky.
     
    The gold pyramid rotates, holding a fixed position.
     
    XYLOCK: (subtitled) Great Father, we thank
    you for our victory with gifts for the Chosen.
     
    He lowers his head and listens.
     
    XYLOCK (CONT'D): (beat) Forgive us. She
    was not found.
     
    The Eye rotates.
     
    Xylock slowly nods.
     
    XYLOCK (CONT'D): We will search every
    corner of this Realm. The Lost One shall be
    returned.
     
    He touches the sides of his head and raises his hands to the sky.
     
    XYLOCK (CONT'D): As was written so shall
    be.
     
    He bows forward and rests his hands on the ground.
     
    Behind him we see a small camp. Caged carriages holding the girls taken from Ellora.
     
    None of them speak, all still in shock.
     
    INT. CAGED CARRIAGE
     
    Sophie sits in the corner with a bruise on her cheek, staring off into thin air.
     
    CUT TO.
     
    EXT. ELLORAN WOODS - NIGHT
     
    Kylan staggers forward.
     
    He stops by the stream and drops to his knees.
     
    No one is there.
     
    He lowers his head and closes his eyes.
     
    ... A hand reaches forward and touches his shoulder.
     
    Arianna kneels down in front of him and pulls back her hood.
     
    KYLAN: (distant) They're gone. They're all
    gone.
     
    Arianna looks at him, feeling his pain.
     
    KYLAN (CONT'D): I could have done
    something. I could have saved him.
     
    He looks away, trembling
     
    KYLAN (CONT'D): I should have saved him.
     
    Arianna lowers her head and remains quiet.
     
    The two orphans alone in the woods.
     
    CUT TO BLACK
     
    END OF PART 2
     
     
     
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