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Title: 5 Of Spades

Series: Marked deck

Writer: P E Leody

SYNOPIS: JAMES IS MISTAKEN FOR A DIGGER FOR HIRE ON A DANGEROUS UNDERTAKING

PAGE 1


As James is digging an old man, Eric, appears behind him

ERIC: HEY YOU


James carries on digging

JAMES: YES YOU, YOU CAN'T IGNORE ME


Eric blindly hands James a (radiation) detector

ERIC: I THINK YOU DROPPED THIS


Eric looks at James

ERIC: YOU KNOW IT'S AN OFFENCE NOT TO WEAR ONE


A close up of the detector

ERIC: ITS NOT REALLY YOURS, I'VE A SPARE ONE. ITS BAD ENOUGH DOWN HERE WITHOUT BEING FASTIDIOUS OVER DISCIPLINE


Eric walks off waving at James

ERIC: YOU MUST BE NEAR TO A BREAK, COME ON I'LL BUY THE MOCHA

PAGE 2


The side of a coffee machine

ERIC: IT AINT UP TO MUCH BUT AT TIMES IT TASTES LIKE IT WAS BREWED TOPSIDE


James and Eric talk holding their coffee

ERIC: BEEN HERE LONG?

JAMES: ERHH


The steaming coffee rises in front of Eric's face

ERIC: OH SORRY, SECURITY AND ALL THAT


The steaming coffee rises in front of James's face

JAMES: I JUST DO AS I'M TOLD


The pair walk past a huge crane

ERIC: HERE FOR THE MONEY HEY. PAYS WELL COMPARED TO MOST OTHER WORK


A reveal shot of a crane building a huge structure

ERIC: BUT IT ISN'T ENOUGH TO CONVINCE YOU TO STAY, ONCE YOU KNOW THE TRUTH

PAGE 3


James digs into the ground

JAMES: HERE?

ERIC: ANYWHERE YOU JUST HAVE TO PUNCTURE THE SUPERSTRUCTURE.


James peers down a hole

JAMES: THIS BIG ENOUGH?

ERIC: YES, AFTER YOU


James dangles feet first through the hole

ERIC: ITS A SPHERICAL STRUCTURE, ONCE YOU REACH THE SIDE YOU'LL SLIDE THE REST OF THE WAY


The pair arrive at the base of the structure

ERIC: YOU BEST GO IN ALONE, MINIMISE EXPOSURE, NEED TO KNOW AND ALL THAT


James opens the door

JAMES: IS IT SAFE?


Inside the room are a loom of nuclear energy control rods

ERIC: ITS AS SAFE AS THIS KIND OF MEDDLING WITH NATURE GETS

PAGE 4


A huge waterfall

ERIC: THE PLANT IS COOLED BY THIS UNDER EARTH TORRENT, THE FLOWS BEEN DIVERTED. IF ALL GOES ACCORDING TO PLAN BY THE TIME IT REACHES THE SURFACE IT'LL JUST BE A LITTLE WARMER


James digs in the waterfall basin

ERIC: THEY'LL BE NO LEAD LINING HERE


James enlarges the hole

ERIC: IT'LL DO FOR A WAY OUT, BUT IT'S NO REAL EXIT


James polishes his spade as if to say farewell

JAMES: ARE YOU COMING?


Eric stands on the verge

ERIC: NO THE TRUTH HAS TO COME OUT, WELL UP IN FACT. ITS A PROCESS OF ATTRITION. ONE BY ONE


James's radiation detector goes off

ERIC: YOUR DETECTOR'S TRIGGERED, THAT MEANS YOU'VE RECEIVED A LETHAL DOSE

PAGE 5


James looks down

ERIC: THEY MUST HAVE HAD YOU DIGGING IS SOME REAL NASTY PLACES


Eric consults his clipboard

ERIC: AT THIS EXPOSURE YOU'VE LESS THAN A DAY TO LIVE


James stands back the detector to Eric

JAMES: BEST HAVE IT BACK THEN THANKS


Eric watches James descend from the other side of the whole

ERIC: YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT FOR 12 HOURS


Eric is a small face in a small hole a long way from James

ERIC: HANG ON THIS IS MY DETECTOR, COME BACK


A nuclear power station

ERIC: YOU NEED TO TELL THE PEOPLE ELSE THE TRUTH WILL DIE WITH ME

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