Night Game

Night Game is the 4th so far of the Night Shift Series focusing on
the two guards who we met in the first part just before they go onto
their shift.

Setting: A Soldier’s barracks.

Time: Not Revealed.

Two Soldiers are playing cards.

Soldier 1:

Deal

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

I feel lucky.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

I can feel an Ace in there.

(NO ANSWER FROM SOLDIER 2)

Soldier 1:

And a king.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

But I could be bluffing of course.

I may need a Queen.

(NO ANSWER FROM SOLDIER 2)

Soldier 1:

Or a Queen and a Jack.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

But either way, I am going to

get a full bloody house. I can feel it.

(NO ANSWER FROM SOLDIER 2)

Soldier 1:

I can feel it in my bones.

I am going to whip your backside

From here to kingdom come,

Until you beg me to stop.

Soldier 2:

Well.

Soldier 1:

Well what?

Soldier 2:

What do you want to do

Or do you have any more of

That macho bullsh*t?

Soldier 1:

I’m allowed to build my hopes

Up. It’s not as if you weren’t

Like that the other week…

Soldier 2:

P*ss Off. I’m here to play cards

Not talk about my sex life.

Soldier 1:

I’m still going to kick your

backside.

Soldier 2:

We don’t have all night.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

How many cards do you want

to swap?

Soldier 1:

Four.

Soldier 2:

Four?

Soldier 1:

Yes. Four

Soldier 2:

Four?

Soldier 1:

I’ve got a flush in there.

Soldier 2:

J*sus.

Soldier 1:

I’ve got as flush in there,

I can feel it. I can feel it

All the way to the

Captain’s quarters.

Soldier 2:

Well, don’t bloody

Broadcast it then

Otherwise you’ll have

Them queing all the way

Up to see how good

Your hand is.

Soldier 1:

I can if I want to.

I can open up the window

And shout it out

So the full of the barracks

Can hear us

And half of the prisoners.

Soldier 2:

And how do you think

His lordship would react to

That, dumbnu*s?

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

Exactly.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

Now are you sure

You want 4 cards?

Soldier 1:

I’m going to wipe

You out with those cards.

You will not know you

Are born.

(NO ANSWER)

Soldier 2:

Are you drunk?

Soldier 1:

Of course, I’m not

Drunk. Do you think

I’d drink just before

We were due out on

Watch.

Soldier 2:

If I didn’t know better,

I would be convinced

You’ve been drinking

Double brandies again.

Soldier 1:

I’m not drunk.

Soldier 2:

I’ve never seen you

Play cards like this before.

Night Train

Night train is the third of the Night Shift plays and talks about a very important delivery.

Alas, this piece is incomplete but when I get other projects I will certainly return to it
to reveal what this delivery is.

(SET IN CONTROL ROOM

INSIDE IS SAT A CONTROLLER

WHO HAS A NEWSPAPER
SCATTERED NEXT TO HIS
HEAD SET WHICH HAS A
HEAD PIECE PLUGGED INTO
HIS HEAD)

Controller:

Are you there?

(NO ANSWER)

Controller:

Are you there, yet?

(NO ANSWER)

Controller:

Pick up, damnit.

Voice:

Yes.

Controller:

Are you there yet? 

(NO ANSWER)

Controller:

Can you hear me?

(NO ANSWER)

Controller:

Bill for god’s sake, can you hear me?

Voice:

Yes.

Controller:

Are you there yet?

Voice:

No.

Controller:

Where the hell are you then?

(NO ANSWER)

Controller:

Bill, I need you there on time

For this one.

Voice:

I’m nearly there.

Night Air

As previously Night Air is a kind of sequel to Night Shift and was certainly the earlier of the two plays wrote if my memory is correct, and does have a few Harold Pinter references in it.

There are two incomplete plays to follow in this series.


(LOCATION – COLONEL’S QUARTERS

THE COLONEL, A MAN IN HIS EARLY 50’S IS
SAT A TABLE READING A PIECE OF PAPER.
HE IS ALSO HOLDING A PENCIL AND IS USING
THE PENCIL TO UNDERLINE CERTAIN THINGS)

(KNOCK ON DOOR)

Colonel:

Yes

(SOLDIER STEPS IN)

Colonel:

Yes

(SOLDIER HANDS HIM A PIECE OF PAPER)

Colonel:

Fucking Hell..

(SOLDIER STEPS BACKWARDS)

Soldier:

You asked for the prisoner to be bought to you.

Colonel:

Did I?

Soldier:

Sir..

Colonel (Interrupts him):

It doesn’t matter if I asked you to bring him to me.
Can’t you see I’m busy? I’ve just got all of these reports
To sort out.. Just bring him in..

(SOLDIER BRINGS MICKEY IN, A FRAIL LOOKING MUCH YOUNGER MAN)

Colonel:

Sit

(MICKEY SITS)

Colonel:

Name.

Mickey:

You know my name.

Colonel: (Raises voice)

Name.

Mickey:

You know my name.

Colonel (Raises voice again):

I’m not going to ask you again, NAME.

Mikey:

Stone

Colonel:

First Name..

Mickey:

Mickey, Mickey Stone..

Colonel:

Thank you, Michael.

(REACHES INSIDE HIS POCKET)

Cigarette?

 Mikey:

I don’t smoke.

Colonel:

Mind if I smoke?

Mikey:

Yes

(COLONEL LIGHTS HIS CIGERETTE)

Colonel:

Do you want a drink?

Mikey:

I don’t drink.

Colonel:

Are you sure you don’t want a drink?

Mikey:

Yes.

Colonel:

You don’t mind if I have a Drink, do you?

Mikey:

Yes.

(THE COLONEL OPENS UP A BOTTLE OF WHISKEY
POURS HIMSELF A GLASS THEN MIKEY)

Colonel:

Drink it.

Mikey:

I don’t drink.

Colonel:

Drink it.

Mikey:

I don’t, I can’t.

Colonel:

Just drink the BLOODY thing.
It’s just one drink. It won’t
BLOODY kill you.

Mikey:

I can’t.

(THE COLONEL DRINKS HIS WHISKEY)

Colonel:

See? It won’t kill you. It’s just one drink.

(NO ANSWER)

I wouldn’t want you thinking I was an unreasonable and
Uncillivsationed man. Have a drink. It won’t kill you.

Mikey:

I, I….

Colonel:

You love your wife, don’t you?

Mikey:

What’s that got to do with this? She’s done nothing wrong.

Colonel:

True, true.

(PAUSE)

I’ve heard so much about you

(PAUSE)

You’ve a hero of our country

(PAUSE)

Are you sure I couldn’t persuade you to have a cigarette?

Mikey (Mumbled):

No

Colonel:

You’ve regarded as a legend around
Here, did you know?

(NO RESPONSE)

I can’t believe a intelligent man
Like yourself would let yourself
Do something so stupid.

(PAUSE)

You do love your wide, don’t you?

(PAUSE)

Pretty Woman

(PAUSE)

Nice tits.

Mikey:

My wife is innocent. I’ve told you I did it.

Colonel:

I’m just admiring her. Fine breasts. You do love her, don’t you?

(NO RESPOSNE)

And how about your children?

(ROOTING THROUGH SOME PAPERS)

Yes, how about your children?

Mikey:

We don’t have any children.

Colonel:

What about your children?

Mikey:

We don’t have any children.

Colonel:

What’s your name?

Mikey:

My name is…

Colonel (Overlapping):

SIR.

Mikey (Under breathe):

SIR.

Colonel:

What’s your middle name?

Mikey:

I don’t have a middle name.

Colonel:

Your middle name is Edward isn’t it?

(NO RESPONSE)

Your middle name is Edward,
Isn’t it – don’t make you ask
You again.

Mikey: (Mumbles):

Yes.

Colonel:

What was that?

Mikey:

Yes

Colonel:

Do you love your wife?

Mikey:

Yes.

Colonel:

That’s not what she told me last night.

(PAUSE)

Pretty Woman.

(PAUSE)

Fine legs.

(PAUSE)

She told me you hated her. You used to beat her when you
got drunk.

Mikey:

No, I don't.

Colonel:

Yes you did. You used to whip her. You used
To burn cigarettes on her arm,

Mikey:

I don’t smoke.

Colonel:

You used to punch her
In the mouth.

Mikey:

No, I didn’t.

Colonel:

Yes, you did. I have proof here. I have a statement from your wife
And also one from your brother before his accident. Just answer
The bloody question. I haven’t got all day to sit and play bloody
Games. Just answer the question – a simple yes or no will do.
Do you or did you hit your wife?

Mikey:

Yes.

Colonel:

Good. Now that’s better isn’t it?  I’m only trying to help you out.
I can’t blame you for hitting your wife with a fine pair of legs like that.
If my wife looked like that, I’d be tempted to give the occasional
Slap too. Have that drink..

Mikey:

I can’t.

Colonel:

I wouldn’t want you thinking I was a unreasonable man.

(COLONEL PULLS OUT A CIGERETTE FROM HIS INSIDE POCKET
THEN LIGHTS IT)

 Mikey:

I, I can’t.

Colonel (Cuts straight in):

Just take it. Let’s call it our little secret.
I won’t tell anybody if you don’t.
.
Mikey:

I can’t…. I’ve stopped.

Colonel (Holding out the Cigarette):

Just take it – you’ve earned it.

(MIKEYS SHIVERS AND TAKES IT HIS HAND
THEN PUTS ON THE TABLE)

Mikey:

I can’t.

Colonel:

Can’t, WHAT.

Mikey:

I’m not one of your Soldiers.

Colonel:

No, you’ve worse than that.

Mikey:

I’ve got rights.

Colonel:

Yes, but who is going to want to help you?
Who is going to want to help a pathetic little man
Like you? To think you were regarded as a hero
In the papers. Now look at you. If I clicked my fingers
And said to you ‘Lick my boots, Dog’ you would
Lick my boots until they were shiny brown or your
Tongue bloody well dropped off.

Mikey:

No, I wouldn’t.

Colonel:

Never say wouldn’t, WHAT?

Mikey:

Sir

Colonel:

See, a little manners never hurt anymore.

(THE COLONEL STUMBS OUT HIS CIGARETTE
AND STANDS UP AND WALKS OVER TO MIKEY.
MIKEY PULLS BACK EXPECTING A PUNCH OR WORSE,
BUT THE COLONEL SIMPLY GOES OVER TO HIM
AND THEN COMES BACK TO HIS CHAIR AND SITS
BACK DOWN)

I know you’re a intelligent man.

(PAUSE)

Mikey:

I’m not scared of you.

Colonel:

I haven’t done anything to hurt you, Mikey have I?
I just wanted to offer you a drink,

(PAUSE)

Now, anyhow about the children.

Mikey:

I don’t have any children.

Colonel:

I know you don’t have any children, Michael. You told
me that before don’t you remember?

Mikey

Yes.

Colonel:

I was going to tell you about my children.

(PAUSE)

Let me tell you, they are little monsters. They never listen
To anything anybody tells them.

 (PAUSE)

Take after their mother

(PAUSE)

Little pricks

(PAUSE)

Now about your children?

Mikey:

We don’t have any children.

Colonel:

Who the FUCK is Nicky then?

Mickey:

He’s my brother’s son.

Colonel:

Ah, oh course Barry's.

Mikey:

You killed him.

Colonel:

Now that’s not a nice thing to say. I wouldn’t want you
Thinking I was an unreasonable man. Your brother was stupid…
He met an regrettable accident. You don’t want to join him,
Do you?

(PAUSE)

So Nicky’s your nephew? Are you sure he’s not
Your son?

Mikey (Mumbles):

Yes

(PAUSE)

Sir.

Colonel:

How long has he been living with you for?

Mikey:

Two years.

Colonel:

That would make sense

(SCRIBBLES IT DOWN)

Mikey:

I want to see my wife.

Colonel:

You can’t.

(PAUSE)

Maybe later.

(PAUSE)

She’s busy.

(PAUSE)

I do want to help you and your wife.
And little Nicky

(PAUSE)

But you’ve got to help me.
I do want to help you.

Mikey:

I want to see my wife.

Colonel:

She hates you, don’t you know?

(FLICKING THROUGH NOTEPAD)

In fact both of them do,
You know?

(FLICKING AGAIN)

What was it she said,
Last night? He’s a pathetic
Excuse for a human being.

Mikey:

No.

Colonel: (Still smiling):

I hate him. I hate him.
I hate him when he comes
Home from the pub.
I hate the way he smokes
Those cheap cigarettes.

Mikey:

I don’t believe you.

Colonel:

Up to you, it’s your old
Choice, old boy. I
Wouldn’t want you
Thinking I was a
Unreasonable man.
You do know she was
Having a affair, don’t
You?

(LOOKING THROUGH RECORDS)

But it’s in material.
Did you think a woman
That good looking
Would stay faithful
To you. God, you’ve
Pathetic.

Mikey:

I don’t believe you.

Colonel:

Do you want me
To tell you names
Of the hotels they used
To FUCK in when you
Were working for General
Fielding in the country.
No? I didn’t think so.
Do you want me to tell
You of all of those late
Nights she used to work at
That Factory, what really
Happened? No? I didn’t
Think so. I can’t blame
You.

Mikey

No

Colonel:

I couldn’t really care less
If you believe me or not,
Old boy. It is no skin off
My back if you listen to
Me or not.

Mikey:

What do you want from me?

Colonel:

And I won’t even
Start to tell you what
Nicky thought of you.

(PAUSE)

Little prick. I thought my
Children were bad enough
But that young man was
Unreasonable. I came close
To myself to..

Mikey:

What do you want from me?

Colonel:

Are you sure you don’t want
This? It is a excellent drink.

Mikey:

No.

Colonel:

Up to you, old boy.
It’s your choice, old boy.
I wouldn’t want you
Thinking I was a an
Unreasonable man.
With a wife like yours,
I would probably drink
Twice as much as what
You drink

(COLONEL FINISHES OFF HIS BOTTLE OF WINE)

Do you love your wife?

Mikey:

Yes, of course.

Colonel:

Even though she despises
Your every footstep. Get
Your head out of the clouds,
Man – let me ask you slowly

Do

(PAUSE)

you

(PAUSE)

love

(PAUSE)

Your

(PAUSE)

Wife?

Mikey:

No

Colonel:

No, what?

Mikey:

No, sir.

Colonel:

Do you want to still see your wife?

Mikey:

No.

Colonel:

Do you want to still see your wife?

Mikey:

No.

Colonel:

Do you want to still see your wife?
No?

(NO RESPONSE)

I thought so. I can’t blame you.
She said it was your fault.
You forced her into it.
You told her to lie for you.
Do you want me to carry on?

(NO RESPONSE)

I thought not.

Mikey:

I don’t believe you.

Colonel:

I’m not going to
Repeat myself
Again, old boy.
You may think
I enjoy sitting here
And talking to you
But I’m got a job
To do too.
I’ve got superiors
Who expect answers.
I’ve got superiors
Who would have had
You shot on the spot.

Mikey:

What do you  want from me?

Colonel:

What do I want from you,
Old boy? What do I want?

(PASSES CIGRETTE)

Mikey:

No.

Colonel:

Yes, like I said before
One won’t kill you.

Mikey:

Yes, it will. I can’t….

Colonel:

Can’t what?

Mikey:

Sir.

Colonel:

Now about Nicky…

Mikey:

He’s innocent.

Colonel:

Innocent, WHAT.

Mikey:

He’s innocent, sir.

Colonel:

I’m not denying it,
Michael but you
Should teach him
Some manners.

Mikey:

He’s innocent.

(PAUSE)

Sir.

Colonel:

Like I said before
To you, old boy.
The language he came
Out with was coarse.
I would have whipped
My lads on principle
If they came out
With some of the words
He said.

(PAUSE)

It’s immaterial anyhow.

Mikey:

What do you mean?

Colonel:

It’s immaterial anyhow.

Mikey:

What do you mean?

Colonel:

But your wife…

(PAUSE)

She treated us with
Respect as soon as she
Arrived. There was no
Crying, no tandems
- no kicking of their
feet. When we asked
her to sign that piece
of paper, she grabbed
it almost literally from
my hands and “I’ll
be glad to get rid of
the little BASTARD.”

Mikey:

No.

(PAUSE)

Sir.

Colonel:

Just face it, Mikey.

Your family hates you.

It’s ironic really,

If you look at it,

All of the medals you’ve

Received and your 

Family hates you.

I wonder what your

Brother would say if

He was still alive…

He would probably

Be stood behind me

And call you a

Spineless two

Faced son of

A….

(PAUSE)

It’s immaterial anyhow.

Did you know

He squealed like a pig

When we bought him

In here… It almost 

Turned my stomach

When he actually

Pleaded with us

To kill him and put

Him out of his

Misery…. As if, I

Give you… As if..
 

(PAUSE)

Now I know you 

Wouldn’t be anything

Like that Michael 

Would you? I know

From your records

You are much more

Co-operative.

Mikey:

I did it.

Colonel:

Did what?

Mikey:

I did it.

Colonel:

No, you didn’t.

Mikey:

I want to confess.

Colonel:

You want to confess to what?

Mikey:

I did it. I pulled the bloody trigger.

Colonel:

What trigger? You have lost 

me there old boy – You really have

lost me there. What the hell did

you think I have had you dragged

in for?

(PAUSE)

It’s immaterial anyhow now.
 

(PAUSE)

It’s immaterial.

Mikey:

What do you want from me?

Colonel:

You mean to tell me they 

Haven’t told you?

(PAUSE)

I’ll tell you for nothing –

They are bloody useless

At HQ. I’ll tell you for 

Nothing if I ran you for

Nothing – it would be

Ran differently. There 

Would be none of this 

Pussy footing around

When a man gets set free

He would be informed

In due course and not

Kept dangling.

Mikey:

You’re setting me free?

Colonel:

Why do you think I invited you in here,

Old boy? I just wanted to invite you in here for

A drink, one for the road just to say no hard feelings.

Mikey:

But what about my family?

(COLONEL WALKS AROUND

TO THE BACK OF MIKEY

AND WHISPERS) 

Colonel:

If you agree to help the guard bury them

Next to your brother, you are can go free. 

They were no where near as co-operative

As you.

(FADE TO BLACK)

Night Shift

Night Shift is the first in a series of short plays originally started around the beginning of 2001, and still ongoing to this day focusing on a un-named prisoner of war camp told in a very Harold Pinter kind of voice - ie very black humored.

There is a number of other pieces in this series alas not complete which i will share in due course, but I hope you like this.

In contrast to some of the other plays mentioned so far, this one is unproduced but I hope it will be someday.

(SETTING: PRISON BLOCK)

(PLACE: UNKNOWN)

(TIME: NOW (OR NOW-ISH)

(SCENCY IS SLIGHT BUT
AS THE PLAY BEGINS
TWO SOLDIERS WALK

FROM THE LEFT OF THE STAGE).

(THE TWO SOLDIERS ARE
SOMEWHERE IN THEIR 30’S
OR 40’S).

(THE FIRST SOLDIER GOES
THROUGH THE FIRST DOOR

AND THEN COMES BACK OUT)

(THE SECOND SOLDIER GOES
THROUGH THE SECOND DOOR
AND COMES BACK OUT)

(THE FIRST SOLDIER STOPS
AT THE THIRD DOOR)

Soldier 1:

Do I have to?

Soldier 2:

It’s your turn.

Soldier 1:

No it isn’t.

Soldier 2:

Yes it is.

Soldier 1:

Like hell, it is.

Soldier 2:

It’s your turn.

Soldier 1:

No, it bloody ain’t.

Soldier 2:

But you swapped with me

On the time before last.

Soldier 1:

No, I didn’t. You’re getting

Me confused over Room 5.

(SOLDIER 1 TURNS

AWAY FROM LOOKING

AT THE DOOR)

Soldier 2:

No I’m not. You

Swapped me with me

The time before last.

Soldier 1:

You told me in

The bar last night

You would go in there tonight.

Soldier 2:

I didn’t say that. You

Agreed that with Bobby.

Soldier 1:

Bobby was on the day shift.

Remember?

(PAUSE)

I agreed it with you.

Soldier 2:

I still ain’t going in there.

He ain’t right. Have you heard

What he did the other night

With his shit?

Soldier 1:

I don’t care. It’s still your

Turn.

Soldier 2:

There is no way I am going

In there.

Soldier 1:

I don’t know what your bloody

Problem is with him. That sod is so

scared off me – he almost lines the

wall with urine in fear when he sees

me walk  through his door with

my stick.

(SOLDIER 2 TURNS HIS BACK)

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

It’s your time. I went in there

Last time.

Soldier 1:

No you didn’t. I walked in

And screamed out ‘don’t

Try it sunshine, don’t even

Bloody think about it as

Otherwise they’ll be picking

Up the remains of your head

From the ceiling for the next

Two weeks’ and I thought

He was gonna burst out laughing

At me. I soon set him

Straight, you know.

Soldier 2:

That was the time before.

(PAUSE)

It’s your turn.

(PAUSE)

Do you think I like going

In there?

(PAUSE)

Did you hear what

He did to Colin the other week?

(PAUSE)

He waited until Colin had put the

tray on the floor and then leaped

On him from the top of his

Bunk.

Soldier 1:

He should have watched his back.

Soldier 2:

It took four of them to

Get us off him.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

I don’t care. He should have

Watched his back. If he had made

One wrong move – knocked him

Off that mattress so hard, he wouldn’t

Have being able to go to the toilet

For two days. I don’t care. It’s not my turn. 

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

And I’m telling you we swapped

over the time before last when you

wanted to go and see that little

Blonde in Room 6.

Soldier 1:

That was Paul.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

No, it wasn’t.

Soldier 1:

I’m choosy who I sleep

with and besides which

that dirty sod spent half a hour

at the end of our shift telling me in

graphic detail how she nearly bit it off.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

I hadn’t heard

About that.

Soldier 1:

Well, you didn’t hear

It from me.

Soldier 2:

Sugar. 

Soldier 1:

I am surprised

He didn’t get shot

For that.

Soldier 2:

I don’t think I

want to know any

more about this.

Soldier 1:

You started it all.

Soldier 2:

No, I didn’t.

Soldier 1:

Yes, you bloody did.

No, I didn’t.  We don’t have

the time to stand here all

night to talk about this. We

should have being back on

B Block ten minutes ago. 

We’ll get put on here

tomorrow night  too if

we don’t hurry up..   For god’s

sake just go  in. I’ll go the

next two times  if you’ll simply go in.

(PAUSE)

You know what the Colonel is like.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

I still don’t like it.

He’s too quiet. He could

be waiting round the other

Side of the door.

He could be watching

With a nail..

Soldier 1:

For god’s sake.

Just go in

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

If you are that scared

that much I’ll go in

right behind you.

Just bang on the

door and tell him to

stand by the wall

And don’t move until

you hear the shuffle of

his feet brush against

the wall and if he doesn’t move

we’ll go in and beat him

down to the  ground.

(PAUSE)

He won’t look  that much like

a V.I.P. then.

(SOLDIER 1 BANGS ON

THE DOOR)

Soldier 2:

He ain’t moving.

(SOLDIER 2 PUTS HIS
HEAD IN HIS HANDS)

Soldier 1:

For god’s sake.

Soldier 2:

I think he’s dead.

Soldier 1:

He bloody well better be dead.

(SOLDIER 1 THEN BANGS

ON THE DOOR)

Soldier 1: (SHOUTING)

Against the wall..

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1: (under breathe)

For god’s sake.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

Against the bloody wall.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1: (SHOUTING)

I ain’t going to ask you

again.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1: (SHOUTING)

Against the wall.

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

MOVE.

(BANG FROM THE CELL)

Soldier 1:

About time.

Soldier 2:

For god’s sake, be careful.

Soldier 1:

I don’t believe you

Sometimes.

Soldier 2:

I don’t like it.

Soldier 1:

Do you think I like it?

We’re got another

Twenty sodding cells

To go through

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

I just don’t like the

Fact he is being so

Bloody quiet.

Soldier 1:

Do you think I like

It too?

(PAUSE)

Soldier 1:

We’re got a bloody

Job to do. Do you

Think I like it too?

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

No.

Soldier 1:

Exactly. I hate the way

We have to check

On him every night.

If I had my day, I’ll

Line the lot off them

Against the wall

And well…

(PAUSE)

Soldier 2:

That’s a bit harsh.

Soldier 1: 

I don’t have time

To stand here

And debate politics

With you. We’ve

Got a job to do.

Soldier 2: (mumbles)

I didn’t start bringing

politics into this.

Soldier 1:

That ain’t politics. It’s

A bloody way of life.

Dog eat Dog and only the

Strong shall survive.  SHITS

like this CUNT deserve

everything they have got coming

to them. He chose the wrong

party. He asked for everything

he has got coming to me.

(PAUSE)

I’m going in, bugger it.

If that CUNT gives

Me any grief that god

Help him literally.

(PAUSE)

Cover my back and if

He moves one inch out

Off place, smack him

On the head til he begs

You to stop whether

It’s in English or

FUCKING double dutch.

(SOLDIER 1 GOES
INTO THE CELL.

AFTER A FEW SECONDS
SOLDIER 2 FOLLOWS)

(PAUSE FOR A FEW SECONDS)

(A SCREAM HITS
THE AIR)

(THEY BOTH COME BACK
OUT. SOLDIER 2 IS LOOKING
SHOCKED. SOLDIER 1 IS
GENTLY STROKING HIS
STICK WHICH HAS BLOOD
DRIPPING ON)

Soldier 1:

Right, next cell.

Come on, we haven’t

Got all night.

(FADE TO BLACK)