Back to My Splash
Danielle Miller
Little Bother screenplay
April 13, 2009
Professor Bousquet
“’Let’s start with something simple,’ she said. I craned my head to see her. She had turned to a desk with an Xbox on it, connected to an expensive looking flat panel TV. ‘I’d like you to tell me your login for your Pirate party email, please?’…‘Do you know what waterboarding is M1k3y?’... ‘You get strapped down like this, and we pour water over your head, up your nose and down your mouth.’ I closed my eyes and squeezed them shut. ‘Give him a drink’, she said…This time it was a bucket of water, all at once”(344)
Severe Haircut woman: How long do you want this to continue, M1k3y?
Marcus: (gargling and gasping from the water) I WON’T tell you the login!
Severe Haircut woman: Fine, then I suppose it is to the bucket for you.
(Beefy DHS guy unties Marcus from the table and picks him up and ties his hands behind his back.)
Shit. What am I supposed to do? I have won against these fuckers, and I’m not going to give in now. But what is the bucket??? They can’t get my login…all of those people that will get caught…I can’t do that to them.
(Leads Marcus to a big tub of disgusting looking water and makes him kneel down)
Severe Haircut woman: This is your last chance Marcus, either you can tell me the login and password to your email or you will be gulping down that water for the next minute!
Marcus: (Smiles politely and shakes his head no)
How long can she do this??? Maybe if I don’t talk today they will leave me alone for a while and then someone will find us. People must know what the fuck is going on, the Vamp stunt must have attracted attention to me, my face must be seen on some camera…and there is Barbara.
(Marcus is submerged in the water several times without a break. He comes up gasping for air. He shakes his head and makes no movement to give up his login and password.)
Severe Haircut woman: Marcus, Marcus, Marcus. I would think that after last time, you would have been more wiling to cooperate with us here. You know what we are capable of, you know how you never saw your friend Darryl again…
Marcus: DON’T YOU EVER SAY THAT NAME TO ME YOU CRAZY BITCH. YOUR MIND IS WARPED. YOU ARE LESS THAN HUMAN, YOU ARE LESS THAN A COMPUTER, YOU ARE SOMEONES PROGRAMMED BITCH THAT DOES NOT THINK FOR HERSELF!!!!
Severe Haircut woman: Again!!! Longer this time.
(Marcus is just held under the water for close to 2 minutes this time without a break)
She had the balls to bring up Darryl. Poor, poor Darryl, who no one will ever see again probably. This water is rancid though, I must admit. I wonder if they will do something worse to me if I don’t talk. Like maybe they will connect my balls to some car battery and turn up the power, that would probably hurt pretty fucking bad…It is getting a little woozy under here…I can’t really think about this any more…
(Marcus is brought up from the bucket and is gasping for air and puking up water)
Severe Haircut woman: Enough for now. Perhaps a few days without a shower and food will do you some good. I think you should stay handcuffed too, just for safety reasons.
I was back in this putrid cell, with no mattress and no fucking way of going to the bathroom. I really didn’t care. I hoped that when severe haircut lady came for me again, I smelled even worse than the last time. I have made it this far, that I can’t give up now. I just can’t let everyone down; I can’t let them win…
Maybe they forgot about me. Maybe they want to just leave me here to die because they know it is useless to get me to talk. Maybe they have to stop this whole gig, maybe someone finally exposed them for what they really are.
Beefy DHS Guy: (comes to Marcus’s cell 3 days later and grabs him by the neck and drags him from his cell. Marcus is taken to a different room than before, this one has some instrumental looking things and a chair)
Marcus: Please food…please…
Holy crap. What is this room?? Why is there a dentist’s chair that belongs in a horror movie?
I feel so weak. I will not give up now. I know that if they ask me for anything, I will ust say no. It is getting easier. I could just die here.
Severe Haircut woman: I see you have soiled yourself again. If you want to give me your login and password, that would be nice, but I am moving on to other things now. I want to know how you know so much. How did you learn to get around all of these systems and be so invisible?
Marcus: It is common sense
Severe haircut woman: I do not recommend that you get smart with me young man. I just want to know the level of your involvement. Maybe you can convince us that you really are just a very, very smart boy that made some very, very bad decisions. Yes, you will still be in big trouble and do jail time, but you can have a fair trial and some rights. You would like that now wouldn’t you?
Marcus: You’re joking right? You are not going to let me out of here; I will probably NEVER get out of here. And rights?!?!? Are you freaking serious…I mean you guys have just about violated every right and freedom that I have!!!
Severe Haircut woman: Take him to the chair!
(Marcus is tied down to the dentists chair by the big guy)
(Severe haircut lady and another man put on gloves and take out a bunch of vials and syringes)
Severe haircut woman: We will start out easy on you and give you some time to decide if you want to share something with us. (Takes a vial and fills a syringe) This is a chemical that we will inject in you that will make you feel just mildly uncomfortable. (Injects the serum).
Marcus: (Groans and starts to wiggle around a little bit)
Severe haircut woman: Tell me what you know!
Marcus: Never!
Severe Haircut woman: I will inject you now with something stronger now, and I think you will really enjoy this one…(She injects him with something new).
Marcus: (Screaming with pain) I will not give IN!!!
Severe Haircut woman: You WILL give in. You will either submit, or become useless to us, and useless people don’t need to stay around. Tell me what you know and who you work for! I KNOW you did not do all of this on your own!
Marcus: (writhing and whimpering. Does not say a word)
Severe Haircut woman: Fine, Have it your way. (Injects a very strong psychoactive serum that attacks nerve function and eventually shuts them all down in a painful manner)
Marcus: (Getting higher and higher pitched as he says the following, and eventually tapering off and whispering the last word) ‘Governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government, laying its foundation with such principles, and organizing its powers in such a form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.’ (Marcus goes unconscious)
I feel like I am floating. YOU DID NOT HAVE MY CONSENT!!!
Severe Haircut woman: You see, we just wanted a little sanity, a little organization in everyone’s lives. And we knew that you could help us with that. If we can just get rid of the Xbox then we will have some control. We didn’t want to hurt you….
“’Stand down!’ one of the body armors said. ‘Stand down and put your hands in the air. You are under arrest!’ Severe Haircut woman was talking on her phone. One of the body armors noticed her and he moved swiftly to her and batted her phone away with a gloved hand. Everyone fell silent as it sailed through the air in an arc that spanned the small room, clattering to the ground in a shower of parts.” (pg 346). |