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“LIABILITIES” EPISODE 1

*Extreme long shot of the deserted city, slowly panning from left to right showing no-one in sight other than the 3 main characters*

*Scott, Liam and Joshua are stood on a hill overlooking an empty city where no-one is in sight, cars have crashed and there is a big crater in the centre*

Scott:

(Gazes into the distance) Where is everyone? Like no-one’s there and cars are overturned and stuff

Liam:

What are you suggesting Scott?

Josh:

He’s obviously suggesting that everyone has given up with this dead-end city and decided to leg it to the nearest city where dreams can still be made.

Scott:

(Sighs) No Josh. What I meant to say is it looks like something has hit the city and everyone has fled or worse..

Liam:

What do you mean worse?

Scott:

Like y’know dead and stuff

Josh:

Just listen to yourselves; they’re probably fitting new roads or something you retards

Scott:

That deep? They’re not making a highway to hell you utter moron.

*Liam laughs*

Josh:

Okay smartass, so what’s happened?

Liam:

Just stop fighting. We need to go down there and investi, investing-

Josh:

Investigate?

Liam:

yeah.

Josh:

So? What are we waiting around here for? C’mon. *Grabs Liam by the arm as they walk towards the empty city*

*Scene closes and transitions out into a fade effect

*Scott, Liam and Joshua approach the city where they can hear car alarms going off*

Scott:

Well, this doesn’t look very ‘fun’

Josh:

C’mon lets go closer

Scott:

*dramatically* And here he goes again, always taking command to drag us to an early death

Josh:

Wow. You realllllyyyyyyyy are a pussy. Liam you game?

Liam:

Game? What? Sorry I wasn’t listening

Josh:

Well I’m going with or without you.

Liam:

*stutters* but, but, but it looks dangerous like we could get hurt or somethin’

Scott:

For once, I agree with you Liam.

Josh:

Fine then. *walks of towards the crater avoiding obstacles within his path*

*Scott and Liam shortly follow*

Liam:

Wait up! If I didn’t know any better it seems like you have got a keen interest with big, dark holes…

Scott:

He was in Juvenile for too long and-

*Josh interrupts*

Josh:

Hahahahahahahahahahahaha no.

Liam:

I don’t understand..

Josh:

Good, you wouldn’t want to. *sternly looks at Scott*

*Josh approaches the crater where he stares down into it*

Josh:

*whispers to himself* what is that..

Scott:

Get away from the edge, don’t want you falling in do we?

Liam:

Yeah.

*Scott and Liam approach Josh to see what he is staring at*

Liam:

Is that a-

Scott:

Meteor. Yes. Has to be. But, it can’t be!

Josh:

*smugly* obviously is.

*Josh climbs carefully down into the crater*

Scott:

Josh! What the f*** are you doing?! You’ll get yourself killed!

Josh:

I’ve done stuff like this before, I’ll be fineeeeeeeeee

*A spark comes of the meteor and connects with Josh which sends him to the ground*

Scott:

What the..

Liam:

Josh are you alright?! ‘cos you don’t look it

Josh:

And I’m fine, I just feel er… weird?

Scott:

It’s about time you came out the closet.

Josh:

Not like that. I mean I feel like, hot and numb almost like I’ve got pins and needles in my arm

*Liam offers his arm out to help Josh out the crater*

*Josh connects his hand onto Liam’s arm which Liam screams in agony and shrugs Josh off him*

Liam:

Josh! What the **** man, that hurt!

Josh:

What hurt?

Liam:

You know.

Josh:

I honestly don’t

Liam:

You squeezed my arm!

Josh:

No I didn’t! I had hardly any grasp on it.

Liam:

well whatever you did it really ******* hurt.

*Scott climbs down into the crater to get a closer look at the meteor*

Josh:

Oh yeah, just climb closer to the meteor, don’t give a flying **** about me.

Liam:

I see what you did there *points to Josh with both hands and grins*

Scott:

Shh. From what it seems something has connected into you, like, an electric shock or something.

Josh:

Electric? From a meteor? Next joke.

Scott:

(bragging) I did GCSE science, I’m being serious

Liam:

Thought you failed that?

Scott:

(Sternly) I did, but that’s not the point.

*Liam climbs down into the crater alongside Scott*

Liam:

So what actually is it?

Scott:

I’m not sure what it is but whatever it is has totally messed up Josh.

Scott:

Josh… Josh…. JOSH

Josh:                                                                                             

Yeah, sorry, I’m still here just slowly dieing.

Liam:

But you aren’t.

Josh:

Shutup.

*Camera turns to face Liam who is gazing at the meteor which the other two characters notice* 

Josh:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

(Directed at Liam) What the fuck are you looking at

Scott:

Who? Me?

Josh:

No. Him! *points at Liam*

Liam:

(Unaware of what’s happening) Err. What. Sorry wasn’t listening

Josh:

What were you staring at?

Liam:

The Meteor, it’s glowing

Scott:

No it isn’t...

*An explosion goes off in which Scott and Josh turn around to see where it came from*

Scott:

(In fear) What the fuck was that?!

Josh:

(Bluntly) Like I’d know

*Scott and Josh turn back around to talk to Liam*

Scott:

Liam, Do you know wha-

*A slight pause*

Liam:

What?

Scott: (CONT’D)

Liam?..

Liam:

Yeah?

*Camera focuses on a space in which Liam is but cannot be seen to the characters*

Josh:

Where the fuck is he? I can hear him talking and stuff but he’s like not there

Scott:
(Bluntly to Josh) No shit. I can hear you but you’re like not there

Josh: (Interupts)

I must be trippin’ balls man

Liam:

Are you two okay?

Scott:

(Stressing) Are we okay? You’re the one fucking hiding

Liam:

How am I hiding? I’m stood right in front of you

Josh:

But we can’t see ya..

Scott:

Did you touch the meteor?

Liam:

I don’t think so.. not that I know of

Josh:

(Making it clear to Scott) Of course he has! He’s fucking invisible for fuck sake

Liam:

(In shock) Me? Invisible? Awesome.

Scott:

He can’t be! You haven’t been affected like he has!

*Camera focuses on Josh’s arm*

*A electic ripple goes along Josh’s arm*

Josh:

(Cheekily and cockily) Are you sure mate?

Scott:

(Starts to panic) IT CANT BE! SUPERPOWERS ARE NON-EXISTANT AND DON’T EXIST IS JUST FOR COMICS AND STUFF

Liam:

(Mockingly) Ooooo someone learned a new word, Mr Fancyyyyyyy

Scott:

Shutup! You can’t just trot along over to the meteor and touch it like this-

*Scott touches the meteor*

 *Scene suddenly changes where a car is hurling towards Liam where Josh fires an electric bolt at to prevent it from hitting Liam*

*Scene abruptly ends and returns to where they were prior to this flashback-like scene*

Josh:

Scott, Scott, are you okay Scott? Wouldn’t want our little baby all hurt *graps his cheek mockingly*

*Scott shoves Josh off him*

Scott:

Wow…

Liam:

What?

Scott:

I think I just had a flashback or something

Josh:
Oh yeah? Of what?

Scott:

(struggling to remember) There was a car. It was flying towards Liam and you shot it back with a bolt or something

Liam:

But that hasn’t happened so how is it a flashback?

Scott:

(dazed) I don’t know, it just, just happened alight?

Josh:

Whatever you’re on. I need some of that shit.

*Another explosion goes off in which the camera has an over-the-shoulder of Liam which a car is heading towards him*

*Josh quickly steps in and without thinking shoots the car back with an electric bolt*

*The characters fall to the ground where they try to make sense of what Scott said and what happened*

Liam:

What. Just. Happened.

Josh:

What you said-

Liam and Josh: (synchronously)

Happened.

Scott:

I know, I knew something happened to me when I touched that meteor!

Josh:

So lets get this straight. I can somehow shoot electric bolts, Liam can turn invisible and you can see into the future?!

Scott:

(Unsure) It seems that way I guess

Josh:

Do you realize what we can do?! We can be whatever we want to be! We’re fucking superheroes!

Liam:

This is going to be sweeeeeeeeeeeet

Scott:

We have powers now I guess. You know what they say, with great power comes great responsibility

Josh:

(Quickly catches on) You robbed that of Spiderman

Scott:

It’s relevant though

Josh:

I couldn’t give a flying fuck if it’s relevant, we’ve got a 3 different powers and we’re sat here in a ditch wondering why we’ve got them. Lets get out there and fuck shit up

Liam:

Amen.

Scott:

We’re (reluctant to say) ‘superheroes’ now. We’re not criminals.

Liam:

Didn’t stop us before.

Scott:

That was different, we had nothing to do with our lifes: no aspirations, hopes etc we we’re washouts with no purpose but now..

Liam:

“now” what?

Scott:

Now. We sort this mess out and find out what’s really going on.

*Scene ends where dramatic closing music plays to smoothly end the scene*