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FADE IN EXT: A CONVENIENCE STORE ON A STREET CORNER IN A BUSY CITY  ''Shady-looking people in suits are seen walking in different directions across the shot. Text appears on screen.  Western Canada, 2046. INT: THE CONVENIENCE STORE  The interior of the store is grungy, but somewhat homey too. A brown skinned man is seen at the counter. The song Twilight by Maze is playing faintly on a radio. CUT: A shot of the door, a bell is seen on the top.  The door opens and the bell rings. We pan down to a young girl, our protagonist ALINA. She is around 10-12 years old, has black hair and is wearing a teal trenchcoat. She walks out of the shot. CUT: Looking down an aisle in the store. Alina walks into shot and starts looking for food. CUT: The cashier at the counter. Alina approaches the counter with her purchases.  CUT: The counter, from the cashier's POV. Alina has orange soda, potato chips and two cans of an unlabelled food. BACK TO: The cashier, who smiles upon recognizing Alina.'' CASHIER: Nice to see you again. The usual, I see? CUT: Close-up of Alina, who nods. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Wide shot of the counter. The cashier gets out a brown paper bag and puts the items into it, Alina produces some money from a pocket on her coat. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Looking across the counter. ''The cashier hands the bag to Alina, while she hand him her money. She walks out of shot. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Close-up on the cashier, waving goodbye.'' <p style="text-align:center;">CASHIER: <p style="text-align:center;">Please come again! <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: THE STREET CORNER <p style="text-align:center;">'' Alina walks out of the store. She walks towards the road and looks left and right.'' <p style="text-align:center;">??? (Offscreen): <p style="text-align:center;">Hey! <p style="text-align:center;">Alina suddenly turns her head. <p style="text-align:center;">''CUT: Behind Alina. She is confronted by a group of three Arab gangsters. They have fierce expressions on their face. <p style="text-align:center;">GANGSTER: <p style="text-align:center;">It's the thief! <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Alina, with a terrified expression. She runs away from the gangsters. <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: A STAIRWAY BETWEEN TWO BUILDINGS. <p style="text-align:center;">Alina enters onscreen running down the stairs, still clutching the bag in her hands. The gangsters follow in hot pursuit. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Alina running along a path from the ladder. We follow her into a tube-shaped tunnel with grey walls. <p style="text-align:center;">INT: THE TUNNEL <p style="text-align:center;">We see Alina running towards the camera. The gangsters are catching up. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: One of the gangsters, pulling out a machete. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Behind the gangsters. They are very close now. <p style="text-align:center;"> BACK TO: The gangster with the machete. He throws it at her. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Looking at a point where the tunnel splits. Before the machete can hit her, Alina makes a sharp turn into the right tunnel and the machete hits a wall instead. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Looking at the end of the tunnel. Alina is still running. Only two of the gangsters are pursuing her now. She runs through to the end of the tunnel and back into the outside. <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: HARBOR  <p style="text-align:center;">Boats are seen in the background. Alina runs through the shot, the gangsters hot on her tail. As they exit the shot, we pan right to reveal that she is running towards a massive harbor. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: A group of tanker boats. One, labelled as the "RIFTCO TEMPEST", still has an open gangway.  <p style="text-align:center;">Alina runs onscreen, coming to a stop to catch her breath. She seems to have lost the gangsters for now.  <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: A close-up on Alina. She still looks pretty worried. We pan to reveal the boat with the open, which she turns and notices. Believing this to be her only chance to escape her pursuers, she runs towards it. <p style="text-align:center;">INT: THE RIFTCO TEMPEST, LOWER DECKS  <p style="text-align:center;">The interior of the boat looks very industrial and metallic, unsurprisingly for a tanker ship. The only illumination on these decks comes in the form of a series of translucent red emergency lights, which leave everything in shades ofp red and black. We pan back through a hallway as Alina appears, looking around, and begins walking down the hallway.  <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: The intersection between two corridors''. ''Alina peeks out from the first corridor and looks in both directions. The camera focuses on a set of stairs, which she spots. She heads towards them. <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: DECK E <p style="text-align:center;">At the bottom of the staircase, we rejoin Alina as she reaches the bottom deck. Looking around, she attempts to look for somewhere to hide.  <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: An old storage closet. Alina passes by this, then looks at it a little more curiously. Suddenly, she hears footsteps and turns to her right.  <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: The hallway to Alina's right. The footsteps are getting louder. <p style="text-align:center;">BACK TO: Alina, with an even more worried expression. Quickly, the tugs open the door and scrambles into the closet. <p style="text-align:center;">BACK TO: The hallway. One of the ship's security guards enters into the corridor, looking around suspiciously. He walks towards the closet, and we follow him until he stops right next to it. He looks around for a little bit, before sighing, shaking his head, and continuing on his patrol. <p style="text-align:center;">INT: STORAGE CLOSET <p style="text-align:center;"> The closet is very small and cramped. It's not that tight of a squeeze for Alina, however. She lets out a sigh and slumps down. <p style="text-align:center;">Beat. <p style="text-align:center;">The boat's engines rev to life, and it jolts into motion. Alina accidentally bangs her head on the closet wall from this movement. She recoils and begins to rub it out of pain.'' <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: HARBOR. <p style="text-align:center;">''CUT: We see the tempest departing the harbor, heading into a foggy sea. The main title fades in. <p style="text-align:center;">LOS TENPURCOS <p style="text-align:center;"> The opening credits play over a succession of aerial shots showing the boat on its journey to the titular city. <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: A SUPERMARKET, NIGHT <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: The supermarket is called Martymart, the letters of the logo in the process of crumbling to rust. In the background we see nothing but fog, punctuated by the occasional stack of lights from a nearby skyscraper. <p style="text-align:center;">We see a man, one EDDIE BURBICK, leaving the supermarket. He's wearing a heavy coat with sunglasses and has two brown paper bags in his hands. <p style="text-align:center;">EXT: A DARK ALLEYWAY <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Eddie enters the alleyway and we follow him until he stops at a door, seemingly his own home. He produces a set of keys out of his pocket. <p style="text-align:center;">Some footsteps, along with sound of tin cans falling on the ground, are heard. Eddie looks around, suspicious. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Close up on Eddie's chest. He puts his hand inside his coat, perhaps getting a weapon. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Looking down the alley from behind Eddie. A man with a gun enters the shot. He fires some shots at Eddie. <p style="text-align:center;">Eddie rolls to the left to dodge the bullets, then stands up and charges at the gunman. He hits him with enough force to knock the gun out of the man's hands, pins him to a wall. He pulls out a knife and places it against the gunman's neck. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Close-up on Eddie.'' <p style="text-align:center;">EDDIE: <p style="text-align:center;">Who sent you?! <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: ''The gunman who seems absolutely petrified. He stutters some unintelligible words in an attempt to explain. <p style="text-align:center;">CUT: Close up shot of Eddie's sunglasses.'' <p style="text-align:center;">EDDIE: <p style="text-align:center;">Not surprised. <p style="text-align:center;">''Eddie lunges forward, and a slice is heard, implying the death of the gunman. We hear the body slump to the ground. <p style="text-align:center;">INT: SMALL KITCHEN <p style="text-align:center;">More coming soon!''