80. Gadfly - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• EXT. CITY STREET - DAY


• Crowds of people move quickly past PROPHET JONAS, a ragged man standing on a dirty crate.


• They try to ignore him.


• Those who must wait next to him while they wait to cross the street shift uncomfortably.


• PROPHET JONAS
• I have a word from the Lord. Repent! Feed the poor! Remember the forgotten.


• No one stops to listen as he pleads.


• PROPHET JONAS
• You've taken advantage of the invisible, you've played at being religious, but you drip with hate. You preyed on those with no voice. You drove the silent from their homes for your condos, you robbed the sick of their savings and now refuse to treat their ills. You shunned those that were different and betrayed those who trusted in you. This is the word of the Lord. Repent!


• A woman stops, stares up at him with disgust, and walks away shaking her head.


• PROPHET JONAS
• There is a disaster coming, you must repent, turn away and serve those you have neglected. Comfort the...


• There is a loud bang, and the prophet falls, clutching his chest.


• He falls to the ground, and the gunman slips away into the crowd.


• People continue to flow past, stepping over his body, ignoring him. Some look relieved.


• They flow past his body, trying to ignore it.


• The continue to flow past him, long minutes passing.


• A slow rumble starts at one end of the street, causing people to sop, searching for the source of the sound.


• The rumble grows louder, and the ground shifts, the tears open as an earthquake begins to shift the plates below the city.


• Buildings crumble, fire hydrants burst, and fans flame out across the city.


• The streets tear themselves apart, but a small patch is perfectly preserved; the patch on which the prophet's body lies, his dead hand grasping a sign with a single word, "Repent!"


• FADE TO BLACK.