253. Petals and Puddles - Leslie

• FADE IN:


• EXT. CITY SIDEWALK - DAY


• SUKI splashes through silvery puddles on the concrete, her flip flops squishing as she moves, a trail of red roses drifting to the ground behind her.


• She holds a large bouquet of dark red roses in her hand, plucking petals from the stems and dropping them into the air.


• The petals float in the puddles, blood and mercury pooling together.


• Smiling sadly at bemused passer-bys, she glides along, squishing along in the fresh rainwater.


• SUKI (VO)
• They put a bomb inside me; see, there's there's scar.


• Her shirt rides up, revealing a fresh, angry red scar traveling up her abdomen.


• SUKI (VO)
• They told me I had an hour to live, so I bought flowers. I would have run away, but they'll blow me up. They'll blow me up if I say anything. So I bought flowers.


• She pulls more petals from the stems and tosses them up, watching them fall.


• A man with an earpiece watches her from a window above the street.


• She looks at her watch, the minute hand brushing at the hour mark, the second hand ticking closer and closer.


• She pulls another petal away from the stem, a tear welling up in her eye.


• Her foot lands in another puddle and in that instant, there is perfect silence as she disappears in pure light.


• The white turns to fiery red and the explosion shakes the buildings around as the shock waves travel down the street.


• The silvery puddles grow red veins and the petals float in pools of diluted blood.


• FADE TO BLACK.