Carnival Page #5

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TIGRA:

Sent him to town to get some

supplies. I think she tagged along.

They should be back by now.

EXT. THE CARNIVAL - TIME LAPSE

The SUN plummets behind the horizon - circus tents’ shadows

stretch across the arid soil like reaching fingers.

SHIV (V.O.)

Time crawls by like a dying man in

the desert.

EXT. THE CARNIVAL - ROAD - NIGHT

Shiv stands in the middle of a misty DIRT ROAD, circus lights

glowing behind his back.

14.

SHIV (V.O.)

The wait kills my hope bit by bit,

feeding a growing thirst to go out

and find her.

His stare, fixed on the sinful glow of distant CITY LIGHTS:

EXT. BABYLON - NIGHT

A mini Vegas - what it lacks in size, it makes up for in

bustling energy. Casinos, hotels, and strip joints PULSE with

a kaleidoscope of NEON LIGHTS.

SHIV (V.O.)

But Babylon is a cesspool of crime

and sin.

Top class HOOKERS on display. GANGBANGERS work their corners,

selling dope like candy.

SHIV (V.O.)

Nasty enough to keep me searching

for three lifetimes.

PRE-LAP:
the sound of KNOCKING on a door -

EXT. ZODIAC’S TRAILER - NIGHT

Zodiac opens her door, not very pleased to find:

SHIV:

I need your eyes.

ZODIAC:

Can’t see the lottery numbers or

cheat in any game of chance.

Believe me, I tried.

SHIV:

My sister’s missing.

ZODIAC:

Go see Tigra.

SHIV:

She’s busy getting laid.

ZODIAC:

Bet your sister is too.

She steps back inside and CLOSES the door in his face.

15.

Yet he stands there. Stoic. Unflinching.

He’s not going anywhere.

No, sir.

ZODIAC (O.S.)

I can feel you standing outside.

He doesn’t move.

The door opens, she comes out again.

ZODIAC:

So what’s the plan? Keep standing

there until I help you?

SHIV:

Correct.

Off Zodiac, considering giving in to his demands...

CUT TO:

EXT. THE CARNIVAL - ROAD - NIGHT

Shiv watches as Zodiac feels various sets of tire tracks on

the dirt with her hands.

She moves from one to another. Until she finds the one she

was looking for.

ZODIAC:

Found them.

Her eyes roll back into her head.

ZODIAC:

She left with Mirage earlier

today... but they never made it to

Babylon.

SHIV:

What happened?

ZODIAC:

It’s blurry. I need to get closer.

EXT. DIRT ROAD - NIGHT

Twin headlights SHINE through the MIST.

16.

A CARNIE TRUCK cruises a lonely road cutting through a

sprawling desertscape.

INT. CARNIE TRUCK

Shiv drives. Zodiac rides shotgun, staring out the window,

looking bored.

He shoots quick glances at her, as if she was a puzzle he’s

trying to figure out.

She catches him staring.

ZODIAC:

What?

SHIV:

Just wondering.

ZODIAC:

What?

SHIV:

Same thing everyone else is

wondering. What are you hiding?

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