DECEPTION

By: Alexander Willey

Fades in the small town of New Greckor... ... ... ....

Mike

Hey Sarah, you know we hang out at the mall every single Friday.... But tonight is gonna be different!

Sarah

Oh really?...  (Giggles).... Why is that?

Mike

The season premier of Forman Stud, its gonna be amazing!

Sarah

I can't believe you still watch that horrible show (sigh)

Mike

Well I think the show is pretty good, so I think that we should leave early so we can eat dinner at my house before the show starts.

Sarah

All right...well, I don't know about the show part, but I think I could go for some food.

Mike

I knew you couldn't pass up the food, especially tonight, were gonna have pizza...Let's go.

Sarah

Sounds good. This mall is getting boring anyway.

Mike and Sarah leave the mall and start walking to mikes house.

Alleyway

Mike

You know, I think we should do something different, hmmm next Friday. How about the movies?

Sarah

Sounds good. You mean like a date?

Mike

May....

(Loud noise)

Mike

What the hell was that!?

Sarah

I don't know.

Mike

Lemme go check it out

Mike starts to walk over... ... suddenly gets hit in the head

Mike

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

Gets thrown into a trash can	
	
Sarah

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Stranger

..............................

Stranger picks up a stone and runs after her, grabs her around the neck and then hits her in the face with the stone until she drops to her knees..

Stranger

(Laughs) (Runs off into the darkness)

Parents House

1 hour later….

Ursula

Where is Michael? He’s supposed to be home.

Frederick

I don’t know babe…I just got home from work…

2 hours pass….

Ursula

I’m gonna start calling around for him and Sarah.

Fred

Ok… Fine, do what you need to do!

Ursula calls Joe’s cell…

Ursula

Hi Joe, have you seen Mike and Sarah?

Joe

I saw them earlier, but that was like nearly 3 or 4 hours ago.

Ursula

Ok…. Thanks anyway, bye.

Hangs up phone

Ursula

I wonder where he could be.

Fred

Beats the hell outta me where the fricken kid is

Alley Way 2

Mike stumbles his was out of the trash can, with double vision for a couple seconds.

Mike

Sarah?!

Mike

Sarah!!!!!!!!

Sees Sarah lying in a pool of her own blood.

Mike

(Starts crying) please no, (picks Sarah up and holds her) NOOOOO!!

Police officers arrive at the scene, with paramedics

Police officer

Son, you’re going to have to come with me down to the police station

Mike

(Crying)…..Why?

Police officer

We just need you to come with us.

Sarah gets carried out by paramedics

Mike

All right.

Enters police car, and the car slowly pulls away.

Mikes Parents House 2

(Phone rings)

Mikes mom rushes over to the phone and picks it up.

Ursula

Hello? (Frantic)

Detective Wallof

Hello this is Detective Wallof with the NGPD, is this Mrs.Ekim

Ursula

Yes it is, what can I help you with?

Detective Wallof

This is regarding your son, and the young girl he was with earlier tonight.

Ursula

What is it? I mean are he and Sarah all right?!!

Detective Wallof

Your son was involved in a murder that has taken place and we don’t have all the evidence yet but we will soon enough…

Ursula

What murder?

Detective Wallof

Sarah Haras was killed, this evening, but were not exactly sure what happened but….it would be best for you to come down to the station.

Ursula drops the phone, and starts to run out the door, grabs the keys to their escort.

She puts the keys in the ignition and takes off to the police station.

Police Station

Detective Wallof

Ok, when your mother gets here were gonna ask you some questions, allright, is there anything that we can get you?

Mike

(Silent with a sad look)

Mother enters the room..

Ursula

Michael, are you ok? (Hugs Mike)

Detective Wallof

We would like to ask your son some questions…Is that all right with you Mrs. Ekim?

Ursula

I guess…(questionable of detective’s intentions)

Detective Wallof

Michael, What were you doing tonight?

Mike

(Silent)

Detective Wallof

Ok, well if your not able to answer that question then maybe you can answer this one (sarcastic)

Detective Wallof

What kind of relationship did you and Sarah have? What were you doing walking near a dark alley at that time of night? C’mon Michael these questions aren’t that difficult!

Ursula

Why are you asking Mike all these questions?

Detective Wallof

Mike is now being considered a suspect for the murder of Sarah Haras

Ursula

Are you kidding me? You actually think my son could do something so horrible? (Begins to sniffle and cry)

Ursula

Why? Why? WHY!!!

Police officer

Ma’am were gonna have to escort you out of here since you cant calm down

Ursula taken out of the room and thrown outside.

Helga walks up to Ursula and slaps her across the face, drops to the ground and begins to cry.

Helga

Your son will pay for my daughters death…He did murder her!

3 Months pass….

After careless examination of the evidence, and false accusations were made, the court decides to act as if mike were an adult in the courtroom.

Jury

We find Michael Ekim …Guilty of 1st degree Murder

Disappointment fills half the courtroom, Frederick quickly leaves the courtroom without another word to say.

Mikes Lawyer

The only thing that we can hope for now is that you don’t get anything more than a couple years in federal prison.

Ursula

Please don’t let them do that to my son, I love him….Please.

Mikes Lawyer

There’s not much more we can do at this point, other than pray.

The Prison..

Mike sits in the corner of his prison cell.

Mike thinks to himself I can’t believe that this is happening, I was her best friend and now they think I murdered her, I just can’t believe it.

Mike bows his head.

Two inmates enter the prison cell as the guard opens the door and looks the other way. The inmates begin to lay down a beating that you only see in the movies.

Mike

Nooooooooooooo! Help somebody! Help me please!

Another 2 weeks pass…

The next session of court begins.

Ursula

There is no way he could get worse than life in prison. Right?

Lawyer

I don’t believe that the jury would be so cruel to give a teenager something like the death penalty.

Lawyer

Here it is..(Quiets quickly awaiting the decision)

Jury

We sentence Michael Ekim to…Death.

Ursula

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh(her screams of terror fill the courtroom)

Lawyer

(Drops head and sighs)

Michael not saying a word was quickly escorted back to his prison cell where he starts the wait.

3 Years Later.

Michael sits in prison and is beaten pretty much everyday until he turns 17.

Mike

Life will be over for me soon

Lawyer enters prison.

Lawyer

I’m sorry son, but your sentence will be carried out, Tomorrow.

Mike

I’ve actually been looking forward to this..Anything is better then sitting rotting in this cell.

Lawyer

Well, Good luck to you Michael.

Michael dreams about what happened during the murder of his best friend.

Mike suddenly wakes up to the sound of footsteps walking down the corridor of the prison.

Helga

Hello Mike, I feel bad that this is happening to you, you were a good kid, but now you are finally going to pay for what you did.

Mike

I just want you to know that it really wasn’t me that had killed her….but I will accept the fact that I am taking the death penalty because there is no longer a reason for me to live.

Helga

(Moment of silence) Good luck Michael, and I’m sorry

Mike

….

Michael’s parents suddenly walk up to the cell unexpectedly

Ursula

I love you Michael and you are now going to a better place, goodbye son. (Cries)(Walks away)

Fred

I know it wasn’t you son, I know who it was.

Mike

(Short pause) Who was it?

Fred

It was…. ME!

1 Hour later Michael is put in the electric chair screaming out the insane thought that he had established

Mike

I know who killed Sarah Haras!

Michael gets strapped to the electric chair.

Mike

(Sigh)

Electricity is turned on, Michael is dead.

Blackout!

1 year later.

Fred walks up to Ursula and smashes a stone into the back of her head.

Fred

You’re finished, just like I finished your son and his best friend.

Pulls out gun and shoots the mother.