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THE ROYAL OAKS

An Original Screenplay by

Larry Koepp





ON BLACK:

Just the emptiness of black. Nothing. But John Williams's STAR WARS 
OPENING THEME plays in the background.

INSERT WHITE TEXT ON THE BLACK:

"TILT"

FADE IN:

It IS Star Wars Episode One: The Phantom Menace! "Duel of the Fates", 
the operatic masterpiece of Williams plays in the background as Qui-Gon 
Jinn backfists Darth Maul, Maul plunges in the catwalk many feet below. 
Qui-Gon leaps after him in an effort to put this battle to an end, but 
Maul kicks straight upward, hitting Qui-Gon's chin in a millisecond.

Pseudo-POV shot:

Zoom out of the picture to realize that its just a movie. Not our 
movie. Zoom out further and cut to:

The face of TILT. He's 16, darkbrown eyes, he wears sort of a dimple on 
his very thin cheek. He stares at the tv like a cobra. Without 
blinking, obsessively savoring the moment of his favorite action scene. 
Of what might be his favorite movie.

Tilt leans back.

This time, he blinks once. His eyes close for about three seconds and 
he takes a deep breath. Zoom out a little bit to reveal posters of THE 
LAST SAMURAI ----

Zoom out a little bit more to see the poster of:

BLADE with Wesley Snipes head turning to the sides, his back facing us.

Then we get to a wide shot of TILT, sitting on a couch. Wearing just 
his house clothes. The teaser poster of "KILL BILL" is to the right of 
the poster of BLADE.

This is Tilt's bedroom. Its quite huge really. It has a couch, his bed 
is just a foot beside it, and leaning against his bed is a BOKKEN. Its 
there for obvious reasons.

Now this is how you define "fanboy". Above the movie posters are promo 
posters of videogames like "Tekken" or "Soul Calibur 2". Does this kid 
have a life?


MOM 
(O.S.)
Dinner's ready!

Beside Tilt's foot which rests comfortably on the floor, is the remote 
control and the DVD cover of the Star Wars movie he is watching. He 
picks up the remote, and the dvdcase and then punches the "STOP" 
button.

INT. DINING ROOM – NIGHT

LORAYNE, his 13 year old chubby sister is already seated in front of 
the dining table. So his DAD and MOM. Seated beside each other. Tilt 
enters the dining room and grabs his seat.

They all start to have dinner.

TIME CUT:

They're still eating. But time has passed, and by the looks none of 
them have said a word.

For some reason, Tilt smirks a little bit and starts nodding his head 
slowly. He takes a breath and---

TILT
Dad---

DAD
Yeah, son.

TILT
What do you think of me having a girlfriend an----

DAD
What???

MOM
What??? No, no, no, no, no!

DAD
Yes, Tilt you're still sixteen, you---

TILT
No, let me explain, I think---

DAD
You're too young for a girlfriend.

TILT 
Wait, hold up.


MOM
Think about your FUTURE, son. Don't start drooling over cheap...


TILT
Cheap what?

MOM
Cheap girls, who, who, who-

DAD
Son, you ever say anything like that in front of our table, I will---

TILT
What, I didn't do---

DAD
--- will do something about it. Oh, yes I will. And take a look at 
Lorayne. She's wayyy to young to listen---

TILT
Dad, no, Mom??? Wake up. That's the new trend now. I mean, its not like 
I'm gonna shell out all the cash from my allowance to some girl who I 
like. It helps me have some...esteem.

MOM
You don't follow the footsteps of your classmates and schoolmates, son. 
We all know "The Royal Oaks" has some... wretched, --- villainous 
delinquents but as long as you be good, and not let it get to you. I'll 
be proud to say that you are a graduate of ... an international school.

TILT
International school??? They don't even have a la---

DAD
Son, as someone who's very proud to have found your Mom. To have 
started your family. I should tell you this – when you are young, it is 
best to have PURITY.  

TILT
Fuck, not another lecture.

Dad snorts.

DAD 
What??? Get out! You do not talk like that in front of ---

INT. TILT'S ROOM

Tilt enters his room. Closes the door gently.

TILT
(sotto)
Too bad I'm the only one in my family who isn't an asshole.



EXT. TILT'S HOME – NIGHT

Tilt's silhouette is visible thru his curtained window.

INT. TILT'S ROOM

Tilt grabs his Bokken, puts his left foot forward, backs up his left 
foot and tiptoes a little bit, in combat stance and ---

EXT. TILT'S FRONT YARD

Like awhile ago Tilt's silhouette is visible. As his silhouette starts 
slashing, and twirling the Bokken, "BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR AND HUMANITY" 
by Tomoyasu Hotei plays in the background.

(It's the music in the teaser trailer of KILL BILL)

INSERT:

A shot of Tilt making a "thrust" with his wooden sword, doing katas. 
Different stances of kenjutsu or simply, kendo.

-	Back outside. Tilt's silhouette is still visible thru the window.

This time Tilt isn't holding anything, he just makes some graceful 
executions of various empty-hand martial arts moves. At one point he 
executes a roundhouse kick, slowly, but very smooth.

FLASHBACK, 1 YEAR EARLIER:

Tilt, recognizably a year younger at this time is inside the 
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE of The Royal Oaks. The Principal is mid sixties, 
male, his sideburns are turning white, but he looks healthy, strong and 
you might call him the authoritative type when you see his face 
expressionless.

Anyway, he speaks with Tilt and family – minus Lorayne.

PRINCIPAL
Well, it's a good school. We offer quality education. 

TILT
So your teachers are very good, I assume.

PRINCIPAL
I don't think you can say that. But we do the best we can. We do our 
best.

The principal nods, in an effort to assure the family of what he just 
told them.

PRINCIPAL
The students. The high school students, many of whom will be your 
future classmates, my young Tilt – are sort of restless. Its not like 
in elemementary.

DAD 
Restless?

PRINCIPAL
But very tolerable.

Its funny. Tilt notices the poster of CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON and 
ENTER THE DRAGON, just to the far side left side wall of the office.

We pull back out of the classroom, out of the keyhole and swiftly glide 
to the RIGHT, where a long, wide hallway comes into view. We serpentine 
through the hallway, filled with students; playing games. Obviously, 
its recess.

We get out of the hallway, and into the foyer, which is also 
considerably large, glass doors are what obstruct anything or anyone 
from coming thru, but one of the doors is open---

And finally we get to the playground which is fairly large enough. Two 
security guards are in front of the ENTRANCE AND EXIT, the exit to the 
school is narrow but just good for two rows of people to pass through.

EXT. PLAYGROUND

Anyway, one of the guards is TOTO. He looks sick, somewhat disturbed, 
scared and, maybe depressed. He's baby faced and for some reason, he's 
very tense now.

Okay, what was that the principal said about the students being 
restless? The guards are armed with HECKLER AND KOCH MP5 submachine 
guns. Now how'd they manage to get that??? As security guards?
Nah. It must be owned by Mr. Principal.

One of them is jacking off, but with clothes on atop a long bench. Of 
course, he is lying prone but he seems to be having a good time. This 
motherfucker is MORRIS. He is a "bully".

His friends - CARLOS, JARED, DANILO, and KARL all laugh at Morris's 
disgusting orgy. What? The guy is just whacking off but his friends 
seem to find it funny.

He also makes the offending "Awww, ahhh, oooooh!" noises of someone 
waiting for an orgasm. Morris is laughing too.

Sick fuckers. Toto doesn't find this amusing. He sees some fifth and 
sixth graders looking at Morris and his friends. The sixth graders are 
going "Ewww, gross!"

Mostly, the elementary kids looking at the "bullies" are girls.

DANILO
Get away, bitches! Fuck are you looking at, we're just feeling at home.

Karl laughs real hard.

KARL
Feeling at home? What da????

DANILO
Yeah, go batshit, go!

Karl gives Danilo a high five. By the way "Guano" is Morris's last 
name. That's why they call him "batshit".

Morris continues jacking. 

The other guard just chuckles. That's the spirit, ain't it?

But Toto takes no more of this. He walks towards the students, rests 
the butt of his HK on his shoulder and takes aim at Morris. 

BLAM!!!!! He fires.  
 
Blood shoots out of Morris's chest, part of the blood splatters on the 
face of one of the sixth graders. Yikes!!! Toto's angry!

CUT BACK TO:

INT. PRINCIPALS OFFICE

Still the same. Tilt and family in front of principal – principal in 
front of his desk.

PRINCIPAL
What was that???

Tilt, and family all look confused, and a little bit startled at the 
same time.

FLASH FORWARD TO TONIGHT:

INT. TILT'S ROOM

Tilt is now exhausted. He musta had enough of his kenjutsu exercises 
for tonight. What's on his mind musta been the incident involving 
Morris Guano and Toto. He musta seen it. They musta all seen it.

EXT. THE ROYAL OAKS CAMPUS – DAY

Tilt has just entered the campus. He sees MARSHAL standing in front of 
a bench, THREE GIRLS are seated, along with Jared. It's the same bench 
that Morris was whacking off on about a year ago! Marshal wears a ski, 
cap a black jacket, and some baggy assed overalls.

Marshal is rapping in front of his friends. He loves to rap.

He turns around a little bit and stops his rapping as he sees Tilt 
walking towards them, who are seated right in front of the glass doors 
of the foyer.

MARSHAL
Yo, Tilt! Wassup?



Tilt just nods.

MARSHAL
Yo, Tilt come hang with us.

Tilt raises a brow as he gets closer to them. Just before Tilt can sit, 
Jared kicks him HARD in the ass, making him fall flat on the ground. 
Jared starts laughing. The girls laugh. Even Marshal is laughing.

MARSHAL
(To Jared)
Dude, you didn't have to hit him that fucking hard!

JARED
Sorry.

Tilt is on the ground, back-flat he MOANS. His butt hurts. He leans a 
little to the left and can see that his right elbow is SCRATCHED.

TILT
Aww, fuck!

One of the girls is ERIKA. She's got black complexion. She's got a big 
forehead, and an insect's eyes.

ERIKA
Guys, are you always like --- brutal? I mean, yeah, like Marshal said 
here, you hit the poor guy too hard.

JARED
That's the way we greet him. If not that's his ritual. So he can join 
us next time without having to get hurt. Why, do you even care?

ERIKA
Nah. I thought it was pretty fuckin' funny.


INT. CLASSROOM – LATER

No teacher is around. Very few students are inside. CARLOS and DANILO 
are seated to the far right of the second row seats where Tilt sits. 
Tilt is checking the wound on his elbow. Every seats are the arm-chair 
type with small desks for the kids to mount their notebooks or 
textbooks or pens on during classes.

ON TILT:

TILT
(whispers)
Motherfucker!

Seated closer to the classroom's rear is RADHA, a very pretty girl, 
along with her boyfriend JONAH. Jonah's skin is dark. Radha's is almost 
as pale as a ghost. But by the looks, they get along pretty fine.
Jonah's a goodlooking mofo. Both are Tilt's age. A bottle of NATURE'S 
SPRING MINERAL WATER rests on top of Radha's desk.


RADHA
So where are we eating?

JONAH
I thought we already discussed this. Is SunBurst too expensive?

RADHA
No. Unless everything's on you.

Radha laughs.

JONAH
(smiles)
Nah, nah. Screw SunBurst. Too expensive. Lets save that for Valen---

Jonah ceases to speak as Carlo and Danilo walk closer to them.

Carlos, with malice caresses Radha's cheek. Carlos raises his brow 
flirtatiously while Danilo laughs at whatever Carlo's trying to pull. 
Danilo laughs harder.

Now, what the fuck are they up to now?

Radha fakes a smile and then just shrugs. Jonah's face tightens as he 
sees people trying to do shit around his girlfriend.

ANGLE ON

Tilt as he sees Carlos and Danilo doin' their thing.

Carlos puts both arms on his waist and fists them as if he was gonna do 
karate exercises. He steps CLOSER to Radha's face, and then makes sick 
"thrusting" gestures with his lowerbody that give the impression that 
he's screwing – Radha in the face!

This masturbatory gesture sickens Jonah.

JONAH
Hey!!!

Carlos stops.

Danilo slaps the back of Jonah's ear. HARD!!!!!!!

JONAH
Ow! Arrgh, man!!!!!! Stop this!

Carlos backs away from Radha. Now the light from the sun out the window 
spills back on both Jonah and Radha's faces.

Jonah sort of calms down. Radha is expressionless, but its easy to tell 
that she's kinda upset. Very upset.



JONAH
I'm not saying anything. Please leave.

Danilo turns around and sees Tilt watching them dick around with Radha 
and Jonah.

Danilo taps Carlos's shoulder. Both of them see Tilt. It looks as if 
Tilt is the only witness to their crime and it looks like he's about to 
turn them in. 

Carlos grabs a BALISONG out of his pocket and STABS the mineral water 
bottle that rested on Radha's chair.

Carlos and Danilo walk closer to Tilt.  

Even closer. Carlos carrying the bottle with the knife. Tilt doesn't 
look like he's starting to get scared shit, but he just frowns, because 
he thinks he knows what's coming---

CARLOS
What the fuck have you been looking at???

Carlos swings with his right hand, the bottle is released out of the 
clutches of the Balisong and it CRASHES on Tilt's face, wetting him.  
Wetting his shirt.

CUT TO:

Jonah and Radha.

RADHA
This can't go on.

JONAH
What?

RADHA
THEM!!!!!

JONAH
We'll get used to them. Well, I think we already are.

RADHA
Jonah, can't you do something better than just sit there and mutter! 
And then get bitchslapped because...

JONAH
Look, Radha. Picking a fight is the last thing I wanna do. Its only a 
few months more 'til graduation. What do you---

RADHA
I mean, couldn't you be more manly. I mean, impress me, come on! If 
they do something like that again, why can't you do---

JONAH
Do what, huh? What is there for me to do, huh??

Oops. Lovers quarrel.

Carlos and Danilo leave the room. Tilt, a little redfaced because of 
the bottle hitting part of his nose hard gets up. His shirt is soaking 
wet.

He walks towards Radha and Jonah, who are still seated.

TILT
You guys okay?

Somehow Radha is relieved that Tilt's opening up with them. Radha 
embraces Jonah, and leans her cheek against his.

RADHA
Yeah.

JONAH
Are YOU okay?

Still soaking wet, Tilt shrugs. And raises a brow unconsciously.

RADHA
(smiles)
Tilt, don't you have any friends?

Tilt grabs an armchair and sits in front of them.

TILT
Anyone who can talk to me might be a friend. Are you guys my friends?

Radha smiles a little bit, and then shrugs.

INT. THE ROYAL OAKS CAFETERIA - DAY

The cafeteria is filled with about 10 to 15 long tables, 4 chairs, 2 
for each corner are positioned in front of each table.

Some students are already enjoying their meals.

Tilt's a little bit dry now. But you can still see how his shirt was 
soaked earlier during the day. He holds a tray, and on top of it rests 
his lunch, and some softdrinks.

He grabs a seat and lays his lunch in one of the tables. He is alone. 
Nobody else is sitting with him.

Before he eats, he just sits there, expressionless. Something's getting 
to his head. He can remember what Radha said earlier. It just ECHOES in 
his head.

RADHA'S VOICE
Have any friends? Any friends? (echoes) friends, friends, friends?

He takes a deep breath. Radha's voice is shaken off his head. He gets 
the fork and starts diggin' in.

He takes a sip from the coke can on top of his tray.

Karl and Jared enter the cafeteria. Jared taps Karl on the shoulder and 
gestures towards Tilt, who is eating, minding his own business in one 
of the tables.

Karl grabs a butter knife from one of the racks in the counter and then 
brandishes it against whoever looks at him as both of them walk closer 
to Tilt.

Karl taps Tilt's back.

TILT
Hey.

KARL
Whattup, punk?

Karl stabs Tilt in the stomach.

TILT
Owwwww!!!!! Fuck!

They vamoose as Tilt clutches his stomach in pain.

TILT
(more sotto)
Fuck!!!!!

KARL
(O.S.)
Enjoy your meal, punk!

INT. GUN STORE – DAY

Through this gun store's window, we can see THE ROYAL OAKS right 
through it! The shop is exactly parralel to Tilt's school!

Tilt's Dad stands before WILSON, 35, Caucasian.

Dad holds a .45 pistol. It's a 1911 that Wilson made himself! Anyway, 
it has a silver slide and frame. 

WILSON
No kidding, you have a Glock 19? 

DAD
Yeah.

WILSON
And what is this for?

DAD
Oh, you're gun? Ahhh, my G19 is pro'lly gonna end up as my backup when 
I start usin' this.

WILSON
Backup. (laughs) You have a foot...
Wilson frowns. He acts somewhat as if he's losing his words.

WILSON
...holster?

DAD
Not really.

WILSON
Oh!!! I forgot about the Beaver Tail. You can start usin' it now, but 
I'm gonna have to... custom fit it when I can... buy one. Beaver Tails 
aren't really that easy to come b---

DAD
Waittaminit??? Not easy to come by ---

WILSON
Guess I haven't found one. I'm new to Cebu.

DAD
Oh, yeah...

WILSON
Well, truth is I've seen a lot already in here. Its just that, I 
haven't found somethin' I liked.

Wilson takes the .45 out of Dad's hands. And then he points to one part 
of the frame. 

WILSON 
Is wood fine? Or do you want metal?

DAD
Sure is gonna look more classy if we can really give it the goldcup 
look.

INT. DINING ROOM – TILT'S HOME – NIGHT

All of them having dinner. All of them cheerful, except for Tilt as 
usual, who feels like an outcast.

TILT
...so you're not selling the Glock?

DAD
Of course not.

TILT  
Where was it again?

DAD
Under the living room sofa. Why?

TILT
Well... I was... um... wondering.

LORAYNE
Hey, dad at school today---

DAD
Yes, honey.

LORAYNE
My teacher said, I was so good in Christian Living, they say that we I 
must have been top in Sunday School class.

DAD
Only you're not taking Sunday School.

Dad nods in approval and admiration at his daughter.

DAD
Keep it up, sweetheart. I'm not movin' you out of that Catholic school.

TILT
I would imagine a lot of faghags in Sacred He---

DAD
So, how about school for you, Tilt?

INSERT FLASHBACK:

This time a more intimate VIEW OF HOW KARL STABS TILT IN THE STOMACH. 
And Tilt's hands clutching it instantly in pain.

BACK TO THE DINNER TABLE:

Tilt doesn't answer. His face tightens.

TILT
I don't wanna study in The Royal Oaks anymore.

DAD
What?

MOM
What?

TILT
For reasons we've discussed, so many times before.

MOM
Awww, what baby? Not getting along with---

TILT
Well, its not that easy. I know you might be able to tell me of how you 
were able to cope with the same problem when you were children, but 
mine is... totally

DAD
I know how you feel son. But you chose that school for yourself. 
And...you're gonna have to graduate. Unless you speak of, quitting for 
the meantime.

TILT
Yes, I want to quit. I've had enough!

DAD
Nonsense. Lets all eat everyone.

Dad's eyes look daggers at Tilt.

DAD
You know, you've always brought nothing but bad news son. If I wasn't 
as considerate as I am, I'd call you the blacksheep.

Lorayne chuckles at what Dad said.

TILT
(to Lorayne)
Shut up!

WE ARE BACK INTO THE MOVIE WORLD OF STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM 
MENACE.
It's the scene with Darth Maul and Darth Sidious in the balcony.

DARTH MAUL
At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi. At last we will have 
revenge.

DARTH SIDIOUS
You have been well trained, my young apprentice. They will be no match 
for you.

FADE OUT.


INT. THE ROYAL OAKS – JUST OUTSIDE THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE.

The Principal speaks with GABRIEL. He is a blacksmith. He's sporting 
afro, but his hair isn't too thick or too long. His hair is dyed red. 
He is wearing just a t-shirt and shortpants.

A WOODEN RACK WITH 8 KATANA SWORDS leans on the wall of what is the 
Principal's office.

So Principal really does love swords after all. Besides those martial 
arts titles of which he had posters of inside his office.

GABRIEL
So, which one is it gonna be?

PRINCIPAL
(laughs)
You're not expecting me to actually buy one are you?

GABRIEL
Wait, sir. I came all the way down here, to bring my stuff, show them 
to you. Come on, at least gi---

The SECRETARY gets out of the Principal's office and calls to 
Principal.

SECRETARY
Sir!

PRINCIPAL
(to Gabriel)
Oh, hold on. Looks like I have a phone call.

Beside the rack of swords is a small round table, on top of it rests a 
plate with a HUGE HAMBURGER, still having a wrapper around it. Beside 
the table is a stool.

Gabriel sits on the stool.
EXT. STREET – DAY

Tilt walks towards the campus. His face is filled with rage and furious 
anger. But he walks rather calmy and enters the campus carrying his 
backpack.

INT. CLASSROOM 

Jared is seated on an armchair. Carlos is standing, laughing like 
crazy. Nope, both of them are laughing their asses off. Carlos is being 
the storyteller, he's standing because he's probably reenacting some 
funny shit he saw---

Wait, Tilt enters the room and lays down his backpack in one of the arm 
chairs.

TIGHT SHOT OF CARLOS TELLING HIS STORIES and a receded shot of Tilt in 
the B.G. pulling something out of his bag.

Tilt pulls out a GLOCK 19 from his backpack and then dashes towards 
Carlos and Jared.

BLAM!!!!!!!! Tilt shoots Carlos in the head.

Everyone in the classroom screams.

Jared gets up, panicking, Tilt takes aim at Jared, fires!

But Jared dodges the gunfire. Tilt has gone mad!!!!!!!

Jared crouches very low, at one point Tilt looks around, all over the 
classroom to see everyone panic. He doesn't see Jared. Jared raises his 
arm and grapples Tilt's weapon hand. He wrenches Tilt's hand and then 
finally, the pistol drops out of Tilt's grip. 

It clatters on the floor as Tilt kicks Jared in the stomach.

CU CARLOS'S HEAD:

Massive amounts of blood pour out of Carlos's head. It drenches the 
floor.

Jared has a really HARD body. He gets up and punches Tilt in the face. 
They have a mono y mono fight. At one point Jared backfists at Tilt but 
Tilt manages to grab hold of Jared's elbow and throw him off causing 
Jared's body to crash on one of the armchairs.

None of the students leave the room though. Now they're all quiet but  
really scared shit. 

One of the students, a GUY is brave enough to kneel, pick up Tilt's 
pistol and he tosses it out the window. Tilt sees this and just squints 
in confusion. He has the nerve all right! What the fuck?

TILT
Why did you do that?

Wait --- Tilt didn't notice Radha and Jonah anywhere? Where could they 
have been?

Tilt walks OUT OF THE CLASSROOM and sees that Danilo and Karl have just 
arrived. Both still carrying their backpacks.


Tilt sprints down the stairs. The very calm Gabriel picks up his 
burger, takes it out of the wrapper and begins munching on it.

Danilo and Karl have no fucking clue. They just laugh and shake their 
heads at a very hasty Tilt who is now downstairs.

KARL
Hey punk! How's your---

Without a beat, Tilt grabs one of the Katana swords, pulls it out of 
its scabbard and then starts to brandish it against Danilo and Karl. 
Burger-eating Gabriel gets up, his mouthful and he yells---

GABRIEL
HEY!!! Put that down!

INSERT:
INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

Principal is on the phone. Too busy arguing with somebody.

BACK TO OUTSIDE WITH TILT, DANILO AND KARL AND GABRIEL.

Tilt doesn't listen to the infuriated Gabriel. Danilo grabs one of the 
swords, so does Karl. Now three scabbards are on the ground, one of 
them is damaged due to how hard it is dropped by one of the 
"combatants".

Gabriel just stares at the three in confusion.

GABRIEL
Guys, is this some fucking joke?

For some reason, Danilo runs past Tilt parrying a blow that comes from 
Tilt's blade and rushes up the stares and walks INTO THE CLASSROOM

INSIDE THE CLASSROOM,

Danilo sees Jared, lying on the floor, armchairs scattered all around 
him.
He drops the sword on the floor, just beside Jared.

JARED
What the fuck is this?

DANILO
No, what the fuck is going on?

JARED
Son of a bitch has gone mad.
Danilo sees Carlos's coprse.

DANILO
Fuck??????? Son of a bitch did this???

JARED
Fuck do you think? I can't move. I need to rest for awhile.

IN THE HALLWAY,

This time past Gabriel (who is still enjoying his burger) and his 
effects. Tilt and Karl engage in a ferocious, no holds barred sword 
fight.

At one point, "Duel of the Fates" chorus is played while Tilt and Karl 
fight.

The fight goes on for a few seconds more. Until Tilt executes a side 
kick, knocking Karl backwards, breaking his guard. Tilt thrusts his 
sword on Karl's body, jerks it right out and hacks his right arm. With 
a spinning motion he finishes the motherfucker and slices his head off.

Now blood is all over Tilt's body. His clothes, his face. All soaked 
up. If Tilt goes this far, does he ever have anything to lose?

What the hell.

Karl's mutilated body now rests in front of the legs of the lockers.

GABRIEL

hasn't finished his burger. He is eating and for some reason, he is so 
fucking calm, he's seated on his stool despite everything that's going 
on!

Tilt picks up the sword that Karl was wielding. He holds it by its hilt 
and hands it back to Gabriel by dropping it in front of him.

GABRIEL
Okay. How about the other one? And the other... one.

TILT
Later.

GABRIEL
Hey, I've had nothing to do with this. This is all your fault.

Then from upstairs, Danilo jumps right out of the banister, lands, and 
grabs hold another of the Katanas. He takes it off its casing, and then 
makes an upward slash, he almost cuts Tilt's arm but Tilt evades the 
blow  and then proceeds with stance and grip, wielding his sword with 
care and some accuracy. Looks like practicing with a  Bokken does 
payoff, right?

Now Gabriel just watches nonchalantly as the 2 combatants ensue with 
their duel to the death.

INT. CAFETERIA


It gets to the cafeteria. No one's in the cafeteria. Its probably too 
early in the morning.

Tilt leaps backwards and lands on top of one of the tables. Danilo does 
the same, and both have a sword fight on top of it. 
Tilt maneuvers the weapon gracefully, Danilo is rather clumsly but 
still a gutsy and brutal motherfucker.

Tilt and Danilo have now changed sides of the table but they don't get 
off.

THIS TIME TILT MANAGES TO CROUCH LOW FOR JUST A FEW SECONDS. HE CHOPS 
DANILO'S LEFT LEG RIGHT OFF ITS KNEE. TILT GETS UP AND TWIRLS HIS 
WEAPON AND LOPS DANILO'S HEAD OFF.

Danilo's body falls to the floor in a heap. Tilt jumps off the table 
only to see---

MARSHAL, riding his skateboard and entering the other doorway of the 
cafeteria.

Marshal kicks his skateboard and catches it smoothly with his hands. He 
HURLS IT TOWARDS TILT.

PSEUDO-POV SHOT: We seem to be on top of the flying skateboard as it 
travels superfast towards Tilt's face – which Marshal has aimed for---

---but the skateboard ends up chopped into two pieces as Tilt manages 
to strike it right before it slammed into his face.

Marshal runs off. 

INT. CLASSROOM HALLWAY 

Tilt, silently walks up the stairs into the hallway, and he sees a 
SWORD sticking right out of the doorway. Now who the fuck is that? 

He dashes forward and makes a backhand swing just as his arms are able 
to get through the doorway. He ends up slicing Jared's head off. His 
sword sticks to the wall.

Jared's body falls to the floor with a THUD. His head rolls off.

Tilt, after a few tries manages to pull his sword out of the cement 
wall that it got stuck on. He musta slashed Jared real hard.

EXT. SCHOOL PLAYGROUND – DAY

Still, not many students. Marshal, barely being able to catch is breath 
is speaking to one of the TWO SECURITY GUARDS.

Tilt, rushes out of the lobby, still holding the sword. Marshal just 
leans against the wall that's near one of the guard's booths. Both 
guards take aim at Tilt with their submachine guns.

They circle around him, forcing Tilt to walk backwards the other way. -
--the way to the gate.

EXT. STREET

Tilt continues to walk backwards, this time he reaches the street. 
There aren't many vehicles passing by, but Tilt falls on his back as
SIRENS OF AN AMBULANCE are heard. An AMBULANCE is coming Tilt's 
way!!!!! But he backflips, still managing to not lose grip of the sword 
and just avoids the Ambulance before it hits him. The ambulance just 
passes by.

The guards get out of the campus, now stepping onto the steet, 
submachine guns still aimed at Tilt.


INT. GUN STORE

Wilson sees this. 

WILSON
What the fuck is this?

He exits the gun store carrying a .45

EXT. STREET

Wilson creeps up behind Tilt who has now managed to reach the other 
lane, walking backwards.

The 2 guards see Wilson, holding his .45

GUARD ONE
(to Tilt)
Put the thing down, kid!

TILT
No.

GUARD ONE
We're gonna have to shoot you.

Guard Two secretly does some eye gestures or signals meaning: What the 
fuck is the gunsmith up to?

TILT
This doesn't have to end this way.

Guard Two fires his rifle on semiautomatic mode, Tilt ducks for cover, 
the gunfire hits Wilson, who falls on his back, still holding his 45. 
Tilt looks back, sees the gunsmith, and without a beat grabs hold of 
the 45 and shoots Guard One in the head before he can off a shot. Now 
both security guards are history.

Marshal peeps through the gate. He looks rather disturbed and he gives 
out an "Oh Shit!" expression.

Radha and Jonah arrive, and are walking towards the campus! But they 
stop at the sight of the two guard's corpses. And what is now the 
corpse of Wilson the gunsmith. They look at Tilt with confusion. Tilt – 
who is still holding the sword.

Then from the gate, Tilt can see GABRIEL, holding a Katana sword, he 
dashes towards Tilt and then starts throwing blows at him. Tilt parries 
each blow, having more difficulty than fighting his enemies. This time 
Gabriel slices, swings, twirls as fast as a propeller at Tilt who does 
nothing but counterattacks.

GABRIEL
Now that I'm done with my burger. I'm gonna get done with you.

They continue to fight, more and more intensely in the street. 

ON RADHA:

She just watches in fear and confusion. What's going on?

Finally Gabriel slices off Tilt's arm. Radha just gasps. Tilt screams 
in pain as blood gushes out of what used to be the sockets of his 
elbow. The sword Tilt was holding clatters to the ground. 

Just seconds after -  A CAR SCREECHES, ITS TIRES VERY STIFF, and hits 
Tilt's body as he dances with agony in the other lane. The car sends 
Tilt in the air like a whirling dervish.

Tilt's body plummets to the ground as the car comes to a stop.

Gabriel is still holding his sword taking proper form and footwork. The 
DRIVER gets out of the car and ---

DRIVER
Holy shit!!! I didn't mean it, is everyone---

He sees the dead bodies. He notices blood on his windshield for the 
first time.

TILT'S BLURRY POV,

The driver gets back inside the car, in panic as he gets intimidated by 
Gabriel, who still wields his sword. The driver starts his car and 
takes off.

THE POV SHIFTS TO JONAH, AND RADHA. 

This is sad. Really sad.

TILT
I'm sorry, Rad---

Tilt is now dead.

Gabriel lets go of the sword and then feels around Tilt's forehead. 
What a fucking asshole. He's dead of course!!! Only because he finished 
him off.

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE

Principal puts the phone down.

Principal gets OUT OF HIS OFFICE only to see the mutilated corpse of 
who used to be Karl far in the hallway.

PRINCIPAL
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!

His gaze shifts to the racks, now with missing Katanas. And there's no  
Gabriel anywhere.

INT. PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE – LATER

Tilt's Mom and Dad are in shock. Mom is crying. Principal can only feel 
sorry.

Two cops stand behind Mom and Dad, with Gabriel cuffed with his hands 
on his back. One of the cops jerk Gabriel's body a little backward.

GABRIEL
Easy, damn it! Hey, remember, I was just tryin' to help. The guy had 
gone mad---

ON THE PRINCIPAL, MOM AND DAD:

PRINCIPAL
You're saying – you should have listened to him a bit more?

MOM
Yeah. (sobs) He, told us of some prob---

PRINCIPAL
Problems.

DAD
I guess we never did listen.

PRINCIPAL
You should get some self-help books. Does he have any siblings?

MOM
Thirteen (sniffs) year... 

DAD
Thirteen year old sister.

PRINCIPAL
Now I know you've obviously had a very chaotic, disorganized 
relationship. Or Tilt was already very dangerously disturbed but---


FADE OUT.

EXT. PLAYGROUND - BENCH

Radha sits with Jonah on one of the benches of the playground. Radha's 
eyes are red. Looks like she's just been crying. Her nose is stuffy. 
Obviously, this is a little later during the day. Or just recently 
after the carnage took place. 

At this point we stay VERY TIGHT on the two. Not featuring whatever the 
hell else is going on in the playground.

RADHA
I wished...

JONAH
Come on, its okay baby. Besides Tilt was already a fucked up---

Radha breaks lose of Jonah's embrace.

RADHA
Don't you say that about him---

JONAH
What?

RADHA
I'm splittin'.

JONAH
What????

RADHA
Tilt took a stand. He did something you never would have. Not even, if 
one of those fuckers raped me---

JONAH
Rape you? What are you talking about?

Radha starts to cry.

RADHA
I loved Tilt.

FADE OUT

ITS ALL BLACK NOW. ROLL CREDITS

But:

JONAH
(V.O.)
Yeah, but I sure hope he liked you back if he were still alive.

TILT
(V.O.)
I'm sorry, Rad---h
GABRIEL 
(V.O.)
Hey, sir if you knew you had such fucked up kids in here, why'd you not 
warn to not bring my stuff and display them so openly, OUTSIDE your 
office.

PRINCIPAL
(V.O.)
Hey, watch your language inside my office, we have two guests here!

GABRIEL
(V.O.)
Hey, easy officer!!!

THE END.

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