[Shaun]

TiBBOaks - Episode 7

Opening Sequence
"Bling (Confessions of a King)" by the Killers is playing. It is the same evening from the grisly murders of Ben (Robin-Van-Perfect) and Gemmer-x by Fom. Sia has witnessed the murder of Ben, and seen Gemma, her sister's body. We see her sat on a bench in the park, crying. She stops, and wipes her nose and tears. She sees a bus pull to a stop, and runs to jump on board. As the doors close, we shift scenes to Fom. He has put the two bodies into a car boot, and slams the door shut, in doing so we shift scene to Mrluvaluva leaving his house. He walks past a "Missing" poster for his wife, in the direction of the Lemon Emporium.

Scene One.

The night is windy yet relatively cool. Mrluvaluva comes to the doors of the Emporium and opens the door with his key. He walks in, the surroundings dark and eerie. He shudders now, feeling colder than outside.
Mrluvaluva: I need to take my mind off of things.
He pauses and chuckles to himself, at the thought he's going mad. He suddenly stops and his face regains composure, as he kneels down to pick up a folder. Inside, he finds a picture of a middle-aged man. He frowns, and looks up to see the doors of Fom's office open. He goes inside and looks around, worried he might come across someone. He sees the filing cabinet ajar, as if activity inside has been recent. He goes to the cabinet and finds the files inside scattered, and assumes someone must have grabbed the one in his hands in a hurry. He frowns again.

Scene Two.

The bus pulls to a stop in the town's busy nightclub district. Sia walks past the bouncer into "Foxy's", a disco-themed bar popular with the local university students. Inside, she finds Annie.
Sia: Hey, kinda urgent. Have you seen GhettoSuperstar?
Annie: Aren't you our librarian? Come and have a drink! I love Manhattans!
Sia: No, I'm in a hurry.
Annie: Spoilsport. Anyway, he's over there.
She points in his direction, before walking over to Christina. Sia marches up to him and grabs him.
Sia: We need to talk.

Scene Three.

Conzors is sat in his bedroom on an instant messaging site. A new window pops up from a username proclaiming "Mark (L)MsSpears."
MarkSpears: What the hell happened earlier?
Conzors: I don't want to talk about it.
MarkSpears: Well, I do. You tried to kiss me. I deserve an explanation.
Conzors: I'm sorry, I don't know what I was thinking.
MarkSpears: I don't care if you're gay, I just don't want you making moves on me.
Conzors: I'M NOT GAY!
MarkSpears: What you did was pretty gay.
Conzors: Piss off!
He slams his laptop shut and throws a book against the wall.

Scene Four.

Outside the nightclub, Sia is hyperventilating as GhettoSuperstar grabs her and asks what she wants.
Sia: It's...your brother. He's...he's...oh my god!
GhettoSuperstar: Suddenly you care about him? After how you ditched him?
Sia: Oh my god...is it my fault?
GhettoSuperstar: Is what your fault?
Sia: They're dead! Dead! My sister! Oh ****...oh no!
She collapses against GhettoSuperstar's chest and sobs loudly. Brona comes out to find where GhettoSuperstar [who I shall henceforth call Doug because I hate typing that out] has got to.
Brona: Come on, they're playing Bee Gees!
Doug: Gemma? She's dead? How? What's my brother got to do with it?
Sia: HE KILLED HER. He had a knife! And blood! Oh the blood...it's everywhere...she's gone! Oh god she's gone! And another man! He's killed two people!
Brona: WHAT?
Doug: That's crazy talk, you're making no sense.
Sia: I can show you! I saw them! He stabbed that man when he found my sister...
Still crying, Sia hails a taxi and screams at Doug to follow. Brona also climbs in.

Scene Five.

At a detached house out of town, Fom knocks on a door. An older man answers, and he hugs Fom.
Tom: Son.

Scene Six.

At Fom's house, Sia shoves money into the driver's hand and runs up to the door.
Sia: Come on!
Doug: Look, this can't be happening.
Brona: I don't want to see this!
Doug unlocks the door and they go in. Sia runs to the living room and the other two follow. They see no bodies.
Doug: Well?
Sia: They were here! She was here, and he was stood there...
She rushes over to the kitchen, looking for the knife. She finds it, but it has been washed.
Brona: There's nothing here...this is ridiculous.
Sia: WHY WOULD I LIE!
Doug: I don't know, but...
Brona: Oh my-
She picks up a sculpture and finds blood stains on the base. She drops it in horror.
Sia: See! Blood!
Doug: That could mean anything.

Scene Seven.

At Tom's house, Fom has explained everything to his father.
Tom: I've been in many a messy situation myself, but this takes the biscuit.
Fom: I couldn't help myself...I just lost it.
Tom: And you killed Linda too?
Fom: Yes. She found your picture.
Tom: Good. She knew too much anyway. Listen, leave the...work to me. I'll get rid of them.
Fom: How?
Tom: I don't want to gross you out with details. You need to sleep, and to get home and act normal. 3 disappearances will have the cops on high alert, and you need to appear normal.
Fom: You're right...dad? Thanks. I'd be lost without you.
Tom: I know. Take care, son.
They hug, and Fom drives off home.

Scene Eight.

Fom's house again, and Sia, Brona and Doug hear a knock on the door. Sia screams, and Doug shushes her. They hear a voice.
Mrluvaluva: It's me. I found a disturbance at the factory.
Sia: Let him in!
Doug goes to the door cautiously and lets him inside.
Mrluvaluva: Thanks. Look, I found your brother's office in a bit of a mess. Someone had been rummaging through his files, and I found this one on the floor. I guess they left it in a rush.
He hands the file to Doug, who looks at the picture and does a double take.
Doug: ...that's my father.

Scene Nine.

At Foxy's, Christina and Annie notice they have been abandoned. They stand in a taxi rank, a little tipsy but able to stand unaided.
Christina: So, what you going to do about Ross and Lauren?
Annie: I dunno...they deserve each other.
Christina: You guys did split up 3 weeks ago.
Annie: No thanks to you.
Christina: I know...did you love him?
Annie: What?
Christina: You know. How serious was it?
Annie: Well I guess it was never going to last forever...
Christina: But what's more important? Your friendship with Lauren, or the undying hatred over an ex?
Annie ponders silently, as they climb into a taxi.

Scene Ten.

We return to Fom's house, where Sia and Brona stare at Doug.
Mrluvaluva: They buried your dad just two days ago...
Doug: No, that wasn't my dad.
Brona: What?
Sia: I'm sorry, but somebody's DIED here!
Mrluvaluva: What?
She shows him the sculpture, and he shudders.
Mrluvaluva: Who? When?!
Brona: She thinks Fom killed her sister and some other bloke.

Scene Eleven

The camera briefly swaps to a scene outside the house, where Fom has arrived home. He sees the front door ajar and decides to look inside the window first. He sees four people stood there who he knows, one of them Sia. His heart sinks and he loses his composure. He suddenly overhears her loudly sobbing.
Sia: He killed her! My sister is dead! And I saw him kill someone else!

Scene Twelve

We are inside again, and Mrluvaluva is consoling Sia.
Mrluvaluva: Are you sure you saw this?
Sia: YES.
Doug: Something weird's going on. Brona, I'll phone Ben and get him to pick you up.
Brona: Thanks love.
He dials a number and it rings. He hears the phone he's dialling, ringing from the kitchen. He goes there and finds Ben's phone in a drawer, along with another phone and some car keys.
Doug: What the f-
Mrluvaluva: I know those keys! They're Lili's!
Brona: What is Ben's phone doing here? Oh god I don't like this one bit.
Fom: And so you shouldn't.
They all jump and turn to see Fom stood at the door. He is holding a gun and pointing it towards their direction.

Scene Thirteen

Tom's garden. He has just filled in a large pit with soil, and walks into his house. He stops at a photograph of lili, and sighs.

Scene Fourteen

Fom's house. Brona is hugging Doug in fear, as Sia and Mrluvaluva step forward.
Fom: Not another step.
Sia: Confess it! Tell us!
Mrluvaluva: Why are lili's keys here?
Brona: And Ben's phone?
Fom: Shut up. All of you. Into the basement, now.
He pulls up a trap-door and forces them, at gunpoint, to walk down. It is dark and the walls are cold stone. A stack of shelves contain books and old trophies and other nostalgic memorabilia. Fom shuts the door behind him as he switches on a dim lightbulb.
Fom: Now, a time for explanation.
Sia cries into Mrluvaluva's shoulders silently, as Brona trembles. Doug is silent, awestruck.
Fom: Two days ago, I proposed to my girlfriend. The timing was perfect and the setting was picturesque. The sun shone brightly as I poured my heart out to the girl I thought loved me. I was wrong.
Sia: This is not MY fault!
Fom: I SAID SHUT UP.
He fires the gun at the ceiling and Brona screams and bursts into tears.
Fom: That night, I arrived at my office, drunk. I found someone had let themselves in, and I walked to my office. There, I saw lili.
Mrluvaluva: No...please don't...
Fom: She'd suspected something for a while now, but I never thought she'd have the nerve to be so devious about it. So I killed her.
Mrluvaluva falls to his knees and Doug lets out a cry.
Sia: How can you say this so calmly? You've killed 3 people now!
He fires at the ceiling again.
Fom: Interrupt me again and the next bullet won't be in stone, it'll be in brain tissue. Anyway, she was a risk to Dad's safety.
Doug: She knew?
Brona: Knew what?
Fom: My Dad didn't die - he faked his own death in order to avoid a life sentence. Quite ironic if you think about it.
Mrluvaluva: Where does...lili come into it?
Fom: She was having an affair with him.
Doug: What? He said he loved mum!
Fom: You can't trust family, Doug. You know that by now. Anyway, today, Gemma comes round and breaks into my house, telling me she loves me.
Sia: Excuse me?
Fom: She attacked me, and I grabbed something and lashed out in self-defense.
Sia: Self-defence! Ha! You'd really stoop that low?
Fom: I'm telling the truth.
Doug: Who's the other man?
Fom: Ah...just as Gemma hit the floor, I heard a knock. He asked me where Brona was an-
Brona: NO!
She lunges at him just as Doug hits the light-switch. The room is suddenly pitch black and we hear a struggle and a gunshot.

TO BE CONTINUED