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Scene 6

Inside the apartment, it is still night.

the mayor:
The World In Red Blood

khadija:
They took her.

roy:
They shot Nikki?

roy and sara run down into the
apartment and find khadija there,
devastated by her grieving and shock.

screen: Image of nikki’s body on
the ground.

sara:
Oh God! No. No, no, no. This is
too much.

sara:
What happened, ‘Dija?
khadija:
Nikki.
screen: Images flash of nikki and
khadija content with each other.
roy:
Where’s Nikki?
khadija:
They took her.
sara:
Who took her? Where did they
take her?
khadija:
Nikki.
roy:
Where’s Nikki?

khadija:
We was just walking. I was walking
home with her.
sara:
Where is Nikki?
khadija:
They came up to us, told us to stop
moving and put our hands up. She was
just telling me how she didn’t trust the
streets, didn’t trust nobody no more.
Don’t trust nobody, ‘Dija. She told me.
Said people only want you for as long
as they can use you.
roy:
The cops did this?

screen: Blood splattered on
khadija hands.
khadija:
She looked at me one time. And next
thing you know, I was holding her
on the ground. All her blood ran to
me. All her blood. They pulled me off
her, cuffed me on the ground like an
animal. They asked me questions. They
took her away from me. They told me
she was reaching for something, like
she had a gun. But she didn’t. I know
she didn’t, ‘cause I made her leave it
here. I told her she was home. I told
her she’s not fighting anybody’s war.
khadija crumbles in sara’s arms.
roy exits. sara: continues to help her
friend through the grieving process.

khadija:
Nikki moved. I don’t know why she
moved. Why did she move?
sara:
It was the cops?
khadija:
They had guns. We didn’t do nothing
wrong. And they killed her. They just
started shooting like it wasn’t nothing.
Like we wasn’t nothing.

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khadija:
No….

sara:
Who took her? Where did they
take her?

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sara:
What happened?