CHAPTER 5
DOGE’s PALACE- VENICE
EXT. SAFE HOUSE (GORDON)
Date: 2009, Dec 19
Time: 16:30
Alex uses the tracker and goes to the safe house. The safe house is an old apartment with steel doors. Alex knocks at the door. Gordon, a black man with long hairs and patchy beard opens the door.
GORDON (looking at the tracker)
“Time traveler?”
ALEX (smiles)
“Yes. But, how did you know that?”
GORDON (pointing at the tracker)
“It’s says it all.”
Gordon welcome’s Alex into his apartment.
INT. SAFE HOUSE (GORDON)
The apartment has a drawing room, one bedroom and a small kitchen. Gordon lives here alone. The drawing room looks more like a wooden artifact's museum.
Alex sits on a wooden chair. Gordon gives him glass of water and sits opposite to him.
GORDON
“Sorry that’s all I have now.”
ALEX (drinks water)
“Ahh… It’s fine.”
GORDON
“So, what’s ya mission?”
ALEX (confused)
“Sorry, it’s my first jump. So, I don’t know if I’m allowed to talk about it or not.”
GORDON
“C’mon boi, don’t worry. Gordon is stuck in this pie hole to help ya all.”
ALEX (looks around)
“Who’s Gordon?”
GORDON (leaning back and crossing his legs)
“I’m Gordon.”
ALEX (chuckles)
“Okay. I’m Alex.”
Alex extended his hand for a handshake.
GORDON (raising both his hands to the chest level)
“Are we supposed to do this?”
Alex slowly pulls back his hand but, Gordon grabs it.
GORDON
“Boi, Gordon was just kidding.”
GORDON (cont’d)
“You may be a time traveler but, that doesn’t resist you from doing human things.”
Alex smiles.
GORDON (smiles)
“What is that smile, huh? What is it?”
ALEX
“Nothing.”
GORDON
“Did ya complete the job ya came for?”
ALEX
“No I didn’t.”
Alex (cont’d)
“Huhh…That’s why I came to you. I need your help.”
GORDON
“Sure boi, Gordon will help you.”
Alex explains his job to Gordon.
GORDON (After thinking for a while)
“Ya know their faces and their code words. So, multiple time jumps will do the job.”
ALEX (Eagerly)
“I can do multiple jumps?”
GORDON
“Ofcourse ya can. Ya have a frickin’ time machine.”
GORDON (Cont’d)
“Make a plan and if it doesn’t work, do it again and again till it works.”
Alex laughs.
_____________________________
INT. THE WHITE ROOM
Date: 2020, March 13
Time: 12:30
EXT. THE CUBICLE
Alex checks the body of Alex (red shirt) and finds the same time machine which he is using. But, this one was damaged. He checks the watch of Alex (red shirt) and it showed two times. One was 12:30 and the other was 10:43. The location on his watch was Roma Norte,Mexico.
Alex is curious to know, to which timeline Alex (red shirt) belonged to. So, he decides to go to Alex’s (red shirt) timeline instead of going to Venice. He copies the date from the damaged time machine, which was 20 Oct, 2010 and makes the jump.
_____________________________
ROMA NORTE, MEXICO.
EXT. A SMALL BLUE HOUSE
DATE: 2010, OCT 20
TIME: 11:00
Alex is in a small colony where houses are attached to each other. Alex looks behind him and he sees a blue two storied house. There is MITCHELL (Alex’s wife); wearing a yellow crop top and blue jeans standing near the window.
MITCHELL (waving at Alex)
“Alex. Where were you?”
Alex is unable to speak. Tears blurred his vision. It was the first time in fifteen years he is seeing his wife. He wants to run upstairs, hug her and kiss her till he runs out of breath but, his legs felt heavy.
Mitchell walks downstairs and comes closer to Alex. He hugs her, rests his head over her shoulders. She could feel the warmth and the love he was carrying for the last fifteen years. Alex loosens the hold and wipes his tears. They both walk inside the house.
INT. THE SMALL BLUE HOUSE
Mitchell’s house has huge cracks on the wall. There is no cushion on the couch. He walks closer to a photo frame which was hung up on the wall. It was a photo of him in the military uniform, kissing Mitchell outside the airport.
ALEX (pointing at the photo)
“It was taken when I came back from Iraq. "
MITCHELL (blushes)
“Yeah, best day of my life.”
Mitchell walks closers to Alex and kisses his shoulder.
MITCHELL
“What happened to the Red t-shirt? Why did you change it?”
Alex ignores that question with a smile. He sits on the chair.
ALEX (rubbing his face)
“How happy we were. Me, you, Linda and Amy.”
ALEX (Cont’d)
“I just… I’m a complete mess.”
Mitchell wraps her arms around Alex’s head.
MITCHELL
“It’s okay babe. We know you are innocent.”
MITCHELL (cont’d)
“Just forget it. Let’s enjoy this few days of your parole.”
ALEX (thinks)
“So, he told that that he got parole. What else would have he said?”
ALEX (his eyes searching for his daughters)
“Where are Amy and Linda?”
MITCHELL
“School.”
ALEX
“Do you have their photos?”
Mitchell takes her phone, unlocks it and hands it to him. Alex opens the gallery and scrolls through the images of his daughters.
MITCHELL (while making juice)
“The recent ones are from LUPITA’s wedding.”
ALEX
“With whom?”
MITCHELL
“Samuel Ramos. He was your captain, right?”
Alex keeps the phone aside.
MITCHELL
“I guess she got so busy with her wedding that, she forgot to inform us about your parole.”
ALEX
“Do you know where she lives?”
MITCHELL
“Yeah, Polaco. Mr. Ramos has a beautiful villa there.”
**FLASHBACK BEGINS**
A PARK
DATE: 2005, JAN 12
TIME: 08:00
Alex is jogging in the park. Samuel Ramos, a six feet five inches tall man with a thick beard is sitting on a bench near the pond. He is giving bread crumps to the ducks.
Alex sits next to him. Samuel gives him a blue envelope.
SAMUEL (looking at the duck)
“3 targets, all government officials. Involved in drug and human trafficking. All three of them will be attending a party. The details and advance 5000 dollars, is in the envelope."
Alex takes the envelope and walks away.
**FLASHBACK ENDS**
EXT. SAFE HOUSE (GORDON)
Date: 2009, Dec 19
Time: 16:30
Alex uses the tracker and goes to the safe house. The safe house is an old apartment with steel doors. Alex knocks at the door. Gordon, a black man with long hairs and patchy beard opens the door.
GORDON (looking at the tracker)
“Time traveler?”
ALEX (smiles)
“Yes. But, how did you know that?”
GORDON (pointing at the tracker)
“It’s says it all.”
Gordon welcome’s Alex into his apartment.
INT. SAFE HOUSE (GORDON)
The apartment has a drawing room, one bedroom and a small kitchen. Gordon lives here alone. The drawing room looks more like a wooden artifact's museum.
Alex sits on a wooden chair. Gordon gives him glass of water and sits opposite to him.
GORDON
“Sorry that’s all I have now.”
ALEX (drinks water)
“Ahh… It’s fine.”
GORDON
“So, what’s ya mission?”
ALEX (confused)
“Sorry, it’s my first jump. So, I don’t know if I’m allowed to talk about it or not.”
GORDON
“C’mon boi, don’t worry. Gordon is stuck in this pie hole to help ya all.”
ALEX (looks around)
“Who’s Gordon?”
GORDON (leaning back and crossing his legs)
“I’m Gordon.”
ALEX (chuckles)
“Okay. I’m Alex.”
Alex extended his hand for a handshake.
GORDON (raising both his hands to the chest level)
“Are we supposed to do this?”
Alex slowly pulls back his hand but, Gordon grabs it.
GORDON
“Boi, Gordon was just kidding.”
GORDON (cont’d)
“You may be a time traveler but, that doesn’t resist you from doing human things.”
Alex smiles.
GORDON (smiles)
“What is that smile, huh? What is it?”
ALEX
“Nothing.”
GORDON
“Did ya complete the job ya came for?”
ALEX
“No I didn’t.”
Alex (cont’d)
“Huhh…That’s why I came to you. I need your help.”
GORDON
“Sure boi, Gordon will help you.”
Alex explains his job to Gordon.
GORDON (After thinking for a while)
“Ya know their faces and their code words. So, multiple time jumps will do the job.”
ALEX (Eagerly)
“I can do multiple jumps?”
GORDON
“Ofcourse ya can. Ya have a frickin’ time machine.”
GORDON (Cont’d)
“Make a plan and if it doesn’t work, do it again and again till it works.”
Alex laughs.
_____________________________
INT. THE WHITE ROOM
Date: 2020, March 13
Time: 12:30
EXT. THE CUBICLE
Alex checks the body of Alex (red shirt) and finds the same time machine which he is using. But, this one was damaged. He checks the watch of Alex (red shirt) and it showed two times. One was 12:30 and the other was 10:43. The location on his watch was Roma Norte,Mexico.
Alex is curious to know, to which timeline Alex (red shirt) belonged to. So, he decides to go to Alex’s (red shirt) timeline instead of going to Venice. He copies the date from the damaged time machine, which was 20 Oct, 2010 and makes the jump.
_____________________________
ROMA NORTE, MEXICO.
EXT. A SMALL BLUE HOUSE
DATE: 2010, OCT 20
TIME: 11:00
Alex is in a small colony where houses are attached to each other. Alex looks behind him and he sees a blue two storied house. There is MITCHELL (Alex’s wife); wearing a yellow crop top and blue jeans standing near the window.
MITCHELL (waving at Alex)
“Alex. Where were you?”
Alex is unable to speak. Tears blurred his vision. It was the first time in fifteen years he is seeing his wife. He wants to run upstairs, hug her and kiss her till he runs out of breath but, his legs felt heavy.
Mitchell walks downstairs and comes closer to Alex. He hugs her, rests his head over her shoulders. She could feel the warmth and the love he was carrying for the last fifteen years. Alex loosens the hold and wipes his tears. They both walk inside the house.
INT. THE SMALL BLUE HOUSE
Mitchell’s house has huge cracks on the wall. There is no cushion on the couch. He walks closer to a photo frame which was hung up on the wall. It was a photo of him in the military uniform, kissing Mitchell outside the airport.
ALEX (pointing at the photo)
“It was taken when I came back from Iraq. "
MITCHELL (blushes)
“Yeah, best day of my life.”
Mitchell walks closers to Alex and kisses his shoulder.
MITCHELL
“What happened to the Red t-shirt? Why did you change it?”
Alex ignores that question with a smile. He sits on the chair.
ALEX (rubbing his face)
“How happy we were. Me, you, Linda and Amy.”
ALEX (Cont’d)
“I just… I’m a complete mess.”
Mitchell wraps her arms around Alex’s head.
MITCHELL
“It’s okay babe. We know you are innocent.”
MITCHELL (cont’d)
“Just forget it. Let’s enjoy this few days of your parole.”
ALEX (thinks)
“So, he told that that he got parole. What else would have he said?”
ALEX (his eyes searching for his daughters)
“Where are Amy and Linda?”
MITCHELL
“School.”
ALEX
“Do you have their photos?”
Mitchell takes her phone, unlocks it and hands it to him. Alex opens the gallery and scrolls through the images of his daughters.
MITCHELL (while making juice)
“The recent ones are from LUPITA’s wedding.”
ALEX
“With whom?”
MITCHELL
“Samuel Ramos. He was your captain, right?”
Alex keeps the phone aside.
MITCHELL
“I guess she got so busy with her wedding that, she forgot to inform us about your parole.”
ALEX
“Do you know where she lives?”
MITCHELL
“Yeah, Polaco. Mr. Ramos has a beautiful villa there.”
**FLASHBACK BEGINS**
A PARK
DATE: 2005, JAN 12
TIME: 08:00
Alex is jogging in the park. Samuel Ramos, a six feet five inches tall man with a thick beard is sitting on a bench near the pond. He is giving bread crumps to the ducks.
Alex sits next to him. Samuel gives him a blue envelope.
SAMUEL (looking at the duck)
“3 targets, all government officials. Involved in drug and human trafficking. All three of them will be attending a party. The details and advance 5000 dollars, is in the envelope."
Alex takes the envelope and walks away.
**FLASHBACK ENDS**
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