Off camera

The scene opens and we see Mandy sitting inside a cell made of a extremely thick bulletproof glass. She sits on a small bed that’s sitting in a corner with her arms folded across her chest, she’d been here for days since she was brought here and she’s been patiently waiting for an opportunity to escape. Unfortunately for Mandy her captors didn’t make mistakes, the way they operated made Mandy think they were some sort of branch of government but because they all wore masks around her she couldn’t recognize anyone and they sure weren’t talking. The cell that she was in was well structured and very solid, she’d checked every inch and there wasn’t one point of weakness. She had gotten up and started to pace the floor when there was a knock at the door, whoever they were at least they had some sort of manners. Mandy stops pacing and turns towards the door, crossing her arms across her chest again.

Mandy: Come in.

She could hear a code being entered followed by a click then the door swings open, a masked guard stands there with a tray of food in one hand and the other hand is rested on his gun that’s currently in it’s holster on his hip. Mandy stops pacing and holds her hands up with her palms facing towards the guard.

Mandy: Easy, I’m just pacing to ease some stress.

The guard says nothing, only nods and removes their hand off the gun and grabs the tray with it. Mandy smiles and backs up towards the bed when suddenly her leg gives out, causing her to yell out in pain and fall to the floor. The guard quickly puts the tray down on the floor and rushes over to help her, reaching down and offering a helping hand which Mandy quickly takes advantage of by grabbing the guards arm with one hand and pulling them in to receive a punch to the throat. Mandy follows up by kicking the guards knee which causes it to bend backwards and snap sending them to the floor. After a few quick shots to the face the guard is unconscious and Mandy has retrieved the key card she’ll need to get out of here along with the gun and spare clips the guard was carrying. After quickly inspecting the gun she quickly and quietly makes her way towards the door stopping once she gets there and checks to see if there's anyone right outside the door. Once she knows that it's clear she rushes out the door with the gun aimed and ready, it takes a few minutes for her eyes to adjust to the dark but once they do she realizes that she is in a giant warehouse.

Mandy: What the Hell…

This was no place that she recognized, and she’d know if she recognized it because her father made her memorize not only all procedures and protocols but the blueprint of everything secret C.I.A facility there is. She’d never seen any blueprint like this place so she was completely out of her sorts as she looked around for a way out. She didn’t find a door but she did run into some scaffolding which she hoped would lead to a window so she turned the safety back on the gun and tucked it into the band of her pants before carefully climbing up the scaffolding. Once she got to the top she was disappointed to find there were no windows but did find a ventilation shaft that after some work removed the cover and climbed up, beginning to navigate through the ventilation system…
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On camera

We open at Hillside Bar, one of many bars in Seattle, Washington where we find Maniac enjoying a bottle of Budweiser. He finishes the bottle and asks for another, taking a big swig off of it before beginning.

Maniac: Hello Erica you’re looking well, like you’ve finally gotten the rest you needed. However, while you may look great on the outside it's your insides that haven’t changed a bit. Still playing the victim are we? Never tried to find you? Are you fuking kidding me? I HOUNDED the front office to tell me where they sent you but they refused, said it was a conflict of interest with what happened between us in our match at Road To Ruin. I couldn’t call you because you’ve changed your number once again and I even reached out to your mother and brother but got no answer, which I can understand but still don’t you dare sit there and say that I didn’t try and find you.

Maniac takes another drink of his beer.

Maniac: And then you want to also still claim that I just threw you away, we both know that’s not true Erica don’t we? The truth is that you chose that demon over me, you chose the temporary power it offered instead of hard work. Instead of fighting it you decided to give in to your dark desires, feeding the demon and giving it a vessel to do it’s bidding.

Maniac sighs then finishes his beer, sitting the glass on the table.

Maniac: Despite it all, I miss you Erica. You’re a bright, beautiful, and very talented woman who still has a bright future ahead of her. We’re a lot alike Erica, you and I. We’re both broken, we’re both misunderstood, and we’re both definitely not the most popular people on the roster…

A small chuckle escapes Maniac’s lips.

Maniac: What I’m getting at Erica is I’ve  never seen you as anything other than a human being, and a great student. It’s the demon I’ve got a problem with, not you. I’d love to be your Maestro again, please Erica get ahold of me. I want to help you get back on track, it’s not to late.

Maniac signals for another beer and after the bartender brings it to him he begins drinking it as the scene fades to black.
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Off camera

Mandy had been navigating through this ventilation system to the best of her ability for what seems to be hours but no matter what she did she couldn’t find a way out. She went every which way possible, hit every dead-end, every turn, and just when she thought she was going to give up she hit it by pure accident. Mandy had stopped at some random spot out of frustration and exhaustion and let out a groan, then she slammed against the side of the ventilation system. As soon as she did there was a click followed by the sudden shift of the ventilation system, Mandy felt herself being shifted around and could hear the sound of opening and closing doors as she passes through them. Mandy braced herself so that she wouldn’t slide and took deep breathes to help keep her composure until she felt the shifting stop and the ventilation system finally come to a rest.

“Come on out, we know you’re in there.”

Mandy’s eyes widen in shock but says nothing and does her best to slow her breathing in hopes that whoever that is will go away. Her hopes were quickly squashed by the sounds of multiple guns cocking and the voice once again.

“Last warning agent Banks throw out the gun and any ammo you have and surrender, we have you completely surrounded!”

Mandy weighed her options but concluded that she is indeed outgunned so she surrenders, giving up the gun and ammo then holds her hands up in surrender as she slowly stands up. Mandy smirks as the masked guards move in closer, all their guns trained on her. But she’s not worried about them, she’s focused on their leader.

Mandy: I’m going to get out of here bytch, but before I do I will kill you.

Alternative Mandy steps up closer to the real Mandy with a smirk on her face.

Alternative Mandy: Keep telling yourself that after what? You’re millionth escape attempt, get her back to her cell and make sure she doesn’t escape again or heads will roll. Am I understood?

Guards: YES MA’AM!!

They all shout in unison then grab the real Mandy and take her back to her cell fighting to no avail as the scene fades.