THE COUNTDOWN Strangers Held by Unknown Forces and Tricked into Fucking for Freedom SCENE opens on an unconscious 19-year-old girl, Nora, lying on the floor of an empty cell. She is wearing weekend clothes: a tank top and skirt. From her perspective, we hear the voice of a man telling her to wake up. As she comes to her senses, she opens her eyes and, through her POV, sees a man, Alan, clearly older than her, mid 30s, dressed in boring business clothes math teacher. Are you okay! He asks. She screams and tries to get away from him. The man also gets frightened and moves away in his corner. I dont want to hurt you, Im in here like you! The girl lets out a gasp and looks around the cell, nervously pacing. Its no use, says Alan, nervously. Ive tried. Where are we! asks Nora. I dont know! I think we might have been... Taken! While screaming and kicking, Nora notices a security camera in the corner of the cell, near the ceiling. She screams at it LET US OUT! Alan, still in shock his corner of the cell, says Ive been here almost a full day, they havent said anything. I think they brought you in when I was sleeping. Nora sits down, her head in her hands.
