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Story-line: Somewhere in the jungle, after the war is over, two enemy soldiers, lost from their armies, will get the last round.
Scene One
Blackout.
We hear a machine gun.
Lights up. A Soldier wearing a blue uniform is rolling on the ground. He's screaming because of his chest wound. Away from him, there are his blue helmet and the gun.
A soldier in a red uniform and a red helmet comes in holding a machine gun.
The BLUE SOLDIER crawls on the ground to get his machine gun.
RED SOLDIER is aiming his machine gun at BLUE, which continues to crawl towards his gun.
RED kicks out BLUE's gun.
BLUE stops crawling but keeps screaming in pain.
BLUE
You hit me! Argh! I'm dying!
RED
Do you speak my language?
BLUE
I think so. Why?
RED
But you are an enemy.
BLUE
So?
RED
We are at war.
BLUE
The war is over.
RED
What?
BLUE
Our countries have made a peace agreement.
RED
Really?
BLUE
Yeah.
RED
Is that true?
BLUE
I swear... the war is over.
RED
Jeez... I didn't know. I got lost from my platoon.
BLUE
That explains everything. I'm lost too.
(RED lowers his machine gun.)
RED
Oh boy! How do you know the war is over?
BLUE
I heard from my lieutenant... It was before I got lost in the jungle.
RED
I don't know. I shouldn't believe you. Maybe you're waiting for your troop. They'll be here and make me. Is it?
BLUE
Of course not. I'm telling the truth.
RED
This war can't end... never...
BLUE
Why?
RED
What I'll do without this war? The inferno that I saw here, all deaths, the blood, the crazy things, all of that are stuck into my mind. I cannot get ahead with my life after all that crap.
BLUE
I understand you.
RED
The war needs to continue.
BLUE
But now it's over...
RED
What if this is a lie?
BLUE
You have to believe me.
RED
I don't know.
BLUE
Have you heard gunshots?
RED
No.
BLUE
Why? It's simple! Because the war is over.
(There's a brief silence.)
RED
Maybe you're right.
BLUE
Yeah, yeah. I'm totally right.
RED
If the war is over, then we are no longer enemies.
BLUE
Exactly.
RED
I got it. But what am I gonna do with the ghosts of war?
BLUE
You will need to get rid of it all.
RED
How?
BLUE
Doing something good.
RED
Like what?
BLUE
Helping me.
RED
What?
BLUE
I need your help... I'm hurt…
RED
What can I do?
BLUE
I'm dying... You hit me in the chest.
RED
Of course... You were my enemy.
BLUE
No more, you know.
RED
I know. So, tell me, what I can do for you…?
BLUE
I will not save myself bleeding like a pig into slaughter. I want you to end my pain.
RED
How?
BLUE
Killing me.
RED
What? I can't do it. I can't.
BLUE
But you already shot me.
RED
Yeah... you were my enemy and I didn't know about the end of war.
BLUE
Please, do the right thing.
RED
If I kill you now... I'll be a killer.
BLUE
Argh!
RED
I'm a soldier... not a murderer.
BLUE
But if you kill me now, you will stop my pain.
RED
I won't kill you.
BLUE
Please.
RED
I can try to save your life.
BLUE
I'm bleeding a lot. We're far away from civilization. I want to stop this shit.
RED
We can try to staunch the blood.
BLUE
No way. I don't want to live anymore.
RED
Neither I.
BLUE
You?
RED
I don't want to live with these war memories.
BLUE
I know.
(There's a brief silence.)
BLUE
If I tell you I lied, and the war ain't over.
RED
What're you talking about?
BLUE
We're enemies. Kill me or I'll kill you.
RED
How can you do that? The war is over.
BLUE
This war will never end.
RED
Bulshit.
BLUE
The war is eternal.
RED
You're out of your mind!
BLUE
We are in a war. We're always at war.
RED
Stop it!
(There's a brief silence.)
BLUE
Kill me.
RED
If you want to die... take my gun... do it yourself...
(Red gives his gun to Blue.)
BLUE
I can't do that.
RED
Why?
BLUE
God. He will never forgive me. I don't want to be consumed by the fire.
RED
I'm sorry!
(There's a brief silence.)
BLUE
Damn! I need to die...
RED
Me too.
(There's a brief silence)
BLUE
I've an idea.
RED
What?
BLUE
We don't want to be alive, right?
RED
Live? What for?
BLUE
I think, you know, we should get our guns and act as if the war continues and one kills the other, huh?
RED
Like a duel?
BLUE
No, no. Duel, you know, one could survive. I think that we have to shoot each one at the same time. This way, I needn't kill myself.
RED
I don't know.
BLUE
It will be easy.
RED
How is your wound?
BLUE
It is hurting so much.
RED
As you haven't died yet, it means you can be healed.
BLUE
Please, I want to die. You want it, too.
RED
Alright, alright. Let's go and make it, like a western movie.
BLUE
It is not a duel.
RED
I got it. Let's go.
(Blue gets up by himself, clinging upright to a tree.)
(Red picks up Blue's gun from the floor and hands it to him and then steps away.)
(They stand in duel position.)
RED
Should we count?
BLUE
Yeah.
RED
Ready?
BLUE
Yes.
RED
Three.
BLUE
Two.
RED
One.
(They throw their guns on the floor. Red runs toward Blue, then, the two share a long tongue kiss.)
(Blackout.)
(Lights up. We came back with them in the same positions. They are still holding their guns.)
RED
Three.
BLUE
Two.
RED
One.
(Blackout.)
(We hear gunfire.)
END
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