(Pineclones)

(Aalyan Ali)

(Based on, A True Story)

FADE IN:

AALYAN and SAM are first introduced having normal conversation over text. AALYAN is a 16 year old asian male teen, with brown skin and 5ft9, SAM is a white 16 year old male who is 6ft tall. BEN is also 16 years old but is the most immature out of the lot as well as being the shortest out of the lot..

EXT. MOORS - DAY

Aalyan , Ben and Sam leave the car and retrieve there belongings from the boot of the car ,Aalyan picks up his tent and instantly grunts due to the weight, Ben and Sam their bags and they start the walk to the camping spot which is in the woods.

EXT. WOODS - DUSK

As they arrive the boys throw their camping gear down and start taking photos of the sunset on their phones.

AALYAN

Does anyone else have no service up here?

BEN

Wait thats weird I don't either.

SAM

No I don’t as well ,thats well weird I've never not had signal up here.

They start to become a little suspicious due to the lack of signal, and become more vigilant whilst unpacking the tent. Aalyan and Sam unpack the tent whilst Ben is being useless and walking around and kicking pinecones.

SAM

BEN get the over here and help set the tent up, stop messing about.

AALYAN

Init become helpful for once , you took cadets , you should be good at this type stuff.

SAM

Yeah come hold that side and help feed through the tent pole, then get the pegs.

Ben reluctantly grabs the pole with one hand whilst gripping the tent and slowly feeds through the pole to SAM. As this is happening a pinecone suddenly hits BEN on the head.

BEN

AHHHH ..Which of you dickheads

threw that.

AALYAN

Threw what?!

Ben picks up the pinecone.

BEN

This fucking pineapple.

SAM

Its a pinecone not a pineapple .

And it wasn't either of us (looks

at AALYAN) as we were holding the

tent.

Suddenly movement is heard from the bushes above the hill. Ben runs to have look and sees nothing and blames it on the wind.

AALYAN

What was that then? , I swear i

heard people..

SAM

Yeah I am sure I heard foot steps.

BEN

Nah i doubt it , think it was just a gust of wind that blew the pinecone off the tree, and it must of just been the bushes rubbing against each other just then.

The three of them finish putting up the tent as the sun finally sets.

CUT TO:

INT . TENT - NIGHT

Sam , Ben and Aalyan are all a bit tipsy in the tent as night sets.

Light footsteps and the shuffling of stones and leaves are heard around the tent.

BEN

Anyone want ano…

BEN is cut off by AALYAN

AALYAN

Shhhh, do you hear them footsteps

(light whispering)

SAM

Yeah good joke mate ahaha

BEN

(Sarcastically)

OH no its a ghost

Suddenly a rock is thrown in to the tent

Ben and Sam are unaware of whats happened and think its a pinecone thats fallen from the trees above.

AALYAN

WHAT THE FUCK was that.

BEN

Another pinecone I guess.

AALYAN

Ben which fucking pinecone

looks like this.

AALYAN picks the rock that was thrown in.

SAM

OH SHIT

2 more rocks are thrown in , and Ben and Sam realise that Aalyan wasn’t joking and realise that someone is trying to attack them.

Aalyan instinctively picks up a penknife that was in his camping kit.

BEN

Im calling the police

SAM

Yeah do

AALYAN

NO DONT , we cant we will get done as well.

BEN

What we gonna do then..

All of a sudden the flashlights turn off , and someone is heard trying to open the tent . Aalyan shouts in defence trying to scare the person away. they shine a torch onto the tent creating a silhouette of many people surrounding the tent who slowly start getting closer to the tent.

They suddenly start shaking the tent , Aalyan opens the middle compartment, he catches a glimpse of the face but all he sees is a blur.

AALYAN goes towards the main door of the tent to take a glimpse who it could be but as he is to poke his head out he hears footsteps in the tent he turns around and finds one of the men with his face covered with a balaclava, and a knuckle duster on one hand and knife in the other. Aalyans life flashes before his eyes (shown by images flashing of his past) . The attacker throws a punch which Aalyan ducks and returns with a low kick to the side of the knee temporarily forcing him to go to one knee. The balaclava clad man looks up and instinctively tries stabbing Aalyan, who sees this too late. Aalyan closes his eyes and out of nowhere massive thud is heard he opens his eyes to see BEN had bottled the man knocking him unconscious.

BEN

You’re welcome

AALYAN

Thanks , but what we doing now

with them.

AALYAN points to the rest outside the tent , who have suddenly be come motionless.

BEN

Wait … they've stopped moving.

SAM emerges for the sleeping compartment of the tent to where BEN and AALYAN are and notices the man laying on the floor.

SAM

What the fuck is happening , I

wanna go home.

Another man appears behind AALYAN , coincidentally wearing the exact same outfit as the man before .

AALYAN

We can’t leave like this

SAM grabs the tripod next to him , this is as the man behind Aalyan has pulled a knife behind Aalyans head.

AALYAN

What are you do… ( he is cut off)

SAM grabs the tripod and swings at AALYAN , who ducks the swing just before it hits the man behind him.

SAM

Saving your life.

Aalyan is visibly shaken, as he looks behind to realise who was actually behind him.

AALYAN

WHAT THE FUCKKK..

SAM

A thank you would be nice.

AALYAN

Thank you

SAM

You’re welcome

BEN

So whats the plan.

AALYAN

Seeing as these 2 are dressed

identically its very likely that

the rest of them (outside the

tent) are as well. So I reckon we

take their clothes and we wear

them and try disguise as them and

slowly peel away from them?

BEN

Are you dumb?

AALYAN

I dunno about you but I don't

think us 3 can take on 5 or more

fully grown men who have knuckle

dusters and knives, especially

with you being a walking twig.

BEN

That’s not what I'm on about, theres only 2 people unconscious and theres 3 of us, and I dunno what you got in maths pal but that doesn’t add up.

AALYAN

Oh yeah, my bad

SAM

Right as you two are useless, I

reckon we use these two as

hostages.

AALYAN

What you trying to get at.

SAM

Im trying to say that two of us hold these two and hold a knife to

their neck after we tie there

hands and feet to stop them

getting away., and walk out to

confront them outside…

BEN

So basically we threaten to kill

two members of their gang to try

and get out?

SAM

Yeah basically.

AALYAN

Sounds like a plan. You two hold

them and i will do the talking.

Sam and Ben both nod in agreement as they pick up the two unconscious men . Aalyan unzips the front entrance on the tent and walks out and is confronted by 5 men who are dressed the same as the two that are unconscious.

Sam and Ben drag the two men outside. And stand on each side of Aalyan whilst holding knives to the necks of the two men.

Each of the balaclava clad men have their faces lit up with a light that the source cant be found. This makes Aalyan , Sam and Ben suspicious.

AALYAN

Right then , I don't see what issue you lot have with us but we will give you a choice here, you can all leave now and never return or you could stay and watch your 2 mates die a slow and painful dea… (Aalyan is cut off by Ben)

BEN

Aalyan we have an issue

Aalyan turns around to find that the two unconscious men are no long in the hands of Ben and Sam.

AALYAN

What where have they gone?

SAM

I don’t know he just vanished into thin air.

Ben looks up to the other gang members and realises they have two more members

BEN

There they are (pointing to the

gang who now have 7 members)

Aalyan and Sam have a glance , but then all of a sudden the lights turn off and pitch blacks is all that surround them . A quick flash of light circles the 3 , Ben screams in pain as the flashlights turn back on.

AALYAN

What was that?

SAM

Don’t know? Wheres Ben

Aalyan and Sam turn around to find that Ben covered in blood from his neck down , in the flash of the light Bens throat was slit.

As Aalyan and SAM start to approach BEN he completely disappears, and the gang return and circle SAM and

AALYAN.

AALYAN

What do you want from us ? we

haven't done anything.

GANG MEMBER (O.S)

We want you…

Suddenly another quick flash of light circles them and SAM has the same fate as BEN and is slit from his throat and is pain.

AALYAN

What do you want from me?

The 7 gang members merge into the middle man so they are all one person.

Aalyan back tracks and tries to retrieve his penknife which he dropped earlier.

GANG MEMBER

You wont be needing that…

The penknife vanishes .

AALYAN

Looks like you want to do the old

fashion way then.

AALYAN clenches his fist and steps forward as does the opponent.

GANG MEMBER

Thats cute. You could have killed

me earlier, next time don't

hesitate when you have the chance

As the Gang member starts to approach Aalyan , a thud is heard from behind him .

To Aalyan shock Sam and Ben were both alive and had stabbed the Gang Member in the back.

Ben and Sam are dressed as his clones.

BEN

Thanks for the advice. (Ben and

Sam take off the balaclavas.

AALYAN

Thank fuck for that…

SAM

Your welcome.

AALYAN

Also i thought you both died.

BEN

He never killed us he killed his

own clones.

SAM

He must’ve glitched and his own

clones turned into us, and we

turned into his clones.

AALYAN

Ahh what was he then , cos he

isn't human at all.

BEN

Who knows , but lets get our stuff and go before someone notices this dead body.

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