[Script] Sentinel Chronicles - Parts is Parts

INT - DEKKER’S ROOM
Dekker is asleep in his suit on the bed. Empty bottles of
beer and wine and liquor surround the bed while the bed
itself is pristine. Pictures of his family line the walls.
PHONE - CLOSE UP
TEXT MESSAGE
Get your ass up and find him.
(beat)
Or you’re fired.
CLOSE UP OF DECKER’S FACE
Decker shudders and groans.
DEKKER (VO)
I want to tell you that this is
about the evidence.
He slowly starts to get up.
INT - CAPTAIN’S OFFICE
Captain is yelling at Decker, pointing to a news paper that
says "Famous Military Scientist Dead" with a sub title that
says, "Course of the War May Be Irreparably Damaged"
DEKKER (VO)
I want to tell you that this is
about justice.
CLOSE UP OF CAPTAIN’S SCREEN WHILE HE YELLS AT DECKER
EMAIL
Do not let Dekker make the evidence
of this public. We will richly
reward you.
DECKER (VO)
But that would be a lie. The
Captain works for Syndicate. Hell,
half the force does and the other
half secretly work for the holy
rollers that started all this.
WIDE SHOT OF DECKER AND THE CAPTAIN
CLOSE SHOT OF DECKER’S FACE
Decker nods ’listening’ to the captain yell at him with a
jaded and obviously disgusted look on his face.
2.
INT - CRIME SCENE - CLONE LAB
Dozens of bioroid parts lay strewn about in pieces, blood
everywhere. Lying on top of them, the face down corp of the
doctor sits in a pool of blood as well. Dekker turns him
over while a drone hovers above taking pictures with
intermittent flashes.
CLOSE UP OF THE DOCTOR’S FACE
DEKKER (VO)
Behold the late grate Dr.
Henderson, savior of humanity.
FLASH
EXTERIOR - MILITARY BASE
Bioroid Troops salute and march as Dr Henderson smiles and
presents them to an impressed bunch of military officials.
DEKKER (VO)
The man who would save humanity by
replacing it.
Henderson waves his arms and shows a huge line of gestation
tubes with bioroids in it.
FLASH
INTERIOR - CRIME SCENE
DEKKER (VO)
How did that old commercial go?
What parts? Chicken Parts. Parts
is parts. People parts. Something
like that. Henderson’s just so
much meat now.
Dekker bends down and examines something interesting that he
sees on the doctor’s wrist.
FLASH
EXTERIOR SCENE - CROWDED MARKET PLACE
A massive crowd is running in panic.
Decker is holding his wife and two children. They get
separated in the crowd. His wife and children go down.
3.
DEKKER (VO)
I was there when the bastards
attacked. Hell, I believed the
lies just like everyone else. I
lost my family didn’t I? Ra Ra. Yay
us. I lost everything that day.
(beat)
Everything.
FLASH
INTERIOR - CRIME SCENE
Decker bends down and sees a bar code tattoo on the Doctor’s
arm.
CLOSE UP OF DECKER’S EYES
Decker recognizes that this is something important.
CLOSE UP OF AN EVIDENCE BAG
He puts the sample of skin and the bar code in the evidence
bag and zips it up.
FLASH
INTERIOR - CAPTAIN’S OFFICE
Captain looks at the evidence and a manila folder that says
"OFFICIAL REPORT"
DEKKER (VO)
Like I said.
The Captain and Dekker are arguing. Decker points to the
report which shows the tattoo and a large picture of the
same barcode in an official Syndicate board meeting.
DEKKER (VO)
This isn’t about evidence. Or
justice. It’s about pretending
like we’re winning when we’re not.
It’s about money. It’s about not
being willing to admit that we made
something better than we are.
Something that doesn’t lie cheat or
steal the same way we do.
The Captain takes the report and burns it in front of
Decker. Decker tries to grab the report and the Captain
pulls a gun.
Decker pulls his own gun.

CAPTAIN
You’re fired Decker.

DEKKER
Truth is going to come out. You
can’t hide this. Not something this
big.

Decker punches the captain.

CAPTAIN
Get out Dekker. You’re fired.
Badge and gun. Get out.

CLOSE UP OF THE REPORT BURNING IN THE CAPTAIN’S TRASH
DEKKER (VO)
The truth didn’t come out. They
got away with it.
EXT - BLACK AND WHITE - DEKKER WALKING INTO THE CITY
DEKKER (VO)
Maybe we are all just parts. But
I’m more than the sum of mine. I
know the truth. And I’ll tell
anyone who will listen. And that’s
got to matter for something, right?