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TREASON HIGH - CHAPTER 1 (VERSION 2)

EXT. NIGHT WIDE SHOT OF THE HAMMER, A HAMMER SHAPED ART

MUSEUM, SURROUNDED BY A TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED CITYSCAPE. A
FLYING MR SOFTEE ICE CREAM TRUCK ENTERS THE LOADING BAY
SEVERAL FLOORS ABOVE THE GALLERIES.

INT. NIGHT INISDE THE HAMMER VAULT, HIGH ABOVE THE "FEATURED
ARTIST" CELLS/STUDIOS, ROWS OF ELITE CLASS WORKS OF ART ARE
HOUSED, ON DISPLAY TO NO ONE. NADIA AND HER BROTHER LOOK ON
THROUGH BINOCULARS IN THE RAFTERS AS THE ICE CREAM TRUCK
COMES TO A STOP IN THE VAULT AND THREE GROWN MEN STEP OUT,
THE LEADER HOLDING A BRIEFCASE WITH A MR. SOFTEE ICE CREAM
LOGO ON IT.
BROTHER
I have eyes on the target. The
briefcase is on the move.
NADIA
Wait, so we're not even here to
steal art?
BROTHER
You could call the contents of that
briefcase art... but it's not that
simple. We are stealing a whole new
mode of reality, a new life for us.
NADIA
We're stealing a new reality from a
guy who drives an ice cream truck?
BROTHER
Ice cream is just their cover. Look
at these guys. They're definitely
mafia.
NADIA
Does this mean we're going to stop
barely scraping by as orphaned,
petty thief nobodies?
BROTHER
How many times do I have to tell
you? We're not thieves! We're
venture capitalists.
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NADIA
(excited)
If we pull this off we're gonna be
famous!!
BROTHER
No. That's the genius of stealing
from people making an illegal
trade. No one outside this room
will know anything has been stolen,
and they can't report it.

NADIA
We could make it on the C.R.F's
most wanted list!
(The C.R.F. Is the Criminal Retaliation Force, this world's
version F.B.I. Often known for taking lethal action when
apprehending Criminals.)
BROTHER
We're not criminals!! And why would
you want to be on that list
anyways?
NADIA
........(o￣∇￣ ◯ ゜
At least then someone would want us
)= )`ν )
(elbows him in the side)
BROTHER
We have each other! We don't need
anybody else, you jerk!!!
(jabs her in the side)
NADIA
Stop it! They're gonna hear you!
BROTHER
You started it!
The mafia guys notice the commotion and begin to look around
suspiciously. Just then, a door opens dramatically and the
Director of the Hammer, Klaus Jasper, walks out.

KLAUS
Good Evening. I expect you have
what we agreed upon?
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JOHN SOFTEE *ALIAS*

(head of mafia) We always do. I'm
not in the business of asking
questions but this seems out of
your usual area of expertise.
KLAUS
Through art we can see the future.
It is my job through this
institution to share that future
with the world.
He takes a device out of the case and holds a futuristic
black cube, with glowing teal lines running through it in his
hand to inspect it. Info box: Self learning Magnetic
resonance pulse device (not sure about this name.... still
working on it) 
KLAUS (CONT'D)
Magnificent. Your payment is in the
crates behind you. Feel free to
inspect it for quality but I
believe you will be pleased with
what you find.
Reveal: inside of the crates are three massive bricks of
FATAL BLOW, the worlds most powerful cocaine. One of the
henchmen cut it open and does two lines of it. SNIFF SNIFF
followed immediately by BANG BANG as he inhales each line. He
lifts his head, clearly in a state of pure joy, his nostrils
now look like the cartoon representation of bullet holes.
HENCHMAN
Damn! This is some good shit,
bitch!
NADIA
Whoa! Museums pay for art with
drugs?? That's gotta be super
illegal.
BROTHER
To them the world is just a game.
Have enough power and influence
then nothing is illegal, everything
has a price. What they fail to
realize is that for us at the
bottom it's not a game.
NADIA
Never was! Let's go!
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They both activate their leg thrusters and launch down to the
vault below. The director encloses the object back into the
Mr Softee briefcase.
NADIA (CONT'D)
Special delivery! Did
somebody order a swift
kick to the wiener?
Nadia kicks the director's crotch, and yelling in pain lets
go of the briefcase, sending it flying through the air and
over the balcony.
NADIA (CONT'D)
Oopies.
Realizing what she has done Nadia begins to dive after it,
but is clearly too far away to grab it before it falls to the
dark depths below them. As she dives for the briefcase her
pupils turn into targets as her arm detatches, rocketing off
into the air and she catches the briefcase just before
falling below the balcony. Her arm reattaches at the elbow,
briefcase in hand.
NADIA (CONT'D)
Whoa. I didn't know I could do
that.
BROTHER (FIGHTING OFF HENCHMAN)
Oh, I must've forgotten to tell
you. After our last supply run I
added some upgrades.
His eyes are also targets and he launches his hand into a
mafia henchamn's crotch as well. Surprisingly, the mafia
henchmen are completely blown away and impressed. Nadia and
her brother use this as their chance to escape.
HENCHMAN
1. Wow! They're androids?!?
2. Awesome!!
KLAUS
What are you waiting for? Get that
briefcase back!
JOHN SOFTEE *ALIAS*
Sorry Chief. We upheld our end of
the deal. You're on your own. C'mon
boys.
The three mafia men begin walking towards their ice cream
truck to leave.
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KLAUS
No, I don't believe I am "on my
own".
A group of imposing silhouetted figures appear behind him.

JOHN SOFTEE *ALIAS*

No!
HENCHMAN
You rat bastard.
KLAUS
Dispose of this scum and the two
that escaped. No one leaves this
building until I have that
briefcase.

CUT TO: NADIA AND HER BROTHER RUNNING THROUGH THE DARK
GALLERY.
BROTHER
I can't believe we pulled that off!
NADIA
Nice job on these enhancements!
What do you think? Should we grab a
couple for the road
(pointing at some of the
artwork hanging on the
wall.)
Just as she's about to shoot her arm rocket and grab a piece,
her brother notices something behind her. We see a finger
pointing in the shape of a gun right behind her head.
OFFICER BEAM
Bang.
Nadia drops to the floor just narrowly avoiding a laser blast
that hits a statue against the gallery wall in front of her.
Smoke rises from a charred hole in a sculpture.
NADIA
Are you serious??
BROTHER
They hit the artwork!!
Reveal: Officer Beam, the head of the C.R.F. (Criminal
Retaliation Force), and several other agents filing in behind
him. They run farther into the gallery, but before they can
make it through the next doorway.
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Another beam blasts through, hitting a support structure

causing it to collapse in front of them.
OFFICER BEAM
I suggest you surrender. I won't
miss again.
NADIA
Why are they here??
BROTHER
I don't know!!

NADIA
Did we interrupt a sting operation
or something?! What do we do??
BROTHER
Well, we've tried running, so
there's only one option left.
He gets into a pose as if he is preparing to fight for his
life.
BROTHER (CONT'D)
Run even faster!!!!
He picks up Nadia, carrying her under his arm as you would a
2x4 plank of wood, activates his leg thrusters and speeds out
of the gallery into another part of the museum. We see
Officer Beam walk out slowly behind in no hurry. Nadia and
her brother skid to a halt, realizing this glass corridor is
a dead end over-looking the city outside. Officer Beam walks
in only to find the gallery empty. He slowly walks into the
center of the room. Reveal: Nadia and her brother are
crouching behind a wide based statue floating a couple inches
off the floor under which they can see Officer Beam's feet.
Lifting his head into the air, the mechanized components open
around his nose as he does a sharp inhale.
OFFICER BEAM
I smell it. Desperation setting in.
You are beginning to accept the
inevitable.
(sniffs again)
I smell the tears welling up in
your tear ducts. This is your last
chance to surrender willingly.
NADIA (TEARS STREAMING DOWN)
Bro! Stop crying!! Your tears are
giving away our location!
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BROTHER (TEARS STREAMING DOWN)

You're the one who replaced your
tears with wiper fluid!!
Officer Beam lifts his hand once again.
OFFICER BEAM
Bang.
A blast ricochets back and forth from the wall and the statue
as they both narrowly dodge.
NADIA
His beams ricochet?!? Are you
kidding me??
They fall out from behind the statue, now pinned against a
wall with no chance of escape. We have a POV outside the
museum, with them in the gallery and the Hilt Terrace of the
Hammer down below.
OFFICER BEAM
Stand down and don't resist. It
will make this much easier for me.
Her brother is standing in front of Nadia, the briefcase open
on the floor, and he is holding it in front of himself.
BROTHER
You shoot us and you destroy this
too. Nadia, we're leaving.
NADIA
That's... impossible. Bro, we're
trapped.
He touches a button on her arm, and a dock opens. He puts the
device inside and it immediately integrates into her arm.
BROTHER
No matter what happens, just
remember, you were designed to
overcome the impossible.
He activates his leg thrusters at full power, his back to
Nadia, and they launch backwards smashing through the
exterior glass of the museum. Officer Beam mouths the words
"Bang" one final time, and the blast ricochets through the
flying shards of glass, hitting her brother as they fall
through the air. He glows a bright white, and within an
instant is completely vaporized. Nadia falls to the platform
below. When she comes to she is surrounded by a squad of
Police officers. Cut to black.
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Flashback scene: Interior of a burnt out lab, small flames

still burning through the ruined space. Nadia's android body
is disconnected and spread out amid the lab. Her eyes open
and sees her arm has become a technological monstrosity.
Nadia's eyes open and she screams, only to see that her arm
is still mostly normal looking, but she is floating in a
containment field inside of a police holding room covered in
square tiles. One of the tiles lights up with a face, and a
floating robot drone flights out, scanning her face with a
beam.
ROBOCOP
Prisoner ID: NK 9842. Please state
your name.
NADIA
Nadia Machina.
ROBOCOP
You are under arrest for... hoo boy
this is some pretty bad stuff.
Destruction of property, aggravated
manslaughter, destruction of
priceless works of art, criminal
trespassing, and activating a
class-4 mega weapon in a public
space. Wow. Save some for the rest
of the criminals, am I right?
NADIA
Hey! I didn't do any that stuff! I
mean didn't do all of that stuff!
You gotta understand! It was the
cops! They're trying to pin it on
me!
ROBOCOP
Typical story. Sweet, young girl
comes in all roughed up and blames
it on the cops. Tale as old as
time.
NADIA
That's what happened!!
ROBOCOP
I'll have you know I am a cop!! All
my boyfriends are cops too! That
story isn't going to work with me!
With a rap sheet like this you
could be going away for a long
time! I'm talking space jail!
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NADIA
Wait.... boyfriends? Plural?
ROBOCOP
You think cuz you’re half human
you’re better than me?
NADIA
No! I didn't mean-
ROBOCOP
To you all robots are just a
single, untethered hive-
consciousness who don't deserve
love? Just keep digging yourself
deeper.
NADIA (DESPERATE)
THEY DISINTEGRATED MY BROTHER IN
FRONT OF ME!!!
ROBOCOP
The CRF, huh?
Nadia doesn't even have to confirm, Robocop can tell the
answer just by the look on her face.
ROBOCOP (CONT'D)
Ah..... AHEM... Due to recent
revelations, I believe the suspect
is still capable of more incidents
of chaos in the future, and I no
longer recommend jail but instead a
higher security, alternative
facility.
NADIA (UNSURE)
Wait... so you believe me?
(jumps down out of holding
cell and about to walk
through the exit.)
Have a great day!
ROBOCOP
You are still being punished!!! You
are officially being assigned to
the reeducation facility: TREASON
HIGH!
NADIA
Wait.... You're sending me to high
school???
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ROBOCOP
(facing away)
I really shouldn't be doing this,
but take this. You'll need it.
A chute opens on the table in front of Nadia, and out pops
supplies: 5,000 credits, assortment of school supplies and
textbooks, a bus ticket, a backpack, and a lunch box and
juice box.
NADIA
I appreciate you doing this but you
can't send me there. I have to
clear my name. I have to avenge my
brother!

ROBOCOP
You will. One day. But not today!
Bye Bye!
She touches a button on the wall and a pneumatic tube shoots
down and sucks Nadia up with all her new school supplies. She
is shot out into a concourse of a giant, bustling futuristic
train station. She grabs the juice box laying on the ground
next to her, and stands up to marvel at the scale of the
station and the amount of people in it. She notices a guard
standing off to the side.
NADIA
Excuse me... Where is the exit?
TRAIN GUARD
Report to your assigned terminal
for processing.
NADIA
It's actually a funny story but I'm
not supposed to be here-
TRAIN GUARD
Move along.
A crowd rushes past her, bumping into her several times.
Someone in the crowd stole the juice box right out of her
hands. "Hey, my Juicebox!" She then frantically pats herself
realizing her wallet is gone too. "Stole my wallet too!" A
small robotic bounty hunter passes in front of her, stealing
the backpack off her shoulder.
BOUNTY HUNTER
I'm out of here, suckers! Hah hah
hah!
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He begins flying towards an open window way up above their

heads, but is violently apprehended by the guards, and then
smashed flat by a mechanized ramming device. Nadia looks on
wordlessly, stunned by what she just saw, then continues on
to the bus.
TRAIN GUARD
No escape.
BOUNTY HUNTER
*gurgles in pain*
TRAIN GUARD (2)
Report to your assigned terminal
for processing.
(to the bounty hunter's
mangled body)

Nadia, standing and watching this happen near her bus

terminal and by an industrial a/c unit, the door swings open
smacking her and leaving an indentation of her face, and a
wild, feral girl pops out, wrapping copper wire around her
wrist.
JUNI
You getting on this bus too?
NADIA
Why... why were you in there?
JUNI
Copper. You never know what kinda
raw materials are going to be
valuable where we're going. I'm
Juni by the way.
(notices Nadia's arm and
reaches out to touch it.)
What are you?
NADIA
Please don't touch me.
JUNI
Ah Gotcha. One of those uptight
"personal space" types. How'd you
end up here?
NADIA
I got sucked up and shot out
through a tube. Is that NOT how you
got here?
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JUNI
No, I mean, we all got sent here
for messing up somehow. Who'd you
hurt.
Nadia quickly flashes back to her brother getting vaporized,
with a terrifying image of Officer Beam smiling.
NADIA
Nobody! I mean, I don't know. It's
complicated!
Juni's word bubble overlaps Nadia's as she interrupts her.
JUNI
Well I broke out of the lab that
captured and experimented on me!
Yeah, I cut up some guys pretty
good.
They both find a seat at the back of the bus and sit down.
JUNI (CONT'D)
Check out these bad boys.
(Three plastic butter
knife claws pop out of
her clinched fist)
They're still my baby claws but my
adult claws should be coming in any
day now.
A skinny, awkward dog boy, TOBY, pops his head up from the
seat in front of the girls.
TOBY
Whoaaa! Awesome!
KIM, a four armed girl sitting alone in the seat opposite
them speaks up
KIM
I bet they couldn't cut me! My body
is impervious to everything. Even
Bullets!
Without hesitating Juni uses her plastic claws to slash Kim's
face and she screams
KIM (CONT'D)
Ahhh! I didn't say my face was
impervious!
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JUNI
I'm so sorry.
(in bg)
TOBY
And I got paws! Crazy paws!
He furiously slashes his paws in the air.
TOBY (CONT'D)
What's your arm based weapon?
He reaches forward and presses a button just above the button
that Nadia's brother touched to attach the mysterious device.
NADIA
No!! Don't touch that!!
A small segment opens in her arm, a breath mint falls out
into Toby's hand. He tosses it into his mouth.
TOBY
Mmm! Minty!
NADIA
Oh yeah haha... I forgot about that
feature.
TOBY
NICE. Bad guys with Good breath are
so underrated.
NADIA
I'm not a bad guy.
JUNI
Your rank ass breath is gonna be
the least of your concerns once we
get to this school. Assuming you
even make it into the school.
NADIA
My brother always said we were
"venture capitalists". I'm really
not supposed to be here.
KIM
What do you mean 'assuming' we get
in?
TOBY
You don't know? Once we get to the
island we still have to survive the
entrance exam.
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NADIA
You mean survive like... an essay
portion?
TOBY
Treason High the premier school for
creating the most cut throat super
villains and backstabbing traitors
of tomorrow. This isn't your
grandma's state school.
NADIA
No! I have to get out of here!
(Stands and tries to pry
open window)
I have to clear my name! I have to
seek vengeance!
The windows lock as the blast doors come down around the bus.
Over the loud speakers we hear: ATTENTION ALL STUDENTS. THE
ENTRANCE EXAM BEGINS IN 10..9..8...
NADIA (CONT'D)
NO!!! NO NO NO NO NO!!
TOBY
YOU BETTER BUCKLE UP!
NADIA
(TRYING TO PRY THE WINDOW
OPEN)
Never!!!!!!!
3... 2... 1... The test begins! NOW!!! Two guards on opposite
sides outside the bus swing giant hammers in tandem launching
the bus platform high up in the air. The bus comes to a halt
on above the skyline of the city, and we can see an ocean
beyond. Giant booster rockets swing out from the sides of the
bus charging up. The platform is pulled back like a gigantic
slingshot, and releases as the bus engages the rocket and
flies off into the morning sky. We can see a volcanic island
with six towering stone pillars encircling it, and what
appears to be a sea monster wrapped around on of the farthest
columns in the distance. The bus rockets into frame, not
slowing down at all, crashing into the island in a fiery
explosion.
The final page is a slow zoom in on a teleported piece of a
statue sitting surrounded by trash in a back alley of a city
as guards walk past with no explanation.
End of part 1.