Snapchat Manhunt

EXT. STREET DAY

CHRIS is running from two police officers, MIKE and JAKE.

JAKE
(shouting)
Stop and put your hands up!

MIKE
(panting)
I don’t get paid enough for this shit.

CHRIS turns down a corner road a bit further up. The officers
are still chasing.

JAKE
He went down there.

JAKE and MIKE turn the corner and CHRIS is nowhere to be seen.
They both stop at the corner.

Great. We lost him.

MIKE puts his hands on his knees, bends down and is out of
breath.

How did he see through our disguise? I thought we

looked pretty convincing.

MIKE
(Panting)
Well… you are wearing a pair of Reeboks…

JAKE
And?

MIKE
(Panting)
Only paedos wear those.

JAKE
I thought they looked pretty cool.

MIKE
(panting)
Nah… Ralph Harris wore those… He was in the advert
for them.

JAKE
 Alright, come on. Lets go back to the car.

MIKE looks up at JAKE, still panting.

MIKE
(Panting)
Can… you give me… a minute.

JAKE looks down at MIKE.

JAKE
Piss off. If you ran faster then we would’ve caught
Him. But no, your fatass couldn’t even outrun a
person in a wheelchair.

MIKE
I told you before, I’ve got a dodgy kidney.

JAKE looks at MIKE for a brief second, sighs, then walks away
back towards the car.

JAKE
And how many times have I told you, your kidney has
nothing to do with the fact you’re an unhealthy lard
ass.

INT. CAR DAY

JAKE gets in the driver’s seat. Looks forward and waits for
MIKE to get in the car.

MIKE gets into the car, sits down, pulls out his phone and his
crisps and scrolls his phone. JAKE’s face stares blankly into
nothing.

MIKE
(Confused)
Wait a minute.

JAKE
What is it?

MIKE
That guy we just chased; I know him.

JAKE
What do you mean you know him?

MIKE
We went to school together.
 JAKE
He was wearing a balaclava; how could you possibly
know it was him?

MIKE shows his phone to JAKE. JAKE reads out loud what the
phone says.

“Just got chased by that wetty Mike. The fat prick

hasn’t changed since year 11. He’s even still got
that shit trim.” Even back then you were still fat
as fuck. It looks like he’s at his house.

MIKE
Yeah he only lives around the corner. I went round
there when I was younger.

JAKE
Then lets go and get this fucker.

MIKE
Hell. Motherfucking. yeah!

JAKE
Shut up wetty.

EXT. STREET DAY

JAKE and MIKE arrive at CHRIS’ house. They get out of the car
and walk to the front door.

JAKE
So this is where he lives.

MIKE
Yeah if I remember correctly. I came round here a
couple times to get my glasses back. He used to
steal them.

JAKE knocks on the door. No one answers.

Do you reckon he knows it’s us?

JAKE
Probably.

JAKE tries the door handle and it is unlocked.

What idiot doesn’t lock his door?

MIKE
Maybe he was expecting someone.
 JAKE
It was rhetorical you melt.

They enter the house and begin searching for CHRIS.

Alright, I’ll take upstairs and you search

downstairs.

An hour passes and neither one of them has found CHRIS. MIKE
walks into the room JAKE is searching.

MIKE
Found him yet?

JAKE
(sarcastically)
Oh yeah, bumped into him not that long ago. He’s
taking a shower. Of course I haven’t found him.

MIKE
Oh, well I’ve checked downstairs 3 times over and
nothing. Guess he’s not here then.

JAKE
Yeah I guess he probably fled ages ago.

MIKE checks his phone as JAKE sits on the bed, stares at the
floor and sighs.

If only you weren’t so slow.

MIKE
Hang on a second.

MIKE shows JAKE his phone again. JAKE reads it out loud.

JAKE
“They’ve been here for an hour and still haven’t
found me lol. Kitchen cupboard for the win.”

JAKE looks up at MIKE as he finishes reading the phone with a

stern expression.

You’ve been searching multiple times for an hour and

didn’t even check the kitchen cupboards.

MIKE
I know I-.

JAKE
 I don’t want to hear what you have to say. I just
want you to be out of my sight as soon as possible.

JAKE and MIKE both go into the kitchen. Stand in front of the
cupboard and open it up.

CHRIS
(nervous)
Surprise…

CUT TO OUTSIDE HOUSE

CHRIS is put in the back of the car.

Did you get fatter, fatty?

MIKE
Shut it, wetty.

JAKE
Don’t ever say that again.

They get in the car and drive off.

FIN