1INT. GARAGE - DAY

This is the BODYSHOP. FERNANDO'S rocking back on a chair with his feet up on a desk. On the other side of the desk is HAYDEN CHURCH, a hungry man.

HAYDEN Can you fix me up? Something a little..

(beat)...UNIQUE?

FERNANDO New shipment is coming in today - Not sure exactly what we're getting. But I reckon it's gonna be an exotic variety. Eastern Europeans, Latinas, home-grown...

HAYDENAny takeout?

FERNANDOAlready got some! S'a couple good ones out back - wanna see 'em?

HAYDENCan't hurt. Go on.

They walk to a room at the back.

FERNANDOIf there's nothing you like, you can hang around - won't be too much longer.

(pointing)Seat's over there.

HAYDENI'll see what you have in.

They arrive at the room - where CARLA is cleaning two STONED Asian girls up with a packet of WET WIPES. It's only one step up from a spit 'n' polish. One girl's taller and broader than the other. We concentrate on the other - CHARLIE. She's a fragile teen.

CARLASee anything you like?

FERNANDO-I said.

2CARLA (CONT'D)Go ahead, then.

(to FERNANDO)'Nando - over here.

CARLA and FERNANDO go ASIDE. They leave HAYDEN sniffing around - quite literally. He's prodding, poking, and sniffing. It's more SINISTER than ICKY.

CARLA (CONT'D)If he takes one of them, great. They're no good to me.

FERNANDO Why they no good? You not broke 'em in?

CARLAThe big one's a BITER. You gotta keep her topped up or she fights back - takes almost twice as much stuff to keep her doped up.

(beat)

FERNANDOAnd the little one?

Our eyes are on CHARLIE being LICKED in the face.

CARLAWe had a fella in - called her a ladyboy. Didn't trust her - just TOO pretty.

FERNANDOFuck's sake, Ma!

(beat)(to Hayden)

So?

HAYDENI'll hang on.

HAYDEN throws CHARLIE into CARLA'S grasp. She throws the girl onto a nearby crate. We HEAR a short RINGTONE and FERNANDO reaches for his 'phone. On its screen we see a text message from 'R'. It reads "OPEN SESAME".

FERNANDO (whistles)

They're here.

FERNANDO heaves the GARAGE DOOR open, and a White CARGO VAN

3drives in. When it's clear of the garage door, he BANGS on the back. FERNANDO walks to the front of the van and closes the garage door. HAYDEN walks up to the van's rear.

HAYDENNice timing.

ROCCO exits from the driver's side. He opens up the van. We see a number of girls. There's one we're drawn to straight away - younger than the rest, with unusual, short, blonde hair. HAYDEN looks in. He's drawn to her too. This is MAXINE.

HAYDENHer.

(points)That one.

CARLA comes over, pushing ROCCO out of the way.

CARLAAlright. Lemme see.

We look around the van, lined with sadness. On uncomfy wooden blocks against the two side walls, we see a total of 8 girls.

CARLA(To Hayden)

Which...?

HAYDENThe blonde.

CARLA(To MAXINE)You. Here.

MAXINE doesn't move. Carla looks over at FERNANDO and snaps her fingers. He goes into the van for the goods. He comes out, dragging MAXINE by the back of her neck.

FERNANDO This one?

HAYDENOh yeah.

CARLACareful with her - I want her. But try her out. Use upstairs.

HAYDEN doesn't need telling twice. He grabs a crying MAXINE

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by the hair and drags her up some steps.

HAYDEN (caressing her face)

Sshh...there, there....ssssh.

HAYDEN'S eyes turn cold

But I haven't given you anything to cry about...

(beat)..yet.

MAXINE(sobbing)

Please....let me go....I'll do anything....What do you want?

HAYDENYou're IT, Sweet heart.

Shit.

MAXINE and HAYDEN exit through a door at the top of the stairs, which SLAMS us out.

We're back at the van with CARLA, ROCCO, and FERNANDO.

CARLAI'll have this one...and this one.....

In silence, Carla picks two more girls. We see three girls left in the van. They look right INTO US with HELP ME eyes - and ROCCO slams the van door shut. ROCCO walks off but we don't see where to.

CARLA and FERNANDO gather their four girls into a line, and usher them over to a corner, where we see ROCCO waiting with a hose.

FERNANDOStrip.

They don't. They're dazed and confused - and out of it.

CARLAStrip down!

Still they don't. So, CARLA does it for them, ripping off everything down to their undies. They're drugged and placid, until: PSSSSSSSHHHH! FERNANDO turns a COLD hose onto them.

5ROCCO Filthy sluts!

(beat)Come on - DANCE, bitches!

ROCCO laughs the girls screams - THIS has woken them up. The girls all fight for the CORNER, to hide behind the others. It's no good - FERNANDO just comes in closer. One more quick burst, and off goes the hose.

CARLAOver there.

CARLA points to a pair of battered old SOFAS, upon which we see a collection of manky towels that you wouldn't even use as dog blankets. The shivering girls, slightly more alert now, move to the sofa for their warm prizes.

GIRL 1(sobbing)

I wann go home-

Carla SLAPs the sobbing girl

CARLA(to the sobbing girl)

You are home honey!(to the group)Let me get this straight: THE RULES.

(beat)1: You DO NOT give me lip. Do you UNDERSTAND?2: You DO what I say. You belong to me.. 3: When you are with a client, you do what THEY say.

GIRL 2-Client? Like....?

ROCCO AND FERNANDO(together)

Jesus.

CARLA(laughing)

Client, Customer, John, Yes, honey. Why on earth do you think you are here? Who the fuck would WANT you otherwise?

(beat)(MORE)

6This is the BIG TIME! You've MADE CARLA (CONT'D)

IT!

FERNANDOAnd you gotta make sure every performance is better than the last. Or the punters won't come back for more.

CARLAAnd if they don't come back, well - you're no good to us.

FERNANDOAnd if you're no good to us, trust me - you're no good to anyone.

CARLA From here, no more "I wanna go home" no more fucking up. You understand?

BEATYou will call me MISTRESS. And so long as you do what I say, we'll get along fine.

FERNANDOComprende?

Silence.

FERNANDORocco - get the hose.

Rocco moves over to the corner.FERNANDO crouches down to the sobbing girls on the sofa and WHISPERS:

FERNANDOI said do you Understand?

GIRLS(together)

Yes.

FERNANDO(whispering)

Yes MISTRESS.

GIRLSYes...mistress.

7CARLAI can't HEAR you.

GIRLS(slightly louder)

Yes Mistress.

CARLAStill no.

GIRLS

YES, MISTRESS.

CARLAThat's my girls.

(beat)Stay, Rocco.

FERNANDO(laughing)

Yeah HEEL, boy!

ROCCOFuck off, Nando.

FERNANDOGet fucked.

ROCCOLike that girl upstairs? hahahaha!

FERNANDOI see what you did there, genius.

CARLA Knock it off, boys. Work to do. Help me shift the cargo.

CARLA, FERNANDO and ROCCO gather up the girls - each wrapped in a manky old towel. They walk them over to a room that we see is SHIT inside. We see chains, half-empty bottles of water knocked over on the floor, a piss-bucket in the corner, and two or three MARS BAR wrappers scattered.

CARLALeave ya to it.

Carla walks away.

FERNANDOWanna taste the merchandise?

8The door to the room CREAKS slowly to a firm CLOSE in front of us. We're still looking at the door as we hear the ZZZZZZZZIP of a zipper being unzipped.

END SCENE.

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Hayden Church says " Shhh..." tenderly caressing her face, wiping her tears away."There, there" ..his eyes turn cold, "But I havent given you anything to cry about"....(beat) "Yet"

Hayden Laughs, grabs maxine by the neck and forces her up the steps

Joe Eulo 22 Aug, 2014 12:28