CHAPTER 20 — The Raid
EXT. DOWNTOWN - AFTERNOON
Camera stays with ZIN and PING.
Image of the Binary Light comes over the transponder. Message confirmed: the Light has been stolen.
ZIN explains what has happened to her and PING. PING listens like an old friend.
ZIN and PING see BERG's shadow. BERG talks to State Security. He looks agitated, not like himself. BERG can't have stolen the Light — but something is wrong.
That's Berg. But he looks... scared.
State Security is questioning him. They're looking for him too. He's not the thief — he's a suspect. Or a victim.
They watch BERG disappear into a Security vehicle.
MOOGLE (V.O.)
_(from ZIN's communicator, slightly glitchy)_
Alert: Ministry of Design employee BERG has been reported absent from— from— Error. Personnel records temporarily unavailable. I apologise for the inconvenience.
ZIN and PING exchange a look. Moogle never glitches.
EXT. DOWNTOWN - AFTERNOON (INTERCUT)
ZOO explains to BIJOU what happened to him. BIJOU listens like an old friend.
EXT. ELSEWHERE - AFTERNOON (INTERCUT)
GASMO talks to WINI and DIDGE. WINI and DIDGE have a broken relationship. GASMO tries to help with examples of his own ever-going relationship.
GASMO (VOICE 2)
Relationships are like the Binary Light. Two poles. You need the distance between them to create the energy.
GASMO (VOICE 1)
What he means is: you two should stop sleeping in separate rooms.
GASMO (VOICE 2)
That is NOT what I—
GASMO (VOICE 1)
It's exactly what you mean. You're just too polite to say it.
WINI and DIDGE stare. GASMO argues with himself for another moment, then both voices clear their shared throat.
GASMO (VOICES TOGETHER)
The point is: love requires two. Always two.
INT. THE BISTRO - AFTERNOON
Everybody meets at the Bistro. GASMO talks about the rebels and their function in the twin society.
GASMO (VOICE 1)
The Light has been stolen. This is not a drill. We have to assume Watso has the tower pole and is heading for the Oil Fields.
GASMO (VOICE 2)
And we have to assume Berg has been taken. He knew too much about the Light's infrastructure.
Knocking. Police is at the door.
The Bistro gets raided.