Flight Of The Songstress

CHAPTER 1: AYA

Panel One: [Establishing Shot] ( Birds Eye View) Haven been flung to the top of a tall building with tremendous force, AYA, a young 25 year old woman, lays in the rubble battered and bruised. Her ponytail has been undone, letting loose her dark brown hair now covered in dust. The black leather suit, created to withstand heavy blows to lessen the damage taken, has been torn in multiple areas. Small sparks of flames sporadically appear around her. Aya stands up slowly to looks down at AGON CITY. From above, the few citizens whom haven’t evacuated admits the warning sent prior to the rampaging assault, are frantically running as near by buildings begin to crash down. From a far corner, one building is seen toppled over the main street causing an array of dust to surround the area.

Panel Two: [Medium Shot] The sparking flames intensify off her body. Aya closes her eyes to calm her heart rate to control the flames. Her body is littered with marks from the debris. A cut is seen above her forehead. A slow stream of blood trickles down her right cheek.

AYA: Calm down and focus. It’s not over yet, I can still save-’em.

Panel Three: [Full Shot] With a leap of faith, Aya free falls head first towards the street below. Flames begin to engulf her body as the velocity of her fall increases.

Panel Four: [Close Up Shot] Aya’s eyes open wide after witnessing the ground rapidly getting closer.

Panel Five: [Extreme Close Up Shot] A red crimson feather appears floating directly by her face. Perplexed, Aya closely follows the feather with her eyes.

Transitional Panel: The feather gently falls creating loops in the air from the oncoming breeze.

SFX: SWOOSH!

Panel Six: [Wide Shot] A banner in the top left corner reads: 6 MONTHS AGO... A stage is present, with Aya and her rock band, FLIGHT, performing in front of a full crowd. Bright lights centered on each bandmate. Here, a moment in time where one is stuck in an exhilarating daydream in which reality does not reflect.

AYA: Everyone having fun!? Come on an fly with us!

SFX: (Random Shouts)

CROUD: FLIGHT! FLIGHT! FLIGHT!..

Panel Seven: [Wide Shot] Inside a small local rundown pub, Aya immerses herself in the moment singing live on stage. Holding a mic in the air, she belts out a high note. Her voice echoes filling the seemingly empty pub. Annoyed and embarrassed, her band mates rests their instruments signifying they are done performing. BENJI, the bass guitarist, lets his guitar hang in front of him while strapped over his shoulder. LANCE, the lead guitarist, looks the other way while holding his guitar by the headstock. ELI, the drummer, lays his drum sticks down.

BENJI: She is really going for it. How long has it been since we stopped playing?

ELI: Five minutes, give or take.

LANCE: Bring her back to reality and pack up. Our one and only fan is about to leave.

Panel Eight: [Full Shot] After his sarcastic remark, Lance pulls out a lighter to spark up a cigarette. He swings his guitar behind his back.

Panel Nine: [Full Shot] FRANK, an old drunk man whose clothes are littered with holes, cocks his arm back while holding a beer can. He stands by the table side closest to the stage. The bar is seen behind him from a fair distance.

Panel Ten: [Close up Shot] (Small Panel) The can of beer is flung, hitting the front edge of the stage. Beer erratically spews out everywhere. [Full Shot] The beer splashes all over Aya getting her clothes wet. She clenches the mic tightly with an irritable look on her face.

Panel Eleven: [Wide Shot] Frank stumbles his way towards the exit in a drunken mess. Belligerently, he begins to speak a bunch of nonsense. He almost falls but catches himself on a chair close by.

Panel Twelve: [Close Up Shot] (small panel) Lance packs is guitar into its case. [Full Shot] He hangs the guitar over his right shoulder. He lights up another cigarette before heading out.

LANCE: If that doesn’t just signify we suck as a band. Let me know when you all decide to quit. I am out.

Panel Thirteen: [Wide Shot] Knelt down, Benji tosses a towel from his bag to Aya. She catches the towel with one hand. [Close Up Shot] (small panel) Aya begins to dry off the beer stain from her clothes.

Panel Fourteen: [Full Shot] In a fit of rage, Aya throws the towel on the ground with force.

AYA: AAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!

Panel Fifteen: [Wide Shot] Eli packs his drum set in their respective bags. Aya places her microphone into her into its case, while Benji looks out the back door from which Lance had left out of.

Panel Sixteen: [Full Shot] All three members now stand outside the pub. Heavy rain begins to pour from the sky. They all face each other under the canopy waiting to see if the rain will slow down. Aya seemed to have calmed herself a bit, but still harbors some anger towards Lance. Disgruntled, Aya hangs her head low.

AYA: I am over this… I’m heading home.

Panel Seventeen: [Full Shot] Benji nudges Eli in the shoulder. Eli understands and shakes his head in agreement. They both know how Aya gets when she’s in a bad mood.

BENJI: Hey E…, you go on home ok. Aya! wait a sec!

ELI: Good luck.

Panel Eighteen: [Over The Shoulder Shot] Benji walks behind Aya as her pace quickens. The rain continues to pour down. At this point, Aya starts to murmur nonsense as she stares at the ground with each step. Benji places his hands in his pocket, keeping a relatively short distance from her.

AYA: Why!? ~~~~ Why does he got to be such an a-hole? ~~~~ I should Just—

BENJI: Hey, hey, let’s not get too worked up. I know! How bout we stop by the convenient store and grab some ice cream? My treat!

Panel Nineteen: [Medium Shot] Aya stops abruptly after hearing Benji’s words. She takes a deep breath lets out a big sigh. She turns her head to face him.

AYA: Strawberry cheesecake ice cream with graham cracker swirls?

Panel Twenty: [Over the Shoulder] Knowing that the mention of ice cream would bring her back to her senses, Benji smiles at her with reassurance.

BENJI: Yea, sure thing. Now lets get out of this rain.

Panel Twenty One: [Wide Shot] The rain continues fall with no sign of slowing down yet. They arrive at small ice cream shop near Aya’s home. The door swings open activating a chime signaling they have walked in.

SFX: RING! LING! RING!

Panel Twenty Two: [Full Shot] A cup of strawberry cheesecake ice cream with graham cracker swirls, and a cup of cookies and cream with chocolate sprinkles are laid out in front of them. [Medium Shot] Both Aya and Benji salivate with their eyes widened at sight of the ice cream.

Panel Twenty Three: [Medium Shot] They dig in taking their first bite. A moment of blissful happiness courses through their body. They shut their eyes to immerse themselves even more. That first bite seemed to have melted away the agony and stress built up inside them, even for just a brief moment in time.

SFX: MMMMMMM!!!

AYA: This is the best ice cream I’ve had in a while!

BENJI: YEAH! Nothing hits the spot better then a spoonful of ice cream!

Panel Twenty Four: [Wide Shot] The empty cups of ice cream are set aside on the table. Sitting across from Aya, Benji rests his arm on the chair beside him. Aya leans forward with her arms crossed on the table. She blankly stares out the window admiring the rain fall.

BENJI: You know… Lance doesn’t actually mean what he said.

AYA: Yeah. He’s always had that attitude since our time at the orphanage. I really hate his snarky remarks. It pisses me off.

BENJI: Don’t worry. I’ll talk to him. Maybe I’ll offer him some ice cream too. Heehee.

Transitional Panel: Three Rectangular bars are placed to show the transition of time. The images reflected on each bar change from night to early morning.

Panel Twenty Five: [Establishing Shot] The sun rises, piercing its rays above Agon City. A small hospital clinic can be seen toward the east side of town. The clinic is sandwiched by two taller but rundown apartment buildings. A sharp contrast compared to the west side of town which sits on a higher ground level then the east. The west side is filled with high end conglomerate buildings and luxury homes.

Panel Twenty Six: [Medium Shot] Sitting up from his hospital bed, KITO, a nineteen year old sickly boy, holds his phone to his ear as it rings repeatedly. The blanket is hanging half off the bed along with his left leg. On one side, a mess of snacks and food spread across the table. On the other side of the room a couch is seen with a several electronics laying carelessly on it.

SFX: RING! RING! RING!

Panel Twenty Seven: [Full Overhead Shot] Aya grabs her phone from under her pillow. she presses the green phone icon button. Kito’s name is show on the screen. She is half covered by the blanket revealing her colorful pajamas. The room is relatively clean with minor deficiencies. Walls are filled with rock band posters that’ve inspired her through the years. The right side of her curly hair flips over her face as she answers the call.

AYA: Aya’s delivery services, what do you want to eat Kito?

KITO: Delivery service?! Huh!? Yo, you crack me up sis! Hehehe!

Panel Twenty Eight: [Medium Shot] Aya lifts herself to sit up right from her bed. Her left arm spread out while still holding her phone to her ear with the right hand. Her eyes worn out from the previous night.

KITO: I’m not calling you over for food, although I am a bit hungry. Anyways, I got something to show you. Come over ASAP! Oh, and bring some breakfast while you are at it.

Panel Twenty Nine: [Wide Shot] Aya stands outside in front of the small hospital clinic. An led board reading, ‘Pops Clinic,’ sits above the roof. A staircase of ten steps lead to the entrance.

Panel Thirty: [Full Shot] Kito stands up so the nurse can finish her morning check up on him. She gathers her belongings before exiting the room.

Panel Thirty One: [Full Shot] Aya approaches the door holding a bag of food requested by her brother. She hears some cackling coming from inside.

SFX: Hahahaha! Hehehehe!

Panel Thirty Two: [Over The Shoulder] The nurse acknowledges Aya by bowing slightly while clutching her clipboard to her chest. Aya returns the greeting by slightly bowing in return.

NURSE: Hello Miss Utaro.

AYA: Good morning.

Panel Thirty Three: [Mid Shot] With a sly look on her face, Aya turns her head to face Kito. Sitting crisscrossed on his bed, Kito blushes and turns away from her glaring eyes.

AYA: What was all that cackling just now? Is there something your not telling me? You keeping secrets from your big sis?

KITO: It’s not what you think. We… just became friends nothin more.

AYA: Likely story Kito. You can’t hide these things from me.

Panel Thirty Four: [Close Up Shot] (small panel) Aya places the bag of food on the table near the bed. [Medium Shot] Aya plops herself on the bed spreading her arms out; still feeling tired from the night before. Kito takes a big bite of the bacon egg and cheese bagel sandwich he grabbed out of the bag.

AYA: So what’s this ‘oh so important thing’ you want to show me?

Panel Thirty Five: [Close Up] (small panel) Kito swallows the bite of the sandwich. [Close Up] (small panel) He pulls out his laptop from his desk.

Panel Thirty Six: [Medium Shot] With his laptop opened, Kito focuses on the screen, searching for a specific article online. Aya rest her eyes, then places her hands to interlock behind her head to provide support.

KITO: Here! Here it is! Take a look at this article Sis.

Panel Thirty Seven: [Full Shot] Aya springs up from the bed to take a look at the article. [Close up] On the screen it shows an article with a headline reading: “Famed Dr. Utaro Yoshio, is said to have lived a secret life.”

Panel Thirty Eight: [Wide Shot] Not wanting to read more passed the headline, Aya stands up to stretch her arms. Kito looks at her as if some big discovery into there past has been revealed.

KITO: In the article, it says Dr. Utaro Yoshio left two kids at an orphanage in Agon City. One child was at the age of 6 while the other was just 3 years of age.

Panel Thirty Nine: [Full Shot] Aya’s phone vibrates in her pocket. [Extreme Close Up] (small panel) On the phones screen Benji’s name appears.

KITO: Utaro is our last name! You know what this means right!? This Dr. here might be our father!

Panel Forty: [Close Up] Seemingly ignoring her brother, Aya answers the phone call.

AYA: Hey Benji. What’s the news?

BENJI: Yo! Leader! How’s it going?

Panel Forty One: [Wide Shot] Aya crosses one arm underneath the others elbow to support holding her phone up. At this point, Kito stands up and pushes the table aside.

KITO: Hey Benji! I think we found our Dad! He is some crazy recluse Dr. here in Agon City.

BENJI: Is that you Kito!? That’s great news! Where’s this Dr. now? We gotta go meet him.

Panel Forty Two: [Full Shot] Aya looking a little irritated.

AYA: Don’t listen to him Benji. It’s some fake article posted online.

BENJI: Hahaha!… Oh, Right! Don’t forget our meeting tonight at the park later. I was able to convince Lance to show up.

Panel Forty Three: [Close Up] The thought of seeing Lance after last night makes her feel angry plus annoyed.

AYA: Good. I got a few things I want to say to him .

To Be Continued…