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The living room of a typical, but very clean and tidy small home of the period. A small child, sits on a rug playing with Kiddy Blocks. His mother, a YOUNG MARGARET STONE, is busy doing housework around him.

She stops work and dusts and polishes several blocks placing each one on the pile, perfectly straight.

The DOOR BANGS and bursts open and two large men rush into the room. Their images blurred by the bright daylight that has entered through the open door. One is a YOUNG CLIVE REGIS. Margaret screams, stands and rushes towards the men and tries to strike Clive but he grabs her by the wrist. As she struggles he touches the collar of her dress with a finger. She squirms. He puts his face close to hers as he mocks her fear.

A now older ROBBIE STONE wakes up with startled. More BANGING. Robbie goes to investigate.

Checking through a door viewer. Then, removes several locks Outside is Pakistani man, MR ALI (45), his landlord.

Mr Ali tries to see past Robbie to assess the state of the flat before finally speaking.

Mr Ali still trying to look past Robbie and Robbie moving strategically to block his view.

Mr Ali reluctantly walks away. Robbie closes the door, ensures all the locks are on and half asleep shuffles away.

Robbie showers and before he is dry he uses a squeegee to clean down the show cubicle.

A Robbie comes out of his flat and closes and locks the door and walks away, only to return a few moments later to check the door is indeed locked before leaving again and again.

Robbie, seated at a desk is being interviewed by MR. REYNOLDS a friendly and mild mannered Job Centre Advisor. Robbie draws a finger along Mr Reynold's desk to test the dust level and isn't impressed. He then starts straightening items on Mr.

Reynolds' desk who seems used to having to patiently rescue them and put them back where he wants them.

Robbie in uniform is stacking tins on shelves. The label on every tin perfectly aligned like a work of art. Robbie makes the final adjustments and stands back to admire. Pleased as punch. The STORE MANAGER watches on.

The Manager steps back and gestures to a mountain of unopened boxes of tinned goods waiting for the same treatment.

Robbie wearing overalls seems to be enjoying his work, washing a car with the other operatives. The car is finished and they all stand back. The driver puts his hand out of the window, hands over some coins and drives off. But as the car drives past Robbie he notices a patch of dirt at the rear that has been missed.

The driver doesn't hear and continues to drive off with Robbie chasing after him with a wet sponge.

The other operatives can only watch as Robbie disappears into the distance chasing the car down the road.

The manager of a dingy night club, a middle aged, snappy dressed STEVE BRANNAGH (thirty-something), has just arrived for the day. He's walking towards his office. To his dismay there are dirty glasses and rubbish from the previous night along his path.

A couple of cleaners, are busy in another area of the bar but despite the SOUND of the VACUUM CLEANER they don't seem to be doing much other than talk. Steve shouts over and points at his feet.

Steve enters to find an older but equally menacing, CLIVE REGIS sitting at his desk, playing with his knife shaped letter opener and MUSCLE (30's), Clive's very large henchman, standing arms folded behind him.

Clive points to Steve's lapel, toys with it and then brings his finger up to touch Steve's nose. Steve's OFFICE PHONE RINGS. He picks it up and Clive backs off.

Clive and Muscle emerge into daylight to return to their car and are being observed from another car parked nearby.

Sitting in a car and eating take-away and drinking Coke are Detective Chief Inspector Simon Walker (DCI WALKER) and Detective Constable DC Mark Williams (DC WILLIAMS).

As Williams pulls another a chip from the paper bag, his hand has to move a large bundle of cash out of the way. He notices Regis and Muscle leaving the Supernova. He taps Walker on the arm and points out of the window.

Walker, eyes fixed on the target, opens his mouth wide searching to locate the straw from his drink. He finds it and slurps loudly.

Walker sleeping. Williams sees Robbie approaching and grabs his phone, zooms in and takes pictures as Robbie opens the door and goes inside.

Robbie enters the night club, job card in hand. One of the cleaners, CHRISTOPH (late-20's), talking to another cleaner in a foreign language. Robbie shows Christoph the card. He doesn't speak but simply points towards the office. Robbie picks up some rubbish at their feet, and drops it in a Black Bin Bag, to Christoph's surprise.

Steve sits on the edge of his desk and Robbie nearby. Steve reading Robbie's very brief CV.

Robbie distracted, straightening up items on Steve's desk and returning stray paperclips back into a holder.

A teenage Robbie trying to remove the creases from a newspaper before presenting to a puzzled homeowner.

Robbie now in overalls using mime language to communicate with Christoph and the other cleaners. He goes through the motions demonstrating how to pick up rubbish, use the vacuum cleaner and clean and polish. The vacuum cleaner doesn't even seem to be sucking. Robbie pulls out a cloth from the hose.

Robbie, Christoph and the other cleaner are shattered. The club bar is now spotless, tables tidy and everything glass glints and the carpets are clean. Steve walks out of his office and just stares at the transformation.

Robbie and his girlfriend SHELLEY (20's) in their favourite part of the pub. Robbie carefully aligning beer mats.

Their friend JAKE (20's) joins them and immediately messes up Robbie's beer mats causing Robbie obvious pain.

The OFFICE PHONE RINGS out but no one answers. The sound of a DULL THUD, BANG and slight GROAN. It RINGS again, still no one answers but this time Steve's head is forced down on to the desk next to the phone. The paper knife and paperclips scatter across the desk. The PHONE continues to RING out.

Steve, helpless and in pain as Muscle stands over him with a clenched fist ready to strike.

Muscle's fist comes down into Steve's kidneys with a sickening THUD and Steve grimaces and slides off the desk onto the floor.

As Robbie leaves, he walks past DC Williams who is at the bar drinking a pint and watching. He pulls out his phone, swipes it a few time and then beckons the barmaid.

Robbie approaches Steve's office. MUFFLED NOISES, ANGRY VOICES come from within. He stops and listens. Silence, before a THUD against the other side of the door. Then complete silence again.

A dishevelled Steve Brannagh, in obvious pain, propping himself up against the desk. Blood running from his nose and mouth and holding a blood stained paper knife. Muscle lying on the floor.

Robbie quickly pulls the door closed. He can't believe what he's just seen. He turns and starts to walk away as fast as he can, glancing over his shoulder. He gets ten paces and stops in his tracks, turns again, one pace and turns again.

Steve holding the Blood stained knife in his hands. He finally starts to pull himself together. He wipes the blade on Muscle's clothes and tosses the knife on his desk and then positions himself to lift up Muscle's feet to try and drag him. The office door bursts open and Robbie, hardly able to comprehend the scene before him.

Steve struggles to pick up Muscle's feet again. He sees Robbie's confusion and plays on it.

Steve struggles with the body. Robbie can't pull himself away, so he closes the office door.

Robbie wearing cleaner's overall, just finishing off. The office now clean. Steve changing into a clean shirt.

On the floor is Muscle's body wrapped in cling film, head to foot like a Mummy. They throw a cloth over the body and start to drag it out of the room.

Steve and Robbie at the rear door. Muscle's body covered by a cloth. Robbie brings his head back inside.

Steve pulls back the cloth to expose Muscle's distorted face with his tongue protruding, inside his cling film wrap.

They are startled by the sound of VOICES, CHATTING and LAUGHING in the bar area. Robbie sneaks around the corner.

Steve drops a large bundle of cash on the desk and places his hand on Robbie's shoulder.

The room is in darkness other than the lights from traffic passing intermittently outside. This illuminates the large bundle of cash that sits on the table in front of a totally static Robbie.

He reaches into his pocket and pulls out his phone. He dials and the OPERATOR speaks.

The sun is rising. DCI Walker and DC Williams sit in their car eating a Mc'Breakfast as Robbie arrives at the club.

Robbie checks out the toilet door with the "OUT OF ORDER" sign on. Christoph VACUUMING nearby, waves at Robbie.

Robbie stops hit, like a shot through the heart. He compensates by trying to be very calm.

DCI Walker and DC Williams are still eating a Mc'Breakfast when they see Clive and his heavies arrive.

Clive Regis and two heavies are come down the corridor and burst right in to Steve's office.

Totally fake, Robbie poses relaxed in his chair and Steve with his feet up on his desk, hands behind his head rocking on two legs of his chair. He nearly falls backwards when Clive and the heavies burst in.

Clive is getting angry and picks up the paper knife and starts waiving it around. Steve and Robbie's eye are fixated on the knife.

Clive takes the paper knife and stabs it viciously into a notice board hanging on he wall. Robbie and Steve both wince.

Clive and the heavies move towards the door. But Clive gets very close to Robbie and starts messing with his collar.

Robbie in a daze stares straight ahead. Clive brushes Robbie's shirt with his hand and backs off.

Clive and the two heavies leave the office. Steve freezes before finally collapsing with relief.

Young Clive has got Young Margaret by the wrist. His face goes close to hers. He plays with her collar before;

Robbie's mother in distress, turns to little Robbie and mouths the word, but we hear Steve.

Clive and his heavies come out of the club into daylight and head to their waiting car. As they open the door, DCI Walker and DC Williams are there at their side to greet them.

The two heavies with Williams in the middle are squashed into the rear and Clive and DCI Walker are in the front.

The quaint and tidy living room of Robbie's mother a now OLDER MARGARET (60's). The quintessential polite older lady.

Margaret nods. A sigh and it all comes out. Margaret's personality changes into a Gangster's Moll and that is all new to Robbie.

Armed masked men perform a bank raid with military precision, while scared bank staff kneel. Their hands on their heads.

A young Clive Regis and Robbie's father stand opposite sides of a table and are clearly having a blazing row.

Two large men threaten Robbie's father as the argument continues and gets very heated.

A baby Robbie playing with Kiddie Block and a young Margaret playing with him when the door bursts open and a young Clive Regis and one of his heavies come in and scuffle with Young Margaret mouthing the words asking her where he is.

A Policeman in uniform with his back to us. A crying young Margaret holding a child, being told the fate of her husband.

The sound of BANGING on the FLAT'S DOOR. A less than glamorous WOMAN (late 20's), with dishevelled hair, in a dressing coat and slipper. She pulls the dressing coat around her and shuffles to the door.

No sooner she's taken the last lock off the door, Clive Regis's heavies push their way in and her out of the way.

Clive gives an hand signal to one of the heavies to check the rooms and he obligees.

The heavy returns from his search and shakes his head, which spooks the Woman even more.

The woman, now fearing what could be, dives for her phone nearby and presses a few keys to make a call. Nervously, she holds the phone to her ear as Clive and the heavies watch on.

Christoph VACUUMING outside the toilets. The "OUT OF ORDER" sign still hangs on the door.

Muscle's cling film wrapped body is in the cubicle. The sound of a RING TONE, from inside his clothing can be heard above the MUFFLED sound of the VACUUM from outside the toilet.

Christoph vacuums. After a few moments he presses the button to STOP the VACUUM. Then he hears the muted sound of a RING TONE from inside the toilet. He stops and listens. Then he pulls out a set of keys.

Steve and Robbie make their way across the bar. Christoph waves to say hello with Robbie with the keys in his hand.

Christoph still fumbling with the keys trying to open the toilet door as Robbie comes bounding over with Steve close behind. The door starts to open. Robbie launches himself and comes between Christoph and the open door.

Robbie manages to close the door and lock it again with Christoph's keys. He slides the offending key off the key ring before handing the remaining keys back to Christoph.

When Robbie's back is turned, Jake winks and reaches over and touches Shelley on the knee.

Robbie stands waiting to be served. Sitting nearby are Walker and Williams, staring at Robbie. He realises they are looking at him. Finally, hesitantly, he goes over to them.

They leave and Robbie pulls out his phone, presses some buttons and puts the phone to his ear.

Still dark. The Supernova is closed and no one around. Robbie bangs on the doors of the club. The DOOR RATTLES and opens.

Muscle's cling film wrapped body is on a trolley. Robbie is taken aback by the gruesome sight.

Steve's car stopped in a country lane where there is a large drop, at the side of the road. Robbie and Steve strain and maul the body out of the boot and roll it over the drop.

Williams laughs and gives Steve a playful nudge. Steve then joins in with a nervous laugh.

Uneasy silence before; Williams finally relaxes and laughs at his own joke. Steve joins in, nervous laughs, relieved.

Uneasy silence again. Steve searches for the joke, waiting for Williams to crack. Nothing, before; Steve nervously laughs, over the top and hopes he's right;

Williams joins in laughing and mimes a fisherman catching a fish and reeling it in. The mood relaxes. And then serious again;

Williams nods. Steve goes to the safe and opens it. It's full of cash and Walker and Williams can't hide their interest.

Steve pulls out one bundle of cash and throws it down on the desk and Williams picks it up and pockets it.

Walker and Williams walk out into the daylight. Clive Regis' car pulls up in their path and the window slides down.

Facing us, a young Clive Regis, backed up by some heavies, laughs and jokes and pushes a large amount of cash in an envelope across the table towards someone in Police uniform with their back to us.

They both manage a smile. A SOUND from Robbie's PHONE as a text arrives. He pulls it out to check.

A car pulls up in a hurry. Masked heavies with baseball bats get out and head towards the club.

The mood is frosty. She comes into the hall and huddles into her coat as if freezing cold.

She closes the door behind her leaving Robbie alone frustrated. The PHONE RINGING continues. Several beats before he accepts the call.

Uniformed Police, Police cars. Blue flashing lights. The area taped off. An AMBULANCE with SIREN and lights pulls away.

Robbie walks double time. Very nervous. He approaches some men chatting in a friendly manner. Paranoid, he crosses over the road and runs away. The men walk on oblivious to Robbie.

It's starting to get dark. Robbie in the street outside his flat frightened to go in. He's hiding in the shadows to see if anyone is waiting for him. A man sits in a car, but a woman comes and joins the man and they drive away. Robbie makes a dart to his flat under cover of darkness.

Robbie bursts into his own flat and closes the door and puts the locks on. He drops to the floor to hide.

He realises the light is on, so he jumps up, turns off the light and drops to the floor again, in darkness. He scurries across the floor and huddles in the corner.

A battered and bruised, sitting near to Muscle's dead body feature in Robbie's twisted nightmare.

Jake and Shelley sit in a corner of the bar, all loved up. A dishevelled manic, mad man, Robbie appears from nowhere. Jake immediately out of his seat backing off.

Jake and Shelley both relax with a spontaneous exhale as if they don't believe the story.

A pimped up wreck complete with furry dice hanging from the interior mirror. Across the windscreen is the wording "JAKE and SHELL." Robbie stops to read it.

They all climb in to the car. Moments later, a BANG as the CAR MISFIRES and they are away in a cloud of black smoke.

A BANG, MISFIRE and smoke. Jake's car arrives on the car park of the Supernova, MUSIC BLARING from within.

Jake and Shelley in the front, Robbie in the rear. They look through the windscreen at the Supernova. The Police tape still in place but otherwise closed and quiet. Jake turns OFF the MUSIC.

The sound of KEYS JANGLING and LOCKS BEING UNDONE and finally the door opens and they come inside.

Robbie and Shelley make their way slowly in the darkness towards the office. The only light from Robbie's phone.

Shelley grabs and holds Robbie's arm. Items scattered during the raid. They come to the cleaner's trolley outside the office also abandoned.

Robbie searches the trolley and finds a box of rubber gloves and pulls out a pair out and puts them on.

Robbie shines his light around the room. A scene of utter chaos. The safe is wide open and empty. The floor scattered with debris and signs of blood across the desk.

Illuminated on the wall, the paper knife that Clive Regis stabbed into the notice board shines brightly. Shelley takes a closer look and reaches out.

The MUSIC now BLARING inside Jake's car again can be heard outside as Robbie and Shelley rush across the car park.

A cosy chintzy sitting room, soft lighting, the TV showing (a version of) "DANCING ON ICE". Feet up with comfy fleecy tartan slippers on a flowered pouffe.

Walker sitting on a matching Sofa. On his lap a large box of chocolates and at his side, is a freshly brewed cup of tea.

Eyes fixed on the TV screen. As the skaters complete a performance Walker scan the chocolates with his fingers to find his favourite.

APPLAUSE from the TV, slowly dies down. He finds the sweet he is looking for and pops it in his mouth with obvious joy. On TV the PANEL JUDGE is ready to deliver a verdict.

He plucks another chocolate. The SOUND of the DOOR BELL. Not happy, he presses the pause button goes to answer the door, taking his box of chocolates with him.

Walker leaves Williams standing on the door step holding the chocolates. After a beat, Williams takes one and pops it in his mouth and starts to chew.

The car's headlights illuminate the roadside as the car drives along slowly. Jake turns OFF the MUSIC.

Robbie still wearing rubber gloves carefully unwraps the cloth covering something on his lap. He lifts up with his finger tips and presents the paper knife.

Robbie paper knife in hand. He turns on the torch of his phone and ventures out of sight down the ditch.

A Police car, pulls along side Jake's car and slows to a stop. The Police man in the passenger seat, winds down his window and shines a torch directly into Jake's car.

The torch light illuminates Jake and Shelley. Jake lunges at Shelley, grabs her in a passionate embrace and starts to kiss her. She struggles slightly but he's all over her.

Robbie clears a path to get nearer. Muscle's cling film wrapped body is there in front of him and Muscle's contorted face and protruding tongue are illuminated by the light of Robbie's torch.

Robbie starts to gag. He get's close to the body and has to bring the back of hand to his mouth. He orientates himself to decide where to stab the body.

He puts the paper knife to Muscle's neck and presses. It won't give so he presses harder and harder.

Suddenly a massive spurt of blood and bodily fluids shoot high up in the air like a fountain. Robbie gags and pulls himself away and makes his way back up the ditch.

Robbie reappears from the ditch still gaging. The ENGINE STARTS. Robbie gets in. A BANG and a SPLUTTER and the CAR pulls away. MUSIC from within starts again as the car disappears down the road.

Walker and Williams, hands in the pockets of their matching long black jackets, walk towards Robbie's flat, scanning the street for anyone watching as they and go inside.

Walker and Williams approach Robbie's front door, only to find it slightly ajar. Williams silently points out the obvious to Walker. They both remove their Police batons from their jackets and extend them. Williams extends his arm and pushes on the door to open it further. They both enter gingerly with Williams in the lead.

From within the hallway of the flat they hear the sound of MOVEMENT and MUFFLED TALKING from the Sitting Room. They nod to each other and then a battle cry as they charge right in, batons raised.

Inside the dimly lit sitting room, which has been turned upside down, Walker and Williams' charge comes to a grinding halt as they find themselves face to face with four masked men holding baseball bats.

In a beat three of the masked men go on the offensive, raising their bats ready to strike. Walker and Williams cower and brace themselves but the other masked man calls out as he pulls his mask up.

The sound of a PHONE RINGING. Confusion as everyone checks their phones. Regis is annoyed.

The masked men pull their masks off their faces. They pull out their phones trying to identify the culprit. The PHONE continues to RING for several beats, until..

He pulls the phone from his ear to look at it at arms length but doesn't know what to do, showing the phone all around, general chatter, everyone has an opinion.

Regis makes his neck crack. A look of madness and he swings violently. The sound of a sickening DULL THUD as the bat hits Walker and blood splatters across Regis' own face.

Leroy decides he's going to get in first and lifts up his bat. Williams also screams and rushes in.

Shelley comes into the sitting room. Robbie staring straight ahead. She tries to comprehend the scene in front of her.

Strewn across the floor, body after body, the aftermath of a pitched battle. Walker, Williams and Leroy and the other heavies, their broken and contorted bodies scattered around with baseball bats at their sides.

Still standing in the centre is Regis. Swaying like a drunk, battered and bloodied with his bat being used as a crutch.

His eyes close longer than normal and open and he swallows heavily and blood spills from his mouth.

Robbie pulls back his bat and walks towards Regis. Regis tries to lift his bat but can't he needs it as a crutch. He wobbles badly and stands resigned. Robbie flexes to strike.

Robbie changes his mind and uses his bat to knock Regis' bat away from him and Regis drops down to the floor, propped up against the wall.

A THUD as a bat comes from nowhere and smacks against Regis' head. Blood splatters and slowly his eyes close and he drops to the side dead. Shelley stands there bat in hand.

A NOISE from the hallway behind them makes them both freeze Until they are both relieved as Mr Ali comes in to the room.

Mr Ali stunned, stares at the wad of cash. Robbie and Shelley hug. Then Robbie reaches for his mobile phone.