scene by scene outline

First Scene:
Alarm goes off and Marcus gets out of bed. He goes to the bathroom and looks in the mirror.


Scene Two: Flashback to the creation of Xnet and all the work he has put in to bring down the DHS.

Scene Three: Gets dressed and leaves house

Scene Four: Meets with girlfriend Masha

Scene Five Flashback to meeting Masha and the strengthening of their relationship.

Scene Six : Masha and Marcus sitting in a café talking about the day before. Masha brings up how the DHS has announced that someone is hacking their system. Marcus makes up a story of what he did the other day. They both get up and leave the café.

Scene: Seven: Masha is walking down the street and she enters a big building. She is patted down by security and enters the elevator.

Scene Eight: Masha is working at her desk and thinks to herself it is rather odd the story Marcus told her about what he did yesterday. Things don’t seem to add up. Someone next to her has cracked into X net and she works on the new lead.

Scene Nine: Marcus is working with Jolu on the X net planning their next move. They’ve made a lot of progress and talk about how close they are to bringing the DHS down once and for all. Marcus finds it suspicious that Masha knows so much about the DHS. How does she know what’s happening before he does?

Scene Ten: Marcus and Masha meet for dinner at an Italian restaurant. They sit and chat for a little about how their days at “work” went, then Masha gets up to use the restroom and leave her phone on the table face up. When Masha is out of sight the phone vibrates and the screen reads “Masha we’ve decrypted X net. We know who’s running it. Call for verification ASAP” Marcus reads the screen looks around the room in confusion shock and panic as music fills the background and he gets up and runs out of the restaurant. Masha comes back and notices Marcus is gone. She reads her phone, runs to the side walk sees no one and calls DHS to confirm that it’s Marcus.

Scene Eleven: Marcus reaches Jolu’s house where he spends the night explaining what happened and how they know it’s him. Jolu freaks and starts packing, but Marcus calms him down and convinces him to help him work through the night to bring the DHS down the next day. They work all night and Jolu passes out. Marcus goes out to get a cup of coffee.

Scene Twelve: Masha is secretly following Marcus around every corner. When he reaches an alley way right before the café she tackles and handcuffs him. She picks him up and brings him inside the coffee shop. She orders a cup and they sit and talk. As Masha explains her story, she flashbacks to being tortured by the DHS and given a choice to either continue being held captive or set free to work with the DHS in bringing down the X net. Marcus explains how close they are to bringing down the DHS. She can join the X netters and bring down the DHS. Masha thinks about it, the camera closes up on her face and tears form in her eyes as she tells him no. She says she has no choice. She picks up and they walk out of the café. Marcus breaks free from Masha’s grip and sprints free.

Scene Thirteen: Marcus shows up in the early hours of the morning at a famous journalist’s doorstep. He begs to come inside and she lets him in. He explains everything to her about the DHS and the X net. She tells Marcus she will do everything in her power to make the story public and hopefully bring down the DHS.

Scene Fourteen: Marcus leaves the journalist house and goes into hiding.

Scene Fifteen: Marcus wakes up the next day and sees the paper headline- DHS ordered to shut down all operations in the State and are being charged with counts of torture and false imprisonment.

Scene Sixteen: Marcus walks to the café. Before he goes inside he sees Masha through the window sitting by herself at a table crying. He stares at her for a few moments reaches for the door but decides to keep walking instead.