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14.
The display shows Beth’s CRED-STICK has debited the fare -
for FIVE TRIPS.
TRAIN GUARD
Sorry about that, Miss. Some people
just don’t have any respect.
EXT. WELLINGTON - WADESTOWN RAILWAY STATION (MORNING)
HEAVY RAIN pelts down.
A major earthquake has taken back reclaimed land.
Development and the rebuild continue.
Lambton Quay, Queens Wharf has risen up in a mass of
liquefaction. It is surrounded by SIGNS, LAND MINES and
RAZOR WIRE.
A SIGN in blue and yellow clearly marks the direction to
the nearest ‘Emergency Assembly Point - CAP LIMIT: 500’.
Beth walks a pedestrian walkway parallel to the RAZOR WIRE
FENCE. She’s wearing the ANORAK, hood up.
Beyond, Beth gazes out at the metropolis. Beyond Lambton
Harbour the new C.B.D. stretches across Mount Victoria.
EXT./INT. CUBA STREET - INNER CITY APARTMENT BLOCK LOBBY
Beth taps away on a KEYPAD at a secured entrance.
A pair of Police officers walks by. Beth pulls her
jacket’s HOOD tighter over her head.
The DOOR CLICKS and Beth pulls it open.
EXT. CUBA STREET - ALLEYWAY
A TEENAGE BOY sifts through recently discarded food scraps
from a restaurant. Above him is a mangled CCTV CAMERA.
The lad puts some discarded pieces of fruit into a
shoulder SATCHEL. Looks about cautiously.
Two dark figures turn down into the alleyway.