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COLD OPEN – FLASHBACK – 2 YEARS AGO – SECRET LECTURE, BROOKLYN BASEMENT

Lyrical Viper stands in front of a chalkboard marked with symbols, timelines, and truths the system buried. A packed crowd listens in silence.

VIPER (preaching):
“God made you royal. The government made you obedient. And the devil? The devil made you forget. But my voice… my voice will remind you.”

He looks into the camera.

> “If anything happens to me, it’s because I gave y’all the real.”

Suddenly—sirens. The lights cut.

Agents rush in. Viper vanishes into the shadows.

ANTOINETTE (V.O.):
“They called him dangerous. But he was the only one who ever spoke to my soul.”

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SCENE – PRESENT – ANT’S NIGHTMARE – DARK ROOM

Antoinette wakes up sweating. She dreamed of him again. This time, he wasn’t running—he was chained.
Her hands tremble as she lights sage and whispers:

ANTOINETTE:
“Why’d you leave me without a goodbye?”

She walks over to her private vault. Inside: his notebook, necklace, and a burned USB titled “Protocol V.”

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SCENE – LAVENDER HQ – SECURITY BRIEFING

Michelle and Danielle reveal hacked court documents.

MICHELLE:
“He didn’t disappear, sis. He was taken. National Security Protocol 33. Secret indictment. Classified trial.”

DANIELLE:
“They locked him up like a terrorist… for teaching the truth.”

ANTOINETTE (stone-faced):
“They erased him from the public… but not from me.”

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SCENE – GLOBAL BLACKOUT – NIGHT

Screens across cities begin glitching. Viper’s old voice recordings play like a prophecy:

> “The chosen will wake. The blind will scream. And the crown she wears? It’s encoded in memory.”

Crowds stop. Some weep. Others riot. The people remember him.

ANTOINETTE (V.O.):
“They couldn’t kill his message. But loving him… broke me.”

She places her hand on her chest. The screen flashes his symbol over her heart.

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FINAL SCENE – DIGITAL MESSAGE FOUND IN THE USB

A hologram appears. It’s Viper, days before he was taken.

VIPER (in message):
“If you’re seeing this… it means I’m gone. But you’re not. And your love, Antoinette? It was never wasted. It was divine strategy. Now finish what we started.”

She falls to her knees, tears mixing with fury.

ANTOINETTE (V.O.):
“Every time I love… I lose. But this time? I’m turning loss into a legacy.”

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TO BE CONTINUED…