The Countdown

Countdown, The
19-year-old girl, Nora, lying on the floor of an empty cell. She is wearing “weekend” clothes: a tank top and skirt. From her perspective, we hear the voice of a man telling her to wake up. As she comes to her senses, she opens her eyes and, through her POV, sees a man, Alan, clearly older than her, mid 30s, dressed in boring business clothes asks “Are you okay?”. She screams and tries to get away from him. The man also gets frightened and moves away in his corner. “I don’t want to hurt you, I’m in here like you!” The girl lets out a gasp and looks around the cell, nervously pacing. “It’s no use,” says Alan, nervously. “I’ve tried.” “Where are we?” asks Nora. “I don’t know! I think we might have been… taken!