Mission one New Orders

TWELVE × DA BEAST CHRONICLES SESSION ONE — NEW ORDERS Written by TWELVE (True Event) [INTRO — rain, low room tone] THUMP… THUMP… CLANK… [THERAPIST OFFICE] FEMALE THERAPIST You told me when you first heard him. The a Your mother. Your father. The Marines. But tell me about a time Da Beast came forward to protect someone else. TWELVE Highway. THERAPIST Take me there. [MEMORY TRANSITION] THUMP… THUMP… [Tires rushing] A car flies past. Woman driving. Child inside. Another vehicle chasing them. DA BEAST — low Something wrong. TWELVE I see it. The woman is forced off the road. Two men get out. One goes toward the woman. One toward the child. Twelve scans. No visible weapons. DA BEAST The kid. [IMPACT / MOVEMENT] THERAPIST — distant You chose the child first? TWELVE Wasn’t a choice. THERAPIST Why? TWELVE The woman could run. Fight. Scream. That baby had nothing. DA BEAST Kid clear. Beat. DA BEAST Now her. [Movement] The woman is pulled clear. Both are safe. The threats are down. Silence. THUMP-THUMP… THUMP-THUMP… TWELVE It’s over. DA BEAST Threat still capable. TWELVE They’re down. DA BEAST Down ain’t done. [BLACKOUT HIT] CLANK! [THERAPIST OFFICE] THERAPIST What happened? TWELVE I kept going. THERAPIST Injuries? TWELVE Broken leg. Broken arm. THERAPIST Were the woman and child already safe? Long pause. TWELVE Yeah. THERAPIST Then the rescue was over. TWELVE Yeah. THUMP… CLANK… THERAPIST What was Da Beast trying to accomplish? TWELVE Certainty. THERAPIST Explain. TWELVE He doesn’t trust maybe. Maybe they stop. Maybe they come back. He wants the threat finished. THERAPIST And that scares you. TWELVE Yeah. Because getting him into the fight was never the problem. THERAPIST What was? TWELVE Getting him out. CLANK… CLANK… [SOUL VAULT] DA BEAST — distant I made sure. [THERAPIST OFFICE] THERAPIST Your mother taught strategy. Your father taught boundaries. The Marines taught discipline. Mission. Restraint. TWELVE I had orders then. THERAPIST Exactly. Rules of engagement. A mission. And a point where someone said— Stand down. Twelve goes still. THERAPIST Who taught Da Beast what to do when danger ended? Silence. THUMP… TWELVE Nobody. [SOUL VAULT] CLANK… DA BEAST Nobody. [THERAPIST OFFICE] THERAPIST Then maybe he doesn’t need freedom. Maybe he needs new orders. TWELVE You don’t know what you’re asking. THERAPIST I’m not asking you to release him. I’m asking you to teach him. Twelve sits up. THERAPIST He learned from a scared seventh grader. A teenager who got jumped. A young Marine trained for war. But you’re not that boy anymore. THUMP… THUMP… THERAPIST Maybe it’s time your protector met the man you became. [SOUL VAULT] White smoke. Chains tighten. Da Beast approaches the door. He does not pull. He waits. CLANK… CLANK… DA BEAST Give me the mission. [THERAPIST OFFICE] THERAPIST What did he say? Twelve gives a slight wicked smirk. TWELVE He wants new orders. THERAPIST Then we start there. TWELVE We? THERAPIST You came to therapy, Twelve. Beat. You brought him with you. [SOUL VAULT] THUMP… THUMP… CLANK… CLANK… DA BEAST — whisper I like her. [CUT TO BLACK] CLANK. [OUTRO — whispered] DA BEAST Give me the mission.