Hello steemians, writing and reviews community. Please stay with me as I write on the contest write a scene of a play. The name of the play am writing is THE HARD CHOICE.

The play is set in contemporary Nigeria.it is about the police.

Characters

Clement —the protagonist a police officer
David —his colleague
Fortune — A rich feisty young man that bears a grudge with the police.
ASP( Assistant Superintendent of police ) — their boss
Ada —clements wife
Njideka — Clement's child

Scene

Somewhere in Nigeria ,at a road block. The day is bright,windy and peaceful, one would not have thought that a gun fight happen there a week ago. Clement and David sits in a makeshift shelter in silence. Clement is deep in thought.

Clement:(thinking) I thank God today has been peaceful.so far we've recorded the deaths of three of my colleagues at this same post. The ASP's briefing today wasn't encouraging .How are we to shoot at discretion, what if the person in question is not armed? what if the person is armed I don't want to make the mistake my colleagues made that got them killed. But the young men of these days are a different story all together,how can they be killing police men. The END POLICE BRUTALITY protest really made them hate to police.

David : ( smoking cigarettes, notices Clement in deep thought) hey ( he yells at Clement).

Clement: (angrily) what is it?

David : ( puffs smoke, and draws in a deep one from the cigarette) what are you thinking about? Is your wife pregnant again.

Clement:( ignoring the questions) you have to stop smoking, your destroying your lungs.

David:(draws in the last bit from the cigarette, throws it to the ground and smashes it with his shoe) the believe the "smokers are liable to die Young" shit right?

Clement: it is the truth

David ( Laughing) if that's true then I'd rather smoke to my death, that's if one of this young boys don't shoot me dead.

Clement: speaking of shooting. I did not see you during the ASP'S briefing. He said we should shoot at discretion.

David: (calmly) so I heard, I came late.

Clement: He said from investigations , the culprits dress lavishly and drive flashy cars to road blocks. When the police start doing their routine checks. They open fire on them , that's how we lost three of our colleagues.

David:( brings out another cigarette, lights it, takes a deep one, puffs the smoke on Clement's face ) I heard it happened here.

Clement: yes, to think they sent us here. It seems we were sent to our deaths

David: (smirks) calm down bro bullets can't kill me, it can even pierce my skin.

Clement: (surprised) how?
(David looks at him then he realises)oh so you engaged in that diabolic practice.

David : ( laughs loudly) For someone who cares about my life , looks like you don't care enough for yours. Your little kid what's her name.

Clement: njideka

David: How will your wife cope if your dead? Or njideka, how do you think she will feel if she finds out that you have passed away? ( Clement looks at him) You see my friend, I have no one to take care of my wife and kids if am gone , the government will forget our services to them. So I don't want to die young.

Clement:(jokingly) so if you die now do you think you died young?

David:yes 53 is young, don't you think so?

Clement yes , your young but am younger. I still can't do that am a Christian.

David : am a Christian too. (pauses) there is a car coming.

( They both pick their rifles, cock their guns and walk to the road. They motioned for the car to pull over,the car pulls over.

David:( observing the car and it's driver) your papers young man?
( The driver of there car hands over the papers)

David: what is your name?

Fortune:My name is Fortune.

David: (he notes that the car is flashy and the driver lavishly dressed) your driver's license. ( Fortune hands over his license, David looks at it and returns both the license an the cars papers) what is in your trunk?

Fortune: nothing.

David: alright open your trunk

Fortune: ( raising his voice angrily) Officer am in a hurry, please believe me. If you want money I can give you money.

( Clement walks round the car and observes that the glasses are tinted so he cannot see what what is inside. He hears David arguing with the driver, so he rushed over to understand the situation. He finds David agitated.)

David: ( shouts)please step out of your car.
(The driver steps out of the car and shouts at them).

David: (barks)Raise your hands

(The driver obeys reluctantly still shouting . Then he reaches into the car to pick something . Clement fires at him twice and he drops. David rushes over to check his pulse, finds out that the man is dead. He opens the car door to discover a phone on the driver's seat.he picks the phone and sees a missed call).

David: This is a big mess, he was not armed, he was trying to collect his phone.

Clement: let's search his car.

( They both search the car and finds nothing incriminating).

Clement: What do we do now.

David: ( turns to look at Clement ) The question is,what do you do now, I wasn't the one that shot him.

Clement: I tried to save you.

David: (smiles wickedly) Don't worry, I know an underground arms dealer. You will buy a gun, drop it with the deceased. Then we pins all the killing of our colleagues on himand say he tried to kill us

Clement: How can I do that, am a Christian?

The end

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