Spare
(A 10 minute Play)
By Dzigbodi A. Djugba
(C) Copyright 2011 Dzigbodi Djugba All Rights Reserved

Characters:
Rachel-29 year old mother, Manager of the Bank
Sam-25 year, Bank Associate
Death-Bank Robber
Charlie-Dying Man(Hostage Victim)

Setting:
The stage is dimly lit and the set is a Bank Vault with metal bars around. There is blood splattered on the walls and on the ground. The Vault is closed by a combination lock. There is a clock on the left hand side of the wall.

Lights up a little brighter, a gun shot is heard and a man and two woman are heard screaming. The man tumbles down onto the stage floor with only his left hand visible with blood being shown to the audience. Rachel runs down to his side and tries to comfort him, ripping parts of her clothing to stop the bleeding. She is wearing a business Suit, and her white shirt is covered in spirits of blood. Her hair is wild, and her massacre in running from her tears.

Rachel

Charlie!!! Hold on Charlie hold on!

(Crumbles the cloth and pushes down on the body)

Hold on Charlie, hold on! I will get help!

Death-Bank Robber appears with Samantha front of him- he holds a gun to her back. And pushes her towards Rachel, Samantha hits the floor, her face is emotionless. Death-Bank Robber looks at Rachel and motions her to move away for the dying man. Rachel refuses.

Death-Bank Robber
Move.

Rachel still refuses to move. Her face holds anger and disgust. Sam’s face remains emotionless and keeps her focus on the dying man.

Death-Bank Robber
I’m not going to play this game with you. You see your friend there, are you interested joining him? If you are, I can easily arrange that. (He cocks his gun)

Rachel moves away from the body and presses her body against the vault, not letting her eyes leave the gaze of the Death-Bank Robber. The Robber puts away his gun and bends down to look at the body and the two women. Seeing that Sam has not looked at him, the robber takes his glove and forces Sam to look into his masked eyes. Sam now disgusted slams his hand off her face, he then grabs her face and forces her to look into his eyes.

Death-Bank Robber
(Laughing) You and your friend have a bit of fight in you. I like that, which makes my next proposition very interesting. You see I need to get into that vault and I know that one of you knows that combination. You’ve got 10 minutes, who ever gives me the code I will let go, the other…will die.

The robber then stands up and leaves, closing the door shut behind him. As soon as the doors close Rachel rushes over to the dying man to check on him, Sam watches Rachel and looks at the clock, and looks at the vault.

Samantha
(Without looking at Rachel)
Give me the code.

Rachel
(Looking up and surprised)
What?

Samantha
Give me the code!

(Samantha looks at Rachel with determined eyes)

Rachel
(Appalled & Angry)
NO!

(The woman both stand silent for a moment, Sam then rises up walks over to the dying man and pulls him from Rachel’s arms, grabbing her)

Samantha
Give me the code! (Beat) There is no use is trying to save a man that is already dying. He will be dead by the time someone comes for help. Leave him! Give me the code!!! I am not going to die here tonight! I am not!

(Rachel stares as Samantha desperate eyes, pulls away from her and backs herself back onto the vault)

Rachel
NO.

(Samantha getting frustrated starts to look in the pants of the dying man, frustrated, Sam screams and cries in frustration, burying her head in her hands. Rachel walks over to comfort her but she quickly rebuts Rachel kind gesture.)

Rachel
I am not going to give the code. There is no point in me giving him anything. Truth be told, we both could be killed regardless, of who gives up the code first.