FADE IN:   HIGHWAY - NOON  - ESTABLISHING

A passing sign says, "no services 100 miles."  Hills, dust, and tumbleweeds surround a lonely stretch of road.

INT.  COMPACT CAR - AFTERNOON

The passenger seat of the small economy car provides a scenic view of an isolated stretch of desert for MAYNA, 22, who is lost in thought.  Concentrating on driving, KK.K, also 22, barely acknowledges her presence.  The two can barely seem to mask their contempt for each other.

MAYNA

(V.O.)
I remember a certain individual I used to date in college.  This person thought that the holocaust was, as the exact words I'm able to recount were, "not Hitler's fault,"

MAYNA

Tell me an American military secret.

KK.K

We've done lots of things that violate people's civil rights.  You don't want to know...

MAYNA

Tell me an American military secret no one knows about.

KK.K

I can tell you how to pack a gas mask.

MAYNA

A gas mask? What the hell is so jesus h. cocksucking special about a **** gas mask?

KK.K

A gas mask is organized.

MAYNA

(V.O.)
What the hell was that supposed to mean?  In my mind's eye, I can almost taste the experience of gulping back my own vomit.  Once I asked what the hell a 'cadence' was.

MAYNA

(V.O.)
That was a mistake:

KK.K

LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT LEFT...I went to the schoolyard....where all the children play...I took out my machine gun...and I began to spray...

MAYNA

(V.O.)
Now I'm reexperiencing my grade school.  Thank you so **** much.  No, no, no; you can really say anything in four/four time.  Why hold back?

KK.K

LEFT, RiiigHT, LEft, RigHt, LeFT.  I went to the the store.  Where all the women shop.  I took out my machete, and I began to chop.

MAYNA

(V.O.)
Some moments are hard to describe if you aren't there to experience them.  The funny thing about the moment I first heard these trite little miliary epigrams is that I realized that you could substitute a few timely, appropriate racial slurs in place of the words "children" and "women" and you wouldn't miss a beat.

MAYNA

(V.O.)
Did you ever get the feeling you weren't being told something?

KK.K

LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT, RIGHT, LEFT.  i sLiced the preschooler's burkha, and BRoKe her JAw with my COck.  IT was BETTER than LAS vEGAs.  iT was MOTHerFUKiNG hot.

MAYNA

**** you!!! Pull over!!!

She puts one hand over Kk.k's eyes.  Two fingers her other hand poke Kk.k in a spot located underneath the adam's apple right above where the collarbones meet.

CUT TO:

EXT. COMPACT CAR - SAME AFTERNOON

Mayna stretches over and steps on the brake, taking the wheel.  The car pulls over and stops.  The driver's side door opens and Kk.k falls out, struggling for breath.