Kidnapped | Radio Script

AMBIENCE: PIPES DRIPPING AND SCURRYING OF RODENTS.
Bruce: We dropped the ransom note like planned, we got the girl like planned, everything is going according to plan.
Kyle: I know, I know. But just because everything is working out the way we planned doesn’t mean that things can’t go wrong later.
Bruce: Don’t worry Kyle, I’m handling everything. You’ve been nervous about this from the beginning. Don’t worry, no one is gonna get hurt, and we’re not gonna get busted. Chill man.
Kyle: I’m holding you to that Bruce, nobody better get hurt.
Bruce: We talked about this; we’ve got everything under control. Why don’t you go check on the girl?
Kyle: Alright.
SOUND EFFECT: FOOTSTEPS ON CREAKY WOODEN FLOOR MUFFLED BY DUST. UNLOCKING OF A DOOR, DOOR CREAKING OPEN.
Kyle: Cordelia?
Cordelia: What do you want?
Kyle: Nothing, I’m just checking to see if you’re ok.
Cordelia: If I’m ok? If I’m ok? Why the hell would you care if I’m ok or not? You grabbed me outside of my dorm, shoved me into a van where you tied me up and gagged me, dragged me into this abandoned warehouse, and then locked me into this dingy, dirty room with no windows, a musty bed, and rat droppings everywhere. You kidnapped me, and now you are asking me if I’m ok? Are you kidding me? Of course I’m not ok! I don’t know who you are, what you are planning to do with me. Do you really think I’d be ok at all?
Kyle: I’m sorry, I know this isn’t easy for you, and I know you are scared. I’m just trying to ease your mind a little. You aren’t here alone. All we want from you is the money your father is going to pay when we ransom you. We aren’t going to hurt you unless you force us to. If you cooperate with me, things will go a lot smoother-for everyone involved.
Cordelia: So you expect me to be a good girl and do what you want? You honestly don’t think that I might have a problem with that? I don’t want to be here. I don’t even know where here is. I just want to go home.
Kyle: Well if you try to go home then there is gonna be a huge problem. Don’t mistake my kindness and sympathy as a weakness. Feel lucky I’m being nice cause my buddy Bruce, he isn’t nice-at all. So a word of advice, don’t piss him off. This is gonna be hard enough on you, don’t you want a friend?
Cordelia: You want to be my friend? Is that even remotely possible?
Kyle: I know we can’t be friends, but I don’t want this to be any harder on you than necessary. Cordelia: So you are trying to be nice to me? That’s a little hard to believe under the circumstances.
Kyle: Believe what you want, it’s up to you. That’s the only thing that is up to you. Everything else is up to Bruce and me.
SOUND EFFECTS: DOOR SLAMMING, BEING LOCKED, FOOTSTEPS FADING AWAY AND GIRLS MUFFLED SOBS.
Bruce: How’s she doin?
Kyle: She is scared out of her mind, and she’s trying not to let it show.
Bruce: She give you attitude?
Kyle: A little bit, but nothing to worry about.
Bruce: Why don’t you let me decide what we should or shouldn’t worry about. She has to be afraid of you or else she’s gonna do something stupid that’s gonna get her hurt. You wouldn’t want that to happen now would you?
Kyle: Look, Bruce man, its all good. She’s afraid, trust me, she is terrified. She isn’t gonna do anything stupid.
Bruce: You better be right about that or else it’s your butt on the line.
Kyle: I know, so when do we contact Cordelia’s parents? Hasn’t it been long enough? We kept her locked up in that room for a couple of hours before ya had me go check on her.
Bruce: I was just waiting for you before I made the call.
SOUND EFFECTS: CELL PHONE FLIPPING OPEN, NUMBER BEING DIALED.
Father: (ON PHONE) Hello? Hello? Cordy?!
Bruce: (ON PHONE WITH A VOICE DISGUISER) Is this Mr. Anderson, Cordelia’s Father?
Father: Yes, yes it is, just please, tell me what you want.
Bruce: I assume you got my note?
Father: Yes, I did, and I’ve done exactly what you told me to do. I haven’t called the cops, just please, is Cordy ok? Can, Can I talk to her?
Bruce: Good. You better not involve the cops or else you will never see your daughter again. Now, are you listening closely?
Father: Yes, yes I am, tell me what you want from me.
Bruce: I’ve done some research on you Mr. Samuel Anderson. You are quite the businessman. As of right now you have over 80,000 dollars in your bank account. It won’t be difficult for you to get 100,000 dollars cash.
Father: Ok, I can do that. Anything for Cordy.
Bruce: Good. You will get the cash by 9:00 p.m. tomorrow night. At 11:00 p.m. you will deposit an unmarked black gym bag into a cardboard box that will be sitting by a park bench in the city park. You will then drive back home and stay there until you receive my call saying that I have gotten the money.
Father: Wait, how do I know that once you get the money you aren’t going to just kill Cordy? What guarantee do I have that I am ever going to see my daughter ever again?
Bruce: Mr. Anderson, you aren’t in a position to be making any sorts of demands. Your daughter’s life is in my hands. Are you really going to take that chance? I give you my word that she won’t be harmed as long as you do exactly as I say.
Father: Just don’t hurt her! I’ll do whatever you say, just don’t hurt my Cordy.
Bruce: Then be ready with the cash Mr. Anderson, your daughter’s life is depending on you.
SOUND EFFECTS: PHONE BEING CUT OFF-TURNED OFF.
Kyle: Dude, Bruce. . .
Bruce: What? You got a problem man?
Kyle: No, no problem.
Bruce: That’s what I thought.
Kyle: I’m gonna go check on Cordelia and let her know that her father is going to pay the ransom so she will be home soon.
SOUND EFFECTS: BRUCE MUTTERING SOMETHING UNDER HIS BREATH, FOOTSTEPS, DOOR OPENING.
Cordelia: Hello?
Kyle: It’s me Cordelia. Bruce just got off the phone with your dad.
Cordelia: Is there any way that I can talk to my dad? How is he-
Kyle: He agreed to pay the ransom, so you will be able to go home as soon as we get the money.
Cordelia: When will I be able to go home?
Kyle: Soon. That’s all you need to know.
Cordelia: But you are going to let me go home when you get the money right?
Kyle: Of course we will Cordy.
Cordelia: Don’t use that name. Only my family and friends can use that name.
Kyle: Sorry, I thought that it would make you feel more comfortable.
Cordelia: How did you get into this? You don’t seem like the type of person who kidnaps another human being.
Kyle: It’s none of your business.
Cordelia: Look, I have nothing else to do; I’ve been alone in this room forever. The only thing that I have to do is listen to the rats run around here and hope that they don’t get anywhere close to me. Please, tell me. I could use the distraction. Please Kyle?
Kyle: Alright. But if you tell Bruce that I told you any of this, you seriously will get hurt.
Cordelia: I promise, I won’t tell him.
Kyle: Well, my younger brother got into some trouble and he got put in jail. My family doesn’t have enough money to bail him out. Bruce is my brother’s friend, he said that he would get a lawyer and take care of my brother if I helped him with this. This is the only way that I can afford to get my brother out of jail for something he didn’t do. Bruce has his own motives for wanting the money, and I really don’t want to know what they are.
Cordelia: How do you know that Bruce isn’t going to stab you in the back when all of this is over? Can you really trust him?
Kyle: I don’t trust him at all, but he is the only chance I have of getting my brother out of jail. I’m going to do whatever it takes to get him out.
Cordelia: How do you know he is innocent?
Kyle: I know my brother. I know that he would never do what they are accusing him of.
Bruce: Hey Kyle, what ya doin back there?
Kyle: Crap, I gotta go. I’ll try and check on ya in a little while.
Cordelia: Thanks Kyle.
Kyle: Yeah. Hey listen, I really am sorry about all of this. If there is anything that I can do for you, let me know. I wish that I didn’t have to do this, and that you didn’t have to be here, but I gotta do what I gotta do.
SOUND EFFECTS: DOOR CLOSES AND IS LOCKED. QUICK FOOTSTEPS FADE AWAY.
Bruce: What’s your prob man?
Kyle: Nothin.
Bruce: It doesn’t take that long to check on a chick. What took you so long?
Kyle: She needed a little reassurance that her dad was going to take care of things. She’s better now.
Bruce: I think you are a little too worried about what she is feeling. Don’t be such a bleeding heart. She is the key to your brother’s freedom, don’t forget that.
Kyle: I haven’t forgotten- there is no way I could forget. Hey, Bruce. . . I’ve been meaning to ask you. . . How did my brother get framed for beating up that woman and stealing her car? He would never do that.
Bruce: Don’t worry about it.
Kyle: I’m gonna worry about it, he’s my brother man.
Bruce: Just drop it alright.
Kyle: What are you not telling me Bruce?
Bruce: I said to drop it. So. Drop. It.
Kyle: Ya know what? Assaulting someone and stealing a car sounds like something you would do. Especially since you’ve done it before. I’m starting to think that it was you that did it and set my brother up.
Bruce: Oh please, why would I frame your brother?
Kyle: I don’t know, why you don’t you tell me. Why would you frame my brother?
Bruce: This is ridiculous, just focus on the job. Do what you need to do.
Kyle: Whatever man, I’m going to go check on Cordy.
Bruce: Oh, so it’s Cordy now huh? Not just the girl or Cordelia, you are calling her Cordy. The same name her dad used? Don’t you think you are getting a little too personal here?
Kyle: Don’t worry about me.
Bruce: I am worried. Why don’t you let me talk to her for a minute?
Kyle: I don’t think that’s such a good idea. I think she’s scared enough.
Bruce: Maybe. We’ll see.
SOUND EFFECTS: LOUD FOOTSTEPS, DOOR OPENING QUICKLY, WOMANS GASP.
Cordelia: Kyle?
Bruce: No babe, it’s the big boy Bruce.
Cordelia: Oh. . Where’s Kyle?
Bruce: He’s out for a little while. So it’s going to be just you and me. We can have some alone time, just for the two of us.
Cordelia: Alone?
Bruce: Yep. Just the two of us. I can think of a few things we can do to pass the time too.
Cordelia: When is Kyle coming back?
Bruce: Not for a long, long time. We have plenty of time, don’t you fret.
Cordelia: (YELLING) Kyle?!
Bruce: I said he was gone you slut.
Cordelia: (YELLING) Kyle?!
Kyle: Cordy? Are you ok in there?
SOUND EFFECTS: RUNNING FEET
Bruce: Stay out of this Kyle.
Kyle: What are you doin to her man? Look at her, she’s shaking and she’s white as a ghost! Bruce, I’m warning you, leave her alone. You’re on thin ice as it is.
Bruce: I’m on thin ice? I’m on thin ice? Don’t forget that I’m the one who is going to take care of your brother. You owe me.
Kyle: I’m starting to think that he wouldn’t be in jail if it wasn’t for you. I bet if I point the cops in the right place, they’ll be able to pin it on you. Don’t push me man.
Bruce: You wanna turn me in to the cops? Look where you are, you just kidnapped an eighteen year old college student, and you want to turn me into the cops? I got dirt on you, if I go down then so do you. Then where will your brother be?
Cordelia: Look, Kyle, I understand why you did what you did, if you let me go then I’ll be on your side, and you won’t get in trouble. I’ll help your brother. Just don’t let Bruce do what he wants to do.
Bruce: Shut up you little slut. Don’t listen to her Kyle; I’m your only chance to getting your brother out.
Cordelia: This is not the way Kyle, you are better than this.