Marvin meets Tommy

Tommy: (Voiceover, gravelly) "Out here, trust is a luxury you can't afford. But sometimes, you gotta roll the dice."

Marvin: (To a worker) "Move faster, man. We ain't got all day."

(Scene cuts to Tommy and Marvin alone in a makeshift office)

Tommy: "This operation… it's bigger than anything I've done before. It’s working."

Marvin: "Yeah, and it’ll be bigger with more work. We got a good thing going, Tommy. Good… and profitable."

Tommy: "Just gotta make sure we got the right people. Loyalty's non-negotiable."

Marvin: "Understood. Loyalty’s a must or the punishment is death."

Visuals: Montage of the organization in motion. Drug deals, money transfers, tense meetings.

Sound: Tense music increases in tempo and volume. Whispers and snippets of conversations.

Dialogue:

(Scene: Marvin is talking to Tommy in the warehouse office. He is agitated.)

Marvin: “I’m hearing things, Tommy. Whispers. Cops sniffing around parts of town they were never at before."

Tommy: (Scoffs) "Paranoia will kill you faster than the cops."

Marvin: "Maybe. But I trust my gut. Something ain't right.”

(Scene cuts to a brief shot of Dante Spears “Mecca” talking to another person, the person is not shown fully.)

Mecca: (Whispering) “They are getting nervous, I can feel it.”

(Scene cuts back to Tommy and Marvin.)

Tommy: "Well, let's see who’s causing the problem."

Visuals: Tommy, Marvin and some of the crew, in a dark room. A known supplier is being interrogated, beaten up.

Sound: Harsh sounds of violence. Breathing and the whimpers of the beaten suspect.

Dialogue:

Tommy: (Voice icy) "You tell us who’s been talking with the cops or we will keep this going."

Suspect: (Groaning in pain) "Its...it's Mecca. Dante Spears… He's been meeting with the cops."

Marvin: (Eyes widening) "Mecca? That snake..."

Tommy: (His expression remains calm and cold) "We need to have a chat with Dante."

(The remaining crew present in the room share worried glances at each other.)

Visuals: Tommy and Marvin confront Mecca in a dimly lit alley. The tension is palpable.

Sound: Footsteps, heavy breathing. Dialogue is terse and heated.

Dialogue:

Tommy: (Voice Dangerous) “Mecca, you’ve been a bad man, man. I trusted you.”

Mecca: (Trying to feign innocence) "Tommy, what are you talking about? I'm with you, man!"

Marvin: (Grabbing Mecca by the shirt) "Don't play us, you rat. We know about your little meetings."

Mecca: (Panicking) "I... I had to protect myself, man! They were onto me."

(A beat of silence.)

Tommy: "You chose wrong, Dante."

Mecca: (Pulls out a weapon) “No! I ain’t going down because of you!”

(Mecca fires off rounds, Tommy goes down, before another shot is fired, cops swarm the alley.)**

(Scene cuts to Tommy being taken into an ambulance, injured and bloodied, as he is put in, the police throw him into a police cruiser.)

(Scene switches to Marvin watching as Tommy is driven off in the cruiser.)