Prologue Scene III The Coup
Somewhere in the Middle East
Former President Al-Fulani is being held in his own residence as a car drives up. Al-Fulani is dragged out to the car and tossed inside. He could hear Al-Assad over a loudspeaker.
"Today we rise up again as one nation against betrayal and corruption!" he said
Then one of Al-Assad's men knocks him out with the butt of his rifle.
The President came to his senses a moment later and the car was already moving through the streets. He could see Assad's men as they poured out of armored personnel carriers and dropped from helicopters. He saw them fighting with and executing his own citizens.
He also heard Assad's continuous speech.
"We all trusted this man to deliver our great nation into a new era of prosperity."
More soldiers are seen running down the street, pouring out of more personnel carriers and strangling civilians near a wall.
"But like our monarchy before the Revolution, he has been colluding with the West, with only self-interest at heart!"
"The time has come to show our true strength. They underestimate our resolve. Let us show that we do not fear them. As one people, we shall free our brethren from the yoke of foreign oppression!" continued Assad
"Our armies are strong and our cause is just." He said as the car turned into a courtyard filled with Assad's men.
"As I speak, our armies are nearing their objective, by which we will restore the independence of a once great nation."
The car continued through the courtyard onto a deserted road then stopped at an area at the very end. One soldier opens the door while another grabs Fulani and drags him out and throws him on the ground. The other soldier kicks him in the face, knocking him out.
"Our noble crusade has begun."
Fulani woke to being dragged down a hallway by a pair of soldiers. He was too tired to resist though he tried. As they entered the center of the arena a man walked up, examined Fulani then nodded to the two men. They dragged him to a bloody stake in the center of the arena.
"Just as they lay waste to our country, we shall lay waste to theirs."
Al-Assad concluded his speech a man handed him a golden desert eagle pistol. Al-Assad looked into a nearby video camera on a tripod.
"This is how it begins." He said and walked up to the former president, cocked the handle and pulled the trigger.
The president's head instantly exploded…