I Hate My Job

1 EXT. ON M60 BRIDGE OVER MANCHESTER SHIP CANAL MID-DAY 1200

A man wearing entirely black apart from a yellow reflective jacket walks up the bridge towards a group of cars in disorder, some turned over, there are no moving cars and the scene is eerily quiet, it looks like the remains of a car crash yet there is no commotion and no noise apart from the sounds of a gentle breeze.

The MAN IN BLACK approaches the crash while all the people in the cars look at him with a mild curiosity, not at all bothered that the cars they are in damaged or overturned. The MAN IN BLACK approaches an overturned red car and quietly opens the doors, unbuckles the woman inside it and helps her out, her husband watches on, frowning slightly but the MAN IN BLACK kneels down to face him and simply shakes his head.

The MAN IN BLACK and the woman from the red car walk over to a coach with all it’s windows smashed, people on the inside watching casually, The MAN IN BLACK gets on the coach and takes an elderly couple off, he gets back on and nods to a teenager, who gets off too. The MAN IN BLACK pauses while on the coach and walks right to the back where he finds a scared little girl

MAN IN BLACK

It’s ok. Come with me.

The little girl nods, looking calmer and gets out of her seat, taking the MAN IN BLACK’s hand as they walk off the bus together.

The four passengers wait for the MAN IN BLACK as he sets off amongst the car wrecks while a raven flies over the cars, cawing loudly. The MAN IN BLACK helps a man out of a white SUV and returns to the group of people who all look at each other apprehensively.

There is a pause as the MAN IN BLACK looks to all the others quietly, looking them each in the face while they look at him and each other, then as one they follow the MAN IN BLACK down the slope towards the bottom of the bridge.

As they walk down, birds start to tweet and cars start to drive past on the opposite lane, very slowly and not a lot at first but the speed and amount increase over time.

The MAN IN BLACK stops and turns around to face the man from the white SUV.

MAN IN BLACK

You. Go back, you’re not ready yet.

The man nods and turns back, starting the ascent back to the car crash again. He reaches his car and climbs in, shutting the door and pulling his seat belt back on. Then the rest of the people following the MAN IN BLACK resume walking away and as they get further they start to fade away.

The car crash seems to resume life with all the noise and action going on like a normal car crash. There was people screaming and all the people who followed the MAN IN BLACK out are not moving and dead. There are police men, ambulances and fire-trucks all around causing a commotion.

The people next to their dead loved ones try to revive them and there is a mother at the back of a coach trying to resuscitate her little girl whose soul had already faded away.

MAN IN BLACK

I hate my job.

FADE TO BLACK.